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Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Donald
Trump faced new charges Thurs-
day in a case accusing him of
illegally possessing classified docu-
ments, with prosecutors alleging
that he asked a staffer to delete
camera footage at his Florida estate
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Piping
plover chick
has notable
lineage
One roaming Montrose
Beach is a relative
of beloved Monty
By Nara Schoenberg
Chicago Tribune
One of the federally endan-
gered piping plover chicks that’s
been roaming a North Side beach
in recent weeks has ties to a prom-
inent local family.
When the chick, who was
rescued in New York state, was
brought to Chicago for release
at Montrose Beach, members of
the relocation team noticed that
the chick’s father was born at the
same Michigan park as Chicago’s
beloved piping plover Monty.
Could there be a connection
between the feisty newcomer and
Monty, who flew to Illinois as a
young bird and caused a sensation
in 2019, when he and his mate,
Rose, chose to raise their chicks at
bustling Montrose Beach?
A member of the region’s plover
conservation team did some gene-
alogical research and discovered
that Monty was the chick’s uncle.
“It’s really sweet,” said Chicago
Piping Plovers lead volunteer coor-
dinator Tamima Itani, who noted
that Monty’s son Imani, who is also
at Montrose, has repeatedly chased
the chick from his territory.
“I feel like telling him, ‘ Imani,
c’mon, be nice to your cousin.’ ”
Some birders are already saying
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investigation.
The indictment includes new
counts of obstruction and will-
ful retention of national defense
information, adding fresh detail to
an indictment issued last month
against Trump and a close aide.
The additional charges came as a
surprise given the escalating antic-
ipation of a possible additional
indictment in Washington over
his efforts to overturn the results
Residents watch a presentation during an information meeting Thursday about plans to house
migrants at the Broadway Armory in Chicago. JOHN J. KIM/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Edgewater residents raise
alarm over shelter plans
Migrants would be
housed temporarily
at Broadway Armory
By Nell Salzman and
Laura Rodríguez Presa
Chicago Tribune
Residents, city officials and
community leaders gath-
ered Thursday evening at the
Broadway Armory in Edgewa-
ter to raise complaints against
recently announced city
plans to move programming
from the armory in order to
provide temporary shelter for
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of the 2020 presidential election.
The updated indictment makes
clear that the vast — and unknown
— scope of legal exposure faced by
Trump as he seeks to reclaim the
White House in 2024 while fend-
ing off criminal cases in multiple
cities.
The updated allegations in the
indictment center on surveillance
footage at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
estate in Palm Beach. Trump is
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asylum-seekers.
News in May that the city
was eyeing the Broadway
Armory at 5917 N. Broadway
as a possible site immedi-
ately sparked questions and
concerns from the Edgewa-
ter community and nearby
residents who take part in
Chicago Park District services
for seniors and teens in the
facility.
Prior to the evening meet-
ing, attended by more than 100
people, Edgewater residents,
carrying signs and chant-
ing, held a news conference
outside the armory, saying
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alleged to have asked to have the
footage deleted after FBI and
Justice Department investigators
visited in June 2022 to collect clas-
sified documents that he took with
him after leaving the White House
a year earlier. Law enforcement
officials issued a subpoena for the
footage after noticing surveillance
cameras while they were there.
Such footage has long been
central to the investigation
because, according to prosecu-
tors, it showed Trump valet Walt
Nauta moving boxes of documents
they were left out of the plan-
ning process.
Despite intervention
from Ald. Leni Manaa-Hop-
penworth, 48th, to facili-
tate meetings and involve
the community in the deci-
sion-making process , her
efforts failed, she said in her
latest letter to her constituents.
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confirmed in a letter that
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at the armory is set to end
this weekend, ahead of the
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in and out of a storage room. Nauta
was indicted alongside Trump in
a 38-count indictment, accused
of lying to the FBI and conspir-
ing with the former president to
conceal the records.
The indictment states that
between June and August 2022,
Trump, Nauta and Carlos De
Oliveira, a Mar-a-Lago property
manager, “did corruptly alter,
destroy, mutilate, and conceal”
documents located at Mar-a-
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2 Cook
County
landlords in
hot water
Suit says application
policies discriminate
against Black renters
By Lizzie Kane
Chicago Tribune
Two Cook County landlords are
discriminating against Black rent-
ers by automatically denying their
applications for units if they have
any prior eviction history, housing
advocates allege in two newly filed
legal complaints.
Legal Aid Chicago filed a lawsuit
Tuesday against Hunter Properties
Inc. over the company’s “No-Evic-
tions Policy” — which states in its
application portal that “prior evic-
tions filings will result in denial”
of housing applications. The
complaint, filed in the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of
Illinois, alleges the policy violates
the federal 1968 Fair Housing Act
by discriminating against Black
renters, particularly Black women,
since they are disproportionately
affected by eviction.
The lawsuit also claims Hunter
Properties is excluding tenants
based on sealed eviction records,
violating Illinois’ Consumer Fraud
and Deceptive Business Practices
Act, which prohibits landlords
from unfair residential leasing
practices.
The suit follows a civil rights
complaint HOPE Fair Hous-
ing Center lodged with the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development July 20 against Oak
Park Apartments. That complaint
alleges the same type of discrimi-
nation as Legal Aid Chicago’s case,
adding that such discrimination
perpetuates and reinforces resi-
dential segregation.
The complaint takes issue with
a statement that was in application
materials posted on the company’s
website until Thursday saying
that applicants “cannot have a
bankruptcy, judgment, eviction,
foreclosure, history of late rent
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“Dinner at Home” Cooking at home doesn’t have to be would lower his head and
difficult, but it should always be delicious. Since 2007, charge at interlopers, and his
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need to create spectacular food any day of the week, had adopted his uncle’s
including sample menus and recipes for everything from low-lying stance — admit-
prosciutto Parmesan puffs to roasted chicken with toma- tedly, a common posture
to-olive relish. Dinner at home has never been better. among piping plovers — and
appeared to be advancing at
“Capone: A Photographic Portrait of America’s Most a good clip.
Notorious Gangster.” Using many never-before-published The Great Lakes popula-
photographs and newspaper clippings from the Tribune’s tion of piping plovers was
archives, this coffee-table book chronicles the rise and fall placed on the federal endan-
of Al Capone. gered species list in 1986,
and in 1990 there were only
“Ask Amy: Advice for Better Living” For over a decade, 13 pairs in the region.
Amy Dickinson has been the Tribune’s signature general Since then there has been
advice columnist, helping readers with questions both progress, with 80 pairs this
personal and pressing. This book, which collects columns summer, a record for the
from 2011 to 2013, is a testament to the empathetic post-1986 era.
counsel and practical common-sense tips that Dickinson But the birds still face
has been distilling for years. challenges, including loss
of habitat, and when Monty,
“Culture Worrier: Reflections on Race, Politics who died last year, and Rose,
and Social Change.” Clarence Page’s newest book who is missing, started rais-
commemorates the 30th anniversary of his column’s first ing chicks at Montrose in
appearance in the Tribune. It is the first such collection of 2019, the city rejoiced over
the Pulitzer Prize winner’s columns, covering topics such as what was believed to be
politics, social issues, pop culture, race, family, new media the first pair to successfully
and prominent figures, as well as his personal life. breed in Chicago in decades.
There were Monty and
Rose posters, T-shirts and
beer. More than 100 volun-
teer monitors stepped
forward to help keep the
birds safe.
The monitoring team has
continued its work and is
now looking out for Imani, a
son of Rose and Monty, who
has returned to Montrose
Beach for two summers
without finding a mate.
On July 12 state and
federal wildlife agencies and
the Chicago Park District
released three piping plover
chicks at Montrose, includ-
ing the one related to Monty.
The hope is that the captive-
reared chicks will make
themselves at home, return
each summer and raise their
own families.
Four additional chicks
from New York state —
including three nieces or
nephews of Monty — were
released farther north, at
Illinois Beach State Park in
Lake County.
The chicks related to
Monty are Wild Indigo, who
resides at Montrose, and
Marram, Sunny, and Blaze
at Illinois Beach State Park.
The vast majority of Great
Lakes piping plovers are
banded, and the conserva-
tion team keeps records of
both living and deceased
birds so exact family rela-
tionships can be traced.
The chicks related to
Monty are the offspring of
one of his brothers, accord-
ing to the U.S. Fish and Wild-
life Service’s Great Lakes
piping plover coordinator,
Jillian Farkas. The brother
was born at Silver Lake
State Park in Michigan, to
the same parents as Monty,
in 2020. He was reared in
captivity in Michigan, then
released into the wild.
Monty’s brother bred
successfully this summer at
Sandy Island State Park in
New York but then disap-
peared, apparently the
victim of a predator, Farkas
said. Piping plover eggs
need two parents working
in shifts for successful incu-
bation, so the eggs were
removed for captive rearing.
Farkas said a new partner
stepped up to help the Great
Lakes piping plover conser-
vation team with incubation:
the Rosamond Gifford Zoo
in Syracuse, New York. The
eggs were transported in a
portable brooder, handed off
in Pennsylvania and brought
to the Detroit Zoo, which
completed incubation and
cared for the chicks at its
captive rearing facility in
Pellston, Michigan.
The Illinois Depart-
ment of Natural Resources
brought the chicks to their
new homes in Illinois.
“It was truly a caravan of
so many, many partners: zoo,
state, federal — everybody,”
said Farkas.
The chicks are doing very
well, both at Montrose and
in Lake County, according
to Itani.
At Montrose they’ve
visited a bait shop and hot
dog stand and traveled the
entire length of the beach,
from the protected natural
area near the pier to rollick-
ing dog beach.
“They’re absolutely
darling when they take a nap
in the afternoon,” said Itani,
whose team of monitors is
watching the chicks closely.
“They just burrow into
the sand. And they usually
they do it in the public
beach, so we have to stand
guard because people don’t
see them.”
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Activists denounce latest round of violence
Gathering comes 2
days after shooting
of UPS driver
By Vivian La
Chicago Tribune
Two days after a UPS
driver was shot in the
Humboldt Park neighbor-
hood, activists, social service
workers and community
members gathered under
the blistering summer sun
Thursday to denounce gun
violence against essential
workers.
More than a dozen people
stood at a shaded corner on
North Trumbull Avenue
near the scene of the shoot-
ing to bring attention to
community-based solutions
to gun violence. Chicago
police are still investigating
the shooting of the 32-year-
old UPS driver.
Letter carriers have also
been on alert for much of
the year following a rash
of armed robberies, where
packages or the carrier’s
master key are taken.
“Our mail services are not
being delivered because of
the crimes,” said Zerlina
Smith-Members, a South
Austin resident and activist
at the news conference.
“I’m begging and I’m
pleading that the violence
has to stop. We can no longer
live like this.”
A yellow DHL delivery
truck drove past the group as
Smith-Members addressed
reporters and residents.
“This is a mental issue
that is affecting not just the
people that are shooters,
but the people that live in
the community,” she said.
Abortion rights activists rally July 15 outside of a building at 8 S. Michigan Ave. in downtown
Chicago that houses an anti-abortion “crisis pregnancy center.” CHRIS SWEDA/TRIBUNE
Pritzker signs law that will punish
deceptive anti-abortion practices
By Hank Sanders
Chicago Tribune
Anti-abortion pregnancy
centers can be penalized by
the Illinois attorney general
if they use deceptive prac-
tices or misinformation
to interfere with patients
seeking abortion care under
a measure Gov. J.B. Pritzker
signed into law Thursday.
“Women need access to
comprehensive, fact-based
health care when making
critical decision(s) about
their own health — not
manipulation or misin-
formation from politically
motivated, nonmedical
actors,” Pritzker said in a
statement after he signed
the bill.
Under the law, clinics are
subject to injunctive action
and a financial penalty of
up to $50,000 under the
state’s Consumer Fraud and
Deceptive Business Prac-
tices Act if they are found
to be dissuading “pregnant
persons from consider-
ing abortion care through
deceptive, fraudulent, and
misleading information and
practices.”
The bill signing was
quickly followed by a
federal lawsuit from the
conservative Chicago
nonprofit law firm Thomas
More Society that argued
the new law infringes on
individuals’ First Amend-
ment rights.
“This is a blatant attempt
to chill and silence pro-life
speech under the guise of
consumer protections,”
Peter Breen, executive vice
CHICAGOLAND
A Chicago police officer works a crime scene where a UPS driver was shot Tuesday in the 700 block of North Trumbull Avenue in
the Humboldt Park neighborhood. EILEEN T. MESLAR/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
“Please put the guns down
because everyone deserves
to go home to see their
family.”
Tio Hardiman, execu-
tive director of the group
Violence Interrupters, said
he’s noticed a recent trend
of violence against workers
such as ride-share drivers,
pizza deliverers and postal
workers. In February a ride-
share driver was fatally shot
in Little Italy.
Workers shouldn’t be
fearful of doing their jobs in
the neighborhood, Hardi-
man said.
president and head of liti-
gation for the organization,
said in a news release.
“Pregnancy help minis-
tries provide real options
and assistance to women
and families in need,
but instead of the praise
they deserve, pro-abor-
tion-rights politicians are
targeting these ministries
with $50,000 fines and
injunctions solely because
of their pro-life viewpoint.”
The lawsuit asks for
a temporary restrain-
ing order and permanent
injunction against the law.
Pritzker’s office did not
immediately respond to a
request for comment.
Illinois legislators passed
the measure this spring as
part of efforts to shore up
abortion rights in Illinois
following the U.S. Supreme
Court decision last year
overturning Roe v. Wade
which for a half-century
granted abortion access
nationwide with limited
exceptions. Since that
ruling, many Midwestern
states have restricted abor-
tion access while Illinois has
maintained strong repro-
ductive rights protections.
Abortion providers have
predicted that 20,000 to
30,000 additional patients
will be crossing state lines
each year to terminate a
pregnancy in Illinois, up two
to three times the number
of patients before Roe was
overturned.
Attorney General Kwame
Raoul issued a release
Thursday saying crisis
pregnancy centers go to
“Some people may not get
their bills or whatever the
case may be, but it’s really
like a totally unacceptable
crime,” he said.
Hardiman and others
walked in the heat to pass
out information on commu-
nity resources in an effort to
curb gun violence. Stacks
of informational flyers, also
used as fans in the high
temperatures, dwindled as
organizers passed them out.
“Let’s not run essential
workers out of the neigh-
borhood,” Hardiman told
the Tribune. “This is unac-
great lengths to deceive
people seeking abortion
care.
“Patients report going to
crisis pregnancy centers —
sometimes even receiving
exams and ultrasounds —
thinking they were visiting
a clinic that offers the full
range of reproductive care,”
he said.
Eric Scheidler, president
of the Illinois based Pro-Life
Action League, said in an
email following Thursday’s
bill signing that “if you’re
a poor woman in Illinois
facing an untimely preg-
nancy, J.B. Pritzker and the
Democrats want you to have
only one option: abortion.”
“But this attack on the
welfare of poor women and
the civil rights of pro-life
advocates will not stand,”
he said. “It is patently
unconstitutional, and we’re
going to fight it in court—
and win.”
After the measure passed
in May, Susan Barrett,
executive director of Aid
for Women, a center with
several Illinois locations
including one in the Loop,
denied that deceptive prac-
tices are employed to steer
women away from abortion.
“I mean, sometimes
people make mistakes, but
we’re very clear even on
the phone about who we
are and what services we
provide,” Barrett said.
Chicago Tribune’s Jeremy
Gorner contributed.
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ceptable.”
He said it’s not just about
asking people to stop shoot-
ing, which is “just the tip
of the iceberg,” but about
addressing the structural
trauma within communities.
Mental health experts
from BUILD Chicago, a
violence prevention and
youth development organi-
zation on the West Side, were
present to provide services
to the neighborhood. Clif-
ton “Booney” McFowler, an
outreach worker for BUILD,
said everyone is a victim in
these situations — from the
Democratic state Sen. Patricia
Van Pelt announces retirement
By Jeremy Gorner
Chicago Tribune
SPRINGFIELD — Illi-
nois Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
said Wednesday she plans to
retire from the state Senate
next week after 10 years in
the chamber.
“It has been an honor of a
lifetime to serve the people
of the 5th Senate District for
the last decade,” the Demo-
crat from Chicago’s West
Side said in a news release.
“Throughout this time, we
have accomplished much
change to ensure the voice-
less are heard and the under-
served receive the help they
need.”
Van Pelt , who made an
unsuccessful bid for Chicago
mayor in 2011, said earlier
this year that she planned on
retiring, though she never
specified a date. In a Politico
story published days before
the new Illinois General
Assembly was inaugurated
in January, Van Pelt said
she had thought of stepping
down for years but “just got
to the point now that I just
feel like I can’t come back in
here again.”
She was among the 40
Democrats who comprised
the supermajority in the
new Senate class. But she
was either mostly or never in
attendance throughout the
spring legislative session,
which ended in May, with-
out any explanation from
her or the Senate.
In an interview with the
Tribune on Monday, she said
she had undergone two hip
replacements but insisted
she was still doing work for
her constituents, despite not
being in Springfield during
the spring session.
“I did work for my district
and I’ve got plenty of proof,”
she said. “Lots of meetings.
Lots of Zooms.”
The following day, on
Tuesday, she sent a letter to
the secretary of the Senate
declaring that she’s offi-
cially stepping down from
office at 5 p.m. Aug. 1. In the
Wednesday release, Van Pelt
said she wanted to “thank all
who have stood by me over
this past year throughout my
health challenges.”
“It has been a blessing
to serve the people of this
great state, but it’s time to
pass the torch,” she said. “I
will forever be grateful for
the people I’ve encountered,
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residents of violent commu-
nities to the perpetrators.
“They’re angry at their
circumstances, and they’re
lashing out the only way
they know how to, and
it’s through violence,”
McFowler said. “We’re here
to show them other means
and how to navigate through
trauma opposed to retalia-
tion, violence.”
He said most commu-
nities aren’t aware of
resources such as BUILD or
other organizations, which
is why they’re often in areas
following incidents like this
State Sen. Patricia Van Pelt speaks in Chicago on March 9,
2021. ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
the stories they’ve shared
and the work we’ve accom-
plished together.”
Van Pelt, whose district
includes parts of the West
Side, the Fulton Market area,
the West Loop among other
neighborhoods, has served
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to inform people of their
programming.
“Our theory is we are
going to give them some-
thing else to do and replace
the violence,” McFowler
said. “We’re not going to just
tell them ‘Don’t shoot.’ ”
Amanda Cimaroli, a thera-
pist at BUILD, walked down
North Trumbull Avenue
with other volunteers wear-
ing a purple T-shirt with
the organization’s logo. She
said the persistent threat of
violence negatively impacts
mental health as much as
experiencing it firsthand.
“Our team is available
to provide responsive
services,” Cimaroli said.
“So that way when things
happen, we can go and we
can provide support where
there typically wouldn’t be.”
Cimaroli and those in
violence prevention space
said the goal is to change
the minds of people in this
community, then get them
involved in the work.
To address violence
against postal workers,
Hardiman wants to set up
a community watch group
through his organization
and use violence interrupt-
ers to keep them safe during
the day. Part of that will
involve talking to city offi-
cials, he said.
Violence interruption was
a core concept with Hardi-
man’s former organization,
CeaseFire.
“We don’t want to have
a situation where people
cannot deliver your mail and
all that kind of good stuff,”
Hardiman said. “We need
our mail, period.”
vla@chicagotribune.com
and was reelected to a four-
year term last year. A group
of Chicago Democratic ward
committeemen will choose
a replacement for Van Pelt’s
senate seat, which will be up
for election next year.
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Effort aims for higher taxes on $1M properties
Advocates say
money would
fight homelessness
By Alice Yin
and Lizzie Kane
Chicago Tribune
City Council allies of
Mayor Brandon Johnson
announced their intentions
to get a real estate transfer
tax hike that would fund
homelessness services on
the 2024 primary ballot,
seeking to advance a key
promise from the mayor’s
progressive campaign eight
months after similar efforts
failed in a dramatic show-
down.
The council’s housing
committee met for a three-
hour hearing Thursday on
the yearslong drive to raise
the tax on the sale of proper-
ties worth at least $1 million
and use that money to
address the city’s homeless
crisis. The panel did not vote
on the proposal, but one of
its chief supporters vowed to
pass City Council legislation
this fall to place the question
on next March’s presidential
primary ballot.
“I’m sorry this has taken
multiple, multiple years,”
Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th,
said.”This is continuing to
get worse. ... I hope that we
can keep the urgency going
to make sure that we are
not ... leaving money on the
table.”
The so-called Bring
Chicago Home movement
was one of many bitter fronts
between former Mayor Lori
Lightfoot and progressives
who felt betrayed when she
walked back a campaign
promise to enact such a
tax hike for homelessness
services, citing issues with
the current version. Her
allies no-showed a subject
matter hearing on the initia-
tive in November, scuttling
the coalition’s plans to pass
legislation in time to get the
proposal on February’s elec-
tion ballot — when Light-
foot lost her bid for a second
term.
Now, with newfound
power following Johnson’s
victory, the City Council’s
left flank nodded to what
that means for their agenda.
“I want people to under-
stand: This issue was
decided in April, when the
voters elected Mayor Bran-
don Johnson,” the City
Council floor leader, Ald.
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 35th,
said during the hearing. “So
this is no longer a question of
if this will happen. It’s how it
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payments or short sale.” As
of Thursday, the company’s
policy statement said appli-
cants “cannot have an active
bankruptcy (can override if
discharged for two years),
judgment, active eviction
(although this can be over-
ridden with proof of resolu-
tion), foreclosure, history of
late rent payments or short
sale.”
HUD confirmed Wednes-
day it had received the
complaint but declined to
comment on the timeline for
the investigation.
Kate Walz, associate
director of litigation with
the National Housing Law
Project, one of the legal
groups representing HOPE
Fair Housing Center in the
complaint, said the update to
Oak Park Apartments’ policy
language on its website does
not remove the harm the
group has done, and there
still needs to be clarification
around what the new policy
means.
Oak Park Apartments did
not respond to a request for
comment. According to its
website, the company owns
more than 60 apartment
buildings, with 1,500 units in
Oak Park and other Chicago
area neighborhoods.
Hunter Properties also
did not respond to a request
for comment. The company
manages more than 2,500
apartments in Chicago,
according to its website.
The plaintiffs are hoping
these legal challenges have
local and national implica-
tions that allow people to
have greater access to hous-
ing in the rental market, as
they say these are some of
the first cases to challenge
property owners’ eviction
screening policies.
Virginia Baskerville, 28,
said she has faced challenges
securing housing ever since
Community organizer Infiniti Gant speaks during a rally in the lobby of Chicago City Hall on Thursday. Housing activists want to see the real estate transfer tax in
Chicago raised on properties that sell for more than $1 million. TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
will happen.”
The proposal applies
to higher-end properties
and is often referred to as a
“mansion tax” by support-
ers. But Ald. Nicole Lee, 11th,
urged members to ensure
that it would not apply to
the sale of multiunit apart-
ment buildings with afford-
able rentals.
“I just want to go on the
record that these are some
of the concerns that I have,”
Lee said. “I want to make
sure that we’re not inadver-
tently causing a reduction in
naturally occurring afford-
able housing with this trans-
fer.”
The city’s outgoing
Department of Housing
Commissioner Marisa
Novara, who led Lightfoot’s
efforts to revamp affordable
housing and investments on
the South and West sides,
stressed the need has gotten
worse.
“Our current funding is
insufficient. But it is also
insufficiently flexible,”
Novara said. “We really
need more funding sources
that are flexible that allow
us to reach the very lowest
incomes, which is the bulk of
our low-income population
Virginia Baskerville, at her apartment on July 27, said she has faced challenges securing housing
ever since she was evicted in 2019 from her Washington Heights apartment on the city’s Far
South Side after being the victim of domestic violence. ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
she was evicted in 2019 from
her Washington Heights
apartment on the city’s Far
South Side after being the
victim of domestic violence.
With help from Legal Aid
Chicago, she won her evic-
tion case and got her evic-
tion records sealed. But she
and her four kids had to live
with her mom, two sisters
and one of their partners in
a three-bedroom apartment
for about seven months
because she was continually
denied housing, as property
owners cited her past evic-
tion record.
“It was terrible,” Basker-
ville said, who has worked
temp jobs and now works
at a restaurant. “It was too
packed in there. ... That was
just like the worst experi-
ence I ever had.”
After that, she lived in a
Chicago Housing Author-
ity building until its contract
with CHA expired, and she
was forced to leave. Since
November 2021, she has lived
in a building in Woodlawn
— which did not require an
application for its units — and
pays $1,450 in monthly rent
in the city. ... We need more
funds to affordably house
Chicagoans who desper-
ately need it.”
An estimated 6,139 people
in Chicago don’t have shel-
ter on any given night,
according to Department of
Family and Support Services
Commissioner Brandie
Knazze. That includes 2,196
migrants, according to the
city’s 2023 count of home-
less Chicagoans. More than
11,000 , and 11,297 house-
holds experiencing home-
lessness are served by local
homeless services in a year.
According to a 2020
report from Chicago Coali-
tion for the Homeless,
Chicago’s homeless popu-
lation is more than 65,000,
a number much higher than
the city’s and U.S. Housing
and Urban Development’s
estimates due to differences
in how the agencies define
homelessness. HUD, which
has estimated Chicago’s
homeless population closer
to 5,300, does not consider
people who are temporar-
ily staying with others to be
homeless.
Ald. Daniel La Spata, 1st,
said the 65,000 number is
more representative of the
for a three-bedroom apart-
ment. Baskerville is search-
ing for new housing again
because she said her build-
ing is infested with roaches
and does not always have hot
water and electricity.
“This type of landlord is
the one I’ll be having to find
now,” Baskerville said. “I’m in
this little nasty, dirty building
because of that eviction. It
won’t come off. They can find
it, even though it is sealed.”
HOPE Fair Hous-
ing Center and Legal Aid
Chicago are bringing the
complaints in their capacity
as organizations that advo-
cate for fair housing access.
Individual renters have not
signed onto the complaints,
something the ACLU of Illi-
nois attributed to a reluc-
tance by people who have
suffered harm to be publicly
identified.
“The goal of the litiga-
tion is to mitigate harm —
not force individuals to risk
more discrimination,” the
ACLU of Illinois, which is
representing the groups in
their complaints, said in a
statement to the Tribune.
city’s acute need, noting that
during a difficult period of
his life, he lived on someone
else’s sofa with everything
that he owned in a suitcase
tucked underneath.
“In that year, I didn’t
think of myself as figura-
tively homeless,” La Spata
said. “I was literally home-
less. A roof is not a home.
For the tens of thousands of
Chicagoans who are unsta-
bly housed, that is homeless-
ness.”
Ald. Jessie Fuentes, 26th,
said she believes Bring
Chicago Home is the solu-
tion to homelessness in the
city, adding that she’s met
with residents of the tent
encampment in her ward in
Humboldt Park and found
them to have diverse needs
and circumstances that led
them there.
“And they all deserve to
be housed,” Fuentes said.
“More importantly, we
deserve a permanent reve-
nue stream that makes
housing a right in the City
of Chicago.”
After failing to get the
referendum on the Feb. 28
ballot, the Chicago Coali-
tion for the Homeless has
been pushing the City
Michael Chavarria, exec-
utive director of HOPE
Fair Housing Center, said
it is “unnecessary” to
block access to housing for
people who can afford it
simply because they were
the subject of an eviction
filing, regardless of what the
outcome was, the basis of the
filing or how long ago it was.
“(Oak Park) has invested
so deeply in ensuring a
diverse and integrated
community,” he said. “To
see a housing provider inter-
fering with that work is just
deeply concerning, and so
our goal is to put an end to
that.”
Dennericka Brooks, direc-
tor of the Housing Practice
Group at Legal Aid Chicago,
said her clients often do not
avail themselves of their
rights as tenants out of fear
of having an eviction on
their record, since landlords
harass their tenants with the
threat of eviction.
“We witness structural
racism, discrimination and
how that thwarts the health
and stability of our clients
and perpetuates poverty,”
Council again to consider
the tax hike, with Johnson
campaigning on the prom-
ise to pass the proposal in
his first 100 days in office,
though that timeline is
unlikely.
The activist-backed
version would triple the real
estate transfer tax on sales
over $1 million, and services
funded from that revenue
would include housing and
mental health services. The
new rate would hike the
tax from $3.75 to $13.25 for
every $500. Sales under $1
million would remain at the
$3.75 per $500 rate.
Novara said the city is
open to a proposal that
employs a smaller tax
increase, in which the new
tax rate would only apply to
the chunk of money above $1
million, not the entire sale.
The only ways to change
the rate, however, are
through the Illinois General
Assembly, which does not
reconvene until the late fall
veto session, or a citywide
referendum. While alder-
men Thursday announced
they will opt for the latter,
Johnson’s transition
committee recently recom-
mended going through the
Brooks said. “Our housing
stock is already limited the
way that it is, and the mere
filing of an eviction should
not be the reason that people
are denied housing.”
In addition to the ACLU
of Illinois and the National
Housing Law Project, Legal
Aid Chicago is being repre-
sented by the American Civil
Liberties Union and the law
firm Mayer Brown. HOPE
Fair Housing Center is being
represented by the same
groups except for Mayer
Brown.
T h e l e g a l g ro u p s
conducted an analysis of
Cook County sheriff’s office
data finding that while 33%
of Cook County renters are
Black, about 56% of people
served with an eviction
notice or evicted by the sher-
iff’s office between Septem-
ber 2010 and March 2023
were Black.
According to a Tribune
analysis of Cook County
sheriff’s office data, most
evictions in 2022 took place
on the South and West sides
in majority Black and Latino
communities, trends that line
up with national data show-
ing racial minorities are more
likely to face eviction. The
pandemic disproportion-
ately affected racial minori-
ties, who were more likely to
experience hardships such as
job loss and illness.
An eviction filing does not
necessarily result in an evic-
tion. Local and national data
show eviction filing rates are
much higher than executed
evictions. Many tenants
either leave right when they
receive an eviction notice or
are not evicted once the evic-
tion process plays out.
Walz, with the National
Housing Law Project, said
there has been success in
Cook County and at the
federal level to prohibit
discrimination against rent-
ers with criminal histo-
ries, and these two legal
complaints aim to bring
state legislature.
Inside the lobby of City
Hall, more than 100 protest-
ers from the Bring Chicago
Home coalition gathered
before the hearing around
a large sign reading, “51st
Ward,” a reference to the
city’s unhoused population.
Anthony J. Perkins
spoke about his experience
being homeless for about
a decade until he found
housing in Rogers Park, his
voice growing steadier as he
progressed.
Perkins said his landlord
eventually raised the rent
by $450 in one year, spark-
ing fears that he would be on
the streets again. He eventu-
ally got the help of commu-
nity organizers to find a new
apartment, “But I now know
so many folks are experi-
encing what I went through
myself.”
“I had to move and had
nowhere to go,” Perkins said.
“This was my first apartment
I got after being homeless.
At that time, I was fearful of
being homeless again. ... I
know Bring Chicago Home
will help fund greater access
to affordable housing and
services to help people with
housing and mental health.”
similar change for people
with eviction records.
“We are failing in ensuring
that everyone, regardless of
race or gender, has a home,”
Walz said. “We need the type
of national attention to this
that has increasingly been
recognized and followed as
to criminal records screen-
ing.”
The Cook County Board
of Commissioners approved
the “Just Housing” amend-
ment to the Cook County
Human Rights Ordinance
in 2019, making it illegal
to refuse to rent or show
a property to people with
certain criminal records.
So far, one similar lawsuit
challenging eviction record
screenings under the Fair
Housing Act has played
out. In 2017, the Northwest
Justice Project, the ACLU
and Virginia Poverty Law
Center filed a lawsuit on
behalf of a tenant who was
rejected from an apartment
in Seattle based on a prior
eviction filing.
The case settled the same
year. The housing provider
agreed to have a policy giving
every person an opportunity
to submit an application,
regardless of their eviction
history, and made a payment
to the client, according to
Sandra Park, senior staff
attorney at the ACLU’s
Women’s Rights Project.
Brooks from Legal Aid
Chicago wants to see simi-
lar reform in Cook County.
“It’s time that we see
people as people and not
an eviction record or filing,
because it tells you abso-
lutely nothing about their
ability to be good tenants,”
she said.
“We want to see the long-
term effects as a way to
help in the desegregation
of housing in Chicago. We
want families to have an
opportunity to have actual
housing mobility.”
ekane@chicagotribune.com

Bears president, Mayor
Johnson continue talking
By Gregory Royal Pratt tionships as they continue
Chicago Tribune to search for a new deal.
and Caroline Kubzansky Keeping the Bears in
Pioneer Press Chicago bedeviled John-
As the Bears continue to
son’s predecessor, Mayor
Lori Lightfoot, who floated
pursue a potential move to the expensive idea of putting
Arlington Heights, they’re a dome over Soldier Field in
keeping their options open order to keep the franchise
and maintaining lines and deflect blame if they
of communication with leave town.
Chicago City Hall. Now it’s Johnson’s turn
Team President Kevin to negotiate with the fran-
Warren released a joint, chise, which spent nearly
two-sentence statement $200 million to buy land for
with Chicago Mayor Bran- a move but hasn’t been able
don Johnson after a second to finalize the deal.
meeting between the two. The Bears began fielding
“We continued our offers from other Chicago
productive discussion this suburbs angling to host a
week that began in early stadium in early June.
June,” they said. “We plan to Following a meeting with
have regular dialogue with Naperville Mayor Scott
each other and across our Wehrli, the team released a
respective staffs as we work statement saying its plans in
together to meet the needs of Arlington Heights were “at
the citizens of Chicago and risk” and that leadership was
Bears fans.” exploring other options.
The joint statement high- At a privately organized
lights how the ongoing Bears June meeting for Arlington
saga is a delicate dance for Heights residents, Warren
Chicago’s new mayor, as well said things hadn’t quite gone
as its NFL franchise. to plan in the project’s early
Johnson would rather stages.
keep the team within city “We’ve had a stalemate
limits than see the Bears and a lack of communication
depart to the suburbs, and it’s a little more convo-
though the possibility of luted at this point in time
constructing a new stadium
with taxpayer dollars would
than I thought it would be,”
he said.
be a hard sell for residents, Warren was refer-
and there are precious few ring to the team’s stalled
potential sites. The Bears negotiations with a trio
would prefer a move to of local school districts
Arlington Heights but don’t whose finances stand to be
currently have the financial adversely affected by poten-
resources to make their new tial property tax changes at
stadium deal feasible from
their perspective, so they are
keeping their options open.
the racecourse.
The Bears have repeat-
edly said they plan to ask
For the Bears, owning a local and state governments
state-of-the-art stadium is a
better option than keeping
for property tax breaks and
won’t proceed with the
the Chicago Park District development without assur-
as their landlord. But they ance of those discounts.
aren’t in a position to dismiss Arlington Heights Mayor
any potential sites or rela- Tom Hayes released a state-
Trump in the office of the special
counsel, Jack Smith, as
from Page 1 federal prosecutors edged
closer toward bringing an
Lago with an intention to indictment against Trump
“impair” its use in any offi- in connection with his
cial proceeding. It alleges wide-ranging efforts to
that all three men requested overturn the 2020 election,
that a fourth, unidentified according to three people
Trump employee delete familiar with the matter.
security footage captured at It was not immediately
the club “to prevent the foot- clear what subjects were
age from being provided to a discussed at the meeting or
federal grand jury.” if Smith took part. But simi-
The indictment quotes De lar gatherings are often used
Oliveira telling a colleague by defense lawyers as a last-
that the “boss” wanted a
server hosting the footage
to be deleted.
ditch effort to argue against
charges being filed or to
convey their version of the
The superseding indict- facts and the law.
ment charges Trump with
an additional count of will-
fully retaining national
On Thursday, the pros-
ecutors were said to have
listened courteously — with-
defense information, relat- out signaling their inten-
ing to a July 2021 interview tions beyond what they
at his Bedminster, New had conveyed in an earlier
Jersey, golf club in which the letter to the former presi-
former president discussed dent — as Trump’s lawyers
U.S. military plans to attack
another country.
made their arguments. In
a post on his social media
It marks a notable shift in site, Trump said his lawyers
the prosecution’s approach had “a productive meet-
to Trump’s case, charging ing” with the prosecutors.
him for retaining a docu- He said they had explained
ment it alleges he knew was to Smith’s team that “I did
highly sensitive after he left
office — not just for failing to
nothing wrong, was advised
by many lawyers, and that an
return it to the government indictment of me would only
when asked. further destroy our country.”
Both Trump and Nauta The former president’s
have pleaded not guilty. legal team has been on high
Meanwhile, members alert since last week, when
of Trump’s legal team met
Thursday with officials
prosecutors sent Trump
a so-called target letter in
The Chicago Department of Transportation invites you to learn more and
CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
comment about the Extension of the Bloomingdale Trail (“The 606”).
The project is located in the Wicker Park neighborhood and is proposing
to extend the Bloomingdale Trail east of the current east terminus at
Walsh Park to Elston Avenue. The details of the meeting are as follows:
PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING
Date: August 2, 2023
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Location: 1229 W. Concord Place
Chicago, IL 60642
Purpose of the meeting:
To provide a project update/status
To present the alternatives studied and the preferred alternative
To obtain Public Feedback
Exhibits will be on display from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Project team members
will be present to discuss the project and answer questions. Formal
presentation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
This meeting will be accessible to people with disabilities. Anyone
needing special assistance including the need for a sign language
interpreter or other similar accommodations should contact Soliman
Khudeira at least five (5) days prior to the meeting, at (312) 744-9605.
All correspondence regarding this project should be sent to:
Chicago Department of Transportation
2 N. LaSalle St., Suite 820
Chicago, IL. 60602
Attn: CDOT-Division of Engineering
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6 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Friday, July 28, 2023
Federal judge dismisses Republican lawsuit
Suit aimed to block
mail-in ballots after
Election Day
By Rick Pearson
Chicago Tribune
A federal judge has
dismissed a lawsuit brought
by a downstate Republi-
can congressman and two
GOP officials that sought to
block the state from count-
ing mail-in ballots cast on
or before Election Day, but
received by election author-
ities up to two weeks after-
ward.
U.S. District Judge John
Kness ruled that five-
term U.S. Rep. Mike Bost
of Murphysboro and two
prospective 2024 GOP
presidential electors lacked
standing to sue the State
Board of Elections over an
Illinois law allowing mail-in
ballots to be counted in the
14 days after Election Day
as long as they were post-
marked or certified on or
before that day.
More than just reject-
ing the three Republicans’
standing to file suit, Kness
explicitly ruled that Illinois’
2015 law complied with the
Armory
from Page 1
Tuesday. However, contrary
to initial reports, the senior
center and a trapeze school
will continue operating
as normal. The rest of the
park’s programing, includ-
ing the gymnastics facility,
will cease or relocate.
Since she learned of the
city’s plan, Ginger Williams,
a director of the local senior
citizen advocacy group
Edgewater Village Chicago,
collected signatures against
the repurposing of the
facility, saying that “the
most vulnerable would be
displaced.”
Edie Tillis, a retired
schoolteacher who runs
programming at the armory,
said the news made her sad.
She carried a pink petition
form and said she’d already
collected 500 names. She
said the lack of programs
for youths will have a deep
effect on the community.
“I’m so accustomed to
working with children and
with young people, and
encouraging them. When
you work as long as I have
with young people, many
times I can look on their
faces and I can know some-
thing is wrong or something
is going on,” she said. “Now
they’re taking the whole
building.”
Troy McMillan, a member
of Save Our Broadway
Armory Park, called the
community center “sacred.”
“This is the heart of our
community of this ward,” she
said. “It serves as a commu-
nity center and a safe place
for some of our most vulner-
able residents, our at-risk
youth, our low-income
working families, our older
adults, our immigrants,
our migrants, our refugees.
These are our people.”
Pat Sharkey, a convener of
the Coalition of Edgewater
Block Clubs and Residents’
Associations, said the city
is taking away program-
ming from a community of
thousands. Sharkey said the
building is meant to be used
U.S. Constitution as well as
federal election law.
“By implementing the
statute, Illinois is following
the constitutional command
that states determine the
time, place, and manner of
elections,” Kness wrote in a
ruling released Wednesday.
“In addition, the statute
further does not conflict
with the federal mandate
that Election Day be held
on the Tuesday after the
first Monday in November,”
the judge wrote “By count-
ing only mail-in ballots
postmarked on or before
Election Day, the statute
does not extend the day for
casting votes in a federal
election.”
“Voting (as an act) and
counting votes (as a separate
act) are not the same thing,
and the statute allows count-
ing alone — not voting — to
continue after Election Day,”
the judge wrote.
The suit was filed in May
of last year by the conser-
vative legal organization
Judicial Watch on behalf
of Bost, Laura Pollastrini,
a member of the Republi-
can State Central Commit-
tee from Kane County, and
Susan Sweeney, who was
Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth, 48th, speaks during Thursday’s meeting about a plan to house migrants at the Broadway
Armory in Chicago. JOHN J. KIM/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
for programming, not hous-
ing.
At least 300 migrants are
expected to be moved in,
mostly adults with children,
according to Manaa-Hop-
penworth, though Sharkey
said that number is closer
to 600. Though the shelter
is set to be temporary, there
is no clear timeline for how
long the shelter will be in
operation.
“We want to talk to you
about what that really looks
like and what it means and
what we can do to make
it work,” Cristina Paci-
one-Zayas, deputy chief of
staff for Mayor Brandon
Johnson, said to residents
who sat in folding chairs in
the armory gymnasium. “We
are not here permanently,
we are not here for multi-
ple years, we are here as a
temporary shelter.”
Nearly 1,000 asylum-seek-
ers continue to sleep on
floors of Chicago police
stations as the city grapples
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appointed a Trump elector
from Illinois in 2020.
The suit contended
the state law violated the
federally established date
for federal elections. It
also contended Bost was
subjected to harm, includ-
ing expenses for post-Elec-
tion Day poll watchers and
the possibility that mail-in
ballots counted during the
14-day period “dilutes”
votes “timely” cast up to and
including Election Day.
Judicial Watch was
among the groups that
assisted former President
Donald Trump’s efforts to
stop the counting of mail-in
ballots after Election Day
2020. The group said the
lawsuit was an effort to
ensure the integrity of elec-
tions as well as protect the
rights of Bost and other
registered voters.
Tom Fitton, who heads
the group, questioned how
Bost as a political candidate
lacked the standing to file
suit.
“I presume we will appeal
and seek to just stop this
obviously improper count-
ing of ballots for forever and
a day,” Fitton said.
But in his ruling, Kness,
with finding and equip-
ping buildings to become
adequate settlers. Several
park facilities, including the
Leone Beach Field House in
Rogers Park, Brands Park’s
field house in Avondale and
Piotrowski Park in Little
Village, have been turned
into makeshift shelters.
Matt Doughtie, an emer-
gency coordinator with the
city’s Office of Emergency
Management and Commu-
nications, explained to resi-
dents that city shelters must
meet certain safety require-
ments to be allowed to house
asylum-seekers. He said
officials chose the armory
because it was “publicly
owned and ready to go.”
Pacione-Zayas said the
city scrambled to receive
three buses from Texas with
migrants on Thursday alone.
Every day more migrants are
arriving to Chicago, mostly
from Central and South
America.
“Beginning August 1, the
who was appointed to the
federal bench by Trump in
2019, said those contesting
the law failed to plead “suffi-
ciently concrete, partic-
ularized, and imminent
injuries sufficient to meet
the requirement of standing.”
Additionally, he said, if
they had achieved standing
by those means, they failed
to clear the bar to sue states
and state agencies set by the
11th Amendment.
Bost had contended he
had a particular right to
sue, arguing the law forced
him to spend significant
resources on his campaign
for an additional two weeks
after Election Day. But
Kness rejected that argu-
ment.
“It is mere conjecture
that, if congressman Bost
does not spend the time and
resources to confer with his
staff and watch the results
roll in, his risk of losing
the election will increase,”
the judge wrote. “Under
the letter of Illinois law, all
votes must be cast by Elec-
tion Day, so congressman
Bost’s electoral fate is sealed
at midnight on Election Day,
regardless of the resources
he expends after the fact.”
Broadway Armory will serve
as a temporary shelter due
to the overwhelming and
growing need for shelter,”
read four screens that faced
the audience, causing resi-
dents to boo loudly.
The senior center at the
armory is a satellite center
of the Department of Family
and Support Services where
low-income seniors have
access to critical services
and activities. When the
shelter opens, the senior
dining center will continue
to serve meals, but the
computer lab and pingpong
room will be closed.
Though the senior center
and the trapeze school, a
private business inside the
gymnasium, will remain in
operation after the shelter
opens, sharing the space
may not be feasible, said
Birgit Hampton, the new
owner of the trapeze school.
But even if it’s not the
“most ideal situation, we’re
grateful the city is at least
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Bost’s challenge to the law
was somewhat ironic since
he touts his past service in
the Marines and the law
was designed in part to
meet federal voting require-
ments for military members
serving overseas. The U.S.
Department of Justice
issued a “statement of inter-
est” in support of the state of
Illinois, in part citing protec-
tions for military members
to have their votes counted.
Bost already has an
announced 2024 Repub-
lican primary challenger,
unsuccessful 2022 GOP
governor candidate Darren
Bailey of Xenia, in the
ruby red, 34-county 12th
Congressional District.
The lawsuit played out as
Republicans have done an
about face on mail-in voting.
Trump as a 2020 presiden-
tial candidate told voters not
to trust mail-in voting, while
Illinois Republicans sought
to encourage the practice in
the 2022 statewide elections
in an effort to cut into Demo-
cratic numbers.
For 2024, the national
Republican Party is embrac-
ing mail-in voting and
Trump has endorsed the
effort.
trying to accommodate us,”
she said.
Initially, Hampton said she
was upset when she learned
that city officials had desig-
nated the armory as a shelter
without taking into consider-
ation the hundreds of seniors
and children that frequent
the space consistently.
Hampton said that while
she feels sympathy for the
asylum-seekers and under-
stands that the humanitar-
ian crisis is forcing the city
to take drastic measures to
repurpose buildings into
shelters, safety is her main
concern.
When the gym in the
armory was turned into a
homeless shelter during
the early months of the
pandemic, some of the
school’s equipment was
damaged or stolen, Hamp-
ton said.
But city officials have
promised separate
entrances for the school, the
senior center and the shel-
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Mail-in voting has
steadily gained popularity
in Illinois and represented
more than one-third of the
ballots cast in the pandemic
2020 general election. In
last year’s general election,
about 18% of the votes state-
wide were cast by mail. Illi-
nois also offers voters the
opportunity to permanently
receive a mail-in ballot for
elections.
State elections board offi-
cials said 115,991 mail-in
ballots, nearly 16% of all
mail ballots counted, were
returned in the two week
period after the Nov. 8, 2022,
general election.
State Rep. Elizabeth
Hernandez, who chairs the
Illinois Democratic Party,
called the ruling “a win for
voting rights and a loss for
those who wish to suppress
fairly counted votes to suit
their political ambitions.”
Republicans’ “effort to
override the will of the
voters with this baseless
lawsuit rather than accept-
ing the results of our elec-
tions was as unsuccessful as
their campaigns,” Hernan-
dez said in a statement.
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ter, she added. “That’s my
hope.”
The armory is a former
National Guard facility
that has five gyms and 13
meeting rooms. It became
an important community
hub for people in the area
and surrounding neigh-
borhoods in 1985, hosting
programs and services for
underserved communities
including seniors and teens,
according to Manaa-Hop-
penworth.
Stella Campbell, 72, and
her husband Ken, 73, said
the center is “of extreme
importance” to the seniors
in the area, who depend
on the hot lunches and the
services provided for them
at low cost. “There are few
places like this in the city,”
she said.
Ken Campbell said that
what angers him is the city’s
decision to repurpose the
space without taking the
community’s concerns or
suggestions into consider-
ation.
“There are hundreds of
other buildings that could
have been turned into a
shelter where maybe less
people would have been
affected if they had to cancel
or relocate the services they
provide,” he said.
Volunteers for the 48th
Ward Neighbors for Justice
set up a table outside the
armory to collect donations.
“Support your new neigh-
bors!” read their sign.
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EDITORIALS

Football, at all levels,

needs a culture change
Northwestern University
stands accused of tolerating a
pervasive hazing culture and
toxic environment that extended
beyond the football team into
baseball, softball, volleyball and
other sports.
On July 24, a former NU athlete
filed another in what is now a
string of lawsuits against the
school, alleging physical, sexual
and emotional trauma. Lloyd
Yates, now 26, told the Tribune he
has been haunted by nightmares
and anxiety from his football
experiences since he graduated
in 2018.
University President Michael
Schill has said current and former
players told the school’s inves-
tigators that hazing included
“forced participation, nudity and
sexualized acts of a degrading
nature.” One player said at a news
conference, “We lived in fear.”
The allegations might sound
familiar to those who remember
the 2013 hazing scandal involving
Miami Dolphins football play-
ers Jonathan Martin and Richie
Incognito. They were 300-pound
starters who lined up inches apart
on their team’s offensive line.
Martin was less established, a
coveted second-round draft pick
from Stanford University, which
professes to combine top academ-
ics with a lucrative, prime-time
football program. Incognito was
a bruiser from the University of
Nebraska once voted the “NFL’s
dirtiest player,” who neverthe-
less held a leadership role in the
Dolphins locker room.
According to an investigation
published after the fact, Incog- Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito, left, and tackle Jonathan Martin look over plays during an NFL preseason game in 2013 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
nito and other offensive linemen Martin was subjected to “a pattern of harassment” that included racist slurs and vicious sexual taunts about his mother and sister by three teammates,
tried to mold Martin in their goon according to a report ordered by the NFL. WILFREDO LEE/AP
squad image. The results burst
into public view when Martin sat The record shows that some owners, players and ans deliberately over-order the for two weeks, then decided
down at a training table with his costliest food and drinks? Or to sit instead to dismiss entirely.
teammates, who immediately got fans accept behavior that in most workplaces still while veterans cut their hair In a recent note to the “North-
up and walked away. That was
the last straw for Martin, who
would result in instant termination. into phallic mohawks, or shave
off their eyebrows? Or to take it in
western community,” Schill
promised to investigate all alle-
had been subjected to extensive stride when they’re taped help- gations of hazing, create safe-
harassment, including threats lessly to goal posts? guards so that “what happened in
against him and his mother that regained his form and soon retired was caught on video battering his Those and other “pranks” are football can never happen again
were left on his phone in a voice- from the game after earning $3.74 fiancee. part of football lore, and they at Northwestern,” and support
mail from Incognito. million over his career, accord- The NFL has a personal rarely become public contro- students and staff “unfairly impli-
Martin fled the cafeteria and ing to the Over the Cap football conduct policy that covers versies as the hazing of Martin cated by a broad brush.”
sought treatment for mental website. Incognito, ringleader of harassment and bullying, but it did. Even after Martin had been For those who wonder how
health problems worsened by Martin’s harassment, went on to never adopted a specific policy driven off the Dolphins, some of Schill could have ever considered
the hazing, which, just like at a longer, more successful career, about hazing, the spokesman his teammates defended hazing, a two-week suspension sufficient
Northwestern, became a scandal reportedly retiring with earnings confirmed. Some efforts to single as when defensive end Cam Wake punishment for a long-serving
when the public got wind of it. An of $34.4 million. out young players, such as requir- told USA Today that those joining coach who has said he had no
outcry followed, and you might An NFL spokesman said ing rookies to sing their college the privileged “brotherhood” of clue that any hazing was ever
think that, as a result, everything that after the Dolphins hazing fight songs at training camps, the NFL must expect to pay their occurring, consider the example
changed. episode, the league provided he said, “would not be an issue” “dues.” set by the NFL.
Not really. guidance to clubs and players on under the existing rules. Northwestern has come under Once the uproar blows over at
The record shows that some workplace conduct and harass- Hmm. How about requiring fire from multiple angles, with Northwestern, don’t be surprised
owners, players and fans accept ment issues. “These manda- newbies to carry the sweaty pads some alumni, fans and donors if not much has changed. The
behavior that in most workplaces tory training sessions were later of veterans off the practice field expressing outrage at the hazing, only way to reform a toxic culture
would result in instant termina- expanded in 2014 to include more each day? Or to deliver sand- while others are just as angry is if all those involved, includ-
tion. education on matters such as wiches and fast-food on demand? about the treatment of popular ing the leading players and the
Both Incognito and Martin left domestic and sexual violence” — Or to pay the five-figure bills at head football coach Pat Fitzger- biggest fans and supporters,
the Dolphins, but Martin never after star running back Ray Rice steakhouse dinners where veter- ald, who Schill at first suspended decide that it must change.

