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Austin natives say their Black-owned vodka puts quality first Ted Robinson and his brother Joe Moton created PlayPen Vodka during the pandemic last year By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

Ted Robinson can still recall the moment he and his younger brother, Joe Moton, decided that they would go into business for themselves. They came up with the concept right here on the West Side. “We were at my mom’s house in Austin on the Fourth of July, at the height of the pandemic in 2020,” Robinson recalled. “My brother was working in the restaurant industry and I worked in insurance and healthcare. We were kind of just talking and my brother said, ‘I really want to, you know, start my own liquor line.” What followed were a litany of basic questions: Who, what, why and how among others. That inquiry in 2020 has since evolved into the brothers launching PlayPen Vodka — what Robinson says is likely the only fully Blackowned spirit company in the state. The vodka is distilled by Karl Loepke’s Skeptic Distillery Co., 2525 W. Le Moyne St. in Melrose Park. “We finished our first completed pallet in November of 2020 and by April 2021, we were able See VODKA on page 6

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Trees flourish at Douglass Park in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood on April 13, 2021.

City to plant more trees in Black and Latino neighborhoods The city earmarked $46 million to plant thousands of trees in areas lacking greenery, which West Siders say could improve public health By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

Efforts to make the West Side more lush and green may soon benefit from funds set aside in the city’s budget to make sure Black

and Latino neighborhoods get their fair share of trees. The city’s budget devotes $46 million to tree equity, which prioritizes tree planting in historically marginalized neighborhoods. There is a visible disparity between neigh-

borhoods like Lawndale, where trees can be scarce, and North Side neighborhoods like North Center, where the public way is rich with trees, flowers and greenery. See TREES on page 12

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Construction of Austin event space delayed Ald. Chris Taliaferro said plans for the Bruce restaurant and event space have been held back due to issue with the contractors and rising building material costs By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing reporter

The construction of the Bruce restaurant and event space in Austin, 5924 W. Chicago Ave., is treading water due to issues with contractors and rising building material costs, according to Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th). During the alderman’s 29th Ward community meeting held Nov. 17, a constituent asked the alderman about the status of the project, noting that planned renovations of the long-vacant office building appear to have stopped. The community member also expressed concerns about the building no longer having a roof. Talieferro said that the development team’s first contractor “scammed them” and demolished the roof when it wasn’t supposed to. That, along with the rising construction costs, set the project back, he said. Neither two businesses behind the project nor the contractor responded to requests for

comment by deadline. Taliaferro said they still plan on finishing the project, but he couldn’t give a firm timeline. The Bruce is a collaboration between two Black-owned companies — Juan & Only Events event planning company and Batter and Berries, a Lincoln Park-based breakfast café at 2748 N. Lincoln Ave. Austin native Juan Teague, who owns Juan & Only, named the business after her father. As she explained during the March 19 meeting of the Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals, she wanted to create something that would benefit existing residents and bring customers from both sides of Austin Boulevard to the Chicago Avenue corridor. Teague said that the Bruce would function as a restaurant in mornings and mid-afternoons, and as event space in late afternoons and evenings. But several visits to the site in the past few weeks — most recently on Dec. 1 — showed no sign of construction activity at the building. While support beams were still present, the roof itself has been removed. According to the building permit issued on April 6, Teague originally contracted with South Holland-based Da Capo Inc. The company did not respond to the request for comment by deadline. “They’re still planning on bringing Batter and Berries, and, hopefully, when the construction prices go down, everything is going to be okay,” Taliaferro said.

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Nickolas Lee, 42, died of COVID-19 on April 12 in Cook County Jail. His wife, Cassandra Greer-Lee, and other activists gather near the jail to demand better treatment for prisoners, as seen on Jan. 17, 2021.

COVID-19 cases rising in Cook County jail The jail is seeing the most infected people since last winter, before the vaccines were readily available, with 109 detained people positive for COVID-19 By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

Coronavirus infections at the Cook County Jail have soared in recent weeks, reaching the highest number of cases since February, data from the Sheriff ’s Office shows. As of Dec. 2, 109 detained people and 39 Sheriff ’s Office employees at the jail were positive for coronavirus, according to the data. “It’s devastating,” said Cassandra GreerLee, whose husband Nicholas Lee died while incarcerated at the jail in April 2020. “They’re afraid for their lives again. It’s like reliving everything all over again.” After peaking at 200 coronavirus cases in January, confirmed cases had fallen greatly and remained relatively low as vaccines became more available. At times over the summer, there were just one or two confirmed cases at Cook County Jail. Confirmed infections began growing quickly in November — something that’s also happened city- and statewide. Case numbers have fluctuated as new detained people enter the jail and others leave.

