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June 27, 2018.

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No intentional wrongdoing in city’s handling of stimulus cash Jim Hagerty Reporter

ROCKFORD - Although the Office of Inspector General is requiring the city to repay more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money, officials say it is not because of intentional wrongdoing.

In 2009 and 2010, the city received $1.1 million in grant money as part of the Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Funds were distributed to several city partners, sub-grantees like the Rockford Area Economic Development Council (RAEDC).

In 2013, an audit of roughly $600,000 found that Rockford did not have adequate levels for review in place and did not adequately document $305,287.

“There were many things that were done in a compressed manner,” Human Services Director George Davis said. “That led to not really putting requirements on sub-recipients that, under other conditions, we would have.”

Davis said the city followed the program’s guidelines but ran into a challenge of how to spend a total of more than $7 million within a year.

“One could certainly argue in hindsight that things should have been followed more stringently, but we were going to leave significant amounts of money on the table, or we were going to follow a fairly reasonable procedure that didn’t necessarily pass scrutiny after it was reviewed in terms of the documentation. When you try to take a program that is less than $1 million and all of the sudden give that program $7 million and say, ‘You’ve got 12 months to spend it,’ there are going to be issues. I can’t say that we, knowing what we know now, would do things differently, but our response would probably be to leave a lot of that money on the table.”

Davis added that projects funded under the grant were considered appropriate at the time. Each was approved by the Illinois Department of Commerce and green lighted by city council.

“We didn’t violate our normal procedures,” Davis said. “The only thing that really occurred is our ability to document how the recipients used the funds and their ability or failure to provide us proof that they passed muster of the federal government was at issue.”

Rockford was among several cities that received federal funds that were later audited, Davis said.

Third Ward Ald. Chad Tuneberg was not on council in 2009 but said the situation could have been avoided had the city – then under direction of former City Administrator Jim Ryan and ex-Mayor Larry Morrissey – passed on the grants altogether.

“Come, let’s feed at the trough,” Tuneberg said to describe the stimulus program. “We had this big sum of money we had to spend as quickly as we could. And of the amount they audited, approximately 50 percent was found to be in violation. That’s concerning to me. And I am imagining it was used in such a way that fit the guidelines of this national program, which is why I vehemently disagreed with so much of this. And I see some of the expenditures that were not filed correctly went to paintball and movie tickets.”

The paintball expense was part of $9,0971 charge that also included the rental of a movie theater for the Youth Advisory Council.

“Rockford did not provide an explanation for us to determine how these costs related to the overall goal of the Recovery Act award,” the Office of Inspector General’s report said.

The Recovery Act aimed to spark the U.S. economy with $1 billion in Community Service Block Grants in cities across the county.

Besides the $100,000 paid to the Rockford Area Economic Development Council and funds allocated to the Youth Advisory Council, the rest went to the Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s Office; nCenter, Rock River Training; various subcontractors and miscellaneous charges.

“It’s ridiculous that part of this program that bloated our national debt has now gotten our own city into this situation,” Tuneberg said. “It’s infuriating.”

Davis called the situation embarrassing but reiterated that nothing nefarious was afoot.

City Administrator Todd Cagnoni said the next steps are to repay the money to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and examine possible recovery options.

“We have communicated with the parties that were sub-recipients,” he said. “We will be working with those agencies to recover what costs we can under the existing agreements that were done at the time.”

Funds allocated to RAEDC will be paid from the city Redevelopment Fund. The rest are general-fund expenses.

The Breakdown

$100,000, Rockford Area Economic Development Council: There was not adequate documentation demonstrating how the funds were spent. $95,991, Winnebago County State’s Attorney: Personal expenses and training costs related to senior-abuse and firsttime juvenile offender’s programs were inadequately documented. $72,669, Miscellaneous: Funds were outside the allowable funding period. $15,000, The nCenter: The center closed before the audit was done. Details of how the money was spent was not properly documented. $9,097, Youth Adv isor y Council: Rockford did not provide an explanation that allowed the inspector general to determine how these costs related to the overall goal of the Recovery Act. $8,530, Various Subcont ractors: Documentation of subcontractor supplies and meeting experiences was inadequate. $4,000, Rock River Training: Cost basis for determining expenses was inadequate.

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INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana National Guard soldier and Rockford, Illinois native received top honors for leadership during a ceremony at the Pentagon in June from U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Mark A. Milley.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Todd Gage, a member of Company A, 2-20 Special Forces Group, was just one of 28 soldiers who earned the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award this year, the 31st time the awards have been presented.

“It was an honor to represent the Hoosier state and the Indiana National Guard,” said Gage.

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States sue to pressure Trump to reunite immigrant families

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, WILL WEISSERT and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seventeen states, including New York and California, sued the Trump administration Tuesday to force it to reunite the thousands of immigrant children and parents it separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, as the legal and political pressure on the White House to reconnect families more quickly escalated.

The states, all led by Democratic attorneys general, joined Washington, D.C., in filing the lawsuit in federal court in Seattle, arguing that they are being forced to shoulder increased child welfare, education and social services costs.

“The administration’s practice of separating families is cruel, plain and simple,” New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said in a statement. “Every day, it seems like the administration is issuing new, contradictory policies and relying on new, contradictory justifications. But we can’t forget: The lives of real people hang in the balance.”

Separately, immigration-rights activists asked a federal judge in Los Angeles to order that parents be released and immediately reunited with their children.

In a speech before the conservative Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Los Angeles, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the administration for taking a hardline stand on illegal immigration and said the voters elected President Donald Trump to do just that.

“This is the Trump era,” he said. “We are enforcing our laws again. We know whose side we are on — so does this group — and we’re on the side of police, and we’re on the side of the public safety of the American people.”

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for a comment on the multistate lawsuit and had no comment on the Los Angeles filing.

More than 2,000 children have been separated from their parents in recent weeks and placed in government-contracted shelters — hundreds of miles away, in some cases — under a now-abandoned

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But precious few families have been reunited, and the Trump administration has disclosed next to nothing on how the process will be carried out or how long it will take.

Juan Sanchez, chief executive of the nation’s largest shelters for migrant children, said he fears a lack of urgency by the U.S. government could mean it will take months to reunite families.

Sanchez with the nonprofit Southwest Key Programs said in an interview with The Associated Press that the government has no process in place to speed the return of children to their parents.

“It could take days,” he said. “Or it could take a month, two months, six or even nine.

I just don’t know.”

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told Congress on Tuesday that his department still has custody of 2,047 immigrant children separated from their parents at the border. That is only six fewer children than the number in HHS custody as of last Wednesday.

Democratic senators said that wasn’t nearly enough progress.

“HHS, Homeland Security, and the Justice Department seem to be doing a lot more to add to the bedlam and deflect blame than they’re doing to tell parents where their kids are,” Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said.

Under questioning, Azar refused to be pinned down on how long it will take to reunite families. He said his department does extensive vetting of parents to make sure they are not traffickers masquerading as parents.

Tens of thousands of Central American migrants traveling with children — as well as children traveling alone — are caught on the Mexican border each year. Many are fleeing gang violence in their home countries.

At a Texas detention facility, immigrant advocates complained that parents have gotten busy signals or no answers from a 1-800 number provided by federal authorities to get information about their children.

Attorneys have spoken to about 200 immigrants at the Port Isabel detention facility near Los Fresnos, Texas, since last week, and only a few knew where their children were being held, said Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg of the Legal Aid Justice Center in Virginia.

“The U.S. government never had any plan to reunite these families that were separated,” Sandoval-Moshenberg said, and now it is “scrambling to undo this terrible thing that they have done.”

A message left for HHS, which runs the hotline, was not immediately returned.

Many children in shelters in southern Texas have not had contact with their parents, though some have reported being allowed to speak with them in recent days, said Meghan Johnson Perez, director of the Children’s Project for the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project, which provides free legal services to minors.

“Things might be changing now. The agencies are trying to coordinate better,” she said. “But the kids we have been seeing have not been in contact with the parents.

They don’t know where the parent is.

They’re just distraught. Their urgent need is just trying to figure out, ‘Where is my parent?’”

Since calling for an end to the separations, administration officials have been casting about for detention space for migrants, with the Pentagon drawing up plans to hold as many as 20,000 at U.S. military bases.

At the same time, the administration has asked the courts to let it detain families together for an extended period while their immigration cases are resolved.

Under a 1997 court settlement, children must be released from detention as quickly as possible, which generally has been construed to be within 20 days.

Outraged by the family separations, immigrant supporters have led protests in recent days in states such as Florida and Texas. In Los Angeles, police arrested 25 demonstrators at rally Tuesday ahead of Sessions’ address.

Outside the U.S. attorney’s office, protesters carried signs reading, “Free the children!” and “Stop caging families.”

Clergy members blocked the street by forming a human chain. Police handcuffed them and led them away.

Later, protesters gathered outside the hotel where Sessions gave his speech. As the attorney general’s motorcade arrived, the crowd chanted, “Nazi, go home.” ___ Weissert reported from Harlingen, Texas, and Johnson reported from Seattle.

Associated Press writers Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar in Washington; Elliot Spagat in Brownsville, Texas; Robin McDowell in Austin, Texas; Amy Taxin in Santa Ana, California; and John Antczak in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

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Harley, stung by tariffs, shifts some production overseas

By IVAN MORENO Associated Press

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Production of Harley-Davidson motorcycles sold in Europe will move from U.S. factories to facilities overseas, the Milwaukee-based company announced Monday, a consequence of the retaliatory tariffs the EU is imposing on American exports in an escalating trade war with the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump has used the iconic American motorcycle maker as an example of a U.S. business harmed by trade barriers in other countries, but Harley had warned that tariffs could negatively impact its sales.

Trump tweeted Monday that he’s surprised that Harley-Davidson was first “to wave the White Flag” in the tariff dispute between the U.S. and the European Union.

“Surprised that Harley-Davidson, of all companies, would be the first to wave the White Flag. I fought hard for them and ultimately they will not pay tariffs selling into the E.U., which has hurt us badly on trade, down $151 Billion. Taxes just a Harley excuse - be patient! #MAGA,” Trump tweeted.

A Harley-Davidson spokesman said the company had nothing to say in response to Trump’s tweet beyond its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The European Union on Friday began rolling out tariffs on American imports including bourbon, peanut butter and orange juice . The EU tariffs on $3.4 billion worth of U.S. products are retaliation for duties the Trump administration is imposing on European steel and aluminum.

The company said in a regulatory filing Monday that EU tariffs on its motorcycles exported from the U.S. jumped between 6 percent and 31 percent, adding about $2,200 per average motorcycle exported from the U.S. to the EU. The impact on U.S. workers because of Harley-Davidson’s decision was not immediately clear. Harley-Davidson declined interview requests Monday but said in prepared remarks that the company “maintains a strong commitment to U.S.based manufacturing which is valued by riders globally.”

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended Trump’s trade policies Monday during a press briefing.

“The EU is attempting to punish U.S. workers with unfair and discriminatory trade policies, and President Trump will

continue to push for free, fair and reciprocal trade and hopes that the EU will join us in that,” Sanders said.

Harley-Davidson Inc. sold almost 40,000 motorcycles in the EU last year, its second-largest market after the United States, according to the company. The EU sales make up almost 16.4 percent of Harley-Davidson’s worldwide sales. In the U.S., Harley-Davidson sold 147,972 motorcycles last year, according to company data.

“Increasing international production to alleviate the EU tariff burden is not the company’s preference, but represents the only sustainable option to make its motorcycles accessible to customers in the EU and maintain a viable business in Europe,” the company said in its prepared remarks.

Harley-Davidson said it will not raise its prices to avert “an immediate and lasting detrimental impact” on sales in Europe. It will instead absorb a significant amount of the cost in the near term. It anticipates the cost for the rest of the year to be approximately $30 million to $45 million.

Shifting the production overseas could take up to 18 months, the motorcycle maker said.

The company is already struggling with falling sales. In January, it said it would consolidate its Kansas City, Missouri, plant into its York, Pennsylvania, facility.

U.S. motorcycle sales peaked at more than 1.1 million in 2005 but then plummeted during the recession. It wasn’t immediately known whether any other facilities would be consolidated.

“Harley-Davidson’s announcement today is the latest slap in the face to the loyal, highly-skilled workforce that made Harley an iconic American brand,” Robert Martinez Jr., president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said in a statement. The union represents Harley-Davidson workers in Milwaukee, and the Kansas City and York plants.

“Will Harley use any excuse to ship jobs overseas?” Martinez added. “Does Harley even understand what ‘Made in America’ means?”

The Trump administration has started fights with trading partners around the world, imposing tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, provoking retaliation from close U.S. allies including the European Union, Canada, Mexico and Turkey. And it has announced tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods — a tariff list that could swell to $450 billion if Beijing refuses to back down and counterpunches with

retaliatory moves.

“More firms will follow Harley’s lead and move production overseas,” says Mary Lovely, a Syracuse University economist who studies trade. “Can’t blame them.

Many companies are being put in very difficult positions.”

Lovely said Harley and other companies face retaliatory tariffs in Europe and elsewhere if they try to export products.

Trump’s tariffs also raise costs on imported parts they need to manufacture in the United States.

Meanwhile, the maker of Jack Daniel’s, Brown-Forman Corp., said Monday it would have to raise the price of its product sold in the EU because of the tariff hike, Bloomberg reported.

Wisconsin’s elected leaders said the decision pointed to the need to expand markets.

“This is further proof of the harm from unilateral tariffs,” said AshLee Strong, a spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican. “The best

way to help American workers, consumers, and manufacturers is to open new markets for them, not to raise barriers to our own market.”

Gov. Scott Walker echoed t hose comments, saying increasing markets for Wisconsin and American-made goods will reduce the trade imbalance and needs for tariffs.

