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Pikeland to listen to community input Saturday

By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press Pikeland Unit 10 board members and administrators will sit down Saturday morning and discuss ways to make the school district better.

The meeting is open to the public and will start at 9 a.m. in the PCS cafeteria.

“I will start the meeting with an overview of the district,” Paula Hawley, superintendent of the district, said. “Then we will go to table talk.”

Members of the public who attend the meeting will be broken into groups and will rotate between tables that have both a board member and a school administrator. Topics assigned to each table include: curriculum and programs, facilities, extra-curricular, communication, finance/school funding and family/community engagement.

“And then there will be an a la carte table,” Hawley said, “where we can talk about anything else.”

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The City of Griggsville got hundreds of accolades after it hung giant American flags along I-72 from the New Salem exit to the Twin Eagle Bridges for the Memorial Day weekend. Kent Goewey, mayor of Griggsville, said the city council discussed it and decided to do it and placed two flags at each overpass except one, which could not accommodate the flag attachment. Gowey said the council plans to put the flags back out for the 4th of July and other holidays.

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Last year Bryce Bogue of Nebo walked from Nebo to Louisiana, Mo., via Pittsfield “For those who can’t,” honoring military veterans. This year he was joined by eight other walkers and the group dedicated the 14 miles from Nebo to Pittsfield to four fallen soldiers : PFC Vincent Ellis, CPL Ethan Martin, PFC Eric Hario, SSG Jason Dahlke. Those walking in no particular order are: Bryce Bogue, Luke Grimes, Mike Easley, Josh Moffit, Jesse Poor, Rachel Smith, Chase Pease, Marlee Bradshaw and Kim Schultz. Bogus, Grimes and Easley are all military men and others have family or loved ones in the military.

Lots of talks about Champ Clark Bridge going on

By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press The Champ Clark Bridge carrying U.S. 54 over the Mississippi River at Louisiana,Mo. will be the hot topic of conversation the next few weeks.

A public meeting will be held next Thursday, June 9 at the Twin Pike YMCA in Louisiana, Mo. The Missouri Department of Transportation will have displays and maps of the proposed bridge alignment, which is expected to be built just south of the existing bridge. The meeting will be from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. with a presentation at 5:30 p.m.

All display materials and the opportunity to comment will also be available online at: www. champclarkbridge.com. Written statements and exhibits as well as oral statements will be received at the hearing, or by writing MoDOT at 1711 S. Highway 61, Hannibal, Mo., 63401 to the attention of Keith Killen. All comments about the environmental assessment must be received within 10 working days after the date of the hearing, by June 23.

Elected officials will meet at the Pike County Farm Bureau June 15. A time of 6 p.m. has been tentatively set.

“This meeting is to give local officials a chance to have input on where U.S. 54 leading to and away from the bridge will go,” Brenda Middendorf of the Pike County Economic Development Corporation said.

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Reminder The Champ Clark bridge at Louisiana will be closed from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. June 13-17 and again June 20- June 24. The closure will allow a thorough inspection of the bridge.

At least one overnight closure is anticipated as MoDot maintenance crews plan to repair some joints and will stripe the bridge.

“There will be one night we have to keep the bridge closed overnight to perform some preliminary engineering work to help prepare for a new bridge,” Brian Haeffner, MoDOT area engineer, said.

“The overnight closure date has not been determined yet, but will be communicated as soon as possible.”

A mainly Missouri based group with an interest in preserving U.S. 54 has spoken about plans for making sure the new bridge aligns with the the historic highway.

Middendorf said a popular concept for highway construction in Missouri these days is a “shared-four.”

“It is more cost effective to build three lanes of highway than it is four,” Middendorf said. “It is a (See, bridge, A2)

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Obituaries in this issue: Jackson, McKinney, Shulman.

he annual Genealogy Fair and Civil War reenactment will be this weekend and the two day event will have something for everyone.

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The genealogy fair will begin Friday at 9 a.m. at Crossroads Center in Pittsfield and run through Saturday mid-afternoon.

New this year at Pittsfield Lake during the Civil War re-enactment will be a vintage baseball exhibition game using 1800 era rules, which includes no gloves. A team from Springfield and a team from Belleville will play each other at 11 a.m. at Pittsfield Lake near the battlefield area. They will have era-appropriate uniforms.

Also, new this year will be tours of the H. L. Hunley traveling exhibit from Charleston, S.C. (See page A5 for more information on the H.L. Hanley).

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Embracing a milestone Kenzie Flowers gets a hug from her father, Jamie Flowers, during the Griggsville-Perry High School graduation Friday evening in Griggsville.

Fifteen members of the Class of 2016 walked in the ceremony, which was punctuated with speeches by principal Jeff Bourne, valedictorians Alexis Kessinger and Cole Bradshaw, and salutatorian Peyton Bonds.

Griggsville-Perry was the last of the four county high schools to graduate.

A schedule for the genealogy fair

Friday, June 3, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

9:30 -10:30 a.m. – Beginning Genealogy by Polly Myers 10:30-11:30 a.m. – Using the FamilySearch Website by Wallace Carroll,Nauvoo Family Search Center 1-2 p.m. –Researching Illinois Civil War Soldiers who served in Missouri – Gwen Podeschi, Reference Librarian at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library 2 - 3 p.m.–Researching with Fold 3, Bob Norris Saturday, June 4 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

9- 10 a.m.– Using the FamilySearch Website Wallace Carroll – Nauvoo Family Search Center 10-11a.m.– What Your Doctor

Wants to Know About Your Genealogy - Rachel Rahman M.D. 11-noonResearching 1812 Soldiers Linda Rosenthal 1-2 p.m. –Cemetery Location and Restoration Chris Harris 2-3 p.m.- Burial Sites for Confederate Soldiers Killed at Gettysburg, Bob Norris Volunteer genealogists will be available at all times

A complete schedule of the reenactment is as follows: Saturday: 9 a.m. - Artillery, cavalry, infantry, naval and civilian camps open to public for tour 10 a.m.- Cavalry games 10 a.m.- 4 pm- Nauvoo on the road 10:30 a.m. - Chris Vallillo in concert in camp 11 a.m.- Vintage baseball exhibition 12:30 p.m. - Ladies and gentleman’s fashion show/tea 1:30 p.m. - Chris Vallillo in concert at the battlefield 2 p.m. - Civil War battle reenactment - Sen. Sam. McCann to open 3 p.m. - Interviews and photos with President Lincoln, Gen. Grant and Gen. Lee 3:30 p.m. - Candy cannon 8:45 p.m. - Night cannon firing Sunday: 9 a.m.- Camps open to the public for tour 9:30 a.m.- 1860’s church service 10:30 a.m. - Chris Vallillo in concert in camp noon - Candy cannon 1 p.m. - Chris Vallillo in concert at the battlefield.

1:30 pm - Civil War battle reenactment - Rep.C.D. Davidsmeyer to open

Throughout the weekend: Performances by Chris Vallillo, period sutlers, craft demonstrations, music and food.

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By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press Pittsfield native Donna Claxton retired from teaching in the GriggsvillePerry district two years ago after being there 24 years. She had 32 total years of classroom experience.

Her husband, Tom Claxton, retired this year from Pikeland Community School in Pittsfield after 33 years and a few years in the Missouri school system. Their son, Matthew, and his wife, have 33 years of teaching together in the Alton School District. Another son, Andrew, is currently pursuing his doctorate at the University of Southern Mississippi and will teach at the university level, when complete. Total years in the education field for the family: 106 and still counting.

“I always knew I wanted to be a teacher,” Donna Claxton, a 1968 graduate of Pittsfield High School, said. “I went to Culver-Stockton and got a degree in social studies, but all jobs for social studies teachers went to men who could coach.”

Donna returned to school, this time at Northeast Missouri State, now Truman State, and got certified in math.

In the meantime, she met Claxton who was attending Culver-Stockton after serving two years in the military, one in Vietnam.

The couple married in 1973 and the two got jobs at a small school district in Missouri.

“We didn’t like it,” Donna Claxton.

“It was a modular school and it was hard to get the kids to concentrate on what was going on in our cubicle. I remember the day the teacher in the area next to mine taught sex education.

It was a waste of my time to even be there.”

The couple had attended a few job fairs and both had received offers in the Kansas City area but decided if the job market was that open, they would take a chance.

“And just like that the market dried up,” Tom Claxton said. “We thought there was a high demand and there really wasn’t.”

Tom Claxton spend his days looking for full-time work and substitute teaching. Donna stayed home with Matthew.

“That was great for me, because I had 30 first day experiences in a classroom where children would test me in one year,” Claxton said.

The couple eventually moved to Pittsfield, where Donna’s mother had a home for the young family. After the move to Pittsfield, Tom Claxton heard the social studies teacher at Higbee had resigned at the last minute.

“I went to see Dr. Basden and he gave me a shot at an interview,” Claxton said. “I had to interview with Lee Hoffman, principal at the time, and I could tell it wasn’t going well.

Finally, I looked at him and said. ‘If you hire me, I promise to make you proud of me.’”

Hoffman took the chance and hired Claxton.

“The next year he put in my evalua-

(Continued from A1) Hawley said the table discussion will focus on three general areas: What do we do well?, What can we do better? and What ideas do you have? People will rotate among each of the tables.

Once each group has been at each table, the administrators, who will have been keeping notes, will report out the summary of the discussions.

“We will have a summary,” Hawley said. “A report of ideas or suggestions that

were repeated throughout the discussions. Those ideas will be written on sheets that will be placed on the wall.

As people exit the meeting, they will be given stickers to place next to the items they are most concerned with.”

Hawley said she expects the meeting to last two to two-and-half-hours.

“It will give the community the chance and the opportunity to have input into our schools,” Hawley said.

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Pittsfield residents Tom and Donna Claxton, along with their son and daughter-in-law, have 106 years experience as teachers. Another son is working on his doctorate and plans to teach. Donna Claxton retired two years ago from the Griggsville-Perry district and Tom Claxton retired this year from Pikeland.

tion he was proud of me,” Claxton said.

Meanwhile, Donna started looking for work and when there were no positions locally, she took an aide spot in what was then the Perry district.

“I started as an aide and then when a teaching job opened up, I had a chance at it,” she said. “In a small district like that and even after Perry and Griggsville consolidated, you have to be flexible. I would stop in Griggsville of a morning on my way to work and teach a block, then go onto Perry and teach the rest of the day.”

Donna said she was a cheerleader for the profession of teaching for the first 20 years.

“We both were. We would tell people how rewarding it was and you have the same days off as your children, summer vacations, all the perks,” she said.

But the last 10 years the Claxtons have not been so vocal.

“It’s like the government doesn’t trust you to do your job,” Donna said.

“I don’t mind change. I’ve never fought change, if it has been for the better, but now there is so much testing and documentation. There is curriculum mapping, curriculum analysis, all kinds of time-consuming meetings that produce masses and masses of paperwork, yet nothing changes. The children haven’t changed but the system sure has.”

Tom Claxton agrees with her.

“I wanted to be a teacher from the eighth grade on,” Claxton said. “I had a math teacher in eighth grade and he was special. He dressed like Clark Kent on Superman and called all of mister and miss. And he would get so excited, so happy, when we got it –when he’d made us understand what he’d been teaching us. It became my goal to make him happy and then it hit me –‘I want to be a teacher.’ But now there is so much outside interference from the government and bureaucrats that I can make the difference I used to.”

