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Unacceptable. That one word perfectly sums up the pain, dysfunction and instability Capitol politicians have inflicted on Illinois by their failure to provide a permanent balanced state budget for two years. As the state’s credit ratings have been repeatedly downgraded, as residents sought greener pastures elsewhere, as community colleges and universities have been gutted, as businesses closed up shop and as social service agencies turned away the most vulnerable residents … elected officials have failed to do their job and show political courage to make the necessary painful decisions. Who they blame is determined by whether a D or R follows their name. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is to blame. No, it’s Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan. Don’t forget the decades of politicians who made terrible financial decisions based on what would get them re-elected, not what was fiscally prudent. The finger-pointing has gone on for far too long. The state’s fiscal problems have created a crisis throughout Illinois — except in the state Capitol. Maybe the dome deflects the misery that permeates the rest of Illinois. But it can no longer shield elected officials from accepting the blame each member of the House and Senate, and the governor, bears for the atrocious state of the state. The stack of unpaid bills tops $14 billion. The 2016 fiscal year ended last June with a budgetary deficit of $9.6 billion; we shudder to think of what it
will be at the end of next month. The five state-funded pension systems are short about $130 billion. Each new financial report paints an even bleaker picture. Every sign of progress has been marred by partisan politics. A budget was approved Tuesday by the Senate with no Republican support. Even if the House concurs, Rauner likely will veto a measure only supported by Democrats. A bipartisan compromise is needed for Illinois to persevere. The lack of a budget has not directly inconvenienced most residents, so it has been easy to ignore. But the impasse affects us all. In order for the state to pay off its unpaid bills, shore up the pension systems and eliminate its deficit, it would cost every Illinoisan roughly $12,000 each. Here’s how you calculate your share of the bill: • If every one of the state’s 12.8 million residents kicked in $1,094, we could pay off the $14 billion in unpaid bills. • The unfunded pension liability is an estimated $130 billion, due over the next 30 years. If we wanted to ensure today that it will be solvent, each resident would need to contribute $10,156 so state retirees will get their retirement benefits. • Don’t forget the $9.6 billion structural budget deficit at the end of fiscal year 2016; add in $750 more per person. The ugly truth is, we are all going to pay for it somehow. And because politicians have abdicated their most
basic duty for two years, the necessary cuts will be deeper and tax hikes will be higher than they should be. Are you seething yet? Good. Now get informed on issues, and encourage others to do the same. There’s a reason that millions get spent on relentlessly nasty political ads — they work. They sway the casual voter who doesn’t care enough to dig for facts, or they leave others too disgusted by the spectacle and negativity to participate. Elections shouldn’t be decided by who can throw the most cash at attack ads. It’s up to all of us to keep that from being the determinant. Next, get involved. Pick up your phone and call your state representative, senator and the governor’s office. Tell them how they have made it an embarrassment to be from Illinois. Share your anger that the significant issues that need attention — school funding reform, creating a thriving economy and building public universities into centers of innovation, to name a few — have been ignored. A year ago we declared “Enough.” The day after, the governor and lawmakers passed a six-month stopgap spending plan that did not provide lasting stability. That’s not good enough. It’s time to demand that Governor Rauner and our lawmakers do what is right. It’s time for the budget to come first. To not do so will cement their legacy with one word that encapsulates the sorry condition of our state. Unacceptable. –State Journal-Register
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early two years ago, we ran a cover with a simple message: “Lights out, Illinois.” Since then, we’ve had a lot of hard talk out of Springfield and few hard decisions. Now, The Rock River Times and more than 60 other newspapers return with an even simpler message: “Unacceptable.” Daily and weekly newspapers are running editorials today through the end of the week, many on their front pages, on the need for an end to the nearly two-year state budget impasse. The State Journal-Register editorial board shared this editorial and urged other newspapers to demand elected officials to make passing a balanced budget their priority. It’s easy for persons who don’t rely upon the state for health care, child care or basic social services – or for persons who don’t run businesses that provide services to the state – to ignore our downstate stalemate. But, the fact is, it impacts right here in Rockford just as badly as it does in any other city in Illinois. Groups have slowed or suspended key community operations, operations
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your neighbors and friends and co-workers rely upon every day. They, like the rest of us, have been failed by our leaders in state government. Personal battles have consumed the statehouse. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and his lieutenants have openly fought the leading Democrats in the General Assembly: House Speaker Mike Madigan and Senate President John
Cullerton. Even when compromise has been reached, it’s still not enough to set aside partisan differences. The Senate’s so-called ‘grand bargain’ budget plan came in at a lower cost than the governor’s own proposal. That wasn’t enough. Cullerton and Rauner hammered out a deal on a property tax freeze. That wasn’t enough. When deputy GOP leader Bill Brady introduced a middle-ground budget in the Senate, not a single Republican voted for it, not even Brady himself. At every moment of compromise has come more political grandstanding – at great cost to the people of Illinois. Our lower- and middle-classes have been hammered. People are leaving the state in droves. Our residents pay a higher effective rate of tax than nearly any other state in the country, and the tax base is shrinking by the day. The time for soundbites and pointscoring has long passed. The time to find a permanent budget solution is now. And if the current leaders in Springfield can’t be bothered doing it, then we need to start looking at permanent replacements for them in next year’s elections.
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Debate continues over proposed ICE center ‘T By Jim Hagerty Contributor
ROCKFORD – Mayor Tom McNamara is not alone in his opposition using part of the Winnebago County Jail to house federal immigration detainees. One of his recent opponents has now spoken out against the proposal. Community activist Rudy Valdez, who ran for Rockford mayor as an independent, said aside from sending a negative message to minorities, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Rockford will come with hidden costs that could further add to an already gaping county budget hole. “The moral issues,” Valdez said in a letter to The Times, “unfortunately, get a lower priority when money is involved according to a few elected officials.” Sheriff Gary Caruana said last week that using two empty pods in the jail to house as many as 128 federal immigration detainees could result in a profit for the county of more than $3 million, an estimate after expenses. That revenue would be largely generated by the $80 per day the sheriff’s department receives to house other federal inmates under an existing agreement with the United States Marshals Service.
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he moral issues, unfortunately, get a lower priority when money is involved according to a few elected officials.”
According to Jail Superintendent Bob Redmond, it costs the county about $17 per day to house an inmate, which would leave $63 per detainee under a partnership with ICE. Valdez disagrees with those figures, and said unknown costs would tell a different story. “Shortly after Sheriff Caruana was elected, an RRStar interview with retiring Sheriff Meyers provided insight into the jail population and the daily cost to house an inmate, which was reported as $70 per day,” Valdez wrote. “There are many unknown costs that are blended in the daily cost per inmate. Medical, mental illness, and other factors drive up the cost for some. Detainees
tend to be in the higher cost category.” Valdez said if it costs $17 per day, housing 850 inmates would cost $5,274,250 per year. At $70 per day, it would cost $21,717,500. “The federal government may be inefficient, but it would not pay $80 per day if the cost was only $17 per day.” Caruana said the $17 is correct. “In fact, that’s even a high estimate.” The sheriff said there are other costs, almost all being fixed expenses the county is already paying.. Medical care, for example, is provided through an existing contract and utilities are paid regardless of how many inmates are in the jail. Sliding costs of housing a single inmate are tied to largely to food, sundries, clothing and bedding that can be used multiple times. Valdez said the sheriff’s numbers are based on the assumption that the empty pods will be full, and that they revenue would cover salaries of 25 additional officers he must hire per a grievance filed by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). “The sheriff has suggested using 128 beds, which could produce $3.7 million,” Valdez said. “This would appear to easily cover the cost of the 25 correction officers. However, there are two key factors that
artificially inflate the number. One is the assumption of 100 percent use of the 128 beds at 365 days a year. A revenue of $80 per day and a cost of $70 per day produces a net revenue per detainee of $10 per day.” Based on those numbers and an average jail capacity of 61 percent, Valdez said the county would profit around $467,200, not the more than $3 million tied to the projection that all 128 beds would be filled. Valdez, along with McNamara and Winnebago County State’ Joe Bruscato, who both have cited the potentially negative impact the detention center could have on the community, said the move would come with fear, increased crime and mistrust of law enforcement. Caruana said federal detainees would come from border states, where they are being held in tents and trailers. None would be rounded up locally because local law enforcement does not do immigration sweeps and would not start under the new proposal. However, undocumented immigrants are sometimes held by order of a felony judicial warrant. If they are not taken into custody by ICE within 48 hours, they must be released. In the last three years, there have been 41 people processed on ICE holds.
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Tired of stalls, Senate Dems pass $37B budget plan Nuts and bolts
By Shane Nicholson
• Where’s the “grand bargain?” Gone. The bill hatched as a way to cross the divide between Dems and Gov. Rauner was tossed aside Tuesday as the Senate chased a May 31 deadline to enact a spending plan.
Illinois Senate Democrats Tuesday, tired of delays in the budget process, pushed ahead on a $5 billion tax plan to fund what they say would be a balanced, $37.3 billion budget. Democrats began refashioning an Illinois budget plan Tuesday that won Senate approval without Republican votes as the May 31 deadline for action looms and lawmakers try to avoid starting a third consecutive year without an annual economic outline. Sens. Heather Steans and Toi Hutchinson, key Democrat budget negotiators, unveiled adjusted plans that would increase spending by $800 million over last week’s proposal and carves out exceptions to expanding sales taxes for the first time to services. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner didn’t mention either in a social media appearance, instead continuing to call for a property tax freeze. A budget closely in line with a proposal initiated by Senate Republicans was endorsed last week 31-21 — without any GOP votes. And language to authorize spending — and to implement painful
• How much does this new plan cost? $37.3 billion, the same amount as Rauner’s last proposal to the General Assembly in February. A smaller GOP-proposed package was voted on in the Senate last week, with zero Republicans supporting it. • What’s in it? Medicaid, to start. Rauner’s earlier proposal hacked $430 million in Medicaid spending out of the budget. That’s back, but that still leaves more than $3 billion in reductions. The personal income tax would see a rise from 3.75 to 4.95 percent alongside the closing of a trio of corporate loopholes, expected to net $5 billion. And the state sales tax would be applied to some, but not all previously touted, service industries.
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cuts to Medicaid and grant programs many Democrats hold dear — failed. Tuesday, after five months of trying to negotiate what’s been known as the “grand bargain” budget compromise, Democrats prepared to go it alone so there’s time for House action. Budget votes after May 31 would require a three-fifths majority. “The fear really is that we won’t have enough time to get this over to the House for 118 other people to weigh in and then get it to the governor,” said Hutchinson before Tuesday’s vote. Such routine action carries additional drama when it’s May in Illinois. The state has been without an annual budget since summer 2015, the longest fiscal stalemate of any state in the nation in modern times. The state will end the fiscal year June 30 nearly $6 billion in the hole, not counting a $14.4 billion heap of overdue bills. Rauner and his allies promised to fight the Senate’s budget plan, saying that Democrats had forgone compromise. “It’s extremely disappointing that Democrats have decided to walk away from budget negotiations and pass a partisan budget with no reforms,” State Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, said in a statement.
But Democrats said their hand had been forced after Republicans refused to endorse last week’s GOP-proposed plan. Steans says the $37.3 billion spending outline matches the one Rauner introduced in February. She says many of the $3 billion in spending reductions were proposed by the GOP. Rauner warned Senate Democrats he won’t sign a budget that increases income taxes without “a true, lasting property tax freeze.” The Republican governor and Democratic Senate President John Cullerton had previously reached an agreement on a four-year property tax freeze. The revenue package includes a 32 percent increase in the personal income tax rate from 3.75 percent to 4.95 percent. It would raise $5 billion when combined with hiked corporate income taxes. It closes three corporate-tax loopholes and expands the sales tax base for the first time to services, but a lot fewer than previously proposed. The 6.25 percent sales tax would be applied to services such as dry cleaning and laundry, storage units, vehicle maintenance and tattoos and piercing. The latest version removes other personal services, landscaping and home maintenance. –Associated Press reports contributing
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tunity to remake (now) what Rockford will look like in 2o years.” Janesville-based MercyHealth is making strides toward its $505 million hospital on East Riverside Boulevard near I-90. The care provider is asking the Rockford City Council to waive $200,000 in fees connected to the project in addition to a break of around $900,000 in inspection and permit fees. In spite of objections by Alderman Venita Hervey, D-5, the Planning & Development Committee approved the measure, sending it on for a full council vote. That aside, leaders say diverse developments will lead Rockford into the future. For Hervey, she’s been leery of the MercyHealth project and is concerned that a large number of people who depend on Rockford Memorial Hospital will lose access to services if they’re moved to the far east side. With the project already underway, the job of aldermen is to foster it for the good of the taxpayers. “We have some tough decisions to make,” Logemann said. “We have the power of the purse, so the way we allocate funds are important. But there are going to be headaches. But, that’s what we are here for – to prioritize what we believe is of higher importance.” Rose said seeing projects through and working through debates is vital to continue building on Rockford’s progress. “We are becoming a hub in the medical field,” he said. “As long as we focus on service to the people of Rockford, we will work these things out.” As a teacher, Rose sees a need for Rockford to compete educationally on the local, state, national and global levels. It is an uphill battle though. With the dark cloud hanging over Springfield and high school graduates leaving the city, there has never been a better time to come under the struggle to build on the successes already in place. “We have great colleges and universities,” Rose said. “We have Rockford University, NIU and Rock Valley. An expansion there would really keep kids here. If we continue to build those extensions, the public institutions, we’ll start seeing more young people stay.”
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CHAMPAIGN – A new report from a University of Illinois expert in urban development and local economies found that the share of middle-income households in the state of Illinois has fallen steadily from nearly 60 percent in 1970 to below 50 percent in the current, post-Great Recession period. The large middle class in Illinois that emerged during the middle of the 20th century has experienced a consistent but multifaceted squeeze since roughly 1980, with middle-class incomes stagnating relative to higher incomes, according to Robert Habans, a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at Illinois. The paper takes a deep dive into exploring the middle class in Illinois, including the relatively wide variation in the way that the middle class is defined, Habans said. “Analyzing the middle class is not a straightforward exercise, so it’s become increasingly di�cult to even define what the middle class is,” he said. “And if there’s ambiguity in defining the middle class, there will be a disconnect between policy decisions and their impacts on middle-income households.” After adjusting for household size, Habans calculated the lower- and upperbounds of a middle-income household income for a family of three in Illinois in 2015 as ranging between $43,000 and $130,000 per year. An analysis of income patterns from more than three decades of data suggests that the declining portion and changing
composition of middle-income households are closely tied to increasing inequality and the changing structure of economic opportunity since 1980, according to the paper. “The national trends are reflected in Illinois in that, over recent decades, incomes in Illinois have become increasingly polarized,” Habans said. “In this respect, the state is certainly not unique, but the slow hollowing out of its middle class has been stark.” In 1980, the manufacturing industry accounted for a large portion of middle-income jobs, “so the loss of manufacturing jobs is certainly part of the story,” Habans said. “As these and other middle-skill jobs have declined, the service industries that have experienced growth tend to support a wider and more polarized range of skill levels and earnings. As a result, the jobs that the Illinois economy has created tend to fall on either end of the earnings spectrum rather than in the middle,” he said. The demographics of the middle class in Illinois are changing, as well. Even as they’ve made strides in their numbers, female workers in Illinois continue to earn less than their male counterparts, Habans said. “Both the state of Illinois and its middle-income workforce have grown more diverse – and it’s certainly a good thing to see evidence of increasing equality in the labor market, even if it’s incomplete,” he said. “But one e�ect of that is, if you look at household incomes, the rise in female earnings has o�set the decrease in male earnings.” Another troubling trend is that black and Hispanic households are still underrepresented in the middle- and upper-income households in Illinois, according to the report.
“Although the middle class is becoming less white and less oriented around male workers, race and gender continue to shape access to middle-income employment,” Habans said. Policies to help the middle class must be a mix of “growing from below” and “stabilizing from within,” Habans said. “It’s all about giving people opportunities to jump from low-wage work to something that pays better, because conventional pathways to middle-class income levels have evaporated for many workers,” he said. Meanwhile, labor market institutions such as unions and the minimum wage have diminished in their potency to support a broad pattern of income distribution, Habans said. “If you’re going to a�ect the labor market, you can do that by raising the standards of work or by programmatic interventions in the labor market, such as raising the minimum wage,” he said. “And the goals of the interventions should be to build pathways from lower-income jobs to middle-income occupations. So that could be improving the quality of low-wage jobs, creating more opportunities to move to a higher-income job, or shoring up and protecting jobs in the middle-income range.” It’s di�cult to envision an equitable society without a large and strong middle class, Habans said. “A strong middle class nurtures the health of the economy as a whole in ways that are often hidden,” he said. “On a societal level, a strong middle class tends to support investment in human capital, a stable demand for goods and services, and strong political and economic institutions.” The paper “Taking the pulse of Illinois’ middle class” is online at goo.gl/C2rsti.
Counties work to make jury pools more diverse PEORIA — Two judges in Illinois say a new pilot program aimed at ensuring minorities are well represented in local jury pools will be “revolutionary.” Peoria, Rock Island, St. Clair, Sangamon and Winnebago counties will gather demographics on their jury pools for the next year and then use ZIP codes to make sure they get a diverse group based on population, the Journal Star reported. “Not too many communities have done it this way,” said Chief Judge Paul Gilfillan. Tazewell County Judge Steve Kouri, a former chief judge, agreed. “It’s so easy that many have asked why haven’t we tried this before,” Kouri said.
Two felony trials within the past year were halted during the jury selection process due to underrepresentation. It’s unclear how many more might’ve also been a�ected. Defense attorney Chris McCall said the program can’t begin soon enough. “It’s a problem of optics,” McCall said. “When you have someone who is standing trial and their lives or their constitutional rights are at jeopardy, they want people who might understand their background and their lives to be the ones to determine their future.” Kouri, who pushed for the program, said there are a number of people who don’t help
out investigations because they believe the system isn’t fair. “We have a segment of the population who think the system is rigged, slanted and a number of those aren’t people who are defendants,” Kouri said. “And when they think that, they don’t cooperate with investigations. It’s very important that people think a verdict at trial, guilty or not guilty, is legitimate.” Peoria County is about 18 percent black, and the goal is to have the same percent in the jury pool. Gilfillan said that doesn’t mean all necessarily will make it on the actual jury. –Associated Press
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A fanciful, unrealistic proposal Trump’s plan assumes tax cuts will both boost growth and reduce the deficit By Josh Boak
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WASHINGTON – The Trump administration’s budget plan for 2018 assumes that a mix of sharp spending and tax cuts can both shrink the deficit and fuel economic growth of 3 percent a year — a level it hasn’t achieved in more than a dozen years. Most economists and budget experts dismiss that promise as fancifully unrealistic. They say there are multiple flaws with the numbers unveiled by President Donald Trump’s budget director, Mick Mulvaney. They range from improbable growth projections that appear to disregard an aging population to proposed cuts to education, research and social programs that have helped sustain the productivity of U.S. workers. There also appears to be a dubious calculation regarding how the tax cuts are counted: The plan seems to use the lower taxes championed by Trump to promise stronger growth while also assuming that the tax cuts will boost revenue to shrink the budget gap. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the economy will expand on average 1.8 percent annually over the next decade — in sharp contrast to the Trump administration. The Trump team assumes that it can accelerate growth by more than a full percentage point — the equivalent of roughly $200 billion annually in today’s dollars. At a time of sluggish worker productivity, an aging workforce and slower spending by consumers, most economists say the promises are farfetched. “The numbers add up on paper, but they don’t add up in reality,” said Marc Goldwein, senior vice president and policy director at Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. “For this budget to work, you need a time machine to take us back to the 1990s.” Mulvaney pitched the $4.1 trillion budget proposal as reflecting the interests of taxpayers who want their money properly spent. Along with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, the budget director said he had determined the growth rate by estimating the impact of fewer federal regulations, a still vague set of tax cuts and the repeal of the 2010 federal health care law. Mulvaney stressed that the administration had ruled out the likelihood that the economy will grow only about 2 percent annually. “We reject that pessimism,” Mulvaney said at a White House briefing Tuesday. “If
you assume 1.9 percent growth, my guess is you’ll never see a balanced budget again.” Even some Republican lawmakers said they were unsure just how the budget could deliver its pledge of sustained 3 percent growth beginning in 2020 — a critical factor in the administration’s forecast that the budget would achieve a surplus in 2027. The administration has refused to cut programs that benefit older Americans such as Social Security and Medicare. As a result, its projections of lower deficits depend on faster growth and trillions of dollars cut from domestic programs. House Speaker Paul Ryan stopped short of embracing the administration’s budget projections. Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, said faster growth would solve “many of our problems,” but “whether or not we hit those numbers or not, I don’t know the answer to that because I haven’t seen all of those numbers.” Similarly, Rep. Mark Sanford, R-South Carolina said, “I’m not seeing how you get there mathematically.” “If we lay out unrealistic projections, it confuses people and it allows people to think there can be a free lunch where there isn’t one,” the congressman added. “Supposedly you can put these different pieces of the puzzle together in a way that you don’t touch entitlements. But the reality is you can’t. So it creates a lie that we all then either address or don’t address, but it makes for a make-believe debate that I find frustrating.” Two major factors usually determine how fast an economy can grow. Both can be influenced to some extent by taxes and government spending. First, the rate at which workers enter the economy can propel growth. But the aging baby boomer population means this rate has been slowing and dampening growth relative to the levels enjoyed in the several decades after World War II, when growth averaged close to 3 percent. The 1990s were a boom time in part because the baby boomers had entered their peak earning years. That advantage no longer exists. The Trump budget also seeks to curb illegal immigration, which could discourage foreigners — even those with visas — from entering the country and increasing the size of the workforce. Because of the aging population, Trump cannot return the economy to 3 percent growth, said Bill Hoagland, a senior vice
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president at the Bipartisan Policy Center who formerly served as a Republican aide on the Senate Budget Committee. “There is one thing he cannot change — the demographics,” Hoagland said. Second, people can become more productive by generating more income per hour worked. This generally requires workers to cultivate skills and graduate from college or for companies to deploy new technology that enhances what workers already do. The challenge is that over the coming decade the Trump budget would cut nearly $3.6 trillion from benefit programs and domestic agencies that help fund education and research. Hoagland noted that many of these programs are “necessary” for investing in workers to increase productivity. The Trump administration’s assumed growth contrasts sharply with the average of roughly 2.3 percent that the Obama administration projected in its fiscal 2017 budget proposal. The gap between the Trump budget and the CBO estimates is “unprecedented,” accordingly to an analysis by Chad Stone, chief economist at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal think tank. But part of the problem is the notion that the Trump tax cuts — the administration has produced only a one-page sketch of its plan — would boost growth and simultaneously reduce the deficit. Not a top academic economist surveyed this month by the University of Chicago said such a feat was possible given today’s economic and demographic circumstances. Jason Furman, a chairman of the White House Council for Economic Advisers under Obama, suggested that the Trump administration had double-counted the supposed benefits of its tax cuts. It assumed that new lower rates would increase growth, while essentially using the existing rates to justify the higher tax revenue to close the deficit gap. Mulvaney insisted that the administration had been prudent in its estimates of tax revenue and rejected the premise that a tax cut must lead to lower tax revenue. Furman noted that the administration has yet to publicly reveal specifics of its policies, making its projections of growth and revenue suspect. Trump is “starting with a growth rate without even saying what the policy is,” he said.
he numbers add up on paper, but they don’t add up in reality. For this budget to work, you need a time machine to take us back to the 1990s.”
