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Will Forty Acres Fresh Market be a ected by SNAP freeze?

That’s a misconception, owner says, but grocer store margins are narr

By JESSICA MORD Staff Re

A line for med down the street from Forty Acres Fresh Market Chicago Ave. the morning of No fifth day that the federal go froze Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits during its shutdown. Last Wednesday, about vouchers for Forty Acres through a gi away organized by Ald. Chris Taliafer and Ira Acree, pastor of Greater St. John Bible Church in Austin, to help those who are food insecure during the SNAP freeze Liz Abunaw, the owner of Fresh Market, described the gi “chaotic” but “a day that brought in a lot of revenue and helped a lot of people

With Forty Acres Fresh Market opening in September, the independent, fullservice grocery store has only been open

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Westside Health Authority CEO Jacqueline Reed and Illinois Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford browse the produce section at Forty Acres Fresh Market’s grand opening on Sept. 27.

Pollution worse on West Side, but ordinance stalls in city council

Hazel Johnson ordinance, backed by Mayor Johnson is

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in zoning committee

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

While campaigning in 2023, Mayor Brandon Johnson said he’d create laws to curb pollution in South and West Side neighborhoods. Keeping to his promise, this April, Johnson introduced the Hazel Johnson Cumulative Impact Ordinance to curb the disproportionately high levels of pollution those communities face.

But the measure stalled in the City Council Zoning Committee. At a Nov. 3 committee meeting, Ald. Bennett Lawson of the 44th Ward said he wouldn’t call a vote on the measure, typically a sign that it doesn’t have enough support to be put to a vote at City Council, according to WTTW.

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Four Blues hosts first show

New West Side nonpro t will ‘bring back old-school music,’ says president

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

About a decade ago, Austin resident Bonni McKeown started writing her first screenplay. It turned into the movie “The Rhythm and the Blues,” which premiered last year and tells the story of West Side blues guitarist Eddie Taylor Sr. in the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, “the crookedness of the music business and the hardships faced, especially by Black musicians,” McKeown told Austin Weekly News.

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Also last year, McKeown helped launch the nonprofit Four Blues as another way to help revive blues music on the West Side.

“We want to bring back the old school music. It’s a great loss that it has virtually disappeared in the community that it was so strong in 50 years ago,” McKeown, president of Four Blues, said of the blues, soul and R&B genres.

On Nov. 13, Four Blues is hosting its first musical performance — a free, all-ages concert at Austin Town Hall featuring Larry Taylor, who is Eddie Taylor Sr.’s step-

son, and the Soul Blues Healers.

Professional singer Arlene Stovall will sing rhythm and blues at the event. And Four Blues partnered with the Front Porch Arts Center in Austin, which is bringing spoken word poet Awthentic — an addition McKeown said is meant to attract a younger audience.

“We want to take the seniors seriously, that they would like to have something that they used to have,” McKeown said of the blues. “And we also want to expand it into new generations.”

The theme of Four Blues’ first show is Blues Music for Mental Health, and community organizations are welcome to set up information tables.

“Blues was always a way for people in the African American community to get to g ether and laugh about things that were really pretty serious. A lot of blues songs make fun of things that are awful, and that’s a way to keep it to g ether

sometimes,” McKeown said. “You got to either laugh or cry, and you can’ t cry all the time, so you’ve got to sing and laugh.”

Blues music originated in the South as a way for African Americans to cope and share their stories. According to Four Blues, the g enre came to Chicago during the Great Migration in the 1900s, finding its way to small venues on Chicago’s South and West Side

“Blues f alls at the root of American popular music, and people reco gnize it, whether they’re listening to jazz or hip hop or rock or whatever,” McKeown said. “Blues is part of all that.”

Since Four Blues became a nonprofit in June, the group aims to put on more musical performances. And McKeown said she hopes to apply for grants to show “The Rhythm and the Blues” locally with a Q&A.

“It’s a drama, but it requires people to think and talk about it,” McKeown said of the film. She added that a screening like this, along with other Four Blues events, aims to “help the community appreciate itself and its history.”

The free Four Blues show will take place at Austin Town Hall, 5610 W. Lake St., in thefirst-floor east wing classroomon Nov. 13 from 4 to 6 p.m. There will be a chicken buffet from Chef Daddy’s.

