The Rock River Times – May 6, 2020

May 6, 2020.

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Parishioners at Beloved Church in Lena attended a service there Sunday in defiance of Gov. JB Pritzker’s stay-at-home order that limits gatherings to fewer than 10 people. The church filed suit last week seeking to block the order, but a federal judge ruled Sunday the executive order is constitutional.

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Stay-At-Home Order

NW Illinois church appeals ruling Judge said public health outweighs right to gather in public

By Peter Hancock

Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD – Attorneys for a northwest Illinois church said Monday that they have appealed a federal judge’s ruling that upheld Gov. JB Pritzker’s stay-at-home order as it applies to worship services.

The announcement came one day after U.S. District Judge John Z. Lee ruled against a petition by Beloved Church in Lena and its pastor, Stephen Cassell, to block the order, saying the public interest in preventing the spread of COVID-19 outweighed their First Amendment right to hold a public service with large numbers of people.

“Governor Pritzker’s arbitrary 10-person limit applies only to churches but not to the many other businesses open in Illinois today, from liquor stores to lawyers to pet groomers,” Peter Breen, vice president and senior counsel for the Thomas More Society, which represents the church, said in a statement late Monday. “Our Constitution requires that churches receive at least equal treatment as any secular enterprise. Pritzker’s latest

threat of jail for people of faith is outrageous, and we will seek immediate relief from the court of appeals to defend our clients.”

In his ruling Sunday, Lee acknowledged that freedom of religion is a fundamental right, “[b]ut even the foundational rights secured by the First Amendment are not without limits; they are subject to restriction if necessary to further compelling government interests – and, certainly, the prevention of mass infections and deaths qualifies,” Lee wrote. “After all, without life, there can be no liberty or pursuit of happiness.”

The judge noted that more than 60,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, “more than the number of people who perished during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Gettysburg combined.”

The suit was filed on Thursday, April 30, against Pritzker, Stephenson County Sheriff David Snyders, Lena Police Chief Steve Schaible and Craig Beintema, administrator of the Stephenson County Department of Public Health. It sought to permanently block enforcement of Pritzker’s latest, revised stay-at-home order, which went into effect May 1 and extends through May 30.

Under that revised order, churches may

hold public services in groups of 10 or fewer as long as they follow social distancing requirements. Despite that, the church reportedly held its regular service on Sunday.

WREX-TV in Rockford reported that a public relations firm representing the church said churchgoers were provided hand sanitizer and family units were spaced 6 feet apart.

As of Monday, according to the state’s COVID-19 website, there have been 63 cases of the disease in Stephenson County, but so far, no deaths.

The Beloved Church case is just one legal challenge seeking to overturn the stay-at-home order. Republican Reps.

Darren Bailey, of Xenia, and John Cabello, of Machesney Park, are both challenging the order in state courts.

A circuit court judge in Clay County last week ruled in favor of Bailey’s complaint that the order violated his civil rights. But while that case was being appealed, Bailey asked that the order be vacated and the case returned to circuit court, where he plans to file an amended complaint.

Cabello’s suit challenges the legality of the order as a whole and is seeking to have it overturned statewide. A hearing in that case is scheduled for May 14 in Winnebago County.

Crime

Police probe 2 homicides in 2 days

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

ROCKFORD - Police are investigating two fatal shootings in as many days.

The latest homicide occurred at around 7:30 p.m., Monday, in the 1100 block of Benton Street. A 39-year-old man was brought to the hospital and died after being shot there.

“Officers came to the residence at 1135 Benton and were informed that there had been a shooting,” Rockford Police Chief Dan O’Shea said. “The shooting victim had been transported by friends or acquaintances to the hospital. Officers secured the scene here. Others officers went to the hospital and the victim who was self-transported by friend was pronounced deceased.”

O’Shea said the man is from Rockford and was the only person shot.

That wasn’t the case at around 6 p.m., Sunday, in the 1400 block of Jefferson Street, where two people were shot during what has been reported as large house party. One man was left dead in that incident and another man was wounded.

“A male, who we believe is 24 years old, was pronounced deceased at the hospital,” Rockford Police Chief Dan O’Shea said.

Police arrived on the scene at 6 p.m. to a large crowd in the street in front of a residence where the party was being held.

“Some individuals came to the party and had a conflict, and that point gunfire was exchanged between several individuals,” O’Shea said.

According to a witness who posted a Facebook video that shows one victim being worked on by police, the incident unfolded when someone, “literally drove up and started shooting.” The clip, which as since been removed, also shows a man getting handcuffed during a struggle with officers.

The second victim’s injuries are not believed to be life threatening.

There are no arrests in either case at press time. The incidents represent the fourth and fifth homicides of 2020, respectively. The names of victims have not been released.

Crime Stats

The City of Rockford released its latest crime stats this week, numbers that show an uptick in violent crime during the first four months of 2020, as citizens shelter in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The stats show from January through April, there were 23 robberies, a 90-percent jump from that time last year. There were 545 reports of violent crimes, which is an 8-percent increase.

Shots-fired calls represented the biggest increase. There were 122 calls from January to April 2019 and 155 calls during that

time year, a 27-percent climb. Aggravated assaults were up by 7%. There were 375 calls last year and 400 calls this year.

City officials say the amount of crimes that were domestic related is also fell during the the first four months of the year.

In 2019, 34% of crimes reported in January through April were domestic related. This year, it was 30%. But, that number could climb higher the longer people already in volatile situations are unable to seek over living arrangements because of coronavirus shutdowns.

Since the beginning of March there has been a 51-percents spike in domestic-violence calls in Rockford, putting police and Rockford’s mayor on high alert.

“Staying at home in a difficult relationship can add fuel to an already burning fire,” Mayor Tom McNamara said last week.

“During this time, especially, we know that survivors may think that resources are just not available to them. I want them to know that this is simply not the case.”

Those in need of assistance with emergency housing, transportation or other services because of domestic violence may call 779-200-2300.

Anyone with information about other crimes is urged to the Rockford Police Department at 815-966-2900 or Crime Stoppers at 815-963-7867.

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Virus Outbreak

US infection rate rising outside New York as states open up

By Carla K. Johnson and Mike Stobbe Associated Press

Take the New York metropolitan area’s progress against the coronavirus out of the equation and the numbers show the rest of the U.S. is moving in the wrong direction, with the infection rate rising even as states move to lift their lockdowns, an Associated Press analysis found Tuesday.

Scientists warn those numbers will only grow as governors and local officials across the country ease their stay-at-home restrictions and reopen businesses.

