The Rock River Times – April 22, 2020

April 22, 2020.

Vol. 27. No. 28.

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Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful

KNIB earns award recognition From Jean Lopez

Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful

Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s lead i ng c om mu n it y i mpr ovement nonprofit organization, presented Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful with its 2019 President’s Circle Award recognition at the Keep America Beautiful 2020 National Conference, which recently took place in Memphis, Tennessee. The President’s Circle Award recognizes exemplary performance by certified affiliates of Keep America Beautiful in creating clean, green, and beautiful communities.

In qualifying for the President’s Circle Award, Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful has met standards of merit of Keep America Beautiful by conducting an annual Community Appearance Index; calculat-

ing the affiliate’s cost/benefit ratio; and administering initiatives to end littering, improve recycling, and beautify the great community of Rockford. Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful is one of more than 600 community-based affiliates in the Keep America Beautiful network whose programs, initiatives and efforts, supported by millions of volunteers, help transform public spaces into beautiful places.

“One of our nation’s most effective grassroots community resources is our local affiliates, which engage Americans from all corners of the country in volunteer service each year,” said Keep America Beautiful President and CEO Helen Lowman. “Our affiliates provide real solutions that help create communities that are socially connected, environmentally

healthy, and economically sound. They enrich the communities they serve and help create opportunities for Americans to do beautiful things.” Congratulations to Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful!

Earth Day 50 Dinner & Awards Banquet rescheduled

Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful has rescheduled Earth Day 50 Dinner & Awards Banquet for July 9, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. at Radisson Hotel & Convention Center, 200 S. Bell School Rd. Event will feature a silent auction and the speaker will be Doug Scott.

Any invitations already received can be used to make a reservation. Sponsorships are still available. More information can be found on our website at knib.org or by calling 815-637-1343.

City

McNamara announces COVID-19 groups, calls for slow reopening

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

ROCKFORD - Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara this week announced that he is assembling working groups to help him wade through the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.

McNamara said the 10 groups of local experts and thought leaders will be tasked largely with advising city officials on how to restart the local economy once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. “(They) will advise our city staff and City Council, and make our hopes of a quick recovery into a reality,” McNamara said.

Group members, selected by the mayor, will also develop ideas and make recommendations to the community.

“I am asking these groups to work within the City of Rockford’s guided principles adopted by City Council in October 2017, and my often-stated priorities of keeping the public safe, strengthening our neighborhoods, and growing our economy,” the mayor said.

The working group categories will be infrastructure, social services, industry, arts and culture, health care, small business, tourism and hospitality, education and workforce development, government efficiency, and the City of Rockford’s finances.

“I have high expectations for these working groups,” the mayor said. “I expect these groups to develop and share their information in real time, as opposed to waiting to the end of a group’s meetings and share one big report. I expect these groups to ask tough questions, think

outside the normal boundaries, challenge the conventional wisdom and think exponentially of how future generations will be better off by the actions we take together now.”

The mayor also addressed a cry for Gov. J.B. Pritzker to allow businesses in municipalities less affected by COVID-19 to open back up May 1 as part of a geographic approach to get the state online.

McNamara said he has reached out to the governor and is as eager as anyone to see local merchants back in businesses. But now is not the time, he said, to disrupt what has helped slow the spread of coronavirus.

“Protecting the health of our residents must remain out top priority,” he said.

“Now is absolutely the time to follow science and medicine,” he said. “We what we have been doing as a community is working. Some have said, ‘We have so few cases. We should just open up everything immediately.’ Nothing would make us happier if everything was back to normal.”

Even though some national models show that Illinois is close a peak in new COVID cases, McNamara said the picture looks different locally.

“We need to understand two important items,” he said. “No. 1, our peak in Winnebago County is projected to hit between April 29 and May 6. No. 2, fewer than 1% of our entire population of Winnebago County has been tested. Now is not the time to reverse our course. A plan to open all businesses on a single day or allow a fragmented system for each city with its own rules is not responsible when we know it will be right smack-dab in the

middle of that peak.”

Under Pritzker’s stay-at-home order, non-essential businesses are closed and restaurants are reduced to carryout and curbside services through April 30. As a result, more than 630,000 people have filed for unemployment benefits and some small businesses have closed for good.

The sting has undoubtedly been felt locally, especially in the retail and service sectors. Once brightly lit, locally-owned storefronts are dark, parking lots empty and streets nearly bare as Rockfordians shelter in place.

Pritzker said last week that a regional or county-by-county approach to get Illinois back to work is something he is considering. But he remains fearful that lifting restrictions in rural areas too soon will overwhelm small hospitals if COVID-19 spikes occur as a result. The governor is expected to announce a modified extension of the stay-at-home order before April 30.

As of Monday, 209 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Winnebago County and 11 people died from complications of the disease. And although the number of cases in the county is not nearly as high as leaders feared a month ago, the mayor said the decision to reopen should only be made when the experts say the time is right.

“There is an extremely delicate balance between an ongoing public health crisis and a need to reopen our business community,” he said. “However, we do know that when our public health and medical experts are confident that it’s the right time, we will get back to work. And our recovery must get off fast and must be off to a strong start.”

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RACVB View

COVID-19 Tourism & Hospitality RoCKforD Area CVB

We’re beginning to hear references about bending the curve. While this is a sign that progress is being made as a community, state and country, we still have work to do and a responsibility to remain part of the solution. Let’s continue to #StayHomeRKFD and keep an appropriate distance, for the well-being of our family, friends, neighbors and community.

While the Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (RACVB) will continue locally-centric programs and outreach amidst COVID-19, the Bureau is also thinking about the future of our tourism programs. When the time is right, we have to be ready for recovery. In that spirit, our holistic work continues by showcasing our region, its venues and people to regional, national and international event operators who will, in due time, bring tourism business back to benefit the entire region.

To our residents and visitors, thank you for your continued support and partnership as we get through this together.

Important Updates

#StayHomeRKFD, and Keep Writing Songs: As part of the #StayHomeRKFD campaign, Stay Home Songs, a community all ages and all genres songwriting contest, remains in full swing. To date we have received eight submissions. The winning song will embody the resiliency of the region. RACVB partnered with five local musicians to judge the entries, which are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 24. For complete details, visit www.gorockford. com/songs and follow the Stay Home Songs event page on GoRockford Facebook.

What’s Cooking at Home:? On Monday, April 13, RACVB debuted its local culinary video series dubbed “What’s Cooking at Home?” In our first episode, Patrick Alberto, expert chef and owner of Octane, walked viewers through one of his favorite pasta dishes from the comforts of home.

This new series will feature several local area chefs and bakers creating their favorite

dishes from at-home kitchens, so keep your eyes on GoRockford’s Facebook page for more local features. And if you are a local restaurant owner who is interested in contributing a video demonstration for “What’s Cooking at Home?” email social@ gorockford.com.

LunchChat – Connect. Inform. Help.: RACVB is continuing its LunchChat webinars. During each webinar, RACVB will facilitate conversations that provide current information, ideas and inspiration for organizations, businesses and individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. To register, visit gorockford. com/LunchChat.

815 Communit y Response Team (815CRT): 815CRT was convened by the Northern Illinois Center for Nonprofit Excellence (NICNE) to help ensure nonprofits in northern Illinois (Boone, Ogle, Stephenson, and Winnebago Counties) and the people they serve are supported during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

815CRT is made up of public and private funders and other partners, working with the nonprofit sector to identify needs and to make funds available for both immediate and emergency needs, as well as needs that will emerge in the near and not-so-near future. For program updates and information, visit www.815crt.org.

COVID-19 Donations Center: Huge thanks to the City of Rockford, Winnebago County Health Department and the region’s Emergency Operations Center for opening the COVID-19 Donations Center this week for residents, homeless & health care officials in need. The center, located at 5460 E. State Street in Rockford (the former Circuit City building), is accepting donations Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Food/Beverage Updates

To-Go Via Curbside, Carr yout & Delivery: Please keep carryout, curbside, delivery and drive-through services in mind throughout the community to keep supporting local food and beverage estab-

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“What’s Cooking at Home?” YouTube video featuring Patrick Alberto lishments. Additionally, RACVB is working with a variety of local restaurateurs for creative culinary solutions at-home on GoRockford’s social channels, including a video debuted last weekend that features a family-fun sweet treat recipe from Rockton-based Sugar Britches.

