The Rock River Times – November 30, 2022

November 30, 2022.

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State News

Welch, poised for another term as speaker, reflects on growing House majority Says lawmakers mulling action on abortion, assault weapons ban

By Peter Hancock

Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, who recently announced he has the support for another term as House speaker, says he looks forward to governing with an even larger supermajority than he had during his first two years.

“Expanding our caucus was definitely a priority of mine,” he said during an interview with Capitol News Illinois.

“But from a policy standpoint, we want to continue to build on the budget work that we’ve done. Expanding our caucus would not have been possible if people didn’t believe Democrats were doing the right things.”

Welch, a Democrat from the Chicago suburb of Hillside, was elected speaker in January 2021 after most in the Democratic caucus refused to back longtime Speaker Michael Madigan, who’d been implicated in a bribery scandal and has since been indicted on corruption charges.

During his first two years, Democrats held a 73-45 advantage in the House, and Welch used that to pass landmark legislation, including the Clean Energy Jobs Act, which provides state support for carbon-free energy production and seeks to phase out fossil fuel power plants by 2045.

That supermajorit y also enabled Democrats to control the redistricting process when lawmakers drew new maps for the General Assembly, congressional districts and the Supreme Court.

In t he e le c t ion s t h at fol lowe d, Democrats widened their majority in the House by at least four seats – one race remained too close to call as of Monday – while also capturing a 5-2 majority on the state supreme court.

In all, while Democrats who ran for statewide offices received, on average, about 55 percent of the vote, Democrats captured roughly 66 percent of the state legislative seats.

When asked whether gerrymandering played a role in those results, Welch said it did not.

“What I would say is that the maps reflect the diversity of our state,” he said.

“And one of the things that I said as the

leader of our caucus and the speaker of the House last year when we were going through that process, that any fair map would reflect the diversity of our state.

And if you look at the election results, the election results show that.”

He said the results in the House were an example of that.

“We elected our first Vietnamese American to the House,” he said. “We elected our first Korean American to the House. We elected our first Arab American Muslim to the House. We elected our first Indian American Muslim to the House.

We elected our first South Asian, Pacific Islander American to the House. Diversity is well represented in the Illinois House, and we look like Illinois, and we look like America. And we should be proud of that.”

Welch said one key factor in the election that worked in Democrats’ favor was the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June overturning Roe v. Wade. That decision, in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, said the U.S. Constitution does not protect a woman’s right to have an abortion, effectively giving states the authority to regulate that procedure as they see fit.

“It certainly played a role in what happened on Nov. 8,” he said. “You know, I said it in a number of speeches here during the campaign that November was coming.

And if you look at what happened here in Illinois and across the country, that decision really got women to the polls. It got 18- to 24-year-olds to the polls, and they voted in droves.”

When the Dobbs decision was handed down, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic leaders in the General Assembly quickly called for a special session to call for even more protection for abortion access in Illinois. Likewise, a few weeks later after a mass shooting at a July 4 parade in Highland Park, they called for a special session to call for more restrictions on assault-style weapons in Illinois.

But in the ensuing weeks, both of those issues were put on hold as various “working groups” were formed with lawmakers and stakeholders in an effort to reach a consensus on measures that could actually pass.

While Illinois has among the least restrictive abortion laws on the books, Welch said there is still more the state can do, possibly including a state constitutional amendment to protect abortion

rights.

“That’s certainly one of the questions that’s out there, and it’s a strong possibility,” he said. “But again, I don’t want to get ahead of the working group or the recommendations they formally present.

I’m certain that’s one of the things that’s on the table.”

Regarding assault weapons regulation, Welch said that issue will have to wait until the 2023 session begins in January, when only a simple majority of votes is needed to pass new laws with an immediate effective date. That’s because the Illinois Constitution requires a threefifths majority for bills passed after June 1 to have an immediate effective date.

“Anything that we do on assault weapons, we would want it to be effective immediately,” he said. “And I just don’t think we would have 71 votes to get something done in this shortened veto session. But I do believe that we’re going to be able to deliver for the people of Illinois an assault weapons ban next year, and we’re going to work real hard to make that happen.”

Lawmakers still have three working days left in the veto session, Nov. 29 – Dec. 1. Welch said the top priority for those days will be to pass “clarifications” to the SAFE-T Act, a sweeping criminal justice reform package passed in January 2021 that includes, among other things, eliminating cash bail effective Jan. 1, 2023.

In particular, he said, there has been disagreement among prosecutors and law enforcement officials about what should happen on Jan. 1 with people already being detained pretrial in lieu of bail. The law doesn’t specifically say what happens to those individuals, which has led some to claim that it could lead to their widespread release from jail.

“They’re interpreting it in a way that says that they have to swing the jail doors open at midnight,” he said. “And even though that’s absolutely not true, we’re going to add some language making it explicitly clear how that transition should work.”

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China virus protests hit Hong Kong after mainland rallies

By Kanis Leung and Zen Soo Associated Press

HONG KONG (AP) — Students in Hong Kong chanted “oppose dictatorship” in a protest of China’s COVID-19 rules Monday after demonstrators on the mainland issued an unprecedented call for President Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades.

Rallies against China’s unusually strict anti-virus measures spread to several cities over the weekend, and authorities eased some regulations, apparently to try to quell that public anger. But the government showed no sign of backing down on its larger coronavirus strategy, and analysts expect authorities to quickly silence the dissent.

With police out in force Monday, there was no word of protests in Beijing or Shanghai. But about 50 students sang at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and some lit candles in a show of support for those in mainland cities who demonstrated against restrictions that have confined millions to their homes. Hiding their faces to avoid official retaliation, the students chanted, “No PCR tests but freedom!” and “Oppose dictatorship, don’t be slaves!”

The gathering and a similar one elsewhere in Hong Kong were the biggest protests there in more than a year under rules imposed to crush a pro-democracy movement in the territory, which is Chinese but has a separate legal system from the mainland.

“I’ve wanted to speak up for a long time, but I did not get the chance to,” said James Cai, a 29-year-old from Shanghai who attended a Hong Kong protest and held up a piece of white paper, a symbol of defiance against the ruling party’s pervasive censorship. “If people in the mainland can’t tolerate it anymore, then I cannot as well.”

It wasn’t clear how many people have been detained since the protests began Friday, sparked by anger over the deaths of 10 people in a fire in the northwestern city of Urumqi. Some have questioned whether firefighters or victims trying to escape were blocked by locked doors or other anti-virus controls.

Without mentioning the protests, the criticism of Xi or the fire, some local authorities eased restrictions Monday.

T he cit y gover nment of Beijing announced it would no longer set up gates to block access to apartment compounds

where infections are found.

“Passages must remain clear for medical transportation, emergency escapes and rescues,” said Wang Daguang, a city official in charge of epidemic control, according to the official China News Service.

Guangzhou, a manufacturing and trade center that is the biggest hot spot in China’s latest wave of infections, announced some residents will no longer be required to undergo mass testing.

Urumqi, where the fire occurred, and another city in the Xinjiang region in the northwest announced markets and other businesses in areas deemed at low risk of infection would reopen this week and public bus service would resume.

“Zero COVID,” which aims to isolate every infected person, has helped to keep China’s case numbers lower than those of the United States and other major countries. But tolerance for the measures has flagged as people in some areas have been confined at home for up to four months and say they lack reliable access to food and medical supplies.

In Hong Kong, protesters at Chinese University put up posters that said, “Do Not Fear. Do Not Forget. Do Not Forgive,” and sang including “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from the musical “Les Miserables.” Most hid their faces behind blank white sheets of paper.

“I want to show my support,” said a 24-year-old mainland student who would identify herself only as G for fear of retaliation. “I care about things that I couldn’t get to know in the past.”

University security guards videotaped the event but there was no sign of police.

At an event in Central, a business district, about four dozen protesters held up blank sheets of paper and flowers in what they said was mourning for the fire victims in Urumqi and others who have died as a result of “zero COVID” policies.

Police cordoned off an area around protesters who stood in small, separate groups to avoid violating pandemic rules that bar gatherings of more than 12 people. Police took identity details of participants but there were no arrests.

Hong Kong has tightened security controls and rolled back Western-style civil liberties since China launched a campaign in 2019 to crush a pro-democracy movement. The territory has its own anti-virus strategy that is separate from the mainland.

On the mainland, the ruling party

promised last month to reduce disruption by changing quarantine and other rules.

But a spike in infections has prompted cities to tighten controls.

On Monday, the number of new daily cases rose to more than 40,000, including more than 36,000 with no symptoms.

The ruling party newspaper People’s Daily called for its anti-virus strategy to be carried out effectively, indicating Xi’s government has no plans to change course.

“Facts have fully proved that each version of the prevention and control plan has withstood the test of practice,” a People’s Daily commentator wrote.

P r ote st s a l s o h ave o c c u r r e d i n Guangzhou near Hong Kong, Chengdu and Chongqing in the southwest, and Nanjing in the east, according to witnesses and video on social media.

Most protesters have complained about excessive restrictions, but some turned their anger at Xi, China’s most powerful leader since at least the 1980s. In a video that was verified by The Associated Press, a crowd in Shanghai on Saturday chanted, “Xi Jinping! Step down! CCP! Step down!”

The British Broadcasting Corp. said one of its reporters was beaten, kicked, handcuffed and detained for several hours

by Shanghai police but later released.

The BBC criticized what it said was Chinese authorities’ explanation that its reporter was detained to prevent him from contracting the coronavirus from the crowd. “We do not consider this a credible explanation,” the broadcaster said in a statement.

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian said the BBC reporter failed to identify himself and “didn’t voluntarily present” his press credential.