Claxton also coached in the Pikeland district – football and junior high baseball — and he says he misses those days.

He also started the tradition of a trip to Washington, D.C. for PCS students.

“That is like 72 hour recess,” Claxton said. “I went 13 times and wanted to give it up but children kept asking me to take them. Finally, Chandra Foster came to Pikeland and I said I will go one more time to show you how, then it’s yours.”

He said the trips changed after 9/11 but the rules have lessened and the students once again get the full experience of the trip.

Despite some of the changes in the school system the Claxtons didn’t agree with, the couple agrees their years in the profession were rewarding.

“I love it when a former student comes up to me when I’m out in public and tells me ‘Thank You.’” Donna Claxton said. “Teachers can still make a difference in a child’s life.”

Now that both Claxons are retired, they say they have no real plans.

“When I retired two years ago, I just wanted a while to myself, obligation free,” Donna said. “But I’m looking at some things I might want to get involved in.”

Tom Claxton said when he and Donna were teaching together, Fridays were their favorite days, as they always had the weekend off.

“For the last two years, Monday has been her favorite day, because I went to school and she stayed home,” he said. “Now we will have to find a new favorite day.”

Claxton said he is considering going to PCS a couple of days a week and helping with an enrichment class.

“I’d love to go back and tell some of my history stories. I had a history professor who could put history in story form and I copied him the best I could.

I think the students got a lot out of it.”

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The Pike County Economic Development Corporation recently awarded nine Workforce Readiness Certificates to freshmen at Pleasant Hill High School. These certificates were awarded based on the students’ attendance, grades, discipline referrals, willingness to learn, respectfulness, organization, teamwork, positive attitude, work ethic, and communication. Students receiving the certificates are, front row, left to right: Derrick Henderson, Geoffery Giles, Kaylee Smith, Lilly Pepper, Faith Capps. Back row: Delaney McEwen, Samantha Renfrow, Alexis White, Erin Mowen.

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(Continued from A1) creative use of the middle lane and helps to keep traffic moving.”

Middendorf said the concept will be presented at the meeting to see if that is something the local elected officials might be interested in pursuing.

But, Middendorf said currently the Illinois Department of Transportation says there is not enough economic development in the area to make any changes to U.S. 54 on the east side of the river to justify any sort of improvement.

“But we believe a lot of traffic, boat traffic headed to the Ozarks and tractor-trailer traffic avoids the Champ Clark Bridge because of its condition,” Middendorf said. “We think when the new bridge is built, people will cross at Louisiana rather than Hannibal. We think we will see a lot more traffic in this area.”

The third meeting will

also be held at the Pike County Farm Bureau, June 23, where Missouri and Illinois officials will meet to discuss the bridge and how each state should benefit from the new bridge.

The draft program for the bridge is expected to be presented to the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission at its meeting July 7 in St. Louis, where they will hopefully approve the program.

Brian Haeffner, MoDOT area engineer, said comments can be submitted online at stipcomments@ modot.mo.gov.

The Champ Clark Bridge is nearly 90 years old and is considered structurally deficient and functionally obsolete by today’s engineering standards.

“Millions of dollars has been spent to keep the bridge safely open for its users, and we are pleased we are closer to making a new bridge a reality,” Haeffner said.

What is shared four-lane?

By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press According to the MoDot website, a shared four-lane is the utilization of passing lanes along a conventional two-lane highway.

The majority of Missouri’s rural highways are two-lane highways. While these routes are adequate to handle the volume of traffic they serve both now and in the future, drivers often become frustrated with delays caused by the inability to pass a slower moving vehicle. In this situation, a driver must either contend with a travel delay or risk a potentially dangerous passing maneuver. Clearly, there is a real need to improve the safety and functionality of many two-lane routes.

Through innovation, MoDOT has designed an alternative roadway, called a shared four-lane highway.

This unique design provides a cost-effective solution to ease traffic flow, improve safety and reduce driver frustration.

A shared four-lane highway consists of passing lanes along a conventional two-lane highway to better accommodate traffic volumes and improve safety. The passing lane alternates between both sides of the highway to give drivers periodic opportunities to pass.

Although MoDOT has used similar applications in limited fashion before, the first of these projects is scheduled for Route 5 between Camdenton and Lebanon. Its continu-

ous nature will make it one of the first projects of its type in the U.S. These facilities are very common, and have been very successful in Europe.

A shared four-lane helps maintain a consistent traffic flow.

It increases passing opportunities over long stretches of highway, reducing the time drivers spend behind a slower-moving vehicle.

The addition of a passing lane improves safety because it eliminates the need for a driver to cross into the opposing lane of traffic to pass another vehicle. Rumble stripes between opposing lanes encourage drivers to remain safely in their lanes.

In Europe fatal and severe injury crashes have been reduced by as much as 55 percent.

A shared four-lane provides an effective design alternative for higher-volume, two-lane roads, but at a much lower cost than a typical four-lane highway - as much as 75 percent less.

While it can be built on a new alignment, it can also be applied to existing highways, making use of the existing roadbed to minimize the need for new right of way and extensive construction.

In most locations, MoDOT will design shared four-lane highways with: 12-foot lane widths, separated by a fourfoot buffer; variable shoulder widths; left-turn lanes at major intersectionsand a flexible design to fit the location.

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Above: Dean Spann, left, gives the command to fire the 21-gun salute Monday during Memorial Day services at Crescent Heights Cemetery in Pleasant Hill. The weather was perfect for celebrating the day.

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Right: As usual the Barry Memorial Day program was magnificent with all the flags lining the roadway to the cemetery where a tribute was paid to the veterans buried there and others as well.

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John Gleckler salutes as Rita Andress, left presents the wreath from the Daughters of the American Revolution group and Rita Rush, right, does the same for the American Legion Auxiliary. The ceremony was held Monday morning at the Pittsfield West Cemetery.

The threads that bind friends Weekend fundraiser could put basketballs on the court

By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press Elizabeth Miller says every quilt tells a story but the quilt she made for Frank McCartney shortly after his election to the bench as circuit judge has several.

“I retired from my position as attorney and Pike County Public Defender in June 2009,” Miller said. “All the employees in each office at the courthouse chipped in and bought me gift certificates for the Hickory Stick, my favorite quilting store.”

When McCartney was elected to the bench in 2012, Miller thought what better use for her gift certificates that to make a quilt for the new judge, using the money collected for her, by the employees of the courthouse.

“I went to the Hickory Stick and they had a quilt pattern there with Abe Lincoln in the center with the Gettysburg address in the background,” Miller said. “The only problem was it was written in French. I didn’t think Abe would like that, so I had them get me one that was written in English.”

The pattern called for fabric that was period correct to the Civil War so Miller used cream and white, red and black.

A picture of Lincoln dominates the middle of the quilt, surrounded by his famous Gettysburg Addres.

The second border from the center is made in the log cabin pattern, common to many quilts made during the Civil War era, according to Miller.

“You start in the middle and add a strip of fabric,” Miller said. “Tradition called for the pattern to be light fabric on one side, the second side also light, then the darker colors on the two remaining sides with the black being in the center. The black symbolizes the hearth of the home, which many thought was the heart of the home.

The Amish Log Cabin pattern calls for yellow, symbolizing sunshine in the window.”

The next border of the quilt has some of Lincoln’s most famous sayings embroidered around the second row.

“I embroidered them and then had Marsha Kelley of Sassy Stitches embroider around them to make them stand out more,” Miller said. “I was hoping Judge McCartney would hang this in the courtroom and I wanted him to be able to read them from the bench.

They are readable at a distance.”

The last row of the quilt is a variation of the log cabin.

“It has a red center, then a light

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Judge Frank McCartney, left, and retired attorney and public defender Elizabeth Miller stand beside the quilt Miller made for McCartney upon his election to the bench. Miller said she had the quilt ready the day McCartney was sworn in, but didn’t want to detract from his day, so waited before giving it to him.

color, a dark color, a light color and a dark color,” Miller said. “The pattern is called ‘Steps of a Courthouse.’ I thought it very appropriate.”

Miller said there used to be a stigma about machine quilting but lately that as not been the case.

“You can do so much more with a machine than you can by hand,”Miller said. “There is such variation. I wanted this quilt to be done simply to show off the different colors and small pieces.”

Miller said hand-quilting requires huge quilt racks and most homes of today are not built for that kind of hobby.

“And a top-notch quilting machine could cost as much as $25,000 and then you would have to do quilting for others to make it pay for itself,” Miller said. “I just want to keep my quilting a hobby and not a business.”

Miller said another ironic thing about the quilt is that McCartney waited to hang it until some painting and other renovations could be completed in the courtroom over which he presides.

“It hangs in the corner where I used to huddle with my clients and whisper,” Miller said. “I think of it as my corner.”

Miller says her sewing is a lifestyle.

“I can’t ever remember not having

By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press A strawberry festival/ grill cook-off this weekend in Nebo could put the community group raising funds for a new basketball court in the village over the top.

“We are very close,” Leah Crane, one of the organizers, said. “We have raised approximately $5,000.”

The group estimates with a concrete pad, fencing, lights, goalposts and goals, $7,000 is needed to see their dream become a reality.

The group had originally planned to put the court on the east side of Veteran’s Park but after measuring the area, found it wasn’t big enough. A couple of other sites are on the group’s radar

but nothing official has been decided.

The event kicks off at 3 p.m. with Brad Miller performing at 3 p.m. in Veteran’s Park, where most of the event are scheduled.

Games for kids will start at 3:30 p.m. and at 5 p.m., the food from the competition will be ready to serve.

“We have 10 competitors signed up already,” Crane said. “We would like a few more.”

Strawberry shortcakes and other desserts will be available along with strawberry lemonade in special Tupperware bottles.

Judging for the cook-off will be from 5-7 p.m..

Stomping Grounds will play from 6-9 p.m.

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The quilted wall hanging in the Pike County courthouse has many symbolic meanings but most of all represents the friendship between Elizabeth Miller, its designer, and Frank McCartney, for whom she designed it.

a needle in my hand,” she said. “Even when I went to law school I sewed. I even took a lingerie class. My grandmother Schimmel was the same way.

She was always sewing.”

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Our View ALL WARS MUSEUM

Great start for Pike’s new museum When you start digging into Pike

County’s past, you often find a jewel.

From the local lore of Abraham Lincoln, to the racial harmony at New Philadelphia, to the Morman trek through the area, Pike County has stories of importance to tell.

Another jewel from Pike’s past has recently been polished up for public viewing in the form of the recentlyopened All Wars Museum in Pittsfield.

Here’s a place to honor those from Pike who have taken up the uniform to serve their country.

A steady flow of visitors kept volunteers busy this Memorial Day weekend just past, showing off the many exhibits which have been donated to the fledgling institution.

The museum is well worth the trip. In fact, it will be worth future trips as the exhibits are fine-tuned, more items are donated and more dreams of the founders are realized.

The museum is located in the former VFW building, adjacent to Historic East School in Pittsfield. Stepping inside the door, visitors are immediately struck by the level of professionalism which has been achieved in a few short months.

This is no garage sale collection of attic mementoes.

