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Services for Frank Schier, the former owner, editor and publisher of The Rock River Times who passed away last month after a battle with cancer, are scheduled for April 2 at the Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center, 406 N. Main St. The Rock River Times will provide more details on the plans for the service has they come available. Schier’s family is currently organizing the full schedule of events for the service.

12th annual film festival opens in Beloit

The 12th Beloit International Film Festival is set to bring the world to Beloit and Beloit to the world, February 24 to March 5. All the hundreds of final details, from scheduling to travel arrangements, are falling into place.

This year’s dates are a week later than last year, but the intense preparation for the ten-day event is already in high gear.

BIFF curators have reviewed more than a thousand films submitted for consideration this year. In addition, they have approached filmmakers around the world whose work has caught their eye at major international festivals, inviting them to Beloit.

BIFF 2017 will screen 100 outstanding independent films—narrative features, documentaries and shorts—presented at five downtown venues, including Domenico’s, the Hendricks Arts Center, Bagels and More, Bushel and Peck’s Local Market and La Casa Grande.

Major events during BIFF are also scheduled at Schubert’s Luxury Ten Cinema on Cranston Road and, for the first time, at Beloit Memorial High School.

“By pushing the dates back a week this year we were able to accommodate a lot of talented people joining us…and maybe include a few more snowbirds,” says Executive Director Roddie Beaudoin.

BIFF will once again include screenings of films beginning at noon on the two weekends, and each evening in-between. The Festival will kick off with the annual Wisconsin-Illinois Showdown, featuring films by both new and established filmmakers in the region.

Viewers will have the opportunity to vote in this two state competition and awards will be presented. Wisconsin has taken the top awards for the past two years.

Tickets will be available online for $9 plus a purchase fee. In mid-February, the BIFF Box Office will open at Gallery ABBA at CELEB at 437 E. Grand Ave. where tickets and information will also be available.

The Beloit International Film Festival, celebrating its 12th year, is sponsored by the Hendricks Group in association with Beloit College and with funding from Visit Beloit.

Support for the Festival comes from area businesses and civic organizations, and individual support for BIFF is provided through membership in the BIFF Founders and the Film Society of Beloit.

For more information visit beloitfilmfest.org.

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Each hangar of the facility at Chicago Rockford International Airport is capable of servicing an Airbus 380 and a Boeing 747 at the same time. RAEDC

New repair facility under possible threat of funding failure

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OCKFORD — The downtown Amerock hotel project isn’t the only major area expansion with questions hanging over its funding today.

One of the crowning achievements of Chicago Rockford International Airport Authority Director Mike Dunn, the AAR company’s Maintenance and Repair facility (MRO), could dig deeper into local taxpayers’ pockets than expected.

The MRO project began as the brainchild of Airport Authority Executive Director Mike Dunn. The Authority and AAR entered into a lease agreement in the summer of 2014 which was executed in early 2015 as Dunn lined up money from a number of sources including Rockford’s City Council; the Winnebago County Board; the Village of Loves Park; $10 million in grant funds promised by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin from the federal government; and $15 million in state grant funds promised by then-Gov. Pat Quinn.

Quinn’s defeat in 2016 changed things.

The Authority approached local bankers who agreed to extend a line of credit up to $17 million to avoid delaying the construction of the facility.

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Springfield was tied to the federal funds via a so-called legislative trigger that would only see the state’s money released once the federal government came through with their portion of the obligation.

“There was never any money in the budget for the MRO,” Senator Dave Syverson said. “It was one of those projects that Quinn promised before the election without a line item in the budget or the revenue to fund it. Thankfully, Gov. (Bruce) Rauner saw the value in the project and agreed to find the resources.”

Syverson says he was recently approached by the Authority to ask Rauner to change the terms of the state grant monies.

“The original agreement was that the state could not, or would not, put money in without the federal funds,” Syverson said.

“Asking to change the terms implies that something happened to the federal funds.

I don’t know if it’s totally out or if the way they were going to fund it is out.”

Syverson was asked to petition the administration to waive the requirement that the Authority receive federal funds first.

“The project has local bipartisan support,” he said. “I’m confident that the state money will come in when the resources are available. The money will come in.”

Sources say the real problem is if there is

no money to pay the bonds used to fund the project. If no money is available, property taxes will increase automatically through a process called “backdoor referendum.”

Before issuing a bond, government bodies conduct hearings for the public to object to backing the bonds with a tax increase. A lack of objectors from the public at the bond hearing translates to public approval of a tax increase, however much it might be.

A backdoor property tax increase was precisely what former Republican county board majority leader John Sweeney was trying to avoid before the body approved its $8 million contribution to the project.

“I wanted to make sure the sources of funding to pay o� the issued bonds were in place,” Sweeney told The Times.

“It became evident that they were not in place because there wasn’t su�cient documentation. My main concern was that if the funding sources were to fall apart and the bonds were issued, that property taxes would go up through a backdoor referendum. This is a project that I wanted to support but I was elected to represent county taxpayers and county government, not Mr. Dunn.”

Sweeney ultimately paid for his stance at the ballot box, losing a Republican primary in District 16 to a candidate recruited by

and promoted in part by Dunn, Jean Crosby.

Winnebago County Board member and Economic Development Committee Chairman Fred Wescott is confident the funds will be available at some point.

Wescott says he would vote for using additional host fees to prevent triggering a back-door property tax increase.

Gary Jury, the board’s Operations and Administrative Committee Chairman, isn’t so sure.

“They’d have to really convince me,” Jury says. “I mean, where does it stop? I’d really have to see the plan. They need to lock in the foundation of their funding before I’d vote for more host fees. If they do that, I would vote for them to stop a property tax increase.”

The County Board’s Majority Leader, David Boomer, doesn’t agree with the backdoor referendum at all. Asked if he would support using host fees to prevent a property tax increase from the Authority, Boomer said simply, “No.” Community leaders have pointed to the Woodward Governor expansion in Loves Park as an example of how public monies can be invested with the full faith of the public.

Calls to Dunn for comment were not returned. Durbin, who advocated for the federal funds, is out of the country on senatorial business.

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efore Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget address last week, Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno made a rare visit to the Senate Democratic caucus meeting.

Radogno assured the Democrats that she and her GOP caucus were working in good faith to achieve a bipartisan “grand bargain” in the chamber. Senate Democrats have been grumbling for weeks that the Republicans were playing Lucy with Charlie Brown’s football. Every time they think they’re getting close, they’re told the Republicans aren’t ready to vote. It was a much-needed speech.

And then Gov. Rauner gave his budget address.

The governor’s o�ce had once again not followed protocol by providing its budget details to legislative sta� the evening before, so legislators had no way of knowing during his speech that his budget included a projected $32.7 billion in revenues and $37.3 billion in spending.

They also had no way of knowing that some of those projected revenues and perhaps hundreds of millions or even billions in projected savings weren’t actually real, adding to the plan’s self-admitted $4.6 billion hole.

But, whatever. It’s not like nobody expected this to happen. Rauner did the same thing last year when he proposed closing a $3.5 billion hole with magical words about “cooperation,” and two years ago when he promised illusory savings from pension reforms and cutting unspecified waste. It’s frustrating and it may not even be constitutional, but it is what it is.

Last week’s speech wasn’t really about the upcoming budget, however.

Everybody was there to hear what he had to say about the Senate. As you already know, the two Senate leaders began talking after Gov. Rauner announced in December that he would no longer host leaders meetings because he said the Democrats were refusing to negotiate in good faith.

Rauner has been saying for a while now that he didn’t want to weigh in on the Senate’s plan for fear of messing up their progress. But then Senate President John Cullerton said it might be helpful if Rauner publicly supported the plan.

Fittingly, as soon as Rauner began discussing his preferred parameters, his teleprompter broke. Attorney General Lisa Madigan, whom the governor has been attacking for attempting to help her father create a crisis with a government shutdown, gamely o�ered the governor her paper copy. The print was too small, however, and he couldn’t read it. Rauner then quoted Speaker Madigan’s joke that the Russians must’ve caused the malfunction. For a couple of minutes, the obvious tension and hostility in the House chamber eased. Democrats had been derisively laughing at the governor, but were now laughing with him. That didn’t last.

Once the teleprompter issue was finally fixed, the governor laid out his demands. If the Senate was planning to pass a permanent tax hike, then, to win his support, it must also pass a permanent property tax freeze. The House had already passed such a freeze, mainly because it’s hugely popular and members figured the Senate wouldn’t ever touch it because of the

damage it would do to schools and local governments. Rauner risked knocking the Senate’s progress o� its tracks with that one. Some Democrats later alleged it was a deliberate poison pill. More evidence, they said, of Lucy yanking that football away from Charlie Brown.

Rauner did leave the door open just a tiny bit by saying that when the tax increase starts producing revenue surpluses, he wanted the tax hikes “stepped down” to dedicate the money to taxpayers.

So, could he be open to a temporary tax hike in exchange for a temporary property tax freeze? Republicans are saying that a couple of Senate Democrats have talked about possibly doing a “5 and 5″ plan, which would both raise taxes and cap property taxes for five years.

Rauner also demanded that the Senate abandon its plan to tax sales of food and medicine. He privately wants that replaced with a tax on sugary drinks, but the Senate leaders say they cannot round up enough votes to pass it.

The Democrats went back to derisively laughing at Rauner when he claimed “Term limits get job creators excited.”

And while his demand that the Senate’s workers’ compensation reform match the Massachusetts model got little attention, Massachusetts is a “causation” state, which the Democrats have always said they will never agree to. That could be a big problem.

It’s too early to tell whether Rauner did irrevocable harm last week. The fact that the Republican leaders in the House and Senate didn’t rush to openly embrace his specific demands is a sign that people still want progress, however. Stay tuned.

New app lets drivers pay tolls without I-PASS The occasional trip to Chicago doesn’t have to include waiting at tolls or taking the long road to avoid them.

Radek Mista doesn’t have to travel from his home in Wisconsin to Chicago enough to warrant buying an I-PASS transponder, but enough to be annoyed by sitting at the tolls.

He developed FastToll for people like himself that wanted the convenience of coasting through I-PASS lanes, but have a box on his windshield. “It feels like they come up every ten minutes. It’s very annoying,” he said. “You have to stop time after time and take out the right amount of cash and deal with that.”

The FastToll app doesn’t pay tolls for you, but records which ones you’ve passed through and then directs you to the Illinois Tollway site to pay. It works by using your phone’s GPS to track the tolls

you drive through along with the time and date that you did it.

Illinois’ tolls allow you to pay for tolls up to seven days after you pass through them without paying. FastToll will alert you to that deadline if you haven’t paid the toll through the app. Doing so will incur a fee that goes to processing charges. One reviewer on the app in Apple’s App Store said they incurred $1.90 in fees for $7.90 in tolls, but you can get around this by using the info from the app to pay on the Illinois Tollway site.

Using FastToll will not get you the discounted I-PASS rate of 50 percent o� of the cash toll price, but anyone who has fumbled through the pile of coins while

weaving through tra�c or scrambled to scribble down the toll information to pay later can see the safety benefits of the app.

“You have to record the time, date and all that information and then make the payment online,” Mista said. “It’s dangerous and not easy to do.”

The Tollway was in the planning stages of creating an app that would do something similar in 2014, but never brought the product to market. Mista’s app is in no way connected to the Illinois Tollway.

His company, Pragmistic, is also developing technology that will work at unmanned toll booths here and in other nearby states as well, alleviating the anxiety of having the correct change at a gated and unmanned tollbooth.

You can find the FastToll app in Google Play and iTunes.

–Illinois News Network

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Going 100 percent renewables gains momentum

BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL

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s of this February, twenty-three American cities have committed themselves to utilize 100 percent renewable energy. Moab, Utah intends to reach its goal by 2032. The renewable energy revolution is global in scope.

Andrew Blakers, an Australian energy engineer, reminds us that wind and solar are already cost competitive with fossil fuels. They will become even cheaper as their manufacturing achieves enormous economies of scale. He estimates Australia can meet 50 percent of its electrical needs with renewable energy sources without building any new backup capacity.

Improved weather forecasting allows us to know a day in advance how much wind and solar output will be available.

If reductions in demand are required, contractual load sharing, using existing coal and gas generators to pump additional water into elevated hydro storage reservoirs and controlled charging times for EV batteries can be implemented.

It is relatively easy to install heat pumps in urban areas to meet heating and hot water demand in buildings, provide large scale energy storage in batteries of electric vehicles and utilize the thermal inertia in water and buildings. Battery storage can occur at di�erent sites including homes, businesses and adjacent to wind and solar farms to stabilize the electrical output from the installations.

Renewable energy sources alone will not solve the climate problem. It will require other measures including curtailing demand and capturing and storing carbon. The transition to renewable energy sources and electric vehicles will increase demand for metals and minerals. Securing them has adverse environmental impacts which will need to be managed.

A homeowner with a solar system and a modest amount of battery storage could provide a couple of days of power during cloudy weather. The batteries could be charged at night at a low cost and the electricity sold back to the grid at a higher price during times of peak

demand. An owner of an electric vehicle such as a Nissan Leaf could draw power from the vehicle’s 24 kWh battery capacity to serve as backup power.

Blakers describes an o�-river pump storage system which could provide an additional source of electricity. It involves the creation of two hectare sized reservoirs, one at the river and another at least 200 meters above the first one with a pipe to carry water up and down the incline.

The stored water would be released during times of high electrical demand to generate electricity and replenished using electricity during times of low demand.

If the system performs as projected it could be applied to other areas with substantial river flows and su�cient elevation di�erences to provide backup power to meet peak demand.

If Australia installs wind and solar systems at a rate of 1 GW each year starting in 2020 as projected they could meet 40 percent of their energy needs with renewable energy sources by 2030. By installing 2 GW of wind and solar annually they could meet 80 percent of their

needs, or 94 percent if they installed 2.5 GW/year by 2030.

Wind, solar and heat pumps are also cost competitive in many parts of the United States. Steve Hanley states that Ward’s Auto reports EV battery prices are falling more rapidly than expected and could be lower than $100/kWh by 2020. At that price the cost of electrical propulsion is slightly less than the cost of propulsion via an internal combustion engine.

Falling battery costs will make the option of battery backup systems more appealing to homeowners with PV systems.

The cost reductions of renewable energy sources and batteries result from successful research done a decade ago.

Over this next decade another wave of successful research projects will be integrated into commercial renewable energy projects accelerating technological improvements and falling costs.

As many others have pointed out, the technology is ready. The challenge is implementing it.

Drs. Robert and Sonia Vogl are the President and Vice President of the Illinois Renewable Energy Association.

Wisconsin budget proposal moves forestry division up north MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin lawmaker says he believes Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to move the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ forestry division up north will help with recruitment.

Wisconsin Public Radio reports the governor’s 2017-2019 budget proposal requires the headquarters for the state’s

chief forester to move by January 2018 to an existing DNR facility north of Highway 29, which runs from Eau Claire to Green Bay. Republican Sen. Tom Tiffany of Hazelhurst said he supports the move because some foresters don’t want to work in Madison.

