The Rock River Times – June 11, 2025

June 11, 2025. Vol. 33. No. 3. RockRiverTimes.com.

Rewilding the Fairways: A Hike & Lecture with Ann Wasser - On Thursday, June 19, join Wild Ones Rock River Valley Chapter for an evening with Ann Wasser, Executive Director of Severson Dells Nature Center, as she leads a hike and lecture at the evolving landscape of the former Elliot Golf Course — a site undergoing a rewilding transformation. This free, open-to-the-public experience will give attendees a firsthand look at how previously manicured greens are being restored to native habitats, and a chance to learn about trends in golf course rewilding, the ecological vision driving the project, and how rewilding supports biodiversity, climate resilience, and community well-being. The guided tour starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by the program at 6:30 p.m.; the meeting place for both activities is the former Elliot Golf Course Clubhouse, 8200 Alaska Road, Rockford (entrance is on S. Lyford Road). Almost one year ago, on June 25, 2024, Severson Dells announced the acquisition of the shuttered 168-acre Elliot Golf Course from Rockford Park District. Severson Dells’ expansion to the east side will allow it to extend services and programs, and create an urban nature preserve to complement its popular west-side education center. This endeavor combines ecological restoration, environmental education, and sustainable tourism to create a thriving hub for residents and visitors alike.

About Ann Wasser

Ann Wasser is the Executive Director at Severson Dells Nature Center. The center’s mission is to connect people to nature through education and research in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Before her time at Severson Dells, she was the Director of Education at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. She has almost two decades of experience in informal science education. Ann received the Association of Nature Center Administrators Outstanding New Director Award in 2019 and the Excellence in Leadership Award from the Rockford Chamber of Commerce in 2021. Ann received her BS in Earth Systems Science and Policy with a concentration in Marine and Coastal Ecology from California State University, Monterey Bay, and an MEd in Science Education from the University of Washington.

About Wild Ones Rock River Valley Chapter

Wild Ones is a national not-for-profit organization with over 90 chapters advocating for the many benefits of growing native plants in home and other landscapes. For more than 30 years, the Rock River Valley Chapter has been educating the community about the importance of restoring natural ecosystems in residential and commercial spaces. The chapter hosts events, workshops, and presentations to inspire individuals and organizations to embrace native landscaping for a healthier planet. To learn more about meetings and events, read newsletters, and find links to informative references, please visit www.wildonesrrvc.org.

State News

Illinois’ $55.2B budget ‘incomplete,’ Civic Federation president says

By Ben Szalinski Capitol News Illinois

bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit fiscal analyst.

State lawmakers sent Gov. JB Pritzker a $55.2 billion budget on May 31 that raises $1 billion in new revenue and increases spending by more than $2 billion in fiscal year 2026 compared to the current year.

But the head of one of Chicago’s top nonpartisan government research organizations said lawmakers made too many short-term decisions to balance the budget in fiscal year 2026 that could make future fiscal years more challenging.

“It’s an incomplete budget,” Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson told Capitol News Illinois. “It does not add in any meaningful way to discuss any structural issues the state has. It’s a maintenance budget.”

Ferguson said a key reason for that is at least $271 million in fund sweeps used to balance the general revenue fund. Fund sweeps occur when lawmakers dip into lesser-known and underutilized funds outside the main general fund to use as a source of revenue for the fiscal year. This year’s budget also pauses several transfers to keep certain dollars available in the general fund for use this year.

For example, the budget calls for pausing the final transfer of motor fuel sales tax revenue to the road fund. The move would free up $171 million of general fund spending in FY26, but delays putting that money toward road construction projects.

“It’s not balanced on gimmicks,” House Speaker Chris Welch, D-Hillside, told Capitol News Illinois for the latest episode of the “Illinois Lawmakers” program. “It’s balanced based on revenues and expenditures, and it’s based on what we know. We passed a budget based on what we knew at the time, and we weren’t going to pass the budget with cuts alone.”

The FY26 budget would also suspend the monthly transfer to the “rainy day” fund for one year, freeing up $45 million for general fund use.

“It’s absolutely a mistake,” Ferguson said, calling that decision “troubling.”

The “rainy day” fund should continue to grow over time, he said, especially “knowing that we are going to need to go to some last-case resorts in all likelihood when we understand the federal impact and when we approach the transit issues as well, and this was not the moment to go to that well.”

The fund is still expected to grow from interest income and cannabis revenue

in FY26.

Lawmakers used some of the fund sweeps to give the governor authority over a new $100 million “emergency” fund to plug unforeseen budget shortfalls.

Pritzker argued at a news conference after the budget passed that the state’s “structural” deficit – or the gap between ongoing spending and baseline revenues – has improved since he took office in 2019.

“We’re diminishing the one-time expenditures that we have to make,” Pritzker said. “So we’ve gotten, really, much closer than ever before to balancing that structural deficit.”

Relying on fund sweeps will only make budgeting more challenging if a crisis arrives, Ferguson said.

“Everyone acknowledges that it is all but certain that there are additional things that are going to need to be attended to in the coming months,” Ferguson said.

An eye on Congress

New action from Congress that punches holes in state budgets, coupled with the state’s public transportation fiscal cliff, could be a wake-up call for lawmakers, Ferguson said.

The U.S. House has already passed a domestic policy plan that would shift more cost of government programs to states, cut Medicaid funding and phase out clean energy tax credits. The Senate is expected to make changes to the legislation, but President Donald Trump wants to sign the bill into law by July 4.

While many components may not hit Illinois’ budget this year, state lawmakers are watching for any changes that could require them to return to Springfield and adjust the FY26 budget.

“We have told the caucus to stand on the ready,” Welch said. State lawmakers boosted spending in the FY26 budget for safety net hospitals and federally qualified health centers, but the state wouldn’t be able to absorb major federal cuts to Medicaid.

“We got some room in there to be able to respond, but it’s hard to prepare when you don’t know exactly what’s coming down the pipe,” House budget leader Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, said during a news conference Thursday with the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.

House Republican Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, was less worried Congress will cut Medicaid and other key benefits.

“After conversations with the Illinois delegation, I don’t feel that there’s

going to be any concerns with cuts that are important in our Medicaid budget,” McCombie told Capitol News Illinois.

Last-minute budgeting

Democrats unveiled a more than 3,300page spending plan about 24 hours before it passed the General Assembly, while the $1 billion tax plan was filed about five hours before lawmakers took a vote.

Ferguson, the Civic Federation president, criticized the legislative process that gives lawmakers and the public little time to review the budget’s contents.

“It was chaotic, nontransparent –nontransparent even to the legislators that had to vote on it – and not really the way that we want to go about this business, especially at a sensitive time,” he said.

A group of conservative lawmakers also contended the process was illegal in a lawsuit filed this week in Sangamon County. The Illinois Freedom Caucus argues that the budget amendments were not read on three separate days in each chamber of the General Assembly, which they say violates the state constitution.

The constitution states a bill “shall be read by title on three different days in each house,” but does not specify that each amendment to a bill receive the same.

Each of the bills were read on three separate days this spring in both chambers, even though the substantial amendment containing the budget was filed in the final hours. For example, the bill lawmakers used to raise $1 billion of revenue was originally filed to establish an Emmitt Till commemorative day. The bill met the three readings requirement in both chambers before the Emmitt Till Day provision was removed in the final hours of session in favor of the tax plan.

The constitution also states that it’s up to the House speaker and Senate president to “certify that the procedural requirements for passage have been met.”

In applying what’s known as the “enrolled bill doctrine,” the Supreme Court has consistently declined to infringe on the legislature’s authority to certify its own bills, due to separation of powers concerns. It has also consistently upheld broad authority for the General Assembly to gut the original contents of a bill and amend it with a new subject, making the lawsuit a long shot.

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Israeli forces seize Gaza-bound aid boat and detain Greta Thunberg and other activists

By Yesica Fisch and Tia Goldenberg Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces seized a Gaza-bound aid boat and detained Greta Thunberg and other activists who were on board early Monday, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tightened during the Israel-Hamas war.

The activists had set out to protest Israel’s ongoing military campaign in the Gaza Strip, which is among the deadliest and most destructive since World War II, and its restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid, both of which have put the territory of around 2 million Palestinians at risk of famine.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which had organized the voyage, said that the activists were “kidnapped by Israeli forces” while trying to deliver desperately needed aid to the territory.

“The ship was unlawfully boarded, its unarmed civilian crew abducted, and its life-saving cargo — including baby formula, food and medical supplies — confiscated,” it said in a statement. It said the ship was seized in international waters about 200 kilometers (120 miles) from Gaza.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry portrayed the voyage as a public relations stunt, saying in an X post that “the ‘selfie yacht’ of the ‘celebrities’ is safely making its way to the shores of Israel.”

It said the activists would return to their home countries and the aid would be sent to Gaza through established channels. It circulated footage of what appeared to be Israeli military personnel handing out sandwiches and water to the activists, who were wearing orange life vests.

Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, an Israeli military spokesperson, said that the ship was still en route to Israel around midday Monday. It was expected to dock at the port of Ashdod. Afterwards, the activists were expected to be held at a detention facility in the Israeli city of Ramle before being deported, according to Adalah, a legal rights group representing the activists.

Weeklong voyage

Thunberg, a climate campaigner, was among 12 activists aboard the Madleen, which set sail from Sicily a week ago. Along the way, it had stopped on Thursday to rescue four migrants who had jumped

overboard to avoid being detained by the Libyan coast guard.

“I urge all my friends, family and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to release me and the others as soon as possible,” Thunberg said in a prerecorded message released after the ship was halted.

Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament who is of Palestinian descent, was also among the volunteers on board. She has been barred from entering Israel because of her opposition to Israeli policies toward the Palestinians.

She was among six French citizens aboard the boat. French President Emmanuel Macron asked Israel to allow them to return to France as soon as possible, his office said in a statement.

Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said in Stockholm that the crew and passengers of the Madleen were aware of the risks of the campaign, and that her ministry has advised against travel to Gaza for a decade and people who disregard that advice have a clear personal responsibility, Swedish news agency TT reported.

She said the ministry’s current assessment is that no one onboard is in danger and there is no need for consular support at present.

Adalah, the rights group, said that Israel had “no legal authority” to take over the ship, because it was in international waters and it was headed not to Israel but to the “territorial waters of the state of Palestine.”

