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b y B R I A N N A D I G The Lane Tech Prep High School Local School Council at its Aug. 4 meeting voted to discontinue the school’s “Indians” name and sym- bol, which currently features a Native-American man wearing a feathered headdress. LSC parent member Benjamin Wong, who graduated from Lane Tech, said that the issue has “frac- tured” friendships among alumni but that the school’s current sym- bol does not honor Native- American heritage and needs to be changed. A new symbol would not “change how great of a school Lane Tech is,” he said. The school plans to work on cre- ating a new symbol this fall and it is not known what will happen to the school’s existing artwork, including an outdoor statue that depicts its longtime symbol wear- ing a headdress and shooting what used to be a bow. LSC chairwoman Emily Haite said that the Chicago Public Schools’ Office of Equity had asked the council to hold a public forum on the issue and to conduct a ques- tionnaire, which received 9,135 responses. About 52.5 percent of the respon- dents voted to remove the school’s symbol, and 47.5 percent voiced support for keeping it. About 60 percent of the respondents were alumni, and support for retaining the symbol declined sharply with younger alumni. The other 40 per- cent of the respondents consisted of students, faculty and community members, and most of them sup- ported the symbol’s removal. Heavy storms roar through area causing damage (Continued on Page 8) A DERECHO, or a system of storms producing damaging winds roared through the Northwest Side at about 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, according to the National Weather Service. Pictures show widespread damage, with winds reaching more than 70 miles per hour in some places, the weather service said. Above, a large sign at Mike Anderson Chevrolet of Chicago, 5333 W. Irving Park Road, was toppled due to the strong winds and hit a vehicle. (Photo above from social media) PICTURED ABOVE, the storms heavily damaged the roof of the Shabbona Park fieldhouse, 6935 W. Addison St. Roof debris was scattered around the building and numerous trees were downed in the park. A resident used a drone to take the aerial picture of the damage. (Photo by Robert Frackiel) SHOWN ABOVE, bricks from a building facade were blown on top of a vehicle in the 4300 block of North Elston Avenue in Mayfair. (Photo above from social media) The weather service reported that in addition to reports of downed trees and light poles, a tornado briefly touched down in Rogers Park and moved out over Lake Mi- chigan. Area aldermen said on social media that residents helped to remove debris. Shared-cost flood control plan proposed b y B R I A N N A D I G The City Council Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development on Tuesday, Aug. 18, will hold a public hearing regard- ing a shared-cost flood control pro- gram ordinance proposed by Al- derman Anthony Napolitano (41st). “We are one step closer to offering homeowners financial assistance for flood control,” Napolitano said in his Aug. 7 newsletter. “This pro- gram will offer financial assistance to homeowners so they can install flood control measures to protect one of their most valuable assets, their home.” Eleven aldermen have signed on as co-sponsors of the proposed ordi- nance, Napolitano said. “We have also been in discus- sions with the Metropolitan Planning Council and the Met- ropolitan Water Reclamation Dis- trict who are both very interested in assisting with the program,” he said. The proposed ordinance calls for the city departments of Water Management and Buildings to work on a cost-sharing program in which the city and property owners would each pay a portion of the costs of flood control measures for homes and other structures. It also calls for the departments to explore “additional flood relief measures for new developments to ease the flow of storm water to the city’s sewer system, including green infrastructure installa- tions.” The virtual hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and will be available to view online at https:// chicityclerk.com/. In addition, the committee will accept written public comments on the proposal through 5 p.m. Mon- day, Aug. 17, via e-mail at ectd@ cityofchicago.org. THE LANE Tech Prep High School LSC recently voted to discontinue using its “Indians” name and symbol. It’s unclear if a statue titled “Shooting the Stars” by artist John Szaton that has been in the school’s courtyard since the 1940s commemorating gradu- ates who died in WWII would also be removed. The statue encourages stu- dents to “aim high” in academics and athletics and “shoot for the sky.” The school has numerous murals and logos featuring a Native-American man wearing a feathered headdress. The school plans to come up with a new logo and mascot. (Above 2007 photo was taken by Terence Faircloth) b y B R I A N N A D I G The Lane Tech Prep High School Local School Council at its Aug. 10 meeting voted 9 to 3 to discontinue the resource officer program at the school. “There is a real big problem of racism in the school, and it’s exac- erbated with ... police in this school,” music teacher Javier Payano told the LSC prior to the vote. “The presence of a police offi- cer is traumatizing.” Principal Brian Tennison also voiced support for removing offi- cers from the school, whose enroll- ment is more than 4,000 students. “One student who feels uncomfort- able is one too many,” he said. All but a few of the 30 speakers at the meeting spoke in favor of ending the SRO program at Lane Tech, although an earlier survey by the LSC showed that 62.2 per- cent of the 1,327 respondents voiced support to retain the police officers. About 60 percent of the respondents were parents, who overwhelmingly supported keep- ing police on campus. LSC chairwoman Emily Haite, who voted to remove the SROs, said at the start of the meeting that the officers have not made an arrest at Lane Tech since Tennison became its principal in 2016. She added that removing the officers would not result in additional funds for other resources at the school. LSC parent member Patricia Lane also votes to get rid of officers in school Lane Tech LSC votes to scrap ‘Indians’ symbol (Continued on Page 8) Apartments planned on parking lot site b y B R I A N N A D I G Alderman Nicholas Sposato (38th) will hold a community meeting Wednesday, Aug. 12, on a proposal to build nine market rate apartments on the site of a parking lot at 4420 N. Austin Ave. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at Dunham Park, 4638 N. Melvina Ave., and due to social distancing guidelines, only one person per household will be admitted, and no children will be allowed. Face cover- ings are required. The 4,660-square-foot parcel was once an extra parking lot for the for- mer Byline Bank at the northwest cor- ner of Montrose and Austin avenues. In 2018 opposition stopped a plan to build a 7-Eleven convenience store and a gas station at the corner. That project would have included use of the parking lot on Austin. Sposato said that it is his under- standing that the owner of a Shell gas station at 5959 W. MontroseAve. ended up buying the properties in an effort to help prevent another gas station from opening at the intersec- tion and that he is now trying to sell the land. There also is a restrictive covenant attached to the property’s deed which prohibits a new bank at the corner, he said. Under the proposal the site of the parking lot would be rezoned from RS-2 to B2-3. There would be one parking space for each apartment, with a projected monthly rent of about $2,000, Sposato said. The project is not large enough to be subject to the city’s affordable housing requirements. “We’ll see what the community thinks (of the proposal),” Sposato said, adding that the lot has become an eyesore with trucks often parked there. “You didn’t want the 7-Eleven. What do we put there?” The proposed three-story height of the project would not be much differ- ent than the height of a 2 1/2-story “modern-looking” home on the block, Sposato said. PLANS call for a nine-apartment building on the site of a parking lot at 4420 N. Austin Ave. (Photo by Jason Merel) Six Corners SSA likely ending ties with Six Corners Association b y B R I A N N A D I G The Six Corners Special Service Area Commission at its Aug. 6 virtu- al meeting approved a budget reduc- tion to lessen the tax burden on area businesses and will likely severe its longtime partnership with the Six Corners Association. The commission unanimously approved a 15-percent reduction for the board’s budget for next year, bringing the total down to $255,000 from its typical annual budget of about $300,000. Additional changes to the budget are possible as the final approval is months away. Commission treasurer Mike Dimeo said that a budget cut made sense in part because the commis- sion is expected to have a larger than normal carryover in unspent funds due to the pandemic. More than $30,000 budgeted for special events in 2020 is expected to go unspent, as social distancing requirements have forced the cancellation of several community events. “We have a very fluid situation with COVID,” Dimeo said. About 75 percent of the 240 prop- erties within the boundaries of the special service area are commercial, with nearly all of the remaining ones being condominiums in upper floors of the Klee Plaza at 4015 N. Milwaukee Ave., which has ground- floor storefronts. Funds collected by the SSA are used for marketing and beautifica- tion initiatives in the shopping dis- trict along with general mainte- nance, such as snow removal on the sidewalks. The service area primari- ly runs along a four-block stretch of Milwaukee Avenue, Cicero Avenue and Irving Park Road in the heart of the Six Corners Commercial area. This year Mayor Lori Lightfoot has overhauled the 7-member com- mission with new appointments. Alderman James Gardiner (45th) had expressed concerns that some of the previous commission members did not own or lease properties that are subject to the special service area tax. Since its inception in 2004, the commission has awarded its “sole service provider” agreement to the nonprofit Six Corners Association, which in 2002 launched the cam- paign to create the SSA. Service providers spend money on behalf of the commission. SSAs are formed when a group of property owners get together and decide to pay an extra tax, with all of the revenue going back to improve- ments in the local economy. There are more than 50 SSAs in the city. At its August meeting, the com- mission unanimously voted to rec- ommend the Six Corners Chamber of Commerce, which was founded in 2017, as the service provider in 2021. Some founding members of the asso- ciation also founded the chamber. “Sometimes it’s time to start over,” Dimeo said. The vote recommending the cham- ber was not a surprise as Gardiner has been at odds with some mem- bers of the association and the com- mission. Last year three of its associ- ation board members resigned and earlier this year four commission members resigned. Some of the members that resigned were critical of Gardiner and were supporters of former alderman John Arena, who lost his aldermanic seat. The chamber includes some busi- ness owners who in 2015 expressed concern about the commission’s deci- sion to increase its levy from about $226,000 to $288,000. At the time some merchants ques- tioned the need for the association to spend $117,000 on landscaping and other public way improvements and said that the association should (Continued on Page 8)

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by BRIAN NADIGThe Lane Tech Prep High School

Local School Council at its Aug. 4meeting voted to discontinue theschool’s “Indians” name and sym-bol, which currently features aNative-American man wearing afeathered headdress.

