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Mars candy factory to close Ald. Taliaferro, whose ward includes the historic Galewood factory, says Mars officials have told him they’ll leave the site’s future up to community

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Mars, the manufacturer behind iconic candy brands like Snickers and M&Ms announced last week that it intends to close its nearly century-old Galewood candy factory, 2019 N. Oak Park Ave., in 2024. The company appears to be letting community members decide what happens to the site in the future.

The Galewood plant dates back to 1929, when company owner Franklin Mars moved his business from Minneapolis to Chicago. Mars built the factory on the site of the Westward Ho golf course next to what eventually became Metra’s Milwaukee District West line. The factory’s architecture was designed to echo the surrounding Galewood subdivision. The plant is directly served by Metra’s Mars station, which is also used by local commuters.

Mars did not go into details about the closure and company officials did not respond to a request for comment by deadline.

The company’s Mars Wrigley Confectionery division’s global headquarters will be located in Chicago’s Goose Island neighborhood and the company will retain plants in suburban Burr Ridge and Yorkville.

Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th) whose ward includes the plant and the surrounding portions of Galewood and Montclare, said that Mars is choosing to donate the land rather than sell it to another company.

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Coach Shawn Harrington leads youth in basketball practice at Children of Peace Catholic School in the Near West Side on Jan. 14, 2022.

After shooting, hoops star Shawn Harrington rebounds

With help from friends, the former Marshall High School standout is back on the West Side coaching kids on basketball fundamentals

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Shawn Harrington’s new favorite day is Friday.

Harrington, a former hoops standout and beloved assistant coach at Marshall High School, recently started working at Children of Peace Catholic School, 1900 W. Taylor St., teaching Friday gym class to el-

ementary kids and leading an after-school program focused on the fundamentals of basketball.

It is Harrington’s first coaching job since he was shot and paralyzed on the West Side eight years ago.

Harrington was driving his daughter, Naja, to school Jan. 30, 2014, when two people shot at them at a red light in Humboldt Park, mistaking their car for some-

one else’s. Harrington was shot twice as he shielded his daughter from the gunfire, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. The shooters were sentenced to 59 years in prison.

Harrington was featured in Steve James’ 1994 documentary “Hoop Dreams” when he was a sophomore point guard at See HARRINGTON on page 4

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Jermaine Jordan is raising money to provide shelter and food to as many people experiencing homelessness as possible

By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

A West Side man is raising money to feed and house people experiencing homelessness as the city buckles down for the coldest stretch of the winter.

Jermaine Jordan raised hundreds of thousands of dollars last year to book hotel rooms to give people warm beds. He also created a soul food restaurant, Healthy Hot Free Meals, that provided quality food for anybody in the community at no cost.

Jordan is asking for more donations to his GoFundMe page so he can serve as many people as he can. Those interested in volunteering to help Jordan make meals for the food truck or do outreach at encampments can reach him through his Healthy Hot Free Meals website, by emailing Eatdaily@healthyhotfreemeals. com or by calling him at 773-575-1745.

“I pray that we can come together and make a difference and change people’s lives. To be able to help them and show them somebody do care for them and do love them,” Jordan said.

Jordan purchased three vans that drive around to different encampments around the city to support people experiencing homelessness. He has six volunteers who help him to

ferry people and their belongings to the hotels he has partnered with so they can have a warm place to stay during the frigid winter, he said.

“A lot of them saying they lost their jobs due to the pandemic,” Jordan said. “It’s freezing out there. You stand in one spot, and you don’t have no gloves, no hats, it’s sad. It’s horrible for them to not have anything.”

So far, Jordan has rented 43 hotel rooms this winter and feeds up to 200 people each day.

Jordan’s restaurant at 4100 W. Madison St. is currently closed for renovations, but he is continuing to feed those in need via a food truck that provides food for those on the streets as well as people who are staying at the hotel rooms he booked.

“We pull up to the homeless encampments.

People want the food to be hot like it’s from a restaurant. We’re feeding them at the hotel.

They can come downstairs and get their food and go back up to their room,” he said.

The food truck also makes the free meals more accessible to those who need them most, he said.

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HARRINGTON Back in motion from page 1 Marshall, and the story of his 2014 shooting received national media attention, leading to fundraising galas, a critically acclaimed book and well-wishes from Shaquille O’Neal, former Mayor Rahm Emanuel and others.

