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2017 YEAR IN REVIEW

Union, school board open lines of communication

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Eight teachers at Riverside-Brookfield High School, including the leadership of the union that represents teachers at RBHS, the Riverside Brookfield Education Association, met for about an hour with six members of the District 208 Board of Education in closed session on Dec. 12 prior to the regular school board meeting.

Superintendent Kevin Skinkis was also at the meeting, which was held over submarine sandwiches, but Principal Kristin Smetana was not there.

The meeting was part of a concerted effort by teachers, administrators and the school board to forge better relationships and open the lines of communication. Last spring, the RBEA leadership suggested that it would be good to meet with the school board on a regular basis -- not just meet during high-pressure and often adversarial contract negotiations.

“We met to try to improve communication with the school board,” said RBEA PresiSee TEACHERS on page 11

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ON THE MARCH: Thousands of women and men took to the streets the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration in Chicago (above), Washington, D.C., and in cities across the nation. It was a raucous start to a sometimes disorienting year.

Stop the year, we want to get off

2017 was a disorienting ride that doesn’t appear to be slowing down

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Let’s be honest. Navigating 2017 has been an unusual experience. Almost from the very start – well, let’s put a date of Jan. 20 on it, just for the heck of it – people all over the nation, and locally, started orga-

nizing, campaigning on behalf of issues and questioning power.

What lies ahead in 2018? It seems audacious to hazard a prediction given the series of unlikely realities that have jolted the American landscape in the last 12 months.

Here’s how 2017 played out in Brookfield, North Riverside and Riverside.

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Area schools prep for new handwriting requirements Requires students to learn cursive before 5th grade, effective 2018

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Starting on July 1, 2018, all public elementary schools in the state will be required to offer at least a unit of instruction in cursive writing to students before they complete the fifth grade.

Some local districts, like BrookfieldLaGrange Park District 95, are already preparing for the new requirements, while others, like Riverside District 96 are sitting pretty.

Last month, both the Illinois Senate and House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of the bill creating the requirement.

State representatives LaShawn Ford (D-8th), who represents North Riverside and part of north Brookfield, and Silvana Tabares (D-21st), who represents Riverside south of the BNSF tracks, were co-sponsors of the bill in the House.

All of the state representatives and state senators representing Brookfield, North Riverside and Riverside voted to override the governor’s veto.

In his veto message, Rauner argued that the “legislation constitutes yet another unfunded mandate for school districts that will not protect the health or safety of Illinois students.

“If the General Assembly believes that cursive writing instruction should be required in elementary schools because it will improve student outcomes, it should be included in the Illinois State Learning Standards and funded accordingly.”

But supporters of the bill argued that the extra cursive instruction would give students a skill that’s still essential — despite the changing technological landscape.

“As technology has advanced in the fastpaced world we live in, the way we write and communicate with each other needs to adjust as well,” said state Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D-7th), who introduced the bill, just after both houses overrode Rauner’s veto.

“To make our young students stronger readers, writers and critical thinkers, our schools will again teach cursive so they can begin to develop these necessary skills,” Welch said.

“Cursive writing is a skill children will

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need throughout their lives,” said state Sen. Kimberly Lightford (D-4th), who sponsored the bill in the Senate and represents North Riverside and a small part of far north Brookfield. “You cannot write a check, sign legal documents or even read our Constitution without an understanding of cursive writing.”

In Riverside District 96, the new mandate won’t have much, if any, effect on instruction. The district never stopped teaching cursive writing, though two years ago it moved the instruction from third-graders to second-graders.

“We have no issues; it’s already part of our curriculum,” said Merryl Brownlow, District 96’s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction.

Cursive writing also was never dropped from the curriculum at Komarek School District 94, said Principal Jason Gold.

Third-graders begin learning cursive in the second semester of that year and it’s incorporated into the students’ writing block.

“It’s been important to Komarek for years, so we haven’t been concerned about the mandate,” Gold said.

But that’s not the case in BrookfieldLaGrange Park 95, where cursive writing

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hasn’t been part of the formal curriculum for years, according to Superintendent Mark Kuzniewski.

That means starting next school year, not only will the subject need to be inserted into the schedule, but many teachers will need a refresher course in how to teach the subject and new teachers will have to learn to do it.

“Just because you know how to do it doesn’t mean you can teach it,” Kuzniewski said. “For new teachers, it’s not something they formally learned, and older teachers haven’t been using that skill for a very long time.”

Adding cursive writing to the curriculum, said Kuzniewski, means something else will have to be scaled back or eliminated. With schools facing increased and ever-changing assessment requirements, tougher achievement standards and funding uncertainties, Kuzniewski expressed frustration that the General Assembly focused on cursive wiring as a priority.

“Out of all the things in Springfield that have happened in the last year, that we’re talking about cursive writing is an absolute shock to me as a school leader,” Kuzniewski said.

Bob Uphues contributed to this report.

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An 18-year-old Brookfield woman went to police on Dec. 14 after she found nude photos of her had been shared on social media by someone who she believed had erased the photos she’d shared on the social media app Snapchat back in October.

The victim told police she was first propositioned to pose nude for money back in June, but that she declined. In October, she was asked again to pose nude for $2,800. She agreed and sent the photos to the unknown party, who never provided payment.

Shortly afterward, the contact demanded more nude photos, saying if the victim didn’t provide them, he would post the ones he had online. The victim sent more photos, after which the unknown contact said he would delete all of the photos if she deleted all text messages between them.

In December, a friend of the victim contacted her to report that someone tried to friend her on the social media app Instagram using an account that contained nude photos of the victim. The friend reported the account to Instagram, and the victim called police.

Second DUI in two weeks A 71-year-old Berwyn man charged by Riverside police with drunken driving on Dec. 21 at about 3:05 a.m. reportedly told police he’d been drinking beer since about 4 p.m. the previous day after attending the funeral of a friend.

Police said the man’s vehicle blew a stop sign at East Burlington Street and Longcommon Road and continued toward Ogden Avenue, weaving from lane to lane until coming to a stop at 39th Street just east of Harlem Avenue.

According to police, the man was highly intoxicated and failed field sobriety tests.

Asked for his driver’s license, the man reportedly handed the arresting officer a citation from a DUI arrest two weeks prior in Berwyn.

Riverside police sought to charge the man with felony DUI, but the Cook County State’s Attorney denied it, because the earlier DUI arrest hadn’t been adjudicated yet.

No license, no problem Crest Hill resident Andrew Lee Hallbrooks faces felony charges for driving on a revoked license after Riverside police stopped him for driving without wearing a seatbelt in the 3600 block of Harlem Avenue on Dec. 15 at 5:15 p.m.

When police ran Hallbrooks’ name, they learned his driver’s license had been revoked since 2011 and that he had numerous convictions for drunken driving and for driving on a suspended or revoked license.

Police also reported learning that Hall-

brooks used numerous dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses and driver’s licenses.

Attempted van break-in Police responded to the 2500 block of 8th Avenue, North Riverside, on Dec. 11 at about 8:40 p.m. after a resident reported a possible burglary to his van. The sliding door locks were broken from someone attempting to gain entry, but nothing was reported missing from the van.

Security camera video showed a sedan parking nearby at about 7 p.m. A passenger exited the sedan and attempted to gain entry to the van while the driver stayed in the sedan.

After failing to gain entry, would-be burglar got back into the sedan, which left the scene.

Forgot my gun An employee of Enterprise Rent-a-Car, 9116 Ogden Ave. in Brookfield, called police on Dec. 12 to report that a customer had just returned a car and that he found a handgun in the center console.

Police contacted the person who rented the vehicle, and police determined the man did have a valid firearm owner’s card and concealed-carry license. The man said he forgot to take the gun from the vehicle after he returned it and called the company later to let them know.

Police returned the Browning .38-caliber pistol to the owner, a 53-year-old Brookfield man.

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resident of the 9400 block of Garfield Avenue, Brookfield, contacted police on Dec. 13 to report several open packages strewn about the alley behind her home. All of the six packages appeared to have been ordered from Amazon and addressed to residents of both Brookfield and LaGrange Park.

■ Brookfield police responded to a residence in the 4600 block of Madison Avenue after a man reported observing an open package addressed to him on the front lawn. The package, which had contained a cellphone stand and a European power adapter, was cut open.

The loss was estimated at about $19.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Dec. 11-Dec. 21, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime.

These cases have not been adjudicated.

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St. Mary office addition gets nod, with conditions Planning and zoning commission want options for storm water management

By BOB UPHUES Editor

St. Mary Parish is a step closer to winning approval for the construction of a new office addition to the southeast side of its church/school campus, but parish officials still have a little hoop-jumping ahead of them before the matter heads to the village’s board of trustees for a final vote.

On Dec. 19, the Riverside Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend granting an amendment to St. Mary’s special use permit and to grant a zoning variation with respect to parking.

