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Corn Carnival candidates.

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Youth deer season Oct. 7-9.

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PCECC gets IEMA grant

By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press

T

hanks to a $20,879 grant, the Pike County Emergency Command Center will get some updates in computers and be able to expand the facility to better accommodate those involved in an emergency situation.

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) awarded Sept. 18 a total of $500,000 in grants to 32 county emergency management agencies to enhance their emergency operations centers. Pike County was lucky enough to be one.

‘I applied for the grant,” Josh Martin, Emergency Services Director for Pike County, said. “For our share of the money we will get more tables for the conference room in the EOC center, more chairs, dry erase boards, five desktop computers, four laser color printers and five laptop computers.”

Martin explained that there are nine members of the incident management team but depending on the circumstances, many more people might be involved.

“You might need the highway department, the health department, any number of agencies who would need to communicate and have access to a computer,” he said.

Martin said the computers in the EOC are the original computers and the new ones to be purchased will update and increase the capability.

To be considered for a grant, an emergency management agency was required to be compliant with National Incident Management System requirements, have a current, approved emergency operations plan, and have a functional emergency operations center.

“Emergency Operations Centers are the nerve center for coordinating emergency response efforts,” said IEMA Director James K. Joseph.

“We focused these grant awards on counties that most needed basic (See, GRANT, A2)

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You’re

gonna hear them

ROAR!

The Griggsville-Perry High School cheerleaders held their annual fall cheer camp clinic last week. Pre-K through fourth grade students at the G-P Elementary school performed cheers and danced to Katy Perry’s “Roar” Saturday night at the Griggsville Apple Festival. For more Apple Festival photos, please see page B1.

Dean continues family connection abroad

By NICK THOMPSON Pike Press Pike County farmer on his trip across the pond to experience London, meet a decades-long connected

“Grandpa first traveled to London in the early 1970s through a people to people program with the Rotary Club.”

Christian Dean Pike County farmer family, and get a firsthand look at their agricultural lifestyle.

It all started with an exchange program through the Rotary Club.

Long time club member and Pike County resident,

Dawson Dean, took a trip across the pond to England in the early 1970s.

There, he connected with a local named Bob Craven and his family, from a small market town named Horncastle in the county of Lincolnshire, who had a similar life in agriculture like that of his own.

That connection formed a lasting friendship that would connect the two families to the present day. Most recently, in 2015, a member of the next generation of the Dean family, Christian, traveled with his grandfather overseas to the London area. Dean not only wanted to show his grandson all the sights London has to offer, but also to introduce him to the farming family that mirrored their own 4,120 miles of land and ocean away.

“Grandpa first traveled to London in the early 1970s through a people to people program with the Rotary Club,” Christian said. “That’s where he first met Bob, and they became good friends.”

(See, DEAN, A2)

Opinion . . . . . . . . . A4

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Christian Dean and his dog, Chuck, with a combine, a piece of machinery they are more comfortable being around than the machinery Dean saw in England.

There he got to see how his English counterparts harvested beets and peas.

McDonalds locate missing brother

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By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press The McDonald family of Pleasant Hill has been reunited.

After not knowing where their brother, Sam, was for the past 18 months, the two

Obituaries in this issue: Ator, Brant, Hannant, Laux, Logan, Shaffer.

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Mark F. Moran, a author and antiques expert from Iola, Wisc., examines a linotype of Abraham Lincoln for Nancy Grogan last week at the antique appraisal event at the Pittsfield Public Library.

Appraisal event at library very successful

By BETH ZUMWALT PIKE PRESS The antique appraisal event held last week at the Pittsfield Public Library was very well attended.

“We had 22 people bring items in to be appraised and more who just came to watch,” Sara Bernard, head librarian, said. “We plan to do another one next year.”

Bernard said she was surprised by some of the values Mark Moran, author and antiques expert, placed on the items.

“We saw some very interest-

ing pieces,” Bernard said.

Moran is an author and antiques expert from Iola, Wisc. Formerly senior editor of Antiques and Collectibles Books for Krause Publications in Iola, Wis., Moran has also been a contributing editor for Antique Trader magazine. He has served as editor of Antique Review East magazine; as producer of Atlantique City, an antique show held in Atlantic City, N.J.; and as editorial director of F+W Media’s Antiques Group.

He is the author or coauthor of more than 25 books on antiques and collectibles,

including three editions of the 800-page annual Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles.

Moran bought and sold antiques for more than 30 years, specializing in vintage folk art, Americana, and fine art. He has been active as an appraiser of antiques and fine art for more than 20 years.

Not all items brought to the event were for sale.

Alice Cripe of Griggsville brought a broach with locks of hair in it and a pewter charging plate.

Neither had high value but Cripe said that wasn’t her (See, APPRAISAL, A2)

“It was really good to hear his voice. He sounds like he’s really happy there. We’re going to call him again tonight.”

Kevin McDonald Pleasant Hill brothers and two sisters in Pleasant Hill learned he is in El Paso in an extended term facility.

“It is amazing what can be accomplished if you just ask for help,” Rose Richards said. “That’s a lesson a lot of people need to learn.”

Richards joined the search for Sam McDonald after talking to his two brothers, Kevin and Boots.

“About six or seven years ago, Sam had to go

live in an extended care facility because of a brain tumor,” Richards said. “His brothers and sisters, Kevin, Boots, Kay and Ramona, used to call him on holidays and birthdays.”

The family tried to call him approximately 18 months ago and the number to the facility had been disconnected. Further investigation found it had closed and all patients had been sent elsewhere. No one knew where Sam was sent.

Richards joined the search a few weeks ago after hearing of the family’s plight. After calling to all nursing homes in the area with no luck, Richards was confused about what to do next.

A call to the state agency governing nursing homes was next. They were able to confirm that Sam was in El Paso. A little more research revealed Sam would like to talk to his family and his information was released.

The family immediately called the home and was able to speak to Sam for a few minutes.

“It was really good to hear his voice,” Kevin McDonald said Monday, Sept. 19. “He sounds like he’s really happy there.

We’re going to call him again tonight.”

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Grant

(Continued from A1) technology and other equipment to help them serve their residents during emergencies.”

Forty-seven emergency management agencies submitted grant applications, which were competitively evaluated by state and local public safety representatives with priority given to counties with the greatest need.

Representatives of county and municipal emergency management also provided

input on the eligible items list in order to best benefit county emergency management agencies.

Items eligible for purchase with the grant funds include PCs, laptops, projectors, printers, phones, radio base stations, portable projectors, screens, white boards and furniture for the emergency operations center.

Brown County was the only other area county to receive one of the grants.

Dean

(Continued from A1) Though the patriarch of the family, Bob, that the elder Dean first met decades ago, has since passed, the bond has remained between family members.

“Bob passed about 10 or 12 years ago, but Grandpa still keeps in touch with the rest of the family quite often to this day,” said Christian Dean. “With Facebook, it’s actually become easier for him to keep in contact.”

After hearing stories and meeting Bob when he and his wife were on a visit stateside in the ‘90s, the younger Dean decided it was his turn to travel abroad, keep that family connection going into the next generation, and see how this farming family compared to that of his own.

His grandfather had been before. His father, Brenton, made the trek in the ‘80s.

Now, it was his turn.

“We spent two weeks over there,” said Dean, “Grandpa traveled with me. We spent the first week of the twoweek trip in London, where he wanted to show me all of the sights of the city. He’s made the trip there numerous times since that first one, so he knows the city pretty well and was excited to show me around. Then, we made the trip up to Horncastle, where the Cravens are from, about three hours north of London, for the second week.”

When asked how their farm compared to the one he had grown up around, he noted that, due to different climate conditions, the crops were not what is typically seen in our area.

“Their climate is much wetter than what we have here.” he said, “They grow crops that you don’t see in our area, like sugar beets, barley, sweet peas, and canola.”

When asked if there were any crops that the two areas had in common, Christian said that they do grow a little bit of corn, which they call maize, but he had to admit, “it’s not very good.”

Due to the different crops that are raised in the English countryside, Dean was also exposed to machinery that he had never seen back in the United States.

“The farm equipment they were using for crops that I’m not accustomed to was pretty neat to see. What they used to bring up the sugar beets was really interesting.” Dean said, “The best was what they use to harvest their sweet peas. When you see it, it just looks like a

bunch of wires spinning really fast in the front, but it’s a really awesome machine.

They harvest the peas when they’re still in a sturdy green pod, and it can process them so fast. The time between the peas being harvested and into a bag is 12 hours. It was an impressive piece of machinery.”

He also noted that the way they store their crops was different than what you typically see in our area, which piqued his interest.

“You don’t see bins like you typically see around here,” Christian said “Instead, they have buildings that look almost like warehouses that they store their crops in. Inside of them, they use a system where they pump air in from below so that rot doesn’t settle in. With those buildings, though, if certain sections aren’t needed to store any crops, they can use them to store equipment.”

When it came to the people running the farm, Dean said that, along with the rest of the Craven family, he was able to meet the next generation of the Craven farm similar to himself, Thomas Craven. Asked about those that he met, Christian noted that they seemed to be similar hardworking farmers like you’ll meet in any farming community.

Suitable farming attire is different in England.

“They all wore these full body, long-sleeved zip up overalls, which have to be really hot,,” Dean said.

“A good amount of them, seemed to have a lot of interest in Texas. That was funny.

I wasn’t expecting to get a lot of questions about what Texas is like.”

The connection has seemed to make the jump from generation to generation for the last 40-plus years with the Dean family of Pike County and the Cravens of Horncastle in Lincolnshire, England. It’s a connection that Christian says he plans to help continue along for future generations.

“I’d like to go back. Some of the seasons clash between here and there, agriculturally, so it’s kind of difficult to plan, but we hope to get back there as soon as we can,” Christian Dean, said.

Dean is a 2010 graduate of Pittsfield High School.

He is the son of Brenton and Melanie Dean. Most days, you can find him working around the family farm with his loyal pug, Chuck, usually by his side.

Appraisal (Continued from A1) intent on signing up for the appraisal.

“I would never want to sell any of my items,” Cripe said before the event. “I would just like to see what their value is and if the family stories are true.”

Not all items could be authentically appraised.

Beth Stark and Sarah Bernard, both employees of the library, bought items that were unique and no comparison could be made.

“I brought a book I had on movie posters,” Bernard said. “He couldn’t find anything like it. He gave me some ideas of places I could go to check, put guessed my book to be about $200.”

Stark had a baseball

signed by the 1962 Cubs baseball team.

“I think my brother went to a Cubs game with the Boy Scouts or something and got the ball signed by the team,” she told Moran.

Moran said the ball was obviously authentic as were the signatures of Ron Santo, Ernie Banks and other who were on the team.

Moran said those type of items were extremely rare as most autographs are gathered at autograph parties or events.

“That this was signed at a ball game, and it looks like it was, makes it more valuable,” he said.

With no recent sales for comparison, Moran put the value at $200.

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Mobile vet center coming to Pittsfield Friday, Sept. 22 The Mobile Vet Center is coming to Pike County in Pittsfield. Vet Center staff will be in the community at the Pittsfield American Legion Post 152, 1302 W Washington St., Pittsfield, Friday Sept. 22, from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. to discuss VA and Vet Center services and benefits. MVC outreach staff - consists of outreach specialists and readjustment counselors.

Most of them are veterans and are trained and certified to assist veterans, family members and the general public on a first-come, first-served basis on a wide range of veteran issues to make appropriate referrals and provide counseling services on post-war readjustment.

They will be speaking with veterans from all eras and encourage all veterans to come learn more about the VA programs, benefits and support that they may be eligible for, and what the

Mobile Vet Center can offer. The Vet Center program is a division of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

They welcome home war veterans with honor by providing quality readjustment counseling in a caring manner. Vet Center staff understands and appreciate veterans’ war experiences, while assisting them and their family members toward a successful post-war adjustment in or near their community. Vet Centers provide individual, family, and group counseling services for combat related readjustment as well as military sexual trauma (MST).

Vet Centers also provide bereavement counseling services to surviving parents, spouses, children and siblings of service members. Vet Centers respect the privacy of all clients, and we hold information in strictest confidence.

No information will be communicated to any person or agency without

“To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan.”

Abraham Lincoln 16th U. S. President

written consent except in necessary circumstances to avert a crisis.

Operation Iraqi Freedom Marine Corps Veteran John Mizer, LSW is the outreach specialist for the Mobile Vet Center and will be on hand to discuss services and benefits with veterans, family, and community members. He can be reached at 217-306-8108 or at john. mizer@va.gov. www.vetcenter.va.gov

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Ace Hardware

comes one step closer

Workers have been busy extending Fayette Street westward to accommodate the planned Ace Hardware. An official ground-breaking is scheduled for Sept. 25.

New state law allows all hunters in Illinois to use crossbows during archery seasons Hunters in Illinois may use crossbows during archery hunting seasons, including the Illinois Archery Deer Season and the Illinois Fall Turkey Archery Season beginning on Oct. 1.

Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law House Bill 2893, which amended the Illinois Wildlife Code to repeal restrictions on the use of crossbows during archery hunting seasons in Illinois.

Illinois law previously allowed the use of crossbows for archery hunting by persons age 62 or older, and those persons with disabilities who qualified for a crossbow permit issued by

the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR).

In addition, the previous law allowed certain youth hunters to use crossbows, and allowed all archery hunters to use crossbows beginning the Monday after the second firearm deer season.

The 2017-18 season dates for archery deer and fall turkey archery hunting in Illinois are Oct. 1, 2017 through Jan. 14, 2018.

Archery seasons will be closed Nov. 17-19 and Nov. 30-Dec. 3 during the Firearm Deer Season in those counties open to firearm deer hunting.

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Milton Corn Carnival this weekend; theme is 'A family tradition'

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The queen pageant is the opening event for the Milton Corn Carnival with contestants being introduced at 5:30 p.m. Contestants are, left to right, Natalie Lemons, Paige Thometz, 2016 Queen Chandler Hayden, Brooklyn Carter, Quinn Corgiat. The crowning will take place before 6 p.m.

By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press The Milton Corn Carnival kicks off this Friday evening at 5 p.m. when the flea market opens. The theme of the carnival this year is “A family tradition.”

The first event on stage will be at 5:30 p.m. with the queen contest.

At 6 p.m. Jason Schlepper will give the opening welcome At 6:05 p.m., the baby contest begins and the Little Mr. and Miss contestants, all ages 4-6 years, will compete for their respective titles at 7 p.m.

There are eight girls vying for the title of Junior Miss.

That pageant begins at 7:30 p.m. and a DJ will begin spinning the tunes at 9 p.m.

Saturday the festivities start at 9 a.m. with the bird drop.

The pet and decorated kiddies parade will begin at 10 a.m. as does the corn hole tournament. Kids games are at 10:30 a.m. The hay scramble is at 11 a.m. and back seat driver will be at noon.

The parade will begin at 1:30 and trophies will be presented, on stage, at 2:45 p.m.

Power Wheels demo

derby is at 3 p.m. and the egg toss is at 4 p.m.

The lip sync/talent show ill start at 5 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. the Mantz Brothers will play.

Clean-up starts at 11:30 p.m. All volunteers welcome.

Carnival rides will close during the parade and the pork stand will be closed from 1-2 p.m.

Sunday morning there will be a community church service in the park at 10 a.m with Rick Musgrave speaking.

The committee reminds everyone, all times are approximate.

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Local

band performs in

Petersburg

Southern Pike played at the Lincoln New Salem State Park in Petersburg Sept. 8 and 9. Harry and Shirley Kingery, along with Julie and Jaime Sealock, were excited to be asked to play bluegrass in the park’s 500 seat amplitheater during the annual traditional and bluegrass festival.

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Eight girls are vying for the title of 2017 Junior Miss Corn Carnival. They are, front row, Quinn Franklin, Kearson Booth, Annie McCoy, Ashlynn Labby. Second row, Kevlynn DeJaynes, Kaeleah Kindle, 2016 Jr Miss Emma Nash, Avery Heavner, Karlee McAllister.

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The Little Mr. and Miss pageant will be held at the Milton Corn Carnival Friday night at 7 p.m. Contestants, in no particular order: William Pennock, Baylee Brink, Reed DeJaynes, Cylee McDaniles, Wyatt Laux, Gracie Evans, Ty Brink, Tanner McEuen, Sandra Anstedt, Parker Wade, Remi Moore, Landon McCoy, Ellie Pepper, Bryson Kindle.

Adam Dippel is the reigning Little Mr. and Allie Pruitt is the reigning Little Miss.

Davidsmeyer to seek re-election in 100th District State Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer has announced that he is running for reelection as State Representative for the 100th House District.

“Today, I am announcing my intent to continue to fight for the people of west central Illinois as your State Representative.

After talking with friends and constituents, I have been encouraged by the number of people asking me to continue to serve. As your voice in Springfield, I am working hard to bring fiscal responsibility and conservative principles back to Illinois,” said Rep. Davidsmeyer.

As our State Representative Davidsmeyer opposed wasteful spending and repeatedly voted against the Democrats’ unbalanced budgets. He authored legislation to cut politicians’ pay if Illinois’ bills are not paid and voted to block legislative pay raises.

“Despite the recently-passed state budget, Illinois still has nearly $15 billion in unpaid bills. We’ve got to do more to cut spending and pay our bills on time. We need to protect social services for our most vulnerable citizens. To help balance the budget, I support meaningful welfare reforms, including putting a stop to taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal immigrants,” said Davidsmeyer.

As a strong supporter of our Second Amendment rights, Davidsmeyer sponsored

and helped pass the Firearm Concealed Carry Act (P.A. 98-063), making Illinois the final state to allow Concealed Carry for its citizens.

Davidsmeyer is pro-life and pro-family values. He opposes the Chicago politicians’ left-wing agenda and earlier this year, Davidsmeyer voted against liberal legislation that would provide taxpayer-funded abortions on demand.

Davidsmeyer has served the 100th House District since December of 2012, following the retirement of Rep. Jim Watson from the IL General Assembly. He has since been reelected twice.

“I am running for re-election to continue the hard work of balancing the state budget, paying our bills, protecting our values and helping to create good-paying jobs for our working families,” Davidsmeyer said. “It is my honor to serve as your State Representative and I am asking for your continued support in 2018.”

Davidsmeyer was born and raised in Jacksonville, graduating from Jacksonville High School and Miami University of Ohio. He served on the Jacksonville City Council from 2008-2012. A small businessman, Davidsmeyer is Vice President of IRC, Inc. He is married to Kristen, a nurse, and they have two sons, Lennox and Pax.

MILTON CORN CARNIVAL tion” “A Family Tradi SEPT. 22-24 FRIDAY, SEPT. 22

5 p.m.: Community Center Opens 5:30 p.m.: Queen Conteset 6 p.m.: Welcome 6:05 p.m.: Baby Contest 7 p.m.: Little Mr. and Miss 7:30 p.m.: Junior Miss 9 p.m.: D.J.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 24 10 a.m.: Community Church Service in the Park

SATURDAY, SEPT. 23

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The Milton Corn Carnival baby contest will be held Friday evening at 6:05 p.m.

Contestants are, front row, left to right, Jorgia Arnold, Weston Gunder, Roman Flynn, Ryder Evans, CoraLye Wade, and the reigning miss, Merritt Pruett. Second row, Scarlett Smith, Ava Jones, Samantha DeJaynes, Brooke Hoover, Ayslynn Parker, Harlow Pearson. Also in the pageant are: McCoy Gatewood, Kolt McEuen, Kylin Pepper.

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9 a.m.: Bird Drop 10 a.m.: Cornhole Tourney & Kids’ Parade 10:30 a.m.: Kids’ Games 11 a.m.: Hay Scramble 12 p.m.: Backseat Driver 1:30 p.m.: Parade 2:45: Trophies on Stage 3 p.m.: Power Wheels Derby 4 p.m.: Egg Toss 5 p.m.: Lip Sync/Talent

THE MANTZ BROTHERS ON STAGE SATURDAY, SEPT. 23 AT 7:30 P.M. CARNIVAL RIDE 6-10 P.M. (Carnival rides closed during parade/Pork stand closed 1-2 p.m.)

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I would applaud this but I’m afraid I’ll pop even more rivets!

Our View FARM SAFETY

Keep the harvest beautiful Harvest time.

Combines are on the prowl in Pike County as villages are turning out for annual autumn festivals. The crop of apples has already been celebrated in Griggsville and this weekend corn will reign as king in Milton.

Autumn is the time for homecomings and a beautiful harvest moon. Football fans look forward to a nip in the air and a cup of hot cocoa. Best of all, the abundant greenery of summer is softly burnishing into shades of red and gold.

Harvest time. Autumn in Pike County.

As the combines continue to roar, often late into the night, it is once again time to send out the call for safety. Communities once again need to review the dangers inherent in the season of harvest. Drivers must be aware that slow-moving vehicles will be transporting grain to market.

Combines will be moving from field to field. In short, keep your wits about you while driving Pike County roads.

Farmers and their spouses need to take stock of the fatigue factors present with the long days of harvest. Of course, the rules of safety around augers and grain bins are well known, but it doesn’t hurt to take a few moments to review them.

Harvest season is a lovely time of year, but potentially a dangerous one. An extra edge of awareness all around will insure that the beauty of this autumn will not be marred by accident.

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Finish Your Story: By John O ttwell

Picking I

n 2000 I had decided to surprise my wife on Christmas by showing up at her parents house in Las Vegas, Nevada.

My wife was pregnant with our second child. She went to her parents house in Las Vegas, Nevada and I had stayed behind in St. Louis, MO to work.

I convinced my bosses to give me a couple days off before Christmas, therefore, I could drive to Las Vegas.

I was planning on driving all the way to Las Vegas by myself, but then on the way out, I thought it might be nice to have someone to talk to.