Inside the Children of Peace gym, with bent rims and sidelines scattered with plastic playhouses and books, Harrington said life with his disability is now quieter, more manageable.

Harrington reels in kids bouncing off the walls with encouragement, patience and a good whistle. It’s a long shot from his days playing D1 basketball at New Mexico State University and coaching future NBA players at the legendary Marshall High School.

But it is paradise.

“I wanted to coach again. The name of the school didn’t matter, but it is a fitting name.

These kids are mannerable, respectful,” Harrington said. “And they make me feel special.”

It was the “Marshall Family” that connected Harrington to Children of Peace.

Principal Lydia Nantwi once worked with Harrington at Marshall. Back then, he was the assistant boy’s basketball coach known widely and fondly as “Shakey,” the smiley coach who packed his players into his Ford Expedition so they wouldn’t have to walk home through dangerous streets after practice.

After the shooting, Harrington tried to coach again at Marshall. He left shortly after, finding the kids he knew had long moved on and the routine retraumatizing.

For almost eight years, Harrington looked for a part-time coaching role that would give him a fresh start, new hope and a steady paycheck to support him beyond meager government aid.

Harrington needed a team, and the Children of Peace needed a teacher, their first in more than a year. Nantwi contacted her old colleague, Dorothy Gaters, the legendary girls coach at Marshall, who reminded Nantwi of Harrington’s exhaustive job hunt.

New assistant coach Ashlee Washington, a Children of Peace graduate and parent, said Harrington belongs at the school, where many students have lost parents and guardians to gun violence.

“Coach Shawn’s personality, it speaks for itself. He is love. He is peace,” Washington said. “I think he’s found home and peace with these kids. I know the kids found home and peace with him.”

Harrington must wake up at 5 a.m. to make it to his first physical education class 8 a.m.

Fridays, part of the daily realities of getting around with his disability.

Harrington starts practice by giving the kids “the room to burn off a little energy.”

He likes to pick Washington’s son, 7-year-old Otis Stroud, to demonstrate the drills. Stroud is a “go-getter,” Harrington said, and maybe even the next undersized, tenacious and quintessential point guard at Marshall High

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Coach Shawn Harrington leads youth in basketball practice at Children of Peace Catholic School in the Near West Side on Jan. 14, 2022.

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Ahead of defensive slide drills, Stroud started chopping his feet well before Harrington could blow his whistle during a recent practice. Harrington chopped his hands, pointed the kids left, right, up and down and beamed through his mask.

The days are long and physically demanding, Harrington said, and he often needs the weekend to recuperate. The little ones have questions about his wheelchair, which he answers honestly.

“I’ve truly found a blessing in the power of giving,” Harrington said. “I have every right in the world to wake up in the morning and say, ‘F— this, I don’t feel like doing nothing.’ But I don’t take that attitude every day. I wake up with a smile and say what can I do to get my day going.”

Before a recent practice, Harrington picked up 10 McDonald’s gift cards for the kids to win in drills. Ten kids showed up for the clinic that Friday, and everyone went home with a full stomach. Nantwi wrote a reimbursement check and forced it upon Harrington, who said he wished he had secretly bought 20 gift cards instead.

After a player complimented Harrington’s fresh fade and golden Air Jordan 1s, the coach promised him a free pair of his Kyrie Irving sneakers if he graduated from Children of Peace with straight A’s and B’s.

Another eighth grader recently lost his father, Harrington said, but came to practice anyway. The coach listened and confided the details of his shooting, the challenges he faced when his mom, Frida, was murdered

on the West Side and how he navigated the grief of losing six of his former Marshall basketball players in a four-year span.

The violence in Chicago is getting worse, Harrington said, and basketball must give kids the role models to persevere.

“I’ve always been told, ‘Adversity only visits the strong, but it stays with the weak,’” Harrington said. “I’ve been dealing with PTSD, anxiety and loneliness; it’s going to just be a part of the rest of my life. But I’ve been able to handle it by facing it head on.”

Life is trending in the right direction for Harrington. Two of his former Marshall players — Alfonzo McKinnie and Keifer Sykes — recently signed guaranteed NBA contracts with the Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers after journeyman careers bounced them around leagues across the world.