“Foreign journalists need to consciously follow Chinese laws and regulations,” Zhao said.

Swiss broadcaster RTS said its correspondent and a cameraman were detained while doing a live broadcast but released a few minutes later. An AP journalist was detained but later released. ___ Associated Press writer Joe McDonald in Beijing contributed.

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UKRAINE

Surgeons work by flashlight as Ukraine power grid battered

BY YURAS KARMANAU, SAM MEDNICK AND DASHA LITVINOVA ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dr. Oleh Duda was in the middle of a particularly complicated surgery at a hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, when he heard explosions nearby. Moments later, the lights went out.

Duda had no choice but to keep working with only a headlamp for light. The lights came back when a generator kicked in three minutes later, but it felt like an eternity.

“These fateful minutes could have cost the patient his life,” the cancer surgeon told The Associated Press.

The operation on the patient’s major artery took place Nov. 15, when the city in western Ukraine su�ered blackouts as Russia unleashed yet another missile barrage on the power grid, damaging nearly 50% of the country’s energy facilities.

The devastating strikes, which continued last week and plunged the country into darkness once again, strained and disrupted the health care system, already battered by years of corruption, mismanagement, the COVID-19 pandemic and nine months of war.

Schedu led operat ions a re bei ng postponed; patient records are unavailable because of internet outages; and paramedics have had to use flashlights to e x a m i ne pat ient s i n da rk ene d apartments.

The World Health Organization said last week that Ukraine’s health system is facing “its darkest days in the war so far,” amid the growing energy crisis, the onset of cold winter weather and other challenges.

“This winter will be life-threatening for millions of people in Ukraine,” the WHO’s regional director for Europe, Dr. Hans Kluge, said in a statement.

He predicted that 2 million to 3 million more people could leave their homes in search of warmth and safety, and “will face unique health challenges, including respiratory infections such as COVID-19, pneumonia and influenza.”

Last week, Kyiv’s Heart Institute posted on its Facebook page a video of surgeons operating on a child’s heart with the only light coming from headlamps and a battery-powered flashlight.

“Rejoice, Russians, a child is on the table and during an operation the lights have gone completely o�,” Dr. Boris Todurov, director of the institute in the capital, said in the video. “We will now

turn on the generator — unfortunately, it will take a few minutes.”

Attacks have hit hospitals and outpatient clinics in southeastern Ukraine, too. The WHO said in a statement last week that they have verified at least 703 attacks between Feb. 24, when Russian troops rolled into Ukraine, and Nov. 23.

The Kremlin has rejected accusations that it targets civilian facilities. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov once again insisted last week that Russia is targeting only sites “directly or indirectly related to military power.”

But just last week, a strike on a maternity ward in a hospital in eastern Ukraine killed a newborn and heavily wounded two doctors. In the northeastern Kharkiv region, two people were killed after the Russian forces shelled an outpatient clinic.

In Lviv, Duda said the explosions were so close to the hospital that “the walls were shaking,” and doctors and patients had to go down to the shelter in the basement — something that happens every time an air raid siren sounds.

The hospital, which specializes in treating cancer, performed only 10 out of 40 operations scheduled for that day.

In the recently retaken southern city of Kherson, without power after the Russian retreat, paralyzed elevators are a real challenge for paramedics.

They have to carry immobile patients all the way down the stairs of apartment buildings, and then bring them up again to operating rooms.

Across Kherson, where it starts to get dark after 4 p.m. in late November, doctors are using headlamps, phone lights and flashlights. In some hospitals, key equipment no longer works.

Last Tuesday, Russian strikes on the southern city wounded 13-year-old Artur Voblikov, and doctors had to amputate his arm. Medical workers carried the teenager through the dark stairwells of a children’s hospital to an operating room on the sixth floor.

“The breathing machines don’t work, the X-ray machines don’t work. ... There is only one portable ultrasound machine and we carry it around constantly,” said Dr. Volodymyr Malishchuk, head of surgery at a children’s hospital in Kherson.

The generator the children’s hospital uses broke down last week, leaving the facility without any form of power for several hours. Doctors are wrapping newborns in blankets because there’s no

heat, said Dr. Olga Pilyarska, deputy head of intensive care.

The lack of heat makes operating on patients di�cult, said Dr. Maya Mendel, at the same hospital. “No one will put a patient on an operating table when temperatures are below zero,” she said.

Health Minister Viktor Liashko said on Friday that there are no plans to shut down any of country’s hospitals, no matter how bad the situation gets, but the authorities will “optimize the use of space and accumulate everything that’s necessary in smaller areas” to make heating easier.

Liashko said that diesel or gas generators have been provided to all Ukrainian hospitals, and in the coming weeks an additional 1,100 generators sent by the country’s Western allies will be delivered to the hospitals as well. Currently, hospitals have enough fuel to last seven days, the minister said.

Additional reserve generators are still badly needed, the minister added. “The generators are designed to work for a short period of time — three to four hours,” but power outages can last up to three days, Liashko said.

In the recently recaptured territories, the medical system is reeling from months of Russian occupation.

U k r a i n e’s P r e s id e nt Volo d y my r Zelenskyy has accused the Russian forces of shutting down medical facilities in the Kherson region and looting medical equipment — even the ambulances, “literally everything.”

Dr. Olha Kobevko, who has recently returned from the retaken areas of Kherson after delivering humanitarian

aid there, echoed the president’s remarks in an interview.

“The Russians stole even towels, blankets and bandages from medical facilities,” Kobevko said.

In Kyiv, the majority of the hospitals are functioning as usual, while relying on generators part of the time.

Smaller private practices and dentist clinics, in the meantime, are having a hard time keeping their doors open for patients.

Dr. Viktor Turakevich, a dentist in Kyiv, said he has to reschedule even urgent appointments, because power outages in his clinic last for at least four hours a day, and a generator he ordered will take weeks to arrive.

“Every doctor has to answer a question about who they will take in first,” Turakevich said.

Power outages have also made it di�cult to access online patients’ records, and the Health Ministry’s system that stores all the data has been unavailable, said Kobevko, who works in the western city of Chernivtsy.

Duda, the cancer surgeon from Lviv, said that three doctors and several nurses from his hospital left to treat Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines.

“The war has a�ected every doctor in Ukraine, be it in the west or in the east, and the level of pain we’re facing every day is hard to measure,” Duda said. ___ Mednick reported from Kherson, Ukraine. Karmanau and Litvinova reported from Tallinn, Estonia.

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2024 Election

Democrats kept the Senate this year, but 2024 may be harder

By Michelle L. Price Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats celebrating a successful effort to keep control of the U.S. Senate this year will soon confront a 2024 campaign that could prove more challenging.

The party enters the next cycle defending 23 seats, including two held by independents who caucus with Democrats.

That’s compared with just 10 seats that Republicans hope to keep in their column.

Adding to the potential hurdles is that some 2024 contests are in states that have become increasingly hostile to Democrats, including Montana, Ohio and West Virginia. Other Democraticheld seats are in some of the same hotly contested states that were at the center of this year’s midterms, such as Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada. And while Democrats carried each of those races, they did so at great cost and with sometimes narrow margins. In Nevada, for instance, Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won by less than 1 percentage point, or about 9,000 votes.

For now, both parties insist they’re laser focused on coming out on top in the Dec. 6 Senate runoff in Georgia.

But Democrats who are on the ballot in 2024 know that they could face fierce headwinds and are studying the results of this year’s election, when the party outperformed expectations.

For Nevada Sen. Jack y Rosen, a Democrat facing her first reelection campaign, that means staying focused on kitchen table issues and touting legislation like the infrastructure law and gun violence legislation signed by President Joe Biden.

“We know that races are always close,” Rosen said in an interview. “We never take anything for granted.”

The dynamics of the next Senate campaign could be influenced by a variety of outside factors, particularly the presidential election and the attention it generates. Biden, who turned 80 this month, has said his “intention” is to run for reelection and that he will make a final decision early next year. Former President Donald Trump has already announced a third White House bid, and multiple other Republicans are lining up to launch campaigns. The eventual nominee in each party could have a profound impact on down-ballot races, including those for Senate.

But perhaps the biggest question for Senate Democrats seeking reelection will

be who Republicans nominate as their opponents. The GOP lost several Senate elections this year, including those in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Nevada, after Trump-backed candidates struggled to raise money and connect with a broader, more moderate range of voters during the general election.

In Nevada, the Republican field to challenge Rosen has not begun to shape up but is expected to attract several contenders.

One name receiving attention is Sam Brown, a former U.S. Army captain who was awarded a Purple Heart after being severely wounded in Afghanistan. Brown ran for Senate this year and put up a strong challenge in the Republican primary before losing to Adam Laxalt, who lost in the general election to Cortez Masto.

Richard Hernandez, who was Brown’s campaign adviser, said, “He has committed to his supporters that he will never stop fighting for their issues, but he has not made any decisions as to whether that involves a future run for office.”

Also in the southwest, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a centrist Democrat, will be up for reelection. The race, like other recent statewide contests in Arizona, is expected to be very competitive. But Sinema is likely to first face a well-funded primary challenger after angering much of the Democratic base by blocking or watering down progressive priorities like a minimum wage increase or Biden’s big social spending initiatives. She has not said whether she plans to run for reelection.

Sinema’s most prominent potential primary challenger is U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, who has a long history of feuding with Sinema. Gallego has not announced his plans for 2024 but has made it no secret that he’s thinking about challenging Sinema. He even raised money on the prospect he might oppose Sinema.

An independent expenditure group is also raising money, saying it will support grassroots organizations committed to defeating Sinema in a Democratic primary.

