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First Latina elected to represent 77th District

After Nov. 8 victory, Proviso East, Melrose Park native Norma Hernandez will succeed outgoing state Rep. Kathleen Willis

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

The Congressional candidates who defied precedent by not getting trampled in a midterm election during a year in which their party controls the White House weren’t the only Democrats who made history on Nov. 8.

Norma Hernandez, the 31-year-old Melrose Park native and Proviso East High School graduate, is the first Latina elected to represent the 77th District in the Illinois House of Representatives.

Hernandez beat Republican Anthony Airdo 57% to 43% on Tuesday, several months after upsetting longtime Democratic incumbent Kathleen Willis in the June 28 primary election.

The 77th District includes parts of Elmwood Park, River Grove, Melrose Park, Stone Park and Northlake, O’Hare International Airport, Bensenville and Addison, among other areas. After the district was redrawn in 2021, its eastern borders extended further into Elmwood Park and section of Melrose Park was removed.

In Maywood, a place for veterans to heal through crafts

since.

That place is 615 W. Roosevelt Rd. in Maywood — the only Illinois location of Help Heal Veterans, a national nonprofit that provides veterans with free therapeutic craft kids

Nothnagel, who served in the Navy for nearly 12 years, was at Help Heal Veterans on Nov. 10, when the organization hosted a craft session and handed out grab-and-go lunches on the eve of Veterans Day.

“We do repurposed stuf f into kits,” she said. “All of this stuf f is cut and made in our California warehouse.”

Help Heal Veterans is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The location will be closed on Veterans Day. Schmidt said the Maywood location serves up to 60 veterans a week.

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

Anna Nothnagel, 38, said she was having some anxiety issues when she discovered a small storefront across the street from Hines VA Hospital, 5000 5th Ave. in Hines. A friend recommended the place to her. Nothnagel, who lives in Montgomery, has been returning ever

Rosanne Schmidt, the program manager, said the nonprofit opened the Maywood location in 2015. She said the organization, which has been around for more than 50 years, gets materials for its free craft kits from all across the country. Schmidt showed one finished product: a football crafted from the leather of old Southwest Airlines seats.

In addition to crafts, Schmidt said Help Heal Veterans also facilitates workshops and a range of community outreach initiatives, which were more robust before the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Because of Covid, we kind of cut back so usually vets will come in and they’ll get their kits and go to do the kits at home,” she said, adding that she and her team still hand out craft kits to veterans in the community.

Nothnagel said she was eager to take

Help Heal Veterans, a nonprofit with a Maywood location across the street from Hines VA Hospital, ser ves up to 60 vets a week, official says

Westchester trustee announces mayoral run,

Maywood seeking to build pickleball courts, PAGE

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Senior Editor Bob Uphues

Photographer Alex Rogals Staff Contributor Shanel Romain Design/Production Manager Andrew Mead

Westchester trustee announces bid for village president

Trustee Trac y Jennings, who is also

values of the homes sur rounding it.

He has also pushed for the village to strengthen its ordinances to make it easier to re gulate and monitor the problematic rental properties of absentee landlords

Lourdes Nicholls, Marc Stopeck Business & Development Manager Mary Ellen Nelligan

Triton

is seeking to fill the remainder of late village president Frank Perr y’s term

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

A Westchester trustee recently announced his bid for village president. Trustee Tracy Jennings, a 27-year resident of the village and U.S. Ar my veteran, has served on the village board since his appointment last year to serve the remainder of late village president Frank Per ry’s trustee ter m. Per ry died in December

In a Nov. 11 statement announcing his candidacy, Jennings’ campaign said making the announcement on Veterans Day is “extremely meaningful,” adding

that, for Jennings, “serving others and the greater good of the community has been a passion of his since his youth and there is nothing else he would rather be doing except being a valued asset to the” village and society

Last year, Jennings was elected to the Triton Colle ge trustee board, gar nering the most votes in a four-person race for two seats. In 2020, he ran unsuccessfully as an independent for the 7th District Cong ressional seat held by Rep. Danny K. Davis

Jennings, 56, pastors a Joliet church, has worked in the telecommunications industry and founded a real estate appraisal company.