Harrington’s oldest daughter, Naja, who he protected on that fateful day, works across the street at UIC College of Pharmacy. He’s a grandfather to an 8-month-old, Naomi, and his daughter Malia is a straight-A student at Jones College Prep.

The coach’s greatest hope is to walk again.

He said he recently regained some feeling in his abs and chest cavity, taking a deep breath to prove it.

“Nothing is out of reach,” Harrington said.

“I truly believe my last days aren’t going to be spent in this chair. I told my old teammates we haven’t played our last game together.”

Harrington’s new protégés at the Children of Peace crowded around him at the end of practice as he showed his mid-range jump shot is still automatic. Washington said the

kids are “in awe” of how their coach can make shots from his wheelchair.

“Perfect form every time,” Washington said. “It’s important they see someone with a disability still pushing through. When they see their coach make those shots from his chair, it motivates them twice as much, because now they know they can do it, too.”

Harrington likes to tell people he’s “received more blessings since in this chair than out of it.”

The coach’s recovery has been supported by a network of family, friends and neighbors. But Harrington said he now has the independence of an electric wheelchair, a specialty car (donated to him by Shaq and nicknamed the “Shaq-Mobile”) and a fully ADA-accessible home in Austin, purchased through a successful GoFundMe. That’s all made coaching possible again.

“I’ve received so many blessings, sometimes I can’t pass them out fast enough to make room for the next one,” Harrington said. “I don’t look at it as work when I’m in the gym with these kids.”

Fridays are a break from thinking about the shooting and its effects. Fridays are pure.

On Friday, Harrington was happy Stroud made his shots.

This day belongs to Harrington and his Children of Peace.

“Every Friday I come in, and I channel it into this gym,” Harrington said. “The first class of the day is always pre-k. So I have to be wide open and ready.”

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29th Ward looking to pilot anti-crime camera system Ald. Taliaferro said the high-definition cams could be installed any place in the ward and possibly be connected to existing cameras

By SUZANNE McBRIDE AustinTalks

The 29th Ward could be a pilot site for a new camera system that residents would be able to monitor online, Ald. Chris Taliaferro said at his monthly ward meeting earlier this month.

The high-definition cameras could be installed any place in the ward and possibly be connected to existing cameras, though they would be different from the blue-light cameras already present that are not regularly monitored by police, the alderman said.

The new cameras would be able to track

owned by a former FBI director how many cars travel on a street and several former high-ranking and be used to help determine law enforcement officials. The needs, like whether there should city of Miami is also considerbe crossing guards near any of ing working with the company, the three elementary schools on Central Avenue, Taliaferro said.

Taliaferro said, and a major city Residents would be able to in Mexico saw a major reduction monitor the new cameras – in crime after installing the camwhich would be provided by a eras. private company Taliaferro did The alderman, an attorney not identify – and dial 911 to let who used to work as a sergeant CHRIS TALIAFERRO police know if they saw somewith the Chicago Police Departthing suspicious, he said. ment, said he wants to ensure “I’m hoping this will not only provide that people’s rights aren’t violated and noted better safety and security in the ward but he remains wary of facial recognition techalso provide police some knowledge about nology. where they’re headed to,” said Taliaferro, The cost of the cameras – which can run who serves as chairman of the Chicago City into the tens of thousands of dollars per Council’s Public Safety Committee. camera – would be covered by the company, “I think it’s a wonderful opportunity to Taliaferro said. reduce crime in our ward,” he said, noting He noted the 15th District was one of the that “camera systems do reduce crime.” The few of the city’s 22 police districts that saw alderman mentioned one block in the ward a reduction in murders, shootings and carsaw a drop in crime after cameras, paid for jackings in 2021, compared to the previous by some attorneys, were installed. year.

He said the private company he’s talking Taliaferro said he asked in early January to about a six- to 12-month pilot program is for CPD to provide him with all shootings,

murders, carjackings and sexual assaults by ward for the last two years.

In other news, the alderman announced he plans to give microgrants of $20,000 each to five organizations, for a total of $100,000. He said information will be “out there for anyone to apply. … we certainly want to help five groups in the ward.”

Bradly Johnson, director of external affairs for BUILD Chicago, said construction of the nonprofit’s new building at 5100 W. Harrison St., should be finished by late October.

The state-of-the art facility will include art and recording studios, a gym and a place for woodworking, with a peace and justice center at the heart of the building. “The focus will be educating and empowering our community,” he said.