“The ultimate goal, if we could get there, is no tariffs or if anything few tariffs on anything,” said Walker, a Republican.

“That’s what I’m going to push for, ways that we can get to a level playing field then we don’t have this tit for tat on any number of products out there.” ___ Associated Press writer Scott Bauer contributed from Madison, Wisconsin and AP Business Writer Paul Wiseman contributed from Washington.

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Bitcoin is nothing more than a currency, or medium of exchange. It has no centralized bank attached to it, and instead of being represented by a piece of paper, it is a line of code. Bitcoin is a type of cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies include other digital currencies such as Ethereum, Ripple, and Monero. All these types of cryptocurrencies di�er in their code, or how the programmers made the digital coin.

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The Rock River Times. June 27, 2018

State Bicentennial

Getting your kicks on Route 66 The Mother Road offers amazing sights as it winds through Illinois

By The State Journal-Register staff

Perhaps it is the yearning for yesteryear that endears so many to Route 66.

Who wouldn’t want to jump into a classic car and explore the United States, stopping at shiny new service stations to pump gas into your vehicle, or sip a cold drink from the soda shops that dot the roadway? Such sepia-toned wishes of driving the Mother Road in its heyday could prompt many of us to start packing for a trip.

Ford had been mass-producing vehicles for a little more than a decade when Route 66 was commissioned on Nov. 11, 1926. It was one of the original highways within the U.S. Highway System, its 2,448 miles starting in Chicago before arriving on the West Coast in Los Angeles (and later the Santa Monica Pier).

By 1985, Route 66 had been removed from the federal highway system, as the entire road had been replaced by the Interstate Highway System.

But it’s still possible to get an idea of what the roadway looked like: Just stop in Lexington to take a trip down “Memory Lane,” a 1-mile stretch of the original 1926 alignment of Route 66 pavement. It was turned into an interpretive trail and is open year-round to pedestrians and bicycles. There, people can delight in the restored vintage billboards and signage.

Despite it not being part of the Interstate Highway System, every year thousands still travel Route 66 to explore the communities that make up America’s Main Street.

Just a small area of Route 66 in Illinois can net some fun experiences. Take Macoupin County: Stop in Girard for a handmade soda at Doc’s Soda Fountain, which opened in 1929 as part of Deck’s Drug Store.

Take in the 22-foot-high granite monument in Mount Olive of Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, known for her work as an organizer for the United Mine Workers. And, if you’re willing to go off the beaten path, you can find the 34 separate bird tracks an errant turkey left on the wet highway cement in the 1920s (find them south of Nilwood on Donaldson Road).

Any road trip should include visits to the many giant characters that call various Route 66 communities home.

The Gemini Giant still towers over Wilmington. He holds a rocket and wears a space helmet — unlike his counterpart, the Lauterbach Man in Springfield, which holds an American flag and wears a stocking cap. Both are 28-foot “Muffler Man” creations from

International Fiberglass, which were made as a promotional tool for auto shops.

Of course, the 19-foot fiberglass man holding a hot dog in Atlanta shouldn’t be missed either (too bad it’s not closer to the giant catsup bottle that served as a water tower in Collinsville). And don’t forget to stop in Lincoln to see the 12-foot-tall Abraham Lincoln on a 24-foot-tall covered wagon.

There are too many amazing sights to be seen on the Mother Road to list them all. But we offer a few suggestions for those who hop on the roadway at its starting point near Lake Michigan in Chicago and head southwest as they aim to get their kicks on the portion of Route 66 that travels through Illinois.

Texaco Station, 417 W. Waupansie St. in Dwight Ambler’s Texaco in Dwight is a shining example of the domestic-style gas stations along Route 66 during the mid-20th century.

Built in 1933, the station had wood clapboard siding, an arched roof and residential windows adorned with shutters and flower boxes. Three Texaco gas pumps out front were sheltered by a canopy.

In 2002, it was donated to the village of Dwight, which, with the help of the National Park Service, restored it and turned it into a visitor center.

Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum, 110 W. Howard St. in Pontiac

Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup, 5257 Historic U.S. 66 in Shirley/ Funks Grove

Production of Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup has been a family operation since the mid-1800s on land just off Route 66 between Shirley and Bloomington.

In early spring each year, the maple trees are tapped and the sap is processed into the sweet product that has made this business a favorite stop among Route 66 travelers.

Tours of the facility are available.

Atlanta murals, Southwest Arch Street in Atlanta

More than 80 painters joined forces in 2003 to help preserve the art of hand-painted advertising murals in Atlanta as part of the LetterRip on Route 66 event.

Five murals were painted, all depicting various scenes from life in downtown Atlanta worked into historical advertisements. The year before, members of the LetterHeads organization painted the J.M. Judy & Sons grocery store advertisement that stretches the full length of one downtown building.

International Route 66 Mother Road Festival, Downtown Springfield

More than 1,000 classic cars and tens of thousands of spectators annually attend the three-day International Route 66 Mother Road Festival in downtown Springfield. This year’s is scheduled for Sept. 21-23.

There always has been food, special guests and musical entertainment. But from the Friday night cruise and restoration-parts vendors to the classic restored

cars, trucks and motorcycles lining the curbs, it has been the motors that matter.

Sky View Drive-In Theatre, 1500 N. Old Route 66 N in Litchfield

The Sky View Drive-In Theatre in Litchfield is the last operating drive-in on Historic Route 66 in Illinois.

According to its website, the Sky View opened in the spring of 1950 and has been in operation each season since then.

The Sky View is a seasonal operation and is usually open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from early April until mid-October.

Rabbit Ranch, 1107 Historic Old Route 66 in Staunton

Henry’s Rabbit Ranch got its start in Staunton when founder Rich Henry’s daughter, Emily, had a pair of rabbits that quickly multiplied.

Since Emily lived in a single-room apartment, her father decided to help her out by establishing the Rabbit Ranch for the rabbits and their offspring. Today, the Rabbit Ranch is home to hundreds of rabbits that visitors can interact with (and VW rabbits, too). The ranch also contains Route 66 memorabilia.

This article was compiled from a 2015 series “66 Things about Route 66” that was produced by The State Journal-Register in Springfield.

The weekly Illinois Bicentennial series is brought to you by the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors and Illinois Press Association.

More than 20 newspapers are creating stories about the state’s history, places and key moments in advance of the Bicentennial on Dec. 3, 2018. Stories published up to this date can be found at 200illinois.com.

With the world’s largest painting of the Route 66 shield on the outside and thousands of artifacts inside, the Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum in Pontiac is a shrine to the starting stretch of the Mother Road.

The current incarnation opened in a former firehouse in 2004 and honors people and places that made significant contributions to the history and character of the road.

Beer Nuts, 103 N. Robinson St. in Bloomington

Travelers have been able to find Beer Nuts since 1937.

That’s the year Arlo Shirk and his father, Edward Shirk, bought a small confectionery store in downtown Bloomington, along with the recipe for a special glazed peanut. In 1950, the Shirks packaged the first bag for a local liquor store, calling them “Shirk’s Glazed Peanuts.” Three years later, the name was changed to Beer Nuts.

The Route 66 logo fills the wall at the rear of the Route 66 Hall of Fame & Museum in Pontiac.

(Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register file photo)

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crime & courts

Road ends for ‘Making a Murderer’ subject’s bid for freedom

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Supreme Court delivered what is likely the final blow to “Making a Murderer” subject Brendan Dassey’s bid for freedom Monday by refusing to hear his case.

Dassey, now 28, was 16 when he was interrogated by Wisconsin investigators and confessed to his role in the murder of 25-year-old photographer Teresa Halbach on Halloween 2005. He and uncle Steven Avery were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life behind bars in the case, Avery without the possibility of parole. Dassey is eligible for early release in 2048.

Noted post-conviction lawyers Steven Drizin and Laura Nirider of Northwestern University have represented Dassey since his 2007 conviction. They’ve longed claimed investigators Mark Wiegert and Tom Fassbender failed to use special care when they questioned a cognitively deficient Dassey, who was taking special education classes and barely passing the 10th grade at Mishicot High School. A federal magistrate agreed in August 2016 and vacated the conviction in what proved to be one of the case’s most dramatic turn of events.

With Dassey just days from being released, the State of Wisconsin filed a motion to keep him in prison while Attorney General Brad Schimel appealed to Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Things were looking up for Dassey again in early 2017 when a three-judge panel in the Seventh Circuit upheld the 2016 ruling.

Schimel didn’t relent, however, asking the court to hear the case en banc, a hearing that went in favor of the state.

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not bound to give a reason for Monday’s decision. The announcement came four days after the June 21 conference to decide which cases justices will hear in upcoming sessions. The court receives about 7,000 cases a year and only hears between 100 and 150.

“We will continue to fight to free Brendan Dassey,” Nirider said in a statement. “Brendan was a 16-year-old with intellectual and social disabilities when he confessed to a crime he did not commit. (He) was unable to describe basic facts about the crime – including how the victim was killed – until police told him what their investigation had revealed and assured him that he would be ‘set free’ if he only confirmed what they said. Consistent with his diagnosed susceptibility to suggestion, Brendan did what the interrogators requested: He agreed with their statements, thereby confessing to serious crimes.”

Nirider did not offer details of what her team has planned. According to Wisconsin law, she could file another appeal in Manitowoc County and start the process all over again but must present new claims based on new evidence--claims not argued in previous post-conviction motions.

That means because Dassey’s conviction was based largely on his confession, new evidence may be difficult to find.

The Seventh Circuit and SCOTUS decisions relied heavily on whether the confession violated the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). The act stipulates in the U.S. Code that the case would have to be in violation of clearly established Supreme Court law and that the confession so blatantly coercive that no reasonable judge would admit it into evidence. The Seventh Circuit, therefore, decided that while Fassbender

and Wiegert may have bluffed Dassey, he gave a voluntary confession about his role in Halbach’s rape, murder, and mutilation.

“The confession given by Dassey was voluntarily given, not the product of police coercion or other improper interrogation techniques,” former Calumet County Ken Kratz said.

Kratz has been a staunch critic of the Neflix hit, claiming filmmakers used deceptive editing to create the narrative that Avery and Dassey were framed by law enforcement.

“It’s been difficult to watch as the producers of the docuseries ‘Making a Murderer’ misrepresented the facts surrounding both the Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey murder investigation and prosecution since the show’s release in December 2015,” he continued.

Kratz also said Dassey wasn’t the main perpetrator in the Halbach case, and had he accepted a plea agreement, he’d already have served the bulk of his sentence. “(The) plea agreement, which promised to recommend as little as 15 years of initial confinement for Brendan Dassey, recognized his limited role in the Teresa Halbach rape and murder,” Kratz said. “Ironically, it was his much-criticized first attorney, Len Kachinsky, who seemed to be looking out for his then 16-year-old client’s best interest when he negotiated that plea deal.

“Dassey’s own family seemed to play a major role in rejecting the plea offer, and since that time he’s been told to go to trial on a first-degree homicide charge, and to thereafter allow his case to be used by juvenile justice activists to push their reform agenda. I have a great deal of sympathy today for Brendan Dassey. His uncle, Steven Avery, made him a murderer--his family and attorneys provided the worst possible

advice, ensuring that he will now spend nearly the rest of his life in prison.

“Knowing he could have been walking out of prison in as little as three years from today, had he followed Attorney Kachinsky’s original recommendation, I wonder if his ‘advisors,’ so willing to criticize law enforcement for obtaining his confession, will turn the lens of scrutiny on themselves, and apologize to Brendan for mishandling his case at almost every turn.”

Schimel also released a statement Monday.

“We hope the family and friends of Ms. Halbach can find comfort in knowing this ordeal has finally come to a close,” the attorney general said.

Meanwhile, Steven Avery’s case continues to toggle back-and-forth between the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and circuit court in Manitowoc County. Kathleen Zellner, has filed two recent motions, one to allow a CD related to a search for pornography on a computer she says was used by Bobby Dassey; and one asking for another circuit judge. Both motions are pending.

Zellner became a hero among Avery and Dassey supporters last June when she filed a 1,200-page motion for a new trial, alluding to Halbach’s on-again-off-again boyfriend as a possible killer. That motion was denied in its entirety on Oct. 2 by Sheboygan County Circuit Judge Angela Sutkiewicz.

Although former Avery lawyer Jerome Buting called the court’s decision to deny Dassey a writ of certiorari disappointing, he said things could still bode well.

“Newly discovered evidence & Brady violations in SA case will apply to him.

Truth will prevail,” he tweeted.

A long-awaited second season of “Making a Murderer” has not been announced. R.

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Family dynamics help sustain Rockford company for 50 years

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Six of Peterson’s sons worked for the company over the years and two of them have made the now three-generation business a career. Tim Peterson is the vice president while Eric Peterson is the operations manager. Eric’s daughter, Anna, is the office assistant. His son, Gunnar, is as an apprentice.

Tim’s son, Production Manager Andy Peterson, has been with the company for nearly a decade since graduating from college. Over the years, Andy says just as much has gone into perfecting family

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Guest Editorial

Sosnowski Urges Congress to Make Chicago Nation’s 51st State

By Charles Herbst Boone County Journal

While state lawmakers continue the 200-year-old rivalry between Chicago and the rest of Illinois, there’s a move by state Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R) Rockford and two of his fellow Republican General Assembly members to make the Windy City its own state, a plan one political science professor said is outlandish yet possible.

House Resolution 1138 notes Illinois is often regarded as having two distinct regions, Chicago and downstate. It also notes state legislation frequently exempts Chicago while targeting the rest of the state, and that downstate residents often disagree with Chicago on policy issues from gun ownership, abortion, immigration and others.

