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Marilyn Hite Ross named state’s attorney By Jim Hagerty Reporter

ROCKFORD - Winnebago County will have a new state’s attorney next week, and it is not the former judge originally nominated for the position. Marilyn Hite Ross, who currently heads the criminal bureau, was named Joe Bruscato’s successor last Tuesday, after the county board voted against the appointment of Judge Rosemary Collins, who was nominated by Chairman Frank Haney. Haney’s recommendation was defeated by a 15-5 vote. He then called for Hite Ross’s nomination. She was approved by a vote of 17-3. “I am so glad the county board members came together to see that I was not only the logical choice but the only choice to continue to lead the office and provide stability within an office of that size and to maintain the relationships with the partnerships within the criminal justice system,” Hite Ross said. She also praised Bruscato for hiring

her in 2008. “If not for Joe looking at my qualifications, I would not have had the opportunity to serve Winnebago County,” she said. “I am truly grateful. We serve the people and we will continue to do that.” Hite Ross is the first African American and woman to serve as state’s attorney. Count y Democrats caucused and recommended Hite Ross, something they later claimed the chairman ignored. Haney, however, said last week each of the six candidates were well qualified and that he gave Collins the nod because of her track record and outspoken work in the community. Collins also had support of Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara, who praised her extensive career as a judge, public defender and prosecutor in a Nov. 13 letter, noting her understanding of the criminal justice system and extensive work in crime prevention, most notably domestic violence. McNamara also praised Hite Ross, calling Tuesday’s appointment a win for

public safety. “I think she will do a tremendous job,” McNamara said. “I have all the confidence in the world that she’ll do a fine job. She is undoubtedly one of the best prosecutors in the state.” Hite Ross boasts a 30-year career of her own. A Rockford native, she taught law and worked as a prosecutor in Cook County for several years before returning home in 2008. In 2012, she was honored by Attorney General Lisa Madigan as one of Illinois’ Distinguished Women. Most recently, she was part of the prosecution team in the trial of Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago Police officer convicted of murder in the Oct. 20, 2014, slaying of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. “The vote was not against Rosemary Collins,” Hite Ross said. “It was a vote in support of me.” Hite Ross will be sworn in Monday, Dec. 3, the same day Bruscato is sworn in as 17th Circuit judge, the seat Collins filled for 30 years. Collins announced her retirement last year. R.

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Two die in weekend shooting By Jim Hagerty Reporter

ROCKFORD - Two people are dead after a shooting police say happened at an after-hours party near Broadway and Eighth Street early Sunday. Officers responded to the scene at around 2:30 a.m. and located three victims. The first, 25-year-old Chiyara Nelson, died Sunday at SwedishAmerican Hospital. Shawnquez Edwards, 29, of Rockford, was pronounced dead at 1:15 p.m., Monday. A second 29-year-old man is in critical condition as of this report. Police have not announced suspect information or whether the deaths are considered homicides. There have been 19 killings this year, one more than 2017’s total. There were 27 homicides in 2016, the most since 1996, when there were 31. Several shootings in recent years have occurred at large, late-night parties and

are typically sparked by arguments. July 8, in the Churchill’s Grove neighborhood, a 37-year-old man was shot dead outside a party at rental property near the 1500 block of Harlem Boulevard. A shooting near the corner of Halsted Road and Sablewood Drive on July 22 claimed the life of 21-year-old Jordan Lilly when shots rang out during a street party. “We have groups of individuals who decide to take their party beyond typical locations and host these after parties,” Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara said. “A tremendous amount of crime, particularly shootings, are happening at these parties.” Chiyara Nelson was a mother of two children, which hits home for McNamara, the father of two of his own. “Over a year ago, she lost her children’s father to another shooting,” he said. “Now we have two children who are orphans because of senseless violence.”

Jordan Lilly also had two children. Violent crime is seeing a slight decrease in Rockford. In 2017, there were 2,480 violent crimes, down from the 2,601 reported in 2016. Still, the mayor said too many people are using guns to settle scores. “Shooting does not solves problems,” he said. McNamara said the city will continue to invest in public safety and encourage citizens to report crimes. “People need to work with the police,” he said. “If they don’t, unfortunately, we will see more loss of life. We need the community to stand up and say, ‘Violence won’t tolerated.’” There were 2,480 violent crimes in Rockford last year, compared with 2,601 in 2016. Robberies were down 22.5 percent, falling to 421 last year, compared to 543 in 2016; and there were 1,771 aggravated assaults in 2017, down slightly from 1,782 in 2016. R.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump tested the limits of his presidential authority and political muscle as he threatened Tuesday to cut off all federal subsidies to General Motors because of its planned massive cutbacks in the U.S. Trump unloaded on Twitter a day after GM announced it would shutter five plants and slash 14,000 jobs in North America. Many of the job cuts would affect the Midwest, the politically crucial region where the president promised a manufacturing rebirth. It was the latest example of the president’s willingness to attempt to meddle in the affairs of private companies and to threaten the use of government power to try to force their business decisions. “Very disappointed with General Motors and their CEO, Mary Barra, for closing plants in Ohio, Michigan and Maryland” while sparing plants in Mexico & China, Trump tweeted, adding: “The U.S. saved General Motors, and this is the THANKS we get!” Trump’s tweets followed a short time after National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said the White House’s reaction to the automaker’s announcement was “a tremendous amount of disappointment, maybe even spilling over into anger.” Kudlow, who met with Barra on Monday, said Trump felt betrayed by GM. “Look, we made this deal, we’ve worked with you along the way, we’ve done other things with mileage standards, for example, and other related regulations,” Kudlow said, referencing the recently negotiated U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. “We’ve done this to help you and I think his disappointment is, it seems like that they kind of turned his back on him.” The White House rebuke appears to fly in the face of long-held Republican opposition to picking winners and losers in the marketplace. A day earlier, Trump issued a vague threat to GM warning it to preserve a key plant in the presidential bellwether state of Ohio, where the company has marked its Lordstown plant for closure. “That’s Ohio, and you better get back in there soon,” he said. It’s not clear precisely what action

against GM might be taken, or when, and there are questions about whether the president has the authority to act without congressional approval. Buyers of electric vehicles made by GM and other automakers get federal tax credits of up to $7,500, helping to reduce the price as an incentive to get more of the zero-emissions vehicles on the road. But GM is on the cusp of reaching its subsidy limit. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she did not have any additional information on the president’s threat. Trump has long promised to return manufacturing jobs to the United States and particularly the Midwest. At a rally near GM’s Lordstown plant last summer, Trump told people not to sell their homes because the jobs are “all coming back.” In a statement Tuesday afternoon, GM tried to appease the Trump administration while at the same time justifying the decisions it announced Monday. “We appreciate the actions this administration has taken on behalf of industry to improve the overall competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing,” the statement said. Many of the workers who will lose jobs if the plants close could transfer to another GM factory where production is being increased, spokesman Patrick Morrissey said. For instance, GM plans to add hundreds of workers at its pickup truck assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, Morrissey said. Workers also will be added at an SUV factory in Arlington, Texas. But those expansions aren’t enough to accommodate all of the roughly 3,300 U.S. factory workers who could lose their jobs. GM said it has invested more than $22 billion in U.S. operations since 2009, when it exited bankruptcy protection. Trump has made direct negotiation with business leaders a centerpiece of his administration, including talks with defense contractor CEOs on bringing down prices on new systems, including the upcoming replacement to the aircraft that serves as Air Force One. He has never been shy about voicing his frustration with their decisions. But Trump’s deal-making image is far from flawless. Three weeks after his election, Trump traveled to Indianapolis to announce a tax-incentive agreement partially reversing the closure of a Carrier

factory, which was set to close, cutting about 1,400 production jobs. Trump frequently criticized the closure plans during the 2016 campaign, and promised to prevent similar occurrences in the future. Under that deal, Carrier pledged to keep nearly 1,100 jobs in Indianapolis, including some 800 furnace production jobs it planned to cut with outsourcing. But about 550 jobs were still eliminated at the plant. GM’s attempt to close the factories still has to be negotiated with the United Auto Workers union, which has promised to fight them legally and in collective bargaining. The factory announcements likely represented GM’s opening bid in contract talks with the union that start next year, said Kristen Dziczek, vice president of labor and industry with the Center for Automotive Research, an industry think tank in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The factories slated for closure could get new products in exchange for items the company wants from the union, she said. Keeping open a plant slated for closure is not without precedent for GM. In 2009, for instance, GM announced that it intended to close a huge assembly plant in Orion Township, Michigan, north of Detroit. But it later negotiated concessions from the union and reopened the plant to build the Chevrolet Sonic subcompact car. The factory is still in operation and now builds the Sonic and the Bolt electric car. The reductions could amount to as much as 8 percent of GM’s global workforce of 180,000 employees. The restructuring reflects changing North American auto markets as manufacturers continue to shift away from cars toward SUVs and trucks. In October, almost 65 percent of new vehicles sold in the U.S. were trucks or SUVs. That figure was about 50 percent cars just five years ago. Jerry Dias, president of the Canadian trade union UNIFOR, said Tuesday that GM’s CEO had insulted the president of the United States and prime minister of Canada. “If you are going to have a company that’s going to show us their middle finger then I think our government should show them our middle finger as well,” Dias said.

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Manafort allegations throw new uncertainty into Russia probe By Eric Tucker and Chad Day Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The breakdown of a plea deal with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and an explosive British news report about alleged contacts he may have had with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threw a new element of uncertainty into the Trump-Russia investigation on Tuesday. A day after prosecutors accused Manafort of repeatedly lying to them, trashing his agreement to tell all in return for a lighter sentence, he adamantly denied a report in the Guardian that he had met secretly with Assange in March 2016. That’s the same month he joined the Trump campaign and that Russian hackers began an effort to penetrate the email accounts of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. The developments thrust Manafort back into the investigation spotlight, raising new questions about what he knows and what prosecutors say he might be attempting to conceal as they probe Russian election interference and any possible coordination with Trump associates in the campaign that sent the celebrity businessman to the White House. At the same time, other figures entangled in the investigation, including Trump himself, have been scrambling to escalate attacks and allegations against prosecutors who have spent weeks working quietly behind the scenes. Besides denying he’d ever met Assange, Manafort, who is currently in jail, said he’d told special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors the truth in weeks of questioning. And WikiLeaks said Manafort had never met with Assange, offering to bet London’s Guardian newspaper “a million dollars and its editor’s head.” Assange, whose organization published thousands of emails stolen from Clinton’s campaign in 2016, is in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London under a claim of asylum. It is unclear what prosecutors contend Manafort lied about, though they’re expected to make a public filing ahead of sentencing that could offer answers. Dissolution of the plea deal could be a devastating outcome for a defendant who suddenly admitted guilt last September after months of maintaining his innocence and who bet on his cooperation getting him a shorter sentence. But it’s also a potentially major setback for investigators given that Manafort steered the campaign during a vital stretch of 2016,

including a time when prosecutors say Russian intelligence was working to sway the election in Trump’s favor. The prosecutors’ terse three-page filing underscored their exasperation not only at Manafort’s alleged deception but also at the loss of an important witness present for key moments under investigation, including a Trump Tower meeting at which Trump’s oldest son expected to receive “dirt” about Democrat Hillary Clinton from a Kremlinconnected lawyer. “The fact is, they wanted his cooperation. They wanted him to truthfully reveal what he knew, so they’re not getting what they wanted,” said Washington defense lawyer Peter Zeidenberg. “This isn’t like a good development where they’re clapping their hands and saying, ‘Now we get to crush this guy.’” Manafort’s motivation, if indeed he lied to Mueller’s team, also was unclear. Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said in a telephone interview that Trump and his lawyers agree a presidential pardon should not be considered “now.” However, he added, “The president could consider it at an appropriate time as Manafort has the same rights as any American.” The Monday night revelation of the Mueller filing on Manafort came at a delicate time for investigators, who have gone months without any new charges and continue to probe possible links between Trump associates and WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy website that released tens of thousands of Democratic emails stolen by Russian spies during the 2016 campaign. As Trump continues raging against the investigation – he tweeted Tuesday that Mueller was doing “TREMENDOUS damage to our Criminal Justice system” – others in the crosshairs have filled the vacuum of Mueller’s recent silence by publicly declaring their innocence, accusing prosecutors of coercing testimony or tempting fate by turning aside negotiations. An associate of Trump confidant Roger Stone is contesting a grand jury subpoena in court. Jerome Corsi said Monday he was rejecting a plea offer and told CNN that being questioned was like being “interrogated as a POW in the Korean War.” Stone, under investigation himself for connections to WikiLeaks, has repeatedly disparaged Mueller’s investigation and said Monday his friend Corsi was at risk for prosecution “not for lying but for refusing to lie.” That statement called to mind a Trump

tweet from earlier this month in which he stated without evidence that Mueller’s investigators were “screaming and shouting at people, horribly threatening them to come up with the answers they want.” Manafort, for his part, had been quiet in public since pleading guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice and conspiracy against the United States. He has met repeatedly since then with investigators. He remained in the spotlight Tuesday when the Guardian newspaper published a report saying he had secretly met Assange within days or weeks of being brought aboard the Trump campaign. The report suggested a direct connection between WikiLeaks and the Trump campaign. The Guardian, which did not identify the sources for its reporting, said Manafort met with Assange “around March 2016” – the same month that Russian hackers began their all-out effort to steal emails from the Clinton campaign. Manafort called the story “totally false and deliberately libelous,” saying in a statement that he had never met Assange or anyone close to him. The Guardian cited unidentified sources as saying Manafort first met Assange at the embassy in 2013, a year after Assange took refuge there to avoid being extradited to Sweden over sex crime allegations. The newspaper said Manafort returned

in 2015 and 2016 and that its sources had “tentatively dated” the final visit to March. There was no detail on what might have been discussed. The Trump campaign announced Manafort’s hiring on March 29, 2016, and he served as the convention manager tasked with lining up delegates for the Republican National Convention. He was promoted to chairman that May. An AP investigation into Russian hacking showed that government-aligned cyberspies began an aggressive effort to penetrate the Clinton campaign’s email accounts on March 10, 2016. Justice Department prosecutors in Virginia recently inadvertently disclosed the existence of sealed criminal charges against Assange, though it’s unclear what the case involves. Prosecutors were in court Tuesday arguing against unsealing any charge. Meanwhile, a judge may soon set a sentencing date for Manafort whose hopes for leniency now appear dashed. “The cooperating defendant usually is very aware of what’s at stake,” said Shanlon Wu, who represented Manafort’s onetime co-defendant Rick Gates. “What I always say to any client of mine who’s contemplating that – there is no going back. “It’s like being a little bit pregnant,” he added. “There’s no such thing.”

