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The Rockford Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (RAASE), with support from the SwedishAmerican Foundation, will host a Human Trafficking Conference next month.

Speakers and topics include: • Julia Geynisman-Tan, MD; Fellow, Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery at Northwestern Prentice Women’s Hospital.

Topic: Human Trafficking and Health Care • Mary Durant, MSW; Action Plan Manager, Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking.

Topic: Survivor Perspective.

• Labor and Sex Trafficking Simulations.

Cost is $35 for healthcare professionals and the community and $20 for students.

Healthcare professionals are approved for four CEUs. The RAASE Human Trafficking Conference is Friday, Nov. 3, 8 a.m. to noon at Heartland Community Church, 1280 S. Alpine Road.

Registration is at 7:30 a.m.

Register online at tinyurl.com/ RAASEConference or download, print and mail the form at the site with a check payable to: RAASE, PO Box 7691, Rockford, IL 61126. Space is limited and pre-registration is required by October 25.

For more information visit raase.net.

Alpine Bank gives grant to U of I Extension

University of Illinois Extension recently accepted a donation of $10,000 from Alpine Bank to be used for youth development programs in the Rockford area.

In Rockford, there are a wide range of youth development programs in partnership with schools, after-school programs and community centers. Alpine Bank says it is committed to supporting and strengthening the community.

“We are grateful to Alpine Bank for their continued support of our youth development programming, and their partnership with the innovative efforts of our Youth Development Educator, Annie Hobson, who works exclusively in Rockford,” said Margaret Larson, County Extension Director. “I see this as the beginning of a new era, which will see our efforts expand and grow due to increased community partnerships.”

University of Illinois Extension is the flagship outreach effort of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Extension offers high quality, research-based education to residents throughout the state.

The partnership between Alpine Bank and U of I Extension began at a Transform Rockford event. From there, Alpine Bank began supporting the 4-H Police Academy with in-kind donations such as backpacks, booklets and lanyards for each of the students.

As a result of the partnership between Alpine Bank and the U of I Extension, a Financial Literacy program will soon be available to a leadership group at East High.

Hobson and Martesha Brown, Community Outreach Officer of Alpine Bank, will present five sessions where youth will learn about career choices, having credit vs. no credit, checking and savings accounts, and bill paying. R.

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Crime & Courts

City takes fight to domestic violence, human trafficking McNamara unveils report detailing steps needed in addressing crime

By Jim Hagerty Contributor

ROCKFORD — Mayor Tom McNamara is calling for a new city department to combat a growing problem he has long recognized as one that plagues Rockford.

It would be called the Office of Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking. The mayor says it will address both problems, helping officials and the people of Rockford tackle them directly as the city keeps up with best practices across the country.

According to figures compiled by Rockford attorney Jennifer Cacciapaglia in the 13-page report, “Confronting the Problems of Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking in Rockford,” the new office would have no shortage of responsibilities.

On average, domestic violence accounts for almost 25 percent of Rockford’s violent crime. In 2016, 2,826 emergency orders of protection were filed in Winnebago County.

As of this July, there have been 1,453 have been filed.

In Rockford proper, there were 5,240 reported incidents of domestic violence reported in 2016, up from 4,990 reported a year earlier.

“It is our moral, social and fiscal responsibility as a community if we have a problem that is significant as domestic violence, to understand the problem, understand the impacts and create a plan to address it,” McNamara said.

And in Rockford, the problem is not single pronged. Gone are the days when domestic violence incidents were dealt with broad brush strokes. The problem is now a multifaceted issue that runs deeper than most realize.

“We are seeing a significant amount of youth who are committing crime (that) have domestic violence somewhere in the background,” the mayor said.

And like so many young people across the country, the abuse is not just the telltale battery common to everyday domestic violence calls.

“It’s verbal, sexual and physical abuse,” McNamara added.

Out of 102 counties in Illinois, 16 experienced a domestic violence-related killing in fiscal year 2015. Four occurred in Winnebago County.

Nationally, the cost of domestic violence

“It is our moral, social and fiscal responsibility as a community if we have a problem that is significant as domestic violence, to understand the problem, understand the impacts and create a plan to address it.” reaches $6 billion each year, more than $4 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health services. Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own their own partners and children as adults, the city report shows.

Rockford’s new designation as the second-worst city in Illinois for sex trafficking continues to bolster the state as No. 8 on the list of the most plagued in the country. Last year, there were 498 reported runaways in Rockford, a telling statistic, as many victims who end up as sex slaves and prostitutes are young girls who run away from home. Often finding solace with older handlers, they are promised legitimate jobs only to be coerced into working the streets.

So far this year, four minors have been recovered from sex trafficking rings true in Winnebago County. One was 14, two were 15, and one 17. Each was trafficked by pimps in the northern Illinois region.

McNamara says the new city office would oversee an in-depth review of current city programs related to domestic violence and sex trafficking. The review would drive

a task force of community stakeholders comprising business leaders, mental health professionals and schools, among a host of others, who work with together with public safety officials.

In August, McNamara told The Times he was still weighing the best path forward to combat domestic violence in Rockford.

“We don’t know if we should just jump in both feet and say we have to have a fulltime position right now,” he said. “We’re moving forward, but we’re making sure it’s the right way.”

The mayor’s office spent $6,000 compiling the 13-page “Confronting the Problems of Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking in Rockford.”

The next step, McNamara said, is to secure funding sources for the new office and present it to aldermen for approval. R.

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State Budget Crisis

Billions in bills not sent for payment

By John O’Connor AP Political Writer

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois is chasing a moving target as it tries to dig out of the nation’s worst budget crisis, and a review obtained by The Associated Press shows $7.5 billion worth of unpaid bills — as much as half the total — hadn’t been sent to the official who writes the checks by the end of June.

Although many of those IOUs have since been paid, a similar amount in unprocessed bills has replaced them in the last three months, Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s office said Monday. That’s in addition to $9 billion worth of checks that are at the office but being delayed because the state lacks the money to pay them.

The mound of past-due bills tripled over the two years Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats who control the General Assembly were locked in a budget stalemate, which ended in July when lawmakers hiked income taxes over Rauner’s vetoes.

In some cases, agencies were waiting to send their receipts to Mendoza because lawmakers haven’t approved the spending. For example, the Department of Corrections had $471 million in unpaid bills on hand as of June 30 largely for that reason.

“Ascertaining the precise nature of the state’s past-due obligations and liabilities is an essential component of responsible cash and debt management,” the Democratic comptroller wrote in a letter to Republican Rep. David McSweeney, a budget hawk from Barrington Hills who requested the review.

Mendoza and McSweeney plan to use the findings to urge lawmakers to override Rauner’s veto of legislation that would require monthly reporting of bills not yet submitted for processing. The measure, authored by Mendoza’s office, would include a breakdown of how old each bill is and which ones have received legislative approval to be paid.

“The governor supports more transparency on the state of our finances,” Rauner spokesman Hud Englehart said in an email to AP. “He vetoed this bill because the State does not have adequate technology in place to cost effectively provide this information

monthly.”

The age of bills is important because many that are 90 days or older face a 1 percent-per-month late-payment fee; about $5.5 billion of the current $15.9 billion backlog is subject to the penalty. Mendoza estimates the state will ultimately pay $900 million in late-payment fees on the existing pile of debt.

The Department of Central Management Services, which handles personnel, procurement and employee health care, has most of the June 30 bundle, with $5.8 billion. That’s mostly doctor’s bills owed to employee medical providers under the state group health insurance plan.

McSweeney’s call for the overview coincided with the current Oct. 1 deadline for publicizing the amount of bills held at agencies at a fiscal year’s end. McSweeney said with Illinois swimming in debt, including a $130 billion shortfall in what’s needed to pay employee pensions and other long-term borrowing, check-writers need more exact information.

“With a $16 billion backlog of unpaid bills, and $200 billion in total liabilities when you add in the pension debt, I don’t trust this governor, I don’t trust this administration,” McSweeney said. “We need monthly reporting.”

T y pically, when a governor and Legislature agree on a budget, the legislation authorizing it includes appropriations bills. If money is spent that isn’t approved, lawmakers must do it after the fact in a supplemental appropriation. Rauner has complained that the budget legislative Democrats approved in July is $1.7 billion short of being balanced. Democrats have countered that the governor spent money last year that wasn’t approved. Neither side has elaborated.

Democrats have signaled they plan to attack Rauner’s budget management during his 2018 re-election campaign Mendoza, who beat Rauner’s handpicked candidate in a special election for comptroller last fall, has wrangled with the governor over issues related to the deficit and the backlog, including one spat over which fund to use to pay particular bills.

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Experts are trying to figure out how to reduce collisions at railroad crossings in Illinois.

The state ranked second in the country last year, with nearly 150 people hit by trains and 46 deaths.

Illinois has the second-largest rail system of any state with more than 7,300 miles of track and more than 10,000 public highway-rail crossings.

“The simple answer to the raw figures is Illinois has an exposure problem,” Chip Pew, state coordinator with Illinois Operation Lifesaver, said. “We have the second-most public crossings, other than Texas. We have the second-most miles of track. Add to that we have more than 140,000 miles of streets and roads. We have a lot of trains. We have a lot of crossings.

And we have a lot of people.”

Pew says there remain hundreds of places in the state without any kind of active warning system of an approaching train. However, that technology is no guarantee that problems will be eliminated.

“People think crossings, if they have bells and lights, then they would be safer,” Pew said. “When, in actuality, more than 50 percent nationally of all collisions that occur at public crossings occur because people drive around the crossing gates.

Crossings that we would think have the best protections aren’t necessarily making them any safer.”

Illinois actually is ahead of the national average when it comes to crossings with active warnings systems, and federal regulations mandate at least 20 seconds of advance warning time once the lights begin flashing and the arms come down at a crossing.

But Pew says drivers still appear to frequently misjudge how quickly a train is approaching.

“The background creates no depth so you can’t accurately judge speed and distance of it,” Pew said. “And, unfortunately for people who think maybe it’s a slow-moving freight train, in reality, it’s a 79 mile-perhour Amtrak or Metra train and they try

to beat it. That might have been a fatal decision.”

He recommends increased enforcement e�orts at crossings in Illinois.

“I think you need to issue citations,” Pew said. “There has to be some consequence other than the worst, ultimate consequence in which they lose their life.”

State lawmakers recently increased fines for drivers who disregard activated railroad gates and warning lights to $500 for a first o�ense and $1,000 for a subsequent o�ense.

The state now has some of the strictest penalties in the nation.

Texas is the only state with more collisions at crossings than Illinois.

WIU water-filling stations save 1M plastic bottles

Ex-Chicago police oversight chief runs for AG

John Paul II relics to go on display in suburban Chicago

MACOMB — Western Illinois University officials say the school’s water bottle refilling stations have kept more than 1 million plastic bottles out of landfills.

School officials said in a Monday news release that the university has three dozen filling stations in campus buildings. Of those, 26 are at the Macomb campus and ten are on the school’s Quad Cities campus.

The effort started in 2013 and by spring 2014 the school had 20 water-filling stations. WIU used grant money to install the stations as part of efforts to boost campus sustainability.

Each water-filling station has a counter that displays how many 20-ounce bottles it has saved. Last month employees noticed one of the filling station counters surpassed 100,000 bottles. The school checked all 36 fountains and found the total bottles saved is about 1.09 million.

CHICAGO — The former head of Chicago’s police oversight agency plans to run for state attorney general.

Sharon Fairley announced her bid for the Democratic nomination Tuesday, saying she has the combination of experiences to make her the top candidate.

It’s an open contest after Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced last month that she wouldn’t seek a fifth term next year.

The 57-year-old Fairley is a former federal prosecutor who resigned this month as the Civilian Office of Police Accountability’s chief administrator to run for office. The police group was formed in the wake of the 2014 police-involved shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald to replace a similar organization.

Other Democratic candidates are state Rep. Scott Drury and state Sen. Kwame Raoul. Erika Harold, a lawyer and former Miss America, seeks the Republican nomination.

CHICAGO — A lock of hair and other relics of former Pope John Paul II will go on display in suburban Chicago this week.

The items, which also include John Paul’s personal rosary, will be available for viewing at Des Plaines’ Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Wednesday. There will also be a mass and blessing of the relics in the evening. They’ll be given in both English and Spanish.

John Paul was the 264th pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005. His pontificate was among the longest in history. He died on April 2, 2005, at the age of 84. The Polishborn pope was declared a saint in 2014.

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State

Questions hang over lottery deal

By Greg Bishop

Illinois News Network

Concerns about transparency and the sole bidder’s financial conditions are the final hurdles in the years-long process of finding a new private manager to run the Illinois Lottery.

Despite Gov. Bruce Rauner terminating a Pat Quinn-era contract with private lottery manager Northstar in 2015, the Illinois Lottery is still under Northstar’s management. That’s after reported problems such as revenue coming in below targeted goals and questions about transparency.

Camelot Illinois, a subsidiary of a British gaming company, was the only bidder officially announced last month. If the deal is finalized, Camelot would replace Northstar over a six-month period, lottery officials said.

One protest was filed about the proposed Illinois lottery deal citing substantial redactions, and nothing can move forward until that’s resolved by the state’s procurement officer. At the same time, unredacted notes from an evaluation committee show concerns about the single bidder’s finances.

Lottery officials said only one protest came in before Friday’s protest period deadline. That protest, provided by lottery officials, said substantial redactions in public documents prevent public scrutiny and that the redactions fall outside the state’s Freedom of Information Act exemptions.

“Allowing the redactions to stand would render the most salient details of public contracts [their value, deciding parties, basic provision] confidential,” protester Adam Cook of Springfield wrote.

“Attempting to hide financial bonuses and penalties as proprietary information mocks the premise of public contracting and invites corruption – effectively dismantling the regulated procurement process and shielding state vendors from even cursory scrutiny.

“In this instance, the state and the bidder have concealed vital information the public needs to assess the propriety of this contract award and violated their most basic disclosure provisions,” Cook wrote.

Cook is looking to hold off contract finalization “until all financial terms and bid evaluators have been disclosed and a reopened public protest period has been completed.”

Lottery officials have said the deal can’t be finalized until the protest is resolved by the procurement officer.

Rauner said Friday his administration is following procurement law, even though he also said the law is broken and limits opportunity.

“We’re follow ing a procurement process,” Rauner said. “We’re following the rules. The law is we cannot discuss it

right now. We look forward to discussing it more in the future.”

But Rauner did say it was a good deal for Illinois.

“We hope and believe that we can come up with a lottery manager that will save taxpayers money, as well as create more tax revenue by expanding the lottery system,” Rauner said.

S t a t e R e p. D a v i d M c S w e e n e y, R-Barrington Hills, said Rauner can’t promise taxpayers savings in the deal.

“I have nothing against Camelot,” McSweeney said. “But I don’t know if they’re the best. ... Competition is good and when we only end up with one bidder, that’s a problem. And when you end up with one bidder and you don’t make everything transparent, that makes things worse.”

McSweeney said Camelot’s proposal should have been scrapped and the process reopened to ensure more competition.

Illinois was the first in the nation to have private management of its lottery by law.

The first private manager was hired on in 2011. Three companies bid on the private management of the lottery then, including Northstar and Camelot. Northstar was excluded from responding to the most recent bid.

The proposal

Illinois published a Request for Proposal (RFP) in July 2016, the same time it published a Significant Subcontractor RFP for draw game services, instant tickets services and iLottery/mobile services.

Twelve sub-contractor RFPs were submitted, but only one new manager proposal

was submitted.

Camelot turned in 40 boxes of documents as part of the bidding process and said it was committed to transparency.

The public inspection file provided by the Illinois Lottery was thousands of pages and had over 2,350 redactions, according to a redaction log.

A section in the documents about whether Camelot Illinois or its parent company would fulfill financial commitments, including filing shortfalls, was redacted.

Proposed operating expense allowances were redacted, as were the amounts of tiered bonuses for exceeding profit levels.

The reasons for the redactions range from “secret” or “confidential,” to “personal,” to something that could cause competitive harm.

However, both the lottery and Camelot said they will undergo regular audits and publicly release annual reports to ensure transparency and support corporate responsibility.

Evaluation committee

Among the documents were five score sheets from five unnamed evaluation committee members. Their names were redacted. The worst-scored sections were for Camelot’s financial strength and investment capability.

Part of the notes sections of each individual score sheet was redacted, but one committee member did write, “the company has low liquidity outside of the [parent company’s] pension fund.”

Another unnamed scorer noted Camelot’s parent companies have negative net worth

due to intercompany debt.

“Based on the lack of liquidity the company shows,” the scorer wrote, “it is expected their investment capability would also be low.”

“It appears the Respondent is relying solely on a performance bond to support its financial obligations under the RFP,” the scorer wrote. “Very low to negative liquidity is also a concern.”

Another scorer noted there isn’t any outstanding litigation that jeopardizes Camelot’s finances, but that the company has a “minuscule net worth ($1M). Camelot North American has operated at a loss past 3 years.” “[I] am not convinced these provisions will be enough to cover a potential transition or equipment failure,” said a fourth member of the evaluation committee.

“Camelot’s low net worth and profitability add to my concerns.”

Overall, Camelot scored a 4.6 out of 8 for financial strength and investment capability.

On other issues, one scorer said Camelot’s “success marketing the lottery in other jurisdictions and player growth show they have the experience necessary to expand player base and play frequency.”

Camelot Illinois’ parent company has operated in the United Kingdom, California, New York and other jurisdictions.

There also was a recent security breach of player data in the UK, which one scorer said, “raises questions.”

“History of new or renewed contracts speaks to some level of compliance,” one scorer wrote, “however simple research shows that there have been instances, though mostly minor, of compliance issues. Fines levied in the UK for improper operation including posting the wrong draw results online, incorrect calculations of jackpots and [in 2009] paying out a fraudulent claim.”

Camelot’s overall scoring by an anonymous evaluation committee came out to about a 57 percentile, or 1,383 points out of 2,440, with the lowest scoring in categories about financial strength and investment capability.

Camelot Illinois is headquartered in Chicago and will employ 106 people.

Lottery officials have said aside from Illinois, a private manager is used in two states, Indiana and New Jersey, and they’ve each had similar problems of missed revenue projections and transparency.

Since 1985, the lottery said it has contributed more than $19 billion to K-12 education. It also has raised funds for infrastructure projects, veterans’ services, Special Olympics and the fight against diseases like breast cancer, AIDS and multiple sclerosis.

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Threats against Illinois’ schools rise

By Greg Bishop

Illinois News Network

In just the first few weeks of school this year, only two states have experienced bomb or violent incident threats at schools more often than Illinois.

Last week, four Springfield public schools were evacuated after bomb threats.

That was just a few weeks after another public school in the capital city was evacuated, also because of a bomb threat. The threats were fake.

Dr. Amy Klinger, director of programs at Educator’s School Safety Network, said in just 20 school days, Illinois had nine threats and incidents overall, third most in the nation.

“These threats and incidents are occurring nationally,” Klinger said, “but Illinois does for whatever reason sort of rise to the top here in terms of getting off to a rocky start so far for the school year. And in our data from last year, these threats have been sort of ongoing.”