Republicans hope a bruising Democratic primary might give them an opening to win the seat after losing Senate races in Arizona in three consecutive elections.

Sinema is among a trio of moderate Senate Democrats who have sometimes used their leverage in an evenly divided chamber to block or blunt some of Biden’s plans and nominees. They will also be among the party’s most vulnerable incumbents in 2024.

The other two senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana, will be running as Democrats in states that Trump handily carried in 2020.

Manchin has already drawn a GOP challenger in U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney, who declared a week after winning reelection that he was setting his sights on higher office. Manchin has not yet said whether he’ll run for reelection.

Republicans see Tester, a three-term senator, as vulnerable, and the opportunity to run for the seat could draw a fierce primary contest between former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Rep. Matt Rosendale. Zinke, who won a House seat in this year’s midterm elections, said he will decide whether to run next year, and Rosendale declined to answer.

Tester has not announced if he will seek another term but has said he anticipates 2024 will be just as tough as his last race in 2018, when he beat Rosendale in a close contest.

In Pennsylvania, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey has not said whether he intends to run for a fourth term. Casey easily won reelection in 2018, but Pennsylvania has been competitive for Republicans, including in this year’s Senate race won

by Democrat John Fetterman.

One potential Republican challenger whose name has been floated in Pennsylvania is former hedge fund CEO David McCormick, who narrowly lost the Republican primary in this year’s race to celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz. McCormick advisers declined to comment on that prospect. Conservative activist Kathy Barnette, who finished a close third in the Republican primary, didn’t respond to messages about whether she’s considering a 2024 campaign.

Wisconsin, which saw Republican Sen. Ron Johnson narrowly win reelection this year, is also expected to have another competitive Senate race in two years.

Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin is widely expected to seek a third term but has not officially announced. There are no official Republican candidates, but U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher has been talked about as a possibility.

Gallagher brushed off a query about whether he was considering challenging Baldwin, saying in a statement that he was focused on tackling issues like inflation and the border over the next two years after having just won reelection.

“Any talk of the next election, especially since we just had an election, distracts from the serious work we need

to do,” he said.

A number of high-profile Republican senators will also be up for reelection in 2024, including Ted Cruz of Texas, Josh Hawley of Missouri and Rick Scott of Florida.

On the Democratic side, a number of the party’s former presidential candidates will face voters. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand have all said they plan to seek another term.

Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats and is one of the most influential progressives in Congress, has not said if he intends to run for reelection.

In Utah, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney will face his first Senate reelection bid — if he chooses to run.

Romney remains popular with many residents in Utah but has faced backlash from his own party for being the only Republican who voted twice to remove Trump from office after his two impeachments by the House.

When asked if Romney planned to run for reelection, his spokesperson Arielle Mueller did not offer any detail on his plans, saying instead that the senator was focused on tackling “significant challenges facing the country.”

Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, a Republican who has been a Trump ally, is one of the GOP figures who has been seen as a potential 2024 Senate candidate in the state. Reyes’ longtime political consultant Alan Crooks wouldn’t say whether the attorney general will launch a campaign but argued he was getting pressure from within Utah and outside the state to have him run.

“He’s certainly set up to run, but it does not mean he’s considering it,” Crooks said. ___ Associated Press writers Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin; Marc Levy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Jonathan J. Cooper in Phoenix; Sam Metz in Salt Lake City; and Kevin Freking in Washington contributed to this report. ___ Follow the AP’s coverage of the 2022 midterm elections at https://apnews. com/hub/2022-midterm-elections.

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State News

Flagpole removed from Old State Capitol Project is part of ongoing historic renovation

By Peter Hancock

Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPR INGFIELD – People w a l k ing through dow ntow n Spring field on Monday morning looked up to an unusual sight – a helicopter hovering over the Old State Capitol, dropping a rope and lifting away the flagpole that sat atop the bronze-colored dome.

“We took off the flagpole of at the Old State Capitol today in preparation for a new automated one that will be going up probably in a few months,” said Troy Gilmore, assistant site superintendent for the Springfield State Historic Sites with the Illinois Department of Natural

Resources.

The operation took fewer than 15 minutes and was part of an ongoing renovation project that has kept the historic building shrouded behind scaffolding for about two years. The project involves repairing roof leaks, repairing and replacing windows, and replacing portions of the columns known as “capitals” – the decorative portions at the top of Corinthian columns.

Gilmore said replacing the manually controlled flagpole with an automated one will improve safety for workers who raise and lower the flag to half-staff or full staff when occasions call for it.

The Old State Capitol, located a few blocks northeast of the current Statehouse, was used by lawmakers from 1840 to 1876. It was the Capitol when

Abraham Lincoln served in the Illinois House and it is where he delivered his famous “House Divided” speech in 1858 after accepting the Republican Party nomination for the U.S. Senate.

Gilmore said that when the legislature left the building in 1876, it was purchased

by Sangamon County, which operated it for the next 90 years, during which time it made several substantial changes.

“The most drastic change that the county made was in 1900, when they raised the building up 11 feet taller than it even stands today,” he said. “And that was to add another level of offices on the ground floor. So, after 1902 you walked straight into the building off of the street level, you didn’t even walk up the steps as you would have today.”

The state of Illinois purchased the

building in 1966 and launched a threeyear restoration project to return the building to its original state, a project that involved taking the building apart and rebuilding it piece-by-piece.

Gilmore said the current renovation project will soon move into its second phase, which will involve removing asbestos from the boiler rooms and installing new restrooms for the first time since the 1960s.

He did not offer an estimate of when the entire project will be complete.

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Bears fizzle on offense with Fields out, Siemian in vs. Jets

By Dennis Waszak Jr. Associated Press

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Justin Fields was ruled out and Trevor Siemian was prepared to step in as the Chicago Bears’ starting quarterback.

Until something went wrong early in warmups.

Siemian strained his oblique before the Bears’ 31-10 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday. And then Chicago announced Nathan Peterman, just elevated Saturday from the practice squad, would get the start.

But then Siemian gritted through his oblique injury and threw on the sideline, along with Peterman.

“Throwing, something wasn’t right,” Siemian said. “It flared up on me. Got back in the locker room, figured something wasn’t right but I gave it a go. ... I didn’t get a shot. Just some medicine.”

And he got the start, after all.

“When you’re a passer, that’s obviously a big issue to throw the ball down the field,” coach Matt Eberflus said of Siemian’s injury. “He came in and got some medication, thought it was going to be OK. He went through pregame warmup, he came back in and felt he was OK.

“And Nate was ready to go the whole time.”

Siemian acknowledged the injury bothered him a bit during the game, and he finished 14 of 25 for 179 yards with one touchdown and an interception. He was also sacked twice.

“Honestly, I’m more embarrassed to get an injury,” he said after his first start since last season while with New Orleans. “You’ve got guys in there in Week 12 or 13 going through hell. And I had a non-contact thing show up.”

Either way, the Bears clearly missed Fields, who sat out with an injured left shoulder and watch the Jets’ defense tee off on Siemian and the offense.

“We think that he’s getting better, every single day,” Eberflus said. “At game time today, he wasn’t ready to perform and protect himself. We’ll see how it goes.

I think we’ll leave it day to day.”

The Bears (3-9) could certainly use him, especially after losing their fifth straight. Chicago heads home to host Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers next Sunday, but likely won’t know if they’ll have Fields under center until later in the week.

“If he keeps progressing,” Eberflus

said, “he has an opportunity to do so.”

Fields, who’s hav ing a productive second NFL season, injured his non-throwing shoulder in Chicago’s 27-24 loss to Atlanta last Sunday. After being listed as questionable on the team’s final injury report Friday, Fields made the trip with the team to New York and threw lightly on the field at MetLife Stadium.

But Chicago officially ruled him out 90 minutes before kickoff.

“We went with the medical staff and we decided it was in the best interests of Justin, and also for the Chicago Bears, that he was inactive today,” Eberflus said. “It comes down to one thing: It’s strength. He didn’t have the strength to protect himself in the game properly and to perform the way he wanted to perform.

“So that was really the gist of that right there.”

Fields said earlier this week his injury is a shoulder separation with ligament damage within the AC joint. While it’s his non-throwing shoulder, he was experiencing some pain on his follow-through when he threw.

Entering this week, Fields ranked fifth in the NFL in rushing with 834 yards to lead all quarterbacks. He has run for

seven touchdowns this season, including six in his last five games. He also joined Arizona’s Kyler Murray as the only QBs in the Super Bowl era with both a passing and rushing touchdown in five straight games.

With Siemian leading the offense Sunday, the Bears gained just 292 total yards and went 4 of 13 on third down.

But they got off to a solid start with Chicago scoring 10 points on its first two possessions.

“The first half, I thought we started out well,” Eberflus said. “Trevor came in there, was our starter and did a nice job. We ended up scoring on our first two series, which was excellent.”

But the Bears couldn’t manage much else on offense after that.

“Obviously, the second half wasn’t good enough for either side of the ball,” Eberflus said. “There’s no excuses. No explanation. It just wasn’t good enough.

“I told the guys in the locker room, we’re better than that, that we’ve got to perform better in the second half — and that’s all phases.”

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Final garden tasks for December

BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

December in northern Illinois can still provide you with the ability to complete those fall tasks that were delayed. As we’ve had milder conditions in November and with the ground not frozen, there is still some time to get outdoors and work in the garden beds. While planting a cover crop or starting seeds in the garden would not work, there are certain tasks that could potentially occur based on the lack of snow cover.