At the beginning of the month, there were just 14 coronavirus cases in the jail, and the infection rate was just 2.42 cases per 1,000 detainees, according to data from the Injustice Watch Jail Coronavirus Tracker. As of Nov. 30, the infection rate was more than 18 per 1,000 detainees. The rise in cases at the jail can be attributed to the rise of infections across Cook County, said Matt Walberg, a spokesperson for the Sheriff ’s Office. “As we have seen since the beginning of the pandemic, when COVID cases rise in the community, there is a corresponding rise within the jail within a short time,” Walberg said. Coronavirus cases rose sharply in Chicago and the suburbs during late fall. But the infection rate in Chicago is far lower than it is in the jail, at just .18 cases per 1,000 people. The county has taken measures to keep detained people safe, including “aggressive testing and quarantine procedures to identify any potential cases and minimize spread at the jail,” Walberg said. About 77 percent of staff and 64 percent of people detained at the jail are vaccinated. The vaccines are “repeatedly offered and encouraged among staff and those ordered to custody,” Walberg said. But a significant number of the infections at the jail have been breakthrough cases, Walberg said. Out of the 191 detainees who have tested positive since the start of November, 28 percent were fully vaccinated prior to getting infected, and another 5 percent were partially vaccinated, Walberg said. Earlier on in the pandemic, there were massive outbreaks at the Cook County Jail. At one

point in December 2020, at least 370 people incarcerated at the jail were infected with coronavirus. Last year’s outbreaks intensified calls to shrink the jail population by releasing bondeligible detainees that had been determined by a judge not to be a risk to the community. Getting people out of the crowded jail is the only way to effectively stop the spread of coronavirus, said advocates, including Loevy & Loevy civil rights group, the MacArthur Justice Center, Civil Rights Corps, Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Chicago Community Bond Fund. Those efforts led prosecutors, the Sheriff ’s Office and public defenders to collaborate with the courts to quickly identify detained people who could be released. Over a few weeks in April 2020, the jail population shrunk by about 25 percent down to 4,000 detainees. The county needs to replicate the mass bond reviews initiated last year and “Immediately start releasing as many people as they can,” Greer said. But the number of people incarcerated has swelled since then beyond pre-pandemic levels, with 5,949 people incarcerated in the Cook County Jail, data from the Sheriff ’s Office shows. The increased jail population may create conditions for additional outbreaks, despite the availability of the vaccines, Greer-Lee said. “It’s a perfect storm. That’s my biggest fear,” Greer-Lee said. “Let some people go so they can social distance. We know what we should do.”

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West Siders aim to bring holiday cheer to Lawndale For the second annual Light Up Lawndale event, neighbors are seeking donations and volunteers to help them illuminate Douglas Boulevard By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

Neighbors and local groups are teaming up to plan the biggest holiday light show North Lawndale has ever seen — but they’ll need help pulling it off. Organizers are preparing for the second annual Light Up Lawndale event, a community-wide holiday celebration that will illuminate the entire greenway of Douglas Boulevard. The holiday light celebration is a way to “bring unity to the community” and reclaim the boulevard, which has been troubled by violent crime in recent years, said lead organizer Princess Shaw. To make the celebration bigger and brighter than last year, planners are asking donors to buy lights and volunteers to put up the lights. You can support Light Up Lawndale by donating to its GoFundMe, buying lights from the project’s Amazon Wishlist or signing up to volunteer. Shaw is working with various organizations and community leaders on the project. The partners aim to get enough batterypowered lights, funds and volunteers to decorate all 575 trees along Douglas Boulevard between Independence Boulevard and Douglass Park. Shaw was inspired to bring neighbors and organizations together to have a spectacular holiday event so families wouldn’t have to leave the neighborhood to get energized for the holiday season and see beautiful light displays, she said. “It doesn’t have to be Michigan Avenue. It can be right in our backyards and have the same effect that it would Downtown: holiday cheer, more togetherness and unity,” Shaw said. When Shaw was younger, holiday lights were a more popular tradition in North Lawndale. As a child, she would look forward to seeing the lights along the 3300 block of Flournoy Street, where families went allout each year. But in recent decades, residents stopped putting up lights — until 2019, when Shaw rallied the Flournoy residents and revived the light displays. Light Up Lawndale is a continuation of that revival, and Shaw hopes it can inspire others to decorate their homes for the holidays. “It’s history repeating itself. In one time, it was very booming, and everybody looked forward to it. Then it kind of dwindled and

