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hirty years. That’s how long The Rock River Times has been The Voice of the Community for Rockford and its surroundings. In that time, it’s changed names, changed o�ces, changed editors and owners, but the commitment to the community has remained. Hopefully, when you picked up your copy of this week’s Times you noticed something di�erent: the masthead on the cover has changed, and so has the layout on the pages to follow. This was the ﬁnal step in a process that began two years ago under the direction of our managing editor, Shane Nicholson. Aligning our print and web products was a critical part of that e�ort. Now, when you open our print edition or read our daily headlines at rockrivertimes.com on your computer or cell phone, the stories will come to you in the same way, with the same consistent style. What hasn’t changed is our unwavering commitment to the Rockford community. We will continue to bring you the stories that matter from the best sources available. We will continue to provide you, our partners in the community, a place to share your stories. Over the next year, we plan to invest further in local reporting and storytelling, and bring you new regular features on a range of topics. All of this is simply a small part of the way forward for the next three decades. The Rock River Times will continue to be a champion of the environment and the local arts, as our longtime owner and friend Frank Schier was. His e�orts will not be in vain: our sta� is committed to the causes and organizations Frank spent so much of his time supporting through the years. We wish to thank our many friends – our partners throughout the Rockford community and the greater Rock River region – who have supported The Rock River Times. Your contributions, be they dollars spent on advertising or words written for these pages, are the reason we can continue to be the source of local, independent journalism so many of our neighbors rely on. A generation has passed since The Rock River Times ﬁrst appeared on newsstands around Rockford. We thank all of our readers and community partners for their continued support as we endeavor to make it another 30 years as the Rock River Valley’s Voice of the Community. –The Rock River Times sta�

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Faith & Immigration

First, they came for the Sunday school teachers ICE raids last weekend provided a snapshot of what immigration policy under Trump will look like. By Jack Jenkins & Esther Yu Hsi Lee

ThinkProgress

Methodist Sunday school teacher in Kansas has reportedly been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and is now believed to be set for deportation, sparking concern among local faith leaders unsettled by the surge of immigration raids under President Donald Trump. According to an account published by the United Methodist Church’s (UMC) commun icat ions office, Humber to Barralaga reportedly heard a knock at his door on Tuesday morning, February 7. He allowed two immigration officials — who were allegedly not wearing anything that identified themselves as ICE agents — into his home to give them refuge from the cold. But according to his pastor, as soon as Barralaga opened the door, the men reportedly called other officers into the house and detained him. Officials for the Great Plains Conference— the regional UMC governing body—told ThinkProgress that Barralaga is an active member of House United Methodist Church in Dodge City, Kansas, where he is also a Sunday school teacher and the men’s evangelism leader. GPC officials said he had been waiting for his son, a U.S. citizen, to turn 21 so Barralaga could petition to adjust his immigration status. His wife, they said, is also a legal resident. They added they were not aware of where Barralaga is being detained or what, if anything, he is being charged with. “We cannot find anything that can lead us to indicate that he has had any criminal activity,” said Todd Seifert, the communications director for the conference. Seifert said that Barralaga’s role as a Sunday school teacher was a “well-connected” ministry position for the tiny church, where he

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oversaw men’s ministry. When ThinkProgress reached out ICE for confirmation, however, officials were initially slow to reply, and calls to local ICE detention centers were hastily redirected to answering machines without a response. It was only after several hours that ICE finally stated they were holding a man by the name of Pablo Barralaga-Escobar, 51, who was arrested in Dodge City. They added that Barralaga-Escobar has “since been placed into removal proceedings due to his three DUI convictions and a which separate misdemeanor conviction”—in other words, scheduled for deportation. A mugshot of a man named “Pablo Barralaga-Escoba” resembling the UMC’s image of Humberto is dated the same day as Humberto’s arrest. It’s possible that ICE was unable to find Barralaga in their locator system because of a name discrepancy. But immigrant advocates say opaque or even deceptive tactics by ICE are routine, and there are concerns it will only get worse under Trump. “On multiple occasions, ICE has refused to speak to us despite having an ICE privacy waiver from the person in detention or ICE has just remained unresponsive to us,” said Christina M. Fialho, Executive Director of Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement. “Now with the change in the Administration, we are concerned this will happen with more frequency, as more of our community members are disappeared into the detention and deportation system.” The shift is being felt in other ways as well. Even if Barralaga has as criminal record, for instance, he may not have been detained under Barack Obama’s administration — which issued directives asking ICE agents to exercise leniency towards immigrants with U.S. citizen children.

esus’ own life begins as a refugee to Africa as a part of state-sponsored killing. We recognize that the situation is casted as political… but we also know that it’s also moral and ethical, and, for us, deeply a matter of faith.”

According to pastor Juan Carlos, a UMC minister in the conference who is helping spearhead efforts to aid immigrants in the region, the bond for Barralaga’s release is set at $7,000. Carlos noted that developing coalitions to help handle such situations is rapidly becoming a primary concern for churchgoers in the area, which has historically been a haven for immigrant and refugee communities. Developing structures to respond to cases like Barralaga’s is now “one of the priorities in our conference,” he said.

lthough Barralaga has longstanding ties to the United States and deep connections in his community, deportations of people like him may become increasingly common under the Trump administration. ICE officials said he is one of more than 680 immigrants swept up in immigration raids this past week, with direct assistance from local police in places such as Dodge City. According to the Kansas City Star, Barralaga was one of 32 people arrested in Wichita, Dodge City, Garden City, and surrounding area alone. Jeania Ree V. Moore, Director of Civil and Human Rights at the United Methodist Church’s General Board of Church and Society, noted that aggressive deportation policies were also used during the Obama administration. She said that UMC leaders affirmed and updated the denomination’s progressive resolution on immigration in 2016 in response, and that the UMC’s

pro-immigrant stance is rooted in their Christian faith. “Jesus’ own life begins as a refugee to Africa as a part of state-sponsored killing,” she said. “We recognize that the situation is casted as political… but we also now that it’s also moral and ethical, and, for us, deeply a matter of faith.” Churches and other faith groups are rapidly becoming an increasingly vocal opponent of deportations and restrictive immigration polices. The UMC is also one of several Christian, Jewish, and Muslim institutions that have lent their support for the “New Sanctuary Movement.” Participating churches, synagogues, and mosques offer up their sanctuaries to immigrants at risk of deportation, making use of an internal ICE policy that dissuades agents from raiding churches, schools, or hospitals. However, DHS has not issued clear guidance on whether these memos have continued since Trump took office. “The UMC has stood behind sanctuary as an option and a recourse, and continues to do so explicitly,” Moore said. The strategy successfully pressured ICE to drop or delay the deportation orders for several immigrants during Barack Obama’s administration, but it remains unclear whether the policy will remain in place under Trump. Nevertheless, Trump’s election — fueled in part by a spate of anti-immigrant rhetoric and violence — has inspired a bevy of new worship communities to sign on as potential sanctuaries for immigrants.

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Local Government

Circuit clerk moves ahead with paperless Deputy clerk leading the way in saving time, money for county By John Guevara

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echnological advancement is not the wave of the future; it is now. One of the questions people have about government is, “Why aren’t they saving my money by using more technology?” Winnebago County Circuit Clerk Tom Klein and his Deputy Tom Lawson have been laser-focused on fulfilling the mission of Winnebago County government by delivering “quality service” to the taxpayers. The process began with the Court Case Management system went live in November 2010. “Six years ago, I was ordering 12-14 skids of paper a year,” Lawson said. Court case management was designed to serve the Circuit Clerk, State’s Attorney, and Public Defender’s offices, reducing the reliance on paper files, and the manpower needed to manage them. According to Lawson, “We spent all our money shuffling paper.” The County Board has been at the forefront, calling for the system to be expanded for judges to use in the courtroom. Over the past six years, former board members – including Rick Pollack, John F. Sweeney, Kyle Logan John Eckburg and myself – as well as current members Gary Jury, Joe Hoffman and Fred Wescott have all been at the forefront of increasing the return on taxpayer dollars by making courtrooms completely paperless.

Lawson has been moving the court system to paperless all along. With the Illinois State Supreme Court’s deadline for e-filing in courtrooms set for Jan. 1, 2018, the process began by determining how the Circuit Clerk’s technological infrastructure would have to change to support paperless courtrooms. In 2015, the office purchased new storage devices with faster storage area networks (SANs). The following year, they replaced outdated databases and servers with newer faster models to handle the increased workload. The days of paying for paper, ink, storage containers, space and the people to move them have been replaced by servers, computers and printers. There’s nothing more frustrating for taxpayers than an unfunded mandate that costs more than the old way of doing things. With the infrastructure in place, Lawson reached out to the judges to beta test moving to paperless this past January. What he didn’t want was to make a switch to paperless that cost more money or time than the current system. “I want to make sure I haven’t slowed the court call down,” Lawson said. “Let me understand the speed of the court call first.” Beginning with Judges Doherty and shore, he studied each courtroom, timing every exchange of paper to make sure that switching to paperless would be faster. Seven judges of the 19 hearing cases in Winnebago County courtrooms have gone paperless since January, and another is partially so. Lawson estimates the work will be complete before

the end of March this year. He is already planning beta testing e-filing in the courthouse and e-citations in March as well. Lawson, a member of two Illinois State Supreme Court Committees, has been touring clerk offices across the state to uncover best practices. DuPage county has been paperless for years and is the yardstick against which many clerk offices measure themselves. Lawson expects to change all that. “In two years, we will be the best in Illinois because we

in their power to make the best use of taxpayer funds to deliver a smoother, faster court process at every level of the system for less money than a paper system cost. Hats off to Mr. Klein and Mr. Lawson for showing local governments and departments that true transparency, accountability, and a commitment to excellence can yield stellar results. If only more local elected and appointed government officials would follow their example.

will be the only county the minute a document is filed that all involved parties will have access.” Lawson maintains that the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk’s office is up to the challenge and invites anyone and everyone to take a look at what he’s doing. “I want someone to question me,” he said. It often feels as though government moves at the speed of molasses rolling uphill. The Winnebago County Circuit Clerk’s office is doing everything

“In two years, we will be the best in Illinois because we will be the only county the minute a document is filed that all involved parties will have access.”

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ou may have read a news story or two about the latest blistering report from New Yorkbased S&P Global Ratings about Illinois’ ﬁscal and economic woes.

But it’s far more brutal than anything reported by the media and it pretty obviously lays the blame for much of the morass at Gov. Bruce Rauner’s doorstep while calling on legislators to assert “governing control.” The title of the report was: “For Illinois, Having A Plan Beats No Plan.” That title refers to the Illinois Senate’s bipartisan attempt to forge a “grand bargain” of a balanced budget and non-budgetary reforms. The credit ratings agency took no position on the Senate plan itself, but claimed “if lawmakers were to begin asserting governing control over state ﬁnances, that could help alleviate some of the pressure currently bearing down on Illinois’ credit quality.” “Illinois’ ﬁscal crisis is, in our view, a man-made byproduct of policy ultimatums placed upon the state’s budget process,” S&P analysts wrote, then immediately added, “As we see it, the governor interpreted his election in 2014 as a mandate to pursue various institutional changes that the legislature has steadfastly opposed.” To my eyes, those two connected sentences blame Rauner and his longstanding refusal to negotiate a real budget that balances revenues

and spending until his non-budgetary demands were approved by Democrats who could not ideologically accept most of them. Maybe you think you haven’t felt any direct e�ects of the stalemate. But maybe you just didn’t realize that our state’s declining economic well-being of late is related to the inability of our Statehouse leaders to get their acts together. “We believe Illinois’ distressed fiscal condition and dysfunctional budget politics now threaten to erode the state’s long-term economic growth prospects,” S&P wrote. The agency claimed residents and businesses had already begun to “vote with their feet” to flee the state’s governing disaster. “(W)e have viewed the ability in the U.S. of residents to migrate easily from state to state as providing an implicit check on gross mismanagement. The recent outmigration pattern seen in the Census Bureau data suggests this phenomenon may have begun to assert itself in Illinois to the detriment of the state’s economic outlook.” In other words, lots of people are leaving Illinois because the government is so screwed up, and that’s making our economic situation even worse, which will, of course, worsen our government’s fiscal problems. With S&P blaming the governor so directly, it should be no surprise that some Democrats and labor union leaders still don’t want to negotiate with Rauner. But here are a few scary numbers for those who insist that the governor shouldn’t be given any political “wins” by acceding to some of his demands for non-budgetary items. Let’s start with $27.7 billion, the o�cial projection of the state’s unpaid bill backlog for June 30, 2019, the end of fiscal year 2019. The Governor’s O�ce

of Management and Budget projects the backlog will rise about $7 billion a year. So, by January of 2019, when the next governor is sworn into o�ce halfway through that fiscal year, the backlog will be about $24 billion. Because so many state vendors, particularly social service providers, aren’t being paid on time, the Senate’s grand bargain includes borrowing $7 billion to pay o� many of the state’s overdue bills. The plan budgets a billion dollars a year to make the bond payments. So, a similar plan to pay o� vendors by whoever wins the 2018 governor’s race would have to borrow at least three times that amount, pushing the bond payments to over $3 billion per year. That’s equal to about a percentage point increase in the personal income tax rate — just to make the bond payments. It’ll also cost a lot more to equalize state spending with revenues by then, particularly if the economy tanks into a recession, when revenues fall and spending pressures rise. But even that prediction is optimistic because it assumes financial institutions will actually loan Illinois that kind of money, which, by then, would equal 81.5 percent of total projected revenues. Or, if they do, the interest rates will be usurious because the state’s credit rating will almost definitely be in junk bond territory by then. Can you imagine how high the tax hike will have to go if Illinois can’t get a loan to pay o� those vendors, or has to shell out for payday loan-level interest rates? If a Democrat does defeat Rauner, he or she probably wouldn’t be re-elected because the first thing that new governor will have to do is jack those tax rates up to unheard-of levels. Food for thought. Read the report from S&P at goo.gl/XYpihi. Read more from Rich at capitolfax.com.

of the State address that he was committed to hiring more troopers to patrol Chicago expressways.

bearing age. Babies and any child who is less than 15 years old. They’re what we consider a sensitive population,” Arnold said. “We advise that they eat no more than one meal per week of any predator fish caught in an Illinois body of water.” That means limits on bass, crappie, walleye, catfish and trout, but not Asian Carp. Arnold said tests once again show elevated levels of certain pesticides and chemicals in the water and in the fish. “Illinois bodies of water, some of them have pesticides, chemicals, mercury that fish can ingest,” Arnold explained. “When a person eats the fish, they can ingest the materials as well.” Illinois has tested its lakes and rivers since the mid-1970s. The 2017 Advisory is just the latest to warn moms and kids in the state not to eat too many wild-caught fish. –Sta� & Wire reports

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Rauner says more state troopers needed in Chicago

CHICAGO – Gov. Bruce Rauner will push for state funding to put more state troopers on Chicagoexpressways in an effort to combat gun violence. Rauner’s office confirms a Chicago Sun-Times report that during his planned budget speech Wednesday the governor will say he wants the state to pay for 200 state police cadets over the next two years. Last year in Chicago there were 762 homicides and more than 3,500 shooting incidents — totals that far eclipsed those in 2015. At the same time, the number of shootings on Chicago-area expressways rose significantly. Authorities say that’s because gang violence plaguing Chicago was spilling onto those highways. Rauner also said last month during his State

Advisory warns against eating Illinois-caught ﬁsh

The state of Illinois isn’t telling anyone not to eat fish they catch in local streams and rivers, but state officials are saying some people may want to be careful. The latest ‘Sport Fish Consumption Advisory’ doesn’t come out and say not to eat fish caught in Illinois’ rivers and streams directly. According to Melanie Arnold with the Illinois Department of Public Health, the report simply advises some people that eating too many wild-caught fish may not be the best for their health. “Women who are pregnant, nursing, or of child-

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

The economic risk of ignoring climate change BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL

CONTRIBUTORS

hile the Trump administration appears set to increase fossil fuel consumption and cut environmental regulations in a quest for economic growth, the risks to existing economic productivity and future economic opportunities from such policies are ignored. The Risky Business project points out the hazards of ignoring the economic implications of climate change. Their reports discuss threats on a regional basis and present them as a range of likely outcomes reﬂecting some of the uncertainties involved with future projections. By 2050 the average Midwesterner is “likely [to] experience 16 to 37 fewer days below freezing each year.” (Midwest Report: Heat in the Heartland) While less energy will be used for heating, the warmer weather will decrease ice and snow essential for outdoor winter activities including

snowmobiling, ice fishing and hockey which employ over 30,000 workers. Over the next five to 25 years, farmers could average annual crop losses from 18-24 percent due to extremely hot weather. An increase in heavy rainfall will increase flooding ruining crops and increasing property damage. Changes in the timing of rain would impact the growing season and strain existing stormwater management and sewage treatment facilities. As heat intensifies labor productivity will fall in construction, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing and military activities. Urban violence is projected to increase as temperatures rise. In its report covering Florida, Risky Business points out the perils the state faces due to rising ocean water levels including increased and costly challenges of maintaining drainage systems and protecting fresh drinking water supplies, recreational beaches, coastal highways and properties.

Such changes are already occurring; scientists suggest severe weather events should be linked to climate change to improve public understanding of its reality. The failure to act to cut carbon emissions and slow climate change entails risks to the global economy that continue to rise as we fail to implement appropriate actions. In a recent article in Science Magazine former President Obama states that failure to act on climate change will impose substantial costs on the global economy while producing fewer jobs and smaller economic growth over the long term. He believes the “trend toward clean energy is irreversible.” The mounting economic and scientiﬁc evidence leaves him conﬁdent the trend toward the clean energy economy will continue as will the economic opportunities inherent in this trend. With technological advances and market forces renewable installations should continue to increase. Many states, including Illinois, are continuing to move ahead in their e�orts to embrace

renewable energy and energy e�ciency options. Obama describes the business opportunities in reducing emissions costs for consumers, protecting the environment and improving shareholder returns on their investments. By 2030 carbon emissions could be cut dramatically while consumers save $550 billion by implementing vehicle fuel standards, appliance standards, and new building codes. He reports that twice as many jobs could result from such actions as would be gained by producing more fossil fuels and electrical generation. Solar and wind companies now provide twice as many jobs as are provided by the coal electrical generation industry. As we await the outcome of the two conﬂicting views of energy policy, Illinois continues to provide opportunities for its citizens to invest in a cleaner energy future. Drs. Robert and Sonia Vogl are the President and Vice President of the Illinois Renewable Energy Association.

As sea levels rise, vital salt marshes are disappearing On both coasts, a crucial part of the ecosystem is vanishing before our eyes BY PATRICK WHITTLE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WELLS, Maine – The Ridgway’s rail is a rare bird that relies on the salt marshes south of Los Angeles to survive. And that’s why its future is in doubt — the salt marsh

is disappearing under rising seas. Scientists working with the federal government said the rail’s plight at Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge is indicative of what’s happening to salt marshes around the country. Their assessment of eight of the country’s coastal salt marshes found that half will be gone in 350 years if they don’t regain some lost ground. The other four also are backsliding, and coastal communities and

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wildlife will su�er as the marshes continue to deteriorate. “That’s something that’s happening right in front of our eyes — an endangered bird that doesn’t have anywhere to nest anymore,” said Neil Ganju, the lead author of the study. Salt marshes are ecosystems along the coast flooded frequently by seawater. They provide vital habitat for animals, such as birds, crustaceans and shellfish, and are important for their role in protecting coastal areas where people live from flooding and erosion. The U.S. Geological Survey set about to determine the danger that erosion poses to eight salt marshes on the two coasts. The group, led by Ganju, a Woods Hole, Massachusetts-based oceanographer, was surprised to find all eight marshes losing ground, some significantly. Their findings were published in January in the journal Nature Communications. The scientists said salt marshes around the country are falling victim to pressures such as sea-level rise and including land development and damming rivers. Natural erosion also plays a role. The group found that Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland, Schooner Creek in New Jersey and Reedy Creek and Dinner Creek at New Jersey’s Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge are unlikely to survive beyond 350 years from now. Seal Beach, Point Mugu Naval Air Station in California, Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Maine and

Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area in Maryland also are losing ground, albeit more slowly. The group used aerial photography and other remote sensing techniques to determine how much of each marsh was open water and how much was covered by plants. The team used that data to determine which of the marshes are best equipped for survival. Ganju said the information will be useful for conservationists and land use managers looking to restore salt marshes. The report illustrates that salt marshes are not keeping up with the rise of sea levels, said Joe Kelley, a University of Maine professor of marine geology who was not involved in the work. “Somebody in 50 years who looks at some of the marshes we’ve looked at, they’ll just see lots of open water,” Kelley said. The study has also gotten the attention of environmental groups that have advocated for decades for the health and preservation of salt marshes. The research is a wakeup call to start working to preserve the marshes before it’s too late, said Stephanie Wear, a senior scientist with The Nature Conservancy. “This is probably a realistic forecast which would not bode well for coastal communities in long term,” she said. “There are many ways to address the potential loss and prevent it — studies like this play an important role in putting a spotlight on a problem so we can give it the attention it deserves.”

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Your retirement

Why go back to the junk food diet for investors? By Mark Miller

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et’s hear it for unhealthy retirement advice! The Donald Trump administration ordered a review last week of a new federal rule prohibiting conflicted advice to retirement savers, a move that signals its intention to withdraw or defang the regulation. As things stand now, companies have until April 10 to comply with the rule. What is the White House’s complaint against the so-called fiduciary standard promulgated by the U.S. Department of Labor? “This is like putting only healthy food on the menu, because unhealthy food tastes good but you still shouldn’t eat it because you might die younger,” Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, was quoted as saying in the Wall Street Journal. This is the sound of ideology roaring loudly - free markets and consumer choice over paternalistic government regulation. Much is at stake. The DoL rule does require anyone advising clients on their retirement accounts to act in the client’s best interest and earn only “reasonable” compensation - and disclose information to clients about fees and conflicts. (A

U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday upheld the rule, in a stunning defeat for the business and financial services groups that had sought to overturn it. ) Investors can sue advisers who fail to meet those standards. And an Obama administration study found that middleclass families are ripped off to the tune of $17 billion annually due to backdoor payments and hidden fees. If we are going to repeal and revert to a free market-ideology, consumers will at least need reliable, high-quality information to help them make judgments about what is good for them, and what is financial junk food.

‘Fiduciary lite’

A growing number of retirement investors understand the difference. Recent research shows a rising understanding of the value of paying for financial planning advice, and a preference for paying a fee rather than commissions on product sales, which often appear to be “free” to the investor but often lead to conflicts that cost them money over time. And the industry has seen a tectonic shift to low-cost passive investing and software-driven “robo advisory” services. But investors still must sort through the equivalent of a clever head feint

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toward a customer-first pledge from the banks, brokerage firms and insurance companies that have fought the DoL standard tooth and nail, as the Consumer Federation of America noted in a recent study (Read more at reut.rs/2jAXnDB). Call it fiduciary-lite. Consider the marketing pitches you can find online right now: J.P. Morgan Chase: “Our advisors focus on what YOU need.” Raymond James Financial: “We believe financial advice is about more than just having a plan. It’s about having the right plan for you.” Voya Financial: “We’ve already done most of the vetting for you. With a Voya retirement consultant, you know you’re getting a qualified professional who is thoroughly familiar with all of our products and services, able to offer good advice and make sound financial decisions on your behalf.” This week I contacted these companies and three others - Wells Fargo & Co, Edward Jones and Lincoln Financial Group - for comment on the apparent contradiction between this type of language and their opposition to the DoL rule. I also posed five other questions about transparency they provide to clients to help them understand the cost of their services and competitors’ products; whether they sell only their own proprietary products; how they ensure that client best interests are served when deciding whether to roll over funds from 401(k)s into individual retirement accounts, and how their compensation models have changed to avoid adviser conflicts. Five of the six companies either declined to comment or did not immedi-

ately respond to my query.

No ‘right of action’

Lincoln Financial Group offered via a representative that it supports the “intent of the DOL rule and its overarching goal to further ensure that client best interest is served by increasing transparency of cost and by allowing clients to choose how their financial advisors should be compensated.” Lincoln added it supports a single standard for all financial products via the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and that it opposes a “right of action” created through regulation that applies only to “qualified markets.” But the SEC has had a decade to approve a standard - as authorized under Dodd-Frank - and has failed to do it. Ask the trade lobby groups that represent these companies, and they will tell you they support a best-interest standard, but that the DoL standard would raise the cost of advice for middle-class households to prohibitive levels. This argument has always struck me as nonsense, and a 2015 survey by fiduciary advocates of investment advisers and brokers confirms this. More than 90 percent see no reason that working with a fiduciary adviser should cost more; 83 percent say a fiduciary standard would not price investors out of the market for advice. The survey solicited anonymous responses to this question: “Do you believe a fiduciary duty for brokers who provide advice would reduce product and service availability for investors?” Said one dually registered broker and fiduciary adviser: “No. The marketplace would change. Isn’t it time?”

