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Davis could face primary challenge in 2018 Anthony Clark, an Oak Park teacher, announced his plans to run for Congress last week By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Congressman Danny K. Davis (7th) could face a young primary challenger in the 2018 midterm elections. Anthony Clark, an Oak Park, high school teacher and founder of the advocacy group Suburban Unity Alliance announced in a May 17 Facebook post that he’s running for Congress. Reached by phone, Clark, 34, told Wednesday Journal that he was encouraged to run by several people in the community who connected him with an organization called Brand New Congress, which aims to fix a “broken” Congress, according to its website. “Both major parties have chosen big donors over the American people,” the Brand New Congress website states. “We are going to recruit and run hundreds of outstanding candidates in a single, national campaign for Congress in 2018. Together, they will pass a practical plan to significantly increase wages, remove corruption, and protect the rights of all Americans.” Clark said in a telephone interview that he has dedicated his life to giving back to the community, but he felt not enough was being done to address systemic issues such as racism, sexism, homophobia and misogyny. “I thought, ‘I have to do more,’” he said. Clark has a profile on the Brand New ConSee DAVIS VS. CLARK on page 8

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The world is their stage

Members of the Collective, a performing arts ensemble, delight audiences at the Garfield Park Conservatory on May 16. The performance was part of the Chicago Home Theater Festival’s annual city-wide series of artist projects.

Austin, Oak Park residents talk race, poverty The conversation was part of the Chicago Community Trust’s On the Table event By XUEER ZHANG AustinTalks

More than 150 people from Austin, Oak Park and across Chicago gathered on May 16 at Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W

Jackson Blvd., to exchange ideas about racial integration and discussing the challenges faced by the two communities separated by Austin Boulevard. This is the third year The Chicago Community Trust has organized the On the Table event in which about 5,800 “tables” participated throughout the Chicago area. Sixteen of those were at Austin’s Columbus Park Refectory. Community advocates and residents voiced their concerns over the longstanding inequity and exclusion on Chicago’s

West Side, asking some hard-hitting questions that many avoid in their daily lives. “You can see how we end up having a huge division of resources,” said Rob Breymaier, the event co-organizer who spoke at the start of the dinner, referencing the long-existing segregation and its consequences on the area. “Right now, we look at our two communities and we can see we have one community with thriving schools and the other

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Taliaferro said the event will highlight positive stories

one another. Just a few residents came out to Taliaferro’s community office at 6272 W. North Avenue in Galewood. But dozens gathered at the Columbus Park Refectory in Austin. By TERRY DEAN Some of the other topics discussed at AustinTalks Taliaferro’s event included ridding the streets of drug selling and enThe 29th Ward alderman gaging more youth in positive wants to shine a light on some activities. Taliaferro said his of the community’s success stoAustin Successes event is aimed ries with a public event planned particularly at young people. for this summer. Taliaferro said he was glad to Ald. Chris Taliaferro will host an On the Table talk even host “Austin Successes” in July if only a few people were able to at Austin Town Hall. The details make it to his event. are still being worked out, but Conversations took place at the alderman shared his plan other West Side locations, such with constituents last week at as North Lawndale’s Carey TerCHRIS TAIAFERRO his North Avenue office. centenary AME Church, where Alderman Austin natives who’ve gone the discussion focused on how on to successful careers are bechurches can affect positive ing lined up to speak at the event, Taliaferchange in the community, with some ideas ro said. The alderman made the announceincluding developing programs for youth ment during the On the Table community and adults to interact. conversation event that he and thousands Valerie Leonard, a community organizer of Chicago-area residents participated in and host at Carey, said their group will May 16. meet again to develop some solutions on Sponsored by The Chicago Community what was discussed. Trust, the annual event brings out resiCONTACT: austintalks.org@gmail.com dents to discuss issues and network with

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Celebration of life The Collective performs a dramatic piece in front of an audience gathered at Garfield Park Conservatory. According to the website of the Chicago Home Theater Festival, the annual performances are designed to disrupt “injustice and” and pave “cultural safe passages across our hyper-segregated city.”

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In Memoriam Members of the Austin Green Team gather at the Memorial Garden on Laramie and Washington Blvd. on May 20 to recognize late community members who have made significant contributions on the West Side. All honorees are recognized with bricks that are embedded into the garden’s walkway.

