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Modular homes made ‘for us, by us’ coming to West Side

Inherent 13c is constructing 21 modular homes for West Humboldt Park at a Black-owned business on the West Side

By IGOR STUDENKOV Austin Weekly News

Inherent l3c, a Chicago company that seeks to create quality family homes and long-term construction jobs in some of Chicago’s most disinvested communities, is trying to build 21 singlefamily homes on 20 blocks around West Humboldt Park’s Laura S. Ward Elementary School, 646 N. Lawndale Ave. They are not the first developers to use the City Lots for Working Families program to buy cityowned land on the West Side for $1 a lot in return for keeping 75% of the homes they build on that land affordable to residents earning 120% of the average Area Median Income for the Chicagoland area.

Nor are they the first developers to use modular construction on the West Side. But they are the See MODULAR HOMES on page 3

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The South Austin Neighborhood Association (SANA) recently led a roundtable titled “Community Talking Circle: Our Problems/Our Solutions,” as part of their civic education and engagement initiative.

Residents gathered on the lower level of Friendship Baptist Church, 5200 W. Jackson Blvd. in Austin, with their chairs aligned in a circle, to talk about their concerns and to discuss potential solutions to their problems.

The discussion began by setting a standard of respect so that everyone’s voices and opinions could be heard and respected.

Only the person with the “speaking stick,” an orange daisy, could speak. Others could provide their own opinions and feedback only when the speaking stick was passed to them.

Among the topics discussed, many residents brought up the trash that lines neighborhood streets and sidewalks.

“We need more cleanliness and pride in our streets,” community resident Seccoyah said. “We also need more trash cans along the main streets for people to use.”

Others agreed that the presence of trash along business corridors is disheartening and some called for the Department of Streets and Sanitation to service the area more frequently.

Aside from the trash concerns, other residents expressed frustration with 3-1-1,

the non-emergency services hotline. Many said that requests they’ve put in with the city ranging from overgrown trees to crumbling sidewalks and curbs have gone ignored for years.

Community resident James was particularly frustrated with an overgrown tree causing damage to his home in Austin that has cost his family thousands in repairs over the years.

“We’ve had limbs fall on our home causing damage,” James said. “It’s impeding our electric lines. We constantly put in requests and we just get ignored,” said James.”

Resident Seccoyah also said that in addition to trash, getting 3-1-1 to remove an intrusive tree limb has largely gone ignored.

“The few times they did send someone out to check it out, they cut maybe a branch or two but never the whole limb,” she added.

SANA president Cassandra Norman called for civic education programs to be brought into local communities. She noted that as a volunteer polling ofFILE ficial, she often sees folks blindly vote for elected officials, because they aren’t familiar with the candidate or their office.

“We need to start in the schools, so these kids get familiar with the voting process,” said Norman. “We also need more community education, as well, so active voters can get familiar with candidates before they head to the polls.”

The roundtable ended with many residents agreeing that there needs to be more accountability for alderpeople and more pressure should be applied to city officials.

The next roundtable date has yet to be set, but South Austin Neighborhood Association members said many more of these community circles will be held.

Editor’s Note: Many residents preferred that we not publish their last names.

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from page 1 first developers to have modular homes built in Austin with a workforce drawn from across the South and West sides — and they’ve gone further than others to try to create extensive support for new owners.

Inherent founder Tim Swanson said that their goal isn’t just to bring quality housing to communities, but to help homeowners keep their homes amid a rising tide of gentrification. Their long-term goal is to build similar projects in other communities that haven’t seen much new housing, including East Garfield Park, North Lawndale and Austin, he said.

The land sale cleared the Chicago Community Development Commission on July 12.

It is expected to go before the Chicago Plan Commission in September and is expected to go before the full Chicago City Council for final approval in either in September or October. Swanson said that they plan to have all the houses in place by next spring, with some houses potentially ready to go as early as this winter.

According to the fact sheet provided by the company, each house is a two-story, 1,445-square-foot building with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. While the buildings don’t include garages, the design calls for two parking spaces per lot. Each house will also come with several features designed to optimize energy efficiency, as well as systems that monitor energy usage, water and electricity. Swanson said the regular monitoring will help catch some mechanical issues early, which means quicker and less expensive repairs.

Swanson explained that, with their modular homes, each floor is built indoors. Workers then prepare the foundation. The houses are brought in and the two floors are stacked on top of them. After that, they only have to do some relatively minor work to make the homes fully functional.

“It takes just about two weeks to get the site ready for the house to be put in on it, a day to put the house on the site and a few more weeks to finish that,” Swanson said.

“That means we can drop a lot of houses.”

The modular approach, he said, means that they can do much of the construction work within the span of 10 weeks, without worrying about weather and cold temperatures that affect traditional construction sites. It also means that workers won’t have days, even weeks, of downtime.