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Drain that swamp

Trump’s ethics rules let a lobbyist help run an agency he lobbied By Justin Elliott

ProPublica

eoff Burr spent much of the last decade as the chief lobbyist for a powerful construction industry trade group. Burr sought to influence a host of regulations of the Department of Labor, opposing wage standards for federal construction contracts and working against an effort to limit workers’ exposure to dangerous silica dust. In the Obama administration, someone like Burr would have been barred by ethics rules from taking a job at an agency that he had lobbied. In the Trump administration, Burr now has a top job at the Labor Department. Burr is the first publicly known example of a former lobbyist who was able to take a job in the government as a result of President Donald Trump’s watering down of ethics rules in place during the Obama administration. As a candidate, Trump regularly railed against lobbyists and led crowds in chants of “Drain the swamp!” But as president, Trump last month signed an executive order that weakened significant aspects of the Obama ethics policy, including scrapping a ban on lobbyists joining agencies they had recently lobbied. Ethics experts say Burr’s hiring is a troubling example of how the new administration has greased the revolving door. “A lobbyist like Burr may de-register on Monday and enter the Trump Administration on Tuesday,” said Craig Holman of the watchdog group Public Citizen. “The very same agency Burr has been lobbying as a hired gun is now Burr’s to help run. This is a grave problem for the public because the agency may well represent the special interest rather than the public interest.” It also raises questions about ambiguous language in the Trump executive order. Instead of banning lobbyists from working at agencies they lobbied, the Trump pledge, which has to be signed by all executive appointees, imposes restrictions on what such officials can work on. Specifically it says they cannot “participate in any particular matter on which I lobbied … or participate in the specific issue area in which that particular matter falls.” Ethics lawyers are now puzzling over what exactly that language means. That task is made more confusing because of an apparent error in the Trump executive order: It says the phrase “partic-

ular matter” has the “same meaning as set forth in section 207 of title 28, United States Code.” That part of the U.S. code does not exist. There is a definition for that term in section 207 of title 18. (The error is doubly strange because much of the Trump executive order was copied word for word from an earlier Obama order. The White House didn’t respond to a request for comment.) While it was cited incorrectly, the phrase “particular matter” does have a clear legal meaning, which has been detailed by the Office of Government Ethics. Another phrase in the Trump order, “specific issue area,” was also used in the Obama order but its meaning is unclear. “It is not defined in the Trump pledge. There’s uncertainty within the government and outside the government about what that particular term means,” said Robert Walker, an ethics lawyer at Wiley Rein in Washington. “The same lack of clarity was a problem with the Obama pledge in this area.” Because the Obama pledge included a blanket ban on lobbyists joining agencies they recently lobbied, the ambiguity of the restrictions on what lobbyists could do was less urgent. The Obama administration was criticized for issuing a handful of waivers to allow former lobbyists to join the administration, thus skirting its own lobbyist ban. Out of thousands of appointees, there were five such waivers over the course of the Obama administration. None were at the Department of Labor. Because Trump weakened the Obama rules, he won’t have to issue waivers in such situations. But if Trump issues a waiver allowing, say, a former lobbyist to work directly on issues that he lobbied on, we may not even find out about it: The executive order removed the mechanism for public disclosure of such waivers. In the case of a former lobbyist like Burr, who worked at the Associated Builders and Contractors, there was a consultation with a Labor Department ethics lawyer. “If recusals were deemed to be necessary, it’s likely that there would be some documentation of the contours of those recusals,” Walker said. Department of Labor spokeswoman Jillian Rogers declined to detail how Burr will comply with the ethics order. She offered the following statement: “Mr. Burr has signed the Ethics Pledge and received a full ethics briefing on his first full day at the Department. He has

been in frequent consultation with the DOL Ethics officer to ensure he is fully compliant with all ethical obligations in his role at the Department.” Enforcement of the Trump’s ethics rules will also be at the discretion of the administration, as it was with the Obama order. Whether Burr’s work at the Labor Department will be significantly limited by the president’s ethics rules depends on how the administration interprets the order. Burr is now a member of the so-called beachhead team at the agency and is reportedly in line to be chief of staff to Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder. That role is shaped by each labor secre-

tary’s needs, according to Seema Nanda, who was chief of staff through January 20 of this year. Under Obama Labor Secretary Tom Perez “anything significant that is happening in the department or anything that is a change in policy you are discussing as chief of staff,” Nanda told ProPublica. That includes reviewing documents that need the secretary’s signature, such as new regulations, reports to Congress, or letters. The chief of staff and his or her deputies “regularly meet with the agency heads to see what they’re thinking about. You are really going over in depth what each agency is working on.”

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THE FIRST 100 DAYS

The haphazard spin on Flynn BY NED RESNIKOFF

THINKPROGRESS

as National Security Adviser Michael Flynn sacked or did he resign of his own volition? The White House can’t seem to make up its mind. On Tuesday afternoon, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Trump had asked for Flynn’s resignation on Monday, several days after Flynn the Washington Post reported the national security adviser had discussed U.S. sanctions with a Russian diplomat prior to Trump’s inauguration and then lied about it. But Spicer’s account of Flynn’s departure ﬂew in the face of the account given just hours earlier by White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway. Here’s Spicer on Tuesday afternoon: “The evolving and eroding level of trust as a result of this situation and a series of other questionable instances is what led the president to ask for Gen. Flynn’s resignation.” And here’s Conway, speaking to NBC’s Matt Lauer on Tuesday morning: “I spoke with the president this morning. He asked me to speak on his behalf and reiterate that Mike Flynn had resigned. He decided that the situation had become unsustainable for him, here, and of course the president accepted that resignation.” Conway’s explanation left Lauer shocked, with the host telling the White House counselor, “That makes no sense.” Later that morning, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., also contradicted Conway and said that Trump had asked for Flynn’s resignation. Did he o�er his resignation, or was it demanded? The White House’s fogginess regarding Monday night’s resignation is just one more mystery among several related to Flynn’s dealings with Russia. Shortly before Spicer’s Tuesday press conference, a group of Republican senators said Flynn should be called to testify as part of a broader investigation into links between the White House and the Kremlin.

Russia still lingering General’s departure unlikely to erase concerns BY EILEEN SULLIVAN ASSOCIATED PRESS

On Tuesday, Republican leaders focused on the idea that Flynn misled Vice President Mike Pence about the nature of his contacts with the Russian ambassador — not on any questioning of the relationship between Flynn and the ambassador. Democrats say a key issue is whether Flynn broke diplomatic protocol and potentially the law by discussing U.S. sanctions with Moscow before Trump’s inauguration. The Justice Department had warned the White House late last month that Flynn could be at risk for blackmail because of contradictions between his public depictions of the calls with the Russian ambassador and what intelligence o�cials knew about the conversations. “You cannot have a national security adviser misleading the vice president and others,” said Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. Daniel Jones, a former lead investigator on the Senate intelligence committee, said it’s important that Congress investigate Flynn’s ties to Russia and make sure that doesn’t get lost in a broader probe into Russia and the 2016 election. “This is a checks-and-balances issue,” Jones said. “This shouldn’t be a political issue.” On the other hand, California Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House intelligence committee, said he was concerned Flynn’s rights were violated in the interception of his conversations with the Russian ambassador. “I’m just shocked that nobody’s covering the real crime here,” Nunes said. “You have an American citizen who had his phone call recorded and then leaked to the media.” Nunes said he intended to ask the FBI

“what the hell’s going on here.” The FBI has wide legal authority to eavesdrop on the conversations of foreign intelligence targets, including diplomats, inside the U.S. Flynn did not concede any wrongdoing in his resignation letter, saying merely that he “inadvertently briefed the vice president elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian ambassador.” Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, a member of the Senate intelligence committee which is already investigating Russia and the 2016 election, said Flynn’s resignation raises more questions. For example, he said, there are open questions about how many conversations Flynn actually had with the Russians and whether other people knew he was having them. While North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, said much of the panel’s investigation will occur behind closed doors, Wyden said he planned to push to make the ﬁndings and hearings public. Republican Lindsey Graham, who is leading a Senate judiciary subcommittee investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, echoed Wyden’s concerns about whether Flynn was acting alone and without direction in his contacts. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Trump did not direct Flynn to discuss U.S. sanctions with the Russians. “No, absolutely not,” Spicer said. “I think most Americans have a right to know whether or not this was a General Flynn rogue maneuver, or was he basically speaking for somebody else in the White House,” Graham told CNN Tuesday.

WASHINGTON – Questions about the Trump administration’s ties to Russia are hardly going to disappear with the firing of national security adviser Michael Flynn. Investigations are underway, and more are likely by the new administration and on Capitol Hill. U.S. agencies, including the FBI, have been probing Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. And three congressional committees are conducting their own investigations that include looking at contacts between Russian o�cials and members of the Trump campaign and administration. This isn’t the first time Trump has distanced himself from an adviser in light of a relationships with Moscow. In late August, Paul Manafort resigned as Trump’s campaign chairman after disclosures by The Associated Press about his firm’s covert lobbying on behalf of the former pro-Russian ruling political party in Ukraine. Trump’s own ties to Russia have been questioned in light of his friendly posture toward the long-time U.S. adversary and reluctance to criticize President Vladimir Putin, even for Putin’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014. “This isn’t simply about a change in policy toward Russia, as the administration would like to portray. It’s what’s behind that change in policy,” said California Rep. Adam Schi�, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, one of the congressional bodies investigating. Schi� said there are continuing questions about the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia and whether anyone assisted Moscow in hacking. “It’s not just that an administration childrenshomeandaid.org childrenshomeandaid.org o�cial was caught lying. It’s that the national security adviser to the president AGENCY OVERVIEW was caught lying and on a matterAGENCY of centralOVERVIEW All children deserve a good home, a place that grounds them in a secure and loving present and All children deservegives a good a placetothat a secure and loving present themhome, the confidence makegrounds their ownthem future.inWhatever their age, whatever their and importance. So this is big,” Schi� said. gives them the confidence to make own future. Whatever their age,day whatever circumstances, theytheir need someone they can count on to be there, after day,their to care for them, The Obama administration said Russia guide them, from untilday theyafter are grown. circumstances, theyteach needthem, someone they and canprotect countthem on to beharm there, day, to care for them, interfered in the 2016 election with thethem, goal guide them, and protect them from harm until they are grown. teach June 1, 2017 Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, in communities all across Illinois, we give children a of electing Trump. Trump has acknowlplace to belong and the support they need to GIOVANNI’S | ROCKFORD, ILlove, to learn, to heal, Twenty-four hours atoday, 365and days a year, communities all acrossit Illinois, we give children a dream, to reach theirin potential. We do whatever takes edged that Russia hacked Democratic putsupport children on the pathtotolove, a better life andtokeep them to belong andto the they need to learn, heal, emails but denies it was to helpplace him win. Keynote Speaker there. to dream, and to reach their potential. We do whatever it takes The investigations and the unusual firing HON. MARY LINN GREEN to put children on the path to+aAidbetter life40,000 and children keep them Children’s Home served over and families through of the national security adviser just 24 direct and indirect services in Fiscal Year 2015. there. Reception | 11:15am – 12pm days into his job have put Republicans in Children’s Home +&Aid has an annual |budget of more than $60 million, Luncheon Program 12pm – 1pm the awkward position of investigating the

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Voices of the Community

Synchronized skating championship to Rockford ROCKFORD – The Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (RACVB) announced that the city will host the 2017 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships Feb. 23-25 at downtown’s BMO Harris Bank Center. An estimated 94 teams comprised of more than 1,500 skaters will compete for national accolades with 5,000 visitors expected to be in attendance. Skaters ranging in age from 9 to 65, participants and spectators will travel to the Rockford region from all across the country for the three-day event. Synchronized skating consists of teams of eight to 20 skaters performing high speed, intricate formations and challenging step sequences. Teams are judged on their ability to work simultaneously, choreographing circular, linear, block, wheel, and intersection elements to music. The teams are required to perform difficult step sequences involving a number of complicated turns and movements. Senior-level teams will compete to represent Team USA at the 2017 World Synchronized Skating Championships, set for April 7-8 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Teams at the junior and senior levels will also compete for the opportunity to be placed in the 2018 International Selection Pool. “We’re excited to welcome the coaches, skaters and spectators for the 2017 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships to the Rockford region for the first time. It’s certainly an honor to have nationally-recognized skaters from so many areas of the country here competing for international accolades,” said Lindsay Arellano, RACVB director of sales and servicing. “We are looking forward to ensuring their experience in our community is memorable both on and off the ice.” “On behalf of the Starlights Synchronized Skating Teams, we are excited and proud to welcome nearly 100 of the nation’s top teams to Rockford for this prestigious event. We’re honored that U.S. Figure Skating chose us to serve as host and have been working very hard to make this a memorable event for all attendees,” says Sally-Anne Kaminski, Local Organizing Committee marketing chair. Carlson Ice Arena and Riverview Ice House, facilities of the Rockford Park District, will serve as practice rinks and Revolution Synchronized Skating Team, representing the Rockford Skating Club, will perform during the Opening Ceremony. “We are thrilled to support the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships by providing a world class practice facility and are thrilled that athletes who shine on ice will be in the national spotlight.

more pedestrian traffic and beautification. Additionally, Josh will discuss marketing our assets, downtown parking, and neighborhood safety. Invited speakers include Michael Schablaske, Transform Rockford; and Rockford Police Department Assistant Deputy Chief Mike Dalke. Schablaske will present an update on Transform Rockford’s progress and their new Rockford Region Scorecard. Assistant Deputy Chief Dalke will speak about safety initiatives and precautions downtown business owners and residents can take. This free event is open to the public. Light complimentary appetizers and a cash bar will be provided by Kuma’s Asian Bistro. For more information visit riverdistrict.com. –RDA Photo provided It’s great to skate and the Rockford Park District offers a variety of lessons, clinics, and camps to fit the needs of all our citizens. Skating is a skill you will use your entire life,” said Monique Bailey, Figure Skating Director. RACVB estimates that the event will generate more than $600,000 in economic activity for the city. –RACVB

RVC bridge building competition highlights Career and Technical Education Month

In recognition of Career and Technical Education Month, Rock Valley College will host its annual Bridge Building Competition for high school students on Tuesday, Feb. 28 in the Woodward Technology Center (WTC) lobby on the college’s main campus, 3301 N. Mulford Road. Each team will have one hour to design and build a freestanding bridge, which meets specific requirements. The bridges will then be tested to failure. Bridges must be freestanding with two side trusses and connecting members. Teams may use only the wood building materials that are supplied. The team with the bridge that supports the most weight will win the competition. High schools that have registered to participate so far include: Auburn, Guilford, East, Jefferson, Byron, and Oregon. Schools can bring up to four teams of 3-4 students per team. There is still time for interested schools to register at rockvalleycollege.edu/ bridgebuilding. The first place team members (up to four) will each receive a $500 scholarship to RVC and a tablet. The second place team members (up to four) will each receive a $100 Barnes and Noble gift card. –RVC

US Bank awards more than $19K in county grants in 2016

U.S. Bank awarded more than $19,000 in grants to nonprofits organizations in Winnebago County and $26.2 million in total across the country in 2016, the company said in a statement Tuesday. The grants, made through the U.S. Bank Foundation, support the three core pillars of the Community Possible corporate social responsibility platform the bank introduced last year: Work, Home and Play. “Work, Home and Play are the building blocks that make our country great: a stable job, a home to call your own and a community connected through the arts, recreation and play,” said Mike Abate, market president for U.S. Bank. “We’re proud to help hundreds of organizations strengthen local communities across the country and look forward to continuing to make Community Possible in 2017 and beyond.” Grants were distributed across the company’s 25-state footprint. The total giving also includes grants made to U.S. Bank’s national partners United Way and American Red Cross as well as employee giving match programs. For more information or to apply for 2017 programs, visit U.S. Bank’s website at usbank.com/community/index.aspx. –Staff report

River District hosts annual report meeting

The River District Association (RDA) will hold their annual Board President’s Report 5:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at The Underground, 418 E. State Street. Opening the meeting will be Josh Albrecht, RDA Board President. Josh will speak of the state of the River District with new development, new store fronts,

Wallace urges residents to take part in Black History events

In an effort to promote awareness and history in the Rockford community, state Rep. Litesa Wallace, D-Rockford, is encouraging Rockford citizens to participate in local Black History Month programs and celebrations. “I am proud of the history that African Americans have here in Rockford and in our country,” Wallace said. “It is important for our children to understand the progress our community continues to make. I encourage people to visit the local schools and churches that have programs and events highlighting the accomplishments of African American citizens.” What initially began as a week-long celebration by Carter G. Woodson, Black History Month aims to give residents an opportunity to reflect on the contributions that the African American community has made in America. Locally, Veterans Memorial Hall, 211 N. Main St., will be hosting a Black History Month Celebration this Saturday and Sunday from 1-4 p.m. Guests will include World War II Tuskegee Airmen veterans and Montford Point Marines from the Vietnam War. “Black History Month is not just a recognition of African American history, it is a fuller telling of American history,” Wallace said. “I hope residents bring their families out to local events so that we can more educated on the history of our country.” For more information, contact Wallace’s constituent service office at 815-987-7433 or at litesa@ staterepwallace.com. –State Rep. Litesa Wallace Let us know what your company or organization is doing. Submit your notices to contact@rockrivertimes.com.

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engineering, which is why it’s important now more than ever to inspire young people to travel this path and build for the future. Even right here in the Rockford area, companies are having a hard time ﬁnding new engineers. Feb. 19-25 is National Engineers Week. On Saturday, Feb. 25, the Discovery Center Museum, 711 N. Main St., is hosting an event to showcase the exciting world of engineering. “Discover Engineering” will feature engineers from 20 local companies and engineering societies, as well as local student robotics clubs, providing demonstrations, handson activities and general information about careers in engineering. The event is from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and will feature activities appropriate for elementary through high school age children and their families. All activities are included with museum admission: $8 per person for the public and free to Discovery Center members. For more information visit discoverycentermuseum.org.

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California Guitar Trio returns March 4 By Bruce Hammond

Guest Contributor

n March 4, The California Guitar Trio will return to Rockford with a performance at historic Veterans Memorial Hall, 211 N. Main St. This is part of the current leg of CGT’s 25th anniversary tour supporting the release of their 15th studio album, Komorebi. The group is comprised of Bert Lams (from Affligen, Belgium), Hideyo Moriya (Tokyo, Japan) and Paul Richards (Salt Lake City, Utah) who originally met at a guitar immersion event hosted by legendary, King Crimson founder, Robert Fripp. Their slightly cryptic band name obviously refers to where CGT was formed in1991 rather than the points of origin of any of the members (although I’m pretty sure I could come up with a spot in California that’s the same number

of air-miles southeast of Tokyo as the combined miles southwest of Salt Lake City and Brussels). Since being introduced to this market in the ‘90s by Charlotte’s Web, the band has delighted thousands of area fans at venues like Memorial Hall, Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center, Tebala Shrine Center, Sinnissippi Band Shell and On The Waterfront. Their repertoire is unique blend of classical, classic rock, jazz, 60’s surfer tunes, movie themes, world music woven in with dozens of distinctive originals. It truly offers something for just about everyone. What it doesn’t have is the kind of show-off, I-can-play-16-bars-fasterthan-anyone attitude that characterizes many rock guitar performances. For while the members of CGT are all exceptional acoustic guitarists, the true virtuosity

exhibited in their performances derives mainly from the seamless ensemble work that infuses every piece they play. Nowhere is this artistic unity more apparent than when the band uses a technique called “circulation”. Essentially, this involves performing something like a Bach prelude, with each guitarist playing every third note and doing it so fluidly that it sounds like a single performer. If you’ve seen the band before, you know that these shows are special. They have always drawn enthusiastic crowds in Rockford and genuinely seem to enjoy performing here. Those of you who haven’t attended one of their shows owe it to yourself to check them out. Find more about this unique musical troupe at cgtrio.com. The March 4 engagement also features local favorite Kelly Steward. For the handful

of people who don’t know, Kelly is an area singer/songwriter with a gorgeous voice who has been performing her mellow, alt-country originals and fun covers around the Mid-West for a number of years. She will be joined by guitarist Greg Whitson and will probably have copies available of the recently-released EP, Weep & Willow, her first fully collaborative effort with new hubby, Miles Nielsen. Find more info at kellysteward.com. Doors open at 7 p.m.; Kelly Steward goes on at 7:30. General admission tickets are available at JR Kortman’s and Prairie Street Brewhouse, or they may be purchased online through Eventbrite by going to cgtrockford.com. Refreshments will be provided by Prairie Street Brewhouse. For more event information email bruce. socon@gmail.com or call 815-378-8732.

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The Music Academy

Tube Talk

Author, cellist Moore to perform

Checkout time at Bates Motel

By Marti Frantz Guest Contributor

Edward Kelsey Moore didn’t necessarily expect to be an author. By the same token, he didn’t really expect t be a professional cellist, either. “A black kid form the suburbs of Indianapolis in the late ‘60’s and ‘70’s didn’t just fall in to classical music,“ he says. “I came up in sort of this golden time where it made sense to people to have classical music education in schools, and I found myself falling in love with classical music at that point in my life.” Moore lives and write in Chicago where he enjoys a career as a professional cellist. His essays have been commissioned by Minnesota Public Radio and The New York Times and his short fiction has appeared in many literary magazines. A success in the U.S. and an international hit, The New York Times bestseller The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat was his debut novel. Movie rights to the novel have been purchased by Foxlight Pictures. A second novel, The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues is due on the shelves in June. After a book tour that lasted nearly two years, Mr. Moore comments that he looks forward to making music with gifted friends. He anticipates the “mental sharpness and complete focus that comes to him while playing difficult music that requires full concentration. And, he looks forward to feeling the electricity that crackles in the air between colleagues during a performance.” Moore will appear in Rockford on Saturday, March 18 at the Nordlof Center, Sullivan Theater, 118 N. Main St. This event is the result of a unique partnership between The Music Academy in Rockford and the Rockford Public Library with funding from Community Foundation of Northern Illinois and the Rockford Area Arts Council. Moore will perform with students and faculty of The Music Academy at a 10 a.m. Cellobration and he will read from his novel and talk about his writing process, which he relates to music, is at 11 a.m. Copies of the book will be for sale (cash or check only) and a book signing will follow. The morning is free and open to the public.

By Paula Hendrickson

Contributor

orman (Freddie Highmore) may have killed off his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) last season on Bates Motel, but that doesn’t mean Farmiga’s out of a job. Prominently featured in the creepy promos for the shows fifth and final season – with the tagline “Together until the end” – the embalmed corpse of Farmiga’s Norma might be cold and blue but her personality certainly lives on in Norman’s broken psyche, no doubt aiding and abetting his murderous activities. The beautifully produced A&E series began as a prequel to the story in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1960 film, Psycho, in which Anthony Perkins’ Norman Bates killed motel guest and workplace embezzler Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) in

the infamous shower scene. We’ve seen Norman grow from a meek teenager prone to occasional blackouts in season one into a deeply disturbed young man who can’t always tell reality from fantasy by season four. If viewers held out any hope that psychiatric treatment might help Norman, it was tempered by knowing the story was hurtling toward his ultimate downfall. Highmore elevated his performance last season, adding just enough of Perkins’ mannerisms to unnerve viewers. He made Norman both sympathetic and terrifying in the same breath, so who knows where he’ll take it this season. Norman has already done the unthinkable – killed his mother in an ill-fated murder-suicide attempt. Once he killed Norma it became clear that a new take on Leigh’s infamous shower scene couldn’t be far off.

Remember, that happened early on in Psycho and this is the final season of the series. How closely will the final ten episodes of Bates Motel stick to the original film? Time will tell. We do know that in the season five opener, singer-songwriter Rihanna will be checking into Bates Motel as the modern day Marion. Beyond that, remember the series has a few things the film didn’t have: Norman’s half-brother (Max Thieriot), a stepfather (Nestor Carbonell), and a friend (Olivia Cooke) to influence him or impede his actions. And seriously, do you think Farmiga’s Mother would ever have gray hair or be caught dead wearing a ratty old shawl?

Programming note

Season premiere of Bates Motel is Monday at 9 p.m. on A&E.

Film Reviews

Rings worth a miss for casual fans By Thomas Simpson

Contributor

n 1998 Hideo Nakata unleashed the terrifying horror, Ring about a cursed videotape whose viewer will be killed seven days later by a vengeful spirit. A huge hit in its native Japan, Ring was remade for western audiences as The Ring. Directed by Gore Verbinski, The Ring was a huge hit that sparked the trend for J-horror remakes in Hollywood. Nakata replaced Verbinski for The Ring 2, but the sequel lacked the psychological depth of its predecessors with an absurd script that included an unintentionally hilarious one liner at the film’s climax. Looking to cash in on the 3D market, The Ring 3D was announced in 2014 before the gimmick was dropped and retitled as Rings with F. Javier Gutiérrez attached to direct. Set thirteen years after Verbinski’s The Ring, Rings looks to serve more as a reboot of the franchise as opposed to a sequel to round off the trilogy. We are introduced to a new set of characters including Julia (Matilda Lutz) and Holt (Alex Roe) as long distance lovers after the latter sets off to college. Johnny Galecki rounds off the main cast as Gabriel, Holt’s college professor, who after watching the tape looks to exploit it for his own curiosity and ego. Rings opens with two prologues, including an over the top but fairly effective airplane scene that showcases the power of Samara (Bonnie Morgan) and results in an entertaining if not scary

opening. The other sets up Gabriel’s path who we soon discover has set up a cult around the videotape having convinced students to watch it and pass on the curse before their time is up. This idea offers an original spin on the story which makes it all the more disappointing that it’s quickly dropped to make way for a rehash of the first movie. The plot is uninspired, thrusting two mundane characters in Julia and Holts to the forefront. The performances of the two actors are pedestrian at best with both failing to attract any investment in their plight. Julia is cursed, she and Holt set out to break said curse. We’ve seen it all before and done better, after 13 years it would’ve been nice for a fresh take with the cult angle being explored. Instead we’re presented with a mess of ideas that are thrown together without much coherence. Aside from the main “save Julia” plot, other threads are pulled on but offer nothing but a convoluted

origin story that adds nothing to the latest entry or the franchise as a whole. Vincent D’Onofrio shows up at the midway point in a curious role but his performance isn’t enough to steer the script of its course. Logic can easily be put to the side if it’s substituted by entertainment or in this case scares, yet Rings fails at both. Gutiérrez and DOP Sharone Meir offer some eerie visuals but it doesn’t create an atmosphere of dread and in turn, terror is substituted for jump scares that could be excused if they had the desired effect. Even the iconic image of Samara crawling from the TV is diluted, reducing one of cinema’s most infamous horror figures to mediocre CGI. One for hardcore fans of the series or maybe those unfamiliar with the The Ring or the original Japanese film. If you fall into the latter category and want a good scare, check those out instead. Thomas is a writer and filmmaker based in Glasgow, U.K. Find him on Twitter: @Simmy41.

