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The Rockford City Market kicks off the long Labor Day weekend with its final summer hours event of the season.

In addition to Rockford City Market, downtown will be bustling with activity as local shops, venues and restaurants participate in First Fridays and Shop the Blocks. Locations will be staying open later, offering sidewalk sales and alfresco dining, and setting up open-air “parklets” to relax and play in.

Musical guests include Long Shot on the main stage and Andrew Robinson on the Water Street acoustic stage. The Discovery Center Museum will be offering free bubble painting in celebration of their upcoming Bubble Festival, with Alpine Academy teaching about what they offer while providing a free kids activity.

And the Northern Illinois Food Bank will be promoting National Hunger Awareness Month at the gates while educating about the many ways you can help fight hunger in the area.

The City Market is open 3:30-8:30 p.m. this week. Beginning next Friday, the Market will close at 7:30 p.m. for the duration of the year. For more information visit rockfordcitymarket.com.

Officials seek demolition of 29 more vacant houses

Officials in Rockford want the city council to approve more than $200,000 in bids to tear down 29 vacant and abandoned houses.

The Rockford Register Star reports that the demolitions are part of the city’s goal of demolishing 100 blighted properties each year.

Code Enforcement official Thaddeus Mack says about 70 abandoned houses have been razed in Rockford this year.

State and federal grants, along with some sanitation funds pay for the work.

Mayor Tom McNamara said Monday that Rockford still has “hundreds of properties that have been ranked as blighted” in city neighborhoods and that there is more work to do to “decrease blight and increase home ownership.”

He said abandoned homes attract crime, vagrants and arsonists while driving down property values.

Northeast Y to add 2 new playgrounds

The YMCA of Rock River Valley has announced two new playgrounds to be added to the Northeast Family YMCA campus in Loves Park. There will be a playground specific to preschool ages and a second designed for youth ages 6- to 12-years-old.

“We believe this playground will not only benefit Y members, but the community and visitors as well,” said Melissa Burns, Executive Director, Northeast Family YMCA. “It will be located behind our facility, which makes it a convenient spot for families using the adjacent sports fields, neighbors using the walking path and our members.”

Kids Around the World will lead the Y in building the playgrounds on Sept. 8-9. The Y is seeking 40 volunteers each day to help. Visit rockriverymca.volunteermatters.org.

–Staff & wire reports

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Crime

A violent Rockford weekend

By Jim Hagerty Contributor

ROCKFORD — Rockford’s 11th and 12th homicides are now in the books, as two 25-year-old men were slain during a violent weekend of gunfire.

No arrests have been made in the deaths of Tyrell Dorsey and Marlon Pendleton, both of whom were gunned down Saturday, Aug. 26. Pendleton was shot around 6 p.m., in the 300 block of Underwood Street and died at a local hospital.

Dorsey was shot in the 300 block of Royal Avenue three hours later and was pronounced dead at the scene. A second victim shot on Royal Avenue and another wounded on Jefferson Street were treated for non-life threatening injuries.

“This weekend was really disappointing,” Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara said. “There is no excuse for the senseless tragedies and loss of life we saw.”

McNamara said the violence marks a call for Rockford residents to step up and

provide information to bring the shooters to justice. Police echoed the mayor. Officials also said that while no arrests have made, key information was revealed during the initial investigation.

“Based on the information available at this time, it is believed that all three incidents are related,” Rockford Police Lt. Kurt A. Whisenand said. “The shootings are believed to be targeted and not random acts of violence.”

With approximately two killings per month, Rockford is on pace to nearly match last year’s 27 homicides, the most since 1996 when there were 31.

According to data compiled by the City of Rockford, violent crime—including murder, manslaughter, sex crimes, aggravated assault and robbery—were slightly down as of July 1. In 2016, there were a total of 1,311 violent crimes. Through June 30, 2017, Rockford saw a total of 1,201, for a reduction of about 8 percent.

Property crimes saw a 15 percent

“This weekend was really disappointing. There is no excuse for the senseless tragedies and loss of life we saw.”

decrease. The city saw 2,791 burglaries, thefts, and motor vehicle thefts in 2016.

Through June 30, there have been 2,362 property crimes reported.

There are a number of reported crimes that do not result in immediate arrest. For example, even when shell casings are found at shooting scenes, incidents of aggravated discharge of a firearm do often go unsolved.

The Rockford Police Department and Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department are also working more than a couple dozen cold homicides, cases city and county investigators work together in solving.

Public safety agencies are also overworked in crimes like arson, where police work jointly with the fire department. Rockford experienced that this summer when a string of fires believed to deliberately set involved multiple investigators from several jurisdictions. The economic impact of those fires alone cost the city hundred of thousands of dollars and three historic buildings, including the Hanley Furniture building, which was being tapped for major redevelopment.

Despite efforts from police to curb crime, Rockford has moved up on the FBI’s Most Dangerous list this year. In 2015, Rockford was the fifth-most dangerous city with a population of more than 100,000 in the United States. With more than 971 violent crimes per 100,000 people, Rockford is now No. 3, behind Memphis and St. Louis.

Anyone with information about last weekend’s shootings is asked to contact the Rockford Police Investigations Bureau at 779-500-6551 or Crime Stoppers at 815-963-7867. R.

City

Investigation continues in summer arsons

By Shane Nicholson Managing Editor

ROCKFORD — A string of arsons that rocked downtown through the end of June and first week of July is still under investigation.

Three fires, one at the former Hanley Furniture building and two on South 7th Street, were pegged by local, state and federal investigators as likely arsons. City officials in the aftermath said a fourth fire on South Main Street was not under suspicion.

Investigators said the manner in which two of the blazes were started, the Hanley fire and one of the 7th Street incidents,

shared some similarities, included where the fires began in the structures and the accelerant used. The Hanley fire started just before 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, in the northwest corner, opposite the BMO Center.

Firefighters fought the blaze for hours in front of onlookers, including the building’s owner, Urban Equity Properties Justin Fern.

The building was ultimately demolished over the next week amid a series of legal maneuvers and public spats.

The two 7th Street buildings were also demolished in the days that followed.

Investigators credited the controlled demolition of the structures with aiding in their work. Rockford Fire Division Chief of

Administration and Fire Prevention Matt Knott said that the contractors used by the city were well versed in such investigations and key partners in working the case. “(Controlled demolition) is a technique we’ve used before and we’ll continue to do so,” Knott told reporters last month. “In no way, shape or form does a controlled demolition impede our investigation. It actually helps us. It allows us to get into these buildings safely and effectively.”

City officials last week said that there had been a person of interest identified in the investigation but declined to say whether that person was still a target for investigators. Officials also would not

disclose whether a suspect in the case was in custody.

Sources told The Times that investigators had sought out video and records from nearby gas stations, looking for customers who had made small purchases of gasoline around the time of the fires. Surveillance video had also been collected from the scenes of the arsons during the open days of the investigation. Officials indicated in July that information culled from those videos had yielded leads for investigators.

City officials say they are still seeking any tips and information related to the suspected arsons. R. –A RockRiverTimes.com report.

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BELVIDERE

Chinese automaker weighs Jeep bid

BY JIM HAGERTY CONTRIBUTOR

BELVIDERE — While questions whether a deal with a Chinese company would revisit Chrysler’s Daimler-nightmare swirl, there are still no details of a possible sale.

The deal would see Chrysler Fiat sell o� its Jeep line to Great Wall Motors, a Chinese company that makes SUVs. Both companies have confirmed Great Wall is interested in Jeep but no o�er has been made.

Of course, selling a brand to an overseas buyer would not be Chrysler’s first time getting into bed with a foreign car maker.

Before Fiat chief Sergio Marchionne came in and pulled Chrysler out of the mire, the company was under siege from the Great Recession and its messy 2007 divorce from Dailmer.

Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2011, sparking concern whether it

would continue to exist. Marchionne, however, had bigger plans, and even once attempted to merge Chrysler with General Motors to go head-to-head with Ford, the only American car maker to avoid bankruptcy during the 2007-2009 banking collapse.

Reports now show that Jeep is not only a popular brand, but strong enough to stand alone as it did before becoming part of the now defunct American Motors in 1970 and the Chrysler family in 1987. Jeep is currently valued at about $24 billion and sold 1.4 million vehicles in 2016, to Great Wall’s 1.1 million.

Much of the local speculation about how a sale to Great Wall would a�ect those at the Belvidere Assembly has centered about the cancellation of a meeting between Marchionne and other Fiat Chrysler leaders in Belvidere.

Sources told The Times Tuesday that the Jeep line was brought to Belvidere to position it for a sale, possibly to a company in China or France. Great Wall has also expressed interest in buying plants in Mexico, the sources said.

However, Chrysler currently manufactures Jeep vehicles in China through a third-party, which could ru�e some feathers within the Chinese government.

Regardless, sources say the Belvidere plant is poised to continue as an integral hub for Chrysler. If a deal with the Chinese does not happen, Jeep would continue as Chrysler’s signature line, but a sale would help Marchionne shift his attention to the now stand-alone Ferrari.

While Fiat Chrysler has declined to comment since denying it is mulling the sale, a Great Wall spokesmen said Tuesday the company is only studying FCA, but

nothing has been formally pro�ered.

“The company has not built any relationship with the directors of FCA nor has the company entered into any discussion or signed any agreements with any o�cer of FCA so far,” Great Wall said in a statement to stock experts.

Times’ sources added that FCA will likely sell some of it brands within the next five years, yet did not specify which would be dealt.

The Belvidere Assembly Plant is one of 19 U.S. Chrysler plants. Before assembly of the Jeep Cherokee, which began earlier this year, the Jeep Compass was built at the facility from 2007 to 2016. Since 1965, the plant has overseen production of the Dodge Dart, Chrysler New Yorker, Dodge/ Plymouth Neon, Dodge Omni and Chrysler Imperial. R.

SOUTH BELOIT

County’s border town celebrates centennial

BY JIM HAGERTY CONTRIBUTOR

SOUTH BELOIT — South Beloit celebrated its 100th anniversary last weekend during a four-day festival that ran in conjunction with an annual end-of-summer fundraiser for its fire department.

The South Beloit Centennial and its annual Corn Boil were Aug. 24-27. The event kicked o� Thursday with Red & White alumni football game and historical remembrance of the old athletic field at the South Beloit City Park. Friday, the South Beloit Sobos defeated Midland 35-0 in the first high school football game of the 2017 campaign. Thursday and Friday’s games help lay the groundwork for reunion weekend for hundreds of South Beloit graduates who returned to support the team and reconnect with old friends at the school that opened in 2002.

The games also revisited the school’s only state football championship. The Sobos won the Class 1A title in 2002, and the trophy is still displayed for future students and athletes to see. The storied year was led by quarterback Jared Shipley, who threw four touchdown passes in the title game.

A three-year starter, Shipley threw for 7,540 yards in his career, including 4,383 as a senior.

A parade with some of the most visible acts in Chicago and Milwaukee lined Blackhawk Boulevard Saturday. The Oscar Mayer Wiener Mobile, Bucky Badger and Model-A cars were flanked by Shriners, marching bands, tumblers and flag corps

leading up to the Corn Boil festivities. A car show, flea market, hole-in-one contest, volleyball and a softball tournament capped the day. A host of local acts provided live entertainment. Sunday’s centennial celebration concluded with a brunch and community events.

“This is a�rmation that people really do care,” Mayor Tod Rehl said during the event. “There is a passion for their city and they appreciate more than you ever can imagine how much is being done for their city. To me, [it] has made these last two and half years really worthwhile.”

The event was organized the by the

South Beloit Centennial Committee of John Patrick, Sonya Baden and Cindy Udell.

South Beloit was originally part of the area near the Rock River and Turtle Creek that is now Beloit, Wisconsin. It was home to several Native American tribes, including the Sioux, Winnebago and Turtle, and was separated from Wisconsin in 1818 when the Illinois Territory became a state. The separation was contentious as Wisconsin and Illinois disputed claims to much of the land that is now northern Illinois, all the way to the southern tip of Lake Michigan.

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become part of Illinois. The city was nearly returned to Wisconsin in 1842 when Winnebago County attempted to annex to the state, but the measure was voted down.

South Beloit remained an unincorporated area of the county until 1914, when it petitioned the state to become a city. The process took three years, and South Beloit o�cially became a city Sept. 17, 1917.

Today, South Beloit boasts a population of about 8,000. Its school district consists of Clark Elementary, Blackhawk Elementary, Riverview Elementary, South Beloit Junior High, and South Beloit High School. R.

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Senate approves funding overhaul

BY SARA BURNETT & SOPHIA TAREEN ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPR I NGF I E L D — T h e I l l i n o i s Legislature on Tuesday approved a school funding overhaul that supporters hailed as “historic,” saying it will increase aid to all of the state’s more than 800 districts and eliminate large disparities between rich and poor schools.

The Senate voted 38-13 to send the measure to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, who has said he’ll sign it quickly to get money to districts starting a new school year. The House passed the bill late Monday.

Democratic Sen. Andy Manar, the bill’s sponsor, said the plan will fund schools fairly “for the first time in decades.”

“There will not be another generation of students that are subjected to inequity — the worst in the country — after this bill becomes law,” he said. “That’s something worth saying today.”

Lawmakers have tried unsuccessfully for years to replace the current system.

This year’s state budget required for the first time that the formula be changed, and provided an additional $350 million to help pay for it.

No money can go to districts, however, until a new plan is in place. Although school o�cials have said they will be able to open classrooms for the new school year, many districts have worried they would run out of money if a plan wasn’t approved soon.

The legislation passed Tuesday also provides $75 million in tax credits for people who contributed to private school scholarships.

Teacher unions and some school o�cials oppose the credits, saying taxpayer money shouldn’t be used to fund private schools. They fear the scholarships — which lawmakers say would benefit as many as 10,000 students — will reduce enrollment at public schools, some of which are struggling to maintain enough students to stay open.

“A parent has the right to choose a private education for their child,” said Superintendent Andrea Evers from downstate Cairo, a poor district which has lost population. “It should not be on the backs of taxpayers.”

Democratic candidate for governor and State Sen. Daniel Biss slammed the tax credits, calling them a scheme that robs poorer neighborhoods throughout

the state.

“Today, Bruce Rauner used a school funding crisis he created to get even more tax breaks for millionaires and fund private schools with taxpayer dollars,” said Biss.

The Center for Tax and Budget Accountability said it had serious concerns over the tax credit plan.

“These kinds of provisions use public money to undermine public schools, contrary to the purpose of the broader bill.”

Still, others said having more cash was critical.

Edwin Shoemate runs a roughly 515-student district in southern Illinois’ Cobden, which relies on the state for much of its $4.3 million annual budget.

Shoemate anticipates receiv ing roughly $180,000 more, enough to pay for about three more teachers and to add back elementary school art.

The tax credit program will expire after five years if lawmakers don’t extend it.

The credits would be worth 75 percent of a taxpayer’s annual contributions to a scholarship fund, with a maximum credit of $1 million annually. The money may be donated to a specific school but not a specific student.

Students receiving the scholarships must have a household income of less than 300 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $73,000 annually for a family of four.

Under Illinois’ current school funding system, districts must rely heavily on property taxes to fund schools. That’s created large di�erences in funding levels, with some wealthier districts spending four times more per student than districts with less property tax wealth.

Under the new plan, the state will determine how much money each district needs to adequately educate its students, taking into consideration the number who live in poverty, are English learners or need special education services. The state then looks at how much money the district is able to generate from property taxes, and directs aid first to districts that need it to reach the spending target.

The legislation also provides money to help Chicago Public Schools make payments to its teacher pension funds, as Illinois does for other districts, and gives districts relief from some state mandates, such as allowing them to o�er fewer days of physical education each week.

THEY SAID IT “The state’s hated school funding formula is finally on its last legs. We are one signature away from overhauling the worst public school funding system in the nation. It will be replaced by one that recognizes fairness and equity and the individual challenges in each school in each part of our great state.”

–Senate President John Cullerton “For far too long, too many low-income students in our state have been trapped in underfunded, failing schools.

The system needed to change. We have changed it. We have put aside our differences and put our kids first. It’s a historic day for Illinois.”

–Gov. Bruce Rauner “Today’s vote puts us a step closer to funding schools at the state level so that all children have access to the quality public education they deserve, but Governor Rauner and the Illinois legislature have shown a complete failure of leadership by slipping in a veiled voucher program.”

–Democratic candidate for governor Chris Kennedy “The bill is not perfect. CTBA has serious concerns about recently added provisions that set aside $75 million to provide income tax credits to those who donate to private school scholarship funds. These kinds of provisions use public money to undermine public schools, contrary to the purpose of the broader bill.”

– Center for Tax and Budget Accountability “Educators and most importantly parents and children everywhere in Illinois can finally exhale and have confidence that their schools will open and stay open. I have prepared my Office to release an estimated $540 million in General State Aid owed to schools for the month of August as soon as the Governor signs the bill and after the State Board of Education transmits these vouchers to my Office. It is anticipated these payments will be issued within the next few days.”

–Comptroller Susan Mendoza Find more coverage of the school funding plan, including the local impact, this week at RockRiverTimes.com.

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State. Legislative Roundup

Automatic voter registration OK’d

By Sophia Tareen Associated Press

CHICAGO — Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a measure Monday allowing automatic voter registration in Illinois, a move that comes a year after he rejected a similar measure over concerns about voter fraud.

Illinois joins more than half a dozen other states with some form of automatic voter registration, which proponents say boosts civic participation.

“This is good bipartisan legislation and it addresses the fundamental fact that the right to vote is foundational for the rights of Americans in our Democracy,” Rauner said at a Chicago bill signing ceremony attended by supporters. “We as a people need to do everything we can to knock

down barriers, remove hurdles for all those who are eligible to vote, to be able to vote.”

He said the new law addressed his concerns about fraud and errors.

Under the new Illinois law, eligible individuals will be automatically registered unless they opt out when they visit Secretary of State’s offices for drivers’ licenses services and other state agencies.

The measure had wide bipartisan support in the Democrat-majority Legislature.

The law takes effect immediately, but will be implemented in phases.

Most of the changes will take place ahead of the November 2018 election when Rauner is seeking a second term, including a major update of voter files and registrations through the Secretary of State’s offices, which in Illinois provides motor services

for drivers. Other agencies will be on board

by July 2019.

Legislators approved a previous version of the bill last year, but Rauner vetoed it over concerns it didn’t do enough to safeguard against voter fraud.

Supporters, including election officials and public interest groups statewide, said it’ll modernize the system, save money and improve turnout in elections.

“We’ll have more people registered everywhere in Illinois. We’ll have less paperwork. We’ll have fewer people trying to figure out last-minute registrations in the final weeks before an election,” Chicago Election Board Commissioner Jonathan Swain said in a statement. “Everybody wins in this system.”

Some opponents had initially raised

concerns about it leading to registering ineligible people.

Voting experts have said there isn’t widespread election fraud in the country. But the new Illinois law comes as President Donald Trump has appointed a commission to probe the integrity of the voting system, including practices that “could lead to improper voter registrations and improper voting.” Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign and state election systems prompted concerns about U.S. election security.

Oregon became the first state to automatically register voters with a 2015 law. It led to a surge in new voters last year. Other states including California, Vermont and West Virginia have adopted similar laws, with roughly two dozen other states considering automatic voter registration measures.

New law limits police action on immigration

By Sophia Tareen Associated Press

CHICAGO — Illinois will limit how local and state police can cooperate with federal immigration authorities under a plan signed into law Monday by Gov. Bruce Rauner, a move that puts the firstterm Republican at odds with his party on immigration issues.

The narrow measure prohibits police from searching, arresting or detaining someone solely because of immigration status, or because of so-called federal immigration detainers. But local authorities will be able to communicate with immigration agents and hold someone for immigration authorities if there’s a valid criminal warrant, according to the new law.

Rauner acknowledged at the signing — a heavily-attended, festive event in a predominantly Mexican neighborhood — that it was a tough proposal many didn’t want him to support, but he said he was convinced after talking with law enforcement and immigrant leaders.

“This took months and months of difficult negotiations,” Rauner said after a mariachi band performed and top Democrats gave supportive speeches. He said it helps Illinois take another step toward “continuing to be a welcome state.”

Proponents insist the measure falls short of a “sanctuary” law because it leaves the door open to communication and ensures the state complies with federal law. But Republican opponents have tried to characterize it that way, something that comes as President Donald Trump has threatened to crack down on sanctuary cities, which have laws friendly to immigrants living in

U.S. without legal permission.

The move places Rauner in a tricky spot as Democrat-heavy Illinois’ first GOP governor in over a decade. He faces re-election next year and will need to shore up support from Republican strongholds outside Chicago.

Rauner said he believed the measure would increase safety and “improve connectivity” between immigrants and law enforcement to make the state safer.

Detainers are requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to law enforcement agencies to hold a suspected deportable immigrant long enough for immigration authorities to pick them up. But federal courts have found the requests aren’t sufficient for local jails to hold someone after bail has been posted or beyond their sentence, with critics raising constitutional and liability questions for jails. California and Connecticut don’t honor them, a practice many counties nationwide already follow.

Trump has called for more links between federal and local authorities to fix a broken immigration system and deport criminals.

He’s threatened to withhold public safety funds from sanctuary cities such as Chicago, which has filed a lawsuit in response.

In light of his crackdown, Miami-Dade County has reversed a sanctuary policy and Texas beefed up laws to allow police to ask about immigration status on traffic stops and requiring law enforcement to honor detainers or face punishment. However, the Texas law faces a court challenge.

In Illinois the measure was only approved after it was scaled back from an initial proposal that included the creation

of “safe zones,” like schools and hospitals where immigration agents wouldn’t be allowed to make arrests.

Law enforcement agents, who attended Monday’s event, said the plan would allow them to focus energy on safety, encourage immigrant victims of crime to come forward and build trust. Tension between the groups was on display briefly during the event as Illinois Sheriff’s Association executive director Greg Sullivan used criminal justice terminology to discuss the “removal of illegal criminal aliens” to the crowd of immigrants and activists. Several interrupted, yelling their preferred term of “undocumented.”