LSC parent member BenjaminWong, who graduated from LaneTech, said that the issue has “frac-tured” friendships among alumnibut that the school’s current sym-bol does not honor Native-American heritage and needs to bechanged. A new symbol would not“change how great of a school LaneTech is,” he said.

The school plans to work on cre-ating a new symbol this fall and itis not known what will happen tothe school’s existing artwork,including an outdoor statue thatdepicts its longtime symbol wear-ing a headdress and shooting whatused to be a bow.

LSC chairwoman Emily Haitesaid that the Chicago PublicSchools’ Office of Equity had askedthe council to hold a public forum

on the issue and to conduct a ques-tionnaire, which received 9,135responses.

About 52.5 percent of the respon-dents voted to remove the school’ssymbol, and 47.5 percent voicedsupport for keeping it. About 60percent of the respondents were

alumni, and support for retainingthe symbol declined sharply withyounger alumni. The other 40 per-cent of the respondents consisted ofstudents, faculty and communitymembers, and most of them sup-ported the symbol’s removal.

Heavy storms roar through area causing damage

(Continued on Page 8)

A DERECHO, or a system of storms producing damaging winds roared throughthe Northwest Side at about 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, according to the NationalWeather Service. Pictures show widespread damage, with winds reaching morethan 70 miles per hour in some places, the weather service said. Above, a largesign at Mike Anderson Chevrolet of Chicago, 5333 W. Irving Park Road, was toppleddue to the strong winds and hit a vehicle. (Photo above from social media)

PICTURED ABOVE, the storms heavily damaged the roof of the Shabbona Parkfieldhouse, 6935 W. Addison St.

Roof debris was scattered around the building and numerous trees were downedin the park.

A resident used a drone to take the aerial picture of the damage.(Photo by Robert Frackiel)

SHOWN ABOVE, bricks from a building facade were blown on top of a vehicle inthe 4300 block of North Elston Avenue in Mayfair.

(Photo above from social media)The weather service reported that in addition to reports of downed trees and light

poles, a tornado briefly touched down in Rogers Park and moved out over Lake Mi-chigan. Area aldermen said on social media that residents helped to remove debris.

Shared-costflood controlplan proposed

by BRIAN NADIGThe City Council Committee on

Economic, Capital and TechnologyDevelopment on Tuesday, Aug. 18,will hold a public hearing regard-ing a shared-cost flood control pro-gram ordinance proposed by Al-derman Anthony Napolitano (41st).

“We are one step closer to offeringhomeowners financial assistancefor flood control,” Napolitano saidin his Aug. 7 newsletter. “This pro-gram will offer financial assistanceto homeowners so they can installflood control measures to protectone of their most valuable assets,their home.”

Eleven aldermen have signed onas co-sponsors of the proposed ordi-nance, Napolitano said.

“We have also been in discus-sions with the MetropolitanPlanning Council and the Met-ropolitan Water Reclamation Dis-trict who are both very interestedin assisting with the program,” hesaid.

The proposed ordinance calls forthe city departments of WaterManagement and Buildings towork on a cost-sharing program inwhich the city and property ownerswould each pay a portion of thecosts of flood control measures forhomes and other structures.

It also calls for the departmentsto explore “additional flood reliefmeasures for new developments toease the flow of storm water to thecity’s sewer system, includinggreen infrastructure installa-tions.”

The virtual hearing is scheduledto begin at 10 a.m. and will beavailable to view online at https://chicityclerk.com/.

In addition, the committee willaccept written public comments onthe proposal through 5 p.m. Mon-day, Aug. 17, via e-mail at [email protected].

THE LANE Tech Prep High SchoolLSC recently voted to discontinueusing its “Indians” name and symbol.

It’s unclear if a statue titled “Shootingthe Stars” by artist John Szaton thathas been in the school’s courtyardsince the 1940s commemorating gradu-ates who died in WWII would also beremoved. The statue encourages stu-

dents to “aim high” in academics andathletics and “shoot for the sky.”

The school has numerous murals andlogos featuring a Native-American manwearing a feathered headdress.

The school plans to come up with anew logo and mascot.

(Above 2007 photo was taken byTerence Faircloth)

by BRIAN NADIGThe Lane Tech Prep High School

Local School Council at its Aug. 10meeting voted 9 to 3 to discontinuethe resource officer program at theschool.

“There is a real big problem ofracism in the school, and it’s exac-erbated with ... police in thisschool,” music teacher JavierPayano told the LSC prior to thevote. “The presence of a police offi-cer is traumatizing.”

Principal Brian Tennison alsovoiced support for removing offi-cers from the school, whose enroll-ment is more than 4,000 students.“One student who feels uncomfort-able is one too many,” he said.

All but a few of the 30 speakersat the meeting spoke in favor of

ending the SRO program at LaneTech, although an earlier surveyby the LSC showed that 62.2 per-cent of the 1,327 respondentsvoiced support to retain the policeofficers. About 60 percent of therespondents were parents, whooverwhelmingly supported keep-ing police on campus.

LSC chairwoman Emily Haite,who voted to remove the SROs,said at the start of the meetingthat the officers have not made anarrest at Lane Tech since Tennisonbecame its principal in 2016. Sheadded that removing the officerswould not result in additionalfunds for other resources at theschool.

LSC parent member Patricia

Lane also votes to getrid of officers in school

Lane Tech LSC votes toscrap ‘Indians’ symbol

(Continued on Page 8)

Apartments planned on parking lot siteby BRIAN NADIG

Alderman Nicholas Sposato (38th)will hold a community meetingWednesday, Aug. 12, on a proposal tobuild nine market rate apartmentson the site of a parking lot at 4420 N.Austin Ave.

The meeting will be held at 6 p.m.at Dunham Park, 4638 N. MelvinaAve., and due to social distancingguidelines, only one person perhousehold will be admitted, and nochildren will be allowed. Face cover-ings are required.

The 4,660-square-foot parcel wasonce an extra parking lot for the for-mer Byline Bank at the northwest cor-ner of Montrose and Austin avenues.

In 2018 opposition stopped a planto build a 7-Eleven convenience storeand a gas station at the corner. Thatproject would have included use ofthe parking lot on Austin.

Sposato said that it is his under-standing that the owner of a Shellgas station at 5959 W. Montrose Ave.ended up buying the properties in aneffort to help prevent another gasstation from opening at the intersec-tion and that he is now trying to sellthe land. There also is a restrictivecovenant attached to the property’sdeed which prohibits a new bank atthe corner, he said.

Under the proposal the site of theparking lot would be rezoned from

RS-2 to B2-3.There would be one parking space

for each apartment, with a projectedmonthly rent of about $2,000,Sposato said. The project is not largeenough to be subject to the city’saffordable housing requirements.

“We’ll see what the communitythinks (of the proposal),” Sposatosaid, adding that the lot has becomean eyesore with trucks often parkedthere. “You didn’t want the 7-Eleven.What do we put there?”

The proposed three-story height ofthe project would not be much differ-ent than the height of a 2 1/2-story“modern-looking” home on the block,Sposato said.

PLANS call for a nine-apartment building on the site of a parking lot at 4420 N. Austin Ave. (Photo by Jason Merel)

Six Corners SSA likely endingties with Six Corners Association

by BRIAN NADIGThe Six Corners Special Service

Area Commission at its Aug. 6 virtu-al meeting approved a budget reduc-tion to lessen the tax burden on areabusinesses and will likely severe itslongtime partnership with the SixCorners Association.

The commission unanimouslyapproved a 15-percent reduction forthe board’s budget for next year,bringing the total down to $255,000from its typical annual budget ofabout $300,000. Additional changesto the budget are possible as thefinal approval is months away.

Commission treasurer MikeDimeo said that a budget cut madesense in part because the commis-sion is expected to have a larger thannormal carryover in unspent fundsdue to the pandemic. More than$30,000 budgeted for special eventsin 2020 is expected to go unspent, associal distancing requirements haveforced the cancellation of severalcommunity events.

“We have a very fluid situationwith COVID,” Dimeo said.

About 75 percent of the 240 prop-erties within the boundaries of thespecial service area are commercial,with nearly all of the remaining onesbeing condominiums in upper floors

of the Klee Plaza at 4015 N.Milwaukee Ave., which has ground-floor storefronts.

Funds collected by the SSA areused for marketing and beautifica-tion initiatives in the shopping dis-trict along with general mainte-nance, such as snow removal on thesidewalks. The service area primari-ly runs along a four-block stretch ofMilwaukee Avenue, Cicero Avenueand Irving Park Road in the heart ofthe Six Corners Commercial area.