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ON THE TABLE Building bridges from page 1 where we are having challenges in schools,” he said. “A more integrated society we want is where we don’t have those disparities.” Breymaier, executive director of the Oak Park Regional Housing Center and a former president of the Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance, said Tuesday night’s conversations between the two communities were intended to answer essential questions, such as how to “build one community” and “find our common destiny.” “The way our metropolitan areas are segregated makes us feel that some neighborhoods or some people are better, and some neighborhoods and people are not quite as good,” Breymaier said. “We need to figure out how to break that mindset. It’s perpetuated through the way we share resources – or do not share resources.” Robyn Thurston, 56, lives in Oak Park but works in Austin as a healthcare administrator. Although she lives only three blocks away from Austin and has driven past Columbus Park many times, she said this was the first time she had entered the building. “Almost 40 years, I never stopped in,” said Thuston, who moved to Oak Park from Kansas City in 1983. “I only rode my bike around the park one time. That’s because there’s a line between Austin and Oak Park.” Austin Boulevard – the north-south street that separates the two communities – sets nearly everything in Austin apart from Oak Park, from infrastructure, schools and business to security and racial makeup. Austin, the most-populated of Chicago’s 77 community areas, is about 84 percent African American and 4 percent white, while Oak Park is nearly 70 percent white, 22 percent African-American and 10 percent Hispanic or Latino, according to a 2016 analysis by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. Thuston said the street views changed dramatically as someone crosses into Austin from Oak Park. “Whenever there’s traffic congestion or construction, I’d drive on Madison or Jackson,” Thuston explained. “And as you leave Austin and enter Oak Park, it’s like from black and white to colors. That’s the contrast between the two communities.” She said she’s seen instances of the Oak Park police indiscriminately pulling over vehicles traveling from Austin – an act so frequent that a neighbor of hers started to call it the “border patrol protecting” Oak Park. What’s more, she said, the lack of integration as well as the huge disparity between the two communities had caused trouble for residents and employees in both Austin and Oak Park as young people from both communities interact. “One of my daughter’s boyfriends was shot here visiting a high school friend graduating from Austin High,” Thuston said, referring to a shooting that happened about 7 years ago in Austin. She said young African Americans living in Oak Park are affected in ways their white

peers are not. “One of my church members, a Caucasian couple, adopted three black children,” she said. “Their son and his friends were just standing in front of the house that they grew up in and would be questioned by the police.” She suspects this happened because they were seen as “black children on the wrong side of Austin Boulevard” even though they lived in Oak Park. “That psychological barrier was very real,” Thuston said. “I feel like they will be safer in one community if this community (Austin) was safer. It really could realize its potential.” Willie Holman, 54, now on disability and retired, has lived in Austin for more than a decade. Holman agrees racial tensions still happen in both communities, saying it’s caused by a harmful policing system and too many unfinished or abandoned projects in Austin. “You know where the crime is located,” he said. “But the officers who have racial problems are not going to serve the community but hurt the community. If you are not mentally ready and devoted to help people, it’s not going to work.” Holman said another big problem is the chronic absence of economic development and ways to help people who moved into Austin after many of the city’s housing projects were torn down. “They put certain things in certain areas,” he said. “If you tore down a parking, you just pass it to another community. It’s really like a jungle, every man for himself.” “You got halfway houses and you got mental facilities closed,” Holman. “There’s one closed right on Central [Avenue]. And we also have a halfway house at the old YMCA. People are going to understand it’s like they are dumping people off in Austin.” Holman suggested his own way of facilitating integration, adding that the “biggest step is, when you see a black person or a white person coming to your neighborhood, say ‘Hi.’ “Just say ‘Hi’ and don’t get mad if that person doesn’t speak because you are doing it from your real heart. And how can you judge a race if you don’t know the race?” Olivia Weathers, the director of operations at Communities First Association, has worked in Austin for a year. The 24-year-old South Side resident offered another idea of how to improve Austin. “I think that we should start changing the narrative of Austin, to look at how it’s extremely rich in resources,” Weathers said. “Now that I work in this community, I see a strong sense of pride. Tensions start to happen when you’re put in the situation of poverty. “People in Austin kind of know what they need,” she said. “But there’s a lot of community work to be done.” Thuston agrees, adding that Austin’s indigenous resources have not been fully utilized. “Beautiful, old, historic housing is here in Austin,” she said. “Chicago is not taking advantage of the historical heritage of this community.” The conversations that happened for a few hours Tuesday night are an effective way to facilitate understating and build relationships, participants said. CONTACT: austintalks.org@gmail.com