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Rendering of the streetscape with the new modular home.

The component floors are being built in a rented space in Will Group’s K-Town Business Centre, a 60,000-square-foot warehouse at 4647 W Polk St. Swanson said that they wanted to rent there, because they support Will Group’s efforts to provide job opportunities and support local businesses.

He said that Inherent works with several West Side area workforce development organizations, including Chicago Women in Trades, Revolution Workshop and CARA Chicago. Among the current 15 employees, one is from the Near West Side, two are from South Austin and one is from West Garfield Park. Most of the remaining workers also come from minority communities such as Bronzeville and Englewood.

Hiring locally, Swanson said, is an important part of his company’s mission.

“We want to bring local jobs and build local houses and keep the dollars locally,” he said. “We don’t want to create temporary construction jobs for the West Side. We want to create trade careers for the West Side.”

Swanson said that their approach is to work with area community organizations to reach out to the community and attract potential home buyers.

For West Humboldt Park, they are working with the Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) of Chicago’s West Side office, 3601 W. Chicago Ave. All the prospective home buyers will take part in NHS programs that prepare first-time homebuyers for the intricacies of homeownership and mortgages.

Swanson said that the studies Inherent looked at suggest that the first five years

are pivotal to long-term homeownership, which is why they offer a five-year limited warranty on the home, as well as five-year life insurance and disability insurance.

“Our focus is to sort of change lives and invest in individuals and families and their communities,” he said. “We also know that, by taking the approach like this, you can get ahead of gentrifying pressures, because you can stabilize housing.”

According to the fact sheet presented during the July 12 meeting, Inherent is using over $1.8 million of its own funding and over $5.5 million borrowed from the Chicago Community Loan Fund.

Swanson said that he incorporated Inherent as a low-profit limited liability corporation, so that while they do try to make money, large profits aren’t their goal. He also said that homebuyers will be able to take advantage of local and federal down payment and mortgage assistance programs to make the homes more affordable.

During the July 12 commission meeting, Ald. Walter Burnett (27th), whose ward includes the area where the lots are scattered, expressed support for the project, describing it as a bulwark against displacement caused by gentrification.

“These lots have been vacant for over 30 years, maybe more,” he said. “We do need the housing, and the affordable price is very important to sustaining affordability, because a lot of folks are [only] building market-rate housing over there. If we don’t put affordable housing over there, none of the people who lived in the community for a long time would be able to live there.”

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Ald. Michael Scott Jr. (24th) smiles during his last City Council meeting on May 25, 2022. Monique Scott (above) is sworn into City Council to replace her brother, former Ald. Michael Scott Jr. (24th), on June 22, 2022.

Lightfoot appoints former alderman to school board Michael Scott appointed to the Chicago Board of Education his father once ran, just after his sister was appointed to succeed him on the City Council

By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

The mayor has appointed former Ald. Michael Scott Jr. (24th), one of her key City Council allies, to the Chicago Board of Education his father once ran.

Scott, who abruptly resigned as alderman in May to take a private sector job with Cinespace Film Studios, will follow

in the footsteps of his late father, Michael Scott Sr., who was the powerful president of the Chicago Board of Education under Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Scott Jr.’s former aldermanic seat is staying in the family, too. Last month, Lightfoot appointed Scott Jr.’s sister, Monique Scott, to replace him. At the time, Lightfoot dismissed critics who said the appointment was based on nepotism, calling the criti-

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Lightfoot also appointed attorney Sulema ultimately went to Rosa Escareño, former Medrano Novak, who currently serves commissioner of the city’s Department of on the city’s human resources board, and Business Affairs and Consumer ProtecPaige Ponder, former CEO of education tion.

Scott Sr. also once served nonprofit One Million Deas the president of the Park grees, to the Chicago Board District Board. Monique of Education Friday.

Scott also spent much of “Selecting a member for her career at the Chicago the Chicago Board of EduPark District, where she cation is a decision that was the supervisor for Ellis will impact thousands of Park. students and must be made Scott Jr. declined to comcarefully,” Lightfoot said ment about his appointin a statement. “Their colment Friday. In an afterlective years of experience noon press release, he said and dedication will be a LORI LIGHTFOOT serving on the board that great asset to our board and Mayor of Chicago oversees Chicago Public will benefit our students Schools is “an extraordiand teachers for years to nary opportunity to build come.”

Scott Jr. previously served as the chair on my father’s legacy with CPS and the for City Council’s Committee on Education continued drive to improve and expand and Child Development. Before resigning student opportunities, experiences and as alderman, Scott was considered a front- outcomes.”

“I’m eager to get started with the Board runner to head the Park District, where he spent years working as a regional man- of Education,” he said.

“Selecting a member for the Chicago Board of Education is a decision that will impact thousands of students and must be made carefully.”