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A&E Happenings Arts & Theater

Attractions The ARC - 1222 E. State St., Beadware Mondays 1-4 p.m.; Open Studio Wednesdays & Thursdays 1-4 p.m. The Art Box – 308 E. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Info: 815-758-0313. Artists’ Ensemble Theatre – Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. Info: 815-394-5004. ArtSpace West Gallery – 1426 N. Main St. Wed.-Sat., noon-6 p.m. Info: 815-963-1894. Beloit Fine Arts Incubator – 520 E. Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. Gallery hours: Mon.,10 a.m.-2 p.m. ; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sat.,10 a.m.-3 p.m. Info: 608-322-4250. For further information please visit BeloitFineArtsIncubator.com or call the gallery at 608-313-9083. Beloit College – Logan Museum of Anthropology, Shaw Gallery, 700 College St., Beloit, Wis. Tues.Sun., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Info: 608-363-2828. Belvidere Performing Arts Center – 1500 E. Ave., Belvidere. Tickets available at Tickets.thestudiorockford.com or 815-332-2205. Byron Civic Theatre – 850 N. Colfax, Byron. Info: 815-312-3000 or bctmagic.com. Cadillac Palace Theatre – 151 W. Randolph St., Chicago. BroadwayInChicago.com. The Castle - The Castle Performing Arts Center at 501 Prospect St. is Beloit’s newest home for the arts. For information visit thecastlebeloit.com or call 608-346-3114. Coronado Performing Arts Center – 314 N. Main St. 815-968-5222 or coronadopac.org. DeKalb Area Women’s Center Galleries - 1021 State St., DeKalb. Fridays, 7-9 p.m. Info: 815-758-1351. Ingrid Dohm Studio Gallery – 839 N. Perryville Road. Appointments/Info: 815-519-6492. Fireside Dinner Theatre - 1131 Janesville Ave., Fort Atkinson, WI. (800) 477-9505 Freeport Art Museum – 121 N. Harlem Ave., Freeport. Info: 815-235-9755. Gallery C – 900 Jackson St., Suite 113, Dubuque, Iowa. The Gallery At JustGoods – 201 Seventh St. Info: 815-965-8903. Grace Performing Arts Center - Festival 56 productions are performed at this location, 316 South Main Street, Princeton. 815-879-5656, ext. 11, festival56.com Horseflower’s Creative Hotspot - Located in the historic SM & SF building (upstairs) at 1019 3rd Ave. in the heart of Midtown. Creative space featuring a gallery, home to the Kandinsky Creative Group, collaborative space, classes, Creative discussions and so much more. If you are looking unique we are it. We are more than a gallery, we’re an experience! Open ThursdaySaturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment, second Friday of the month until 8 p.m. More information contact Lenny at (815) 501-2375 or email Kandinsky.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 – 7801 E. State St., inside Clock Tower Resort. Wildlife and nature imagery. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday; 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday. Free. Info: 815-873-1777. Pec Playhouse Theatre – 314 Main St., Pecatonica fo: 815-239-1210 or pecplayhouse.org. 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. Formoreinformationcall815.226.4100orvisitrockford.edu/artslectures/performingartsseason. Stage Coach Theater - 126 S. 5th St., DeKalb. Tickets and information at stagecoachers.com or 815-758-1940. State of the Art – 218 E. State St. Open Tues.-Sat., noon-6 p.m. and by appointment. “First Friday” events until 8 p.m. Info: 815-979-1944. 317 Studio and Gallery- 317 Market St. Stop by for Open Studio Thursday and Friday nights from 5-8 p.m. and Saturday afternoon from 12-5 p.m. Our gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday 12-2 p.m., also open during evening hours, check calendar for times or call. 317studiogallery.com or 815-315-7000 Timber Lake Playhouse – 8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll. Info: 815-244-2035. timberlakeplayhouse.org. Without Shoes Modern Dance Company – Maddox Theatre, Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. Womanspace – 3333 Maria Linden Drive. Info: 815-877-0118. Woodstock Opera House – 121 E. Van Buren St., Woodstock. Info: 815-338-5300. Woodstock Weavers Guild – Old Courthouse Arts Center, 101 N. Johnson, Woodstock. Info: 815-399-1630. Wright Museum of Art – Beloit College, 700 College St., Beloit, Wis. Free. Info: 608-363-2095.

Community Building Complex | 111 W. First Street | Belvidere, IL 61008. Performance is presented through special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH. Seasons of the Sugar River-Catching the Light - Monroe Art Center, 1315 11th St. in Monroe, WI, announces another exciting exhibit to be on display through March 24. The exhibit “Seasons of the Sugar River-Catching the Light: Cultural Edges and Transitional Spaces” showcases the scenic landscapes of the Sugar River Watershed from the headwaters region in western Dane County to the lower basin where the river converges with the Pecatonica River in northern Illinois. The artwork by over 20 artists using a variety of media will be on display. This exhibition is the result of an open call for artists to enter artwork in the Lower Sugar River Watershed Association’s (LSRWA) fourth annual juried exhibition. 75th Anniversary Exhibit - Rediscover Burpee - Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 N. Main St. Thru April 16. Tues. - Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adults $10; children 4-12 $9; under-3 free.

Ongoing Lend Me a Tenor - The Main Street Players of Boone County Presents “Lend Me a Tenor”. This performance is Directed by John B. Van Nest and written by Ken Ludwig. Performance Dates: Friday, February 17 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, February 18 at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, February 19 at 2 p.m. It is September 1934. Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is primed to welcome world famous Tito Morelli Il Stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as Othello. The star arrives late and, through a hilarious series of mishaps, is given a double dose of tranquiller and passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he is dead. SO THE FUN BEGINS. Tickets Prices: $12 Adults | $10 Seniors | $5 Students (with ID) Purchase tickets online at mainstreetplayersofboonecounty.com or at the door. Performances will be at the Belvidere

Friday, February 17-Sunday, February 19 Shrek The Musical - Nordlof Center, JR Sullivan Theatre, 118 N. Main St, Friday 7 p.m. Saturday 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday 3 p.m.

Wednesday, February 15 Feverland - Feverland is a dark comedy that commemorates the 88th anniversary of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. It is a feverish celebration of the love between Al Capone (corruption) and Lady Liberty (the American dream). The play features historical characters such as Al Capone, Herbert Hoover, Emma Lazarus, and Eliot Ness as well as the Statue of Liberty herself. The characters appear and disappear within the confines of Al Capone’s final fever dream. Feverland itself is a 1920’s speakeasy in Chicago and though not mandatory, we hope the audience will come dressed in 1920’s apparel. We will sing, laugh, dance and think at Feverland. Performance takes place at The Shumway, 713 E. State Street. Park in the rear parking lot for free. Performances at 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Tickets $5. Reservations are highly encouraged. Call 815-963-6765 to reserve your ticket or stop by the office between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information contact RAAC at 815-963-6765

Saturday, February 18 & Friday, February 24 The Graduate - Pec Playhouse Theatre. A n adaptation of the classic novel and cult film. It tells the story of Benjamin Braddock, who has just finished college and is seduced by Mrs. Robinson, a bored housewife. Suitable for ages 13 and older. Tickets: $14. For tickets: pecplayhouse.org. Friday, February 24 Friends and Family Art show - Emmanuel Episcopal Church’s ASPIRE program is hosting a Friends and Family Art show on from 6-8 p.m. at 412 N. Church St. The show will include painting, sculpture, fabric art and photography. All are welcome.

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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. Thursday, February 16 Travis Tritt - Cornado Performing Arts Center. 7:30 p.m. $47-57. Friday, February 17 Prime Time Live Band - Big Al’s Bar at Giovanni’s, 610 N. Bell School Rd. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. bigalsbar. com/815-398-6411. Free The Steepwater Band - Mary’s Place - 602. N. Madision St. 9:30 p.m. Augustana Choir Tour - First Luthers Church, 225 S. 3rd St. 7:30 p.m. Free. Saturday, February 18 The Nice Lords w/ Slatetrain - Mary’s Place - 602. N. Madision St. 9:30 p.m. Sunday, February 19 The Oak Street Ramblers - St. Mark Lutheran Church, 675 N. Mulford Road. 3 p.m. Freewill offering. Saturday, February 25 Land of Lincolnd Theatre Organ Society Concert - Coronado Performing Arts Center. Social at 9:30 a.m.; concert at 10. Donations welcome. Sunday, February 26 Dance - VFW, 2018 Windsor Road, Loves Park, across from Sunrise Restaurant.7 p.m. Admission is $7. Sunday, March 12 Dance - VFW, 2018 Windsor Road, Loves Park, across from Sunrise Restaurant.7 p.m. Admission is $7.

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. Cherry Valley Public Library District - 755 E. State St., Cherry Valley. Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 1-5 p.m. (Sept.-May) 815-332-5161. Cherryvalleylib.org Discovery Center Museum – 711 N. Main St. Hours: Sun.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $8 public, free for members. Children 1 and under are also free. 815-963-6769. Ethnic Heritage Museum – 1129 S. Main St. Sun., 2-4 p.m. Admission $5 adults, $3 student, $10 family. 815-962-7402. Healing Pathways Cancer Resource Center – 3921 East State St., Rockford. Classes in yoga, strength training, Qigong, and support groups.

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A&E Happenings their midst who plans to strike tonight! All who attend are participants in the Murder Mystery. Dinner is not provided; however light refreshments will be served. Costumes are encouraged! The event will go from 6–8 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person or $20 per Tinker member. Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens is located at 411 Kent St, Rockford, IL 61102. To purchase tickets call 815-964-2424 or visit tinkercottage. com. Registration is required, tickets will not be mailed. Upon arrival, please give the name of the purchaser. Tickets are non-refundable and/ or cannot be interchanged.

815-977-4123 or healingpathwayscrc.org. Memorial Hall – 211 N. Main St. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon-Fri., or by appointment. 815-969-1999. Midway Village – 6799 Guilford Road. Open Tuesday-Friday (May-August) 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed Monday. 815-397-9112. Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens – 1354 N. Second St. Open Tues.-Sat. (closed Mon.): hours vary, check website or call. Admission: $6 resident, $8 non-resident, free for children 4 and younger. Water features, seating areas and sculptures, all in a tropical plant setting. Changing seasonal floral displays, special events, educational programs, workshops, lecture series. Rentals of meeting/event room available. Gift shop. Info: rockfordparkdistrict.org or 815-987-8800. Pine Tree Pistol Club – 5454 11th St. Info about club & classes: 815-874-7399. Rock Hollow Hunt Club - Bingo and pull-tabs the last Tuesday of every month at Rock Hollow Hunt Club, 1931 IL Route 75 East in Freeport. Buy cards beginning at 6 p.m. games start at 6:30 p.m. sharp. Benefits the US Sportsmen’s Youth Foundation. Rockford Park District – Various programs available throughout the year. Program Guides now available at Customer Service locations. Info: 815-987-8800 or rockfordparkdistrict.org. Tinker Swiss Cottage – 411 Kent St. Tours 1 and 3 p.m., Tues.-Sun. 815-964-2424. Recycling - Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful Recycling Centers. 9 a.m.-noon every Saturday. 815-637-1343 Womanspace – 3333 Maria Linden Drive. Yoga every Thursday, 9:30-10:45 a.m. $40/four classes or $12/class. Basic Hatha Yoga. Other activities throughout the year. Info: 815-877-0118. Registration for Classes at The Arc – The Arc of Winnebago, Boone and Ogle Counties, 1222 E. State St. Info: 815-965-3455. Registration for “Putting Wellness to Work” – University of Illinois Extension, Boone County, 205 Cadillac Court, Unit 3, Belvidere. Date: Your choice. Lessons on practical skills to help workers live healthy lives. Call Judy Hodge, Program Coordinator, at 815-544-3710 or hodg@illinois. edu to schedule lessons. Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden – 2715 S. Main St. Tues.-Sat., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission $6 adults, $3 seniors & students, children younger than 3

and Klehm members, free. Donation Day is first Tuesday of each month. Admission free, donations of any amount welcome. Call 815-965-8146 or visit klehm.org for more information. Take Charge of Your Health, Live Well, Be Well Workshop - Do you have to manage a health condition on a daily basis or care for someone who does? Join us for a FREE Take Charge of Your Health Workshop. First session starts Monday April 3rd at 9:30am at Heartland Community Church, 1280 S. Alpine Rd. Open to the Public. Call Ashlee Dearman Covert from The Northwestern IL Area Agency on Aging for more info: 779-221-3722. German Dancing Lessons - Hosted by the German Society of Rockford. Dance and also learn about German culture. All ages welcome, always looking for new people. Takes place from 7-8 p.m. on Mondays at Advanced Machine & Engineering Co., 2500 Latham St., on the 2nd floor. Free admission. Come check us out. For more information call 815-494-9872. Friday, February 17-Sunday, February 19 Rockford Boat, Vacation and Fishing Show Sportscore 2, 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. Fri. 3-8 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sun. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adults $6; children under-12 free. Saturday, February 18 Northwest Illinois Audubon to Offer Eagle Watching Along the Mississippi - A trip to Lock and Dam #13 near Thomson will be offered by Northwest Illinois Audubon Society. The group will be watching for Bald Eagles and perhaps some early migrating waterfowl. Carpool from the Staples parking lot, 1722-1724 South West Ave., in Freeport. The group will leave at 9 a.m. There is no cost to participate in this event. Call Mary at 815-938-3204 to confirm your attendance. Murder Mystery Night - Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens hosts its first event of 2017- a Victorian Murder Mystery! Rose is hosting her first Victorian Light party! The first house in town to have electricity, all of Rockford’s elite are in attendance. Known for her flair for over-the-top events, everyone has decided to attend, either out of respect for the hostess, curiosity of electricity, or for the chance to socialize with the upper echelon of Rockford society. Unfortunately for the happy party goers, no one knows that there is a killer in

Tuesday, February 21 Archaeological Institute of America Presentation - The Rockford Society, Archaeological Institute of America, invites the public to its next free and fascinating multi-media presentation. Presentation takes place at 7:30 p.m. at Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 North Main Street. Topic: Climates of Change: Bioarchaeology of Central European Populations. Guest Speaker: Dr. Leslie Williams, Asst. Professor, Beloit College. Dry bones live on to tell us of climate and cultural change in almost 1,500 years of history, via the skeletons of German and Austrian populations. Please join us as Professor Williams of Beloit Colleges presents this interesting topic. She has performed extensive archaeological fieldwork in Europe, teaches, writes, and holds degrees in

osteology, funerary archaeology, and anthropology. The public is invited to a free reception held immediately following each presentation. Burpee Museum is handicapped accessible, and offers free parking. Additional free parking is also available next door at the Riverfront Museum Park, 711 N. Main Street. Additional information on lectures, events, trips, and archaeological topics at rockfordaia.org. Friday, February 24 Nature Journaling Workshop - Learn the art of nature journaling at a workshop led by Susan Post from 9 a.m.-noon at Klehm Arboretum. Susan Post is an award-winning photojournalist with the Illinois Natural History Survey. Her writing and photography graced the pages of the Illinois Steward outdoor magazine for many years. This workshop will help individuals develop their photo-documentation skills, their writing skills, and sketch journaling skills via a unique set of easy activities. Cost is $10, pay at the door. Register by calling forest Preserves of Winnebago County at 815-877-6100 no later than February 22. Participation limited to 25 people. Bring a 3x5 notebook, colored pencils if you wish, and notebook and pencils/pens. Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden is located at 2715 S. Main Street, Rockford, IL 61102 4th Annual Cabin Fever - Stella & Notte, 1416 N. Main St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Event continues on Saturday, February 25 also from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Avani Shah Revoked DL County—18 years old

Michelle Donehue Theft County— 45 years old

Ivan Keller Agg. Domestic Battery

County—44 years old

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Kendrick Howard Agg. Domestic Battery

City—40 years old

John Watts Probation Violation City—43 years old

Brian Turner Domestic Battery City—27 years old

Cortney Fittanto DUI County—21 years old

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Whitney Rickett Probation Violation City—28 years old

Erin Heckelsmiller Narcotics Violation City—33 years old

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Death Notices Lorene Dreska 87 Rockford 2/6/2017 Beauford Hermann 97 Rockford 2/6/2017 Roland Poska 78 Rockford 2/6/2017 John Heinsohn 90 Rockford 2/6/2017 Cheri Jackson 54 Rockford 2/6/2017 Robert Milano 78 Rockford 2/6/2017 Cynthia Pixler 60 Rockford 2/6/2017 Melinda Blade 55 Rockford 2/6/2017 Linda Blunck 68 Rockford 2/6/2017 Carl Campbell 68 Rockford 2/7/2017 Robert Lindman 96 Rockford 2/7/2017 Otis Moore 48 Rockford 2/7/2017 Henrine Hite 89 Rockford 2/7/2017 Johannes Oksnevade 99 Rockford 2/7/2017 Phyllis Baker 81 South Beloit 2/7/2017 Alan Rosin 56 Rockford 2/7/2017 Neil Dahlstrand 62 Durand 2/7/2017 Dorothy Oldenburger 90 Machesney Park 2/7/2017 Mary Veley 66 Rockford 2/7/2017 Angela Kokinias 81 Rockford 2/8/2017 Mary Jo Knutson 51 Rockford 2/8/2017 Ida Wilson 95 Rockford 2/8/2017 Robert Murphy 71 Cherry Valley 2/8/2017 Jane Larson 94 Rockford 2/8/2017 Fred Parrish 93 Caledonia 2/8/2017 Timothy Elliott 45 Rockford 2/8/2017 Alex Kube 29 Rockford 2/8/2017 Rosie Brown 74 Rockford 2/9/2017 Roy Adams 65 Rockford 2/9/2017 Johnnie Haley 51 Rockford 2/9/2017 Dennis Lockrey 56 Rockford 2/9/2017 Edna Fiepke 92 Rockford 2/9/2017 Herbert Potter 87 Rockford 2/9/2017 Ronald Petrie 93 Rockford 2/10/2017 Paul Baldwin 88 Rockford 2/10/2017 Clara Rader 89 Rockford 2/10/2017 Amber Wood 55 Rockford 2/11/2017 Betty Leech 93 Rockford 2/11/2017 Aleetha Payne 86 Rockford 2/11/2017 Carol Lynch 68 Rockford 2/11/2017 Ronald Andresevic 63 Cherry Valley 2/11/2017 Rosemary Wilcox 70 Rockford 2/11/2017 Stanley Guyer 90 South Beloit 2/11/2017 Teresa Loven 95 Rockford 2/11/2017 Vivian Krafft 89 Davis 2/11/2017 Donald Nelson 82 Rockford 2/11/2017 June Smith 78 Loves Park 2/11/2017 Stanely Fowler 94 Rockford 2/11/2017 Anthony Kokas 69 Rockford 2/11/2017 Robert Gentry 50 Machesney Park 2/12/2017 Joseph Mundigl 79 Rockford 2/12/2017 Mary Hasemeyer 89 Rockford 2/12/2017 Claudette Brown 55 Rockford 2/12/2017 Edwin Udey 72 Rockford 2/12/2017 Chia Yang 92 Rockford 2/12/2017 Loan Nguyen 93 Loves Park 2/12/2017 Elaine Sandell 75 Loves Park 2/12/2017 Harriett Falconer 85 Winnebago 2/12/2017 Francis Anderson 68 Rockford 2/12/2017 Brian Leist 72 Rockford 2/12/2017 Michael Mitchell 70 Rockford 2/12/2017 Leonard Bunk 86 Machesney Park 2/13/2017 Death notices are provided by the Winnebago County Coroner’s office.

Your Horoscope By Denise Guzzardo This Week: The sun moves into dreamy and sensitive Pisces this week on February 19. This opens doors for our creative juices to flow. However, it can also invite a lack of initiative that while we were in the sign of Aquarius was more prominent. Make sure you are following through with ideas that are conceived during this time frame. This planetary climate supports beauty, art and sound. Enjoy! Aries (March 21 to April 19) — You will find that this is a time to clear the air with old emotional ties now. Try to do this in the most diplomatic way possible. You have had your fair share of losses in the recent past and others may be trying to keep you in an old time zone. Break free with diplomacy and grace. Finances will be highlighted for you, you’re finally standing on solid ground, Aries. Taurus (April 20 to May 20) — Changes with work or your financial picture are a focus during this time. Clear away any old karmic debt and watch how the universe will bless you at this time. A dark-haired Scorpio, Cancer or Pisces has a referral for you to improve the quality of your life. Focus on the positive and avoid thoughts of those from your past. It just gets in your way, Taurus. Gemini (May 21 to June 20) — Romantic options arrive during this lunar cycle for those of you who are in the market for love. Meanwhile, attached Gemini find a renewed sense of optimism with their significant other. Career advancement is right around the corner for those of you who are seeking an upgrade within their current employment status. Be open and receptive for growth at this time, Gemini. Cancer (June 21 to July 22) — Changes within your home environment will lift your spirits during this lunar cycle. It’s amazing what a fresh coat of paint or a signature piece of furniture can do for the psyche. Once you’ve completed these tasks, you’re ready to socialize with those of like mind and spirit. Finances begin to improve for the better, Cancer. Leo (July 23 to Aug. 22) — Your ability to see the other side of the story is more evident now than ever. Intuition is key, pay close attention to your dreams at this time. You’re receiving some valuable information now, use this to your best ability and to benefit others as well. Money may appear to be trickling in, try not to let this worry you too much.You’re getting a break to rest at this time and process your emotions. Take advantage of it, Leo. Virgo (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) — It may be time to set the record straight. Misdirected anger is causing you or a loved one a tremendous amount of difficulty at this time. This astrological climate could continue well into the

summer months if you don’t correct it now. Lay the law down with a pushy friend or relative and set some boundaries. Two wrongs don’t make a right, Virgo. Libra (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) — You have found yourself the center of attention all of the sudden and don’t know quite what to do with it. The past few months have definitely tested your patience and left you wondering “what’s in it for me?” Expect some unexpected pleasures to roll in around this time. Home and property are a focus this week. In the spring you find the right fit, Libra. Scorpio (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) — As the week starts out you’ll find the focus is on family matters. The health or emotional welfare of another could weigh heavy on your mind. Try not to immerse yourself in this too deeply, a solution to a long-standing problem will arrive shortly. Self-employed or self-contracted work opportunities are on the forefront now, keep an open mind. A loved one blinded by a manipulating individual will finally see the light, Scorpio. Sagittarius (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) — Taking a little down time without guilt or worry is important during this lunar cycle. It’s easier said than done I know, but it’s crucial for your long-term emotional and physical welfare. Many of you have worn yourselves ragged with responsibilities that could easily be delegated out to another individual. The

weekend promises to be a memorable one filled with love and laughter; enjoy it, Sag. Capricorn (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) — It may feel like you’re kicking everyone to the curb, but you’re really just clearing away all kinds of unwanted shallow chatter now. The loved ones that matter the most will see this and make things right for you. The ones that don’t just make room for more positive individuals around you. Money is an important factor now, you have learned to respect it and it will definitely respect you in the coming months, Capricorn. Aquarius (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) — You know this is your time to shine, but you may not be feeling it this week. Finances may feel tight for many of you through early spring; it may be time to make some changes. Unexpected windfalls arrive with your career sector shortly. At the 11th hour everything will fall into place. You’re laying a solid foundation for the years to come, Aquarius. Pisces (Feb. 19 to March 20) — It probably would be best to let sleeping dogs lie during this lunar cycle. The more you attempt to push an issue the more resistance you will receive. Leave it be for now, a resolution is arriving shortly. There is a focus on travel or a new vehicle in the months to come; the perfect fit arrives shortly, Pisces. For an extended astrological forecast or psychic consultation, contact Denise at 815-398-3983.

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Government Notices n n n ORDINANCE NO. 2017-22-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 a City owned property which is a vacant lot at 215 Irving Avenue, PIN # 11-22-109-012 at a minimum bid of $17,200 and includes advertising. The city reserves the right to reject all bids. The subject property is legally described as follows: Lot Three (3) in Block Six (6) as designated upon the Plat of Dickerman and Robertson’s West Addition to the City of Rockford, the Plat of which Addition is recorded in Book 6 of Plats on Page 7 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Section 2: The Notice of said sale and the fact that said City of Rockford will receive bids for the purchase of said real estate shall be advertised in the Rock River Times, a weekly newspaper published in said City of Rockford, for three (3) consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than thirty (30) days before the day provided in said Notice for the opening bids for the real estate. Section 3: The said Notice shall set forth the fact that said bids will be received until 11:00 A.M., local Rockford time on March 27, 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. 7047R TRRT 3/1 n n n ORDINANCE NO. 2017-23-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 a City owned property which is a vacant lot at 306 North Hinkley Avenue, PIN #11-22-106031 at a minimum bid of $13,300 and includes advertising. The city reserves the right to reject all bids. The subject property is legally described as follows: Lot Seven (7) in Block Two (2) as designated upon the Plat of Sanford’s Second Addition to the City of Rockford. The Plat of which Addition is recorded Book 86 on Page 203 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County; Situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Section 2: The Notice of said sale and the fact that said City of Rockford will receive bids for the purchase of said real estate shall be advertised in the Rock River Times, a weekly newspaper published in said City of Rockford, for three (3) consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than thirty (30) days before the day provided in said Notice for the opening bids for the real estate. Section 3: The said Notice shall set forth the fact that said bids will be received until 11:00 A.M., local Rockford time on March 27, 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. 7049R TRRT 3/1 n n n ORDINANCE NO. 2017-24-O WHEREAS, The City of Rockford is the owner of and possessed of the real estate hereinafter particularly described; and WHEREAS, the said real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate or required for the use of, nor profitable to, the City of Rockford; and WHEREAS, retention of the property is not for the best interest of said City of Rockford. THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, THAT: Section 1: The City Council offer for sale of City owned property which is a vacant lot at 209 North Independence Avenue, PIN# 1121-236-008 at a minimum bid of $13,700 and includes advertising. The city reserves the right to reject all bids. The subject property is legally described as follows: Lot Eight (8) as designated upon the Plat of Geo. A. Sauber’s Resubdivision, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 14 of Plats, on page 47 in the Recorder’s Office situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Section 2: The Notice of said sale and the fact that said City of Rockford will receive bids for

the purchase of said real estate shall be advertised in the Rock River Times, a weekly newspaper published in said City of Rockford, for three (3) consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than thirty (30) days before the day provided in said Notice for the opening bids for the real estate. Section 3: The said Notice shall set forth the fact that said bids will be received until 11:00 A.M., local Rockford time on March 27, 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. 7048R TRRT 3/1 n n n ORDINANCE NO. 2017-25-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 a City owned property which is a vacant lot at 2124 Andrews Street, PIN # 11-21-208001 at a minimum bid of $15,000 and includes advertising. The city reserves the right to reject all bids. The subject property is legally described as follows: Part of Lots Eight (8) and Nine (9) in Block Ten (10) as designated upon the Plat of Colton’s Subdivision of part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 21, T. 44 N., R. 1 E. of the 3rd P.M., bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning on the North line of said Lot Eight (8) at a point 87.5 feet West of the Northeast corner of said Lot Eight (8); thence South, parallel with the East lines of said Lots Eight (8) and Nine (9) to the South line of said Lot Nine (9); thence West along said South line, 43. 75 feet, more or less, to the Southwest’ corner of said Lot Nine (9); thence North along the West lines of said Lots Nine (9) and Eight (8) to the Northwest corner of said Lot Eight (8); then east along the North line of said Lot Eight (8), 43. 75 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Section 2: The Notice of said sale and the fact that said City of Rockford will receive bids for the purchase of said real estate

shall be advertised in the Rock River Times, a weekly newspaper published in said City of Rockford, for three (3) consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than thirty (30) days before the day provided in said Notice for the opening bids for the real estate. Section 3: The said Notice shall set forth the fact that said bids will be received until 11:00 A.M., local Rockford time on March 27, 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. 7050R TRRT 3/1