Rauner’s hesitance to back the bill has been obvious. The former businessman has avoided talking about national issues such as immigration, particularly when it comes to Trump. He’s said he favors comprehensive immigration reform, but

has not detailed what that means.

This month during his first national television interview on FOX News, he repeatedly declined to discuss Chicago’s lawsuit or sanctuary laws. He pivoted to his ongoing fight over state funding issues with majority Democrats. In response, conservative media outlets such as Breitbart News, blasted Rauner for not denouncing the measure. A Chicago Tribune columnist said Rauner signing the bill “opens a breach on his right political flank.”

Ahead of the signing, Rauner would only say the measure was “reasonable,” prompting groups in support such as the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition, which includes high-profile Republicans and CEOs, to boost advocacy.

Backers say the law, reviewed by State Police and the Illinois Attorney’s General office, will help protect immigrants from federal harassment.

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Nation. Harvey

Frail infrastructure fails Houston

Engineers attempt to drain off the Addicks Reservoir before floodwaters topple its earthen damn, Tuesday, in Houston. More than 4 feet of rain has fallen in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall Friday. Photo, Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle

Developers let loose leave city with drainage grid ‘so obsolete it’s just unbelievable’

By Seth Borenstein & Frank Bajak Associated Press

HOUSTON — Houston’s system of bayous and reservoirs was built to drain a tabletop-flat city prone to heavy rains. But its Depression-era design is no match for the stresses brought by explosive development and ever-wetter storms.

Nearly any city would be overwhelmed by the more than 4 feet of rain that Hurricane Harvey has dumped since Friday, but Houston is unique in its regular massive floods and inability to cope with them.

This is the third 100-year-or-more type of flood in three years.

Experts blame too many people, too much concrete, insufficient upstream storage, not enough green space for water drainage and, especially, too little regulation.

“Houston is the most flood-prone city in the United States,” said Rice University environmental engineering professor Phil

Bedient. “No one is even a close second — not even New Orleans, because at least they have pumps there.”

The entire system is designed to clear out only 12 to 13 inches of rain per 24-hour period, said Jim Blackburn, an environmental law professor at Rice University: “That’s so obsolete it’s just unbelievable.”

Also, Houston’s Harris County has the loosest, least-regulated drainage policy and system in the entire country, Bedient said.

Here’s how the system is supposed to work: The county that encompasses Houston has 2,500 miles of bayous and channels and more than 300 storm-water holding basins, which are designed to fill up during intense downpours and drain slowly as high waters recede.

Water is supposed to flow west to east through bayous, which are tidal creeks that often have concrete improvements to make water flow and are connected to the

Galveston Bay. When big rains come, officials also activate two normally dry reservoirs, closing the floodgates to collect the water and keep it from overwhelming the downtown area.

But the main bayou through downtown Houston, Buffalo Bayou, “is pretty much still a dirt mud channel like you would have seen 100 years ago, just a little cleaned out,” said U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist Jeff East, who is based in Houston.

And because the coastal plain is so flat, only sloping about a foot per mile, the water doesn’t flow out of the bayous fast, Bedient said.

Also, some of the bayous, such as Brays, can only handle 10-year storms, he said.

Harris County didn’t leave enough rightof-way space to expand its bayous, Bedient said. And widening projects have been slow and inadequate.

Because of big early 20th-century floods, Houston designed two dry emergency

reservoirs that are only activated in heavy rain, Addicks and Barker, both formed by earthen dams. Addicks is 11.7 miles long with a maximum elevation of nearly 123 feet. Barker is 13.6 miles long and has a maximum elevation of 114 feet.

Normally the floodgates are open and the two areas are dry parkland with sports fields and biking paths. They were essentially dry on Aug. 25, the day Harvey struck, East said. By the middle of the next day, the floodgates were closed and water levels were starting to rise, East said.

Now the reservoirs are overflowing.

Officials are being forced to release some of the water pressing against the 70-year-old dams and backing up into wealthy subdivisions. But those releases could worsen the extreme flooding downstream in Houston.

More reservoirs are needed, Blackburn and Bedient said. In fact, another reservoir had been planned for Houston’s western prairies, but development killed that, they said.

Blackburn said studies show those prairies can absorb as much as 11 inches of rain per hour. But he said elected officials allowed subdivision after subdivision to expand outward.

Houston’s storm drain and pipe system is minimal compared with that of other cities and at most can take 1½ inches of rain, Bedient said.

But mostly the problem comes down to helter-skelter development in a county with no zoning, leaving lots of concrete where water doesn’t drain, and little green space to absorb it, Bedient said.

Local politicians are simply unwilling to insist in the local code that developers, who are among their biggest campaign donors, create no adverse effects, said Ed Browne, chairman of the nonprofit Residents Against Flooding.

“In general, developers run this city and whatever developers want they get,” Browne said. His group sued Houston last year in federal court, demanding more holding ponds and better drainage.

There are also more people. Since the previous record flood, inflicted by Tropical Storm Allison in 2001, Houston’s population has grown more than 23 percent, said Sam Brody, a Texas A&M professor in Galveston who studies coastal flooding.

If that’s not bad enough, Houston is getting heavier rains with global warming because warmer air holds more water.

Since 1986, extreme downpours — the type measured in double-digit inches — have occurred twice as often as in the previous 30 years, an Associated Press weather data analysis showed in 2016.

Add everything up and “it’s a perfect mix for the perfect storm,” Bedient said. “And that’s why we flood so often.”

August 30, 2017 The Rock River Times.

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STATE & NATION

Chicago seeks court role in police reforms

BY DON BABWIN & MICHAEL TARM ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — The city of Chicago changed course Tuesday and said it now wants to carry out far-reaching reforms of its police department under federal court supervision, with Mayor Rahm Emanuel accusing the Trump administration of being “disinterested in reform.”

Emanuel and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan held a news conference to announce the change, saying they are seeking court oversight through a new lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court by the state of Illinois. It names the city of Chicago as the defendant.

The legal action e�ectively kills a draft deal on police reforms negotiated over

several months between Chicago and the Trump administration. The draft included no role for the courts and drew sharp criticism from activists, who said reforms of the city’s 12,000-o�cer force couldn’t possibly work without court scrutiny.

Community activists in Chicago also blasted Emanuel at the time for his willingness to cut a deal with the Department of Justice and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. They accused the mayor of reneging on a pledge early this year to take any police-reforms plan to a judge and make it legally binding in the form of a consent decree.

Emanuel on Tuesday blamed o�cials under President Donald Trump for abandoning the standard practice of the Obama

administration of taking police reform plans to a judge.

“The Trump administration has rejected the path of a consent decree ... and it became clear they are disinterested in reform,” he told reporters.

Standing next to Emanuel, Madigan said the state of Illinois was “stepping into the shoes of the Department of Justice ... shoes that the DOJ has abandoned.”

A separate lawsuit filed in June on behalf of community activist groups, including a local Black Lives Matter organization, also turned up political pressure on Emanuel. It also sought to scuttle the draft deal between the city and the Department of Justice, agreeing that the absence of a strong court role was its fatal flaw.

A damning Justice Department report released January this year in the waning days of the Obama administration found deep-rooted civil rights violations by Chicago police, including a tendency to use excessive force. That report added to pressure that had been building on the mayor for months to implement sweeping, permanent reforms.

The Justice Department investigation was prompted by a video released in late 2015 that showed a white police o�cer shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times, as the teenager appeared to walk away from police carrying a small, folded knife. The video’s release prompted weeks of protests and calls for reforms.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

The big picture and individual choices

BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL

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CONTRIBUTORS

espite the fact that public interest in energy and environment have declined, visitors to the Illinois Renewable Energy and Sustainable Lifestyle Fair continue to be pleased with workshops and exhibits.

A first-time exhibitor wrote: “I really enjoyed the Renewable Energy Fair.” A first time visitor who attended as many workshops as possible: “I am so pleased with the e�ort you and your group have put forth to present a well-rounded and informative collection of topics. The work necessary to bring it together is surely a work of love... please know how much we appreciate everyone’s involvement!

We thank you all!” Another first timer responded: “Thanks for all you do. I hope to promote this fair wider . . . so more people can benefit from your work.”

Another participant of many years said: “Thanks for doing this once again!”

The program sought to present broad concepts, then bring them down to an individual level. Those overwhelmed by the big picture were encouraged to empower themselves. Two back-toback presentations, in particular, were clear in the message: Projects of the Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) and Sustainable Eating. Although the topics seem far removed from each other, they stressed the same approach: Understand the bigger picture, then decide what people can do in their own lives. The interaction between the two was stressed.

Tamara Dzubay from the ELPC talked about thousands of megawatts of electricity produced and distributed, then responded to the widely held question: What can I do in my own home? She presented the broad picture of environmental and energy legislation, then how individuals and families can use technology to improve their lives, homes and budgets.

Lin Vogl, IREA Sustainable Living Coordinator, and Sherry Piros, retired teacher, both avid cooks, presented another of their popular programs on food. Having discussed and demonstrated food growing, preparation and preservation, this year they placed nutrition into the broad concept of how the American diet can impact people, the society and the environment and how personal choices can help ameliorate adverse impacts.

One stressed involving citizens in policy; the other stressed involving people in decisions about their diets; both stressed personal decisions made based on information. Through discussion, both programs involved people by interacting with each other.

Additional programs also presented motivating stories of how people taking action can improve their lives and those of others. Dan Kenney related his experiences of working cooperatively with people through community shared gardens and discussed how the local food movement can drive positive environmental, social, and economic changes.

Klaus Ho�man described how taking

action on a personal level through energy saving measures can improve family well being. Sergio Zamora explained how people can conduct their own home energy audits.

It is possible that, in addition to feeling powerless, individuals may feel that all of the information presented at the Fair is available online. While it may be, interacting and exchanging ideas and perspectives with real people is so much more e�ective and inspiring than a one-way flow of information. Both presenter and audience learn.

Perhaps with encouragement, people will again feel a sense of hope and work together to improve their lives and communities.

The major sponsor of the Fair was the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. Other supporters included The Rock River Times, the Ogle County Waste Management Department, Northern Public Radio, the Oregon Community School District, the Byron Forest Preserve District, the Oregon Park District, and Radish magazine.

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CRISIS PERMITTED

Nation

Cybersecurity experts were blocked in their push to patch voting systems in 2016

By Greg Gordon

McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — They knew Russian operatives might try to tamper with the nation’s electronic voting systems. Many people inside the U.S. government and the Obama White House also knew.

In the summer of 2016, a cluster of volunteers on a federally supervised cybersecurity team crafting 2018 election guidelines felt compelled to do something sooner. Chatting online, they scrambled to draw up ways for state and local officials to patch the most obvious cyber vulnerabilities before Election Day 2016.

Their five-page list of recommendations focused on two gaping holes in the U.S. election system. It warned that internet voting by at least some citizens in 32 states was not secure and should be avoided. And, critically, it advised how to guard voting and ballot-counting machines that the experts knew could be penetrated even when disconnected from the internet.

But the list was stopped in its tracks. A year later, even as U.S. intelligence agencies warn that Russian operatives have their eyes on 2018 and beyond, America’s more than 7,000 election jurisdictions nationwide still do not have access to those guidelines for shielding the voting process.

The recommendations were derailed amid an awkward, often unspoken power struggle between, on one end, federal agencies, which have more resources to combat cyberthreats, and on the other, states and localities, which hold absolute constitutional authority over elections.

The states vigorously defend their territory, though they can be naive about cyber risks. Many have insisted their systems are secure.

For their part, federal officials have hesitated to encroach on that turf with the election just around the corner.

Both sides showed a “lack of seriousness” about voting security issues that spells trouble for protecting the nation’s jumble of election machinery against increasingly sophisticated threats, warned Neal McBurnett, a Boulder, Colo., consultant who helped develop the guidelines.

State and federal authorities aren’t moving fast enough “in coming up with ways to harden our targets and look at the problem with clear eyes,” he said.

Signs point to Russia

Cybersecurity experts often blame state and local officials for the lack of action.

That includes leaders of the National Association of Secretaries of State, or NASS, which has concerns about undermining public confidence in voting systems. The leaders have insisted computer-driven equipment is secure when it’s not hooked to the internet — which is wrong. And most NASS members represent states that permit internet voting, mainly by military and overseas voters — another vulnerability.

As for the feds, among the most vital things they can do is share intelligence about cyber threats and provide national cybersecurity expertise that no state can be expected to produce. That’s where the U.S. government appears to have failed in 2016.

As the working group met last summer, the FBI had already begun sending out “flash alerts” to election officials nationwide about attempted penetrations of statewide electronic voter registration databases. Homeland Security officials gave similar warnings. In Illinois, they and FBI agents examined the illegal download of records from 200,000 voters.

Attempted intrusions were discovered in Arizona and at least 19 other states.

Federal officials linked the attempted Arizona hack to Russia, and cyber experts publicly blamed the Kremlin for a major hack of the Democratic National Committee that exposed, with the help of transparency site WikiLeaks, embarrassing internal emails.

The hacks of voter registration databases had demonstrated that voting jurisdictions, many operating with equipment more than a decade old, had few defenses against these cyber perils. The tiny Election Assistance Commission (EAC), which plays a key role in delivering federal funding and election guidance to state and local agencies, and Homeland Security had responded to those hacks by issuing new guidelines for protecting registration data, as well as systems for reporting vote totals on election night.

But they did little to safeguard the voting equipment itself.

In the online cybersecurity working group, several experts prepared guidelines for a formal committee led by the EAC and

the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which provides cyber expertise to federal agencies.

On Aug. 7, 2016, David Wagner, a University of California, Berkeley computer science professor who had a lead role on the working group, wrote in an email: “I’d like to push to see if we can get out something very soon, to provide as a resource for election officials preparing for elections this November. That means we need to move quickly.”

Email chains and other records show that, with NIST fully in the loop, the group hurried to prepare the guidelines with the assumption they would be circulated before the election.

But three weeks later, on Aug. 30, NIST pulled the plug. No distribution would be formally considered in 2016 because it was too close to the election, NIST official Andrew Regenscheid told Susan Greenhalgh, a watchdog at the nonprofit Verified Voting who shepherded completion of the recommendations in the working group. Greenhalgh, who said she was stunned, confirmed the decision a couple of days later in a phone call with the head of NIST’s voting unit.

“I told them I thought they were making a big mistake,” Greenhalgh said.

From that moment until Election Day, Russia completed what one computer security expert privately described as a “cyber Pearl Harbor.”

Meanwhile, many states and counties nationwide opted to allow federal reviews of their cyber hookups in the fall of 2016.

They revealed widespread vulnerabilities.

In South Carolina alone, National Guard cyber specialists found at least “high” risks in all 46 counties evaluated, 20 of which had issues identified as critical, according to public records obtained by University of South Carolina computer scientist Duncan Buell and Frank Heindl, a Charleston activist.

Too many routes

Any number of routes can lead to disaster, including denial.

Last April, Denise Merrill, Connecticut’s Democratic Secretary of State and then the president of NASS, testified that the vast majority of U.S. voting systems “are not cyber” because they’re not connected to

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the internet.

“The 2016 cycle demonstrated we’re not really cyber at all, except for our voter registration databases, which have nothing to do with the actual tallying of votes,” she said.

Other NASS officials have echoed that erroneous belief.

The lead item in the working group’s shelved guidelines confronted such claims, seeking to demolish perceptions that a system must be “continually connected to the internet to expose it to (an) online actor or that the system must be connected to the internet at the time the votes are being counted for the attack to be successful.”

If a vote-counting system is on an internal network in which any component is hooked to the internet, it creates “an exploitable” situation for hackers, the guidelines say, urging states and counties to map their networks to be sure they are fully offline and to take other precautions to avoid infection.

NASS didn’t provide detailed responses to McClatchy’s questions. Executive Director Leslie Reynolds said in a statement that the organization has worked closely with the EAC and Homeland Security over the last year “to share security information with the states as soon as it is available.”

James Scott, co-founder of the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, and others note that the CIA has been credited with hacking the Iranian nuclear weapons system while it was off the internet in 2010 by circulating malware-tainted thumb drives, at least one of which eventually was plugged into the system. The so-called Stuxnet virus caused centrifuges used to enrich uranium gas to fail, stalling the weapons program.

A chemical engineer’s recent account described how part of a large European petrochemical company was crippled by a virus that migrated onto its internal network through coffee machines connected to the internet.

If hackers gain access to a machine, they can plant malware that does its dirty work and then “auto deletes,” leaving behind no noticeable trace.

Absent witnesses or a confession, election officials could uncover vote rigging only if the affected jurisdiction required backup paper copies of electronic ballots

he states aren’t hiring enough skilled technical people and haven’t had their feet held to the fire.

They perpetuate the existing system, which doesn’t really take security very seriously.”

August 30, 2017 The Rock River Times. so that post-election auditors could verify each candidate’s totals.

EAC Chairman Matthew Masterson, who acknowledges that attempted cyberattacks on election systems are “persistent and sophisticated,” says about 25 percent of the votes cast in the 2016 election lacked paper backups.

A decade ago, when Congress tried to enact the most obvious solution to that problem — a law requiring all electronic voting machines to have a “verifiable paper trail” — state and local officials largely opposed it.

Beyond the voting machines themselves, other dangers lurk: Scott, of the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, said his group warned NASS last year that bad actors were likely to try to infect vote-tallying equipment through vendors.

“We told them and we told them,” he said. “We showed them two schematics of exactly where the attacks would come from” months before the election.

“All of us in the election community need to recognize the new paradigm, the new threat environment that that we’re in, when we talk about nation state actors. We all need to work together to coordinate a response.”

–Matthew Masterson, Chairman, U.S. Election Assistance Commission

Scott said, for example, that hackers could embed malware in a routine software upgrade before it was distributed to client agencies, which could then find its way into a central vote-tallying machine and instruct it to switch votes until one candidate led by a specified margin.

The National Security Agency last year detected a Russian attack on Floridabased VR Systems, which makes software to manage huge state voter registration databases. In VR’s files, the hackers found an email list of election agencies across the country and sent out Trojan Horsetype emails to try to lure election officials into providing access to their databases.

Just this month, it was disclosed that personal data for 1.8 million Chicago voters stored on a cloud computing server, including some driver’s license numbers, was left exposed on the internet by the

nation’s largest voting systems vendor, Nebraska-based Election Systems & Software. ES&S said it secured the files as soon as it was alerted to the mishandling of Chicago Elections Board data on Aug. 12.

Jon Hendren, Upguard’s strategy director, told USA Today that the breach included encrypted passwords for ES&S employee accounts. He said that in the worst case, “they could be completely infiltrated right now.”

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Cyber sneak attack

Officials at the two federal agencies who oversaw the cyber working group say there was nothing surprising or untoward about their holding back the group’s recommendations.

The working group’s guidelines were meant for consideration for 2018, not 2016, said Mary Brady, head of NIST’s voting unit.

“These weren’t official recommendations,” she said. “(W)e did not try to block any efforts.”

Instead, when the EAC-NIST committee met in September 2016, Brady, EAC Chairman Masterson and Wagner advised members it was too late to employ the cyber volunteers’ recommendations for an election 53 days away.

Masterson also said in an interview that the group’s guidelines were “largely captured in guidance we’ve provided elsewhere.” But best practices posted for state and local officials on EAC’s and Homeland Security’s websites do not contain the working group’s central recommendations.

Some state and local officials wanted the guidelines out. On learning at the September meeting that they wouldn’t be circulated, Robert Giles, head of New Jersey’s Division of Elections, asked what would be needed “to bring the (Department of) Homeland Security and the FBI and whoever else we need to bring in, in a very short time period?”

Before ending his term as Homeland Security secretary last January, Jeh Johnson sought to give impetus to the new security concern by designating the nation’s voting equipment as “Critical Infrastructure,” making it a top priority to protect those systems — but only when requested to do so by states and localities.

A month later, NASS took its own formal action. It passed a resolution calling on newly inaugurated President Donald Trump to rescind the declaration, saying that “the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has no authority to interfere with elections, even in the name of national security.”

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Police: Someone ‘knows what happened’ to Anderson

By Jim Hagerty Contributor

LOVES PARK — It has been more than two months since anyone has seen 25-yearold Emily Anderson, and now police are turning to the public for help.

“We feel someone out there knows what happened,” L oves Park Sg t.

Detective Michael Landman told reporters Wednesday.

Anderson, who sometimes goes by her maiden name, Emily Dull, was last seen during the early morning hours of June 19.

Police say after finishing her bartending shift at Shooters North, she met friends at Neighbors Bar & Grill before ordering food at Steak ‘n’ Shake in Machesney Park.

That’s the last anyone has seen of Emily or her silver Pontiac Grand Am. “The family needs answers,” Landman said, “and we are asking that the community come forward with that information.”

There have been several community searches for Anderson and even more theories, but there has been no activity in her bank account, on her mobile phone, and she has not renewed her needed epilepsy prescription. That means if Emily is alive, she is likely in need of medical attention.

And because human trafficking and prostitution are so prevalent in Illinois, her friends and family were afraid she was grabbed before making it home. Now, two months later, they aren’t sure what to think. They just know Emily would not leave her family without telling someone.

“My sister is deeply missed, and we wish she would be returned to us,” Cait Dull said in an earlier report.

Although law enforcement has released

few details, police say the investigation is an aggressive one the public is taking part in so far. But as time passes, tips could eventually stop coming. That is something they do not want to happen.

“We have gotten many tips from the public,” Landman said, “most of which we were unable to confirm. We follow up on every tip that comes in.”

Landman said items have been recovered from volunteer searches, and that Winnebago County crime scene investigators are processing them. Whether they are tied to Emily is not known. That is why he says information from someone who may be afraid to come forward or otherwise unwilling to speak to police is crucial.

“I do believe there is someone out there that knows more than has been told,” the detective said.