Sites/Attractions Updates

Interact Virtually--And Go For a Walk!: While online activities are aplenty, most forest preserves are closed to vehicles but open for walking, hiking, picnicking, paddling and birdwatching. Visitors must follow social distancing protocols, maintaining a six foot distance from others.

Entrance gates will be locked. Please park outside the gates and enter the preserves on foot.

Retail Updates

Shop Local Online with Social in Mind: Local retailers throughout the region are offering online or creative ways to shop.

Downtown Rockford staple J.R. Kortman Center for Design is one of those offering curbside or local home delivery. Text or call 815-540-7187 to arrange curbside pickup or local home delivery for some great gift ideas from Kortman’s.

Hotels Updates

Essential & Open with Preventive Measures: Rockford area hotels are deemed essential and remain ready to accommodate and service guest needs during this time. Embassy Suites by Hilton Rockford Riverfront, the region’s newest property featuring 160 rooms and the attached Rockford Conference Center, remains on track to open this summer.

Still, the financial impact on hotels is substantial.

For more information and updates for Rockford region tourism/hospitality during the COVID-19 pandemic, visit gorockford.com/ resourcecenter.

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Trump vows to ‘suspend immigration’ to US because of virus

By Jill Colvin and Ben Fox Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) – Returning to a divisive issue at a time of national crisis, President Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus.

“In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!” Trump tweeted late Monday. He offered no details about which immigration programs might be affected by the order, and by Tuesday afternoon, the White House had yet to release any details on its contents or timing.

While a hard stop on immigration would normally affect millions of people each year, much of the immigration system has already ground to a halt because of the pandemic. Almost all visa processing by the State Department has been indefinitely suspended for weeks.

Travel to the U.S. has been restricted from much of the globe, including China, Europe, Mexico and Canada. And Trump has used the virus to effectively end asylum at U.S. borders, including turning away children who arrive by themselves and putting a hold on refugee resettlement — something Congress, the courts and international law hadn’t previously allowed.

Criticism of Trump’s new announcement was swift, especially the timing during the pandemic. Ali Noorani, president of the National Immigration Forum, noted that thousands of foreign-born health care workers are currently treating people with COVID-19 and working in critical sectors of the economy.

“The fact is that immigrants are standing shoulder-to-shoulder with U.S. citizens on the front lines helping us get through this pandemic,” he said.

Andrea Flores of the American Civil Liberties Union said Trump seemed “more interested in fanning anti-immigrant flames than in saving lives.”

But Jessica Vaughn, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, which favors lower rates of immigration, said that eliminating millions of work permits and visas would “instantaneously create” new jobs for Americans and other legal workers — even though most businesses are shut-

tered because of social distancing dictates and stay-at-home orders.

Trump has often pivoted to his signature issue of immigration when he’s under criticism. It’s an issue he believes helped him win the 2016 election and one that continues to animate his loyal base of supporters heading into what is expected to be a brutal reelection fight. It has also served as a useful tool for distracting from news he’d prefer removed from the headlines.

As is often the case, Trump’s late-night tweet caught many across the administration off-guard. At the State and Homeland Security departments, officials said they had received no heads-up it was coming. And at the White House, aides spent the late evening and early morning hours trying to figure out how to translate his words into language that would stand up to legal scrutiny.

In a statement, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany described the order as aimed at protecting both the “health and economic well-being of American citizens as we face unprecedented times” but declined to provide details about its contents or its timing.

“At a time when Americans are looking to get back to work, action is necessary,” she said.

Though travel restrictions around the globe have dramatically reduced immigration, Trump could use his executive authority to restrict it further, including slashing the number of foreign workers allowed to take seasonal jobs in the U.S. Before the outbreak, the administration had planned to increase the number of H-2B visas, but the Department of Homeland Security put that old in early April.

Sarah Pierce, a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, said Trump could end the processing of immigrant and non-immigrant visa applications under the same legal authority he used to impose the travel ban that was upheld by the Supreme Court. But the authority only applies to those outside the U.S. and such a move would have little practical effect, she said, because the State Department has largely stopped processing visas anyway.

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, who met with Trump at the White House Tuesday, said the president was looking at various carve-outs for people like agricultural workers, medical professionals and

people with family in the United States.

“I think that the constellation of ideas that the president is currently refining on the executive order considers the types of folks that would regularly traverse the border for commerce, as opposed to those who are actually engaged in the act of immigration, who don’t live and work in the United States and are coming here for that purpose,” he said.

Either way, he said, “It’s my expectation that later today the administration will be issuing clarity on the types of immigration that will be impacted by the order and the duration of the order.”

The U.S. is now reporting more COVID19 cases than any other country in the world, with almost 800,000 Americans infected, according to figures compiled

by Johns Hopkins University. More than 42,000 have died.

Given the steps Trump has already taken, Mexico Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said it was unclear what more he could do.

Last month, the administration effectively ended asylum, relying on a rarely used 1944 law aimed at preventing the spread of communicable disease. That action allowed Border Patrol agents to immediately expel people in the country illegally without those people being subject to protections afforded under immigration laws. On Monday, the U.S. extended that authority to May 20 and many expect the asylum shutdown will stay in effect through the end of Trump’s term in January.

U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada have also been closed to tourism and recreational travel. Commercial traffic and a wide range of “essential” workers are still allowed to travel freely.

The H-2B visa program is used by U.S. companies to fill tens of thousands of seasonal jobs in areas like landscaping, seafood processing and in service jobs at hotels and theme parks. In March, amid pressure by Congress and a tight job market, the administration raised the annual quota to its highest level under Trump. That move angered people who favor more restrictive immigration policies, including some supporters of the president who view foreign workers willing to accept lower wages as unfair competition to American labor.

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Back to Business

Back to work? Companies finding it easier said than done

By Mae Anderson, Tom Krisher and Anne D’Innocenzio Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) – As state and federal leaders tussle over when and how fast to “reopen” the U.S. economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, some corporations are taking the first steps toward bringing their employees back to work. Which in many cases is easier said than done.

Det roit-area automa kers, wh ich suspended production roughly a month ago, are pushing to restart factories as states like Michigan prepare to relax their stay-at-home orders. Fiat Chrysler has already announced a May 4 gradual restart date; General Motors and Ford don’t want to be left behind.

In negotiations with the United Auto Workers union, automakers are offering to provide protective gear, frequently sanitize equipment, and to take worker temperatures to prevent anyone with a fever from entering factories. These steps, they say, have worked at repurposed factories now making medical equipment.

Matt Himes, who installs SUV doors at a GM plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, said he’s ready to get back to work. But he also fears catching the virus.

“I guess we all should worry about it, but you can’t keep us closed down forever,” said Himes, who added that it’s impossible to keep social distance on his assembly line. “You work within 3 or 4 feet from everybody,” he said. “People right across from you, people right beside you.”

In line with White House guidelines announced last week, several states with Republican governors have begun restoring access to public spaces -- not just beaches and parks, but in states like Georgia, hair salons, gyms, bowling alleys, restaurants and movie theaters as well.

Health officials fear that such moves, if not carefully planned, could fuel a second wave of COVID-19 infections.

Some companies that never closed offer a cautionary tale: Meat-packing plants across the Midwest have reported hundreds of coronavirus cases among their tightly quartered workforces. Several have shuttered in an attempt to stem the spread.

Above all else, executives will need to be flexible, said Nicholas Bloom, an economics professor at Stanford University. “You can have a set of plans, but those plans are going to have to be updated on a rolling basis,” he said. “The forecast is incredibly uncertain.”

Retailers, restaurants and mall operators

are looking at China’s experience to see how they can reopen stores, said Meghann Martindale, global head of research at CBRE, a real estate services firm. Malls, for instance, probably won’t open food courts and big play areas for children for a while, and shopping complexes will likely limit the number of entrances to control the flow of customers.

Build-A-Bear Workshop, which operates 350 mostly mall-based stores in the U.S., is exploring new ways to ease coronavirus fears, such as letting families make appointments so they can customize and stuff their own plush toys without strangers around, said founder and former CEO Maxine Clark. It’s also giving its workers masks that feature bears so they won’t be scary for children.

Amazon, which drew sharp criticism for firing an employee who led a walkout to demand greater coronavirus protection for workers, now says it is developing an internal lab that could potentially provide coronavirus tests for all employees, even those without symptoms. (Amazon says the employee in question was fired for violating social-distance guidelines and other infractions.)