Klinger’s group said in the 2016-2017 school year, Illinois ranked No. 7 with 92 threats of violence and five actual incidents of violence impacting more than 104 schools. And as of Oct. 1 this year, the group said, “Illinois is third in the nation in terms of threats and incidents of violence in school. This is a disturbing trend that appears to be continuing into the current school year.”

California and Pennsylvania have had the highest number of incidents so far this year.

Klinger said threats should be taken seriously.

“But that does not equate with mass

hysteria, panic, evacuation, cancel school, stop learning, have every fireman within 20 miles sitting on campus,” she said, noting that a lot of protocols are outdated.

“They are based on the 1984 bomb threat … where a kid is calling a bomb threat from a pay phone because they’re trying to get out of an algebra test,” Klinger said.

“Today, the vast preponderance of [threats] come from social media, and if they’re not from social media they’re found in the restroom.”

Knowing what to take seriously is important.

“There are very different levels of threats. When you find a caller that says there’s a bomb in this location going off at this time because I hate this because of that reason. That’s a much more valid threat than some kid misspelling ‘bomb’ written somewhere on the bathroom stall,” she said.

The reason people make bomb threats vary, as do where they come from, Klinger said. It could be a student who finds the chaos of teachers and public safety personnel freaking out “way more exciting than ... first-period French class.” That could lead to copycat threat-makers from within the school.

But threats could also be from an external actor.

“Someone who wants to create chaos and fear,” Klinger said, “and mess with what’s happening in the structure, so we have these outside actors doing this as well.”

Springfield Police arrested a 14-year-old student after last week’s threats.

Sangamon County First Assistant State’s Attorney Dan Wright wouldn’t speak about

the details of that case but said communicating a knowingly false threat could lead to prison time and fines.

“That is a class three felony,” Wright said. “The potential penalties could range anywhere from a term of probation to a term of 2 to 5 years in the Department of Corrections.”

The fines could be up to $10,000, or more.

“There’s also a specific provision [in the law],” Wright said, “that relates to mandatory reimbursement of a school district’s, or emergency response personnel, [costs] associated with the response to that kind of a threat.”

Klinger said schools need more training to avoid the cost of precious and limited public safety resources.

“Think of the amount of resources that are being consumed every time that

you have a bomb threat,” Klinger said.

“Instruction is stopping, parents are upset, fire, rescue, EMS, law enforcement, all those folks are being used up so there’s all of these resources being expended and for just a fraction of this cost you can train people.”

Educator’s School Safety Network, based in Ohio, provides training for schools on bomb incident management, that starts out at $2,500, plus travel costs.

But bomb threats aren’t the only concern.

A student was injured last month in a school shooting Mattoon; an East St. Louis high school was placed on a soft lockdown last month because of a gun threat; and a shooting threat in Metamora canceled class last Tuesday.

Ultimately, Killinger said there’s never a one-size-fits-all solution.

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Crime & Courts

Body of woman found in Anderson’s car

By Jim Hagerty Contributor

ROSCOE — A body believed to be that of a Loves Park woman was discovered inside her car last weekend, turning an almost four-month missing person’s case into a death investigation.

The break in the case came Sunday, Oct. 8, when a resident in the 9800 block of Fantail Place, spotted what appeared to be a car antenna sticking out of the Rock River behind his house. Within hours, rescue crews pulled the silver 2002 Pontiac Grand Am owned by 25-year-old Emily Anderson out of the water.

Officials then discovered the badly decomposed body in the front cab.

An autopsy performed Tuesday revealed the remains were that of a woman but a cause of death is not yet known. Dental records are being examined to make a positive identification.

“The missing person’s case of Emily Anderson is continuing, but this also a death investigation,” Loves Park Deputy Police Chief Shane Lynch said Monday.

Lynch said the IDNR used sonar equipment to search the Rock River in the weeks since Emily went missing June 19.

However, with heavy rains June, high water levels may have prevented searchers from locating the vehicle.

“The vehicle could have been in the river, but they missed it at the time,” Lynch said.

“But, I can’t say why a boat didn’t strike it or why it wasn’t found until now.”

Police are also investigating where the Pontiac entered the river. Wherever it went in, Emily’s family says they are sure of

one thing: that she did not intentionally place it there.

“We truly believe someone knows something they’re not saying,” Emily’s sister, Cait Dull, said via Facebook. “We’ve (come) this far and my sister deserves more than

unanswered questions or worse, rumors.”

Police have not commented on the details of their investigation, including whether they suspect foul play or whether the car plunged into the river accidentally. Those questions are expected to be

answered upon further information from the coroner’s office. Winnebago County Coroner Bill Hintz reported Tuesday that foul play, suicide or a medical crisis are all possibilities.

There has been a host of theories about Emily’s whereabouts since she went missing after punching out from her bartending shift at Shooter’s North, June 19. Among those theories is that she was a possible victim of sex traffickers, although she does not fit the standard victim profile.

Anderson reportedly texted a friend at around 5 a.m. saying she had been dropped off at home. A comment in another social media thread indicated Emily texted yet another person that she drove herself home.

The case took a serious turn in mid-July when the prescription for her epilepsy medication was not filled.

“Up until this point, we were at a loss as to why something had not turned up,” Lynch said. “At this point, we can move forward and conduct the investigation and hopefully get some answers. We will continue to work this until we can’t work it anymore.”

Anyone with information is asked 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.

Nation

Reps introduce bipartisan bump stock legislation

By Griffin Connolly CQ-Roll Call

WASHINGTON — Reps. Carlos Curbelo and Seth Moulton introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday to ban devices — including bump stocks — that “increase the rate of fire of a semi-automatic rifle.”

The bill aims to ban the manufacture, sale and possession of bump stocks, attachments that can increase the rate of fire of a semi-automatic rifle tenfold — essentially making them fully automatic.

The Florida Republican and Massachusetts Democrat were joined by 18 co-sponsors from both parties.

“We can always be doing more, but this

bill is a crucial starting point,” Moulton said in a statement.

“Keeping this conversation going, passing this legislation, and listening to the American people will allow us to help make America safer so that we do not need to live in fear of weapons of war being used against our families and friends,” Moulton said.

Bump stocks were thrust into the spotlight after investigators discovered 12 rifles fitted with the devices in a 32nd-floor room at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, where a gunman opened fire on concertgoers on Oct. 1.

Stephen Paddock, 64, killed at least 58

people and injured at least 520 more before committing suicide.

“This common-sense legislation will ban devices that blatantly circumvent already existing law without restricting Second Amendment rights,” Curbelo said in a statement, referring to a 1986 law banning automatic rifles.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., has indicated he might be willing to put legislation restricting bump stocks on the agenda.

“Clearly that’s something we need to look into,” he said last week, adding that he did not know what a bump stock was until the massacre Sunday in Las Vegas.

“We’re quickly coming up to speed with what this is.”

And momentum for slapping regulations on bump stocks has also been building among Republicans on the Senate side, although Republican leadership in that chamber has balked at the idea of considering legislation in the wake of the violence in Las Vegas.

“I think it’s particularly inappropriate to politicize an event like this,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said last week. “The investigation has not even been completed. And I think it’s premature to be discussing legislative solutions, if there are any.”

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CRIME & COURTS

How Chicago gets its guns

BY MICK DUMKE

PROPUBLICA ILLINOIS

John Thomas set up the deal the way he had arranged nearly two dozen others. A friend said he wanted to buy as many guns as he could, so Thomas got in touch with someone he knew who had guns to sell.

The three of them met in the parking lot of an LA Fitness in south suburban Lansing at noon on Aug. 6, 2014. Larry McIntosh, whom Thomas had met in his South Shore neighborhood, took two semi-automatic rifles and a shotgun from his car and put them in the buyer’s car. He handed over a plastic shopping bag with four handguns.

None of the weapons had been acquired legally — two, in fact, had been reported stolen — and none of the men was a licensed firearms dealer.

Thomas’ friend, Yousef, paid McIntosh $7,200 for the seven guns. He always paid well.

Thomas did little but watch the exchange, but he got his usual broker’s fee of $100 per gun, $700 total. It was “the most money I’ve seen or made,” he recalled — his biggest deal yet.

It was also his last.

Amid Chicago’s ongoing epidemic of gun violence — with nearly 500 people killed in shootings and more than 2,800 wounded this year through September — the availability of guns has been blamed as a root cause and become a defining political and public safety issue.

City police have seized nearly 7,000 illegal firearms so far in 2017 and federal authorities have stepped up e�orts to take down dealers.

Still, it’s by no means clear that targeting those like John Thomas makes a real di�erence.

Most of the guns police seize come from Indiana and other states where firearms laws are more lax, police and researchers have found. After they were purchased legally, most were sold or loaned or stolen.

Typically, individuals or small groups are involved in the dealing, not organized tra�cking rings, experts say.

Unlike the drug trade — often dominated by powerful cartels or gangs — illegal gun markets operate more like the way teenagers get beer, “where every adult is potentially a source,” said Philip Cook, a researcher at the University of Chicago Crime Lab who’s also a Duke University professor.

Under pressure to respond to the violence, law enforcement has focused on

making examples of people caught selling, buying or possessing guns. But authorities acknowledge that these cases do little to stem the flow of guns into the city.

“You are a single salmon swimming upstream at Niagara Falls,” said Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department. “If your policing strategy is to decrease the number of guns in your city, good luck, because there are too many guns out there. It’s better to go after the person with the gun.”

An in-depth examination of Thomas’ case — based on police reports, court records and interviews, including a series of conversations with Thomas — shows how authorities target mostly street-level o�enders, sometimes enticing them with outsized payo�s. In this and other cases, critics say their techniques raise questions of whether they are dismantling gun networks or e�ectively helping to set them up.

“You have this specter of whether it’s creating crime, which is troubling to a lot of people,” said Katharine Tinto, a professor at the University of California Irvine School of Law who has studied the investigative tactics of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

“It’s not as if you’re trying to get someone you know is a violent gun o�ender. You’re going after someone and purposely trying to entice them into doing a felony.”

A natural salesman

At 33, John Thomas has a charming smile that sometimes displays his chipped front tooth. His mother’s name, Val, is tattooed on his left forearm — a tribute to her for bringing him into the world, though he said he could never count on her. His daughter’s name, Jataviyona, is tattooed on his right shoulder.

Even as a kid, Thomas was a natural salesman, quick with a hustle.

“That’s my gift, I guess — to sell,” he said.

He grew up in the part of South Shore known as “Terror Town.” A short walk from a popular Lake Michigan beach, it’s long been a mix of middle-class homeowners and lower-income renters, with bungalows, condominiums and multi-unit apartment buildings on tree-lined streets.

By the time Thomas was growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, the neighborhood was struggling. Many white homeowners and merchants had fled after African-Americans moved in.

Thousands of people in South Shore and surrounding communities lost their jobs when the nearby steel mills closed.

When the crack epidemic hit in the early 1990s, gang violence soared.

Thomas’ father wasn’t around, and his mother struggled with addiction, according to Thomas and a younger sister, Sade Thomas-Adams. With five other siblings, Thomas was raised by an aunt and uncle he considered his parents.

Thomas’ uncle was a pastor, and the family spent a lot of time at church, giving him a lifelong faith. During the week, the kids were told to focus on their studies and come home right after school to avoid the dangers of gangs and drugs. Thomas and some of his siblings chafed at those rules, though, escaping from the house to hang out with friends, drink and smoke marijuana.

“They had their foot in both worlds — the church and the street,” said Thomas-Adams.

Thomas developed his first hustle while in grammar school, he said. He and his friends would o�er to help shoppers with their bags and carts outside an Aldi supermarket. He learned he could talk to people and earn tips.

Thomas graduated to other ways of making money. First, he said, he sold baggies of fake marijuana. Eventually, neighborhood dealers set him up with real drugs.

In November 2001, when he was 17, Thomas was arrested for selling $20 worth of crack cocaine to an undercover police o�cer, and was convicted and given probation. The incident was one in a long string of cases, including a 2005 gun possession conviction.

After that, Thomas began to sell marijuana and developed a successful promotional strategy. When customers bought a nickel bag — a small quantity for $5 — he gave them another for free. “Two for five,” was how he marketed it. His profits, he said, came from volume.

“Everybody wanted it,” he said.

When he was 20, Thomas began to hang around a new neighborhood store so much the family who ran it o�ered him a job. Once again, he put his people skills to work. The store sold knocko� gym shoes, but some people didn’t want to come there because it would mean crossing gang lines.

“So I’m taking the shoes to them,” Thomas said. “I’m selling them shoes left and right.”

Gang violence was a stubborn problem in the neighborhood, and moved ever closer to Thomas. At 16, he said he witnessed a fatal shooting. At 18, an acquaintance killed one of Thomas’ friends. Then, at 22, his best friend from childhood was gunned down.

Thomas said he tried to steer clear of guns.

“I know what they have done to people,” he said.

A new friend, and an opportunity

In late 2013, Thomas was desperate. Then 29, he was a new father and the primary caretaker of his daughter, and trying to leave criminal life behind. For several years, he’d worked low-paying jobs at restaurants, grocery stores and an uncle’s construction business, but he struggled to pay his rent. As a convicted felon, options were limited.

Then, he met Yousef.

Thomas had taken a job at a tobacco shop in the Beverly neighborhood, making $25 a day, he said. There, he hit it o� with one of the guys who hung around the store. Yousef was in his 20s and, like Thomas, joked a lot.

They started smoking marijuana together.

Thomas said Yousef — who, through his lawyer, declined to comment — knew he was broke. Yousef told Thomas he could help — if Thomas helped him.

“He comes in and asks me about guns,” Thomas said. “I said that where I’m from, we don’t sell guns.”

But Thomas said Yousef kept bringing it up. At some point, he said, Yousef told him he knew a businessman named Pops who could give Thomas a real job if he helped them.

What finally persuaded Thomas, he said, was the dollar-store diapers he’d been buying for his daughter: They sometimes gave his daughter hives. He saw the diapers as a sign he was stuck, and his daughter was paying for it.

“It was just hard,” he said. “Too hard.”

Thomas made his first call — to one of his cousins — in January 2014. Steven Thomas, 38, had served time for attempted murder in his early 20s, court records show. Now, he was trying to rebuild his life. After earning an associate’s degree in prison, he was working to support his family and taking classes to become a massage therapist.

Thomas asked if his cousin knew anyone with guns to sell.

“The first thing he asked me was, ‘Is everything OK?’” John Thomas recalled.

He said his cousin wasn’t sure at first but called back the next day: He’d come up with a couple of guns. John Thomas got in touch with Yousef and introduced him to his cousin at the tobacco shop. He said they went to the back of the store, and when his cousin left a few minutes later, Yousef paid John Thomas $200 for arranging the deal.

“Just for a call,” Thomas said. “I didn’t even have to do nothing.”

Thomas, giddy, said he used the money to buy food, baby formula and better diapers.

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a Glock 9mm pistol — then immediately resold the gun for $800, court records show.

Even after he paid Thomas, Yousef made a quick $200.

Everyone seemed to come out ahead. So the next day, the three men did it all again.

Thomas talked with his cousin, who then sold two guns to Yousef, and Thomas made $100. Yousef then sold the guns to Pops for $1,600, twice what he’d just paid for them.

To Thomas, it was easy money — money he needed.

Warning signs

Thomas didn’t know, however, that Yousef was being watched by federal agents.

In January 2014, shortly before Yousef approached Thomas, the ATF had launched an initiative in Chicago to “attack violent crime associated with illegal firearms and narcotics.” As part of that effort, the ATF called on a longtime informant.

“Confidential Informant 1,” as he was identified by federal prosecutors, is not named in court records. He had worked for the government for nearly a decade, since being indicted for fraud and agreeing to cooperate. Gray-haired and squat, the informant posed as a businessman who wanted to buy weapons he could sell overseas, according to undercover ATF recordings and court records.

One of the people he approached about getting guns was Yousef. Authorities have not said why they targeted Yousef and why the informant’s cover story involved selling guns overseas.

Through a spokeswoman, the ATF declined comment.

In January and February 2014, Yousef met with the informant, whom he knew as Pops, eight times for deals that involved 13 guns, according to court records. Some of those deals involved guns Thomas helped Yousef buy from Thomas’ cousin, the records show.

That March, ATF agents confronted Yousef: With Pops’ help, they had been monitoring his gun deals. Yousef faced the possibility of going to prison for unlicensed gun dealing. Or he could work for the government.

Yousef agreed to cooperate. In court records, he became “CI-3,” and has not been identified by last name in Thomas’ case. From March to July 2014, the government paid Yousef a total of $6,380 for “living and operational expenses” in addition to the money he used to buy the guns, court records show.

Yousef got to work lining up more gun deals, continuing to use Thomas as his primary, but not only, middleman. After his cousin, Thomas brought in an old friend: Anthony Logan, whom everyone called Snake. Thomas told Logan he knew someone who often overpaid for guns.

In the spring and summer of 2014, Thomas, Yousef and Pops did several deals with Logan, who introduced them to other friends. When those sources dried up, Thomas arranged quick exchanges in an alley with people he didn’t know himself.

There were handoffs in parking lots and

a trip to Gary, Indiana, where the deal nearly unraveled and Thomas, hoping to salvage it, wandered the streets until he found the seller.

After each sale, Yousef met with ATF agents and turned over the guns and recording equipment he had secretly been wearing, according to court records.

As the money kept coming in, Thomas overlooked warning signs. One seller even tried to tell him he might be dealing with informants.

“My people are leery about you all,” Thomas told Yousef after talking with a gun source in the south suburbs, according to an ATF report. “They say you all the feds.”

Yousef vowed that he wouldn’t do any more business with that supplier.

Still, Yousef seemed willing to buy anything. While some of the deals produced semi-automatic rifles and high-powered handguns, he also bought guns that were rusty or missing parts. On one occasion, Thomas even got Yousef to pay $700 for what turned out to be a BB gun — another warning sign Thomas ignored.

‘I ain’t been doing nothing.’

That summer, as politicians struggled to deal with violence in the city, Mayor Rahm Emanuel appealed to the Obama administration for help getting guns off the street. The ATF responded by announcing it was sending seven additional agents to Chicago.

At the same time, the number of sales Thomas had brokered passed 20, and he had to expand his sources to continue producing guns. He reached out to Larry McIntosh, the friend of a friend from the neighborhood.

McIntosh proved to be a consistent source. He sold Yousef more than two dozen guns in the summer of 2014 and promised even bigger deals through a connection in Indiana.

That August, he offered a package of at least 14 guns. Yousef and Thomas were set to make the buy on Aug. 26, according to ATF records. But Thomas said Yousef called him at home that morning and asked if they could meet for breakfast to talk about a job offer from Pops. Wearing a favorite Blackhawks shirt and nice jeans, Thomas stepped outside.

“It was, like, 5 in the morning,” Thomas recalled. “I see a gray PT Cruiser [with] a white lady, she’s got a computer, and I’m thinking, what is she doing in this neighborhood at this time of the morning? I look on my left, and I see a gray van, and there’s some white guys in it, and I say, ‘Whoa, whoa, this is not right.’”

