The Rock River Times – December 28, 2022

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Law enforcement officials push for ban on high-power, high-capacity weapons

By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD – Some of the state’s leading law enforcement officials on Tuesday urged lawmakers to pass a statewide ban on high-power, high-capacity weapons, which they say are growing in prevalence in Illinois.

“What the public asks members of the law enforcement community to do each and every day is stunning, knowing full well that the cars we’re approaching, the houses we’re entering, have some of the most lethal weapons you’ve ever seen, ever. And they keep getting worse,” Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart told the House Judiciary-Criminal Committee during a third hearing on proposed legislation.

The committee is considering House Bill 5855, a proposal by Rep. Bob Morgan, D-Deerfield. It would ban the possession and sale of a long list of firearms that would be defined as “assault weapons” as well as high-capacity magazines and devices that make a semi-automatic gun fire like a fully automatic weapon.

It would also delete a provision in current law that allows people between the ages of 18 and 21 to obtain a Firearm Owner’s Identification, or FOID card, with the consent of their parent or guardian, effectively establishing a firm minimum age of 21. It would also require hunters younger than 21 to be under the supervision of an adult with a valid FOID card.

The bill was prompted in large part by a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park earlier this year that left seven people dead and dozens more injured. The alleged gunman in that shooting used a Smith and Wesson M&P 15 semi-automatic rifle and three magazines containing 30 rounds of ammunition each.

“These weapons have entered our schools, our places of worship, our theaters, our parades and our peaceful community spaces with one objective – to create mass carnage,” said Elena

Gottreich, Chicago’s deputy mayor for public safety. “Assault weapons are designed to inflict maximum tissue damage in the shortest amount of time.”

Angel Novalez, chief of constitutional policing and reform for the Chicago Police Department, said that so far this year, his department has taken 1,156 assaultstyle weapons off the street, nearly a 13-percent increase over 2021. Since 2004, he said, the department has recovered more than 18,000 such weapons.

“We are up against an ever-growing threat and it’s making protecting our neighborhoods more difficult and dangerous for all our police officers,” he said. “It’s making residents feel more unsafe. They’re living in the crosshairs of needless violence every day.”

So far, the proposed legislation has received broad support from gun safety advocacy organizations as well as elected public officials, including Secretary of State Jesse White. But it faces strong opposition from gun rights organizations, including the National Rifle Association and the Illinois State Rifle Association, which argued the bill would likely be ruled unconstitutional.

“I’m here to tell you that the gun owners are tired of being blamed for every madman, every criminal, and every other depraved act that 2.5 million gun owners didn’t do,” former NRA lobbyist Todd Vandermyde said Tuesday. “And we’re not here to negotiate. I’m here to tell you that if House Bill 5855 or anything remotely like it passes, we will see you in court.”

Valinda Rowe, a spokeswoman for the gun rights advocacy group Illinois Carry, also said the law, if enacted, would be challenged in court and likely overturned, and she urged lawmakers to focus on the root causes of violent crime.

“The focus to address the problems that have been brought up today – and they are horrendous problems, there’s no doubt – but the focus going forward … must be on the violent criminals and on the mentally ill who pose a danger to themselves and others, not on law abiding citizens and lawfully owned and possessed purchased firearms,” she said.

But the committee also heard from survivors and witnesses of other notorious mass shootings.

Po Murray, president of the Newtown Action Alliance, said her children were attending Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012 when a gunman armed with an AR-15-style rifle and high-capacity magazines killed 20 children and six educators.

“Our town became unrecognizable,” she said. “We were shocked by what happened in our community. But instantly we knew that if our town could turn into a war zone due to an AR-15 that it could happen anywhere. Therefore, we sprung into action to send a strong message to all Americans that no one is safe as long as Americans can legally obtain assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.”

Aalayah Eastmond said she was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, when a gunman there opened fire and killed 17 people.

“Illinois has led the country in enacting some of the strongest policy solutions to prevent gun violence,” she said. “However, in the wake of the Highland Park shooting where a perpetrator armed with an AR-15-style weapon and high-capacity magazines was able to murder seven people and injure 48 more, I along with several others here today are urging this body to yet again prioritize public health and safety by passing House Bill 5855.”

Tuesday’s hearing was the third such hearing the committee has held since the bill was introduced Dec. 1, and committee Chairman Justin Slaughter, D-Chicago, said there will be further hearings when lawmakers return to Springfield in January. The committee could take action on the bill during an upcoming lame duck session scheduled to begin Jan. 4.

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Gun rights group calls bill unconstitutional, vows lawsuits

Illinois EPA Begins Five Year Review of the Beloit Corporation Superfund Site Remedy Rockton, Illinois

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) are conducting the required Five-Year Review of the Beloit Corporation Superfund Site (the Site) remedy. The Site is located in Rockton, Illinois and is bounded on the north by Prairie Hill Road, on the west by the Rock River, on the south by a line projected from the Rock River along the south edge of a Village of Rockton easement and access road (for the village water tower) to Blackhawk Boulevard, and on the east by Blackhawk Boulevard. The Site includes the former Beloit Corporation property, the adjacent Blackhawk Acres subdivision, the former Soterion/United Recovery facility, a portion of the Taylor, Inc. property and the Safe-T-Way property.

The Superfund law requires regular checkups of sites that have been cleaned up, with waste managed on-site, to make sure the cleanup continues to protect people and the environment. This is the third five-year review of this site following the start of remedial action in 2008.

The Illinois EPA’s and U.S. EPA’s final remedy for volatile organic compounds (VOC) contamination of the soil and groundwater consisted of installation and operation of a groundwater pump and treatment system, groundwater monitoring, and institutional controls (ICs). The ICs include restrictive covenants for the former Beloit Corporation property portion of the site, and the establishment of a Groundwater Management Zone pursuant to 35 Illinois Administrative Code 620.250 for the on-property and off-property areas of groundwater contamination.

Superfund Documents and previous five-year reviews are also available for public review at the site information repository located at Talcott Public Library, 101 East Main Street, Rockton, IL 61072, and on EPA’s webpages for the site at https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/ csitinfo.cfm?id=0500272. The review is scheduled for completion by September 21, 2023.

The five-year review is an opportunity for you to provide comments to the Illinois EPA about site conditions and any concerns you may have. To provide your input, please contact Rodolfo Alanis, Illinois EPA Office of Community Relations at P.O. Box 19276, Springfield, Illinois 62794, or by telephone at 847-553-9251 or e-mail at rodolfo.alanis@illinois.gov.

Frigid monster storm across US claims at least 34 lives

By Carolyn Thompson and Jake Bleiberg Associated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Millions of people hunkered down against a deep freeze Sunday to ride out the winter storm that has killed at least 34 people across the United States and is expected to claim more lives after trapping some residents inside houses with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses.

The scope of the storm has been nearly unprecedented, stretching from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande along the border with Mexico. About 60% of the U.S. population faced some sort of winter weather advisory or warning, and temperatures plummeted drastically below normal from east of the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians, the National Weather Service said.

Travelers’ weather woes are likely to continue, with hundreds of flight cancellations already and more expected after a bomb cyclone — when atmospheric pressure drops very quickly in a strong storm — developed near the Great Lakes, stirring up blizzard conditions, including heavy winds and snow. Some 1,707 domestic and international flights were canceled on Sunday as of about 2 p.m. EDT, according to the tracking site FlightAware.

The storm unleashed its full fury on Buffalo, with hurricane-force winds and snow causing whiteout conditions, paralyzing emergency response efforts. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said almost every fire truck in the city was stranded Saturday and implored people Sunday to respect an ongoing driving ban in the region. Officials said the airport would be shut through Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service said the snow total at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport stood at 43 inches (109 centimeters) at 7 a.m. Sunday.

Daylight revealed cars nearly covered by 6-foot snowdrifts and thousands of houses, some adorned in unlit holiday displays, dark from a lack of power. With snow swirling down untouched and impassable streets, forecasters warned that an additional 1 to 2 feet of snow was possible in some areas through early Monday morning amid wind gusts of 40 mph. Police said Sunday evening that there were two “isolated” instances of looting during the storm.

Two people died in their suburban Cheektowaga, New York, homes Friday

when emergency crews could not reach them in time to treat their medical conditions. County Executive Mark Poloncarz 10 more people died in Erie County during the storm, including six in Buffalo, and warned there may be more dead.

“Some were found in cars, some were found on the street in snowbanks,” said Poloncarz. “We know there are people who have been stuck in cars for more than 2 days.”

Freezing conditions and day-old power outages had Buffalonians scrambling to get to anywhere that had heat amid what Hochul called the longest sustained blizzard conditions ever in the city. But with streets under a thick blanket of white, that wasn’t an option for people like Jeremy Manahan, who charged his phone in his parked car after almost 29 hours without electricity.

“There’s one warming shelter, but that would be too far for me to get to. I can’t drive, obviously, because I’m stuck,” Manahan said. “And you can’t be outside for more than 10 minutes without getting frostbit.”

Ditjak Ilunga of Gaithersburg, Maryland, was on his way to visit relatives in Hamilton, Ontario, for Christmas with his daughters Friday when their SUV was trapped in Buffalo. Unable to get help, they spent hours with the engine running, buffeted by wind and nearly buried in snow.