HR1138 was introduced by retiring state Rep. Reginald Phillips, (R) Charleston. State Rep. Joe Sosnowski, (R) Rockford and state Rep. Brad Halbrook, (R) Shelbyville are co-sponsors. Although Sosnowski grew up in suburban DuPage county, the bill has attracted no co-sponsors from Chicago or any of the collar counties.

“Even communities north of Chicago are considered ‘downstate’ because they have more in common with rural southern and central Illinois counties than they do with the City of Chicago,” the resolution states.

“I think people downstate don’t like all the corruption in the city, the crime ... they’re just kind of tired of all that stuff,” co-sponsor Halbrook said.

Chicago state Rep. Robert Martwick said such a measure won’t help Illinois.

“This is just a distraction,” Martwick, a Democrat, said. “We have a lot of problems in Illinois, the last thing we need is a movement

to split us up. That won’t help anybody on either side of this issue.”

Northern Illinois University Political Science Chair Scot Schraufnagel said it’s entirely possible and constitutional for an area within a state to break away and become its own state. He cited several examples like Maine being created out of land from Massachusetts. Kentucky and Tennessee were both created out of other states. The most recent example, Schraufnagel said, was the creation of West Virginia in 1863.

“It’s Article IV of the Constitution, Section 3,” Schraufnagel said, “and it states that the process for becoming a state says specifically that you can’t create a state out of another state without the approval of both of those entities and the U.S. Congress.”

Schraufnagel said that means entities like Cook County would have to approve such a plan, in addition to the state legislature and the U.S. Congress.

“But in so much as the [current] initiative being put forward by downstate legislators, that just doesn’t seem very viable or realistic,” Schraufnagel said.

He called it “outlandish.”

Halbrook said Chicago-area lawmakers often say the city, with it’s 2.7 million people, drives the state’s economy. The state, Chicago included, has a total population of 12.8 million.

“The opponents will say that, ‘well Chicago subsidizes downstate so downstate should just be happy,’ ” Halbrook said. “Well, if that’s the case then the Chicagoland folks all ought to be first in line to secede so that they quit sending their money downstate.”

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“If I was trying to feed into the selfish needs of the people of the city of Chicago from a financial perspective, I would say, ‘sure, that makes perfect sense,’ but that’s ridiculous,” Martwick said. “We have a state that is tied together by so many different things,” noting the state’s universities, energy and agricultural systems as examples.

“Chicago is the economic generator,” Martwick said. “That’s not a matter of interpretation, that’s a fact. We provide money.”

The resolution notes that “Chicago is often bailed out by taxpayers in the rest of the State, such as the $221 million bailout for the [Chicago Public Schools] pension system that was signed into law last year.”

The resolution also highlights the city of Chicago passed a resolution in 1925 to form the state of Chicago, western Illinoisans declared their region the “Republic of Forgottania,” and in 1981 state Sen. Howard Carroll passed a Cook County secession bill through both chambers of the legislature. It also notes an organization called Southern Illinois Secession Movement.

The current resolution calls for separating only Chicago from the rest of Illinois. This would leave two communities, the Villages of Norridge, population 14,500, and Harwood Heights, population 8,600, still in Illinois, but surrounded by Chicago.

In the resolution, well-over 100 other suburbs with tight economic connections to Chicago would find themselves lumped together with downstate. This would include cities like Evanston, which lies directly north of Chicago. Many Chicagoans work in these suburbs and, likewise, many suburbanites work in Chicago.

Such a splitting of Illinois would be administratively very expensive. It would require Chicago to form a state government. It would also require many interstate arrangements to deal with the fate of the Regional Transportation Authority and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Many Illinois state government functions are located in Chicago, which would have to move elsewhere.

Cook County would still be Illinois’ most populous county and one of the most populated counties in the nation with 2,522,000 people. It would still be more than twice the size of the next county, DuPage. The reorganized county would surround Chicago on three sides and have two villages that were wholly surrounded by another state, Chicago.

Cook County would have to vacate its county seat in Chicago and establish a new one. This would be a considerable expense for the county, which would probably ask Illinois taxpayers for assistance. The Cook County Hospital System has two huge hospitals in Chicago, Stroger and Provident, and none in the suburbs. Presumably, a suburban hospital would have to be constructed, or suburban patients would lose access.

This is not the first time Sosnowski has focused his legislative efforts on Chicago.

Several years ago, he sponsored legislation to cut in half the number of days Illinois residents could visit tax-exempt museums in Chicago for free.

Sosnowski’s website does not provide any information or explanation of his efforts to separate Chicago from the rest of Illinois.

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TUBE TALK

Local sitcom now on local TV

BY PAULA HENDRICKSON CONTRIBUTOR

There are those of us who watch local cable access programming, and those who don’t. And now there’s an entirely new reason to check out Comcast channels 17 and 57. The Deadersons.

You’ve read about the locally-produced “zombie-com” in this column before – where to view the show online or in other regional television markets. But now, anyone in the Rockford area market who subscribes to Comcast cable can watch the black-and-white comedy on their own TVs. “Our journey to television for us started with Deadgar Winter’s Co�n Classics in Wisconsin,” says Wyatt Elliott director and editor who produces the series along with its creator and writer, Kris Williamson.

“We were invited to come on his show, which is much like a Svengoolie, where he hosts classic horror films. He liked our show so much he was able to get us on the air on his public access channel. Honestly before that, we had never even considered local television before. It was a pipe dream,” he says. “A few months later Kris and I were at the Chicago Zombie Walk and ran into some journalists doing a story on the march, for a local TV station. They loved what we were doing and eventually o�ered us some time slots on the local access channels they managed in the suburbs. Not knowing how to pursue local public access, I began contacting the local TV stations here. WIFR, WREX, WQRF and WTVO and all of them said no, unless we wanted to pay for time on the air. We thought about it, but in the end, the cost was too heavy for us to justify – even with some local sponsors – and none of the stations o�ered us any discounts or free time to support their local community.”

It proved a bit disheartening.

“We’ve been trying since 2016, but we only hit brick walls that could only be torn down with a fat wallet,” Elliott says. “The local stations are no place for local TV anymore. Which is sad. I remember grow-

ing up with Bozo the Clown, Svengoolie, and Uncle Don on WQRF. We loved those shows and dreamed of doing the same thing. How great would it be to have a locally-produced kids show for today’s kids to enjoy and get to visit?”

As if brick walls could deter people who’d already found a way to create, produce, and stream their own TV series.

Elliott says it was earlier this year they began to learn the ins and outs of public access television here in Rockford.

“Jay Ware from Unity in Diversity contacted us to help produce a local conversation starter talk show about important social topics, [and] mentioned public access in Rockford. He was able to give us a contact name at Comcast and after one conversation with Joan Sage there, we got the green light. She liked what we are doing and understands the importance of supporting local art and talents.”

Elliott and Williamson still plan to explore public access opportunities in the Freeport area, since several cast members are Freeport locals.

After a year spent promoting the season one DVDs across Illinois and Wisconsin, The Deadersons’ cast and crew are currently in production on a second season. Four episodes can be previewed at www.youtube. com/notebookmovies.

“We still have our eyes on possibly doing a live show at the Nordlof or getting the show picked up by Netflix or Hulu. It’s already on Amazon,” Elliott says, adding, “We’ve been very lucky to have the success we have gotten and we really appreciate all the support we have gotten from the local community.” R. Programming Notes: The Deadersons airs: Sundays 5 p.m. – Comcast channel 57 Thursdays 5 p.m. – Comcast channel 17 Fridays 5 p.m. – Comcast channel 57 Saturdays 10:30 a.m. – Comcast channel 17

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Ways to Love Summer in the Rockford Region Summer is the perfect season to sit back and relax while enjoying all the fun activities in the Rockford region. With the numerous concerts, sporting events and festivals going on, there is always something to do during this eventful season in the beautiful sunshine. Many activities provide an atmosphere and one-of-a-kind experience for the whole family to enjoy.

When the summer heat transitions to cool temperatures in the evening, locals and visitors gather to listen to the beautiful music made by artists at several locations in the area. Tuesday Evening in the Gardens at Anderson Japanese Gardens provides an excellent ambiance as concert goers can appreciate the lively music every Tuesday evening while enjoying delicious refreshments from local vendors surrounded by the vibrant colors of the garden. Some of the best memories can be made listening to musicians with friends during Dinner on the Dock located on the banks of the Rock River on Thursday evenings at Prairie Street Brewhouse. Music in the Park offers a traditional live music experience for free every Tuesday and Thursday evening at the Sinnissippi Park Music Shell.

The sound of cheering fans draws people to various stadiums and arenas in the area to watch local sports teams and groups.

The Rockford Ski Broncs Water Ski Show Team dazzles the audience with tricks, flips and outstanding pyramid formations.

Baseball fans and families can enjoy Rockford Rivets home games comprised of the top college players in North America featuring several local athletes as well.

America’s favorite pastime continues with Rockford’s women’s baseball team, the Rockford Starfires, at Beyer Stadium, former home of the famous Rockford Peaches.

“There are several events happening in Rockford during the summer months.

Live concerts and sporting events are the perfect place to start weekly traditions, meet a group of friends or bring your

family for a fun night out on the town while supporting some of Rockford’s favorite local businesses and teams,” said Andrea Cook, RACVB associate director of marketing & communications. “Sharing in these experiences definitely brings the community together and brings more visitors to our region, too!”

Additional events that are part of the Rockford region summer experience include: • Rockford City Market at Downtown Rockford (May 18 – September 28) - This weekly public market occurs every Friday and features locally grown produce, handmade items, baked goods, prepared food, live music and more.

• Starlight Theatre at Rock Valley College (June 6 – August 11) – Theatrical and musical productions including Shrek

The Musical, Jane Eyre, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Anything Goes and Cinderella After the Ball performed under the stars.

• Rockford 4th of July Celebration in Downtown Rockford (July 4) - The annual parade on July Fourth goes through downtown Rockford and ends with the SkyConcert Fireworks Show over the Rock River after sunset.

• Rock River Anything That Floats Race at the Rock River (August 12) - This third annual event includes a variety of canoes, kayaks and unique, handmade rafts as they race down the Rock River ending at Prairie Street Brewhouse where participants and spectators can enjoy live music, prizes and more.

• 97th Annual Winnebago County Fair at Winnebago County Fairgrounds (August 15 – 19) - Enjoy a variety of carnival rides,

diverse food vendors, live entertainment, animals, displays and more.

• Cherry Valley Festival Days at Baumann Park (August 24 – 26) – The 30th annual festival offers fan favorite foods, carnival rides and attractions, and bands to conclude each day.

• Midtown Ethnic Parade & Festival at Midtown District (August 26) - All diverse cultures in Rockford participate in a parade of colors and a festival including international food, performances and more.

For more information or to download our Summer Love flyer with a complete list of the recommended events and activities, go online to www.gorockford.com/summer. Make your trip to Rockford a mini vacation and stay at our great hotels, B&Bs or camping sites found at www.gorockford.com/hotels.

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Energy & Environment

The Squash Family

By Grant McCarty Contributor

The squash family is one of the most popular summer crops to grow. Along with tomatoes, zucchini and yellow squash tend to be two additional crops most backyard growers think about adding to the backyard. The squash family also includes cucumber, muskmelon, watermelon, pumpkin, and winter squash. For most members of this family, they share similar characteristics. They have long, green vines with fruit that grows off of them. Most members have yellow and orange flowers though some have smaller white flowers. This group also tends to have a long season with pumpkins and winter squash being harvested sometimes up to 110 days after sowing a seed. With a long growing season, it means that you can store some of these squash family members very well for use in the winter.

When selecting varieties this late in June, you are better off purchasing a transplant. You could start seeds but plan to add 10 days to what the seed packet says. So if the seed packet states 100 days to maturity/harvest, plan to harvest at 110 days. Spacing is crucial for these crops. Because of their vining needs, you need to give them the space they need.

Be cautious of choosing varieties, as some of these varieties will not produce many melons or pumpkins.

For example, you may find that a variety you chose will only produce 2-3 melons. Be mindful of the size of the fruit too. Some watermelons I have grown before were harvested at 25-30 lbs. In Northern Illinois, choose varieties that have a short growing season. Terms like “baby”, “personal size”, “bush”, and others will usually

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You do not need to trellis this family but may find some benefit depending on your garden space of getting the vines off the ground. This could be achieved with mulch and cardboard but also netting. Some backyard growers will use special plastic disks.

While not needed, you may find that the fruit looks better because it does not stay muddy/dirty.

If planting a large area of squash, you could plant a cover crop.

Buckwheat is a summer cover crop that grows very fast and tends to do well in attracting pollinators that can benefit your squash family. You can sow the seeds by hand. Keep in mind that it can go to seed in 45 days and you want to remove/kill the buckwheat before this happens.

Next week, I’ll discuss insect and disease problems for this family. R. Grant McCarty is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension. His tips and tricks for local eating and your at-home garden appear every week in The Rock River Times.

Successful Sustainability Summit

By Drs. Robert & Sonia Vogl Contributors

The first annual Sustainability Summit at the Unitarian Church was a successful and a welcomed addition to solar energy efforts in Rockford. Kudos to Rebecca Quirk for her key role in organizing the event with the support of her husband, Jason Peck, and Brad and Sue Roos. Of course, it required the effort of volunteers who are always essential.

While the number of booths were limited they provided valuable information and services for participants.

Judging by the steady chatter coming from Deale Hall people had plenty to talk about.

What was unique for us as veterans of many similar events was the flow of the visitors. While some spent the day a fair number dropped in for particular presentations or stopped by to visit the displays. By one count there were over 100 participants.

Rather than trying to cover a full range of sustainability topics we keyed in on stimulating interest in installing solar systems on rooftops in the Rockford area.