Chrysler used software to beat tests: Gov’t By Tom Krisher AP Auto Writer
DETROIT – The U.S. government is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging that some of its diesel pickup trucks and Jeep SUVs cheat on emissions tests. The lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Justice Department marks the second time the government has gone after an automaker alleging use of software on diesel engines that allows them to emit more pollution on the road than during Environmental Protection Agency lab testing. Last year, the government accused Volkswagen of cheating on tests, and the company ended up pleading guilty to criminal charges in a scandal that cost VW more than $20 billion in the U.S. alone. In the latest case, the government alleges that FCA put eight “software-based features” on diesel engines in nearly 104,000 Ram pickups and Jeep Grand Cherokees from the 2014 to 2016 model years. The software allowed the vehicles to emit fewer pollutants during lab tests by Environmental Protection Agency than during normal driving conditions. The 3-liter FCA diesels emit nitrogen oxide at a much higher rate than allowed under federal laws when on the road, the EPA said in a statement. The company failed to disclose the software during the process to become certified so the vehicles can be sold, according to the EPA. The agency called the software a “defeat device” that changes the way the vehicles perform on treadmill tests in a laboratory. “Each of these vehicles differs materially from the specifications provided to EPA in the certification applications,” the statement said. “Thus the cars are uncertified, in violation of the Clean Air Act.” In the lawsuit filed in Detroit federal court, the government seeks civil fines that could total over $4 billion, as well as court orders stopping the company from making or selling vehicles with undisclosed software. The Italian-American automaker said in a statement Tuesday that it is disappointed that the lawsuit was filed because it has been working with the EPA for months to clarify pollution control issues. FCA has contended that unlike VW, it did not install the software with intent to cheat on tests. “The company intends to defend itself vigorously, particularly against any claims that the company engaged in any deliberate scheme to install defeat devices to cheat U.S. emissions tests.”
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WHAT’S LOCAL
Transforming Rockford by transforming families BY JIM HAGERTY
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OCKFORD – A parent in handcu�s and a police car is far from a pleasant childhood memory, yet it is one of the most indelible moments in Dan Petrie’s life. It was a vivid day in 1987 when his father was taken to jail and he and his sister were placed in foster care by the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services. Petrie, 32, did not go on to visit his father in prison and manage to salvage a relationship. There would be none. Dan never saw his father after that day. What did remain was what no child should have to endure, yet many are forced to experience. Children of parents caught up in toxic relationships, substance abuse and crime often carry emotional problems into adulthood, falling into lifestyles of learned behaviors that also land them in jail or an early grave. Not for Petrie, however. While some of the scars remained, he was eventually saved from further turmoil by a foster family who adopted him at 15. But, by then, many of the opportunities to learn valuable life skills as a child were lost. Dan, was not though. He earned an education degree from Rockford University, became an ordained minister, and in July 2015 started an organization to encourage local fathers. “We lift up and encourage dads by teaching a�rmation leadership,” Petrie said of the Fatherhood Encouragement Project. With the same purpose, the Motherhood Encouragement Project blossomed a year later. “I promised myself I was going to be what I never had,” he said. “When I had my son, it changed me. I didn’t really know what was going to look like. I just knew I had to love him. And I had to learn. Luckily, I had people investing in me – leaders in the community. I was able to build relationships with people who spoke wisdom into me, and I learned as much as I could. Eventually, I approached other fathers in Rockford, something that isn’t pursued often. I felt that was an area I could help.” In just two years, Petrie’s project has attracted the gambit of dads, not just those who have come out of messy childhoods. The organization mentors parents along an expansive spectrum. Ex-felons doctors and lawyers are learning to be stronger, a�rming parents and the group continues to grow. It meets weekly and takes part in regular community services events. “It is about impacting people,” he continued. “We won’t do things if they
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don’t touch and impact people and families. By building relationships, we a re able to provide a platform for others to serve t he cit y. We’ve s e e n m a r r i a ges restored, jobs found and relationships formed through our
program.” Those relationships are catalysts for a soundly changed city. And as organizations with similar goals come and go, Petrie said the ones with any degree of longevity will aim to transform people. “We want to create a wholeness of families again. By doing that, will be able to keep more people in Rockford, because we are losing people every year. If we are able to build a foundation that starts with families, (this will) become a town where families are excited to stay.” Much of what the Fatherhood and Motherhood Encouragement programs’ more than 100 parents focus on is what Petrie himself chronicles in his 80-page Christian parenting book, “The Power of You Are.” Released in February, the book is already an Amazon best-seller. Petrie was inspired to write it after taking and later teaching a�rmation leadership using principals that help parents a�rm their children instead of focusing on unwanted behaviors with the word, “no,” something kids hear more than 200,000 times by the time they’re 18. The result so far: A 100 percent success rate. It’s a bold claim but one he stands behind. “Testimonies are coming in from families from all over the country,” he said. “One-hundred percent of the families who use a�rmation and come through our program see an impact in their children’s behavior. We spend so much time telling our kids what not to do, that we forget to tell them who they are. “ The book’s title, he said, is really a statement, instruction to communication by beginning sentences with the words, “you are.” Phrases like, “you are bold,” “you are a winner,” and “you are courageous,” a�rm something positive even when children misbehave. One of the program’s success stories involves Dan’s 8-year-old son, Brayden, who had a rough couple of years. “He was struggling behavior-wise, and
got kicked out of a Christian school.” What Petrie realized is that his son’s behavior took a turn when Petrie and the boy’s mother separated, and that Brayden was internalizing grief. “His emotions were all over the place. He’s young, and he really didn’t know what was going on. He just wanted his parents together. So, I started a�rming him.” Inside of two weeks, Brayden was a di�erent child. “Every teacher since then has said everybody looks up to him now. They do whatever he does. And that inspires me, so I am teaching dads and moms how to a�rm their family every day and speak life over their children. This truly is a ground-breaking opportunity to change the course of your children’s life.” The Fatherhood Encouragement Project held its inaugural awards ceremony in February to honor From 6-8 p.m., June 6, the group will launch another sister program, the Generation Y Encouragement Program, with a networking event at District Bar and Grill. The session is a chance for millennials interested in networking to come together for a night of socializing. “It is really neat to see the wide variety of individuals who have found the benefit from these groups and the relationships that are being built,” Petrie said. District Bar and Grill is at 205 W. State St. Email: jim.hagerty@rockrivertimes.com
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CONTRACT WITH THE COMMUNITY
Building trust in government BY JOHN GUEVARA CONTRIBUTOR
WITH SHANE NICHOLSON MANAGING EDITOR
People don’t trust government. And why should they? Politicians lie, they prevaricate, they over promise and under deliver. Lines like “Make America Great Again,” “Move America Forward,” and “Yes We Can” have resonated from the presidential political campaigns of the 21st century. How can we trust the government when it doesn’t seem as though we have moved forward, that we have done anything or that greatness will be achieved again. National campaigns aren’t the only ones to make promises. Remember Excellence Everywhere? Or Good Government, Get ‘er Done, or The Right Priorities? And when it’s time for reelection, a whole new slew of promises come pouring from the mouths of politicians as if they have forgotten the ones they made just a few short years before. Yes, people do not trust government. The May report from the Pew Research Center confirms that our national government has seen a steady decline in public trust since 9/11. Today, only 20 percent of Americans trust Washington politicians “just about always” or “most of the time.” While local government fares better in the public eye, its approval is nothing to write home about. The National Research Center reported in October of 2016 that public trust in local government hovers at 50 percent. That’s right. Only one out of every two Americans trust their local government. One reason public trust in local government is as high as it is (relatively) may be because people believe they can have more influence locally than they have nationally. When people perceive a problem locally, all they have to do is replace the captain of the ship for all to be well. What if replacing George III had been Washington and Je�erson’s solution instead of creating a new nation? Now local government o�cials have been on a kick to improve their image with the public. Politicians have been talking about opening the books, transforming government, promoting transparency and so on for the better part of the past decade. Ironically, the politicians who write specific ordinances or resolutions to transform government are often
targeted in their re-election bids. Those encouraging forensic audits are often so maligned they never get elected. It is easy to campaign on a promise to clean up corruption; it is hard to actually clean it up. We need more than a revolving door of politicians. What is the solution? How can any resident hope to hold public o�cials accountable? Agreeing with Geo� Mulgan’s sentiment that, “The responsibility for good government lies not just with governments themselves but also with every other part of the system they operate in, including media, non-governmental organizations, and the public,” we proposed the Contract with the Community. The Rock River Times took its collective decades of political experience from both sides of the aisle and three terms of local public service to analyze the issues facing our community and determine if there was a way for the promises made by local public o�cials in their campaigns to be fulfilled. Through this process, we identified 10 measurable areas requiring account-
ability from public o�cials and wrote our first column providing an overview of them and what we hope to accomplish through the Contract: 1. Transform government processes. 2. Transparent budgeting. 3. Reduced tax burden. 4. Maximize e�ciency. 5. Grow the local economy. 6. Safer streets. 7. End culture of corruption. 8. Improve student outcomes. 9. Increase community health. 10. Adopt best practices when available and blaze new trails where no best practices are found. We spent the nearly three months detailing how local public o�cials can and should fulfill each point of the Contract. Through that time, many o�ce holders and candidates for o�ce expressed support for the Contract. Over the coming weeks, we will be visiting with our elected and appointed public o�cials and ask for them to sign the Contract. We’ll get their insight into the document, and we will publish the
list of signees on our website for the public to see which of their representatives are willing to make themselves openly accountable to “We the People.” As we go forward, we will continue to publish the Contract with the Community series, tracking the performance of our local o�cials. “Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs well.” Sometimes it’s hard for us to know what jobs our public o�cials should be doing. The Contract with the Community series will serve as a resource for Rockford and Winnebago County residents to know what their government should be doing and to make sure their government does it. Trust in government is hard to come by. Not only do we need a resource to hold our public o�cials accountable, we deserve it. We hope our Contract with the Community can help achieve those ends. The Contract with the Community is our 10-point plan to ensure a better government for the citizens of our community. Read the complete series by visiting our website (in the menu under News>Local News) or visit goo.gl/l0hX4o.
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White House in Crisis
Russia-Trump contacts a concern, ex-CIA chief says By Eileen Sullivan & Deb Riechmann Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Former CIA Director John Brennan told Congress Tuesday he personally warned Russia last summer against interfering in the U.S. presidential election and was so concerned about Russian contacts with people involved in the Trump campaign that he convened top counterintelligence officials to focus on it. Brennan’s testimony to the House intelligence committee was the clearest public description yet of the significance these contacts play in counterintelligence investigations that continue to hang over the White House. Brennan, who was President Barack Obama’s CIA director, said he couldn’t say whether there was collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, an issue being investigated by the FBI and congressional committees. “I don’t have sufficient information to make a determination about whether or not such cooperation or complicity or collusion was taking place,” Brennan said. “But I know there was a basis to have individuals pull those threads.” President Donald Trump has predicted the investigations won’t find collusion,
and his efforts to cast doubt and curb the probes have led to the appointment of a special counsel at the Justice Department. News reports that Trump asked his national intelligence director and National Security Agency chief to state publicly there was no evidence of collusion have heightened criticism. Dan Coats, the current U.S. director of national intelligence, declined to comment Tuesday on a Washington Post report that said the president had asked him to publicly deny any collusion between Russia and Trump’s campaign. Coats told senators at a separate hearing that it would be inappropriate to discuss private conversations with the president. Nevertheless, Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, said Coats and NSA director Mike Rogers should provide explanations. The White House said the hearings support the administration’s version of events. A day earlier, Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, invoked his constitutional right not to incriminate himself in response to the Senate committee’s request for details about interactions between him and the Russians. Trump
associates Paul Manafort and Roger Stone have provided the committee with information, while former campaign adviser Carter Page has not. “I can only say I have fully complied with their specific request,” Stone told The Associated Press in an email Tuesday. He said he told the committee he remains ready to testify without immunity and in public. The Senate panel on Tuesday decided to issue two additional subpoenas to Flynn’s businesses and sent a letter to his lawyer asking about the legal basis for his invoking his Fifth Amendment right over documents as opposed to testimony. The chair of that committee, Richard Burr of North Carolina, said if there is no response from Flynn, the committee may consider pursuing a contempt of Congress charge. “Everything is on the table,” Burr said. Everything but immunity, he added. Investigators also have questions about contacts between the Russians and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Brennan said he had seen intelligence that “revealed contacts and interactions” between Russian officials and Americans “involved” in the Trump campaign. He said this was cause for concern “because of known
Russian efforts to suborn such individuals, and it raised questions in my mind, again, whether or not the Russians were able to gain the cooperation of those individuals.” In late July of last year there was so much concern that he convened a group of officials from the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency to focus on it exclusively. “The purpose was to ensure that experts in key agencies had access to information and intelligence relevant to Russian actions so that we could have as full an appreciation as possible on the scope, nature, and intentions of this Russian activity,” Brennan said. He said he personally warned the Russians in August to stop interfering in the U.S. democratic process, telling a senior Russian security official that continued meddling would backfire and prevent any warming of relations after the election. He said the Russian official denied such interference but also said he would relay the concern to President Vladimir Putin. Trump, currently on a nine-day international trip, has had his own conversations with the Russians questioned in light of reports that he shared extremely classified intelligence with Russian diplomats in the Oval Office on May 10.
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Energy & Environment
Windshields a source of information GOP Rep: By Drs. Robert & Sonia Vogl
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wallows have returned, perhaps the most graceful creatures we’ve ever seen. Gliding through the sky, they dip and swoop to catch insect meals on the wing. They’re building nests in the barn, the corn crib, the garage. As they swooped, we wondered: What will they eat? Will they have enough to sustain them and their young? We can feed seeds to winter birds, but not enough insects to sustain summer residents. Nearly everyone is aware of the decline of monarchs – big, beautiful, charismatic butterflies. Their numbers have dropped to less than 1/10th of what they were in 1996. Recent upswings in their population have been temporary and minuscule in comparison to their dramatic overall decline. Habitat loss (abandoning habitat lands and planting them with crops) and crop herbicides which drift to milkweed plants and kill them are understood to be the major causes. Milkweed are the host plant for Monarch caterpillars; without it, they will perish. Many people are now planting milkweed in their yards, hoping to help in some small way. Populations of honeybees, the major crop pollinators, have plummeted. Although many possible causes have been posed, the drop is likely due in large part
to the use of neonicotinoid insecticides. Those who were entranced by fireflies are aware that their numbers have also dropped. Where they once lit up fields and valleys, only a few blink intermittently. But what about other non-charismatic insects? According to an article by Gretchen Vogel in Science, those anonymous species that once gummed up many car windshields are no longer making a mess. Their numbers have fallen. Although insects have been collected from around the world, a leading study has been done by members of the Krefeld society in Krefeld, Germany, housed in an d school building. Most of the insects have been collected from semi-natural areas – meadows and agricultural fields which still maintain populations of wildflowers, birds and small mammals. Amateurs have been active in Europe since the early 20th century, quietly collecting their data. During the 1940s and 1950s a priest encouraged priests from around the world to send their insect specimens to him. In the 1970s and 1980s local authorities asked the Krefeld society for information on insect populations to help manage their natural areas. Identical traps were used in all of the sites to standardize collection. Each trap catches about the
daily diet of a shrew, so depletion is not a question. In 2013, the Krefeld society made an alarming discovery: insect catches had declined nearly 80 percent since 1989. Insect species in decline included those overlooked by the general population, including hover flies, important pollinators, whose numbers dropped by nearly 85 percent. Possible reasons for the decline include elimination of semi-natural habitats and the use of neonicotinoid pesticides which have been implicated in death of honeybee colonies. The chemicals, applied to seeds, are water soluble and can move to pollinator plants. While insects affected may not have been killed directly, they are less able to navigate, communicate, and find mates, showing drops in reproductive rates of over 50 percent. Plans for future research include automated data collection stations. Swallows are also in decline. We hope they can find enough food. When we return to the garage and they fly out, we’re reminded to check the windshield for insects. For a humorous (but factual) perspective on the subject, see That Gunk on Your Car, by Mark Hoestetler, Ph.D. Drs. Robert and Sonia Vogl are the President and Vice President of the Illinois Renewable Energy Association.
Great Lakes cuts an error CHICAGO — Illinois Republican Congressman Peter Roskam has told the White House he opposes a Trump administration proposal to eliminate the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Roskam has sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency o p p o s i ng t h e a d m i n i s t r at i on’s proposed elimination of the initiative, calling proposed cuts “completely unacceptable.” Trump in March proposed cutting funding to the EPA by 30 percent. In a May 19 letter to EPA head Scott Pruitt, the 6th District congressman notes more than a century of environmental damage has taken a big toll on the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative was launched in 2010 to accelerate efforts to protect and restore the freshwater lakes. Rosk am is ask i ng t he House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies to provide $300 million in the fiscal year 2018 appropriations bill for restoration efforts. –Associated Press
Annual flooding – the new downstate norm? The terms 50-year and 100-year flood have become obsolete. We, Southern Illinoisans, are now dealing with annual flooding. That’s really not hyperbole. After torrential rains doused Southern Illinois earlier this month, both the Big Muddy and the Mississippi rivers posted near-record crests. The Big Muddy crested at 40.5 feet, just below the record set in 2011. In the meantime, the Mississippi crested at 45.99 feet, the sixth highest level on record. The record was set last year. During 2011, a levee in Missouri was purposely breached in order to save Cairo from devastating floods. So, for those keeping score at home, that would be four 100-year floods in the past six years. And, that’s just the west side of our region. Let’s not forget the 2011 Ohio River flood that submerged most of Gallatin County. What’s more, scientists tell us to expect the trend to continue. The National Climate Assessment
Floodwaters from the Mississippi River overtakes homes, fields and roadways outside Alton, Illinois during the floods last month.
compiled in 2014 indicates precipitation has increased by about 20 percent in the past century. The rainfall that drenched the region this spring certainly verifies that data. Despite that reality, Southern Illinois finds itself virtually helpless against the elements. Controlling a major river is a dicey proposition under the best of circumstances. But, the condition of our levees have exacerbated the situation. The flood of 2016 breached the Len Small Levee in Alexander County, inun-
dating thousands of acres. The flooding was so severe it scoured topsoil in some areas, and left several feet of sand in its wake in other spots. The mile-long breach in the levee was never repaired, resulting in about 20,000 acres being flooded again. Residents of the area aren’t sure if the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will ever repair the levee. The estimated cost to repair the levee is 200 times the yearly allotment the levee district receives in taxes. When you’re dealing with the federal government’s cost-benefit analy-
sis, those figures don’t add up. In the meantime, residents of Grand Tower in Jackson County have been working since the 2011 flood to shore up the Big Muddy and Mississippi levees. Bottom line, repairs to the Len Small Levee are in limbo and officials seem to be treading water concerning the Grand Tower levees. Compounding the problem, most of the levees in the region are rated unsatisfactory, making it impossible for residents to purchase flood insurance. It’s an untenable situation. Someone in the chain of command has to make tough decisions, and make them now. The federal government has to decide whether to rebuild the levees, or to purchase the land adjacent to the rivers and re-establish the historic flood plain. The latter is something area residents don’t want to hear — neither do we. On the other hand, given the severe nature of the annual flooding, the status quo is no longer acceptable. – The Southern Illinoisan
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This is the wrong hill to die on By Rich Miller
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emocrats have been privately grumbling for a while now that Gov. Bruce Rauner isn’t truly interested in good faith negotiations on a balanced budget with economic reforms to end the two and a half year Statehouse stalemate. But Senate President John Cullerton spent days and days negotiating the details of a four-year property tax freeze with Rauner, only to have his spokesman tell me last week that he hadn’t acceded to Rauner’s demand for a four-year freeze. Look, in this business, you only negotiate on a bill you flatly oppose if you’re trying to run out the clock. Otherwise, you just kill it. And because of this, people in the governor’s office are saying they don’t think that Cullerton really wants a deal. Rauner moved off his demand for a five-year freeze to a four-year freeze. The two men then discussed side issues, like the timeline and the process for locally opting out of the freeze or for making it permanent. The governor wanted a statewide vote, Cullerton wanted local votes. Cullerton
appeared to prevail. But Rauner would only agree to limited exemptions from the freeze, bond payments being one of them. Cullerton wanted more exemptions, pension payments being one of those. Then last week, Cullerton attempted to move legislation with identical language to Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno’s original property tax freeze bill she introduced way back in January. It failed because it required a three-fifths vote to freeze taxes on local home rule governments. Cullerton said afterward that he may strip out the home rule provision and run it again — which would, of course, mean that the city of Chicago would be exempt. Without a property tax freeze amenable to the governor, I just don’t know how this impasse gets resolved. Illinois has some of the highest property taxes in the country. So, if the negotiations fall apart, the Senate Democrats’ refusal to pass a “real” freeze will be a political gift for Gov. Rauner. The issue also comes neatly wrapped in the governor’s favorite bow: House Speaker Michael Madigan. The House speaker is, of course, a property tax appeals lawyer. Rauner said
the other day for the umpteenth time that Madigan’s legal work was a clear case of conflict of interest and is evidence of how corrupt the state is. Senate President Cullerton has also done some property tax appeals work, so Rauner can easily lump Cullerton in with Madigan on the conflict of interest/corruption stuff. And Rauner urged the Senate Democrats last week to resist Madigan, who he claimed had sent his special interests to the chamber in an attempt to kill the grand bargain. And then there was last week’s biggest political new. Billionaire Democratic gubernatorial candidate JB Pritzker was thrashed in the media for obtaining huge property tax assessment rebates and reductions for an empty and “uninhabitable” mansion next door to his own Chicago palace. The mansion apparently became even more legally uninhabitable after Pritzker had the house’s toilets uninstalled. That was clearly the work of a too clever by half property tax attorney, who Pritzker may want to think about throwing under the nearest bus if this publicity gets any worse. And, despite firm denials, it’s pretty clear that Madigan is backing Pritzker,
which makes this all the better for Rauner. Even a child could frame this issue for Rauner. You take a universally and intensely unpopular property tax system, combine it with the state’s most wildly unpopular politician (Madigan) and use all that to blame the Senate Democrats for killing the grand bargain and, in the process, throw lots more mud on their “frontrunner” candidate. It’s the worst possible hill the Democrats could choose to die on. Yes, the Senate president has legitimate policy concerns about the property tax freeze. But this is a political no-brainer. The best idea I heard last week was to take this issue away from Rauner and Cullerton and allow senators on both sides of the aisle to negotiate it. Doing that very thing seemed to help move the revenue/ budget talks and workers’ compensation reform forward, even though they’re not wrapped up as I write this. If, as the Republicans privately contend, Cullerton’s goal is to deprive Rauner of a clear “win” on a property tax freeze, then nothing will work. The one thing we do know is that taking the issue away from Rauner and Cullerton couldn’t possibly make things worse.