Many technology companies embraced stay-at-home policies early on, since most

of their workers can do their jobs remotely.

That gives Facebook the luxury of requiring the vast majority of its employees to continue working from home through at least the end of May. Those who can’t easily return after that -- if, say, they have no good childcare options -- can continue to work remotely at least through the summer.

But some high-tech firms are in a bigger hurry. Andrei Taraschuk, a software engineer who works for the chip maker Broadcom in Broomfield, Colorado, said employees learned at a town hall meeting Friday that they would be required to go into the office one week out of every four starting April 27.

According to Taraschuk, the company told workers they would be randomly assigned to new groups, not their existing teams, and that their attendance would be monitored via badge checks. The company would give them face masks, gloves and temperature checks. Those who refused to come in would have the option of not working for up to 90 days without pay.

“We’ve been working from home for weeks,” Taraschuk told The Associated Press in an interview. “It’s bizarre. We write software.”

Broadcom did not reply to a detailed request for comment.

Virus Outbreak

Officials: 7 virus cases appear related to in-person voting

By Todd Richmond Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Health officials in Wisconsin said they have identified at least seven people who appear to have contracted the coronavirus from participating in the April 7 election, the first such cases following in-person voting that was held despite widespread concern about the public health risks.

The cases involve six voters and one poll worker in Milwaukee, where difficulty finding poll workers forced the city to pare nearly 200 voting locations back to just five, and where voters – some in masks, some with no protection – were forced to wait in long lines for hours.

The conditions of the seven weren’t immediately available. Cit y health commissioner Jeanette Kowalik told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that she hopes to have more information later in the

week. Kowalik’s office didn’t immediately respond to a question from The Associated Press asking how city health officials were able to trace the infections to the election.

The April 7 election, which included a presidential primary as well as a state Supreme Court race and local offices, took place after a legal struggle between Democrats and Republicans. A day before the election, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers ordered that it be delayed and shifted to all-mail voting, only to be overturned when Republican legislative leaders won an appeal in the state’s conservative-controlled Supreme Court.

Thousands of Wisconsin voters stayed home, unwilling to risk their health and unable to be counted because requested absentee ballots never arrived.

State health officials had warned of an expected increase in infections from the election. State health secretary Andrea

Palm said Monday that they had not shown up, but noted that symptoms may not have surfaced yet.

Health officials say symptoms of COVID19 typically appear within two weeks of exposure to the virus, and Tuesday is the 14th day since the election. That means more voters and poll workers could come forward with infections in the coming days.

Representatives for Evers and for Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald – both Republicans – haven’t responded to emails seeking comment.

The coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. To date, 230 people have died in Wisconsin and nearly 4,500 have tested positive.

Wisconsin’s election has been a flash-

point of contention as Democrats and Republicans grapple with how to conduct elections in the coronavirus era as the November presidential race approaches.

Democrats and voting rights groups have filed lawsuits to expand mail and absentee voting options, and pushed for an extra $2 billion to help states adjust their election systems. National Republicans are fighting those efforts, while President Donald Trump claims without evidence that mail-in voting is vulnerable to fraud.

Wisconsin is a key state in the 2020 presidential election. Democrats and liberal groups are intent on reminding voters that Republicans insisted on holding the April election despite the public health crisis. American Bridge 21st Century, a liberal super PAC, jumped on the report of election-related cases, accusing Trump of not taking responsibility for the victims.

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Stock Market

Collapse in oil prices continues, dragging US stocks lower

By Alex Veiga, Stan Choe and Damian J. Troise Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) – Oil prices are continuing to collapse, inflicting more damage on stock markets around the world as shutdowns related to the coronavirus pandemic bring economies to a halt. The S&P 500 closed down 3% Tuesday, its second straight loss. Markets across Europe and Asia had similar drops. Oil prices crumbled again as demand for energy withers as planes remain parked, cars garaged and factories shut down. Meanwhile, storage tanks for all the excess crude are getting filled close to their limits. Treasury yields fell, meaning investors are willing to get paid even less to get the safety of owning U.S. government bonds.

Oil’s chaotic collapse deepened, and stocks around the world dropped on Tuesday as the economic carnage caused by the coronavirus pandemic turns markets upside down.

The price of oil has plummeted because very few people are flying or driving, and factories have shut amid widespread stayat-home orders. Global demand is set to drop this month to levels last seen in the mid 1990s. At the same time, oil producers can’t slow their production fast enough, and all the extra crude going into storage is sending tanks close to their limits.

In the U.S., the cost for a barrel of oil to be delivered in June plunged 43% to $11.57.

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traders are focused on and trading most actively. For oil to be delivered next month, which is when storage tanks could top out, the cost of a barrel stood at $10.01. A day earlier, it fell below zero for the first time, meaning traders paid others to take the oil off their hands to get rid of the headache of finding someplace to store it.

Analysts consider prices for U.S. oil to be delivered in June and later as closer to the “true” price of crude, along with prices for international oils. They did not drop below zero, in part because the storage issues aren’t as urgent for them. But they also slid Tuesday on the same concern: A global economy incapacitated by the virus outbreak doesn’t need to burn as much fuel.

Brent crude, the international standard, for delivery in June lost 26.6% to $18.74 per barrel.

“I don’t think there’s enough time even before the June contract to solve the storage capacity issue, so you see the June contract coming down sharply,” said David Joy, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial.

“I don’t know if that persists into July and beyond, but at the very least, we’re going to be faced even at that time with a dramatic mismatch between supply and demand.”

The crumbling oil market helped drag stocks to their second straight day of losses, and the S&P 500 was down 2.9%, as of 2:49 p.m. Eastern time, following similar drops across Europe and Asia.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 606 points, or 2.6%, to 23,047, and the

Nasdaq was down 3.2% The losses were widespread, and all 11 sectors that make up the S&P 500 were down.

In another sign of the worry washing over markets, Treasury yields fell further.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury dropped to 0.57% from 0.62% late Monday, meaning investors are willing to get paid even less to get the safety of owning a U.S. government bond. At the start of the year, before economies worldwide went on lockdown to slow the spread of the virus, investors were getting paid about 1.90% to own a 10-year Treasury.

Even with all the chaos in the oil markets, some signs of economic activity on the horizon were poking through elsewhere.

The Senate’s Democratic leader said negotiators reached agreement on major elements of a nearly $500 billion proposal to provide more loans and aid to small businesses and hospitals. Georgia’s governor, meanwhile, announced plans late Monday to allow gyms, hair salons and other businesses to reopen as early as Friday.

Rising optimism among some investors that parts of the economy could reopen as infections level off have helped stocks rally recently, and the S&P 500 is up more than 20% since hitting a low in late March. The rally got its start after the Federal Reserve and Congress promised massive amounts of aid for the economy.

“It looks like we’re bending the infection curve, there are signs of economic reopening and the stimulus is there,” said

Rob Haworth, senior investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management. “All of which are good signs for the markets where there’s a potential scenario where the economy starts to recover.”

But the data coming in on the economy in the here and now continues to be dismal, including a Tuesday report that showed the steepest drop for U.S. sales of previously occupied homes since 2015. Pessimists say the market’s rally has been overdone and that a premature reopening of the economy could lead to only more flareups of infections.

Companies are also describing the hit to earnings they’re taking due to the outbreak, with many pulling their financial forecasts for the year given all the uncertainty about how long this recession will last. Coca-Cola said Tuesday that its sales were on track to hit financial targets through February, but that all changed when stay-at-home orders became widespread in March. It said it’s hopeful that improvement could arrive in the second half of the year. IBM on late Monday withdrew its guidance for 2020 results and said it will reassess at the end of June.

“There’s still a lot of uncertainty about this market,” said Ameriprise Financial’s Joy, “and it’s understandable because the visibility on earnings and the economy even is very limited still.”

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Coronavirus Outbreak

Testing increases at area nursing homes

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

ROCKFORD - The Winnebago County Health Department will be part of a statewide effort to stop the spread of coronavirus disease in Illinois nursing homes and long-term care facilities.

Winnebago County Health Director Dr. Sandra Martell said under the new protocol, officials will be ramping up testing for staff and residents of all facilities, not just those that have reported cases.

“There are two plans going on right now,” Martell said.“One is that they want to look at places with no confirmed cases and do a baseline surveillance to see what is the circulation. And those of us who have cases, testing all of the staff.”

Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said the state will also test people– staff and residents– in senior-living and senior-care facilities that do have current cases of COVID-19. She said her office is also monitoring closely numbers that are coming in from those centers in an effort to report accurate findings.

Martell said all local nursing home workers are currently being screened for COVID-19 symptoms.

“They are doing a symptom check, meaning they have to report symptoms and they are having a temperature check twice a shift in those facilities so that anyone who begins to exhibit any sign or symptom is quickly removed from the workplace,” she said.

As of Monday, 286 Illinois assisted-living residents have died since Gov. J.B.

Pritzker declared a statewide emergency last month. Each resident had either tested positive for the coronavirus or was presumed to be infected based on symptoms developed in their congregate setting.

A week ago, Anam Care CEO Bernie Marinelli said her facility is among nearly every nursing home in the United States in that its not prepared for pandemics.

“The Anam Care campus is challenged greatly,” Marinelli said after one of her residents with COVID-19 died earlier this month.

The facility’s challenges are two-fold.

First, it’s a congregate living system. The second challenge is that most residents suffer from existing illnesses, some requiring memory care.

“Our residents wander and touch each other as part of their social interaction on a day-to-day basis,” Marinelli said. “That provides them love, support, care, and it’s quite natural to their living circumstances at Anam Care. On top of that, they do not possess the ability to understand social distancing. They are accustomed to holding a hand. They are accustomed to being caressed.”

Anam Care enacted enacted a full lockdown in early March as the pandemic loomed. Along with physical distancing, monitoring residents and staff for symptoms of COVID-19, the move was in accordance with what public health officials were recommending.

“Staff went through virus screening before work, during work and upon leaving work,” she said.

Still, the coronavirus found its way into the facility, reinforcing that assisted-living facilities are generally ill prepared for large-scale outbreaks.

“We have no idea how this started,” Marinelli said. “We were fine through the month of March, monitoring temperatures.

And when the first fever did appear, we were quick to respond. We provided expert cleaning, retraining and in some situations, for a short period of time, we were required to make our own PPE.” Marinelli isn’t alone by far. More than 30 people died after contracting COVID-19 at a nursing home in Richmond, York York, where more than 80 people were infected.

A facility in central Indiana saw the virus kill 24 people while a veteran’s home in Holyoke, Massachusetts lost 37 residents as of last week.

“It is very difficult in these congregate settings for there not to be some spread,” Pritzker said.

March 17, Pritzker made Illinois the second state to institute a stay-at-home order when he followed leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area who shut things down a day earlier. Illinois was also one of the first to closely monitor nursing homes to prevent large-scale casualties seen in other states.

“And that’s been going on for some time now,” Pritzker said. “We are almost to the middle of April, and that was about the middle of March, before we became acutely aware of what we need to do as a state.”

About half of Lake County’s more than 40 COVID-related deaths were nursing

homes residents, while more than two dozen people at a DuPage County facility have been infected.

It is believed that the majority outbreaks in nursing homes are started by infected staff members who don’t realize they’re sick, show only mild symptoms, or do not follow proper protocol.

Most people infected with the novel coronavirus experience no symptoms or mild irritations similar to those of the flu. Skin rash is also now a marker for COVID-19.

About 15-16% of people who test positive require medical attention. Around 4-5% of infections are considered critical. The U.S. mortality is running between 2 and 4% based on those who test positive.

Those who are most likely to become seriously ill or die from complications related to COVID-19 are the elderly and people with pre-existing conditions like diabetes, hypertension, cancer, heart disease, obesity and compromised immune systems.

The vast majority of those who have succumbed to coronavirus complications have been 65 and older. With the exception of a few cases with pending autopsies, almost all deaths across the United States have involved pre-existing illnesses.

With about 40% of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chicago, Cook County is Illinois’ outbreak epicenter. The virus has not overwhelmed the city’s hospitals like leaders feared a little more than a month ago, yet Chicago has seen more 13,000 cases and more than 530 deaths.

Rock River Valley Pantry

Every dollar makes a difference From Kim Adams-Bakke Executive Director Rock River Valley Pantry

As the grip of COVID-19 continues to spread across the United States, we all are finding over the last two weeks or so, that it has found its way to the Rock River Valley region. As in other places, it began slowly creeping into our lives, but almost overnight the ‘curve’ of affected people has begun its undesirable rise.

As the number of cases increase, so does its effect on family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and many area agencies, governmental as well as social.

One of those social agencies feeling the COVID-19 related effect is the Rock River Valley Pantry (RRVP). Established in 1973 by a Rock Valley College student concerned about our communit y’s hunger needs, he began to collect food

and donations to distribute to needy families. During the first year he helped provide more than 1,745 individuals with emergency food items. As such, the Rock River Valley Pantry was established Forty Seven (47) years later that need still exists with RRVP serving more than 6,000 clients each month providing them with nutritionally balanced emergency food. Thirty-three percent (33%) of our clients are children and ten percent (10%) are seniors over the age of 65.

These families/individuals have found themselves in a situation that they never expected to be in.

Which brings us to our current situation the Rock River Valley Pantry is facing.

Since COVID-19’s unwelcome entry to the area its effects have increased the number of clients we provide emergency food to by nearly 20% in just a couple of

weeks. While the medical experts predict that New York state’s peak is still a few weeks away, RRVP is planning that the need for emergency food distribution will rise and be present in our community for quite some time. A scenario created by the adverse effect the virus has on the service and travel industry workers and the record unemployment claims being filed, many for the first time. Again, these new families/individuals are finding themselves in a situation they never expected to be in.

As the Rock River Valley Pantry is the only community-based food pantry in the area, we rely solely on grants, donations and fundraising efforts. Over the years our community has been very generous in helping the RRVP, responding to our needs. None as consistent as our local grocery stores with donations of

perishables items of fruits and vegetables, meat, bread, etc. We are grateful and very appreciative of Aldi’s, Costco, Meijer, Schnucks, Woodman’s and Wal-Mart for their continued generosity.

As the number of our clients increases, so does the strain on our finances to continue meeting their nutritional needs.

As a result, we are being pro-active in our reaching out to the community.

We are humbly asking for donations at this time in order for us to continue meeting the nutritional emergency needs of families in our communities. Your “biggest bang for the buck” is a monetary donation as our purchasing power is greater than the consumers’.

Donations can be sent to Rock River Valley Pantry, 421 S. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61102 or visit our website at rrvp.org.

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The Rock River Times. April 22, 2020

Voices from the Grave

Murky waters Kathi Kresol Contributor

Albert Larson was grateful for the warm weather on January 9, 1948. He was a trapper by trade and wanted to use these warm days to take his boat along the Kishwaukee River and set his traps. Albert got more than he bargained on that January day.

He was setting the traps on the south bank river when he spotted the frozen body of a man floating face down in the water. When Albert flipped the body over, he was startled to see a bullet wound in the man’s forehead.

Albert had a good idea who the dead man was since the newspapers had been filled with stories of missing man, Andrew Sorenson. Andrew had been missing for a month by January 9. Larson ran to the nearby cabin in the Camp Rotary Park (the present day Rockford Rotary Forest Preserve) to notify the police.

Andrew Sorenson was 57 years old in December of 1947. His family owned the Chemung Tavern in Chemung, Illinois. He was described as the perfect tavern owner, friendly and outgoing. On December 3, 1947, Andrew’s son, 21-year-old Andrew Sorenson Jr., showed up at the tavern to help his father over the lunch hour. He noticed his father’s car parked in its usual spot and that the bar appeared to be open. Andrew Jr. was perplexed when he found the front door still locked. As Andrew Jr. made his way to the back door, he later stated that an eerie feeling came over him as he entered the bar area. His father’s key chain hung from the key still in the lock on the front door. Andrew Jr. rushed to the cash register and his heart sank when he found it completely empty.

Andrew Jr. realized in that moment that his mother’s greatest fear had been realized.

Ever since his father opened the Chemung Tavern five years before, Dagmar Sorenson had predicted that this would happen.

Andrew Jr. notified the police and his family that the tavern had been robbed and his father kidnapped. The authorities told Dagmar and her children that they were sure that Andrew would be found unharmed.

In those days, robbers sometimes held people hostage so they could get away. The family struggled to hang onto to any hope for Andrew’s safe return. Searches were organized and over 1,000 volunteers looked for Andrew.

Two days after Andrew was reported missing in Chemung, another story was unfolding in Rockford. John Provancher was a Rockford Police Officer for years and had earned the reputation as a tough investigator.