Anderson is 5-foot-5 and approximately 140 pounds. She has black hair, green eyes, piercings on her ears and nose, and tattoos on her chest and arms. She was last seen wearing black pants and a white shirt. Her car is a silver 2002 Pontiac Grand Am with the Illinois license No. V414149. There is slight damage to the front end.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Loves Park Police Department at 815-654-5015 during normal business hours. After hours tips can be shared by calling the Loves Park Police non-emergency number at 815-282-2600.

The Loves Park Police Department can also be found on Facebook and Twitter, and anonymous tips can be made by contacting Rockford Area Crime Stoppers at 815-9637867. R. –A RockRiverTimes.com report.

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Nation

Joe Arpaio’s lengthy rap sheet

By Ryan Gabrielson

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ProPublica

resident Donald Trump issued his first pardon to Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County sheriff famous for using his local police force to aggressively pursue undocumented immigrants. In its official statement, the White House credited Arpaio with “more than fifty years of admirable service to our nation,” which made him “a worthy candidate” for a pardon.

Below is a list of essential reading on one of the most reviled and beloved lawmen in the U.S. In November 2004, Arpaio won re-election to his fourth term as sheriff and quickly set about reorganizing the police force by transferring some 140 deputies to different positions. Mark Flatten, then a reporter at the East Valley Tribune, found evidence the moves were tied to the deputies’ political loyalty, or lack thereof, to Arpaio. “Those who worked to re-elect the sheriff moved into more prized positions,” Flatten wrote.

“An analysis of the transfers of sworn officers by the Tribune shows deputies who backed Saban, Arpaio’s rival in the Republican primary last September, were moved to such jobs as transporting prisoners or standing watch in courtrooms.”

The sheriff’s office had long feuded with the Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly newspaper that broke major stories about misconduct by Arpaio’s force. In August 2007, the agency’s top commanders teamed with local prosecutors to subpoena seemingly every document inside the newsroom, ostensibly as part of a criminal probe. The order warned the New Times that it was a crime to disclose anything about the subpoena. Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, then New Times’ publishers, did not remain silent.

That October, the newspaper plastered across its front page the headline: “Breathtaking Abuse of The Constitution,” and provided the public with every detail.

The subpoena demanded “every note, tape, and record from every story written about Sheriff Arpaio by every reporter over a period of years,” the publishers wrote.

Worse yet, the sheriff’s office wanted information on the newspaper’s readers, including “every individual who looked at any story, review, listing, classified, or retail ad over a period of years.” Sheriff’s deputies arrested Lacey and Larkin at their homes the evening they published, and held them for several hours. All of this ended in a nearly $4 million settlement for the New Times.

Arpaio allowed William Finnegan, staff writer at The New Yorker, to attend his meetings, ride along in his car, and interview his top commanders at great length

in early 2009. The result of that access is a revealing, unsparing profile of Arpaio and the police force he ran at the peak of its illegal immigration enforcement.

Among other far more heinous things, the New Yorker story also showed Arpaio as a steadfast liar, even about things that should hardly matter to a law enforcement official. In one exchange, he brags about beating out former Arizona Cardinal safety and deceased Army Ranger Pat Tillman in a popularity poll: “Arpaio seemed jealous. ‘The Republic did a poll last week, “Who’s your hero?,” and I beat out Tillman,’ he said. He meant Pat Tillman, the Arizona Cardinals football star who joined the Army Rangers and was killed in Afghanistan. ‘I beat out all these guys. I’m not bragging. I’m just saying.’ (The poll, published in May, actually shows Tillman as the winner and Arpaio as a runner-up.)”

In July 2008, the East Valley Tribune published a multipart investigation of the sheriff’s office’s immigration enforcement and overall police work. The agency’s arrest rate had plummeted, emergency response times soared, deputies were shelving sex crime cases without investigation, and the immigration arrests often involved unconstitutional practices. Arpaio was also using the immigration operations as a form of patronage. The sheriff’s office argued it pursued undocumented immigrants because they were a public safety threat.

But agency records showed Arpaio often directed deputies to target day laborers along specific locations at the request of his supporters in the state Legislature and local businesses in his hometown of Fountain Hills. “I have a strange old philosophy that if someone does something for you, gives you resources, gives you money, I think if they want something back, we ought to do it,” Arpaio said in an interview.

Jacques Billeaud, a reporter for The Associated Press, revisited the office’s uninvestigated sex crime cases in 2011, and detailed multiple cases in which children were reportedly assaulted. The story prompted Arpaio to apologize for these failures for the first time.

Maricopa County taxpayers spent roughly $92 million on court settlements, awards, and legal bills during Arpaio’s 24 years as sheriff, The Arizona Republic calculated. Of that, $28 million was paid for “legal matters listed as civil-rights violations, false arrest, conspiracy and malicious prosecution.” And $30 million was spent on lawsuits stemming from the county’s jails.

New Times has reported scores of stories about egregious abuse and misconduct by sheriff’s employees inside the jails.

Among them is a 1997 story about Richard Post, a wheelchair-bound paraplegic, who suffered a broken neck when corrections officers strapped him in a restraint chair for six hours. A decade later, Ambrett Spencer was pregnant with a baby girl while an inmate in Maricopa County jail.

Suffering severe pain, Spencer waited

four hours for the jail to transfer her to a hospital. Her daughter, Ambria, died of internal bleeding before she was delivered.

Pregnant women were in significant peril in Arpaio’s jails. From the New Times: “The water well in the facility where pregnant women are jailed has been infested with mice and mice feces since 2005, Maricopa County Environmental Health Services Records show.”

Joe Dana, a reporter at Phoenix’s NBC affiliate, revealed that the sheriff’s office spent nearly $300,000 in 2007 and 2008 to build a criminal intelligence data system and provide training for the Honduran national police. It remains unclear why this occurred.

The sheriff’s office effectively entrapped an inmate in a fake plot to assassinate Arpaio, for which the agency purchased bomb parts, as told in an exhaustive Phoenix Magazine narrative. The inmate was acquitted at trial and later won a million-dollar legal settlement.

The sheriff’s office also helped gain clearance for a Chinese software engineer to work inside an intelligence center in Phoenix that houses federal and local law enforcement, including FBI counter-intelligence agents, for several months in 2007, reporting by ProPublica and the Center for Investigative Reporting found. The engineer worked on a facial recognition system using Arizona’s driver’s license database.

He abruptly returned to China, taking time to aggressively erase the computers he’d worked on, while packing other hardware, before boarding his flight home.

August 30, 2017 The Rock River Times.

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Wisconsin

Schwinn tries to recapture Baby Boomers

By Barry Adams

Wisconsin State Journal

MADISON, Wis. — The Schwinn bicycles of the past were Cadillacs with names like Phantom, Tiger and Hornet.

The Sting-Ray, “the bike with the sports car look,” was coveted for its banana seat, high-traction studded balloon rear tire, butterfly handlebars and colors. With the Varsity and Continental, Schwinn introduced affordable 10-speeds sold at stores around the country.

Baby Boomers who cruised the streets of America between the 1950s and 1970s on the popular brand of bikes will soon have a few new Schwinn rides that come with classic-sounding names and evolving technology.

Madison-based Pacific Cycle, which purchased Schwinn out of bankruptcy in 2001, is set to launch three models of battery-powered, pedal-assist bicycles.

The move is designed to energize the Schwinn brand, keep aging boomers with a love of nostalgia on a bike and to grab a share of the growing popularity of e-bikes.

It’s Pacific Cycle’s first major entry to the e-bike market that, according to some industry estimates, may have grown by as much as 70 percent in 2016.

The motor, powered by a rechargeable external battery, can make hills effortless, extend rides and reduce the sweat factor.

“It’s like somebody’s giving you a push,” said Joe Werwie III, senior director of bike product development at Pacific Cycle.

“It brings people back to when they first learned how to ride a bike. It’s giving them their freedom back.”

Riders of a pedal-assist e-bikes are still required to pedal. The motor has five settings controlled by a switch on the left handlebar that allows the rider to choose the degree to which they are assisted.

Information is displayed on a digital odometer screen with the battery lasting about 40 miles on a typical ride before it needs charging. The system can also be turned off and the bike powered 100 percent by the rider but even at its lowest setting, the e-bike system, which uses a series of speed and rpm sensors, makes an immediate and noticeable difference.

“It’s helping you but it’s not doing all of the work for you,” said Chuck McFarland, Pacific Cycle’s e-movement product manager. “There is no throttle. You can’t just coast. The sensors and the system read how much power you’re putting into the bike.”

Pacific Cycle, founded in 1977 on Madison’s Far East Side, is a house of brands that includes Mongoose; InStep, a bicycle trailer company; and Kid Trax, a line of battery-powered ride-on toys for young children. The company, with 450 employees, 100 of those in Madison, was purchased in 2004 by by Dorel Industries, a Canadian firm that sells baby strollers,

car seats, furniture and other products.

Pacific’s headquarters is on Hammersley Road, adjacent to the Southwest Commuter Path’s bridge over the Beltline, and the popularity of e-bikes is being played out just a few miles away.

That’s where Len Mattioli is selling e-bikes to customers throughout the country. In 2013, the former appliance and electronics mogul opened Crazy Lenny’s E-Bikes in a 4,000-square-foot space. In March, he moved the business to a 12,000-square-foot showroom and service center at 6017 Odana Road just a few hundred feet from his original location.

Mattioli sells e-bikes from several companies and could ultimately sell Schwinns. He has been overwhelmed by the success and the potential of the e-bike industry.

“This is the best product I’ve ever seen since someone walked into my old, old store in 1970 with a microwave oven,” Mattioli told the Wisconsin State Journal in March.

The e-bike systems from Schwinn come with either 250-watt or 350-watt motors, add about 15 pounds to each bicycle. The bikes range in price from $1,200 to $2,500 and are scheduled to be available through Amazon in late October and ultimately will be sold in retailers around the country.

Competitors of Schwinn e-bikes include Pedego, Hi Bike, Currie Technologies and Juiced. Giant and Waterloo-based Trek also have lines of e-bikes.

The Schwinn line of e-bikes so far — more models are being developed — consists of the Monroe, a fixed-gear, single-speed bike; and the Sycamore, an eight-speed hybrid; both of which have motors mounted in the hub of the rear wheel. The Constance is a seven-speed urban cruiser similar to a “granny bike” with a mid-motor drive system mounted at the pedal crank that keeps the weight more centralized.

Consumers being targeted by Schwinn include more than just nostalgic Baby Boomers. The company says e-bikes are ideal for commuters who want to avoid overexertion, college students who need quick and easy transportation that can be parked for free anywhere on campus, parents towing children, hunters who want a quiet ride on narrow trails and anyone who lives in an area with hills — think Mount Horeb or San Francisco. The e-bikes can also bring parity to couples who have different abilities and stamina, Werwie said.

“With a brand name like Schwinn, we feel pretty comfortable of it being a bike that people are familiar with,” Werwie said. “We still have brand equity. It’s very recognizable. And when the largest customer base for this (e-bike) category is baby boomers, we think we’re positioned pretty well.”

Chuck McFarland, Pacific Cycle’s e-movement product manager, shows off the Schwinn Sycamore in a workshop at the Madison, Wis., bike company. The motor is built into the hub of the rear wheel powered by a rechargeable battery mounted on the frame. Photo, Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal

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Commentary

Rauner’s job bragging doesn’t add up

By Rich Miller

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Capitol Fax

fter years of harshly bad-mouthing the state’s economy, Gov. Bruce Rauner has pivoted in the past couple of weeks as the campaign season has heated up.

“I’m proud since I became governor,” he said recently, “we have recruited and added around 120,000 new jobs to the state of Illinois.”

“But,” Rauner said, “we should be growing at four or five times that rate.

But we have red tape and restrictions, regulations on our businesses. I have advocated change that, so far, Speaker Madigan has resisted.”

The governor has repeated the 120,000 new jobs figure at least a couple of times since then and has tossed in the reference to House Speaker Michael Madigan as well.

And, indeed, using nonfarm jobs data from the Illinois Department of Employment Security, over 120,000 net jobs have been added in Illinois since February 2015, the first full month of Rauner’s term in office.

But most of those jobs were gained in 2015, when 83,400 jobs were added. In

the 19 months starting in January 2016 through July 2017, just 41,900 jobs were created in Illinois, according to IDES data.

Of those, a mere 19,600 jobs were added in Illinois during the first seven months of this year.

The situation is much bleaker if you look at the federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ numbers.

According to BLS, Illinois added just 40,002 jobs from February 2015 through July 2017.

But, according to BLS, Illinois has lost a whopping 29,877 net jobs from January 2016 through July of this year. Take out July’s horrible preliminary report (which are often revised), and Illinois only added a paltry 530 jobs between January 2016 and June 2017.

It almost goes without saying that Rauner’s political opponents will be sorely tempted to blame those lagging indicators on the two-year state budget impasse. The impasse’s negative impacts really kicked into gear starting in the second half of Fiscal Year 2016, which would be January, when the slide began.

Rauner inherited an economy that, according to the same Illinois Department of Employment Security data he uses, added 61,500 jobs in 2013

and 84,600 in 2014, before Rauner was inaugurated, only to slow to a crawl in the past 19 months, despite a tax cut that took effect at the beginning of 2015. So far this year, the “Trade, Transportation and Utilities” sector has lost 9,300 jobs.

Illinois’ gross domestic product was almost $792 billion in 2016, according to the federal government’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. Could a state government’s budget troubles really have an impact on an economy that size?

Well, S&P Global Ratings Managing Director Gabriel Petek said in a statement back in February that Illinois’ “distressed fiscal condition and dysfunctional budget politics now threaten to erode the state’s long-term economic growth prospects.”

In January of this year, another credit rating agency, Moody’s, published a report which claimed Illinois’ “political gridlock is imposing significant economic costs.”

The uncertainty created by the budgetary chaos almost certainly took a toll on the economy. And then there were all the layoffs at Illinois’ public universities due to lack of state funding which were amply documented in the media – 1,500 or so by the end of May. Gov. Rauner’s opponents will have a

point if they pounce on him for damaging the economy. He didn’t create the crisis on his own, but he’s the governor and governors wear the jacket.

And that’s a big reason why he needs to get his own house in order as soon as he possibly can.

As you probably already know, the governor fired his most loyal staff members over a month ago and replaced many of them with staff from the far-right Illinois Policy Institute. Those folks haven’t worked out very well.

Rauner has lurched from one self-created public relations crisis to another ever since he purged his staff. A controversy over an Illinois Policy Institute cartoon, of all things, lasted more than a week.

The governor pushed out four of those PR folks last week, but he’ll need to replace them some competent, experienced professionals if he wants to get back on track. I’m not sure if he can ever explain why he’s not at fault for these lousy job numbers, but he surely won’t be able to do that with his current team.

And maybe a new team could help him figure out what to do about these problems. So far, things are not getting better on his watch.

those thugs.

Members of the Klan, the Nazi party, and those sympathetic to their views are not good, fine people. They are of the ilk who would destroy all that America symbolizes. I do not understand the Republican Party leaders who refuse to denounce President Trump for his stated views. The people he describes as good and fine are in fact racist, anti-Semitic, and human traffickers. I understand they have a right to espouse their view; but the President is wrong to abet their thoughts and actions.

Dwight Eisenhower, who led our forces to defeat Nazism, would never have spoken in that manner. Our fathers and grandfathers would shake their heads in disgust to hear the President speak as he did.

These fanatics marched to protect monuments erected to glorify Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis. The President states that those who protested against those marchers seek to rewrite history. History correctly places Lee, Jackson, and Davis as traitors to the United States. Lee, Jackson, and

Davis took up arms against our government; they were responsible for the death of many young men; and their cause was the enslavement of a race. Each of them broke an oath to support our Constitution and sought to destroy our country. In my book, they are not worthy of glorification.

President Trump stupidly argues that statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson will be next. To liken Washington and Jefferson to the leaders of the Confederate States of America is ludicrous. Washington and Jefferson helped form this great nation. They may have had moral flaws but they did not rise up in rebellion against the country they helped create; they did not cause thousands of individuals to die in the Civil War. Our President has manifested a complete misunderstanding of American History.

We do not erect monuments to celebrate treason. I know of no monument celebrating the life of Benedict Arnold. I do not believe Norway glorifies Vidkun Quisling. The statues the Klan, the Nazis, and sympathizers seek to protect are symbols of their fanatical beliefs. The

statues should be moved to museums or appropriate battlefields. Yes, the Civil War is part of history and art should not be destroyed. However, these items do not belong in city parks and streets. They represent views that are un-American.

I call upon all of our leaders who pay lip service in condemning the Klan and the Nazis to yell out from the mountain tops that the President is wrong to equate them with the vast majority of Americans. As Elie Wiesle said, “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” To those who stand up to the Nazis, Klan, and White Supremacists, thank you.

You said it

Stand up to those who won’t stand up to hate

The Greatest Generation sacrificed its blood, its innocence, and its security to defeat the totalitarianism that was Nazi and Fascist rule. A symbol of the totalitarian state was the Swastika. My father gave at least six years of his life to fight that battle; our government awarded him the Bronze Star for his efforts in the Italian campaign. Many others sacrificed their lives, their limbs, and their futures; many were also decorated by our country.

I saw the Swastika, the Stars and Bars, and the American flag being carried by radicals in Charlottesville. Those marchers were chanting anti-Semitic remarks and Nazi sayings. I thought about all those who gave so much to defeat the Swastika and the Stars and Bars. If alive what would they think? I know that my father would have been horrified by that sight. More tragically, he and his three brothers who served in World War II would have been ashamed to learn that President Trump equated those individuals with the Americans who stood up to

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Screw City back next week for 7th year

By Nick Ostdick Contributor

ROCKFORD — The 7th Annual Screw City Beer Festival will provide an intimate setting for craft beer lovers and brewers to unite in their shared passion Saturday, Sept. 9 between Main and Wyman streets downtown.

The festival will take place from 1-5:30 p.m. and feature more than 50 local, regional and national craft breweries pouring more than 130 unique craft beers.

About 2500 tickets were offered primarily online for this year’s festival, which sold out in roughly 35 minutes; this year’s VIP tickets were sold on-site only at Artale Wine Co. Founded in 2011 in collaboration between former owner Kryptonite owner Chris Wachowiak and current Artale beer director/buyer Aaron Sleger, Screw City Beer Festival has experienced continued growth and interest from craft beer enthusiasts on a local and regional level. In the festival’s first year, only about 25 breweries were in

attendance with just under 1,500 tickets available for purchase. Sleger attributes some of the festival’s recent boom in popularity and demand to not only a good sense of timing, but also to how Screw City places an emphasis on bringing brewers and beer drinkers together.

“We started at a time when there wasn’t a beer festival in every town every weekend,” Sleger said. “But there’s also an attention to detail that has helped propel us. Anyone who pours beer at this festival is somehow directly related to the brewery. We don’t do volunteer pouring or proxy-pouring.

There’s value for our attendees in talking with somehow who understands how a beer was made, why it was made, and what makes it unique.”

In addition, Sleger also believes part of what draws people to the festival, especially on a local level, is its connection the downtown area. Though the festival originally started at the corner of State and Main in part due to the proximity to Kryptonite, the festival has embraced and helped champion

the revival of the downtown core during the last several years, as well as ties to Rockford’s rich manufacturing history.

“We always wanted Screw City to have some kind of Rockford identity,” Sleger explained. “That’s why we named it Screw City. A lot of people still don’t really understand what that means. It’s not that Rockford sucks or that it’s trying to screw people or anything. It’s more about more about our history, how we were once known as the screw capital of the world. That’s pretty unique.”

This year’s festival looks to build on that unique history by expanding and tweaking its original layout. While last year the festival fanned out into a cross-like shape from the corner of State Main, this year the festival will move a few blocks north and be housed exclusively in two municipal parking lots between Main and Wyman. The move will in part allow for a more efficient use of space given new retail and residential developments at the corner of State and Main, but it will also

give brewers and attendees a slightly bigger stage to interact.

“Most people think this new space is smaller,” Sleger explained. “But we’ve actually gained space. People see these parking lots when they’re full of cars, but we’re going to have more than enough space to accommodate all the brewers, attendees, food vendors, and more.”

Sleger admits some Screw City attendees expressed initial reservations about the move, and that the festival has had its share of logistical challenges during its seven-year run. But he also says reaction from past attendees has been overwhelmingly positive, which is what drives him to continue working on the festival each year.

“As long as people walk out happy about the time they spent waiting in line, buying tickets, and attending the festival, that’s all I want,” Sleger said. “As long as people leave feeling like this was worth it, that’s all I can want.”

Visit screwcitybeerfest.com. R.

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SEPT 16 & 17, 2017 | SAT 10–6, SUN 10–5 For a full list of this year’s artists, go to rockfordartmuseum.org or facebook.com/greenwichvillageartfair GREENWICH MAIN STAGE sponsored by Mary’s Place SAT. SEPT 16 11:30–12:30 • KEN E. CURTIS 1:00–2:00 • LUKE PITNEY 2:30–3:30 • MARK STURM 4:00–5:00 • LONG-SHOT 5:30–6:30 • TABOO BLAH BLAH SUN. SEPT 17 11:30–12:30 • SARAH ABRAMOWITZ 1:00–2:00 • THE LUKEWARM CLUB OF AMERICA 2:30–3:30 • ANDREW ROBINSON 4:00–5:00 • AMERICAN RELIC

POINT BAR SPONSORED BY KORTMAN GALLERY SAT. SEPT 16 12:00–1:00 • JIM HAGERTY SUN. SEPT 17 12:00–1:00 • TIM SHAFFER Music included with fair admission. List as of print date.

132 Artists! Live Music! Great Food!

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August 30 - September 5

Shop the Blocks in Downtown Rockford WHEN Friday, September 1 (3 - 8 p.m.)

WHERE River District (Downtown Rockford) Businesses encompassing the downtown area will bring their businesses outside to o�er sidewalk sales and alfresco dining.

Additionally, a few select parking spaces will be turned into temporary interactive open-air “parklets.”