From the color scheme of the room, to the display cases donated by the Pittsfield Rotary Club, to the dioramas, to the collections artfully designed by Pikeland Community School teacher Chandra Foster, the level of quality is impressive.

We especially look forward to a planned “mini theater” which will be able to air interviews with local veterans.

Permanent hours for the museum have not yet been set, but it will be open again this coming weekend, June 4 and 5, from noon to 5 p.m.

If you haven’t seen it yet, make plans to stop by.

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he Trump and Sanders phenomena reflect in large part a sense among the little guys, who feel they are being exploited by the big guys.

Another way of putting it is that in recent decades the share of wealth allocated to labor (the working guys and gals) has been shrinking while that going to capital (those with top incomes and money to invest) has been growing, rapidly.

In his magisterial yet pessimistic book about “The Rise and Fall of American Growth” (Princeton, 2016), economist Robert Gordon of Northwestern University puts numbers to my observations.

From 1972-2013, there was significant average annual growth in the real income of the top 10 percent of Americans—and negative growth for the other 90 percent (the latter made only slightly positive when government transfer programs are added in).

This has reversed the effects of the long period from 1929-1971 during which the little guy actually improved his income status vis-à-vis the wealthy, in large part because of unionization and robust manufacturing.

Another way of slicing this is that the top 20 percent or so of households, generally double-earner college-educated and professional couples, are doing just fine. The other 80 percent, often not so well, and anxious about their future prospects.

And the growth for the top 1 percent of “earners” has been skyrocketing in recent years.

CEOs today command 257 times what the typical worker in his or her business makes, versus just 20 times as much in 1973, according to Gordon. Even when a business tanks and the CEO is bounced, he walks away with ga-jillions, floating on a golden parachute.

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bottom. This simply increases a debilitating dependency on government, which is too great already.

One fundamental alternative is to increase the leverage of the worker in the private sector.

But the traditional union-management collective bargaining process has failed. The ability of employers to hire permanent replacement workers to replace those striking has been one major factor in the decline of union leverage.

So some workers have in recent years become part of the militant “alt-labor” (alternative to unions) movement, which is reflected in the recent protests for a $15 minimum wage staged outside McDonald’s headquarters in suburban Oak Brook.

I think such battles will become more frequent and probably bloody at times.

In terms of public policy, political parties might turn to increases in the Earned Income Tax Credit, which rewards work.

Another idea is to increase (not decrease) immigration of the brightest from other countries. After all, wealth is created by geniuses and entrepreneurs, and the U.S. provides a very attractive setting in which to produce wealth. This wealth can be shared by those of us who provide lower value-added, yet critical services.

It’s all complicated, yet the issue of labor v. capital balance needs to be addressed.

■ Jim Nowlan is a former state legislator and former senior fellow at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois. He has worked for three Illinois govenors.

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Best of times, worst of times

n Monday, I saw Illinois at its best and its worst.

Along with my family, I stood on the lawn of the Schuyler County Courthouse and laid a rose at the feet of its war memorial. Like 47 other families with roots in that rural western Illinois county, we had lost a veteran this past year.

During the Korean War, my father served in the U.S. Army. He was drafted and he was forced to live across an ocean -- far from his future wife and family. The pay was lousy and the food worse. But he did his job and he did it well. And like all veterans, he offered Memorial Day is next Monday. his life for an idea called democracy.

This idea of such service is not just some0% A. I plan to travel over the thing from a bygone era. In fact, earlier in three-day weekend. that Memorial Day weekend I attended a cookout welcoming my wife’s nephew home B. I plan to attend a Memorial 0% from Army basic training.

Day service in my He, too, is eager to serve. community.

I thought of both my Dad and nephew as the bugler played Taps and the honor guard 100% C. I will visit a cemetery and fired its volley. bring flowers to place.

The crowd at the courthouse ceremony was a mix of Republicans and Democrats.

D. I’m looking forward to 0% But they didn’t argue politics. They all love grilling out, spending time this state and nation and want the best for the with friends and relaxing. next generation. They gathered on that lawn to honor the shared ideals of representative democracy.

But those democratic ideals were hard to find 57 miles to the east at the Illinois CapiThe Pike Press welcomes letters to the editor on top- tol, where state representatives passed a budics of community interest. Letters should be no more get that called for spending $7 billion more than 300 words long and must be accompanied by the original signature, address and daytime telephone than the state expects to take in this year. number of the writer. No personal attacks will be printed. Letters should be addressed to the editor and not to an individual. We reserve the right to edit for brevity and fairness and to withhold letters that are determined to be libelous or untrue.

At the same time, the little guy sees oncegood jobs flowing overseas or just evaporating in the face of technological change.

Even worse, the CEO who sends jobs overseas does so while seemingly “flipping the bird” to his former domestic employees, showing not a whit of concern for the worker and his family. The emotional distance and insensitivity are appalling.

So now the little guy is finally being heard, loudly but inchoately.

I believe that the political party that responds sincerely and effectively to the little guy will be the majority party of the future.

The split of wealth between labor and capital in a democratic society is always a balancing act. Things are out of balance at present.

At present, however, both major parties appear in thrall to big money.

For example, I fault the Obama Administration for prosecuting nary a single executive in the Wall Street scandal a decade ago that brought the world economy to its knees.

Top executives had to know their people were fraudulently misrepresenting to investors hundreds of billions of dollars in absolute junk mortgages.

Banks have paid $40 billion in fines for their actions, which they can write off their tax liability—but somehow nobody is guilty!

And the GOP has been in bed for decades with the Koch Brothers and other billionaire investors, who finance the GOP in return for protection of their privileges.

I think we have to shift some of the wealth back to labor, or the nation risks tearing itself apart in years to come.

But how to accomplish this shift?

The longstanding Democratic predisposition is to tax more and provide more government handouts for those struggling at the

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Sadly, this sort of useless political posturing is commonplace in Springfield.

Republicans do it. Democrats do it. And most of us are just plain tired of it.

In this particular case, it had House Speaker Michael Madigan fingerprints all over it. It allows Madigan – and his legislative minions – to claim they voted for lots of government programs, but didn’t vote to raise anyone’s taxes. I guess Madigan thinks voters are too ignorant to figure the deception out. Yes, he holds you in that much contempt.

Many state representatives feel more beholden to Madigan than to the voters who allegedly put them there. The cliché in Springfield is that instead of voters picking their representatives, representatives are picking their voters.

As bad as that statement sounds, the situation is actually worse.

Behind closed doors, House Speaker Mike Madigan has practiced the dark art of legislative redistricting. Computer models are used to draw up boundaries assuring that his members have the constituents he wants them to have. Behind those closed doors he works not just to assure his party of a majority but himself of a compliant majority. During the 18 years I’ve covered the legislature, I’ve had Republican – and Democrat – lawmakers complain to me about the district “Madigan gave them.”

It is one way Madigan rewards his friends and punishes his enemies.

What happens behind those closed doors has nothing to do with public service and ev-

erything to do with power. It’s about giving voters fewer choices.

In fact, it is because of this politically perverted process, that the General Assembly only has a handful of contested races each year. The vast majority of lawmakers face nominal or no opposition.

Is it any wonder that after decades of having such an unresponsive legislature, Illinois has the largest unfunded pension liability in the nation? Or that it has gone 11 months without a budget? Or that it has unpaid bills totaling more than the economies of some nations?

Frustrated voters seldom have the opportunity to vote their lawmakers out of office.

So the status quo persists.

Is it any surprise that Madigan is trying to keep voters from voting on redistricting reform? An ally of his is trying to get the courts to block such a measure from being considered by the voters – even though the measure has received more than twice the number of signatures necessary to be put on the ballot.

For Madigan, who has ruled Illinois for decades, it’s not about public service, it’s about personal power.

If only the democratic ideals extolled on that courthouse lawn would find themselves into the Speaker’s office.

Is that asking too much?

■ Scott Reeder is a veteran statehouse journalist. He works as a freelance reporter in the Springfield area and can be reached at ScottReeder1965@gmail.com.

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The Coonridge Digest: Freida Marie Crump

A brief history of campaign civility Greetings from the Ridge This is an open letter to anyone under 25 years of age.

In brief: don’t be discouraged. If this is the first time you’ve actually paid much attention to a political campaign it would be easy and understandable to think that presidential elections are the hemorrhoid of our democracy. I wouldn’t blame you a bit if you got the idea that hate, venom and childish behavior were the way of the world in American politics.

Although our history has been rife with ugly political contests, absolutely nothing can match the embarrassingly crude contest now playing out before us.

Harry Truman didn’t have much popularity coming out of the Korean War and decided not to run again so he contacted one of America’s World War II heroes, Dwight Eisenhower, to run as a Democrat. Ike demurred and later accepted the Republican nomination; Illinois governor Adlai Stephenson took top spot on the Democratic ticket. Few films exist of their campaign speeches and this was the first presidential campaign to make wide use of television, but the footage from the 1952 race is remarkable by today’s standards . . . two men of intelligence calmly debating the issues of the day. And the campaign discourse was generally positive with the most

persuasive TV commercial being an animated cartoon featuring a song by Irving Berlin, “I Like Ike!” Stephenson was speaking in Indiana when a member of his audience shouted, “Ike is a war monger!” Stephenson stopped his speech and calmly replied, “Mr. Eisenhower is a hero of our republic,” then continued his speech. Ike won and was a good president. Stephenson would no doubt have done equally well.

Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan disagreed on nearly everything but throughout their entire campaigns they referred to each other as President Carter and Mr. Reagan.

They was no cry of “crooked” or “lyin’,” simply a polite address affording their opponent the courtesy of their position. I doubt that there were no two candidates in recent history that disliked each other as much as Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater, and when it came to policy they lit into each other like two backroom brawlers, but it never got personal. The most negative ad of the Kennedy-Nixon campaign was a film of Eisenhower being asked how Nixon had helped him as Vice President. Eisenhower smiled then responded, “Give me a week.”

Even Nixon laughed.

The struggle between Lincoln and Douglas was a struggle of values, of policy. When they were lawyers together in the 1830’s, Lincoln’s law partner, William Herndon, said that Abe spoke of his opponent as a, “fair

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hen the Lincolns entered the room for their inaugural ball, the next in line was Stephen A. Douglas . . . two men who knew that their causes were bigger than their egos, their principles of more importance than their personalities. and liberal-minded man.” He went on to call him generous and above all, courteous.

When Douglas was in the Senate one day and received a telegram announcing Abraham Lincoln’s nomination by the Republican Party, he told his fellow senators, “Well, gentlemen, you have nominated a very able and a very honest man.” When Douglas, a former furniture craftsman, was speaking in New Hampshire a heckler interrupted Douglas by calling Lincoln a “rail splitter.” Douglas replied, “He has probably split as many rails as I have made secretary and bureau cases.

I’ve met him at the bar, I’ve met him on the stump, and I want to say to you, my friend, that he’s a hard man to get up against.” The two future statesmen used to hang out in Joshua Speed’s Springfield store, and they even courted the same woman, Mary Todd.

