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MORRIS – Morris police are providing a safe location for those making Internet and social media transactions, such as purchases from Craigslist.

Morris Police Chief Brent Dite announced Friday the parking lots of the Morris Municipal Services Facility are available to residents seeking a safe meeting location.

Although Dite said the department hasn’t heard of any violent encounters, there have been complaints of attempted defrauding over the years.

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“We just feel in these times it’d just be best to be proactive,” Dite said Monday. “The police department provides a public place with officers coming and going, along with camera surveillance.”

Dite said neither the department nor any city officials will mediate a transaction, just that the grounds are open for people to use. The Morris Municipal Facility is at 700 N. Division St. in Morris.

“It should be a deterrent for anyone looking to defraud an individual, or worse,” Dite said.

Morris is the latest in a

of deals.”

The Morris Police Department recommends those meeting people first encountered through the Internet insist on a public meeting place, and not meet in a secluded area or invite strangers into your home.

People also are urged to notify or bring a friend or relative with, and a cellphone, according to a news release from the department. Dite also reminds people to trust their instincts.

According to a report by LawStreetMedia.com, as of Oct. 2014, there were at least 45 killings tied to Craigslist meetings dating back to 2009.

into a penal institution and on a charge of driving while license suspended.

• Casey M. Taylor, 40, of Diamond, was arrested by Grundy County sheriff’s deputies Thursday on a charge of possession of cannabis, 2.5 to 10 grams. He was given a May 18 court date.

• Valerie K. Hnetkovsky, 49, was arrested by Grundy County sheriff’s deputies and booked into the Grundy County Jail on Thursday on a charge of contempt of court.

• Tammy M. Haas, 32, of Morris, was arrested by Grundy County sheriff’s deputies

Thursday on a failure-to-appear warrant on a charge of driving while license suspended.

• Casey R. Scaman, 35, of Coal City, was arrested by Grundy County sheriff’s deputies Saturday on charges of driving under the influence and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

POLICE REPORTS Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from local police departments and the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

Wilmington, was arrested by Grundy County sheriff’s deputies April 13 on a Cook County warrant.

• Dominique A. McKinley, 23, of Joliet, was arrested by Grundy County sheriff’s deputies and booked into the Grundy County Jail on April 14 on a failure-to-apMORRIS pear warrant on a charge of • Lenore S. Lovings, 41, of Park possession of cannabis.

Forest, was arrested by Morris • Jake W. Seibert, 21, of police and booked into the Grun- Seneca, was arrested by Grundy dy County Jail on Thursday on County sheriff’s deputies and two Dupage County warrants. booked into the Grundy County Jail on Wednesday on charges GRUNDY COUNTY of possession of controlled • Lawrence E. Clark, 53, of substance, bringing contraband

ILLINOIS STATE POLICE

• Aldonia I. Skonie, 52, was arrested by Illinois State Police and booked into the Grundy County Jail on Saturday on a charge of possession of a controlled substance.

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nationwide trend of police departments welcoming transactions in their parking lots. In Illinois, Joliet, Naperville and Peoria police departments are some municipalities that have welcomed transactions in their lobbies or parking lots.

Grundy County Sheriff Kevin Callahan said it’s something he will discuss with staff members, but the county hasn’t joined the trend just yet.

“You hear about these fraudulent deals all the time,” Callahan said. “It might be something we’ll look into. We want to eliminate those type

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Randy Bell and Jim McGuan with the Grundy County Highway Department pick up garbage Monday alongside Lisbon Road. See story, page 3

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County takes offense seriously, offers e-waste resources, events Legislators look at bill to save recycling programs in Ill.

By HEIDI LITCHFIELD hlitchfield@shawmedia.com MORRIS – When Marion Gore moved with her husband Arthur to his family farm in the 1970s, she loved the fact that she could look out her window and see the beautiful wooded acreage.

As she left her home last week and drove down Gore Road toward town, she noticed a large white chest freezer thrown alongside the road into the woods she loves.

“Over the years we’ve had a lot of things dumped here,” she said. “We’ve had garbage, auto parts, TVs, and once we even had a deer on a tarp left in the creek.”

As she walked down the road toward the freezer to see what was thrown out this time, she noticed the smell long before the garbage can could be seen. The swarming flies could be heard. It was filled with rotten meat.

Gore said she can’t understand what would make people think it’s OK to dump on her private property – or anywhere for that matter.

Grundy County Sheriff Kevin Callahan said illegal dumping can be a problem, especially in rural areas, and of-

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS lleonecross@shawmedia.com SPRINGFIELD – New legislation is making its way through Springfield this week aimed at saving underfunded electronics recycling programs statewide.

Most electronic devices – TVs and computers included – have been banned from Illinois landfills since 2012, so they would have nowhere to go without these programs.

A key change in the latest version of House Bill 1455 addresses a major issue faced by electronics manufacturers: The expensive process of shipping cathode ray tube glass – a toxic material used in old TVs and computer monitors – overseas or out of state.

The bill also adjusts the funding formula used by the

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ABOVE: Flies swarm a garbage can of rotten meat that was tossed into the woods along Gore Road owned

by Arthur and Marion Gore. BELOW: A chest freezer and garbage can of rotten meat was tossed into the woods last week. ten authorities are not able to find out who did it unless they are caught in the act.

What the dumper on Gore Road didn’t realize is that under the rotten meat was garbage with the owner’s name on it, leading police to the source.

“He didn’t admit to dumping the freezer, but he went out to clean it up,” Callahan said.

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Morris City Council approves fiscal 2015-16 budget

By MIKE MALLORY mmallory@shawmedia.com MORRIS – The Morris City Council approved with a 6-1 vote Monday night the fiscal 2015-16 budget, which will begin May 1.

Alderman Randy Larson was absent with a scheduled vacation, while alderman Don Matteson voted against the budget.

The budget has an estimated cash balance of $28.1 million, estimated budget revenues of $22.01 million, and estimated budget expenditures of $29.38 million. Mayor Richard Kopczick was happy the budget passed with no controversy, and said the city always puts together a deficit budget.

“I always say you can’t see 365 days ahead,” Kopczick said.

“A well could go out, lightning could strike and we could have a days-long electrical outage.”

Even though many projects are budgeted for, only some are completed in one year, he said. One project the city will surely be spending on is the second phase of the unfunded state-mandated National Pollution Discharge Elimination System upgrades. Kopczick

hicles can be drawn from the city’s first of two tax increment financing districts, Adair said.

The city has budgeted $166,800 for the vehicles.

It was the first budget prepared by Adair, who said she received great help from all departments.

“It’s not my budget, it’s a computation of information provided from all of our department heads,” Adair said.

“I appreciate all their help. I’d hate to just guess. We have a great working-budget for this year.”

The City Council also voted 7-0 to approve a contract with Mike Mallory – mmallory@shawmedia.com the Morris Police Department MAP No. 63 for a three-year reMorris City Council approved with a 6-1 vote Monday the budget for fiscal 2015-16 which begins May 1. newal of the patrolmen’s union said the city has to eliminate worked and sent to service oth- Department is budgeted for a contract and 7-0 to appropriit’s sanitary sewer overflows er city departments. new street sweeper, woodchip- ate $400,000 of the Motor Fuel by demand of the Illinois EnviSeeking space for water per and dump truck.

Tax Funds for the 2015 Street ronmental Protection Agency. and public works vehicles and Adair said the current vehi- Maintenance Program. The This year’s cost is estimated equipment, the city has bud- cles were bought in 2001-02 and city needs to order paint a bit between $1.8 million to $2 mil- geted $450,000 for the potential are used until they no longer earlier than usual this year, so lion. purchase of one or two pieces can be. the matter was brought before Among the expenditures of land. The Street and Alley Half of the cost of the ve- the council. highlighted by Morris City Clerk and Budget Officer Carol Adair was that the Morris Police Department is budgeted for four new squad cars, costing $160,000.

Two old vehicles will be re-

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By HEIDI LITCHFIELD hlitchfield@shawmedia.com MORRIS – An audit of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund for Grundy County showed board members receiving benefits they may not have been entitled to.

“Brandy Smith, with IMRF, was doing an audit and it came to our attention that form 6.93 needed to be filled out for members to continue to receive IMRF benefits,” Grundy County Treasurer Lori Werden said Monday.

The IMRF form certifies the board members worked 1,000 hours and are eligible for

IMRF. The form requests the elected officials information, along with requiring a signature, certifying they meet the requirements of 1,000 hours per 12-month period in order to be eligible.

Those hours should be the sum of hours of not only meetings, but also preparing for meetings, in the office, and hours spent actually conferring with constituents, according to the form.

Hours spent on-call or otherwise informally available to constituents do not count toward the IMRF hourly standard, nor does the time spent traveling to meetings.