During his tenure on the Westchester village board, he’s been outspoken on a range of quality-of-life issues.

Earlier this year, Jennings was a vocal opponent of a controversial proposal to build a light manufacturing complex on the site of the old St. Joe’s High School, 10900 W. Cer mak Rd., arguing that the development would lower the property

In the Nov. 11 statement, Jennings’ campaign team said, if elected village president, he’ ll focus on developing “a robust, comprehensive strategic plan that will guide” Westchester for the next five to 10 years, developing and implementing a plan for drawing “diverse, quality-based” businesses into the village and expanding the village’s economic footprint, and “strengthening community connections by curating impactful events and traditions that will influence positive resident relationships, resulting in Westchester being the ideal place to live, work, and shop.”

According to the statement, Jennings has also for med a party. The campaign said his running mates will be “introduced soon.”

Jennings is at least the second person to for mally announce their candidacy for village president in the April 4 special election. The winner will finish out the remainder of Per ry’s ter m.

In September, Daniel Maldonado, a 38-year-old Westchester Park District commissioner, announced his bid for village president.

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Melrose Park Votes To Remain Home Rule Suburb

During the Nov. 8 election, residents in Melrose Park voted overwhelmingly to remain a home rule municipality, according to preliminary retur ns posted by the Cook County Clerk’s of fice.

On the question — “Shall the Village of Melrose Park cease to be a home rule unit?” — 80% of voters in the village voted no while 20% voted yes.

Under state law, the referendum is automatically triggered once a home-rule municipality’s population dips under 25,000 residents. In the 2020 census, around 24,764 people were counted in Melrose Park

According to the Illinois Municipal League’s website, the purpose of home rule “is to allow for local solutions to local issues and problems. A municipality with home rule status can exercise any power and perfor m any function unless it is specifically prohibited from doing so by state law.”

Nor thlake Voters Split on Backyard Chickens, Against Late-Night Live Bands

In Northlake, residents voted against one

HERNANDEZ

Making history

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Her nande z’s election to the 77th House seat comes a year after she was elected to her first ter m on the Triton Colle ge trustee board in 2021, becoming the board’s youngest member Her nandez is also a Triton graduate who went on to study social work at Aurora University before ear ning a master’s de gree in urban planning from the University of Illinois Chicago. She’s currently an urban planner at UIC’s Great Cities Institute

“My overall project is really understanding how we enhance our civic infrastructure in Chicago,” she said during an interview with Village Free Press last year.

During her primary run, Her nandez secured the support of Melrose Park Mayor Ron Ser pico and Cong ressman Jesus “Chug” Garcia, whose 4th Cong ressional

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referendum and in favor of another.

On the question — “Should Northlake allow for the keeping of backyard chickens?” — residents were split almost evenly, with about a dozen votes separating the no and yes camps

According to the Clerk’s of fice, 997 people, or about 50.3% voted no, while 984 people, or about 49.7%, voted yes.

Northlake Mayor Jeff Sherwin said earlier this year that if enough residents voted in favor of the measure, the village board would take steps to evaluate its ordinances and possibly lift the village’s cur rent prohibition on backyard chickens.

On the question — “Should Northlake cut of f live bands and amplified music at 9 p.m. in residential areas?” — 58% of Northlake voters voted yes while 42% voted no.

Congressman Garcia Enters Chicago Mayoral Race

[By Bob Skolnik/Riverside-Brookfield Landmark] Less than 48 hours after he was easily reelected to a third ter m, 4th District Cong ressman Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-Chicago) announced Thursday that he is entering the race to be the mayor of Chicago. On Tuesday, Garcia easily defeated Republican James Falakos capturing 68% of the vote.

