Chicago Crusader E-Edition 6/9/2012

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VOLUME LXXII NUMBER 7—SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2012

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Teachers’ strike on the horizon?

By Wendell Hutson Mayor Rahm Emanuel fought hard to get state legislation passed so Chicago Public Schools could extend the school day this fall.

But it’s the school year that may end up being extended if teachers decide to go on strike after their current contract ends June 30.

The 22,000 teachers that make up the Chicago Teachers Union voted Wednesday on whether to authorize a strike. And results of the vote should be known by June 11 if not sooner, said Stephanie Gadlin, a spokeswoman for the CTU, which is the city’s largest union with 25,000 members.

“This vote simply authorizes the CTU and the House of Delegates to strike if necessary,” said Gadlin. “The entire member-

ship will still have an opportunity to vote to approve or reject the Board of Education’s contract proposal.”

And for a strike vote to be valid 75 percent of the teachers must vote in favor of a strike. Previously a simple majority was all that was needed before Emanuel successfully convinced state lawmakers to change the requirement.

One special education teacher was so de-

termined to vote that she did so from her hospital bed at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

“I may be down, but I still plan to vote,” said Jean Luchini, who is recovering from spinal surgery.

According to the CTU, the sticking points include pay, class size, reassignment (Continued on page 3)

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION President Karen GJ Lewis presents the rationale for a strike voter to her membership during a meeting at a packed local theater.

City awaits CTU vote results

By J. Coyden Palmer The impending battle between the Board of Education and Chicago Teachers Union is shifting into high gear as both sides have spent the past two weeks on a media blitz to get their position out.

With teachers’ contracts set to expire at the end of the month, CTU President Karen Lewis announced this week that a strike vote will be taken starting on June 6th. The union is taking the vote now before the contract expires because members will be on summer break and many might not be able to vote. Meanwhile CPS CEO Jean Claude-Brizard said it is important to

keep in mind that the children are first and the board will continue to work to reach an agreement with the union.

Both Lewis and Brizard were guests on WVON 1690 AM Cliff Kelly Show Monday afternoon. Lewis said there are currently 160 CPS schools that do not have a working library and over a dozen CPS high schools that do not have a working pool.

She said those numbers should anger residents and speaks to the state of public education in Chicago.

“It appears that anyone who knows anything about teaching and learning has a short shelf life at CPS,” Lewis said.

Lewis also is urging the younger voting

members to not be afraid to stand up for themselves as the duties of teachers increase every year, according to Lewis. She said although she and many others believe the board is intentionally trying to get veteran teachers to resign so they can bring in new teachers at a cheaper cost, it is important for young teachers to stand with the union and not be persuaded into taking a short term gain based off of board promises. She said what happened earlier this year when newer principals and teachers were targeted by the Emanuel administration to go along with a longer school day in exchange for a stipend was disgraceful. She urged any teacher incurring an unfair labor

practice to call the union immediately.

Brizard said he does not believe unfair labor practices are taking place and believes everyone should allow the negotiation process to play itself out. Currently there is an independent panel reviewing offers from both sides. Brizard is urging parents not to panic no matter the result of this week’s strike vote. He said there is still plenty of time for the sides to come to an agreement.

“Having this vote this week does not do our kids service; does not do our families service. When two sides come together, even if they fall apart, they can come to a (Continued on page 3)

NEWS

Black Aldermen support short term closing of CTA Red Line

By J. Coyden Palmer A sign at the CTA Red Line station at 95th and the Dan Ryan reads “downtown in 20 minutes.” But riders of the Red Line know that is never true as the route is marred by slowdowns. So the news this week that next spring the CTA will temporarily close all Red Line train stations on the South Side for five months to do track repair was met with mixed reactions by citizens. But South Side aldermen are backing the plan.

During a news conference with CTA board Chairman Terry Peterson and CTA President Forest Claypool at the 55th Street Red Line stop Monday morning, members of the press were told about the grandiose plan that had been kept a secret for months. The idea of dealing with the intense inconvenience for five months rather than small pain over four years was more appealing to 6th Ward Ald. Roderick Sawyer.

“For years people who ride the Red Line on the South Side have complained about how slow the trains operate due to the condition of the tracks,” Sawyer said. “I’d rather peel the Band-Aid off than do the same work over an extended period of time.

It’s not going to be pleasant. But I’m

glad we got the word out now, and ultimately the service is going to be better for riders. We have to look at this as short term pain for longtime gain.”

Riders the Crusader spoke with were shocked at the news. Though they understand the philosophy behind the move, many felt they had no say in the matter and would have liked for better communication from the CTA. “I think it’s a good idea now that I’ve thought about it,” said CTA rider Donna Johnson. “But if they were going to do something big like this, I think they should have had some town hall meetings in the areas being affected and let the people decide how much of an inconvenience they are willing to put up with.”

CTA officials said they will run shuttle buses in between Red Line stops to get customers to and from their destinations. They also said as the time gets closer to the closings, they will have meetings in the community to help people navigate what is sure to be a transportation nightmare.

Carl Anderson, who works downtown at a law office, said he would have preferred the other option of shutting down stations on weekends only over a four year period than clos-

Two multimillion-dollar rail projects affecting the South Side are being closely watched by one Black alderman who is advocating for more minority inclusion.

Alderman Anthony Beale, whose ninth ward covers portions of the Roseland community on the far South Side, said he is not happy with that lack of Black participation thus far for a $133 million rail project at 63rd and State Street but hopes an upcoming rail project by the Chicago Transit Authority is more “minority friendly.”

The CTA announced Monday it plans to shutdown the Red Line train from Cermak Road to 95th Street next year from May to October, which will allow for a $425 million upgrade. The upgrade would include new train tracks and cars, and enhancements to all South Side train stations. The project could create as many as 200 new jobs.

The other option the CTA had considered was performing the work on weekends only over four years at a cost of $500 million.

The new and improved train tracks would reduce commute times by 20 minutes for the 80,000, daily Red Line riders, and it would allow trains to travel at 55 miles per hour rather than the average 15 miles it now runs, according to Terry Peterson, chairman of the CTA.

Knowing that the temporary shutdown will not be an easy transition, Forrest Claypool, president of the CTA, said the agency would provide free shuttle buses from the train stations at 69th, 79th, 87th, and 95th streets to the Green Line’s Garfield Boulevard station. Several express buses, such as one that will run from 95th Street to Cermak Road, will also be available. And discount rides will also be made to riders for some buses.

The CTA plans to run southbound Red Line trains on the Green Line route between 63rd Street and Ashland Avenue as well as the Roosevelt Road stop. And also from Roosevelt, northbound Red Line trains will return to the normal Red Line tracks, continuing all the way to the north terminal at Howard Street.

Extending the Red Line would ultimately help improve the economic vitality for the South Side, said Terry Peterson, board chairman for the CTA. “We cannot begin to extend the Red Line south until we deal with these outdated rail tracks that lead up to 95th Street,” said Peterson.

“After we complete this upgrade the only thing we will be waiting on to extend the Red Line is the federal funds to do so.”

According to CTA officials, the proposed $1.3 billion, federally funded Red Line extension project

A RED LINE SHUTDOWN will take place next year from May to October to allow the Chicago Transit Authority to complete a $425 million upgrade, which is expected to reduce commute time by 20 minutes. (Photo by Wendell Hutson) ing the entire system for months. He how people get to work and children cause too many problems once they said by outright closing the stations, it get to school,” Anderson said. “I think try and put it in action.” will have the greatest impact on peo- it’s going to create gridlock as now I Peterson said he knows many people who work during the week, as op- might have to consider driving to ple are suspicious of the plan because posed to what he thinks is more recre- work and paying downtown parking it is something that has never been ational ridership on the weekends. prices or take Metra. Their philoso- done before. But he said South Side “This is a decision that will impact phy sounds good, but I think it will riders can observe what is currently taking place on the North Side branch of the Red Line where stations were closed this week as track repair begins. Much of what works and what does not will be implemented in the South Side plan, Peterson said.

However Peterson was pressed on the issue as the North Side stations are being closed one at a time as the work progresses, unlike the South Side plan of massive closures.

“There is no way you can do a project of this scope and size without impacting service,” confessed Peterson.

“We have to try and minimize that impact as much as possible by giving people as much information as possiCLOSING THE RED LINE temporarily to upgrade its existing ble. That’s why we are making the antracks and trains is what Shari Runner (left), senior vice president of nouncement today so that people Strategy and Community Development for the Chicago Urban have 11 months of planning. We also League, and Terry Peterson, chairman of the Chicago Transit want people to keep in mind that in Authority, said would be needed before the popular train line could the end, the South Side will have be extended further south to 130th Street. (Photo by Wendell some of the best public transportation ever as the new rails will allow trains to Hutson) travel faster.” would stretch to 130th Street and available the Chicago Urban CTA officials said nearly double the Ellis Avenue by utilizing some League will be working with the amount of buses and reduced fares tracks already present on the route CTA to help bridge the communi- will be implemented at the stations while also building an elevated plat- cation gap between the CTA and being affected. The Chicago White form with tracks. The elevated train residents.

Sox is also working with the CTA on would add stops in the vicinity at plans to get fans to White Sox games “It is our goal to make sure minor- during the construction next season.

103rd Street, 111th Street and 115th Street. And a new terminal ity businesses and residents know Last year Metra opened a station a would be built at 130th Street, near about what jobs are available, such block away from the CTA Red Line the Altgeld Gardens public housing as bus drivers, construction workers stop at U.S. Cellular Field, which a and more,” said Shari Runner, se- spokesman for the team said has been complex.

There will be four public meetings nior vice president of Strategy and a blessing for fans. A spokesperson for over the next year to engage the Community Development for the the Illinois Institute of Technology community in the process, accord- Chicago Urban League. “By work- said its students and faculty will use ing with the CTA and their partners the Green Line more and the school ing to Peterson.

And to ensure that local, minority the Urban League wants to make may extend its campus shuttle bus residents and contractors are aware sure they meet their goal of minori- service during the Red Line shutof the employment opportunities ty participation.” down.

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Alderman wants more Black workers for rail projects

By Wendell Hutson

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NEWS

City awaits CTU vote results (Continued from page 1) resolution. We can find some common ground if we’re willing to follow the process and protocol set in play,” he said.

One issue teachers are against and the board is taking a hard stand on is class size. Under the current contract, classes are limited to 28 students per class at the kindergarten level, 28 at the primary level; 31 at the intermediate level and upper grades; and, 20 in the education and vocational guidance centers. Lewis said some classrooms across the city have exceeded those limits and may be growing. Brizard said the number of students in a classroom has nothing to do with the quality of education and said the board is right not to be willing to negotiate over the issue. The class size issue has been off the bargaining table since 1995.

“The Board has informed the CTU that it does not intend to bargain over this subject, Brizard said. “While teachers would have a reduction in their workloads, studies have not proven that class size reductions have predictable and discernible positive impacts on educational outcomes.”

The board has made some offers in contract talks but the offers have not been met well by the union. The Board has offered a one-time 2 percent raise for a five-year contract, this after it refused to pay teachers a 4 percent raise they were due this year per the current contract. The Board is also seeking to eliminate the

use of sick day banks; a program that Lewis and other union leaders claim help reduce teacher absenteeism.

According to the CTU, the board has been lowering evaluations and imposing discipline on teachers for excessive absenteeism, even if they are using contractually guaranteed benefit days. Lewis said the union cannot allow for a situation where sick days would become a “use it or lose it” and then have teachers disciplined for using them when they are not sick, but do not want

to lose the time off.

The board also is proposing to increase the amount of test-based evaluation of teachers to account for 40 percent of the overall evaluation within the next five years. The union thinks this will hurt teachers and students alike by having teachers primarily concerned with test prep instead of quality instruction.

Lewis said the board is in “chaos.” She said the constant turnover of people within CPS’s administration is a bad signal but at the same time gives the public an idea of the mindset of the peo-

ple running CPS. In April chief education officer Noemi Donoso resigned. She was the third highranking administrator to leave in the past few months.

“During my tenure as CTU president there have been three school CEO’s. The rampant turnover and turnarounds at CPS are indicative of the type of convulsive environment created by the people in charge of our public schools,” Lewis said. “If these people knew what they were really doing and wanted all of this responsibility that would be fine;

but they don’t. Graduation rates and test scores have gone up yet we have 300 schools currently on probation. So who is doing the most damage? These are failed status quo policies.”

The results of the vote will not be known until next week. CTU must have 75 percent of their members vote yes. After that there is still a waiting period until all of the proposals have been looked at and then an 800-member delegation board at CTU would have the final say on if a strike takes place.

A TENT CITY assembled by disgruntled hospital workers, community residents and healthcare advocates, was meant to show the impact Medicaid cuts would have on community hospitals. The sound of sirens echoed between City Hall, the Thompson Center and surrounding buildings as workers performed skits of mock medical emergencies where patients were treated outside the tents. Lisa Brunt, a hospital worker addresses those attending.

