Village Free Press_041118

the village free press Vol. II No. 15

APRIL 11, 2018

‘Black Panther’s’ lesson for Maywood, PAGE 8

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D209 could dissolve PMSA campus

STILL STANDING: Edwin Muldrow stands outside of Del-Kar Pharmacy, 3726 W. 16th St. in Chicago.

Del-Kar was one of the few stores that survived the riots following King’s assassination on April 4,1968. More on page 8.

At February facilities meeting, public, architects mulled options

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

During a community engagement meeting held Feb. 27 as part of Proviso Township High Schools District 209’s master facilities planning process, members of the public openly grappled with the prospect of eliminating Proviso Math and Science Academy’s physical campus in order to save costs and maximize the use of space at Proviso East and Proviso West.

Since the district tapped the architectural firm Perkins and Will to draw up a comprehensive plan for improving the district’s three campuses last June, the firm has hosted three engagement meetings.

The two meetings prior to the Feb. 27 meeting centered on exploring the areas where the district’s campuses need to be improved the most.

Mark Jolicoeur, of Perkins and Will, said that the “guiding principles” that have anchored the community engagement See PMSA CAMPUS on page 3

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A Bellwood nightclub looks ahead Touch of the Past’s longtime owner puts club up for sale

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

The owner of a legendary Bellwood night club has put the establishment up for sale and closed its doors until he finds a suitable

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

STEREOTYPES

Chris Tam, PAGE 2

SELF-DETERMINATION

buyer.

On Sunday, April 1, patrons gathered at Touch of the Past, 947 Mannheim Rd. in Bellwood, for the final time — at least under the ownership of Jacques Hurst, who started the club 21 years ago.

more than a movie. it’s A movement.

TECHNOLOGY WHAT IS PROGRESS?

Hurst, who lives in Maywood, said that it’s time for him to retire so that he can spend more time with his wife of two decades, Barbie Hurst, and other close See BELLWOOD NIGHTCLUB on page 4

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OUT and ABOUT the village free press Editor & Publisher Michael Romain Strategic Consultant Kamil Brady Advertising Director Dawn Ferencak Editorial Designer Debbie Becker Advertising Design Support Andrew Mead Mark Moroney HOW TO REACH US Village Free Press c/o Wednesday Journal 141 S. Oak Park Ave. Oak Park, IL 60302 PHONE: 773-626-6332 FAX: (708) 467-9066 thevillagefreepress.org Twitter: @village_free Facebook: @maywoodnews The Village Free Press is published weekly

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“To learn to be human is to develop through the give and take of communication an effective sense of being an individually distinctive member of a community.”

—John Dewey

The ribbon is officially cut on Eisenhower Park renovations On Saturday, April 7, local elected officials and other community members gathered at the Eisenhower Community Center, 700 Speechley Blvd. in Hillside, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the park’s newly renovated grounds.

The park now features various upgrades, including the addition of a large picnic shelter, a walking path that will run along the circumference of the complex, new bleachers, more green space for tee ball and youth soccer, game tables and outdoor exercise stations, among other features.

During an interview last November, Meri Herrell, the executive director of the Memorial Park District — which serves the villages of Bellwood, Hillside, Melrose Park, Northlake and Stone Park — said that the renovation project cost roughly $700,000.

The upgrades were made possible by an Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) grant allocated by

the state. The $341,700 grant, which the park district matched dollar for dollar.

The April 7 ribbon-cutting was followed by the “Hike for Ike,” a fundraising walk “along the newly renovated sport campus memory ‘ribbon’ trail [that] will support the creation of outdoor sports courts (i.e., tennis, basketball and volleyball), as well as state-of-the-art field lighting for those courts, inclusive play for therapeutic recreation and the existing football, soccer and baseball fields,” according to the park district’s website.

Individuals who donated, or raised pledges, ranging between $50 and upwards of $100 received memory bricks to be placed at the Eisenhower campus.

Elected officials present at the April 7 ceremony included Bellwood Mayor Andre Harvey, Hillside Mayor Joe Tamburino and state Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch (7th).

“Special kudos to Executive Director Meri Herrell who has lead the park’s renaissance,” Welch wrote on Facebook after the ceremony.

Davis holds gun reform town hall On Saturday, April 7, Proviso Township High Schools District 209 Supt. Jesse Rodriguez, along with school board members and district students were on hand for Congressman Danny K. Davis’s gun violence town hall in Chicago.

Maywood Police Chief Valdimir Talley also joined the discussions.

The forum took place roughly a month after students across the country, including in D209 schools, walked out of their classrooms in support of gun control legislation.

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Maywood basketball league holds all-star game at United Center On Tuesday, April 3, the Danka Basketball League (DBL) held its All-Star game at the United Center in Chicago — making some local basketball players’ dreams come true.

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Chris Tam makes the All-State band Chris Tam is a quick study. Eight years ago, he picked up the bass trombone on a whim. Earlier this month, the Illinois Music Education Association has named him part of the 2018 Illinois All-State Band.

He’s the first Proviso Math and Science Academy (PMSA) student to ever earn this distinction.

Tam, 15, found out in January that he would be part of All-State, a band comprised of about 600 of the most talented musical students across Illinois.

A spokesman for Proviso said she believes there were about 15 bass trombonists selected in Illinois.

Bass trombonists auditioned by playing two concert etudes for judges.

“It was my first year auditioning for the whole process,” Tam said. “I was like, ‘I may as well just have fun in district band while I’m here,’ and then I made All-State. I’m surprised, I don’t think the realization’s hit me yet.”

Tam took up the trombone after years of playing the piano, picking up the heavy brass instrument because he wanted to join the band at Westchester Intermediate School. He chose the bass trombone because a friend of his did at the time, started practicing and, after a few weeks of sliding the instrument, realized he wasn’t half bad.

“I realized, ‘Wow, this is really interesting and cool,’ and

I decided to practice more,” he said.