Meanwhile, Britain’s official coronavirus death toll, at more than 29,000, surpassed that of Italy to become the highest in Europe and second-highest in the world behind the United States.

In the U.S., some states took continued steps to lift the lockdown restrictions that have thrown millions out of work, even as the country recorded thousands of new infections and deaths every day. Public health experts warned the easing could result in tens of thousands of additional

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The New York metropolitan area, consisting of about 20 million people across about two dozen counties, including the city’s northern suburbs, Long Island and northern New Jersey, has been the hardest-hit corner of the country, accounting for at least one-third of the nation’s 70,000 deaths.

When the still locked-down metropolitan area is included, new infections in the U.S. appear to be declining, according to the AP analysis. It found that the five-day rolling average for new cases has decreased from 9.4 per 100,000 people on April 9 to 8.6 on Monday.

But taking the New York metropolitan area out of the analysis changes the story.

Without it, the rate of new cases in the U.S. increased over the same period from 6 per 100,000 people to 7.5.

While the daily number of new deaths in the metropolitan area has declined in recent weeks, it has merely plateaued in the rest of the U.S., the AP analysis found.

Pockets of America far from New York City are seeing ominous trends.

Deaths in Iowa surged to a new daily high of 19 on Tuesday, and 730 workers at a single Tyson Foods pork plant tested positive. On Monday, Shawnee County, home to Topeka, Kansas, reported a doubling of cases from last week on the same day that business restrictions began to ease.

“Make no mistakes: This virus is still circulating in our community, perhaps even more now than in previous weeks” said Linda Ochs, director of the Shawnee County Health Department.

Gallup, New Mexico, is under a strict lockdown until Thursday because of an outbreak, with guarded roadblocks to prevent travel in and out the town and a ban on more than two people in a vehicle.

Authorities have been sending water tankers into town, hospital space is running short, and a high school gym has been converted into a recuperation center with 60 oxygen-supplied beds.

New infections per day in the U.S. exceed 20,000 and deaths are well over 1,000, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.

On Monday, one widely cited model from the University of Washington nearly doubled its projection of deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus to around 134,000 through early August, with a range of 95,000 to nearly 243,000.

Dr. Christopher Murray, director of the institute that created the projections, said the increase is largely because most states are expected to ease restrictions by

next week.

Without stay-at-home orders and similar measures, Murray said, “we would have had exponential growth, much larger epidemics and deaths in staggering numbers.” But cooperation is waning, with cellphone location data showing people are getting out more, even before their states reopen, he said.

“The rise in mobility in the last week to 10 days is likely leading to some transmission” of the virus, Murray said.

Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang, a public health researcher at the University of California at Los Angeles, said it worries him that the rate of new cases is increasing at the same time some states are easing up.

“We’re one country. If we’re not moving in the same step, we’re going to have a problem,” Zhang said.

He worries that new hot spots will form and said he is particularly concerned about Florida and Texas, places where cases have been rising steadily and the potential for explosions seems high.

While death rates in places have been trending down, that could change as cases rise rapidly and hospitals become overwhelmed, he said.

Governments around the world have reported 3.6 million infections and more than a quarter-million deaths. Deliberately concealed outbreaks, low testing rates and the severe strain the disease has placed on health care systems mean the true scale of the outbreak is undoubtedly much greater.

The British government said about 29,400 people with COVID-19 have died in hospitals, nursing homes and other

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Even so, the rate of deaths and hospitalizations in Britain was on the decline, and the government prepared to begin loosening the lockdown.

A trial began in Britain of a mobile phone app that authorities hope will help contain the outbreak. The app, which warns people if they have been near an infected individual, is being tested on the Isle of Wight, off England’s southern coast. The government hopes it can be rolled out across the country later this month.

Many European countries that have relaxed strict lockdowns after new infections tapered off were watching their virus numbers warily.

“We know with great certainty that there will be a second wave – the majority of scientists are sure of that. And many also assume that there will be a third wave,” said Lothar Wieler, the head of Germany’s national disease control center.

South Korea reported only three new cases of the virus, its lowest total since February. On Tuesday, the country’s baseball season began, with no spectators allowed. In China, it has been three weeks since any new deaths have been reported in the country where the outbreak began late last year.

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ECONOMY

As US piles up debt to aid economy, even usual critics cheer

BY PAUL WISEMAN AND MARTIN CRUTSINGER ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. government has opened the spigots and let loose nearly $3 trillion to try to rescue the economy from the coronavirus outbreak – a river of debt that would have been unthinkable even a few months ago.

And yet the response, even from people who built careers as skeptics of federal debt, speaks to the gravity of the crisis: Almost no one has blinked.

With the U.S. economy in a frightening free-fall, they say, the government has no choice but to pour trillions into an emergency operation. Doing less would risk a catastrophe – a recession that could devolve into a full-fledged depression. And if that were to happen, the government’s fiscal health would end up far worse.

What’s more, the lessons of World War II and the 2008 financial crisis suggest

to many that a combination of ultra-low interest rates and eventual economic growth can keep government debts manageable and prevent a budget crisis.

In a sign that investors worry more about a deep recession than about whether the government might eventually struggle to repay its escalating debt, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note remains well below 1%. Many analysts say that while soaring federal debt may end up slowing an eventual recovery, there won’t be any recovery if the government doesn’t borrow and spend aggressively now.

“Like most folks, I’m not especially concerned about deficit and debt now,” said Donald Marron, director of the Tax Policy Center, a Washington think tank. “Interest rates remain low. Immediate health and economic concerns must take precedence.’’

Nonetheless, the numbers are shocking.

After Congress passed four programs to sustain the economy through the COVID-

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19 crisis, the budget deficit – the gap between what the government spends and what it collects in taxes – will hit a record $3.7 trillion this year, according to the Congressional Budget O�ce.

On Monday, the Treasury Department announced that it will borrow $2.99 trillion in the April-June quarter, blowing away the previous quarterly record of $569 billion, set in the recession year of 2008, and eclipsing the $1.28 trillion it borrowed in the bond market in all of 2019. By the time the budget year ends in September, the government’s debt – its accumulated annual deficits – will equal 101% of the U.S. gross domestic product, according to the CBO. Policymakers are trying to fend o� catastrophe. The lockdowns and travel curbs meant to contain the virus are battering the economy. GDP is expected to fall at a 40% annual rate from April through June.

That would be the worst quarter on record dating to 1947. Thirty million Americans have sought unemployment benefits since the virus struck.

Even before the health crisis, the government’s debt to the public, swollen

by President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, amounted to more than 80% of GDP, highest level since 1950.