Teachers’ strike on the horizon (Continued from page 1) and recall, a better school day with appropriate staffing and the structure of the school day.

“The board has rejected all of our proposals and refused to negotiate on class size, reassignment and recall, appropriate staffing for a better school day with adequate art, music, PE, and world language classes,” explained Gadlin. “They have refused to look at air conditioning and playground equipment for all schools and have limited their compensation offer to 2 percent for one year in a five-year contract despite asking our members to adopt new Common Core standards, a new evaluation system and work 20 percent longer in a longer day.”

However, Marielle Sainvilus, a spokeswoman for CPS, disputes Gadlin’s claims that the district has balked at negotiating fairly.

“Contract negotiations with the CTU are not being held up. In fact, we’re exactly where we’re

supposed to be in this process,” explained Sainvilus. “Right now, CPS and CTU are in the early stages of a 75-day fact-finding process led by the independent fact-finder whose role is to analyze the CPS and CTU proposals before presenting a compromise proposal on July 16 that can serve as a new contract agreement for both parties.”

And should the teachers authorize a strike this week Sainvilus said the district would continue to negotiate with the CTU. “We’ll continue to negotiate in good faith to reach an agreement that will be fair for our teachers, taxpayers and our students,” she added. “We respect our teachers and believe that they deserve a raise, and our kids don’t deserve a strike. Both CPS and CTU should be doing everything in their power to avoid a strike, because it would only hurt our kids.”

But beyond a strike looming there are other issues CPS faces.

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Teachers and staff at the Youth Connection Leadership Academy, a charter, elementary school on the South Side, recently voted to form their own union.

Sainvilus said the district does not have a position one way or another about the charter school’s interest in forming a union, but added that the district has a good working relationship with unions.

“Our chief executive officer (Jean-Claude Brizard) was a teacher and many of the members of our leadership team started their careers in the classroom,” Sainvilus recalled. “We understand teachers, respect them and do everything we can to support them and the critical work they are doing in the classroom every day. CPS has collective bargaining agreements with seven unions representing tens of thousands of employees working for the district.”

Last week CPS reached a tentative, three-year contract agree-

ment with the Service Employees International Union, Local 73, which represents 5,500 custodians, child welfare attendants, watchmen, special education classroom assistants, children and family benefit liaisons, school bus aides, parent workers, security staff. And previously CPS reached a five-year contract agreement with UNITE HERE Local 1, which represents 3,200 lunchroom workers.

“We’re grateful to the SEIU Local 73 labor team and their 5,500 members for their commitment to this process and reaching an agreement that will serve their members, our students, and Chicago’s taxpayers,” said JeanClaude Brizard. chief executive officer for CPS. “This agreement ultimately puts our kids first and reassures families that SEIU Local 73 members will be ready to serve their school communities at the start of next school year.”

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keep getting better for the nation’s third largest school district with 675 schools and more than 400,000 students.

On May 25 the Circuit Court of Cook County ruled in favor of the Chicago Board of Education in its motion to dismiss the Brown vs.

Board of Education lawsuit that sought to block CPS’s plans to provide students attending some of the lowest performing schools in the district the opportunity to attend a higher quality school in their community.

The ruling, opposed by the CTU, reaffirms the board’s authority to close, phase out and turn around failing schools to provide students in chronically low performing schools access to higher quality school options. In issuing the ruling, Judge Michael B. Hyman stated the board had fully complied with the obligations imposed by state law.

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OPINION

EDITORIAL CANNIBALISM – FOR REAL? What is going on? Recently, there has been a spate of very bizarre crimes involving, of all things, cannibalism. Years ago, the name Jeffery Dahmer became connected with this aberration, but few people expected more than an anomalous occurrence, if that.

Moreover, the movie “Silence of the Lambs” reveals a somewhat fascination with this subject if ongoing popularity of the movie is a gauge. Both of these situations involved white men. But there have been three recent cases of cannibalism, and two of them involve Black men!

Bath salts are the alleged culprit in what are being called “zombie” attacks. Make no mistake, this is not the bath salts that you would find in your bathroom cabinet; this is a new drug that is technically legal, but that has illegal ingredients.

In Florida, a homeless man was still conscious while being eaten alive by an attacker who was caught biting off his face in a socalled zombie attack. In another case, a Morgan State University student killed a man and ate his brains. And in another case, a woman killed her baby and ate parts of the child’s head!

Bath salts are said to be highly addictive, and “can cause heart attacks, stroke, kidney failure, extreme aggression and death,” according to an online article entitled Dangers of Bath Salts, the Alleged “Cannibal Drug:” It’s Legal and It Can Kill You, published in The 3600 Experiment, Looking at the World From All Sides. The article further states “Bath salts are sold in a lot of “head shops” and gas stations, and goes by other names, including White Rush, Cloud Nine, Ivory Wave, Ocean Snow, Charge Plus, White Lightning, Scarface, Hurricane Charlie, Red Dove, Blue Silk, Zoom, Bloom, and Sextasy.” Moreover, a former user in Canada who will be called “John” says, “…the drugs are like a mix between cocaine and amphetamine. The two active ingredients in it are illegal in the U.S., but are available online in Canada.”

Illegal drugs have been the scourge of this country, in general, and the Black community, in particular, for a long time. They have been implicated in the breakup of families, in the devastation of communities and in deaths related to turf wars and overdosing among others. Crack cocaine has been a particularly egregious villain, but just when you thought that it couldn’t get any worse, along comes bath salts. Bath salts are especially horrible because of an innocuous name. In fact, some observers have mistakenly assumed that the bathroom variety of bath salts is what is being referred to in these recent “zombie killings.”

American society is in a state of devolution. There are many indicators, including Wall Street greed, the growing disappearance of the middle class, increasing poverty, animal die-offs, a polluted environment, political corruption, and more. This new bath salts trend, however, takes things to a whole new level.

Black people have, and continue to bear, a disproportionate burden of all things harmful in America. As the saying goes, if everyone else has colds, the Black community will develop pneumonia!

This is why it is so terrible to witness the fact that Black people are becoming involved with this “zombie drug.” Just think, in popular culture, zombies are depicted as the walking dead; individuals who carry out the bidding of those who have placed them in that state of being. The last thing that the community needs is a drug of this type that represents a new type of slavery.

If this latest drug trend can be seen to be a bellwether, the Black community must do something and do it NOW in order to reclaim sanity and ensure a continued existence. People need to wake up before it is too late. A luta continua.

The City of Chicago is experiencing violence on the South Side and West Side as though we are living in the Wild Wild West and Rahm Emanuel is trying to convince the National Football League president that Chicago should get the Super Bowl in 2015.

Roger Goodell, the NFL president was here for a ceremony at U.S. Cellular Field and the mayor shows up talking nonsense. Does the man know how many people are getting shot and/or killed every day—every week?? Does he understand that the super high tax rates in Chicago are causing people to spend their money in Indiana rather than the city?

The mayor really needs to forget about pulling rabbits out of a hat and get back to serving the residents. Maybe I move in the wrongs circles but I haven’t heard anyone clamoring for a Super Bowl here. A lot of us know that it is more Super Hype than anything else.

We know that it is not very likely that the NFL owners are going to bring the game back to the Midwest so soon after it was in Indianapolis. The vast majority of the Super Bowl Games have

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A Super Bowl for Chicago – no thanks Dear Editor:

been in warm climates.

The city just went through a series of gyrations in trying to attract the Summer Olympic Games here to no avail. Is it ego or does the mayor know something the rest of us don’t? The soonest the city could get the games is 2016. Emanuel’s term ends in 2015 – a new mayor might have other priorities, such as the nuts and bolts of city business. It seems like it would not be fair to saddle an incoming mayor with something as large as a Super Bowl.

Let’s just hope the mayor was “skinnin’ and grinnin’.” Really, Chicago has way too many issues and problems to spend any time on this Super Maybe.

But the spineless city council has given the mayor everything he has asked for so I guess we should gear up for a Super Bowl run.

Clyde Hobble

top of that, it is well documented that African Americans historically lack easy access to health care.

Given those facts, why would anyone who cares about Black people support the expansion of a landfill? That is exactly what Ninth Ward Alderman Anthony Beale recently did. Maybe it makes sense to him, but why put more health risks in front of his constituents.

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BEYOND THE RHETORIC

Front Busting in Indiana

By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The times were tense as my office of Minority Business Development for the state of Indiana proceeded to weed out the corruption and deceit in the contracting arenas. The worst sector was construction and I knew the office needed more muscle and expertise to recognize the fraud as it occurred. I proposed a new position slot, Construction Specialist. This person would have an expertise in the intricacies of construction management, engineering and general/subcontracting.

Almost immediately after the budget office approved the addition, Gary Gibson, a family friend, came to visit me. He informed me that he was moving back to Indianapolis from Detroit as he had just lost his wife to sickle cell anemia. He was seeking tips for employment. I looked at his resume and shouted “You have a Construction Management degree from Notre Dame and experience with a major construction firm?” God is indeed great! Gary started working for me within a few weeks.

Within his first week on the job

Harry C. Alford he detected something “fishy.”

The plum job in the city was the massive new State Office Building. The construction management firm was Huber, Hunt and Nichols, the largest such firm in the state with offices throughout the nation. There was a company listed on the Minority Business Report by the name of Thomas Construction and they were reportedly doing more than $2 million. Gary stated that it had to be impossible as his research said no

such firm by that name had the capability to do such a thing. He drove by the listed address of the firm and saw nothing that would indicate any type of construction expertise.

To do more than $100,000 in work for the state of Indiana you must first be pre-qualified for what you are capable of doing.

Gary and I strolled over to the Dept. of Public Works to look at the file on Thomas Construction.

We pulled it out and found that it was empty, blank, and void of content! It became clear – this is fraud and Huber, Hunt and Nichols and the State are scheming together. My problem was how do I prove it. I told Gary to let me think on a plan of action.

About two nights later I saw an IRS ad on TV. It asked potential whistle blowers to dial a particular 800 telephone number and report tax cheats. God is indeed great!

I called the IRS and reported Thomas Construction as doing $2 million in construction and not reporting it. About ten days later, an agent from the IRS visited my office. The sister said, “I visited Mr. Thomas and he confessed to a paper sham. He is

waiting for you to visit him so he can inform you of the mess. I guess my badge and pistol on my hip intimidated him. He told it all.”

Our visit to Mr. Thomas was indeed revealing. He explained how Huber, Hunt and Nichols recruited him. He thought he was going to make a lot of money but pretty soon they had him doing a lot of stupid things. The flaming evidence was that Huber, Hunt and Nichols actually put the scheme down on paper. They had a written blueprint for fronting on the project and Mr. Thomas turned a copy of it over to us. The written agreement had things like “For assignment of material purchase orders to you, HH&N will reimburse Thomas Construction Company a fee of 3% over and above the total cost of the purchase order. Joint checks will be issued to Thomas Construction Company in the name of Thomas and the named recipient of the purchase order.” Wow! They actually set up a special bank account where they would jointly go to the bank and make the deposits, but only HH&N had signing authority on the account. In total it was a nine point agreement full of

sinister schemes.

I reported our findings to the state Department of Administration. The General Counsel asked us, “Where are you guys going with this?” I responded, “To Hell and back if that is what it takes.” I was about to leave my position to start a local Black chamber so I had no fear. At an event for the Indiana Black Expo, I stood on a stage with Rev. Jesse Jackson and took the microphone. I shouted, “Huber, Hunt and No Negroes has been busted for fronting on the State Office Building and the State must punish them!” The newspapers, television stations and radio channels blew it up.

Huber, Hunt and Nichols was banned from state projects for five years. They eventually changed their name to Hunt Construction. The U.S. Attorney wanted to go after seventy-two year old Mr. Thomas. We persuaded them to leave him alone. They wouldn’t pursue HH&N. To be continued.

Mr. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce®.

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White Version of ‘The Talk’ – Part II

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In last week’s column, I described an article by National Review contributor John Derbyshire in which he said, “There is a talk that nonblack Americans have with their kids, too.” In an article for Taki’s magazine, Derbyshire listed a litany of racist things he had told his children, including that in random interactions with Blacks, “the Black stranger will be less intelligent than the white” and “do not settle in a district or municipality run by Black politicians.”

Derbyshire has since been fired by the National Review.

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), the media watchdog group, noted that conservative Forbes columnist Josh Barro had stated, “I’m pleased that the National Review has fired John Derbyshire as a result of his racist screed in Taki’s Magazine last week. Derbyshire’s remarks were beyond the pale, and this severing of ties is important for the credibility of one of the pillar institutions in conservative publishing.”