“It’s going to be a fantastic project, one that’s really needed on the West Side of Chicago. … This is going to provide a great opportunity for mentoring, counseling and family activities.”

The next 29th Ward monthly meeting will be Wednesday, Feb. 16 on Zoom.

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MARS CANDY Closing chapter from page 1 He said that he and other area elected officials will convene community meetings to decide the future of the site. While some residents expressed cautious optimism about what happens next, others questioned why a company as successful as Mars would close the plant, disrupting the future of the factory’s 280 employees.

Taliaferro said that Mars representatives told him that “they have different growth plans” baked into their growth model.

“It’s sad that we’re going to lose Mars,” he said. “They hired over 280 people from throughout the city of Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. It’s sad we’re going to lose them as a community resource, but at the same time, I’m hopeful that we’ll bring something to this site that will benefit the community.

Taliaferro said that he and other area elected officials will be organizing community meetings so that residents of the Austin community area as a whole, rather than just Galewood specifically, will determine the future of the site.

Mars will donate the property to whichever developer or organization the community chooses. Taliaferro said that he didn’t have the precise timeline for when the meetings would happen. Given that the company won’t close the site until 2024, he said, they’ll have plenty of time to figure things out.

“I am excited that they’ve chosen that route of community engagement, especially since this is the facility Mars will be donating, at no cost, to a new tenant,” Taliaferro said.

Steve Robinson, the director of Northwest Austin Council and a Galewood resident who lives a few blocks from the plant, said that he was disappointed in Mars, especially since the candy company has been a good neighbor.

“We had to fight alongside Black Workers Matter to integrate [the currently Hostess-owned bakery] nearby [in Galewood, at 2035 N. Narragansett Ave.], but Mars has been a decent neighbor,” Robinson said. “The kids would go straight

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Photos of the Mars Candy factory in Galewood at various points in the facility’s rich history. there on Halloween. I’m disappointed in Mars.”

Robinson pointed out the candy company’s reported $40 billion in revenues in 2021, according to Forbes, making Mars the fourth-largest private company in the United States.

“They don’t have to close,” he said. “Of course, it could be a ploy to extort the city like the Bears moving to Arlington Heights.”

Yvette McCallum, a member of Black Workers Matter’s governing committee, worked at the Galewood plant three years ago. While she alleged that she faced racial discrimination working at the Bimbo Bakeries plant in Cicero, she said she faced no such issues at the Mars plant.

“Mars was integrated,” she said. “People worked well together. I would have stayed but couldn’t handle the cold on the ice cream rotation.”

McCallum said that Black Workers Matter generally supports a more cooperative style, employee-owned model of factory ownership. Mars closing its plant demonstrates why they support those models, she said.

“Workers and the community should get a vote,” she said. “A few bosses or owners should not be allowed to dictate the fate of hundreds. People built whole lives around these jobs. Now, they’re being cast aside like trash by the Mars family. That’s a kind of stealing.”

Judith Alexander, the chair of The North Avenue District,

said that the loss of the plant will reverberate on both sides of North Avenue.

“It will mean a loss of customers for our businesses,” she said. “For the community, it will mean the loss of jobs.

It may well mean the loss of a handsome, well-maintained building, as well. In short, we are losing an important community asset.”

Alexander said she is nonetheless hopeful that community input will result in the replacement of the Mars plant with something that “will become a new asset to the community.”

Tom Drebenstedt is a member of Rutherford-Sayre’s Park Advisory Council and a steward of the park’s natural area located across the street from the Mars plant. He said that the plant’s closing “reinforces the reality that change is a constant in our lives,” adding that the site has plenty of potential.

“Can we work towards preserving the original building for public use?” he wondered. “Bring back a putting green?

Extend the natural area east across Oak Park Avenue to link the homes south of the plant to our park? Bring in a transitoriented development? Bring in small homes for seniors that desire to stay in a community they love? Many possibilities ahead. Industrial and retail usage is not the future. Time to get to work.”

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West Side alderman’s community meeting hacked

A Jan. 25 Zoom meeting about Austin’s Lake/Central viaduct mural shut down by hackers who showed pornography

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

A Zoom community meeting on the new mural under the Austin’s Lake/Central viaduct got shut down about 10 minutes into deliberations after at least two unknown parties hacked the virtual meeting room.