“When I was elected I was told to fill one out. I didn’t know, and I am one of the people getting the benefits,” Grundy County Board Chairman David Welter said. “We don’t work the 1,000 hours needed to qualify.”

Welter said board members wouldn’t have been made aware of the issue if it hadn’t been for the audit.

An audit finding is expected later this week, at which time the county will know what the consequences, if any, will be.

In 2002 a resolution was passed and signed by then-chairman of the Grun-

dy County Board Donald Kaufman that allowed elected officials to participate in the IMRF if they met the 1,000 hours per year requirement.

Werden said Monday that 15 of the 18 County Board members are in the IMRF, with Deb Warning, Kerri Courtright and Don Neushwander declining the coverage.

The county portion of contribution for 15 board members for the last year was just more than $10,000, Werden said.

When the issue was addressed by the auditor to Werden, she sent out an email

to board members and also placed the form at each board member’s desk at the regular board meeting last week.

As of the deadline Friday, only one of the board members turned in the form that states they work 1,000 hours and are eligible for IMRF. Werden declined to share which board member turned in his or her form.

“We are left at a fork in the road, if we don’t fill them out and turn them in, then we will have a finding on the audit,” Werden said. “If we don’t turn them in the resolution will be rescinded and they will be terminated from the plan.”

Bolingbrook, was indicted on two counts of aggravated driving while under the influence of alcohol, both Class 4 felonies, for an offense on Jan. 31.

• Teneso Rodriguez, 54, of Bolingbrook, was indicted on a count of aggravated driving while under the influence of alcohol, a Class 4 felony, for an offense on April 3.

• Tina Santoro, 51, of Morris, was indicted on two counts of delivery of more than 1 but less than 15 grams of heroin, a Class 1 felony.

• Phillip Sellig, 41, of Morris, was indicted on a count of pos-

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• Kristin Shannon, 24, of Morris, was indicted for delivery of heroin, a Class 2 felony.

• Scott Smith, 26, of Niles,

Michigan, was indicted on counts of possession of more than 500 but less than 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver, a Class 2 felony; and possession of more than

500 but less than 2,000 grams of cannabis, a Class 3 felony.

• Melody Wroblewski, 33, of Streator, was indicted on a count of possession of heroin, a Class 4 felony.

INDICTMENTS MORRIS – Grundy County State’s Attorney Jason Helland announced April 15 the grand jury returned the following indictments. The public is advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

• Amie Nelson-Findlay, 32, of Morris, was indicted on a count of forgery, a Class 3 felony.

• Sarah Olson, 19, of Coal City, was indicted on a count of possession of heroin, a Class 4 felony.

• Teneso Rodriguez, 54, of

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16-years-old with parental consent) and weigh at least 110 lbs.

Additional weight requirements COAL CITY – Area residents are encouraged to sign-up to do- apply for donors 18-years-old nate at a blood drive scheduled and younger and all high school donors. for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday Healthy means that you feel at Coal City United Methodist well and can perform normal Church. activities. If you have a chronic The blood drive is sponsored condition such as diabetes,

by State Rep. John Anthony, R-Plainfield, with the American healthy also means that you are being treated and the condition Red Cross. Those interested is under control. If you are not in donating blood should call Anthony’s office to schedule an feeling well on the day of your appointment at 815-416-1475 or donation, you may reschedule.

Coal City United Methodist visit www.redcrossblood.org.

Church is located at 6805 E. Donors are required to be in good general health and feeling McArdle Road.

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Continued from page 3 Police have the option of writing a citation to the person dumping, which can include a fine, but Callahan said oftentimes authorities allow the dumpers the opportunity to go clean up their mess.

“Unfortunately, the ‘free dump’ costs the taxpay ers money,” said Cheryl Wardell, Grundy County Land Use assistant.

Wardell said the county sets up several “E-Waste” recycling events throughout the county and the office also keeps a list of places that will take items to be recycled.

County Engineer Craig Cassem said the Grundy County Highway Department, as well as the townships, pick up all types of dumped items along the road, some purposely left, while other items may have fallen from a vehicle while in transit.

“We find a variety of items on the lower volume roads – tires, TVs, and re-

frigerators,” Cassem said.

“The highway crew has to pick up the items and take them to the appropriate places to be recycled or thrown away.”

The next E-Waste event this year is June 6 at Environtech Landfill, 1800 Ashley Road in Morris.

These events have a limit of one TV per vehicle.

The E-Waste events take all types of electronics including computers, monitors, memory sticks, printer cartridges, power cables, fax machines and microwaves, to name a few.

The county also holds various shredding events, with the next event May 8 at the Grundy County Administration Building parking lot, 1320 Union St. in Morris.

There, residents can bring up to two boxes of paper documents to be shredded and recycled.

The 2015 Grundy County Green Guide is available at the administration building Monday through Friday and lists where items can be recycled or donated to keep things out of the landfills.

• RECYCLING

Continued from page 3 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to determine how much manufacturers must pay into these in-demand recycling programs.

Earlier this year, the Grundy County Board passed a resolution supporting a similar version of the bill amid fears the steep cost of recycling could shift to consumers or to local governments. New Life Electronics – the recycling vendor for Grundy County – charges the county 7 cents a pound to recycle a TV.

Solving the CRT glass issue

Complicating matters is CRT glass – a material that’s extremely heavy and difficult to recycle.

As it stands now, most manufacturers ship CRT glass overseas or to Mexico due to the lack of certified CRT recycling facilities in the U.S., said Marta Keane, recycling program specialist and green business relations coordinator for Will County’s Resource Recovery & Energy Division.

The latest proposal provides

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nois-based electronics recycling company Kuusakoski will continue petitioning e-Stewards – one of two EPA-accredited certification standards in the U.S. – to view the storage of treated CRT glass as recycling.

• June 6 – Environtech Landfill, 1800 Ashley Road, Morris • Aug. 8 – Braceville Village Hall, 300 S. Mitchell St., Braceville • Sept. 26 – Seneca Police DepartFormula change ment, 340 N. Cash St. manufacturers the cheaper option of sending material downstate to Peoria Disposal Company, where it would be stored at a landfill until it can be properly recycled.

“While we don’t favor landfilling the material, we see this a crisis,” Keane said. “This is not a final fix. This is a BandAid fix.”

The move is estimated to save manufacturers in overall costs. The stored material would also count toward the manufacturers’ recycling goals.

The Illinois House and Senate passed resolutions earlier this month supporting the move, noting that “stockpiles of abandoned CRT glass have been discovered at several former electronic waste processing facilities across the U.S.” In the meantime, the Illi-

Also at the root of the problem is the complex formula used to determine how much manufacturers pay into the program.

Once manufacturers meet the state-mandated annual goals, they no longer have to pay recycling companies.

The current formula requires all manufacturers to recycle 50 percent of the weight of products they sold in Illinois during the year two years prior. The proposed change would increase the goal to 80 percent for manufacturers that deal with TVs and monitors, and maintain the 50-percent goal for other manufacturers.

Nearly all electronics manufacturers met pre-established quotas for pounds of electronics to recycle before the end of 2014. Grundy County Land Use Director Heidi Miller was not available for comment Monday.

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Morris Lions offering online ordering for Mother’s Day roses MORRIS HERALD–NEWS

MORRIS – The Morris Lions Club is again selling tickets to reserve a dozen roses for delivery to local homes in its 31st annual Rose Sale.

On the Saturday before Mother’s Day, which is May 9, the Morris Lions will deliver one dozen long-stem roses to those who have bought tickets for a $16 donation.

A new option the Lions are offering this year is the ability to order and pay for the roses online.

“Each year we get phone orders where people would rather pay by credit card right then, instead of mailing a check, or taking cash to a Lion member,” Rose Chair-

woman Judy Miller said in a news release.

Online ordering also allows for orders to be done from home at the donator’s convenience.

“If I don’t have time during the day, or need to look up the street address, it’s easier from home,” Miller said, “and the PayPal page accepts either PayPal or credit cards.”

Nearly 400 dozen roses will be delivered from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 9 with some deliveries available on the afternoon of May 8.

Orders for roses should be in before May 4. The proceeds are used to help the vision impaired and other community projects.

The Morris Lions Club is planning this year’s Mother’s Day rose sale.

Lions Al and Judy Miller prepare roses like the ones the club will take to your favorite lady on May 9, the Saturday before Mother’s Day. Roses may be ordered from any Lion, by calling 815-9426634 or visiting www. morrislionsclub.org.

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What these students brought MORRIS – On March 9, the Alida to the event was not only the inspiring words of their respecC. Bliss Chapter of the National tive speeches, but also their Daughters of the American Revolution were privileged to have enthusiasm and their personal conceptualizations, according to a program of patriotic speeches a news release from the local DAR performed by the Morris High

chapter.