The nation has been here before. In 1946, the year after World War II ended, federal debt peaked at nearly 109% of GDP. By 1962, the debt burden had dropped below the 1940 level of 44% of GDP. The surging postwar economy poured tax revenue into government co�ers.

In some ways, things are di�erent now.

The economy doesn’t grow as fast. From 1947 through 1962, the economy averaged a robust, debt-erasing 3.5% annual growth.

It’s unlikely to achieve anything that impressive anytime soon. Since 2010, GDP growth has averaged just 2.3% annually.

Economists have long worried about the consequences of big government debts.

When the government takes on debt, the argument goes, it competes with private borrowers for loans. It “crowds out’’ private investment, heightens borrowing rates and threatens growth.

But after the financial crisis, economists began to rethink their approach to debt.

The recovery from the Great Recession, in the United States and especially in Europe, was sluggish in part because policymakers declined to juice growth with more debt.

The 19 European countries that share the euro currency slid back into recession in 2011. As their economies slumped, their debt problems worsened.

In the United States, rates didn’t rise much even as the economy gradually

strengthened. It turns out investors have a near-insatiable appetite for U.S. Treasurys, given their status as the world’s safest investment. Their rush to buy Treasurys helped lower the government’s borrowing costs. So did persistently low inflation.

In such a low-rate, low-inflation environment, the risk of piling on debt seems more manageable, at least for countries like the United States and Japan that borrow in their own currencies.

“We can worry much less about the amount of debt than most economists guessed,” said Douglas Elmendorf, a former CBO director and now dean of the Harvard Kennedy School who for years has been a critic of runaway federal debt.

Today’s U.S. policymakers enjoy the support of the Federal Reserve, which has been flooding the market with cash and keeping borrowing costs ultra-low. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell took the unusual step at a news conference last week of imploring Congress not to worry right now about the risk that its aggressive rescue programs will produce excessive debt.

“I have long time been an advocate for the need for the United States to return to a sustainable path from a fiscal perspective,” Powell said. “This is not the time to act on those concerns. This is the time to use the great fiscal power of the United States to do what we can to support the economy and try to get through.”

Likewise, Olivier Blanchard, a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, challenged the old consensus on government debt in a speech last year: “Put bluntly, public debt may have no fiscal cost... The probability that the U.S. government can do a debt rollover, that it can issue debt and achieve a decreasing debt to GDP ratio without ever having to raise taxes later, is high.’’

Then again, the future might not be like the recent past. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, said he thinks rates will eventually start rising as the economy regains health, perhaps in 2022 or 2023.

“There’s going to be a day of reckoning,” Zandi said. “We are going to as a nation have to address these deficits and debts. We’re going to have to raise taxes. We’re going to have to restrain spending.’’

But for now, he said, “You have to respond with everything you’ve got to make sure the economy doesn’t completely fall apart.’’

“The question is not: How much does this cost? But rather: How much will debt go up if we do this, versus if don’t do this?’’ said Richard Kogan, senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and a budget adviser in the Obama administration.

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RACVB View

Zoom (Virtually) Through the Rockford Region

By Elizabeth Miller Rockford Area CVB

Many of you are probably like us at the RACVB and have been working from home for awhile. I’m so grateful that we have the technology to easily stay connected with our team. Since we’ve been working from home, we (like many other companies) have utilized Zoom to be able to communicate with our staff.

Although...it gets boring looking at the same background every Zoom meeting.

Why have your office (or living room, or kitchen...) wall in the background when you can “travel around Rockford” while you’re on Zoom?

We’ve created a series of Zoom virtual

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How To Implement a Zoom Virtual Background

• It’s recommended to have a solid color background to achieve the best results (green is preferable, but not required).

• Make sure your lighting is even and not to dark or bright.

• Do not wear clothing that is the same color as the virtual background (unless you

want some hilarious results).

• Sign into your Zoom account online (and/or create one) and click on the Settings tab.

• Make sure you are in the Meetings setting options.

• Look for the Virtual Background option (usually near the bottom, so you might need to scroll at bit).

• Enable this feature by clicking on the toggle to make sure it’s highlighted in blue.

• When you’re in a Zoom meeting, there is an arrow to the right of the “Start/Stop Video” button at the bottom left of the Zoom screen. Click on the arrow and click on “Choose Virtual Background.”

• A window will pop up to choose one

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The Laurent House virtual background

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Downtown Rockford virtual background

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of the virtual backgrounds already loaded into Zoom, or you can add your own image (like these Rockford images!) by clicking on the “+” icon and choosing “Add Image.”

• You’ll just have to make sure the image you want as your virtual background is saved on your computer, and you just find this image file!

• Zoom away!

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WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT

Scientist: Trump o�cials ignored warnings on drug, virus

BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, MICHAEL BALSAMO AND COLLEEN LONG ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) – A government scientist was ousted after the Trump administration ignored his dire warnings about COVID-19 and a malaria drug President Donald Trump was pushing for the coronavirus despite scant evidence it helped, according to a whistleblower complaint Tuesday.

Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, filed the complaint Tuesday with the O�ce of Special Counsel, a government agency responsible for whistleblower complaints.

He alleges he was reassigned to a lesser role because he resisted political pressure to allow widespread use of hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug favored by Trump.

He said the Trump administration wanted to “flood” hot spots in New York and New Jersey with the drug.

Bright’s complaint comes as the Trump administration faces criticism over its response to the pandemic, including testing and supplies of ventilators, masks and other equipment to try to stem the spread.

To date, there have been nearly 1.2 million confirmed cases in the United States and more than 70,000 deaths.

Bright also said the Trump administration rejected his warnings on COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. He said he “acted with urgency” to address the growing spread of COVID-19 after the World Health Organization issued a warning in January.

But he said he “encountered resistance from HHS leadership, including Health and Human Services Secretary (Alex) Azar, who appeared intent on downplaying this catastrophic event.”

Bright alleges in the complaint that political appointees at the Department of Health and Human Services tried to promote hydroxychloroquine “as a panacea.” The o�cials also “demanded that New York and New Jersey be ‘flooded’ with these drugs, which were imported from factories in Pakistan and India that had not been inspected by the FDA,” the complaint says.

But Bright opposed broad use of the drug, arguing the scientific evidence wasn’t there to back up its use in coronavirus patients.

He felt an urgent need to tell the public there wasn’t enough scientific evidence to support using the drugs for COVID-19 patients, the complaint states.

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned doctors against

prescribing the drug except in hospitals and research studies. In an alert, regulators flagged reports of sometimes fatal heart side e�ects among coronavirus patients taking hydroxychloroquine or the related drug chloroquine.