FAIR noted, “Apparently Barro believes purging Derbyshire will remove a racist taint from The Chicago Crusader

George E. Curry the ‘pillar’ of conservative publishing. That’s funny because NR’s 57-year history has been defined in good part by racism. And while Derbyshire may have been the magazine’s latest house bigot…he is just one in a continuous line of racists writing in the pages of NR.” That lineup of racists began with William F. Buckley, the magazine’s founder. In an editorial in the magazine, dated August 24, 1957, titled, “Why the South Must Prevail,: Buckley wrote: “The central question that emerges – and it is not a parliamentary question or a question that is answered by merely consulting a catalog of the rights of American citizens, born Equal – is whether the White community

in the South is entitled to take such measures as are necessary to prevail, politically and culturally, in areas in which it does not predominate numerically? The sobering answer is Yes – the White community is so entitled because, for the time being, it is the advanced race. It is not easy, and it is unpleasant, to adduce statistics evidencing the median cultural superiority of White over Negro: but it is fact that obtrudes, one that cannot be hidden by ever-sobusy egalitarians and anthropologists. The question, as far as the White community is concerned, is whether the claims of civilization supersede those of universal suffrage.”

In case anyone missed the point, Buckley added: “National Review believes that the South’s premises are correct.

If the majority wills what is socially atavistic, then to thwart the majority may be, though undemocratic, enlightened. It is more important for any community, anywhere in the world, to affirm and live by civilized standards, than to bow to the demands of the numerical majority.”

Appearing on NPR’s “Fresh Air” on Feb. 28, 2008, Buckley was given an opportunity to repudiate his earlier comments.

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him, Buckley said, “Well, I think that’s absolutely correct.”

It’s not surprising that Buckley applied that same stand of logic – or illogic – when supporting minority-ruled South Africa.

That racist DNA has continued to appear on the pages of the National Review throughout its history.

As Steve Rendall stated in his FAIR posting: “In 1993, NR published a gushing review (1/18) of Paved With Good Intentions: The Failure of Race Relations in Contemporary America by Jared Taylor, which argued that Black Americans are more violent and criminal than others.

Taylor has since become a leading voice of white nationalism as the publisher of American Renaissance magazine. (In the 1990s, Taylor described himself to me as a ‘white separatist.’) The NR review was written by fellow white nationalist Peter Brimelow, who launched the openly racist and nativist VDare website in 1999.”

Rendall also pointed out,” In a positive review (NR, 9/12/94) of Race, Evolution, and Behavior, a 1994 book by Philippe Rushton, reviewer Mark Snyderman eagerly recounted the book’s ‘ambitious’ and ‘fearless’ thesis:’ ‘Orientals are more intelligent, have larger brains for their body size, Saturday, June 9, 2012

have smaller genitalia, have less sex drive, are less fecund, work harder and are more readily socialized than Caucasians; and Caucasians on average bear the same relationship to Blacks.’”

John Derbyshire’s racist bile was par for the course at the National Review.

As the FAIR posting by Steve Rendell aptly put it, “It is blatant racism, but it’s hard to see a great deal of difference between what he was fired over–assertions that Black people are less civilized, less intelligent and more prone to violence and criminality than others–and the racist views NR has promoted since its birth 57 years ago. And it’s hard to see why anyone would take NR seriously ‘when they write about racial issues.’”

George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA) and editorial director of Heart & Soul magazine. He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge.

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COMMENTARY

Worrill’s World

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill

THE MAAFA AND OTHER TERMS (Dr. Conrad Worrill, National Chairman Emeritus, National Black United Front (NBUF) located at 1809 East 71st Street, Suite 211, Chicago, Illinois, 60649, 773-493-0900, Fax# 773493-9819, E-mail: nbufchic@sbc- global.net, Web site: nbufront. org)

Dr. Conrad Worrill At this current stage of history in the African (Black) Liberation Movement, it is important that key concepts be revisited and rediscussed in our continued efforts to seek clarity on certain ideas that are fundamental to the white supremacy foundation of Ameri-

ca.

First, there is the idea and concept of the “Maafa.” When we discuss genocide against African People in America, we must also discuss the Maafa, because it was this Maafa that has historically created the on-going genocidal conditions inflicted against African People in America.

When we use the term “Maafa” we are talking about an African term used to describe tremendous suffering, indescribable atrocities, disaster, calamity, catastrophe, or injustice. This term is used to refer to the protracted suffering of African people and culture as a consequence of the Transatlantic Slave Trade System.

As the African Maafa researcher Michael Scott explains— “No African was waiting as a slave to be traded to the Europeans. In all regions of Africa, from which Africans were transported, the African was involved in a brutal war declared by the European aggressor, interested in exploiting the human and natural resources of the richest continent on the earth.”

Further, Brother Scott reveals, “These Africans who became prisoners of war were placed in detention camps and then trans-

ported to the Americas to be enslaved by the benefactors of their captors. No African began his or her ordeal as a slave. Africans were reduced to slavery by conquest.”

It is important for African People to understand and internalize these brief historical facts. Just as the Jews, or any other group of people in the world, internalize their holocaust, and act on it, African People must come to the collective reality of our Maafa and act on it also.

Finally, Brother Scott instructs us that, “Our foreparents were innocent victims of these heinous systems of forced labor. They were never able to comprehend being seized in early morning attacks on their villages by vicious raiding parties. They were never able to understand why they were being sold by the avaricious middle men. They could never fathom why they were being marched in fetters and chains to the coast where they were bartered for European merchandise especially rum and guns. They could never appreciate why they were being warehoused in hell-like dungeons in Elmina or Goree.”

So now that we have some insight into the idea and concept of

the Maafa, it should make it easier to understand the idea and concept of genocide. In Olumenji’s book, White Genocide, Black Obsolescence, The Question of Black Survival In White America, he defines genocide very succinctly. He says genocide is the “deliberate and systematic destruction of Black people by white American socio-economic and cultural forces.”

According to Brother Olumenji, America has created an ideology that justifies the annihilation of African people in this country.

This is the function of genocide by those who inflict it on a mass of people. That is, they create a rationale for the annihilation and then try to explain that it does not exist.

This was the case in the CIA involvement in cocaine distribution in Los Angeles in which the profits were used to finance the CIA backed Contra army in Nicaragua. This involvement of the CIA caused a proliferation of the distribution and sale of crack cocaine across the African Communities of America, causing serious devastation to our communities.

The United States Government tried to downplay the CIA’s involvement in this incident by say-

ing that this is an isolated situation and in fact this is not true.

As a result of the Maafa and the genocide against African People in America, we must step up the demand for Reparations as the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, N’COBRA, is advocating as are many other African organizations throughout the world.

Reparations simply means repair for injuries, harm and damages. As it has been pointed out, over and over again, we were made chattel and worked for more than three-hundred years without pay or other compensation for the value of our labor.

The white man and white woman stole and criminally appropriated the services and the value of three-hundred years of labor and then passed it on through inheritance to their children. This process helped create the United States of America and this is fundamental to our demands for Reparations.

We must continue to discuss these ideas in our efforts to dismantle our mental shackles.

Every race and every ethnic group in the world protect their interests and African People should and must do no less.

Stagnant Job Market Is Bad News For Obama calculated move to influence some votes in the election, but those who are watching carefully understand that whether it helps the election or hurts it (and some African American pastors are railing against this one), this was a matter of conscience for President Obama. Unfortunately, Mr. Romney has no such conscience. He knows the birther rap is nonsense, at best. Yet he stands by a birther and says nothing. His own father was the subject of birther vitriol more than 40 years ago when he ran for President and it was revealed that he was born in Mexico.

The diversions will be dust in the wind come election day. People are mostly going to vote their pocketbooks and their economic changes.

The news that unemployment rates are stagnant and possibly rising, is bad news for President Obama, no matter how his team spins it. And beneath the numbers, there is lots of pain that is being masked. For example, some economists say we need to generate 300,000 jobs a month just to stay even with population growth. In the first quarter of this year, an average of 226,000 jobs

In April the unemployment rate was 8.1 percent. In May it rose, just a tiny bit, to 8.2 percent. A tenth of a percentage point does not seem like a big deal. Indeed, the Department of Labor descries the unemployment rate as “essentially unchanged.” And compared to this time last year, when the rate was nine percent, people are mostly better off. But the magic number for many observers is a number below 8 percent.According to many, should the unemployment rate drop to 7.5 or even 7.8 percent, President Obama will have something to point to in terms of labor market progress. Should it rise above 8.5 percent, Republican candidate Romney can continue to pound on him about economic failure (that is, when his team is not misspelling “Amercia”). Between 7.8 percent and 8.5 percent is a question mark.

There is no help to be claimed from legislation and, indeed, many are finding their unemployment benefits running out. Job creation

Julianne Malveaux isn’t going to happen if it means spending money, as the Republican majority in the House of Representatives is hardly interested in economic stimulus that would do nothing more than help a Democratic President that they have consistently opposed. So President Obama and the business sector that supports him are pretty much left to their own devices around issues of job creation. And it isn’t that the unemployed will flock to Romney – they may simply stay home.

As always, the number the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports is not the

best number to review. When those marginally attached to the labor market and those who work part time but want full time work are included, the unemployment rate soars to 14.8 percent. The Black unemployment rate rises to a depression-era level of 24.5 percent.

Moreover the number of folk who haven’t had a job for six months has risen. Now, 5.4 million people, 42.8 percent of the unemployed, haven’t had a job for more than 27 weeks.

Candidate Romney, in hanging around Mr. Trump and the “birther” crowd is counting on hysteria and trivia to drive him to victory.

He says President Obama doesn’t know how to create jobs, but this is the same man who says he “enjoys” firing people and who slashed employment when he was a corporate raider at Bain. President Obama, too, must be cautioned against straying into trivial issues, when economic issues are central. At the same time, President Obama is to be congratulated for taking a strong position on marriage equality.

Some may say that it was a long time coming, and that it might be a

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were created each month. But in April, just 77,000 jobs were created, and in May, just 69,000 jobs. Declines in job creation speak to shrinking opportunities for those who are not working.

While the Obama Administration has few tools to combat the current employment situation, his team now needs to go on the offensive to talk about ways more jobs can be created, and by pointing out the ways that legislative gridlock hurts those who are looking for work. Without aggressive attention to the plight of the unemployed, the Romney crew can use stagnant numbers to take the offensive on this matter. This can’t happen – if the employment situation is stagnant now, imagine it under “cut government spending” Romney.

President Obama and his team need to contrast the Romney record with his own, and make it clear that failure to stimulate the economy will lead to disaster.

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, DC based economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C. The Chicago Crusader

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By Ima Gontellit EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is published as political satire, street gossip and humor, and therefore should not be considered as fact but rather as matter of opinion. None of the items therein are collected by the news gathering staff of the Crusader Newspaper Group. Items forwarded to The Chatterbox are kept confidential unless otherwise requested by the author in writing. For submissions please forward to: AChicagoCrusader@aol.com. Original photography and artwork are permitted.

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he is collaborating with the “Urban Translator”? Like I said at the beginning, “times must be hard.”

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record of ripping off federal, state and local agencies make him seem like he’s a caring individual and therefore his sentence may be lighter when dey finally send him to the big house or (2) he will miss some of that money he gets every month from medicaid because of the cuts!!! A real Christian I would say!!! If’n Jesse stands to get some of the medicaid money it’s a lot harder to trace. If’n I was Jesse I would be careful of the company I keep. Nuf sed!!!

Ima received notice that Tavis Smiley is going to publish Gator Bradley’s book. It’s an autobiography and it says Cornel West did the foreword. I knew it was lonely when you have the nerve to criticize the President of the United States, especially our first Black President, but I didn’t know it was that bad. I can remember the day when the arrogance of Tavis Smiley would not let him speak to some folks, now

Ain’t that a b. . . ., Leon Finney protesting the recent state Medicaid Cuts? I guess he’s trying to act like he cares about an issue that benefit others who cannot pay without this assistance. All the folks who believe that stand on their head!! He didn’t care about all of those folks who had no heat in their apartments. He didn’t care that it took longer to fix the boiler and that the folks may need a day or two more at the motel and that they would also need food. He does not care when folks call him enough to answer the call. If you don’t believe Ima call him at his church.

If you get him on the phone write it down on a piece of paper, please put the date on it and bury it in the back yard of your house.

One day, probably years or centuries later, someone may be amused when they dig it up. I betcha there’s only two possible answers as to why he is protesting: (1) he hopes that it will be something that makes his dismal

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR FREE MARQUETTE BANK EVENTS: On Saturday, June 9, Marquette Bank will host a Free Woman's Workshop: Managing Stress and Taking Control of Your Life at the Marquette Bank located at 7447 W. 63rd Street in Summit. Learn how to get your life back under control, learn specific de-stress strategies and how to deal with everyday stresses. This workshop, which is from 1 to 3 p.m., will feature guest speaker Dr. Juanita Santillan, ND. To register, call 1-773-476-5110 ext.

1476. Also on Saturday, June 9, Marquette Bank will host a Family Party at the Marquette Bank located at 15730 W. 127th Street in Lemont. Enjoy family fun, games, prizes and refreshments between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend this free Family Party. For more information, call 1-630-243-5698. Again, on Saturday, June 9, Marquette Bank will host a Kids' Reptile Party at the Marquette Bank located at 234 Bolingbrook Drive in Bolingbrook. Enjoy Jim Nesci's Cold Blooded Creatures Show featuring alligators and snakes, giveaways and refreshments between 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.