Tam started getting more interested in the potential of the trombone, listening to people playing it professionally, going to see concerts and taking private lessons.

His work allowed him earlier in the year to make the Illinois First District Band, which includes all the best student musicians in the area. After performing at Elmhurst College in late 2017, PMSA band director Steven Goodman told him about AllState.

“At Proviso, no one was ever interested in auditioning for All-State, but that was my jumpstart, it’s a really great springboard,” Goodman said, reflecting on his own musical career. Tam’s “involved in everything you could possibly want to be in—the Merit School of Music, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Chris getting involved really has a lot to do with why he was chosen.”

Tam was chosen from the about 1,200 people who auditioned, and performed with the All-State Band in late January in Peoria.

Eventually, he dreams of pursuing a career in music.

Attend a free performance of Tam soloing at 7 p.m. on April 27 at the nonprofit Merit School of Music, 38 S. Peoria St.

CHRIS TAM

— NONA TEPPER

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Carson’s in North Riverside Mall could close The Bon Ton Stores president sent warning letter to North Riverside mayor

By BOB UPHUES Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Already smarting from the upcoming loss of Toys R Us, which is holding liquidation sales at its doomed stores, North Riverside learned last week that Carson Pirie Scott at the North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, is in danger of closing its doors this year.

North Riverside mayor Hubert Hermanek Jr. on Thursday received a letter from The Bon Ton Stores, which is Carson’s parent company, notifying him that the company intends to close the North Riverside store, which employs roughly 160 people.

“The closing is expected to be permanent and will affect the entire operation,” states the letter from Gail Monreal, vice president of human resources for the Bon Ton Stores.

Monreal states in the letter that “the first separation from employment” is expected to be June 5 and that the process for closure would take several months. The letter was written in order for the company to notify affected employees and comply with federal labor law.

However, later in the same letter, Monreal states that the “timetable for closing is based on the best information available, although it is subject to change as we evaluate our options, including option of selling the business and continuing as a going concern and subject to any actions of the bankruptcy court.”

The Bon Ton Stores, which is headquartered in Milwaukee and in York, Pennsylvania, operates 260 stores under the names Carson’s, Bon Ton, Bergner’s, Boston Store, Elder-Beerman, Herberger’s and Younkers.

The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early February, and at the time announced it was closing 42 stores, which are already in the process of winding down operations.

North Riverside’s store was not among those slated for closure, but that has changed as the store’s prospects for survival apparently have grown more precarious.

The Bon Ton stores had hoped a savior might be able to come up with a bid that would satisfy its creditors. Earlier this week,

PMSA CAMPUS Tentative plans from page 1 process have been “fiscal responsibility, equity and [whether or not the process is] datainformed.”

The Proviso East meeting was the first at which some possible options for approaching the district’s capital needs were discussed. The fact that all three campuses in District 209 have classrooms that are severely underutilized factored prominently in last month’s discussion.

The classroom utilization rates at all three schools range between 64 percent and 67 percent. Jolicoeur said that the target rate for newly constructed school buildings is around 85 percent to 90 percent.

“The good thing,” he said, “is that there is flexibility” and ways that populations might be shifted around to increase utilization rates.

More buildings, he added, aren’t needed.

Jolicoeur said that the raw data obtained from capacity analyses done by the firm indicated that all three schools have the capacity to hold more students.

Nowadays, Jolicoeur said, education spaces are required to be much more flexible than in the past, particularly to account for the growth in special education, technology and various student support services.

“One of the key questions that came out of the second community engagement session is, as a district, do we have too many facilities?”

Jolicoeur asked.

The costs of operating those facilities, he

the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that two mall owners, Nadmar Realty Group and Washington Prime Group, were putting together a bid to save the stores in their shopping centers.

North Riverside Park Mall is owned by the Feil Organization.

Meanwhile, the Journal Sentinel reported on April 4, that liquidation firms, partnering with bondholders, were planning to submit a $740 million bid for the company, which would result in liquidation. Bids were due April 4.

As of last Friday morning, the Bon Ton Stores had not publicly announced its plans either to liquidate or accept a bid that might keep some of its existing stores open.

Harvey Ahitow, general manager of North Riverside Park Mall, said that The Bon Ton Stores Inc. owns the space Carson’s occupies.

Ahitow said he has talked with an official from the company, who said no decisions have been announced related to any more store closures.

“There are ongoing negotiations and we don’t know what the outcome will be,”

added, cuts into money that might go directly to education purposes.

The question led into what Perkins and Will representatives called some “hard questions.”

For the first time in the master facilities planning process, the architects offered a series of very preliminary options for dealing with the district’s facilities burden and most of them centered on what to do with PMSA. The first option was to look at the needs of all three campuses and consider improving all three — what they called the status quo.

The second option was to “co-locate” PMSA at both East and West while maintaining the magnet school in its current form.

The third option was to choose to locate PMSA at either East or West.

A fourth option was to merge PMSA into the existing curriculum at East and West, and the fifth option was to locate PMSA at Proviso West while combining the student enrollments at both East and West at Proviso East.

The options favored by the roughly 30 community members present at the meeting ran the gamut, with the third and fourth options seeming to gain the most traction.

Some community members said that merging the schools would raise the confidence of students at East and West, who may feel stigmatized by being left out of PMSA’s many successes — which include being ranked as the top high school in suburban Cook County by one publication.

The Forest Park building in which PMSA sits used to be an office building owned by Loyola University Medical Center. It was purchased and retrofitted by District 209 for $40 million.

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Ahitow said.

If Carson’s closes its doors, the only remaining original anchor at North Riverside Park Mall would be J.C. Penney.

North Riverside Park Mall opened in the mid-1970s, anchored by Carson’s, Penney’s and Montgomery Ward.

Montgomery Ward closed in 2001 and was replaced by Sears at the far north end of the mall. Amid its own struggles in recent years, Sears consolidated its North Riverside location on just one floor in the north anchor location last December.