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 Started From Nothin Records business in said County and State under the name of Started From Nothin Records at the following post office addresses: 316 Leather Ct., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Robert Anthony Jordan SIGNED: Robert Anthony Jordan 1/31/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 31st day of January, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 6994R TRRT 2/15 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a online clothing boutique business in said County and State under the name of MorBody Boutique at the following post office addresses: 3308 Darwood Drive, Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Bianca Knight SIGNED: Bianca Knight 1/25/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of January, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 6995R TRRT 2/15 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a hair salon, extensions and hair products business in said

County and State under the name of Majestic Hair Studio at the following post office addresses: 4315 East State St., Unit 3C, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Rachael Butler, 815-519-9788 SIGNED: Rachael Butler 1/26/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 26th day of January, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 6996R TRRT 2/15 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 Wedding Rentals business in said County and State under the name of The Best Party at the following post office addresses: 929 S. Alpine Rd., Suite 210, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jennifer Dominguez, 779-200-9507 SIGNED: Jennifer Dominguez 1/31/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 31st day of January, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 6993R TRRT 2/15 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, Plaintiff, v. ROGER D. ELLISON; TERESA M. ELLISON; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. Case No.: 2017 CH 128 NOTICE TO UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage concerning the premises described as follows, to-wit: Lot Twenty-three (23) as designated upon the Plat of Colorado Heights Subdivision Plat No. 3, being a Subdivision in the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 31, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 23 of Plats on Page 167 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. COMMON ADDRESS: 2415 Wisconsin Road Rockford, IL 61108

PROPERTY CODE: 175D 367 P.I.N. NUMBER: 12-31-452029 And for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint of said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 13th day of March, 2017, default may be entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois PREPARED BY: Yashekia T. Simpkins (ARDC #6307014) HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 Phone: 815-490-4900 Fax: 815-490-4901 ysimpkins@hinshawlaw.com 7027R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: ALEJANDRO A. HERNANDEZ, Plaintiff, vs. MARTHA L. PEREZ-CASILLAS, a/k/a MARTHA L. PEREZ-HERNANDEZ, Defendant. Case Number: 2017 D 61 PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: MARTHA L. PEREZ-CASILLAS a/k/a MARTHA L. PEREZ-HERNANDEZ Country of Mexico Take notice that a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Rockford, Illinois on January 25, 2017. This matter is set for hearing on the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage on March 14, 2017, at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 459 located at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State St., Rockford, IL 61101. Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court By: /s/Joseph B. Kosek Dated: February 6, 2017 PREPARED BY: ATTORNEY JOSEPH B. KOSEK, #6193937 405 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101 Phone: 815-962-1910 Fax: 815-962-1915 JBKosek@yahoo.com 7028R TRRT 2/22 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. LISA FIALKOWSKY, a/k/a LISA A. FIALKOWSKY, AMCORE MORTGAGE INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. Case No. 17 CH 87 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Non-Record Claimants and all Unknown Owners, Defendants in the above-entitled cause that the above-entitled Mortgage Foreclosure action was filed on January 24, 2017 and is now pending. 1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are iden-

tified above. 2. The Court in which this action was brought is identified above. 3. The name of the titleholder of record is Lisa Fialkowsky a/k/a Lisa A. Fialkowsky. 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: THE SOUTH TWELVE AND ONE-HALF (12 ½) FEET OF LOT FIVE (5) AND THE NORTH FORTY-NINE AND ONE HALF (49 ½) FEET OF LOTS SIX (6) AND SEVEN (7) IN BLOCK TWENTY-FIVE (25) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF GREGORY AND GIDDINGS SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 24 AND 25 AND ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 46 OF DEEDS ON PAGE 388 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; THE NORTH AND SOUTH LINES OF SAID TRACT BEING PARALLEL WITH THE LINE BETWEEN SAID LOTS 5 AND 6, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS P.I.N. No. 11-26-265-003 5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 718 S. 5th Street, Rockford, IL 61104 6. An identification of the Mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Names of Property Owner: Lisa Fialkowsky a/k/a Lisa A. Fialkowsky b. Name of Mortgagee: City of Rockford c. Date of Mortgage: April 7, 2006 d. Date of Recording: April 7, 2006 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identification: 0622860 NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, Non-Record Claimants and Unknown Owners, Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint for Foreclosure in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, in the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL on or before the 7th day of March, 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 Lafakeria S. Vaughn Assistant City Attorney City of Rockford Department of Law 425 E. State Street Rockford, IL 61104 (779) 348-7154 7029R TRRT 2/22 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. SHELLY LAY A/K/A SHELLY LAY-HUGHES, U.S. BANK, NA, F/K/A FIRSTAR BANK, NA, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO HOMEBANC, A FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY- INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. Case No. 17 CH 90 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY

PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Non-Record Claimants and all Unknown Owners, Defendants in the above-entitled cause that the above-entitled Mortgage Foreclosure action was filed on January 24, 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 Shelly Lay a/k/a Shelly Lay-Hughes. 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: Lot One (1) and Lot Two (2) in Block One (1) as designated upon the Plat of Knapp & Robertson’s Subdivision, of a part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 22, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 5 of Plats on page 28 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, EXCEPTING THEREFROM the Southerly 30.6 feet of Lot Two (2), the Northerly line of said exception being parallel with the Southerly line of Lot Two (2); situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. P.I.N. No. 11-22-126-036 5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 426 Forest Avenue, Rockford, IL 61101 6. An identification of the Mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Names of Property Owner: Shelly Lay a/k/a Shelly Lay-Hughes b. Name of Mortgagee: City of Rockford c. Date of Mortgage: May 30, 1997 d. Date of Recording: June 3, 1997 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identification: 9725394 NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, Non-Record Claimants and Unknown Owners, Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint for Foreclosure in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, in the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL on or before the 7th day of March, 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 Lafakeria S. Vaughn Assistant City Attorney City of Rockford Department of Law 425 E. State Street Rockford, IL 61104 (779) 348-7154 7031R TRRT 2/22

February 15, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: SAMANTHA PANDORA VON FELL Current Name Case Number 17 MR 52 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Samantha Pandora Von Fell to the new name of: Samantha Pandora Yahn. The court date will be held: on April 12, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ Samantha Pandora Von Fell Samantha Pandora Von Fell 6987R TRRT 2/15 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, -v.JACK KOOISTRA, et al Defendant 16 CH 00642 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 26, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 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: A PART OF THE NORTH PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 27 IN TOWNSHIP 44, NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A POST ON THE WEST SIDE OF HIGH STREET AT 4.50 CHAINS SOUTH FROM THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION; THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF A.W. WELDEN’S LAND, 5 CHAINS TO A POST; THENCE SOUTH 4 CHAINS TO A POST, THENCE EAST 5 CHAINS TO A POST ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID HIGH STREET; THENCE NORTH 4 CHAINS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS LOT 45 OF ASSESSOR’S PLAT OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 44, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. EXCEPT: PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT ONE (1) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF C.K. CARSON’S SECOND SUBDIVISION, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 14 OF PLATS ON PAGE 136 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT ONE (1) A DISTANCE OF 130.0 FEET, MORE AND LESS, TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT ONE (1); THENCE NORTH PAR-

ALLEL WITH THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE FOR CLIFTON AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF 20.0 FEET; THENCE EAST PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT ONE (1) A DISTANCE OF 130.0 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE FOR CLIFTON AVENUE, THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST RIGHT-OFWAY LINE FOR CLIFTON AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF 20.0 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1401 CLIFTON AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-27326-028,, Property Index No. 11-27326-022. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-16-09351. 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. 14-16-09351 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00642 TJSC#: 36-13014 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. I714065 P7001R TRRT 2/22 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.DONNA P. FREESE Defendant 15 CH 000401 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 22, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 23, 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 SEVEN (7) AND EIGHT (8) IN BLOCK SEVEN (7) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF B.A. KNIGHT’S SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 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 5 OF PLATS ON PAGE 1 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2016 ASHLAND AVENUE, Rockford, IL 61101 Property Index No. 11-16476-001. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $88,252.57. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 C16-33549. 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. C16-33549 Case Number: 15 CH 000401 TJSC#: 37-79 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. I714125 P7002R TRRT 2/22 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.CHAD C. BEARD, et al Defendant 15 CH 01078 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 21, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 23, 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 FORTY-NINE (49) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 1 OF HARLEM MEADOWS SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 26 OF PLATS ON PAGE 151 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE

OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, EXCEPTING THEREFROM A PART OF LOT FORTY-NINE (49) DEEDED TO THE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN WARRANTY DEED RECORDED ON MICROFILM NO. 8742-1976 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT FORTY-NINE (49); THENCE NORTHERLY ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT FORTY-NINE (49), SAID LINE HAVING A BEARING OF NORTH 0 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 56 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 5.80 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE EASTERLY ON A LINE HAVING A BEARING OF NORTH 89 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 46 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 62.00 FEET TO A POINT IN THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT FORTY-NINE (49); THENCE SOUTHERLY ON THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT FORTY-NINE (49), SAID LINE HAVING A BEARING OF SOUTH 0 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 56 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 5.80 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT FORTY NINE (49); THENCE WESTERLY ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT FORTY-NINE (49), SAID LINE HAVING A BEARING OF SOUTH 89 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 31 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 62.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ARID STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1210 HARLEM ROAD, MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115 Property Index No. 08-30480-022. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium

Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-18735. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@ il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-18735 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 01078 TJSC#: 37-118 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. I714128 P7003R TRRT 2/22 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FIRST GUARANTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.TABITHA RANDOLPH, et al Defendant 16 CH 00547 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 9, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 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: PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION THIRTY-FIVE (35), TOWNSHIP FORTY-SIX (46), NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID QUARTER (1/4) SECTION, 314 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID QUARTER (1/4) SECTION; THENCE NORTH, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID QUARTER (1/4) SECTION, 530 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE WESTERLY, ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER (1/4) SECTION, 293 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID

QUARTER (1/4) SECTION, 530 FEET; THENCE EASTERLY, 293 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 10582 ATWOOD ROAD, ROSCOE, IL 61073 Property Index No. 04-35476-003. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-16-00712. 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. 14-16-00712 Attorney ARDC No.

00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00547 TJSC#: 36-13394 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. I714131 P7004R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, ILLINOIS, IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF: SKYLAR MARIE LATHAM, a female child. WINNEBAGO COUNTY CASE NO. 2017 AD 18 NOTICE TO JOSEPH FERGUSON and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN TAKE NOTICE that a Petition for Adoption was filed in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, for the adoption of a child named, SKYLAR MARIE LATHAM; NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, JOSEPH FERGUSON, and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 1st day of March, 2017, a default may be entered against you at any time following that day, and a judgment order entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. DATED: Februry 1, 2017 THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Clerk Attorney Laura M. Hunt & Associates, LLC 815 N. Church Street Rockford, Illinois 61103 815.505.8571 7010R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, ILLINOIS, IN THE MATTER OF THE AMENDED PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF: KRISTA HELEN WEST, a female child. WINNEBAGO COUNTY CASE NO. 2016 AD 82 NOTICE TO JASON WEST and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN TAKE NOTICE that an Amended Petition for Adoption was filed in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, for the adoption of a child named, Krista Helen West; NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, JASON WEST, and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, file your answer to the Amended Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 15th day of March, 2017, a default may be entered against you at any time following that day, and a judgment order entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. DATED: Februry 1, 2017 THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Clerk Attorney Laura M. Hunt & Associates, LLC 815 N. Church Street Rockford, Illinois 61103 815.505.8571 7011R TRRT 2/22

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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.KELLY J ECKELBERG A/K/A KELLY JAY ECKELBERG, et al Defendant 15 CH 665 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 9, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 28, 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 NINETY-EIGHT (98) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF MISTY MEADOWS FIRST ADDITION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 40 OF PLATS ON PAGE 196A IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 14567 WHISPERING WIND WAY, SOUTH BELOIT, IL 61080 Property Index No. 04-07482-010. The real estate is improved with a single family home, 2 car attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce. com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 10557. 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 Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices.com Attorney File No. 10557 Case Number: 15 CH 665 TJSC#: 37-543 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. I714270 P7037R TRRT 3/1 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.CHERYL A. STILTNER, et al Defendant 16 CH 00545 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 19, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 27, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 1 AS DESIGNATED UPON WESTLAKE TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION SUBDIVISION BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF CONDOMINIUM LOT 93 AND PART OF CONDOMINIUM LOT 95 AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 1 OF WESTLAKE VILLAGE BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTIONS 25 AND 36 IN TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND PART OF SECTION 31 IN TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION BEING RECORDED IN BOOK 49 ON PAGES 55B IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS. FORMERLY KNOWN AS: UNIT NO. 93-50 IN WESTLAKE VILLAGE CONDOMINIUMS AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF CERTAIN LOTS OR PARTS THEREOF IN PLAT NO. 1 OF WESTLAKE VILLAGE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTIONS 25 AND 36 IN TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH,

RANGE 10 EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 41 OF PLATS ON PAGES 2A, 2B, 3A AND 3B IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT ‘’B’’ TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP RECORDED NOVEMBER 15, 1996 AS DOCUMENT NO. 9657176, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. Commonly known as 3701 LAKEVIEW DRIVE, WINNEBAGO, IL 61088 Property Index No. 09-25455-028. The real estate is improved with a duplex. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-16-08166. 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. 14-16-08166 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00545 TJSC#: 37-199 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. I714274 P7038R TRRT 3/1 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.SEAN C. SCROGGINS, et al Defendant 16 CH 00190 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 28, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 30, 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 FIFTY-EIGHT (158) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT NO. 4 OF WEXFORD PLACE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 45 OF PLATS ON PAGE 161 AS DOCUMENT NO. 0543864 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3056 STRALOW LANE, MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115 Property Index No. 08-15383-008. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-16-00232. 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. 14-16-00232 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00190 TJSC#: 37-261 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. I714363 P7039R TRRT 3/1 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST; Plaintiff, vs. DOUG LONG; NATASHA LONG; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 13 CH 1479 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, March 16, 2017, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate:

LOT 141 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF CHICORY RIDGE PLAT SIX, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 31 AND PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 2, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 41 OF PLATS, PAGE 118 AND 118A IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 10778 Chicory Ridge Way, Roscoe, IL 61073. P.I.N. 04-32-352-018. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. CHLX.0008A I714779 P7040R TRRT 3/1 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. KATHARINE BARRETT AKA KATHARINE MARIE BARRETT THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO; Defendants, 16CH 96 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, March 16, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot Seven (7) in Block Ten (10) as designated upon the Plat of Meadowlea Subdivision, a Re-Subdivision of Lot 79 and part of Lot 75 as designated upon the Plat of Rice and Baker Subdivision, being apart of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 10, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which said Meadowlea Subdivision being recorded in Book 19 of Plats on page 189 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Commonly known as 3434 Gladstone Avenue, Rockford, IL 61101. P.I.N. 11-10-355-003. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified

funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 16-001852 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I714781 P7041R TRRT 3/1 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL B. MILLER AKA MICHAEL MILLER; AMANDA L. CAMP; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 629 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, March 16, 2017, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE (183) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 8 OF PINE MANOR SUBDIVISION, PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 2, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 36 OF PLATS ON PAGE 20, IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2815 Norway Pine Road, Rockford, Illinois 61109. P.I.N. 16-06-429-025. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 4536960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F16080024 I714786 P7042R TRRT 3/1 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC PLAINTIFF Vs. Kevin J. Tuttle; Lisa M. Tuttle; Lyford Oaks Condominium Association; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants

DEFENDANTS 16 CH 00934 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Kevin J. Tuttle Lisa M. Tuttle Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 7964 Royal Oaks Road Rockford, IL 61107 and which said Mortgage was made by: Kevin J. Tuttle Lisa M. Tuttle the Mortgagor(s), to Alpine Bank of Illinois, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 200800826027; 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 March 17, 2017, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-16-13820 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I715012 P7044R TRRT 3/1 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: SHELLIE RAE ZUROSKE, Petitioner. FOR NAME CHANGE CASE NO.: 2017 MR 64 PUBLICATION NOTICE Public notice is hereby given that on March 29, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 412, being one of the return days in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, I will present and ask that my Petition in said Court, praying for the change of my name from Shellie Rae Zuroske to that of Shellie Rae Lowery be approved, pursuant to the Statute in such case made and provided. Dated: January 30, 2017 at Rockford, Illinois Winnebago County Clerk of the Circuit Court ZIMMERMAN & WALSH, LLP Attorney Erin E. Walsh, #6279993 1707 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61104 Phone: 815-399-1400 Fax: 815-399-9440 eew@zimwalsh.com 6992R TRRT 2/15

February 15, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DUBUQUE BANK AND TRUST Plaintiff, -v.JOEL J. SWANSON, et al Defendant 16 CH 00621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 26, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 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: LOT SEVEN (7) IN BLOCK ELEVEN (11) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF RANDOLPH-REVELL LAND ASSOCIATION’S HIGHLAND SUBDIV., BEING PART OF THE EAST OF HALF OF SEC 24, TWP 44 N, RANGE 1 E OF THE 3RD P.M., THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS ON PAGE 7 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 406 N. ROCKFORD AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61107 Property Index No. 11-24478-023. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-16-09298. 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. 14-16-09298 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00621 TJSC#: 36-13013 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. I714132 P7005R TRRT 2/22 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION F/K/A PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES Plaintiff, -v.PETER F. MINETT, et al Defendant 15 CH 01023 CONSOLIDATED WITH 15 CH 000897 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 21, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 23, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE NORTH HALF (1/2) OF LOT TWO (2) IN BLOCK SIX (6) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF INDIAN VILLAGE, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 19 OF PLATS ON PAGE 46 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PREMISES BEING PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. EXCEPT: A PART OF LOT 2 IN BLOCK 6 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF INDIAN VILLAGE, A SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 19 OF PLATS AT PAGE 46 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A 5/8’’ IRON PIN AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID

LOT 2; THENCE NORTH 1 DEGREE 07 MINUTES 35 SECONDS WEST, 50.16 FEET (BEARINGS ARE BASED ON SURVEY DATA AS PROVIDED BY IDOT) ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 2, TO A 5/8 IRON PIN AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PREMISES CONVEYED TO MICHAEL T. GRENLUND FROM CARL J. EKLUND AND EDITH L. EKLUND BY WARRANTY DEED RECORDED JULY 8, 2002 AS DOCUMENT NO. 0247509 IN SAID RECORDER’S OFFICE; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 17 SECONDS WEST, 183.00 FEET ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PREMISES SO CONVEYED, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. FROM THE POINT OF BEGINNING THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 17 SECONDS WEST, 17.00 FEET ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PREMISES SO CONVEYED, TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 2; THENCE NORTH 1 DEGREE 07 MINUTES 35 SECONDS WEST, 50.87 FEET ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 2, TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 2; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 17 SECONDS EAST, 27.04 FEET ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 2; THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 08 MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST, 50.87 FEET, TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PREMISES SO CONVEYED; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 17 SECONDS WEST, 10.05 FEET ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PREMISES SO CONVEYED, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 1,376 SQUARE FEET (0.032 ACRE), MORE OR LESS, OF WHICH 865 SQUARE FEET (0.020 ACRE), MORE OR LESS, IS IN EXISTING ROAD RIGHT OF WAY. Commonly known as 3622 S. MAIN STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 15-03327-023. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT

be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-17385. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@ il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-17385 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 01023 CONSOLIDATED WITH 15 CH 000897 TJSC#: 37-117 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. I714272 P7006R TRRT 2/22 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC. Plaintiff, -v.TINA M. ALLEN-BUSS, RONNIE D. BUSS Defendant 15 CH 270 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 26, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 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 THIRTY-FIVE (35) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF PHILLIPS THIRD ADDITION TO WINNEBAGO, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 35 OF PLATS ON PAGE 187 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 606 SOUTH GOODLING STREET,

Winnebago, IL 61088 Property Index No. 14-16153-003. The real estate is improved with a single unit dwelling. The judgment amount was $145,445.32. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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: WEISS MCCLELLAND LLC, 105 WEST ADAMS STREET, SUITE 1850, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 605-3500 Please refer to file number IL-002764. 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. WEISS MCCLELLAND LLC 105 WEST ADAMS STREET, SUITE 1850 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 605-3500

E-Mail: intake@wmlegal.com Attorney File No. IL-002764 Case Number: 15 CH 270 TJSC#: 37-1048 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. S7007R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO In the Matter of the Petition for the Adoption of ANDRE EUGENBE MUELLER, a male minor child. Case No: 17 AD 20 ADOPTION NOTICE To: TALAN ANGELIQUE GODFREY: Take notice that a petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois for the adoption of a child named Andre Eugene Mueller. Now, therefore, unless you, Talan Angelique Godfrey, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Room 101, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 13th day of March, 2017, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. Dated February 8, 2017 Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit Winnebago County, Illinois David L. Davitt #6206402 4023 Charles Street Rockford, IL 61108 815.229.5333 Attorney for Petitioners 7012R TRRT 2/22 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Winnebago COUNTY, ILLINOIS Midwest community bank, Plaintiff, vs. Mckiski-Lewis, Inc., a dissolved Illinois Corporation, Thomas Cordell, Patricia Cordell, Robert Cobb, LoRNa Cobb, KMK Media Group, Inc., BMO Harris Bank, N.A., formerly known as Harris N.A.,as the assignee of the F.D.I.C. as the receiver for Amcore Bank, N.A., Janesville Acquisition d/b/a Bobcat of Rockford, The State of Illinois Department of Labor, The condominiums at Victory Landing Homeowners association, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, UNKNOWN OWNERS & NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. Case No. 16 CH 529 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-captioned case, the Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois, or his deputy, on March 14, 2017, at the hour of 11:00 a.m., in the Lobby of the Winnebago County Justice Center, 650 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61102, will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, property legally described as follows: Unit 6-8644 in the condominiums at victory landing as delineated on a survey of the following described real estate: lots or certain lots as designated upon the plat of victory landing, being a subdivision of lots 1, 6 and 7 presidential court subdivision no. 1 and

part of lot 12, presidential court subdivision, no. 2 and part of vacated victory land in part of the northeast quarter of section 25, township 45 north, range 1 east of the plat of which re-subdivision is recorded in book 44 of plats on page 176B in the recorder’s office of Winnebago county, Illinois, which survey is attached as exhibit b to the declaration of condominium recorded September 23, 2005 as document no. 0557480, together with its undivided percentage interest in the common elements as amended from time to time; situated in the county of Winnebago, state of Illinois. Common Address: 8644 Victory Lane, Machesney Park, IL 61115 Permanent Index Number: 07-25-299-002 This property is commonly known as 8644 Victory Lane, Machesney Park, IL 61115, and may contain improvements. This real estate is being sold in an “As Is Condition” for cash or its equivalent in accordance with the terms and provisions of said judgment through which the Plaintiff is owed at least $81,950.60. The successful bidder is required to deposit 10% of the bid amount at the time of the sale with the Winnebago County Sheriff, with the balance to be paid within 24 hours in cash or certified funds. For information regarding this real estate, including the possibility of inspection, interested parties may contact Amber L. Bishop or Michael G. Cortina, SmithAmundsen, LLC, 2460 Lake Shore Drive, Woodstock, Illinois 60098; 815-337-4900. Dated this 2nd day of February, 2017 Gary Caruana Sheriff of Winnebago County Michael G. Cortina Amber L. Bishop SmithAmundsen, LLC Attorney for Midwest Community Bank 2460 Lake Shore Drive Woodstock, Illinois 60098 (815) 337-4900 Telephone (815) 337-4910 Facsimile mcortina@salawus.com abishop@salawus.com ARDC No. 6255782 ARDC No. 6309698 (Published in the Legal Section of the Rock River Times on February 8, 2017, February 15, 2017, and February 22, 2017) 7013R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF: WANDA HUEBNER, Deceased. No. 17 P 23 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of WANDA HUEBNER. Letters of Office were issued to Penny Evans, 13125 Huntington Chase, Rockton, IL 61072, and Julie Nelson, 836 E. Nakoma Ct., Beloit, WI 53511 who are the legal representatives of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Jeffrey E. Livingston, Bolgrien, Koepke, Kimes & Livingston, LLC, 542 E. Grand Ave., Beloit, WI 53511. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk’s office, Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, or with the representative or both on or before the 8th day of August, 2017, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by §18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the

attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: February 6, 2017 Penny Evans and Julie Nelson, Independent Co-Executors of the Estate of WANDA HUEBNER Jeffrey E. Livingston BOLGRIEN, KOEPKE, KIMES & LIVINGSTON, LLC 542 East Grand Avenue Beloit, WI 53511 608-365-7702 7014R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION, ROCKFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, WINNEBAGO – BOONE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS Plaintiff, v. SUSAN COLLINS and SPOUSE, if any; and UNKNOWN OWNERS Defendants. Case No. 2016 ED 11 NOTICE TO SUSAN COLLINS FOR PUBLICATION (314 12TH STREET, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61104) The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for the condemnation of a certain portion of the property described as follows, to-wit: Common Address: 314 12th Street, Rockford, IL 61104 Lot Three (3) in Block Three (3) as designated upon the Plat of Lindblades and Robertson’s Subdivision of a part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 25, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. PROPERTY CODE: 11-25130-008 And for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above-named Defendant, file or otherwise make your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, thirty (30) days from the date of February 8, 2017, a trial may be held and judgment entered against you for the relief asked for in the Complaint. Dated: February 2, 2017 BOARD OF EDUCATION, ROCKFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, WINNEBAGO – BOONE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS By: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP /s/ Yashekia T. Simpkins Yashekia T. Simpkins One of Its Attorneys Yashekia T. Simpkins ARDC 6307014 Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 Phone: 815-490-4900 Fax: 815-490-4901 ysimpkins@hinshawlaw.com 7015R TRRT 2/22

The Rock River Times. February 15, 2017

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS MEMBERS ALLIANCE CREDIT UNION; Plaintiff, vs. ANDREW D. LAPONSIE; SERENA C. LAPONSIE; HERITAGE CREDIT UNION; TENANTS AND PARTIES IN POSSESSION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 853 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, March 16, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: PARCEL 1: Part of Lot Ten (10) as designated on the Plat of 2nd Resub of Lot One (1) and part of Lot Two (2) of Glen Eyre Subdivision the Plat of which Resubdivision is recorded in Book 12 of Plats on page 37 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, bounded as follows: Beginning at the Northeast comer of said lot; thence West, along the North line of said Lot 47.50 feet; thence South, parallel with the East line of said Lot 168 feet to a point 145 feet North of the South line of said Lot; thence East, parallel with said South line, 47.50 feet to the East line of said Lot; thence North along said East line, 168 feet to the place of beginning, EXCEPTING the North 5 feet of said tract dedicated for street purposes by instrument dated November 1,1949 and recorded in Book 681 on page 399 in said Recorder’s Office; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. More accurately described as follows: Part of Lot Ten (10) as designated upon the Plat of 2nd Resubdivision of Lot 1 and part of Lot 2 of Glen Eyre Subdivision the plat of which is recorded in Book 12 of Plats on page 37 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, bounded and described as follows; commencing at the Northeast comer of said Lot, thence South 01 degrees 07 minutes 27 seconds East, along the East line of said Lot, a distance of 5.00 feet to the South line of the North 5.00 feet dedicated for public road purposes by Deed recorded in Book 681 of Records on page 399 in said Recorder’s Office and to the point of beginning for the following described Parcel; thence continuing South 01 degrees 07 minutes 27 seconds East, along the East line of said Lot, a distance of 142.44 feet to a point 145 feet North of the South line of said Lot; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 15 seconds West, parallel with said South line, a distance of 47.55 feet: thence North 01 degrees 08 minutes 10 seconds West, a distance of 142.42 feet to the South line of said premises conveyed

for public road purposes; thence North 88 degrees 31 minutes 28 seconds East along said line, a distance of 47.58 feet to the point of beginning; situated In the County of Winnebago and the State of Illinois. PARCEL II Part of Lot Nine (9) as designated on the Plat of 2nd Resub of Lot One (1) and part of Lot Two (2) of Glen Eyre Subdivision the Plat of which Resubdivision is recorded in Book 12 of Plats on page 37 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County. Illinois, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning on the West line of said Lot at a point 145 feet North of the North line of the Street 20 feet wide running East and West along the South line of said Lot; thence East, parallel with the South line of said Lot, 46 feet; thence North, parallel with the West line of said lot to the North line of said lot; thence West, along said North line, 46 feet to the Northwest comer of said Lot; thence South, along the West line of said Lot to the place of beginning, EXCEPTING the North 5 feet of said tract dedicated for street purposes by Instrument dated November 1,1949 and recorded in Book 681 of Recorder’s Records on page 399 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Commonly known as 305 Belteberg Road, Loves Park, Illinois 61111. P.I.N. 11-01-280-015 and 1101-280-016. The mortgaged real estate is: 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. For information call Ms. Elisa J. Whitman at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Reilly Law Offices, 6801 Spring Creek Road, Rockford, Illinois 61114. (815) 316-8540. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I714787 P7043R TRRT 3/1 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RENAISSANCE HEL TRUST 2003-1 Plaintiff, -v.BYRON L. GILLESPIE, et al Defendant 16 CH 00396 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 24, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 14, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest

bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT TWELVE (12) IN BLOCK ONE (1) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF PHINNEY’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 10 OF PLATS ON PAGE 27 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1223 HOLLAND STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-27-157019 (207B094). 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-16-03966. 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. 14-16-03966 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00396 TJSC#: 37-1312 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. I715017 P7045R TRRT 3/1 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, (FNMA); Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; CHARLES J. LEONARD, JR.; Defendants, 11 CH 298 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot Thirteen (13) in Block One (1) as designated upon the Plat of Union Park Subdivision of part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 10 of Plats on page 14 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Commonly known as 2126 Parmele Street, Rockford, IL 61104. P.I.N. 11-36-303-002. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 15-009040 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I715129 P7046R TRRT 3/1 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN RE THE ESTATE OF: RICHARD A. NEWMAN, Deceased. No. 2017 P 34 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of RICHARD A. NEWMAN. Letters of Administration were issued on January 26, 2017, to Cindy L.