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Proposed East Garfield Park research library in jeopardy

Rev. Walter McCray’s plans to build a research library for his Black Light Fellowship publishing house now threatened after Land Bank application

By IGOR STUDNKOV Staff Reporter

The future of the proposed East Garfield Park mixed-use development that would include a research library is now in doubt due to Cook County Land Bank Authority (CCLBA) policies strictly regulating what the buyers can do with their land.

Rev. Walter Arthur McCray, who publishes Christian books that are tailored for Black people through his Black Light Fellowship publishing house, is looking to buy the Land Bank-owned lot at 115 S. Francisco Ave. During the June 22 meeting of the Garfield Park Community Council’s Open Space and Land Use Committee, he said he planned to build a mixed-use development with publishing offices on the first floor and four apartments on the second and third floors. But in his application to the Land Bank, McCray left out his plans for a research library and only included plans to build a three-flat, because that’s what he and his wife could afford to do with the money they had on hand.

In a recent interview, McCray said that he was under the impression that he was free to do what he wanted with the property once he bought it. However, Land Bank policies require the authority to set up restrictive covenants and other measures that restrict buyers to utilizing the property for the purposes they outlined in the application.

McCray said that he plans to spend the next three weeks trying to secure the financing to make the mixed-use project possible, but, if he can’t raise the money, he would build the three-flat he pitched to the land bank — without the research library.

During the June 22 meeting, McCray, a lifelong resident of East Garfield Park, said that he planned to use the first-floor commercial space for his publishing house, which currently operates out of the basement of his home. The prospective research library came up when several residents questioned McCray about how the development would benefit the community.

On July 10, McCray shared the Austin Weekly News article covering the meeting with the Land Bank acquisition specialist he’s been working with. She replied asking whether he changed his plans.

In an email response sent July 12, McCray explained that the property is residential “per its bid-offering and status as awarded to McCray/BLF,” but also confirmed that he was applying for a zoning change to construct a mixeduse building and that he did mention a possible research library during the June 22 meeting.

The specialist, who declined to provide her name, responded that the article contradicts what McCray communicated with the land bank, sharing screenshots of emails where he described it as a three-flat. She also said he signed documents stating that the project would take 18 months, not the 36 months he mentioned during the Land Use Committee meeting.

The specialist said that, given the inconsistencies, she was planning to put a hold on the offer. She indicated that McCray could submit another offer that would more accurately reflect his plans and that detail how he’ll pay for them.

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‘Fighting for your life’

Austin Boxing Club members talk impact of their sport

By F. AMANDA TUGADE Staff Reporter

Nate Jones knows what it takes to fight — and win. He’s the kid from Cabrini-Green who won two Golden Gloves heavyweight titles back-to-back and an Olympic bronze medal within three years of being released from prison.

“It’s fighting for your life,” Jones, 49, said as he stood outside the entrance of the Austin Boxing Club (ABC) where he now trains a new generation of athletes.

“Boxing was the only thing that made me feel special.”

As Jones talks about his journey through boxing, he often ties his memories back to his coach, Tom O’Shea. According to a 1996 Sports Illustrated story, Jones told writer Johnette Howard that O’Shea was a constant figure in his life. He met O’Shea when he was 9 years old, at a youth boxing club, the Matadors. Though Jones dropped out of the club and became involved with a gang, O’Shea stayed on him. And when Jones landed behind bars, O’Shea remained, writing letters, closing each one with “Stay off the ropes and out of the corners,” Howard reported.

“I miss him. … He taught me about life and boxing,” said Jones about O’Shea, who died

in 2020 of COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic.

Inside the club, 5915 W. Division St. in the city’s Austin neighborhood, pictures of boxing legend Muhammad Ali and fight posters of local boxers hang on the brick walls next to signs that read “Unity in Community” and “Put the Guns Down.”

Many at ABC see Jones the same way he saw O’Shea. To them, he’s a living legend whose story feels all too familiar, and battle scars come with a plate of lessons. He’s a mentor, a cheerleader in the corner — the guy who isn’t afraid to say that your biggest opponent is yourself.

Those messages rang true for at least two ABC members, Zachary Harris and Gabe Ford.

“It kept me out of trouble,” Harris, 24, said.

“I used to have anger problems as a kid and just having an outlet to relieve that stress, it just kept me out of trouble.”

A former basketball player, Harris said he was used to being on a team where he worked with others to reach common goals, but boxing was different. Inside the ring, it’s just him. Training for a match taught him discipline, consistency — to “[show] up every day.”

“It’s not giving up even when it’s hard and pushing yourself beyond your limits, always ready to go, always staying sharp,” said Harris, a 2015 graduate of Oak Park and River Forest High School.