The decades-old drugs, also prescribed for lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, can cause a number of side e�ects, including heart rhythm problems, severely low blood pressure and muscle or nerve damage.

In late January, Bright said he made an e�ort to ramp up federal procurement of N95 respirator masks, after having heard warnings that a global shortage could imperil first-responders.

But he said his boss, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Preparedness Robert Kadlec, gave short shrift to the warnings during a meeting Jan. 23.

At another meeting that day, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Kadlec “responded with surprise at (Bright’s) dire predictions and urgency, and asserted that the United States would be able to contain the virus and keep it out,” the whistleblower complaint said.

Publicly, HHS was saying it had all the masks that would be needed.

Bright found an ally in White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who was also urgently concerned about the virus.

The complaint described a series of contacts with Navarro’s o�ce that led to a meeting between Bright and the trade o�cial on at the White House on a Saturday early in February. Bright said his boss, Kadlec was not pleased.

“Navarro clearly shared (Bright’s) concerns about the potential devastation the United States would face from the coronavirus and asked (Bright) to identify the supply chain and medical countermeasures most critical to address at that time in order to save lives.”

Navarro’s memos to top White House o�cials raised alarms even as Trump was publicly assuring Americans that the outbreak was under control.

Bright felt o�cials had “refused to listen or take appropriate action to accurately inform the public” and spoke to a reporter who was working on a story about the drug.

He said he had to tell the public about the lack of science backing up its use, despite the drug being pushed by the president as press briefings, to protect people from what he believed “constituted a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety,” the complaint says.

“As the death toll mounted exponentially each day, Dr. Bright concluded that he had a moral obligation to the American public,

including those vulnerable as a result of illness from COVID-19, to protect it from drugs which he believed constituted a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety,” the complaint says.

On Jan. 20, according to the complaint, the WHO held an emergency call to discuss the novel coronavirus. It was attended by many HHS o�cials, and which WHO o�cials advised that “the outbreak is a big problem.”

Trump has accused the U.N. agency of mismanaging and covering up the spread of the virus after it emerged in China and said he would cut funding.

Bright’s agency works to guard against pandemics and emergent infectious diseases, and is working to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus.

Top o�cials also pressured him to steer contracts to a client of a lobbyist, he reported.

Bright said he repeatedly clashed with leadership about the role played by pharmacy industry lobbyist John Clerici in drug contracts. As he tried to push a contract extension of a contract for one of his clients Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Clerici said the company’s CEO was a friend of Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law.

In the complaint, Bright says he wants to returned to his position as the director and a full investigation.

When Bright’s plans to file a complaint surfaced last month, HHS confirmed that Bright is no longer at the BARDA agency, but did not address his allegations of political interference in the COVID-19 response.

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Buying and planting vegetable transplants

BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

Vegetable transplants are your best option for planting into the garden when we enter May. This is true for tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, melons, and others. Beans, corn, okra, and pumpkins would still be fine for starting indoors for a couple weeks but smaller seeds tend to take too long now. While many vegetable transplants are available for purchase, it is still too early to plant them. Most heat loving transplants should be planted the end of May. When you look for transplants, you will

find heirloom/open pollinated varieties, hybrids, and organics. If the plant is labeled as organic, this means the seed was collected from a certified organic farm. If it is listed as hybrid, it may have some disease resistance.

The label will usually list how many days to maturity or how long until you can harvest.

Some labels will show photos of what the vegetable looks like. For containers, look to those varieties that state “patio”.

Be mindful of what plants you are selecting. If the transplant has already produced flowers, you want to avoid planting it. A transplant already in the flowering stages can get confused when it is planted in your

garden. Avoid heavily discounted/”rough looking” transplants. While they might be a good deal, you may find that they do not perform well for you.

Now you need to get your soil ready. Add some compost to the bed and rake in. This will help to “wake up” the microorganisms.

You will also need a fertilizer. Usually a fertilizer will state in cups or tablespoons how much to apply over a set area or per plant. Your fertilizer may be slow release, or it could be one you apply every week. Add the fertilizer before you place your plants.

Space your plants according to their needs. Too close will mean plants compete.

Too far away may mean that weeds feel in the gap. The labeling on transplants should list the spacing, but you may find you need to do your own research.

Remove the entire transplant from its container, ensuring you have as much roots and growing media as possible. Plant at the same depth as the transplant, bring the soil up around the plant, and water the plant. Check on the transplant the next couple of days.

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

Spring – enjoy it while you can

BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL CONTRIBUTORS

Spring – the beautiful, magical time of the year. The Earth returns to life.

Delicate woodland wildflowers that had disappeared suddenly spring to bloom.

Birds return and fill the air with their song.

Religions throughout the world celebrate the return of life. Spring returns no matter what people do. Nature is steadfast.

A few insects, most of them bees, lazily move from flower to flower. While in the past, swarms could be seen, only a few individuals appear. The decline in insect populations has plummeted. A keynote study done in Krefeld, Germany, revealed a decline of nearly 80% from 1989 until 2016. Scientists estimate that there are a thousand times the number of insect species as mammal species.

Insects are responsible for pollinating nearly 90% of flowering plants; three quarters of crop plants depend on them to help produce fruits and seeds. Without pollination, plants cannot reproduce. Loss of insects and their essential job of pollinating would decrease most food for humans. As insects decline, so do plants. Will this also be the fate of spring wildflowers?

As insect loss leads to loss in numbers and diversity of plants, their loss leads to diminished food supply for many animals, notably birds. Swallows returning are a delightful rite of spring; their graceful swooping and gliding catches insects on the wing. What will happen to them as insects decline? What will happen to their young? Will these insect - eating birds also decline? Will they disappear as many insect species have?

As human activities lead to the decline in insect species and numbers, changes in human activities can lead to regeneration of these valuable members of the living world. Habitat loss, destruction of diverse ecosystems in favor of monoculture crops, widespread use of pesticides, especially neonicotinoids, pollution, climate change and other stressors are destroying insects and other species. Changing human behavior from stressing the earth to restoring is necessary to protect these and many other creatures.

Several international celebrations encourage people to work for restoring the earth. They began with enthusiasm, but, unfortunately waned as interest declined.

Earth Hour, a symbolic gesture for people to pledge support for the planet and its climate, has been celebrated since it began in Sydney in 2007. For an hour on the last Saturday in March, lights go out in a rolling blackout around the globe in honor of the earth and as a pledge to do our best to protect and preserve it. Organizers hoped it would stimulate people to action and not allow it to become just another symbolic gesture. Unfortunately, its appeal seems to have faded and its impact waned. Even those who were enthusiastic about an hour becoming a model for the year lost interest.