ABOUT FLORIDA’S DISABLED KIDS EDITORIAL CARTOON

No disabled child should grow up in a nursing home.

That should be obvious — but in Florida, it’s not. For 10
long years, the state has been in court fighting litiga-
tion over its system of care for some of Florida’s most
severely disabled children. About 140 of these kids —
“medically fragile” children — do, in fact, live in nursing
homes. Another 1,800 are at risk of the same fate.
Many of the children require constant care, and
parents are forced to leave them in nursing homes.
Some spend their entire lives there. Families who want
to bring their children home find themselves caught in
what one federal judge called “a maze almost impossi-
ble for parents to escape.” The state has a bewildering
system of funding and care involving managed-care
providers unaccountable to the state. ...
Now, as the Miami Herald reported, U.S. District
Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks has issued a ruling that
offers the strongest hope so far that Florida’s system
might finally be reformed. ...
As the judge wrote in his order, issued after a trial in
May, Florida has made it so hard for parents to obtain
the needed care and services outside of institutions that
few manage it. ... “The difficulties facing the children
and parents in this case are heart wrenching,” Middle-
brooks noted.
Florida must stop warehousing its most vulnerable
children in nursing homes if there are other options.
It must stop expecting parents of severely disabled
kids, who are already in an unimaginably hard situa-
tion, to navigate ridiculous bureaucracy to get the help
they need. And it must stop trying to shift the blame
to managed-care companies. This is a failure to do the
right thing, and the state needs to take on the responsi-
bility to fix it.
Miami Herald Editorial Board MICHAEL RAMIREZ
8 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Friday, July 28, 2023

OPINION
Popular or not, football doesn’t
belong in our public schools
By Irvin Muchnick

This month, the American

ritual of preseason football prac-
tice gets underway for more than
a million boys, from teenagers
down to as young as 5. If the past
is prologue, one or more of these
boys will drop dead somewhere
before making a single block or
tackle — just from their coaches’
over-the-top drills to get them
into playing condition and, even
more important, to make them
“tougher” specimens of mascu-
linity.
In one of the shames of national
life, a colliding game meant for
self-selected gladiators some-
how became a platform for young
male aspiration. The output can
be deadly.
At any given time, a fatal,
purportedly “nonfootball-re-
lated” case of asthma may strike
— such as in the case of North-
western University football
player Rashidi Wheeler, who died
after collapsing during condition-
ing drills in 2001. Or maybe it will
be exertional heatstroke, one of
the top killers of young football
players, which claimed the life of
Jordan McNair at the University
of Maryland in 2018. Or, for some
unfortunate and ill-informed
African American youth, it will
be an exertional attack associ-
ated with the sickle cell trait, as
was the case for Ted Agu at the
University of California at Berke-
ley in 2014, though the university
tried to cover up his death from Members of the Northwestern University football team hug after placing the casket for teammate Rashidi Wheeler into a hearse following a memorial
a strenuous team workout as a service in 2001. HEATHER STONE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
random cardiac episode.
Since record-keeping is poor tion, as Hamlin thankfully recov- the minority African American popular spectator sport. So, at one football safer just leads to wind-
and our autopsy system is flawed, ered and now is poised to return community, with its astoundingly time, was boxing — and we no falls for the manufacturers of
we don’t have reliable numbers, to play. disproportionate representation longer have high school boxing “better mousetrap” helmets and
but well over 1,000 kids have The public simply has no idea in the NCAA Division I and NFL teams. At the time of the 1964 protective equipment, and for
probably died in the history how far the public health carnage player ranks. Football doesn’t surgeon general’s report on the other cottage industries of the
of high school football, from in football extends beyond the love African Americans back, health deficits of tobacco, nearly concussion-industrial complex.
traumatic collision injuries and fashionable awareness of trau- though: 1 in 12 Black people carry half the country’s adults smoked; No one bothers to pencil out the
other causes. Preposterously, Dr. matic brain injury, which alone the sickle cell trait, making them today that figure is closer to public cost or to weigh bottom-
Julian Bailes, the chairman of the is scary enough. Let us count the uniquely susceptible to sudden one-eighth. less, tail-chasing safety measures
medical advisory board for Pop ways of neurological, orthope- death or permanent muscle It’s true that you can’t ban against other priorities.
Warner Football, has claimed no dic and internal organ damage — damage when extreme exertion something many millions love In a better world, parents
reported deaths attributable to even before we get to death itself. turns sour. to play and watch. You can, who want their sons to pursue
youth football programs in the 40 Have you seen a longitudi- This is in keeping with the however, choose to put saner this particular extracurricu-
years before 2013. In fact, there nal study lately on the quality general attitude of giving the boundaries around who plays it lar activity would be required
were around 30. These included of life, as well as the life expec- spectacle of football, which does and where, to replace public rela- to do so in private clubs — not
the odd cases of commotio tancy, of obese former run-stuff- serve up helpings of thrilling tions-driven guardrails in promo- on the backs of our K-12 school
cordis, or cardiac arrest from a ing defensive tackles? And how entertainment and elite athlet- tion of an existentially impossible systems, community colleges and
blow to the portion of the chest about the millions of American icism, a pass and a shrug. What goal of fundamental safety. Foot- state universities. In this way, we
covering the heart, which nearly men who never blossomed into remains unexamined is the ball mythology cites the rules would at least downsize a blood
killed Buffalo Bills player Damar Super Bowl-winning quarter- sport’s enjoyment of a blank tweaks President Theodore Roos- sport destined for an unflattering
Hamlin earlier this year. back Patrick Mahomes, yet check of subsidies from our insur- evelt inspired in 1905, at a time “bread and circuses” historical
What happened to Hamlin was banged away at the sport from ance and health care systems. when safety concerns first had treatment.
an opportunity for the football the pee-wees through secondary Most dramatically, it gets a free the sport on the ropes. The truth
world to take stock of the sport’s school, contributing to the metrics ride through a professional- is that Roosevelt’s expert panel Irvin Muchnick is a journalist and
harm in all its varieties. But of declines of workplace produc- ized private farm system that was nothing more than a dog and the author of the upcoming book
predictably, the industry flipped tivity and increases in domestic masquerades as physical educa- pony show — the first of many “Without Helmets or Shoulder
the script in a matter of news violence and opioid abuse? tion on our public fields and in historical cycles of hand-wring- Pads: The American Way of Death
cycles, from sober reflection and No precinct of football fanat- our public schools. ing followed by enabling. in Football Conditioning,” which is
perspective to feel-good inspira- icism is more poignant than Yes, football is America’s most In the end, the quest to make being released Oct. 3.

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Op-ed gives unfair account
Dr. Cory Franklin has expertise in intensive care but not
the legal or criminal fields. His opinion in his recent op-ed
has a glaring omission (“Should former Manson family
member Leslie Van Houten be free?” July 24). He states
that Gov. Gavin Newsom did not challenge Leslie Van
Houten’s parole. Newsom did, but he didn’t challenge the
a 2-1 appellate court decision that granted her parole. The
likelihood of the California Supreme Court accepting the
appeal was minimal at best.
The fact that someone is granted parole after 53 years
does mean that the parole decision shows contempt for
the law. That is the primary thesis of this op-ed, and it
shows a lack of understanding of the legal system in Cali-
fornia. Is prison meant to punish or to rehabilitate some-
one? Franklin’s opinion favors the former.
Van Houten stabbed Rosemary LaBianca but was not
involved in the stabbing and desecration of Leno LaBi-
anca; including the latter is irrelevant to whether Van
Houten should be on parole. The same applies to the fact
that fellow murderer Tex Watson fathered four children
while in prison.
Clearly, Franklin has issues with the penal system in
California, but his opinion should stick to the topic at hand
instead of using nonrelevant facts to support the emotional
appeal of his opinion.
— Thomas Sarikas, Arlington Heights
Van Houten’s prison time
I read with interest an op-ed by Dr. Cory Franklin, who
expressed opposition to the release of Leslie Van Houten.
His feeling was that she should have never been released.
While I respect his opinion on this, I would like to submit a
different perspective.
I was a juvenile probation officer for 10 years, even
though my degree was in education. In 1994, there was a
teaching position in the Illinois Department of Correc-
tions School District 428. I started teaching and ended up
in administration for one of the great programs inside of
prisons. As all of us who worked in this profession met
many inmates who committed some horrendous acts,
including murder. I have known countless murderers who
ranged in age from 14 to much older. Should every person
who committed murder be locked up for the rest of their
lives? Guess what? They’re not.
It might surprise many that the average sentence for
murder, according to a 2016 U.S. Department of Justice
report, is 25 years to life. The average time a murderer
Leslie Van Houten attends a parole hearing at the California
Institution for Women on Sept. 6, 2017. STAN LIM/AP
spent in prison at that time was less than 20 years. This is
nationwide. All states, of course, have different statutes.
Van Houten was sentenced to seven years to life in 1971.
I am not condoning what she did. Franklin writes that Van
Houten “wanted in on the next murder spree.” Perhaps
she did, or perhaps she was under the influence of a char-
ismatic cult leader and drugs, including lysergic acid.
The 53 years she was locked up for, in my opinion, was
excessive. If the case was not so infamous, it would not be
newsworthy. Murderers are released every day. Franklin
implies that Van Houten had a “quite effective makeup
job” to cover up the “X” in her forehead. Is anyone the
same person they were 53 years ago or when they were 19
years old?
I truly believe that people can change, for better or
worse.
— Sandi Ivemeyer, Sandwich, Illinois
Van Houten paid small price
Dr. Cory Franklin’s op-ed is so terrifying in its retell-
ing of the details of the monstrous Sharon Tate-LaBianca
family murders and so eloquent in his discussion of the
details of parole considerations for Leslie Van Houten that
it should have been read at her most recent hearing.
But it wasn’t. She’s free. And now another monster
walks among us, having paid a considerably smaller price
than her victims.
So what was the point?
— Dennis Allen, Wilmette
Prosecuting 19-year-olds
Regarding the op-ed about Leslie Van Houten by Dr.
Cory Franklin and her part in the ruthless murders of the
LaBianca family, yes, she deserves to be free, for a couple
of reasons.
Firstly, our so-called judicial system is vengeful, not
restorative. Secondly, a 19-year-old does not yet have an
adult brain. The brain does not develop fully until the
mid-20s.
The idea of treating those under that age as adults in
court proceedings is immoral and unscientific.
— Janice Gintzler, Crestwood
Disappointed by Wirtz
I was sorry to learn of Chicago Blackhawks owner
Rocky Wirtz passing. My thoughts and prayers go out to
his family.
While he brought back a championship hockey team to
Chicago, let us not forget how he handled the Kyle Beach
situation. To be so dismissive to a player that was clearly
struggling was difficult to see. The way Wirtz brushed him
off was disappointing.
— Scott Cross, Fort Myers, Florida
Cartoon is mocking voter
It’s apparent that letter writer Diane O’Neill (“False
equivalence in cartoon,” July 24) is unfamiliar with Mike
Luckovich or she’d realize that he is mocking the person
who can’t decide who to vote for and not the president’s
age.
— Holger Meerbote, Arlington Heights
It’s a criticism of ageism
I don’t think the writer of the “False equivalence in
cartoon” letter understood the point of the cartoon. The
point is not that running for president at 80 years old is as
bad as running for president after attempting a coup and
threatening our democracy with his dictatorial tendencies.
The cartoon satirizes the hesitancy of so many to make
the obvious moral choice because the candidate with a
career of honest public service happens to be 80 years old.
If nothing else, the cartoon is decrying ageism.
— Mark Melnicoff, Naperville
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OPINION

Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking a road in Jerusalem on Monday during a protest over plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s
government to overhaul the judicial system. OHAD ZWIGENBERG/AP

Israel’s constitutional crisis is not

having such an important document
Elizabeth Shackelford
Many Israelis believe the judicial
overhaul just passed by the Knes-
set is the beginning of the end of the
country’s democracy. It’s the first of
several steps Prime Minister Benja-
min Netanyahu is pursuing to coalesce
power under his control.
But Israel has been at risk of this
kind of power grab since its founding.
As a parliamentary system with no law
or body beyond the reach of a simple
legislative majority, the Israeli state
has few safeguards to prevent it. At its
core, Israel’s failure to adopt a consti-
tution was the state’s original sin.
The new law strips the country’s
Supreme Court of the power to over-
turn government action that the court
finds “unreasonable.” A survey in
February revealed that 66% of Israelis
opposed the move, and protests against
it have continued for 29 weeks so far.
Following the Knesset vote, public
protests only grew. Doctors walked out
of work, and Israel’s largest labor union
is considering a nationwide general
strike. Even Israel’s military reservists
are threatening not to show up for duty,
which would be a blow to the country’s
national defense readiness.
The law’s supporters claim it’s
necessary to stop unelected judges
from overruling the will of the people
as exercised by elected officials. That
interpretation could sound demo-
cratic, particularly from an Ameri-
can perspective, considering our own
unaccountable Supreme Court is
undermining democracy these days.
But Israel’s system is different, as
are the consequences. In a parliamen-
tary system, the power of the prime
minister and legislature are linked, so
neither acts as a check on the other.
This makes the judiciary essential
to maintaining checks and balances.
Netanyahu’s coalition, the most right-
wing and religiously conservative in
the country’s history, is aiming to take
out that check.
Absent judicial oversight, the only
tool that could restrain Israel’s ruling
party would be a constitution, but
Israel is one of only five countries that
don’t have one. A constitution defines
the scope of government powers and
acts as the highest law of the land
— a legal document that cannot be
overturned by a simple majority. It is
meant to make the guardrails of gover-
nance greater than the power any
single person or group can secure. A
constitution is the difference between
the rule of law and the rule of people.
It’s no accident that Israel doesn’t
have one. From its beginning, Israel’s
champions have had two very differ-
ent visions of the state. The primary
sticking point was always whether
Israel would guarantee equality for all
or for some.
Leaders such as Menachem Begin,
founder of the Likud party and Isra-
el’s prime minister from 1977 to 1983,
claimed to support equal treatment
of the Arab population but refused to
bestow them rights equal to the state’s
Jewish population. He believed that
would be anathema to the concept of a
Jewish state.
Others, such as Shulamit Aloni, a
former Israeli minister and member of
the Knesset for nearly three decades,
insisted the state needed a consti-
tution that would guarantee equal
rights for all. Aloni, one of Israel’s
most prominent civil rights advocates,
pressed for a constitution including
an equality clause. Begin and others
pushed back fiercely on the very idea.
Reconciling those different visions
proved impossible, so Israel simply
didn’t. But repeated efforts to instill
equality in any legal form have failed,
suggesting the de facto winner of this
debate is inequality.
This is an obvious slight to the Arab
population in the country, but Arab
residents aren’t the only ones who
will ultimately pay the cost. Without a
constitution enshrining equal rights for
all, and with no other checks in place, it
is far easier for a powerful minority to
use the tools of the state to suppress the
rights of other groups too. This is the
reality in Israel today, as Netanyahu’s
extremist coalition is making clear.
A constitution is no panacea,
as America’s own long struggle to
provide equal rights makes clear.
And some countries, including the
United Kingdom, have done fine
without, thanks to a rigorous court
system and other time-tested checks
on power. But a constitution provides
both a process and a product that can
help build a more just and durable
governmental structure and society.
The process of creating and agree-
ing to a constitution is a difficult and
time-consuming exercise. But it can
force a reckoning with the hardest
questions and spur public debate over
the kind of society the public wants
to be. It enhances transparency and
accountability of every successive
government to a legal framework
bigger than they are.
If a constitution doesn’t answer
those questions, someone else will,
and they can do so without that level
of rigor, debate and consensus. Today’s
question is whether the judiciary can
rein in unreasonable actions by the
legislature, and Netanyahu’s govern-
ment has answered: No.
Whatever tomorrow’s question
is, the people of Israel don’t want
Netanyahu’s coalition alone to have
the power to answer it for them.
Elizabeth Shackelford is a senior
fellow on U.S. foreign policy with the
Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She
was previously a U.S. diplomat and is
the author of ”The Dissent Channel:
American Diplomacy in a Dishonest
Age.”

The world must leave room for people like Oppenheimer and Turing
By Kenneth Seeskin
The movie “Oppenheimer”
reminds us that a healthy soci-
ety must leave room for people
who face down power to pursue
truth, who introduce new ways of
thinking or who choose to follow
alternative life paths.
A brilliant but eccentric scien-
tist, J. Robert Oppenheimer led
the world into the Atomic Age
only to run afoul of government
investigators. He also calls to
mind a similar account in Great
Britain in which Alan Turing,
who led the world into the
computer age and helped crack
the German military codes in
World War II, was convicted on
a morals charge and eventually
took his own life.
Both men were ahead of their
times. Both made enormous
contributions to the war efforts
of their countries. Despite their
efforts, both faced problems
with their respective govern-
ments. Oppenheimer’s problem
was his association with far-left
colleagues and his defense of
arms control, Turing’s was being
gay at a time when it was illegal.
As a result, Oppenheimer’s
security clearance was revoked,
while Turing faced public humil-
iation and chemical castra-
Religious history is no different.
The prophet Jeremiah was jailed,
beaten and left to die. Jesus’ fate
is well known. Joan of Arc was
burned at the stake. Reformer
Martin Luther went into hiding
to avoid being arrested and killed.
The rabbinical authorities of
Amsterdam excommunicated
philosopher Baruch Spinoza.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
was put under FBI surveillance,
received numerous death threats
and was assassinated.
In one way or another, all these
people challenged accepted ways
of thinking and paid a heavy
price for doing so. Granted, soci-
eties need cohesion to survive.
But they also need freethinkers,
whistleblowers and conceptual
Robert Oppenheimer, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Advisory innovators to stay vibrant. Where
Council, tells a joint Congressional Atomic Committee that the U.S. military should the line be drawn between
establishment to his knowledge had never found it necessary to use protecting society from a legit-
exportable-type isotopes for the development of new war machines. AP imate threat and stamping out
diversity?
tion. Although Oppenheimer’s murdered because his discovery While there is no simple
clearance was reinstated after upset normal ways of thinking. answer to this question, one
his death, and Turing received a Socrates was sentenced to death thing is clear: Neither Oppen-
posthumous pardon, their fates for impiety. Galileo Galilei was put heimer nor Turing posed a legit-
raise the question of how society under house arrest for suggest- imate threat to anyone. In fact,
deals with talented people who ing that the earth orbits the sun. both helped society defend itself
don’t abide by the normal rules. Albert Einstein received death against its real enemies. The
The problem is as old as threats for proposing the theory of record shows that time after time,
history itself. Legend has it that relativity and was forced to leave society overreacted and punished
the ancient Greek musician who his native Germany due to his people whom history went on to
discovered irrational numbers was Jewish heritage. regard as heroic.
What about our society? Who
is the J. Robert Oppenheimer of
our day? I suggest Dr. Anthony
Fauci. The enemy he fought,
COVID-19, killed many more
Americans than the Germans
or Japanese. Although he was
awarded the Presidential Medal
of Freedom in 2008 for advancing
the understanding and treatment
of HIV/AIDS, he and his family
now require constant security to
protect them from harassment
and death threats.
Looking further afield, one
could cite novelist Salman Rush-
die, environmental activist Greta
Thunberg, and the journalists
and politicians who have opposed
Vladimir Putin. Are these people
a threat to their societies or have
their societies mistaken friend
for foe?
If there is a lesson to be learned
from all this, it is that societ-
ies often get things wrong and
deprive themselves of the oppor-
tunity to move forward. Without
these kinds of people, rather than
security, the result would be an
oppressive uniformity.
Kenneth Seeskin is an emeritus
professor of philosophy and the
Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick
professor of Jewish civilization at
Northwestern University.
10 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Friday, July 28, 2023
OBITUARIES
WILLIAM BRANDT 1949-2023
Former IFA chair was expert
in corporate restructuring
By Bob Goldsborough
For Chicago Tribune
William Brandt Jr. was an
expert in corporate restruc-
turing and bankruptcy who
served as chair of the Illinois
Finance Authority, which
provides low-cost financing
to public and private insti-
tutions in an effort to drive
economic development and
create jobs.
A Democratic activist and
fundraiser, Brandt grew up
in La Grange and attended
Fenwick High School in Oak
Park with future Illinois Gov.
Pat Quinn, who as lieutenant
governor recommended
Brandt for the post at the
Illinois Finance Authority.
With interest-free loans
from the authority, Brandt
helped Loyola University’s
medical school become the
first one in the U.S. to admit
students from numerous
countries who were living
here without legal permis-
sion.
“Bill’s zeal for social
justice never flickered,”
Quinn said. “He was very
generous, and helped a lot
of people.”
Brandt, 73, died of compli-
cations from amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, or ALS, on
May 28 at Evanston Hospi-
tal in Evanston, said his
wife of 43 years, Patrice.
He had been a resident of
Fernandina Beach, Florida,
and previously had lived in
Winnetka.
After graduating from
Fenwick, Brandt received a
bachelor’s degree in sociol-
ogy from St. Louis Univer-
sity in 1971 and a master’s
degree in sociology from
the University of Chicago
in 1972.
Brandt initially consid-
ered a career as a professor,
and he completed all course-
work other than his disserta-
tion for a Ph.D. in sociology
at the U. of C.
But he became involved
in a dispute involving a busi-
ness his family had owned,
and “realized that he could
earn more sorting through
financial insolvencies and
disputes than he could by
earning his Ph.D.,” his wife
said.
In 1976 Brandt formed
Development Specialists
Inc., a corporate restructur-
ing consultancy that even-
tually had offices around
the country. Brandt pushed
for improvements to federal
bankruptcy laws while also
endeavoring to save as many
jobs as possible at the bank-
rupt companies for which
his firm consulted.
“Bill will be remembered
as a stalwart in the insol-
vency industry, a brilliant
and successful advocate for
his clients,” said Amy Alcoke
Quackenboss, the executive
director of the American
Bankruptcy Institute, which
Brandt helped found.
Locally, Brandt’s firm
caught a wave with the
bankruptcy boom of the
mid-1980s. He consulted
with or was a bankruptcy
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In 1655 French drama-
tist and novelist Cyrano de
Bergerac, the inspiration for
a play by Edmond Rostand,
died in Paris.
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court-appointed trustee for
a wide variety of organiza-
tions, including Wieboldt
Stores Inc., Paschen
Contractors, Giordano’s
pizza and the 111-year-old
department store chain
Madigan’s, which closed its
doors at area malls in 1992.
Brandt focused on
pre-bankruptcy turnaround
work rather than bank-
ruptcy liquidations. In the
case of Maine-based audio
and videocassette-maker
Shape Inc., one of the larg-
est Chapter 11 bankruptcy
cases in New England, the
Tribune reported in 1997
that Brandt had returned
100% of creditors’ money to
them plus interest
“What we’re about is
getting people’s money back,
the bank’s money, creditors’
money, everybody’s money,”
he told the Tribune in 1997.
Last year Brandt received
the American Bankruptcy
Institute’s lifetime achieve-
ment award.
In 2008 then-Gov. Rod
Blagojevich appointed
Brandt as the unpaid chair-
man of the Illinois Finance
Authority, on the recom-
mendation of Quinn, who
was Blagojevich’s lieu-
tenant governor. One of
the nation’s largest govern-
ment financing bodies, the
Illinois Finance Authority
was created by Blagojevich
in 2004 by combining seven
state bonding authorities.
“The governor came and
said, ‘I need your help on
this one,’ ” Brandt told the
Tribune in 2008. “This is
potentially one of the most
important agencies in the
state for job creation.”
When Quinn became
governor in 2009, he reap-
pointed Brandt as chair of
the Illinois Finance Author-
ity, and Brandt remained in
that role until 2015.
Among his most import-
ant achievements was help-
ing to rescue Roseland
Community Hospital, the
beleaguered Far South Side
safety-net hospital, in 2013,
Quinn said.
“I did not want that hospi-
tal to go away, as they had
hired 500 people, and there
were lots of jobs there and
it helped the community a
great deal,” Quinn said. “I
called Bill and I said, ‘Work
this out,’ and he came up
with a plan that rescued
Roseland Hospital.
“Then, when COVID-19
hit, all these people were
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in Leipzig, Germany.
In 1821 Peru proclaimed its
independence from Spain.
In 1825 John Kinzie, called
the “first citizen of Chicago,”
was appointed its justice of
the peace.
In 1859 Rosehill Cemetery in
Chicago was dedicated.
In 1868 the 14th Amend-
ment to the Constitution
took effect, guaranteeing
due process of law.
In 1914 World War I began
when Austria-Hungary
declared war on Serbia.
In 1927 the cruise ship Favor-
ite capsized in a Lake Mich-
igan squall off Chicago’s
North Avenue, killing 27 of
the 71 people aboard.
In 1959, in preparation
for statehood, Hawai-
ians voted to send Hiram
Fong to the Senate as its
first Chinese-American
member and Daniel Inouye
to the House as its first Japa-
nese-American.
treated and helped by Rose-
land. I was so glad that he
was able to keep Roseland
afloat.”
Chris Meister, the Illi-
nois Finance Authority’s
executive director, praised
Brandt’s ability to see oppor-
tunities “where others saw
closed doors.”
“Bill’s focus was always
paying it forward and
extending a generous help-
ing hand to those in need,”
Meister said.
Brandt served on the
board of trustees of Loyola
University Chicago from
2007-16, and also was a life
trustee of Fenwick High
School. From 2017 until
2022 he was part of a group
that owned the Chicago
Sun-Times newspaper.
In 2013 Brandt helped
Loyola’s Stritch School of
Medicine become the first
medical school in the U.S. to
openly accept students with
Deferred Action for Child-
hood Arrivals, or DACA,
status.
He worked with U.S. Sen.
Richard Durbin to have the
Illinois Finance Author-
ity create a loan program
for any Illinois medical or
dental school to help DACA
students finance their
education through zero-in-
terest loans, in exchange for
spending three years after
receiving their education
working in an underserved
area of Illinois.
As of this May, 38 DACA
recipients had earned a
Stritch medical degree,
according to information
from Loyola. The group
includes students from
Mexico, Poland and other
countries.
Brandt also was a key
fundraiser during both of
Bill Clinton’s presiden-
tial campaigns, and he was
on the host committee for
the Democratic National
Convention in Chicago in
1996.
Brandt, who had a home
in Santa Monica, Califor-
nia, also was part of the
host committee for the
2000 Democratic National
Convention in Los Angeles.
Brandt also is survived by
two daughters, Katherine
and Joan; two sons, William
and John; a grandson; and
three brothers, Jim, Mike
and John.
Services were held.
Bob Goldsborough is a
freelance reporter.
In 1984 the Summer Olym-
pics opened in Los Angeles,
minus a Soviet-led bloc of
15 nations, plus Iran, Libya,
Albania and Bolivia.
In 2002 American cyclist
Lance Armstrong won his
fourth consecutive Tour de
France. (He was stripped of
the title in 2012.)
In 2004 Francis Crick, the
Nobel Prize-winning scien-
tist who with James Watson
discovered the structure of
DNA, died in San Diego; he
was 88.
In 2009 Brian Dugan
pleaded guilty to the 1983
kidnapping, rape and
murder of 10-year-old
Naperville Township girl
Jeanine Nicarico, a crime for
which two other men had
been falsely convicted and
sentenced to death before
those cases fell apart.
In 2016 Hillary Clinton
became the first female
presidential nominee from a
major party with her accep-
tance speech at the Demo-
cratic National Convention
in Philadelphia.
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Gary F. Blaha, age 66, of Skokie. Beloved husband
of Kristine Kiesel; dear stepfather of
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Austin, Alissa, Alek and Alena Molinaro
and Nathan Roth; fond brother of Rose
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from 3 p.m. until time of Funeral Service, 7 p.m.,
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Loretta) Canale, Vito (Cindy) Canale, Christina (Tom)
Fergus. Fond uncle of Amy, Carlo, Thomas. Preceded
in death by two infant children. Visitation will be
Tuesday, August 1, from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
at Cumberland Chapels, 8300 W Lawrence Ave,
Norridge. Visitation will also be held Wednesday,
from 9:30 a.m. until time of Mass of Christian
Burial at 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church,
928 W Everett Rd, Lake Forest. Entombment will
follow at All Saints Cemetery, Immaculate Heart of
Mary Mausoleum. Donations may be made to the
American Heart Association. Info: 708-456-8300
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Comfort, Robert R. ‘Bob’
Robert “Bob” R. Comfort, 76, passed away Monday,
July 24, 2023 at the Illinois
Veterans Home in Quincy, IL.
Bob was born August 2,
1946, in Chicago, IL. He was
preceded in death by his par-
ents, Robert Ross and Wilma
Marie (Kopitar) Comfort.
Survivors include his sister,
Linda Domel (Drake) of Lake
Villa, IL, and two nephews, Cory Robert
Domel and Trent Russell Domel.
A Memorial Service will be held at 10:00
am Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at the All Faiths Chapel
at the Quincy Veterans Home. Burial will follow at
Sunset Cemetery in Quincy with full military honors.
Bob served in the U.S. Navy from 1965-1971.
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Feld, Shirley
Shirley Feld nee Busch, 93. Beloved wife of the late
Jerome Feld. Loving mother of Sandra
“Sam” Millman and Vicki (Marshall)
Meilach. Cherished Grams to Missy
Meilach, Jacob (Jenna) Meilach, and
Nana to Suzanne (Aaron Hawkins)
Millman and Alana (Samson Magid) Millman. GG
to Roman and Asher Meilach. Dearest friend of
Loretta Goodman. Graveside services Friday, 1:30
pm at Memorial Park Cemetery, 9900 Gross Point
Rd., Skokie. In lieu of flowers, donations to National
Council of Jewish Women, South Cook Section, P.O.
Box 982, Homewood, IL 60430 www.ncjwsouthcook.
org and The ARK, 6450 N. California Ave., Chicago, IL
60645 www.arkchicago.org would be appreciated.
Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals – Skokie
Chapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com
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Kiesel
See Gary F. Blaha notice.
Lehner, Thomas Martin
Born October 20, 1943, in Chicago, to Edward and
Ann (Morrison) Lehner, Tom died July 25, 2023
in Crystal Lake at the age of 79. A graduate of De
La Salle High School in Chicago, he enlisted in the
Marine Corps. Tom retired from UBS in Chicago.
Survivors include his wife, Gail; daughters, Colleen
(Mike) Tomberlin, Susan Lehner (Brian Graves), and
Donna (Bill) Sudbrook, all of Crystal Lake; eight
grandchildren; siblings, Joan Weber, Eileen Pionke,
Ed (Sue) Lehner, John (Lena) Lehner, Marian (Al) Wolf;
and sister-in-law, Dorothy Dipple. Visitation will be
Sunday, July 30, from 3pm until 7pm at Davenport
Family Funeral Home, Crystal Lake. Visitation will
continue at the funeral home on Monday, July 31
from 12-1pm then mass at 1:30pm at St. Thomas
the Apostle Catholic Church, Crystal Lake. Visit
www.davenportfamily.com for full obituary.
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Peck, Thomas Michael
Peck, Thomas Michael, BA, RN, TNCC, 44 years old,
passed away suddenly 07/23/23. Cherished son
of Gregory & Beverly (nee Bork); dearest brother
of Lauren (Joseph) Burks, fond uncle of Joseph Jr.;
adored nephew of Harry Bork and Kimberly Bork.
Tom was an RN in the ED at Glen Oaks Hospital
and Rush Copley Hospital. He was a loving son, a
dedicated RN, and a friend to many. He will be sorely
missed. We will always love you. Services on Sat.,
July 29. Viewing from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.; Mass
of Christian Burial 10:00 a.m. St. Francis of Assisi
Church, 1501 W. Boughton Rd., Bolingbrook, 60490,
630-759-7588. In lieu of flowers donations appre-
ciated to the Thomas M. Peck Scholarship Fund,
Montini Catholic H.S., 19W070 16th St., Lombard, IL
60148.
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Swartzman, Joel Arnold
Joel Arnold Swartzman, 82.
Beloved husband for 54 years
of Robin, nee Freedman.
Loving father of Brett (Sheila)
Swartzman and the late
Michael Swartzman. Proud
grandfather of Sofia and
Bryce Swartzman. Cherished
son of the late Sam and Bess
Swartzman. Caring brother-
in-law of Leslie (Jeffery)
Bauer, Louis S. (Jill) Freedman,
Mark (Eleanor) Freedman and the late
Beth Lynn Rice. Will be missed by many
nieces, nephews and friends. Memorial
Service Monday, July 31, 2023, 10 AM
at Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie
Blvd. (At Niles Center Road), Skokie, IL 60077. In lieu
of flowers, memorial contributions may be made
to Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, nmcrs.org.
To attend the funeral live stream, please visit our
website. Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals -
Skokie Chapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com
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Zumer, Dorothy M.
Dorothy M. Zumer, age 77. Loving daughter of
Andrew and Mary (Rupar) Zumer; dear sister of
the late Theresa Zumer, the late Andrew (Sally)
Zumer, the late Loretta (late David) Beinhoff, and Jo
Anne (Robert) McAuley; cherished aunt of thirteen
nieces and nephews; great-aunt and great-great-
aunt of dozens more; and beloved lifelong friend
of Margaret Kowalski and Cheryl Brueckmann.
Dorothy earned her bachelor’s degree from the
University of St. Francis and her master’s degree
from DePaul University. She worked for over forty
years in various office roles at businesses through-
out the Chicago area. A devoted Catholic, she
was active in church activities, sang in the choir,
and supported religious causes. Dorothy was an
adventurous traveler, having toured at least nine
European countries as well as Russia. Crafty and
talented, Dorothy created holiday-themed ceramic
art. Gregarious and generous, she and her sister,
Theresa, ensured that the extended families gath-
ered to reconnect, share a meal, and enjoy many
giggles as she conducted her annual gift giveaways.
Despite challenges, Dorothy was deeply loyal. She
cared for Theresa and their parents for many years.
We will miss Dorothy’s energy, kindness, and laugh-
ter but are comforted to know that she is at peace.
Visitation 9-10 a.m. Monday July 31st at Hallowell &
James Funeral Home, 301 75th St., Downers Grove,
proceeding to St. Mary of Gostyn Church for Funeral
Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. Entombment Resurrection
Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, Masses and memorial
donations to Catholic Charities of Chicago are ap-
preciated. Funeral info 630-964-6500
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Crossword CONDUCTED LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES

By Jacqueline E. Mathews. © 2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. All rights reserved.
ACROSS
1 Purchase
4 Old saying
9 Air pollution
13 30-day period
14 Bicycle piece
15 Lug
16 Coat parts
17 Steal another’s
writing
19 “Not __ long
shot!”
20 Bursting at the
__; too full
21 Sherbet flavor
22 Words to José
24 Female animal
25 Handbook
27 Henry & Peter
30 Open-eyed
31 Prayer before
meals
33 Winter month:
abbr.
35 Old letter opener
36 In need of
tightening
37 Word attached
to light or fish
38 Man’s nickname
39 Daredevil’s feat
40 Sorority letter
41 Respiratory or
digestive
43 William
Randolph __
44 Mushroom part
GOVERNMENT/EDUCATION GOVERNMENT/EDUCATION
HOUSE SALES
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
Eastside of Chicago 7/28 & 7/29 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT On July 31, 2023, a sale will be held at
11408 Avenue H 9am-3pm July 28, 2023 Midwest Trailer Repair Inc, 1900 W. 43rd
Vintage Furn., kitchen, household, garage & gar- CITY OF CHICAGO Street, Chicago IL 60609 to sell the following
den items And MUCH MORE articles to enforce a lien existing under the
DEPARTMENT OF PROCUREMENT
laws of the State of Illinois against such
SERVICES articles for labor, services, skill, or material
expended upon a storage furnished for
STUFF WANTED The Bidder must complete and submit an
Electronic Bid prior to the bid due date. An
such articles at the request of the following
designated person, unless such articles
electronic bid must be submitted through the are redeemed within thirty days of the
City of Chicago’s website at publication of this notice.
BUYING RECORD ALBUMS! Rock, Jazz & Blues. www.cityofchicago.org/eprocurement, on or
{ PLEASE NOTE: Every company and
Also vintage baseball cards! before the due date and time stated below. owner or customer has been contacted
847-343-1628 The City’s system will not accept electronic multiple times by phone calls, emails & text
bids after the due date and time. Bidders messages }
Buying Selling Vintage Toys / Figures must register for a log-in account to submit
4 N Elmhurst Prospect Heights, IL an electronic bid. Please allow up to three MEDIX LOGISTICS INC - DBA RML FREIGHT
Turbotoyzcollectibles.com (224) 377-8185 business days for creation of your log-in { ALIX ROUSSEU & GEO BEL } 8219 W.
ATLANTIC BLVD, CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA
account. Paper bids will not be accepted. All
33071 & 2980 RIVERSIDE DR UNIT 132,
BUYING TOY TRAINS Bids will be opened and publicly read aloud CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA 33065 { TRL#
LIONEL, AMERICAN FLYER, HO, BRASS, for the following:
OLD TOYS,COIN OPERATED-GAMES,COKE 217226 - 2010 GREAT DANE REEFER TRAILER
MACHINES, SLOT CARS, OLD SIGNS! - VIN# 1GRAA9625AB704451 & TRL# 242182
Dennis 630-319-2331 DESCRIPTION: Oak Blocks and Wedges - 2010 GREAT DANE REEFER TRAILER - VIN#
(Goals) 1GRAA9622BB705491 } $6,000.00 EACH
WANTED SPORTS CARDS! Buying Sm DEPARTMENT: Department of Water
BROWN WOLF TRANSPORT - { ALEX SCOTT
& Lg Collections, Comic Books, Sports & Management
} 113 IRONWOOD DR, BONAIRE, GA 31005
Non SportsCards, Pokemon Cards, Orig TYPE: Commodities { TRL# 653 / 606 - 2005 GREAT DANE VIN#
Art & Movie Mem. Paying Top $$ Call Mike
mikecarbo@gmail.com 1GRAA06265S702454 } $15,000.00
800-273-1621 ELECTRONIC BID DOCUMENTS CAN
BE DOWNLOADED AND RESPONDED T.O.B.B - { ERIC GARDNER } 4919
TO FROM THIS URL ADDRESS: BUTTERFIELD RD APT# 3, HILLSIDE IL, 60162
Wanted: Oriental Rugs & 3834 W. ARTHINGTON ST. CHICAGO IL,
Any size/Any condition - for cash. www.cityofchicago.org/eprocurement
60624 { TRL# 53003 2006 STOUGHTON VIN#
***CALL 773-575-8088***
1DW1A53236B904086 } $15,000.00
SPECIFICATION NO: 1256106
RFQ NO: 9372 MARKUSY TRANSPORT LLC - { BOBBY
Questions Due Date: August 4, 2023 MARKUSY } 17460 SE SUNNYSIDE RD,
DOGS BID/PROPOSAL
August 31, 2023
OPENING DATE: DAMASCUS OR, 97089 & 20450 SE HWY
212, DAMASCUS OR, 97089 & P.O. BOX 1278
TIME: 11:00 a.m., Central Time GRESHAM OR, 97030 { TRL# V522736 2020
GREAT DANE VIN# 1GRP0623LJ161603 }
$14,000.00
AKC European Doberman 319-327-0090 PRE-BID CONFERENCE CALL: Tuesday,
Independence IA 1000 Males and females August 1, 2023 at 11:00 a.m., Central Time A2B LLC - { CARLOS E BARILA } 16451
Shots, wormed, vet checked, ears and tails GERMAIN ST, LOS ANGELES CA, 91344 {
cropped All Attendees must pre-register to TRL# 531313 2008 WABASH REEFER VIN#
Ready to be adopted 12 weeks old. Call for participate. Interested Attendees must email 1JJ532W39L274645 } $8,585.00
more information. NO TEXT PLEASE! 319-
327-0090 LaKesha Rudd at
AJ TRUCKING LLC - JONATHAN MORRIS
Lakesha.Rudd@cityofchicago.org to pre- 401 N. WABASH AVE, CHICAGO IL, 60611
AKC YL + WH Labrador Puppies 6084456772 register for Pre-Bid Conference Call & 23N. WABASH AVE, CHICAGO IL,
Evansville, WI 1500 M/F instructions and call-in number. Email 60602 { DUMPSTER 01 1999 HIBT VIN#
Will be seen by the vet, ready July 28th. Delivery Subject Line to read: SPEC 1256106 Pre- 1H9A1E3A5X1015027 } $16,465.08 AND
7/28/23 options. Text or call Jenn at 1.608.445.6772 Bid Conference for Oak Blocks and 2ND UNIT { DJUZ00082 WITH NO VIN PLATE
Facebook ~Victorian Acres White Lab Puppies~ } $8,168.41
Wedges (Goals)
45 __ up to; begins Solutions JERRY DIAMOND LLC- JERROLD
to like CONTACT: LaKesha Rudd, DIAMOND - 544 GATESHEAD DRIVE,
46 Chef’s accessory Sr. Procurement Specialist NAPERVILLE IL, 60565 { FLATBED 001 VIN#
Email: LaKesha.Rudd@cityofchicago.org 13N1482CXG1516087 } $8,928.89
49 Muscle Pub: 7/28/2023 7460213
contraction { SELMI ROJAS ORTIZ } 3405 W. 43RD ST,
CHICAGO IL, 60629 { TRL#123 - 2015 FELLING
51 That fellow LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT TRAILERS VIN# 5FTDN0918G1000241 }
54 Heavy downpour July 28, 2023 $10,000.00
07/28/2023 7469369
56 Slob CITY OF CHICAGO
DEPARTMENT OF PROCUREMENT LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT – JULY 28, 2023
57 Listen Basset Hound 2173577305 SERVICES CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
58 Be a drama Lewistown, MO 2500 Both Fourth (4th) SUPPLEMENTAL RFQ FOR
AKC 100%European Basset Hound Puppies. The Bidder must complete and submit an VARIOUS TRADES FOR OPERATIONS AND
queen Will be ready for forever home at 8 weeks Electronic Bid prior to the bid due date. An MAINTENANCE WORK OVER $25,000
on Sept 8. Grand Champion blood lines.
59 Performs Pictures available upon request. Vet electronic bid must be submitted through the CORRECTION DUE: October 31, 2023 AT
checked, raised with family. Call/Text 217- City of Chicago’s website at 2:00 p.m.
60 Orange edibles 357-7305. See: www.cps.edu/purchasing
www.cityofchicago.org/eprocurement, on or 7/28/2023 7472895
61 Fluttering tree before the due date and time stated below.
Cane Corso 312-310-9551
62 Letters on a rap Maywood $1750 5M/2G
The City’s system will not accept electronic
sheet bids after the due date and time. Bidders
Ready for sale call for video chat.
must register for a log-in account to submit LEGAL
an electronic bid. Please allow up to three
DOWN
Dachshund or Corgi
Chicago
847-504-6482
Seeking to Adopt M or F business days for creation of your log-in NOTICES
Elderly caring couple seeks to adopt account. Paper bids will not be accepted. All
1 Entomb a younger adult miniature long-haired Bids will be opened and publicly read aloud
2 Inconsiderate dachshund or pembroke welsh corgi w/ tail. LEGAL NOTICE
Must be housebroken and able to remain for the following: The Illinois Department of Transportation
3 TV’s “__, Dear” calm when occasionally left at home alone (IDOT) is seeking comment to proposed
4 Urgent request 24 Foot warmer 40 Short-__; for a few hours. DESCRIPTION: Sand, Mason Fill and improvements to Ohio Street bridge in the
Stone (Group A-C) City of Chicago in Cook County. The scope of
5 Procrastinate 25 Jamie Farr TV temporary Norwegian Elkound puppies 815-739-9590 DEPARTMENT: DWM work proposes to repair and rehabilitate FAP
6 Actor Sandler series 42 Uses Brillo Sublette, Il 700 females TYPE: Commodity 383 Ohio Street at North Branch Chicago
Norwegian Elkhound pups. Both parents River, and the Ohio Street Feeder approach
7 Jokes 26 Assumed name 43 Go quickly are AKC reg. 4 females available. This bridges over the Union Pacific Railroad and
breed is great with kids and other pets. ELECTRONIC BID DOCUMENTS CAN Kingsbury Street.
8 Whitney or 27 Truism 45 Squander Our puppies are very well socialized. BE DOWNLOADED AND RESPONDED This bridge is currently listed in the Illinois
puppies will be vaccinated and dewormed
28 Earthquake 46 “__ Breaky TO FROM THIS URL ADDRESS: Historic Bridge Structures List and has been
Manning several times by the time they are ready to
www.cityofchicago.org/eprocurement determined to be eligible for listing in the
go. ready to go August 10. call or text for
9 Clever follow-up Heart” more info or pics National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
29 Theater 47 “Guilty” or “Not SPECIFICATION NO: 1260172 Pursuant to 23 U.S.C 144(g) “Historic Bridge
10 Hurt badly Purebred English Bulldogs 563-590-5239 Program”.
furnishings guilty” RFQ NO: 9351
11 Greek liqueur Dubuque Iowa 2200 Males BID OPENING DATE: August 17, 2023
Work includes repairs to the fixed and
movable spans. Steel repairs to major
12 Singer Campbell 31 Sullen 48 Wander Beautiful Purebred English Bulldogs; AKC
registered parents; Dewormed; Dewclaws QUESTIONS DUE DATE: components due to deterioration. Work on
13 Quick punch 32 Skedaddled 49 Totals removed; vaccinated. August 9, 2023 the grid deck of the four bascule bridge
TIME: 11:00 a.m., Central Time leaves includes removal and application
18 Without help 34 Difficult child 50 Stage item Standard Poodle 574-654-3104 of a thin polymer overlay. Fixed spans
20 Kill flies 36 Staircase piece 52 Smidgen New Carlisle IN $1500 males and female PRE-BID CONFERENCE: August 3, 2023 would receive a latex modified overlay.
Standard Poodles, black, AKC Ch sire The expansion joints would be replaced,
23 “Yours, Mine 37 Pillow covering 53 Fem. address at 10:00 a.m., via Teams. Pre-Registration and concrete repairs performed on the
and dam with extensive genetic testing,
written health guarantee. Photos/ must be arranged in advance of the scheduled substructure components including the
and __”; Henry 39 Couldn’t __; 55 TV’s Arthur videos on Facebook: NightWind Standard Pre-Bid TEAMS Meeting with the piers and counterweight pits. Steel and
Poodles. Veterinarian raised; vaccinated, Procurement Specialist listed on the front
Fonda film hated 56 Bleating sound de-wormed, microchipped. www.
concrete color would match the existing
nightwindpoodles.net cover of the Bid Document. structure.
The bridge house will receive replacement
CONTACT: Tom Pasciak, windows, replacement of damaged roof
access hatch and louver, a new security
ASSUMED Procurement Specialist gate, partition wall repairs and concrete
Email: tom.pasciak@cityofchicago.org repairs to the floor and walls. All repairs are
NAMES Pub: 7/28/2023 7472892 in kind to match the original structure. All
existing transite panels (concrete product
that is reinforced with asbestos fibers) will
Notice is hereby given, Pursuant to “An be removed and replaced in the machine
Act in relation To the use of an Assumed The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of
rooms. Electrical and mechanical repairs
Business Name in the conduct or transaction Greater Chicago will be accepting applications
to the movable bridge components and
of Business in The State” as amended, that for the following classification(s): upgrades to the lighting facilities are also
a Certification was filed by the Undersigned proposed.
with the County Clerk of Cook County File Associate Electrical Engineer Electronic copies of the plans are available
No. Y23010794 on the (Original & Promotional) by typing the following URL into a web
Date: July 17, 2023 browser and then selecting the Ohio Street
Under the Assumed Name of: ONLY 1 SKY Application Filing Period: July 28, 2023 Bridge over the North Chicago River link.
with the business located at: through to be announced. Examination Date: https://idot.illinois.gov/transportation-
2020 N CALIFONIA AVE SUITE 7 To be announced. Location: To be announced. system/environment/section-4f-documents.
CHICAGO, IL, 60647 Scope of Examination: Knowledge of Associate html
The true name and residence Address of Electrical Engineer practices. Nature of Written comments can be submitted by
the owner is: COZY HENDRIX Position and Duties: Under general supervision, mailing them to the IDOT office. Comments
2020 N CALIFONIA AVE SUITE 7 must be received by August 21, 2023, to be
performs ordinary electrical engineering work in
CHICAGO, IL, 60647 considered part of the public record.
July 28, August 4, 11, 2023 - 7472168 connection with electrical design, construction,
maintenance, and operations. Salary: $88,148.32 All correspondence regarding this project
per year should be sent to:
Notice is hereby given, Pursuant to “An Illinois Department of Transportation
Act in relation To the use of an Assumed Applications can be submitted online only at 201 W. Center Court
Business Name in the conduct or transaction Schaumburg, IL 60196-1096
www.districtjobs.org. Additional information
of Business in The State” as amended, that Attn: Bureau of Design
may be found at www.districtjobs.org or call
a Certification was filed by the Undersigned Fawad Aqueel PE, PTOE
312-751-5100. 7/14, 7/21, & 7/28/23 7464369
with the County Clerk of Cook County File
No. Y23010780 on the
Mailed, Emailed, Hand delivered or Faxed
Date: July 12, 2023
Under the Assumed Name of: Vicki Ling Applications Will Not Be Accepted.
with the business located at: Resumes Will Not Be Accepted In Place of
880 North Lake Shore Drive Apt 17C Application Forms.
Chicago, ILLINOIS, 60611 An Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/D
The true name and residence Address of Pub: 7/28 thru 8/11/2023 7471934
the owner is: Nan Ling
880 North Lake Shore Drive Apt 17C
Chicago, Illinois, 60611 The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY,
7/14, 7/21, 7/28/2023 7465654 Greater Chicago will be accepting applications ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY
for the following classification(s): DIVISION FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCI-
ATION, Plaintiff, vs. ANGELA HOWARD; MICHAEL
Notice is hereby given, Pursuant to “An
Desktop Analyst HAMILTON; STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT
Act in relation To the use of an Assumed
(Original & Promotional) OF REVENUE; UNIVERSITY STATION CONDO-
Business Name in the conduct or transaction
MINIUM ASSOCIATION; CTS REAL ESTATE, LLC;
of Business in The State” as amended, that
Application Filing Period: July 21, 2023 UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIM-
a Certification was filed by the Undersigned
ANTS; Defendant(s). CASE NO. 2022CH06341
with the County Clerk of Cook County File through August 4, 2023. Examination Date:
Property Address: 1550 S. Blue Island Avenue
No. Y23010837 on the August 26, 2023. Location: Chicago High
Unit 804 & P-119 Chicago, IL 60608 Lyle Calen-
Date: 7/26/2023 School for Agricultural Sciences (CHAS), 3857 dar Chancery/Foreclosure Calendar 56 NOTICE
Under the Assumed Name of: ROZICH West 111th Street, Chicago, IL. Scope of FOR PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for
MOBILE NOTARY Examination: Knowledge of Desktop Analyst publication having been filed, notice is here-
with the business located at: practices. Nature of Position and Duties: Under by given you, ANGELA HOWARD ; UNKNOWN
13107 CHICAGO ST supervision, configures and installs software; OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS ; ,
BLUE ISLAND, IL, 60406 maintains and troubleshoots software and defendants in the above entitled cause, that
The true name and residence Address of hardware; and maintains related documentation suit has been commenced against you and
the owner is: DEBBIE ROZICH in accordance with core end-user technology other defendants in the Circuit Court for the
13107 CHICAGO ST standards. Salary: $80,312.96 per year Judicial Circuit by said plaintiff praying for the
BLUE ISLAND, IL, 60406
foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying
July 28, August 4 & 11, 2023 7472713
Applications Analyst the premises described as follows, to wit: UNIT
(Original & Promotional) 804 AND PARKING UNIT P-119 TOGETHER WITH
ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE
Application Filing Period: July 28, 2023 COMMON ELEMENTS IN UNIVERSITY STATION
through August 11, 2023. Examination Date: CONDOMINIUMS AS DELINEATED AND DEFINED
September 16, 2023. Location: Chicago High IN THE DECLARATION RECORDED AS DOCU-
School for Agricultural Sciences (CHAS), 3857 MENT NO. 0635215068, AS AMENDED, IN THE
NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 39
West 111th Street, Chicago, IL. Scope of
NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCI-
Examination: Knowledge of Applications
PAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N.:
Analyst practices. Nature of Position and
17-20-128-028-1122; 17-20-128-028-1348 Said
Duties: Under direction, develops, creates, and property is commonly known as 1550 S. Blue Is-
modifies general computer applications or land Avenue Unit 804 & P-119, Chicago, IL 60608
specialized utility programs to meet user needs.