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LETTERS

The importance of colors

Chicago? Well, I think he would certainly see colors in our communities. Dr. King would see red “X”s on our abandoned buildings, blue light cameras perched high on our street n one of his most well-known corners and red light cameras writings, Dr. King wrote these ready to trick us and to empty our words from the Birmingham jail: wallets. “We are caught in an inescapable He would see dirty gray plywood network of mutuality, tied in a covering the windows of our single garment of destiny. Whatshuttered schools, and he might ever affects one directly, wonder why we need affects all indirectly.” yellow Safe Passage signs But we must look in the first place. at the sentence that Dr. King would see comes just before these the green and orange words of inclusion Newport signs targeting and acceptance. Dr. our communities so King writes: “Injustice people become addicted anywhere is a threat to to menthol cigarettes, and justice everywhere.” he would see the bright These words resonate flashing white LED lights very strongly today. LA SHAWN FORD on liquor store windows. Dr. King knew State rep. Dr. King would see Chicago well. He lived purple crosses marking in North Lawndale where a neighbor died, surrounded and led demonstrations against by dark green Remy Martin bottles, segregation in education, housing surrounded by pink teddy bears, and employment. Jesus candles and deflated orange After he was hit in the head by balloons. And he would see multia rock during a peaceful march in colored RIP T-shirts. Marquette Park, he said, ‘‘I have What would Dr. King say seen many demonstrations in about our black communities so the South, but I have never seen stigmatized by these signs, by these anything so hostile and so hateful colors? as I’ve seen here today.’’ How can we move forward? What What would Dr. King say if he are the colors that should inspire was here now and if he walked us? through our black neighborhoods First, we need to be proud of our and communities of color here in heritage. For African-Americans

and all people whose origins are Mother Africa, we can be inspired by the red, black and green of the Pan-African flag. The Pan-African colors on the flag represent values, history and resources that can guide us: Red represents the blood that unites all people of Black African ancestry, and was shed for liberation. Black represents black people whose existence as a nation, though not just a nation-state, is affirmed by the existence of the flag. And green represents the abundant natural wealth of Africa. Along with recognizing, valuing and celebrating our heritage, we can also realize that our United States Constitution was ordained and established so we could form a more perfect union, a blend of peoples from all over our world, a mixture of colors, with the common vision and goal of liberty and justice for all. Dr. King gave his life 49 years ago promoting the principles of nonviolent activism to advance a more perfect union. Let us always remember the teachings of Dr. King and the values represented by the colors of our flag as we work for liberty and justice for all. This letter has been shortened to for print. Visit austinweeklynews. com to read the letter in full.

State Rep. La Shawn Ford (7th), Austin

Facebook Live is making progress after demands

ast week, Facebook’s top policy officers traveled to Chicago to meet with the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., and myself. We had a remarkably productive meeting, and the company has pledged to continue working with us. The company will return later this month to visit several high schools in Chicago. The goal will be to educate teenagers how to report and what exactly should be reported to Facebook. I am confident this open dialogue will help confirm the importance of civility on social media with the young people we will meet with. Additionally, the company announced that it will hire an additional 3,000 employees to monitor reported images and videos. This is a huge success. Though the company isn’t yet sure where those employees will be headquartered, I’ve RICHARD BOYKIN made the case that many of them should Cook County Commissioner be from some of the Chicago communities with the highest unemployment. Facebook has remained in the headlines the last several weeks for a series of horrific tragedies being streamed on its platform. That is why I joined Rev. Jackson and Father Michael Pfleger to call on a 30-day moratorium on Facebook live. Though the company has not yet agreed to a moratorium, it has been remarkably responsive to our concerns. I spoke to top executives at the company several times last month. They have made crucial commitments to find ways to curb the spreading of violent acts on Facebook and Facebook live. The company has agreed to do a series town halls in high schools in Chicago. This letter has been shortened to for print. Visit austinweeklynews.com to read the letter in full.