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A holiday tree set up along Douglas Boulevard at the Light Up Lawndale event outside Stone Temple Baptist Church on Saturday, Dec. 19 in the North Lawndale neighborhood. it died out,” Shaw said. “It needs to be revitalized. Just put the jumper cables on it and bring it back to life.” The lights aren’t just about holiday cheer. They are also an opportunity to pour love into a struggling part of the neighborhood that often doesn’t get enough attention. Douglas Boulevard is a greenspace that has plenty of promise as an asset to the community where children can play outside and families can get fresh air. “My favorite part is seeing all the lights lit up at the same time at night, and seeing other community residents walking up and down the pathway that a lot of people have forgotten and may not have known was even there along Douglas,” Shaw said. The lighting event, planned for Dec. 18, is also a way to show a positive presence by the community to reclaim the boulevard, which has been troubled by crime, said Chelsea Ridley, director of Lawndale Reads and cofounder of the Lawndale Pop-Up Spot. “We understand there are safety con-

cerns, so dong these sorts of regular activations are a sort of way to take back the boulevards and show that it’s for peaceful, fun family and community activities,” Ridley said. The lighting ceremony will also aim to connect various parts of North Lawndale with multiple events that feed into one another. The day will start with a holiday event 1-4 p.m. at Franklin Park, 4320 W. 15th St., which will have story time for children, a book giveaway, a bicycle giveaway and free food. After the Franklin Park event, there will be a community bike ride through North Lawndale, which will culminate at Douglas Boulevard for the tree lighting ceremony. “It’s such a great way to connect the KTown side to the other sides of North Lawndale,” Ridley said. The bike ride is being led by Boxing Out Negativity, which regularly organizes community rides for local youth.

Many Lawndale youth stick to their own corners of the neighborhood, so the community rides are “a chance to ride outside their comfort zone and see different parts of North Lawndale,” said Derek Brown, Boxing Out Negativity founder. When the community rides together, there is safety in numbers, Brown said. People involved in street organizations give riders “safe passage,” so the rides are a powerful way of “connecting the communities and bringing youth together,” Brown said. Whether it’s biking through the neighborhood or lighting up the boulevards, showing a consistent presence in the neighborhood can make start to push out some of the problems that have taken root, Brown said. “To have that presence, it gives a culture of calmness. It gives people the feeling of being safe. We’re making a tradition of peace inside of a hostile environment,” Brown said.

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Two initiatives seek to improve youth oral health on West Side

Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation and the Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation initiatives seeking to enhance quality of life for young people By JORDYN HARRISON AustinTalks

Two initiatives announced last week by the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation and the Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation aim to improve the oral health of children in communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, poverty and other social determinants of health. The first initiative, a health equity and COVID-19 capacity renewal grant program, awarded a total of $7.3 million to healthcare organizations statewide, including to the Erie Family Health Foundation, whose clinics provide oral health care to underserved children on the West Side. The second initiative, H2O on the Go, will bring water bottle-filling stations to 55 Illinois schools, including Nash Elementary School and Spencer Technology Academy in Austin. “Not having good oral health care can impede the quality of life for a child,” said Bob Egan, senior program officer at the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation. “If a child’s mouth is in pain, it’s not just a dental issue, it affects every aspect of their life.” According to a study by the American Public Health Association, experiencing oral health issues can negatively impact a child’s

school attendance and performance. Erie Family Health received a $200,000 grant to build capacity at its Humboldt Park clinic. The health center provides the full range of preventive and treatment dental services; about 1,300 of Erie’s pediatric oral health patients come from Zip codes in the Austin area. “A lot of people just don’t have access to care and really only use dental clinics and even emergency rooms for emergency dental care, instead of getting preventative care or less invasive treatments at the dental clinic,” said Dr. Lisa Kearney, clinical director of oral health at Erie. Emergency rooms can be expensive, and since they usually don’t have a dentist, people are often sent home with an antibiotic and pain medication — temporarily alleviating but not fully addressing their dental issue, Kearney said. Drinking fluorinated water is one way to prevent issues. The H2O on the Go program, the second announced initiative, aims to provide greater access to optimally fluorinated water. “The consumption of sugary beverages is a major contributing factor of tooth decay,” Egan said. “The idea is to be able to provide touchless filling stations to fill bottles and encourage children to drink more water … If we can get children to drink more water as opposed to drinking sugary beverages, it also might impact obesity rates in the state as well as it’s just a healthier alternative.” Along with having existing water fountains replaced with new water bottle filling stations, students at Nash Elementary and Spencer Technology will also receive toothbrushes and reusable water bottles provided by the Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation.