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Deeds as Document Number 1827847017, and
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with this collection of Chicago SALES Application Filing Period: July 28, 2023
through August 11, 2023. Examination Date:
out of the above Court against you as provided
by law and that said suit is now pending. NOW
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year since their birth. Shop deals on clothing, housewares, pet items,
jewelry, and more at Animal Care League’s 2nd
Chance Shop’s Summer Sidewalk Sale.
Knowledge of Facilities Administrator practices.
Nature of Position and Duties: Under direction,
is responsible for supervision of building services
and services at the Main Office Complex as well
as District-wide fleet management, records
management, mail services, and printing services.
Salary: $109,195.06 per year
Applications can be submitted online only at
www.districtjobs.org. Additional information
may be found at www.districtjobs.org or call
312-751-5100.
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Applications Will Not Be Accepted.
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Application Forms.
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TO: OCCUPANT; PAMELA ADELIZZI; WILLIAM
ADELIZZI; WILLIAM HUNTER; Village of Palatine;
AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES
INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000278
FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook
Date Premises Sold 11/08/2021 Certificate No.
18-0001297 Sold for General Taxes of (year)
2018 Sold for Special Assessment of (Munici-
pality)Not Applicable and special assessment
number Not Applicable Warrant No. Not Appli-
cable Inst. No. Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY
HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Prop-
erty located at 240 BROOKDALE LN PALATINE IL
Legal Description or Property Index No. 02-35-
304-019-0000 This notice is to advise you that
the above property has been sold for delinquent
taxes and that the period of redemption from
the sale will expire on 11/15/2023. The amount
to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month in-
tervals from the date of sale and may be further
increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his
or her assignee pays any subsequently accru-
ing taxes or special assessments to redeem
the property from subsequent forfeitures or
tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to the
exact amount you owe before redeeming. This
notice is also to advise you that a petition has
been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title
and the right to possession of this property if re-
demption is not made on or before 11/15/2023.
This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court
of this county, in the the Richard J. Daley Cen-
ter, 50 W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704
Chicago, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You
may be present at this hearing but your right to
redeem will already have expired at that time.
YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO
PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can
be made at any time on or before 11/15/2023
by applying to the County Clerk of Cook Coun-
ty, Illinois, at the Office of the County Clerk in
Chicago, Illinois. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N.
Clark Street, Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELE-
PHONE: (312) 603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC,
Purchaser or Assignee. Dated this 17th day of
July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469683
TO: OCCUPANT; WESTERN CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT, INC.; NORMANDY GROOP LTD
INC; NATALIA GARNOVSKA; IRYNA BRYLINSKA;
IGOR MONASTYRSKYY; NAZAR VASIL; HANNA
BABKOWSKI A/K/A HANNA HAGER; JOHN CALE
A/K/A JOHN CALI; JOHN HAGER; HEARTLAND
RECYCLING, L.L.C.; Village of Arlington Heights;
AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES
INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000277
FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook
Date Premises Sold 11/05/2021 Certificate No.
18-0000939 and 18-0000940 Sold for General
Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Special Assess-
ment of (Municipality)Not Applicable and spe-
cial assessment number Not Applicable Warrant
No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Applicable THIS
PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT
TAXES Property located at 1104 S MITCHELL AVE
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL AND 1104 S CHESTNUT
AVE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 08-09-209-001-0000 and
08-09-210-001-0000 This notice is to advise you
that the above property has been sold for delin-
quent taxes and that the period of redemption
from the sale will expire on 11/15/2023. The
amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6
month intervals from the date of sale and may
be further increased if the purchaser at the tax
sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequent-
ly accruing taxes or special assessments to re-
deem the property from subsequent forfeitures
or tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to
the exact amount you owe before redeeming.
This notice is also to advise you that a petition
has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer
title and the right to possession of this prop-
erty if redemption is not made on or before
11/15/2023. This matter is set for hearing in the
Circuit Court of this county, in the the Richard
J. Daley Center, 50 W. Washington Street, Court-
room 1704 Chicago, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30
a.m. You may be present at this hearing but
your right to redeem will already have expired
at that time. YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IM-
MEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Re-
demption can be made at any time on or before
11/15/2023 by applying to the County Clerk of
Cook County, Illinois, at the Office of the County
Clerk in Chicago, Illinois. FOR FURTHER INFOR-
MATION CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK AD-
DRESS: 118 N. Clark Street, Room 434 Chicago,
IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312) 603-5645 American
Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or Assignee. Dated this
17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469676
TO: OCCUPANT; SHERIDAN BAZAAR ACE HARD-
WARE, INC.; FMV RL II, LLC; ASSISTANT CORPO-
RATION COUNSEL FOR CITY OF CHICAGO; ACE
HARDWARE; Illinois Department of Revenue;
Illinois Attorney General; UPTOWN AVE HARD-
WARE; FMV RL II, LLC; City of Chicago; AND ALL
UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTEREST-
ED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000319 FILED:
05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook Date
Premises Sold 11/10/2021 Certificate No. 18-
0004236 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2018
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)Not
Applicable and special assessment number Not
Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No.
Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD
FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at
4654 N. BROADWAY STREET CHICAGO IL Legal
Description or Property Index No. 14-17-208-
001-0000 This notice is to advise you that the
above property has been sold for delinquent
taxes and that the period of redemption from
the sale will expire on 11/15/2023. The amount
to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month in-
tervals from the date of sale and may be further
increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his
or her assignee pays any subsequently accru-
ing taxes or special assessments to redeem
the property from subsequent forfeitures or
tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to the
exact amount you owe before redeeming. This
notice is also to advise you that a petition has
been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title
and the right to possession of this property if re-
demption is not made on or before 11/15/2023.
This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court
of this county, in the the Richard J. Daley Cen-
ter, 50 W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704
Chicago, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You
may be present at this hearing but your right to
redeem will already have expired at that time.
YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO
PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can
be made at any time on or before 11/15/2023
by applying to the County Clerk of Cook Coun-
ty, Illinois, at the Office of the County Clerk in
Chicago, Illinois. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N.
Clark Street, Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELE-
PHONE: (312) 603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC,
Purchaser or Assignee. Dated this 17th day of
July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469796
TO: OCCUPANT; EQUITY TRUST COMPANY CUS-
TODIAN FBO 200208707 IRA; EQUITY TRUST
COMPANY; Village of Stone Park; AND ALL
UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTEREST-
ED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000282 FILED:
05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook Date
Premises Sold 11/08/2021 Certificate No. 18-
0001338 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2018
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)Not
Applicable and special assessment number Not
Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No.
Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD
FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at
1551 N MANNHEIM RD STONE PARK IL Legal De-
scription or Property Index No. 15-04-300-009-
0000 This notice is to advise you that the above
property has been sold for delinquent taxes and
that the period of redemption from the sale will
expire on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is
subject to increase at 6 month intervals from
the date of sale and may be further increased
if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her
assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes
or special assessments to redeem the property
from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check
with the county clerk as to the exact amount
you owe before redeeming. This notice is also
to advise you that a petition has been filed for
a tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469688
TO: OCCUPANT; JUANITA NOLAN; LOIS WEBB;
CHARLES SESSOM; ARTHUR SMITH; Village
of Maywood; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS
AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.:
2023COTD000284 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/08/2021 Certificate No. 18-0001360 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 147 S
11TH AVE MAYWOOD IL Legal Description or
Property Index No. 15-10-234-021-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469689
TO: OCCUPANT; JOSE AGUAYZA; MANUEL SIN-
CHI; LIGAYA CUETO; LOVELL CUETO; AND ALL
UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTEREST-
ED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000321 FILED:
05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook Date
Premises Sold 11/10/2021 Certificate No. 18-
0004574 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2018
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)
Not Applicable and special assessment number
Not Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst.
No. Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN
SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located
at 3843 W GRAND AVE CHICAGO IL Legal De-
scription or Property Index No. 16-02-127-009-
0000 This notice is to advise you that the above
property has been sold for delinquent taxes and
that the period of redemption from the sale will
expire on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is
subject to increase at 6 month intervals from
the date of sale and may be further increased
if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her
assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes
or special assessments to redeem the property
from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check
with the county clerk as to the exact amount
you owe before redeeming. This notice is also
to advise you that a petition has been filed for
a tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469799
TO: OCCUPANT; HIGINIO BETANCOURT, AS
TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED
MARCH 31, 2014 AND KNOWN AS THE 2041
WEST DIVISION PARKING SPACES LAND TRUST;
JOSEPH BETANCOURT; BETANCOURT REALTY
NETWORK INC. ; THE PAIN CENTER OF ILLI-
NOIS LTD. F/K/A THE PAIN CENTER OF ILLINOIS
INC.; HIGINIO BETANCOURT, INDIVIDUALLY
AND AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT
DATED MARCH 31, 2014 AND KNOWN AS THE
2041 WEST DIVISION PARKING SPACES LAND
TRUST; 2041 WEST DIVISION CONDOMINIUM
ASSOCIATION; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS
AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.:
2023COTD000323 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/10/2021 Certificate No. 18-0005038 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 2041
W DIVISION ST CHICAGO IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 17-06-303-051-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469800
TO: OCCUPANT; M & F MASONRY, INC; ROBERT
MALEC; Village of Lyons; M & F MASONRY, INC;
AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES
INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000281
FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook
Date Premises Sold 11/05/2021 Certificate No.
18-0001088 Sold for General Taxes of (year)
2018 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipal-
ity)Not Applicable and special assessment num-
ber Not Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable
Inst. No. Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS
BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property
located at 8244 44TH ST LYONS IL Legal Descrip-
tion or Property Index No. 18-02-404-017-0000
This notice is to advise you that the above
property has been sold for delinquent taxes and
that the period of redemption from the sale will
expire on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is
subject to increase at 6 month intervals from
the date of sale and may be further increased
if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her
assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes
or special assessments to redeem the property
from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check
with the county clerk as to the exact amount
you owe before redeeming. This notice is also
to advise you that a petition has been filed for
a tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469677
TO: OCCUPANT; ALFONSO MENDEZ; JOSE
GONZALEZ; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS
AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.:
2023COTD000300 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-0003186 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 4059 S
FRANCISCO AVE CHICAGO IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 19-01-120-019-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469713
TO: OCCUPANT; CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST
COMPANY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO OXFORD
BANK & TRUST, AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST
AGREEMENT DATED MAY 2, 2005 AND KNOWN
AS TRUST NO. 1285; JOSEPH KAWA; HEAVY
DUTY TOWING & RECOVERY INC.; AND ALL
UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTEREST-
ED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000301 FILED:
05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook Date
Premises Sold 11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-
0003202 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2018
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)
Not Applicable and special assessment number
Not Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst.
No. Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN
SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located
at 4237 S KILPATRICK AVE CHICAGO IL Legal De-
scription or Property Index No. 19-03-105-014-
0000 This notice is to advise you that the above
property has been sold for delinquent taxes and
that the period of redemption from the sale will
expire on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is
subject to increase at 6 month intervals from
the date of sale and may be further increased
if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her
assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes
or special assessments to redeem the property
from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check
with the county clerk as to the exact amount
you owe before redeeming. This notice is also
to advise you that a petition has been filed for
a tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469715
TO: OCCUPANT; VERONICA JAIMES; ALEJAN-
DRO MORELOS; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., NOMINEE FOR
STEARNS LENDING LLC; NATIONSTAR MORT-
GAGE LLC; REYNA MORALES A/K/A REYNA
MACEDO; DANIEL JAIMES; GUILLERMO JAIMES;
GUARANTEED RATE, INC., AS SUCCESSOR TO
STEARNS LENDING, LLC; AND ALL UNKNOWN
OWNERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED
NO.: 2023COTD000302 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-0003264 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applica-
ble Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not
Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD
FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at
3243 W 61ST ST CHICAGO IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 19-14-419-007-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469717
TO: OCCUPANT; CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST
COMPANY, ASTRUSTEE UNDERTRUST AGREE-
MENT DATED AUGUST 28, 2014 AND KNOWN
AS TRUST NO. 8002365808; SHARILYN BANKS;
City of Chicago; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWN-
ERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.:
2023COTD000293 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/08/2021 Certificate No. 18-0002347 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 5218
S CALUMET AVE CHICAGO IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 20-10-305-060-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469704
TO: OCCUPANT; UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES
AND LEGATEES OF VIOLA STEVENS; BOBBY RAY
STEVENS; BELINDA SAXON; CASTADARR BANE
STEVENS; ELECIA STEVENS-MARKULIS; CHRIS-
TOPHER STEVENS; TERRY MERCADO; KIMBERLY
WINSTON; MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT,
LLC; NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC DBA CHAM-
PION MORTGAGE COMPANY; Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development; U.S. Attorney
General; U.S. District Attorney for the Northern
District of Illinois; ERIK SAXON; CARMEN STE-
VENS; RAPHAEL STEVENS; TIERRA MERCADO;
MONIQUE STEVENS; RAY STEVENS; AND ALL
UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTEREST-
ED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000306 FILED:
05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook Date
Premises Sold 11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-
0003488 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2018
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)
Not Applicable and special assessment number
Not Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst.
No. Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN
SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located
at 5528 S MAY ST CHICAGO IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 20-17-200-026-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469751
TO: OCCUPANT; JAMES JOHNSON; PATRICIA
JOHNSON; CITIMORTGAGE, INC., SUCCESSOR
BY MERGER TO CITIFINANCIAL MORTGAGE
COMPANY, INC. F/K/A FORD CONSUMER FI-
NANCE COMPANY, INC.; LATRAVIA JOHNSON;
SANOVIA CHAVERS; YOLANDA HOWELL; AND
ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTER-
ESTED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000307 FILED:
05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook Date
Premises Sold 11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-
0003551 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2018
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)
Not Applicable and special assessment number
Not Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst.
No. Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN
SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located
at 6139 S DAMEN AVE CHICAGO IL Legal De-
scription or Property Index No. 20-18-416-015-
0000 This notice is to advise you that the above
property has been sold for delinquent taxes and
that the period of redemption from the sale will
expire on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is
subject to increase at 6 month intervals from
the date of sale and may be further increased
if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her
assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes
or special assessments to redeem the property
from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check
with the county clerk as to the exact amount
you owe before redeeming. This notice is also
to advise you that a petition has been filed for
a tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469754
TO: OCCUPANT; OCCUPANT UNIT 1; OCCUPANT
UNIT 2; BROWN AND BLACK EQUITIES LLC; MI-
CHAEL LOFTIN UNIT 1; OCCUPANT EATMAN
UNIT 2; OCCUPANT HICKS UNIT 2; OCCUPANT
RAINEY UNIT 2; OCCUPANT MARTIN UNIT 2;
TAVETTA EATMAN UNIT 2; AND ALL UNKNOWN
OWNERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED
NO.: 2023COTD000308 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-0003654 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 6849
S SANGAMON ST CHICAGO IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 20-20-413-018-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469755
TO: OCCUPANT; 8457 ADA STREET, LLC; SHAKEN-
YA BROWN; STATE BANK OF TEXAS F/K/A SEA-
WAY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY F/K/A FIRST
SUBURBAN NATIONAL BANK; RENT COLLECTOR
OR PROPERTY MANAGER; AND ALL UNKNOWN
OWNERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED
NO.: 2023COTD000310 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-0003797 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Appli-
cable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DE-
LINQUENT TAXES Property located at 8457-59
S ADA ST/1314-16 W. 85TH STREET CHICAGO IL
Legal Description or Property Index No. 20-32-
312-019-0000 This notice is to advise you that
the above property has been sold for delinquent
taxes and that the period of redemption from
the sale will expire on 11/15/2023. The amount
to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month in-
tervals from the date of sale and may be further
increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his
or her assignee pays any subsequently accru-
ing taxes or special assessments to redeem
the property from subsequent forfeitures or
tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to the
exact amount you owe before redeeming. This
notice is also to advise you that a petition has
been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title
and the right to possession of this property if re-
demption is not made on or before 11/15/2023.
This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court
of this county, in the the Richard J. Daley Cen-
ter, 50 W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704
Chicago, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You
may be present at this hearing but your right to
redeem will already have expired at that time.
YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO
PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can
be made at any time on or before 11/15/2023
by applying to the County Clerk of Cook Coun-
ty, Illinois, at the Office of the County Clerk in
Chicago, Illinois. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N.
Clark Street, Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELE-
PHONE: (312) 603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC,
Purchaser or Assignee. Dated this 17th day of
July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469767
TO: OCCUPANT; CINQUE CULLAR; LAKEVIEW
LOAN SERVICING, LLC; IVRY HALL; NORVELL
BATIE; COREY CULLAR; LYNN BATIE; City
of Chicago; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS
AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.:
2023COTD000311 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-0003834 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 8559 S
EGGLESTON AVE CHICAGO IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 20-33-305-110-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469769
TO: OCCUPANT; LAUREL DAMES; SIGNCO, INC.;
LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY; LAMAR AD-
VERTISING COMPANY A/KA THE LAMAR COM-
PANY, L.L.C. D/B/A LAMAR ADVERTISING OF
ILLINOIS, L.L.C.; LAUREL DAMES D&D ACCTG;
Village of Bridgeview; SIGNCO, INC.; AND ALL
UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTEREST-
ED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000280 FILED:
05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook Date
Premises Sold 11/08/2021 Certificate No. 18-
0001299 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2018
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)
Not Applicable and special assessment number
Not Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst.
No. Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN
SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located
at 9059 S 77TH AVE BRIDGEVIEW IL Legal De-
scription or Property Index No. 23-01-300-027-
0000 This notice is to advise you that the above
property has been sold for delinquent taxes and
that the period of redemption from the sale will
expire on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is
subject to increase at 6 month intervals from
the date of sale and may be further increased
if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her
assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes
or special assessments to redeem the property
from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check
with the county clerk as to the exact amount
you owe before redeeming. This notice is also
to advise you that a petition has been filed for
a tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469685
TO: OCCUPANT; JOHN BAKER; SANDRA BAKER;
RACHEL BELL; City of Chicago; Illinois Depart-
ment of Revenue; Illinois Attorney General;
CAMERON MOORE; ROBIN BAKER; NANETTE
BAKER; GANI AREGBESOLA; SHAKIRA BROWN;
AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES
INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000294
FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook
Date Premises Sold 11/09/2021 Certificate No.
18-0002802 Sold for General Taxes of (year)
2018 Sold for Special Assessment of (Munici-
pality)Not Applicable and special assessment
number Not Applicable Warrant No. Not Appli-
cable Inst. No. Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY
HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Prop-
erty located at 9020 S DOBSON AVE CHICAGO IL
Legal Description or Property Index No. 25-02-
115-031-0000 This notice is to advise you that
the above property has been sold for delinquent
taxes and that the period of redemption from
the sale will expire on 11/15/2023. The amount
to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month in-
tervals from the date of sale and may be further
increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his
or her assignee pays any subsequently accru-
ing taxes or special assessments to redeem
the property from subsequent forfeitures or
tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to the
exact amount you owe before redeeming. This
notice is also to advise you that a petition has
been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title
and the right to possession of this property if re-
demption is not made on or before 11/15/2023.
This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court
of this county, in the the Richard J. Daley Cen-
ter, 50 W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704
Chicago, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You
may be present at this hearing but your right to
redeem will already have expired at that time.
YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO
PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can
be made at any time on or before 11/15/2023
by applying to the County Clerk of Cook Coun-
ty, Illinois, at the Office of the County Clerk in
Chicago, Illinois. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N.
Clark Street, Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELE-
PHONE: (312) 603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC,
Purchaser or Assignee. Dated this 17th day of
July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469706
TO: OCCUPANT; EDWARD TRABENDA; CURTIS
PROPERTIES INC.; City of Chicago; LAMONT
HILL; CURTIS MOORE; ANTOINE JOHNSON; AND
ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTER-
ESTED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000292 FILED:
05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook Date
Premises Sold 11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-
0002811 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2018
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)Not
Applicable and special assessment number Not
Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No.
Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD
FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at
9216 S UNIVERSITY AVE CHICAGO IL Legal De-
scription or Property Index No. 25-02-313-023-
0000 This notice is to advise you that the above
property has been sold for delinquent taxes and
that the period of redemption from the sale will
expire on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is
subject to increase at 6 month intervals from
the date of sale and may be further increased
if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her
assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes
or special assessments to redeem the property
from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check
with the county clerk as to the exact amount
you owe before redeeming. This notice is also
to advise you that a petition has been filed for
a tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469708
TO: OCCUPANT; NICOLE MOUM; JAY MOUM;
TAMEKA IRWIN; THERESA IRWIN; KATHERINE
IRWIN; KAMEISHA IRWIN; KALEAH IRWIN; AND
ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTER-
ESTED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000296 FILED:
05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook Date
Premises Sold 11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-
0002820 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2018
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)
Not Applicable and special assessment number
Not Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst.
No. Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN
SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located
at 514 E 87TH PL CHICAGO IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 25-03-201-031-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469709
TO: OCCUPANT; JUNOUS MAXWELL; UN-
KNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES AND LEGATEES OF
JUNOUS MAXWELL; JULIE MAXWELL; SUZAN
BELL-MAXWELL; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWN-
ERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.:
2023COTD000312 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-0003864 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 9305
S LASALLE ST CHICAGO IL Legal Description or
Property Index No. 25-04-409-040-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469782
TO: OCCUPANT; YVONNE HYDE; Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development; U.S. Attorney
General; U.S. District Attorney for the North-
ern District of Illinois; HILBERT HYDE; KISHAY
DAVIS; MARCUS RYAN; AND ALL UNKNOWN
OWNERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED
NO.: 2023COTD000313 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-0003883 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 8932 S
WINCHESTER AVE CHICAGO IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 25-06-207-098-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469786
TO: OCCUPANT; BENJAMIN MUNOZ; TINA WIL-
SON; City of Chicago; STAR PARKER; ELIZABETH
WILLIFORD; BUFORD WILLIFORD; AND ALL
UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTEREST-
ED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000324 FILED:
05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook Date
Premises Sold 11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-
0003951 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2018
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)Not
Applicable and special assessment number Not
Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No.
Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD
FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at
318 W 108TH PL CHICAGO IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 25-16-407-028-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469787

TO: OCCUPANT; YOWIE INVESTMENTS, LLC;
GREENSIDE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC;
KIONNA HAWKINS; YAKAIRI VIVIANS; SANDER
LADD; ALMERTHA LADD; AND ALL UNKNOWN
OWNERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED
NO.: 2023COTD000315 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/10/2021 Certificate No. 18-0004066 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 11735
S MORGAN ST CHICAGO IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 25-20-416-013-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469790
TO: OCCUPANT; ISANTHES, LLC; KENNETH
JACKSON; LORENZO WILLIAMS; DARRYL DAVIS;
DARRYL DAVIS JR; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWN-
ERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.:
2023COTD000317 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/10/2021 Certificate No. 18-0004074 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 11442
S EGGLESTON AVE CHICAGO IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 25-21-130-025-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469793
TO: OCCUPANT; HOWARD GADDIS; MARSHEL
BROWN; JAMES DRIVER; PAMELA BROWN;
JAZMINE DRIVER; JASMINE WILLIAMS; ERMA
ECKFORD; VILLAGE OF CALUMET PARK; JARI-
SHA ECKFORD; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS
AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.:
2023COTD000272 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/05/2021 Certificate No. 18-0000809 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 12342
S GREEN ST CALUMET PARK IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 25-29-406-053-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469661
TO: OCCUPANT; LEOVARDO CAMPOS; A BUENO;
RUDY ANTONIO MENDEZ; EVERADO ANTONIO
CONTRERAS; JOSE CAMPOS; VILLAGE OF CAL-
UMET PARK; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS
AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.:
2023COTD000273 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/05/2021 Certificate No. 18-0000830 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 12504
S WOOD ST CALUMET PARK IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 25-30-413-027-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469667
TO: OCCUPANT; MANUEL GUERRERO; BEN-
EDICTO TINAJERO; MARIA TINAJERO; JOSE
TINAJERO; GLORIA ORTIZ; MARYANN BELLA;
City of Blue Island; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWN-
ERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.:
2023COTD000274 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/05/2021 Certificate No. 18-0000840 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Appli-
cable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DE-
LINQUENT TAXES Property located at 1817 BURR
OAK AVE BLUE ISLAND IL Legal Description or
Property Index No. 25-31-203-005-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469672
TO: OCCUPANT; LUIS SALCEDO; JOSE SALCE-
DO; MANNY’S AUTO GARAGE LLC; AND ALL
UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTEREST-
ED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000297 FILED:
05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook Date
Premises Sold 11/09/2021 Certificate No. 18-
0002980 and 18-0002981 Sold for General Taxes
of (year) 2018 Sold for Special Assessment of
(Municipality)Not Applicable and special as-
sessment number Not Applicable Warrant No.
Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Applicable THIS
PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT
TAXES Property located at 9631 S EWING AVE
CHICAGO IL AND 9637 S EWING AVE CHICAGO
IL Legal Description or Property Index No. 26-
05-316-010-0000 and 26-05-316-011-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469710
TO: OCCUPANT; MAYRA AMEZCUA; THOMAS
PIERRO; M & A HAND CAR WASH; 9333 SOUTH
LLC; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES
INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000295
FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook
Date Premises Sold 11/09/2021 Certificate No.
18-0003009 Sold for General Taxes of (year)
2018 Sold for Special Assessment of (Munici-
pality)Not Applicable and special assessment
number Not Applicable Warrant No. Not Appli-
cable Inst. No. Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY
HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Prop-
erty located at 9325 S SOUTH CHICAGO AVE
CHICAGO IL Legal Description or Property Index
No. 26-06-418-002-0000 This notice is to advise
you that the above property has been sold for
delinquent taxes and that the period of redemp-
tion from the sale will expire on 11/15/2023. The
amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6
month intervals from the date of sale and may
be further increased if the purchaser at the tax
sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequent-
ly accruing taxes or special assessments to re-
deem the property from subsequent forfeitures
or tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to
the exact amount you owe before redeeming.
This notice is also to advise you that a petition
has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer
title and the right to possession of this prop-
erty if redemption is not made on or before
11/15/2023. This matter is set for hearing in the
Circuit Court of this county, in the the Richard
J. Daley Center, 50 W. Washington Street, Court-
room 1704 Chicago, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30
a.m. You may be present at this hearing but
your right to redeem will already have expired
at that time. YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IM-
MEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Re-
demption can be made at any time on or before
11/15/2023 by applying to the County Clerk of
Cook County, Illinois, at the Office of the County
Clerk in Chicago, Illinois. FOR FURTHER INFOR-
MATION CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK AD-
DRESS: 118 N. Clark Street, Room 434 Chicago,
IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312) 603-5645 American
Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or Assignee. Dated this
17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469712
TO: OCCUPANT; CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST
COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO NORTH
STAR TRUST COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR
TRUSTEE TO LAKESIDE BANK UNDER TRUST
AGREEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 25, 1987 AND
KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 10-1295; JOSE CAC-
CIATORE & CO; JOS. CACCIATORE & CO. F/K/A
JOSEPH CACCIATORE & CO., INC.; Village of Or-
land Park; Illinois Department of Transportation;
Illinois Attorney General; AND ALL UNKNOWN
OWNERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED
NO.: 2023COTD000279 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/05/2021 Certificate No. 18-0001250 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 15901
118TH AVE ORLAND PARK IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 27-19-101-002-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469680
TO: OCCUPANT; TERESITA SAINZ; LUIS SAINZ;
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYS-
TEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FREEDOM MORT-
GAGE CORPORATION; FREEDOM MORTGAGE
CORPORATION; DARWIN WILLIAMS; CHRISTO-
PHER WILLIAMS; CRISPIN MONCADA; Village
of Midlothian; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS
AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.:
2023COTD000269 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/05/2021 Certificate No. 18-0000665 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 15032
HAMLIN AVE MIDLOTHIAN IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 28-11-320-033-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469653
TO: OCCUPANT; ZITLALY PEREZ; W C MEDIA,
INC.; TOWN AND COUNTRY BANK; UNIVERSAL
PROPERTIES OF ILLINOIS, INC.; PUBLIC STOR-
AGE; SILVER STALLION RANCH, LLC; WILLIAM
MALKUSIAK; City of Markham; PUBLIC STOR-
AGE; CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY A/K/A
CSC; HEARTLAND BANK AND TRUST COMPANY;
PUBLIC STORAGE MANAGEMENT, INC.; AND ALL
UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTEREST-
ED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000270 FILED:
05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook Date
Premises Sold 11/05/2021 Certificate No. 18-
0000690 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2018
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)
Not Applicable and special assessment number
Not Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst.
No. Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN
SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located
at 15171 SACRAMENTO AVE MARKHAM IL Legal
Description or Property Index No. 28-13-101-
009-0000 This notice is to advise you that the
above property has been sold for delinquent
taxes and that the period of redemption from
the sale will expire on 11/15/2023. The amount
to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month in-
tervals from the date of sale and may be further
increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his
or her assignee pays any subsequently accru-
ing taxes or special assessments to redeem
the property from subsequent forfeitures or
tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to the
exact amount you owe before redeeming. This
notice is also to advise you that a petition has
been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title
and the right to possession of this property if re-
demption is not made on or before 11/15/2023.
This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court
of this county, in the the Richard J. Daley Cen-
ter, 50 W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704
Chicago, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You
may be present at this hearing but your right to
redeem will already have expired at that time.
YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO
PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can
be made at any time on or before 11/15/2023
by applying to the County Clerk of Cook Coun-
ty, Illinois, at the Office of the County Clerk in
Chicago, Illinois. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N.
Clark Street, Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELE-
PHONE: (312) 603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC,
Purchaser or Assignee. Dated this 17th day of
July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469654
TO: OCCUPANT; SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO MARY
L. REHMEYER, AS TRUSTEE OF THE REHMEYER
FAMILYTRUST DATED JULY 15, 1998; JAMES
CONNELL; KYLE CONNELL; JAMES REHMEYER;
JACQUELINE CZYZNIKIEWICZ; SANDRA CZYZNI-
KIEWICZ; ALLIE CZYZNIKIEWICZ; ROY REHMEY-
ER; MARY REHMEYER; CITY OF OAK FOREST;
JAMES CZYZNIKIEWICZ; AND ALL UNKNOWN
OWNERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED
NO.: 2023COTD000271 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/05/2021 Certificate No. 18-0000723 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 15401
CICERO AVE OAK FOREST IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 28-15-117-008-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469658
TO: OCCUPANT; CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST
COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDERTRUST AGREE-
MENT DATED APRIL 18, 2018 AND KNOWN
AS TRUST NO. 8002377771; LARRY DULANEY;
United State of America; U.S. Attorney Gener-
al; MANDY MILLER; DEWAYNE PERRIAN; LARRY
RILEY; Village of Riverdale; AND ALL UNKNOWN
OWNERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED
NO.: 2023COTD000286 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/08/2021 Certificate No. 18-0001704 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 65 W
146TH ST RIVERDALE IL Legal Description or
Property Index No. 29-04-426-032-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469693
Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Friday, July 28, 2023 13
TO: OCCUPANT; OCCUPANT, UNIT 1; OCCUPANT,
Selling
UNIT 2; OCCUPANT, UNIT 3; TRANQUILA PATE
A/K/A TRANQUILLA PATE; SIMONE JONES; GN
BANK F/K/A ILLINOIS SERVICE FEDERAL SAV-
INGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO;
City of Calumet City; DAMON JARRETT; RHONDA
LEWIS; NIYAH LEWIS; BOBBY JEFFERSON; KHARI
That Old
LEWIS; BRIANNA HARRIS; SHAVONE HARRIS;
AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES
INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000287
FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook
Date Premises Sold 11/08/2021 Certificate No.
18-0001891 Sold for General Taxes of (year)
Appliance?
2018 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipal-
ity)Not Applicable and special assessment num-
ber Not Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable
Inst. No. Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS
BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property
located at 301 CRANDON AVE CALUMET CITY IL
Legal Description or Property Index No. 29-12-
202-018-0000 This notice is to advise you that
the above property has been sold for delinquent
taxes and that the period of redemption from reach your buyers at
the sale will expire on 11/15/2023. The amount
placeanad.chicagotribune.com
to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month in-
tervals from the date of sale and may be further
increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his
or her assignee pays any subsequently accru-
ing taxes or special assessments to redeem
the property from subsequent forfeitures or
tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to the
exact amount you owe before redeeming. This
notice is also to advise you that a petition has
been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title
and the right to possession of this property if re-
demption is not made on or before 11/15/2023.
This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court
The right place
of this county, in the the Richard J. Daley Cen-
ter, 50 W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704
Chicago, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You
may be present at this hearing but your right to
redeem will already have expired at that time.
YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO
PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can
be made at any time on or before 11/15/2023
by applying to the County Clerk of Cook Coun-
to advertise your
Merchandise, Pets,
ty, Illinois, at the Office of the County Clerk in
Chicago, Illinois. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N.
Clark Street, Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELE-
Auto, Real Estate,
PHONE: (312) 603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC,
Purchaser or Assignee. Dated this 17th day of
July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469695
Tag Sales & Flea
Markets, Vacation
TO: OCCUPANT; DEBORAH WATSON; CONCORD
COMMONS ASSOCIATION; Illinois Department of
Employment Security; Illinois Attorney General;
DDC AND ASSOCIATES, INC.; City of Calumet
Property, Wanted to
City; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES
INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.: 2023COTD000288
FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE NOTICE County of Cook
Date Premises Sold 11/08/2021 Certificate No.
Buy Items and more!
18-0002033 Sold for General Taxes of (year)
2018 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipal-
ity)Not Applicable and special assessment num-
ber Not Applicable Warrant No. Not Applicable
Inst. No. Not Applicable THIS PROPERTY HAS
BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property
located at 1463 RING RD., UNIT #10 CALUMET
CITY IL Legal Description or Property Index No.
29-24-200-034-1010 This notice is to advise you
that the above property has been sold for delin-
quent taxes and that the period of redemption
from the sale will expire on 11/15/2023. The
amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6
month intervals from the date of sale and may
be further increased if the purchaser at the tax
sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequent-
ly accruing taxes or special assessments to re-
deem the property from subsequent forfeitures
or tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to
the exact amount you owe before redeeming.
This notice is also to advise you that a petition
has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer
title and the right to possession of this prop-
erty if redemption is not made on or before
11/15/2023. This matter is set for hearing in the
Circuit Court of this county, in the the Richard
J. Daley Center, 50 W. Washington Street, Court-
room 1704 Chicago, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30
a.m. You may be present at this hearing but
your right to redeem will already have expired
at that time. YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IM-
MEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Re-
demption can be made at any time on or before
11/15/2023 by applying to the County Clerk of
Cook County, Illinois, at the Office of the County
Clerk in Chicago, Illinois. FOR FURTHER INFOR-
MATION CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK AD-
DRESS: 118 N. Clark Street, Room 434 Chicago,
IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312) 603-5645 American
Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or Assignee. Dated this
17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469698
TO: OCCUPANT; 1 PM GROUP LLC; BROWN
TORO CO; City of Calumet City; VILLAGE OF
SOUTH HOLLAND; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWN-
ERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.:
2023COTD000290 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/08/2021 Certificate No. 18-0002097 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Appli-
cable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DE-
LINQUENT TAXES Property located at 520 HAR-
RISON AVE CALUMET CITY IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 30-08-304-028-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469699
TO: OCCUPANT; DEBRA BUSH; FRANCES WOOD-
ARD; ADRIAN MARTINEZ; JOSE GARCIA; City of
Chicago Heights; AND ALL UNKNOWN OWN-
ERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED. TAX DEED NO.:
2023COTD000268 FILED: 05/15/2023 TAKE
NOTICE County of Cook Date Premises Sold
11/05/2021 Certificate No. 18-0000135 Sold
for General Taxes of (year) 2018 Sold for Spe-
cial Assessment of (Municipality)Not Applicable
and special assessment number Not Applicable
Warrant No. Not Applicable Inst. No. Not Ap-
plicable THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 401
15TH ST CHICAGO HEIGHTS IL Legal Description
or Property Index No. 32-19-405-023-0000 This
notice is to advise you that the above property
has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the
period of redemption from the sale will expire
on 11/15/2023. The amount to redeem is sub-
ject to increase at 6 month intervals from the
date of sale and may be further increased if the
purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee
pays any subsequently accruing taxes or spe-
cial assessments to redeem the property from
subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with
the county clerk as to the exact amount you
owe before redeeming. This notice is also to
advise you that a petition has been filed for a
tax deed which will transfer title and the right
to possession of this property if redemption is
not made on or before 11/15/2023. This matter
is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this
county, in the the Richard J. Daley Center, 50
W. Washington Street, Courtroom 1704 Chica-
go, Illinois 12/06/2023 at 9:30 a.m. You may be
present at this hearing but your right to redeem
will already have expired at that time. YOU ARE
URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT
LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made
at any time on or before 11/15/2023 by applying
to the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, at
the Office of the County Clerk in Chicago, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE
COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 118 N. Clark Street,
Room 434 Chicago, IL 60602 TELEPHONE: (312)
603-5645 American Tax Lien, LLC, Purchaser or
Assignee. Dated this 17th day of July, 2023.
7/28, 7/29, 7/31/20237469650
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ABC7 Outlook: FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

A chance of showers Day Night Day Night Day Night Day Night Day Night Day Night
and thunderstorms,
early and then again
late. Some storms
could be severe. Oth-
erwise, partly sunny High: 96 Low: 70 High: 81 Low: 64 High: 81 Low: 63 High: 82 Low: 64 High: 84 Low: 67 High: 86 Low: 71
with a high near 91.
Heat index values as Hot and humid; a strong Partly sunny, cooler and Sunshine and pleasant Pleasant with sunshine Pleasant with some sun Clouds and sun with a
afternoon t-storm less humid with low humidity and patchy clouds thunderstorm
Meteorologists Larry Mowry, high as 100.
Cheryl Scott, Jaisol Martinez, POP: 40% POP: 5% POP: 5% POP: 0% POP: 5% POP: 55%
Tracy Butler and Greg Dutra Winds: SSE 7-14 mph Winds: NNE 7-14 mph Winds: NE 7-14 mph Winds: WNW 4-8 mph Winds: S 6-12 mph Winds: SSW 8-16 mph

CHICAGO FORECAST Union Grove

Friday Conditions 93/67 Racine
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 p.m. 104/67 85/69
AccuWeather.com UV Index™ Janesville 95/68
94/66 Lake Geneva Twin Lakes Kenosha
2 4 8 8 4 2 0
101/64 93/65 95/65 LAKE MICHIGAN 93/68 QUESTION: Severe Cheryl Scott
RealFeel Temperature® 106/66 Friday
87 95 104 107 96 92 92 Beloit 106/67 10
04/67 storms seem to
Wind southeast 6-12 knots. Seas under
95/66 Antioch Waukegan a foot. Visibility under 2 miles in an be happening more frequently.
Friday Activities 104/68 Woodstock
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 p.m.
95/67 89/68 afternoon gusty thunderstorm. Water How many tornadoes have hit the
Belvidere 93/65 106/68 10 temperature: 76.
Golfing Index 107/65 0 0/66 Chicago area this year?
5 5 5 5 3 3 5 95/66 Libertyville Highland Park Boating Index
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 p.m. Akilah K., Chicago
108/66 94/68
Fishing Index Marengo 105/68 94//68 5 5 5 0 5 5 0
5 5 5 5 5 5 4 Rockford 93/65 105
5/69 ANSWER: It has been a busy
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index
96/66 106/65 Saturday spring and summer with
number, the greater the need for eye and skin 108/66 Arlingtoon Heights Wind from the north at 8-16 knots. Seas
protection. 0-2 Low, 3-5 Moderate, 6-7 High, 2-4 feet. Visibility clear to the horizon. periods of quiet weather as well.
8-10 Very High, 11+ Extreme. The patented Hampshire 96/68 8
AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature is an 93/65 107/699 Water temperature: 78. Interestingly enough, Illinois
Rochelle Elgin
exclusive index of effective temperature based
95/65 108/64 Evanston leads the country with the most
on eight weather factors. Golf and Fishing 95/67 92/69 Boating Index: 0-2: Poor; 3-4: Fair; 5-6: Good;
Indexes: 0-2: Poor; 3-4: Fair; 5-6: Good; 7-8: Very 104/64 109/67 Bartlett O’Hare 102/70 7-8: Very Good; 9-10: Excellent. tornadoes so far this year. A total
Good; 9-10: Excellent. DeKalb of 119 tornadoes have hit the
94/65 95/67 96/70
Aurora 107/68 108/70 Chicago-ddowntown state of Illinois. That’s more than
CHICAGO ALMANAC 106/64 94/66 95/69
Naperville Michigan City double the yearly average of 50
Thursday Temperatures 106/66 105/69 95/68
O’Hare through 4 p.m.
Plano 96/69 Midway tornadoes. Here across Northern
95/67 107/70 99/7 108/68
High 92 108/68 71 Gary Illinois and Northwest Indiana,
Compton 106//72
Low 72 94/66 Joliet Hammond 96/71 approximately 44 tornadoes
Normal high 84 104/65 Yorkville 98/70 Orland Paark 98/71 109/73 have touched down. That is also
Normal low 67 Leland 96/68 109/72 97/70 109/74 Laa Porte
96/66 109/69 977/70 well above our yearly average of
Record high 100 (1955) Mendota 108/66 108/73 10
07/72 about 16. Another round of severe
Record low 52 (1985) 96/67 Chicago Heights s
108/67 97/69 Valparaiso storms is possible today during
Local Temperatures 109/72 Crown Point 96/69 the morning and evening. Always
through 6 p.m. Thursday Normal Morris 97//69 105/71
Location Hi Lo Hi Lo 97/69 stay weather aware!
Ottawa Peotone 108 8/71
Aurora 91 65 84 62 La Salle 110/71 96/69 La Crossee
Gary 88 68 85 66 98/69 98/69 109/69 Momence 98/69
Kankakee 93 67 84 64 108/70 110/70 Braidwood
Lansing 91 67 84 65 98/70 97/70 107/72
110/69 Kankakee 108/70 Demotte
Midway 90 75 85 68 99/70
Romeoville 93 69 85 65 97/70 Franccesville Do you have a weather question for the
Streator 105/70 108/70
Valparaiso 91 68 85 64
98/69 Dwight 98/7 70 ABC 7 team? Submit them at
Waukegan 84 66 81 62 St. Annne 105/772 abc7chicago.com/weather
109/69 98/69 or send them to:
Thursday Precipitation 109/70 98/70 0 Ask ABC 7 Weather Team
2023 2022 Normal 107/71 190 N. State Street
Thursday* 0.00” Trace 0.12” Chicago, IL 60601
Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Friday’s highs and Friday nightt’s lows with high and low
w RealFeel Temperatures shown below.
Month to date 6.27” 4.50” 3.19”
Year to date 21.59” 23.09” 21.94”
*24-hour period ending 4 p.m. Thursday
NATIONAL FORECAST REGIONAL CITIES
Pollen as of 7/27 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Fri. Sat.
Trees Grass Weeds Mold City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Absent Absent Moderate High Illinois
Seattle Winnipeg Carbondale 98/73/pc 97/72/t
Source: National Allergy Bureau
79/55 69/48 Montre
eal Champaign 99/73/t 87/62/t
Air Quality Index 86/65 Decatur 100/75/t 91/63/t
Thursday’s reading Moline 100/72/s 89/68/pc
Moderate Billings Peoria 102/74/pc 90/68/t
83/62 Quincy 101/72/pc 93/70/t
Friday’s forecast Toronto Rockford 96/66/t 83/59/pc
Unhealthy sensitive groups 89/70 Springfield 101/72/pc 93/67/t
Minneapoliss
Primary pollutant Ozone 87/63 Sterling 98/67/t 88/61/s
Source: AirNow.gov San Francisco Dettroit New
w York Indiana
71/57 Chicago 89/70 93/78 Bloomington 97/73/t 91/66/t
Sun and Moon Evansville 99/76/t 95/73/t
Fri. Sat. Denver
95/63 Wasshington Fort Wayne 93/72/t 85/61/t
Sunrise 5:40 a.m. 5:41 a.m. Kansas City 97/778 Indianapolis 95/74/t 88/66/t
Sunset 8:14 p.m. 8:13 p.m. 102/74 Lafayette 97/72/t 87/60/t
Moonrise 4:48 p.m. 6:00 p.m. South Bend 95/71/t 83/61/t
Moonset 12:56 a.m. 1:39 a.m. Wisconsin
Full Last New First Lo
os Angeles Green Bay 82/59/t 82/58/s
93
3/68 Atlanta Kenosha 93/68/t 81/63/pc
94/76 La Crosse 88/68/t 87/59/s
El Paso Madison 91/65/t 82/60/s
103/77 Milwaukee 86/69/t 78/64/pc
Aug 1 Aug 8 Aug 16 Aug 24 Wausau 80/60/t 82/54/s
Friday’s Planet Watch Hou
usto
on Michigan
Chihuahua 96/76 Detroit 89/70/t 83/60/c
Rise Set 96/67 Grand Rapids 88/70/t 82/60/pc
Mercury 7:47 a.m. 9:21 p.m. Miamii Marquette 70/52/t 68/52/s
Venus 7:49 a.m. 8:51 p.m. Monteerrey 89/8
81 Sault Ste. Marie 78/58/t 72/54/s
Mars 8:45 a.m. 9:51 p.m. 97/70 Traverse City 83/62/t 79/58/s
Jupiter 12:14 a.m. 2:09 p.m.
Iowa
Saturn 9:38 p.m. 8:24 a.m. Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Cold front Warm front Stationary front
Ames 95/70/s 88/62/s
Best viewing times today: Venus: 8:30 Cedar Rapids 98/69/s 89/67/pc
p.m. Mars: 8:30 p.m. Jupiter: 5:10 a.m. Des Moines 99/73/s 89/67/s
Saturn: 5:10 a.m. Mercury: 8:30 p.m. -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Dubuque 93/66/t 86/63/s