The hack happened about 10 minutes into the Jan. 25 virtual meeting, with the hackers using the screen-sharing function to display pornography and use highlight function to write and draw obscene messages. The hosts attempted to reboot the meeting, to no avail.

Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th), who co-hosted the meeting, said that the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events staff told him that the meeting room was hacked, but didn’t share any details beyond that. He said that the meeting has been rescheduled for Feb. 2 at 6 p.m., this time with additional security precautions. When asked for more details about the precautions, the alderman declined to elaborate.

The Jan. 25 Central/Lake mural meeting was co-hosted by Taliaferro, Ald. Emma Mitts (37th) and DCASE Curator of Public Art Joanna Goebel. The two alderpeople are collaborating on the mural project because, while the west wall is in Taliaferro’s ward, the east wall falls within Mitts’ ward.

Since taking office, Taliaferro has been using the participatory budgeting to let voters decide how to use a portion of his “aldermanic menu” funding and the mural repainting was one of the projects approved in 2017. A number of

residents have been pushing for both sides to be repainted.

Since alderpeople can only use their menu funds in their own wards, that would require getting Mitts on board.

Before the meeting on the mural held in September 2021, attendees were required to register ahead of time. That wasn’t a requirement for the Jan. 25 meeting. Attendees simply had to click the link that contained the meeting room ID and password. Typically, though, Taliaferro’s regular monthly community meetings don’t require a password. Attendees simply need to type in a meeting room ID. The Jan. 25 meeting started off smoothly, with Mitts and Taliaferro welcoming the attendees and expressing their

support for the project. But as Goebel prepared to give her presentation, she tried to make Byron Watson, Taliaferro’s chief of staff, a host, so that he could check the waiting room for any late attendees while she did the presentation.

While the host switch was successful, they ran into technical difficulties as they tried to share Goebel’s screen.

As the two officials tried to sort the issue out, the screenshare suddenly came on, displaying a browser window with a pornographic website.

The officials tried to regain control of the meeting room as the intruders used the screen-sharing to play pornographic videos, and used the highlight function to write obscenities and draw male genitalia. Goebel instructed everybody to log off, saying that they would try to reboot the meeting room.

Before logging off, two young men were heard laughing and casually discussing plans as they continued showing pornographic imagery.

According to Taliaferro, the attempt to reboot the meeting room was unsuccessful, so they decided to reschedule.

Early during the pandemic, several Chicago area political meetings experienced same kind of hacking. Most notably, on March 31, 2020, a similar type of hack interrupted a press conference organized by Alds. Brian Hopkins (2nd) and Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th), and Illinois State Reps.

Theresa Mah (2nd) and Ann Williams (11th). But this was the first time Taliaferro’s community meetings got hacked.

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Accountability is the key

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ccountability” is a word and concept that has been lost of late.

We have become the most excuse-filled society that has ever existed. No one is responsible for anything.

A place to put the blame can always be found when, in reality, personal responsibility is the major culprit.

Chicago has always had a history of being a violent city.

Go back to the 1920s, Al Capone, and Prohibition. Most of us can remember things like the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.

We’ve seen newsreel footage of men hanging off of cars with machine guns blasting.

I grew up hearing the story that one of the reasons Prohibition ended was that a 10-year-old newsboy got shot and killed.

That made the politicians of that day feel responsible as they were held accountable.

Shortly thereafter, Prohibition was eliminated.

Fast forward almost 100 years, and we can add the daylight, cold-blooded execution of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega, allegedly by a three-peat, armed juvenile delinquent offender, 16-year-old, Emilio Corripio, to the list of child murders to hit this city. Melissa was walking at 26th and Pulaski with her mother when gunfire rang out. And since these shooters never seem to just hit the people they were aiming for, she received two gunshot wounds to the head, most likely killing her instantly.

There has been a slight amount of outrage as her alleged killer has been identified. He, like many others before him,

has had convictions with the Juvenile Justice system in the past. And because this society makes excuses, even though Emilio had several carjacking crimes in the past where he used a weapon in the commission of his crimes, he was let out on probation.