It was said he had an uncanny ability to think like the criminals he was trying to catch. But that was a few years before December 1947.

Provancher had been terminated from the force for writing bad checks. He had been employed for the past three years as a liquor salesman, but his habit of living beyond his means had resurfaced. A few weeks prior to

December 6, 1947, the owners of the liquor company realized that Provancher had embezzled $1,000 (over $11,000 in today’s money). The company offered not to press charges if Provancher agreed to pay them back. He had given them $700 two days on December 3, but had missed the deadline for the balance, so the company pressed charges.

Provancher had been brought to police headquarters because of the outstanding warrant for his arrest.

While Provancher was being questioned about the embezzlement charge, other officers searched his car. The officers searched the main part of the newer model Nash sedan but didn’t find anything. They moved onto the trunk area and were shocked to find blood and clumps of grey hair inside. The men hurried to inform Captain Roy W. Johnson who was in charge of the questioning.

The tone of the questioning changed when Johnson returned to the room after receiving the news about the results of the search. The news had reached Police Chief Bengston and he joined the men. When Johnson asked Provancher about the blood in the trunk, Provancher stated that he had killed a couple of pheasants and put them in the car to bring home. Bengston told Provancher that there were tests that could tell if the blood belonged to an animal or a human. Provancher look startled at first, then decided to change his story.

Provancher claimed that he was in one of the Chicago suburbs making sales stops and had accidently hit a pedestrian. He was scared so he threw the man in the trunk of his car and left the area. When he reached a more deserted part of town, he stopped, took the man from the trunk and left him. When Johnson asked him if the man was badly hurt, Provancher stated, “I don’t know.” The men in the room had a difficult time believing the story. Provancher must have felt their disbelief because he refused to discuss the case any further.

Provancher sealed his own fate with his silence and on April 24, 1948, he was found guilty by a jury of his peers. This case separated Rockford into two groups; those who believed that Provancher was guilty and those who thought him innocent.

The evidence against Provancher was strong, though circumstantial. Two men had identified Provancher’s car as the one they had seen at the tavern early in the morning on the day Andrew went missing.

The case was further substantiated when fibers that were found in the trunk were linked to the pants Sorenson was wearing when his body was pulled from the river.

This case happened long before DNA testing of course, so the results of the blood test from the blood in the trunk of Provancher’s car could only state that it came from someone with Andrew Sorenson’s blood type. It also carried a lot of weight with the jury that Provancher’s former co-workers from the

Police Department thought he was guilty.

Authorities theorized that Andrew trusted Provancher from years of purchasing liquor from him. Provancher knew that Andrew kept a lot of cash around and tried to rob him. Andrew fought back and Provancher shot him or led him to the car and shot him.

Provancher was desperate to avoid a jail sentence for embezzlement and might have felt this was a way to solve that problem.

Even after the guilty verdict, Provancher maintained his innocence and fought to gain a new trial. His wife, Elizabeth, was his biggest advocate. She began to study ballistics in order to fully understand the evidence against her husband. She must have been an impressive woman because Provancher’s lawyer won a hearing for her to present what she had learned about ballistics to a judge. Elizabeth claimed that the gun Provancher had borrowed was a .38 caliber and the wounds in Sorenson were too small for that caliber of gun.

John Provancer was granted parole in December of 1956, having served 8 ½ years of his 25 year sentence. Though many saw this as a travesty of justice, there were also those who still believed that Provancher was

innocent. Provancher completely turned his life around after his parole. He moved to Hinsdale, Illinois and was from all accounts, an upstanding member of that community.

He died at the age of 94.

In a tragic side note to this story, Andrew’s beloved son, Andrew Sorenson Jr., was killed in a freak accident while serving in the Navy on January 24, 1961. He and the other four men on board were killed when their P2V Neptune Patrol bomber crashed during a training exercise. Andrew was survived by a wife and three sons.

Unfortunately, this case has left many questions that will never be answered. The twists that this case contained surprised even the most veteran of police officers and continue to baffle people even today.

Kathi Kresol is a local author and presenter who has been researching this area’s history for over a decade. She uses the stories she uncovers for her local tours, presentations, books, and column in both the Rock River Times and for the website Rockford Buzz. Kathi considers it an honor to share the tales of the folks who called this region home. You can more of her stories at kathikresol.com and hauntedrockford.com.

tube talk

Unlikely recommendations

By Paula Hendrickson Contributor

Growing up, my sister and I knew we had very different tastes in TV shows than our brother did. Before we had a VCR (remember those?), if we wanted to watch shows that aired opposite each other we’d have to alternate each week. Even when I was really little I remember being upset when it was one of my sibling’s turns and their show was a repeat while I was missing a new episode of my favorite show.

I can’t even remember what those shows were right now, but my sister and I rarely liked our brother’s beloved action shows. That’s not to say my sister and I always agreed on entertainment, but we were generally united in our dislike of our brother’s choices.

That makes it a bit ironic that my brother has given me several TV recommendations since the quarantine began – and I’ve listened.

Several years ago, we realized that we both watch way too many paranormal investigation shows. (One clue came a few years back when my nephew walked in, noticed Ghost Hunters was on TV and said, “Dad, your show is on.”)

We usually agree on which paranormal shows are the best and which are the worst, and which ones are are entertaining just because they’re so bad. It seems there are always new paranormal shows to discuss – how long do you think it could be before Travel Channel renames itself Paranormal Channel or something similar? – and even more to ridicule (like Ghost Loop, Trending Fear, and These Woods are Haunted).

Lately, my brother is recommending

more than supernatural shows. Not long ago he texted me to say his new favorite show is Discovery’s Rob Riggle: Global Investigator. I immediately checked the TV program guide and saw a mini-marathon was in progress.

The show combines historical mysteries, good stories, and humor, so it was already on my radar, but I was glad to hear my brother liked it. It’s well worth watching, pandemic or not.

He also recently recommended a much darker show, Amazon Studios’ Hunters, starring Al Pacino. From the trailers, I couldn’t tell if the ‘70s-set series about a group of Nazi hunters was a drama or a comedy. He said it was a drama with humor.

I like dramas that incorporate humor.

Especially dark humor.

They almost comically vivid colors of the opening scene of the first episode set a certain tone – at least in my brain – that was completely smashed by the time the scene ended. That extreme kind of juxtaposition is what makes Hunters special.

You see it reflected in characters, settings, and motives.

Hunters isn’t for everyone. It’s definitely not a family drama. But it makes you think as it delves into serious issues and morally ambiguous actions. After all, upon blackmailing a compromised lawmaker, one of the neo Nazis proclaimed, “We’re the good guys.”

Obviously, they’re not the good guys.

But at times the central character, Noah (Logan Lerman), questions just how good the good guys really are. If you subscribe to Amazon Prime and you’re not easily offended, Hunters is worth checking out.

April 22, 2020 The Rock River Times.

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Getting a soil test

BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

Spring is a perfect time to get a soil test for the backyard garden. With the information from a soil test, you can determine what changes you need to make for the upcoming season. You may also find that the soil test provides you with a conclusion as to why your garden may have performed poorly last year.

A soil test can be performed for a troubling area and/or new garden space. This test will reveal the soil pH, soil organic matter, and certain soil nutrients. As a reminder, soil pH is a soil measurement that will allow or

limit nutrients to be up taken by the plant while soil organic matter is tied to nitrogen and soil biology. At the University of Illinois Extension o�ce, we recommend soil tests to help rule out garden problems like nutrient deficiency or disease.

It is important to collect your soil sample throughout the growing area with 8-10 samples collected. You will not be sending o� all the samples but will mix them in a bucket and send in a collective sample, usually about half a cup. With a bucket and shovel, go about 6 inches into the soil.

Remove any grass and place this sample in the bucket. You will want to zig-zag around

di�erent parts of the growing area. Mix these samples together and submit to a soil lab. If you have areas of your growing area that are problematic, that will be a separate sample. If you want soil results for your lawn and vegetable garden, those will be separate samples.

The form you fill out for soil testing is crucial. It will ask you to list what you are growing. This ensures that the recommendations you get back are for the appropriate plant.

Results will come back to you between 1-3 weeks. These results will tell you whether you need to raise/lower the pH, what rate

of fertilizer you need to apply, and whether your soil nutrients are in the right range. If you have questions, you can ask your soil testing lab for clarity.