For more information, call 1-630739-1460. Finally, on Saturday, June 9 & Saturday, June 16, Marquette Bank will host a twopart Free Personal Finance Class at the Marquette Bank located at 6316 S. Western Avenue in Chicago. These classes will cover the basics of household budgeting, maintaining a checking account, keeping up with bills, understanding credit and how banking works. Session 1 (June 9) is from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and Session 2 (June 16) is from 9 to 11 a.m.

Seating is limited. To register, call 1-773-918-4624.

THE 8TH ANNUAL BAR1’S BIG BREAK-DISCOVERING CHICAGO’S BEST-A VOCAL COMPETITION: Step aside Ryan Seacrest, there’s another vocal talent show in town! The 8th Annual Bar1’s Big Break: Discovering Chicago’s Best, A Vocal Competition is back to discover the greatest local talent in a singing competition. Bar1 Events and Budweiser will begin the search for the finest vocalist from Illinois, Indiana or Wisconsin with the first round of auditions starting Monday, June 11, at Duffy’s Tavern & Grille, 420½ W. Diversey, Chicago IL. Interested musicians around Chicagoland can register online at bar1bigbreak.com (until June 18) and compete with 500 other local amateurs for a shot at $20,000 in prizes. Duffy’s Tavern & Grille will be transformed from a sports bar into a hub for local talent.

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get a real insight into the music industry with a competition experience unparalleled in Chicago. The singers will battle for judge and audience approval, while their performances will be complete with in-house live video broadcast, elaborate stage design, lighting and top-notch digital accompaniment created by a dedicated production staff. After 11 weeks of competition, one contestant will be crowned the winner and be awarded prizes at the Grand Finale on August 27. The cost: FREE! Please visit http://www.bar1events.com/duffys/ or call 773-549-9090 for more information.

SCREENING AT FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: The Family Development Center (FDC) at Governors State University is opening its doors for tours, information, and pre-enrollment screening for pre-kindergarteners.

Parents and their three to five yearold children are invited to visit the FDC on Tuesday, June 12, and Wednesday, June 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., to learn about the full and half day pre-kindergarten programs offered at the stateof-the-art facility in University Park. The pre-kindergarten program boasts of a low student to teacher ratio and classrooms led by highly qualified educators who follow an enriching curriculum.

Before and after school childcare is available and reduced fees are available to eligible families. The Family Development Center is located on the campus of Governors State University, One University Parkway, University Park, Illinois.

For more information or to make an appointment, call 708-2357300.

AUTHOR ANNE LAUGHLIN AT CPL: The Chicago Public Library continues its “Celebrating Diversity” series in June with the observance of Pride Month, an annual celebration of the culture, contributions and traditions of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Americans. As part of this year’s observance, the Library presents two informative author programs on selective LGBT topics, both of which take place at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State Street.

On Wednesday, June 13 at 6 p.m., in the Video Theater, Lower Level, Chicago author Ann Laughlin reads from and signs her latest novel Runaway, featuring Chicago private detective Jan Roberts, whose search for a missing girl conjures images from Robert’s past. For more information, please visit the website at chicagopubliclibrary.org or call the Chicago Public Library Press Office at 312747-4050.

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EVENTS: On Thursday, June 14, from 6 to 7 p.m., the Hyde Park Art Center hosts an artist talk with Omaha-based exhibiting artist Watie White and Art Center residency project G.E.E.E. (General Economy, Exquisite Exchange).

The artists will discuss neighborhood exchange programs they’ve participated in at the Hyde Park Art Center and the Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha. The Hyde Park Art Center is located at 5020 South Cornell in Chicago. For more information call 773-3245520 or visit www.hydeparkart.org.

LAW AT THE LIBRARY: The Chicago Public Library and the Chicago Bar Association partner to present Law at the Library, a free monthly lecture series focusing on today’s hot and timely legal topics. Law at the Library invites participants to listen to an experienced legal professional, ask general questions, and check out materials on a variety of legal topics – at no charge! In addition, all Chicago Public Library locations serve as community centers which provide access to books, databases and journals that can help Chicagoans learn more about legal issues. Law at the Library programs are free and open to the public. Registration is not required. The topic of the June 2012 Law at the Library seminars is

Starting a Small Business and the next one will take place Thursday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Woodson Regional Library, 9525 S. Halsted Street. For more information, please call 312-7476921.

THE XAVIER UNIVERSITY Alumni Association of Chicago, Inc. (XUAAC) will hold its 16th Annual Scholarship Brunch Cruise along Lake Michigan aboard the Mystic Blue Cruise

Ship on Sunday, June 10, 2012.

The ship will depart from the Navy Pier dock at 12 noon.

Tickets are $75.00 per person and $85.00 the day of the event.

Proceeds from the event will be used to provide scholarships to Chicago area students attending Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. For tickets or additional information send an e-mail to xuaaofchicago@gmail.com or call 708-829-4888.

“MWRD COMMISSIONERS Patricia Horton (left) and Debra Shore received the “Outstanding Program” award from the Federation of Women Contractors at the FWC Women Rock 2012 Annual Awards Reception at the House of Blues. The MWRD was honored for its affirmative action program.”

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There’s nothing quite like a backyard swimming pool for summer fun. What must go along with that fun, however, is constant supervision of young children by qualified adults. *** Basic safety requirements include a 5-foot (or higher) fence around the pool with slats spaced no more than 4 inches apart, so that a child can’t wriggle through.

The fence should have a self-closing, self-latching gate. *** If there is a door leading from the house to the pool, it should be protected by an alarm.

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*** What else does a pool owner need? Adequate liability insurance. Come see us at Community Insurance Center, Inc., 526 E. 87th Street, your insurance headquarters. We have been serving the community since 1962. For more information about the services we provide, call (773) 6516200. You can also reach us via email at: sales@communityinsurance.com or visit the website at www.- communityins. com.

*** The pool should be equipped with a buoy and a long-handled hook to reach a swimmer in trouble. Set up a barrier to mark the deep and shallow sections of the pool. Keep toys away from poolside. *** There should be a phone near the pool—not only to call in case of trouble, but to make sure that someone minding the children does not leave them alone to go Blacks Must control their own coMMunity

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BUSINESS

Are prepaid credit cards helping or hurting consumers?

Durham hosts Bureau’s 2nd field hearing in 2012

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnit Amid the still-unfolding effects of the deepest recession since that of the 1930s, one area of financial services is in a skyrocketing growth mode: prepaid credit cards. Initially appealing to consumers who lacked bank accounts to conduct personal financial transactions, this form of plastic is now commonplace. In fact, some governmental benefits are issued on prepaid cards.

In 2006, Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports found that 312 million transactions were made with prepaid cards at a dollar value of $13.3 billion. By 2011, prepaid card users loaded $70.7 billion, and that figure is expected to grow to $120.2 billion this year. Usage is now so widespread that many leading banks who shunned this form of plastic convenience years ago, are now offering their own prepaid cards.

For consumers, prepaid cards are

convenient and usually safer than carrying large amounts of cash. But as with any financial service, there are seldom-mentioned issues that affect usage. For example, lost or stolen prepaid cards often lack the protections afforded credit or debit cards. The card issuer may also encourage purchasers to use a number of add-on services such as overdraft. In many cases, add-on charges wind up costing far more than they are actually worth.

Most importantly, prepaid card usage can also incur multiple and hidden fees that drain the actual amount of money available. Although exact fees and related charges will vary by issuer, several of the most common are: • Activation – Just getting a prepaid card can range from a low of $3 to as much as $39.95; • ATM transactions – Card users seeking cash at these machines incur a charge per withdrawal.

• Balance inquiry – Finding out how much remaining money is available incurs a charge

Charlene Crowell • Customer service – Free with some cards; but fee-based with other issuers to speak with someone about an account.

• Inactivity – If the card is not used within a designated time period, a dormancy fee applies and can cost up to $9.95 each month.

• Monthly fee – This one applies when the card is used frequently

ranging from $2.95 to as high as $9.95. Some issuers waive the monthly fee when large balances are maintained.

• Paper statements – As online statements are generally available without charge, consumers preferring a paper statement with itemized transactions will typically incur fees ranging from $1 to $5.95.

If you think that prepaid card users are nickel and dimed to death, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is wondering as well. Last week the CFPB held a public hearing in Durham, North Carolina. Featuring two panel discussions – one from the prepaid card industry; the other representing consumer perspectives, CFPB came to Durham to listen and learn. Created through the DoddFrank Financial Reform Act, CFPB authority includes regulating the prepaid industry and other nonbank entities. A portion of the twohour session was an open microphone that enabled consumers to share their experiences and/or con-

cerns.

Martin Eakes, representing the Center for Responsible Lending on the consumer panel, urged that CFPB exercise its authority with protections as needed. He also offered three specific consumer-focused hopes for the future of prepaid cards: No tie-in to debt products; no penalty fees; and no mandatory arbitration.

“The very label ‘prepaid card’ connotes a promise that the account cannot be overdrawn,” observed Eakes. “It is also the singlemost cited reason for customer choice of this product. Banning overdraft and non-sufficient fund fees are the most important steps for CFPB to take at this time.”

For additional information on prepaid cards, visit CRL’s web: www.responsiblelending.org.

Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at: Charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org

Business Plan competition winners announced Chicago’s next generation of entrepreneur’s complete year-long program and receive scholarships

Preparatory Academy. Founder: Stick and Zips, an adhesive product that helps keep opened food products fresh and unspoiled.

Runner-Up: Woodrow Claybon III - Junior at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy.

Founder: Serene Dream, an innovative pillow that plays soft music and releases aromatherapy to help users sleep.

The Future Founders Foundation hosted their 7th Annual Future Founders Citywide Business Plan Competition recently at Hard Rock Café, where ten student finalists showcased their business concepts at a high-energy “American Idol” meets entrepreneurship style competition.

Attallah Wilson, a senior at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy was crowned winner of the Product & Services Category and Stevie Bailey, a senior at Chicago International Charter School (CICS) Longwood was crowned winner of the Technology Category and was the favorite from the Audience Vote.

“The Future Founders Foundation inspires students to explore careers they never imagined. With mentoring and guidance, students create viable business concepts like Stick and Zips and 10 Trey Records,” said Scott Issen, CEO of the Future Founders Foundation.

“Through experiences like today’s competition and the Future Founders program as a whole, we can address the country’s unemployment problem by providing students with the skills and connections they need to succeed in the future.”

STEVE JANDRESKI TEACHER at Chicago International Charter School Longwood with Tech-nology and Audience Vote Winner Stevie Bailey, and Product and Services Winner, Attallah Wilson along with her Teacher Scott Steward from Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy.

The competition was the culmina- also a winner of the audience vote.

The Future Founders Foundation tion of a year-long program during awarded more than $25,000 in which 200 students from seven prizes, including $10,000 in scholSouth Side Chicago high schools rearships to the Future Founders ceived insight on creating and runAcademy, an entrepreneurship ning businesses of their own from 125 of the city’s top entrepreneurs camp that will take place in June.

Prizes included college scholarships, and business leaders. laptops and Microsoft-branded acStudent finalists presented their cessories. business concepts in front of more than 350 guests consisting of students, family members, entrepre- 2012 Future Founders Citywide Business Plan: neurs, and business leaders at the Hard Rock Café Chicago. A winner Product & Service Category: and runner-up were named for two Winner: Attallah Wilson – Senior categories focused on Products & Services and Technology. There was at Gwendolyn Brooks College

Winner: Stevie Bailey – Senior at Chicago International Charter School (CICS) Longwood. Founder: 10 Trey Records, an online music production company for aspiring artists and producers.

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Runner-Up: Shaquiesha Davis – Sophomore at Chicago Tech Academy. Founder: Baby b4 Me, a mobile app that helps parents monitor their kids and communicate with babysitters.

Future Founders gives motivated high school students in Chicago’s underserved neighborhoods the opportunity to learn about and experience entrepreneurship from the city’s top entrepreneurs. The goal of

STEVIE BAILEY PRESENTING business plan in front of panel of judges.

Technology Category Winner and Audience Vote Winner:

Future Founders is to expose students to entrepreneurial careers, have them create business plans and/or assist them through classroom programming developed by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE).

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EDUCATION

Six CPS Schools Receive Learning Gardens to Encourage Healthy Food Education Gardens Will Serve as an Extension of the Classroom to Help Students Build Skills and Tools to Lead Healthier Lives Students at Irma C. Ruiz Elementary School recently helped plant and water their new outdoor Learning Garden designed to encourage and teach students to develop healthier life habits. The Learning Garden pilot program is part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s drive to promote a healthier Chicago and will encourage students to make smart and balanced food choices. A $600,000 grant was directed to fund the program on behalf of The Kitchen Community (TKC), a Denver-based nonprofit organization focused on creating community through food.