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They like to be in rural Wisconsin, small town Wisconsin. It was limiting the pool of people that would apply for some of those jobs,” Ti�any said. “I think it’s really good to move the division headquarters to northern Wisconsin, and hopefully that will be accomplished here.”

Walker’s budget would allow current forestry sta� in Madison to relocate in phases. The current Madison headquarters’ forestry division employs more than 55 full-time employees. The governor’s proposal also authorizes the department to pay for their moving expenses.

Chief Forester and Forestry Division Administrator Fred Souba Jr. said in a recent message to sta� that no timetable has been scheduled for the move.

“Such a move will allow division leadership to be closer to the resources we manage and provide more opportunities for direct contact with division field sta�, forestry partners and the forest industry,” Souba wrote.

Bayfield County forest administrator Jason Bodine said the move may make state interactions more convenient, but he said it wouldn’t have an impact on county forest management.

“The DNR provides a variety of di�erent technical assistance to the county programs,” Bodine said. “Sometimes we travel down. Sometimes they travel up, so the closer you can make that headquarters,

the more convenient it is for everyone involved.”

DNR spokesman Jim Dick said the department hasn’t determined how many sta� may relocate and to which locations they may move.

Illinois Ag Dept to discuss plan to fight gypsy moths

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Agriculture is holding a series of meetings to discuss plans to fight the leaf-eating gypsy moth in northern Illinois.

The moths are particularly destructive to oak trees, but will feast on more than 250 species of trees and shrubs. Large populations can strip plants bare, potentially leading to tree death.

Agriculture Department o�cials plan to apply naturally occurring bacteria across thousands of acres beginning in mid-May to prevent male moths from breeding. The bacteria will be applied via helicopter or airplane near LaSalle, Plano, Wilmington, Yorkville and Starved Rock State Park.

The state says it’s considered safe but people may want to stay indoors for 30 minutes after it’s applied.

The public is invited to learn more during open houses in Pontiac, Oglesby, Oswego and Freeport.

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Sportsmen fight administration’s energy plans along side environmental left

BY VALERIE VOLCOVICI & ANNIE KNOX REUTERS

WASHINGTON/SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – When Republican Congressman Jason Cha�etz of Utah introduced legislation last month to transfer about 3 million acres of federally-held public land to state control, he was bombarded by thousands of angry phone calls, letters and social media posts urging him to back o�.

The pressure came not only from liberal environmentalists – but also from gun-toting, often conservative outdoors enthusiasts who are central to Cha�etz’ political base. Both camps fear that transferring federal lands to state control could open them up to drilling and coal mining rather than recreation and preservation.

“I hear you,” Cha�etz wrote in a post on his Instagram account announcing the withdrawal of the bill. “I am a proud gun owner, hunter and love our public lands.”

Cha�etz’s o�ce did not respond to requests for comment on his reversal.

Outdoor sporting groups – long associated with conservatism because of their support for guns rights and small government – are now collaborating with the environmental left to fight President Donald Trump’s push to open more public lands to energy development. Such areas include national forests, parks and Native American tribal territories and account for about one fifth of the United States.

Recent funding data from the Foundation Center database, which aggregates information from tax filings, shows groups such as the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and the Outdoor Alliance have accepted grants from big environmental and liberal foundations, including the Turner Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

The Hewlett Foundation gave $100,000 in 2015 to Backcountry, a conservation group created in 2004. The money accounted for more than two-thirds of its foundation grants that year, and Backcountry told Reuters it is an annual gift with no conditions.

Hewlett said it supports Backcountry because of its “critical work to preserve America’s outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing and protect wild places.”

The Turner Foundation gave an unrestricted donation of $100,000 to the Outdoor Alliance in 2015, the group’s only foundation grant that year.

“Conservation is a nonpartisan issue, and it is a shame it is being politicized,” said Judy Adler, president of the Turner Foundation.

The Environmental Policy Alliance, a

pro-development organization, has said environmentalists finance sportsmens’ groups as a way to provide conservative cover for a liberal agenda – turning the outdoors groups into “green decoys.”

The alliance, which says it aims to “uncover the funding and hidden agendas” of environmentalists, did not respond to requests for comment.

Highlighting the odd-bedfellows nature of such collaborative lobbying, the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers counts the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., as a lifetime member.

O�cials at the Trump Organization, where Donald Trump Jr. is an executive, did not respond to requests for comment.

A Trump administration o�cial declined to comment.

Trump has made previous statements opposing the transfer of federal land to states, but has strongly supported more energy development in such areas.

Bigger than the coal industry

The outdoor recreation industry is concentrated heavily in conservative western states and generates more than $640 billion annually, according to the Outdoor Industry Association, which represents hundreds of companies and organized the pressure campaign against Cha�etz.

That figure would make the outdoors industry about 10 times bigger than the coal industry.

The cause of protecting public lands is among precious few issues that bind U.S. conservatives and liberals. Outdoors companies such as Patagonia and North Face are building lobbying strength quickly in response to rising threats to federal lands, said Jessica Wahl, government a�airs manager for the Outdoor Industry Association.

“We are a bipartisan industry,” Wahl said. “We are stronger when talking with a unified voice.”

In one example of that clout, more than 30 companies this week – including Patagonia, REI, North Face, KUHL, and others – wrote an open letter to Utah’s Republican Governor Gary Herbert saying they will try to force an annual outdoor retailers’ convention out of the state unless he protects public lands.

Patagonia had earlier announced it would boycott the convention – which brings Utah about $45 million each year – because Herbert had opposed a move by former Democratic President Barack Obama to protect 1.3 million acres near the iconic Bears Ears buttes.

Tawney, of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, said he supports partnerships with environmental groups to advocate for wilderness conservation. But he dismisses assertions that the outdoor enthusiast organizations have become pawns of the environmental left.

“Everything we do is about hunting and fishing,” he said.

Some t radit iona l env ironmenta l lobbying organizations such as the Sierra Club say they are happy to let outdoor sports advocates be the public face of the conservation movement. The arguments of sportsmen tend to resonate better with business-friendly Republicans and their constituents in rural communities, he said.

“They speak from more of an economic voice,” said Matt Kirby, who directs the Sierra Club’s public lands policy work for western states.

Fishing with Trump Jr.

Elsewhere, local outdoor industry companies have had success engaging with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management

(BLM) to have more input on local oil and gas leasing decisions.

Ashley Korenblat – owner of Utah-based mountain biking outfitter Western Spirit Cycling and a member of the Outdoor Industry Association – was instrumental in shaping the Moab Master Leasing Plan, which preserves bike trails near Moab, Utah while allowing some oil and gas drilling.

Many hunters, fishermen and campers may not think of themselves as conservationists, Korenblat said, but “when you can no longer get to the river where you fish – when the trail you’ve been riding has been replaced by a 30-foot gravel road to a well – suddenly you really care.”

Some of the most passionate conservation advocates are in Utah, where two-thirds of the state is federally protected.

“I’m just disgusted,” said Grant Bench, a fly-fishing guide who works with Sundance Mountain Resort. “Do we see oil pumps in Yellowstone next?”

Last winter, Bench said, he took Donald Trump Jr. fishing on the Provo River. Bench told him he wants future generations of his family to enjoy the same pristine wilderness that currently sustains Bench’s livelihood.

Trump Jr. agreed that preserving public lands is important, said Bench, who hopes Trump’s son will carry that message to his father.

Reuters could not reach Donald Trump Jr. for comment. Bench provided a photograph of himself with Trump Jr. standing outside in waders, waterproof pants used by fly fishermen to walk through streams.

The conservation battles have made Bench start to question his traditionally conservative politics.

“I’m leaning further left every day that this stu� goes on,” he said.

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Commentary

Reshape Rockford with a proven structure

By Rudy Valdez

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ockford residents have great ideas to combat the problems that have hindered our city. Over the years, many city leaders have attempted to capture the best from our community and integrate the ideas into policy and strategies for a better Rockford.

Regrettably, partisan political agendas, organizational structure, and financial incentives have impeded the goal of being a sought-after city with low crime, good-paying jobs, economic growth, excellent schools, vibrant neighborhoods and low taxes.

Real change requires real plans. We have an opportunity to reshape Rockford and minimize obstacles for success with a three-step plan that focuses on professionalism versus politics and frees up taxpayer dollars to go directly toward services such as filling potholes and reducing crime.

First, we should prepare a referendum to change Rockford’s form of government from a mayor-council to a council-manager, a proven structure used in nearly

60 percent of U.S. cities with populations over 100,000, including Naperville and Peoria here in Illinois, and others like Austin, Phoenix, San Jose and Charlotte.

Rockford’s current mayor-council Valdez form of government creates an imbalance of power that oftentimes results in poor communication and lack of trust, impacting decision-making from the entire elected body. In mayor-council governments, the mayor is the only elected official with hiring powers, budgetary authority, additional legislative powers and is responsible for day-to-day operations.

A council-manager structure is known as the “professional” form of government because it provides a separation of powers and greater accountability. The entire governing body, comprised of the city council and mayor, has equal authority and power to set policy for Rockford’s longrange vision. A highly trained, non-parti-

san professional manager is hired to carry out the established policies. The manager is accountable to the entire governing body elected by the people of Rockford; not just the mayor as it stands today.

Second, we can focus more on the needs of our community by changing the elections of mayor and aldermen to a non-partisan process. The people who serve our community should be elected based on factors other than political allegiance. Too often, party politics gets in the way of making informed decisions for the greatest good of our community.

We need a process that creates a community-mentality rather than one that creates silos.

The third step of the plan aligns the city council’s compensated positions with the non-compensated positions of elected officials in Rockford’s other taxing districts, Rock Valley College and RPS 205.

While Rockford’s 14 aldermen work very hard for our community, they each receive an annual salary, fully-funded health care package and a pension.

There is at least one alderman that does not accept benefits and gives away his

salary. Conversely, the seven-member, non-partisan RVC trustees and the seven-member, non-partisan RPS 205 board members are responsible for areas larger than the City of Rockford, yet do not receive salary or benefits.

Eliminating the salary and benefits for the 14 aldermen, as well as restructuring the mayor’s position from full-time to part-time, will save the tax payers up to $600,000 per year, not including the savings from medical bills since the city has a self-funded health plan. It’s time to put money back into city services and create an environment that puts servant leadership first.

This three-step plan provides real solutions to help us achieve our potential.

Efficient and transparent governance with minimized political agendas will only help our city enrich our neighborhoods, reduce crime, create a business-friendly environment and educated workforce prepared for job opportunities.

Let us reshape Rockford by starting with leadership that sets a positive example for the rest of the community.

Rudy Valdez is an independent candidate for mayor in the April 4 consolidated election.

backed these efforts as much as an investigative news reporter could have hoped.

For this teamwork, the paper received a richly-deserved award from the Illinois Press Association in 2004. For that, I am very grateful to Frank.

But I am more grateful that Frank will also be known as a tireless advocate for the Rockford area. His work promoting the Rock River, sustainable energy, Rockford River District, local music performers, public radio, and various artists should not be forgotten. I greatly appreciate the many positive contributions he made to the community.

Thank you, Frank. Rest in peace.

in January is that normally the end of January is between the bald eagle’s Southern migration and the Northern migration. The two hour time frame is to keep the duplication of bald eagle sightings to a minimum.

This year 1,257 bald eagles were sighted. Of these 795 were adults, 62 were sub-adults, 299 were immatures and 101 were of unknown age. This resulted in an immature to adult ratio of 31.2 percent, which is just slightly below last year’s ratio of 31.8 percent, even though almost 50 percent more eagles were counted this year than last year. Part of the reason more eagles were counted is because we had more volunteers counting in more areas than last year. Volunteers included US Army Corps personnel, Fish & Wildlife personnel, many conservation organizations as well as many, many individuals from northern Wisconsin down to Tennessee and out to eastern Nebraska.

If we would look at just the same areas the count covered in the early 1960’s, the numbers we are seeing now are lower than they were at that time.

Those same areas this year recorded only a total of 413 bald eagles, with 307 adults, 28 subadults, 38 immatures and 40 of unknown age. This is only about 2/3 of the numbers that were seen on the very first count in 1961, when 621 bald

eagles were counted. Isn’t anyone else alarmed? Have they moved away from the Mississippi? If so, where?

We can even look at long term trends.

The count’s first five year average of immature to adult ratios was 19.4 percent and the second 5-year average was 28.5 percent. Our last five-year average of immature to adult ratios is only 25.5 percent, which is lower than even the second five-year average. Ever since, this five-year average has been higher, reaching a high of 32.4 percent about 1988 and 30.8 percent in 1998. The 10 year averages have gone from 21.5 percent in the first 10 years up to 31.6 percent in the third 10 years and back down to 26.8 percent in the past 10 years.

This compares with the 57 year average of 27.3 percent.

The bald eagle population was reproducing well from about 1968 until about 2005. Since then, something is affecting its reproduction and bringing the 5 averages back to a level that is below what it was during the second five years of the count.

We must determine what is affecting our bald eagle population before this percentage drops even further!

Letters to the Editor Schier was a defender of the First Amendment

Frank Schier was a fierce defender of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing the right to the freedoms of an independent press and speech. He proved this each and every week the paper was published and posted. This is Frank’s greatest lasting legacy. The Rockford community is much better because of his avocation.

Frank was like all of us in that he had his character strengths and weaknesses, but at the end of the day his virtues far outshined any vices. Each week I worked with him at the paper from 2002 to 2006, we would vehemently argue about what should and should not be in a given news article. However, by the time the paper was published, the disagreements and hard feelings were set aside with some pizza and beer. It was hard work for everyone, but Frank never lost his passion for the paper.

Together, we endured many trials in the pursuit of public service to the Rockford community. This included an alleged libel lawsuit that was quite justly and swiftly thrown out of court. We also managed to shed much-needed light on corruption and mismanagement by various local government agencies. Frank

Jeff Havens

Helena, Montana

Bald Eagle recovery continues in Illinois; work still needs done

The Eagle Nature Foundation’s Midwinter Bald Eagle Count has just released the results of the 2017 Annual Count, which was conducted by many volunteers between Minnesota and Tennessee. This is the 57th year for this count to be conducted. This count was conducted in primarily a two hour period, from 9:00 to 11:00 am on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The reason this count is conducted during the last weekend

Terrence N. Ingram

Exec. Dir. Eagle Nature Foundation

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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The Rock River Times. February 22, 2017

Medical marijuana

Cannabis not far from a pharmacy near you

By Richard S. Gubbe

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he old axiom of “if you can’t beat ’em, join ‘em,” fits the target management style of Duke Rodriguez. He is utilizing the acceptable delivery systems employed by pharmaceutical practices and applying them to medical cannabis in his latest venture that he says also will begin in New Mexico and Nevada with hopes of landing in every medical marijuana state.

Rodriguez is partnering with an Israeli pharmaceutical company to provide the manufacturing and the research to showcase a new line of products debuting first in New Mexico, his base of operations. The president and CEO of Ultra Health, the largest cannabis operation in New Mexico, believes the key to acceptance is coat-tailing Big Pharma while bringing along solid research from Panaxia Ltd, a pro-cannabis pharmaceutical company based in Israel.