Judging by the results of an informal survey only a couple of home owners have invested in energy efficiency, own solar systems, or drive a hybrid or electric car. There is plenty of work to be done in efforts to make Rockford more sustainable.

From a sustainability perspective it is important to reduce the amount of energy used in one’s home while still maintaining a comfortable lifestyle.

Sergio Zamora made numerous suggestions for ways to cut electrical and heating costs. He pointed to the success he has had as his electric bill indicates he consumes the least amount of electricity of all his neighbors. He encouraged participants to take advantage of the

energy efficient services available through ComEd and Nicor Gas. Lee Schreiner focused on the success they have with solar installations on the roof of the Just Goods building. The system was expanded as funds became available. One highlight for us was his comment that the building, constructed in the1920s, has multiple skylights helping to light the building. At one time the skylights could be opened to help cool the building in the summer. It is a simple and low tech means of cooling.

Electric vehicles are becoming more common. Charles Frank described his experiences as the owner of one. Sandra and Dave Davis organized the transportation display.

Tours to the Nicholas Conservatory illustrated solar power and the use of the river in conditioning the building’s temperature.

The Climate Justice and Energy Workshop by Dan Huntsha described the many services available to churches in Illinois through their organization. They assist churches in addressing energy and climate change, sustainable food and land use and water preservation.

The final session on the potential for a solar group buy was led by Brad Roos. A group buy is an effort to secure commitments from citizens to have solar systems installed on their properties while securing a discount on the cost of the system. The amount of discount is based on the volume of solar systems installed. It comes from an installer’s ability to buy in bulk while avoiding the costs of securing customers one at a time.

It was an exploratory conversation to determine if sufficient interest exists to move forward with such an effort.

Overall, we consider the first Rockford Sustainability Summit a success. R.

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A&E Happenings Music & Arts

Ongoing Open Stage at Mandalay Lounge - Monday-Sunday beginning at 5 p.m. 200 North Church Street.

DJ/Karaoke - Mortimer’s Roadhouse, 105 W. Grove in Poplar Grove. 815-765-0082. DJ/Karaoke w/ RPM every Friday, DJ/Karaoke w/ DJ Double D every Saturday Mary’s Place - 602 N. Madison St. marysplacebar. com. Open Stage, Tues. & Thurs. 9:30 p.m.-close; Karaoke, Wed. 9:30 p.m.-close.

Bruce L. Warden - For listening & dining every Friday and Saturday 5-9 p.m. at Hoffman House, 7550 E. State St. Rockford Christian Fellowship - RCF performs locally and rehearses Tuesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. at First Covenant Church, 316 Wood Road. The band welcomes additional participants (high school age through retired). See our website for more info rcfband.com. Contact Director, Brian Waterson, 815/797-2320, rcfband@gmail.com Eddie B. Jazz - Live at Capital House Restaurant, 308 W. State St., every Saturday from 7-10 p.m. performing classic & contemporary jazz.

Ongoing FootsieStools - The whimsical FootsieStools are on exhibit until July 16 at Shumway Gallery, 713 E. State Street. Come out for First Night on July 6, 5-8 p.m. The creator of the adorable “footstools with shoes” will be talking about SOLE COLLAGE and the arts for healing.

Friday Mike Williamson Trio - 5-7:30 p.m. at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. Free admission.

Friday, June 22-Sunday, July 8 Of Mice & Men - Two drifters, George and his friend Lennie, have just arrived at a ranch to work for enough money to buy their own place.

Lennie is a little boy in the body of a dangerously powerful man. It’s Lennie’s obsessions with things soft and cuddly that have made George cautious about with whom the gentle giant associates. But when a ranch boss’ promiscuous wife is found dead in the barn, it’s obvious that Lennie, albeit accidentally, killed her. George, now worried about his own safety, knows exactly where Lennie has gone to hide, and he meets him there. Realizing they can’t run away anymore, George is faced with a moral question: how should he deal with Lennie before the ranchers find him and take matters into their own hands. Presented by Pec Playhouse Theatre, 314 Main St., in Pecatonica.

Performances are Fridays & Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. For more information visit pecplayhouse.org or call 815-239-1210.

Tuesday, July 31-Thursday, August 2 Senior Follies - A musical variety show at Nordlof Center, 118 N. Main St., to benefit VetsRoll.

Performances are 2 p.m. July 31, August 1 & August 2, and there is a 6:30 p.m. show on August 1 as well. Tickets are $10 and available for purchase at Finnegan’s RV, 1777 Gardner St., in South Beloit; RVC Center for Learning in Retirement, 3350 N. Bell School Rd., and Nordlof Center, 118 N. Main St. For more information and group ticket requests call 815-389-2214.

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Ongoing Tender the Rocks - Contemplative and visionary paintings and photographs by Elisa Ahmer at Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens, July 17-August 6. Reception and Nicholas at Night rock themed program Saturday July 21, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Learn about rocks, build cairns, and paint kindness rocks. 1354 N. 2nd. St. 815-987-8858. elisaahmerstudio.com, nicholasconservatory. com.

Wednesday RAMP’s Annual Wine & Beer Tasting - 5-8 p.m. at Prairie Street Brewhouse, 200 Prairie St. Tickets are $35 at the door. Join RAMP for an evening on the dock at Prairie Street Brewhouse. Enjoy samplings of wine, beer and food from a variety of local vendors. Music will be provided by the Primetime Live Band and attendees will have the opportunity to participate in interactive art provided by Roni Golan the Artist from The Underground. The creative piece will be auctioned off that evening. Come prepared to bid on our annual silent auction to benefit RAMP’s programs and services.

Saturday Transform the city of Rockford through Jesus - 10:30 a.m. in the parking lot in the corner of South Main St. and Morgan St. Everybody is welcome to join in prayer, our special guest will be the Holy Spirit.

We will be praying for the countries economy and government, education and businesses, broken families, people who need healing, drug addiction, homeless and unemployed.

“Summer Madness” One-Man Show by Richard Meeks - 6 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 920 3rd Ave. Admission is $5 at the door. Event will feature poetry, comedy & spoken word. For more information call 815-621-5329.

Wednesday, July 4 KABOOM! - People of all ages, visit Discovery Center July 4 for a BOOMING day of family fun during KABOOM! Experience chemistry, physics, art and music and how they all relate to our most explosive national holiday from 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Science and art are in the stars during this red, white and blue day of Family fun! Discover the secret ingredients that put the “oohs” and “aahhs” in fireworks in our live science demonstrations. Test your rocket design, send a mini-missile soaring, and make a noise-maker.

Turn stars and stripes into art, decorate a light-up hat, and paint with fireworks. Dress to get wet: if the weather is nice, we’re rolling up our sleeves for a water balloon toss and free snow cones!

KABOOM! is sponsored by Northwest Bank, Viking Chemical and a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. All activities are included with museum admission - $8/person; free to Discovery Center members and children age 1 and younger.

Friday, July 6 Inaugural Anna Miller Foundation golf outing - 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at Forest Hills Country Club, 5135 Forest Hills Rd. All proceeds will be donated to the Nikolas Ritschel Foundation to help fund a wish to a deserving young adult battling cancer. Visit amillerfoundation.org/golf-outing/ to purchase tickets to the outing or dinner and learn more about sponsorship options.

Saturday, July 7 Summer Blooms at the Freeport Prairie - From 10:30 a.m.- noon Northwest Illinois Audubon Society will host a leisurely stroll through the Freeport Prairie Nature Preserve to admire and learn about the site’s early summer blooming species. Species to see are blooming Pale Purple Coneflower, Butterfly Weed, Leadplant, Purple Prairie Clover, Prairie Coreopsis and Prairie Cinquefoil. The Freeport Prairie is located on the south edge of Freeport on the west side of Walnut Road, just south of the Meadows Drive and Walnut Road intersection. Meeting place is the site’s parking lot. There is no cost to participate and registration is not necessary. Contact Mary Blackmore at 815-938-3204 for more information or if weather is questionable.

Wednesday, July 11 2018 Summer Film Series - Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 412 N. Church St., will be showing Mudbound. Evening will include a light supper beginning at 6 p.m., film screening beginning at 6:30 p.m., and discussion after film screen led

by Rufus Cadigan. Freewill offering. For more information visit emmanuelrockford.org/aspire.

Saturday, July 14 Wine & Brew at the Wetland - Wine & Brew at the Wetland, presented by Natural Land Institute, is a casual outdoor late afternoon affair overlooking the midsummer wildflower prairie at Nygren Wetland Preserve at 3190 W. Rockton Rd., in Rockton from 3-6 p.m. Guests will be able to taste samples of wine, craft beer, and dine on gourmet cuisine from the buffet under the big tent. Toni’s of Winnebago will prepare the delicious fare especially for an easy going and carefree experience. Event patrons will most certainly want to tap their toes and hum along to the tight vocal harmonies of Truman’s Ridge: A bit of folk, a hint of Jazz, and a touch of Swing: Chicago style Bluegrass at its finest! Guests can meander through the prairie on their own or take a guided tour of the prairie. Three craft breweries will provide the beer tastings: Prairie Street Brewing Co., Generations Brewing Co. and Lena

Brewing Co. COST: Advance Tickets: $30 each (NLI Members), $45 each (non-NLI members, includes a 1-year introductory membership). Tickets at the entrance: $45 each (member and non-member).

Advance ticket purchase is requested at www.

NaturalLand.org or mail a check with guest names to Natural Land Institute, 320 S. Third St., Rockford, Ill., 61104. For more information call 815/964-6666 or email: info@naturalland.org.

Saturday, July 14 Living Health Expo - The American Red Cross & AmeriCorps will be presenting this health expo at St. Paul COGIC, 1001 Bishop Washington Ave., from 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Event will feature health screenings, music, vendors, free food, massages, VA Health & much more. For more information call 815-963-8471 ext. 8816.

Wednesday, August 8 2018 Summer Film Series - Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 412 N. Church St., will be showing Lady Bird. Evening will include a light supper beginning at 6 p.m., film screening beginning at 6:30 p.m., and discussion after film screen led by Rufus Cadigan. Freewill offering. For more information visit emmanuelrockford.org/aspire.

Time to Retire Your Flag?

Bring it to Us • Memorial Hall • Boy Scouts Office (McFarland Rd.) • These City Halls: Loves Park, Rockford,

Machesney Park, Belvidere, Cherry Valley, Roscoe • Ace Hardwares @ Edgebrook Center & also 302 Meadow St. in Belvidere

Contact Paul, 815.871.3801

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June 27 - July 3

Kenny G Live in Concert

Paws for a Cause 5K Run/Walk

WHEN Friday, June 29 (8 p.m.)

WHEN Saturday, June 30 (9 a.m.)

WHERE Coronado Performing Arts Center

WHERE Mercyhealth Sportscore One

In a recording career that spans almost three decades and 23 albums, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G has grafted elements of R&B, pop and Latin to a jazz foundation solidifying his reputation as the premiere artist in contemporary jazz. His talent has resulted in more than 75 million records sold worldwide.

The Paws for a Cause 5K is coming to Rockford, IL for a 5K Run/Walk.

This family/dog-friendly event will benefit Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary. The event is sponsored

by Tito’s Handmade Vodka and their Vodka for Dog People program. Get this event on your race calendar as a morning of fun is in store...all to help support our furry friends.

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Here Come the Mummies Block Party

ComEd Independence Day Spectacular

WHEN Saturday, June 30 (6 p.m. doors open)

WHEN Tuesday, July 3 (8 p.m.)

WHERE District Bar & Grill

WHERE Starlight Theatre at Rock Valley College

Here Come the Mummies, an eight-piece funk-rock band of 5000 year-old Egyptian Mummies with a one-track mind, will perform at the Main Street District Block Party. There will also be performances by Mr. Ed, Cheap Rent, and Pink Beam.

Celebrate our country’s independence with a Rockford Symphony Orchestra concert of patriotic favorites like “Stars and Stripes Fanfare” and “Armed Forces Salute.” The evening of music ends with a fireworks extravaganza.

Find out more about these events and more at gorockford.com.

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PISCES, ARIES AND TAURUS

Death Notices Juan Anaya-rebolledo 70 Rockford 6/18/2018 Barbara Schreihofer 82 Rockford 6/18/2018 Marvin Schuster 81 Rockford 6/18/2018 Welton Barclay 72 Loves Park 6/18/2018 Carlos Gonzales 63 Rockford 6/18/2018 Michael Pagano 71 Rockford 6/19/2018 Steven King 54 Rockford 6/19/2018 William Free 89 Rockford 6/19/2018 Ray Schauer 93 Pecatonica 6/19/2018 Adelaide Fansher 98 Rockford 6/19/2018 Melvin Hess 87 Loves Park 6/20/2018 Kosta Lojanica 67 Rockford 6/20/2018 Jasper Robinson 74 Rockford 6/20/2018 Lloyd Swenson 91 Cherry Valley 6/20/2018 Florence Sciame 92 Rockford 6/20/2018 Steven Johnson 72 Rockford 6/20/2018 Patrick Lupont 51 Rockford 6/20/2018 Donna Spires 77 Rockford 6/20/2018 Zdenka Novak 86 Rockton 6/20/2018 Marjory Sims 92 Rockford 6/20/2018 John Hauptman 47 Rockford 6/20/2018 Marla McWilliams 60 Rockford 6/21/2018 Gladis Meyer 94 South Beloit 6/21/2018 James Diebold 76 Rockford 6/21/2018 Raymond Tolefree 54 Rockford 6/21/2018 Sam Rinaldo 89 Rockford 6/21/2018 Dolores Aronson 96 Rockford 6/21/2018 John Mullen 79 Rockford 6/21/2018 Janice Elling 82 Rockton 6/22/2018 Marion Moore 85 Rockford 6/22/2018 Harold Fath 92 Rockford 6/22/2018 Betty Nelson 89 Rockton 6/23/2018 Anita Ekstrom 72 Rockford 6/23/2018 Brian Blomquist 38 Rockford 6/23/2018 Dorothy Pearson 95 Rockford 6/23/2018 James Dusing 85 Rockford 6/23/2018 Violet Zanocco 92 Rockford 6/23/2018 Shirley Rubly 93 Rockford 6/23/2018 Jeanne Lindgren 80 Rockford 6/23/2018 Marie Maggio 76 Loves Park 6/23/2018 Anthony Arreguin 85 Rockford 6/23/2018 Russell Fwekes 78 Roscoe 6/24/2018 Robert Murphy 71 Machesney Park 6/24/2018 Capricia Charles 41 Rockford 6/24/2018 Karen Rice 72 Rockford 6/24/2018 EJ Bray 91 Rockford 6/24/2018 Marcella Curatolo 80 Rockford 6/24/2018 Roy Hormig 87 Beloit 6/24/2018 Frank Nightingale 87 Rockford 6/25/2018

Horoscope Week of June 24 to 30, 2018

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You’ll be incredibly proud of your children’s accomplishments at school.