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Maywood tackles fires Two Maywood firefighters sustained minor injuries during a house fire that erupted on Friday night, according to Maywood Fire Chief Craig Bronaugh.

The Maywood Fire Department was called to a 1-alarm fire at 1st and Harvard St. in Maywood, at around 8:10 p.m. on April 6.

Bronaugh said that the home was technically vacant, but may have been occupied by squatters who may have caused the fire.

“It was likely man-made,” he said. “Some homeless people may have been smoking. There was a mattress in the second-floor bedroom at the west end of the home, which is where the fire started. It looks like it spread to the front. The firefighters did a good job getting in there and checking where it was.”

Bronaugh said that two firefighters sustained injuries — one sustained a finger laceration and another sustained a knee injury.

This is the second fire in a week that has broken out in an abandoned home in Maywood.

No injuries were reported during a structure fire that happened at around 3:29 p.m., at a home on the 400 block of S. 19th Ave. in Maywood on March 30.

Bronaugh said that the weather may play a role in the fires.

“The frequency of these fires may be due to the cooler temperatures,” he said.

“We’re starting to see more of this. We’re surprised we hadn’t seen it as much before.”

The chief said that the fire did not spread to any neighboring structures, partly because of the quick response of residents. Except for those sustained by the two fire personnel, no other injuries were reported, he said.

No injuries in April 4 apartment fire in Maywood No one was injured during a fire that broke out in the garden unit of a 2.5-story multi-unit apartment building in Maywood on April 4, according to Maywood Fire Chief Craig Bronaugh.

The fire started in the basement garden unit of a building on the 600 block of S. 6th Ave. in Maywood at around 8:49 a.m., according to emergency dispatch records.

Bronaugh said that authorities don’t yet know what caused the fire, which he said is still under investigation.

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With owner’s request, video gaming back in spotlight Ramzey Fakhouri wants Maywood board to lift gaming bistros ban so he can open one

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

During the public comment period of an April 3 regular meeting, Ramzey Fakhouri stood before the Maywood Board of Trustees to plead his case for why board members should lift a ban on Class M liquor licenses they approved back in December 2016.

Fakhouri, who owns the strip mall at 60822 S. 5th Ave. in Maywood, said that he wants to open a deli inside of the shuttered Subway restaurant within the mall. In addition to sandwiches made with premium Boar’s Head deli meet, the restaurant would also feature beer, wine and video gaming.

Fakhouri said that the video gaming concept is essential to the financial feasibility of his proposed restaurant. The revenue from gaming, he said, would help offset his expenses.

But the Class M liquor license and the video gaming concept go hand-in-hand. You can’t have gaming without the license.

That means that a ban on Class M licenses, which are specifically issued to video gaming cafe/bistro owners looking to sell alcohol in their establishments, is effectively a ban on the bistros themselves.

Fakhouri described the video gaming concept as something of a saving grace for his business, which he said has been depressed recently by high taxes.

“Before I bought [the strip mall], it had almost nine different owners because of the taxes,” Fakhouri said. “They’ve been very high and people have been selling the property back and forth. I’m trying to serve this community.”

Fakhouri said that he pays “about $95,000 a year in taxes” and has recently had to lower rents in order to keep tenants who are looking to move out of Maywood.

“I’ve been struggling, tenants have been moving out,” he said. “For instance, I have to reduce rent for H&R Block [a tenant inside of the 5th Ave. strip mall] to make sure they don’t leave. They want to leave because of high taxes …. I work just to pay taxes, so I need something to help me out just to keep surviving.”

The Subway once inside of the strip mall that is now closed was “unable to sustain and pay” bills like rent and payroll, Fakhouri’s nephew said during the April 3 meeting.

On Dec. 20, 2016, the Maywood board unanimously approved an ordinance amending a section of the village code to prohibit the issuance of any new Class M

BELLWOOD NIGHTCLUB New ownership? from page 1 family members.

The news shocked lovers of live music across the Chicago area. The Bellwood club offered everything from bluesy performances to poetic spoken word nights.

“This was a place [where] all could come and have a great time,” wrote Juliette Hunter in an April 2 Facebook post. “If you came once, you wanted to come back again.”

Hunter was among the hundreds of patrons who wrote emotional online messages about the club on the day it closed. A post uploaded

by Jacques Hurst’s nephew, Stoney Gillespie Jr., was shared over 800 times and garnered over 1,000 likes in a few days.

Longtime patron Joe Walker Jr. described the club as a “family” in a heartfelt reminiscence posted to Facebook on April 2. Walker recalled the club’s many theme nights — fish fry night, reggae night, stepper night and comedy night.

“Everybody knew everybody,” said Barbie.

“It was a family. We were faithful to our regulars and they were faithful to us.”

Jacques said that he started Touch of the Past with two friends. They were looking for someplace to go for quality entertainment in the area that featured live soul, blues and

R&B music.

After a career as a sound man, in addition to nearly 40 years in Corporate America (28 of them as a credit manager for Dearborn Wholesale), Jacques eventually turned his full attention to Touch of the Past.

The club would grow a loyal following for its homey, intimate atmosphere and the warmth its employees created for regular patrons — who came before anything else.

“I turned down the Rolling Stones one night,” Jacques recalled. “That night, Tyrone Davis was performing there and some people called me at the last minute,

liquor licenses.

The board instituted the ban after it had already approved the issuance of a Class M liquor license to Lacey’s Place, a video gaming establishment at 611 W. Roosevelt Rd., in March 2016.

That issuance, however, drew the ire of many residents, who were against video gaming establishments in Maywood because of numerous public safety and quality of life concerns. Trustees in support of granting Lacey’s the license, however, said that those concerns were overblown and not consistent with the reality.

Nonetheless, in June 2016, a group of residents created an online petition expressing their opposition to video gaming that garnered more than 100 signatures. The next month, the board voted 4-2 to put the issue on the ballot as a nonbinding advisory referendum.