“It was truly inspiring to see these young men and women give vitality and consciousness to the words and the ideas outlined, and to see the power of their presentations,” the chapter said in the release. Membership in the Daugh-

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – If you want to be promoted, you need to keep your personal matters out of the workplace. Your position will be jeopardized if you take time off or fail to be productive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Social events will be a surprising source of educational information. Listen to others’ opinions and suggestions in order to discover useful, applicable information.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Improving your financial position takes effort. Keep abreast of information regarding investments, savings plans or high-interest accounts. Act quickly when a favorable opportunity arises.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Some friendships are not maturing as you’d hoped. If you decide to part ways with someone, be honest and

up-front regarding your decision.

Don’t make weak excuses or place blame elsewhere.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Unnecessary worry will affect your sleep. A change in the workplace will cause insecurity and tension. Work diligently and mind your own business. Add extra detail and precision to whatever you do.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Family and friends will put demands on you.

Keep your temper in check to avoid unhappy conflicts. Becoming angry will not help your situation, but patience and workable solutions will.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – An elderly friend will need support.

Recognizing his or her frustration will ease everyone’s stress. Your compassion and patience will be tested, but also appreciated.

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Guy was a veteran Send obituary information to obits@MorrisHerald-News.com or of WWII serving on call 815-526-4438. Notices are accepted until 3 p.m. for the next a medical unit with day’s edition. Obituaries also appear online at MorrisHerald-News. the United States com/obituaries where you may sign the guest book, send flowers Army. He taught or make a memorial donation. school at Laraway School in Joliet for several years before LOIS LUNDY GUY POTTS moving to Gary, IN Born: Jan. 12, 1924 where he taught at Lois (Iverson) Lundy, 81, passed Died: March 6, 2015 Jacques Marquette until he retired. away this morning, April 20, 2015, He moved to East Peoria for several Guy “Uncle Guy” Potts, passed at her home in Morris. years then to Mazon IL with his away peacefully in his home near Funeral arrangements are pending Mazon on the morning of March 6, niece. Uncle Guy was one of a kind. with U.C. Davis-Callahan Funeral 2015. Born January 12, 1924, in Rock He loved to read, work puzzles, and Home.

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He will be remembered as a kind-hearted person with a somewhat dry sense of humor. He was always there for his sister’s kids after the death of their father.

He bought prom dresses for them and always made sure they had plenty. “Taking care of him the last 13 years has been a pleasure and we will miss him terribly.”

Survived by one brother, Ray and numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by three brothers, one sister, and a niece.

Cremation rites have been accorded and a military service will be conducted in the Abraham National Cemetery in Elwood on Thursday,

April 23, 2015, at 10:00 a.m.

Arrangements have been entrusted with U.C. Davis-Callahan Funeral Home, 301 W. Washington Street, Morris, Illinois.

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U.S. writer who fled Austria to escape Holocaust dead at 90

By GEORGE JAHN The Associated Press VIENNA – U.S. writer Frederic Morton, who became internationally recognized in part through books on the Austrian homeland that he was forced to flee because of the Holocaust, has died, his Austrian publishers said Monday.

He was 90.

The Deuticke publishing house said Morton died in his Vienna hotel room overnight on the eve of a public reading of some of his works in the Austrian capital. The Austria

Press Agency said that event will now be turned into a memorial for the Vienna-born author.

Morton wrote 12 books, including “The Rothschilds” and “A Nervous Splendor,” both of them National Book Award finalists.

“The Rothschilds” was made into a Tony Award-winning musical, while “A Nervous Splendor,” chronicling 1888 to 1889 in Vienna, focused on the major Austrian personalities and events of that year — among them the birth of Adolf Hitler, whose rise to pow-

er led to Morton’s self-exile 40 years later.

Decades later, Morton would describe his uprooting as the common theme running through all of his works, and not only those dealing with Austria.

“Everything I write has something to do with the loss of my homeland, directly or indirectly,” he told Austrian state broadcaster ORF. Born Fritz Mandelbaum on Oct. 5, 1924, Morton grew up as the son of a well-to-do Jewish family of industrialists who fled first to London a year af-

ter Hitler’s 1938 annexation of Austria and then to New York.

Morton’s interest in writing grew while studying literature at Columbia University and attending classes at the New School for Social Research. He began writing short stories and publishing in magazines in 1947, making his breakthrough with his biography of the Rothschilds in 1962. His work was later anthologized in “The Best American Short Stories” in 1965, and “The Best American Essays” in 2003.

Morton began visiting the city of his birth even before

Austria slowly began coming to terms with its Nazi past in the 1980s.

Among other distinctions, he was awarded Vienna’s “Golden Medal of Honor” in 1986 and the “Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art” in 2003.

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann praised Morton as “an incomparable author and a great human being who ... forgave Austria and was able to build a new relationship to his old homeland.”

Funeral arrangements were not announced.

Longtime Rome rabbi who welcomed John Paul II dies at 99 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME – Elio Toaff, the longtime chief rabbi of Rome who helped set Judaism and the Catholic Church on the path to reconciliation after centuries of distrust, has died. He was 99.

Toaff died Sunday, the Jewish community announced, and Rome’s main synagogue immediately opened its doors for those wishing to pay their respects.

Toaff took a historic step on the path of reconciliation when he welcomed St. John Paul II on the first-ever papal visit to a synagogue in 1986.

“A rabbi doesn’t work only for his community or for the Jews. A rabbi has to talk to every human being who needs him. He belongs to everybody. He is for everybody,”

Toaff told the Jerusalem Post in an interview on the eve of his retirement in 2001.

His willingness to engage in interfaith dialogue made him a privileged partner in the Vatican’s efforts to reach out to Jews and other religions, and Toaff was one of only two living people mentioned in John Paul’s will when the pontiff died in 2005.

The other was the pope’s personal secretary.

In a message of condolences to the head of Rome’s Jewish community, Pope Francis recalled the historic relationship that helped change Catholic-Jewish relations.

“He was a protagonist of Jewish and Italian history in recent decades, able to conquer the esteem and appreciation of others through his moral authority and profound

humanity,” Francis wrote.

Born in 1915 to the chief rabbi of the Tuscan town of Livorno, Toaff followed in his father’s steps after earning degrees in law and Jewish theology.

He rose q u i c k l y through the Elio Toaff ranks of Jewish scholars, and at 26 was called to lead the community in the central town of Ancona.

Following the 1943 German invasion of Italy, which saw thousands of Italian Jews deported and killed, Toaff joined a resistance group that fought in the mountains of central Italy and worked to hide Jews and other victims of persecution.

After the war, he led Venice’s Jews from 1946, and in 1951 became chief rabbi of Rome, helping revitalize a community still reeling from the loss of more than 2,000 people sent to Nazi death camps.

While marked by the steady improvement of relations with Catholics, Toaff’s tenure also had its moments of sorrow, including a periodic resurgence of anti-Semitic sentiment and the 1982 attack

by Arab extremists that killed a 2-year-old boy and wounded 36 people among worshippers leaving the main synagogue.

Four years later, Toaff and John Paul shared a historic embrace in the same monumental synagogue, built over the remains of the ghetto in which previous popes had confined Jews for centuries.

Widely known across Italy as a respected intellectual, Toaff published books on Jewish culture and in 2005 he was proposed by some politicians as a candidate to become a senator-for-life in parliament.

Toaff was deeply loved within his own community and many wept openly when, at 86, he told the congregation gathered at the main synagogue that “you need a younger rabbi.”

“He was a rabbi of great personality, a very lively man,” the late Tullia Zevi, a former head of Rome’s Jewish community, said upon the Toaff’s retirement. “He had the gift of always finding the right word for the right occasion.”

Toaff was widowed and leaves three sons and a daughter.

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Seneca inducts members into National Honor Society MORRIS HERALD-NEWS SENECA – On March 19, new members were inducted into the Seneca High School Chapter of the National Honor Society. Twenty-four juniors and five seniors were inducted in the ceremony which was held in Seneca’s high school auditorium.

NHS President Rebecca Doloski welcomed parents, faculty and other guests. Officers Becca Schroeder spoke on Service, Kassidy Maierhofer presented Leadership, Lucas Ward spoke about Character, and Clara Ross discussed Scholarship, according to a news release from the school.

Doloski also presented her Sectional Qualifying Speech Team piece “Love is a FourLegged Word.” Musical Performances were given by Lucas Ward, who played a piano medley, and Lauren Hickle, who sang and played the guitar to “Lovely.”

Guest speaker was 2001 Sen-

eca graduate Dr. Drew Spencer of Loyola Medical Center.

Students listened attentively to how he went from a tiny high school of 500 students and made it through medical school to one of the most prestigious hospitals.