Israel is recognized as a key contributor for global cannabis-related research while the U.S. allows only government-funded studies. The firms concluded an agreement after a 14-month negotiation and due diligence process. Panaxia will be providing smokeless proprietary cannabinoid dosage and treatment protocols not readily available in the United States in order to manufacture state-of-the-art products to treat a number of illnesses. The two companies will be building a production facility first in New Mexico that implements Panaxia’s technology including advanced validated analytical systems and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) production protocols.

“It’s not ‘smoke two joints and call me in the morning,’” Rodriguez said. “They look and feel and perform like normal products with less toxicity and side effects. They have been created in low production volume (in New Mexico) and will be more widely distributed in the middle of March.

A lab will be replicated next in Nevada in the Las Vegas area.”

Nevada is a target state for Rodriguez due its medical marijuana potential but he has to comply with state law that restricts the origin and testing of products sold to the Silver State.

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t is important that we develop new products in anticipation of meeting the rapidly growing patient and provider demands.”

The same is said for Illinois.

Section (410 ILCS 130/130) (e) of the Illinois code for dispensaries reads: A dispensing organization is prohibited from acquiring cannabis from anyone other than a registered cultivation center. A dispensing organization is prohibited from obtaining cannabis from outside the State of Illinois. Medical cannabis cultivation center registration means a registration issued by the Department of Agriculture.”

Translated, Rodriguez has to go state by state to sell. Illinois code is patterned after Nevada statutes.

“A long as we have the prohibition of interstate commerce, we need a single lab in each state,” Rodriguez told The Times. “Until we develop a uniform cannabis act, we will have to have to be state specific.”

The new smokeless-designed cannabis products will provide better delivery systems for patients and physicians with regard to safety and dosage. The products will be beneficial to current chronic condit ions requiring ongoing dosing such as PTSD, chronic pain, cancers, neuropat hy pain, epilepsy, anorexia and HIV/AIDS. Previous THC tablets offered by the pharmaceutical industry contain single-molecule synthetic offerings that medical cannabis subscribers call limited and dangerous. Costs of synthetics are high and medical cannabis research suggests a full spectrum of cannabinoids is crucial to the

healing process.

ArviewVew Market Research reported last year in its fourth edition of The State of Legal Marijuana Markets report that the legal cannabis market will reach $21.8 billion in total annual sales by 2020. By comparison, at that point, the legal marijuana market could bring in more revenue than the National Football League, which produced $12 billion in 2015 Rodriquez recently spoke to the Las Vegas Medical Marijuana Association and told industry participants that Nevada, with is stringent testing rules, will be a leader in the nation for how to run a program while supplying critical research to back up the claims that medical dispensing is a viable health care market.

Research, credibility and delivery are keys to industry success, he says. Illinois has the same potential on a smaller scale as Nevada has a year head start.

“For the popularity to take root, you are going to have to be dose specific and pharmaceutical,” Rodriguez said. “Pharmacies will expect products more traditional.

This will be the direction this is going.”

Ultra Health’s line of medical-grade cannabis tablet products include: • Sublingual tablets – sublingual tablets offer faster delivery as well as more efficient bioavailability compared to other smokeless ingestion. They are available in 5 milligram and 10 milligram dosages in 30-count packets.

• Rectal suppositories – suppositories allow for rapid absorption and less degradation of the product. This will be beneficial for patients vomiting or unable to swallow.

• Vaginal suppositories – for topical, intra-vaginal delivery.

• Oral spray inhalers – Inhalers are both convenient and deliver fast-acting relief. They provide a method of delivery that is dosage specific.

“When we say 10 milligrams of THC, we mean 10 milligrams of THC,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez said future plans are to develop a pill for Alzheimer patients.

“We have had numerous inquiries from dispensaries and retail major pharmacy retail outlets about having these products,” Rodriguez said. “But there will be an education process for health care professionals.”

Dr. Dadi Segal, the Panaxia business development manager, said, “Panaxia is part of an organization that has been active in the Israeli and global pharmaceutical industry for more than 40 years.

Since we established Panaxia, in 2010, we constantly strive to bring the strictest protocols and most advanced technology available in the pharma industry to the production of our cannabis-based products.”

The qualitative and quantitative research of Dr. Raphael Mechoulam of t he Hebrew University of Jerusalem, funded through the National Institute of

Health (U.S.), showed the effectiveness of medical cannabis in treating a number of illnesses.

“At Panaxia, we believe that medical cannabis products should be developed and manufactured under the highest standards and quality assurance levels like any other pharmaceutical product,” Segal said. “We are happy to move forward into bringing smokeless, exact and reproducible dosing capabilities for medical cannabis products to the U.S. market.”

Pennsylvania is poised to become the first state to include autism as an approved condition. Additionally, the new products will address the movement in certain states, such as New York, to require physicians to make dosage-specific recommendations.

“The use of medical cannabinoids to treat a number of illnesses requires advanced pharmaceutical-grade products,” Rodriguez said. “The further expansion of approved medical conditions will make the demand for the newly developed Panaxia products especially helpful in the treatment of anticipated conditions, including diabetes, which disproportionately effects New Mexico’s Native American and Hispanic populations, cardiovascular disease, opioid addiction and autism.”

Ultra Health also partnered with High Times to bring the HIGH TIMES’ 2017 Live & Legal Cannabis Experience Tour to the Moapa Rover Indian Reservation in March. Reservations are nearly autonomous in decision-making about legal cannabis, although sales of cannabis at the Nevada event will not be allowed to comply with state law. Rodriguez must step lightly in expanding where he operates, but expansion is imminent unless a federal shutdown occurs.

“At Ultra Health, our mission is to is to provide superior-quality and affordable medical-grade cannabis,” Rodriguez said. “Ultra Health is driven by compassionate innovation and supported by science and technology. It is important that we develop new products in anticipation of meeting the rapidly growing patient and provider demands.”

Considering how much Americans love taking pills, this is giving the people what they want – and need.

February 22, 2017 The Rock River Times.

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Voices of the Community

Swedes honored again for lung cancer care ROCKFORD – SwedishAmerican is among just a handful of hospitals nationwide to be recognized for its exceptional work in battling lung cancer.

In a statement, the hospital announced it earned re-certification of The Joint Commission’s (TJC) Gold Seal of Approval for Lung Cancer Disease Specific Care (DSC) and is the only hospital in Illinois to receive DSC Certification for Lung Cancer from the TJC. “TJC’s Gold Seal of Approval is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care,” according to the statement.

SwedishAmerican received its two-year Lung Cancer DSC Certification after undergoing a voluntary and rigorous on-site evaluation, demonstrating compliance with nationally developed standards for lung cancer care.

The Rockford hospital was among the first in the nation to earn DSC Certification for Lung Cancer from the TJC in September 2013, achieving the distinction as a “Lung Cancer Center of Excellence” through its integrated approach to providing world-class lung cancer care.

“This certification is a direct result of the unsurpassed expertise, hard work and commitment by the board-certified physicians, specially trained nurses and other health care professionals who make up the SwedishAmerican Regional Cancer Center’s Lung Cancer Program,” says Diane Scoville, director of oncology services at SwedishAmerican’s Regional Cancer Center.

“We are in an elite group, since there is one of only nine other DSC Lung Cancer Certified hospitals in the country, and the only program in Illinois to hold certification,” added SwedishAmerican President and CEO Dr. Bill Gorski. “This honor affirms our commitment to the highest level of care for patients with lung cancer.”

For more information visit swedishamerican.org/services/ cancer_care/.

–Staff report

107 local students for RAM’s Young Artist Show

Rockford Art Museum (RAM) opens its 76th Young Artist Show: High School Division with a free, public opening and awards ceremony 1–3 p.m., Sunday, March 5.

Teachers at 20 schools within 50 miles of Rockford Art Museum submitted nearly 1,100 pieces for consideration by this year’s jurors, who chose 146 pieces representing 107 students from 16 area schools. On view are paintings, prints,

Lana McCants speaks as a panel of local African American veterans and County Board Chairman Frank Haney looks on during Black History Month services at Veterans Memorial Hall. Jon McGinty drawings, sculptures, photography, digital and mixed media and more.

Jurors Katie Martin-Meurer and Chris Sisson did not know the artist’s name, grade level, or school affiliation when selections were made for inclusion in the exhibition and for awards.

Martin-Meurer is outreach coordinator for Peck School of the Arts at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Sisson chairs the department of art and art history at Rockford University. Both are practicing artists.

Awards will be announced at 2 p.m. during the March 5 opening. Students and teachers of any grade at any school receive free admission to the museum throughout the entire 76th Young Artist Show, which includes the subsequent Youth Division (April 9–May 7).

The exhibit remains on view through April 2 at RAM, located at 711 N. Main St., Rockford.

Here’s the full list of local schools and students at this year’s show: Auburn High School Creative and Performing Arts Program (CAPA), Rockford (Teacher: Leslie Arbetman) Toni Etherly, junior; Katherine Foster, senior; Emma Lai, senior; Jenna Trowbridge, senior. Belvidere North High School (Teachers: Troy Yunk, Edith Obenchain) Abbey Brynolf, freshman; Emma Carlson, junior. Boylan Catholic High School, Rockford (Teachers: Rebecca Pelley, Michelle DalPra) Delaney Appino, senior; Mayra Arteaga, sophomore; Isabel Cooling, junior; Olivia Corcoran, senior; Amy Englund, senior;

Alli Erdmier, junior; Hannah Harris, senior; Emily Hudak, senior; Lily Johnston, junior; Ally Lamkin, junior; Emily McKenzie, senior; Grace McLaughlin, junior; Emily Miller, junior; Savannah Oseguera, senior; Mary Siobhan Parsons, senior; Lain Weickert, senior; Anne Wubbena, junior. Byron High School (Teacher: Kathy Driscoll) Allison Abel, sophomore. Christian Life High School, Rockford (Teachers: April Graves, Sarah Waldron) Morgan Coates, senior; Grace Hart, senior; Ray Martin, senior. East High School, Rockford (Teachers: Karissa Wrasse, Kathryn Martin, Rich Hacker) Karla DeLa Torre, sophomore; Bailey Lundquist, senior; Mark Yang, sophomore.

Guilford High School, Rockford (Teachers: Lisa Doll, Eric Blackwell, Bethany Austin, Bo Hammarberg) Nadia Adamany, senior; Sal Aguirre Jr., senior; Keonta Burnell, senior; Olivia Garl, senior; Alejandro Gomez, senior; Christian Hatcher, senior; Alexis Henderson, senior; Laura Hintzman, senior; Zemrije Jakupi, freshman; Isabella Doll Jaycox, senior; Grace Jewell, senior; Kayla Johnson, junior; Kiana Ledesma, senior; Destiny Murphy, senior; Esperanza Musso, senior; Nina Paris, senior; Roxanna Ramos, junior; Kyra Sparks, senior; Gretchen Stark, senior; Andrew Xaysana, senior. Harlem High School, Machesney Park (Teachers: Barb Kurilla, Alison Agustsson) Kendra Belisle, sophomore; Sarah Claus, senior; Krystal Hegg, senior; Annie Meyers, senior; Leah Mueller, senior; Mikayla Redington, senior; Kasey Scheidegger, senior; Amanda Thompson, senior; Charlotte Varboncoeur, senior; Ali Walters, senior. Hononegah High School, Rockton (Teachers: Arra Van Galder, Jennifer Decker, Rebecca Robinson) Mia Dreher, senior; Audrey Humy, junior; Madeline Porter, senior; Logan

Praneis, senior; Melissa Sanderson, sophomore; Cecilia Schmitt, junior; Jacob Schockley, senior; Victoria Sweeney, junior; Sophia Timmerman, senior. Huntley High School (Teachers: Jillian Corapi, Kate Isaacson, Valerie Lindquist, Bridget Regan) Dasuni Dharmaratne, junior; Isabelle Fabella, senior; Gabriela Falconi, senior; Dakotah Henn, senior; Alyssa Ingrassia, senior; Jackie Krebs, junior; Hannah Lattanzio, senior; Jared Miles, senior; Armando Santoyo, senior; Brogan Shore, senior; Emily Witczak, senior. Jefferson High School, Rockford (Teachers: Lynn Stockton, Gail Zernia, Matt Cwynar, Steve Hoover) Giselle Arellano, senior; Cassie Caldwell, senior; Maria Campos, senior; Efrain Carlos, senior; Darapon Chaibal, sophomore; Chamayze Hall, senior; Ashley Martinez, senior; Britania Moreno, senior; Jennifer Ramirez, senior; Miguel Ramirez, senior; Andrew Sanchez, junior; Kindred Sweeney, senior. Pecatonica High School (Teacher: Jillian Myers) Sarah DePuy, junior. Rockford Christian High School (Teachers: Kelli Sabin, Liz Day, Mike Cropper) Sabrina Cao, junior; David Jin, senior; CiCi Liu, senior; Elijah Paruzynski, junior; Anna Peterson, senior; Ally Schilling, senior; Maddie Walker, senior; Yale Zheng, senior. Rockford Lutheran High School (Teacher: Sarah Wolfe) Allen Chen, senior; Sam Wagner, junior. Roosevelt Alternative High School, Rockford (Teacher: Brian Hierstein) Omar Perez, senior. Winnebago High School (Teacher: Lisa Jimenez) Maddy Bradfield, senior; Lara Meschewski, senior; Joie Vittetow, senior.

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The Rock River Times. February 22, 2017

STATE HISTORY

Lincoln’s Speed-y Springfield friendship

BY CHARLES B. STROZIER

letter. In another letter, Lincoln notes, “You well know that I do not feel my own sorrows much more keenly than I do yours.” “You will feel verry badly,” he says knowingly of Speed’s fears about consummating the marriage. And later: “…it is the peculiar misfortune of both you and me, to dream dreams of Elysium [paradise in classical mythology] far exceeding all that any thing earthly can realize.”

In other words, what Speed feels, Lincoln feels. What Speed knows, Lincoln knows. What Speed does, so does Lincoln.

Lincoln inserts himself into Speed’s self, which he experiences as a dimension of his own.

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THE CONVERSATION

n the spring of 1837, a “long, gawky, ugly, shapeless man” walked into Joshua Speed’s dry goods store in Springfield, requesting supplies for a bed. Speed said the cost would be $17, which ended up being too pricey for the visitor, who asked instead for credit until Christmas. The 23-year-old Speed was nonetheless taken with this stranger; he “threw such charm around him” and betrayed a “perfect naturalness.”

The stranger was none other than a 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln, a quarter-century before he would take the oath as the 16th U.S. president.

Speed spontaneously came up with an alternative plan. He said he had a large room upstairs above the store and a double bed he was happy to share. Without a word, Lincoln picked up saddlebags that contained his life’s possessions and walked upstairs. He came back down and said, with a big smile, “Well, Speed, I’m moved.”

So began what would become one of the most important friendships in American history. It was a friendship that proved redemptive for Lincoln, helping him through two serious, suicidal bouts of depression that threatened his relationship with his future wife and his political ambitions. It is a story I tell in my new book, “Your Friend Forever, A. Lincoln: The Enduring Friendship of Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed.”

Love and loss

After Lincoln moved in, the two men became inseparable, sharing stories, feelings, fears, hopes and dreams.