This year Mayor Lori Lightfoothas overhauled the 7-member com-mission with new appointments.Alderman James Gardiner (45th)had expressed concerns that some ofthe previous commission membersdid not own or lease properties thatare subject to the special servicearea tax.

Since its inception in 2004, thecommission has awarded its “soleservice provider” agreement to thenonprofit Six Corners Association,which in 2002 launched the cam-paign to create the SSA. Serviceproviders spend money on behalf ofthe commission.

SSAs are formed when a group ofproperty owners get together anddecide to pay an extra tax, with all ofthe revenue going back to improve-

ments in the local economy. Thereare more than 50 SSAs in the city.

At its August meeting, the com-mission unanimously voted to rec-ommend the Six Corners Chamberof Commerce, which was founded in2017, as the service provider in 2021.Some founding members of the asso-ciation also founded the chamber.

“Sometimes it’s time to start over,”Dimeo said.

The vote recommending the cham-ber was not a surprise as Gardinerhas been at odds with some mem-bers of the association and the com-mission. Last year three of its associ-ation board members resigned andearlier this year four commissionmembers resigned. Some of themembers that resigned were criticalof Gardiner and were supporters offormer alderman John Arena, wholost his aldermanic seat.

The chamber includes some busi-ness owners who in 2015 expressedconcern about the commission’s deci-sion to increase its levy from about$226,000 to $288,000.

At the time some merchants ques-tioned the need for the association tospend $117,000 on landscaping andother public way improvements andsaid that the association should

(Continued on Page 8)

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The Gladstone ParkNeighborhood Associationwill hold a virtual supperclub Thursday, Aug. 13, atNorth Branch FriedChicken, 5481 N. North-west Hwy.

Participants are askedto place an order between11 a.m. and 8 p.m. for

either delivery or pick-up,mention the group whenordering and share theirdining experience with aphoto or video to theGPNA Facebook page tohelp promote small busi-nesses in the community,according to a pressrelease.

Visit North BranchFried Chicken’s Web siteat northbranchgourmet.com or call 773-853-0360for more information.

The Jefferson ParkChamber of Commercerecently awarded $500scholarships to SaintConstance School gradu-ate Paul Biernat and PopeFrancis Global Academygraduate Leah Thiel.

Biernat plans to attendWhitney Young MagnetHigh School, and Thielplans to attend Resur-

rection College Prep HighSchool.

Applicants were re-quired to write an essayon how e-learning wasaffecting their educationand family life.

The high school scholar-ship program is for gradu-ating eighth graders wholive or attend school in the60630 ZIP code.

Union Ridge School,4600 N. Oak Park Ave.,Harwood Heights, hasannounced that the “KidsSummer Meal” programhas been extendedthrough Sept. 1.

The program offerslunches to children age18 and younger. A par-ent or guardian will beable to pickup a freegrab-n-go box lunchonce a week from noonto 2 p.m. on TuesdaysOther district schoolsalso serve as lunch pick-up sites.

The program is spon-osred by Amita HealthResurrection MedicalCenter, New Hope Com-munity Food Pantry, theGreater Chicago FoodDepository and UnionRidge School District 86

Chicago Public Schoolsannounced that its sum-mer meal service wouldcontinue through Aug.28.

Parents can pick up 3days of breakfasts andlunches from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. Monday throughFriday.

CPS said offeringswould include heat-and-serve and cold items.

For more information,call 773-553-5437 or visitcps.edu/mealsites forlocations.

The Northside AARPCommunity Group willhold a virtual meetingTuesday, Sept. 1, viaZoom. Details and logininformation for the meet-ing will be made availableto those wishing to attendwhen they send an e-mailto [email protected] Aug. 31.

Alderman Anthony Na-politano (41st) announcedthat a paper shreddingand electronic recyclingevent will be held from8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Satur-day, Aug. 29, in the park-ing lot of ImmaculateConcept ion Par i shCenter, 7271 W. TalcottAve.

Participants are askedto enter the parking lotfrom Odell Avenue.Televisions and computermonitors will not beaccepted.

Shreddingevent set inparish center

State Senator RamVillivalam (D-8) has an-nounced that a new tem-porary COVID-19 testingsite was set up at theBernard Horwich JewishCommunity Center, 3003W. Touhy Ave.

“Due to the increasingpositivity rate in Chicago,we need to continue ourstrong testing and contacttracing operations to stayahead of the virus andprevent a big outbreak,”Villivalam said. “Not only

is this temporary testingsite a way to make it easi-er than ever to get a fast,easy and free test, but it’salso key to being able tosafely reopen our stateand economy. Testing andcontact tracing are vital tobeing able to put peopleback to work without com-promising their health orthat of their coworkers.”

Testing will be availablefrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.through Aug. 16. Simplenasal swabs will be used,

and both drive-throughand walk-up testing willbe available. Anyone canget tested regardless ofwhether they exhibitsymptoms. The tests arefree, and the results willbe available within 4 to 7business days. Residentsshould bring their insur-ance card but can still geta test without insurance,the press release said.

“Part of why this virusis so dangerous is theasymptomatic cases thatspread silently throughcommunities,” Villivalamsaid. “Most asymptomaticcases won’t know theyhave the virus unless theyget tested. This site willallow anyone who may beworried about upcomingtravel, visiting family,going to work or caring forchildren to get a test tomake sure they don’t haveCOVID-19 and hopefullybring them a little peaceof mind.”

Chamber announcesscholarship winners

New virus testing site set at center

Summer yard sale setby Norwood Park group

Virtual supper club atnew chicken place set

The Norwood ParkHistorical Society, 5624 N.Newark Ave., will hold asummer yard sale from 8a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,Aug. 22

Admission is $2 foraccess to the grounds andthe silent auction heldinside, a press releasesaid.

Only 50 people will beallowed on the grounds atany time and 20 peoplewill be allowed in thehouse at the same time,the group said, and thatpeople will need to wearmasks.

The Norwood ParkHistorical Society hasrequested donations ofpaintings, jewelry, col-lectibles, linens, toys, gar-

den items, antiques, tools,sports equipment, house-wares and used furniture,which will be accepted byappointment only. Do-nations of overstuffed fur-niture, articles of clothing,shoes, mattresses, com-puter equipment, televi-sions and large applianceswill not be accepted.

The group is also seek-ing volunteers to set uptables and tents, sort andunpack boxes, organizetables, collect admissionfees, count attendees tomaintain capacity guide-lines and to serve ascashiers or clean-up crew.

For more information,call Shirley or BobRustemeyer at 773-774-2838.

Drive-through propertytax appeal event slated

Cook County Board ofReview CommissionerMichael Cabonargi willhold a drive-throughproperty tax appealworkshop from 11 a.m. to2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22,in the parking lot ofSaint Hyacinth Basilica,

3636 W. Wolfram St.Participants are asked

to drive up, fill out a formin their vehicle and thendrop off the completedform with a Board ofReview staff member, arelease said. An analystwill be available to assistthose with questions andtranslators will also beavailable.

Participants are askedto wear a mask and bringa copy of the secondinstallment property taxbill so that they have theirproperty index number/

The event is co-spon-sored by the PolishAmerican Association,senator Robert Martwick(D-10), state representa-tives Jaime Andrade Jr.(D-40), Will Guzzardi (D-39) and Lindsey LaPointe(D-19), commissionersBridget Degnen (12th)and Peter Silvestri (9th)and aldermen ArielReboyras (30th) andDaniel La Spata (1st).

For more information,call 312-603-5562 orvisit www.cookcountyboardofreview.com/cabonargi.

Summer mealservice stillbeing offered

Northside AARPgroup schedulesvirtual meeting

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Lightfoot dismisses calls for National Guard helpby RAYMON TRONCOSO

Capitol News IllinoisSPRINGFIELD – Chi-

cago Mayor Lori Lightfootsaid she remained op-posed to calling theIllinois National Guardinto her city after a nightof looting and unrest thatled to more than 100arrests (on Aug. 9 and 10).

At a joint news confer-ence on Aug. 10 with Gov.J.B. Pritzker, Lightfootshut down the idea aftertaking questions onPresident Trump’s repeat-ed offer to send in federaltroops.

“Both of us believe thisis not an incident thatrequires the NationalGuard,” she said of herselfand the governor.

In line with her previ-ous statements on federalinvolvement in the city,Lightfoot said she wouldwelcome resources andlegislation at the federallevel that would helpChicago law enforcementfight crime. Those includegun control legislation toprevent weapons frombeing brought into Illinoisfrom other states; fundingfor the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco, Firearms andExplosives, or ATF, to pre-vent the sale of guns to

straw purchasers; andstronger federal oversightof licensed gun dealers.

“We need that help fromthe federal government.I’ve asked for that repeat-edly. I’ve never heard ananswer from the presi-dent,” Lightfoot said.

Her reluctance to acceptfederal aid stands in con-trast to a statement fromIllinois House RepublicanLeader Jim Durkin, whodecried the situation inChicago Monday morning.