“The arrest of the unarmed activists, who operated in a civilian manner to provide humanitarian aid, amounts to a serious breach of international law,” Adalah said in a statement.

Israeli officials said that the flotilla was bringing “meager” aid with what amounted to less than a truckload of aid.

“This wasn’t humanitarian aid. It’s Instagram activism,” Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer said. “Meanwhile, Israel has delivered over 1,200 truckloads in the last two weeks. So who’s really feeding Gaza and who’s really feeding their own ego? Greta was not bringing aid, she was bringing herself. And she’s not here for Gaza, let’s be blunt about it. She’s here for Greta.”

After a 2½-month total blockade aimed at pressuring Hamas, Israel started allowing some basic aid into Gaza last

month, but humanitarian workers and experts have warned of famine unless the blockade is lifted and Israel ends its military offensive.

An attempt last month by Freedom Flotilla to reach Gaza by sea failed after another of the group’s vessels was attacked by two drones while sailing in international waters off Malta, organizers said. The group blamed Israel for the attack, which damaged the front section of the ship.

18-year blockade

Israel and Egypt have imposed varying degrees of a blockade on Gaza since Hamas seized power from rival Palestinian forces in 2007. Israel says the blockade is needed to prevent Hamas from importing arms, while critics say it amounts to collective punishment of Gaza’s Palestinian population.

Israel sealed off Gaza from all aid in the early days of the war ignited by the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, but later relented under U.S. pressure. In early March, shortly before Israel ended a ceasefire with Hamas, the country again blocked all imports, including food, fuel and medicine.

Hamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in the Oct. 7 attack and abducted 251 hostages, most of whom have since been released in ceasefire agreements or other deals. Hamas is still holding 55 hostages, more than half of them believed to be dead.

Israel’s military campaign has killed more than 54,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants, but has said that women and children make up most of the dead.

The war has destroyed vast areas of Gaza and displaced around 90% of the territory’s population, leaving people there almost completely dependent on international aid.

Efforts to broker another truce have been deadlocked for months. Hamas says it will only release the remaining hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal, while Israel has vowed to continue the war until all the captives are returned and Hamas is defeated, or disarmed and exiled.

Natalie Melzer contributed to this report from Nahariya, Israel.

Ukraine War

Ukraine says Russia launched the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the war

By Illia Novikov and Hanna Arhirova Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine in the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the three-year war, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, as the Kremlin presses its summer offensive amid direct peace talks that have yet to deliver progress on stopping the fighting.

Despite the difficulties in reaching a ceasefire, Russia and Ukraine swapped another batch of prisoners of war Monday.

In addition to the 479 drones, 20 missiles of various types were fired at different parts of Ukraine from Sunday to Monday, according to the air force, which said the barrage targeted mainly central and western areas.

Ukraine’s air force said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed 277 drones and 19 missiles, claiming only 10 drones or missiles hit their targets. Officials said one person was injured. It was not possible to independently verify the claims.

A recent escalation in aerial attacks has coincided with a renewed Russian battlefield push along eastern and northeastern parts of the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Sunday that in some of those areas, “the situation is very difficult.” He provided no details.

Ukraine is short-handed on the front line against its bigger enemy and needs more military support from its Western partners, especially air defenses. But uncertainty about the U.S. policy on the war has fueled doubts about how much help Kyiv can count on.

Ukraine has produced some stunning counter-punches, however. Its June 1 drone attack on distant Russian air bases was unprecedented in its scope and sophistication.

Russia intensifies its attacks

The Ukrainian General Staff said special operations forces struck two Russian fighter jets stationed at the Savasleyka airfield in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region located about 650 kilometers (about 400 miles) northeast of the Ukrainian border. The statement did not say how the planes were hit and there was no immediate comment on the claim from Russian authorities. Some Russian war bloggers said there was no damage to the warplanes.

Russian officials have said the recent intensified assaults are part of a series of retaliatory strikes for Ukraine’s drone

attack on air bases that were hosting nuclear-capable strategic bombers. A strike on a Ukrainian air base in Dubno, in the western Rivne region, was one such response, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday.

Two recent rounds of direct peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul have yielded no significant breakthroughs beyond pledges to swap prisoners as well as thousands of their dead and seriously wounded troops. Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated he will keep fighting until his conditions are met.

Russia and Ukraine exchange more POWs

The exchange of hundreds of soldiers and civilians has been a small sign of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to agree on a ceasefire.

More prisoners were swapped Monday in a staggered process taking place over the coming days, Zelenskyy and the Russian Defense Ministry said, although neither side said how many. Those who were swapped included wounded soldiers, as well as those under 25, Zelenskyy said. “The process is quite complicated, there are many sensitive details, negotiations continue virtually every day,” he added.

In the Chernihiv region of northern Ukraine, dozens of anxious relatives gathered outside a hospital and formed a human corridor to see whether their loved ones were among those freed.

Many held up photos of sons, husbands and brothers in hopes that someone might recognize them and offer any news. One by one, the returning soldiers passed silently through the corridor, their expressions a mixture of joy and exhaustion.

Many in the crowd hadn’t received official word on their loved ones for months, and some of them for years.

Tetiana Lytvyn, 38, of Chernihiv, was among those waiting. She wasn’t looking for one person, but two — her father and a cousin, both of whom went missing last year.

“The war might end,” she added, “but for those of us with family still missing — the war will never be over until they come home.”

Lytvyn’s cousin, 21-year-old Mykola Dmytruk, disappeared while his wife was pregnant. “He has a daughter now,” she said. “She’s 5 months old.”

The Ukrainian POWs were in poor health, said Petro Yatsenko, spokesperson for Ukraine’s official body overseeing

prisoners. They lacked food during their imprisonment and had no access to medical care, he said.

More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in prison since Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor, an Associated Press report published last month found.

Russia and Ukraine have disagreed over the transfer of the bodies of soldiers killed in action. The Russian Defense Ministry alleged Ukraine failed to pick up the bodies of its fallen soldiers that Russia made available for collection over the weekend.

But Zelenskyy claimed that Moscow hadn’t sent to Kyiv the names of more than 1,000 Ukrainians whose bodies are in Russian-controlled territories as had been agreed. He accused Russian authorities of playing “dirty” games.

Even so, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the swap is expected to go ahead, although he said there were no specific arrangements so far for the transfer.

Ukraine’s intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, said the exchange of bodies will begin this week.

Long-range drone attacks continue

Russia has repeatedly targeted civilian areas of Ukraine with Shahed drones during the war, as happened on Sunday night. The attacks have killed more than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians, according to the United Nations. Russia says it only attacks military targets.

Ukraine has developed long-range drones that continue to strike deep inside Russia.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it shot down 49 Ukrainian drones overnight over seven Russian regions.

Two drones hit a plant specializing in electronic warfare equipment in the Chuvashia region, located more than 600 kilometers (370 miles) east of Moscow, local officials reported.

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Natural resources as a cause of conflict

By Dr. Robert Vogl, Ph.D. Illinois Renewable Energy Association

Contributors

Competition for natural resources is seen as the primary cause of global conflicts according to Michael T. Klare in his book, ‘Resource Wars’. He goes on to declare that resource scarcity will be the dominant factor for wars in the 21” century and current events lends support to his belief

There is a long history of wars involving gaining control over natural resources such as land, agricultural products and trade routes. The resources being sought are often related to the stage of development of the technologies supporting the economy. The new technologies increase the demand for specific resources needed for them As artificial intelligence and renewable energy technologies play increasing roles in the global economy the demand for the resources used in them are likely to involve conflicts between the interests seeking to control access to them.

A number of energy analysts believe that fossil fuels, particularly oil, constitute the master resource supporting the existing economy. As these resources become less available economic growth could eventually slow and come to an end if no low cost abundant energy resource becomes available for use.

Economic growth is seen as the glue that holds the economy and the political system together and if economic growth fails to occur, we are left to ponder how society would function if economic growth comes to an end.

Orthodox economic theory postulates if a resource is in short supply its price will rise discouraging its consumption while promoting the search for new supplies. If no additional supplies are found a new resource will be developed to replace the dwindling resource. The theory assumes new resources will be found and economic progress will continue.

If economic growth slows dramatically or stops, the question becomes how society would adjust to little or no growth.

While environmental and energy issues have been our primary interest this article will provide a brief focus on the concerns raised in the Doomsday Clock statement updated on January 25, 2025. The clock is now down to 89 seconds to midnight, which is the closest it has ever been to catastrophe. It is universally recognized indicator of a potential global catastrophe caused by man made technologies.

Any references to the Doomsday Clock in this article come from the article: “Closer than ever: It is now 89 second to midnight.” While not a prediction as to what will happen, it does serve as a warning as to what could happen if leaders fail to act.

While widely recognized as a symbol it is seldom featured in the press perhaps because it counters the widely accepted preference for optimism in the public media to facilitate a relatively smoothly functioning society. Our decision to address the doomsday clock is driven by the widely chaotic global situation and the trend on the part of some members of the global elite in building underground retreats in distant or hard to

access locations for survival purposes if global conditions become extremely threatening.

The potential to escape to highly protected retreats suggests that some leaders are concern over their survival. While we do not know their reasons for building such survival retreats the Doomsday Clock potentially addresses some of the concerns driving the interest in building such retreats. Survival is also a concern of ordinary people. A couple living in Europe informed us they have built a bomb shelter in the basement of their home in case the war in Ukraine spreads into other parts of Europe.

Initially the Doomsday Clock was developed a few years after the explosion of the world’s first nuclear bomb as a public symbol of the danger of using nuclear weapons to world’s civilization” It was founded in 1945 by Albert Einstein, Robert Openheimer and Chicago University scientists involved in the development of the first atomic weapons as a part of the Manhatten Project. Over time the Doomsday Clock while still concerned about the threat of nuclear weapons it has moved on to include other threats to civilizations from human created technologies.

The hope behind the project is that leaders will recognize the world’s existential predicament and take bold action to reduce the threats poised by nuclear weapons, climate change and the misuse of biological science and a variety of emerging technologies.

The wars in Ukraine and the middle east could turn nuclear either through

decisions to use nuclear weapons. With existing nuclear nations upgrading and increasing their nuclear weapons and a number of nations without weapons interested in obtaining them the potential for their use remains a threat.

