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Close contestShabbona edges
Saratoga in semifinal / 14
Burglars soughtMorris police release
descriptions in cases / 2
LOCAL NEWS
In theworksMazon prepares for
new TIF district / 4
LOCAL NEWS
CLOSE TO THECOMMUNITYNew Morris Christian Youth Center directorlooks to get the area involved / 3
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MIKE W. KIGER
Mike W. Kiger, age 57, of Kins-man, IL, passed away February 1,2015, unexpectedly.Served the community for years
with plumbing and heating, whichhe was a master at. He enjoyedmusic and playing the guitar.
Survived by one sister, ConnieRodeghero, Kinsman, IL; and twobrothers, David Kiger (Kathy),Rochester MN, Mark A. Kiger, Sr.,Morris IL; many nephews andnieces.He was loved, he will always be
in our hearts and prayers, and willbe sadly missed.
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MORRIS – Morris policehave linked four suspects tosome of the burglaries thathave occurred recently in theMorris area.
Police have investigatednumerous residential burglar-ies, the most recent occurringduring the weekend in the 100block of Carriage Drive, in the100 block of Candlelight Laneand in the 500 block of Brent-wood Drive.
Morris Police Chief BrentDite said Tuesday the depart-ment has four people of interestbeing sought in the case.
The first suspect is de-scribed as a male, black, short-er, thin build, short/tight curlyhair, 18 to 20 years old, possi-bly seen wearing a black jacketwith reflective striping on thesleeves. The jacket may be Polobrand. A photo of this personwas obtained from video sur-veillance from a local business,Dite said.
The second suspect is de-scribed as male, black, 6 feettall, thin build, light skin, pos-sibly seen wearing a dark-col-ored hoodie and stocking capwith a ball on top.
The third suspect is de-scribed as male, black, 5 feet 7inches, possibly seen wearing aCubs sweatshirt.
The fourth suspect is male,black, 6 feet 2 inches to 6 feet 3,thin build, possibly seen wear-
ing a black hoodie.“We put this information
out to make the public a lit-tle more knowledgeable ofwhat the investigation has re-vealed,” Dite said. “As with allinvestigations, this investiga-tion going on is fluid.”
He said as the investigationcontinues, information chang-es and what is being providedis what is known as of now.
Additionally, a possible ve-hicle involved in the burglar-ies was identified. It is a 2002or 2003 maroon Pontiac GrandPrix with a rear spoiler, ac-cording to a news release fromMorris police.
Generally speaking, the bur-glaries have occurred in late af-ternoon and into the evening.The residences were unoccu-pied and entry was made into
the residences by force, manytimes through a rear or side en-trance door.
Morris police are offeringtips to help people protect theirhomes.
“These are tips peopleshould be doing 365 days of theyear. But when there are a rashof burglaries there are otherthings you can do, for exampleputting your valuables in a safedeposit box,” Dite said.
• Make sure all house andgarage doors and windows arelocked and secure.
• Turn on all outdoor light-ing or have exterior motion de-tector lighting operational.
• Don’t just hide your valu-ables, secure them. Use a banksafe deposit box, large heavysafe (that can’t be carried out)or one that is secured to a wall
or the floor. Jars of change,cash stashed in drawers, andjewelry have been the mainitems taken.
• Make it look as if someoneis home. Leave lights on, theTV on, a car in the driveway,etc. Burglaries have occurredwhen homeowners are gone.Some were on vacation, andsome only had gone to dinner.
• Be vigilant. You know yourneighborhoods better than any-one else. If a car or person looksout of place, call 911 immedi-ately. You are not botheringthe police. No tip is too small.A majority of burglaries aresolved by tips from the public.
• If your dogs bark at some-thing outside, look to see whatthey are barking at.
• With freshly fallen snow,walk around your house andmake tracks to your mailbox. Ifyour neighbors are gone, helpthem out. Make it look as ifsomeone is home.
If you live in Morris andhave home surveillance camer-as that record outdoor activity,and would be open to detec-tives reviewing video relatedto these types of incidents, callDetective Alicia Steffes at 815-941-6283. Even if you do not livein the areas of the burglaries,Morris police would like tokeep it on file for future refer-ence.
Anyone with informationon these burglaries should callSteffes.
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A photo of one suspect Morris police say is connected with recent bur-glaries in the area.
New Morris Christian Youth Center Director Caleb Mercado (center)plays video games with Annie Steffens (left), 20, and 15-year-old SeanChlebek (right) on Tuesday evening at the center.
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NewMorris CYC director plans on involving communityBy JEANNE MILLSAP
Shaw Media Correspondent
MORRIS – Caleb and Rebec-ca Mercado still are getting toknow the Morris community.
Rebecca spent a day lastweek shopping at some of thedowntown stores and havingcoffee with a new friend. Calebhas explored the various foodopportunities.
But both agree the MorrisChristian Youth Center is oneof the community’s highlights,as are its teens, volunteers andboard members.
Caleb was hired as thenew CYC director in August,replacing Pete Vienne, wholeft for a church ministry lastyear. Caleb said his wife of sixyears, Rebecca, has taken onimportant roles with him atCYC.
“Pete and Nick [Marcoux]did such a great job with thekids,” Caleb said, “and I thinkwe can bring positive things tothe CYC, as well.”
“He’s really awesome,” saidCYC volunteer Nate Sgro, 20.“He’s definitely able to reachout to the kids and get on theirlevel. ... I think teens look forsomeone they can relate to. Iknow the leaders had an im-pact on my life. I didn’t knowit then, but I was craving therelationships. I felt like I be-longed here. Relationshipsare being formed here everyweek.”
Whitney Connor, who hasbeen coming to the center forthe past four years since sixthgrade, said Caleb has a knackfor connecting to the kids.
“He makes it serious but ina fun way to catch everyone’sattention,” Connor said.
“I think it’s a really greatthing for the kids aroundhere,” Rebecca said, “and it’scool to see the local churchesbanding together. We have alot of fun here. We’re very ac-cepting, and we want people towant to be here and build pos-itive relationships with otherpeople and with God.”
The couple also serves asyouth pastors at Life Churchin St. Charles, and Rebecca isa college English professor.
Before this, Caleb was youth
pastor at Arlington Reformed
Church in New York for four
years.
“They felt this place was
fantastic,” Caleb said of his
church friends who told him
about CYC. “We lived in New
York at the time. We came
here and met Betsy [Burnett, a
volunteer] and talked to people
and thought this place would
be good for us and that we
could bring a lot here.”
Caleb said he also has fam-
ily in the area, including a
14-year-old brother and an
18-year-old sister who he’s
glad to be near. He grew up in
Chicago.
He always enjoyed being in-
volved in his church growing
up, he said, but it was serving
as a counselor at a summer
camp for high-risk inner city
kids 10 years ago when Caleb
realized he was being called to
minister.
“Before that,” he said, “I
didn’t want to be up front.
But God had a different plan.
I started hearing from people
that I was really good at this,
and that for the first time, I ex-
celled at something. To be able
to serve God and at the same
time make it my work was
perfect. ... That whole sum-
mer, I didn’t want it to end.
It opened me up to this whole
new world.”
That also was when he felt
a calling for working with
youth. Many of the teens he
worked with had been through
tough times. They didn’t know
how or whom to trust, he said.
“I was able to build rela-
tionships with them and learn
how they thought and how
they felt,” he said.