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Danny Davis pushes back against SNAP, Medicaid cuts

‘Uncharacteristic of what our nation should be,’ says congressman

By DEBORAH BAYLISS Contributing Reporter

The payment, non-payment, partial payment of SNAP benefits has been a legal and political rollercoaster during the shutdown of the federal government. The impact though has been immediate on the West Side.

Danny Davis, the 7th District congressman, is back in Chicago due to the shutdown. He spoke last week to Austin Weekly News saying that any one-time or partial payouts of benefits while welcome does not solve the dilemma.

“It might take us through one month but that’s not salvation,” Davis said. “I’m saying that does not really solve the problem. It might solve it for some families for a brief period but then if it’s one month, what happens when December comes” One could say it could provide more negotiation time, but SNAP is not the only thing we’re concer ned about.

Proposed Medicaid cuts are just as concerning as the SNAP benefits cuts.

The House-passed version of the socalled Big Beautiful Bill, would leave nearly 11 million without health coverage by 2034, mostly due to cuts to Medicaid and the Af fordable Care Act, the Congressional Budget Office estimated back in June.

The Senate version of the bill makes $930 billion in cuts over a decade to Medicaid, Medicare and the Af fordable Care Act. The House-passed bill includes nearly $800 billion in cuts.

“The impact may not be as immediate, but whether you die of starvation or lack

ence the cuts even if they didn’t happen next week, they might happen next month unless we change the projections and change the allocations that Re publicans are trying to g et approved in the Big Ugly Bill, “ Davis said, referring to Trump ’s Big Beautiful Bill.

Part of the reason for the shutdown is because Democrats in the House and Senate and I, voted against the Big Ugly Bill Davis said.

“Republicans with the majority voted for it and passed it,” he said. “Fortunately, in the Senate, there are enough Democrats to block implementation of this bill unless enough of them vote in the Senate. Up to this point they are continuing to say no, we are not going to vote for this bill. ” Democrats will continue to fight until there is an opportunity to ne gotiate, Davis told the Weekly.

“I don’ t know what ne gotiations will produce but we know what we want. We want restoration of Medicaid cuts, although that’s not going to save those hospitals that are already at the point of closure or those progr ams that have been disrupted. We also want the SNAP benefits restored.”

of medical care, you’ll still die,” Davis said, pointing out the dire implication of the proposed cuts.

“Denying food to individuals who need it is one of the most cruel and inhumane acts that one can perpetrate,” Davis said of the Trump administration. “It is insidious and uncharacteristic of what a nation like the United States of America

should be eng aged in but here we are.” With a cost of more than $8 billion per month nationally, the gover nment re portedly has said the emergency fund it will use to fund the SNAP progr am in the short-term has $4.65 billion, enough to cover about half the normal benefits for one month.

“The only way that we cannot experi-

It’s hard to understand what the Trump administration is trying to accomplish, Davis said, adding that it’s as if legitimate leadership has been hijacked Davis said he was happy to see the willingness of people at the five churches he visited on a recent Sund ay that were willing to help and donate to those in need Practically all of the churches were talking about how individuals could help

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‘Bingo Hall’ brings Native stories to Austin

Identity, heritage and belonging explored during reading and panel discussion

By HECTOR CERVANTES Contributing Reporter

Community members gathered at the Austin Town Hall Cultural Center for Cultural Conversations: Native American Heritage Month, featuring a staged reading of “Bingo Hall” and a discussion on identity, heritage, and belonging on Nov. 6.

Dillon Chitto, a Mississippi Choctaw, Laguna and Isleta Pueblo playwright, joined Osage director Elise Bear for panel discussion led by Tony Bondoc, director of programming at the League of Chicago Theatres.

“Bingo Hall” follows Edward Anaya, a young man from the Pueblo community who finds himself torn between leaving home for college or staying close to his roots.

Bear reflected on how “Bingo Hall” resonated with their own experiences growing up on the Osage Reservation. T hey shared that the play’s themes mirror the choices they once faced, from deciding which high school to attend due to the lack of one in their small town, to navig ating the challenges of applying to colleg es beyond their community.