Speed intensely idealized the impressive, articulate and very funny Lincoln, who in turn felt safe opening up to his younger friend. They shared that common bed for nearly four years, though all the evidence suggests their relationship was not sexual. It was, instead, a paradigmatic 19th-century male friendship: close, even loving, as each young man sought solace in their anxious, confused attempts at wooing women.

Lincoln especially struggled with intimacy. His first love, Ann Rutledge, had died suddenly in 1835, leaving him distraught. When he moved to Springfield, Lincoln was not in a good place. But he was still hopeful for love.

In late 1839, 21-year-old Mary Todd moved to Springfield from Lexington, Kentucky (likely to escape the stepmother she despised). Mary moved in with her older sister, Elizabeth Edwards, and her husband, Ninian, in their imposing mansion. A sprightly, appealing woman, Mary was fluent in French, could cite

Springfield shopkeep Joshua Speed and Abraham Lincoln met at Speed’s dry goods store in Springfield during the spring of 1937. panicked – at the looming loss of Speed coupled with the fast-approaching wedding date. He spiraled and, without warning, suddenly broke o� his engagement with Mary.

A brief reunion long passages of poetry from memory, had an excellent sense of humor and closely followed politics.

Lincoln met her at a soiree in the Edwards’ mansion – he often attended these events with Speed – and became immediately enchanted with Mary. That winter Lincoln seriously courted her.

By the following summer, the two were engaged to be married, with a date set for Jan. 1, 1841.

But in a move that has ba�ed historians, Lincoln broke o� the engagement in late December 1840 and fell into a suicidal depression. Bedridden, he was prone to hallucinations, and his friends were worried enough to hide his razor. He was, in the words of his friend, future law partner, and eventual biographer William H. Herndon, “crazy as a loon.”

What historians haven’t noted – and what I was able to discover in the course of my research – is that Speed, whose father had died in the spring of 1840, had been planning to return to Louisville, Kentucky, to straighten out the a�airs of the family’s large plantation. In August and September, Speed began to post notices in the local paper, calling in his debts as he prepared to sell his store and return to Louisville.

Speed ended up not leaving until the spring of 1841. But in the fall of 1840, as his marriage to Mary Todd approached, Lincoln lived with the prospect of losing his best friend. My argument is that Lincoln became confused – even

Late in the summer of 1841, Lincoln visited Speed’s Louisville plantation.

Reunited, the friends took long walks together, and Speed’s mother, Lucy, doted on Lincoln. Around this time, Speed met and quickly became engaged to Fanny Henning – at which point he also got depressed, just as Lincoln had earlier in the year.

Speed’s fears of intimacy, as he later wrote in a letter to Herndon, mirrored those of Lincoln. He even feared being separated again from his friend and ended up returning to Springfield for the rest of the fall to be with Lincoln.

But by the end of the year, Speed felt he needed to go back to Kentucky to prepare for his marriage in February. (There was no way, given the distance and his work obligations, for Lincoln to travel to Louisville for the wedding.)

It was wrenching for both men to be separated again.

During those first two months of 1842, Lincoln wrote a remarkable series of letters to Speed leading up to the marriage on Feb. 15. (Unfortunately, we don’t have Speed’s replies.) This most interior of men – “shut-mouthed,” as Herndon called him – bared his deepest feelings to his best friend.

“You know my desire to befriend you is everlasting,” Lincoln wrote in one of these letters, “that I will never cease, while I know how to do any thing.”

Lincoln’s special knowledge of Speed’s inner life pervades the very fabric of the letters. “Feeling, as I know you do,” begins the very first sentence of the first

Testing the waters of intimacy

As Speed’s marriage approached, Lincoln projected his own confused fantasies onto his friend to vicariously test the waters of intimacy. (Lincoln and Mary Todd, at that point, weren’t in contact.)

It seems Speed barely tumbled out of his wedding bed on the morning of Feb. 16 to write his friend of his successful consummation – and how the roof didn’t fall in – which elicited a fervid response from Lincoln: “I received yours of the 12th written the day you went down to William’s place, some days since; but delayed answering it, till I should receive the promised one, of the 16th, which came last night. I opened that latter, with intense anxiety and trepidation – so much, that although it turned out better than I expected, I have hardly yet, at the distance of ten hours, become calm.”

It’s remarkable to think that the 33-year-old Abraham Lincoln was still feeling anxious a full 10 hours after reading the news of Speed’s successful wedding. Was this an emotional turning point for Lincoln? It’s as if his fears of intimacy were suddenly allayed: If Joshua could do it, so could he. Within a few months, he resumed his courtship of Mary Todd, who had graciously waited for him. They married on Nov. 4, 1842, in the parlor of the Edwards’ home.

Some 10 days later, Lincoln ended an otherwise innocuous letter to a business partner, Samuel D. Marshall, by noting, “Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.” Lincoln would remain often sad and melancholy, but he was never again clinically depressed and suicidal. His friendship with Speed proved therapeutic, even redemptive.

Joshua Speed certainly helped guide him emotionally toward intimacy and love. As one old friend put it, Lincoln “always thanked Josh for his Mary.”

Charles B. Strozier is the Professor of History at the City University of New York.

February 22, 2017 The Rock River Times.

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The Rolling Stones experience Rockford’s own Tattoo You goes back to Mary’s Place Friday

By Todd Houston

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attoo You comes back to Mary’s Place, 602 N. Madison St., this Friday. Josh Watson, the frontman for what is truly one of the country’s best tribute acts, took some time to talk to Rockford Rocked this week about how his group got together and his enduring passion for the Stones and their music.

RRI: Your Rolling Stones tribute band Tattoo You has been gaining the reputation for being one of the premier tribute bands in the area. Tell us how the band was put together and who the other members are.

JW: Back in 2005, myself along with our bass player Nyle Smith, we’re in an original band called The Van Damnits.

Kryptonite was doing a Halloween show where local original bands were doing a set of their favorite band, so it started as a one off thing. I was telling a coworker about it and how fun it was and he said you gotta keep doing this and I wanna be the drummer. So that’s where we got our drummer, Jeramie Hendricks. Steve Kelly is on guitar duties with me and Jim Westin is on the keys.

RRI: How long have you been a fan?

JW: My whole life. My dad is a huge fan, so it’s only natural. We’ve gone out on the road with them together.

RRI: Your guitar playing is top notch! Having said that, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is known for his weird guitar tunings and often changes axes after every song. How do you keep up?

JW: Usually (when playing) live, Keith sticks to open G. So I have one Tele with 5 strings tuned to open G. Then I usually bring a Tele and a Strat with me for standard stuff. But yeah, Keith changes

guitars a lot. I’m too lazy to bring that many guitars with me.

RRI: What’s your personal favorite Stones song to play live?

JW: It’s probably a toss up between Gimme Shelter, Jumpin’ Jack Flash or Midnight Rambler.

RRI: If you had a chance to sit down with good ol’ Keef and chat what would you say to the guy?

JW: Thank you for the music. If it wasn’t for Exile On Main Street and watching you and Chuck Berry on Hail!

Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll I’d still be playing drums.

RRI: What do you think it is about the Rolling Stones that appeals to such a wide audience?

JW: They’re icons. The music is timeless. They play everything too – rock, ballads, blues, country, reggae. Mick and Keith wrote some great songs and people connect to them.

RRI: You guys are back at Mary’s Place Feb. 24. That place sort of oozes a cool blue collar rock ‘n’ roll vibe. JW: Hands down my favorite spot to play and hang out. They treat bands so good there.

RRI: Do you have any other music projects going on at the moment or does Tattoo You pretty much eat up all of your free time?

JW: I just did an acoustic thing at Rural on Tap (1710 Rural St.) last week. Also, myself and a few of the guys of Tattoo You and Scott Ford do a cover project. Jim Westin and I keep talking about having that band record an original album.

That’s something I’d really like to do.

Write an album and record it. Maybe play it out a few times.

RRI: Where can we find out more about the band and upcoming shows?

JW: Good ol’ Facebook. (facebook.com/ TattooYouBand)

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FILM REVIEWS

Wick return back to the successful formula

BY THOMAS SIMPSON

The plot gets a little convoluted as more characters are introduced which will have you question the fantastic reach onsidering the criticism Keanu of these crime syndicates. In a world Reeves often faces as an actor, where everyone appears to be a hitman the 52-year-old has built an the realism goes for a co�ee break. It’s impressive and eclectic resume loveable nonsense and o�ers no pretencover his three decades in the industry. es as to what it is despite Reeve’s stony There maybe a few missteps along the expression. way but Reeves has proven his worth Director Chad Stahelski ups the in the action genre, most notably Point ante and turns the violence up to 11 as Break, Speed and The Matrix. he throws Wick through a gauntlet of With 2014’s John Wick, Reeves proved intense bloodshed that has him stabbed, he had some more left in the tank as shot and savaged by his enemies. He may he starred as the titular retired hitman appear superhuman in his exploits but with a penchant for brutal violence and Wick’s vulnerabilities love for dogs. The film are exposed which was a huge hit which he film o�ers make it easier to root brings us to John Wick: no frills and for him.

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Alden Ehrenreich has taken control of the Millennium Falcon. The Han Solo “Star Wars” spin-off has begun production.

The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that shooting began at London’s Pinewood Studios on Monday. To kick off the untitled Han Solo movie, the studio released a photo of the cast at the controls of the Millennium Falcon. Ehrenreich, who plays a younger version of Harrison Ford’s iconic smuggler, is seated amid cast members including Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke and Donald Glover, who plays Lando Calrissian.

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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.

Ongoing 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.

Open auditions for Maine Street Players of Boone County performance of The Butler Did it Again.

Auditions will consist of cold readings, there are casting opportunities for 6 men and 6 women. Audition dates February 26, 5-7 p.m.; and February 27, 7-9 p.m. Performance dates are May 12-14 & 19-21. All auditions are held at the Belvidere Community Building Complex, 111 W. First St. in Belvidere.

Thursday February 23-Saturday, February 25 2017 United States Synchronized Skating Championships - BMO Harris Bank Center, 300 Elm St. Ninety-six teams will be completing in the 2017 United State Synchronized Skating Championships at the BMO Harris Bank Center.

Thursday, February 23-Sunday, February 26 The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Thursday & Friday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, at 2 p.m. at Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center, Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. $12 for adults, $9 for students and seniors. Directed by Professor Jeff Hendry. A naughty, bawdy, mischievous, and dysfunctional Florida community set to music.

Please contact the Box Office at 815-226-4100 for additional information.

Friday, February 24 Coffee with the Curator - Rockford Art Museum.

10-11 a.m. Get the inside scoop (and grab a cup of joe) during this lively conversation with RAM Curator Carrie Johnson about the latest feature exhibition. No registration required.

Info: rockfordartmuseum.org.

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.

The Graduate - Pec Playhouse Theatre. An 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.

Rural on Tap! Comedy Night - Rural on Tap, 1710 Rural St. 8 p.m. $7 advance, $10 at the door. Info: ruralontap.com.

MUSIC

Ongoing Open Stage at Mandalay Lounge - Monday-Sunday beginning at 5 p.m. 200 North Church Street.

DJ/Karaoke - Mortimer’s Roadhouse, 105 W. Grove in Poplar Grove. 815-765-0082. DJ/Karaoke w/ RPM every Friday, DJ/Karaoke w/ DJ Double D every Saturday Mary’s Place - 602 N. Madison St. marysplacebar. com. Open Stage, Tues. & Thurs. 9:30 p.m.-close; Karaoke, Wed. 9:30 p.m.-close.

Bruce L. Warden - For listening & dining every Friday and Saturday 5-9 p.m. at Hoffman House, 7550 E. State St. Friday, February 24 Mike Williamson Trio - Performing at Stockholm

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

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

Inn, 2420 Charles St. 5:30-8 p.m. Free.

Tattoo You - Rolling Stones Tribute. Mary’s Place, 602 N. Madison. St. 9:30 p.m.

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.

Henhouse Prowlers - Bluegrass. Mary’s Place, 602 N. Madison. St. 9:30 p.m.

Rockford Symphony - Brahms & Schumann Classical Concert - Coronado Performing Arts Center. 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 26 Dance - VFW, 2018 Windsor Road, Loves Park, across from Sunrise Restaurant.7 p.m. Admission is $7.

Friday, March 3 Buddy Mondlock - Award winning singer/songwriter Buddy Mondlock will be performing at the JustGoods Listening Room, 201 7th Street, at 7 p.m. Mondlock will be accompanied on bass and harmony vocals by Mike Lindauer.

Admission is free but donations for the artist will be accepted.

Sunday, March 5 Trinadora Rocks Band - Concert of torch jazz and blues at 4 p.m. at All Saints Lutheran Church, 624 Luther Drive, in Byron. The event is co-sponsored

by Rockford’s award-winning Crossroads Blues Society and by the church. Trinadora Rocks performs thematic concerts ranging from all originals to Patsy Cline tunes to Celtic celebrations. The March 5 concert focuses on music by torch greats such as Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Lou Rawls, Nina Simone, and many more. There is no admission charge; concertgoers will have an opportunity to make generous donations directly to the musicians and to purchase their CDs. More information is available at trinadora.com.

Sunday, March 12 Dance - VFW, 2018 Windsor Road, Loves Park, across from Sunrise Restaurant.7 p.m. Admission is $7.

Friday, March 17 Emerald Wind Music - Emerald Wind Music will play with Chuck Sweeny for St. Patrick’s Day at Just Goods, 201 7th St. Concert goes from 7-9:15 p.m. Admittance is free. To contact Emerald wind email emeraldwindmusic@gmail.com.

COMMUNITY

Ongoing Burpee Museum of Natural History – 737 N. Main St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission: $8 for ages 13 & older, $7 for ages 3-12, free for children younger than 4 and members; additional fee for traveling exhibits. 815-965-3433.

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.

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Questions: (815) 544-2014 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.

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 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. Visit with local artists while you view new, vintage and handmade items. Event continues on Saturday, February

25 also from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday, February 25 Discover Engineering - Discovery Center Museum, 711 N. Main St. Noon-3:30 p.m. $8. Info: discoverycentermuseum.org/whats-happening/ whats-happening-overview.

Sunday, February 26 Past, Present, and Future of Housing in Rockford - Midway Village Museum, 6799 Guilford Road.

2 p.m. $8 adults. $6 students. $5 members. Info: midwayvillage.com/midway-event-list.html.

Tuesday, February 28 Fat Tuesday All-you-can-eat Swedish Pancakes - At Trinity Lutheran Church, 200 N. 1st St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Includes sausage, lingonberries, milk, juice or coffee. $6 for adults, $3 for children 12 and under. Tickets available at the door. For more information call 815-601-6477.

Evening with Dean Lowry - Nordlof Center, 118 N. Main St. 6-8 p.m. $40. The Rockford Public Library Foundation invites you to attend a fund raiser, “One for the Books, An Evening with Dean Lowry.” Lowry is a defensive end for the Green Bay Packers. He played high school football at Boylan Central Catholic High School, before going on to play at Northwestern on a scholarship. Appetizers, cash bar, auction with program beginning at 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 2 Winnebago County Assn. of Legal Administrative Professionals’ dinner - The Winnebago County Association of Legal Administrative Professionals’ monthly dinner meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at Irish Rose, 519 E. State St. Dinner will be a choice of: Bangers & Mash $13.95; Irish Hot Pork Sandwich $13.95; Fire Roasted Tomato Marinara $12.95; Half Pound Cheeseburger $13.95. Prices include salad, bread, tax and tip.