Moments later, one of his uncles arrived to give Thomas a ride, and they left. They had gone only a few blocks when police lights flashed behind them. Thomas was whisked to an ATF facility, where he was read his rights and questioned by two agents, according to the ATF’s video of the interrogation.

The agents told him he would be charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

“Me personally, I ain’t been doing nothing,” Thomas protested.

The agent leading the questioning showed Thomas a picture. “There’s you, holding a gun.”

After a long pause, Thomas said, “I didn’t buy nothing.”

“You didn’t have to buy anything,” the agent said. “We have you on video, holding guns. You set up all the deals.”

Thomas wanted to know if Yousef had been working with agents from the beginning.

One of the agents said no but encouraged Thomas to become an informant. Thomas refused.

‘Like buying a pack of cigarettes’

The next day, the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago announced 14 arrests on federal charges of illegally possessing or selling guns. Thomas was listed as the top defendant, followed by 13 other men involved in the deals with Yousef, including Logan, McIntosh and Steven Thomas.

If officials knew the original sources for the guns, they were not named in the court records.

In 2015, one at a time, the men entered guilty pleas. McIntosh — who two decades earlier was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after he accidentally shot a woman in the head — was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Logan got eight years and four months. The others received between 18 months and eight years.

In every case, prosecutors noted the gun violence battering Chicago and called for sentences long enough to send a message.

Many of the defendants, through their lawyers, insisted they had never sold guns until Yousef started offering to buy them.

“The government is not seeking to arrest those who are unlawfully selling weapons but effectively making gun dealers out of street level hustlers by paying three and four times the street value of guns,” Ralph Schindler Jr., who represented Logan, said in a court filing.

The ATF’s tactics are, in some ways, similar to how federal authorities battle other issues. With political corruption, they have used cooperating witnesses to offer bribes to elected officials. Fighting terrorism, they have contacted and enticed disaffected young men to discuss possible plots. Whether any of those targets would have acted without prodding is hotly debated following an arrest.

The ATF spokeswoman would not discuss the agency’s broader strategies.

“We try to hit the top people as much as we can,” said a federal law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity. “They’re tough cases to prove.

If we can get them on one gun, we can get them off the street.”

Wesley Pickett, who is serving eight years for helping Yousef buy guns, admits he was wrong to get involved. But he argues that putting people like him in prison will not stem the flow of weapons.

“Getting a gun in the city,” he said in a letter from a federal prison in Pennsylvania,

“is like buying a pack of cigarettes at a gas station.”

Facing prison

Yousef, too, pleaded guilty to unlicensed firearms dealing. He has not yet been sentenced.

After three months in jail following his arrest, Thomas made bail and, in spite of his pending case, got a job as a stocker at a Family Dollar store in Englewood. Within the year, he was promoted to manager.

Thomas blames himself for going after the money in the gun deals. But he doesn’t believe he played a role in Chicago’s gun violence. Though he is streetwise from years running his hustles, he said he believed Yousef’s claims that the guns weren’t headed for the streets. In time, Thomas said he stopped thinking about what was happening to the guns.

“Honestly, after a while, once [Yousef] told me that, I didn’t really care no more,” he said. “I just knew that my daughter was straight.”

As it turned out, the guns never got back to the street. The ATF bought or collected all of the guns Yousef purchased through Thomas.

In March, Thomas pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of unlicensed firearm dealing. Prosecutors said that, over the course of seven months, he brokered 23 transactions involving 77 guns.

He faced 25 years in prison.

In August, Thomas went before U.S. District Court Judge Andrea Wood to be sentenced. Wearing a tan suit, tan shirt and blue tie, Thomas was accompanied by his daughter, the aunt who raised him, other family members and his pastor. At one point in the sentencing, he wept.

Nicole Kim, the federal prosecutor, gave him credit for working and caring for his daughter, then 4, but argued that a message should be sent that “if you need extra money, if you need a job, this is not OK.” “He’s not proud of what he did,” said Heather Winslow, Thomas’ attorney. “But absent the influence of the government’s buy money, this crime would not have happened.”

Given the chance to speak, Thomas became emotional.

“People make mistakes, and I did,” he said. “I’m not a gun salesman.”

The judge noted that the government played a role in every deal for which Thomas was being sentenced. But, in spite of the government’s involvement, she told him he should have said no.

“It is difficult in some ways to reconcile the responsible worker and father I’ve seen in my courtroom with the person who would be willing to move 77 firearms,” Wood said.

The sentence: seven years in prison. She allowed Thomas to spend several weeks with his daughter before beginning his sentence.

On Oct. 9, he reported to a medium-security federal prison in central Illinois.

WBEZ Chicago’s Joe DeCeault contributed to this story.

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Commentary

Springfield’s 2017 exodus

By Rich Miller

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Capitol Fax

f it seems to you that more legislators are announcing their retirements than in the past, you’re right, at least about the House.

With the recent retirement announcement by Rep. David Harris (R-Arlington Heights), a total of 24 House members have either resigned or announced that they weren’t running for reelection.

That compares to 16 state representatives who retired or resigned during the 99th General Assembly, a two-year period which ended this past January.

Seventeen House members retired or resigned during the 98th General Assembly. Sixteen retired or resigned during the 97th, and 17 resigned during the 96th. Members who lost reelection races and those who died aren’t included in these figures.

So, that’s an average of 16.5 retirements/resignations every two years. And we’re already at 24 after only nine months of the 100th General Assembly.

Now, there are some caveats here. Two House members (Juliana Stratton and Litesa Wallace) are leaving to run for lieutenant governor, but that’s unusual because they’re really just beginning their legislative service. Another, Scott Drury, is running for attorney general, but he’s clearly dissatisfied with the House.

Even so, statewide bids by House members are pretty rare,

mainly because their two-year terms requires giving up their seats. If House members do run statewide, it’s usually because they’re nearing the end of their careers.

So, I think it’s pretty safe to say that the Statehouse’s toxic atmosphere and the political exhaustion it has caused are the main reasons why we’ve seen so many House retirements.

But that hasn’t necessarily been the case in the Senate, which has so far seen 7 retirements/resignations since January. Nine Senators retired or resigned during the 99th General Assembly. Then again, just one retired during the 98th. And 12 retired or resigned during the 97th, while 6 did so during the 96th GA. Unlike the House, the Senate’s retirement rate has been all over the place.

The House has twice as many members as the Senate, but more than three times as many House members have resigned or retired so far. What gives?

Senators have longer, staggered terms, so that may be part of it.

The one Senator we know for sure who quit because of the dysfunction was also the most high-profile resignation of the year: Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno. Leader Radogno sparred with the governor’s campaign apparatus during the 2016 campaign season and then was repeatedly undercut by the governor and his team during her ultimately unsuccessful “grand bargain” negotiations with the Senate

Democrats.

Just one Senate Republican, Dale Righter, voted for the income tax hike, and he is in the middle of a four-year term. But 15 House Republicans voted for that bill, although some didn’t vote for the veto override. All of those Republicans were immediately denounced as essentially being Speaker Michael Madigan-supporting traitors by the Illinois Republican Party.

Gov. Bruce Rauner has since said that support for the education funding reform bill would cause him to forget the tax hike vote, but the damage was already done. The blowback from the folks back home was horrific.

Nine of the eleven House Republicans who’ve so far said they’re not running again voted for the income tax hike.

Rauner has been focused like a laser on defeating as many of Speaker Madigan’s House Democrats as possible.

But he’s also said publicly that he doesn’t really care if the Senate Democrats retain their majority as long as he can topple Madigan.

Twelve House Democrats have so far either quit or announced they aren’t running again.

Several of those faced tough general election races next year if they ran again. Others said they’d just had enough of the war and wanted the heck out.

Now, I’m an agnostic when it comes to term limits. I can see the good and the bad either way.

Fresh ideas and a clean slate would be welcomed in this state.

But some fresh ideas can also be stupid ideas. And term limits on legislators make governors more powerful — and that may not be a good thing when you look at Illinois’ history of gubernatorial elections.

But this sort of turnover (on top of any electoral losses next year) means that a higher

percentage of House members will be newbies. So, remaining legislators with more experience (along with lobbyists and staff) will gain even more influence and power, unless those who are elected next year take much more independent stances — and that doesn’t seem all that likely to me.

You said it Gun violence: Enough is enough

I am a hunter and gun owner and support the second amendment.

However, the constitution was written at a time when mass killing weapons were not even imaginable. The senseless killing and maiming of innocent people must stop.

There needs to be a ban on semiautomatic weapons and tighter control on gun ownership. Our politicians are

AFRAID and powerless to do anything of substance to end the violence. WE need to take away the power of the NRA lobbyists and the ineffectiveness of our elected politicians, by putting the POWER to end this into the hands of the voting citizens.

My solution is to have a series of televised national debates, without politicians, and after a reasonable period of time, follow up with a national referendum to decide our future policy on gun control.

The elected politicians do not have the

courage to do this, but I believe the voting citizens of our country do have the courage to make a decision on this National issue. We need to bypass the politicians and vote on a binding National referendum to end the slaughter, otherwise, it will keep repeating. I have had enough, have you? Let us take action.

Roger Arnold Rockford

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Riffing on the blues with WNIJ’s James

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his week, our Rockford Rocked Interview series catches up with David James, the host of WNIJ’s Saturday Night Blues.

RRI: For those that don’t know, you are the host of the Saturday Night Blues Show on 89.5 WNIJ in out of DeKalb. How long have you been involved in radio?

DJ: Let’s see, I’ve been involved in radio for about 30 years now, 20 years between gigs at WXRX and WNIJ. RRI: You’re a huge blues music fan.

What was it that attracted you to blues music in the beginning?

DJ: What attracted me to the Blues initially was the Blues Brothers in 1978. I remember seeing them on SNL performing “Soul Man;”. I was already familiar with that song because when I was in third grade my parents gave me a box of 45s and a cheesy little record player. The original Sam and Dave version was included in the box. Let’s not forget: blues is the music that gave birth to rock n roll.

RRI: I’ve listened to the Saturday Night Blues show many times and you always seem to keep it fresh by adding artists that I have never heard before. Do you actively search out new blues talent or does it just sort of fall into your lap?

DJ: Yeah, I actively search out new blues talent on Facebook and Twitter.

Some of these artists that I find are not new at all and have been performing and producing blues music for years.

Blues music is universal and you can find it all over the world. The Flaming Mudcats from New Zealand played at the Crossroads Blues Festival in 2016 and Stormcellar from Australia played in 2014 and 2015.

The search for music does fall in your lap from time to time. Sometimes

new artists are brought to the area via gigs, etc. The station receives a great deal of new music on a monthly basis via promoters who do a fantastic job of getting new music out and promoting their clients. Shout outs to Todd Glazer, Frank Roszak, Betsie Brown, Rick Lusher, and Rosy Rosenquist to name a few.

RRI: You have also been a part of the WYBR and the WXRX 104.9 crew. Being a hardcore old-school blues guy, how difficult was it to play Metallica, Lincoln Park and Limp Biscuit on a regular basis?

DJ: My time at WXRX predated their current format so there was no Metallica.

I was terminated from WXRX in August of 1990 because the program director

believed it was overkill to play two Stevie Ray Vaughan songs in a row every hour of my shift the day after he was tragically killed.

RRI: When you worked for WYBR did you ever just follow the yellow brick road to work?

DJ: I remember following the yellow brick road at the Cherryvale Mall to find the radio station when I was a kid, but when I worked for WYBR they were located on Sandy Hollow.

RRI: Why do you think blues music is making a comeback? Or is it?

DJ: I don’t think blues music is making a comeback.; it’s always been a part of (the) culture. Unfortunately, commercial radio has chosen to ignore it for the

most part. Maybe someday program directors will come to their senses and it will make a “comeback” and get the airplay recognition it deserves. WNIJ has dedicated airtime to the blues genre for 25 years. They have been airing nine hours a weekend for a substantial period of time now (thank you, Dan Klefstadt).

There is plenty of talent around today, but the genre needs a younger audience to replace those that are unfortunately getting older.

RRI: There were a few places around town that hosted weekly open stages where blues musicians could just show up, jam with others and have fun.

Sadly, egos and personal agendas tend to get in the way and ruin the party.

Thoughts?

DJ: Mary’s Place has open stage two times a week and it caters to all musicians. Rockford had a blues jam at the Kryptonite Lounge a couple years ago, hosted by Barstool Bob and Ron Holm, but unfortunately, it wasn’t drawing crowds that would allow the club owner to keep their doors open. Open stages are still popular and quite a few exist in the northern Illinois area.

RRI: You posted a photo of yourself and blues guitar great Johnny Winter on your Facebook page. Did you get a chance to talk to him at all?

DJ: I did get a chance to meet Johnny Winter at the City Winery in Chicago.

He was a kind, soft-spoken gentleman.

I asked him if he had a favorite Muddy Waters album that he produced—he answered: “The album that made Muddy hard again!” (Hard Again was Waters’ 12th studio album, released in 1977.)

WNIJ airs nine hours of blues every weekend. On Saturday nights, David James presents a three-hour blues soundtrack for your party. Listen from 9 p.m. to midnight on 89.5FM or WNIJ.org. R.

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Culture

TURN THE PAGE?

The enduring power of print for learning in a digital world

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oday’s students see themselves as digital natives, the first generation to grow up surrounded by technology like smartphones, tablets and e-readers.

Teachers, parents and policymakers certainly acknowledge the growing influence of technology and have responded in kind. We’ve seen more investment in classroom technologies, with students now equipped with school-issued iPads and access to e-textbooks. In 2009, California passed a law requiring that all college textbooks be available in electronic form by 2020; in 2011, Florida lawmakers passed legislation requiring public schools to convert their textbooks to digital versions.

Given this trend, teachers, students, parents and policymakers might assume that students’ familiarity and preference for technology translates into better learning outcomes. But we’ve found that’s not necessarily true.

As researchers in learning and text comprehension, our recent work has focused on the differences between reading print and digital media. While new forms of classroom technology like digital textbooks are more accessible and portable, it would be wrong to assume that students will automatically be better served by digital reading simply because they prefer it.

Speed – at a cost

Our work has revealed a significant discrepancy. Students said they preferred and performed better when reading on screens. But their actual performance tended to suffer.

For example, from our review of

research done since 1992, we found that students were able to better comprehend information in print for texts that were more than a page in length. This appears to be related to the disruptive effect that scrolling has on comprehension. We were also surprised to learn that few researchers tested different levels of comprehension or documented reading time in their studies of printed and digital texts.

To explore these patterns further, we conducted three studies that explored college students’ ability to comprehend information on paper and from screens.

Students first rated their medium preferences. After reading two passages, one online and one in print, these students then completed three tasks: Describe the main idea of the texts, list key points covered in the readings and provide any other relevant content they could recall. When they were done, we asked them to judge their comprehension performance.

Across the studies, the texts differed in length, and we collected varying data (e.g., reading time). Nonetheless, some key findings emerged that shed new light on the differences between reading printed and digital content: • Students overwhelming preferred to read digitally.

• Reading was significantly faster online than in print.

• Students judged their comprehension as better online than in print.

• Paradoxically, overall comprehension was better for print versus digital reading.

• The medium didn’t matter for general questions (like understanding the main idea of the text).

But when it came to specific questions, comprehension was significantly better when participants read printed texts.

Placing print in perspective

From these findings, there are some lessons that can be conveyed to policymakers, teachers, parents and students about print’s place in an increasingly digital world.

1. Consider the purpose We all read for many reasons.

Sometimes we’re looking for an answer to a very specific question. Other times, we want to browse a newspaper for today’s headlines.

As we’re about to pick up an article or text in a printed or digital format, we should keep in mind why we’re reading.

There’s likely to be a difference in which medium works best for which purpose.

In other words, there’s no “one medium fits all” approach.

2. Analyze the task One of the most consistent findings from our research is that, for some tasks, medium doesn’t seem to matter.

If all students are being asked to do is to understand and remember the big idea or gist of what they’re reading, there’s no benefit in selecting one medium over another.

But when the reading assignment demands more engagement or deeper comprehension, students may be better off reading print. Teachers could make students aware that their ability to comprehend the assignment may be influenced by the medium they choose.

This awareness could lessen the discrepancy we witnessed in students’ judgments of their performance vis-à-vis how they actually performed.

3. Slow it down In our third experiment, we were able to create meaningful profiles of college students based on the way they read and comprehended from printed and digital texts.

Among those profiles, we found a select group of undergraduates who actually comprehended better when they moved from print to digital. What distinguished this atypical group was that they actually read slower when the text was on the computer than when it was in a book. In other words, they didn’t take the ease of engaging with the digital text for granted. Using this select group as a model, students could possibly be taught or directed to fight the tendency to glide through online texts.

4. Something that can’t be measured There may be economic and environmental reasons to go paperless.

But there’s clearly something important that would be lost with print’s demise.

In our academic lives, we have books and articles that we regularly return to.

The dog-eared pages of these treasured readings contain lines of text etched with questions or reflections. It’s difficult to imagine a similar level of engagement with a digital text. There should probably always be a place for print in students’ academic lives – no matter how technologically savvy they become.

Of course, we realize that the march toward online reading will continue unabated. And we don’t want to downplay the many conveniences of online texts, which include breadth and speed of access.

Rather, our goal is simply to remind today’s digital natives – and those who shape their educational experiences – that there are significant costs and consequences to discounting the printed word’s value for learning and academic development.

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“Misfits” Exhibition Opening and Motorcycle Rally WHEN Friday, October 13 (6:30 - 9 p.m.)

WHERE Rockford Art Museum Misfits surveys 1960s biker subculture through film, literature, and Danny Lyon’s iconic photography portfolio, The Bikeriders. A motorcycle rally will be held from 8 - 10 p.m.

Discover the Spirits WHEN Friday, October 13 (7:30 - 10:30 p.m.)

WHERE Discovery Center Museum Sip and sample more than 80 spirits from regional and Chicago-based distilleries and guaranteed to please your palette. Enjoy many unique spirits along with signature drink samples. You can pair your beverage sips with tasty tidbits from the area’s favorite restaurants, and wander through the exhibit galleries where live music will be performed.

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Rockford IceHogs Hockey Season Opener WHEN Saturday, October 14 (6 p.m.)

WHERE BMO Harris Bank Center The Rockford IceHogs kick off their season against the Iowa Wild on October 14. The ‘Hogs are members of the American Hockey League and are proud to be affiliated with the 2015 Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.

Dogtoberfest WHEN Monday, October 16 (4 - 7 p.m.)

WHERE Olympic Tavern Olympic Tavern’s last Pints for Pups event of the year is a doggy costume contest, and the annual check donation with Lagunitas Brewing Co is to Canine Corners - Rockford Park District. All dogs in costume will win a prize, pictures will be taken, and they will choose one winning costume at random to win a $50 Olympic gift card!

Find out more about these events and more at gorockford.com.

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RACVB VIEW

Dash away, dash away, dash away all to the Dasher Dash 5K at Stroll on State Event Details

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“We knew in year five of Stroll on State that we would have to set the bar at a new high level and the Dasher Dash 5K will help us do just that,” said Tana Vettore, RACVB director of destination development. “By adding the run to the event, we have made Stroll a full day event in downtown Rockford. We know this race will truly set the pace for the rest of the day’s fun activities!”