Junior NHS members: Matthew Anderson Daniel Armstrong, Hannah Brickey, Karlie Cade, Crystal Carlos, Michaela Coughlin, Cassandra Cruise, Samantha DeGraaf, Kole Gallick, Kaylyn Groth, Matthew Grushkin, Colleen Kinsella, Abagail Klicker, Mackenzie Maierhofer, Lyle Marshall, Ross McCormick, Mason Mitchell, Mariah Odum, Julia Petterson, Abigail Seul, Kyle Sigmon, Olivia Taylor, Rebecca Towne and Heather Vroman.

Senior members: Morgan Armbrust, Brandon Chopp, Jessica Clubb, Rebecca Doloski, Sage Friese, Estefany Govea, Colin Griffin, Samantha Groth, Lauren Hickle, Mathew Houchin, Kassidy Maierhofer,

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On March 19, new members were inducted into the Seneca High School Chapter of the National Honor Society.

Faculty advisers are MechJennifer Nugent, Lars Pihl, lis, Alexis Trompeter, BranClara Ross, Zachary Russell, don Viken, Lucas Ward, Lexi thild Ferguson and Mary Becca Schroeder, Alyssa So- Wilkinson and Madison Wyss. O’Connor.

Fishing for a Cure has few remaining spaces for May 2 tournament MORRIS HERALD–NEWS BRACEVILLE – Limited space remains for Braidwood Generating Station’s “Fishing for a Cure” team bass tournament and anyone interested is encouraged to sign up. This year’s team bass tournament will be May 2 at Braidwood Lake in Braceville.

Now in its 14th year, the tournament is offering $10,000 in cash prizes for competing fishermen.

The first place team will reel in an impressive $4,000, with second and third place netting $2,500 and $1,000.

The fourth, fifth and sixth place finishers will win $500 and teams finishing seventh through 10th will win $250, according to a news release from the station.

In 2014, the tournament raised a record $65,000 for the Coal City/Diamond Tornado Relief Fund.

This year’s tournament proceeds will benefit three local nonprofit hospices.

Hospice is a concept of care, which provides physical, social, emotional and spiritual support for terminally ill patients and their loved ones.

Grundy County Hospice began its service in April 1985 and remains one of the few hospices in the state that is run solely by volunteers.

Joliet Area Community Hospice opened its doors in 1982 and since then has provided care and service to more than 18,000 patients.

Hospice of Kankakee Valley also opened its doors in 1982, providing the Kankakee area its only nonprofit hospice.

“To those facing their most difficult times, hospice workers and volunteers walk alongside them, providing a depth of compassion combined with quality care that has become the hallmark of hospice,”

Braidwood Site Vice President Mark Kanavos said in the release.

The tournament will launch from Braidwood Lake’s Kankakee Road (South) Ramp.

The entry fee is $150 a team with all proceeds, including entry fees, split between the three hospices.

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MORRIS – Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell’s Lori Bonarek has been named to the company’s International President’s Elite.

Only the top 2 percent of the nearly 87,000 Coldwell Banker sales associates worldwide Lori Bonarek qualified for this distinguished award. Lori had more than $10 million in sales production during 2014, which also made her the top selling agent in Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell’s Morris office, according to a news release from the company. She was named a 2014 Chicago Magazine Five Star Award Winner.

“Nothing gives me greater satisfaction than helping my clients,” Bonarek said in the news release.

“I realized very early in my real estate career that happy clients are what makes me happy.”

Bonarek has been in the real estate business for 12 years and works out of Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell’s Morris office at 1222 N. Division St.

From presentations by bioterrorism experts and agriculture committee staff members to exploring leadership lessons on the battlefield at Gettysburg, the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Program Class of 2016 participants learned firsthand of the most pressing issues facing agriculture as they traveled to Washington, D.C., for a seven-day seminar on national policy.

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KANKAKEE – Luella Kellogg, of Morris, was honored as she completed her second term as chairman of the board of the Northeastern Illinois Area Agency on Aging. The recognition took place at the agency’s 41st annual meeting April 10. She has represented Grundy County on the board since 2009 and previously served on the agency’s advisory council for two years. She has also chaired the board’s executive committee for the past two years, as well as served on the legislative and nominating committees.

Also at the annual meeting, Warren Kronberger, of Morris, was re-elected to another term on the board. He has been a board member since 2011.

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PITCHERS’ DUEL Morris drops 4-2 decision to Sycamore despite 11 strikeouts from Matt Walker / 16

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Morris’ Matt Walker pitches in Monday’s 4-2 loss to Sycamore at home. Walker finished with 11 strikeouts.

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BASEBALL: SYCAMORE 4, MORRIS 2

Morris bats go cold in loss to Sycamore

By ROB OESTERLE roesterle@shawmedia.com MORRIS – With the wind gusting straight out to right field, Monday’s Northern Illinois Big 12 East baseball game between Morris and Sycamore didn’t figure to be a pitcher’s duel.

The pitchers, however, figured it was, as Sycamore managed to beat the Redskins 4-2 despite 11 strikeouts by Morris pitcher Matt Walker. Sycamore’s Colan Treml didn’t rack up the strikeouts as did Walker, but he kept Morris off-balance most of the game, allowing only five hits.

Walker was dominant early, as he struck out the first six Sycamore batters of the game.

Meanwhile, the Redskins got walks from Cody Niewinski and Chase Hansen to lead off the bottom of the second. Kendall Enger then laid down a perfect bunt and beat it out to load the bases.

Thomas Dabney grounded to short, and Sycamore forced Enger at second, with Niewinski scoring. The throw to first to complete the double play got away, allowing Hansen to score for a 2-0 Morris lead.

Emmet Chouinard then singled to left. Walker hit a hard line drive right at Sycamore center fielder Jordan Wright for the second out and Treml struck out Jake McDonald to end the inning.

Sycamore cut the lead in half in the top of the third.

Brett Weaver doubled to center and, after two more strikeouts, Wright walked and Cameron Godinsky singled to center.

Weaver scored on the play, but Godinsky was thrown out trying to advance to second.

In the bottom of the third, Tyler Bordner led off with a single.

Tom Cheshareck then hit a looping liner to third that was originally ruled a catch and Bordner was doubled off of first.

The play was appealed to the home plate umpire, who ruled that the third baseman trapped the ball, which would have made Bordner safe at sec-

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ABOVE: Morris’ Emmet Chouinard lays down a bunt for one of his two hits in the Redskins’ 4-2 loss Monday to Sycamore. BELOW: Morris shortstop Jake McDonald tags out Sycamore’s Cameron Godinsky on a play at second. ond. However, after a lengthy discussion, it was ruled that Cheshareck was out and Bordner returned to first.

With one out in the top of the fourth, Nate Gross hit a ball up in the wind to right and it sailed out of the park and hit a passing car for a solo home run to tie the game.

Treml then doubled to left and Reid Kozak singled him home to make it 3-2. In the fifth, Sycamore’s Jack Mizgalski doubled to center. A wild pitch sent him to third before Wright walked. Godinsky grounded into a double play, which scored Mizgalski with the game’s final run.

With two outs in the bottom of the fourth, Chouinard reached on a bunt single, then went to second on an errant pickoff attempt.

A wild pitch sent him to third, but he was stranded there when Walker grounded to second.

It was the last runner Morris had in scoring position as Treml retired nine of the final 10 Redskins batters in the last three innings.

“I don’t know what it was,” Morris coach Todd Kein said.

“It seemed like we got too com-

fortable too early. Matt went out and struck out their first six hitters, and we pushed a couple of runs across. After that, we fell in love with hitting the ball in the air and we didn’t make adjustments.

“We hit a few balls hard,

but they were right at guys.

The ones we hit hard weren’t high enough to get in the wind, and the ones that were high enough weren’t hit hard enough to go anywhere. We just didn’t show a lot of spark.

We were flat for some reason.”

Chouinard earns academic all-state STAFF REPORTS MORRIS – Morris’ Emmet Chouinard was honored at the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association banquet Sunday as an Academic All-State Wrestler.

Chouinard had to qualify for the award by having at least a cumulative 4.6 gradepoint average on a 5.0 scale.

He became the third Morris wrestler in history to earn the honor, the last being his brother, Ethan.

“This is such a wonderful honor for Emmet and his family,” Morris wrestling coach Jon Lanning said. “I am going to miss the Chouinard family in our program.

Emmet is a hard worker and served as a great example for our younger wrestlers in the program. He has had to overcome a lot of adversity through his high school career and never lost faith in his work ethic. He is going to be extremely successful in college and in life.”

Chouinard, who also plays for the Morris baseball team, will be attending Northern Illinois University in the fall.

