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West Garfield Park Save A Lot temporarily closed The only grocery store left in West Garfield Park gets license revoked Feb. 8 after food inspectors discover rodent infestation By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

The only grocery store left in West Garfield Park has been temporarily closed by city health inspectors. The Save A Lot at 420 S. Pulaski Road had its license revoked Feb. 8 after food inspectors responding to customer complaints found the grocery store was infested with rodents, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. The grocery store will remain closed until the Save A Lot passes a re-inspection “that meets the health code and prevents the spread of food-borne disease,” a health department spokesperson said in a statement. The temporary closure worsens an already desperate scarcity of places for West Side residents to buy food. Until late 2021, many West Garfield Park residents shopped at the Aldi at 3835 W. Madison St. But when the Aldi abruptly closed in October, the Save A Lot remained as the last supermarket in the area. Residents shouldn’t have to travel outside of their neighborhood to get fresh fruits and vegeSee SAVE A LOT on page 8

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Venders sell prepared food at the Soul City Community Market.

Black-owned grocery store coming to West Side wins $2.5M Forty Acres Fresh Market will break ground this year on a Chicago Avenue store, meanwhile the business is holding weekly markets By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

The city is backing the development of a Black-owned supermarket along Austin’s Soul City Corridor with a $2.5 million grant, funded under the Chicago Recovery Plan. Forty Acres Fresh Market has worked

toward opening a brick-and-mortar location for years, running pop-ups, farmers markets and a grocery delivery service in the meantime. The grocery store partnered with Westside Health Authority to secure a storefront at 5713 W. Chicago Ave. in late 2020. It will be rehabbed with assistance from the grant. Owner Elizabeth Abunaw also launched

a weekly indoor pop-up series at the building, the Soul City Community Market. It will run 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays until construction on the store begins later this year. The indoor community market will give residents a place to buy produce, prepared See FORTY ACRES on page 8

Austin Weekly News, February 16, 2022

West Side activist running for county board president

Austin resident Zerlina Smith-Members said her campaign is based on ‘less taxes, less government, less regulation and less crime’ By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Long-time Austin activist Zerlina SmithMembers isn’t letting her past Chicago City Council election losses keep her out of politics. In fact, she’s aiming for a higher office. Smith-Members, who ran unsuccessfully for 29th Ward alderperson in 2015 and 2019, said that she’s running for Cook County Board President because she believes that the board doesn’t listen to the voters in communities like South Austin, where she lives, and because she didn’t want incumbent Toni Preckwinkle to enter the Democratic Primary on June 28 unchallenged. She described her platform as the “Four Ls”: Less taxes, less government, less regulation and less crime.” Smith-Members believes that she can reduce property taxes without reducing services by getting rid of high-paying, politically connected jobs and she argues that the county should be doing more to make communities safe, including increasing bail for gun crimes. And while she was upfront about struggling to raise money and getting support, said she believes that traveling all over the

county and talking to residents will help her chances. Smith Members is a longtime West Side community activist. She was once a case manager for the Institute for Non-Violence Chicago and has served on the leadership teams of several West Side organizations, including West Garfield Park Stakeholders and Westside Democracy for America Accountability Chapter. “I’m running against Toni, because she’s out of touch and out of date,” SmithMembers said. “She has failed to step up and address the issues that the constituents are constantly living with, not just in Black and Brown communities, but in wealthy white communities.” Smith-Members argued that the county wastes its money by keeping politically connected jobs at the expense of lower ranking, unionized employees. Addressing that issue and reviewing spending, Smith-Members said, would allow the county to reduce property taxes while still maintaining county services. In a statement to the Chicago SunTimes, Preckwinkle’s campaign said that the board president “has shown exemplary leadership during her decade as county