NATIONAL CITIES WORLD CITIES

Fri. Sat. Fri. Sat. Fri. Sat. Fri. Sat. Fri. Sat.
City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Abilene 101/77/s 103/78/s Fairbanks 84/65/pc 73/59/c Palm Beach 86/82/t 90/79/t Acapulco 92/78/t 94/79/pc Kyiv 76/59/pc 80/59/pc
Albany, NY 90/71/pc 80/60/t Fargo 76/54/t 78/58/s Palm Springs 116/89/s 118/88/s Algiers 91/77/pc 92/81/s Lima 72/67/pc 73/67/pc
Albuquerque 98/73/t 95/73/t Flagstaff 89/57/t 86/58/t Philadelphia 95/79/pc 94/72/t Amsterdam 73/61/t 71/59/t Lisbon 83/68/s 84/65/pc
Amarillo 101/73/pc 100/71/pc Fort Myers 90/78/t 94/78/t Phoenix 112/91/s 113/90/pc Ankara 82/55/s 86/56/s London 73/59/pc 72/57/sh
Anchorage 61/54/r 65/57/c Fort Smith 102/76/s 103/76/pc Pittsburgh 91/70/pc 81/62/t Athens 90/75/pc 92/75/s Madrid 96/65/s 98/67/s
Asheville 90/67/t 90/67/t Fresno 101/69/s 100/70/s Portland, ME 87/70/pc 81/61/t Auckland 56/41/s 57/46/c Manila 88/78/t 88/78/t
Aspen 86/52/t 85/53/t Grand Junction 101/72/s 103/72/t Portland, OR 84/59/s 82/60/pc Baghdad 115/87/pc 115/88/pc Mexico City 71/55/t 78/57/t
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INSIDE NATION & WORLD

1 online-only sports-betting bidder
DGC IL lone qualified applicant after
state struck out last year; 2 licenses left
By Robert Channick
Chicago Tribune
After striking out last year, Illi-
nois has come up with one bidder
in its second try to award three
online-only sports betting licenses.
The Illinois Gaming Board
announced Thursday that DGC
IL, a subsidiary of Las Vegas-based
Digital Gaming Corp., is the only
qualified applicant for the online
sportsbook license, which unlike
other operators in the state would
not be tethered to any casino, race-
track or sports venue.
DGC applied for the online
sports betting license during the
first round of applications last year
but dropped out. It has since been
acquired by Super Group, a British
online gaming holding company
looking to expand its reach into the
U.S. Super Group previously leased
its Betway sports betting platform
to DGC, which employed it in a
handful of states, including Iowa
and Indiana.
If DGC stays the course this time
around, it will need to undergo a
full vetting process by the Gaming
Board — and pay a $20 million
BUSINESS
licensing fee — before getting final
approval to operate in Illinois.
“Being found qualified and iden-
tified as the winning bidder are
neither a finding of suitability nor
a grant of licensure,” Gaming Board
administrator Marcus Fruchter
said Thursday. “It’s simply a find-
ing based on information presently
known by the Gaming Board that
the applicant and its key persons
meet the minimum suitability
criteria.”
A spokesperson for DGC/
Betway said company principals
were unavailable to comment
Thursday.
Two applicants initially filed by
the March 1 deadline, but Bet J&J,
an Effingham-based video gaming
operator, withdrew July 10, leaving
only DGC in the running, Fruch-
ter said.
Last year the state came up
empty when four companies
applied for the three online
licenses, but none made it through
the process.
In the previous round Tipico
missed the application deadline,
DGC withdrew its application and
Fubo Gaming, a division of New
York-based streaming service
FuboTV, was notified it did not
meet the minimum qualifications.
Fubo subsequently ceased oper-
ation of its online sports wagering
business.
The only remaining bidder,
Tekkorp Digital, a Las Vegas-based
blank check company, called off
plans to acquire Caliente Interac-
tive, a Mexican gaming company
with ties to a controversial Tijuana
business owner, and submitted a
request to withdraw its application
in October.
The Gaming Board reopened the
selection process and set a March 1
deadline, generating one qualified
applicant.
Digital Gaming is a nine-year-old
iGaming and online sports betting
company that operates in eight
states: Iowa, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Indiana,
Virginia and Ohio. It was acquired
in January by Super Group for $12.6
million in cash and the assumption
of $150 million in debt, according
to the British company’s annual
report.
As part of its application, DGC
said it will up the required $20
million license fee by $2.5 million,
at its own discretion, according to
the disclosure statement filed with
the Gaming Board. It also pledged
to donate 1.5% of post-tax gaming
revenue to Common Goal USA, a
nonprofit that promotes soccer in
underserved communities.
Fruchter said the Gaming Board
will consider reopening applica-
tions for a third try at awarding the
remaining online-only licenses,
pending the outcome of the DGC
approval process.
Approved in 2019, the Illinois
Sports Wagering Act allows the
state’s casinos, horse tracks and
seven of the largest sports venues
to open both a retail and online
sportsbook. It also created three
online-only sports betting licenses.
There are nine operating sports-
books in Illinois, with several more
in the pipeline.
On Thursday the Gaming Board
granted an initial sports wagering
license for the Hard Rock Casino
Rockford. Last month it approved
a sportsbook at the Temporary by
American Place casino in Wauke-
gan, which is expected to open in
late August or early September.
Illinois launched sports betting
at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines in
March 2020, just days before it was
shut down by the pandemic. The
state has been gaining momentum
since then, topping $1 billion in
wagers for the first time in October,
a feat which has since been dupli-
cated regularly.
In 2022 more than $9.7 billion
was legally wagered on sports in
Illinois, up from about $7 billion
the previous year, according to data
from the Gaming Board. About
96% of the sports bets were placed
online. The state’s nine operat-
ing sportsbooks generated $795
million in adjusted gross revenue
in 2022 — the money kept after
winnings are paid out — a 51% year-
over-year increase, according to
Gaming Board data.
FanDuel, which is associated
with the Fairmount Park horse
racing track near St. Louis, was the
state’s top sportsbook, with nearly
$343 million in adjusted gross reve-
nue last year, according to the data.
DraftKings, which is partnered
with the Casino Queen in East St.
Louis, was the state’s No. 2 sports-
book with $201 million in adjusted
gross revenue, followed by BetRiv-
ers in Des Plaines at $98 million.
Sports betting is live in 34 states
and Washington, D.C., with four
other states legalizing but not yet
launching, according to the Amer-
ican Gaming Association.
Last year Illinois ranked No. 2 in
sports betting revenue behind New
York, according to the AGA.
rchannick@chicagotribune.com

McDonald’s
posts strong
sales after
campaign
Company grins after
Grimace birthday
celebration goes viral
By Dee-Ann Durbin
Associated Press

McDonald’s is grinning thanks

to Grimace after a marketing
campaign to celebrate the “birth-
day” of its big purple mascot went
viral and contributed to surpris-
ingly strong second quarter sales.
Global same-store sales, or
sales at stores open at least a year,
rose nearly 12% in the April-June
period. That handily beat Wall
Street’s forecast of a 9.4% increase,
according to analysts polled by
FactSet.
Some of those gains may fade a
bit in the second half of this year.
The price increases that have Farm associate Beverly Long, from left, farm assistant Tony Perry and Just Roots Chicago co-founder Sean Ruane stand in front of one of the
helped fuel McDonald’s sales in decorated shipping containers used at It Takes a Village Community Farm in Sauk Village. MELINDA MOORE/DAILY SOUTHTOWN PHOTOS

CONNECTING PEOPLE
recent quarters will moderate
as inflation comes down, Chief
Financial Officer Ian Borden said
Thursday in a conference call with

AND HEALTHY FOOD

investors.
“We recognize that we’re oper-
ating in a challenging macro envi-
ronment, where costs remain
elevated, customers discretionary
spending is limited and industry
traffic is pressured,” Borden said.
The Grimace campaign, which
featured a limited-time purple
milkshake, took on a life of its own
after fans posted videos of them-
selves drinking the milkshake and
then ending up on the ground in
a messy pool of purple, or having
some sort of seemingly paranor-
mal experience. One TikTok video
showing a teen drinking one in his
car and then disappearing in a
milkshake explosion. That video
garnered more than 5 million
“likes.”
“Grimace has been everywhere
the past few months. All over the
news, and more than 3 billion
views on TikTok,” CEO Chris
Kempczinski said. “This viral
phenomenon is yet another proof
point of the power of marketing at
McDonald’s today.”
But in other markets, McDon-
ald’s tightened its belt to lure infla-
tion-weary customers. Germany’s
McSmart value menu, introduced
earlier this year, proved so success-
ful that the company recently
unveiled a similar menu in the
United Kingdom.
In the U.S., consumers remain
largely resilient, Kempczinski said.
McDonald’s is gaining a share of
higher-income customers who
are trading down from sit-down
restaurants, he said. Customers
with incomes of $45,000 or lower
are spending less on each order but
are coming in more often, he said.
Two local farms aim to provide sustainable urban agriculture
By Melinda Moore
Daily Southtown
Sean Ruane, an educator,
was looking to forge stronger
connections between people,
what they eat, and the places
where they live, and he found
a model by looking back in
time.
“During the 1940s in the
Victory Garden era, Chicago
was producing up to 40% of
its own fruits and vegetables
from homes and community
gardens,” he said. “There’s
definitely a precedent.”
Ruane helped found Just
Roots Chicago, which oper-
ates two farms: the 3-acre It
Takes a Village Community
Farm in Sauk Village and the
half acre Saint James Commu-
nity Farm on Chicago’s South
Side. It’s a way to “expand
access to local, sustainably
grown food,” he said.
“I slowly started to realize
over time how disconnected
we are with food,” he said.
After six years working as
a teacher, Ruane said he felt
called to do something about
it. He tapped into his family’s
farming history — his grand-
parents who immigrated from
Elliot Simpson harvests produce recently at It Takes a Village
Community Farm in Sauk Village. The farm produces fruit and
vegetables that are distributed to food pantries and others.
Ireland ran a farm and other
relatives still farm. Growing
up gardening with his mother,
he wanted to share “the joy
that I felt being outdoors and
gardening and growing food.”
Born and raised on Chica-
go’s Southwest Side, Ruane
hoped to create a space to
provide people “high quality
food, culturally affirming, that
they are going to want to use
in their kitchens, that could
inspire them to learn more
about food and cooking, and a
space to connect more deeply
with their neighbors and their
earth.”
“Those things all seemed
to connect for me,” he said. “I
was looking to make a pivot
and figure out a way to blend
my passion for education with
something for growing food in
a local community.”
He enrolled in a Windy
City Harvest program, a
collaboration between the
Chicago Botanic Garden
and City Colleges of Chicago
that offered a certification in
sustainable urban agriculture.
“After you graduate, they
provide an opportunity for
folks looking to start an orga-
nization in that field, almost
like an incubator program, so
we were an incubator for two
years, which gave us a chance
to establish our organization
and business model.”
The farms he helped estab-
lish employ a few dedicated
staff members who run the
farms and help with volun-
teers, educational tours and
community events. Some of
their produce is sold at a farm
stand in Sauk Village and
some is distributed to food
pantries and other organiza-
tions such as health clinics
serving people with diet-re-
lated conditions. The rest goes
to a community supported
agriculture subscription
program, or CSA, with income
based pricing that offers fresh
produce every one or two
weeks.
Subscribers who volunteer
six hours a month receive an
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Economy tops forecast
as Q2 GDP grows to 2.4%
Business, government spending bolster activity, but housing sector weaker
By Paul Wiseman
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy
surprisingly accelerated to a 2.4% annual
growth rate from April through June,
showing continued resilience in the face of
steadily higher interest rates resulting from
the Federal Reserve’s 16-month-long fight
to bring down inflation.
Thursday’s estimate from the Commerce
Department indicated that the gross
domestic product — the economy’s total
output of goods and services — picked
up from the 2% growth rate in the Janu-
ary-March quarter. Last quarter’s expan-
sion was well above the 1.5% annual rate
that economists had forecast.
Driving last quarter’s growth was a burst
of business investment. Excluding housing,
business spending surged at a 7.7% annual
rate, the fastest such pace since early 2022.
Companies plowed more money into facto-
ries and equipment.
Increased spending by state and local
governments also helped fuel the econo-
The Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes that started last year have pushed auto loan rates steadily higher. DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP 2022
Loan rejections on the rise
Would-be car and home buyers
as well as credit card applicants
shut out as Fed increases rates
By Cora Lewis and Tom Krisher
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve’s
decision this week to raise its benchmark
rate for the 11th time, by a quarter-point,
could once again send ripple effects across
the economy.
Mortgage rates, which have surged since
the Fed began lifting rates in March 2022,
rose Thursday. So could rates on credit
cards and some business loans.
Perhaps no one has felt the pain more
than car buyers. It’s not just that sticker
prices are way up. Or that lenders have
tightened credit standards. On top of all
that, steadily higher auto loan rates have
elbowed many would-be buyers out of the
market.
A study by the New York Federal Reserve
has found that 14% of applicants for auto
loans were rejected over the past year —
the highest such proportion since the New
York Fed began tracking the figure in 2013
— up from 9% in February.
European Central Bank again hikes rates
By David McHugh
Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Germany — The Euro-
pean Central Bank raised interest rates for
the ninth consecutive time Thursday in
its yearlong campaign to stamp out pain-
fully high inflation and kept the door open
to further hikes despite increasing fears of
recession.
ECB President Christine Lagarde had all
but promised the quarter-percentage point
increase and said the bank’s next moves
would be determined by what the data will
show on inflation, job numbers and other
key metrics.
“We have an open mind as to what the
decisions will be in September and in
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my’s expansion in the April-June quarter.
Consumer spending, the heart of the
nation’s economy, was also solid last quar-
ter, though it slowed to a 1.6% annual rate
from a robust 4.2% pace in the first quarter
of the year.
Investment in housing fell though, weak-
ened by higher mortgage rates.
“This is a strong report, confirming that
this economy continues to largely shrug
off the Fed’s aggressive rate increases and
tightening credit conditions,” said Olu
Sonola, head of U.S. economics at Fitch
Ratings. “The bottom line is that the U.S.
economy is still growing above trend, and
the Fed will be wondering if they need to do
more to slow this economy.”
In fighting inflation, which last year hit
a four-decade high, the Fed has raised its
benchmark rate 11 times since March 2022,
most recently on Wednesday. The result-
ing higher costs for a broad range of loans
— from mortgages and credit cards to auto
loans and business borrowing — have taken
a toll on growth.
Still, they have yet to tip the United States
Auto-loan applicants, of course, aren’t
the only borrowers being turned down in
larger numbers these days.
In that same June 2022-June 2023
period, applicant rejections for credit
cards, mortgages, mortgage refinancings
and higher credit card limits all rose too,
according to the New York Fed. Overall, the
rejection rate for credit applicants reached
21.8%, the highest level since June 2018.
Here’s a look at what higher rates mean.
Borrowers: Credit card rates are at or near
all-time peaks, and mortgage rates have
more than doubled in two years.
“No one should expect them to stop ris-
ing anytime soon,” said Matt Schulz, chief
credit analyst of LendingTree. “Perhaps
the scariest thing of all for folks with credit
card debt is that interest rates are actually
rising more quickly than the Fed is forcing
them to.”
The average Annual Percentage Rate on
a credit card that charges interest is 22.16%,
according to the latest data from the Fed.
That’s up about 6 percentage points from
the average rate in the first quarter of 2022.
The average APR on a new credit card offer
is 24.24%, the highest rate since Lending-
Tree began tracking it in 2019.
subsequent meetings,” she told reporters.
“So we might hike and we might hold.”
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome
Powell was similarly noncommittal about
whether more rate increases might be
coming after the Fed on Wednesday raised
its key rate for the 11th time in 17 months.
Central banks around the world have
been raising borrowing costs to combat
inflation unleashed by higher energy prices
after Russia invaded Ukraine and supply
chain backups as the global economy recov-
ered from the coronavirus pandemic.
Inflation in the 20 countries that use the
euro currency has fallen from its peak of
10.6% in October to 5.5% in June — still well
above the bank’s target of 2%, considered
best for the economy.
into a widely forecast recession. Optimism
has been growing that a recession isn’t
coming after all, that the Fed can engineer
a “soft-landing” — slowing the economy
enough to bring inflation down to its 2%
annual target without wrecking an expan-
sion of surprising durability.
This week, the International Mone-
tary Fund upgraded its forecast for U.S.
economic growth for all of 2023 to 1.8%.
Though that would be down from 2.1%
growth for 2022, it marked an increase from
the 1.6% growth that the IMF had predicted
for 2023 back in April.
At a news conference Wednesday after
the Fed announced its latest quarter-point
rate hike, Chair Jerome Powell revealed
that the central bank’s staff economists no
longer foresee a recession in the U.S.
Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist at
High Frequency Economics, said: “Infla-
tion is easing, moving in the right direction.
In other words, the Fed is achieving what it
wants without causing damage to the econ-
omy, so they don’t need to push too hard
from this point on.”
Auto loans: Many people were already
having trouble affording new vehicles
before the Fed hike. The average price paid
for a new vehicle last month was nearly
$48,000 — about 25% above the pre-pan-
demic average.
Average used vehicle prices have jumped
even more: nearly $30,000, 45% more than
before the pandemic.
In some cases, even people with good
credit are being rejected for auto loans. The
problem for them is that with vehicle prices
up sharply, the additional burden of higher
loan rates — from 4.5% on average in March
2022 to 7.2% in June — has made monthly
payments unaffordable.
“I think people are just not able to qualify
for the payments,” says Jessica Caldwell,
executive director of insights for Edmunds.
com.
The average monthly auto payment last
month, she said, was $736. Over the life of
an average loan — just under six years —
a borrower pays nearly $9,000 in interest.
Despite the rising cost burden, auto sales
have remained relatively solid as prices
have eased slightly and the supply of vehi-
cles has grown.
For the past two months, sales have hit an
annual rate of 15 million.
Households and businesses are facing
a double hit from price spikes and higher
rates, which make it more expensive for
people to get loans to buy homes and cars
or for companies to get new equipment or
build facilities.
Rates are working their way through the
economy, weighing on home prices and
construction activity, and are designed to
work so people spend less and prices come
down. But they can also weigh on economic
growth, and the eurozone already has seen
back-to-back quarters of contraction.
With Thursday’s quarter-point increase,
the ECB has raised its benchmark deposit
rate from minus 0.5% to 3.75% in one year,
the fastest credit tightening since the euro
was launched in 1999.
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US jobless
claims dip
to low last
seen in Feb.
By Matt Ott
Associated Press
The number of Americans applying for
jobless benefits slid last week to its lowest
level in five months, further evidence that
the U.S. labor market continues to defy the
Federal Reserve’s attempts to cool it off.
U.S. applications for unemployment bene-
fits fell by 7,000 to 221,000 for the week
ending July 22, from 228,000 the week
before, the Labor Department reported
Thursday. That’s the fewest since February.
The four-week moving average of claims,
which smooths out some of the week-to-
week volatility, fell by 3,750 to 233,750.
Jobless claim applications are broadly
seen as a proxy for the number of layoffs in
a given week.
For a few weeks this spring, jobless claims
had appeared to reach a sustained higher
level, above 260,000. But for more than a
month now, claims have settled lower as the
labor market remains one of the healthiest
parts of the U.S. economy.
Since more than 20 million jobs vanished
when the pandemic hit in spring 2020, U.S.
employers have added jobs at a blistering
pace, often beating forecasts. Despite the
fastest interest rate hikes since 1989, the
unemployment rate has hardly budged,
remaining at a historically low 3.6%.
Fed officials have said the unemploy-
ment rate needs to rise well past 4% to bring
down inflation, but recent government data
showed that consumer prices fell in June
to their lowest level since early 2021 — 3%
compared with a year earlier — and much
closer to the Fed’s target of 2%. Despite that,
on Wednesday, the Fed raised its benchmark
borrowing rate by another quarter-point.
Overall, 1.69 million people were collect-
ing unemployment benefits the week that
ended July 15, the fewest since January.
BUSINESS BRIEFING
Mortgage rates
crawl back up
The average long-term U.S. mortgage
rate inched back up this week, remaining a
barrier for Americans trying to upgrade or
buy their first home.
The Fed raised interest rates Wednesday.
The average rate on the benchmark
30-year home loan rose to 6.81% this week
from 6.78% last week, the lowest in a month,
mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday.
One year ago, the average rate was 5.3%.
High rates can add hundreds of dollars a
month in costs for borrowers, limiting how
much they can afford in a market already
unaffordable to many Americans.
The average rate on 15-year fixed-rate
mortgages ticked up to 6.11% from 6.06% last
week. A year ago, it averaged 4.58%, Freddie
Mac said.
Ohio derailment
costs top $800M
OMAHA, Neb. — The costs associated
with Norfolk Southern’s fiery February
derailment in Ohio have more than doubled
to $803 million as the railroad cleans up the
mess and deals with related lawsuits.
Norfolk Southern recorded another $416
million charge related to the East Pales-
tine derailment Thursday as part of its
second-quarter earnings after announc-
ing a $387 million charge earlier this year.
Most of the costs are related to the cleanup
of hazardous chemicals, but $222 million is a
combination of legal fees and the $63 million
of assistance it has offered to the community.
Compensation for the community for
long-term health effects, falling home values
or drinking water issues are still being nego-
tiated, so the total will grow.
North America
cross border freight
Transborder freight between U.S., Canada
and Mexico, May 2023
Truck $89.1 billion
Rail $17.7 billion
Vessel $9.5 billion
$9.2 billion
Pipeline
$4.8 billion
Air
SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics TNS
 Chicago Tribune | Section 2 | Friday, July 28, 2023 3

Farms and Wednesdays on what-

from Page 1
additional discount. This
year the two farms have a
combined 110 subscriptions,
which typically sell out by
March, he said.
“They can pack their bag
so they can get what they
want,” Ruane said.
Among the crops at the
Sauk Village farm grows are
leafy greens, lettuce, spin-
ach, kale, Swiss chard, root
vegetables such as scallions,
carrots and beets, as well as
summer crops such as toma-
toes, eggplant, watermelon
and peppers.
“I would say collard
greens are a popular item for
us (as well as) carrots, sweet
potatoes, tomatoes, peppers
and cabbage to name a few,”
Ruane said
The Chicago farm was
established four years ago
and the farm in Sauk Village
was built out in spring 2022.
Ruane said they’d like to
add two more greenhouses
on the south suburban prop-
erty, and they have planted
35 fruit trees — peach, plums
and apples — and installed
beehives behind them.
The Sauk Village farm was
developed on land owned
by Grace United Church of
Christ, which has been led
by the Rev. Melody Seaton
for nine years. Seaton had
visualized a program teach-
ing people who had been
incarcerated how to rehab
vacant homes, but grow-
ing demand at the church’s
food pantry paired with the
closing of the village’s only
grocery store changed her
mind. A conversation with
Just Roots Chicago cofounder Sean Ruane and Elliot Simpson, a high school junior, weigh beets last week at a farm in Sauk
Village. A farm stand offers produce from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays at the farm, 2500 223rd St. MELINDA MOORE/SOUTHTOWN
Ruane toward the end of
2019 sealed the deal.
“After talking with Sean
at the first meeting, I was
sold. He exudes a sincer-
ity about it. Since I’m about
justice issues anyway, God is
doing something different —
moving in a different direc-
tion,” she said. “He was the
selling point with me.”
Seaton didn’t just provide
the space. She became full-
ing involved, volunteering
at the farm for its last year
during its first season.
“I wanted to experience
it so I was out there quite
frequently doing different
parts of it — picking, plant-
ing, washing,” she said.
Members of her church
love the farm too, she said.
“They love talking about
it and telling others about
what our little church is
doing.”
It’s important work,
Seaton said, that adds to
the health of the commu-
nity in an area where many
people live at the poverty
level and are more likely to
become sick or die because
of preventable diseases.
“Organic foods are so
expensive, and to be able to
say to people in the commu-
nity that you are so special to
us, your health is so import-
ant to us, we go the extra
(mile) so that you can eat
better … that was something
that was important to me,”
she said. “If we teach people
how to eat better, they’ll live
longer.”
Tony Perry, a high school
junior who works as a paid
farm assistant at the Sauk
Village farm, said his favor-
ite part of the job is projects
such as building fences.
Perry didn’t have much
experience beyond helping
his mother plant flowers but
is enjoying the work.
“It’s my first job,” he said.
He also likes his co-workers.
“They’re cool. They all bring
good vibes.”
One of those co-workers
is farm associate Beverly
Long, a retiree and member
of the church.
“I love the sun. There are
no hard days out here,” she
said, adding that she finds it
hard to be inside this time of
year. Long also loves “being
able to come out first thing
in the morning and smell
fresh air — see the sun rising
if I’m early enough.”
In 2020, to gear up for
work on the farm, Long
received an advance certifi-
cation in urban horticulture
from Chicago City Colleges/
Chicago Botanical Gardens,
a Roots of Success certifica-
tion and food handler certi-
fication.
Long works Tuesdays
ever is needed, whether
it’s turning crops over
from spring to summer or
her pet building project to
create two 40-foot flower
beds so the farm stand and
subscription boxes can offer
cut blooms.
She said she loved “play-
ing in the dirt” growing up
on Chicago’s Southeast Side
and had her own garden
in Richton Park before
moving back to Chicago.
She believes the program
already is a success.
“Feeding the poor, bring-
ing it together as only this
type of therapy can make
happen” is worthwhile, she
said. “I think it’s picking up
year by year. They’re telling
their neighbors and their
friends.”
Just Roots Chicago also
holds events such as the
next Farm to Table Dinner,
set for 7 to 10 p.m. July 29 at
the Chicago farm, 2936 S.
Wabash Ave. Information is
at justrootschicago.org/.
It’s another way to grow
relationships.
“We’re using the farms
as a space to connect with
their neighbors and the
broader community and to
develop a deeper connec-
tion with the environment
where their food comes
from,” Ruane said. “Food is
the vehicle but it’s so much
more than food. It’s using
those spaces as a vehicle
for community change and
bringing people together,
so that inspires a lot of the
work that we do.”
Melinda Moore is a freelance
reporter for the Daily
Southtown.

McDonald’s company earned $3.17 per

from Page 1
“There is certainly
concern with the U.S.
consumer that shows up in
their sentiment but our busi-
ness and our value position-
ing in the market has put
us into a good position to
be able to weather that and
continue to drive the share
gains that you’re seeing,”
Kempczinski said.
Revenue rose 14% to $6.5
billion, the Chicago-based
chain said Thursday. That
was also ahead of analyst
expectations for $6.3 billion.
Same-store sales in the
U.S. more than doubled,
share, which beat analysts
forecasts of $2.78.
Among those one-time
items was an $18 million
charge for restructur-
ing costs, which follows
$180 million in restructur-
ing costs posted in the first
quarter. McDonald’s laid off
A McDonald’s sign is shown several hundred corporate
on April 23, 2022. McDonald’s workers in early April in an
reported its earnings on effort to speed up innovation
Thursday. GENE J. PUSKAR/AP and decision-making.
The company declined to
rising 10.3% in the quarter say how layoffs have affected
compared with a 3.7% rise a headcount at its Fulton
year earlier. Market headquarters, as
Net income nearly well as whether its restruc-
doubled to $2.3 billion turing strategy would alter
for the quarter. Exclud- plans to relocate its innova-
ing one-time items, the tion center, called Speedee
Labs, downtown from
suburban Romeoville.
McDonald’s and other
restaurants have had to
balance their own rising
costs and how much they
can lean on customers to
help cover them, but Kemp-
czinski said in a prepared
statement that the company
is continuing to invest in
the brand and get custom-
ers what they want. That
includes connecting with
customers through the
McDonald’s app.
“On the digital front,
McDonald’s digital invest-
ments have made its app
much easier to use and have
increased convenience for
the consumer,” said Neil
Saunders, managing direc-
tor of GlobalData. “This has
paid big dividends in terms
of increasing the number of
both impulse and planned
meal purchases.”
In an earnings call Thurs-
day, Kempczkinski said
McDonald’s planned to test
out a small-format store
concept called CosMc’s,
which he described as a
“small-format concept with
all the DNA of McDonald’s
but its own unique personal-
ity.” More information about
CosMc’s would be available
at an investor day at the end
of the year, he said; McDon-
ald’s will begin testing the
format early next year.
Kempczinski said the
company would also share
more details about expan-
sion plans later in the year.
“In the U.S., we haven’t
grown units going all the
way back to 2014,” he said.
Kempczinski said the fast
food giant’s U.S. footprint
reflects what the country’s
population profile looked
like “20 or 30 years ago.”
“Imagine the amount of
shifts that have happened,”
he said. “People moving to
the South, to the Southeast.
That isn’t reflected in our
footprint.”
Shares climbed more than
1.5% Thursday.
Chicago Tribune reporter
Talia Soglin contributed.

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4 Chicago Tribune | Section 2 | Friday, July 28, 2023
WAR IN UKRAINE
Fierce fighting ramps up in region
Kyiv official says its
troops advancing on
key city of Melitopol
By Hanna Arhirova
and Dasha Litvinova
Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine — Fierce
fighting raged Thursday
in southeastern Ukraine,
where a Western official said
Kyiv has launched a major
push and Russian President
Vladimir Putin said “hostil-
ities have intensified signifi-
cantly.”
Battles in recent weeks
have taken place on multi-
ple points along the over
600-mile front line as
Ukraine wages a coun-
teroffensive with West-
ern-supplied weapons and
Western-trained troops
against Russian forces that
invaded 17 months ago.
Putin praised the “hero-
ism” with which Russian
soldiers were repelling
attacks in the Zaporizhzhia
region of the southeast,
claiming Moscow’s troops
not only destroyed Ukraine’s
military equipment but also
inflicted heavy losses to
Kyiv’s forces.
He insisted on state TV
that Ukraine’s push in the
area “wasn’t successful,”
although it was not possi-
ble to independently verify
his claim. Putin was in St.
Petersburg at a summit of
African leaders.
Ukrainian troops have
made only incremental
gains since launching a
counteroffensive in early
June, and Putin has repeat-
edly claimed Ukraine has
suffered heavy losses, with-
out offering evidence.
Ukraine has committed
thousands of troops in the
region in recent days, said
a Western official who was
Biden looking to provide
relief from extreme heat
Plan targets water,
outdoor workers,
improved forecasts
By Chris Megerian,
Matthew Daly
and Drew Costley
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — With
heat waves spreading
across the country, Presi-
dent Joe Biden on Thurs-
day announced new steps
to protect workers — includ-
ing a hazard alert notifying
employers and employees
about ways to stay protected
from extreme heat — as well
as measures to improve
weather forecasts and make
drinking water more acces-
sible.
The actions come as
nearly 40% of the U.S. popu-
lation faces heat advisories,
according to the National
Weather Service.
High temperatures have
already scorched the South-
west this month, and more
heat is expected in the
Midwest and the Northeast
in the coming days. Wash-
ington won’t be spared, and
the heat index in the capi-
tal could reach 110 degrees
Friday.
It’s a worldwide problem.
Noting that ocean tem-
EU climate monitor: July shaping up to be Earth’s hottest month ever
In Italy, a child soaks his cap in a fountain July 16 in St. Peter’s
Square at the Vatican. GREGORIO BORGIA/AP
NATION & WORLD
Medics help a wounded Ukrainian soldier Thursday at a front-line aid station in the Zaporizhzhia region. KATERYNA KLOCHKO/AP
not authorized to comment
publicly on the matter.
It was unclear how
the current effort differs
from previous ones by the
Ukrainian military to break
through deeply entrenched
Russian defenses. The
Russian army has set up
vast minefields to stymie
Ukrainian advances and
used combat aircraft and
loitering munitions to strike
Ukrainian armor and artil-
lery.
Ukrainian authorities
have kept operational details
of the counteroffensive
under wraps, and they have
released scant information
about its progress.
However, Deputy Defense
peratures near Miami
topped 100, Biden said
“that’s more like jumping in
a hot tub than jumping into
the ocean to ride a wave.”
Citing federal data, Biden
called extreme heat the No. 1
weather-related killer in the
United States.
“Even those places that
are used to extreme heat
have never seen it as hot as
it is now for as long as it’s
been,” Biden said. “Even
those who deny that we’re
in the midst of a climate
crisis can’t deny the impact
of extreme heat is having on
Americans.”
Biden’s bid to address the
immediate effects of climate
change comes as he faces
pressure from fellow Demo-
crats and environmental
groups to declare a climate
“emergency,” a step he has
so far resisted.
The steps announced
Thursday supplement
his long-term agenda for
reducing greenhouse gas
emissions and deploying
clean energy technology,
policies that may not pay
dividends for years to come
while global temperatures
continue to rise.
Biden directed the Labor
Department to increase
inspections of potentially
dangerous workplaces, such
Minister Hanna Maliar said
Wednesday that troops are
advancing toward the city
of Melitopol in the Zapor-
izhizhia region.
The seizure of Melito-
pol near the Sea of Azov
would be a major success
for Ukraine, which hopes
to punch through the land
corridor between Russia
and the Crimean Penin-
sula, illegally annexed by
Moscow in 2014. That could
split Russian forces and cut
supply lines to units farther
west. Russia currently
controls the whole Sea of
Azov coast.
Ukrainian President Volo-
dymyr Zelenskyy posted a
video Thursday in which a
as farms and construction
sites, and called for height-
ened enforcement of heat
safety violations.
As part of the initiative,
the department will issue
a hazard alert notifying
employers and employees
about ways to stay protected
from extreme heat, which
has killed 436 workers since
2011, according to federal
statistics.
The Biden administration
plans to spend $7 million
to develop more detailed
weather predictions to
anticipate extreme weather
like heat waves, plus $152
million to boost drinking
water infrastructure and
climate resilience in Cali-
fornia, Colorado and Wash-
ington.
Biden was joined Thurs-
day by acting Labor Secre-
tary Julie Su, as well as the
leaders of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency
and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration.
The mayors of Phoenix
and San Antonio, two cities
that have suffered from the
heat waves, participated
in the White House event
virtually.
“Phoenix is known for
heat,” said Mayor Kate
Gallego. “We are often called
By Raymond Zhong
The New York Times
Weeks of scorching sum-
mer heat in North America,
Europe, Asia and elsewhere
are putting July on track to
be Earth’s warmest month
on record, the European
Union climate monitor said
Thursday, the latest mile-
stone in what is emerging
as an extraordinary year for
global temperatures.
Last month, the planet
experienced its hottest June
since records began in 1850.
July 6 was its hottest day.
group of Ukrainian soldiers
said they had taken control
of the village of Staro-
maiorske in the Donetsk
region next to the Zapor-
izhzhia province.
Russian military blog-
gers have confirmed that
Ukrainian forces have taken
part of the village. If Russian
defenses in the area collapse,
it would open the way for
the Ukrainian forces to push
south toward the coast.
The Institute of Study of
War, a Washington-based
think tank, reported that
Ukrainian forces launched
“a significant mechanized
counteroffensive operation”
in western Zaporizhzhia on
Wednesday and “appear to
President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House announces new measures aimed at
helping communities and workers deal with the surge in dangerous heat. EVAN VUCCI/AP
the Valley of the Sun. But
right now, this summer has
really been unprecedented.
It’s taking a real toll on our
community. We feel like we
are very much on the front
lines of climate change.”
Phoenix is the first city in
the nation to have a perma-
nent, publicly funded heat
office, Gallego said, with
efforts now focused on
getting residents inside as
much as possible, at public
cooling centers and encour-
aging use of water stations
throughout the city.
Phoenix has seen at least
27 days in a row of tempera-
tures exceeding 110 degrees
And the odds are rising that
2023 will end up displac-
ing 2016 as the hottest year.
At the moment, the eight
warmest years on the books
are the past eight.
The world has entered
what forecasters warn could
be a multiyear period of
exceptional warmth, one in
which the warming effects
of humankind’s continuing
emissions of heat-trapping
gases are compounded by El
Niño, the recurring climate
pattern typically associated
with hotter conditions in
many regions.
have broken through certain
pre-prepared Russian
defensive positions.”
T h e re i nv i g o ra t e d
Ukrainian push comes in
the wake of Russian military
and political turmoil in June
that saw Yevgeny Prigozhin,
head of the Wagner private
military company, stage a
short-lived rebellion that
posed the gravest threat to
Putin in his 23-year rule.
The mercenaries have
withdrawn from the battle-
field in Ukraine, where
they played a pivotal role in
capturing the stronghold of
Bakhmut following the war’s
longest battle. Thousands of
Wagner troops have report-
edly deployed to Belarus to
Fahrenheit. No other
major city — defined as the
25 most populous in the
United States — has had any
stretch of 110-degree days
or 90-degree nights longer
than Phoenix, said weather
historian Christopher Burt
of the Weather Company.
San Antonio Mayor Ron
Nirenberg said his city has
moved to end the use of coal
and is launching its first
advanced rapid-transit line,
which will feature low- or
zero-emission vehicles. The
city is also developing solar
power and other renewable
energy sources, he said.
“I’m confident that the
Even so, when global
average temperatures shat-
ter records by such large
margins, as they have been
doing since early June,
it raises questions about
whether the climate is
also being shaped by other
factors, said Karen McKin-
non, a climate scientist and
statistician at the Univer-
sity of California, Los Ange-
les. These elements might be
less-well understood than
global warming and El Niño.
“Do we expect, given
those two factors, the record
to be broken by this much?
help train its troops before
moving to Africa.
In what appeared to
be a precautionary move,
Russia’s Federal Security
Service, known as the FSB,
prohibited civilian access to
the Arabat Spit in Crimea,
a narrow strip of land that
links the peninsula to the
partially occupied Kherson
region. The open-ended ban
is needed to contain secu-
rity threats, the FSB said
in a statement quoted by
Russia’s state news agency
RIA Novosti.
U.S. Defense Secretary
Lloyd Austin said during a
visit to Papua New Guinea
that Kyiv’s effort to retake
land seized by Russia since
its full-scale invasion in
February 2022 would
be tough and long, with
successes and setbacks.
U.S. Secretary of State
Antony Blinken said “an
intense battle” is taking
place but declined to provide
details.
“We believe that tools, the
equipment, the training, the
advice that many of us have
shared with Ukrainians over
many months puts them in
good position to be success-
ful on the ground in recov-
ering more of the territory
that Russia has taken from
Ukraine,” Blinken said in
New Zealand.
Meanwhile, a missile
strike on Ukraine’s south-
ern Odesa region killed
one civilian and further
damaged its port infrastruc-
ture in the latest attack since
Moscow broke off a grain
export agreement, Odesa
Gov. Oleh Kiper said.
The attack used Kalibr
cruise missiles launched
from the Black Sea, he said.
Ukraine’s air force said
it intercepted 36 Russian
missiles launched from
Tu-95MS strategic bombers.
state best known for oil and
gas production can help lead
the way to a greener tomor-
row,” he said.
Among other steps that
the Biden administra-
tion has taken to adapt to
increasing threats from
extreme heat, the Labor
Department is develop-
ing an Occupational Safety
and Health Administra-
tion heat standard rule that
would require employers
to provide adequate water
and rest breaks to outdoor
workers, as well as medi-
cal services and training to
address signs and symptoms
of heat-related illness.
Or is this a case where we
don’t expect it?” McKinnon
said. “Is there some other
factor that we’re seeing
come into play?”
Researchers who
analyzed this month’s
punishing heat waves in
the U.S. Southwest, north-
ern Mexico and Southern
Europe said this week that
the temperatures observed
in those regions, over a span
of so many days, would have
been “virtually impossi-
ble” without the influence
of human-driven climate
change.

