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JANUARY 10, 2024

Vol. IX No. 2

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Richard Hunt’s Proviso presence

Objectors say he’s disqualified under 14th Amendment for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riots

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois

The township, Maywood in particular, played a role in the famous sculptor’s storied career

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

Richard Hunt, the famous Chicago sculptor who died last month at 88, has been getting his posthumous flowers from all over the world. In its obituary of Hunt, the New York Times quoted critic Hilton Kramer, who wrote that “there are really very few American sculptors of Mr. Hunt’s generation who have produced a

comparable body of work so early in their development.”

Hunt became famous in his 30s. In 1971, the South Side native landed a coveted solo retrospective in the Museum of Modern Art — the first Black sculptor to do so. He was the youngest artist to exhibit at the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle. In 1968, he became the first Black artist to land appointed to the National Council of the Arts. The accolades go on and on.

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But few of the many tributes flowing across the world since Hunt’s death have focused on the role of Proviso Township, particularly Maywood, in shaping Hunt’s storied career and continuing his rich legacy.

For one, Hunt was taught by the renowned sculptress Geraldine McCullough, who lived in Maywood before moving to Oak Park. McCullough, who died in 2008 See RICHARD HUNT on page 5

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois is now among the growing list of states in which former President Donald Trump will have to fight to have his name appear on the 2024 election ballots.

A group of five voters filed a joint objection to Trump’s candidacy on Jan. 4, arguing that Trump should be disqualified under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits anyone who took part in an insurrection against the United States from holding federal office.

The objection alleges that Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 elections, including his involvement in events leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, amounted to an insurrection.

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What my grandmother’s death taught me about confronting loneliness

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n Tuesday, Jan. 2, I took a trip to Bookends & Beginnings, a quaint little bookstore in Evanston, and was drawn to “The Loneliness Files,” a small “memoir in essays” by the poet Athena Dixon, who documents her agonizing experience of living alone during the pandemic.

“Alone seems like a choice,” Dixon writes.

“Loneliness doesn’t.”

Dixon shares the story of Joyce Carol Vincent, a London woman in her late 30s who “died in front of the television” in 2003, her body undiscovered until three years after her tragic demise.

Dixon sees herself in Joyce, prompting her to investigate what may have resulted in Vincent’s reclusiveness and to wonder whether her own loneliness (Dixon is single and childless) might be setting her up for the same fate.

“I am overwhelmingly lonely,” Dixon writes.

“And I cannot believe that doesn’t matter and I will not believe there are not scores of others like me. I know there are those who feel the world is always just a little too far away or a little too close—never comfortable in either situation. Those who love to be a part of all life has to offer fully, but something just doesn’t click. Those people who crave the smallest of touches but get lost in the fear of what could go wrong, not all that could be right.”

This passage pulled at me because I count myself among this crowd. I am often alone and aloof from the world — often by choice.

Despite my career in journalism, I can only take people and social experiences in relatively small doses before I become overwhelmed, overstimulated and exhausted. This sensibility results in my almost preternatural ability to be completely content by myself. It also fuels my writerly powers of observation.

But sometimes my choice to be alone turns into loneliness with about as much advance warning as a tsunami’s trough and I’m suddenly engulfed in an overwhelming sense of abandonment, of being left behind by the hyperconnected world.

About a decade ago, I lived with my grandmother in the basement of my father’s house in Peoria. She and I bonded over our mutual misanthropy and twin tendency to prefer the

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The author’s grandmother, Marcia Lewis, who died on Jan. 3 at 77. comfort of our own selves over others.

So, when I began reading Dixon’s book, I immediately thought of my grandmother, who, depressed for most of her life, would often respond whenever I asked her how she was doing by simply saying, “I’m here.”

“When coworkers ask me, virtually or now in person, how I am, I often answer ‘I am here.’ It means that I am here because I am obligated and I must make money to survive,” Dixon writes. “It means that given the opportunity I would sit in silence in my living room and listen to the cars rush by on the streets below.”