By 4 a.m. Saturday, their fuel nearly gone, Ilunga made a desperate choice to risk the howling storm to reach a nearby shelter. He carried 6-year-old Destiny on his back while 16-year-old Cindy clutched their Pomeranian puppy, following his footprints through drifts.

“If I stay in this car I’m going to die here with my kids,” Ilunga recalled thinking. He cried when the family walked through the shelter doors. “It’s something I will never forget in my life.”

The storm knocked out power in communities from Maine to Seattle. But heat and lights were steadily being restored across the U.S. According to poweroutage.us, less than 200,000 customers were without power Sunday at 3 p.m. EDT — down from a peak of 1.7 million.

Concerns about rolling blackouts across eastern states subsided Sunday after PJM Interconnection said its utilities could meet the day’s peak electricity demand. The mid-Atlantic grid operator had called for its 65 million consumers to conserve energy amid the freeze Saturday.

In North Carolina, less than 6,500 customers had no power — down from a peak of 485,000. Across New England, power has been restored to tens of thousands with just under 83,000 people, mostly in Maine, still without it. In New York, about 34,000 households were still without power Sunday, including 26,000 in Erie County, where utility crews and hundreds of National Guard troops battled high winds and struggled with getting stuck in the snow.

Storm-related deaths were reported in recent days all over the country: 12 in Erie County, New York, ranging in age from 26 to 93 years old, and another in Niagara County where a 27-year-old man was overcome by carbon monoxide after snow blocked his furnace; 10 in Ohio, including an electrocuted utility worker and those killed in multiple car crashes; six motorists killed in crashes in Missouri, Kansas and Kentucky; a Vermont woman struck by a falling branch; an apparently homeless man found amid Colorado’s subzero temperatures; and a woman who fell through Wisconsin river ice.

In Jackson, Mississippi, city officials on Christmas Day announced that residents must now boil their drinking water due to water lines bursting in the frigid temperatures

In Buffalo, William Kless was up at 3 a.m. Sunday. He called his three children at their mother’s house to wish them Merry Christmas and then headed off on his snowmobile for a second day spent shuttling people from stuck cars and frigid homes to a church operating as a warming shelter.

Through heavy, wind-driven snow, he brought about 15 people to the church in Buffalo on Saturday, he said, including a family of five transported one-by-one. He also got a man in need of dialysis, who had spent 17 hours stranded in his car, back home, where he could receive treatment.

“I just felt like I had to,” Kless said.

Bleiberg reported from Dallas. Associated Press journalist Mike Schneider in Orlando, Florida; Stefanie Dazio in Los Angeles; Jonathan Mattise in Charleston, West Virginia; Ron Todt in Philadelphia; John Raby in Charleston, West Virginia; Marc Levy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Jeff Martin in Atlanta; and Wilson Ring in Stowe, Vermont, contributed to this report.

Russia says it shot down Ukrainian drone near airbase

BY E. EDUARDO CASTILLO AND HANNA ARHIROVA ASSOCIATED PRESS

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian military reported Monday that it shot down a Ukrainian drone approaching an airbase deep inside Russia, the second time the facility has been targeted this month — again revealing weaknesses in Russia’s air defenses.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said debris killed three servicemen at the Engels airbase, which houses Tu-95 and Tu-160 nuclear-capable strategic bombers that have launched strikes on Ukraine in the 10-month-old war.

Russia’s Baza news outlet reported that four people were wounded and said a fi re had broken out, with explosions, sirens and flashes on a video it posted on its Telegram channel. The Defense Ministry claimed no Russian aircraft were damaged. It wasn’t clear whether the drones had been launched from Ukraine or Russian territory.

Engels is located in Russia’s Saratov region on the Volga River, more than 600 kilometers (370 miles) east of the border with Ukraine.

In keeping with the Kyiv government’s long-standing practice of not confirming cross-border attacks but welcoming their results, Ukrainian air force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat didn’t directly acknowledge his country’s involvement in Monday’s incident in an interview on Ukrainian television, but said: “These are the consequences of Russian aggression.”

He added: “If the Russians thought that

the war wouldn’t a�ect them deep behind their lines, they were deeply mistaken.”

Russia has suffered numerous cross-border attacks during the war on its main territory, as well as on the Crimean Peninsula, which it illegally annexed in 2014. The incidents have outraged Russian military bloggers who say they show the country’s weak air defenses and security systems in general.

In another cross-border incident that couldn’t be independently confi rmed, Russia’s Tass news agency reported Monday that the country’s security forces had killed four Ukrainian saboteurs attempting to enter the Bryansk region from Ukraine. The report claimed the infi ltrators carried explosive materials when they were caught Sunday.

On the nominal front line in Ukraine, Luhansk’s Ukrainian governor, Serhiy Haidai, said Russian forces have withdrawn from their military command operations post in the town of Kreminna as Ukrainian forces were approaching after months of intense fighting. Russia’s Defense Ministry didn’t comment on the withdrawal claim.

Russian forces relocated to Kreminna and several other areas in September after they pulled back from the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine. Kreminna is in the eastern Luhansk region, which is almost entirely under Moscow’s control, and is on an important supply route for Russian forces and serves as a gateway for movement into other strategic positions. Earlier, Haidai reported that Russia had withdrawn its occupying government

administration from Svatove, 51 kilometers (31 miles) north of Kreminna.

Haidai told Ukrainian television on Monday that Russian forces in the region are “su�ering huge losses and medical facilities are overwhelmed with wounded soldiers.” The Russian army is redeploying paratroopers from the Kherson region to the area, he added.

In neighboring Donetsk region, partially occupied by Russia, fierce battles continue around the city of Bakhmut, which Russian forces have been trying to seize for weeks to consolidate their grip on Ukraine’s east. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week Bakhmut was the hottest spot on the war’s 1,300-kilometer (800-mile) front line. Ukrainian o�cials have maintained ambiguity over previous high-profi le attacks, including drone strikes on Russian military bases earlier this month.

On Dec. 5, unprecedented drone strikes on Engels and the Dyagilevo base in the Ryazan region in western Russia killed a total of three servicemen and wounded four others. In retaliation, Russia launched a massive missile barrage in Ukraine that struck homes and buildings and killed civilians.

Elsewhere on the battlefield, at least four civilians were wounded in Russian shelling of fi ve Ukrainian southeast regions over the past 24 hours, according to the deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential o�ce, Kyrylo Tymoshenko. Overall, the intensity of the shelling from Sunday

night into Monday was signifi cantly lower.

For the fi rst time in weeks, Russian forces didn’t shell the Dnipropetrovsk region, which borders the partially occupied southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, its governor, Valentyn Reznichenko, reported on Telegram.

“This is the third quiet night in 5.5 months since the Russians started shelling” the areas around the city of Nikopol, Reznichenko wrote. Nikopol is located across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is under the control of Russian forces and whose six reactors are shut down.

Ukrainian-controlled areas of the neighboring Kherson region were shelled 33 times over the past 24 hours, according to Kherson’s Ukrainian Gov. Yaroslav Yanushevich. No casualties were reported.

On Sunday, Russian forces attacked the city of Kramatorsk, where Ukrainian forces are headquartered. Three missiles hit an industrial facility and damaged residential buildings, but no casualties were reported, according to local o�cials.

On Saturday, a deadly attack on the city of Kherson, which Kyiv’s forces recaptured last month, killed and wounded scores of people. Local residents are lining up to donate blood for the wounded, Yanushevich said Monday.

Yuras Karmanau contributed reporting from Tallinn, Estonia.

The pandemic ushered in a new era of emergency housing, but it now faces a fiscal cliff

Advocates are calling on the state to fund non-congregate hotel room shelters

By Jerry Nowicki Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD – For Illinois’ homeless populations and those that serve them, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a crisis – the volunteer, mostly faith-based shelters that had long been the backbone of the state’s emergency housing system were closing their doors.

But with the crisis – and a sudden influx of temporary federal, state and philanthropic funding – came an opportunity to move away from an already-stressed emergency housing system to what advocates say is a more dignified and effective one.

Those same advocates, however, say the new system, largely based on using government vouchers to fund private hotel rooms, is on the edge of a fiscal cliff as federal COVID-19 response funding dries up.

It’s a pressing issue, more than 220 housing advocacy organizations wrote to Gov. JB Pritzker this week, because Illinois is already about 4,500 beds short of the 11,300 it needs to accommodate all individuals seeking shelter on a given night, according to a recent report to a state homelessness task force.

“Without a significant increase in state funding, the severe shelter shortage will worsen,” the advocates wrote in the letter dated Dec. 21, coinciding with the first day of winter. “(Illinois Shelter Alliance) members estimate that at least 1,600 existing shelter beds could be lost during 2023 due to federal COVD-19 relief funds, mostly being spent on hotel vouchers, being fully expended.”

The Illinois Shelter Alliance is a coalition of more than 50 emergency and transitional housing organizations from throughout Illinois that have organized to push for increased state emergency housing investment.

The ask for the upcoming fiscal year which begins July 1 is a $51 million, six-fold increase to a long-stagnant emergency housing line item to sustain the new system and create a bridge to a more permanent one.

It’s increasingly important, the letter

noted, as Alliance members reported up to 76 percent of the churches and other facilities that have provided congregate shelters previously are unable or unwilling to resume doing so due to closures, declining membership and COVID-19 concerns.

“So, pre-pandemic, the shelter model was people survive the winter because churches let them sleep on the floor,” Doug Kenshol, executive director of the emergency housing organization South Suburban PADS, one of the signers of the letter, said in a phone call.