Six Chicago Public Schools (CPS) received Learning Gardens in May and June. In addition to Ruiz Elementary, the other schools are Benito Juarez Community Academy High School, Jonathan Burr Elementary School, Mildred I. Lavizzo Elementary School, Carter G. Woodson South Elementary School and Sir Miles Davis Magnet Elementary Academy.

“Healthy kids mean healthy classrooms and I am thrilled for

STUDENTS AT SIX CPS Schools not only get the knowledge it takes to develop and grow a garden, they get exposure to working together to improve the local environment. plant-based learning in Chicago area schools and supports teachers’ efforts to create and use school gardens or growing spaces as educational tools. Teachers at each pilot school will be given an integrated curriculum that includes lesson plans to make it easy to teach their classes in the garden.

TKC is a non-profit organization with the mission to connect kids to real food by creating

tive outdoor classroom for teachers. Prior to garden installations, teachers at the six pilot schools became certified through the Green Teacher Network - a collaboration between three of Chicago’s prominent greening organizations Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, Chicago Botanic Garden and Openlands. Through teacher trainings and events, the Green Teacher Network fosters the use of

SIX CPS SCHOOLS have students participating in the Learning Garden pilot program, and one of those students is all smiles after joining classmates in preparing their garden.

these schools to be part of the Learning Gardens pilot program,” said CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard. “School gardens are fun educational tools that provide students with a dynamic way to learn about fresh food choices and the responsibility of working together to enrich our environment.”

The Learning Garden pilot program is also a reflection of Mayor Emanuel’s healthy lifestyle initiative, which includes the creation of five new farmers markets in neighborhoods with limited grocery options, and the wellness initiative created to improve the quality of life for employees of the City of Chicago and their families.

The students and staff at each pilot school will help their Learning Garden thrive while supporting and practicing healthy food education. Each Learning Garden includes fruit trees, shrubs and raised vegetable beds that inspire hands-on lessons to foster improved student health while offering the benefit of enjoying outdoor activity. Learning Gardens at each CPS school also will include hand-painted signs by students to enhance their ownership of the garden.

Learning Gardens are designed to inspire spontaneous play by children and also create an attrac-

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Learning Gardens in schools across the country. In collaboration with Openlands, an Illinois conservation organization, TKC provides garden program support, which includes teacher training, lesson plans and workshops.

The Chicago Public Schools serves approximately 405,000 students in more than 675 schools. It is the nation’s third-largest school system.

SIX CPS SCHOOLS started working on gardens to learn skills that lead to healthier living.

These Carter G. Woodson South Elementary School students put the finishing touches on one of the planters at the school.

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COMMUNITY Dawson Tech grads swell the ranks of highway construction workers The Highway Construction Careers Training Program (HCCTP) at the City Colleges of Chicago’s Dawson Technical Institute, created through a collaboration between The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), aims to increase the number of women and minority workers in the highway construction industry. 24 students received completion certificates from the eight-week program Friday, May 18th during a recognition ceremony held at the Parrot Cage Restaurant in South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive.

The construction industry is one of the largest growth industries in the county and highway construction is not limited to developing new road systems. Marva Boyd, Chief of Staff, IDOT told graduates that Illinois was the first state in the nation to begin construction on a high-speed rail project. The billion-dollar transportation system requires trained highway construction workers.

“The DTI program allows us

ates. Tod Rowe, Director of HCCTP at ICCB said the DTI program has developed a strong reputation for producing viable apprentice candidates. Labor buy-in, based on instructor credentials and pro-

Marcus Lee, and Dennis Green expect to start their new positions this summer. Cottage Grove Glass owner, Pat King, hired HCCTP pre-apprentice, Joshua Clay, to cut and install glass and mirrors.

In addition, based on DTI’s

National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER), Build Your Future.

Both women plan to change that statistic by launching their own contraction businesses.

Ms. Rucker developed an inter-

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DAWSON TECH’S HIGHWAY Construction program brought together industry leaders and those starting their careers at recent certificate completion reception at the Parrot Cage Restaurant. est in construction while helping a relative with remodeling projects and says the DTI experience gave her the “educational base and confidence” to effectively compete with other Turner Construction Management program candidates that had years of construction experience.

Ms. King-Bell and her husband left established Public Relations and Security careers to launch a green construction business. She says the Turner program is a critical next step because it allows for networking and training with a highly respected company.

For more information about the HCCTP call Shoshiwa Mabina, Transition Specialist, IDOT District

Training Program The Illinois Department of Transportation, through the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), has established a Highway Construction Careers Training Program. The purpose of this program is to increase the total number of historically underutilized individuals working on Illinois Department of Transportation highway construction projects.Each community college will hold 8-week sessions (2-3 sessions per academic year) in which minorities, women and disadvantaged individuals will receive intensive training in high(Continued on page 17)

DAWSON TECH GRADS had plenty of guidance and support from (L-R) William Godwin, executive director of Workforce Partnership-CCC; Marva Boyd, chief of staff, Illinois Department of Transportation; Chowhiwa Mabina, program coordinator –DTI; Selom Assignon, dean-DTI; Antoinette Mitchell, EEO officer, FH Paschen; John Horak, associate coordinator-carpenters union, S. N. Nielsen; Frank McNeil, director IDOT Office of Business and Workforce Diversity; and Tod Rowe, HCCTP director-ICCB. to build a workforce to implement planned projects that reflects the state’s population diversity,” Boyd said.

In response to the growing demand for a trained transportation labor force William Godwin, executive director of Workforce Partnerships for the City Colleges of Chicago, said CCC is improving existing programs and introducing new initiatives such as supply chain management and logistics.

The future is bright for the DTI HCCTP program and for gradu-

gram respect, creates solid job pathways for students.

“The people doing the training are known and respected people out of the trades and they expose students to what they can expect in the real world,” said Rowe.

Benjamin Avery, owner of Avery & Pryor Construction LLC a Union Cement Masonry Sub Contractor, hired three program graduates in Cement Mason positions this week and is sponsoring HCCTP pre-apprentices into the Cement Masonry Union for IDOT projects. Brandon Lee,

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construction industry relationships, students benefit from other training opportunities. Turner Construction Company recently accepted four DTI/ HCCTP students into their highly competitive Turner School of Construction Management program.

Kimberly Rucker and SabrynaJoi King Bell are two of three HCCTP female graduates accepted into the Turner Construction management program.

Women represent about 10 percent of the construction industry’s labor force according to the

DAWSON TECHNICAL INSTITUTE grads Sabryna-Joi King Bell and Kimberly Rucker are two of the three HCCTP female graduates accepted into the Turner School of Construction Management Program. Women represent 10 percent of the construction industry’s labor force.

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ENTERTAINMENT

The NEW Four-One-One

By Raymond Ward Entertainment Editor FREE MOVIES: Are you looking for something to do in Chicago? Well, The DuSable Museum of African American History is pleased to present the Chicago Park District’s “Movies In The Parks.” Beginning Saturday, June 16, 2012 and ending on Friday, August 31, 2012, The DuSable will provide family-friendly screenings of beloved films in addition to Museum Tours & Performances, and an invitation to experience the DuSable Mobile Museum. Each event begins promptly at 5:30 p.m. on the grounds of the Museum which is located at 57th Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago. Pack your picnic baskets, lawn chairs and blankets. The admission and the popcorn is FREE!

ENTERTAINMENT: CHICAGO STYLE

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, MSJ

MIB 3

So I finally had time to go see MIB 3, and it was just fantastic.

Will Smith can never work again and enjoy his money from this franchise. I didn’t know the plot of the story, only to know that for The 2012 schedule of films is as follows: some reason Josh Brolin was Agent K, and I was wondering to Saturday, June 16, 2012, “Buck and the Preacher” starring Sidney Poiti- where Tommy Lee Jones had diser, Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee. appeared. I finally found out that At the end of the Civil War, African American ex-soldier Buck is looking for Will, Agent J, was sent back in places in the West where former slaves can settle. But, an unprincipled man time—complete with a mesmernamed Deshay is working with his ruthless gang of outlaws to try to stop Buck’s work and keep the people working as slaves in Louisiana. When Buck meets a con man in disguise who is calling himself “The Preacher,” the two men band together to stop Deshay and his gang. This film also features Cameron Mitchell, Julie Robinson and Denny Miller.

simply arresting him. Agents J and K have a special relationship, with Agent K being really reserved and standoffish, and Agent J being the jokester; but I believe this makes their bond even stronger. But admittedly, Agent J is curious about how Agent K came to be so withdrawn and dull.

And the time travel sequence is a trip in itself. 1969 in New York

while the premise might be old, as the first Men In Black premiered in 1997, the special effects and sci-fi fantasy segments are well worth seeing, even if you don’t opt for the 3D version.

The scenes and storyline in the Chinese restaurant with the agents fighting off all manner of slimy larvae and grossed out aliens are fascinating. As they attempt to annihilate the restaurant

Friday, June 29, 2012 “Akeelah and the Bee,” starring Keke Palmer, Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne.

This is the inspirational story of Akeelah, and eleven-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite the objections of her mother, Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee, her school principal and the proud residents of her neighborhood.

Akeelah’s aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and, in turn unites her neighborhood who witness the courage and inspiration of one amazing girl.

Saturday, July 21, 2012 “Pride” starring Terrance Howard, Evan Ross and Bernie Mac. A college-educated African American schoolteacher frustrated by his inability to find a job, repairs an abandoned recreational pool in hopes of starting Philadelphia’s first African American swim team. This inspirational drama takes its cue from the true-life story of charismatic 1970s-era schoolteacher Jim Ellis.

Little do the forces that be know that Jim isn’t a man to quietly lie down and admit defeat; despite the racism, violence and threats made by an unsympathetic city official that all threaten to destroy his vivid new dream. The man who was once without purpose boldly resolves to recruit troubled street teens and transform them into capable swimmers in time for the upcoming state championships.

Saturday, July 28, 2012 “Kings of the Evening” starring Tyson Bedford, Lynn Whitfield and Glynn Turman Homer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler than the back-breaking injustice of the chain gang. He returns to a bleak urban town caught in the depths of the Great Depression –no jobs, no prospects, no hope – where he is thrown together with four strangers, each struggling to survive as they scratch and scheme to dig their way out of poverty.

Life is grim. But on Saturday nights, in a dingy hall in a forlorn neighborhood, the men of the ghetto piece together the finest attire their meager lives can beg, borrow or steal to compete in an underground contest like no other. The big winner will go home with the five dollar prize. The real prize – far less tangible, yet priceless – is the chance to feel like a king, if just for an evening.

Thursday, August 23, 2012 “The Great Debaters” starring Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker and Kimberly Elise.

Inspired by a true story, “The Great Debaters” chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson, a brilliant but volatile debate team coach who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African American college in the deep south into a historically elite debate team. A controversial figure, Professor Tolson challenged the social mores of a time and was under constant fire for his unconventional and ferocious teaching methods as well as his radical political views.

The Chicago Park District’s “Movies In the Parks” at The DuSable is made possible by: Charter One; Willie B. Cochran, 20th Ward Alderman; Washington Park Consortium; and United Airlines, the official airline of the DuSable Museum.

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WILL SMITH AS Agent J, and Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K with the neutralizer. izing time jump—to stop an City is vastly different, I suppose, owner, Mr. Wu, he implores event that took place in the past than a lot of other urban cities of them to spare his life, saying he involving Agent K played by that era. The arts scene is in full has larvae to feed. The bowling Jones. The agents work for MIB, tilt, with Andy Warhol hosting a alley scene is also good, with which is the self-funded New party where Agent J ends up. He Agent J bowling a game with an York City-based agency that se- meets the younger Agent K and alien’s head, complete with offcretly monitors and regulates extraterrestrials’ activity on earth.

From the beginning of the movie when Nicole Scherzinger goes to see Boris the Animal in jail, in a leather dress and zip up boots number, MIB 3 had the full attention of audience members.

Boris is a member of the Boglodites, who have been long extinct, but he’s escaped from jail and is trying to avenge his dastardly hand amputation at the hands (no pun intended) of a younger Agent K, played by Brolin, which happened in 1969. NICOLE SCHERZINGER HELPS Boris the Animal escape With Boris back in action, the from prison. planet is also threatened, and has a time convincing him that handed jokes about the situation. there is no way that Agent J is go- he is an agent and not just a Black As I mentioned, Smith is great ing to let that happen. man who has stolen a Cadillac in this movie and his partner Agent J is so enamored and in- from a hotel valet parking area. I Jones is just as good. I recomtrigued by Agent K that he is really liked that there were many mend this movie for the entire committed to changing the hip Black faces in this movie, and family, even though some discrecourse of events that would have even some Black Panthers at the tion should be given for children Agent K killing Boris and not above-mentioned party. And not yet preteen ages.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Fatherhood: “Rising to the Ultimate Challenge”

by Etan Thomas with Nick Chiles, foreword by Tony Dungy, essays by various men

c.2012, New American Library $25.95 / $27.50 Canada 291 pages He’s had many names.

When you were small, he was Daddy and you remember how he liked that. He was Dad for awhile, sometimes Pop, occasionally Old Man, Father, and a few things that can’t be printed. But no matter what you called him, he left a big impression on you.