The 4th Cong ressional District stretches

District includes parts of Stone Park, Northlake, Melrose Park and Berkeley, among other communities

Garcia announced on Nov. 10 that he would run for Chicago mayor against incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot. During an unsuccessful run in 2015, Garcia forced mayor Rahm Emanuel into a runof f. First District Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, whose district spans Proviso Township, is also running for mayor.

Her nande z is another branch in Garcia’s growing Chicago-area progressive coalition. Garcia’s endorsement and support also helped Rep. Delia Ramire z win the Democratic primary for the newly drawn 3rd Cong ressional District and state Rep. Lisa Her nandez get elected chair of the Illinois Democratic Party, Politico reported last month.

During an interview at La Tequileria in Melrose Park, where Her nandez’s campaign watched election retur ns after the June 28 primary, Garcia made something of a prediction for Tuesday’s midter m election.

from the southwest side of Chicago to the near west suburbs, including parts of Melrose Park, Northlake and Stone Park.

Garcia is joining a crowded field of challengers who have already announced that they are running against incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot. That field includes First District Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, whose district spans much of Proviso Township. Read full story at vfpress.news

Nor thlake

Completes 2 Renovated

Parks, Plants Mor ton Arboretum Tree

Northlake recently renovated two parks in town while also planting a ceremonial tree donated by an engineering fir m in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Morton Arboretum, the living museum in Lisle, and of the 50th anniversary of the Conservation Foundation, the national nonprofit based in Naperville that’s dedicated to preserving and improving natural resources.

Christopher B. Burke Engineering donated the tree, an American Sycamore, along with nearly 100 other trees to 45 Chicago suburbs The fir m also donated a tree to Westchester An ef fort on Saturday to reach a representative of the fir m to ask about other trees donated in Proviso was unsuccessful.

“I am fairly cer done in building coalition politics that embraces ev — we can withstand the right and that midter m election save democracy but redefine democra embracing everyone America is today,” the time.

Tony Favela, an attor build Garcia’s pr unsuccessfully against said the election loss also spur red him organizing.

“I decided I needed similarly minded June 28. “I went to the southwest side, helped elect Chuy to Cong ress [among other candidates he helped]. I had been building and building over there and when it was time, I said, ‘Hey guys, there’s stuf f going on over here [in Proviso], too. Chuy ag reed and this was the result.

“My name wasn’t on the ballot, but I feel

Christopher B. Burke, Burke Engineering’s founder and CEO, is on the board of both the Morton Arboretum and the Conservation Foundation.

During the ceremonial tree planting in Northlake’s Grant Park last month, Mark Wrzescz, a senior project manger with Burke Engineering, said trees “are critically important elements of our environment. They reduce air pollution, encourage physical activity, enhance mental health and more.”

The tree planting was one of two highlights featured in one of Northlake’s re gular video newsletters found on its Facebook Page During the Oct. 20 posting, the city also announced that it has recently rededicated Posphalla Park, a park created in 2004 by Northlake, Veterans Park District and Berkeley School District 87. The park is just outside of Whittier Elementary School, 338 Whitehall Ave. in Northlake.

Northlake Mayor Jeff Sherwin said the Veterans Park District recently refurbished the park’s play area. The new amenities include an obstacle course for children ages 5 to 12, and a playground unit. The renovated park features a rubberized surface throughout.

Veterans Park District also recently completed renovations at Kahl Park 255

and she worked hard. The whole campaign worked hard. They did something that people didn’t think was possible in the wester n suburbs and now we have her as our next state representative.”

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Norma Hernandez, the new 77th District stat representative.

Palmer in Northlake. Bill Otte, the executive director of Veterans Park District, said in the Oct. 20 video that the parks would be done in a few weeks. On Nov. 12, most of the park seemed complete but tape was wrapped around the equipment. Otte said the district is planning a ribbon-cutting in the spring.