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Zerlina Smith, right, walks with former Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein during the nominee’s visit to Austin in 2016. Smith-Members said that she has strugboard president and looks forward to seeking reelection to a fourth term. She has gled to raise campaign funds. Her camupheld the county’s legacy commitments paign’s quarterly report for Oct. 1, 2021 to to providing affordable, accessible health Dec. 31, 2021 showed no contributions othcare to residents advancing criminal jus- er than a $100,000 loan she made herself. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that tice reform, and in the last term, providshe and her husband took out ing support and recovery rea second mortgage on their sources during the COVID-19 house to finance the campandemic.” Smith-Members’ other mapaign. Smith-Members said jor priority is public safety, that people and organizations specifically saying that she whose support she thought wanted to ensure that the bail she could count on haven’t for those accused of shootresponded, which she attribing someone is no less than uted to their fear of antago$100,000. She said she would nizing Preckwinkle. work with the Office of Cook “I’ve lost friends, I’ve lost ZERLINA SMITH County State’s Attorney to relationships, when I anCounty board president candidate make that happen. nounced I would be running When asked how she would for Cook County president,” respond to concerns about she said. “This is the hardest these kinds of measures affight I ever had to do or deal fecting the Black community, with in my life. Being shut Smith-Members said that “this isn’t about out by not just some, but by the masses, afcolor – this is about safety.” ter declaring that I’m running against the “We have to make sure [that] if you do Democratic machine.” the crime, you do the time,” she said. “We According to the Cook County Clerk’s have to make sure if you’re riding around website, Smith-Members must collect at shooting 3-year-old babies, you’re not out least 5,885 signatures from registered voton bond.” ers in Cook County between Jan. 13 and Smith-Members also said that she sup- March 14 to get on the Democratic primaports solutions beyond just law enforce- ry ballot. ment, but she also wants to look at data to “I’m out there, rain sleet or shine, with make sure that violence prevention pro- my team,” Smith-Members said. grams that can prove they are effective get CONTACT: igorst3@hotmail.com the funding they need.

“I’m running against Toni, because she’s out of touch and out of date.”

Austin Weekly News, February 16, 2022

West Side leaders, Black press push NFL to improve outreach

Rep. Ford and Black media figures urged NFL to improve its contracting with Black-owned businesses By FRANCIA GARCIA HERNANDEZ AustinTalks

Hours before kickoff on Super Bowl Sunday, West Side leaders and members of the Black press called on the NFL and the Chicago Bears to give more opportunities to Blackowned businesses and work to improve longstanding inequities. “The Super Bowl we know is much like a holiday in America,” state Rep. La Shawn Ford said. “Like every holiday, we can use it as a symbol to recall things of the past and try to move forward for a better future.” Pastor Anthony Williams recalled N’DIGO’s Hermene Hartman and the Chicago Crusader’s Dorothy Leavell meeting in 2015 with a top NFL official to request more opportunities for Black businesses. Williams said the NFL does business with very few Black companies. “The NFL only has 0.5% of Black companies doing anything,” he said, adding that only two Black vendors in the U.S. had licensing agreements in 2015 to sell NFL gear. “It is appalling that since that meeting – that’s seven years ago – the needle has not

moved as it relates to Black businesses doing business with the NFL,” Williams said. With Black athletes making up 70% of all NFL players, the group is pushing the league to sign more contracts with Black-owned businesses and to hire more people of color. Representatives from the Black press – including the Crusader, N’DIGO and the Chicago Defender – said barriers remain for Black media to cover major sports events, and there’s a lack of representation in the NFL’s marketing and advertising. Highlighting the importance of sports in the Black community, the group said the NFL should do more advertising in Black-owned media. “We represent the authentic voice of Chicago and Evanston’s Black community,” Hartman said. “We are the link to the Black community and to Black businesses.” Hartman, N’DIGO’s founder, emphasized the importance of sports teams doing business with Black-owned media companies rather than companies that appeal to Black audiences, like iHeartRadio. Carl West, founder of TBT News, said, “We engage in sports; we all host events and attend games from baseball, basketball, football, hockey. There is no reason why our media outlets should not be getting business from major professional sport franchises.” The Black-owned media outlet leaders also shared obstacles they’ve encountered in getting access to cover professional sports events. “We barely get an opportunity to even go and cover these professional sporting events,”

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West said. Often, Black-owned media submit their press credentials yet get rejected or do not get invited to games and other events, he said said. Leavell said Black-owned media like the Crusader have experienced significant difficulties getting into Bears games. The Bears have twice rejected the Crusader’s requests to access the press box despite following all their protocols, said Crusader sports reporter Joseph Phillips. It wasn’t until they reached out to NFL representatives that the team started to make changes. The NFL has shown an interest in increasing African American representation in the press, Phillips said. Black-owned media companies employ people from the Black community and can help deliver the message that the NFL is a partner of the Black community, Ford said. “When we’re talking about Black press, Black media, there is no way that they can get it wrong,” he said. “This is low-hanging fruit for the NFL to engage with Black press and Black businesses … “This is an opportunity for the NFL to say, ‘Yes, we would like to engage with Black businesses, to do our part, to make sure that we can help communities develop and grow, and try to put people to work and try to help with the violence that is happening in the streets,’” Ford said. The Austin lawmaker said the Bears could lead the charge and show the rest of the NFL how to engage with Black businesses.