But what did you learn from Dear Old Dad? What kind of legacy are you leaving your children? In the new book “Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge” by Etan Thomas (with Nick Chiles), some of our best-

known Daddies weigh in.

Generations ago, it seemed that fathers were breadwinners, disci-

plinarians, and little else. They loved their children, but caring for them was what their mama did; it

was never expected of a father.

This, as well as the unfortunate rate of fatherless households, has caused many men to be unfamiliar with what fatherhood could be.

But there’s “beauty and manliness in showing love and affection toward your kids,” says Thomas.

There are “joys of fatherhood,” and this book was written with the hope that men could finally learn to seize that joy.

The first lesson is easy: Be there.

Stay in your children’s lives, stay actively involved, offer them one-onone time, keep it simple, and learn to listen because those “little moments” will affect your lives.

Use the best of what you had growing up and make memories with your kids. Let the happy times “sit on your heart.” Don’t be afraid to show love, and don’t forget that discipline is also love.

Know that “the key is constant contact” and that there are some things that only a man can teach a kid. Also, know where you came from, take pride in yourself, and remember that your kids are watching you.

Show affection to your wife or significant other in front of your children. Learn to appreciate what you learned from your own father,

and don’t be afraid to mentor someone without a dad in his life.

There are, says Thomas, many “…guys who could be swayed, moved, pushed into better lives if more of us just let them know we care.”

“Fatherhood” seems, at first, to be an ambitious project.

Author Etan Thomas (with Nick Chiles) pulled together fathers from the sporting world, Hollywood, music, movies, and politics, and asked them to write essays on being a dad and on their own fathers. Thomas says he wanted his book to be the first place young men go when any issue concerning fatherhood arises.

It was ambitious – and welldone.

Just reading this book will make you smile because of the simple pleasure that oozes from its pages.

This is a book that kids will be glad their dad reads. It’s also the book moms have been waiting for because, in fact, Thomas includes a chapter that remarkably lauds single mothers.

If you’re a dad or about to be one, or if you need a gift for your own father, you can’t go wrong with this wonderful, joyous book. For him, “Fatherhood” will truly pop.

Ebony Fashion Fair show exhibition to open March 2013 Chicago History Museum to reveal powerful American Story through Fashion

tion will include works from the icons of fashion including Oscar de la Renta, Christian Dior, Stephen Burrows, Yves Saint Laurent, Patrick Kelly, and Christian Lacroix among others.

“Our exhibition on the Ebony Fashion Fair show offers an unprecedented opportunity to showcase how fashion became a vehicle for African American empowerment, pride, and achievement,” states Gary T. Johnson, president, Chicago History Museum. “The Museum is proud to play a major role in telling this story and sharing with the public the opportunity to be inspired by Eunice Johnson’s vision and life, and to understand the legacy of the show.”

The exhibition will examine the show’s impact, significance, and the life force behind the show, Mrs. Johnson. As producer and director of the Ebony Fashion Fair show and secretary-treasurer of Johnson Publishing Company, she created theatrical presentations that brought high fashion and scholarship to local communities countrywide.

At the inception of the show, Mrs. Johnson traveled to Europe to buy clothes, but was turned away by designers who thought if their designs were worn by

The Chicago History Museum and Johnson Publishing Company announce its first Ebony Fashion Fair show exhibition, to open March 16, 2013. Partnering with the Johnson Publishing Company, the Museum will showcase an American story that explores the show’s legacy, vision and the creativity of Eunice W. Johnson, who was the co-founder of Johnson Publishing Company.

The exhibition will be open at the Chicago History Museum through January 4, 2014.

The show will include priceless garments collected over the fashion show’s 50-year history. This world-renown show redefined the concept of American beauty.

It was the first to showcase the fashion and beauty sense of African American women.

“The Ebony Fashion Fair legacy represents an important part of the rich African American cultural experience in America and I am extremely excited that the Chicago History Museum is bringing my mother’s vision to life,” said Linda Johnson Rice, chairman, Johnson Publishing

Company. “My mother often spoke about the importance of African American women feeling beautiful.”

The 5,200 sq. ft. exhibition will feature 60 garments from the Ebony Fashion Fair collection; haute couture significant to late 20th century fashion including statement pieces donned by African American women who at the time were not deemed the standard of beauty. The exhibi-

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African American women white women would not value them.

The exhibition will examine how, despite their reluctance, Mrs. Johnson became one of the first to buy at French fashion houses and as time progressed would travel abroad annually to purchase 200 complete ensembles to feature in Ebony Fashion Fair show’s presentation. Mrs. Johnson had an eye for the undiscovered, amassing a collection of future fashion greats before they were world-renowned including Valentino Garavani, Roberto Cavalli, and Pierre Cardin.

For some visitors, the exhibition will be an introduction to the fashion show, and its charitable heritage—the show donated more than $55 million dollars to African American organizations.

The Chicago History Museum boasts the second largest fashion collection in the world, making it the ideal venue to re-launch the embodiment of what Ebony Fashion Fair show represented.

Exhibition curator Joy Bivins is working closely with The Johnson Publishing Company to collect the stories from past Ebony Fashion Fair shows in an attempt to recreate some of the same elements in the exhibition. The exhibition will prove the significant Saturday, June 9, 2012

impact Johnson Publishing Company and Ebony Fashion Fair show has on American culture.

Exelon is the local presenting sponsor for the Ebony Fashion Fair show exhibition, with additional support from the Costume Council of the Chicago History Museum.

About Johnson Publishing Company Johnson Publishing Company, LLC, founded by John H. Johnson and Eunice W. Johnson in 1942, is the leading, independently owned, African American media publisher. Headquartered in Chicago, with New York and London offices, the Company publishes EBONY and JET, which rank No. 1 and No. 3, respectively, among African American magazines, and owns Fashion Fair Cosmetics, a global prestige cosmetics brand for women of color launched in 1973. Johnson Publishing operated the Ebony Fashion Fair, the world's largest touring fashion show, until 2009; it raised more than $55 million for scholarships and various charitable causes. Additional information about Johnson Publishing Company, LLC is available at www.johnsonpublishing.com 13

WORLD OF MUSIC

By Barbara Wright-Pryor

South Shore Jazz Fest canceled The South Shore Jazz Fest that has been held annually at the South Shore Cultural Center since 1981 has been canceled for this year according to Geraldine de Haas, founder of the event.

Mrs. De Haas cited family responsibilities, including the illness of her husband, bassist Eddie de Haas, and a lack of sponsors as causes of the cancellation.

The Jazz Fest sponsored by Jazz Unites, Inc., a non-profit organization founded by de Haas in

1981 to bring jazz to the public and encourage people to use the music as a form of cultural and personal expression, was one of several annual programs presented by the organization during its 31-year history. Other events included annual tributes to Duke Ellington and concerts to kick-off Black History Month celebrating the musical legacies of Marian Anderson and Mahalia Jackson.

Among the jazz legends who have performed at the South

Shore event are Count Basie, Art Blakey, Dianne Reeves and Dizzy Gillespie. The Fest drew throngs of people to the free event held outdoors on the grounds of the South Shore Cultural Center located at 7059 South Shore Drive, a few blocks from the organization’s headquarters at 2255 East 75th St.

Geraldine de Haas

According to de Haas, the Jazz Unites learned as recently as April that planned sponsors would not

be supporting the organization this year.

For additional information, contact Jazz Unites at 773-734-2000.

Carnegie Hall to create National Youth Orchestra of the United States Joshua Bell to appear as soloist in itsinaugural year Carnegie Hall announced June 6 that renowned American violinist Joshua Bell will be the featured soloist for the debut performances by the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), a major new initiative that, beginning in summer 2013, that will bring together the most talented young orchestral players, ages 16–19, from across the United States.

Under the baton of conductor Valery Gergiev, Mr. Bell and the orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Following a two-week residency at Purchase College, State University of New York, the NYO-USA will make its debut at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center, followed by its first international tour, including stops in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and London.

James Ross, associate director of The Juilliard School’s conducting

program and artistic director of the National Orchestral Institute at the University of Maryland, will lead the NYO-USA faculty in 2013. Comprising some of the

Joshua Bell finest players and section leaders from America’s greatest orchestras and music schools, the faculty

will oversee rehearsals during the orchestra’s residency in Purchase and will conduct master classes, chamber music readings and other seminars on essential music skills, all leading up to the launch of the international tour.

Students will come together to create the NYO-USA, the first US national youth orchestra in recent history, from June 30 through July 23, 2013. Following a rigorous two-week training residency on the campus of Purchase College, State University of New York, Maestro Gergiev will conduct the orchestra in its debut performances at Purchase College’s Performing Arts Center and Washington DC’s Kennedy Center, followed by an international tour spanning Moscow, St. Petersburg, and London. Tour dates and venues for all cities will be announced in early 2013. Due to ongoing construction, the NYOUSA will first perform at Carnegie Hall in summer 2014.

Created by Carnegie Hall’s

Weill Music Institute, the NYOUSA will provide an opportunity for 120 exceptional young musicians to come together with their peers, supported by the faculty and a different celebrated conductor each year, for a two-week intensive musical residency, followed by an international tour to top music capitals around the world. “We are creating the National Youth Orchestra of the USA in order to offer the finest young instrumentalists nationwide the inspirational opportunity to make and share music at the highest level,” said Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall’s Executive and Artistic Director.

Funding for the launch of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America has been provided by Joan and Sanford I. Weill and The Weill Family Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, and Ann Ziff.

Young musicians are invited to apply to the tuition-free program,

which is designed to shine a light on the extraordinary talent of young American instrumentalists as they develop their musical skills, receive training at the highest professional level, and travel abroad, serving as musical youth ambassadors for the United States.

Applications for NYO-USA are being accepted now. To be considered for a position, students should complete an online registration by September 7, 2012, and then submit all required supporting materials, including an audition video, by November 1, 2012. To help guide new applicants, Carnegie Hall has created online resources including a sample audition video, and downloadable audition excerpts.

For more information on the NYO-USA, including audition requirements and further details on the application process and eligibility, please visit carnegiehall.org/nyousa.

J. Philip Koester appointed Vice President at the CSO Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) President Deborah Rutter announced on June 5 the appointment of J. Philip Koester as Vice President for Sales and Marketing, effective July 16, 2012.

In his new position, Koester will serve as a member of the Association’s senior management team and will be responsible for the development and implementation of the strategic marketing plan for the CSOA, while guiding overall strategies for the Association and its many brands and initiatives, including Symphony Center Presents, the Institute for Learning, Access and Training, CSO Resound, and others. The vice president is responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, training and managing all marketing functions for the organiza14

tion and will advise and oversee all matters regarding patron services, web and interactive strategies, design, box office, and the Symphony Store.

“We are delighted to welcome Philip to our senior management team as vice president of sales and marketing,” said Rutter. “The combination of his arts marketing experience, his understanding of patron engagement and his knowledge of the Chicago market is sure to be a successful equation for us. We are confident that his dedication for reaching the widest audiences possible and his commitment to building strong relationships with our patrons not only here in Chicago, but around the globe, will bring us even more success in those areas.”

“I am thrilled to be returning to Saturday, June 9, 2012

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association; I have admired this magnificent institution for decades,” said Koester. “I’m looking forward to collaborating with the outstanding artists and colleagues who make the CSO the world’s best. It is a great privilege, and I’m eager to play my part.”

Philip Koester joins the CSOA’s staff from the Lyric Opera of Chicago where he has served as Director of Marketing since 2007. As a member of the Lyric’s senior management team he was instrumental in building one of the world’s largest opera subscription bases of more than 25,000 and, during his tenure, a nonsubscription ticket sales record was broken with more than 70,000 tickets sold. He was also responsible for developing a new digital marketing team which

dreds of thousands of downloads, as well as an online campaign that garnered a 30 percent increase in new web visitors.

J. Philip Koester produced podcast series and web video shorts resulting in hun-

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A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Koester began his marketing career at The Ravinia Festival where he held several positions in marketing and publicity during the three years he worked there.

He was the Public Relations Manager at the CSO from 19992001 before joining the Louisville Orchestra as Director of Marketing and Public Relations in 2001. In 2003, Koester joined the staff of the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Assistant Director of Marketing, a position he held until 2006 when he took the job of Director of Marketing at the LA Opera. He returned to the Lyric Opera in 2007 in his current position.

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SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING

Father Pfleger prays for children’s safety

By Chinta Strausberg As the last day of school fast approaches, Father Michael L. Pfleger and the Faith Community of Saint Sabina Sunday prayed a hedge of protection over the children and gave each child a cross as they left the altar.

Pfleger, who has made a clarion call for a “Peacemakers Peace in the Streets” march, 7 p.m., Friday, June 15, 2012, starting at the steps of Saint Sabina, 1210 W. 78th Place, prayed for the safety of the children when school ends on June 15th and many fear a long, hot and increasingly violent summer.

According to the Black Star Project, there have been 107 Chicago students killed within the last year.