These two giants of our nation’s history faced each other in perhaps the most contentious campaign to ever grab our country’s attention, yet they respected each other. A story that may or may not be apocryphal concerns

Douglas reaching out to hold Lincoln’s hat when the new president had too many things to juggle during his inaugural ceremony. For whatever reasons, Lincoln had few more ardent supporters than Douglas after his election. When the Lincolns entered the room for their inaugural ball, the next in line was Stephen A. Douglas . . . two men who knew that their causes were bigger than their egos, their principles of more importance than their personalities.

So dear young American, what we’re seeing displayed need not be the case. Our greatest leaders have been strong, they have been courageous, they have been smart, but they have maintained civility. . . for without that all the strength, courage, and intelligence are of little value. Don’t be discouraged.

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 Y A :T -T T D M O P ears go

125 Years Ago May 29, 1991 Members of the M. E. church in Pleasant Hill have purchased of Capt. Lovell four lots south of the hotel.

They have made a park of the three west lots and on the east lot will build a fine church this summer.

The YMCA now occupy the room over J. J. Johnson’s jewelry store on the west side of the square.

Jon Shastid, Jr. announces that he will take a limited number of music students this summer. Mr. Shastid comes directly from the instructions of Prof. E. M. Bowman of New York who ranks uppermost among teachers of music in this country.

Fishing in the Sny was never better, and thousands have been caught there with hook and line the past 10 or 12 days.

The Pike County Sunday School convention will meet at New Salem at the M. E. church on June 16 and 17.

100 Years Ago May 31, 1916 Decoration Day was an unusually quiet one in Pittsfield as there were no exercises of any kind, except those at the cemetery in the morning.

We are sorry to see the timehonored Decoration Day speech making omitted.

An unusual fact about the graduation class at Hull this year is that it is composed of young men only: War-

hirty hree ruck rivers to

ren Kirby, Albert Reynolds and Elmer Gudgel.

Each is planning for higher education.

County Clerk W. S. Binns and Supervisor John Stead of Griggsville went to Springfield to be present at the letting of the contract for the construction of the PerryGriggville-Pittsfield state road.

Pleasant Hill high school commencement was held last Wednesday with 13 graduates. New Salem’s commencement was held Friday with more than 30 graduates.

Commencement will be held at Detroit this evening, El Dara tomorrow evening, Pearl Saturday evening and at Summer Hill a week from Saturday evening.

The first annual meeting of the Pike County Federation of Women’s clubs, held at the Higbee high school building last Thursday, was largely attende, and proved one of the best and most profitable sessions of the kind ever held in the county.

75 Years Ago May 28, 1941 Dr. Virginia Dinsmore, one of the pioneer women physicians of Pike county, died Monday morning at the home of Supt. And Mrs. Ross J. Nichols, at the age of 86. She was born in 1853, three miles south of Time.

She attended Eureka College in Eureka, and the Women’s Medical college in Chicago, which is now a part of Northwestern University. For 45

years she practiced medicine in Jacksonville. And for many years she made regular trips every Friday to meet with her Pike county patients at the Pittsfield House hotel.

Decoration Day services will be conducted by the American Legion at 10:30 Friday morning at the West cemetery. Members of all patriotic organizations including Spanish American War veterans and Boy and Girl scouts will meet at the Legion building at 9:30, and march to the cemetery.

Honors for Griggsville High School this year went to Mabel Gleckler, first, and Maynard Birch, second.

Miss Gleckler is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gleckler of New Salem, and is 18.

She would like to either be a nurse or take up secretarial work. Maynard Birch is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arland Birch of Griggsville and is 17. He plans to attend Gem City Business College next year and the University of Illinois later.

Judge A. Clay Williams was chief speaker at Citizens Day ceremonies held in Quincy recently. In he remarks he said, “We are today living in one of the crucial periods of the world’s history. Everywhere about us is change. Old institutions, beliefs and ideals are going fast. We seem to be slipping backward in the long march of progress. The world is suffering from poverty. Fear of the future haunts every

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Delpha Louise Ford is the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Weybern Ford of Nebo, and was one year old May 15. She can stand along and walks with someone holding her hand.

50 years Ago June 2, 1966 Thirty-three truck drivers and their families are slated to move out of Pittsfield by June 19 under a reassignment policy of their employer, Eastern Express, Inc., operators of Wheelock Bros., Inc. It is understood that three drivers have chosen to resign, rather than be reassigned.

People came from far and near to honor J. Harold Voshall Saturday night.

There was humor, dignity and respect—climaxed when Virgil T. Parks, president of the Pittsfield Unit 10 board of education, announced at the conclusion of the program that the Pittsfield high school gymnasium would henceforth be officially known as the J. Harold Voshall Gymnasium.

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Shonhart, R. R. 1, Nebo welcomed a daughter, Cindy Lou, May 24.

The Milton post office and the Milton Feed Mill were broken into sometime Monday night according to Deputy Sheriff Jim Wade, who investigated the burglaries.

Mary’s Café, which has been operated by Mr. and

Mrs. Ester Carlton, and is one of Nebo’s longstanding businesses, was closed Tuesday May 31, as they are retiring.

A farewell dinner will be held at noon Friday at the Nebo school lunch room, honoring Gordon Sansom, who will be teaching in Pittsfield in the near future.

Airman Edward B. Knight, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Knight of Pittsfield, has been selected for technical training at Lowry AFB, Colo., as a U. S. Air Force aircraft weapons system specialist.

Stinebaker was awarded the highest honors in general scholarship, obtaining one of the top two grade point averages in her class.

The Pittsfield Saukee baseball team defeated Payson, Bluffs, and QND, the three top-seeded teams, to win the Notre Dame regional. Players are Mike Capps, Matt Claxton, Darin Huntley, Paul Schlabs, Shawn Bennett, Brian Myers, David Fox, Jamie Sweeting, Jason Thompson, Rhett Collver, Stason Kopps, and Clint Allen. They are coached by John Schultz.

25 Years Ago May 29, 1991 The famous purple martin tower, which stood from 1965-1984, is back in downtown Griggsville. Ken Stauffer worked inside the tower and Dennis Morath of Morath tree serviced worked in a bucket to join the four sections as each was lifted in place by a V. H. Callender crane.

The Pike county board approved placement of permanent decorative lighting on the courthouse dome. Lights would consist of four spotlights and a large number of low voltage decorative lights. The lights will cost $12,000, and will be funded by an unnamed donor.

Pollee A. Stinebaker, a 1987 graduate of Perry High School, was honored May 17 at the MacMurray College senior honors banquet. Miss

10 Years Ago May 31, 2006 For the fifth year, a Civil War re-enactment, called Lincoln Days, is coming to Pittsfield’s City Lake on Saturday and Sunday, June 3-4.

Soldier re-enactors from as far away as Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and Indiana will also present classes on Civil War practices, and a period dance will be held.

Students in the Pittsfield High School band voted to have Jennie-Rebecca Whitlock receive the John Philip Sousa award at the spring band concert, May 9. PHS band director, Justin Bangert, presented the award. She is the daughter of Harley and Lori Whitlock of Pittsfield.

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

Guest Column: Bob Norris

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Perspective on Civil War sub

n June 4-5 visitors to the annual Lincoln Days Civil War Reenactment held at the Pittsfield City Lake will be able to see a unique historical exhibit. A full scale model of the Confederate Submarine H. L. Hunley will be on location and available for viewing. Visitors will be able to see not only the exterior of the sub but doors on the side open allowing the crew compartment to be viewed as well. I invite all who are interested in Naval history to come out and view this exhibit. The following is a brief history on the Hunley.

The H. L. Hunley was the brainchild of Horace Lawson Hunley a successful lawyer and business man from New Orleans. His idea of a boat that could dive and travel under the water then resurface came about when the Confederate government offered bounties for any private ship owners who could sink Union ships who were blocking the major ports throughout the South. By the summer of 1861 Hunley had found investors who were interested in his idea and were looking to turn a profit. Hunley’s next step was to locate someone who could give life to his idea. Enter James McClintock and Baxter Watson owners and operators of a machine shop in New Orleans. At the time McClintock and Watson were profiting off making bullets for the Confederacy. McClintock was by a nature a tinker and Hunley’s submarine idea intrigued him.

McClintock’s first prototype was known as the Pioneer

but it had to be sank after Union forces captured the city of New Orleans. Hunley then moved his operation to Mobile, Alabama and Mobile Bay. There Hunley and McClintock started over building their next prototype which they named the American Diver. It was sleeker than the Pioneer and was equipped with ballast tanks, diving fins, two hatches and a screw propeller. Sadly, the American Diver was lost during a storm. Before they could even take time to grieve the loss, Hunley and his group were back at work. Their third prototype would be even better and called the Hunley.

The harbor at Charleston, South Carolina was the biggest in the Confederacy. By 1863 the Union Navy had choked off the entrance to the harbor and something had to be done to relieve the pressure. Enter the Hunley the Souths new secret weapon. In August of 1863 the Hunley was carefully cut into two sections and craned onto railroad flatcars for shipment to Charleston. She arrived on August 15, 1863.

During the following months crews were selected and training missions carried out. On August 29, 1863 during a training mission something happen that caused the deaths of five crewmen. Three survived. Tragedy struck again October 15, 1863 when the entire crew of eight were lost including Horace Hunley.

Finally, on February 17, 1863 the H. L. Hunley slipped under the water of the harbor and successfully attacked and

sank the USS Housatonic. Strangely the Hunley did not return that night. Another crew lost, and the beginning of rumors and a mystery that would last for decades.

The H. L Hunley and its crew would not be found until 1995 when a group funded and led by Author Clive Cussler located the wreck under four foot of silt. In April of 2000 the submarine was lifted off the bottom and moved to the Lasch Conservatory located in Charleston, South Carolina.

In the years to follow the inside of the sub was excavated with great care being taken to preserve the human remains and artifacts found. The Hunley has now been stabilized and his on display at the Lasch Conservatory in Charleston, South Carolina.

For more information on the H. L Hunley I recommend the following: “Raising The Hunley-The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine,” Copyright 2002 by Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf; “Sea of Darkness-Unraveling the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley,” Copyright Brian Hicks; Friends of the Hunley www.hunley.org/ ■ Bob Norris is a Pike County native and member of Looking for Lincoln in Pike County.

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Three Saukees qualified for the state track meet at the May 16 sectional. Left to right, Eli Ten Eyck qualified in both the 1600 and the 3200, James Gwartney qualified in the long jump and Neil Stark in the triple jump. The boys are coached by Adam Singler, right. Ten Eyck finished ninth in the 3200 with a time of 9:55.16. Gwartney and Stark were eliminated in the prelims.

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in and around the Pike County Area CHAMBERSBURG n "Growing Stronger in Christ" North Pike Senior Fellowship will be Wednesday, June 15.

Speakers will be Steve Ingram, Michael Smith and Matt Haberman. Special music by Ken Bradbury and Jeremy Norton. Registration is from 8:30-9 a.m. The event ends at 2 p.m. with a catered lunch. Please call for your reservation by June 12, at (217) 327-4338 or send it to William Lidgard, 45075 400th Ave., Chambersburg, IL 62323.

GRIGGSVILLE n The History of the Western Illinois Fair will be the topic for Griggsville Historical Society Thursday, June 9, at 2 p.m. at the Skinner House.