A lesson in gov’t bureaucracy By Paul Gorski
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am a new board trustee at Rock Valley College and, as I usually do in any of my jobs, I ask many questions. Unfortunately, despite being a board member, I might have to request answers to my questions through formal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests rather than a simple “May I see a copy of that contract?” More on that in a bit. First, I want to thank local voters for electing me as a Rock Valley College Board Trustee. I received nearly 25,000 votes, which is quite a feat in an off-year election for a community college board position. People who know elections tell me those were phenomenal results. Thank you. I am humbled by the support. Second, I am not now nor do I expect to be in a position of speaking officially for the Rock Valley College Board. The opinions I express here are my own. My opinions will not likely reflect the official position of the board or other board members. I wanted to make that clear
because board “policy” states only the board chairman may speak on behalf of the board. It is also a board policy that only the chairman and committee chairpersons ask the president of the college for certain information. There are seven trustees. One trustee is the chair and three other trustees are committee chairpersons. The three remaining trustees need to direct their questions for the president and staff to one of four other trustees. Sounds like an unnecessary communications hierarchy for a small seven-person board. Talk about red tape. By the way, according to MerriamWebster.com “red tape” refers to: “official routine or procedure marked by excessive complexity which results in delay or inaction.” Yep. When I served on the county board, the twenty-eight board members could ask any staff member a question. The County Board Chairman at the time, Scott Christiansen, encouraged board members to go directly to staff. County staff answered our questions promptly
and politely. Back to the RVC present: the information in question now concerns certain contracts already made and signed part of the public record; and surveys or questionnaires used to determine the need for a new service on campus, also a public record. My initial request for this information was rebuffed, directing me to the board chair and or committee chair to obtain and discuss the issues. Local residents may request the very same information simply by asking for it, and by mentioning FOIA the college would have to reply in a matter of days. I on the other hand, a board trustee, have to go through channels, a process where I could be denied, and then discuss it in committee, which would not happen until next month at the earliest. As I mentioned to RVC officials, that workflow does not work for me. I would like to review these documents, do some research, list my questions, and then discuss these matters with fellow trustees at an open meeting. I think that is a very reasonable request
from an elected official. I am not blaming RVC staff; these policies are board-driven. I am not sure if someone does not want me digging into these issues or maybe we just need some management training for the 21st century: agile, open and transparent leadership training. That said, I repeated my request to the board chair. As I write this article, I have not received a response. My political friends and foes know that I ask questions. Lots of questions. I ask your questions, my questions and questions to increase the level of discussion on government financing. I have served on the Winnebago County Board, Cherry Valley Township Board, and Cherry Valley Library District Board (very briefly), and I never had to file a FOIA request to obtain documents like this before. I hope I do not have to file one now. I will keep you posted. Paul Gorski is a newly elected Rock Valley College Board Trustee who supports open meetings, open government, and equal ballot access to encourage public participation in local government.
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Voices of the Community
RAM exhibition Bittersweet Observations begins June 9 Rockford Art Museum (RAM) opens new feature exhibition Bittersweet Observations on Friday, June 9, with a preview reception for museum members from 5 to 6:30 p.m., followed by a free public opening from 6:30 to 9 p.m. RAM hosts a free book signing with exhibiting artist and author Casey Riordan Millard on Saturday, June 10, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The exhibition remains on view through Oct. 1 at Rockford Art Museum, 711 N. Main St., Rockford. Bittersweet Observations explores the grown-up wonder of childlike nostalgia in a dramatic, fairytale setting through paintings, drawings, prints, animation and installations by Cincinnati artist, author and illustrator Casey Riordan Millard, Rockford artist and illustrator Jenny Mathews, Rockford printmaker Sarah Reed-McNamara, and Rockford custom craftsman Jeremy Klonicki. Millard’s Shark Girl series will catapult viewers into the life of a bizarre halfshark, half-girl’s imaginary world. The artist created the character while confronting her rational and irrational fears during a search for solace from the heartbreak of mortality. Shark Girl and Belly Button is her first children’s book. Full list of related education programs, including $5 Family Fridays and Storytime Saturdays, at rockfordartmuseum.org. The feature exhibition is on view at RAM in Funderburg and Kuller Galleries, on the museum’s main level. Concurrent exhibits on view at RAM in Anderson Gallery, on the lower level, include selections from the Rockford Art Museum Collection, through Nov. 12. Bittersweet Observations is organized by Rockford Art Museum, curated by RAM Curator Carrie Johnson. This exhibition and its related educational programming are sponsored by Women’s Art Board and Niccole Ranz, In Home Medical Group; partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and by the Armer Ahlstrand Charitable Foundation. –RAM
Illinois Audubon Society to celebrate 120 year milestone
The Illinois Audubon Society will be celebrating a milestone in conserving the natural resources of Illinois with a reception marking its 120th anniversary on Wednesday, June 28 at the Field Museum in Chicago. “As a result of the dedication and commitment of our members, the Society has worked for more than a century to promote the perpetuation and appreciation of native plants, animals and habitats of Illinois,” explained Jim Herkert, Illinois Audubon Society Executive Director. “We’ve played an integral
role in strengthening state wildlife laws, expanding state parks and forest preserves, and banning DDT in the state. The Society also has worked to protect birds of prey, conserve prairie-chickens and re-introduce peregrine falcons to Illinois.” Founded in Chicago in 1897 for the protection of birds, the Society is the oldest nonprofit conservation organization in the state. Over its history the Society has raised $11 million for land acquisition, and current owns nearly 2,000 acres of land managed as wildlife sanctuaries throughout the state. These include the 485 acre War Bluff Sanctuary in the Shawnee Hills of southern Illinois, the 203 acre H&B Bremer Wildlife Sanctuary near Hillsboro, the 302 acre Amboy Marsh Nature Preserve and the 400 acre Gremel Wildlife Sanctuary in the Green River Lowlands of northern Illinois and the Adams Wildlife Sanctuary located within the city of Springfield. “We have entered an era where the role of non-governmental conservation organizations is becoming more and more important every year and the Society looks forward to continuing to do our part in conserving and protecting the natural resources of the state” Herkert said. The reception begins at 6 p.m. Members and nonmembers are invited to attend and the cost is $75 per person. Cocktails and light hors d’oeuvres will be served, and Rice Hall of Birds will be open for viewing. Reservations can be made online at illinoisaudubon.org/ field-trip/120th-anniversary-celebration, or by check to “Illinois Audubon Society” mailed to PO Box 2547, Springfield IL, 62708. –Illinois Audubon Society
Rockford Police accepting 2017 Community Kids Zone applications
The Rockford Police Department is accepting applications for the 2017 Community Kids Zone, a month-long program of sports, activities, games, arts, crafts, cooking classes and field trips for low-income young adults in middle and high school. The program will run from Monday, June 5 to Friday, June 30, from 4-9 p.m. at Auburn High School, 5110 Auburn Street. Programming will be offered on Mondays and Wednesdays for youth ages 9-12, and Tuesdays and Thursdays for youth ages 13-17. In addition, field trips for youth ages 9-12 will be held on Friday, June 9 and Friday, June 23, and field trips for youth ages 13-17 will take place on Friday, June 16 and Friday, June 30. Applications may be found online at rockfordil.gov/police.aspx or at Police
Administration Headquarters and District 3 station: 557 S. New Towne Dr.; District 1, 420 W. State St.; and District 2, 1410 Broadway. There is no charge to participate and food will be provided. –City of Rockford
Discovery Center to participate in Blue Star Museums
Today Discovery Center Museum announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel including National Guard and Reserve and their families. Between Memorial Day, May 29 and Labor Day, September 4, active duty military personnel and up to five family members will be provided with free admission to Discovery Center. This free admission program is available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card, which includes active duty U.S. military - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, as well as members of the National Guard and Reserve, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps. The initiative is part of a partnership with Blue Star Museums and in collab-
oration with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense. The complete list of participating museums is available at arts.gov/bluestarmuseums. Throughout the year, Discovery Center offers $1 off admission to active military and their immediate family. –Discovery Center
Garbage collection delayed for holiday
The garbage collection for City of Rockford residents on Monday, May 29, and the balance of that week, will be delayed one day due to the Memorial Day holiday. Residents that normally have garbage pick-up on Monday will have their collection occur on Tuesday and so on through the subsequent days of the week. The Household Hazardous Waste site at 3333 Kishwaukee Street will be open as usual the weekend of Saturday, May 27, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, May 28, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Please note that the Household Hazardous Waste site is no longer accepting latex paint due to its non-hazardous nature. Oil based paints and paint related solvents and thinners will continue to be accepted. –City of Rockford Let us know what your company or organization is doing. Submit your notices to contact@rockrivertimes.com.
“Inviting Nature Home” Lecture—The Pollination of Native Plants, Heather Holm,
Author of Pollinators of Native Plants and Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide Thursday, July 13, 7:00p.m. Northern Illinois University, 8500 E. State, Rockford, IL Cost of lecture is $5, free to Wild Ones members. Join that night!
Tour of Natural Yards (rain or shine) Tours free to all! Saturday, July 15, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.— Sunday, July 16, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
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How data from your downloads is shaping the future of music By Brian Moon
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ifteen years ago, Steve Jobs introduced the iPod. Since then, most music fans have understood this has radically changed how they listen to music. Less understood are the ways that raw information – accumulated via downloads, apps and online searches – is influencing not only what songs are marketed and sold, but which songs become hits. Decisions about how to market and sell music, to some extent, still hinge upon subjective assumptions about what sounds good to an executive, or which artists might be easier to market. Increasingly, however, businesses are turning to big data and the analytics that can help turn this information into actions. Big data is a term that reflects the amount of information people generate – and it’s a lot. Some estimate that today, humans generate more information in one minute than in every moment from the earliest historical record through 2000.
Unsurprisingly, harnessing this data has shaped the music industry in radical new ways.
When it was all about the charts
In the 20th century, decisions about how to market and sell music were based upon assumptions about who would buy it or how they would hear it. At times, purely subjective assumptions would guide major decisions. Some producers, like Phil Spector and Don Kirshner, earned reputations for their “golden ears” – their ability to intuit what people would want to listen to before they heard it. (If you aren’t aware of the SNL parody of this phenomenon, take a second to see “More Cowbell.”) Eventually, record companies incorporated more market-based objective information through focus groups, along with sheet music and record sales. But the gold standard of information in the music industry became the “charts,” which track the comparative success of one recording against others. Music charts have typically combined two pieces of information: what people are listening to (radio, jukeboxes and,
today, streaming) and what records they’re buying. Charts like the Billboard Hot 100 measure the exposure of a recording. If a song is in the first position on a list of pop songs, the presumption is that it’s the most popular – the most-played song on the radio, or the most-purchased in record stores. In the 1920s through the 1950s, when record charts began to appear in Billboard, they were compiled from sales information provided by select shops where records were sold. The number of times a recording played on the radio began to be incorporated into the charts in the 1950s. While charts attempt to be objective, they don’t always capture musical tastes and listening habits. For example, in the 1950s, artists started appearing on multiple charts presumed to be distinct. When Chuck Berry made a recording of “Maybellene” that simultaneously appeared in the country and western, rhythm and blues, and pop charts, it upended certain assumptions that undergirded the music industry – specifically, that the marketplace was as segregated as the United States. Simply
put, the industry assumed that pop and country were Caucasian, while R&B was African-American. Recordings like “Maybellene” and other “crossover” hits signaled that subjective tastes weren’t being accurately measured. In the 1990s, chart information incorporated better data, with charts automatically being tracked via scans at record stores. Once sales data began to be accumulated across all stores using Nielsen Soundscan, some larger assumptions about what people were listening to were challenged. The best-selling recordings in the early 1990s were often country and hip-hop records, even though America’s radio stations during the 1980s had tended to privilege classic rock. Record charts are constantly evolving. Billboard magazine has the longest-running series of charts evaluating different genres and styles of music, and so it makes a good standard for comparison. Yet new technology has made this system a bit problematic. For example, data generated from Pandora weren’t added to the Billboard charts until January of this year. Continued on Page 18 >>>
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Film Reviews
Ritchie’s Arthur low invesment, high entertainment By Thomas Simpson
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uy Ritchie made a name for himself with English gangster flicks full of swagger and cheeky charm. Recently he has been adapting well known works such as Sherlock, and the vastly underrated Man from U.N.C.L.E while keeping his trademark geezer humour. Ritchie’s new film sees him put his spin on a popular Camelot fable with King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. You’d be hardpressed to find someone that doesn’t have a vague understanding of the story of King Arthur (played here by Charlie Hunnam). For those unfamiliar, Ritchie wastes no time in getting them acquainted while keeping it brief enough so as not to bore audiences with a
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The end of genre?
Today, companies are trying to make decisions relying on as few assumptions as possible. Whereas in the past, the industry relied primarily on sales and how often a songs were played on the radio, they can now see what specific songs people are listening to, where they are hearing it and how they are consuming it. On a daily basis, people generate 2.5 exabytes of data, which is the equivalent to 250,000 times all of the books in the Library of Congress. Obviously, not all of this data is useful to the music industry. But analytical software can utilize some of it to help the music industry understand the market. The Musical Genome, the algorithm behind Pandora, sifts through 450 pieces of information about the sound of a recording. For example, a song might feature the drums as being one of the loudest components of the sound, compared to other features of the recording. That measurement is a piece of data that can be incorporated into the larger model. Pandora uses these data to help listeners find music that is similar in sound to what they have enjoyed in the past. This approach upends the 20th-century assumptions of genre. For example, a genre such as classic rock can become monolithic and exclusionary. Subjective decisions about what is and isn’t “rock” have historically been sexist and racist. With Pandora, the sound of a recording becomes much more influential. Genre is only one of 450 pieces of information that’s being used to classify a song, so if it sounds like 75 percent of rock songs, then it likely counts as rock. Meanwhile, Shazam began as an idea that turned sound into data. The smart-
familiar origin story. The evil King Vortigern’s (Jude Law) empire is threatened by his nephew Arthur, the true born King. Unfortunately, his identity is unknown – however legend says that the real heir to the throne is the only one that can remove the magic sword Excalibur from the stone it is embedded in. When Arthur does this, he finds himself unwillingly aligned with a rebellious group loyal to Arthur’s father Uther (Eric Bana) who was murdered by Vortigern. Blood is thicker than water and revenge is even sweeter. There is a gloomy look to Legend of the Sword that suggests Ritchie’s film will be a gritty reboot with a spice of realism. This is not the case and the film prospers for it. The pre-credits prologue
promises magic and monsters letting us know what to expect going forward. The final battles do get drenched in a special effects stramash and – although the camera work is a little dizzying – the action isn’t overwhelming. Among all the devilish chicanery and murder, the script is peppered with a light humour as Arthur and his yet to be knighted acquaintances are giving a cockney makeover complete with geezer characteristics. It’s classic Ritchie, an extension of the director’s attitude that adds levity to proceedings. Hunnam’s Arthur plays out like a cross between Sons of Anarchy’s Jax Teller and Green Street Hooligan’s Pete Dunham. He’s a scammer and bruiser, doing what he has to do in a tough world. His loyalty to his friends fuels his desire and
Hunnam plays the role with an underlying intensity accompanied by a nudge and a wink. Jude Law keeps his malevolent character in check by playing the role straight yet fully aware of the sword and sorcery world he inhabits. It’s clear that this film is intended to set up a new franchise, or at least, a sequel although early box office projections cast a serious doubt over that. Which is a pity as this is a fun action fantasy that although a little indulgent, doesn’t suffer from pretentious solemnity. It’s a little rough around the edges with some exposition glossed over in a montage whirlwind but it’s an enjoyable treat that doesn’t require too much investment and offers some entertaining popcorn fodder in return. On Twitter: @Simmy41.
phone app takes an acoustic fingerprint of song’s sound to reveal the artist, song title and album title of the recording. When a user holds his phone toward a speaker playing a recording, he quickly learns what he is hearing. The listening habits of Shazam’s 120 million active users can be viewed in real time, by geographic location. The music industry now can learn how many people, when they heard a particular song, wanted to know the name of the singer and artist. It gives real-time data that can shape decisions about how – and to whom – songs are marketed, using the preferences of the listeners. Derek Thompson, a journalist who has examined data’s affects on the music industry, has suggested that Shazam has shifted the power of deciding hits from the industry to the wisdom of a crowd. The idea of converting a recording’s sound into data has also led to a different way of interpreting this information. If we know the “sound” of past hits – the interaction between melody, rhythm, harmony, timbre and lyrics – is it possible to predict what the next big hit will be? Companies like Music Intelligence Solutions, Inc., with its software Uplaya, will compare a new recording to older recordings to predict success. The University of Antwerp in Belgium conducted a study on dance songs to create a model that had a 70 percent likelihood of predicting a hit. Of course, YouTube might tend to cluster songs by genre in its search algorithm, but it’s increasingly clear that the paradigms that have defined genres are less applicable now than ever before.
which tracks the artists most actively mentioned on the world’s leading social media sites. In a way, social media can be thought of as analogous to the small musical scenes of the 20th century, like New York City’s CBGB or Seattle’s Sub Pop scene. In Facebook groups or on Twitter lists, some dedicated and like-minded fans are talking about the music they enjoy – and record companies want to listen. They’re able to follow how the “next big thing” is being voraciously discussed within a growing and devoted circle of fans. Streaming music services are increasingly focused upon how social media is intertwined with the listening experience. The Social 50 chart is derived from information gathered by the company Next Big Sound, which is now owned by Pandora. In 2015, Spotify acquired the music analytics firm The Echo Nest,
while Apple Music acquired Semetric . Songwriters and distributors now know – more than ever – how people listen to music and which sounds they seem to prefer. But did people like OMI’s 2015 hit “Cheerleader” because of its sound and its buzz on social media – as Next Big Sound predicted? Or did it spread on these networks only because it possessed many of the traits of a successful record? Does taste even matter? You’d like to think you listen to what you enjoy, not what the industry predicts you’ll like based on data. But is your taste your own? Or will the feedback loop – where what you’ve enjoyed in the past shapes what you hear today – change what you’ll like in the future? Brian Moon is Assistant Professor of music, University of Arizona, and a musicologist who specializes in America’s music.
What happens next?
Even as new information becomes available, old models still help us organize that information. Billboard Magazine now has a Social 50 chart
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ACO Rockford Cornhole Tournaments WHEN Friday, May 26 - Saturday, May 27 WHERE UW Health Sports Factory Anyone is welcome to participate in the Walk-Up Tournament on Friday at 5 p.m. for only $20 per team. Both singles and doubles divisions will be in place with cash payouts to the top teams. Saturday involves two tournaments with cash prizes for teams finishing in first through fourth place. This is the first time an ACO tournament is hosted in Rockford.
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WHEN Friday, May 26 - Friday, September 1
WHEN Friday, May 26 - Monday, May 29
WHERE Shorewood Park
WHERE Loves Park City Hall Festival Grounds
The Rockford Ski Broncs’ dazzling water ski show is in its 50th year! Powered by 2,000 horsepower, it’s like Cirque du Soleil on the Rock River. Daring jumps, tremendous human pyramids, speedy barefoot skiing, beautiful ballet lines, head-spinning swivel skiing and tricky tricking await at each show. The shows run every Wednesday and Friday during the summer and are free to the public.
Bring the whole family to the annual Young at Heart Festival! Events during the weekend include live music, a beer garden, carnival rides, kids’ activities and food concessions. There will also be a spectacular fireworks show on Saturday night that you won’t want to miss!
Memorial Day Parade and Programs WHEN Monday, May 29 WHERE Veterans Memorial Hall The annual parade will start in Midtown at 9 a.m. and end in Beattie Park. There will be a special program at 10:30 a.m. and the annual Sinking of the Ship ceremony at 11 a.m.
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Fred VanVleet & RACVB to host 1st FVV Summer Camp & Fan Fest Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau and its Brand Ambassador and Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet are teaming up for the first ever Fred VanVleet Summer Camp and Fan Fest on June 23-25 at the UW Health Sports Factory. “Giving back to the community is important to me. I hope through the FVV Summer Camp that we can impart some of the wisdom I have gained to the youth in the Rockford region,” said VanVleet. “I’m looking forward to having a lot of fun at this event and sharing some great moments with the community.” The basketball camp runs on Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25, and is designed for boys and girls in kindergarten through high school. Kids can sign up for a one day session or two day session. The camp will run from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. both days and lunch is provided by Owly Oop Sports Pub. Attendees will learn skills, drills and compete in contests during the camp. Registration includes a T-shirt, goodie bag, boxed lunch and
free admission to the Fan Fest on Friday, June 23. Registration is $50 for one day and $90 for two days. The Friday Fan Fest kicks o� the weekend from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. on Friday, June 23, and is open to the public to come and explore the UW Health Sports Factory and to take part in a variety of sports related activities and fun games and experiences. There will be a gaming lounge, dunking contests, bouncy houses, agility drills and, of course, Fred VanVleet himself. There will also be a three-point shootout and community dunk contest where people can enter to win a grand prize and trophy! More details to come soon at www.gorockford.com/FVVcamp. Admission to the Fan Fest is $5 with proceeds going to the RACVB Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit focused on improving the quality of life in the Rockford region through destination development projects such as beautification, public art and special events. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance at www.gorockford.com/FVVcamp.
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When: Saturday, June 24 - Sunday, June 25 Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days with lunch break Where: UW Health Sports Factory Who: Boys and Girls ages K-12 grade Registration Fee: $50 one day; $90 both days Camp Info: Fred VanVleet returns to Rockford for the first-ever FVV Summer Camp! Boys and Girls ages K-12 are invited to participate. Receive instruction from Fred, local basketball coaches and athletes; a fun experience to learn from an NBA pro! Registration includes a camp T-shirt, goodie bag, boxed lunch, and one free ticket to the Friday Fan Fest at the UW Health Sports Factory. Register online at gorockford.com/FVVcamp.
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When: Friday, June 23 Time: 5-9 p.m. Where: UW Health Sports Factory Who: Open to the public - All ages event (children 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult) Admission: $5 per person (FVV Camp attendees receive free admission) Purchase tickets at the door or in advance online at www.gorockford.com/FVVcamp Fan Fest Info: There will be gaming lounge, dunking contests, bouncy houses agility drills and, of course, Fred VanVleet himself. There will also be a three-point shootout and community dunk contest where people can enter to win a grand prize and trophy! More details to come soon at gorockford. com/FVVcamp. Sponsors of the event will have a reception with Fred upstairs at Owly Oop Sports Pub. The FVV Summer Camp & Fan Fest is supported by the RACVB, Rockford Park District, Rockford Public Schools Athletics, WREX, The Rock River Times and Owly Oop Sports Pub.