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Alderman honors veterans for their military service

Ald. Chris Taliaferro, a former vet himself, commemorated Memorial Day early By WENDELL HUTSON Contributing Reporter

Two weeks before the country officially honors veterans on Memorial Day, Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th) joined representatives from a hospice care provider to honor veterans living at an Austin nursing home. A group of veterans at the Mayfield Care Center, 5905 W. Washington Blvd., met last week with Taliaferro and David Cazaplicki and Carrie Datz from Heartland during a 2-hour celebration that included refreshments and each veteran receiving a certificate of recognition. A veteran himself after serving in the U.S. Marines, Taliaferro said he wanted to recog-

nize his local veterans before Memorial Day because veterans deserve to be honored every day. “We should not go a long time without recognizing our veterans. And certainly we should not wait until Memorial Day to recognize our veterans,” said Taliaferro. “Their work and labor for this country is enough to always recognize them.” Veteran James Bradley said one reason why veterans are not recognized for their service more is because people don’t really know what they do. “The duties and role of military personnel is not publicized like it should. If people knew what veterans went through while serving our country they would be thanking us every day,” said Army veteran Bradley, 85. “We have killed for this country. We have been injured for this country and even died for this country. And all we get is one day a year to be honored.” Datz, who has served in the National Guard for the past 13 years, moderated the event.

“Our veterans deserve this [recognition ceremony] and more needs to be done to show how much they are appreciated for their sacrifices,” said Datz. “It’s always a joy when I can participate in programs that honor our veterans and the work they have done.” Andrea Williams, activity director for the Mayfield Center, organized the event and said she plans to make it an annual celebration. “I’ve only been working here a short while but I do know that our veterans deserve this and I will work to make sure this continues each year,” said Williams. “While this gesture is nice I don’t think we, as citizens, will ever be able to do enough to thank our veterans for their sacrifices. That’s why we [as a country] should be honoring them every chance we get.” However, Williams said she is bothered by the violence in Austin, which prevents residents at the facility from going outside. “We can’t have them sitting outside if there’s shooting going on. No one wants to be inside

all the time,” she added. “A breath of fresh air is needed but that’s not possible when there’s violence plaguing our neighborhood.” Taliaferro agreed. “We have to get back to community policing if we are going to curb violence. We can reduce violence with more community policing, more resources for the police and more involvement from the community,” said Taliaferro. Emanuel Carter, another veteran at the Mayfair Center, said he served in the Army and fought in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. “I am not afraid of violence because I have seen it up close in combat when I had to step over dead bodies,” recalled Carter. “Yes, there’s a lot of shooting that takes place on the West Side, but it’s nothing compared to being in the military. Anybody that survived being in the military should be recognized and honored all the time.” CONTACT: wreporter@yahoo.com

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BIG WEEK Enjoy a home festival performance On Sunday, May 28, the Chicago Home Theatre Festival and interdisciplinary artist Leah Gipson will host a range of artists, including Cassandra Davis, Nicole Harrison, ICAH, YEPP and Avery R. Young, in Austin at various locations. They’ll be exploring themes of neighborhood, community, religion, individual vs collective values, and the path to healing. Tickets range from $15 to $65. For more info or to purchase tickets, visit: http://www.chicagohtf.org/austin-2017.

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The Netflix original film doesn’t shed much new light on black fraternity life By ROBERT FELTON Contributor

Fraternity life has a long history within the world of cinema. From the jovial silliness of “Animal House” to more somber, harrowing fare like “Goat,” the movie industry has often returned to the legendarily subversive practices of these collegiate staples to tell tales that feed the culture’s fascination with the institution. Now comes the original Netflix production “Burning Sands,” which is the latest incarnation of this well-established sub-genre. Unfortunately for the filmmakers and the movie’s talented cast, it does not quite earn its place at the table alongside the best that the genre has to offer. The film stars Trevor Jackson as Zurich, a bright, talented student at a fictional HBCU called Frederick Douglass University. Seeking to follow in his father’s and mentor’s footsteps and join their prestigious fraternity, he becomes one of six pledges vying for a spot in Lambda Phi, one of the oldest frats on campus.