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Gene-editing Chinese scientist kept much of his work secret By Christina Larson Associated Press

SHENZHEN, China (AP) – The Chinese scientist who says he helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies veered off a traditional career path, keeping much of his research secret in pursuit of a larger goal – making history. He Jiankui’s outsized aspirations began to take shape in 2016, the year after another team of Chinese researchers sparked global debate with the revelation that they had altered the DNA of human embryos in the lab. He soon set his mind on pushing the boundaries of medical ethics even further. The China-born, U.S.-trained scientist once confided to his former Stanford University adviser his interest in gene-edited babies. He told The Associated Press last month that he had been working on the experiment for more than two years – a period in which, by his own account, he concealed information from some medical staff involved in the research, as well as apparently from his own bosses. He took advantage of the loosely worded and irregularly enforced regulations and generous funding available today in China, in some cases skirting even local protocols and possibly laws. “The enormous ambition in China, the desire to be the first, collides with the desire to create and enforce standards,” said JingBao Nie, an expert on Chinese bioethics at the University of Otago in New Zealand. On the eve of an international gene-editing summit in Hong Kong this week, the 34-year-old scientist stunned the world by claiming he had used the powerful CRISPR gene-editing tool to alter the DNA of twin girls born earlier this month. His claim could not be independently confirmed, and it has not been published in a journal, but it drew swift outrage from both researchers and regulators. Mainstream scientists in China and

globally said the experiment should never have been tried. “They chose to short-circuit the entire process. They went rogue,” said Dr. Kiran Musunuru, a University of Pennsylvania gene-editing expert. On Monday, China’s National Health Commission ordered local officials in Guangdong province – which includes He’s laboratory in Shenzhen – to investigate his actions. It was not clear if he could face criminal charges. His career trajectory did not follow the expected script. He did not publish most of his earlier research on modifying mice and monkey DNA, as most scientists would have done. And the way he advanced his latest study included questionable decisions on secrecy and medical ethics. “If you’re going to do something this controversial and this early, and you want to be the leader of this movement, you want to do it in an exemplary way,” said Dr. Eric Topol, who heads the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California. He, who says his parents were farmers, was born in 1984 in southern China. At the time, the country was just beginning to emerge from the isolation of the Mao era, and the average annual income was only $300. Telephones were rare. Many villages were not yet connected by paved roads. Initially, He followed a common path for scientists of his generation. After graduating from the University of Science and Technology of China, he moved to the United States for graduate studies. There he earned a Ph.D. in biophysics from Rice University in 2010, then spent a year as a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford. His Stanford adviser, Stephen Quake, described him as “super bright” and “at the cutting edge of trying to apply new technologies to biology.” In 2012, He returned to China to take up a post at Southern University of Science and

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Technology – an institution that opened only a year earlier and is partly funded by the government of Shenzhen, a southern Chinese city known for its technology companies. “He was really interested in the notion of human genome editing,” and what situation would be appropriate, said Quake, recalling one of He’s visits. Quake gave feedback, but did not oversee the study. He’s research was funded in part by a program to recruit China-born scientists working abroad to set up labs in their home country. The work could not have been legally conducted in the U.S. or in most of Europe. Last month, He told the AP that he believed gene editing of human embryos resulting in live births was legal in China because the country has no law specifically forbidding it. China has banned human cloning for reproduction. In 2003, the Ministry of Health issued a guideline to in-vitro clinics barring “clinical experiments” that “violate ethical or moral principles.” The young scientist saw this ambiguity as an opportunity. Sometimes researchers – Chinese or foreign – who can’t secure funding or permission for unconventional projects in the U.S. or Europe find financial support and openings in China. Ren Xiaoping, a surgeon who aims to perform the first human head transplant, worked for many years in U.S. hospitals but returned to China because a medical institute in his hometown of Shenyang agreed to support his research. Guoping Feng, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, works with a research facility in Guangdong province where his associates genetically engineer monkeys with brain disorders to study the development of autism-like symptoms. China has fewer restrictions on the use of lab animals. In 2016, He reached out to an AIDS advocacy group in Beijing to help him recruit potential study participants – couples trying to have children where the man was HIV positive. There are already well-tested ways to guard against transmission of the AIDS virus in IVF. Instead, He’s goal was to rewrite DNA before birth to make children less likely to contract HIV after they’re born. Other scientists have tested similar gene-editing techniques on cells in a lab dish to prevent inherited diseases, but not leading to live births. For his CRISPR work, He did not seek prior approval from federal regulators. He listed his study in an online registry of Chinese clinical trials on Nov. 8 – long

after it began. His lab skirted norms that many of his Chinese peers uphold. For example, the lab did not inform all the medical staff directly assisting the expectant couples that the study involved gene editing. They believed they were assisting in standard IVF attempts, with an additional step of mapping the genomes, not manipulating the embryo, according to one of the embryologists involved in the research, Qin Jinzhou. Patient consent forms referred to the study imprecisely as an “AIDS vaccine development” program. He also sought consultation from an ethics committee outside the hospitals involved in the research. Lin Zhitong, founder of the Shenzhen Harmonicare Women & Children’s Hospital, told the AP in October that his hospital’s ethics committee advised He, but had no other involvement. Withholding information from medical staff about gene editing was acceptable because some fertility doctors may not agree to help HIV positive couples, said Lin, who also said he has not worked as a doctor or scientist, but comes from a family of hospital property developers. Deceiving or working around any study participants is not standard practice in China, “and it violates the broad spirit of informed consent,” said Nie, the bioethics expert. “In some cases, ethics committees are just rubber stamps.” After He’s claim, Harmonicare released a statement condemning human gene-editing and announced an investigation into any ties with He’s lab. The Shenzhen scientist released some findings in YouTube videos. He announced his feat in English, not Chinese. “He wanted to attract attention in the international community. Now he got what he really wanted,” Nie said. He’s own university was kept in the dark. Southern University of Science and Technology said in a statement that it was not informed about He’s work, and that it “seriously violated academic ethics and standards.” He’s research team included his former Rice adviser, physics professor Michael Deem, who sits on the scientific advisory boards of He’s two genetics companies. Rice said it has launched an investigation into Deem’s involvement. In an interview last month at his Shenzhen lab, He said gene-edited babies were inevitable. He wanted to be first. “There will be someone, somewhere, who is doing this,” he said. “If it’s not me, it’s someone else.”

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How the University of Illinois wound up in Champaign-Urbana By Tom Kacich

Of the (Champaign) News-Gazette

Champaign-Urbana owes its prominence to the University of Illinois, and the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign owes its existence to Clark Robinson Griggs. If it hadn’t been for Griggs – probably the greatest political operator in Champaign County’s history – the U of I or, as it was then known, the Illinois Indust ria l Un iversit y, would have been located in Jacksonville, Lincoln, Bloomington or perhaps Chicago. Yet, there is no Griggs Hall at the university, no statues of Griggs on campus. Even in Urbana, where he served a year as mayor, there is only a fourblock-long street that bears his name. One can only guess why Griggs’ name has been forgotten by all but the history books. Perhaps the university is just a little ashamed of the man who could be called its father. You see, Griggs was a bit of a scoundrel. Much of the story of Griggs’ delightfully sly effort comes from an interview he gave to Allan Nevins (who later became known as the father of oral histories) shortly before his death. Historians have disputed some details of Griggs’ story, but there seems little doubt that he was an operator who would fit well in today’s Statehouse. Griggs was a Massachusetts native who came to Champaign County in 1859. He purchased land north of Philo on Yankee Ridge, a place so named because of all the New Englanders who settled there. At the start of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army and served as a sutler, a man who sold food and drink to soldiers. After the war, Griggs was elected to the Illinois House. He had already served two terms in the Massachusetts Legislature and apparently had learned a lot there about political maneuvering. Griggs went to Springfield a freshman lawmaker who didn’t act like one. In a 1915 interview shortly before his death, Griggs told Nevins how he helped bring the university to a swampy, sparsely settled community. It started with $40,000 appropriated by the supervisors of Champaign and Urbana townships and Griggs’ decision to travel most of the state (everywhere but Jacksonville, Lincoln and Bloomington), meet with other state representatives and build support for Champaign-Urbana. In five weeks, he said, he interviewed 40 House members and gained pledges from 15 of them.

Next, he met with the governor and lieutenant governor and with the chairmen of the state Republican and Democratic parties. In those conversations he learned that the postwar Legislature would be occupied with a number of special interests. Southern Illinois wanted a prison; Peoria and Springfield were fighting over which would be the state capital, and Chicago wanted to deepen the Chicago River and develop a system of parks and boulevards. Such knowledge would be important in future vote-trading. When the Legislature went into session in January 1867, the Champaign County Committee moved into Springfield’s Leland Hotel, where for the next three months it held the principal reception room and a suite of parlors and bedrooms. The rooms were used to entertain legislators and their constituents with either drinks, light refreshments or sumptuous dinners of oysters or quail. Lawmakers were supplied with cigars and theater tickets. Late in the session, Griggs arranged for a special train to take legislators to Champaign-Urbana. None of the other communities seeking the university had a similar arrangement. Inside the House Chambers, Griggs showed his skill by running for speaker. For two days, the House was tied up in endless voting. On the night after the second day, an intermediary visited Griggs and asked what it would take to get him to drop out of the race. Griggs wanted the chairmanship of the Committee on Agriculture and Mechanic Arts – the committee that would hear all the bills about locating the university – and the right to choose its members. He got it, dropped out of the race for speaker and thus was able to control the legislation. As the session progressed, advocates for the other communities, particularly Jacksonville, wondered why the university location legislation wasn’t being heard in the committee. Griggs would explain that he had called the committee together but that he couldn’t get a quorum. Then he’d publically announce another committee meeting but privately tell its members not to show up. This went on until late in the session when Griggs was convinced he had the votes. Finally, on Feb. 20, the legislation – which named Champaign as the site of the university – reached the floor. An amendment was made to substitute Jacksonville for Champaign. It failed 61-20.

of Illinois.” The state wasn’t even 50 years old. A much greater history of corruption lay ahead. Tom Kacich of the (Champaign) NewsGazette can be reached at kacich@news-gazette.media. The weekly Illinois Bicentennial series is brought to you by the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors and Illinois Press Association. More than 20 newspapers are creating stories about the state’s history, places and key moments in advance of the Bicentennial on Dec. 3, 2018. Stories published up to this date can be found at 200illinois.com.

Another motion was made to substitute Normal. It failed 58-26. A third motion was made to insert Lincoln for Champaign. It failed 60-21. Then the legislation naming Champaign was put to a vote and was approved 67-10. The Senate followed suit Feb. 25. Three days later, Gov. Richard Oglesby signed the legislation. Opponents charged that Griggs had bought legislators with a “slush fund.” Jonathan Turner, who had sought the university for Jacksonville, said the Legislature had exhibited “a degree of corruption, hypocrisy, drunkenness and debauchery unparalleled in the history

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US stock indexes edge mostly PROVIDING EXCELLENT higher a day after a big gain By Marley Jay Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Major U.S. stock indexes are slightly higher in uneven trading Tuesday after a strong gain the day before. High-dividend stocks including telecommunications and household goods companies are making gains while a steep loss for United Technologies is taking industrial and defense companies lower. Steelmakers and other materials companies are falling, and so are smaller and more U.S.-focused companies. KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index rose 6 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,679 at 2:45 p.m. Eastern time. The index jumped 1.6 percent Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 58 points, or 0.2 percent, to 24,699. The Nasdaq composite inched up 6 points, or 0.1 percent, to 7,087 after surging 2.1 percent a day earlier. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks slid 10 points, or 0.7 percent, to 1,495. NO LONGER UNITED: Un ited Technologies said it will split into three companies now that it has finished its $23 billion purchase of aviation electronics maker Rockwell Collins. The company’s aerospace and defense industry business will keep the United Technologies name, while its Otis elevator business and Carrier air conditioner and building systems unit will become separate companies. Investors weren’t impressed with the company’s forecasts for Rockwell Collins.

United Technologies also said it doesn’t expect to buy back any more of its stock during the breakup, which could take up to two years. The stock fell 5.2 percent to $121.28. Other defense companies also dipped. Northrop Grumman fell 2.9 percent to $258.10 and Raytheon gave up 2.1 percent to $171.05. TAKEOFF: Spirit Airlines surged 16 percent to $59.15 after it forecast a big jump in revenue in the fourth quarter. Investors were hopeful that other airlines might see similar gains. Delta climbed 3.9 percent to $58.92 and United Continental picked up 2.3 percent to $93.89. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?: Highdividend communications, utility and consumer goods companies rose. Verizon gained 2.2 percent to $60.47 and AT&T added 1.5 percent to $30.39. Public Service Enterprise Group climbed 1.7 percent to $54.41 and cigarette maker Altria Group rose 1.3 percent to $53.89 as tobacco companies recovered some of their recent losses. BRISTOL BRUISED: Bristol-Myers Squibb fell after it reported disappointing results from a cancer drug study. The company said the combination of its drugs Yervoy and Opdivo did not improve survival for patients with small cell lung cancer. Bristol-Myers was studying the drug as a maintenance therapy for patients who had already finished a round of chemotherapy. The stock shed 3.6 percent to $50.83.