However, the commission placed a condition on its recommendation to grant the parish a zoning variation for a 1,200-square-foot increase in the amount of impervious surface that would result from the planned construction.

Commissioners agreed that their positive recommendation would hinge on the parish providing op-

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DRAWING BOARD: St. Mary parishioners have pledged about $2 million so far to fund construction of a new office addition (rendering above) to the east side of the church/school complex. The 2,700-square-foot addition will allow the rectory to be reconverted into a private residence for the parish’s two full-time priests. Construction is expected to start next summer. tions for mitigating at least 50 percent of the additional storm water runoff.

Commissioners Edward Hannon, Joel Marhoul, Jacqueline Miller and Alyson Scanlon joined commission Chairwoman Jill Mateo in recommending approval of the final

variation with conditions.

But, Commissioner Theresa Pelletier voted against the recommendation, preferring the parish to use whatever means available – whether through a change in the plan or the use of permeable materials – to not change the amount of impervi-

ous surface and, therefore, drop the need for that variation.

“The [zoning] ordinance makes it possible to propose pervious pavers that would mitigate the need for a variance,” Pelletier said.

Pelletier made a motion to recommend denial of the parish’s request for the impervious surface area variance, but it failed to gain a second.

Her colleagues on the board were in favor of granting more leeway to the parish and its architect to mitigate additional storm water runoff resulting from the increased impervious surface.

The parish’s plan calls for the construction of a roughly 2,700-squarefoot addition to house parish office staff. Offices right now can be found inside the school and on the main floor of the St. Mary rectory, a splitlevel home built in 1970 that was never meant to house offices but has been doing so since the late 1990s.

Construction of the addition will increase the amount of land covered by impervious surfaces – buildings, concrete and asphalt – by less than 1

percent, but the amount of impervious surface already exceeds what’s allowed under one of two zoning districts the parish’s campus occupies.

And if the campus were to be built from scratch right now, it would have to abide by much stricter storm water detention rules put in the place by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

As a result, commissioners agreed they did not want to increase the impact of storm water runoff.

“Right now it’s a request for a variation with no suggestions on how to counteract that addition,” said Hannon prior to the commission imposing the condition on the impervious surface recommendation.

The parish’s engineer and architect will have a little bit of time to come up with some options for mitigating the storm water issue. The earliest the village board may take up the planning and zoning commission’s recommendations is at its meeting on Jan. 18.

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What the heck just happened?

A roundup of a few unexpected stories that crossed our paths in 2017

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The bread and butter of community journalism is about what you’d expect – keeping tabs on local government, reporting on the policies of various school boards and about what’s happening in the schools, featuring interesting or notable local residents and keeping the public apprised of local criminal activity.

But every year, without fail, there are those stories that you really never quite expect. Here’s a roundup of some of those stories from 2017.

Dem bones Crews working to install a new storm sewer system in Riverside’s First Division were just about done digging the final trench for the new pipe in the 100 block of Bloomingbank Road when they uncovered human remains.

The obviously very old bones – later they’d also find a button and a metal nail – were found right along the curb line, an area that had never before been excavated. Construction immediately came to a halt and the Cook County Medical Examiner collected the bones and other artifacts for further testing.

The medical examiner’s office confirmed the bones were human and said more testing would be done to try to determine whether the remains were Native American or of a European settler. The area near the river is known to have served as a

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Woodworker Paul Meyer points out how the Riverside logo was etched into an oak panel that became part of the village board’s main council table. burial site in the 19th century.

In response to a recent email from the Landmark seeking information on the testing, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner stated that the bone fragments were “not enough to determine the age of the bones or information about the deceased, but it was determined to be an adult human. It is believed they are very old and likely pioneer-era bones.”

A cut above In March 2016, a strong storm uprooted a 160-year-old white oak in the 300 block of Fairbank Road in Riverside. While most trees damaged by storms end up in the wood chipper, Village Forester Michael Collins had a better idea.

He lobbied for the tree, a sapling when Riverside was created, to be

milled and turned into three tables that are now used for meetings of the village and township boards of trustees and some Riverside advisory commissions.

The tables were designed over a period of months in 2016 and crafted this year by Paul Meyer, who owns a woodworking business in northwest suburban Woodstock. The tables arrived in Riverside in August and have been put to good use.

Power of the press It was a sad, but familiar tale – a local club with deep roots but an aging membership was on its last legs.

In July, the five members of the Brookfield Woman’s Club, founded in 1906, announced they would be shutting down the club’s operation on Sept. 6. The youngest member was 77 at the time.

“It was too much for us,” said club President Joanne Bazata, a member since 1980, at the time.

The trouble wasn’t the club, however. It was that no one really knew it existed anymore. In the age of social media, the woman’s club was invisible – until the Landmark published the story about its impending demise.

And then it all IN changed.

At what was to be the club’s final meeting on Sept. 6, members announced they were forging ahead.

After reading the Landmark article, more than 20 women, mostly in their 30s and 40s, joined the club, elected new officers, created a Facebook page and embraced the longtime members, four of whom stayed on. The club just celebrated the holidays at their annual Christmas party at Irish Times.

“We didn’t realize that’s what we were missing,” Bazata said in October. “We were supposed to be on Facebook.”

Archaeologists from the Army Corps of Engineers uncovered remains from a Riverside work site where human bones were discovered on Sept. 14. All of the remains were turned to the Cook County Medical Examiner for testing.

Members of the Brookfield Woman’s Club took time on July 4 to pose for what they figured would be the final photo of the membership. The club is still going strong. a.m. on July 15, the owners of the Shell station at 3100 Maple Ave. and the Clark station at 3045 Maple Ave., kitty-corner from his rival, kept ratcheting down prices, drawing long lines of customers eager to get in while the war – and gas supplies -- lasted.

Prices dropped to as low as 73 cents a gallon at the Shell station and 70 cents a gallon at Clark and police were called in to direct traffic before a truce was called at about 9:45 p.m.

“People loved it,” said Nadir Khan, owner of the Shell station. “It was crazy outside.”

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Horning in In February, the train horns started blowing incessantly as freights lumbered through Riverside on the BNSF tracks. At all hours of the day or night, the screaming horns woke residents from their slumbers and generated a load of complaints, as well as a mystery.

Why was this happening? BNSF engineers knew not to blow their horns late at night and hadn’t done so for years.

The culprit turned out to be something called Positive Train Control, a new wireless network that feeds information to train engineers, including speed limits, locations of other trains and switching info.

It also tracks dangerous uncontrolled rail crossings and has the

network automatically sound a train’s horn if it’s approaching one. The system recognized Herbert Road in Riverside as an uncontrolled crossing – it isn’t a crossing at all – and horns would blow as trains approached, forcing engineers to override the system until the bugs could be worked out.

The hordes descend Brookfield Zoo is open every day of the year and during the winter, quite frankly, the animals don’t get a lot of visitors.

The zoo entices people to visit by offering free weekend admission in February, which usually bumps attendance to a few thousand people on those weekends.

On Feb. 18 and 19, temperatures reached the 70s – and people celebrated the unseasonable warmth by visiting the zoo at no charge. On Feb. 18, some 22,863 people visited the zoo – easily a record for any day in February since the zoo opened in 1934.

The following day set another record, with 27,531 visitors – a bigger day than many weekend crowds during the summer.

And the following Monday, a school holiday no less, another 21,000 people visited the zoo, even though they had to pay regular admission.

A Brookfield police officer described the traffic backups, worsened by construction on 31st Street near the main zoo parking lot, as “just insane.”

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Remembering those we lost in 2017

A look back at notable residents and former residents of the Landmark area, who died in 2017.

Suzanne Bartholomew, 70 An advocate for preserving Riverside history and a local historian herself, Bartholomew served on the Riverside Preservation Commission and was a longtime former chairwoman of the Riverside Historical Commission when she died on April 9.

Richard Breckinridge, 69 Breckinridge, a resident of Brookfield, had a 30-year career in law enforcement, retiring in 2004 as police chief of LaGrange Park. He also was a 20-year member of the Illinois Air Wing, the Civil Air Patrol and a volunteer firefighter for the North Palos Fire Protection District. May 25.

Anita Duffy, 70 A Brookfield resident and a 1965 graduate of Lyons Township High School, Duffy would devote her career to educating students bound for her high school alma mater. After getting her teaching degree from Western Illinois University, she embarked on a long career as a teacher at Lincoln School in Brookfield, retiring in 2006. Oct. 29.