“Once again, Illinoisgovernment has failed toprotect its residents andbusinesses. It is time tobring in the NationalGuard and accept any andall federal assistance tostop the chaos that isdestroying our state. Nomore excuses. No morefailures,” the WesternSprings Republican saidin the e-mail statement.

In a series of tweets,

Illinois Senate RepublicanLeader Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, also calledthe looting in Chicago“unacceptable.”

“I implore our leaders atthe city, state and federallevels to do everythingthey can to ensure thosewho perpetrated thesecrimes are prosecuted to

the fullest extent of thelaw, and that all measuresare taken to ensure ourresidents and businessesremain safe,” Bradywrote.

Both Lightfoot andPritzker said the stateand city were cooperatingand emphasized the need

The final Mass atSaint Thecla Church,6725 W. Devon Ave., andSaint Cornelius Church,5430 W. Foster Ave., willbe held Aug. 15 and 16.

The churches are clos-ing as part of the consol-idation of the SaintThecla, Saint Corneliusand Saint Tarcissusparishes. Those parisheshave been merged into

the new Saint Elizabethof the Trinity Parish,which is located at theformer Saint Tarcissuscampus, 6020 W. Ard-more Ave.

Special capacity re-quirements will be inplace due to social dis-tancing guidelines.

Reservations required.For more information,

call 773-763-8228.

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Two parishesin Schiller Parkset to merge

The Archdiocese ofChicago announced thatSaint Beatrice and SaintMaria Goretti parishesin the Village of SchillerPark would form onenew parish beginningOct. 1 following its “Re-new My Church” pro-cess.

The Archdiocese saidthe pastoral and financecouncils of both parishesmet over the past 2months to review anddiscern the futureparish structure for thearea. Based on the meet-ings and input gatheredfrom the larger parishcommunity, they sub-mitted feedback to thearchdiocese.

The ArchdiocesanStandards and Recom-mendations Commissionreviewed the feedbackand other information,including financial sum-maries, capital needsand parish trends, andmade a recommendationto archbishop of ChicagoCardinal Blase Cupich,a release said.

Earlier this month,Cupich, the archdio-cese’s auxiliary bishops,and the archdiocese’sPresbyteral Council metto discuss the commis-sion’s recommendation.Based on those discus-sions, Cupich decidedthat Saint Beatrice andSaint Maria Goretti willunite Thursday, Oct. 1and Saint Beatrice willbe designated the parishchurch, where the busi-ness office and sacra-mental records are kept,a release sad.

The Renew MyChurch Commission rec-ommended the newparish’s regularly sched-uled masses transitionto Saint Beatrice nolater than the Nov. 29.However, local leader-ship will set a specifictimeline for this transi-tion, according to thearchdiocese.

In the coming weeks,parish leadership andparishioners will deter-mine possible names ofthe new parish, withinguidelines provided bythe archdiocese and sub-mit their considerationsto Cardinal Cupich forhis decision on the per-manent name of the newparish, the archdiocesesaid.

The Archdiocese ofChicago said that the“Renew My Church”process would transformover the next severalyears by working withgroupings of parishes todetermine how they willachieve the goal of hav-ing vibrant, life-givingfaith communities acces-sible to all Catholics.

For more information,visit renewmychurch.org.

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TaftTaft High School princi-

pal Mark Grishaber saidthat when Chicago PublicSchools share its “Re-opening Framework 2.0”in the upcoming weeksthe administration willmeet to discuss the newplan.

Grishaber said all class-es will be online at leastduring the first quarter.The Taft leadership team,including the departmentchairs, will be meetingthis week to discussinstructional priorities forthe 2020 to 2021 schoolyear.

He said staff would alsodiscuss a new commonsyllabus for each of thecourses, which would pro-vide uniform principlesand standards in suchareas as grading, accept-able time to turn inmissed assignments andonline learning expecta-tions and norms.

“Each of the past 6years I have been princi-pal has brought with itchallenges and struggles,”Grishaber said. “This pastJune to July for a myriadof reasons our enrollmentincreased at an exponen-tial rate. When schoolstarts in September weare expecting close to4,000 students. To putthis in perspective we willnow be the fifth largesthigh school in Illinois andwe might possibly edgeout Lyons Township forfourth place.”

Grishaber said thatLyons Township has 4,052students and added thatTaft is larger than 32other CPS schools com-bined.

“In terms of CPS we arestill the second largestschool and the largestneighborhood school byfar,” Grishaber said. “Ibelieve large schools have

their own challenges butthe opportunities theyprovide our students farexceed any problems.”

He said the school isnow facing an obstaclebecause CPS did not fundthe school for the increasein enrollment. This leftTaft with a 1.2 million dol-lar shortfall and about 50days until school starts.

In terms of teachersand staff, Grishaber saidTaft needed to find thefunds to hire 12 to 14 newteachers. He said thatafter meeting with CPSbudget staff, chief ofschools for CPS Network14 Dr. Laura LeMone wasable to help the schoolsecure an additional$460,000 in funds.

With these funds theschool was able to hirefive of the teachers.

Grishaber said that fivemembers of staff werereassigned to teaching oradministrative positionsto help fill the gaps. Theschool’s athletic directorwill transition to a teach-ing role, Grishaber said.Taft’s head librarian willtransition to a teachingrole with either the Di-verse Learner Depart-ment or the Individualsand Societies Depart-ment, he said. Oneadministrator will transi-tion to teach the dualenrollment science class-es, another administratorwill transition to teach inthe Individuals andSocieties Department anda third administrator willtransition to help reducethe counseling depart-ment’s caseload.

“Trust me when I say Idid not want to start offthe year by having tomove 5 teachers who wereall doing outstandingjobs, but I can only workwith the budget that is

given to me,” Grishabersaid. “The bottom line is,no current positions werecut and everyone will becoming back in the fall.”

PalmerThe Palmer School

Local School Councilannounced that princi-pal Jennifer Dixon’scontract was extendeduntil 2024.

“Ms. Dixon has servedwith great distinction overthe past 3-plus years guid-ing Palmer as it has growninto one of the highest-per-forming schools in the Cityof Chicago,” Palmer LSCChairperson Ivan Perezsaid. “It is our privilegeand honor to ensure thather great work continuesas she leads Palmer for thenext 4 years.”

Notre DameNotre Dame College

Prep high school an-nounced that BlakeSorensen was hired as the

new head hockey coach.Sorensen, a Canadian

native, was a Division IIINCAA hockey player atSaint Norbert College,then played six seasons ofprofessional hockey inEurope before returning toNorth America to coach,according to the school.

Sorensen retired fromprofessional hockey in2005 and served as direc-tor of hockey operationsand varsity boys headcoach at the Latin Schoolof Chicago, assistantcoach for the ChicagoMission, and assistantcoach for the Universityof Illinois and RobertMorris University ACHADivision I Club teams.

Sorensen also ledLoyola Academy Maroonto the state championshiptitle in 2017, LoyolaAcademy Gold to the statechampionship title in2018 and Loyola AcademyGold as a state champi-onship finalist in 2019.

schoolnewsschoolnewsschoolnewsAlderman Samantha

Nugent (39th) announcedthat the second cycle ofparticipatory budgetingis open for 39th Ward res-idents.

Residents can weigh-inon how to spend $500,000of the 39th Ward In-frastructure Improve-ment Funds for 2021 bysubmitting infrastruc-ture project ideas or sign-ing up to become commu-nity representatives, ac-cording to the alderman’snewsletter.

Examples of projectsinclude streetscapingsuch as installing bench-es and trash cans along amain street, park im-provements or publicway improvements likesidewalk repaving. Theidea collection periodwill end Friday, Oct. 2.Community representa-tive sign-up will endThursday, Aug. 27.

For more information,call 773-738-5594 or sendan e-mail to [email protected].

Participatory budgetideas being sought

The Illinois Depart-ment of EmploymentSecurity has announcedthat 20 weeks of stateextended benefits are nowavailable to those whoexhaust the allotted 26weeks of regular stateunemployment and theadditional 13 weeks offederal Pandemic Emer-gency Unemploymentcompensation benefits.

Illinois law provides for20 weeks of extended ben-efits during times of “highunemployment,” as de-fined in the law, instead ofthe 13 weeks of extendedbenefits that were avail-able in Illinois since May,a release said.

Currently, there are 30states providing 13 weeksof extended benefits, and19 states, includingIllinois, providing 20weeks of extended bene-fits. For more informa-tion, visit ides.illinois.gov.

Illinois extendsunemploymentbenefits

Free papershreddingevent slated

State RepresentativeBrad Stephens (R-20) andCook County Commis-sioner Peter Silvestri(9th) will hold a free papershredding event from 9:30to 11:30 a.m. Saturday,Aug. 29, in the CitadelCommunity Center atSalvation Army Norridge,8354 W. Foster Ave.

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A WOMAN reported that she wascarjacked at about 7:45 p.m.Wednesday, Aug. 5, in the alley of the5200 block of North Cicero Avenue,according to 16th (Jefferson Park)District police.