And in the Nov. 8, 2016 election, residents voted 56 percent to 44 percent in favor of banning the Class M licenses. Trustees authorized an official ban following the referendum measure in large part because they wanted to follow the wishes of voters.

So far, Lacey’s place is the only video gaming establishment in Maywood. On April 3, Fakhouri said that the village is missing

out on a lucrative revenue stream.

“Why not have a couple more licenses in the neighborhood? I don’t see the harm,” he said. “Melrose Park alone has 26 licenses and I wonder why Maywood only has one. There is money to be made. There’s a lot of money to be generated and that’s going to help the community.”

In response, Maywood Village Manager Willie Norfleet said that the board has the power to lift the ban if it wants, but that Fakhouri would first need to submit an application to the planning and zoning commission through the village’s community development office.

After which, the possibility of lifting the ban may come up for board discussion, and public dialogue, once again.

“I do like the idea that you’re continuing to invest in Maywood,” Norfleet told Fakhouri.

The village manager added that, roughly a year into its operation, the fears expressed by many residents about Lacey’s Place have not materialized, which could factor into whether or not the board lifts the ban and allows another video gaming establishment to setup shop.

“To my knowledge, there hasn’t been an issue,” Norfleet said of Lacey’s Place.

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Jacques said that Otis Clay “was my best friend.”

“I was always called him my pastor, because he gave me advice,” Jacques said of Clay, who was just one among the many celebrity entertainers who would consider the club a destination.

“We’ve had an unbelievable number of artists come through,” Photos submitted Barbie said. “Maze, Mary Mary, Salt-N-Pepa, FUTURE PLANS: Right to left: Keith Washington.”

Barbie and Jacques Hurst; Iris The Hursts said that and Otis Clay; the Midnight they hope the music Sun band; and the exterior of continues. They’ve been meeting with potential Touch of the Past. buyers over the last saying they wanted to bring in the Stones several days. Jacques said he hopes to close and their entourage. I wasn’t going to put on a sale by next week, so that the club could out my regular customers. I just told them, reopen within a month from the transaction.

‘Don’t even bother to come,’ because the The state of live music in the Chicago area show was sold out.” could depend on it.

Jacques said that he was such a close “The state of music today is in danger friend of Davis’s (the famous singer is because there’s no live musicians anymore,” known for R&B hits like “Can I Change My Jacques said. “Everything is done off of Mind,” “Turn Back The Hands Of Time,” tracks and machines.” and “Turning Point”) that when the singer CONTACT: thevillagefreepress@gmail.com died in 2005, his repast was held at the Bellwood club.

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Village Pride cleanup to focus on Maywood’s parks The April 21 event planned as residents’ complaints about parks pile up

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

As park-related complaints among residents in Maywood pile up, the village’s Environmental and Beautification Commission has at least a temporary solution — the annual Village Pride Village Wide cleanup event, set for April 21.

This year, commission members said, the event will focus on the parks, which have been the sources of frustration recently for some community members.

A man visiting from the Atlanta area spoke during public comments at a regular meeting of the Maywood Board of Trustees on April 3. He said he was in town visiting his father, who lives in the village.

The visitor said that he was at the meeting on behalf of his father, who lives near Bataan Park. “There’s a lot of trash in the park,” the man said. “You can’t read the sign … I ask you all to take that seriously.”

Last month, another resident complained about the condition of Tot Lot Park at 4th Ave. and Huron in Maywood, which is owned by the village.

“I’ve sent pics, emailed and spoke with village officials several times over the last year regarding the condition of the park without remedy,” said the resident, whose identity has not been published. “This park, quite frankly, is a lawsuit waiting to happen.”

On April 3, in response to the visitor’s comments, Maywood Village Manager Willie Norfleet said that “we’ll get right on it” and that he’d be “interested in seeing what kind of condition” Bataan Park is currently in.

“It should not be a situation where you close your windows and don’t want to look, because [the parks are] not beautified,” Norfleet said, before adding that the park should be in “tip top shape” after the annual Village Pride Village Wide event on April 21.

According to Loretta Brown, a member of the Maywood Environmental and Beautification Commission, which hosts the annual event, the commission plans to focus this year’s Village Pride cleanup efforts on Maywood’s parks — which are currently going through a period of transition.

Last year, officials with the village and the Maywood Park District, which is a separate taxing body, started talks to transfer villageowned parks to the park district’s control.

A 2006 ballot measure favored by over 75 percent of voters called for 10 of the 11 parks in Maywood to be under the consolidated ownership of the Maywood Park District.

That transition has yet to occur, but this year village officials were said to be in talks with park district officials to that happen.

“This year we’re going to focus on the parks,” Brown said, adding that the commission hopes to attract enough volunteers for the single-day event to pull off an aggressive beautification effort of the

parks (although they won’t be the event’s sole focus).

Brown said that volunteers will plant flowers, paint picnic tables and park benches, and lay down chemical-free mulch, among many other activities.

“How many streets we get done and how many parks we’re able to pay attention to will depend on how many people volunteer,” Brown said, adding that volunteers will take before and after photos of the parks, along with other areas of the village they cleanup, to be compiled in a mural.

Individuals interested in volunteering for the April 21 event can register by visiting: surveymonkey.com/r/PJ92GGP. “Our agenda this year is ambitious and how much we accomplish will depend on the donations from generous sponsors and the number of volunteers that agree to participate,” Brown said in a statement.

Brown and other event organizers are requesting that participants pre-register by April 13. This year’s Village Pride-Village

Maywood Environmental and Beautification Commission seeking new members

Wide event will take place on April 21.

Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., at the Maywood Park Gazebo, between 1st Ave. and 5th Ave. on Oak Street. At 9 a.m., the Proviso East High School marching band will send volunteers off to their assignments throughout the village.

For more information, email ljbrown243@ yahoo.net or Mary D’Anza Mora at mdanza@ luc.edu with questions.