He hopes to bring the same
openness to CYC.
“Working with kids,” he
said, “you just laugh so much.
It’s good to be around them
when the barriers are down.
Kids can be brutally honest,
too. That helps you look at
yourself and examine your-
self.”
Mercado said the CYC still
meets Tuesday and Thursday
evenings for junior high and
high school students, with
light suppers or snacks at 6:30
p.m. and programs from 7 to
8:30 p.m. There is teaching,
games, prayer time and a time
to ask questions.
Macie Mossberger, 16, has
found the center to be a fun
place to hang out since she
started attending about six
months ago.
“He puts on cool parties
and teaches about God in a fun
way,” she said.
Last Tuesday, Mercado
told the teens the Bible story
of Joshua crossing the Jordan
River with the Ark of the Cov-
enant and creating memorials
of that event with stones. Ear-
lier in the Bible, he said, Jacob
declared holy ground on the
spot where God spoke to him
of the blessings he would give
him.
“It was about the impor-
tance of where God meets you
and what he has done for you,”
Mercado said.
Times can be tough, he ex-
plained, but if you remember
the gifts God has given you,
those memories can carry you
through them.
Mercado said he hopes to
involve the community with
the CYC more.
“This is a community cen-
ter and not a youth group,”
he said. “We want to see more
kids come from other church-
es, and have more connections
with the local churches and
the community. We also want
to link with more businesses.”
Jeanne Millsap for Shaw Media
New Morris Christian Youth Center Director Caleb Mercado and his
wife, Rebecca, at the center.
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For information on the MorrisCYC, visit cycmorris.com.
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Mazon is preparingfor new TIF district
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MAZON – Mazon village of-ficials drew inspiration fromMorris for a new tax incrementfinancing district coveringabout half the village.
“The reason we got into theTIF district was, we found suc-cess in Morris with their TIF,”Village Trustee Jim Mattesonsaid Tuesday. “We’ve seen whatthey’ve done, and we feel wecould do a lot for the village ofMazon with the TIF plan.”
Trustees Monday approvedthree ordinances that pave theway for a TIF district in the
village: one established the TIFboundary, the second approvedthe TIF plan, and a third imple-ments the TIF plan.
In a TIF district, assessedproperty values are frozen atcurrent levels. The differencebetween the frozen value andthe real value as it increas-es over time is stored in a TIFfund, which is used for improve-ments within the district.
The hope is those improve-ments entice development,which would increase the as-sessed values enough that thetaxing bodies for that district
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The plan in Mazon is aimedto help attract commercial,industrial and residential in-terest in open areas of develop-ment, especially in the indus-trial park at the northern endof the village.
But the TIF also will go to-ward public works projects,including constructing a newwaste water treatment plant,as well as improvement andmaintenance of several road-ways.
“Mazon is smaller, and in-frastructure is our biggestneed right now,” Mattesonsaid, adding that waste waterfacilities are near maximumcapacity. “Our populationwent above 1,000 in the lastcensus, and that puts us in adifferent situation.”
Street lighting, landscap-ing, curbs, alleys, parks, publicgreen space, recreational ame-nities, sidewalks, bike pathsand other pedestrian walk-ways are included in the plan.
The TIF district stretch-es between the southwesternand northeastern corners ofthe village. Residential neigh-borhoods in the southwest andcentral parts of the village, aswell as some parks, are exclud-ed from the TIF district.
Matteson said officials hopethe downtown area will attracta restaurant and a dollar storeor another comparable busi-
ness.Village Attorney Scott Belt
helped the village through theprocess, which he said includ-ed several public meetings, ajoint review board and the cre-ation of an intergovernmentalagreement with the Mazon FireDistrict, Mazon-Verona-Kins-man Elementary School Dis-trict 2C and Seneca TownshipHigh School District 160.
The process took about sixmonths, Belt said, and the TIFdistrict is expected to be fi-nalized at the Feb. 17 VillageBoard meeting.
Belt assisted in the creationof several other TIF districts,including Morris and Gardner.
“It’s a great economic devel-opment tool,” Belt said. “Thereare nice collateral benefits thatgo along with a TIF district.”
While Seneca TownshipHigh School SuperintendentJames Carlson signed off onthe agreement, he said it wasimportant for the TIF to havethe right purpose to be a goodinvestment.
“To say every TIF district isa good idea is not true at all,”said Carlson, who has beeninvolved in TIF discussions atother school districts. “If theywork hard enough, they candevelop this community, andthat will help everyone.”
Carlson said the deal inplace respects all of the taxingbodies’ interests, which is whyhe signed it on behalf of thehigh school district.
“We have plenty of spaceto expand and build a nice vil-lage,” Matteson said.
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The voter registration deadline for the February 24, 2015 ConsolidatedPrimary Election is Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at which time voterregistration will close. Pursuant to Article 4 of the Illinois Election Code,Grace Period voter registration is available from January 28, 2015through February 21, 2015. During this time, individuals who live in theCity of Morris, County of Grundy, may register to vote, change theirvoting address and/or change of name during the following hours listedbelow at the office of the County Clerk, located at the Courthouse in Morris.Persons registering during grace period must vote at the Courthouse atthe time of registration, change of address and/or change of name.
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Channahon trustees tovote on agreement forThornton’s gas station
By JEANNE MILLSAPShawMedia Correspondent
CHANNAHON – Trustees
are expected to vote Friday on
an agreement between Chan-
nahon and a developer to build
a Thornton’s gas station.
Trustees discussed a draft
agreement with Bluestone
Retail Partners LLC concern-
ing the development on at its
regular village board meeting
Monday.
A little more than a year
ago, trustees approved annex-
ing property at the northwest
corner of the Route 6 and In-
terstate 55 interchange. The
village rezoned it from residen-
tial to commercial and grant-
ed a special use permit for the
planned unit development of
a 6,500-square-foot Thornton’s
gas station, convenience store,
outlot businesses and a hotel.
The agreement outlines in-
centives the village is offering
Bluestone. If approved, the de-
veloper will receive tax rebates
worth $2.1 million if the front-
age road relocation is com-
pleted at the same time as the
Illinois Department of Trans-
portation begins its own inter-
change improvements and if
the fuel center is opened in a
timely manner.
An additional $1 million
will go to the developer if it de-
velops the outlots and a hotel
within five years of the fuel sta-
tion opening. The tax rebates
would come in the form of tax
increment finance district pro-
ceeds, sales taxes, fuel taxes
and hotel taxes.
“This is an incentive to de-
velop those [outlots] quickly,”
Village Administrator Thomas
Durkin said.
Channahon honoredas family-friendly
Trustees Monday also
learned consumer advocate
site NerdWallet has named
Channahon its “18th Best City
for Young Families in Illinois.”
Community Development
Director Mike Petrick told
trustees that the site used U.S.
Census data information on
home affordability, growth and
prosperity, education quality
and family-friendliness in set-
ting its rankings.
“It’s great when statisti-
cal figures display what we
already think about our com-
munity,” Petrick said after
the meeting. “When you add
this with some other factors,
like Channahon’s number 16
Safewise ranking for safest cit-
ies in Illinois, it really starts
to show what a perfect place
Channahon is for raising a
family.”
Descriptions of towns plac-
ing lower than 10th were not
given, but the village’s neigh-
bor to the north, Minooka, took
fourth place and received a
small write-up.