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VODKA

Smooth sailing from page 1 to get a distributor and now we’re in about 50 locations in the Chicago area,” Robinson said. “Our cook at the distillery had a really great base product that was modified based on how we wanted it,” Robinson said. “I’ve always been a vodka connoisseur. So, I was a Tito’s and Grey Goose drinker, but not anymore. I feel like we have a product that’s just as good, if not better, than those other ones. “We don’t have great name recognition yet, but we have great quality. We cook ours at lower than freezing temperatures, which removes a lot of the impurities and we carbon vacuum distillery. We treat it so that it retains its purities. We cook it from corn and use that process to retain the purity of the vodka. It’s an exceptionally smooth finish that doesn’t cause hangovers. We’re happy with what we’ve got.” Robinson calls PlayPen “affordable premium,” since despite its exceptional quality, it only retails for $19.99 a bottle. He said the company is able to charge such a low price, because the production is so close to the ground. “We do so much of this stuff by hand,” he said. “We make it in small batches. We buy our supplies in Chicago. Our bottles come from Carol Stream. We buy everything here and have eliminated a lot of the cost. Even our labeling is out of University Park. So, we try to do everything here in Chicago.” PlayPen’s name, Robinson said, is inspired by a mood that he wants his product to invoke. “The spirit behind it is good times and family fun,” he said. “It’s about enjoying the moment. What’s in your PlayPen? Where is the place you like to have fun and relax? That’s the inspiration behind it.”

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Brothers Joe Moton and Ted Robinson created PlayPen Vodka in 2020. Robinson said he was told by area distilleries that the company he and his brother founded last year is the only Blackowned spirit in Illinois — a claim that’s hard to independently verify, since the state doesn’t track the race and ethnicity of spirit producers. Chima Enyia, the former acting executive director of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, said that while he was head of the commission he tried to get the Illinois General Assembly to pass legislation that would have required the state to do so. “We need to continue to encourage diversity and support for craft brands and Black and Brown brands in the industry, es-

pecially in this new era where there is more social responsibility and awareness to support Black brands,” Enyia said. Meanwhile, Robinson said, while he acknowledges his brand’s Black-owned status, he wants PlayPen to stand out for its exceptional quality more than anything. “We actually have a quality product out here,” he said. “We market our product as a Chicago brand that happens to be Black-owned. So, buy it because we’re doing something good here. We have a great product and I guarantee you it’s just as good, if not better than most of our competitors.”

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It is time to hold parents accountable

know someone who does crime stats for the Chicago Police Department. Every Monday when they go to work, they find on their desk a stack of arrest reports. And without fail, in an area that includes whites, Blacks and Hispanics in equal numbers, the race of the criminal is predominantly Black. Now this column is going to piss off a bunch of people. Especially ultra-left-wingminded folks. They haven’t done anything but push the narrative that Black people are the underdog, thus giving a certain element within the Black community the constant excuse to misbehave. Those excuses range from “we were once slaves,” to “we’re impoverished,” to “we’re getting over on the white man who’s been keeping us down!” We are less than a month away from the year 2022. And when the ages of these young criminals who are arrested for all sorts of crimes are looked at, the majority of them were born in the 21st century! They are the New Millennium generation. They have had privileges and opportunities unparalleled in the entire history of Black people being free in this country. Their generation also has the greatest number of criminals within their peer group. Just recently in the news, there was a report about an 11-year-old serial carjacker. Although they did not identify him by name or picture because of his juvenile status, the general area where he lives tells the tale. And then we had the story from several years back of the young man who was killed in the far northern suburbs by the homeowner when