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Seeking Local Contractors Housing Helpers, Inc., a local non-profit redeveloper of foreclosed homes, is now accepting Statements of Qualifications for Contractors and Sub-Contractors.

Please email housinghelpersinc@gmail.com to request the RFQ packet.

During the April 3 board meeting, Laura Rogers, the chairperson of the Maywood Environmental and Beautification Commission, told village board members that the 7-person commission is down to just three members and has not been able to get a quorum in the last several months.

The commission, which is responsible for raising community awareness about environmental conservation and sustainability practices, is now taking applications for interested candidates.

To learn more about the commission, visit: maywood-il.org/Government/EnvironmentalBeautification-Commission.aspx.

File photos

THAT TIME OF YEAR: Above, members of Maywood’s Environmental and Beautification Commission pose with community leaders during last year’s Village Pride Village Wide cleanup. Below, volunteers hard at work during last year’s one-day event.

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Free kayaking and canoeing coming to Maywood

Big Week

On Saturday, April 14, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Maywood Grove, Ohio St. & the Des Plaines River) in Maywood, the Forest Preserves of Cook County will celebrate the grand opening of its newest canoe and kayak launch along the Des Plaines River. For more info about this free event, contact (708) 3864042.

Enjoy free food, drumming and dialogue

April 11 – 17

On Saturday, April 14, 1 p.m., at Loyola Strict School of Medicine’s Tobin Hall, 2160 S. 1st Ave. in Maywood, Village Free Press will co-host a FREE community town hall discussion on the film, “Black Panther.”

Join featured guests John W. Fountain (Chicago Sun-Times columnist), Dr. Stanford Carpenter (noted artist, cultural anthropologist and chairman of the Institute for Comics Studies), Rev. Teddy Matthews (pastor of Empowerment Church), Dr. Marva Hall (government affairs liaison), Darrick Campbell (local author), James Grey, M.A. (engineer, activist and comic enthusiast) and Dr. Rhonda Sherrod (moderator), for this rich, empowering dialogue.

The event will also feature FREE refreshments, African drumming and

Indoor produce market to popup in Maywood again On Saturday, April 14, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 1100 S. 11th Ave. in Maywood, Forty Acres Fresh Market, in conjunction with Maywood Trustee Isiah Brandon, will host its monthly indoor produce market. All markets feature free sampling, food demo and meals for purchase. Cash, Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover are all accepted. For more info, visit @40acresfreshmarket on Facebook.

resourceful information from sponsors.

Along with VFP, this event is co-hosted by Wintrust Community Banks, The Need to Know Group, AKB Events and the Bellwood Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Please RSVP on Evenbrite at: eventbrite.

com/e/black-panther-community-dialogueregistration-44921949761.

Free prom dress giveaway On Sunday, April 15, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 4219 Butterfield Rd. in Hillside, the Proviso Glam Squad will host a Prom Dress Giveaway (Part Two). For more info, contact Rajeska Jackson at (708) 397-6604 or Marie Dennis at (708) 299-3861.

Register for free cancer screening On Monday, April 23, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, 2160 S. 1st Ave. in Maywood, Loyola University Health System will host a FREE oral, head and neck cancer screening. Although the event is not this week, you should still register well in advance by calling (888) 5847888. Parking is free. Light refreshments will be served. Screenings provided by Loyola’s Head and Neck Cancer program.

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VILLAGE perspectives

Win the day with challenges Welcome to the Winners Circle.

Life is a journey that consists of the daily decisions, choices, and actions we take every day…so I truly believe that we must win each day. Does that mean we do everything perfectly? Of course not, but it does mean that we strive to be, do, have, and give our best every day.

Do we blow it? Of course we do, but we make the necessary adjustments by being honest with ourselves first, not blaming, hiding, defending or making excuses. We own our stuff and we do better. That’s a winning life. That’s how we win the day.

If you do one small thing every day to get you closer to what you want in life, you will have done 365 things in a year.

So many people wish life was easier, with less challenges and obstacles, but without challenges life becomes stagnant and we stop growing. I heard an interesting quote that says, “Every problem introduces a person to himself.” Challenges help us uncover who we are and allow us to become better people.

Let’s examine a very simple 4-step method to overcoming challenges.

1. State the problem clearly.

When we are faced with challenges, we tend to avoid the issue and run the other way, burying our heads in the sand hoping they go away.

Or we may say, ‘OK, there is an obstacle and instead of heading right to it and plowing through, I am going to look for another path even though that is not the way I want to go. It looks easier. Less headache.’

But rarely does that work out, right?

When we avoid or go out of our way, we cause more headache in the end. It takes more of our time, it takes more of our energy and we don’t get the end result we are looking for.

So take this time to understand what the challenge is. Ask yourself, what is the question, what is being asked of me, what is the main goal? Write this down on paper.

2. Identify what you have at your disposal — what resources are available to you to work through this challenge?

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List all of these resources out. Include things such as tangible assets (money, computer, books, etc.). List your skills and your strengths to work through the challenge. And, don’t forget others. What access do you have to others that can help?

3. Design the strategy to overcome the challenge. Utilize all your assets to create a plan of action.

You may find this plan will need to be tweaked as you execute, and that is OK. Keep at it.

4. Execute the strategy with effort and determination.

Do your best with all you have to overcome the challenge?

If you find that you still cannot overcome a challenge, then re-evaluate. If your strategy won’t work because it isn’t viable or effective then change it. If your strategy doesn’t work because you didn’t execute it well enough, be honest, be persistent and tweak your efforts, giving it more.