The pandemic, he said, changed things “almost overnight.”

Providers rallied to raise the funds for hotel rooms before federal aid was provided in late March 2020 via the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES Act. Federal allotments have largely sustained the new model since that point.

“The current model has been so much better than what came before,” Kenshol said. “Now that we have people in hotel rooms, it’s more dignified. They have privacy, they have stability, safety. They’ve got a locked door. They can take showers.”

Kenshol, who is also a founding member of the ISA, said while the pandemic has represented a breaking point, the old system was always inadequate and underfunded.

Since Fiscal Year 2003, state funding stagnated at about $10 million annually, a number that, factoring in inflation, amounted to a 50 percent cut over that span, advocates wrote. It amounts to just 6 percent of the funding that would be needed to make sure that all who need it have shelter.

Kenshol illustrated the effects of disinvestment on human terms, recalling an individual who was dropped off by ambulance at a suburban shelter in the years prior to the pandemic. The person had been out in the cold, experienced frostbite and had all his fingers amputated.

“And then the individual was dumped off at a shelter, a place with no professional staffing. A place operated entirely by volunteers,” Kenshol said. “This person could not feed himself or bathe himself and he was being dropped off at the church for shelter.”

As federal funds dry up, he said, the

emergency housing system could end up in worse shape than it was prior to the pandemic if more funds are not made available.

“And so we’ve been in a panic at various points during the last two years that funding is ending and we have no other option, that we’ll hit a cliff and everybody is just going to be put out into the street,” he said.

The requested increase would bring state emergency and transitional housing funding to $61.4 million, up from a $10.4 million allotment that’s been relatively static for years.

Of that, $20 million would sustain 1,600 beds which advocates say are in danger of disappearing. Roughly $29 million would go toward increasing the number of emergency shelter beds by 1,500, leasing approximately 1,000 apartments to rapidly rehouse families, and increasing the number of available hotel vouchers by more than 500.

About $2 million of the budget request would be used to help agencies with employee recruitment and retention, including hiring staff to work with people to find alternatives to going to a homeless shelter.

But it’s also part of a broader long-term vision that, in the coming years, could add as many as 3,000 beds.

The ISA members noted that while the federal hotel voucher funds are drying up, state agencies will soon make available another $57 million in federal funding allocated specifically for the purchase or renovation of sites to serve as fixed-site and non-congregate shelter. Many local governments are also providing capital development funds from their federal allocations.

While this creates a “once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a more humane and effective crisis housing system” with federal resources, the advocates wrote, state funding is “crucial” to providing the ongoing operational funding for the new system.

Thus, a large part of the money used for vouchers in the upcoming fiscal year could be used in later years to fund the provider-run shelters that are created with the federal funds.

Kenshol said for organizations like South Suburban PADS – which is looking to purchase up to two hotels and poten-

tially an apartment building – the state funding is necessary for it to be able to demonstrate fiscal solvency on its applications for federal funding.

The Pritzker administration has acknowledged the importance of providing such shelter, both in a June housing report, entitled “Home Illinois,” and through a recent Dec. 8 announcement that the Department of Human Services was increasing current-year emergency housing appropriation by $5 million through a redistribution of funds already allocated to IDHS.

“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: shelter is not a privilege — it’s a right,” Pritzker said in a news release coinciding with the recent funding announcement.

“With the winter season well underway and snowy days on our horizon, we are investing $5 million to ensure that no Illinoisan goes without the shelter they need to stay warm, safe, and healthy.”

A spokesperson for Pritzker said he and IDHS “look forward to working with advocates to ensure sustained investments in these critical programs in the years to come.” He noted that the current-year IDHS budget included an additional $15 million for homeless prevention programs, including the recent $5 million increase.

In their letter, the advocates thanked the Pritzker administration for its focus on ending homelessness. Increasing emergency housing capacity, they said, is the most important next step to getting there.

“We and others will do everything we can do to make sure the State of Illinois does create enough affordable housing that will end homelessness, but, even under the best circumstances, that will take a number of years,” Bob Palmer, an ISA member and policy director for Housing Action Illinois, said in an email. “Right now, we have to have a much more well-resourced emergency shelter system, especially not to go backwards in terms of serving people who are without a home today.”

Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government. It is distributed to more than 400 newspapers statewide, as well as hundreds of radio and TV stations. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.

Two very different multi-generational family dramas

By Paula Hendrickson Contributor

Several networks and streaming services are ringing in the New Year with new series, and I’ve watched the first few episodes of two very different multi-generational family dramas.

While both series – which will air opposite each other on Sunday nights (details below) – focus on several generations of strong women, one is appropriate for inter-generational co-viewing, while the other is decidedly not for younger or impressionable viewers.

Up first is Mayfair Witches, which is AMC’s second series based on the works of late supernatural-horror author Anne Rice. The first was Interview With the Vampire, which returns for a second season sometime next year. Mayfair Witches is an adaptation of Rice’s Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy – The Witching Hour, Lasher, and Taltos – and the first

season focuses on the first of the three novels.

It stars Alexandra Daddario as Dr. Rowan Fielding, whose life turns upside down when she discovers her birth family including her birth mother Deirdre (Annabeth Gish), feuding aunt Carlotta (Beth Grant) and uncle Cortland (Harry Hamlin), and a long matriarchal line of healers extending back to the dark ages of Scotland. Oh, yeah. Rowan soon meets a mysterious spectral figure called Lasher (Jack Huston) who’s long been entwined with her ancestors.

Rowan also learns about the Talamasca – think of it as a paranormal version of the CIA – when she encounters one of their agents, Ciprien (Tongayi Chirisa). Ciprien is a combination of two characters from the novels. Other tweeks were made, too, since society and technology have changed since the first book was published in 1990, but the series honors

the tone and themes of Rice’s original stories.

The other multi-generational family drama debuting in January is Hallmark’s The Way Home, starring Andie MacDowell as Del Landry, Chyler Leigh as her daughter Kat, and Sadie Laflamme-Snow as Kat’s teenage daughter Alice.

The series centers on three generations of a fractured family trying to heal. Alice’s problems coping with her parents’ impending divorce cause her to make poor decisions, so Kat decides they’ll get a fresh start by moving back to her family farm in Canada. The catch? Kat and her mom, Del, have been estranged for two decades. The cause of the estrangement is a bit unclear at first, but Alice knows loss is at the core. Kat’s brother went missing in 1999 and was never found, and her father died a few months later. The mystery of the past events that caused the rift between the grieving mother and daughter will

be revealed gradually through flashback “echoes” of the past. (Let’s just say the name Alice wasn’t a random choice for the teenager.)

While The Way Home is ideal for family viewing, it’s not what you might expect of a Hallmark series. It’s got depth, flawed characters, and even a dash of a supernatural or fantasy element. (Which plays into the inspiration behind Alice’s name.)

The Way Home and The Mayfair Witches both feature generations of strong (albeit flawed) women, family secrets, and great acting, but they are extremely different shows – and both worth watching.

Programming Notes:

Mayfair Witches premieres Sunday, January 8, at 8pm CT on AMC (it will also be on AMC+).

The Way Home premieres Sunday, January 15, at 8pm CT on Hallmark.

Holiday sales up 7.6% despite the squeeze of inflation

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday sales rose this year as American spending remained resilient during the critical shopping season despite surging prices on everything from food to rent, according to one measure.

Holiday sales rose 7.6, a slower pace than the 8.5% increase from a year earlier when shoppers began spending the money they had saved during the early part of the pandemic, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks all kinds of payments including cash and debit cards.

Mastercard SpendingPulse had expected a 7.1% increase. The data released Monday excludes the automotive industry and is not adjusted for inflation, which has eased somewhat but remains painfully high.

U.S. sales between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, a period that is critical for retailers, were fueled by spending at restaurants and on clothing.

By category, clothing rose 4.4%, while jewelry and electronics dipped roughly

5%. Online sales jumped 10.6% from a year ago and in-person spending rose 6.8%. Department stores registered a modest 1% increase over 2021.

“This holiday retail season looked different than years past,” Steve Sadove, the former CEO and chairman at Saks and a senior advisor for Mastercard, said in a prepared statement. “Retailers discounted heavily, but consumers diversified their holiday spending to accommodate rising prices and an appetite for experiences and festive gatherings post-pandemic.”

Some of the increase reflected the impact of higher prices across the board.

Consumer spending accounts for nearly 70% of U.S. economic activity, and Americans have remained resilient ever since inflation first spiked almost 18 months ago. Cracks have begun to show, however, as higher prices for basic necessities take up an increasingly large share of everyone’s take-home pay.

Inflation has retreated from the four-de-

cade high it reached this summer, but it’s still sapping the spending power of consumers. Prices rose 7.1% in November from a year ago, down from a peak of 9.1% in June.

Overall spending has slowed from the pandemic-infused splurges and shifted increasingly toward necessities like food, while spending on electronics, furniture, new clothes and other non-necessities has faded. Many shoppers been trading down to private label goods, which are typically less expensive than national brands. They’ve been going to cheaper stores like dollar chains and big box stores like Walmart.

Consumers also waited for deals. Stores expected more procrastinators to hit stores in the last few days before Christmas compared with a year ago when people began shopping earlier due to a global disruption of the supply chain that created thousands of product shortages.