Far too many of our young people get involved with the Juvenile Justice system, and the lack of accountability placed on them by that system just gives them another excuse to go out and commit more carnage. Our criminal justice system rarely smacks them with a heavy hand. For a lot of our young criminals, the system is a joke. If a slap on the wrist is going to be their punishment, they can take it. And what happens then? An 8-year-old girl is killed because she had the audacity to walk down the street at 2:45 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon.

If you’re like me, and you’re sick and tired of these politicians playing politics over doing real work, it’s time to replace them. I’m not voting to re-elect any incumbent who has been in office for decades.

If at one time our politicians could eliminate Prohibition over the killing of a child, they can pass significant and meaningful legislation when a child loses their life to a habitual juvenile offender.

Otherwise, they haven’t done anything to deserve re-election. They give us platitudes and they give us symbolism. When we vote them out of office, we are holding them accountable which is something that is not done often enough.

ARLENE JONES

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West Side women sought for pre-apprenticeship program Chicago Women in Trades is using $500K in grants to enroll women, particularly from the West side in programs leading to trade careers

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT), a Near West Side-based nonprofit that helps women get jobs in the building trades, is using $500,437 in state grant funding to expand its pre-apprenticeship programs and it’s actively trying to recruit West Side women to the first weekday pre-apprenticeship session, which kicks off on Feb. 14.

Pre-apprenticeship programs give the participants the skills and experience they would need to get into apprenticeship programs. The programs are required in order for them to become full-fledged tradespeople.

On Jan. 13, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity gave $9.6 million in grants to 23 Illinois organizations to either set up or expand pre-apprenticeship programs in order to try to get more women and people of color into the industry. North Lawndale’s Safer Foundation and East Garfield Park’s Revolution Workshop received the grants, as well.

The new daytime pre-apprenticeship 10-week training session will take place every Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Trainees will get a stipend to help offset the money they

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A member of Chicago Women in Trades. spend fueling up their cars and buying lunches. Once they complete the program, CWIT will pay their application fees and help them pay for the tools they need for their apprenticeships. The application deadline is Feb. 9.

As part of the Rebuilt Illinois capital bill, the Department of Commerce and Economic opportunity launched the Illinois Works program to expand the labor pool of qualified tradespeople while addressing long-running disparities in the

industry.

According to a 2020 Illinois Department of Labor report, only 4% of Illinois construction apprentices are women and only 29% are people of color. The Construction Pre-apprenticeship Program is one of several Illinois Works grant programs designed to address this disparity.

Sharon Latson, CWIT’s director of marketing and communications, saiid all CWIT apprenticeship programs are free.

She said the organization is looking for women who live on the South and West Sides to apply, because they don’t usually get a lot of applications from those parts of Chicago. Although the program is open to women of all races, they would like to see more women of color apply.

Applicants need to be at least 18 years old, have a valid driver’s license and a social security number. They also need to bring proof of income, not because income has any bearing on the application, but because reporting trainees’ income is one of the grant requirements. Since apprenticeship programs require participants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, CWIT is requiring proof of vaccination, as well.

Latson encouraged potential applicants to consider the possibilities the program will open up.

“It’s life-changing,” she said. “They can make $19 an hour working for Amazon and Whole Foods, but [you get] pension plans and healthcare benefits when you’re a union tradesperson. That’s about building a career, that’s the advantage for women working in trades.

They may start in the apprenticeship making $18 to 19 an hour, but by the time they finish the program, they can make $40 an hour, $50 an hour or even $60 an hour, depending on the trade.”

To apply and find out more about the program, visit https:// cwit.org/

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DEFINITION To perform various network/system administration, computer support, and operational activities for the Village including computer system setup, configuration, and testing.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED Reports directly to the Information Technology Services Director.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES: Essential and other important duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following: Essential duties and responsibilities 1. Ensure that best in class customer service is provided to both internal and external customers and also embrace, support, and promote the Village’s core values, beliefs and culture.

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Possession of a valid Illinois Driver License is required at the time of appointment.

Vaccination against COVID-19 strongly preferred.