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RAMP River Run

WHEN Saturday, September 2 (7:05 p.m.)

Kick o� your Labor Day weekend with some family-friendly competition (for those who want to be competitive) in downtown Rockford. RAMP and OrthoIllinois are partnering to o�er the annual 3K Walk/Wheel, 5K Run, 1/2 Marathon, and a Kids Fun Run! All proceeds from these events will go directly to RAMP.

WHERE Rockford Speedway Competitors smash and bash their way around the Speedway while slipping and sliding through the water-filled track, while each car pulls a boat without a trailer.

WHEN Saturday, September 2 (6:30 a.m. registration opens) WHERE City Market Pavilion

Rockford Labor Day Parade WHEN Monday, September 4 (10 a.m.)

WHERE Downtown Rockford The annual Labor Day Parade begins at 6th Avenue and 7th Street in the Midtown District and heads north.

The parade continues west on State Street, south on Wyman Street and ends at Davis Park.

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RACVB VIEW

O� the Waterfront festival held in Rockford on Labor Day weekend The District Bar & Grill is hosting a special O� the Waterfront one-day music festival on Labor Day Weekend on Saturday, September 2, and as part of the event will donate proceeds to the River District Association to help fund future downtown festivals and events.

“The downtown continues to see an increase in activity and we want the momentum to continue,” said Andy Rio, owner of The District Bar & Grill and River District Board member. “The team at The District felt it was important to give back because of the tremendous support the community gives to us.”

Coming on the heals of two popular outdoor concerts hosted by teh District already this summer, the O� the Waterfront mini-festival will feature a fun dance/pop vibe with the bands Boy Band Review, Girl Power Night and The Gilligans, along with full drink and food menus available. The festival will have a 21 and over age limit. Tickets are just $10 in advance at The District or online at districtdowntown.com/box-o�ce/.

Tickets will increase to $15 each the day of the event.

“We are excited to help support a great downtown Rockford event like this,” said Josh Albrecht, River District Board President. “We hope that with the success Main Street District concerts have seen this summer, we can join forces with them next year to launch several larger one-day music events in 2018, and specifically Labor Day Weekend.”

“Our goal is to make downtown Rockford a music heaven,” said Rio. “By bringing back music festivals to the downtown, particularly on Labor Day Weekend, we feel that the community can continue to see tremendous growth in our city center.”

–RACVB

Want to try a Real. Original. Rockford fast food joint? Then head to one of the seven locations of Beef-A-Roo. Known for their great burgers and shakes (and don’t forget the cheese fries), this local “chain” is beloved

by Rockfordians of all ages.

Beef-A-Roo burger Boy Band Review

Girl Power Night

A few other joints not to miss for a great burger and fries...

The Olympic Tavern 2327 N. Main Street, Rockford Your classic American pub-style burger. No frills, but perfectly perfect. Get them for just $5 on Mondays.

15th & Chris 201 15th Avenue, Rockford A great variety of one-of-a-kind recipes like the Boogie Burger featuring a jerk seasoned turkey burger with slaw.

Behr Den 1125 Seminary Street, Rockford Get the Behrger with two hamburger patties and you won’t be hungry the rest of the day.

And get the chili.

Buddy’s Burgers 6551 E. Riverside Boulevard, Rockford Should you take the 9 Patty Challenge? If you do, tag your photo #gorockford because we would love to see your victory photo.

Vintage @ 501 501 E. State Street, Rockford Considered by many locals as the best place for burgers in the city, you won’t be disappointed with the Kobe beef sliders.

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Tube Talk

Harvey coverage live TV at its best

By Paula Hendrickson

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Contributor

ven people critical about the quality of current TV programming—and of news coverage in particular—will have a hard time arguing about how major television outlets have covered the devastation of Hurricane Harvey.

A cousin who divides her time between homes in Iowa and Texas happened to be staying at my house this weekend to attend a family event in Madison.

Needless to say we were pretty much glued to the coverage of the monster storm. (Okay, after a while we watched a little HGTV, Travel Channel, and The Lowe Files on demand because we needed a break from all of the destruction.) At the same time, she was using

social media to check on her friends in Texas—thankfully they were out of harm’s way.

You knew Harvey was likely to be a storm of Biblical proportions when the National Weather Service had to add a new color, lavender, to its maps to indicate “unfathomable rainfall” exceeding 30 inches.

It was chilling to hear the mayor of Rockport, Texas tell residents who didn’t evacuate to write their names and social security numbers on their arms with a waterproof marker to make identifying their bodies easier if they don’t survive.

By Sunday morning the news had began shifting away from the horrific damage from wind, tornadoes, and storm surges so reporters could be dispersed to cover the real-time flood-

ing in Houston being caused by the slow-moving Harvey.

As the storm progressed, programming decisions changed on the fly. The Weather Channel moved meteorologists to harder hit locations. Reporters on various channels boarded small boats for a close-up view of the flooding, and some wound up helping rescue people stranded by the rising water. All channels did their best to keep viewers informed about storm damage, how to seek help, and perhaps most importantly, how to stay safe until rescue boats arrive.

When floodwaters invaded the studios of Houston’s CBS affiliate, KHOU, lost its signal but was back on the air after evacuating and setting up a makeshift studio at Houston Public Media, thanks to support from a sister station in Dallas

and CBS News’ New York facilities.

Hundreds of local and national meteorologists and television reporters spent the better part of a week covering hurricane Harvey, starting with forecasts and warnings, and continuing into live coverage of the storm’s impact, the aftermath, and subsequent flooding.

It wasn’t all for ratings. It was to keep people safe, and to inform them about rescue efforts, temporary shelters, and what they can do to remain safe—like telling people not to go into their attics unless they have an exit or an axe to create an exit.

Television may have its faults, but it’s still one of our most powerful communication tools—especially during catastrophic events like Harvey. R.

Art

French artisit’s original paintings highlight Rockford DOWNTOWN — Malika Moine, a prolific artist from Marseille, France, was recently commissioned to create images of Rockford for a 2018 calendar titled, “Paint the Town,” a fundraiser for the Rockford Beautiful initiative. The original paintings, that include 13 views of Rockford places and civic events, are now on exhibit at downtown’s Kortman Gallery, thru Sept. 30.

“It’s always fascinating to see life through the eyes of an artist,” says Doc Slafkosky, gallerist for the Kortman Gallery. “It’s especially enthralling to see your hometown through fresh eyes of an artist from another part of the world.

Malika has captured scenes of Rockford with her enchanting ‘French’ whimsical style that make this such a fun and intriguing exhibition.”

Capturing life around her has been the motivation for Moine throughout her career. More than 30 other works featured in the exhibition present views of both landscapes and details of life in and around her native city of Marseille in the south of France.

“This is a great opportunity for art enthusiasts and local artists and to experience works that would require a trip across the ocean to see, yet still have a Rockford connection,” said Jerry Kortman, co-owner of the Kortman Gallery. “It has been enriching for our gallery and Rockford to participate in this unique cultural exchange.”

The “Paint the Town” calendar is avail-

able for purchase for $14.95 at selected locations throughout the city and at J.R. Kortman Center for Design.The paintings and drawings of Malika Moine will be on

exhibit upstairs in the Kortman Gallery until Sept. 30.

Both the Store and Gallery, located at 107 N. Main St. in downtown Rockford,

are open Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information call 815-968-0123 or visit jrkortman.com. R.

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Music: Kelly Steward & The Restless Kind - Enjoy free live music by Rockford favorite alt-country rock band Kelly Steward & The Restless Kind at Owly Oop Sports Pub inside UW Health Sports Factory.

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Kortman Gallery presents the original paintings by French artist Malika Moine who was commissioned to create images for a 2018 Rockford Calendar to benefit the Forest City Beautiful initiative.

Malika’s paintings/drawings of the South of France are also on exhibit and available for purchase. Dennis Horton hosts the Gallery Bar!

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FILM REVIEWS

Lucky Logan a pleasing return for Soderbergh

BY THOMAS SIMPSON

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CONTRIBUTOR

t’s been four years since acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh announced his retirement from feature filmmaking. His presence was felt in various projects however he refrained from taking a seat in the director’s chair. He makes his directorial comeback in this year’s Logan Lucky, a heist comedy about a down on their luck family looking to get one big score. Fans will be happy to learn he’s lost none of his magic.

Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum) is laid o� from his construction job due to liability issues. This leaves him worried he won’t be able to provide for his daughter who he soon learns that his ex-wife Bobbi Joe (Katie Holmes) is planning to move across the state line due to her wealthy husband’s career.

Jimmy talks his sister Mellie (Riley Keough) and brother Clyde (Adam Driver) into helping him organize a robbery at the local Speedway. They enlist the help of known safecracker Joey Bang (Daniel Craig) but there’s a couple of issues. Joey is in jail and with a few months left of

his sentence, he’s hesitant to help. But money talks, now all the Logans have to do is break Joey out of jail, pull o� the perfect crime and return him to his cell before anyone notices. Easy, right?

Logan Lucky isn’t a laugh a minute riot that will split sides. It is a highly amusing tale that keeps you smiling, occasionally hitting you with a joke that will send you over the edge. The script has a clever wit wonderfully emphasized by the deadpan delivery of its cast. Tatum and Driver show their comedic prowess, playing the straight men that bounce o� the more zanier elements of Craig’s cartoon rogue.

Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane has a brilliant cameo as an obnoxious British racing driver whose presence seems out of place only to make sense in the third act.

It’s an utter delight that Soderbergh and writer Rebecca Blunt don’t waste anything. At times the plot is in danger of becoming convoluted only for all the threads to be tied up in the end. Every scene means something, even if it doesn’t seem that way at the time.

The movie is a high-spirited caper full of likable characters that are easy to root

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for despite their criminal intentions. It’s a lighthearted story that takes it easy on the suspense, instead, putting its focus on amiable enjoyment. There’s nothing crude or tasteless about the humor which makes Logan Lucky a surprisingly family friendly comedy, although the subject

matter might not hold the interest of younger audiences. Logan Lucky has a lot of heart providing enough laughs in this pleasing return for Soderbergh. R. Thomas is a writer and filmmaker based in Glasgow, U.K. Find him on Twitter: @Simmy41.

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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.

Horseflower’s Creative Hotspot - 1404 N. Main St. Open Friday and Saturdays. www.horseflowersrockford.com. For more information contact Lenny 815-501-2440 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.

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.

Starlight Theatre - Performances throughout the year at Rock Valley College, 3301 N. Mulford Rd. For more information call 815-921-2160 or visit rvcstarlight.com 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 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. (usual) Suspects - Nordlof Center Studio Theatre, 18 N. Main St. For more information call 815-5138685 or visit usualsuspectspresents.com Without Shoes Modern Dance Company – Maddox Theatre, Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. Womanspace – 3333 Maria Linden Drive. Info: 815-877-0118.

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

Woodstock Weavers Guild – Old Courthouse Arts Center, 101 N. Johnson, Woodstock. Info: 815-399-1630.

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

Ongoing Steel Magnolias - Artists’ Ensemble will be performing this American classic from September 7-24 in the Cheek Theatre in the Clark Arts Center at Rockford University. Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 7:30, Saturdays at 4 and 7:30, and Sundays at 2. Thursday tickets are $19, all other performances are $30 ($28 for seniors, $10 for students). Tickets may be purchased online at artistsensemble.org or by calling 815-394-5004.

Steel Magnolias is recommended for ages 12+.

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. Rock ford Christian Fellowship - Rock ford ChristianFellowship (RCF) - is a Rockford, Illinois based concert band with a Christian Ministry; making a joyful noise since 1985. RCF (Rockford ChristianFellowship) announces the start of its 33rd concert season with a new director (Brian Waterson) and a “Call for Musicians” on its webpage (www.rcfband.org), its Facebook group page (www.facebook.com/groups/RCFBand), and on a Facebook event page (www.facebook. com/events/108915639770558/) RCF performs at community events, churches, and retirement centers, and is noted for its rousing marches and inspirational music; music appropriate for the occasion and season. RCF is not affiliated with any church, but rehearses Tuesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. at First Covenant Church, 316 Wood Road. The band welcomes additional participants* and concert opportunities. *high school age thru retired; there are openings in all positions (especially woodwinds). There is no charge for membership or for the concerts. See our website for rosters, schedules, pictures, and sounds www.rcfband.org. Contact Director, Brian Waterson, 815/797-2320, rcfband@gmail.com Friday Kelly Steward & The Restless Kind - Performing at Owly Oop Sports Pub, 305 S. Madison St., 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free admission.

Al Buisker - Performing at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. 5:30-8 p.m. Free admission.

Saturday Al Buisker - Performing at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. 5:30-8 p.m. Free admission.

Saturday, September 16 Kraig Kenning - Performing at Severson Dells, 8786 Montague Rd., beginning at 4 p.m. Admission is $10 for Friends of Severson Dells, $15 for General Admission. Kraig Kenning is returning to Severson Dells to help celebrate the conclusion of the Forest Quest Scavenger Hunt (see more about this event further on in the newsletter). Come and join the festivities and enjoy the wonderful contemporary folk/blues/roots rock/Americana style of Kraig Kenning on the outdoor Grove stage. www.kraigkenning.com.

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.

Tues.-Fri., Sat. to 1 p.m. Closed Mon. & Sun. Adult $10, Children 8 up $5, Free for 7 or below. Special group hours available. Free admission with meal at Command Post Restaurant. Call 815-395-0679 or

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

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

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., Sun. 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 more. 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 floral displays, events, educational programs, workshops, lecture series. Rentals of meeting/event room available. Gift shop.

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

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.

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.

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.

Rockford Crochet Club - Group in Rockford for those who love to crochet or would like to learn. 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. All crocheters are welcome. We gather at the large round table in the corner of the coffee shop. Bring whatever project you are working on and join in!

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Find more listings at RockRiverTimes.com/Happenings 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.

Rockford Friends & Newcomers - Rockford Friends & Newcomers is a social organization that welcomes both long-time residents and newcomers who want to meet other people through social events for couples and singles. Several games and activities available. Mug Morn every first Tuesday of the month at: Mary’s Market, 2636 McFarland Road, from 10-11:30 a.m. For more information e-mail rckfriends@yahoo.com Rock City Unique Steppers - Steppin classes are held on Thursdays at The West-mor Bowling Lanes, 2407 N. Central Ave., from 6:30-8:30 p.m. All styles of stepping, Chicago, Freestyle , Ballroom and much more. We offer mature and elegant dancing in a friendly and exciting environment.

Our members have a deep appreciation and love for this dance form. It is our goal to share this experience by creating an atmosphere where mature individuals can socialize and dance to smooth rhymatic R & B music while elegantly dressed in high style. Classes are $5 per week, the first week is free. Open dancing 8:30-10 p.m.

Open dancing is FREE of charge. Come on down and get your dance on.

Learn about CBD Oil & the Health Benefits Wednesday nights from 6-7 p.m. in the banquet room of Dust Boots, 3907 Broadway, there will be presentations on the importance and health benefits of Cannabidiol oil. Call 815-742-1836 or text CBD to this number for a free sample and to reserve your seat.

Recover Me support group - Every Saturday 10 a.m. Katie’s Cup Rockford. All about healing and recovery.

Al-Anon - Support group for families and friends of alcoholics. Help-line: (815) 399-0456.

Friday $10 Paint Night - Horseflower’s Creative Hotspot 1404 N. Main St. Starts at 7 p.m. Channel your inner Jackson Pollack at this family friendly event. All supplies provided. Email kandinskys.c.g.2015@ gmail.com to reserve your spot.

Thursday, September 7 WCALAP Membership Dinner Meeting - The Winnebago County Association of Legal Administrative Professionals’ monthly dinner meeting will be held at 6 p.m., at Swanson Hill Program Center, 7194 Vandiver Road, Rockford.

Dinner will be a choice of: Grilled Hamburger - $14.50, Grilled Portabella Mushroom -$14.25.

Catering provided by Countryside Meats & Deli.

Meal includes relishes, potato salad, broccoli salad, chips, cookie and drinks. Your check is your reservation confirmation. Program will be Special Agent Sarah Tucker, from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF).

Hostess are Stephanie Johnson and Ronelle Johnson. Please send reservations to: Ronelle Johnson at the Stanley J. Rozkowski Federal Building, 327 South Church Street, Suite 3300, Rockford, IL 61101.

Saturday, September 9 Durand Biker Bash - Event will go from 1-8 p.m. on Center St. in downtown Durand, and will feature a Chili Shoot-Out, a Bike Show, and music performers throughout the day. Admission is free and donations will be accepted for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. For more information and a schedule of events visit durandbikerbash.com.

Winnebago & Boone Counties Genealogical Society meeting - The Winnebago & Boone Counties Genealogical Society will hold its regular meeting at Spring Creek United Church of Christ, 4500 Spring Creek Road, at 1:30 p.m. Bob Jakeway will explore his genealogical journey with us, including how he got started and the progress he has made up to the present time, including finding the Roy Jakeway papers at the Abraham Lincoln Library in Springfield. Bob Jakeway was born and raised in Rockford, attending Auburn High School and later NIU. All interested persons are welcome! Refreshments will be served. There is no cost to attend. For more information, call Wendy at (779) 203-3511.

Wednesday, September 13 Lifescape Senior Expo - 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Mercyhealth Sportscore Two, 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. in Loves Park. Special guests will be available to meet and sign autographs at 11:30 am. Dr. Kat Williams will present a keynote speech at 1 pm, followed by a panel discussion with Megan Cavanagh. Together they will discuss the AAGPBL, the 25th anniversary of the film, and other topics. The Lifescape Senior Expo is the first non-sports event to be held in the brand new Mercyhealth Sportscore Two Mega Center, which just celebrated its grand opening in June. The Lifescape Senior Expo is a free event that features the latest products and services for older adults – everything from health and finance, travel, personal improvement, on-site health screenings, entertainment and more. A shred truck, provided by AARP as part of the Fraud Watch initiative, will be available from 12:30-2:30. There is no admission charge for the event. Contact Lifescape Community Services at 815-963-1609 for additional information about Lifescape Senior Expo.

Saturday, September 16 Rock Swap - The Rock River Valley Gem and Mineral Society are hosting their annual Rock Swap from 9:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. rain or shine. The public is invited to come look at, buy, sell, or swap rocks, minerals, fossils, and jewelry at the Odd Fellows Hall 6219 Forest Hills Rd. Stop by and see some amazing rocks, minerals, and fossils from around the world. You can buy from several regional vendors and local club members, show off and sell rocks of your own, or even swap rocks with other rock-hounds.

Everyone is welcome to come and look at everything displayed, ask questions and learn about the collections. If you are interested in joining the Rock River Gem and Mineral society, they will have membership information available at the show.

There is no admission fee and it is open to the public.

(Sellers pay a $20 donation for a 10’ x 10’ space.)

Sunday, September 17 Hot Diggity Dog Festival - Every dog has his day….and this is it!! Pack up the pooch and come on down

to Klehm for a fun day dedicated to our lovable four-legged friends. Dog shelters and adoption agencies will be on hand, as well as a whole array of pet related vendors. There will also be agility and trick demonstrations, the police canine unit, and even a dog costume contest. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Admission is just $5 for adults and $3 for seniors, kids 12 and under, and Klehm members. Every dog adoption comes with a complimentary family membership to Klehm. Held at Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 2715 S. Main St. from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday, September 23 Dodgeball Tournament - Children’s Safe Harbor is hosting its 7th Annual Dodgeball Tournament at the UW Health Sports Factory, with registration starting at 8:30 a.m. and play beginning at 9 a.m. This is a 32 team maximum round robin style tournament that is just as fun to watch as it is to play. There will be a raffle for spectators and players. The cost is $20 per player, teams should be between 6-12 players (players must be 16 years of age or older). Contact Megan or Perry at cshdodgeballfun@gmail.com or visit our website, childrenssafeharbor.net for registration information. Contact Megan at 815-316-7772 for questions or sponsorship information.

All proceeds from the benefit help support Children’s Safe Harbor safe child exchange services. Come out and Dodge A Ball For A Kid! Center Stage Comedy Show - Comedy show to benefit AAU basketball. Event features Reginald Ballard (Martin), Pierre (How to be a Player & BAPs), AJ Johnson “Ezel” (Friday & The Player’s

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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 Club), and hosted by BLT (BET’s Comic View). Show will take place at 7 p.m. at Rockford Woman’s Club, 323 Park Ave. For tickets go to Center Stage Comedy @ eventbrite.com.

Saturday, September 30 Hidden Treasures Outdoor Flea Market - 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at 6329 N. 2nd St., Loves Park. Food vendors also on site. For more information call 779-210-7602.

Sunday, October 1 Candy Cane Bazaar - Bazaar and bake sale. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at St. Anskar Church, 4801 Spring Creek Rd. Door prices, high-quality handmade items. Free admission. New this year: Happy Harvest Room displaying fall decor.

FUGITIVE ALERT REWARDS UP TO $1000 ROCKFORD AR E A CRIM E STOPPERS – 963-7867

TOLL FREE 1-888-769-STOP (7867) IF YOU KNOW THE LOCATION OF A FUGITIVE OR HAVE INFORMATION ON OTHER CRIMES PLEASE CALL FUGITIVES WANTED AS OF

August 28 2017 Warrants must be verified before arrest

WARNING: The fugitives in this bulletin may be dangerous. Never confront them. Call Crime Stoppers or your local police.

Bradley Pyles Theft County---26 years old

Austin Galvan Resisting/Obstructing County----21 years old

Robert Staten Hit & Run County—30 years old

IMPORTANT: Your call is confidential; we never ask your name, and our phones do not have caller I.D. If your information leads to an arrest or solves a crime, you will be paid up to $1000.00.

This bulletin is an official publication compiled by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office, Rockford Police Department and Rockford Area Crime Stoppers.