Residents lost without newspaper
Community loses
common link that
people counted on
By Leah Willingham
Associated Press
WELCH, W.Va. — Months
after Missy Nester ended
The Welch News’ 100-year
run, she can barely stand
to walk through the office
doors of the newspaper her
mother taught her to read
with growing up in West
Virginia’s southern coal-
fields. It’s too painful.
The Welch News owner
and publisher’s desk is
covered with unpaid bills
and her own paychecks —
a year’s worth — she never
cashed.
Phones that used to ring
throughout the day are
silent. Tables covered with
typewriters, awards and a
century’s worth of other
long-abandoned artifacts are
reminders that her beloved
paper has become an arti-
fact too.
Wiping away tears, Nester
said she wishes people
understood why she fought
so hard to protect her coun-
ty’s last remaining news
outlet, and why it feels like
communities left behind by
the journalism industry are
the ones who need it most.
“Our people here have
nothing,” said Nester, 57.
“Like, can any of y’all hear
us out here screaming?”
In March, the McDow-
ell County weekly became
another of the thousands of
U.S. newspapers shuttered
since 2005, a crisis Nester
called “terrifying for democ-
racy” and one that dispro-
portionately affects rural
Americans.
Residents have no way of
knowing what’s happening
at public meetings.
Local crises, like the
desperately needed upgrade
of water and sewer systems,
are going unreported.
And there is no one to
keep disinformation in
check, like when the news-
paper published a series of
stories dispelling rumors of
election tampering at local
President Joe Biden meets with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Thursday in the Oval Office,
where they reportedly discussed a range of bilateral issues. WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY
Biden thanks Italy’s far-right
Meloni for Ukraine support
By Aamer Madhani,
Seung Min Kim
and Frances D’Emilio
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Presi-
dent Joe Biden on Thursday
thanked far-right Premier
Giorgia Meloni for Italy’s
steady backing of Ukraine,
offering a warm welcome
to the White House to a
leader that his administra-
tion saw with some trep-
idation when she rose to
power last year as the head
of Italy’s first far-right-led
government since the end
of World War II.
Biden administration
concerns about her ideol-
ogy have been eased by her
support for Ukraine and her
seeming openness to pull
back from Italy’s participa-
tion in China’s infrastruc-
ture-building Belt and Road
Initiative.
Meloni’s visit came as
Italy prepares to take up
the presidency of the Group
of Seven industrialized
nations next year.
“Italy and the United
States are also standing
strong with Ukraine, and
I compliment you on your
very strong support in
defending against Russian
atrocities, and that’s what
Missy Nester, owner of The Welch News, sits in the newsroom of the now-closed office May 31 in Welch, West Virginia. Many
residents say they did not realize how much they had come to depend on the newspaper. CHRIS CARLSON/AP
precincts during last year’s
May primaries.
“It was like a heartbeat,
like a thread that ran through
the community,” said World
War II veteran Howard
Wade, a retired professor
specializing in Black history.
Sitting on a rocking chair
in his home at the base of
lush, green hills, Wade, 97,
is worried about the county
history the newspaper
chronicled.
He was born three years
after it opened in 1923.
The decline of American
newspapers is well-doc-
umented. Those most
impacted tend to be older,
low-income and less likely to
have graduated high school
or college than people in
well-covered communities.
For McDowell residents,
the news was a shock. Many
said they didn’t realize how
much they depended on the
paper.
Sarah Hall, McDowell
County’s first Black prosecu-
they are,” Biden told Meloni
at the start of their Oval
Office meeting. “And I thank
the Italian people. I want to
thank them for support-
ing you and supporting
Ukraine. It makes a big
difference.”
Meloni, who was making
her first White House
visit as premier, said rela-
tions between the U.S. and
Italy should remain strong
“regardless of the political
colors” of who is in power
in the two countries. She
also underscored that with
their response to Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine, “West-
ern nations have shown that
they can rely on each other.”
“Those who live in peace
should be the first support-
ers of the Ukrainian cause,”
Meloni said.
White House officials
said the leaders’ agenda
was focused on Ukraine and
China as well as the stream
of migration from North
Africa to Europe’s south-
ern shores.
Soon after the victory of
Meloni’s Brothers of Italy
party in September, Biden
warned about the rise of
hard-right populism in
Europe and in the United
States.
But before the visit, the
tor elected in the 1980s, said
it’s tragic when any commu-
nity loses its newspaper.
But for communities like
hers, it’s detrimental.
The 535-square-mile
county is dominated by
rugged mountain terrain.
Residents live miles apart in
hollers connected by wind-
ing roads and no interstate
access. Cell and internet
service is inconsistent —
or nonexistent. There are
no local radio or television
stations.
“We’re in a unique situ-
ation because our commu-
nity is unique,” she said. “We
have no other substantial
way of communicating.”
It bothers Hall not know-
ing what decisions county
commissioners are making
with taxpayer money. With
the school year approaching,
she’s worried families won’t
know about an upcoming
ministry program providing
free school supplies.
The Welch News team —
White House played down
Biden’s initial skepticism
about Meloni.
“On issues of foreign
policy, there’s been a lot of
overlapping and mutually
reinforcing approaches that
we’re taking on with Italy,”
White House National
Security Council spokes-
man John Kirby said. “Italy
is a NATO ally and they are
a very competent NATO ally
and they’ve been a tremen-
dous supporter of Ukraine.”
Before her White House
meeting, Meloni headed
to the U.S. Capitol to meet
with House Speaker Kevin
McCarthy, Senate Major-
ity Leader Chuck Schumer
and Senate Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell as well as
other lawmakers.
In remarks to reporters
after meeting McCarthy,
Meloni said it remained
critical for the West to
remain united in helping
Ukraine defend its sover-
eignty.
“For without a world
based on the international
law, we would live in a
world of chaos,” Meloni
said. “That’s not the world
we want to live in. We want
to live in a world in which
we can respect sovereignty
and freedom.”
Nester and her staff of three
— felt buoyed as protectors
of democracy in a place
where people sometimes
feel forgotten or overlooked
by the rest of the country.
Sprawling across Appala-
chia’s Cumberland Moun-
tains, McDowell County
was once the world’s lead-
ing coal producer, attract-
ing European immigrants
and Black families fleeing
the Jim Crow South seeking
work.
In 1950, its population was
nearly 100,000. A quarter of
residents were Black, uncon-
ventional in a predominately
white state.
Today, 80% of the 17,850
remaining residents are
white, still making it one of
West Virginia’s most diverse
counties. It’s also the poor-
est, with some of the lowest
graduation and life expec-
tancy rates in the nation.
Over the years, the county
lost big box stores, schools,
thousands of jobs and
After coup, Niger’s president
says democracy will prevail
By Sam Mednick
Associated Press
NIAMEY, Niger —
Niger’s president on Thurs-
day defiantly declared that
democracy would prevail, a
day after mutinous soldiers
detained him and said they
had seized power in a coup
because of the West Afri-
can country’s deteriorating
security situation.
While many people in
the capital of Niamey went
about their usual busi-
ness, it remained unclear
who was in control of the
country and which side the
majority might support. A
statement tweeted by the
army command’s account
declared it would back the
coup to avoid a “murderous
confrontation” that could
lead to a “bloodbath.”
It was not possible to
confirm that the statement
was genuine.
President Mohamed
Bazoum — elected in 2021
in Niger’s first peaceful,
democratic transfer of
power since its indepen-
dence from France in 1960
— appeared to have the
backing of several political
parties. Bazoum is a key ally
in the West’s efforts to battle
jihadists linked to al-Qaida
and the Islamic State group
in Africa’s Sahel region.
“The hard-won achieve-
ments will be safeguarded.
All Nigeriens who love
democracy and freedom
will see to it,” Bazoum
tweeted early Thursday.
Foreign Minister Has-
soumi Massoudou issued
a similar call on news net-
work France 24, asking “all
Nigerien democratic patri-
ots to stand up as one to say
no to this factious action.”
He demanded the presi-
dent’s unconditional release
and said talks were ongoing.
U.N. Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres, who
spoke to Bazoum by phone
Wednesday, told report-
ers Thursday that he was
“extremely worried” about
the situation in Niger and
warned of the “terrible
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people.
But it had its newspaper
— one that tracked govern-
ment spending, published
election, spelling bee and
basketball game results
and spreads with photos
and biographies of every
member of the graduating
class.
“Now when people die,
a lot of people don’t even
realize they’re dead,” said
Deputy Magistrate Court
Clerk Virginia Dickerson,
79, who relied on the paper
for its obituaries.
Dickerson said losing
the paper was like “losing a
family member.”
Paulina Breeden, who
works at the sole gas station
in neighboring Maybeury,
said people still come in and
ask about the paper. When
she informs them its closed,
they’re often incredulous.
Although the county is
now without a local news
source, its residents are no
strangers to news coverage
Supporters of the Nigerien defense and security forces rally
outside the national assembly in Niamey on Thursday, a day
after President Mohamed Bazoum was seized. GETTY-AFP
effects on development”
and civilians due to “succes-
sive unconstitutional
changes of government in
the Sahel region.”
The Economic Com-
munity of West African
States sent Benin President
Patrice Talon to lead medi-
ation efforts.
Russia and the West have
been vying for influence in
the fight against extrem-
ism in the region. Extrem-
ists in Niger have carried
out attacks on civilians and
military personnel.
Bazoum is seen by many
as the West’s last hope for
partnership in the Sahel
after Mali turned away
from former colonial power
France and sought support
from the Russian merce-
nary group Wagner. Wagner
also appears to be making
inroads in Burkina Faso.
Western countries have
poured aid into Niger,
and U.S. Secretary of State
Antony Blinken visited
in March, seeking to
strengthen ties. American,
French and Italian troops
train the country’s soldiers,
while France also conducts
joint operations.
But the threat to Bazoum
raised concerns Niger could
turn away from the West.
On Thursday, several
hundred people gathered
in the capital and chanted
support for Wagner while
— often by national outlets
focused on the poverty rate,
opioid use, infrastructure
woes and the declining coal
industry.
Local pharmacy owner
Shawn Jenkins said national
coverage of McDowell
County is overly “political,
unfair and often negative.”
But he never felt that way
about the local newspaper.
“I never saw anything that
really raised my hackles. I
thought they were pretty
much center line, which is
the exception these days,” he
said, adding that he adver-
tised in the paper. “I wanted
them to survive.”
Before Nester took over in
2018, the paper ran summa-
ries of local government
meetings written by county
employees. That changed
when Derek Tyson, 32, the
paper’s single reporter and
editor, began covering meet-
ings. The attention seemed
to bother some local officials,
who called to grumble about
stories.
One story the paper
followed for years was
the work of the McDow-
ell Public Service District
upgrading aging water infra-
structure in coal commu-
nities. For decades, some
county residents have
relied on polluted mountain
streams because of disin-
tegrating — or completely
absent — systems.
Now, long-awaited federal
support is expected to reach
communities with the
passage of the bipartisan
infrastructure act.
But the paper won’t be
there to cover it.
When Nester was a single
mother of three in the 1990s
and 2000s, the county’s
older residents stopped by
her house on surprise visits
with meals and cash they’d
tape to her front door.
During her time at The
Welch News, delivery driv-
ers would sometimes drop
off bread, milk and other
essentials with the paper.
“I saw keeping the paper
going as a way to repay them
— or to try to — for every-
thing they did to take care of
me,” she said.
waving Russian flags.
“If Mohamed Bazoum
resigns from the presidency,
Niger will probably move to
the top of the list of coun-
tries where the Wagner
Group will seek to expand,”
said Flavien Baumgartner,
an Africa analyst at Dragon-
fly, a security and political
risk consultancy.
Wagner already had its
sights set on Niger, in part
because it’s a large producer
of uranium. But Bazoum
posed an impediment
because of his pro-French
and pro-Western stance,
Baumgartner said.
Wagner’s head — Yevgeny
Prigozhin, who led a brief
revolt in Russia last month
— weighed in Thursday,
describing developments as
part of Niger’s fight against
the “colonizers.”
The U.S. State Depart-
ment said Thursday it isn’t
aware of any signs that the
Wagner Group was involved
in detaining Bazoum.
Underscoring the impor-
tance of Niger to the West,
Blinken said Thursday that
he had spoken with the
president, saying he “made
clear that we strongly
support him as the demo-
cratically elected president
of the country.”
If designated a coup by
the U.S., Niger could lose
millions of dollars of mili-
tary support and aid.
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WAR IN UKRAINE
‘They are constantly attacking us’
Russia mounts fierce
offensive operations
in northeast Ukraine
By Marc Santora
The New York Times
Three Russian attack heli-
copters swooped in low over
the city of Kreminna, straf-
ing Ukrainian front-line
positions just outside the
city. Russian drones circled
overhead while Moscow’s
ground forces fired heavy
machine guns to flush out
Ukrainians from foxholes
hidden in the dappled light
of the pine forest.
As exploding artillery
shells shook the ground
around him, Vlad, 27, a
Ukrainian drone operator,
spotted a Russian armored
personnel carrier bringing
more troops to the battle. It
was a possible prelude, he
said, to another assault.
“They are constantly
attacking us,” said Lt. Col.
Oleh Matviychuk, 49, a
battalion commander with
Ukraine’s 100th Territorial
Defense Brigade. “They are
looking for a weak place and
then they storm.”
Along the vast 600-mile
front line that cuts a scar
across eastern and south-
ern Ukraine, Russian forces
are mostly on the defensive,
hoping that the vast mine-
fields they have planted will
protect the fortified posi-
tions. So far they have been
able to prevent a major
Ukrainian breakthrough.
But in northeastern
Ukraine, along a roughly
60-mile front that runs
around the towns of Kupi-
ansk, Svatove and Kreminna,
the Russians are not laying
back: With heavy artillery,
drones and waves of ground
assaults, they are once again
mounting sustained offen-
sive operations.
“On some days they shoot
without stopping,” Matviy-
chuk said.
The intensity of the fight-
ing has ebbed and flowed in
this corner of Ukraine for
nearly a year, and the seesaw
battles have resulted in only
Hospital’s surgeons treating waves of soldiers
Higher patient load
coincides with major
counteroffensive
By Samya Kullab
Associated Press
DNIPRO, Ukraine —
The horrors of war arrive
through the night at a
hospital in eastern Ukraine,
a procession of stretchers
bearing limp bodies whisked
from the front line.
The soldiers come with
bandaged limbs soaked
in blood, faces blackened
with shrapnel fragments
and stunned eyes fixed on
the ceiling, frozen in shock.
Lately, they’ve been coming
with ever-greater frequency.
“Pain!” shrieks a service-
man with a gaping thigh
wound as medical work-
ers move him to a surgical
gurney.
Evacuated from trenches
in the east, forests in the
north and the open fields of
the south, wounded soldiers
begin showing up at the
Mechnikov Hospital in late
afternoon, and dozens more
in desperate need of surgery
are wheeled in before the
sun rises the next day.
The surge of wounded
soldiers coincides with the
major counteroffensive that
Ukraine launched in June
to try to recapture its land,
nearly one-fifth of which is
now under Russian control.
Surgeons at Mechnikov
are busier now than perhaps
at any other time since
Russia began its full-scale
invasion 17 months ago,
according to doctors at the
hospital, who declined to be
more specific.
In a war where casualty
counts are treated as state
secrets, the hospital — one
of Ukraine’s biggest — serves
as a measurement of distant
battles. When they intensify,
so does the medical staffs’
workload, which these days
consists of 50 to 100 surger-
ies per night.
“Here, we see the worst
of the front line,” Dr. Serhii
Ryzhenko, the hospital’s
59-year-old chief doctor,
A Ukrainian mortar team fires on a Russian trench from a front-line position Sunday in the Donetsk region. FINBARR O’REILLY/THE NEW YORK TIMES
minor shifts in front-line
positions. The largely static
lines on a map, however, can
obscure the violence playing
out in the pine forests and
the toll that comes from the
incessant hurling of ammu-
nition at the enemy.
Oleg, 50, a doctor working
as a front-line medic with
the 100th Brigade, said that
after weeks of seeing almost
no wounded soldiers, he is
now racing to Ukrainian
positions to tend to wounds
every day — a testament to
a more aggressive Russian
assault.
In recent days, the
Russians have claimed
small breakthroughs up and
down the lines from Kupi-
ansk to Kreminna 60 miles
to the south. Kyiv is sending
experienced units to rein-
force the lines in the area.
Ukrainian soldiers near the
front say that Russian gains
have been marginal and that
A nurse prepares to treat Ukrainian servicemen July 15 at the ICU of Mechnikov Hospital in Dnipro, Ukraine. A growing number of
wounded soldiers has been seen since Ukraine’s major counteroffensive launched last month. EVGENIY MALOLETKA/AP
says with a weary smile. “We
have 50 operating rooms,
and it’s not enough.”
The Associated Press was
given rare access last week
to the hospital, a 12-hour
visit to witness doctors and
nurses care for soldiers
rushed from the battlefield
to the operating room.
During the day, Mech-
nikov functions as a normal
hospital, treating patients
with cancer and other
chronic diseases.
But every night ushers in
the same macabre routine:
Wounded soldiers arrive
— many unconscious —
and surgeons operate. The
soldiers are then sent off to
recover elsewhere to create
space for the next nightly
deluge.
“We hold our own front
line here, we understand
that we must do this, we
must hold on,” said Dr.
Tetyana Teshyna, a soft-spo-
ken anesthesiologist wear-
ing pink scrubs.
“It’s very hard,” said
Teshyna, who remains
they have counterattacked
and regained some lost terri-
tory.
Analysts from the Insti-
tute for the Study of War,
a Washington-based think
tank, have documented only
marginal gains for Russian
forces in the area in recent
weeks.
Still, the British military
intelligence agency said the
“renewed activity” in the
northeast highlights the
region’s importance to the
Kremlin, given that it comes
at the same time Russia is
facing “significant pressure”
in the south.
Matviychuk’s soldiers
are responsible for about
a 3-mile stretch of the
front near the town of
Kreminna, still controlled
by the Russians. He said the
Russians are firing two to
three times as many shells as
his mortar teams, averaging
around 50 per day.
calm amid the bustle in
this clean, orderly hospital.
She wants to say more but
is summoned by a nurse.
Another urgent surgery is
about to start.
Ukrainian soldiers are
fighting in multiple combat
zones along the 932-mile
front line, but the counter-
offensive — focused in the
Russian-occupied east and
south of the country — has
been slow going. Small units
are being deployed to probe
a Russian army that is deeply
dug in, and minefields must
be cleared before Ukrainian
soldiers can attempt to root
them out.
Any initial momentum
from the opening phase
of the counteroffensive
has given way to sluggish
advances. Territorial gains
have been minimal, despite
highly publicized Western
donations of military hard-
ware that heightened expec-
tations of a quick Ukrainian
breakthrough.
Russia has stepped up
operations in the north of
The battles fit a pattern
that Ukrainians have
encountered many times
as Russia tries to grind out
small gains with volumes of
personnel and weaponry.
Matviychuk said that
before they storm a posi-
tion, the Russians will
launch scores of rockets
and mortars at Ukrainian
positions aiming to obliter-
ate dugouts and leave the
defenders who survive in a
“shellshocked” state.
“Then they send the
storming units of 10-12
people,” he said. “We call
them ‘Z’ units, meaning that
they come from penal colo-
nies.”
“They are not profes-
sional, just fodder,” he said.
It’s a tactic reminiscent of
Russia’s assault on Bakhmut,
the city it captured in the
spring, but a tactic that has
been mostly absent in the
defensive posture it has
Ukraine, near Lyman, in
the forests of Kreminna, in
a possible attempt to corner
Ukrainian troops there.
Ukrainian soldiers fight-
ing along the front say the
ferocity of Moscow’s artil-
lery barrages has surprised
them the most, especially in
the southern Zaporizhzhia
region, where mine-clearing
operations leave them badly
exposed to enemy fire.
Oleh Halah, 22, was hit
by artillery from a Russian
tank near Lyman this month,
injuring his stomach and
legs. Straining to speak in
the hospital’s intensive care
unit, Halah said his platoon
saw the tank coming, but the
artillery hit them before they
could reach their grenade
launcher.
“Twenty-four hours a
day, constant shooting, all
the time … if not (Russian)
infantry, then artillery,” he
said. “It doesn’t stop.”
Others being cared for by
Mechnikov’s doctors were
injured while clearing mines
from Russian trenches.
adopted since then.
The Russians would like
to move back to the Oskil
River that runs through the
city of Kupiansk, 50 miles
northwest of Kreminna,
in order to create a buffer
zone around the Luhansk
region. Similarly, 60 miles
to the south, they have
waged repeated battles in
the direction of Lyman,
which Ukraine recaptured
in October, trying to gain
a strategic foothold for
further advances into the
Donbas.
U k ra i n i a n l e a d e r s
acknowledge that they are
moving slower than they
would like in the south,
and every meter of land
reclaimed is paid for with
Ukrainian blood.
Ukrainian forces are also
moving forward around the
fringes of the ruined city of
Bakhmut, less than 50 miles
south of Kreminna.
As evening comes, the
pace of activity in the
trauma room picks up, with
new soldiers arriving nearly
every 15 minutes.
Dr. Simon Sechen brings
in a soldier with a wide gash
in his shin. A tourniquet
was applied for roughly half
a day, he explained, because
the soldier was trapped
in a faraway trench, and it
took hours to evacuate him.
Sechen had tried to encour-
age blood flow, but it may be
too late.
“We did all we could to
fight for his leg,” he says.
The soldier is taken to the
operating room, where Dr.
Yakov Albayuk takes one
look and determines that
the leg must be amputated to
save the soldier’s life. “After
12 hours without blood
circulation, the limb will
die,” Albayuk said, explain-
ing that a tourniquet must
be taken off after two hours
and, if necessary, reapplied.
“Because of tiny mistakes
we’re losing people’s limbs.”
For Albayuk, every
With their assaults in the
northeast, the Russians may
be trying to draw Ukrainian
forces away from that battle
as they struggle to hold onto
the city they spent more
than 10 months destroying
before finally capturing this
spring.
Matviychuk noted that
the Kremlin has never
given up its ambition of
conquering the entire east-
ern Donbas region. Breaking
through the Ukrainian lines
in the north and moving
toward the city of Lyman
would provide the Krem-
lin with something it could
portray as a victory.
By contrast, if the Ukraini-
ans can hold their lines and
advance in the direction of
Kreminna, they could sever
a critical Russian logistical
line and try to sweep around
the backside of Bakhmut,
Ukrainian commanders
said.
wound inspected on the
operating table is a raw
and unvarnished account
of the brutality of the fight
that Ukrainian soldiers
face in combat: constant
bombardment, hidden
mines, cunning snipers.
In this soldier’s case,
his wounds tell a story of
bravery. He was advancing
toward fire, not running
away.
The amputation takes
20 minutes. Albayuk uses a
surgical saw to cut through
the bone. A nurse wraps up
the severed limb, and it is
taken away.
Nearby, a soldier lying on
a stretcher in the hallway
calls out for his girlfriend,
Anna. He has been brought
to Mechnikov so doctors can
treat complications from a
leg that was amputated a
few days ago at a hospital
closer to the front line.
Anna rushes to his side
and tells him to be strong.
When he’s gone, she
collapses into tears.
Later, a soldier named
Maksym, who was injured
while fighting in the
Donetsk region, awakens in
the intensive care unit to the
sight of his wife, and then a
relieved kiss from her. She
traveled with his sister when
they learned Maksym had
been admitted for surgery.
“I am so happy I got to
see them one more time,”
Maksym said.
Like Ukraine, the Mech-
nikov Hospital — which is
more than 200 years old —
has been transformed by
war over the past decade.
The hospital did not
begin treating wounded
soldiers until Russia’s inva-
sion in 2014, when it was not
prepared for the task, said
Ryzhenko.
Soldiers would be admit-
ted with guts spilling out and
massive amounts of blood
loss. Back then, Ryzhenko
saw cases he had only read
about in textbooks.
Today, Mechnikov is
lauded for its state-of-the-
art facilities and expertise —
roughly 400 doctors spread
across six buildings.

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Biden targets cancer
by launching program
to seek ideas, aid care
From news services
WA S H I N G T O N —
President Joe Biden’s
administration on Thurs-
day announced the first
cancer-focused initiative
under its advanced health
research agency, aiming to
help doctors more easily
distinguish between cancer-
ous cells and healthy tissue
during surgery and improve
outcomes for patients.
The administration’s
Advanced Research Proj-
ects Agency for Health, or
ARPA-H, is launching a
Precision Surgical Interven-
tions program, seeking ideas
from the public and private
sectors to explore how to
dramatically improve cancer
outcomes in the coming
decades by developing
better surgical interventions
to treat the disease.
ARPA-H is modeled
after the military-focused
DARPA, which spawned
the internet and GPS. The
administration hopes the
new investment will yield
tools that will help surgeons
avoid healthy tissue, while
ensuring they can remove all
cancerous cells.
ARPA-H, along with the
administration’s “cancer
moonshot,” is a key part
of Biden’s “unity agenda”
announced in his 2022 State
of the Union address to bring
Washington together on a
bipartisan basis to combat
cancer, improve veterans’
health and make mental
health more accessible.
In a statement Thurs-
day announcing the initia-
tive, Biden called it a “major
milestone in the fight to end
cancer as we know it.”
“Harnessing the power
of innovation is essential
to achieving our ambitious
goal of turning more cancers
from death sentences to
treatable diseases and
— in time — cutting the
cancer death rate in half,”
Biden said. “As we’ve seen
throughout our history,
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from developing vaccines
to sequencing the genome,
when the U.S. government
invests in innovation, we can
achieve breakthroughs that
would otherwise be impos-
sible, and save lives on a vast
scale.”
Arati Prabhakar, the
director of the White House
Office of Science and Tech-
nology and a former direc-
tor of DARPA, said most
federal research dollars are
designed to go to university
or government labs, while
ARPA-H programs will
search more broadly. The
agency is hosting an event
in Chicago in September for
interested researchers with
the aim of quickly identify-
ing and approving projects.
The Department of Veter-
ans Affairs on Thursday is
also announcing that veter-
ans exposed to toxic burn
pits during their service
will be able to access breast
cancer risk assessments
and mammograms regard-
less of their age or if they are
enrolled in VA healthcare.
And on Tuesday, the depart-
ment announced that it
would study the relationship
between deployed service-
members’ toxic exposures
and additional cancers.
Jan. 6 guilty plea: A former
Republican candidate for
Michigan governor pleaded
guilty Thursday to a misde-
meanor charge for his
participation in the U.S.
Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Ryan Kelley pleaded
guilty more than a year after
the supporter of former
President Donald Trump
was arrested in the case, roil-
ing the already messy guber-
natorial Republican primary.
Kelley, a real estate broker,
finished fourth in a field of
five Republican candidates.
His attorney, Gary Spring-
stead, told The Detroit News
last month that Kelley wants
to “put this behind him so he
can focus on his family and
his successful career.”
of all time.
Greece wildfires: Boats arrive Thursday to help the wildfire-related evacuation of residents and tourists from the town of Nea
Anchialos, near Volos city, central Greece. Wildfires also caused explosions at an air force ammunition depot in central Greece,
which was safely evacuated in advance, as strong winds caused flare-ups around the country. TATIANA BOLARI/EUROKINISSI
Kelley pleaded guilty to a
charge of illegally entering
a restricted area and is to be
sentenced Oct. 17.
Pipeline ruling: The U.S.
Supreme Court on Thurs-
day allowed construction to
resume on a contested natu-
ral-gas pipeline that is being
built through Virginia and
West Virginia.
Work on the Mountain
Valley Pipeline had been
blocked by the 4th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals in
Richmond, Virginia, even
after Congress ordered the
project’s approval as part
of the bipartisan deal to
increase the debt ceiling.
The high court’s order
came as a three-judge panel
of the appeals court heard
arguments in the case.
Lawyers for the company
said they needed quick
Supreme Court action to
keep plans on track to finish
building the 300-mile pipe-
line and put it into service by
the winter, when natural gas
is needed for heating.
Environmental groups
have opposed the $6.6 billion
project, designed to meet
growing energy demands in
the South and Mid-Atlan-
tic by transporting gas from
fields in Pennsylvania and
Ohio.
The 4th Circuit panel did
not immediately rule on
Mountain Valley Pipeline’s
motion to dismiss chal-
lenges to the project over
concerns about the pipe-
line’s impact on endangered
species, erosion and stream
sedimentation.
Opponents said they
will continue to try to stop
construction on the project
and are eager to see how the
4th Circuit rules.
“All the Supreme Court
did today was weigh in on
a preliminary stay. The 4th
Circuit still has the meat of
the case, and they can still
grant final relief,” said DJ
Gerken, executive director
of the Southern Environ-
mental Law Center.
Any ruling by the 4th
Circuit would be subject
to potential review by the
Supreme Court.
Boat fatalities: At least 21
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people have died and 40
others were rescued after a
Philippine passenger boat
overturned after being
lashed by strong winds in
Laguna Lake southeast of
Manila.
The MBCA Aya capsized
Thursday when its passen-
gers moved to one side of
the boat in panic when it
was battered by fierce wind
shortly after departing for
a nearby island. The coast
guard says the incident
happened about 150 feet off
the shore, near the village of
Kalinawan in Rizal province.
Typhoon Doksuri has
now blown away from the
northern Philippines, leav-
ing at least nine dead and
thousands displaced, but
monsoon rains and strong
wind continue to pound
many cities and towns.
Burning religious texts:
Sweden’s prime minis-
ter says that police have
received several permit
applications for the burn-
ing of religious texts in the
country next week. He says
he fears this may escalate
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tensions further with the
Muslim world.
In his first public
comments since the start of
the Quran burning crisis that
has severely strained Stock-
holm’s ties with Muslim
nations, Prime Minister
Ulf Kristersson told Swed-
ish news agency TT he was
“extremely concerned” that
a new wave of desecrations
could draw serious conse-
quences for Sweden.
A recent string of public
Quran desecrations by a
handful of anti-Islam activ-
ists in Sweden has sparked
angry demonstrations in
Muslim countries.
Sweden does not have a
law specifically prohibit-
ing the burning or desecra-
tion of the Quran or other
religious texts. The right to
hold public demonstrations
is valued and protected by
the Swedish Constitution.
Foreign Minister Tobias
Billström and security
service representatives
appeared before Parlia-
ment’s foreign affairs
committee Thursday to
discuss the crisis.
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Mothers flee regime, choose life of exile
Better to risk lives
to spare daughters
a lifetime of pain
By Cora Engelbrecht
The New York Times
One rainy spring evening,
a young Iranian mother with
a mangled arm, her husband
and their 3-year-old daugh-
ter met a smuggler near the
Iraqi border who gave them
a stern ultimatum: Ensure
the child’s silence or leave
her behind.
The mother, Sima Morad-
beigi, 26, recalled that she
dashed to a pharmacy for a
bottle of cough syrup to drug
her daughter into a stupor.
Under the cover of night,
the family followed the
smuggler out of Iran along
mountain paths, some-
times crouching or crawl-
ing through muddy scrub
land to avoid border guards.
Hours later, Moradbeigi
and her husband said, they
arrived at a mosque outside
Sulaimaniyah in Iraq’s
northern Kurdistan region.
Their daughter, Juan,
barely stirred.
The Islamic Republic —
a theocracy that arose after
Iran’s 1979 revolution — was
never hospitable to women
who rebelled against its
strict religious codes for
dress and behavior.
But their perils were
amplified by a revolt that
began in September, set off
by the death of a 22-year-old
woman, Mahsa Amini, while
she was in the custody of the
country’s morality police.
Women played a central
role in the months of
anti-government protests
that followed, demanding
the abolition of the entire
system of authoritarian cler-
ical rule. The government
eventually stamped out
most of the protests, leaving
hundreds dead, according to
rights groups.
Some mothers concluded
that it would be better to
risk their lives fleeing Iran
to spare their daughters a
lifetime under the authori-
tarian regime. These are the
stories of three women who
made that difficult choice.
Southwest and others continue to adapt to changes in travel habits since the pandemic. As
business travel has not recovered, airlines try to attract leisure flyers. TED S. WARREN/AP
Southwest’s high labor costs
overshadow record revenue
By David Koenig
Associated Press
DALLAS — Southwest
Airlines said second-quar-
ter earnings dropped 10% to
$683 million as labor costs
soared, offsetting record
revenue at the start of the
peak summer travel season.
The airline also warned
Thursday that a key reve-
nue ratio will drop and
non-fuel costs will rise in
the third quarter.
Southwest said revenue
for every seat flown one
mile, a closely watched ra-
tio in the sector, fell 8.3%
in the second quarter and
will drop by 3% to 7% in
the third quarter, com-
pared with the same peri-
ods last year. That outlook
amplifies “concerns around
slowing domestic air travel
demand,” said Cowen ana-
lyst Helane Becker.
A report this week from
Alaska Airlines fanned
worries that demand for
air travel — especially
within the United States
— might finally be cool-
ing after recovering from
the pandemic. Southwest
and Alaska both operate
mostly domestic flights,
and they are benefiting less
than bigger rivals Delta,
Sima Moradbeigi with her daughter June 5 at their home in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. EMILY GARTHWAITE/THE NEW YORK TIMES
Days after the protests
began, Moradbeigi said she
walked out her front door
gripping a headscarf, which
she planned to burn on the
streets of her hometown,
Bukan. Before that moment,
she had not considered
herself political.
She had found happi-
ness with her husband, Sina
Jalali, who owned a fabric
shop, and their daughter.
But she was enraged by the
death of Amini, who had
lived in Saqhez, not far from
Moradbeigi’s hometown in
Iran’s northwestern Kurd-
ish region. Like Amini, she
was part of Iran’s Kurdish
minority, which has faced
repression.
When she joined the
protest that day in Bukan,
Moradbeigi said, she came
under a hail of gunfire from
a security officer, who shot
her with metal pellets.
X-rays of her injuries,
United and American from
the boom in international
flying.
Southwest CEO Robert
Jordan sought to assure the
market, saying that more
than half of the decline in
the second-quarter reve-
nue ratio could be explained
by additional money that
Southwest booked a year
ago. Southwest recognized
revenue based on the expec-
tation that some pandem-
ic-era vouchers and credits
would not be used before
they expired. Southwest has
since said vouchers won’t
expire, and that dealt a $300
million hit to revenue in this
year’s second quarter, the
CEO said.
The average one-way
fare on Southwest dropped
nearly 3% compared with
last summer, to $179.44.
Southwest and other
airlines are trying to adapt
to changes in travel habits
since the pandemic. Busi-
ness travel has yet to
recover, causing airlines to
tweak their schedules to
attract more leisure flyers.
Southwest is scheduling
more long flights, and it is
reducing early-morning and
late-night flights.
The second-quarter
results from Dallas-based
provided by Moradbeigi and
one of her doctors, showed
the pellets had pulverized
her right elbow bone.
“Every minute, I was
seeing death before my
eyes,” Moradbeigi said in
December, in one of a series
of interviews over the past
seven months. “But my heart
was with my daughter. I
could not die and leave her
under this corrupt regime.”
Moradbeigi and her
husband spent seven
months in hiding as they
struggled to find a smuggler
to take them out of Iran.
In late April, they finally
received a call: For 10 million
Iranian tomans (about
$230) a smuggler agreed to
arrange their escape. Within
days, they sold everything
they#owned, even their chil-
dren’s books, and left home
with painkillers and $600 in
cash.
Even before the protests
Southwest, which were
aided by lower fuel prices,
beat analyst expectations.
The company predicted
record revenue and another
profit in the third quar-
ter, but warned of higher
non-fuel costs.
Southwest is locked
in drawn-out negotia-
tions with pilots and flight
attendants, who have not
received pay raises in years.
Unions are aiming to match
higher wages won by coun-
terparts at other major U.S.
airlines, including up to
40% more pay over four
years at United.
“It’s a great time to be ne-
gotiating as a pilot,” Jordan
said. Southwest struggled
with a shortage of pilots as
travel began recovering last
year, but Jordan said it will
soon be caught up.
Southwest’s profit fell
from $760 million a year
earlier. Excluding special
items, earnings per share
were $1.09, matching the
mean forecast in a FactSet
survey of analysts.
Revenue rose 5% to a
quarterly record of $7.04
billion, topping analysts’
prediction of $6.98 billion.
Its labor costs rose 25.5%
from a year earlier, a more
than $500 million increase.
began in September, Iranian
women were risking their
lives to try to ensure a better
future for themselves, and in
particular for their daugh-
ters. Some have been aided
in their escapes by armed
Iranian-Kurdish opposition
groups, like Komala, based
in the mountains of Iraq’s
Kurdistan region, which has
become a haven especially
for Kurds escaping Iran.
Nasim Fathi, 38, an
anti-government activist
from the predominantly
Kurdish city of Sanandaj, in
northwestern Iran, was one
of them. She said she fled
to Sulaimaniyah a year ago
after she was summoned
to appear in court for
participating in a political
rally.
She faced a terrible
dilemma: She needed to
flee Iran, but she was a single
mother of two daughters,
ages 21 and 10.
911 workers say understaffed
centers struggling to fill jobs
By Claudia Lauer
Associated Press
Emergency call center
workers say their centers
are understaffed, strug-
gling to fill vacancies and
plagued by worker burn-
out, according to a national
survey released this week.
The survey conducted
by the National Emer-
gency Number Associa-
tion in conjunction with
Carbyne, a cloud technol-
ogy company focused on
emergency services, polled
about 850 workers from
911 call centers across the
country. It found that many
were experiencing burn-
out, handling more frequent
call surges and felt under-
trained.
In St Louis this month,
callers tried desperately to
report that a woman was
trapped in her car under
a fallen tree but said they
couldn’t get through for
nearly a half-hour. During
the same storm in the
suburbs, it took a woman
45 minutes to report that
her 5-year-old son had
been badly hurt by a tree
falling on their home. He
died, but he was alive when
his mother started calling
911, according to a family
spokeswoman.
Meanwhile, in New York
City, panicked callers this
month tried to report a
Department of Transporta-
tion truck that had caught
fire and exploded, but said
they received busy signals
or were sent to voicemail.
Nationwide staffing
shortages that in many
cases mirror the shortages
in police departments and
law enforcement agen-
cies have led to longer wait
times or trouble reaching
operators at centers around
the country, according to
experts.
“The numbers we’re
seeing right now are really
alarming. It was a major
impetus of why we did this
study. I knew it was going to
be high, but 82% of respon-
dents said their centers
In July 2022, she decided
there would be no future
for any of them as long as
she remained in the coun-
try. Leaving her daugh-
ters behind, Fathi said, she
slipped over the border with
the help of a smuggler.
Her older daughter, Parya
Ghaisary, was inspired by
the protests and joined
in. But when two of her
friends were arrested in
late September, her mother
intervened from Iraq.
“She asked me to take
my sister over the border,”
Ghaisary said.
Grasping their pass-
ports and her sister’s hand,
Ghaisary took a taxi to the
Iraqi border, where she
told guards that she and her
sister, Diana, were cross-
ing for a relative’s wedding.
Within hours, they were
reunited with Fathi.
For some Iranian women
who have ended up sepa-
Experts say staffing shortages have led to longer wait times
at centers. Many workers have experienced burnout, a survey
found. ROSE BACA/DALLAS MORNING NEWS 2019
were understaffed,” said
Karima Holmes, vice pres-
ident and head of public
safety at Carbyne and
former director of the Office
of Unified Communications
in Washington.
Holmes said staffing
issues in many centers
worsened during the
COVID -19 pandemic,
and like many jobs in
public safety, it suffered
from image problems
after the 2020 police
killing of George Floyd in
Minneapolis.
“People are not coming
to the job because of
people turning away from
wanting to have public
safety careers,” Holmes
said. “But you add to that
issues with lower pay,
dealing with increased call
volumes and people feeling
burned out, and it becomes
difficult to get people into
the profession.”
The survey was released
at an online national
conference of 911 leaders to
discuss possible solutions to
the staffing crisis and other
issues faced by emergency
response centers.
Brian Fontes, CEO of
NENA, said the group has
been advocating for national
legislation to change
the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics’ classification of
rated from their daughters,
the agony is superseded only
by the fear of the dangers
that a reunion might bring.
“I go dark when I imagine
my daughter falling victim
to the same horrors that
forced me to flee her side,”
said Mozghan Keshavarz,
an anti-government activist
who spoke by phone from
a location outside Iran that
she did not want to disclose.
“But I cannot return to Iran.”
Keshavarz’s troubles
began in 2019 when she
started a campaign to
hand out roses to veiled
and unveiled women in an
effort to unite them. Secu-
rity forces entered her home
and beat her in front of her
daughter, then 9, before
hauling her off to prison,
Keshavarz said.
She next saw her daugh-
ter, Niki, in 2021, after she
was granted leave from
prison to heal from a spinal
injury she suffered while
detained. But their reunion
was brief.
Keshavarz was forced into
hiding last July, when offi-
cers stormed her father’s
home after she attended a
protest against mandatory
hijabs. When a lawyer told
her that she would probably
be sentenced to death, she
fled Iran.
Mohammad Moghimi,
one of Keshavarz’s lawyers,
said she was charged in
January with waging war
against God, a crime that
carries an automatic death
sentence.
While in exile, she said,
she rarely speaks with her
daughter for fear that Niki’s
phone may be tapped by
Iranian security forces,
who are known to harass the
families of dissidents.
She scrolls through
photographs and messages
from Niki — pale reminders
of their life together.
She recalled the night
of her arrest in 2019, when
security forces ordered Niki
to tear up a drawing tacked
to the refrigerator that read,
“We don’t want the hijab.”
“She refused,” Keshavarz
said. “I am humbled that I
helped shape such a fearless
force of nature.”
911 workers from office
or clerical workers to
protected service workers
like other emergency
responders.
“Iowa has been trying to
incorporate them into their
state retirement system for
public safety personnel, but
the legal review came back
and said they couldn’t do
that because of how these
employees are classified,”
Fontes said.
The group has also been
advocating for a bill that
would spend $15 billion
equipping centers across
the country with newer
technology that Fontes and
others said would address
some of the other issues 911
workers noted in the survey.
The technology, called
Next Generation 911, would
convert the hard-wired
centers to digital internet
protocol-based technology.
Advocates say the tech-
nology would mean more
precise location tracking,
better access to immediate
language translation, the
ability to text with callers or
take video calls to help see
what’s going on in the case
of a medical emergency.
It could also mean
fewer outages to phone or
computer systems, which
60% of survey respondents
said happen regularly.
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who can put
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Interim coach David Braun
— and not Northwestern
administrators — needs to
lead the program’s reform
INDIANAPOLIS — Northwestern
interim football coach David Braun
tried to portray the job description for
the kind of defensive assistant he wants
to hire, someone who won’t be cowed
by recent hazing
allegations and
related lawsuits that
currently dog the
program.
“We’re in a diffi-
cult situation,”
Phil Braun said Wednes-
Thompson day during a session
with reporters at
Big Ten media days. “It’s going to take a
special person to say, ‘I’m going to leave
my job and I’m going to run to the fire.’ ”
Braun didn’t realize at the time, but
he could’ve been describing himself.
He was named defensive coordina-
tor in January, and what was already a
“whirlwind” process of adjusting to the
move from North Dakota State has since
become a hurricane.
In the last three weeks an investiga-
tion of hazing allegations within the
football program has exploded into a
full-blown scandal that also has envel-
oped the baseball and volleyball teams,
fueled at least five lawsuits by former
players and cost baseball coach Jim
White Sox reliever Reynaldo Lopez celebrates after shutting down the Blue Jays in the 10th inning on July 6 at Guaranteed Rate Field. Foster and football coach Pat Fitzgerald
CHRIS SWEDA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE — Braun’s boss — their jobs.
“I thought I was running to my
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until Coach Fitz retired,” Braun said.
“Honestly, I didn’t think I was running
to the fire. I’m leaning on my faith a
great deal.”
Braun choked up momentarily before
adding: “I truly believe in my journey
and my family’s journey, that the Lord
has marked my steps from a standpoint
of putting me in situations that have
prepared me for this situation.”
But there’s no preparing for a situ-
Oh, jeez. The White Underachieving ation like Northwestern football’s
current maelstrom, and it showed at key
Sox begin their sell-off Sox trade pitchers moments this week.
It was evident in some of the
with a flourish — and Giolito, López to LA comments Braun offered in defense of
the school’s reforms — and the people
no one should feel safe. By LaMond Pope
entrusted with that makeover — vacil-
lating between artful dodging and
White Sox general Chicago Tribune naiveté.
manager Rick Hahn It also showed in what wasn’t said —
seemed surprised by Lucas Giolito walked into the Chicago and who wasn’t there to say it.
the question. White Sox clubhouse late Wednesday
“Oh, jeez,” he said and saw fellow pitcher Reynaldo López Turn to Thompson, Page 6
late Wednesday saying goodbye to teammates.
Paul Sullivan when asked if the
trade of Lucas Giolito
“I was like, ‘Oh, you’ve been traded?
Where are you going?’"” Giolito said
In the Wake
and Reynaldo López Thursday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate
of the News
to the Angels for two Field.
prospects signaled The two had been in the same organi-
the start of another rebuild. zation since 2012 with the Washington
Hahn assured the reporter there would White Sox general manager Rick Hahn talks Nationals.
be plenty of time for “declaring titles” for before a game against the Rangers on June “I was like ‘Oh, my God, this is going to
whatever the game plan turns out to be, 20 at Guaranteed Rate Field. be the first time in our whole career we’re
and all he was doing now was making JOHN J. KIM/CHICAGO TRIBUNE not teammates,’"” Giolito said.
moves that “make sense and put us in the Soon thereafter, Giolito was called into
best position going forward.” the office and found out he was traded
“Oh, jeez” is as good an epitaph for the along with López to the Los Angeles
current White Sox rebuild as anything I INSIDE Angels for switch-hitting minor-league
can think of.  Context is crucial in roster construction catcher Edgar Quero and left-handed
It began in 2016 with the trade of Chris and relationships. But that doesn’t soften pitcher Ky Bush.
Sale to the Red Sox and was full steam the blow. Page 2 “I guess they’re not going to break us Northwestern interim coach David Braun
ahead with the deal that sent Adam Eaton  The Cubs have developed a knack for up,” Giolito said. speaks during a news conference at Big
to the Nationals. pouring on runs in an inning. Page 3 Giolito said the trade was “initially kind Ten media days on Wednesday at Lucas
 More baseball: Standings, box scores, Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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BEARS

Mooney works to return to form after recovery from ankle surgery

By Colleen Kane
Chicago Tribune
As the 2022 Chicago Bears season wore on
without him, Darnell Mooney found himself
switching the TV on and off in bouts of curi-
osity and frustration.
The wide receiver missed the final five
games of his third NFL season with a left
ankle injury that required tightrope surgery,
and he watched his teammates grind out a
3-14 season from afar.
“I’m watching it on TV, and I’m like, ‘I’m
not watching this no more,’ “ Mooney said.
“Then I turn it off. Then I turn it back on, and
it’s like, ‘All right, all right, c’mon.’ Then it’s
just like, ‘I can’t watch this.’$”
Mooney no longer has to experience fear
of missing out after rejoining Bears practices
Wednesday and Thursday to open training
camp at Halas Hall.
The Bears are limiting him as he ramps up
to full activity, but he has worked in individ-
ual drills and 7-on-7s. On three straight plays
Thursday, quarterback Justin Fields threw
at Mooney, who hauled in the first catch
near the right sideline. He couldn’t reel in
the second ball with linebacker T.J. Edwards
crashing down on him and didn’t separate
enough from rookie defensive back Terell
Smith in coverage on a deep shot.
Offensive coordinator Luke Getsy said
Thursday that Mooney has done well
wading back into practices. And he thinks
Mooney’s “banked reps” — the two years he
has worked with Fields — and the result-
ing chemistry they have should help him
get back on top more quickly. The pair also
worked out together in the lead-up to train-
ing camp.
“We’re taking it slow just because he
hasn’t done anything for quite some time,”
Getsy said. “There’s no reason to hurry. As
long as he continues to get better and get
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That deal, which netted three top
pitching prospects in Giolito, López
and Dane Dunning, turned out to be
one of the best moves Hahn has made
for the Sox. Giolito became an All-Star,
Dunning was used to acquire veteran
starter Lance Lynn and López turned
into a semi-reliable high-leverage
reliever after a failed stint as a starter.
Dunning is now a key member of the
Rangers rotation, going 8-3 with a 3.18
ERA for the American League West
leaders.
But the Sox never seemed interested
in extending Giolito, who did nothing
but represent the organization with
dignity in his seven years with the team,
and they couldn’t figure out a way to
harness the potential of López, who
began the season as a potential closer
while Liam Hendriks battled cancer.
The decision to give up on Dunning
wasn’t worrisome when Lynn helped
the Sox win the American League
Central in 2021. But after two years
of ineffectiveness, Lynn has become a
symbol of what went wrong with the
rebuild.
Whether Hahn got enough in return
from the Angels for the two pitchers
is debatable. Both are rentals before
hitting free agency, so maybe the
20-year-old, switch-hitting catcher
Edgar Quero, who has three home runs
this year, and 23-year-old left-hander
Ky Bush, who has battled injuries while
putting up unimpressive numbers (5.88
ERA), was as good of a haul as could be
expected.
The Sox certainly need a catching
prospect after failing with former first-
round pick Zack Collins, which forced
them to sign Yasmani Grandal to a
four-year, $73 million deal in 2019 that
turned into an albatross after the 2021
season. Quero immediately becomes
the catcher of the future, even though
he’s in Double A and unlikely to start the
2024 season on the South Side.
But at least the sell-off has begun, and
hopefully Hahn can find new homes for
Lynn, Joe Kelly, Kendall Graveman and
others before the Aug. 1 trade dead-
line. If Wednesday’s blown game to the
Cubs was the final time we’ll see Lynn
and Kelly pitch for the Sox, we can be
satisfied they saved their worst for the
last time Guaranteed Rate Field will be
packed in 2023.
Lynn, who could not last five innings
despite holding a five-run lead, has a 6-9
record and 6.47 ERA. The Rays report-
edly are interested in acquiring Lynn,
which makes sense considering they
signed reliever Jake Diekman after the
Sox released the veteran left-hander
May 6 while paying the bulk of his $3.5
million salary.
“I’d say this is the best possible
scenario,” Diekman told the Tampa Bay
Times when he arrived. “It’s better than
mowing my yard back home.”
Diekman, who was 0-4 with a 7.04
ERA for the Sox after being their biggest
trade-deadline acquisition in 2022, has
a 2.14 ERA in 27 appearances for the
Rays. If the Rays can perform another
miracle by resurrecting Lynn, it would
be an indictment of the Sox pitching
coaches.
Hahn’s rebuild was a resounding
success only two years ago. Even the
forced marriage of Tony La Russa
couldn’t seem to stop the momentum
that began to build in 2019 and turned
the corner in the pandemic-shortened
2020 season.
Hahn got a mulligan after La Russa
left for health reasons last August, and
with a new manager in Pedro Grifol and
most of the same stars from the 2021
team, the Sox were supposed to contend
again. Grifol said the day of his intro-
ductory news conference “we’re going
to prepare every night to kick your ass.”
Instead, the Sox were on the receiv-
ing end of the butt-kickings, including
the worst one yet Wednesday against
their crosstown rivals. A sell-off was the
only solution. No one should feel safe.
After the loss, Sox studio analyst
Ozzie Guillen cracked on the postgame
show that “even the parking-lot guy has
to go.” If he does, perhaps the Rays can
turn him into the best parking-lot atten-
dant in baseball.
Whether the Sox are headed toward a
rebuild is a question Hahn will be asked
again as he continues to unload play-
ers. You’d think by now the Sox would
have a name picked out for their plan, as
things have been headed in the wrong
direction since early April.
When the Mariners decided on a
makeover after the 2018 season, they
referred to it as a “re-imagining” instead
of a rebuild, making it sound like a new
version of a classic Disney cartoon.
Certainly the Sox can come up with
something as creative while backing up
the truck this week.
In the meantime, the only thing Sox
fans can do is sit back, relax, strap it
down and wait for the next moves.
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They’re just not that into you
Context is crucial in
roster construction and
relationships. But that
doesn’t soften the blow.
The days leading up
to the MLB trade dead-
line can be an exciting
time if your team is a
buyer — or you’re just
really into the drama of
Shakeia the season.
But if your team
Taylor is a seller, it can be
a completely differ-
ent story. Player movement is part of the
business, and getting traded can be an
emotional experience for the player — and
fans.
It’s hard to pin down what draws a fan
base to a player, especially on teams that
aren’t in contention and haven’t been in a
while.
Sometimes that player is the bright spot
on a bad team — not a star but someone
who performed when no one else would.
Sometimes that player connects with the
fans off the field — he’s responsive on social
media or stays longer to sign autographs.
Maybe that player supports causes that
align with your values. Maybe he’s just
honest about the team in a way most aren’t,
and that’s endearing to frustrated fans.
Even though the team offers little hope,
you tune in just to see what that player is
going to do. And before long, you get into a
rhythm with him.
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of shocking.”
“I knew something like this was coming,
but at the same time when it actually
happens it is quite a surreal moment,” Giolito
said. “A lot of emotions. I grew up here as a
player and as a man. A lot of failure and a lot
of success.
“I owe this organization so much. This
city, the fans, it’s been an absolute pleasure.”
Giolito and López were pivotal additions
when the Sox began their rebuild in 2016.
Late Wednesday after a 10-7 loss to the
Cubs, they were the first two players moved
in what figures to be a busy sell-off by the
trade deadline. The Sox on Thursday fell a
season-worst 22 games under .500 with a 6-3
loss to the Cleveland Guardians.
“Given this club’s performance over
the last several months, it’s apparent that
these types of moves have to take place
given where we are at and putting us in
the best position we can be going forward,”
Sox general manager Rick Hahn said late
Wednesday night.
“Certainly not where any of us in the orga-
nization thought when this year started
we would be come the trade deadline. But
clearly moves like these in terms of putting
ourselves in the best position going forward
are essential, and we are certainly pleased to
add Bush and Quero.”
Giolito and López, both free agents at the
end of the season, joined the Sox organiza-
tion in December 2016 as part of a trade that
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You become invested in his success.
Because if he performs well, the team to
which you concede the power to ruin your
day just might win. And winning, when-
ever it comes, however it comes, feels good.
It would be nice if they built around these
guys.
But so few players stay with one organi-
zation these days, and the day they leave
always comes. You want them happy and
out of the misery of a losing team, but you
realize their leaving also could mean even
worse losing for a while. Maybe you’re
even OK with that. Maybe that’s matu-
rity. Can “growing up” and “sports fan” be
compatible?
The summer fling is over. And the heart-
break of losing a player you loved is nigh.
Maybe you knew it never would work
— that player on this team. It was never
realistic, but damn if you didn’t dream
about it. It wasn’t the player’s fault, it’s
just everything surrounding him was all
wrong. That’s what people don’t get about
relationships and roster construction: The
context is crucial.
Knowing it wouldn’t work doesn’t soften
the blow. That connection was forged over
multiple summers, like a camp romance
that compounded every year you both
returned. It can be fanciful to think anything
like that could pan out in the end, out in
the real world, but isn’t that what gets us
through sometimes? Being a little fanciful?
The Chicago White Sox are deconstruct-
ing (again), agreeing to ship out major
returns from the prior breakup (Lucas
Giolito and Reynaldo López) to the Los
Angeles Angels on Wednesday night. The
Cubs seem probable to move big names
sent Adam Eaton to the Nationals.
“Obviously Lucas’ and Reynaldo’s tenure
with the White Sox is not ending the way we
envisioned when we first acquired them,”
Hahn said. “I complimented both of them
not just on their performances on the field
but the players they were in our clubhouse
and the way they represented themselves
and this club off the field.
“They will both certainly be missed.”
Giolito is 6-6 with a 3.79 ERA and 131
strikeouts in 21 starts this season.
“Gio’s been a workhorse for us,” manager
Pedro Grifol said Wednesday. “I call him Mr.
Consistency. He’s the same guy every single
day.”
Giolito struggled in 2018 with a 6.13 ERA
but put it all together the next season to earn
All-Star honors while going 14-9 with a 3.41
ERA and 228 strikeouts.
He received American League Cy Young
Award votes in 2019, ‘20 and ‘21. Among the
highlights in 2020, Giolito threw a no-hitter
against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He was the team’s Game 1 starter in
the 2020 AL wild-card series against the
Oakland Athletics, taking a perfect game
into the seventh inning. He started Game
2 of the 2021 AL Division Series against the
Houston Astros.
Giolito rebounded after a tough 2022 to
become one of the most sought-after pitch-
ers on the trade market. Now he has his
destination.
“I like what they got going on, the push
that they are trying to make,” Giolito said.
“I’m excited to be a part of that along with
Reynaldo.
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(Marcus Stroman and Cody Bellinger) on
rental deals.
Both teams showcase the risk of invest-
ing emotionally in a baseball team at all —
fans in Chicago have already been through
this hardship. They know the deal and
it’s a bit of a raw one. If you can’t win with
Giolito and Lance Lynn, with Stroman and
Bellinger, how are you going to win with-
out them?
Along with feelings of sadness, there’s
also frustration. Not with the players them-
selves but with the front offices. After all, it
was them who brought these players into
your life, and even though you were skep-
tical of the team’s situation, you went along
for the ride. But ultimately you get tired of
the hoping, of loving, of being let down. It’s
a difficult place to be because you tell your-
self “it’s just sports” and it shouldn’t sting
the way it does.
When this moment passes, and it always
does, the feeling of heartbreak eventu-
ally dulls. Some of you will move on from
the team, but most will stay. There will be
young, hopeful, talented players to take
the places of your favorites. There are
new names to learn, new stats and facts
to remember, a new reason to check in on
your team’s minor-league affiliates.
You’ll find yourself talking yourself into
the team, opening yourself up to the possi-
bilities of “what if.”
Being vulnerable is what it’s all about,
isn’t it? To open yourself up again. To talk
yourself into another season, another fun
player on a team going nowhere. To dream,
just a little, about what could be. To be
fanciful … just this one more time.
But today, it’s still so hard to say goodbye.
“Being able to be (Shohei Ohtani’s) team-
mate, between him and Mike Trout, two of
the best guys in the league, I’m very very
excited. It’s going to be a very very fun kind
of journey the next few months here.”
López is 2-5 with a 4.29 ERA and four
saves in 43 relief appearances this season. He
has 52 strikeouts, 22 walks and has allowed
seven homers in 42 innings.
He appeared in 205 games with the Sox
from 2017-23, making 91 starts. He was a
starter from 2017–20, was used mostly as a
reliever in 2021 and has been in the bullpen
the last two seasons.
“They will both certainly be missed and
certainly both can help make that Angels
team better positioned for hopefully a post-
season run for both of them,” Hahn said.
Quero, 20, is rated by MLB.com as the
No. 2 prospect in the Angels organiza-
tion and No. 65 in baseball. He is slashing
.245/.385/.332 with 13 doubles, three home
runs, 35 RBIs, 39 runs and 54 walks in 69
games this season with Double-A Rocket
City in the Southern League.
Bush, 23, is rated by MLB.com as the No. 3
prospect in the Angels system. He is 1-3 with
a 5.88 ERA and 33 strikeouts in six starts this
season with Rocket City. Over his last three
outings, Bush is 1-1 with a 1.84 ERA and 17
strikeouts.
Giolito said thanks to Sox fans for the
support.
“Going on Twitter and Instagram, it’s just
filled with amazing emotional messages
from so many fans that I’ve got a chance to
perform in front of for the last six or seven
years,” he said. “It really means a lot.”