“Consumers are trying to spread out their budget, and they are evaluating

and shopping at different stores,” said Katie Thompson, the lead of consultancy Kearney’s Consumer Institute.

In November, shoppers cut back sharply on retail spending compared with the previous month. Retail sales fell 0.6% from October to November after a sharp 1.3% rise the previous month, the government said in mid-December. Sales fell at furniture, electronics, and home and garden stores.

A broader picture of how Americans spent their money arrives next month when the National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, comes out with its combined two-month results based on November-December sales figures from the Commerce Department.

The trade group expects holiday sales growth will slow to a range of 6% to 8%, compared with the blistering 13.5% growth of a year ago.

Analysts will also be dissecting fourth-quarter financial results from major retailers in February.

Holiday Sales

Fruit tree pruning day

BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

In the last weeks, I’ve discussed approaches to fruit tree pruning and how you might consider a plan to prune your trees this winter. This week, I’ll talk about how you approach this for central leader style (pears and apples) and open center/ vase shape (cherries, peaches, plums). The equipment you need for pruning will be based on the age of your trees and the limbs you might expect to remove. For small limbs, hand pruners and loopers (one that can extend) should work well. Loopers will usually list the limb width that you can target. Bigger limbs may require a hand saw or chainsaw. You

sometimes see extension saws that can go higher up in the tree too.

Yearly cuts on the tree will be suckers (from the base of the tree), water sprouts (vertical, pencil width, and covering the tree), and dead-broken wood. This will all add up to that 30-40% of limb removal each year from the tree. Once you’ve worked through the yearly cuts, you are on to removing incorrect sca�old branches, limbs growing into the center, extreme vertical limbs, and competing leaders. Depending on the age of the tree, you may have big limbs that need to be removed over time.

You also want to reduce the amount of cuts you are making. For example, if a

horizontal limb is covered in 10-12 water sprouts, can you make a single cut from the horizontal limb that would keep you from making 10-12 tiny cuts? The more cuts you make, the stronger chance of excessive water sprouts showing up in the summer.

While these cuts are the basic ones you are making, you have to factor in the shape you are trying to achieve. Central leader style looks like a Christmas tree with one main trunk and levels of horizontal sca�old branches that are longest on the bottom and reducing as they go further up the tree. On the sca�old branches will be your apples and pears. These sca�olds should remain as horizontal as they can be

and should not block out other sca�olds.

For open center-vase, sca�old branches extend vertically from a main trunk of 3-4 feet. This works best for pollination on the stone fruit. They can be grown central leader style too. Sca�olds should not grow into the center.

Though it’s beneficial to read about how to prune, I know that having visuals is much better in fruit tree pruning education. There are numerous guides and YouTube videos that can provide good introduction. Additionally, you may reach out to me if you are needing further advice.

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

Energy Trends

BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL ILLINOIS RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION CONTRIBUTORS

Some recent news items impacting energy and environmental issues should be addressed. In Utility Drive, Ethan Howland presented utility scale developments which are likely to continue in 2023, including increased renewable energy installations, grid modernization, and electric vehicle sales paid by funds available from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Howland refers to the views expressed by Deloitte Consulting acknowledging the IIJA will not pay the full costs of the new installations and that utility costs to consumers will increase over the short term and later drop as installations are completed.

Deloitte expects utilities will replace older meters with faster processors, increased memory and longer lasting batteries. Residential meters will capture information regarding how energy is used in households. How the captured information will be used was not indicated but it could be useful in new programs

managing home energy consumption.

In Energy News Network, Kathiann M. Kowalski presented potential solutions to the extreme heat and cold temperatures already stressing the Midwest Grid. Temperature extremes are known to disrupt electrical generation from all installations. Weather extremes increase with greater frequency; climate change intensifies grid planning to address the concerns.

According FERC, one problem is that grid operators rely too heavily on historic weather patterns which fail to adequately consider the impacts of climate change. One solution calls for more and better transmission connections between regional electrical grids to move electricity between them. Another solution would rely on smaller and more dispersed electric generation and storage systems to avoid the risks of a large generating facility failure and to reduce expansion of the electric grid.

FERC recently approved PJM’s (which serves Illinois and other states) plans, which is expected to accelerate its review of new connections to the grid, including

many renewable projects.

In California, utilities have obtained the approval of the Public Commission to slash payments for rooftop solar production sent back to the grid. In PV magazine Ryan Kennedy points out that new solar projects without an attached battery system are considered uneconomical by solar interests. In April of 2023 the existing rate of 30¢/kilowatt will be cut to 8¢/kW. It will be the largest cut in history and is expected to negatively impact the nation’s largest market which represents nearly 50% of the country’s residential solar installations. It is a ruling which is seen as benefitting utility scale projects. As many as 10 California cities are currently seeking to challenge the ruling which is expected to hamper their attempts to cut their carbon emissions.

Some solar projects are proposing new sites for their installation. In the midst of what Roger Bales points out is the worst megadrought in the Western United States in 1200 years, he is involved in a project to protect water supplies and boost renewable energy installations. The idea, known as the solar-canal solution

is scheduled to be tested. Nearly 4000 miles of canals transport water within the state. Covering the canals with solar panels would reduce evaporation of the water while helping reach the state’s renewable energy goals and save money.

In nuclear powered France, the Senate mandated that “all car parks bigger than 80 spaces allocate” half of their space” to generating solar energy within three years.” The government plans extend to rooftops, vacant spaces around roads and railways and other marginal lands. According to government estimates these installations would generate 11 gigawatts: equivalent to 10 nuclear reactors.

While new solar projects could deliver electricity relatively quickly, the recently announced breakthrough of fusion reactions producing more energy than received from lasers remains a distant potential energy source. It is an open question whether new developments will arrive quickly enough to avoid the worst impacts of global climate change envisioned by climate scientists.

Government Notices

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OWEN TOWNSHIP Monthly Meeting

The Owen Township Monthly Meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan 3rd, 2023 at 7pm at the Owen Township Hall (4019 Latham Rd).

On the Agenda will be setting the schedule for monthly Owen Township meeting for the year 2023.

All residents of the township are invited to attend.

Susan Barnes, Owen Township Clerk 23302R TRRT 12/28 n n n

INVITATION TO BID 1322 BROADWAY DEMOLITION

BID NO. 1222-PW-122

Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on January 12, 2023 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bids will be accepted until the specified opening time and date. Any bidder attempting to deliver after the opening time and date will be refused.

Bid documents may be obtained via email or on the City website to: https://rockfordil. gov/city-departments/finance/ central-services/purchasing/ open-bidsrfps/ larry.graham@ rockfordil.gov, or at the office of the Central Services Manager (City Hall, 425 East State Street, Rockford, IL, 61104). Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the bid, and the bid number.

Each bidder shall submit with his bid the information specified in the bid documents for compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois on Fair Employment Practices and with the City of Rockford’s Ordinance on Equal Employment and Business Opportunity. Any bid which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered. All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12).

The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities.

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INVITATION TO BID TIRES AND TIRE REPAIRS

BID NO. 1222-PW-124

Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on January 11, 2023 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bids will be accepted until the specified opening time and date. Any bidder attempting to deliver after the opening time and date will be refused.

Bid documents may be obtained via email or on the City website to: https://rockfordil. gov/city-departments/finance/ central-services/purchasing/ open-bidsrfps/ larry.graham@ rockfordil.gov, or at the office of the Central Services Manager (City Hall, 425 East State Street, Rockford, IL, 61104). Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the bid, and the bid number.

Each bidder shall submit with his bid the information specified in the bid documents for compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois on Fair Employment Practices and with the City of Rockford’s

Ordinance on Equal Employment and Business Opportunity. Any bid which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered. All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12).

The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities.

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Public Notices

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STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO In the matter of the Application of: ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT, to Sell Real Estate.

CASE NO. 2022 MR 457

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT, an Illinois municipal corporation, has filed its Petition in the above-entitled matter in the Circuit Court, Winnebago County, Illinois, and shall appear in said Court before Judge Ronald A. Barch or such other Judge as may be assigned to hear said matter at 9:00 a.m. on the 11th day of January, 2023, for an Order permitting the sale of the following described premises: Part of Lot Sixteen (16) as designated upon the Plat of Section 16, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 2 of Plats on Page 158 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, described as follows, towit: Beginning at the the Northwest corner said Lot, said corner also being the Southwest corner of the Replat of Lot 11 of Section 16, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Replat is recorded in Book 37 of Plats on Page 92A in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois;

thence North 89 degrees 11 minutes 30 seconds East along the North line of said Lot Sixteen (16) and the South line of said Replat of Lot 11, 56.01 feet to a point 56 feet perpendicularly distant from the West line of said Lot Sixteen (16);

thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, parallel with the West line of said Lot Sixteen (16) 663.19 feet to a point in the South line of said Lot 16; thence South 89 degrees 11 minutes 20 seconds West, along the South line of said Lot Sixteen (16), 56.00 feet to a point in the West line of said Lot Sixteen (16); thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, along the West line of said Lot Sixteen (16), 663.19 feet to the point of beginning;

EXCEPTING part of Lot Sixteen (16) as designated upon the Plat of Section 16, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the plat of which is recorded in Book 2 of Plats on page 158 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot, said corner also being the Southwest corner of the Replat of Lot

11 of Section 16, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Replat is recorded in Book 37 of Plats on page 92A in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; thence North 89 degrees 11’ 30” East, along the North line of said Lot Sixteen (16) and the South line of said Replat of Lot 11, 56.01 feet to a point 56 feet perpendicularly distant from the West line of said Lot Sixteen (16); thence South 00 degrees 00’ 00” West, parallel with the West line of said Lot Sixteen (16), 663.19 feet to a point in the South line of said Lot Sixteen (16); thence South 89 degrees 11’ 20” West, along the South line of said Lot Sixteen (16), 56.00 feet to a point in the West line of said Lot Sixteen (16); thence North 00 degrees 00’ 00” East, along the West line of said Lot Sixteen (16), 663.19 feet to the point of beginning; Situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Dated at Rockford, Illinois this 20th day of December, 2022.