he and his cousins were trying to steal cars. When his mama went on the news, she proudly professed that she knew her nephews liked to steal cars. And that for me will always represent the biggest problem in the Black community: Those who know about the criminal behavior of their relatives and tolerate/celebrate it. I know people who are scared to go on the Dan Ryan because of the shootings that have occurred. The Bishop Ford and Eisenhower are also hot spots for misbehaving folks. And the smash-and-grab robbers, well you know who they were. Then there are the weekend gatherings downtown and especially by Millennium Park, where instead of enjoying themselves, our young people are fighting, shooting, and pretty much acting like damn fools. It is embarrassing to have so many Black elected officials in this city and to have the corresponding level of crime coming from within the same population. We need Criminal Justice reform and especially Juvenile Justice reform. I for one am hoping that the arrest and charging of the school shooter’s parents in Michigan will start a nationwide trend to hold parents accountable as accomplices in their minor children’s misbehavior. Personally, I no longer want to hear any of the single motherhood defenses. There are too many varieties of birth control for this to still be an excuse. Yes I am angry — and sick and tired of being angry — about the criminal activities of certain young Black people. We were supposed to be on the road to a promised land. However, where we are now makes a mockery of that promise!

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Many benefits from page 1 The city funding also will support greening initiatives already set in motion by local communities. One such effort is the TREEmendous Lawndale campaign, an initiative to double the tree canopy in North Lawndale over the next 10 years. TREEmendous Lawndale aims to use greening efforts for beautification and to tackle heftier issues like public safety, community health, stormwater damage and climate issues. Bringing more trees to the neighborhood can transform North Lawndale by making it more walkable and improving people’s physical and mental health, said Carolyn Vessel, CEO of I AM ABLE Center for Family Development. The process of planting and nurturing trees also makes people feel more calm and more plugged in to their community, Vessel said. “It has to do with air quality, breathing, as well as beauty within the community,” Vessel said. “A tree is a life-giving entity. We want to use it to push living over dying. We can take all this and use it as a learning tool, teaching people about replanting, starting over, how to take care of that baby tree.” TREEmendous Lawndale was created by

the GROWSS committee of the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council, an arm of the neighborhood group focused on greenery, community gardens, outdoor spaces and food justice. The campaign was also planned with public safety benefits in mind, Vessel said. A 2001 University of Illinois study of the Ida B. Wells housing project on the South Side found buildings surrounded by trees and foliage had 56 percent fewer incidents of violence and 48 percent less property crime than nearby buildings where trees had been removed. The tree canopy offers residents a “place of healing to sit and have a respite and time together” with others in the community, Vessel said. The opportunity to connect with others in the neighborhood and the mental health benefits of the added greenery can serve to deescalate tensions before they come to a head, Vessel said. “We look at it as an anti-violence initiative where people can sit and start to talk again. Where children can play and have fun again. Life takes on a new meaning when people can plant trees and be responsive for helping them grow and develop,” Vessel said. Improving the greenery in the neighborhood was one of the goals laid out in the North Lawndale Quality-of-Life Plan, a community-led blueprint for addressing issues like health, public safety and education. Those planning efforts and the TREEmendous Lawndale campaign have set the stage

for the city to allocate additional investments into projects that already have community buy-in, said Carolyn O’Boyle, program director for the Trust for Public Land and a member of the GROWSS Committee. “The community’s wishes are already documented. It helps to guide the city’s work but it also helps to unify the community,” O’Boyle said. “The city’s efforts and the community’s efforts are mutually reinforcing.” TREEendous Lawndale takes a multiprong approach to boosting the tree canopy. The project has pushed for more public investment while encouraging individual residents, business owners and investors to plant trees on their properties and include trees in developments in the area. Another strategy is to win over “the hearts and minds” of residents by raising awareness and educating people about the benefits of trees. The group has coordinated field trips to the Morton Arboretum to get people excited about trees, and it is organizing a monthly series of tree-related actions and programs. “It starts with appreciation, and it moves to action,” O’Boyle said. Community participation will also be key to ensuring the success of the city’s investment into the trees, O’Boyle said. Since August, the city’s public health department has brought neighborhood groups together in a tree equity working group to develop a community site selection tool. The