Updates on research in nutrition will be given as June is the month we emphasize good nutrition in snacks. All are invited to attend. n City-wide yard sales Saturday, June 11. Call Kathy Buchanan to have your name added to the map and list at 217-491-2783. n Co-ed volleyball tournament benefit for Kristine Bingham, a teacher at Griggsville-Perry Elementary school who has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Tournament is at GriggsvillePerry High School Saturday, June 4, starting at 9 a.m.

There will also be a silent auction, 50/50 and item raffle, food, face painting, crafts, games, coloring stations. Vendor booths will also be set-up donating the proceeds. There will be a photo contest held by Michelle Howard. Information is on the event page on Facebook.

All of the proceeds will go to the Bingham Family as well.

PITTSFIELD n The Pike County All Wars Museum will be open this coming weekend Friday, June 3, Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5 from 12-4 p.m. each day. For more information contact Lloyd Lawber at (217) 285-4253. n American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Pike County event will be June 4 on the Pike County Courthouse square from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Music provided

by Twilight Entertainment will accompany games, food, and festivities throughout the day. Visit relayforlife.org/ pikeil to learn more about the event, or contact Crystal Sewell at (217) 523-4534 or cystal.sewell@cancer.org. n The Lincoln Days Reenactment Antique Show and Genealogy Fair, sponsored by the Abe Lincoln Project of Pike County/ Looking for Lincoln Community Working Group, will be held Friday, June 3 and Saturday, June 4 at the Crossroads Center. It is being held in conjunction with the 15th Annual Lincoln Days Civil War Reenactment being held on Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5 at Lake Pittsfield. The events are funded in part by grants from the Pike County Accommodations Tax Project Funding Board. Dealers are wanted for the show.

Information is available on the Lincoln Days Civil War Reenactment Antique Show and Genealogy Fair Facebook page, as well as on the website of the Abe Lincoln Project of Pike County, www.pikelincoln. com, or on the Chamber of Commerce website, www. pikeil.org. Dealer forms are available as downloads. n The Pike County Health Department is offering a 3 hour Food Handler class at the Farm Bureau, 1301 E. Washington, starting on Thursday, June 2 at 6 p.m.

Upon successful completion of the class, the participants will be approved to take an Illinois State approved exam and with a passing score become certified as an Illinois Food Handler. This would be great training for festival vendors. Please contact Chelsea Hayden at (217) 285-4407 extension 116 for registration forms, or they can also be downloaded from the Health Department website at www.

pikecoilhealth.org. n Pittsfield Youth Library Summer Reading Program will be held Wednesday, June 1 through Friday, August 1. Read the books and get prizes. Birth through third grade children will receive a reward for every ten books read. Fourth through twelfth grade children will receive a reward for every five books read. Pick up a reading log at the Pittsfield Public Library to keep track of the books that are read. A parent needs to initial the log sheet after each book is read. Bring the completed reading log to the library anytime during the month of June to receive the rewards. Call (217) 285-5232 for more information. n Senior Adult Bible Study sponsored by Calvary Baptist Church beginning Wednesday, June 1. Schedule will begin with coffee, snacks and visiting from 9-9:25 a.m., then prayer and bible study will be from 9:25-10 a.m.

This will be a 14 week study of the Old Testament book of Nehemiah. n The Pittsfield Youth Library will have Library Camp Monday-Friday, June 20-24. There will be 2 age groups each day. The first class is from 9-10:30 a.m. for children who have completed Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades in the past school year.

The second class is from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for children who have completed 3rd, 4th and 5th grades in the past school year. Children must be registered to attend and must have a library card in order to check out books.

The theme is "Hawaii" and parents are invited to join on Friday evening at 6 p.m. to see the results of the children's hard work. Please call (217) 285-5232 or come by the Pittsfield Youth Library to register your child for camp. n The Pittsfield-Pleasant Hill Girls Basketball team is hosting a Chute Basketball Shooting Camp on June 13 and 14. It is for 4th through 12th grade girls and boys.

Coach Maske and his staff will be directing the camp.

Forms are available at PCS outside the office and in the office at South School.

ONGOING n Water Aerobic classes at the King Park Pool in Pittsfield each Tuesday and Thursday from 12-1 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. Classes are free.

Any questions call (217) 2854524. n Market on the Green Saturdays from 7-11 a.m. on the North side of the square in Pittsfield. Items included will be fruits, vegetables, baked items, and jellies. Call Cindy Lightle at (217) 8332619 or text (217) 248-1240. n The Pittsfield Masonic Lodge meets the second Monday of every month at the Masonic Lodge, 210 W. Fayette, Pittsfield. n Monday Minute with EPIC (Everyone in Pike Included and Contributing) Stop by Free Press Coffee, on the square in Pittsfield each Monday morning between 9:30 and 10:30 am to see what is new with EPIC. Michele Westmaas and Carrie Martin can fill you in on the exciting things happening in Pike County. Order your favorite goodie and chat with Michele and Carrie while you wait. n Come shop locally. Large variety of items, new and used. Local homegrown produce will be available. Vendors and garage sale individuals wanted.

Every Saturday in front of Nucci's Pasta House, 231 N. Madison, Pittsfield, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. You will need your own table and is free of charge. Call Tammy at 217285-1336. n Meals Plus for Seniors serves lunch at noon, Mon. through Fri. at Findley Place at 400 W. Jefferson St., Pittsfield, Il. 62363. Over 60, meals are based on donations. Under 60, the cost of the meal is $6. Call Connie by 8:50 a.m. on the day you would like to make reserva-

tions at 217-285-6150. Milk and bread offered with every meal. n The Samaritan Closet in Pittsfield will be giving away clothes every third Saturday of the month for free, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Any questions call 217-491-8980. n 12 Step Al-Anon Family Support Group for alcohol and narcotic addiction every Monday at 8 p.m. at the First Christian Church 225 N. Memorial, Pittsfield.

(Breezeway entrance). For more information, call Betty at 217- 285-6191. n The Bright Star Methodist Cooperative Parish (Oxville, Florence, Detroit, Griggsville, Perry, New Salem and Baylis Methodist Churches) Bible studies for 2016 will be held every Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. at Perry UMC and every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at Griggsville UMC. This is absolutely free and everyone in Pike County are welcome to attend. If you have questions, feel free to contact Pastor Dave at 217833-2575 or 217-833-2457. n Helping Hands Ministry sponsored by Calvary Baptist Church in Pittsfield will be held the third Saturday of every month from 9-11 a.m.

Free to all in need are household cleaning items, paper products, baby care products, personal hygiene items, laundry items and more. Open to all families in need. Enter in back door just off the parking lot. Watch for bright signs. n The Pittsfield Woman’s Club will meet every 4th Tuesday of the month at noon for lunch and a program at the Community Center. For more information or to become a member, call Sandy Henry, 217-285-6480. All Pike County women are welcome. n Liberty Village of Pittsfield has blood pressure checks: the 2nd Monday of the month, at the Barry YMCA, at 8:15 a.m., the 2nd Wednesday of the month, at the Pleasant Hill Senior Center, at 11:30 a.m., and the 3rd Monday of the month at Findley Place, at 11:30 a.m. and the last Monday of the month from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hull Community Center. n The County Market Coupon Club meets Wednesday afternoons from 11:30-12:30 p.m. weekly in the County Market Café.

There is no charge to join and the coupons are traded each week and several rebate forms are available each week. For more information, contact County Market 217285-4453. n The Samaritan Closet clothing giveaway will be open every Wednesday, every Friday, and every 3rd Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Located in the old Red Cross building on South Memorial street in Pittsfield. They will be accepting donations on those days also. n Belleview Community Church “Teen Drop-In” every third Sunday night of the month for ages 12-18 at 5:30 p.m. n Celebrate Recovery Large Group meeting will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. every Friday at the Pittsfield Crossing Church. The second Friday of every month offers a potluck meal at 5:30 p.m. Free childcare, snacks, and coffee. For anyone with any hurts, habits or hang-ups.

Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered, 12-step program where you can find others who have been through some of the same things you are experiencing and a place to find serenity and freedom.

Everyone is welcome. n The Crossing Church in Pittsfield offers their food pantry the third Saturday of every month from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. For more information, please call The Crossing at 217-285-6900. n Food Pantry serving the southern Pike County areas: Nebo, Pleasant Hill, Pearl and

Belleview. Transportation is available. Please call Pastor Darin Workman 217-7342803. Pantry will be open every third Saturday of each month.

MR. AND MRS. EUGENE THOMAS

n The Pike County Health Department is now offering IDPH approved on-line food service sanitation classes.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Call Jane Johnson at 217Thomas of rural Perry 285-4407, ext. 118 for more observed their 60th wedding information. anniversary May 19.

Gene Thomas and Judy n Pittsfield Chapter of the Albers were married in the Order of the Eastern Star brides home at rural Bluffs on meets every fourth Monday at the Masonic Lodge at 7:30 May 19, 1956. Their attendants were Karrie Hutton, p.m. sister of the bride, and Lyle n Pittsfield Lions Club Thomas, brother of the meets the first and third groom. They are parents of a Thursday of every month at daughter, Vonna Park.

The couple met as teenagCarl’s Cardinal Inn. For more ers at the Meredosia skating information, please contact rink in 1954. The couple has Mike Graham at 217-473spent most of their married life 3791.

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n Breastfeeding Support Group, Pike County Health Department, monthly. First Tuesday, 10 a.m., 217-2854407. n Pike County Health Department: Home Health visits by nurses, therapists, aides, and homemakers daily. TB skin testing 8:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. and 1-4:45 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.

Immunization clinics 1:306 p.m. on first and third Mondays. Family planning counseling Mon.-Thurs., except Tues. a.m. and Wed. p.m. when clinics are held.

The health department is closed on Fridays, although essential services are available. For more information, call 217-285-4407. New WIC clinic times starting September 1 by appointment only: Monday afternoons, Wednesday mornings, and Thursdays. Walk-in clinics will still be available on Tuesdays from 8:45 to 10:45 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. For more information call 217285-4407 x137. n Job Club will be open to the public every Tuesday from 2-3 p.m. No appointment necessary. Two Rivers Regional Council Office at 120 South Madison, Pittsfield.

OUT-OF-COUNTY n A Gospel concert featuring Steve Ladd, Anticipation, and Rod Nicholson will be held at the First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, IL at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 4. n The Art Association of Jacksonville will be hosting "Art in the Yard" on June 4 from 1-4 p.m. at the David Strawn Art Gallery located at 331 West College. Kids ages 2-10 will be able to create seven different art project and participate in other fun activities. n The link between depression and heart disease will be the featured topic at the next meeting of the Healing Hearts support group. The group meets Thursday, June 9, at 6:30 p.m., in the Blessing Hospital Auditorium, 11th & Broadway, Quincy.

Beverages will be provided.