Vogel, 9348 Villa Tuscany Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89129, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Robert C. Torbert of HOWARD & HARDYMAN, LLP, 124 N. Water Street, Suite 100, PO Box 1616, Rockford, Illinois 61110-0116. Any claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 15, 2017, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate must be filed with the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101 Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. DATED: February 7, 2017 CINDY L. VOGEL, Independent Administrator Robert C. Torbert ARDC# 6270746 HOWARD & HARDYMAN, LLP 124 N. Water Street, Suite 100 PO Box 1616 Rockford, Illinois 61110-0116 (815) 964-8888 Attorneys for the Estate of RICHARD A. NEWMAN, Deceased 7051R TRRT 3/1 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 RONALD B. PLUMMER, Deceased. CASE NO. 2017 P 37 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of RONALD B. PLUMMER of Rockford, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on February 3, 2017, to CARY R. PLUMMER, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH, GUYER & ENICHEN, P.C. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 16, 2017, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated: February 7, 2017 Cary R. Plummer, Administrator G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH (#2479869) scheurich@guyerlaw.com Guyer & Enichen, P.C. 2601 Reid Farm Road Rockford, Illinois 61114 (815) 636-9600 7052R TRRT 3/1 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE

OF: JEANNE MARIE McLAUGHLIN, Deceased. CASE NO. 2017 P 42 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JEANNE MARIE McLAUGHLIN on December 8, 2016. Letters of Office were issued on February 1, 2017 to WILLIAM J. McLAUGHLIN 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 August 17, 2017, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate 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: 2/10/17 WILLIAM J. McLAUGHLIN, EXECUTOR ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 7053R TRRT 3/1 n n n NOTICE OF SALE The personal property stored by the persons listed below, occupants of storage units located at 2437 N. Central, Rockford, Illinois, a self-storage facility operated by AAA WINDSOR STORAGE INC. (“OWNER”), Shall be sold at public auction at 2437 N. Central, Rockford, Illinois, on 3/3/17 at or after 10:00 a.m. to enforce the Owner’s lien thereon. If there are no bidders, Owner will otherwise dispose of the property. *Lee Fricks, Eric D. Phillips and Credit Union One - 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass, vin# 3425702126045; *Melvin Woodfork - 1975 Chevrolet Malibu, vin# 1D37H5R422213. 7054R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: Erdenechimeg Erdene-Ochir, Current Name Case Number 17 MR 151 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Erdenechimeg ErdeneOchir to the new name of: Erica Erdenechimeg Grover. The court date will be held: on April 12, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ Erdenechimeg Erdene-Ochir Erdenechimeg Erdene-Ochir, Current Name 7055R TRRT 3/1 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: David Thaddeus Starzynski, Current Name

Case Number 17 MR 15 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: David Thaddeus Starzynski to the new name of: David Thaddeus Starr. The court date will be held: on March 8, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426. /s/ David Thaddeus Starzynski David Thaddeus Starzynski, Current Name 7056R TRRT 3/1 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Painting, Landscaping, Cleaning business in said County and State under the name of Ann’s Painting & Landscaping at the following post office addresses: 9615 Baldwin Dr., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ardene Powers SIGNED: Ardene Powers 2/13/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of February, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7057R TRRT 3/1 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 Traplife Media is a online film, radio station, CD duplication, studio and mixtape supplier business in said County and State under the name of Traplife Media at the following post office addresses: 928 21st St., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Cartez Daniels SIGNED: Cartez Daniels 2/10/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of February, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 7058R TRRT 3/1 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 T-shirt company, buying and printing T-shirts business in said County and State under the name of Hip Hop Ave. Custom Tees at the following post office addresses: 928 21st St., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Cartez Daniels SIGNED: Cartez Daniels 2/10/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of February, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 7059R TRRT 3/1 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 At home beauty services business in said County and State under the name of Beauty Buzz at the following post office addresses: 6382 Nimtz Rd., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Elizabeth A. Turley SIGNED: Elizabeth A. Turley 2/8/17

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of February, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 7060R TRRT 3/1 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Restaurant business in said County and State under the name of LaCreasia’s Taste of Soul & Mobile Catering at the following post office addresses: 1624 18th Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: LaCreasia Turner SIGNED: LaCreasia Turner 2/8/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of February, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7061R TRRT 3/1 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Transportation of People business in said County and State under the name of Family Livery Service at the following post office addresses: 2848 Woodside Dr., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Earnest R. Ballard, Jr., 779-772-2114 SIGNED: Earnest R. Ballard, Jr. 1/27/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 27th day of January, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 7062R TRRT 3/1 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Car Dealership business in said County and State under the name of Next Car Auto Sales at the following post office addresses: 510 N. Blackhawk Blvd., Rockton, IL 61072; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Paul R. Brown SIGNED: Paul R. Brown 2/9/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 9th day of February, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7063R TRRT 3/1 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 DUI Evaluation Company business in said County and State under the name of REC at the following post office addresses: 2929 N. Main St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Paul Gutowski SIGNED: Paul Gutowski 2/9/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 9th day of February, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7064R TRRT 3/1

February 15, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, an Illinois municipal corporation, Plaintiff vs. JAMIE C. JENSEN, a/k/a JAMIE JENSEN; AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE; DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Indenture Trustee for American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2006-2; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”), as nominee for American Home Mortgage; RMTLC ONE, LP; REALTAX DEVELOPERS, LTD.; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants CASE NO. 2017-CH-39 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, Notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Winnebago County, Illinois by said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants praying for the foreclosure of a Demolition Lien on certain real estate commonly known as 866 Marvin Street, South Beloit, Illinois and legally described as follows: Lot Thirty-four (34) in Block Eight (8) as designated upon the Plat of Clark and Helm’s Re-subdivision of part of Oak Park Addition to South Beloit, the Plat of which Re-subdivision is recorded in Book 10 of Plats on Page 26 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and the State of Illinois. P.I.N. 04-08-102-023 and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the Court against you as provided by law, and said suit is now pending. NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the above-named Defendants and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants file your Answer to the Complaint to said suit or otherwise make your appearance herein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Illinois on or before the 10th of March, 2017, default may be entered against you at anytime after such date and a judgment and decree of partition entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint dated at Rockford, Illinois this 31st day of January, 2017. Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois. Prepared By: BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP BY: DOUGLAS R. HENRY #6229426 6833 Stalter Drive, 1st Floor Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 dhenry@bslbv.com 7016R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, an Illinois municipal corporation, Plaintiff vs. J & C REAL ESTATE, L.L.C., a now dissolved Illinois limited liability company; JACK L. AKERS, a/k/a JACK AKERS;

BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, L.L.C., as Agent of BMO Harris, N.A., successor in interest to Amcore Bank, N.A.; BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, L.L.C., as Agent for BMO Harris, N.A.; BMO HARRIS, N.A.; ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE; ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; BLACKHAWK BANK, f/k/a BLACKHAWK STATE BANK; ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, INC. d/b/a ALSIDE SUPPLY CENTER; ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, INC.; NCI OF RIVERSIDE, INC. BRASS RING AMUSEMENTS, INC.; HICKORY PT BK – BEASLEY IRA: and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants CASE NO. 2017-CH-37 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, Notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Winnebago County, Illinois by said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants praying for the foreclosure of a Demolition Lien on certain real estate commonly known as 910 Ingersoll Place, South Beloit, Illinois and legally described as follows: Lot Six (6) in Block Eleven (11) as designated upon the Map of South Beloit, Illinois, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 8 of Plats, page 21 in the Recorder’s Office; situated in the County of Winnebago and the State of Illinois. P.I.N. 04-05-260-002 and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the Court against you as provided by law, and said suit is now pending. NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the above-named Defendants and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants file your Answer to the Complaint to said suit or otherwise make your appearance herein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Illinois on or before the 10th of March, 2017, default may be entered against you at anytime after such date and a judgment and decree of partition entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint dated at Rockford, Illinois this 31st day of January, 2017. Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois. Prepared By: BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP BY: DOUGLAS R. HENRY #6229426 6833 Stalter Drive, 1st Floor Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 dhenry@bslbv.com 7017R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, an Illinois municipal corporation, Plaintiff vs. J & C REAL ESTATE, L.L.C., a now dissolved Illinois limited liability company; JACK L. AKERS, a/k/a JACK AKERS; BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, L.L.C., as Agent of BMO Harris, N.A., successor in interest to Amcore Bank, N.A.; BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, L.L.C., as Agent for BMO Harris, N.A.;

BMO HARRIS, N.A.; ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE; ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; BLACKHAWK BANK, f/k/a BLACKHAWK STATE BANK; ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, INC. d/b/a ALSIDE SUPPLY CENTER; ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, INC.; NCI OF RIVERSIDE, INC. BRASS RING AMUSEMENTS, INC.; HICKORY PT BK – BEASLEY IRA: and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants CASE NO. 2017-CH-38 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, Notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Winnebago County, Illinois by said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants praying for the foreclosure of a Demolition Lien on certain real estate commonly known as 640-642 Fairview Avenue, South Beloit, Illinois and legally described as follows: Lot Fifty-four (54) as designated upon the Plat of Clark’s Addition to South Beloit, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 8 of Plats on Page 26 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and the State of Illinois. P.I.N. 04-05-352-022 and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the Court against you as provided by law, and said suit is now pending. NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the above-named Defendants and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants file your Answer to the Complaint to said suit or otherwise make your appearance herein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Illinois on or before the 10th of March, 2017, default may be entered against you at anytime after such date and a judgment and decree of partition entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint dated at Rockford, Illinois this 31st day of January, 2017. Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois. Prepared By: BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP BY: DOUGLAS R. HENRY #6229426 6833 Stalter Drive, 1st Floor Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 dhenry@bslbv.com 7018R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, an Illinois municipal corporation, Plaintiff vs. ESTATE OF EDWIN H. GARBER, Deceased, LARRY D. GARBER, Executor; LARRY D. GARBER; STEVEN P. GARBER; WINNEBAGO COUNTY TRUSTEE; and UNKNOWN HEIRS, OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants CASE NO. 2017-CH-40 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, Notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants in the

above-entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Winnebago County, Illinois by said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants praying for the foreclosure of a Demolition Lien on certain real estate commonly known as 327 Burr Oak Avenue, South Beloit, Illinois and legally described as follows: Lot Seventy-three (73) as designated upon the Plat of Forest View, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 13 of Plats on page 38 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and the State of Illinois P.I.N. 04-07-229-008 and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the Court against you as provided by law, and said suit is now pending. NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the above-named Defendants and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants file your Answer to the Complaint to said suit or otherwise make your appearance herein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Illinois on or before the 10th of March, 2017, default may be entered against you at anytime after such date and a judgment and decree of partition entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint dated at Rockford, Illinois this 31st day of January, 2017. Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois. Prepared By: BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP BY: DOUGLAS R. HENRY #6229426 6833 Stalter Drive, 1st Floor Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 dhenry@bslbv.com 7019R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, an Illinois municipal corporation, Plaintiff vs. MARK McKEE; REALTAX DEVELOPERS, LTD.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. CASE NO. 2017-CH-41 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, Notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Winnebago County, Illinois by said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants praying for the foreclosure of a Demolition Lien on certain real estate commonly known as 711 Salmon Avenue, South Beloit, Illinois and legally described as follows: Lot Eighty-seven (87) as designated upon the Plat of Home Addition to South Beloit, the Plat of which Addition is recorded in Book 11 of Plats on page 18 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. P.I.N. 04-05-454-003 and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the Court against you as provided by law, and said suit is now pending. NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the above-named Defen-

dants and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants file your Answer to the Complaint to said suit or otherwise make your appearance herein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Illinois on or before the 10th of March, 2017, default may be entered against you at anytime after such date and a judgment and decree of partition entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint dated at Rockford, Illinois this 31st day of January, 2017. Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois. Prepared By: BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP BY: DOUGLAS R. HENRY #6229426 6833 Stalter Drive, 1st Floor Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 dhenry@bslbv.com 7020R TRRT 2/22 n n n U Stor 3000 Charles Street 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 February 17th, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. on the premises where said property has been stored and which is located at 3000 Charles Street Rockford Illinois 61108. The personal property described below. 147 – Annie Owens; 168 – Dawn Lowery; 233 - Yavonna Pittman; 325 – Rudy Mallen; 511 – Nathan Lawson; 911 - Jennifer Strick; 954 – Georgia Smart. Units are auctioned by lot. Purchases must be with cash only and be paid for at the time of sale. All goods must be removed within 24 hours of purchase. Sale is subject to adjournment. 7021R TRRT 2/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ORLYN JOSEPH TORPEN, Deceased. NO. 2016 P 542 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONWILLS AND CLAIMS NOTICE is given of the death of Orlyn Joseph Torpen. Letters of Office were issued on January 20, 2017 to Dawn Ross, 32 Clayton Court, Winnebago, IL 61088 who is the Independent Administrator of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Jim Hursh of Sreenan & Cain, P.C. 321 West State Street, Suite 700 Rockford, IL 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 8, 2017, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite dated 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 legal estate representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative

and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. Dated: February 8, 2017 Dawn Ross, Independent Administrator Jim Hursh SREENAN & CAIN, P.C 321 West State Street, Suite 700 Rockford, IL 61101 (815) 962-5490 jhursh@sreenan-cain.com 7022R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURT 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Rhea E. Van Sickle, DECEASED CASE NO. 17 P 24 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given of the death of Rhea E. Van Sickle. Letters of Office were issued on January 24th, 2017 to Christopher J. Van Sickle as representative of the estate herein. The Representative’s address is 4615 E. State St., suite 204, Rockford, IL 61108. The attorney for the representative and estate is Scott M. Boyd whose address is One Court Place, Suite 302, Rockford, Illinois, 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 10th, 2017 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication of this notice, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed on or before the required date stated above is barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court - Probate Division, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St. Rockford, Illinois, 61101, or with the representative of the estate, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk of Circuit Court must be mailed or delivered to the representative of the estate and to the representative’s attorney of record within ten (10) days after a claim has been filed together with proof of such required mailing or delivery of copies. Date: February 1, 2017 /s/ Scott M. Boyd Attorney Scott M. Boyd #74 Attorney for representative and estate One Court Place #302 Rockford, IL 61101 815 / 963-0645 7023R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURT 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Robert Anthony, Jr., DECEASED CASE NO. 17 P 25 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given of the death of Robert Anthony, Jr. Letters of Office were issued on January 24th, 2017 to Yalanda Anthony as representative of the estate herein. The Representative resides at 8116 S. Tryon St., Suite B3-151, Charlotte, NC 28273. The attorney for the representative and estate is Scott M. Boyd whose address is One Court Place, Suite 302, Rockford, Illinois, 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 10th, 2017 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication of this notice, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, whichever date is later. Any claim

not filed on or before the required date stated above is barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court - Probate Division, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St. Rockford, Illinois, 61101, or with the representative of the estate, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk of Circuit Court must be mailed or delivered to the representative of the estate and to the representative’s attorney of record within ten (10) days after a claim has been filed together with proof of such required mailing or delivery of copies. Date: February 1, 2017 /s/ Scott M. Boyd Attorney Scott M. Boyd #74 Attorney for representative and estate One Court Place #302 Rockford, IL 61101 815 / 963-0645 7024R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HERBERT W. RUCKS, Deceased. Case No. 16 P 541 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of HERBERT W. RUCKS. Letters of Office were issued on January 20, 2017 to DELLA-LEE RUCKS, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is Charles D. Schlueter, 4023 Charles Street, Rockford, IL 61108. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 20, 2017, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk -Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of the claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office -- Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: February 2, 2017 /s/ Charles D. Schlueter Charles D. Schlueter Charles D. Schlueter - #3124447 Attorney for Estate 4023 Charles Street Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 229-5333 7025R TRRT 2/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NOTICE OF FILING A REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: James Robert Doyle Current Name There will be a court hearing on my request to change my name from: James Robert Sanders to the new name of: James Robert Doyle. The court hearing will be held: on April 5, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St.. Rockford, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #426. /s/ James Robert Doyle James Robert Doyle 7026R TRRT 2/22 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 cutting hair business in said County and State under the name of Coop’s Custom Cutz at the following post office addresses: 1000 9th St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Larry McAllister, 779348-6362 SIGNED: Larry McAllister 1/26/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 26th day of January, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 6997R TRRT 2/15 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Hair Salon business in said County and State under the name of Adore at the following post office addresses: 7177 Crimson Ridge Dr., Suite 9, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Stephanie Nethery; Susan Arco; Linda Hess; Kelsey Milos SIGNED: Stephanie Nethery 2/6/17 SIGNED: Susan Arco 2/6/17 SIGNED: Linda Hess 2/6/17 SIGNED: Kelsey Milos 2/6/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of February, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 7033R TRRT 2/22 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 product & 100% virgin human hair extension business in said County and State under the name of Quality Supreme Hair & Products at the following post office addresses: 1621 Green St., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jennifer A. London, 844-789-4247 SIGNED: Jennifer London 2/2/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 2nd day of February, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 7034R TRRT 2/22 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 music promotion business in said County and State under the name of Innovation Inc at the following post office addresses: 3915 Public Lane, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Pedro Rubalcava; Manuel Guerrero SIGNED: Pedro Rubalcava 2/1/17 SIGNED: Manuel Guerrero 2/1/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 1st day of February, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 7035R TRRT 2/22

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC PLAINTIFF Vs. Antionette Hobson; Aaron Hobson; Springleaf Financial Services of Illinois, Inc.; United States of America; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Sandra L. Hobson; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Timothy A. Miller, as Special Representative for Sandra L. Hobson (deceased) DEFENDANTS 16 CH 01004 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Sandra L. Hobson Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 621 N. Independence Avenue Rockford, IL 61101 and which said Mortgage was made by: Sandra L. Hobson executed the mortgage, however this individual is deceased and is not named as a defendant in this lawsuit the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Prism Mortgage Company, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 0183362; 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 March 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. 14-16-15498 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I713800 P6959R TRRT 2/15 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WINNEBAGO COUNTY – ILLINOIS CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION vs. JESSICA L. HOPKINS, JOSHUA K. HOPKINS, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants. 2016 CH 707 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: JESSICA L. HOPKINS and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described

as follows, to wit: LOT FORTY-ONE (41) AND THE NORTHERLY FIVE (5) FEET OF LOT FORTY-TWO (42) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT NO. 1 OF SRPRINGDALE SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 9, IN 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 179, IN THE RECORDER`S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2721 SPRINGDALE DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 And which said Mortgage was made by: JESSICA L. HOPKINS and JOSHUA K. HOPKINS the Mortgagors, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR ALPINE BANK & TRUST CO., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20131013865; 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, UNLESSS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Thomas A. Klein 400 W. State Street Rockford, IL 61101 On or before March 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. Marinosci Law Group, P.C. 134 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1900 Chicago, IL 60602 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act you are advised that this law firm is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I713829 P6960R TRRT 2/15 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WINNEBAGO COUNTY – ILLINOIS CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF, vs. STACEY L. ZIMMERMAN; TARGET NATIONAL BANK F/K/A RETAILERS NATIONAL BANK; DISCOVER BANK; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants. 2016 CH 960 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: STACEY L. ZIMMERMAN and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT FIFTY-SIX (56) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF MACHESNEY LANDING, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF

WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 41 OF PLATS ON PAGE 79B IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: THE APN AS SHOWN BY THE COUNTY ASSESSOR IS 08-30-103-013; SOURCE OF TITLE: DOCUMENT NO. 066393 (RECORDED 11/03/2006) COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 142 WINGTIP WAY, MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115 And which said Mortgage was made by: STACEY L. ZIMMERMAN the Mortgagor, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR DELTA FUNDING CORPORATION as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 200700742619; 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, UNLESSS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Thomas Klein 400 W. State Street Rockford, IL 61101 On or before March 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. Marinosci Law Group, P.C. 134 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1900 Chicago, IL 60602 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act you are advised that this law firm is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I713837 P6961R TRRT 2/15 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; Plaintiff, vs. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS; UNITED CREDIT SERVICE, INC; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOANNE SCHLEICHER, DECEASED; MICHAEL SCHLEICHER; ERIK K. JACOBS, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF JOANNE SCHLEICHER, DECEASED; Defendants, 15CH 1057 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, March 9, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: The South 6 Feet of Lot 43 and all of Lot 44 as designated upon the Plat of R.D. Scott’s Third Subdivision part of the Northeast quarter, Section 19, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the third principal meridian, The plat of which subdivision is recorded in book 14 of plats on page 191 in the Recorder’s office of Winnebago