Gabe Ford, 16, echoed Harris. The OPRF junior, who is on the high school’s wrestling

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Zachary Harris trains on the bag, at the Austin Boxing Club on Chicago’s West Side.

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CHANGING LIVES: Gabe Ford, right, with gym owner Nate Jones. Ford says, “I’m also fighting for my family.” team, opened up about the way boxing has changed him. Though wrestling is an individual sport like boxing, Ford said that, as a wrestler, he only thought of himself — how he could get better.

“I rewatch the videos, see mistakes that I made and improve by my next match,” he said.

“With boxing, I do this for the community, and I’m also fighting for my family.”

Ford, who credited his teacher Anthony Clark for introducing him to ABC, said the club has given him the opportunity to think about the “good things I can do with boxing.”

Clark, who has known Jones for the last 20 years and grew up just blocks away from the club, said boxing was key to his health and well-being. It’s a sport he loved watching with his father and an activity he took up to stay in shape, but now it’s taken on a whole different meaning. The 39-year-old said boxing has become a tool to fight for his mental health.

“Boxing has saved my life,” Clark said.

Back in the club, by the front door, there is a sign on the floor, listing ABC’s rules. Most are standard, reminding fighters to drink “water only,” not bring food in the gym, and wipe down the equipment after use.

The last rule, however, stands out: “Leave your ego at the door.”

“When you come in here, no one [is] bigger than no one else. ... This one-on-one time is about learning the game. It’s about learning life,” Jones said. “One thing I tell my fighters is you don’t lose. We call it an ‘L’ — a learning lesson.

“You showing up every day, you’re winning.”

Journey to the 2023 Golden Gloves tournament Anthony Clark, Gabe Ford and Zachary Harris have recently teamed up to launch a $20,000 fundraising campaign for the Austin Boxing Club (ABC) and two other local nonprofits, the Austin Family and Community Center and Root 2 Fruit Foundation. The fundraiser, said Clark, aims to bring awareness to the needs of the Austin neighborhood and ABC’s mission to end gun violence.

The three have taken on a challenge and plan to train and compete in Chicago’s 2023 Golden Gloves tournament.

The campaign runs until the $20,000 goal has been reached or until the time of the tournament.

For more information on the fundraiser, head over to www.gofundme. com and search for “Tony’s Boxing Challenge for Youth Opportunity.”

In addition, Harris, a personal trainer, has launched his own GoFundMe to help raise awareness for his newly opened gym, which he intends to make accessible to Chicago youth and families. For more information, visit the GoFundMe site and put “Raise Money for Low-Income Family Kids Program” in the search box.

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West Side Lives

Marseil ‘Action’ Jackson dreams of creating space for Austin residents to dream of big business

By SAMANTHA CALLENDER Community Narrative Reporter

Marseil Jackson is a longtime West Side resident who describes himself as a “serial entrepreneur” who hosts radio shows and creates youth advocacy programs. As he shows me around The Dream Center CoWorking and Business Support Services, a coworking space he founded last year at 5927 W. Chicago Ave., he tells me about his vision for the space and for the future of businesses in Austin and beyond.

There are words of affirmation along the walls and cotton in a decorative vase in the corner to “remind us of where we came from.”

Marseil gives a rundown of the ways The Dream Center is holding space for business owners on the West Side.

There are definitely plans to expand for people who want more of a traditional coworking space, somewhere they can come, but not be burdened with commercial rent or an ofLet’s do a little tour. Back here, we have fice that goes unused. some private offices. Right now, we rent That’s how I got the idea. I’m a serial enthose out as conference rooms, but there are trepreneur and I wanted a place I could just people who want private offices, so those will come to as I needed and not feel like I was be coming soon. Around here [pointing to a wasting money on a space. I also needed an back door] leads out to a really assistant to help me with the daynice seating area for people to to-day tasks and I could focus on enjoy work or have a barbecue growing my business. I figured out here – just a place for them why not just open a space on to hang back. Over here, we have Chicago Avenue, since I have andedicated desks that people can other project near here that I’m rent. working on? It just made sense.

These aren’t all full so we do We have a lot of small busiallow people to drop in for a day nesses, but we also have large rate. Our lowest membership companies who use us as a Chipackage is $30 per month and cago base or hub. We also have that’s the virtual office option. other business packages we offer MARSEIL JACKSON That’s really nice for entreprefor people. Our signature service neurs who work from home and is business-in-a-box, where somemaybe they need an official business address one comes to us and we take your business and phone number – that is included in that idea and turn it into [reality]. Everything package. It’s nice too, because you get access from incorporating with the state, to helping to a virtual assistant, Jasmine. She can help get a tax ID number, a domain name, designwith the administrative parts of your busi- ing a logo, getting business cards, and flier ness while you’re actually out there building designs. We also can help with social media. and scaling your business.