James C. Haase, 74 A U.S. Army veteran, Haase worked as an accountant by day, but served in a volunteer capacity for 20 years as a Brookfield auxiliary police officer, retiring

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Jack R. Kubik, 87 The former longtime resident of Riverside was owner and publisher of Life Newspapers, following in the footsteps of his father, who bought the fledgling newspaper chain in the 1930s. He joined the business in 1952 and oversaw its expansion, was named publisher and president in 1980. He sold the chain to Liberty Group Publishing in 1999. July 26, Charles LaGreco, 70 After starting out as an industrial arts teacher in Cicero, he was a Brookfield firefighter for 32 years, LaGreco served as the village’s fire chief from 1994 until his retirement in 2005. He was instrumental in the department providing paramedic service to residents, and also worked for more than a decade as the village’s building inspector. April 22.

William J. Martin, 80 Before moving to Riverside in 2008, the former Oak Park resident was best-known as the man who successfully prosecuted Richard Speck, who murdered eight student nurses in Chicago in 1966. He wrote about the case in the 1993 book “Crime of the Century.” July 7.

William Pavlecic, 95 A longtime resident of LaGrange, Pavlecic was best known in Brookfield and to anyone else

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who has ever driven through the village on Ogden Avenue as the architect of space-age, steel, glass and brick Brookfield Federal Savings building – now Citibank – at 9009 Ogden Ave. Sept. 15.

visor was past-president of the Brookfield Junior Women’s Club, a charter member of the National World War II Memorial and a member of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation. Sept. 14.

Mary Perret, 83 The LaGrange Park resident worked for nearly four decades as the bookkeeper and secretary at St. Louise de Marillac Church in LaGrange Park, and was active in the parish’s women’s club for 50 years. Oct. 21.

Kathleen “Kay” Snyder, 79 The irrepressible Riverside business woman owned Arcade Antiques and, later Arcade Jewelers, in downtown Riverside.

She also beat the odds, finishing first in a four-person race for Riverside village trustee in 1987 – as a write-in candidate.

She was the first woman named Riverside Township Person of the Year in 1990. Sept. 4.

Patricia Poremba, 79 A longtime resident of North Riverside, Poremba was the music director at Mater Christi Church for more than 20 years.

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Dr. George Rabb, 87 From 1976 until his retirement in 2004, Dr. Rabb lived in Brookfield and served as president of the Chicago Zoological Society, but remained a passionate advocate for conservation and wildlife until his death. July 27.

Richard Samuel, 86 The North Riverside resident served in the U.S. Air Force before embarking on a long career in law enforcement. He retired as police chief in the village of River Forest. Aug. 29.

Mildred Schalk, 90 The former Brookfield resident and retired Bell System center for Technical Education super-

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Rev. Fred Tomzik, 59 Ordained a priest by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin in 1984, Father Tomzik served as an associate at parishes in Chicago and Westchester before being named pastor of St. Louise de Marillac Parish in LaGrange Park in 1997, serving there until 2010.

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Giovanni “Gio” Torres, 1 “Baby Gio” Torres, of Brookfield, was just 14 months old when he died from an extremely rare cancer, a rhabdoid tumor.

His name became familiar after family and friends launched a “Go Gold for Gio” fundraiser to defray medical expenses, placed gold ribbons around trees and even created a makeshift “Go Old for Gio” sign on a fence along 31st Street. Jan. 31.

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The Landmark, December 27, 2017

YEAR IN REVIEW from page 1 interference in the 2016 election and any possible connection between Russia and the Trump campaign would unfold.

But the reaction and resistance began almost immediately. The day after the inauguration, women (and men) from the Chicago area, including from the Landmark’s coverage area descended on Washington, D.C., and downtown Chicago in the hundreds of thousands for the Women’s March.

Riverside resident Kim Jacobs, who joined a busload of women in a trek to Washington that day, said she hoped the rally would send a message to Trump and Congress “that we’re not going to tolerate intolerance and hate.”

Women in particular in Riverside and Brookfield organized in the wake of Trump’s inauguration. Millions of women connected on social media, through Facebook pages like Pantsuit Nation, a nod to Hillary Clinton’s wardrobe of choice.

Many went on to create local social media groups like West Suburban Chapter of Action for a Better Tomorrow, now called the West Suburban Action League.

Action for a Better Tomorrow caused a bit of a stir after it applied for and received the OK to display a rainbow banner in Riverside’s Guthrie Park during Gay Pride Week, a move that led to the village tightening its rules about banners championing social or political causes in public parks.

Women in particular also turned out at village board meetings in Brookfield, Riverside and IN North Riverside – carrying signs and speaking up to push local governments to pass laws instituting a minimum wage of $15 an hour for workers.

All three villages declined to institute a $15 an hour minimum wage law. Riverside Trustee Ellen Hamilton, the lone elected official in that village supporting a higher wage, minced no words in her assessment of her colleagues’ decision to opt out of the county’s minimum wage law.

“It’s beneath us,” she said.

2017 YEAR REVIEW

BOB UPHUES/EDITOR

Ghost town Lights shine from the windows of a handful of homes in Riverside Lawn, but most sit abandoned and boarded up, awaiting demolition by the Cook County Land Bank which purchased more than 20 of the residences in the flood-prone neighborhood in unincorporated Riverside Township in 2016 and 2017.

Rob Rose, the executive director of the Cook County Land Bank, told

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Students unite While 2017 may have been a year of heightened political awareness among adults, high school students, some of them voting for the first time in their lives in November 2016, were among the first to offer public displays of resistance.

At Riverside-Brookfield High School in late 2016, students waged a silent protest at a school rally in the wake of racist graffiti being discovered in a girls bathroom.

The teacher who discovered the graffiti was a social studies teacher named Jill Musil, whose classroom became something of a lunch refuge for students, particularly girls with whom Musil would discuss issues of the day, including politics.

In short order, Musil’s name would become a rallying cry for students.

Administrators at the school decided in the spring of 2017 not to rehire Musil in part because

of political statements she’d made to students, particularly immediately after Trump’s inauguration and their sense that she might have been responsible for the silent protest at the 2016 rally.

The day after the school board voted 7-0 not to rehire Musil, students walked out of their classrooms and staged a sit-in of their own in the atrium near the main entrance to the high school, many of them rising individually to make speeches in support of Musil. The sit-in lasted for three hours.

The decision on Musil – which followed on the heels of an unpopular legal action RBHS’ school board had just resolved with the village of Brookfield over a parking lot – didn’t sit well in the communities.

On Election Day in April, a month after the Musil vote, two incumbent school board running for a second term members were voted out of office.

A third didn’t run.

the Landmark in October that the demolition of the purchased homes was on schedule and that the first phase of demolition had begun.

But as of Dec. 21, all but one of the homes purchased by the land bank still stand untouched by demolition crews in Riverside Lawn.

Many of the homes are boarded up and others sport broken windows that remain open to the elements, giving the neighborhood a decidedly abandoned vibe.

partially successful.

The school board jettisoned the While a political revolution law firm favored by the former was going on in the nation gener- board (and the village president) ally, the voters in Lyons-Brookfield and what followed, save for the suSchool District 103 delivered a mes- perintendent, was a marginalizasage in April when they repudiated tion and exodus of many of the a school board majority that had administrators hired under the been ensconced with the backing previous regime. of the village president First, the board made of Lyons in 2015. it clear they didn’t want Voters turned out that to see much of the asmajority in favor of a resistant superintendent, form slate that included slashing his hours. the former longtime Then administrators school district secretary, who in the end received who was promptly apjust one-year deals by pointed the new school the new school board board president. began to leave.

A last-gasp effort to inThe curriculum ditimidate a sitting board rector and IT director MARGE HUBACEK member, Joanne Schaefresigned in July. The D103 board president fer, with a salacious bit board suspended and of gossip concerning then fired the mainteher granddaughter was a failure. nance director, who promptly found And another effort to guarantee a home inside Lyons village hall. new contracts and raises to admin- Earlier in the year, the board had istrators hired since 2015 was only also fired its business manager.

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Planning ahead In Brookfield, the watchword inside village hall during 2017 was “planning.”

Late in 2016, the village board created a third TIF district at Eight Corners and started 2017 by adopting of a new zoning code for the neighborhoods along the BNSF rail line, one that streamlines development approval and urges density.

As the year ended, the village’s community and economic development department was already working with at least two developers on projects in the downtown neighborhood, the details of which have not been made public.

The year also saw the village go through a comprehensive planning process courtesy of a grant from the

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Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. As the year ended, village officials released a draft of the new plan, which touches on all aspects of the village, from transportation to housing to land use and key business districts.

The village board is expected to adopt the comprehensive plan in early 2018.

In addition, the village created an incentive program to encourage the owners of businesses and buildings in TIF districts to update business signs and remove obsolete ones.

The village also acquired another parcel of land on Ogden Avenue and sent out a request for proposals from developers who might be interested in redeveloping land near the Congress Park train station.

YEAR IN REVIEW

Gambling redux

BOB UPHUES/EDITOR

Reeling retail North Riverside’s dependence on retail sales tax revenue is undeniable. The tiny suburb has a sprawling commercial tax base in the vicinity of Harlem Avenue and Cermak Road, and the North Riverside Park Mall has been both major generator of that revenue and the customer traffic it generates is mighty attractive to other retailers wishing to cash in.