“Our Fleet Feet sta� and family are so excited to help bring the Dasher Dash 5K to an already awesome event,” said Melissa Pratt, co-owner of Fleet Feet.

“We couldn’t think of a better way for friends and family to get a jump on their celebrations than running a fun race through historic downtown Rockford, including across our iconic bridges. We promise a lively day with treats, medals, and surprises!”

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Film Reviews

Slow to start, Blade Runner closes strong

By Thomas Simpson

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he idea of doing a follow-up to a cult classic 35 years later should have been enough to fill fans of Blade Runner with dread. Yet with Harrison Ford returning, Ryan Gosling starring, and Denis Villeneuve directing, the trepidation for Blade Runner 2049 dissipated and the excitement spread once trailers were released. Could it live up to the original, or alternatively as in my case, would it appeal to those that found the 1982 film vastly overrated and mostly dull?

Ryan Gosling takes over the blade runner role this time around as K, a replicant created to serve the LAPD and “retire” older models. His most recent case sends him down a rabbit hole, one where he can’t help but pull at the thread even if it means putting himself in danger. His findings lead him to the headquarters of replicant manufacturer Niander Wallace (Jared Leto) who is obsessed with the mass production of his bio-engineered life forms. K soon finds that the cards are stacked against him as the clues lead him to Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) a retired blade runner who’s been living in solitude, and for good reason.

Likes its predecessor, Blade Runner 2049 is visually stunning. The industrialized future of Ridley Scott’s vision has been upgraded by Villeneuve who has

kept the smoggy coating, tinged with a neon-lit marketed “dreamland”. It’s a troubled vision of the future, yet it’s not dystopian, not entirely. K seems content with his modest lifestyle yet Gosling fills him with tragic sadness that empathizes how empty his life is. His love interest is a hologram, a program called Joi (Ana de Armas) who is less real than he feels. He’s told he has no soul with Gosling keeping his emotions bubbling under the surface with a stoic mask.

After the hour mark, the plot starts to stagnate and gradually becomes boring.

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It stays true to its film noir roots except nothing interesting is happening as this futuristic detective story struggled to maintain my attention. It wasn’t that it was going nowhere, it was that the destination didn’t seem interesting and the journey was dreary. I feared my

experience of the sequel would mirror that of the original.

Thankfully the third act and appearance of Deckard picked things up. The film’s lack of sentiment began to erupt and I found myself caring about characters and their consequences. Sylvia Hoeks is brilliant as the villainous Luv, Wallace’s favorite replicant and engages with K in a brutal fight that delivers the tension the film had been lacking. The climax itself is a gut punch of passion that will wash over audiences with its emotive yet simple finale. It’s a powerful ending that makes up for the recurring “is this it?” question that plagued me through the midpoint.

Blade Runner 2049 appeals to fans of Blade Runner while doing its best not to merely appease them. It bridges the two films wonderfully while deserving to stand alone on its own merit. Seeing the first one will help, but this is a sequel that tells its own story while referencing events of the first one as a means to further its own plot. A spectacle that may lack soul at times, Blade Runner 2049 delivers in the end despite the bumps in the road. R.

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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 4th Annual Rockford City Dance Festival - Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center, Rockford University, 5050 E. State St., Friday and Saturday, October 13-14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are free but required and may be obtained by calling 815-226-4100.

Friday, October 27-Saturday, October 28 M*A*S*H - Harlem High School, 1 Huskie Cir., Machesney Park, presents Richard Hooker’s M*A*S*H, adapted by Tim Kelly. Performances at 7 p.m. both nights. Free admission for former and current military members in thanks for your service.

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. Rockford Christian Fellowship - Call for Musicians.

RCF performs locally. 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 (high school age through retired) and concert opportunities. See our website for rosters, schedules, pictures, and sounds www. rcfband.org. Contact Director, Brian Waterson, 815/797-2320, rcfband@gmail.com Friday Laura Rae & Backroads Trio - Performing at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. 5:30-8 p.m. Free.

Saturday Denny Diamond - Performing at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. 5:30-8 p.m. Free.

Sunday, October 22 Sunday Night Dance Party w/ DJ - 7-10 p.m. at the VFW @ Alpine & Windsor Roads. $7.

Friday, October 27 Heartstrings, Connections Between Music/ Medicine - Heartstrings, a musical event celebrating the connection between music and medicine, will be held at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford. Heartstrings is held biennially by the Music Academy in Rockford to benefit its scholarship, financial aid and professional development fund. Many Academy students go on to careers in medicine and the sciences. Festivities begin with hors d’oeuvres

by GreenFire at 6 p.m. while students perform in both lobbies. Advanced students, faculty and alumni will perform on the main stage at 7 p.m. Alums Jon Rozman, Gabe Roethle and Kodai Speich will be among performers playing selections by Bach, Pagaini and Beethoven. Elegant desserts from the GreenFire Bakery will be served at 8 p.m. while patrons will be entertained by the Screw City Swingers. Reservations are $110 per person and tables of eight for $800. For reservations and information call 815/987-0036 or go to www.musicacademyinrockford.com.

Friday, November 3 Mark Stuart - Americana/Folk artist from Tennessee will be performing at JustGoods Listening Room, 201 7th St. Showtime is 7 p.m. and tickets are $10.

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.

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.

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 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 South Main St. and Graham-Ginestra House, 1115 South Main St. Open Sundays 2-4 p.m. Call 815 962-7402 to schedule other tours. Welcome Center Location: Ethnic Heritage Museum.

Admission $8 individual, $5 student, $15 family, members free. Visitors tour both or one ‘Heritage Museum Park’ site for cost of admission.

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.

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.

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

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Find more listings at RockRiverTimes.com/Happenings 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!

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.

Saturday West High Book Fair - CFNIL celebrates West High Week and Warriors Forever with a bookfair benefitting Blanche Martin Mini Grants. Event will go from 1-4 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 7200 Harrison Ave. Members of Rockford West High School’s 1955 and 1956 state basketball championship teams and the author will be available for a book signing.

Thursday, October 19 Lead Exposure in Bald Eagles - Please join the Sinnissippi Audubon Society as we welcome Ed Britton from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at 6:30pm. Ed has worked 40 years for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in the National Wildlife Refuge System. For the last 22 years, he has

been a Wildlife Refuge Manager at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge. This presentation will be hosted at The Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 N. Main St., where Ed will discuss the many changes on the Mississippi River, including early steamboat days, building of the locks and dams, and today’s challenge in natural resource management. He will also discuss how researchers discovered lead exposure in bald eagles and how we can continue to conserve wildlife through promoting awareness about this issue. This program is free and open to the public. Hunters and sporting goods retailers are encouraged to attend.

Saturday, October 21 Octoberfest Chili Cook-Off - 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Alden Park Strathmoor, 5668 Strathmoor Dr. This event is a fundraiser for the Leukemia Research Foundation. There are 10-15 entry spots available for the cook-off. The entry fee is $20 and the deadline for entry is Oct. 10. For those who just want to join in on the fun, you can enjoy a sampling of all the contestants’ offerings for a single $5 ticket. After you’ve tasted each chili, you’ll get a full bowl of your favorite. Guests will also enjoy: A bake sale, Arts and crafts fair, Face painting, Bouncy houses, Pumpkin painting, Kids’ games with prizes, including Witch Ring Toss, Ghost Bowling, Pumpkin Ball and Monster Bag Toss, A raffle. Hot dogs, chips, soda and water available for a donation. All proceeds benefit the Leukemia Research Foundation. This is a family-friendly event, with lots of activities for people of all ages.

For more information, please call 815-229-5200.

Sunday, October 29-Monday, October 30 Spirited Ghost Tour at the Coronado Theatre - Cost is $10 per person. Tours are 4 & 7 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. on Monday. Call the Coronado Box Office at 815-968-0595 to make your reservation.

Thursday, November 6 WCALAP Monthly Dinner Meeting - The Winnebago County Association of Legal Administrative Professionals’ monthly dinner meeting will be held at 6 p.m., at Stone Eagle Tavern, 6445 East State Street. Any person who attends the November meeting that is installed as a member of the Association prior to May 1, 2018 will have his/her dues waived for the remainder of the fiscal year. Dinner will be a choice of: Jimmy’s Italian Beef with french fries - $15, Old Fashion Pot Roast with small mixed salad-$18, Polynesian Teriyaki Salmon with small mixed salad - $21, Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo with small mixed salad) - $18 and Apple Blue Cheese Salad - $14.

Price includes tax and gratuity. Your check is your reservation confirmation. Guest Speaker will be Chad Carty, Director and Principal of Lydia Learning Academy of Rockford. Hostess is JoAnn Markuson. Please send reservations to: JoAn Markuson, Barrick Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, LLP LLP, 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, IL 61108.

Saturday, November 11 Local Color Art Auction - Temple Beth-El of Rockford will be holding a Local Color 50/50 Art Auction fundraiser from 6-9 p.m. at Midway

Village, 6799 Guilford Rd. This is a fundraiser for Temple Beth-El and support for the local artist community. Artists receive 50% of each sale.

Admission is $25 per person. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available.

To purchase tickets call 815-398-5020. The call to artists with application may be downloaded from the Temple Beth-El website at templebethel-rockford.org. All Rockford area fine art artists are encouraged to apply.

Monday, November 13 Phi Beta Kappa lecture with Price Fishback, Ph.D. Fisher Memorial Chapel at Rockford University

at 4 p.m. Dr. Fishback is an economics professor at the Univ. of Arizona. He is also the current executive director of the economic History Association and a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an expert on Roosevelt’s New Deal and the Great Depression, housing booms and busts between 1920 and 1040, and the long-term effects of climate and policy on agriculture. Tickets are free but required and may be obtained by calling 815-226-4100.

FUGITIVE ALERT REWARDS UP TO $1000 ROCKFORD AREA CRIME 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

October 9, 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.

Seth Worden Domestic Battery County---22 years old

Sean Cox Drug Paraphernalia County----32 years old

Joseph McCormick.

Fleeing to Elude County—25 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.

German Ramirez Cannabis Control County—20 years old

Jacob Washburn Fleeing to Elude County—22 years old

Alvin Jackson Agg Domestic Battery City---44 years old

Dionicia Macias Hit and Run City----33 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.

Vondell Anderson Probation Violation City---33 years old

Jimmy Honeycutt Criminal Damage County---31 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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Death Notices Jovesa Kryczka 90 Rockford 10/2/2017 Cori Tranum 47 Rockford 10/2/2017 Patricia Tangorra 75 Rockford 10/2/2017 Phillip Smith 64 Loves Park 10/2/2017 Dale Harris 96 Rockford 10/2/2017 Robert Wendorf 83 Rockford 10/2/2017 Alvin Clark 87 Pecatonica 10/3/2017 Josephine McGuire 81 Rockford 10/3/2017 Laverne Lund 87 Rockford 10/3/2017 Edwin Pagan 56 Rockford 10/3/2017 Jack Hull Jr. 66 Rockford 10/3/2017 Robert Peila 93 Rockton 10/3/2017 Charles Smith 87 Rockford 10/3/2017 Paul Davis 60 Pecatonica 10/3/2017 James Northrup 57 Rockford 10/4/2017 Joyce Green 78 Rockford 10/4/2017 Patricia Hogan 75 Rockford 10/4/2017 Barry Cotton 53 Rockford 10/4/2017 Mary Bethea 93 Loves Park 10/4/2017 Michael Coffelt 48 Rockford 10/4/2017 Mary Schmig 85 Rockford 10/4/2017 Nancy McGuire 64 Rockford 10/4/2017 Michael Mineau 70 Loves Park 10/4/2017 Wayne Hinson 56 Rockford 10/5/2017 Julia Underhile 19 Rockford 10/5/2017 Barbara Williams 66 Rockford 10/5/2017 Violet Anderson 84 Rockford 10/5/2017 Margene Derrer 80 Roscoe 10/5/2017 Barbara Russell 49 Rockford 10/5/2017 Robert Conant 70 Rockford 10/5/2017 Isaiah Starks 27 Rockford 10/5/2017 Rosemary Hill 60 Rockford 10/5/2017 Eleanor Hillburst 91 Rockford 10/5/2017 Neva Kelley-Paesani 80 Rockford 10/5/2017 Karen Dirksen 68 Rockford 10/5/2017 Morgan Patmythes 22 Rockford 10/5/2017 Robert Paulson 95 Rockford 10/6/2017 Helen Murray 97 Rockford 10/6/2017 Carol Harper 70 Rockford 10/6/2017 Carol Radke 73 Roscoe 10/6/2017 Nancy Cox 62 Rockford 10/6/2017 Elizabeth Scharnweber 36 Rock ford 10/6/2017 Patricia Sample 93 Rockford 10/7/2017 Julia Mason 32 Rockford 10/7/2017 James Chears 47 Rockford 10/7/2017 Wanda Karolus 76 Rockford 10/7/2017 Patrick Griffith 65 Rockford 10/7/2017 Marsa Larson 64 Rockford 10/7/2017 Aaron Ackerman 41 Rockford 10/7/2017 Susan Mahlum 63 Rockford 10/7/2017 Donna Clauson 76 Rockford 10/8/2017 Elva Castro 40 South Beloit 10/8/2017 Leslie Blanchard 51 Rockford 10/8/2017 Andrew Lacour 79 Rockford 10/8/2017 Orley Larson 91 Rockford 10/8/2017 Ragnar Carlson 99 Rockford 10/8/2017 Peter Ferwerda 94 Rockford 10/8/2017 Jane Mary Guenzler 95 Rockford 10/9/2017 Norma Hurless 90 South Beloit 10/9/2017 Phillip Cowins 44 Rockford 10/9/2017 Donald Pfeiffer 90 Rockford 10/9/2017 Gregory Bombard 66 South Beloit 10/9/2017 William Adams 87 Rockford 10/9/2017 Violet Tewksbury 91 Rockford 10/9/2017 Mathalie Jurasek 83 Rockford 10/9/2017 Death notices are provided by the Winnebago County Coroner’s office.

GEMINI, CANCER AND LEO

Your Health

Week of October 1 to 7, 2017

Heartburn symptoms tied to psyc factors in some

By Anne Harding Reuters

Heartburn sufferers who don’t feel better with standard treatment, but who have no detectable reflux, tend to have greater distress and worse quality of life, according to a new study.

In contrast, symptoms in patients with confirmed gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) that didn’t respond to acid-suppressing drugs were associated with reflux severity, Dr. Rena Yadlapati of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora and her colleagues found.

“Our results support the interplay between psychosocial factors and symptom generation for PPI non-responders with normal physiology,” the researchers write in American Journal of Gastroenterology.

These results are important in understanding various types of PPI non-responders and formulating personalized management strategies, they add.

As many as half of people with symptoms of reflux don’t get better with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), the researchers note. To better understand how patients who don’t respond to PPIs perceive their symptoms, they tested esophageal function in 192 patients who had persistent heartburn despite being on double-doses of the medications for at least eight weeks.

Among the 125 patients who underwent testing while on PPIs, 58 percent were classified as having functional disease, meaning that testing found no evidence of esophageal dysfunction or reflux despite patients perceiving symptoms.

Another 34 percent were diagnosed with

Horoscope Week of October 8 to 14, 2017 ARIES

Whether in romance or at work, you’ll receive no shortage of interesting offers. Take the time to think things through before making even the smallest decision.

Happiness lies within. Find it, and it will radiate into your heart, home, family and loved ones. It will be contagious.

TAURUS

You’ll be on the go all week, both for work and for social engagements.

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SAGITTARIUS Buying property may still be a distant dream, but you will equip yourself with a few tools to someday do so. Family will be a great support, both emotionally and materially.

Open House CAPRICORN

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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:

It looks like a new beginning! You finally have the skills you need to dive headfirst into a brand new, profitable and stimulating career.

TAURUS

GEMINI You will put in lots of hours at work, which will help you generate some extra income. Your boss will be impressed by your enthusiasm and put you on the shortlist for a promotion.

CANCER Lots of action is on the horizon! Not only will you be busy at work, but you will also find yourself adding a number of unexpected engagements to your agenda.

LEO You will enter a rather ambiguous phase. You could try to paddle against the current, but you’re better off going with the flow if you wish to safely arrive at port.

VIRGO You could very well make new friends or develop a new network of contacts that will be beneficial in the long term. Your schedule will be full and you will find it difficult to balance family and work obligations.

LIBRA Every aspect of your life will be overloaded, but you will manage to get everything done on schedule. Don’t forget to treat yourself from time to time.

SCORPIO You’d love to organize a spontaneous trip. You’ll hear about a great deal and won’t be able to resist the temptation to fly off to paradise.

SAGITTARIUS You’ll be seen as a passionate dreamer with big ideas. Your dreams will fall within your reach thanks to your uncommon skillset.

CAPRICORN You may feel like partying and getting together with friends. Even at work you will get your colleagues or clients to join you in festivities.

AQUARIUS Health or work concerns will take up some of your week. In either case, you will manage to settle matters and improve the outlook for your future.

PISCES You would like nothing more than to spoil yourself a little. You will be lauded for something or other and placed on a pedestal. You will have every right to be proud.

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CROSSWORD & SUDOKU Across 1. Tender 5. Painter’s work 8. Land surrounded by water 12. First man 13. Dove’s murmur 14. Doe’s mate 15. Dealer’s car 16. Conflicting 18. Exhaust 20. Hockey disks 21. Choice 24. Track down 25. Certain nobleman 26. Wickedness 27. Mischievous being 30. Tied 31. Prom wear 32. Suitor 33. Supporting vote 34. Silent 35. Bathroom feature 36. Snail’s kin 38. In a kind way 39. Sherlock’s finds 41. Contended 42. Pestered 44. Love seat 48. Preholiday nights 49. Assistance 50. Hot and dry 51. Walk in the water 52. Layer 53. Soaks

Clothing Drive 9 a.m.- Noon, Sat. Oct. 14

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First National Bank and Trust  300 E. Main St., Rockton  5360 Bridge St., Roscoe  500 N. Elida St., Winnebago Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd  1829 N. Rockton Ave., Rockford Our Savior’s Lutheran Church  3300 Rural St., Rockford St. John’s UCC Church  401 N. Main St., Belvidere KNIB Recycle Centers  4665 Hydraulic Rd., Rockford  13125 N. 2nd St., Roscoe

Down 1. Blue 2. Bard’s work 3. Butt into 4. Strong feeling 5. Oak starter 6. Cowboy’s gear 7. Do better than 8. Edition 9. Gummiest 10. Thin 11. Breakfast favorites 17. Not closed 19. Charged particle 21. Submit to 22. Put down asphalt 23. Prized 24. Five’s follower 26. Amount of money 28. Send by post 29. Tiny

31. Harbor boat 32. Cutting tool: 2 wds.

34. Tousle 35. Hive-dwelling insect

37. Tenant’s agreement 38. Lightheaded 39. Munch 40. Volcanic flow 41. Bride’s headwear

43. Maple’s fluid 45. Iron source 46. Apt 47. Promos

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Government Notices n n n INVITATION TO BID DEMOLITIONS FAST TRACK GROUP #6 (914 North Day Avenue, 1632 Christina Street, 2712 Yonge Street, 1009 Blake Street, 1819 Genoa Street, 2820 Ridgeway Avenue, 3118 South Main Street, 512 13TH Street, 1704, Belmont Blvd., 811 14TH Street) BID NO.: 1017-CD-136 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

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

Each bidder shall submit with his bid the information specified in the bid documents for compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois on Fair Employment Practices and with the City of Rockford’s Ordinance on Equal Employment and Business Opportunity. Any bid which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered.

