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Food Depository ends partnership with Fraternite Notre Dame

Alleges discrimination and food-safety issues

By JESSICA MORD Staff Reporter

The Greater Chicago notified Fraternite Notre Dame on April 20 that, in 60 days, it would no longer partner with the religious orde issues with alle ged discrimination food safety.

Now, the food depository is hosting its own food pantry across the street from Fraternite Notre Dame Hall. May 6 was the second the food depository did so, distributing food from 1-5 p.m., while Dame pantry hours remain from 2 to 5 p.m.

Though the food depository has already stopped supplying food to nite Notre Dame’s pantry and soup kitchen, it has told the religious order that it will provide guidance and suppo transition.

Can West Suburban reopen?

Doubts about whether all ser vices can be re -established

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

“They might continue their distributions with a supply of food they already had in inventory plus food they’re sourcing through other means,” Jim Conwell, vice president of marketing and communications at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, told Austin Weekly News in a May 5 email. “Our distributions at Austin Town Hall are to ensure food is available for the community until we can get a new partnership up and running in the immediate area.”

A sister at the Fraternite Notre Dame previously told Austin Weekly News that the religious order has been working with the Greater Chicago Food Deposi-

tory for about 28 years. She said the religious order rejects the food depository’s claims and is looking for another donor to help feed up to 500 families every week.

After West Suburban Medical Center abruptly closed its doors on March 27, local activists started making plans to reopen the hospital. Though Resilience Healthcare CEO Manoj Prasad, who owns West Suburban, said he aims to reopen the hospital by July, that’s contingent on receiving hundreds of millions of dollarsworth of charges from 120,000 claims that the hospital’s Electronic Medical Record system failed to bill for over the last year. And last month, Rathnaker Reddy Patlola — the landlord of West Suburban through Ramco Holdings and a minority owner of Resilience Healthcare — filed a lawsuit against Resilience Healthcare for breach of contract, over $24 million in unpaid rent, and alle ged misappropriation of a $10 million state loan. Also in April, Prasad filed a motion disputing these claims. As ownership engages in a legal battle, a group of hospital staf f, local activists and residents are making their own plan to reopen the hospital this summer after meeting April 6 to establish working groups. And legislators are trying to approve legislation to prevent sudden

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West Sub Medical owners o er di erent realities in all-day court hearing

Prasad and Patlola spend hours on the witness stand Friday

By BRENDAN HEFFERNAN Staff Reporters

The for mer business partners who’d been running Oak Park’s West Medical Center together until its closure in March faced of f in court last Friday.

Emergency legal action filed last month by both co-owners of Resilience Healthcar came to a head May 8 with an eight-and a-half hour hearing inside C Judge Patrick Stanton’s courtroom on the 25th floor of the Daley Center.

Healthcare CEO Manoj Prasad and ience co-owner and hospital landlord Rathnaker Reddy Patlola both spent hours on the witness stand, offering radically different retellings of the business strat gover ned West Suburban and Weiss Memorial Hospital before tals’ eventual closures

Patlola filed a lawsuit on April 22 in Cook County court against Resilience Healthcare, seeking $24 million in unpaid rent and fees and alleged that prolonged mismanagement of the hospital drove West Sub and Weiss to collapse. That action came after Prasad sued Patlola alleging that he was trying to illegally evict the hospitals from their real estate

Patlola owns the properties for West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Pa rk and River Forest, Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago and other associated medical buildings through an entity called Ramco Holdings and also owns 40% ownership stake in Resilience. His lawsuit is seeking to have management of the hospitals transferred to a receiver so a new operator can reopen the hospital.

“Right now, there is no hope for the hospitals to reopen,” Patlola said.

Prasad maintained throughout the hearing that he and Patlola had struck a deal that put rent for the hospital at just $1 a year.

“We trusted each other,” Prasad said. “One thing I’d made very clear was that these hospitals could not pay any kind of rent.”

Patlola said that the lease Prasad’s attor-

neys presented to support that narrative was fabricated.

“Nobody would’ve signed a lease for $1 for more than $90 million in property, absolutely not,” Patlola said.