But it’s been a rocky year for retail.

And while North Riverside has been able to weather the storm, cracks keep appearing.

In 2017, Sears announced that it would be downsizing its 180,000-square-foot anchor at the mall.

Last month, the reeling retail giant began consolidating its store onto the upper level of its longtime home.

The mall has signed a lease for half of the lower level with a family enter-

tainment concept called Round One, which plans on opening in late 2018.

North Riverside also experienced the rapid downfall of electronics/appliance retailer H.H. Gregg in 2017.

The company declared bankruptcy in March, but kept the North Riverside location open. A month later, the company announced it was closing all of its stores. By May the joint was empty Last month, Binny’s Beverage Depot opened in the former H.H. Gregg space – a huge win for the village in a short time frame – but there are danger signs still ahead.

Sears continues to wobble and a couple of other big retail outlets with North Riverside locations – Payless Shoes (two stores) and Toys R Us – both declared bankruptcy in 2017.

Bloomberg News reported Toys R Us is planning to close between 100 and 200 of its U.S. stores.

Things were quiet for the most part in Riverside during 2017. Apart from the flap over the rainbow banner in Guthrie Park and some noise over the board’s spiking of the county minimum wage law and how to fix the Guthrie Park war memorial, all appeared to be going smoothly.

Then on July 20, a local pub owner suggested that the village board have another look at allowing video gambling machines in local establishments.

Back in 2015 and 2016 when local officials first kicked around the issue, the outcry against video gambling was loud and seemingly clear. After a town hall in early 2016, the subject dropped off the village radar.

We quit One of the more unexpected controversies of 2017 played out in Brookfield and involved a small group of folks who typically work behind the scenes.

In late July, all three members of the Brookfield Fire and Police Commission – which is charged with testing and evaluating firefighter and police officer candidates and promotions – walked out en masse.

An apparently uneasy relationship between top village officials and members of the board came to a head over

The reintroduction of the discussion turned up the volume once again, triggering a petition against gambling that attracted about 500 signatures, letters and emails to village trustees, a “no gambling” lawn sign campaign and a social media reaction that some felt was intimidating anyone who might be OK with even having the discussion again.

The upshot is that in March 2018, there will be an advisory referendum on video gambling, which may or may not settle the issue once and for all – the results of the referendum won’t be binding.

So, don’t expect the crusade against gambling to die down any time soon.

It’ll remain a hot topic in Riverside through the spring.

a promotion in the fire department.

Essentially, it was a communication breakdown, but for the longtime chair of the commission, it was the last straw.

Village President Kit Ketchmark said he was “stunned” by the commissioners’ resignations, saying he didn’t know commission members had grievances simmering.

By mid-August the village board confirmed three people to the commission, including a longtime firefighter, Edward Bermann, who had retired from the fire department at the end of July.

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BIG WEEK

Happy birthday, King North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., continues its Wednesday Movie Matinee series by wishing a happy birthday to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Elvis Presley, by screening his 1962 feature film, “Girls! Girls!

Girls!” on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at 2 p.m.

The movie is free to attend, just drop in. For more information, call the library at 708-447-0869 or visit online at www.northriversidelibrary.org/events.

“Girls! Girls! Girls!”

December 27-January 3

Ready, set … 2018 Get your kids ready to ring in the New Year by reserving a spot for the Riverside Parks and Recreation Department’s annual Kiddie New Year’s Party, on Friday, Dec. 29 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the department’s

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Happy Zoo Year Families are invited to get a jump on celebrating the New Year at Brookfield Zoo’s annual Zoo Year’s Eve celebration on Sunday, Dec. 31.

The festivities start at the zoo, 8400 31st St. in Brookfield, at 6 p.m. with a DJ who will spin tunes to get the party rocking in addition to part favors, games, prizes and more. An early 2018

And more

countdown culminates with a blast from the rest of the zoo and taken in the the confetti cannon at 8 p.m. millions of lights strung as part of the zoo’s annual Holiday Magic event. Zoo Families with children under 6 are Year’s Eve activities are free with general welcome to head over to the Hamill zoo admission and parking fees. Guests Family Play Zoo, where kids can make should park in the main lot at Golfview noisemakers and enjoy a kid-friendly Avenue and 31st Street. countdown at 8 p.m.

The zoo is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., so families can come early to enjoy Donations will be delivered to Humble Hearts on Jan. 10.

Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents the work of artist Natalie Jacobson in “Seeing Things: The difference between you and me” in the Freeark Gallery of Art through Jan. 13, 2018. Free. Gallery hours Tuesday thru Saturday (except major holidays) from 1 to 5 p.m. www.riversideartscenter.com.

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The Brookfield Windy City travel baseball team is collecting winter outerwear -- hats, gloves, coats, boots, scarves and hoodies -- for those in need. Donations will benefit the Humble Hearts organization. Drop off items at 3712 Forest Ave. in Brookfield.

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For more information visit CZS.org/ Events or call 708-688-8000.

Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Golf Road in Brookfield, continues with Holiday Magic the week of Dec. 26-31. The zoo is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day of the event, with lights festivities beginning at 4 p.m. Each night features live music and entertainment, ice carving demonstrations, costumed characters, a model train display, pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus and more.

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headquarters in the shadow of the water tower, 10 Pine Ave. The cost per child is $15 ($20 non-residents). Sign up at the water tower or online at www. riversideil.us/446/RegisterOnline.

“AMAZING MIKE” PLESKA

Music at Plymouth Place

If you’re looking to enjoy a little live music in the next week, you can head over to Plymouth Place, 315 N. LaGrange Road in LaGrange Park, and enjoy “A Tenor’s Art” with Richard Gersten in the Albert Hall, on Wednesday, Dec. 27 at 2:30 p.m.

Or, you can help Plymouth Place

Regular admission and parking rates apply. www.CZS.org/HolidayMagic or 708-688-8000.

North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., presents Also at the library this week: Messy Mornings for Munchkins (ages 2+), Jan. 2 at 10:30 a.m. and Lapsit Storytime (babies/ toddlers with adult) on Dec. 28 at 10:30 a.m. Call 708-447-0869 for more info.

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welcome back multi-instrumentalist the “Amazing Mike” Pleska in the Albert Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 2:15 p.m.

Concerts are free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. Call 708-354-0340 or email rlopienski@plymouthplace.org.

CALENDAR EVENTS ■ If you would like your event to be featured here,

please send a photo and details by noon of the Wednesday before it needs to be published.

We can’t publish everything, but we’ll do our best to feature the week’s highlights.

Email calendar@wjinc.com.

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D96 committee mulls report card changes Standards-based assessments a possibility in the future

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

A 16-member committee is reviewing the report cards issued in Riverside Elementary School District 96 to see if any changes should be made. The district could eventually move to a more standards-based report card as some districts, such as Brookfield-LaGrange Park District 95, have already done.

The committee members are Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction Merryl Brownlow, Ames School Principal Todd Gierman, Hollywood School Principal Kim Hefner and 13 teachers.

“Our goal is that by the end of this year just to identify any opportunities for improving our current report cards so that it better communicates what we’re doing,” Brownlow said. “If we go further and decide there are revisions that we want to pursue … we will widen the group to include other stakeholders, probably parents and some students.

“It’s going to be a multiyear process. This isn’t going to be a six-month thing.”

The system has almost been fully phased in District 95, which began a shift to standardsbased report cards in 2013. Only eighth-grad-

TEACHERS ‘A good start’ from page 1 dent Marty Sloan, a math teacher, in an email. “It was a good start.”

Last year was a trying one at RBHS, with some teachers speaking openly about a perceived culture of retaliation and what they considered a generally unresponsive administration that often did not listen to veteran teachers.

The union filed grievances during the last school year, and last spring, in the aftermath of a decision not to rehire a popular teacher, the two incumbent school board members who ran for re-election were defeated.

School board President Garry Gryczan said the conversation at the meeting was general in nature and a chance for the board to hear directly from teachers.

“We all got together just to go over the state of affairs and how things are going forward,” Gryczan said. “I think it was a good exchange of thoughts. We opened the door for them to come forward on the state of affairs. We want to hear what their perception is.”

Gryczan characterized the tone of the meeting as “generally pretty positive.” It has yet to be determined how often the informal meetings will take place.

“We may do it four times a year or once a

“It allows for teachers to make better decisions for individual students.”

ers still receive letter grades on through third grades do not retheir report cards, and next year ceive any letter grades. Instead eighth-graders will shift to the their report cards are broken standards-based report. down into 11 categories, with The new report cards indicate subgroups in each category. Stuif a student has exceeded expecdents are given scores on a scale tation, has met expectations or of 1 to 4, with 1 being “not meetif a student is still emerging, ing expectations” and 4 being said District 95 Superintendent “exceeds expectations.”