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Insulin pumps have most reported problems in FDA database By Holbrook Mohr and Mitch Weiss Associated Press

DESTIN, Florida (AP) – When Polly Varnado’s 9-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, it didn’t take long for the family to hear about insulin pumps. In September 2012, the girl picked out a purple one – her favorite color. Over the next seven months, she proceeded to be hospitalized four times in a McComb, Mississippi medical center with high blood sugar. But when Varnado asked about all her daughter’s problems, she said, her doctor blamed user error. “They said it wasn’t the insulin pump, it was my daughter,” said Varnado, who became a registered nurse so that she could better care for the girl. When it comes to medical devices, none have had more reported problems over the last decade than insulin pumps, a product that’s used by hundreds of thousands of diabetics around the world, many of them children. Collectively, insulin pumps and their components are responsible for the highest overall number of malfunction, injury and death reports in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s medical device database, according to an Associated Press analysis of reports since 2008. In terms of injuries alone, insulin pumps were second only to metal hip replacements, whose problems with metal shavings in the body causing damage to bone and tissue and other issues, have been well-documented and widely reported. By contrast, problems with insulin pumps largely have flown under the radar. Medical device companies and many experts say insulin pumps are safe devices that can help diabetics lead more normal lives. They blame user error for most reported problems, noting that the pumps are complicated devices requiring special training for patients. The FDA notes that “diabetes is a dangerous disease, and people with diabetes who rely on insulin are at higher risk.” The agency said it “has played a critical role helping to identify and address safety concerns for devices ... including pushing manufacturers to improve the safety of their designs.” Over the last decade, insulin pumps and

pump parts made by Medtronic Inc. were subject to 20 manufacturer recalls and about 100 lawsuits alleging pump malfunctions, according to a joint investigation by the AP and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. In a statement, Medtronic said it monitors the safety of its products through clinical trials and observational studies, and that “data supports both the safety and efficacy of our insulin pumps, which have helped hundreds of thousands of patients manage their diabetes.” The company declined to answer more specific questions. Varnado said she was unaware of problems with insulin pumps before receiving a notice in July 2013 that Medtronic was recalling some batches of parts for the model her daughter had used. She reached a confidential settlement with the company in March 2017 after filing a federal lawsuit contending the device failed to properly deliver enough insulin. She remains convinced that the device harmed her child. “Once she got off the pump, she never went back to the hospital,” Varnado said. Dr. Ben Wheeler, a leading pediatric diabetes researcher in Australia, told the AP that the use of insulin pumps “appears safe” and is “potentially safer” than insulin injections, the traditional method of treatment. Still, a 2015 study he co-authored found that 40 percent of insulin pump users experienced problems, “with a minority, particularly in children, requiring hospital management.” The study also said “it is noteworthy that overall pump failure rates do not appear to be improving with technological advances.” Diabetes results when the pancreas fails to make enough insulin or the body can’t respond normally to the insulin that is produced. Insulin is essential in regulating blood glucose, which is produced by food and is the main source of energy for the body’s cells. Insulin pumps are small, computerized devices that mimic a normal pancreas, and have two main components – the pump and the infusion set. In addition to maintaining the device, users also must monitor their diets and manually input information, such

as the rate of insulin delivery. Companies aggressively market the device to adults and children. For instance, Medtronic – which makes most of the pumps in use today – has a company mascot, “Lenny the Lion,” for its estimated 250,000 children users. But experts say not everyone is a good candidate for the device and that potential users should be carefully screened to ensure they’re suitable. “There is a sharp learning curve,” said Dr. Desmond Schatz, medical director of the University of Florida’s Diabetes Institute. “You’ve got to understand the pump. You’ve got to understand how it works.... You’ve got to understand how to change it. You have to understand settings.” The FDA’s data offers no explanation for why the devices have so many adverse events. Many of the reports filed by doctors, manufacturers and patients lack critical information – a reporting failure the FDA acknowledges across all devices. For example, medical device companies and health care providers are supposed to file an adverse event report whenever a device is suspected of malfunctioning or contributing to an injury or death. The report should include a device problem code and describe what happened, which can help pinpoint problems with a particular device.But an AP analysis of the FDA data found that Medtronic did not include a device problem code on virtually any of its more than 150,000 reports of deaths or injuries related to insulin pumps since 2008. The FDA said device makers should include a problem code, but don’t have to if the information is unknown. The company cited a specific problem in only 2 percent of the cases – most often “Device Displays Incorrect Message.” In addition, the AP found that Medtronic offered “no conclusion can be drawn at this time” as the cause in more than 80 percent of the reports. The second most common phrase: “Currently it is unknown whether or not the device may have caused or contributed to the event as no product has been returned.” Matt Harman, an Atlanta-based attorney who has filed numerous lawsuits involving medical devices, including insulin pumps,, said users also aren’t told that data can be lost if batteries are removed from some

pump models. “I can’t tell you how many times we’ve gotten a call from a distraught, devastated family member who had a loved one who passed away under suspicious circumstances,” he said. “But when we try to find out what happened, we can’t if we don’t have the data.” The FDA said it was aware of that problem in older insulin pumps and has encouraged manufacturers to develop devices with memories that won’t be erased when power is lost or have the capability to send data to a secure server for storage. The FDA notes that the number of pump recalls has decreased over the last five years – from about eight annually over the previous 10 years to an average of three per year – which it credits to a 2010 initiative aimed at ramping up requirements for manufacturers and increasing user awareness. But 2013’s recalls included one on the most serious level concerning the Medtronic MiniMed Paradigm insulin infusion set, with the FDA noting that “under certain conditions, the infusion set may malfunction and deliver an incorrect volume of insulin.” Lawsuits related to insulin pumps often blame malfunctions for causing injuries or deaths. One filed in February in federal court in Mississippi alleges that Debbie Davis, a 56-year-old bank loan officer, died two months after an insulin pump “delivered up to a week’s worth of insulin at one time.” Her husband, Mike Davis, told the AP that his wife had been diabetic for about 10 years and easily managed her disease with injections, but decided to try a pump in 2016 after hearing how it could help. One morning in January 2017, David said, he couldn’t wake his wife after she had filled her insulin pump and gone to bed. She lingered in a coma for two months. Seven months later, Davis said he received a Medtronic recall notice warning of the “potential over-delivery of insulin.” ‘’I just knew right then it was what did it,” he said. In court records in the ongoing litigation, Medtronic denied the “devices malfunctioned, or that they were defective in any way.”

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legal corner

Postnuptial agreements: Keeping the romance alive By George P. Hampilos, Esq. & Thomas C. Laye, Esq.

Many people are familiar with the concept of a prenuptial agreement. It is a premarital agreement entered into by a couple to determine ownership of assets and other financial obligations if the marriage were to fail. But did you know that there is such a thing as a “postnuptial” agreement? As the name implies, it is a post-marital agreement entered into by a couple to determine and establish their respective financial rights and obligations if the marriage were to fail. Some states do not recognize this sort of agreement, while others have very strict limitations on what the agreement can govern or how it is entered into. Illinois allows such agreements if they meet the basic requirements of contract law. However, contractual defenses such as fraud, coercion, or duress may be used to invalidate such an agreement. In Illinois, a postnuptial agreement allows the married couple to modify the definition of marital property to exclude certain items. A couple may decide to do this for many reasons. A spouse may be starting a new business and want to protect his or her business if a divorce were to occur. He or she may make a significant non-marital contribution to a down payment on a house and want to ensure they receive their contribution back if the parties were to divorce. It is important to note that a postnuptial

agreement may only deal with financial issues. Issues regarding children cannot be agreed upon through a postnuptial agreement. This includes parenting time, allocation of parental responsibilities, child support, and child-rearing expenses. Additionally, before a postnuptial agreement becomes valid, Illinois law requires a full disclosure of assets and liabilities of each spouse.

Same-Sex Parenting Rights

Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in the State of Illinois since June 1, 2014, and became legal at the federal level on June 26, 2015. However, custody and visitation rules for same-sex couples with children vary from state to state. Our 2nd District Illinois Appellate Court recently affirmed the decision of Winnebago County Family Court Judge Joseph Bruce, who ruled that a local non-biological mother of a child born through artificial insemination has parental rights. In 2009, two women married in Iowa and purchased a house together in Rockford, Illinois. Several years later, the two of them decided that they would try to conceive a child through artificial insemination. Seven months after the birth of the child, the couple separated, and eventually divorced. Judge Bruce ruled that the non-biological mother was legally a parent of the child, even though she did

not carry the child. The decision was appealed, and the 2nd District Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the trial court’s ruling based in part on the standards set forth in the following cases. In 2003, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that an unmarried adult who consented to artificial insemination has parental rights. In re Parentage of M.J., 203 Ill. 2d 526 (2003). The Court reasoned that if an unmarried man who unintentionally impregnates a woman is legally obligated to support the child, then the same rule should apply to parents who intentionally conceive a child through artificial insemination. This ruling was later extended to same-sex couples when an Illinois Appellate Court held that if a nonbiological parent acted in such a way that demonstrated actual consent to the artificial insemination procedure and was actively involved in the child’s life, then he or she has parental rights to the child. The Court further stated that denying a nonbiological parent their parental rights would deny the child his or her right to the physical, mental, and emotional support of two parents. In re T.P.S., 978 N.E.2d 1070 (5th Dist. 2012). Regardless of your stance on the issue, one thing is undeniably true: the expansion of the rights of same-sex couples adds variables which further complicate existing laws that were not written with current social “norms” in mind.

Spousal Maintenance

On June 19, 2018, Senate Bill 2289 was sent to Governor Bruce Rauner that would amend how spousal maintenance is calculated. The bill is a response to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that eliminated the spousal maintenance deduction. The elimination of the deduction applies to any divorce decrees entered after January 1, 2019. Currently, spousal maintenance is calculated by taking 30 percent of the payor’s gross monthly income and subtracting 20 percent of the payee’s gross monthly income. The monthly award is capped at 40 percent of the couples combined gross monthly income. If Governor Bruce Rauner signs Senate Bill 2289, the calculation will change to 33.3 percent of the payor’s annual net income, minus 25 percent of the payee’s annual net income. The change in calculation would only be effective for orders entered after January 1, 2019. In addition to the calculation change, Senate Bill 2289 would require the court to consider the tax consequences to each party when considering a maintenance award. The Senate Bill passed 52-00 on April 24, 2018. This story is meant as a general legal advice and information column. For specific advice for your problem, contact a reputable lawyer. Hampilos and Associates have more than 25 years of legal experience in Northern Illinois. Contact them at 815-962-0044.

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New, old, and a sequel By Paula Hendrickson Contributor

While some TV series have already had their mid-season finales, a few are starting new seasons this week. One of my favorite unscripted series, TLC’s genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are?, returns Monday, December 3. The new season kicks off with Mandy Moore (This is Us). The next three celebrities to explore their family histories this season will be Josh Duhamel (Transformers), Matthew Morrison (Glee), and Regina King (American Crime). On Sunday, Syfy debuts Nightflyers, a new series based on a pre-Game of Thrones work by George R.R. Martin. Set in 2093, the psychological thriller takes

place primarily on what may be a haunted spaceship. The ensemble cast includes Gretchen Mol (Manchester By the Sea) as the ship’s psychiatrist, David Ajala (Black Box) as the ship’s reclusive captain, and Sam Strike (Mindhunter) as a passenger with dangerous psychic powers who might be able to communicate with alien lifeforms they encounter on their mission. If you’re more in the mood for holiday entertainment, AMC has you covered. Between now and Christmas, you can turn on AMC virtually any day at any time and find a well-known Christmas movie or old TV special. It’s even airing several classic Rankins/Bass stop-motion animated Christmas specials including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964), The

Year Without a Santa Claus (1974), Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1975), and Jack Frost (1979). In total, AMC is running 35 films and 18 holiday specials around the clock. Freeform – which was previously known as ABC Family – hasn’t forgotten its long history of creating original Christmas programming. On Sunday, December 2, Freeform premieres Life-Size 2, a sequel to ABC Family’s popular 2000 TV movie, Life-Size, which starred Tyra Banks as a fashion doll who came to life. Banks returns as the real-life fashion doll, Eve, and also served as an executive producer on the project. Even Lindsay Lohan, who starred alongside Banks in the original movie, is slated to appear in the sequel.

Freeform also boasts a lineup of classic holiday movies and its own original TV movies throughout the holiday season, making it another safe bet for those yearning for a little extra holiday cheer. Whether you love holiday programming or prefer to avoid it, you’ll have plenty of choices in the coming weeks. R.

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AMC’s “Best Christmas Ever” programming runs through Christmas Life-Size 2 premieres Sunday, December 2 at 8 p.m. CT on Freeform Nightflyers premieres Sunday, December 2 at 9 p.m. CT on Syfy Who Do You Think You Are? returns Monday, December 3 at 9 p.m. CT on TLC

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

The retirement of Home Power Magazine

Growing fruit trees indoors BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

With snow on the ground and a Christmas shopping list that still needs to be marked o�, now would be a perfect time to talk about how you can grow indoor fruit trees for yourself or ﬁnd a great gift for that green thumb in your life. First o�, you need to recognize that you will not be growing apples, pear, and other fruits that need pollinators. While there are some very dwarf varieties that could be grown in pots on the patio, these types are fairly complicated to adapt into the house. Same goes for raspberry, blueberry, blackberry, and others. What you can grow is citrus. Dwarf varieties of Calamondin Orange, Meyer Lemon, Satsuma Orange, Otaheite Orange, Ponderosa Lemon, Persian Lime, and Meiwa Kumquat can grow well indoors. Many of these will sometimes bloom twice a year. Most will grow to a height of four feet. So very suitable for a container indoors. As you can imagine, there are some indoor needs for these plants to properly grow and bloom. They need direct sunlight of 5-6 hours. The room temperature should be between 65 to 70° F during the day. You may need to set up a humidiﬁer to reach a humidity

around 40 percent. Some garden centers in northern Illinois have indoor citrus trees for sell. You will find numerous online stores too. As you select your trees, ensure that they are dwarf and suitable for growing indoors. Most companies will state that. When your plants arrive, you will want to focus on the leaf/rootstock development those first couple of months. If the plant does bloom those first months, remove these blossoms so the plant can concentrate on it’s roots/branches/leaves. You will want to grow your fruit trees in a cactus/citrus soil blend which helps with drainage. Container size is important and will vary among varieties. In the summer, you can bring your trees outdoors then bring them back in September. When the flowers bloom on a tree, you may need to help pollinate the tree by take a q-tip and acting as the bee. These flowers are fragile so be careful as you do this. Once fruit develops, it can take months for it to reach maturity. R. Grant McCarty is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension. His tips and tricks for local eating and your at-home garden appear every week in The Rock River Times.

BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL CONTRIBUTORS

In 1987 Richard and Karen Perez starting publishing Home Power Magazine. Its existence came about organically in that Richard was being called upon by friends, neighbors and others to assist them in designing solar systems for their homes like the one he and Karen had for their o�-grid home. Unable to serve the growing demand for their advice and knowing there were other knowledgeable people experienced with o�-grid living, the couple set about providing information for people interested in producing their own power. After 31 years, the November/ December, 2018, issue is the last edition. Home Power was known for its highly technical content and is much appreciated by its enthusiasts. The Perez goal was that of changing the way people generate energy one rooftop at a time. As pointed out by Joe Schwartz and Michael Welch in the last issue, Perez had fulﬁlled a frequent comment of his: “If we do our job well, solar will become so common, so ubiquitous, that we’ll put ourselves out of business.” We crossed paths many times with Richard and Karen at the annual Midwest Renewable Energy Fair in Custer, Wisconsin. This year, the fair celebrated its 30th anniversary on June 21-23. It, along with other energy fairs, were started in response to the national call by Perez to host regional fairs to keep the solar energy movement alive after its near collapse with the advent of cheap oil prices facilitated during the Regan administration. When backers of the e�ort to initiate a solar energy fair called for volunteers to help develop their event we expressed our interest in assisting but received no response. When the fairs were initiated we took our summer classes to it, made some presentations, and enjoyed interacting with the participants, many of whom were either living o� grid or planned to so do.

When a student from Ghana observed the Lorado Taft Campus program we took him to visit Alan Wade, son of fellow faculty member Doug Wade. Alan, along with some friends, formed a cooperative, purchased a farm in Minnesota and founded what became known as the Prairie Moon Nursery. Alan and his friends has also attended the annual Fair which fueled their interest in solar energy. Members of the cooperative built individual homes on the land, many of which were extremely energy e�cient, used composting toilets and relied on solar power to provide electrical service. Seeing the use of solar PV systems providing a limited amount of solar electricity in November convinced us solar electricity would also work in Illinois. At one of the Energy Fairs, Je� Green had a booth asking people to sign up to develop a renewable energy fair in Illinois. We signed up and eventually became o�cials with the Illinois Renewable Energy Association which has sponsored a fair for the past 17 years. Beyond Home Power’s influence in stimulating the development of energy fairs Its publication has been a good source of information for classroom purposes. The magazine published basic principles for small wind and solar systems and recommended systems based on what installers they knew were using. The writings of the senior editor, Ian Woofenden, provided excellent information. We and others will miss not having this publication providing timely information for the how to do it enthusiasts. Free download access to digital back issue archives will be available sometime in 2019. The final issue also recommends other magazines to fill the information gap. They include Renew, Solar Today, Home Energy and Mother Earth News. Obviously, Home Power will be missed but its mission is being fulfilled. R.

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Ongoing Open Stage at Mandalay Lounge - Monday-Sunday beginning at 5 p.m. 200 North Church Street. DJ/Karaoke - Mortimer’s Roadhouse, 105 W. Grove in Poplar Grove. 815-765-0082. DJ/Karaoke w/ RPM every Friday, DJ/Karaoke w/ DJ Double D every Saturday Mary’s Place - 602 N. Madison St. Open Stage, Tues. & Thurs. 9:30 p.m.-close; Karaoke, Wed. 9:30 p.m.-close. Bruce L. Warden - For listening & dining every Friday and Saturday 5-9 p.m. at Hoffman House, 7550 E. State St. Thursday, Nov. 29-Sunday, Dec. 9 A Picasso - It is 1941 in Nazi-occupied Paris. Pablo Picasso is still in the city, still painting, but no longer permitted to exhibit his art in public. Picasso’s painting, Guernica, is an indictment of the Nazis. How far will Hitler go to silence Picasso. He is arrested and brought to a woman from the German Ministry of Culture. She claims to love art, but has a hidden agenda. A Picasso will be performed November 29-December 9 in the Cheek Theatre in the Clark Arts Center at Rockford University. Performances are Thursdays at 7:30, Fridays at 7:30, Saturdays at 4 and 7:30, and Sundays at 2:00. Thursday tickets are $19. All other performances are $30, $28 for seniors, and $10 for students. Tickets may be purchased online at www.artistsensemble.org or by calling 815-394-5004. A Picasso is recommended for ages high school and up. Friday Mike Williamson Trio - Performing from 5-7:30 p.m. at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. Free admission. An Evening with the Artists: Shana Mccaw & Brent Budsberg - 6-8 p.m. at Rockford Art Museum, 711 N. Main St. Free admission, cash bar by Prairie Street Brewing. Join Dwellings artists Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg as they discuss revisiting their work Farmstead. This duo will highlight how they turned the lens inward and reinterpreted their own history as artists. This event is part of the related educational programming for feature exhibition DWELLINGS, sponsored by Larson & Darby and Women’s Art Board, and on view October 12, 2018–January 27, 2019 at Rockford Art Museum. Saturday, Dec. 1-Sunday, Dec. 2 The Nutcracker - The Rockford Symphony Orchestra and the Rockford Dance Company will present the return of The Nutcracker Ballet to the beautiful Coronado Performing Arts Center on Saturday, December 1 at 7 p.m. and a matinee on Sunday, December 2 at 3 p.m. Live music from the Rockford Symphony Orchestra along with a beautifully choreographed traditional version of the ballet, vibrant sets, and dazzling costumes make this a wonderful way to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season. This year’s production will feature the choreography of Monica Isla from the Milwaukee Ballet. Emily Cooke, RDC Executive Director and Artistic Coordinator is thrilled to have Ms. Isla as choreographer for this year’s performance. Tickets are $20 (students) - $48. Visit rockfordsymphony.com or call 815-9650049 to order tickets or for more information.

Friday, December 7 Mark Ambrose - American singer-songwriter will be peforming folk music at JustGoods Listening Room, 201 7th St., at 7 p.m. Donations welcome. Prime Time Live Band - Performing from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. at Louie’s Tap House, 5689 Elevator Rd., in Roscoe. For information call 815-270-1020 or visit loustaphouse.com. Saturday, December 8 Holiday Concert & Carol Sing - The Music Academy in Rockford presents its gift to the Rockford community, a free Holiday Concert and Carol Sing at 10 a.m. in the Sanctuary of the First Lutheran Church, 225 South 3rd Ave. Families with young children are welcome. The Lucia Fest and holiday treats follow the concert. Saturday, December 22 Prime Time Live Band - Performing from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. at Rascal’s, 5223 Torque Rd., Loves Park. For info call 815-636-9207.

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Thursday Breezing Through The Holidays - First Northern Credit Union is hosting a FREE financial education seminar at their office located at 104 N. Show Place Dr., in Rockford, beginning at 5:30 p.m., regarding best practices of buying a car. It may be called “the most wonderful time of the year” but December can also be filled with unwanted debt with holiday spending. Learn budgeting strategies and tactics to avoid that year-end credit card crunch and sidestep debt traps in the future. Everyone in the Rockford community is invited to hear a short presentation by one of our Financial Services representatives. Ask specific questions, request additional information, and get started on purchasing a car at this informational event! Please RSVP by visiting fncu.org/seminars or calling 888-328-8677 ext 531 Effective Communications Strategies - 5:30-7 p.m. at KSB Hospital (Lovett Center), 101 West 1st St., in Dixon. Communications is more than just talking and listening - it’s also about sending and receiving messages through attitude, tone of voice, facial expressions and body language. As people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia’s progress in their journey and the ability to use words is lost, families need new ways to connect. Join us to explore how communication takes place when someone has Alzheimer’s, learn to decode the verbal and behavioral messages delivered by someone with dementia, and identify strategies to help you connect and communicate at each stage of the disease. To register call: 815-484-1300 Saturday Christmas Bake Sale, Luncheon and Bazaar - St. Helen’s Philoptochos of Sts. Constantine and Helen’s Greek Orthodox Church annual Christmas Bake Sale, Luncheon and Bazaarwill be held from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. at 108 N. Fifth Street, Rockford, IL. Greek luncheon of pastichio (Greek lasagna), Greek salad, dessert and coffee for $10; served 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Bakery items include many varieties of Greek cookies, Christmas cookies, and spinach and cheese pie appetizers. Call 815-282-9593 to pre-order homemade spinach and cheese pie appetizers and pans of pastichio. Bazaar

includes exciting gift basket raffles, jewelry, our new cookbook, A Mosaic of Greek and Ethnic Cooking, and many other gifts. Proceeds benefit Cornucopia, Food Pantry, Empty Stocking, Remedies, Rockford Rescue Mission, Children’s Cancer Fund, Alzheimer’s Association, and American Heart Association. Free admission. Horticulture for the Holidays Workshop - Holiday enthusiasts are invited to join University of Illinois Extension for their annual Horticulture for the Holidays workshop from 9 a.m.-noon at Lockwood Park in the Cookhouse. Participants will partake in two make-and-take workshops that demonstrate how to incorporate the garden into seasonal celebrations and gift giving. Turn a chartreuse osage orange into a beautiful evergreen wreath to decorate your home this holiday season. Join University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners to learn about these unique fruits and how you can transform them with evergreens into a beautiful holiday wreath that is sure to stand out against the rest of the wreaths on your block. The program fee of $25 includes all workshop materials and refreshments. Pre-registration and payment are required to secure your spot. Please register by November 28 to ensure we have enough materials. For more information or to register, visit web.extension. illinois.edu/jsw or call the Winnebago County Extension Office at 815-986-4357. Sunday Bethlehem Market Place - A FREE family Christmas event is being held at Beth Eden UM Church, 3201 Huffman Blvd., from 1-4 p.m. Help us welcome the Light of the World on His birthday by listening to local music artists in our sanctuary:Alleluia Quartet, East High Orchestra, Voices of Harlem, and Dan Holmes. Visit the market place vendors,the live nativity, and animals. There is also a cookie sale, gift baskets to buy, and a Children’s Christmas Shoppe with reasonably priced gifts. Donations for a local pantry or to sustain our Christmas event are welcomed. Contact 815-877-9237 for questions. Brunch with Santa - Cliffbreakers Events, 700 East Riverside Drive, is hosting Brunch with Santa from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Brunch with Santa will include a buffet-style brunch, including an omelet and oatmeal stations, Cliffbreakers’ signature bread pudding, mimosas, a hot chocolate bar, a festive selfie wall, and one-of-a-kind views of the Rock River. Mr. and Mrs. Claus will read traditional Christmas stories at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tickets to Brunch with Santa are $22 for adults and $12 for children 12 and under. Families are invited to attend any time between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Reservations are not required. Pictures with Santa are included in ticket price. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cliffbreakers-brunch-with-santa-tickets-52540217204 Tuesday, December 4 Trends in Monarch Populations - Presentation will be featured at the Northwest Illinois Audubon monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at St. John United Church of Christ, 1010 S. Park Blvd., in Freeport. Presented by Ann Wasser, Director at Severson Dells Nature Center, the program covers three different monarch populations in North America including factors that affect their existence, current research, and conservation efforts. Wasser has extensive experience with monarchs

at her previous position at Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. The meeting is open to everyone. For more information, contact Teresa at 815-238-3963. Thursday, December 6 WCALAP Member Dinner Meeting - The Winnebago County Association of Legal Administrative Professionals’ monthly dinner meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m., at Rock House Kids, 1325 7th Street, Rockford, Illinois. Dinner will be a choice of: Portillo’s Famous Italian Beef Sandwiches with Ole Salty Chips - $7.50, Chicken Limone (Chicken tenders baked and served in a zesty lemon sauce) with Scalloped Potatoes-$10.25, Chopped Salad (Chopped romaine, iceberg lettuce and red cabbage with diced chicken breast, ditalini pasta, bacon, tomatoes, Gorgonzola cheese and green onion )(Served with house dressing) **Will instruct to put bacon, tomatoes, cheese and onion on the side- $5.50 . Water, Soda and Dessert Included. Your check is your reservation confirmation. Hostess are Megan Reff and Stephanie Johnson. Please send reservations to: Megan Reff, Sosnowski Szeto, LLP 6735 Vistagreen Way, Suite 300, Rockford, IL 61107. Understanding Alzheimer’s & Dementia - 6-7 p.m. at Rochelle Hospital, 900 N. 2nd St., in Rochelle. To register call 815-484-1300. Alzheimer’s is not normal aging. It’s a disease of the brain that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Join us to learn about: The Impact of Alzheimer’s, The difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia, Alzheimer’s disease stages and risk factors, Current research and treatments available to address some symptoms, Alzheimer’s Association resources. Saturday, December 8 Irish Christmas with Paddy Homan and the Noble Call - Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center, 406 N. Main St. Showtime is 7 p.m. Irish tenor Paddy Homan will bring his acclaimed show of Irish themed Christmas music with musicians and dancers to Rockford for a one night only performance. Monday, December 10 Black Nativity: A Gospel Song/Play - “Black Nativity: A Gospel Song/Play” by Langston Hughes will be performed by Rockford’s Reader Theatre at Just Goods Fair Trade Store, 201 Seventh Street, at 6:30 p.m. Langston Hughes, the distinguished poet and playwright, in his “Black Nativity”, drew upon his vast knowledge of African American crossover of 1950’s gospel, folk music and lore to create a vivid and personal telling of the birth of Jesus. Using dialogue, Christmas spirituals and gospel songs, his song/play taps a treasury of specifically African American materials and gives a fresh and wholesome new approach to the Bible’s best-loved story. Adapted and directed by Dorothy Paige-Turner, some of Rockford’s most talented actors, singers and musicians will present this piece at the two venues. The performances are made possible by a City Arts Action Grant from the Rockford Area Arts Council, sponsored by Rockford Urban Ministries, Just Goods Fair Trade Store and Tommy Meeks. It is FREE to the public and is appropriate for all ages. An additional performance is scheduled on Sunday, December 16 at the Ethnic Heritage Museum, 1129 South Main Street at 2 p.m. For more information, call 815/877-6582 or 815/962-7402.

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34th Annual Rockton Christmas Walk WHEN Friday, November 30 - Sunday, December 2 (Friday 3 p.m. - 2 a.m. / Saturday 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. / Sunday 1 - 4 p.m.) WHERE Downtown Rockton The Rockton Christmas Walk is a holiday tradition for thousands of area residents. The first weekend in December has been set aside for the holiday fun for over 30 years.

9th Annual Tour de Frost

A Local Holiday Market

The Nutcracker at the Coronado

WHEN Saturday, December 1 (Registration 9 - 9:45 a.m. / Ride 10 a.m.)

WHEN Saturday, December 1 (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)

WHEN Saturday, December 1 (7:30 p.m.) & Sunday, December 2 (3 p.m.)