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West Side faith and civil rights leaders support lawsuit against the NFLA The NFL’s statistics on Black head coaches is completely unacceptable. Out of 32 teams in the league, there are only two Black head coaches – Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the recently hired Lovie Smith of the Houston Texans. How is this possible in the year 2022? How much progress has really been made since the NFL was founded in 1920? Are we to believe that a league which consists of 70% Black players can’t find more people within this group who can ascend to the coaching ranks? What about the number of Black offensive and defensive coordinators? We can also add the large number of Black coaches at the various colleges and universities across the country who have been ignored in the hiring process. It’s clear that NFL teams are making a mockery of the Rooney rule. This is the requirement that NFL teams must interview at least two minority candidates whenever there is a coaching vacancy. This sham was exposed in January when New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick sent a congratulatory text to whom he thought was Brian Daboll, who is white, for becoming

the next head coach of the New York Giants. It turns out that Belichick accidentally texted ex-Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores, who is Black, and was waiting to be interviewed by the Giants. Flores never had a chance for the job because it had already been given to Daboll. The Giants were simply “checking the boxes” to make sure they complied with the Rooney rule and never seriously considered Flores (nor any other Black coach) for their coaching vacancy. How long has this racist shell game been going on in the NFL? If not for Belichick’s carelessness on who he was texting, we would not have found out that Flores “interview” was nothing more than a shameful deception designed to appear that they believe that a Black coach could lead their team. We at the Leaders Network of Chicago support Flores in his class-action lawsuit against the NFL. We applaud his courage against a league that is unforgiving against Black people who are outspoken. Just ask Colin Kaepernick, who saw his NFL career end at age 28 when he became the first professional athlete to take a knee.

The Leaders Network of Chicago also joins Rev Al Sharpton of the National Action Network, Derrick Johnson of the NAACP and other national civil rights leaders in demanding that the laughable Rooney Rule be abolished. We call upon Commissioner Roger Goodell to form a task force consisting of former NFL players, coaches, civil rights leaders and attorneys to address NFL’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies and initiatives. “It’s vital that the NFL commissioner and owners see this moment in history as an opportunity to right a series of racial wrongs and begin to engage in a more meaningful and inclusive partnership, one which rises above the toxic discriminatory practices of white supremacy,” Rev. Ira Acree, co-chairman of the Leaders Network, said in a statement Sunday, hours before the Super Bowl. The group’s leadership – Acree, David Cherry, Marshall Hatch Sr. and Cy Fields – will send a certified letter to the commissioner with their requests. A copy of the letter will also be delivered to Chicago Bears owner Virginia Halas McCaskey.

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Governor addresses plan to lift mask mandate by Feb. 28

School mandates would remain in place for ‘coming weeks,’ pending court decision By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois

If hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue to decline for the rest of the month, Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to lift his executive order that mandates face coverings indoors by Feb. 28. The plan does not apply to schools. It’s unclear what level of rise in hospitalizations could lead the state to change its course, but Pritzker and health officials said at an afternoon news conference on Feb. 9 that such a scenario was not out of the question. “It’s the end of the statewide mask mandate,” Pritzker said of the planned Feb. 28 lifting of the order. “But as we’ve all said, if things get very bad, I think we’ve seen this before with the onslaught of delta and then omicron [variants of the coronavirus], boy, masks really helped us to keep infection rates, transmission rates down. So, there may come a time in the future when that happens.” Regardless of what happens with hospitalizations, masks will continue to be mandated at schools, on school busses and other public transportation, at nursing homes and congregate living facilities, and at daycares beyond March 1. “The equation for schools just looks different right now than it does for the general population,” Pritzker said at the news con-