University of Illinois Extension maintains a list of soil testing labs at our website (https://extension.illinois.edu/soiltest/).

Here you will find soil testing labs to reach out to who can provide you instructions and collection envelopes sent to you. In most cases, a general soil test will be $15-20.

Grant McCarty is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension. His tips and tricks for local eating and your at-home garden appear in TRRT.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Siting renewable energy projects

BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL CONTRIBUTORS

Advocates of renewable energy, e�ciency, and protecting and restoring natural areas and sustainable living soon become aware of some of the dilemmas in pursuing such goals.

When we became seriously interested in renewable energy and sustainable living the focus was on home owners, nature centers, government buildings, businesses and industrial facilities having providing some of their energy needs with renewable energy sources.

The installations would be grid connected as a transitional phase which would eventually be replaced by a back-up battery system when the costs became more competitive or a future hydrogen energy source supplied by the electrolysis of water was practical.

Energy e�ciency upgrades were advocated before the installation of a renewable energy system. We joined an e�ort attempting to build a zero net energy home to demonstrate the concept locally but it never came to fruition. We valued a focus on local energy and food production as well as local businesses supplying and servicing modern equipment and appliances.

We were impressed by the Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, solar business district which was moved out of a floodplain and rebuilt on higher ground on the edge of town. By combing high insulation levels with solar heating systems half of the town’s heating energy was obtained from the sun. Solar electricity was not installed as it was too costly at the time.

A few years later, Little Compton, R. I.,

decided to develop a land conservation project. According to an article by Frank Carini, in 1986 the town decided to protect its agricultural identity, scenic beauty, and wildlife habitat by establishing the Little Compton Agricultural Conservancy Trust.

The desire to site large solar arrays is forcing the town to reconsider how its 2050 acres of farmland, open space and overall scenic vistas will look following utility scale solar installations. The question before them is whether they will only allow small solar arrays for farm use or if they will also allow larger scale installations.

The American Farmland Trust which focuses on preserving highly valuable farmlands is developing a policy which it calls Smart Solar Siting Partnership Project for New England. Through a partnership program it is developing a coalition to accelerate the expansion of solar energy facilities while maintaining New England’s most productive, resilient farm and forest land and strengthening its regional food system.

The challenge of renewable energy installations on farmland has yielded various responses from farmers with whom we have spoken. Some are eager for installations and others are not interested.

One had planned to protect his property from subdivisions by having a wind farm installed on it. Another would prefer a solar installation as he disliked having to work around wind turbines with his large agricultural equipment.

A more generalized response comes from citizens who dislike the notion of what they refer to as the industrialization of the rural landscape as they bought their homes to

get away from intense urbanization. For them renewables are not compatible with their desire for scenic landscapes.

With utility scale solar farms covering as much as 1000 acres members of the Wisconsin Public Service CommissIon agreed that the state will need to address the siting of large scale renewable energy projects to minimize their impacts.

Some possibilities include encouraging construction on lower quality soils or growing of crops under raised solar arrays.

Another alternative would be to intensify e�orts to install solar arrays on rooftops.

John Farrell of the Institute for Local SelfReliance has called for a $30 million solar rooftop item in the next federal relief bill.

What remains critical in Illinois is the passage of the Clean Energy Jobs Act following the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s recent decision forcing renewable energy sources to bid at higher, administratively set prices to secure contracts with the grid operator PJM. The legislative e�ort in Illinois would pull the state out of the PJM capacity markets to pursue its own renewable energy goals.

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The Rock River Times. April 22, 2020

Government Notices n n n INVITATION TO BID CHRISTINA STREET RECONSTRUCTION BID NO.: 420-PW-043 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on May 06, 2020 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 request to: larry. graham@rockfordil.gov, https:// rockfordil.gov/city-departments/ finance/central-services/purchasing/open-bidsrfps/ 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.

11504R TRRT 4/22 n n n REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CAMERA EXPANSION PROGRAM RFP NO.: 420-PD-042 Proposals will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on May 08, 2020 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place, all proposals received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

Proposal forms may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, or at https://rockfordil.gov/city-departments/finance/central-services/ purchasing/open-bidsrfps/ Proposals must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the RFP, and the RFP number.

Each vendor shall submit with their proposal 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 proposal which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered.

The City of Rockford reserves

the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities.

11505R TRRT 4/22 n n n REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ASBESTOS TESTING AND ABATEMENT SERVICES RFP NO.: 420-CD-040 Proposals will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on May 08, 2020 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place, all proposals received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

Proposal forms may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, or at https://rockfordil.gov/city-departments/finance/central-services/ purchasing/open-bidsrfps/ Proposals must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the RFP, and the RFP number.

Each vendor shall submit with their proposal 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 proposal which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered.

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

11506R TRRT 4/22 n n n INVITATION TO BID RENTAL AND CLEANING OF UNIFORMS, FLOOR MATS AND SHOP TOWELS BID NO.: 420-CW-044 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on May 12, 2020 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 request to: larry. graham@rockfordil.gov, https:// rockfordil.gov/city-departments/ finance/central-services/purchasing/open-bidsrfps/ 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).

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Public Notices n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a coffee and decor shop business in said County and State under the name of DeeDee’s Main Street Coffee & Decor at the following post office addresses: 101 W. Main St., Rockton, IL 61072; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Diana M. Weiser SIGNED: Diana M. Weiser 4/6/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of April, A.D. 2020.

First National Bank, Notary Public My Commission Expires 8/6/2021 11501R TRRT 4/29 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION NO. 2020 P 0000068 In the Matter of the Estate of Steve Oriold, Deceased.

CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Steve Oriold. Letters of Office were issued on March 12, 2020 to Evelyn Acosta-Juarez, who is the Independent Administrator of the Estate. The attorney for the Estate is Michael Jon Shalbrack, HoImstromKennedyPC, 800 North Church Street, Rockford, Illinois 61103.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before October 8, 2020, 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 his attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: April 7, 2020 Evelyn Acosta-Juarez, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Steve Oriold, Deceased By: HolmstromKennedyPC By: /s/ Michael Jon Shalbrack Michael Jon Shalbrack, one of its attorneys Attorney Michael Jon Shalbrack ARDC #6188198 HolmstromKennedyPC Attorney for Independent

Administrator 800 N. Church Street Rockford, IL 61103 (815) 962-7071 mshalbrack@hkrockford.com 11494R TRRT 4/22 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS Finance of America Commercial LLC, Plaintiff vs.

Rainier Properties International, Inc., et al., Defendants.

20 CH 0000207 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, on April 8, 2020 by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT ELEVEN (11) IN BLOCK TWELVE (12) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF FAIRVIEW SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 5 OF PLATS ON PAGE 59 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 12161220 18th Street, Rockford, IL 61104 P.I.N.: 11-25-478-011.

The Mortgagor is Rainier Properties International, Inc. The mortgagee is Finance of America Commercial LLC. The Mortgage is dated December 18, 2017 and was recorded with the Winnebago County Recorder of Deeds on December 22, 2017 as Document No. 20171041138. Present owner of the property is Rainier Properties International, Inc. Notice is also hereby given you that the said Complaint prays for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. Now therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, on or before May 15, 2020, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk.

This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

POLSINELLI PC, Attorneys 150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 3000 Chicago, Illinois 60606 I3149972 P11497R TRRT 4/29

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS Finance of America Commercial LLC, Plaintiff vs.

Rainier Properties International, Inc., et al., Defendants.

20 CH 0000202 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, on April 3, 2020 by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT TEN (10) AS DESIGNATED UPON A REPLAT OF BLOCK 32 AND PARTS OF BLOCK 23 AND 31 OF ROLLING GREEN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 31 OF PLATS ON PAGE 118 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 3103 Carolina Avenue, Rockford, IL 61108 P.I.N.: 12-33-255-012 The Mortgagor is Rainier Properties International, Inc. The mortgagee is Finance of America Commercial LLC. The Mortgage is dated November 3, 2017 and was recorded with the Winnebago County Recorder of Deeds on November 8, 2017 as Document No. 20171036217. Present owner of the property is Rainier Properties International, Inc. Notice is also hereby given you that the said Complaint prays for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. Now therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, on or before May 15, 2020, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk.