According to the site’s Web
page, Lake Zurich scored as the
best city for young families, fol-
lowed by Chatham, Cary, Mi-
nooka and Lindenhurst.
Other businessTrustees Monday also ap-
proved implementing program-
ming changes to its utilities
data acquisition software by
Wunderlich-Malec of Minneso-
ta for $10,410. Trustees also ap-
proved a new capital asset poli-
cies and procedure manual and
increasing the village’s capital
asset threshold to $20,000 for all
categories.
The Channahon Village
Board and Planning and Zon-
ing Commission will hold a
joint meeting, open to the pub-
lic, at 6 p.m. Monday.
Village receives18th Best City forYoung Familiesdesignation
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Licenses granted for medical marijuana toWill County companiesBy LAUREN LEONE–[email protected]
SPRINGFIELD – Four com-panies were awarded licensesto grow and sell medical mar-ijuana in Will County, alsoservicing Grundy County, ac-cording to an announcementMonday from Gov. BruceRauner’s administration.
In all, Rauner awarded 52 li-censes to grow and sell medicalmarijuana in Illinois, includ-ing Cresco Labs LLC, a com-pany that has targeted a Jolietsite to operate a marijuanagrowing center.
“That’s great news,” JolietMayor Tom Giarrante said.
Cresco Labs LLC will be thedesignated growing center forIllinois State Police District 5,which includes Will, Grundyand Kendall counties.
Fourteen companies had ap-plied. Two companies appliedto open cultivation centers in
Grundy County towns – Medi-cann LLC in Minooka, and Billand David Mennie, who appliedto open a center in Gardner.
David Mennie said Tuesdayhe was looking further into thegovernor’s awarded licensesand if it is final regarding theirapplication.
3C Compassionate CareCenter – a Naperville-basedcompany – was awarded a li-cense for its selling operationin Rock Run Business Park inJoliet.
Robert Livas, who retiredas a Will County judge in Oc-tober, is one of 3C’s directors.His daughter Traci Fernandez,who has transverse myelitis,which has left her paralyzedfrom the chest down, will op-erate the company alongsideLivas, Hugo Fernandez andKathy Tucker.
Because cultivation opera-tions and dispensaries will re-ceive final approval at the same
time, Livas said it will takesome time before dispensarieshave product on hand to sell.
M i d w e s t C o m p a s s i o nCenter in Shorewood andGreenhouse Group LLC inManteno also were select-ed to operate dispensaries.Greenhouse Group LLC alsowas awarded a license for adispensary that will be sharedbetween Grundy and Kendallcounties.
Rauner’s announcementcomes soon after former Gov.Pat Quinn left office last monthwithout issuing licenses, say-ing the agencies in charge hadcompleted much of the workand that Rauner’s new admin-istration should finish out theprocess. Rauner questionedthe selection process, and oncecalled the process “rigged,” andsubject to cronyism.
Rauner’s legal team re-viewed Quinn’s selectionprocess, concluding some ap-
plicants were disqualifiedwithout clear procedures andtherefore will require furtherreview.
“Any applicant that was rec-ommended for disqualificationwill be fully informed of the ba-sis for that decision, given anopportunity to respond,” Jason
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• News Editor ChristinaChapman-Van Yperen andShaw Media reporter BrianStanley contributed to thisreport.
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Souper Bowl Trivia Night breaks recordBy JEANNE MILLSAP
Shaw Media Correspondent
MORRIS – Peace Lutheran
Church in Morris broke a re-
cord Saturday night, raising
an unprecedented $1,044 at its
annual Trivia Night – Souper
Bowl of Caring Event fund-
raiser for We Care of Grundy
County.
It was a record turnout de-
spite the looming threat of the
season’s biggest snowstorm
and a rash of nearby burglar-
ies that had police patrolling
the church’s parking lot, re-
sulting in the church locking
its doors with a sign posted to
call a phone number to get in-
side.
In addition to raising mon-
ey for We Care, those who at-
tended had another reason for
making sure they were there.
“It’s because of Todd En-
ger,” Minister Lu Bettisch
said. “It’s because this event
was so important to him. Peo-
ple wanted to make it the best
they could.”
“It’s all about Todd,” Nor-
ma Limbach, a member of
Team Cubbie, also said.
Enger began the trivia
fundraiser for the church sev-
eral years ago, and members
said it was an important cause
to him, as were the kids in the
youth ministry he was the di-
rector for.
Enger is fighting to get his
life back after suffering a seri-
ous stroke recently.
“Of course, we’re always
thrilled to death to do any-
thing at all for We Care,” saidShirley Kiss, We Care founderand church member, “but thisis also for Todd. Everyone inthe town cares about him. He’sgood with the young kids andthe young couples.”
With the full house, the ta-bles of teams were in high spir-its of hope and competition.
Team All American mem-bers had their heads togethertrying to unscramble an Amer-ican city name from the word“counts” for extra points. Theycame through, with Tucson, atthe last minute.
Dane Sula, 9, said he wasdoing best on sports questions.Seth Johnson, 17, said he wasdoing well on the geography
questions, a subject he enjoys
in school.
The team did well during
the geography and history
round, scoring with such
questions as, “Which country
is closest to the United States
without bordering it?” (Cuba),
“Which state is known as the
sunflower state?” (Kansas),
and “What is the souther-
ly-most state?” (Hawaii).
The teams decorated their
tables in the spirit of the
names they chose. Team Can-
dyland Kids, the grade school
table, won the decorating con-
test.
Church member and emcee
Jeanne Millsap for Shaw Media
Team Cubbies answer questions for the company slogans and taglinescategory Saturday during the Souper Bowl of Caring trivia event atPeace Lutheran Church in Morris.
See SOUPER BOWL, page 10
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HOROSCOPE
Stan Knudson said each yearthe class of confirmation stu-dents organizes trivia night.This year, it was McKenziePilch, 12; Grace Larson, 13;Josh Rossi, 13; Magge Dudley,14; and Bella Muscato,12.
Pilch said this is the firstyear she has worked the fund-raiser, but she has attendedthe past five years.
Just before the triviagame, the students sampled10 soups made by membersand the community, and vot-ed the pizza soup made myAmy Enger, Todd’s wife, asthe best.
Team Trivia Crackers,composed of We Care staffand their families, took firstplace in the trivia competi-tion.
“We just watch a lot ofJeopardy,” Team Trivia
Crackers Wendy Easson said.“And we play a lot of Triv-
ia Crack,” her husband Billsaid.
We Care is a nonprofitagency that provides emer-gency assistance to GrundyCounty residents in the formof food, rent, utility and pre-scription assistance.
“Raising the money isgreat,” We Care executivedirector Denise Gaska said,“but having the communityspirit behind us is even bet-ter.”
• SOUPER BOWLContinued from page 9
Jeanne Millsap for Shaw Media
Peace Lutheran’s confirmation class organized the Souper Bowl event. Pictured are McKenzie Pilch (fromleft), Grace Larson, Josh Rossi, Magge Dudley and Bella Muscato in front.
“Raising they money is
great, but having the
community behind us
is even better”
Denise GaskaWe Care executive director
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By JAMES P. DEWANChicago Tribune
Well, Prep Schootroids, it’s
another year, isn’t it? And what
better way to kick it off than
with a brief homage to our old
friend Mr. Bacon.