Earth Overshoot publicizes the date on which humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year, using all of the earth’s annual capacity to produce resources and process waste, entering into ecological deficit. During most of human history, humanity lived within its means, not using more resources than the earth could produce and not dumping more waste than

the earth could process. A harmonious balance was maintained. Then, in the early 1970s, human activities shifted the balance.

This year, Earth Overshoot Day will fall on July 29, the earliest ever. Just as silently as extinction, it comes and disappears. Most people don’t notice; many don’t care.

Possibly the best known and still revered, Earth Day focuses attention not on negatives, but on restoring the Earth. Initiated as a teach-in, its 50th anniversary was celebrated, not as a world-wide public event with gatherings, festivals, and mass action.

Pandemic quarantine forced it to become a virtual event, losing its enormous impact.

Personal participation and involvement can permanently change attitudes.

Despite heroic attempts to change attitudes and actions, depletion of the Earth continues, insects disappear at alarming rates; native ecosystems – forests, prairies, and others are diminished in size and stability. Will spring wildflowers follow the same path?

If you love spring, love nature, love life – Work together restoring the Earth to its unique and rightful beauty.

Welcome, sweet springtime, we greet thee with song! (lyricist unknown) Spring – enjoy it while you can.

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Government Notices n n n LEGAL NOTICE The Board of Education, School District No. 205, Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois, will receive on or before 2:00 PM (CST), Tuesday, May 26, 2020 sealed submittals for 20-48 Boiler Maintenance and Repair, terms to be in accordance with specifications which may be reviewed at the Board of Education Office, 501 Seventh St., 6th floor conference room, Rockford, Illinois. All names of offerors submitting will be publicly read at that time and place. All offers submitted shall be valid for a period of at least sixty (60) days from the date of set for receipt of offers. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers. Package request forms are available on the District’s website, rps205.com. Vendors registered with DemandStar.com can download packages at no cost from their web-site – www.

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Dated this 5th day of May 2020, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois.

Dane Youngblood Director of Purchasing 11516R TRRT 5/6 n n n LEGAL NOTICE The Board of Education, School District No. 205, Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois, will receive on or before 2:00 PM (CST), Tuesday, May 26, 2020 sealed submittals for 20-49 Tree Trimming and Removal Services, terms to be in accordance with specifications which may be reviewed at the Board of Education Office, 501 Seventh St., 6th floor conference room, Rockford, Illinois. All names of offerors submitting will be publicly read at that time and place. All offers submitted shall be valid for a period of at least sixty (60) days from the date of set for receipt of offers. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers. Package request forms are available on the District’s website, rps205.com. Vendors registered with DemandStar.com can download packages at no cost from their web-site – www.

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Dated this 5th day of May 2020, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois.

Dane Youngblood Director of Purchasing 11517R TRRT 5/6 n n n LEGAL NOTICE The Board of Education, School District No. 205, Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois, will receive on or before 2:00 PM (CST), Thursday, May 28, 2020 sealed submittals for 20-50 Vehicle Maintenance Services, terms to be in accordance with specifications which may be reviewed at the Board of Education Office, 501 Seventh St., 6th floor conference room, Rockford, Illinois. All names of offerors submitting will be publicly read at that time and place. All offers submitted shall be valid for a period of at least sixty (60) days from the date of set for receipt of offers. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject

any or all offers. Package request forms are available on the District’s website, rps205.com. Vendors registered with DemandStar.com can download packages at no cost from their web-site – www.

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Dated this 7th day of May 2020, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois.

Dane Youngblood Director of Purchasing 11518R TRRT 5/6 n n n LEGAL NOTICE The Board of Education, School District No. 205, Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois, will receive on or before 2:00 PM (CST), Thursday, May 28, 2020 sealed submittals for 20-51 Window Repair, Replacement and Installation Services, terms to be in accordance with specifications which may be reviewed at the Board of Education Office, 501 Seventh St., 6th floor conference room, Rockford, Illinois. All names of offerors submitting will be publicly read at that time and place. All offers submitted shall be valid for a period of at least sixty (60) days from the date of set for receipt of offers. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers. Package request forms are available on the District’s website, rps205.com. Vendors registered with DemandStar.com can download packages at no cost from their web-site – www.

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Dated this 7th day of May 2020, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois.

Dane Youngblood Director of Purchasing 11519R TRRT 5/6

Public Notices 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, Darling-

ton, 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 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN BRAMEL AKA JOHN C. BRAMEL; ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 643 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, June 4, 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 NINE (9) IN BLOCK SIX (6) AS DESIGNAT-

ED UPON THE PLAT OF HALSTED PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 16 OF PLATS ON PAGE 20 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 11-11231-007.

Commonly known as 3203 Louise Street, Rockford, Illinois 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 The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. F19100104 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3150220 P11509R TRRT 5/13 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v.

DYN CAPRON HOLDINGS, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, and THE HARVARD STATE BANK, and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO: 2020 ED 2 Parcel 2041725 NOTICE The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, abovenamed Defendants, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, for entry of an Order granting the Department possession of the interest in property described on the attached Exhibit A; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

The land and interests sought to be obtained are identified as follows: Exhibit A: Parcel 2041725

P-30 FAP Route 517 (BR 20) Section (2Y-1)N Parcel 2041725 EASEMENT Dyn Capron Holdings, L.L.C A part of Lot 2 and the private drive as designated upon the Plat of Interstate Commercial Centre, being a subdivision of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of said Subdivision is recorded in Book 39 of Plats on Page 169B in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, State of Illinois, described as follows: Beginning at a 3/4” iron pin at the northwest corner of said Lot 2; thence North 78 degrees 58 minutes 53 seconds East, 157.87 (Bearings and grid distances are referenced to the Illinois State Plane Coordinate System West Zone Datum of 1983 (2011 Adjustment)) on the north line of said Lot 2; thence South 11 degrees 49 minutes 44 seconds West, 42.74 feet; thence South 78 degrees 28 minutes 44 seconds West, 99.63 feet; thence South 50 degrees 32 minutes 04 seconds West, 22.53 feet; thence South 54 degrees 11 minutes 08 seconds West, 1.45 feet; thence South 47 degrees 01 minutes 37 seconds West, 1.84 feet; thence South 25 degrees 36 minutes 08 seconds West, 2.48 feet; thence South 1 degree 26 minutes 01 second East, 59.17 feet; thence South 89 degrees 17 minutes 46 seconds West, 40.46 feet; thence North 0 degrees 41 minutes 50 seconds West, 68.87 feet; thence North 73 degrees 41 minutes 18 seconds West, 25.07 feet, to the east line of Lot 3 of said Plat of Interstate Commercial Centre; thence northwesterly on the east line of said Lot 3, 28.53 feet on a curve to the left, having a radius of 68.42 feet, a central angle of 23 degrees 53 minutes 32 seconds and the long chord of said curve bears North 32 degrees 15 minutes 46 seconds West, a chord distance of 28.32 feet, to the northeast corner of said Lot 3; thence North 78 degrees 58 minutes 53 seconds East, 52.37 feet on the north line of said private road, to the Point of Beginning, containing 0.242 acres, more or less.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above named Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 3rd day of June, 2020, default may be entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court 17th Judicial Circuit

Winnebago County, Illinois G. Michael Scheurich #2479869 scheurich@guyerlaw.com GUYER & ENICHEN, P.C. 2601 Reid Farm Rd., Suite B Rockford, IL 61114 815/636-9600 11512R TRRT 5/13 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS WINNEBAGO COUNTY, IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WADE ARTHUR FOX, Deceased.