“You know, I could be dead for four days before anybody discovered me in that basement,” my grandmother told me one morning over coffee in 2009. “It’s so lonely.”

The morning after I bought Dixon’s book, my sister called to tell me that our grandmother had died — alone in a Peoria hospital, just hours before her closest relatives could rush to her bedside. After hanging up, I swaddled myself in the bed sheets and, alone in the dark of dawn, I wept.

One of the first phone conversations I had on the day of my grandmother’s death was from a local mayor who was calling to complain about the word “elderly” in an article I’d published in November. He wanted me to know that the term is offensive and ageist. I was embar-

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rassed not to have considered this before using younger, think healthier and go on a damn the word and vowed to learn more. paleo diet. Exercise. Stop smoking. Not bad After some light research, I found an English advice, but not sufficient for addressing an website that cited a UK government agency, epidemic of loneliness. which argued that the words “elderly,” “aged,” Last year, months after her lung cancer and even “senior” “fail to suggest the variety diagnosis, my grandmother told me her mediof different experiences and abilities of older cal report indicated that she was in remission people, and falsely present older people as frail, — even as she continued to smoke. Since her immobile, and burdensome.” death and as I’ve grappled with her having In a society that worships youth, strength died alone, her remission and unabated bad and speed, one can understand the serious imhabit seem less ironic. I’m realizing that she plications of writing individuals off as “frail, cultivated a community at the assisted living immobile, and burdensome.” I can understand facility she called home. how this prospect makes growing older a terAt home, she couldn’t smoke inside, which rifying ordeal. But lurking beneath this fear meant she was forced to join a community of lies the much more grotesque smokers who puffed everyday reality that we live in a world in in a common area just off the which there is no room for people facility’s entrance. She was also to be vulnerable or to grow older, prohibited from eating alone and in which we are better at avoidprompted to join her peers for ing offense than at confronting lunch and dinner (she skipped the fact that there are older breakfast). That my grandmother people among us (indeed people was at this assisted living facility of all ages) who are, in fact, frail at all was due to her monthly and burdensome and immobile, Social Security check and that but who nonetheless deserve the she was being kept alive by a right to live decent and respectregular retinue of doctor’s visits ful lives, and who deserve to be and pill-toting caretakers was due seen and acknowledged for who to Medicare — two programs prethey are, not for who the modern mised on the creed of “there but world wants them to be (virile, for the grace of God go I” but that agile, svelte). politicians, particularly RepubliMy grandmother was a burden, cans, have sought to cut, driven especially in her last weeks and by the creed of “I’ve got my own, months. She had gotten lung so screw everybody else.” cancer in recent years but refused I think my grandmother MICHAEL ROMAIN to give up smoking. She had heart found it so hard to quit smoking Columnist congestion but the last meal I because the habit pulled her into reluctantly bought her, at her ura kind of social space she’d othgent request, was an Arby’s steak erwise have naturally eschewed. burger (she had also requested She enjoyed the presence of onion rings and a strawberry friends in this common area and shake but the restaurant was out of these during meals. They enjoyed her warm, unasmenu items). She continued those habits with suming smile, her unpretentious simplicity, a reckless abandon that frustrated me and her air of contentment. others who loved her to no end. So, yes, in some In this way, the benefits of smoking with respects, she was a burden. And in her last others as an antidote to the carcinogen of lonedays, she was increasingly immobile and frail. liness may have outweighed the carcinogenic Which is precisely why she garnered more harms of the cigarette itself. Similarly, there is of my attention and concern despite how an argument to be made that eating a greasy much it exhausted me. She was a burden I Arby’s burger might have some benefits if only thankfully bore and would bear again if I because she was eating it in the presence of the could, even yearning for more weight, bepeople she loved and who loved her. cause I loved her unconditionally.