Bacon was invented long
before the age of electricity as
a means of preventing meat
from spoiling. Now, however,
in this modern age of canning,
refrigeration and cryogenics,
we don’t need to make bacon
anymore.
And yet we do.
Why?
Because we love it.
THE STEPS YOU TAKEWhat is it about bacon that
so inflames our passions? Of
course there’s that terrific
smoky, porky flavor. Perhaps
more importantly, though, it
satisfies two of our most basic
taste cravings: salt and umami.
We’ve recently covered these
two tastes in Prep School, so I
won’t bore you with the details.
Suffice it to say that these two
tastes are related to chemical
compounds our bodies crave.
Bacon fills that salt craving be-
cause it’s made by curing pork
belly in salt. Lots and lots of salt.
Because one of the functions of
salt is to draw out moisture, and
because water has no taste, the
umami gets increased as well.
Unfortunately the sad truth
is that most of us don’t get the
most out of our bacon. We just
cook it and eat it, never realiz-
ing that every package of bacon
gives us not one, but three use-
ful and delicious products. Let
me explain.Obviously, there’s the bacon
itself. Cook it in strips to yourdesired doneness and have itwith eggs or on a BLT sandwich.(Add a couple of slices of avoca-do for a “BLAT.” Or, strips oforange rind for a BLORT? OK, Imade that one up.)
Alternately, slice it rawcrosswise into inch-long, quar-ter-inch-wide strips called “lar-dons.” Crisp them in a pan andthey’re perfect sprinkled overnearly anything: salads, soups,baked potatoes, vanilla icecream, chocolate pudding.
Bacon, is there anything you
can’t improve?
Here’s the thing, though: If
all you’re doing is eating the
cooked bacon, you’re consum-
ing less than half of its original,
raw weight. The rest is being
wasted.
And we can’t have that.
So, what is that unused por-
tion? First there’s the melted
(aka “rendered”) fat. After your
bacon is cooked, pour the fat
through a fine mesh strainer
into a lidded glass jar and keep
it in the refrigerator. It has all
the same porky, smoky flavor
as the bacon itself. Use it to
saute vegetables or sear meats
for an added element of smoky
umami.
Then there are all those lit-
tle brown, crispy bits that stick
to the bottom of the pan as the
bacon cooks, like dehydrated
clumps of smoky bacon juice.
They can add a pile of flavor
to soups, sauces, braises and
stews.
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12OPINIONANOTHER VIEW
Government watches
where you driveIn the post-9/11 world, our govern-
ment spies on us. A once-unfathomable
concept has now become almost expect-
ed for the average American. Many
rationalize this imbalance favoring
security over privacy with the assump-
tion that if they have nothing to hide,
they have nothing to worry about.
However, it continues to surprise
just how often, and when, the govern-
ment chooses to intrude on everyday
life. News of the Drug Enforcement
Administration’s mass surveillance
program is only the most recent re-
minder of the extent to which everyone
is being watched.
A license-plate tracking system
originally conceived to keep tabs on
gun runners and drug traffickers along
the southern border has morphed into
a nationwide compendium of America’s
highways and byways, and those who
use them.
From its justifiable origins, the
program has expanded into a national
dragnet capable of seemingly tracking
anyone who passes within view of the
DEA’s 53 cameras or the countless
others deployed in collaboration with
local police agencies. Data from law
enforcement agencies feed license-plate
data into the central system based in
El Paso, the American Civil Liberties
Union has discovered.
While it is true that law-abiding cit-
izens are largely free of suspicion, they
are not above it, as recently evidenced
by a DEA proposal – since dropped – to
scan the license plates, for tracking
purposes, of anyone attending gun
shows. Such conduct seems to assume
criminality from an otherwise legal
behavior.
With cameras arrayed along free-
ways for all intents and purposes to
monitor traffic mitigation and for
safety, with such an alarming expan-
sion in the scope of this largely secret
DEA program, even the most seemingly
innocuous programs can be viewed
with suspicion in our creeping surveil-
lance state. Americans must ask more
of their government about the scope
and nature of its security apparatus. If
the government has nothing to hide, it
has nothing to worry about.
– The Orange County Register
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.THE FIRSTAMENDMENT
The words ‘right to work’ shouldn’t scare IllinoisSPRINGFIELD – Well the apoca-
lypse is upon us. At least that’s whatyou’d think if you listen to some poli-ticians and union bosses. For the firsttime in decades, an Illinois governorhas dared to utter the words “Right toWork.”
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s pronounce-ment last week that he would like toallow “Worker Empowerment Zones”where employees working for union-ized organizations would have theoption of not paying money to a union.
A similar experiment is takingplace in Kentucky. The idea scaresthe crap out of union bosses who arereliant on receiving some money fromfolks who don’t want to have anythingto do with a union.
But it ought to be welcome newsto most Illinoisans. According to datafrom the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statis-tics, job growth in right-to-work statesis far outpacing other states.
From 2002 to 2012, the economies ofright-to-work states grew by a total of62 percent, compared to 46.5 percentin non-right-to-work states. Illinois’economy during that period grew only36.9 percent.
Illinois’ neighbors, includingMichigan and Indiana, have opted tobecome right-to-work states in recentyears. Iowa has been a right-to-workstate for many decades. Missouri hasbeen toying with adopting such alaw, and Wisconsin adopted a partial
right-to-work measure affecting somegovernment workers.
In fact, 24 states have right-to-worklaws. Supporters of such measuressay it makes states more attractive tobusinesses and that workers shouldn’tbe forced to give money to an organi-zation they may not agree with just sothey can hold a job.
Opponents, on the other hand, sayit’s not right that workers not payingdues reap the benefits of what theunion has negotiated.
Those seem like fair, rationalearguments on both sides. Unfortunate-ly, some in the labor movement haveinjected a level of hyperbole into thediscourse that benefits no one. Justconsider the comments of state Sen.Gary Forby, D-Benton:
“They need to tell the truth aboutright to work. They need to thinkabout giving their benefits, giving uptheir health care and their 40 hours.And if a boss comes up and you’rewearing the wrong color T-shirt andhe wants to fire you, you’re just fired.”
Huh?Sorry, Gary, I’ve worked in three
right-to-work states and never worriedonce what color shirt I wore into the
office. And, hey, I also had excellenthealth care benefits when I worked inIowa, Nevada and Texas.
And lets not forget 84 percent ofIllinois workers don’t belong to aunion. Is life really that bleak for thosepeople?
Folks seem just as happy on oneside of that Mississippi River commu-nity as the other. Iowa workers don’tquiver when the boss walks by or findthemselves kowtowing to manage-ment.
There is evidence showing thatright to work stimulates economicgrowth.
In 1997, University of Minnesotaand Federal Reserve economist Thom-as J. Holmes looked at areas whereright-to-work states bordered non-right-to-work states. Holmes foundmanufacturing employment was one-third higher on the right-to-work sideof the border.
They are Midwesterners just likeus, working hard and providing fortheir families.
The difference? No one is forcinganyone to give money to a union.Those who give want to do so.
What could be fairer?
• Scott Reeder is a veteran state-house reporter and a journalist withIllinois News Network, a project ofthe Illinois Policy Institute. He can bereached at [email protected].