Registration is required, contact Jeana Koster, RN, 217223-8400, ext. 8918. n Boaters and Volunteers needed at the Fishing for Freedom event being held June 3, 4 and 5. Support our troops and show your appreciation by participating in the weekend with our country's active military and Veterans, and experience a rewarding time alongside these men and women. We are currently short on volunteers and boaters. If you are able to help give a weekend back to these warriors, please go to our website www.fishingforfreedomquincy.org to sign up, or for more information call (217) 779-3811. n Alliance Art Gallery, 112 N. Main, Hannibal, MO will hold a reception for Barry Messer, guest artist, and Mary Jae, featured member artist, on Saturday, June 11 from 5-8 p.m. This reception coincides with Hannibal’s Second Saturday Gallery Night. For more information visit www. allianceartgallery.com or call 573-221-2275.

in rural Perry where Gene continues to farm. Mr. Thomas is the son of the late Everette and Corrine Thomas of rural Versailles. Mrs. Thomas is the daughter of the late Harold and Geraldine Albers of rural Bluffs. Their anniversary was celebrated by a family dinner. Mrs. Thomas worked for a number of years at the Bluffs Times newspaper office. The couple are long time members of the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and attend the Beardstown English congregation.

WEDDING REGISTRY Allie Little & Dan Lewis June 4 Candice Lanhum & Seth Daniel June 10

JACQUELINE BINGHAM

Bingham graduates U of I Jacqueline Bingham of Griggsville recently graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science degree in community health and a concentration in rehabilitation science. Bingham will begin work at University of Illinois toward her Master of Social Work degree this summer. She is the daughter of Kristine and Wayne Bingham.

Brittney Mountain & Jerred Heinz June 18 Marlee Jo Bradshaw & John Schultz July 16 Molly Goodman & Mike Guithues Sept. 3

BABY REGISTRY Brittni & Brock Hill May 15 Staci Allen & Tyler Smith June 2 Jodi Finney & Mason Damon June 26 Ashlyn & John Havens July 1

COMMUNITY

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Pike Press

Milton

Smith Cemetery seeks donations Milton Smith Cemetery would appreciate Memorial Day donations for maintenance. Please send to Verla Dale, 230 Fair Street, Pittsfield, IL 62363. Thank you.

Weather permitting, ball games are scheduled for many nights the next few weeks at the ballpark in Milton. Come enjoy delicious pork chops, brats

and hotdogs from the grill as well as nachos, popcorn and drinks from the concession stand. Relax, eat and cheer on the home team in Milton!

Come on out to the East Pike Lending Library in Detroit, IL and check out some books for your summer reading! Summer hours will begin June 6th and they will be open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and

By KARRIE SPANN 217-723-4262 Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Why not make a trip out to Detroit and see what they have to offer? Enter as a stranger, leave as a friend.

Griggsville

Historical society to discuss Western Illinois Fair The History of the Western Illinois Fair will be the topic for Griggsville Historical Society Thursday, June 9 at 2 p.m. at the Skinner House. Updates on research in nutrition will be given as June is the month we emphasize good nutrition in snacks. All are invited to attend.

Griggsville Christian Church is hosting a Backyard Kids’ Club VBS June 7-9 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the church for children entering grades kindergarten through grade 5 in the fall. Preregistration is appreciated by picking up a registration form at church or by phoning (217) 723-4531.

If no answer, leave name and phone number for a call back.

Griggsville citywide yard sales will be held on Saturday, June 11. If you want your name listed, please contact Bill or Kathy Buchanan at (217) 4912783.

Our sympathy goes to the family of Rob McKinney of Perry who passed away at his home on Sunday, May 22.

If you see Pete and Betty Butler on June 2, be sure to tell them ‘happy anniversary’!

They will be celebrating their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary! Congratulations Pete and Betty!

Several of the Browning

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

family helped little Adelyn Fleming celebrate her first birthday on Saturday. Adelyn is the daughter of Reggie and Tiffiny (Browning) Fleming of Hanover Park, Illinois.

The Bible says somewhere that we are desperatlely selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.—Abraham Lincoln at the Debate at Alton, Illinois on October 15, 1858

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Rockport

Hope everyone had a good memorial day Doug Damon had a cook-out dinner with all of the family on Saturday, May 28. Hope everyone

had a good Memorial Day weekend. May god bless you and have a good week.

By FRANCES PENCE 217-242-3511

Pleasant Hill

Legion Memorial Day tribute ‘moving’ On June 4. there is a benefit being planned for Judy Yokem. This will be at the Pittsfield Moose Lodge and start at noon and go until midnight.

They are trying to raise money for medical expenses, loss of income and all of her family’s expenses. They currently have raffle tickets available for a gun drawing and a loaded safe drawing.

There will also be some raffle baskets or silent auction items. You can contact Brian Smith for additional information on the raffles.

Runt Noble will be

cooking his famous pulled pork and music will be provided by Tom Hart.

The Legion once again put-on a moving Memorial Day tribute at their annual Memorial Service at the Crescent Heights Cemetery.

Many look forward to this service each year and many a parent has used this as a teaching tool.

We traveled to Kirksville, Mo to visit with our son, Matt and family. I had not got to see the grandkids since they moved so it was overdue. Mike had got Matt’s mower fixed so we decided last minute to run up on Sunday. We got to

By DEBBIE MILLER 217-734-2845

watch him lead the worship at the Kirksville Crossing Church.

Our granddaughter, Elise’s sixth birthday was just before they moved, so I told her when I got up there that I would take her birthday present shopping.

She not only found a couple of presents, but some candy, popsicles, and some soup with a cartoon character she could not live without.

Nebo

Barbecue cook off, strawberry fest Saturday BBQ Cook Off and Strawberry Festival next Saturday, June 4th, Nebo Veterans Park.

Festivities start at 3:30 with Brad Miller entertaining in the Bandstand. Children’s games with prizes from 3:30 to 4:30. Food will be ready to serve at 5:00, $10.00 per person for all you care to enjoy, special prices for children.

BBQ Ribs, Pork Loin, Chicken, Hamburgers and Hot Dogs, Baked beans, Pasta salad, roll and drink. Homemade Straw-

New Salem

berry Shortcake will be available for an additional $2.00. Ice cold Strawberry Lemonade will be for sale in a special Tupperware bottle for $5.00.

Cook off judging and prizes will be at 7:00.

Stompin’ Ground will perform from 6:00 to 9:00.

Bring your lawn chairs, your children and your appetite.

This is a fundraiser for the construction of the Nebo Basketball Court.

Get Well wishes to Leigh Crane who suffered a severe allergic reaction this past

week and By had to be PATTI rushed to B l e s s i n g CAPPS Hospital by ambulance.

A i d e n Guthrie celebrated his Birthday with family and friends by sharing a “Chicago Bulls” cake and ice cream Sunday afternoon at Veteran’s Park.

Cooper’s joke of the week: What did the Magician say to the Fisherman? “Pick a cod, any cod” Submitted photo

and other area news Birthdays at Osaka ‘a great time’ “A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour”. quoted in the Liberty Paper Trivia Answers from Last Week: 1. Did you know snapping your fingers actually has a name?

What is it? (The name of snapping your fingers is fillip) 2. What kind of branches did the people spread before Jesus during His “triumphal entry” into Jerusalem? (palm) 3. What is the original name for the butterfly? (flutterby) 4. What weapon did David use to knock down the giant Goliath? (a sling) 5. Which distance is greater, the distance between Honolulu to New York or Honolulu to Japan? (Honolulu to New York) 6.

Between which two months of March or September does the earth rotate more slowly?

(March) Birthdays and Anniversaries in our area and beyond. If you see names on here that have changed or they are deceased, please contact me so I can edit the lists.

June 1st -- Sheryl Borrowmn, Christy Burdick, Cheryl & Steve Elder June 2nd -- Doris Thomas, Danny Ballinger, Cathy & Demetrius Welch June 3rd -- Linda Long, Harlie Potter, James & Jenny Liebrecht, Roberta & Ervin Borrowman June 4th -- Noah Lynch, Floyd Moss, Ken & Frances Davis, Ron & Joyce Abney June 5th -- Wally Renoud, Drake Pleus, Roger & Janet Bonnett June 6th -- Carol (Gleckler) Bovee, Lisa & Farrell Fish June 7th -- Carlie Blacketer, Mike Stickhost PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE PRAYER REQUESTS AS NEW NAMES ARE ADDED ALL THE TIME. POWER OF PRAYER. Prayer Requests: Angie Lin, Brother Joe Gammon,

Betty Collins, Christine Henthorn, Cleo Whitaker, Connie McFall, David Brawdy, Dianna Ruble, Eric Wilson, Frances Larson, Ginger Whitlock, George Whitlock, Helen Mays, Jim Shields, Josh Bennett, Kaitlyn Fletcher, Leroy Leonard, Mary Crane, Ona Ogle, Pastor Gary Dice, Phillip Dice, Radar Grim, Roger Robbins, Roger Bonnett, Roger Woods, Stan Mcdannold, Ted Waddell, Tom Barger, and pray especially for the upcoming leaders of the United States.

The SAMARITAN CLOSET on South Memorial Street, Pittsfield, open Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., and third Saturday of the month 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Call Della 1-217-4918980 with questions.

RECYCLING will be at the Bowlers’ Universe parking lot on Fridays from 9:30 - 1:30.

East Pike Lending Library in Detroit is open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. 1 p.m. and on Fridays from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. No fees, No cards, but gobs of books to choose from.

Marcia Moore, Genny Hayden, and Max Self went to Springfield Sunday afternoon, May 22nd, to celebrate the birthdays of Genny and Edna Thompson who is another sister to Max and Genny. Other family members Jean and Brian Replogle and Donna and Fritz Long met the others at the Japanese restaurant OSAKA and everyone had a great time.

News from the Johnstons in North Carolina (as told

by Melissa): “Our youngest Rebekah, 19 and will turn 20 on June 20th, just completed her fourth semester of college where she made the Dean’s list with all A’s. She attends Coastal Carolina Community College in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and has been working on her prereq’s for the Nursing program. She will find out in the fall if she has

By WYVETTA DAVIS 217-285-4880

PCS

elects new student council

Elections were held the last week of April. Members elected to the 2016-2017 academic year are: Kneeling (l-r): Ellie Ten Eyck, Secretary; Kate Hoover, President; Alexis Groom, Vice-president; Mattison McCartney, Reporter Row 2 (l-r):Nate Scranton, Spirit Chair; Nick Carter, Representative; Nolan Daniel, Representative ; Emma Saxe, Holiday Chair; Chloe Chastain, Representative. Row 3 (l-r): Allison Wessel, Representative, Willow Claus, PR Chair; and Cade Tomhave, Representative

w9yti@irtc.net

been accepted into the program which will begin in the fall of 2017. She has volunteered at the Free Medical Clinic in Jacksonville which helps people without insurance, are homeless, etc. She also volunteers at our local Fire Department as a Medical First Responder. She has been doing this with the Fire Department for 3 1/2 years. Her goal is to be able to go on medical mission trips in the future.

Our oldest daughter Carrie Hutchison and family live in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and they have three children. The oldest just graduated kindergarten. Our next daughter Ruthie is married and lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, and works for Duke Power. Then our son Bobby is a Missionary Evangelist working as a Coordinator with the BSALT organization.

He moved to Stemford, Nebraska, recently as it is more centrally located for him as he goes out west alot. Currently he is helping a small church he helped start in Nebraska.

He turns 22 on June 3rd. He will be in Pittsfield around Fathers’ Day as he will be preaching at Greenpond Christian Church that his grandmother attends.

Grandparents are Ona Day Johnston and the late Harold Johnston. Bobby also fills in for pastors, does youth meetings, etc. He doesn’t have full support but the Lord provides. Bobby sends out prayer letters every so often, and he can be contacted via Facebook, if anyone would like one sent to them electronically.