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A&E Happenings Arts & Theater
Attractions The ARC - 1222 E. State St., Beadware Mondays 1-4 p.m.; Open Studio Wednesdays & Thursdays 1-4 p.m. The Art Box – 308 E. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Info: 815-758-0313. Artists’ Ensemble Theatre – Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. Info: 815-394-5004. ArtSpace West Gallery – 1426 N. Main St. Wed.-Sat., noon-6 p.m. Info: 815-963-1894. Beloit Fine Arts Incubator – 520 E. Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. Gallery hours: Mon.,10 a.m.-2 p.m. ; Tues.Fri., 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sat.,10 a.m.-3 p.m. Info: 608-322-4250. For further information please visit BeloitFineArtsIncubator.com or call the gallery at 608-313-9083. Beloit College – Logan Museum of Anthropology, Shaw Gallery, 700 College St., Beloit, Wis. Tues.Sun., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Info: 608-363-2828. Belvidere Performing Arts Center – 1500 E. Ave., Belvidere. Tickets available at Tickets.thestudiorockford.com or 815-332-2205. Byron Civic Theatre – 850 N. Colfax, Byron. Info:
815-312-3000 or bctmagic.com. Cadillac Palace Theatre – 151 W. Randolph St., Chicago. BroadwayInChicago.com. The Castle - The Castle Performing Arts Center at 501 Prospect St. is Beloit’s newest home for the arts. For information visit thecastlebeloit.com or call 608-346-3114. Coronado Performing Arts Center – 314 N. Main St. 815-968-5222 or coronadopac.org. DeKalb Area Women’s Center Galleries - 1021 State St., DeKalb. Fridays, 7-9 p.m. Info: 815-758-1351. Ingrid Dohm Studio Gallery – 839 N. Perryville Road. Appointments/Info: 815-519-6492. Fireside Dinner Theatre - 1131 Janesville Ave., Fort Atkinson, WI. (800) 477-9505 Freeport Art Museum – 121 N. Harlem Ave., Freeport. Info: 815-235-9755. Gallery C – 900 Jackson St., Suite 113, Dubuque, Iowa. The Gallery At JustGoods – 201 Seventh St. Info: 815-965-8903. Grace Performing Arts Center - Festival 56 productions are performed at this location, 316 South Main Street, Princeton. 815-879-5656, ext. 11, festival56.com Horseflower’s Creative Hotspot - Located in the
historic SM & SF building (upstairs) at 1019 3rd Ave. in the heart of Midtown. Creative space featuring a gallery, home to the Kandinsky Creative Group, collaborative space, classes, Creative discussions and so much more. If you are looking unique we are it. We are more than a gallery, we’re an experience! Open Thursday-Saturday 12-6 p.m. or by appointment, second Friday of the month until 8 p.m. More information contact Lenny at (815) 501-2375 or email kandinskys.c.g.2015@ gmail.com. Charlotte Hackin Art Studio & Gallery – 6278 Brynwood Drive, Rockford. Info: 815-639-1318. Kortman Gallery – 107 N. Main St. Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Info: 815-968-0123. Main Street Players of Boone County – Community Building Complex, 111 W. First St., Belvidere. mainstreetplayersofboonecounty.com. Monroe Arts Center – 1315 11th St., Monroe, Wis. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Info: 608-325-5700. NIU Art Museum – Northern Illinois University, Altgeld, 116, DeKalb. David C. Olson Photography Studio – 5643 East State Street. Wildlife and nature imagery. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday; 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday. Free. Info: 815-873-1777; www.davidolsonphoto.com. Pec Playhouse Theatre – 314 Main St., Pecatonica fo: 815-239-1210 or pecplayhouse.org. Rockford Art Guild - Meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday every month at Womanspace of Rockford, 3333 Maria Linden Dr. The Rockford Art Guild (RAG) is a supportive and encouraging group of people who have a strong passion for the arts. Each member has opportunities to improve, explore, and challenge themselves in ways they would not find elsewhere. Guild members work together to increase the appreciation of art in the Rockford area. The Public is invited. For more information visit www.RockfordArtGuild. Next Meeting is Tuesday, June 6. Rockford Art Museum - 711 N. Main St.. For more information visit rockfordartmuseum.org. Rockford Dance Company – Riverfront Museum Park, 711 N. Main St. Info: 815-815-963-3341 or 815-968-0595. Rockford University Art Gallery – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. Info: 815-226-4105. Rockford University Performing Arts Department and Maddox & CheekTheatres - 5050 E. State St. For more information call 815.226.4100 or visit rockford.edu/artslectures/performingartsseason. Stage Coach Theater - 126 S. 5th St., DeKalb. Tickets and information at stagecoachers.com or 815-758-1940. State of the Art – 218 E. State St. Open Tues.-Sat., noon-6 p.m. and by appointment. “First Friday” events until 8 p.m. Info: 815-979-1944. 317 Studio and Gallery- 317 Market St. Stop by for Open Studio Thursday and Friday nights from 5-8 p.m. and Saturday afternoon from 12-5 p.m. Our gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday 12-2 p.m., also open during evening hours, check calendar for times or call. 317studiogallery.com or 815-315-7000
Timber Lake Playhouse – 8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll. Info: 815-244-2035. timberlakeplayhouse. org. Without Shoes Modern Dance Company – Maddox Theatre, Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. Womanspace – 3333 Maria Linden Drive. Info: 815-877-0118. Woodstock Opera House – 121 E. Van Buren St., Woodstock. Info: 815-338-5300. Woodstock Weavers Guild – Old Courthouse Arts Center, 101 N. Johnson, Woodstock. Info: 815-399-1630. Wright Museum of Art – Beloit College, 700 College St., Beloit, Wis. Free. Info: 608-363-2095.
Music
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. Harlan Jefferson - Big Al’s Bar, 610 N. Bell School Road. 6:30-10 p.m. Free Tuesdays through May 30. Friday Mike Williamson Trio - 5:30-8 p.m. at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. Free Post Facto - Pig Minds Brewing Co. 4080 Steele Dr. Machesney Park. 7 p.m. Ernie Hendrickson and The Citizens of Love - Mary’s Place, 602 N. Madison St. 9:30 p.m. Saturday Orbison’s Ring – A Roy Orbison & Patsy Cline Tribute at Spring Creek UCC, 4500 Spring Creek Rd., for the Concert on the Creek series. 7 p.m. Free admission. Al Buisker - 5:30-8 p.m. at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. Free Block Party featuring Here Come the Mummies District Bar and Grill, 205 W. State St. 6 p.m. start. $20, ages 21-and-up. Live on the Lawn: Ken Curtis - Graystone Grill, 1900 Reid Farm Road. 6 p.m. Trash 80s - Big Al’s Bar, 610 N. Bell School Road. 8:30 p.m. Slatetrain/Taboo Blah Blah/Go Go Torpedo - Mary’s Place, 602 N. Madison St. 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 3 Blues Block Party - 1-9 p.m. at Kingsway Lane in Byron. Birddog Blues Band 2-4 p.m., Uptown Rhythm Aces 6-9 p.m. Free admission, bring snacks and beverages. Free-will donations accepted for band. Sunday, June 4 Dance - VFW, 2018 Windsor Road, Loves Park, across from Sunrise Restaurant. 7 p.m. Admission is $7.
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A&E Happenings Thursday, June 8 The Blues: The Roots of Popular American Music Program presented by Crossroad Blues Society with Dan Phelps and Steve Jones. 6-7 p.m. at the Byron Public Library, 100 S. Washington St., Byron. Come and listen to music inspired by Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Skip James. Free program. Call the Byron Public Library to register, 815-234-5107.
Community
Ongoing Burpee Museum of Natural History – 737 N. Main St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission: $8 for ages 13 & older, $7 for ages 3-12, free for children younger than 4 and members; additional fee for traveling exhibits. 815-965-3433. Camp Grant Museum - 1004 Samuelson Rd. 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, Saturday to 1 p.m. Closed Monday and Sunday. Admission is Adult $10, Children 8 up $5, Free for 7 or below. Special hours are available for groups. Admission is free with a meal at Command Post Restaurant. Museum - 815-395-0679 or Command Post 815-395-0678 for more information. Cherry Valley Public Library District - 755 E. State St., Cherry Valley. Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 1-5 p.m. (Sept.-May) 815-332-5161. Cherryvalleylib.org Discovery Center Museum – 711 N. Main St. Hours: Sun.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $8 public, free for members. Children 1 and under are also free. 815-963-6769. Ethnic Heritage Museum – 1129 S. Main St. Sun., 2-4 p.m. Admission $5 adults, $3 student, $10 family. 815-962-7402. OSF Healing Pathways Cancer Resource Center – 5668 E. State St., Suite 2700. Healing Pathways provides programs and services to cancer patients, survivors and family members at no cost. Programs include strength training, nutrition classes, support groups, book club and many others. For more information call 815-977-4123;Fax: 815-977-5513 or visit healingpathwayscrc.org. Memorial Hall – 211 N. Main St. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon-Fri., or by appointment. 815-969-1999. Midway Village – 6799 Guilford Road. Open TuesdayFriday (May-August) 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed Monday. 815-397-9112. Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens – 1354 N. Second St. Open Tues.-Sat. (closed Mon.): hours vary, check website or call. Admission: $6 resident, $8 non-resident, free for children 4 and younger. Water features, seating areas and sculptures, all in a tropical plant setting. Changing seasonal floral displays, special events, educational programs, workshops, lecture series. Rentals of meeting/event room available. Gift shop. Info: rockfordparkdistrict.org or 815-987-8800. Pine Tree Pistol Club – 5454 11th St. Info about club & classes: 815-874-7399. Rock Hollow Hunt Club - Bingo and pull-tabs the last Tuesday of every month at Rock Hollow Hunt Club, 1931 IL Route 75 East in Freeport. Buy cards beginning at 6 p.m. games start at 6:30 p.m. sharp. Benefits the US Sportsmen’s Youth Foundation. Rockford Park District – Various programs available throughout the year. Program Guides now
available at Customer Service locations. Info: 815-987-8800 or rockfordparkdistrict.org. Tinker Swiss Cottage – 411 Kent St. Tours 1 and 3 p.m., Tues.-Sun. 815-964-2424. Recycling - Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful Recycling Centers. 9 a.m.-noon every Saturday. 815-637-1343 Womanspace – 3333 Maria Linden Drive. Yoga every Thursday, 9:30-10:45 a.m. $40/four classes or $12/class. Basic Hatha Yoga. Other activities throughout the year. Info: 815-877-0118. Registration for Classes at The Arc – The Arc of Winnebago, Boone and Ogle Counties, 1222 E. State St. Info: 815-965-3455. Registration for “Putting Wellness to Work” – University of Illinois Extension, Boone County, 205 Cadillac Court, Unit 3, Belvidere. Date: Your choice. Lessons on practical skills to help workers live healthy lives. Call Judy Hodge, Program Coordinator, at 815-544-3710 or hodg@illinois. edu to schedule lessons. Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden – 2715 S. Main St. Tues.-Sat., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission $6 adults, $3 seniors & students, children younger than 3 and Klehm members, free. Donation Day is first Tuesday of each month. Admission free, donations of any amount welcome. Call 815-965-8146 or visit klehm.org for more information. Take Charge of Your Health, Live Well, Be Well Workshop - Do you have to manage a health condition on a daily basis or care for someone who does? Join us for a FREE Take Charge of Your Health Workshop. First session starts Monday April 3rd at 9:30am at Heartland Community Church, 1280 S. Alpine Rd. Open to the Public. Call Ashlee Dearman Covert from The Northwestern IL Area Agency on Aging for more info: 779-221-3722. German Dancing Lessons - Hosted by the German Society of Rockford. Dance and also learn about German culture. All ages welcome, always looking for new people. Takes place from 7-8 p.m. on Mondays at Advanced Machine & Engineering Co., 2500 Latham St., on the 2nd floor. Free admission. Come check us out. For more information call 815-494-9872. Rockford Crochet Club - New group has formed in Rockford for those who love to crochet or would like to learn. Please find us under “Rockford Crochet Club” on Facebook. Group meets once a week at Meg’s Daily Grind on Alpine/Guilford Road from 10:30 a.m.-noon. This group is an opportunity to connect with others who enjoy crocheting. All crocheters, from beginning to advanced, are welcome. We gather at the large round table in the corner of the coffee shop. Just bring whatever project you are working on and join in! Retired and Senior Volunteer Program - Are you 55+ and would you like to volunteer? We have endless opportunities for you to share your experience, talents, and interests to serve our community. Call RSVP, Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, a program of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois at 815-397-7103 or drop in at 1111 S. Alpine Suite 400 in Rockford. YOU can make a difference! Serving Boone and Winnebago Counties. Whole Month of May Illinois Beer Month - Olympic Tavern, 2327 N. Main St. All throughout the month of May, at least HALF of our 28 drafts will come from breweries
in the Land of Lincoln. Weekly special tappings, meet the brewer nights, and maybe a few more surprises are in store for you. Celebrate Illinois beer by DRINKING Illinois beer. This week Wednesday Unplug ged Gamer s - 5: 30-7: 30 p.m. at the Main Library, YA Zone, 215 N. Wyman St. Description: All ages. Love tabletop? Join us to throw down in card, dice, board, and other tabletop games! Pick a new game from our eclectic selection or bring a fav to share with the group. Don’t forget to bring your friends! For more information, call 815-965-7606. Saturday Adults and Kids Day - MercyHealth Sportscore One, 1288 Elmwood Rd. Activities for adults and kids including one-day-only softball and kickball tournaments. Event will feature the following tournaments, which will all run from 8 a.m.-7 p.m.: Mini-Tournaments for Kids 7-14 Plus Parents (8-10 players, 8-team limit, $45 per team); Special “Incredi-ball” slo-pitch softball (kids ages 10-14); low-tech bats, three games, five innings or 45 minutes; athletic shoes required; Kickball (kids ages 7-11); three games, 45 minutes or five innings; athletic shoes required. For adults: Adult Mini-Tournaments (8-team limit, $45 per team); Age 18+ Slo-Pitch, Co-Rec and Men - Single wall bat tournament; 8-12 players, 3 games, five innings or 45 minutes; Age 50+ Slo-Pitch - Single wall bat tournament, 10-12 players, 3 games, five innings or 45 minutes. All entry fees are due at registration, which will close May 25 if capacity has not been reached sooner. Register online at www.rockfordparkdistrict.org (click My RPD) or in person at Park District Customer Service locations: UW Health Sports Factory in downtown Rockford, 305 S. Madison St., Carlson Ice Arena in Loves Park, as well as the MercyRockford Indoor Sports Center in Loves Park and the MercyRockford Sportscore One office in Rockford. Sunday A Promise of Love Rescue Fundraiser - A Promise of Love Rescue is having a wonderful fundraising event at Suds O’Hanahans, 435 E. Grand Ave., in Beloit to raise money for the vetting of the dogs in their care. It is the time of year for the outdoor events owners can enjoy with their pets to start. There will be live music, free appetizers, a wine toss, cute pet photo contest, 50/50 raffle and more. Dogs are more than welcome to attend with their owners. Monday, May 29 Memroal Day Parade & Ceremony - Veterans Memorial Hall, 211 N. Main St. At t 8:30 a.m. all parade units will line up near the intersection of 7th St. and 6th Ave. at 9 a.m. the parade will proceed north on 7th St. to Charles St., Charles St. to State St. units will then travel west on State St., the parade will continue west on State St. and turn north on Wyman St. then proceed north to Beattie Park where the parade will end. Once the parade has ended, approximately 10:30 a.m., N. Wyman St. between Mulberry St. and Jefferson St. will remain closed and the Memorial Day
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• Memorial Hall • Boy Scouts Office (McFarland Rd) • These City Halls: Loves Park, Rockford, Machesney Park, Belvidere, Cherry Valley, Roscoe Contact Paul, 815.871.3801 Program will begin. The Memorial Day program will include comments from Rockford native Chief Master Sergeant Alvin “Al” L. Blake (USAF Ret.); Winnebago County Board Chairman Frank Haney; Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara; and a Memorial Dove release. Tuesday, May 30 YA Creative ReUSE - 6-8 p.m. at the Main Library, Auditorium, 215 N. Wyman St. Description: Ages 13-19. Turn garbage into art! The Creative ReUSE group is coming to RPL to bring you a fun makerspace project. All supplies provided. For more information, call 815-965-7606. Wednesday, May 31 Blue Exorcist Fan Party - 5:30-7 p.m. at the Main Library, Auditorium, 215 N. Wyman St. Description: Ages 13-19. Do you love Blue Exorcist? Think you know the most about Rin and his fellow exorcists? Party on with trivia, prizes, food, games and more! Points towards prizes if you come in cosplay! Registration is NOT required. For more information, call 815-965-7606. Monday, June 5-Friday, June 9 Move Mindfully - Luna’s Studio, 5906 Elaine Dr., is holding a Yoga & Zumba creative summer camp for kids. Camp is open to ages 5-10. Pack a lunch, snacks will be provided. Register now at lunastudiorockford.com. Friday, June 16 Paranormal Evening at Tinker Swiss Cottage with Author Linda Godfrey - 7-9 p.m. at 411 Kent St. Tinker Swiss Cottage and Haunted Rockford bring renowned author, Linda Godfrey to Rockford! Linda will be presenting on some of her most fascinating cases found during her research for her books on “Weird Wisconsin”, “Weird Michigan”, and “American Monsters.” After the presentation, Executive Director of the cottage, Steve Litteral and Haunted Rockford’s Kathi Kresol will share the history and personal experiences of paranormal activity inside this historic location. The evening will also include a tour of this very active location. The price for this event is be $30 and must be paid in advance. Seating will be limited! Please register at www. hauntedrockford.com or by calling Kathi at 815-871-4239.
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Death Notices Garley Reynolds 56 Rockford 5/15/2017 Jean Nimz 95 Rockford 5/15/2017 Charles Bailey 73 Rockford 5/15/2017 Tripp Luebke 6 Rockford 5/15/2017 James Dougherty 70 Loves Park 5/15/2017 Marilyn DeVries 86 Rockford 5/15/2017 James Kern 67 Rockford 5/15/2017 Pamela Knapp 70 Rockford 5/15/2017 Brieanna Cooper 20 Rockford 5/15/2017 Susan West 65 Rockford 5/15/2017 Roethay Avant 88 Rockford 5/15/2017 Elva Stewart 88 Rockford 5/16/2017 David Baldwin 80 Rockford 5/16/2017 Dona Scott 87 Rockford 5/16/2017 Joan Kusler 80 Rockford 5/16/2017 Guenther Enge 91 Durand 5/16/2017 Robert Radke 60 Rockford 5/16/2017 Jerry Erxleben 71 Rockford 5/17/2017 Cathy Lofthouse 66 Rockford 5/17/2017 Richard Demetsenarde 93 Rockford 5/17/2017 Nancy Gulick 78 Rockford 5/17/2017 Sandra Weddle 52 Rockford 5/17/2017 Thomas McWhirter 70 Rockford 5/17/2017 James Hamill 39 Rockford 5/17/2017 James Sadewater 44 Rockford 5/17/2017 Dorothy Schleimer 85 Rockford 5/17/2017 Marie Hill 95 Durand 5/17/2017 James Haight 78 Rockford 5/17/2017 Robert Dempsey 84 Rockford 5/17/2017 Gary Dusavage 61 Rockford 5/17/2017 Susan Hathcock 59 Rockford 5/17/2017 Philbert Moran 95 Rockford 5/18/2017 Brazz Scott 77 Rockford 5/18/2017 Felicia Stanford 51 Rockford 5/18/2017 Christine Zibas 61 Rockford 5/18/2017 Stanley Weisensel 82 Rockford 5/18/2017 Claire Sullons 94 Rockford 5/18/2017 Gene Johnson 80 Rockford 5/18/2017 Jose Garcia 49 Rockford 5/18/2017 Claudette Jobson 79 Rockton 5/18/2017 Karen Arneson 66 Rockford 5/18/2017 Joe Adams 54 Rockford 5/18/2017 Doris Pacek 67 Rockford 5/18/2017 Debra Creswell 67 Roscoe 5/19/2017 Geraldine Parisella 74 Rockford 5/19/2017 Nancy Hanson 66 Rockford 5/19/2017 Koulab Pendeenvai 75 Rockford 5/19/2017 Edith Riley 86 Rockford 5/19/2017 Gladys Terviel 97 Rockford 5/19/2017 Bernita Grow 86 Rockford 5/19/2017 Michael Foster 60 Rockford 5/19/2017 Richard Gille 73 Rockford 5/19/2017 Juanita Kimmons 81 Machesney Park 5/20/2017 Betty Dahle 82 Machesney Park 5/20/2017 Lindell Gatewood 90 Rockford 5/20/2017 Christopher Peters 38 Loves Park 5/20/2017 Manuel Tavera-Durango 68 Rockford 5/20/2017 Bradley Swanson 54 Rockford 5/20/2017 Lucille Block 98 Rockford 5/20/2017 William Holterhaus 64 Rockford 5/20/2017 EJ Willhoite 76 Rockford 5/20/2017 Nancy Justen 72 Rockford 5/21/2017 Debra Brien 60 Rockford 5/21/2017 Dorothy Carson 95 Durand 5/21/2017 Maradene Davidson 79 Rockford 5/21/2017 Tammy Fetters 52 Rockford 5/21/2017 Kenneth Krutza 64 Rockford 5/21/2017 Robert Thompson 35 Machesney Park 5/21/2017 Dorothy Travis 83 Rockford 5/21/2017 Avery Fagerberg 75 Rockford 5/21/2017 Edward Glomski 97 Rockton 5/21/2017 Imogene Czarnikow 81 Rockford 5/21/2017 James Green 78 Durand 5/22/2017 Death notices are provided by the Winnebago County Coroner’s office.
Your Horoscope By Denise Guzzardo
This week
The sun moved into Gemini on May 21 which will create a more fluent energy for the next three weeks to come. The Gemini influence promotes opportunities to become more social and connect with those around us. The new moon on May 25 is also in Gemini; expect unusual or confusing communication to influence you on that day. Heavy or deep conversations should be avoided. Enjoy!
Aries
Midweek a new business contact will be available, make sure you have have all of your ducks in a row. Romance needs to take two steps forward instead of one step back. The past continues to haunt you with any current relationship you may acquire. Innocent until proven guilty, do not make the current love interest pay for the mistakes of past encounters, Aries.
Taurus
Take turns with mundane tasks and obligations now. This could be within the work force or within your own personal realm. These friends and loved ones that feel overwhelmed at this time will notice your generous contributions. Health issues could be a contributing factor to their lack of initiative. If you step up to the plate now it will not be forgotten anytime too soon, Taurus.
Gemini
Romance may be on the back burner the first part of this week; you need to tie up all of the loose ends that have been hanging on your last nerve recently. As the work week comes to a close, you are ready, willing and able to make up for lost time with the object of your affection. Even though this has been an uncertain bumpy road, positive clarity is arriving quickly, Gemini.
Cancer
You may have lost your knack for utiliz-
ing good judgment or intuition regarding the character of another. Take into consideration that you can’t always use the past as a reference point to how another may be behaving now. In fact, the past may be getting in your way of the truth at this time. A female with an addiction problem may be creating more difficulties for you than you can imagine at this time. Stay awake and focused, you may need to call a spade a spade.
Leo
It’s time to let go of the past. Move into the new positive direction that the universe has provided for you now. Old worn-out thoughts, emotions and ideas will not allow you to progress, therefore hindering you from the happiness that you are entitled to. Negative thinking individuals need to be kicked to the curb at this time. Negativity can be extremely contagious, Leo.
Virgo
You have the tools, now you are in a position to use them correctly. It doesn’t matter that it has taken a while for everything to culminate, the time is now to activate all that you have learned. Take a leap of faith and avoid those naysayers that want to bring you down to their level. Keep your emotional life close to your heart this week. It is nobody’s business where you are headed with your long-term romantic goals, Virgo.
Libra
It will let up, Libra, I promise; these challenges and financial confrontations are only temporary. In a way these will only help you value what is closest to your heart now. With this newfound clarity you will become equally refreshed and rejuvenated. Remember the Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life, the world would not be the same if you had never been born, Libra.
Scorpio
It may be time to come back from the land of Oz and face some harsh facts about your long-term goals at this time. You have had some unrealistic thoughts about
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the welfare of another. Be prepared for some unexpected responsibilities to land on you shortly. Get plenty of rest and set some time, money and energy away for the unknown. This way you won’t arrive unprepared, Scorpio.
Sagittarius
Your intuition is dead on during this lunar cycle, pay close attention to your dreams as well. Messages are coming from a variety of sources leaving you feeling extremely confused. Your best bet is to put your nose to the grindstone and manage the things you know best. A misunderstanding will be resolved shortly, Sag.
Capricorn
New business opportunities or a financial windfall present themselves in the weeks to come. You feel as though you have been burning the candle at both ends for a while now. These new activities will increase your financial potential 100 percent. An unexpected meeting with a past love gives you some answers for your current romantic dilemma. You have all of the answers; move forward now, Capricorn.
Aquarius
Your finances are finally on track. Up until recently you have felt as though you’re on pins and needles robbing Peter to pay Paul. Take this time to investigate your long-term goals. It’s never too late to develop a plan for the future. With that said, trust that all of of dreams hopes and ambitions will manifest, Aquarius.
Pisces
Guard that your ego does not get the best of you this week. You have worked very hard to get to this point in time that you are at now. There is no point in backsliding at this time. This mentality is counter productive to your long-term goals. In other words if you can’t say something nice about someone, it’s better not to say anything at all, Pisces. For an extended astrological forecast or psychic consultation, contact Denise at 815-398-3983.