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

8154R TRRT 10/11 n n n Committee Report Passed: September 18, 2017 ORDINANCE NO. 2017-159-O WHEREAS, The City of Rockford is the owner of and possessed of the real estate hereinafter particularly described; and WHEREAS, the said real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate or required for the use of, nor profitable to, the City of Rockford; and WHEREAS, retention of the property is not for the best interest of said City of Rockford.

THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, THAT: Section 1: The City Council offer for sale of City owned property at 4608 Auburn Street, PIN# 11-16-326-005, at a minimum bid of $5,000 which includes advertising. The city reserves the right to reject all bids. The subject property is legally described as follows: LOT TWO (2) IN BLOCK THREE (3) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF G.W. GILBERT’S SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION LYING IN A PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 20 OF PLATS ON PAGE 45 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, EXCEPTING THEREFROM, TI-IE SOUTH 93.5 FEET OF SAID LOT TWO (2) THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PREMISES BEING PARALLEL WITH

THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT. Section 2: The Notice of said sale and the fact that said City of Rockford will receive bids for the purchase of said real estate shall be advertised in the Rock River Times, a weekly newspaper published in said City of Rockford, for three (3) consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than thirty (30) days before the day provided in said Notice for the opening bids for the real estate.

Section 3: The said Notice shall set forth the fact that said bids will be received until 11 :00 A.M., local Rockford time on November 6, 2017 at the office of the City of Rockford Purchasing Manager and shall be accompanied by a bank cashier’s or certified check payable to the City of Rockford for at least ten (10) percent of the amount of the bid, the balance to be paid in cash by the successful bidder within not more than fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of the City Council’s acceptance of his bid. The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

Section 4: The provisions and sections of this Ordinance shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity of any portion of this Ordinance shall not affect the validity of the remainder.

Section 5: All orders, resolutions, or ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict exists and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage, approval, and publication, as required by law.

Section 6: A full, true, and complete copy of this Ordinance shall be published within ten (10) days after passage in pamphlet form by and under authority of the Corporate Authorities.

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Public Notices n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a This biz consist in renting tables & chairs for events or parties business in said County and State under the name of Colin Party Rentals at the following post office addresses: 2806 20th Ave., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Felipe Colin SIGNED: Felipe Colin 9/20/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Robert S. Witt, Notary Public My Commission Expires Nov. 1, 2020 8094R TRRT 10/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC PLAINTIFF Vs. Bill Chaney; Blackhawk Bank; United States of America; Francis R. Balk; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Barbara A. Chaney; Timothy A. Miller, as Special Representative for Barbara A. Chaney (deceased) DEFENDANTS 17 CH 0000490 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Barbara A. Chaney

That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 126 S. Chicago Ave Rockford, IL 61104 and which said Mortgage was made by: the Mortgagor(s), to Blackhawk State Bank, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 0432373; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court 400 West State Street, Room 108 Rockford, IL 61101 on or before November 3, 2017, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-17-01587 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

I3064054 P8129R TRRT 10/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Chiropractor business in said County and State under the name of Wells Chiropractic at the following post office addresses: 4855 E. State St., Suite 24, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Nick Wells SIGNED: Nick Wells 10/3/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of October, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8130R TRRT 10/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a photography business in said County and State under the name of Uniqueme Photography at the following post office addresses: 222 W. Union St., Rockton, IL 61072; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Taylor Villiere SIGNED: Taylor Villiere 9/29/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8121R TRRT 10/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a phone payment center and repair business in said County and State under the name of Cell Tech 815 at the following post office addresses: 1207 Broadway, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true

and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Lee Xayvandy SIGNED: Lee Xayvandy 9/29/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 8122R TRRT 10/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Lawn care, snow, fertilizing, aeration, mulching business in said County and State under the name of ZR Landscaping Lawn Care & Snow Removal at the following post office addresses: 1320 22nd Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Miguel Zarate SIGNED: Miguel Zarate 9/27/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 27th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 8123R TRRT 10/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a ice cream & fast food restaurant business in said County and State under the name of The 3rd Street Station at the following post office addresses: 102 East 3rd St., Pecatonica, IL 61063; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Marlin Stedman SIGNED: Marlin Stedman 9/27/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 27th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8124R TRRT 10/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Custom Motorcycle Shop business in said County and State under the name of Tramps Vintage Choppers at the following post office addresses: 5340 Forest Hills Court, Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Andrew Town; Michael D. Stanfill SIGNED: Andrew Town 9/27/17 SIGNED: Michael D. Stanfill 9/27/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 27th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8125R TRRT 10/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Fitness brand and personal training business in said County and State under the name of F.I.T. (Finding Inner Truth) Fitness at the following post office addresses: 202 S. Independence, Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Mark Richards SIGNED: Mark Richards 9/28/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8126R TRRT 10/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Carpentry, remodeling, construction, contracting business in said County and State under the name of End Grain at the following post office addresses: 2426 Evanston Dr., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Philip Wendt SIGNED: Philip Wendt 9/22/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8092R TRRT 10/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a pest control business in said County and State under the name of Amazing Pest Control at the following post office addresses: 127 N. Alpine Rd., Suite 103, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Craig Kennington SIGNED: Craig Kennington 10/3/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of October, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8150R TRRT 10/25 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Design business in said County and State under the name of Arpeggio Studio at the following post office addresses: 1718 Baintree Rd., Davis, IL 61019; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Margaret M. O’Hagan SIGNED: Margaret M. O’Hagan 10/3/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of October, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8151R TRRT 10/25 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a general contracting and lawncare business in said County and State under the name of Mays Enterprises at the following post office addresses: 7812 Venus St., Apt. 1, Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kerry Mays SIGNED: Kerry Mays 10/4/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 4th day of October, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8152R TRRT 10/25 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Resale Shoppe and Business Services business

in said County and State under the name of Vintage Treazurez & Beyond at the following post office addresses: 1019 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Brandie Brownlee SIGNED: Brandie Brownlee 10/1/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 1st day of October, A.D. 2017.

Alberta Walker, Notary Public My Commission Expires 03/31/2020 8153R TRRT 10/25 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Auto Sales business in said County and State under the name of Rockford Auto Plaza at the following post office addresses: 2320 Charles St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Tarence Roby; Isaac Brown SIGNED: Tarence Roby 10/10/17 SIGNED: Isaac Brown 10/10/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of October, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8155R TRRT 10/25 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Homemade craft & embroidery business in said County and State under the name of T.J.’s Trendy Crafts & Embroirered Designs at the following post office addresses: 676 Lamont Lane, Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Teresa A. Olson SIGNED: Teresa A. Olson 9/21/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8095R TRRT 10/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NOTICE OF FILING A REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: Rose Mary Leandra Provenzano Case Number: 17 MR 887 There will be a court hearing on my request to change my name from: Rose Mary Leandra Provenzano to the new name of: Rose Mary Leandra Leggio.

The court hearing will be held: on 12/6/17 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426. /s/ Rose Mary L. Provenzano Rose Mary L. Provenzano 8117R TRRT 10/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact an art studio and mentoring of women (coaching) business in said County and State under the name of Brave North Art Studio & Life Lab at the following post office addresses: 2222 E. State St., Suite A104-A, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kari A. Hazzard

SIGNED: Kari A. Hazzard 9/21/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 8096R TRRT 10/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a construction, general construction business in said County and State under the name of F.P. Construction at the following post office addresses: 312 E. Riverside Blvd., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Luis Prado SIGNED: Luis Prado 9/19/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8097R TRRT 10/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Consulting Firm business in said County and State under the name of Kurzynski Consulting Services at the following post office addresses: 11429 Valerian Way, Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kelly Kurzynski SIGNED: Kelly Kurzynski 9/25/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8100R TRRT 10/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a breadmaking business in said County and State under the name of La Chole at the following post office addresses: 718 Broadway, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Armando Ortega SIGNED: Armando Ortega 9/25/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8101R TRRT 10/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a construction business in said County and State under the name of Bozer Construction & Decorating at the following post office addresses: 2419 Sandy Hollow Rd., Rockford, IL 61109-2348; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jeffrey S. Boase SIGNED: Jeffrey S. Boase 9/22/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Maria A. Rogers, DEPUTY 8091R TRRT 10/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the un-

dersigned intend to conduct and transact a Barber Shop business in said County and State under the name of Alpine Barber at the following post office addresses: 2448 S. Alpine Rd., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jacqueline Allen SIGNED: Jacqueline Allen 9/26/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 26th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8102R TRRT 10/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Used Car Lot business in said County and State under the name of Bell Automotive at the following post office addresses: 602 Lakewood Dr., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Olen Bell SIGNED: Olen Bell 9/26/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 26th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8103R TRRT 10/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Tree Service business in said County and State under the name of Whitford’s Tree Care at the following post office addresses: 1102 N. Horace Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Mark Whitford SIGNED: Mark Whitford 10/2/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 2nd day of October, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8127R TRRT 10/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a dance teachers traditional Mexican business in said County and State under the name of Grupo Folklorico Rockford at the following post office addresses: 2524 Heritage Ct., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Teresa Medina; Ernesto Ornelas; Ruth Hernandez SIGNED: Teresa Medina 9/15/17 SIGNED: Ernesto Ornelas 9/15/17 SIGNED: Ruth Hernandez 9/15/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8119R TRRT 10/18

October 11, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS CIT BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.GWENDOLYN JONES, et al Defendant 17 CH 00275 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 13, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 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 TWELVE (12) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF CARRICO’S SUBDIVISION OF PART EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 58 OF DEEDS (PLATS) ON PAGE 128 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE NORTH 75.57 FEET OF SAID LOT; THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID EXCEPTED TRACT BEING PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT; SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 954 NORTH ROCKTON AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-15430-047.

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.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished

to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-03564.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-03564 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00275 TJSC#: 37-8606 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.

I3062922 P8076R TRRT 10/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, vs.

DEBORAH SASSALI; LOUIS SASSALI Defendants, 17 CH 365 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, November 2, 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 South 45 feet in width of Lot Two (2) in Block Thirty-Eight (38) as designated upon the Plat of Gregory’s Addition to the City of Rockford, the Plat of which is Recorded in Book 58 of Deeds (Plats) on Page 250 in the Recorder’s Office in Winnebago County, Illi-

nois; Situated in the County of Winnebago and the State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 709 8th Street, Rockford, IL 61104.

P.I.N. 11-26-288-009.

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.

16-033817 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3062621 P8077R TRRT 10/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.CHRISTINA M. SMITH, et al Defendant 17 CH 00218 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 2, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 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: LOTS FOUR (4) AND FIVE (5) IN BLOCK ‘’C’’ AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF ARDMORE SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF SECTION 33 AND A PART OF SECTION 32, IN TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 19 OF PLATS ON PAGE 6 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 4991 DELMAR STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-33-303004 (177C063), Property Index No. 12-33-303-005 (177C064).

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-02880.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-02880 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00218 TJSC#: 37-7239 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.

I3061327 P8078R TRRT 10/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION F/K/A PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES Plaintiff, -v.TODD A. SHIPLEY A/K/A TODD ATHUR SHIPLEY, AS EXECUTOR, et al Defendant 17 CH 0000395 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 13, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 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: UNIT 27-1431 IN BOULDER CREEK II CONDOMINIUM, AS DELINEATED ON THE SURVEY OF CERTAIN LOTS OR PARTS THEREOF IN FINAL PLAT NO. 2 OF HAMPTON CROSSINGS, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND A RE-PLAT OF LOT 3, PLAT NO. 1 OF HAMPTON CROSSINGS, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 44 OF PLATS ON PAGE 81A IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT ‘’B’’ TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. 0536236 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS APPURTENANT TO SAID UNIT, AS SET FORTH IN SAID DECLARATION AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. Commonly known as 1431 BRADY LANE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-27359-002.

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 14-17-04680.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-04680 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 0000395 TJSC#: 37-8607 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.

I3062919 P8079R TRRT 10/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.TIFFANY BECKER, et al Defendant 17CH 00257 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 14, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 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 ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO (122) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HIGHCRESTVIEW EAST SUBDIVISION PLAT NO. 3, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK

26 OF PLATS ON PAGE 51 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 5117 HIGHCREST ROAD, ROCKFORD, IL 61107 Property Index No. 12-17453-053.

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 14-17-03599.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-03599

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Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00257 TJSC#: 37-5697 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.

I725550 P8080R TRRT 10/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: JEAN BEVERLY LARSON, Deceased.

Case No.: 2015 P 655 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JEAN BEVERLY LARSON. Letters of Office were issued on December 29, 2015, to RUSTY EDWARD MAYBORNE, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The Attorney for the Estate is William J. Howard, 124 North Water Street, Suite 100, Rockford, Illinois 61107.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before March 27, 2018, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

DATED: September 20, 2017 Rusty Edward Mayborne, Administrator Name: William J. Howard (#1271288) whoward@howardhardyman.com Address: 124 N. Water Street, Suite 100 City: Rockford, IL 61107 Telephone: (815) 964-8888 Attorney for the Estate of Jean Beverly Larson 8083R TRRT 10/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Therapeutic Massage business in said County and State under the name of Sanford Therapeutic at the following post office addresses: 728 N. Prospect St., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Xiaonan Cui SIGNED: Xiaonan Cui 9/25/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8089R TRRT 10/11

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS EVERBANK; Plaintiff, vs.

MATTHEW J. HOLDER AKA MATTHEW HOLDER AKA MATTHEW JAMES HOLDER; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 913 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, November 16, 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 TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HARMON ACRES SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 43, RANGE 1 THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 26 OF PLATS ON PAGE 55 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 15-18-101-006.

Commonly known as 6876 Tipple Road, Rockford, Illinois 61102.

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 & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F16100184 I3064163 P8133R TRRT 10/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF DORIS STEIGER, DECEASED. 17P 386 Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent.

Letters of office were issued to ANNA ANEES, 4561 PALMER AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32210 as Independent ADMINISTRATOR , whose attorney of record is TERRENCE E. DAVEY; MALMAN LAW, 205 WEST RANDOLPH STREET, SUITE 610, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60606.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 5/28-4 of the Probate Act Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. 755, par. 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the clerk Tom Klein 400 West State Street Room 100 Rockford, Illinois 61101-1221 or with the representative, or both, on or before APRIL 11, 2018, or, if mailing or delivery of

a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

TERRENCE E. DAVEY MALMAN LAW 205 WEST RANDOLPH STREET SUITE 610 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60606 (312) 629-0099 I3064168 P8134R TRRT 10/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.JOHN BURROUGHS A/K/A JOHN L BURROUGHS, et al Defendant 16CH 819 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 4, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 7, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT SIXTEEN (16) IN BLOCK THIRTEEN (13) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF KINSEY’S LITTLE FARMS, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) SECTION 1, AND OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) SECTION 2, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MAY 7, 1920 IN PLAT BOOK 13, PAGE 46 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 146408.

Commonly known as 3126 BILDAHL STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 15-01309-007.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 258162.

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. 258162 Case Number: 16 CH 819 TJSC#: 37-9161 I3064510 P8135R TRRT 10/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR GSMPS MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2001-1; Plaintiff, vs.

DEANNA L. FALER AKA DEANNA FALER; DANIEL L. FALER; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; GARY G. HOLLONBECK; Defendants, 17 CH 444 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, November 16, 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 Lot Eight (8) in Block Seventy-One (71) as designated upon the Plat of George Haskell’s Second Addition to the City of Rockford, bounded as follows, to-wit: beginning on the West line of said Lot at a point Forty (40) feet South of the Northwest corner of said Lot; thence East, parallel with the North line of said Lot Eight (8), One Hundred Twenty (120) feet; thence South parallel with the West line of said Lot, Forty-one and One-half (411/2) feet to the South line of said Lot; thence West, along said South line, One Hundred Twenty (120) feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot Eight (8); thence North, along the West line of said Lot, Forty-one and One-half (41-1/2) feet to the place of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 707 North Winnebago, Rockford, IL 61102.

P.I.N. 11-23-107-009.

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.

17-017423 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3064084 P8136R TRRT 10/25 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a artist studio and pottery shop business in said County and State under the name of Three Ravens Studio at the following post office addresses: 1404 N. Main St., Suite 1, Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Thomas B. Harrison SIGNED: Thomas B. Harrison 10/10/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of October, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8149R TRRT 10/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.RUSSELL A. LETHEBY, et al Defendant 16 CH 00124 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 1, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 8, 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 70 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF SWANSON PARK SUBDIVISION NO. 3, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE EAST 1/2 OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY AS BOOK 40 OF PLATS ON PAGE 52B; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 6564 ABINGTON DRIVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-03-401003 (255D090).

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 14-16-01745.

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. 14-16-01745 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00124 TJSC#: 37-9082 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.

I3064384 P8137R TRRT 10/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION A/K/A PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES Plaintiff, -v.MARSHA GUZMAN, et al Defendant 17CH 00076 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 16, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 20, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT SIXTEEN (16) IN BLOCK TWENTY-SEVEN (27) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF KINSEY’S LITTLE FARMS, A SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) SECTION 1, AND OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) SECTION 2, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 13 OF PLATS ON PAGE 46 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; EXCEPTING THE SOUTHERLY (1) FOOT THEREOF, CONVEYED TO OLIVER E. JOHNSON AND RUTH M. JOHNSON BY INTSTRUMENT RECORDED IN BOOK 650 ON PAGE 339; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3106 SANER AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 15-02-410015 (207C765).

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 14-17-00424.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-00424 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00076 TJSC#: 37-7827 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.

I3062144 P8138R TRRT 10/25 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 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-cause on September 28, 2017, an agent of the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office will at 11:00 a.m. on November 2, 2017, at the Winnebago County Justice Center, 650 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: 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.

Commonly known as: 9415 Sagewood Drive, Roscoe, Illinois 61073 Permanent Index Numbers: 08-10-102-008 The property is residential real estate.

The judgment amount was $157,165.96, together with interest thereon at the statutory rate, plus additional costs, including publication costs, court costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses of sale.

Sale Terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any 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.

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.

Persons wishing information regarding the real estate may contact: Beth Lemiesz First National Bank and Trust 345 East Grand Ave Beloit WI 53511 (608) 363-8147 Dated this 2nd day of October, 2017.