ROCKFORD BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS

By: Jack L. Armstrong, Secretary G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH (#2478969)

JAMES A. RODRIUGEZ (#6290587)

Guyer & Enichen, P.C. 2601 Reid Farm Road, Suite B Rockford, Illinois 61114 (815) 636-9600 23312R TRRT 12/28 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a beauty salon business in said County and State under the name of House of Hair at the following post office addresses: 1623 Sandy Hollow Rd., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jordan Oslund; Sarah Jack

SIGNED: Jordan Oslund 12/1/22

SIGNED: Sarah Jack 12/1/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 1st day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Melissa Boes, Deputy Clerk 23267R TRRT 12/28 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a retail trade business in said County and State under the name of Big City Liquidation at the following post office addresses: 11528 N. 2nd St., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jim Alan Hurn

SIGNED: Jim Alan Hurn 12/6/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23271R TRRT 12/28 n n n

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

PROBATE DIVISION

2022-PR-00402

PUBLICATION NOTICE –CLAIMS and UNKNOWN HEIRS

Notice is given of the death of Jerry D. Merwin. Letters of office were issued on December 16, 2022, to Jeffrey Merwin whose address is 4265 Harvest Trail, Loves Park, IL 61111, as Independent Executor whose attorney is Amanda J. Martinez, The Law Office of Amanda Adams Martinez LLC, 5732 E. Riverside Blvd., #201, Loves Park, IL 61111. Notice is given to unknown descendants, heirs or legatees of the decedent and to Tiffany A. Merwin-Vaccarello, an heir and legatee of the decedent, who is named in a petition.

The estate will be administered without Court Supervision, unless under section 28-4 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person may terminate independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Circuit Court Clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court at 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101 or with the representative, or both, on or before June 28, 2023, any claim not filed within the period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

Attorney Amanda J. Martinez ARDC#: 6287970

The Law Office of Amanda Adams Martinez LLC 5732 E. Riverside Blvd., #201 Loves Park, IL 61111 p. 815-491-8065 amartinez@adamsmartinezlaw. com 23308R TRRT 1/11 n n n

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Reynaldo Landa Martinez vs. CLA Exteriors, LLC Defendant Case No. 2022-LA-0000256

ALIAS SUMMONS –SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

You are summoned and required to file an answer to the complaint in this case or otherwise file your appearance, in the office of the clerk of this court within 30 days after service of this alias summons by publication, if you fail to do so, a judgment by default may be entered against you for the relief asked in the complaint.

PREPARED BY: Robert J. Adelman (6269308) Levin, Riback & Adelman, P.C., 10 N. Dearborn Street, 11th Floor, Chicago, IL 60602, 312-782-6717.

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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 January 11, 2023 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 B21, Natholee Ward; Cube J16, Tasha Barr; P32, Adam Hughes.

Online Bids END Approx. 11:00AM at CubeSmart #5754, 3780 E. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108 (815) 668-0010: Cube 64, Jodeci Peyton; Cube 121, Elizabeth Pasillas; Cube 216, Dajanique Wilson; Cube 255, Victoria Willis.

Online Bids END Approx: 11:30AM at CubeSmart #6150, 4548 American Road, Rockford, Illinois 61109 (815) 277-4049: Cube 709, Kiara Brown; Cube 802, Magdalena Cruz; Cube 1103, Laura Douangchampa; Cube 1248, Elizabeth Bruzan; Cube 1524, Sherri Bonila; Cube 2203, Ronald Lamb; Cube 2208, Katrina Perez; Cube 3613, Benjamin Haynes; Cube 5510, Beth Wood; Cube 5919, Myeisha Jones; Cube 5930 Donovan T. Oswald; Cube 6601, Dionicia Macias; Cube 6615, Jerry Caldwell.

Online Bids END Approx. 11:30AM at CubeSmart #6153, 4560 Stenstrom Road, Rockford, Illinois 61103 (815)277-4049: Cube S538, Kenny Jimenez; Cube, S144 Jerome Egilske.

Online Bids END Approx: 12:00PM at CubeSmart #6152, 3015 N. Main, Rockford, Illinois 61103 (815) 277-4054: Cube A56, Michael Brown; Cube A175, Heather Mcdaniel; Cube B128, Joseph Bonavia; Cube B164, Kamara Jordan; Cube B250, Erica Smith; Cube B295 Jasmine Catlin; Cube B334, Zenia M. Brown; Cube D15, Monesha S. Hardnett.

Online Bids END Approx. 12:30PM at CubeSmart #6151, 6210 Forest Hills Road, Rockford, Illinois 61111 (815) 277-4052: Cube 252, Raven Burleson; Cube 310D Shelby Gasior; Cube 328, Anthony Dean; Cube 405, Mary Mccellan; Cube 458, Amanda Marlow; Cube 610 Barbie Owens.

Online Bids END Approx. 1:00PM at CubeSmart #6148, 4300 Interstate Blvd, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 (815) 277-4053: Cube 162, Ben Knittle; Cube 256, Hannah Sleger; Cube 304, Joe Herreweyers; Cube 333, Max Walters. 23315R TRRT 1/4 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 lawn care business in said County and State under the name of Clutch Cutz Lawn Care at the following post office addresses: 2207 Meadow View Lane, Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Christian Joel Rahim

SIGNED: Christian Joel Rahim 12/20/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of December, A.D. 2022. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23316R TRRT 1/11 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 mechanic shop business in said County and State under the name of General Automotive Services at the following post office addresses: 7910 Forest Hills Rd., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as

follows: Adriana Jimenez

SIGNED: Adriana Jimenez 12/21/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of December, A.D. 2022. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Melissa Boes, Deputy Clerk 23317R TRRT 1/11 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a retail sales business in said County and State under the name of J’s Discount at the following post office addresses: 630 Fairview Ave., South Beloit, IL 61080; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jason John Hagen

SIGNED: Jason John Hagen 12/12/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23293R TRRT 1/4 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 electrical business in said County and State under the name of Dork Electrical at the following post office addresses: 3406 Gilbert Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: James Jermale Douglas Jr. SIGNED: James Jermale Douglas Jr. 12/13/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 23294R TRRT 1/4 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 not for profitcommunity outreach business in said County and State under the name of Beauty For Ashes Isaiah 61:3 at the following post office addresses: 1690 Rowntree Ln., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Marlo Patricia Slaughter

SIGNED: Marlo Patricia Slaughter 12/12/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Marisol Jimenez, Deputy Clerk 23295R TRRT 1/4 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 modern nails salon llc business in said County and State under the name of Modern Nails Salon at the following post office addresses: 7200 Harrison Ave., #H42J, Rockford, IL 61112; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Thinh Duc Vu

SIGNED: Thinh Duc Vu 12/15/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th

day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Marisol Jimenez, Deputy Clerk 23296R TRRT 1/4 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 spa business in said County and State under the name of Juluxxe at the following post office addresses: 1001 E. Jefferson St., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Juana Maria Martinez

SIGNED: Juana Maria Martinez 12/14/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Marisol Jimenez, Deputy Clerk 23297R TRRT 1/4 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a beauty spa business in said County and State under the name of Ygsplash Beauty at the following post office addresses: 3701 E. State St., Suite E, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Yatziry Gutierrez

SIGNED: Yatziry Gutierrez 12/16/22

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

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23298R TRRT 1/4 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 coral and fish sales business in said County and State under the name of Main Reef Specialties at the following post office addresses: 898 W. Riverside Blvd., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Timothy John Juno Jr.

SIGNED: Timothy John Juno Jr. 12/8/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23270R TRRT 12/28 n n n

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF: PIETRO GIRGENTI, Deceased. No. 2022-PR-272

CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of PIETRO GIRGENTI. Letters of Office were issued to First National Bank and Trust Company, 345 E. Grand Avenue, Beloit, Wisconsin 53511, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Rodney W. Kimes, Bolgrien, Koepke & Kimes, LLC., 419 Main St., PO Box 537, Pecatonica, IL 61063.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk’s office, Winnebago County Courthouse,

Rockford, Illinois, or with the representative or both on or before the 21st day of June, 2023, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by §18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: December 19, 2022. First National Bank and Trust Company, Administrator of the Estate of Pietro Girgenti Rodney W. Kimes, #6211305 rkimes@bolgrienlaw.com

BOLGRIEN, KOEPKE & KIMES, LLC 419 Main Street P.O. Box 537 Pecatonica, IL 61063 608-365-7702 23288R TRRT 1/4 n n n

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION

ESTATE OF: GERALD DANKS, Deceased. No. 2022-PR-379

CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of GERALD DANKS. Letters of Office were issued to Linda Nelson, 1763 Townline Avenue, Beloit, WI 53511, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Rodney W. Kimes, Bolgrien, Koepke & Kimes, LLC., 419 Main St., PO Box 537, Pecatonica, IL 61063.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk’s office, Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, or with the representative or both on or before the 21st day of June, 2023, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by §18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: December 19, 2022. Linda Nelson, Administrator of the Estate of Gerald Danks Rodney W. Kimes, #6211305 rkimes@bolgrienlaw.com BOLGRIEN, KOEPKE & KIMES, LLC 419 Main Street P.O. Box 537 Pecatonica, IL 61063 608-365-7702 23289R TRRT 1/4 n n n

NOTICE OF SALE

The personal property stored by the persons listed below, occupants of storage units located at 1915 Windsor Rd., Loves Park, Illinois, a self-storage facility operated by AAA WINDSOR STORAGE INC. (“OWNER”), shall be sold at public auction at 1915 Windsor Rd., Loves Park, Illinois, on or after 1/9/23 at 10:00 a.m. to enforce the Owner’s lien thereon. If there are no bidders, Owner will otherwise dispose of the property.