Expect them to try to capitalize on their success by asking for a big reward that you won’t necessarily have room in your budget for.

GEMINI

If you’re going through a rough patch in your relationship, now’s the time to speak up about what’s really bothe­ ring you deep down. This should be enough to usher in a fresh start.

CANCER

You may decide to start a small side business that will lead to big profits in the long run. Keep an eye out this week if you’re single: your soul­ mate is sure to cross your path.

LEO

At work and in love, healthy self­ esteem will lead you to the outcomes you desire. You need to respect your­ self before expecting others to res­ pect you.

VIRGO

If you’re on the verge of a big move, time is starting to run out. Luckily, you’ll manage to be incredibly ef­ ficient this week, and your careful planning will pay off. Beware of scheduling conflicts.

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Your kids will be off school soon, and that means you’ll be driving them around a lot more than usual in the coming weeks. You’ll ma­ nage to negotiate a great price on a large purchase.

SCORPIO

It’s time to lay everything out on the table. If you’re unsatisfied with your partner, speak up about it. The re­ sults will be surprisingly positive, as long as you tell the whole truth.

SAGITTARIUS

You’ll be particularly proactive with your partner or your boss this week.

You’ll take matters into your own hands and earn the respect of more than a few people.

CAPRICORN

If there’s someone new in your life, expect a discussion about commit­ ment a lot sooner that you may have planned. You’ll seriously con­ sider moving in together or starting a family. Your imagination will know no limits this week.

AQUARIUS

You’ll be in the mood to spoil your­ self, and your friends won’t have any problem convincing you to go shopping with them. Take some time to relax and recharge. You deserve all the moments of happiness you can get.

PISCES

Single or not, you’re going to have a hard time resisting the advances of a co­worker. You’ll feel pressure coming from your social circle.

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Government Notices    Notice of Availability of Audit Report of the Rockford Park District The Rockford Park District hereby provides public notice that an audit of its funds for the period January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017 has been made by Sikich LLP, and that a report of such audit dated April 18, 2018 has been filed with the County Clerks of Winnebago, Boone and Ogle counties, in accordance with 50 ILCS 310/6. The full report of the audit is available for public inspection at the Reception desk in the Webbs Norman Center at 401 S. Main Street, Rockford, IL during regular business hours (8:30 am – 4:30 pm) Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

9122R TRRT 6/27    LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the Rockford Park District intends to contract for the following items and services; specifications are on file with Demandstar.com.

The Rockford Park District is seeking qualified contractors to remove and replace a shingle roof at the Aldeen Golf Clubhouse building.

Bids will be opened at the Rockford Park District, Webbs Norman Center Board Room, 401 South Main St, Rockford, IL 61101 (Purchasing Dept (815) 969-4062).

The Rockford Park District reserves the unrestricted right to reject any or all bids received, to waive or not to waive any informality, or to accept the bid considered to be in the best interest of the Park District.

Contractor shall not pay less than the prevailing rates of wages to all laborers, workmen, and mechanics performing work under this contract, and shall comply with the requirements of the IL Wages of Employees on Public Works Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12).

Bid No. 18-2209 – Aldeen Golf Clubhouse Shingled Roof Pre-Bid Conference: Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., Aldeen Golf Clubhouse, 1902 Reid Farm Rd., Rockford, IL 61107 Bid Opening: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 2:00 p.m., Rockford Park District, Webbs Norman Center Board Room, 401 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101 BY: Julianne C. Elliott, Secretary 9123R TRRT 6/27    INVITATION TO BID PRIVATE LEAD SERVICE LINE BID NO.: 618-W-062 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Monday, July 16, 2018 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 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.

9148R TRRT 6/27

Public Notices    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Catering business in said County and State under the name of T & C Cooking Creations at the following post office addresses: 5957 Apawamis Way, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Quintisha Hannah SIGNED: Quintisha Hannah 6/7/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 9087R TRRT 6/27    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a local satellite TV, Internet, cable retailer for residential and commercial business in said County and State under the name of Ezsatellite and Technologies at the following post office addresses: 6239 N. 2nd St., Suite B, Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Charles Zambrano Rodriguez SIGNED: Charles Zambrano Rodriguez 6/12/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9094R TRRT 6/27    STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of: LLOYD HANSEN, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2018 P 211 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Lloyd Hansen. Letters of Office were issued on May 29, 2018 to Mary Varcato who is the Executor of the estate. The attorney for the

estate is Timothy F. Horning, 3400 North Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 21, 2018 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 representatives, or both.

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

Dated: June 20, 2018 Mary Varcato Executor of the Estate of Lloyd Hansen, Deceased Timothy F. Horning (#973) MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 North Rockton Ave. Rockford, IL 61103 (815) 636-9300 9079R TRRT 6/27    STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CITY OF ROCKFORD, a municipal corporation Plaintiff, vs.

A-W-BENNETT ENTERPRISES, INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No. 2018 MR 765 NOTICE OF PETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO REMEDIATE The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, A-W-BENNETT ENTERPRISES, INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled cause that the above-entitled Petition was filed on June 11, 2018 and is now pending.

1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are identified above.

2. The Court in which this action was brought is identified above.

3. The name of the titleholders of record are A-W-BENNETT ENTERPRISES, INC. 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: Parcel I Legal Description: BEG SE COR NE1/4 TH S 250.46 FT W 42.66 FT TO POB TH N 539.2 FT W .91 FT N 15 FT E .91 FT N 146.27 FT W 87.85 FT N 206.3 FT W APPROX 217.04 FT TO SE RR ROW LN SW APPROX 909.39 FT TO S LN NE1/4 SE 345.54 FT TH E 1160.95 FT TO POB PT E1/2 SEC 11-44-1 15.02A(c) P.I.N.: 11-11-281-009 NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, A-W-Bennett Enterprises, Inc, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants, file your answer to the Petition for Order to Remediate Property in

this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, in the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL within thirty (30) days of June 13, 2018 default may be entered against you and each of you at any time after that day and a Judgment for Foreclosure may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint for Foreclosure.

Circuit Clerk Matthew D. Flores – ARDC #6323902 City of Rockford Department of Law 425 E. State Street Rockford, IL 61104 (779) 348-7395 9080R TRRT 6/27    STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: SHIRLEY MAE MOYER, Deceased.

Case No. 2018 P 280 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Shirley Mae Moyer. Letters of Office were issued on May 29, 2018 to Charlene G. Parrish, 3419 Jamestown Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61109, who is the legal executor of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Nancy Grimme Schilling, Schilling Law, LLC, 973 Featherstone Road, Suite 350, Rockford, Illinois 61107.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 17, 2018, 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 his/her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: June 11, 2018.

Charlene G. Parrish, Executor, By: Schilling Law, LLC By: /s/ Nancy Grimme Schilling Nancy Grimme Schilling Schilling Law, LLC By: Nancy Grimme Schilling 973 Featherstone Road, Suite 350 Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 977-5000 (telephone) 9081R TRRT 6/27    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a warehousing business in said County and State under the name of Prem Reliance Inc at the following post office addresses: 2415 Kishwaukee St., Rockford,

   PUBLIC NOTICE The following list of vehicles abandoned and/or unclaimed in the County of Winnebago will be sold at public auction on 07/11/2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the Greater Rockford Auto Auction, 5937 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL. The owners can claim said vehicle at the Greater Rockford Auto Auction by paying the towing, impound and storage fees before 8:30 a.m. the day of the auction.

Only licensed re-builders, used parts dealers or scrap processors may purchase vehicles offered for sale at this auction. In addition, you must register with the Greater Rockford Auto Auction prior to the auction.

Purchasers will be issued a “Certificate of Purchase”. Payment is due at the conclusion of the auction. Only cash or check made payable to the “Greater Rockford Auto Auction” will be accepted.

COLOR YEAR MAKE MODEL STYLE VIN LICENSE White 2011 Kia Sorento Utility (Jimmy/Bronco/etc.)

5XYKUDA22BG127494 AP13250 9129R TRRT 6/27

IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Prakash Patel SIGNED: Prakash Patel 6/6/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9082R TRRT 6/27    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Nails business in said County and State under the name of Candice Nails at the following post office addresses: 1424 16th Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Candice Jackson SIGNED: Candice Jackson 6/6/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 9083R TRRT 6/27    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Vinyl Graphic, Graphic Design business in said County and State under the name of Ground Zero Graphics at the following post office addresses: 6777 Crown Ridge, Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jason White; Grace White SIGNED: Jason White 6/8/18 SIGNED: Grace White 6/8/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 9084R TRRT 6/27    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact an event planning and event decorations business in said County and State under the name of Vogue Events at the following post office addresses: 2024 Kilburn Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Dolethea Hollins; Porsha Sain SIGNED: Dolethea Hollins 6/7/18 SIGNED: Porsha Sain 6/7/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 9085R TRRT 6/27    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Service business in said County and State under the name of The Sage’s at the following post office addresses: 422 Patti Lane, Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Julia Guler SIGNED: Julia Guler 6/7/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 9086R TRRT 6/27

   ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Auto Repair business in said County and State under the name of Cross Roads Auto Repair at the following post office addresses: 3531 St. Moritz Trl. C, Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Bryan J. Nelson SIGNED: Bryan J. Nelson 6/11/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9088R TRRT 6/27    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Translating and Interpreting business in said County and State under the name of Juarez-Lincoln Services at the following post office addresses: 1710 Remington Rd., #2, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Rachael Sills SIGNED: Rachael Sills 6/4/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 4th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 9089R TRRT 6/27    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Internet jewelry sales business in said County and State under the name of Gaia Soul at the following post office addresses: 215 E. 5th St., Pecatonica, IL 61063; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jill Lender SIGNED: Jill Lender 6/11/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 9090R TRRT 6/27    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Barber Shop business in said County and State under the name of East State Barber Stylists at the following post office addresses: 3806 E. State St., Suite 4, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Gary Schoester SIGNED: Gary Schoester 6/11/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 9091R TRRT 6/27    IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ARTHUR RORHEIM, DECEASED. 18P 185 Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent.

Letters of office were issued to KATHLYN NANCY BROCK, 80 SOUTH STREET, CEDARVILLE, OHIO, 45315 AND JEFF

SCHACHERER, 605 MEDFORD DRIVE, SOUTH ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60177, as Independent CO-EXECUTORS, whose attorney of record is KENNETH A. PIERCEY; PIERCEY & ASSOCIATES, LTD., 1525 SOUTH GROVE AVENUE, #204, BARRINGTON, ILLINOIS, 60010.

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

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the clerk Tom Klein 400 West State Street Room 100 Rockford, Illinois 61101-1221 or with the representative, or both, on or before DECEMBER 20, 2018, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

KENNETH A. PIERCEY PIERCEY & ASSOCIATES, LTD. 1525 SOUTH GROVE AVENUE, #204 BARRINGTON, ILLINOIS, 60010 (224) 848-4646 I3090857 P9096R TRRT 7/4    STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF: ERNEST HEARD, JR., Deceased.

No. 2018 P 288 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ERNEST HEARD, JR. Letters of Office were issued to Jeremy A. Heard 314 Fair Oaks, South Beloit, IL 61080, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Jeffrey E. Livingston, Bolgrien, Koepke, Kimes & Livingston, LLC, 542 E. Grand Ave., Beloit, WI 53511.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk’s office, Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, or with the representative or both on or before the 20th day of December, 2018, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by §18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice.