Mark Kuzniewski.

In grades four and five, stu“I’m happy to report that dents receive letter grades in we’re one of the first districts in math, social studies, and sciRYAN EVANS a large area that has been able ence. Students at L.J. Hauser JuS.E. Gross principal to be successful in getting stannior High School receive letter dards based report cards implegrades in all subjects. mented,” he said.

Standards-based grading atRyan Evans, the principal at S.E. Gross tempts to measure student learning with relikes standards based grading, saying it al- spect to outcomes, and progress tends to be lows for a more in-depth approach to student measured on a continuum. Often no letter grades are given. Student learning is mealearning.

“It allows for teachers to make better deci- sures separately from student behavior.

Benefits of standards-based grading, sions for individual students to make sure their potential is maximized,” Evans said. Brownlow told school board members at a re“District 95 believes in looking deeper at cent meeting, include clear expectations for student growth and this model works well to students, consistent measurement of student make sure the Common Core standards are performance across classrooms, assessments that reflect learning, not work habits, and inobtained.”

Currently, District 96 students in first creased student reflection and ownership of

their learning.

Board member Shari Klyber, a former high school teacher who heads the school board’s education committee, urged caution in making changes and moving to a standards-based approach.

“This has been implemented in various places in Illinois and not always with success,” Klyber said.

Klyber said eliminating traditional letter grades and be confusing for students and parents and cause difficulties when students transition to high school.

“It can go bad very quickly,” Klyber said.

Brownlow emphasized that for now the committee is just examining the current report card and has not made any decision on changes, if any.

“We don’t have a preconceived outcome,” Brownlow said.

Brownlow said letter grades can coexist with a standards-based approach.

“It doesn’t necessarily mean we have to get rid of letter grades,” Brownlow said. “We’re not looking at making any changes without getting stakeholder feedback. Right now, we’re just looking to identify if any changes need to be made [and] what would they be.”

semester,” Gryczan said. “It’s still informal on how often we’ll do it.”

Board member Tim Walsh said that it was good to hear from teachers directly, but he noted school board only directly supervises the superintendent.

“Our policy is that the teachers report to one of the assistant principals, the assistant principal reports to the principal, the principal reports to the superintendent, superintendent reports to the board,” Walsh said.

But Walsh said that it was good to hear from teachers.

“We want to have a good relationship with the RBEA,” Walsh said. “It’s good for us to give them a chance to talk directly with the board members on occasion as long as it doesn’t deviate significantly from the organization of the district is.”

Skinkis said that board and union want to develop a closer relationship. Some teachers say they have noticed a different attitude from the administration this year, and that the administration has been trying to be more collaborative.

“We have made a concentrated effort to try and involve the staff more and to work with the staff more as we continue to move the district forward,” Skinkis said.

Holding the meeting with the teachers in closed session raised some questions. The Illinois Open Meetings Act generally requires that school board meetings are open to the public.

The act allows multiple exceptions to that general and closed sessions are held at

changes, so it easily could be perceived as collective negotiations,” Skinkis said.

“There was talk about items in the contract.”

One person at the meeting who asked to remain anonymous said that he did not specifically recall grievances being discussed in the meeting.

Walsh, the only lawyer on the school board, said that the board is careful to abide by the terms of the Open Meetings Act. “To the extent there’s any doubt we make sure that we get guidance from our outside counsel,” Walsh said. “I’m confident that we’ve not violated the Open Meetings Act during anything we’ve discussed in closed session since I’ve been on the board.”

almost every school board meeting. Before discussing things with the teachers, the school board voted to go into closed session with the teachers citing the “collective negotiations” exception.

Descriptions of the meeting seemed to indicate that meeting was more general in nature and an airing of concerns rather than negotiating specific matters, but Skinkis said that since past union grievances were discussed the meeting fell under the collective negotiating matters exception.

“There was some discussion about some of the grievances that occurred last year and how current items in the contract, particularly instructional coaches are working out this year with some of the new

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THE LANDMARK VIEW

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We’re happy to report …

s 2016 ended, we took a look at a few matters that we felt really needed to be resolved in the next 12 months. And much of what we hoped would run its course in 2016 did just that.

Here’s a quick look:

Justice served It was infuriating that more than four years after being accused of brutally stabbing a Countryside man inside a Brookfield home, hanging him by a belt in a bedroom closet and leaving him for dead, Jeffrey Gurley was finally convicted of first-degree attempted murder and put in prison for a good long time.

In May — more than five years after the incident and only after Gurley agreed to a plea deal — a judge sentenced Gurley to 21 years in prison. He will be eligible for parole in 2030, when he is 44 years old.

He had come to Brookfield in search of a former girlfriend — the relationship began when he was a prisoner in a Kentucky jail and she was a guard. She feared his potential for violence and asked her brother to go inside her apartment to get a few things. Gurley was waiting inside and attacked him.

When her brother didn’t come out of the residence, the woman called police, who took Gurley into custody without incident. Fortunately, the brother survived. Even more fortunately, Gurley is in prison where he belongs.

Almost there As we predicted 12 months ago, the Illinois Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling that the Illinois Labor Relations Board was the place where the contract dispute between North Riverside and its union firefighters ought to be handled.

At first calling off its attempt to force privatization of the village’s firefighting services by unilaterally voiding its union contract, the village of North Riverside has now asked the state Supreme Court to intervene.

It’s a very long shot, and almost no one believes the Supreme Court will bother. We may know that answer next month. In the meantime, there’s still no contract while both sides prepare for the inevitable labor arbitration.

Surely, this can’t go on another 12 months, can it?

Fix in, but will it stick?

The village of Riverside earmarked about $30,000 last year to address the landscape in Swan Pond Park, planting thousands of wetlands plants in the lowest area of the park, the area most prone to flooding.

Did it work? Well, the jury is still out after more flooding covered over the fledgling plants for a time, but the village has expressed a commitment to making Swan Pond Park the central gem it had been for so long, prior to 2013.

Here’s keeping our fingers crossed and seeing last year’s plants thrive so the village can expand on the first phase of the planned fix.

Opinion KOSEY CORNER

Tradition continues strong 82 years later

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nd yet another tradition in the Kosey family continues with the baptism of Henrik Peter Sylvester. Henrik will wear a christening gown that was first worn 82 years ago when worn by Joseph Glimco Jr., my brother, for his baptism in 1935.

Over the years, the gown has been worn by yours truly and my two children, Michael and Tina. Moving on to another generation, Michael’s two children, Parker and McKenna, have worn the gown, as have Tina’s three children, Stephanie, Elena, and Max Duve.

Henrik, the son of Stephanie (Duve) and Tyler Sylvester is the 10th family member to wear the gown.

Other members of the Glimco family decided to start their own traditions and did not use the gown, through it would have been in regular use, since my brother’s family grew to eight children, 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. I don’t know if the gown would have made it all the way to Henrik.

The gown is made of cotton and is typically old-fashioned -- long and white with simple stitching. Though lovingly cared for, the gown has lost its brightness and the fabric is thinner, but it is still beautiful.

Babies who have worn the gown have looked adorable, of course, whether male or female. They kept the gown on long enough for the baptismal ceremony and for us to take pictures, after which they were able to trade it in for something more comfortable -- a more practical onesie.

Luckily the gown has withstood any “wardrobe” emergencies, such as babies spitting up and other “happenings.”

What little I know about the dress is that it was purchased by my brother’s godmother, which itself was a tradition at one time. Not sure what people do now. I do remember going to a baptism where the baby was submerged, wearing no gown, in the baptismal font. He was the last baby baptized that day (and you don’t have to think about that too long).

Each time the gown is used, it is amazing to look at those who have worn it before and remember how small they once were. Up until this week, when my brother passed away, all previous wearers are living.

So, when Henrik is baptized we will see another beautiful baby, a beautiful gown and think of those who have worn it in the past, another generation, another tradition continued.

JOANNE KOSEY

LETTERS

Hauser students sound off on food waste We are Hauser Junior High sixth-grade students, and we are learning about food waste in social studies.

Food waste increases poverty, wastes money and harms Earth.

Each year 1.3 billion tons of food is produced, about a third of all that is wasted, including about 45 percent of all fruit and vegetables, 35 percent of fish and seafood, 30 percent of cereals, according to the Guardian’s article, “Produced but never eaten: a visual guide to Food Waste.” The article was posted in 2015.

There are huge environmental factors involved with food waste. Food waste increases global warming. While it’s rotting in landfills, the waste is emitting methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.

The global volume of food wastage is estimated to be 1.6 billion tons of “primary product equivalents,” while the total wastage for the edible part of food is 1.3 billion tons. Compare that amount against total agricultural production (for food and non-food uses), which is about 6 billion tons.