The world has yet to adequately address the risks associated with climate change and the transition to cleaner sources of energy is not occurring at fast enough pace to stabilize the climate.

There are biological threats as well ranging from emerging diseases in farm animals and products with the potential to spread to humans. The existence of high-containment laboratories around the world holding remain the possibility that pathogens with pandemic potential escape from the facilities or being developed into weapons for war remain threats.

The world is made more dangerous as weapons incorporating artificial intelligence have been used in the wars in Ukraine and the middle east to improve the targeting of weapons on the nations involved. Another concern is the dangers involved in the spread of misinformation, disinformation and conspiracies impacting public discourse, election outcomes, free speech, human rights essential to effective action to combat the various threats facing the world.

Our article only highlights some of the issues raised in 69 seconds to midnight and we suggest one read the original article for a more through understandings of current concerns addressed by the Doomsday Clock.

The Disaster’s Myki Vinovich does Q & A with Todd Houston ahead of Rockford show

By Todd Houston Contributor

Peoria’s Disasters look to shake up Rockford’s Texas Lounge June 28th

RRI: Where are the Disasters from and who is in the band?

MV: Peoria Illinois, however our singer Ryan Skeen comes up from St. Louis to rehearse, and do shows. Jake Nostromo on bass, Mike Branson on lead guitar, Lou Dalton on drums, Ryan Skeen on vocals, and myself Myki Vinovich on rhythm guitar.

RRI: How long have you guys been

together and touring?

MV: About 3 years this month.

RRI: Who are your influences as a musician and guitar player?

MV: I would say Johnny Thunders, Andy McCoy, and Keith Richards.

RRI: What music are you currently grooving to?

MV: Currently a band called Mother Love Bone.

RRI: What do you sing in the shower?

MV: Sometimes it’s ‘The Itsy bitsy spider’ (laughs). Depends on what’s playing

on my Spotify, honestly.

RRI: What’s your Favorite Saturday night record?

MV: Cheap Trick’s first album!

RRI: Favorite lazy Sunday morning record?

MV: The Cure’s Disintegration album

RRI: Last rock star you shook hands with?

MV: It would have to be Dano, the touring singer from Speedealer.

RRI: Favorite venue to play?

MV: Coolest was CBGB’s in New York, favorite was Club Clearveiw in Dallas Tx.

RRI: Favorite place in Dallas, Texas to get a beer and maybe some chicken wings?

MV: The Angry Dog on Commerce street.

RRI: Where can we hear Disasters music?

MV: On all the music platforms Like Spotify, etc.

RRI: What can Rockford expect to see and hear June 28th at The Texas Lounge, 1007 South Main Street?

MV: An all inclusive, loud, fast, Punkdriven circus, including the walk of shame the next morning if you’re lucky!

Government Notices

Public Notices

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STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, vs. 2011 Mercury Grand Marquis VIN#2MEBM7FV1BX608167 Defendant, James Potter, Claimant.

Case No. 2024-MR-513

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given to you, JAMES POTTER, that the Plaintiff has filed a COMPLAINT FOR FORFEITURE that is now pending in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, wherein the Plaintiff seeks an order authorizing the forfeiture and disposition of the following: 2011 Mercury Grand Marquis VIN#2MEBM7FV1BX608167. This property was seized on or about 10/31/2024, by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department. The next court date is 7/9/2025 at 9:45 AM in Courtroom 412 in the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State. St., Rockford, IL. Failure to appear at this court date may result in a default judgment entered in favor of the Plaintiff.

This is a civil court proceeding subject to the Code of Civil Procedure. Notice of this Complaint of Forfeiture has been published because the State’s Attorney’s office has brought a legal action seeking forfeiture of your seized property. This complaint starts the court process where the State seeks to prove that your property should be forfeited and not returned to you. This process is also your opportunity to try to prove to a judge that you should get your property back. The complaint lists the date, time, and location of your first court date. You must appear in court on that day, or you may lose the case automatically. You must also file an appearance and answer. If you are unable to pay the appearance fee, you may qualify to have the fee waived. If there is a criminal case related to the seizure of your property, your case may be set for trial after the criminal case has been resolved. Before trial, the judge may allow discovery, where the State can ask you to respond in writing to questions and give them certain documents, and you can make similar requests of the State. The trial is your opportunity to explain what happened when your property was seized and why you should get the property back. This notice is published at the direction of the Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s Office - Civil Bureau, 400 W. State St., Suite 804, Rockford, IL, Phone: (815) 319-4799. 26287R TRRT 6/18 n n n PUBLIC NOTICE

VOLUNTARY SEVERANCE / DECLINATION OF BENEFICIARY STATUS PER “THE MARCHETTI TRUST”

Trust being formally initiated 11/14/2010 by Melba Jewell (J.) Marchetti of 404 McLain Avenue in Rockford, Illinois, said wishes thereof originally transmitted to Timothy Shawn (S.) ODonnell, legally adoptive son, and Melba Sue (S.) ODonnell, natural daughter (now deceased) during specific conversation with the two, approximately summer of 2007.

Let it be known that Kevin Everett (E.) ODonnell, previously known as Beneficiary and legally adoptive son of Melba J. Marchetti, in accordance with wishes of the latter and under terms, would be able to reside at the family address in perpetuity simply by

maintaining bills and property as necessary, but that he should “not hold the house in his name, nor have power to sell it” otherwise; primary Trustee in this matter was designated as Timothy S. ODonnell, per wishes and direction of Melba J. Marchetti.

Following the passing of his mother (Melba S. ODonnell) in 2022, Kevin ODonnell moved domicile to 404 McLain Avenue, Rockford, Illinois in February 2023; Trustee (Timothy S. ODonnell) was finalizing interior repairs and renovations at that time in order to formally “turn over” the property in “Ready” status, when in November 2023 it became clear the roof needed re-shingling. Trustee offered to perform services if Beneficiary purchased necessary materials and presented several options over coming months, without reply from Beneficiary. Roof condition worsened until September 2024 when it could no longer be postponed, so Trustee began work.

During re-shingling of the structure on Tuesday, 8 October 2024, Beneficiary Kevin E. ODonnell stated his intention to unconditionally relinquish the home and property to Trustee, Timothy S. ODonnell, further stating that he “never wanted the place”. This was confirmed Tuesday, 15 October 2024 when Beneficiary vacated premises with belongings, leaving several months of bills unpaid and without forwarding address.

Be it hereby and duly noted that Trustee and Trust wish to have this significant change in Melba J. Marchetti’s wishes duly noted so that “The Marchetti Trust” may move forward to resolve obvious discrepancy, as no Successor was named nor formally declared before Declination of (at that time) Beneficiary status by Kevin E. ODonnell, per his actuation in Voluntary Severability with Trust.

This Public Notice filed by Trustee on behalf of “The Marchetti Trust” in Winnebago County, Illinois 26288R TRRT 6/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTYROCKFORD, ILLINOIS

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee for Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust HB13 PLAINTIFF Vs. Adam L. Ayala; United States of AmericaSecretary of Housing and Urban Development; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS No. 2025-FC-0000126 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Adam L. Ayala Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants

That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2924 Custer Avenue Rockford, IL 61101 and which said Mortgage was made by: Adam L. Ayala the Mortgagor(s), to World Alliance Financial Corp., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 200800833515; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court,

Thomas A. Klein

Clerk of the Circuit Court

400 West State Street, Room 108 Rockford, IL 61101 on or before June 27, 2025, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.

Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300

DuPage # 15170

Winnebago # 531

Our File No. 14-24-07717

NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

I3266884 P26264R TRRT 6/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Birgit S.E Swenson, Deceased.

CASE NO: 2025-PR-0000028

CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of Birgit S.E Swenson on January 02, 1999. Letters of Office were issued on March 21, 2025 to: Anna M Peacock who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney is Anthony A Savaiano, 535 Loves Park Dr, Loves Park, IL.

Claims against the estate may be filed within six (6) months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six (6) months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the representative or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Div., must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten days (10) after it has been filed.

DATED: 05/22/2025

Anna M. Peacock, Administrator Anthony A Savaiano Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Dr Loves Park, IL 61111 (815)654-3060 26270R TRRT 6/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

GLENDA R. JAROS, Deceased. No. 2025 PR 161 CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of GLENDA R. JAROS. Letters of Office were issued on May 14, 2025, to Laura Derry of 11711 River Hills Parkway, Rockton, IL 61072, as Independent Executor for the Estate. The attorney of record for the Estate is Robert E. Canfield, 1111 South Alpine Road, Suite 704, Rockford, IL 61108. The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under paragraph 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims may be filed on or before November 28, 2025, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice

to any known creditor required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 as amended (755 ILCS 5/18-3), whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the Executor, or both. Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Executor and to its attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Dated: May 20, 2025

Laura Derry Executor

Robert E. Canfield (3122943) 1111 South Alpine Road Suite 704

Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 968-7200 26271R TRRT 6/11

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STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

In the Matter of the Estate of RUTH FRAZIER, deceased No. 2025-PR-0000131 CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of RUTH FRAZIER, of Rockford, Illinois on February 25, 2025 Letters of office were issued on May 14, 2025 to PENNY K. GLAVIN,11017 Chicory Ridge Way, Roscoe, IL 61073, as independent executor, whose attorney is TOBIN, RAMON & BARBER, 530 South State Street; Suite 200, Belvidere, IL 61008-3711. The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4), an interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk -Probate Di vision at the Winnebago County Courthouse, at 400 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the representative, or both, on or before November 28th , 2025 which date is not less than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of any claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

DATED: May 20, 2025

PENNY K. GLAVIN Independent Executor Tobin, Ramon & Barber Lois Cannell Ramon ARDC: 2280434

Attorneys for Petitioner 530 South State Street; Suite 200 Belvidere, IL 61008-3711 (815) 544-0316 patti@tobinramon.com 26272R TRRT 6/11

n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

In The Matter of the Estate of ROBERT WILSON, Deceased. No.: 2025 PR 137 CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of ROBERT WILSON, who died on November 27, 2024. Cynthia Wilson, whose address is 8475 Willowtree Drive, Machesney Park, IL 61115, was appointed Special Administrator of the Estate of ROBERT WILSON, deceased, on May 19, 2025. The attorney ofrecord of the Estate is Mary Wood of MacCloskeyKesler & Associates, 308 West State Street,

Suite 200, Rockford, IL 61101. Any claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 28, 2025, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed on or before that date shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit ClerkProbate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the Special Administrator, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the Administrator and to the attorney for the estate within ten (10) days after it has been filed. The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5128-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk of the Court.