A man was hitchhiking at an exit ramp a few miles north of Springfield, MO. I made a quick decision and pulled over to give him a ride. He was in his late fifties, looked clean, and I thought unless he’s got a gun, I could whip him if any trouble arose. He got in and introduced himself.

He seemed personable, hung drywall for a trade, and said he was heading to Arkansas for the winter. He needed

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

-- Thomas Jefferson, 1787

a ride to just inside Oklahoma where there was a truck stop. He would then catch a ride from a trucker to Arkansas.

The total distance he was riding with me was about 90 miles.

He began telling me a story about himself and his cousin when they were about 15.

It seems his cousin had gotten ahold of a pint of whiskey and at midnight they had planned on sneaking out to drink it. The gentleman riding with me said, “I thought too much of my uncle to drink in his house, so my cousin drank it all.”

At 3 a.m. the boys tried sneaking back into the house through an old screened-in porch.

To their surprise, there sat the father of the cousin having a cup of coffee waiting for them.

As his cousin got to the kitchen door he saw his dad. “You mad?” asked the son. “Yup,” replied the father. “You gonna whip me?” he asked. “Yup,” said the father. The son answered, “Well,

Guest Column: By A ndy Manar

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ducating children should be a bipartisan issue. A few weeks ago in the General Assembly, it finally was.

After years of working on this issue and months of intense negotiations, the General Assembly passed a landmark school funding reform law that fundamentally will transform the way Illinois funds its schools. This oncein-a-generation school funding legislation is the single most important bipartisan reform Illinois has seen in decades.

As downstate legislators of different political parties, we were proud to work together on behalf of the schools and children we represent in negotiating the final agreement. Illinois will go from having the worst school funding formula in the country to having one of the best.

Students in school districts lacking local wealth will be prioritized regardless of ZIP code. That means underfunded downstate districts will get the help they need.

There has been a lot of discussion about the imperfections of the bill. To para-

and

you’d just as well whip me now ‘cause I’m drunk and I won’t feel a thing.”

With that, in one motion, the father came out of his chair and knocked his son all the way back onto the screenedin front porch. “You feel that?” asked the father. “Yup,” replied son lying on his back.

As the story ended we had reached a big McDonald’s that is perched over the freeway. I asked, “Can I buy you something?” “Nah, I’m good,” he replied.

And with that ended my ride with what would be my only hitchhiker.

I had noticed the man stunk a little but it took about 50 miles for the smell to become strong enough to bother me.

He was the last person I gave a ride to. My truck only stunk for a day. I’ll bet there was some trucker that had a similar story. n John Ottwell graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1984 and lives in Shrewsbury, Mo. His website is www.

Finishyourstory.com.

A very Bourne

compromise worked

phrase one of our colleagues, this is what compromise looks like. Neither side got everything it wanted, but both sides got something. In the end, this is a transformative reform and a victory for every student in Illinois.

One main Republican concern under the previous version of school funding reform was that Chicago would have received its pension payment through the school funding formula, skewing education dollars to Chicago Public Schools first. Under this compromise, Chicago still does well – like all other underfunded school districts.

The bipartisan agreement pays downstate teacher pensions in full and moves Chicago’s pension costs out of the school funding formula, treating that district like every other school district in the state. Chicago also is given the ability to raise its property taxes so that it will support its own schools locally, just like every other district in the state.

One main Democratic concern under the governor’s amendatory veto of the previous version of school fund-

ing reform was his move to strike several provisions that protected underfunded schools in future years from potential cuts. The bipartisan agreement keeps these provisions intact, ensuring that the state continues to make underfunded schools its highest priority with the goal of eliminating our worst-in-thenation inequity gap.

In short, this compromise treats all 852 Illinois school districts the same and will benefit every school district and every student in the state.

We have had real disagreements on school funding reform along the way.

You probably have heard about our disagreements in the local newspaper or on the radio. But at the same time, the well-being of our schools and the students we collectively represent took precedent over partisanship.

In the final school funding reform deal, the sponsors of the bill were both balanced and bipartisan – five Democrats and four Republicans, including both of us. We believe this reform legislation represents what bipartisan compromise should look like.

In a state as regionally and economically diverse as Illinois, changing such a formula is a difficult proposition under the best of circumstances. Yet, under some of the most difficult circumstances, this summer state lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner came together to stand up for Illinois’ 2 million public schoolchildren by voting for and signing a comprehensive school funding overhaul.

Senate Bill 1947, the final compromise, is a landmark reform for school funding.

It became possible because legislators from both parties and from all parts of the state decided to work together and compromise.

Children took priority over politics, and every student in Illinois is better off for it. n Senator Andy Manar is a Democrat from Bunker Hill. Representative Avery Bourne is a Republican from Raymond. They were part of the group of state lawmakers that negotiated the bipartisan school funding reform legislation signed into law Aug. 31.

Guest Column: By Lee H. Hamilton

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The Coonridge Digest: Freida Marie Crump

Ten reasons to attend your town’s annual party Greetings from the Ridge “Freida, it’s silly. I don’t need to go to the thing. You can go alone…won’t hurt my feelings.”

“Herb, it’s the town’s annual blowout. The homecoming… Lord, folks drive from across the country to come back and you just sit here three blocks away from the park?”

“What if I die just walking down there?”

“Then I’ll bury you on the way back. Put your shoes on, Herb.”

“How do I look?”

“Old. Now get goin’.”

RULE NUMBER ONE: (of annual fall gathering/burgoo/barbecue/fishfry/homecoming): the further you live, the more likely you’ll come. Got a house two blocks away? Can’t be bothered. A two-day drive? Wouldn’t miss it.

“Freida, why would I want to stand in line for a half hour….”

“Come on, we’ll go early and beat the crowd.”

RULE TWO: No matter how early you show up for supper, you cannot beat the over-70 crowd to the front of the line. As soon as lunch is finished they’ll camp out for supper. “……and then you gotta shout at each other over the music…”

“Herb, some folks come to hear that music.”

“You don’t have to ‘come’ to hear that music, Freida. You can stay in the next county and hear every note.”

RULE THREE: Someone has recently determined that our entire nation has gone deaf.

The volume at outdoor burgoos, ballgames, and theatrical events has now approached a decibel level rivaling the liftoff of a Saturn rocket.

“I’ve got a comfortable chair right here in front of the air conditioner and..”

“And you’ll die in it for all I care. Now get up, Herb!”

RULE FOUR: The “I’ve got a comfortable chair right here” excuse is all-purpose and will do equally well for missing church, weddings, and the Second Coming. Don’t buy it.

“Besides, there’s kids running all over the place.”

RULE FIVE: It’s been recently discovered that the major cause of knee injury among the elderly is the abundance of children running through crowded outdoor festivities with plates of frosted elephant ears. Okay, I’m lying about that one, but it’s a good idea to keep looking down. There’s nothing worse than being blindsided by a sugar-powered eight-year-old with white-powdered mouth.

“And I’m always running into happy, gladhanding, overly-social people who I don’t

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he ‘I’ve got a comfortable chair right here’ excuse is all-purpose and will do equally well for missing church, weddings, and the Second Coming. Don’t buy it.

remember from Adam.”

RULE SIX: The more a person’s face has changed in the last 50 years, the better chance he’ll remember you and call you by name while you stand there clueless. Revert back to the nod-smile-and-guess method. Just don’t get too cocky and try the “And how’s the husband?” retort. He may be dead.

“Besides, the bugs’ll be bad.”

RULE SEVEN: Remind the whiner that these are the same bugs that didn’t bother him a whit while fishing last week.

“All that greasy food is hard on my stomach.”

RULE EIGHT: The federal agencies who’ve sucked the fat and taste out of school lunch rooms have generally ignored outdoor gatherings among people who are old enough to vote. Chances are good that your pork chop, your corn dog, and your milkshake remain your constant companions for most of the weekend.

Deal with it. You get the same delicious poison at the nearest fast food restaurant but without the

entertainment.

“Can we go home when I get enough of it?”

RULE NINE: If you can find the car.

“Why would anybody in their right mind stand in line, wrestle with the flies for ownership of your bowl of burgoo, spend the evening asking ‘Who did I just speak to?’ spend the evening sitting on a lawn chair teetering on the root of an oak tree, then come home with smell of wood smoke all the way down to your drawers?”

RULE TEN: Because the great American outdoor food fest and community gathering is still one weekend where you can talk to folks without typing, feast without guilt, laugh for no good reason, and see how drastically your old friends have aged while you’ve remained the very picture of youth and vitality. You can’t get that at Olive Garden.

You ever in Coonridge, stop by. We may not answer the door but you’ll enjoy the trip.

■ The imaginative commentary of Freida Marie Crump comes to us from Coonridge – a town that’s a lot like your own.

PICKINGS FROM PIKE’S PAST

50 YEARS AGO: SECOND ANNUAL FINDLEY TRAIL RIDE ATTRACTS 400 RIDERS 150 Years Ago Sept. 19, 1867 No murders, no robberies, no rows, no burglaries, no fights, no assaults, no nothing during the past week worthy of making a local of.

At the meeting of the Board of Supervisors a resolution was passed that from this date there will no paupers supported out of the poor house.

Ike Pecare has quit painting, bought the Round House in Montezuma, is refitting it, and will in a few days open with an entire new stock, an eating house and saloon. Ike will run it to the clouds when he starts.

The supervisor from Flint Township says that wheat yields in that vicinity have ranged from 16 bu. to 25 bu. per acre.

125 Years Ago Sept. 21, 1892 The Democratic speaking at the grove west of Nebo Friday called together about a thousand people, and in view of the very busy time among the farmers, was a good success.

Speeches were made by five men during the day and in the evening at the opera house.

The sanitary conditions of New Canton at this time are not very good. There is filth enough to generate choleral material to inoculate the whole country. The odors arising from some of the horse and cow and pig lots at times are almost intolerable, poisoning the air of whole neighbor-

hoods.

William Jones and Henry Hall, the leaders of the Republican party in Derry Township have been trying to make an agreement with the Democrat committee to hold no meetings in Derry this fall. Gentlemen, it will not do. This is a campaign of education, and well may the tariff barons and their stripe fear the result. On the Republican side this campaign has so far been one of lies and misrepresentations while the newspapers seem almost unable to tell the truth.

Mr. Geo. Sanderson, postoffice inspector and A. L. Shinn of Pittsfield were in Detroit last week, and they also went to Milton and Time.

be light this year.

We learn that the steamer Peoria will only make one trip a week from Peoria to St. Louis from now on, and that will be made on Sunday instead of Thursday. Pittsfield people contemplating shipping stock or a boat trip will govern themselves accordingly.

Dr. Herb Yeuell started evangelistic services at the Christian Church last Sunday morning. He is dramatic, eloquent, earnest, scholarly, and spiritual. You old crab—if you think it wouldn’t jar your gizzard loose to be really interested in something, take a slant down to the church about seven thirty and let yourself listen to Yeuell.

100 Years Ago Sept. 19, 1917 Seventy Pike County boys, comprising the second contingent of 40 per cent, will leave Pittsfield tomorrow afternoon for Camp Taylor, Kentucky.

There are 14 recognized high schools in Pike County; six are four-year, two are probationary, three are three-year and three are two year. The fouryears schools are Griggsville, Perry, Milton, Pittsfield, Hull, Barry, Pleasant Hill and Nebo.

The Boy Scouts of Independence took a joy ride Saturday night to attend the picture show in Pittsfield.

William Biddle has packed the Golden Grimes apples, and is now packing Jonathans. The apple crop in this section will

75 Years Ago Sept. 23, 1942 Pleasant Hill has dedicated its community honor roll, erected by the New From Home Club. The roll contains the names of 87 Pleasant Hill boys in the service. The dedication was the opening feature of the Lions Club carnival.

Judge A. Clay Williams was the speaker at the dedication.

Ernest Orrill, chairman of the News From Home Club, was the master of ceremonies for the event.

A county committee has been formed to have charge of rationing all farm machinery.

All machinery in the hands of dealers has been temporarily frozen.

Illini Community Hospital

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has made an excellent showing during the first eight months of operations. They have taken care of 751 patients during that period.

Allen J. Miller, who is with the Naval engineering corps somewhere in the Pacific, wrote his wife last week that he had been injured, cited for bravery, and raised to a full lieutenancy, a jump of three grades from his former rank of chief warrant officer. Lieut.

Miller left Pittsfield last April.

Edward and Sylvia Davis of New Canton recognized their son, Norman, in a picture of prisoners held by the Japanese, published in the Sept. 4 issue of Life Magazine. Norman had been taken prisoner when the Island of Corregidor in the Philippines fell to the Japanese army.

50 Years Ago Sept. 20, 1967 Seventeen speakers, armed with statistical ammunition and impressive backgrounds as land owners, business and education leaders, presented their opposition to the proposed junior college district encompassing Pike County and parts of Brown, Cass, Calhoun and Adams counties. Ted Rammelkamp was the attorney for those opposed to the district.

Charles Borrowman and Rodney Dehart have formed a partnership to manage an egg production operation about two miles north of Griggsville, without around 15,000 chick-

ens.

The second annual Congressman Paul Findley Trail Ride, held Saturday and Sunday, was a great success in Pike and Calhoun counties.

The campground at the Pleasant Hill Fairgrounds looked like the county fair was being held there, with over 400 horsemen and women in the group.

Mrs. Donald Parks took her son David to Champaign Tuesday. He is enrolled as a freshman at the University of Illinois.

25 Years Ago Sept. 16, 1992 Barry resident Le Kellum has seen the devastation of Florida’s Hurricane Andrew from the vantage point of a volunteer relief station. Kellum returned to Barry Saturday following a 9-day stint with World Vision, a charitable organization that operated a massive sorting and distribution center for relief supplies. Kellum said when he arrived in Florida some 250,000 people were homeless.

A federal mediator will meet with the negotiating teams for the Pleasant Hill teachers’ union and school board on Oct. 8. The old three-year contract between the union and the board expired June 30.

The Pittsfield Saukees defense had its second shutout in a row while Mark Henderson and Brian Dyer combined for 171 yards rushing, as Pittsfield

beat Highland, Mo. 26-0.

John Frieden, John Hampton, and Brad Schraeder are new coaches assisting head coach Curt Simonson.

Ken Bradbury of Arenzville will sponsor his eighth educational tour abroad to the British Isles in the summer of 1993.

It is open to both students and adults.

10 Years Ago Sept. 19, 2007 The World War II crew of the Destroyer Escort USS Tinsman came to Pittsfield to honor their late skipper, Bill Grote, who had been involved in 25 reunions in years past.

Nine different fire departments and more than 70 firefighters fought a fire that destroyed a nearly 90-year-old building on Main Street in Pleasant hill.

Debbie Dugan, Pike County Circuit Clerk, has announced that she will run for re-election in the February primary election on the Democratic ticket.

Pike County State’s Attorney Frank McCartney also announced that he will seek a third term in the Democratic primary in February.

The Pleasant Hill Wolves defeated the Calhoun Warriors by a score of 27-7 Friday night to win their third victory of the season, and to claim the Oaken Bucket for the first time since 2004.

■ Pickings from Pike’s Past is compiled by Michael Boren.

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that made it their job to build consensus have set it aside. Political and congressional leaders find reward in pursuing conflict and confrontation.

As a nation, we are worse off because of this. At home, we get deadlock, dysfunction, and declining faith in our political institutions. Abroad, we’re seen as indecisive and incapable. So how do we fix this?

First, we need to bolster the middle by expanding the electorate: the more people who vote, the less influence held by ideologically driven activists who are unwilling to compromise.

Second, the President and leaders of Congress have to remind people that it is necessary for us to work together to meet our challenges.

Third, Congress needs to fix its prac-

tices with an eye toward reversing polarization. It should return to the deliberative order of doing business, reduce partisan control of elections and the influence of special interest money, and strengthen the integrity of the electoral system.

Finally, we as citizens have to convey to politicians that there’s a right and a wrong way to conduct the dialogue of democracy. If we want to keep this country

strong, prosperous and free, we need to place a premium on politicians who know how to work together — and with people who don’t agree with them. n Lee Hamilton is a Senior Advisor for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

Thinking about health: By Trudy Lieberman

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arlier this year an Illinois woman sent an email telling me of the poor care her husband received at a large Chicago hospital.

After six weeks of fighting for his life, he died.

“I wish you could see his records and all the infections and surgeries he had,” she told me. “I’ve been wanting to do something about the care he got and just didn’t know who to go to.”

I return to this topic from time to time because everyone is vulnerable to hospital mistakes. Most people think of hospitals as safe, loving places that advertise their miracle cures on TV and build new wings to house the latest technology. How can things go wrong? But they do, and readers of this column have been eager to share their experiences.

Increasingly, it’s becoming clear there are few places patients and their families can turn for help in avoiding bad care and equally important there’s almost no guidance from state or the federal regulators. When news outlets try to write about unsafe hospitals, they run into

Hospitals and accreditation a “veil of secrecy that protects the industry” as one reporter in Michigan put it.

The Wall Street Journal has just published a fine story that begins to lift that veil.

Not many Americans know that the federal government has turned over the task of accrediting most of the nation’s hospitals to a private organization called the Joint Commission, which is funded by hospitals and governed by a board of directors some of whom are executives in the health systems it accredits.

Medicare requires hospitals to comply with safety standards, and they can use state inspections or hire a government-approved accrediting body to show they are in compliance. Most have chosen the latter.

Hospitals have a lot of skin in this game paying the Commission an annual fee between $1,500 and $37,000 depending on how big they are, the Journal reported. They also pay for the inspections, which in 2015 cost on average $18,000.

The Joint Commission awards a “Gold Seal of Approval” to those fa-

cilities that meet its standards. Maybe you’ve seen them when you’ve visited a hospital. It encourages hospitals to use those accreditations in their marketing activities, even providing them with a publicity kit.

The Commission has also created a patient brochure with this reassuring message, “Whenever and wherever you receive health care, look for The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval.”

However, the Journal found that those seals of approval can be misleading. Using information from inspection records, reporters found that in 2014 some 350 hospitals had Joint Commission accreditation even though they were in violation of Medicare safety requirements, and 60 percent of them had safety violations in the preceding three years.

It seems that most patients facing an operation or a hospital stay would want to know that. Dr. Mark Chassin, president and chief executive of the Joint Commission, told the Journal that his organization doesn’t routinely withdraw accreditation of

hospitals with safety problems because its focus is less on regulating or penalizing and more on preventing problems.

And this brings us back to that age-old problem: Should a government regulate business, including hospitals which have become very big businesses - or should it provide information so buyers, or in this case patients, can compare the offerings and make decent choices?

Opponents of regulation argue that providing information is best.

In the case of hospitals, though, patients have neither regulation nor information. The Journal’s reporting shows that the Joint Commission’s inspection process often lets hospitals keep their accreditation even as they deliver poor care. At the same time, the Joint Commission has continually refused to make its hospital inspection reports public. So if patients are supposed to do their homework before undergoing health procedures, it’s a fair question to ask: How should they do that?

Earlier this year the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

proposed a rule that would have required the Joint Commission to make its inspection records public.

The agency cited serious concerns about the Commission’s ability to identify safety problems. The Commission opposed the regulation, arguing it would make its work harder.

Hospitals opposed it, too.

CMS heard their pleas and withdrew the proposal leaving patients in the same information vacuum they were in before.

Earlier this year Ashish Jha, a professor of health policy at the T. H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard, told me he had no idea which hospital in New York City had the lowest risk of safety problems. At best he could only make a rough guess. He told the Journal its findings show “accreditation is basically meaningless – it doesn’t mean a hospital is safe.” n Trudy Lieberman writes for Rural Health News Service. She may be reached at trudy.lieberman@gmail.com.

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Cindy Hannant Cindy A. Hannant, 65, of Jacksonville died Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017 at her residence.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 12 p.m. at Niebur Funeral

Home in Pittsfield with Pastor J. Cook officiating. Visitation will be prior to services from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Pittsfield West Cemetery. Memorials are

Evelyn Laux suggested to P.A.W.S. or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

Online condolences may be left at www.nieburfh.com. Niebur Funeral Home has been entrusted with the services.

Dr. Jerry Brant Dr. Jerry D. Brant, 78, of Springfield, passed away at 11:35 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017 at Memorial Medical Center.

Jerry was born Jan. 1, 1939 in Carbondale, the son of Alvin T. and Wilma E. Riley Brant.

Jerry graduated from Pittsfield High School, class of 1957. He attended Western Illinois University and Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine. He worked as a podiatrist in Jacksonville from 1963 until 1996. Jerry was a board member and treasurer of the Podiatry Insurance Company of America (PICA) from 1980 until 1993, and later became CEO in 1997 serving until his retirement in 2012. Jerry had also served as President of the Illinois Podiatric Medical Association in 1971 and President of the American Podiatric Medical Association in 1984. He was active through the years in

Boy Scouts of America and enjoyed work, travel, reading, golf, and duck hunting with his brother and his nephew. He also enjoyed watching University of Illinois basketball and football and attending games with his sons and grandchildren.

Jerry was preceded in death by his parents.

He is survived by his sons, Mark Brant of Los Lunas, NM., Kevin (wife, Susan) Brant of Champaign, and Doug (wife, Jewel) Brant of Chatham; daughter, Jodi (husband, Chuck) Schrage of Springfield; six grandchildren, Heather (husband, Charlie) Barnes, Trevor, Harrison and Myles Brant, Sam Schrage, and Maggie McNeal; two great-grandchildren, Hayden Brant and Cecelia Barnes; brother, Tom (wife, Sherrie) Brant of Jefferson City, MO; two nieces, Kim King and Michelle (husband, Brian) Cole; and one nephew, Tom (wife, Anne) Brant.

Cremation will be accorded

by Lincoln Land Cremation Society.

A private family Celebration of Life will be held.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Jerry D. Brant, DPM ’62 Leadership Endowed Scholarship, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University, Attn: Division of Institutional Advancement, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064-6583.