And, according to the Chicago Reporter, since 2008, more than 530 youth have been killed in Chicago with nearly 80 percent of the homicides occurring in 22 African American or Latino community areas on Chicago’s South and West Sides.

Given the spike in shootings and killings, Pfleger was saddened over last Saturday’s shooting toll of 16 including two who were killed. Disturbed over media reports that claim when someone is shot it’s usually gang-related, Pfleger said, “First of all that’s not true. There is something that is dangerously happening if we say it’s gang-related” like “it’s OK…and somehow we can step back and justify it’s alright.

“I don’t care if you’re a gang member. I don’t care if you are a hoodlum. I don’t care if you are in a Mafia. Nobody deserves to be killed. We cannot say thou shall not kill and respect life against abortion

and not respect life when somebody is taken down in the street. I don’t care what your background is. That still gives nobody the right to kill you,” he bellowed.

“And, we cannot suddenly think if it’s a gang person we don’t have to be concerned. That’s still your son.

That’s still your daughter.”

Pfleger said you can’t treat someone on your job bad because “what they do to you does not justify what you do to them…” and the same is true if you want to go after someone in your ministry. “Two crazies don’t do no good,” Pfleger told the church. “We can disagree but there must be something that causes us to draw together.”

In honor of Trinity Sunday, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, Pfleger said, “We celebrate the Trinity, but it would have an emptiness about it if we just come to celebrate the Trinity and not look like the Trinity.”

Reflecting on the many times some people have challenged him over the concept of the Trinity that teaches there are three persons in one God, Pfleger has the answer for them. “I’m a person of faith. I don’t need to see it. I need to know it and exercise belief in it. We do it every day.” Looking over the audience, Pfleger said, “You sat down in that pew and had enough faith to think it would hold you. You got in your car and believed it would get you here. You went to bed and you had enough faith to believe you’d get up and here you are.”

He gave another example of faith that of the three in one concept people accept all the time like water (H2O), ice is H2O, and steam is

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FATHER MICHAEL L. PFLEGER prayed a "hedge of protection" on the children of Saint Sabina and prayed that peace will prevail this summer as the last day of school fast approaches.

Pfleger is holding a "Peace in the Streets" march 7 p.m., Friday, June 15, 2012, starting on the steps of Saint Sabina Church, 1210 W. 78th Place. (Photo by Chinta Strausberg) H2O. “Three different expressions will pour out a blessing on those can’t do nothing…. That is why it’s of H2O. Well, if I can believe that who dwell in unity.” Saying God so foolish when we try and imitate water, steam and ice is H2O, I knew the condition of the world in and be like somebody else. ought to believe that the Father, the which his apostles would be sent “Why be a poor copy when you Son, and the Holy Ghost is God.” but because “he is a God of all ages, are a wonderful original? You don’t Referring to one of Jesus’ final he knew the condition in which we want to be like somebody else…. prayers, John 17, often called the also live today.

You can be the best you. You can’t “last discourse,” Pfleger said, “Jesus “He knew the only way we could be a best copy. I don’t care what you prayed that his followers would be heal the problems that are ripping put on the copy machine. It’s never one even as he and the Father were us and tearing us apart and literally going to come out as perfect as the one. He said that oneness in his destroying the body and dismem- original,” Pfleger said. prayer would be the sign that he was bering the body of Christ, is when “When we have that kind of imthe cross and that the Father had we become the one body that he age and likeness and Trinity unity, sent him. He was one with the Fa- calls us to be,” said Pfleger. “He cre- there has to be something that has ther he told us because you have ated us in the oneness in the unity to change. The bible says put on the seen me you have seen the Father.” of the Trinity…. new man, but when you put on the Pfleger talked about the impor“As a prerequisite for all things new man, you got to take off the tance of unity referring to last Sun- working together for our good and old man,” he said. Pfleger gave the day’s Feast of Pentecost and Sun- that is we have to be in the position example of college days when some day’s June 3rd as being Trinity for which God calls us to be so we students worked out then put perSunday. “It’s not accidental that can work the stuff the devil is trying fume over their funk. There is some they follow each other because last to turn against us and turn it stuff you have to take off, he said.

Sunday they were one in a room, in around and make it a blessing” ina unity, in a oneness and when they cluding making your enemies your “We’ve got to make a conscious were one in that room, the bible footstools. decision not to participate in pettitells us the spirit of the living God “We will not be the effective body ness. There is some pure foolishness poured out upon them as a result of and the effective church that he and pure pettiness that you should their unity, heaven could release called us to be until like First not get involved in, some actions something because they were in a Corinthians 12 tells us we become and some stuff that is so foolish and oneness, in a unity with each other.” that one body with many parts…. petty…. It’s not worth your time…

“God blesses unity,” said Pfleger God does not call us to be like the your energy,” said Pfleger explainciting Psalms 133:1 that says, “He other parts. A body with all legs ing it would drain you.

“Project America: Memoirs of Faith and Hope to Win the Future” is the title of a new book written by the Reverend Marshall Hatch, pastor of New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church.

Hatch will lead a discussion and then sign copies of his book Saturday, June 9, at Salon Pressure, 1333 W. Taylor St. The session begins at 2 p.m. and lasts until 5 p.m.

He described the book as “part memoir and part public policy.”

Hatch said while he wrote the book for a general audience he suspects “some will be more interested in the public policy part, and some will be more interested in the memoir part.”

In this, his first book, Hatch explained “we have to invest in the children in the inner city in order to have a future for this country.”

Hatch said he grew up in public housing and to see all of the city’s public housing destabilized add-

ed the public policy sections to explain why the country is becoming more of a melting pot.

“Project” was an 18-month labor or love for Hatch, who added, a portion of the tome “includes my intersection with the Obama campaign four years ago.”

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consists of mentoring and specialized activities which give students the opportunity to learn the public speaking, presentation, technology, and financial literacy skills needed to create and grow a business. More than 900 students have participated in this program since 2005.

Future Founders is generously supported by the Motorola Solutions Foundation, AT&T, Baxter International Inc., Science@Work, BMO Harris Bank, CME Group Foundation, Ford Motor Company Fund, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility Foundation and Smart Bet Charity. Our media sponsor for the event is Tribune Media Group. The program was co-founded by the

Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC), NFTE and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, and is run in partnership with the Illinois Technology Association, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Illinois at Chicago, Carminati Consulting and the SME Education Foundation.

For more information visit www. futurefounders.com About Future Founders Foundation The Future Founders Foundation is a non-profit organization that expands entrepreneurship and career Saturday, June 9, 2012

exploration programs for low income students in Chicago. We inspire teenagers to explore new careers and connect them with successful mentors from various professions. We operate two career exposure programs to empower underserved students to consider careers they never imagined and help them to create roadmaps to achieve these career goals. Our organization was created in 2011 through the merger of Future Founders, the youth entrepreneurship program founded by the CEC in 2005 and Connect to the Future, the career exposure program that Lightbank Co-Founder Brad Keywell launched in 2006.

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Organic grocery store coming to Grand Crossing

By Charles Kyle A new grocery store will be opening in the Greater Grand Crossing community. Louis Grocery Store is a non-profit organic grocery store, and will be opening its doors in July. The store is located at 7604 S. Cottage Grove.

The program director of Louis’ Grocery, Terri Zhu, explained the idea to open a healthy food store came from the need for a neighborhood store for those community residents who can’t make it to the Target or Jewel stores for fresh vegetables, meat and dairy.

Leaders of the organization felt it was a necessity to help get healthy food into some of the food deserts on the city’s South and West sides, particularly in low-income communities. They feel that by opening the store they are giving these residents the same opportunities to eat healthy that their north side and loop counterparts have.

Three communities were looked at as possible places to open up the grocery store: Greater Grand Crossing, South Chicago, and Woodlawn. Possible locations for the store were based on the need for a grocery store in the community. The

Terri Zhu

Grand Crossing location was chose because of affordability in terms of storefront leasing price, according to Zhu. The grocery will be working with various urban garden and agriculture sites around the city to get their produce into the store so that buyers are receiving food that was grown in their community by people from the community. Because this is a non-profit grocery store, prices will remain stable even during the winter months where you normally see a spike in the price of fresh produce and fruit at the major grocery stores. Zhu reiterated this when asked about it “We’re a non-profit so we’re going to do this for the next five years regardless of what our profit margin is, because the research portion is important too.” The research that Zhu

speaks of is the studying of food purchasing habits seen in food desert communities, and whether or not if presented with new food options would they be taken advantage of.

The store will be more than just a grocery store, she said, There will be various programs for members of the community, from those aimed at children, to the working mother who doesn’t always have time to cook a full meal. Healthy food demonstrations will be given every other Saturday, with the help of Ramona Baptiste, master chef for the organization “Chef in the Hood.” Zhu wanted to stress that the grocery store wanted to become engrained in the community so that they’re not just providing food to the community but also space for community organi-

zations to hold events and meetings.

Organization staff are blitzing the neighborhood with fliers promoting the store’s opening. Zhu said that they have reached out to the various churches in the community and that they are in support of the store. They also have met with the Chatham Business Association and reached out to the neighborhood CAPS office near the store. The store will accept EBT/LINK cards and will have coupons and various other discounts to disburse to the community during the opening months.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Continued from page 4) The city placed a moratorium on landfill expansion and Beale has the nerve to introduce an ordinance that will let the landfill near Altgeld Gardens start accepting more trash. This runs contrary to what other public officials think, including State Senator Donnie Trotter.

Beale’s position especially does not make sense when we look at the news and see he is threatening the METRA board that “somebody will get hurt” if African American and minority participation/hiring doesn’t pick up at the construction project at the 63rd Street METRA station.

Beale has become a Black Jekyll and Hyde. But we need to know if he supports the interests of Black people, or if he is being paid by someone to take this horrible position regarding the landfill.

Given the level and number of Black elected officials who have betrayed their constituents in the last couple of decades, Black Chicagoans should be tired and intolerant of more of this behavior. Beale owes us a better explanation.

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COMMUNITY

Foot pain could come stem from Neuroma Foot pain is not uncommon for most people but when the pain persists it could stem from neuroma, which is painful growth of nerve tissue in the foot-typically between third and fourth toe bones.

The European Foot and Ankle Clinic have 10 locations including one at 1471 E. 67th St. and 1440 S. Michigan Ave. The 12 yearold European clinics offer diagnoses and treatment for neuroma.

Dr. Galina Podolski, owner of the clinic, said neuroma affects women more frequently and may be caused by wearing tight or poorly fitted shoes.

Listed as one of the top executives for 2009-10 by the elite organization Standford Who’s Who, Podolski said her clinic goes to great lengths to come up with treatments while avoiding surgery. Some of the treatments Podolski uses include prescribing pills or ap-

plying cream or gels in the forms of injections to the affected areas.

“These injections shrink neuromas and provide longterm, non-surgical solutions,” Podolski said. “The injections may also work for any type of neurists, such as burning pain in toes, heels or joints.”

The European clinic uses 4 percent of dehydrated alcohol with a prescription to treat neuroma patients, explained Podolski.

“We avoid surgeries if we can,’ she added. “(And) we try not to charge too much, and we work with the patients on how to handle the costs.”

Symptoms for neuroma include a “burning” sharp pain on the bottom of the foot in the involved area. The pain can also radiate to nearby toes.

And walking or when the ball of the foot is squeezed together and decreased with massaging usually increases the pain.

It could even cause a person to

stop walking.

Causes of neuroma vary. For example, anything that causes compression or irritation of the nerve can lead to the development of a neuroma.

One of the most common offenders is wearing shoes that have a tapered toe box, or high-heeled shoes that cause the toes to be forced into the toe box.

People with certain foot deformities – bunions, hammertoes, flatfeet, or more flexible feet – are at higher risk for developing a neuroma. Other potential causes are activities that involve repetitive irritation to the ball of the foot, such as running or court sports. An injury or other type of trauma to the area may also lead to a neuroma.

To find the closest location to you or to make an appointment, please call 773-6848000. You can also visit the clinic’s website at www.europeanfootandankle.com.

FOOT PAIN, ESPECIALLY Neuroma can be treated effectively without the patient having to undergo surgery. Women are more inclined to suffer from this condition.

Dawson Tech grads swell the ranks of highway construction workers (Cont’d from page 11) way construction-related skills, e.g. math for the trades, job readiness, technical skills coursework (carpentry, concrete flatwork, blueprint reading, site plans, site work, tools use, etc.) and OSHA 10 certification. Trainees will be provided assistance to become placed into Illinois’ highway construction trade unions, apprenticeship programs and/or with IDOT highway construction contractors.

About the 24th Annual Turner School of Construction Management Program Since 1969, Turner has been providing this seven-week training course for minority and women-business owners in the disciplines practiced in

the construction industry.

This program has been uniquely designed to enhance the technical, administrative, and managerial skills of minority and women businesses in order to make a profit and build a reputation for efficiently managing construction projects. Individuals enrolled in the program gain insights and meaningful tools that help them target their business for quality and growth and develop new, strategic business relationships. There are over 15,000 graduates of the program.