May 24, 2017 The Rock River Times. Government Notices n n n INVITATION TO BID DEMOLITIONS GROUP 1 (3010 BILDAHL ST., 830 BROOKE RD., 1007 N. SUNSET AVE., 616 WOODLAWN AVE., 515 N. SUNSET AVE., 1260 N. MAIN ST., 321 ROYAL AVE., 2621 W. STATE ST., 1059 N. CENTRAL AVE., 3341 HANOVER DR., 1120/1122 ELM ST., 1246 N. MAIN ST., 1126 JACKSON ST., 1120 11TH AVE., 2812 OLSEN ST., 932 S. GREGORY ST., 2001-2003 CHARLES ST., & 904 8TH AVE.) BID NO.: 517-CD-079 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids will be accepted until the specified opening time and date. Any bidder attempting to deliver after the opening time and date will be refused. Bid documents may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, or at http://www.rockfordil.gov/ finance/central-services/purchasing.aspx Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the bid, and the bid number. Each bidder shall submit with his bid the information specified in the bid documents for compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois on Fair Employment Practices and with the City of Rockford’s Ordinance on Equal Employment and Business Opportunity. Any bid which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered. The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities. 7550R TRRT 5/24 n n n ORDINANCE NO. 2017-82-O WHEREAS, The City of Rockford is the owner of and possessed of the real estate hereinafter particularly described; and WHEREAS, the said real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate or required for the use of, nor profitable to, the City of Rockford; and WHEREAS, retention of the property is not for the best interest of said City of Rockford. THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, THAT: Section 1: The City Council offer for sale of City owned property which is a vacant lot at 5085 Browns Beach Road PIN# 07-36-253-022 at a minimum bid of $5,500 and includes the demolition lien and advertising; preference to the adjacent property owners. The city reserves the right to reject all bids. The subject property is legally described as follows: LOT SEVEN (7) AND LOT SIX (6) EXCEPTING THE SOUTHEASTERLY 15 FEET OF SAID LOT SIX (6) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF BROWN’S BEACH, A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE NORTH HALF (1/2) OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 1, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK 20
OF PLAT RECORDS AT PAGE 12 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Section 2: The Notice of said sale and the fact that said City of Rockford will receive bids for the purchase of said real estate shall be advertised in the Rock River Times, a weekly newspaper published in said City of Rockford, for three (3) consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than thirty (30) days before the day provided in said Notice for the opening bids for the real estate. Section 3: The said Notice shall set forth the fact that said bids will be received until 11:00 A.M., local Rockford time on June 12, 2017 at the office of the City of Rockford Purchasing Manager and shall be accompanied by a bank cashier’s or certified check payable to the City of Rockford for at least ten (10) percent of the amount of the bid, the balance to be paid in cash by the successful bidder within not more than fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of the City Council’s acceptance of his bid. The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids. Section 4: The provisions and sections of this Ordinance shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity of any portion of this Ordinance shall not affect the validity of the remainder. Section 5: All orders, resolutions, or ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict exists and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage, approval, and publication, as required by law. Section 6: A full, true, and complete copy of this Ordinance shall be published within ten (10) days after passage in pamphlet form by and under authority of the Corporate Authorities. 7480R TRRT 5/24 n n n INVITATION TO BID FIRE DEPARTMENT LAUNDRY SERVICE BID NO.: 517-F-078 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids will be accepted until the specified opening time and date. Any bidder attempting to deliver after the opening time and date will be refused. Mandatory Pre-bid Meeting. The Fire Department will hold a MANDATORY pre-bid meeting to answer any questions regarding these specifications and detail specific recommendations from the turn out gear manufacturer. Any bids submitted by vendors that did not attend this meeting will not be accepted. The meeting will be held on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. at the Fire Administration building (204 S. First Street) on the second floor. Bid documents may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, 4th floor, 425 E. State Street, Rockford, IL, 61104, or at http://www.rockfordil.gov/finance/central-services/ purchasing.aspx Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the bid, and the bid number. Each bidder shall submit with his bid the information specified in the bid documents for compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois on Fair Employment Practices and with the City of Rockford’s
Ordinance on Equal Employment and Business Opportunity. Any bid which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered. All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12). The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities. 7549R TRRT 5/24 n n n INVITATION TO BID DEMOLITIONS GROUP 2 (516 HOWARD AVE., 216 FOSTER AVE., 315 ROYAL AVE., 1209 BLAISDELL ST., 209 SUMMIT ST., 1227 12TH AVE., 1409 S. 6TH ST., 901 S. 6TH ST.) BID NO.: 517-CD-080 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Monday, June 19, 2017 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids will be accepted until the specified opening time and date. Any bidder attempting to deliver after the opening time and date will be refused. Bid documents may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, or at http://www.rockfordil.gov/ finance/central-services/purchasing.aspx Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the bid, and the bid number. Each bidder shall submit with his bid the information specified in the bid documents for compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois on Fair Employment Practices and with the City of Rockford’s Ordinance on Equal Employment and Business Opportunity. Any bid which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered. The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities. 7559R TRRT 5/24 n n n ORDINANCE NO. 2017-87-O WHEREAS, The City of Rockford is the owner of and possessed of the real estate hereinafter particularly described; and WHEREAS, the said real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate or required for the use of, nor profitable to, the City of Rockford; and WHEREAS, retention of the property is not for the best interest of said City of Rockford. THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, THAT: Section 1: The City Council offer for sale of City owned property a portion of a Vacant Lot located in the 800 Block of Cedar, PIN# 11-22-453-015 at a minimum bid of $1,081.00 which includes advertising and with preference to the adjacent property owner. The city reserves the right to reject all bids. The subject property is legally described as follows: Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows; Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot 1 of Cemetery Association Addition to the City of Rockford, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 34 of Plats on page 94 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; thence North 61 degrees
38 minutes 18 seconds West, along the Southerly line of Cedar Street, a distance of 709.3 feet to the Northeast corner of premises conveyed to Glenn C. and Peggy J. Mackey by Warranty deed recorded in Micro-film No. 72-27-1501 in said Recorder’s Office; thence continuing North 61 degrees 38 minutes 18 seconds West, along the Southerly line of said Cedar Street, a distance of 92.65 feet to the Westerly line of said premises conveyed to Mackey and to the point of beginning for the following described Parcel; thence South 33 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds West, along said Westerly line, a distance of 83.57 feet; thence North 56 degrees 08 minutes 11 seconds West, a distance of 10.00 feet; thence North 10 degrees 08 minutes 43 seconds East, a distance of 73.66 feet to the Southerly line of said Cedar Street; thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes 42 seconds East, along said line, a distance of 25.00 feet; thence South 61 degrees 38 minutes 18 seconds East, along the Southerly line of said Cedar Street, a distance of 19.20 feet to the point of beginning; situated in the City of Rockford, the County of Winnebago and the State of Illinois Section 2: The Notice of said sale and the fact that said City of Rockford will receive bids for the purchase of said real estate shall be advertised in the Rock River Times, a weekly newspaper published in said City of Rockford, for three (3) consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than thirty (30) days before the day provided in said Notice for the opening bids for the real estate. Section 3: The said Notice shall set forth the fact that said bids will be received until 11:00 A.M., local Rockford time on July 3, 2017 at the office of the City of Rockford Purchasing Manager and shall be accompanied by a bank cashier’s or certified check payable to the City of Rockford for at least ten (10) percent of the amount of the bid, the balance to be paid in cash by the successful bidder within not more than fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of the City Council’s acceptance of his bid. The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids. Section 4: The provisions and sections of this Ordinance shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity of any portion of this Ordinance shall not affect the validity of the remainder. Section 5: All orders, resolutions, or ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict exists and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage, approval, and publication, as required by law. Section 6: A full, true, and complete copy of this Ordinance shall be published within ten (10) days after passage in pamphlet form by and under authority of the Corporate Authorities. 7569R TRRT 6/7 n n n INVITATION TO BID WATER QUALITY TESTING BID NO.: 517-W-083 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.
Bids will be accepted until the specified opening time and date. Any bidder attempting to deliver after the opening time and date will be refused. Bid documents may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, 4th floor, 425 E. State Street, Rockford, IL, 61104, or at http://www.rockfordil.gov/finance/central-services/ purchasing.aspx Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the bid, and the bid number. Each bidder shall submit with his bid the information specified in the bid documents for compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois on Fair Employment Practices and with the City of Rockford’s Ordinance on Equal Employment and Business Opportunity. Any bid which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered. All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12). The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities. 7571R TRRT 5/24
Public Notices 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 quilting sales business in said County and State under the name of Lucky Quilt Company at the following post office addresses: 421 Main St., Pecatonica, IL 61063; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Cassie Schlais, Lucky 2 B Quilting, Inc. President SIGNED: Cassie Schlais 4/5/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of April, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley L. Carter, DEPUTY 7492R TRRT 5/24 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 Roadside service business in said County and State under the name of J-1 Roadside Service at the following post office addresses: 136 N. Longwood St., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jose Miranda, 815-977-2842 SIGNED: Jose Miranda 5/3/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 7493R TRRT 5/24 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Property Management business in said County and State under the name of Michael Richard Wentland at the following post office addresses: 2017 Evans Ave., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Michael Wentland SIGNED: Michael Wentland 5/8/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of May, A.D. 2017.
Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley L. Carter, DEPUTY 7494R TRRT 5/24 n n n NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OMARR STEWART and LISA STEWART, Petitioners, vs. TRINITY MARIE NIKKOLE TUCKER, ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, a Duly Licensed Child Welfare Agency, Respondents. CASE NO: 17 AD 82 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Take notice that on the 10th day of May, 2017, a Petition for Adoption was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, 17th Judicial Circuit, and that on the second floor of the Winnebago County Juvenile Justice Center, on the 22nd day of June, 2017 at the hour of 8:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, a hearing will be held upon the Petition for Adoption. Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the Petition, the Petition may be taken for confessed as against you and an Order, Judgment or Decree entered. Dated at Rockford, Illinois this 12th day of May, 2017. Thomas Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court ERIN L. NASH #6304953 Nash Law Office, P.C. 4615 East State Street, Suite 201 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 397-7500 7519R TRRT 5/31 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 buy and sell antiques and other valuable merchandise on internet and out of home business in said County and State under the name of Celectables at the following post office addresses: 12867 Menominee Trail, Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Michael T. Reed, 815-243-2442 SIGNED: Michael T. Reed 5/16/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7531R TRRT 5/31 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 party planning business in said County and State under the name of Affairs To Remember at the following post office addresses: 6322 Wicklow Cl., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Velinka Vulic SIGNED: Velinka Vulic 5/4/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 4th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley L. Carter, DEPUTY 7498R TRRT 5/24 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 cafe business in said County and State under the name of Cafe 411 at the following post office addresses: 411 E. Riverside Blvd., Loves Park, IL 61111; that
the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Gregory R. Olson SIGNED: Gregory R. Olson 5/3/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7499R TRRT 5/24 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 elderly day life center for those individuals who suffer with Alzheimer’s and Dementia business in said County and State under the name of AnnaBelle’s House of Love at the following post office addresses: 917 Morgan St., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Mary Hallom SIGNED: Mary Hallom 5/3/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7500R TRRT 5/24 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 Automotive Repair business in said County and State under the name of Socketts Garage at the following post office addresses: 1401 11th St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Bobby L. Miller SIGNED: Bobby L. Miller 5/18/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 7565R TRRT 6/7 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Property Management business in said County and State under the name of Stanley Harrison Wentland at the following post office addresses: 7715 Elm Ave., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Harry Wentland SIGNED: Harry Wentland 5/18/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley L. Carter, DEPUTY 7566R TRRT 6/7 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 T-shirt Designs business in said County and State under the name of M.A.M. at the following post office addresses: 1104 S. Independence Ave., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Maria A. Mateo, 779-208-1626 SIGNED: Maria A. Mateo 5/19/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley L. Carter, DEPUTY 7567R TRRT 6/7
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n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Real Estate business in said County and State under the name of Malcolm D. Payne Enterprises at the following post office addresses: 1020 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Malcolm D. Payne SIGNED: Malcolm D. Payne 5/22/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 7568R TRRT 6/7 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 online business in said County and State under the name of Easton Products at the following post office addresses: 6419 Columbine Blvd., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Michael Easton SIGNED: Michael Easton 5/11/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 7536R TRRT 5/31 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a general store business in said County and State under the name of The Land General Store at the following post office addresses: 626 7th St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Clarence Greer III; Isaiah Greer; Erin Rombout SIGNED: Clarence Greer III 5/18/17 SIGNED: Isaiah Greer 5/18/17 SIGNED: Erin Rombout 5/18/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley L. Carter, DEPUTY 7570R TRRT 6/7 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 health services, House keeping, transportation, companionship, lawn care, etc. business in said County and State under the name of Sure Way Home Health at the following post office addresses: 7118 Robinswood St., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Tamica Childress SIGNED: Tamica Childress 5/23/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7572R TRRT 6/7
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The Rock River Times. May 24, 2017
n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.KRISTINA B. PANDO, et al Defendant 16CH 00935 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 7, 2017, 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: LOTS TWELVE (12) AND THIRTEEN (13) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF ERIC LUNDQUIST SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 26 OF PLATS ON PAGE 198 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2418 23RD STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-31376-038. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU
HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-14769. 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. 14-16-14769 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00935 TJSC#: 37-1680 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. I720097 P7542R TRRT 6/7 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK N.A., AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2006-1, ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1; Plaintiff, vs. JAMES M. RANDALL; SPRING LAKE ESTATES HOMES ASSOCIATION, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS GENERALLY, AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 700 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 29, 2017, 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 EIGHTY- EIGHT (188) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 7 OF SPRING LAKE ESTATES BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 32 OF PLATS ON PAGE 221 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 5540
Haddon Place, Rockford, IL 61114. P.I.N. 12-09-201-002. 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 Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. SPSL.0274A I721987 P7543R TRRT 6/7 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WAKW, LLC Plaintiff, -v.CINDY K. BAKER, et al Defendant 15CH 01050 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 30, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 19, 2017, 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-ONE (21) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 1 OF THE RESH FARMS, PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 26 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 39 OF PLATS ON PAGE 154A IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 513 DAVID DRIVE, WINNEBAGO, IL 61088 Property Index No. 14-16128-004. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to
the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-17613. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-17613 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 01050 TJSC#: 37-4563 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. I722082 P7544R TRRT 6/7 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC F/K/A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.ANGELLA LUNDGREN A/K/A ANGELLA HILL, et al Defendant 17CH 00008 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 10, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 20, 2017, 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 138 AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NUMBER 3 OF BLUFFSIDE HEIGHTS, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER AND A PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH,
RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN ROOK 43 OF PLATS ON PAGE 138 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 4446 SUNBURY DRIVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 15-12-407006 (228D-248). 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-16573. 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. 14-16-16573 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00008 TJSC#: 37-4572 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. I722098 P7545R TRRT 6/7 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. Plaintiff, -v.GLENDA A. CARTER, et al Defendant 17CH 00001 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 10, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 20, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT ELEVEN AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF COLORADO HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION PLAT NO.4, PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 26 OF PLATS PAGE 48 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2347 RICHARD AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-31430-024. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a
mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-16644. 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. 14-16-16644 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00001 TJSC#: 37-4573 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. I722100 P7546R TRRT 6/7 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dubuque Bank and Trust PLAINTIFF Vs. Andrea Gustafson; Sven A. Gustafson Trust No. 95 under Trust Agreement dated December 28, 1995; Illinois Bank & Trust; Unknown Successor Trustee of the Sven A. Gustafson Trust No. 95 under Trust Agreement dated December 28, 1995; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Jennifer L. McKearn as possible Successor Co-Trustee of the Sven A. Gustafson Trust No. 95 under Trust Agreement dated December 28, 1995; William J. Gustafson as possible Successor Co-Trustee of the Sven A. Gustafson Trust No. 95 under Trust Agreement dated December 28, 1995; Eric B. Gustafson as possible Successor Co-Trustee of the Sven A. Gustafson Trust No. 95 under Trust Agreement dated December 28, 1995 DEFENDANTS 17CH 00180 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Sven A. Gustafson Trust No. 95 under Trust Agreement dated December 28, 1995 Unknown Successor Trustee
of the Sven A. Gustafson Trust No. 95 under Trust Agreement dated December 28, 1995 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: 6202 Cotswold Lane Cherry Valley, IL 61016 and which said Mortgage was made by: Sven A. Gustafson Trust No. 95 under Trust Agreement dated December 28, 1995 the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Illinois Bank & Trust, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20151014262 re-recorded as 20151021341; 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 June 23, 2017, 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. 14-17-01586 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I722219 P7548R TRRT 6/7 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Real Estate Brokerage business in said County and State under the name of Realty Bid at the following post office addresses: 301 East Main, Durand, IL 61024; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Robert Lowe SIGNED: Robert Lowe 5/17/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 17th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7563R TRRT 6/7 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 ATM business in said County and State under the name of K & LCT at the following post office addresses: 2001 Glenview Rd., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Connie McGregor SIGNED: Connie McGregor 5/17/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 17th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 7564R TRRT 6/7
May 24, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, vs. JAMES R. FOLEY AKA JAMES FOLEY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 16 CH 832 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 15, 2017, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT NINETY-SEVEN (97) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 7 OF ROSENQUIST AND SCHABACKER’S CHATHAM HILLS BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 36 OF PLATS ON PAGE 34 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3141 Ramsgate Road, Rockford, Illinois 61114. P.I.N. 12-08-304-002. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 4536960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F16100050 I720985 P7475R TRRT 5/24 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS TCF NATIONAL BANK; Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL GARNHART; ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 66 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 21 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE FINAL PLAT OF ELMGATE PLAT NUMBER 1, BEING A
SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 41 OF PLATS ON PAGE 186A IN THE RECORDERS OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3745 Dunbury Lane, Rockford, IL 61101. P.I.N. 07-34-178-002. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Mr. David T. Cohen at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Cohen Jutla Dovitz Makowka, LLC, 10729 West 159th Street, Orland Park, Illinois 60467-4531. (708) 460-7711. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I720997 P7476R TRRT 5/24 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, STATE OF ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE MULTI-CLASS MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CHASEFLEX TRUST SERIES 2007-3, Plaintiff(s), vs. MARTHA TRUJILLO A/K/A MARTHA E. TRUJILLO, ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT AND DEPARTMENT STORES NATIONAL BANK, UNKNOWN TENANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant(s). 17CH 200 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: MARTHA TRUJILLO A/K/A MARTHA E. TRUJILLO, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN TENANTS and UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Chancery Division, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for foreclosure of a certain Real Estate Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT EIGHTY-ONE (81) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF KEN ROCK SUBDIVISION, PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 16, IN TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 20 OF PLATS ON PAGE 75 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO
COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Tax Number: 11-16-179-007 commonly known as 1311 BOND AVE ROCKFORD IL 61101; and which said Real Estate Mortgage was made by MARTHA TRUJILLO A/K/A MARTHA E. TRUJILLO, and recorded in the Office of the Winnebago County Recorder as Document Number 0708966; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. Now, therefore, unless you, the said named Defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, located at 400 WEST STATE STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61101, on or before the June 9, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. Attorney No. 3635 LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Ira T. Nevel Timothy R. Yueill Greg Elsnic Richard Drezek Nathan J. Buikema Aaron Nevel 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com # 17-00422 I721006 P7477R TRRT 5/24 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR RASC 2002KS4 Plaintiff, -v.JEANNETTE M. FRANKLIN A/K/A JEANNETTE M. BROOKS A/K/A JEANETTE M. BROOKS A/K/A JEANNETTE FRANKLIN, et al Defendant 11CH 00253 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 10, 2011, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 5, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT ELEVEN (11) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NUMBER FIVE OF FOREST HILLS VIEW SUBDIVISION BEING A PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 7 AND PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 7 AND PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 35 OF PLATS ON PAGE 49 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3715 BASSWOOD COURT, ROCK-
FORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-08-155001 (152B371). 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-11-03276. 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. 14-11-03276 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 11 CH 00253 TJSC#: 37-4069 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. I721069 P7478R TRRT 5/24 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN THE ESTATE OF: PHYLLIS M. SHEA, Deceased. Case No. 2017 P 156 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of PHYLLIS M. SHEA. Letters of Office were issued on April 25, 2017, to Carolyn S. Koehler at 170 Baldwin Street, Sharon, Wisconsin 53585, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Amy L. Silvestri of Silvestri Law Office, 2208 Charles Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 10, 2017, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 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’s 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 days after it has been filed. Dated: May 10, 2017 Carolyn S. Koehler, Executor Amy L. Silvestri ARDC #06210065 Silvestri Law Office Attorney for the Representative 2208 Charles Street Rockford, Illinois 61104 (815) 227-0700 7482R TRRT 5/24 n n n NOTICE OF SUMMONS Name of Person Filing: Virginia Felix Obeso Street Address: 100 W. Pima St. City, State, Zip Code: Coolidge, Arizona 85128 Telephone Number: 520-233-1269 Representing: Self (No Attorney) SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA PINAL COUNTY Virginia Felix Obeso Name of Petitioner Jesus Santos Angulo Obeso Name of Respondent CASE NUMBER: D0201601996 SUMMONS HONORABLE: DELIA R. NEAL WARNING: This is an official document from the court that affects your rights. Read this carefully. If you do not understand it, contact a lawyer for help. FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO: Jesus Santos Angulo Obeso 1. A lawsuit has been filed against you. A copy of the lawsuit and other court papers are served on you with this “Summons”. 2. If you do not want a judgment or order taken against you without your input, you must file an “Answer” or a “Response” in writing with the court, and pay the filing fee. If you do not file an “Answer” or “Response” the other party may be given the relief requested in his/her Petition or Complaint. To file your “Answer” or “Response” take, or send, the “Answer” or “Response” to the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, 971 Lopez Circle Bldg A, Florence, Arizona 85132 or PO Box 2730, Florence Arizona 85132-2730; or
any satellite office. Mail a copy of your “Response” or “Answer” to the other party at the address listed on the top of this Summons. 3. If this “Summons” and the other court papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff, within the State of Arizona, your “Response” or “Answer” must be filed within TWENTY (20) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. If this “Summons” and the other papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff outside the State of Arizona, your Response must be filed within THIRTY (30) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. Service by a registered process server or the Sheriff is complete when made. Service by Publication is complete thirty (30) days after the date of the first publication. 4. You can get a copy of the court papers filed in this case from the Petitioner at the address listed in Paragraph 2 above. 5. If this is an action for dissolution (divorce), legal separation or annulment, either or both spouses may file a Petition for Conciliation for the purpose of determining whether there is any mutual interest in preserving the marriage or for Mediation to attempt to settle disputes concerning Legal Decision-Making and parenting time issues regarding minor children. 6. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case, at least five (5) days before your scheduled court date. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF THE COURT December 3, 2016 Amanda Stanford Clerk of the Superior Court 7483R TRRT 5/31 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: RICHARD E. PETERSEN Deceased. CASE NO. 17 P 0000163 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of RICHARD E. PETERSEN, Letters of Office were issued on April 21, 2017 to JULIA B. BREUER, c/o 4615 East State Street, Suite 101, Rockford, IL, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is BARTON L. HENBEST, 4615 East State Street, Suite 101, Rockford, IL 61108. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 10, 2017, 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 field 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: May 3, 2017 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 7484R TRRT 5/24 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: ROBERT W. KRENEK, SR. Deceased. CASE NO. 17 P 0000164 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ROBERT W. KRENEK, SR., Letters of Office were issued on April 21, 2017 to BEVERLY KRENEK, c/o 4615 East State Street, Suite 101, Rockford, IL, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is BARTON L. HENBEST, 4615 East State Street, Suite 101, Rockford, IL 61108. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 10, 2017, 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 field 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: May 3, 2017 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 7485R TRRT 5/24 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS. STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF: JANUSZ P. SKWARK, Deceased. Case No. 2017 P 185 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Janusz P. Skwark. Letters of Office were issued on April 21, 2017, to Mary Ellen Skwark, 3439 Burlwood Drive, Rockford, Illinois, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Ann T. Dempsey, Oliver Close, LLC, 124 N. Water Street, Suite 300, P.O. Box 4749, Rockford, IL 61110-4749. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 15, 2017, 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
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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: May 3, 2017 Mary Ellen Skwark Independent Executor Ann T. Dempsey, ARDC #6208364 OLIVER CLOSE, LLC 124 N. Water Street, Suite 300 P.O. Box 4749 Rockford, IL 61110-4749 Telephone: 815-963-0009 Telefax: 815-963-0339 7486R TRRT 5/24 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 renting chairs, tables, tents, tablecloths, bouncy house decorations business in said County and State under the name of Lyn’s Family Rentals at the following post office addresses: 1617 Montague St., Apt. 1, Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Yoselyn Garcia Rios, 815-378-5381 SIGNED: Yoselyn Garcia Rios 5/8/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley L. Carter, DEPUTY 7495R TRRT 5/24 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 used car dealership business in said County and State under the name of Infinity Auto Group LLC at the following post office addresses: 2701 11th St., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Derrick K. Jackson, 779-774-4667 SIGNED: Derrick Jackson 5/8/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 7496R TRRT 5/24 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 Mz. Bianca business in said County and State under the name of Mz. Bianca Taste of Soul Power at the following post office addresses: 3026 Jean St., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Bianca T. Champion SIGNED: Bianca Champion 5/5/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of May, A.D. 2017. Katey Szczech, Notary Public My Commission Expires 08/04/17 7497R TRRT 5/24