Please visit lincolnlandcs. com to sign the guestbook and offer your condolences.

Betty Logan Betty Jane Logan, 92, of Griggsville died Thursday, Sept.

14, 2017 at Liberty Village in Pittsfield.

She was born March 24, 1925 in Perry the daughter of the late Arland Dean and Ruth Irene Turner Wetzel. She married James Edward Logan March 4, 1944 in Perry and he preceded her in death in 2013.

Betty attended a one-room grade school near Perry Springs, and graduated from Perry High School in 1940 at the age of 15.

She obtained a 2-year certificate from Western Illinois State Teachers College, and began a 38 year teaching career at the age of 17-1/2. She eventually earned a Bachelor’s degree from Quincy College and a Master’s degree from Western Illinois University. She had a positive impact and created lasting impressions on hundreds of students in the Griggsville/ Perry area.

Upon retirement from teaching in 1981, Betty assumed bookkeeping duties for the family business, Logan Agri-

Daryl Francis Shaffer, 95, passed away Friday afternoon, May 26, 2017, at Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community in Raleigh, NC., where he had resided in independent living for almost eleven years.

A graveside service will be held Friday, Sept. 22, at 1:30 p.m. in the afternoon at the Smith Cemetery north of Milton, followed by a gathering at the Courtyard Café in Pittsfield.

Daryl will be fondly remembered as a loving and devoted husband to his wife Alma of 57 years, a fun and wise father, and a friend to everyone. His nephew shared “Daryl was a wonderful individual; he made this world a better place.”

Friends remember his sparkling eyes, his kind smile, his easy manner and his way of making them feel special.

On the occasion of his 95th birthday, he was very honored with the Proclamation of “Daryl Francis Shaffer Day” bestowed by the Village Board of the Village of Milton, and presented to him in Raleigh by his great niece Angie Wheelehon (formerly of Pittsfield).

Daryl was born Oct. 22, 1921, in Milton, the son of A. Edward and Dora York Shafer.

A scholar, “Francis” placed first in Montezuma Township and first place in the county in the 1935 Normal Scholarship Competitive Examination (eighth grade). An athlete, he played with the Milton Mustangs and helped win the 1937-38 Pike County Baseball Conference Pennant. A graduate of Milton High School, Daryl began work with Shell Oil in 1941.

In 1942, Daryl reported for service two days before his 21st birthday. After training in Gulfport, MS., he was sent to Drew Field, FL. in 1943, and that fall his company was moved to Walterboro, SC. On Feb. 27, 1944, they sailed out of New York on the British RMS Mauritania. After six days at sea, two of them in hurricane conditions, the group docked at Liverpool in England, March 6, 1944. The group was trans-

Service, Inc and remained at work until shortly before her death.

She enjoyed St. Louis Cardinals baseball and Chicago Bulls basketball, as well as all the activities of her family.

Betty was a member of the Griggsville United Methodist Church, Needlecraft, Chautauqua Circle, and previously served on the Griggsville Library Board.

Surviving is a son Edward Logan (Ronda), a granddaughter Dani Davis (Josh), 2 great grandsons, Fletcher James Davis and Fitzgerald Knox Davis, a sister Glenola Six Heginbotham, and several nieces and nephews, and cousins.

A brief service will be held Thursday, Sept. 21 at 3 p.m. in the Griggsville Cemetery. There will be no visitation.

The family respectfully requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the Community Foundation in Betty Logan’s name for a fund that is established to provide educational opportunities

for students in the Griggsville/ Perry School District.

Memorials may be made at the Airsman-Hires Funeral Home or the Community Foundation serving West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri, 4531 Maine, Suite A, Quincy, IL 62305 or www. mycommunityfoundation.org/ donate-now-2/ Condolences may be sent to the family at www.airsmanhires.com The Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in Griggsville is in charge or the arrangements.

Daryl Shaffer ported to Southhampton by train, and then was trucked to Christchurch, Dorset.

Daryl served in WWII as a Staff Sergeant/airplane & engine mechanic/rifle marksman in the U.S. Army Air Force where he was assigned to the “A Flight Company” of the 511th Fighter Squadron of the 405th Fighter Group. (The 405th was primarily assigned to support Patton’s Third Army.)

Daryl’s company was in these Battles and Campaigns: the Air Offensive Europe, Normandy (after assault), Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge). Decorations and Citations included: Good Conduct Medal GO #3 HQ 405 Fighter Group, Distinguished Unit Badge GO #14 PAR 1 HQ 9th Air Force Unit 45, “European African Middle Eastern Theater Service Medal”, American Theater Service Medal and Three Overseas Bars (representing 18 months of service overseas).

He sailed from France, Oct. 10 to 14, 1945. Daryl remained with the 511th Fighter Squadron until returning to the U.S. to Newport News, VA., Oct. 20, 1945. After Camp Lee, he was sent to Camp McCoy in Wisconsin which was a Separation Center, part of the Demobilization process.

He was fortunate to return to Shell Oil in Alton, where he met his wife, an EHS graduate also working at Shell Oil. Daryl and Alma Ruth Johnson were married Oct. 10, 1953, at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Edwardsville. After 15 years with Shell Oil, Daryl pursued a civil service career with the U.S. Government 1962-1985, working in Administration for various departments in Kansas, Hawaii, Washington, Mississippi, Michigan and New Jersey where he retired in 1985. He was an avid reader, liked picnics, parades, fireworks and band concerts with Alma, enjoyed studying maps, and loved playing cards.

Daryl found history fascinating. His great great grandfather Andrew Jackson Smart 18211870, enlisted in Pittsfield Aug. 14, 1862 and served as a private

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in Co.G 99th IL Infantry in the Civil War and was discharged July 31, 1865.

Daryl is survived by sister-in-law Margaret Shafer of OR., sister-in-law Vivian Lund (Dwight) of Warrenville; two daughters: Nancy Shaffer (Mel Graben) of Cary, NC.; Janet Shaffer (Peter Leonard) of Winston Salem, NC.; two granddaughters: Sarah Hoffert (Michael McGinn) of East Flat Rock, NC., Jessica Hoffert, and former son-in-law Rich Hoffert of Asheville, NC.; many nieces and nephews including Sharon Blackburn Petersen of AZ., Eleanor Shaffer Smith of TN., Mike & Barb McAdams of CO., Randy & Connie McAdams of Pittsfield, Steve & Jean McAdams of Green Valley, John Dennis McAdams of Springfield; and numerous great nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and his five siblings: Earlene Duke (Finley) Smith, Paul Vernon Shafer, Betty Shafer Doolin, Myron “Buster” Shaffer and Mary McAdams.

A memorial service was held at Springmoor in Raleigh, NC., Friday, June 2. Interment will be at the Milton Smith Cemetery Friday, Sept. 22 at 1:30 p.m. in the afternoon.

Following the service, friends and family will get together at the Courtyard Café in Pittsfield.

Local arrangements have been entrusted to the Niebur Funeral Home of Pittsfield. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Pike County Historical Society, PO Box 44, Pittsfield, IL. 62363 www.pikecoilhistory.org or to Boys Town or the VFW.

Evelyn Blen Laux died Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 at her home in Grafton. She was born Aug. 6, 1924 and grew up on her family farm in Pearl.

Ms. Laux believed strongly in learning and devoted her career to education. She received her Bachelor’s in Journalism from the University of Missouri Columbia and her Masters in Library Studies from the University of Illinois. She shared her knowledge with others driving the bookmobile for the Missouri State Library, and also at the St. Louis Public Library, the Social Services Library and the University of Illinois Library. In 1960, she joined Granite City School District #9, where she helped thousands of students find books to read for pleasure, to research and to learn. While in Granite City, she was proud to open the first library at both Prather Junior High School and later Granite City High School/ North. She also helped support her colleagues, serving as secretary for the Granite City Federation of Teachers Local 743.

Upon her retirement in 1983, Ms. Laux turned her dedica-

tion and passion to community and civic work. Throughout the 1990s, she served on the Grafton City Council. She worked tirelessly during the Great Flood of 1993 for Grafton, even as her own home was destroyed. After the flood, she was a strong voice during the city’s work to establish affordable homes for flood victims in Grafton Hills, led the creation of the Grafton Visitors Center, and helped to organize the monthly senior luncheons.

She supported the preservation and understanding of local history when she founded the Grafton Historical Society and supported the Jersey County Historical Society, including the Hamilton Primary School in Otterville. For years, she crisscrossed Jersey County as a volunteer for Meals on Wheels, and she also taught drivers education through Illinois’s senior citizen Rules of the Road Review Course.

Her family, friends and neighbors will remember her for her care for others, independent spirit, love of knowledge and sharp wit.

She is survived by her nieces and nephews, Nancy Hadley, Ronnie (Donna) Laux, Brent

Laux, Mary Laux and Mark Davis.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by three brothers, John Lee, Henry Lee, Margaret and J.R. and a nephew, John William Laux.

Visitation was held from 9 a.m. until time of funeral services at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept.

18 at Gress Kallal and Schaaf Funeral Home in Hardin with Bob Smith as officiate.

Burial will follow at Hess Cemetery in Pearl.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in her memory are requested to be given to the World Wildlife Fund.

Gress, Kallal and Schaaf Funeral Home in Hardin are charge of the arrangements.

Beverly Ator Beverly Deloris Ator, 94, a resident of Albuquerque, NM. since 1950, died Sept.

4, 2017, in Albuquerque. She was born in Pleasant Hill, the daughter of the late Frank and Cuma Jennings Turnbaugh; the granddaughter of W.S. and Ida Sidwell Jennings; and greatgranddaughter of Jacob and Samantha Simpson Turnbaugh – pioneer families of Illinois.

Beverly married high school classmate Homer Ator in 1942 in St. Charles, MO. During the early years of their marriage, they enjoyed traveling to various air bases while Homer trained for military service, before settling in Albuquerque which would become their life-long home. Homer passed away in Oct. 2006.

She is survived by daughters Sharon Seeloff (Philip) of Chandler, AZ.; Carol Ashley (Steven); Judith Grady (Michael); and Marcia Paz (Andy), all of Albuquerque.

Also surviving are grandchildren Kelle Pido; Stacey and Roger Seeloff; Carrie Fisher; Cathy Hoffart; Jaime King; Carlee Ashley-Carnes; Janelle Trail; and Stephanie Paz; as

well as great-grandchildren Jennifer Baldwin; Jace and Kyle Pido; Morgan Gockley; Kelton, Bryson, and Evan Fisher; Antonio Martinez; Zane Burtrum; Allie Seeloff; Amaya Trail; Ashley King; Gabriella and Cecilia Hoffart; Jazmyne Paz; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Homer of 64 years; daughter Linda Bright; son Larry Ator; sister Virginia Butler and husband Leroy; and brother Lyndel (Jack) Turnbaugh and wife Marydelle.

Beverly graduated from Pleasant Hill High School, class of 1940, and from Spencer Business College, in Hannibal, MO. She was employed by the State of Illinois in the early 1940’s, by Dale Bellamah Homes in Albuquerque from 1960-1966, and retired from Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway in 1984 after 18 years of service. She was an avid golfer for many years, greatly enjoyed her flower gardens, traveled extensively, and was always available to sit with the grandchildren and host family holiday dinners. She and Homer were deeply involved

in genealogy research and kept records on four branches of their families. Her activities were limited in recent years, but with the loving care of her children and grandchildren she was able to remain in the family home in which she took great pride.

Arrangements will be made by French’s Funerals and Cremations, 10500 Lomas Blvd. N.E. in Albuquerque.

Visitation and services will be held in the Chapel at French’s Sept. 21, followed by interment in Sunset Memorial Park, 924 Menaul N.E. beside her beloved husband Homer.

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GRIGGSVILLE n Griggsville-Perry School District will be having a Pancake/ Sausage Breakfast in Griggsville Saturday, Oct. 7 from 8-10 a.m. in the high school cafeteria. Free will donation. Proceeds will go to purchase gifts for the GriggsvillePerry Christmas Kids Program.

Questions: please contact Jessica Bunch at the elementary school at 217-833-2352 or by e-mail at bunchj@griggsvilleperry.org.

HULL n New hours for Kinderhook Township Library in Hull. The library will be open from 9 a.m.noon Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

MILTON n Milton/Pearl HCE Unit is gearing up for our annual "Flea Market" held during the Corn Carnival. If you are down sizing and want to donate saleable items (no clothing please) to this event please contact Mary Eustace at 217-829-4016. We will be accepting donations Wednesday, Sept.

20 1-7 p.m. and Thursday, Sept.

21 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Milton Community Center. Each year profits from this event are distributed to the Milton Community Center, Pearl Community Center, Annual Christmas Basket Fund, local Food Pantry, etc. to facilitate our involvement in community services.

PITTSFIELD n The Pittsfield Garden Club wil meet at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept.

22, at the Senior Center. Garden Club Member, Sonya Bishop, will present a program on creative Garden Decor. Guests are welcome to join us. n Members of the Pittsfield High School Class of 1997 are invited to come to Lindsay’s Saturday night, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. for a get-to-together. All classmates are invited. n Tim and Tammie Welch are going to be preforming at the Pike County Senior Citizens Center country music show Saturday, Sept. 30 from 6-8:30 p.m. Concessions will start at 5 p.m. with grilled tenderloin sandwich as the featured item along with hot dogs, desserts and soft serve ice cream. Carry outs available. All ages are welcome

to attend. n The Mobile Vet Center is coming to Pittsfield. Vet Center staff will be in your community at the Pittsfield American Legion Post 152 Friday, Sept. 22, from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. to discuss VA and Vet Center services and benefits. n Fall Library Hour is just around the corner at Pittsfield Youth Library! There will be a Wednesday class and a Thursday class. Classes start Oct. 11 and Oct. 12. Each class meets once a week for 8 weeks ending Nov. 29 and Nov. 30. Both classes are from 9-10 a.m. Please use the side door off Adams Street.

Library hour is for children ages 3 (potty trained) through 5 years.

For more information or to sign your child up, please call the library at 285-5232 to reserve your spot as space is limited. n The Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter’s educational program, Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body: Tips from the Latest Research, will take place from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, at the Findley Place Apartments Community Room. Registration is required. To register for this program offered at no cost, call 217-228-1111 or register online at www.alz.org/illinois. n Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week will be held Nov. 13-20. For further information, please call: 217723-4036.

ONGOING n St. Mary’s Church classes on the Catholic faith will begin Sept. 11 – All are welcome to attend 7–9 p.m., Mondays. n The Pittsfield Women's Club meets at noon on the 4th Tuesday of the month at the Dome on Madison. The meeting includes lunch and a program. Membership is open to all women in Pike County. For more information, contact Ann Rine at 217-285-1616. n Calvary Baptist Church of Pittsfield's Helping Hands is held every 3rd Saturday of month from 9-11 a.m. n Pike County Senior Citizens Center Widows Support Group meets in the Shaw room every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month. There also is a monthly card party/luncheon scheduled for every 2nd Wednesday. The players play Pitch and Bridge and if you are interested please call the center at 217-285-4969.

n Class of 1957 Pittsfield High School 60th reunion Saturday, Oct. 14. Watch for invitation. Be ready for trivia.

n Area senior adults are invited to join David and Charlotte Hamilion as they begin their 11th year of multi-denominational Bible Study on Thursday, Sept.

7 at 10 a.m. Monthly meeting for the fall quarter will be at the Pittsfield Senior Center. It will continue every 1st Thursday morning of the month in the spacious Shaw room from 10-11 a.m. Ample close in parking is available. Bible based studies will focus on the needs of senior adults. A free printed study guide will be provided each month.

n The East Pike Fire Protection District Ladies Auxiliary is asking for support for the new firehouse. The funds used to build this firehouse come from only tax dollars, generous donations and fundraisers supported by the community. Be a permanent part of the construction, by preserv-

n Do you have an old cell phone you don’t use anymore? You can donate it to a worthy cause! We will take all donated phones, even if they are damaged. They can be left at the Quanada in Pike County office at 941 W. Washington in Pittsfield. For further information, call 285-6119.

n Walk to End Alzheimer’s Memory Walk. Friday, Sept. 22 6-8 p.m. For more event information or to register, contact Liberty Village of Pittsfield at 217-2855200.

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n Market on the Green open Saturdays 7-11 a.m. on the northwest side of the square throughout Sept. Fall vegetables, honey, Avon, baked items, dried spices, jellies/jams, pickles and berries.

Vendors welcome! Please call Cindy Lightle 217-883-2619 or just show up. n Home and Community Education (HCE) board meets the first Monday of each month.

Visitors and members of HCE are invited to attend the 10 a.m. meeting at the Farm Bureau building. Come see the plans for the new year. n Pike County PAL (Parents of Addicted Loved Ones) Group will be meeting every Thursday evening from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Shaw Room at the Pike County Senior Citizens Center. Please use the back entrance. For questions call 217-653-6076. n The class of 1961 will have lunch at the Cardinal Inn on the 3rd Friday of each month at noon. Classmates, Please attend. n Bursting Bubbles foundation emotional support group on Tuesdays from 7-8 p.m. at the Barry YMCA and on Fridays from 7-8 p.m. at the Pittsfield First Baptist Church. For more information call 217-335-2961 or go to www.burstingbubbles.org n 12 Step Al-Anon Family Support Group for alcohol and narcotic addiction every Monday at 8 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Pittsfield (Breezeway entrance). For more information, call Betty at 217- 285-6191. n Bright Star Methodist Cooperative Parish (Oxville, Florence, Detroit, Griggsville, Perry, and New Salem) county wide Bible Studies for 2017 will be held every Tuesday at New Salem UMC at 8:30 a.m., 10:15 a.m. at Griggsville UMC, and 6:30 p.m. at Perry UMC. This is absolutely free and everyone in Pike County are welcome to attend. Questions? Call Pastor Dave at 217-833-2575. n Free meals served every third Saturday of each month at the Pittsfield United Methodist Church from 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Everyone is welcome. Carry-outs are available. n A non-denominational, Bible class meets for one hour on Tuesdays, 2:30 p.m., at the Findley Place Apartments. Dr. Calvin Warpula is leading a study of the book of Romans. Everyone is invited. n Set Free is a non-traditional recovery program for adults (ages 18+), based on doing life together. Join us for Set Free every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Pittsfield Assembly of God. There is free childcare, from birth-6th grade.

Learn more: Set Free Recovery Group on Facebook.com. n The Pittsfield Masonic Lodge meets the second Monday of every month at the Masonic Lodge. n Meals Plus for Seniors serves lunch at noon, Mon. through Fri. at Findley Place. Over 60, meals are based on donations. Call Connie by 8:50 a.m. on the day you would like to make reservations at 217-285-6150. Milk and bread offered with every meal.

OUT-OF-COUNTY n Divorce Care, a 13-week course dealing with all the emotion, trauma, and confusion surrounding divorce will be held at Madison Park Christian Church in Quincy beginning Monday, Aug. 7 and running for 13 weeks.

The event starts at 6:30 p.m. and is free, but registration is desirable. You may sign on the Church's website, www.madisonparkchurch.com or by calling the church office at 217-222-2529. n The Clayton Christian Church and First Christian Church of Mt. Sterling will be celebrating worship at the Mt. Sterling Fall Festival worship service at the Mt. Sterling American Legion Sunday, Oct. 1 at 10 a.m.

Featured speaker for the service will be Joel Penton. There will be no worship service at Clayton at 8:30 a.m. or Mt. Sterling at 10 a.m. so that the church can participate in the community worship. For more information contact Pastor Steve Surratt at the First Christian Church or Pastor Aaron Foster of the First Baptist Church.

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PCS names first students of the month for the year 3-5 Student of the Month Aniah Quincy - Her nominating teacher said these things of her: “This young lady has been a model student as she enters the classroom each time by turning in her assignments, going to her seat, and remaining there quietly. Also, she reads her AR book anytime she has down time. She does not have to be told, she does it on her own. She is very polite and she has been doing quality work.

Very shy little girl, easy to miss because she is not one to stand out. This nomination would do wonders for her self-esteem.”

stand out in middle school.

He had hearing aids and was much smaller than his classmates.

I was encouraging the student to engage the “new kid” in some way in conversation or to include them in their activity at recess. “Look beyond what’s on the outside to find out about the person INSIDE,” I said. The next day while in line for lunch, the “new kid” was in line between the student I had spoken to and this nominee. The student I had spoken with was trying to come up with something to say to the “new kid”, but just didn’t know how to proceed. And then my nominee matter-of-factly 6-8 Student of the turned around in line to Month the “new kid” and told him Brennan Tomhave - nom- “his shirt was cool.” That inating teacher said this of small comment led to an him: entire conversation as both “This candidate has were waiting in the neverbeen honored before, but ending lunch line. As I his kindness and ability to thought about that story, I work with all other students couldn’t help but remember is unmatched in this school. how hard the lunch room I had a conversation with a is for new kids.... they student regarding a “new might be thinking who will kid” that joined our school talk to me? what if no one this year. The “new kid” talks to me? where will i had a couple of physical sit? what if i sit and othcharacteristics that may ers move away? And then

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Brennan Tomhave Super kid!” Brennan was nominated by two different teachers.

Other nominees included: Josie Pennock, Molly Daniels, Tori Waters, Logan Lumley, Chloe Stone, Laykin Ebbing, Jackson Viele, Liesel Davidsmeyer, Rhett Springer, Reece Miller, Carter Klatt, Amber Proffitt, Daxton Nutter.

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2017 Apple Festival babies are left to right girl Hadleigh Suratt who is the daughter of Bradley Suratt and Courtney Higgins. Apple Festival baby boy is Colby Berry the son of Brianna Higgins.Â

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2017 Apple Festival Queen Pageant Royalty are left to right: Mary Nash who took home Best Orator and Most Photogenic, Ashlyn Crone who was 2nd Runner Up, Alana Daniels who was crowned Queen along with the Apple Princess award, and Jennifer Bingham was 1st Runner Up. Alana is the 17 year old daughter of Angie Daniels of Perry. Â The community scholarship was divided between all 6 contestants.