#85, Chad; #125, Rebeaka Whithead; #67, Richard Golden; #68, Tom Hunt.

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In the Matter of the Estate of JERRY D. MERWIN, Deceased.

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NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate:

LOT TWO (2) IN BLOCK TWENTY-EIGHT (28) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF CHURCHILL PLACE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING BETWEEN CHARLES STREET AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 5 OF PLATS ON PAGE 22 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 11-25453-011.

Commonly known as 1109 16th Street, Rockford, IL 61104.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Ms. Tammy Brown, Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, LOGS Legal Group, LLP, 2121 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015. (847) 291-1717. 21-095379 ADC

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3209358

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.HAROLD E. HOLLINGSWORTH, REBEKAH L. HOLLINGSWORTH, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant 2022 FC 0000123

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 17, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM

on January 26, 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: LOTS TEN (10), ELEVEN (11) AND TWELVE (12) IN BLOCK TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF SUNSET HILL SECOND ADDITION BEING A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 17 AND A PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 18, BOTH IN TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 19 OF PLATS ON PAGE 121 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as 4241 COMPTON AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61101

Property Index No. 11-17329-012, 11-17-329-013 and 11-17-329-014

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $60,942.59.

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, contact JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 3650, Chicago, IL, 60602 (312) 541-9710. Please refer to file number 21 8540.

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.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 3650 Chicago IL, 60602 312-541-9710

E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 21 8540 Case Number: 2022 FC 0000123 TJSC#: 42-4617

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 0000123 I3209719 P23274R TRRT 1/4 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Plaintiff, -v.TIMOTHY MILLER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SANFORD GEORGE, DECEASED, SHERYL L GEORGE, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SANFORD GEORGE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, ANTONIO EVANS, ANTWON GEORGE, DARIAN GEORGE, REGINALD CLARK, CAMERON CLEINMARK, CIARA BENSON Defendant 22 FC 0000026

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 17, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on January 27, 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: Lots One (1) and Two (2) in Block Six (6) as designated upon the Plat of J. B. Whitehead’s Second Addition, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 12 of Plats on Page 42 in the Recorders Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, excepting therefrom the following: Part of the aforementioned Lot Two (2) in Block Six (6) as designated upon the Plat of J.B. Whitehead’s Second Addition bounded as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 2; thence Southerly along the Westerly line of Lot 2 to the

Southwest corner of Lot 2; thence Easterly along the South line of Lot 2, ten feet; thence Northerly parallel with the West line of Lot 2 to a point in the North line of Lot 2 located ten feet Easterly of the Northwest corner of Lot 2; thence Westerly along the North line of Lot 2 ten feet to the place of beginning; Commonly known as 905 ROSE AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102

Property Index No. 11-27107-005

The real estate is improved with a single family residence with a two car garage. 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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 21-07942IL Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Case Number: 22 FC 0000026 TJSC#: 42-4503

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 # 22 FC 0000026 I3209784 P23275R TRRT 1/4 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 transportation business in said County and State under the name of 5K Freight at the following post office addresses: 3945 Pepper Dr., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Alonzo Lambert SIGNED: Alonzo Lambert 12/5/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of December, A.D. 2022. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Melissa Boes, Deputy Clerk 23266R TRRT 12/28 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 NANCY A. MASON, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2022 PR 324 CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of Nancy A. Mason of Rockford, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on December 8, 2022, to Teresa C. Mason, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is G. Michael Scheurich.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 21, 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 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, 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, Room 425, 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 the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated: December 12, 2022.

G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH, Attorney G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH (##2479869)

Guyer & Enichen, P.C. Attorneys for the Estate 2601 Reid Farm Road, Suite B Rockford, Illinois 61114 (815) 636-9600 23281R TRRT 1/4

In the Matter of the Estate of MARTIN G. CHOWANSKI, Deceased Case No.: 2022-PR-385 CLAIM

NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of Martin G. Chowanski. Letters of Office were issued on December 5, 2022, to Diana Chowanski, who is the Independent Administrator of the Estate. The attorneys for the Estate are Michael Jon Shalbrack, HolmstromKennedyPC , 800 North Church Street, Rockford, IL 61103.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before June 21, 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 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 its attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: December 12, 2022

Diana Chowanski, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Martin G. Chowanski, Deceased HolmstromKennedyPC, By: /s/ Michael Jon Shalbrack Michael Jon Shalbrack, one of its attorneys Attorney Michael Jon Shalbrack - ARDC #6188198

HolmstromKennedyPC Attorneys for the Estate 800 N. Church Street Rockford, IL 61103 (815)962-7071 mshalbrack@hkrockford.com 23282R TRRT 1/4 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: RUSSEL GLEN HEDBERG, Decedent.

CASE NO. 2022-PR-358

CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of RUSSEL GLEN HEDBERG. Letters of Office were issued on the 8th day of December, 2022 to EMILY TOWLE, 12332 Meadow Drive, Winnebago, IL 61088, and ANNE SOUTHARD, 1611 Gig Street, Normal, IL 61761, who are the legal representatives 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 June 21, 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

representatives, or both.

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

Dated: December 13, 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 23283R TRRT 1/4 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 ROBERTA S. SANDINE, Deceased. No.: 2022 PR 397

CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of ROBERTA S. SANDINE, who died on December 13, 2022. Letters of Office were issued on December 8, 2022, to Billy K. Galloway, who is the Administrator of the estate, 1831 Bracknel Blvd., Rockford, IL 61103. 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 June 21, 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: December 13, 2022

Billy K. Galloway, Administrator Elizabeth M. Groncki-BogerARDC# 6283004

DERANGO & CAIN, LLC 120 W. State St., Ste. 303 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)962-5490

Attorney for the Estate Roberta S. Sandine, Deceased 23284R TRRT 1/4 n n n

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

NOTICE OF

ADOPTION BY PUBLICATION

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ADOPTION OF: GUAN HONG GUANG n/k/a JOSIAH JOHN HONGGUANG CLAUSEN and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, ADOPTION NO: 22 AD 215 TO: ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

TAKE NOTICE that a Petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Rockford, Illinois, for the adoption of a child named GUAN HONG GUANG n/k/a JOSIAH JOHN HONGGUANG CLAUSEN unless you, ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, file your answer to the Petition in said suit, or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Room 103 in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 21st day of January, 2023, a default may be entered

against you at any time following that day, and a judgment order entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

Dated: December 13, 2022, Rockford, Illinois.

THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court BRIAN K. LARKIN One Court Place - Suite 301 Rockford, IL 61101 815/964-4601

Attorney for Petitioners. 23285R TRRT 1/4 n n n

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION

ESTATE OF: TERRY DANKS, Deceased. No. 2022 PR 378 CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of TERRY DANKS. Letters of Office were issued to Andrea Pagliaro, 1821 West Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21222, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Rodney W. Kimes, Bolgrien, Koepke & Kimes, LLC, 419 Main St., PO Box 537, Pecatonica, IL 61063

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk’s office, Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, or with the representative or both on or before June 21, 2023, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by §18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: December 15, 2022. Andrea Pagliaro, Administrator of the Estate of TERRY DANKS Rodney W. Kimes, #6211305 rkimes@bolgrienlaw.com

BOLGRIEN, KOEPKE & KIMES, LLC 419 Main Street P.O. Box 537 Pecatonica, IL 61063 608-365-7702 23286R TRRT 1/4 n n n

STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT)

Request of: ELLA GRACE RUSK, Current Name

Case Number 2022-MR-454

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Ella Grace Rusk to the new name of: Tyler Bowen Rusk. The court date will be held: on February 15, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426.

/s/ Ella Rusk Current Name 23290R TRRT 1/4 n n n

STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT)

Request of: NOLAN GARRET WELLIVER, Current Name Case Number 2022-MR-446

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Nolan Garret Welliver to the new name of: Lydia D Raven.

The court date will be held: on February 2, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412.