In order to join the ranks of his father and Dean Richardson (Steve Harris), he has to survive “Hell Week,” a week-long series of hazing and assorted physical challenges to test his loyalty to the fraternity. Some of the challenges are benign, like fast food runs and learning the four tenets of the fraternity — “Leadership,” “Scholarship,” “Companionship,” and “Brotherhood.” Others are more disturbing like having a metal rod run over the bottom of one’s foot or being slapped, pushed or spit upon when one gets an answer wrong about the history of the fraternity. He is aware of the physical and emotional toll the process will take on him, but in the beginning he shakes off the early signs of trouble. His equally studious girlfriend Rochon (Imani Hakim) begins noticing troubling signals as Zurich is slowly becoming more indifferent toward his classwork and has strange injuries on his ribs. His professor (played by Alfre Woodard,

who the film, unfortunately, underutilizes) sees the potential in Zurich and encourages him to open up about his withdrawn behavior in class. Due to the relative darkness of its depiction of its familiar material, it’s obvious from the start that “Burning Sands” has to follow a specific trajectory: wide-eyed optimism about joining the fraternity, followed by doubt, followed by reinvestment in the process, followed by denial and, finally, disillusionment. He eventually realizes that there is something seriously wrong with this fraternity’s hazing practices, but since it takes Zurich about an hour longer than it does us, the film loses much of its intended impact. One of the key problems with the film is the fact that it never really gives Zurich a compelling reason to endure the torment of the initiation beyond deference for his father and mentor. The film needed to show more of the allure of the fraternity.

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Why do these guys go through this torture? It certainly isn’t just to stomp shirtless in a line while yelling: “Whooooooo!” What does Zurich stand to gain from initiation and loose from failure? The movie is very vague about it. The film also doesn’t do a great job of declaring a position on the subject of fraternity hazing. It clearly seems to be making an argument against it, as the fairly bleak ending seems to suggest, but it never really forms a crystalized message. A few scenes before the ending when Zurich has become completely disillusioned with the process, we begin to expect a full repudiation of the fraternity. His confrontation with his dean, his initial blowing off of his fellow pledgers and somewhat hammy speech about “King’s” appear to suggest that he is finally ready to move on from the fraternity. But then he winds up attending the final night of “Hell Night” anyway. Why? The film doesn’t seem to know and we’re left with a truly muddled message. We are forced to fill in the blanks for the narrative. This film fails to bring anything new to an already pretty crowded table on fraternity life. If it had better focus of its message and shown more of Zurich’s inner conflict, it would have been a soaring success. CONTACT: michael@austinweeklynews.com

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hat comes to mind when you hear the words, the “Greater West Side”? According to On the Table, an event I attended last week, sponsored by the Chicago Community Trust along with the Oak Park Regional Housing Center (OPRHC), the village of Oak Park, and Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, there is a desire to be in partnership as one and referred to as “The Greater West Side.” For landlocked Oak Park, a bastion of liberalism, the potential partnership makes sense. Oak Park is bordered on the west by River Forest and Forest Park. To the south, it has Cicero and Berwyn. All good neighbors, but the advantages to the village lie in its eastern/northern neighbor: Austin. Why Austin? It’s simple. We share many of the same major thoroughfares, the Green and Blue el lines, the same Metra Line, and we were once all part of Cicero Township until 1899 when Austin was annexed to the city of Chicago. Ever since I moved to Austin in 1989, I have heard the gossip that Oak Park wanted to come back into Chicago up to Central Avenue. It was a persistent rumor that I couldn’t ignore, having spent my formative years in Cabrini Green, which had a similar rumor in the 1960s. It took 50 years, but the rumor for Cabrini has become a total reality. So as I sat at The Refectory listening to a multiracial group out of Oak Park speak on the issue, I knew I needed to pay intense attention. Many of the people who live in Austin don’t see the beauty and advantage of this neighborhood. They are in such survival mode that their priority is just making it from week-to-week. Many of them haven’t paid attention to the shift from the suburbs back to the city by young whites. Instead, black people are leaving the city in droves for the suburbs. Or they are leaving the state to go back down south. The solution for city planners is where will all those whites go? There is a limited amount of