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Olivia Hobbs takes the 2nd place trophy for division 2 at the Apple Festival on behalf of the Saukees marching band.

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The Pikeland Community School Band took second place at the Griggsville Apple Festival Saturday.

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Little Johnny Appleseed went to Bryson Bloxam the son of Brycen Kelley and Little Miss Apple Blossom is Audrie Sidwell the daughter of Carla and Jason Sidwell.

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Good crowd, good times at Pence reunion Raffle tickets being sold to help Christianer family The Pence family had their annual reunion Saturday and 22 family members attended. The group played games, visited, had a good dinner and everyone enjoyed themselves.

Please pray for Doris Foster and her family, Bob and Michelle. Her son Gary

McNulty and Bob and Michelle’s brother is critically ill in California.

Happy Birthday to Michaela Pence, who will turn 17 Sept.

28. She is the daughter of Mike and April Pence of Payson.

We ate at the Roadside Grub on U.S. 54 in Louisiana, Mo.

By FRANCES PENCE 217-242-3511 last week. It was really good. It is very nice place to eat.

That’s all for this week, have a good one and God Bless!!

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and other area news Parade royalty, please make signs bigger, bolder Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Pike County Senior Center in Pittsfield, Tim and Tammie Welch will be having a concert from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. Concessions to purchase will be available.

Come on out for a good evening of entertainment.

This is my favorite time of year.The air is crisp, especially in the morning.

And I enjoy standing outside in the country and hear the leaves on the ripe corn rattle, just waiting to be picked.

Besides enjoying this season, I enjoy being in uptown Pittsfield through the noon hour, Monday - Friday, (not sure about on weekends) and listening to the old hymns that are being played from the United Methodist Church.

I understand around 5 p.m. each of those evenings you can hear hymns too. No better place to live than Pike County.

I was asked to please put this suggestion in to all the people who participate in any of our local festival parades.Please make the lettering on those signs that are on the sides of the vehicles much, much larger so they can easily be read.

I was told that they would like to know who each of those queens / princesses / junior misses, etc. are, but with the lettering so small and light in color, that they didn’t have a clue.

If you see any information that needs to be changed on the birthdays and anniversaries, please give me a call.

Birthdays and anniversaries last week Sept.

13 -Dan Blacketer; Sept. 14 -Cathryn Myers, Creighton Ruble, Jerome York, George and Kim Gregson, Jacob and Alta Mast; Sept.

15 -- Amy Roland, Ryan Dice, Imogene and Russell Harris Sept. 16 -- Diana Gregory, Pam Myers, Robin Blacketer; Sept. 17 -- Nolan Baker, Thomas Brown Sept. 18 -- Bill Dean, Jamie Wintjen; Sept. 19 -- Ashley Brown, Lindsey Myers, Lucus Ruble, Michael Troxell, Tristan Rudd Prayer request list April Myers, Bob Garner, Byron Wankel, Brother Joe Gammon, Christine Henthorn, Connie McFall, Dianna Ruble, Emma Burrows, Ed Thomas, Frances Larson, Jack Kirk, Jerry Gully, Josh Bennett, Kaitlyn Fletcher, Larry Armistead, Mark Welch, Mike Peters, Mary Crane, Patty Flowers, Pastor Gary Dice, Rachel Burrows, Richard Kindle, Radar Grim, Roger Robbins, Roger Bonnett, Roger Woods, Sue Yackley, Steve Manker, Ted Waddell, Tom Barger, Valerie Cooper, Wayne Robbins, several unspoken requests, and President Trump and God’s guidance in all his many decisions he makes in behalf of our country and our military and the United States of America.

Continue to pray for the state of Texas and the survivors of Hurricane Harvey. Please pray for all the people affected by Hurricane Irma and all the workers trying to help with the people as well as the building back of all the areas that were hit.

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. Psalm 147:5 May God continue to bless you with His guidance, His love, His mercy, and His forgiveness. God is forever with us.

Trivia questions for last week 1. How many men did Cornelius send to see Apostle Peter in Joppa?

2. When you are describing the intelligence quotient of a person, you are describing the person’s what?

3. How many times did the sheet with beasts appear before Apostle Peter in a vision?

4. Where is the smallest republic in the world?

5.

While Apostle Peter was speaking with Cornelius and his friends and family, what fell on the people?

6. What animal washes its food?

Low impact exercise class take place Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 11 a.m. at the Findley Place Apartments on Jefferson Street in Pittsfield in the common area. These are totally free and everyone is welcome to attend.Give it a whirl! You might like it and the fellowship is great!

Never too early to start collecting General Mills boxtops for our schools.

Check with the various schools to see which ones collect those.

I know Pikeland and South do Pittsfield, as well as Grace Baptist Academy.

Recycling is still going strong in west Pittsfield across from the Bowling Alley on Fridays from 9:30 - 1:30. Only things you need to separate are newspapers. Everything else can be grouped together.

East Pike Lending Library is the place to be on Saturdays from 9 a.m.

- 1p.m.You can browse through books galore and either check some out or look through the stacks of give-away books and take as many as you want of those. Start stocking up for your winter reading.

Can’t get out of the house because of icy roads, but you can stay in and read a good book. Encourage Everyone To Read!

Trivia Answers from Last Week: 1. How many men did Cornelius send to see Apostle Peter in Joppa? (3) 2. When you are describing the intelligence quotient of a person, you are describing the person’s what? (IQ) 3. How many times did the sheet with beasts appear before Apostle Peter in a vision? (3 times) 4. Where is the smallest republic in the world? (in central Italy - San Marino) 5.

While Apostle Peter was speaking with Cornelius and his friends and family, what fell on the people? (Holy Ghost) 6. What animal washes its food? (Raccoon) News is always appreciated for this column. Give me a call at the number above with your news.

Birthdays and anniversaries for This Week: Sept. 20 -- Rachel (Dean) Smith, Cory and Holly Young, Randy and Sally Garner; Sept. 21 -Trish Doyle Sept. 22 -- Don Ogle, Paul Roland; Sept. 23 -Bob Lipcamon, Jeff Fesler, Jon Webel, Mary Cobb, Shevi McCoy Sept. 24 -- Avery Bradshaw, Edith Turner, Jaime Syrcle, Luke Smith, Rosalee McDannnold; Sept.

25 -- Melissa Johnston, Troy Garner; Sept. 26 -Mckenzie Gwartney Congratulations to Elaine and Catlin Young of Springfield on the birth of their first born child Jamie Dwayne Young, born on Aug. 2 at home.Everyone is doing fine. Local maternal

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grandparents are Chris and Steve Shafer of Griggsville.

Wednesday, September 6th, Les Garner, Max Self, and Genny Hayden, all of Pittsfield, and Gerry Rowe of Godfrey all went to Springfield, to spend the day with Edna Thompson.

They all enjoyed a potluck meal and plenty of visiting.

Friday evening, Sept.

8. Susan and Norman Shaw went with Steve and I to supper at the Atlas Cafe followed by a trip to Louisiana to the Dairy Queen where we visited the evening away.

Shirley Stinson enjoyed an evening with friends in Palmyra, Missouri, Saturday evening, Sept. 9, to hear Garold and Janet Shoemaker sing with the Parrish Country Music Show.

Steve, Wess, and I really enjoyed our meal at the Pike County Senior Center Thursday, Sept. 14.The fish (buffalo and catfish) was excellent as well as all the sides to go along with it.Keep in mind that this is a monthly fundraiser for the Center and is always the second Thursday of each month. The cost which is extremely reasonable, considering everything you get with the meal (fish, sides, dessert, and drink).

Next Fish Fry is Oct. 12.

Mark your calendars!!

Some of you know and most of you don’t, but I recently had surgery Carpal tunnel, trigger finger, and a small cyst removed all on my right arm.Everything went well and stitches are now removed.Those things drove me crazy.

Trivia Questions for This Week: 1. How many soldiers did King Herod put to guard Peter when he was put in prison?

2. Which U.S. President taught in a school for the blind?

3. How many angels came to escort Peter out of prison?

4. How much does a gallon of water weigh?

5. People of the church were praying for Peter in prison as a group in whose house?

6. When Peter knocked on the door of this house in question 5, who was the first to arrive but would not open the gate?

May you all have a great week! God bless.

Jamie Smith Kattelman is donating a farm house table to raffle off to raise money to help Nathan and Kyndle (Puterbaugh) Christianer with travel cost and medical costs involved with their son Bryar.

Tickets are a dollar each or six for five. The table will be unfinished until winner is drawn on September 30. Contact me and I will put you in touch with someone.

Dean Spann will be teaching a Hunter Education course on September 29 and 30 at the Pike Calhoun Sportsman’s Club in rural Pleasant Hill. It will be from 6 pm to 9 pm on the 29 and from 8 am to 4 pm on the

30. Please contact him at 217491-2436 or vpspann@gmail. com to register.

Oct. 14 is kids day a the Pike Calhoun Sportsman’s Club.

There will be a safety meeting prior to the shoot and will break for lunch. The club will be supplying lunch. Parental supervision of children is required during the event.

Kathy McBride pieced a gorgeous queen size square quilt (100 by 100) and it was professionally quilted. It is being raffled off for the Assembly of God’s Woman’s Ministry. The groups does many service projects for the area. If you are interested in tickets, they are $1

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each, 6 for $5, 12 for $10, 18 for$15, or 24 for $20. Kathy will have the quilt displayed at the Fairfield Library on October 11 from 1 until 6 p.m. The drawing will be October 28.

The high school football team won the Oaken Bucket on Friday night. Their next varsity game is Friday night versus Greenfield. It is homecoming.

Their next home game is 9-29 with Carrolton.

Milton

Milton Corn Carnival and extra events this weekend The Douglas Cemetery Board is taking preorders of cinnamon rolls which will be ready for pick up Saturday, Sept. 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Milton Christian Church parking lot. No rolls will be sold during the Corn Carnival. Orders need to consist of at least half a dozen or more. To place orders call 217- 723-4044 by noon, Sept. 21.

Again this year at the Milton Corn Carnival is the bingo stand. Minimum prize value is $10. Hours are from 6-9 p.m. Friday and 3-7 p.m.

Saturday.

This year, at the Corn Carnival parade, the first place prize for the Family Float winner will be $250!

Milton / Pearl HCE Unit is gearing up for our annual “Flea Market” held during

the Corn Carnival. If you are down sizing and want to donate sellable items ( no clothing please ) to this event please contact Mary Eustace at 217-829-4016 We will be accepting donations Wednesday, Sept. 20 fromm 1 -7 p.m. and Thursday, Sept.

21 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Milton Community Center. Each year profits from this event are distributed to the Milton Community Center, Pearl CommunityCenter, Annual Christmas Basket Fund, local Food Pantry etc. to facilitate our involvement in community services.

The next youth fishing event with Milton Christian Church will be Saturday, Sept. 30, 9-11. Meet on the west side of the square.

Saturday, Oct. 7, the

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Milton Christian Church Youth Fishing League will be hosting a fish and chicken fry at the DeVries pond near Milton. More info will follow.

The community hay ride sponsored by the Milton Christian Church is fast approaching. Mark your calendars for the family event Sunday, Oct. 15. If you wish to join the wagon ride to the river, the wagons leave the church parking lot at 5 p.m., or you can join us for hot dogs and s’mores at the river. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.

Griggsville

Volley for Hope is Oct. 2 at GPHS The Griggsville Day unit of HCE will meet Thursday, Sept. 21 in the home of Barbara Dunham beginning at 1 p.m. Note the change of time. We will fill out our new program books so you may want to bring your calendar.

Volley for Hope will be Monday, Oct. 2 at the Lady Tornadoes home volleyball game. The annual basket raffle will also be held that night. Raffle tickets will be sold closer to the event date. If you would like to donate a basket to be raffled off, you will need to bring your basket to the Griggsville school office

by Wednesday, Sept. 27.

Twenty-four descendants of early Pike County settler, Charles Dorsey, met Sunday, Sept. 17 at the Perry Methodist Church basement for the Dorsey Reunion. Attendees came from Perry, Pittsfield, Beardstown, Liberty, Concord, and Springfield, Illinois, and Kansas City, Mo. After a delicious pot-luck meal, there was discussion of family history. A collection was taken to go to the DorseyBrowning Cemetery.

Charles Dorsey was born in North Carolina and came to Pike County

in 1931, eventually settling in the Perry area.

He had eleven children.

Their main profession was as livestock farmers, raising award-winning cattle, sheep, hogs and horses.

The Dorsey’s owned a substantial amount of farmland on the North side of Perry.

Our deepest sympathy is extended toward the family of Betty Logan who passed away Thursday, Sept. 14 at Liberty Village in Pittsfield. Betty made an impact on hundreds of peoples lives, whether it be as their school teacher or simply by being greeted by her warm smile.

Cleve and Susanne Curry’s family had a nice Apple Festival week-end.

Rachel and Eric Long’s family, Justin and Joelle Curry and children, and Sarah and Trenton Hancock attended the parade. The grandchildren rode in the parade with Grandma and Grandpa with Blackjack pulling the buggy. Susanne especially appreciates the generosity of several third and fourth grade parents donating large amounts of baked goods for the music department at the auction Saturday night. A special thanks to Ed Logan for purchasing the big basket,

By NADINE KESSINGER 217-407-4502 kessy@casscomm.com

and Kim and Lynn Curry for getting top bid on two smaller baskets. It will help the Music Boosters’ funding for things needed in the Griggsville/Perry music classes. Thanks to all who helped with this.

Congratulations to all the Apple Festival royalty!

The winners are as follows: in the queen contest- Apple Princess (Congeniality)Alana Daniels, Best Orator Award- Mary Nash, Photogenic Award- Mary Nash, second runner upAshlyn Crone, first runner-up, Jennifer Bingham, Queen- Alana Daniels.

This year’s Little Johnny Appleseed is Bryson Bloxam and Little Miss Apple Blossom is Audrie Sidwell.

Close to a billion people, one-eight of the worlds population still live in hunger. Each year two million children die through malnutrition. We are eating too much while others starve.- Jonathan Sacks

Go Play In The Street!

5K Run/Walk and 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk

Saturday, October 14 8 a.m.

Greenfield, Illinois

Questions??

call Patty Thaxton, 217.368.2500 or goplayinthestreet.org

And Tot Trot!

Hosted by “Just Good Friends” in support of cancer research 5K/1 Mile Entry Fee: $20 by October 2/$25 Day of event (fees are nonrefundable) Tech shirts guaranteed for the first 100 registrants! Finisher’s Medal for all participants

Tot Trot Entry Fee: $5 by October 2 /$10 Day of event

Jerseyville Manor

Campbell 5K Awards: Top 5K overall male & female; first and second male & female in age groups: Publications 13 & under, 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+ Tot Trot: Finisher’s Medal and T-shirt for all participants; open to children 3 - 6 years old Race Day Registration: October 14, 6:30 - 7:30 a.m., in church parking lot Location: Charity Southern Baptist Church, NW corner of Rt. 267 and Prairie St., Greenfield, IL -- 25 mi. south of Jacksonville or 3 mi. north of 267/108 junction; Prairie is the first street on north end of town.

Please cut on dotted line and return this portion, including signed waiver and check payable to “Just Good Friends” to: Go Play in the Street, c/o Patty Thaxton, RR#1 Box 70, Greenfield, IL 62044 Registering for: ____5K ___1 Mile ___Trot Name 5k/1Mile:_________________________________________ Age: (on 10/14/17) _______ Name (Tot Trot):_________________________________________ Age: (on 10/14/17) _______ Address:_______________________________________ Phone:________________ City/State/Zip: _________________________________ e-mail:__________________________________ 5k/1Mile Gender: __M __F T-shirt size: __S __M __L __XL Tot Trot: Youth T-shirt: __S __M __L Waiver: I, intending to be legally bound, hereby – for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators – waive and release any/all sponsors, their representatives and assigns from any/all rights and claims for damages I may have arising out of any injuries and illnesses suffered by me in this event.

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Births

Monday, Sept. 11 at 12:52 p.m., a girl was born to Nathan and Teresa Shultz of Nebo.

Monday, Sept. 11 at 2:45 p.m., a girl was born to Michael Grammer and Kayla Sevier of Pleasant Hill.

Friday, Sept. 15 at 6:50 a.m., a girl was born to Dan and Lexi Williams of Barry.

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EPHS

classes gather

A joint reunion of East Pike High School classes 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959 was held recently at the Cardinal Inn. Attending were: in front, Annabelle Peebles. First row, left to right, Loretta Ottwell Uhe, Margie Wyatt Herkert, Shirley Schlieper Purney, Sharon Mitchel Hawkins, Hank Grubbs. Second row: Irma Norton Hannel, Daisy Cloninger McEuen, Kay Landess Sanderson, Ona Day Schlieper Johnston, Bill Thurmon, Kenny Donohoo, Dorothy Cloninger Seibert, Beth Dennison Wade. Back row, Gale Boren, Howard Thurmon, Delores Kern Neeley,

Engagement

Birthday Bunch

Bergman to celebrate 90th birthday

Gehring ~ Myers engagement

The engagement of Emily Elyse Myers and Blake Thomas Gehring, both of Quincy, has been announced by their parents.

The bride-to-be is a daughter of Gene and Cheri Myers of New Salem. She is a 2002 graduate of Pittsfield High School and acquired a bachelor of arts degree from Illinois College in Sociology in 2008. In 2017 she earned a bachelor of science degree in dietetics from Western Illinois University and is currently pursuing a master’s

degree in dietetics at Eastern Illinois University.

The prospective bridegroom is a son of Tom and Deborah Gehring of Quincy.

He is a 2002 graduate of Quincy High School and received a bachelor of science degree in construction management from Western Illinois University in 2006.

He is a project manager for Klingner and Associates.

The couple plans to be married Oct. 28 at Pointe D’Vine.

Birthday Bunch

Former Pike County resident, Fred Bergman of Chandlerville will celebrate his 90th birthday. An open house, hosted by his fam-

ily, will be held Sunday, Sept. 24 from 1-5 p.m. at the Chandlerville Legion Hall. Family, friends, past students, former co-teachers,

business associates, fishing and golfing partners and political debaters are welcomed.

Bring any pictures you

might have to share and come prepared to tell interesting stories.

Mr. Bergman requests no gifts, please.

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Kenji turns five

Kenji Foster celebrated his fifth birthday Aug. 28 with his older brother Kaito and family and friends. He is the son of Josh and Misako Foster of Indianapolis, IN. Grandparents are James and Carol Foster of Pittsfield

and Toshio and Keiko Inaba of Japan.

Great-grandparents are Bob and Melba Foster of Pittsfield and great-grandmothers Aiko Otomi and Chiyoko Inaba of Japan.

Hoots have annual reunion The annual H. W. and Ella Hoots reunion was held Sept. 10, 2017 at Memorial Park in Winchester. There were 34 members present to a potluck lunch and visiting with family. Prayer was given by Rod Nickolson.

Those attending were: Linda Ramsey, Richard and Macel Lyons,Gene and June Kesterson, Mike and Missy Nickolson, Rod and Barb Nickolson from Jacksonville; Jim and Bonnie Mueller from Chapin; Maurine Hoots and Carolyn Dawdy from Roodhouse; JanieHoots, Gary and

Margie McGlasson from Springfield; Roland, Lisa and Kaitland Gregory, Robert Gregory, April and Daxton Littig, Bill and Ruby Eddinger, Peggy Klinefrom Winchester; John and Sharon Hutton from Bluffs; Donald Nickolson from Alsey; Jim and Nancy Unruh from Carthage; Tony Willeford from Warrensburg, Mo.; Michael A. Hoots, Jimmy and Betty Hoots from White Hall. Next years reunion will be the second Sunday in Sept. of 2018.

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Mini

cheer camp fun

Children can fulfill their daily amount of exercise needed by playing games and running at recess, and taking part in extracurricular activities such as cheerleading. Pre-K through fourth grade students at Griggsville-Perry Elementary participated in the high school cheerleaders mini cheer camp and performed their cheers and dance at the Griggsville Apple Festival Saturday night.

Orthodontic braces have evolved

Today's youth continue to battle obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the percentage of obese children in the United States has more than tripled since the 1970s. Roughly one in five school-aged children is obese. Obese children and adults are at a higher risk for chronic health conditions such as asthma, bone and joint problems, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.

Although many factors can contribute to obesity among children, researchers with the American Academy of Pediatrics are now warning parents that fruit juice can be a contributor. In suggestions that overwrite previous recommendations from 2006 in which the AAP said children between the ages of six months and six years could have up to six ounces of fruit juice a day, fruit juice is no longer recommended for children under the age of one.

Plus, health experts say that older children should choose whole fruit sources in lieu of fruit juices whenever possible.

According to an article

"Reducing Childhood Obesity by Eliminating 100% Fruit Juice," authored by Janet Wojcicki, PhD, MPH and Melvin Heyman, MD, MPH and published in the American Journal of Public Health, excessive fruit juice consumption is associated with increased risk for obesity. There also is recent scientific evidence that sucrose consumption without the corresponding fiber is associated with metabolic syndrome, liver injury and obesity.

Obesity is not the only risk associated with fruit juice. Although fruit juice in moderation can be a nutritious beverage, drinking juice from a bottle can lead to nursing bottle dental caries. Also, "toddler's diarrhea" has been associated with juice consumption, particularly in juice with a high fructose to glucose ratio, according to data published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.

Many health experts are concerned by excessive fruit juice consumption that can lead to an increased caloric intake and obesity.