There you have the rest of the story.” Melissa and Bob Johnston “The first to apologize, is the bravest. The first to forgive, is the strongest; The first to forget, is the happiest.” from a Guidepost

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Bailey Mowen, front row, second from right, was recently selected as Cinch Team co-captain. Other team members are, front row, from left, Connor Speck Abby Stevens, Ella Rauch, Chris Mau, back row, from left, Trey Tiberio, Jake Mau, Millie Stewart, and Caden Langston.

Mowen Selected to Illinois Rodeo Cinch Team Bailey Mowen, Baylis, has been selected as one of the co-captains for the 2015-2016 Illinois Junior High Rodeo Cinch Team.

Cinch Team members are selected based upon the top points earnings from the previous rodeo season and academic qualification.

This is Bailey’s second year on the team, which is sponsored by Cinch Jeans and Shirts.

She is a seven-event cowgirl, competing in breakaway roping, ribbon roping, team roping, goat tying, light rifle, barrel racing, and pole bending.

Bailey is also the 20152016 Illinois Junior High Rodeo Division Vice President and 2016 Illinois Junior Submitted photo Rodeo Princess.

She will be a freshman at Cinch Team co-captains Bailey Mowen, right, and Chris Mau. Pittsfield High School.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Relay for Life this weekend Saturday, June 4, over 100 of Pike County residents will join together at the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Pike County to help save more lives from cancer. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on the Pike County Courthouse Square.

Music provided by Twilight Entertainment will accompany the games, food, and festivities throughout the day.

The Relay For Life movement unites communities across the globe to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and take action to finish the fight once and for all. Relay For Life events are community gatherings where teams and individuals camp out at a school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Teams participate in fundraising in the months leading up to the event.

The Relay For Life movement is the world’s largest fundraising event to fight every cancer in every community, with four million participants in 6,000 events worldwide in

2015. Last year, Pike County residents raised over $15,000 for the American Cancer Society.

Dollars raised help the American Cancer Society save lives by funding groundbreaking cancer research, supporting education and risk reduction efforts, and providing free information and critical services for people with cancer who need them.

In addition to the support of the community, Relay For Life of Pike County is also supported by many businesses and organizations. The event’s 2016 sponsors include: Blessing Hospital, Quincy Medical Group, First National Bank of Barry, Farmer’s State Bank, the City of Barry, and the City of Pittsfield.

Take action this year and help make cancer a priority by participating or donating to the Relay For Life of Pike County.

Visit relayforlife.org or relayforlife.org/pikeil to learn more about the event, or contact Crystal Sewell at 217.523.4534 or crystal.sewell@cancer.org.

Mississippi River F&W Area registration drawing June 5 This is a preliminary list of available blinds for the June 5 drawing at the Mississippi River Fish and Wildlife Area. Registration is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with the draw at 1 p.m. The drawing will be held at MRA headquarters in Rosedale. Blinds must be registered by 4 p.m. June 5.

RIP RAP LANDING- (6), (7), 20, (28), (30) Total:5 RED’S LANDING-183, 185, (210) Total:3 MISSISSIPPI RIVER {163, 169, 170, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177, 179} Total:9 BATCHTOWN - 5, {9}, {11}, {19}, 30, 47, {48}, 55, 83, 89, 90, {101},{ 106} Total: 13

GODAR - DIAMOND 402, 407, 420, {426}, {427}, {428} Total- 6

GLADES-378 Total-1 HELMBOLD-193 Total:1 STUMP LAKE-206, 213, 218, 221, 222, 231, 235, 241, 270 Total:9 FULLER 328, 340 Total:3

LAKE-320,

ILLINOIS RIVER- {16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 118, 124, 126, 128, 129, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 142, 144, 444, 445} Total:21

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The faculty and staff at Pittsfield High School have selected Eli Ten Eyck as the May Saukee Citizen of the Month. Ten Eyck is the son of Michael and Renita Ten Eyck and is a sophomore this year.

His clubs and activities are: cross country track, student council (secretary), mock trials, band, jazz band, chorus, swing choir, FCA, track, FCC youth group, and drama club. Thank you to Mike Spann with Country Financial who recognized the Saukee Citizens of the Month.

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317 E. Chestnut Griggsville $24,500

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Pike County 113 acres +/- Pleasant Hill TWP. 3BR 2BA house sitting on 7 acre lake with great hunting and nice mix of timber, tillable and CRP. Pike County 100 acres +/- Pleasant Vale TWP. Great hunting farm that has been in the same family for over a century!

Pike County 85 acres +/- Pleasant Vale TWP. Scenic hunting farm located on the Mississippi River bluff with big timber and 20 acres tillable.

Pike County 80 acres +/- Pleasant Vale TWP. Awesome hunting farm laying along Kiser Creek with 15 acres tillable.

Pike County 80 acres +/- Perry TWP. Secluded hunting property with 35 prime tillable acres, lays along a major creek.

Pike County 79 acres +/- Derry TWP. Awesome hunting property on Dutch Creek with nice mix of timber and CRP with small cabin.

Pike County 40 acres +/- New Salem TWP. Nice hunting property with big timber, creek and 7 acres CRP. SALE PENDING - Adams County 7 acres +/Beverly TWP. Nice little hunting spot or building location.

SOLD - Pike County 290 acres +/- Ross TWP. Nice investment farm in the Mississippi River bottoms.

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40059 273rd Lane Griggsville $295,000

NEW LISTING - Pittsfield - 218 W. North St. - 2BR 1BA home with nice fenced in yard and 1 car attached garage. Priced to sell!!! $50’s.

NEW LISTING - Pittsfield - 619 N. Lincoln St. - Very nice 5BR 2BA home with full finished basement , fenced in yard and pool. $100’s.

Barry - 588 Rodgers St. - Move-in ready 2BR home with many updates! $40’s.

Barry - 816 Decatur St. - 3BR 1BA home with many good updates. $70’s.

Baylis - 145 S. Main St. - Nice older 4BR 1BA home with new windows and siding and lovely wrap around porch on corner lot. $40’s.

PRICE REDUCED - Griggsville - 207 S. Corey - Large 2 story 4BR 2BA home with many good updates. $50’s.

PRICE REDUCED - Griggsville - 410 S. Stanford - 2BR home with large deck area and newer 30’ x 80’ garage with game room in nice neighborhood. $50’s.

Griggsville - 111 Congress St. - Very nice 3BR 1.5BA home completely remodeled with nice backyard and patio in a good location in town. $70’s.

PRICE REDUCED - Griggsville - 215 N. Union St. - Large 4BR 2BA house with many updates. Would make a great family home. $70’s.

Hamburg - 201 Pleasant St. - 2000 sq. ft. 3BR 1.5BA home on 2 acres with 1 car garage with finished room with bath and 40 x 72 machine shed. Lots of updating. $100’s.

Nebo - 13192 Co. Hwy. 7 - Nice 3BR 2BA home with new heating and cooling on 1.5 lots. $60’s.

PRICE REDUCED - Perry - 36282 400th Lane - 3BR brick country ranch home 2 miles West of Perry with many updates sitting on 1.89 acres. Motivated Seller! $80’s.

Pittsfield - 2 Quail Ridge Dr. - Beautiful 4BR 3BA sprawling ranch home in nice subdivision with extra lot. $200’s.

Pittsfield - 40405 252nd Ave. - Exquisite to rustic newer home in a beautiful rural setting yet close to town sitting on 2 acres. Additional acreage available. $200’s.

Pittsfield - 116 N. Jackson St. - Beautiful 6BR 2BA home close to downtown area with many updates. Move-in ready! $100’s.

PRICE REDUCED - Pittsfield - 1800 Lakeview Heights - Very nice 4BR 2BA manufactured home with 2 car attached garage just outside of town. $100’s.

Pittsfield - 704 N. Jackson St. - Very nice 3-4BR 2 story maintenance free home with zoned heating and cooling. $90’s.

Pittsfield - 520 W. Grant St. - 3BR ranch home with oversized 2 car garage in nice location with new windows, siding and newer roof. Priced to sell! $60’s.

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! $60’s.

Pittsfield - 422 E. Perry St. - Affordable 1.5 story 3BR maintenance free home with oversized 2 car garage. $60’s.

Pittsfield - 918 W. Jefferson - Nice 2BR ranch home with newer roof, vinyl siding, flooring in living room & kitchen and 2 car detached garage. Priced to sell!! $50’s.

PRICE REDUCED - Pittsfield - 180 Washington Ct. - Nice 2BR home with 1 car detached garage on quiet street. Would make a great rental or starter home. $50’s.

PRICE REDUCED - Pittsfield - 417 E. Adams - 2-3BR bungalow with 1 car garage and vinyl siding on a nice lot. $40’s.

Pittsfield - 640 W. Jefferson - Extra nice remodeled 1BR home. Live cheaper than renting. All appliances included. Motivate Sellers!! $40’s.

Pittsfield - 222 W. Crane St. - 2-3BR 1BA home with partial basement in Pittsfield school district. $30’s.

Pittsfield - 830 N. Orchard - Nice home building site that consists of 2 80’ x 160’ lots.

Pittsfield - 220 W. Jefferson - Great building lot close to downtown Pittsfield.

Pleasant Hill - 17106 340th St. - 3BR 2BA manufactured home in a nice country setting with 2 ponds sitting on 15 acres +/-. $200’s.

SALE PENDING - Pleasant Hill - 204 W. Silver St. - 4BR 1BA remodeled home with nice fenced in yard. $70’s.

SALE PENDING - Pittsfield - 533 E. Washington St. - 2BR ranch home with 1 car garage sitting on an oversized secluded lot.

SALE PENDING - Pittsfield-#1 Hope Ave. - Beautiful 2BR duplex in rural subdivision setting.

SALE PENDING - Pittsfield - 712 N. Jackson - 2BR 1BA 1,200 sq. ft. home with newer roof and furnace and detached garage. In cooperation with Wade Real Estate.

SALE PENDING - Griggsville - 710 W. Webster - 3BR 1BA 2-story home with nice 4 seasons room and maintenance free exterior. $50’s.

SALE PENDING - Pittsfield - 905 N. Dutton - 3BR 2BA 2 story home with huge yard and oversize 1 car garage with new kitchen, bathrooms, new carpet and paint. $100’s.

SALE PENDING - PRICE REDUCED - Griggsville - 115 E. Clinton St. - Very nice 2BR home with newer carpet, paint, furnace and roof and 2 car detached garage with loft on corner lot. $50’s.

SALE PENDING - Pittsfield - Nice lot sitting between Dutton and Orchard Streets.

SOLD - Griggsville - N. Chandler St. - Great 3BR 2BA home on nice big lot.

SOLD - Pittsfield - 37379 185th St. - Wonderful family home with 2 car attached garage sitting on 11 acres +/-. In cooperation with McCartney Real Estate.

SOLD - Pittsfield - 117 S. Jackson - 2BR home with 1 car attached garage close to downtown. In cooperation with McCartney Real Estate.

SOLD - Pittsfield - 326 S. Illinois - 2BR home in nice location with many updates and nice covered patio. In cooperation with Wade Real Estate.

SOLD - Pittsfield - 38185 205th Ave. - Great 4BR family home just minutes from town. Nice open porch. $150’s.