ference in Chicago. “Schools need a little more time for community infection rates to drop, for our youngest learners to become vaccine eligible and for more parents to get their kids vaccinated.” Masks, testing and vaccines have worked to keep schools open, Pritzker said, and that was the primary goal of the administration. But whether he has the authority to issue such mandates in schools will be a question decided by state courts. The 4th District Court of Appeals is currently considering whether a lower court’s temporary restraining order on the governor’s school mandates pertaining to about 170 school districts will remain in effect. Pritzker called Judge Raylene Grischow’s opinion an “extremely bad decision,” as well as “poorly written” and “poorly decided.” Without giving a timeline, Pritzker said “in the coming weeks” school mask mandates could be lifted if the state continues to see progress in terms of hospitalization and disease spread. The reason the state was able to get to a place where Pritzker could consider lifting the mandate, he said, is because hospitalizations for COVID-19, which pushed heights of 7,400 cases in mid-January, have fallen by nearly two-thirds, to 2,496 cases as of Feb. 8. That marked a decrease of more than 140 from the day prior. Twenty percent of statewide intensive care unit beds were available as of Feb. 8 up from a low of about 8 percent four weeks ago, Pritzker said. It’s a faster decline in hospitalizations than at any point in the pandemic, Pritzker said. Illinois Department of Public Health Di-

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker takes questions at a news conference at the University of Illinois on Feb. 9. Pritzker announced he plans to lift the state’s indoor mask mandate in most locations by the end of the month. which can serve as a breeding ground for rector Dr. Ngozi Ezike said 89 percent of those hospitalizations are in unvaccinated the virus as community hubs, case rates, individuals. Approximately 75 percent of hospitalizations and other metrics should the state’s population has received at least be watched, she said. one dose of the vaccine, according the U.S. Flexibility is needed, she said earlier in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the news conference. putting Illinois at the top of Mid“Many have asked for a metwestern states. ric or a number that will guide Ezike said lifting the mandate the rules and regulations,” does not signify an end to COVshe said. “But each wave of ID-19, but the latest in the state’s this pandemic has had differeffort to “coexist with COVID.” ent characteristics, different “Your actions that you’ve behavior, and no single metalready taken have helped to ric has been able to reliably reduce the amount of virus cirpredict the outcomes and the culating and it absolutely has trajectory of each of the varisaved lives,” she said. “But be ants.” clear that COVID is not gone Ultimately, Pritzker said, his and it won’t be gone on Feb. 28. decisions will come down to So, we are going to continue to the advice of doctors, epidemifind ways to live with the virus.” ologists and the CDC. DR. NGOZI EZIKE The path forward likely in“People really do feel that Illinois Department cludes masks, vaccines, testthe trajectory here is one that of Public Health ing and creating safer settings we’re going to be able to hold

“Your actions that you’ve already taken have helped to reduce the amount of virus circulating and it absolutely has saved lives.”

through better ventilation, she said. Local jurisdictions and businesses may continue to enforce stricter masking guidelines than outlined by the state. Pritzker did not state specific metric thresholds would need to be met before school mask mandates could be lifted, but noted he hoped it would be “weeks rather than months” when a decision could be made. He deferred to Dr. Emily Landon, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Chicago, when asked about specific metrics. Landon said “metrics are really tough” when it comes to COVID-19 tracking. The CDC recommends an analysis of COVID-19 cases and positivity rates, but new at-home tests could change that calculus. For schools,

onto,” he said. The announcement didn’t sit well with Republicans in the General Assembly who have criticized Pritzker’s “top-down” approach to the pandemic. House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, criticized the governor in a statement. “Gov. Pritzker’s failure to have a clear plan in place for schools to give parents and children hope of returning to a normal life is astounding,” Durkin said in the statement. “It is year three of this pandemic, and continuing to leave these families in the dark, with no data or metrics presented, is unconscionable and a clear sign the governor should not be trusted to get us out of this pandemic.”

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Austin Weekly News, February 16, 2022

West Side farmers market get $1K marketing grant Operator of the Garfield Park Neighborhood Market says grant is crucial now that Aldi and Save-A-Lot are closed By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