Once it reopens, Kahl Park will feature a pair of bocce courts, new benches, brick pavers, an outdoor fitness center, a new playg round area for tots, a new splash pad and picnic benches, among other improvements.

Forest Preser ve District Opens Schuth’s Grove Canoe Launch

[By Bob Uphues/Riverside-Brookfield Landmark] Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and about a half dozen other county and state officials cut the ribbon on a new boat launch at Schuth’s Grove on the northwest corner of Cermak Road and Desplaines Avenue on Oct. 27, providing local canoe and kayak enthusiasts yet another access point to the Des Plaines River.

It’s the ninth such canoe/kayak launch in Cook County Forest Preserve land along

Ed Wagemann, a Cook County Forest Preserve District employee, paddles the Des Plaines River a er shoving o from the Schuth’s Grove canoe launch for the ver y rst time during the Oct. 27 ribbon cutting event

the Des Plaines River and fills a five-mile gap between the Maywood Grove launch at Lake Street and the Plank Road Meadow launch at Ogden Avenue in Lyons.

The boat launch is reached via a curving asphalt path that slopes gently down to the riverbank, and there’s a stable, paved surface all the way to river’s edge, making it accessible. Read full story at vfpress. news

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Maywood Park District planning major improvements

Park officials working to bring pickleball courts, dog park to town

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

Maywood Park District officials are planning a range of improvements to the village’s parks in the coming months, including the installation of pickleball courts, new outdoor fitness courts and a dog park, among others.

During a presentation at a Nov. 1 village board meeting, Maywood Park District Executive Director Lonette Hall updated the board on major improvement projects at three parks in the village: Conner-Heise Memorial Park, on the corner of 10th Avenue and Washington Boulevard; Water Works Park, at 9th Avenue and Maywood Drive; and Burton Park, at 16th Avenue and Washington Boulevard

At Conner-Heise, the park district wants to replace the old and mostly unused tennis courts with pickleball courts, install outdoor fitness equipment and a new playg round unit to replace the existing one that’s roughly 20 years old, and install a circular basketball court that’s conducive for wheelchair basketball games, Hall said. She said park district officials are seeking to demolish Water Works Park and replace the outdated playground unit and old fencing with a fenced-in dog park that

would include platforms, hurdles and sunshading, among other equipment.

The district also has plans to demolish a roughly 40-year-old abandoned building at Burton Park, with plans on what will replace it hatched after a series of public meetings take place where residents can of fer feedback, Hall said.

During the Nov. 1 meeting, the village board voted to give the park district about $54,000, a measure that still needs to be for mally ratified at an upcoming board meeting, Maywood Mayor Nathaniel George Booker said. The money will allow the park district to meet the requirements of time-sensitive matching grants that will fund the purchase of playground equipment.

Work on the proposed park improvements will happen as the village and the park district complete the complex task of transferring six village-owned parks over to the park district, as part of an intergovernmental ag reement both taxing bodies entered last year.

That ag reement requires the village to allocate up to $100,000 in each fiscal year in 2022 and 2023 to help the park district improve and maintain the six parks that the village, over the years, had largely neglected. The ag reement fulfills the terms of a referendum that passed in 2006, when Maywood residents voted in favor of the village turning over control of the parks to the park district.

Since the village and park district signed the 2021 ag reement, the process of

finalizing the transferals of parks has been delayed by several months, said Maywood attor ney Michael Jurusik. Jurusik’s fir m, Klein, Thor pe and Jenkins, was ousted in March by for mer village manager Chasity Wells-Ar mstrong before being rehired several months later after Ar mstrong’s suspension and ter mination. Jurusik said all of the parks should be tur ned over by next year.

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HEALING erapeutic activity

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a Lock n’ Load pen kit — popular among vets — home to her son.

“These kits have been very beneficial as far as getting the mind of f of health issues that I have and it helps a lot to keep your mind active and stay creative,” said Eliza Cabarrus, a 48-year old Ar my veteran who also works at the location part time.