tool allows the city and local groups to examine data on the tree canopy, air quality, land surface temperatures, economic hardship and other factors to determine which areas should be prioritized and how the city will roll out the tree plantings when the plan is implemented. “One of the things we don’t want to do is interrupt progress. … All of these community organizations have already been doing this. This is our opportunity to fill in any gaps,” said Raed Mansour, director for the office of innovation at the city’s health department. The tree equity investment and other climate-related programs offer an opportunity to bring other racial justice issues into the environmental movement, Mansour said. One way that can happen is through employment programs that offer career opportunities in the growing green industry for people in historically disinvested areas. As part of the TREEmendous Lawndale initiative, the Trust for Public Land gave a small grant to the North Lawndale Employment Network to start developing opportunities for local job-seekers in green careers, especially for people who were formerly incarcerated. “It’s not only tree planting. As you talk to the communities, it’s tree maintenance and tree preservation, but also job training and workforce development in green jobs,” Mansour said.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST SERIES 2007-1; Plaintiff, vs. MARY WOLFE; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 7088 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 Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-04-406-021-0000. Commonly known as 4844 West Thomas Street, Chicago, Illinois 60651. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession. 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 The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. F18050217 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3181902

of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 5, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 22, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1055 N. LOREL AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60651 Property Index No. 16-04-313-0020000 (VOL. 544) The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $163,282.29. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The

Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, Alexander Potestivo, POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 263-0003. Please refer to file number 312900. 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. POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago IL, 60606 312-263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw. com Attorney File No. 312900 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 2018 CH 11573 TJSC#: 41-2728 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2018 CH 11573 I3181725

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CFAI SPECIAL ASSETS LLC Plaintiff, -v.L&T DEVELOPMENT, LLC, LASHAWNDA BLAND, CITY OF CHICAGO Defendants 2018 CH 11573 1055 N. LOREL 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 DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE OF THE BUNGALOW SERIES F TRUST; Plaintiff, vs. Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Powell Collier; Julie Fox, as Special Representative for Powell Collier; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants, Defendants,

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19 CH 460 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 Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 726 North Lawndale Ave., Chicago, IL 60624. P.I.N. 16-11-105-029. 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 Ms. Mary E. Spitz at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Sottile & Barile, LLC, 7530 Lucerne Drive, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130. (440) 572-1512. ILF1812008 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3182320

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 pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE

ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-11779 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2020CH01082 TJSC#: 41-2017 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2020CH01082 I3182627

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. MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. 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. MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 20-04632IL_613674 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 2019CH04670 TJSC#: 41-2826 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2019CH04670 I3182783

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2019-HB1 Plaintiff, -v.MAMIE COOPWOOD, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2020CH01082 362 NORTH HAMLIN AVENUE 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 October 1, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 3, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 030R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 362 NORTH HAMLIN AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60624 Property Index No. 16-11-303-0270000 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 the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION THE MONEY SOURCE INC Plaintiff, -v.CRYSTAL BOWNS, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 2019CH04670 725 NORTH DRAKE AVENUE 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 December 18, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 6, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 030R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 725 NORTH DRAKE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60624 Property Index No. 16-11-201-0170000 The real estate is improved with a two unit building with a detached two car 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, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without

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Austin Weekly News, December 8, 2021

Dear Readers, Thanks to all those who have supported our nonprofit mission at Growing Community Media since our formation in 2019. At our relatively new nonprofit, our leadership has spent the past several months developing our initial strategic plan, and focusing on our mission statement: Growing Community Media connects citizens through community journalism rooted deep in our neighborhoods, based in facts, and reflective of voices not always heard. On the ground, we work to fulfill our mission with projects like our Campaign for Democracy election coverage in our suburban communities and our Delores McCain and Terry Dean Narrative Reporter position on the West Side of Chicago. Every day we report stories of our local athletes and artists, homes and businesses, festivals and meetings, teachers and students, religious communities and nonprofits. All while working to hold our government, institutions and leaders accountable. Every day we host robust conversations among our readers in our opinion pages and on our social media. And we have been able, so far, to keep our content free and available to all, without paywalls. Make no mistake -- producing content that is deeply rooted, fact-based, and reflective of the broad spectrum of voices that call our communities home is anything but free. As a nonprofit newsroom, we depend on the support of readers like you to keep this critical work going. And from now through the end of the year, we have the opportunity to match your new monthly donation 12 times, or double your one time gift up to $1,000 per individual. Your gift now extends the reporting we can do in 2022. Will you help power the broad and deep reporting on our communities that is unavailable anywhere else? If you prefer to make your gift by check, be sure to look for a donation envelope in print copies of this week’s newspapers. With thanks for your ongoing support, Dan Haley Editor and Publisher Growing Community Media

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