Dated: 5-19-2025

Cynthia Wilson, Special Administrator By: /s/ Mary I. Wood

Prepared by: Mary I. Wood, 6301210

MacCloskey Kesler & Associates, LLC

308 West State Street Rockford, IL 61101 815-965-2000

Eservice@rockfordinjurylawyer. com 26273R TRRT 6/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CHAMISE WAX, Petitioner, v. MAURICE FORD, Respondent. 25 FA 91 PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: Maurice Ford

Take notice that on 1-21-25, a petition was filed in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court, which sits in County Winnebago, State of Illinois, seeking an ALLOCATION OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES related to the minor child(ren) MAURI WAX entitled “Chamise Wax v. Maurice Ford”, and that in Courtroom 3 at the Juvenile Justice Center, on 6-25-25, at the hour of 9 a.m., or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, a hearing will be held upon the petition to have sole decision making authority related to the minor child allocated to the petitioner, CHAMISE WAX. THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS PROCEEDING TO TAKE, MODIFY, OR LIMIT THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, YOU MAY BE UNABLE TO EXERCISE PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD, including but not limited to visitation. THE COURT IS ALSO AUTHORIZED TO ORDER CHILD SUPPORT. Unless you appear, you will not be entitled to further written notices or publication notices of the proceedings in this case, including the filing. Now unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the petition, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you and each of you, and an order or judgment entered.

Clerk of the Circuit Court 26276R TRRT 6/11

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SELF STORAGE AUCTION

Notice is hereby given that Boxed Up Self Storage, or its affiliates, on behalf of the Owner of the facilities indicated below, intends to hold s public sale to satisfy a lien by selling personal property

belonging to those individuals listed below for cash on July 16 2025 at approximately 7pm CST.

Boxed Up Self Storage – Rockford 2685 Sandhutton Ave, Rockford, IL 61109-1788 Unit #-Tenant #336- Fredrick, David; #709- Contruction, Wellwood; #638- Bedin, Janet; #522- Horton, Charles. Boxed Up Self Storage –Loves Park 1511 E. Riverside Blvd, Loves Park, IL 61111-4742 Unit #-Tenant #614- Stachon, Austin. Boxed Up Self Storage –Machesney Park 7171 Mitchell Rd, Machesney Park, IL 61111-7400 Unit #-Tenant #99- Santos, George; #168- Williams, Shiaere. Boxed Up Self StorageNorth Mulford 4050 North Mulford Road, Loves Park Il. 61111 #304-Purifoy, James; #317- Storey, Dajae; #301- Adams, Dorian. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. See website for terms and conditions. Units will be available for viewing prior to the sale on www.storagetreasures.com.

A buyers premium, up to 15%, and a cleaning deposit will be charged per unit. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at Boxed Up Operations Center located at 1511 E. Riverside Blvd. Loves Park, IL 61111 in order to complete the transaction. Boxed Up Self Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. All sales are final.

26309R TRRT 6/18 n n n CASE NO. 2025-TX-0000227 FILED: May 7, 2025

To: Winnebago County Clerk, 404 Elm Street, Rockford, IL 61101; Virgie Suggs, 1816 20th St, Rockford, IL 61104; Charlie Bo Suggs, 1816 20th St, Rockford, IL 61104; Spouse of Virgie Suggs, 1816 20th St, Rockford, IL 61104; Estate of Virgie Suggs, 1816 20th St, Rockford, IL 61104; Robert Suggs, 1816 20th St, Rockford, IL 61104; James Suggs, 1816 20th St, Rockford, IL 61104; Current Occupant, 1816 20th St, Rockford, IL 61104; James E Suggs, 1017 Hess Ct, Rockford, IL 61101-6531; Illinois Department of Revenue, PO Box 19035, Springfield, IL 62794-9035; Thomas, Thomas, and Keeling, 975 North Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103; City National Bank, 1005 17th Ave South, Suite 600, Nashville, TN 37212; Internal Revenue Service, Centralized Lien Operation, PO Box 145595, Stop 8420G, Cincinnati, OH 45250-5595; James Suggs, 1908 Fremont Street, Rockford, IL 61103-4671; PNC Bank, 5411 Harrison Avenue, Rockford, IL 61108; their spouses, heirs, devisees, successors or assigns, if any; persons in occupancy or actual possession and unknown owners or parties interested in the hereinafter described real estate. TAKE NOTICE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO,

STATE OF ILLINOIS

Date Premises Sold: October 25, 2022

Sold for General Taxes of 2021 Property Index Number: 12-31109-015

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES

Property located at: 1816 20th ST, ROCKFORD, IL 61104

This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale has been extended and will expire on October 24, 2025. The amount to redeem is subject to increase at six-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. This notice is also to advise you that on May 7, 2025, a Petition was filed for a tax deed that will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 24, 2025. This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Courtroom 412, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, at 9:30 A.M. on November 21, 2025. You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 24, 2025, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, at the County Courthouse in Rockford, Illinois. For further information contact the Winnebago County Clerk: 404 Elm Street, Rockford, IL 61101; 815-319-4253

GOLD DIAMOND ENTERPRISES CORP Purchaser or Assignee

DATED: June 5, 2025 /s/ Thomas A. Klein

Winnebago County Clerk of the Circuit Court Pub: 6/11/25, 6/18/25, 6/25/25 26312R TRRT 6/25 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a food business in said County and State under the name of Webb’s Delights at the following post office addresses: 3528 Elva Lane, Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Audra Michelle Webb; Clifford Scott Webb

SIGNED: Audra Michelle Webb 6/4/25

SIGNED: Clifford Scott Webb 6/4/25

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 4th day of June, A.D. 2025. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk 26314R TRRT 6/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

In the Matter of the Estate of DONA J. ZOPP, deceased No. 2025-PR-0000168 CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of DONA J. ZOPP, of Roscoe, IL on April 2, 2025 Letters of office were issued on May 22, 2025,to ERICK G. BEARD,11873 Tranary Court, Roscoe, IL 61073, as independent executor, whose attorney is TOBIN, RAMON & BARBER, 530 South State Street;

Suite 200, Belvidere, IL 61008-3711. The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4), an interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk -Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, at 400 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the representative, or both, on or before December 11, 2025, which date is not less than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of any claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

DATED: June 9, 2025

ERICK G. BEARD Independent Executor Tobin, Ramon & Barber Lois Cannell Ramon ARDC: 2280434

Attorneys for Petitioner 530 South State Street; Suite 200 Belvidere, IL 61008-3711 (815) 544-0316 patti@tobinrarnon.com 26316R TRRT 6/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO In the Matter of the Estate of CHARLENE M. WARREN, deceased No. 2025-PR-0000159 CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of CHARLENE M. WARREN, of Clinton, Wisconsin on April 2, 2025 Letters of office were issued on May 14, 2025, to MICHAEL R. WARREN, 9542 Ramblin Ridge Road, Belvidere, IL 61008, as independent executor, whose attorney is TOBIN, RAMON & BARBER, 530 South State Street; Suite 200, Belvidere, IL 61008-3711. The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4), an interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Off ice of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk -Probate Di vision at the Winnebago County Courthouse, at 400 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the representative, or both, on or before December 11, 2025, which date is not less than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of any claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

DATED: June 9, 2025

MICHAEL R. WARREN Independent Executor Tobin, Ramon & Barber Lois Cannell Ramon ARDC: 2280434

Attorneys for Petitioner 530 South State Street; Suite 200 Belvidere, IL 61008-3711 (815) 544-0316

patti@tobinramon.com

26317R TRRT 6/25

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC

Plaintiff, -v.SUSAN BIGGERS

A/K/A SUSAN E. BIGGERS et al Defendant 2024-FC-0000207

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 27, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 30, 2025, at the Advocus National Title Insurance, 973 Featherstone Rd, Suite 100, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PART OF LOTS FIVE (5) AND SIX (6) IN BLOCK TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HARLEM HILLS, BEING PART OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 18 OF PLATS ON PAGES 28 AND 29 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 5, WHICH POINT IS 30 FEET NORTHERLY FROM THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 5; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINES OF LOTS 5 AND 6 A DISTANCE OF 70 FEET; THENCE EASTERLY IN A STRAIGHT LINE TO A POINT ON THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 6 WHICH POINT IS 65 FEET NORTHERLY OF THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 6; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINES OF LOTS 6 AND 5 FOR A DISTANCE OF 85 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY IN A STRAIGHT LINE TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as 3227 ORLEANS AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-07252-028

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. 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 151701(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. 14-24-03566

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Case Number: 2024-FC-0000207

TJSC#: 45-885

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 # 2024-FC-0000207

I3267348

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, STATE OF ILLINOIS PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff(s), vs. GABRIEL JASS A/K/A GABRIEL A. JASS AND GABRIELA JASS A/K/A GABRIELA PINA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND FOUR RIVERS SANITATION AUTHORITY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant(s). Case No. 25 FC 202 PUBLICATION NOTICE

The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: GABRIELA JASS A/K/A GABRIELA PINA NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that

said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Chancery Division, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for foreclosure of a certain Real Estate Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT TWENTY-FIVE (25) IN BLOCK THREE (3) AS DESIGNATED UPON ROCKTON AVENUE SUBDIVISION, BEING A PART OF THE W 1/2 OF SEC. 11-44-1, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 19 OF PLATS ON PAGE 66 IN THE RECORDER’ S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Tax Number: 11-11-158-002 commonly known as 2224 BARTON BLVD ROCKFORD IL 61103; and which said Real Estate Mortgage was made by GABRIEL JASS A/K/A GABRIEL A. JASS ANDGABRIELA JASS A/K/A GABRIELA PINA, and recorded in the Office of the Winnebago County Recorder as Document Number 20101017106 UNDER LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENTS RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBERS 20151030368, 20191005696, 2023000031, 2023028291 AND 2024025777; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. Now, therefore, unless you, the said named Defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, located at 400 W. STATE STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61101, on or before July 7, 2025, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. Attorney No. 3635 LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC

Attorney for Plaintiff

Ira T. Nevel

Timothy R. Yueill

Greg Elsnic

Aaron Nevel

Andrew Chu

175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com LA # 25-00946

I3267138 P26283R TRRT 6/18

n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: NORMAN DEAN HUCKABEE, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2025 PR 106

CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death of NORMAN DEAN HUCKABEE. Letters of Office were issued on May 8, 2025 to FRANKIE JACOBSON, Independent Administrator, 1206 Crown Pointe Dr., Suite A, Farmington, MO 63640, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Erik K. Jacobs, 1716 Bradley Rd., Rockford, IL 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 4, 2025, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit ClerkProbate Division at the Winnebago

County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate’s legal representative and to its/his/her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

DATED: May 20, 2025

FRANKIE JACOBSON, Independent Adminstrator

Erik K. Jacobs Attorney for Estate of Norman Dean Huckabee 1716 Bradley Rd. Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 217-9669

Ejacobs2865@gmail.com

26289R TRRT 6/18 n n n

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS JESUS PEREZCHICA MARTINEZ, and MARICRUZ HERNANDEZ ESPARZA, Petitioners, v.