My team is small but full-service. My overThis space is small, but it’s a pilot space. all brand is called Dream Team, so it only

made sense we call the coworking arm the Dream Center. It’s important to me to help small business owners handle their business the right way. Too often, we see businesses in the community fail because they’re taking shortcuts or not paying attention to things like personal and business credit and things like that. We’ve recently partnered with a new tenant of ours, IWA Consulting, to offer credit repair services for folks.

I was recently awarded a $250,000 Neighborhood Opportunity Grant and I can take advantage of that, because I learned how important having good credit is. Sometimes with city-funded grants, the fine print is that they reimburse you the funds you spend on your project, but if you have bad credit and/ or no access to capital you can’t take advantage of that. It’s important for us to teach people things like that and help them get things in order.

We definitely plan to scale in the near future. It’s all about finding the proper location. In the new buildings I plan to have podcasting and recording spaces, restaurant spaces, cafe space, spaces for conferences and all types of events. Right now, there’s nowhere for that on Chicago Avenue, so I’d like to bring it.

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try not to let the shootings that happen nowadays be so common that I too, like many others, become neutralized to them. I read the details and am heartbroken that we have become a society so willing to kill one another over the slightest thing.

One story this past weekend out in South Holland caught my eye and gave me a lot of reasons to pause. The story is probably reflective of one of the biggest problems affecting the Black community today. Because the notion of family is becoming so insular, people only think of their immediate relatives as family and not the extended version that is also “true family.”

A family reunion gathering was being held at a local park. In attendance was an off-duty Palos Hills police officer. According to published news reports, one of the family members, a male, shows up with

We are going over a moral cliff his current girlfriend. There is a dispute with a former girlfriend. The man and his current girlfriend leave. The man then returns and begins shooting. The off-duty officer had a better aim, and shot and killed the alleged shooter.

All of this happening while all the participants of the family reunion have on the purple family T-shirt. What does that say about the family and the event? It says to me that the symbolism of family isn’t family to everybody in attendance when one of them got a gun only to return to shoot up the place! It also says a lot about the tolerance of criminal behavior within a family to the point that the alleged shooter didn’t care that it was his family he was coming back to shoot at.

I have a favorite line I like to use on Facebook. When I post a story of criminal behavior, I ask the question, “Whose relatives are these?” In this case, because it was a family reunion, we know who the relatives are. And it should be a very devastating situation to them to know that they had a relative who hates so much that he will leave, drive to get a gun, come back with it, and even use it without a second thought.

I wonder who the matriarch/patriarch of that family is? I wonder how the other family members feel, knowing that the alleged shooter was willing to take out people wearing purple T-shirts even though they are members of his family? I know there

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were a bunch of children there, but that did not appear to make a difference. The stupidity of wanting to get revenge took precedence!

I am at a point in regard to violence, when a person is killed during the commission of a crime, and that person is the alleged perpetrator, that person’s body should automatically be donated to science. No funeral for them. No fictitious obituary claiming they accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, or photoshopped angel wings, when everyone knows damn well that the deceased was a living, breathing disciple of the devil!

We are in a time and on the precipice of going over a moral cliff from which we will never recover. I long to see and hear decisive words taken by those who would speak as a moral authority. Sadly, we don’t seem to have any.

And therein lies the problem!

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HELP WANTED LIFELONG AUSTIN RESIDENT CONSULTANT

HELP WANTED • NETWORK SPECIALIST Class specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees in the class.

Specifications are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job.

DEFINITION To perform various network/system administration, computer support, and operational activities for the Village including computer system setup, configuration, and testing.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED Reports directly to the Information Technology Services Director.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES: Essential and other important duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following: Essential duties and responsibilities 1. Ensure that best in class customer service is provided to both internal and external customers and also embrace, support, and promote the Village’s core values, beliefs and culture.

2. Configure, test, and deploy network systems, such as, firewalls, routers, switches, wireless equipment, network servers and storage arrays.

3. Configure, test, and deploy system servers, such as, file, print, Internet, e-mail, database, and application servers.

4. Configure, test, and monitor server and end-user systems for security, such as, user accounts, login scripts, file access privileges, and group policy management.

5. Configure, test, and deploy end-user systems, such as, workstations, laptops, mobile devices, printers, and software.

6. Test, configure, deploy, and support security systems, such as, facility access system, video & audio system.

7. Monitor and auditing of networks, systems, and user activities to ensure security and efficiency of systems. Create scripts and reports of detail activities for regular review.

8. Perform and participate in disaster recovery activities, such as, backup procedures, data recovery, and system recovery planning.

9. Assist end-users with computer problems or queries. Troubleshoot systems as needed and meet with users to analyze specific system needs.

10. Ensure the uniformity, reliability and security of system resources including network, hardware,

software and other forms of systems and data.