land and gentrification is the perfect mechanism to push poor people out. Once blacks are pushed out of Austin, they are out of the city with few options to return. Oak Park and Austin going into a partnership can have the potential for success for both sides so long as the issue is addressed with intention. That is one of the things the Oak Park Regional Housing Center is known for. Going back to the 1960s when racial strife was at its forefront, OPRHC was up front in making sure the same blockbusting that was happening in Chicago didn’t occur in Oak Park. Whites were encouraged to move and live near the Austin Boulevard side, and blacks were encouraged to move deeper into Oak Park. I can still recall the controversy that took place in the 1960s and ’70s over such honesty. In the end, Oak Park has remained viable because of that intentional intersection of race and housing, even if in doing so their efforts may skirt legality. Austin could benefit from an infusion of people with more money. Many whites would jump at the opportunity to own houses at the prices currently in Austin. The problem that comes with increased property changing hands is the tax assessment for current homeowners, based on the perceived value that someone can purchase your house for over what you actually paid for it. While that model make have worked in the past, it was best designed for moderate increases. For someone who bought their house for say $50,000 to have to pay taxes based on an assessed value of $350,000 simply because the house next door sold for that amount is intrinsically unfair. All it does is lead to gentrification which moves existing residents out. And please, I don’t want to hear about a long-term resident’s tax break because it doesn’t really resolve the basic issue — which is the lack of affordability for current residents. Next week, I’ll further address the pros and cons of the Greater West Side.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTâ€“ CHANCERY DIVISION CIT BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.BRENDA CROSS, CITY OF CHICAGO, UNITED STATES OF AMERICAâ€“DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANNIE R. PENN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ANNIE R. PENN (DECEASED) Defendants 16 CH 014485 5022 W. ADAMS STREET 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 February 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 23, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Driveâ€“24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5022 W. ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-16-204-0310000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for 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 â€œAS ISâ€? 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

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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 (driverâ€™s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiffâ€™s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-10435. 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. NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiffâ€™s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I718650

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 â€œAS ISâ€? 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 (driverâ€™s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiffâ€™s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 9311. 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. I718960

of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 23, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Driveâ€“24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1435 N. MASSASOIT AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60651 Property Index No. 16-05-213-0080000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 â€œAS ISâ€? 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 (driverâ€™s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county

venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiffâ€™s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-10083. 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. NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiffâ€™s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I720419

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTâ€“ CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.ANTONIO RAMIREZ, MARTHA RAMIREZ Defendants 16 CH 008940 4441 W. ALTGELD STREET CHICAGO, IL 60639 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 7, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 6, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Driveâ€“24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4441 W. ALTGELD STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60639 Property Index No. 13-27-323-0050000. 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 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 â€œAS ISâ€? 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 (driverâ€™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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTâ€“ CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.BEATRIS CASTILLO, ALFREDO CASTILLO, CITY OF CHICAGO, CACV OF COLORADO LLC SII TO BANK OF AMERICA, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SBM TO BANK ONE, N.A., THE ECLIPSE COMPANIES, MARIA VAZQUEZ, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 12 CH 18774 4221 WEST 25TH PLACE 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 March 16, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 19, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Driveâ€“24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4221 WEST 25TH PLACE, CHICAGO, IL 60623 Property Index No. 16-27-233-0040000. The real estate is improved with a two story single family home. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTâ€“ CHANCERY DIVISION LIBERTY HOME EQUITY SOLUTIONS, INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS GENWORTH FINANCIAL HOME EQUITY ACCESS, INC. Plaintiff, -v.UNDRA L. SMITH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICAâ€“DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF WILLIE B. SMITH, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR WILLIE B. SMITH (DECEASED) Defendants 16 CH 011746 1435 N. MASSASOIT AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60651 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTâ€“ CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC; Plaintiff, vs. DISCOVER BANK; COOK COUNTY SHERIFF; ELIZABETH GARCIA; THE CITY OF CHICAGO; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO CAPITAL ONE BANK; FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY, LLC; VILLAGE OF MELROSE PARK; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF RICARDO C. GARCIA, DECEASED; MARGARITA GARCIA; MARIA REYES AKA MARIA GARCIA; JOSEPHINE RAMIREZ; WILLIAM EJZAK, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO RICARDO C. GARCIA, DECEASED; Defendants, 16 CH 9000 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 Friday, June 16, 2017 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. 16-26-112-024-0000. Commonly known as 2416 South Avers Avenue, Chicago, IL 60623. 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 Sales Department at Plaintiffâ€™s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 16-011412 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I721064

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Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-05906. 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. 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. I721080

representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-11-07664. 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. 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. I721190

orange, stone, two unit apartment, no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 10640. 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. I721199