About City Colleges of Chicago The City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) is the largest community college system in Illinois and one of the largest in the nation, with 5,800 faculty and staff serving 120,000 stu-

dents annually at seven colleges and six satellite sites citywide. The City Colleges of Chicago is in the midst of a Reinvention, a collaborative effort to review and revise CCC programs and practices to ensure students leave CCC college-ready, career-ready and prepared to pursue their life’s goals.

The City Colleges of Chicago includes seven colleges: Richard J. Daley College, Kennedy-King College, Malcolm X College, Olive-Harvey College, Harry S. Truman College, Harold Washington College and Wilbur Wright College. The system also oversees the Washburne Culinary Institute, the French Pastry School, two restaurants, five Child Development Centers, the Center for Distance Learning, the Workforce In-

DAWSON TECHNICAL INSTITUTE recently sent three graduates to work with Avery & Pryor Construction LLC. They are: Brandon Lee, Marcus Lee, and Dennis Green.

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HOUSES FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF MASTR ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2005-WF1; Plaintiff, v s .

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ENOLA GREENE, IF ANY UNKNOWN OWNERS AND CLAIMANTS NONRECORD D e f e n d a n t s , 10 CH 45155 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on March 27, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, June 29, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-22-411-014-0000.

Commonly known as 6833 SOUTH CHAMPLAIN AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 6 0 6 3 7 .

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1 0 2 6 9 4 9 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I436207

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP P l a i n t i f f , v .

HERIBERTO SANTOS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF HERIBERTO SANTOS, IF ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s 10 CH 28645 523 WEST ENGLEWOOD AVE Chicago, IL 60621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 6, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 10, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 523 WEST ENGLEWOOD AVE, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-325-010-0000.

The real estate is improved with a brick 2 unit; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; 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 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1017842. 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. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No.: PA1017842 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 10 CH 28645 I437846

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE L L C P l a i n t i f f , v .

ADEEL SIDDIQUI D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 33588 5933 SOUTH NORMAL BOULEVARD CHICAGO, IL 60621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 2, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 5, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 5933 SOUTH NORMAL BOULEVARD, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-305-013-0000. The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence with a detached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the 18 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

Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 5933 SOUTH NORMAL BOULEVARD, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-305-013-0000. The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence with a detached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; 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 the legal fees required by 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 required by The assessments 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. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1119441. 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. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No.: PA1119441 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 33588 I436582

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BEAL BANK S.S.B. P l a i n t i f f , v .

RICHARD L. DUFFIE, LILLIE R. DUFFIE D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 35416 7630 SOUTH HERMITAGE AVENUE Chicago, IL 60620 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 28, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 29, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7630 SOUTH HERMITAGE AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60620 Property Index No. 20-30-416-031-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $123,827.85.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; 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, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit June at the 9, foreclosure 2012 Saturday, 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).

In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. 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

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, or a 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 and the legal fees required

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

In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. 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. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: Anthony Porto, FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC , 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (866) 402-8661 For bidding instructions, call 630-453-6713 24 hours prior to sale.

Please refer to file number F11100027.

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.

FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (866) 402-8661 Attorney File No.: F11100027 ARDC# 3126232 Attorney Code. 26122 Case # 11 CH 35416 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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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 required by The assessments 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 OF AN ORDER OF ENTRY IN ACCORDANCE POSSESSION, WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1110621. 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. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No.: PA1110621 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 19035 I435479

HOUSES FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CITY OF CHICAGO, A MUNICIPAL C O R P O R A T I O N ; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

RUTH BYBEE AKA RUTH DECEASED; WEATHERSBY, UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW AND LEGATEES OF RUTH BYBEE AKA RUTH WEATHERSBY; REDEVELOPMENT NHS CORP. DOC. #1006434043; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 11 CH 43412 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 3, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in its office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: Commonly known as 5819 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL. P.I.N. 20-15-120-005-0000.

The property consists of vacant land.

Sale terms: 10% of the purchase price will be required to bid at the sale. The balance of the purchase price required by 12:00 p.m. the following day.

The property will NOT be open for i n s p e c t i o n .

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the s a l e .

For information call City of Chicago Counsel/Collection and Corporation Ownership Litigation Division, 33 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 742-0007.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N (312) 444-1122 Selling Officer, I436126

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY COUNTY, CHANCERY DEPARTMENT DIVISION AURORA LOAN SERVICES, L L C P l a i n t i f f , v .

BRADY SPANGLER AKA BRADY S. MORTGAGE SPANGLER, ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s CH 19035 11 MARQUETTE ROAD 652 WEST CHICAGO, IL 60621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 29, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 3, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY 60606, sell at public auction to the highest DEPARTMENT CHANCERY bidder, as set forth below, the following DIVISION AURORA LOAN SERVICES, described real estate: Commonly known as L L C .

652 WEST MARQUETTE ROAD, P l a i n t i f f , CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. v .

20-21-125-041-0000. The real estate is DESMOND SMITH, TERRI SMITH, improved with a single family frame home; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS highest bid by certified funds at the close NOMINEE FOR GREENPOINT of the auction; The balance, including the MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC., CITY OF fee for Abandoned Judicial sale C H I C A G O Residential Property Municipality Relief D e f e n d a n t s Fund, which is calculated on residential 11 CH 12185 real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 7051-53 SOUTH INDIANA AVENUE or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the Chicago, IL 60637 purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS funds/or wire transfer, is due within HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered paid by the mortgagee acquiring the in the above cause on March 28, 2012, an residential real estate pursuant to its credit agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, will at 10:30 AM on July 2, 2012, at the The judgment creditor, or other lienor Judicial Sales Corporation, One South acquiring the residential real estate whose Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, rights in and to the residential real estate 60606, sell at public auction to the highest arose prior to the sale. The subject bidder, as set forth below, the following property is subject to general real estate described real estate: Commonly known as taxes, special assessments, or special 7051-53 SOUTH INDIANA AVENUE, taxes levied against said real estate and is Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. offered for sale without any representation 20-22-323-021-0000. The real estate is as to quality or quantity of title and without improved with a brick 4 or more unit; no recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the condition. The sale is further subject to highest bid by certified funds at the close confirmation by the court. Upon payment in of the auction; The balance, including the full of the amount bid, the purchaser will Judicial sale fee for Abandoned receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle Residential Property Municipality Relief the purchaser to a deed to the real estate Fund, which is calculated on residential after confirmation of the sale. The property real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 will NOT be open for inspection and or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the plaintiff makes no representation as to the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified condition of the property. Prospective funds/or wire transfer, is due within bidders are admonished to check the court twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be file to verify all information. If this property paid by the mortgagee acquiring the is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the residential real estate pursuant to its credit unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and judgment creditor, or other lienor the legal fees required by The acquiring the residential real estate whose Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS rights in and to the residential real estate 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a arose prior to the sale. The subject condominium unit which is part of a property is subject to general real estate common interest community, the purchaser taxes, special assessments, or special of the unit at the foreclosure sale other taxes levied against said real estate and is than a mortgagee shall pay the offered for sale without any representation assessments required by The as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS condition. The sale is further subject to 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE confirmation by the court. Upon payment in MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU full of the amount bid, the purchaser will HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER the purchaser to a deed to the real estate ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF after confirmation of the sale. The property POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE will NOT be o open foroMMunity inspection and WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) wn c their control Blacks MOFustTHE plaintiff makes no representation as to the ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE condition of the property. Prospective LAW. For information: Visit our website at bidders are admonished to check the court service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours file to verify all information. If this property of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to the legal fees required by The file number PA1110621. THE JUDICIAL Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS SALES CORPORATION One South 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL condominium unit which is part of a 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also common interest community, the purchaser visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at of the unit at the foreclosure sale other www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of than a mortgagee shall pay the pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES assessments required by The One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE Attorney File No.: PA1110621 Attorney MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 19035 HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN I435479 POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER

rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1101043. 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. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No.: PA1101043 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 12185 I435377

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CITY OF CHICAGO, A MUNICIPAL C O R P O R A T I O N ; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

ACCENTURE INDUSTRIES, INC.; TRACEY NABICH DBA ACCENTURE INDUSTRIES, INC.; U N K N O W N SHAREHOLDERS, UNKNOWN ASSIGNS AND UNKNOWN SUCCESSORS OF ACCENTURE INDUSTRIES, INC.; CITIBANK, NA SUCCESSOR TO FIRST F E D E R A L SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 M1 401758 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 8, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, July 13, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in its office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: Commonly known as 6818 South Evans Street, Chicago, IL. P.I.N. 20-22-412-029-0000.

The property consists of vacant land.

Sale terms: 10% of the purchase price will be required to bid at the sale. The balance of the purchase price required by 12:00 p.m. the following day.

The property will NOT be open for i n s p e c t i o n .

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the s a l e .

For information call City of Chicago Corporation Counsel/Collection and Ownership Litigation Division, 33 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 742-0007.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I439339 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWMBS, INC. C W M B S REPERFORMING LOAN REMIC TRUST CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-R2 Plaintiff, v s .

GARY POLLARD A/K/A GARY J. POLLARD; NICOLE SHORTY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF GARY POLLARD, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 38518 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 21, 2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-22-307-016-0000.

Commonly known as 6853 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

LEGATEES OF GARY POLLARD, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 38518 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 21, 2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-22-307-016-0000.

Commonly known as 6853 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0 9 2 7 1 6 6 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I439197 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY COUNTY, DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA P l a i n t i f f , v .

KOFI AGYEKUM D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 18115 AVENUE 7654 SOUTH WABASH CHICAGO, IL 60619 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 12, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 16, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 7654 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-27-306-021-0000.

The real estate is improved with a brick single family home; detached 2 car garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; 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 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1109813. 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. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No.: PA1109813 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 18115 I438992

The Chicago Crusader

SPORTS

Bob Love to be honored with statue

By J. Coyden Palmer Chicago Bulls great and community leader Bob “Butterbean” Love could soon be getting a lot of love from the community if those who want a statue in his honor outside the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center get their way. Longtime community activist Earl King and a group of ministers held a press conference last week to say they have begun fundraising for a $300,000 statue to depict Love dressed in half of

wrong direction, or entering places like the detention center,” said King, who founded No Dope Express back in the 1980’s to teach children about the dangers of illegal drug use.

A former NBA player with the San Diego Clippers, King said it is hard to get through to today’s youth, but that Love has a way of doing so. King said kids can learn a lot from Love’s example of how to overcome obstacles in life. Inflicted with a severe speech impediment that landed him work

credo Bob Love stands on today.”

Supporters unveiled a smaller model of the proposed statue.

The final piece will stand 20 feet high and be made of granite rock.

The sculpture will depict Love, half of him in a Bulls jersey, the other half in suit and tie and children at his feet. They say the endeavor is community based and they are asking for donations.

retired. Love tells kids how at one point, he was washing dishes and busing tables for minimum wage until a manager at Nordstrom’s restaurants offered to pay for speech therapy.

“Education first, sports second — and never let it be said that you can run faster than you can read, or jump higher than your grade point average,” is Love’s

credo.

If you would like to send a donation you may do so by making a check or money order out to Kings of Peaceful Solutions (KOPS) in c/o Harold Leftwich at Horwich, Coleman & Levin, LLC. Address: 125 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60606. All donations are tax deductible.

FORMER CHICAGO BULLS superstar Bob “Butterbean” Love Thursday unveiled a rendition of a 20-foot statue that will be outside of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC). Love says it will be a “beacon of hope” to all youth. (Photo by Chinta Strausberg) Even so, Harold Leftwich, finance chairman for the project, said money is already pouring in.

Leftwich said they currently have $50,000 and every day more people are asking where to send money.

“Bob has done so much for so many that we are getting a tremendous response,” Leftwich said.

Love, 70, said he is honored so many think so highly of him. He said he loves his job with the Bulls organization as he makes over 300 appearances a year at schools, charities, basketball clinics and nonprofit organizations.

“I think I was put on this earth to do this. I had to go through some ups and downs and now I have a story to tell,” Love said.

“About not ever playing the victim in life, having dreams and never giving up, and just trying to be a good person.”

Love played in the NBA for 11 years. He was a member of the Bulls from 1968-1976 and was voted an All-Star three times. He is currently ranked third on the team’s all-time scoring list and is the second Bull to have a jersey

his Bulls uniform and the other half in a suit and tie, with children at his feet. The community relations for the Bulls for over 20 years, Love’s dedication to helping kids end up in places other than the detention center is why King and supporters believe he should be honored.

“He’s just dedicated his life to working with youth growing up in dysfunctional families, who are misguided and going in the

only as a busboy when his NBA career ended, Love worked with a therapist for years and overcame the impediment.

“It is time that we return the love to Bob Love and this statute will illustrate our appreciation for all he has done for Chicago,” King said. “We are saying loud and clear that we must return the love to Bob Love and this statute in his likeness represents peace, love and education which is the

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Blacks Must control their own coMMunity

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