Practice this method on small challenges and see how easy it is to overcome. Then try it on the big rocks! Go ahead and Win the Day! — Jacqueline Barnes Affectionately called Coach Jackie, Jacqueline is the founder and CEO of Heart 2 Heart Empowerment Mentoring, and Seed of Hope Foundation. She facilitates master classes and mentoring programs in leadership development and life skills. This is her first in a regular series of columns that will appear in this publication. Contact her at: jacqui@coachjacqui.com or visit her on Facebook at: https://www. facebook.com/JacquiLifeCoach/

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NEWS briefs Maywood Park District scheduled to cut ribbon on ‘809 Building’ The Maywood Park District Board of Commissioners was set to host an official groundbreaking ahead of construction work on its facility at 809 Madison W. Madison St. The ceremony was scheduled to take place on April 10, 6 p.m. (the day after this story went to press).

The park district announced in February that they had opened the bidding process for contractors. At the time, park district Commission President Dawn Rone said that construction could start as early as June and be completed by December.

Williams-Rone said that the district secured funding from a bank. She did not specify the size of the loan.

In addition to the bank loan, the park district will also lean on $285,000 in TIF funds approved by the Maywood Board of Trustees last September. According to park district officials, the renovation of the 809 Madison building will cost approximately $1.8 million.

The majority of that money will come from a reimbursable $1.6 million state grant, which required the village to provide 20 percent of matching funds. The TIF funds

to operate simultaneously, a critical step toward improving the line’s reliability and efficiency.”

UP officials said that drivers experience delays during the temporary closure “are asked to follow the posted detour, as well as be aware of, and courteous to crews working in the area.” and the bank loan will cover the park district’s matching share.

The renovations of the 809 Madison building, officials said, will transform a facility that has been empty for more than 15 years, into a recreation center that will feature multipurpose rooms, conference rooms, a room designated for sewing and quilt-making, a music studio and fitness rooms, among other amenities.

Last year, the park district wrapped up renovations of the parking lot and grounds surrounding the 809 Madison building.

First Ave. rail crossing to close for 8 weeks starting April 16 The First Avenue railroad crossing in Maywood will be closed for eight weeks, depending on weather, starting April 16, so that workers can install a third rail line and perform utility and grading work, according to a March 23 statement by released by

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Union Pacific.

“Drivers will be able to cross the tracks at 5th Avenue or in the neighboring River Forest and Oak Park communities,” UP official said.

Last April, officials from various government bodies, agencies and stakeholder entities broke ground on the $100 million project to install the third track and other safety enhancements along the West Line between River Forest and Melrose Park.

Metra and UP officials said at the time that the new track would eliminate “two critical bottlenecks along the UP West Line that can be the source of delays for both freight and commuter trains.”

Officials said back then that the project “will add nearly eight miles of third track in the only two remaining segments between Elburn and Chicago.”

In the March 23 statement, UP noted that the “additional main line will allow 59 Metra trains and 70 freight trains using the line

2 killed in April 2 Bellwood shooting Two Bellwood men were killed during a shooting that happened in the village on April 2, according to multiple reports.

Bellwood police said that at around 10:30 p.m., they responded to a call of someone injured on the 300 block of 28th Ave. When they arrived, they found Termaine Hughes, 33, and Roger Griffin, 25, apparently wounded from gunshots.

Griffin lived on the same block where he was apparently shot, according to the medical examiner’s office, while Hughes lived roughly a mile away from the crime scene, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

The two men were rushed to Loyola University Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Bellwood police could not contacted for comment on Friday afternoon.

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Of ‘Black Panther’ and progress

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Publisher/Opinion

I sat in the movie theater transfixed. Here was a cast and a film crew featuring African Americans. Here was a technological utopia built and peopled by blacks. Here were complicated villains and heroes. But as stunned as I was by the silver-screened marvel that is Marvel’s mythological Wakanda, I could not help but think about very real places like my hometown of Maywood and many other predominantly black and brown locales like it that exist around the country.

I’ll try not to spoil things for the few who haven’t already seen the mega blockbuster, but there’s a point where the people of Wakanda decide to build a bridge to the real world, to share some of their wealth, knowledge and expertise with their brethren trapped in history and time, contained within a system that, for nearly

half a millennium, has kept them confined to ghettos, favelas, shantytowns and prisons (if not physically, then psychologically).

A Wakanda-built flying machine lands in (what I’ll just call) any inner city in America and the fictional nation’s leaders work to implement what is essentially a social outreach effort to share their knowledge and technology with their black American brothers and sisters who have been shut out of the African nation’s freedom and bounty.

The gesture is the equivalent of Barack Obama (our flesh-and-blood Wakandan King T’Challa) building his presidential library on the South Side. The expansive proposal, Wakanda-esque in its design, has generated a groundswell of grassroots opposition for what critical voices say could lead to gentrification and displacement down the line.

The Obama library controversy demonstrates that solutions to the poverty,

blight, disinvestment and violence that characterizes so many black and brown communities (and countries) outside of Wakanda are messy and are not so easily resolved by simply exposing the denizens of these unfortunate areas to technological wizardry and wealth.

The problem is not so much a question of scientific progress and wealth, but of something much more basic. As Martin Luther King Jr. said in his 1964 Nobel Prize acceptance speech: “Modern man has brought this whole world to an awe-inspiring threshold of the future. He has reached new and astonishing peaks of scientific success. He has produced machines that think and instruments that peer into the unfathomable ranges of interstellar space. He has built gigantic bridges to span the seas and gargantuan buildings to kiss the skies. His airplanes and spaceships have dwarfed distance, placed time in chains, and carved highways

through the stratosphere. This is a dazzling picture of modern man’s scientific and technological progress.

“Yet, in spite of these spectacular strides in science and technology, and still unlimited ones to come, something basic is missing. There is a sort of poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance.

The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.”

Join me on Saturday, April 14, 1 p.m., at Loyola Strict School of Medicine’s Tobin Hall, 2160 S. 1st Ave. in Maywood, for a town hall-style dialogue about this and other matters related ‘Black Panther’. This is a free event that will feature African drummers, food, networking and fun.