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ACCOUNTANT CLERK

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Account Clerk II. This position which performs a variety of accounting clerical duties involving financial record keeping and/or transactions including accounts payable and receivable and to provide a variety of accounting support to the Development Customer Services Department. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Public Health Nurse in the Health Department. This position will provide professional public health nursing services including health education and promotion which includes disseminating information, making referrals, and counseling as well as managing caseloads, and performing a variety of tasks relative to assigned area of responsibility.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice Invitation to Bid to METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO Sealed proposals, endorsed as above, will be submitted back to the District via an electronic upload to the Bonfire Portal only, from the date of the Invitation to Bid, up to 11:00 A.M. (Chicago time), on the bid opening date, and will be opened publicly as described in the Invitation to Bid by the Director of Procurement and Materials Management or designee at 11:00 AM on the stated bid opening date below for:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP Plaintiff, -v.GERTRUDE WESTBROOK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF FLORA WESTBROOK, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, GERTRUDE WESTBROOK, AS ADMINISTRATOR, DELORES WESTBROOK, GREGORY PLEASANT, SHEILA PLEASANT A/K/A SHEILA CAMERON, FELICIA PLEASANT A/K/A FELICIA JOHNSON Defendants 2019CH11155 1523 S RIDGEWAY AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60623 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 15, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 17, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 030R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1523 S RIDGEWAY AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60623 Property Index No. 16-23-127-0080000 The real estate is improved with a duplex.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is

CONTRACT 07-027-3SR NORTH SIDE SLUDGE PIPELINE REPLACEMENT SECTION 1, SSA Bid Opening: April 5, 2022 Compliance with the District’s Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D, Appendices C, K, V and the MultiProject Labor Agreement is required on this Contract. **************************************** The above is an abbreviated version of the Notice Invitation to Bid. A full version which includes a brief description of the project and/or service can be found on the District’s website, www.mwrd. org; the path is as follows: Doing Business - Procurement and Materials Management - Contract Announcements.

Specifications, proposal forms and/ or plans may be obtained from the Department of Procurement and Materials Management by downloading online from the District’s website at www.mwrd. org (Doing Business-Procurement & Materials Management-Contract Announcements). No fee is required for the Contract Documents. Any questions regarding the downloading of the Contract Document should be directed to the following email: contractdesk@mwrd.org or call 312751-6643.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 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

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 7949876 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.

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. 14-19-07511 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH11155 TJSC#: 41-3109 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019CH11155 I3185526 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR BRAVO MORTGAGE ASSET TRUST 2006-1 BRAVO MORTGAGE ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1; Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LYDIA MORAN; DORIS MARIE LASALVIA; WILLIAM BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF LYDIA MORAN; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 20 CH 5118 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, March 7, 2022 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 mort-

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

gaged real estate: P.I.N. 17-07-226-003-0000.

Commonly known as 1855 West Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a commercial building.

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 Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455. W20-0307 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3185969

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 7949876 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.

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. 14-18-03303 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018CH10353 TJSC#: 42-82 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2018CH10353 I3185891

Plaintiff, -v.TONJICAKE MCGEE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF RUTH WADDELL, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR RUTH WADDELL (DECEASED) Defendants 2021CH03777 311 N. LATROBE AVE CHICAGO, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 24, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 1, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 030R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 311 N. LATROBE AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-09-307-0140000 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, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.CARLO M. GOVIA, KINZIE PARK TOWER CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 2018CH10353 501 N CLINTON ST, #3404 CHICAGO, IL 60654 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 12, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 28, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 030R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 501 N CLINTON ST, #3404, CHICAGO, IL 60654 Property Index No. 17-09-112-1071435; 17-09-112-107-1202 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, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION

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

JAMES THOMAS; JANA N. JACKSON; TITIS T. JACKSON; PRINCIPAL SERVICES TRUST COMPANY FKA THE CHICAGO TRUST COMPANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JAMES THOMAS IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JANA N. JACKSON IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF TITIS T. JACKSON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 16229 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 Wednesday, February 23, 2022 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. 16-13-408-021-0000.

Commonly known as 2717 West Lexington Street, Chicago, IL 60612.

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 Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455. WA16-0749 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3185062 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

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

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-20-06205 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2021CH03777 TJSC#: 41-3393 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2021CH03777 I3186024

Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 030R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1400 NORTH MONITOR AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60651 Property Index No. 16-05-210-0350000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $167,289.01.

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

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

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, The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 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 19-090858.

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.

LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 19-090858 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 19 CH 7302 TJSC#: 42-314 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 19 CH 7302 I3186049

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.GERALDINE S. TONEY A/K/A GERALDINE TONEY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Defendants 19 CH 7302 1400 NORTH MONITOR AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60651 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 18, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 2, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South

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