WHERE Vitamin Shoppe (start/end point)

WHERE Rockford University (Burpee Center)

WHERE Coronado Performing Arts Center

The Tour de Frost is a safe, fun, fully supported 20-mile bike ride around Rockford. Cyclists go in a group in this no-drop ride, and are treated to stops along the way at The Olympic Tavern and Rockford Bicycle Company. The ride ends with a pizza party at Oscar’s Pub & Grill on State Street.

This one-of-a-kind shopping market is filled entirely with local businesses. Support and shop at 30+ local businesses, all in one spot! The first 200 families will receive a reusable shopping bag with Winnebago Buy Local’s logo and filled with gifts from Winnebago County businesses.

The beloved ballet returns to the Coronado Performing Arts Center as the Rockford Dance Company performs this holiday classic with the music of Tchaikovsky performed by the Rockford Symphony Orchestra.

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TAURUS

A big household cleaning is in order. Uncluttering your living space will un clutter your mind too. A moment will arise in which you will absolutely have to speak up.

GEMINI

You might receive some criticism, or you might have to deal with people who will be intentionally vague with you. You can expect a bunch of emo tions to surface, but with patience and diplomacy, you’ll come out on top.

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You’ll be offered a fairly large sum of money through an insurance claim or an inheritance. You’ll have to show tact and diplomacy amidst a situa tion in which all sides risk becoming a bit impatient.

LEO

You’ll have a surplus of energy that you’ll need to teach yourself to ef fectively channel. Try to do a bit of physical activity; otherwise your mood will suffer. You’ll need to unwind at some point this week.

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You’ll have trouble getting to sleep because you’ll have many ideas run ning through your mind. You’ll be ins pired by the thought of setting out on a new career path, and oppor tunities to forge ahead will present themselves.

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You’ll be faced with some fairly tough choices and you might change your plans multiple times. Some patience will be required for things to fall into place and for you to finally know what direction to take.

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November 28, 2018 The Rock River Times.

   ANNUAL STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS SUMMARY FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2018

The summary must be published in the local newspaper. Copies of the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2018 will be available for public inspection in the school district/joint agreement administrative office by December 1, annually. Individuals wanting to review this Annual Statement of Affairs should contact: Prairie Hill CCSD #133 6605 Prairie Hill Rd, South Beloit, IL 61080 815-389-3957 8 am - 3:30 pm School District/Joint Agreement Name Address Telephone Office Hours Also by January 15, annually the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2018, will be posted on the Illinois State Board of Education’s website@ www.isbe.net. SUMMARY: The following is the Annual Statement of Affairs Summary that is required to be published by the school district/joint agreement for the past fiscal year. Statement of Operations as of June 30, 2018 Educational Operations & Maintenance Debt Services Transportation Municipal Retirement/Social Security Capital Projects Working Cash Tort Fire Prevention & Safety Local Sources 1000 3,456,965 393,203 1,202,457 195,898 157,445 0 27,788 79 54,256 Flow-Through Receipts/Revenues from One 2000 0 0 0 0 District to Another District State Sources 3000 2,138,241 100,804 0 188,614 0 0 0 0 0 Federal Sources 4000 274,412 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 5,869,618 494,007 1,202,457 384,512 157,445 0 27,788 79 54,256 Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 5,512,295 507,571 1,211,944 268,825 196,307 0 0 11,400 Other Sources/Uses of Funds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2017 3,153,065 337,066 5,166 222,938 156,462 80 252,143 20,377 229,335 Other Changes in Fund Balances 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2018 3,510,388 323,502 (4,321) 338,625 117,600 80 279,931 20,456 272,191    GROSS PAYMENT FOR CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000: ARBETMAN L, BARNETTE D, BAYER, M, BELEC A, BIELSKI K, BILARDELLO R, COOMER J, DAVIS D, DEPAUW M, EWING M, FANT D, FINNEGAN E, FISH K, FLUEGEL A, GAWRONSKI E, GLON L, GRASLEY A, HANEY-CARLTON P, JUHLIN K, KOCH S, LARSON E, LESLIE J, LONER D, LOWMAN-VOLLMER K, MAHAN K, MASSINO P, MCDONALD R, MEYERS K, NEWMAN H, OLSON M, PAYNE J, PEYTON OPENGA L, ROBERTS S, SAPORITI T, SMAFIELD A, SMITH J, STEVENS C, STITT J, WELLS J, WHISENAND C, WILZ J, ZIMMER J. Salary Range: $25,000 $39,999: BOUCEK O, BOWERS A, ELLIOTT K, HILL Z, RHINES C, ROTH E, SCHMITZ R, SHEPPARD S, SWANSON C, WESTGATE A. Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999: ANDREWS K, BONNE J, BOOKS A, BREAKFIELD E, COLWELL B, CROSS T, DIXON L, ELFSTROM D, ESTVANDER A, FEHR-STUBBE A, GALLENTINE N, GISSEL E, LAGOW T, PENHERSKI N, PETERSON D, RISSEEUW R, SCHWABERO A, SOCKNESS J, STALLMAN S, STEWART N, THOMPSON J, WRIGHT A, ZOELLER D. Salary Range: 60,000 - $89,999: BALL M, BURK S, DAVENPORT J, FINNEGAN K, FISHER S, FROMAN C, FURMANEK K, HATFIELD K, HEIDEL S, HOUGHTON K, JORGENSEN E, LEONARD C, MATHEWSON M, MCILWAIN H, PICKEL C, RHINES M, ROGERS K, ROGERS S, WALLYN C, WYATT S. Salary Range: $90,000 and over: HEIAR W, JULIAN L. GROSS PAYMENT FOR NON-CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000: ALBA J, ALLEN D, ANDERSON K, AUSTIN D, BAKER J, BARNHARDT M, BEARD A, BRADY J, BOWERS D, BRAUN C, CARMEN A, CARMEN D, DALSANTO K, DAVIS K, DELMONICO L, DENURE K, EDWARDS A, ERICKSON K, EVANS C,

Government Notices    INVITATION TO BID STREET SWEEPING BID NO.: 1118-PW-126 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids will be accepted until the specified opening time and date. Any bidder attempting to deliver after the opening time and date will be refused. Mandatory Pre-bid Meeting. A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held at the City Yards Administration Building located at 523 S. Central Ave. on December 6, 2018 at 11:00AM. Bids will only be accepted from those vendors who attend this mandatory prebid meeting. Bid documents may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, 4th floor, 425 E. State Street, Rockford, IL, 61104, or at https:// rockfordil.gov/city-departments/ finance/central-services/purchasing/open-bidsrfps/ Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the bid, and the bid number. Each bidder shall submit with his bid the information specified in the bid documents for compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois on Fair Employment Practices and with the City of Rockford’s Ordinance on Equal Employment and Business Opportunity. Any bid which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered. All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are

subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12). The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities. 9724R TRRT 11/28    INVITATION TO BID PLAYGROUND RE-SURFACE BID NO.: 1118-HS-125 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Friday, January 04, 2019 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids will be accepted until the specified opening time and date. Any bidder attempting to deliver after the opening time and date will be refused. Mandatory Pre-bid Meeting. A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will take place at the Head Start Building located at 902 Acorn Street., Rockford IL on December 14th at 9:00 a.m. Bids will only be accepted from those vendors who attend this mandatory prebid meeting. Bid documents may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, 4th floor, 425 E. State Street, Rockford, IL, 61104, or at https://rockfordil. gov/city-departments/finance/ central-services/purchasing Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the bid, and the bid number. Each bidder shall submit with his bid the information specified in the bid documents for compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois on Fair Employment Practices and with the City of Rockford’s Ordinance on Equal Employment and Business Opportunity. Any bid which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be

FJALSTAD A, GEDDEIS V, GEISE D, GLIEBE M, HALE A, HENDERSON C, HOFFMAN L, HULBURT A, HUTCHENS T, JOHSTON B, KELLER A, KERSKA C, KILDAY P, LARSEN C, LEFAIVRE S, LEGOWSKI B, LEVAN P, LEWANDOWSKI J, LIMKE A, LINSTEAD R, MARINOFF J, MCGRATH K, MELCHER T, MOLITOR S, MORIARTY J, MURRAY B, NEWGARD D, NGUYEN A, NOORLAG R, PASSMORE K, PENDLEY J, PENDLETON R, PERSIL C, PETERS R, PHILLIPS T, PIGGOTT S, PINNOW L, PORTER M, PTACIN K, RAPP S, RAY M, SEXTON J, TESLUK J, THOREN J, ROBERTS S, SAUNDERS J, SCHUEPBACH C, SLY N, TORRES J, VALENTINE A, WAGNER L, WALDRON C, WELTE A, WEYRAUCH R, WILLETT L, WILSON M, WRIGHT C, YEAGER H, ZOWASKI J. Salary Range: $25,000 - $39,999: GUILE W, HALL R, NOORLAG K, RAYMENT M, SAMBROOK T, SAND B, SCHULTZ L. Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999: GRYGIEL J. Salary Range: $60,000 and over: None. Payments over $2,500, excluding wages and salaries. Person, Firm, or Corporation Aggregate Amount EFTPS 582,194.67 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD 475,462.21 TEACHER’S RETIREMENT FUND 343,538.54 FIRST STUDENT 258,194.43 IL DEPT OF REV 163,732.56 WINN CO SPEC ED COOP 137,105.87 IL MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT 120,252.90 ROCK ENERGY COOPERATIVE 76,472.86 TEACHERS’ HEALTH INS SEC 73,869.91 CAPITAL ONE BANK 72,035.07 ALPINE BANK 59,821.30 PERFORMANCE FOODSERVICE 52,986.98

PRAIRIE STATE INSURANCE CDW GOVERNMENT INC DRICOLL CONSULTING LLC PERFECTION PROPERTY REST PRAIRIE HILL FED TEACHERS HARDER CORP DELTA DENTAL PERFORMANCE FOODSERVICE TOSHIBA FINANCIAL SERVICE WI DEPT OF REV CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES BALLARD COMPANIES, INC NORTHERN MECHANICAL SCHOOL SPECIALTY AT & T HM RECEIVABLES CO LLC MULLER PINEHURST DAIRY BEL ROCK ASPHALT PAVING HORACE MANN INVESTORS, INC MYERS LANDSCAPING CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS ROBBINS SCHWARTZ IASB HEINEMANN ING LIFE INSURANCE STATELINE COPY PRODUCTS BENNING GROUP WILLOWBROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT DEARBORN LIFE

considered. All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12). The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities. 9725R TRRT 11/28    LEGAL NOTICE The Board of Education, School District No. 205, Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois, will receive on or before 2:00 PM (CST), Tuesday, December 18, 2018 sealed submittals for RFP 19-12 Chronic Care Management, terms to be in accordance with specifications which may be reviewed at the Board of Education Office, 501 Seventh St., 6th floor conference room, Rockford, Illinois. All names of offerors submitting will be publicly read at that time and place. All offers submitted shall be valid for a period of at least sixty (60) days from the date of set for receipt of offers. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers. Package request forms are available on the District’s website, rps205.com. Vendors registered with DemandStar.com can download packages at no cost from their web-site – www. Demandstar.com. Dated this 28th day of November 2018, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois. Dane Youngblood Director of Purchasing 9726R TRRT 11/28

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, Probate Division, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate’s legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate’s legal representative and to her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. Dated: 11/07/2018 Kathleen M. Kay, Executor of the Estate Attorney for Executor: D. Kevin Sommer Attorney at Law One Court Place, Suite 300 Rockford, IL 61101 815.965.4412 9699R TRRT 11/28    STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN RE THE ESTATE OF ILYNE H. CARR, Deceased. 2018 P 549 CLAIMS NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ILYNE H. CARR. CEDRIC CARR, whose address is 3120 Jacqueline Drive, Rockford, IL 60019, was appointed Special Administrator of her estate on October 29, 2018. The attorney of record for the estate is Zachary Cook of MacCloskeyKesler & Associates, 308 West State Street, Suite 200, Rockford IL 61101 Claims may be filed on or before May 14, 2019, that date being at least six months from the date of first publication, or within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to any known creditor required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated shall be barred. Claims against the estate may

Public Notices    NOTICE LOVES PARK CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Water Department Bookkeeping Clerk Position. See City website (www.loves-park.il.us) for detailed job description. Starting

salary: $34,000-$41,600 per year DOQ. This is a full-time position, providing full benefits, including IMRF pension plan. Apply at Loves Park Civil Service Commission, c/o Clerk’s Office, City of Loves Park, City Hall, 100 Heart Boulevard, Loves Park, IL. Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m. on December 12, 2018. Top qualified applicants, as determined by the Commission, will take a technical aptitude test in late December or early January with top scorers advancing to an unscored interview with the Water Department and a scored interview with the Commission in late December or January. Applicants must be able to pass a pre-employment background check and a post-offer drug screening test. EOE. 9730R TRRT 12/5    STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Probate Division ESTATE OF NOVELLA M. LUTER, Deceased. Case No. 17-P-533 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of NOVELLA M. LUTER, of Rockford, Illinois, on September 28, 2017. Letters of Office were issued on December 8, 2017, to KATHLEEN M. KAY, P.O. Box 95, 205 S. McKnight Street, South Wayne, WI, 53587, who is the Executor of the estate. The attorney for the estate is D. KEVIN SOMMER, Attorney at Law, One Court Place, Suite 300, Rockford, IL 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 14, 2019. Any claim not filed within 6 months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within 3 months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors (if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended), whichever date is later, shall be barred.