Beyond its environmental impacts, the direct economic consequences to producers of food wastage (excluding fish and seafood) run about $750 billion annually, FAO’s 63-page report estimates.

But, this is not impossible to solve. We know that is hard to change the mentality of the people around the world but there are some solutions we could use. If more people take home food they buy from restaurants, the waste scale will go down.

It will decrease even greater if more people donate extra food to local food pantries and buy a little less at grocery stores. Donating food feeds people, not landfills.

Increasing refrigerated food storage and transportation would keep food from rotting faster, which equals still less waste.

Ayla K., Rebekah S., Miranda V.

Hauser Junior High 6th grade Riverside We are sixth-grade students from Hauser Junior High. We are currently in the middle of our social studies informed action unit. Our team’s goal is to raise awareness and suggest a solution to the devastating problem of food waste.

We have conducted research of the issue and came up with possible solutions. Our research demonstrates See LETTERS on page 13

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OBITUARIES

Marvin E. Hetzel, 96

Thomas McCann Sr., 82

Co-founded manufacturing firms

U.S. Air Force veteran

Marvin E. Hetzel, 96, a longtime resident of Riverside, died Dec. 17, 2017.

Mr. Hetzel served in the U.S. Marines during World War II and later worked as a tool-and-die maker, co-founding Cerzel Tool & Engineering Co., Inc., Broadview Injection Molding Company Inc. and Thermoset Injection Molding Company Inc. He was the husband of the late Josephine (nee Spero); the father of Deacon Martin M. (Valerie, nee VanDenburgh), Dr. Marilyn A. Hetzel (James Schulz), Marvin J. (Judy, nee Tholen), Michael L. (Joyce, nee Wolf), Mary A. (Debbie Edeus) and Mark J.; the grandfather of 10; great grandpa of 11 and great-greatgrandpa of one; step grandpa of three; step great-grandpa of five; and the brother of June Triner and the late Shirley Staral.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 from 9 a.m. to noon at Ivins/Moravecek Funeral Home, 80 E. Burlington St. in Riverside. Entombment is at Queen of Heaven Mausoleum in Hillside.

Thomas Francis McCann Sr., 82, of Riverside, died on Dec. 16, 2017.

He was a captain in the U.S. Air Force and enjoyed playing cards, going to the YMCA and was a member of the Chicago Jaycees while at Sears.

Mr. McCann was the husband of Josephine (nee Thomas); the father of Thomas Francis Jr. (Michelle), Pamela Jean McCann (Lainie Wolfson), Veronica Erin McCann and the late Michael Patrick and late Jeffrey James (Julie) McCann; the grandfather of Thomas Francis III, Kelly Rachel, Michael Patrick II, Ashley, Christopher Michael and Samantha Brooke; the great-grandfather of Aryiana and Landon; the brother of the late James (Eloise) and Jerome John (Christina) McCann; the uncle of Jaimie and nephew of Virginia Brennan.

A memorial gathering will be held on Friday, Dec. 29 from 11 a.m. until time of services at 1 p.m. at Ivins/Moravecek Funeral Home, 80 E. Burlington St. in Riverside.

Continued from page 12 that most of the food that we harvest goes straight into the garbage before even making it to the market.

This is due to food “imperfections.” Food imperfections relate to grocery store standards. Big grocery chains believe if an apple is oddly shaped, nobody would want to buy it, so if it is not put on the shelves, it is rejected.

Forty percent of food in the U.S. is wasted, averaging about 400 pounds a year per person. We ask for the opportunity to raise awareness for a massive issue, and to suggest simple solutions that can help de-

crease the effects of food waste.

Our main solution is to donate the wasted, rejected but edible food to charities and food pantries. Though it is a small and simple thing to do, if the majority were to do it, it would make a big difference.

Though food may continue to be wasted and rejected, the rejected food would go to a good cause, and it would be able to help other individuals fight hunger. We don’t necessarily have to completely stop the issue from happening, our goal is to provide a solution to help decrease the effects of the food waste.

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2 0 1 7 1. Children dressed up in Halloween costumes walk around the park on Oct. 21, during the Boo at the Zoo event at Brookfield Zoo.

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2. The RBHS Cheerleaders perform during the Riverside-Brookfield High School Homecoming 2017 on Sept. 22 at halftime of a Bulldog victory over Wheaton Academy.

3. Jennifer Hepker, left, and Justin Royer kiss while dancing together on Dec. 10, during the Riverside Dancing Club’s Winter Dance at Edgewood Valley Country Club in La Grange.

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4. Suzanne Conrad channeled Sally from “Nightmare Before Christmas,” for the annual Monsters on Mainstreet trick-or-treating and costume contest event on Oct. 28.

5. Michelle Nilles, left, shows Alyssa Katzin, 9, of Brookfield, the snowman she painted on her face inside the Prehop Cleaners during the Riverside’s Chamber of Commerce 43rd Annual Holiday Stroll on Dec. 1.

6. Bud Hainzinger, owner of Wooden Matter Carving Company, carves a Christmas gnome in front of Grossdale Station during the annual Holiday Walk and celebration throughout Brookfield on Dec. 2.

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7. Michael Kulikauskas, 7, of Brookfield, runs through the jungle gym after school at the Kiwanis Park playground on Oct. 16.

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Winning traditions define 2017 LTHS boys swimming, Nazareth football and state champ Kilrea lead the highlight reel

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By MARTY FARMER

Sweet repeat for LTHS swimming

Sports Editor

The Lyons Township High School boys swimming team and LTHS cross country runner Danny Kilrea both celebrated a state title in 2017.

Nazareth football just missed joining them, losing a 28-21 instant classic against Prairie Ridge in the Class 6A championship game Winning went well beyond these standouts, however, as several Riverside-BrookIN field, LTHS, Fenwick and Nazareth teams tasted more than their share of success in 2017. Here’s a look back at another remarkable high school sports year in local high school sports.

The Lions edged conference rival Hinsdale Central 156.5143 to win the 2017 boys swimming state title. LTHS also won state in 2016.

This year, Spencer Walker won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 48.70 seconds at the IHSA State Meet.

He became the first individual boys swimming state champ from LTHS. The University of Alabama commit also placed fourth in the 500 freestyle at 4:29.15.

The Lions also excelled in all three relays at state.

The quartet of Ryan Hammond, Matt Linden, Walker and Henry Claesson timed 3:04.70 in the 400-yard freestyle relay for a third-place finish. Hammond, Linden, David Rak and Claesson placed second in the 200 freestyle relay (1:24.34), while Walker, Walsh, Jeff

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The Lyons Township High School boys swimming team won its second straight state championship in 2017.

Vitek and Hammond took third in the 200 medley relay (1:32.04).

LTHS is off to another successful start this winter.

“I think we’re just kind of going about our business,” LTHS coach Scott Walker said. “I definitely don’t see any kind of pressure on our kids. We are capable of a top-five finish at state, but I think we’re looking to do even better.”

Roadrunners lose 6A heartbreaker Vying for a third state title in four years, the Nazareth football team lost 28-21 to Prairie Ridge in the Class 6A state See 2017 on page 16

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excellent backcourt with four-year varsity guards Samantha Bloom and Lyndsey Hoyd plus workmanlike forward Maggie Shereck.

RBHS posted a 21-10 record.

In search of a team identity this season, the surprising Bulldogs are winning with teamwork. The team is 12-2 with a balanced offensive attack, pressure defense and depth.

“Having so many different contributors is one of the reasons this team works so well,” freshman guard Brenna Loftus said. “It’s a critical part of how this team functions. No matter who is on the court, they can be relied for their strengths in different parts of the game.”

A year to remember from page 15 championship game.

Trailing 28-21 late in the fourth quarter, the Roadrunners marched 70 yards in less than a minute. With the ball on the Prairie Ridge 12-yard line, senior quarterback Bobby Grimes threw a pass into the end zone that was intercepted by the Wolves’ Drew Norton in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter.

“I’m not sure a lot of people picked us to go to the state final this year,” Nazareth coach Tim Racki said. “Although the outcome wasn’t what we wanted, it’s always rewarding to play on Thanksgiving weekend especially in such a classic game.”

Looking ahead to 2018, Nazareth returns a ton of talent, notably top playmakers in Devin Blakeley, Michael Love, Diamond Evans and Josh Oglesby.

Michael Love (20) is one of many playmakers on Nazareth’s star-studded roster.

Courtesy Nazareth Athletic Dept.

teams ran very well at the IHSA Cross Country State Championships. Competing at Peoria’s Detweiller Park, the boys finished eighth and the girls 17th in Class 2A competition. The boys team result was the best one in over 40 years, and the girls squad produced their secondbest score in program history.