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Shabbona’s Austin Hatcher (middle) drivesto the basket between Saratoga defenders
Jacob Overbeck (left) and Ethan Heap.Hatcher led Shabbona with 18 points ina 36-33 win in Tuesday’s IESA Class 8-3A
Saratoga Regional semifinal.
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ANOTHER CLOSE ONEShabbona holds on to beat Saratoga
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Shabbona holds off Saratoga rally in regional semiCLASS 8-3A SARATOGA REGIONAL SEMIFINAL: SHABBONA 36, SARATOGA 33
By ROB [email protected]
MORRIS – Last week, theseventh-grade boys basket-ball teams from Saratoga andShabbona staged an instantclassic, with Saratoga rally-ing from a nine-point deficitat the start of the fourth quar-ter to pull out a one-point winand take the regional title.
On Tuesday night, it wasthe eighth-graders’ turn, andthe two teams put on anoth-er tight, hard-fought battle.Shabbona, the regional’s No.2 seed, ended up on the vic-torious end of this one, 36-33, to advance to Thursday’sClass 8-3A Saratoga Regionaltitle game against top-seededMomence. Momence downedManhattan, 49-33, in Tuesdaynight’s other semifinal.
Shabbona (14-7) got off toa quick start, using basketsfrom Payton Cummings, Aus-tin Hatcher and Scott Scamento take a 6-0 lead. Saratogaanswered with buckets fromEthan Heap and Patrick Mc-Cabe to make it 6-4. RyanLain then scored underneathfor Shabbona, and Scamenscored on a drive to make it10-4 before McCabe drained a3-pointer for Saratoga. Hatch-er, who led all scorers with 18points, converted an old-fash-ioned three-point play with 16
seconds left in the first quar-
ter to give the Braves a 13-7
lead.
Earlier in the season, Sara-
toga had beaten Shabbona
when Shabbona’s big men,
Hatcher and Lain, got into
foul trouble and had to spend
a lot of time on the bench. On
Tuesday, both stayed out of
trouble and remained on the
floor.
“That was a point of empha-
sis for us,” Shabbona coach
Justin Zink said. “We are a
very different team when our
big guys are out there. We told
them that we just needed themstand straight and alter shots,not go swatting after them try-ing to block them and gettingfouls called. They did that,and it helped us out a lot.”
Patrick Willis got thingsstarted in the second quarterwith a jumper for Shabbona,then McCabe answered forSaratoga before teammateJacob Overbeck scored andDylan Sasser hit a free throwto pull the Hawks to within 15-12. Hatcher scored for Shabbo-na and McCabe did likewisefor Saratoga before Scamenhit a 3-pointer and Hatcherscored on a putback to givethe Braves a 22-14 lead. EthanHeap hit a pair of free throwsjust before halftime for Sara-toga to make it 22-16.
Chad Heren started the sec-ond half with a 3-pointer forSaratoga to cut the lead to 22-19. After Austin Hastings ofShabbona and Chatten Dryf-hout of Saratoga traded a pairof free throws, Hastings madea 3-pointer to put Shabbonaahead 27-21. Grant Simon end-ed the period with a pair offree throws to put the Braves
up 29-21 entering the fourth.Saratoga, on its home floor,
wasn’t done yet.Overbeck, who had 13
points to lead Saratoga, madetwo free throws to start thefourth, and Hatcher madeone for Shabbona to make it30-23. Overbeck then swisheda 3-pointer to pull his team towithin 30-26 before Hatcherscored Shabbona. Sasser andHatcher then traded putbackbaskets, and the score stoodat 34-28. Overbeck made a pairof free throws to make it 34-30 and Dryfhout made one tomake it 34-31 with 2:14 to play.With 7.1 seconds left, Hatch-er got a steal and a layup toput Shabbona ahead 36-31, andOverbeck made a pair of freethrows with 3.6 seconds left toprovide the final score.
“It’s always a tight onewith these two teams,” Zinksaid. “Our guys have beenlooking forward to this onesince the brackets came out.Now, we have to get ready forMomence. They have someheight, but if we do what weknow how to do, we should beOK.”
Craig Lincoln for Shaw Media
Scott Scamen scored five points for Shabbona in a 36-33 win overSaratoga in Tuesday’s IESA Class 8-3A Saratoga Regional semifinal.
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BARTONVILLE – Both theMorris and Minooka cheer-leading squads took part inthe Bartonville LimestoneSectional over the weekend,and both advanced to thisweekend’s state finals, whichwill be held at the U.S. Cellu-lar Coliseum in Bloomington.
Morris finished second inthe Medium Team divisionwith a score of 88, behind onlyBloomington High School’s88.23. Minooka, meanwhile,finished fifth in the LargeSchool division with a scoreof 87.93.
In Friday’s preliminaries,Morris will perform at 9:50a.m., while Minooka will per-form at 6:05 p.m.
GRADE SCHOOL VOLLEY-BALL
Coal City 8th Girls 25-26,Pontiac 15-24: The Warriorsran their record to 9-2 asBlaire Harseim led witheight points and added sixdigs. Ali Brancato had fourkills, while Paityn Smith had
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Coal CIty 8th Girls 25-25,ICS 10-8: Paityn Smith andLauren Phillips each had 10points, while Smith had ateam-high nine assists. Phil-lips led with six kills.
DODGEBALLCoal City Fundraiser: For
the 10th straight year, theCoal City baseball programwill hold a dodgeball tourna-ment to raise funds. The tour-nament will take place Sun-day and is open to any boyor girl second grade or older.The cost is $48 an eight-per-son team, and there will be20 teams maximum a session.Cost of admission to the eventis $2 for spectators. Second-and third-grade teams willplay at 11 a.m., fourth- andfifth-graders at 1 p.m., sixth-,seventh- and eighth-gradersat 3 p.m., high school at 5 p.m.and open division also willbe at 5 p.m. Teams can be co-ed, but all-girl teams will bepaired against each other inpool play. For information,
call Jerry McDowell at 815-735-6387 or 815-634-5039, ext1943. Also on Sunday, there
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Bears look to fortify running back positionBy ARTHUR ARKUSH
With a new general man-ager and coach, and plenty ofquestions about which play-ers are returning, the Bearsare a difficult organizationto gauge when it comes toadding free agents, and howmuch the team will be willingto spend.
We know GM Ryan Pacebelieves in building throughthe draft, but you can counton some additions when thefree-agency period beginsMarch 10.
Here, we analyze the run-ning back position.
Current Bears situation:Matt Forte has one year re-maining on his deal, and he’sslated to collect $8.2 million.Rest assured, with coach JohnFox and offensive coordinatorAdam Gase expected to uti-lize a run-based approach, thenew regime will get its mon-eys worth from the versatile29-year-old who has started107 of a possible 112 games inhis seven-year career. Theyalso undoubtedly will be look-ing to 2016, when Forte’s po-tential departure creates avoid Ka’Deem Carey and Se-norise Perry don’t project tofill. Although the greater like-lihood is that the Bears seekForte’s eventual replacementin the draft, there is enoughfree-agent star power worthdiscussing.
Dream on: Leave the dream-ing to the crop of free-agentrunning backs, several unlike-ly to parlay their second NFLcontracts into mega bucksdespite being at the heightof their powers. The positionhas become devalued, withmost teams content to spendmid- to late-round draft picksand undrafted free-agent dol-lars to find young players toabsorb plenty of punishmentbut little of their club’s capdollars.