11. Prepare, create and update user/technical procedure documentations and provide computer training.

12. Assemble, test, and install network, telecommunication and data equipment and cabling.

13. Participate in research and recommendation of technology solutions.

Other important responsibilities and duties 1. Train users in the area of existing, new or modified computer systems and procedures.

2. Participate in the preparation of various activity reports.

3. Travel and support remote facilities and partner agencies.

4. Operate, administer and manage the Village and Public Safety computer systems, including E-911 center, in-vehicle computer systems.

5. Prepare clear and logical reports and program documentation of procedures, processes, and configurations.

6. Complete projects on a timely and efficient manner.

7. Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

8. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

9. Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

QUALIFICATIONS Knowledge of: Principals and procedures of computer systems, such as, data communication, hierarchical structure, backups, testing and critical analysis.

Hardware and software configuration of. computers, servers and mobile devices, including computing environment of Windows Server and Desktop OS and applications, Unix/Linux OS, VMware, iOS/Android.

Network protocols, security, configuration and administration, including firewalls, routers, switches and wireless technology.

Cabling and wiring, including CAT5/6, fiber network, telephone, serial communication, termination, and punch-down.

Telecommunications theory and technology, including VoiP, serial communication, wireless protocols, PBX, analog, fax, voicemail and auto-attendant.

Principles and methods of computer programming, coding and testing, including power shell, command scripting, macros, and

VB scripts.

Modern office procedures, methods and computer equipment.

Technical writing, office productivity tools and database packages.

Ability to: Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities, which may include the following: - Walking, standing or sitting for extended periods of time - Operating assigned equipment - Lift 50 pounds of equipment, supplies, and materials without assistance - Working in and around computer equipped vehicles Maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for: - Making observations - Communicating with others - Reading and writing - Operating assigned equipment and vehicles Maintain mental capacity allowing for effective interaction and communication with others.

Maintain reasonable and predictable attendance.

Work overtime as operations require.

Experience and Training Guidelines Experience: Three years of network/system administration in the public or private sector, maintaining a minimum of 75 Client Workstation computers. AND Training: Possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in computer science or a related field. Certifications in Microsoft Server Administration, Networking, Applications and Cisco Networking.

Possession of a valid Illinois Driver License is required at the time of appointment.

Vaccination against COVID-19 strongly preferred.

WORKING CONDITIONS Work in a computer environment; sustained posture in a seated position for prolonged periods of time; continuous exposure to computer screens; work in and around computerized vehicles outdoor and garage facility; lifting heavy equipment, communication cabling and wiring into walls and ceilings.

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PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Parking Enforcement Officer in the Police Department Field Services Division. This position will perform a variety of duties and responsibilities involved in the enforcement of Village parking regulations; and to provide general information and assistance to the public.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

SEASONAL FARMERS’ MARKET ASSISTANT

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Seasonal Farmers’ Market Assistant in the Health Department.

This position will provide administrative support to the Farmers’ Market Manager to allow growers and producers of food to sell directly to the public within established guidelines. This position requires work in inclement weather conditions; some heavy lifting of up to 50 pounds; walking or standing for sustained periods of time. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http://www. oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

Open until filled.

ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Animal Control Officer in the Health Department. This position will perform a variety of duties involved in enforcing Village ordinances governing the care and keeping of animals in the Village; and to impound, care for and assist with redemption of animals as appropriate. Applicants are encouraged to apply using the following link: https://secure.entertimeonline.com/ta/6141780.careers?ApplyToJob=218333253. For additional information on the position please visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/jobs.

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Furniture, Dining Rm Set, Kitchen Tables, Desks, Bed, Household items and much more. No clothing.

After 53 years in this house, we have a wide variety of stuff!

All items are priced to sell, no reasonable offer refused.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE INVITATION TO BID TO METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO Sealed proposals, endorsed as above, will be submitted back to the District via an electronic upload to the Bonfire Portal only, from the date of the Invitation to Bid, up to 11:00 A.M. (Chicago time), on the bid opening date, and will be opened publicly as described in the Invitation to Bid by the Director of Procurement and Materials Management or designee at 11:00 AM on the stated bid opening date below for:

The above is an abbreviated version of the Notice Invitation to Bid. A full version which includes a brief description of the project and/or service can be found on the District’s website, www.mwrd. org; the path is as follows: Doing Business �Procurement and Materials Management � Contract Announcements.

CONTRACT 17-135-3V ROOF REPLACEMENT OF THE LUEHING M&R COMPLEX, STICKNEY WATER RECLAMATION PLANT Voluntary Technical PreBid Conference: Wednesday, August 3, 2022-10:00 AM (CST) - ZOOM via Link Bid Opening: August 23, 2022 Compliance with the District’s Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix C, K, D, V and the MultiProject Labor Agreement required are required on this contract.