Kilrea wins state title Jacob Wardzala, who earned After finishing as the runneran All-State medal with a top-25 up of the IHSA Cross Country finish, recorded the Bulldogs’ State Championship in 2016, Lyfastest time at 15 minutes, 16 ons Township senior Danny Kilseconds to finish 22nd in the rea took the one step forward he individual standings. Junior needed to become a Class 3A state Tara Janney led the girls with champion this year. a time of 18:35, good for 51st.

Kilrea cruised to a state title this Nadia Kaczmarz (77th/18:59) DANNY KILREA season with a time of 14 minutes, and Hailey Jurgens (81st/19:01) LTHS senior 8 seconds, well ahead of Whitney also placed among the top 100.

Young’s Clayton Mendez (14:22) on “It’s a source of pride and Nov. 4 at Peoria’s Detweiller Park. confirmation that the strategies used by our Kilrea joined Warren Druetzler as the coaches are working and successfully proonly individual state champions in LTHS ducing great runners,” said RBHS girls history. Druetzler won state in 1946. coach Blair Jensen.

“I just put everything I had out on the Two-sport star table for my last state meet,” said Kilrea, a Notre Dame commit. “There’s no feeling Jacob Kaminski, from compared to crossing the finish line know- Riverside, is probably the ing that I’m a state champ.” best two-sport athlete at

Bulldogs’ new AD

RBHS head football coach Brendan Curtin was voted by the District 208 school board on Dec. 12 as the school’s next assistant principal for athletics. Curtin, a 1991 graduate of RBHS, will continue coaching football next year as he takes on the time-consuming job of athletic director.

“An important part BRENDAN CURTIN of leading coaches is AD/Football coach to continue to be a coach,” Curtin said.

“I believe the shared experience makes me a credible resource for the coaching staff and will help keep me tied closely to the needs of the athletic programs. I’m fully aware of the responsibilities I’m about to assume.”

Higher level The RBHS boys and girls cross country

Fenwick. He earned fourth place at 195 pounds at the IHSA Class 2A individual state tournament in Champaign last spring. Regarded as an excellent pass rusher, the 6-foot-3, 220-pound sophomore started as a defensive end/linebacker on the football team during the fall.

Kaminski’s talent matches well with his work ethic and humility.

“Even if I’m regarded as one of the best, it doesn’t change much,” Kaminski said. “I still have to go against the guy in front of me in either football or wrestling and get it done.”

Bulldogs’ turnaround season After a disappointing 10-18 campaign in 2016, the RBHS softball squad went 26-10 and won a regional title last spring.

“Winning regionals was hands down the happiest moment of my life,” RBHS shortstop Kailyn Ngo said. “I’m pretty sure a lot of the other girls feel the same way. My best friends were by my side as we made RB soft-

ball history.”

The Bulldogs boasted plenty of balance, depth and chemistry. Nora Dakota anchored the pitching rotation with a 15-6 record, 4.38 earned run average, 36 walks and 74 strikeouts in 117 innings. Tori Blood (6-0, 4.68 ERA) and Nadia Ranieri (4-2) filled out the other top spots.

Senior catcher Cameron Shaw led the way with a .449 batting average, 48 hits, and a team-best 41 RBIs. Ngo served as the catalyst offensively by hitting .450 with a .496 on-base percentage along with team-highs in hits (50) and steals (6, tied with Alivia Ranieri).

Fenwick hoops, second in 3A So close, yet so far. The Fenwick boys basketball team lost 69-67 in overtime to Morgan Park in the Class 3A state final at the Peoria Civic Center.

Fenwick’s freshman sensation DJ Steward shot a perfect game, going 10-for-10 from the field (including a pair of 3-pointers) and 2-for-2 at the free throw line to finish with a gamehigh 26 points.

He also had seven rebounds and four steals in one of the best perforJacob mances by a freshKaminski man in state finals history.

“We’re very disappointed because we had a chance to win a state championship and we didn’t make plays down the stretch,” Fenwick coach Rick Malnati said.

“We’re not disappointed in anything else.

We had a tremendous season with a lot of great memories.”

Fenwick (30-5) turned in a historic campaign. Led by seniors Jacob Keller, Jamal Nixon and the precocious Steward, the Friars won a school-record 30 games, plus the John Malone tourney, Chicago Catholic League North Division, regional, sectional and supersectional championships.

Bulldog hoops finds identity Last season, RBHS girls basketball coach Dallas Till enjoyed the luxury of having an

Brenna Loftus While the 5-foot-7 Loftus has the look of a future star, multiple players including Maddie Meehan, Ashley Rivera, Sarah JnoBaptiste, Leah Rettke and Vasara Kulbis have played key roles for the Bulldogs.

Night of Champions On June 20, the Wednesday Journal hosted its annual “Night of Champions” at Dominican University’s Lund Auditorium in River Forest. In its third year, the event functions as an opportunity to honor the accomplishments of elite high school teams, athletes and coaches from local communities. In addition to a pro sports memorabilia auction, refreshments and food, live music, and speakers from the world of pro sports, co-host Doris Davenport and myself proudly presented the following award winners:

Hall of Fame Award Winner: Tom McCloskey, Riverside-Brookfield boys basketball Coach of the Year (Female Team): Doug Schultz, Riverside-Brookfield softball Male Team of the Year: Lyons Township swimming Male Athlete of the Year: Spencer Walker, Lyons Township swimming; Kyle Fitzgerald, Riverside-Brookfield baseball Female Team of the Year: Lyons Township girls tennis Female Athlete of the Year: Lahari Yelamanchili, Lyons Township girls tennis Most Inspirational Athlete: Joey Swallow, Riverside-Brookfield football/wrestling Breakout Athlete of the Year: Jacob Kaminski, Fenwick wrestling

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The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before January 16, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before January 29, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

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The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before January 22, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152949 on December 11, 2017.

Under the Assumed Business Name of IBERIA AND BEYOND with the business located at: 850 DES PLAINES AVENUE UNIT 506, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: IVAN R. MORENO 850 DES PLAINES AVENUE UNIT 506 FOREST PARK, IL 60130.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152924 on December 7, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of REALTY DIGIT with the business located at: 2431 HIGHLAND AVENUE, BERWYN, IL 60402. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: CARL GONZALEZ 2431 HIGHLAND AVENUE BERWYN, IL 60402

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152975 on December 13, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of CHICAGO TAX CONSULTANT LEAGUE with the business located at: 111 W. JACKSON BLVD. SUITE #17092, CHICAGO, IL 60604. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: MELISSA DAVIS 207 GREEN ST. APT. #1 MAYWOOD, IL 60153.

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DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of Glenda Rosales, Petitioner and Gerardo Rivas, Respondent, Case No. 2017 D 005796.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before January 16, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.TAISHA L. FOSTER, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 008084 611 N HUMPHREY AVE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 18, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 26, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 611 N HUMPHREY AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60302

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Property Index No. 16-05-319-0290000.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS� condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-07208.

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. 14-17-07208 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 008084 TJSC#: 37-9724 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 29, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 2, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1005 S. CUYLER AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-308-0230000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS� condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-02460.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CIT BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.JOSEPH L. SCOTT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA– DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 17 CH 003425 1005 S. CUYLER AVENUE

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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. 14-17-02460 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 003425 TJSC#: 37-11026 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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the 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, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 2911717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm. Please refer to file number 16-080428.

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.

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717

E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 16-080428 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 16 CH 11369 TJSC#: 37-10808 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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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 14-16-13192.

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. 14-16-13192 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 014054 TJSC#: 37-10777 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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tion to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 12-35-101-026-0000, 12-35101-027-0000.

Commonly known as 2344 Trumbull Avenue, River Grove, IL 60171.

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 For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455 WA17-0273.

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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: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 2120-10995.

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

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.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-10995 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 15 CH 12523 TJSC#: 37-9616 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 9914 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 Monday, January 15, 2018 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: P.I.N. 15-15-205-016-0000.

Commonly known as 1022 South 11th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153.

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 For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455 WA16-0511.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.VALERIA GRIFFIN A/K/A VALERIA E. HARRIS A/K/A VELERIA HARRIS A/K/A VALERIA E. GRIFFIN, LUCILLE CADE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Defendants 16 CH 11369 235 49TH AVENUE Bellwood, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 18, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 9, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 235 49TH AVENUE, Bellwood, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-08-220-0210000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $147,797.86.

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.MIGUEL SANCHEZ, VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD, STATE OF ILLINOIS Defendants 16 CH 014054 407 S. 17TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 23, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 11, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 407 S. 17TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-10-410-0020000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-AR8, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006AR8; Plaintiff, vs.

BARBARA A. PODESZWA; DANIEL H. PODESZWA; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BARBARA A. PODESZWA, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DANIEL H. PODESZWA, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 8206 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 Friday, January 19, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auc-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.TRINETTA S. ROBERTSON AKA TRINETTA ROBERTSON AKA TRINETTA SMITH AKA TRINETTA STRICKLAND Defendants 15 CH 12523 1612 S. 16TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 20, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 23, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1612 S. 16TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-227-0220000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $201,362.77.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREMONT HOME LOAN TRUST 2006-E, MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-E; Plaintiff, vs.