Patlola filed the suit for seven counts of breach of contract, seeking to recover over $24 million in unpaid rent and fees for Resilience-owned buildings. The landlord’s lawsuit also alleged that Prasad had “misappropriated” a $10 million state loan meant to cover hospital operating expenses, transferring the money to a Fifth Third Bank account Patlola said he wasn’t allowed access to.

According to Ramco’s suit, the same day that Resilience received a $10 million loan for Weiss Memorial Hospital on May 2, 2025, the money was moved from Weiss’ lockbox account to the hospital’s operating account, then transferred to an entity called Westlaw Management Group. Ramco claims the state money was not used for hospital operations,

which led to Weiss closing weeks later after its Medicare agreement was terminated by federal officials

The court heard testimony from for mer Resilience Healthcare CFO and Weiss Memorial CEO Irene Dumanis, who testified that Prasad would re gularly have her transfer $25,000 to $30,000 to that account in part to “supplement his payroll” with funds that wouldn’t be noticed during his ongoing divorce proceedings.

Prasad denied that accusation and testified that Patlola always had access to the Fifth Third account.

Patlola said that when he tried to get information about the account’s balance and history at the bank’s Oak Park branch, he was denied. He said at least $35 million had been transfer red to that account over the years.

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“Usually when you ha wrong, we are used to having to deal with the health department and other entities. When there is something wrong, they gi you a notice and you ha and they come again,” Sister Marie of ternite Notre Dame previously told Austin Weekly. She added that the Greater Chicago Food Depository told the religious order their partnership would end the week after their site visit, when they would also stop receiving food. “Right ing, they terminated the pr

During Greater Chicago tory site visits, their employees obser that guests lined up Dame’s food pantry we on language and heard guests that they were guests. The food depository also that boxes used to distribute food dirty or moldy.

“We have some volunteers speaking English, and they cannot communicate easily with the Spanish-speaking people,” Sister Marie previously told Austin Weekly News. “We have some Hispanic volunteers. They don’t communicate easily with the English-speaking people, so we had the idea to make two lines. But it’s not discrimination. It’s just to make the process more easy and smooth.” She added, “I heard that some people felt frustrated because they received the remainder of the distribution. That’s because they came after hours. … If we still have food, we give it to them, but that’s not what they would have at the beginning of the distribution.”

Other Austin food pantries

The Greater Chicago Food Depository partners with 11 food pantries that serve the Austin area, including:

■ Circle Urban Ministries at 118 N. Central Ave., Wednesdays 9-11 a.m. and Thursdays 12-2 p.m.

■ New Life Ministries COGIC at 634 N. Austin Blvd., Thursdays 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and Fridays 4:30-6:30 p.m.

■ Helping Our People Excel at 5912 W. Iowa St., Fridays 12-2 p.m.

■ Pine Avenue United Church at 1015 N.

Pine Ave., Tuesdays 9:30-11:30 a.m.

■ St. Martin De Porres at 5112 W. Washington Blvd., Wednesdays and Thursdays 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

■ Healing Temple COGIC, 4941 W. Chicago Ave., Fridays 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

■ Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1511 N. Long Ave., Tuesdays 12-2 p.m., Saturdays 8-10 a.m.

■ Heritage International Community Development at 5320 W. North Ave., Thursdays 6-8 p.m.

■ United for Better Living at 4540 W. Washington Blvd., Saturdays 10 a.m.-12

p.m.

■ Beyond Hunger at 848 W. Lake St., Wednesdays 3:30-5:30 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

■ Grace and Peace Church at 1856 N. Leclaire Ave., Tuesdays 2-6 p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

■ The Ark Church at 5040 Roosevelt Rd., Thursdays 4-6 p.m., Fridays 9-11 a.m., Saturdays 8-10 a.m.

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Rev. Don Wheat remembered as civil rights champion Wheat led

Third Unitarian since 1969. Died at 92

By MICHAEL LIPTROT Block Club Chicago

A pastor who helped lead West Side civil rights ef for ts and smooth over tensions as Austin diversified was memorialized by parishioners and family Saturday.