AAP researchers suggest

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Although many factors can contribute to obesity among children, researchers with the American Academy of Pediatrics are now warning parents that fruit juice can be a contributor.

parents of young children mash up fresh fruit instead of giving them juice. Water, milk and breast milk/formula should be the main liquid for children. Older children can have limited amounts of 100-percent fruit juice, but should be steered toward other low-calorie drinks instead.

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Smaller brackets, tooth-colored options and even plastic aligners have largely replaced traditional metal braces.

Braces have evolved considerably over the years.

With new technologies available, plus an acknowledgment that braces are a necessity for people of various ages and not just children, patients of all ages are choosing orthodontic procedures to give themselves healthy smiles.

Early braces Orthodontic treatment in some shape or form has been around since 1000 BC. Studies of exhumed Egyptian mummies found that some Egyptians were buried with crude metal bands around their teeth, and archaeologists belive a material may have been tied to these bands to provide pressure to move the teeth. Ancient Romans and Greeks wrote about bringing newly emerging teeth into proper position by pushing them with fingers.

Pierre Fauchard is considered the father of dentistry and a pioneer in the field of orthodontics. Fauchard invented the bandeau, which was a horseshoe-shaped strip of metal with regularly spaced holes to fit around teeth and correct their alignment, states Colgate Oral Care Center.

Nowadays, braces have evolved even further, with millions of people choosing from the various types of braces to correct dental problems. The American Association of Orthodontics notes that one out of five orthodontic patients is over the age of 21 - proving it's never too late to straighten one's teeth.

Why braces?

Braces were once considered a cosmetic procedure only. Dentists today recognize that correcting misaligned teeth can prevent periodontal problems, tooth wear, dental caries, infected gums, and various forms of dental disease.

Engineering feat Braces work by applying pressure to the teeth to gradually shift them and the jaw. Traditional braces consist of small brackets adhered to the teeth that are connected by a wire.

Pressure is achieved by periodically using tight, thick wires. As pressure is applied to the periodontal ligament, which holds the teeth in place, the body will naturally create new room and adjust. If too much pressure is applied too soon, tooth loss may

occur.

New technology Braces no longer resemble the railroad style metal braces that wrapped around teeth in the early 1970s.

Brackets are small and may be the color of metal or enamel. Brackets may be affixed to the front of the teeth or the back. Some people opt for clear plastic aligners, which can be very successful in the hands of trained orthodontists.

Many orthodontists use heat-activated nickel-titanium alloy wires that apply constant pressure and do not need to be tightened as frequently. Also, advanced photography and x-rays enable orthodontists to plan treatment plans more effectively.

Orthodontists spend two to three years learning how to properly align teeth and jaws, says the American Association of Orthodontists. Braces treatment lasts an average of about two years, with patients visiting the orthodontist every four to six weeks for adjustments.

Braces have come a long way. In a short time, anyone can have a beautiful smile to show off.

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The Oaken Bucket is back in Pleasant Hill after the Pleasant Hill Wolves won 32-22 over the Calhoun Warriors. The bucket had been in Calhoun for the past year. Every teammate had a hand in reclaiming the trophy and every player wanted to claim the Oaken Bucket.

By CADE MCKINNON Pike Press The Pleasant Hill/ Western Wolves took on the Calhoun/Brussels Warriors for their annual Oaken Bucket game.The bucket was in Calhoun since last year but the Wolves brought it back to Pleasant Hill with a 32-22 win.

“It was a hard game and both teams played tough and gave it their all,” Mike

Giles, Pleasant Hill coach, said after the game. “It’s nice to have the bucket back in Pleasant Hill.”

Dalton Crane had an exceptional performance, leading with 128 passing yards and 85 passing yards.

Crane also finished with two passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns.

Grant Peebles finished with 56 receiving yards, and Peebles and Harley

Miller both caught a receiving touchdown.

On the defensive end, many players had strong nights. Kodiak Rogers ended with 20 total tackles, followed by Jesse Crowder with 17, Nick Black with 13, Peebles and Ethan Wheelan with 12, and Skyler Heatherly with 10.

“It was a great feeling bringing the bucket back, both teams played great and now it’s time for the

rest of the season,” senior Jesse Crowder said.

Dalton Crane also added, “The bucket was step one and it’s great to bring it back where it belongs, especially this being our senior year. Now I’m focused on step two which is becoming the South Champions.”

Pleasant Hill’s next game will be against Greenfield. It will be the homecoming game.

Saukee men struggle; ladies win three

By JACOB BRADSHAW Pike Press The Pittsfield Saukees and Lady Saukees both started a long week with long drives. The Pittsfield started with a trip up to rematch to Deer Run in Hamilton, seeking vengeance from their competition from the previous match.

They didn’t get it, posting a team total of 194. The scoring was the following: Cade Tomhave, 46, J.D. Gresham 48, Jacob Bradshaw 49, and Lance Pitchford 51.

The Saukees had a duo match, playing a great round. The girls matched up against Macomb. Macomb shot a team total of 192, led

by Emma Thoran’s 37.

This score proved to be not enough, the Lady Saukees scorching hot on the day. They tallied a team total of 178, the scoring being led

by Lauren Hawley’s 40.

Gabi Fish followed with a 45, Kara Williams with a 46, and Ariana White with a 47.

Both squads then returned to Old Orchard for a match against Beardstown and Payson.

The Saukees couldn’t find a stride in that match either posting another 194. Jacob Bradshaw and J.D. Gresham led the Saukees, each carding a 48. Lance Pitchford and Cade Tomhave both followed with a 49. In the match, Payson shot a 191.

“That’s a match we could’ve and should’ve won,” Senior J.D. Gresham said. “We were right there with the winners, and we all had an off day.”

The Lady Saukees won the same match against Payson and Beardstown. They posted a 191, being led by Lauren Hawley’s 43, Kara Williams with a 46, Gabi Fish with a 49, and Ariana White with a 53.

“We won without playing to our potential,” Ariana White stated. “When we get down to our bogey golf (180) goal, we will be in good shape.”

Both squads had yet another home match, the boys finishing with a 192. The scoring was led

by Jacob Bradshaw with a 45, Cade Tomhave with a 48, J.D. Gresham with a 49, and Lance Pitchford with a 50.

The Lady’s snagged another win, finishing with a 199 team total.

Lauren Hawley led the way with a 46, Kara Williams with a 48, Gabi Fish with a 50, and Ariana White with a 55.

The Saukees had one more match in the week, and they finished very strong.

They played against Southeastern, Mendon Unity, and Western, and posted a team total of 181. J.D. Gresham led the Saukees with a 44, Collin Meleski shot a 45, and Jacob Bradshaw and Cade Tomhave both had a 46.

“I think more than anything our struggles this week came from trying to hit the hero shot,” coach James Feldpausch said. “We got away from our approach to the game, the grind it out mentality. We ended the week well, and we hope to carry that momentum through the following matches.”

Lady Wildcats go 1-3 on week Pittsfield Saukees

By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press The Western Lady Wildcats had four games last week which ended in a a win over Camp Point but losses to Liberty, Southeastern and Brussels.

In the win over Camp Points, Montana Smith and two aces; Tori Predmore and Aftyn Harrison led the tea in digs kills with 15 and 4 respectively; Harrison led the team in digs with 15 and serves with 13. Chloe Mellon had 9 digs, and 16 set assist. Sadie Abney had two blocks and smith added six set assists.

This game against Camp Point was a very intense game, the first set was back and forth. We knew that it was revenge time from taking a loss against them in the Southeastern Lady Suns Classic. We were seeking revenge and we all brought our A-Game.,” Tori Predmore said. “ I knew that it was going to be a great game and the crowd helped us stay with in it

cross country provides experience

AFTYN HARRISON

CHLOE MELLON

TORI PREDMORE

during the tough scenarios we faced during the sets. Our team played together in an amazing way, the front row was giving it all they could to get the ball down and the back row tried to keep it up and the setters putting 2 and 2 together. It showed the true values that all 6 people on the court are a piece of the equation to winning a game. I am very proud of that game.”

Tuesday, Sept. 12 the Lady Wildcats lost to Liberty in two.For the evening, Mellon

had two aces, Harrison had one. Predmore had 8 kills Tori Flores added 2; Haley Smith and Aftyn Harrison each had 8 digs and Mellon had 7.

Harrison had 10 serve/receives and Haylee Smith added five.

Mellon led the team in set assists with 7 and Haleigh Conkright had four.

Thursday, Sept. 14 versus Southeastern, the Wildcats lost 8-25, 18-25.

Harrison had one aces, 13 digs, 5 service receives.

Mellon had 2 kills, 7 digs, 8

serve receives and 7 set assists.

Harrison, Predmore and Smith all had five serve/recieves.

Conkright had 8 set assists.

Motivation speaker coming to PHS Joel Penton will be the featured speaker for school assemblies at Pittsfield High School and Brown County Middle School and High School Oct. 2 and 3 respectively. Monday Joel will speak to the students of Pittsfield High School followed by a youth event at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium that is open to students from surrounding area schools.

Tuesday Joel will speak to the student of Brown County with an evening event to follow at 7 p.m. in their auditorium, area students are also invited to that event also. He also travels with a praise band and they will also be with him

at both events.

Penton is a graduate of The Ohio State University and played five years of football for the Buckeyes. He was a member of three Big Ten championship teams, a member of the National Championship team, and a four-time academic All-Big Ten selection.

His senior year,he received the prestigious Wuerffel Trophy, also known as the Humanitarian Heisman. The trophy is a national award that recognizes the one college football player in the entire country who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic

achievement. After graduating from OSU, Joel turned down an opportunity to play in the NFL to begin a career in fulltime speaking.

Since that time, Penton has quickly earned a reputation as one of the nation’s leading youth motivational speakers. As one of the top school motivational speakers, he has shared his school assembly programs with more than 500,000 students nationwide.

These events are sponsored

by Hope Through Faith Ministries, Inc. For more information contact Steve Surratt 217-740-9234 or steve@hopethroughfaithministries.com.

By JACOB BRADSHAW Pike Press The Pittsfield Saukees Cross Country team had a lot of young runners participate throughout their week of meets, and the young talents proved to be worthy of tough course conditions, and good course management.

To start, a select few runners traveled to compete at the QND invitational. Finley Petty ran a solid 24:37. Ali Merryman

ran her Cross Country race, ending with a very respectable 27:41 race time. Colin James ran a 20:20, and Eli Smithers ran a 20:41. Bryan Piper ran a well-thought race, keeping great pace, finishing his race at a 17:45. This time placed him 10th out of 20 spots.

Youth is proving to be this teams strength.

“Clear minds and good work ethic is what will get us to where we need to be.” Finley Petty said.

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takes regional plaque

The PCS Braves claimed the regional title Monday night by beating Brown County, 5-4 in eight innings. Front row, left to right, Drew Butler, Nate Scranton, Grayson Cook, Jameson Noble, TJ Reel, Jess Hayden, Nolan Daniel, Randley Springer, Lane Yelliott. Back row- Coach Charlie Hull, Keller Personett, Coach Darin Craven, Phillip Graham, Caden Casto, Kadin Hittner, Jackson Fish, Bradley Gratton, Brayden Musgrave, Kaden Anstedt, Marco Ballinger, Carter Klatt, Abe Welbourne and Coach Jerred Heinz. The boys will play Saturday in the sectional in Mt. Sterling.

Due to homecoming activities, Thursday, Sept. 21, the Lady Saukee volleyball game vs. North Greene at 6 p.m. we will play the varsity match first, followed by the JV match. The games are in Pittsfield.

The Lady Saukee volleyball game scheduled for last week with Camp Point, will be played Sept. 27 in Pittsfield. Junior varsity begins at 6 p.m.

Also the Lady Saukee golf match, also with Camp Point has been moved to Sept.

26 at Camp Point. Tee off is at 4 p.m.

Pittsfield Saukees host the New Berlin Pretzels The Pittsfield/Griggsville Saukees hosted a game against the New Berlin Pretzels Friday night and fell behind early.

Score at the half was 50-8 in favor of the visitors The final score was Pittsfield losing 50-30 despite the strong 22 point second half.

Pittsfield is still searching for their first win, as they have lost each of their first four games.

All four of the Saukees touchdowns were rushing touchdowns. Quarterback Noah Mendenhall had two touchdowns and Cody Guthrie had two touch-

downs. Mendenhall led with 129 rushing yards, followed by Guthrie and Derek Neupauer who both added 50 rushing yards.

James Gwartney received two passes for 33 yards.

Alex Reel added an interception on the defensive end, along with four tackles. Neupauer led with five tackles, and Nate Hoover, Will Heavner, and Mike Harris all added four.

Pittsfield’s next game will be their homecoming game against the Athens Warriors.

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A host of Saukees gang tackle a New Berlin ball carrier Friday night in the Saukees lost to the Pretzels at Glenn C. Smith Field. Cody Guthrie, #6, Noah Mendenhall, #7 and Alex Reel, #10 all combined to bring the players down.

Road games take toll on Lady Saukees Illinois fall trout season opens Oct. 21

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Pittsfield’s Lily Pepper returns a ball over the net last week in a game with West Central.

Pepper had one block and one kill in the game.

By CADE MCKINNON Pike Press Tthe Pittsfield lady Saukees traveled to visit the West Central Cougars where they lost in two matches. The scores were 12-25 and 25-19. The game was Sept. 11.

Maggie Marable led the Saukees with six service points and two aces.

Marable, along with Lily Pepper also added in one block.

Pepper, Adelyn Cox and Kate Hoover all con-

tributed one kill. Cox added three digs, and Madison Zumwalt finished with eight assists.

The Pittsfield JuniorVarsity squad also fell, losing in two matches.

The scores were 10-25 and 25-7.

The following night, Sept. 12, the Pittsfield lady Saukees traveled to Brown County to play the Hornets. The Saukees fell in two matches, the scores were 25-16 and 12-25.

Morgan Puterbaugh led

the Saukees in service points with three, also adding an ace. Maggie Marable had two blocks, and also led with four kills. Marable and Pepper added in three digs.

Leading in assists was Josie Marable who ended with five.

The Pittsfield JV squad also fell in two games with the scores being 25-17 and 25-19.

The Saukees will play the Pleasant Hill Wolves for their next game.

The 2017 Illinois Fall Trout Fishing Season will open on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 54 ponds, lakes, and streams throughout the state.

Two weeks prior to the fall trout opener, the Fall Catch-and-Release Fly Fishing Season will open at nine sites (locations marked with an asterisk (*) in the list below) on Saturday, Oct. 7. Fly fishing anglers can use fly fishing gear to catch and release trout beginning Oct. 7 at those nine sites. No trout may be kept during the fly fishing period, but anglers can keep trout after the opening of the regular fall trout season beginning Oct. 21.

The Illinois catchable trout program is funded by those who use the program through the sale of Inland Trout Stamps. For the fall season, the IDNR stocks approximately 80,000 rainbow trout into bodies of water where trout fishing is permitted.

No trout may be taken from any of the stocked sites from Oct. 1 until the fall trout season opens at 5:00 a.m. on Oct.21 (not all sites are open at 5:00 a.m. on opening day). Anyone attempting to take (harvest) trout before the legal harvest season opening will be issued citations.

All anglers – including those using fly fishing gear who intend to release fish caught before Oct. 21 – must have a valid fishing license and an Inland Trout Stamp, unless they are under the age of 16, blind or disabled, or are an Illinois resident on leave from active duty in the Armed Forces. The daily catch limit for each angler is five trout.

Illinois fishing licenses and Inland Trout Stamps are available at DNR Direct license and permit locations, including many bait shops, sporting goods stores and other retail outlets. For a location near you, check the IDNR website at this link: https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/ LPR/Pages/LicensePermitVendors. aspx Fishing licenses and trout stamps can also be purchased by using a credit card through DNR Direct online via the IDNR website at www.dnr.illinois.gov, or by calling DNR Direct toll-free at 1-888-6PERMIT (1-888-6737648).

NOTE: Not all fall trout sites open at 5:00 a.m. on opening day.

Anglers are reminded to check the opening time of their favorite trout

fishing location prior to the season.

For more information about all site regulations, anglers should contact individual sites that will be stocked with catchable-size trout.

The 54 locations that will be open for Fall Trout Fishing Season are listed below.

2017 Illinois Fall Trout Locations (*) Denotes Sites Open for Catch-and-Release Fly Fishing Early Season North Bureau County: Hennepin Canal Parkway Cook County: Axehead Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County: Belleau Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County: Busse Woods North, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County: Green Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County: Sag Quarry East, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County: Wolf Lake, Wm. Powers Conservation Area DuPage County: Silver Lake, DuPage County Forest preserve District Jo Daviess County: Apple River, Apple River State Park (*) Kankakee County: Bird Park Quarry, Kankakee Kankakee County: Rock Creek, Kankakee River State Park (*) Kendall County: Big Lake at Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area Lake County: Banana Lake, Lake County Forest Preserve District Lake County: Sand Lake, Illinois Beach State Park LaSalle County: Illinois and Michigan Canal, Lock 14 McHenry County: Spring Grove Hatchery Pond Ogle County: Pine Creek, White Pines Forest State Park (*) Rock Island County: Prospect Park Warren County: Citizen’s Lake Whiteside County: Centennial Park Pond, Rock Falls Will County: Lake Strini Will County: Van Horn Woods Central Adams County: Siloam Springs State Park Lake (*) Cass County: Gridley Lake at

Jim Edgar Panther Creek SFWA (*) Christian County: Manners Park Pond, Taylorville Park District Coles County: Eastern Illinois University Campus Pond, Charleston Douglas County: Villa Grove West Lake Hancock County: Horton Lake, Nauvoo State Park (*) Macon County: Rock Springs Pond Macoupin County: Beaver Dam Lake McDonough County: Argyle Lake Morgan County: Morgan Lake, Nichols Park, Jacksonville (*) Sangamon County: IDOT Lake, Springfield (*) Sangamon County: Southwind Park Pond, Springfield Sangamon County: Washington Park Pond, Springfield Shelby County: Forest Park Lagoon, Shelbyville Tazewell County: Mineral Springs Park Lagoon Vermilion County: Clear Lake, Kickapoo State Recreation Area South Bond County: Greenville Old City Lake Crawford County: Crawford County Conservation Area Pond #6 Jefferson County: Mount Vernon Game Farm Pond Johnson County: Ferne Clyffe State Park Lake Madison County: Highland Old City Lake Marion County: Boston Pond, Stephen A. Forbes State Park Massac County: Fairgrounds Pond, Fort Massac State Park, Metropolis Randolph County: Derby Lake, World Shooting and Recreational Complex, Sparta Randolph County: Randolph County Lake Saline County: Jones State Lake Pond St. Clair County: Frank Holten State Recreation Area main lake St. Clair County: Jones Park Lake, East St. Louis St. Clair County: Willow Lake, Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (*) Wabash County: Beall Woods Lake, Beall Woods State Park Wayne County: Sam Dale State Fish and Wildlife Area Trout Pond Williamson County: Devil’s Kitchen Lake

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CITY OF PITTSFIELD (POLICE DEPARTMENT) SEALED BID ANNOUNCEMENT The City of Pittsfield (Police Department) is soliciting sealed bids for the following forfeited vehicle: 2010 Chevrolet HHR carryall, approximate mileage 140, 531 The City of Pittsfield is selling the vehicle "as is" condition with no warranty, either expressed or implied. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

The vehicle may be inspected by contacting City Hall, 215 North Monroe, Pittsfield, IL, tx 217-285-4484. Photographs of the vehicle can be viewed on the Pittsfield Police Department facebook site.

Bids must be signed by an authorized signatory of the bidder, and be delivered by mail or in person in a sealed envelope not later than September 19,2017, 4:30pm to Pittsfield City Hall. Bids will be reviewed and award made or bid rejected at the City Council Meeting on September 19, 2017, 7:00pm. Bidders are not required to be present at the bid review. The successful bidder will be notified.

Payment is by cashier' s check, certified check, or money order made payable to the City of Pittsfield. Full payment must be received and the vehicle removed from the City premises, at the buyer's expense, not later than 4:30pm on September 26, 2017. The City may reclaim ownership of the vehicle if not removed by that time.

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MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN Pike County Housing Authority is looking for a motivated self-starter to hire as a Full Time Maintenance Technician 1. This position involves completion of assigned work orders, cleaning/repair of vacant units, completing preventative maintenance, cleaning common areas, and ensuring property grounds are well maintained and free of debris and litter. Seeking individuals who have knowledge and ability to safely use tools & equipment needed to perform the these duties. Further skills desired include experience in plumbing, carpentry, HVAC, exterior maintenance, painting, tiling, etc.

Ability to communicate appropriately and effectively with a diverse population is a must. Valid license and reliable transportation to/from work required. Shift is 40 hours per week, with night and weekend work required on occasion. Above job description is not a comprehensive listing of all job duties. Starting rate of pay is tied to experience with excellent benefits (health/life/dental/vision insurance, short term disability, retirement, vacation/ sick/personal time, and clothing allowance). You may pick up an application anytime during office hours at our office address below or can print one online at www.pikehousing.com/employment. Applications may be returned to our office by mail, fax, or in person. We retain all received applications for a period of one year.

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200 Business IF YOU need parts for mowers and tillers, Dorsey's Hardware and Western Auto has a large selection of belts and parts and service. New equipment sales available. Winchester. Call 217-742-9241. TFN RICK'S LAWN Equipment.

Parts and services for all brands. Tillers, lawn mowers, chain saws, blowers and weedeaters. We sell the best and service the rest. Gravely, Stihl. Zero turn mowers on sale! Pickup and delivery. Hwy. 54, west of the Illinois bridge, Louisiana, Mo. 573-7545055. TFN SELLBEST, 101 W. Quincy St., Griggsville. Quality Used Furniture & Appliances- Washers, Dryers, Freezers, Fridges, Microwave, Electric Stoves, Twin, Full, Queen Beds, New Mattress Sets, Bedroom Furniture, Tables & Chairs, Upholstered Furniture, Tools. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed for lunch 12-1 p.m. Or by appointment. Call 217-2422252. TFN

300 FARM MARKET FLYNN CUSTOM Farming: Custom Combining $20$25 per acre, Grain hauling $.08 per bushel, NH3 application $8, Chisel plow $11, Ripping $12. Have references. 217-257-7797. 10.18.17 NEED EXTRA cash? Sell your used items in The People's Marketplace Classifieds.