You may still have the ability to plant

garlic. Though it should be planted by the end of October, your growing area may not be frozen just yet and have the ability to plant garlic cloves. Cloves should be planted 3-6 inches down a row and double their height in the soil. You should cover your garlic with 4-6 inches of mulch (straw, shredded leaves).

While you are covering your garlic beds, plan to cover your other garden beds.

Leaving these exposed to the elements may increase loss of good soil benefits.

Adding a mulch layer will help with weed control in the spring and break down into the soil for good benefits. Leaves

work well here and could be combined with aged manure/finished compost to enhance breaking down into the soil.

Fruit tree pruning could begin in mid-December. These trees need to enter dormancy in order for you to do any pruning. As a reminder, your goal is to remove between 30-40% of the tree limbs each year. Depending on the age and height of the tree, this may be a lot or very little.

With pruning, the goal is to help the tree produce better quality of fruit which is enhanced when you are pruning the fruit trees in a certain shape. For apples-pears, you are looking to create a Christmas tree

type shape with a central leader while stone fruit (peach, plums, cherry) are best with an open-center. I’ll have more overview on pruning in the next month.

This could be a good time to assess your current seed packets as the seed catalogues are coming in the mail for 2023. I already received one of them in the last week. A seed packet you used in 2022 should still be good for 2023. If it’s 3-4 years old, it may be time to purchase new seeds if there is a particular variety you like.

Grant is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Winter and energy

BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL

ILLINOIS RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION CONTRIBUTORS

Several political commentators have expressed shock over the outcome of the midterm elections as Democrats fared better than expected in both the national elections and those in the Midwest region, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

The Environmental Law and Policy Center hosted a webinar featuring the post-election views of Peter Giangreco who specializes in campaign management and Lynn Sweet, the Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun Times.

It was pointed out that money from the Federal Government for energy and environmental projects already in the pipeline will continue to flow. Protecting the Great Lakes has bipartisan support which is expected to continue. Since all the existing governors in the region retained their o�ces and have had some

cooperative projects in the past, reaching additional agreements on regional concerns should be facilitated.

Some of the potential projects to be addressed in the Midwest include wind farms in some portions of the Great Lakes.

EV charging stations are increasing and could benefit from developing regional plans for their deployment, particularly along interstate highways. Water issues to address include chemical contamination and toxic algae outbreaks in the shallow waters of Lake Erie and Green Bay. Lead pipe removal programs should accelerate in the north side of Milwaukee, an area of concern. As wetlands are filled and developed, drainage which carries pollutants into the Great Lakes increases. The need to decarbonize buildings was also mentioned as was the potential for high speed rail service.

In a follow up to the webinar, Howard Learner, Executive Director of the ELPC, elaborated on some potential projects of regional concern including restoration of

the Great Lakes, higher speed passenger rail network and energy e�ciency.

Highlighting energy efficiency is significant in that the current emphasis on renewable energy tends to overlook numerous opportunities to retrofit existing buildings of all types to cut energy consumption, reduce pollution and save money. Saving energy remains the best, fastest and least costly low technological approach available. It keeps energy dollars in the community.

With the dramatic rise in energy costs it is particularly important to implement simple energy saving strategies today. According to a report by the IEA doubling the rate of energy e�ciency improvements seen in the last decade by 2030 would slash global energy use by the amount used by China every year.

Making homes and buildings warmer and cheaper to heat limits our dependence on energy providers such as oil, gas and electric utilities. A well-insulated building can also decrease the need to

air condition during the heat of summer.

Upgrading insulation and weather stripping buildings are relatively low cost energy solutions. But they still require funds to implement. Nine billion dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act will begin being released in 2023 for residential energy and electrification programs including contractor training grants.

However, winter weather is on its way and there are reports of people having to wait a month without heat for the arrival and installation of an essential part of their heating system. There are also increased costs of wood as well as lack of wood supplies. For some families the need for heat is now, not next year.

There is plenty of winter ahead of us and communities should be holding energy savings fairs to help citizens cope with high energy costs by providing them with information, products and programs to assist them.

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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa erupts, officials warn people to prepare

By Caleb Jones Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) — The world’s largest active volcano was erupting Monday and wasn’t immediately threatening communities on Hawaii’s Big Island, but officials warned residents to be ready for worse.

Many current residents weren’t living there when Mauna Loa last erupted 38 years ago. The U.S. Geological Survey warned the roughly 200,000 people on the Big Island that an eruption “can be very dynamic, and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly.”

The eruption began late Sunday night following a series of fairly large earthquakes, said Ken Hon, the scientist-in-charge at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

There’s been a surge of development on the Big Island in recent decades — its population has more than doubled, from 92,000 in 1980.

Most of the people on the island live in the city of Kailua-Kona to the west of the volcano, which has about 23,000 people, and Hilo to the east, with about 45,000.

Officials were most worried about several subdivisions about 30 miles to the south

of the volcano, which are home to about 5,000 people.

A time-lapse video of the eruption from overnight showed lava lighting up one area, moving across it like waves on the ocean.

The U.S. Geological Survey said that the eruption had migrated to a rift zone — a place where the mountain rock is cracked and relatively weak — making it easier for magma to emerge.

An eruption from the zone could send lava toward the county seat of Hilo or other towns in East Hawaii but it could take the lava weeks or months to reach populated areas.

“We don’t want to try and second-guess the volcano,” Hon said. “We have to let it actually show us what it’s going to do and then we inform people of what is happening ASAP.” Hawaii County Civil Defense announced that it had opened shelters because it had reports of people evacuating from along the coast on their own initiative.

The average Mauna Loa eruption is not typically prolonged, lasting a couple of weeks, Hon said.

“Typically, Mauna Loa eruptions start

off with the heaviest volume first,” Hon said. “After a few days, it starts to calm down a little bit.”

The USGS warned residents at risk from Mauna Loa lava flows to review their eruption preparations. Scientists had been on alert because of a recent spike in earthquakes at the summit of the volcano, which last erupted in 1984.

Portions of the Big Island were under an ashfall advisory issued by the National Weather Service in Honolulu, which said up to a quarter-inch (0.6 centimeters) of ash could accumulate in some areas.

Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that together make up the Big Island of Hawaii, which is the southernmost island in the Hawaiian archipelago.

Mauna Loa, rising 13,679 feet (4,169 meters) above sea level, is the much larger neighbor of Kilauea, which erupted in a residential neighborhood and destroyed 700 homes in 2018. Some of its slopes are much steeper than Kilauea’s, so lava can flow much faster when it erupts.

During a 1950 eruption, the mountain’s lava traveled 15 miles (24 kilometers) to the ocean in fewer than three hours.

Tourism is Hawaii’s economic engine

but Roth predicted few problems for those on vacation during the eruption.

“It will be spectacular where it is, but the chances of it really interrupting the visitor industry — very, very slim,” he said.

For some, the eruption might cut down on some travel time, even if there is more volcanic smog caused by higher sulfur-dioxide emissions.

“But the good thing is you don’t have to drive from Kona over to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to see an eruption anymore,” Roth said. “You can just look out your window at night and you’ll be able to see Mauna Loa erupting.”

Julia Neal, owner of Pahala Plantation Cottages, said the eruption brings some relief after many preparedness meetings, and much wondering about what the volcano will do.

“It’s exciting,” she said. “It’s kind of a relief that it’s happening and we’re not waiting for it to happen.”

A few future guests from the U.S. mainland called Neal “asking me to make a prediction, which I can’t,” she said. “So I said, just stand by.”

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Government Notices n n n LEGAL NOTICE The Board of Education, School District No. 205, Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois, will receive on or before 2:00 PM (CST), Thursday January 5, 2023 sealed submittals for RFP No. 2334 Substitute 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 Bonfire can download packages at no cost from their web-site – https://rps205. bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities.

Dated this 1st day of December 2022, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois.

Dane Youngblood Director of Purchasing 23212R TRRT 11/30 n n n ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE Board Report #7987 October 25, 2022 NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE DISTRICT I. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levy for Community College District No. 511, Winnebago, Boone, DeKalb, McHenry, Stephenson, and Ogle Counties, Illinois, for 2022, will be held on December 13, 2022, at 5:15 p.m. via Zoom (https:// rockvalleycollege-edu.zoom.us/ j/93574659638?pwd=VTdxamowRmhOdWJlYTlsS0hUUUtDQT09).

Any person desiring to speak at the public hearing and present testimony to the taxing district may email RVC-BoardPC@rockvalleycollege.edu by 3:15 p.m. on December 13, 2022.

II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes extended or abated for 2021 were $18,200,687.

The proposed corporate and special purpose property taxes to be levied for 2022 are $22,692,453.

This represents an increase of 24.68% from the previous year.

III. The property taxes extended for debt service and public building commission leases for 2021 were $12,142,795.

The property taxes to be levied for debt service and public building commission leases for 2022 are $11,495,033. This represents a decrease of 5.33% from the previous year.

IV. The total property taxes extended or abated for 2021 were $30,343,482.

The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 2022 are $34,187,486. This represents an increase of 12.67% from the previous year.

23213R TRRT 11/30 n n n LEGAL NOTICE As a service to the taxpayers of Winnebago County and in accordance with 35 ILCS 200/Section 9-15 of the Property Tax Code, the following public notice is provided.

TOWNSHIP & MULTI-TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS INSTRUCTIONAL MEETING In accordance with 35 ILCS 200/Section 9-15 of the Property Tax Code, the Winnebago County Township and Multi-Township Assessor Instructional Meeting conducted by the Winnebago County Supervisor of Assess-

ments, Thomas R. Hodges will be held on Thursday, December 15th, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 303, located on the 3rd floor of the Winnebago County Administration Building at 404 Elm Street, Rockford Illinois. This meeting will also be available to attend online.