Your check is your reservation confirmation.

Program will be Joseph Granneman from illumination.io. Hostess is Christine Blankenship.

Please send reservations to: Mary Daniels-Huff, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, 2215 Perrygreen Way, Rockford, IL 61107.

Friday, March 3 Wine-Tasting Fundraiser to Benefit Rotary Academy - A wide range of domestic and imported wines will be featured at a wine-tasting fundraiser to benefit Rotary Academy, the teen leadership-development program created by Rockford Rotary. The unique program is for eighth graders in the eight middle schools of the Rockford Public Schools.

Complimentary cheese and crackers will be served.

Representativesfromthreewinedistributorswillbe present, as well as the Artale staff. 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Artale & Co., 6876 Spring Creek Rd. $15 per person, of which $10 directly benefits Rotary Academy.

WARRANT WEDNESDAY February 15, 2017 REWARD UP TO $1,000 FUGITIVES WANTED Warrants must be verified before arrest WARNING: The fugitives in this bulletin may be dangerous. Never confront them. Call Crime Stoppers or your local police.

Haylee Rine Narcotics Violation County—21 years old

Andrew Hauser Theft County— 34 years old

Kenneth Gaddie Fleeing to Elude County—27 years old

IMPORTANT: I f yo u r e c o g n i z e t h i s individual or have inform ation on their whereabouts or other inform ation that could lead to their apprehension, please c a l l Win nebag o

Cou nt y Sheri f fs Non -Eme rgenc y a t 815-282-2600 Y o u c a n a l s o r e m a i n a n o n ym o u s b y contacting Crim e S t o p p e r s a t (815) 963-7867

Gary Smith Burglary County—50 years old

Sharod Joiner Burglary County—32 years old

Jolly Mitchell Retail Theft County—31 years old

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

“CRIME DOESN’T PAY – WE DO”

Cortez Hill Revoked DL County—23 years old

Mark Griffin Retail Theft County—47 years old

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

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

Katie Kratovil Prostitution County—28 years old

Bulletins may be downloaded from www.rockfordcrimestoppers.com

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The Rock River Times. February 22, 2017

Death Notices Leonard Bunk 86 Machesney Park 2/13/2017 Guiseppe Arce 55 Rockford 2/13/2017 Bernice Wallmichrath 94 Rockford 2/13/2017 Rodrecas Williams 52 Rockford 2/13/2017 Brian Clauss 59 Rockford 2/13/2017 David Marlow 67 Rockford 2/13/2017 Charlene Nelson 79 Rockford 2/13/2017 Lee Cooper 61 Rockford 2/13/2017 Donna Collins 88 Rockford 2/14/2017 Kelwyn Kovars 66 Rockford 2/14/2017 Ira Bragg 68 Rockford 2/14/2017 Brandon Hutsell 34 Rockford 2/14/2017 Barbara Burns 97 Rockford 2/15/2017 Brandon Taylor 20 Rockford 2/15/2017 Donald Adamson 89 Rockford 2/15/2017 Frank Macias 72 Rockford 2/15/2017 Mary Arnett 93 Rockford 2/15/2017 Robert Spatz 34 Machesney Park 2/15/2017 Marlene Lamb 85 Rockford 2/15/2017 Lisa Jackson 49 Rockford 2/15/2017 David Landerdahl 51 Rockford 2/15/2017 Richard Hackney 79 Rockford 2/15/2017 Barbara Smith 84 Rockford 2/15/2017 Carla Puckett 46 Rockford 2/15/2017 Lesa Murphy 66 Rockford 2/16/2017 Julie Roberts 62 Roscoe 2/16/2017 Gregory Burr 52 Rockford 2/16/2017 Dimmis Weller 90 Rockford 2/16/2017 Charles Coulman 55 Rockford 2/16/2017 Alvin Malone 58 Rockford 2/16/2017 Kyle Gillingham 57 Rockford 2/17/2017 Don Anderson 87 Rockford 2/17/2017 Allen Pang 95 Rockford 2/17/2017 Elsie Bederka 91 Rockford 2/17/2017 Paul Sozo 86 Rockford 2/17/2017 Eileen Bolgrin 71 Rockford 2/17/2017 Debra Brown 59 Rockford 2/17/2017 Shirley Speracino 79 Winnebago 2/17/2017 David Callison 78 Rockford 2/17/2017 Thomas Moroni 88 Rockford 2/17/2017 Gordon Breit 93 Loves Park 2/18/2017 Kay Carlson 72 Rockford 2/18/2017 Madeline Roberts 71 Rockford 2/18/2017 Roland Secoy 87 Rockford 2/18/2017 Kenneth Freeman 65 Rockford 2/18/2017 Peter Buch 68 Rockford 2/18/2017 Charles Kline 93 Rockford 2/18/2017 Robert Gensel 72 Rockford 2/18/2017 Andres Ramos-Cruz 37 Rockford 2/19/2017 Roberta Fish 51 Rockford 2/19/2017 June Steward 83 Rockford 2/19/2017 Willie Huffman 79 Rockford 2/19/2017 Gilbert Gongaware 85 Machesney Park 2/19/2017 Martha Bald 83 Rockton 2/19/2017 Irene Stokstad 93 Rockford 2/20/2017 Jean Griffey 85 Rockford 2/20/2017 Bernard Denolf 82 Rockford 2/20/2017 Marilyn Ullrich 66 Rockford 2/20/2017 Teagan Tyler 3 weeks Rockford 2/20/2017 Yassmin Rivas-Frausto 39 Rockford 2/20/2017 John Dixon Sr. 86 Rockford 2/20/2017 Phyllis Anderson 86 Rockford 2/20/2017 Death notices are provided by the Winnebago County Coroner’s office.

Your Horoscope

By Denise Guzzardo This Week: Now that the sun is firmly planted in Pisces we will notice a planetary climate of enhanced intuition, creativity and empathy between now and March 20. Embrace these influences and utilize them to your advantage. The heavier side of Pisces can invoke addiction, self pity, or playing the part of the victim in life.

These are behaviors we really don’t want to accentuate. Pay close attention to your dreams during this time frame, they can be extremely intuitive. Enjoy!

Aries (March 21 to April 19) — Pay close attention to your surroundings this week.

There may be an unbalanced individual within your midst. If you are conscious you can ward off any danger or emotional stress. You may need to set a boundary with this type of element. You have backup if you need it, and strength in reserve. By week’s end you feel a little more at peace, Aries.

Taurus (April 20 to May 20) — You may be just off the radar of someone you have been worried about for quite some time.

This week provides a culmination of events to connect and work these aspects out with another. You will have a clear understanding as to why this situation has gone off course. Once you’re able to clarify your thoughts and feelings all will work itself out by week’s end, Taurus.

Gemini (May 21 to June 20) — You may be called upon to get involved in humanitarian activities this week. We all know how hard it is to keep up with pressing schedules and overbooked obligations; however, take a moment to join a worthy cause. This will fill the emotional gap you have been feeling as of late. This will also put you in a position to form new bonds with those of like mind, Gemini. Go for it.

Cancer (June 21 to July 22) — Your lackluster energy is noticeable to those

within your circle. It’s possible that you may need a checkup from the neck up to clarify what is really eating you at this point. The focus may be off the tracks while a deeper issue is the culprit.

Although we may all consider the fact that the past should remain in the past, sometimes we need to revisit it to understand the present, Cancer.

Leo (July 23 to Aug. 22) — You may feel as though unwanted anxiety has arrived for no apparent reason and is taking over your life. Take a step backwards and attempt to figure out exactly when it developed. You will find that about a month ago significant exchanges of energy with a member from your past planted the seeds for this aspect to erupt. As a result of this you appear off balance. By week’s end you will find the tools to rid yourself of this pressure. You will be all the wiser for it, Leo. Virgo (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) — Try not to throw the baby out with the bathwater this week. Although we may need a stronger foundation with another than appears to be available at the present. Tossing them to the side like an old toy will not help the current situation heal. There is only so much we can expect out of another human being. The peace, security and love we crave needs to come from within first, Virgo.

Libra (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) — A new love interest has you taking a look through your wardrobe and calling your stylist for an upgrade. Making some shifts in your outward appearance will lighten your emotional load and create a positive spring in your step. All eyes are on you at this time. Present yourself in the best possible light and remember, “you’re never fully dressed without a smile”.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) — A long-drawn-out legal document or court proceeding is finally coming to a close at this time. You will know where you stand and as a result of that you will be able to move forward into a new path in life.

You may find the humanitarian approach

fits you the best. Involving yourself with those of like mind and hearts will bring out the best in you, Scorpio.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) — There is nothing wrong with standing up for yourself and your emotions this week. Stay very conscious of keeping the facts straight.

Do not allow another to throw you off course with their insecurities or tantrums.

This will not accomplish anything but more heartache. Once you lay the law down you should expect to see results. No matter how the chips fall you are in a stronger position than you can see at this time, Sag. Capricorn (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) — You may be very tempted to stick your nose in where it does not belong at this time.

Worse yet, an urge to practice your flight mode mentality on another that has created a problem within your home or friendship sectors. Keep your feet planted firmly on the ground and focus on your business instead. This is a great week to bring in the big bucks as well as allow yourself plenty of time to enjoy pets and hobbies. After February 25 your long-term financial goals are on the rise, Capricorn.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) — Financial matters are on the forefront and you are coming into a time where money will not be an issue for you shortly. Look around and pay very close attention to signs that are pointing you in the right direction to receive prosperity. A dark-haired male may have an offer for you that you just cannot resist. Go for it, Aquarius.

Pisces (Feb. 19 to March 20) — Stay out of petty office gossip early on this week, this appears to escalate by week’s end creating all kinds of havoc within the workplace. If you play the see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil mentality you will find yourself on top of the world when all is said and done. Someone will be reprimanded for all of this nonsense, so with that said make sure it is not you.

For an extended astrological forecast or psychic consultation, contact Denise at 815-398-3983.

his greatest pride was watching his three children and, later, grandchildren develop his same love for the horses and excel in the show arena.

He also worked as a welder at Sycamore Welding and Fabricating, which was originally founded by his father.

Ken was known as a tremendously hard worker and a compassionate friend. He was active in the Illinois Quarter Horse Association, where he held leadership positions throughout his entire career. He was also an avid Chicago sports fan.

He is survived by his mother, Georgia Freeman of Sycamore; one brother, Richard (Julie) Freeman of Genoa; one son, Jason of Gifford; two daughters, Jessica (Brian) Wynn of Chana and Alyssa (Roman, fiancé)

Freeman of Owensville, Indiana; and four grandchildren Olivia and Owen Wynn and Landon and Carter Freeman.

He was preceded in death by his father, Richard Freeman.

The family would like to thank the entire staff of the Alden Park Strathmoor Rehabilitation and Health Care Center for their outstanding care provided to Ken. His Funeral Service will be Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. at Butala Funeral Home and Crematory of Sycamore with Rev. Stephen Persson officiating. A private burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery at a later date.

Memorials can be made to the Illinois Quarter Horse Association in care of the Butala Funeral Home and Crematory, 1405 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, IL 60178.

For info or to sign the online guest book, go to ButalaFuneralHomes.com or call 815-895-2833.

Kenneth R. Freeman. 1952-2017 Kenneth Richard Freeman, 64, of Sycamore passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 18, 2017, at Alden Park Strathmoor Rehabilitation and Health Care Center surrounded by his loving family.

He was born on April 27, 1952 on Camp Cooke, a then Army Base in California to Richard (“Red”) and Georgia (Roden) Freeman. After Red concluded his duty with the service the family moved back to the Sycamore-area, where Ken lived for the remainder of his life.

Ken was a graduate of Kirkland High School. His lifelong love for horses began on the trails and in the contest and roping arenas. Ken co-owned and operated Freeman Performance Horses in Sycamore for nearly 30 years. He took great pride in building the program from the groundup and cherished the many wonderful friendships developed with clients over the years, who were more like family. Perhaps

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The Rock River Times. February 22, 2017

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 n n n REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ACTUARIAL SERVICES RFP NO.: 217-FIN-032 Proposals will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all proposals received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

Proposal forms may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, or at http://www.rockfordil.gov/finance/ central-services/purchasing.aspx Proposals must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the RFP, and the RFP number.

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

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

7075R TRRT 2/22 n n n LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the Rockford Park District intends to contract for the following items and services; specifications are on file with Demandstar.com or Jacki Minnihan, Purchasing Dept., Rockford Park District, 401 South Main St, Rockford, IL 61101, Phone: (815) 969-4094.

The Rockford Park District is seeking qualified contractors to perform the annual district wide asphalt paving repair and replacement at various locations for 2017.

Bids will be opened at the Rockford Park District, Webbs

Norman Center Board Room, 401 South Main St, Rockford, IL 61101 (Purchasing Dept (815) 969-4062).

The Rockford Park District reserves the unrestricted right to reject any or all bids received, to waive or not to waive any informality, or to accept the bid considered to be in the best interest of the Park District.

Contractor shall not pay less than the prevailing rates of wages to all laborers, workmen, and mechanics performing work under this contract, and shall comply with the requirements of the IL Wages of Employees on Public Works Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12).

Bid No. 17-2163 – Asphalt Paving at Various Rockford Park District Locations Pre-Bid Conference: Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at 9:00 a.m., Rockford Park District, 401 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101 Bid Opening: Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at 2:00 p.m., Rockford Park District, 401 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101 BY: Julianne C. Elliott, Secretary 7076R TRRT 2/22 n n n INVITATION TO BID Demolition Package Group 1- 2017 Bid No.: 217-CD-033 2216 School Street 523 Foster Ave. 1126 Blaisdell St. 1331 Fairview Ave. 1715 W. Jefferson St. 320 Forest Ave. 821 Oakley Ave. 320 N. Independence Ave. Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

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

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

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

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Public Notices 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 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 22, 2017 The Rock River Times. 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 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 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 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:

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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 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 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

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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 BID NOTICE RFP for Orton Keyes Court is located at 633 Ranger Street, Rockford, IL BIDS DUE: Thursday, March 23, 2017, at 2:00pm PRE-BID MEETING: Held on site on Thursday, March 2, 2017 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm.

Hard copies are available upon request and at your expense from YCS Printing, (815) 636-2058, print@ycsprinting.com or DG Digital Printing, (815) 961-0000, print@dgdprinting.com or for a link contact Linda at lstache@ gormanusa.com.

CONTACT INFO: Linda Stache, Gorman & Company, Inc. Phone: 608-835-5177, Fax: 608-835-3667 Please note this is a prevailing wage rate project.

CERTIFICATIONS: EBE, SECTION 3 7087R TRRT 3/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NOTICE OF FILING A REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: Ryan Avery Osborne, Current Name Case Number 17 MR 146 There will be a court hearing on my request to change my name from: Ryan Avery Osborne to the new name of: Ryan Avery King.