NATALIA MILAGROS CAMACHO, a Minor and JUAN CARLOS CAMACHO, Respondents.

Case No: 2025 AD 47 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION YOU, JUAN CARLOS CAMACHO, ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that this case has commenced in this Court and is pending against you asking for the adoption of a minor. UNLESS YOU FILE YOUR Response or otherwise file your Appearance in this case in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois at 400 W State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101 before Friday, July 11, 2025, or appear in person in Courtroom 216 of the Winnebago County Courthouse at 400 W State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101 on Friday, July 11, 2025 at 8:30 a.m., or via Zoom, Meeting ID# 824 3365 5292. If you cannot log on through a computer or smart phone, please dial any of the numbers below from a phone: (312) 626-6799, (646) 5588656, or (346) 248-7799. A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THIS COMPLAINT.

Prepared by: Alexis Simmons, Simmons Law, LLC, One Court Place Ste 202, Rockford, IL 61101, (815) 570-9662, alexis@simmonslaw.org.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS JESUS PEREZCHICA MARTINEZ, and MARICRUZ HERNANDEZ ESPARZA, Petitioners, v. JAQUELINE CAMACHO HERNANDEZ, a Minor and JUAN CARLOS CAMACHO, Respondents.

Case No: 2025 AD 48 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION YOU, JUAN CARLOS CAMACHO, ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that this case has commenced in this Court and is pending against you asking for the adoption of a minor. UNLESS YOU FILE YOUR Response or otherwise file your Appearance in this case in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois at 400 W State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101 before Friday, July 11, 2025, or appear in person in Courtroom 216 of the Winnebago County Courthouse at 400 W State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101 on Friday, July 11, 2025 at 8:30 a.m., or via Zoom, Meeting ID# 824 3365 5292. If you cannot log on through a computer or smart phone, please dial any of the numbers below from a phone: (312) 626-6799, (646) 5588656, or (346) 248-7799. A JUDGMENT

BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THIS COMPLAINT.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS JESUS PEREZCHICA MARTINEZ, and MARICRUZ HERNANDEZ ESPARZA, Petitioners, v. YARELY ESMERALDA CAMACHO, a Minor and JUAN CARLOS CAMACHO, Respondents. Case No: 2025 AD 49 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION YOU, JUAN CARLOS CAMACHO, ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that this case has commenced in this Court and is pending against you asking for the adoption of a minor. UNLESS YOU FILE YOUR Response or otherwise file your Appearance in this case in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois at 400 W State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101 before Friday, July 11, 2025, or appear in person in Courtroom 216 of the Winnebago County Courthouse at 400 W State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101 on Friday, July 11, 2025 at 8:30 a.m., or via Zoom, Meeting ID# 824 3365 5292. If you cannot log on through a computer or smart phone, please dial any of the numbers below from a phone: (312) 626-6799, (646) 5588656, or (346) 248-7799. A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THIS COMPLAINT.

Prepared by: Alexis Simmons, Simmons Law, LLC, One Court Place Ste 202, Rockford, IL 61101, (815) 570-9662, alexis@simmonslaw.org. 26292R TRRT 6/18 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF KURT A. HECKMAN 24 PR 308 CLAIMS NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of KURT A. HECKMAN. Letters of Office were issued on December 2, 2024, to AMANDA J. KEINZ, whose address is 1267 Bailey Drive, Machesney Park, Illinois 61115, as Independent Administrator of the estate. The attorney of record for the estate is James E. Meason, 113 W. Main Street, Rockton, IL 61072. Claims may be filed on or before December 4, 2025, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing of delivery of notice, whichever date is later, to any known creditor required by the Probate Act of 1975 (Act), 755 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq., and specifically 755 ILCS 5/18-3. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Court Clerk – Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the Independent Administrator, or both. Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office – Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Administrator and to the attorney for the estate within ten days after it has been filed. The estate will be administered without court supervision unless, under the Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4),

any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk of the Court.

AMANDA J. KEINZ, Independent Administrator Date: May 28, 2024

James E. Meason Attorney for the Independent Administrator Prepared by: James E. Meason Attorney at Law 113 W. Main Street Rockton, IL 61072-2989 (815) 624-6517 office.measonlaw@gmail.com 26293R TRRT 6/18 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: CYNTHIA MARIE SANGABRIEL, Petitioner, vs. NAHUM SANGABRIEL, Respondent. Case No. 2024-DN-449 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Nahum Sangabriel that Petitioner Cynthia Marie Sangabriel has caused to be filed a PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE and other relief in the above-captioned cause of action. You are further notified that if you fail to file an answer or otherwise appear on or before July 7, 2025, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Cynthia Marie Sangabriel, Petitioner 26295R TRRT 6/18

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a nail salon business in said County and State under the name of MJM Nail and Spa at the following post office addresses: 3021 N. Perryville Rd., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Mina Le

SIGNED: Mina Le 5/21/25

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of May, A.D. 2025.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Lisa Nolley, Deputy Clerk 26296R TRRT 6/18

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a retail business in said County and State under the name of JOIE at the following post office addresses: 8400 E. Riverside Blvd., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Melissa Marie Burgess; Britteny Lyn Winsett

SIGNED: Melissa Marie Burgess 5/22/25

SIGNED: Britteny Lyn Winsett 5/22/25

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of May, A.D. 2025. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk 26297R TRRT 6/18

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a landscaping/agriculture business in said County and State under the name of Grazeful

Goats at the following post office addresses: 5969 Fitzgerald Rd., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Nicole S. Patellaro

SIGNED: Nicole S. Patellaro 5/27/25

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 27th day of May, A.D. 2025. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Lisa Nolley, Deputy Clerk 26298R TRRT 6/18

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a general services business in said County and State under the name of Beachn’ Enterprises at the following post office addresses: 3601 South Bend Road, Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Nicholas Andrew Beach; Andrea Renee Beach

SIGNED: Nicholas Andrew Beach 5/30/25

SIGNED: Andrea Renee Beach 5/30/25

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of May, A.D. 2025.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Lisa Nolley, Deputy Clerk 26299R TRRT 6/18

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a landscaping business in said County and State under the name of Bulldog Lawn Care at the following post office addresses: 2312 20th Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Roberto Eusebio Carranza

SIGNED: Roberto Eusebio Carranza 5/20/25

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of May, A.D. 2025.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Lisa Nolley, Deputy Clerk 26279R TRRT 6/11

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a instructional designer business in said County and State under the name of Loyto Learning at the following post office addresses: 2419 Devonshire Ct., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Christina Marie Stephenson; Preston Joseph Stephenson

SIGNED: Christina Marie Stephenson 5/22/25

SIGNED: Preston Joseph Stephenson 5/22/25

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of May, A.D. 2025. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Lisa Nolley, Deputy Clerk 26280R TRRT 6/11 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a windows, doors, glass business in said County and State under the name of Michaels Windows Doors & More at the following post office addresses: 1325 15th Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names

of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Michael William Smith

SIGNED: Michael William Smith 5/22/25

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of May, A.D. 2025. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk 26281R TRRT 6/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO In The Matter of the Estate of NANCY RENTON, Deceased. No.: 2025 PR 142

CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of NANCY RENTON, who died on September 5, 2024. Lori Renton, whose address is 2122 Grant Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103, was appointed Special Administrator of the Estate of NANCY RENTON, deceased, on May 19, 2025. The attorney of record of the Estate is Mary Wood of MacCloskeyKesler & Associates, 308 West State Street, Suite 200, Rockford, IL 61101. Any claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 28, 2025, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed on or before that date shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit ClerkProbate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the Special Administrator, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the Administrator and to the attorney for the estate within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act of 197 5 (7 5 5 ILCS 5128-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk of the Court.

Dated: 5-19-2025

Lori Renton, Special Administrator By: /s/ Mary I. Wood Prepared by: Mary I. Wood, 6301210 MacCloskey Kesler & Associates, LLC 308 West State Street Rockford, IL 61101 815-965-2000 Eservice@rockfordinjurylawyer. com 26274R TRRT 6/11 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a vending machine business in said County and State under the name of 6 Delights at the following post office addresses: 614 Pope St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Shakena Monique Levon; Marquee Antonio Cusic Sr.

SIGNED: Shakena Monique Levon 6/4/25

SIGNED: Marquee Antonio Cusic Sr. 6/4/25

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 4th day of June, A.D. 2025. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Lisa Nolley, Deputy Clerk 26313R TRRT 6/25

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WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-4, PLAINTIFF, VS. GERALD NORDGREN, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF WALTER ARTHUR FILIPOWICZ, DECEASED; ROCK RIVER WATER

RECLAMATION DISTRICT; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF WALTER A FILIPOWICZ JR.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; DONNA M HENDERSON; MARY R HENRY

A/K/A RITA HENRY; DIANE KLEINDL

A/K/A DIANNA HILDEBRAND

A/K/A DIANE HILDEBRAND; WALTER FILIPOWICZ, SR., DEFENDANTS.