Please contact the Supervisor of Assessments office at SOA@soa. wincoil.gov for information on how to attend the meeting virtually. This meeting is open to the public Thomas R. Hodges Supervisor of Assessments Winnebago County 23214R TRRT 11/30 n n n PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE FOR BID Rock Valley College is receiving Bids for HVAC Modifications (Bid #22-25). Bid documents with submittal instructions may be found on the College Website link: www.Rockvalleycollege.edu/bids Opening date and time for Bid submissions will be December 9, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. All submittals must be received per Bid instructions.

Specific questions may be directed to: Kathleen Jones, Director of Business Services Rock Valley College k.jones@rockvalleycollege.edu 23215R TRRT 11/30

Public Notices 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 masonry business in said County and State under the name of Mershon Masonry at the following post office addresses: 2731 Bavarian Lane, Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Stephen Mershon SIGNED: Stephen Mershon 11/15/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of November, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 23204R TRRT 12/7 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 dog grooming business in said County and State under the name of Dapper Dog Pet Grooming at the following post office addresses: 910 Parkwood Ave., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Morgan Collura SIGNED: Morgan Collura 11/16/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of November, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Melissa Boes, Deputy Clerk 23205R TRRT 12/7 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 concrete masonry business in said County and State under the name of JV Concrete Masonry at the following post office addresses: 3937 S. Weldon Rd., Winnebago, IL 61088; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Juan C. Valdes-Cortes SIGNED: Juan C. Valdes-Cortes

11/16/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of November, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Melissa Boes, Deputy Clerk 23206R TRRT 12/7 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: ISABEL GRACE MCDONALD, Current Name Case Number 2022-MR-0000391 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Isabel Grace McDonald to the new name of: Isabel Grace Fischer.

The court date will be held: on December 15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426. /s/ Isabel McDonald Current Name 23202R TRRT 12/7 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 FRANZ DUANE HANSON, JR., Deceased.

Case No. 2022–PR–0000352 Date Will Filed: No Will CLAIMS NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of FRANZ DUANE HANSON, JR. Letters of Office were issued on November 2, 2022, to FRANZ DUANE HANSON, III, whose address is 6448 Palo Verde Drive, Rockford, IL 61114, as Independent Administrator of the Estate. The attorney of record for the estate is Anthony R. Phelps of Reno & Zahm LLP, 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400, Rockford, Illinois 61107.

Claims may be filed on or before May 16, 2023, 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 any known creditor required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/18-3), whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated 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, with the Independent Administrator, or both. Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Administrator and to the attorney for the Estate within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

The Estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Illinois 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.

Dated this 9th day of November, 2022.

RENO & ZAHM LLP BY: /s/ Anthony R. Phelps Anthony R. Phelps, Attorney for Franz Duane Hanson, III, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Franz Duane Hanson, Jr. RENO & ZAHM, LLP Anthony R. Phelps (#06297415) 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 Phone (815) 987-4050 Fax (815) 987-4092 arp@renozahm.com 23186R TRRT 11/30

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 Cochran Logistics at the following post office addresses: 3088 Warwickshire Dr., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Timothy Cochran; Kelly Cochran SIGNED: Timothy Cochran 11/8/22 SIGNED: Kelly Cochran 11/8/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of November, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Marisol Jimenez, Deputy Clerk 23188R TRRT 11/30 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO THE ESTATE OF: CHARLOTTE STRALEY Deceased Case No.: 2021-PR-12 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Charlotte Straley. Letters of Office were issued on November 2, 2022 to Victoria Pixler of Marshall, Wisconsin, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Sharon R. Rudy, 124 N. Water Street, #305, Rockford, Illinois 61107.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 24, 2023, 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: 11/8/22 Victoria Pixler, Executor /s/ Sharon R. Rudy Attorney Sharon R. Rudy, P.C., #6183356 124 N. Water Street, #305 Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 962-1910 service@sharonrudylaw.com 23187R TRRT 11/30 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: JOSEPH NUNEZ, Decedent.

CASE NO. 2022-PR-350 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JOSEPH NUNEZ. Letters of Office were issued on the 2nd day of November, 2022 to ANDREA NUNEZ, 11215 Dorothea Avenue, Machesney Park, Illinois 61115, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the Estate is GEORGE P. HAMPILOS, of Hampilos & Associates, Ltd., 308 West State Street, Suite 210, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before May 23,

2023, 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.

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 their attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Dated: November 21, 2022 By: /s/ George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos — ARDC #6210622 HAMPILOS & ASSOCIATES, LTD. 308 West State Street, Suite 210 Rockford, Illinois 61101 Telephone: 815-962-0044 Fax: 815-962-6250 georgehamp@aol.com 23207R TRRT 12/7 n n n NOTICE BY PUBLICATION BRIAN NICHOLLS and CINDY CHILDRESS, Petitioners, vs.

JACKSON DWYER NICHOLLS, a minor, and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, Respondents.

CASE NO: 22 AD 205 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Take notice that on the 17th day of November, 2022, a Petition for Adoption was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, 17th Judicial Circuit, and that on the first floor of the Winnebago County Juvenile Justice Center, on the 21st day of December, 2022 at the hour of 8:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, a hearing will be held upon the Petition for Adoption.

Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the Petition, the Petition may be taken for confessed as against you and an Order, Judgment or Decree entered.

Dated at Rockford, Illinois this 21st day of November, 2022.

Thomas Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court ERIN L. NASH #6304953 Nash Law Office, P.C. 4615 East State Street, Suite 201 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 397-7500 23216R TRRT 12/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLE L. JOHNSON, Deceased CASE NO. 2022 PR 0000361 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of CAROLE L. JOHNSON, who died on October 2, 2022. Letters of Office were issued on November 15, 2022 to Nichole Hoey, 746 Wynstone Way, Rockton, IL 61072, who is the Executor of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Douglas R. Henry, of Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, LLP, 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before May 30, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by

Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the Estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the Estate legal representative and to her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: November 21, 2022 /s/ Nichole Hoey, Executor DOUGLAS R. HENRY #6229426 BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 / dhenry@bslbv.com 23217R TRRT 12/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN A. MYERS, Deceased CASE NO. 2022 PR 0000355 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JOHN A. MYERS, who died on July 13, 2022. Letters of Office were issued on November 14, 2022 to Barbara Myers, 15305 Harbor Drive, Madeira Beach, FL 33708, who is the Executor of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Darron M. Burke, of Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, LLP, 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before May 30, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the Estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the Estate legal representative and to her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: November 21, 2022 /s/ Barbara Myers, Executor DARRON M. BURKE - #6302978 BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 / dburke@bslbv.com 23218R TRRT 12/14 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 VICKI L. SLOJKOWSKI, Deceased.

No.: 2022 PR 362 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of VICKI L. SLOJKOWSKI, who died on October 10, 2022. Letters of Office were issued on November 15, 2022, to Melissa Scudder, who is the Administrator of the estate, 6268 Walnut Grove Rd., Loves Park, IL 61111. The attorney for the estate representative is Attorney

Elizabeth Groncki-Boger, 120 W. State St., Ste. 303, Rockford, IL 61101.

Any claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 30, 2023, 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 of 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed on or before that date shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed with the estate representative or the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk - Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, 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 her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

DATED: November 21, 2022 Melissa Scudder, Administrator Elizabeth M. Groncki-Boger ARDC# 6283004 DERANGO & CAIN, LLC 120 W. State St., Ste. 303 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)962-5490 Attorney for the Estate Vicki L. Slojkowski, Deceased 23219R TRRT 12/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH, JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: EARLE M. KELLEY, Petitioner, vs.

MICHELLE R. KELLEY, Respondent.

Case No. 2022 DC 290 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE is hereby given to the Respondent, Michelle R. Kelley, that the Petitioner EARLE M. KELLEY, has caused to be filed a PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE in the abovecaptioned cause of action in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois. In the event Michelle R. Kelley shall fail to file a response to the Petition in the above action or otherwise file an appearance therein in said Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 West State Street, Room 107, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 30th day of December, 2022, a default may be entered against Michelle R. Kelley at any time after that day for a Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage and in accordance with the relief requested in the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage. The attorney of record for the Petitioner is Robert E. Canfield, 1111 South Alpine Road, Suite 704, Rockford, IL 61108.

Dated this 22nd day of November, 2022 Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of Court Robert E. Canfield, (ARDC # 3122943) 1111 S. Alpine Road Suite 704 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 968-7200 service.canfieldlawoffice@ gmail.com 23220R TRRT 12/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, ILLINOIS, IN THE MARRIAGE OF: SALVADOR LUNA, vs.

DANGUOLE BAKUNEVICIUTE. WINNEBAGO COUNTY CASE NO. 2022 DN 378 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO Respondent, DANGUOLE BAKUNEVICIUTE, that the Petitioner, SALVADOR LUNA, has caused to

be filed a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage in the above-captioned cause of action. In the event DANGUOLE BAKUNEVICIUTE shall fail to file a response on or before December 14, 2022, a default may be entered against you, DANGUOLE BAKUNEVICIUTE, for the relief requested in the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing has been scheduled for December 16, 2022, at 2:15 p.m. before the Honorable Judge Ramlow at the Winnebago County Courthouse located at 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, Room 216, or virtually at Zoom.us, with Meeting ID# 824 3365 5292. If you do not appear at that hearing, the Court may grant a default judgment against you without further notice.

Dated: November 21, 2022 THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Clerk Attorney Nicole L. Beran, ARDC # 6271587 Laura A. Epstein & Associates, LLC 6072 Brynwood Drive, Suite 203 Rockford, Illinois 61114 815.639.0982 nicole@attorneylauraepstein.com 23221R TRRT 12/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: MASON XAVIER HARRIS, Current Name Case Number 2022-MR-423 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Mason Xavier Harris to the new name of: Katrina Nicole Harris.