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

DATED: June 13, 2018 Jeremy A. Heard, Independent Administrator of the Estate of ERNEST HEARD., JR. Jeffrey E. Livingston BOLGRIEN, KOEPKE, KIMES & LIVINGSTON, LLC 542 East Grand Avenue Beloit, WI 53511 608-365-7702 9098R TRRT 7/4    TAX DEED NO. 2018-TX-0000098 FILED June 25, 2018 Chicago Title Trust Company Tr #73-5629, Edwin W. Carlson, Edwin W. Carlson, Jr, Edwin W. Carlson, III, Mark E. Carlson, Kristine Carlson, Kurt Carlson, Brad Carlson, Ellen Carlson, The Heirs of Violet I Carlson, Deceased, BigFish Carlson Properties, LLC,

The City of Loves Park, Illinois Bank & Trust, Occupants, Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: Lake Property, Windsor Lake Pkwy, Loves Park, IL Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 08-32-376-010 in Harlem Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 25, 2018.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 25, 2018.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 16, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 25, 2018, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 400 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 9143R TRRT 7/11    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a beauty supply products store business in said County and State under the name of Beauty

by Shanae at the following post office addresses: 2916 19th Ave., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Shanae Ssengooba SIGNED: Shanae Ssengooba 6/20/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9136R TRRT 7/11

June 27, 2018 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS EMBRACE HOME LOANS, INC.; Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF VIOLA J. JAMES KAMI EDMUNDS; SCOTT JAMES; TAMMY JAMES; KERRI MATHES; KYLIE MATHES; KEVIN ROGERS; TIMOTHY MILLER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR VIOLA J JAMES; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANT Defendants, 17 CH 703 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, July 19, 2018 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: PART OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 26 NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, , BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT : BEGINNING AT A STONE SET IN THE CENTER OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY LEADING FROM BYRON TO ROCKFORD AT 12 CHAINS AND 45 LINKS BEARINGS NORTH 73 DEGREES EAST FROM A STONE SET ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID 1/4 SECTION IN CENTER OF THE CROSS ROAD; THENCE NORTH 73 DEGREES EAST 3 CHAINS ALONG THE CENTER OF SAID ROCKFORD AND BYRON ROAD TO A STONE; THENCE SOUTHERLY AT RIGHT ANGLES WITH SAID ROAD, 2 CHAINS AND 16 3/4 LINKS TO A STAKE; THENCE WESTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE CENTER LINE OF SAID ROAD, 3 CHAINS TO A STAKE; THENCE NORTHERLY AT RIGHT ANGLES WITH SAID ROAD, 2 CHAINS AND 16 3/4 LINKS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 14-33-400-008.

Commonly known as 9836 Montague Road, Winnebago, IL 61088.

The improvement on the property consists of 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 within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call sales department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455. W17-0667 I3089496 P9073R TRRT 6/27 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DUBUQUE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY Plaintiff, -v.-

JOSE M. LAGUNA, et al Defendant 2017 -CH- 0000925 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 15, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 23, 2018, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT NINE (9) IN BLOCK ONE (1) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE REPLAT OF ROLLING GREEN, A RESIDENTIAL PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH REPLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 18 OF PLATS ON PAGE 35 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; ALSO PART OF LOT TEN (10) IN SAID BLOCK ONE (1) AS DESIGNATED UPON SAID REPLAT, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT TEN (10); THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT TEN (10), 124.95 FEET; THENCE SOUTH TWO (2) FEET; THENCE EASTERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE TWO (2) FEET DISTANT SOUTHERLY FROM SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT TEN (10), 22.4 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 1 FOOT; THENCE EASTERLY ON A LINE PARALLEL WITH AND 3 FEET DISTANT SOUTHERLY FROM SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT TEN (10) TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1613 OREGON AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-31201-010.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

ments and the legal fees required

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-17422.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-17422 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH0000925 TJSC#: 38-1684 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I3087259 P9074R TRRT 6/27 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.MARIA HARTMAN A/K/A MARIE HARTMAN, et al Defendant 16 CH 956 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 20, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 23, 2018, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT FOUR (4) AND THE SOUTH ONE-HALF (1/2) OF LOT THREE (3) IN BLOCK SEVEN (7) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF PALMER & KING’S ADDITION TO PARK VIEW, WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 40 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY;

SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2022 RIDGE AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14128-007.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 255504.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 255504 Case Number: 16 CH 956 TJSC#: 38-3468 I3087258 P9075R TRRT 6/27 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ANTHONY G. STURDIVANT,

DECEASED. 18P 216 Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent.

Letters of office were issued to PRINCESS STURDIVANT, 2865 SOLAND DRIVE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61114 as Independent ADMINISTRATOR, whose attorney of record is JOHN BIELSKI II; BIELSKI LAW OFFICE, LTD., 53 WEST JACKSON BLVD., SUITE 401, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60604.

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

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the clerk Tom Klein 400 West State Street Room 100 Rockford, Illinois 61101-1221 or with the representative, or both, on or before DECEMBER 13, 2018, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

JOHN BIELSKI II BIELSKI LAW OFFICE, LTD. 53 WEST JACKSON BLVD. SUITE 401 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60604 (312) 583-9430 I3089775 P9076R TRRT 6/27 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 Landscaping Services business in said County and State under the name of R.J. Landscaping at the following post office addresses: 721 Jordan Pl., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Reynaldo Ramirez SIGNED: Reynaldo Ramirez 6/12/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Robert S. Witt, Notary Public My Commission Expires Nov. 1, 2020 9116R TRRT 7/4 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JAMES EURLEY LINGELBACH, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2018 P 283 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JAMES EURLEY LINGELBACH on January 18, 2018. Letters of Office were issued on May 30, 2018 to RICHARD LINGELBACH & MELISSA VAN BARRIGER who are the legal representatives of the estate. The attorney for the estate is ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO, 535 Loves Park Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 15, 2018, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above

shall be barred.

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

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

DATED: 6/6/18 RICHARD LINGELBACH & MELISSA VAN BARRIGER, CO-EXECUTORS ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 9077R TRRT 6/27 n n n ADOPTION NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS In the matter of the Petition for Adoption of JASPER JOSEPH SCHRECK, a male child 2018 AD 98 To NATHAN JOSEPH ALLEN SCHRECK, biological father and All Whom It May Concern: TAKE NOTICE that a Petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, for the adoption of a minor child named JASPER JOSEPH SCHRECK. NOW THEREFORE, unless you, and all whom it may concern, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein in said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Room 108 in the City of Rockford, Illinois on or before the 8th day of July 2018 a default may be entered against you any time after that day and a Judgement entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

Dated: June 6, 2018 /s/ Thomas A. Klein Clerk of Court David H. Carter Attorney at Law 308 West State Street, Suite 215 Rockford, IL 61101 (815) 968-8900 9078R TRRT 6/27 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: FELICIA M. HOLMES, Petitioner, V. SIMON WILLIAMS, Respondent.

Case No. 18 D 317 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent SIMON WILLIAMS that Petitioner FELICIA M. HOLMES has caused to be filed a PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE and other relief in the above-captioned cause of action.

You are further notified that if you fail to file an answer or otherwise appear on or before July 13, 2018, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Felicia M. Holmes, Petitioner 9095R TRRT 6/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Lawn care, Landscaping business in said County and State under the name of D & Z Lawn Care & Landscaping at the following post office addresses: 5401 Rockingham Dr., Loves Park,

IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Daniel Zarate SIGNED: Daniel Zarate 6/15/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 9111R TRRT 7/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a store which sells holistic jewelry & gifts business in said County and State under the name of Infinite Soul Vibrations at the following post office addresses: 333 E. State St., Suite 104, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Tamika L. Brown SIGNED: Tamika L. Brown 6/15/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 9112R TRRT 7/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact an Internet based Home Security and Surveillance business in said County and State under the name of SafeHouseNanny at the following post office addresses: 5336 Granite St., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Richard A. Witherby SIGNED: Richard A. Witherby 6/15/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9113R TRRT 7/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a catering business in said County and State under the name of Top Chef Catering at the following post office addresses: 1215 24th St., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jahmah Taylor; Tammara Taylor SIGNED: Jahmah Taylor 6/11/18 SIGNED: Tammara Taylor 6/11/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 9114R TRRT 7/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a selling vintage items online and locally business in said County and State under the name of WaTurHill Collectibles at the following post office addresses: 1316 Florist Dr., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Wendy J. Turner SIGNED: Wendy J. Turner 6/18/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of June, A.D. 2018.

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Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9115R TRRT 7/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a baked goods & desserts business in said County and State under the name of YoYo’s Kreationz at the following post office addresses: 3612 Harrison Ave., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Yolanda Turner SIGNED: Yolanda Turner 6/19/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 9119R TRRT 7/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Tattoo studio business in said County and State under the name of Redemption Ink at the following post office addresses: 118 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: Nicole Rausch-Stokes; Cassandra Nelson SIGNED: Nicole Rausch-Stokes 6/19/18 SIGNED: Cassandra Nelson 6/19/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9120R TRRT 7/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Remodeling business in said County and State under the name of Rock Valley Restoration & Remodeling at the following post office addresses: 10360 Main St., Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Trevor Sterling SIGNED: Trevor Sterling 6/11/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Rita M. Kepler, Notary Public My Commission Expires November 6, 2018 9121R TRRT 7/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a cleaning business, cleaning homes, offices, and rental properties business in said County and State under the name of Chuck Magoo’s Cleaning Crews at the following post office addresses: 7605 Borodell St., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Charles A. Faulkner SIGNED: Charles A. Faulkner 6/21/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 9138R TRRT 7/11

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The Rock River Times. June 27, 2018

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of RICHARD R. SWANSON, Deceased.

No. 2018 P 274 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Notice is given of the death of RICHARD R. SWANSON. Letters of Independent Administration were issued on May 29, 2018, to WENDY ANN BARTON, whose attorney is Ralph E. Elliott of Elliott & Trainor, P.C., 1005 West Loras Drive, P.O. Box 1149, Freeport, Illinois, 61032-1149. The estate will be administered without court supervision unless any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a Petition To Terminate to the Circuit Clerk and the attorney for the Independent Administrator at the address set forth below.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W State St #215, Rockford, IL 61101 or with the attorney for the Independent Administrator or both, on or before December 31, 2018, and any claim not filed within that period is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the attorney for the Independent Administrator within ten days after it has been filed.

THOMAS A. KLEIN, Circuit Clerk Ralph E. Elliott Elliott & Trainor, P.C. Attorneys for Independent Administrator 1005 W. Loras Drive P.O. Box 1149 Freeport, IL 61032 9099R TRRT 7/4 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2018-TX-86 FILED June 16, 2018 Socorro Fregosa, Marco Antonio Rodriguez, Rock River Water Reclamation District, City of Rockford, Occupants, Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 1203 Midway Dr., Rockford, IL Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 11-11-277-020 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 25, 2018.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 25, 2018.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 16, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem

will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 25, 2018, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 400 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 9100R TRRT 7/4 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2018-TX-87 FILED June 16, 2018 The heirs of Marion Rehberg, deceased, Ronald Rehberg, Phillip Rehberg, Russell Rehberg, David Rehberg, Carol Keister, the heirs of Hollace Rehberg Cooper, deceased, James P. Cooper, Rock River Water Reclamation District, City of Rockford, Occupants, Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 609 Memorial Ave., Rockford, IL Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 11-19-483-017 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 25, 2018.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 25, 2018.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 16, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 25, 2018, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 400 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 9101R TRRT 7/4 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2018-TX-88 FILED June 16, 2018 Anthony J. Ciaccio, Thomas Ciaccio, Ann E. Ciaccio, GENPACT REGISTERED AGENT

Inc. Registered Agent for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Occupants, Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 1811 Crosby St., Rockford, IL Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 11-24-456-013 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 25, 2018.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 25, 2018.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 16, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 25, 2018, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 400 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 9102R TRRT 7/4 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2018-TX-89 FILED June 16, 2018 Francisco Belmontes, Jr., United States District Court, Northern District Western Division, Occupants, Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 1122 S. Winnebago St., Rockford, IL Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 11-27-255-004 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 25, 2018.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County

Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 25, 2018.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 16, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 25, 2018, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 400 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 9103R TRRT 7/4 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2018-TX-90 FILED June 16, 2018 Juan Pablo Hernandez, Maria B. Hernandez, GENPACT REGISTERED AGENT Inc. Registered Agent for Mortgage Electronic Systems, Inc. (MERS), PNC Bank National Association, Rock River Water Reclamation District, City of Rockford, Occupants, Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 418 Kent St., Rockford, IL Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 11-27-257-003 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 25, 2018.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 25, 2018.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 16, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 25, 2018, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk

400 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 9104R TRRT 7/4 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2018-TX-91 FILED June 16, 2018 Angelica Torrez, Rock River Water Reclamation District, City of Rockford, Occupants, Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 724 Montague St., Rockford, IL Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 11-27-327-014 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 25, 2018.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 25, 2018.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 16, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 25, 2018, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 400 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 9105R TRRT 7/4 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2018-TX-92 FILED June 16, 2018 Carlos Delgado, Melissa Delgado, Rock River Water Reclamation District, City of Rockford, Occupants, Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 532 Indiana Avenue, Rockford, IL Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 11-27-454-006 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October

25, 2018.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 25, 2018.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 16, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 25, 2018, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 400 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 9106R TRRT 7/4 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2018-TX-93 FILED June 16, 2018 Ronald Baggett, Sr., Rock River Water Reclamation District, City of Rockford, Occupants, Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 2212 Martha Ave., Rockford, IL Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 11-34-427-010 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 25, 2018.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 25, 2018.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 16, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 25, 2018, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois

at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 400 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 9107R TRRT 7/4 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2018-TX-94 FILED June 16, 2018 Chad Lindstrand, Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: vacant land at 14943 South Bluff Road, South Beloit, IL 61080 Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 03-12-401-007 in Rockton Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 25, 2018.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 25, 2018.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 16, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 25, 2018, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 400 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 9108R TRRT 7/4 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2018-TX-95 FILED June 16, 2018 Kerry Bell, City of South Beloit, Occupants, Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 618 Ingersoll Place, South Beloit, IL Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 04-05-254-001 in Roscoe Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 25, 2018.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 25, 2018.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 16, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 25, 2018, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 400 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 9109R TRRT 7/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a hairstyling business in said County and State under the name of Styles By Nicole at the following post office addresses: 3708 N. Main St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Christine Copeland SIGNED: Christine Copeland 6/18/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9118R TRRT 7/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Lawncare, gutter cleaning as well as snow removal service business in said County and State under the name of Macho’s 4 Seasons at the following post office addresses: 1912 Knowlton St., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Marcus Jones SIGNED: Marcus Jones 6/14/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 9110R TRRT 7/4

June 27, 2018 The Rock River Times. n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ADVIA CREDIT UNION f/k/a FIRST COMMUNITY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs.