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CUBS
Big innings have become team’s forte
By Meghan Montemurro
Chicago Tribune
ST. LOUIS — The Chicago Cubs have devel-
oped a knack for pouring on runs in an inning.
While they didn’t sufficiently add as much
quick-strike power in the offseason as the orga-
nization would have liked, it hasn’t hindered
the ability to produce big innings. Entering
Thursday’s series opener in St. Louis, the Cubs
scored four or more runs in an inning 31 times
this season, which ranks fourth in the majors,
trailing only the Texas Rangers (38), Atlanta
Braves (33) and Los Angeles Dodgers (33).
A six-run fifth inning erased a five-run defi-
cit in the Cubs’ 10-7 victory Wednesday against
the White Sox for their fifth straight win.
“Definitely as we’ve moved into the season
and lately, we’re not helping the pitcher,” Ian
Happ told the Tribune on Thursday. “Guys
struggling with command, we’ve done a really
good job of deep in counts not being afraid to
work a walk in those spots, kind of building on
each other’s at-bats instead of the double plays
early in the year. And as the seasons gone on,
we’ve done really good at, if a pitcher is trying
to give us some runs, we’ll have it.”
The Cubs didn’t score four runs or more in an
inning Thursday, but they had 14 hits in a 10-3
victory against the Cardinals for their sixth
straight win and eighth in nine games. At 51-51,
they are .500 for the first time since May 12.
Happ credited the Cubs’ hitting group —
BEARS TRAINING CAMP REPORT
Fields-Moore still a key connection
By Dan Wiederer
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Bears held their first open
practice of training camp Thursday morn-
ing, pushing through hot and humid condi-
tions at Halas Hall.
The Bears have a little more than two
weeks before their preseason opener
against the Tennessee Titans on Aug. 12 and
will hold their first padded practice in the
middle of next week. But there was plenty to
see and talk about during practice and with
the interviews that followed.
Here’s our camp rundown.
News of the day
Technically it was Wednesday’s news that
tight end Cole Kmet signed a four-year, $50
million extension with $32.8 million guar-
anteed. But general manager Ryan Poles
met with reporters Thursday to discuss his
excitement in keeping Kmet as part of the
team’s nucleus for the foreseeable future.
Poles lauded Kmet’s work ethic, profes-
sionalism and energy inside the locker room:
“He embodies everything we look for in a
Bear.”
Poles believes Kmet is continuing to
ascend and expressed satisfaction in extend-
ing a player whom the Bears drafted and
developed. This was the first multiyear
extension Poles finalized since becoming
GM in 2022.
“I do think it energizes the locker room,”
he said. “Especially with this being my first
extension, it sends a good message. I think
everyone knows me, what I stand for and
what I believe in in terms of taking care of
your players. But there is always action that
needs to come behind words.”
Justin Fields watch
By now the expectation is quarterback
Justin Fields and wide receiver DJ Moore
will have at least one attention-grabbing
completion per practice. Thursday’s came
on a deep ball up the right sideline during
seven-on-seven work.
Moore created separation against
cornerback Tyrique Stevenson, and Fields
dropped a pretty ball between Stevenson and
converging safety Jaquan Brisker. Moore
made the grab and got both feet in bounds.
The chemistry between Fields and Moore
is real, but camp figures to be a roller coaster
for the offense. There were bumpy moments
Thursday with the football on the ground
too often during seven-on-seven action.
Offensive coordinator Luke Getsy noted
after practice what he is zeroing in on as he
assesses Fields during those periods: “It’s
the timing, the rhythm, the footwork, the
progression, your eye placement. And then
it’s making sure our feet are leading us to our
progression in our timing of that progres-
sion.”
Player in the spotlight
Khalil Herbert understands the angst
percolating within the NFL’s running back
Mooney
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healthy, he should be off and running.”
Mooney, 25, said he already was planning
to have offseason left ankle surgery because
of issues from his first two seasons. Then he
went down in the Nov. 27 game against the
New York Jets at MetLife Stadium. He knew
what had happened immediately.
“Byron (Pringle) was like, ‘Get up, bro,’"”
Mooney said. “I was like, ‘Nah, nah, that’s
not happening. It’s broke.’"”
Mooney decided it was “just God sitting
me down a little earlier” than originally
planned and tried to find the positive as he
Cubs designated hitter Christopher Morel celebrates after scoring on a bases-loaded walk in
the fifth inning against the White Sox on Wednesday night at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Cubs
scored six runs in the inning and went on to a 10-7 victory. JOHN J. KIM/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
hitting coach Dustin Kelly and assistant hitting
coaches Johnny Washington, Juan Cabreja
and Jim Adduci — for the way they prepare
them for what pitchers they’ll be facing and
a game plan that is tailored to each hitter’s
strengths and approach.
“It’s just being super disciplined to your
plan,” Happ said. “A single that extends a rally
and keeps putting pressure on the guy is super
impactful. And if you run into it, you run into
Quarterback Justin Fields, right, speaks alongside wide receiver DJ Moore on Tuesday as the Bears reported to training camp at Halas Hall.
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fraternity as several of the league’s best backs
fight to increase the value teams place on
top-end rushers.
The movement started this month when
the Los Angeles Chargers’ Austin Ekeler
organized a Zoom call with a handful of
fellow running backs to discuss possible
action plans after the New York Giants’
Saquon Barkley and Las Vegas Raiders’ Josh
Jacobs were not rewarded with long-term
extensions before the July 17 franchise-tag
deadline.
“You want to see guys get paid what
they’re worth,” Herbert said Thursday.
“That’s really what it is.”
In the second-to-last season of his rookie
deal, Herbert will have plenty to gain if the
league’s running backs achieve a break-
through in their efforts to change the finan-
cial landscape for the position.
“I’m all for it,” he said with a smile.
But Herbert also understands the supply-
and-demand dynamics that make it easy for
teams to find younger, cheaper options with-
out needing to make huge financial invest-
ments. Herbert was a sixth-round pick in
2021 (No. 216 overall) and by the end of his
second season led NFL running backs in
yards per carry (5.7) while making former
Bears running back David Montgomery
expendable.
embarked on a tough eight-month recov-
ery process. It helped that Mooney, safety
Eddie Jackson and linebacker Jack Sanborn
all rehabbed from injuries together. Mooney
said the time off also was good for self-re-
flection, and he learned he needs to “calm
down a lot.”
“I’m a calm person, but in my head, I
talk to myself a lot, point out some things,”
Mooney said. “I don’t have to be that hard
on myself. Just go and enjoy life and just be
a good person and be this happy person that
I am.”
Mooney had one 1,000-yard receiving
season in his first three, when he totaled 81
catches for 1,055 yards and four touchdowns
in 2021. He and the Bears offense in general
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it, but getting away from your plan to try to do
something doesn’t often work in this league.”
Sticking to an approach and not trying to do
too much in big moments can be easier said
than done. The Cubs lineup features a largely
veteran group, though, that understands its
strengths and weaknesses without pressing or
looking to be the hero in high-leverage spots.
“It’s so cliché to say hitting is contagious, but
it really is in the sense that our guys gain confi-
So, yes, Herbert understands he’s a case
study for why teams choose not to pay
running backs at exorbitant levels. “It’s a
tricky slope,” he said.
Quote of the day
“It’s like you’re building a house, right?
You build the foundation first, and then as
you keep building the house, you get the
fancy things that go with it. We’re in that
process. We’re still in the early phases of it.
But we’re building toward that.”
— Offensive coordinator Luke Getsy on adding
talent and expanding the offense in his second
season
Seen and heard
The first “ooh” play of camp came during
one-on-ones in the passing game as rookie
receiver Tyler Scott burned past cornerback
Michael Ojemudia to haul in a deep ball
from Fields. Scott has been impressive since
the spring, particularly with his top-end
speed. The Bears are working hard to find
him a proper niche in their passing attack.
Getsy labeled Scott “a tough dude who
works really hard” and expressed optimism
about where his career can head. But Getsy
also understands the Bears system is far
got off to a slow start in the first season under
Getsy in 2022, and Mooney had 40 catches
for 493 yards and two touchdowns in 12
games.
As he works back to form alongside new
top receiver DJ Moore, Mooney thinks he
can make a leap in Year 2 with Getsy because
of a better understanding of the offense.
“I just remember my Year 1 to Year 2 of
just knowing the offense. It was easier to
go, easier to play,” Mooney said. “Not a lot
of thinking. It was actually just playing, like
how can I defeat this defender? And the
rhythm of the offense as well. So it will be
better this year for sure.”
Mooney was a 2020 fifth-round pick of
former GM Ryan Pace, and he’s eligible
3
dence from the other guys’ at-bats, especially
when we’re executing a team plan,” Kelly told
the Tribune. “And we’ve done a really good
job of executing our team plan. We have nine
individual hitters that are up there trying to do
their specific thing, but we come up with some
little things of how we’re going to attack this
guy or how we’re going to beat them.
“Even if the at-bat doesn’t end in the outcome
that we want, if we still execute our plan, we
know that’s going to work over the long haul
and our guys are really bought into it.”
Wednesday’s fifth-inning rally was a micro-
cosm of how the Cubs can work pitchers and
put collective pressure on their opponent.
They didn’t record an extra-base hit, instead
capitalizing three singles, two hit batters, a wild
pitch and back-to-back walks with the bases
loaded by Mike Tauchman and Nico Hoerner
to tie the game and then take the lead.
Cubs hitters love to reference a “pass the
baton” mentality that they believe is contributing
to an offense that never believes it’s out of a game.
“There’s so much fight in this team,” Tauch-
man told the Tribune. “We’ve had so many big
innings now it’s like, if we can just get a little
something going, just that belief — we have
guys that put together really strong at-bats
and to be able to not exactly play the brand of
baseball we want early to come back and have
that ending. And it just speaks to the charac-
ter of the guys and the belief that we have on
the bench.”
more complex than what Scott operated in
at Cincinnati, so he’s seeking to use Scott in
ways that won’t overwhelm him.
“Like today,” Getsy said, “he probably had
three or four alignments that were really off.
But in his mind he was perfect because of the
spacing on the field. But when you motion
or you shift, you’re going to the boundary
or you’re going to the field and there are
specific landmarks we want to get to. So
we’re trying not to do too much of that with
him so he can play fast.”
Injury watch
The Bears remain very healthy over-
all in the early stages of camp. Veteran
receiver Dante Pettis, who was placed on
the non-football injury (NFI) list Tuesday,
was the only player on the 90-man roster not
participating Thursday. Coach Matt Eber-
flus said Pettis is expected back soon.
Linebacker Jack Sanborn continues to
make his way back from a season-ending
ankle injury while adjusting to new respon-
sibilities playing strong-side linebacker.
“I feel confident I know what I’m doing
out there,” Sanborn said. “I know the assign-
ments and everything. It’s just actually going
out there and taking reps and doing it on the
field.”
to be one of the next in line for a contract
extension after the Bears signed tight end
Cole Kmet to a four-year, $50 million deal
Wednesday. But the Bears need to see he’s
progressing well enough from his injury first.
General manager Ryan Poles said Thurs-
day that they use many different metrics,
including acceleration, deceleration, mph
and mileage, to make sure injured players
are on track to return to form.
Fields, for one, believes Mooney is on his way.
“Moon is a very hard worker, so I know
he’s going to get back to the spot that he
needs to be at,” Fields said. “Just trying to
get it back to where he was last year and feel-
ing even better. … He has looked really good.
I’m excited for what he does this season.”
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BASEBALL

American League National League

EAST W L PCT GB WCGB L10 STR HOME AWAY EAST W L PCT GB WCGB L10 STR HOME AWAY
Baltimore 62 40 .608 — — 5-5 L-2 30-20 32-20 Atlanta 64 36 .640 — — 3-7 L-2 32-19 32-17
Tampa Bay 62 43 .590 1½ +4 2-8 L-1 37-19 25-24 Philadelphia 55 47 .539 10 — 5-5 W-2 28-20 27-27
Toronto 57 46 .553 5½ — 5-5 W-1 27-20 30-26 Miami 55 48 .534 10½ ½ 2-8 W-1 31-20 24-28
Boston 55 47 .539 7 1½ 6-4 W-4 30-23 25-24 New York 47 54 .465 17½ 7½ 5-5 L-1 23-22 24-32
New York 54 48 .529 8 2½ 5-5 W-1 32-24 22-24 Washington 43 59 .422 22 12 6-4 W-2 20-33 23-26

CENTRAL W L PCT GB WCGB L10 STR HOME AWAY CENTRAL W L PCT GB WCGB L10 STR HOME AWAY
Minnesota 54 50 .519 — — 6-4 L-2 30-24 24-26 Milwaukee 57 46 .553 — — 6-4 W-1 29-24 28-22
Cleveland 52 51 .505 1½ 5 7-3 W-3 28-24 24-27 Cincinnati 56 48 .538 1½ — 6-4 L-1 28-26 28-22
Detroit 46 57 .447 7½ 11 4-6 L-3 22-30 24-27 Chicago 51 51 .500 5½ 4 8-2 W-6 27-26 24-25
Chicago 41 63 .394 13 16½ 2-8 L-6 21-28 20-35 St. Louis 46 58 .442 11½ 10 5-5 L-1 22-27 24-31
Kansas City 29 75 .279 25 28½ 2-8 L-2 15-36 14-39 Pittsburgh 45 57 .441 11½ 10 4-6 W-1 23-26 22-31

WEST W L PCT GB WCGB L10 STR HOME AWAY WEST W L PCT GB WCGB L10 STR HOME AWAY
Texas 60 43 .583 — — 6-4 W-1 34-20 26-23 Los Angeles 58 43 .574 — — 5-5 L-1 30-18 28-25
Houston 58 45 .563 2 +1 7-3 L-1 27-23 31-22 San Francisco 56 47 .544 3 +½ 4-6 W-2 28-22 28-25
Los Angeles 54 49 .524 6 3 8-2 W-4 29-23 25-26 Arizona 55 48 .534 4 ½ 3-7 L-1 27-26 28-22
Seattle 52 50 .510 7½ 4½ 6-4 W-2 29-25 23-25 San Diego 49 54 .476 10 6½ 5-5 L-1 26-25 23-29
Oakland 28 76 .269 32½ 29½ 3-7 L-3 15-39 13-37 Colorado 40 62 .392 18½ 15 5-5 L-2 23-26 17-36

BOX SCORES TODAY’S PITCHING COMPARISON

GAME 1: GAME 2: CHI CUBS 10, ST. LOUIS 3 CLEVELAND 6, CHI. WHITE SOX 3 INTERLEAGUE 2023 2022 VS OPP LAST 3 STARTS
L.A. ANGELS 6, DETROIT 0 L.A. ANGELS 11, DETROIT 4 Chi AB R H BI SO AVG Cleveland AB R H BI SO AVG TM PITCHERS TIME W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERA W-L IP ERA
LA Angels AB R H BI SO AVG LA Angels AB R H BI SO AVG Det Olson (R) 1-4 4.53 3-4 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-2 12.0 6.00
Tauchman cf 6 1 3 2 1 .257 Kwan lf 5 2 2 0 0 .273
Rengifo 2b 5 0 1 0 1 .223 Neto ss 5 1 1 1 2 .251 Hoerner 2b 4 1 1 0 0 .280 Gimenez 2b 4 2 2 1 1 .244 Mia Garrett (L) 5:40p 5-3 4.32 14-5 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-1 12.2 9.24
Ohtani p-dh 5 0 0 0 2 .296 Ohtani dh 3 2 2 3 1 .298 a-Wisdom ph-3b2 0 0 0 1 .192 Ramirez 3b 5 0 0 0 1 .288 Oak Sears (L) 1-7 4.19 5-15 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-1 17.0 4.76
Moniak cf 4 1 1 0 3 .331 a-Stefanic dh 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Happ lf 4 1 0 0 0 .246 J.Naylor 1b 4 1 2 3 0 .304 Col Freeland (L) 7:40p 4-10 4.72 7-12 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-2 17.2 5.60
Ward lf 4 2 2 3 1 .254 Moniak cf 4 1 2 0 0 .335 Bellinger 1b 5 1 3 0 0 .317 Bell dh 4 0 0 0 3 .239
Sea Gilbert (R) 8-5 3.88 11-9 0-0 0.0 0.00 2-0 17.0 4.24
Moustakas 3b 4 2 2 0 1 .253 Ward lf 4 1 0 0 0 .251 Kay p 0 0 0 0 0 --- Brennan rf 4 0 2 1 0 .262
Ari Henry (L) 8:40p 5-3 4.01 10-5 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-2 14.2 3.68
Renfroe rf 4 1 3 0 0 .244 Moustakas 3b 3 1 1 0 0 .256 Rucker p 0 0 0 0 0 --- a-Gonzalez rf 1 0 1 0 0 .203
Cabbage 1b 3 0 1 3 2 .250 Velazquez 2b 2 0 0 0 1 .222 Suzuki rf 4 1 0 1 0 .256 Arias ss 4 1 2 0 1 .196 Tex Dunning (R) 8-3 3.18 8-6 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-2 15.2 6.32
Wallach c 4 0 1 0 1 .196 Thaiss c 5 0 2 2 1 .245 Swanson ss 2 2 1 1 1 .268 B.Naylor c 4 0 2 1 1 .227 SD Musgrove (R) 8:40p 9-3 3.25 10-6 0-0 0.0 0.00 2-1 18.0 2.00
Velazquez ss 3 0 0 0 1 .231 Renfroe rf 5 1 3 2 1 .249 b-Mancini ph-1b1 0 0 0 1 .236 Straw cf 4 0 0 0 2 .237 Bos Crawford (R) 4-5 4.04 5-6 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-1 14.0 4.50
TOTALS 36 6 11 6 12 Escobar 1b 4 2 1 1 0 .257 Morel dh-2b 4 3 3 2 0 .281 TOTALS 39 6 13 6 9 SF Webb (R) 9:15p 8-8 3.48 10-11 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-1 17.1 4.15
Rengifo 2b-3b 4 1 1 2 1 .224 Gomes c 4 0 2 3 1 .274
Detroit AB R H BI SO AVG TOTALS 40 11 13 11 7 Amaya c 0 0 0 0 0 .263 White Sox AB R H BI SO AVG
Mastrobuoni 3b-ss5 0 1 1 1 .214 AMERICAN LEAGUE 2023 2023 VS OPP LAST 3 STARTS
McKinstry 3b 4 0 0 0 1 .238 Benintendi lf 4 0 0 0 1 .281 TM PITCHERS TIME W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERA W-L IP ERA
Detroit AB R H BI SO AVG TOTALS 41 10 14 10 6
Greene cf 4 0 0 0 2 .310 Anderson ss 4 0 0 0 2 .241 NYY Cole (R) 9-2 2.78 15-6 0-0 5.0 9.00 1-0 19.2 2.75
Torkelson 1b 2 0 0 0 1 .231 Vierling cf 5 1 1 0 0 .265 Robert Jr. cf 3 0 0 0 1 .267 Bal Rodriguez (R) 6:05p 2-2 6.91 8-4 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-1 14.0 9.00
Ibanez 2b 4 0 1 0 1 .237 St. Louis AB R H BI SO AVG Jimenez dh 4 0 1 0 0 .285
Carpenter dh 3 0 1 0 1 .267
Vierling rf 2 0 0 0 0 .266 Torkelson 1b 2 0 0 1 0 .230 Donovan dh 5 0 0 0 1 .283 Moncada 3b 4 0 1 0 1 .228 LAA Giolito (R) 6-6 3.79 7-14 0-0 6.0 3.00 0-1 15.2 5.74
Baez ss 3 0 0 0 1 .223 Carpenter rf 4 0 1 1 0 .266 Goldschmidt 1b2 0 0 0 1 .283 Grandal 1b 4 1 1 0 1 .251 Tor Gausman (R) 6:07p 7-5 3.18 10-10 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-1 17.0 4.24
Baddoo lf 3 0 0 0 1 .207 Baez ss 3 1 0 0 2 .222 Burleson 1b 2 1 1 0 0 .240 Burger 2b 3 2 2 3 0 .217 Cle Curry (R) 3-0 2.98 1-1 0-0 4.1 2.08 0-1 10.1 3.48
Short 2b 2 0 0 0 0 .199 Rogers c 3 0 0 0 1 .219 Arenado 3b 3 0 1 0 0 .287 Colas rf 4 0 1 0 1 .215 ChW TBD 6:10p 0-0 0.00 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-0 0.0 0.00
Haase c 3 0 0 0 1 .200 Cabrera dh 4 0 1 0 2 .249 DeJong ss 1 0 0 0 0 .237 Zavala c 3 0 1 0 1 .158
TOTALS 26 0 1 0 8 McKinstry lf 4 1 2 1 0 .242 Contreras c 0 0 0 0 0 .248 b-Sheets ph 1 0 1 0 0 .219 Min Gray (R) 4-4 3.15 9-11 2-0 11.0 0.82 0-2 17.2 6.62
Short 3b 2 1 2 0 0 .210 Knizner c 4 2 2 3 0 .234 TOTALS 34 3 8 3 8 KC Singer (R) 7:10p 6-8 5.55 8-12 0-1 2.2 27.00 1-1 19.0 5.68
b-Maton ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 .164 O’Neill lf 3 0 3 0 0 .252 TB McClanahan (L) 11-1 2.89 14-5 0-2 9.0 7.00 0-0 13.0 7.62
L.A. Angels 010 202 010 6 11 0 Cleveland 103 000 110 6 13 0
TOTALS 32 4 8 3 6 Walker rf 4 0 0 0 1 .270 Hou Javier (R) 7:10p 7-2 4.32 14-5 2-0 11.0 0.00 0-1 15.0 7.80
Detroit 000 000 000 0 1 1 Chi White Sox 001 020 000 3 8 4
Gorman 2b 3 0 0 0 2 .243
L.A. Angels 050 201 003 11 13 2
E: Short (3). LOB: Los Angeles 5, Detroit Carlson cf 4 0 1 0 1 .235 a-singled for Brennan in the 9th. b-sin- NATIONAL LEAGUE 2023 2022 VS OPP LAST 3 STARTS
Detroit 002 000 110 4 8 1
2. 2B: Renfroe 2(24), Moniak (15), Motter ss-3b 4 0 0 0 2 .143 gled for Zavala in the 9th. E: Colas 3(2), TM PITCHERS TIME W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERA W-L IP ERA
Rengifo (7). HR: Ward 2(14), off Logue. a-flied out for Ohtani in the 7th. TOTALS 35 3 8 3 8 Zavala (3). LOB: Cleveland 10, Chicago
b-grounded out for Short in the 7th. E: Phi Wheeler (R) 7-5 3.88 13-7 1-0 7.0 2.57 0-1 20.0 3.15
RBIs: Cabbage 3 (6), Ward 3 (46). 7. 2B: Gimenez (16), J.Naylor 2(24), Pit Keller (R) 6:05p 9-6 4.01 11-10 0-0 6.0 1.50 0-2 18.0 7.00
Sandoval (2), Neto (5), Baez (14). LOB: Chi Cubs 302 101 201 10 14 1
CS: Cabbage (1), Velazquez (2). SF: Arias (6). 3B: Kwan (3). HR: Burger 2
Los Angeles 6, Detroit 7. 2B: Moniak St. Louis 000 100 020 3 8 0 Was Gore (L) 6-7 4.37 7-13 1-0 10.0 0.90 2-0 12.2 3.55
Cabbage. (16), McKinstry (13). 3B: Rengifo (3). (24), off Bibee. RBIs: Gimenez (39),
Runners left in scoring position: Los HR: Ohtani 2 (38), off Manning; Esco- a-grounded out for Hoerner in the 8th. J.Naylor 3(79), Brennan (28), B.Naylor NYM Scherzer (R) 6:10p 8-4 4.20 11-7 1-0 5.0 1.80 0-2 18.0 5.00
Angeles 3(Moniak 2, Ward); Detroit bar (1), off Manning; Renfroe (16), off b-struck out for Swanson in the 8th. E: (12), Burger 3(51). SB: B.Naylor (1).
Wisdom (11). LOB: Chicago 11, St. Louis Mil Houser (R) 3-2 3.86 7-4 0-0 6.0 4.50 0-0 16.2 3.78
1(Short). RISP: Los Angeles 2for 7; Wingenter. RBIs: Rengifo 2 (32), Neto Runners left in scoring position: Cleve- Atl Chirinos (R) 6:20p 4-4 4.02 2-2 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-2 15.2 6.89
(28), Ohtani 3 (80), Escobar (8), Renfroe 8. 2B: Morel (9), Hoerner (18), Gomes
Detroit 0for 2. (8), Arenado (20), Burleson (12), O’Neill land 7(Brennan, Bell, Arias, Straw 3,
2 (44), Thaiss 2 (26), Torkelson (57), Kwan); Chicago 3(Benintendi 2, Gran- ChC TBD 0-0 0.00 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-0 0.0 0.00
Runners moved up: Baez. Carpenter (33), McKinstry (24). (8). HR: Tauchman (5), off Suarez;
GIDP: Vierling, Haase. Knizner (7), off Steele; Knizner (8), off dal). RISP: Cleveland 5for 19; Chicago StL Montgomery (L) 7:15p 6-8 3.36 7-13 0-2 11.0 9.00 0-1 16.1 3.86
Runners left in scoring position: Los
DP: Los Angeles 2(Moustakas, Rengifo, Angeles 4(Escobar, Rengifo, Renfroe, Kay. RBIs: Swanson (43), Morel 2(48), 0for 2. Runners moved up: J.Naylor, Cin Williamson (L) 2-2 4.60 8-4 0-0 5.2 9.53 1-0 15.0 1.80
Cabbage; Moustakas, Rengifo, Ward); Detroit 1(Torkelson). RISP: Los Gomes 3(38), Mastrobuoni (4), Suzuki B.Naylor. LAD Miller (R) 9:10p 6-1 4.28 7-3 0-0 0.0 0.00 2-0 16.1 4.41
Angeles 4for 12; Detroit 2for 9. Runners (34), Tauchman 2(33), Knizner 3(23).
Cabbage). CLEVELAND IP H R ER BB SO ERA
moved up: Thaiss, Escobar, Torkelson, Runners left in scoring position: TEAM REC: Team’s Record in games started by today’s pitcher.
Maton. LIDP: Carpenter. GIDP: Ward, Chicago 6(Tauchman 2, Happ, Gomes 2, Bibee, W, 7-2 6⅔ 6 3 3 2 6 3.11 VS OPP: Pitcher’s record versus this opponent.
LA ANGELS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Vierling. DP: Los Angeles 3(Neto, Mancini); St. Louis 4(Knizner, Gorman, Stephan, H, 14 1⅓ 0 0 0 0 1 3.25
Rengifo, Neto; Moustakas, Rengifo, Arenado, Motter). RISP: Chicago 6for Clase, S, 28-35 1 2 0 0 0 1 3.02
Ohtani, W, 9-5 9 1 0 0 3 8 3.43 17; St. Louis 1for 9. Runners moved up: RESULTS, SCHEDULE
Escobar; Rengifo, Velazquez, Escobar); WHITE E SOX IP H R ER BB SO ERA
DETROIT IP H R ER BB SO ERA Detroit 1(Baez, Ibanez, Torkelson). Mastrobuoni, Motter. GIDP: Gorman.
Lorenzen, L, 5-7 5 5 3 3 1 7 3.58
DP: Chicago 1(Bellinger, Swanson, Cease, L, 4-4 5⅔ 9 4 4 2 5 4.15 AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE
LA ANGELS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Bellinger). Bummer ⅔ 1 1 1 0 1 6.69 THURSDAY’S RESULTS THURSDAY’S GAMES
Logue 4 6 3 3 0 5 7.36 Santos 1⅔ 2 1 1 0 1 2.68
Pitches-Strikes: Ohtani 111-71; Loren- Sandoval, W, 6-7 5 5 2 2 2 4 4.13 G1: L.A. Angels 6, Detroit 0 Chi. Cubs 10, St. Louis 3
Webb 1 0 0 0 1 1 3.58 CHI CUBS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Peralta 1 1 0 0 1 2 10.80
zen 88-57; Logue 58-42. Reyes 1 2 1 0 0 0 6.75 Inherited runners-scored: Stephan G2: L.A. Angels 11, Detroit 4 Washington at N.Y. Mets, late
Steele, W, 11-3 6 5 1 1 3 4 2.87
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Ohtani 8-4; Weiss ⅔ 0 1 1 1 1 5.06 Palencia 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.45 1-0, Bummer 1-0, Santos 1-0. HBP: Cleveland 6, Chi. White Sox 3
Lorenzen 4-4; Logue 6-2. Loup ⅓ 1 0 0 0 0 4.66 Kay 1 3 2 2 0 1 3.48 Bummer (Gimenez), Stephan (Robert SATURDAY’S GAMES
Barria 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.58 Rucker 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.03 SATURDAY’S GAMES Detroit at Miami, 3:10p.m.
Batters Faced: Ohtani 29; Lorenzen 20; Jr.). Umpires: Home, Tony Randazzo;
Logue 18. DETROIT IP H R ER BB SO ERA ST. LOUIS IP H R ER BB SO ERA First, Alex Tosi; Second, Brian Knight; L.A. Angels at Toronto, 2:07p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 6:05p.m.
WP: Lorenzen. Manning, L, 3-2 5 7 7 7 1 5 4.32 Mikolas, L, 6-6 ⅔ 0 1 1 0 1 4.38 Third, Todd Tichenor. T: 2:49. A: 20,893 Detroit at Miami, 3:10p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 6:10p.m.
Umpires: Home, Derek Thomas; First, Wingenter 2 1 1 1 1 1 7.11 Hudson 4⅓ 9 5 5 2 3 4.19 (40,241). Cleveland at Chi. White Sox, 6:10p.m. Boston at San Francisco, 6:15p.m.
Nate Tomlinson; Second, Mark Carlson; Shreve 1 2 0 0 0 0 4.70 Suarez 2 2 3 3 2 0 13.50 Minnesota at Kansas City, 6:10p.m. Chi. Cubs at St. Louis, 6:15p.m.
White 1 3 3 3 2 1 5.48 VerHagen 2 3 1 1 1 2 4.69
Third, Tripp Gibson. T: 2:16. Boston at San Francisco, 6:15p.m. Milwaukee at Atlanta, 6:20p.m.
Inherited runners-scored: Loup 2-1. Inherited runners-scored: Hudson N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 6:15p.m. Oakland at Colorado, 7:10p.m.
HBP: Weiss (Baez). Umpires: Home, 1-1. HBP: Mikolas (Happ), VerHagen Tampa Bay at Houston, 6:15p.m. Seattle at Arizona, 7:10p.m.
Brennan Miller; First, Mark Carlson; (Amaya). PB: Knizner (3). Umpires: Oakland at Colorado, 7:10p.m. Texas at San Diego, 7:40p.m.
Second, Tripp Gibson; Third, Nate Home, Ryan Additon; First, Will Little; Seattle at Arizona, 7:10p.m. Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10p.m.
LATE WEDNESDAY: Tomlinson. T: 2:59. A: 30,238(41,083). Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, Dan Texas at San Diego, 7:40p.m.
N.Y. YANKEES 3, N.Y. METS 1 Merzel. T: 2:53. A: 44,584(44,494). WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
NY Mets AB R H BI SO AVG WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS Miami 7, Tampa Bay 1
Nimmo cf 3 0 0 1 1 .260 Miami 7, Tampa Bay 1 Washington 5, Colorado 4
Vientos 3b 4 0 1 0 2 .220 LATE WEDNESDAY: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS Seattle 8, Minnesota 7 Milwaukee 3, Cincinnati 0
Lindor ss 2 0 0 0 0 .230 CHI. CUBS 10, CHI. WHITE SOX 7 through Wednesday’s games through Wednesday’s games Cleveland 8, Kansas City 3 Pittsburgh 3, San Diego 2
Alonso 1b 4 0 0 0 2 .216 Chi Cubs AB R H BI SO AVG BATTING AVERAGE G AB H R AVG. BATTING AVERAGE G AB H R AVG. Toronto 8, L.A. Dodgers 1 St. Louis 11, Arizona 7
Pham dh 4 0 0 0 0 .266 Y.Díaz TB 86 327 104 60 .318 Arraez Mia 97 375 141 42 .376 Philadelphia 6, Baltimore 4 Toronto 8, L.A. Dodgers 1
Tauchman cf 5 1 1 1 2 .249 N.Y. Yankees 3, N.Y. Mets 1 Philadelphia 6, Baltimore 4
McNeil rf 3 0 0 0 0 .249 Hoerner 2b 3 1 2 2 0 .280 Yoshida Bos 89 348 110 53 .316 Freeman LAD 101 403 132 87 .328
Canha lf 2 0 1 0 0 .237 Bichette Tor 102 434 137 49 .316 Acuña Jr. Atl 100 401 131 88 .327 Boston 5, Atlanta 3 N.Y. Yankees 3, N.Y. Mets 1
Happ lf 4 2 2 2 0 .249 Texas 13, Houston 5 Boston 5, Atlanta 3
a-Baty ph 1 0 0 0 1 .230 Bellinger 1b 5 1 1 1 0 .312 Tucker Hou 101 365 111 58 .304 Stott Phi 96 377 113 50 .300
Alvarez c 4 1 1 0 0 .234 J.Naylor Cle 91 341 103 40 .302 L.Thomas Was 100 403 118 69 .293 Chi. Cubs 10, Chi. White Sox 7 Chi. Cubs 10, Chi. White Sox 7
Suzuki rf 2 1 0 0 1 .259 L.A. Angels at Detroit, ppd. San Francisco 8, Oakland 3
Mendick 2b 3 0 1 0 2 .083 Swanson ss 5 0 0 0 4 .267 Ohtani LAA 99 374 112 77 .299 K.Marte Ari 96 371 108 70 .291
TOTALS 30 1 4 1 8 Morel dh 4 2 1 2 2 .272 Merrifield Tor 94 344 103 46 .299 Yelich Mil 99 376 109 73 .290
NY Yankees AB R H BI SO AVG Hays Bal 91 336 99 47 .295 Donovan StL 92 316 91 47 .288
Mastrobuoni 3b5 2 1 0 1 .215 AROUND THE HORN
Kiner-Falefa lf 2 0 1 1 0 .256 Barnhart c 2 0 1 1 1 .206 J.Ramírez Cle 98 387 113 64 .292 Carroll Ari 98 351 101 75 .288
Turner Bos 98 374 108 65 .289 Friedl Cin 81 289 83 38 .287
Torres dh
Stanton rf
4
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
.264
.200
a-Gomes ph-c 2 0 1
TOTALS 37 10 10
0 0
9 11
.269
„ Brewers, Pirates: slump has caused his play-
Allen rf 0 0 0 0 0 .200 HOME RUNS: Ohtani, Los Angeles,
36; Robert Jr., Chicago, 28; Devers,
HOME RUNS: Olson, Atlanta, 32;
Alonso, New York, 28; Betts, Los Ange-
Carlos Santana is head- ing time to drop signifi-
Rizzo 1b
LeMahieu 3b 1
4 0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
.246
.231
White Sox AB R H BI SO AVG
Boston, 25; A.García, Texas, 25; Burger, les, 27; Schwarber, Philadelphia, 26; ing to Milwaukee. The NL cantly. The Brewers’
Bader cf 4 2 3 0 0 .259
Benintendi lf 4
Anderson ss 4
2 1
2 2
0
1
1
0
.284
.245
Chicago, 22; Siri, Tampa Bay, 20; Jung, Muncy, Los Angeles, 25; J.Martinez, Los Central-leading Brewers acquisition of Santana indi-
Texas, 20; Judge, New York, 19; 3 tied Angeles, 25; Soler, Miami, 24; Albies,
Volpe ss
Higashioka c 3
2 0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
.212
.216
Robert Jr. cf 5 1 1 1 1 .269 at 18. Atlanta, 24; Acuña Jr., Atlanta, 23; 4 have acquired the veteran cates the Brewers’ inten-
Peraza 2b 3 0 0 1 1 .173
Jimenez dh
Moncada 3b 4
5 0 2
0 1
4
0
2
2
.286
.228
RBIs: A.García, Texas, 84; Ohtani, Los tied at 22. first baseman/designated tion to upgrade their roster
TOTALS 27 3 6 3 5 Vaughn 1b 4 0 1 0 0 .244
Angeles, 77; J.Naylor, Cleveland, 76;
Devers, Boston, 76; Heim, Texas, 70;
RBIs: Olson, Atlanta, 80; Arenado, St.
Louis, 77; J.Martinez, Los Angeles, 74;
hitter from the Pirates in this summer as an attempt
Burger 2b 4 1 1 1 0 .212 Tucker, Houston, 69; Turner, Boston, Albies, Atlanta, 72; Freeman, Los Ange- exchange for minor leaguer to atone for last year’s fade.
Colas rf 4 1 1 0 1 .214
N.Y. Mets
N.Y. Yankees
001 000 000
020 100 00x
1 4
3 6
1
1 Zavala c 3 0 0 0 1 .154
66; Bregman, Houston, 66; Guerrero Jr.,
Toronto, 65; Semien, Texas, 63..
les, 71; Alonso, New York, 68; Betts,
Los Angeles, 68; Muncy, Los Angeles,
Jhonny Severino. “We are The club owned a 57-45
a-struck out for Canha in the 9th.
b-Sheets ph 1 0 0 0 0 .215 RUNS: Semien, Texas, 83; Ohtani, 67; C.Walker, Arizona, 67; Gorman, St. thrilled to add Carlos,” record and a three-game
E: Vientos (1), Peraza (1).
Grandal c
TOTALS
0
38
0 0
7 10
0
7
0
8
.251 Los Angeles, 77; A.García, Texas, 75; Louis, 65. Brewers president of base- lead in the NL Central race
N.Lowe, Texas, 69; Robert Jr., Chicago, RUNS: Acuña Jr., Atlanta, 88; Freeman,
LOB: NY Mets 7, NY Yankees 6.
Chi Cubs 020 060 020 10 10 0 68; Kwan, Cleveland, 67; Turner, Los Angeles, 87; Betts, Los Angeles, 80; ball operations Matt Arnold when the Brewers traded
2B: Mendick (1), Bader (7).
RBIs: Nimmo (47), Peraza (6), Kiner- Chi White Sox 210 400 000 7 10 2 Boston, 65; Jung, Texas, 64; J.Ramírez, Carroll, Arizona, 75; Olson, Atlanta, 75; said Thursday in a state- four-time All-Star closer
Falefa (25), Volpe (36). a-hit by pitch for Barnhart in the 5th.
Cleveland, 64; Bregman, Houston, 62.
HITS: Bichette, Toronto, 137; Semien,
Yelich, Milwaukee, 73; Riley, Atlanta,
71; K.Marte, Arizona, 70; L.Thomas,
ment. “He is a switch-hit- Josh Hader to the Padres,
SF: Nimmo, Kiner-Falefa.
Runners left in scoring position: NY
b-flied out for Zavala in the 8th. E:
Robert Jr. (2), Benintendi (1). LOB: Texas, 120; N.Lowe, Texas, 114; J.Ramírez, Washington, 69; India, Cincinnati, 68. ting power bat and quality a move that stunned the
Mets 2(Alonso 2); NY Yankees 2(Kiner- Cubs 9, White Sox 6. 2B: Gomes (7), Cleveland, 113; Ohtani, Los Angeles, 112;
Kwan, Cleveland, 111; Tucker, Houston,
HITS: Arraez, Miami, 141; Freeman, Los
Angeles, 132; Acuña Jr., Atlanta, 131;
defender. His veteran pres- clubhouse as well as the
Robert Jr. (27), Jimenez (14). HR: Happ
Falefa, Torres). RISP: NY Mets 0for 5;
NY Yankees 1for 11. GIDP: Alvarez, (9), off Middleton; Bellinger (15), off 111; Yoshida, Boston, 110; Jung, Texas, L.Thomas, Washington, 118; Stott, Phil- ence and winning attitude fan base. The Brewers went
Rizzo, Torres. DP: NY Mets 2(Lindor,
Middleton; Burger (22), off Stroman.
RBIs: Barnhart (9), Hoerner 2(57), Happ
108; Turner, Boston, 108. adelphia, 113; Castellanos, Philadel- will also be a valuable addi- 29-31 the rest of the way and
DOUBLES: M.Chapman, Toronto, 32; phia, 111; Goldschmidt, St. Louis, 111;
Alonso; Lindor, Mendick, Alonso); NY 2(44), Morel 2(46), Tauchman (31), Ja.Duran, Boston, 29; Seager, Texas, 29; Hoerner, Chicago, 110; Arenado, St. tion to the clubhouse as we missed the playoffs for the
Yankees 1(Volpe, Peraza, Rizzo). Bellinger (46), Jimenez 4(46), Anderson
(18), Burger (48), Robert Jr. (58). SB: N.Lowe, Texas, 27; Robert Jr., Chicago, Louis, 109; Yelich, Milwaukee, 109. continue our push to the first time since 2017. The
NY METS IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Hoerner (25), Benintendi (12), Colas
(4), Morel (4), Mastrobuoni (10), Suzuki
27; Semien, Texas, 27; Verdugo, Boston,
27; Santander, Baltimore, 26; Hays,
DOUBLES: Freeman, Los Angeles, 35;
C.Walker, Arizona, 31; Candelario,
postseason.” The 37-year- Pirates signed Santana to a
Quintana, L, 0-2 6 6 3 2 3 5 3.27 (5). CS: Suzuki (6). Baltimore, 25; Kwan, Cleveland, 25; Washington, 29; Acuña Jr., Atlanta, 26; old Santana hit .235 with 12 one-year deal in the offsea-
Runners left in scoring position: Chi
Smith
Gott
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
4.15
8.10 Cubs 7(Hoerner, Morel, Suzuki, Happ
J.Ramírez, Cleveland, 25; Tucker, Hous-
ton, 25.
Betts, Los Angeles, 26; Castellanos,
Philadelphia, 26; L.Thomas, Washing-
home runs and 53 RBIs in 94 son, hoping his veteran pres-
NY YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO ERA 4); Chi White Sox 3(Vaughn 2, Burger).
RISP: Chi Cubs 4for 16; Chi White Sox 4 TRIPLES: Ohtani, Los Angeles, 7; Rosa- ton, 26; Grisham, San Diego, 25; C.San- games for the Pirates, who ence could provide stability
Rodon, W, 1-3
King, H, 6
5⅔
⅓
4
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
4
0
5.75
3.21
for 8. Runners moved up: Bellinger. rio, Los Angeles, 6; Witt Jr., Kansas City, tana, Milwaukee, 25; J.Soto, San Diego, have faded to last place in to a young roster trying to
6; Henderson, Baltimore, 5; Kiermaier, 24; Yelich, Milwaukee, 24.
Peralta, H, 14 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.31 CHI CUBS IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Toronto, 5; Báez, Detroit, 4; Franco, TRIPLES: K.Marte, Arizona, 7; Cronen- the NL Central following a learn to win. The Pirates got
fast start. The Brewers are off to a 20-8 start, but have
Kahnle, H, 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.14 Stroman 3⅓ 9 7 7 2 4 3.51
Holmes, S, 14-17 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.21 Tampa Bay, 4; Giménez, Cleveland, 4; worth, San Diego, 6; Marsh, Phila-
Assad, W, 1-2 1⅔ 0 0 0 0 1 3.52
Pitches-Strikes: Quintana 94-61; Smith
12-7; Gott 17-11; Rodón 93-61; King
Merryweather, H, 82
Leiter Jr., H, 18 1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
3.83
3.12
Olivares, Kansas City, 4; J.Ramírez,
Cleveland, 4; Verdugo, Boston, 4.
delphia, 6; Carroll, Arizona, 5; Hayes,
Pittsburgh, 5; McCarthy, Arizona, 5;
hoping Santana can help stumbled for most of the last
3-2; Peralta 15-9; Kahnle 15-9; Holmes Alzolay, S, 11-12 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.40 STOLEN BASES: E.Ruiz, Oakland, 43; Realmuto, Philadelphia, 5; 8 tied at 4. boost an offense that is just three months. Santana could
14-11. WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO ERA Franco, Tampa Bay, 28; Witt Jr., Kansas
City, 28; Castro, Minnesota, 25; Mateo,
STOLEN BASES: Acuña Jr., Atlanta, 48;
Carroll, Arizona, 30; Hoerner, Chicago,
25th in runs scored, thanks be the first of several Pirates
Batters Faced: Quintana 26; Smith 3;
Gott 4; Rodón 25; King 1; Peralta 3;
Lynn
Kelly, L, 1-5
4⅔
0
7
0
7
1
7
1
2
2
5
1
6.47
4.97 Baltimore, 23; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 25; S.Marte, New York, 24; McCar- in large part to a lack of who could be on the move
Kahnle 3; Holmes 3. Bummer
Graveman
1⅓
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
6.56
3.48
23; J.Lowe, Tampa Bay, 22; Ja.Duran, thy, Arizona, 23; Yelich, Milwaukee, production from the first with a shot at the postseason
Boston, 21; Merrifield, Toronto, 20; 22; Turner, Philadelphia, 21; Abrams,
Inherited runners-scored: King 1-0.
HBP: Rodon (McNeil). Umpires: Home,
Middleton
Toussaint
1
1
2
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
3.82
3.95 Walls, Tampa Bay, 20. Washington, 20; Bae, Pittsburgh, 20; base and designated hitter unlikely. Pitcher Rich Hill,
Doug Eddings; First, Ramon De Jesus; Inherited runners-scored: Assad 2-0, PITCHING: McClanahan, Tampa Bay, Kim, San Diego, 19; Stott, Philadel- spots all season. First base- who like Santana signed a
Second, Lance Barrett; Third, Alfonso
Marquez. T: 2:32. A: 46,761(47,309).
Kelly 2-2, Bummer 3-0. HBP: Lynn 2 11-1; Eovaldi, Texas, 11-3; Eflin, Tampa
Bay, 11-6; Kremer, Baltimore, 10-4;
phia, 19.
PITCHING: Strider, Atlanta, 11-3;
man Rowdy Tellez is batting one-year deal in the offsea-
(Morel,Hoerner), Kelly (Gomes). WP:
Kelly. Umpires: HP, Vic Carapazza; 1B, Bassitt, Toronto, 10-5; Cole, New York, T.Walker, Philadelphia, 11-4; Gallen, .213 with 12 homers – down son, could be attractive to
Emil Jimenez; 2B, Adam Hamari; 3B, 9-2; Gibson, Baltimore, 9-6; Ryan,
Minnesota, 9-7; Kirby, Seattle, 9-8;
Arizona, 11-5; Steele, Chicago, 10-3;
Kershaw, Los Angeles, 10-4; Stroman,
from 35 last season – and has a contender. The Pirates
Nick Mahrley. T: 3:18. A: 37,214(40,241).
Kikuchi, Toronto, 8-3; M.Pérez, Texas, Chicago, 10-7; Morton, Atlanta, 10-8; been on the injured list for also have a pair of young
8-3; Dunning, Texas, 8-3. Musgrove, San Diego, 9-3; M.Kelly, the last three weeks. Tellez All-Stars on the roster in
ERA: Eovaldi, Texas, 2.69; Cole, New Arizona, 9-4; Aa.Nola, Philadelphia, 9-6;
ON THIS DATE 1991: Dennis Martinez pitched a perfect
game for the Montreal Expos, who topped York, 2.78; McClanahan, Tampa Bay, Keller, Pittsburgh, 9-6; Burnes, Milwau- had 17 stitches removed closer David Bednar and
JULY 28
1983: AL President Lee McPhail ruled Los Angeles 2-0 at Dodger Stadium. 2.89; L.Castillo, Seattle, 3.02; S.Gray, kee, 9-6. this week from his left ring pitcher Mitch Keller, both
that George Brett’s “pine tar” home 1993: Ken Griffey Jr. tied a major Minnesota, 3.15; Gausman, Toronto,
3.18; Bradish, Baltimore, 3.29; F.Valdez,
ERA: Snell, San Diego, 2.61; Steele,
Chicago, 2.95; Cobb, San Francisco,
finger, which suffered a tuft of whom are affordable and
run against New York on July 24 should
count. The umpires had disallowed the
league record by homering in his
eighth consecutive game, but it wasn’t Houston, 3.29; Berríos, Toronto, 3.40; 2.97; Luzardo, Miami, 3.22; Elder, fracture when it got stuck under team control, making
homer because the pine tar on Brett’s enough for the Seattle Mariners in a 5-1 Kirby, Seattle, 3.49.
STRIKEOUTS: Gausman, Toronto, 162;
Atlanta, 3.30; Gallen, Arizona, 3.36;
Montgomery, St. Louis, 3.37; Gray,
in the outfield wall while them a potentially attractive
bat exceeded the 18-inch limit. The rest
of the game was played Aug. 18 with the
loss to the Minnesota Twins.
1994: On the night the baseball play- P.López, Minnesota, 160; Ohtani, Los Washington, 3.45; Burnes, Milwaukee, he was shagging fly balls in target for teams in the thick
Royals beating the Yankees, 5-4. ers set an Aug. 12 strike date, Kenny Angeles, 148; Ryan, Minnesota, 148; 3.46; Webb, San Francisco, 3.48. Cincinnati. Tellez already of the playoff chase. The
Cole, New York, 144; Lynn, Chicago, STRIKEOUTS: Strider, Atlanta, 199;
1989: Atlanta’s Dale Murphy tied Rogers of the Texas Rangers pitched
a perfect game for a 4-0 victory over 144; L.Castillo, Seattle, 142; Cease, Snell, San Diego, 147; Luzardo, Miami, was on the injured list with 18-year-old Severino has
two major league records by hitting
two homers and driving in six runs California. Chicago, 138; F.Valdez, Houston, 134; 144; Gallen, Arizona, 143; Keller, Pitts- right forearm inflammation played 12 games this season
in the sixth inning in the Braves’ 10-1 2004: Troy Percival recorded his 300th Giolito, Los Angeles, 131..
INNINGS PITCHED: Cole, New York,
burgh, 137; Webb, San Francisco, 136;
Wheeler, Philadelphia, 134; Aa.Nola,
when he hurt his finger. in the Brewers’ Rookie-
victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Murphy’s two home runs equaled the
save after John Lackey allowed three
hits over 8 1-3 innings to help Anaheim 129.1; Pa.Lopez, Minnesota, 128.2; Philadelphia, 133; Burnes, Milwaukee, The Brewers acquired Jesse level Arizona Complex
record shared by 13 others and the six beat Texas 2-0. Gibson, Baltimore, 127.0; Bassitt,
Toronto, 126.2; F.Valdez, Houston,
131; F.Peralta, Milwaukee, 131..
INNINGS PITCHED: Gallen, Arizona,
Winker from the Mariners League. He has batted .250
runs batted in matched a record shared
by nine players.
2006: Houston rookie Luke Scott hit for
the cycle and drove in five runs, but the 126.0; Castillo, Seattle, 125.1; Berrios, 136.2; Alcantara, Miami, 135.1; Webb, this offseason with the with a .289 on-base percent-
1990: Shawon Dunston tied a major Astros lost to Arizona 8-7. Toronto, 124.1; Eovaldi, Texas, 123.2; San Francisco, 134.1; Nola, Philadel- intention of making him age, four homers, 10 RBIs
Kirby, Seattle, 123.2; Ryan, Minnesota, phia, 133.1; Keller, Pittsburgh, 128.0;
league record with three triples and led 2018: Rookie Francisco Arcia had a
homer and six RBIs, giving him a major 122.0. Burnes, Milwaukee, 127.1; Mikolas, St. their main designated and five steals while play-
the Chicago Cubs to a 10-7 win over the
Montreal Expos. league-record 10 RBIs in two career SAVES: Bautista, Baltimore, 28; Louis, 126.2; Stroman, Chicago, 125.2; hitter, but he is batting .199 ing both shortstop and
1990: Cal Ripken’s errorless streak games, and Los Angeles Angels rolled Romano, Toronto, 28; Clase, Cleve-
land, 27; Pressly, Houston, 24; Estevez,
Strider, Atlanta, 123.0.
SAVES: Doval, San Francisco, 31; Diaz,
with only six extra-base third base. The Brewers
ends at 95 consecutive games, as Balti-
more loses to Kansas City, 10 - 9. The
past Seattle 11-5.
2021: In the first Olympic baseball Los Angeles, 23; Jansen, Boston, 22; Cincinnati, 30; Dv.Williams, Milwaukee, hits (five doubles and one signed Severino out of the
streak is a new major-league record game in thirteen years, Japan rallies to Sewald, Seattle, 20; Duran, Minne-
sota, 17; Lange, Detroit, 17; W.Smith,
26; Hader, San Diego, 24; Bednar, Pitts-
burgh, 20; Iglesias, Atlanta, 18; Kimbrel,
homer) in 197 plate appear- Dominican Republic last
for a shortstop, eclipsing Kevin Elster’s
89-game mark.
defeat the Dominican Republic 4-3.
Texas, 17. Philadelphia, 16; Puk, Miami, 15. ances. Winker’s prolonged year.
  Chicago Tribune | Section 3 | Friday, July 28, 2023 5