52,081.00 46,343.47 40,000.00 38,418.57 35,181.20 34,039.59 29,602.57 27,916.12 27,577.70 25,401.09 25,130.00 23,857.50 23,270.09 21,994.36 21,108.67 20,000.00 18,495.33 18,003.04 17,650.00 15,315.00 13,917.06 12,245.00 11,474.00 10,791.00 9,350.00 9,149.14 8,800.00 8,543.50 7,138.03

be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford IL 61101, or with the Special Administrator, or both. Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk-Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Special Administrator and to the attorney for the estate within ten days after it has been filed. The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk of the Court. CEDRIC CARR, Special Administrator, By: /s/ Zachary A. Cook Prepared by: Zachary A. Cook, 6292596 MacCloskeyKesler & Associates, LLP 308 West State Street Rockford IL 61101 (815) 965-2000 EService@rockfordinjurylawyer. com 9700R TRRT 11/28    SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS WITHDRAWAL OF NAME(S) STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ss. Certificate No. 034351 On the 10th day of September, A.D. 2018, the original certificate of ownership was filed in the office of County Clerk, in the County of Winnebago, Illinois for: U.S.A. AnM at the following address(es): 311 Joyce Ave., Rockford, IL 61107. On the 27th day of November, A.D. 2018, the following person or persons ceased doing business under the above assumed name and have no further connection with or financial interest in the business carried on under such

MILLER ENGINEERING, CO ADVANCED DISPOSAL ENTRE COMPUTER CENTER PRAIRIE HILL ACTIVITY FUND OFFICE PRO, INC COMMON GOAL SYSTEMS, INC SCHOLASTIC INC KNORR AND MEYERS ROOFING THAYER LIGHTING INC MIDWEST SECURITY WOLD ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERING CARMICHAEL CONSTRUCTION BRADFIELD’S HORACE MANN COMPANIES IDEAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGIN IL AMERICAN WATER EYEMED INSURANCE CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT PRO COM FERGUSON ENTERPRISES S & H NURSERY CUSTOM INKS BARNES & NOBLE TRANE US INC NICOR SCHOOL HEALTH CORP

6,865.36 6,651.57 6,344.74 6,288.00 6,186.50 5,790.56 5,697.17 5,465.00 5,022.25 4,929.00 4,876.08 4,745.00 4,566.50 4,426.26 4,195.00 4,071.58 4,028.78 3,996.27 3,949.20 3,629.47 3,406.00 3,207.00 2,977.08 2,626.92 2,528.88 2,501.75 9723R TRRT 11/28

assumed name: Adan Pina SIGNED: Adan Pina 11/27/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 27th day of November A.D. 2018. Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 9740R TRRT 11/28    SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS CANCELLATION OF BUSINESS STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ss. Certificate No. 034341 On the 4th day of September, A.D. 2018, the original certificate of ownership was filed in the office of County Clerk, in the County of Winnebago, Illinois for: Joined Couples at the following address(es): 311 Joyce Ave., Rockford, IL 61107. On the 27th day of November, A.D. 2018, the following person or persons ceased doing business under the above assumed name and have no further connection with or financial interest in the business carried on under such assumed name: Eduardo Camargo; Adan Pina SIGNED: Eduardo Camargo 11/27/18 SIGNED: Adan Pina 11/27/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 27th day of November A.D. 2018. Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 9739R TRRT 11/28    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a restaurant serving egg rolls business in said County and State under the name of Gina’s Egg Rolls at the following post office addresses: 280 N. Phelps Ave., Suite A, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ericka Eleby

SIGNED: Ericka Eleby 11/8/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of November, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Robledo, DEPUTY 9707R TRRT 11/28    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Lawn Care business in said County and State under the name of Fritch’s Lawn Care at the following post office addresses: 5044 Pinerock Ave., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Anthony Fritch SIGNED: Anthony Fritch 11/16/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of November, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 9718R TRRT 12/5    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a mobile DJ business in said County and State under the name of JAMS Mobile DJ Service at the following post office addresses: 5465 Choctaw Trl., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Josette Sanchez; James Sanchez SIGNED: Josette Sanchez 11/9/18 SIGNED: James Sanchez 11/9/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 9th day of November, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 9709R TRRT 11/28

The Rock River Times. November 28, 2018

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREEMONT HOME LOAN TRUST 2005-B, MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-B Plaintiff, vs. NICKY SARAFIM Defendants, 18 CH 254 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 3, 2019 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 80 AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. TWO OF WEXFORD PLACE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 15, AND THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 44 OF PLATS ON PAGE 135A AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 0403546 IN THE RECORDER`S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3072 Hamlin Drive, Machesney Park, IL 61115. P.I.N. 08-15-380-004. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Ms. Nicole Fox at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Potestivo & Associates, P.C., 251 Diversion Street, Rochester, Michigan 48307. (248) 853-4400 ext 1200. 111416 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3105074 P9721R TRRT 12/12 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. MATTHEW M MCCAIN A/K/A MATTHEW MCCAIN, A/K/A MATTHEW M L MCCAIN, A/K/A MATTHEW MARION LEE MCCAIN; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SUSAN D MCCAIN A/K/A SUSAN DARLINE MCCAIN, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; TIM MILLER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEASED MORTGAGOR,

SUSAN D MCCAIN, DEFENDANTS. 17 CH 850 3225 7TH STREET ROCKFORD, IL 61109 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO YOU, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Susan D McCain a/k/a Susan Darline McCain, If Any defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT NINETEEN (19) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF FRANKLIN GARDENS IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 2-431, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 20 OF PLATS ON PAGE 72 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 3225 7th Street Rockford, IL 61109 and which said Mortgage was made by, Susan D McCain a/k/a Susan Darline McCain Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Columbia National, Incorporated Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 0411840; and for other relief. UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before December 28, 2018, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider. Visit http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/service-providers.htm to learn more and to select a service provider. If you need additional help or have trouble e-filing, visit www. illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp. asp, or talk to your local circuit clerk’s office. PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, THE PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1 N. Dearborn St. Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 Ph. (312) 346-9088 File No. 264591-139020 I3105327 P9722R TRRT 12/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS CITY OF ROCKFORD, a municipal corporation Plaintiff, vs. NORTH MAIN PROPERTIES, LLC., UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant. Case No. 2018-MR-1216 NOTICE OF PETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO REMEDIATE The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, NORTH MAIN

PROPERTIES, LLC., UNKNOWN OWNERS, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled cause that the above-entitled Petition was filed on November 21, 2018 and is now pending. 1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are identified above. 2. The Court in which this action was brought is identified above. 3. The name of the titleholders of record is NORTH MAIN PROPERTIES, LLC. 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: Parcel I a. Common address: 1920 N Main Street, Rockford, Illinois b. Tax ID number: 11-14234-002 c. Legal Description: SLY 178.85 FT NLY 662.45 FT LYG BETW FREMONT + N MAIN ST + LYG S OF + ADJ SLY LN CUSTER AVE BK 282-62 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC SEC: 14 TWP: 044 RANGE: 001 ACRES: 1.35 NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, North Main Properties, LLC, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants, file your answer to the Petition for Order to Remediate Property in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, in the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL within thirty (30) days of November 28, 2018 default may be entered against you and each of you at any time after that day and a Judgment for Foreclosure may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint for Foreclosure. Circuit Clerk Matthew D. Flores – ARDC #6323902 City of Rockford Department of Law 425 E. State Street Rockford, IL 61104 (779) 348-7395 9727R TRRT 12/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN CHANCERY STILLMAN BANCCORP, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. JESSE BUTLER, RACHAEL BUTLER, STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. CASE NO 2018 CH 712 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, In the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, STILLMAN BANCCORP, N.A., vs. JESSE BUTLER, RACHAEL BUTLER, STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Case No. 2018 CH 712. The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to-wit: LOT TEN (10) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 2 OF GLENNY VIEW, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF

SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 26 OF PLATS ON PAGE 105 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Property commonly known as: 2611 Karen Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61101 Mortgage(s} was/were recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document Number 0173873. And for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. Now therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Chancery Division, in the Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 17th day of December, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. Dated at Rockford, Illinois on November 20, 2018. /S/ Thomas A. Klein Thomas A. Klein, Circuit Clerk PREPARED BY: BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP JODY L. BOOHER (6292370) 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, Illinois 61108 (815)962-6611 jbooher@bslbv.com 9728R TRRT 12/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO JESSICA WILSON, individually, and As the Executor of the Estate of MATTHEW CACIOPPI, deceased Plaintiffs, vs. OSF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, d/b/a OSF ST. ANTHONY MEDICAL CENTER an Illinois not-for-profit Corporation, ROCKFORD SURGICAL SERVICE, S.C. and LAWRENCE P. PRABHAKAR, MD. Defendants. No. 2018 L 16 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Defendant ROCKFORD SURGICAL SERVICE, S.C., that Plaintiff JESSICA WILSON, individually, and as the Executor of the Estate of MATTHEW CACIOPPI, deceased, has caused to be filed a COMPLAINT in the above-captioned cause of action. You are further notified that if you fail to file an answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case by January 19, 2019, a judgment by default may be entered against you on that date or at anytime thereafter in accordance with the relief asked for in said Complaint. JESSICA WILSON, individually, and as Executor of the Estate of MATTHEW CACIOPPI, deceased, Plaintiff PREPARED BY: Cynthia Koroll, ARDC#6275102 Koroll Litigation Group, Ltd. 2929 N. Main Street, Front Rockford, Il 61103 815-316-7554 eservice@klg-law.net 9729R TRRT 12/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

THE ESTATE OF: ANNIE QUAY RUCKER, Case No.: 2018-P-493 Deceased CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Annie Quay Rucker. Letters of Office were issued on October 29, 2018 to Angela Graves, of 404 Albert Avenue, Rockford, Illinois, and Donia Lana Lockhart, 3931 Eagle Drive, #4, Rockford, Illinois who are the legal representatives of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Sharon R. Rudy, 405 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 29, 2019, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101 or with the estate’s legal representative, or both. A copy of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the legal representative and the attorney for the estate within ten days after it has been filed. DATED:11/19/18 Angela Graves and Donia Lana Lockhart, Co-Administrators of the Estate /s/ Sharon R. Rudy Attorney Sharon R. Rudy, P.C., #6183356 405 W. State Street Rockford, IL 61101 (815)962-1910 sharon.rudy@sharonrudylaw.com 9731R TRRT 12/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of JANE DIANE VONEIDA a/k/a DIANE VONEIDA, Deceased. Case No. 2018-P-579 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of JANE DIANE VONEIDA a/k/a DIANE VONEIDA of Rockford, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on November 19, 2018, to DAVID L. VONEIDA of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, whose attorney is Marcia L. Mueller, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, 100 Park Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 28, 2019, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Probate Division, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representatives, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representatives and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. /s/ David L. Voneida DAVID L. VONEIDA, Independent Executor of the Estate of JANE DIANE VONEIDA a/k/a DIANE VONEIDA, Deceased

PREPARED BY: mailing or delivery is required by HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate MARCIA L. MUELLER, Act, 1975, as amended, whichever ARDC #3122098 date is later. Any claim not filed by 100 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 1389 the requisite date stated above Rockford, IL 61105-1389 shall be barred. mmueller@hinshawlaw.com Claims against the estate may 815-490-4900 be filed in the office of the WinnebaAttorneys for Estate go County Circuit Clerk-Probate 9732R TRRT 12/12 Division at the Winnebago County n n n Courthouse, 400 West State Street, NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Rockford, Illinois or with the Estate The following self-storage legal representative or both. Cube contents containing houseCopies of claims filed with the hold and other goods will be sold winnebago County Circuit Clerk’s for cash by CubeSmart to satisfy Office-Probate Division, must be a lien on December 13, 2018 at mailed or delivered to the estate www.storagetreasures.com. All legal representative and to her online Bids start approximately attorney within ten (10) days after 14 days prior to the final sale it has been filed. date listed above at the stores DATED: November 20, 2018 listed below at the approximate Clerk of the Circuit Court times listed. All Items in Storage CHESTER R. CHOSTNER, JR., Cubes contain household items P.C. (#0438855) unless otherwise mentioned. Attorney for Elizabeth C. Bryer, Online Bid Ends Approx. Administrator 10:00 AM at CubeSmart #6146, One Court Place, Ste. 202 7511 Vandiver Road Cherry Val- Rockford, Illinois 61101 ley, Illinois 61112 (815)277-4051: 815-962-7500 Timothy Cantrell Cube B3; Ryan 815-962-0815 (facsimile) D Treece Cube H12; Cherrelle Pen- bchostner@attorneychostner. delton Cube G7. com Online Bid Ends Approx. 9733R TRRT 12/12 n n n 11:00 AM at CubeSmart #6150, STATE OF ILLINOIS 4548 American Road Rockford, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Illinois 61109 (815)277-4049: 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Patricia Sunny Cube B33; Jose COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Torres Cube 4293; Logan Bell Cube 4227; Julie Minnick Cube IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF 1105; Matt Rickard Cube 5713. AMY CHRISTOPHERSON, Online Bid Ends Approx. Deceased, 11:30 AM at CubeSmart #6152, CASE NO. 2018 P 522 3015 North Main Street Rockford, CLAIM NOTICE Illinois 61103 (815)277-4054: Notice is given of the death of Jeffrey M. Maki Cube A36; Thelma Young Cube A85; Jason AMY CHRISTOPHERSON, who Barnett Cube A91; Amanda died on July 1, 2018. Letters of Kurtzweg Cube A122; John G. Office were issued on November Dangelo Cube A172; Nicholas 19, 2018 to Linda Laue, Caledonia, J. Olson Cube B8; Swasean D. Illinois, who is the legal represenStevenson Cube B70; David M. tative of the Estate. The attorney for the Estate is Casey Cube B107; Olivia Austin Cube B129; Byron L. Manley Cube CHESTER R. CHOSTNER, JR., B216; Loula Malone Cube B231; One Court Place, Ste. 202, RockDenzel M. Baldwin Cube B249; ford, IL 61101. Claims against the estate Marjorie Elliott Cube B287; Diane may be filed on or before May Ham Cube B340. Online Bid Ends Approx. 28, 2019, that date being at least 12:00 PM at CubeSmart #6151, six (6) months from the first date 6210 Forest Hills Road Rockford, of publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or Illinois 61111 (815)877-3146: Theresa Banks Cube 475; delivery of Notice to Creditors, if Lori Schnorr Cube 302; Sabrina mailing or delivery is required by M. Arnold Cube 511; Tracy Brown Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Cube 408A; Enochs, Bianca Nicole Act, 1975, as amended, whichever Cube 53; Evangeline E Sommer date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above Cube 301. Online Bid Ends Approx. shall be barred. Claims against the estate may 12:30 PM at CubeSmart #6148, 4300 Interstate Boulevard Loves be filed in the office of the WinnebaPark, Illinois 61111 (815)277- go County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County 4053: Max Walters Cube 21; Mike Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Brisson Cube 40; Jennifer Bunjan Rockford, Illinois or with the Estate Cube 42; Anthony Cardenas Cube legal representative or both. Copies of claims filed with the 74; Patrick Jackson Cube 75; Samantha Kerr Cube 78; Kalnesha winnebago County Circuit Clerk’s Ferguson Cube 100; Max Walters Office-Probate Division, must be Cube 333; Ian Leaich Cube 352. mailed or delivered to the estate 9738R TRRT 12/5 legal representative and to her n n n attorney within ten (10) days after STATE OF ILLINOIS it has been filed. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE DATED: November 20, 2018 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Clerk of the Circuit Court COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CHESTER R. CHOSTNER, JR., IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE P.C. (#0438855) OF Attorney for Linda Laue, JAMES CLYNE RAPP, Administrator Deceased, One Court Place, Ste. 202 CASE NO. 2018 P 510 Rockford, Illinois 61101 CLAIM NOTICE 815-962-7500 Notice is given of the death of 815-962-0815 (facsimile) JAMES CLYNE RAPP, who died bchostner@attorneychostner. on August 18, 2018. Letters of com Office were issued on November 9734R TRRT 12/12 n n n 7, 2018 to Elizabeth C. Bryer, Genoa, Illinois, who is the legal ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION representative of the Estate. STATE OF ILLINOIS, The attorney for the Estate is COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CHESTER R. CHOSTNER, JR., This is to certify that the unOne Court Place, Ste. 202, Rockford, IL 61101. dersigned intend to conduct and Claims against the estate transact a Used Vehicles Dealermay be filed on or before May ship business in said County and 28, 2019, that date being at least State under the name of Rockford six (6) months from the first date Kairos Auto Sales at the following of publication, or within three (3) post office addresses: 3919 Sandy months from the date of mailing or Hollow Rd., Rockford, IL 61109; delivery of Notice to Creditors, if that the true and real full names of