NO. 2024-FC-0000342 2842 WOODSIDE DRIVE ROCKFORD, IL 61109 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO YOU, Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Walter A Filipowicz Jr. Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants

Walter Filipowicz, Sr. defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit:

LOT 11 IN BLOCK 5 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF PANORAMA VALLEY SUBDIVISION PLAT NUMBER 1 OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 27 OF PLAT RECORDS, PAGE 32 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as: 2842 Woodside Drive Rockford, IL 61109 and which said Mortgage was made by, Walter Arthur Filipowicz a/k/a Walter A Filipowicz, Jr. a/k/a Walter A Filipowicz Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 0707579; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before July 11, 2025, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT.

You have been sued. To participate in the case, you MUST file an official document with the court within the time stated on this Notice called an “Appearance” and a document called an “Answer/ Response”. The Answer/Response is not required in small claims or eviction cases unless ordered by the court. If you do not file an Appearance and Answer/Response on time, the court may decide the case without hearing from you, and you could be held in default and lose the case. After you fill out the necessary documents, you need to electronically file (e-file) them with the court. To e-file, you must create an account with an

e-filing service provider. For more information, go to ilcourts.info/ efiling. If you cannot e-file, you can get an exemption that allows you to file in-person or by mail. You may be charged filing fees, but if you cannot pay them, you can file an Application for Waiver of Court Fees. It is possible that the court will allow you to attend the first court date in this case in-person or remotely by video or phone. Contact the Circuit Court Clerk’s office or visit the Court’s website to find out whether this is possible and, if so, how to do this. Need help? Call or text Illinois Court Help at 833-411-1121 or go to ilcourthelp. gov for information about going to court, including how to fill out and file documents. You can also get free legal information and legal referrals at illinoislegalaid.org. All documents referred to in this Notice can be found at ilcourts. info/forms. Other documents may be available from your local Circuit Court Clerk’s office or website. ¿Necesita ayuda? Llame o envíe un mensaje de texto a Illinois Court Help al 833-411- 1121, o visite ilcourthelp.gov para obtener información sobre los casos de la corte y cómo completar y presentar formularios.

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, THE PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP

Attorney for Plaintiff 1 N. Dearborn St. Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 Ph. (312) 346-9088 File No. 24-19395IL-1122163 I3267589 P26300R TRRT 6/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.MARICRUZ CASIQUE, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 2023 FC 0000462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 11, 2024, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 7, 2025, at the Advocus National Title Insurance, 973 Featherstone Rd, Suite 100, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOTS THIRTY-EIGHT (38) AND THIRTY-SEVEN (37) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF LAFAYETTE ADDITION, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 10 OF PLATS ON PAGE 41 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AND THE NORTH HALF (1/2) OF THE VACATED ALLEY ADJACENT AND TO THE SOUTH OF SAID LOTS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 532 HEMENWAY, SOUTH BELOIT, IL 61080 Property Index No. 04-05379-028

The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The judgment amount was $295,146.90.

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. 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 151701(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 ERIC J. MILLER, SOSNOWSKI SZETO, LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6735 VISTAGREEN WAY, STE. 300, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107 (815) 900-7272. 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.

ERIC J. MILLER

SOSNOWSKI SZETO, LLP 6735 VISTAGREEN WAY, STE. 300 ROCKFORD IL, 61107 815-900-7272

E-Mail: eric@sosnowskiszeto.com

Case Number: 2023 FC 0000462

TJSC#: 45-1393

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 # 2023 FC 0000462 I3267983

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.-

MARICRUZ CASIQUE, MARIA ELIA MUNOZ, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 2023 FC 0000461 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 11, 2024, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 7, 2025, at the Advocus National Title Insurance, 973 Featherstone Rd, Suite 100, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF THE VACATED ALLEY EAST OF THE ADJOIING LOTS 114, 115, AND 116 AND ALL OF THE LOTS 114, 115 AND 116 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HOME ADDITION TO SOUTH BELOIT, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS ON PAGE 18 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as 731 WHEELER AVENUE, SOUTH BELOIT, IL 61080

Property Index No. 04-05380-013

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $1,918,775.75.

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. 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 151701(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 ERIC J. MILLER, SOSNOWSKI SZETO, LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6735 VISTAGREEN WAY, STE. 300, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107 (815) 900-7272.

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.

ERIC J. MILLER

SOSNOWSKI SZETO, LLP

6735 VISTAGREEN WAY, STE. 300 ROCKFORD IL, 61107 815-900-7272

E-Mail: eric@sosnowskiszeto.com

Case Number: 2023 FC 0000461 TJSC#: 45-1394

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.

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a residential and commercial moving services business in said County and State under the name of RLM and Co at the following post office addresses: 602 Oakley Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kavon Derrell McMahan

SIGNED: Kavon Derrell McMahan 5/8/25

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of May, A.D. 2025. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk 26278R TRRT 6/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SAMUEL SCHACHTER, Plaintiff, vs. QUANTUM MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED, ABRAHEM SAYED, FOUR RIVERS SANITATION AUTHORITY, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No. 2025 FC 240 PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE AS TO UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is given to you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above action which has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County against you and other defendants requesting the foreclosure of a judgment lien made by Samuel Schachter and against Quantum Management Incorporated on the following five (5) parcels of described real estate: LOT FIVE (5) IN BLOCK SIX (6) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF COLTON’S SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 3 OF PLATS, PAGE 29, IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Common address: 212 ALBERT AVE., ROCKFORD, IL 61101 PIN: 11-21-234-013 PART OF LOT TEN (10) IN BLOCK SEVENTY-THREE (73) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HASKELL AND EDWARD’S ADDITION TO THE TOWN (NOW CITY) OF ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH

ADDITION IS RECORDED IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN BOOK “Y” OF DEEDS ON PAGE 9, BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, TO A POINT 66 FEET WESTERLY FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE SOUTHERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, 34 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, TO THE WESTERLY LINE THEREOF; THENCE NORTHERLY, ALONG THE SAID WESTERLY LINE, 34 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Common address: 629 N. ROCKTON AVE., ROCKFORD, IL, 61103 PIN: 11-23-105-001 LOT THIRTEEN (13) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF SOUTH PARK LOTS TWO (2) AND SIX (6), EAST OF ROCK RIVER, IN THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 32 OF DEEDS, PAGE 430 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Common address: 619 S. 3RD ST., ROCKFORD, IL, 61104 PIN: 11-26-178-012 THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT A POINT 14 CHAINS (924 FEET) SOUTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER (1/4) SECTION AND 6 CHAINS AND 50 LINKS (429 FEET) EAST OF THE WEST LINE OF SAID QUARTER (1/4) SECTION; THENCE EAST, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER (1/4) SECTION, 2 CHAINS AND 50 LINKS (165 FEET); THENCE SOUTH, PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID QUARTER (1/4) SECTION, 1 CHAIN (66 FEET); THENCE WEST, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER (1/4) SECTION, 2 CHAINS AND 50 LINKS (165 FEET); THENCE NORTH, PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID QUARTER (1/4) SECTION, 1 CHAIN (66 FEET) TO THE PONT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Common address: 316 S. 4TH ST., ROCKFORD, IL, 61104 PIN: 11-26-207-003

LOT ONE (1) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF MARSILI’S SUBDIVISION, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 13 OF PLATS ON PAGE 25 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Common address: 1201 CUNNINGHAM ST., ROCKFORD, IL 61102 PIN: 11-27-101-003

The holder of the judgment lien is Samuel Schachter. The owner of record of the foregoing real estate is Quantum Management Incorporated. Consequently, unless you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above case, file your answer to the Com-

plaint in the action or otherwise make your appearance in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, located at 400 W. State St., Courthouse Building, Rockford, Illinois on or before July 30, 2025, a date that is more than thirty (30) days after the last date of publication, default may be entered against each of you at any time after that day and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint.

Respectfully Submitted, SAMUEL SCHACHTER, Plaintiff By: Hampilos & Associates, Ltd. By: /s/ George P. Hampilos George P. Hampilos, Esq.

Prepared by: George P. Hampilos, Esq. –ARDC # 6210622 Hampilos & Associates, Ltd. Attorneys for Samuel Schachter 6838 East State Street, Suite 302 Rockford, IL 61101 (815) 962-0044 [phone] 26304R TRRT 6/25 n n n

CASE NO. 2025-TX-0000225 FILED: May 7, 2025 To: Winnebago County Clerk, 404 Elm Street, Rockford, IL 61101; Ray A. Richmond, 5221 Deer Pointe Road, Rockford, IL 61114; Ray Anthony Richmond, Jr., 5221 Deer Pointe Road, Rockford, IL 61114; Tamara N. Richmond, 5221 Deer Pointe Road, Rockford, IL 61114; Alpine Partners, LLC, 555 W Brown Deer Road, Suite 220, Milwaukee, WI 53217-6204; Matthew M Hevrin, Allen, Galluzzo, Hevrin, Leake, LLC, 6735 Vista Green Way, Suite 110, Rockford, IL 61107; Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, 4425 Ponce De Leon Boulevard, MS 5-251, Coral Gables, FL 33146; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, PO Box 2026, Flint, MI 48501-2026; Envoy Mortgage, Ltd, 10496 Katy Freeway, Suite 250, Houston, TX 77043; their spouses, heirs, devisees, successors or assigns, if any; persons in occupancy or actual possession and unknown owners or parties interested in the hereinafter described real estate. TAKE NOTICE

COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, STATE OF ILLINOIS

Date Premises Sold: October 25, 2022

Sold for General Taxes of 2021 Property Index Number: 12-04378-002

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES

Property located at: 5221 Deer Pointe Road, Rockford, IL 61114

This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale has been extended and will expire on October 24, 2025. The amount to redeem is subject to increase at six-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that on May 7, 2025, a Petition was filed for a tax deed that will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 24, 2025.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Courtroom 412, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, at 9:30 A.M. on November 21, 2025. You

may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 24, 2025, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, at the County Courthouse in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the Winnebago County Clerk: 404 Elm Street, Rockford, IL 61101; 815-319-4253

GOLD DIAMOND ENTERPRISES CORP Purchaser or Assignee

DATED: June 5, 2025 /s/ Thomas A. Klein Winnebago County Clerk of the Circuit Court Pub: 6/11/25, 6/18/25, 6/25/25 26310R TRRT 6/25 n n n CASE NO. 2025-TX-0000226

FILED: May 7, 2025 To: Winnebago County Clerk, 404 Elm Street, Rockford, IL 61101; Jeffrey G. Elias, 515 Cross Plains Road, Rockford, IL 61107; Sara M. Maurici, 515 Cross Plains Road, Rockford, IL 61107; their spouses, heirs, devisees, successors or assigns, if any; persons in occupancy or actual possession and unknown owners or parties interested in the hereinafter described real estate.