County, Illinois; Situated in Winnebago County in the State of Illinois. Commonly known as 1220 Scottswood Road, Rockford, IL 61107. P.I.N. 12-19-226-008. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 15-030948 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I713883 P6962R TRRT 2/15 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. CARL H. THORSTENS AKA CARL HAROLD THORSTENS AKA CARL THORNSTENS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 231 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, March 9, 2017, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: THE WEST FIFTY (50) FEET OF LOT ONE HUNDRED NINETY (190) AND THE EAST TEN (10) FEET OF LOT ONE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE (191) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HIGHCRESTVIEW EAST SUBDIVISION PLAT NO. 6, BEING A PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 17 AND A PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION20, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 27 OF PLATS ON PAGE 42 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THE EAST AND WEST LINES OF SAID TRACT BEING PARALLEL WITH THE LINE DIVIDING SAID LOTS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 4607 Mohawk Road, Rockford, Illinois 61107. P.I.N. 12-17-456-002. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours,

by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 4536960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F16030076 I713885 P6963R TRRT 2/15 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.BRIAN VAN BRIESEN, et al Defendant 15 CH 00995 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 14, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 16, 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 50 AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NUMBER 5 OF HINKLE’S WOODED ACRES BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 35 OF PLATS ON PAGE 387 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE, IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 7783 RAY COURT, ROSCOE, IL 61073 Property Index No. 08-02-227005 (110A059). 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-13-24602. 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. 14-13-24602 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 00995 TJSC#: 36-14615 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. I713947 P6964R TRRT 2/15 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2016TX254 FILED January 26, 2017 DARRYL MIMS, 5001 Elmgate Dr., Rockford, IL 61101 WELLS FARGO BANK. N.A., 101 North Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57104 OCCUPANTS, 5001 Elmgate Dr., Rockford, IL 61101 TAKE NOTICE County of Winnebago Date Premises Sold October 27, 2014 Certificate No. 201300320 Sold of General Taxes of (year) 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (municipality) N/A and Special Assessment Number N/A Warrant No. N/A Inst. No. N/A YOUR PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 5001 Elmgate Drive, Rockford, IL. Legal Description or Permanent Index No.: Lot One (1) as designated upon the Final Plat of Elmgate Plat No. 1, being a Subdivision of Part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 34, Township 45 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 41 of Plats on Page 186A in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Tax Code No. 07-34-180-014 This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the

sale will expire on July 27, 2017. The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. This Notice is also to advise you that a Petition has been filed for a Tax Deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before July 27, 2017. This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County in Rockford, Illinois, on August 25, 2017 at 9:30, a.m. in Courtroom 426. You may be present at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before July 27, 2017, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, at the County Courthouse in Rockford, Illinois. For further information contact the County Clerk. Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County 6965R TRRT 2/15 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2016TX255 FILED January 26, 2017 MICHAEL R. HYLAND, JR., 1013 Greglyn St., Machesney Park, IL 61115 CHRISTINA HYLAND, 1013 Greglyn St., Machesney Park, IL 61115 OCCUPANTS, 1013 Greglyn St., Machesney Park, IL 61115 TAKE NOTICE County of Winnebago Date Premises Sold October 27, 2014 Certificate No. 201300139 Sold of General Taxes of (year) 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (municipality) N/A and Special Assessment Number N/A Warrant No. N/A Inst. No. N/A YOUR PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 1013 Greglyn St., Machesney Park, IL. Legal Description or Permanent Index No.: Lot Thirty (30) as designated upon the Plat of Lalija Acres, Plat No. 2 Township of Harlem, Winnebago County, Illinois recorded in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois in Book 36 of Plats on page 75A; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Tax Code No. 08-17-129-011 This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on July 27, 2017. The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. This Notice is also to advise you that a Petition has been filed for a Tax Deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before July 27, 2017. This matter is set for hearing

in the Circuit Court of this County in Rockford, Illinois, on August 25, 2017 at 9:30, a.m. in Courtroom 426. You may be present at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before July 27, 2017, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, at the County Courthouse in Rockford, Illinois. For further information contact the County Clerk. Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County 6966R TRRT 2/15 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Hair Salon, specializing in natural hair, braids & relaxers business in said County and State under the name of Amore & Grace at the following post office addresses: 1000 9th St., Suite B, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Danielle Curtis; Tietha Bates SIGNED: Danielle Curtis 1/25/17 SIGNED: Tietha Bates 1/25/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of January, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 6998R TRRT 2/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: AMY RENEE MONAHAN, Petitioner. FOR NAME CHANGE CASE NO.: 2017 MR 65 PUBLICATION NOTICE Public notice is hereby given that on March 29, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 412, being one of the return days in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, I will present and ask that my Petition in said Court, praying for the change of my name from Amy Renee Monahan to that of Amy Renee Lowery be approved, pursuant to the Statute in such case made and provided. Dated: January 30, 2017 at Rockford, Illinois Winnebago County Clerk of the Circuit Court ZIMMERMAN & WALSH, LLP Attorney Erin E. Walsh, #6279993 1707 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61104 Phone: 815-399-1400 Fax: 815-399-9440 eew@zimwalsh.com 6991R TRRT 2/15

February 15, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff, VS. SHAWN HOFFMAN a/k/a SHAWN C. HOFFMAN, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS AND UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants. CASE NO. 2017 CH 43 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THE REQUISITE Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to Unknown others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, against you praying for a foreclosure of a mortgage upon the following property: The North 66 feet of Lot One (1) and the North 66 feet of the East 8 feet of Lot Two (2) in Block Two (2) as designated upon the Plat of Perley and St. John’s Addition to the Town of Pecatonica, which is recorded in Book 35 of Deeds on page 1 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; the South line of said tract being parallel with the North lien of said Block and the West line of said tract being parallel with the East line of said Lot Two (2); situated in the Village of Pecatonica, County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Commonly known as: 705 High Street Pecatonica, Illinois 61063 P.I.N Number: 09-29-402-020 Property Code: 461 D 236 And for other relief, that the action was filed on or about January 13, 2017. That Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is still pending. The record titleholder of the real estate is Shawn Hoffman a/k/a Shawn C. Hoffman. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Mortgagor –Shawn Hoffman a/k/ Shawn C. Hoffman Mortgagee – Northwest Bank of Rockford Date of Mortgage- October 26, 2007. Date of Recording – November 1, 2007. County of Recording – Winnebago Recording Document –200700767808 NOW THEREFORE, unless you Unknown Others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, the said Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 W. State Street in

the City of Rockford, State of Illinois on or before March 1, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint. Dated at Rockford, IL on the 26th day of January, 2017 Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court Winnebago County, Illinois Plaintiff’s Attorney Timothy F. Horning #973 MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 6981R TRRT 2/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff, VS. SAMMY POON, a/k/a SAMMY KY POON, KEVIN OLSON, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NON RECORD CLAIMANTS AND UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants. CASE NO. 2017 CH 45 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THE REQUISITE Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to Unknown others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, Defendant in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, against you praying for a foreclosure of a mortgage upon the following property: Parcel I: Lots One Hundred Forty Six (146) and One Hundred Forty Seven (147) as designated upon the Plat of Factory Second Addition to the City of Rockford, being a Subdivision of part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 1, Township 43 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Addition is recorded in Book 11 of Plats on Page 40 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Parcel II: Lots One Hundred Forty Eight (148) as designated upon the Plat of Factory Second Addition to the City of Rockford, being a Subdivision of part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 1, Township 43 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Addition is recorded in Book 11 of Plats on Page 40 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 2814 Lapey Street Rockford, Illinois 61109 P.I.N Number: Parcel I: 15-01154-006 Property Code: 217B 423 P.I. N. Number: Parcel II: 15-01154-005 Property Code: 217 B 424 And for other relief, that the action was filed on or about January 13, 2017. That Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is still pending. The record titleholder of the real estate is Kevin Olson. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Mortgagor –Sammy Poon a/k/a Sammy Ky Poon Mortgagee – Northwest Bank of Rockford. Date of Mortgage – July 28, 2009. Date of Recording – August 4, 2009. County of Recording – Winnebago Recording Document –200900940930. NOW THEREFORE, unless you Unknown Others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, the said Defendant, file your Answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 W. State Street in the City of Rockford, State of Illinois on or before March 1, 2017 default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint. Dated at Rockford, IL on the 26th day of January, 2017. Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court Winnebago County, Illinois Plaintiff’s Attorney Timothy F. Horning #973 MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 6982R TRRT 2/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff, VS. SHANKS MANAGEMENT INC., D’s AUTOMOTIVE ENTERPRISES INC., D’s MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC, THE STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, THE STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARMENT OF TREASURY, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants. CASE NO. 2017 CH 47 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THE REQUISITE Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to Unknown

others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, against you praying for a foreclosure of a mortgage upon the following property: Lots One (1) Two (2), Three (3) and Four (4) and the Westerly 45 feet of Lots Eleven (11), Twelve (12) and Thirteen (13) as designated upon the Plat of Log Cabin Arbor, being a Subdivision of part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 32, 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 16 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part thereof bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of the Westerly 45 feet of said Lot Thirteen (13); thence South along the East line of the Westerly 45 feet of said Lot Thirteen (13), 14 feet; thence South 88 degrees 35’ 30” West, 108.55 feet to a point of curve; thence Southwesterly along a circular curve to the left having a radius of 80 feet and whose center lies to the South to the South line of said Lot One (1), (the Chord across the last described circular curve bears South 56 degrees 09’07” West, 85.83 feet); thence continuing along said circular curve to a point of tangency (the chord across the last described segment of said circular curve bears South 11 degrees, 42’ 52” West, 33.26 feet); thence South 00 degrees 17’ 00” East, 147.76 feet to the South line of said Lot Four (4); thence South 88 degrees, 55’ 48” West, along the South line of said Lot Four (4), a distance of 28 feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot Four (4); thence North 0 degrees 17’ 00” West along the West line of said Lots Four (4), Three (3), Two (2), and One (1), 240.20 feet to the Northwest corner of said Lot One (1); thence North 88 degrees, 35’ 48” East along the North line of said Lots One (1) and Thirteen (13), 215 feet to the place of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Commonly known as: 1502 S. Alpine Road Rockford, Illinois 61108 P.I.N Number: 12-32-201-010 Property Code: 176A 200A And for other relief, that the action was filed on or about January 13, 2017.

That Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is still pending. The record titleholder of the real estate is Shanks Management Inc. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Mortgagor –Shanks Management Inc. Mortgagee – Northwest Bank of Rockford Date of Mortgage- September 10, 2010. Date of Recording – September 20, 2010 and rerecorded December 14, 2010. County of Recording – Winnebago Recording Document –20101035059 and 201010448864. NOW THEREFORE, unless you Unknown Others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, the said Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 W. State Street in the City of Rockford, State of Illinois on or before March 1, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint. Dated at Rockford, IL on the 26th day of January, 2017 Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court Winnebago County, Illinois Plaintiff’s Attorney Timothy F. Horning #973 MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 6983R TRRT 2/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO BLACKHAWK BANK, Plaintiff, v. CARLOS MEJIA a/k/a CARLOS MEJIA AMAYA; CRISTINA RODRIGUEZ a/k/a CRISTINA RODRIGUEZ CHAVEZ; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. Case No.: 2016 CH 562 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above-entitled cause, the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder. A. The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Yashekia T. Simpkins, HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP, 100 Park Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101, Tel. (815) 490-4942. B. The common address and other common description, if any,

of the real estate is: 1223 South Central Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61102. C. The legal description of the real estate is: Lot Seventeen (17) in Block One (1) as designated upon the Plat of St. Angel and Capriolo Second Subdivision, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in book 19 of Plats on Page 14 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. D. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Single-family home with 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and approximately 1,184 square feet. E. The time and place of sale will be March 2, 2017, at 11:00 A.M., Winnebago County Justice Center, Lobby, 650 West State Street, Rockford, County of Winnebago, Illinois. F. The terms of the sale are: Ten Percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance is due within 24 hours of sale. The property offered for sale is subject to all real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality of the title and without recourse to the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office and in “as is” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. G. Title will be conveyed subject to the following liens and interests: all general real estate taxes, special assessments, if any, easements and restrictions of record, and the interests, if any, of any tenant in possession. H. The property will not be available for inspection. I. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of subject premises. J. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). BLACKHAWK BANK, Plaintiff By: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP By: Yashekia T. Simpkins One of Its Attorneys PREPARED BY: Yashekia T. Simpkins (ARDC #6307014) HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 Phone: 815-490-4900 Fax: 815-490-4901 ysimpkins@hinshawlaw.com 6985R TRRT 2/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ALMA L. MCLEOD, DECEASED. PROBATE NO. 17 P 11 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ALMA L. MCLEOD. Letters of Office were issued on January 20, 2017 to Misty McLeod as Executor of the Estate. The attorney for the Estate is Brent D. Blair, One Court Place, Suite 404, Rockford, Illinois, 61101. Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before August 1, 2017, that date being at least six (6 ) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101, or with the Estate Executor, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office – Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the Executor and to her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated: January 31, 2017 Attorney Brent D. Blair Misty McLeod, Executor PREPARED BY: MARTENSON & BLAIR, P.C. One Court Place, Suite 404 Rockford, Illinois 61101 (815) 962-3427 6986R TRRT 2/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO THE ESTATE OF: NORMA BARTKUS, Deceased. CASE NO.: 2017-P-14 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Norma Bartkus. Letters of Office were issued on January 13, 2017 to Attorney Sharon Rudy, Winnebago County Public Administrator, 405 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois, who is the legal representative and attorney for the estate. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 1, 2017, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the 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: 1/25/17 /s/ Sharon R. Rudy Sharon R. Rudy Winnebago County Public Administrator Attorney Sharon R. Rudy, P.C. #6183356 Winnebago County Public Administrator 405 W. State Street Rockford, IL 61101 (815) 962-1910 sharon.rudy@sharonrudylaw.com 6988R TRRT 2/15 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARTHA V. McWILLIAMS, Deceased. No. 2016-P-561 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of MARTHA V. McWILLIAMS. Letters of Office were issued on January 30, 2017 to MARGARET S. ALLEN, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is CHARLES D. SCHLUETER, 4023 Charles Street, Rockford, IL 61108. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 27, 2017, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of the claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: February 10, 2017 /s/ Charles D. Schlueter CHARLES D. SCHLUETER Name: CHARLES D. SCHLUETER Attorney for Estate Address: 4023 Charles Street City: Rockford, IL 61108 Telephone: 815-229-5333 7065R TRRT 3/1

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n n n TAX DEED NO. 2016TX256 FILED January 26, 2017 SCOTT GOULD, 7250 N. Alpine Rd., Apt. 4, Rockford, IL 61111 RAYMOND T. GOULD c/o SCOTT GOULD, EXECUTOR, c/o Attorney Theodore Liebovich, 415 S. Mulford Rd., Rockford, IL 61108 JENNIFER LYNN GOULD HARRIS, 800 Wisconsin Ave., Beloit, WI 53511 OCCUPANTS, 1321 Luanna Drive, Rockford, IL 61103 TAKE NOTICE County of Winnebago Date Premises Sold October 27, 2014 Certificate No. 201300302 Sold of General Taxes of (year) 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (municipality) N/A and Special Assessment Number N/A Warrant No. N/A Inst. No. N/A YOUR PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 1321 Luanna Drive, Rockford, Illinois. Legal Description or Permanent Index No.: Lot Forty-five (45) as designated upon Fridly’s Leanna Lakeside, Third Addition, being part of the West Half (1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 13, Township 45 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, Owen Township, Winnebago County, Illinois recorded in Book 31 of Plats, page 86; situated in Winnebago County and State of Illinois Tax Code No. 07-13-203-009 This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on July 27, 2017. The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. This Notice is also to advise you that a Petition has been filed for a Tax Deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before July 27, 2017. This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County in Rockford, Illinois, on August 25, 2017 at 9:30, a.m. in Courtroom 426. You may be present at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before July 27, 2017, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, at the County Courthouse in Rockford, Illinois. For further information contact the County Clerk. Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County 6967R TRRT 2/15 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2016TX258 FILED January 26, 2017 DENNIS LINDQUIST, 8302 Mildred Rd., Machesney Park, IL 61115 OCCUPANTS, 8302 Mildred Rd., Machesney Park, IL 61115 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, 401 E. State St., Rockford, IL 61104

FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC, c/o CT Corporation System, 208 S. LaSalle St., Ste. 814, Chicago, IL 60604 TAKE NOTICE County of Winnebago Date Premises Sold October 27, 2014 Certificate No. 201300206 Sold of General Taxes of (year) 2013 Sold for Special Assessment of (municipality) N/A and Special Assessment Number N/A Warrant No. N/A Inst. No. N/A YOUR PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 8302 Mildred Rd., Machesney Park, IL Legal Description or Permanent Index No.: Lot One Hundred Sixteen (116) as designated upon Plat of Harlem Meadows Subdivision Plat No. 2, part of the East Half (1/2) of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 30, Township 45 North, Range 2 East of the Third P.M., the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 32 of Plats on Page 294 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Tax Code No. 08-30-477-019 This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on July 27, 2017. The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. This Notice is also to advise you that a Petition has been filed for a Tax Deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before July 27, 2017. This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County in Rockford, Illinois, on August 25, 2017 at 9:30, a.m. in Courtroom 426. You may be present at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before July 27, 2017, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, at the County Courthouse in Rockford, Illinois. For further information contact the County Clerk. Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County 6969R TRRT 2/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION, ROCKFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, WINNEBAGO – BOONE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS Plaintiff, v. BRET HAYNES and SPOUSE, if any; JENNY GRAVELLE and SPOUSE, if any; and UNKNOWN OWNERS Defendants. Case No. 2017 ED 1 NOTICE TO UNKNOWN OWNERS FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office,

NOTICE is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for the condemnation of a certain portion of the property described as follows, to-wit: PARCEL I: Part of the Southwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of Section 26, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point, 2 chains, 93 1/2 links West of the East line of said Quarter (1/4) Section and 50 links South of the North line of said Quarter (1/4) Section; thence South 2 chains and 72 links; thence West 40 feet; thence North, 2 chains and 72 links; thence East, 40 feet to the place of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. PARCEL II: A part of the Southwest fractional Quarter (1/4) of Section 26, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point 40 feet West of a point 2 chains, 93 ½ links West of the East line of said Quarter (1/4) Section and 50 links South of the North line of said Quarter (1/4) Section; thence South 2 chains and 72 links; thence West, 20 feet; thence North 2 chains and 72 links; thence East, 20 feet to the place of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. PROPERTY CODE: 11-26327-007 Common Address: 613 Catlin Street, Rockford, IL 61104 And for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file or otherwise make your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, thirty (30) days from the date of February 1, 2017, a trial may be held and judgment entered against you for the relief asked for in the Complaint. Dated: January 24, 2017 BOARD OF EDUCATION, ROCKFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, WINNEBAGO – BOONE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS By: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP Yashekia T. Simpkins One of Its Attorneys Yashekia T. Simpkins ARDC 6307014 Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 Phone: 815-490-4900 Fax: 815-490-4901 ysimpkins@hinshawlaw.com 6975R TRRT 2/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION, ROCKFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, WINNEBAGO – BOONE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS Plaintiff, v. BOUNNAM MATHEW KHEMPASEUTH; MONICA KHEMPASEUTH and UNKNOWN OWNERS Defendants. Case No. 2017 ED 2 NOTICE TO UNKNOWN

OWNERS FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for the condemnation of a certain portion of the property described as follows, to-wit: Part of the North Half (1/2) of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section Twenty-six (26), Township Forty-four (44) North, Range One (1) East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point Three Hundred Ninety-two and Four Hundredths (392.04) feet South of the North line of said Quarter (1 /4) Section, and One Hundred Twenty-three and Seventy-one Hundredths (123. 71) feet West of the East line of said Quarter (1/4) Section; thence North parallel with the East line of said Quarter (1/4) Section, Sixty-seven and Seventy-six Hundredths (67.76) feet; thence West parallel with the North line of said Quarter (1/4) Section, Thirty-five (35) feet; thence South parallel with the East line of said Quarter (1 /4) Section, Sixty-seven and Seventy-six Hundredths (67.76) feet; thence East parallel with the North line of said Quarter (1/4) Section, Thirty-five (35) feet to the place of beginning, excepting the right of a driveway over the Westerly Four (4) feet in width of the above described tract; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. PROPERTY CODE: 11-26327-024 Common Address: 620 Gregory Street, Rockford, IL 61104 And for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file or otherwise make your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, thirty (30) days from the date of February 1, 2017, a trial may be held and judgment entered against you for the relief asked for in the Complaint. Dated: January 24, 2017 BOARD OF EDUCATION, ROCKFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, WINNEBAGO – BOONE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS By: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP Yashekia T. Simpkins One of Its Attorneys Yashekia T. Simpkins ARDC 6307014 Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 Phone: 815-490-4900 Fax: 815-490-4901 ysimpkins@hinshawlaw.com 6976R TRRT 2/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION, ROCKFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, WINNEBAGO – BOONE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS Plaintiff, v. LISA D. SOLARTE; VICTOR F. SOLARTE; CITY OF ROCKFORD;

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC and UNKNOWN OWNERS Defendants. Case No. 2017 ED 3 NOTICE TO UNKNOWN OWNERS FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for the condemnation of a certain portion of the property described as follows, to-wit: Part of Lot Twelve (12) as designated upon the Plat of Kling and Kjellberg’s Subdivision of South Park Lot One (1) (E.R.), the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 58 of Deeds (Plats) on page 18 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot Twelve (12); thence East along the North line of said Lot, Sixty-seven (67) feet; thence South parallel with the West line of said Lot, to the South line of said Lot; thence West along said South line, Sixty-seven (67) feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot; thence North along the West line of said Lot to the point of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. PROPERTY CODE: 11-26180-011 Common Address: 613 Union Street, Rockford, IL 61104 And for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file or otherwise make your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, thirty (30) days from the date of February 1, 2017, a trial may be held and judgment entered against you for the relief asked for in the Complaint. Dated: January 25, 2017 BOARD OF EDUCATION, ROCKFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, WINNEBAGO – BOONE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS By: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP Yashekia T. Simpkins One of Its Attorneys Yashekia T. Simpkins ARDC 6307014 Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 Phone: 815-490-4900 Fax: 815-490-4901 ysimpkins@hinshawlaw.com 6977R TRRT 2/15 n n n State of Illinois In the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit Winnebago County Stillman BancCorp, N.A., Plaintiff, –vs– Todd J. Fendler; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants. Case No. 2017–CH–07 Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is given to you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above action which has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County against you and other defendants requesting a Mortgage Foreclosure made by Stillman BancCorp,

N.A. against Todd J. Fendler on the following described real estate: Unit No. 3 in Mulford Moraine Office Condominium as delineated on a survey of the following described real estate: Lots Twelve (12) and Thirteen (13) as designated upon the Plat of Mulford Village Office Park Subdivision in part of the West Half (1/2) of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 22, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 36 of Plats on page 122 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, which survey is attached as Exhibit C to the Declaration of Condominium recorded on Microfilm 8101-0825 as document no. 1539114 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, together with its undivided percentage interest in the common elements; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Commonly known as: 6090 Strathmoor Dr. – Unit # 3, Rockford, IL 61107. Summons was issued out of the court against you as provided by law, and the action is still pending. Consequently, unless you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above case, file your answer to the Complaint in the action or otherwise make your appearance in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County held in the courthouse in Rockford, Illinois on or before March 6, 2017, default may be entered against each of you at any time after that day and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint. Prepared by: Stephen M. Langley – ARDC # 6280430 Hampilos & Langley, Ltd. 308 W. State St. – Suite # 210 Rockford, IL 61101 (815) 962-0044 6978R TRRT 2/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff, VS. KAREN S. RICE A/K/A KAREN SUE RICE A/K/A KAREN RICE, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OR LEGATEES OF JEFFREY J. RADKE, DECEASED, CLAIMANTS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF JEFFREY J. RADKE, D’ANN GRANGER A/K/A D’ANN MICHELLE RICE, AN HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF JEFFREY J. RADKE, JASON RADKE A/K/A JASON ANDREW RADKE AN HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF JEFFREY J. RADKE, CHAD RADKE A/K/A CHAD JEFFREY RADKE AN HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF JEFFERY J. RADKE, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS AND UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants. CASE NO. 2017 CH 44 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THE REQUISITE Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to Unknown others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, Claimants Against the Estate of Jeffrey J. Radke, Unknown Heirs at Law or Legatees of Jeffrey J. Radke, The Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, against you praying for a foreclosure of

a mortgage upon the following property: Lot Ten (10) as designated upon the Plat of Westport Plat No. 2, being a Subdivision of part of the West Half (1/2) of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 18, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 26 of Plats on Page 167 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Commonly known as: 2212 Havaview Drive Rockford, Illinois 61101 Property Code: 198B 018 P.I.N. Number: 11-18-152-012 And for other relief, that the action was filed on or about January 13, 2017. That Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is still pending. The record titleholder of the real estate is Karen Rice as to an undivided ½ interest, the Heirs at Law or Legatees of Jeffrey J. Radke as to an undivided ½ interest. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Mortgagor –Karen Rice Mortgagee – Northwest Bank of Rockford Date of Mortgage- January 24, 2011. Date of Recording – January 31, 2011. County of Recording – Winnebago Recording Document –20111004824. NOW THEREFORE, unless you Unknown Others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, Claimants against the Estate of Jeffrey J. Radke, The Unknown Heirs at Law or Legatees of Jeffrey J. Radke, the said Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 W. State Street in the City of Rockford, State of Illinois on or before March 1, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint. Dated at Rockford, IL on the 26th day of January, 2017 Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court Winnebago County, Illinois Plaintiff’s Attorney Timothy F. Horning #973 MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 6980R TRRT 2/15 n n n ADOPTION NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS. In the matter of the Petition for Adoption of LYLLIAHNA M. BOYD, a female child, 2016-AD-64. To Tonya E. Sanders, Michael A. Boyd, Nathan Sanders and All Whom It May Concern: TAKE NOTICE that a Petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, for the adoption of a minor child named LYLLIAHNA M. BOYD. NOW THEREFORE, unless you, and all whom it may concern, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein in said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Room 108 in the City of Rockford, Illinois on or before the 6th day of March, 2017, a default may be entered

against you any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. Dated: 1/30/17 at Rockford, Illinois. Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court ZIMMERMAN & WALSH, LLP Attorney Erin E. Walsh, #6279993 1707 East State Street Rockford, IL 61104 Phone: 815-399-1400 Fax: 815-399-9440 eew@zimwalsh.com 6990R TRRT 2/15 n n n ADOPTION NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS. In the matter of the Petition for Adoption of ADDISON LYM BURGAN, a female child, 2017-AD-6. To All Whom It May Concern: TAKE NOTICE that a Petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, for the adoption of a minor child named ADDISON LYN BURGAN. NOW THEREFORE, unless you, and all whom it may concern, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein in said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Room 108 in the City of Rockford, Illinois on or before the 6th day of March, 2017, a default may be entered against you any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. Dated: 1/30/17 at Rockford, Illinois. Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court ZIMMERMAN & WALSH, LLP Attorney Erin E. Walsh, #6279993 1707 East State Street Rockford, IL 61104 Phone: 815-399-1400 Fax: 815-399-9440 eew@zimwalsh.com 6989R TRRT 2/15 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 music production business in said County and State under the name of Migzart at the following post office addresses: 615 16th Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Miguel Castaneda SIGNED: Miguel Castaneda 2/1/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 1st day of February, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7032R TRRT 2/22

February 15, 2017 The Rock River Times. 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. QUINETTA K. LAKE, ALPINE BANK & TRUST CO. F/K/A ALPINE BANK OF ILLINOIS, JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NA.., UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. Case No. 17 CH 88 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Non-Record

Claimants and all Unknown Owners, Defendants in the above-entitled cause that the above-entitled Mortgage Foreclosure action was filed on January 24, 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 Quinetta K. Lake. 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: THE EAST 132 FEET OF LOT THIRTEEN (13) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HUTCHIN’S SUBDIVISION OF LOT 16 OF B. F. BANK’S SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.- DONNA P. FREESE Defendant 15 CH 000401 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 22, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 23, 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 2016 ASHLAND AVENUE, Rockford, IL 61101 Property Index No. 11-16-476-001. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $88,252.57. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 C16-33549. 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. C16-33549 Case Number: 15 CH 000401 TJSC#: 37-79 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. I714125 P7002R TRRT 2/22 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.- CHAD C. BEARD, et al Defendant 15 CH 01078 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 21, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 23, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way,

EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 21, AND PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH FIRST NAMED SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS ON PAGE 44 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS TO-WIT BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 13; THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 13 A DISTANCE OF 132

FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 05’ 17” EAST A DISTANCE OF 58.48 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 24’ 24” EAST TO THE EAST LINE OF LOT 13; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF LOT 13 A DISTANCE OF 58.41 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. No. 11-21-327-023 5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 426 S. Day Avenue, Rockford, IL 61102 6. An identification of the Mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Names of Property Owner:

ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1210 HARLEM ROAD, MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115 Property Index No. 08-30-480-022. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-18735. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-18735 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 01078 TJSC#: 37-118 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. I714128 P7003R TRRT 2/22 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DUBUQUE BANK AND TRUST Plaintiff, -v.- JOEL J. SWANSON, et al Defendant 16 CH 00621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 26, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 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 406 N. ROCKFORD AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61107 Property Index No. 11-24-478-023. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate

Quinetta K. Lake. b. Name of Mortgagee: City of Rockford c. Date of Mortgage: June 13, 2003 d. Date of Recording: June 25, 2003 and re-recorded November 3, 2004 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identification: 0357436 and 0473341 NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, Non-Record Claimants and Unknown Owners, Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint for Foreclosure in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, in the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL

on or before the 7th day of March, 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 Lafakeria S. Vaughn Assistant City Attorney City of Rockford Department of Law 425 E. State Street Rockford, IL 61104 (779) 348-7154 7030R TRRT 2/22 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

at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-16-09298. 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. 14-16-09298 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00621 TJSC#: 36-13013 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. I714132 P7005R TRRT 2/22 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION F/K/A PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES Plaintiff, -v.- PETER F. MINETT, et al Defendant 15 CH 01023 CONSOLIDATED WITH 15 CH 000897 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 21, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 23, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3622 S. MAIN STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 15-03-327-023. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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

transact a Grocery Mart business in said County and State under the name of WAPPO Discount Mart Convenient Store at the following post office addresses: 1244 Broadway, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Miguel Balanquet SIGNED: Miguel Balanquet 2/2/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 2nd day of February, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 7036R TRRT 2/22 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a online business in said County and State under the name of The Pampered Pet Emporium at the following post office addresses: 4331 Majesty Ct., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Lorrie Thies SIGNED: Lorrie Thies 1/27/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 27th day of January, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 6999R TRRT 2/15

said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-17385. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-17385 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 01023 CONSOLIDATED WITH 15 CH 000897 TJSC#: 37-117 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. I714272 P7006R TRRT 2/22 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. CARL H. THORSTENS AKA CARL HAROLD THORSTENS AKA CARL THORNSTENS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 231 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, March 9, 2017, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 4607 Mohawk Road, Rockford, Illinois 61107. P.I.N. 12-17-456-002. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F16030076 I713885 P6963R TRRT 2/15

The Rock River Times. February 15, 2017

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.- KELLY J ECKELBERG A/K/A KELLY JAY ECKELBERG, et al Defendant 15 CH 665 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 9, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 28, 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 14567 WHISPERING WIND WAY, SOUTH BELOIT, IL 61080 Property Index No. 04-07-482-010. The real estate is improved with a single family home, 2 car attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service. atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 10557. 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 Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices.com Attorney File No. 10557 Case Number: 15 CH 665 TJSC#: 37-543 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. I714270 P7037R TRRT 3/1 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.- CHERYL A. STILTNER, et al Defendant 16 CH 00545 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 19, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 27, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3701 LAKEVIEW DRIVE, WINNEBAGO, IL 61088 Property Index No. 09-25-455-028. The real estate is improved with a duplex. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-16-08166. 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. 14-16-08166 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00545 TJSC#: 37-199 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. I714274 P7038R TRRT 3/1 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.- SEAN C. SCROGGINS, et al Defendant 16 CH 00190 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 28, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 30, 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 3056 STRALOW LANE, MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115 Property Index No. 08-15-383-008. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-16-00232. 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. 14-16-00232 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00190 TJSC#: 37-261 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. I714363 P7039R TRRT 3/1 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST; Plaintiff, vs. DOUG LONG; NATASHA LONG; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 13 CH 1479 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, March 16, 2017, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 10778 Chicory Ridge Way, Roscoe, IL 61073. P.I.N. 04-32-352-018. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common

interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. CHLX.0008A I714779 P7040R TRRT 3/1 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. KATHARINE BARRETT AKA KATHARINE MARIE BARRETT THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO; Defendants, 16CH 96 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, March 16, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 3434 Gladstone Avenue, Rockford, IL 61101. P.I.N. 11-10-355-003. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 16-001852 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I714781 P7041R TRRT 3/1 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL B. MILLER AKA MICHAEL MILLER; AMANDA L. CAMP; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 629 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, March 16, 2017, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 2815 Norway Pine Road, Rockford, Illinois 61109. P.I.N. 16-06-429-025. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F16080024 I714786 P7042R TRRT 3/1 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS MEMBERSALLIANCE CREDIT UNION; Plaintiff, vs. ANDREW D. LAPONSIE; SERENA C. LAPONSIE; HERITAGE CREDIT UNION; TENANTS AND PARTIES IN POSSESSION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 853 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, March 16, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300,, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 305 Belteberg Road, Loves Park, Illinois 61111. P.I.N. 11-01-280-015 and 11-01-280-016. The mortgaged real estate is: 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. For information call Ms. Elisa J. Whitman at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Reilly Law Offices, 6801 Spring Creek Road, Rockford, Illinois 61114. (815) 316-8540. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I714787 P7043R TRRT 3/1

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RENAISSANCE HEL TRUST 2003-1 Plaintiff, -v.- BYRON L. GILLESPIE, et al Defendant 16 CH 00396 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 24, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 14, 2017, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1223 HOLLAND STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-27-157-019 (207B094). 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-16-03966. 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. 14-16-03966 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00396 TJSC#: 37-1312 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. I715017 P7045R TRRT 3/1 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, (FNMA); Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; CHARLES J. LEONARD, JR.; Defendants, 11 CH 298 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 2126 Parmele Street, Rockford, IL 61104. P.I.N. 11-36-303-002. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 15-009040 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I715129 P7046R TRRT 3/1

February 15, 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 Plaintiff, -v.- BRIAN VAN BRIESEN, et al Defendant 15 CH 00995 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 14, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 16, 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 7783 RAY COURT, ROSCOE, IL 61073 Property Index No. 08-02-227-005 (110A059). 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-13-24602. 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. 14-13-24602 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 00995 TJSC#: 36-14615 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. I713947 P6964R TRRT 2/15 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in Winnebago County Case No. 2016 CH 562, 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: 1223 South Central Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61102. 2. The time and place of sale will be March 2, 2017, at 11:00 A.M., Winnebago County Justice Center, Lobby, 650 West State Street, Rockford, County of Winnebago, Illinois, conducted by the Winnebago County Sheriff. 3. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Single-family home with 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and approximately 1,184 square feet. 4. The terms of the sale are: Ten Percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance is due within 24 hours of sale. The property offered for sale is subject to all real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality of the title and without recourse to the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office and in “As Is” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. 5. Title will be conveyed subject to the following liens and interests: all general real estate taxes, special assessments, if any, easements and restrictions of record, and the interests, if any, of any tenant in possession. 6. The property will not be available for inspection. 7. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. 8. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765

ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). 9. The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Yashekia T. Simpkins, HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP, 100 Park Avenue, Rockford, IL 61101, Tel (815) 490-4942. NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT,YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE LAW FIRM OF HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 6985R TRRT 2/15 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC. Plaintiff, -v.- TINA M. ALLEN-BUSS, RONNIE D. BUSS Defendant 15 CH 270 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 26, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 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 606 SOUTH GOODLING STREET, Winnebago, IL 61088 Property Index No. 14-16-153-003. The real estate is improved with a single unit dwelling. The judgment amount was $145,445.32. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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: WEISS MCCLELLAND LLC, 105 WEST ADAMS STREET, SUITE 1850, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 605-3500 Please refer to file number IL-002764. 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. WEISS MCCLELLAND LLC 105 WEST ADAMS STREET, SUITE 1850 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 605-3500 E-Mail: intake@wmlegal.com Attorney File No. IL-002764 Case Number: 15 CH 270 TJSC#: 37-1048 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. S7007R TRRT 2/22 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Winnebago COUNTY, ILLINOIS Midwest community bank, Plaintiff, vs. Mckiski-Lewis, Inc., a dissolved Illinois Corporation, Thomas Cordell, Patricia Cordell, Robert Cobb, LoRNa Cobb, KMK Media Group, Inc., BMO Harris Bank, N.A., formerly known as Harris N.A., as the assignee of the F.D.I.C. as the receiver for Amcore Bank, N.A., Janesville Acquisition d/b/a Bobcat of Rockford, The State of Illinois Department of Labor, The condominiums at Victory Landing Homeowners association, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, UNKNOWN OWNERS & NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. Case No. 16 CH 529 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-captioned case, the Sheriff of

Winnebago County, Illinois, or his deputy, on March 14, 2017, at the hour of 11:00 a.m., in the Lobby of the Winnebago County Justice Center, 650 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61102, will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, property known as: Permanent Index Number: 07-25-299-002 This property is commonly known as 8644 Victory Lane, Machesney Park, IL 61115, and may contain improvements. This real estate is being sold in an “As Is Condition” for cash or its equivalent in accordance with the terms and provisions of said judgment through which the Plaintiff is owed at least $81,950.60. The successful bidder is required to deposit 10% of the bid amount at the time of the sale with the Winnebago County Sheriff, with the balance to be paid within 24 hours in cash or certified funds. For information regarding this real estate, including the possibility of inspection, interested parties may contact Amber L. Bishop or Michael G. Cortina, SmithAmundsen, LLC, 2460 Lake Shore Drive, Woodstock, Illinois 60098; 815-337-4900. Dated this 2nd day of February, 2017 Gary Caruana Sheriff of Winnebago County Michael G. Cortina Amber L. Bishop SmithAmundsen, LLC Attorney for Midwest Community Bank 2460 Lake Shore Drive Woodstock, Illinois 60098 (815) 337-4900 Telephone (815) 337-4910 Facsimile mcortina@salawus.com abishop@salawus.com ARDC No. 6255782 ARDC No. 6309698 (Published in the Real Estate Section of the Rock River Times on February 8, 2017, February 15, 2017, and February 22, 2017) 7013R TRRT 2/22 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, -v.- JACK KOOISTRA, et al Defendant 16 CH 00642 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 26, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 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 1401 CLIFTON AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-27-326-028,, Property Index No. 11-27-326-022. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-16-09351. 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. 14-16-09351 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00642 TJSC#: 36-13014 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. I714065 P7001R TRRT 2/22 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

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WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; Plaintiff, vs. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS; UNITED CREDIT SERVICE, INC; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOANNE SCHLEICHER, DECEASED; MICHAEL SCHLEICHER; ERIK K. JACOBS, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF JOANNE SCHLEICHER, DECEASED; Defendants, 15CH 1057 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, March 9, 2017 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1220 Scottswood Road, Rockford, IL 61107. P.I.N. 12-19-226-008. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 15-030948 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I713883 P6962R TRRT 2/15 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FIRST GUARANTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.- TABITHA RANDOLPH, et al Defendant 16 CH 00547 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 9, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 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 10582 ATWOOD ROAD, ROSCOE, IL 61073 Property Index No. 0435-476-003. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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 14-16-00712. 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. 14-16-00712 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00547 TJSC#: 36-13394 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. I714131 P7004R TRRT 2/22

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PT/OT department can make after she returned to MILESTONE after an extended hospital stay. Before she had to go to the hospital Chris was able to walk, but after a month of being mostly Before she had to go to the hospital Chris was able to walk, but after a month of being mostly bedridden she returned to Milestone non-ambulatory. With guidance, bedridden she returned to Milestone non-ambulatory. With guidance, work, time and care from the PT/OT team, she was able to regain the work, time and care from the PT/OT team, she was able to regain the ability to walk with the same level of assistance as before she entered ability to walk with the same level of assistance as before she entered the hospital. Jill Morgan, MILESTONE’s PT/OT coordinator, says, the hospital. Jill Morgan, MILESTONE’s PT/OT coordinator, says, keeping our individuals ambulatory and mobile for as long as possible keeping our individuals ambulatory and mobile for as long as possible is entirely essential to their overall health. Weight bearing stimulates is entirely essential to their overall health. Weight bearing stimulates bone strength, range of motion exercises, active or passive promotes bone strength, range of motion exercises, active or passive promotes circulation, stimulates the bowels and keeps their joints fluid and the circulation, stimulates the bowels and keeps their joints fluid and the 1 on 1 attention gives them comfort and stability. 1 on 1 attention gives them comfort and stability. Without PT and OT our individuals health Without PT and OT our individuals health would deteriorate at a more rapid rate, would deteriorate at a more rapid rate, according to Morgan, who adds, osteoporosis, according to Morgan, who adds, osteoporosis, constipation and contracture of muscles and constipation and contracture of muscles and fusion of bones would occur more rapidly and more quickly interfere with fusion of bones would occur more rapidly and more quickly interfere with our ability to care for them. Their quality of life would seriously decline. our ability to care for them. Their quality of life would seriously decline. Providing and supporting what limited mobility many of our individuals Providing and supporting what limited mobility many of our individuals have is truly as vital and valuable as any treatment or medication. But in have is truly as vital and valuable as any treatment or medication. But in order to do this equipment is needed, everything from walkers, to air order to do this equipment is needed, everything from walkers, to air pressure and orthotic splints, custom molded shoes, versiform cushions pressure and orthotic splints, custom molded shoes, versiform cushions and walking belts. There is currently a need for standers, along with and walking belts. There is currently a need for standers, along with gravity, the standers help stimulate bone gravity, the standers help stimulate bone growth and helps maintain bone strength. The growth and helps maintain bone strength. The straightening and stretching of the leg mucsles and tendons also help straightening and stretching of the leg mucsles and tendons also help an Individual maintain lower extremity mobility allowing for better an Individual maintain lower extremity mobility allowing for better personal care and aiding in the potential for ambulation. The change personal care and aiding in the potential for ambulation. The change in perspective (going from sitting to standing) stimulates brain in perspective (going from sitting to standing) stimulates brain activity, and visual motor and proprioceptual skills. activity, and visual motor and proprioceptual skills. Our current standers are over 20 years old and we need Our current standers are over 20 years old and we need additional ones. Please call the Resource Development Department at additional ones. Please call the Resource Development Department at (815) 639-2965 if you would like information about making a donation (815) 639-2965 if you would like information about making a donation for this program. for this program.

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Heart Age By Julia Michniewicz N.D. Is your heart age older than your actual age? If you are like 69 million Americans, your heart age is older than your chronological age. According to Framingham Heart Study, men had a predicted heart age that was almost 8 years older than their actual age and women had heart age 5 years older than their actual age. About 85.6 million Americans are living with some form of heart disease. In the United States heart disease is responsible for 1-in-7 deaths and every 84 seconds, someone dies from heart disease. Currently, heart disease is the no. 1 cause of death, not just in the United States but around the world. Unfortunately, though many people do not know that they have heart problems. Studies show that 95 percent of women over age 55 and 75 percent of men over age 45 are not aware that they already have some form of a heart disease risk. Part of the reason is that many people do not know what signs to look for and when they go to their medical doctor and complain of issues they walk out of their doctor’s office with another prescription. In this article I am going to discuss some heart problems and their common signs and symptoms that should be taken as a warning signs. If you see any of these early markers of heart disease, please take it as an early warning sign:

• Red Face – This can be an indication of heart issues and or hypertension. Ear Crease – A diagonal crease on one or both ear lobes and also indicates 89 percent heart risk. • Luna on the pinky – I have been blessed to work with Dr. Chi PhD N.M.D since 2013 and have learned fingernail and tongue analysis. It is amazing what the body will tell you before an x-ray machine. • Nail Clubbing – This is not only a heart concern but a lung concern. We all know that the heart’s main function is to pump blood and I look at blood reports to see C-Reactive Protein, homocysteine levels, EF Levels, LDL, cholesterol ratio, lipoprotein a, HbA1c, glucose these are just a few along with my own facial observation. As a Naturopathic Doctor I work with food allergies, getting the gut healthy, organ support, detoxing and suggest supplements to help with heart health. This is not a one-month protocol this is a life time protocol along with controlling high blood pressure, blood cholesterol, blood sugar which then will reduce cardiovascular risk. Julia Michniewicz is a Naturopathic Doctor who is celebrating 17 years cancer free by not do the chemical therapy or radiation if she can help you with your health needs naturally, please call her in her Rockford office at 815-962-3326.

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Tips for heart health month Heart disease and stroke cause one in three deaths among women each year, killing approximately one woman every 80 seconds. While there are many risk factors involved that are beyond one’s control, a healthy lifestyle can make a big di�erence. February is American Heart Month and a great opportunity to adopt healthy habits that can reduce your risk for illness. Here are five to consider. • Move about: Exercise doesn’t have to be daunting! Aim for 10-minute sessions, three times daily. Movement sets your metabolism in motion, so make sure it’s a consistent part of your life. • Get sleep: Sleeping fewer than seven hours a night can make you gain weight and have more trouble taking it o�, according to Columbia University research. Another study found that people who get enough sleep have a five percent higher metabolism than people who don’t. That means more calories burned while you’re sleeping! Doesn’t get much easier than that. • Eat small and well: “Studies have found that losing five to 10 percent of your body weight can lower the risk of a heart attack,” says Dawn Zier, CEO of Nutrisystem and the 2017 Go Red for Women Campaign Chair in Philadelphia, a movement to help end heart disease and stroke in women. Research suggests that eating smaller, balanced meals throughout the day promotes greater weight loss and maintenance, and can also be good for your heart. Schedule meals every two to three hours, six times a day. Programs designed to help you eat healthy portions can mean seeing quick results. For example, Nutrisystem Lean13 is a new program designed to help you lose up to 13 pounds and seven inches in the first month. For more information

visit nutrisystem.com. • Rise, shine, drink water. You’ll burn more calories all day: A German study found that drinking 48 ounces (about six cups) of cold water increased calorie burn at rest by up to 50 calories per day. This alone could melt a pound in a little more than two months. And drinking it before meals could give you an added bonus, as a Virginia Tech study found that dieters who drank two, eight-ounce glasses of water before meals for 12 weeks lost 36 percent more weight than those who didn’t down the water. • Put your phone away: Checking your email in the morning will just stress you out. Many productivity experts recommend waiting at least an hour once you get to work before checking your inbox, so you can tackle your most important priorities calmly without getting distracted. This American Heart Month, take steps to improve your health and reduce your risk for serious illness. –StatePoint

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FARM & AG

Ethanol producers Pruning push back against apple trees Chinese tari�s BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

Unlike other tasks in the winter that can be delayed, pruning fruit trees is a necessary action that must be taken in order to lead to good yields. For most of us, there is a strong chance that we have not pruned our fruit trees in the last couple of years. There are reasons for this. Some homeowners and even growers worry that they are not making the correct cut. Other fruit tree owners may not realize that even at planting they need to prune. Whichever category you fall into, whether the active or the inactive, there is no better time than now to start pruning. This week will be mostly about apple trees. When it comes to pruning your apple trees, it will depend on the actual growth characteristic of the tree. If you have a dwarf/semi-dwarf tree, you may not need to do as many cuts as compared to a regular size apple tree. Dwarf trees will grow 12-15 feet while semi-dwarf will be a bit taller than this. Regular sized apple trees will vary from 20-40 feet if not more. Knowing the growth characteristic, you also want to factor in the age of the tree. An older dwarf/semi-dwarf tree will be easy to prune. You might get it back in to shape, train limbs, and open up the tree for more sunlight in order to lead to

greater yields. If the apple tree is regular-sized and been ignored for years, this will be more complicated. Usually this requires a 3-year process where you are removing 30-40 percent of the tree each year with 1-2 major cuts. While this process may restore your tree towards productive yields, it will be complicated to do this if you are dealing with a 35-40 year old tree. Your best option would be renovation cuts. Knowing age and type of tree is important but it is equally important to under the structure of the apple tree in order to guide you in your cuts. Most apple trees are set up to have a central leader, the center growth of the apple tree. You should mostly have one central leader although it can be quite common to have multiple leaders. O� this center are the sca�olds, limbs growing horizontal. These scaffolds will have the ﬂowers and eventually the apples. Your apple tree should have a Christmas tree shape, allow for light penetration to reach most of the trees. Next week, I’ll discuss apple tree pruning and how to get started. Grant McCarty is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension. His tips and tricks for local eating and your at-home garden appear every week in The Rock River Times.

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Recent ethanol tari�s hikes imposed by the Chinese government could have potentially devastating e�ects on Illinois’ ethanol producers and the corn farmers who supply them. The Chinese Ministry of Finance announced in December that it planned to raise imports tari�s on ethanol and dried grains, among other commodities. Grain crop imports tari�s are expected to double from 40 percent to 80 percent while ethanol tari�s are rising from 5 to 30 percent. Jason Marquis, chief operating o�cer at Hennepin based Marquis Energy, said adding tari�s is a prime example of the type of trade agreements that hurt American businesses. “These tari�s are the poster child of bad trade deals,” he said. Marquis believes the deal will cause massive and widespread uncertainty in the export market to China. “The impact has been the initial disruption caused by the widespread uncertainty in the export market to China,” he said. “We were essentially in limbo waiting for deﬁnitive direction in regards to policy

from Beijing.” According to the U.S. Census Bureau data, China is the third largest buyer of U.S. ethanol, purchasing nearly 200 million gallons of the more than 950 million gallons produced in 2016. Marquis asserted that the leaders of ethanol-producing states need to rally around local producers and send a message to President Trump. “States can rally with support of their local farmers and leading ethanol producers to deliver a powerful message to the Trump administration that this is a clear result of an unfair trade deal putting America last,” he said. Marquis added that, with the amount of red tape involved with settling international trade, he is hopeful the Trump administration will take immediate action and intervene. “Marquis Energy and U.S. farmers are hopeful that the new Trump administration will immediately take up the issue of these tari�s directly to China,” he said. U.S. Census Bureau data show the U.S. is on track to produce record amounts of ethanol in 2017. –Illinois News Network

Farmers uncertain of DC President Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture will have an impact on crops insurance in the Land of Lincoln — it’s just unclear how. Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue was tapped by Trump to be the ag secretary last month. U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis said it’s important he get conﬁrmed as soon as possible. “In central Illinois, these are some of the downtimes in agriculture,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of farmers taking a lot of risk every time they plant a seed.” University of Illinois Farm Management Professor Gary Schnitkey said while the USDA doesn’t play a direct role in crafting a new farm bill, the rules they implement could impact the level of crop insurance. “What sorts of products are emphasized in the future will be impacted by the USDA and the administration,” he said.

Schnitkey said while some may be awaiting the approval of President Donald Trump’s agriculture secretary in the U.S. Senate, trade is still the primary concern among farmers in the Land of Lincoln. According to Schnitkey, “45 percent of the soybeans produced in the U.S. are exported, so anything that impacts trade and impacts it negatively will have a negative impact on agriculture.” Davis also said trade is important. “If we’re going to actually expand our marketplace and be able to continue to feed the world, we need to develop better relationships, better bilateral agreements and also better enforcement provisions,” he said. “And I think that’s what the president has been talking about.” Both the ag secretary and U.S. Department of Commerce secretary nominees have yet to be approved by the U.S. Senate. –Illinois News Network

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YOUR MONEY

CROSSWORD

Drivers see higher premiums after not-at-fault crashes BY JENNIFER C. KERR

But she said one reason rates may rise for the not-at-fault driver is subrogation WASHINGTON — Most drivers don’t — when an insurer, after paying a loss, expect to be hit with a rate hike on their seeks to recover money from the at-fault auto insurance after a car accident that driver’s insurer. Neil Alldredge, a senior vice president wasn’t their fault. But a consumer group at the National Association of Mutual says it happens, and it’s a problem. Insurance Companies, says the report The Washington-based Consumer “only underscores the fact that insurance Federation of America says it found rate rates can vary widely from company to hikes on annual premiums as high as $400, company, based on how di�erent compain some cases. nies may weigh the many di�erent factors In the report released Monday, the group analyzed premium quotes in 10 cities, that are considered in determining rates.” A mong the cities including New York tested, drivers in New and Chicago, from ﬁve York City and Baltimore of the nation’s largost people know paid out the most for est auto insurers. The that if they cause doing nothing wrong, researchers found that an accident or the consumer group Progressive aggresget a ticket they could face a said. In Balt imore, sively used a not-atpremiums increased fault penalty, surchargpremium increase, but they ing drivers in eight of don’t expect to be punished if more than $250 and in New York City, it was the 10 selected cities. a reckless driver careens into about $400. In Chicago Rates in Oklahoma City them.” and Kansas City, the and Los Angeles did average increase was not change. Oklahoma about $100. and California prohibit The federation’s report found that people not-at-fault penalties. The group said GEICO and Farmers raised with moderate incomes often saw bigger rates in some states by 10 percent or more. premium increases than upper-income Allstate had occasional penalties. State people. That seemed to mirror average premiums in the report even for people with Farm was the exception, with no increases clean driving records and no accidents, on premiums for not-at-fault accidents. with middle-income people generally “Most people know that if they cause seeing higher premium rates than those an accident or get a ticket they could face people with bigger incomes. a premium increase, but they don’t expect The consumer group called the ﬁve to be punished if a reckless driver careens into them,” said Bob Hunter, CFA’s director biggest auto insurers and asked for quotes of insurance and the former insurance for two 30-year-old female drivers, living at the same address in the di�erent cities, commissioner of Texas. licensed for 14 years and driving a 2006 In response, the Insurance Information Toyota Camry with 10,000 miles. One Institute said the underwriting of a new auto insurance policy requires the collec- woman had a master’s degree and was a home owner. The other woman had a high tion of much more information beyond school diploma and rented her home. what CFA gathered from the auto insurers’ The report found drivers with higher websites. incomes, on average, paid $78 more after Loretta Worters, vice president of a no-fault accident. Moderate-incomes communications at the industry trade drivers paid $208 more after an accident group, says it also is rarely clear-cut as to who the at-fault party is after a collision. in which they were not to blame. ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Across 1. Flat-bottom hauler 6. Ewe’s cry 9. 32-card game 13. *”The ____ Suspects,” winner of two Oscars in ‘96 14. Not in good health 15. O.J.’s nickname 16. Forearm bones 17. 18-wheeler 18. Change the Constitution, e.g. 19. *”Hidden Figures” nominee 21. Recessed space 23. Half a dozen 24. Bird’s groomer 25. Male 28. Western Samoan money 30. *#15 Down, e.g. 35. Geishas’ sashes 37. Poet Angelou 39. Swelling 40. Quite a stretch 41. Deadly sin 43. Arrival times 44. Bigwig in the Orient 46. Dwarf buffalo 47. Solomon, e.g. 48. Freshwater

protozoans 50. Arab ruler 52. Grazing land 53. “____ we forget” 5 5 . Sheep not ye t sheared 57. *”Manchester by ____ ____” 60. *Hidden what? 64. *”Moonlight,” e.g. 65. Golfer’s goal 67. Saudi Arabian money 68. Levi’s fabric 69. Prefix for prior 70. Use the blunt pencil tip 71. Midterm or final 72. Hitherto 73. Like a well-defined muscle Down 1. Plant prickles 2. “Hurry!” 3. Like unplea s ant awakening 4. Capital increases 5. Provoke 6. Ethiopian currency 7. *Will Smith’s 2002 nominated role 8. Lake scum