Seneca won the title at the 16team event with 122 points, topping second-place Plano’s score of 86. Coal CIty took seventh with a total of 51 points. First-place finishes for Seneca came from Ross McCormick in the 800-meter run (2:01.66), 1,600-meter run (4:38) and 3,200-meter run (9:57.81) and James Bowen in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles (41.64). For Coal City, Clayton Cash won the 110-meter hurdles (16.82).

Seneca also won the 800-me- Redskins, while Matt Dinelli ter relay in 1:52.75 and took had a double and three RBIs. the 400-meter relay (53.33).

Luke Bardash added a double and two RBIs.

Kaneland sophomores 14, Gardner-South Wilmington Morris 7: Nathan Wantland 12, St. Anne 0: Scott Horrie led the Morris hitters, going 4

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did it all for the Panthers on Monday, pitching a three-hitter with eight strikeouts and recording four hits, including a double and a triple, and four RBIs in the River Valley victory.

Austin Kavanaugh doubled, tripled and had three GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD RBIs for the Panthers, while Seneca Irish Invitational: Kyle Robison had an RBI douSeneca captured first place ble. among 16 teams with 174 Gardner-South Wilmington points, followed by Reed- 6-8, Lexington 4-1: Austin KaCuster with 105.5. Coal City vanaugh went 3 for 3 with a was tied for seventh with double for the Panthers in Beecher with 30 points. Sen- Game 1 on Saturday, while eca’s 3,200-meter relay team Blake Marks struck out nine of Carina Collet, Eva Bruno, in five innings to record the Lexi Bogren and Sarah Vir- win. go won in a time of 10:13.44, In Game 2, the Panthers while Cora Wilkinson won got an RBI double from Scott the 300-meter low hurdles in Horrie and an RBI triple by 48.91.

Jack Davidson (3 for 4) in a Willow Stuedemann took four-run sixth. Kody Kelfirst in the 100-meter dash in logg struck out eight en route 12.69 and the 200-meter dash to the win.

(27.28). Emily Woods won the Morris sophomores 10, Coal long jump (16-4.5), while Lexi City 4: Lucas Bledsoe picked Wilkinson won the triple up the win in relief for Morris BOYS TRACK AND FIELD jump (33-2.25) and Shawnna (7-8). Jared Lines was 2 for 4 Seneca Irish Invitational: Goins won the shot put (36-7). with three runs scored for the

for 4 with a double. Luke Bardash had a double and a sacrifice fly, while Jared Lines and Danny Borgstrom each had two hits.

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Gardner-South Wilmington 21, St. Anne 0: The Panthers

exploded for 12 runs in the first inning of the River Valley win Monday. Sydney Perkins highlighted the offense by going 2 for 3 with a grand slam and five RBIs, while Summer Gray, Carly Bernardi (RBI) and Delaney Miner (1 for 3) each scored two runs.

Emily Foley threw a four-hitter with 10 strikeouts for G-SW (11-6, 3-2).

Seneca 14, Sandwich 7:

Leading the Irish (12-5, 2-2) in hits with two each in the Interstate Eight win were Jenni Nugent, Karlie Cade and Sam Tondini.

Rachel Sangston went six innings, scattering 11 hits to earn the win. Taylor Bushman pitched the final inning, striking out two.

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By MARK POTASH In good spirits after participating in the Blackhawks’ optional skate at Johnny’s IceHouse – ostensibly a workout for non-starters – Corey Crawford is being the good soldier.

But he admits it’s a role he’s had to adjust to.

“I’m not going to lie – it was pretty frustrating at first,” he said of coach Joel Quenneville’s decision to bench him in favor of rookie Scott Darling for Game 3 of the Hawks firstround playoff series with the Predators.

“I want to be in the net and I want to play – always did and I always will. But that’s not my

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BASEBALL 4:15 p.m. – Plainfield East at Minooka 4:30 p.m. – Morris at Sycamore 4:30 p.m. – Plano at Coal City 4:30 p.m. – Serena at Newark 4:30 p.m. – Seneca at Sandwich BOYS TENNIS 4 p.m. – Minooka at Romeoville BOYS TRACK AND FIELD 4:30 p.m. – Morris, Sycamore at DeKalb 4:30 p.m. – Plainfield North, Plainfield South, Oswego East at Minooka 4:30 p.m. – Lisle, Aurora Christian, Ottawa Marquette, Wilmington at Seneca BOYS VOLLEYBALL 5:30 p.m. – Plainfield East at Minooka GIRLS SOCCER 4:30 p.m. – Morris at DeKalb GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD 4:30 p.m. – Morris, DeKalb at Sycamore 4:30 p.m. – Lisle, Aurora Christian, Ottawa Marquette, Wilmington at Seneca SOFTBALL 4:15 p.m. – Plainfield Central at Minooka 4:30 p.m. – Morris at Providence Catholic 4:30 p.m. – Plano at Coal City 4:30 p.m. – Serena at Newark 4:30 p.m. – Seneca at Sandwich

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job right now. My job is to battle hard in practice, be positive in the room and encourage the guys. The only thing I can do now is be ready in case I have to go back in.”

The torturous part for Crawford is that he has no idea when that will be. Quenneville announced the expected decision that Darling will start in Game 4 against the Predators on Tuesday night at the United Center after the rookie from Lemont stopped 35 of 37 shots in the Hawks’ 4-2 victory in Game 3 on Sunday that gave them a 2-1 series lead.

Darling wasn’t as indomitable in Game 3 as he was in relief of Crawford in Game 1, when he stopped 42 of 42 shots

– some in spectacular fashion – in a 4-3 double-overtime victory at Bridgestone Arena. But it’s Darling’s job to lose and he didn’t lose it in Game 3.

Quenneville called the decision to stick with Darling for Game 4 “an easy choice.”

Another solid game,” Quenneville said of Darling’s performance. “Real patient in the net.

He was big, square. He handled the puck well. And guys played well in front of him.”

It’s a tough break for Crawford, who has struggled worse previously without getting pulled. But Quenneville was looking for a spark after Crawford allowed three goals in the first period in Game 1 and Darling was magnificent in relief.

When Crawford allowed three late goals in a 6-2 loss in Game 2, Quenneville had little choice but to go with the hot goaltender. Asked if he understood that decision, Crawford said, “It really doesn’t matter. We’re up 2-1 in the series – that’s all that matters right now is the wins. Everything else doesn’t count.”

Crawford wasn’t saying that through gritted teeth. As competitive as he is, he has a fine appreciation for being on a contender with a chance to win it all. All Crawford can do now is wait for his next chance. It’s a challenge mentally as much as anything. But he’s better equipped to deal with this than he was earlier in his career.

BASEBALL 4:15 p.m. – Minooka at Plainfield East 4:30 p.m. – St. Anne at Gardner-South Wilmington 4:30 p.m. – Plano at Newark SOFTBALL 4:30 p.m. – Morris at Rochelle 4:30 p.m. – Coal City at Joliet Catholic Academy 4:30 p.m. – St. Anne at Gardner-South Wilmington 4:30 p.m. – Plano at Newark

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I was lucky to have known Doug Buffone I am not willing to accept that Doug Buffone is gone, at least not yet.

As a football player and as a man, Doug was the exceptionally rare human being who, beyond all urban legend, was in fact too good to be true. That needs to be clear before I can say goodbye.

Too many of you know him as just the irascible ex–Bear who’d take you on his roller coaster of emotions every time he came on the air, reveling in the Bears’ successes and becoming irate with their failures.

He was so much more than that.

Doug was one of the alltime great Chicago Bears, who will live forever in that neighborhood a mile or two south of the Hall of Famers, but in a special place reserved strictly for those few who played the game at a near Pro Bowl level for more than a decade and survived

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush 14 seasons, the last eight as a team captain in a game where the average lifespan is less than four years.

And he loved the Bears as no one has before him and no one ever will.

When he retired after the 1979 season and only his second trip to the playoffs, with both coming in his last three seasons, Doug was the last active player to have played for the Papa Bear himself, George Halas.

He took with him more than 1,200 tackles and 24 interceptions, those two dozen picks being a Bears record for linebackers that still stands today.

Perhaps more impressively, while sacks were not kept as an official statistic during Doug’s career, there

are several unofficial sources that credit him with 18 sacks in 1968, which, if accurate, would be another Bears record today.

He was one of the great blitzing linebackers in the game before it became an art form.

Those are the facts, but that’s what he did, not who he was.

I don’t think I’ve ever met a man with a bigger heart, a bigger appetite for life or a smaller ego than Doug Buffone.

We became acquainted when I covered his waning years in the league, but we became friends afterward, in large part through his love of Pro Football Weekly.

Well before his broadcast career took flight, Doug’s passion for the game remained insatiable, and he studied every issue of PFW. While his image shortly after his retirement was one of the Rush Street playboy

and carefree bon vivant – I know you hate that description Doug, but I’m telling a story here, man – his focus was always on caring for his family and learning as much as he could about the game he loved.