TAKE NOTICE

COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, STATE OF ILLINOIS

Date Premises Sold: October 25, 2022 Sold for General Taxes of 2021 Property Index Number: 12-24254-001 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 515 Cross Plains Road, Rockford, IL 61107

This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale has been extended and will expire on October 24, 2025. The amount to redeem is subject to increase at six-month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that on May 7, 2025, a Petition was filed for a tax deed that will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 24, 2025. This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Courtroom 412, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, at 9:30 A.M. on November 21, 2025. You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY

Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 24, 2025, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, at the County Courthouse in Rockford, Illinois. For further information contact the Winnebago County Clerk: 404 Elm Street, Rockford, IL 61101; 815-319-4253

GOLD DIAMOND ENTERPRISES CORP Purchaser or Assignee

DATED: June 5, 2025 /s/ Thomas A. Klein Winnebago County Clerk of the Circuit Court

6/11/25, 6/18/25, 6/25/25

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

PROBATE DIVISION

ESTATE OF:

RICKEY G. DORNINK, Deceased. 2025-PR-0000138

CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of RICKEY G. DORNINK. Letters of Office were issued to Brock Dornink, 301 W 11th St., Pecatonica, IL 61063, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Rodney W. Kimes, Bolgrien, Koepke & Kimes, LLC, 419 Main St., PO Box 537, Pecatonica, IL 61063. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk’s office, Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, or with the representative or both on or before the 11th day of December, 2025, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by §18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it

has been filed.

DATED: June 2, 2025. Brock Dornink, Administrator of the Estate of RICKEY G. DORNINK

Rodney W. Kimes, #6211305 BOLGRIEN, KOEPKE & KIMES, LLC 419 Main Street P.O. Box 537 Pecatonica, IL 61063 608-365-7702 rkimes@bolgrienlaw.com

26303R TRRT 6/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS In the Matter of:

JASON H. SOUTH Decedent. 2025-PR-0000167

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONWILL AND CLAIMS NOTICE is given of the death of Jason H. South on October 7, 2024. Letters of Office were issued on May 22, 2025, to Victoria Johnson, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Attorney Charles G. Popp, P.C., 215 South State Street, Belvidere, Illinois.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 11, 2025, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3)

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.- SUSAN BIGGERS A/K/A SUSAN E. BIGGERS et al Defendant 2024-FC-0000207 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 27, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 30, 2025, at the Advocus National Title Insurance, 973 Featherstone Rd, Suite 100, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3227 ORLEANS AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-07-252-028

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. 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,

months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

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STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

In the Matter of the Estate of TONIA GONZALEZ, Deceased. No.: 2024-PR-208 CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of TONIA GONZALEZ, who died on May 4, 2023. Mary Marquez, whose address is 1602 S. 5th Street, Apt. 2, Rockford, IL 61104 was appointed Special Administrator of the Estate of TONIA GONZALEZ, deceased, on August 6, 2024. The attorney of record of the Estate is Mary Wood of MacCloskeyKesler & Associates,

308 West State Street, Suite 200, Rockford, IL 61101.

DATED: 6-5-25

Any claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 11, 2025, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed on or before that date shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit ClerkProbate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the Special Administrator, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the Administrator and to the attorney for the estate within ten (10) days after it has been filed. The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5128-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk of the Court.

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. 14-24-03566

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Case Number: 2024-FC-0000207

TJSC#: 45-885

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 # 2024-FC-0000207

I3267348

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REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.- MARICRUZ CASIQUE, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 2023 FC 0000462

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 11, 2024, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 7, 2025, at the Advocus National Title Insurance, 973 Featherstone Rd, Suite 100, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 532 HEMENWAY, SOUTH BELOIT, IL 61080

Property Index No. 04-05-379-028

The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence.

The judgment amount was $295,146.90.

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. 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

MARY MARQUEZ, Special Administrator By: /s/ Mary I. Wood

Prepared by: Mary I. Wood, 6301210 MacCloskeyKesler & Associates, LLC 308 West State Street Rockford, IL 61101

815-965-2000

Eservice@rockfordinjurylawyer. com

26306R TRRT 6/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Betty Pippel, Deceased.

CASE NO: 2024-PR-0000215 CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of Betty Pippel on November 02, 2021. Letters of Office were issued on June 4, 2025 to: Gerald Hammons who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney is Christian Solares, 4855 E State St Ste 24, Rockford, IL 61108. Claims against the estate may be filed within six (6) months from the date of first publication. Any

claim not filed within six (6) months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the representative or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Div., must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten days (10) after it has been filed.

DATED: 06/06/2025

Gerald Hammons, Executor CHRISTIAN SOLARES #6325075

Attorney for Estate 4855 E State St Ste 24 Rockford, IL 61108 815/312-1703 26307R TRRT 6/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE

OF:

Dwight Laverne Anderson SR, Deceased.

CASE NO: 2025-PR-0000150

CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of Dwight Laverne Anderson SR on January 17th, 2025. Letters of Office were issued on June 4, 2025 to: Dawn Deuvall who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney is Christian Solares, 4855 E State St Ste 24, Rockford, IL 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed within six (6) months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six (6) months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended whichever date is later.

Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the representative or both.

DATED: 06/06/2025

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 ERIC J. MILLER, SOSNOWSKI SZETO, LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6735 VISTAGREEN WAY, STE. 300, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107 (815) 900-7272.

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.

ERIC J. MILLER

SOSNOWSKI SZETO, LLP 6735 VISTAGREEN WAY, STE. 300 ROCKFORD IL, 61107

815-900-7272

E-Mail: eric@sosnowskiszeto.com

Case Number: 2023 FC 0000462

TJSC#: 45-1393

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 # 2023 FC 0000462 I3267983

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REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.- MARICRUZ CASIQUE, MARIA ELIA MUNOZ, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendant 2023 FC 0000461

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 11, 2024, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 7, 2025, at the Advocus National Title Insurance, 973 Featherstone Rd, Suite 100, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 731 WHEELER AVENUE, SOUTH BELOIT, IL 61080 Property Index No. 04-05-380-013

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $1,918,775.75.

Dawn Deuvall, Executor CHRISTIAN SOLARES #6325075

Attorney for Estate 4855 E State St Ste 24 Rockford, IL 61108

815/312-1703

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a flooring business in said County and State under the name of Famous Bros Flooring at the following post office addresses: 2740 10th Ave., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Angel Luis Rivera Jr.; Sonny Aldama

SIGNED: Angel Luis Rivera Jr. 6/5/25

SIGNED: Sonny Aldama 6/5/25

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of June, A.D. 2025. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Ariel Rosas, Deputy Clerk 26315R TRRT 6/25

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Div., must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten days (10) after it has been filed.

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. 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 ERIC J. MILLER, SOSNOWSKI SZETO, LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6735 VISTAGREEN WAY, STE. 300, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107 (815) 900-7272.

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.