RENO & ZAHM LLP By: /s/ Michael G. Schultz Michael G. Schultz, Attorney for First National Bank & Trust Company, Plaintiff RENO & ZAHM LLP Jamie S. Cassel (#06200979) Michael G. Schultz (#06297569) 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 987-4050 mgs@renozahm.com 8142R TRRT 10/25

October 11, 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, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT Plaintiff, -v.MARIAN BREITHAUPT, et al Defendant 17 CH 00262 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 13, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 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 ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR (194) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF MONTAGUE HEIGHTS, BEING A RE-SUBDIVISION OF PART OF AT. ANGEL AND CAPRIOLO’S SECOND SUBDIVISION LYING IN THE S. 1/2 OF THE N.E. 1/4 OF SEC. 28, T. 44 N.R.1 E. OF THE 3RD P.M., THE PLAT OF WHICH RE-SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 20 OF PLATS ONE PAGE 128 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1835 LOOMIS STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-28-251035 (2080A794).

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.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished

to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-02813.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-02813 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00262 TJSC#: 37-8608 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.

I3062917 P8081R TRRT 10/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO vs JEFFERY A. WISHOP, a/k/a JEFFREY A. WISHOP, a/k/a JEFF WISHOP, DIANE K. WISHOP, WISHOP TILE & DRAINAGE CO., FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No: 2017-CH-0000706 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE TO UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS The requisite affidavit for publication as to Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, that the above-entitled cause of action to foreclose a mortgage, dated May 14, 2012 and recorded in the Winnebago County Recorder’s Office on June 20, 2012 as Document No. 20121024184, on the property described below is now pending in the Winnebago County Circuit Court. If you fail to answer the

complaint filed in said action by October 26, 2017. a default judgment may be entered against you on or after that date and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint, subject to your right to redeem within the time and manner provided by law.

The property which is the subject of this action is described as follows: PARCEL I: Part of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of Section 25, Township 28 North, Range 11 East of the Fourth (4th) Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows, to­wit: Beginning at the Northwest corner of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 50’ 54” East, along the North line of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section 614.11 feet; thence South 00 degrees 10’ 06” West, parallel with the West line of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section 388.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 50’ 54” West, parallel with the North line of said Section, 614.11 feet to the West line of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 10’ 06” East, along the West line of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section, 388.00 feet to the point of beginning in Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and the State of Illinois.

PARCEL II: Part of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of Section 25, Township 28 North, Range 11 East of the Fourth (4th) Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows, to­wit: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 50’ 54” East, along the North line of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section 614.11 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 10’ 06” West, parallel with the West line of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section 388.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 50’ 54” West, parallel with the North line of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section, 614.11 feet to the West line of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 10’ 06” West, along the West line of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section, 60.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 50’ 54” East, parallel with the North line of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section, 629.11 feet; thence North 00 degrees 10’ 06’’ East, parallel with the West line of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section, 448.00 feet to the North line of the East Half (1/2) of the Northwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 50’ 54” West, along said North line,

15.00 feet to the point of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

TAX CODES: 06-25-100-005 COMMON ADDRESS: 7202 Wishop Road, Rockton, IL 61072 This is a residential building and related real estate located at 7202 Wishop Road, Rockton, IL 61072, Winnebago County, Illinois.

The current titleholder of record is Jeffery A. Wishop and Diane K. Wishop.

Dated this 14th day of September, 2017.

Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County Donald Q. Manning ARDC# 6194638 McGreevy Williams P.C. 6735 Vistagreen Way Rockford, IL 61107 815/639-3700 815/639-9400 REQUIRED DISCLOSURE: This communication is from a debt collector to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

8084R TRRT 10/11 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.

ABANA TABB, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO: 2017-CH-570 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, ABANA TABB, Defendants in the above-entitled cause that the above-entitled Demolition Lien Foreclosure action was filed on July 13, 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 Abana Tabb.

4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: LOT FOURTEEN (14) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HENRY WILLIAMS SUBDIVISION, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 6 OF PLATS ON PAGE 25 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. No. 11-15-380-004 5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 515 Furman Street, Rockford, Illinois 6. An identification of the Lien sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Name of Property Owners: Abana Tabb b. Name of Lien Holder: City of Rockford c. Date of Lien: November 14, 2016 d. Date of Recording: December 16, 2016 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identification: 20161039042 NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, ABANA TABB, 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 15th day of November, 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 8087R TRRT 10/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: RUTH E. KOLAR, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2017 P 344 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of RUTH E. KOLAR on June 24, 2017.

Letters of Office were issued on August 28, 2017 to SHELLEY GALE 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 March 27, 2018 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

DATED: 08/31/17 SHELLEY GALE, EXECUTOR ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 8019R TRRT 10/11 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: MARJORIE A. WRIGHT, Deceased.

Case No. 2017 P 397 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Marjorie A. Wright. Letters of Office were issued on September 8, 2017 to Thomas Wright, 4802 Crafty Cove, Austin, Texas 78749, who is the legal executor of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Nancy Grimme Schilling, Schilling Law, LLC, 973 Featherstone Road, Suite 350, Rockford, Illinois 61107.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before April 9, 2018, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County

Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

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

Dated: September 25, 2017.

Thomas Wright, Executor, By: Schilling Law, LLC By: Nancy Grimme Schilling Schilling Law, LLC By: Nancy Grimme Schilling 973 Featherstone Road, Suite 350 Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 977-5000 (telephone) 8099R TRRT 10/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Beauty & Skin Care Products business in said County and State under the name of Only Natural at the following post office addresses: 3241 Brook Harbour Dr., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Beve Robinson SIGNED: Beve Robinson 9/20/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 8090R TRRT 10/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.PHYLLIS G. SEEMAN, et al Defendant 17CH 0000430 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 20, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 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 TWO HUNDRED TWO (202) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 2 EDGEBROOK SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST ONE-HALF OF SECTION 17 IN T. 44 N. R. 2 EAST OF THE 3RD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS ON PAGE 3 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2015 GREENFIELD LN, ROCKFORD, IL 61107 Property Index No. 12-17302-005.

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 14-17-06185.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-06185 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 0000430 TJSC#: 37-8922 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.

I3063868 P8113R TRRT 10/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, STATE OF ILLINOIS CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff(s), vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JOHN L. CHRISTOPHER A/K/A JOHN LOUIS CHRISTOPHER, DEREK T. CHRISTOPHER, DARWANA CHRISTOPHER, DARNESA PATTERSON A/K/A DARNESA CHRISTOPHER,

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ASHLEY HANSERD AND SHERRY ZACK AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, UNKNOWN TENANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant(s).

17CH 594 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JOHN L. CHRISTOPHER A/K/A JOHN LOUIS CHRISTOPHER, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN TENANTS and UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Chancery Division, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for foreclosure of a certain Real Estate Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 3 OF MARSILL’S SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 22 AND THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF; SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. Tax Number: 11-27-101-001 commonly known as 1209 CUNNINGHAM ST ROCKFORD IL 61102; and which said Real Estate Mortgage was made by JOHN L. CHRISTOPHER A/K/A JOHN LOUIS CHRISTOPHER, and recorded in the Office of the Winnebago County Recorder as Document Number 20131015326; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said named Defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, located at 400 WEST STATE STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61101, on or before the November 3, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Attorney No. 3635 LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Ira T. Nevel Timothy R. Yueill Greg Elsnic Richard Drezek Aaron Nevel 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com KP # 17-02311 I3063755 P8112R TRRT 10/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Auto Repair and Sales business in said County and State under the name of Gil’s Auto at the following post office addresses: 1703 E. Riverside Blvd., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Gildardo Garcia SIGNED: Gildardo Garcia 9/20/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of September, A.D. 2017.

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOSE A. MONTUFAR, et al Defendant 16 CH 00490 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 November 21, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE NORTH 28 FEET IN WIDTH OF LOT 12 AND THE SOUTH 14 FEET IN WIDTH OF LOT 13 IN BLOCK 9 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF NORTH END ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 3 OF PLATS ON PAGE 24 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THE NORTH AND SOUTH LINES OF SAID TRACT BEING PARALLEL WITH THE LINE DIVIDING SAID LOTS, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1419 NORTH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14401-005.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

GAGOR (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 14-16-07035.

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. 14-16-07035 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00490 TJSC#: 37-6178 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.

I3058715 P8139R TRRT 10/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.CINDY COBERLY A/K/A CINDY R. COBERLY, et al Defendant 15 CH 695 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 19, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 22, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOTS THREE HUNDRED THIRTEEN (313) AND THREE HUNDRED FOURTEEN (314) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF FAIR OAKS ADDITION TO SOUTH BELOIT, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS ON PAGES 15 AND 16 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 324 OAKLAND AVENUE, SOUTH BELOIT, IL 61080 Property Index No. 04-07211-017.

The real estate is improved with a single family home, two car detached garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire

transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce. com. between the hours of 3 and 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 2217.

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. 2217 Case Number: 15 CH 695 TJSC#: 37-9022 I3064375 P8140R TRRT 10/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY HOLCOMB STATE BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

STEPHEN L. MC NEILLY, TRINA M. MC NEILLY AND CHRISTIANA TRUST,

A DIVISION OF WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB AS TRUSTEE FOR KNOXVILLE TRUST AND UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendant(s).

CASE NO. 2016 CH 578 PUBLIC NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Amended Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in said Court in the above-entitled cause on the 4th day of October, 2017, I, Gary Caruna, Sheriff of Winnebago County, or such other Deputy as may be sitting in my stead, will on November 7, 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: Jody L. Booher BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, Illinois 61108 (815) 962-6611 A. The common address of said property is: 5470 Ridgemoor Court, Rockford, IL 61107 and legally described as: Lot twenty-one (21) as designated upon Plat No. 2 of Woodcroft, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 35 of Plats on Page 318 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, situated in Winnebago County, State of Illinois.

PERMANENT INDEX NO.: 1216-402-009 (160D 921) B. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: single family residence, 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom, approximately 4,114 square feet, sitting on just under a one acre lot 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 $335,814.20. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file to verify this information. /s/ Gary Caruna Sheriff of Winnebago County Jody L. Booher (#6292370) BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG,

BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, IL 61108 815-962-6611 jbooher@bslbv.com 8141R TRRT 10/25 n n n NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE LAW FIRM OF HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO BLACKHAWK BANK, a Wisconsin State Bank, Plaintiff, v.

WILLIAM T. CACCIATORE, SR.; NANCY L. CACCIATORE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; LAKE SUMMERSET ASSOCIATION, INC.; OTTER CREEK LAKE UTILITY DISTRICT; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS,, Defendants.

Case No. 17-CH-306 NOTICE OF SALE (1928 Baintree Road, Davis, Illinois 61019) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above-entitled cause, the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder.

A. The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Matthew M. Hevrin, HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP, 100 Park Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101, Tel. (815) 490-4935.

B. The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 1928 Baintree Road, Davis, Illinois 61019.

C. The legal description of the real estate is: Lot 1928 in Section 8 of the corrected Final Plat No. 2 of Lake Summerset, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 32 of Plats on pages 262 through 270 inclusive, in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois COMMON ADDRESS: 1928 Baintree Road Davis, Illinois 61019 PIN: 05-06-376-010 D. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: None.

The real estate is vacant land.

E. The time and place of sale will be Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 11:00 A.M., Winnebago County Justice Center, Lobby, 650 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois.

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

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

any tenant in possession.

H. The property will not be available for inspection.

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

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

BLACKHAWK BANK, a Wisconsin State Bank, Plaintiff Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP By: Matthew M. Hevrin One of Its Attorneys PREPARED BY: Matthew M. Hevrin (ARDC #6256083) HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 PHONE: 815-490-4900 FAX: 815-490-4901 mhevrin@hinshawlaw.com 8143R TRRT 10/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AMY TESSIER PLAINTIFF, -vsPAUL L. GENTNER DEFENDANT. CASE NO. 2017 CH 748 NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, STATE OF ILLINOIS, a complaint captioned Amy Tessier, Plaintiff, vs.

Paul L. Gentner, Defendant, No. 2017-CH-748 has been filed.

PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PAUL L. GENTNER that the aforementioned complaint is pending and seeks to quiet title and terminate his interest in the property commonly known as 325 Huron Rd., Machesney Park, IL 61115 and legally described as: Lot Twenty (20) in Block Sixteen (16) as desiognated upon the Plat of North Park Second Subdivision, being a Subdivision of Part of Section Thirty-six (36), Township Forty-five (45) North, Range One (1) East and Part of Section Thirty-one (31); Township Forty-five (45) North, Range Two (2) East of the Third (3rd) Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 22 of Plats on Page 138 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois., PIN 07-36-228-017.

UNLESS PAUL L. GENTNER files a response to the complaint or files his appearance in said case with the office of the Winnebago County, Clerk of the Circuit Court, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL, 61101 on or before November 13, 2017, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE

BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST PAUL L. GENTNER FOR THE RELIEF ASKED FOR IN THE COMPLAINT. This notice prepared by Attorney Thomas G. Ruud, Thomas G. Ruud & Associates, P.C., 318 N. First St., Rockford, IL 61107; tel (815) 961-9100 fax (815) 961-9118; Tgrlaw@aol.com.

8144R TRRT 10/25 n n n U-Stor 3000 Charles St. Rockford, IL 61108 Notice of Public Sale of Personal Property

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to section 4 of the Self Service Storage facility Act, in the state of Illinois. The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on Friday October 20th 2017 at 3:00 p.m. on the premise where said property has been stored and which is located at 3000 Charles St. Rockford, IL. 61108. The personal property described below.

147 – Annie Owens; 311 – Tiffany Pearson; 226 – Leslie Johnson; 164 – Richard McQuitter; 424 – Aspen Construction; 162 – Vasshawn Reeves; 423 – Aspen Construction; 620 – Leslie Johnson; 603 – Leslie Johnson; 971 – Aspen construction.

Units are auctioned by lot.

Purchases must be with cash only and be paid for at time of sale. All goods must be removed within 24 hours of purchase. Sale is subject to adjournment.

8145R TRRT 10/18 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 JOHN P. GUAGLIARDO, Deceased CASE NO. 2017-P-422 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JOHN P. GUAGLIARDO, Letters of Office were issued on September 26, 2017 to JAMES G. GUAGLIARDO, 930 Hanson Street, Batavia, Illinois 60510, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is JAMES E. STEVENS, of Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, LLP, 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before May 15, 2018, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

Dated: October 6, 2017 /s/ James G. Guagliardo Independent Executor JAMES E. STEVENS (3128256) Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive, 1st Floor Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 jstevens@bslbv.com 8146R TRRT 10/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DONNA M. GREEN Deceased, CASE NO. 17 P 322 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of DONNA M. GREEN. Letters of Office were issued on August 1, 2017, to SCOTT A. GREEN and RYAN M. GREEN, c/o 4001 North Perryville Road, Loves Park, IL

61111, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is JEREMY RAMSEY, 4001 North Perryville Road, Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before April 15, 2018, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

DATED: October 4, 2017 SCOTT A. GREEN and RYAN M. GREEN Name: JEREMY RAMSEY ARDC Number: # 6276765 Attorney for Estate Address: 4001 North Perryville Road Loves Park, IL 61111 Telephone: (815) 988-4364 8147R TRRT 10/25 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: ROLF A. THIENEMANN, Jr, Deceased.

Case No. 2017 P 429 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ROLF A. THIENEMANN, Jr. Letters of Office were issued on September 28, 2017 to Rolf A. Thienemann, III, of 2216 Oxford Street, Rockford, Illinois, as Executor of the Estate, whose attorney is Rolf A. Thienemann, III, 401 W. State Street, Suite 200, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before April 11, 2018, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the estate’s legal representative, or both.

A copy of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the legal representative and the attorney for the estate within ten days after it has been filed.

Dated: October 11, 2017 ROLF A. THIENEMANN, III Independent Administrator By: /s/ Rolf A. Thienemann Attorney Rolf Thienemann Rolf A. Thienemann Attorney for Petitioner 401 W. State Street, Suite 200 Rockford, IL 61101-1240 Email: tript@triptlaw.com Ph. (815) 880-8666 ARDC No. 6202011 8148R TRRT 10/25

October 11, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, vs.

STEPHANIE PETERSON Defendants, 17 CH 303 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, November 9, 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 Lots Fifteen (15) and Sixteen (16) in Block Eleven (11) as designated upon the Plat of North end addition to the City of Rockford, the Plat of which addition is recorded in Book 3 of Plats on page 24 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Northeast comer of said Lot Sixteen (16); thence West along the North line of said Lot Sixteen (16), 39.75 feet; thence South parallel with the East lines of said Lots Sixteen (16) and Fifteen (15) to the South line of said Lot Fifteen (15); thence East on said South line, 39.75 feet to the Southeast corner of said Lot Fifteen (15); thence North on the East lines of said Lots Fifteen (15) and Sixteen (16) to the point of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 1914 Auburn Street, Rockford, IL 61103.

P.I.N. 11-14-327-003.

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.

17-012528 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3063390 P8106R TRRT 10/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN MORALES; KIMBERLY MORALES Defendants, 17 CH 142 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, November 9, 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-one (41) as designated upon Plat No. 2 of Morgan Meadows being a Subdivision of part of the East Half (1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 24-43-1, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 36 of Plats on page 30A in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 2902 Claudana Drive, Rockford, IL 61109.

P.I.N. 15-24-227-007.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours.

No refunds.

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

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

17-023870 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3063389 P8107R TRRT 10/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.MICHAEL SAEGER, et al Defendant 16 CH 00233 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 9, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 13, 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: PART OF LOT 2 IN BLOCK 19 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF E. H. MARSH’S PARK VIEW SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 14 AND OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 4 OR PLATS ON PAGE 8 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT, 100.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH, PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT; THENCE EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, 100.00 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT TO THE PLACE OF

BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2218 GRANT AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-11-460009 (191D266).

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please

refer to file number 14-16-00449.

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. 14-16-00449 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00233 TJSC#: 37-7520 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.

I3061612 P8108R TRRT 10/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.JENNIFER M. PETERSON A/K/A JENNIFER M. TASSONI, et al Defendant 17 CH 00217 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 9, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 13, 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: PART OF LOT TEN (10) IN BLOCK SEVEN (7) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF NORTH END ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 3 OF PLATS ON PAGE 24 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE, BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT TEN (10); THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF LOT TEN (10), 39 FEET; THENCE EAST PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT TEN (10) TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT TEN (10); THENCE SOUTH ON SAID EAST LINE 39 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT TEN (10); THENCE WEST ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT TEN (10) TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1319 GRANT AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14-406004 (194D850).

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 14-17-02541.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-02541 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00217 TJSC#: 37-7521 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.

I3061632 P8109R TRRT 10/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.ANTHONY F. PIGOTT, et al Defendant 17 CH 00235 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered

in the above cause on August 9, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 13, 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 TWELVE (12) IN BLOCK TWENTY-FOUR (24) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE RE-PLAT OF ROLLING GREEN, A RESIDENTIAL PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTH EAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH RE-PLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 18 OF PLATS ON PAGE 35 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3238 CAROLINA AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-31-257026 (175A587).

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 fore-

closure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-02878.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-02878 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00235 TJSC#: 37-7458 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.