The court hearing will be held: on April 13, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ Ryan Avery Osborne Ryan Avery Osborne, Current Name 7079R TRRT 3/8

February 22, 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

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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

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The Rock River Times. February 22, 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 22, 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 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 Case Number 17 MR 129 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 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

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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 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 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Used vehicle sales business in said County and State under the name of Atvance Auto Center at the following post office addresses: 1339 Kilburn Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ashley Washington; Kathleen Berg SIGNED: Ashley Washington 2/21/17 SIGNED: Kathleen Berg 2/21/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of February, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 7089R TRRT 3/8

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The Rock River Times. February 22, 2017

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BYRON BANK Plaintiff, -v.CARL H. THORSTENS, et al Defendant 16 CH 00343 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 17, 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: LOT FOUR (4) IN BLOCK FOUR (4) AS D E S I G N AT E D U P O N THE PLAT OF MARTIN’S SUBDIVISION OF LOG CABIN PARK, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 16 OF PLATS ON PAGE 45 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AS SAID LOT WAS LAID OUT IN SAID PLAT PRIOR TO ITS VACATION BY THE PLAT RECORDED IN SAID RECORDER’S OFFICE IN BOOK 21 OF PLATS ON PAGE 97; ALSO, THE NORTH TEN (10) FEET IN WIDTH OF THAT PART OF THE FORMER ALLEY IN SAID BLOCK, LYING SOUTH OF AND ADJACENT TO SAID LOT FOUR (4); SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 39213923 FIFTEENTH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-32-127011 (176B245).

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 14-16-02834.

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. 14-16-02834 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00343 TJSC#: 37-1485 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. I715300 P7066R TRRT 3/8 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2006-2 Plaintiff, -v.KENNETH MAIER A/K/A KENNETH E. MEIER, JR., et al Defendant 15 CH 00249 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 2, 2015, 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: UNIT E AND E-G IN WINSOME PARK CONDOMINIUM NO. 1 AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: LOT 53 AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT OF WINSOME ACRES EAST BEING A SUBDIVISION IN PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 8, 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 99 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT ‘’B’’ TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED ON MICRO-

FILM NO. 8002-1326 AND AMENDMENT RECORDED ON MICROFILM NO. 80060615 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 4744 WOLVERTON LANE UNIT E, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-08-456005 (260D153E).

The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. 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 14-15-01907.

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. 14-15-01907 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 00249 TJSC#: 37-1529 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. I715359 P7067R TRRT 3/8 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Wells Fargo Bank, NA PLAINTIFF Vs. Melissa A. Gary; Tower Hill Estates Association No. 2; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 16CH 01003 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Tower Hill Estates Association No. 2 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: 6859 Sentinel Road Rockford, IL 61107 and which said Mortgage was made by: Melissa A. Gary the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Alpine Bank & Trust Co., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20111046233; 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 24, 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. 14-16-16167 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

I715430 P7068R TRRT 3/8 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS TCF NATIONAL BANK; Plaintiff, vs.

ANDRES BRISENO; DISCOVER BANK; TD BANK USA, N.A.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 16CH 653 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Inter-

county Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 30, 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 FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, STATE OF ILLINOIS: PART OF THE NORTH HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 7, IN TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT FIVE (5) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT NO. 1 OF MAGNOLIA HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 32 OF PLATS ON PAGE 119 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT FIVE (5) TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT FIVE (5) ; THENCE WEST, PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF FRUITLAND DRIVE AS DESIGNATED UPON SAID PLAT NO. 1 OF MAGNOLIA HEIGHTS TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID QUARTER (1/4) SECTION; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID QUARTER (1/4) SECTION TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID FRUITLAND DRIVE; THENCE EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF FRUITLAND DRIVE TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3029 Fruitland Drive, Rockford, IL 61109.

P.I.N. 16-07-302-001.

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

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

For information call Mr. David T. Cohen at Plaintiff’s Attorney, David T. Cohen & Associates, LTD., 10729 West 159th Street, Orland Park, Illinois 60467-4531.

(708) 460-7711.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I715501 P7069R TRRT 3/8 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A Plaintiff, -v.MATTHEW MAHALAS, et al Defendant 16 CH 00838 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on 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 115 AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NUMBER 2 OF MULFORDS WILDWOOD SUBDIVISION, OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK 27 OF PLATS ON PAGE 114 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2304 PINEDROP PARKWAY, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-34-353001 (178C139).

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 14-16-12827.

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. 14-16-12827 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00838 TJSC#: 37-1625 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. I715537 P7070R TRRT 3/8 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-7 Plaintiff, -v.MARTHA LUNA, et al Defendant 16 CH 00800 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on 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: THE SOUTHERLY 55 FEET OF LOT SIX (6) IN BLOCK ONE (1) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF SANFORD’S SUBDIVISION OF SOUTH HALF (1/2) LOT ‘B’ IN PLAT OF WEST PART OF NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 27 AND SOUTHWEST PART OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WHICH IS RECORDED IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, IN BOOK 58 OF DEEDS (PLATS) PAGE 111, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 8 OF PLATS ON PAGE 13 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1118 DICKERMAN STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-27154-007.

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 14-16-12317.

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. 14-16-12317 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00800 TJSC#: 37-1565 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. I715539 P7071R TRRT 3/8 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a landscaping business in said County and State under the name of Upper Cuts Lawn Care at the following post office addresses: 3007 Knight Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jorge Toribio, 815-209-7718 SIGNED: Jorge Toribio 2/15/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of February, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 7080R TRRT 3/8

February 22, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION A/K/A PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES Plaintiff, -v.TRICIA ROSS A/K/A TRICIA L. ROSS, et al Defendant 16 CH 00764 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on 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 FIVE (5) IN BLOCK EIGHT (8) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF WASHINGTON PARK SUBDIVISION, WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 13 OF PLATS, PAGE 16, IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 418 LEXINGTON AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-20-427006 (200A116).

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 14-16-11910.

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. 14-16-11910 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00764 TJSC#: 37-1566 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. I715540 P7072R TRRT 3/8 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.WILLIAM H. STAHR, et al Defendant 16 CH 00927 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on 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 NINE (9) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 1 OF HOLIDAY ACRES, BEING PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SEC. 4, T. 43 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE 3RD P.M., WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 32 OF PLATS ON PAGE 168 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 5875 DEB ELLEN DRIVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-04-228009 (256A128).

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 resi-

dential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, 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 14-16-09245.

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. 14-16-09245 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00927 TJSC#: 37-1624 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. I715542 P7073R TRRT 3/8 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.JOHN J. BACINO, et al Defendant 16 CH 00816 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on 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: PART OF LOTS NINE (9) AND TEN (10) IN BLOCK TWENTY-ONE (21) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF E. H. MARSH’S PARK VIEW SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 14 AND OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS ON PAGE 8, IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT TEN (10) AT A POINT FORTY-TWO AND FOUR TENTHS (42.4) FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT TEN (10); THENCE EAST, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT TEN (10), ONE HUNDRED (100) FEET; THENCE SOUTH, PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOTS TEN (10) AND NINE (9), FORTY-FOUR (44) FEET THENCE WEST PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT NINE (9), ONE HUNDRED FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT NINE (9); THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOTS NINE (9) AND TEN (10), FORTY-FOUR (44) FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2105 GRANT AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14202-006.

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 14-16-12604.

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. 14-16-12604 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00816 TJSC#: 37-1567 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. I715543 P7074R TRRT 3/8 n n n NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6146 , 7511 Vandiver Rd, Cherry Valley IL 61112 (815-332-4400) to satisfy a lien on March 9, 2017 at approx.

10:00 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #F12, Terry D. Fish; Cube #P9, Laurie Thompson; Cube #C26, Geri Baraconi; Cube #DD1, Martin Kelly a.k.a Kelly Martin.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6150 , 4548 American Rd, Rockford IL 61109 (815-874-2141) to satisfy a lien on March 9, 2017 at approx. 11:00 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #4106, Erin Murphy; Cube #5103, Clinetta Russell; Cube #1534, Margerat McDaniel a.k.a M.K. McDaniel; Cube #801, Brad Love; Cube #2616, Peggy Martinez; Cube #1526, Ryan Olsen; Cube #806, Destini Luna; Cube #6616, Donald Grandt; Cube #1232, Sharon Dickens.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6152 , 3015 N. Main St., Rockford IL 61103 (815-282-4500) to satisfy a lien on March 9, 2017 at approx. 11:30 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #A34, Tyesha S. Delphie; Cube #B133, Cynthia A. Woodard;

Cube #A152, Misty Y. Sanders; Cube #B47, Kimberly Swanborg; Cube #B335, Danica Cavender; Cube #B3, Samuel J. Vazquez; Cube #B57, Lakisha R. Davis; Cube #B255, Jacqueline Brown; Cube #B340, Diane Ham; Cube #B50, Jovonda S. Marks; Cube #A53, Misty Y. Sanders; Cube #A84, Andrew J. Weber; Cube #B124a, Jamaal A. Holloway.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6151, 6210 Forest Hills Road, Rockford IL 61111 (815-877-3146) to satisfy a lien on March 9, 2017 at approx.

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

Cube #252, Cheryl Curtis Barmore; Cube #316, Medina Odubose.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6148, 4300 Interstate Blvd., Loves Park IL 61111 (815-885-2100) to satisfy a lien on March 9, 2017 at approx.

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

Cube #128, Deb Berthiaume; Cube #9, John Fager.

7077R 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 ESTATE OF: ALICE M. LYFORD CASE NO: 2017 P 35 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ALICE M. LYFORD. Letters of Office were issued on 2/06/17 to WILLIAM D. LYFORD, 2105 Canyon Drive, Billings, MT 59102, who is the legal representative of the estate.

The attorney for the estate is Jeffry A. Dahlberg, 5130 N. Second St., Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before September 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 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

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

Dated: 2/14/2017 WILLIAM D. LYFORD, Executor Attorney For Estate: JEFFRY A. DAHLBERG #6206776 BALSLEY & DAHLBERG 5130 N. Second St. Loves Park, IL 61111 815-877-2593 7078R TRRT 3/8 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 Electrical Contractor business in said County and State under the name of Lemo Electric at the following post office addresses: 332 Grand Ave., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning,

conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jeffrey P. Lemmons, 815-540-9891 SIGNED: Jeffrey P. Lemmons 2/17/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 17th day of February, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 7086R TRRT 3/8 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ALPINE BANK & TRUST CO., Plaintiff, v.

JOHN L. BIELEFELDT; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No.: 2016 CH 476 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: 226 Winona Drive, Machesney Park, Illinois 61115.

C. The legal description of the real estate is: Lot Thirty-four (34) in Block Twenty-two (22) as designated upon the Plat of North Park Third Subdivision of part of the South Half (1/2) of Section 25, township 45 North, Range 1 East of Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 22 of Plat Records, page 164 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 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and approximately 841 square feet.

E. The time and place of sale will be March 16, 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

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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).

ALPINE BANK & TRUST CO., Plaintiff By: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP Yashekia T. Simpkins One of Its Attorneys PREPARED BY: Yashekia T. Simpkins (ARDC #6307014) HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 Phone: 815-490-4900 Fax: 815-490-4901 ysimpkins@hinshawlaw.com 7081R TRRT 3/8 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 SAMUEL WALLER Minor’s Current Name RODNEY HECOX Name of Parent/Guardian filing on behalf of the Minor Case No. 17-MR-168 NOTICE OF FILING PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE Notice is hereby given, that on April 13, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., in Room # 426, I will present a Petition requesting that the Court change his/her present name of Samuel Waller, a minor, to the name of Samuel Hecox. The hearing will take place at Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State St. in Rockford, Illinois.

Samuel Waller, a minor, by, /s/ Rodney Hecox Date: 2-17-17 7082R TRRT 3/8 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NOTICE OF FILING A REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: Donna Jean Roberts Current Name Case Number 17 MR 174 There will be a court hearing on my request to change my name from: Donna Jean Roberts to the new name of: Donna Jean Radant.

The court hearing will be held: on April 19, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St.. Rockford, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #412. /s/ Donna Roberts Donna Roberts 7083R TRRT 3/8 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Cleaning janitorial commercial and residential business in said County and State under the name of Amerritt Cleaning Solutions at the following post office addresses: 2220 Montana Ave., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Reginald Cauthen SIGNED: Reginald Cauthen 2/17/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 17th day of February, A.D. 2017.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 7085R TRRT 3/8

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The Rock River Times. February 22, 2017

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, 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 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 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, 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 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

February 22, 2017 The Rock River Times. n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BYRON BANK Plaintiff, -v.- CARL H. THORSTENS, et al Defendant 16 CH 00343 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 17, 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 3921-3923 FIFTEENTH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-32-127-011 (176B245). 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 14-16-02834. 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. 14-16-02834 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00343 TJSC#: 37-1485 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. I715300 P7066R TRRT 3/8 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2006-2 Plaintiff, -v.- KENNETH MAIER A/K/A KENNETH E. MEIER, JR., et al Defendant 15 CH 00249 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 2, 2015, 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 4744 WOLVERTON LANE UNIT E, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-08-456-005 (260D153E). The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. 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 14-15-01907. 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. 14-15-01907 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 00249 TJSC#: 37-1529 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. I715359 P7067R TRRT 3/8 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS TCF NATIONAL BANK; Plaintiff, vs. ANDRES BRISENO; DISCOVER BANK; TD BANK USA, N.A.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 16CH 653 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 30, 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 3029 Fruitland Drive, Rockford, IL 61109.

P.I.N. 16-07-302-001.

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

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

For information call Mr. David T. Cohen at Plaintiff’s Attorney, David T. Cohen & Associates, LTD., 10729 West 159th Street, Orland Park, Illinois 60467-4531. (708) 460-7711.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I715501 P7069R TRRT 3/8 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A Plaintiff, -v.- MATTHEW MAHALAS, et al Defendant 16 CH 00838 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on 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 2304 PINEDROP PARKWAY, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-34-353-001 (178C139). 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 14-16-12827. 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. 14-16-12827 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00838 TJSC#: 37-1625 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. I715537 P7070R TRRT 3/8 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-7 Plaintiff, -v.- MARTHA LUNA, et al Defendant 16 CH 00800 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on 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 1118 DICKERMAN STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-27-154-007. 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 14-16-12317. 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. 14-16-12317 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00800 TJSC#: 37-1565 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. I715539 P7071R TRRT 3/8 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION A/K/A PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES Plaintiff, -v.- TRICIA ROSS A/K/A TRICIA L. ROSS, et al Defendant 16 CH 00764 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on 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 418 LEXINGTON AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-20-427-006 (200A116). 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,

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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 14-16-11910. 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. 14-16-11910 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00764 TJSC#: 37-1566 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. I715540 P7072R TRRT 3/8 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.- JOHN J. BACINO, et al Defendant 16 CH 00816 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on 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 2105 GRANT AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 1114-202-006. 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 14-16-12604. 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. 14-16-12604 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00816 TJSC#: 37-1567 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. I715543 P7074R TRRT 3/8

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The Rock River Times. February 22, 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 22, 2017 The Rock River Times. 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 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.- WILLIAM H. STAHR, et al Defendant 16 CH 00927 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on 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 5875 DEB ELLEN DRIVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-04-228-009 (256A128). 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

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1. The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 226 Winona Drive, Machesney Park, Illinois 61115.