Dixon writes that Joyce Carol Vincent According to the U.S. Surgeon General, ap“teetered above a safety net rife with holes proximately half of the country’s adults have large enough for her body to slip through.” reported experiencing loneliness, or the lack of Thankfully, this was not the case for my adequate social connection. Some of the highgrandmother, who was approaching her 80th est rates of loneliness are among young adults. decade just as America’s frayed safety net The Surgeon General warned that loneliness begins its messy unraveling. can “increase the risk of premature death as Thanks to what remains of the country’s much as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.” safety net, thanks to social spaces where she Unfortunately, in our excessively materialiswas forced to negotiate the terms of her being tic, individualistic and profit-oriented society in community, and thanks to loved ones who we’re trained to blame systematic conditions saw and accepted her for who she was and on people’s choices and habits. If you’re sick unconditionally, my grandmother may have and old, it’s your fault. You should try being died alone, but she did not die lonely.

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TRUMP from page 1 “Consequently, Donald J. Trump is disqualified from, and ineligible to hold, the office of President of the United States,” the objection states.

“Accordingly, his nomination papers are invalid under Illinois law because when Trump swore he was ‘qualified’ for the presidential office, as required by (state statute), he did so falsely.”

Jan. 4 was the first day for presidential candidates to file petitions for the March 19 primary ballot. According to the Illinois State Board of Elections’ website, the Trump campaign filed its petitions at 8 a.m., along with fellow Republican candidates Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and Texas businessman Ryan L. Binkley.

On the Democratic side, President Joe Biden’s campaign filed petitions, along with Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips and author Marianne Williamson.

vfpress.news As of Jan. 4, Trump was the only candidate facing an objection. The deadline for filing objections is Friday, Jan. 12.

Similar objections have been filed in multiple other states. So far, however, they have only been upheld in Colorado and Maine. The Trump campaign has filed appeals in both of those cases, including a direct appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Colorado case.

Matthew Piers, a Chicago-based attorney who filed the Illinois objection, said in an interview that the cases highlight the differences in election laws among the various states.

In some states, he said, primary elections are considered operations of political parties, not the states themselves, and therefore are not subject to rules set by the state. But in Illinois, he said, state law specifically requires candidates to state on their nominating petitions that they are qualified for the office they are seeking.

Article II of the U.S. Constitution requires presidents to be “natural born citizens” who are at least 35 years of age and who have been residents of the United States for at least 14 years.

But the 14th amendment – enacted in the aftermath of the Civil War – adds more conditions, barring any former public officials who previously took an oath to support the Constitution from holding certain public offices in the future if they ever engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States or gave aid or comfort to its enemies.

The objection cites numerous other government agencies and officials who have concluded that the events of Jan. 6, 2021, were an insurrection, including decisions of the Colorado Supreme Court and the Maine secretary of state to keep Trump’s name off the ballot in those states.

The objection also cites several recent court rulings, including some involving people convicted of crimes stemming from the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol.

In an email, Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy said the state party is neutral in the GOP primary but that the issue of Trump’s candidacy should be decided by voters.

“This attempt to remove President Trump from the ballot without due process is an anti-

democracy attempt to limit the voting rights of Illinois citizens and should be dismissed outright,” Tracy said.

Legal challenges to a candidate’s qualifications for office are not uncommon in Illinois.

Dozens of them are currently pending at the Illinois State Board of Elections against candidates for the General Assembly and various judicial positions, mostly based on claims that petition signatures were invalid or insufficient.

In 2016, a challenge was filed against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton based on her petition signatures. And in 2012, Democratic President Barack Obama faced three nearly identical challenges to his candidacy based on false allegations about his citizenship.

State Board of Elections spokesman Matt Dietrich said in an email the objection to Trump’s candidacy will be investigated by a hearing officer who will make a recommendation to the board’s general counsel. The full, eight-member bipartisan board will consider the challenge at a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 30.

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RICHARD HUNT

Hunt sculpture commissioned by the Maywood Rotary Club to commemorate Rotary International’s 100th anniversary in 2005.