Carlie Kay Page Narcotics Violation County—26 years old

Jacob Washburn Fleeing to Elude County—22 years old

James Hammond Revoked License County----31 years old

Axel Wittig

Burglary City----31 years old

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

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

Marquell Reddic Aggravated Battery City---22 years old

Jadale Lamon Agg. Battery w/Firearm City---26 years old

All individuals are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

CRIME DOESN’T PAY – WE DO No Taxpayer money is ever used for a CrimeStoppers reward.

CrimeStoppers is 100% funded by donations.

You can help by sending a donation to: Rockford Area CrimeStoppers, P.O. Box 4535 Rockford, IL 61110 Bulletins may be downloaded from www.rockfordcrimestoppers.com

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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:

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AQUARIUS, PISCES AND ARIES

Death Notices

Your Health

Froylan Cruz-Arellano 79 Rockford 8/21/2017 Rosalie Johnson 92 Rockford 8/21/2017 Nery Demancia 28 Rockford 8/21/2017 William Schonfelder 81 Rockford 8/21/2017 Jacqueline Turner 76 Rockford 8/21/2017 Sylvia Paisley 59 Rockford 8/21/2017 Donald Linder 77 Rockford 8/22/2017 B-Ramona Maplesden 88 Rock ford 8/22/2017 Cheryl Stahl 60 Rockton 8/22/2017 Megan Daugherty 37 Rockford 8/22/2017 Carolyn Lindhorst 74 Loves Park 8/22/2017 Glenn Throndsen 86 Rockford 8/22/2017 Mitchell Viran 37 Loves Park 8/22/2017 Martha Willes 97 Rockford 8/23/2017 Joyce Anderson 84 Rockford 8/23/2017 Matilda Bennett 66 Rockford 8/23/2017 Marion Collins 82 South Beloit 8/23/2017 Sandra Wendell 79 Rockford 8/23/2017 Gertrude Swanson 90 Rockford 8/23/2017 Duane Heinen 81 Rockford 8/23/2017 Ashley Jamieson 32 Rockford 8/23/2017 Joanna Tillman 82 Rockford 8/23/2017 Darcy Howen 58 Rockford 8/23/2017 Susan Bried 66 Rockford 8/23/2017 Kathy Craft 58 Winnebago 8/23/2017 Jacob Lubeck 42 Rockford 8/23/2017 Parsram Ramchadani 94 Rockford 8/24/2017 Curtis Kolby 14 Rockford 8/24/2017 Donald Richardson 84 Rockford 8/24/2017 Morris Mitchell 70 Rockford 8/24/2017 Kenneth Gogol 41 Rockford 8/24/2017 Ellen Fowler 65 Rockford 8/24/2017 Randall Neubert 58 Rockford 8/25/2017 Patti Turgeon 61 Rockford 8/25/2017 Grant Fisher 65 Rockford 8/25/2017 Mark Johnson 70 Rockford 8/25/2017 Vernon Brown 73 Rockford 8/25/2017 Luter Leah 94 Rockford 8/25/2017 Cheryl Nesmith 66 Rockford 8/25/2017 Charles Holsinger 93 Rockford 8/25/2017 Tyrell Dorsey 25 Rockford 8/26/2017 Krystian Bartusiewicz 25 Rockford 8/26/2017 Jacqueline Howell 94 Machesney Park 8/26/2017 Dolores Swanson 87 Rockford 8/26/2017 Pauline Linley 94 Rockford 8/26/2017 Kathleen Beyer 69 Machesney Park 8/26/2017 Veronica Stacionis 91 Rockford 8/26/2017 Jay Isoda 62 Loves Park 8/26/2017 Marlon Pendelton 25 Rockford 8/26/2017 Gerald Boyer 79 Rockford 8/27/2017 Ronnie Teal 56 Rockford 8/27/2017 Brian Riedl 56 Rockford 8/27/2017 Betty Hepnar 73 Rockford 8/27/2017 Louis Giesecki 86 Rockford 8/27/2017 Carol Swope 72 Rockford 8/27/2017 Charlotte Hager 70 Rockford 8/28/2017 Bonnetta Trapp 50 Machesney Park 8/28/2017 Elaine McClellan 86 Rockford 8/28/2017 Lois Troyan 82 Rockford 8/28/2017 Dorothy Wolfe 70 Rockford 8/28/2017 Margaret Miller 99 Rockton 8/28/2017 Thomas Dix 71 Rockford 8/28/2017 William Savin 82 Rockford 8/28/2017

Nighttime breathing problems tied to cognitive decline

Death notices are provided by the Winnebago County Coroner’s office.

By Lisa Rapaport Reuters Health

People who experience certain breathing problems at night may be more likely to develop cognitive impairment than individuals without any difficulties breathing while they sleep, a research review suggests.

Data obtained from 14 previously published studies with a total of more than 4.2 million men and women showed that people with sleep-disordered breathing had 26 percent higher odds of developing cognitive impairment, researchers report in JAMA Neurology.

“Identification of this sleep disorder in elderly persons might help predict future risk of cognitive impairment and thus is important for the early detection of dementia,” said lead study author Yue Leng of the University of California, San Francisco.

“Moreover, sleep-disordered breathing is a treatable disease,” Leng said by email. “If sleep-disordered breathing is a risk factor for dementia, then treatment of sleep-disordered breathing might benefit cognition and help reduce the risk of dementia in the long run.”

Many people with nighttime breathing problems had what’s known as apnea, a potentially serious sleep disorder that involves repeated stops and starts in breathing. Risk factors for sleep apnea include older age and obesity.

In the smaller studies included in the analysis, the increased risk of cognitive impairment associated with sleep-disordered breathing ranged from 23 percent to 86 percent.

When researchers analyzed the increased risk across all of the smaller studies with a similar design, excluding one that was done much differently, the overall increased risk of cognitive impairment associated with sleep-disordered breathing was 35 percent.

Sleep-disordered breathing was also associated with slightly worse “executive function” – that is, the mental processes involved in planning, paying attention,

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following instructions, and multi-tasking, for example - but it didn’t appear to influence memory, the study also found.

The researchers had only limited data on executive function, however, which made it difficult to determine whether any changes associated with sleep-disordered breathing might be clinically meaningful.

The analysis also didn’t account for obesity, which is independently a risk factor for both apnea and cognitive impairment, noted Marie-Pierre St-Onge, a researcher at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City who wasn’t involved in the study.

“It’s possible that the reduction in oxygen reaching the brain from apnea could, over time, lead to brain injuries that can lead to cognitive impairment,” St-Onge said by email. “There is also a link between obesity and mild cognitive impairment and between obesity and sleep-disordered breathing.”

Shedding excess weight might help, said Hui-Xin Wang of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

“Weight-loss strategies, including physical exercise and diet, have been evaluated as a treatment strategy to improve sleep-disordered breathing and reduce the risk of cognitive decline,” Wang, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email.

Beyond weight loss, treatments for apnea may include wearing a breathing mask or jaw support at night to keep airways open.

More research is needed, however, to determine whether and to what extent treating sleep apnea might lower the risk of cognitive decline, said Kristen Knutson of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

“There are therapies available for apnea that would improve sleep and potentially improve health, including cognitive function,” Knutson, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email. “People who have trouble sleeping or who snore loudly and frequently should raise this issue with their doctors and discuss potential treatments.”

to September 2, 2017 ARIES

Your professional calling will finally reveal itself to you, whether you’re currently in school or in the midst of a career change. Your new career will perfectly align with your expectations and values.

TAURUS

Your emotions will be all over the place this week. Take the time to discuss your concerns with the people involved. You will be surprised at how receptive they are, which will allow you to calm your state of mind.

GEMINI

It’s always easier to get along with people with whom you’re not emotionally involved. Try to avoid discussing financial matters with your extended family. They won’t take no for an answer.

CANCER

There will be no shortage of emergencies to deal with at work. You will need to exercise diplomacy and tact to get along with everybody, including your family at home.

LEO

You’re overwhelmed with things to do this week, and your sleep will suffer from it. There’s a good chance that you’ll receive warm recognition for something you did some time ago.

VIRGO

Though family life requires a fair amount of energy, it also returns gratitude in spades. You will be delighted by your loved ones’ eagerness to trust your advice.

LIBRA

You have more errands to run than usual, and your kids will make you feel like a taxi driver all week. Make sure you get the right directions before you leave; a simple misunderstanding could leave you lost in the middle of nowhere.

SCORPIO

You may have to iron out a few matters with your bank. At home, you’ll find yourself wondering about your partner’s true wants and needs. Proper communication makes miracles.

SAGITTARIUS

There’s a lot of action on the horizon. A charismatic friend may even convince you to try a new sport.

Your creativity will enable you to find new ways to make money.

CAPRICORN

No surveys.

No pop ups.

No paywall.

Just news.

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Be careful not to burn the candle at both ends, especially if you have health issues. A reunion with friends is all you’ll need to finally relax and have a good time.

AQUARIUS

Don’t be surprised if you have to revamp your wardrobe for work. New clothes, and maybe even a whole new look, may help you achieve a new level of self-confidence.

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Government Notices n n n NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF AUDIT REPORT OF ROCKFORD TOWNSHIP Rockford Township hereby provides public notice that an audit of its funds for the period of April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017 has been made, and that a report of such audit dated May 30, 2017 performed by Wipfli LLP has been filed with the County Clerk of Winnebago, in accordance with 30 ILCS 15/0.01 et seq. The full report of the audit is available for public inspection at the Winnebago County Clerk’s Office at 404 Elm Street, Suite 104 Rockford, IL 61101 during regular business hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday except for holidays.

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Public Notices n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CITY OF ROCKFORD, a municipal corporation Plaintiff, vs.

LAVERNE LUND, LOIS C. LUND, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Case No. 2017-CH-653 Address: 1226 Blaisdell Street Rockford, IL 61101 Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Non-Record Claimants and all Unknown Owners, Defendants in the above-entitled cause that the above-entitled Demolition Lien Foreclosure action was filed on August 18, 2017 and is now pending.

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

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

3. The name of the titleholders of record are Laverne Lund and Lois C. Lund 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: Lot Two (2) as designated upon the Plat of Sheldon’s Subdivision of a part of the South-West Quarter (1/4) of Section 15, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 7 of Plats on page 26 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. situated in Winnebago County, Illinois P.I.N. No. 11-15-380-023 5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 1226 Blaisdell Street, Rockford, IL 61101 6. An identification of the Lien sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Name of Property Owners: Laverne Lund and Lois C. Lund

b. Name of Lien Holder: City of Rockford c. Date of Lien: May 21, 2015 d. Date of Recording: August 21, 2015 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identification: 20151026078 NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, Non-Record Claimants and Unknown Owners, Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint for Foreclosure in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, in the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL on or before the 1st day of October, 2017 default may be entered against you and each of you at any time after that day and a Judgment for Foreclosure may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint for Foreclosure.

Circuit Clerk Matthew D. Flores – ARDC #6323902 City of Rockford Department of Law 425 E. State Street Rockford, IL 61104 (779) 348-7395 7966R TRRT 9/6 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 Barber Shop business in said County and State under the name of RockFade Barber Lounge at the following post office addresses: 5411 E. State St., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Phillip Rodriguez SIGNED: Phillip Rodriguez 8/16/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Carter, DEPUTY 7975R TRRT 9/6 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 women’s clothing business online and in-person business in said County and State under the name of LuLaRoe Samantha Rhea at the following post office addresses: 1104 Nassau Parkway, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Samantha Carrion SIGNED: Samantha Carrion 8/9/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 9th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7974R TRRT 9/6 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS SAPPHIRE PHILBEE, Petitioner, and LOUIS MUCH, Respondent.

No. 17 F 660

PUBLICATION NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, Louis Much, Respondent, that this cause has been commenced against you in this Court asking for an Allocation of Parental Responsibility and Request for Further Relief.

Unless you file your response or otherwise file your appearance in this cause, in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Winnebago County, 400 W. State St., Rockford, Illinois 61101, on or before September 25, 2017, a Judgment and other relief may be granted as prayed for in this Petition.

Dated: 6/8/17 /s/ Sapphire Philbee 7971R TRRT 9/6 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 Etsy shop - vintage furniture business in said County and State under the name of Legend Lake Creations at the following post office addresses: 7553 Lucky Ln., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Anne Hewitt-Drall; Dan Drall SIGNED: Anne Hewitt-Drall 8/22/17 SIGNED: Dan Drall 8/22/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Carter, DEPUTY 7972R TRRT 9/6 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.

MICHAEL BRACKET and SPOUSE, if any, CITY OF ROCKFORD, and UNKNOWN OWNERS Defendants.

Case No. 2017 ED 11 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: Part of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section Twenty-six (26) in Township Forty-four (44) North, Range One (1) East of the Third (3rd) Principal Meridian, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point Eight (8) chains and Thirty-two (32) links West of the East line of said Quarter (1/4) Section and Five (5) chains and Eleven (11) links North of the South line of said Quarter (1/4) Section, said point of beginning being in the South line of the Plat of Kling and Kjellberg’s Subdivision of South Park Lot 1 (E.R.)

as the same is recorded in the Recorder’s Office in Book 58 of Deeds, page 18; thence West along the South line of said Plat, One (1) chain and Seventy-five (75) links, more or less, to the East line of South Third Street as now laid out; thence South along the East line of said Street, One (1) chain and Thirty-seven and One Half (37 1/2) links; thence East, parallel with the South line of said Plat of Kling and Kjellberg’s Subdivision, One (1) chain and Seventy-five (75) links, more or less, to the West line of the premises conveyed

by Charles Bunker and wife, to Isaac Heistand by Deed recorded in said Recorder’s Office in Book 48 of Deeds, page 250; thence North along said West line, One (1) chain and Thirty-seven and One Half (37 1/2) links to the place of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

PIN: 11-26-180-003 Common Address: 712 South 3rd Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104 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 August 30, 2017, a trial may be held and judgment entered against you for the relief asked for in the Complaint.

Dated: August 24, 2017 BOARD OF EDUCATION, ROCKFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, WINNEBAGO – BOONE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS By: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 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 7990R TRRT 9/13 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.

JODI O’HERN and SPOUSE, if any, and UNKNOWN OWNERS Defendants.

Case No. 2017 ED 12 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

n n n PUBLIC NOTICE The following list of vehicles abandoned and/or unclaimed in the County of Winnebago will be sold at public auction on 09/13/2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Greater Rockford Auto Auction, 5937 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL. The owners can claim said vehicle at the Greater Rockford Auto Auction by paying the towing, impound and storage fees before 8:30 a.m. the day of the auction.

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

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

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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: PARCEL I: All that part of the following described tract of land lying Southerly of a line drawn parallel with and distant Three (3) chains and Seventy-three and One-half links Northerly from the Southerly line of said premises, to-wit: Part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 26, in Township Forty-four (44) North, Range One (1) East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point in the South line of said Quarter (1/4) Section 7 chains and 56 links West of the Southeast corner thereof; thence North 2 chains and 75 links; thence West One link; thence North 2 chains and 32 links; thence West 75 links; thence South 2 chains and 32 links; thence East One link; thence South 2 chains and 75 links; thence East 75 links to the place of beginning, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

PARCEL II: All that part of the following described premises lying Northerly of a line drawn parallel with and distant Three (3) chains and Seventy-three and One-half (73 1/2) links Northerly from the Southerly line of said premises to-wit: A part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section Twenty-six (26), Township Forty-four (44) North, Range One (1) East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded as follows, to-wit: Commencing at a stake on the South line of said Quarter (1/4) Section, at Seven (7) chains and Fifty-six (56) links West from the Southeast corner thereof; thence North Two (2) chains and Seventy-five (75) links; thence West One (1) link; thence North Two (2) chains and Thirty-two (32) links; thence West Seventy-five (75) links; thence South Two (2) chains and Thirty-two (32) links; thence East One (1) link; thence South Two (2) chains and Seventy-five (75) links and thence East Seventy-five (75) links to the place of beginning, reserving the barn on the South line of the said premises; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

PIN: 11-26-180-015 Common Address: 514 Catlin Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104 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 August 30, 2017, a trial may be held and judgment entered against you for the relief asked for in the Complaint.

Dated: August 24, 2017 BOARD OF EDUCATION, ROCKFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, WINNEBAGO – BOONE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS By: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 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 7991R TRRT 9/13 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 September 14th, 2017 at approx. 10:00 AM at www. storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #C7, Tikesha Thomas; Cube #L7, Alejandro Arellano.

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 September 14th, 2017 at approx.

11:00 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #4212, Janet Dow; Cube #5927, Steven E. Menor; Cube #3224, Kayla Dixon; Cube #1924, Daniel Taylor; Cube #4222, Joshua Bello-Rodriguez; Cube #5503, Brian Price; Cube #805, Julie A Carlson; Cube #4270, Gerald W. Koski; Cube #1161, Nathan Pratt.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6153, 4560 Stenstrom Rd, Rockford IL 61109 (815-874-2141) to satisfy a lien on September 14th, 2017 at approx.

11:15 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #S68, Anita R. White; Cube#S118, Denise Y. Gross.

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 September 14th, 2017 at approx.

11:30 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #B226, Shontae Elliott; Cube #A208, Sherris Evans; Cube #B340, Diane Ham; Cube #B133, Cynthia A. Woodard; Cube #B219, Jernae Brady; Cube #B192, Sade Briggs; Cube #B82, Marisa Kalan Cazy; Cube #B286, Eboni Mariah Eldridge; Cube #B29, Angela F. Penticoff; Cube #B265, Bill Coon; Cube #D13, Robert Tyler; Cube #A33, Naomi Willingham; Cube #B135, Bahiyyih D. Jones.

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 September 14th, 2017 at approx. 12:00 PM at www. storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #P05, Marcus Barbour; Cube #417, Nick Scott Allen; Cube #140, Jerome J. Egilske; Cube #302, Michael Winder; Cube #319, Tanya Williams; Cube #407, Victoria Mckenzie-Ward; Cube #29, Lori Schnorr.

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 September 14th , 2017 at approx. 12:30 PM at www. storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #196, Dawn Bonner; Cube #241, Tom Brown; Cube #116, Joseph R. Canova; Cube #128, Deb Berthiaume.

7992R TRRT 9/6 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHRISTY C. PLAGER, Deceased.

No. 2017-P-343 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of CHRISTY C. PLAGER. Letters of Office were issued on August 14, 2017 to TODD J. PLAGER, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is Gary L. Ecklund, 4023 Charles Street, Rockford, IL 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before February 28, 2018, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of the 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: August 24, 2017 /s/ Gary L. Ecklund Gary L. Ecklund Name: Gary L. Ecklund #0710822 Attorney for Estate 4023 Charles St. Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 229-5333 7993R TRRT 9/13 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARILYN A. JUHLIN, Deceased.

No. 2017-P-196 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of MARILYN A. JUHLIN. Letters of Office were issued on MAY 9, 2017 to GARY CARLTON ANDERSON, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is Gary L. Ecklund, 4023 Charles Street, Rockford, IL 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before February 28, 2018, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of the 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: August 24, 2017 /s/ Gary L. Ecklund Gary L. Ecklund Name: Gary L. Ecklund #0710822 Attorney for Estate 4023 Charles St. Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 229-5333 7994R TRRT 9/13 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY In re the Marriage of: SUNDAY ODUFUWA, Petitioner And BOSE AYINUOLA, Respondent.

Case No.: 2017 D 333 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Notice is given you, BOSE AYINUOLA, respondent, that petitioner, SUNDAY ODUFUWA, has caused to be filed a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage, in the above-captioned cause of action on April 17, 2017. In the event respondent, Bose Ayinuola, fails to file a response with the Circuit Clerk of Winnebago County, room 108, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois by October 2, 2017, a default may be entered against you for the relief sought in the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage.

Thomas Klein Clerk of the Court Attorney for petitioner: JOHN M. NELSON #12 Attorney at Law 1318 E. State Street Rockford, IL 61104 815.964.8800 jmnconst1318@yahoo.com 8/30;9/6;9/13 7995R TRRT 9/13 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 Car Sales business in said County and State under the name of DNA Auto Sales at the following post office addresses: 1401 Broadway St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Daniel Tafolla SIGNED: Daniel Tafolla 8/28/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Carter, DEPUTY 7996R TRRT 9/13 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 pictures through an app sent to inmates business in said County and State under the name of Sync 2 Lync at the following post office addresses: 4203 Old Golf Rd., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Pamela Wilson SIGNED: Pamela Wilson 8/17/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 17th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Carter, DEPUTY 7973R TRRT 9/6

August 30, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

GLORIA J. HAYES; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; GLORIA J. HAYES, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A LAND TRUST AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 22, 2013 AND KNOWN AS HAYES LAND TRUST NO. 2013; WILLIE JACK; QUEEN ESTER JACK; DELORES HAYES AKA DELORES JACK; Defendants, 16 CH 920 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, September 28, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: The East Twenty-seven and One-half (27 1/2) feet of Lot Ninety-three (93) and the West Forty-five (45) feet of Lot Ninety-four (94) as designated upon the Plat of Garden Acres, a Subdivision of part of the NW 1/4 of Section 34 and NE 1/4 of Section 33, Township 44 N., R. 1 E. of the 3rd P.M., the Plat of which is recorded in Book 22 of Plats on page 33 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, the East and West lines of said tract being parallel with the East line of said Lot Ninety-three (93); situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 1215 Ogilby Road, Rockford, IL 61102.

P.I.N. 11-34-104-010.

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

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

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

16-028547 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3059078 P7954R TRRT 9/6 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK NA; Plaintiff, vs.

TRISHA L. WALSTON AKA TRISHA WALSTON; FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 408 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, September 28, 2017, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., 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 THIRTEEN (13) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT NO. 4 OF MILL ROAD SUBDIVISION, OF PART OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 31 OF PLATS ON PAGE 64 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 12-26-151-012.

Commonly known as 959 Aura Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

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. F15080045 I3059070 P7955R TRRT 9/6 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF: AMELIA ANNE LESLIE-TUTTLE Case No. 2017-MR-640 PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE TAKE NOTICE that a court date on the Petition to change the name of Amelia Anne Leslie-Tuttle to the new name of Amelia Anne Tuttle is set for September 20, 2017 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 426 at the Winnebago County Courthouse located at 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois.