This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

POLSINELLI PC, Attorneys 150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 3000 Chicago, Illinois 60606 I3149887 P11498R TRRT 4/29 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF: JOYCE O. MCCANDLESS, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2020 P 130

CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JOYCE O. MCCANDLESS. Letters of Office were issued on March 31, 2020 to Rhonda Osborne, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Tyler M. Crosby, Crosby Law Firm, P.C., 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, Illinois 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 15, 2020 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, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, 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. /s/ Tyler M. Crosby Tyler M. Crosby Attorney for Administrator Crosby Law Firm, P.C. Tyler M. Crosby 475 Executive Parkway Rockford, Illinois 61107 815/397-2006 815/394-1955 Fax 11502R TRRT 4/29 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 online/retail/wholesale electronics business in said County and State under the name of All Audio at the following post office addresses: 209 S. Westmoreland Ave., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Patrick Dougherty; Thomas Dougherty SIGNED: Patrick Dougherty 3/30/20 SIGNED: Thomas Dougherty 3/30/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of March, A.D. 2020.

Shalonda T. Johnson, Notary Public My Commission Expires 10/10/2023 11499R TRRT 4/29 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (MINOR CHILDREN) Request of: JENNIFER NICOLE SIMS TO CHANGE NAMES OF MINOR CHILDREN Case Number 20 MR 230 There will be a court date on my Request for Name Change (Minor Children) for these children: Isiah Allen Gibson to the new name of: Isiah Deon Sims.

The court date will be held: on May 21, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., at 400

W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #412. /s/ Jennifer Nicole Sims Jennifer Nicole Sims 11449R TRRT 4/29 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, Plaintiff, vs.

FELISA COLLAZOS; TORY GREY; CITY OF ROCKFORD, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; ALPINE BANK & TRUST CO.; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 799 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, May 14, 2020 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 EIGHT (8) IN BLOCK TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF NORTH END ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 3 OF PLATS ON PAGE 24 IN THE RECORDER`S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 11-14-404-015.

Commonly known as 1406 LATHAM PL, ROCKFORD, IL 61103.

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. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 134 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. (312) 940-8580.

17-12594 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3149665 P11479R TRRT 4/22 n n n STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT LAFAYETTE COUNTY Case No. 20 - CV - 32 Case Codes: 30303, 30405, 30703 Jeffrey E Riley, 9399 S. Dublin Road

Darlington, WI 53530, Jeffrey E Riley Revocable Trust, 9399 S. Dublin Road Darlington, WI 53530, Cheryl Riley, 10474 County Road M Darlington, WI 53530, Cheryl A Riley Trust, 10474 County Road M Darlington, WI 53530, Plaintiffs vs Petry Trust No.1989 Jeffrey G. Petry, Trustee 4750 Hiawatha Dr. Rockford, IL 61103 Defendant SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as a defendant: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within 40 days after April 22, 2020, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Lafayette County Courthouse, whose address is 626 Main Street, Darlington, WI 53530, Lafayette County Court, and to Nathan R. Russell of Russell Law Offices, SC, plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 213 Main St., PO Box 66, Darlington, WI 53530. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the complaint within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint.

A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

If you require assistance or auxiliary aids or services because of a disability, call (608)778-4832 and ask for the Court ADA Coordinator.

Dated: April 17, 2020 Russell Law Offices, SC. Attorney’s for the Plaintiffs Nathan R. Russell State Bar No. 1047499 213 Main St. PO Box 66 Darlington, WI 53530 (608) 448-3680 11503R TRRT 5/6 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Concrete business in said County and State under the name of JMS Concrete at the following post office addresses: 551 Triton Ave., Apt. 4, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jennifer Smith SIGNED: Jennifer Smith 4/10/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of April, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 11507R TRRT 5/6

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n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, Plaintiff, vs.

FELISA COLLAZOS; TORY GREY; CITY OF ROCKFORD, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; ALPINE BANK & TRUST CO.; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND

NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 799 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, May 14, 2020 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. 11-14-404-015.

Commonly known as 1406 LATHAM PL, ROCKFORD, IL 61103.

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

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For information call Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 134 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. (312) 940-8580. 17-12594 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3149665 P11479R TRRT 4/22

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WEEK OF APRIL 5 TO 11, 2020

WEEK OF APRIL 12 TO 18, 2020

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: CROSSWORD THEME:AND FAIRY TALE CREATURES SAGITTARIUS, CAPRICORN AQUARIUS ARIES, TAURUS AND PISCES

DEATH NOTICES

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: VIRGO, LIBRA AND SCORPIO

ARIES

Sandra Lawrence 66 RockfordYou’ll 4/13/2020 finally succeed in selling Lena Lucas 78 Rockford 4/13/2020 your home. If you’ve lived there James Nedialkov 60 Rockford for 4/13/2020 many years, you’ll feel nos­ Allan Aves 89 Rockford 4/13/2020 talgic and maybe a little rueful John Barbee 72 Rockford 4/13/2020 about the change.

Karl Gustafson 88 Rockford 4/13/2020 Richard Barnes 69 Rockford 4/13/2020 TAURUS have everything it takes to Thomas Dunivant 85 RockfordYou 4/13/2020 become a public figure. Your Birdia Cooper 77 Rockford 4/13/2020 ideas and opinions could bring Donald Snyder 61 Rockford 4/13/2020 people together to defend your Geraldine Messenger 76 Rockford 4/14/2020 interests. People will listen at­ Joan Magid 75 Rockford 4/14/2020 tentively to what you have to Thomas DeSchepper 60 Rockford 4/14/2020 say.

Arlene Langholf 86 Pecatonica 4/14/2020 David Eccles 50 Rockford 4/14/2020 GEMINI Shirley Book 95 Rockford 4/14/2020 A complicated financial situa­ Gerald Oehring 84 Rockford 4/14/2020 tion won’t make a difficult ro­ Frank Bacher 96 Rockford 4/15/2020 mantic relationship any easier.

Vernon Eggert 71 Rockford 4/15/2020 It’s important to be affection­ Deanna Bauling 78 South Beloit ate4/15/2020 with your partner, despite your concerns.

Thomas Blosser 90 Rockford 4/15/2020 Frank Tabone 93 Rockford 4/15/2020 CANCER Shirley Kindschy 79 Rockford 4/15/2020 You’ll start the week ready to Thomas Timmer 74 Rockford 4/15/2020 conquer the world. However, Charles Salamone 68 Cherr y Valley certain people will be upset and 4/15/2020 as a result, you may not be very Albert Aves 80 Rockford 4/15/2020 kind to them.

Doris Woest 89 Rockford 4/15/2020 Martha Satter 60 Pecatonica 4/15/2020 LEO James Winters 77 Rockford 4/15/2020 Some reflection about your ca­ Evelyn Murray 88 Rockford 4/15/2020 reer is a must this week. Your Diane Doerring 82 Rockford 4/16/2020 health concerns will lead you to Woodrow Belcher 82 Rockfordmake 4/16/2020 a lifestyle change that eli­ minates stress. Prepare yourself Judith McGraw 68 Rockford 4/16/2020 for a new beginning.

Susan Stucka 62 Rockford 4/16/2020 Larry Blucher 81 Rockford 4/16/2020 VIRGO Marie Luise Simmons 92 Rockford 4/17/2020 Your social life will be in full David Womack 65 Rockford 4/17/2020 swing this week. You’ll be sur­ Sarah Buckner 33 Rockford 4/17/2020 rounded by people and you’ll Angelo Bruscato 79 Rockford 4/17/2020 accept every invitation, regard­ Chanhom Thilavong 72 Rockford less4/17/2020 of how much it strains your Luvinia Prunty 80 Rockford 4/17/2020 budget.

Joanne Stall 90 Rockford 4/17/2020 Marjorie Buckwalter 96 Rockford 4/17/2020 LIBRA Jeremiah Williams 82 RockfordYou’re 4/17/2020 inspired to begin a new Stewart Cruden 45 Rockford 4/17/2020 project. Making the right deci­ sions now will guarantee that Jason Crowley 51 Rockford 4/17/2020 you have a comfortable retire­ Clarence Poff 80 Rockford 4/18/2020 ment later.

Dwayne Campbell 56 Machesney ParkThe future is built one day at a time.

4/18/2020 Eleanor Slater 90 Rockton 4/18/2020 SCORPIO Russell Brown 69 Rockford 4/18/2020 Across You may take a spontaneous Linda Lawyer 64 Loves Park 4/18/2020 trip with friends this week.