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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION F/K/A PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES Plaintiff, -v.PETER F. MINETT, et al Defendant 15CH 01023 CONSOLIDATED WITH 15CH 000897 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 21, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 20, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE NORTH HALF (1/2) OF LOT TWO (2) IN BLOCK SIX (6) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF INDIAN VILLAGE, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 19 OF PLATS ON PAGE 46 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PREMISES BEING PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. EXCEPT: A PART OF LOT 2 IN BLOCK 6 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF INDIAN VILLAGE, A SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 19 OF PLATS AT PAGE 46 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A 5/8’’ IRON PIN AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 2; THENCE NORTH 1 DEGREE 07 MINUTES 35 SECONDS WEST, 50.16 FEET (BEARINGS ARE BASED ON SURVEY DATA AS PROVIDED BY IDOT) ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 2, TO A 5/8 IRON PIN AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PREMISES CONVEYED TO MICHAEL T. GRENLUND FROM CARL J. EKLUND AND EDITH L. EKLUND BY WARRANTY DEED RECORDED JULY 8, 2002 AS DOCUMENT NO. 0247509 IN SAID RECORDER’S OFFICE; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 17 SECONDS WEST, 183.00 FEET ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PREMISES SO CONVEYED, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. FROM THE POINT OF BEGINNING THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 17 SECONDS WEST, 17.00 FEET ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PREMISES SO CONVEYED, TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 2; THENCE NORTH 1 DEGREE 07 MINUTES 35 SECONDS WEST, 50.87 FEET ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 2, TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 2; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 17 SECONDS EAST, 27.04 FEET ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 2; THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 08 MINUTES
21 SECONDS EAST, 50.87 FEET, TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PREMISES SO CONVEYED; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 17 SECONDS WEST, 10.05 FEET ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PREMISES SO CONVEYED, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 1,376 SQUARE FEET (0.032 ACRE), MORE OR LESS, OF WHICH 865 SQUARE FEET (0.020 ACRE), MORE OR LESS, IS IN EXISTING ROAD RIGHT OF WAY. Commonly known as 3622 S. MAIN STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 15-03327-023. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-17385. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor,
Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-17385 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 01023 CONSOLIDATED WITH 15 CH 000897 TJSC#: 37-4568 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. I722163 P7547R TRRT 6/7 n n n NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6146 , 7511 Vandiver Rd, Cherry Valley IL 61112 (815-332-4400) to satisfy a lien on June 08, 2017 at approx. 10:00 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date. Cube #DD1, Martin Kelly A.K.A Kelly Martin. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6150 , 4548 American Rd, Rockford IL 61109 (815-874-2141) to satisfy a lien on June 08, 2017 at approx. 11:00 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date. Cube #806, Destini D. Luna; Cube #1245, TyCeria Williams; Cube #2623, Darrell Williams; Cube #3608, Tory I. Cooper; Cube #4106, Erin N. Murphy; Cube #5428, Seth Hearns; Cube #5505, Dione D. Bowden. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6153 , 4548 American Rd, Rockford IL 61109 (815-874-2141) to satisfy a lien on June 08, 2017 at approx. 11:15 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date. Cube #S80, Sandra Ramos. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6152 , 3015 N. Main St., Rockford IL 61103 (815-282-4500) to satisfy a lien on June 08, 2017 at approx. 11:30 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date. Cube #A28, Renita S. Tyus; Cube #A34, Tyesha S. Delphie; Cube #A84, Andrew J. Weber; Cube #A89, Tiannia Easter; Cube #B57, Lakisha R. Davis; Cube #B70, Mariah Neal; Cube #B88, Ivo Martionovic; Cube #B135, Bahiyyih D. Jones; Cube #B184, Keyondia Lacole Watkins; Cube #B205, Leonard Davis; Cube #B248, Carnesia Mone Graham; Cube #B340, Diane Ham. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6151, 6210 Forest Hills Road, Rockford IL 61111 (815-877-3146) to satisfy a lien on June 08, 2017 at approx. 12:00 PM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date. Cube #252, Cheryl Curtis Barmore;
Cube #427, John Shank; Cube #473, Spring Thompson. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6148, 4300 Interstate Blvd., Loves Park IL 61111 (815-885-2100) to satisfy a lien on June 08, 2017 at approx. 12:30 PM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date. Cube #128, Deb Berthiaume; Cube #312, Raymond Jasker; Cube #409, Todd Fendler. 7551R TRRT 5/31 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF: RONNIE DELL JOE, Deceased. 2017 P 182 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of RONNIE DELL JOE. Letters of Office were issued on May 12, 2017 to IRMA JOE, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Danielle Burza-Smith, American Law Firm, P.C., 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, Illinois 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 24, 2017 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Danielle Burza-Smith Danielle Burza Smith Attorney for Administrator American Law Firm, P.C. Danielle Burza-Smith 475 Executive Parkway Rockford, Illinois 61107 815/397-2006 815/394-1955 Fax 7552R TRRT 6/7 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF: ROGER R. HILLE, Deceased. 2017 P 181 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ROGER R. HILLE. Letters of Office were issued on May 12, 2017 to CONNIE WALLING AND RUSSELL HILLE, who are the legal representatives of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Danielle Burza-Smith, Crosby Law Firm, P.C., 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, Illinois 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 24, 2017 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winneba-
go County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Danielle Burza-Smith Danielle Burza Smith Attorney for Co-Executors Crosby Law Firm, P.C. Danielle Burza-Smith 475 Executive Parkway Rockford, Illinois 61107 815/397-2006 815/394-1955 Fax 7553R TRRT 6/7 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF: HEARDSCINE MARSHALL, Deceased. 2017 P 202 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of HEARDSCINE MARSHALL. Letters of Office were issued on May 12, 2017 to FRANKIE WESSON, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Danielle Burza-Smith, Crosby Law Firm, P.C., 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, Illinois 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 24, 2017 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Danielle Burza-Smith Danielle Burza Smith Attorney for Executor Crosby Law Firm, P.C. Danielle Burza-Smith 475 Executive Parkway Rockford, Illinois 61107 815/397-2006 815/394-1955 Fax 7554R TRRT 6/7 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ADOPTION NOTICE IN THE MATTER of the Petition for Adoption of MARIE LYN HANSON, a female child. Adoption Petition No. 2017-AD-93 TO: JERAMIHA MARTIN, and All Whom it May Concern: TAKE NOTICE that a Petition was filed in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, for the adoption of a child named MARIE LYN HANSON, a female child. Now, therefore, unless you, JERAMIHA MARTIN, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, in Room 108, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 23rd day of June, 2017, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.
DATED at Rockford, Illinois, this 18th day of May, 2017 Thomas A. Klein CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Prepared by: ZUBA & ASSOCIATES, P.C. James T. Zuba (ARDC #6193442) 6067 Strathmoor Drive Rockford, Illinois 61107 Phone: (815) 397-7000 Email: jtzjd@zubalawfirm.com 7555R TRRT 6/7 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 CLEORA JEAN ADAMS, Deceased CASE NO. 2017 P 198 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of CLEORA JEAN ADAMS, who died on March 17, 2017. Letters of Office were issued on May 2, 2017 to Lynne R. Reese, 401 Brentwood Road, Machesney Park, IL 61115, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Douglas R. Henry, of Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, LLP, 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61108. Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before November 24, 2017, 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: May 18, 2017 /s/Lynne R. Reese, Executor DOUGLAS R. HENRY #6229426 BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive P.O. Box 17109 Rockford, IL 61110-7109 (815) 962-6611 dhenry@bslbv.com 7556R TRRT 6/7 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: DENNIS F. LOLLI, Deceased. Case No. 2017 P 171 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of DENNIS F. LOLLI. Letters of Office were issued on May 5, 2017, to MARK A. LOLLI, 6314 Sunnybrook Lane, Machesney Park, IL 61115, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Paul S. Godlewski, One Court Place, Suite 103, Rockford, IL 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 27, 2017, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above, shall be barred. Claims against the estate may
be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk - Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, 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 attorney within ten days after it has been filed. Dated: May 24, 2017. MARK A. LOLLI Independent Executor PAUL S. GODLEWSKI Attorney for Estate One Court Place, Suite 103 Rockford, IL 61101 815/964-0058 ARDC - 0977837 7561R TRRT 6/7 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. PLAINTIFF Vs. Mishell Frazier; Capital One Bank (USA), N.A.; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Timothy A. Miller, as Special Representative for Bryan J. Frazier (deceased); Gabryell Frazier a/k/a Gabryell Dozal; McKynzie Frazier a/k/a McKynzie Dozal; Bryce Frazier; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Bryan J. Frazier DEFENDANTS 16CH 00618 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Bryan J. Frazier 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: 2004 19th Avenue Rockford, IL 61104 and which said Mortgage was made by: the Mortgagor(s), to Norwest Mortgage, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 2032228; 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 June 23, 2017, 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. 14-16-09590 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I722308 P7560R TRRT 6/7 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN CHANCERY IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: THREASA M. MCGEHEE,
Petitioner, vs. BRIAN O. MCGEHEE, Respondent. Case No. 17 D 398 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent BRIAN O. MCGEHEE that Petitioner THREASA M. MCGEHEE 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 June 26, 2017, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Threasa M. McGehee, Petitioner 7557R TRRT 6/7 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: JUNE I. PUMILIA Deceased, CASE NO. 17 P 132 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JUNE I. PUMILIA. Letters of Office were issued on APRIL 10, 2017, to GARY PUMILIA, c/o 321 W. State St. Ste. 805, Rockford, Illinois 61101, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is JOSEPH PUMILIA of PUMILIA LAW LLC, 321 W. State St. Ste. 805, Rockford, Illinois 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 24, 2017, 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: May 19, 2017 GARY PUMILIA JOSEPH PUMILIA Attorney for Estate ARDC #: 6309951 Pumilia Law LLC 321 W. State St. Ste. 805 Rockford, Illinois 61101 7558R TRRT 6/7 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 Memorial Stone Sales business in said County and State under the name of Rock River Memorials LLC DBA Forest Hills Memorials and Stone at the following post office addresses: 5641 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: Bryan Kenagy SIGNED: Bryan Kenagy 5/17/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 17th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley L. Carter, DEPUTY 7562R TRRT 6/7
May 24, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.BRITTNIE STRAUB, et al Defendant 14CH 691 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 7, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 27, 2017, 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 TEN (10) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF SURVEY SHOWING THE RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 AND 19 BLOCK 3, ALSO LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 AND 8 BLOCK 10 FRED L. BURR’S GUILFORD HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT, THE PLAT OF WHICH RESUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 23 OF PLATS ON PAGE 94 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2619 BUCKINGHAM DRIVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61107 Property Index No. 12-18380-005. The real estate is improved with a brown, brick, one unit home; two car detached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN
IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 259936. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 259936 Case Number: 14 CH 691 TJSC#: 37-3748 I720432 P7504R TRRT 5/31 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF FIRST NLC TRUST 2007-1 MORTGAGE BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1 Plaintiff, -v.GUILLERMO ESTRADA, MICHELLE L. ESTRADA Defendant 16CH 0413 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 30, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 29, 2017, 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 29 AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO 7 OF NORTH LEDGES, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, AND PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 2, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 38 OF PLATS ON PAGE 678, IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 7910 WINDSPOINT ROAD, Roscoe, IL 61073 Property Index No. 04-24-303008-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $181,256.22. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the
residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C16-37023. 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. POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw. com Attorney File No. C16-37023 Case Number: 16 CH 0413 TJSC#: 37-3252 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. I721231 P7505R TRRT 5/31 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, NA; Plaintiff, vs. HEYWARD R. MANIGAULT AKA HEYWARD MANIGAULT AKA
HEYWARD R. MANIGAULT II; MICHELLE B. MANIGAULT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16CH 609 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 22, 2017, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT FIFTEEN (15) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 1 OF HAWKS VIEW, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 38 OF PLATS ON PAGE 181A IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 7895 Coopers Hawk Trail, Machesney Park, IL 61115. P.I.N. 08-16-330-001. 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 The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 4536960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F16070152 I721479 P7506R TRRT 5/31 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS CITY OF ROCKFORD, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; Plaintiff, vs. MARVIN FRANZEN; ELAINE FRANZEN, DECEASED; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 402 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 22, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: WOODRUFFS 2ND ADDN N 22 FT LOT 15 + S 22 FT LOT 016 BLOCK 016. Commonly known as 1320 9th Street, Rockford, IL 61104. P.I.N. 11-25-360-004. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a Vacant lot, previously was a single family residence. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open
for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Mr. Matthew D. Flores at Plaintiff’s Attorney, City of Rockford Department of Law, 425 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104. (779) 348-7395. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I721481 P7507R TRRT 5/31 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. Marian Breithaupt; United States of America Department of Housing and Urban Development; Wayne Hussey; Mary Wetzel; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Sarah L. Keitch; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Timothy A. Miller, as Special Representative for Sarah L. Keitch (Deceased) DEFENDANTS 17 CH 00262 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Wayne Hussey Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Sarah L. Keitch 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: 1835 Loomis Street Rockford, IL 61102 and which said Mortgage was made by: Sarah L. Keitch executed the mortgage, however this individual is deceased and is not named as a defendant in this lawsuit the Mortgagor(s), to Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, a Subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 0360210; 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 June 16, 2017, 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. 14-17-02813 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I721624 P7508R TRRT 5/31 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.-
ALBERTO LARA, et al Defendant 15CH 01000 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 27, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 14, 2017, 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: L O T T W E N T Y- S I X (26) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 1 OF MEADOW LANE BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 26 OF PLATS, PAGE 135 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 4115 AMHERST LANE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-05128-004. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport,
etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-17361. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-17361 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 01000 TJSC#: 37-4441 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. I721716 P7509R TRRT 5/31 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. Trudy Khan; Jeffrey J. Smith; Larry A. Smith; Jon Lotta a/k/a John Lotta; United States of America Department of Housing and Urban Development; Franks, Gerkin & McKenna, P.C.; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Lucille M. Smith; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Timothy A. Miller, as Special Representative for Lucille M. Smith (deceased) DEFENDANTS 17CH 0000292 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Trudy Khan Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Lucille M. Smith 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: 3975 Owen Center Road Rockford, IL 61101 and which said Mortgage was made by: Lucille M. Smith executed the mortgage, however this individual is deceased and is not named as a defendant in this lawsuit the Mortgagor(s), to WestAmerica Mortgage Company, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 0028853 re-recorded as 0042083; 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
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Clerk of the Circuit Court 400 West State Street, Room 108 Rockford, IL 61101 on or before June 16, 2017, 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. 14-17-02779 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I721739 P7510R TRRT 5/31 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. PLAINTIFF Vs. Christina M. Smith; Derrick C. Smith; United States of America Department of Housing and Urban Development; Rock River Water Reclamation District; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 17 CH 00218 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: 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: 4991 Delmar Street Rockford, IL 61108 and which said Mortgage was made by: Christina M. Smith Derrick C. Smith the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Alpine Bank & Trust Co., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20121034828 re-recorded 20121048470; 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 June 16, 2017, 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. 14-17-02880 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I721812 P7512R TRRT 5/31
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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PLATINUM HOME MORTGAGE CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF, VS. MICHAEL D BRANHAM A/K/A MICHAEL BRANHAM; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2017 CH 206 308 SOUTH CHICAGO AVENUE ROCKFORD, IL 61104 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU, Michael D Branham a/k/a Michael Branham Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT SIX (6) IN BLOCK TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF BANKS AND BAKER’S SUBDIVISION, BEING A PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE ONE (1) EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS ON PAGE 12 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 308 South Chicago Avenue Rockford, IL 61104 and which said Mortgage was made by, Michael D Branham a/k/a Michael Branham Mortgagor(s), to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR PLATINUM HOME MORTGAGE CORPORATION Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20141012345; 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 June 16, 2017, 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. 261204-100864 I721768 P7511R TRRT 5/31 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. Bank National Association PLAINTIFF Vs. Citibank, N.A. as indenture Trustee for the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2006-SL2; Unknown Owners and
Nonrecord Claimants; John Vicari; Steven Vicari; David Vicari; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Robert J. Vicari; Timothy A. Miller, as Special Representative for Robert J. Vicari (Deceased); Maximus Collections as Assignee of Chase Bank USA, N.A. DEFENDANTS 16CH 00893 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants John Vicari Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Robert J. Vicari 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: 312 Rosewood Road Machesney Park, IL 61115 and which said Mortgage was made by: the Mortgagor(s), to U.S. Bank N.A., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 0410519 modified with 20121027278; 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 June 16, 2017, 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. 14-16-09875 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I721873 P7513R TRRT 5/31 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF: CHARLOTTE A. LUCAS, Deceased. No. 17 P 201 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of CHARLOTTE A. LUCAS. Letters of Office were issued to Teri L. Curry, 4246 Straw Lane, Roscoe, IL 61073, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Jeffrey E. Livingston, 542 E. Grand Ave., Beloit, WI 53511. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk’s office, Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, with the representative or both on or before the 17th day of November, 2017, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by §18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: May 12, 2017 Teri L. Curry, Independent Administrator of
the Estate of CHARLOTTE A. LUCAS Jeffrey E. Livingston BOLGRIEN, KOEPKE, KIMES & LIVINGSTON, LLC 542 East Grand Avenue Beloit, WI 53511 608-365-7702 7520R TRRT 5/31 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN CHANCERY IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: TIFFANY SCHORER, Petitioner, vs. STEVEN SCHORER, Respondent. Case No. 17 D 139 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent STEVEN SCHORER that Petitioner TIFFANY SCHORER 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 June 19, 2017, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Tiffany Schorer, Petitioner 7521R TRRT 5/31 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, Vs, BRIAN DIGIOVANNI a/k/a BRIAN J. DIGIOVANNI, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2015 CH 232 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure heretofore entered by the said Court on the 22ND day of July, 2016 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 8th day of June, 2017 at the hour of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: Lot Eleven (11) in Block Seven (7) as designated upon the Plat of North Park Subdivision part of Section 36, Township 45, Range 1 and Section 31, Township 45, Range 2 recorded in Book 18 of Plats on page 45 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 7832 Shore Drive Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 P.I.N. Number: 07-36-202-011 Property Code: 139 B 132 The property is commonly known as 7832 Shore Drive Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 and is improved with a residential property. Judgment was taken in the amount of $73,772.42 on behalf of Northwest Bank of Rockford. Property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes and is offered for sale without any representations
as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. Sale terms are cash or certified funds 25% at time of sale and the balance, including the judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300 is due within 24 hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. Upon payment in full on the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a certificate of sale which will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Respective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information, contact Timothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff, 3400 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant to Section 15-1507 (c)(7) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, no information other than the information contained in this Notice will be provided. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER) YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Attorney Timothy F. Horning Meyer and Horning P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 7522R TRRT 5/31 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION, ROCKFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, WINNEBAGO – BOONE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS Plaintiff, v. PETER S. CRANE, as Trustee under the Peter S. Crane Living Trust dated August 21, 2007 and UNKNOWN OWNERS Defendants. Case No. 2017 ED 9 NOTICE TO UNKNOWN OWNERS FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for the condemnation of a certain portion of the property described as follows, to-wit: The West Half (1/2) of Lot Nine (9) as designated upon the Plat of Kling and Kjellberg’s Subdivision of South Park Lot One (1) (E.R.), the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 58 of Deeds (Plats) on page 18 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Common Address: 523 Union Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104 PROPERTY CODE: 11-26-
180-007 And for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file or otherwise make your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, thirty (30) days from the date of May 17, 2017, a trial may be held and judgment entered against you for the relief asked for in the Complaint. Dated: May 10, 2017 BOARD OF EDUCATION, ROCKFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, WINNEBAGO – BOONE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS By: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP /s/ Yashekia T. Simpkins Yashekia T. Simpkins One of Its Attorneys Yashekia T. Simpkins ARDC 6307014 Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 Phone: 815-490-4900 Fax: 815-490-4901 ysimpkins@hinshawlaw.com 7523R TRRT 5/31 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Doris L Vyborny, Deceased. NO.: 2017 – P - 170 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Doris L. Vybony, Letters of Office were issued on April 28, 2017 to Gerry Gurney as Independent Executor, whose attorneys are Springer Law Firm, 2222 E. State Street, Suite 107, Rockford, IL 61104. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 61101 within six months from the date of issuance of letters and publication (November 24, 2017) and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed. Gerry Gurney, Legal representative of the Estate of Paul Vyborny. BRIAN A. HART #6211006 2222 E. State Street, Suite 107 Rockford, IL 61104 815-312-4725 7524R TRRT 5/31 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN RE THE ESTATE OF: MARY ELLEN CLINE, Deceased. Case No. 2017 P 189 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of MARY ELLEN CLINE. Letters of Office were issued on April 26, 2017 to JOSEPH L. CLINE, of 5628 Walker Avenue, Loves Park, Illinois 61111, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Jeffrey E. Hardyman of HOWARD & HARDYMAN, LLP, 124 N. Water Street, Suite 100, PO Box 1616, Rockford, Illinois 61110-0116. Any claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 17, 2017, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if
mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate must be filed with the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101 Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representatives and their attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. DATED: May 15, 2017 JOSEPH L. CLINE, Independent Executor Jeffrey E. Hardyman (ARDC# 6201356) HOWARD & HARDYMAN, LLP 124 N. Water Street, Suite 100 PO Box 1616 Rockford, Illinois 61110-0116 (815) 964-8888 jhardyman@howardhardyman. com Attorneys for the Estate of MARY ELLEN CLINE, Deceased 7526R TRRT 5/31 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 CHARLOTTE M. MAURER, Deceased. CASE NO. 2017 P 199 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of CHARLOTTE M. MAURER of Rockford, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on May 4, 2017, to JERID W. MAURER, who is the executor of the estate. The attorney for the estate is G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH, GUYER & ENICHEN, P.C. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 18, 2017, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, 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 the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated: May 16, 2017 Jerid W. Maurer, Executor By: /s/ G. Michael Scheurich G. Michael Scheurich One of His Attorneys G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH (#2479869) scheurich@guyerlaw.com Guyer & Enichen, P.C. 2601 Reid Farm Road Rockford, Illinois 61114 (815) 636-9600 7527R TRRT 5/31 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 LETICIA JARAMILLO-MARQUEZ Minor’s Current Name JESSICA COPLEY Name of Parent/Guardian filing on behalf of the Minor Case No. 17 MR 328 NOTICE OF FILING PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE Notice is hereby given, that
on June 21, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 412, I will present a Petition requesting that the Court change his/her present name of LETICIA JARAMILLO-MARQUEZ, a minor, to the name of LETICIA BELL COPLEY. The hearing will take place at Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State St. in Rockford, Illinois. Leticia Jaramillo-Marquez, a minor, by, /s/ Jessica Copley Date: 4-5-17 7528R TRRT 5/31 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 MARIA JARAMILLO Minor’s Current Name JESSICA COPLEY Name of Parent/Guardian filing on behalf of the Minor Case No. 17 MR 328 NOTICE OF FILING PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE Notice is hereby given, that on June 21, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 412, I will present a Petition requesting that the Court change his/her present name of MARIA JARAMILLO, a minor, to the name of MARIA MARS COPLEY. The hearing will take place at Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State St. in Rockford, Illinois. Maria Jaramillo, a minor, by, /s/ Jessica Copley Date: 4-5-17 7529R TRRT 5/31 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 Nail Salon business in said County and State under the name of Luxury Nail Studio at the following post office addresses: 1825 S. Perryville Rd., Suite E, Rockford, IL 61112; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Thang Ngo SIGNED: Thang Ngo 5/11/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley L. Carter, DEPUTY 7535R TRRT 5/31 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 DOLORES J. JOHNSON Deceased. CASE NO. 2017 P 134 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Dolores J. Johnson. Letters of Office were issued on May 2, 2017, to Colleen A. Remmers, Pecatonica, Illinois, who is the Independent Executor of the Estate. The attorney for the Estate is Michael Jon Shalbrack, HolmstromKennedyPC, 800 North Church Street, PO Box 589, Rockford, IL 61105-0589. Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before November 17, 2017, 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 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 his attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated: May 15, 2017. Colleen A. Remmers, Independent Executor of the Estate of Dolores J. Johnson, Deceased HolmstromKennedyPC, By: /s/ Michael Jon Shalbrack Michael Jon Shalbrack, one of its attorneys Attorney Michael Jon Shalbrack HolmstromKennedyPC ARDC #6188198 Attorney for Independent Executor 800 N. Church Street PO Box 589 Rockford, IL 61105-0589 (815) 962-7071 7530R TRRT 5/31 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 Tire Shop business in said County and State under the name of Broadway Tire Shop at the following post office addresses: 1601 Broadway, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ulises Cruz Vieyra SIGNED: Ulises Cruz Vieyra 5/12/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7532R TRRT 5/31 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 Online retail business in said County and State under the name of Richard Jones at the following post office addresses: 526 7th St., #3, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Richard Jones SIGNED: Richard Jones 5/12/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley L. Carter, DEPUTY 7533R TRRT 5/31 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 carpentry business in said County and State under the name of RL Development at the following post office addresses: 5162 Simpson Rd., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Rachel Rodriguez, 815-912-2633 SIGNED: Rachel Rodriguez 5/11/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7534R TRRT 5/31
May 24, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Probate Division ESTATE OF MARTHA DANIELS, Deceased. WINNEBAGO COUNTY CASE NO. 2016 P 102 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of MARTHA DANIELS, of Rockford, Illinois, on February 15, 2016. Letters of Office were issued on March 25, 2016, to Zoyce Zartman, 3571 Montlake Drive, Rockford, Illinois. Claims against the estate may be filed within 6 months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within 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, shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, Probate Division, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 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 days after it has been filed. Dated: May 1, 2017 THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Clerk Attorney Laura M. Hunt Laura M. Hunt & Associates, LLC 815 N. Church Street Rockford, Illinois 61103 815.505.8571 7487R TRRT 5/24 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Probate Division ESTATE OF WENDELL K. JOHNSON, Deceased. WINNEBAGO COUNTY CASE NO. 2015 P 32 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of WENDELL K. JOHNSON, of Rockford, Illinois, on January 7, 2015. Letters of Office were issued on February 5, 2015, to Kendall Johnson, 2903 N. Moor Drive, Rockford, Illinois. Claims against the estate may be filed within 6 months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within 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, shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, Probate Division, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 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 days after it has been filed. Dated: May 1, 2017 THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Clerk Attorney Laura M. Hunt Laura M. Hunt & Associates, LLC 815 N. Church Street Rockford, Illinois 61103 815.505.8571 7488R TRRT 5/24 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 LIANNA KENNEDY THOMPSON Minor’s Current Name By NIAMBI BURRELL Name of Parent/Guardian filing on behalf of the Minor Case No. 17 MR 194 NOTICE OF FILING PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE Notice is hereby given, that on June 1st, 2017, at 10 a.m., I will present a Petition requesting that the Court change his/her present name of Lianna Kennedy Thompson, a minor, to the name of Lianna Kennedy Burrell. The hearing will take place at Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State St. in Rockford, Illinois. Lianna Kennedy Thompson, a minor, by, /s/ Niambi Burrell Date: 2/27/2017 7489R TRRT 5/24 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: MARY ELLEN JACKSON, Deceased. Case No.: 2017 P 194 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of MARY ELLEN JACKSON. Letters of Office were issued on April 28, 2017, to BETTY JANE CARBY, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The Attorney for the Estate is William J. Howard, 124
n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, vs. JAMES R. FOLEY AKA JAMES FOLEY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 16 CH 832 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 15, 2017, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 3141 Ramsgate Road, Rockford, Illinois 61114. P.I.N. 12-08-304-002. 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.