AMELIA ANNE LESLIE-TUTTLE

By Bryan Selander, as her attorney Bryan Selander ARDC# 6186998 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 1835 Rockford, IL 61110 (815) 977-3506 7970R TRRT 9/6 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.VICTORIA A. JURY, et al Defendant 16 CH 00115 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 2, 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: UNIT 9 IN NEWBURG

GREEN CONDOMINIUMS AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: PART OF LOTS ONE (1) AND TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF NEWBURG GREEN, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 45 OF PLATS ON PAGE 124 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT ‘’B’’ TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. 0642750 TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1624 MEADOWLARK LANE UNIT #9, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-33228-014.

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 14-16-01385.

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.

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.

I726580 P7956R TRRT 9/6 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.STEPHANIE WICK, et al Defendant 16CH 917 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 16, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 6, 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 5 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF SCHALCK’S SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER 1/4 OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 26 OF PLATS ON PAGE 123 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3416 SCHALCK DRIVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-02355-017.

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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce. com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 258301.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 258301 Case Number: 16 CH 917 TJSC#: 37-6565 I726830 P7957R TRRT 9/6 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.NELSON E. SILVA, et al Defendant 17CH 00020 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 2, 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 ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN (116) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 2 OF LINDEN POINTE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 7 AND PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 8, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 43

NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 43 OF PLATS ON PAGE 122 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 4002 LINDEN ROAD, ROCKFORD, IL 61109Property Index No. 16-07278-011.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 14-16-16549.

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. 14-16-16549 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00020 TJSC#: 37-6179 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.

I726802 P7958R TRRT 9/6 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

JOCELYN GRACEFFA; ANTRAWN NEWBLE; CAVALRY PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC; Defendants, 16 CH 882 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, September 28, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot Nineteen (19) as designated upon Plat No. 2 of Monarch Acres, being a Subdivision of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 12, Township 43 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the plat of which is recorded in Book 31 on Page 74 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 4898 Radnor Drive, Rockford, IL 61109.

P.I.N. 15-12-478-003.

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

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

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

16-028071 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3059077 P7959R TRRT 9/6 n n n NOTICE BY PUBLICATION LAURA LINDQUIST, Petitioner, vs.

AMETHYST ANN MCCRACKEN, 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 143 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Take notice that on the 4th day of August, 2017, a Petition for Adoption was filed in the Cir-

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cuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, 17th Judicial Circuit, and that on the second floor of the Winnebago County Juvenile Justice Center, on the 20th day of September, 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 17th day of August, 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 7967R TRRT 9/6 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: KRISTINA M. SYLLA, Plaintiff, And MAMOUDOU SYLLA, Defendant.

Case No. 17 D 585 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Defendant MAMOUDOU SYLLA that Plaintiff KRISTINA M. SYLLA 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 September 25 2017, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Kristina M. Sylla, Plaintiff 7968R TRRT 9/6 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NOTICE OF ADOPTION BY PUBLICATION IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ADOPTION OF: ISABELLA HOPE RICHARDSON, a minor, MIA ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, a minor, Richard Wooten and All Whom It May Concern ADOPTION NO: 17 AD 145 TO: Richard Wooten and All Whom It May Concern TAKE NOTICE that a Petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Rockford, Illinois, for the adoption of the children named ISABELLA HOPE RICHARDSON, and MIA ELIZABETH RICHARDSON; NOW THEREFORE unless you, Richard Wooten and All Whom It May Concern, file your answer to the Petition in said suit, or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Room 108 in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 29th day of September, 2017, a default may be entered against you at any time following that day, and a judgment order entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

Dated: August 21, 2017, Rockford, Illinois.

THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court BRIAN K. LARKIN One Court Place - Suite 301 Rockford, IL 61101 815/964-4601 Attorney for Petitioners 7969R TRRT 9/6

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.DONALD A. ANDERSON, et al Defendant 16 CH 00079 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 5, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 10, 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 FOUR (4) IN BLOCK THREE (3) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF SAUBERS GARDENS ADDITION, A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 14 OF PLATS, ON PAGE 245 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2218 VAN WIE AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-11-358004(191C291).

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 14-15-19236.

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. 14-15-19236 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00079 TJSC#: 37-6358 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.

I3057511 P7982R TRRT 9/13 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs.

PATRICK DAIGLE; WESTLAKE VILLAGE MASTER HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; Defendants, 17 CH 423 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, October 5, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot forty-six (46) as designated upon Plat No. 1 in Westlake Village, being a subdivision of part of section 25 and 36 in Township 27 North, Range 10 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, and part of section 31 in Township 27 North, Range 11 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, the plat of which is recorded in Book 41 of Plats on page 2A, 2B, 3A, and 3B in the recorder’s office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and the State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 4241 Westlake Village Drive, Winnebago, IL 61088.

P.I.N. 09-25-253-001.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee

shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

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

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

17-017312 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3059708 P7983R TRRT 9/13 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.ABEL G. GONZALEZ, et al Defendant 16 CH 948 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 5, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 3, 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-FIVE (25) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF COUNTRY CLUB TERRACE, PART OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 22 OF PLAT RECORDS, ON PAGE 127 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2608 COUNTRY CLUB TERRACE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-12301-020.

The real estate is improved with a two-story; barn style home with vinyl green siding and no garage or fence.

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 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 253223.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 253223 Case Number: 16 CH 948 TJSC#: 37-7588 I3059874 P7984R TRRT 9/13 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FIRST STATE BANK Plaintiff, -v.OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR, et al Defendant 17CH 00064 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 19, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 10, 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 72 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF CHAS A. LIGHT’S RIVER VIEW SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE WEST 1/2 OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RG 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS

RECORDED IN BOOK 20 OF PLATS ON PAGE 14 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3714 TRILLING AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-01-303012-0000 (181C065).

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 14-16-14333.

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. 14-16-14333

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00064 TJSC#: 37-3940 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.

I722245 P7985R TRRT 9/13 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO FIRST NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF JOSEPH B. TROIA; MARIE TROIA, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OR LEGATEES OF JOSEPH B. TROIA, DECEASED; CLAIMANTS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH B. TROIA, DECEASED, BY NAME IF KNOWN OR ASCERTAINABLE, OTHERWISE UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No. 2017 CH 659 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite Affidavits for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, UNKNOWN OWNERS, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OR LEGATEES OF JOSEPH B. TROIA, DECEASED, and UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH B. TROIA, DECEASED, Defendants in the above-entitled cause, that the above-entitled Mortgage Foreclosure action was filed on August 21, 2017, and is now pending.

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

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

3. The name of the titleholder of record is: The Heirs at Law or Legatees of Joseph B. Troia, deceased.

4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: Lot Fifty-three (53) as designated upon Plat #2 of Sagewood, being a Subdivision of part of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 3 and part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 10, all in 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 43A in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

PIN: 08-10-102-008 5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 9415 Sagewood Drive, Roscoe, Illinois 61073 6. An identification of the Mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Name of Mortgagor: Joseph B. Troia b. Name of Mortgagee: First National Bank & Trust Company c. Date of Mortgage: December 26, 2007 d. Date of Recording: January 15, 2008 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identification: 200800802044 COUNT II 1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are identified above.

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

3. The name of the titleholder of record is: The Heirs at Law or Legatees of Joseph B. Troia, deceased.

4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: Lot Fifty-three (53) as designated upon Plat #2 of Sagewood, being a Subdivision of part of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 3 and part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 10, all in 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 43A in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

PIN: 08-10-102-008 5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 9415 Sagewood Drive, Roscoe, Illinois 61073 6. An identification of the Mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Name of Mortgagor: Joseph B. Troia b. Name of Mortgagee: First National Bank & Trust Company c. Date of Mortgage: December 26, 2007 d. Date of Recording: January 22, 2008 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identification: 200800802915 NOW THEREFORE, unless you, UNKNOWN OWNERS, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OR LEGATEES OF JOSEPH B. TROIA, DECEASED, and UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH B. TROIA, DECEASED, Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint for Foreclosure in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the offices of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, on or before September 29, 2017 (which is the 30th day after the first publication of this notice), default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment for Foreclosure may be entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

RENO & ZAHM LLP BY: /s/ Michael G. Schultz Michael G. Schultz, Attorney for Plaintiff, First National Bank & Trust Company RENO & ZAHM LLP Jamie S. Cassel (#06200979) Michael G. Schultz (#06297569) 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 987-4050 jsc@renozahm.com mgs@renozahm.com 7988R TRRT 9/13 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: ANTONIO J. PAIVA, Deceased.

Case No. 2017 P 346 Date Will Filed: 11/29/16 CLAIMS NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ANTONIO J. PAIVA. Letters of Office were issued on August 7, 2017, to ANNE M. LAPIERRE-PAIVA, whose address is 2902 McFarland Rd, Ste 400, Rockford, IL 61107, as Independent Executor of the estate. The attorney of record for the estate is Anthony R. Phelps of Reno & Zahm LLP, 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400, Rockford, IL 61107.

Claims may be filed on or before March 2, 2018, that date being

at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to any known creditor required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 as amended, whichever date is later.

Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the Independent Executor, or both.

Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Executor and to the attorney for the estate within ten days after it has been filed.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk of the Court.

Dated August 22, 2017 ANNE M. LAPIERRE-PAIVA, Independent Executor

By RENO & ZAHM LLP By: /s/ Anthony R. Phelps Attorney for the Independent Executor Anthony R. Phelps (#06297415) RENO & ZAHM LLP 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 987-4050 arp@renozahm.com 7989R TRRT 9/13 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a I Clean business in said County and State under the name of Harriet’s Cleaning Service at the following post office addresses: 6261 Balboa St., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Harriet Paniuski, 779-207-5831 SIGNED: Harriet Paniuski 8/8/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 7997R TRRT 9/13 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 Moving and Hauling business in said County and State under the name of Strength and Style Moving and Hauling at the following post office addresses: 73 N. Park Rd., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kenny Jasker, 815-601-4960 SIGNED: Kenny Jasker 8/23/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7998R TRRT 9/13

August 30, 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.JOHN E STUMPF, JR, DIANE E STUMPF, LVNV FUNDING, LLC, COMMERCIAL CREDIT LOANS, INC. D/B/A CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. Defendant 2015CH 562 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on September 25, 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 243 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF CARLSON’S PARKVIEW SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PARK OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 22 OF PLATS ON PAGE 94 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE, IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 545 RIVER PARK DRIVE, Loves Park, IL 61111 Property Index No. 12-06-355001 1(50C-468).

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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce. com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 258374.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 258374 Case Number: 2015 CH 562 TJSC#: 37-7249 I3058820 P7925R TRRT 8/30 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS TCF NATIONAL BANK; Plaintiff, vs.

CARLOS GOMEZ; GLORIA GOMEZ; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 298 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, September 21, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 11 IN BLOCK 2 AS DESIGNATED UPON LEVI B. FULLER’S SUBDIVISION, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 12 OF PLATS ON PAGE 9, IN THE RECORDERS OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1231 Rose Avenue, Rockford, IL 61102.

P.I.N. 11-27-156-022.

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

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

For information call 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 I3058344 P7926R TRRT 8/30 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST SERIES, 2004-OP1, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES; Plaintiff, vs.

HAL L. WILSON; LISA M. WILSON; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF HAL L. WILSON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LISA M. WILSON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 72 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, September 21, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT FIVE (5) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HICKORY KNOLL BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SAID SECTION 35, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 31 OF PLATS ON PAGE 133 IN THE RECORDERS OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; THENCE NORTH 88°40’30” EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT FIVE (5) A DISTANCE OF 259.47 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE NORTH 00°12’30” WEST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT FIVE (5) A DISTANCE OF 150.00 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PLAT OF REPLAT OF LOTS ONE (1), TWO (2), THREE (3), TEN (10), ELEVEN (11) AND TWELVE (12) OF SAID HICKORY KNOLL THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 35 OF PLATS ON PAGE 154 IN SAID RECORDER’S OFFICE; THENCE NORTH 88°40’30” EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID REPLAT A DISTANCE OF 231.00 FEET, THENCE NORTH 00°12’30” WEST ALONG AN EAST LINE OF SAID REPLAT A DISTANCE OF 9.78

FEET; THENCE NORTH 88°42’30” EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID REPLAT A DISTANCE OF 100.02 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00°24’15” EAST A DISTANCE OF 446.94 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89°30’30” WEST A DISTANCE OF 590.54 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00°29’30” WEST A DISTANCE OF 278.63 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER AND ACROSS THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PREMISES: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT FIVE (5) AS DESIGNATED UPON SAID PLAT OF HICKORY KNOLL; THENCE SOUTH 00°29’ 30” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 533.49 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88°40’30” WEST, PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PLAT OF HICKORY KNOLL A DISTANCE OF 35.0 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00°29’30” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 533.49 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PLAT OF HICKORY KNOLL; THENCE NORTH 88°40’30” EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PLAT OF HICKORY KNOLL A DISTANCE OF 35.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 04-35-152-003.

Commonly known as 11155 Bayberry Drive, Roscoe, IL 61073.

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 sales department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603.

(312) 360-9455. WA14-0321 I3058327 P7927R TRRT 8/30 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.CHRISTINA M. MENOR, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC, AS NOMINEE FOR OLD AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES Defendant 16CH 897 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on September 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 ONE (1) IN BLOCK TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF NORTH PARK EAST SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 23 OF PLATS ON PAGE 61 AS DOCUMENT NO. 868538 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 77505 RANDY ROAD, Machesney Park, IL 61115 Property Index No. 08-31226-018.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $70,780.31.

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 102270.

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. 102270 Case Number: 16 CH 897 TJSC#: 37-5971 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.

I725249 P7928R TRRT 8/30 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR DEUTSCHE ALT-B SECURITIES, MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST SERIES 2006-AB4; Plaintiff, vs.

KEITH A. BURGOS; JESSICA MARIA BURGOS; ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; Defendants, 16 CH 510 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, September 21, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot Four (4) in Block Two (2) as designated upon the Plat of Replat of Parts of Blocks 1, 2, 4 & 5 of Sunnyside Subdivision of part of the E. Half (1/2) of the N.E. Quarter (1/4) of Sec. 36 TP. 44 N., R. 1 E. of the 3rd P.M., the Replat of which is recorded in Book 13 of Plats on Page 36 in the recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; Situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 2211 17th Avenue, Rockford, IL 61104.

P.I.N. 11-36-276-003.

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

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

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

16-027479 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3058345 P7929R TRRT 8/30 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 RUTH A. CROWDES, Deceased.

No.: 2017 P 345 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death

of RUTH ANN CROWDES, who died on June 14, 2017. Letters of Office were issued on August 7, 2017, to LeeAnn Crowdes, who is the executor of the estate, 7676 Lloyd Dr., Cherry Valley, IL 61016.

The attorney for the estate is Elizabeth Groncki-Boger, 124 N. Water St., Ste. 305, Rockford, IL 61107.

Any claims against the estate may be filed on or before February 16, 2018, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required

by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed on or before that date shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed with the estate representative or the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, 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: August 11, 2017 LeeAnn Crowdes, Executor Elizabeth M. Groncki-Boger 6283004 124 N. Water St., Ste. 305 Rockford, Illinois 61107 (815)986-4870 Attorney for the Estate of Ruth Ann Crowdes, Deceased 7933R TRRT 8/30 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ROBERT C. VINCE, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2017 P 283 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ROBERT C. VINCE on June 1, 2017. Letters of Office were issued on July 7, 2017 to TERESA L. WALLING who is the legal representatives of the estate. The attorney for the estate is ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO, 535 Loves Park Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before February 16, 2018, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

DATED: 7/11/17 TERESA L. WALLING, EXECUTOR ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 7943R TRRT 8/30 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff, VS. LINDA L.CLARK, et. al,

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CASE NO. 2016 CH 1000 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THE REQUISITE Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to Linda L. Clark, Defendant in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, against you praying for a foreclosure of a mortgage upon the following property: The East Half (1/2) of Lot Fourteen (14) as designated upon the Plat of Brown’s Park View Farms, Being a subdivision of part of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 6, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 20 of Plats on Page 112 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

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

Property Code: 150D 598 P.I.N. Number: 12-06-401-030 And for other relief, that the action was filed on or about December 21, 2016 That Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is still pending. The record titleholders of the real estate are Linda L. Clark and Steven C. Clark. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Mortgagor –Linda L. Clark and Steven C. Clark Mortgagee – Northwest Bank of Rockford.

Date of Mortgage – February 16, 2012.

Date of Recording – March 20, 2012.

County of Recording – Winnebago Recording Document –20121010329.

NOW THEREFORE, unless you Linda L. Clark, the said Defendant, file your Answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 W. State Street in the City of Rockford, State of Illinois on or before September 30, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint.

Dated at Rockford, IL on the 10th day of August, 2017.

Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court Winnebago County, Illinois Plaintiff’s Attorney Timothy F. Horning #973 MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 7935R TRRT 8/30 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 office supplies business in said County and State under the name of Midwest Office Products at the following post office addresses: 2905 Huntington Pkwy., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jordan Bigger, 815-222-3156 SIGNED: Jordan Bigger 8/8/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Carter, DEPUTY 7950R TRRT 8/30

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n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY HOLCOMB STATE BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

JAMES T. DOUGLAS AKA JAMES DOUGLAS, PATRICIA A. DOUGLAS, STAFF ON SITE OF ILLINOIS, INC., An Illinois Corporation, CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, LLC, a Wisconsin Limited Liability Company, and UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendant(s).

CASE NO. 2016 CH 649 PUBLIC NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that in pursuant of the Decree entered in said Court in the above-entitled cause on the 26th day of July, 2017, I, Gary Caruana, Sheriff of Winnebago County, or such other Deputy as may be sitting in my stead, will on September 12, 2017 at the hour of 11:00 a.m. in the lobby of the Winnebago County Justice Center, 650 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, sell at public venue to the highest and best bidder for cash the following described lands and premises situated in Winnebago County, Illinois in said Judgment mentioned or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the amount due to satisfy said Judgment with the terms and conditions as set forth herein: The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: James E. Stevens BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, Illinois 61108 (815) 962-6611 A. The common address of said property is: 230 Arnold Avenue, Rockford, IL 61108 and legally described as: Part of Lot Two (2) as designated upon the Plat of State View Subdivision being part of the North Half (1/2) of Section 28, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 31 of plats on page 92 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said lot; thence West, at right angles from the East line of said lot, 200 feet to a point in the West line of said lot, distant 28 feet North of the Southwest corner of said lot; thence North, along said West line, 170 feet; thence East, at right angles from the previous course, 200 feet to the East line of said lot; thence South 170 feet to the point of beginning situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

PERMANENT INDEX NO.: (12-28-204-039) B. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: commercial building The terms of the sale are: to the highest and best bidder with cash or certified check in full at time of sale. Provided, however, Holcomb State Bank, has the right to submit a credit bid against the amount of its judgment. Property is conveyed in “AS IS” condition. Sale subject to Court approval; buyer will be entitled to possession of property 30 days after confirmation of sale

by Court.

Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes or special taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable,

and special assessment, if any, and easements and restrictions of record. The subject property is offered for sale without any presentation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Any personal property that may be located at/in the property is not included in this sale.

Upon the sale being made and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a Receipt of Sale will be issued and/ or a certificate of sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon Court confirmation of said sale.

The property will not be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $309,345.70. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file to verify this information. /s/ Gary Caruana Sheriff of Winnebago County BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP BY: JAMES E. STEVENS (3128256) 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, IL 61108 815-962-6611 jstevens@bslbv.com 7934R TRRT 8/30 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 14th day of September, 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 7936R TRRT 8/30 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, WADE TALLMADGE, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2015 CH 602 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 5th day of May, 2017 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 14th day of September, 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: The West Half (1/2) of Lot Six (6) in Block Thirteen (13) as designated upon the Plat of North Park East Fourth Subdivision, being a Subdivision of part of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 31, Township 45 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 18 of Plats on page 48 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in

the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 1010 Drexel Blvd. Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 P.I.N Number: 08-31-402-011 Property Code: 139d 114 The property is commonly known as 1010 Drexel Blvd.

Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 and is improved with a residential property.

Judgment was taken in the amount of $69,462.90 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 7937R TRRT 8/30 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, MARY C. BERNARD, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2016 CH 504 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 5th day of May, 2017 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 14th day of September, 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 Twelve (12) in Block Five (5) as designated upon the Plat of addition to Liberty Park, the Plat of which addition is recorded in Book 16 of Plats on Page 22 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 408 East Greenview Avenue Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 P.I.N Number: 08-30-358-012 Property Code: 138 C 535 The property is commonly known as 408 East Greenview Avenue Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 and is improved with a residential property.

Judgment was taken in the amount of $71,634.07 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 7938R TRRT 8/30 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: ROBERT C. WILLEY, Deceased.

Case No. 2017-P-330

CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of ROBERT C. WILLEY of 1265 North Crest Drive. Letters of Office were issued on August4, 2017 to JOANN WILLEY, 1265 North Crest Drive, Rockford, Illinois, whose attorney is Ronald Fiet, Ronald Fiet, P.C., 4320 Spring Creek Road, Rockford, Illinois, 61107.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before February 16, 2018, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

JOANN WILLEY, Executor 7939R TRRT 8/30 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CITY OF ROCKFORD, a municipal corporation Plaintiff, vs.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A FIRST STATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF TRUST NUMBER 79-1055, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A FIRST STATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, JAMES C. GRIDLEY, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No. 2017-CH-294 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, JAMES C. GRIDLEY, Defendants in the above-entitled cause that the above-entitled Demolition Lien Foreclosure action was filed on March 30, 2017 and is now pending.