I3061630 P8110R TRRT 10/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2014-4TT Plaintiff, -v.ANA ROSA PARRA A/K/A ANA R. PARA, ANA YELI PARRA, JUAN A. HERNANDEZ, ASSET ACCEPTANCE, LLC Defendant 15 CH 001031 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 10, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 13, 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 THREE (3) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF NEWBURG FOUR BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 38 OF PLATS ON PAGE 90B IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 5105 VALENTINE PLACE, Rockford, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-28355-02.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $160,589.03.

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 resi-

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dential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C16-39086.

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

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw. com Attorney File No. C16-39086 Case Number: 15 CH 001031 TJSC#: 37-7359 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The Rock River Times. October 11, 2017

n n n Contempo Self Storage of Rockford 2605 Pamela Ave. Rockford, IL 61109 Notice of Public Sale of Personal Property Notice is hereby given that pursuant to section 4 of the Self Service Storage Facility Act, in the state of Illinois, the undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on October 19th at 2:00 pm on the premise where said property has been stored and which is located

at 2605 Pamela Ave., Rockford Illinois 61109. The personal property described below. #21 - misc. household items 8132R TRRT 10/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Cleaning Company business in said County and State under the name of Queens of

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT Plaintiff, -v.- MARIAN BREITHAUPT, et al Defendant 17 CH 00262 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 13, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 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 1835 LOOMIS STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-28-251-035 (2080A794).

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.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION

Clean at the following post office addresses: 1428 Arthur Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Tina Marie Hardgraves SIGNED: Tina Marie Hardgraves 9/26/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 26th day of September, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 8120R TRRT 10/18

n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a artist studio and pottery shop business in said County and State under the name of Three Ravens Studio at the following post office addresses: 1404 N. Main St., Suite 1, Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-02813.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-02813 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00262 TJSC#: 37-8608 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.

I3062917 P8081R TRRT 10/11 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.- PHYLLIS G. SEEMAN, et al Defendant 17CH 0000430 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 20, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 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 2015 GREENFIELD LN, ROCKFORD, IL 61107 Property Index No. 12-17-302-005.

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,

transacting such business are as follows: Thomas B. Harrison SIGNED: Thomas B. Harrison 10/10/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of October, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8149R TRRT 10/25 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a ecommerce clothing store business in said County and State under the name of 17 threads at the following post office addresses: 139 Warren Ave., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kennedy Lanquist SIGNED: Kennedy Lanquist 10/10/17 Subscribed and sworn (or

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-06185.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-06185 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 0000430 TJSC#: 37-8922 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.

I3063868 P8113R TRRT 10/18 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO FIRST NATIONAL

affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of October, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 8156R TRRT 10/25 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Tanning Salon/Retail Store business in said County and State under the name of Physical

Attractions at the following post office addresses: 1612 Johnson Ave., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Marco Gomez Delgado SIGNED: Marco Gomez Delgado 10/5/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of October, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8157R TRRT 10/25

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 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-cause on September 28, 2017, an agent of the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office will at 11:00 a.m. on November 2, 2017, at the Winnebago County Justice Center, 650 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as: 9415 Sagewood Drive, Roscoe, Illinois 61073 Permanent Index Numbers: 08-10-102-008 The property is residential real estate.

The judgment amount was $157,165.96, together with interest thereon at the statutory rate, plus additional costs, including publication costs, court costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses of sale.

Sale Terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any 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.

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.

Persons wishing information regarding the real estate may contact: Beth Lemiesz First National Bank and Trust 345 East Grand Ave Beloit WI 53511 (608) 363-8147 Dated this 2nd day of October, 2017.

RENO & ZAHM LLP By: /s/ Michael G. Schultz Michael G. Schultz, Attorney for First National Bank & Trust Company, Plaintiff RENO & ZAHM LLP Jamie S. Cassel (#06200979) Michael G. Schultz (#06297569) 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 987-4050 mgs@renozahm.com 8142R TRRT 10/25

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October 11, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, vs. STEPHANIE PETERSON Defendants, 17 CH 303 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, November 9, 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 1914 Auburn Street, Rockford, IL 61103.

P.I.N. 11-14-327-003.

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. 17-012528 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3063390 P8106R TRRT 10/18 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.- MICHAEL SAEGER, et al Defendant 16 CH 00233 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 9, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 13, 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 GRANT AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-11-460-009 (191D266).

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.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-00449.

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. 14-16-00449 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00233 TJSC#: 37-7520

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.

I3061612 P8108R TRRT 10/18 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.- JENNIFER M. PETERSON A/K/A JENNIFER M. TASSONI, et al Defendant 17 CH 00217 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 9, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 13, 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 1319 GRANT AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14-406-004 (194D850).

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 14-17-02541.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-02541 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00217 TJSC#: 37-7521 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.

I3061632 P8109R TRRT 10/18 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.- ANTHONY F. PIGOTT, et al Defendant 17 CH 00235 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 9, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 13, 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 3238 CAROLINA AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-31-257-026 (175A587).

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 14-17-02878.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-02878 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00235 TJSC#: 37-7458 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.

I3061630 P8110R TRRT 10/18 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. JOHN MORALES; KIMBERLY MORALES Defendants, 17 CH 142 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, November 9, 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 2902 Claudana Drive, Rockford, IL 61109.

P.I.N. 15-24-227-007.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours.

No refunds.

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

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

(614) 220-5611. 17-023870 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3063389 P8107R TRRT 10/18 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS EVERBANK; Plaintiff, vs. MATTHEW J. HOLDER AKA MATTHEW HOLDER AKA MATTHEW JAMES HOLDER; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 913 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, November 16, 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: P.I.N. 15-18-101-006.

Commonly known as 6876 Tipple Road, Rockford, Illinois 61102.

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 & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit

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www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F16100184 I3064163 P8133R TRRT 10/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR GSMPS MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2001-1; Plaintiff, vs. DEANNA L. FALER AKA DEANNA FALER; DANIEL L. FALER; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; GARY G. HOLLONBECK; Defendants, 17 CH 444 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, November 16, 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 707 North Winnebago, Rockford, IL 61102.

P.I.N. 11-23-107-009.

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. 17-017423 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3064084 P8136R TRRT 10/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY HOLCOMB STATE BANK, Plaintiff, vs. STEPHEN L. MC NEILLY, TRINA M. MC NEILLY AND CHRISTIANA TRUST, A DIVISION OF WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB AS TRUSTEE FOR KNOXVILLE TRUST AND UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendant(s). CASE NO. 2016 CH 578 PUBLIC NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Amended Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in said Court in the above-entitled cause on the 4th day of October, 2017, I, Gary Caruna, Sheriff of Winnebago County, or such other Deputy as may be sitting in my stead, will on November 7, 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: Jody L. Booher BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, Illinois 61108 (815) 962-6611 A. The common address of said property is: 5470 Ridgemoor Court, Rockford, IL 61107 and legally described as: PERMANENT INDEX NO.: 12-16-402-009 (160D 921) B. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: single family residence, 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom, approximately 4,114 square feet, sitting on just under a one acre lot 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 $335,814.20. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file to verify this information. /s/ Gary Caruna Sheriff of Winnebago County Jody L. Booher (#6292370) BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, IL 61108 815-962-6611 jbooher@bslbv.com 8141R TRRT 10/25

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n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS CIT BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.- GWENDOLYN JONES, et al Defendant 17 CH 00275 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 13, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 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 954 NORTH ROCKTON AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-15-430-047.

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.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-03564.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-03564 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00275 TJSC#: 37-8606 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.

I3062922 P8076R TRRT 10/11 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, vs. DEBORAH SASSALI; LOUIS SASSALI Defendants, 17 CH 365 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, November 2, 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 709 8th Street, Rockford, IL 61104.

P.I.N. 11-26-288-009.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bid-

ders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

(614) 220-5611. 16-033817 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3062621 P8077R TRRT 10/11 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.- CHRISTINA M. SMITH, et al Defendant 17 CH 00218 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 2, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 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 4991 DELMAR STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-33-303-004 (177C063), Property Index No. 12-33-303-005 (177C064).

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.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-02880.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-02880 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00218 TJSC#: 37-7239 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.

I3061327 P8078R TRRT 10/11 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION F/K/A PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES Plaintiff, -v.- TODD A. SHIPLEY A/K/A TODD ATHUR SHIPLEY, AS EXECUTOR, et al Defendant 17 CH 0000395 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 13, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on October 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 1431 BRADY LANE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-27-359-002.

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 14-17-04680.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-04680 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 0000395 TJSC#: 37-8607 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.

I3062919 P8079R TRRT 10/11 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.- TIFFANY BECKER, et al Defendant 17CH 00257 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 14, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 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 5117 HIGHCREST ROAD, ROCKFORD, IL 61107 Property Index No. 12-17-453-053.

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 14-17-03599.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-03599 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00257 TJSC#: 37-5697 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.

I725550 P8080R TRRT 10/11 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2014-4TT Plaintiff, -v.- ANA ROSA PARRA A/K/A ANA R. PARA, ANA YELI PARRA, JUAN A. HERNANDEZ, ASSET ACCEPTANCE, LLC Defendant 15 CH 001031 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 10, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 13, 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 5105 VALENTINE PLACE, Rockford, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-28-355-02.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $160,589.03.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C16-39086.

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

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw.com Attorney File No. C16-39086 Case Number: 15 CH 001031 TJSC#: 37-7359 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.

I3059662 P8111R TRRT 10/18

October 11, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.- JOHN BURROUGHS A/K/A JOHN L BURROUGHS, et al Defendant 16CH 819 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 4, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 7, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3126 BILDAHL STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 15-01-309-007.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 258162.

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. 258162 Case Number: 16 CH 819 TJSC#: 37-9161 I3064510 P8135R TRRT 10/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.- RUSSELL A. LETHEBY, et al Defendant 16 CH 00124 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 1, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 8, 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 6564 ABINGTON DRIVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-03-401-003 (255D090).

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 14-16-01745.

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. 14-16-01745 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00124 TJSC#: 37-9082 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.

I3064384 P8137R TRRT 10/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION A/K/A PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES Plaintiff, -v.- MARSHA GUZMAN, et al Defendant 17CH 00076 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 16, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 20, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3106 SANER AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 15-02-410-015 (207C765).

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 14-17-00424.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-00424 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Case Number: 17 CH 00076 TJSC#: 37-7827 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.

I3062144 P8138R TRRT 10/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.- UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOSE A. MONTUFAR, et al Defendant 16 CH 00490 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 November 21, 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 1419 NORTH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14-401-005.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 14-16-07035.

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. 14-16-07035 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00490 TJSC#: 37-6178 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.

I3058715 P8139R TRRT 10/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.- CINDY COBERLY A/K/A CINDY R. COBERLY, et al Defendant 15 CH 695 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 19, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 22, 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 324 OAKLAND AVENUE, SOUTH BELOIT, IL 61080 Property Index No. 04-07-211-017.

The real estate is improved with a single family home, two car detached garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in

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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 2217.

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. 2217 Case Number: 15 CH 695 TJSC#: 37-9022 I3064375 P8140R TRRT 10/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE (1928 Baintree Road, Davis, Illinois 61019) PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in Winnebago County Case No. 17-CH-306, the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder.

1. The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 1928 Baintree Road, Davis, Illinois 61019.

2. The time and place of sale will be Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 11:00 A.M., Winnebago County Justice Center, Lobby, 650 West State Street, Rockford, County of Winnebago, Illinois, conducted by the Winnebago County Sheriff.

3. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: None.

The real estate is vacant land.

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

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

6. The property will not be available for inspection.

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

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

9. The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Matthew M. Hevrin, HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP, 100 Park Avenue, Rockford, IL 61101, Tel (815) 490-4935.

NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT,YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE LAW FIRM OF HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 8143R TRRT 10/25

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Mr. Green Car

Paying for EV power

By Allen Penticoff

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Columnist

s more people buy electric cars, and the manufacturers leap headlong into electric car production (GM will have 20 electric car models in the next few years; Ford will have 15), there will be more need for public charging of these vehicles.

While there are some truly public charging places, paid with tax dollars, they are relatively rare. Few cities and states can afford to put them in. In Rockford, there are only two places (I am aware of) that offer true public charging.

One is in Sinnissippi Park near the Nicholas Conservatory where there are two Level 2 charge points. The other is at Camelot Towers where there are four charge points. It is rare to see someone charging at the park, but the Camelot Towers charge points are often in use.

Neither is convenient to retail shopping.

Nonetheless, EVgo, makes a business out of providing charging points, for a

fee across the nation. They claim there are 40,500 public charge points. They are building a network across the nation for DC fast charging along interstates and freeways, often at rest stops. With DC fast charging one can gain 75 miles of range in 30 minutes and an 80 percent charge in 45 minutes (this would, of course, depend on the size of your battery capacity).

Automakers Nissan, BMW and Ford have worked out deals with EVgo to provide some free charging to new EV owners. Nissan’s EZ-Charge offers two years free charging of 30 minutes of fast charge or 60 minutes of Level 2 charging per session with low per minute/hour rates after that. BMW’s plan is called Charge Now and features integration with BMWs onboard infotainment system. New Ford C-Max Energi owners get three years free charging of four hours of Level 2 per session.

EVgo is not the only company offering charging plans. There is also Charge Point, Blink and others. An electric

vehicle industry organization, the ROEV Association, has made progress on coordinating these networks along with the auto manufacturers so that wherever you find a fee-based charging station you won’t have to have a separate card for each provider.

Together they have about 19,000 charging stations. Prices for charging may vary from one to the next as whoever installed it has their own pricing.

As an example, outside of the manufacturer subsidized plans, EVgo offers three subscription levels. First is for frequent chargers called “On The Go.” This plan has a $19.95 per month fee on a 12-month contract. DC fast charging is 20 cents per minute and Level 2 charging is $1.50 per hour. Their “Level 2” plan has a $5.95 monthly fee with DC charging at $4.95 plus 20 cents per minute per session and Level 2 charging at $1.00 per hour. For infrequent use, the “Flex” plan has only a $4.95 one-time registration fee with DC charging at $4.95 plus 20 cents per min and Level 2 charging at $1.50 per hour. The latter two plans would

be best for plug-in hybrids like the Volt and older EVs with smaller batteries.

Breaking all those dizzying numbers down. If 30 minutes of DC fast charging provides 75 miles of range for $6, that works out to 8 cents per mile for your power. This is roughly the same as paying $2.50 per gallon for gas while getting gas mileage of 30 mpg. However, those “fees” can double your cost. This is why I say most EV owners are not traveling far looking for power yet—at home charging is much cheaper. But that is changing.

These networks, EVgo among them, offer smartphone and in-car apps that show the nearest charging stations and what the use is. This is a nice feature.

If there is a charging point and all the available cords are in use and will be for a while—you can look elsewhere. This is the kind of networking that the ROEV Association is promoting along with technical standards to make electric vehicle ownership and use as convenient as possible. R.

Energy & Environment

Grid destruction, repair and increasing the use of renewables

By Drs. Robert & Sonia Vogl

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Contributors

n a recent discussion on National Public Radio, an official from New York commented that electrical engineers and other energy experts were being sent to Puerto Rico to assist in rebuilding the electrical grid. He talked of the strategies used in New York to harden the grid to better protect it from the devastating impacts of storms such as Hurricanes Sandy, Irma and Harvey. With another hurricane headed toward the Gulf coast, 2017 is proving to be a very costly hurricane season in terms of impacts on people and property.

Some estimates of the combined damage from the recent record-breaking storms in the United States could reach nearly $300 billion not including the latest storm approaching the Gulf coast

or the damages from droughts and floods and western forest fires. Puerto Rico, already burdened by a $9 billion bill on its electrical system, is facing the costs of restoring its grid service. Since the grid itself was extensively damaged, restoring full service is expected to take months.

While their generators are still functional they are old, rely mainly on imported oil and are in need of replacement. Proposals exist to replace oil dependent generators with generators based on imported natural gas. Since the island has excellent solar and wind resources the destruction provides a unique opportunity to modernize their electrical service with a more decentralized system based on wind, solar and energy efficiency. While no details on the efforts of the energy experts from New York applying their new approaches

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to hardening the grid, it is possible that a less centralized, distributed approach to supplying electricity could reduce the devastating impacts of the loss of grid power.

For example, would locating solar panels on the flat roofs of tall buildings reduce their vulnerability to being torn from the roofs or hit by flying debris carried by the winds? Electric vehicles with battery storage could also provide power for a short time. Such isolated sources of power might be able to maintain some electrical service for critical infrastructure including hospitals, water supplies and sewage treatment plants.

While not a solution to the extensive damage devastating life in Puerto Rico, it is time to start experimenting with means to supply essential electrical services for small island populations potentially impacted by rising sea levels and increasingly intensive storms.

In Illinois, the most damaging storms to date involve tornadoes and floods with the potential of a severe drought limiting the output of heat based power plants including coal and nuclear power plants.

Several years ago during a drought and heat wave in Europe, the output of power plants had to be cut back because rising temperatures being discharged into rivers were harmful to fish and aquatic life.

An increasing number of solar installations in Illinois are on flat roofs of schools, manufacturing facilities and warehouses with the potential for continuous electrical supply during periods of loss of grid service.

With an increase in electric powered vehicles, cars, trucks and buses, an additional supply of energy exists to supply temporary electrical services. If electrical service were entirely dependent on renewable energy sources such as wind and photovoltaics, using excessive renewable energy supplies to release hydrogen gas from water by electrolysis could solve the energy storage issue.

It is time to increase the installation of renewable energy, to use less energy and use it more efficiently as has been proposed for Illinois as well as other parts of the world.

Visit illinoisrenew.org. R.

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FARM & AG

Starting a backyard orchard

BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

Fall is a very good time to start making decisions on growing fruit trees in the backyard. Because many apples and pears are harvested during this time, you have the ability to taste di�erent varieties to determine which ones you may want to grow.

As a reminder, apples and pears grow well in Northern Illinois, and there are a large number of di�erent varieties and rootstocks available to you. Peaches, plums, and tart cherries may also grow well depending on the season. These are fruits that can be a�ected quite strongly by very cold winters and late frosts.

Plant one of these trees and hope for a good yield every couple of years.

After you have decided on variety, you need to think about the actual height of your tree. Dwarf, semi-dwarf, and standard are the main types of fruit trees available. A dwarf tree will reach 8-10 feet followed by semi-dwarf with 10-15 feet, and finally a standard with 18-25 feet in height. If you are unsure of if you have enough space for many fruit trees, a good rule of thumb is that you should space a fruit tree based on its height.

If it will reach 10-15 feet, space all the trees 10-11 feet apart. Much of the height is due to a rootstock. A rootstock has a di�erent genetic material below ground than what’s above ground. The rootstock allows for the tree to reach a certain height, be resistant to diseases, and able to withstand our cold winters in Northern Illinois. Recommended rootstocks are M9 and M26. Both have a dwarf characteristic while M7 is a semi-dwarf tree.

Fruit trees will be either whips/bare roots or feathered. A feathered tree will be one that already has some side growth to it and gives you the opportunity to get closer to harvest. A whip looks like you’ve purchased a stick without any limbs attached to it. Either one can work fine for the backyard and you may find that you cannot find the feathered variety that you want.