Years later, when we became broadcast partners, Doug would show up in the studio with that week’s PFW dog-eared and tattered with yellow highlighter marks on every page.

I wrote, edited and published the thing, and yet Doug always found something in it even I wasn’t aware of.

When I lost my job in the Bears booth after 20 seasons, I thought my career was over. When I was hired a few days later at AM-670 The Score, where I was basically Public Enemy No. 1, our boss, Mitch Rosen, made Doug my first partner on a new show called “The NFL Tonight.”

I thought I’d last a show

or two, but Doug had other ideas. He promised me that, if I just kept an open mind, he’d always have my back and we’d make it work.

Doug always had my back.

The truest mark of the man may be that Doug never needed anyone to have his back, because everyone loved Doug.

It was impossible not to love Doug.

Dan Hampton and I have been texting back and forth while I try to get this down on paper, imagining the big man himself meeting Doug at the pearly gates with a vodka on the rocks and an “Atta boy Dougie, life well done!”

Rest well pal, you taught us all more than I can say.

Now it’s time to say goodbye.

• Hub Arkush is editor of Chicago Football. He can be reached at harkush@shawmedia.com or on Twitter @Hub_Arkush.

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Not the right bill, time Illinois’ outdated school funding formula needs an overhaul. That, we acknowledge. The Education Trust, a nonpartisan advocacy group, released a study in March that said students from poorer districts in Illinois receive about 20 percent fewer state dollars than more affluent districts.

For years, state lawmakers have tossed around their ideas for fixes. A bill filed last year (Senate Bill 16) sought to transfer tens of millions of dollars from suburban Chicago school districts to downstate districts. It would have been a disaster for numerous schools, with many districts losing $1 million to $6 million

in state funding annually.

As suburban educators and legislators objected, the bill got watered down somewhat. But it still is bad for the state. Thankfully, Illinois lawmakers acknowledged last week that it has little chance of passing this legislative session.

But that doesn’t mean the General Assembly shouldn’t take another crack at it – just not right now.

The biggest obstacle to school funding reform is the state’s dismal fiscal situation.

(That seems to be the biggest obstacle to any kind of reform in Illinois.) After years of overspending and not properly funding pensions,

Illinois is in a financial mess.

New Gov. Bruce Rauner is in the process of negotiating with leaders in the General Assembly to close a $6 billion deficit in next year’s budget.

There also are goals of making Illinois more business friendly by overhauling workers’ compensation and unemployment, and finding solutions to Illinois’ underfunded pension system.

Those are good steps that could lead to job growth in the state. Job growth means more tax revenue. That needs to be the priority for Rauner and legislators.

Get Illinois on a better fiscal path, and school funding reform will be much easier.

Does Rauner know what voters want in budget battle?

Gov. Bruce Rauner devised a new way to reward his friends and punish his enemies on Thursday when he created a campaign committee called “Illinois Turnaround.”

Illinois Turnaround is an independent expenditure committee, meaning contributions to it and by it are not capped by law. The committee’s officially stated purpose is to “support state legislative candidates who support Gov. Rauner’s bold and needed reforms, and to oppose those who stand in the way.”

According to Rauner insiders, the new committee will be given $4 million to $5 million within days of its founding.

That’s in addition to the $20 million the governor has in his own personal campaign account, which won’t be touched for this particular effort.

The governor’s campaign also released a polling memo which purports to show that

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the public backs his agenda.

While his job approval rating is just 38 percent, his disapproval rating is five points below at 33 percent and his favorable rating is 42 percent, versus 34 who view him unfavorably. By contrast, the General Assembly’s job approval rating is a mere 20 percent, with 57 percent disapproving. House Speaker Michael Madigan’s favorables are just 24 percent, with 51 percent viewing him unfavorably.

The poll also found that 57 percent agree with: “Bruce Rauner is trying to shake things up in Springfield, but the career politicians are standing in his way,” and 56 percent agree the governor is “working to find bipartisan solutions that will help fix Illinois’s budget mess and improve the struggling state economy.”

The issue questions are interesting because they provide a road map of how the

VIEWS Rich Miller money will be spent and what the governor intends to do at the Statehouse in the coming weeks.

For instance, “Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for a state representative who voted to raise the Illinois income tax rate without any property tax freeze and without any significant economic or budget reforms to help our economy grow?” Fifty-six percent said they’d be “less likely” to vote for that legislator, while just 15 percent said “more likely.” Another question asked whether voters supported higher taxes, without which “major budget cuts… will hurt education, health care, and other state services,” or if they backed lower spending, “even if that

means major spending cuts will be required.”

Fifty-three percent said they wanted lower spending while 39 percent said they backed higher taxes. The Rauner folks have extrapolated from this question that voters back the governor’s spending cuts. We’ll see.

And they claim the state Senate hearings around the state which are focusing on the governor’s recent and proposed cuts are doing the Democrats no good. “The bottom line is if the legislature chooses to ignore his reforms and we are forced to go the austere budget – politically – the governor will be fine and the legislature will be in even worse shape,” a Rauner insider emailed me.

The “austere budget” is being talked up by Rauner insiders as a way of forcing Democrats to cave on things like local “right to work” zones. They firmly believe

that if they refuse to back any additional revenues for next fiscal year, Democrats will eventually have to recognize reality and give the governor what he wants.

The issue questions are clearly loaded. For instance, check out part of the “right to work” question: “Under current Illinois law, workers are often required to join a labor union and pay union dues as a condition of their employment. In other words, the worker cannot take a job unless he or she joins the union.”

When you essentially have unlimited resources and the other side doesn’t, as is the case with Rauner versus the Democrats, you can frame an advocacy campaign pretty much any way you want.

• Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and CapitolFax. com.

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

Use declarer’s shape to shape the defense

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Laurence J. Peter, a Canadian educator who developed the Peter Principle, said, “Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life.”

That applies to bridge players, whose minute-by-minute mental conduct produces the power to solve a problem correctly. This week we are looking at deals in which working out hand shapes will shape the results.

In today’s deal, South is in three no-trump. West leads the diamond two. How should East plan the defense?

The bidding had a few interesting aspects. First, when North responded one spade, South, with a singleton spade, correctly rebid two clubs, not three clubs. Then North decided to support hearts, knowing that two honors doubleton would be as good as three low cards. But he was tempted to rebid two spades, given his six-card suit. Then South, when he continued with two no-trump, showed some 16 or 17 high-card points, enough to think about game even though North was limited to nine points. North, with a near maximum, raised to game.

East has to think about declarer’s hand shape. South showed five hearts and four clubs in the bidding, and West’s diamond-two lead, indicating a four-card suit, tells East that South started with three diamonds. So declarer’s distribution must be 1-5-3-4.

East’s best chance is to win with his diamond ace and immediately shift to the spade four. Bingo! Four spade tricks later, the defenders will be happy. ******

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Some strong views on claiming seats in church Dear Abby: May I comment on your response to “Got Here First in Pennsylvania” who asked whether someone sitting at the end of a church pew should move if someone comes and says it’s his or her “favorite seat”?

There are many reasons why people remain sitting at the end of a pew: an allergy to perfumes can be overwhelming if you’re sitting in the middle of a row; claustrophobia; weak bladder; physical limitations; the need for more leg room; and the need to use the armrest to stand up and sit down.

The early bird does get the worm and shouldn’t be expected to give it to latecomers. Likewise, possession is

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips nine-tenths of the law.

If people have a favorite seat, they should arrive early to ensure they get it. That’s what we do. And when someone wants to sit in the same pew, we smile, step aside and let the person in while retaining our end seats. – Overland

Park, Kansas, Attendee Dear Attendee: Thank you

for making your strongly stated case. When I told “Got Here” to be an angel and shove over, readers were quick to offer me “chapter and verse.”

Dear Abby: I’m 6 feet 2 inches, weigh 350 pounds and have size 15 feet. I am not the guy you would want to have to crawl over, or have crawl over you in church.

When sitting at the end of the pew, I can easily step into the aisle to let people in and out. I also take a medication that causes me to use the restroom often and on short notice.

Again, I can easily move about without worrying about trampling some little old lady.

I arrive early and take my end seat not to be rude, but to make things as convenient as possible for others. – Doug B. In Milwaukee Dear Abby: As a pastor, I

believe good behavior should come first and foremost from church members who respect others and don’t insist on their own way.

Nobody “owns” a seat in the sanctuary. As creatures of habit, we tend to sit where we usually sit. If someone else happens to be there, we simply find somewhere else.