Rev. Donald Hoover Wheat, known as Don, died March 5 at age 92. He led Third Unitarian Church, 301 N. Mayfield Ave. in Austin, from 1969 to 1998 before serving as minister emeritus. A celebration of life was held Saturday at the church, where family, friends and church members joyfully remembered Wheat’s passion for community, his sense of humor and his love for helping others.

Wheat saw the cong re gation through

many changes on the West Side in the second half of the 20th century, family said, and his le gacy includes a lecture series and scholarship that still operate.

Born in 1933 in Ohio, Wheat attended Hiram Colle ge in Ohio before marrying Ann Warren in 1957. He attended seminary school at the University of Chicago. In 1963, Wheat ministered at Austin Bou-

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closures at other hospitals

“I work a little or a lot on this almost every day now,” Illinois Senate President Don Harmon told Austin Weekly News and Wednesday Journal in April.

Though West Suburban in mid-April resumed some primary care services, most of the hospital’s once-renowned services remain unavailable

“It is important to clarify that outpatient (ambulatory) services are not equivalent to hospital-based care. They do not replace the critical services our community relies on, including emergency care, inpatient services, ICU-level care, elective surgeries, and essential diagnostic testing,” said Dr. Chidinma Osineme, president of West Suburban’s medical staf f, in an email to the Weekly and the Journal the same day the hospital announced some resumed services April 15. “Limited outpatient activity, if occurring, does not address the broader

access and safety concerns created by the hospital closure. We remain focused on advocating for the full restoration of hospital operations under new leadership from the ground up to ensure patients have access to comprehensive, timely care.”

With most of West Suburban remaining closed, some say it will be difficult to relaunch necessary services.

Dr. Paul Luning, chief medical officer at PCC Wellness Center — a Federally Qualified Health Center that West Suburban used to contract services from and which hosted doctors doing their residencies at the hospital — said reopening the hospital will prove to be a challenge.

“It’s clearly a very difficult thing if a hospital closes, even if it’s just for a week, to get the public’s confidence back and hire back all the staf f that left,” Luning said. “The hospitals that we’ve been partnered with, or have been aware of that have closed, have not reopened.”

“I wish there were more templates,” Harmon said of hospitals that have closed and reopened. “It’s a private business. We don’t have the authority nor the tools to wade in and reopen it ourselves. It’s frustrating, but we’re trying to figure out what tools we

have at our disposal to encourage a prompt reopening of health care services at that site, so that the patients have access to the health care they need in a safe and secure environment.”

Solutions through legislation

Before West Suburban announced it closure in March, State Sen. Laura Fine and State Re p. Robyn Gabel proposed legislation that requires hospitals to fil plans for potential full or partial closur with the state — including how to transfer patients safely to other facilities, identifying potential service gaps, and a plan for employees

“I don’ t think that West Suburban f lowed the intent or spirit of the law in announcing the closure in the way that they did. No community should be blindsided by this news of this import. If they had given more concrete notice, there are all sorts of stakeholders who might have had better ideas than an overnight closure,” Harmon said. “I’m just not sure that West Suburban followed the right protocol. My understanding is that they used a notice provision that would apply if you were shutting down one of your departments temporarily. … Not turning of f all the lights in the hospital and going home.’”

As state re presentaes explore ways to ent another suden hospital closure West Suburban’s, Harmon said that departments that re gulate hospitals are also aged and looking ys to help just not sure the profit motive goes well community hospital,” Harmon added.

Examples of bankrupt hospitals

Dr. Theresa Chapple, public health proessional and for mer health director for the llage of Oak Park, helped lead an April 6 meeting to make a ommunity-led plan how to reopen West Suburban. After nearly 80 people attended, over half

signed up for working groups that cover politics, le g al background, leadership models, community needs, partnerships, and messaging . Chapple said such working groups were one of the first things she saw in her preliminary research of other hospitals that closed, then reopened in recent years. In Massachusetts, the nonprofit Northern Berkshire Healthcare fully shuttered Nor th Adams Re gional Hospital in 2014 after the hospital’s 129 years of operation. When the hospital declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2014, Berkshire Medical Center bought the facility for $3.4 million and $600,000 for the Northern Berkshire Family Practice

North Adams Re gional Hospital reopened a decade later as a part of Berkshire Health Systems. In 2024, the hospital reopened as a critical access hospital, reco gnized by the federal gover nment for its necessary role in a rural area since Nor th Adams’ population is about 12,000.