“I find that to be incredibly relatable and it’s something you don’t often see on stage,” Bear said. “There are monologues in this show about the Osage Reservation story, which I find incredibly inspiring because it represents the backbone of our people. I’m not Pueblo, but our own creation story infor ms how we live and I think that theme in this play helps pull everyone forward.”

Conversations among family members back in New Mexico often centered on who would leave the reservation to pursue education and who would stay to care for relatives and maintain tradition, said Chitto. This balance between opportunity and cultural preservation remains a defining reality for many in their community.

“There’s a lot of Native American theater, especially that focuses on trauma, such as the Trail of Tears or smallpox, that was important back then and it helps humanize our stories, but it’s only a small part of who we are as Native people,” Chitto said.

Chitto said their intention was to write the story in a way that highlighted specific experiences, particularly themes of migration and movement.

“I just graduated colle ge last year. This show is meaningful to me, just because I’m working with so many Native people. This is the first show I have been able to work on that was written by a Native person,” Bear said.

The value of collaborating with artists from different disciplines and perspectives creates a strong sense of community, a point Bear emphasized. They also highlighted the importance of bringing more Native voices to the forefront and sharing stories through theater that can reach and impact wide audiences. The opportunity to present these works broadly and touch people’s hearts is something they strongly support.

Chicago has one of the largest urban Native populations, a result of the Urban Relocation Act from the 1970s, which brought many people from reservations to the city, according to Chitto, who finds it striking that some theaters struggle to produce a Native show with even two Native artists, despite the sizable local community. He notes that this challenge reflects the current state of representation in theater.

When asked about directing a stage reading, Bear said their approach was a hybrid between a traditional stage reading and a full production. They treated the script as they would for a complete show, thoroughly familiarizing themselves with the story and using the rehearsal process to explore it. Because the production involved significant movement and blocking, the director visualized the space and allowed much of the staging to develop organically.

“Mostly, it was about staying true to the text and maintaining honesty, because the characters are already so alive and vibrant. The goal was just to make sure the perfor mance remained truthful to them,” Bear said.

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Aldermen Jason Ervin, Emma Mitts, Monique Scott and Chris Taliafer ro didn’t respond to requests for comment.

The Hazel Johnson ordinance requires a more thorough zoning process for industries with intensive land use that want to launch or expand in Chicago. Under the ordinance, those businesses must conduct an impact study that analyses current and potential environmental and health impacts like air, water and soil pollution. The ordinance also creates the Environmental Justice Project Manager position at the city’s Department of Environment and an Environmental Justice Advisory Board.

The Hazel Johnson ordinance was largely built on Chicago’s 2023 cumulative impact assessment, which analyzed which neighborhoods are most vulnerable to environmental pollution — Austin, Garfield Park and North Lawndale among them. Black and Hispanic neighborhoods

are statistically more likely to have land zoned for heavy industry and manufacturing, according to the Metropolitan Planning Council. And the increased pollution such industry brings with it can have ne gative impacts on nearby residents’ cardiovascular and respiratory systems.

“Economic development cannot be a tradeof f where we sacrifice the health of Black and Brown communities,” Johnson said when he introduced the ordinance.

“We need to build thoughtfully, and that means ensuring that our zoning policies help protect all Chicagoans from excessive pollution.”

According to Chicago’s 2023 cumulative impact assessment, the Chicago Environmental Justice Index Map visualizes which neighborhoods are most vulnerable to pollution. Areas in blue experience the highest burden, and those that are cross-hatched are taken into spec ial consideration in the city’s action pl an and ordinance recommendations.

Your Generosity Fuels Possibility

by Carrie Summy, president and CEO of the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation

As we close out the year, one truth is unmistakable: strong communities don’t happen by accident. ey are built with intention, care, trust, and shared responsibility. In a time when the needs of our neighbors continue to grow, and local organizations nd themselves needing to do more with less, we must get creative. We must work together. And we must be generous with our time, our compassion, and our support.

At the Oak Park–River Forest Community Foundation, we witness every day how philanthropy fuels possibility. A scholarship keeps a student moving toward a dream. A trusted volunteer helps a family secure housing. A multi-year grant gives a small organization the strength to grow instead of just survive. Whether the spark is a $150 gi or a brand new initiative to honor a loved one, each act of generosity strengthens our collective resilience.