The woman reported that she wasclosing the door to her garage andwhen she returned to herAcura MDXthree men approached in a sport util-ity vehicle and the driver said, “I havea gun, give me your keys,” accordingto police. The woman reported thatshe complied and the men drovenorth in the alley in her vehicle,abandoning the SUV, police said.

A witness reported that the menturned east on Berwyn Avenue, southon Cicero Avenue, then north on tothe Edens Expressway from FosterAvenue, according to police. Officersreported that the abandoned GMChad a flat tire and several spent shellcasings were found on the front pas-senger seat, police said. Police saidthe abandoned SUV was suspected tohave been used in a previous sepa-rate shooting.

The men were described as beingbetween 5-3 and 5-7 and wearingmasks.

AN EMPLOYEE of the DairyQueen, 5636 W. Irving Park Road,reported that the restaurant wasrobbed at about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday,Aug. 5, according to 16th (JeffersonPark) District police.

The employee reported that a manapproached and lifted his hoodedsweatshirt to display a gun and took$200 to $300 in cash from the regis-ter, according to police.

The man was described as White/Hispanic, age 35 to 40, 5-5, 170pounds, and wearing a black hoodedsweatshirt, dark blue jeans, a bluesurgical mask and clear plasticgloves.

A MAN REPORTED that thegarage of his home in the 6500 blockof North Natoma Avenue was bur-glarized between 6 p.m. Tuesday,Aug. 4, and 6 a.m. Wednesday,Aug. 5,according to 16th (Jefferson Park)District police.

The man reported that when hereturned to his garage he discovereda set of house and car keys missingfrom one of his vehicles and his 2000GMC Jimmy was missing fromwhere it was left parked on thestreet, according to police.

AWOMAN reported that her homein the 7600 block of West DevonAvenue was burglarized at about 8a.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, according to16th (Jefferson Park) District police.

The woman reported that she wascontacted by her cleaning service thatwhen they arrived to clean her homethe front door was forced open,

according to police. The womanreported that several valuables andapproximately $1,000 in cash weremissing, police said.

A MAN REPORTED that a manthreatened him with a knife at about11:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 3, in the4800 block of North Elston Avenue,according to 17th (Albany Park)District police.

The 49-year-old man reported thata man was dancing in the street andwhen he told him that he can’t dothat the man pulled out a knife andbegan to “thrash it back and forth”toward the man, placing him in fearof getting hurt, according to police.The man reported that the man flednorthwest on Elston Avenue, policesaid.

The man was described asAmerican Indian or Alaskan Native,age 50 to 60, 5-10 and 150 poundswith curly black hair.

TWO MEN were shot at about 7:20p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, in the 3700block of West Lawrence Avenue,according to 17th (Albany Park)District police.

Officers responded to a call ofpeople shot and discovered a manwith a gunshot wound to his upperleft shoulder and applied a tourni-quet before an ambulance trans-ported him to Saint FrancisHospital in critical condition,according to police. Officers discov-ered another man with a gunshotwound to the upper left leg and hewas transported to Illinois MasonicHospital where he was treated andreleased, police said.

Surveillance footage showed threemen approach a parked vehicle andone of them retrieved a gun and shotat a black GMC sport utility vehicleas it passed, according to police.Footage showed that the GMC fledwest on Lawrence Avenue and one ofthe men shot toward the vehicle,striking both of the victims instead,

police said.One of the men was described as

White/Hispanic, wearing a black T-shirt, black baseball cap, blue jeans,back gym shoes and a white surgicalmask. The other two men weredescribed as White/Hispanic, wear-ing black T-shirts and black jeans.

AN EMPLOYEE of the 7-Elevenstore, 3559 N. Pulaski Road, reportedthat the store was robbed at about11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, accordingto 17th (Albany Park) District police.

The employee reported that a manentered the store, pointed a gun athim and took $80 in cash and anunknown number of bottles of alcoholand cigarettes, according to police.The employee reported that the manwas wearing a white or blue surgicalmask and the fled east on AddisonStreet, police said.

The man was described as Black,age 20 to 30, 5-9 and 165 pounds,with short hair, wearing a blackreflective hooded sweatshirt, bluejeans and black gym shoes.

AN EMPLOYEE of the Starbuckscoffee shop, 3232 W. Foster Ave.,reported an attempted robbery atabout 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4,according to 17th (Albany Park)District police.

The employee reported that aman entered the store pointed ahunting knife at him and said,“Open it up and give me every-thing,” according to police. Theemployee reported that she told theman she could not open the registerwithout making a sale, whichangered the man and caused anargument, police said. The employ-ee reported that she chased theman from the store “but he gotaway,” according to police.

The man was described as Black,age 30 to 39, 5-9 to 5-10, 150 to 180pounds, with dreadlocks, wearing ablack visor and a blue-and-whiteNASA T-shirt.

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Most of the speakers at the Aug.4 meeting expressed concernsabout the symbol and called for itsremoval.

Lane Tech graduate JayneBlacker said that as a Native-American she would “cut school” onpep rally days due to the offensiveimages on shirts and the wearing ofa headdress by some students. Shesaid that the school’s focus shouldbe on “the students of today” andthat it is time for a new symbol.

Student Maxwell Jenkins saidthat there is “nothing respectful”about the school’s current symboland that the school now has anopportunity to enhance its “richtradition,” similar to when theschool decades ago made the deci-sion to change its enrollment policyto allow female students to attendthe school.

2010 Lane Tech graduate JetziCalvin said that the school’s symbolis “oppressive” and “racist” andthat “there is no need for furtherdiscussion.”

1976 graduate Michael Plan-thaber said that the school’s symboland name motivated students toachieve success not only while atschool but in their future career.

“Warriors shoot for the stars,” hesaid. “It’s a tradition of Lane.”

Alum Raymond Roschmann saidthat the symbol represented “a pos-itive value of the school” and thathe believes “there is an educationalalternative” to changing the sym-bol.

One of the speakers said that thesymbol was not a mascot becausethe school did not have an official“Indian mascot” performing atsporting events, similar to how theUniversity of Illinois once had atthe halftime of football games.

2020 graduate Jude Greiner saidthat while many alumni may takepride in the school’s symbol, theschool needs a new symbol whichcurrent students can “have pridein.”

An online petition at www.change.org calling for a new symbolwas created by a group of Lane Techstudents, and more than 6,200 peo-ple have signed it. “We all want toshow our pride in being Lane Techstudents by proudly wearing ourschool apparel in public, but it is dif-ficult to proudly wear apparel that issynonymous with the use of offen-sive and antiquated stereotypes,”the petition states.

The Facebook page for the LaneTech Alumni Association includes avariety of comments on the issue.

“You can’t change history, but youcan learn from it. We all had pridein the Indian mascot, not preju-dice,” one poster said.

Another wrote, “There shouldn’thave to be a vote. Just change themascot (because) it’s the right thingto do. I’m a proud Native woman. Igraduated from Lane in 1989.Never did I feel honored by themascot. Never.”

“It’s 2020, time to modernize.Look to the future, not be stuck inthe past. The future studentsdeserve that much. I voted (in aschool survey), but honestly askingalum from decades ago is not pru-dent. We are not your target audi-ence. Your future students shouldbe your focus. Given them aninspiring name they can be proudof, be motivated by,” another postersaid.

That comment prompted thefollowing response: “It’s an honorto go to Lane Tech, and ‘Shootingfor the Stars’ and the proudIndian pulling back on the bow isnot a slur of any kind, but a signof excellence and aspiration.”

O’Keefe voted to retain the officers,adding that some students may feelless safe without the SROs. “The keyis to having (police) inside the build-ing,” she said in the event of anactive shooter. “Why not have apolice officer with a bullet proof vesttake the bullet from a shooter.”

Several speakers said that studieshave shown that SROs are not aneffective deterrent to shootings.

In addition, several alumni recalledthat they felt uncomfortable seeingarmed officers when they entered orexited the school, and another gradu-ate said that seeing an officer at theschool made him uncomfortable due

to his undocumented status.Teacher Miles Comiskey said that

“guns do not need to be in our school”and that for many students seeingarmed officers is “more reminders” ofthe “difficult things that happen inour city, (and) I don’t think we needmore of that.”

Parent Bob Vanna, who works as apolice officer, said that he supportkeeping the SROs and said that theschool can always request a new offi-cer if one is not working out.

On the survey, 59 percent of thestudents said that they have not hadan interaction with an SRO, while22 percent said their interaction waspositive. In addition, 13 percentdescribed their interaction as neu-tral, and 5 percent said it was nega-tive.

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by RUSS STEWARTThe worst fate that can befall

Donald Trump is to be reelectedpresident. And the worst fate thatcan befall Joe Biden is to be electedpresident. And the worst fate thatcan and will befall the Americanpeople is that 2020 will end with-out any significant economic, pan-demic or social respite, and that2021 will be even more miserable.

There are certain 2020 politicalrealities. First, there is enormousTrump fatigue. People are reallytired — and increasingly irritated— of seeing him and listening tohis platitudes. A majority ofAmerican voters clearly want thepresident to do one thing, which isto go away. Four more years is justunthinkable.