If “Got Here” was just starting to visit that church, I’d suggest he/she find a more charitable and hospitable congregation and leave those territorial folks behind.

committing the sin of coveting that seat? – Missoula,

say that one person, in the house of God, is more right than another in this situation? Is the shovee not

• Write to Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

– Jeanne In Austin Dear Abby: How can you

Montana, Reader Dear Abby: If you are first to arrive at an empty pew, take a place in the middle.

Thus later arrivals won’t have to climb over you. It’s common courtesy. – Pat In

Bloomfield, Missouri Dear Abby: Having worked in a fire department for many years, I always sit at the end of the pew. That way I won’t have to knock over any fellow parishioners when my pager goes off. –

Louie In Somerset, Ohio

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY MORRIS, ILLINOIS CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, -v.BRANDI WENTWORTH, LINDA JOSEPH WENTWORTH, WENTWORTH AND DANIEL WENTWORTH, Defendant 12 CH 227 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 24, 2012, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 9:00 AM on May 27, 2015, at the Grundy County Courthouse, 111 East Washington Street front door entrance, MORRIS, IL, 60450, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 305 NORTH WABASSO STREET, Minooka, IL 60447 Property Index No. 03-01-251-014.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $210,733.61.

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

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agen-

cy (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 N. Franklin Street, Suite 201, CHICAGO, IL 60606, (312) 357-1125 Please refer calls to the sales department Please refer to file number 12-02959.

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.

LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC 175 N. Franklin Street, Suite 201 CHICAGO, IL 60606 (312) 357-1125 Attorney File No. 12-02959 Case Number: 12 CH 227 TJSC#: 35-5880 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.

(Published in the Morris Daily Herald, April 21, 28, 2015 May 5, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY, MORRIS, ILLINOIS The PRIVATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff, v.

CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MARCH 14, 1995 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 5662-WH, BENEFICIARIES OF TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MARCH 14, 1995 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER UNKNOWN 5662-WH, AND OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Property Address: 109-109 1/2 W. Jackson and 420-424 N. Liberty Morris, Illinois 60450 No. 14 CH 145 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE

at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the Grundy County Courthouse Lobby, 111 E. Washington Street, Morris, Illinois 60450, will sell, at a public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the followPIN: 05-04-481-006 ing described premises and real estate in said Decree mentioned, The Judgment amount was situated in the County of Grundy, $760,129.54 State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy the The premise is improved with decretal indebtedness, to wit: a three story mixed use retail/ residential building.

PARCEL I: THE EAST 1/2 OF LOT 12, CEAL PREMISES WILL NOT BE OPEN SUBDIVISION, FIRST ADDITION TO FOR INSPECTION. THE CITY OF MORRIS, GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. The name and address of the person to contact for information PARCEL II: regarding the real estate is Tejal AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND S. Desai, attorney, or Barbara EGRESS, TOGETHER WITH THE Langlois, paralegal, LATIMER RIGHT TO INSTALL, MAINTAIN, RELEVAY FYOCK LLC, 55 West PAIR, AND REPLACE A DRIVEWAY Monroe Street, Suite 1100, Chica- OVER AND ACROSS THE EAST 16 go, Illinois 60603. The telephone 1/2 FEET OF THE WEST 1/2 OF number is 312-422-8000.

LOT 12, CEAL SUBDIVISION, FIRST ADDITION TO THE CITY OF Said sale will be subject to MORRIS, GRUNDY COUNTY, general real estate taxes, special ILLINOIS. assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any COMMONLY KNOWN AS prior mortgages and is offered for 1002 Quail Drive, sale without any representation as Morris, Illinois 60450. to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in PIN: 05-04-157-038 "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the The Judgment amount was court. $485,231.51

Defendant Address: 25325 Plainview Dr, Channahon, IL 60410 (Published in the Morris Daily Herald, April 21, 28, 2015 May 5, 2015.)

COMMONLY KNOWN AS 109-109 1/2 W. Jackson and 420-424 N. Liberty Morris, Illinois 60450.

The terms of the sale are the The premise is improved with an highest bidder with ten (10%) eleven-unit apartment building. percent of the purchase price due by cash or certified funds at the PREMISES WILL NOT BE OPEN time of the sale and the balance FOR INSPECTION. due within (24) twenty-four hours of sale.

The name and address of the person to contact for information Tejal S. Desai regarding the real estate is Tejal LATIMER LeVAY FYOCK LLC S. Desai, attorney, or Barbara Langlois, paralegal, LATIMER 55 West Monroe Street Suite 1100 LEVAY FYOCK LLC, 55 West Chicago, Illinois 60603 Monroe Street, Suite 1100, Chicago, Illinois 60603. The telephone (312) 422-8000 number is 312-422-8000.

(312) 422-8001 (Fax) (ARDC No. 6280834) Said sale will be subject to (Published in Morris Daily Herald general real estate taxes, special April 14, 21, 28, 2015) assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior mortgages and is offered for sale without any representation as PUBLIC NOTICE to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the GRUNDY COUNTY, court.

MORRIS, ILLINOIS The PRIVATE BANK AND TRUST The terms of the sale are the COMPANY, Plaintiff, highest bidder with ten (10%) v. percent of the purchase price due CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE by cash or certified funds at the TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL AS- time of the sale and the balance SOCIATION, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE due within (24) twenty-four hours UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED of sale.

MARCH 14, 1995 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 5662-WH, Tejal S. Desai PACIFIC PARTNERS, LLC, BENEFI- LATIMER LeVAY FYOCK LLC CIARIES OF TRUST AGREEMENT 55 West Monroe Street DATED MARCH 14, 1995 AND Suite 1100 KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 5662- Chicago, Illinois 60603 WH, AND UNKNOWN OWNERS (312) 422-8000 AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, (312) 422-8001 (Fax) (ARDC No. 6280834) Defendants.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 11, 2015, in the abovecaptioned mortgage foreclosure proceeding, the Sheriff of Grundy County, Illinois, on May 27, 2015, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the Grundy County Courthouse Lobby, 111 E. Washington Street, Morris, Illinois 60450, will sell, at a public (Published in Morris Daily Herald auction, to the highest bidder for Property Address: April 14, 21, 28, 2015) cash, all and singular, the follow- 1002 Quail Drive ing described premises and real Morris, Illinois 60450 estate in said Decree mentioned, Call the Federal Trade No. 14 CH 146 situated in the County of Grundy, Commission toll-free at NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE State of Illinois, or so much thereof 1-877-FTC-HELP as shall be sufficient to satisfy the decretal indebtedness, to wit: PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY to find out how to avoid job GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment placement scams, or visit www.ftc.gov.

THE NORTH HALF OF LOTS 7 & of Foreclosure and Sale entered on A public service 8 IN BLOCK IN CHAPIN ADDITION March 11, 2015, in the abovemessage from the TO THE TOWN OF MORRIS, captioned mortgage foreclosure Morris Herald-News SITUATED IN GRUNDY COUNTY, proceeding, the Sheriff of Grundy and the FTC. ILLINOIS. County, Illinois, on May 27, 2015,

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE KOZENY & MCCUBBIN ILLINOIS, LLC. (5315218) Attorneys 105 W. Adams, Suite 1850 Chicago, Illinois 60603 STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF Grundy, ss IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY MORRIS, ILLINOIS, SELENE FINANCE LP, Plaintiff, vs.

ROBERT JIRSA AKA ROBERT E JIRSA, GINAMARIE JIRSA AKA GINA MARIE JIRSA, CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HUNTERS CROSSING ASSOCIATION, HOMEOWNERS UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS, et. al., Defendants, Case No. 10 CH 380.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS, defendants in the above entitled suit has been commenced in the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY MORRIS, ILLINOIS, by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT 94 IN HENNEBERRY FARM P.U.D. UNIT 6, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 22, 2003 AS DOCUMENT 425847, AND CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED NOVEMBER 24, 2004 AS DOCUMENT 441872, IN GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN: 03-13-327-011.

Commonly known as: 25325 Plainview Dr, Channahon, IL 60410, and which said Mortgage was made by GINAMARIE JIRSA, ROBERT JIRSA,, as Mortgagor(s) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., as Mortgagee, and recorded as document number 448536, and the present owner(s) of the property being GINAMARIE JIRSA, ROBERT JIRSA,, and for other relief: that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY MORRIS, ILLINOIS, 111 East Washington Street, Morris, IL 60450 on or before MAY 21, 2015, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Clerk of the Grundy County Circuit Court.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Last known addresses:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY MORRIS, ILLINOIS CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, -v.BRANDI WENTWORTH, LINDA WENTWORTH, JOSEPH WENTWORTH AND DANIEL WENTWORTH, Defendant 12 CH 227 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 24, 2012, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 9:00 AM on May 27, 2015, at the Grundy County Courthouse, 111 East Washington Street front door entrance, MORRIS, IL, 60450, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 6 IN BLOCK 1 IN THOMPSON AND HOYLAND'S SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 11, 1957, IN PLAT BOOK D, PAGE 12 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 174053, IN GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS Commonly known as 305 NORTH WABASSO STREET, Minooka, IL 60447 Property Index No. 03-01-251-014.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $210,733.61.