Steward Health Care was once the largest private hospital system in the country, operating over 30 hospitals across multiple states. But in May 2024, Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with over $9 billion in liabilities. While a majority of its hospitals got new management, fresh ownership often took the reins while the hospital they bought remained open.

T hough Patlola said in March that he was talking with Insight Hospital & Medical Center about becoming the new owner of West Suburban, Insight bought Mercy Hospital on Chicago’s South Side for $1 while the hospital was still open and had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptc y.

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Ramco’s suit also argues that Prasad’s alleg ed misappropriation of state funds led to major facilities issues at the hospitals, including failing HVAC systems and X-ray machines creating unsafe conditions for patients. Prasad said that it was Ramco’s duty as landlord to pay to support the facility maintenanc e, which he said they failed to do T he court also heard testimony from Andrea Saviozzi, the for mer Executive Director of Nursing at West Sub. She spoke to the deteriorating conditions at the Oak Park safety-net hospital that

tal employees, who’d coordinated via a group that be g an meeting weekly after the hospital closed. Some of those employees laughed audibly during Prasad’s testimony, enough so that Judge Stanton called for order multiple times.

One of those instances came when he said that Resilience had done a better job of paying vendors than their predecessors at Pipeline. During the hearing, Patlola testified that the hospitals’ debts to vendors had grown to over $60 million, on top of unpaid taxes and a pending lawsuit with Pipeline.

Hospital leadership announced the closure of West Sub in March citing a prolonged failure in the hospital’s electronic medical record billing system that resulted in as much as 90% of its work going unbilled. In the months leading up to the closure, Wednesday Journal

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‘Made on the West Side’ creative showcase schools opens

The exhibit at Third City Studio features self-por traits and other works by K-8 students

By MICHAEL LIPTROT Contributing Reporter

West Side students are the stars of the latest exhibit at a gallery that’s part of an up-and-coming Austin arts district.

“Made on the West Side” features art from students at seven West Side public schools that speaks to the students’ creativity, passions and lived experiences growing up in Chicago, said Hailey Rodden, art teacher at Henry H. Nash Elementary in Austin and the exhibit’s curator.

The exhibit — which opens Friday at Third City Studio, 5538 W. North Ave. and runs through July 6 — is also inspired by longstanding disparities in arts access

and Chicago Public Schools’ limited representation of West Side students in citywide art showcases

Much of the student art featured in the exhibit are self-portraits, family portraits and the city’s built environment. The student artists tackle subjects like selfaffirmation and belonging. Large-scale pieces include a mural and a paper collage inspired by Bisa Butler, a nationally acclaimed artist for her innovative quilt portraits capturing Black life.

■ For Rodden, seeing West Side student’s work displayed provides visibility to their experiences.

“Their art is their self-expression,” Rodden said. “It’s their outlet, creativity and critical thinking, and you can see that very

evidently in their work. It’s stuf f they enjoy, stuf f that they are passionate about and proud of.”

CPS students have for years faced disparities in access to art education and opportunities. Schools that are rated as below CPS standards for art education are primarily concentrated on the South and West sides.

For the 2023-2024 school year, 45 percent of all CPS students had access to high-quality art education, Block Club previously reported. While 59 percent of white students were able to access high-quality art education in their CPS schools, only 36 percent of Black students had such access. Last year, CPS officials told Block Club the district planned to introduce equity metrics into the selection process for its student art festivals and the citywide arts exhibition starting this school year.

After two years of seeing many of her students highlighted at CPS’s All-City Visual Arts Exhibition, last year Rodden saw only one student honored and in response launched her own gallery at Garfield Park’s Legler Library to showcase their work

The participating schools

The art in the exhibit was made by students in kindergarten through 8th grade at the following schools:

■ Chalmers STEAM Elementary School, 2745 W. Roosevelt Road

■ Emiliano Zapata Elementary Academy,

2728 S. Kostner Ave.

■ Henry H. Nash Elementary School, 4837 W. Erie St.