The court date will be held: on January 12, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426. /s/ Mason Xavier Harris Current Name 23223R TRRT 12/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: RALPH EDGAR ERICKSON JR., Current Name Case Number 2022-MR-403 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Ralph Edgar Erickson Jr. to the new name of: Rick Edgar Erickson.

The court date will be held: on December 21, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426. /s/ Ralph Erickson Current Name 23224R TRRT 12/14 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 boutique business in said County and State under the name of Holly’s Fabulous Boutique at the following post office addresses: 3419 Auburn St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Holly Anderson SIGNED: Holly Anderson 11/16/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of November, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Melissa Boes, Deputy Clerk 23229R TRRT 12/14

November 30, 2022 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS RANLIFE, INC PLAINTIFF, -vsDOUGLAS HALEY; JANET CZIPO; LISA CZIPO; KAREN CZIPO; KRISTI CZIPO; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF ARTHUR CZIPO; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; DEFENDANTS, NO. 22 FC 9 PROPERTY: 5055 HUMMINGBIRD TRAIL, LOVES PARK, IL NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to Unknown Heirs and/or legatees of Arthur Czipo and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the Amended Complaint for Foreclosure and Other Relief has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, by the Plaintiff against you and other defendants, seeking to foreclose on the lands and premises in the Complaint situated in Winnebago County, State of Illinois: Lot Twenty-eight (28) as designated upon the plat of Northhaven Farms, being a Subdivision of part of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 20, and part of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 21, all in Township 45 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 36 of Plats on page 158A in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Tax ID# 08-21-356-002 Common Address: 5055 Hummingbird Trail Loves Park, IL 61111 and for such other relief prayed; 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, Unknown Heirs and/or legatees of Arthur Czipo and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants file your Appearance and Answer to the Amended Complaint in this case or otherwise file your appearance in the Office of the Circuit Court Clerk, 400 West State Road, Room 108, Rockford, Illinois, on or before December 16, 2022, a default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Amended 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.

Dated: November 9, 2022 Respectfully Submitted, Jasmin Koleczek Attorney for Plaintiff FIDELITY NATIONAL LAW GROUP 10 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 2750 Chicago, Illinois 60603 T: (312) 223-2346 E-Mail: jasmin.koleczek@fnf.com /Firm I.D. No. 47036 I3207140 P23180R TRRT 11/30 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BYRON BANK Plaintiff, -v.ERICA E. GIANESIN et al Defendant 2022-FC-0000363 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 3, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on December 13, 2022, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 973 Featherstone Rd, Suite 100, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT FOUR (4) IN BLOCK TWENTY-TWO (22) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF E.H. MARSH’S PARK VIEW SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 14 AND OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS ON PAGE 8, IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2114 N CHURCH STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14203-013 The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

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

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

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay

the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

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

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-22-06023 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2022-FC0000363 TJSC#: 42-4133 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2022-FC-0000363 I3207198 P23181R TRRT 11/30 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PLAINTIFF, VS. EMILIO GARCIA; MARIA NEREIDA FLORES; ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS. NO. 2022-FC-0000372 1207 19TH STREET ROCKFORD, IL 61104 JUDGE PRESIDING JUDGE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO YOU, Maria Nereida Flores 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 FIVE (5) IN BLOCK TWELVE (12) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF GEORGE E. SCOTT’S AVONDALE ADDITION THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS, PAGE 459 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 1207 19th Street Rockford, IL 61104

and which said Mortgage was made by, Emilio Garcia and Maria Nereida Flores Mortgagor(s), to U.S. Bank N.A. Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20131005886; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before December 23, 2022, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. E-filing is now mandatory 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 http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/faq/ gethelp.asp or talk with your local circuit clerk’s office. If you cannot e-file, you may be able to get an exemption that allows you to file in-person or by mail. Ask your circuit clerk for more information or visit www.illinoislegalaid.org. If you are unable to pay your court fees, you can apply for a fee waiver.

For information about defending yourself in a court case (including filing an appearance or fee waiver), or to apply for free legal help, go to www.illinoislegalaid.org. You can also ask your local circuit clerk’s office for a fee waiver application.

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. 22-10725IL-814088 I3207658 P23190R TRRT 12/7 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST, PLAINTIFF, VS. INGRID M. MOORE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE INGRID MOORE TRUST DATED JULY 16, 2001; UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE INGRID MOORE TRUST DATED JULY 16, 2001; UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE INGRID MOORE TRUST DATED JULY 16, 2001; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; CREEK BEND EAST CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS. NO. 22 FC 0000435 7674 CREEK BEND UNIT 9-3 ROCKFORD, IL 61114 JUDGE PRESIDING JUDGE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO YOU, Unknown Successor Trustee of the Ingrid Moore trust dated July 16, 2001 Unknown Beneficiaries of the Ingrid Moore trust dated July 16, 2001 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: UNIT NO. NINE-THREE (9-3) IN CREEK BEND EAST CONDOMINIUMS AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: LOTS FIFTEEN (15), SIXTEEN (16), SEVENTEEN (17), EIGHTEEN (18), AND NINETEEN (19) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF BROWN’S CREEK NORTH, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 41 OF PLATS ON PAGE 143A IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT “B” TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP AS RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. 0037882 AND AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS AS SET FORTH IN SAID DECLARATION, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 7674 Creek Bend Unit 9-3 Rockford, IL 61114 and which said Mortgage was made by, Ingrid M. Moore, Individually and as Trustee of the Ingrid Moore trust dated July 16, 2001 Mortgagor(s), to Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, subsidiary of IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 0608665; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before December 23, 2022, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. E-filing is now mandatory 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 http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/faq/ gethelp.asp or talk with your local circuit clerk’s office. If you cannot e-file, you may be able to get an exemption that allows you to file in-person or by mail. Ask your circuit clerk for more information or visit www.illinoislegalaid.org. If you are unable to pay your court fees, you can apply for a fee waiver.

For information about defending yourself in a court case (including filing an appearance or fee waiver), or to apply for free legal help, go to www.illinoislegalaid.org. You can also ask your local circuit clerk’s office for a fee waiver application.

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. 22-12161IL-827805 I3207736 P23191R TRRT 12/7 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS MCLP ASSET COMPANY, INC, PLAINTIFF, VS. KYLE SMITH A/K/A KYLE F SMITH; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS. NO. 22 FC 0000475 2830 KNIGHT AVENUE ROCKFORD, IL 61101 JUDGE PRESIDING JUDGE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO YOU, Kyle Smith a/k/a Kyle F Smith 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 Three (3), Block Four (4) as designated upon the Plat of Bohlin and Johnson’s Subdivision, being a Subdivision of part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 15, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision Is recorded in Book 14 of Plats on Page 205 In the Recorder’s Office in Winnebago County, Illinois, situated in Winnebago County, State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 2830 Knight Avenue Rockford, IL 61101 and which said Mortgage was made by, Kyle Smith a/k/a Kyle F Smith Mortgagor(s), to WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20151019862; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before December 23, 2022, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. E-filing is now mandatory 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 http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/faq/ gethelp.asp or talk with your local circuit clerk’s office. If you cannot e-file, you may be able to get an exemption that allows you to file in-person or by mail. Ask your circuit clerk for more information or visit www.illinoislegalaid.org. If you are unable to pay your court fees, you can apply for a fee waiver.

For information about defending yourself in a court case (including filing an appearance or fee waiver), or to apply for free legal help, go to www.illinoislegalaid.org. You can also ask your local circuit clerk’s office for a fee waiver application.

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. 22-09769IL-790802 I3207592 P23192R TRRT 12/7 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS PennyMac Loan Services, LLC PLAINTIFF Vs. Roxana Pouncy; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS No. 2022-FC-0000267 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: 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: 1220 Scottswood Rd Rockford, IL 61107 and which said Mortgage was made by: Roxana Pouncy the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Academy Mortgage Corporation, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20181021249; 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 23, 2022, 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. 14-22-01507 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

I3207350 P23193R TRRT 12/7 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EMMA J. CABELLO, Deceased CASE NO. 2022 PR 103 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of EMMA J. CABELLO, who died on November 14, 2020.

Letters of Office were issued on September 6, 2022, to Christina Cabello, 717 E. Riverside Blvd, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Michael J. Smith, of 4615 East State Street, Suite 101, Rockford, Illinois.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before May 23, 2023, 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

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of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the Estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the Estate legal representative and to her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: November 14, 2022 /s/ Christina Cabello, Independent Administrator 23201R TRRT 12/7 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELSA SEXTONSON, Deceased.

No. 2022-PR-353 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ELSA SEXTONSON. Letters of Office were issued on November 2, 2022 to STEVEN E. SEXTONSON, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is David L. Davitt, 6072 Brynwood Dr., Suite 206, Rockford, IL 61114.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 24, 2022 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 attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: November 18, 2022 David L. Davitt David L. Davitt - #6206402 Attorney for Estate 6072 Brynwood Dr. Suite 206 Rockford, IL 61114 (815) 229-5333 ddavitt@rockriverlaw.com 23203R TRRT 12/7 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: CHAMBERLYNN NYCOLE WHITAKER, Current Name Case Number 2022-MR-333 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Chamberlynn Nycole Whitaker to the new name of: Chamberlynn Nycole Meini.