/s/ Nolan Garret Welliver Current Name 23292R TRRT 1/4

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STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST Plaintiff, -v.-

PHILLIP T. DIGIOVANNI et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000410

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 February 6, 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 TWENTY-THREE (23) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF NORTH LEDGES PLAT NO. 3, BEING PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE S. W. 1/4 OF SECTION 24, PART OF THE S.E. 1/4 OF THE S.E 1/4 OF SECTION 23, PART OF THE N.E. 1/4 OF THE N.E. 1/4 OF SECTION 26, T. 46 N., R. 2 E. OF THE 3RD P.M., ROSCOE TOWNSHIP, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 36 OF PLATS ON PAGE 84 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as 12470 LEGEND LAKES DRIVE, ROSCOE, IL 61073

Property Index No. 04-26227-001

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-06227

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2019-CH0000410

TJSC#: 42-4130

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

Case # 2019-CH-0000410 I3210132

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS INC. Plaintiff, -v.-

LUCAS HENDRICKS et al Defendant 2022-FC-0000284

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 31, 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 THIRTY-THREE (33) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF MEADOWDALE EAST SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTH HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 27 OF PLATS ON PAGE 199 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO

COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as 7706 ORION ST, LOVES PARK, IL 61111 Property Index No. 08-32106-040

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. 14-22-04613 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2022-FC0000284

TJSC#: 42-3637

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-0000284 I3209799

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STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OR LEGATEES OF CHARLES D. OTTS, DECEASED, CLAIMANTS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF CHARLES D. OTTS, MARY M. (OTTS) RUBENSTIEN, A LEGATEE UNDER THE UNPROVEN WILL OF CHARLES D. OTTS, AMY L. OTTS, A LEGATEE UNDER THE UNPROVEN WILL OF CHARLES D. OTTS, BARBARA A. OTTS, A LEGATEE UNDER THE UNPROVEN WILL OF CHARLES D. OTTS, SYBIL M PERLA, THE EXECUTOR NAMED IN THE UNPROVEN WILL OF CHARLES D. OTTS, ATTORNEY TIMOTHY MILLER AS THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES D. OTTS, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2021 CH 146

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure heretofore entered by the said Court on the 8TH day of September, 2022 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 26th day of January, 2023 at the hour of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: Lot Twenty-Five (25) as designated upon Plat No. 12 of Glenny View, being a Subdivision of part of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 3, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 37 of Plats on Page 162A in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 3521 Merriott Drive Rockford, Illinois 61101

Property Code: 183 C 075 P.I.N. Number: 11-03-330-010 The property is commonly known as 3521 Merriott Drive Rockford, Illinois 61101 and is improved with a residential property. Judgment was taken in the amount of $112,843.22 on behalf of Northwest Bank. Property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes and is offered for sale without any representations

as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivision (g) (1) and (g) (4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act.

Sale terms are cash or certified funds 25% at time of sale and the balance, including the judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300 is due within 24 hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

Upon payment in full on the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a certificate of sale which will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Respective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information, contact Timothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff, 3400 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant to Section 15-1507 (c)(7) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, no information other than the information contained in this Notice will be provided.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER) YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Attorney Timothy F. Horning Meyer and Horning P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 23304R TRRT 1/11 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:

EDWARD J. KASCH

CASE NO: 2022-PR-389 CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of EDWARD J. KASCH. Letters of Office were issued on December 9, 2022 to Mark Workman, 407 Brookhollow Drive, York, SC 29745, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Jeffry A. Dahlberg, 5130 N. Second St., Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 5, 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 his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Dated: December 21, 2022

Mark Workman, Executor Attorney For Estate: JEFFRY A. DAHLBERG #6206776 BALSLEY & DAHLBERG 5130 N. Second St. Loves Park, IL 61111 815-877-2593 23305R TRRT 1/11 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:

DEBBIE J. MILLER, Deceased.

CASE NO: 2022-PR-393 CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of DEBBIE J. MILLER. Letters of Office of Executor were issued on 12-15-2022 to MICHAEL W. MILLER, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is J. Laird Lambert, 4615 East State Street, Suite 201, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before 6-28-2023, 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 legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s office must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his or her attorney within ten (10) days of filing date.

Date: 12-21-22 /s/ J. Laird Lambert LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE/ EXECUTOR J. LAIRD LAMBERT 4615 East State Street, Suite 201 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 316-2167 23306R TRRT 1/11 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: LEO J. SCHWOCHERT, Deceased.

CASE NO: 2022-PR-341

CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of LEO J. SCHWOCHERT. Letters of Office of Executor were issued on 12-15-2022 to KIM M. MILLER, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is J. Laird Lambert, 4615 East State Street, Suite 201, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before 6-28-2023, 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 legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s office must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his or her attorney within ten (10) days of filing date. Date: 12-21-22 /s/ J. Laird Lambert

LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE/ EXECUTOR J. LAIRD LAMBERT 4615 East State Street, Suite 201 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 316-2167 23307R TRRT 1/11 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: BERNADETTE M. GIRON, Deceased.

CASE NO: 2022-PR-395

CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of BERNADETTE M. GIRON. Letters of Office of Executor were issued on 12-15-2022 to KYLE T. GIRON, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is J. Laird Lambert, 4615 East State Street, Suite 201, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before 6-28-2023, 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 legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s office must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his or her attorney within ten (10) days of filing date. Date: 12-21-22 /s/ J. Laird Lambert LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE/ EXECUTOR J. LAIRD LAMBERT 4615 East State Street, Suite 201 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 316-2167 23309R TRRT 1/11 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:

ELMER J. JOURDAIN, Deceased.

CASE NO: 2022-PR-349 CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of ELMER J. JOURDAIN. Letters of Office of Executor were issued on 12-15-2022 to JACQUES P. JOURDAIN, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is J. Laird Lambert, 4615 East State Street, Suite 201, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before 6-28-2023, 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 legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s office must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his or her attorney within ten (10) days of filing date.

Date: 12-21-22

/s/ J. Laird Lambert LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE/ EXECUTOR J. LAIRD LAMBERT

4615 East State Street, Suite 201 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 316-2167

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STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: LELA M. LAMEYER, Deceased.

CASE NO: 2022-PR-386 CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of LELA M. LAMEYER. Letters of Office of Executor were issued on 12-13-2022 to STEVEN J. WEBSTER, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is J. Laird Lambert, 4615 East State Street, Suite 201, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before 6-28-2023, 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 legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s office must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his or her attorney within ten (10) days of filing date.

Date: 12-21-22

/s/ J. Laird Lambert

LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE/ EXECUTOR J. LAIRD LAMBERT 4615 East State Street, Suite 201 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 316-2167

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a money transfer business in said County and State under the name of KX Money Transfers at the following post office addresses: 4225 Charles St., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Monica Leilani Rivera

SIGNED: Monica Leilani Rivera 12/5/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, 400 WEST STATE STREET, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF Marco Terrell, DECEASED.

22 PR 370

Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent. Letters of office were issued to Janice Williams, 2915 Grinnell Court, Rockford, Illinois 61109, as Independent Administrator, whose attorney of record is Andrew T. Hays, Hays Firm LLC, 200 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2150, Chicago, Illinois, 60601.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 5/28-4 of the Probate Act Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. 755, par. 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed with the clerk or with the representative, or both, on or before June 15, 2023, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

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 http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp.asp.

Andrew T. Hays

Hays Firm LLC (46467) 200 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2150 Chicago, Illinois, 60601 (312) 626-2537 I3208886

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS CITIZENS BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.SCOTT JOHNSON et al Defendant 2022-FC-0000073

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 13, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on January 17, 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 EIGHT (8) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF DEARBORN HEIGHTS, PART OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, RECORDED IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN BOOK 32 OF PLATS ON PAGE 300; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as 5112 CHENEY DR, SOUTH BELOIT,

IL 61080

Property Index No. 04-04354-004

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. 14-22-00844

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2022-FC0000073 TJSC#: 42-3867

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-0000073 I3209210

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PLAINTIFF, VS. GERALD NORDGREN, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF DEBRA J MILLER, DECEASED; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DEBRA J MILLER, DEFENDANTS. NO. 22 FC 0000273 10566 BLUEBONNET DRIVE MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115

JUDGE

PRESIDING JUDGE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO YOU,

Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants

Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Debra J Miller 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 415 as designated upon Plat No. 16 of Ralston Park Estates, being a Subdivision of Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 45, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 35 of Plats on Page 365 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; Situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 10566 Bluebonnet Drive Machesney Park, IL 61115 and which said Mortgage was made by, Debra J Miller a/k/a Debra Miller

Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for U.S. Bank N.A. Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20111010369; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before January 13, 2023, 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. 21-07574IL-769928 I3208834

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Declaration of Nationality In God We Trust.

Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender.

Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am: “ Anthony Demetrice Hunt II© “, in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ ANTHONY DEMETRICE HUNT II “, corp.sole Dba.: “ ANTHONY D HUNT II© “, Anthony Hunt, Anthony Hunt Jr, Anthony D Hunt Jr, Anthony Hunt II, having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Al Maghreb Al Aqsa, Estados al Marikanos, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: “ Anthony Demetrice Hunt II© “, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: “ anthony demetrice bey© “.