all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Vivian Fuentes SIGNED: Vivian Fuentes 11/19/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of November, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9735R TRRT 12/12 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Trucking Company business in said County and State under the name of Makam Transport at the following post office addresses: 6219 Abbey Ave., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Michael L. Spohr SIGNED: Michael L. Spohr 11/21/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of November, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9736R TRRT 12/12 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Retail business in said County and State under the name of Dot’s Discount Depot at the following post office addresses: 838 Easton Parkway, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Reggie Williams SIGNED: Reggie Williams 11/21/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of November, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 9737R TRRT 12/12 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Real Estate Investors business in said County and State under the name of Taylor Capitol at the following post office addresses: 4010 E. State St., #101A, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Stephen Taylor SIGNED: Stephen Taylor 11/14/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of November, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 9713R TRRT 12/5 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Tax Office business in said County and State under the name of Express Refund Tax Solution at the following post office addresses: 8144 Clockview Cir., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kitra Dismuke SIGNED: Kitra Dismuke 10/23/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of October, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9714R TRRT 12/5

November 28, 2018 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER, PLAINTIFF, VS. WILLIAM THOMAS EGLER; HERITAGE CREDIT UNION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS. 18 CH 0000601 3132 CHATEAU COURT ROCKFORD, IL 61103 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO YOU, William Thomas Egler Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 34 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF NORTH RIDGE SUBDIVISION PLAT NO. 3, BEING A PART OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 27 OF PLATS PAGE 151 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 3132 Chateau Court Rockford, IL 61103 and which said Mortgage was made by, William Thomas Egler Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Ally Bank Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20121035701; and for other relief. UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before December 14, 2018, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider. Visit http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/service-providers.htm to learn more and to select a service provider. If you need additional help or have trouble e-filing, visit www. illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp. asp, or talk to your local circuit clerk’s office. PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, THE PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1 N. Dearborn St. Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 Ph. (312) 346-9088 File No. 257135-173118 I3104056 P9686R TRRT 11/28 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.CLIFFORD ANDREW LEISER,

et al Defendant 2018 CH 000311 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 26, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on December 26, 2018, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF LOT ONE (1) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF CARL W. CARLSON SUBDIVISION, PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 14 OF PLATS, PAGE 195 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THE EAST LINE OF SAID PREMISES BEING PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT; EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE EAST THREE AND ONE-HALF FEET OF SAID WEST HALF (1/2); SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3216 12TH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-30452-029, Property Index No. 174D537B. 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 14-18-04891. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-04891 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2018 CH 000311 TJSC#: 38-6437 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. I3103874 P9687R TRRT 11/28 n n n “THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE” W18-0900 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC; Plaintiff, vs. Unknown Heirs and Legatees of David W. Connell; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Judy L. Connell; City of Rockford; Ryan Connell; Cecil Creviston; Jason Creviston; Robert Creviston; Erma Nipper; Tim Miller, as Special Representative for Judy L. Connell and David W. Connell; Unknown Owners and Non Record Claimants; Defendants. 18 CH 365 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: -Unknown Heirs and Legatees of David W. Connell -Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Judy L. Connell -Unknown Owners and Non Record Claimants that Plaintiff has commenced this case in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County against you and other defendants, for foreclosure of a certain Mortgage lien recorded against the premises described as follows: LOT SIXTY-THREE (63) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF GARDEN ACRES, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 34 AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 22 OF PLATS ON PAGE 33 IN THE RECORDER`S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE

OF ILLINOIS. C/K/A: 2309 Rose Avenue, Rockford, IL 61102 PIN: 11-34-105-006 said Mortgage was given by David W. Connell and Judy L. Connell, Mortgagor(s), to Washington Mutual Bank, FA, Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 0627499. E-Filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider. Visit https://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/service-providers.htm to learn more and to select a service provider. If you need additional help or have trouble e-filing, visit http://www. illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp. asp, or talk with your local circuit clerk’s office. UNLESS YOU file your appearance or otherwise file your answer in this case in the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford IL 61101 on or before December 14, 2018, A JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED FOR IN THE PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT. Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) Laurence J. Goldstein (0999318) Christopher J. Irk (6300084) Thomas J. Cassady (6307705) Cory J. Harris (6319221) David A. Drescher (6301378) Amanda Rubel Portes (6297441) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1540 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 312-360-9455 W18-0900 pleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com I3104429 P9689R TRRT 11/28 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FIRST NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY Plaintiff, -v.BRADLEY E. CAREY, et al Defendant 2018 -CH- 0000010 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 2, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on December 26, 2018, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 7 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF LAWN SUBDIVISION IN NORTH HALF OF SECTION 7, T. 46 N., R. 2 E. OF 3RD P.M., THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 26 OF PLATS ON PAGE 78 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE, IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1702 LAWNEY CT, SOUTH BELOIT, IL 61080 Property Index No. 04-07251-003. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance 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 14-17-18132. 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. 14-17-18132 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2018 -CH0000010 TJSC#: 38-6791 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. I3103871 P9690R TRRT 11/28 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Stillman BancCorp NA PLAINTIFF Vs. Jacalyn D. Banks a/k/a Jacalyn Diane Banks; David James Banks; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 2018-CH-0000565 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: David James Banks Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2631 Starkweather Road Rockford, IL 61107 and which said Mortgage was made by: Jacalyn D. Banks a/k/a Jacalyn Diane Banks David James Banks the Mortgagor(s), to Stillman BancCorp N.A., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 200800829370; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court 400 West State Street, Room 108 Rockford, IL 61101 on or before December 14, 2018, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-18-09799 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I3103990 P9691R TRRT 11/28 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact an Electrical Contr. business in said County and State under the name of JT Electrical Const. at the following post office addresses: 5108 Upland Dr., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: John S. Terry SIGNED: John S. Terry 11/13/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of November, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 9705R TRRT 11/28 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a beauty bar/salon business in said County and State under the name of Mint Image Beauty Bar at the following post office addresses: 278 N. Phelps Ave., Suite I, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ericka Eleby SIGNED: Ericka Eleby 11/8/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of November, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Robledo, DEPUTY 9708R TRRT 11/28 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a road service and tires business in said County and State under the name of Zuno’s at the following post office addresses: 2970 Southbridge Rd., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jose Zuno SIGNED: Jose Zuno 11/19/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of November, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 9716R TRRT 12/5 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: STEPHANIE MARIE JENSEN Current Name Case Number 2018-MR-0001209 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Stephanie Marie Jensen to the new name of: Stephanie Marie Proietti. The court date will be held: on January 23, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #412. /s/ Stephanie Marie Jensen Stephanie Marie Jensen Current Name 9720R TRRT 12/5 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a festival and entertainment business in said County and State under the name of The Rockford Battle at the following post office addresses: 213 N. 3rd St., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ray Richmond SIGNED: Ray Richmond 11/16/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of November, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9717R TRRT 12/5 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: WILLIAM R. BARRETT, Deceased. Case No. 2018 P 540 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of William R. Barrett. Letters of Office were issued on October 30, 2018 to Kathleen A. Curren, 1413 West Margaret Avenue, Peoria, Illinois 61604 and George W. Williams, 1124 Saint Lawrence Avenue, Beloit, Wisconsin 53511, who both are the legal co-executors of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Nancy Grimme Schilling, Schilling Law, LLC, 973 Featherstone Road, Suite 350, Rockford, Illinois 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 22, 2019, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County

Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101, or with the estate legal representatives, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated: November 7, 2018 Kathleen A. Curren and George W. Williams, Co-Executors, By: Schilling Law, LLC By: /s/ Nancy Grimme Schilling Nancy Grimme Schilling Schilling Law, LLC By: Nancy Grimme Schilling 973 Featherstone Road, Suite 350 Rockford, Il., 61107 (815) 977-5000 (telephone) 9704R TRRT 11/28 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Reiki business in said County and State under the name of Soul Grateful Reiki at the following post office addresses: 4635 Pembrooke Place, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: MaryJane M. D’Angelo SIGNED: MaryJane M. D’Angelo 11/8/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of November, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 9706R TRRT 11/28 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LELAND D. JONES, Deceased. Case No. 18 P 521 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of LELAND D. JONES. Letters of Office were issued on October 22, 2018, to KATHLEEN VAN REENEN, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is David L. Davitt, 4023 Charles Street, Rockford, IL 61108. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 14, 2019, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of the claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: November 8, 2018 /s/ David L. Davitt David L. Davitt David L. Davitt #6206402 Attorney for Estate 4023 Charles Street Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 229-5333 ddavitt@rockriverlaw.com 9703R TRRT 11/28

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n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO In the Matter of the Estate of: WILLIAM C. VIANDS, Deceased. Case No. 2017 P 239 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS PURSUANT TO 755 ILCS 5/28-11[e] REGARDING FILING OF FINAL ACCOUNTFINAL REPORT AND RIGHTS OF INTERESTED PERSONS MICHAEL SHAWN VIANDS Address Unknown CHARLES DEITRICH VIANDS Address Unknown YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on November 7, 2018, the Final Account-Final Report was filed with the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, IL, by KAYSANDRA D. VIANDS, Independent Executor of the Estate through her attorney, Attorney Paul S. Godlewski. You have forty-two [42] days from November 7, 2018, to file an objection to the Final Account-Final Report with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Winnebago County, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL 61101. If no objection is filed by you within the stated forty-two [42] days, the Independent Executor, KAYSANDRA D. VIANDS, may apply to the Court for a discharge, and if no objection is pending, the Court shall enter an Order discharging KAYSANDRA D. VIANDS, as Independent Executor, and declare the Estate closed. A copy of the Final Account-Final Report may be obtained from Attorney Paul S. Godlewski or the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, IL. Date: November 14, 2018. KAYSANDRA D. VIANDS, INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR BY: PAUL S. GODLEWSKI ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE PREPARED BY: PAUL S. GODLEWSKI Attorney for the Estate of William C. Viands, deceased One Court Place, Suite 103 Rockford, IL 61101 815/964-0058 ARDC - 0977837 service at: psglegal@aol.com 9702R TRRT 11/28 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Associated Bank NA PLAINTIFF Vs. Veronica L. Anthony; Yalanda M. Anthony a/k/a Yolanda M. Anthony; Yalanda M. Anthony a/k/a Yolanda M. Anthony as Executor; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Robert Anthony a/k/a Robert Anthony Jr.; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS

2018-CH-0000592 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Yalanda M. Anthony a/k/a Yolanda M. Anthony Yalanda M. Anthony a/k/a Yolanda M. Anthony as Executor Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Robert Anthony a/k/a Robert Anthony Jr. Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2419 Clifton Ave Rockford, IL 61102 and which said Mortgage was made by: Robert Anthony a/k/a Robert Anthony Jr. the Mortgagor(s), to Associated Bank, N.A., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 0715204; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court 400 West State Street, Room 108 Rockford, IL 61101 on or before December 21, 2018, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-18-10323 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I3104817 P9710R TRRT 12/5 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a framing construction business in said County and State under the name of CAP Construction at the following post office addresses: 1106 Shenandoah Ave., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Carlos I Arroyo Perez SIGNED: Carlos I Arroyo Perez 9/19/18

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, DAVID J. BROWN, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2018 CH 76 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure heretofore entered by the said Court on the 3RD day of October, 2018, in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 6th day of December, 2018 at the hour of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said Judgment men-

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of September, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9711R TRRT 12/5 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Food Truck business in said County and State under the name of Pull Up and Eat at the following post office addresses: 946 S. 3rd St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Allyson Roberts SIGNED: Allyson Roberts 10/22/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of October, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 9712R TRRT 12/5 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Remodeling & Restoration business in said County and State under the name of Olivia’s Dad Remodeling & Restoration at the following post office addresses: 2016 Huffman Blvd., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Keith King SIGNED: Keith King 11/15/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of November, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 9715R TRRT 12/5 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, DAVID J. BROWN, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2018 CH 76 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure heretofore entered by the said Court on the 3RD day of October, 2018, in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 6th day of December, 2018 at the hour of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford,

Illinois 61102 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: The North Fifty (50) feet in width of Lot Nine (9) in Block Twelve (12) as designated upon the Plat of South Park Subdivision, being a Subdivision of part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 35, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 58 of Plats on Page 281 in the Recorder’s office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Commonly known as: 1818 8th Street Rockford, Illinois 61104. Property Code: 215 A 477 P.I.N. Number: 11-35-278-005 The property is commonly known as 1818 8th Street Rockford, Illinois 61104 and is improved with a residential property. Judgment was taken in the amount of $43,921.79 on behalf of Northwest Bank of Rockford. Property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes and is offered for sale without any representations 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. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. Sale terms are cash or certified funds 25% at time of sale and the balance, including the judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300 is due within 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. Upon payment in full on the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a certificate of sale which will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Respective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information, contact Timothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff, 3400 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant

tioned, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: Commonly known as: 1818 8th Street Rockford, Illinois 61104. Property Code: 215 A 477 P.I.N. Number: 11-35-278-005 The property is commonly known as 1818 8th Street Rockford, Illinois 61104 and is improved with a residential property. Judgment was taken in the amount of $43,921.79 on behalf of Northwest Bank of Rockford. Property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes and is offered for sale without any representations 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. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. Sale terms are cash or certified funds 25% at time of sale and the

to Section 15-1507 (c)(7) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, no information other than the information contained in this Notice will be provided. 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. Attorney Timothy F. Horning Meyer and Horning P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 9698R TRRT 11/28 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, DAVID J. BROWN, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2018 CH 77 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure heretofore entered by the said Court on the 4th day of September, 2018, in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 6th day of December, 2018 at the hour of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: Lot Six (6) in Block Two (2) as designated upon the Plat of Knapp & Robertson’s Subdivision, of a part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 22, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 5 of Plats on Page 28 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Commonly known as: 436 Forest Avenue Rockford, Illinois 61101. Property Code: 202B 479 P.I.N. Number: 11-22-126-028 The property is commonly known as 436 Forest Avenue Rockford, Illinois 61101 and is improved with a residential property.