9. Japanese wrestling 10. C apit al on the Dnieper 11. High school breakout 12. “Ideas worth spreading” online talk 15. *Portman’s role 20. MCAT and LSAT 22. Research location 24. Infantryman’s knife 25. *Animated nominee 26. Perpendicular to the keel 27. She turned to stone, Greek mythology 29. *”____ ____ Land” 31. Lyric poems 32. Flower part 33. C andidate’s concern? 34. *Ben’s younger brother and best actor nominee 36. Nose-in-theair type 38. Tiny piece of anything 42. Site of 2010 cholera outbreak 45. ____ ﬁr 49. To witness 51. Sadness about

past 54. Like foolish or romantic movie 56 . G ourd music al instrument 57. Genealogical plant 58. *Academy Award w innin g co mp o s e r Zimmer 59. What exhaust pipes do 60. Worry 61. *Oscar nominee and 2017 Golden Globe winner 62. Comfort 63. Iditarod ride 64. Banned insecticide 66. 1/100 of a hectare

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Mr. Green Car

Revelations at the Chicago Auto Show By Allen Penticoff

Columnist

have the privilege of attending the Chicago Auto Show as a media representative. This gets me in to do little test drives of cars. To a whole day when nobody but the media is wandering the vast show floors, meaning hardly any line to do anything. But perhaps the best benefit besides the free parties is the MAMA breakfast (Midwest Auto Media Assoc.) and the Economic Club of Chicago lunch. At both of these events the media hear from auto industry executives. These speakers invariably tell us how well their companies are doing, but this year in particular, they gave us a look into the future as they see it. Starting out the MAMA breakfast, the organization announced that they had chosen the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid mini-van as their “Family Car of the Year.” The Pacifica is the first American plug-in hybrid mini-van. It is a very nice vehicle that I will review in a future Mr. Green Car. Then we had our keynote speaker Ralph Gilles, Head of Design for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). He told of FCA’s growth in market share, now 13 percent, with 2.3 million vehicles sold in 2016. Jeep is seeing strong growth from 800,000 vehicles sold in 2008, to 1.2 million in 2016. The Jeep Renegade is their number one selling vehicle in Latin American and Europe. The group of companies now includes Alfa Romeo and Maserati as well. You may have noticed that Alfa Romeo sponsored the Super Bowl halftime show. Now you know why. Gile was really excited about ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems). Working with the companies Velodyne and Leddar Technologies they are using more LiDAR in developing self-driving auto technology. Normally a new car is debuted at one of the major auto shows. But FCA chose to debut their futuristic EV car PORTAL at the Consumer Electronics show. It is appropriate, as it is more an electronic appliance than what we know as a car. In showing us a video, Gilles demonstrated this car is designed to provide extreme

A Lego Batmobile on display at this year’s Chicago Auto Show. Allen Penticoff comfort – to the point that the steering yolk retracts to hide in the dashboard. Unfortunately the car was not on display at the world’s largest auto show as it was on its way to China. I will write an in depth report on this car soon. Gilles explained that DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the folks who invented the Internet, are deep into robotics now and they are sharing the technology with the automakers. Gile says his vision of the future can be seen in movies such as Ex Machina and Robot & Frank, as well as the series HBO Westword. The keynote speaker for the Economic Club of Chicago luncheon was president of General Motors (GM), Dan Ammann (who is a native of New Zealand). He too spoke mostly of the future of auto ownership and self-driving technology. He spoke of a program GM’s involvement with the city of Chicago in a program called Vision Zero. Vision Zero’s mission is a dramatic reduction in traffic accidents. GM has been working with Cruise Automation and ride-sharing company Lyft to develop the new Bolt EV do become an autonomous car or a ride-share vehicle. Ammann showed us a sped-up 23-minute video (about 5 minutes) where he rode in a totally autonomous Bolt EV on the streets of San Francisco, California in ordinary traffic, doing all the ordinary maneuvers and dealing with surprises like bicycles crossing their path. Nobody touched the

steering wheel. Ammann wen on to explain how a new program at Cadillac is being started wherein a “Cadillac owner” is actually a ride-share owner, and as such the “owner” can come in and choice the sort of vehicle they need to drive for a particular mission – a luxury sedan, sporty car, or SUV. He also explained at length the MAVEN ride-sharing venture GM is founding with an 8,000-vehicle fleet. In summary, GM is all in for automation and ride-sharing as they do not see upcoming generations of Americans as being car owners. It will be about getting to where you need to go and not having the expense and concerns of auto ownership. Utilization of vehicles will rise dramatically rather than having them sit all day. Both Gilles and Ammann were very enthusiastic about widespread deployment of electric vehicles into the fleet. Ammann said, “The auto industry will change as much in the next five years as it did in the last fifty.” At another presentation by Midwest Evolve, I learned that they have been promoting electric vehicle use for the last 25 years. They are now teamed with the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest (who has been promoting EV use for 20 years through their “EVs Everywhere program). Their joint mission is to reduce oil consumption by 2.5 billion gallons by 2020. This in order to eliminate pollutants we breathe

that are causing health problems by promoting use of electric vehicles. To move forward they have enlisted the aid of eight Midwestern cities that are designated “Clean Cities” (Rockford is not among them). They will host “butts in seats” events that will give citizens the opportunity to drive an electric vehicle. There is considerable Department of Energy (DOE) money ($400 million) and support behind this initiative. Michael Berube, DOE director of the Vehicle Technology Office said there are now 36 plug-in vehicle models in the market with 3 percent market share. DOE’s goal is to lower the cost of batteries, increase the driving range of EVs, and have faster charging speeds. To that end they have witnessed a 75 percent decrease in the cost of lithium-ion batteries in the last 5 years already. Following this presentation I spoke with the Ford representative and learned that we can expect an F-150 hybrid pickup truck before long. The PBS television program Motor Week announced it’s “Car of the Year” to be the Chevy Bolt EV. Both are great news. The auto show is, as always, full of nice new cars to peruse, pretty women to answer questions. But missing for the most part are concept cars. Replacing them is a phone app that connects show-goers with manufacturers for information sharing. There is more to DO at the show now. There are five test tracks, three of which are to show off-road capabilities of vehicles. Mercedes out steeping Jeep in the showoff climb/descent angle at 40º versus 35º (but the Jeep one FEELS steeper). Test drives are available outside, and several simulators inside. My favorite is the Ford GT 3-axis full motion simulator – driving very much like a real race car on the LeMans track. It is a thrilling experience – and I don’t do too badly for a gray hair. The Chicago Auto Show is open to the public now through February 20th. Info at chicagoautoshow.com. There will be further reporting on things learned and new green vehicles in upcoming Mr. Green Car columns.

The Rock River Times. February 15, 2017

Spring Training Previews. NL Central

New mindset for defending champs By Jason P. Skoda

Courage, Urgency and Belief spelled out under the corresponding letters. Maddon also talked about three themes he will focus on this spring: Staying uncomfortable, authenticity and heart. “It’s really important to be uncomfortable,” Maddon said. “If you become a comfortable person, I think that subtracts growth from the equation. I think if you remain somewhat uncomfortable, you’ll continue to grow. You don’t become

stagnant. You don’t become complacent, set in your ways. On every level, I want us to remain uncomfortable. I think that’s a really positive word.” “For me, I really want us to really understand the authentic part of who we are,” he said. “From that, be able to sustain what we’ve done in the past just by being us. Don’t try to do anything different. There’s a part of the sameness I would like to see, is the authentic part of our guys.”

He mentioned Game 7 of the World Series at Cleveland. The Cubs blew a three-run lead in the eighth, with Rajai Davis hitting the tying homer off Aroldis Chapman. But they got a pep talk from Jason Heyward during a short rain delay after the ninth inning, scored two in the 10th and hung on after Cleveland got a run in the bottom half to bring home their first championship since 1908. “Things went badly for a bit,” Maddon said. “We came back and regrouped because our guys got together in a room, void of any kind of statistical, video, analytical information — they went in there as human beings and came out unified. “Everybody just wants to talk about all this other stuff. Everybody’s forgetting the heartbeat. I don’t want us to forget the heartbeat, ever.” The topics eventually turned toward the players — Schwarber’s desire to catch, managing pitchers’ workload considering the season went to Nov. 2, bullpen depth, platoons in center field with Almora and John Jay and Baez’s uncertain role. But the main theme of the initial news conference with general manager Jed Hoyer, Epstein and Maddon was how things must stay the same even though things are much different now that the organization isn’t labeled with 100-plus years of jokes, curses and failures. “The methods are still the same,” Maddon said. “We weren’t outcome oriented. We focus on the process to give you the best opportunity to succeed. Nothing changes in that regard. Embrace the target and everything else remains the same.”

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MESA, Ariz. — A lot has changed for the Chicago Cubs in the past year. Right down to team mantras. For the better part of 108 years, blowing a shot at a championship was met by shrugs and a feeling of, “That’s just the Cubs.” The Cubs arrive this week at Sloan Park as World Series champions and manager Joe Maddon and Co. are grabbing onto a relatively fresh term: “That’s Cub.” Maddon, of course, loves to find creative ways to keep the players fresh and focused during a long season. “That would be Cub, ‘That’s Cub’ to move it forward, to win a World Series and then come back the next season and you’re happy and you’re impressed and you love what you’ve done, but you have to continue to move it forward,” Maddon said. Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said the phrase cropped up a few years ago when today’s current standouts were youngsters in the organization. It has followed players like Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber, Albert Almora and Javier Baez to the major leagues. “’That’s Cub’ started four or five years ago in the minors,” Epstein said. “When they started realizing how good they were, and some of the things they were doing, we started saying, ‘That’s Cub.’ It was great for morale and came to mean something positive organically. For years ‘That’s Cub’ had a different connotation.” Some players were already sporting “That’s Cub” shirts during workouts with

Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo showed up early for Cubs’ Spring Training in Mesa, Airz. on Monday. @Cubs

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St. Louis Cardinals

2016: 86-76, second place. He’s Here: CF Dexter Fowler, LHP Brett Cecil. He’s Outta Here: OF Matt Holliday, OF-1B Brandon Moss, LHP Jaime Garcia, RHP Seth Maness, RHP Jerome Williams, OF Jeremy Hazelbaker. Going campin’: The Cardinals missed the postseason for the first time since 2010 last year, the first time that’s happened under Matheny. Seeking a return to October, St. Louis signed Fowler to an $82.5 million, five-year contract — weakening NL Central rival Chicago in the process. Fowler’s arrival is expected to provide stability at the top of the order and in the outfield, as well as bring some much-needed athleticism to a lineup that was last in the National League in stolen bases last season. With Matt Carpenter expected to move to first base in the spring, and St. Louis committed to Kolten Wong at second, expect a competition for playing time at third base between veterans Jedd Gyorko and Jhonny Peralta. Right-handed starter Lance Lynn returns after missing last season following elbow surgery. Lynn and hard-throwing rookie Alex Reyes are expected to bolster a staff that saw its ERA rise from an NL-best 2.94 in 2015 to 4.08 last season.

2016: 78-83, third place. He’s Here: RHP Daniel Hudson, RHP Pat Light. He’s Outta Here: LHP Jeff Locke, RHP Ryan Vogelsong, RHP Neftali Feliz, INF-OF Sean Rodriguez, OF Matt Joyce, INF Jason Rogers, C Eric Fryer. Going campin’: The Pirates fell off the pace in 2016 following three straight playoff appearances but did little in free agency to try to close the gap on St. Louis or the World Series champion Chicago Cubs. Pittsburgh re-signed pitcher Ivan Nova to a three-year contract and brought in Hudson to work near the back of the bullpen, but otherwise the group that arrives in Bradenton will look an awful lot like the one that finished a distant third in the NL Central last fall. The team’s most notable move was one it didn’t make — holding onto star center fielder Andrew McCutchen after exploring trade options in December. McCutchen tried to brush off the prospect of leaving and even agreed to slide over to right field this season, part of a retooled outfield that puts Gold Glove winner Starling Marte in center and Gregory Polanco in left. The outfield, however, is the least of Pittsburgh’s concerns heading into camp. The starting rotation behind Nova, Gerrit Cole and Jameson Taillon is wide open.

2016: 73-89, fourth place. He’s Here: 1B Eric Thames, 3B Travis Shaw, RHP Neftali Feliz, C Jett Bandy, LHP Tommy Milone. He’s Outta Here: 1B Chris Carter, RHP Tyler Thornburg, C Martin Maldonado, RHP Blaine Boyer. Going campin’: The rebuilding project appears to be moving along on schedule entering the second full season under general manager David Stearns. Ryan Braun has the largest veteran contract left to move, though the slugger making $20 million this season is also content in Milwaukee. He’s says he’s looking forward to working with the next generation of Brewers. Slick-fielding Orlando Arcia, the first key piece to arrive in the majors, enters his first full season as the starting shorstop. In the rotation, Wily Peralta hopes the improvement he showed over the final 10 starts of 2016 carries over to this season, while Junior Guerra and Zach Davies look to build off solid rookie campaigns.

2016: 68-94, last place. He’s Here: RHP Scott Feldman, RHP Drew Storen, RHP Austin Brice, OF Desmond Jennings. He’s Outta Here: RHP Dan Straily, C Ramon Cabrera, RHP J.J. Hoover, OF Steve Selsky, RHP Alfredo Simon, RHP Ross Ohlendorf, RHP Keyvius Sampson. Going campin’: The Reds have stabilized after two years of trading away core players as part of a massive rebuild. They opened last season with five starters on the disabled list, and their decision not to sign an experienced closer turned out to be ruinous. Once their starters got healthy, they became competitive, going 36-37 after the All-Star break. The bullpen was one of the worst in major league history, so the Reds signed Storen in the offseason to bring in an experienced closer. They traded their top starter in Straily to the Marlins for prospects and replaced him in the rotation with Feldman. There will be an open competition for the fifth spot. The Reds think they can be competitive this season if starters Anthony DeSclafani and Homer Bailey are healthy and the bullpen becomes respectable — there’s plenty of competition for relief roles. Bailey, however, just had surgery to remove bone spurs from his pitching elbow and is expected to start the season on the disabled list.

February 15, 2017 The Rock River Times.

Spring Training Previews. AL Central

Uncertainty hangs over White Sox By Jack Thompson

blown saves. He’s also excited about pitching for the United States in the World Baseball Classic next month. “It’s a chance to represent my country, try something different,” the 31-year-old right-hander said. It’s going to be a lot of fun to meet a bunch of guys I played against

for a while and be on the same team. It’s going to be different and fun and it kind of breaks up spring training a little bit. I’m excited about it.” Manager Rick Renteria, promoted from bench coach to replace Robin Ventura, said his message to the team during the first meeting of the spring was “nothing

newer than any manager has ever said to his players.” Renteria said he stressed discipline in the meeting but also emphasized having fun. He said he hasn’t talked to any of the players rumored to be on the trading block specifically about that subject, at least not yet. “I think if as the spring goes along and if I feel it might be something that’s weighing on him, I’ll have a conversation,” Renteria said. Some of the prospects the White Sox acquired for Sale and Eaton were on display Tuesday. Yoan Moncada, a 21-year-old infielder from Cuba who was the key acquisition in the Sale deal with Boston, is in camp early and took some swings in the batting cage. Lucas Giolito was part of the deal with Washington for Eaton. The 6-foot-6-inch right-hander, the Nationals’ first-round pick in 2012, developed into a top prospect but his introduction to the majors was rough. He had a 6.75 ERA in four starts and allowed seven homers in 21 1/3 innings. “I experienced a lot of hardship in the big leagues. I didn’t pitch well and got hit pretty hard,” Giolito said. “I learned a lot from that, being able to make adjustments on the fly, slowing things down. I’m trying to take everything I’ve learned and apply that.” That will likely apply to several members of the White Sox as they retool with new personnel. “We all have that same goal in mind, we want to develop together,” Giolito said.

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Chicago White Sox are a work in progress as spring training begins. Finally committing to a rebuilding project after four consecutive sub-.500 seasons, the White Sox are without former ace Chris Sale and outfielder Adam Eaton, who were dealt away for some of baseball’s top prospects. Still here, perhaps surprisingly, are closer David Robertson and Jose Quintana, who would replace Sale as the staff ace - assuming the All-Star lefty is still here. General manager Rick Hahn said trade talks will likely not fade away. “We expect them to continue,” Hahn said Tuesday after the official reporting day for pitchers and catchers at Camelback Ranch. “We’re going to keep an open mind and where there are conversations to be had we’ll pursue them. As we sit here today, there’s nothing gnawing at us or appealing enough to make us move.” Robertson, the Sox’s closer for the last two years, was part of the discussions over the winter. “I can’t do anything about it. I’m just going to try my best to stay here,” Robertson said. “If I stay here, great. If I get moved, it’s their decision.” Robertson, who has two years remaining on a four-year deal worth a total of $46 million, is happy to be pain free following arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in November. He had 37 saves for Chicago last season with a 3.47 ERA along with seven

New White Sox manager Rick Renteria met with the media Monday at the team’s Spring Training home in Glendale, Ariz. @whitesox

The Rest

Cleveland Indians

2016: 94-67, first place, AL champions, lost to Chicago Cubs in World Series. He’s Here: 1B-DH Edwin Encarnacion, OF Austin Jackson, LHP Boone Logan, RHP Carlos Frias, OF Wily Mo Pena, CF Bradley Zimmer, SS Eric Stamets. He’s Outta Here: 1B-DH Mike Napoli, OF Coco Crisp, OF Rajai Davis, C Chris Gimenez, 1B Jesus Aguilar, OF Marlon Byrd, RHP Jeff Manship. Going campin’: The Indians are all in this season. After making the World Series for the first time since 1997, Cleveland intends to get back and finish the job this time. Seizing on that momentum, the Indians were aggressive in free agency and landed one of the biggest prizes on the market, signing Encarnacion to a $60 million, three-year contract — the richest for a free agent in club history. One of baseball’s most feared hitters, Encarnacion has averaged 39 homers over the past five seasons and his presence alone will help Francona’s lineup. For the second year in a row, left fielder Michael Brantley’s right shoulder will be a hot topic during camp. He played just 11 games last season, but following another surgery, there is hope he can return on a full-time basis. Super reliever Andrew Miller intends to pitch in the World Baseball Classic, but the Indians will closely monitor his use.

2016: 86-75, second place. He’s Here: C Alex Avila, OF Mikie Mahtook. He’s Outta Here: OF Cameron Maybin, SS Erick Aybar, C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, 3B Casey McGehee. Going campin’: The Tigers said at the beginning of the offseason they’d be open to cutting payroll, but that never really happened. So the same expensive roster is back for another shot at a postseason berth. Now two seasons removed from its four-year run atop the AL Central, Detroit still has enough stars to be a factor, especially after Justin Verlander re-established himself as a legitimate ace in 2016. Verlander and AL Rookie of the Year Michael Fulmer will be counted on to headline the rotation, while Miguel Cabrera, Ian Kinsler and Justin Upton lead the offense. The biggest questions heading into spring training are in center field and at the back end of the rotation. While Fulmer flourished last year, 23-year-old lefty Daniel Norris dealt with injury problems. His ability to pitch a full season could be crucial to Detroit’s hopes in 2017. And the Tigers will begin a season without owner Mike Ilitch for the first time since 1992. Ilitch, who also owned the NHL’s Red Wings, passed away over the weekend at age 87.

2016: 81-81, third place. He’s Here: OF Jorge Soler, RHP Jason Hammel, RHP Nate Karns, DH Brandon Moss, RHP Al Alburquerque, RHP Bobby Parnell, RHP Brandon League. He’s Outta Here: RHP Wade Davis, DH Kendrys Morales, OF Jarrod Dyson, RHP Luke Hochevar, RHP Peter Moylan, LHP Tim Collins. Going campin’: After back-to-back World Series trips, the Royals dropped back to .500 last season. But they still believe they have the pieces to make another postseason run, even after RHP Yordano Ventura’s tragic death in a car accident in the Dominican Republic. That leaves another unexpected spot available in the starting rotation, where the Royals were already anticipating competition for the fifth job. The starting lineup returns largely intact, with the exception of Soler taking over as the everyday right fielder and Moss replacing Morales at DH. The margin for error is slim for Kansas City, but with a bevy of players hitting free agency next year, this could be the last good chance to compete for an AL Central title for a while.

2016: 59-103, fifth place. He’s Here: C Jason Castro, RHP Matt Belisle, RHP Ryan Vogelsong, SS Ehire Adrianza, OF Drew Stubbs. He’s Outta Here: 3B Trevor Plouffe, C Kurt Suzuki, LHP Tommy Milone, RHP Pat Light. Going campin’: After the club compiled its most losses since the franchise moved to Minnesota in 1961, the Twins are starting fresh, but they’re not starting over. New baseball chief Derek Falvey, with new GM Thad Levine as his top lieutenant, has been using a measured, patient approach with his attempt to turn around a team that hasn’t reached the postseason in seven years. With still-budding young talent in the lineup like 3B Miguel Sano, CF Byron Buxton and RF Max Kepler, and the return of 2B Brian Dozier after trade talks didn’t yield enough for Falvey and Levine’s liking, significant run-scoring potential remains. The Twins ranked a respectable sixth in the AL in total bases and eighth in OPS despite their abysmal record. The focus in Fort Myers will again be on the mound, with a downtrodden rotation seeking candidates to join steady RHP Ervin Santana. RHP Trevor May will try to convert back to starting after his bullpen assignment contributed to a lingering back injury.

The Rock River Times. February 15, 2017

Tales from the Trough

Rockford IceHogs forward Sam Carrick, shown here in the shootout against San Antonio on Saturday, was the overtime hero on Friday in Milwaukee, scoring the game winner with 19 seconds remaining. Carrick also scored the first goal Sunday against the Admirals to put Rockford up 1-0 late in the third. Carrick is now tied with Spencer Abbott for the team lead in goals with 11. Todd Reicher

Hogs break OT losing streak, take 3 straight Rockford hosts pair of home games over weekend By Todd Reicher

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fter three straight overtime/ shootout games, the Rockford IceHogs finally managed to win one before the shootout. Rockford snagged their first overtime win of the season Friday night in Milwaukee against the first place Admirals, and won two additional games on Saturday and Sunday to go a perfect 3-0. Rockford’s first game was a Friday tilt in Milwaukee against the Admirals, where the IceHogs won for the first time this season. The IceHogs grabbed the first lead of the game 1:45 into the contest on a Brandon Mashinter tally – his ninth of the season. Milwaukee would score the next two goals, both in the opening period to snag the lead from Rockford and go into the first intermission up 2-1. The Ads also took the lead in shots for the period, 13-10. After a scoreless, and penalty-free second period, Milwaukee looked to close out Rockford in the third. Ville Pokka had other ideas and scored his third goal of the season at 13:54 to know the score at 2-2. The power play goal, on Rockford’s third attempt of the game, would be the final

score at the end of regulation. With 24 seconds remaining in the extra session, Sam Carrick was the hero, scoring his 10th goal of the season to give Rockford their first win in Milwaukee, and first overtime win of the season. The following night the San Antonio Rampage came to town after losing the previous night in Chicago against the Wolves. For the second straight game, Rockford scored in the first three minutes to take the first lead of the game. Tyler Motte potted his fifth goal of the season at 2:51 for the early lead. Northbrook, Illinois native, and rookie J.T. Compher scored his 12th goal of the season at 12:04 with an excellent individual effort to tie the score at 1-1. Compher carried the puck into the Rockford zone with two defenders draped on each side. The forward continued in with speed, pulled the puck to his backhand, which drew out goaltender Lars Johansson, then pulled it back to his forward and put the puck in the open net. Rockford would score two goals in a stretch of 2:30 in the second period to reclaim the lead, 3-1. Kyle Baun scored his eighth of the season while hanging out in front of the net to give Rockford their second lead of the game, and Luke Johnson extended that lead to

3-1 with his fifth of the season. Compher would cut the lead in half just over two minutes later with his second of the game, putting the score at 3-2. San Antonio would erase the lead 10:40 into the third period as leading point producer Rocco Grimaldi scored his 20th goal of the season, which would send the game to overtime. Carrick would miss the net on his attempt, while Compher would make good on his shot. Johansson would stop the next two Rampage shooters, and Michael Latta and Mashinter would each score on former IceHogs netminder Kent Simpson to earn the second point, and their second win in a row. The following night, Rockford would face the Admirals for the second time in three nights in a defensive battle. Rockford dominated the first 20 minutes of play, outshooting Milwaukee 12-4 and earning the lion’s share of the scoring chances. Rockford came up empty-handed on the only power play attempt of the period. Milwaukee had a chance early in the second when Carrick was handed a double-minor for highsticking, but Rock ford’s defense fought off the four-minute penalty as the game remained tied at 0-0. Jeff Glass kept the game tied late when he

fought off a breakaway, drawing a raucous cheer from the crowd. Carrick broke the scoreless tie with a strong net-presence at 8:34 with his 11th of the season, keeping him as one of the hottest ‘Hogs players of the weekend. With Milwaukee goaltender Jonas Gunnarsson on the bench for the extra attacker, Jeremy Langlois, along with Motte, showed a tremendous team effort as they stripped Milwaukee of the puck in the own zone, for an empty net goal with 20 seconds left in the contest. Unfortunately, Trevor Murphy ended Glass’ bid for a shutout with nine seconds left in the game, bringing the score to 2-1. The goal was a little too late for The Ads as Rockford killed off the last seconds of the game en route to a 2-1 win for their third straight.

Looking forward

The IceHogs will play the final three games of their five-game home stand this week, the first a school day game today against Cleveland. Rockford will host Cleveland again on Friday before a Saturday game with the Charlotte Checkers. Photos from this, and other Rockford IceHogs games at reicherstudios.com/ Sports/HockeyPhotos or Facebook.com/ ReicherStudios.