16 CH 013863 2848 W. TAYLOR STREET CHICAGO, IL 60612 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 23, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 26, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2848 W. TAYLOR STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60612 Property Index No. 16-13-319-0240000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-11123. 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. 14-16-11123 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 013863 TJSC#: 37-3095 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. I719926

unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 16-4419. 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. 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. I721645

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’) Plaintiff, -v.MERCEDES M. BARROSO, ORLANDO RODRIGUEZ, CITY OF CHICAGO, AN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

Defendants 11 CH 8388 2200 NORTH MERRIMAC AVENUE Chicago, IL 60639 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 20, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 26, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2200 NORTH MERRIMAC AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60639 Property Index No. 13-32-112-020. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $339,770.51. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC. BEAR STEARNS ALT-A TRUST 2004-12, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-12 Plaintiff, -v.ANGELICA JACINTO, RUBEN RON, RICARDO JACINTO Defendants 11 CH 025804 2443 N. LOREL AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60639 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 12, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 6, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2443 N. LOREL AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60639 Property Index No. 13-28-329-006. 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 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.CARLOS H BARRIOS, CITY OF CHICAGO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION Defendants 15 CH 16840 950 NORTH MONTICELLO 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 February 23, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 13, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 950 NORTH MONTICELLO AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60651 Property Index No. 16-02-323-0260000. The real estate is improved with a

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Plaintiff, -v.CARMEN A. MORRISON, KEITH A. PAGE, CITY OF CHICAGO Defendants

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN A S S E T- B A C K E D CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006MLN1 Plaintiff, -v.YVONNE CARROLL, LEANDREW BRISCOE, JR. A/K/A LEANDREW

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BRISCOE, DONNA BRISCOE A/K/ A DONNA M. BRISCOE A/K/A DONNA M. CARMICHAEL A/K/A DONNA C. BRISCOE, CITY OF CHICAGO, AN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, JDAD, INC. D/B/A COUNTY PROPERTY TAX REFUND SPECIALISTS Defendants 16 CH 14281 4847 WEST AUGUSTA BOULEVARD 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 March 31, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 5, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4847 WEST AUGUSTA BOULEVARD, Chicago, IL 60651 Property Index No. 16-04-420-0040000. The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The judgment amount was $186,432.38. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 2911717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm. Please refer to file number 16-081196. 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. 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. I719122

file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: J. Gregory Scott, HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221717 Please refer to file number 552311941. If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. J. Gregory Scott HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1717 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 552311941 Case Number: 15 CH 16916 TJSC#: 37-3412 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. I719763

L. GRIFFIN A/K/A BERENICE L. GRIFFIN-HAYNES, TIMOTHY GRIFFIN, AS HEIR OF BERENICE L. GRIFFIN A/K/A BERENICE L. GRIFFIN-HAYNES, WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF BERENICE L. GRIFFIN A/K/A BERENICE L. GRIFFINHAYNES, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 04899 1414 N. CENTRAL AVE. 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 April 5, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 7, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1414 N. CENTRAL AVE., Chicago, IL 60651 Property Index No. 16-05-215-0320000 Vol. 546. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $119,777.23. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 16-3463. 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. 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. I720092

title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 9367. 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. I721996

HAMLIN AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60623 Property Index No. 16-26-104-029 (2317 S. Hamlin Avenue). The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-10-17055. 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. 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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST Plaintiff, -v.JOHN WHITE, MIDLAND FUNDING LLC Defendants 15 CH 16916 924 S. SPRINGFIELD AVE. CHICAGO, IL 60624 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 6, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 7, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 924 S. SPRINGFIELD AVE., CHICAGO, IL 60624 Property Index No. 16-14-317-0380000. The real estate is improved with a multi unit building containing two to six apartments. The judgment amount was $39,492.71. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW AND LEGATEES OF BERENICE L. GRIFFIN A/K/A BERENICE L. GRIFFIN-HAYNES, MARIAH GRIFFIN, AS HEIR OF BERENICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK SOUTHWEST, N.A. FKA WACHOVIA MORTGAGE, FSB FKA WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB Plaintiff, -v.ALEJANDRO CONTRERAS, MARIA ELIZABETH ESCARENO V Defendants 14 CH 3211 3020 SOUTH TRUMBULL 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 December 13, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 27, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3020 SOUTH TRUMBULL AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60623 Property Index No. 16-26-426-0330000. The real estate is improved with a two story single family home; two car detached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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

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