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

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

3. The name of the titleholder of record is James C. Gridley.

4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: The North Half (1/2) of Lot Ten (10) as designated upon the County Clerk’s Plat of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section Fifteen (15), Township Forty-four (44) North, Range One (1), East of the Third Principal Meridian, the South line of said premises being parallel with the North line of said lot, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 8 of Plats on Page 18 in the Recorder’s Office; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

P.I.N. No. 11-15-380-029 5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 1128 Blaisdell St., Rockford, Illinois 6. An identification of the Lien sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Name of Property Owners: James C. Gridley b. Name of Lien Holder: City

of Rockford c. Date of Lien: January 31, 2017 d. Date of Recording: February 10, 2017 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identification: 20171004347 NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, JAMES C. GRIDLEY, Defendant, file your answer to the Complaint for Foreclosure in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, in the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL on or before the 25th day of September, 2017, default may be entered against you and each of you at any time after that day and a Judgment for Foreclosure may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint for Foreclosure.

Circuit Clerk Matthew D. Flores – ARDC #6323902 City of Rockford Department of Law 425 E. State Street Rockford, IL 61104 (779) 348-7154 7940R TRRT 8/30 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a photography of real estate business in said County and State under the name of Real Estate Cinema [REC] at the following post office addresses: 5747 Gray Eagle Rd., Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jonathan Recknagel SIGNED: Jonathan Recknagel 8/17/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 17th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 7976R TRRT 9/6 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 Improvement and remodeling/siding, gutters, windows, doors, bathroom and kitchen remodeling business in said County and State under the name of Hendriex Exteriors and Remodeling at the following post office addresses: 210 Howard Ave., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Beau Hendriex, 815-914-0333 SIGNED: Beau Hendriex 8/14/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7945R TRRT 8/30 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 Tree Service business in said County and State under the name of Morning Wood Tree Service at the following post office addresses: 10524 Product Dr., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Steven M. Eisman, Jr. SIGNED: Steven M. Eisman, Jr. 8/10/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th

day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7946R TRRT 8/30 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 Pet Grooming business in said County and State under the name of LOL Pet Grooming at the following post office addresses: 5530 Elevator Rd., Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Peggy Long SIGNED: Peggy Long 8/10/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Carter, DEPUTY 7947R TRRT 8/30 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a business consulting business in said County and State under the name of Wellbridge Solutions at the following post office addresses: 1643 N. Alpine Rd., Ste. 104-201, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Lyn Oman; Geoffrey Oman SIGNED: Lyn Oman 8/10/17 SIGNED: Geoffrey Oman 8/10/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7948R TRRT 8/30 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a consulting business in said County and State under the name of Starting Block Consulting at the following post office addresses: 8711 Emerald Lane, Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Nickolus McDaniel SIGNED: Nickolus McDaniel 8/11/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 7949R TRRT 8/30 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 Improvement Property Management business in said County and State under the name of A & M Property Management & Home Improvement at the following post office addresses: 2716 Edelweiss Rd., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Anthony Sowell; Marlo Sowell SIGNED: Anthony Sowell 8/23/17 SIGNED: Marlo Sowell 8/23/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Carter, DEPUTY 7999R TRRT 9/13

August 30, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Cleaning business in said County and State under the name of Cleansing Soil at the following post office addresses: 3912 Louisiana Rd., #6, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Frederick S. Lewis, 708-551-5770 SIGNED: Frederick S. Lewis 8/28/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Carter, DEPUTY 8000R TRRT 9/13

n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a painting, staining, spraying, pressure wash, wallpapering, and drywall business in said County and State under the name of Gelafio Painting at the following post office addresses: 4932 Markell Ln., Cherry Valley, IL 61016; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Chad Gelafio, 815-312-7240 SIGNED: Chad Gelafio 8/22/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Carter, DEPUTY 7981R TRRT 9/6

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, WADE TALLMADGE, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2015 CH 602 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 5th day of May, 2017 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 14th day of September, 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: Commonly known as: 1010 Drexel Blvd. Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 P.I.N Number: 08-31-402-011 Property Code: 139d 114 The property is commonly known as 1010 Drexel Blvd. Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 and is improved with a residential property.

Judgment was taken in the amount of $69,462.90 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

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 transportation & trucking business in said County and State under the name of Seven Stars Xpress Co. at the following post office addresses: 5293 Arbutus Rd., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Buyantsogt Batbayar; Lkhagvasuren Mijiddorj SIGNED: Buyantsogt Batbayar 8/29/17 SIGNED: Lkhagvasuren Mijiddorj 8/29/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8002R TRRT 9/13 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 corporate workspace business in said County and State under the name of The Local at the following post office addresses: 123 N. Alpine Rd., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Roland Williams IV; Jazzminne Keyes SIGNED: Roland Williams IV 8/18/17 SIGNED: Jazzminne Keyes 8/18/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th

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 7937R TRRT 8/30 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC; Plaintiff, vs. JOCELYN GRACEFFA; ANTRAWN NEWBLE; CAVALRY PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC; Defendants, 16 CH 882 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, September 28, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 4898 Radnor Drive, Rockford, IL 61109.

P.I.N. 15-12-478-003.

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

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

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(614) 220-5611. 16-028071 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3059077 P7959R TRRT 9/6 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC; Plaintiff, vs. GLORIA J. HAYES; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; GLORIA J. HAYES, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A LAND TRUST AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 22, 2013 AND KNOWN AS HAYES LAND TRUST NO. 2013; WILLIE JACK; QUEEN ESTER JACK; DELORES HAYES AKA DELORES JACK; Defendants, 16 CH 920

day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Carter, DEPUTY 7979R TRRT 9/6 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 pool business, open, clean, close & service pools business in said County and State under the name of Roscoe Pools at the following post office addresses: 2329 9th St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Epolita Avila SIGNED: Epolita Avila 8/18/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK

Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7978R TRRT 9/6 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 talking to people about good nutrition and selling tea business in said County and State under the name of Guerrero’s at the following post office addresses: 102 15th Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jose Cisneros SIGNED: Jose Cisneros 8/16/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7977R TRRT 9/6

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, September 28, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1215 Ogilby Road, Rockford, IL 61102.

P.I.N. 11-34-104-010.

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

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

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(614) 220-5611. 16-028547 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3059078 P7954R TRRT 9/6 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.- NELSON E. SILVA, et al Defendant 17CH 00020 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 2, 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 4002 LINDEN ROAD, ROCKFORD, IL 61109Property Index No. 16-07-278-011.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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

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 7 Down Trucking at the following post office addresses: 2208 24th St., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Steve R. Crowell SIGNED: Steve R. Crowell 8/18/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Carter, DEPUTY 7980R TRRT 9/6 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE

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OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Blacksmithing & CNC Machining business in said County and State under the name of CSI Forge at the following post office addresses: 930 Ingersoll Place, South Beloit, IL 61080; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Cristopher S. Coleman; Susan M. Coleman SIGNED: Cristopher S. Coleman 8/29/17 SIGNED: Susan M. Coleman 8/29/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of August, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Carter, DEPUTY 8001R TRRT 9/13

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 14-16-16549.

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. 14-16-16549 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00020 TJSC#: 37-6179 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.- JOHN E STUMPF, JR, DIANE E STUMPF, LVNV FUNDING, LLC, COMMERCIAL CREDIT LOANS, INC. D/B/A CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. Defendant 2015CH 562 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on September 25, 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 545 RIVER PARK DRIVE, Loves Park, IL 61111 Property Index No. 12-06-355-001 1(50C-468).

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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 258374.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 258374 Case Number: 2015 CH 562 TJSC#: 37-7249 I3058820 P7925R TRRT 8/30 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR DEUTSCHE ALT-B SECURITIES, MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST SERIES 2006-AB4; Plaintiff, vs.

KEITH A. BURGOS; JESSICA MARIA BURGOS; ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; Defendants, 16 CH 510 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, September 21, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 2211 17th Avenue, Rockford, IL 61104.

P.I.N. 11-36-276-003.

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

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

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(614) 220-5611. 16-027479 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3058345 P7929R TRRT 8/30 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.- DONALD A. ANDERSON, et al Defendant 16 CH 00079 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 5, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 10, 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 2218 VAN WIE AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-11-358-004(191C291).

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 14-15-19236.

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. 14-15-19236 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00079 TJSC#: 37-6358 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.

I3057511 P7982R TRRT 9/13 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. PATRICK DAIGLE; WESTLAKE VILLAGE MASTER HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; Defendants, 17 CH 423 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, October 5, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 4241 Westlake Village Drive, Winnebago, IL 61088.

P.I.N. 09-25-253-001.

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

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

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(614) 220-5611. 17-017312 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3059708 P7983R TRRT 9/13 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.- ABEL G. GONZALEZ, et al Defendant 16 CH 948 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 5, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 3, 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 2608 COUNTRY CLUB TERRACE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-12-301-020.

The real estate is improved with a two-story; barn style home with vinyl green siding and no garage or fence.

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 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 253223.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 253223 Case Number: 16 CH 948 TJSC#: 37-7588 I3059874 P7984R TRRT 9/13 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FIRST STATE BANK Plaintiff, -v.- OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR, et al Defendant 17CH 00064 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 19, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 10, 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 3714 TRILLING AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-01-303-012-0000 (181C065).

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 14-16-14333.

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. 14-16-14333 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00064 TJSC#: 37-3940 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.

I722245 P7985R TRRT 9/13 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, MARY C. BERNARD, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2016 CH 504 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 5th day of May, 2017 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 14th day of September, 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: Commonly known as: 408 East Greenview Avenue Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 P.I.N Number: 08-30-358-012 Property Code: 138 C 535 The property is commonly known as 408 East Greenview Avenue Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 and is improved with a residential property.

Judgment was taken in the amount of $71,634.07 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 7938R TRRT 8/30

August 30, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS TCF NATIONAL BANK; Plaintiff, vs. CARLOS GOMEZ; GLORIA GOMEZ; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 298 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, September 21, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1231 Rose Avenue, Rockford, IL 61102.

P.I.N. 11-27-156-022.

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

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

For information call 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 I3058344 P7926R TRRT 8/30 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST SERIES, 2004-OP1, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES; Plaintiff, vs. HAL L. WILSON; LISA M. WILSON; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF HAL L. WILSON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LISA M. WILSON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 72 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, September 21, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 11155 Bayberry Drive, Roscoe, IL 61073.

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 sales department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603.

(312) 360-9455. WA14-0321 I3058327 P7927R TRRT 8/30 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.- CHRISTINA M. MENOR, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC, AS NOMINEE FOR OLD AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES Defendant 16CH 897 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on September 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 77505 RANDY ROAD, Machesney Park, IL 61115 Property Index No. 08-31-226-018.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $70,780.31.

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). public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE the following described premises and real estate in said Judgment RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY mentioned, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, or OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 7832 Shore Drive You will need a photo identification issued by a government Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into P.I.N. Number: 07-36-202-011 our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the Property Code: 139 B 132 same identification for sales held at other county venues where The The property is commonly known as 7832 Shore Drive Machesney Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

Park, Illinois 61115 and is improved with a residential property.

Judgment was taken in the amount of $73,772.42 on behalf of For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, Northwest Bank of Rockford. Property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes and is offered (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number 102270. for sale without any representations as to quality or quantity of title THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, is further subject to confirmation by the Court. If the sale is set aside Chicago, IL 60606-4650 for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com return of the deposit paid.

Sale terms are cash or certified funds 25% at time of sale and the for a 7 day status report of pending sales. balance, including the judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 $1 for each $1000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purChicago, IL 60606 chaser to the person conducting the sale, provided that in no event (312) 263-0003 shall the fee exceed $300 is due within 24 hours. No fee shall be paid E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw.com by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its Attorney File No. 102270 credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor or other Case Number: 16 CH 897 lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the TJSC#: 37-5971 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

Upon payment in full on the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be a certificate of sale which will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. used for that purpose.

Respective bidders are admonished to check the court file to I725249 P7928R TRRT 8/30 verify all information. n n n For information, contact Timothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff, REAL ESTATE NOTICE 3400 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant to Section STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JU- 15-1507 (c)(7) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, no information DICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY HOLCOMB STATE BANK, other than the information contained in this Notice will be provided.

Plaintiff, vs. JAMES T. DOUGLAS AKA JAMES DOUGLAS, PATRICIA IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER) YOU HAVE THE A. DOUGLAS, STAFF ON SITE OF ILLINOIS, INC., An Illinois Corpo- RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY ration, CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, LLC, a Wisconsin Limited Liability OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION Company, and UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendant(s). CASE NO. 2016 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. CH 649 Attorney Timothy F. Horning PUBLIC NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Meyer and Horning P.C. Public Notice is hereby given that in pursuant of the Decree entered Attorney for Plaintiff in said Court in the above-entitled cause on the 26th day of July, 3400 N. Rockton Avenue 2017, I, Gary Caruana, Sheriff of Winnebago County, or such other Rockford, IL 61103 Deputy as may be sitting in my stead, will on September 12, 2017 at 815/636-9300 the hour of 11:00 a.m. in the lobby of the Winnebago County Justice 7936R TRRT 8/30 n n n Center, 650 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, sell at public venue REAL ESTATE NOTICE to the highest and best bidder for cash the following described lands IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT and premises situated in Winnebago County, Illinois in said Judgment mentioned or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO amount due to satisfy said Judgment with the terms and conditions BANK NA; Plaintiff, vs. TRISHA L. WALSTON AKA TRISHA WALSTON; FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OWNERS as set forth herein: The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 408 for information regarding the real estate is: NOTICE OF SALE James E. Stevens PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial 6833 Stalter Drive Sales Corporation will on Thursday, September 28, 2017, at the hour Rockford, Illinois 61108 of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State (815) 962-6611 Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell to the highest bidder A. The common address of said property is: 230 Arnold Avenue, for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Rockford, IL 61108 and legally described as: P.I.N. 12-26-151-012.

PERMANENT INDEX NO.: (12-28-204-039) Commonly known as 959 Aura Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

B. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: comThe improvement on the property consists of a single family mercial building residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common The terms of the sale are: to the highest and best bidder with interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee cash or certified check in full at time of sale. Provided, however, shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section Holcomb State Bank, has the right to submit a credit bid against the 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. amount of its judgment. Property is conveyed in “AS IS” condition.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 Sale subject to Court approval; buyer will be entitled to possession hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be of property 30 days after confirmation of sale by Court. open for inspection.

Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, or special taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, yet become due and payable, and special assessment, if any, and Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit easements and restrictions of record. The subject property is offered www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F15080045 for sale without any presentation as to quality or quantity of title or I3059070 recourse to Plaintiff. Any personal property that may be located at/ P7955R TRRT 9/6 n n n in the property is not included in this sale.

Upon the sale being made and the purchaser tendering said bid REAL ESTATE NOTICE in cash or certified funds, a Receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINcertificate of sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a NEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, deed upon Court confirmation of said sale.

-v.- VICTORIA A. JURY, et al Defendant 16 CH 00115 The property will not be open for inspection.

NOTICE OF SALE The judgment amount was $309,345.70. Prospective purchasers PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment are admonished to check the court file to verify this information. of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 28, /s/ Gary Caruana 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM Sheriff of Winnebago County on October 2, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG,BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, BY: JAMES E. STEVENS (3128256) as set forth below, the following described real estate: 6833 Stalter Drive Commonly known as 1624 MEADOWLARK LANE UNIT #9, Rockford, IL 61108 ROCKFORD, IL 61108 815-962-6611 Property Index No. 12-33-228-014. jstevens@bslbv.com The real estate is improved with a residence.

7934R TRRT 8/30 Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the n n n close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third REAL ESTATE NOTICE party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, Vs, BRIAN DIGIOVANNI a/k/a BRIAN J. credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other DIGIOVANNI, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2015 CH 232 residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any Foreclosure heretofore entered by the said Court on the 22ND day representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse of July, 2016 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 14th day of September, confirmation by the court.Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the 2017 at the hour of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago County Criminal purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 sell at to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.The property

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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 14-16-01385.

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.

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.

I726580 P7956R TRRT 9/6 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.- STEPHANIE WICK, et al Defendant 16CH 917 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 16, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 6, 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 3416 SCHALCK DRIVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-02-355-017.

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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 258301.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 258301 Case Number: 16 CH 917 TJSC#: 37-6565 I726830 P7957R TRRT 9/6

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Newsletter For The Friends & Supporters of MILESTONE, Inc. Newsletter For The Friends & Supporters of MILESTONE, Inc.

FALL FALL2014 2014

CONTENTS CONTENTS

A Mother’s Story A Mother’s Story 3 3 RVCU Helps Adopt A RVCU Helps Adopt A Camper Camper 4 4 Adopt A Camper Adopt A Camper A Success A Success 5 5 Special Olympics Special Olympics Update Update 6 6 Help with Help with MILESTONE’S MILESTONE’S Ongoing Projects Ongoing Projects 7 7 Holiday Cards Holiday Cards 8 8

THERE THEREIS ISAANEED NEEDFOR FORNEW NEWPHYSICAL PHYSICALTHERAPY THERAPYEQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT

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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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Mr. Green Car

Testing Chevy’s new Bolt

By Allen Penticoff

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t has been a while since I last did a test drive review—and this is one that I have been very much looking forward to after checking out the Chevrolet Bolt electric car at the Chicago Auto Show back in Feb. 2016.

First I asked my friend, Chuck Hayes, sales manager at Bocker Chevrolet in Freeport, if they would be getting any Bolts in. Sadly, they will not. Chevrolet has some expensive service tooling requirements for dealers who will be selling the Bolt, and Bocker, like most Chevrolet dealers, has chosen not to acquire this tooling at this time. Chuck did go online and look up nearby dealers who had Bolts, and among the nearest to us are Biggers Chevrolet in Elgin, and Bergstrom Chevrolet in Middleton, Wisconsin. Dealers, stock and build your own pricing can be found online at: chevrolet.com/bolt-ev-electric-vehicle.

On a recent Saturday afternoon, my wife Ruth and I were headed north anyway, so we gave Bergstrom a call to see if they had any Bolts we could test drive. They had one, so we continued on, swapping out our Volt for the Miata for the remainder of the trip on a very pretty day. Unfortunately, we arrived at Bergstrom fifteen minutes before closing at 5 p.m. on Saturday. But the friendly young sales rep, James Philipps, stayed around after hours for us while we were out with the car.

We were fortunate to have one to test.

This one had been sold, but the deal had fallen through. It was an Arctic Metallic Blue “Premier” (LZ trim) listing a bit under $43,000. This price included the $750 high-speed DC charger option (90 miles of range in 30 minutes). Another white Bolt on hand had just been sold to Madison Gas and Electric. So for the time being, call ahead to the dealer before making a trip to drive a Bolt, they are not exactly filling up the new car lots with them yet.

There is only one other trim level, the base LT which at $36,600-ish is lacking the heated seats and steering wheel, the cross collision avoidance, the rear camera guide lines, the leather trimmed steering wheel among other things. If Ruth and I were to buy a Bolt, and we’d like to, we’d go for the Premier LZ trim for the heated seats. We’d probably pass on the high-speed DC charger, and order in the pretty butterscotch yellow that I saw the Bolt in at the Chicago Auto Show – a color now available on other Chevys after the positive response to the color on the Bolt at the auto show.

Consumer Reports just did a brief review of four “green” cars. It rated the

Bolt with 70 points and despite finding the front seats to be “like vinyl lawn chairs” and the ride choppy, gave the car a big thumbs up. Also, Motor Trend magazine and others have named the Bolt the 2017 “Car of the Year.”

So I slipped behind the big fat steering wheel expecting awful seats, but found them to be okay, if a bit plain. The Bolt is much shorter than our Volt and the seating is much higher. Entry and exit is quite easy with this mini-SUV like stance.

The rear seats are quite comfortable and much more accessible and roomy than the longer Volt. In driving, I found the Bolt had wide-open room for my knees compared to the Volt. While our drive was short, and mostly involved blasting around, I could be comfortable in it for the long haul. Consumer Reports was correct about the choppy ride on bumpy roads. But this is what you’d expect from a short car with a taut suspension and wide tires. Despite its cabin height, the batteries down low give it a low center of gravity that makes it a cornering devil – tires squealing and all.

And tire squealing is what I did right off the bat. Turning onto Century Avenue there was a BMW to trounce. With the gear selector in L (max regenerative braking) but in normal power mode, I put the pedal to the floor. The Bolt squealed the tires and shoved us back in the seat, using most of its 200 horsepower and 266 foot-pounds of torque, easily blowing off the BMW. But two seconds into the launch, it suddenly had another burst of hard acceleration. The feeling was that of turbo boost kicking in. We were gone and soon squealing around a hard right onto the on-ramp northbound. By the end of the short ramp, the Bolt was at 80 mph. I was sold. Chevy claims a 0-60 mph time of less than 6.5 seconds.

The weird boosted acceleration can be theoretically explained as such… that

this powerful hot-rod of an electric car tones things down a bit electronically.

The computer gives you enough to launch hard, but not to be ridiculous. It then senses you are still intent on accelerating hard, then gives you more – all of it. You can select “Sport Mode” with a quick touch of a dash-mounted button (which I discovered near the end of the drive) then you get all that power, all at once. Blast off it does indeed do. Our Volt is a stealth traffic light bandit – and the Bolt has more than twice the power. What fun!

We cruised with traffic a few miles down to the next traffic light where we exited the highway. In L, the regenerative braking is very powerful. If you just lift your foot off the go/stop pedal (can’t call it a “gas pedal”) the braking effect is very pronounced, like mashing on the brake pedal.

Rolling acceleration is quite good.

Smooth road ride is quite good. Under hard acceleration, particularly from a dead stop, you will definitely feel torque steer through the wheel and need to make some minor adjustments for it. The powerful Chevy Impala had a similar feel when doing the same thing. There is a D shift mode for cruising, where like the Volt, it coasts much more like a normal car with slight regenerative braking and slowing. Stopped at a traffic light, still in L, it did not creep forward despite not having my foot on the brake. That’s nice.