2020 P 139 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Wade Arthur Fox of Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Letters of office were issued to Aina M. Carter as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is David W. Badger, Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger & Considine, LLC, 215 E. First Street, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

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

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at 400 West State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the representative, or both, on or before the date which is six (6) months after the date of the first publication of this Claim Notice, or, if mailing or delivering of a notice from the representative is required by section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice.

Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

By: Aina M. Carter, Independent Executor David W. Badger Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger & Considine, LLC 215 E. First Street P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 FAX badger@egbclaw.com 11513R TRRT 5/13 n n n PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the legal current owner of the property located at 3415 North Winnebago Road, Winnebago, Winnebago County, Illinois, PIN 1033-100-012 and commonly known as Valhalla Pet Cemetery will cease all operations, including visitation on May 7, 2020. The attorney for the property owner is David H. Carter, Law Office of David H. Carter, 308 West State Street, Suite 215, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Any person or entity having a claim to or interest in the maintenance and/or perpetual use and operation of Valhalla Pet Cemetery, legal or otherwise, must contact the attorney for the property owner no later than June 4, 2020.

Any person wishing to remove personal items from the property may do so by first contacting the attorney for the property owner and

making suitable arrangements.

Failure to remove personal items prior to June 4, 2020 will constitute a forfeiture of such property and may be subject to removal.

Dated: April 23, 2020 By: /s/ David H. Carter, Esq. DAVID H. CARTER David H. Carter — ARDC #6204782 Attorney at Law 308 West State Street, Suite 215 Rockford, Illinois 61101 Telephone: 815-968-8900 Fax: 815-968-9427 DHCLAW@aol.com 11514R TRRT 5/13 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DALLAS O. BOYLE CASE NO: 2020 P 82 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of DALLAS O. BOYLE. Letters of Office were issued on March 13, 2020 to CHRISTINE A. TOWELL, 11752 Love Road, Roscoe, IL 61073, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Jeffry A. Dahlberg, 5130 N. Second St., Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 25, 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 the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

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

Dated: April 20, 2020 CHRISTINE A. TOWELL Executor Attorney for Estate JEFFRY A. DAHLBERG #6206776 BALSLEY & DAHLBERG 5130 N. Second St. Loves Park, IL 61111 815-877-2593 11515R TRRT 5/13 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES H. PETERSON, Deceased.

NO. 2020 P 143 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JAMES H. PETERSON. Letters of Office were issued on April 20, 2020 to Eric J. Peterson, PO Box 171, Orfordville, WI 53576, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is John M. Nelson, 1 Court Place, Suite 300, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may

be filed on or before November 9, 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 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, as amended, whichever date is later.

Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 61101 or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the estate’s legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

ERIC J. PETERSON, Executor This document was prepared by: JOHN M. NELSON #2031671 Attorney at Law 1 Court Place, Suite 300 Rockford, IL 61101 815-964-8800 Fax: 815-965-4413 johnmnelsonlaw@gmail.com Rock River Times: 5/6;5/13;5/20 11520R TRRT 5/20 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: MARGARET SWANSON, Deceased.

CASE NO. 20-P-72 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of MARGARET SWANSON. Letters of Office were issued on the 4th day of March 2020, to DONALD S. SWANSON, 6551 Alice Lane, Rockton, IL 61072, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is David H. Carter, 308 West State Street, Suite 215, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 15, 2021, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

Dated: May 2, 2020 By: /s/ David H. Carter, Esq. David H. Carter, Esq. David H. Carter — ARDC #6204782 Attorney at Law 308 West State Street, Suite 215 Rockford, Illinois 61101 Telephone: 815-968-8900 Fax: 815-968-9427 DHCLAW@aol.com 11521R TRRT 5/20

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May 6, 2020 The Rock River Times. n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: BARBARA J. PERSON, Deceased.

CASE NO. 20-P-43 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of BARBARA J. PERSON. Letters of Office were issued on the 26th day of February 2020, to CLINTON PERSON, 3737 Lookout Drive, Rockford, IL 61109, who is the legal representative of the Estate.

The attorney for the estate is David H. Carter, 308 West State Street, Suite 215, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 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 Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs. JOHN BRAMEL AKA JOHN C. BRAMEL; ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 643 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment

By: /s/ David H. Carter, Esq. David H. Carter, Esq. David H. Carter — ARDC #6204782 Attorney at Law 308 West State Street, Suite 215 Rockford, Illinois 61101 Telephone: 815-968-8900 Fax: 815-968-9427 DHCLAW@aol.com 11522R TRRT 5/20 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 fine art sales business in said County and State under the name of Betsy Youngquist at the following post office addresses: 407 James Ave., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of

all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Betsy Youngquist SIGNED: Betsy Youngquist 4/23/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of April, A.D. 2020.

Brian Schindler, Notary Public My Commission Expires 7/1/23 11524R TRRT 5/20 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 business in said County and State under the name of Little Fashionista’s at the following post office addresses: 6462 Weaver Rd., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all

of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 4, 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. 11-11-231-007.

Commonly known as 3203 Louise Street, Rockford, Illinois 61103.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family res-

persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Yesenia De La Torre SIGNED: Yesenia De La Torre 4/18/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of April, A.D. 2020.

Allison Sowell, Notary Public My Commission Expires 12/29/22 11525R TRRT 5/20 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: NICOLE RENEE PING TICKNOR Current Name Case Number 20-MR-377 There will be a court date

on my Request to change my name from: Nicole Renee Ping Ticknor to the new name of: Nicole Renee Ticknor.