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OP Township Supervisor omas challenges Welch for Democratic leadership spot

Harmon does not le nominating papers

By BILL DWYER Contributing Reporter

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch will face an Oak Park resident for the 7th Democratic State Central Committeeman seat next March.

But that Oak Park resident will not be Illinois Senate President Don Harmon. Instead, it will be Oak Park Township Supervisor Tim Thomas, who at the deadline on Nov. 3 filed nominating petitions with the Illinois State Board of Elections. The election will be held March 17.

Meanwhile, Harmon (D-39) did not file petitions. That avoids what would have been a public clash between two of the three most powerful Democrats in the state.

Welch announced months ago that he was running for the party office and had since been diligently pursuing endorsements and lining up support around the district. Without mentioning Welch, Harmon told the Chicago Sun-Times that he was “comfortable that the slate of central committee candidates across the state can handle the politics and confident that [Party Chair] Lisa Hernandez will continue to lead a vibrant statewide Democratic Party.”

Thomas said Harmon’s absence doesn’t mean the race for outgoing U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis’s seat on the committee won’t be

compelling.

“I’m in this fight to win. I expect a ry spirited and good election,” he said in an interview last Thursday.

gust 2024, Thomas was appointed as the new wnship Supervithe Oak Park wnship Board Trustees, following the death of Supervisor Clarmarie d as a township

The supervisor is the chief executive officer of the township, responsible for overseeing the administration of township services, managing the budget, and representing the township in various capacities Thomas for merly served as assistant director at UAW International, focusing on political strategy and organizing within the UAW National Political CAP Department. He previously worked at Ford Motor Co. for more than 10 years. He has served as vice president of SEIU HCII and has identified himself as a member of Chicago Democratic Socialist of America in a previous candidate questionnaire.

Thomas filed just over 180 nominating signatures, more than the minimum 100 signatures required, but far less than Welch, who submitted 91 petition sheets, most of which had 20 signatures each.

Among the signatures on Thomas’s peti-

tions are those of La Shawn K. Ford, an ally of Welch, Richard Boykin and Felix Tello, all of whom are running for Congress in the 7th District. 78th House Rep. Camille Lilly signed a Thomas petition, as did local Oak Park figure Adekunle Onayemi, who also circulated a petition sheet.

Thomas has support among Oak Park’s politically progressive community, including Thomas petition circulator Colin BirdMartinez, an Oak Park Library trustee, and library board colleague Mika Yamamoto. Catherine Readling was Thomas’s campaign chairman when he ran for Oak Park Village Trustee in 2019. She said she has “a great deal of trust in his leadership.”

“For many years he’s demonstrated an outstanding dedication to the community,” she said. “He’s incredibly reliable as a friend and he has a good strategic analysis of what’s necessary in this moment.”

Asked what’s needed in this moment, Readling said, “We need to eng age at every level of government.” Readling said that while she doesn’t “have a specific problem with any one person in [the Democratic Party] … my concern is with the process and the [lack of] transparency with the process.”

“Tim Thomas would bring transparency and accessibility to the process,” Reading said.

Thomas said his entry in the race should come as no surprise to any local political officials, saying, “It’s not new. I decided to run for this seat in January. I talked with

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folks long before Cong ressman Davis announced [he was retiring].”

“It’s an open seat. I think a fresh perspective on the [state central committee] is a good thing,” T homas said. He criticized what he termed “the concentration of power” in a few establishment hands and a failure to talk about issues important to many people. He said he intends to “change the tenor of the conversation.”

“We’ re not talking about why we lost [nationally in 2024],” T homas said. “We need to be more rece ptive to people on the ground. We are not talking about jobs, about income inequality, about food insecurity. We’re not talking about housing insecurity.”

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a bit over a month, making it difficult to tell how much of its revenue comes from those who use SNAP benefits or if that revenue is decreasing because of the SNAP suspension.

“Even if we only had five SNAP customers and they stopped coming, I would still feel the loss of those five people. They’re our neighbors,” Abunaw said. “As a business owner and a person who is in this community, I don’t want to see anybody go without food that they normally would have had.”

Though Abunaw said it’s “diabolical” how “the federal government is playing these reindeer games with people up and down the food and supply chain,” she said Forty Acres isn’t going anywhere.