The Garfield Park Neighborhood Market, a farmers market operated by the Garfield Park Community Council inside the Hatchery food business incubator, 135 N. Kedzie Ave., got a $1,000 private grant to help market its offerings. Angela Taylor, who runs the market, said that getting the word out is more important than ever since the West Garfield Park Aldi location, 3835 W. Madison St., closed in early October 2021 and the Save-A-Lot at 420 S. Pulaski Rd. got shut down by the city on Feb. 8 due to a rat infestation. The grant came from Compeer Financial, a Minnesota-based cooperative lender that makes loans to farmers throughout the Midwest. The Farmers Market Grants program is one of 10 grant programs the cooperative set up as part of its mission to give back to communities. The grant program launched three years ago. This year, they gave a total of $76,000 in grants to 80 farmers markets in Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Karen Schieler, Compeer’s senior giving specialist, said that many of their memberowners wanted to do something to support the farmers markets, and they felt the grant program was a good way to encourage people to gather together and get a more direct sense of where their food comes from. Garfield Park Neighborhood Market was launched in 2012 on the vacant lot that the Hatchery would eventually be built on. It was an outgrowth of the Garfield Park Garden Network, a collaboration between West and East Garfield Park community gardens, green spaces and urban farms. While the Aldi and Save-A-Lot locations were open in West Garfield Park, East Garfield Park had no grocery stores whatsoever. The garden network members wanted to have a place where they could sell what they grew while making it easier for local residents to buy fresh produce. The construction of the Hatchery gave the market a permanent indoor space for the first time, though the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to scale back the plans. Taylor said that, while they hoped to open an indoor market this winter, vaccination rates in Garfield Park zip codes are lagging behind city averages, which made her decide to hold off launching it until April. She said that attendees need to wear masks and hand sanitizers will be available throughout. Compeer is one of the many lending cooperatives that are part of the Farm Credit System, a government-sponsored enterprise set up by Congress in 1916 to provide loans to

farmers. Schieler explained that, every year, Compeer sets aside 1% of its earnings and puts it in the Fund for Rural America, which funds a variety of programs, including grants that support “agricultural advocacy and development, agriculture education, cooperative initiatives, rural development and community enrichment; and youth engagement.” The Farmers Market Grant program supports the goal of community enrichment and helps many farmers who get their loans, she added. “The farmers markets are vital to their business model,” Schieler said. “That’s primarily where they’re selling produce. So we’re making that investment, not only on behalf of our clients, but knowing what the markets can do for communities, rural communities in particular, where they’re providing that sense of the community, giving people reasons to gather.” Out of the seven Chicago farmers markets that got the grant this year, Garfield Park Neighborhood Market is the only market that serves majority-Black communities. “We feel that we need to continue to build upon the community outreach, to inform the residents of the community, especially during these times,” Taylor said. ‘It’s unfortunate that, in the dead of winter, we don’t have a grocery store. My heart is breaking.” The grant would mostly be used to advertise on the billboard at the northeastern corner of Lake Street and Kedzie Avenue, as well as to print fliers, magnets and other pieces of information people can take with them. They also intend to grow their presence by setting up pop-up tables at other events, similar to what they did at the Austin Town Hall Park farmers market last summer. Taylor said that they won’t start planning exactly where and when those pop-ups will happen until they know what kind of harvest they have to work with. “I think we’ve seen how farmers markets are stepping up to serve in the areas that might not have traditional grocery stores,” Schieler said. “A lot of time, [it happens] in a very low-maintenance sort of way that doesn’t have a lot of overhead. Farmers markets can definitely address that, as well as add to the overall ambiance, [creating a space] where people can gather together outside.” For more information about the Garfield Park Neighborhood Market, visit https:// www.gpcommunitycouncil.org/programs/ neighborhood-market For more information about Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America grants, visit https://www.compeer.com/investing-in-rural-communities/giving-back/grants

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or about the past 20 years or so, the city of Chicago has been allowing developers to build houses that have attached garages. I’m sure it’s a wonderful feature to live in the city and have your garage literally be where the basement should go. So city folks, just like their suburban counterparts, can drive their cars inside and not have to worry about the elements as they go from the car to the house. There is also a safety element in that the well-traversed street is less likely to see criminal activity than a quieter alley. In the suburbs, an attached garage is a great idea. In the city, it’s one of the dumbest ideas that City Hall continues to allow. Why? Because every time someone has an attached garage, the easement takes at minimum, 25-30 feet of street parking away from other residents. The flip side is that in the Lincoln Park/DePaul area, some streets are so filled with those kinds of houses, that both the street and the alley have become the homeowners’ “private playground” at taxpayers’ expense. The alley is literally only used once a week by the garbage trucks. As I drive around the city, I’m starting to see the same sort of development occur on the Northwest Side, basically doing the same thing. How can the city allow so many potential parking spaces to be eliminated? It is bad enough that we have a 75-year parking meter deal that still has