SCOREBOARD

SOCCER WNBA GOLF

FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP EAST W L Pct GB EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP Ashleigh Buhai 37-35—72 +1
GROUP A GP W D L GF GA PT 1st of 4 rounds, Evian Resort GC, Evian- Hye Jin Choi 38-34—72 +1
New York 18 5 .783 — les-Bains, France, 6,527; Par: 71 In Gee Chun 36-36—72 +1
Switzerland 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 Connecticut 18 6 .750 ½ Paula Reto 30-34—64 -7 Amanda Doherty 36-36—72 +1
New Zealand 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 Atlanta 13 11 .542 5½ Celine Boutier 32-34—66 -5 Chiara Horder 34-38—72 +1
Philippines 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 Washington 12 11 .522 6 Lydia Ko 31-35—66 -5 Soo Bin Joo 33-39—72 +1
Norway 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 Chicago 9 14 .391 9 Alison Lee 31-35—66 -5 Yan Liu 35-37—72 +1
Sunday’s matches Indiana 6 18 .250 12½ Wichanee Meechai 36-30—66 -5 Anna Nordqvist 36-36—72 +1
Switzerland vs. New Zealand, 2a.m. WEST W L Pct GB Celine Borge 35-32—67 -4 Sung Hyun Park 36-36—72 +1
Norway vs. Philippines, 2a.m. Las Vegas 22 2 .917 — Ally Ewing 32-35—67 -4 Mao Saigo 34-38—72 +1
Dallas 13 10 .565 8½ Esther Henseleit 33-34—67 -4 Sarah Schmelzel 37-35—72 +1
GROUP B GP W D L GF GA PT Minnesota 11 13 .458 11 Eun-Hee Ji 34-33—67 -4 Kaitlyn Schroeder 35-37—72 +1
Switzerland 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 Los Angeles 9 15 .375 13 A Lim Kim 34-33—67 -4 Hinako Shibuno 36-36—72 +1
Phoenix 6 17 .261 15½ Su Ji Kim 34-33—67 -4 Jiyai Shin 35-37—72 +1
New Zealand 2 1 0 1 1 1 3
Seattle 4 19 .174 17½ Hae-Ran Ryu 34-33—67 -4 Jenny Shin 35-37—72 +1
Philippines 2 1 0 1 1 2 3
Yuka Saso 32-35—67 -4 Bailey Tardy 36-36—72 +1
Norway 2 0 1 1 0 1 1
THURSDAY’S RESULTS Angel Yin 34-33—67 -4 Amy Yang 36-36—72 +1
Thursday’s result
Los Angeles 81, Indiana 68 Peiyun Chien 34-34—68 -3 Pajaree Anannarukarn 35-38—73 +2
Australia 2, Nigeria 3
New York 95, Atlanta 84 Hannah Green 37-31—68 -3 Karis Davidson 38-35—73 +2
Monday’s matches
Jennifer Kupcho 33-35—68 -3 Eila Galitsky 38-35—73 +2
Canada vs. Australia, 5a.m.
FRIDAY’S GAMES Pernilla Lindberg 33-35—68 -3 Mina Harigae 35-38—73 +2
Ireland vs. Nigeria, 5a.m.
Minnesota at New York, 7p.m. Chella Choi 35-34—69 -2 Celine Herbin 36-37—73 +2
Seattle at Chicago, 7p.m. Jodi Ewart Shadoff 33-36—69 -2 Danielle Kang 33-40—73 +2
GROUP C GP W D L GF GA PT Washington at Dallas, 7p.m. Ayaka Furue 31-38—69 -2
The Angels said early on Thursday that they will not deal
Sarah Kemp 36-37—73 +2
Spain 2 2 0 0 8 0 6 Linn Grant 35-34—69 -2 Yuna Nishimura 37-36—73 +2 two-star Shohei Ohtani at the trade deadline. The 29-year-
Japan 2 2 0 0 7 0 6 SATURDAY’S GAMES Brooke Henderson 35-34—69 -2 Pauline Roussin 36-37—73 +2 old Ohtani then threw a one-hit shutout in the first game
Costa Rica 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 No games scheduled. Wei-Ling Hsu 35-34—69 -2 So Yeon Ryu 34-39—73 +2
Zambia 2 0 0 2 0 10 0 Minjee Lee 35-34—69 -2 Klara Spilkova 35-38—73 +2 of a doubleheader against the Tigers and hit two home
Monday’s matches SUNDAY’S GAMES Andrea Lee 35-34—69 -2 Linnea Strom 37-36—73 +2 runs in the second game. DUANE BURLESON/GETTY
Japan vs. Spain, 2a.m. Minnesota at Connecticut, noon Gaby Lopez 35-34—69 -2 Elizabeth Szokol 39-34—73 +2
Costa Rica vs. Zambia, 2a.m. Washington at Atlanta, 2p.m. Stephanie Meadow 34-35—69 -2 Emma Talley 33-40—73 +2
Seattle at Indiana, 3p.m. Min Ji Park 35-34—69 -2 Ruoning Yin 36-37—73 +2 BASEBALL
Phoenix at Chicago, 3p.m. Angela Stanford 35-34—69 -2 Saki Baba 40-34—74 +3

Angels won’t
GROUP E GP W D L GF GA PT
New York at Los Angeles, 3p.m. Patty Tavatanakit 32-37—69 -2 Jaravee Boonchant 37-37—74 +3
United States 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 Dallas at Las Vegas, 5p.m. Atthaya Thitikul 34-35—69 -2 Matilda Castren 39-35—74 +3
Netherlands 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 Albane Valenzuela 35-34—69 -2 Carlota Ciganda 37-37—74 +3
Portugal 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 MONDAY’S GAMES Rose Zhang 33-36—69 -2 Alice Hewson 36-38—74 +3
Vietnam 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 no games scheduled Daniela Darquea 35-35—70 -1 Chisato Iwai 37-37—74 +3
Wednesday, July 26 Gemma Dryburgh 35-35—70 -1 Minami Katsu 36-38—74 +3

trade Ohtani
U.S. 1, Netherlands 1 WEDNESDAY’S RESULT Johanna Gustavsson 35-35—70 -1 Stephanie Kyriacou 36-38—74 +3
Thursday’s result Minnesota 97, Washington 92 Nasa Hataoka 33-37—70 -1 Min Lee 37-37—74 +3
Portugal 2, Vietnam 0 Dani Holmqvist 34-36—70 -1 Emily Pedersen 35-39—74 +3
Tuesday’s matches WNBA SEASON LEADERS Caroline Inglis 38-32—70 -1 Carmen Alonso 36-39—75 +4
Portugal vs. U.S., 2a.m. through Wed. basketball-reference Ariya Jutanugarn 35-35—70 -1 Sei Young Kim 36-39—75 +4
Vietnam vs. Netherlands, 2a.m. TOTAL FIELD GOAL SHOOTING Megan Khang 35-35—70 -1 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 36-39—75 +4
FIELD GOALS TM FG FGA FG% Jin Young Ko 35-35—70 -1 Somi Lee 39-36—75 +4
Napheesa Collier MIN 193 399 .484 Nelly Korda 32-38—70 -1
GROUP D GP W D L GF GA PT
Arike Ogunbowale DAL 180 446 .404 Mi Hyang Lee 34-36—70 -1
Lucy Li
Yu Liu
36-39—75 +4
37-38—75 +4 By Larry Lage the majors, a one-hitter
Denmark
England
1 1 0 0 1
1 1 0 0 1
0
0
3
3
A’ja Wilson LVA 180 324 .556 Leona Maguire 34-36—70 -1 Chiara Noja 38-37—75 +4 Associated Press with eight strikeouts on
China 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Nneka Ogwumike
Breanna Stewart
LAS
NYL
167
167
325
351
.514
.476
Morgane Metraux
Ryann O’Toole
33-37—70 -1
37-33—70 -1
Ana Pelaez Trivino
Maja Stark
37-38—75 +4
36-39—75 +4
111 pitches, including fast-
Haiti
Friday’s matches
1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Jackie Young LVA 163 295 .553 Miyuu Yamashita 35-35—70 -1 Ting-Hsuan Huang 37-39—76 +5 DETROIT — Shohei balls nearing 100 mph and
England vs. Denmark, 3:30a.m.
Natasha Howard
Kelsey Plum
DAL
LVA
160
158
350
315
.457
.502
Aditi Ashok
Allisen Corpuz
36-35—71
36-35—71
E
E
Jasmine Suwannapura 40-36—76 +5
Lauren Coughlin 38-39—77 +6
Ohtani looked his manager wicked sliders and split-
China vs. Haiti, 6a.m.
Tuesday’s matches
Jewell Loyd SEA 157 409 .384 Diksha Dagar 35-36—71 E Charley Hull 38-39—77 +6 in the eye and in just a few ters that left the Tigers
China vs. England, 6a.m.
Kahleah Copper CHI 153 341 .449 Georgia Hall
Moriya Jutanugarn
35-36—71
34-37—71
E
E
Frida Kinhult 39-38—77 +6 words, left no doubt of his flailing.
Haiti vs. Denmark, 6a.m.
3-POINTERS TM 3P 3PA 3P% Hyo Joo Kim 37-34—71 E
Magdalena Simmermacher40-37—77+6
Lindsey Weaver-Wright 39-38—77 +6 intentions. In Game 2, Ohtani
GROUP G GP W D L GF GA PT Jewell Loyd SEA 73 185 .395
Grace Kim 35-36—71 E Perrine Delacour 36-42—78 +7 “I’ll finish it,” Angels returned to the desig-
Sweden 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
Rhyne Howard ATL 66 169 .391
Cheyenne Knight
Ines Laklalech
35-36—71
33-38—71
E
E
Lily May Humphreys
Jeongeun Lee6
39-39—78 +7
40-38—78 +7
manager Phil Nevin nated hitter role. The left-
Italy 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
Sabrina Ionescu
Arike Ogunbowale
NYL
DAL
66
63
156
197
.423
.320
Xiyu Lin 36-35—71 E Manon De Roey 37-42—79 +8 recalled Ohtani tell- handed hitter hit a two-run
South Africa 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 Jackie Young LVA 57 117 .487
Mel Reid
Madelene Sagstrom
36-35—71
35-36—71
E
E
Rachel Kuehn
Lauren Hartlage
40-39—79 +8
42-38—80 +9
ing him after the eighth homer to left in the second
Argentina
Thursday’s result
2 0 1 1 2 3 1 Kelsey Mitchell
Kelsey Plum
IND
LVA
53
50
145
137
.366
.365
Maddie Szeryk 37-34—71 E Meghan MacLaren 36-44—80 +9 inning of what became inning and a line drive to
Argentina 2, South Africa 22 DeWanna Bonner CON 49 142 .345
Lilia Vu
Marina Alex
35-36—71
33-39—72 +1
E Valentina Rossi 40-41—81 +10 his first complete game right-center in the fourth.
Saturday’s match
Sweden vs. Italy, 2:30 a.m.
Sami Whitcomb SEA 45 120 .375
Na Rin An 35-37—72 +1
Sophia Schubert WD
in Major League Baseball. Ohtani became the
Marina Mabrey CHI 43 115 .374
Wednesday’s match “He wanted it. I could see second player since at least
Argentina vs. Sweden, 2a.m.
South Africa vs. Italy, 2a.m.
2-POINTERS TM 2P 2PA 2P% 36TH SENIOR OPEN
CHAMPIONSHIP
David Copsey
Stephen Dodd
38-37—75 +4
37-38—75 +4
it, too.” 1900 to throw a one-hit
A’ja Wilson LVA 176 307 .573 1st of 4 rounds, Royal Porthcawl GC, Scott Dunlap 38-37—75 +4 Ohtani polished off his shutout or better and hit a
GROUP F GP W D L GF GA PT
Napheesa Collier
Nneka Ogwumike
MIN 165
LAS 153
308
284
.536
.539
Bridgend, U.K., 7,003 yards; Par: 71
Miguel Angel Jimenez 31-35—66 -5
Bob Estes
Gary Evans
38-37—75 +4
37-38—75 +4
one-hit shutout of the home run on the same day,
Brazil 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 Brittney Griner PHO 141 241 .585 Alex Cejka 33-35—68 -3 Niclas Fasth 38-37—75 +4 Tigers, then continued his joining the Phillies’ Rick
France
Jamaica
1 0 1 0 0
1 0 1 0 0
0
0
1
1
Natasha Howard
Alyssa Thomas
DAL 136
CON 135
268
295
.507
.458
Mario Tiziani 33-35—68 -3 Hiroyuki Fujita 36-39—75 +4 extraordinary day in the Wise, who hit a two-run
Vijay Singh 34-35—69 -2 Padraig Harrington 38-37—75 +4
Panama 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 Aliyah Boston IND 128 217 .590 Jeev M. Singh 33-36—69 -2 Scott Henderson 37-38—75 +4 second game of Thurs- homer during his no-hit-
Saturday’s matches Breanna Stewart NYL 125 247 .506 Steven Alker 35-35—70 -1 Michael Long 38-37—75 +4 day’s doubleheader, hitting ter against the Reds on
Arike Ogunbowale DAL 117 249 .470
France vs. Brazil, 5a.m.
Panama vs. Jamaica, 7:30a.m. Kahleah Copper CHI 115 249 .462
Paul Broadhurst
Tom Gillis
32-38—70 -1
36-34—70 -1
Santiago Luna
Edward McCormack
38-37—75 +4
39-36—75 +4
two homers to increase his June 23, 1971.
Wednesday’s matches Keith Horne 35-35—70 -1 Doug McGuigan 37-38—75 +4 major league-leading total It was just the latest
Panama vs. France, 5a.m.
Jamaica vs. Brazil, 5a.m.
FREE THROWS TM FT FTA FT% Paul Lawrie
Michele Reale
34-36—70 -1
34-36—70 -1
Mark McNulty
Jason Norris
38-37—75 +4
38-37—75 +4
to 38 before leaving the display of why Ohtani
A’ja Wilson
Jewell Loyd
LVA 132
SEA 131
172
151
.767
.868 Jarmo Sandelin 36-34—70 -1 Jason Partridge 39-36—75 +4 game with cramps. could have landed a huge
GROUP H GP W D L GF GA PT Breanna Stewart NYL 122 142 .859 Jose Manuel Carriles 35-36—71 E Jesus Rivas 38-37—75 +4 The two-way superstar prospect haul in a trade,
Bradley Dredge 34-37—71 E Todd Sapere 34-41—75 +4
Germany 1 1 0 0 6 0 3 Napheesa Collier
DeWanna Bonner
MIN 108
CON 105
129
124
.837
.847 Ken Duke 35-36—71 E Wes Short 40-35—75 +4 became the first player in and why he’s expected
Colombia
South Korea
1 1 0 0 2 0
1 0 0 1 0 2
3
0
Simon Griffiths 35-36—71 E Christopher Williams 36-39—75 +4 major league history to to cash in on perhaps the
Morocco 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
TENNIS Gary Orr
Y.E. Yang
37-34—71 E
35-36—71 E
Ian Woosnam
Notah Begay
36-39—75 +4
38-38—76 +5
throw a shutout in one half most lucrative contract in
Sunday’s matches
South Korea vs. Morocco, 11:30p.m. ATP ATLANTA OPEN Emanuele Canonica 36-36—72 +1 Markus Brier 36-40—76 +5 a doubleheader and hit one any sport this offseason.
Germany vs. Colombia, 4:30a.m. Thursday at Atlanta Station, Atlanta, Clark Dennis
Richard Green
33-39—72 +1
36-36—72 +1
Russ Cochran
Glen Day
35-41—76 +5
38-38—76 +5
homer — much less two — Some speculate the
Thursday, Aug. 3 outdoors, hardcourt
MEN’S SINGLES, ROUND OF 16 Anders Hansen 35-37—72 +1 Carlos Franco 38-38—76 +5 in the other. 29-year-old might make
South Korea vs. Germany, 5a.m.
Morocco vs. Colombia, 5a.m. #1Taylor Fritz d. Yibing Wu, 6-4, 7-6(5). Greig Hutcheon 36-36—72 +1 David McKenzie 39-37—76 +5 Hours before Ohtani $500-600 million on the
Thomas Levet 37-35—72 +1 Andrew Raitt 40-36—76 +5
Dominik Koepfer d. #3Daniel Evans,
Mauricio Molina 35-37—72 +1 Jyoti Randhawa 39-37—76 +5 delivered the message to open market , but the
MLS 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-4.
EASTERN W L T PT GF GA #8Jeffrey John Wolf d. Maxime Cressy, Colin Montgomerie 37-35—72 +1 Jean Van de Velde 38-38—76 +5 his manager, the Angels recent developments don’t
Cincinnati 15 2 6 51 39 25
7-6(7), 6-3. Michael Muehr
Timothy O’Neal
36-36—72 +1
34-38—72 +1
Tim Weinhart
Charlie Wi
37-39—76 +5
37-39—76 +5
delivered one of their own. seem to affect his thinking.
Kei Nishikori d. Juncheng Shang,
New England 12 4 7 43 42 28
6-4, 7-6(3). Rod Pampling 37-35—72 +1 Peter Wilson 37-39—76 +5 The franchise, desper- “From the beginning,
Philadelphia
Nashville
12
11
7
8
4 40
5 38
39
31
26
22
LATE WEDNESDAY, ROUND OF 16 Scott Parel
Phillip Price
37-35—72 +1
39-33—72 +1
Gary Wolstenholme
Gustavo Acosta
39-37—76 +5
37-40—77 +6
ate to make the playoffs for my plan was to finish
Orlando City 10 6 7 37 34 28
#2Alex de Minaur d.
Thanasi Kokkinakis, 6-3, 6-4. Jean-Francois Remesy 35-37—72 +1 Michael Campbell 37-40—77 +6 the first time since 2014, strong this season with the
Columbus
Atlanta
10
9
7
7
6 36
8 35
45
42
33
39
#5Christopher Eubanks d. Knud Storgaard 35-37—72 +1 Roger Chapman 38-39—77 +6 made a win-now trade to Angels,” Ohtani said after
Steen Tinning 36-36—72 +1 Adilson Da Silva 38-39—77 +6
Chicago 8 7 8 32 31 31
Brandon Nakashima, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5.
Stuart Appleby 36-37—73 +2 Robert Damron 37-40—77 +6 bolster its pitching staff his gem on the mound.
D.C. United 8 10 6 30 32 34 ATP CROATIA OPEN UMAG Phillip Archer 36-37—73 +2 Paul Eales 39-38—77 +6 and confirmed that Ohtani “... All the people talking
CF Montréal 9 12 2 29 22 32
N.Y. Red Bulls 6 9 8 26 22 26
Thursday at ITC Stella Maris, Umag,
Croatia, outdoors, Red clay
Shane Bertsch
David Branshaw
36-37—73 +2
37-36—73 +2
Keiichiro Fukabori
Russell Humphrey
40-37—77 +6
40-37—77 +6
will stay for the rest of the about the trades, that’s
Charlotte FC 6 9 8 26 30 40 MEN’S SINGLES, ROUND OF 16 Christian Cevaer 36-37—73 +2 Anthony Kang 41-36—77 +6 season before he becomes gone. So I feel like I’m
New York City FC
Toronto FC
5
3
8
11
11 26
10 19
25
18
30
33
#1Jiri Lehecka d. Dominic Thiem, Darren Clarke
Peter Fowler
38-35—73 +2
36-37—73 +2
Peter O’Malley
Andy Oldcorn
38-39—77 +6
35-42—77 +6
a free agent. just focused on taking this
6-3, 7-5.
Inter Miami CF 5 14 3 18 22 36 #2 Lorenzo Sonego d. Marco Cecchinato, Harrison Frazar 36-37—73 +2 Omar Uresti 40-37—77 +6 “We’re going to roll team to the playoffs.”
WESTERN W L T PTS GF GA 6-1, 7-6(7). Ricardo Gonzalez 38-35—73 +2 Arjun Atwal 42-36—78 +7 the dice and see what The Angels are, too.
Grant Hamerton 35-38—73 +2 Chris Hanell 38-40—78 +7
Saint Louis City SC13 8
Los Angeles FC 10 6
2
7
41
37
43
34
27
25
#4Roberto Carballes Baena d.
Taro Daniel, 6-3, 6-1. Thongchai Jaidee 35-38—73 +2 Joe Lyons 36-42—78 +7 happens,” Angels general Ohtani, the 2021 AL
Real Salt Lake 10 7 7 37 35 34 #6Stan Wawrinka d. Federico Coria, Jerry Kelly 35-38—73 +2 Jeff Maggert 41-37—78 +7 manager Perry Mina- MVP, leads the majors
Seattle 10 8 6 36 29 23 7-5, 6-1.
Jaume Munar d. Fabian Marozsan,
Simon Khan
Bernhard Langer
33-40—73 +2
37-36—73 +2
Peter Martin
Brent Paterson
38-40—78 +7
39-39—78 +7
sian told reporters before in homers and OPS at
Austin FC 9 9 5 32 32 32
San Jose 8 7 8 32 28 29 6-4, 6-3. Damian Mooney 39-34—73 +2 John Senden 37-41—78 +7 Ohtani led the Angels to the plate and is among
Vancouver 8 7 7 31 38 32
HAMBURG EUROPEAN OPEN
Patrik Sjoland
Paul Streeter
36-37—73 +2
38-35—73 +2
David Shacklady
Rusty Strawn
38-40—78 +7
38-40—78 +7
a 6-0 win over the Tigers the leaders in opponent
FC Dallas
Houston
8 9
8 10
6
5
30
29
25
26
26
31 Thursday at Am Rothenbaum Rot-Weiss Ken Tanigawa 38-35—73 +2 Neil Thompson 40-38—78 +7 in Game 1 of the double- batting average and strike-
Minnesota United 7 8 7 28 26 30 Tennis Club, Hamburg, Germany, Peter Baker 38-36—74 +3 James Crampton 40-39—79 +8 header and helped power outs on the mound.
outdoors, Red clay Andre Bossert 38-36—74 +3 Stephen Fenn 36-43—79 +8
Sporting KC
Portland
6 11
6 9
8
8
26
26
31
26
36
33 MEN’S SINGLES, ROUND OF 16 Chris DiMarco 35-39—74 +3 Gary Marks 39-40—79 +8 the offense in an 11-4 win “He’s doing the impos-
LA Galaxy 5 10 7 22 25 37 #1Casper Ruud d. Cristian Garin, David Gilford 38-36—74 +3 Miguel Angel Martin 37-42—79 +8 in Game 2, just days before sible,” Tigers manager A.J.
Colorado 3 10 10 19 16 30 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Daniel Altmaier d. #2Andrey Rublev,
Joakim Haeggman
Michael Jonzon
37-37—74 +3
36-38—74 +3
Billy Mayfair
Raymond Russell
40-39—79 +8
40-39—79 +8
MLB’s trade deadline. Hinch said. “We’re play-
SUNDAY, AUG. 20 6-2, 6-2. John Kemp 35-39—74 +3 Carl Suneson 38-41—79 +8 Ohtani’s start on the ing against a generational
Cincinnati at Columbus, 6:30p.m.
Charlotte FC at Miami, 6:30p.m.
#3Lorenzo Musetti d. Jozef Kovalik,
3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
James Kingston
Rob Labritz
36-38—74 +3
35-39—74 +3
John Balfanz
Thomas Goegele
39-41—80 +9
36-44—80 +9
mound was his best in talent.”
D.C. United at N.Y. Red Bulls, 6:30p.m. Euan Mcintosh 38-36—74 +3
Minnesota at New York City FC, 6:30 p.m. Arthur Fils d. Dusan Lajovic, 7-5, 7-5. Philip Golding 39-41—80 +9
FC Dallas at Philadelphia, 6:30p.m. Zhang Zhizhen d. Yannick Hanfmann, Tim Petrovic 37-37—74 +3 Jose Maria Olazabal 39-41—80 +9
CF Montréal at Toronto FC, 6:30p.m. 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Esteban Toledo 35-39—74 +3 Oyvind Rojahn 41-39—80 +9
Orlando City at Chicago, 7:30p.m. WOMEN’S SINGLES, QUARTERFINALS Mike Weir 39-35—74 +3 Harold Wallace 42-38—80 +9
Portland at Houston, 7:30p.m.
New England at Nashville, 7:30p.m.
Diana Shnaider d. #3Bernarda Pera, Rich Beem 38-37—75 +4 Frasar Mann 39-42—81 +10 IN BRIEF
6-1, 2-6, 6-4. Jason Bohn 37-38—75 +4 Eamonn O’Connor 40-41—81 +10

Colorado will return

Austin FC at St. Louis City SC, 8:30p.m. Simon Brown 37-38—75 +4
Real Salt Lake at LA Galaxy, 9:30p.m. #7Arantxa Rus d. Eva Lys, 6-2, 6-2. Rafa Barcellos 37-46—83 +12
Colorado at Los Angeles FC, 9:30p.m. Daria Saville d. Jule Niemeier, 6-3, 6-2. Victor Casado 36-39—75 +4 Rafael Benitez 39-45—84 +13
Atlanta at Seattle, 9:30p.m. Noma Noha Akugue d. K.J. Choi 36-39—75 +4 Richard Tinworth 43-44—87 +16

to Big 12 next year

San Jose at Vancouver, 9:30p.m. Martina Trevisan, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.
LEAGUE CUP WTA BNP PARIBAS PGA 3M OPEN Kevin Chappell -3 17 --
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS WARSAW OPEN Suspended 1st of 4 rounds at TPC MJ Daffue -3 17 --
New England 5, Atletico San Luis 1 Thursday at Legia Tenis & Golf Center, Twin Cities - Blaine, Minn., 7,431 yards, Ryan Moore -3 16 --
D.C. United 1, Montréal 0 Matti Schmid -3 16 --
New York City FC 5, Toronto FC 0 Warsaw, Poland, outdoors, hardcourt Par 71
WOMEN’S SINGLES, ROUND OF 16 Lee Hodges -8 F 63 Trevor Cone -3 15 --
Philadelphia 5, Queretaro 1
Monterrey 3, Real Salt Lake 0 #1Iga Swiatek d. Claire Liu, 6-2, 6-2. Hideki Matsuyama -7 F 64 Daniel Gale -3 15 -- News services way for the school to leave
León 1, LA Galaxy 0
Tigres UANL 2, Portland 1
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Patrick Rodgers
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#2Karolina Muchova, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5. Tyler Duncan -7 F 64
Laura Siegemund d. #4Lin Zhu, 6-4, 6-4. Kevin Streelman -7 F 64 Chez Reavie -2 F 69 Colorado is leav- former league.
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Toluca 4,. Nashville SC 3 #8Linda Noskova d. Justin Suh -6 F 65 Mackenzie Hughes -2 F 69 ing the Pac-12, and the
Chivas vs. FC Cincinnati, late
Chicago FC vs. Minnesota, late
Viktoria Hruncakova, 6-3, 6-3.
Lucrezia Stefanini d. Jodie Burrage,
Nick Hardy
Emiliano Grillo
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Jim Herman
Brian Stuard
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St. Louis City SC vs. América, late 6-4, 6-1. Billy Horschel -5 F 66 Sam Stevens -2 F 69 the Buffaloes back to the eight birdies as she cards
Heather Watson d. Yuliya Hatouka,
6-2, 5-7, 6-1.
Tony Finau
Adam Svensson
-5 F
-5 F
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James Hahn
Aaron Baddeley
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conference they left a a 7-under 64 to take a
NWSL
CLUB W L T PT GF GA WOMEN’S SINGLES, ROUND OF 32 Vincent Norrman -5 F 66 Seung-Yul Noh -2 F 69 dozen years ago. surprise first-round lead at
North Carolina 8 5 2 26 21 13
Claire Liu d. Yue Yuan, 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-2. Doc Redman -5 F 66 Sam Bennett
Tyson Alexander
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Colorado’s board of the Évian Championship
Callum Tarren -5 F 66
Portland 7 4 4 25 34 21 WTA LADIES OPEN LAUSANNE Augusto Núñez -5 F 66 Justin Thomas -2 F 69 regents voted 9-0 in a in France. The 33-year-
Gotham FC
OL Reign
7 4 4 25
7 5 3 24
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23
14
18
Thursday at Stade-Lausanne Tennis J.J. Spaun -5 F 66 Brian Gay -2 F 69 special remote meeting old South African holds a
Club, Lausanne, Switzerland, outdoors,
Washington 6 3 6 24 22 21 Red clay
J.T. Poston
Henrik Norlander
-5 F
-4 F
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Andrew Novak
Davis Thompson
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San Diego
Louisville
6 6 3 21
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WOMEN’S SINGLES, ROUND OF 16 Matt Kuchar -4 F 67 Aaron Rai -2 F 69 conference switch in 2024. champion Lydia Ko of New
Orlando 6 8 1 19 15 21
#3Ana Bogdan d. Dalila Jakupovic,
6-0, 5-7, 6-3.
Matthias Schwab
Kevin Tway
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David Lipsky
Jason Dufner
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Houston 4 5 6 18 10 12 Clara Burel d. #5Emma Navarro, Justin Lower -4 F 67 Erik van Rooyen -2 16 -- regents expressed disap- players locked on 66. The
Angel City 4 6 5 17 18 23
Chicago 5 9 1 16 19 33
6-3, 6-2.
#7Alize Cornet d. Jil Teichmann,
Kramer Hickok -3 F 68 Ryan Gerard
Harry Hall
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pointment about leaving tournament is the fourth of
Ben Griffin -3 F 68
Kansas City 5 10 0 15 17 26 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. Tom Hoge -3 F 68 Paul Haley II -1 F 70 the Pac-12, they said the five LPGA majors this year.
FRIDAY, AUG. 18
OL Reign at Kansas City, 7p.m.
#9Diane Parry d. Danka Kovinic, Martin Laird -3 F 68 Sam Ryder -1 F 70 shifting sports landscape
6-4, 7-5.
Tamara Zidansek d.
Keith Mitchell
Cam Davis
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-3 F
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Adam Hadwin
Sungjae Im
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NWSL CHALLENGE CUP
EAST GP W D L GF GA PT
Sara Sorribes Tormo, 6-3, 7-5. Max McGreevy -3 F 68 Russell Knox -1 F 70 rejoin the conference Burrow was carted off the
North Carolina 4 2 2 0 10 3 8
Grayson Murray
Martin Trainer
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-3 F
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Eric Cole
Cameron Percy
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where they were a found- practice field after he came
Gotham FC 3 2 1 0 5 2 7 ODDS Frankie Capan III -3 F 68 Dylan Wu -1 F 70 ing member in 1996. up hobbling from a scram-
Washington
Orlando
4 1 0 3 5 11
3 0 1 2 4 8
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Scott Harrington -3 F 68 Kevin Yu
Chad Ramey
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The Buffs actually ble. Coach Zac Taylor later
Taylor Montgomery -3 F 68
Friday’s match American League Beau Hossler -3 F 68 Robert Streb -1 F 70 joined the Big Six confer- said it was a calf injury but
Gotham FC at Washington, 6p.m. FAVORITE
NY Yankees
LINE UNDERDOG LINE
-132 at Baltimore +112
Harrison Endycott -3 F 68 Ben Taylor -1 F 70 ence in 1947 and remained didn’t have any further
Saturday’s match
Orlando at North Carolina, 6p.m. at Toronto -225 LA Angels +188
Nate Lashley
C.T. Pan
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Adam Long
Peter Malnati
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Cleveland -110 at Chi Wh. Sox -106 Garrick Higgo -3 F 68 Kaito Onishi -1 16 -- for 63 years as it eventually that the injury is only
Minnesota -176 at Kansas City +148
CENTRAL GP W D L GF GA PT
Tampa Bay off at Houston off grew into the Big 12. believed to be a strain. ...
Louisville
Kansas City
4 4 0 0 10 2
4 3 0 1 11 4
12
9
National League Colorado will join Dolphins CB Jalen Ramsey
Houston 4 1 0 3 3 8 3
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
Philadelphia -162 at Pittsburgh +136 NFL PRESEASON the Big 12 in 2024 and will undergo surgery on
Chicago
Saturday’s match
4 0 0 4 0 10 0 at NY Mets -178 Washington +150 becomes the third school the meniscus in his left
Kansas City at Chicago, 7p.m.
at Atlanta
at St. Louis
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6 Chicago Tribune | Section 3 | Friday, July 28, 2023

SPORTS

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

Captain Horan steadies the ship

Player’s grit, determination
key in salvaging draw for US
By Anne M. Peterson
Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Lindsey

Horan is setting a feisty tone for the United
States at the Women’s World Cup.
Horan, the U.S. co-captain, steadied
herself after an angry exchange with Dutch
midfielder Danielle van de Donk and scored
to give the United States a 1-1 draw with the
Netherlands on Thursday.
Frustrated by the Netherlands’ first half
lead, Horan went from exasperation with
van de Donk to elation for her tying goal in a
span of just two minutes in the second half.
“To come from a goal down and have that
momentum shift in the second half was
incredible. I think no one was happy with
our first-half performance, letting them have
the ball a little bit too much, but we changed
things, and how we responded,” she said.
The tie keeps the U.S. atop the Group E
standings, in front of the Netherlands with
a better goal difference, and in good posi-
tion to advance to the knockout round. The
Americans wrap up group play on Tuesday
against Portugal.
The U.S. is seeking its third straight World
Cup title but this time the squad is younger
and less experienced than in previous tour-
naments. Fourteen players on the roster are
making their World Cup debuts.
That’s why Horan’s leadership, and the
example she sets on the field, are important.
Horan, playing in her second World Cup,
was named co-captain along with Alex
Morgan by coach Vlatko Andonovski before
the tournament. When she and Morgan
are on the field together, Horan gets the
captain’s armband.
In addition to the equalizer against the
Dutch, she also scored in the team’s 3-0 win
over Vietnam in the tournament opener.
“I think the captain’s band has elevated
what she already does,” defender Julie Ertz
said about Horan. “I don’t think she needed
to change or be anything, because we looked
at her as a leader.”
Horan, 26, has always been a competitive
player. But the battle with van de Donk — her
teammate on French club Lyon — typifies
her feistiness.
Horan seethed and cursed after getting
knocked down by van de Donk and the two
exchanged words, prompting the referee to
step in and separate the pair.
Minutes later — after a calming reminder
from Ertz that she was already carrying a
yellow card from a previous match — Horan
coolly scored on a header off Rose Lavelle’s
corner kick.
“Instead of crying about it, she just goes Co-captain Lindsey Horan celebrates after scoring the United States’ only goal in a draw against the Netherlands on Thursday. ALYSA RUBIN/AP
and makes a statement and basically shows
everyone the direction the game was going The Thorns loaned her to Lyon in 2022, soccer’s biggest stage for the first time. missing striker Sam Kerr has to beat Olympic
to take,” Andonovski said. and allowed her permanent transfer to the “It’s great for us to have this in the group champ Canada in Melbourne on Monday to
Horan shared a laugh and a hug with van team in France’s top division in June. stage and to feel that kind of pressure,” control its own fate.
de Donk following the match. She’s been a fixture on the U.S. national Horan said. “So now we move forward. We Nigeria next faces winless Ireland.
“I don’t think you want to get me mad team since the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. learned lessons and now focus on Portugal.” In other group-play action Thursday,
because I don’t react in a good way. I just At the 2019 World Cup in France, Horan Telma Encarnacao scored one goal and
want something more ... and I want more came off the bench for the team’s first two Nigeria stuns Australia: Asisat Oshoala assisted on another as Portugal defeated
for my team,” Horan said. knockout round victories against Spain and inspired Nigeria’s 3-2 upset win over co-host Vietnam 2-0 in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Horan grew up in Colorado and eschewed the host. In the semifinal against England, she Australia with her extra edge in attack and The Portugal win ensured Vietnam can’t
a scholarship to North Carolina to head started and served Morgan the go-ahead goal. a goal that sealed the victory and sparked a advance to the knockout stage. Portugal still
overseas and play for Paris Saint-Germain She has made 131 appearances in all for jersey-shedding celebration. has a shot to advance but will need to win or
for four seasons. In 2016 and vying for a spot the U.S., scoring 29 goals. She and forward The surprising victory in Brisbane, draw against the U.S., with a Netherlands
on the U.S. Olympic team, she returned to Sophia Smith each have two goals at this Australia, moved Nigeria into a share of first loss against Vietnam on Tuesday.
the U.S. to play for the Portland Thorns of World Cup. place in Group B with Canada with one game
the National Women’s Soccer League and Horan is aware that those young players — to go before the knockout round. AP writers John Pye and Luke Vargas
was named the league’s MVP in 2018. including Smith — look to her in navigating It means an injury-plagued Australia team contributed.

Thompson “If I’m going to ask our players to stare

from Page 1
Rutgers and Indiana coaches and play-
ers could show up at Lucas Oil Stadium
and just talk football. But given the stakes,
Northwestern’s media days sessions
required more.
The three players scheduled to appear
backed out so that questions about the
scandal wouldn’t “distract” from a football
season that borders on a lost cause anyway
(though don’t try telling Braun that).
NU President Michael Schill hasn’t
faced public questioning — except for a
sitdown this week with The Daily North-
western — since his statements justifying
why he initially suspended Fitzgerald for
two weeks, then had a quick about-face and
fired him three days later.
Former athletic director Jim Phillips, now
Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner,
declined to address the Northwestern situ-
ation during his conference’s media days
aside from saying that he never “condoned
or tolerated inappropriate conduct” and
that he made “health and safety of all
student-athletes” his highest priority.
Current AD Derrick Gragg has limited
his exposure to interviews with ESPN and
Big Ten Network, during which he familiar-
ized us with the phrase “legal complexities”
when asked about the absence of high-rank-
ing NU administrators in front of a micro-
phone or camera.
Nor would Gragg dig into the ugly details
of allegations made to an independent
investigator.
“We’re not discussing the report and the
process,” Gragg said. “And I want to be care-
ful about what I say on the record regarding
whether it’s the report or the process.”
Gragg did tell ESPN that all NU teams
will attend mandatory anti-hazing semi-
nars. But he didn’t elaborate on how that
differs from the policies and measures they
already had in place — which clearly failed.
Say this for Braun: At least he sat on the
podium and took the heat for 45 minutes —
and it’s not even his mess.
this thing down, take on this adversity and
come together, it was absolutely critical
that I showed up and stared this down and
started to pave a roadmap for how we’re
going to move forward,” he said.
That roadmap, however, was pockmarked
with statements that seemed misguided at
best, tone-deaf at worst.
Braun is trusting reforms to the people
who — if any of the allegations are true
— don’t deserve that benefit of the doubt.
He said he’s relying on “perfect alignment”
between the administration, coaches and
players to ensure compliance.
He later walked back that lofty stan-
dard, acknowledging: “To think that you’re
going to have full control over 100 adoles-
cent young men, or for that matter an entire
program and all the pieces that go into that,
isn’t realistic. You’ve got to lean into making
sure that you feel like you’re populating
your organization with the right people.”
Some of the Northwestern upperclass-
men tasked with helping reform the culture
may have been involved in or were passive
about the alleged hazing. Braun had no issue
with that contradiction.
“I can’t speak to what happened prior to
my arrival; I can only speak to my experi-
ences,” he said. “And everything I’ve expe-
rienced gives me great conviction that I’m
rolling with a group that will take this thing
head-on and come together to do something
really special.”
He took a similar tack with associate
head coach Matt MacPherson and strength
coach Jay Hooten, whom former players
have accused of witnessing or participating
in hazing rituals.
“Since I arrived on Jan. 16 of this year, I
have seen nothing but a (supportive) coach-
ing staff,” Braun said. “And the two names
that you mentioned are guys that have
rallied around our players and been there
for them. I have full confidence in the men
that are in that facility right now.”
In fact, Braun singled out the strength and
conditioning staff for helping retain play-
ers who might have bolted for the transfer
portal.
While Schill expressed affection for
Fitzgerald in the statement announcing his
firing, even he said the former coach had
plenty of opportunities to know what was
going on in his locker room.
Braun didn’t have to throw his predeces-
sor under the bus, but he went out of his way
to heap praise on him.
“I’ve admired Coach Fitz for a long time,
and everything that I’ve experienced since
I arrived aligned with everything I believe
him to be,” Braun said. “What you see is
what you get. And he’s a man that stood for
the holistic development of young men and
prioritizes family, things that I admire and
look up to.”
What would the former players levying
claims of abuse say to the assertion that Fitz-
gerald stood for “holistic development”?
Braun seemed to grant amnesty in his mind
to any alleged transgressions that occurred
before his hiring. He said he purposefully
hasn’t read the full report by former federal
prosecutor Maggie Hickey that the university
commissioned in December.
“I’ve read the executive summary,” he
said. “And then there’s things that have been
brought to my attention that I absolutely
had to know.”
In this case, the devil is in the details.
Hickey interviewed 50 people currently
or formerly associated with the foot-
ball program and reviewed “hundreds
of thousands of emails and player survey
data dating back to 2014,” according to the
summary that was made public. However,
“due to confidentiality, the specific findings
(were) not detailed.”
But former players have elaborated on the
allegations in public statements and media
reports.
Former quarterback Lloyd Yates, who
has filed a lawsuit against Northwestern,
described one punishment ritual called
“running.”
“We would get ambushed by, you know,
10 different guys, and then they would come
hold you down,” he told the Tribune. “They
would put you in the doggy-style position
and proceed to dry-hump you. Guys would
take turns, and it’s just a very degrading,
dehumanizing, embarrassing act.”
According to Yates’ lawsuit, the “Shrek
Squad,” a group of upperclassmen wearing
horror and animal masks, “would go around
to various Northwestern football players’
dorm rooms and torment their victims. The
‘Shrek Squad’ would then pick players up
and ‘run’ them.”
CBS college football analyst Rick Neuhe-
isel, the former coach at Colorado, Wash-
ington and UCLA, told the Tribune: “It’s
certainly a behind-the-scenes look, and it’s
not the look that we want.
“None of us are proud of any of that stuff
that’s going on there. That’s ridiculous and
should have been stopped long, long ago.
And I hope that they’re making the neces-
sary steps to getting it stopped forever.
“That being said, it’s up to the kids that
are on that Northwestern team ... to say,
we’re going to change the narrative, we’re
going to find a way to have the kind of
season that we’ll be proud of.”
Neuheisel said he advised Braun to trust
himself — sound counsel for someone who
described himself as a “people pleaser.”
Braun has to lead this reform and follow
his instincts. He comes off as earnest and
no-nonsense. And his hands are clean —
certainly cleaner than anyone else tasked
with making over the program.
He hit the mark when he said he has to be
“fiercely intentional about making sure that
I’m observing everything ... at meals, in the
weight room, walking around the facility.”
“How do you build trust? How do you
develop culture?” Braun said. “It’s time. It’s
getting to know one another.
“If that’s one less hour of film for me,
maybe someone else has to pick up the
slack. But the more I can be with our play-
ers, the better off we’re going to be.”
Braun was asked if he considered
turning down the interim job and the
mind-bending pressure on and off the field
that comes with it.
“Absolutely not,” he said. “I hope I’ve
been raised in a way that I’m the guy that
people can count on, that I’ll stand in the
fire with them.
“I’ll run to the fire.”
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Dakyah Williams, 14,

from left, Shauwonta
Fleming, 30, Khyarri
Henderson, 12, and
Dariyah Gladney,
12, pose prior to
seeing “Barbie” at
ShowPlace ICON
Theatre in the South
Loop on Wednesday.
TRENT SPRAGUE/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

RIDING THE

‘BARBIE WAVE’ oers and b u s inesses alike celebrate the movie

o movieg
Chicag “They touch
heavily on Black women empower-
ment, and in a very good way that
By Rebecca Johnson made a lot of sense. It was really
Chicago Tribune cool.”
Other excited fans have been

T
yler Barnes knew Barbie
as a toy growing up. When
he heard there was a new
movie coming out, he
wanted to see Barbie’s story come
to life. And he was looking for an
excuse to wear pink.
Barnes, clad in pink pants and
a pink cowboy hat, ventured to
ShowPlace ICON in the South
Loop Wednesday evening to watch
the movie with two of his co-work-
ers from Honey Berry Cafe. His
review: it’s “rewatchable” and his
new favorite tune is “I’m Just Ken.”
“I really liked it,” Barnes, 22, said.
leaving their Mojo Dojo Casa
Houses (the character Ken’s
renaming of Barbie’s Dreamhouse)
and flocking to Chicago’s theaters
to see what has become a summer
blockbuster. In its first week-
end on July 21-24, Barbie made
$162 million in the U.S. and broke
Warner Bros.’ opening week-Mon-
day box office record. Businesses
in Chicago have also capitalized on
to the movie, giving fans a taste —
literally — of the Barbie dream. Tyler Barnes, 22, from left, Kris Martinez, 18, and Alex Ortiz, 28, after seeing
The film follows stereotypical “Barbie” at ShowPlace ICON Theatre. TRENT SPRAGUE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Barbie’s (Margot Robbie) idyl-
lic life in Barbieland, where she and the appearance of cellulite — horses and the patriarchy.
strolls on pink beaches, choreo- Barbie must travel to the real world “I think what we saw this week-
graphs expansive dance numbers to find her human owner to fix the end was some of the biggest crowds
and hosts girls’ night every night. rift between the worlds. Ken (Ryan we’ve seen in the last several
But when things start going awry Gosling) joins Barbie in her adven-
— in the form of thoughts of death tures, discovering the benefits of Turn to Fans, Page 2