CONTRACT 22-801-21 REHABILITATE OVERHEAD AIR MAIN AT THE CALUMET WATER RECLAMATION PLANT Voluntary Technical PreBid Conference: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 - 9:00 AM (CST) - ZOOM via Link Bid Opening: August 16, 2022 Compliance with the District’s Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix C, D and the MultiProject Labor Agreement are required on this Contract. *****************************************

Specifications, proposal forms and/ or plans may be obtained from the Department of Procurement and Materials Management by downloading online from the District’s website at www.mwrd.org (Doing Business � Procurement & Materials Management � Contract Announcements). No fee is required for the Contract Documents. Any questions regarding the downloading of the Contract Document should be directed to the following email: contractdesk@mwrd.org or call 3127516643.

All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1et.seq.), where it is stated in the Invitation to Bid Page.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals if deemed in the public’s best interest.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

By Darlene A. LoCascio Director of Procurement & Materials Management Chicago, Illinois July 20, 2022 Published in Austin Weekly News July 20, 2022

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2021 CH 03939 TJSC#: 42-1772 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.

Case # 2021 CH 03939 I3198704

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 Giovanni Raimondi, RAI Law, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 20 N CLARK ST, 30TH FL, CHICAGO, IL, 60602 (312) 8578320.

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.

Giovanni Raimondi

RAI Law, LLC 20 N CLARK ST, 30TH FL CHICAGO IL, 60602 312-857-8320 E-Mail: pleadings@railawllc.com Attorney ARDC No. 6300622 Case Number: 2021 CH 5751 TJSC#: 42-2083 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.

Case # 2021 CH 5751 I3198659

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Public Notice: Your right to know In print • Online • Available 24/7/365 AustinWeeklyNews.com • PublicNoticeIllinois.com IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. Plaintiff, -v.CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE U/T/A DATED NOVEMBER 17, 2015 A/K/A TRUST NUMBER 8002369820, SHOREBANK Defendants 2020 CH 02235 815 N PINE AVE CHICAGO, IL 60651 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 19, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 22, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 815 N PINE AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60651 Property Index No. 16-04-327-0030000 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 the 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, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 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. 14-20-01267 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2020 CH 02235 TJSC#: 42-1999 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.

Case # 2020 CH 02235 I3198820 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE

FOR CASCADE FUNDING MORTGAGE TRUST HB5 Plaintiff, -v.MITCHEE HENDRIX, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LUTHER HENDRIX, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR LUTHER HENDRIX (DECEASED) Defendants 2021 CH 03939 214 N FRANCISCO AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60612 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 28, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 26, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 214 N FRANCISCO AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60612 Property Index No. 16-12-314-0430000 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 the 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.

Where a sale of real estate is made

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE 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. 14-20-04069

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION XO HOLDING LLC Plaintiff, -v.CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A CERTAIN TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JULY 11, 2016 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 8002371852, ELISEAH D. WILLIAMS AS SUPERVISED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF BENITA RENEE WILLIAMSTHOMPSON, ELISEAH WILLIAMS, EBONI WILLIAMS, VERLANDER MURPHY, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BENITA RENEE WILLIAMS-THOMPSON, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2021 CH 5751 4321 WEST MAYPOLE AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60624 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 23, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 22, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4321 WEST MAYPOLE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60624 Property Index No. 16-10-413-0030000 The real estate is improved with a 2-unit multifamily residential property.

The judgment amount was $43,032.58.

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 the 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER Plaintiff, -v.AUGUSTINE MORGAN, CITY OF CHICAGO, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF WILL W SMITH III, THOMAS HARDING, FREDDIE HARDING, WILL HARDING, LATEE SMITH, DANIEL SMITH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, JULIE FOX, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR WILL W. SMITH III (DECEASED) Defendants 2019 CH 00118 2128 S HARDING AVE CHICAGO, IL 60623 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 11, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 8, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2128 S HARDING AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60623 Property Index No. 16-23-317-0290000 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 the 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

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CLASSIFIED REAL ESTATE FOR SALE be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 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. 14-18-13484 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019 CH 00118 TJSC#: 42-2475 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.

Case # 2019 CH 00118 I3198170 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MASTR ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2007-HE1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007- HE1 Plaintiff, -v.TYRA V. KENNEDY, STATE OF ILLINOIS - DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, MARY CATHERINE HICKS Defendants 2017 CH 15961 5731 W. RACE AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 11, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 12, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5731 W. RACE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-08-221-0050000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the high-

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est 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 the 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.

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

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

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-16813 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2017 CH 15961 TJSC#: 42-1862 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.

Case # 2017 CH 15961 I3198359

est 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 the 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 The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 2911717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm.. Please refer to file number 19-092414.

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

LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 19-092414

Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 19 CH 14173 TJSC#: 42-2173 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.