ANGELA L. HUNTER; VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD; MIDLAND FUNDING LLC; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANGELA L. HUNTER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/ B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OR TRUSTEES, OF THE DOROTHY D. VERGOLIAS TRUST DATED SEPTEMBER 10, 1992; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 17 CH 8827 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 Monday, January 15, 2018 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: P.I.N. 15-21-409-018-0000.

Commonly known as 1853 NORFOLK AV E N U E , WESTCHESTER, IL 60154.

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.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One

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NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 18, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 22, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2312 SOUTH 21ST AVENUE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155 Property Index No. 15-22-111-0640000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney:

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-06637.

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. 14-17-06637 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 007554 TJSC#: 37-9716 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The property will NOT be open for inspection.

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

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NEW PENN FINANCIAL LLC DBA SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING; Plaintiff, vs.

HORRIS MACK; BMO HARRIS BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO M & I BANK FSB, FIRST BANK AS SUCCESSOR AND INTEREST TO MAYWOOD PROVISO STATE BANK; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 2032 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on June 5, 2017 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 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: P.I.N. 15-15-107-013-0000.

Commonly known as 934 S. 22nd Avenue, Bellwood, IL 60104.

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 For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3069866 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NEW PENN FINANCIAL LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.KILA ENGLISH, ADVANTAGE ASSETS II, INC. Defendants 17 CH 007554 2312 SOUTH 21ST AVENUE BROADVIEW, IL 60155

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR GSR MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-OA1, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-OA1; Plaintiff, vs.

JUAN M. FAVELA AKA JUAN FAVELA; MARIA FAVELA; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, N.A., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; Defendants, 17 CH 7658 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, January 18, 2018 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: P.I.N. 12-28-319-035-0000.

Commonly known as 2548 George Street, Franklin Park, IL 60131.

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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs.

JUAN C. ALBIZURES; JENNIFER C. ALBIZURES; ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 15739 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, January 16, 2018 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: P.I.N. 15-04-206-080-0000.

Commonly known as 1510 North 31st Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60160.

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.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 15-030019 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3069871

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION CORP. Plaintiff, vs.

GLORIA HORNBAKER, CURRENT SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF GLORIA HORNBAKER, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS. Defendants, 11 CH 4837 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on October 24, 2017 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 25, 2018 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: P.I.N. 12-30-204-025-0000.

Commonly known as 3048 Martin Ave, Melrose Park, IL 60164.

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 For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3070910 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.MAURICE JOHNSON, SHEILA A. JOHNSON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA–DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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Defendants 15 CH 009405 2304 S. 16TH AVENUE BROADVIEW, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 27, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 29, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2304 S. 16TH AVENUE, BROADVIEW, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-22-208-0210000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-03674.

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. 14-15-03674 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 009405 TJSC#: 37-10055 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.TRINA WASHINGTON Defendants 17 CH 8761 421 47TH AVENUE Bellwood, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 27, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 29, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 421 47TH AVENUE, Bellwood, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-08-402-0510000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $117,514.09.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assess-

ments 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, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 2911717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm. Please refer to file number 17-083449.

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.

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 17-083449 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 17 CH 8761 TJSC#: 37-9028 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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ISIAH MC CULLOUGH JR. A/K/A ISIAH MCCULLOUGH JR., BEATRICE J. MC CULLOUGH A/K/A BEATRICE J. MCCULLOUGH Defendants 17 CH 008959 132 BOHLAND AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 6, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 1, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 132 BOHLAND AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-09-105-0490000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-07196.

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. 14-17-07196 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 008959 TJSC#: 37-9374 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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(630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F17010054 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3070725

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, January 23, 2018 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: P.I.N. 15-16-417-052-0000.

Commonly known as 1139 Norfolk Avenue, Westchester, IL 60154.

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.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 16-033404 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3070752

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. Nicole Fox at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Potestivo & Associates, P.C., 251 Diversion Street, Rochester, Michigan 48307.

(248) 853-4400 ext 1200. C1495812 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3070753

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC F/K/A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

ALONSO CONTRERAS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 729 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 Monday, January 22, 2018 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: P.I.N. 15-03-217-001-0000.

Commonly known as 1216 Elsie Drive, Melrose Park, Illinois 60160.

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.

For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs.

A D VA N C E D CRITICAL TRANSPORT, INC.; JEANNE CONRAD AKA JEANNIE CONRAD; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; NICHOLAS CONRAD; TIMOTHY CONRAD; JOVON CONRADALEXANDER; SAMUEL CONRAD UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BABUS L. CONRAD DECEASED; THOMAS P QUINN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF BABUS L. CONRAD, DECEASED; Defendants,) 17 CH 3099 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, January 23, 2018 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: P.I.N. 15-10-127-017-0000 & 15-10127-018-0000.

Commonly known as 135 South 19th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153.

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.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17-005475 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3070748 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DBA CHRISTIANA TRUST NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF MATAWIN VENTURES TRUST SERIES 2016-4; Plaintiff, vs.

JOSE ROSALES; MARIA JULIA ARRIAGA ROSALES; FOUNDATION FINANCE COMPANY LLC; VILLAGE OF EVERGREEN PARK, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA) N.A.; Defendants, 16 CH 8043 NOTICE OF SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAA HOME EQUITY TRUST 2006-9 ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-9; Plaintiff, vs.

WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THEODORE WILLIAMS, SR. (DECEASED); WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ADDIE WILLIAMS (DECEASED) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC, AS NOMINEE FOR MILA, INC., DBA MORTGAGE INVESTMENT LENDING ASSOCIATES, INC.; RALPH BOYD; THOMAS WILLIAMS; HSBC BANK NEVADA, NA FKA HOUSEHOLD BANK; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF THEODORE WILLIAM, SR.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ADDIE WILLIAMS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 18592 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, January 23, 2018 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: P.I.N. 15-16-205-056-0000.

Commonly known as 3114 Wilcox Avenue, Bellwood, IL 60104.

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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PINGORA LOAN SERVICING LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

ALPHONSO YOUNG; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 3867 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 Wednesday, January 24, 2018 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: P.I.N. 15-16-317-033-0000.

Commonly known as 1018 Hull Avenue, Westchester, Illinois 60154.

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.

For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

(630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F17020339 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3070777 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.SHAREE BECTON, MARVIN BECTON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA–DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 17 CH 006065 128 MARSHALL AVE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 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, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 29, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL,

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The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-04756.

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. 14-17-04756 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 006065 TJSC#: 37-9968 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-01669.

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. 14-17-01669 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 002162 TJSC#: 37-10173 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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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 14-16-14286.

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. 14-16-14286 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 014707 TJSC#: 37-10193 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 002735 300 GENEVA AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 6, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 8, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 300 GENEVA AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-08-231-0180000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-01970.

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. 14-17-01970 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 002735 TJSC#: 37-10198 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.DEANNA LYNCH, GLORIA J. LYNCH Defendants 17 CH 002162 238 RICE AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 1, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 5, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 238 RICE AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-09-114-0220000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.JEFFERY D. JONES A/K/A JEFFREY D. JONES A/K/A JEFF D. JONES, NATASHA KEYS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 014707 1614 S. 9TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 3, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 5, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1614 S. 9TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-232-0220000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.LORENZO J. POLK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA–

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BARBARA A. GARNETT AKA BARBARA GARNETTTATE AKA BARBARA ANN GARNETT AKA BARBARA ANNGARNETT TATE AKA BARBARA GARNETT AKA BARBARA ANN GARNETT-TATE AKA BARBARA A. TATE; US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; ARTHUR GARNETT AKA ARTHUR J. GARNETT INDIVIDUALLY AND AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ESTATE OF BARBARA A. GARNETT AKA BARBARA GARNETT-TATE AKA BARBARA ANN GARNETT AKA BARBARA ANN-GARNETT TATE AKA BARBARA GARNETT AKA BARBARA ANN GARNETTTATE AKA BARBARA A. TATE; HARRY GARNETT AKA HARRY J. GARNETT JR; STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. FKA CAPITAL ONE BANK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 1495 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE of Foreclosure and Sale entered in

the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 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: P.I.N. 15-15-118-015-0000.

Commonly known as 1432 South 17th Avenue, Maywood, Illinois 60153.

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.

For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

(630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F14090235 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3071474 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PLAZA HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, vs.

JAIME NAVA; MARIESTEL VALENCIA Defendants, 16 CH 5209 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 Monday, January 29, 2018 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: P.I.N. 12-36-217-019-0000.

Commonly known as 2138 North 75th Avenue, Elmwood Park, IL 60707.

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.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 16-004915 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3071427

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