The court date will be held: on December 21, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426. /s/ Chamberlynn Whitaker Current Name 23208R TRRT 12/7

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Associated Bank, NA PLAINTIFF Vs. Shannon Buban; LVNV Funding LLC; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of William J. Buban; Riley Jamieson; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Timothy A. Miller, as Special Representative for William J. Buban (deceased) DEFENDANTS No. 2022-FC-0000476 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Heirs and Legatees of William J. Buban 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: 1516 West Riverside Blvd Rockford, IL 61103 and which said Mortgage was made by: William J. Buban the Mortgagor(s), to Associated Bank National Association, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20101020185 re-recorded as 2012102977; 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 30, 2022, 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. 14-22-07831 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

I3208156 P23209R TRRT 12/14 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.AMY M. GORDON et al Defendant

2022-FC-0000202 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 29, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on January 3, 2023, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 973 Featherstone Rd, Suite 100, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT FIVE (5) OF ALNWICK II SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CHERRY VALLEY TOWNSHIP, WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 7700 SHIRLEY RD, CHERRY VALLEY, IL 61016 Property Index No. 16-25301-005 The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

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

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

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

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

ments and the legal fees required

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

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

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

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-22-03035 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2022-FC0000202 TJSC#: 42-3692 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2022-FC-0000202 I3207916 P23210R TRRT 12/14 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Trustee of Wampus Mortgage Loan Trust PLAINTIFF Vs. William L. Brown; Karina D. Marin; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS No. 2022-FC-0000481 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Karina D. Marin 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: 1205 Leaman Place Rockford, IL 61108 and which said Mortgage was made by: Karina D. Marin William L. Brown the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for First State Mortgage Services, LLC, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20201007674; 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 30, 2022, 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. 14-22-06837 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

I3207991 P23211R TRRT 12/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff, VS. NICHOLAS A. WOOLERY, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NON RECORD CLAIMANTS AND UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO. 2022 FC 461 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THE REQUISITE Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to Unknown others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, Defendant in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, against you praying for a foreclosure of a mortgage upon the following property: Parcel I: Part of Lot Three (3) in Block Thirty-Four (34) as designated upon the map of that part of the Town (now City) of Rockford on the East

side of Rock River, which Plat is recorded in Book D of Deeds on pages 340 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point on the Easterly line of said Lot Three (3), Four (4) feet Southerly from the Northeast corner thereof; thence Westerly, parallel with the Northerly line of said Lot Three (3) to the Westerly line thereof; thence Southerly on the Westerly line of said Lot Three (3) to a point Five and Four Hundredths (5.04) feet Northerly of the Southwest corner thereof; thence Easterly, parallel with the Southerly line of said Lot Three (3), to the Easterly line thereof; thence Northerly on the Easterly line of said Lot Three (3) to the place of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Parcel II: The Southerly Five and Four Hundredths (5.04) feet in width of Lot Three (3) and all that part of Lot Four (4) lying Northerly to the Galena and Chicago Union Rail Road Company, now Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, in Block Thirty-Four (34) as designated upon the map of that part of the Town (now City) for Rockford on the East side of Rock River, which Plat is recorded in Book D of Deeds, on pages 340 in the Recorder’s Office, the Northerly line of said premises being parallel with the Southerly line of Lot Three (3); situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 415 & 421 South 3rd Street Rockford, Illinois 61104 Property Code: Parcel I: 203C 657, Parcel II: 203C 658 P.I.N. Number: Parcel I: 11-26134-009, Parcel II: 11-26-134-010 And for other relief, that the action was filed on or about October 4, 2022.

That Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is still pending. The record titleholder of the real estate is Nicholas A. Woolery. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Mortgagor – Nicholas A. Woolery Mortgagee – Northwest Bank of Rockford.

Date of Mortgage – November 1, 2019 Date of Recording – November 12, 2019 County of Recording – Winnebago Recording Document – 20191037637 NOW THEREFORE, unless you Unknown Others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, the said Defendant, file your Answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Circuit Court of

the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 W. State Street in the City of Rockford, State of Illinois on or before January 2, 2023, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint.

Dated at Rockford, IL on the 22nd day of November, 2022.

Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court Winnebago County, Illinois Plaintiff’s Attorney Timothy F. Horning MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 thmeyerhorning@aol.com 23222R TRRT 12/14 n n n ADOPTION NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS In the matter of the Petition for Adoption of EMILY TORQUE JULIUS, a minor child Winnebago County Circuit Court Case No: 2018 AD 155.

To DAVIN MICHAEL PREWITT, biological father and All Whom It May Concern: TAKE NOTICE that a Petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, for the adoption of a minor child named EMILY TORQUE JULIUS. NOW THEREFORE, unless you, and all whom it may concern, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein in said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Room 108 in the City of Rockford, Illinois on or before the 31st day of December 2022 a default may be entered against you any time after that day and a Judgement entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

Dated: November 23, 2022 David H. Carter Attorney at Law 308 West State Street, Suite 215 Rockford, IL 61101 (815) 968-8900 23225R TRRT 12/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: RIKKISHA J. KELLER Deceased, CASE NO. 2022 PR 237 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of RIKKISHA J. KELLER. Letters of Office were issued on October 27, 2022, to ROXANNE D. LAWRENCE, c/o 7124 Windsor Lake Parkway, Loves Park, IL 61111, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is JEREMY RAMSEY, 7124 Windsor Lake Parkway, Loves

Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 30, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101 or with the estate legal representative, or both.

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

DATED: November 27, 2022 ROXANNE D. LAWRENCE Name: JEREMY RAMSEY ARDC Number: # 6276765 Attorney for Estate Address: 7124 Windsor Lake Parkway Loves Park, IL 61111 Telephone: (815) 988-4364 23226R TRRT 12/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: JEFFREY DAVID ATKINSON, Petitioner, vs.

TONYA MARIE SHEARER, Respondent.

Case No. 2022-DN-125 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Tonya Marie Shearer that Petitioner Jeffrey David Atkinson has caused to be filed a PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE and other relief in the above-captioned cause of action.

You are further notified that if you fail to file an answer or otherwise appear on or before January 2, 2023, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Jeffrey David Atkinson, Petitioner 23227R TRRT 12/14 n n n NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart to satisfy a lien on December 14 2022 at www. storagetreasures.com. Online Bids START approximately 14 days prior to the final sale date listed above at the stores and approximate times listed below: Online Bids END Approx.

11:00AM at CubeSmart #6146, 7511 Vandiver Road, Rockford, Illinois 61112 (815) 277-4051: Cube A13 Colton Sabo; Cube C7 Renata N. Schuett; Cube K41 Thomas Ellis; Cube M9 Meeshia M. Gilbreath;

Cube P1 Boby A. Sparacino; Cube P49 Latrice S. Butler.

Online Bids END Approx.

11:00AM at CubeSmart #5754, 3780 E. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108 (815) 668-0010: Cube 145 Tiresha Franklin; Cube 176 Anathi Davis; Cube 190 Juan Martinez; Cube 255 Victoria Willis; Cube 333 Steve Irvin Sr.; Cube 337 Crystal Bowman; Cube 359 Reina Trujillo; Cube 368 Kayla J. Dean; Cube 38 James Fox; Cube 391 Kimberly Gentry; Cube 64 Jodeci Peyton.

Online Bids END Approx: 11:30AM at CubeSmart #6150, 4548 American Road, Rockford, Illinois 61109 (815) 277-4049: Cube 1170 Consuela Hannah; Cube 1240 Cynthia Fisher; Cube 1535 Jazmine Ruvolo; Cube 2203 Karina Perez; Cube 2611 Jaemecia Martin; Cube 2614 Bobbie Tanner-Wiley; Cube 3621 John W. Miller; Cube 4103 Corrina Smith; Cube 4107 Stephaine Wallace; Cube 4233 Eboni Lakhani; Cube 5128 Clarence Richarardson; Cube 5720 Tristan Worley; Cube 5919 Myeisha Jones; Cube 6602 Zachary P. Farb; Cube A20 Emily Smith; Cube A33 Ivy Freeman; Cube B8 Kenneth Laster.

Online Bids END Approx.

11:30AM at CubeSmart #6153, 4560 Stenstrom Road, Rockford, Illinois 61103 (815)277-4049: S35 Maria Lump; S80 Fred White.

Online Bids END Approx: 12:00PM at CubeSmart #6152, 3015 N. Main, Rockford, Illinois 61103 (815) 277-4054: Cube A35 Regnesha Joiner; A72 Danielle Wilson; A185 Arabany Valle; A203 Kyle Fitzpatrick; B18 Shari Rogers; B37 Tarsha Franklin; B48 Miracle Foster; B55 Tinamarie Maldonado; B121 Natashia Malone; B160 Gary Hare; B161 Kevin L. Bailey-Murray; B205 Ceirra Perkins; B230 Donna Delveaux, B256 Lucinda L. Watkins; B288 Pierre Crecy; B294 Ellen Donais; B323 Shannon Becker; B333 Jannice malone.

Online Bids END Approx.

12:30PM at CubeSmart #6151, 6210 Forest Hills Road, Rockford, Illinois 61111 (815) 277-4052: Cube 126B Cynthia T. Treadwell; Cube 464 Melissa Murphy; 472 Randy Webb.

Online Bids END Approx.

1:00PM at CubeSmart #6148, 4300 Interstate Blvd, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 (815) 277-4053: Cube 120 Cora Schroeder; Cube 156 Cora Schroeder; Cube 158 Jordan Ayers; Cube 363 Tonya Olatunji.