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ONE BEDROOM apartment on the square in Pittsfield.

Nice wood, tongue and groove. Washer and dryer in the unit. $525/mo. References and deposit required. Call 217491-1014. TFN FOR RENT in Griggsville: 3 bedroom, 2 bath double wide. New paint and carpet. Nice. No pets. References. Call Lyndel Ellis 217-833-2107. 10.11.17

400E FOR RENT Scott County 2 BEDROOM home for rent in Winchester. $500/month.

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No pets. Must have references. Call Lyle 217-6522522. 9.27.17 FOR RENT in Winchester: large 2 story, 4 bedroom home in nice neighborhood. $650/month plus utilities. No pets. No smoking. Must have references.

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500 FOR SALE RED ELM firewood. 217426-2131. 9.20.17 2002 INT'L Tandem Grain Truck. International 4900.

22' aluminum Kann bed.

Int'l DT 530 engine with 214,000 miles. Great truck.

Asking $36,000. 217-4731343 call or text. TFN 1990 PRESTIGE double wide mobile home, 22x40.

3 BR, 2 BA. Call 217-3702629. TFN

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• 100 Automotive * • 200 Business* • 220 Collectibles* • 300 Farm Market* • 400 For Rent* A: Calhoun County B: Greene County C: Jersey County D: Pike County E: Scott County F: Miscellaneous • 500 For Sale* • 600 Help Wanted* • 610 Hobby Shop/Handicrafts*

• 615 Hunting • 620 Kids For Hire • 700 Lost/Found • 710 Meeting Reminders • 800 Miscellaneous* • 900 No Trespassing A: Calhoun County B: Greene County C: Jersey County D: Pike County E: Scott County • 1000 Pets* • 1100 Real Estate* A: Calhoun County

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Fuel discounts. CDL-A, 12mo exp. Tabitha: 844849-1048 x4. 9.27.17 DRIVERS-OWNEROPS: $IGN-ON!! Great Home Time. Round Trips, Dedicated lanes. Delphos, OHN. KCMO 100% FS. 855398-6685 x123. 9.27.17 DRIVERS CDL-A: Regional/OTR, home couple nights a week, pneumatic work. $1100-1300 average, gross weekly. 319754-1944 x112. 9.27.17 NO TRESPASSING ads are $60 for one year! Call to place yours today. In Calhoun: 618-576-2345; Greene: 217-942-9100; Jersey: 618-498-1234; Pike: 217-285-2345 and Scott: 217-742-3313. Keep unwanted people off your property! Great way to keep people off your land!

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PIKE FEEDS, a Regional Livestock Feed Mill in Pittsfield, Illinois, is needing truck drivers to deliver livestock feed to our customers. These positions require a current CDL and past driving experience is always a plus. Pike Feeds is offering a competitive wage and numerous benefits including company paid health insurance.

Please call the mill at (217) 285-5656 or stop by to pick up an application. 9.20.17 DRIVERS: $5,000.00 Orientation Completion Bonus! OTR, Flatbed, Regional & Point to Point Lanes!

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JOB OPENINGS for Pleasant Hill Community Unit 3 2017-2018 school year.

Head 5th & 6th grade boys basketball coach, head junior high boys basketball coach, head junior high boys track coach, head junior high girls track coach, high school boys basketball coach, high school quiz bowl coach and junior high quiz bowl coach. Contact Don Peebles or Ryan Lowe at 217-734-2311. 9.20.17

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MY LAND lo­cat­ed in Sec­ tion 18 SW of Pearl is pri­ vate prop­er­t y. Hunt­i ng, fish­i ng, trap­p ing, tres­ pass­ i ng, for any pur­ p ose, with­o ut the writ­ten, signed per­m is­s ion of the own­er, is strict­l y for­b id­d en. Vio­l a­ tors will be pros­e c ­ ut­ed. Ti­ mothy Brink­m an. 6.13.18 NO HUNTING or trespassing on the Linda Bennett farm, rural Griggsville. Violators will be prosecuted.

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NO HUNTING or Trespassing on farm in Pearl, Pike Co. owned by Nick and Margaret Voke. Trespassers will be prosecuted. 3.7.18 ABSOLUTELY NO trespassing on any ground owned by Double Creek Farms, Inc. 10.18.17

NORTH PIKE deer. 230 acres timber/CRP. Require QDMA insured hunt club.

Park and walk in/out. No outfitters. $10,000. 217336-2191. 10.25.17 1100C TWO ADULTS looking for REAL ESTATE wooded area for the Spring Jersey County 2018 Turkey Season. Not an Outfitter. Please contact CUSTOM HOME FSBO on Steve at 314-803-5900. 10 Acres Jerseyville $378k.

10.4.17 Beautiful custom home on 10 acres, 2 buildings, lake.

900A Move in ready. Open House 600 NO TRESPASSING Saturday, September 30, HELP WANTED 1-3pm. For additional info Calhoun County 618 535-9179. 10.4.17 NO TRESPASSING no hunting on property owned 1100E

by Martha Knight (also REAL ESTATE known as Marty AderScott County ton), Lincoln Valley Road, Hardin. 12.6.17 FOR SALE only: 1800 sq.

NO TRESPASSING or ft. house located in Alsey. hunting allowed on the land 4 bedroom, 2 bath, 8/10 in Batchtown owned by of an acre in town. New Steve and Cindy Meszaros. roof 2017. Asking $80,000.

Violators will be prosecut- Call or text Laura 217-491ed. 5.30.18 1927. 10.4.17 NO TRESPASSING or hunting allowed on the 1200 land in Batchtown owned SERVICES

by Marcy Klockenkemper, Judy Lamer, Jeremy Russell, Bonnie Stepanek, and CRACK YOUR pecans.

Cindy Meszaros. Violators Pecans must be brought to me. Call 217-430-2881. TFN will be prosecuted. 5.30.18

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1500B Yard Sale Greene County ESTATE YARD Sale on Sept. 22 and 23 at 103 Child Street in Hardin. 9.20.17

1500D Yard Sale Pike County GARAGE SALE: 720 E. Washington. Thursday the 21st, 12-6 p.m. Friday the 22nd, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Furniture, household, bedding sets, games, toys, miscellaneous. 9.20.17 SIX NEWSPAPERS, over 20,000 readers every week.

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SALE HELD AT CLAYTON AMERICAN LEGION • 111 SOUTH PARK ST. • CLAYTON, IL

WED., SEPTEMBER 27 @ 6:00 PM Henry Heyen And Son Hardware Saturday September 30 10:00 a.m.

Location; 301 South Maple Brighton IL 62012

Land is located approximately 6 miles southeast of Camp Point, IL in the Southeast Quarter of Section 13 and the Northeast Quarter of Section 24, T1S-R6W Columbus Township, Adams County, IL.

COMPLETE SELLOUT OF THE STORE

Stanley Hardware; Electrical Supplies; Hammers; Wrenches; Screwdrivers; Sockets; Drill Bits; Plyers; Vice Grips; Snips; Nails; Screws; Saw Blades; Chainsaw Equipment; Painting Supplies; Etc. All Store Inventory Left; Steel; Pipe; Copper Pipe; Steel Rack; Black Jack Anvil; Welder; Power Washer; Shovels; Rakes; Jacks; Shelving; Bolts; Bolt Cabinets; Shurhit Borg Warner Cabinet; Hole Saw Blades; Briggs and Stratton Parts; Lawson Cabinet; Parts Bins; Too Numerous Items to List Over 300 IH Manuals Some in Original Packages, A Lot of Really Neat Old Manuals Well Taken Care of To Many To List Brand New IH Parts Too!!!

Tractor and Cub Cadet Mowers; Farmall Super H with Loader; 1811; 2-102; 1000; 2-125; 149; 71; 73; 70; 782; 76; 282; Wheel Horse 700; 16-44 Others Selling; GMC TopKick Truck; C70 Dump Truck; Kubota BX2370 with 72» Deck, 210 Hours, Front Mount Snow Blower; Rear Wheel Weights Visit www.hanoldauctioneering.com for updates and photos Auctioneer Note; The Heyen Family Has Owned This Business For 80 Years. An Auction You Won’t Want To Miss!!!

(618) 781-9810 Lic #441.001515

4 INCOME PRODUCING CROPLAND! 4 HOME BUILDING SITES! 4 EXCELLENT HUNTING/RECREATIONAL ACREAGE!

Complete & Total Liquidation Auction

WED., SEPTEMBER 27 @ 10:00 AM

Sale to be held onsite at Knox Electric, which is located near the south edge of Ursa, IL & just east of Hwy 96.

Ursa, Illinois

www.hanoldauctioneering.com

Public Auction

"THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE" IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JERSEY COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association fka The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee for Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass Through Certificates Series 2003-KS11; Plaintiff,

COMPLETE LISTING & PHOTOS AVAILABLE ONLINE @:

www.SullivanAuctioneers.com

NO RESERVE AUCTION! Make plans to attend this unreserved complete & total liquidation auction which is being held for Mr. & Mrs. Brad Knox and their L&B Knox Electric Inc. business. After many successful years in the plumbing & electrical business, Brad has decided to retire and will therefore sell the service vehicles, equipment & all remaining inventory. You will find everything to be in tip-top condition. Live internet bidding will be available on major items.

HIGHLIGHTS TO INCLUDE: '01 Ford F250 XL 4WD Super Duty service truck, 138k mi.; '98 Ford F800 bucket truck, 98k mi.; '02 Woodworth double axle flatbed trailer; '80 Case 580C 2WD backhoe, 2,709 hrs.; '96 Case Model 360 4WD dsl. trencher w/Model SD100 backhoe; also selling very nice selection of shop tools, hand tools, specialty plumbing & electrical tools, ladders, etc. We will also sell all remaining plumbing & electrical inventory. Very nice auction.

L & B KNOX ELECTRIC INC. – SELLER BRAD KNOX CELL # 217-242-1277

SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS, LLC • TOLL FREE (844) 847-2161

Dept., The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Any questions regarding this sale should refer to file number WA16-0041.

The terms of the sale are Cash. 10% at time of sale, with the balance due within 24 hours. The property is improved by: Single Family Home. The Property is not open for inspection prior to sale.

The real estate, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and tenements, hereditament and appurtenances thereunto belonging shall be sold under such terms.

Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) Laurence J. Goldstein (0999318)

VS. 17 CH 10 Christopher J. Irk (6300084) Paul Triebes; Marsha Triebes; Illinois Housing Development Authority; Defendants.

Thomas J. Cassady (6307705) Cory J. Harris (6319221)

NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE

David A. Drescher (6301378)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the said court occurred in the above entitled cause, Sheriff Mark Kallal, Sheriff of Jersey, Illinois, will on October 11, 2017, at the hour of 09:00 AM at Jersey County Courthouse, 201 West Pearl Street, Jerseyville, IL 62052, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Jersey, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit:

Tenyse L. Gooden (6312918)

C/K/A: 141 Roberts Street, Jerseyville, IL 62052

WA16-0041

Amanda Rubel Portes (6297441) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION ("FANNIE MAE"), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF, VS. 16 CH 38 LONNIE D STAMPER, JR. A/K/A LONNIE D STAMPER, A/K/A LONNIE STAMPER; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS.

JERSEYVILLE, IL 62052 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by the Court in the above entitled cause on August 21, 2017, Sheriff of Jersey County will on October 17, 2017, in Courtroom A of the Jersey County Courthouse, 201 W. Pearl Street, Jerseyville, IL 62052, at 10:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of Jersey, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: TAX NO. 04-208-028-13

33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140

JERSEYVILLE, IL 62052

Chicago, IL 60603

Description of Improvements: Singlefamily, two story split level, white vinyl with 2 car garage attached.

Fax: 312-360-9461

The Judgment $128,322.70.

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ROLLAND W. JOHNSON SPECIAL TRUST MICHAEL K. KROPP – SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE

REPRESENTING ATTORNEY: RICK ZIMMERMAN 132 E MAIN ST • MT STERLING, IL 62353 • PH: (217) 773-3814 SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS, LLC • TOLL FREE (844) 847-2161

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The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

902 SOUTH PRAIRIE STREET

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 902 SOUTH PRAIRIE STREET

PIN: 04-330-068-00 The person to contact regarding information regarding this property is: Sales

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JERSEY COUNTY, JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS

Attorney for Plaintiff

Phone: 312-360-9455

www.SullivanAuctioneers.com

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The Estate of Steve & Lois Woelfel Real Estate: House & 2 Lots Household & Collectibles When: Sat. Sept. 30th, 2017 @ 9:30A.M. Location: Calhoun County, IL. RR 1 Box 31, Michael, IL 62065.

North of Hardin on Rt. 100 turn West onto 2600 N. Hamburg Michael Rd. Turn North at 1st Street on Right, (watch for signs) Real Estate:1344 sq.ft. House with 3 Bedroom 1 ½ Baths, Full Basement, Attached Garage & 1 Out Building, Natural Gas Hot Water Heat & Central Air sets on 2 ½ Lots (139’L x70’W) House & Lots will sell @ 1:00 P.M. Shown by appointment only. Call Terry Woelfel @ 618-576-9846 or Terry @ (618) 396-2563 Terms: House and property will sell as is with no warranties. Buyer or buyers will enter into a written real estate contract with the Seller. Seller retains the right to reject or accept any and all bids on house & real estate. Buyer is to pay 10% of the purchase price the day of the auction. Balance due in 45 days or at closing upon delivery of deed conveying title. Furniture, Household & Misc.: Sq. Oak Kitchen Table w/2 leaves, 6’ Oak Bench, Couch, Chair, Dresser, Chest of Drawers, 3 Parlor Tables, 2 Recliners, Waterfall Bedroom set, 2 Wooden Book Cases, Lift Chair, Chest Type Freezer, Oak Library Table, Wooden Glider, Wooden Rocking Chair, Side by Side Refrigerator, Microwave, Oak Computer Desk, Computer, Oak & other Chairs, 4 Drawer Cabinet, 6 Drawer Chest, Lamps, Collectibles: Cast Iron Train w/4 Cars, Budweiser Beer Stein Collection (1980-1999), 500 m/l Ad. Coffee Mugs, Cast Iron Miniature Wood Cooking Stove, Bird Houses, Copper Items: Fondue Pot, Pans, Tea Pots, Oil Lamps, Platters, Cast Iron Items: Trivets, Sad Irons, Skillet, Dutch Ovens, Wooden Bread Bowles, 50 pcs. Of “Dogwood” Pottery & Pitchers Made by Lois & a Hasting’s Landing Picture, Hamm’s Beer Steins & other Steins, Hand Crank Coffee Grinder, Pressed Glass, Carnival Glass, Single Trees, “Piasa Ketchup” Bottle from Alton, IL, Graniteware, Crocks , Whiskey Jugs & Other Stoneware, Cook Books, Handmade Christmas Ornaments & Other Christmas Items, 3 Oak & Wrought Iron Stools, “Roy Roger” Harmonica, Donald Duck Spoon, Oneida Silverware in Wooden Case, Silver Spoons, Zippo Lighters, 3 Oval Frames w/bowed glass, & Other Frames, 2 Child Oak Chairs, Oak Wash Stand, “Lane” Cedar Chest, Hagger Bowl & Pitcher Set, Hand Meat Grinders, Cherry Pitter, 2 Barber Shop Signs, Barber Wood Sterilizing Cabinet, Old Cash Register, Porcelain Top Tables, Wooden Duck Decoy, Avon, Old Books, 10 gal & 5gal Copper Kettle, Other Items Too Numerous To Mention Other Items: Pump Organ & Tapestry of the Vatican (from St. Amselm’s Church), Mandolin, “Thornes” Harmonica, Indian Artifacts, 16’ Polar Craft Boat & Tr., 25hp Johnson Motor, Trolling Motor, Lots of Other Fishing Items, 2000 watt Generator, Poulan riding mower, Sm. Air Compressor, Yard & Power Tools, Old Tools, Bench Grinder, Scroll Saw, Push Garden Seeder, & Other Items Far Too Numerous To Mention. Terms of sale: Cash or check with proper ID, Driver’s License or Photo ID. Announcements made day of sale take Precedence Over All Printed Matter. Owner and Auctioneer not responsible for accidents day of sale.

LUNCH WILL BE SERVED. “Have Gavel Will Travel” Klocke’s Auction Service Auctioneer Terry Klocke LIC# 440000568 Rt. 1 Box 13, Batchtown, IL 62006 Ph# (618)396-2563

DETAILS, MAPS & PHOTOS AVAILABLE ONLINE @:

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Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 10% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS.

The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http://ilforeclosuresales.mrpllc.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 N. Dearborn St. Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel. No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file# 257285 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, THE PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINCHESTER, SCOTT COUNTY, ILLINOIS REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC, Plaintiff,

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and in "AS IS" condition. The Sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

vs. 17-CH-2 RALPH D. VIRGIN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT and STATE OF ILLINOIS-DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES, Defendants.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 401 MARK STREET MANCHESTER, IL 62663 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of the above Court entered in the above entitled cause on July 5, 2017, the following described real estate, to-wit: Permanent Index Number: 10-28102-012 Commonly known as: 401 Mark Street, Manchester, IL 62663 will be offered for sale and sold at public vendue on October 11, 2017, at 10:00 AM, in the courthouse hallway, at the Scott County Courthouse, Winchester, Illinois.

The Judgment amount is $44,977.35.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Clerk of the Circuit Court. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the mortgaged real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to the Plaintiff

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

For information contact Plaintiff's Attorney: Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC, 111 East Main Street, Decatur, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 The purchaser of a condominium unit at a judicial foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, who takes possession of a condominium unit pursuant to a court order or a purchaser who acquires title from a mortgagee shall have the duty to pay the proportionate share, if any, of the common expenses for the unit which would have become due in the absence of any assessment acceleration during the 6 months immediately preceding institution of an action to enforce the collection of assessments, and which remain unpaid by the owner during whose possession the assessments accrued. If the outstanding assessments are paid at any time during any action to enforce the collection of assessments, the purchaser shall have no obligation to pay any assessments which accrued before he or she acquired title. If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5 (g-1).

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Note: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act you are advised that the Law Firm of Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC, is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The People's Marketplace "THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE" WA16-0781 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JERSEY COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, successor by merger to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee f/k/a Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee for Renaissance HEL Trust 2004-1; Plaintiff,

information regarding this property is: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Any questions regarding this sale should refer to file number WA16-0781. The terms of the sale are Cash. 10% at time of sale, with the balance due within 24 hours. The property is improved by: Single Family Home. The Property is not open for inspection prior to sale.

C/K/A: 111 Krause Drive, Jerseyville, IL 62052

Charles R. Chartrand; et. al.

DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

PIN 05-113-005-00

David A. Drescher (6301378)

Improved with Single Family Home

Tenyse L. Gooden (6312918)

COMMONLY KNOWN AS:

Amanda Rubel Portes (6297441)

18216 US Highway 67

The Wirbicki Law Group LLC

Jerseyville, IL 62052

Attorney for Plaintiff

Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE

33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 312-360-9455 Fax: 312-360-9461 WA16-0781 pleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com I3060682

PIN: 04-208-090-32 9.13.17, 9.20.17, 9.27.17

The person to contact regarding

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

Vs. 10CH 00080

Cory J. Harris (6319221)

Christopher J. Irk (6300084)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the said court occurred in the above entitled cause, Sheriff Mark Kallal, Sheriff of Jersey, Illinois, will on October 17, 2017, at the hour of 08:30 AM at Jersey County Courthouse, 201 West Pearl Street, Jerseyville, IL 62052, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Jersey, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit:

Bank Of America, N.A. PLAINTIFF

Thomas J. Cassady (6307705)

Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310)

VS. 17 CH 3

NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JERSEY COUNTY - JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 3/16/2012, the Sheriff of Jersey County, Illinois will on October 25, 2017 at the hour of 9:00AM at Jersey County Courthouse, 201 West Pearl Jerseyville, IL 62052, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Jersey and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

The real estate, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and tenements, hereditament and appurtenances thereunto belonging shall be sold under such terms.

Laurence J. Goldstein (0999318) James R. Graham; Beth A. Graham; Defendants.

Reach over 20,000 readers every week If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-10-32472.

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The People’s Marketplace Classifieds IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GREENE COUNTY, CARROLLTON, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., PLAINTIFF, VS. 12 CH 34 MARCIE ISRINGHAUSEN; JASON ISRINGHAUSEN; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS. 144 CHURCH STREET

said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

CARROLLTON, IL 62016 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by the Court in the above entitled cause on March 27, 2017, Sheriff of Greene County will on October 18, 2017, in GREENE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 519 N. MAIN STREET, CARROLLTON, IL 62016, at 10:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of Greene, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment:

The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http://ilforeclosuresales.mrpllc.com.

TAX NO. 03-92-23-121-003 COMMONLY KNOWN CHURCH STREET

AS:

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CARROLLTON, IL 62016 Description of Improvements: SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH ATTACHED 1 CAR GARAGE. The Judgment amount was $136,331.23.

Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 10% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours.

NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 N. Dearborn St. Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel. No. (312) 3469088. Please refer to file# 11825 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, THE PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

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To w n & C o u n t r y To u r... Covering Real Estate in your area Rick Barton

Robin Callihan

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SALES STAFF Charlene Anderson: 217-473-8246 Judy Douglas: 217-430-1557 Dennis Douglas: 217-430-7181 Elaine Hoaglin: 217-491-1141 Kirby Hobbs: 217-491-2059 Shane Hunt: 217-491-1299 Harrison Lane: 217-440-0319 Kate Marable: 217-370-9809 Karen McConnell: 217-491-0563 Lloyd Phillips: 217-257-7096 Ken Renoud: 217-285-4749

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201 N. UNION ST, GRIGGSVILLE $41,250

221 STANTON ST., BLUFFS $24,640

223 E. PERRY ST., PITTSFIELD $41,000

34432 PERRY FISHHOOK ROAD, BAYLIS $79,900

SOLD 313 N. PEARL ST., GRIGGSVILLE

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229 4TH ST., ROCKPORT $60,000

40 ACRES WITH NEWER HOME & CUSTOM BUILT 5 ACRE LAKE: Beautiful country home. 5 BR, 3 full BA, w/o bsmt.

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$449,000

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$389,000

$359,900

$239,900

1209 SOUTH 5TH STREET, QUINCY $21,000

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995 CONROY ST., PITTSFIELD $85,000 36569 337TH AVE., BAYLIS: Country home on 1 acre.

Call Kate Marable.

305 S. CONGRESS ST., PERRY $52,000

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31099 JIM TOWN HOLLOW RD., 23616 460TH ST., PITTSFIELD: 3,555 23616 460TH ST., PITTSFIELD: 32568 360TH AVE., BAYLIS: 4 BR, 1 BA ROCKPORT: 4000 sq. ft. 4 BR, 4 BA sq. ft. 5 BR, 3 BA, 20 acres.

3,555 sq. ft., 5 BR, 3 BA, 5 acres. Country home located 10 min. from Pittsfield. 17 acres, Pond in timber. on 10 acres. Call Kate Marable.

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221 N. STANTON STREET, BLUFFS $24,640

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32851 200TH AVE, PITTSFIELD.: Nice country setting, 4 BR, 1 BA, deck, 2 car det. garage, shed, private secluded fenced backyard.

Call Charlene Anderson.

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Pittsfield: 327 Sycamore St. Quality 3 bedroom, 1 ½ bath brick ranch read to move right into. Beautiful kitchen, newer windows, full waterproofed basement, garage, nice covered back patio and much more. Several appliances convey. $129,900

DO YOU WANT TO BUY A HOME BUT HAVE NO MONEY Pittsfield: 631 N. Jackson St. Lots of room in this 3 bedroom, 1 ½ bath home with unique 2nd level, central air, loads of kitchen cabinets, nice yard and an oversized 1 car garage. $64,900 Pittsfield: 420 N. Dutton St. Older, very clean and well kept, Cape Cod. Features 2 bedrooms, updated windows and furnace, central air, Spotless basement, and most appliances including nice washer and dryer. Carport and priced at $48,500. NO DOWNPAYMENT TO QUALIFIED. Rockport: 4th Street. A must see 3 bedroom home with room to expand in the floored attic. 2 full baths, formal dining room, beautiful woodwork, super nice kitchen, supplemental wood heat, and a large yard for kids and garden. Even has a 27 x 32 open faced garage. $65,000 Barry: 664 Grand St. 2-3 bedroom single story home with fenced in yard, garage, and nice lot. Affordable living probably cheaper than rent. Call on this one today! $39,900 Barry: 587 Davis St. Lots of Street appeal with this nice 2 story home on corner lot. Features include a large kitchen with lots of cabinets, 2+ baths, central air, 2 car garage, fenced yard and a 2 car garage. A must see. $68,500 Griggsville: 209 N. Union St. Spacious 3 bedroom ranch style home on nice lot. Features 3 bedrooms, central air, several updates and a 2 car garage. ONLY $69,000 Perry: 205 S. Congress St. attractive bi-level home at edge of town.

Has an open floor plan and a basement with an extra basement and rec. room. See this! REDUCED to $52,000 New Canton: 190 Farmers St. Nothing to do but move into this 3 bedroom manu. Home with 2 baths and covered porch. Really, ready for new owner and your payments would be cheaper than rent. $36,500 Quincy: 832 Cherry St. This 4-plex apartment building will provide a great return on your investment once some TLC is done. Separate utilities and off street parking. $36,900 Pittsfield: 3 bedroom country homeDjust east of Pittsfield. 2 baths, central SOL air, fireplace and on nearly 4 acres.

Quincy: 1260 Hampshire St. D Investment property.

SOL Quincy: 625 Jefferson St. First time buyers or the smart investor. This D 3 bedroom ranch style homeSOL won’t last.

Detroit: 404 Main St. SOL Fixer-upper D3 bedroom, one car garage an big lot.

Milton: 588 Elm St. 1 ½ story 3Dbedroom home on a big lot. Has an SOL attached garage.

Hamburg: Beautiful 3 bedroom home on nearly 5 acres. Very good condition with a full finished SOL basement,Dfireplace and much more.

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REAL ESTATES RATES ARE STILL LOW MAKING THIS A GREAT TIME TO BUY OR SELL. AS ALWAYS, WE PRESCREEN PROSPECTS AND STRIVE TO ONLY LET QUALIFIED BUYERS IN YOUR HOME. THIS SAVES YOU AND US VALUABLE TIME. CALL ROBIN (217 370 3451) OR RICK (217 473 8303) TO GET STARTED ON YOUR PATH TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR REAL ESTATE GOALS.

321 N. FRANKLIN ST., PITTSFIELD: 1321 sq. ft. 3 BR, 1 BA. Call Charlene Anderson.

$50,290

22797 US HWY. 54 PITTSFIELD: 315 E. CLARE ST., PITTSFIELD: 1,950 SQ. FT., 3 BR, 2 BA, on 3,408 sq. ft. 4-5 BR, 3 BA. Call Kate Marable.

2.9 Acres.

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711 MORTIMER ST., BARRY: Com- 220 PIPER LANE, PITTSFIELD: 1400 mercial 1,300 sq. ft. Great location, sq. ft. 4 BR, 2 BA, det. garage.

Broker owned. Call Judy Douglas. completely remodeled & updated.

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404 S. WALL ST., GRIGGSVILLE: 734 W. JEFFERSON ST., PITTS36236 CO. HWY. 2, BAYLIS: Com- 24228 US HWY. 54., PITTSFIELD: Turnkey restaurant on large lot. FIELD: 975 sq. ft. 3 BR, 2 BA. Call pletely remodeled country home on Incredible commercial building Call Judy Douglas.

Judy Douglas. site. Call Elaine Hoaglin.

1 acre. Call Charlene Anderson.

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22243 287TH AVE, KINDERHOOK: 4 ORCHARD DRIVE, BARRY: 4 BR, 2 45115 Co. Hwy. 8, Pittsfield: Nice Over 3,000 sq. ft. on 2 acres. Bro- BA, home in a great neighborhood.

Call Harrison Lane. country home located on approx. ker owned - Call Harrison Lane 1.5 acres. 15 minute drive from $149,900 $169,900 Pittsfield. Many updates and extras.

Call Judy Douglas.

229 N. Monroe St., Rushville 711 Adams St., Beardstown

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19671 US HWY. 54., ROCKPORT: Income Potential or Family Home. 4,400 sq. ft.

Queen Anne, built in 1844 on 4.5 acres.

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802 S. MAIN ST., PLEASANT HILL: 804 N. DUTTON ST. PITTSFIELD: 2795 sq. ft. 4 BR, 2 BA. Updated home. Priced right!

Call Elaine Hoaglin.

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175 N. ELM ST., BAYLIS: 1169 sq. ft. 3 BR, 1 BA. Call Elaine Hoaglin.

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45 Acres Great Hunting Farm Located At The End Of Dead End Road! income! $3,090/acre. ber Acres 123, Tillable Acres 50.

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64.5 Acres Great hunting the Illinois River $2,790/acre Bluffs! $2,790/acre 17916 369TH ONE CHRISTINE COURT, PITTSFIELD: ONE CHRISTINE COURT,4PITTSFIELD: 4 1 19.2 Acres building site orSOLD small getaway farm! $3,500/acre 19.2 Acres building site or small getaway farm! $3,500/acre SOLD JERSEY COUNTY -Great 85 Great Acres Excellent JERSEY COUNTY - PRICE REDUCED: 105 Acres MCDONOUGH COUNTY - 38 Acres Great MCDONOUGH COUNTY - 44 Acres WellHILL: 3 BR, H 2 Hunting Property Bordered

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Acres Great Building / Investment Property To Quincy! $109,000 $109,000 MORGAN COUNTY - 72 Acres - With PIKE COUNTY - Bee Creek Bluffs Farm. 48 PIKE COUNTY - Twisted Edge Farm. 80 Acres. Hunt- PIKE COUNTY - NEW - 10 Acres - Home & 33Exceptional Acres 14 Ac. Tillable, in MS River Bottoms, Great Hunting 33 Acres 14 Ac. Tillable, in MS River Bottoms, Great Duck Hunting Home.

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Timber Acres 51, CRP Acres 29. Acreage. Beautiful Country Home on 10 operation with Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell.

Other Acres. $200,000 (Including Home).

In Cooperation With Pike County Real Estate.

Acres with additional acreage available!

Potential $3,490/acre *broker owned Potential $3,490/acre *broker owned 140140 Acres Class A Tillable Soils!

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4040 Acres Excellent Building Site With Metal Building $199,000 Acres Excellent Building Site Newer With Newer Metal Building $199,000 Call Harrison Elaine Hoaglin E Call Lane.

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PRICE REDUCED: 105 105 AcresAcres Big Timber With Great Wheeler Paths & Newly PRICE REDUCED: Big Timber With 4Great 4 Wheeler Paths & Newly $10 $109,000 PIKE Cleared COUNTY - 135 Acres - Excellent PIKE COUNTY - NEW - 20 Acres - Home PIKE COUNTY - 365 Acres - Flint Township PIKE$109,000 COUNTY - 70 Acres Located in Western Pike Food Plots $2,950/acre Cleared Food Plots $2,950/acre Hunting Property Located On A Dead & Acreage. Newer Home On 20 acres on - Tillable. Hunting/Agricultural. Timber County *in cooperation with Pike County Real 20 Acres Excellent Hunting Property Bordered By Big Timber 20 Acres Excellent Hunting Property Bordered By Big Timber PENDING PENDING End Road.

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110 W. ST., KINDERHOOK: QUINCY ST., KINDERHOOK: field! $3,990 Per Acre Property! lake *broker owned.

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Police Beat The police records released by the Pike County Sheriff’s office include the following arrests and bookings. The records state that these are accusations and each individual is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

BOOKINGS Justin R. Grammar, 38, Nebo, was arrested Sept.

11 on a Pike County felony warrant alleging failure to appear. He posted $300 bond and was released pending court appearance.

Josh T. Surratt, 32, Griggsville, was arrested Sept. 11 on a felony possession of drug paraphernalia and a felony charge of possession of methamphetamine. He posted $300 and was released pending court appearance.

Laykin N. Bradbury, 29, Griggsville, was arrested Sept.1 on on a felony possession of drug paraphernalia and a felony charge of possession of methamphetamine. She posted $150 and was released pending court appearance.

Colton T. Ruble, 23, Pittsfield, was arrested Sept.

11 on a misdemeanor Pike County warrant alleging obstructing identification/ resisting arrest. He posted $500 and was released pending court appearance.

Richard K. Rupley, 36, Nebo, was arrested Sept.

12 on felony Pike County warrant to revoke probation. He posted $2,000 and was released pending court appearance.

Michael J. Wallace, 51, Nebo, was arrested Sept. 12 on a Calhoun County traffic warrant alleging failure to appear. He posted $150 and was released pending court appearance.

David M. Sampley, 62, Pittsfield, was arrested on a misdemeanor Pike County warrant petitioning for revocation of conditional discharge. He remains lodged in lieu of $2,000 bond.

Laaken L. Logsdon, 28, Barry, was arrested Sept. 12 on felony Pike County warrant alleging failure to appear on a possession of methamphetamine charge and no valid driver’s license. She posted $150 and was released pending court appearance.

Joshua W. Logsdon, 30, Barry, was arrested Sept. 12 on a felony Pike County war-

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rant alleging failure to pay or appear on a possession of methamphetamine charge and driving while license suspended. He posted $300 and was released pending court appearance.

Ian Henderson, 39, St. Charles, Mo., was arrested Sept. 13 on two felony instate warrants. He remains lodged in the Pike County Jail lieu of $1,000.

Dustin P. Borrowman, 34, Nebo, was arrested Sept. 14 on a felony charge of possession of methamphetamine.

He remains lodged in the Pike County Jail in lieu of $2,500.

Jeremy A. Miller, 33, Griggsville, was arrested Sept. 14 on a misdemeanor Pike County warrant. He posted $300 and was released pending court appearance.

Nathan G. Heatherly, 39, Nebo, was arrested Sept. 14 on felony charge of possession of methamphetamine.

He posted $3,000 and was released pending court appearance.

Michael E. Howland, 42, Pittsfield, was arrested Sept.

14 on a felony charge of possession of methamphetamine. He remains lodged in the Pike County Jail in lieu of $3,500.

Clinton M. McCoy, 25, Quincy, was arrested Sept.

15 on a misdemeanor Pike County warrant alleging failure to appear. He remains lodged in the Pike County Jail in lieu of $1,000.

Bradley S. Yohn, 30, Springfield, was arrested Sept. 15 on Pike County traffic warrant alleging failure to appear. He remains lodged in lieu of $400.

Ryan S. Smith, 30, Milton, was arrested Sept. 17 on a charge of speeding and a Pike County felony warrant. He remains lodged in the Pike County Jail in lieu of $3,000.

Emili C. Turnbaugh, 19, Pittsfield, was arrested Sept.

17 on a Pike County warrant. She posted $200 and was released pending court appearance.

Has your charge been amended, reduced or dropped or have you been found not guilty? Email ppnews@campbellpublications.net to be considered for a status update on your court proceeding. Please include name and case number.

PRICE REDUCED-Calhoun County 390 acres +/- Hardin TWP. Huge hunting farm with 70 acres tillable, secluded on dead end road with older home and outbuildings.

Calhoun County 310 acres +/- Hardin TWP. Huge hunting farm with 55 acres tillable and the balance in timber located at the end of a dead end road.

Calhoun County 80 acres +/- Crater TWP. Secluded farm with 2 ponds, barn, outbuildings and 4BR home and 27 acres in CRP. Calhoun County 80 acres +/- Hardin TWP. Excellent hunting farm with 15 acres tillable.

Calhoun County 75 acres +/- Crater TWP. Nice recreational farm with 35 acres tillable and 38 acres timber with beautiful 3BR home with 2 car attached garage.

PRICE REDUCED-Calhoun County 37.28 acres +/Gilead TWP. 32.6 acres of prime hunting up Indian Creek Road surrounded by timber near Hamburg with additional 4 acres with electricity.

PRICE REDUCED-Calhoun County 20 acres +/Richwood TWP. Completely remodeled 3BR farmhouse with 1 car detached garage sitting on 20 acres.

Pike County 180 acres +/- Fairmount TWP. Nice hunting farm with 80 acres pasture, 50 acres tillable and the remainder in timber.

Pike County 113 acres +/- Pleasant Hill TWP. 3BR 2BA

Richard Smith John Borrowman Chris Nichols Tere Boes Barb Goertz

217.473.3286 217.430.0645 217.473.3777 217.491.2267 217.257.7865

Elaine Smith Todd Smith Chris Little Scott Andress Robert Evans

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385 days served. He is also to pay a fine of $684; Rebecca Higgins, 10/6/86, Pittsfield, pleaded guilty to retail theft, was sentenced to 24 months supervision and to pay a $542 fine.

She also pleaded guilty to battery and was sentenced to 24 months supervision and to pay a $658 fine; Sydney P. Little, 8/3/88, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, was sentenced to 24 months supervision, two days in jail and a $417 fine; Michelle D. Palazzo, 4/2/1962, Pittsfield, pleaded guilty to driving on a suspended license; fined $612 and 24 months supervision.

830 N. Orchard Pittsfield $18,000 g endin Sale P

Deer Ridge Estates Pleasant Hill $25,000

405 Washington Hamburg $59,900

104 Liberty Court Pittsfield $59,000

301 N. Union Griggsville $75,000

702 Houston Pleasant Hill $76,000

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For the term ending Sept.

Keith Hull, PCHD, Baylis 15Dog(s) Running at Large Zoning: Keith Hull, Baylis - ($50 penalty) Amber ShoeForwarded to States Attormakee, $250 Pittsfield, Kris- OFFERS ney: Dustin Sanders, TAKING ta Boka, $150, Pittsfield, ON THE FOLLOWING: Terry Swartz, $150, Pittsfield.

206Robert E. Quincy Quincy CherylE.Diane Larabee vs.

Nuisance: Clark, • 208 $150, Pleasant Hill, Lyndell James Edward Lawhon; Dis300Hill, Clay • solution, 301 Clay 9-7-17.

Burns, $150,Pleasant

110½ N. Broadway Kampsville

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SOLD SOLD 204 College LD • 304 Pearl St. SO 204 Fairgrounds Cabin in Belleview Beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with large utility room and 1 car garage.

Has openWILL floor plan and nice view.

Desirable location PRICES NEVER BE LOWER! close to school and park! MOtiVateD SelleR!!

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE 3 BDR hOMe with 2 baths, eat-in kitchen,, large living room, attached onecar garage. Includes adjoining vacant lot..

Shown by appointment.

REMAINING HOUSES!

Capps Real Estate 205 E. Quincy St. Pleasant Hill, IL Lynne Springer/Broker Cell: 217-430-3739 lspringer3739@gmail.com

Email: cappsrealestate@outlook.com

217.473.3288 217.285.4720 217.653.3697 217.371.0635 217.491.2391

Rodney Borrowman Nikki Fish Cyndi Borrowman Kamp Sonya Little

630-247-0667 217-371-2858 217-779-1861 217-653-2943

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Pike County ordinance violations

Judy Capps/Managing Broker Cell: 217-242-0001 Office: 217-734-2327

house sitting on 7 acre lake with great hunting and nice mix of timber, tillable and CRP. Pike County 110 acres +/- Atlas TWP. Excellent hunting farm with big timber and secluded food plots.

Pike County 90 acres +/- Derry TWP. Great investment farm with 65 acres tillable.

Pike County 54 acres +/- Martinsburg TWP. Nice recreational farm with nice shed and 3BR 2BA home with new kitchen.

Pike County 40 acres +/- New Salem TWP. Nice hunting property with big timber, creek and 7 acres CRP. SALE PENDING-Calhoun County 4 acres +/- Golden Eagle. 4 acres in Golden Eagle right on the Mississippi River! Perfect weekend getaway near the ferry!

SALE PENDING-PRICE REDUCED-Pike County 54.93 acres +/- New Salem TWP. Secluded hunting farm located at the end of a dead end road surrounded by big timber with a major creek.

SOLD-Pike County 24 acres +/- Montezuma TWP. Excellent waterfowl hunting property equipped with pump system.

SOLD-Pike County 80 acres +/- Montezuma TWP. Awesome hunting farm with 29 acres CRP and big timber.

SOLD-Calhoun County 6 acres +/- Carlin TWP. Perfect spot to build a home on with county water and electricity available on site.

Pike County Real Estate

Traffic Speeding Dawn Rene Folweiler,11/16/ 77, Pittsfield, driving 15-20 m.p.h. over the speed limit, fined $120; Nickie M. Shewmake, 4/15/1994, Nebo, driving 15-20 m.p.h. over the speed limit. Fine $120 Seatbelt Timothy Ionson, 12/26/81, Pittsfield, fined $60; Justin Kindle, Pittsfield, 8/8/1986, fined $60; Amy Sidwell, 2/25/80, Nebo, fined $60 Others James L. Chestnutt, 1/29/83, Nebo, pleaded guilty to a charge of obstructing justice and was sentenced to four years in the Illnois Department of Corrections with credit for

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520 Washington Kinderhook $59,900

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321 N. Illinois Pittsfield $79,500

48186 166th Ave. Pearl $89,900 ding ed n e P Reduc Sale Price

19620 U.S. 780 Grand Hwy. 54 Ave. Summer Hill Barry $99,500 $129,000 d e ed c u d Re Reduc Price Price

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125 Haney Lane Pittsfield $186,500

501 N. Illinois Pittsfield $27,000

3A Dove Lane Pittsfield $139,000

331 Piper Lane Pittsfield $164,900

6570 Pelican Bay Dr., Unit 409 Osage Beach $182,500 Drastic ed Reduc Price

1211 Rodgers St. Barry $234,000

47599 166th Ave. Pearl $325,000

NEW LISTING-Pittsfield-40404 Co. Hwy. 8-Excellent 4BR 2BA home sitting on 1.38 acres in quiet location close to town. $100’s.

NEW LISTING-Hamburg-408 Washington-2BR home sitting on 2 lots with many updates with workshop and private fenced in yard. $50’s.

NEW LISTING-Batchtown-RR 1, Box 66- 3-4BR 4BA brick ranch home with 2 car attached garage sitting on 3 acres +/- with many added features. Move-in ready! $200’s.

Baylis-32467 360th St.-Beautiful home with full finished basement sitting on 3 acres with large machine shed. $200’s.

Griggsville-202 N. Federal-2BR home with deck and large garage/storage shed on corner lot across from school. Needs some TLC. $40’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Griggsville-402 E. Walnut St.-Nice 3BR brick home with full finished basement and 2 car garage sitting on 4 lots close to school. $100’s.

Hamburg-Chapman Sub. #19-Adorable 2BR cabin on the Mississippi River.

Priced to sell!! $40’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Hamburg-R.R. 1, Box 129A County Rd.-Nice 3BR ranch home with a spectacular view of the Mississippi River. Priced to sell!! $60’s.