North Water Street, Suite 100, Rockford, Illinois 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 10, 2017, 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 his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: May 4, 2017 Betty Jane Carby, Executor Name: William J. Howard (#1271288) Attorney for the Estate of Mary Ellen Jackson Address: 124 N. Water Street, Suite 100 City: Rockford, IL 61107 Telephone: (815) 964-8888 7490R TRRT 5/24 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 apartment rentals and storage business in said County and State under the name of Altamore Properties and Storage at the following post office addresses: 6790 Thomas Pkwy., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Alberto F. Altamore SIGNED: Alberto F. Altamore 5/16/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7541R TRRT 5/31 n n n NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE LAW FIRM OF HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ALPINE BANK & TRUST CO., Plaintiff, v. DAVID R. ERICKSON; JUDITH A. ERICKSON; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. Case No.: 2017 CH 396 NOTICE TO UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage concerning the premises described as follows, to-wit: Lot Six (6) in Block Five (5) as designated upon the Plat of Halsted & Haven’s Addition to Auburndale, being a part of East part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 14, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 5 of Plats on page 34 in the Recorder’s Office; ALSO Lot One (1) in Block One (1) as designated upon the Plat of Thomas T. Smith’s Addition of Auburndale, being a part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 14, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. COMMON ADDRESS: 1815 Latham Street Rockford, IL 61103 PROPERTY CODE: 194A 565 P.I.N. NUMBER: 11-14-277006 And for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, unless
For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F16100050 I720985 P7475R TRRT 5/24 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS TCF NATIONAL BANK; Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL GARNHART; ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 66 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 3745 Dunbury Lane, Rockford, IL 61101. P.I.N. 07-34-178-002. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family res-
you, the said above-named Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint of said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 12th day of June, 2017, default may be entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois PREPARED BY: Yashekia T. Simpkins (ARDC #6307014) HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 Phone: 815-490-4900 Fax: 815-490-4901 ysimpkins@hinshawlaw.com 7491R TRRT 5/24 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO BLACKHAWK BANK, Plaintiff, v. JASON A. CONLEY; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. Case No.: 2017 CH 210 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above-entitled cause, the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder. A. The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Yashekia T. Simpkins, HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP, 100 Park Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101, Tel. (815) 490-4942. B. The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 519 28th Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108. C. The legal description of the real estate is: Lot Ninety-three (93) as designated upon the Plat of Welty Sisters Valley Park Subdivision in part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 30, 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 51 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. D. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Single-family home with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and approximately 960 square feet. E. The time and place of sale will be June 8, 2017, at 11:00 A.M., Winnebago County Justice Center, Lobby, 650 West State Street, Rockford, County of Winnebago, Illinois. F. The terms of the sale are: Ten Percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance is due within 24 hours of sale. The property offered for sale is subject to all real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality of the title and without recourse to the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office and in “as is” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. G. Title will be conveyed subject to the following liens and interests: all general real estate taxes, special assessments, if any, easements and restrictions of record, and the interests, if any, of any tenant in possession. H. The property will not be available for inspection. I. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of subject premises. J. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). BLACKHAWK BANK, Plaintiff By: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP Yashekia T. Simpkins One of Its Attorneys PREPARED BY: Yashekia T. Simpkins (ARDC #6307014) HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 Phone: 815-490-4900 Fax: 815-490-4901 ysimpkins@hinshawlaw.com 7502R TRRT 5/24 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS,
idence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Mr. David T. Cohen at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Cohen Jutla Dovitz Makowka, LLC, 10729 West 159th Street, Orland Park, Illinois 60467-4531. (708) 460-7711. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I720997 P7476R TRRT 5/24 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK N.A., AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2006-1, ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1; Plaintiff, vs. JAMES M. RANDALL; SPRING LAKE ESTATES HOMES ASSOCIATION, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS GENERALLY, AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS;
COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Property Management business in said County and State under the name of Bradley Eugene Carey at the following post office addresses: 1702 Lawney Ct., South Beloit, IL 61080; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Brad Carey SIGNED: Brad Carey 5/8/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of May, A.D. 2017. Maurine J. Lock, Notary Public My Commission Expires 10-06-2017 7503R TRRT 5/24 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 trucking company business in said County and State under the name of Bosshog Trucking at the following post office addresses: 2230 Rose Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Deonta Burnell SIGNED: Deonta Burnell 3/22/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of March, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley L. Carter, DEPUTY 7537R TRRT 5/31 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 and altering store business in said County and State under the name of Tad More Tailoring and Boutique at the following post office addresses: 6116 Mulford Village Dr., Suite 15, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Mazen Qassab SIGNED: Mazen Qassab 5/9/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 9th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 7538R TRRT 5/31 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS,
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COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Tree Service business in said County and State under the name of The Climbers Tree Service at the following post office addresses: 3232 Yarmouth Dr., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Arturo Gutierrez, 815-519-4933 SIGNED: Arturo Gutierrez 5/10/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of May, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 7539R TRRT 5/31 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Property Management business in said County and State under the name of Stanley Francis Wentland at the following post office addresses: 1318 Glen Forest Dr., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Stan Wentland SIGNED: Stanley Francis Wentland 5/9/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 9th day of May, A.D. 2017. Notary Public My Commission Expires 9/30/19 7540R TRRT 5/31 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: Allen Dwyne William Case Number 17 MR 472 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Allen Dwyne William to the new name of: Allen Dwayne Williams. The court date will be held: on 7/19/17 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ Allen Dwayne Williams Allen Dwayne Williams 7573R TRRT 6/7
Defendants, 12 CH 700 NOTICE OF SALE P UBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 29, 2017, 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 5540 Haddon Place, Rockford, IL 61114. P.I.N. 12-09-201-002. 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 Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. SPSL.0274A I721987 P7543R TRRT 6/7
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n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WAKW, LLC Plaintiff, -v.- CINDY K. BAKER, et al Defendant 15CH 01050 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 30, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 19, 2017, 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 513 DAVID DRIVE, WINNEBAGO, IL 61088 Property Index No. 14-16-128-004. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-17613. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-17613 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 01050 TJSC#: 37-4563 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. I722082 P7544R TRRT 6/7 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC F/K/A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.- ANGELLA LUNDGREN A/K/A ANGELLA HILL, et al Defendant 17CH 00008 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 10, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 20, 2017, 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 4446 SUNBURY DRIVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 15-12-407-006 (228D-248). 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective
bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-16573. 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. 14-16-16573 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00008 TJSC#: 37-4572 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. I722098 P7545R TRRT 6/7 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.- GLENDA A. CARTER, et al Defendant 17CH 00001 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 10, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 20, 2017, 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 2347 RICHARD AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-31-430-024. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-16644. 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. 14-16-16644
Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00001 TJSC#: 37-4573 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. I722100 P7546R TRRT 6/7 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION F/K/A PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES Plaintiff, -v.- PETER F. MINETT, et al Defendant 15CH 01023 CONSOLIDATED WITH 15CH 000897 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 21, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 20, 2017, 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 3622 S. MAIN STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 15-03-327-023. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-17385. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-17385 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 01023 CONSOLIDATED WITH 15 CH 000897 TJSC#: 37-4568 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. I722163 P7547R TRRT 6/7 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF FIRST NLC TRUST 2007-1 MORTGAGE BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1 Plaintiff, -v.- GUILLERMO ESTRADA, MICHELLE L. ESTRADA Defendant 16CH 0413 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 30, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 29, 2017, 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 7910 WINDSPOINT ROAD, Roscoe, IL 61073 Property Index No. 04-24-303-008-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $181,256.22. 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. No fee shall be paid
by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C16-37023. 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. POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw.com Attorney File No. C16-37023 Case Number: 16 CH 0413 TJSC#: 37-3252 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. I721231 P7505R TRRT 5/31 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in Winnebago County Case No. 2017 CH 210, the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder. 1. The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 519 28th Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108. 2. The time and place of sale will be June 8, 2017, at 11:00 A.M., Winnebago County Justice Center, Lobby, 650 West State Street, Rockford, County of Winnebago, Illinois, conducted by the Winnebago County Sheriff. 3. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Single-family home with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and approximately 960 square feet. 4. The terms of the sale are: Ten Percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance is due within 24 hours of sale. The property offered for sale is subject to all real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality of the title and without recourse to the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office and in “As Is” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. 5. Title will be conveyed subject to the following liens and interests: all general real estate taxes, special assessments, if any, easements and restrictions of record, and the interests, if any, of any tenant in possession. 6. The property will not be available for inspection. 7. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. 8. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). 9. The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Yashekia T. Simpkins, HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP, 100 Park Avenue, Rockford, IL 61101, Tel (815) 490-4942. NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE LAW FIRM OF HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 7502R TRRT 5/24
May 24, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR RASC 2002KS4 Plaintiff, -v.- JEANNETTE M. FRANKLIN A/K/A JEANNETTE M. BROOKS A/K/A JEANETTE M. BROOKS A/K/A JEANNETTE FRANKLIN, et al Defendant 11CH 00253 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 10, 2011, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 5, 2017, 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 3715 BASSWOOD COURT, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-08-155-001 (152B371). 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-11-03276. 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. 14-11-03276 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 11 CH 00253 TJSC#: 37-4069 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. I721069 P7478R TRRT 5/24 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, Vs, BRIAN DIGIOVANNI a/k/a BRIAN J. DIGIOVANNI, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2015 CH 232 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure heretofore entered by the said Court on the 22ND day of July, 2016 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 8th day of June, 2017 at the hour of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 7832 Shore Drive Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 P.I.N. Number: 07-36-202-011 Property Code: 139 B 132 The property is commonly known as 7832 Shore Drive Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 and is improved with a residential property. Judgment was taken in the amount of $73,772.42 on behalf of Northwest Bank of Rockford. Property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes and is offered for sale without any representations as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale
is further subject to confirmation by the Court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. Sale terms are cash or certified funds 25% at time of sale and the balance, including the judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300 is due within 24 hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. Upon payment in full on the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a certificate of sale which will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Respective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information, contact Timothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff, 3400 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant to Section 15-1507 (c)(7) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, no information other than the information contained in this Notice will be provided. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER) YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Attorney Timothy F. Horning Meyer and Horning P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 7522R TRRT 5/31 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, NA; Plaintiff, vs. HEYWARD R. MANIGAULT AKA HEYWARD MANIGAULT AKA HEYWARD R. MANIGAULT II; MICHELLE B. MANIGAULT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16CH 609 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 22, 2017, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 7895 Coopers Hawk Trail, Machesney Park, IL 61115. P.I.N. 08-16-330-001. 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 The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F16070152 I721479 P7506R TRRT 5/31 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS CITY OF ROCKFORD, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; Plaintiff, vs. MARVIN FRANZEN; ELAINE FRANZEN, DECEASED; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 402 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 22, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1320 9th Street, Rockford, IL 61104. P.I.N. 11-25-360-004. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a Vacant lot, previously was a single family residence. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Mr. Matthew D. Flores at Plaintiff’s Attorney, City of Rockford Department of Law, 425 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104. (779) 348-7395. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I721481 P7507R TRRT 5/31 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.- BRITTNIE STRAUB, et al Defendant 14CH 691 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 7, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 27, 2017, 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 2619 BUCKINGHAM DRIVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61107
Property Index No. 12-18-380-005. The real estate is improved with a brown, brick, one unit home; two car detached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 259936. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 259936 Case Number: 14 CH 691 TJSC#: 37-3748 I720432 P7504R TRRT 5/31 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.- ALBERTO LARA, et al Defendant 15CH 01000 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 27, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 14, 2017, 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 4115 AMHERST LANE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-05-128-004. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney:
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CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-17361. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-17361 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 01000 TJSC#: 37-4441 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. I721716 P7509R TRRT 5/31 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.- KRISTINA B. PANDO, et al Defendant 16CH 00935 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 7, 2017, 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 2418 23RD STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-31-376-038. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-14769. 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. 14-16-14769 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00935 TJSC#: 37-1680 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. I720097 P7542R TRRT 6/7
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ILESTONE’s mission is to help each Individual reach their fullest potential and live as full a life as possible. Our Interdisciplinary team includes both physical and occupational therapists and a PT/OT program is designed for each Individual to meet their needs. Many times rehabilitation therapy is needed after an extended hospital stay, and can keep a person ambulatory. Chris’ family gained first hand knowledge about the difference a strong PT/OT department can make after she returned to MILESTONE after an extended hospital stay. A Mother’s Story A Mother’s Story Before she had to go to the hospital Chris was able to walk, but after a month of being mostly 3 bedridden she returned to Milestone non-ambulatory. With guidance,3 work, time and care from the PT/OT team, she was able to regain the RVCU Helps Adopt A ability to walk with the same level of assistance as before she entered RVCU Helps Adopt A Camper the hospital. Jill Morgan, MILESTONE’s PT/OT coordinator, says, Camper 4 keeping our individuals ambulatory and mobile for as long as possible 4 is entirely essential to their overall health. Weight bearing stimulates Adopt A Camper bone strength, range of motion exercises, active or passive promotes Adopt A Camper A the Success circulation, stimulates the bowels and keeps their joints fluid and A Success 5 1 on 1 attention gives them comfort and stability. 5 Without PT and OT our individuals health would deteriorate at a more rapid rate, Special Olympics Special Olympics according to Morgan, who adds, osteoporosis, Update Update constipation and contracture of muscles and 6 6 fusion of bones would occur more rapidly and more quickly interfere with our ability to care for them. Their quality of life would seriously decline. Help with Help with Providing and supporting what limited mobility many of our individuals MILESTONE’S MILESTONE’S have is truly as vital and valuable as any treatment or medication. But in Ongoing Projects Ongoing Projects order to do this equipment is needed, everything from walkers, to air 7 7 pressure and orthotic splints, custom molded shoes, versiform cushions and walking belts. There is currently a need for standers, along with Holiday Cards Holiday Cards gravity, the standers help stimulate bone 8 8 growth and helps maintain bone strength. The straightening and stretching of the leg mucsles and tendons also help an Individual maintain lower extremity mobility allowing for better personal care and aiding in the potential for ambulation. The change in perspective (going from sitting to standing) stimulates brain activity, and visual motor and proprioceptual skills. Our current standers are over 20 years old and we need additional ones. Please call the Resource Development Department at (815) 639-2965 if you would like information about making a donation for this program.
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ILESTONE’s mission is to help each Individual reach their fullest potential and live as full ILESTONE’s mission is to help each Individual reach their fullest potential and live as full a life as possible. Our Interdisciplinary team includes both physical and occupational a life as possible. Our Interdisciplinary team includes both physical and occupational therapists and a PT/OT program is designed for each Individual to meet their needs. therapists and a PT/OT program is designed for each Individual to meet their needs. Many times rehabilitation therapy is needed after an extended hospital stay, and can keep a Many times rehabilitation therapy is needed after an extended hospital stay, and can keep a person ambulatory. Chris’ family gained first hand knowledge about the difference a strong person ambulatory. Chris’ family gained first hand knowledge about the difference a strong PT/OT department can make after she returned to MILESTONE after an extended hospital stay. PT/OT department can make after she returned to MILESTONE after an extended hospital stay. Before she had to go to the hospital Chris was able to walk, but after a month of being mostly Before she had to go to the hospital Chris was able to walk, but after a month of being mostly bedridden she returned to Milestone non-ambulatory. With guidance, bedridden she returned to Milestone non-ambulatory. With guidance, work, time and care from the PT/OT team, she was able to regain the work, time and care from the PT/OT team, she was able to regain the ability to walk with the same level of assistance as before she entered ability to walk with the same level of assistance as before she entered the hospital. Jill Morgan, MILESTONE’s PT/OT coordinator, says, the hospital. Jill Morgan, MILESTONE’s PT/OT coordinator, says, keeping our individuals ambulatory and mobile for as long as possible keeping our individuals ambulatory and mobile for as long as possible is entirely essential to their overall health. Weight bearing stimulates is entirely essential to their overall health. Weight bearing stimulates bone strength, range of motion exercises, active or passive promotes bone strength, range of motion exercises, active or passive promotes circulation, stimulates the bowels and keeps their joints fluid and the circulation, stimulates the bowels and keeps their joints fluid and the 1 on 1 attention gives them comfort and stability. 1 on 1 attention gives them comfort and stability. Without PT and OT our individuals health Without PT and OT our individuals health would deteriorate at a more rapid rate, would deteriorate at a more rapid rate, according to Morgan, who adds, osteoporosis, according to Morgan, who adds, osteoporosis, constipation and contracture of muscles and constipation and contracture of muscles and fusion of bones would occur more rapidly and more quickly interfere with fusion of bones would occur more rapidly and more quickly interfere with our ability to care for them. Their quality of life would seriously decline. our ability to care for them. Their quality of life would seriously decline. Providing and supporting what limited mobility many of our individuals Providing and supporting what limited mobility many of our individuals have is truly as vital and valuable as any treatment or medication. But in have is truly as vital and valuable as any treatment or medication. But in order to do this equipment is needed, everything from walkers, to air order to do this equipment is needed, everything from walkers, to air pressure and orthotic splints, custom molded shoes, versiform cushions pressure and orthotic splints, custom molded shoes, versiform cushions and walking belts. There is currently a need for standers, along with and walking belts. There is currently a need for standers, along with gravity, the standers help stimulate bone gravity, the standers help stimulate bone growth and helps maintain bone strength. The growth and helps maintain bone strength. The straightening and stretching of the leg mucsles and tendons also help straightening and stretching of the leg mucsles and tendons also help an Individual maintain lower extremity mobility allowing for better an Individual maintain lower extremity mobility allowing for better personal care and aiding in the potential for ambulation. The change personal care and aiding in the potential for ambulation. The change in perspective (going from sitting to standing) stimulates brain in perspective (going from sitting to standing) stimulates brain activity, and visual motor and proprioceptual skills. activity, and visual motor and proprioceptual skills. Our current standers are over 20 years old and we need Our current standers are over 20 years old and we need additional ones. Please call the Resource Development Department at additional ones. Please call the Resource Development Department at (815) 639-2965 if you would like information about making a donation (815) 639-2965 if you would like information about making a donation for this program. for this program.