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50 years after ’68 riots, Del-Kar still stands Chicago’s oldest black-owned pharmacy served King in ’66, survived ’68 riots

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

Edwin Muldrow, the owner of Del-Kar Pharmacy in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood, can tell you what the area was like more than 50 years ago, when blackowned retailers, restaurants, barbershops, beauty salons, night clubs and laundromats contributed to a living, relatively selfsustaining local ecosystem.

Del-Kar was started by Muldrow’s father, Edward, in 1960, making the North Lawndale drugstore possibly the oldest black-owned pharmacy in the city.

The store was here before Martin Luther King Jr. had reached the apotheosis of his ministry with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Del-Kar was here when a radicalized King re-focused his concentration on northern injustices, moving into a rundown apartment at 1550 S. Hamlin Ave., a block away from the pharmacy, during his 1966 Chicago Campaign against housing segregation.

“King would come into the store every day when he was living on Hamlin,” Edwin recalled. “He would pick up a newspaper and go to Mr. Woods Pool Hall and shoot pool.

He’d eat barbecue [at a store nearby]. He was very active in the neighborhood when was here.”

Del-Kar was here for King’s murder on

April 4, 1968, and the few hellish days and nights of rioting that followed.

“There was a white-owned drugstore on every corner, from Kedzie to Kostner, and each one was torched,” Edwin said. “My father’s was the only to remain. He and my mother were living in Markham at that time and he was commuting. So he’d come over one evening during the riots and the Vice Lords told him to go home. We’re not going to let anything happen to your store.”

And 50 years later, Del-Kar remains — the largely forgotten history of King’s assassination and the riots that followed it fossilized within the drug store’s walls.

“These kids grew up in the vacant lot generation,” Edwin said one afternoon last week in between handling customers.

“They don’t know what the street looked like when there were actual businesses. It’s astonishing for them to see the photos we have here. They’ll say, ‘Man, I didn’t know 16th Street looked like this.’ It was once a bustling retail corridor.”

Photos submitted There’s a deeper lesson RESILIENCE: Edward Muldrow, above, founded Del-Kar contained in Del-Kar’s Pharmacy in Chicago. King bought his morning paper resiliency that might provide at Del-Kar while living at 1550 S. Hamlin Ave. (pictured a blueprint for resurrecting the West Side’s long-neglected left) in 1966. economy, Edwin suggested.

Edward, who died last year at 88, understood the neighborhood, breaking in and stealing, the dynamics of the neighborhood where he especially on Madison and Pulaski,” Edwin did business, his son said. said.

“Me and my father have done an excellent But the store, once again, was unscathed. job of policing our property,” Edwin said.

“Dad had come down to check on things “We don’t tolerate loitering or open drug and one of the new generation of street markets. But you have to have respect in leaders said, ‘Yeah, go home. We ain’t going the community and you have to know the to let anything happen to your store.’” stakeholders, so when you have an issue you Whether dealing with street gangs or can call those stakeholders involved and deal a civil rights icon, Edwin said that the with that issue without calling the police.” formula for engendering respect and trust is Those relationships with neighborhood the same — something his father passed on stakeholders proved vital during another to him. urban disturbance on the West Side. In “The guys respected my father for being 1991, when the Chicago Bulls won their first straight up,” the son said. championship, there was also “rioting in CONTACT: thevillagefreepress@gmail.com

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Public Notice: Your Right to Know PUBLIC NOTICES REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.VERONICA GODINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO AVITIA-VALDEZ Defendants 15 CH 03313 3416 SAINT PAUL AVE. Bellwood, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 5, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 10, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3416 SAINT PAUL AVE., Bellwood, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-09-317075-0000 Vol. 160.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $214,988.36.

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, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 15-1607.

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.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 15-1607 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 15 CH 03313 TJSC#: 38-1530 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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P.A., 233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 566-0040.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3081462

Defendants, 17 CH 10083 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 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 mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 12-33-211-009-0000.

Commonly known as 2209 Emerson Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60164.

The mortgaged real estate is 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: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier’s or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Russell R. Custer, Jr. at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd., 1900 Spring Road, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523-1495. (630) 571-1900.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3081298

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 Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W150232.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3081287

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 1417-16045.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-16045 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2017 CH 15959 TJSC#: 38-2484 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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The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 16, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1537 SOUTH ELGIN AVENUE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-24-215034-0000.

The real estate is improved with a tan, vinyl siding, single family, with a two car detached 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.

For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 8255.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC.; Plaintiff, vs.

REGINALD WALKER; RHONDA WALKER; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; THE CITY OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 13870 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 3, 2018 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. 15-15-204-015.

Commonly known as 1012 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 Mr. Eric Malnar at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAMP TRUST 2004SEA2, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-SEA2; Plaintiff, vs.

WILLIAM HARRIS; ANITA HARRIS; CITY OF CHICAGO MIDLAND FUNDING LLC AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) NA; VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF WILLIAM HARRIS, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANITA HARRIS, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 12872 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 Tuesday, May 1, 2018 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. 15-15-415-017-0000.

Commonly known as 1902 South 9th 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 Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 WA170463.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3081283 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION SELFRELIANCE UKRAINIAN AMERICAN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; Plaintiff, vs.

MICHAEL F. JEJSKI; MARIE UNKNOWN A. JEJSKI; OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS;

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PROF-2013-M4 LEGAL TITLE TRUST II, BY U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE; Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DOLORES SVITA; BMO HARRIS BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA HARRIS N.A.; ALBERT J. SVITA; DONALD SVITA; CYNTHIA SUTHERIN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 15 CH 4482 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 Tuesday, May 1, 2018 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. 15-03-307-007-0000.

Commonly known as 1403 North 18th Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60160.