The court date will be held: on August 6, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #426. /s/ Nicole Ticknor Nicole Renee Ping Ticknor Current Name 11526R TRRT 5/20 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: BERNARD R. WHITMAN, Deceased.

CASE NO. 19-P-225 CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of BERNARD R. WHITMAN. Letters of Office were issued on the 29th day of May 2019, to CHRISTINE M. WHIPKEY, 118 Jonquil Drive, Davis Junction, Illinois 61029, who is the legal representative of the Estate.

The attorney for the estate is David H. Carter, 308 West State Street, Suite 215, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 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 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.

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DEATH NOTICES Petra Santiago 94 Rockford 4/27/2020 Roseleen Wicks 100 South Beloit 4/27/2020 Donelle Ege 83 Rockford 4/27/2020 Frederico Miller 45 Rockford 4/27/2020 Shirley Diehl 70 Rockford 4/27/2020 Elisa Hendricks 73 Rockford 4/27/2020 Micah Mahan 35 Rockford 4/27/2020 Bonnie Tompkins 77 Rockford 4/27/2020 Mbongya Salehe 50 Rockford 4/28/2020 Donald Kuczynski 87 Winnebago 4/28/2020 Lillie Quince 66 Rockford 4/28/2020 Roger Johnson 90 Rockford 4/28/2020 Josh Wakenight 34 Rockford 4/28/2020 Susan Dimarco 67 Rockford 4/28/2020 Jonathon Burns 35 Rockford 4/28/2020 Joanne Crumrine 84 Rockton 4/28/2020 Randy Shoulders 61 Rockford 4/28/2020 Robert Johnson 64 Rockford 4/28/2020 Annie Jenkins 73 Rockford 4/28/2020 Elizabeth Ruisbroek 94 Rockton 4/28/2020 Roy Purifoy 82 Rockford 4/29/2020 Bobby Wilson 89 Rockford 4/29/2020 Charles Gardner 64 Rockford 4/29/2020 Julian Jefferson 56 Rockford 4/29/2020 Davin McDowall 34 Rockford 4/29/2020 Kay Benson 75 Rockford 4/30/2020 Nolan Crawford 67 Rockford 4/30/2020 Daniel Rach 77 Machesney Park 4/30/2020 Ralph Hursh 83 Rockford 4/30/2020 Emilio Cuahquentzi 50 Rockford 4/30/2020 Dennis Clarke 74 Rockford 4/30/2020 James Cooper 87 Machesney Park 4/30/2020 Gerald Worth 83 Rockford 4/30/2020 Margaret Kummerow 98 Rockford 5/1/2020 Duane Vincer 78 Rockford 5/1/2020 Arthur Johnson 83 Rockford 5/1/2020 Barbara Bannen 89 Rockford 5/1/2020 Ruby Griffis 57 Rockford 5/1/2020 Joe Mae Henderson 69 Rockford 5/1/2020 Harold Stout 89 South Beloit 5/1/2020 Williemae Pride 98 Rockford 5/1/2020 Mae Spencer 77 Rockford 5/1/2020 Craig Bourbon 60 Rockford 5/1/2020 David Stewart 56 Rockford 5/1/2020 Leonard Arthur 75 Rockford 5/1/2020 Rubert Zahrte 93 Rockford 5/1/2020 Teresa Olbrich 79 Rockford 5/1/2020 Viola Jones 88 Rockford 5/1/2020 Kevin Hodges 62 Rockford 5/1/2020 Corinne Nelson 99 Rockford 5/1/2020 Thomas Hill 47 Rockford 5/2/2020 Bruce Olson 71 Rockford 5/2/2020 Susan Jones 65 Rockford 5/2/2020 Jasun Heatley 43 Rockford 5/2/2020 Debra Miller 63 Machesney Park 5/2/2020 Clarence Harris 72 Rockford 5/2/2020 Suzanne McDonald 76 Rockford 5/3/2020 William Strever 83 Rockford 5/3/2020 Joseph Johnson 91 Rockford 5/3/2020 Henry Aurand 89 Rockford 5/3/2020 Florence Glasco 100 Rockford 5/3/2020 Phillip Burch 78 Rockford 5/3/2020 Jane Holm 84 Rockford 5/3/2020 Donna Reynolds 86 Rockford 5/3/2020 Walter Whitney 97 Winnebago 5/3/2020 Edith Bosley 92 Rockford 5/3/2020 Arthur Guedel 90 Rockford 5/3/2020 Johnnie Richardson 88 Rockford 5/3/2020 Kenneth Latin 57 Rockford 5/3/2020

Death notices are provided by the Winnebago County Coroner’s office.

CROSSWORD

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: SAGITTARIUS, CAPRICORN AND AQUARIUS

THEME: 21ST CENTURY

HOROSCOPE

ARIES Emotions will run high this week, but the situation will inspire you and provoke big changes. You may even decide to embark on a spontaneous trip around the world.

TAURUS You’ll face a difficult choice. Take the time to think it through be­ fore you make a decision. Other­ wise, you’ll keep coming back to the same dilemma.

GEMINI You’ll have a lot of work to do this week, but a file that was discreetly assigned to you could be very profitable. You may also start your own small business.

CANCER You’ll meet someone who might be your soulmate, and it’ll be love at first site. You’ll both know you were made for each other, but your family will en­ courage you to slow down.

LEO If you’re moving soon, you’ll be in and out of home decor stores to make sure your new place is perfect. Take the time to reflect on what you want to say before you express your opinions.

VIRGO Someone may confide in you, and you’ll be left feeling con­ fused. You might need to let a friend go, especially if they owe you money or betrayed your trust.

LIBRA A promotion at work will help ease your financial worries. All you have to do is knock on your boss’ door and make it happen.

You’ll finally see a brighter fu­ ture ahead.

Across 1. A bit cracked 5. Traitor’s blow?

9. Cause of Princess’ downfall 12. Hawaiian tuber 13. Prospec tor ’s mother?

14. Heavy footsteps 16. “Iliad” or “Odyssey” 17. Caribbean color 18. Frustration, in print 19. *Proponent of colonization of Mars 21. Small island 22. *Edmond Halley’s apparition, 2061-2062 2 3. E xpression of disgust or recoil 24. *2007 “Invention of the Year” 27. Give satisfaction 31. Neither a win nor a loss 32. Having no courage 35.

Medicinal houseplant 36. Dodge, as in a tax bill 38. Take the gold 39. A nt i-s enior s sentiment 40. Immigrate

41. Bold and without shame 43. Take illegal drugs 44. Adverb of steep 46. Tower of London guard 48. *Legalized in many states 49. Cambodian monetary unit, pl.