Case # 19 CH 14173 I3197744

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION MIDFIRST BANK Plaintiff, -v.DAISY POWELL, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF GERTRUDE ELLIS, DECEASED, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/ OR LEGATEES OF JOANNE POWELL, DECEASED, TAMARA POWELL, DWAYNE J. POWELL, DAMON RITENHOUSE, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GERTRUDE ELLIS, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS Defendants 19 CH 14173 648 NORTH LECLAIRE AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 12, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 3, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 648 NORTH LECLAIRE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-09-209-0210000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $105,458.87.

Sale terms: 25% down of the high-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY FSB, AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF THE RESIDENTIAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES TRUST V-B; Plaintiff, vs.

EDP PROPERTIES, LLC; MARY JEAN PORTER; UNKNOWN OWNERS, NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 21 CH 851 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 Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 625 N. Lotus Ave., Chicago, IL 60644 P.I.N. 16-09-109-014-0000 and 1609-109-047-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence and vacant land. 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 Mr. Stephen G. Daday at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Klein, Daday, Aretos & O’Donoghue, LLC, 1051 Perimeter Drive, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173. (847) 590-8700. Porter INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3197561

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The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to service animals.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-669-9777.

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JAMES COLE

“My dad told people he had the opportunity to move anywhere he wanted to, but it means more to stay in the neighborhood, make his neighborhood better,” Vernon Cole said. “He always lived on Madison Street.” from page 1 Vernon Cole opened the shop the day after his father’s death.

“If you played within the rules, within “Because this place was his peace,” Verthese four walls, my father gave you an op- non Cole said. portunity,” Cole said. “To shine shoes is to On Thursday, it buzzed with regulars. concentrate on what you’re doing. It seems so Neighbors came to pay respects. basic and little, but it means so much.”

“He was a great man,” one woman said.

Many of James Cole’s employees got their A newsman with The Austin Voice dropped lives back on track, opening their own busi- off a stack of copies with Cole’s picture nesses or finding good public service jobs, his across the front. son said.

Longtime customer George Smith trusted “You could have just done 10 the shop’s workers with a bag years in prison, but as long as of his finest shoes, raising his you were on good terms with black alligator leather against my old man, you had a job,” Verthe light. non Cole said. “Whatever you do Staffer TJ Conner got to work. working here for him, anything He shines the way James Cole you encounter in life after would taught him: back to front, until be easy. spotless, no matter how many James Cole was “Mr. Blue Coltimes it takes. He had worked for lar, with this way to connect with James Cole since he was 13 years everybody,” Vernon Cole said. old.

James Cole paid attention to de“He bought me my first winter tail: He remembered where cuscoat,” Conner said. tomers worked and where their Vernon Cole said he grew up kids went to school, especially if having to spend summers in his it was his alma mater, Marshall dad’s shop “shining the same VERNON COLE High School, his son said. shoe over and over again.”

Son of James Cole It was at Marshall where James As a young adult, Vernon Cole Cole landed in Chicago, a ninthpulled away from the family busigrader and son of sharecroppers ness, he said. But when he had from Tennessee. He played on the his first daughter, he found himbasketball team and developed a competitive self “at the place I could always come back.” streak that later defined his shoe shine room, Vernon Cole stood by as his dad greeted faVernon Cole said. mous clients at the humble shop on the West “I was 8, 9 years old working in the shop, Side: comedian Mike Epps, musicians Little and you had to shine shoes as well as the old- Milton and Johnnie Taylor, Mayors Harold est person there,” Vernon Cole said. “That Washington and Lori Lightfoot, Louis Farwas the athlete in him. You don’t get to lead rakhan and a young Barack Obama, who here until you can follow.” came by himself “like any other customer,” After high school, James Cole took odd jobs Vernon Cole said. around the city, working in welding and pick“My dad was respected by everyone,” Cole ing breadcrumbs off a factory floor, Vernon said. “He had no desire to be more than who Cole said. he was. He was humbled.”

The competitor in James Cole had a jones James Cole taught his son to lead the busifor shooting pool, so he shined shoes outside ness and would still shine shoes on occasion, a pool hall on Madison Street and Kenzie Av- “always striving to do better,” his son said. enue, making just enough to “go back in and “He saw greater things for this commulose that money, too,” Vernon Cole said. nity,” Vernon Cole said. “The way it is today James Cole started shining outside a near- with the high unemployment rate, he thought by record store, talked his way into his own this community can achieve so much more indoor stand and eventually took over the than that. lease.

“He lived his life before he could see it fully The first Shine King opened Dec. 21, 1964, come to fruition.” at 3205 W. Madison St. The business expanded — but never left Garfield Park and Austin.

Colin Boyle contributed to this report.

The shop at 338 N. Central Ave. has been open since 1968.

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