Birgitte Doucet, 82, said she’s been volunteering at Help Heal Veterans and Hines VA for about years. Her husband was World War II veteran.

“I grew up after Worl War II in Denmark and we were very impressed by the Americans,” she said. “Eventually, I got job of fer over here and the first veteran I met, we we so thankful that I mar ried

him. It wasn’t moder n time him, he had just become a wido Schmidt said the crafts camaraderie go a long helping veterans heal.

“This helps their PTSD or she said. “This helps a lot.”

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Anna Nothnagel, 38, holds up a cra kit she obtained on Nov. 10 from Help

Heal Veterans, 615 W. Roosevelt Rd. in Maywood. Le , a patriotic wooden eagle lines a shelf inside of the Maywood storefront.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF PRIVATE SALE

The following property will be sold by written bid by 9:00 a.m. MST on 11/23/2022

2015 Wabash Dry Van 1JJV532D 7FL876068

To inquire about this item please call Bret Swenson at 801-624-5864.

Transportation Alliance Bank 4185 Harrison Blvd Ogden, UT 84403

Published in Village Free Press November 16, 23, 2022

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

REPUBLIC BANK OF CHICAGO, AS ASSIGNEE OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, AS RECEIVER FOR NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE Plaintiff, -v.-

FRED C. GOODLUCK, as Inde pendent Administrator of the Estate of Ernest C. Goodluck, FRED C. GOODLUCK, an individual, LISA J. GOODLUCK, an individual, VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ERNEST C. GOODLUCK, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 21 CH 2126 423 53RD 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 March 8, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 9, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 423 53RD AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-08-304-0110000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $122,159.94.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject

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

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLO SURE 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 Brandon R. Freud, CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 444-9300. Please refer to file number 31355/75923

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.

Brandon R. Freud

CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. 120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1700 Chicago IL, 60606 312-444-9300

Fax #: 312-444-9027

E-Mail: bfreud@chuhak.com Attorney File No. 31355/75923 Attorney Code. 70693

Case Number: 21 CH 2126

TJSC#: 42-4037

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector at tempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 21 CH 2126 I3206821

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Certificate Trustee for NRP Mort gage Trust 1 Plaintiff, vs. Absolute Management & Consult ing, Inc.; Ron Tahoe; Unknown Owners and NonRecord Claimants Defendants, 21 CH 4407

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, December 13, 2022 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 15-10-403-014-0000 and 1510-403-015-0000

Commonly known as 233 SOUTH 14TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153.

The mortgaged real estate is im proved with a single family resi dence. 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. 21-015760

F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3206448

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

GREG BATELLI Plaintiff, -v.-

BV HOTELS, INC, NINO GIOR GOBIANI, GOIN REAL ESTATE, LLC 1, U.S. BANK, N.A. AS TRUST EE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF CSMC ASSET-BACKED TRUST 2007-NC1 OSI, CSMC AS SET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-NCI OSI, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants U.S. BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF CSMC ASSET-BACKED TRUST 2007-NC1 OSI, CSMC ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-NC1 OSI Counter-Plaintiff

-vsNINO GIORGOBIANI; BV HOTELS, INC.; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A.; GREG BATELLI; LLC 1 D/B/A GOIN REAL ESTATE LLC 1; JO SEPH VARAN, CLOUD VIEW LLC, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS

Counter-Defendants 13 CH 27286

716 SOUTH 7TH 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 August 31, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 2, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 716 SOUTH 7TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-11-341-014

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $621,336.15.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium

Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g1).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 FORECLO SURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in or der to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm.. Please refer to file number 09-030478.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717

E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 09-030478 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 13 CH 27286 TJSC#: 42-3787

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector at tempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I3206427

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORT GAGE CORPORATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREDDIE MAC SEASONED LOANS STRUCTURED TRANSACTION TRUST SERIES 2020-3; Plaintiff, vs. RHEADIE EAGINS; DENISE S. EAGINS; CITIBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA CI TIBANK FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK; ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 22 CH 715

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, December 7, 2022 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at pub-

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

lic auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the follow ing described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-09-218-005-0000. Commonly known as 2610 Glos Ave., Bellwood, IL 60104.