■ Joseph Lovett Elementary School, 6333 W. Bloomingdale Ave.

■ Robert Nathaniel Dett Elementary School, 2131 W. Monroe St

■ Willa Cather Elementary School, 2908 W. Washington Blvd.

■ Wilma Rudolph Elementary Learning Center, 1628 W. Washington Blvd.

The Third City Studio gallery follows an earlier public art exhibit Rodden created to highlight work from students who were overlooked for CPS’s arts showcases.

This year, Rodden said two Nash students’ art pieces were selected for the citywide showcase and six students were selected for a performance. Rodden said she plans to continue creating avenues for West Side students to have their work displayed.

“We wanted to create more spaces for students to show work in a real world context,” Rodden said.

Third City Studio opened in October. The art studio, gallery, classroom and event space highlights local artists, supports school programs and offers artists-in-residency opportunities, ownership said. The studio and an upcoming cafe next door are the first in what organizers have dubbed the North Austin Arts District, a multiphase plan to overhaul a mixed-use complex spanning the 5500 block of West North Avenue For more information on “Made on the West Side,” visit Third City Studio’s website.

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levard Christian Church, 634 N. Austin Blvd., before moving to Third Unitarian in 1968, according to family and his obituary.

Wheat’s time leading Third Unitarian coincided with major civil rights developments that impacted the West Side. He made sure his church and cong re gation contributed to positive change during those times, family and friends said Saturday.

Wheat protested the Vietnam War, discriminatory housing practices and the 1969 assassination of Fred Hampton by Chicago police, often wearing his clerical collar to demonstrations, Wheat’s children said.

Around this same time, Chicago Police’s Red Squad, a counter-intelligence unit known for infiltrating political movements between the ’50s and ’70s, smokebombed Third Unitarian during a showing of a documentary about social issues of the time, said Wheat’s son, Andrew Wheat.

“Dad saw the West Side community as the heart of the issues … that were unfolding at that time: civil rights, advocating against the Vietnam War,” said Wheat’s daughter, Sarah Wheat. “He saw the importance of connecting neighbors and community members that wanted to advocate and advance better options for all. And I think those issues just really played out during the ’60s and ’70s and into the ’80s.”

This period saw dramatic changes in Austin and the greater West Side. Austin was predominately white from the time it was annexed into Chicago in 1899 through the 1970s, according to a Tribune re port Social and political turmoil locally and nationally led many white Austin residents to move out of the neighborhood, with racial tension peaking during the 1968 riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The riots devastated many businesses along Madison Street and Roosevelt Road. By the ’80s, Austin was majority-Black.

Austin “went through radical white flight that was premeditated on the part of the housing industry,” Andrew Wheat said. “The real estate industry would arrange for a Black family to move into specific block in Austin and then cash in when the more fearful white folks among them

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woman to lead a Unitarian Universalist church, the Tribune re ported.

Wheat remained involved as a minister emeritus, though he moved from Austin to Michig an with his wife in retirement.

“He just saw the church had a role of supporting their neighbors and helping [be] an organizing place for people who wanted to come to g ether and stand up against some of what politicians at the time were doing,” Sarah Wheat said. “The church was really a connection point for some of the folks who were leading some of the most important civil rights [effor ts] at that time.”

During Wheat’s time as lead minister, he established many lasting initiatives at Third Unitarian.

T he Annual Rev. Donald H. Wheat Lecture Series has featured notable speakers, including theologian Michael Eric Dyson, the late Sen. Paul Simon and, last year, for mer Re p. Bobby Rush. For mer Mayor Harold Washington separately spoke at the church for a neighborhood forum.

headed for the hills. And so it was really a heavy time.”

As white flight took hold in Austin, Third Unitarian remained steadfast about staying in the neighborhood. T hough the Unitarian church is non-denominational and follows a progressive theolo gy rooted in social justice, the cong re gation lost about 50 members during the period, with

many of them starting a new church in Oak Park, according to the Tribune Wheat remained and slashed his salary to $10,000 to help the church adjust to its smaller cong re gation, the newspaper repor ted in 1999.