Hamburg-R.R. 1, Box 127B-Updated 3BR cabin with deck sitting on 4 riverfront lots on the Mississippi River with 2 boat docks and ramp. $80’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Hardin-704 South County Rd.-Nicely remodeled 4BR 3BA home sitting on 6 +/- Acres. Country living yet in town centrally located in Calhoun County! $100’s.

Hardin-710 Campus Dr.-3BR 2BA brick ranch style home with oversized 2 car attached garage sitting on 3 lots on a quiet dead end road in a great neighborhood! $100’s.

Kinderhook-27959 230th Ave.-2BR custom built home sitting on 1 acre with 10 x 12 shed. Would make the perfect retirement home or weekend getaway! $100’s.

New Canton-165 S. Quincy-Very nice maintenance free 2BR home with nice detached garage and 2 sheds. Would make a great starter or retirement home. $40’s.

New Salem-603 Mason St.-1BR house on large lot in a quiet neighborhood. Movein ready! $30’s.

Pearl-46916 Co. Hwy. 10-Nice little 3BR country home sitting on 5 acres +/- just off Route 100 in the heart of the hills. $60’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Pearl-44658 190th Ave.-Totally remodeled 2BR two story home with large front porch sitting on 1 acre+/- in a nice country setting. $90’s.

Pittsfield-1298 Lakeview Dr.-Exquisite 3BR ranch home with hard surface countertops, sun room and totally finished lower living area. This home has all the extras!! $200’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Pittsfield-1118 W. Lowry-Exclusive home with over 3,000 sq. ft. of finished living space in a very desirable location. $200’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Pittsfield-10 Teal Lane- 2BR 2.5BA ranch home in a South subdivision with a beautiful family room and full basement with a walk-out. $200’s.

Pittsfield-406 E. Benson-4BR log home with 1 car attached and oversized detached garage situated on 1.3 wooded acres. $200’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Pittsfield-20780 405th St.-3BR 2BA home with 2 car detached garage sitting on 1 acre +/- in a nice rural setting. $100’s.

Pittsfield-515 Jill St.-Very nice 3BR ranch in quiet location in close proximity to park and school with many updates! $100’s.

Pittsfield-220 W. Clare-3BR home with many updates and nice detached 2 car garage close to downtown. $70’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Pittsfield-521 N. Dutton- Large 5BR, 2BA two story home with a family room in the lower level/basement that opens out to the back yard! $50’s.

PRICE REDUCED-Pittsfield-Corner of N. Orchard and Oklahoma-4 mobile home lots, three of which are rented. Call office for details!

Pittsfield-534 N. Jackson-Nice building lot.

Pleasant Hill-204 Fairgounds Rd.-Totally remodeled 2BR home with 1 car attached garage. Like new!! $40’s.

Rockport-17620 Hwy. 96-Old schoolhouse converted into 4BR 2BA home with full basement that has endless possibilities sitting on 1.62 acres +/-. $100’s.

SALE PENDING-Pittsfield-10 Douglas Dr.- A must see 6 yr. old. ranch home with up to 6 bedrooms, full finished basement with walk-out, and beautiful in-ground pool, all sitting on 4.5 acres. $300’s.

SALE PENDING-PRICE REDUCED-Pittsfield-647 W. Fayette-Nice 3BR home completely remodeled in a good location. $60’s.

SALE PENDING-Pittsfield-501 Oak Hill Rd.-Unique berm home with over 5,000 sq. ft. in a very desirable setting. $100’s.

SALE PENDING-El Dara-103 E. Louden-Very nice and well maintained 3BR 1BA two story home sitting on 1.5 acres+/-. Move-in ready! $70’s.

SALE PENDING-Pittsfield-116 N. Jackson-Beautifully restored and very well maintained 6BR 2BA home with full finished basement, 1 car detached garage and fenced in back yard. $100’s.

SOLD-Detroit-106 E. Farm St.-Redecorated 1 story frame home with detached 2 car garage. In cooperation with Wade Real Estate.

SOLD-Pleasant Hill-105 Randal Dr.-2BR ranch home in nice subdivision.

SOLD-Pittsfield-1226 W. Lowry St.-Well built 3BR ranch home with full basement in a great neighborhood. $100’s.

SOLD-Pittsfield-25347 393rd St.-Very nice clean 3BR 2.5BA manufactured home with 2 car detached Cleary building on 8 tillable acres. $100’s.

SOLD-NEW LISTING-Pittsfield-910 W. Adams-2BR home with 2 car attached garage and new heating and air conditioning. Great starter home! $40’s.

SOLD-Pittsfield-220 W. Jefferson-Great building lot close to downtown Pittsfield

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Pleasant Hill, Pittsfield celebrate homecoming this week

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Pittsfield homecoming candidates are, front row pictured left to right, Katherine Hoover, Chloe Lemons, Chandler Hayden, Lillian Pepper, Josie Marable, Rebekah Barton.

Back row pictured left to right, Isabella Jarvis, Abigail Heavner, Layne Gregory, Alexa Robertson-Wise, Kelly Rhodes, Claire Smith. Not pictured is Kristin Sibley, 2017 prom queen and honorary homecoming attendant is also on the court.

Illinois EPA grants provisional variance to meet motor fuels need after hurricane The Illinois EPA has granted a provisional variance to members of the Illinois Petroleum Council (IPC) from requirements of Illinois emission standards and limitations as they relate to motor fuels. This includes variance of the gasoline volatility standards, gasoline delivery vessel sticker requirements and the Reid Vapor Pressure of gasoline in Illinois during the regulatory control period of May 1 through September 15.

The variance will allow IPC members to operate within parameters of the Federal Fuel Waiver that was issued

by U.S. EPA on August 31.

The Illinois EPA is granting the request for provision-

Pleasant Hill High School Homecoming Court, seated, left to right: queen candidates Emily Hall, Allyson Minor, Deme Batchelor, Hannah Cox, Hanna Allen, king candidates Jesse Crowder, Nick Black, Harley Miller, Ethan Wheelan. Standing, left to right: freshman escort Chandler Helm, freshman attendant Braylee Anderson, sophomore attendant Brianna Stauffer, sophomore escort Kodiak Rogers, junior attendant Delaney McEwen, junior escort Isaiha Rogers, senior king candidate Grant Peebles.

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al variance as an arbitrary and unreasonable hardship may result in the event of a denial. IPC members accepting the provisional variance must submit a certification to the Illinois EPA accepting regulatory relief granted by the variance.

The variance is intended to provide temporary relief to nationwide disruptions to gasoline supply and distribution networks resulting in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. In light of catastrophic events that have occurred, the regulatory relief is intended to aid the gasoline supply.

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hen cooler temperatures call for something to warm you up, good, old-fashioned soups and stews may be just what you need.

You can create delicious, steaming pots that taste like they’re straight out of mom’s kitchen with flavorful, convenient ingredients such as Aunt Nellie’s Pickled Beets and READ Salads to help streamline preparation. With these contemporary recipes, you’re in and out of the kitchen in under an hour without any long simmering required.

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Bacon-Apple Red Cabbage Soup

Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Servings: 4 2 slices thick-cut bacon, chopped 1 medium red onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup) 1 clove garlic, minced 1 jar (16 ounces) Aunt Nellie’s Sweet & Sour Red Cabbage, not drained 2 cups low-sodium, fat-free chicken or vegetable broth 1 medium apple, chopped (about 1 cup), plus additional for garnish (optional) 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional) 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice (optional) 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves (optional) plain yogurt or sour cream (optional) crumbled cooked bacon (optional) In large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat, cook bacon 2-3 minutes, or until cooked through and crisp. Remove bacon from skillet; reserve. Drain drippings; return 1 tablespoon to pan; discard remaining drippings.

Add onion to pan. Cook about 2 minutes, until tender, stirring frequently. Add garlic; cook and stir about 30 seconds. Add red cabbage and liquid from jar, broth and chopped apple. Stir in cinnamon, allspice and cloves. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 10 minutes.

Add water, 1/2 cup at a time, if soup is too thick. Add bacon to pan. Continue simmering about 3-5 minutes, until apples are tender and soup reaches desired consistency.

Spoon into bowl. Garnish with apples, yogurt and crumbled bacon, if desired.

Bacon-Apple Red Cabbage Soup

German Potato Salad Soup

Rustic Vegetable Beet Soup

Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Servings: 4 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup chopped red bell pepper 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 cans (15 ounces each) READ German Potato Salad, chopped 1 bottle (12 ounces) light beer 3/4 cup reduced-sodium, fatfree chicken broth 6 ounces (1 cup) diced ham, smoked turkey or sliced smoked sausage (optional) 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional) 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon chopped parsley rye croutons (optional) crumbled bacon (optional) In Dutch oven or 3-quart saucepan over medium heat, cook onion and bell pepper in oil until onion starts to brown, 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add potato salad, beer, broth and meat, if desired, and stir to combine. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add salt, if desired, pepper and parsley.

Serve topped with rye croutons and bacon, if desired.

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German Potato Salad Soup

Tex-Mex Bean and Butternut Squash Stew

Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Servings: 6 1 jar (16 ounces) Aunt Nellie’s Whole Pickled Beets, drained 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 medium onions, coarsely chopped 2 medium carrots, coarsely chopped 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and chopped 2 large cloves garlic, minced 2 zucchinis (about 5 ounces each), coarsely chopped 2 cans (about 14 ounces each) vegetable broth 1 teaspoon seasoned salt (optional) 1 can (15 1/2 ounces) chickpeas, drained and rinsed salt, to taste pepper, to taste 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh dill Gremolata (optional) Gremolata: 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley 1 tablespoon minced fresh dill 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel Coarsely chop beets; set aside.

In large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions; cook about 5 minutes, or until softened. Add carrots, sweet potato and garlic. Cook 3-5 minutes, or until vegetables begin to soften, stirring occasionally.

Add zucchini, broth and seasoned salt, if desired. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, about 15 minutes, or until vegetables are tender. Add chickpeas; heat through. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

To prepare Gremolata: In small bowl, combine all ingredients.

Stir in parsley and dill. Stir in beets. Serve immediately; top with Gremolata, if desired.

Tex-Mex Bean and Butternut Squash Stew

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Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Servings: 4 Stew: 1 can (15 ounces) READ Southwestern Bean Salad, divided 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4-1/2 teaspoon chipotle chili powder 1 clove garlic, chopped 2 cups cubed or chopped butternut squash, fresh or frozen (about 1/23/4-inch pieces) 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) no-salt-added diced tomatoes 1 1/2 cups low-sodium vegetable or chicken broth 1 teaspoon lime zest, plus additional for garnish (optional) Chipotle-Lime Crema chopped cilantro (optional) Chipotle-Lime Crema: 1/4 cup plain nonfat yogurt or sour cream 1 teaspoon lime zest 1/8 teaspoon chipotle chili powder To prepare stew: Place half of canned bean salad, cumin, chili powder and garlic into bowl of food processor. Puree until blended but still slightly chunky.

Add remaining bean salad to large saucepan.

Stir in butternut squash, tomatoes, broth, pureed bean salad mixture and lime zest. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes, or until squash is tender and stew reaches desired thickness.

To prepare crema: In small bowl, combine yogurt, lime zest and chili powder.

Serve topped with Chipotle-Lime Crema, cilantro and lime zest, if desired.

Notes: If using frozen butternut squash, add to stew during last 2-3 minutes of cooking to prevent overcooking. Orange zest can be used instead of lime zest, if desired. Recipe can be doubled.

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Illinois Youth Firearm Deer Hunt is October 7-9 The 2017 Illinois Youth Firearm Deer Hunt is Oct. 7-9 for those hunters with a valid Youth Deer Permit who have not reached their 18th birthday by the first day of the hunt. Youth Deer Permits are available over-the-counter at license vendors throughout the state.

Hunters may purchase only one permit (either-sex) for one of the open counties. Hunters that are 16 years of age or older must also have a Habitat Stamp.

All youth hunters must have a current, valid Youth Deer Permit and have a regular hunting license, Youth Hunting License or Apprentice Hunter License, unless exempt. If using a regular hunting license, participants must have completed an IDNR-approved Hunter Education course. Each hunter participating in the Youth Deer Hunt while using an Apprentice Hunter or Youth Hunter license must be accompanied by a non-hunting, validly-licensed (Illinois hunting license) parent, guardian or grandparent who is 21 years of age or older. All other hunters participating in the Youth Deer Hunt must each be accompanied by a non-hunting supervisor (parent, guardian or responsible adult) who has a valid Illinois hunting license or who has in his or her possession a valid Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card. The non-hunting supervisor must wear the orange garments required of gun deer hunters (blaze orange cap and upper garment with a minimum of 400 square inches of solid blaze orange material), and must remain with the hunting youth.

Each supervisor may only accompany a single youth at any given time during the hunt.

All Illinois counties except Cook, DuPage and Lake Counties, and that portion of Kane County east of Illinois Route 47, are open for the youth deer season. Hunting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset on Oct. 7-9. The bag limit is one deer per legally authorized permit. All either-sex permits are subject to the following restrictions: no hunter, regardless of the quantity or type of permits in his/her possession, may harvest more than two (2) antlered deer during a year, including the youth, archery, muzzleloader and firearm seasons.

Successful hunters must register their harvest by 10 p.m. on the same calendar day the deer is taken by calling the toll-free telephone check-in system at 1-866-ILCHECK or by accessing the online check-in system at https://www. dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Pages/HarvestReporting.aspx. They will be provided with a confirmation number to verify that they checked in their harvest. This

number must be written by the hunter on the temporary harvest tag (leg tag).

Unfilled Youth Permits will also be valid during the first firearm deer season only for private land in the county named on the permit, or for hunting on public land that is open to statewide regulations (no limit on hunter access) in that county during the firearm season. Unfilled youth permits would not be valid during the first firearm deer season on special hunt areas that limit hunter numbers with a quota.

Youth hunters are reminded that archery deer season will be underway and archery hunters will be afield during the Oct. 7-9 youth hunt. Archery deer hunters and all other hunters are reminded that they must comply with requirements to wear blaze orange the weekend of the youth deer hunt (except in counties closed to the youth deer season).

The IDNR-managed sites in the counties listed below are open to youth hunting during the Youth Deer Hunt.

Note that some of the IDNR sites allow participation in the Youth Deer Hunt only by site-specific permit. Contact the sites listed below for special site regulations:

Adams – Mississippi River Pools 21 and 22 Adams/Brown – Siloam Springs SP Alexander – Cape Bend SFWA, Horseshoe Lake SFWA Calhoun/Jersey – Mississippi River SFWA Cass – Jim Edgar Panther Creek SFWA Clinton – Carlyle Lake – East Fork Unit, Eldon Hazlet SP – North Allen Branch Unit Crawford – Crawford County SFWA Effingham – Wildcat Hollow SHA Fayette – Carlyle Lake SFWA Franklin – Campbell Pond SHA Hancock – Cedar Glen SNA Henderson – Big River State Forest (new in 2017); Mississippi River – Pool 18 Iroquois County – Iroquois County SWA Jackson – Kinkaid Lake SFWA; Burning Star SFWA Jackson/Union – Giant City SP Jackson/Williamson/Union – Crab Orchard NWR Jasper – Meeker SHA, Newton Lake SFWA Jefferson/Franklin – Rend Lake SFWA and COE-managed areas of Rend Lake north of Highway 154 Jefferson/Hamilton – Ten Mile Creek SFWA Jersey – Copperhead Hollow SFWA,

Pere Marquette SP Jo Daviess – Apple River Canyon (Salem/Thompson Units), Hanover Bluff, Rall Woods, Tapley Woods, Upper Mississippi River NFWR – Lost Mound Unit to include IDNR properties Eagles Landing and Stewardship Park (special permit required from USFWS), Wards Grove, Winston Tunnel Johnson –Cypress Pond SNA, Deer Pond SNA, Ferne Clyffe – Cedar Draper Units only, Glass Hill SNA, Skinner Farm SHA, Wise Ridge SNA Johnson/Pulaski/Massac – Cache River SNA Knox – Spoon River SF Lawrence – Chauncey Marsh Lee – Green River SWA Marshall – Marshall SFWA Mason – Sand Ridge SF Massac – Fort Massac SP, Mermet Lake SFWA, Seilbeck Forest SNA Menard County – Oakford CA Mercer – Mississippi River – Pool 17 Moultrie – Lake Shelbyville Project Lands in Moultrie County including Shelbyville SFWA Montgomery – Coffeen Lake SFWA (Upland Management Area only) Peoria – Portions of Marshall SFWA Perry – Pyramid SRA (East Conant, Galum and Old Park Management units only) Pike – Mississippi River (Pools 22 &24), Ray Norbut SFWA, Ray Norbut – Dutch Creek Unit Pope – Dixon Springs SP, Dog Island Randolph – Turkey Bluffs SFWA Randolph/St. Clair/Monroe – Kaskaskia River SFWA Saline – Saline County SFWA Sangamon – Sangamon County CA Shelby – Hidden Springs SF, Lake Shelbyville Project Lands (NOT including Eagle Creek and Wolf Creek State Recreation Areas) Schuyler/Brown – Weinberg King SFWA including Scripps and Spunky Bottoms units Tazewell – Mackinaw SFWA Union – Trail of Tears SF, and Union County SFWA Union/Alexander – Devil’s Island SFWA Will County – Kankakee River State Park Note: Crab Orchard, Dixon Springs, and Lake Le-Aqua-Na offer youth firearm hunts during the regular statewide firearm deer season and require a sitespecific firearm deer permit.

For more information on the Youth Deer Hunt in Illinois, check the IDNR website at https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/ hunting/Pages/DeerHunting.aspx

New unemployment insurance process to streamline tax experience for Illinois employers Beginning Sept. 11, the Illinois Department of Revenue’s MyTax Illinois will become Illinois employers’ most convenient option for filing unemployment insurance monthly wage reports, quarterly unemployment insurance reports, and for making contribution payments. The transition is a joint effort between the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) to simplify the tax experience for both new and existing Illinois employers.

“By utilizing MyTax Illinois for IDES’ unemployment insurance processes, employers will be afforded an easy, secure method to file and pay unemployment insurance taxes,” said Connie Beard,

IDOR Director. “With more than 100 taxes and fees collected through MyTax Illinois, we believe it will provide a userfriendly online method to manage employer tax accounts.”

Some of the benefits employers can expect to see include the ability to: Register a new business with IDES and IDOR in one secure location; Save time completing and mailing paper reports by filing wage reports and paying unemployment contributions electronically; Make changes to account information quickly and easily; Get immediate online confirmation that reports and payments have been received and processed timely; View IDES and IDOR cor-

respondence, account balances and other documents through a secure message center; and File UI-3/40 reports, make payments and report quarterly zero wages online.

“I’m excited because two large State agencies, IDOR and IDES, are working together on this very critical project,” said IDES Director Jeff Mays. “We’ll be able to serve employers better and more efficiently because employers will have modern tools at their fingertips with a safer and faster way to conduct business with IDES.” “I was able to hear a presentation on the upgrades from Director Mays and Director Beard and I commend them and their agencies for cutting through the bureaucracy to bring something of great value

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to the Illinois business community,” said Illinois Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Todd Maisch.

Current employers, who already have a withholding account with IDOR, are encouraged to set up their MyTax Illinois profile in advance of September 2017 to begin taking advantage of the free online account management program to manage all other types of tax accounts.

Employers may easily add their unemployment insurance account after September 11, 2017.

For more information on MyTax Illinois, please visit: mytax.illinois.gov. Employer questions regarding MyTax Illinois may be directed to the IDOR Telephone Assistance Hot Line: 1-800-732-8866.

IEMA joins nationwide campaign to encourage disaster preparedness September is National Preparedness Month and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) is joining with emergency management agencies throughout the state and across the U.S. to encourage people to spend a few moments during the month on disaster preparedness.

The campaign’s theme Disasters Don’t Plan Ahead. You Can. urges people to set aside time to discuss emergency plans with family members and develop a plan to stay safe when disaster strikes.

The goal of this annual preparedness push is to increase personal and community disaster preparedness throughout the U.S. “We never know when the next disaster will strike, but there are actions we can take to be better prepared for the unexpected,” said IEMA Director James K. Joseph. “As we are seeing with Hurricane Harvey, even an expected weather event can have unexpected devastating consequenc-

Data shows synthetic opioid overdose deaths on the rise The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is raising awareness of an alarming trend in opioid overdose deaths. Recent analysis of Illinois death records shows that overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, have increased more than any other category of opioids.

“While fatal overdose deaths involving opioids have increased in Illinois during the past five years, the number of deaths involving synthetic opioids has increased even more dramatically,” said IDPH Director Nirav D. Shah., M.D., J.D. “It is important that we raise awareness and recognize this growing problem and work together to prevent these deaths and the devastating pain family and friends experience.”

In a major undertaking, IDPH analyzed the literal text section of Illinois death records to identify specific substances contributing to drug overdose deaths. The most striking result was the large increase in the number of deaths involving fentanyl, and opioids similar to fentanyl, which lead to a 910 percent increase in synthet-

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In addition, throughout September IEMA will post daily preparedness tips on the Ready Illinois Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ReadyIllinois) and Twitter (@ReadyIllinois).

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Additional analysis of death record data, including the types of opioids (oxycodone, heroin, carfentanil, etc.) can be found in the latest edition of the Illinois Morbidity and Mortality Bulletin. These data provide health professionals, law enforcement, and health care providers a more complete understanding of the opioid crisis and help identify strategies to combat it.

Thousands of people die each year from drug overdoses and they come from all walks of life. International Overdose Awareness Day aims to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death. It also acknowledges the grief felt by families and friends remembering those who have died or were injured as a result of drug overdose.

Take the time to learn the signs and symptoms of overdose and how you might be able to help.

You can find Educational Resources – Overdose Prevention Materials on the Illinois Department of Human Services website.

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