ERIC J. MILLER

SOSNOWSKI SZETO, LLP 6735 VISTAGREEN WAY, STE. 300

ROCKFORD IL, 61107 815-900-7272

E-Mail: eric@sosnowskiszeto.com

Case Number: 2023 FC 0000461

TJSC#: 45-1394

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 # 2023 FC 0000461

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Death Notices

6/5/2025 75 Bosselman, Lary Machesney Park

6/5/2025 83 Mcgee, Edith Rockford

6/5/2025 84 Hamlin, Bobby Rockford

6/5/2025 76 Huckabee, Susan L Machesney Park

5/31/2025 78 Rollins, Linda L Rockford

6/5/2025 91 Gulley, Madge Rockford

6/4/2025 61 Lantz, Gregory Rockford

6/4/2025 92 Gendron, George Rockford

6/4/2025 42 Freeman, Kevin D Rockford

6/4/2025 65 Taylor, Joseph S Rockford

6/4/2025 90 Winne, Gail J Rockford

6/4/2025 78 Miller, John F Rockford

6/4/2025 54 Manning Jr, Eddie Rockford

6/4/2025 83 Hare, Charles Rockford

6/3/2025 96 Hanstad, Gordon Rockford

6/3/2025 87 Johnson, Danita C Loves Park

6/3/2025 55 Rogers, Jennifer L Rockford

6/3/2025 71 Matthews, Robert Loves Park

6/3/2025 71 Sadiku, Kurtish Rockford

6/3/2025 80 Digovanni, Donald Rockford

6/3/2025 66 Peters, Nancy Rockford

6/3/2025 67 Boggess, Larry D Rockford

6/3/2025 78 Hawn, Phyllis J Rockford

6/3/2025 67 Hanvy, Rhonda S Rockford

6/3/2025 82 Reyes Sanchez, Rafaela Rockford

6/3/2025 47 Desrosiers, Elena Rockford

6/2/2025 90 Crull, Joann E Winnebago

6/2/2025 76 Brauer, Paul Durand

6/2/2025 95 Pratt, Phoebe Rockford

6/2/2025 86 Thomas, Ben Rockford

6/2/2025 98 Patterson, Bette Rockford

6/2/2025 73 Gray, Jesse Rockford

6/2/2025 66 Wolcott, Lincoln J Rockford

6/2/2025 65 Johnson, Morgan Rockford

6/2/2025 72 Miller, Alan Rockford

6/2/2025 76 Evans, Catherine A Rockton

6/2/2025 41 Walker Jr., Thomas J Rockford

6/1/2025 54 Mickelson, Randy S Rockford

6/1/2025 91 Wurster, Margaret Rockford

6/1/2025 41 Mcintire, Ryan A Loves Park

6/1/2025 92 Thoren, Wayne K Rockford

6/1/2025 82 Perez, Carolyn Rockford

6/1/2025 72 Griffin, Herbert Loves Park

6/1/2025 83 Morford, Leon R Rockford

6/1/2025 70 Dachtera, David J Rockford

6/1/2025 95 Hanssen, Earl Rockford

6/1/2025 90 Beasley, Charley Rockford

6/1/2025 59 Ledford, Thomas Rockford

5/31/2025 71 Powell, John Rockford

5/31/2025 82 Gay, Troy Rockford

5/31/2025 81 Cutler, Robert S Rockford

5/31/2025 76 Buff, Joel M Rockford

5/31/2025 66 Byrski, Debra M Rockford

5/31/2025 87 Dubois, Barbara C Rockford

5/31/2025 86 Coots, John South Beloit

5/31/2025 80 Parr, Carol J Loves Park

5/30/2025 72 Seago, Kenneth Rockford

5/30/2025 94 Ortland, Jean A Rockford

5/30/2025 91 Hauth, Marilyn J Loves Park

5/30/2025 78 Nowicki, Annette A Rockford

5/30/2025 88 Hartshorn, Donald J Rockford

5/30/2025 83 Hennessy, Malia M Rockford

5/30/2025 90 Wyttenbach, Luther J Rockford

5/30/2025 66 Wood II, Thomas H Loves Park

5/30/2025 77 Fowler, Wilbert Rockford

5/30/2025 67 Salivar, Frances Rockford

5/30/2025 84 Cervantes, Juana Rockford

Crossword THEME: SUMMER VIBES

Across

1. Baking ingredient

5. Accounting pro 8. Depletes

12. ____ reflection

13. Painter Chagall

14. Feeling of resentment

15. Member of Germany’s NSDAP

16. ____ lily

17. Light shade of blue

18. *Summer thirst quencher

20. Same as tsar

21. Subside

22. Tierra ____ Fuego

23. Taken without consent

26. Even greener, as in fruit

30. Dot follower

31. Largest hot dessert

34. Australian palm

35. Evian, backwards

37. A in FANBOYS

38. *Like a lightning bug

39. Prima donna

40. *Midsummer’s

ARIES

You’ll be successful at work this week if you take the time to negotiate, ask questions and finalize agreements. The situation with the people sharing your home will improve once you set clear rules.

TAURUS

No matter what project you’re working on, focus on fine-tuning the details and preparing thoroughly. You’ll be surprised by the attention you receive on social media.

GEMINI

Your unique style will make you stand out from the crowd. You’ll be admired by others. A comment you make could draw a lot of unexpected attention and turn all eyes on you.

CANCER

If you’re considering a move, this could be the perfect opportunity to redecorate. The birth of a new family member could brighten your week. Participating in a training course could help you advance your career.

LEO

Your reliability and discretion will earn you the trust of those around you. Some people may confide in you unreservedly. Expect some surprising revelations that leave you astonished.

VIRGO

Your travel plans may prove to be more difficult than you expected. You may have to play chauffeur for your loved ones on various occasions. You’ll show ingenuity on a project, which may cause you to be committed for the long term.

LIBRA

Before finalizing any major purchases, take a day or two to think things over. This pause could help you negotiate a better deal and potentially save you money.

SCORPIO

maypole dance, e.g.

42. *William Blake’s “To Summer,” e.g.

43. Any voting citizen

45. *Sun to ice cream

47. Feeling of veneration

48. Two-door

50. *Beach bag, usually

52. *Summer rays

55. Rock bottom

56. Altar location

57. Milk ____, candy

59. Small stream

60. Turned to the right, like a horse

61. Starchy tuber

62. *It’s knee-high by the 4th of July

63. Ctrl and Delete partner

64. Type of tide

Down

1. *____-kissed

2. Birthstone after sapphire

3. Nod off

4. Kind of instinct

5. Diamond weight unit

6. Bluenose

Prioritize rest this week! At work, drinking a second cup of coffee could help clear your mind and boost your productivity. You’ll be more creative, so trust your intuition as it guides you toward successful outcomes.

7. Climber’s destination

8. *Intensely hot

9. Greenish blue

10. Make like a cat

Fish eggs

SAGITTARIUS

Entertained

Twist plus jerk

City in Netherlands

Your plans may change unexpectedly. If your guests cancel on a planned activity, embrace the calm and enjoy some relaxation instead of stressing out.

11. “Monkey ____, monkey do”

13. Sometime in the future

Precious metal extraction cup

CAPRICORN

Early stages

#61 Across cousin

14. Indianapolis basketball player

19. With BMI over 30

At work, you’ll take the lead in organizing a housewarming or birthday party for your team. The event will be a huge success. You’ll become even more popular among your colleagues.

____-Eaters

Literary genre

In the buff

22. Piece of evidence, acr.

AQUARIUS

Collection of Norse mythology

23. Type of probe

24. *Summer hiking path

25. Nose of a missile

26. Pakistani tongue

27. Sitcom trial

Lyric poem

Less experienced

*Boat ____, don’t care!

*Uninvited picnic guest

First in Hebrew

Week of June 8 to 14, 2025

ARIES

You’ll spend more time than expected on a project you feel passionate about. If you sense any tension in your relationship, a candid conversation with your partner may be needed.

TAURUS

The agreements you finalize with new clients this week will leave you feeling satisfied. Your sharp attention to detail will pay off. However, be mindful that the full moon could affect your energy. Avoid overexerting yourself.

GEMINI

Put in some extra hours at work to help you save up for a future vacation. This anticipation will allow you to treat yourself to some well­deserved luxury.

CANCER

You’ll make important decisions about your career this week. Align your lifestyle with your desires. You’ll quickly notice a boost in your health and vitality.

LEO

The full moon will illuminate your conversations with family and friends, fostering enriching dialogues. At work, clear communication will help you overcome any obstacles. Adopt a healthier diet to feel better.

VIRGO

You won’t be able to shake certain emotions this week. However, expressing them will bring you immense relief. Letting your feelings out will help you let go of anguish and feel more fulfilled.

LIBRA

You might discover a significant error on one of your bills that could resolve a budget issue. At work, you may need to renegotiate contracts, or a client may change their mind about an agreement.

SCORPIO

You’ll be brimming with ideas and initiatives this week. However, remember that you can’t please everyone. The full moon may cause some confusion in professional matters and your personal life.

SAGITTARIUS

Sometimes, you may need a second cup of coffee to help you focus and complete your tasks. You may feel disoriented at work and home and find it challenging to express your thoughts clearly.

CAPRICORN

The full moon might heighten your stress levels, giving you the perfect reason to take a step back. It’s a good idea to treat yourself to a moment of relaxation, whether by seeing a massage therapist or taking a relaxing spa day.

AQUARIUS

Oldest of the “Big Three” TV networks

Dip into liquid

You’ll discover vital information about a course or training program that could help you advance your career. Seize this opportunity to expand your professional horizons.

PISCES

You’ll lead a meeting that showcases your skills, setting you up for a muchanticipated promotion. The full moon will be the perfect time to celebrate your achievements.

PISCES

Summer vacation is just around the corner! This may cause you some concern about your children’s summer activities. Carefully choose a suitable day camp and involve them in the decision-making process to ensure they have a fun summer.

Summer vacation is fast approaching, especially for your little ones. This time off will give you the chance to ease some of your stress and lighten daily responsibilities. You’ll be able to enjoy life more fully in the moment.

The luckiest signs this week: AQUARIUS, PISCES AND ARIES

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Across

1. Building’s location

5. Cleaning implement

8. Anxiety

12. Farmland measure

13. Grape drink

14. Sore

15. Bicycle part

16. Not used

17. High heel, e.g.

18. Opinion

20. Dolls and yo-yos

21. Shocking fish

22. Weak, as an excuse

25. Unhealthy

27. Make-believe

32. Sock end

33. Lessens

34. Cee’s follower

35. Most bizarre

37. Frequently, to Keats

38. Arouse

39. Do the wrong thing

41. Selects

44. Crushes

47. Existed

48. Bikini piece

50. Desperate

51. Bear’s den

52. Sweet root

53. Pesky bug

54. Bank opening

55. Lamb’s parent

56. Souffle items

Down

1. Lengthy tale

2. Frozen

3. Wanderer

4. Bizarre

5. Filly feature

6. Shelley offering

7. Bench for the faithful

8. Zip, e.g.

9. Yodeling sound

10. Naval greeting

11. Distilled spirits

19. Customer

22. Surgical light beam

23. Eras

24. Gentleman

25. “____ Your Move”

26. City parcel

28. Biblical wise men

29. Decorating

30. Ump’s kin 31. Nonetheless 36. State positively

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Rockford Area

GuideGo

Old Settlers Days

Settlers Park

Friday Night Flix

Coronado Theatre

100 Hawick St. Rockton, IL 61072 oldsettlersdays.com

815.239.0861

Thursday, June 12 - Sunday, June 15

Old Settlers Days (OSD) returns to downtown Rockton, IL, from June 12–15 for four days of unforgettable music, food, and family fun. This year’s main stage lineup features Priscilla Block on Thursday, Kameron Marlowe on Friday, Dylan Scott on Saturday, and Chris Cagle on Sunday. The 4-day concert wristband grants all-access entry to every performance and event throughout the weekend. In addition to the music, guests can enjoy carnival rides and fair food, General admission to the festival is $7 while concert wristbands are an additional cost depending on the night.

314 N. Main St. Rockford, IL 61101 coronado.asmrockford.com

815.968.5222

Friday, June 13

This year, Friday Night Flix will be held at the Coronado Theatre due to construction at Davis Park. The event kicks off on Friday, June 13 with a showing of Wicked. A lively block party begins at 5:30 p.m., featuring family activities and a special character appearance, with the movie starting at 7 p.m. Attendees can enjoy food from Cheezy’s Grilled Cheeses, Express Eatz & More, and Coronado Theatre’s Grab-NGo, along with desserts from Ping’s PANIK and Kona Ice of Rockford. Food trucks, fun, and free admission make it a perfect night for all ages.

Sunday, June 15

The Battle at Levings, hosted by Vic Rivera, takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. and features a one-on-one elimination-style breakdance competition. Dancers from Rockford, Chicago, and surrounding areas will face off before a panel of judges, showcasing skills in uprock, floorwork, and power moves. Music will be provided by DJ Moz Def and DJ ILLANOIZ, setting the tone for an electric evening. The event also includes live performances by Doc Heref, a Beloitbased rapper, and Micky Bang, a Texas artist known for blending global sounds. Admission is free.

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