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n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BYRON BANK Plaintiff, -v.- ERICA E. GIANESIN et al Defendant 2022-FC-0000363 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 3, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on December 13, 2022, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 973 Featherstone Rd, Suite 100, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2114 N CHURCH STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14-203-013 The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS

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

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

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-22-06023 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2022-FC-0000363 TJSC#: 42-4133 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2022-FC-0000363 I3207198 P23181R TRRT 11/30 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WIN-

NEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.- AMY M. GORDON et al Defendant 2022-FC-0000202 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 29, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on January 3, 2023, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 973 Featherstone Rd, Suite 100, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7700 SHIRLEY RD, CHERRY VALLEY, IL 61016 Property Index No. 16-25-301-005 The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-22-03035 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2022-FC-0000202 TJSC#: 42-3692 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2022-FC-0000202 I3207916 P23210R TRRT 12/14

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Death Notices Amelia Lindahl 71 Rockford 11/20/2022 Barbara Anderson 85 Rockford 11/20/2022 Carolyn Carter 61 Rockford 11/21/2022 Aaron Andrews-Thistle 70 Rockford 11/21/2022 William Kurzawski 87 Rockford 11/21/2022 Barbara Key 65 Rockford 11/21/2022 Helene Bandola 71 Rockford 11/21/2022 Noreen Slade 68 Durand 11/21/2022 Doyle Dixon 87 Rockford 11/21/2022 Dontay Caviness 37 Rockford 11/22/2022 Walter Gray 81 Rockford 11/22/2022 Troy Bittner 59 Rockford 11/22/2022 Gertrude Bass 76 Rockford 11/22/2022 Tedd Ambrose 46 South Beloit 11/22/2022 Sue Morelock 86 Rockford 11/22/2022 James Gardner 72 Rockton 11/22/2022 Terry Marshall 69 Rockford 11/22/2022 Lula Villareal 88 Rockford 11/22/2022 Wayne Gray 57 Rockford 11/22/2022 Robert Hughes 77 Rockford 11/23/2022 Victor Monroy 79 Rockford 11/23/2022 Patrick Williams 76 Loves Park 11/23/2022 Cecile Nyen 96 Rockford 11/23/2022 Amy Rodriguez 54 Rockford 11/23/2022 Thomas Dewitt 73 Cherry Valley 11/23/2022 David Hanstrom 76 Rockford 11/23/2022 Evelyn Coffin 73 Rockford 11/23/2022 Walter Mangus 81 Pecatonica 11/24/2022 Evelio Lizardi 73 Rockford 11/24/2022 Randy St. John 64 Rockford 11/24/2022 Loretta Greer 68 Rockford 11/24/2022 Diane Smith 66 Pecatonica 11/24/2022 Ronald Jones 60 Rockford 11/24/2022 Selenia Torres-Martinez 82 Rockford 11/24/2022 Carl Lones 84 Rockford 11/24/2022 Sally Sharelis 81 Rockford 11/24/2022 Dean Edmonds 58 Rockford 11/24/2022 Joan Owens 89 Rockford 11/24/2022 Nicholas Barelli 88 Rockford 11/24/2022 Diane Mullen 69 Rockford 11/24/2022 Robert Smith 65 Rockford 11/25/2022 John Brinkman 86 Rockford 11/25/2022 Dennis Hanson 79 Rockford 11/25/2022 Judith Coenen 72 Rockford 11/25/2022 Liborio Ciaccio 83 Rockford 11/25/2022 Peggy Sturdivant 58 Rockford 11/25/2022 Howard Searle 87 Rockford 11/25/2022 Anna Gonzalez 67 Rockford 11/25/2022 Robert A. Smith 52 Rockford 11/25/2022 Lawrence Stern 74 Rockford 11/25/2022 Reed Scheidecker 35 Rockford 11/25/2022 Kathleen Freis 70 Rockford 11/26/2022 Araceli Piña 80 Rockford 11/26/2022 Robert McGrew 73 Rockford 11/26/2022 David Burnside 73 Rockford 11/26/2022 James Maytag 68 Rockford 11/26/2022 Charles Jefferson 68 Rockford 11/26/2022 Gerald Dye 80 Rockford 11/27/2022 Helen Jarl 96 Rockford 11/27/2022 Donald Barnum 88 Rockford 11/27/2022 John Dimmick 75 Rockton 11/27/2022 MacLovio Sanchez 71 Rockford 11/27/2022 Glen Patterson 67 Rockford 11/27/2022 Clarence Nortch 83 Durand 11/27/2022 James Brown 70 Machesney Park 11/27/2022

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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:

Theme: Happy Holidays

PISCES, ARIES AND TAURUS Horoscope

ARIES

You’ll find yourself in a crowded environment. At the very least, your social networks will be buzzing. You’ll accept an invitation from your friends to go out and party to relieve some stress.

TAURUS

At times, it’s good to take a step back and see things from a different perspective. You’ll be able to analyze a situation with the big picture in mind to find the solution.

GEMINI

Luck will be on your side in both your professional and your love life. The right people will cross your path and make your life easier. Your sensitivity will be a strength.

CANCER

Change often brings with it strong emotions. You’ll experience something new that will benefit you. For example, you may get close to a family member you’ve been in conflict with.

LEO

At work, you may make a deal that will significantly impact your career.

You’ll create a harmonious atmosphere; people trust you, and you’ll guide them appropriately.

VIRGO

You won’t let things get to you this week. At work, you’ll make changes to improve efficiency. You’ll also enhance your dexterity as you start an artistic project.

LIBRA

Your emotions may overwhelm you this week. You must clear up a complicated love affair. At work, you’ll be moved by a show of gratitude.

SCORPIO Across 1. Result of too much pressure 6. Stir-fry pan 9. Steps to the river, in India 13. Hindu sage 14. Attorneys’ org.

15. *Christmas cookies emanation 16. The Brady Bunch, e.g.

17. Mourner’s wish 18. Mature, as in fruit 19. *Santa’s entryway 21. *Holiday plum treat 23. Foot the bill 24. Hot alcoholic beverage 25. Not transgender 28. *Frosty’s corn cob 30. Attract 35. Bad luck prediction 37. Indian cuisine staple 39. The whole amount 40. “Keep this information” button 41. *Coveted letter on a dreidel 43. Dry as dust 44. Opposite of digest 46. Inconclusive

47. Dirty air 48. Diplomat 50. Tallest volcano in Europe 52. Like a fox 53. Lion output 55. Beholder’s organ 57. *Breaking holiday news 61 . * N o t c o a l o n Christmas 65. Courtroom excuse 66. Golf coach at a country club 68. Very, in music 69. Make a logical connection (2 words) 70. Promissory letters 71. Pine or long 72. Chows down 73. Hundredweight, acr.

74. Ooze out Down 1. Nile denizen, for short 2. *Like Duke brothers in “Trading Places” 3. *New Year ’s Eve option: ____ Spumante 4. Title-holder 5. Take for ransom

6. On one’s guard 7. ____-Wan of “Star Wars” 8. K, in Greek 9. *Rose Bowl field, e.g.

10. Kachina doll maker 11. Answer from the flock 12. Drink for John Glenn 15. Fervent 20. Giving the once-over 22. *”Mele Kalikimaka” strings 24. More sordid 25. Trig function 26. Insect in adult stage 27. *Number of candles in Kwanzaa’s kinara 29. Sacrifice for gain 31. Eighty-six 3 2 .

L i s t components 33. *Holiday song offering 34. Lament for the dead 3 6 . S co t l an d ’s famous loch 38. Eagle’s aerie 42 . L id o r l ip embellishment

45. Go to bed (2 words) 49. *Yule tradition 51. Pirate’s “Yes!” 54. Savory jelly dish 56. English county 57. London art museum 58. Hipbones 59. *It’s sometimes ignored in face of holiday treats 60. Wading bird 61. Displeasure display 62. Biblical birthright seller 63. Backgammon predecessor 64. Prong of a fork 67. Column’s partner

You’ll work from home more than usual this week. If you have young children, one of them may require your undivided attention. You must clear up a few things with certain people.

SAGITTARIUS

You’ll discover a new gadget that could help you improve your communication. This will make you more accessible. It’s time to travel, so update your GPS to avoid getting lost.

CAPRICORN

You’ll spare no expense to impress ot­ hers. You’ll also replace some of your furniture and appliances. It’s time to get rid of things cluttering your environment and your mind.

AUGUST

You’ll show initiative in a project. You’ll take the lead and make sure people understand the direction you want to take. New beginnings are on the horizon in your personal and professio­ nal life.

PISCES

You’ll feel fatigued this week. Make sure you slow down and give yourself time to set new goals. If you’ve been neglecting your loved ones, it’s time to plan a reunion.

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CROSSWORD & SUDOKU Across 1. First gear 4. Dude 8. Corrosive liquid 12. Miner’s product 13. Body of knowledge 14. Party 15. Rowing blade 16. Pass over 17. With competence 18. Like some skirts 20. “____ Abner” 21. Which person?

22. Discussion groups 25. Skin hole 28. Food for Muffet 30. Dove’s cry 31. Cut down 32. Follower of neither 33. Ensemble 34. Pod vegetable 35. Appeals urgently 36. Scope 37. Respond 39. Church seat 41. Grass 42. Variety of language 46. San Antonio athlete 48. Kitty sigh 49. Ginger drink 50. ____ Grey tea 51. Unlocked 52. Take legal action 53. Spotted 54. Ties the knot 55. Commandment number Down 1. Circuit 2. Voiced 3. Had been 4. Fabric 5. Mortgage possessor 6. Extremely dry 7. Fido, e.g.

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9. San Francisco transport: 2 wds.

10. Not well

11. Dawn to dusk 19. Startled 20. Deposit eggs 22. Sweated 23. Solitary 24. Fountain drink 25. Mate for mama 26. Yoke of ____

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