Second, there is equally enor-mous Biden apprehension. His sup-porters cringe every time “SleepyJoe” starts blinking before answer-ing a question. Will there be agaffe? Or a senior moment? Amajority of American voters want apresident who doesn’t need amonthly cognition competence test.Can Biden be trusted to fix ourcountry’s mess? It’s either Trumpor him. Polls show it’s Biden.

And third, there will be a social-ist experiment in America in thevery near future. What the COVID-19 crisis has proven is that the fed-eral government has the power totell citizens what to do and how tothink. That it can print and spendtrillions of dollars in an instant.That the capitalistic creation ofwealth through work has beensuperseded by the government’screation of dependency throughdebt. That fiscal responsibility,either personal or governmental, isso passé. Who needs a “work ethic”when one can live just swell by notworking? And that victimhood isnot only endemic and institutional,but also virtuous and monetarilybeneficial, and a pretext for indis-criminate law-breaking, street-rioting, culture-canceling and stat-ue-toppling. The concept that gov-ernment can solve everything andpay everybody has firmly takenroot. A politically correct Utopiaawaits.

The idea that “democratic social-ism” is America’s panacea will per-sist until it is proven that it cannot.Which means it must be tried andit must fail. There are several polit-ical scenarios:

SCENARIO NUMBER ONE:Trump wins, but with fewer popu-lar votes than Biden (like in 2016).Biden is blamed, and accused ofbeing insufficiently “progressive.”No old moderate White guy in2024. Democrats keep the U.S.House and take the Senate. Streetprotests ensue. Political chaosreigns until 2024. The economydoes not robustly rebound,although 42 percent of jobs losthave been reclaimed, and Trump isblamed. COVID-19 vaccines proveto be of spotty effectiveness. Cityand state governments drown indeficits, and demand federalbailouts, which Trump resists.Evictions and foreclosures explode,unemployment remains over 10percent, crime skyrockets, big-citypolice are “defunded,” streetprotests about everything persist,and Trump’s U.S. Supreme Courtpicks are stalled. With no quickCOVID-19 cure and no economicturnabout, the stock marketplunges to under 20,000, and then15,000, wiping-out vast retireewealth. And with foreclosuresstarting to glut the housing marketand property taxes soaring, homeprices — especially for multi-unitapartment buildings — collapse.And the airlines, with UnitedAirlines first in line, start Chapter

13 bankruptcies. It’s Depressiontime.

Democrats win lopsided Houseand Senate majorities in 2022. Anew generation of progressives, notincluding Bernie Sanders orElizabeth Warren, embarks on aquest for the presidency in 2024,and one wins, defeating MikePence. The “socialist experiment”is underway: Green New Deal,open borders, amnesty for undocu-mented immigrants, Medicare forall, defund the military, free collegetuition, reparations for slavery, for-giveness of student loans, infra-structure upgrades, and aGuaranteed Annual Income($10,000) for everybody. Democratswill have 4 years (2025-28) to doreal damage.

SCENARIO NUMBER TWO:

Biden wins, Democrats take theSenate, no “protests” ensue, andBiden’s promise to be “the mostprogressive president in history” isput to the test. He fails. TheDemocrats’ “wish list,” as set forthabove, is not enacted because thereis no money, but there will be plen-ty of new regulations, especially onenergy producers, and proposedmilitary cuts and proposed taxhikes on “the wealthy.” That’s the$1 trillion needed to fund theirplan. The consequences of theDepression, as set forth above, willoccur under Biden (as they wouldunder Trump).

Trump-free Republicans willmake a roaring comeback in 2022,retaking the House and Senate andstalemating the nascent “socialistexperiment.” There will be noBiden “cure,” because there are noquick and easy solutions to ourintractable problems. Everythingis much worse in 2024 than in2020.

SCENARIO NUMBER THREE:Biden wins but Republicans keep aSenate majority. That definitelystalls not only the “wish list” butany 2022 Republican comeback.Republicans will be blamed for allills, and Democrats will retake theSenate. But then the “socialistexperiment” can proceed unimped-ed during 2023-24. Again, if every-thing is still much worse in 2024than in 2020, Republicans win. Ifthings are somewhat better in 2024than 2020, Democrats win.

And there is one further reality:America’s electorate is becomingmuch younger and progressive.Maintenance of the status quo isthe paramount issue: Does itchange incrementally, as always?Or does it change monumentally,right now?

Mitt Romney caught a lot of flakin 2012 when he claimed that 47percent of the U.S. population issupported by the taxes paid by theother 53 percent. In COVID-19America that ratio is now some-thing like 60 percent payees and 40percent payers. That is not sustain-able in a capitalistic society. Nor isa COVID-19-caused national debtuptick to $26 trillion, which meansthe annual under-1.2 percent inter-est paid on the U.S. Treasury’sbills, bonds and notes would nowbe somewhere around $2 trillion.The whole U.S. budget, at least in2019, was $4.3 trillion.

Imagine the U.S. budget as fourpillars of $1 trillion each: (1) Socialsecurity, Medicare/healthcare andthe disabled. (2) Active military,pensions and VA benefits. (3)Interest on the national debt. And(4) all other ongoing federal opera-tions and pensions, including rev-enue sharing and education.Because the Fed has kept theprime rate low, and thus interestrates on bank borrowing low, con-sumer and mortgage loans havebeen available. In the past 6months the Fed has just created $8trillion in debt instruments, whichit holds, and the federal govern-ment has paid out money that itdoes not have, with another $1.3trillion relief package to come.

The federal deficit, which is thedifference between incoming rev-enues and outgoing expenditures,was $2.8 trillion in fiscal 2019-20.With the U.S. GDP (GrossDomestic Product), the value ofgoods and services transacted,down 32 percent in the secondquarter (April-June), and unem-ployment at a historic but slowlydeclining level of 40 million, thethird quarter (July-Sept.) looksgrim, as does the fourth quarter. Arecession is two or more quarters ofnegative GDP growth. That means2021 will begin a Depression.

Socialism is defined as a politicalsystem in which ownership andoperation of the means of produc-tion and distribution has transi-tioned from private individuals tothe State, meaning government. InMarxist dialect, it is the systemicstage that replaces capitalism andprecedes communism. The demo-cratic system in America is basedon the premise of life, liberty andpursuit of happiness, includingproperty rights and gun rights. Anauthoritarian government is notenvisioned.

Yet for the emerging generationof “democratic socialists” anauthoritarian government is exact-ly what they envision. They andtheir progressive allies want can-cel-culture, systemic change, and aredistribution of wealth. Of no con-cern is how wealth is created.Ambition, individual initiative andself-enterprise by some havebecome “discriminatory” againstothers not so inclined. Meritocracyis being replaced by conformity, adumbing-down to mediocrity.

Democrats need a trifecta on Nov.3, which means a Biden win and anet Senate pickup of 4 seats.Polling has shown tight contestsfor Republican-held seats inColorado, Arizona, North Carolinaand Maine, with upsets possible inKentucky, Montana, Iowa andKansas. Biden is running wellahead of Trump in ME and CO.Republicans will flip a Democraticseat in Alabama. The likely out-come is a 51-49 Democratictakeover.

Biden has proclaimed that hewill be a “transitional” president,meaning a one-termer. But a wholelot of those on the left of the politi-cal spectrum are skeptical. Mightnot it be better to keep Trumparound for another term, and theninstall a real “democratic socialist”in 2024?

Trump was elected in 2016because a lot of non-progressive,non-minority voters wanted tothrow a wrench into elitistWashington, to figuratively “drainthe swamp.” COVID-19 hasdrained that attitude. The comingdecade will be grim years for capi-talism and capitalists. Wealth willimplode under the onerous weightof government and of governmentdebt. As Samuel L. Jackson said inthe film “Jurassic Park,” “Hold onto your butts.”

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focus more on getting empty store-fronts filled. Arena said at the timethat a second business organizationat Six Corners was not necessary,which led to the formation of thechamber.

At the Aug. 6 meeting, cityDepartment of Planning andDevelopment assistant commission-er Mark Roschen praised the work ofthe association and told the commis-sion that the while the departmentprefers to follow the directive of eachSSA commission, commissions donot have the final decision on thematter.

“(This association is) frankly one ofour better service providers outthere,” Roschen said.

The department has asked thecommission to conduct a “request forproposals” so that it can considerseveral possible service providers.“We want this to be a transparentprocess, open, not rushed,” he said.

The commission plans to meet at1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, to dis-cuss the parameters for an RFP thatit will issue on the matter. The cityapproves SSA service providers onan annual basis, but RFPs are notusually conducted.

“This is a new chapter that canbegin,” commission secretary Dr.Juanita Mora said. “I really hope wecan all work together.”

Several audience members criti-cized the commission’s decision torecommend the chamber prior to theRFP and said that the associationhas the experience needed to man-age the SSA. Supporters of the asso-ciation have supposedly sent lettersto the department of planning criti-cizing the chamber, citing that itwasn’t fit to be the service providerover the association.

“What’s the point of an RFP ifyou’re already decided what youwant,” resident Susan Strong-Dowd said. “It looks really, reallybad.”