Notice of White Flag Surrender: as “hors de combat”, pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 32, 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: The Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Records : 112-88-067895, “

ANTHONY DEMETRICE HUNT II© “, is as a special deposit order, conveyed to “ Aledem Terseb© “. All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact, as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: “ anthony demetrice bey© “, nom deguerre: “ Anthony Demetrice Hunt II© “, as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : “ Aledem Terseb© “, an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and

set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente. 23260R TRRT 1/4 n n n

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY –IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA O. BORN, Deceased. Case No. 2022-PR-376 NOTICE TO CREDITORS THAT THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA O. BORN HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO

PROBATE

Notice is given to creditors of the death of Patricia O. Born on September 6, 2022. Letters of Office were issued on December 5, 2022 to Kelly Pruka of 1418 Featherstone Road, Rockford, IL 61107 as Independent Administrator, whose attorney of record is Mark C. Johnson, 321 W. State Street, Suite 301, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Winnebago County located at 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the representatives, or both, on or before June 14, 2023, the date six months from the date of first publication on December 14, 2022, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representatives is required by §18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of the claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the represenative and the representative’s attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Kelly Pruka, Independent Administrator Prepared By: Mark C. Johnson ARDC No. 6211240

Attorney for Petitioner 321 W. State Street, Suite 301 Rockford, IL 61101 23261R TRRT 12/28 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 SADIE D. EVERETT, Deceased. Case No. 2022-PR-0000377 CLAIMS NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of SADIE D. EVERETT. Letters of Office were issued on December 5, 2022, to GLEN J. COOK, whose address is 4179 Sandhill Crane Terrace, Middleburg, FL 32068, as Independent Executor 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 June 14, 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 Executor, or both. Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Executor 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 8th day of December, 2022.

RENO & ZAHM LLP

BY: /s/ Anthony R. Phelps Anthony R. Phelps, Attorney for Glen J. Cook, Independent Executor of the Estate of Sadie D. Everett RENO & ZAHM, LLP Anthony R. Phelps (#06297415) 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 Phone (815) 987-4050 arp@renozahm.com 23262R TRRT 12/28 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 ROMAN G. ORTIZ, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2022 PR 192 CLAIM NOTICE

Notice given of the death of Roman G. Ortiz of Rockford, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on September 9, 2022, to Oscar Ortiz, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is John M. Gilbert.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 14, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within 3 months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivering is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the perquisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Room 425,400 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 the attorney within ten (10) days after it was filed.

Dated: December 8, 2022. John M. Gilbert, Attorney John M. Gilbert (#6226767) Gilbert Law Offices, P.C. Attorneys for the Estate 5010 N. 2nd Street, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 (815) 877-2500 23263R TRRT 12/28 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a nail salon business in said County and State under the name of Luxe Nail Bar of Rockford at the following post office addresses: 302 N. Alpine Rd., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Siphanh Khempaseuth

SIGNED: Siphanh Khempaseuth 12/1/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 1st day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23264R TRRT 12/28 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the un-

dersigned intend to conduct and transact a hair salon business in said County and State under the name of J. Renea’s at the following post office addresses: 6264 E. Riverside Blvd., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jordan Ferro

SIGNED: Jordan Ferro 12/5/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23265R TRRT 12/28 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a transportation business in said County and State under the name of 5K Freight at the following post office addresses: 3945 Pepper Dr., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Alonzo Lambert

SIGNED: Alonzo Lambert 12/5/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Melissa Boes, Deputy Clerk 23266R TRRT 12/28 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a gift shop business in said County and State under the name of Botanica Oshanla Gift Shop at the following post office addresses: 1235 Sandy Hollow Rd., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ana Luisa Gonzalez

SIGNED: Ana Luisa Gonzalez 12/7/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23268R TRRT 12/28 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a retail of home decor business in said County and State under the name of Rockford Decor at the following post office addresses: 6673 Laurel Cherry Drive, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Nia Phommavong

SIGNED: Nia Phommavong 12/12/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23269R TRRT 12/28 n n n

STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT)

Request of: EVAN BRADLEY BOUNDS, Current Name Case Number 2022-MR-426

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Evan Bradley Bounds to the new name of: Arianna Evelyn

Bounds.

The court date will be held: on January 19, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426.

/s/ Evan Bradley Bounds Current Name 23291R TRRT 1/4 n n n

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH, JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

KAYE KATHERINE McMULLIN, Deceased.

No. 2022-PR-238

CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of KAYE KATHERINE McMULLIN. Letters of Office were issued on December 5, 2022, to Jeffrey McMullin of 5249 Stone Crest Street, Loves Park, IL 61111, as Independent Executor for the Estate. The attorney of record for the Estate is Kylynn Mowell, 1111 South Alpine Road, Suite 704, Rockford, IL 61108.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under paragraph 28-4 of the Probate Act (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.

Claims may be filed on or before June 21, 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 as amended (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 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the Executor, or both. Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Executor and to its attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Dated: December 15, 2022

Jeffrey McMullin Executor Kylynn Mowell, (6334872) 1111 South Alpine Road Suite 704 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 968-7200

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a general construction business in said County and State under the name of Sullivan Home Improvement Solutions at the following post office addresses: 6231 Sulkey Lane, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Michael Dean Sullivan

SIGNED: Michael Dean Sullivan 12/12/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of December, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS INC. Plaintiff, -v.LUCAS HENDRICKS et al Defendant 2022-FC-0000284

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 31, 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 7706 ORION ST, LOVES PARK, IL 61111 Property Index No. 08-32-106-040

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. 14-22-04613

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Case Number: 2022-FC-0000284 TJSC#: 42-3637

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-0000284 I3209799

REAL ESTATE NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS CITIZENS BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.- SCOTT JOHNSON et al Defendant 2022-FC-0000073

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 13, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on January 17, 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 5112 CHENEY DR, SOUTH BELOIT, IL 61080 Property Index No. 04-04-354-004

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. 14-22-00844

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2022-FC-0000073 TJSC#: 42-3867

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-0000073 I3209210

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3209358

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REAL ESTATE NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.- HAROLD E. HOLLINGSWORTH, REBEKAH L. HOLLINGSWORTH, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant 2022 FC 0000123

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 17, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on January 26, 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 4241 COMPTON AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61101

Property Index No. 11-17-329-012, 11-17-329-013 and 11-17329-014

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $60,942.59.

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, contact JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 3650, Chicago, IL, 60602 (312) 541-9710. Please refer to file number 21 8540.

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.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 3650 Chicago IL, 60602 312-541-9710

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REAL ESTATE NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS MIDFIRST BANK; Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF RICHARD K. REEVES, DECEASED; WILLIAM REEVES; LIAM CARL REEVES; GAVYN THOMAS REEVES; STATE OF ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS; Defendants, 22 FC 23

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 11-25-453-011.

Commonly known as 1109 16th Street, Rockford, IL 61104. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Ms. Tammy Brown, Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, LOGS Legal Group, LLP, 2121 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015. (847) 291-1717. 21-095379 ADC

E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 21 8540 Case Number: 2022 FC 0000123

TJSC#: 42-4617

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 0000123 I3209719

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 21-07942IL Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Case Number: 22 FC 0000026 TJSC#: 42-4503

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 # 22 FC 0000026 I3209784

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REAL ESTATE NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST Plaintiff, -v.- PHILLIP T. DIGIOVANNI et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000410

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 February 6, 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 12470 LEGEND LAKES DRIVE, ROSCOE, IL 61073

Property Index No. 04-26-227-001

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REAL ESTATE NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Plaintiff, -v.- TIMOTHY MILLER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SANFORD GEORGE, DECEASED, SHERYL L GEORGE, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SANFORD GEORGE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, ANTONIO EVANS, ANTWON GEORGE, DARIAN GEORGE, REGINALD CLARK, CAMERON CLEINMARK, CIARA BENSON Defendant 22 FC 0000026

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 17, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on January 27, 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 905 ROSE AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102

Property Index No. 11-27-107-005

The real estate is improved with a single family residence with a two car garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-06227

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Case Number: 2019-CH-0000410 TJSC#: 42-4130

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

Case # 2019-CH-0000410 I3210132

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REAL ESTATE NOTICE

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OR LEGATEES OF CHARLES D. OTTS, DECEASED, CLAIMANTS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF CHARLES D. OTTS, MARY M. (OTTS) RUBENSTIEN, A LEGATEE UNDER THE UNPROVEN WILL OF CHARLES D. OTTS, AMY L. OTTS, A LEGATEE UNDER THE UNPROVEN WILL OF CHARLES D. OTTS, BARBARA A. OTTS, A LEGATEE UNDER THE UNPROVEN WILL OF CHARLES D. OTTS, SYBIL M PERLA, THE EXECUTOR NAMED IN THE UNPROVEN WILL OF CHARLES D. OTTS, ATTORNEY TIMOTHY MILLER AS THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES D. OTTS, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2021 CH 146 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure heretofore entered by the said Court on the 8TH day of September, 2022 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 26th day of January, 2023 at the hour of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: Commonly known as: 3521 Merriott Drive Rockford, Illinois 61101 Property Code: 183 C 075

P.I.N. Number: 11-03-330-010

The property is commonly known as 3521 Merriott Drive Rockford, Illinois 61101 and is improved with a residential property. Judgment was taken in the amount of $112,843.22 on behalf of Northwest Bank. Property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes and is offered for sale without any representations as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivision (g) (1) and (g) (4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act.

Sale terms are cash or certified funds 25% at time of sale and the balance, including the judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300 is due within 24 hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

Upon payment in full on the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a certificate of sale which will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Respective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information, contact Timothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff, 3400 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant to Section 15-1507 (c)(7) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, no information other than the information contained in this Notice will be provided.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER) YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Attorney Timothy F. Horning Meyer and Horning P.C.

Attorney for Plaintiff 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300

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