51. Gift toppers 53. *Major spring 2020 occurance 56. *23andMe unit 57. Baron Munchhausen, e.g.

58. Original thought 60. Not yes or no 61. Nobel Peace Prize home 62. Long forearm bone 63. Formal wear, colloquially speaking 64. *Review service 65. *Walter White’s concoction Down 1. Polished off 2. Mock or make fun of playfully 3. Seed covering

4. Late Baroque 5. *Harvey Weinstein’s new home, slangily 6. Part of chef’s uniform 7. Sunbaked, archaically speaking 8. Bird’s groomer 9. Opposite of knit 10. Competitive advantage 11. Combustion product 14. Boreal forest, in Russia 15. *Number sign turned metadata tag 20. Time being 23. Coffin alternative 24. Agenda entries 25. Turning point 26. Launch or throw 27. *Millennials’ followers, for short 28. One hipbone 29. “Madagascar” predator 30. *Site of Abdrabbuh M a n s u r H a d i/ Houthi conflict 33. Best-laid plans often go ____ 34. Roman road

37. *Sites with no easy access 39. Anoint 41. Sandwich with acronym name 42. Ophthalmologist’s prescription quantity 45. Wild West group 47. Os 49. Pay hike 50. All told 51. One of the Bridges 52. December stone 53. Clever tactic 54. Opposite of busy 55. Copper coin 56. Greenwich-related acronym 5 9. E x p r e s s i o n o f pleasure

SCORPIO Some rest is needed to replenish your energy and spirit. A break­ through will open the door to a new level of spirituality that’ll change your life.

SAGITTARIUS You may use your exceptional imagination to create a master­ piece from which you’ll greatly benefit. It’s time to make the effort to bring your friends to­ gether for a small party.

CAPRICORN You’ll be responsible for orga­ nizing an event that brings many people together. This may help you uncover a new side of your­ self. You’ll overcome your shy­ ness and become more outgoing.

AQUARIUS You’ll be given some interest­ ing new responsibilities at work.

These will help you develop new skills that may lead to a consi­ derable increase in your salary.

PISCES You’ll have the opportunity to take a surprising trip, perhaps a pilgrimage of sorts. You’ll expand your horizons and use this growth to your personal and professio­ nal advantage.

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This week’s solutions.

35. Bowler’s target 38. Haphazard 40. Wild hog 43. Irk 45. Church table 46. Mischievous 47. Cat-o’-____-tails

48. Lady’s man 49. Sail pole 51. Mine outputs 52. Accomplishment 55. Foamy brew

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RACVB View

COVID-19 Tourism & Hospitality Rockford Area CVB

Travel and tourism are at the foundation of healthy living, growing economies and building a more unified nation. The Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau remains devoted to promoting and developing our region’s many positive attributes to our residents and visitors.

We are all faced with challenging times, however better days are ahead and our resiliency will carry us through.

Although we can’t meet in person, we can stay connected, unified and supportive of each other from afar – and we can rally around the Spirit of Travel. Together, we will remain strong for our local business owners and the sites and attractions who bring out the best in the Rockford region.

Important Updates

Celebrate National Travel & Tourism Week: It is an annual tradition to celebrate travel alongside the U.S. travel community for National Travel & Tourism Week May 3 - 9, 2020. While this year poses a unique circumstance we will still be inspired by the impact of tourism because the Spirit of Travel cannot be broken. Each day beginning this Sunday, the RACVB will launch various ways individuals can join us in keeping tourism and travel-related topics top of mind. There will be fun activities to participate in, resources to share and ideas to use once we are ready to book our travel plans in the future.

Book Your Tee Time Now as Rockford Area Golf Courses Reopen: Recently, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced that he will extend but modify the Executive Order allowing golf to be played as of May 1, 2020. The change comes with strict safety guidelines for golf course operators and players to ensure safety and social distancing during the Coronavirus pandemic. Within the Rockford Park District, Aldeen Golf Club, Sinnissippi Golf Course, and Elliot Golf Course will open on May 1, 2020. Sandy Hollow Golf Course will open on May 6, 2020. Ingersoll Golf

Aldeen Golf Club Course will open on May 11, 2020. To book a tee time or to get more information visit www.golfrockford.org. Within the Forest Preserves of Winnebago County, Atwood Homestead, The Ledges and Macktown open on May 1. Reserve times at www. playthepreserves.com. #StayHomeRKFD Songwriting Contest Submissions are IN!: The Stay Home songs have been submitted and now it’s time for the panel of judges to convene and choose a winner. We want to thank the 25 songwriters for their submissions and wish all of them the best of luck. A winner of the contest will be announced on Wednesday, May 6 and the song will be featured on RACVB’s website and social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram).

Wearing Face Masks is Essential: Last week Governor JB Pritzker extended the stay-at-home order through May 30, which includes new guidelines. One of the latest updates to this order is that now individuals are required to wear face masks and coverings in public places where they are unable to maintain a six-foot distance from others. This begins Friday, May 1.

Face masks are available for purchase at various local businesses throughout the Rockford region.

Donate Locally If You Can: RACVB

Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s isn’t easy.

and the 815 Community Response Team (815CRT) are encouraging individuals and businesses that have the means to please consider donating to the United Way of Rock River Valley’s COVID-19 Emerging Needs Fund for Winnebago and Ogle Counties.

Donations can be made directly at www. unitedwayrrv.org/covid-19 or by texting TOGETHER to 40403.

Food/Beverage Updates

To-Go Via Curbside, Carr yout & Delivery: Several favorite Rockford region restaurants and eateries are offering carryout, curbside pickup, delivery and drive-thru to keep patrons and staff safe and healthy. Order your favorite dishes from Alchemy to-go with their special curbside menu, including frozen pizzas you can pick up and make later! EMS, Police, Fire and Healthcare workers also receive 10% off their order.

Sites/Attractions Updates

Golf While Keeping Social Distance: As of May 1, several golf courses in the Rockford region will be open. In order to keep social distance at top of mind, players will only be grouped in twosomes, and there will be 15 minute increments between each tee time. The courses open on May 1

include Aldeen, Elliot, Sinnissippi, Atwood Homestead, Ledges, and Macktown.

Retail Updates

Shop Local in the Rockford Region: Many local retailers in the Rockford region are offering online and creative ways to shop while we’re at distance. Fleet Feet Rockford also reminds us that “running isn’t canceled” during this time, and they are offering their great products like shoes, socks, inserts, and more with free local delivery.

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. Additional cleaning policies and preventive measures at hotels, including Hampton Inn, are in place to keep guests and staff safe and healthy.

The financial impact on hotels remains substantial, although reporting shows some improvement.

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

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