The Rotary sculpture may be among Hunt’s most overlooked works. For instance, it doesn’t from page 1 appear on a long list published last year Hunt’s many public installations in Chicago and the at 91, won the prestigious George D. Widener suburbs.

Memorial Gold Medal in 1955 for “Phoenix.”

What does appear, however, is one of the The award-winning steel and copper sculp- most important commissions in Hunt’s career ture inspired McCullough’s 10-foot “Pheo- — “Play,” a sculpture made of welded corten nix Rising” sculpture that stands guard over steel that sits outside the John J. Madden MenVeterans Park in Maywood. The tal Health Center, 1200 S. 1st Ave. in sculpture was dedicated in 1977 Hines. and was once anchored the old “The artist’s debut public art Maywood Village Hall. commission ‘Play’ (1967), installed Jonathan Green, one of Mcat [John J. Madden] launched a Cullough’s mentees, told the trade regular flow of requests for compublication Black Art in America missioned monuments and sizable described the former Maywood public works that necessitated colresident and Dominican Univerlaborations with factories and ensity professor as someone who gineers,” noted the art publication, blazed paths for other artists, Hyperallergic, in its obituary of Hunt included.

Hunt published last month.

RICHARD HUNT “I think the most important “Among his most well-known thing she believed in was doing public sculptures are ‘Swing Low’ the work…. Richard Hunt is the most famous (2016) at the National Museum of African artist who came out of Chicago who hap- American History and Culture in Washingpens to be African-American and she was his ton, DC, and Flight Forms (2001) at Chicago’s teacher,” Green said. “That’s what influenced Midway International Airport.” her work and that’s what made her so meticuIn its obituary, the New York Times said lous.”

Hunt’s sculptures “blended classical techSeveral hundred feet around the corner niques honed at the [Art Institute of Chicafrom McCullough’s “Phoenix Rising” statue go], where he began taking classes as a child, sits “Reaching Up, Reaching Out,” a Richard with self-taught soldering and welding.”

What is left unsaid is how this description of Hunt fits McCullough, as well.

In a profile for Ebony published in 1964, McCullough described her “Phoenix,” a mythological bird that burned itself alive before reemerging in even better form.

“It seemed to me,” McCullough said, “that the Negro, crushed so long under the weight of oppression, is now re-born and soaring toward complete freedom. That was the inspiration for ‘Phoenix,’ but actually, what I tried to express in the piece was something more universal … that universal struggle of peoples and things, their wrestling with adversity, their eventual triumph and the perfection that results from struggle.”

“Sculpture is not a self-declaration,” Hunt once said, “but a voice of and for my people MICHAEL ROMAIN — over all, a rich fabric; under “Reaching Up, Reaching Out,” a sculpture by Richard all, the dynamism of the AfriHunt that sits in front of the Maywood Public Library. can American people.”

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“Play,” the sculpture that sits outside of the John J. Madden Mental Health Center in Hines.

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Operation Uplift to honor local high-achievers at annual King event Operation Uplift Inc., the Maywood nonprofit that operates the village’s West Town Museum of Cultural History, will host its 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Community Awards Black-Tie Gala on Saturday, Jan. 13. The organization will honor high-achievers in the Proviso Township community.

This year, the keynote speaker is Pastor Sandra Riley, a conference speaker, talk show host and young adult workshop presenter.

She is also founder of Just For U Ministries.

The evening’s musical lineup will include theCharlie Johnson Quintet featuring Joyce Faison and performances by the D.L. Perkins Singers.

The event will occur on Saturday, Jan. 13, 5 p.m., at the Elm West, 681 W. North Ave. in Elmhurst. For more information about the event and the honorees, visit facebook.com/ THEUPLIFTCENTER104

The Maywood Rotary Club turns 100 The Rotary Club of Maywood-Proviso, a local branch of Rotary International — one of the largest service organizations in the world — is turning 100 this year. To mark the occasion, the club will celebrate on Jan. 21, 3 p.m., at the Elmcrest Banquet, 7370 W. Grand Ave. in Elmwood Park.