When Wheat stepped down as senior minister in 1998, he was re placed by the Rev. Michelle Bentley, the first Black

In 1974, Wheat launched the Austin Scholars Award Progr am at the church. he progr am has awarded more than 425 ge scholarships to Austin-area Chicago Public Schools seniors. T he church established an early childhood education and food kitchen progr am during heat’s time, Sarah Wheat said.

At Saturday’s service, friends and f amemembered Wheat as more than a preacher: He was a humorous friend, vid biker, lifelong learner, rebel at hear t and devoted grandfather with a “so far, so good” philosophy for approaching life, Wheat’s grandson recalled nne Garner and Jerry Jaecks separately joined Third Unitarian Church in the late ’80s. Wheat was influential in their lives throughout the decade, encouraging Garner to begin ministering and supporting Jaecks through the death of his wife from breast cancer in the mid-’90s. day, Garner and Jaecks are married, having met at a gardening workshop at the church. T he two are still active at the church and remember Wheat for his dedication to creating a le gacy beyond himself

“He was inspiring. He was always uplifting, and he had a voice that would carry,” Garner said. “He was forward-thinking. He didn’t just think about his time as a minister, but built beyond that for the le gacy of the church.”

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSORIN-INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-NC1 Plaintiff, -v.-

RUTH MARTIN A/K/A RUTH TILLMAN MARTIN, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF MELVIN MARTIN, DECEASED, MELVIN DM MARTIN, DANIELLE MARTIN, FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION, CITY OF CHICAGO, AN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, CONTIMORTGAGE CORPORATION, UTAH MORTGAGE LOAN CORPORATION, CARY ROSENTHAL, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF MELVIN MARTIN, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS & NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants 2024 CH 1923 545 N. CENTRAL AVENUE D CHICAGO, IL 60644

sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2801 LAKESIDE DRIVE, SUITE 207, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm3pm.. Please refer to file number 24-100713.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

on June 22, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-13-310-033-0000.

DEFENDANTS.

CASE NO.: 2025CH10105

130 NORTH WALLER AVE, UNIT B CHICAGO, IL 60644

CALENDAR: 59

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 6, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 9, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 545 N. CENTRAL AVENUE D, CHICAGO, IL 60644

Property Index No. 16-09-114033-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $82,025.91.

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.

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.

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 2801 LAKESIDE DRIVE, SUITE 207 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717

E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com

Attorney File No. 24-100713

Attorney Code. 42168

Case Number: 2024 CH 1923

TJSC#: 46-567

Case # 2024 CH 1923 I3286296

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Plaintiff vs. ISRAEL J. WILLIAMS JR AKA

ISRAEL J. WILLIAMS AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONÙÄÄÉECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendant 25 CH 12130

CALENDAR

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will

Commonly known as 2926 West Polk Street, Chicago, IL 60612. The real estate is: 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 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Halliday, Watkins and Mann, P.C., 376 East 400 South, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. (801) 355-2886. IL21280 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3287015

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION EF MORTGAGE LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. LARRY MCMAHAN,

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 21, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will on June 15, 2026 at 10:30 AM, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 130 NORTH WALLER AVE., UNIT B, CHICAGO, IL 60644

Property Index No. 16-08-415035-0000

The real estate is improved with a townhouse.

The judgment amount was $106,862.77.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 100% of the bid amount shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. The certified check must be made payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a

mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Johnny Dale Frevert, Jr., KELLEY KRONENBERG, P.A. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 20 N CLARK STREET SUITE 1150, CHICAGO, IL, 60602 (312) 216-8828. 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.

Johnny Dale Frevert, Jr. KELLEY KRONENBERG, P.A. 20 N CLARK STREET SUITE 1150 CHICAGO IL, 60602 312-216-8828

E-Mail: jfrevert@kelleykronenberg.com

Attorney ARDC No. 6305960 Attorney Code. 49848 Case Number: 2025 CH 10105 TJSC#: 46-251 I3286993

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