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The domestic alternative fuel: LPG By Allen Penticoff
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hen I first began the Mr. Green Car column, I did a series of reports on alternative fuels. These included: diesel; biodiesel; vegetable oil; compressed natural gas; ethanol; hydrogen; electricity; and even compressed air among others. Somehow, I missed reporting on one alternative fuel that has been around a long time and has proven benefits but is little used in the United States as a transportation fuel: liquid petroleum gas (LPG). Most of us know it by the name propane – that cooks our steaks on the grill or heats our homes if we live in rural areas. There are other LPG flammable liquids going by other names and they are sometimes mixed into the fuel. particularly butane. LPG is really a waste byproduct of natural gas production and the gasoline refining process. It has been around and used for many purposes since the dawn of the petroleum energy age. In 1910 a process was developed to liquefy these gases, and a second method using compression was developed in 1912. Commercial use of LPG rapidly developed, including use in motor vehicles. LPG turns from liquid to vapor at minus 44 degrees Fahrenheit. However, it will remain liquid under pressure with only 177 psi even at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This is why the tank for your grill feels liquidy when you carry it, yet burns as a vapor upon release of the natural vapor pressure within the tank. If released as a liquid, LPG instantly becomes a vapor in the atmosphere. As a consequence of this low pressure, the tanks needed to contain the liquid do not have to be built to withstand extremely high pressure – as do compressed natural gas (CNG) and hydrogen which remain gaseous. Due to this, the system is much less expensive to manufacture and adapt to vehicles. In automotive use, LPG/propane is known as “autogas,” and in places
Man school bus operators in the U.S., like these at the Kobussen Bus facility in Brodhead, Wisconsin, rely on propane to power portions of their fleets instead of gasoline or diesel. Photo, Allen Penticoff that provide filling service for vehicles equipped to burn LPG you will see signs for “autogas” – even right here in Rockford at Menards. There have been decades of conversion of gasoline burning engines to run on autogas. Very commonly used elsewhere in the world, autogas is the third most popular transportation fuel. In the past, most systems relied on burning the vaporous gas, however newer systems use the LPG in liquid form via electronic fuel injectors directly into the engine. The older vaporous system may be set up to be “dual fuel” where either gasoline or LPG can be burned. Some systems even allow for an automatic switch over when higher power is needed. The direct injection LPG systems are less likely to be dual fuel, and they also provide more power under all circumstance than the vaporous systems. What got me interested in LPG is that I went on a tour of the Kobussen Buses facility in Brodhead, Wisconsin. While on the tour, driver trainer Michael Lowery mentioned that some of the buses were set up to operate on propane. That of course prompted questions on my part. Kobussen Buses is contracted with many Wisconsin communities to provide
school bus service. They also have small bus charter service. Presently they have 542 buses, 95 of which operate on propane; the rest operate on diesel. The LPG buses were purchased already converted and none of them are “dual fuel.” An LPG bus costs about $8,000 more to acquire than a standard diesel bus. All LPG buses use large “gasoline” type engines (diesel engines do not convert to LPG readily). An LPG bus will get about 4 miles per gallon while a diesel bus sees 7 mpg. Compressed natural gas is cheaper to purchase as a fuel but the conversion is far more expensive. Presently at the Brodhead facility, their propane supplier fills the buses but they will have their own filling capabilities by end of summer 2017. With such large purchases of propane, they are getting the fuel for $1.20 per gallon (versus a bit over $2 per gallon retail) so that is 30 cents-per-mile on LPG. Presently they buy diesel for $2.45 per gallon – yielding 35 cents per mile. This adds up savings quickly for the kind of miles these buses roll daily. According to Dan Kobussen, vice president and owner of this family business – and their Brodhead mainte-
nance chief, Travis Shrader – the reduced maintenance costs of the LPG buses also adds to their cost efficiency. One instance is the LPG buses use only 7 quarts of oil per change (and it is quite clean when changed) versus 20 quarts for a diesel bus. Other savings are in the form of not needing DEF liquids or replacing carbon trap filters. Also, no electricity is needed to keep the engines warm ready for start up. LPG buses don’t sit around idling, consuming fuel and polluting the air in school zones or terminals. Lowery first reported to me that they love the propane buses because no pre-heat or warm up period is needed. The LPG buses fire right up on the coldest mornings and quickly rise to a higher operating temperature compared to a diesel bus. This also makes for a more comfortable cabin for the driver and passengers. “As a driver, I love how quiet the propane fueled bus is compared with a diesel,” Lowery said. “The loudest thing on the bus is the turn signal. This allows me to better hear traffic and emergency vehicles, so I can react quicker – making my trip safer for my passengers. Also, with this new quieter environment, I can hear every kid on my bus and be involved in their conversations. My kids love it too!” Lowery also reports that refueling is only a little slower than filling with diesel, easy, safe and clean. All drivers are trained to do their own refueling. Kobussen adds to that, “Propane helps Kobussen reduce our costs which we pass onto our school districts and it burns cleaner which helps our precious cargo breathe easier.” As an alternative fuel, propane releases nearly as much carbon dioxide as burning gasoline (15 percent less CO2) but it lacks many of the organic compounds that gasoline and diesel fuels contain and pump into our atmosphere unburned. Not as clean as CNG, it still is far better for the environment than conventional fuels, and LPG is nearly all domestically produced in the U.S. and Canada.
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More summer vege gardening BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR
Once you’ve planted your vegetables plants, you’ll want to start preparing for weeds, insects, and diseases. For insects, one of the best investments you can make is a floating row cover. This thin piece of fabric allows for light and water penetration while keeping insect pests from getting to your plants. While this can work for transplants early on, the fabric must be taken o� when your plants begin to flower or else you will not have proper pollination. You can find row cover at many home and garden centers. The thicker the fabric the less light and rainwater that gets to the plants so aim for the thinnest with the goal of insect protection. You may also find that creating a hoop to then place the fabric on is beneficial. Both weed and disease control depend a lot on water. If you are watering your garden, try to aim the water right at the base of the plant. If it gets on the plant and a fungus/bacteria is there, water can help spread disease faster. Any water that get away from your vegetable plants will aid in weed development. Throughout the growing season, we are typically aiming for
1-1.5 inches of water a week. Have a rain gauge on the edge of your garden to determine if your plants are getting this. Always water in the morning so that the plants can dry out further. By watering at night, this may spread disease worse. Tomatoes need trellising. There is no way to get around it and not have good yields. Some growers are now growing their squash plants, like cucumbers and cantaloupe, on a modified trellis system that allows for the vines to grow through the plastic web between stakes. For hybrid tomatoes, place a stake every two plants in a row and trellis string about every 6 inches. If you are growing heirloom tomatoes, I recommend a stake before and after the plant. If you decide to use tomato cages, seek out the metal ones as the lighter weight are too flimsy to support the plants. By starting strong with weed, insect and disease management, and providing support with trellising, this will put you on the right path toward good yields into the growing season. 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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Illinois is taking steps toward joining a number of other states in giving their farmers the chance to grow industrial hemp. With downward corn and soybean prices sapping Illinois farmers’ profits, state lawmakers think industrial hemp can serve as another revenue stream. A bill that is awaiting a House committee vote, after a unanimous Senate vote, would allow a farmer to get licensed with the Department of Agriculture to plant and harvest industrial hemp. The plant has a short growing season, grows to 15 feet tall, needs little maintenance, and starves out other weeds. Rebecca Osland, policy associate with Illinois Stewardship Alliance, says farmers can use the crop as another revenue source that is also good for the soil. “If our farmers can’t be profitable, they can’t stay in business so we’d like them to be thinking about the environment and also be profitable,” she said. “They also help out-compete some of the superweeds that have grown herbicide-resistant.” “It’s another tool for farmers to get out of the cycle of corn and soybeans that is losing profitability in recent years,” said Rob Davies, marketing director for the Illinois Farmers Union.
Industrial hemp di�ers from its illegal counterpart by having less than 3 percent of the hallucinogenic chemicals of marijuana. Farmers would typically bale it the same way they would hay and straw at its full growth, though it can be done di�erently at a younger age to extract the seeds or oil. During World War II, Illinois was one of the leading suppliers of hemp to the government to make paper, building materials and other products. A Wall Street Journal ad from 1945 shows Illinois was home to several government-owned industrial hemp mills. According to the National Council of State Legislatures, at least 30 states passed legislation related to industrial hemp. According to the Congressional Research Service, current industry estimates report U.S. hemp sales at nearly $600 million annually. “Available trade statistics indicate that the value of U.S. imports under categories actually labeled hemp, such as hemp seeds and fibers – which are more often used as inputs for use in further manufacturing – was nearly $78.2 million in 2015,” the report states. Should the bill pass, the University of Illinois has said it would begin studying the plant strains that would grow most optimally in local soils.
Blue and purple corn: not just for tortillas anymore BY LAUREN QUINN U OF I NEWS BUREAU
URBANA – Consumers today insist on all-natural everything, and food dyes are no exception. Even if food manufacturers are willing to make the change, current sources of natural dyes are expensive and hard to come by. Now, a large University of Illinois project is filling the gap with colored corn. “Most natural colors come from things like wine skins, red carrots, and beets. The problem with that is most of the product is wasted in extracting the coloring. It’s not good value,” says Jack Juvik, a geneticist in the crop sciences department at U of I. Juvik and an interdisciplinary team have been experimenting with purple and blue corn varieties, noting that health-promoting pigments known as anthocyanins are located in the outer layers of the corn kernel. That makes a big difference, economically.
“You can process corn in di�erent ways to remove only the outer layer. The rest can still be fed into the corn supply chain to make ethanol or grits or any of the other products corn is already used for. That outer layer becomes a value-added co-product,” Juvik says. The team has covered a lot of bases since the $1.4 million project began in 2014. For example, they identified the optimal milling process and demonstrated that corn-derived anthocyanins remain stable in food products. What’s left is to find the most potent sources of the pigments for future corn breeding. In a recent study, Juvik and his colleagues looked at anthocyanin type and concentration in nearly 400 genetically distinct lines of colored corn. They grew these lines in Illinois to see if anthocyanin concentration stayed constant from generation to generation – a critical quality for breeding new varieties.
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Your Health
Medications prevent opioid addiction relapse By Carla K. Johnson AP Medical Writer
CHICAGO – Remarks by a top U.S. health official have reignited a quarrel in the world of addiction and recovery: Does treating opioid addiction with medication save lives? Or does it trade one addiction for another? Health Secretary Tom Price’s recent comments — one replying to a reporter’s question, the other in a newspaper op-ed — waver between two strongly held views. Medication-assisted treatment, known as MAT, is backed by doctors. Yet it still has skeptics, especially among supporters of 12-step programs like Narcotics Anonymous, because it involves opioidbased medications. Price appeared to side with that camp when he said during a recent visit to Charleston, West Virginia: “If we just simply substitute buprenorphine or methadone or some other opioid-type medication for the opioid addiction, then we haven’t moved the dial much.” But in an opinion piece published last week in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, he twice mentioned his agency’s support for medication-assisted treatment. Because of how opioids act on the brain , people dependent on them get sick if they stop using. Withdrawal can feel like a bad flu with cramping, sweating, anxiety and sleeplessness. Cravings for the drug can be so intense that relapse is common. Medication-assisted treatment helps by moving a patient from powerful painkillers or an illicit opioid like heroin to a regular dose of a legal opioid-based medication such as buprenorphine or methadone. The ideal dose is big enough to fend off withdrawal, but too small to produce a euphoric high. Patients can drive, rebuild relationships and get back to work. “They’re not walking around high” and it gives them the chance to practice new ways of coping with family and psychological issues, said Dr. Joseph Garbely of Pennsylvaniabased Caron Treatment Centers. With counseling and education about addiction, patients can get back on track. They eventually can taper off medications, but some take them for years. Researchers studying these treatments
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use drug screening to see whether patients are staying off illegal drugs. If someone uses heroin while in treatment, it shows up in their urine. A 2014 review of 31 studies found methadone and buprenorphine keep people in treatment and off illicit drugs. The review by the Cochrane Collaboration, an international group of scientists that evaluates research, found each drug worked better than a dummy medication. A side benefit worth noting: Methadone also helps prevent the spread of HIV by reducing needle sharing, a different research review by Cochrane found. Methadone and buprenorphine can be abused and both can cause overdoses, particularly methadone. But researchers have found that methadone prevents more overdose deaths than it causes. For most patients, medication combined with counseling is superior to other strategies, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine. “What’s right for one person isn’t necessarily right for another person,” Price said during a May 9 visit to West Virginia. When asked whether he and his team leaned toward medication or faith-based approaches to opioid addiction, his reply lined up with those who favor abstinence. Abstinence-only philosophies “are not scientifically supported,” according to the first surgeon general’s report on addiction, published in November. Yet people who describe themselves as in recovery consistently say abstinence is important. All told, remission from opioid addiction can take years and multiple tries at treatment. “The public needs to know that there are proven, effective treatments for opioid addiction,” former U.S. General Vivek Murthy told The Associated Press. Murthy was fired by the Trump administration after he refused to resign. Not informing patients about the effectiveness of treating addiction with medication is like a doctor not telling a cancer patient about chemotherapy, said Dr. Mark Willenbring, a former director of treatment research at the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. “Scientifically, this is a settled matter.”
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Across 1. Diamond corners 6. CA’s Santa ___ winds 9. At what time? 13. Music to a performer’s ears 14. Yes move 15. Eurasian goat-like antelope 16. ”The ____ Burnett Show” 17. Number in a pair 18. #10 Down, pl. 19. ”Beach Party” garb 2 1 . K in d o f 19 6 0 s “invasion” 23. Tokyo, pre-1868 24. Wilder in 1968’s “The Producers” 25. “Gross!” 28. 9th letter of Greek alphabet 30. Changes 35. High part of day 37. Narcotics agent 39. Donor recipient 40. Musical finale 41. Imprison 43. Funeral cloth 44. MC Hammer’s “Too ____ to Quit” album 4 6 . C o mman d : “A t
____!” 47. Popular acronym in education 48. Attractive to look at 50. Clarified butter 52. Greek H 53. Wise old man 55. Beaver’s construction 57. Civil Rights Act of 1964 signee 61. Six-Day War nation 64. Maker of “Mouse Trap” board game 65. Elbow rest 67. Exemplary 69. Mosquito - ____ disease 70. “The Old Man and the ____” 71. Ivy Mike, e.g. 72. Son of Aphrodite 73. Expression of doubt 74. Affirmatives Down 1. Home to “Doctor Who” starting in 1963 2. United ____ Emirates 3. Rani’s dress 4. Call forth 5. Forward slashes
6. ____perspirant 7. Betty Friedan’s org. 8. Acrobat maker 9. Beatles song on “Rubber Soul” 10. Audiophile’s praise 11. Shining armor 12. Crosby, Stills & ____ 15. Protection from a sword 20. Nary a soul 22. Ribonucleic acid 24. Wa s te ba sket contents 25. ”The Man from ____” 26. Soft and sticky 27. ____podge 29. Wild no more 31. Bests 32. Related on mother’s side 33. Find new tenant 34. Point of origin of Alabama marches 36. Lack of guile 38. Folsom State Prison visitor 42. Orchestra section 45 . D i s o r d e r l y
fight 49. ____-tzu 51. Like a smell of soil 54. Grind teeth 56. Not yes, nor no 57. Be compatible 58. Wafting output 59. Life saver 60. Grannies 61. Allah’s cleric 62. “Iliad,” e.g. 63. Tart garnish 66. Dream time 68. ”The Munsters” network
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Indy 500. Sunday, 12:19 p.m. on ABC
Dixon grabs Indy spotlight, robbery aside AP Auto Racing Writer
Paging Roger Penske
His organization is known for excellence and Team Penske holds Indianapolis in the highest regard. But only one of the five Penske cars qualified
But with the Penske cars struggling, Chevrolet just seems overmatched. It’s an odd position for Chevy, the dominant manufacturer since it returned to IndyCar competition in 2012, and has the makings for an ugly Indy 500 for the Bowtie Brigade.
Bourdais’ bad break
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for the Fast Nine Shootout on pole day, and Will Power ended up the slowest qualifier of the group. He will start ninth on Sunday, highest of all the Penske cars. “That was as good as we had,” Power said. Roger Penske has a record 16 wins at Indy, but his cars didn’t look like contenders out of qualifying. Behind Power is Castroneves, who will start 19th — the worst qualifying position in 17 Indy 500 starts for the threetime winner. Two-time Indy 500 winner Montoya will start 18th, Josef Newgarden 22nd and Simon Pagenaud 23rd. “It is a mystery,” Pagenaud said. “That’s what makes Indianapolis, that’s why this place is special. Sometimes it’s tough to figure it out. We can’t figure it out this month.” If the team doesn’t pick it up by Sunday, The Captain will not be a happy man.
Chevy vs. Honda
Chevrolet seemed to be lagging behind Honda at the start of the IndyCar season, when Honda opened with a pair of victories. But three straight Chevrolet wins seemed to indicate it might be an even playing field. Well, either Chevrolet is sandbagging at Indy, or Honda has really upped its game. The Fast Nine qualifying consisted of six Honda drivers, and just three from Chevrolet. Ed Carpenter was the highest-qualifying Chevy driver at second, and teammate JR Hildebrand was sixth.
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It is only fitting that it was Scott Dixon, the greatest IndyCar driver of his generation, to grab some of the spotlight away from Fernando Alonso. Sure, “The Iceman” was robbed at gunpoint in the drive thru of a Taco Bell just a mile away from Indianapolis Motor Speedway not long after he won the pole for the Indianapolis 500. He made a dash for his taco celebration with mate Dario Franchitti, a fellow four-time IndyCar champion, and the headlines of the robbery followed soon after. But Dixon was already becoming the talk of the speedway before the great Taco Bell heist as “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” had turned into, well, quite the spectacle, almost all of it surrounding Alonso. Alonso deserves the attention. The two-time Formula One champion has thrived at Indy and soaked in every single second of his opportunity to run in what he considers to be the greatest race in the world. But it was Dixon who won the pole in an aggressive setup from engineer Chris Simmons that pushed the limits. Dixon’s third Indy 500 pole was the best qualifying run in 21 years at Indy, his four-lap average a brisk 232.164 mph. Dixon’s doesn’t let much bother him, so the Alonso show is hardly a slight to the New Zealand driver. Still, he’s the 2008 winner of the Indy 500 and ranks fourth on the all-time winning list. He’s no different than Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan, Juan Pablo Montoya, Ryan Hunter-Reay or even Alexander Rossi — all Indy 500 winners who find themselves in the Alonso’s shadow. The upside to Alonso skipping the F1 race at Monaco this weekend is that new viewers are paying attention to the Indy 500. The downside is that it has come at the expense of quite a few storylines that, without the presence of Alonso, would be a huge part of the hype leading into Sunday. The subplots at Indy are meaty, too:
another four-time champion who has gone largely under the radar for almost a decade. But he opened the year with a sports car victory at the Rolex 24 at Daytona driving for Chip Ganassi, and then won the IndyCar opener at St. Petersburg driving for tiny Dale Coyne Racing. Bourdais’ lap of 233.116 mph registers as the fastest so far at Indy this month, and he might have had a shot at the pole before his frightening accident in Saturday’s qualifying. Now the Frenchman has had surgery to repair fractures to his hip and pelvis, and Coyne likely lost his shot at winning the 500. James Davison will replace Bourdais, who is out indefinitely. He tweeted a picture of himself Monday in his hospital gown, but up and moving with a walker. His loss is a huge blow to the Coyne team, which Bourdais felt strongly he could build into a contender and seemed to be delivering on his word through his first season with the organization. The Alonso factor is certainly intriguing, but there’s a lot happening at Indy that doesn’t involve him. The excitement is thick, even without a trip to Taco Bell.
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Colliton era begins for IceHogs By Jim Hagerty
Colliton’s last assignment behind the bench was with Mora IK in Sweden. The 32-year-old appeared in 57 NHL games during a fiveyear career with the New York Islanders.
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OCKFORD – It may take some time for Jeremy Colliton to surpass Ted Dent as the Rockford IceHogs’ winningest coach. But, judging by the 32-year-old’s record leading Mora IK of the Swedish Hockey League the last four years, it could be quick work. Colliton, who is coming off a 35-4-13 record, was named the fourth head coach of the AHL IceHogs last week. Dent was fired last week after six years. He posted a 221-179-33-21 mark and led the ‘Hogs to back-to-back Calder Cup Playoff appearances in 2015 and 2016. The 2016-17 season was a much different story. It was one for the circular file, a season that begged to end so coaches could forget about barely winning 25 games and focus on next year’s slate. To Dent’s credit, trades and callups depleted his roster and rotating injuries took their toll. But, even before Mark McNeill, Sam Carrick and Spencer Abbot were traded, the IceHogs couldn’t find the back of the net. Teams that average but a pair of goals per game usually lose as often as they win, and Rockford was slipping into the Central Division basement by Christmas. Goaltending was sub par, defensive play was nothing to write home about and not one skater produced a plus rating. Dent left a lasting impression on fans, former players, and the Blackhawks organization, but 25-39-9-3 is no a way
to end a season after back-to-back playoff appearances in an organization that has three Stanley Cups in six years. Colliton’s 2016-17 Mora IK squad? It just about the opposite and no fluke. With Colliton running things, Mora IK only lost 18 games in four seasons. What was his secret overseas? He had talent on his roster. Most teams do, and the stable of Blackhawks prospects is no different than those coming through the ranks around the NHL. Even the Swedish league is top-level hockey. Talent goes without saying. Dent had talented players. Team buy-in as another story. For Colliton the way he played made his transition from the ice to the bench a seamless move. “I was a guy who paid attention to the team being successful,” he said of his
nine-year pro career. “I was interested in what we were doing and why were doing it. And at 28, I thought I had a lot of years left to be involved.” A 2003 New York Islanders draft pick, Colliton skated in 57 NHL games and played most of his career with the Isles’ AHL club in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Post-concussion syndrome forced the centerman to retire just three games into the 2013-14 season. He then took over as head coach of Mora IK. The Alberta native’s interview with Blackhawks brass came down to his philosophy of developing young players, and whether it fits General Manager Stan Bowman’s system of producing winning NHL rosters. Bowman like dwhat he saw. “Jeremy’s experience as a player and a coach will allow him to be a great leader and mentor for our young prospects,”
Bowman said. The IceHogs youth movement was underway before March’s trade deadline and is expected to continue. Veterans like P.C. Labrie and Jake Dowell will likely move on to make room for a host of hopefuls much like recent groups that produced Ryan Hartman, Tanner Kero, Trevor van Riemsdyk and Dennis Rasmussen. Who cracks the Chicago roster out of training camp this year is anyone’s guess. But it’s Colliton’s job to keep it within reach for his team. “There are a lot of young, talented players coming through the organization,” he said “(The message) is that if you are on an NHL contract, the focus should be on playing for Chicago.” An NHL callup while winning in the minors is a cog Colliton hopes to get turning out of the gate, too. That means he’ll have to find the right balance. There’s a time be a no-nonsense coach, and a for individual personalities to set the tone. “It is important to build relationships with players. There is also a time for relaying that message more forcefully.” However that plays out, at the end of the day, it will be about getting better. “The rest will take care of itself. Winning will come.” Top IceHogs assistant, former NHLer Derek King, is expected to remain in Rockford. The Blackhawks have yet to announce a replacement for defensive coach Mike Kitchen, who was fired a day before Dent was relieved.