ABOVE: Two children dressed in pink sit in the lobby of

ShowPlace ICON Theatre. TRENT SPRAGUE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LEFT: People gather at the Malibu Barbie Cafe, a pop-up
restaurant with a roller rink, on South Racine Avenue in Chicago
on June 5. TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

KARTIKA PRITASARI/VECTEEZY

REVIEW ‘ROCK OF AGES’ ★★★§

Knockout singers bring nothin’ but a good time

By Chris Jones
Chicago Tribune
There are three golden rules
for a great production of “Rock
of Ages,” the comedic 2009
Broadway musical by Chris
D’Arienzo that celebrates the
power ballads, guitar-driven
romps and heavy-metal master-
works of 1980s classic rock, god
rest its soul.
Rule No. 1: Cast people who
can sing their faces off. The
show’s comic structure only
works when the vocals blow the
audience out of the water.
Rule No. 2: If you’re going to
do this sexualized, Las Vegas-
like retro romp, a show that
now would have zero chance of
making it to Broadway in this
form, then you have to commit
to its anarchic, politically incor-
rect spirit and damn the conse-
quences. This is edgy satire, fully
compatible with an audience
that has come to party like it’s
1989 and it gets away with every-
thing because D’Arienzo wrote it
with such heart.
Rule No. 3: See rule number
one.
I’ve reviewed “Rock of Ages”
a half-dozen times before
(New York, Las Vegas, Chicago,
Chicago again, Aurora) and the
new made-in-Chicago produc-
tion at the Mercury Theater
impressed me the most — at
least since the original Broad-
way production with Constan-
tine Maroulis playing the rock
star wannabe Drew in love with
the conveniently named Sherrie,
fresh off the bus from Kansas
and altogether too interested in
the badly behaved rocker, Stacee
Jaxx.
In fact, director Tommy
Novak’s Mercury production in
some ways works better than
the original, especially when
it comes to the dumb subplot
involving a German father and
son who want to bulldoze Dennis
DuPree’s historic Bourbon Room
club. In every other production
I’ve seen, including that has been
a cringeworthy collection of
Teutonic stereotypes that bring
the show down. But Jeff Diebold
and Aaron Davidson really make
the comedy work, with some of
Turn to ‘Rock’, Page 4 Michael Metcalf (as Lonny) in “Rock of Ages” at Mercury Theater. LIZ LAUREN
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LaKeith Stanfield and Kasmere Trice, seen March 12, are now married. AMY SUSSMAN/GETTY
CELEBRITIES
Stanfield, Trice wed, welcome baby
From news services
LaKeith Stanfield has
not just one, but two major
life updates to share.
The “Sorry to Bother
You” star revealed
Wednesday in People
magazine that he and
model Kasmere Trice
Stanfield recently tied the
knot. The newlyweds also
announced that they have
welcomed their first child
together.
“We want to be the ones
to tell our story,” Stanfield
told People, explaining
why the couple waited
to make their marriage
public. “We’re bringing our
family forward so we may
inspire others.”
Stanfield, 31, and Trice
Stanfield, 29, wed in
private and have opted to
withhold the name and sex
of their baby.
The Oscar-nominated
“Judas and the Black
Messiah” actor, who also
has two young daughters
from previous relation-
ships, mused that fame
“can be something that’s
amazing, but it can also be
something that is very hard
on you.”
“There needs to be
things that exist that
are sacred and not for
consumption for every-
body,” Stanfield said.
Trice Stanfield added,
Fans
from Page 1
years,” said Jim Nowicki,
the marketing director of
ShowPlace ICON Theatre
& Kitchen.
Nowicki said the theater
had “Barbie” playing on
five screens over the week-
end, many of which filled
up. The theater spruced
up its appearance accord-
ingly. Staff decorated the
lobby with a Barbie box,
a pink carpet leading
to the concession stand
and a pink balloon arch.
For snacks they served a
pink popcorn mix, a Pink
Sunset cocktail and a berry
cream soda named Pink
Dream.
“We’re in the entertain-
ment business,” Nowicki
said. “Our goal is to do
something that’s better
than staying in your living
room. Our goal is to get
people to come out of
their homes and cele-
brate moviegoing, which is
supposed to be big.”
Nowicki said the “Barbie
wave” has continued
throughout the weekdays,
with big crowds show-
ing up for evening shows.
He expects the sales to
continue this weekend.
One of the people who
decided to come out on
a weekday is Shauwonta
Fleming, who brought her
daughter and two nieces to
see the movie. They were
decked out in pink skirts,
purses, shoes and more.
“I grew up watching
Barbie and they grew up
having Barbies so I’m like
OK, let’s just get out and see
this film,” Fleming said.
“We didn’t get these kind
of movies growing up, so
it’s like, why do you wait
until I turned 30 to give us
a good movie?” Fleming
joked.
‘Barbenheimer’
craze
Part of what’s driving
people to the theaters is the
“Barbenheimer” phenom-
enon, a combination of
the “Barbie” and “Oppen-
heimer” movies. These
movies are quite differ-
ent in tone and aesthetic,
inspiring lots of laughs
on social media. “Oppen-
“We decided early on we
wanted to protect our baby
as much as we can for as
long as possible.”
She shared via Insta-
gram in December that
she and Stanfield were
engaged.
Kelly addresses health:
Tori Kelly has given fans an
update about her health,
four days after she was
hospitalized for severe
blood clots on Sunday.
In a handwritten letter
shared on her Twitter and
Instagram accounts Thurs-
day, the pop star addressed
her “unexpected health
challenges.”
Reflecting on the “scary
few days” of her hospital-
ization, the singer thanked
her supporters for their
well wishes and prayers.
“I’m feeling stronger
now & hopeful but unfor-
tunately there are still
some things to uncover,”
she wrote. “I’m so grateful
for the amazing doctors
& nurses who have been
looking after me.”
Kelly was hospitalized
Sunday after suffering
from severe blood clots.
The Grammy winner was
having dinner in down-
town Los Angeles when
she felt her heart begin
to race. She ultimately
lost consciousness “for a
while,” a source said.
A cowboy hat-wearing moviegoer dressed as Ken from the “Barbie” movie walks into ShowPlace ICON Theatre in the South Loop
on Wednesday. TRENT SPRAGUE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
heimer,” which is about the
creator of the atomic bomb,
made an impressive $82
million in its first four days.
Elizabeth Coffman, a
professor of film studies
and the interim dean of
Loyola Chicago’s School
of Communication, said
the success of both movies
demonstrates that audi-
ences enjoy compli-
cated storylines and great
production values.
“I don’t think this is
said enough — American
audiences enjoy history.
‘Barbie’ is a mother-daugh-
ter kind of historical film,”
Coffman said. “Barbie is
a historical doll who is
politically outdated and
has been for a long time,
but (director and co-writer
Greta Gerwig) with
Mattel’s blessing, retells
the Barbie story in a way
that is inclusive.”
In terms of juggling
humor and politics, Coff-
man thinks Gerwig and
co-writer Noah Baumbach
Davidson enters diversion
program: Pete David-
son has entered a diver-
sion program to resolve
a reckless driving charge
for crashing into a Beverly
Hills home and will
perform 50 hours commu-
nity service, authorities
said Tuesday.
The “Saturday Night
Live” actor and come-
dian, 29, will likely do his
community service with
the New York Fire Depart-
ment, where his late father
worked, Los Angeles
County prosecutors said.
Davidson was 7 years old
when his father, Scott,
died responding to the 9/11
attacks.
Davidson pleaded
not guilty to the misde-
meanor and was put in an
18-month diversion that
also includes 12 hours of
traffic school, an order to
obey all laws and restitu-
tion that was not specified.
July 28 birthdays:
Cartoonist Jim Davis is
78. Actor Sally Struthers
is 76. Drummer Simon
Kirke is 74. Journalist Scott
Pelley is 66. Actor Lori
Loughlin is 59. Trombonist
Delfeayo Marsalis is 58.
Actor Elizabeth Berkley
is 51. Singer Afroman
is 49. Actor John David
Washington is 39. Actor
Dustin Milligan is 38.
did an excellent job. Coff-
man saw the movie Tues-
day night with her nieces
and nephews — two days
before her wedding. As a
film studies scholar, she
said it seemed like the right
thing to do.
“The references to the
Supreme Court, and Barbie
is single, she rejects Ken.
She doesn’t have children,
and she is proud of her
diverse Barbie friends who
are presidents and mechan-
ics,” Coffman said. “We can
all laugh with her about the
reality of the political situ-
ation both in terms of race
and gender.”
“Feminine audiences are
not to be underestimated,”
Coffman added.
Effect on
Hollywood
strikes
Actors and writers are
on strike, demanding fair
pay from streaming and
Boss feels hurt by lack of shower invitations
Dear Amy: I am incred-
ibly hurt by not being
invited to either of my two
employees’ baby showers.
It’s just the three of us in
this office. Because of my
choice to provide growth
and creative opportunities
for these employees — as
well as flexibility, compen-
sation and benefits — my
life is pretty miserable.
They are flourishing
while I am left with a
hugely complicated list
of administrative tasks,
including being a one-
person HR department.
This is in addition to
managing the many other
responsibilities essential to
the existence of the orga-
nization.
We all know a lot about
each other’s personal
lives, which are entwined
in various ways (through
relatives and friends), and
I care about them very
much. This feels like a
personal rejection. Do you
think I am overreacting?
— Hurt Boss
Dear Hurt Boss: I don’t
think you are overreact-
ing. After addressing this
with these women calmly
and honestly, you should
also reassess your business
model.
You’ve described
your own life as “pretty
miserable,” while these
employees flourish. The
experience of small orga-
nization proprietors is one
of extreme hard work and
sacrifice, but you should
not place your own needs
below that of the people
who work for you. Ideally,
everyone flourishes, each
in their own way.
Perhaps you could rebal-
ance the workload, offer-
ing your employees fewer
creative opportunities and
more of the administrative
an agreement that studios
won’t use artificial intel-
ligence. Coffman said the
success of “Barbie” “rein-
forces how important great
writing and performance
are for great storytelling.”
Because many movies
and television shows are
delayed due to the strike,
local theaters say “Barbie”
will help them weather the
storm.
“I don’t think I’ve seen
numbers like this since
‘Avengers: Endgame.’ After
we shut down for a few
months during COVID, and
then we reopened there
was a backlog of movies not
being made. So this is huge,
it’s really big,” said Ariana
Montanez, the general
manager of Logan Theatre.
Montanez said the
theater, located in Logan
Square, sold out over the
weekend, and evening
shows during the week
are selling out as well. A
theater seats 145 people,
she added. She said one of
ASK AMY
By Amy Dickinson
askamy@amydickinson.com Twitter@askingamy
tasks which you shoulder.
If you professionalize
your office experience,
you’ll create more of a
boundary between your-
self and these employees;
thus you would also be
less hurt by their personal
choices.
Dear Amy: We live in a
quiet cul-de-sac. Our next-
door neighbor is a sweet
widow.
When the pandemic
hit, her son “Brad,” who
worked in the restaurant
industry, moved in with
her to make ends meet
after his restaurant was
shut down. He has a car
that has been modified to
be very, very loud. You can
hear it coming from almost
a mile away.
Their garage is next
to our master bedroom.
Brad has a habit of starting
the car and sitting for up
to 30 minutes before he
leaves the driveway. He
will also sit for an extended
period before he turns off
the car when he arrives
home, which is often in the
middle of the night.
We didn’t say anything
initially, believing Brad’s
tenancy was only tempo-
rary. But it has been three
years now, and he recently
bought another vehicle
that is louder than the first!
Because we have waited
so long, I feel bad saying
something and struggle
with what to say. What
should we do?
— Vroomed Out
Dear Vroomed Out: Most
towns have noise ordi-
nances, and “Brad’s” hot
rod is likely violating yours.
Tolerance is a virtue,
but so is speaking frankly
about an issue when it first
comes up. This gives every-
one the benefit of making
the managers even dressed
up as Ken and dyed his hair
blond.
At Davis Theater in
Lincoln Square, the
“Barbie” and “Oppen-
heimer” double feature
was popular, according to
Jack Richardson, opera-
tions manager. He said on
a typical Friday, about 300
people show up, but last
Friday there were 1,300
people. He called the atmo-
sphere “bonkers.”
“It was like a wave of
pink all through our lobby.
There’s a kind of energy
you feel in the lobby of
that much excitement
people are having,” Rich-
ardson said. “I even had
some folks come in with
the full suit and the fedora.
People really embraced just
how fun and the cultural
phenomenon it was.”
Barbie business
From the Burger King
pink burger to Barbie
adjustments.
I assume that Brad’s
car bothers everyone in
the area as he circles the
cul-de-sac at night and
then sits with the motor
running (this also likely
violates a local ordinance).
So tell him now. Say,
“Brad, we appreciate
having you as a neighbor,
but our bedroom is right
next to your garage. Your
new car is even louder
than your previous car and
you sometimes run the
engine for several minutes
right underneath our
window. I should have said
something sooner, but can
you be more aware of the
impact on us?”
That’s the friendly first
attempt. Depending on his
response, you might need
to rev up your efforts.
Dear Amy: “Frustrated
Mom’s” letter was ridicu-
lous, and your answer was
terrible. Grandmothers
the world over have given
their grandchildren treats
and sweets, and let them
do things they can’t do at
home. You should not side
with parents who insist on
ridiculous rules.
— Upset
Dear Upset: I am a grand-
mother and … yes I do side
with parents and respect
their basic rules when
their children are with me.
Do we enjoy an occa-
sional soft serve ice cream
for dinner and mini golf
afterward? Guilty. But do I
let them open secret social
media accounts to use at
my house as this grand-
mother had done? Nope.
Copyright 2023 by Amy
Dickinson
Distributed by Tribune
Content Agency
crocs, businesses big and
small have jumped on the
“Barbie” bandwagon — or
pink Corvette convert-
ible. In Chicago, there’s the
Malibu Barbie Cafe pop-up
in the West Loop, and a
handful of Barbie-inspired
cocktails at Crio, a Latin
restaurant in Lincoln Park.
Stephanie Guzman, a
manager at Crio, said her
mom saw how popular the
Barbie boxes were becom-
ing in Mexico, especially
the Barbie collection at
Zara, so she convinced
Guzman’s dad and broth-
ers to build a box for the
restaurant last Thursday.
After posting a video of
her dad in the pink box on
Instagram, Guzman said it
got crazy.
“We had an hour and a
half wait for people just
coming in to eat,” she said.
They served La Barbie,
a dragon fruit margarita,
and El Ken, a blue margar-
ita. They also had Bougie
Barbie, raspberry lemonade
with prosecco, and Malibu
Beach House, frozen vodka
lemonade. Guzman esti-
mates she made more than
100 Barbie drinks just on
Saturday. Besides the pink
jello shots, El Ken sold the
best.
“One of the guys told us
‘thank you for not being
sexist and leaving Ken
out,’ ” she said, adding that
even though they ended
the promotion on Tues-
day, they hope to bring
back something similar in
the future, potentially for
“Mean Girls.”
The hype has seemed
to work for some people.
Sarah Smith, 28, said she
went to see the movie
on Wednesday with her
boyfriend since every-
body’s talking about it
and she likes Gerwig’s
other movies, especially
“Lady Bird.” She said
her boyfriend is just as
pumped as her to see the
movie.
“It’s exciting. It’s fun.
Seeing something from
childhood all the way
through adulthood, basi-
cally,” Smith said. “And
especially seeing little girls
now getting excited about
it too, and different gener-
ations seeing the movie
with their family. I think it’s
nice seeing this hit so many
demographics.”
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REVIEW ‘THE BEANIE BUBBLE’ ★★

Tiny treasures, massive workplace drama

By Nina Metz
Chicago Tribune

Last year brought a glut of

star-studded adaptations that
tackled real-life scammer stories,
from “The Dropout” to “Invent-
ing Anna.” This year, Hollywood
has shifted focus to the business
tycoon-as-protagonist. Makers of
jobs! And lots and lots of money.
Who better to be at the center of
the narrative? I mean, I can think
of plenty of others, actually.
But here we are with “The
Beanie Bubble,” the Apple TV+
movie about Beanie Babies and
the company that makes them,
the Westmont-based Ty Inc.,
named for its founder Ty Warner.
The movie comes on the heels
of “Air” (about Nike’s line of
basketball shoes), “Tetris” (the
eponymous video game), “Black-
Berry” (the smartphone brand)
and “Flamin’ Hot” (processed
snack foods). That’s five movies
about the wonders of corporate
mythmaking — some flattering,
some not, but none particularly
invested in thoughtful critique
— all released in just the first half
of 2023. To a one, they lean into
the aesthetics of the ’80s and
’90s, becoming fantasias of dated
clothing and period-appropriate
needle drops. But these depic- Elizabeth Banks and Zach Galifianakis in “The Beanie Bubble.” APPLE TV+
tions skim over the surface, rather
than actually capturing a moment but the script from Kristin Gore ideas; and the college-age inter- But that’s baloney: “We built that secondary market, “we did four
in time and pop culture. (daughter of Al Gore) is not net whiz played by Geraldine company together from nothing. times that in retail, $200 million
If nothing else, Hollywood aiming for veracity, exactly. Wink- Viswanathan, who pinpoints the I mean, that’s the whole point of every month. It was so much
would like you to worship at the ingly — and I would argue disin- Beanie Baby popularity’s online America, right? Work hard. Build money.”
altar of captains of industry. Enjoy genuously — it offers a disclaimer and leverages that to the compa- something good. Get yourself in In 2014, the real Ty Warner
these movies all you want, but let that the story presented here ny’s advantage. the right place at the right time was sentenced to two years’
us note this abundance amid the embroiders and strays from a Each woman is swept up by and boom.” probation. According to the U.S.
remarkable absence of stories strictly factual retelling. Ty’s … I don’t know what to call That’s the whole point of Amer- attorney’s office of Northern
about unions and labor actions. Fictionalize the story as much it. It’s not charm. Enthusiasm? ica? Well, it might as well be the Illinois, his crime was “failing to
Do studio executives have as you want, I say. But then don’t Apparent sincerity? Guileless- thesis statement for all of these report more than $24.4 million
an aversion to narratives about end the movie with a squishy ness? He’s a friendly enigma at like-minded films. in income and evading nearly
the frequently underpaid and “where are they now” postscript first. But then eventually they Screenwriter Gore co-directs $5.6 million in federal taxes from
under-appreciated collective for the main characters, all of each feel the sting of his betray- with husband Damian Kulash millions of dollars he hid for more
workforce that makes all these whom — aside from Ty, played by als and then it’s big trouble in the (who is also the lead singer of than a decade in secret foreign
corporate endeavors possible? Zach Galifianakis — are not even world of tiny plushies. OK Go) and the film struggles financial accounts at two banks
If you think this lineup of films real people, but invented compos- As played by Galifianakis, to figure out what story it wants based in Switzerland.”
is mere coincidence, I have a ites. Ty’s demeanor is unnerving and to tell. Is it a cautionary tale? A The story behind that and the
sneaker/video game/smart- The characters in question strange. He is prone to theatrical girl boss anthem? A horror story resulting plea deal is probably
phone/snack food/stuffed animal are three women who had major displays of emotion, but he is also about a menacing man? None of far more interesting — and tell-
to sell you. Or rather, Hollywood roles in Ty’s personal and profes- thin-skinned and preoccupied it really lands because there is no ing about our systems, and how
does. sional dealings: His business part- with getting one face-lift after mood, or even feelings. It makes justice works for the haves and
But more to the point, rarely do ner played by Elizabeth Banks, another. Is he a canny business Apple’s other business origin the have nots — than anything
these subjects make good films. who is savvy but ultimately person or did he luck into success story, “Tetris,” look like a master- Gore and Kulash present on
Complicated films. screwed out of her rightful place thanks to the efforts of these piece by comparison because at screen.
“The Beanie Bubble” may be in the corporate hierarchy; his three women? least there’s some intrigue in that
based on Zac Bissonnette’s 2015 longtime, long-suffering fiancée The movie isn’t sure, but wants one. Where to watch: Apple TV+
nonfiction book “The Great played by “Succession’s” Sarah to point you in the direction of “When eBay did half a million
Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delu- Snook, whose two little girls the latter. “Ty would tell you he dollars,” someone says in voice- Nina Metz is a Tribune critic.
sion and the Dark Side of Cute,” inspire some of the company’s did it all,” says Banks’ character. over about the Beanie Baby nmetz@chicagotribune.com
4 Chicago Tribune | Section 4 | Friday, July 28, 2023
REVIEW ‘TALK TO ME’ ★★★
When a game turns into a nightmare
By Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
In this movie summer of
screaming pink (“Barbie”)
and flaming orange
(“Oppenheimer”), is there
psychic and aesthetic room
for a dour, low-lit Austra-
lian horror film about
demonic possession?
“Talk to Me,” a crafty
debut feature from the
brothers Danny and
Michael Philippou, makes
an unnerving case for the
answer to that question in
the affirmative.
The premise has eleva-
tor-pitch simplicity in
its favor. A mysterious
embalmed hand, attached
to roughly half a forearm, is
making the rounds in subur-
ban Adelaide, South Austra-
lia, among various groups
of teenagers. Grab the
hand, say the words “talk
to me” and suddenly you’re
in touch, violently, with a
particular evil spirit. You
have 90 seconds to unclasp,
or the spirit makes the jump
to the real world. The risky
game, typically filmed and
posted online by a gaggle
of iPhone or Android cell-
phone users within seconds,
leaves the latest “player”
nerve-wracked, altered —
Arielle Jacobs (Imelda Marcos) and Jose Llana (Ferdinand Marcos) in “Here Lies Love” at the
Broadway Theatre in New York. BILLY BUSTAMANTE, MATTHEW MURPHY AND EVAN ZIMMERMAN
REVIEW ‘HERE LIES LOVE’
Marcos story as artful as
it is radically inventive
By Chris Jones
New York Daily News
NEW YORK — Imelda
Marcos famously said she
wanted the words “Here
Lies Love” engraved on her
tombstone. Good for her.
Her many enemies would
argue that the former first
lady of the Philippines’
definition of love included
corruption, the squelching
of personal freedoms, the
repression of the free press
and at least a tacit role
in the rubbing out of the
political opposition.
But Broadway musi-
cals are works of art, not
journalism, and the new
show at the Broadway
Theatre is as artful as it is
radically inventive. Think
Ferdinand Marcos as a
philandering Juan Perón
and Imelda as a needy,
up-from-the-sticks Evita
and you won’t be far
wrong.
With the 2010 concept
album by David Byrnes and
Fatboy Slim as its formi-
dable musical underpin-
ning, “Here Lies Love” has
ripped out the orchestra
seats and turned this huge
venue into a giant night-
club, albeit with a big crew
of voyeurs in the balconies.
It’s all a nod to Marcos’
embrace of the Studio 54
scene during the 1970s, not
to mention her conversion
of the roof of her Manila
palace into a high-security
discotheque with high-
er-end footwear.
This show has been
around for several years
but is only now making
it to Broadway, and it has
a couple of formidable
assets. One is the Byrne-
and-Slim soundscape,
which is to my mind more
beautiful, more exciting
and more surprising than
any score on Broadway
last season, even to those
who have listened to the
album for years. I hear
Byrne’s Scottish folkloric
tradition in the melodies,
but that actually increases
its poignancy, given how
and a little high. And want-
ing more.
Every teenager’s home
life in “Talk to Me” is plenty
rough even without the
supernatural rough stuff.
The film boasts an excep-
tional lead performance by
Sophie Wilde, who plays
Mia. Her late mother died
under cryptic circum-
stances, and she has been
struggling to connect with
her widower father ever
since. One night Mia and
best friend Jade (Alexan-
dra Jensen) decide to hang
with some mean, bully-
ing-prone fellow teens, for
a menacing house party
attended also by Jade’s
vulnerable 14-year-old
brother, Riley (Joe Bird).
Mia gives the hand a try,
and the way the Philip-
pou brothers visualize the
emergence of Mia’s late
mother, and how she enters
the body, voice and griev-
ing soul of her daughter,
signals both the techni-
cal and emotional skills of
Wilde. We’ve seen posses-
sions like this in the movies
before. But from its elab-
orate single-take opening
shot, which culminates in a
murder and a suicide, to its
grimmest manifestations
of demonic self-injury and
it melds with Slim’s beats.
I suppose some will argue
it’s not an original score
but akin to Green Day’s
“American Idiot,” but no
one will care. The music is
gorgeous. Especially in the
last half hour.
The second strength
is director Alex Timbers’
conceptual staging. It’s
hard to mess with these
old Broadway palaces and
yet Timbers and his design
team (the set is by David
Korins, projections are by
Peter Negrini and lights
are by Justin Townsend)
have transformed the
creaking quotidian audi-
torium with platforms and
runways aplenty. You can
sit and observe the show
all around you or you can
pay to hit the orchestra
floor and party with the
Marcoses. Whee!
Notably, Timbers gets
the performers right up
close to you, wherever
you sit, arguably in a way
Broadway never has done
as fully before; his vision is
a 360-degree experience
in a theater built for staring
straight ahead. And this
is a truly fabulous piece
of visual theater in how it
fuses archival images and
audio of the real couple, live
video feeds, and Annie-B
Parson’s choreography.
At no more than 100
minutes long, “Here Lies
Love” never over-in-
dulges nor does it lose the
audience’s attention for a
moment. Broadway has
not exactly been burst-
ing with stories about
the political and cultural
history of South East Asia;
some of those around me
were visibly moved and
astounded to have such
a personal connection
to Broadway, which had
never shown much inter-
est in a Filipino audience.
The talent on the stage
is solid, musically and
dramatically. Arielle
Jacobs plays Imelda,
Jose Llana is Marcos and
Conrad Ricamora, the
best of the trio, is the late
Sophie Wilde stars in “Talk to Me.”`MATTHEW THORNE/A24
injury to others, “Talk to
Me” dramatizes its varia-
tion effectively.
The young, adrift char-
acters’ anguish feels real,
for better and worse: There
are times when the film-
makers seem to be wallop-
ing their main players, and
senator Ninoy Aquino,
the Marcos disrupter
who was shot in the head
after returning to the
Philippines in 1983; the
airport where he died is
now named in his honor.
For the next few weeks, a
producer and much-loved
star, Lea Salonga, plays
the cameo role of Aurora
Aquino.
There’s another lesson
for Broadway here: Byrne
does not take a clear moral
position, aside from some
mercifully brief moralistic,
pandering blather about
democracy which feels
like it was tacked on at the
end of the show to assuage
potential critics of amoral-
ism. Barf.
Courage, artists! Audi-
ences can be trusted to
draw their own conclu-
sions about Imelda.
Some will see her as a
good and decent person
bamboozled by her
unfaithful husband, a posi-
tion the show supports.
Some will argue that the
old global powerhouses
like the U.S. carry the real
structural blame for what
happened. And some will
see the show as a problem-
atic Marcos rehab project,
especially given that their
son now is running the
very same country and has
a vested interest therein.
And then some will
just dance, laugh and
ponder the passage of time
(Imelda is 96), the peren-
nial global curse of poverty
and corruption and the
allure of the rich life. You
pick your spot and your
mind and senses are thor-
oughly engaged.
That’s Broadway doing
its job for democracy and
art.
“Here Lies Love” plays at
the Broadway Theatre,
1681 Broadway, New York;
herelieslovebroadway.com
Chris Jones is a Tribune
critic.
cjones5@chicagotribune.
com
the audience, just because.
Yet actors as incisive and
persuasive as Wilde, Jensen
and Bird break your heart
a little, while the trials they
endure are making that
same heart race. Even if
“Talk to Me” feels at times
as if some crucial, char-
Rosario Dawson as Gabbie, from left, Tiffany Haddish as Harriet, LaKeith Stanfield as Ben and
Owen Wilson as Father Kent star in “Haunted Mansion.” DISNEY
REVIEW ‘HAUNTED MANSION’ ★§
Talented cast can’t bring this
re-imagined ghost romp to life
By Katie Walsh
Tribune News Service
Is there anything more
menacing than a film
opening with the credit:
“and Jared Leto as the
Hatbox Ghost”? What a
bone-chilling sequence
of words. Unfortunately,
that’s the only part of the
new “Haunted Mansion”
that might send shivers
down your spine. The rest
of this PG-13 ghost romp
based on a Disneyland ride
elicits only yawns, even
when the aforementioned
guest star shows up (some-
what) as the be-hatted
spirit in question.
“Dear White People”
and “Bad Hair” direc-
tor Justin Simien tack-
les the latest iteration of
this ride-based IP, which
was previously made into
a 2003 film directed by
Rob Minkoff and starring
Eddie Murphy. “Ghost-
busters” reboot writer
Katie Dippold contributes
the script, which alternates
between witty and maud-
lin, and heaps on heavy
themes of grief and trauma
in between the exposition
dumps.
In the lead is the
appealing actor LaKeith
Stanfield, who has an
undeniable presence and
‘Rock’
from Page 1
that credit surely going to
Novak who foregrounds
the show’s warmth while
letting it be the way it was
written to be. I hope we get
to see more of their direct-
ing work.
Most of the actors in this
show are new to me and
to the city’s theater scene;
Donovan Hoffer, who kills
in the tricky role of Jaxx, is
an “America’s Got Talent”
alum with an awesome set
of pipes and a very shrewd
tonal sense of what to do
and what to avoid.
The two leads, Kayla
Shipman as peppy Sherrie
and David Moreland as
droopy Drew, are knockout
acters-just-hanging-out
material failed to make the
final cut, the movie gets
under your skin.
The Philippou broth-
ers come out of YouTube,
and are best known for
their YouTube channel
RackaRacka, where clever
sense of swagger on screen
as Ben Matthias, a former
astrophysicist who now
guides ghost tours in New
Orleans. Having developed
a specialized camera lens
to capture spectral images
(a “ghost cam”), he’s been
hired by a priest (Owen
Wilson) to help a mother
(Rosario Dawson) and son
(Chase W. Dillon) who
have moved into the local
haunted mansion down
the road.
The good news about
“Haunted Mansion” is that
Stanfield is a treat to watch
in this slyly humorous
leading man role. His Ben
is wry and hot and funny;
he’s cool and gets to be the
hero too. If only the rest of
the movie were up to the
level of its star.
Every time Dippold’s
script gets a little bit weird,
or the actors color outside
the lines, the film jerks
back to the studio-noted
conventional, layering
on the themes of trauma
while sending the char-
acters spiraling down the
dim, never-ending hall-
ways of the mansion (the
movie is dismally dark and
gray). The kooky Wilson,
plus Tiffany Haddish as a
fake psychic, and Danny
DeVito as an eccentric
professor, try their best
singers; Shipman really is
a colossal new talent who
will be going all kinds of
places, likely not includ-
ing small towns in Kansas.
Add in a very fun narra-
tor Lonny from Michael
Metcalf, a droll Dennis
from Steve Watts and you
have, as the show likes to
say, nothing but a good
time.
Novak and the musical
director Linda Madonia
make use of the band
being front and center
on Bob Knuth’s set and
they amp up the volume
as much as the pace. I
can’t say the prospect of
another “Rock of Ages”
had me salivating, but
the party on Southport
Avenue Friday night was
definitely big fun, even
genre mashups made on
the cheap run wild, and
free. (One example: “Harry
Potter VS Star Wars.”) The
filmmakers’ influences
come from everything,
everywhere. It may take a
while — this is a mission
they’ll either choose to
accept, or ignore, as they
continue their work —
for the Philippous to find
their fullest moviemaking
instincts. In “Talk to Me,”
they’re communing with
spirits as far-flung as kinet-
ically playful Edgar Wright
(“Shaun of the Dead”) and
twisted-grim Ari Aster
(“Heriditary”). Their debut
film’s distributor, A24,
always has an eye out for
new purveyors of modern
horror.
One look at the trailer,
and you’ll know if it’s for
you.
Michael Phillips is a Tribune
critic.
mjphillips@chicagotribune.
com
Twitter @phillipstribune
MPA rating: R (for strong/
bloody violent content, some
sexual material and language
throughout.)
Running time: 1:34
How to watch: In theaters
to breath some life to the
dead-as-doorknob mate-
rial, but to no avail. Scenes
progress out of what seems
a sense of obligation rather
than suspenseful narrative
thrust.
At the center of it all
remains Stanfield, a beacon
of a more interesting story.
There’s a spark of a good
idea with Ben as a skepti-
cal ghost-hunting scam-
mer who surprises himself
when he becomes legit,
alongside fellow fraudsters
who end up proving them-
selves worthy paranormal
experts. But that storyline
is tossed aside for a stereo-
typical dead wife backstory,
and Stanfield is relegated to
merely cowering and react-
ing in service of this bland
kiddie ghost movie.
As for Leto’s Hatbox
Ghost? He does appear,
sort of, as does Dan Levy,
disguised, for about 15
seconds (what happened
to that scene?). Despite
the multitude of celebrity
guests (including Jamie
Lee Curtis), there’s no need
to take up residence in this
“Haunted Mansion.”
MPA rating: PG-13 (for
some thematic elements
and scary action)
Running time: 2:02
How to watch: In theaters
spilling over into the
“Oppenheimer” movie
crowd coming out of the
Music Box next door.
Worth remembering
how much we all missed
this kind of escapist romp
during the pandemic; for
the record, I’ve never rated
a production of “Rock of
Ages” this highly.
Chris Jones is a Tribune
critic.
cjones5@chicagotribune.
com
When: Through Sept. 10
Where: Mercury Theater,
3745 N. Southport Ave.
Running time: 2 hours, 20
minutes
Tickets: $39-$79 at
mercurytheaterchicago.
com
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culture’s oddest crazes is a wild ride. Eliz-
abeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine
Viswanathan each portray a woman who
played a key role in helping eccentric entre-
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Galifianakis) develop the company behind
Beanie Babies during the internet’s infancy.
Bubble bounces between their three points
of view to reveal how Warner’s ego and re-
fusal to share the spotlight led to wild ineq-
uities for the trio.
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Ladybug & Cat Noir,
the Movie
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This first feature film based on the globally
beloved Miraculous animated series follows
ordinary teenager Marinette (voice of Cris-
tina Vee), whose life in Paris goes superhu-
man when she becomes Ladybug. Bestowed
with magical powers of creation, Ladybug
must unite with her opposite, Cat Noir (Bryce
Papenbrook), to save Paris as a new villain
unleashes chaos upon the city.
Family Law
The CW, 7 p.m.
In “Return to Sender,” the lawyers represent
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In the new episode “Winning’s Not Every-
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head matches inspired by the trades.
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great whites that have invaded Indonesia’s
warm Bali coast and learn why they left
the cold-water environment they normally
call home. Deadly Sharks of Paradise
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and shark conservationist Paul de Gelder
as they join a team that is tracking tiger
sharks off a tropical archipelago in Brazil
to understand a spike in deadly attacks.
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device that whisks him from his year of
1900 through a war-ravaged 20th century
Moonshine
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In “Zen and the Art of Midlife Maintenance,”
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Across his long career, Bennett C H I C AG O S H A K E S P E A R E T H E AT E R

regular presence on television
By Robert Lloyd
Los Angeles Times
Superstar that he was,
Tony Bennett, who died
recently at the age of 96,
was a regular presence on
television throughout his
long career. It was an “MTV
Unplugged” special in
1994, as Frank Sinatra was
bringing the curtain down
on his own career, with
guests k.d. lang and Elvis
Costello, that made Bennett
the hip Italian saloon singer
of choice among a genera-
tion that largely wouldn’t
have noticed him before, or
much before — the singer
had been the year before
nominated for an MTV
Video Music Award, for
“Steppin’ Out With My
Baby,” from his Fred Astaire
songbook album “Steppin’
Out.”
The “Unplugged”
soundtrack went platinum
and won two Grammys.
A second MTV special, in
2021, found him alongside
Lady Gaga, who gained as
much cred from the associ-
ation as he got from her.
Over the years, there
were innumerable appear-
ances on variety shows,
talk shows, tributes and
telethons, whole concerts.
There were the “Kennedy
Center Honors” in 2005;
“Tony Bennett: The Library
of Congress Gershwin
Prize for Popular Song,”
in 2017; an episode of
Costello’s “Spectacle” in
2008; a gag appearance
on “American Idol” as a
failed hopeful. Deep in the
20th century were spots on
“American Bandstand” and
“Shindig!” From 1951 until
2023, whatever the ups
and downs of his career,
as he transformed himself
from a pop to a jazz singer,
not a year passed when
you couldn’t find Bennett
onscreen, performing or
being interviewed — or,
once in a while, acting.
It was common for
popular singers of his time
to take a crack at acting.
There was Sinatra, obvi-
ously, and Dean Martin and
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Dean Martin, left, and Tony Bennett are seen on “The Dean
Martin Show” in 1965. NBC
Doris Day, who were as big His biggest such appear-
on screen as they were on ance was also his first,
record — but also Dinah a 1959 episode of “The
Shore and the Andrews Danny Thomas Show,”
Sisters, Mel Tormé and a “Jazz Singer” variant
Merv Griffin, Frankie Laine where he plays Danny’s
and Perry Como. Bennett’s cousin Stevie, who, to the
most significant big screen dismay of Stevie’s contin-
role was in the 1966 star- ually weeping mother and
stuffed “The Oscar,” as Danny’s Uncle Tonoose
Hymie Kelly, the best friend (Hans Conreid), wants to A 75-MINUTE
of antihero Stephen Boyd. quit the family dry goods FAMILY MUSICAL
It was beginning and end firm for a life in show
of his serious acting career, business. Tonoose wants
music by lyrics by book by
but many more appear- Danny, himself a nightclub
ances followed, usually as entertainer, to talk him out ALAN HOWARD ASHMAN LINDA
himself, mostly on televi- of it. MENKEN and TIM RICE WOOLVERTON
sion, sometimes with a few Bennett gets a little
lines of dialogue, almost comedy to do, but his part directed & choreographed by
always with a song. is mostly dramatic, as he 26-$42
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AMBER MAK
Bennett’s scripted argues for his future. It’s TICKETS
TV credits include “The the sort of ripe stuff they GUARANTEED
Simpsons” (three times), used to whip up around DISCOUNTED
“Cybill” (in bed, or on it, John Garfield back at PARKING AT
NAVY PIER
NOW PLAYING
with Cybill Shepherd and Warner Bros., and, if
Christine Baranski, singing Bennett is a little stiff in it, THROUGH AUGUST 20
an a cappella “I Left My he’s also endearingly seri- WED THU FRI SAT SUN
Heart in San Francisco” ous and committed. (And
as Shepherd scats around he sings, of course, in the 1 1:00 am 1 1:00 am 1 1:00 am 1 1:00 am 2:00 pm
2:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:00 pm
him), “Entourage,” “Blue big voice of his youth, two
Bloods” (duetting with numbers, “Without a Song”
Carrie Underwood) and and “From This Moment
“30 Rock,” where he sings On.”)
“Just in Time” and “I’ve Got “This is Broadway,” says
the World on a String” at Danny, testing him, “the big
Liz Lemon’s wedding; his time, not Toledo. ... Do you
walking onto camera — one realize who your compe-
had assumed, at first, to tition is? Can you buck
be hearing him as merely Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, P R O D U C TI O N S P O N SO R S
background music — as Frankie Laine?”
the episode concludes is a We know the answer to MAJO R SEASON Rita and John The Kenneth C. Griffin The Jentes Lindy and Ray and Judy
sweet sort of gag. that. S U P POR T E R S Canning Charitable Fund Family Mike Keiser McCaskey
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Grand Avenue By Mike Thompson

Horoscopes
Today’s birthday (July 28): Rising profes-
sional influence especially rewards this year.
Make a summer shift at home, before ener-
gized creativity inspires new professional
directions. Adapt around changing news or
disagreements next spring to discover fasci-
nating possibilities through study, travel and research.
Aries (March 21-April 19): Today is an 8. For three weeks,
with Mercury in Virgo, work gets more interesting. It’s easier
to find new efficient tricks. Focus on balancing physical
health, wellness and creative projects.
Taurus (April 20-May 20): 7. It’s easier to put your feelings
into words, with Mercury in Virgo. Express your affection.
Make bold declarations. Communicate your love and passions. Baby Blues By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott (Baby Blues is on vacation until July 31. Please enjoy this strip from 2020.)
Gemini (May 21-June 20): 7. Decorate, beautify and add am-
biance. Put love into your home over the next three weeks,
with Mercury in Virgo. Music and lighting work wonders.
Cancer (June 21-July 22): 8. Talk about subjects near to your
heart. Over three weeks, with Mercury in Virgo, you’re espe-
cially brilliant and inventive.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): 9. Network, wheel and deal. Commu-
nication gets profitable over three weeks, with Mercury in
Virgo. Express passion in your work and cash flows in.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): 8. Your natural communicative gifts
and artistic creativity flower over the next three weeks, with
Mercury in your sign. Speak out powerfully.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): 7. Introspection, writing and organi-
zation flourish, with Mercury in Virgo. Include ritual, medita-
tion and spiritual or philosophical thinking in your schedule. Zits By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): 8. It’s easier to work with groups.
Your team gets stronger over the next three weeks, with
Mercury in Virgo. Friends help you advance.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): 9. Take charge of your career,
with Mercury in Virgo for three weeks. Discuss options and
opportunities. Create exciting possibilities in conversation
with interesting people.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): 7. Make vacation or travel plans,
with Mercury in Virgo. Expand your territory over the next
three weeks. Make long distance connections.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): 9. Communication gets lucrative,
with Mercury in Virgo over three weeks. Financial discus-
sions, inquiries and requests can yield fruitful results. Make
valuable connections. Network and collaborate.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): 9. Connect and collaborate. Part- Mr. Boffo By Joe Martin
nership flowers, with Mercury in Virgo. Compromise and
negotiate for mutually beneficial solutions. Share ideas and
invent possibilities with someone attractive.

— Nancy Black, Tribune Content Agency

The Argyle Sweater By Scott Hilburn

Frazz By Jef Mallett

Bliss By Harry Bliss Classic Peanuts By Charles Schulz

Pickles By Brian Crane

Bridge
Neither vulnerable, West deals
North
♠ 832
♥ AQJ987 Dick Tracy By Shelley Pleger and Mike Curtis
♦ 52
♣ 10 9
West East
♠ 75 ♠ Q 10 9 6
♥5 ♥ K 10 6 4 2
♦ KQJ874 ♦9
♣8743 ♣KQ5
South
♠ AKJ4
♥3
♦ A 10 6 3
♣AJ62
South had a difficult choice in the auction. He could pass
out two diamonds and defend at 50 points a trick or hope
that his partner did not have long hearts. South chose to bid Animal Crackers By Mike Osbun
2NT and his worst fears were realized when partner forced
to game in hearts. Note that South had to bid three hearts
over three diamonds,
The bidding: as any other bid would
show a good hand for
West North East South hearts.
2♦ Pass Pass 2NT South won the
Pass 3♦* Pass 3♥ opening diamond lead
Pass 4♥ All pass with his ace and led
a heart to dummy’s
*Transfer to hearts queen and East’s king.
Opening lead: King of ♦ East shifted to the 10
of spades. South, with
nothing better to do, put in the jack and was pleased when
it held. He continued with two high spades, again with
nothing better to do, and West’s inability to ruff the third Prickly City By Scott Stantis
spade revealed the trump position. South ruffed the fourth
spade in dummy, cashed one high heart, and led the 10 of
clubs to the queen and ace. Another club went to the nine
and king.
In this four-card ending, East had three hearts to the 10
and one low club. He chose to lead a low heart. South won
with dummy’s nine, cashed the jack, and led the last heart.
East won but had to lead a club to South’s jack for the tenth
trick. Nicely done!

— Bob Jones
Tribune Content Agency

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Dustin By Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker

Sudoku 7/28

For Better or for Worse By Lynn Johnston

Complete the grid

so each row, column
and 3-by-3 box in
bold borders contains
Blondie By Dean Young and John Marshall every digit 1 to 9.

Thursday’s
solutions
By The Mepham Group
© 2023. Distributed by
Tribune Content Agency,
LLC. All rights reserved.

Jumble
Unscramble the four Jumbles, one letter per square, to
form four words. Then arrange the circled letters to form
the surprise answer, as suggested by this cartoon.
Hägar the Horrible By Chris Browne

Mutts By Patrick McDonnell

Answer here

Thursday’s answers

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek. © 2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
All rights reserved. PlayJumble.com

WuMo By Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler

Crossword 7/28

Sherman’s Lagoon By Jim Toomey

Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! By Tim Rickard

Across 31 Introductory offer? 10 Property that may

1 Shred 33 Plus or minus depreciate, in
7 Built-in part of a 37 Handwoven textile accounting
camisole, maybe that’s a big source of 11 Hole-__
Broom-Hilda By Russell Myers 10 Menu item comfort? 12 Feature of “butte” but
14 Mark who won the 41 Fifth Avenue icon not “but”
Masters and the 42 Spool 13 London’s neighboring
British Open in 1998 43 Assailed county
15 __ Palmas de Gran 44 Overhead projection? 16 Pew areas
Canaria 46 Needing a sweep 18 __ sax
16 Spanish tykes 48 Group that oversees 22 Many a “Mad Men”
17 Feature of a jean jacket tablets? role
with a snowflake 53 Emeril catchword 24 Orchard fruit
design? 56 Get a move on 25 Arizona city
19 Nerve fibers 57 Actress Dunaway 27 “Eh, this happens a lot”
20 Big heads 58 Latvian seaport 29 Burro
21 Center of operations 59 Hunter on a star chart 30 “Michael Collins” actor
22 Settle a score 60 “Go on, take a taste!” 31 Dec. 31
Trivia Bits Jumble Crossword 23 “Hotel du __”: Anita ... or an apt title for this 32 Georgia airport code
Brookner novel puzzle? 34 Wee
Once an im- 24 French dessert for a 62 Highlander’s pattern 35 Higher ed. test
portant stop romantic date? 63 Flamenco cry 36 Empire St. paper
on the ancient 26 Mortgages, e.g. 64 Places for addresses 38 Monte of the 1950s
Silk Road trade 28 Bear on a star chart 65 Email status Giants
route, which 29 Scent 66 Part of a bridal 39 Frosh, probably
is Syria’s most quartet? 40 TikTok aesthetic
populous city? Thursday’s solution 67 “In spite of all that 45 Change
A) Aleppo ... ” 46 Lid woe
B) Damascus 47 Brand named for two
C) Homs Down states
D) Raqqa 1 Beach blanket, often 48 Restaurants with
Thursday’s an- 2 Compañera stacks
swer: In his first 3 Common time for local 49 “Je __ français”
transatlantic news 50 Made in Japan, say
flight, Charles 4 Needlework? 51 Woodruff’s co-anchor
Lindbergh flew 5 Flub 52 Hit Ctrl-S
from Long Is- 6 Wayfarer maker 54 Second something
land, New York, 7 Crater creator 55 Hath permission
to Paris. By Samantha Podos Nowak & 8 Soap Box Derby 58 Bust
Katie Hale. Edited by Patti Varol
© 2023 Leslie Elman. and Joyce Nichols Lewis. © 2023
entrant 60 Ooze
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TV CROSSWORD JUMBLE
by Jacqueline E. Mathews
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Unscramble these four Jumbles,

one letter to each square,
to form four ordinary words.

CUPHO
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ONRIY

LIPRAL

GLIYHH
Now arrange the circled letters
to form the surprise answer, as
suggested by the above cartoon.

sailors, the sailors said — HIP HIP HOORAY

Answer: When the hula dancers entertained the
Jumbles: POUCH IRONY PILLAR HIGHLY

ARROW WORDS
(Answers Monday)
ACROSS 35 ...FDR, HST, __, JFK, LBJ...
1 “One __ Hill” 36 Reagan’s Secretary of State
5 Bart Simpson’s “Grampa” Alexander __ Fill in the grid using the clues provided in the direction of the arrows. When complete, unscramble
8 “Jane __”; film based on a 37 Farmland unit
Charlotte Brontë novel 38 “My Name __” the letters in the circles to reveal a mystery word.
9 Family movie about a lovable 40 Blaze residue
stray dog 41 __ Katic of “Castle”
12 Weak and fragile 42 Claim against property
13 “The __ Girls” 43 Six-pointers, for short
14 Actor Rex __ 44 Dr. Zhivago’s love
15 McCartney or Reiser
16 180 from SSW DOWN
18 Burro 1 Hatcher and Garr
19 Saved 2 Host of “American Idol”
20 “The Crazy __”; last series for 3 Actress Moran
Robin Williams 4 Predatory fish
21 __ Stonestreet of “Modern 5 “What I Like __ You”
Family” 6 Catherine __ of “JAG”
23 “Pretty Little __” 7 “This Is the __”; James Franco
24 Shoots carefully film
25 __-confident; poised 10 Actress on “You, Me and the
26 Formal agreements Apocalypse”
28 __ Oka of “Hawaii Five-0” 11 __ sanctum; private place
29 Invisible emanation 12 Setting for “Empty Nest”: abbr.
30 Dinner in the sty 13 Opening; space
32 “__ Yes to the Dress” 15 Chest muscles, familiarly
Solution to Last Week’s Puzzle
17 Suffix for host or heir
19 Basinger and Fields
20 Lubricates
22 Actress Moreno
23 “Quantum __”
25 Air pollution
26 Cushion
27 Cars from Germany
30 Gilbert and Rue
31 Diamond __; title role for Mae
West
33 Stadium
34 “__, Dear”
36 “Cool __ Luke”; Paul Newman
movie
37 Largest continent ©2022 Knight Features. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. 3/20/22
39 “Please Don’t __ the Daisies”
40 “It’s __ Relative”
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