2. The time and place of sale will be March 16, 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 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and approximately 841 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. 7081R TRRT 3/8

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THERE THEREISISAANEED NEEDFOR FORNEW NEWPHYSICAL PHYSICALTHERAPY THERAPYEQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT

ILESTONE’s mission is to help each Individual reach their fullest potential and live as full ILESTONE’s mission is to help each Individual reach their fullest potential and live as full a life as possible. Our Interdisciplinary team includes both physical and occupational a life as possible. Our Interdisciplinary team includes both physical and occupational therapists and a PT/OT program is designed for each Individual to meet their needs. therapists and a PT/OT program is designed for each Individual to meet their needs.

Many times rehabilitation therapy is needed after an extended hospital stay, and can keep a Many times rehabilitation therapy is needed after an extended hospital stay, and can keep a person ambulatory. Chris’ family gained first hand knowledge about the difference a strong person ambulatory. Chris’ family gained first hand knowledge about the difference a strong PT/OT department can make after she returned to MILESTONE after an extended hospital stay.

PT/OT department can make after she returned to MILESTONE after an extended hospital stay.

Before she had to go to the hospital Chris was able to walk, but after a month of being mostly Before she had to go to the hospital Chris was able to walk, but after a month of being mostly bedridden she returned to Milestone non-ambulatory. With guidance, bedridden she returned to Milestone non-ambulatory. With guidance, work, time and care from the PT/OT team, she was able to regain the work, time and care from the PT/OT team, she was able to regain the ability to walk with the same level of assistance as before she entered ability to walk with the same level of assistance as before she entered the hospital. Jill Morgan, MILESTONE’s PT/OT coordinator, says, the hospital. Jill Morgan, MILESTONE’s PT/OT coordinator, says, keeping our individuals ambulatory and mobile for as long as possible keeping our individuals ambulatory and mobile for as long as possible is entirely essential to their overall health. Weight bearing stimulates is entirely essential to their overall health. Weight bearing stimulates bone strength, range of motion exercises, active or passive promotes bone strength, range of motion exercises, active or passive promotes circulation, stimulates the bowels and keeps their joints fluid and the circulation, stimulates the bowels and keeps their joints fluid and the 1 on 1 attention gives them comfort and stability.

1 on 1 attention gives them comfort and stability.

Without PT and OT our individuals health Without PT and OT our individuals health would deteriorate at a more rapid rate, would deteriorate at a more rapid rate, according to Morgan, who adds, osteoporosis, according to Morgan, who adds, osteoporosis, constipation and contracture of muscles and constipation and contracture of muscles and fusion of bones would occur more rapidly and more quickly interfere with fusion of bones would occur more rapidly and more quickly interfere with our ability to care for them. Their quality of life would seriously decline. our ability to care for them. Their quality of life would seriously decline.

Providing and supporting what limited mobility many of our individuals Providing and supporting what limited mobility many of our individuals have is truly as vital and valuable as any treatment or medication. But in have is truly as vital and valuable as any treatment or medication. But in order to do this equipment is needed, everything from walkers, to air order to do this equipment is needed, everything from walkers, to air pressure and orthotic splints, custom molded shoes, versiform cushions pressure and orthotic splints, custom molded shoes, versiform cushions and walking belts. There is currently a need for standers, along with and walking belts. There is currently a need for standers, along with gravity, the standers help stimulate bone gravity, the standers help stimulate bone growth and helps maintain bone strength. The growth and helps maintain bone strength. The straightening and stretching of the leg mucsles and tendons also help straightening and stretching of the leg mucsles and tendons also help an Individual maintain lower extremity mobility allowing for better an Individual maintain lower extremity mobility allowing for better personal care and aiding in the potential for ambulation. The change personal care and aiding in the potential for ambulation. The change in perspective (going from sitting to standing) stimulates brain in perspective (going from sitting to standing) stimulates brain activity, and visual motor and proprioceptual skills. activity, and visual motor and proprioceptual skills.

Our current standers are over 20 years old and we need Our current standers are over 20 years old and we need additional ones. Please call the Resource Development Department at additional ones. Please call the Resource Development Department at (815) 639-2965 if you would like information about making a donation (815) 639-2965 if you would like information about making a donation for this program. for this program.

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FARM & AG

Drones are what’s next for plant breeders Apple tree pruning basics

BY LAUREN QUINN U OF I NEWS BUREAU

BY GRANT MCCARTY

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CONTRIBUTOR

nce you have determined your leader branch and sca�olds combined with your awareness of whether this is a dwarf, semi-dwarf, or regular size apple tree, you’ll now be able to start the pruning process. In most situations, loppers and hand pruners will work fine for the cuts you need to make. Bigger cuts may require a chainsaw.

Depending on how many cuts your tree needs, try to clean your tools between cuts using rubbing alcohol. For instance, if the tree needs 10 cuts, you should clean the tools between each of those cuts. The reason to clean your tools is that disease can spread from higher parts of the tree to lower parts.

In addition, you might spread disease from tree to tree. Fireblight is a disease that can be reduced or eliminated by cleaning your tools.

As you are pruning the tree, clean up any debris left over from the growing season. Leaves and fruit should be removed from underneath the tree as Apple Scab, another disease, can overwinter on this debris and cause disease issues during the growing season.

Your general seasonal cuts should be used in conjunction with your long

term pruning goals that may include determining replacement branches, thinning, and training. These cuts include dead wood, vertical limbs, water sprouts, crosses, and limbs growing inward/downward. These cuts should be between 30-40 percent of the overall tree. Too much and it may be hard for the tree to recover. Dead wood will be dark black and have exposed bark in most cases.

Water sprouts are skinny shoots that grow all over the tree including the base. Crosses are when limbs are crossing each other on the tree, keeping sunlight from getting to these limbs.

Limbs that grow inward to the tree are not allowing for sunlight to get to your more productive branches.

Start with these cuts first and go from there. It is recommended to have an apple tree pruning guide too.

Pruning needs will vary from treeto-tree. It will also depend on the type of tree you have as a dwarf and semi-dwarf will allow you to do some limb-training if need be. Asses your cuts into this season and next winter.

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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URBANA – When plant breeders develop new crop varieties, they grow up a lot of plants and they all need to be checked.

Repeatedly.

“Farmers might have a 100-acre field planted with one soybean variety, whereas breeders may have 10,000 potential varieties planted on one 10-acre field.

The farmer can fairly quickly determine whether the single variety in a field is ready to be harvested. However, breeders have to walk through research fields several times in the fall to determine the date when each potential variety matures,” explains University of Illinois soybean breeder Brian Diers.

“We have to check every three days,” masters student Nathan Schmitz adds. “It takes a good amount of time during a busy part of the year. Sometimes it’s really hot, sometimes really muddy.”

To make things easier, an interdisciplinary team including breeders, computer scientists, engineers, and geographic information specialists turned to unmanned aerial vehicles – commonly known as UAVs or drones.

“When drones became available, we asked ourselves how we could apply this new technology to breeding. For this first attempt, we tried to do a couple simple things,” Diers says.

One goal was to predict the timing of pod maturity using images from a camera attached to the drone, along with sophisti-

cated data and image analysis techniques.

“We used multi-spectral images,” Schmitz explains. “We set up an equation in the program to pick up changes in the light frequency reflected o� the plant. That color change is how we di�erentiate a mature plant from an immature one.”

The researchers developed an algorithm to compare images from the drone with pod maturity data measured the old-fashioned way, by walking the fields. “Our maturity predictions with the drone were very close to what we recorded while walking through the fields,” Diers notes.

Predictions made by the model achieved 93 percent accuracy, but Diers says they might have done even better without some of the inherent limitations of flying drones. For example, they could only fly it and obtain good images on sunny days with little wind.

Drones are increasingly recognized for their potential to improve e�ciency and precision in agriculture—especially after new FAA rules went into e�ect in August 2016—but this is one of the first studies to use drones to optimize breeding practices. Diers notes that the application could be particularly useful to large breeding companies, which test hundreds of thousands of potential varieties annually.

If breeders can save time and e�ort using this technology, new varieties could potentially be developed and made available to farmers on a faster timeline—a welcome improvement.

Evaluating 2017 corn prospects

BY DEBRA LEVEY LARSON U OF I NEWS BUREAU

URBANA – The time of year to develop corn balance sheet projections for the upcoming crop year is upon us. As the halfway point of the 2016-17 marketing year draws closer, decision-making regarding planting and new-crop marketing are determined. In a new analysis, a University of Illinois agricultural economist predicts lower corn production in 2017, leading to decreased ending stocks in 2017-18 The magnitude of reduced ending stocks provides important implications for corn prices moving through 2017-18.

“Current market consensus projects farmers to plant fewer corn acres in 2017 than the 94 million acres planted in 2016,” says Todd Hubbs. “Numerous factors point toward greater soybean acreage and lower corn acreage in 2017. These include lower winter wheat seedings, a lower cost of production

for soybeans, and the current perceived price advantage for soybeans over corn.”

Congressional Budget O�ce projections for baseline farm programs released last month set planted acreage at 91.5 million acres. Current USDA long-term baseline projections to 2026 have 2017 planted acreage for corn at 90.0 million acres. A reduction of 3.5 million acres from 2016, which places planted acreage at 91.5 million acres, is used in this analysis. Planted acreage at 91.5 million acres would lead to around 83.2 million acres harvested for grain in 2017.

“Yield expectations typically use trend yield analysis to generate yield projections for the next crop year,” Hubbs says.

“National average corn yield came in above trend for the last three growing seasons and culminated in an estimated 174.6 bushels per acre in 2016. CBO projections place 2017 corn yield at 170 bushels per acre.”

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The Rock River Times. February 22, 2017

YOUR HEALTH

Rise in premiums lays bare 2 Americas on healthcare

BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Michael Schwarz is a self-employed business owner who buys his own health insurance. The subsidized coverage “Obamacare” o�ers protection from life’s unpredictable changes and freedom to pursue his vocation, he says.

Brett Dorsch is also self-employed and buys his own health insurance. But he gets no financial break from the A�ordable Care Act. “To me, it’s just been a big lie,” Dorsch says, forcing him to pay more for less coverage.

Schwarz and Dorsch represent two Americas, pulling farther apart over former President Barack Obama’s health care law.

Known as the ACA, the law rewrote the rules for people buying their own health insurance, creating winners and losers.

Those with financial subsidies now fear being harmed by President Donald Trump and Republicans intent on repealing and replacing the ACA. But other consumers who also buy their own insurance and don’t qualify for financial help feel short-changed

by Obama’s law. They’re hoping repeal will mean relief from rising premiums.

The ACA sought to create one big new market for individual health insurance in each state. It required insurers to accept all customers, regardless of medical problems.

And it provided subsidies to help low- and moderate-income people a�ord premiums.

These newly vested ACA customers joined consumers already in the market, to make a new insurance pool. Policies o�ered to all had to be upgraded to meet new federal standards for comprehensive benefits, raising premiums. And many of the new customers turned out to be sicker than insurers expected, pushing rates even higher.

Consumers who didn’t qualify for government financial help wound up bearing the full cost of premiums. They also faced the law’s new requirement to carry health insurance or risk fines.

“One (group) is angry and one is incredibly grateful,” said Robert Blendon of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

If Trump and congressional Republicans aren’t careful, their actions could stoke fresh grievances without solving longstanding problems of access and cost.

CROSSWORD & SUDOKU

This week’s solutions, from Page 19.

Consider what happened to Schwarz and Dorsch this year, as premiums for a standard plan through HealthCare.gov jumped an average of 25 percent.

Schwarz and his wife are in their mid-20s and live in Tampa, Florida. He has his own commercial photography business and she’s pursuing a graduate degree in speech-language pathology.

The sticker price of their HealthCare.gov policy went up about 20 percent, but what they pay monthly is about $115 lower than last year. Not only did their subsidy cover the rise in premium, they’re also getting more help because their income went down when Schwarz’s wife returned to school full time.

“Being uninsured is not an option,” said Schwarz. If Republicans take away his subsidy, “I would have to change careers and find a job that o�ered health insurance,” he said.

Dorsch and his wife live in Wilmington, Delaware, and are in their mid-50s. He has a wholesale business supplying electronics to retail stores and has been buying his own health insurance for years. He gets no financial help from the ACA. Dorsch said their insurance company wanted to raise the monthly premium to $2,050, or nearly $25,000 a year. They settled for a skimpier plan that still costs $1,350 a month and has a very high deductible.

“In four years my health insurance has more than doubled and I have less coverage,” said Dorsch. “It’s ludicrous.”

He voted for Trump. “He saw the reality that Obamacare has been a nightmare for most Americans, unless you are poor or in a very di�cult situation,” said Dorsch.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the pool of people buying individual health insurance is basically split down the middle among subsidized customers like Schwarz and those who get no help, like Dorsch.

“Obamacare helped a lot of lower-income people with high health needs who previously couldn’t a�ord insurance,” said Pearson. “It overlooked the fact that there are a lot of people who are relatively healthy and who didn’t want the increased benefits.

More sick people drove up premiums, which is resulting in some people feeling like they are worse o�.”

CROSSWORD

Across 1. Upright monument 6. Likewise 9. Eagle’s talon 13. Entrances to groundhogs’ burrows 14. Objec tive male pronoun 15. Curaçao neighbor 16. Islam’s Supreme Being 17. A in IPA 18. More silent 19. Beaver-like rodent 21. a.k.a Brown bear 23.

Popular Thanksgiving tuber 24. SWAT attack 25. Between game and match 28. O. Henry’s “The Gift of the ___” 30. Make numb 35. ____sack 37. Drinks through a straw 39. Red Sea peninsula 40. Beyond natural 41. Single-mast boat 43. Soda pop recyclables 44. Little Boy and Fat Man

46. Way, way off 47. “Cogito ____ sum” 48. It’s meant to be 50. Great leaper 52. Who’s from Mars?

53. Not that 55. Bobby sox dance 57. Noc turnal mask wearer?

61. “Red sky at night, sailor’s ____” 65. Cool & distant 66. Public health approver 68. One who dares 69. Reg. alternative 70. Singer-songwriter Stewart 71. Accustom 72. One of many in an arena 73. “Four score and seven years ____” 74. Norber t , to his momma?

Down 1. Pillow that’s not for sleeping 2. Cough syrup balsam 3. Corner pieces 4. Prone to communi-

cate secret info 5. Hindu retreat 6. Not this 7. Tin Man’s necessity 8. Last letter of Greek alphabet 9. Actress Penelope 10. Figure skating jump 11. Cain’s unfortunate brother 12. Extra cautious 15. NaNH2 and H3CONH2, e.g.

20. What hoarders do 22. Human cage part 24. Heists 25. Striped stinker 26. Boredom 27. Flyer holders 29. Desert monster 31. Likable 32. Take a piece from 33.