CYRUS J. LUCCHESI, JR., SHARON R. GRAY, JASON TURNER d/b/a PRAIRIE HILL MEATS and PINNON’S SOUTH BELOIT INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No. 2018 CH 387 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled cause, that the above-entitled Mortgage Foreclosure action was filed on June 20, 2018, and is now pending.

COUNT I 1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are identified above.

2. The Court in which this action was brought is identified above.

3. The name of the titleholder of record is: Cyrus J. Lucchesi, Jr. 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: Lot Two (2) as designated upon Plat of E. J. Burkins Subdivision, being a Subdivision of part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 18, Township 46 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, City of South Beloit, Winnebago County, Illinois, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 38 of Plats on Page 33A in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

PIN: 04-18-226-003 5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 146 Prairie Hill Road, South Beloit, Illinois 61080 6. An identification of the Mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Name of Mortgagor: Cyrus J. Lucchesi, Jr. b. Name of Mortgagee: First Community Federal Credit Union n/k/a Advia Credit Union c. Date of Mortgage: October 16, 2013 d. Date of Recording: October 24, 2013 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identification: 20131042799 COUNT II 1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are identified above.

2. The Court in which this action was brought is identified above.

3. The name of the titleholder of record is: Cyrus J. Lucchesi, Jr. 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: Lot Two (2) as designated upon Plat of E. J. Burkins Subdivision, being a Subdivision of part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 18, Township 46 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, City of South Beloit, Winnebago County, Illinois, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 38 of Plats on Page 33A in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

PIN: 04-18-226-003

5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 146 Prairie Hill Road, South Beloit, Illinois 61080 6. An identification of the Mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Name of Mortgagor: Cyrus J. Lucchesi, Jr. b. Name of Mortgagee: Advia Credit Union c. Date of Mortgage: January 7, 2016 d. Date of Recording: January 13, 2016 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identification: 20161001119 NOW THEREFORE, unless you, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint for Foreclosure in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the offices of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, on or before July 27, 2018 (which is the 30th day after the first publication of this notice), default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment for Foreclosure may be entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

RENO & ZAHM LLP BY: /s/ Michael G. Schultz Michael G. Schultz, Attorney for Advia Credit Union f/k/a First Community Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff RENO & ZAHM LLP Jamie S. Cassel (#06200979) Michael G. Schultz (#06297569) 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 987-4050 mgs@renozahm.com 9124R TRRT 7/11 n n n PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Case No. 18-TX-85, 2H Investment Properties, LLC. To: William G. Holland; Occupant of; City of Rockford; Illinois Department of Revenue; Attorney General; Winnebago County Trustee; Winnebago County Clerk; and all other persons/ entities UNKNOWN having or claiming any right, interest or title in the following described real estate: Lots 4 and 5 in Block 3 as designated upon the Plat of Giddings Addition to the City of Rockford, the Plat of which Addition is recorded in Book 86 of Plats, page 92 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; EXCEPTING therefrom the premises conveyed by George R. Worsley and wife to the Chicago Madison and Northern Railroad Company (now the Illinois Central Railroad Company)

by Warranty Deed dated January 25, 1887 and recorded in Book 127 of Deeds on page 148 in said Recorder’s Office. Situated in the County of Winnebago and the State of Illinois.

Permanent Index No. 11-26477-003 On June 13, 2018, 2H Investment Properties, LLC filed a Petition for Order of Tax Deed.

The object of the plaintiff’s petition is to foreclose on the Tax Sale Certificate No. 201401383 for the delinquent taxes on real estate described above which was issued by the Winnebago County Treasurer on October 26, 2015. The taxes due under the certificate are for the 2014 tax year. The petition asks the court to direct the county clerk to issue a tax deed if the property is not redeemed from the sale on or before October 26, 2018,

and that Petitioner, as grantee of tax deed be put in possession of said parcel of real estate. The Petition for Order of Tax Deed will be brought before the Winnebago County Circuit Court on November 30, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom TBA. If you fail to redeem, the court may enter a judgment for the relief demanded in the petition.

2H Investment Properties, LLC, Petitioner Stuart E. Morgenstern, #6275553 Attorney for Petitioner 1 W. Laurel Street Pinckneyville, Illinois 62274 (618)357-5315 9125R TRRT 7/11 n n n NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6146 , 7511 Vandiver Rd, Rockford IL 61112 (815-332-4400) to satisfy a lien on July 12th 2018 at approx. 10:30 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #B3, Timothy Cantrell.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6150 , 4548 American Rd, Rockford IL 61109 (815-874-2141) to satisfy a lien on July 12th 2018 at approx. 11:00 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #5513, Michelle E. Love; Cube #B33, Patricia M. Sunny; Cube #B4, Monique L. Daniel; Cube #4203, Julia J. Benjamin.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6152 , 3015 N. Main St., Rockford IL 61103 (815-282-4500) to satisfy a lien on July 12 th 2018 at approx. 11:30 AM at www.storagetreasures.com.

All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #B189, Jerry Whitfield; Cube #B299, Elunder Y. Davis; Cube #B327, Clarissa Clark; Cube #B219, Jernae Brady; Cube #B160, Benjamin Joseph; Cube #B255, Melody Ellis; Cube #B165, Belinda D. Yancy; Cube #B18, Salina Brown; Cube #B315, Lori Medina; Cube #B281, Marjorie Elliott; Cube #B319, Tasha Proper.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6151, 6210 Forest Hills Road, Rockford IL 61111 (815-877-3146) to satisfy a lien on July 12th 2018 at approx.

12:00 PM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #137, Grisel Olsen; Cube #446, Mark Turner; Cube #215C, David A. Nagy; Cube #436, Kenyoda Yates; Cube #211B, Tationa Monique Elliott.

9126R TRRT 7/4 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DUBUQUE BANK AND TRUST Plaintiff, -v.CRAIG G. BEIERSDORFF, et al Defendant 17 CH 0000437 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 2, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 27, 2018, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

LOT TWO (2) IN BLOCK SIX (6) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF LETTS AND BENNETTS HIGHLAND PARK SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER(1/4) OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 15 OF PLATS ON PAGE 3 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 720 PARIS AVE., ROCKFORD, IL 61107 Property Index No. 11-24256-022.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-06323.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.

com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-06323 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 0000437 TJSC#: 38-5207 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I3091456 P9127R TRRT 7/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO APEXTERIORS, INC. Plaintiff, vs.

JOSEPH MILES; GREEN TREE SERVICING, LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS and UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOSEPH T. MILES, Defendants.

CASE NO. 2017 CH 363 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, In the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, APEXTERIORS, INC. v. JOSEPH MILES; GREEN TREE SERVICING, LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS and UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOSEPH T. MILES, Case No. 2017 CH 363. The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS AND UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOSEPH T. MILES, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to-wit: The Westerly Fifty (50) feet of Lots Five (5) and Six (6) in Block Fifteen (15) as designated upon the Plat of C.E. Sovereign’s Auburndale Subdivision of part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 14, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 3 of Plats on page 23 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Property commonly known as: 1723 Auburn Street, Rockford, IL 61103 Parcel ID No. 11-14-260-011 A Contractor’s Claim for Lien was recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document Number 20161031711.

And for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Chancery Division, in the Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 15th day of August, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a

decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said Amended Complaint.

Dated at Rockford, Illinois on June 25, 2018 /s/ Thomas A. Klein Winnebago County Circuit Clerk PREPARED BY: Adam S. Long (#6253402) BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, Illinois 61108 (815) 962-6611 9140R TRRT 7/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: ANNITA HUGHES, and MARTY HUGHES, husband and wife, Petitioners, TO ADOPT PRINCETON J. PENROD, a male minor child, NO. 2018 AD 101 ADOPTION NOTICE To Whom It May Concern: Take notice that a Petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, for the adoption of a child named PRINCETON J. PENROD. Now, therefore, unless you, Whom It May Concern, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 1ST day of August, 2018, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

Dated this 27th day of June, 2018 /s/ Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit Winnebago County, Illinois Prepared by: Timothy K. Whitham ARDC #6244916 WHITHAM LAW OFFICE 124 N. Water Street Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 986-4870 tim@whithamlawoffice.com 9128R TRRT 7/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO In the Matter of the Estate of SAMMIE STROUD, deceased No. 18-P-0000300 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of SAMMIE STROUD, of Caledonia, Illinois on May 4, 2018. Letters of office were issued on June 14, 2018, to RONNIE STROUD, 501 Deer Run Drive, Mahomet, IL 61853 as independent executor, whose attorney is TOBIN & RAMON, 530 South State Street; Suite 200, Belvidere, IL 61008-3711.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4), an 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 Winnebago County Circuit Clerk -- Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, at 400 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 61101 or with the representative, or both, on or before December 29, 2018, which date is not less than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of any 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.

DATED: June 21, 2018.

RONNIE STROUD Independent Executor Tobin & Ramon Attorneys for Petitioner 530 South State Street; Suite 200 Belvidere, IL 61008-3711 (815) 544-0316 mail@tobinramon.com 9130R TRRT 7/11 n n n AADDITIONAL STORAGE 7327 N. Alpine Rd. Loves Park, IL 61111 815-282-8400 NOTICE OF SALE The personal property stored by: Rhonda Saldivar (C23) located at 7327 N. Alpine Road, Loves Park, Illinois, a self-storage facility, shall be sold on or after 7/6/2018, to enforce the owner’s lien thereon.

If not sold, the property will be otherwise disposed of. Property includes household goods and many personal items.

9131R TRRT 7/4 n n n AADDITIONAL STORAGE 7319 N. Alpine Rd. Loves Park, IL 61111 815-282-8400 NOTICE OF SALE The personal property stored by: Jami Massari (AS49) located at 7319 N. Alpine Road, Loves Park, Illinois, a self-storage facility, shall be sold on or after 7/6/2018, to enforce the owner’s lien thereon.

If not sold, the property will be otherwise disposed of. Property includes household goods and many personal items.

9132R TRRT 7/4 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: KIMBERLY A. KRABER, Deceased.

No. 2018-P-307 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of KIMBERLY A. KRABER. Letters of Office were issued on 6/20/18 to BARBARA J. SENNEFF, whose attorney is SASHA S. JONIC. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Court Clerk of Winnebago County, 404 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the representative, or both on or before, Dec. 27th, 2018. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the representative’s attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Date: 6/20/18, Rockford, Illinois Attorney Sasha S. Jonic ARDC#: 6203224 4615 E. State Street, Suite 101 Rockford, IL 61108 815.226.3461 9133R TRRT 7/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DALE D. WATKINS, DECEASED. Case No. 2018 P 269 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of DALE D. WATKINS. Letters of Office were issued on May 22, 2018 to Angela B. Visgar, Administrator, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is BRIAN K. LARKIN, ONE COURT PLACE, SUITE 301, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 27, 2018, that date being at least six

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(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 W. 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 June 19, 2018 /s/ Angela B. Visgar ANGELA B. VISGAR Brian K. Larkin Attorney at Law One Court Place, Suite 301 Rockford, IL 61101 815-964-4601 Brian@blarkinlaw.com 9134R TRRT 7/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a fundraiser for Heartland Hospice Memorial Fund business in said County and State under the name of Hole Hearted for Hospice at the following post office addresses: 4102 Martina Dr., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Calvin Clinkenbeard; Fred Wescott; Tracy Hoffman SIGNED: Calvin Clinkenbeard 6/21/18 SIGNED: Fred Wescott 6/21/18 SIGNED: Tracy Hoffman 6/21/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 9137R TRRT 7/11 n n n SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS (ADDITION OF NAME) STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ss.

Certificate No. 032821 On the 13th day of November, A.D. 2015, the original certificate of ownership was filed in the office of County Clerk, in the County of Winnebago, Illinois for: Blank Canvas Ministry at the following address(es): 1231 Parkwood Ave., Rockford, IL 61107.

On the 25th day of June, A.D. 2018, the following person or persons were added to said organization and now have a financial interest in the business carried on under such assumed name: Kaila Matthys.

SIGNED: Kaila Matthys 6/25/18 STATE OF ILLINOIS, County of Winnebago ss.

The above being duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says that the foregoing is a true and correct supplementary report of the person or persons who have been added to the above-named firm together with their post-office addresses.

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 25th day of Juny A.D. 2018.

Angela Bowman, Deputy Clerk 9144R TRRT 6/27

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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 Advisors business in said County and State under the name of Tus Tramites en Mexico at the following post office addresses: 3600 E. State St., Suite 20, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Yamany Enrique Hernandez De La Pena; Diana M. Pasillas Villarreal SIGNED: Yamany Enrique Hernandez De La Pena 6/20/18 SIGNED: Diana M. Pasillas Villarreal 6/20/18

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9135R TRRT 7/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Make Up Application Only business in said County and State under the name of Love Always_AMJ at the following post office addresses: 663 Amphitheater Dr., #2, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS EMBRACE HOME LOANS, INC.; Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF VIOLA J. JAMES KAMI EDMUNDS; SCOTT JAMES; TAMMY JAMES; KERRI MATHES; KYLIE MATHES; KEVIN ROGERS; TIMOTHY MILLER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR VIOLA J JAMES; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANT Defendants, 17 CH 703 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, July 19, 2018 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 14-33-400-008.

Commonly known as 9836 Montague Road, Winnebago, IL 61088.

The improvement on the property consists of 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 within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call sales department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603.