over 50 years to go. With so little parking available in the front of those areas, residents should be paying triple the taxes for that luxury. Also the look of the new development does not fit in with the character of the neighborhood. The photo accompanying this article was taken by me on a side street less than three miles from my home. It is very interesting that while the home was being built, I didn’t hear of any major protests by the neighbors regarding it. It stands out in the neighborhood as an odd piece of architecture. The garbage cans lining the driveway do not help the curb appeal. And with the rat problem already pervasive in the alleys, what will garbage cans sitting in front bring? Also imagine after a major snowstorm, given the amount of snow the homeowner has to blow out of that driveway, where will it go? If parking is already limited, I’m sure a homeowner putting a lot of snow back onto the street will eliminate parking spaces on both sides of the driveway. Lastly, the oil and other fluid stains in the driveway can potentially hurt the value of other properties and does little to add to the curb appeal of the neighborhood. I didn’t get a chance to talk to any of the neighbors, so I don’t have any firsthand knowledge of how they feel about that new house. But it is a reminder of how neighbors need to stay vigilant as to what is going on in the neighborhood.

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“In the suburbs, an attached garage is a great idea. In the city, it’s one of the dumbest ideas that City Hall continues to allow.”

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ping trips. The store will be full-service, with a range of fresh fruits, veggies, prepared foods, frozen items, a refrigerated section and dry goods. Bringing a grocery store to the area will improve more than just food access, Abunaw said: A grocery store is part of a neighborhood’s social infrastructure that builds cohesion in a community and benefits all businesses along the corridor. The increased foot traffic and local dollars being circulated within the Austin community can “slowly start to shift the perception that there’s nothing on Chicago” Avenue,

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Temporary closed from page 1 tables, said Vetress Boyce, resident and business owner on the West Side. A Freshway Market at 3240 W. Roosevelt Road is located about 1.5 miles from the Save A Lot store. “It’s a matter of life and death. It’s a matter of life expectancy,” Boyce said. West Garfield Park residents’ average life expectancy is 16 years shorter than people living Downtown, according to a 2015 Virginia Commonwealth University report. The disparity isn’t only due to shortcomings in clinical health care; social conditions like the lack of fresh food are major drivers of the so-called “death gap,” the study found. “A lot of it is the access to food that we have close to us and in walking distance. There is no healthy grocery store that sells quality food around here,” Boyce said. “I have to travel all the way east … to get food I’m comfortable with eating.” Staff at the Save A Lot “are working to resolve this issue as soon as possible so we may reopen the store and ensure a clean and safe shopping experience for our customers,” spokesperson Sarah Griffin said in a

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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 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

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representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-20-06205 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

CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE MLMI TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE4 Plaintiff, -v.NICHOLAS PANTOJAS, RAQUEL PANTOJAS Defendants 12CH26491 4127 WEST 25TH STREET 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 December 8, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 10, 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 4127 WEST 25TH STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60623 Property Index No. 16-27-229-0030000 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 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. 14-20-06407 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12CH26491 TJSC#: 42-123 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 # 12CH26491 I3186604

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 8, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 16, 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 158 NORTH LEAMINGTON AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-09-413-0260000 The real estate is improved with a multi-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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOISCOUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR LEGACY MORTGAGE ASSET TRUST 2017-RPL2 Plaintiff, -v.JOHN H. PETE, LUCINDA PETE Defendants 2021CH03848 158 NORTH LEAMINGTON AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE

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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. 14-21-02563 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2021CH03848 TJSC#: 41-3120 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 # 2021CH03848 I3186859

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DOROTHY M. WALLACE A/K/A DOROTHY WALACE, OLD REPUBLIC INSURED FINANCIAL ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, MELVIN LOVE, DEBRA LOVE, POSSIBLE HEIR, NELSON LOVE, POSSIBLE HEIR, CARY ROSENTHAL AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 18 CH 4665 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 21, 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. 16-08-415-011. Commonly known as 125 N. MENARD AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60644. 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. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 18-01115 ADC INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3186990

of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 15, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 22, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1134 NORTH MENARD AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60651 Property Index No. 16-05-403-0240000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $164,822.11. 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 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 19-089470. 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. 19-089470 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 19 CH 1094 TJSC#: 41-3360 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 1094 I3187407

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INVIDIVUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR LVS TITLE TRUST XIII Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF DAISY M. BUTTS A/K/A DAISY BUTTS, DECEASED, LOIS MARTIN, NATHANIEL BUTTS, LEE ARTHUR BUTTS, LAVONNE BUTTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/ OR LEGATEES OF OTHA BUTTS, JR., DECEASED, JULIE E. FOX, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DAISY M. BUTTS A/K/A DAISY BUTTS, DECEASED, STATE OF ILLINOIS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS Defendants 19 CH 1094 1134 NORTH MENARD AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60651 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment

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