DeMarco Murray, is a clas-sic example. A former third-round pick, he carried theCowboys to the postseasonwith nearly 450 touches andone of the most prolific rush-ing seasons in league history.Murray turns 27 next week,
but he’ll play second fiddlein Dallas to fellow free-agentDez Bryant, and if the Cow-boys can’t retain Murray’sservices, a host of NFL teamssurely will have his heavyworkload in 2014 and previousinjury concerns as leverageat the negotiating table. Hewouldn’t be on the Bears’ list,and they don’t need a work-horse back, but he’s the crownjewel of this year’s class.
Chicago connections: The
late blooming of a pair of for-mer first-rounders, KnowshonMoreno and Mark Ingram, oc-curred under the watch of Foxand Pace, respectively. Afterbeing selected 12th overallin 2009 and underwhelmingearly, Moreno thrived in 2013while working on a one-year,“prove-it deal” with Fox andGase. A torn ACL limited himto only three games in one dis-appointing season in Miami,but Moreno wore a lot of hats
in Denver and could be a buy-
low option who Fox and Pace
already trust.
The trade of Darren Spro-
les from New Orleans to Phil-
adelphia last offseason opened
the door for Ingram, the for-
mer Heisman Trophy winner
who Pace’s Saints traded a
future first-round pick to ac-
quire in 2010 to become the
centerpiece of the New Orle-
ans’ ground game. Ingram is
built to do the heavy lifting
Fox likely envisions, and like
Moreno, has experience in a
zone-based scheme.
New defensive coordinator
Vic Fangio over the past four
years had a front-row seat to
watch the ageless Frank Gore,
who at 32 doesn’t fit the Bears’
rebuilding mode, but contin-
ues to crank out 1,000-yard
campaigns.
Brock Vereen likely will
be pushing for brother Shane
Vereen, who still is younger
than 25 years old and has the
receiving chops to diversify
any offense.
Other options: Although
Moreno, Ingram and Gore
are at their best banging in-
side, C.J. Spiller could bring
a home run dimension the
Bears’ backfield lacks. Spill-
er’s speed to the perimeter
and elusiveness in space has
the potential to give defenses
fits, but it was his injuries
and inconsistency that more
often tantalized Bills fans.
Spiller averaged six yards a
carry during an eye-opening
2012 campaign, and he’s aver-
aged only 133 carries a season
during his five-year Buffalo
run.
Further illustrating the
evolution of NFL club’s think-
ing with regard to drafting
running backs, check out all of
the other former first-round-
ers – who also serve as cau-
tionary tales – who likely can
be found in this offseason’s
bargain bin: Ryan Mathews,
Darren McFadden and Ray
Rice.
Those are a sampling of
some of the bigger names
who should be available. Pace
tended to stockpile undrafted
backs in New Orleans, how-
ever.
If he’s looking for un-
der-the-radar types, Lance
Dunbar, a restricted free
agent in Dallas, and Tampa
Bay’s Bobby Rainey, another
restricted free agent, one Pace
knows well from seeing him
in the NFC South.
Perhaps looking for fresh
starts, LaMichael James
and DuJuan Harris still are
younger than 26, offer special
teams value and potentially
could be nice fits.
H. Rick Bamman file photo – [email protected]
Bears’ Matt Forte gains a first down against the Dallas Cowboys in thefirst quarter December 9, 2013 at Soldier Field.
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CROSSWORD SUDOKU BRIDGE by Phillip Alder
CELEBRITY CIPHER
PUZZLES
Alfred Adler, an Austrian psychiatristwho died in 1937, said, “There is no suchthing as talent. There is pressure.”
That is an interesting hypothesis,one that surely would not meet withuniversal approval.
In bridge, talented players knowwhen to apply pressure to theiropponents, pushing them intomistakesor causing them tomiss their idealcontracts.
In this deal from a social game, whatwould you have bid with that Southhand at unfavorable vulnerability afteryour partner passed and your right-handopponent opened one spade?
Most players are more cautiouswhen vulnerable against not. However,opponents will assume you are beingsane, not crazy, at those colors. You canoccasionally escape unscathed from atight corner.
When this deal was originallyplayed, South intervenedwith fourhearts. What should have happenedthen?
At the table, an inexperiencedWestpassed. North passed also, of course,and so did East, feeling trapped. West,who knew his side had at least gamevalues, should have doubled. This wouldhave announced sufficient strength toact and no better call available.
Then East would probably not havepassed, although best defense (spadeto the ace, diamond to the ace, diamondruff, club ace and two later trump tricks)would have defeated four hearts bythree tricks for plus 800. East wouldhave rebid four spades or five clubs,both of which he surely would havemade.
In Europe, South’s hand distributionis known as “eau de cologne” after thefamous 4711 brand.
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Apply pressure
to force errors
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DEAR ABBYDear Abby: My wife and I
have been separated for ayear. I have been seeing an-other woman in a city nearby,and my wife is aware of it.
I took my lady friend outfor dinner recently whilevisiting her in her town. Acouple from home who knowmy wife and me were alsoeating at this restaurant. Igreeted them as we walked bytheir table.
The next day, my wife ap-proached me and showed mea picture of me and my datethat had been taken by thiscouple without my knowl-edge. I was furious aboutthe invasion of privacy. Mywife claims I am just angrybecause I got “caught.” If I
were worried about gettingcaught, I wouldn’t have beenin a public restaurant in acity frequented by people whoknow me.
What are your thoughtson people who secretly takephotos like this? Do they real-ly think they are doing theircivic duty? – Violated in Iowa
Dear Violated: You have aright to your privacy. If youand your wife have beenseparated for a year, thenwith whom you socialize isyour own business. The same
applies to your wife.I fail to see what kind
of “civic duty” this couplewas performing by taking apicture of you and your date.Frankly, I think it was inpoor taste and served no goodpurpose.
Dear Abby: I’m 30 and havefelt pretty happy with my life.I enjoy my job, my social life,staying fit and extensive staysabroad. I thought I was goingalong OK, even though thereis still room for improvement.
My biggest (or most obvi-ous) shortcoming, however,is that I’m not attractive inany way, and guys have neverbeen attracted to me, so anychance at a future with some-one is not an option. I thought
I was learning to accept it, butit’s harder than I thought -- es-pecially because of reactionsfrom other people.
Now that I’m older, peoplelook at me with pity or treatme strangely. I don’t knowhow to handle the constantquestioning about whether Ihave found someone yet. It isnot going to happen. Is theresomething wrong with me?I’m starting to feel like a totalloser and complete failure. –Loser in Love
Dear Loser in Love: If youare asked whether you have“found someone yet,” tell theperson the truth, that ChrisPine hasn’t found YOU yet.