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

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

by The Condominium Property Act,

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 N. Franklin Street, Suite 201, CHICAGO, IL 60606, (312) 357-1125 Please refer calls to the sales department Please refer to file number 12-02959.

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.

LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC 175 N. Franklin Street, Suite 201 CHICAGO, IL 60606 (312) 357-1125 Attorney File No. 12-02959 Case Number: 12 CH 227 TJSC#: 35-5880 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.

(Published in the Morris Daily Herald, April 21, 28, 2015 May 5, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY, MORRIS, ILLINOIS The PRIVATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff, v.

CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MARCH 14, 1995 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 5662-WH, BENEFICIARIES OF TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MARCH 14, 1995 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER UNKNOWN 5662-WH, AND OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Property Address: 109-109 1/2 W. Jackson and 420-424 N. Liberty Morris, Illinois 60450 No. 14 CH 145 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 11, 2015, in the abovecaptioned mortgage foreclosure proceeding, the Sheriff of Grundy County, Illinois, on May 27, 2015, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the Grundy County Courthouse Lobby,

111 E. Washington Street, Morris, Illinois 60450, will sell, at a public PUBLIC NOTICE auction, to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the followIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ing described premises and real estate in said Decree mentioned, THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY, situated in the County of Grundy, MORRIS, ILLINOIS State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy the The PRIVATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff, decretal indebtedness, to wit: v.

THE NORTH HALF OF LOTS 7 & CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST 8 IN BLOCK IN CHAPIN ADDITION COMPANY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO THE TOWN OF MORRIS, TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSITUATED IN GRUNDY COUNTY, SOCIATION, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED ILLINOIS. MARCH 14, 1995 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 5662-WH, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 109-109 1/2 W. Jackson and PACIFIC PARTNERS, LLC, BENEFICIARIES OF TRUST AGREEMENT 420-424 N. Liberty DATED MARCH 14, 1995 AND Morris, Illinois 60450.

KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 5662WH, AND UNKNOWN OWNERS PIN: 05-04-481-006 AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, The Judgment amount was Defendants. $760,129.54 Property Address: The premise is improved with 1002 Quail Drive a three story mixed use retail/ Morris, Illinois 60450 residential building.

No. 14 CH 146 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE PREMISES WILL NOT BE OPEN FOR INSPECTION. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY The name and address of the GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment person to contact for information of Foreclosure and Sale entered on regarding the real estate is Tejal March 11, 2015, in the aboveS. Desai, attorney, or Barbara captioned mortgage foreclosure Langlois, paralegal, LATIMER proceeding, the Sheriff of Grundy LEVAY FYOCK LLC, 55 West County, Illinois, on May 27, 2015, Monroe Street, Suite 1100, Chica- at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the go, Illinois 60603. The telephone Grundy County Courthouse Lobby, 111 E. Washington Street, Morris, number is 312-422-8000.

Illinois 60450, will sell, at a public Said sale will be subject to auction, to the highest bidder for general real estate taxes, special cash, all and singular, the followassessments or special taxes levied ing described premises and real against said real estate and any estate in said Decree mentioned, prior mortgages and is offered for situated in the County of Grundy, sale without any representation as State of Illinois, or so much thereof to quality or quantity of title and as shall be sufficient to satisfy the without recourse to plaintiff and in decretal indebtedness, to wit: "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the PARCEL I: THE EAST 1/2 OF LOT 12, CEAL court.

SUBDIVISION, FIRST ADDITION TO The terms of the sale are the THE CITY OF MORRIS, GRUNDY highest bidder with ten (10%) COUNTY, ILLINOIS. percent of the purchase price due by cash or certified funds at the PARCEL II: time of the sale and the balance AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND due within (24) twenty-four hours EGRESS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO INSTALL, MAINTAIN, REof sale.

PAIR, AND REPLACE A DRIVEWAY OVER AND ACROSS THE EAST 16 Tejal S. Desai 1/2 FEET OF THE WEST 1/2 OF LATIMER LeVAY FYOCK LLC LOT 12, CEAL SUBDIVISION, FIRST 55 West Monroe Street ADDITION TO THE CITY OF Suite 1100 MORRIS, GRUNDY COUNTY, Chicago, Illinois 60603 ILLINOIS. (312) 422-8000 (312) 422-8001 (Fax) COMMONLY KNOWN AS (ARDC No. 6280834) 1002 Quail Drive, (Published in Morris Daily Herald Morris, Illinois 60450.

April 14, 21, 28, 2015) PIN: 05-04-157-038

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PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of NELLIE M. WEST, Deceased.

with the Court, a copy must be mailed or delivered to the representative and the attorneys for the Estate within 10 days.

The Judgment amount was IN THE INTEREST OF, $485,231.51 The premise is improved with an eleven-unit apartment building.

PREMISES WILL NOT BE OPEN FOR INSPECTION. The name and address of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is Tejal S. Desai, attorney, or Barbara Langlois, paralegal, LATIMER LEVAY FYOCK LLC, 55 West Monroe Street, Suite 1100, Chicago, Illinois 60603. The telephone number is 312-422-8000.

Said sale will be subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior mortgages 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.

The terms of the sale are the highest bidder with ten (10%) percent of the purchase price due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance due within (24) twenty-four hours of sale.

Tejal S. Desai LATIMER LeVAY FYOCK LLC 55 West Monroe Street Suite 1100 Chicago, Illinois 60603 (312) 422-8000 (312) 422-8001 (Fax) (ARDC No. 6280834) (Published in Morris Daily Herald April 14, 21, 28, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS SS COUNTY OF GRUNDY IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS

DHANE HOGAN, a minor.

No. 15 JD 123 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

No. 2015 P 25 CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given to creditors of Harold Ray Hogan, Unknown the death of NELLIE M. WEST. Address, Unknown City and State Letters of Office were issued to and To All Whom It May Concern: KENNETH W. WEST, whose address is 908 E. Douglas Street, TAKE NOTICE that on the 9th day Morris, IL 60450 as Independent of April, 2015, a petition was filed Representative whose attorney of under the Juvenile Court Act by record is HYNDS, ROOKS, YOHNChristopher M. Dearth, Assistant KA & BZDILL, 105 West Main State's Attorney in the Circuit Court Street, Morris, Illinois 60450. of Grundy County entitled 'In the interest of DHANE HOGAN, a minor', The estate will be administered and that in the Grundy County without court supervision, unless Courthouse, 111 E. Washington under Section 28-4 of the ProStreet, Morris, Illinois on the 6th bate Act of 1975 any interested day of May, 2015, at the hour of person terminates independent 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as administration at any time by this cause may be heard, a trial will mailing or delivering a petition to be held upon the petition to have terminate to the Clerk. the child declared to be a ward of the court under that Act. The court Claims against the estate may has the authority in this proceeding be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Ofto take from you the custody and fice, Room 30, Grundy County guardianship of the minor, and to Courthouse, Morris, Illinois, or appoint a guardian with power to with the representative, or both, consent to adoption of the minor. on or before the 21st day of October, 2015, or if mailing or deNOW, unless you appear at the livery of a notice from the reprehearing and show cause against sentative is required by Sec. 18-3 the petition, the allegations of the of the Probate Act of 1975, the petition may stand admitted as date stated in that notice. Any against you and each of you, and claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim an order or judgment entered. filed with the clerk must be April 16, 2015 mailed or delivered by the /s/ Karen E. Slattery claimant to the representative and (Clerk of the Circuit Court) to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

(Published in the Morris Daily Herald, April 21, 2015) MPC220 Hynds, Rooks, Yohnka & Bzdill 105 West Main Street P.O. Box 685 PUBLIC NOTICE Morris, IL 60450 Phone: 815-942-0049 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT (Published in the Morris Daily FOR THE THIRTEENTH Herald, April 21, 28, May 5, JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2015) MPC214

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Amy Lardi and Angela Blanton Representatives

NO. 2015 P 26 Estate of CALEB Z. BLANTON, JR., Deceased.

DEATH AND PROBATE NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Caleb Z. Blanton, Jr. Letters of Office were issued April 15th, 2015, to Amy Lardi, 650 Elizabeth Drive, Coal City, IL 60416, and Angela Blanton, 685 S. Small Avenue, Kankakee, Illinois 60901, as representatives.

Claims may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Courthouse, Morris, Illinois, or with the representative, by October 22nd, 2015. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. If a claim is filed

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