Association board member Cath-erine Brennan said that she is dis-couraged by the apparent “politics”guiding the process but that shehopes the commission will “have anopen mind.”

Resident Ellen Hill said that “thefix is apparent,” adding that theassociation does “a fabulous job.”Hill ran against Gardiner for com-mitteeperson in the 45th Ward andlost.

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for criminal charges.“These were criminals.

People who broke in, whowere shooting at people,”Pritzker said. “We had 13,I believe 13 Chicago policeofficers who were injuredlast night. This was crim-inal activity, those crimi-nals need to be heldaccountable.”

Cook County State’sAttorney Kim Foxx,whose office is in charge ofprosecuting criminals inthe area that includesChicago, has been criti-cized for being too lenienton individuals arrestedfor allegedly looting andrioting during summerprotests against policebrutality related to thedeath of George Floyd.

A report released by theChicago Tribune showedthat in her first threeyears as a state’s attorney,Foxx’s office dropped allcharges against nearly 30percent of felony defen-dants, or more than25,000 total. The vastmajority of chargesdropped were for “nar-cotics offenses,” or drugcrimes, which was a policychoice as part of the crim-inal justice reform plat-form Foxx explicitly ranon in her race to be elect-ed top prosecutor in CookCounty.

When it came to violentcrime, Foxx’s officedropped charges at a sim-ilar rate to her predeces-sor.

During a press confer-ence with Chicago PoliceDepartment superintend-ent David Brown, Light-foot said there weren’tenough consequences forpeople who engaged in ille-gal and violent activityduring the George Floydprotests. Despite Foxx’soffice being responsible forprosecuting those crimes,Lightfoot, who endorsedFoxx in her election,became agitated whenasked by a reporter if thestate’s attorney was toblame.

“Don’t try to bait us,mischaracterize, pit oneagainst the other - we’renot playing that,”Lightfoot said.

At her own press confer-ence on Aug. 10, Foxxnoted that in 2017, 2018and 2019 - the three years

analyzed by the Tribune -violent crime, shootingsand homicide ratesdropped in Chicago.

“In the wake of 2016’sviolence, we saw commu-nities come together... Wecannot talk about ‘allhands on deck’ and seeksimple solutions to com-plex problems, we mustcontinue to work togeth-er,” Foxx said.

Foxx acknowledged heroffice enacted a policy notto prosecute peaceful pro-testers arrested in Mayand June, but said con-flating peaceful protesterswith rioters and looters,whom her office has pros-ecuted, was wrong anddisingenuous. Accordingto Foxx, the majority ofcharges filed in CookCounty during thoseprotests were misde-meanors and municipalviolations.

“Last night was not anextension of a peacefulprotest. Last night wasnot an extension of right-eous anger. Last nightwas a blatant display ofcriminal behavior,” Foxxsaid.

In 2020, murders haverisen nationally evenwhile crime and violentcrime have both fallencompared to previousyears. Based on these sta-tistics, Foxx said thatwhat happened down-town on a “randomSunday night, looting inthe middle of MichiganAvenue” was indicative ofa trend that has no simplesolution.

BIKERS ride in formation down Mil-waukee Avenue near Lawrence Avenueon Aug. 2 in support of police officersand firefighters.

Hundreds of bikers rode as part of the“Bikers Support Our First Responders”

ride past several police stations and fire-houses.

Organizers told riders to “leave all yourattitude at home” because this was apeaceful run.

(Photo by John Garrido)

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Veterans of ForeignWars Illinois commanderLaurie Emmer hasannounced the kick-off ofthis year’s “Voice ofDemocracy Scholarship”competition.

Local high school stu-dents have the opportuni-ty to compete for thou-sands of dollars in schol-arships and a trip toWashington, D.C.

Students are requiredwrite and record a 3-to-5-minute essay on theselected theme using anaudio CD or flash driveand present their record-ing, typed essay and com-

pleted entry form to theirlocal VFW Post by Oct.31. The theme is “Is Thisthe Country theFounders Envisioned?”

Students begin bycompeting at the localpost level, and thenpost winners competeat the district level withthe winner advancingto the state competi-tion.

All state first-place win-ners receive a 4-day tripto Washington, D.C., andthe chance to compete fortheir share of more than$150,000 in scholarships.The first-place winner

receives a $30,000 collegescholarship.

The National Associ-ation of Broadcastersstarted the program in1947 and the VFWbecame a national spon-sor in the late 1950s andassumed sole responsibil-ity for the program in1961. The competitionwas created to providestudents in ninththrough twelfth gradesthe opportunity toexpress themselves inregard to democraticideas and principles.

About 40,000 studentsparticipate in the compe-tition each year and VFWawards more than $2.1million in educationalscholarships every year.

Interested studentsand teachers should con-tact the Voice of Dem-ocracy chairman at theirlocal VFW Post or con-tact VFW State Head-quarters by phone at217-529-6688 or send ane-mail to [email protected] more information.

Student essay contest announced

The Chicago ParkDistrict will hold a drive-in movie screening of thefilm “Akeelah and theBee” as part of the dis-trict’s “Movies in theParks” series on Thurs-day, Aug. 20, at Riis Park,6100 W. Fullerton Ave.

The maximum amountof cars that will be

allowed in is 50.Online registration one

week prior to the screen-ing will be required .

The parking lot willclose for setup by 4 p.m.and reopen for guest entryat 7 p.m. prior to the startof the screenings at 8 p.m.

For more information,call call 312-742-1134.

Free drive-in slated

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHANCERY DIVISION

LOAN FUNDER LLC, SERIES4248

Plaintiff,vs.

EFFICIENT & COMFORTABLEHOMES, LLC, MICHAEL

KEITH JENKINS AND CITYOF CHICAGO

Defendants,19 CH 12596

NOTICE OF SALEPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN that pursuant to a Judg-ment of Foreclosure and Sale en-tered in the above entitled causeIntercounty Judicial Sales Cor-poration will on Wednesday, Sep-tember 16, 2020 at the hour of 11a.m. in their office at 120 WestMadison Street, Suite 718A,Chicago, Illinois, sell at publicauction to the highest bidder forcash, as set forth below, the fol-lowing described mortgaged real

estate:P.I.N. 14-07-106-012-0000.

Commonly known as 5365 N.BOWMANVILLE AVENUE,

CHICAGO, IL 60625.The mortgaged real estate is im-proved with a single family res-idence. If the subject mortgagedreal estate is a unit of a commoninterest community, the purchas-er of the unit other than a mort-gagee shall pay the assessmentsrequired by subsection (g-1) ofSection 18.5 of the Condominium

Property Act.Sale terms: 10% down by certi-fied funds, balance, by certifiedfunds, within 24 hours. No re-funds. The property will NOT be

open for inspection.For information call Mr. Ira T.Nevel at Plaintiff ’s Attorney,Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175North Franklin Street, Chicago,Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125.

19-04604INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL

SALES CORPORATIONintercountyjudicialsales.com

I3153824(8/26)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHANCERY DIVISION

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONALTRUST COMPANY, AS

TRUSTEE FOR AMERICANHOME MORTGAGE ASSETS

TRUST 2007-2, MORTGAGEBACKED PASS THROUGH

CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2;

Plaintiff,vs.

MARIA KACKI AKA MARIAKACKA-LATOCHA AKA MA-

RIAKACKA-HOLUBICKI AKA MA-RIA KACKA; ARTHUR KACKI

AKA ARTHUR MONROE;KRZYSZTOF KACKI; UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA; STATEOF ILLINOIS; U.S.

BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA-TION; UNKNOWN HEIRS ANDLEGATEES OF KRZYSZTOFKACKI; UNKNOWN OWNERSAND NON RECORD CLAIM-

ANTS;Defendants,14 CH 4706

NOTICE OF SALEPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN that pursuant to a Judg-ment of Foreclosure and Saleentered in the above entitledcause Intercounty Judicial SalesCorporation will on Monday, Sep-tember 14, 2020 at the hour of 11a.m. in their office at 120 WestMadison Street, Suite 718A,Chicago, Illinois, sell at publicauction to the highest bidder forcash, as set forth below, the fol-lowing described mortgaged real

estate:Commonly known as 4935 W. Wi-nona Street, Chicago, IL 60630.