(312) 360-9455. W17-0667 I3089496 P9073R TRRT 6/27 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DUBUQUE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY Plaintiff, -v.- JOSE M. LAGUNA, et al Defendant 2017 -CH- 0000925 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 15, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 23, 2018, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1613 OREGON AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-31-201-010.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

follows: Angel M. Jones SIGNED: Angel M. Jones 6/22/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9139R TRRT 7/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a commercial, residential cleaning business in said County and State under the name of Executive Pro Cleaners at the following post office addresses: 4816 Forest Grove St., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of

all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jan Fadness SIGNED: Jan Fadness 6/25/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 9141R TRRT 7/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Sit down cafe or eatery or mobile food truck business in said County and State under the name of Nelly’s Nachos at the following post office addresses: 628

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-17422.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-17422 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH- 0000925 TJSC#: 38-1684 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I3087259 P9074R TRRT 6/27 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.- MARIA HARTMAN A/K/A MARIE HARTMAN, et al Defendant 16 CH 956 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 20, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 23, 2018, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2022 RIDGE AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14-128-007.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is

Ashland Ave., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Janelle Renee Holloway SIGNED: Janella Renee Holloway 6/25/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 9142R TRRT 7/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a gaming/tutoring lounge business in said County

and State under the name of Lothan’s Room at the following post office addresses: 312 Bayliss Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Robert Ervin SIGNED: Robert Ervin 6/25/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 9145R TRRT 7/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and

subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 255504.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 255504 Case Number: 16 CH 956 TJSC#: 38-3468 I3087258 P9075R TRRT 6/27 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DUBUQUE BANK AND TRUST Plaintiff, -v.- CRAIG G. BEIERSDORFF, et al Defendant 17 CH 0000437 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 2, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 27, 2018, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 720 PARIS AVE., ROCKFORD, IL 61107 Property Index No. 11-24-256-022.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third

transact a digital marketing and website development business in said County and State under the name of iSeed Digital at the following post office addresses: 14837 Hunters Way, South Beloit, IL 61080; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jaime Flores SIGNED: Jaime Flores 6/25/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 9146R TRRT 7/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS,

COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a marbal and stone restoration business in said County and State under the name of HDZ’s Marbal, Stone & Restoration at the following post office addresses: 1218 23rd Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Angel J. Hernandez De la Fuente SIGNED: Angel J. Hernandez De la Fuente 6/25/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of June, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 9147R TRRT 7/11

party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-06323.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-06323 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 0000437 TJSC#: 38-5207 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Crossword

Theme: FAMOUS FAMILIES

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Rivets week in review From the Rockford Rivets

Across 1. Ankle support, e.g.

6. Talk, talk, talk 9. Shakespeare, e.g.

13. Pretend 14. C.E.O.’s degree 15. Printer cartridge contents 16. Smells 17. 16th birthday gift?

18. Undo laces 19. *Film-makers Francis or Sofia 21. *NFL’s Archie, Peyton or Eli 23. Famous T-Rex 24. Bud holder 25. “For ____ a jolly...”

28. Like the White Rabbit 30. This hot!

35. In the middle of 37. Acid gritty-textured apple 39. Star bursts 40. Apple’s apple, e.g.

41. Provide with ability 43. *Brangelina partner 44. ____ vs. pathos 46. “CliffsNotes,” e.g.

47. Dissenting clique 48. Unquestioning ones 50. College party chant

52. Like a wallflower 53. Whiskey without water 55. Scheduled to arrive 57. *Jermaine, Michael, or LaToya 61. *Bobby or Jack 65. ____ acid 66. *O’Shea Jackson Jr.’s father ____ Cube 68. *Donny and ____ 69.

Revolving mechanism 70. mL 71. Cruising 72. Place at an angle 73. “____, drink, and be merry” 74. Required things Down 1. Coalition of countries 2. Make over 3. At the summit 4. C in ROTC 5. Imbue with soul 6. “It’s fun to stay at the ____” 7. Bar association 8.

Deserved consequence 9. C apit al of Wes t

Germany, 1949-1989 10. Against, prefix 11. Horse control 12 . For tune -telling coffee remnant 15. Go to NPR, e.g.

20. Renter’s paper 22. Pharaoh’s cobra 24.

Judge’s pronouncement 2 5 . *Kun t a K in te’s descendant and author 26. Be theatrical 27. Bridge of _ _ _ _, Venice 29. Chinatown gang 31. *”Blackish” dad’s dad 32. Brown, Dartmouth and Yale, e.g.

33. Naturally, in slang 34. *”All the Money in the World” family 36. Gloom partner 38. *Family with two former Presidents 42. Chopin’s composition 45. Metal detector, e.g.

49. New, prefix

The Rockford Rivets have wrapped up yet another week in their 2018 campaign.

Rockford currently sits at fourth place in the South Division of the Northwoods League standings. With a record of 15-11, as of Monday, they are five games back of the division leading Madison Mallards.

After a day off on Monday, June 18, the Rivets traveled to Madison in the first game of an important series with Madison (June 19- June 20). Infielders Mason Templet and Hal Hughes both made their Rivet’s debut in style. Templet finished with three RBIs and his first home run, and Hughes added an RBI. However, the Rivets dropped game one by a score of 9-4. The two teams traveled back to Rockford for game two, and after 13 innings of scoreless baseball the Mallards put up two runs in the top half of the fourteenth inning to ultimately go on and beat the Rivets 2-0 in extras. Despite the loss, Rockford starting pitcher Cooper Cain earned Northwoods League Pitcher of the Night honors for the fourth time this year.

The Rivets would stay in Rockford for their next series with the Battle Creek Bombers (June 21-June 22). The Rivets played their second extra inning game in a row in game one but managed to win by a score of 3-2. Infielder Joe Butler hit a bloop single into right field to win it for the Rivets in the bottom of the eleventh inning.

Rockford couldn’t get the bats going in game two and they went on to lose to Battle Creek 1-0 in a pitchers dual.

51. Armed robber, e.g.

54. “Pokémon,” e.g.

The Rivets then traveled to Green Bay 56. Related on mother’s to take on the Bullfrogs over the weekend side (June 23–June 24). Starting pitcher Cole 57. Jelly holders Bellair picked up his fourth win of the 58. Every which way season in game one, and the Rivets went on 59. Make a reference to win game one 4-1. Third baseman Justin 60. Be savvy Walker picked up three RBIs on two hits.

61. Same as Celt Chase Kueter then recorded his third win 62. Gaelic 63. Cashed in one’s of the year in game two, as Rockford went on to defeat Green Bay 8-4 and complete chips 64. Those not opposed the sweep. Templet and catcher Wyatt 67. Langley, VA agency Mascarella both finished with two hits and two RBIs. Rockford will have a busy next seven days as they will play eight games this week. Monday they lost to Lakeshore by a shore of 2-1, Wednesday they will host the second half of a double-header against

Crossword & Sudoku

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Madison followed by a two-game home series against Kalamazoo on Thursday and Friday. Road games will be played on Tuesday at Lakeshore, Wednesday morning at Madison as well as a weekend series on Saturday and Sunday against Battle Creek.

Friday night against Kalamazoo will be Wheels 4 Warriors Night where a $20 ticket will include an infield reserve seat, a Rivets hat, and a voucher for a hot dog, bag of chips and soda with $5 being donated to Wheels 4 Warriors.

Rivets Getting Out To Serve The Rockford Community

Rockford Rivets’ players have been donating their time in the community since arriving in Rockford to start the 2018 season. Throughout the season players have been traveling through various parts of Winnebago and Boone County and taking time to give back. Players have made appearances at places such as the Belvidere Park District, Ken-Rock Community Center and multiple YMCA’s around the area. The players would then participate in games of kickball and wiffle ball, playground games and board games, while also signing autographs.

Belvidere Park District Marketing Assistant Emily Gottman expressed the amount of excitement the kids in the park district get to spend time with the ballplayers.

“It gave the kids something to look forward to,” Gottman said. “It’s something different from their normal routine that they had fun getting ready for it by grabbing things for autographs and just their general excitement.”

The Rivets also helped some young ballplayers when they went to places such as Roy Gayle, the Boys and Girls Club in Rockford and Belvidere Youth Baseball at the fairgrounds in Belvidere. There, the players played catch, signed autographs and shared their knowledge of baseball with young baseball and softball players.

“It’s good for us to go out and do that stuff,” Rivets Pitcher Cole Bellair said.

“People get to see us for who we are and not just players on the field.”

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Bears 2018 training camp preview: How much does Harry Hiestand help?

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor

CHICAGO - The last time the Bears went to the Super Bowl in 2006, they rushed for 1,918 yards as a team and allowed only 25 sacks. An offensive led by center Olin Kreutz in his prime keyed Chicago’s offense en route to the franchise’s first NFC championship since 1986. Rushing yards and sacks allowed often being excellent indicators of how a line has progressed, as it shows they’re moving defenders up front and keeping their quarterback clean. That offensive front was coached by the guru Harry Hiestand: who makes his return to the Bears this season after an eight-year stint in the college ranks.

Roundly praised as one of, if not, the best offensive line coach there is, Hiestand is considered the Bears’ top position coach of an overall impressive staff Matt Nagy pieced together this off-season. For a position group as important as the offensive line, that’s music to Chicago’s ears in having offensive success once again.

But how much of an impact should we expect from Hiestand in whipping the Bears’ offensive line into shape? If his reputation and Bears’ historical context is any indication, Chicago should be preparing for an elite unit in the trenches soon. Training camp this July is is the first glimpse of his work.

The Bears’ hogs’ peaks and valleys

Since Hiestand’s departure in 2009, the Bears’ offensive line’s collective performance has been anything but consistent. It’s difficult to wholly evaluate this position more than any, because you never fully understand what one tackle or guard’s assignment was on unsuccessful plays. The evaluation of offensive linemen is so subjective, that a firmly accepted baseline of determining a quality unit or player hasn’t evolved too much from the proverbial “eye test”.

That said, since we’re examining Chicago offensive lines together, we’ll use rushing yards and sacks allowed as the primary barometers in how the Bears have soldiered on without Hiestand. There are far more extenuating circumstances that go into both figures (like talent and scheme for one), but they’re generally seen as endorsements or indictments of the guys up front. In terms of sacks, keep in mind that the lower the ranking, the better.

2010

Rushing yards: 1,616 (20th) Sacks allowed: 56 (1st)

2011

Rushing yards: 2,015 (9th) Sacks allowed: 49 (5th)

2012

Rushing yards: 1,970 (10th) Sacks allowed: 44 (8th)

2013

Rushing yards: 1,828 (16th) Sacks allowed: 30 (tied for 28th)

2014

Rushing yards: 1,441 (27th) Sacks allowed: 41 (14th)

2015

Rushing yards: 1,854 (11th) Sacks allowed: 34 (18th)

2016

Rushing yards: 1,735 (17th) Sacks allowed: 28 (24th)

2017

Rushing yards: 1,788 (16th) Sacks allowed: 39 (15th)

As evidenced, the Bears have rarely balanced the success of their offense up front over roughly the past decade. In the years they’ve pass protected well, they’ve generally struggled to rush it, and wasted

good protection on lost seasons like 2016’s 3-13 finish.

The introduction of an offensive line mastermind like Hiestand ideally mitigates the ebb and flows that have plagued the Bears since he left Halas Hall. The more consistent a merely solid performance becomes, the better an offensive line plays and grows together over the course of a season as their bond and understanding grows stronger.

No stranger to developing talent

W here Hiestand really separates himself as a coach is developing young offensive linemen into lynchpins. If you put a raw talent under his watch who just needs some seasoning, chances are you’ll soon have an elite player on your hands.

Hiestand made his mark in this fashion at Tennessee and Notre Dame. Not many in the NFL have the same track record of individual development that he does.

There’s the Cowboys’ Zack Martin, a four-time Pro Bowler and two-time First-Team All-Pro, as well as two above average starters for the Texans and Ravens in center Nick Martin and tackle Ronnie Stanley, respectively. And the newest additions to his accomplishments in the form of 2018 first round selections Quenton Nelson (Colts) and Mike McGlinchey (49ers).

Each of these studs have proven themselves to be integral players for their teams or soon should join the proven ranks. Each of them owe a great deal of their pedigree and foundation to Hiestand’s coaching.

How does this relate to the current Bears?

Look no further than rookie James Daniels (who was personally recommended to Hiestand by Daniels’ college head coach Kirk Ferentz) and third-year center Cody Whitehair. Chicago is in position to enjoy a special interior offensive line pairing for years to come. Don’t forget the recuperating right guard Kyle Long or constantly ascending left tackle Charles

Leno Jr. either. Everyone can be more fundamentally and technically sound when the message means something.

Their rise will come on the heels of Hiestand’s mentorship that makes the young players eventual elite pieces, and the established veterans more steady for the Bears’ front. His resume speaks for itself.

Hiestand’s body guards

Hiestand’s impact on the Bears’ offense will be most felt outside of the main position group itself: on Mitchell Trubisky.

Everything Chicago does moving for ward is predicated on Trubisk y thriving. He can only play well from as consistently clean a pocket to throw the ball as possible. He can only make a leap into stardom in a comfortable environment, with time to throw.

T he ste w a rds of t h is po c ket is Hiestand’s offensive line. They are the first and last line of defense in front of Trubisky against onslaughts of pass rushers that will ultimately facilitate any success Trubisky has. Keep Trubisky upright and the results will immediately pay dividends as he spreads the wealth, meaning the ball, around. A quarterback can’t do anything from the ground.

This goes double for running backs Jordan Howard and Tarik Cohen. Though, most offensive linemen actually prefer run blocking given that it’s easier to step forward than kick stepping against world class, freakish pass rushers. Making the rushing attack more sound is less of a concern because of that sentiment.

Full pads finally come on once we reach Bourbonnais in July, and the opportunity to see how Hiestand’s players operate in the high pressure, competitive practice environment sets the tone for the rest of their season. If Hiestand lives up to his esteemed reputation, Trubisky and his skill player friends are in excellent hands. R. Robert is your guy for all things Bears. Follow him on Twitter @RobertZeglinski.

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The Rock River Times. June 27, 2018