Both will need to be pruned on Day 1 of planting. Next week, I’ll discuss more about getting the backyard orchard set up. 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.

Are we at a tipping point for weed control?

BY LAUREN QUINN U OF I NEWS BUREAU

URBANA — Imagine you’re walking the cereal aisle at your favorite grocery store. Are you reading labels? Scanning prices? Thinking about weeds? If you’re like most American consumers, weeds probably aren’t at the forefront of your mind when buying food.

But if farmers could no longer control weeds with existing herbicides, Americans would take notice pretty quickly.

“I think the future of cheap food is strongly related to the availability and e�ectiveness of existing herbicides,” says Adam Davis, ecologist in the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois and USDA Agricultural Research Service. That is, without working herbicides, food could get a lot more expensive.

Davis and George Frisvold, an economist at the University of Arizona, recently teamed up to consider the possibility that we’ve reached a critical tipping point in our ability to control agricultural weeds with the herbicides currently on the market. They published their analysis in the journal Pest Management Science.

“I believe if we fully lost chemical control of certain weeds, and if farmers continued with the corn-soybean rotation, they’d be forced to reduce their acreages as they spend more time and money managing weeds. And the cost of the end product, our food, would go up as well,” Davis says.

If you’re not in the farming industry, you might not be aware that weeds like common waterhemp and Palmer amaranth can reduce corn and soybean yields anywhere from 30 to 80 percent, and that those weeds are developing resistance to available herbicides. Like antibiotic-resistant “superbugs,” resistant weeds simply can’t be killed by herbicides.

There are lots of herbicides on the market, but they all fall into one of 16 categories describing their mode of action (MOA), or specific target in the plant that the chemical attacks. Because of various regulations and biological realities, a smaller number of herbicide MOAs can be used on any given crop and the suite of weeds that goes along with it.

At this point, many weeds are now resistant to multiple MOAs. “In some areas, we’re one or two MOAs away from completely losing chemical control for certain weeds. For example, in east central Illinois, we have common waterhemp that is resistant to five out of the six relevant MOAs in a corn-soybean rotation,” he says. “And there are no new herbicide MOAs coming out.

There haven’t been for 30 years.”

The lack of new herbicides is only one factor that led us where we are today. Davis and Frisvold suggest that herbicide susceptibility in weeds should have been viewed as a finite resource all along, like the global oil supply.

As resources start to dwindle, prices should theoretically go up as a way to prevent overuse and total resource exhaustion. But unlike oil, herbicide prices have actually decreased over the past 30 to 40 years.

“The assumption is that, in a rational market, people will use less of a dwindling resource because it gets more expensive or they notice a problem. It’s not happening for herbicides,” Davis says.

The rollout of crops engineered to tolerate herbicides like glyphosate (RoundUp) may have added to the problem. Davis believes their availability led to greater reliance on chemical solutions to weed control, rather than the diverse mix of weed management practices that used to be the norm. And that meant farmers were spraying herbicide more frequently.

But weeds are wily. Like all organisms, they evolve in response to their environment. With more exposure to a certain environmental pressure (in this case, the herbicide), the more opportunity there is for adaptation. Over time, random genetic mutations allowed some weeds to withstand herbicides. O�spring from those plants grew, survived, and reproduced. And so on, until the majority of plants were left with the mutation.

It sounds dire, but Davis remains optimistic. “I believe there’s hope,” he says, “but it requires that we take action to diversify weed management now.”

Just what would it take to bring us back from the brink of total weed domination? Davis has a lot of ideas, but one of the big ones is something he calls the “middle way,” which bridges the gap between the traditional cornsoy rotation with its heavy herbicide inputs and a diversified organic system.

“Right now we have a dominant system where we have two summer annuals following each other. Because we don’t have any change of phenology (timing of development) of the main crop, we have the same weed spectrum in both crops. We never destabilize it. But if you introduce a small winter grain or a forage legume into that system, you begin to make it di�cult for summer annual weeds like waterhemp to become dominant. So you can get about 90 percent there just with a good crop rotation.

“Then you build in things like weed suppressive cultivars, banded herbicides, row spacing, cultivation, harvest weed seed control, and all these tactics together can add up to really e�ective weed management systems. We’ve shown you can reduce herbicide use by 90 percent in diversified systems and get the same amount of weed control. Same profit, same productivity, but two orders of magnitude reduction in environmental pollution, and a 90 percent reduction in fertilizer use. It’s not hard to do for the grower,” he says.

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Wisconsin

Crossword

Republicans tout bill to legalize hemp

By Todd Richmond Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Republican lawmakers made the case Tuesday for a bill that would allow Wisconsin farmers to grow hemp, stressing that the plant shouldn’t be confused with marijuana and that farmers should be given the option to raise another profitable crop.

Rep. Jesse Kremer and Sen. Patrick Testin told reporters during a news conference ahead a public hearing on the measure that the proposal would give hope to farmers.

“The message from a united agriculture community is this: We’ve led the nation in hemp production in the past.

It’s time we lead again,” Testin said.

Hemp and marijuana are both forms of cannabis, but hemp lacks enough THC, marijuana’s active ingredient, to get people high. Hemp can be used to make a variety of products, including clothing, rope, food and plastics.

Wisconsin was once one of the nation’s top hemp producers. It produced three-quarters of domestic hemp during World War II before demand plummeted and China took control of the market.

The 2014 Farm Bill gave the states the right to run hemp research programs.

At least 30 states, including neighboring Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois, have since passed legislation allowing hemp cultivation in light of the federal act, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Under the Wisconsin bill, the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection could issue licenses to farmers looking to grow industrial hemp. People with drug convictions wouldn’t be eligible.

The plants couldn’t contain more than 1 percent THC. They could contain up to 1.5 percent THC if the farmer uses state-certified seeds developed by DATCP, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Crop Improvement Administration.

T h e W i s c o n s i n Fa r m B u r e a u Federation and the Wisconsin Farmers Union support the bill. No groups have registered in opposition. The bill has bipartisan support in the Assembly and the Senate.

“It’s really about returning an opportunity to Wisconsin farmers,” farm bureau President Jim Holte said during the news conference. “I hope we can move past the myths surrounding industrial hemp and concentrate on the facts.”

Asked whether farmers might hide marijuana plants in their hemp crop, Kremer said hemp would cross-pollinate with marijuana so quickly that the marijuana’s quality would be diluted and rendered less valuable.

The Senate’s agriculture committee was scheduled to hold a public hearing on the bill Tuesday afternoon. Testin aide Jeff Schultz offered edible hemp bars at the news conference and handed them out to committee members before the meeting began.

W i s c on si n Et h ic s C om m i s sion Administrator Brian Bell said it appears Schultz didn’t violate any ethical guidelines because both the public and lawmakers were offered the bars for free and they appear to be intended as props rather than gifts.

The committee was scheduled to take up several bills ahead of the hemp legislation. It was unclear when testimony on the measure would begin.

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Across 1. Capital near Casablanca 6. African National Congress 9. Sword handle 13. Do like a good citizen 14. E xclamation of suspicion 15. Echo sounder 16. Jewish holiday 17. Kimono sash 18. Blast from the past 19. Commissioner ’s ____ 21. Yankees’ home 23. Little Mermaid’s domain 24. Command before “in” 25. U.K. broadcaster 28. Puerto ____ 30. Why 1994 World Series was canceled 35. Displeasure on one’s face 37. Barrels or casks 39. Desert wanderer’s hope 40. Aries or Taurus, e.g.

41. “A Doll’s House” playwright

43. Grannies 4 4. Conquer, a s in Everest 46. Overweight wrestler 47. M an R ay ’s ar t movement 48. “____ ____ Truckin’” 50. Laundry room fire hazard 52. One of Florida Keys, e.g.

53. Database command 55. ____-cha-cha 57. Blue Jays’ home 61. Young domesticated ungulate 64. Cover story 65. Victoria’s Secret purchase 67. Free from 69. Locomotive hair 70. Big galoot 71. ____-____-la 72. The big one and little one, e.g.

73. Explosive 74. Red Sea nation Down 1. Ice Cube’s genre 2. Go up against 3. Ethiopian currency

4. Goodbye to amiga 5. Difficult for Beast to control 6. Sailor’s call 7. Nail a criminal 8. Trouser fabric 9. Like Roman Empire 10. ____-China 11. Animal house 12. “Star ____” 15. Site of a 1976 uprising, South Africa 20. Hispaniola republic 22. First responders 24. Give advice 25. ____ Sox Scandal, 1919 26. Round loaf, in Paris 27. Type of mandarin 29. Overcame Curse of the Billy Goat 31.

“Atlas Shrugged” author 3 2 . A sim ov or Mizrahi 33. Sorta 34. Bacon piece 36. “Where the Wild Things Are” rollick 38. Big rig 42. Time being

4 5 . H e r z e g o v i n a ’s partner 49. “As if!”

51. Number of teams in MLB 54. R2-D2, e.g.

56. Flambé 57. Diplomat’s forte 58. Mixture or medley 59. Make someone angry 60. #17 Across, pl.

61. Synonym to # 9 Across 62. Dutch cheese 63. Thespian’s part 66. What Rickey Henderson did best?

68. World Series ticketholder

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NFL. Week 6

Trubisky answers the call in debut

By Robert Zeglinski

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Contributor

hey say to patiently wait for the best things in life. If that’s true, then despite the Bears falling short in the much-hyped rookie Mitchell Trubisky’s debut on Monday night to the Vikings, there’s plenty to look forward to.

After roughly a month of an angry mob slowly forming calling for Trubisky to start, it would’ve been incredibly difficult for the young quarterback to live up to what the Church of Mitchell, i.e. Soldier Field on Monday, wanted.

Somehow, as he routinely fired bombs on rollouts to Bears receivers such as Kendall Wright and Tre McBride, none of that mattered to the rookie whatsoever.

As he calmly fired those strikes into the heart of an excellent Vikings defense, Trubisky was un-phased by the moment in his debut as much as he appreciated all of the support.

“It was fun. The crowd was electric. I have to thank them for coming out and being loud and really supporting us. It is just one start—so, take the good with the good, the bad with the bad and roll from there and know it is the first one and so it can only get better,” reminisced Trubisky about what he’ll remember from Monday.

For quite literally everyone else besides the rookie, this was the beginning of the rest of their football lives. For Trubisky, it was an opportunity to play in front of his family – who made the trip out to

Chicago for his debut – and learn from his mistakes to get better. Nothing more.

Exactly what you want from a franchise quarterback. Always on to the next one.

And still, you couldn’t help but notice some of the praise Trubisky was receiving from his teammates and coaches in the post game, despite the loss. Most notably from the notoriously tight-lipped head coach in John Fox. It’s one game but color the veteran coach impressed.

“He’s got what it takes. There’s no doubt in my mind. For a first game, I go back to watching guys like Montana in his first game. I’ve seen a few of them.

I’m not making comparisons at this point. But he will do nothing but get better,” said Fox. Sure Fox contradicted himself mentioning comparisons – as usual – but he still put one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time in the same sentence as Trubisky. Not an aspect to be taken lightly. Especially for a coach that’s been around professional football as long as Fox has.

It takes a lot for Fox to show any kind of emotion or praise on a regular basis for his players publicly and here’s a bright rookie doing it from the outset to him.

Ho-hum.

Trubisky is the bright new face at Halas Hall. The face of optimism and hope for a fan base starving for a Bears contender.

That’s why you see rally towels flying

““... I’m going to fix my mistakes, and I’m going to watch this film and be critical of myself. They know I’m going to get better. I appreciate them having faith in me and having my back, but yeah, I feel like it’s on me.”

in the fourth quarter of an October regular season game as they did Monday night.

That’s why there’s a standing ovation for Trubisky as he stepped onto the field to begin his first start. This is what palpable energy and excitement about a football team looks like. A foreign concept of late in Chicago.

Trubisky means everything to this franchise and football city at the moment. Provided all goes well, he will become the favorite son of Chicago for a long time.

What will be most crucial in that love manifesting is that the most vocal critic of Trubisky isn’t a coach. It isn’t a family member or close friend either. It’s the 23-year-old impressively self-evaluating on the fly, as all franchise quarterbacks should do. “... I’m going to fix my mistakes, and

I’m going to watch this film and be critical of myself. They know I’m going to get better. I appreciate them having faith in me and having my back, but yeah, I feel like it’s on me,” said Trubisky, accepting the brunt of the blame for the Bears’ loss.

For months, many wondered whether Trubisky was mature or experienced enough to start quickly for these Bears.

After displaying the maturity he already has, as well as taking charge of his team, those concerns have gone by the wayside.

The face of the franchise is more than prepared to grow up and change the history of a recent bottom-dweller.

One game in and Trubisky is already showing glimpses of being the player Chicago originally envisioned when drafting him. Of being the leader and beacon of hope this franchise and fanbase needs.

With the Bears well out of the playoff race at 1-4, the rest of 2017 will primarily be the opening chapters of the story of Mitchell in Chicago. As it should be.

Monday night’s defeat wasn’t a roadblock for Trubisky and didn’t impede any of his rapid progress either.

Instead, it accelerated the most important developmental process the Bears have had in quite some time. A team and quarterback on the cusp. A rookie debut with flash that offered something underrated that this franchise hasn’t consistently enjoyed in years.

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Adams, Jones leading the way for improving Packers GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers knew all along what they had in Davante Adams. It was just a question of whether he’d be healthy enough to show it.

They didn’t exactly know what they had in Aaron Jones. Now they might have found the kind of 1-2 punch in the running game that coach Mike McCarthy has always preferred.

Adams and Jones — along with Aaron Rodgers, of course — were the stars of the Packers’ 35-31 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday at AT&T Stadium.

Adams snared the game-winning 12-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers with 11 seconds to play, and Jones gave the Packers’ struggling run game a lift by rushing for 125 yards, including a touchdown and a crucial fourth-down conversion.

Thanks to Adams’ and Jones’ contributions and Rodgers being Rodgers — the two-time MVP completed 19 of 29 passes

for 221 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions — the Packers are now 4-1, and looking for more ways to improve.

“Hey, we’re happy to be where we are, 4-1, but we need to play better,” McCarthy said Monday. “We weren’t as clean as we needed to be, and that showed up in our performance. That’s why it’s great to win and coach hard on Mondays.”

There wasn’t much to criticize about Adams or Jones.

Adams, who left Lambeau Field in an ambulance after a helmet-to-helmet hit left him with a concussion during the Packers’ Sept. 28 victory over Chicago, was cleared to play on Saturday and played all but four of Green Bay’s offensive snaps against the Cowboys.

He responded with seven receptions for 66 yards and a pair of touchdowns, the other one a 10-yarder for the Packers’

first points. Adams and Rodgers couldn’t connect on the play before the game-winner, and he came back to the huddle and called for the ball once more.

“I was going to call another play,” Rodgers said. “But Tae came back and said, ‘Call it again.’ With his eyes, he just said, ‘Throw a better ball.’ (So I) just put a better throw on it and he made a great catch.”

Adams enters next Sunday’s game against NFC North rival Minnesota tied for the team lead in receptions (23) and leading the team in receiving yards (285).

His four touchdown catches trail only Jordy Nelson’s six.

Adams, who struggled with an ankle injury in 2015 and wasn’t as productive as the Packers needed him to be that year with Nelson out for the season with a knee injury, has been outstanding since the start of last season. Including the playoffs, he has caught 91 passes for 1,214 yards and

14 touchdowns.

“There was a never a doubt of, ‘Can Davante Adams be an excellent, top-notch NFL football player?’ But it’s a process.

Every player goes through it. You have ups and downs,” McCarthy said. “He’s the real deal.”

Jones might turn out to be the real deal, too. The third running back on the depth chart to start the season, he was inactive for the Sept. 10 regular-season opener against Seattle. He was pressed into action when Ty Montgomery (ribs) and Jamaal Williams (knee) were injured against the Bears.

“Aaron had an opportunity, and man, he cashed in. I’m proud of him,” McCarthy said. “He’s earned the right to have more opportunities and move forward.

“But this is not a one-man show. It’s going to take them all.”

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IceHogs center Matheson Iacopelli looks to break through in his first full season with the Rockford IceHogs. After finishing his season last year at Western Michigan University, Iacopelli played eight games for the ‘Hogs, notching a goal and three assists. Photo, Todd Reicher

Trades, callups all part of AHL coaching job

By Jim Hagerty Contributor

DOWNTOWN — When a series of trades by the Blackhawks depleted the Rockford IceHogs roster last season, it didn’t sit well with former coach Ted Dent.

And while some say Dent’s public comments about the moves may have played a role in his dismissal from the organization, the team had long been relegated to the Central Division basement when Mark McNeill, Sam Carrick and Spencer Abbott were dealt. And even as Dent had just signed a contract extension, it wasn’t a terrible shock when the Blackhawks relieved him.

It’s too early for new coach Jeremy Colliton to tell what extent his roster will change this season and in years to come. But there are things he is sure of, and that is he’s a coach of a professional hockey team. And while some coaches will say business decisions are reserved

from the front office, he has a slightly different take.

“I don’t think you really separate [the game from the business],” Colliton, who picked up his first win as an AHL coach last Saturday in Cleveland, said. “It’s part of the job. We are trying to get these guys to the NHL to help the Blackhawks win.”

And that means, as ‘Hogs fans have seen a lot over the years, AHL players are sometimes traded, some without ever skating in Chicago sweater. That’s where Colliton says his role in the business side of hockey kicks in.

“Coaches have opinions about how guys are playing and what their strengths and weaknesses are in moving up to the next level,” he said. “Ultimately, it’s management’s job to do the best they can for the organization.”

Most of the players on the IceHogs roster have NHL contracts: two-way deals that can send waiver-exempt guys back and

forth between here and Chicago whenever the big club wants them. That often means top players could be taken out of an AHL lineup on any given night, without word whether they’ll be back.

“It’s constant,” Colliton said. “There is going to be change with guys in and out.

But hopefully, we build a culture here that no matter who’s in the lineup, we are going to play a certain way.”

And that is also where his coaching role touches the dollar and cents side of things.

It is where player development plays a central part in putting a solid product on the ice every night while allowing guys to grow as professional athletes.

“It puts them in a position to get better and learn how to win, so when they do get called up they can step right in and help,” the former New York Islanders forward said.

The IceHogs have seen their share of players the Blackhawks had definite

plans for when they come to the AHL. Circumstance changed for them, too, sometimes sending guys who spend their first pro seasons developing in Rockford somewhere else in the NHL. “We want as many players as possible to play in the NHL—ideally for the Blackhawks,” Colliton said. “But sometimes there’s no room. So we want them to be attractive to other teams so they can go on and have great careers.”

And winning is part of that, he said, something the IceHogs did only in spurts last year after back-to-back trips to the Calder Cup Playoffs.

“We want to build a tradition of winners here who are ready for the next level.”

The IceHogs (1-0-0-0) open their 2017-18 home campaign Saturday, Oct. 14, against the Iowa Wild. Puck drop is at 6 p.m. Rockford returns to the BMO Harris Bank Center Sunday, Oct. 15, for a 4 p.m. meeting with Milwaukee. R.