“There’s this misconception that it’s going to shut us down,” Abunaw said of the hold on SNAP benefits. But that doesn’t mean a potential loss of business wouldn’t affect Forty Acres as a new, independent grocery store. “Whether it’s 5%, 12%, 15%, 20% of our revenue coming from SNAP, as a new store, we’re not in a position to lose any of that and not feel the impact.”

Even if those who use SNAP benefits stopped shopping at Forty Acres, Abunaw would still need to keep the shelves stocked and the store staffed for existing customers, and Forty Acres’ refrigeration would still need to run constantly.

T he Welch campaign has clearly taken notice of T homas. Two Welch staffers pulled T homas’s petitions to examine: De puty Chief of Staf f Isabel Dobbel and Democrats for the Illinois House Field and Operations Director Patrick McConville. Petitions were also requested by veteran election lawyer Per ry Abbasi

T he deadline for filing objections with the Illinois State Board of Elections was 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10. If a challenge was filed, the ISBE schedules a hearing and the ISBE board then either upholds or rejects the challenge.

“My attorney told me I can expect a challeng e,” T homas said. “I’m 99.9 percent sure I’m solid.”

Asked how he plans to contend with Welch’s well-funded political organization and powerful ground g ame, T homas said, “I expect to be all right. I’m not new to politics. I was de puty national political

“Every single dollar matters to us because grocery store margins are so narrow. It’s a volume business, so any loss of volume hurts,” Abunaw said.

But the SNAP benefit suspension could affect more than smaller businesses like Forty Acres. When businesses feel a financial strain, so do their landlords and any other industry of goods, services or housing that the business owner and store staff spend money on.

“There’s an infinite effect of that dollar and how it circulates in our economy,” Abunaw said. With SNAP, “the government is basically creating a currency that can be used within the economy. When you cut off that currency, you affect the entire economy, not just the person receiving that benefit.”

SNAP at Forty Acre s

Forty Acres has a Link Match program, which gives customers who use their Illinois Link card, where SNAP benefits populate, a coupon for the dollar amount they spend, up to $25 per swipe. Forty Acres also offers a $5 delivery fee for people who buy groceries using SNAP benefits. The typical delivery fee is calculated based on the customer’s zip code

Abunaw said SNAP makes up a very small portion of Forty Acres’ delivery, an estimated five regular subscribers among hundreds of delivery customers.

“I think there were expectations that SNAP would be a higher percentage of our revenue than it has been thus far,” Abunaw said. “I think the narrative is that ‘Because it’s Austin, their customers must be overwhelmingly

Four 7th Congress hopefuls face ballot challenges

With two hours left before the filing deadline on Monday, four announced candidates for the 7th District Illinois seat in Cong ress are facing for mal objections to their nominating petitions for the 7th Cong ressional primary ballot. Three are Democrats, one a Re publican.

T he same person, Marlo Payne, filed the objections with the Illinois Stat e Board of Elections on Monday afternoon. Payne is objecting to the nomi-

director for the UAW.”

T homas said a key challenge he’s focused on is the need to make voters aware of an office many people know little or nothing about. He said people have to be

nating petitions of Democrats Anthony Driver and Felix Tello, and Re publican Patricia “P Rae” Easley.

Jacob Daniel Loveall filed an objection to the petitions of Democrat David Ehrlich.

Austin Weekly News is monitoring petition objections as they are filed with the ISBE and will update this story online.

educated about why it ’s important to vote on a down ballot race

“This is a low voter info campaign,” he said. “It’s lower on the ballot. It’s an intentional vote.

Free food on the West Side

■ Soul Food Lounge in North Lawndale is serving free meals every Tuesday from noon to 3 p.m., when owner Quentin Love closes the restaurant to paying customers and gives free food to anyone who’s hungry.

■ The Firehouse Community Arts Center at 2111 S. Hamlin in North Lawndale gives away free hot lunch every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

■ Through a program with the Lawndale Christian Community Church, Lou Malnati’s is giving out $10 coupons to the food insecure.

food insecure.’”

Abunaw said that’s not the case, especially considering Forty Acres is still building its customer base. Though it’s in Austin, Forty Acres is a half mile from Oak Park, where many customers come from to shop.