There are worse thingsthan singlehood. You have so
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Your problem isn’t thatyou are a “loser”; it’s that youhave low self-esteem. Youcould benefit from talking to acounselor about this, becauseeveryone has something tooffer, including you, and forothers to appreciate your fin-er qualities, you need to stopbeing so hard on yourself.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
GRUNDY COUNTY -MORRIS, ILLINOIS
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCES-SOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOMELOANS SERVICING, LP F/K/A
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SER-VICING LP, Plaintiff,-v.-JEFFREY AWALT A/K/A JEFFREY A.AWALT, et al , Defendant
12 CH 00050NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on June 1, 2012, anagent for The Judicial Sales Corpo-ration, will at 9:00 AM on February18, 2015, at the Grundy CountyCourthouse, 111 East WashingtonStreet front door entrance, MORRIS,IL, 60450, sell at public auction tothe highest bidder, as set forth be-low, the following described realestate:
Commonly known as795 N. 2ND STREET,CARBON HILL, IL 60416Property Index No.06-34-181-010.The real estate is improved with
a single family residence.Sale terms: 25% down of the
highest bid by certified funds at theclose of the sale payable to The Ju-dicial Sales Corporation. No thirdparty checks will be accepted. Thebalance, including the Judicial salefee for Abandoned ResidentialProperty Municipality Relief Fund,which is calculated on residentialreal estate at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, in certifiedfunds/or wire transfer, is due withintwenty-four (24) hours. No feeshall be paid by the mortgagee ac-quiring the residential real estatepursuant to its credit bid at the saleor by any mortgagee, judgmentcreditor, or other lienor acquiringthe residential real estate whoserights in and to the residential realestate arose prior to the sale. Thesubject property is subject to gener-al real estate taxes, special assess-ments, or special taxes leviedagainst said real estate and is of-fered for sale without any represen-tation as to quality or quantity of ti-tle and without recourse to Plaintiffand in "AS IS" condition. The sale isfurther subject to confirmation bythe court. Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid, the purchaser willreceive a Certificate of Sale that willentitle the purchaser to a deed tothe real estate after confirmation ofthe sale. The property will NOT beopen for inspection and plaintiffmakes no representation as to thecondition of the property. Prospec-
prope y. petive bidders are admonished tocheck the court file to verify all in-formation. If this property is a con-dominium unit, the purchaser ofthe unit at the foreclosure sale, oth-er than a mortgagee, shall pay theassessments and the legal fees re-quired by The Condominium Prop-erty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1)and (g)(4). If this property is acondominium unit which is part ofa common interest community, thepurchaser of the unit at the foreclo-sure sale other than a mortgageeshall pay the assessments requiredby The Condominium Property Act,765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOUARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOME-OWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHTTO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN OR-DER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCOR-DANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGEFORECLOSURE LAW. You will needa photo identification issued by agovernment agency (driver's li-cense, passport, etc.) in order togain entry into our building and theforeclosure sale room in CookCounty and the same identificationfor sales held at other countyvenues where The Judicial SalesCorporation conducts foreclosuresales.
For information, examine thecourt file or contact Plaintiff's attor-ney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.,15W030 NORTH FRONTAGEROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL60527, (630) 794-9876 Pleaserefer to file number 14-12-04255.
THE JUDICIAL SALESCORPORATION
One South Wacker Drive, 24thFloor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650
(312) 236-SALEYou can also visit The Judicial
Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.comfor a 7 day status report of pendingsales.CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.15W030 NORTH FRONTAGEROAD, SUITE 100BURR RIDGE, IL 60527(630) 794-5300Attorney File No. 14-12-04255Attorney ARDC No. 00468002Case Number: 12 CH 00050TJSC#: 35-466
NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act, you areadvised that Plaintiff's attorney isdeemed to be a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt and anyinformation obtained will be used
for that purpose.I641794(Published in the Morris DailyHerald, January 21, 28, 2015.February 4, 2015)
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PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
GRUNDY COUNTY -MORRIS, ILLINOIS
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGEASSOCIATION (''FANNIE MAE''), ACORPORATION ORGANIZED ANDEXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OFTHE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,Plaintiff,-v.-DOUGLAS J. BEGA, DONNA J.BEGA, VILLAGE OF MINOOKA,FOUNDERS BANK, UNKNOWNOWNERS AND NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS, Defendant
14 CH 74NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on January 14,2015, an agent for The JudicialSales Corporation, will at 9:00 AMon March 11, 2015, at the GrundyCounty Courthouse, 111 EastWashington Street front door en-trance, MORRIS, IL, 60450, sell atpublic auction to the highestbidder, as set forth below, thefollowing described real estate:
Commonly known as 312OSCEOLA STREET, Minooka, IL60447
Property Index No. 03-01-129-004.
The real estate is improved witha single family residence.
The judgment amount was$92,722.26.
Sale terms: 25% down of thehighest bid by certified funds at theclose of the sale payable to The Ju-dicial Sales Corporation. No thirdparty checks will be accepted. Thebalance, including the Judicial salefee for Abandoned ResidentialProperty Municipality Relief Fund,which is calculated on residentialreal estate at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, in certifiedfunds/or wire transfer, is due withintwenty-four (24) hours. No feeshall be paid by the mortgagee ac-quiring the residential real estatepursuant to its credit bid at the saleor by any mortgagee, judgmentcreditor, or other lienor acquiringthe residential real estate whoserights in and to the residential realestate arose prior to the sale. Thesubject property is subject to gener-al real estate taxes, special assess-
nts, ial ta levied
spments, or special taxes leviedagainst said real estate and is of-fered for sale without any represen-tation as to quality or quantity of ti-tle and without recourse to Plaintiffand in AS IS condition. The sale isfurther subject to confirmation bythe court.
Upon payment in full of theamount bid, the purchaser will re-ceive a Certificate of Sale that willentitle the purchaser to a deed tothe real estate after confirmation ofthe sale.
The property will NOT be openfor inspection and plaintiff makesno representation as to the condi-tion of the property. Prospectivebidders are admonished to checkthe court file to verify all informa-tion.
If this property is a condomini-um unit, the purchaser of the unit atthe foreclosure sale, other than amortgagee, shall pay the assess-ments and the legal fees requiredby The Condominium Property Act,765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)
9(g)(1) (g)(4). If this property is a condo-minium unit which is part of acommon interest community, thepurchaser of the unit at the foreclo-sure sale other than a mortgageeshall pay the assessments requiredby The Condominium Property Act,765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OFAN ORDER OF POSSESSION, INACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
You will need a photo identifica-tion issued by a government agen-cy (driver's license, passport, etc.)in order to gain entry into ourbuilding and the foreclosure saleroom in Cook County and the sameidentification for sales held at othercounty venues where The JudicialSales Corporation conducts foreclo-sure sales.