The mortgaged real estate is im proved with a single family resi dence. 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 De partment at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Diaz Anselmo & Associates, P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563. (630) 453-6925. 1446181310

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3205905

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2006-HE2 MORT GAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFI CATES, SERIES 2006-HE2 Plaintiff, -v.-

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEG ATEES OF DAVID L. WILLIAMS, DECEASED, SONJA D. WILLIAMS, EUGENE WILLIAMS, DANNY WILLIAMS, DAMON RITENHOUSE, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DAVID L. WILLIAMS A/K/A DA VID LEE WILLIAMS, DECEASED, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF CSMC 2021-JR1, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS Defendants 21 CH 1396 2115 SOUTH 10TH 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 September 1, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on Decem ber 2, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the follow ing described real estate: Commonly known as 2115 SOUTH 10TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-15-431-0070000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $150,620.01.

Sale terms: 25% down of the high est bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Prop erty Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real es tate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the

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

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLO SURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in or der 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 Corpora tion conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm.. Please refer to file number 21-094559

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717

E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 21-094559 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 21 CH 1396 TJSC#: 42-3532

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector at tempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 21 CH 1396 I3206318

Westchester’s tree ambitions take ro ot

Recent planting of tree donated by engineering represents village’s plans to revitalize tree canop decimated by emerald ash borer beetle

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

On Nov. 7, of ficials with the village Westchester and Christopher B. Engineering gathered in the open at the intersection of Crestwood Lane Westchester Boulevard to plant a plane tree

The tree was one among more trees that Burke donated to 45 Chicago suburbs as part of the fir m’s celebration the Morton Arboretum’s 100th anniversary and The Conservation Foundation’s 50th anniversary.

The ceremonial tree-planting may also symbolize Westchester’s wider ambitions for expanding the village’s tree canopy, which is still recovering from the invasive emerald ash borer beetle.

According to a 2020 tree census, the beetle has killed 6 million ash trees in the Chicago re gion in less than 15 years, leaving another 4 million “mortally

wounded,” WTTW reported in January.

Steve Crowley, Westchester’s public works foreman, said the village took down more than 800 ash trees after the ash borer beetle’s invasion roughly five years ago. Now, the village is focused on replenishing its tree stock.

Greg Hribal, Westchester’s acting village manager, said the village is working on securing a grant for tree inventory management and Crawley said the village embarked last year on a plan to replant its tree canopy.

Crawley said Westchester is a part of the

City USA program, which “provides communities with a four-step framework maintain and grow their tree cover,” according to its website

The public works foreman explained the village wants to plant between and 200 trees a year and up to 2,000 trees in a decade He said the village is ticularly focused on planting trees in empty parkways, adding that the village already planted other trees such as ite oaks around the London plane tree ke donated

“This is the second year of the program we’re at roughly 389 trees planted,” wley said. “The goal is to have every kway that warrants a tree eventually at the end of the 10 years to have a functional tree on it,” he said.

One tool for accomplishing that 10-year is the village’s 50/50 tree-planting ogram, in which the village splits the of planting a tree of a resident’s choosing in front of their home The village typically replants trees at no cost to homeowners, Crawley said.

Hribal said the village is leaning on a range of mitigating strategies as it revives its canopy. One strateg y is to avoid planting too many of the same trees

“Not having the diversification causes an entire area to have all its trees removed due to disease,” he said.

CONTAC T: michael@oakpark.com

Michael Romain/Staff

John LaPaglia, an engineer with Christopher Burke Engineering, Westchester Acting Village Manager Greg Hribal and Westchester Public Works Foreman Steve Crawley stand in front of a newly planted London plane tree at the parkway at Crestwood Lane and Westchester Boulevard on Nov. 7.

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