As with the 2017 Volt, there is a handy switch/paddle on the left backside of the steering wheel to apply powerful regenerative braking. Where this particularly comes into play/use is when exiting a highway in D and needing to decelerate for the off ramp. In our 2013 Volt I have to shift from D to L to get this same effect.

It is nice to have the switch so you don’t have to make the clunky shift.

The shift lever on the Bolt is floor mounted between the front seats. It is

really a switch and has little feel to it. A large thumb switch on the left side of the shifter must be pressed while making any shifts. This prevents accidental shifting.

In the parking lot I found its turning radius to be forklift tight. This is a city car meant to fit the tightest of parking spaces with ease.

I really had little time for messing with its big and handy central screen display or the HVAC controls at hand. I did note the primary controls were made with regular switches and knobs – this is like the 2017 Volt as well. The cabin, although comfortable, comes off as a bit cheesy and cheap for the price of the vehicle.

Practical and plasticy – yes. Can you live with it? Yes! But if I were General Motors, I’d send some Bolt chassis down the Cadillac line and spruce it up with some nice interior fabrics and trim. What’s another $5,000. I think they’d sell well.

Soften the ride a bit while at it too or make it selectively variable.

Part of the appeal of the Chevy Bolt is its 238-mile EPA rated range on one charge. This makes daily running around have absolutely no battery range anxiety.

With this kind of range, you could drive to Madison from Rockford, run around and return without recharging and still have some power left. While a completely run out battery takes 10 hours to charge with a 240-volt charger; this is basically an overnight charge. It also is a situation that will rarely happen. A typical day will use only 20 to 50 miles of running about unless you are using the Bolt as a long distance commuter car (like we would). So recharge times are normally quite quick and need for a top off around town not needed at all, although most EV owners will take advantage of a charger if one is where you happen to be going. You can also recharge during the wee hours of the night to get better rates from your electric utility.

Like the Volt, you have to look over some Chevy cheapness at the great technology lying under the surface. You want plush – go buy an Impala. You want a blindingly quick and sporty little car that has minimal environmental impact, operates so cheaply it is not worth calculating (I figure electricity at two cents per mile in our Volt). Potentially near zero environmental impact if charged with solar, wind, nuclear or hydroelectric power. Each has their own issues, but as long as it is not coal or natural gas making your power – it is a clean ride.

The Penticoffs are crunching numbers to see when we may be able to order our Bolt – and get the $7,500 federal tax credit – then enjoy quietly blasting about while others wait and wait for their Tesla Model 3. R.

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FARM & AG

Eating local for Labor Day

Sunflowers prepare farm for organic future

BY ERIC PETERSON DAILY HERALD

BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

As summer reaches a close this Labor Day, it is a time of evaluating what worked well in the garden. Your warm season crops are still growing even with these cooler than normal temperatures.

You may have started cool season crops as well. While ending your garden season, it is a good time to think about what worked well, what didn’t work well, what would you do di�erent next year, and what you would do the same.

Our disease and insect problems were irregular this summer. We had major problems with Japanese beetles and mildews.

There is still great local food currently at the area farmers markets. This week at the farmer’s market, you will find tomatoes, peppers, watermelon, eggplant, cantaloupe, winter squash, spaghetti squash, and other vegetables.

Eggs and meats can also be found. Pick up garlic to use and plant for the fall.

Labor Day is a good time to start thinking about what crops you want to store back for winter. Winter squash, pumpkins, potatoes, and other vegetables can be stored for use this fall and

winter.

Most apple orchards have opened for the season. Not all apple varieties are available as each week new ones reach maturity. I visited an orchard yesterday that had four di�erent varieties available. If you are looking for a particular apple, you may want to check with the orchard to see if it is ready. Many orchards have websites and facebook pages that are regularly updated to share information this information.

While selecting produce at the farmers markets for your Labor Day meals, be sure to pick up other local ingredients. Meats, cheeses, eggs, grains, breads, and other local foods will enhance the festivities that you are planning. You’ll be able to share with your guests where each of the ingredients came from and let them see that eating local is doable.

Enjoy your Labor Day weekend with the local foods of the Rockford region.

R. Grant McCarty is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension. His tips and tricks for local eating and your at-home garden appear every week in The Rock River Times.

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But in addition to providing a vibrant visual along the village’s country lanes, these sun-worshipping plants play a practical role in the conversion of the nearly 700-acre Barrington Hills Farm to purely organic.

Among the criteria for such certification is the soil must be found to be chemical-free -and sunflowers are among the species that can help expedite that process, experts say.

J.R. Davis and his wife, Dawn, took control of the farm four years ago and have spent the last three working to purify the soil.

They see themselves carrying on the vision of the late Barbara MacArthur, who with her late husband, Alex, ran the Strathmore Organic Farm at the same location on Spring Creek Road in McHenry County. Barbara MacArthur, who died last year, was a passionate pioneer of organic farming, decades ahead of its rising popularity today.

But the land passed into other hands between the MacArthurs and the Davises, requiring work to restore its organic status.

Farm manager Russ Grollemond began working for Barbara MacArthur in the mid-’90s and now does the same job for the Davises.

He said he was trained in conventional farming techniques that use chemicals and are far less labor-intensive, but he learned everything he now practices in organic farming from Barbara MacArthur.

Grollemond was a quick convert to recognizing it as a healthier way of farming.

“It’s more complicated than most people realize,” he said. “You don’t get a big yield Russ Grollemond, farm manager at Barrington Hills Farm, stands in one of two sunflower fields located in Barrington Hills. In addition to providing a vibrant visual along the village’s country lanes, these fifty acres of sun-worshipping plants play a practical role in the conversion of the nearly 700-acre the farm to transfer it to purely organic.

Photo, Mark Welsh/ Daily Herald

and you’re always fighting weeds.”

And organic farms don’t use genetically modified seeds that are lethal to insects, both helpful and harmful, he said.

In August, he knew he saw a lot more bees pollinating the sunflowers than occurs with conventionally farmed crops.

While organic farming makes large-scale cultivation less e�cient, growing demand among consumers has opened new opportunities for smaller operators.

“It’s becoming more and more popular because smaller farmers are recognizing it as a way to make money,” Grollemond said.

For example, Dawn Davis, who is on the board of Brookfield Zoo, said she’s in early talks to provide organic foods for some of the animals there.

But as much experience as Grollemond already has in organic farming, this was his first year raising sunflowers.

“They’re pretty easy to grow,” he said.

“Easier than I thought they would be.”

In addition to their striking color and size, young sunflowers are heliotropic -- meaning they turn to face the sun as they mature.

While larger fields exist in the western United States, Barrington Hills Farm’s are now the largest in the Midwest, J.R. Davis said.

Once this year’s crop has been harvested in October for its seeds -- used for everything from bird feed and snacks to cooking oil and medicinal purposes -- the growing season will end with planting clover and radishes to further improve the soil.

J.R. Davis said he knows what crops will be grown once Barrington Hills Farm is certified organic, but he can’t yet reveal it.

In preparing the fields for that future, there was one more reason sunflowers were the perfect choice this year: “I’ve always loved sunflowers,” Dawn Davis said with a laugh.

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Brewers

Crossword

NL Central contenders having a blast

By Janie McCauley AP Baseball Writer

Earlier this month, the Milwaukee Brewers needed a players-only team meeting to get back on track. The simple message: Focus on fun.

No question something is going right again for this loose, light-hearted bunch just a few weeks later — with a winning weekend series on the road against the practically unbeatable, baseball-leading Los Angeles Dodgers to show for it.

The Brewers have found an ideal blend of cagey, experienced veterans with a youth movement that has proven invaluable to contend with the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs in the NL Central.

“That’s been our formula all year, that’s who we are, it really is,” manager Craig Counsell said. “Our youth is who we are, and the energy that comes from that is who we are. And it’s been the biggest reason kind of defining us this year and defining who we are together as a group, and that’s good — the fact that it’s having an impact on older players to me tells you it’s working.”

Catcher Stephen Vogt, claimed off waivers from Oakland on June 25, has been through a pennant push. Same goes for newly acquired infielder Neil Walker, a switch-hitter who came from the New York Mets earlier this month to provide an offensive boost from second base.

They’re having a blast being part of this and helping guide the young Brewers who are going through a playoff chase for the first time.

“There’s nothing better than playing meaningful baseball,” Vogt said. “It was a good opportunity for me to do it.”

The Brewers are right there in the wild-card race, too.

Milwaukee hasn’t been to the postseason since losing in six games of the 2011 NL Championship Series to the Cardinals.

Counsell has been beyond impressed with how his entire club is handling the grind as September nears and the scoreboard watching begins in earnest.

“I think that’s human nature, it’s these guys that you go from a team that’s maybe not in it to in it,” Counsell said of guys like

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Vogt and Walker. “It’s a motivation that no one, we can’t provide, it’s just the situation provides. And it’s helpful. We’re humans. ...

No matter what happens the rest of the year, our youth is something that I’ll continue to believe in and believe that it’s creating something that’s really meaningful and positive for us and a key to our success.”

In a balanced offense, Eric Thames and Travis Shaw each have 27 home runs while Domingo Santana has hit 21 and Keon Broxton 20. Right-hander Zach Davies is 15-7, leading the rotation and tied for most wins in the majors.

The Brewers have shown a resiliency through the season’s ups and downs — an even-keel approach infielder Eric Sogard insists starts from Counsell’s leadership — and “shows up every day with the same attitude no matter where we’re at and lets us go out and play our game and have fun.”

“A lot of young guys who are still kind of making themselves but great players and willing to learn,” Sogard said. “And the older guys who have kind of been around a couple times are good examples for them, so it’s been good mix and great team chemistry all around. We have fun coming to play every day together. That’s our goal to stay even keel. I think that’s going to be when we’re at our best.”

What a drastic change from the final month last year for Milwaukee.

“When you’re in a pennant race September is a little bit different,” general manager David Stearns said. “Last year we were a little bit more concerned about development in September and getting guys up here who we wanted to experience September and see them perform at the major league level.”

It’s hard to believe things were a bit bleak only weeks ago. After a 7-2 loss to the Twins on Aug. 10 sent Milwaukee to a five-game losing streak that became six the next day, starter Matt Garza called a team meeting to bring everybody back together and focus on what got the Brewers this far in the first place — a relaxed, upbeat style.

“We’re right back in the thick of it where we’ve got a lot of baseball left,” Vogt said. “We’re where we want to be.”

Across 1. Private instructor 6. It’s shining in “America the Beautiful” 9. Not all 13. Lickety-split 14. Eyeball shape 15. Take a chance 16. Pull strings 1 7. _ _ _ _ P e o p l e ’s Democratic Republic 18. Not quite right 19. Poison to members of Peoples Temple 21. Olympic massacre location 23. Weary traveler’s destination 24. Competently 25. Cha-____, dance 28. ____ ex machina 30. Buddhist doctrine 35. Centers of activity 37. “Hey ... over here!”

39. Result of pitcher’s dominance 40. Islamic Revolution locale 41. Romanov rulers 43. Deity, in Sanskrit 44. Singular of loci 46. Iranian coin

47. The sun, e.g.

48. Brain teaser 50. France’s third-largest city 52. Heav yweight champion 53. Ice ____ or Middle ____ 55. Short for detective 57. First U.S. space station 60. Gregory Peck horror film 64. Declare invalid 65. Be in the red 67. Blind alternative 68. Gaelic-speaking Celts 69. Neither 70. In accordance with law 71. Fencing weapon 72. Old-fashioned “far” 7 3 . D e c l ar at ion of Independence, e.g.

Down 1. It needs to be done 2. “____ ____ no good” 3. Hawaiian tuber 4. Pantheon and Jef ferson’s Rotunda windows

5. Put behind bars 6. Auctioneer’s final word 7. Unsuccessful amendment to Constitution, acr.

8. Manhattan Project invention 9. Big rig 10. Like ear infection 11. Pit at a concert 12. Lt.’s subordinate 15. India’s national tree 20. All thumbs 22. Final, abbr.

24. Goes after 25. Pinochet’s home 26. Great lake 27. Primitive calculators 29. Kabul invader 31. Show of agreement, pl.

32. Kappa Alpha _____ 33. One to beat 34.

Pong manufacturer 36. Like a bug in a rug 38. Cafeteria holder 42. Three-toed

tree dweller 45. S on garment, pl.

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Cubs

Bring on the Dodgers? Good one, Joe

By David Haugh

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n a flight experiencing turbulence, I want Joe Maddon in the seat next to me.

He is the guy smiling through the bumps, assuring every shaky passenger that everything will be just groovy.

The Cubs manager possesses a knack for exhibiting an indefatigable optimism that identifies him as much as his trademark black horn-rimmed glasses.

Whether in a clubhouse or corporate office, people gravitate toward upbeat characters like Maddon, guys who believe anything is possible — even if common sense says otherwise.

It can be uplifting to be around someone who views the world through such a prism of positivity.

But Maddon really needs to cool it on calling out the Dodgers.

For the second time this month, without prompting, Maddon told reporters in Philadelphia over the weekend how much he relished an October opportunity to play the team winning at a historic rate.

“I’m very confident playing against them too — absolutely,” Maddon said.

“As we continue to get well, we need to finish this off strongly, which we’re very capable of doing. But I like the way we match against them — a lot, not a little bit.”

The Dodgers woke up Monday 91-38 with their magic number to clinch the National League West at 14 — on Aug. 28.

The regular-season record of 116 victories set by the 2001 Mariners and 1906 Cubs remains well within their reach.

The Cubs, meanwhile, returned for a homestand having lost three of their last four to the last-place Phillies and Reds.

They have played this season like it’s the best-of-161 and the opponent is themselves, a worthy foe keeping the division race closer than necessary. But, sure, bring on the Dodgers, Joe. And another bottle of Big Smooth for the Maddon party, please.

“Absolutely want it, totally want it, nothing would make me happier than that,” Maddon continued. “That’s not to denigrate other teams that potentially could get in here. But for us, I’ve always been about ‘You want to beat the best to be the best.’ I’m looking forward to that moment where I feel like we’re clicking on all cylinders again. We’re getting closer to it — and when you get to that point, bring on all comers.”

Bring on all comers?

It reminded me of the way former White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen used to hold court before games, enjoying the interaction but occasionally saying something that sounded bolder out loud

than he envisioned.

For Maddon, it was bad form because of the way he neglected the Nationals, the Cubs’ most likely opponent in the NLDS before the Dodgers loom in the NLCS. On one hand, you respect Maddon’s comments for what they are: A clear attempt to show his up-and-down team he still believes in it — with the hopes that his confidence possibly can lead to consistency. Sports thrive on the notion that you have to beat the best to be the best.

But the problem with Maddon espousing that idea repeatedly comes in the blatant disrespect it shows a Nationals team nine games better than the Cubs. Not to mention the second-place Brewers, who took two of three from the Dodgers in Los Angeles, by the way, and Cardinals, who have no plans to take September off.

The target the Cubs successfully embrace is big enough this season without Maddon potentially providing

opponents any sort of additional edge.

Baseball turns bulletin-board material into motivation less commonly than other sports, but why risk supplying any for Bryce Harper or Max Scherzer?

Todd Ricketts, a Cubs board member, already amusingly spoke out of turn by telling President Trump during the team’s White House visit in June that, “We’re going to run into these guys in the playoffs. You’ll see them crumble.”

Perhaps the Nationals will, once they stop laughing at such bravado from the boardroom. The words of a cocky co-owner are easier to dismiss than those from a World Series-winning manager.

As defending World Series champions, the Cubs have a right to their swagger and their playoff pedigree indeed gives them reason to think they can beat anybody in October. It’s baseball; they can. Repeating remains a real possibility given the wacky nature of the postseason but, with 32 games left after Monday,

so does finishing second in the National League Central.

Worry about that, and the 24 games left against division teams. Worry about Jose Quintana, who gave up six earned runs in two of his five August starts, hardly fulfilling his end of the bargain as Eloy Jimenez, the White Sox prospect traded for the lefty, wrecks minor-league pitching. Worry about John Lackey, the grumpy 38-year-old who has given up 10 earned runs in his last two lousy starts against the Phillies and Reds.

Worry about the healthy returns of ace Jon Lester and catcher Willson Contreras and shortstop Addison Russell. Worry about making the right defensive substitutions with late one-run leads, pushing the right bullpen buttons and bunting only when it makes sense for a home-run driven team. Worry about tomorrow’s starting pitcher.

Stop worrying about the Dodgers.

That’s a luxury the Cubs can’t afford, a privilege they have yet to earn.

Little school, big story

Players from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy, the smallest school to field a team in the history of Illinois high school football, line up for the coin toss last Saturday before their first ever game against downstate Madison High School. OLSHA lost 64-0, with Madison taking its first win since returning to IHSA competition after 29 years. OLSHA played much of Saturday’s affair with just 11 players, as one member of the 14-man squad was injured and another was away for a family funeral. Photo, Jon McGinty

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Bears wideout Cam Meredith suffered a season-ending ACL tear during Sunday’s preseason game with the Titans.

HOPEFUL REPLACEMENT PLAN

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor

There are a lot of spots seen as strengths for the 2017 Bears. From the talented defensive front seven to the stable of playmaking tight ends, Chicago is built for the long haul in the trenches.

Already a bit limited at receiver going into Sunday’s penultimate preseason contest against the Tennessee Titans, the loss of No. 1 wideout Cameron Meredith to a torn ACL - ending his season before it even started - clearly signifies receiver as the tip of the iceberg on this Bears roster. This was already a receiving group filled with question marks (former first-round pick, Kevin White), potential (undrafted free agent rookie, Tanner Gentry) and players on prove-it deals (Kendall Wright). All code for no true game-breaker.

Make no mistake: A grinding Bears team built down the middle with a lack of dynamic talent on the outside has now become that much more of a three-yards and a cloud of dust offense.

More than any total team impact, what the biggest shame concerning Meredith’s loss is how poised he was to breakout. The third-year wideout led the Bears in most every relevant receiving statistic in 2016.

After an off-season of polishing up and one of the team’s most productive individual training camps, the 24-year-old was poised to make a leap into the stratosphere - especially with an increased workload as the No. 1 option.

That’s all out the window for Meredith now. It’s about rehabilitating well to recover for the 2018 season. A bright future all thrown down the scrap heap.

And the Bears? Well, the Bears have a big hole to plug in their still-floating ship while dealing with the disappointment of the loss of one of their top young players. Just ask head coach John Fox. “It’s a disadvantage. These guys work hard and spend a lot of time at their craft.

Not particularly an easy craft. You feel bad.

Obviously, he’s disappointed. He’ll bounce back,” said Fox of Meredith’s loss.

Fox isn’t known to be the most boisterous type. He, however, has been around the league enough to understand when a player is poised for special performances. When they’ve put the work in and have the talent to coincide. Meredith was one of those guys for the veteran coach in perhaps his last coaching stop.

The plan shifts to a moderate all-hands on deck. No, losing a receiver isn’t a disaster situation for a football team. In fact, you can qualify the position as more window dressing: an excellent luxury to possess but not a backbreaker if you don’t.

In the grand scheme of things, these Bears aren’t ready to contend anyway.

Meredith’s injury would’ve hurt more if Mitchell Trubisky was already an established superstar because then your franchise quarterback lost his top target. A good quarterback turns his receivers into viable options but the relationship is inherently give-and-take: someone still has to make the plays. Trubisky isn’t that star yet and that’s important to understand.

But the loss of Meredith puts two aspects primarily in perspective. Two questions that will be asked in both the short and long-term of the 2017 season: Who steps up in the wake of his absence? And how will

the Bears plan to replace him?

The most obvious answer to a player stepping up is White.

White’s situation is now even more of a case study. After missing 28 of his first 32 professional games due to two separate leg injuries, the Bears have yet to see the talent that made him a former No. 7 overall pick.

He was set for a No. 2 role next to the more established Meredith and could have that plan scrapped completely.

Perhaps, with comfort, the Bears look to feature White more and see how he responds to the increased workload. Yes, with an offense built around heavy personnel, you can still expect to see plenty of the tight ends in Dion Sims, Zach Miller, and Adam Shaheen in tandem with a dominant running game led by Jordan Howard and Tarik Cohen. Someone has to pick up Meredith’s targets though. Someone has to fill in that gap and the most logical conclusion is White.

Two events can happen in this scenario.

From the positive perspective, the Bears receive a blessing-in-disguise and White relatively thrives as the No. 1, showing confidence. From the other side, he crumbles under the pressure, gets injured again, or is still ineffective. A Bears’ experiment for White is underway and will have to be monitored over the next four months.

Ever the noble and optimistic teammate, White understands what the loss of Meredith will do to the Bears, even if he can’t admit that it potentially dramatically changes his role.

“We are pretty close since we came in together. It sucks to see one of your guys go down. He (Meredith) was going to have a

big year this year. It’s always bad when you see one of your guys go down, but he will bounce back,” said White.

Indeed, in the wake of losing one of your top performers, positivity for White and Fox is the name of the game. The Bears have to operate almost as if Meredith doesn’t exist, at least until early January because he can’t help this current team succeed. A cold-hearted reality.

As far as replacing Meredith, don’t expect a big trade.

Aspects such as roster construction and system flexibility make it very difficult for any transactions of consequences to happen between teams in the NFL. Deals for names such as Miami’s Jarvis Landry or Jacksonville’s Allen Hurns simply aren’t realistic. Not to mention that the Bears are a rebuilding team. Do they want to give up a top draft asset for one of football’s most non-essential positions with an eye on this year’s results? Not a great idea.

Expect Chicago to heavily play the waiver wire, especially as the league’s big new roster cut of 37 players leaving every team by the end of the preseason comes into fruition. It’s first-come first-serve and the Bears are best served to have done their homework in preparation for youthful receiving upside.

Until then, as cliche as it sounds, it’s a next-man-up mentality in Chicago. There are no other options for Fox and company.

“We’ve got other guys. They’re not of his (Meredith’s) caliber but someone else will step up and we have got a good bunch to do that.” R. Robert is your guy for all things Bears. Find him on Twitter @RobertZeglinski.