Canine affliction 34. a.k.a. buffalo 36. Poe’s “Annabel Lee”, e.g.

38. Fly like an eagle 42. Nasa mission, e.g.

45. Depart

49. Short for although 51. Not Bald one but ____ 54. Prefix with red 56. Baby grand 57. X-ray units 58. Away from wind 59. Kind of cola 60. Snowshoe’s seasonal change 61. Carpenter’s groove 62. Earthworms to a badger, e.g.

63. Lemongrass, e.g.

64. 3-point shot 67. Prairie ____

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VOICES FROM THE GRAVE

A most devious plan

BY KATHI KRESOL

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CONTRIBUTOR

he evening was warm and muggy, a July night in northern Illinois. The events that unfolded on a back road at the border of Winnebago and Ogle Counties were anything but typical, however. A dark car pulled over to drop o� two men before moving on to the intersection known as Westfield Corners. Once the automobile reached the intersection, a third man exited the car and walked to the side of the road. Glancing around nervously, he bent down to place a package underneath a large blackberry bush. He hurried back to the car which then sped o�.

The two men left by the side of the road were understandability nervous. They were private detectives who had been hired by a private party to apprehend anyone who retrieved the package. The two detectives made their way through the darkness to a position with a better view of the area. Their apprehension grew with each passing minute. The two men knew all too well what could happen if they failed their client.

It was July of 1924 and the whole country was aware of a recent story that very similar to the one unfolding. Just two months before on May 21, 14-year old Booby Franks had been kidnapped on his way home from school. His parents, Jacob and Flora Franks were part of the influential social elite of Chicago. They lived in the South Kenwood suburb of Chicago filled with large homes and

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very-other week, The Rock River Times will bring you a glimpse back into the earliest days of Rockford, from its founding in 1834 to the Civil War. Taken from a series of advertisements from the old Rockford National Bank, these short tales and original illustrations paint the narrative of Germanicus Kent and the people who followed in laying the foundations of our city.

“The basis for all of these advertisement are authentic historical facts, gleaned from long careful study and research of Government, State, and local records,” says the introduction to this collection of artifacts.

This week, we look back to 1852 and the incorporation of the City of Rockford.

mansions. The family became alarmed when Bobby didn’t arrive from school at his usual time. That alarm turned to absolute terror when they received a phone call from the kidnappers at around 10:30 p.m. The caller stated that they had taken Bobby and that in order to ensure his safe return, the Frank’s would need to gather a large sum of money. The caller also mentioned that further instructions would be delivered by mail.

The letter came the next morning, around the same time that a body of a young boy was discovered inside of a culvert on the city’s East Side. Bobby Franks had been ruthlessly murdered by two teenagers, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.

The thought of this recent crime must have played through the minds of all involved with the incidents that took place on that night of July 3, 1924. It certainly was in the thoughts of the two detectives as they waited in the muggy night for some sign of the kidnappers.

It was just before midnight when the two detectives finally spotted their quarry. They saw two men walking through the nearby field. The older of the two men glanced around to see if anyone was looking before he darted to the side of the road. He immediately went to the blackberry bush and fumbled around before obtaining the package that was there. He rejoined his partner in crime and the two men began to walk quickly down the road.

The two detectives sprang from their

hiding place and quickly caught up with the two. The dark car that had dropped the detectives o� now returned and the two men were forced inside.

That day had begun as a regular morning for the McCormick family. Ruth McCormick, whose husband was Sen. Joseph Medill McCormick was used to her husband’s busy schedule of traveling.

The only di�erence was that this time his journey was to France for a family matter. His mother Katherine had taken ill and the family was concerned enough to ask Joseph to make the trip. He was on the Atlantic Ocean aboard a large ship on that Thursday morning.

Ruth was at home on their large estate, Rock River Farms in Byron. Ruth’s days were filled with the running of the farm and the couple’s three children. Ruth had risen early and was sharing breakfast with a close friend of the family, James Keely.

Ruth and Keely were discussing politics, a passion for both of them, when a letter arrived. Ruth opened the letter and though the writing was hard to decipher, she quickly realized the implications of the message. James Keely noticed the color drain from Ruth’s face and was instantly concerned. He took the letter from her trembling hands and began to read.

The letter threatened the McCormick’s with the kidnapping of their 8-year-old son and included a demand for money to guarantee his safety. After checking on the boy’s safety, James and Ruth discussed a strategy that would ensure

the children’s safety and allow for the capture of the writer of the letter.

James arranged for private detectives and prepared a decoy package using a mixture of real and fake bills. He also decided to drop the money in the blackberry bush himself. Ruth would remain on the farm with another detective that would ensure the family’s safety.

Everything went better than hoped for and soon two men were in the custody in the county jail in Rockford. They were arrested for the attempt to extort money from the McCormick’s. George Peek, 49, and his son Clarence, 24, both worked as farm hands at a property nearby the Westfield Corner area.

Both men claimed innocence at first.

The police did find evidence against the father when they searched his room where he stayed. They located a pad of paper that showed indentations from the writing done on the previous page.

The indentations proved to be from the kidnapping note.

Clarence was bailed out of jail after serving fifteen days and George who pled guilty to a lesser o�ense was released after one hundred and nineteen days.

The newspapers would claim that the men’s devious plans were thwarted by the braveness of Ruth McCormick and the near genius planning of James Kelly.

Kathi Kresol is a local author and historian who shares stories of the regions history through her column and presentations. The schedule for her upcoming presentations can be found at hauntedrockford.com.

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The Rock River Times. February 22, 2017

MLB

Lincoln museum to showcase Cubs-Cards rivalry SPRINGFIELD – The historic and longtime rivalry between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals will be the subject of an exhibit at Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum starting next month.

“Cubs vs. Cardinals: The Rivalry” was developed with the help of both teams and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and opens March 24, museum officials said.

It will feature rare artifacts and photographs and span players from Mordecai Brown and Rogers Hornsby to recent stars like Jake Arrieta and Yadier Molina.

Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson said the intent of the exhibit is to “animate the stories associated with one of baseball’s most celebrated rivalries and two of the most enthusiastic fan bases these teams represent.”

Items planned for the exhibit includes the second-base bag stolen by the Cardinals’ Lou Brock to break the modern record for steals in a season, and the cap worn by Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood when he struck out 20 batters.

Baseball fans also will be able to interact with the exhibit and share their own rivalry memories, answer trivia questions and play a home run derby.

Museum officials said the exhibit will span 150 years, highlighting the teams’ famous broadcasters, championships, trades and home run races.

“Baseball is the American pastime and a huge part of history and culture.

Few sports stories can top the length, passion and sheer fun of the CubsCardinals rivalry,” said Alan Lowe, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. “We’re excited to offer our visitors an unprecedented look at this piece of the Illinois story.”

“The artifacts in this exhibit will amaze baseball fans,” said Illinois State Historian Samuel Wheeler. “The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown has, literally, opened its vault to us.”

There is no extra fee to see the displays, which will be on display in an area dedicated to rotating exhibitions. A series of special events also are planned, including a talk from an expert on Civil War-era baseball and a screening of the movie “Field of Dreams.”

–Associated Press

TOEWS TURNS IT ON

Blackhawks

Captain, kids getting legs under them at the right time

By Robert Zeglinski

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Contributor

t wasn’t long ago where the hockey world was fixated on the depths of the struggles of Blackhawks captain, Jonathan Toews. In the midst of the second year of a new contract that carried a hefty $10.5 million dollar cap hit, the leader the Hawks so desperately rely on in both ends of the ice – a two-way demon was nowhere to be found.

The first three months of the season saw Toews score just six goals while carrying just 18 points total. Rampant conversation circled the 28-year-old as to whether he had finally lost a step after heavy mileage of length Stanley Cup runs and of course, a generally heavy but responsible style of play on the ice. That was the easy answer, fatigue, but no one really knew what ailed him.

As Toews told the Chicago Tribune a little before Christmas, there was no rhyme or reason to his floundering play that he could put a finger on.

“I feel like I’ve been through this before,” said Toews. “I don’t know what to tell you. I feel like I have experience dealing with this sort of thing. I don’t know what that says about my game.”

Not even the player himself could come to terms with perhaps a new reality.

But ever since a widely panned All-Star selection of Toews in January, his game has again done all the talking. The Toews of old has returned for the time being, exactly what Chicago needs as it gears up for another potential championship run.

Since January 22nd, Toews has 16 points in his last 11 games as he gains traction in the best stretch of his career next to December 2013. Toews has been on fire of late, eviscerating opponents he’s matched up against (relatively), erasing them defensively, and as usual, dominating the possession game – a trademark of the modern era Blackhawks as a whole.

That lost step for Toews? It’s back. The eye test and the numbers all back it up.

As he told the Chicago Sun Times on his “return” and beaming confidence level with his high level of play: “It’s a world of a difference.”

Could Toews have just needed time to get his sea legs under him? Perhaps.

After all, there’s a lot of attrition and wear and tear on his body over a 10-year career. Hockey is a physical game built on endurance and speed. It waits for no one, even someone in the upper echelon such as Toews.

Psychological factors that fans and

pundits can’t put a finger on in general conversation may have played a part too. When your entire game has entered a seemingly never-ending death spiral for an extended period of time, its only human nature to think of the worst outcomes and “psyche” yourself out. Just because someone is a peak professional athlete, doesn’t mean they can’t succumb to the same pitfalls of any normal person.

It’s Surely, Toews will never wholly admit it himself, though.

As far as on-ice reasons for this resurgence of one of the Blackhawks cornerstones, note the stability of his linemates. Toews hinted at this frustration a few weeks back in having to develop chemistry from the ground up with new teammates each night. The Hawks searched for a mix that would work and weren’t making any progress until now.

“I would have never predicted that my line would have changed as much as it has,” said Toews to the Chicago Tribune.

“It’s up to me to find that consistency with whoever I’m playing with.”

Never one to place the blame on anyone but himself, the Blackhawks and head coach Joel Quenneville eventually obliged their star with a trio of consistency.

On Toews’ left wing, the 20-year-old Nick Schmaltz has been a boon since his return from a midseason Rockford callup. He isn’t producing at an All-Star level

by any means with just 11 points, but his natural instinct and a newfound confidence has paid dividends for the captain.

As for Richard Panik on Toews’ right, he’s been the stabilizing force needed all season. Panik isn’t an elite dynamo at this stage in his four year career – nor will he likely ever be – but his own two-way game compliments Toews. 15 goals and 14 assists is nothing to sneeze at from a depth forward.

All of this has added up to a marked improvement in the Hawks’ play of late.

Too often in the past one and a half seasons, Chicago has relied on the brunt of their scoring to come from the second line of Patrick Kane, Artemi Panarin, and Artem Anisimov. With Toews and company now filling a huge top six void on the first line, you add a necessary depth dimension that any contender needs. It’s by no coincidence the Blackhawks have been averaging four plus goals a game while winning six of their last seven and more impressively six straight on the road.

A caution to the NHL: The Blackhawks are playing at their best with the playoffs around the corner.

As for Toews? He finally has his swagger back.

Robert Zeglinski is a staff writer for SB Nation and managing editor at No Coast Bias.

Follow Robert on Twitter @RobertZeglinski.

February 22, 2017 The Rock River Times.

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TALES FROM THE TROUGH

Hogs finally emerge from the basement

BY TODD REICHER CONTRIBUTOR

These past few weeks we saw glimpses of the team many thought we would have seen to start the year, as the IceHogs rattled o� an eight game point streak. Rockford’s first regulation loss in the month of February did not occur until their ninth game of the month Saturday.

Rockford started o� the week with a Wednesday school day game against the Lake Erie Monsters, which saw the IceHogs win 2-0.

After a scoreless, and almost penalty-free first period, Rockford’s Tyler Motte scored his sixth goal of the season with only one second remaining on a power play that carried over from the first period. Kyle Baun and Mark McNeill were in on what would be the game-winning goal.

The Monsters took the lead in shots attempted in the second period, which carried over into the third period as Cleveland peppered goaltender Je� Glass with 29 shots in the final two periods. Glass would stop all shots faced for his second shutout in an IceHogs jersey, and his second of the season against Cleveland.

Two days later, Rockford would host the Monsters for the second game of the series and we would see a near similar outcome.

The IceHogs would open the scoring early, 2:57 into the contest, o� the stick of Evan Mosey for the 1-0 lead.

Jeremy would double Rockford’s lead 2:27 later with his sixth of the season, assisted

by Luke Johnson to put Rockford up 2-0.

With only a few seconds remaining on their first power play attempt of the game, Cleveland would score their first, and only goal of the two-game series when Markus Hannikainen scored his 11th of the year to cut the Rockford lead in half.

Rockford poured 18 shots on Monsters netminder Anton Forsberg, who was start-

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The IceHogs almost matched their first period output in shots, firing 17 this time, but the goal count remained the same for the home squad with two.

Langlois scored his second of the game at 13:24, and Spencer Abbott fired a rocket from near the left face-o� circle 1:30 later to give Rockford some cushion at 4-1.

Cleveland put extra pressure on in the third period, and fired 18 of their own in the final 20, but Lars Johansson and Rockford’s defense held Cleveland’s attack at bay as Rockford cruised to a 4-1 win.

The following night Rockford would su�er their first regulation loss since Saturday, January 28 with a 2-0 loss against the Charlotte Checkers. Rockford played a very solid game, but were unable to capitalize on their chances, and also faced a solid goaltender in Alex Nedekjkovic.

Charlotte’s first goal came on a bad line

change by Rockford, which allowed Valentin Zykov to get behind the Rockford defense and slip on past Glass at 11:35 for the 1-0 lead. The Checkers carried the play in the period and doubled up Rockford on shots, 16-8.

The IceHogs played better in the second period as they adjusted to Charlotte’s attack, but the Checkers were the only team to light the lamp in the middle frame, which was a clean-up goal from Andrew Poturalski at 6:57.

Rockford pressed the attack in the third period, and involved the defense more on the attack, but were unable to crack the Charlotte goal crease as the Checkers ended Rockford’s five-game win streak.

Rockford’s point streak pulled them out of last place in the conference, just ahead of the Manitoba Moose. Point-wise, Rockford is tied for sixth with Charlotte at 49 points and only three behind the Monsters at 52.

Currently, the Gri�ns lead the Central with 71 points and a .696 point percentage, which is good for third in the league.

Looking forward

The IceHogs embark on a four-game road trip which takes them through Manitoba for a two game series that ends Wednesday.

Rockford will then travel to San Diego for a matchup against the Gulls on Saturday, followed by a matinee game on Sunday against the Ontario Reign.

Rockford returns home next Tuesday for the first of two straight games at home against Manitoba. Rockford will close out the week with a Saturday game at home against the Iowa Wild on March 4.

Photos from this, and other Rockford IceHogs games at reicherstudios.com/Sports/ HockeyPhotos or Facebook.com/ReicherStudios.

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The Rock River Times. February 22, 2017

IceHogs forward Jeremy Langlois scored two goals on Friday to help Rockford to a 4-1 win against the Cleveland Monsters. Rockford outscored the Monsters 6-1 in the two game series this week as Rockford goaltenders stopped 72 of 73 shots they faced.

Todd Reicher