Judgment was taken in the amount of $39,243.53 on behalf of Northwest Bank of Rockford. Property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes and is offered for sale without any representations 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. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. Sale terms are cash or certified funds 25% at time of sale and the balance, including the judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300 is due within 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. Upon payment in full on the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a certificate of sale which will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Respective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information, contact Timothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff, 3400 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant to Section 15-1507 (c)(7) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, no information other than the information contained in this Notice will be provided. 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. Attorney Timothy F. Horning Meyer and Horning P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 9697R TRRT 11/28 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS CITY OF ROCKFORD, a municipal corporation Plaintiff, vs. FOUNTAIN OF LIFE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST OF ROCKFORD, ROCK RIVER RECLAMATION

balance, including the judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300 is due within 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. Upon payment in full on the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a certificate of sale which will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Respective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information, contact Timothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff, 3400 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant to Section

DISTRICT, THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A., UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. Case No. 2018-MR-1198 NOTICE OF PETITION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, FOUNTAIN OF LIFE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST OF ROCKFORD, ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT, THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled cause that the above-entitled Petition was filed on November 9, 2018 and is now pending. 1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are identified above. 2. The Court in which this action was brought is identified above. 3. The name of the titleholder of record is Fountain of Life Church of God in Christ of Rockford 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: Lots Two (2), Three (3), Four (4) and Five (5) of Block Thirteen (13) and Lots Two (2), Five (5) and Six (6) of Block Twelve (12) as designated upon the Plat of Rock River Subdivision of North Half (1/2) of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 2 and North Half (1/2) of Section 2 and North Half (1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 3, Township 43 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 4 of Plats on page 11 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois. Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3), Four (4), Five (5), Six (6), Seven (7), Eight (8), Nine (9), Ten (10), Eleven (11), and Twelve (12) in Block Thirteen (13) as designated upon the Plat of Gottfred’s Subdivision of part of Rock River Subdivision, the Plat of which first named Subdivision is recorded in Book 5 of Plats on page 68 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois P.I.N. 15-02-131-002 and 1502-131-003 NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, FOUNTAIN OF LIFE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST OF ROCKFORD, ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT, THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, file your answer to the Petition for Order to

Remediate Property in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, in the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL within thirty (30) days of November 14, 2018 default may be entered against you and each of you at any time after that day. Circuit Clerk Matthew D. Flores – ARDC #6323902 City of Rockford Department of Law 425 E. State Street Rockford, IL 61104 (779) 348-7395 9696R TRRT 11/28 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MATTHEW M. VARTABEDIAN, Deceased. Case No. 18 P 554 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of MATTHEW M. VARTABEDIAN. Letters of Office were issued on November 6, 2018, to STEPHANIE VARTABEDIAN, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is David L. Davitt, 4023 Charles Street, Rockford, IL 61108. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 14, 2019, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of the claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: November 12, 2018 /s/ David L. Davitt David L. Davitt David L. Davitt #6206402 Attorney for Estate 4023 Charles Street Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 229-5333 ddavitt@rockriverlaw.com 9701R TRRT 11/28

November 28, 2018 The Rock River Times. n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FIRST NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY Plaintiff, -v.- BRADLEY E. CAREY, et al Defendant 2018 -CH- 0000010 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 2, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on December 26, 2018, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1702 LAWNEY CT, SOUTH BELOIT, IL 61080 Property Index No. 04-07-251-003. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance 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 14-17-18132. 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. 14-17-18132 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2018 -CH- 0000010 TJSC#: 38-6791 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. I3103871 P9690R TRRT 11/28 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, DAVID J. BROWN, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2018 CH 77 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure heretofore entered by the said Court on the 4th day of September, 2018, in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 6th day of December, 2018 at the hour of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: Commonly known as: 436 Forest Avenue Rockford, Illinois 61101. Property Code: 202B 479 P.I.N. Number: 11-22-126-028 The property is commonly known as 436 Forest Avenue Rockford, Illinois 61101 and is improved with a residential property. Judgment was taken in the amount of $39,243.53 on behalf of Northwest Bank of Rockford. Property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes and is offered for sale without any representations 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. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. Sale terms are cash or certified funds 25% at time of sale and the balance, including the judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300 is due within 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. Upon payment in full on the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a certificate of sale which will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Respective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information, contact Timothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff, 3400 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant to Section

15-1507 (c)(7) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, no information other than the information contained in this Notice will be provided. 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. Attorney Timothy F. Horning Meyer and Horning P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 9697R TRRT 11/28 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREEMONT HOME LOAN TRUST 2005-B, MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-B Plaintiff, vs. NICKY SARAFIM Defendants, 18 CH 254 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 3, 2019 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 3072 Hamlin Drive, Machesney Park, IL 61115. P.I.N. 08-15-380-004. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Ms. Nicole Fox at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Potestivo & Associates, P.C., 251 Diversion Street, Rochester, Michigan 48307. (248) 853-4400 ext 1200. 111416 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3105074 P9721R TRRT 12/12 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.- CLIFFORD ANDREW LEISER, et al Defendant 2018 CH 000311 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 26, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on December 26, 2018, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3216 12TH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108

Property Index No. 12-30-452-029, Property Index No. 174D537B. 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 14-18-04891. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-04891 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2018 CH 000311 TJSC#: 38-6437 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. I3103874 P9687R TRRT 11/28

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Forreston wins 1A state championship; Byron clipped in 3A final By Jim Hagerty Reporter

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CHAMPAIGN – The Forreston Cardinals made quick work of Camp Point Central and ran away with the IHSA Class 1A football championship 44-6 Friday. It was all Forreston from the onset. It took them only four minutes to score, a 23-yard scamper by Evan Kelsey to cap a 73-yard drive Camp Point Central simply couldn’t stop. Kelsey rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns in the first two quarters, giving the Cardinals a 30-0 lead at halftime. Forreston scored on its first two drives in the second half to put the Panthers away. Defensively, Forreston held Camp Point Central to just 68 yards in the first half. They gave up nothing through the air either, intercepting two passes, including 26-yard pick-six by Hunter Rogers. This year’s team finished the regular season 7-2, losing to Lena-Winslow in Week 2 and dropping their Week 4 contest to Pearl City-Eastland. They defeated Hiawatha, Milledgeville and Dakota in the first three rounds of the playoffs to set up a rematch with Lena-Winslow. Forreston emerged with the 34-28 victory to punch their ticket to Friday’s championship. It was no secret what Forreston was going to bring in the championship game. Powered by the Wing-T offense that can trick defenses, most notably if teams can throw out of it. For Forreston, however, a fierce ground attack led the way for the Cardinals all year. Fullback Garret Badertscher and Evan Kelsey had 904 yards. After blowing out Kirkland

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Hiawatha 48-0 in the opening round of the playoffs, Forreston won its last three playoff games over Milledgeville, Dakota and Le-Win by a combined 10 points. The Cardinals stopped a two-point conversion try by Milledgeville in overtime, and a two-point conversion pass with 1:36 left in the game was denied against Dakota. There now have been 20 state championship teams from the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference (NUIC). A team from the conference has won the title seven times in nine years. The Cardinals also won in 2014 and 2016. Lena-Winslow also has three championships. In the Class 3A final, it was battle of unbeatens as Byron faced Monticello Friday afternoon in a defensive donnybrook that saw the Tigers fall 24-14. The Byron Tigers came up short in their bid to bring home the IHSA Class 3A football championship in a battle of unbeatens Friday afternoon. Byron tied the game 7-7 with 3:50 left in the first half. However, with only 23 seconds remaining, a Monticello field goal attempt banged off the upright then fluttered through the uprights to give the Sages the 3-point lead at the break. Momentum shifted toward Byron in the third when Ricky Messling made it 14-10 with a 5-yard touchdown run. But that would be the only lead the Tigers would enjoy. Monticello’s Alek Bundy scored two touchdowns in the second half to put the Sages up 24-14. R.

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Who they are: Bears’ special mentality on display in surviving without Trubisky By Robert Zeglinski Contributor

It wasn’t that long ago that an injury to a starting quarterback would’ve completely sank a Bears season. When Jay Cutler broke his thumb in 2011 after a 7-3 start, the Bears had no effective answer to replace the magician that had propped them up as one of the NFC’s contenders. With Cutler, the Bears were a force to be reckoned with. Without, they were a fragile sand castle washed away by the high tide. To be fair, the Bears of the late Lovie Smith era weren’t and aren’t solely unique in this quarterback-less respect. Most NFL teams that lose their main signal caller reasonably lose most hope of making something out of their season. The ability to play quarterback at such a high level - the most difficult and nuanced position in professional sports - is such a rare skill set. There aren’t 32 active quality starters at any one moment, let alone the amount of quality backups. There’s such a scarcity behind the context of the state of quarterback play, that if your franchise leader goes down, the odds say that so does your season. An entire off-season and year’s of work riding on the health and status of one, sometimes fragile, player. But losing your quarterback doesn’t have to be a death sentence on that work. In fact, it shouldn’t have to be, as much as the exceptions to the rule are incredibly few and far between. To let the health of one player dictate the direction of your team is more a defeatist’s attitude, rather than a warranted excuse of failure if an organization plays it’s cards right. Look no further than the Philadelphia Eagles

winning last February’s Super Bowl with Nick Foles: an unprecedented event in a league dictated by the caliber of it’s passers. For the first time in decades, the Bears have found that balance without their starter Mitchell Trubisky: however long he’ll be sidelined with a shoulder injury. They’ve found a strong support system for backup Chase Daniel, the second-highest paid backup quarterback in pro football. It’s emblematic of how far they’ve come as a winning organization: a collective organization that refuses to say die in the face of adverse circumstances. Bears head coach Matt Nagy had the best refrain of what the Bears’ attitude without Trubisky is a few days before Chicago’s emotional victory on Thanksgiving. A victory that came with Daniel, not the unhealthy Trubisky, at the helm. “If it’s something where Chase (Daniel) ends up playing, then that’s the way it goes,” Nagy said. That’s the way it goes. The Bears’ new and refreshing mantra. No excuses. Just winning. A cliche of “next man up” that rings true for the contending class organizations of the NFL that has finally manifested itself in a welcome fashion at Halas Hall. Nagy can say that and sell it to his team and coaches because the Bears have established a rock solid foundation, of which he is the creative architect. For example, while Trubisky is ultimately the straw that stirs the drink and what will separate the Bears against the alpha dogs of the league, there’s enough of a great supporting cast to lift whoever is taking snaps on a temporary basis.

Guys like the journeyman but experienced Daniel can play well and manage the game because they have a variety of weapons to unleash in Allen Robinson, Taylor Gabriel, Trey Burton, Anthony Miller, and Tarik Cohen. Not only are the weapons conducive enough to let most any manner of quarterback flourish, but the offensive system the Bears have deployed itself is quarterback-friendly, too. Nagy, with his West Coast roots, has always prided himself on focusing on what his passers do well in giving them reads they’re comfortable with, There’s nary a progression or play called outside of the limitations of what the quarterback can do. When Daniel completed two wheel route touchdowns to Cohen and Taquan Mizzell in Detroit, those weren’t exactly easy completions. But they were things Daniel understood within the confines of the offense and was fine with executing. They were aspects of what Nagy could call that could show out in a road environment for Daniel such as Ford Field. Daniel hadn’t thrown a touchdown pass in meaningful action since 2014 and it didn’t matter because the weapons and the system were positioned in a fashion that could let him step in relatively seamlessly. On the other side of the ball, Daniel, any backup, can operate confidently because he knows the Bears star-studded defense gives him a greater margin for error. This was already the case for Trubisky as a young quarterback learning on the fly. It expands tenfold for quarterbacks such as Daniel that may make one or two starts a year in emergency situations, if that. When you have four potential All-Pros

in Khalil Mack, Eddie Jackson, Kyle Fuller, and Akiem Hicks, along with a host of rabid and experienced studs such as Danny Trevathan, Leonard Floyd, and Prince Amukamara, you can enjoy a little well-established confidence as a quarterback. You can play with more of a necessary controlled chaos while knowing that if you make a mistake, your elite playmaking defense will inevitably pick you back up. That dynamic can’t be lost in the shuffle of how the Bears operate in life without Trubisky when they have to. When the Bears signed Daniel back in March to be Trubisky’s backup, they wanted him to be a mentor to their young quarterback. But in compensating him with $7 million guaranteed over two years, that was a sign they knew they could still win games if he was forced to play. That’s due to Daniel’s familiarity with the Bears as a veteran, the quality of their weapons and system, and a defense eager to pick up the slack. The Bears will visit the Giants this weekend, and it may again be without Trubisky, with Daniel taking another start under his reins. If that’s the case, chances are a resilient Bears team rising above attitudes of failure and adversity perseveres successfully anyway. Their team mentality, without one of their most important players, is something to behold. “I’m starting to learn as a head coach what this team is, who we are, and it’s special,” Nagy said. That’s the way it goes. R. Robert is a writer, editor, and producer. You can follow him on Twitter @RobertZeglinski.

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