P.I.N. 13-09-407-009-0000 and13-09-407-010-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is im-proved with a single family res-idence. If the subject mortgagedreal estate is a unit of a commoninterest community, the purchas-er of the unit other than a mort-gagee shall pay the assessmentsrequired by subsection (g-1) ofSection 18.5 of the Condominium

Property Act.Sale terms: 10% down by certi-fied funds, balance, by certifiedfunds, within 24 hours. No re-funds. The property will NOT be

open for inspectionFor information call Ms. NicoleFox at Plaintiff ’s Attorney, Potes-tivo & Associates, P.C., 251 Di-version Street, Rochester, Mich-igan 48307. (248) 853-4400 ext

1200. 114264INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL

SALES CORPORATIONintercountyjudicialsales.com

I3153802(8/26)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHANCERY DIVISION

FREEDOM MORTGAGE COR-PORATION

Plaintiff,-v.-

DEBORAH L. CZERLANIS,5916-20 N. ODELL CONDO-MINIUM ASSOCIATION, UN-KNOWN OWNERS AND NON-

RECORD CLAIMANTSDefendants

2019 CH 104275916 N ODELL AVE, 1B

CHICAGO, IL 60631NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN that pursuant to a Judg-ment of Foreclosure and Saleentered in the above cause onJanuary 10, 2020, an agent forThe Judicial Sales Corporation,will at 10:30 AM on September4, 2020, at The Judicial SalesCorporation, One South WackerDrive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sellat a public sale to the highestbidder, as set forth below, the fol-

lowing described real estate:Commonly known as 5916 NODELL AVE, 1B, CHICAGO, IL

60631Property Index No. 12-01-402-

042-1012The real estate is improved with

a residence.Sale terms: 25% down of thehighest bid by certified funds atthe close of the sale payable toThe Judicial Sales Corporation.No third party checks will beaccepted. The balance, includ-ing the Judicial Sale fee for theAbandoned Residential PropertyMunicipality Relief Fund, whichis calculated on residential real

estate at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchasernot to exceed $300, in certifiedfunds/or wire transfer, is duewithin twenty-four (24) hours. Nofee shall be paid by the mortgag-ee acquiring the residential realestate pursuant to its credit bidat the sale or by any mortgagee,judgment creditor, or other lien-or acquiring the residential realestate whose rights in and to theresidential real estate arose pri-or to the sale. The subject prop-erty is subject to general real es-tate taxes, special assessments,or special taxes levied againstsaid real estate and is offered forsale without any representationas to quality or quantity of titleand without recourse to Plaintiffand in “AS IS” condition. The saleis further subject to confirmation

by the court.Upon payment in full of theamount bid, the purchaser willreceive a Certificate of Sale thatwill entitle the purchaser to adeed to the real estate after con-

firmation of the sale.The property will NOT be openfor inspection and plaintiffmakes no representation as tothe condition of the property.Prospective bidders are admon-ished to check the court file to

verify all information.If this property is a condomini-um unit, the purchaser of theunit at the foreclosure sale, otherthan a mortgagee, shall pay theassessments and the legal feesrequired by The CondominiumProperty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is acondominium unit which is partof a common interest communi-ty, the purchaser of the unit atthe foreclosure sale other than amortgagee shall pay the assess-ments required by The Condo-minium Property Act, 765 ILCS

605/18.5(g-1).IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAG-OR (HOMEOWNER), YOUHAVE THE RIGHT TO RE-MAIN IN POSSESSION FOR30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OFAN ORDER OF POSSESSION,IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEC-TION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLI-NOIS MORTGAGE FORECLO-

SURE LAW.You will need a photo identifi-cation issued by a governmentagency (driver’s license, pass-port, etc.) in order to gain entryinto our building and the foreclo-sure sale room in Cook Countyand the same identification forsales held at other county venueswhere The Judicial Sales Corpo-ration conducts foreclosure sales.For information, examine thecourt file, CODILIS & ASSOCI-ATES, P.C. Plaintiff ’s Attorneys,15W030 NORTH FRONTAGEROAD, SUITE 100, BURRRIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-

9876THE JUDICIAL SALES COR-

PORATIONOne South Wacker Drive, 24thFloor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650

(312) 236-SALEYou can also visit The JudicialSales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of

pending sales.CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGEROAD, SUITE 100

BURR RIDGE IL, 60527630-794-5300

E-Mail: [email protected] File No. 14-19-07865Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762Case Number: 2019 CH 10427

TJSC#: 40-1752NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act, you areadvised that Plaintiff ’s attorneyis deemed to be a debt collectorattempting to collect a debt andany information obtained will be

used for that purpose.Case # 2019 CH 10427

I3153553(8/19)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHANCERY DIVISION

NEW PENN FINANCIAL LLCD/B/A SHELLPOINT MORT-

GAGE SERVICINGPlaintiff,

-v.-ROSA E. GREGORY AKA ROSAGREGORY, CITY OF CHICAGO

Defendants10 CH 50667

2842 N CAMPBELL AVECHICAGO, IL 60618NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN that pursuant to a Judg-ment of Foreclosure and Saleentered in the above cause onNovember 21, 2019, an agent forThe Judicial Sales Corporation,will at 10:30 AM on September14, 2020, at The Judicial SalesCorporation, One South WackerDrive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sellat a public sale to the highestbidder, as set forth below, the fol-

lowing described real estate:Commonly known as 2842 NCAMPBELL AVE, CHICAGO,

IL 60618Property Index No. 13-25-228-

024-0000The real estate is improved with

a multi-family residence.Sale terms: 25% down of thehighest bid by certified funds atthe close of the sale payable toThe Judicial Sales Corporation.No third party checks will beaccepted. The balance, includ-ing the Judicial Sale fee for theAbandoned Residential PropertyMunicipality Relief Fund, whichis calculated on residential realestate at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchasernot to exceed $300, in certifiedfunds/or wire transfer, is duewithin twenty-four (24) hours. Nofee shall be paid by the mortgag-ee acquiring the residential realestate pursuant to its credit bidat the sale or by any mortgagee,judgment creditor, or other lien-or acquiring the residential realestate whose rights in and to theresidential real estate arose pri-or to the sale. The subject prop-erty is subject to general real es-tate taxes, special assessments,or special taxes levied againstsaid real estate and is offered forsale without any representationas to quality or quantity of titleand without recourse to Plaintiffand in “AS IS” condition. The saleis further subject to confirmation

by the court.Upon payment in full of theamount bid, the purchaser will

receive a Certificate of Sale thatwill entitle the purchaser to adeed to the real estate after con-

firmation of the sale.The property will NOT be openfor inspection and plaintiffmakes no representation as tothe condition of the property.Prospective bidders are admon-ished to check the court file to

verify all information.If this property is a condomini-um unit, the purchaser of theunit at the foreclosure sale, otherthan a mortgagee, shall pay theassessments and the legal feesrequired by The CondominiumProperty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is acondominium unit which is partof a common interest communi-ty, the purchaser of the unit atthe foreclosure sale other than amortgagee shall pay the assess-ments required by The Condo-minium Property Act, 765 ILCS

605/18.5(g-1).IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAG-OR (HOMEOWNER), YOUHAVE THE RIGHT TO RE-MAIN IN POSSESSION FOR30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OFAN ORDER OF POSSESSION,IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEC-TION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLI-NOIS MORTGAGE FORECLO-

SURE LAW.You will need a photo identifi-cation issued by a governmentagency (driver’s license, pass-port, etc.) in order to gain entryinto our building and the foreclo-sure sale room in Cook Countyand the same identification forsales held at other county venueswhere The Judicial Sales Corpo-ration conducts foreclosure sales.MCCALLA RAYMER LEIB-ERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff ’sAttorneys, One North DearbornStreet, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL,

60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.THE JUDICIAL SALES COR-

PORATIONOne South Wacker Drive, 24thFloor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650

(312) 236-SALEYou can also visit The JudicialSales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of

pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERTPIERCE, LLC

One North Dearborn Street,Suite 1200

Chicago IL, 60602312-346-9088

E-Mail: [email protected] File No. 262480

Attorney ARDC No. 61256Attorney Code. 61256

Case Number: 10 CH 50667TJSC#: 39-7578

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act, you areadvised that Plaintiff ’s attorneyis deemed to be a debt collectorattempting to collect a debt andany information obtained will be

used for that purpose.Case # 10 CH 50667

I3151960(8/19)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHANCERY DIVISION

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSO-CIATION, AS SUCCESSOR

TRUSTEE TO LASALLE BANKNATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE FOR BEARSTEARNS ASSET BACKED

SECURITIES I TRUST, AS-SET-BACKED

CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-HE4

Plaintiff,) 17 CH 16804vs.

LINDA D. JURCZAK, AKA LIN-DA JURCZAK; TARGET

NATIONAL BANK F/K/A RE-TAILERS NATIONAL BANK;

UNKNOWN OWNERS ANDNON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants,17 CH 16804

NOTICE OF SALEPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN that pursuant to a Judg-ment of Foreclosure and Sale en-tered in the above entitled causeIntercounty Judicial Sales Cor-poration will on Monday, August31, 2020 at the hour of 11 a.m.in their office at 120 West Mad-ison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago,Illinois, sell at public auction tothe highest bidder for cash, asset forth below, the following de-

scribed mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 13-19-111-040-0000.Commonly known as 3806NORTH NORDICA AVENUE,

CHICAGO, IL 60634.The mortgaged real estate is im-proved with a single family res-idence. If the subject mortgagedreal estate is a unit of a commoninterest community, the purchas-er of the unit other than a mort-gagee shall pay the assessmentsrequired by subsection (g-1) ofSection 18.5 of the Condominium

Property Act.Sale terms: 10% down by certi-fied funds, balance, by certifiedfunds, within 24 hours. No re-funds. The property will NOT be

open for inspection.For information call Sales De-partment at Plaintiff ’s Attorney,Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC,One East Wacker Drive, Chicago,Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

17-041405 F2INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL

SALES CORPORATIONintercountyjudicialsales.com

I3153007(8/12)

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