“It is a vibrant mix of demographics — racially, economically, it’s a mixed customer base,” Abunaw said of Forty Acres’ clientele. “We have low-income customers, we have high-income customers, and we have customers in the middle. And our goal is to have options for everyone.”

Even without considering Oak Park, Austin is a mixed-income community. Though, according to the Chicago Health Atlas, nearly 40% of Austin households use SNAP benefits.

■ Inspiration Corporation at 3504 W. Lake St. in Garfield Park has free breakfast Monday through Friday starting at 6 a.m.

■ The Love Fridge has refrigerators of free food at A House in Austin at 533 N. Pine Ave., the Austin Fridge at 945 W. Division St, and Stone Temple at 3622 W. Douglas Blvd.

■ Find food pantries and soup kitchens on the West Side through The Greater Chicagoland Food Depository by visiting https://www.chicagosfoodbank. org/find-food-2/#find-food

“I don’t think people thought of Forty Acres as being a competitive option. I think they thought of it as being a helping option” for those in need, Abunaw said. “As people discover the store’s open, once they discover that it’s not a service project, that this is a grocery store that wants our business, they come and they keep coming.”

Abunaw said that, among frustrations with the federal administration, all she can do every day is focus on how to grow her business and customer base.

“Have we done everything right yet? No,” she said. “But are we on a path to what I think [Forty Acres] could be? Yes. Does this government shutdown and the delay in SNAP benefits impede that progress? Yes. But does it destroy it? It doesn’t have to.”

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The real estate is improved with a Residential Property. The judgment amount was $260,789.10 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 3904 W CONGRESS PKWY into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. 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

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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)(l) 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(g1). 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. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC (630) 794-5300 please refer to file number 14-25-01629. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 14-25-01629 Case Number: 2025CH02968 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. I3275420

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE WAMU MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-PR4 TRUST, Plaintiff, -v.-

ANTONIO P. LOPEZ A/K/A ANTONIO PEREZ, Defendants. 23 CH 5221 1819 N. LAWNDALE, CHICAGO, IL 60647

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 4/30/2025, an agent of Auction.com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www. auction.com, with the bidding window opening on December 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on 12/10/2025 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate. Commonly known as 1819 N. LAWNDALE, CHICAGO, IL 60647 Property Index No. 13-35-313019-0000

The real estate is improved with a Multi-Family. The judgment amount was $289,304.34 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 1819 N. LAWNDALE into the

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search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. 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)(l) 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. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel LLC. (312) 357-1125 please refer to file number 23-01326. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 23-01326 Case Number: 23 CH 5221 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.

I3275698

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.-

SHEILA A. LUSS, FELICIA A. LUSS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICASECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Defendants 2024CH07539

329 N MENARD AVE CHICAGO, IL 60644

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 6, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 3, 2025, 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 329 N

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MENARD AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60644

Property Index No. 16-08-403002-0000

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of

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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. 14-24-04897

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2024CH07539

TJSC#: 45-2653

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION CONSUMERS CREDIT UNION

Plaintiff, -v.GUSTAVO ECHEVARRIA, YARITZA CONDE, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF RELIANT TRUST, SERIES DEIV, CITY OF CHICAGO

Defendants 24 CH 08726 535 N AVERS 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 May 16, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 3, 2025, 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 535 N AVERS AVE., CHICAGO, IL 60624 Property Index No. 16-11-121007-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $146,205.16.

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

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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).

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 HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 601 E. William St., DECATUR, IL, 62523 (217) 422-1719. Please refer to file number 2022275. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC

601 E. William St. DECATUR IL, 62523 217-422-1719

Fax #: 217-422-1754

E-Mail: CookPleadings@hsbattys. com

Attorney File No. 2022275 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 24 CH 08726 TJSC#: 45-2687

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE

ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES

I TRUST Plaintiff,

-v.-

ROBERTA CARTER, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -

SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLINOIS

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORITY, CAN DO RLJV LLC

Defendants 2021CH04798 1431 N LONG 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 March 29, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 8, 2025, 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 1431 N LONG AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60651

Property Index No. 16-04-112008-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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).

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-21-03222 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2021CH04798

TJSC#: 45-2716

Case # 2021CH04798 I3276259