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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2002NC5 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-NC5 Plaintiff, -v.MARIANA A. THOMPSON, VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC Defendants 2017 CH 15959 1439 SOUTH 20TH 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 March 15, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 24, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1439 SOUTH 20TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-116040-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

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

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

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

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

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

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 (CWALT 2004-2CB) Plaintiff, -v.CHARLES J. NOVAK, KATHLEEN A. NOVAK A/K/A KATHLEEN ANN NOVAK, BEERMANN SWERDLOVE LLP, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., FIRSTMERIT BANK, N.A. S/B/M TO MIDWEST BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, GERALDINE M. REDMOND, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 09899 1537 SOUTH ELGIN AVENUE 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 June 22, 2016, an agent for

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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) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 8255 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 15 CH 09899 TJSC#: 37-10970 I3074531

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The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 1417-05999.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-05999 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 006706 TJSC#: 38-1682 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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TRINETTA S. ROBERTSON AKA TRINETTA ROBERTSON AKA TRINETTA SMITH AKA TRINETTA STRICKLAND Defendants 15 CH 12523 1612 S. 16TH 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 October 20, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 16, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1612 S. 16TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-227022-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $201,362.77.

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, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 Please refer to file number 2120-10995. If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

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.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-10995 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 15 CH 12523 TJSC#: 37-9616 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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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, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm.

Please refer to file number 17082182.

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.

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 17-082182 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 17 CH 2461 TJSC#: 38-1929 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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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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 8439.

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) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 8439 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 17 CH 00989 TJSC#: 38-1652 I3079780

below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 614 RICE AVENUE, Bellwood, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-09-314056.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $242,152.03.

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, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 2630003 Please refer to file number 102863.

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.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw. com Attorney File No. 102863 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 17 CH 00996 TJSC#: 38-1761 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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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PLAZA HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, vs.

RUTH MEMBERS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 5339 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 10, 2018 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. 15-15-219-033-0000.

Commonly known as 1401 South 16th Avenue, Maywood, Illinois 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, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

(630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup. com 24 hours prior to sale.

F15010132 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3082186 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NEW PENN FINANCIAL LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.MARIO ADAME, MARGARITA ADAME, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. Defendants 17 CH 006706 1661 CHANNING CT MELROSE PARK, IL 60160 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 16, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 18, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1661 CHANNING CT, MELROSE PARK, IL 60160 Property Index No. 15-02-113-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION MIDFIRST BANK Plaintiff, -v.GRAZYNA M. WASIK A/K/A GRAZYNA WASIK, ANNA PAWLIK Defendants 17 CH 2461 2600 WESTBROOK DRIVE Franklin Park, IL 60131 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 23, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 24, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2600 WESTBROOK DRIVE, Franklin Park, IL 60131 Property Index No. 12-28-408006-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $237,186.44.

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.LUCIOUS SMITH, III, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 00989 1914 SOUTH 17TH 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 February 21, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 22, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1914 SOUTH 17TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-315022-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family home with a detached two car 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC, MORTGAGE ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005EFC4 Plaintiff, -v.GERALD P. NORDGREN, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CARL T. GEANES (DECEASED), LOTTIE M. GEANES, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CARL T. GEANES, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 00996 614 RICE AVENUE Bellwood, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 21, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 22, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.VICTOR STEVEN BATITSAS PALUMBO, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, VINCENT JOSEPH PALUMBO, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF HELENE T. PALUMBO, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR HELENE T. PALUMBO (DECEASED) Defendants 2017 CH 10000 2731 NORTH MELROSE AVENUE 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 January 11, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 21, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2731 NORTH MELROSE AVENUE, MELROSE PARK, IL 60164 Property Index No. 12-29-401009-0000.

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.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 1417-10336.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-10336 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2017 CH 10000 TJSC#: 38-668 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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inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 1417-02232.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-02232 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 003889 TJSC#: 38-1976 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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highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 1417-12617.

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

1832 SOUTH 9TH 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 February 1, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 22, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1832 SOUTH 9TH AVENUE, Maywood, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-407-0280000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $81,489.88.

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.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm.

Please refer to file number 17-084640.

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

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 17-084640 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 17 CH 13952

TJSC#: 38-1413 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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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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 263043.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.ROLANDO MARTINEZ Defendants 17 CH 003889 2018 S. 4TH 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 February 23, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 25, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2018 S. 4TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-14-320018-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

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

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

The property will NOT be open for

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.ZENAIDA MATROCI, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2017 CH 11493 2923 N CALWAGNER ST FRANKLIN PARK, IL 60131 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 11, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 21, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2923 N CALWAGNER ST, FRANKLIN PARK, IL 60131 Property Index No. 12-28-224013-0000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-12617 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2017 CH 11493 TJSC#: 38-559 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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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.CHRISTOPHER ESSEX, SHUNTA PATRICE ESSEX A/K/A SHUNTA P. ESSEX A/K/A SHUNTA PATRICE BROWN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Defendants 17 CH 13952

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

WILLIE G. HENRY; FLORENCETTA HENRY; TCF NATIONAL BANK; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF WILLIE G. HENRY, IF ANY; 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 Thursday, May 17, 2018 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 the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W17-0871.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3083023 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION NEW PENN FINANCIAL, LLC D/B/ A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.APOLINAR OSORIO, GUADALUPE OSORIO A/K/A GUADALUPE R OSORIO, CITY OF NORTHLAKE, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., S/I/I TO CAPITAL ONE BANK, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC Defendants 13 CH 11139 27 GOLFVIEW DRIVE NORTHLAKE, 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 February 21, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 22, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 27 GOLFVIEW DRIVE, NORTHLAKE, IL 60164 Property Index No. 12-31-404-0120000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

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) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 263043 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 13 CH 11139 TJSC#: 38-1954 I3080421

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on age, race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination.

The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to service animals.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-669-9777.

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The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informedthat all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to service animals.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-669-9777.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.GREGORY GARMON Defendants 10 CH 42289 1170 SOUTH HUMPHREY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 19, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 11, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1170 SOUTH HUMPHREY AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-331-0070000.

The real estate is improved with a yellow brick two story single family home with a two car detached 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).

For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Fountain Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s AttorJohn

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