For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG
MAZON 2 BEDROOMStove & fridge, off street parking.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
GRUNDY COUNTY -
MORRIS, ILLINOIS
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCES-SOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOMELOANS SERVICING, LP F/K/ACOUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SER-VICING LP, Plaintiff,-v.-JEFFREY AWALT A/K/A JEFFREY A.AWALT, et al , Defendant
12 CH 00050
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on June 1, 2012, anagent for The Judicial Sales Corpo-ration, will at 9:00 AM on February18, 2015, at the Grundy CountyCourthouse, 111 East WashingtonStreet front door entrance, MORRIS,IL, 60450, sell at public auction tothe highest bidder, as set forth be-low, the following described realestate:
LOT 1 AND LOT 2, EXCEPT THESOUTH 35 FEET OF LOT 2, BLOCK37, IN CARBON HILL, A SUBDIVI-SION OF THE NORTHWEST QUAR-TER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP33 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as795 N. 2ND STREET,CARBON HILL, IL 60416Property Index No.06-34-181-010.The real estate is improved with
a single family residence.Sale terms: 25% down of the
highest bid by certified funds at theclose of the sale payable to The Ju-dicial Sales Corporation. No thirdparty checks will be accepted. Thebalance, including the Judicial salefee for Abandoned ResidentialProperty Municipality Relief Fund,which is calculated on residential
real estate at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, in certifiedfunds/or wire transfer, is due withintwenty-four (24) hours. No feeshall be paid by the mortgagee ac-quiring the residential real estatepursuant to its credit bid at the saleor by any mortgagee, judgmentcreditor, or other lienor acquiringthe residential real estate whoserights in and to the residential realestate arose prior to the sale. Thesubject property is subject to gener-al real estate taxes, special assess-ments, or special taxes leviedagainst said real estate and is of-fered for sale without any represen-tation as to quality or quantity of ti-tle and without recourse to Plaintiffand in "AS IS" condition. The sale isfurther subject to confirmation bythe court. Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid, the purchaser willreceive a Certificate of Sale that willentitle the purchaser to a deed tothe real estate after confirmation ofthe sale. The property will NOT beopen for inspection and plaintiffmakes no representation as to thecondition of the property. Prospec-tive bidders are admonished tocheck the court file to verify all in-formation. If this property is a con-dominium unit, the purchaser ofthe unit at the foreclosure sale, oth-er than a mortgagee, shall pay theassessments and the legal fees re-quired by The Condominium Prop-erty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1)and (g)(4). If this property is acondominium unit which is part ofa common interest community, thepurchaser of the unit at the foreclo-sure sale other than a mortgageeshall pay the assessments requiredby The Condominium Property Act,765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOUARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOME-OWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHTTO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN OR-DER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCOR-DANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGEFORECLOSURE LAW. You will needa photo identification issued by agovernment agency (driver's li-cense, passport, etc.) in order togain entry into our building and theforeclosure sale room in CookCounty and the same identificationfor sales held at other countyvenues where The Judicial SalesCorporation conducts foreclosuresales.
For information, examine thecourt file or contact Plaintiff's attor-ney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.,15W030 NORTH FRONTAGEROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL60527, (630) 794-9876 Pleaserefer to file number 14-12-04255.
THE JUDICIAL SALESCORPORATION
One South Wacker Drive, 24thFloor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650
(312) 236-SALEYou can also visit The Judicial
Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.comfor a 7 day status report of pendingsales.CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.15W030 NORTH FRONTAGEROAD, SUITE 100BURR RIDGE, IL 60527(630) 794-5300Attorney File No. 14-12-04255Attorney ARDC No. 00468002Case Number: 12 CH 00050TJSC#: 35-466
NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act, you areadvised that Plaintiff's attorney isdeemed to be a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt and anyinformation obtained will be used
for that purpose.I641794
(Published in the Morris DailyHerald, January 21, 28, 2015.February 4, 2015)
ey:& ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Mon-roe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago,IL 60606, (312) 541-9710
Please refer to file number 14-0246.
THE JUDICIAL SALESCORPORATION
One South Wacker Drive, 24thFloor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650
(312) 236-SALEYou can also visit The Judicial
Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.comfor a 7 day status report of pendingsales.JOHNSON, BLUMBERG &ASSOCIATES, LLC230 W. Monroe Street,Suite #1125Chicago, IL 60606(312) 541-9710Attorney File No. 14-0246Case Number: 14 CH 74TJSC#: 35-1133
NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act, you areadvised that Plaintiff s attorney isdeemed to be a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt and anyinformation obtained will be usedfor that purpose.(Published in the Morris DailyHerald, February 4, 11, 18,2015.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
GRUNDY COUNTY -MORRIS, ILLINOIS
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGEASSOCIATION (''FANNIE MAE''), ACORPORATION ORGANIZED ANDEXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OFTHE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,Plaintiff,-v.-DOUGLAS J. BEGA, DONNA J.BEGA, VILLAGE OF MINOOKA,FOUNDERS BANK, UNKNOWNOWNERS AND NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS, Defendant
14 CH 74NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on January 14,2015, an agent for The JudicialSales Corporation, will at 9:00 AMon March 11, 2015, at the GrundyCounty Courthouse, 111 EastWashington Street front door en-trance, MORRIS, IL, 60450, sell atpublic auction to the highestbidder, as set forth below, thefollowing described real estate:
LOT 11 IN BLOCK 10 INGARDNER'S SECOND ADDITION TOMINOOKA AND THE WEST HALF OFTHE VACATED ALLEY LYING TO THEEAST OF AND ADJACENT TO LOT11 IN BLOCK 10 OF GARDNER'SSECOND ADDITION TO MINOOKA,BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OFSECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 34NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, INGRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as 312OSCEOLA STREET, Minooka, IL60447
Property Index No. 03-01-129-004.
The real estate is improved witha single family residence.
The judgment amount was$92,722.26.
Sale terms: 25% down of thehighest bid by certified funds at theclose of the sale payable to The Ju-dicial Sales Corporation. No thirdparty checks will be accepted. Thebalance, including the Judicial salefee for Abandoned ResidentialProperty Municipality Relief Fund,which is calculated on residentialreal estate at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, in certifiedfunds/or wire transfer, is due withintwenty-four (24) hours. No feeshall be paid by the mortgagee ac-quiring the residential real estatepursuant to its credit bid at the saleor by any mortgagee, judgmentcreditor, or other lienor acquiringthe residential real estate whoserights in and to the residential realestate arose prior to the sale. Thesubject property is subject to gener-al real estate taxes, special assess-ments, or special taxes leviedagainst said real estate and is of-fered for sale without any represen-tation as to quality or quantity of ti-tle and without recourse to Plaintiffand in AS IS condition. The sale isfurther subject to confirmation bythe court.
Upon payment in full of theamount bid, the purchaser will re-ceive a Certificate of Sale that willentitle the purchaser to a deed tothe real estate after confirmation ofthe sale.
The property will NOT be openfor inspection and plaintiff makesno representation as to the condi-tion of the property. Prospectivebidders are admonished to checkthe court file to verify all informa-tion.
If this property is a condomini-um unit, the purchaser of the unit atthe foreclosure sale, other than amortgagee, shall pay the assess-ments and the legal fees requiredby The Condominium Property Act,765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condo-minium unit which is part of acommon interest community, thepurchaser of the unit at the foreclo-sure sale other than a mortgageeshall pay the assessments requiredby The Condominium Property Act,765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OFAN ORDER OF POSSESSION, INACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
You will need a photo identifica-tion issued by a government agen-cy (driver's license, passport, etc.)in order to gain entry into ourbuilding and the foreclosure saleroom in Cook County and the sameidentification for sales held at othercounty venues where The JudicialSales Corporation conducts foreclo-sure sales.
For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG& ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Mon-roe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago,IL 60606, (312) 541-9710
Please refer to file number 14-0246.
THE JUDICIAL SALESCORPORATION
One South Wacker Drive, 24thFloor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650
(312) 236-SALEYou can also visit The Judicial
Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.comfor a 7 day status report of pendingsales.JOHNSON, BLUMBERG &ASSOCIATES, LLC230 W. Monroe Street,Suite #1125Chicago, IL 60606(312) 541-9710Attorney File No. 14-0246Case Number: 14 CH 74TJSC#: 35-1133
NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act, you areadvised that Plaintiff s attorney isdeemed to be a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt and anyinformation obtained will be usedfor that purpose.(Published in the Morris DailyHerald, February 4, 11, 18,2015.)
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