Tra­ 1. “Ali Baba and the Forty Alan Blooomfield 92 Rockfordvel 4/18/2020 and communication may be sing. ____,” Julie Krauss 76 Rockford 4/18/2020 difficult, however, so you’ll need 6. Eureka!

Roger Benjamin 89 Rockford 4/18/2020 to learn to let go.

9. Schools of thought John Chawgo 78 Rockford 4/18/2020 Stanley Premo 89 Rockford 4/18/2020 13. Sound of artillery SAGITTARIUS James Gitt 78 Rockford 4/18/2020 A meeting at the bank is 14.all Carit nut takes to secure the financing James Jackson 80 Rockford 4/19/2020 15. Without illumination need for a certain project.

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In your per­ Wade Smith 51 Rockford 4/19/2020 18. Lasso sonal life, affection takes on loop Tim Berggren 62 Rockford 4/19/2020 new importance.

19. *Little Women’s mom Jane Olson 74 Rockford 4/19/2020 21. *Tracee Ellis Ross Thomas Bennett 55 Rockford 4/19/2020 CAPRICORN Orville Kurz 90 Rockford 4/19/2020 Compromises will needon toTV be Doris Nelson 80 Loves Park 4/19/2020 made if you want there23. to____ be o’ shanter Franz Olson 68 Rockford 4/19/2020 24. Quitter’s word harmony around you. You’ll be Katie Willoughby 30 Rockfordin 4/19/2020 charge of organizing a profes­ 25. Like a fiddle? sional event that will bring28. many Like Charles Dickens’ people together.

Tim 30. Quarantine state AQUARIUS At work, you do your best to 35. *Egyptian goddess make all your customers of happy, fertility but some people just can’t be 37. Insane, in Spain satisfied. Don’t take it person­ 39.

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ARIES It’s always easier to get along with people you’re not emo­ tionally attached to. Impose a little more discipline on your children. They know how to get under your skin.

ARIES With your boss away for one reason or another, you’ll find yourself taking over for them, much to your surprise. Trust your instincts and your leader­ ship skills will shine.

TAURUS There’s an enormous amount of detail to consider. A big pro­ motion is on the horizon at work, but you’ll need to negotiate new conditions that put you at an advantage.

TAURUS With a business trip coming up, you may worry about your abi­ lity to communicate in a foreign language. Don’t fret; you’ll sur­ pass your own expectations.

GEMINI If you’re single, love will come knocking at your door. A per­ son you’ve been friends with a long time may make a declara­ tion of love. Financially, an un­ expected windfall will land at your feet.

CANCER Your plans to move are starting to solidify. You’ll put your fam­ ily’s needs first, even if you’re very busy in the next few days.

The people you love are your priority.

LEO You’ll start to think about buy­ ing a new car. To avoid undue financial strain, take your time to consider whether you should or not. After a few days of think­ ing about it, you may change your mind.

VIRGO Affection is important to you.

Take the time to talk about the tensions in your relationship so you can restore harmony and reconnect.

LIBRA You’ll feel energized and ready to solve any problem that co­ mes your way. Happily, you’ll put aside any worries or con­ cerns that previously disturbed your peace of mind.

WEEK OF APRIL 19 TO 25, 2020

HOROSCOPE GEMINI, CANCER AND LEO

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:

ARIES There will be lots of action and excitement this week. You’ll face new challenges, both in your ca­ reer and in your personal life.

TAURUS Sometimes you need to take a step back before you can move forward. By taking initiative, you’ll succeed in creating bal­ ance in your financial situation and in your love life.

GEMINI You may go back to school with the goal of making a ca­ reer change. Your patience and hard work will provide you with an opportunity to get out of a precarious financial situation.

GEMINI At work, your customer base will grow dramatically, thereby increasing your income signifi­ cantly. In your love life, your partner or someone you’re inte­ rested in will surprise you in a way that makes you very happy.

CANCER Generally, you’re not the type to hesitate before making a big decision. This time, however, you extensively deliberate the pros and cons first. What’s more, new information will come to light at the last minute.

CANCER You’ll have an epiphany that will light the way to achieving your personal and professional objectives. As a result, you’ll take the first steps toward starting your own business.

LEO At work, you’ll deal with emer­ gencies and unsatisfied custo­ mers. Your smile will diffuse a tense situation and help you iron out one or more difficulties.

LEO In order to expand your pro­ fessional and personal horizons, you’ll take a training course.

To your great delight, this will change the trajectory of your life.

VIRGO One way or another you’re sure to accomplish a great feat this week. You’ll be applauded for your efforts and held in great esteem. You may also save someone from a catastrophe.

LIBRA If you have young children, they may be more excitable than usual. In order to restore peace at home, take the time to esta­ blish or clarify the house rules.

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VIRGO Emotions will be palpable this week and may cause a degree of restlessness. You’ll receive a clear sign of affection and com­ mitment from your new love interest.

LIBRA Consider the consequences be­ fore making a decision that could change your life and that of those closest to you. Your gener­ osity will be contagious and you’ll spread the seeds of happiness.

SCORPIO Changing your eating habits will have a considerable effect on your health. In your love life, clear communication allows you to avoid conflict and propels you toward making a more se­ rious commitment.

SAGITTARIUS You’ll be a hero this week. You may even help someone out of a difficult situation just by lis­ tening for a few minutes and offering them a smile.

CAPRICORN If you’ve been thinking about moving, you’ll start to consider the idea more seriously. Notably, you’ll find a home that suits your family’s needs.

AQUARIUS You won’t pull any punches this week or beat around the bush when expressing your di sa­ greement. You’ll be feared and respected.

PISCES To be happier in your relation­ ship, you need to break out of your routine and communicate your desires to your partner. If you don’t already live together, you’ll consider it.

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Nature Prescription Cure for Cabin Fever

By Jamie Johannsen Forest Preserves of Winnebago County

Humans have an affinity for nature. We delight in its beauty. We seek it for recreation. But did you know that connecting with nature also makes you healthy?

Numerous recent studies reveal that access to nature has tremendous preventative and therapeutic effects on body and mind.

Experts are telling us that one of the healthiest things we can do right now is to get outdoors.

It’s spring and the wild flowers are blooming, the sun is warm, the streams are flowing and lots of cool birds are migrating through our area. So don’t stay inside! The

43 Forest Preserves of Winnebago County are open for you to walk, hike, birdwatch, picnic and connect with nature.

Due to the shelter in place order in effect until April 30th, vehicles may not enter the preserves and entrance gates are locked.

Visitors are encouraged to park at the entrances and walk in. When the shelter in place order is rescinded and we are fully staffed again, preserve gates will be opened. Restrooms are also closed at this time. All preserve visitors must observe at all times CDC’s minimum recommended physical distancing of six feet from other people.

Medical research from around the world

demonstrating that doses of nature can deliver powerful benefits has spawned a new movement to connect people to nature. Not surprisingly, many of the most dramatic health benefits can be attributed to being physically active in nature.

Nature’s Health Benefits

(Excerpted from Literature Reviews published by the Children & Nature Network) • Fitness- Physical activity in nature lowers rates of cardiovascular disease, stroke, obesity.

• Child Development- Playing in nature supports children’s development in every major way—intellectually, emotionally,

socially, spiritually and physically.

• ADD- Immersion in nature reduces Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) symptoms.

• Vitamin D- Exposure to sunlight boosts immune function and bone health by raising levels of vitamin D. • Anxiety & Depression- Interacting with nature significantly relieves stress and reduces depression.

• Immunity- Chemicals secreted by trees (phytoncides) improve immune function and reduce inflammation.

Nature’s efficacy increases if you’re near a stream or pond. Neuroscientists and psychologists have found that waterscapes have powerful therapeutic effects conducive to improved mental and emotional health. Fortunately, Winnebago County is blessed with four rivers and its forty-three forest preserves contain dozens of restored streams, wetlands, and ponds rich with wildlife.

Walking and hiking are the most popular activities in the forest preserves.

A trail system totaling over 100 miles of dirt, mowed and paved trails offers abundant opportunities for all levels. To help you choose which destination you’d like to explore visit our Favorite Forest Preserve hikes page to read descriptions and highlights of various routes. https://winnebagoforest.org/hik ing/ favorite-forest-preserve-hikes-2/ Are you ready to access the health remedy that’s free and has no side effects? Find information and inspiration for filling your nature prescription at winnebagoforest. org. Also, check out 815outside.com for suggestions on outdoor activities and opportunities at parks, preserves, trails and natural areas throughout Winnebago County.

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