Maywood-Proviso Rotary Club representatives said they anticipate six Rotary district

governors to be in attendance, along with Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch and U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis, among others. Tickets are $100. For more information, call (708) 202-9055.

The first Rotary Club was started in 1905 by attorney Paul P. Harris in Chicago. According to the organization’s site, the Club began as a place “where professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships. Rotary’s name came from the group’s early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of each member.”

Since its founding, Rotary has evolved into an international presence, with more than 1.2 million members in six continents throughout the world. In 1979, the organization’s primary focus became the global eradication of polio. That year, it initiated “a project to immunize 6 million children in the Philippines.

By 2012, only three countries remain polioendemic—down from 125 in 1988.”

The Maywood Rotary Club was founded in 1924 out of the Rotary club in Oak Park.

Westchester establishes lowincome senior snow program Last month, the village of Westchester announced the establishment of a rebate program to assist up to 100 low-income senior residents, aged 65 or older, with snow removal on their private property.

Interested participants must apply annually and meet eligibility requirements. Applications for the 2023-2024 season are currently open and will be accepted until Feb. 1, 2024, or until the program reaches capacity, whichever comes first. Applications will be processed in the order they are received.

Visit westchester-il.org for program details, eligibility requirements, and the application.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.CARY ROSENTHAL, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF MARY R SPIGHT, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARY R SPIGHT, BIANCA PHILLIPS Defendants 22 CH 07827 426 SOUTH 21ST AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 17, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 15, 2024, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 426 SOUTH 21ST AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-10-311022-0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence with no garage.

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

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification

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

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

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

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 22-10868IL Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 22 CH 07827 TJSC#: 43-2987 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.

Case # 22 CH 07827 I3234704 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER Plaintiff, -v.JEFFERY EATON, VICKY EATON, 1223-25 ELGIN MANOR CONDOMINIUM, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2019 CH 07654 1223 ELGIN AVE UNIT G1 FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 10, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 13, 2024, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1223 ELGIN AVE UNIT G1, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-24-203-0351005, Property Index No. 15-24203-035-1007 The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse.

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The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST; Plaintiff, vs.

UNKOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF WILLIE G. HENRY; FLORENCETTA HENRY; TCF NATIONAL BANK; ANITA HENRY; COURTNEY HENRY; EBONEE HENRY; MERCEDES HENRY; TIARA HENRY; JACK LYDON, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF WILLIE G. HENRY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF FLORENCETTA HENRY, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 13529 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, February 5, 2024 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-09-315-063-0000.

Commonly known as 635 Rice Avenue, Bellwood, IL 60104.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Sale Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527.

(630) 794-5300. 14-23-01315 ADC INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3235634 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.ALFONSO RAMIREZ, ALFONSO RAMIREZ JR, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2022 CH 12220 2003 EMERSON AVE MELROSE PARK, IL 60164 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 31, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on Janu-

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ary 26, 2024, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2003 EMERSON AVE, MELROSE PARK, IL 60164 Property Index No. 12-33-214022-0000 The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-22-09333 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2022 CH 12220 TJSC#: 43-4498 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt

below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1927 S. 18TH AVE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-315011-0000 The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-23-02900 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2023 CH 04214 TJSC#: 43-3771 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.

Case # 2023 CH 04214 I3235470

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.

Case # 2022 CH 12220 I3235325 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING, LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

ANNIE D. HROBOWSKI; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 23 CH 636 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, January 29, 2024 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-10-232-027-0000.

Commonly known as 110 South 12th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Diaz Anselmo & Associates, P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563. (630) 453-6925. 1396189580 ADC INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3235196 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., HOME EQUITY ASSET TRUST 2004-4, HOME EQUITY PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-4 Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARVINA MCLEOD, WEST SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION AGENCY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, LATRICIA M. JONES, WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR MARVINA MCLEOD (DECEASED) Defendants 2023 CH 04214 1927 S. 18TH AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 22, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 22, 2024, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth

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