SOLD - Pittsfield - 195 Janie Lane - Spacious modern 3-4BR 3BA family home on beautiful wooded lot in nice subdivision. $220’s.

SOLD - NEW LISTING - Pittsfield - 830 N. Orchard - Nice 100’ x 160’ home building site.

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National Safe Boating Delayed mowing can Week is May 21-27 help save wildlife

Boaters can enjoy a safe season on the water in Illinois this summer if boat operators are sober and all boaters and boat passengers wear life jackets.

Illinois Conservation Police officers, who patrol waterways throughout the state, are reminding boaters of safety laws and regulations leading up to National Safe Boating Week, May 21-27. “We encourage safe boating throughout the year in Illinois, and reminders about life jackets and sober boating are particularly important heading into the busiest season of the year on the water,” said Illinois Conservation Police Chief Rafael Gutierrez.

“Like fastening a seat belt in your car or truck, fastening a life jacket can save your life; and, staying sober while operating a boat is the law in Illinois.” Statistics compiled by the IDNR Office of Law Enforcement show that there were 74 boating-related accidents on Illinois waters in 2015 resulting in 49 injuries and 14 fatalities. During the last five years, Illinois had an annual average of 84 boating accidents resulting in 58 injuries and 18 fatalities.

(Annual boating accident statistics are compiled based on the Federal Fiscal Year of October 1 through September 30). Illinois Conservation Police officers (CPOs) in 2015 made 179 arrests for boaters operating under the influence (OUI), a 12.5 percent increase in OUI arrests from 2014. IDNR statistics indicate six of the 14 boating-related fatalities in Illinois last year involved alcohol or drug impairment, while 13 of the 14 people who died in boating accidents may have survived if they had worn a life jacket or other personal flotation device (PFD). Illinois law

requires that PFDs – life jackets or life vests – be available for each person aboard a boat or other watercraft. State law also requires that anyone under the age of 13 must wear a life jacket while aboard any watercraft under 26 feet in length at all times the boat is underway, unless they are below deck in an enclosed cabin or operating on private property. Illinois law also requires persons of any age to wear a PFD while operating a personal watercraft or Jet Ski. The IDNR offers free boating safety courses providing a review of boating laws and regulations and instruction on safe and attentive operation of watercraft.

The IDNR encourages boaters of all ages to take a safety course. Anyone born on or after January 1, 1998 must pass a course and have a valid Boating Safety Certificate to operate a motorboat (with over 10 horsepower); and, state law requires boating safety education for persons ages 12 to 17 to operate a motorboat. The free safety courses taught by volunteer instructors are available throughout Illinois, and schedules are available by checking the IDNR website’s boating information page at http:// www.dnr.illinois.gov/safety/Pages/BoatingSafety.aspx For a fee, online boating safety courses are also available. National Safe Boating Week is observed each year during the week leading up to the Memorial Day holiday weekend. For more information on the national safe boating campaign, go to the website at www.safeboatingcampaign. com. To review a copy of the Illinois DNR Boating Report 2015, compiled by the IDNR Office of Law Enforcement, go to the IDNR website: http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/safety/ Documents/BoatingAccidentReport2015.pdf

To help save grassland birds and help other wildlife, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is encouraging landowners and land managers to delay mowing roadsides, field edges, and other grassland areas this spring and summer. May, June and July are very important months for many different kinds of wildlife in Illinois. These months are the peak of the nesting season for most species of birds.

Game species like wild turkey, ring-necked pheasant, and northern bobwhite quail nest in grassy waterways, pastures, hayfields, and on roadsides. Other species like dickcissel, eastern meadowlark, bobolink, and eastern kingbird also nest during this time frame.

When the mowers come out during the nesting season, they often destroy eggs,

nests, and also kill incubating hens. Some mowing is essential to public safety at intersections and other areas where visibility simply cannot be obscured.

Some mowing is also essential for farmers putting up hay for livestock. More commonly, roadsides are mowed strictly for looks.

“If landowners and tenants could delay mowing roadsides, field edges, and other grassy or weedy areas until August, there would be a lot more wildlife around in the fall,” said IDNR Upland Wildlife Program Manager Stan McTaggart. “In addition, delayed mowing can save fuel, reduce wear and tear on equipment, and save time for other farm work.”

Ring-necked pheasants in central Illinois are already incubating nests, and they should be hatching at the end of May or the first

part of June. Quail will also begin hatching their first broods in mid-June.

Both of these species will readily re-nest if their first attempts fail, often pushing hatch dates back until the end of July. “We would just like to remind everyone to please put off all non-essential mowing until the beginning or middle of August,” McTaggart added.

“The birds need all the help we can give them. Thank you for your help!” IDNR Mowing Recommendations • DO NOT MOW during the peak nesting season from May 1 – August 1; • Leave the outer 100 feet of hayfields standing (on at least two sides); • Mow hayfields from the center to the outside to avoid trapping wildlife; • Do not mow after October 1 to leave some cover for wildlife over the winter.

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Gravely, Stihl, Zero turn mowers on sale! Pickup and delivery. Hwy 54, west of the Illinois bridge, Louisiana, Mo. 573-7545055. TFN SELLBEST, 110 W. Quincy St., Griggsville: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Quality Used Furniture & AppliancesWashers, Dryers, Freezers, Fridges, Microwave, Electric Stoves, Twin, Full, Queen Beds, New Mattress Sets, Bedroom Furniture, Tables & Chairs, Upholstered Furniture, Tools, T.V.s, Stereos. Everything for the home and you! Call 217-242-2252. TFN

400D FOR RENT Pike County DUPLEX 1BR $575/ month. $575 deposit.

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PITTSFIELD 2BR Mobile Home. Absolutely no pets. Call (217) 2852012. TFNGT 2&3 BR Mobile Homes for rent in Griggsville. Call for availability. Lyndel Ellis (217) 833-2107. 6.15.16 OFFICE SPACE Prime location. Ample parking.

West Washington St., Pittsfield. Call 217-2852848 or 217-285-5925.

JERSEY COUNTY, 3 leather jackets, one Dale Earnhardt Sr. that includes a free life-size statue of Earnhardt with purchase of jacket, all size M, Waylon Jennings Jacket, Medium; 63 vinyl country records, $1 each.

King size bed linens $10.

Call 618-498-9358. 6.29.16 BED QUEEN pillowtop mattress set. New in the plastic. $175. Can deliv7.20.16 FOR RENT, three bed- er. 618-772-2710 6.29.16 room, two bath main floor apartment. No smoking, 600 no pets, security deposit HELP WANTED required. $400 a month.

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217-370-2629. TFN 6.8.16 DRIVERS: DEDICATED, Regional, OTR, Flatbed & 500 Point to Point Lane openFOR SALE ings! Excellent pay, (New hires guaranteed min USED DUNLOP Tour $$$ week)! CDL-A 1yr.

Method men's golf club Exp, Orientation compleset for sale. Includes 1 tion bonus!: 1-855-314W, 3 W, 3-7, 9 I, and PW, 1138. 6.1.16 plus an aftermarket 9-degree driver and classic- MIDDLE SCHOOL Secstyle putter. Great starter retary opening: Full-time, set! Comes with bag. $50 please submit cover letOBO. (217) 491-6459. TFN ter, resume and letters of recommendation no 1996 OLDSMOBILE later than June 8, 2016 Economical V6, auto, to: Janet Gladu, Superinruns good, $550.00 OBO. tendent, 202 N. Stanford, Call (217) 209-1010. 6.1.16 Griggsville, IL 62340, or READ THE classifieds email to: gladuj@griggsevery week for great villeperry.org. 6.1.16 details on cars, boats, GREAT JOBS start here! hunting land and hous- Look here every week ing! Call and place your for new, exciting careers! ad today.

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NO TRESPASSING or hunting allowed on the land in Batchtown owned by Marcy Klockenkemper, Judy Lamer, Jeremy Russell, Bonnie Stepanek, and Cindy Meszaros. Violators will be prosecuted. 5.24.17 NO TRESPASSING, hunting, fishing, etc… on property owned by Robert Sievers in Batchtown.

29+ ACRES for Sale Green County, IL. Beautiful property 1/3 mile south of Carrollton, 12+ac farm rental +17ac woods not logged in 10 yrs. Small pond & creek access $201,500 call 314-607-6780. 6.1.16

TWO ADJOINING buildings located near a busy intersection in Winchester, Illinois. Ideal for new business and storage. The north building is 2170 square feet with: Two offices (16 ft x 13 ft and 10.5 ft x 13.5 ft) A bath and storage room (9.5 ft x 8.5 ft) Gas forced-air furnace, Central air, 200 amp breaker box, Double doors in back for easy loading and unloading. The south building is approximately 1175 square feet; it is great for a new business or for use as a storage room. Two buildings for one price! The vacant lot to the north could possibly be purchased, making a great addition to the property. Darrell Moore darrellm@worrelllandservices.com (217) 473-5486 Worrell Land Services, LLC 2240 West Morton Jacksonville, IL 62650. Office: (217) 245-1618 Fax: (217) 2455318 info@worrell-landservices.com TFN

"CLEANING OUT THE ATTIC" YARD SALE June 2, 3 & 4. 462 Jill, Pittsfield. 7:30 a.m. Vintage items, dishes, furniture, home décor, adult & kid's clothes & MUCH MORE. Rain date June 23-25. 6.1.16 GARAGE SALE Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4 at Carnes Trailer World, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. 3 miles north of Pittsfield on Route 107. Knick knacks, utensils, clothes, shoes, purses, and much more. 6.1.16 GARAGE SALE 309 S. Jackson, Pittsfield. Friday, June 3rd, 4 p.m.-?

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Calhoun County NO TRESPASSING no hunting on property owned by Martha Knight (also known as Marty Aderton), Lincoln Valley Road, Hardin 11.26.16 NO TRESPASSING on Jack and Mary Jean Aderton property in Hardin.

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MY LAND lo­cat­ed in Sec­tion 18 SW of Pearl is pri­vate prop­er­ty. Hunt­ ing, fish­ing, trap­ping, tres­pass­ing, for any pur­ pose, with­ out the writ­ ten, signed per­mis­sion of the own­ er, is strict­ ly for­bid­den. Vio­la­tors will be pros­e­cut­ed. Ti­mothy Brink­man. 5.20.17 ABSOLUTELY NO trespassing on any ground owned by Double Creek Farms, Inc. 9.9.16

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Pike County EXTREMELY GOOD deal on a perfect house at a great price! Will negotiate. Totally remodeled interior. Huge master bedroom with bathroom and cozy deck upstairs.

Three bedrooms on main level. Another bathroom on main level with washer/dryer hook ups.

Open living room, dining area, and kitchen. Several appliances included.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GREENE COUNTY - CARROLLTON, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA PLAINTIFF VS 15 CH 16 STEVEN E WHITE; DEFENDANTS

SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS, LLC IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEWEST

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Sullivan Auctioneers have been working with John on select auctions over the past several years.

We are pleased to announce that John will now be our representative and will be concentrating on the Pike, southern Adams, Scott, Morgan, Greene, Calhoun & Jersey, IL Counties.

JOHN BORROWMAN (217) 430-0645

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RR 2 BOX 244 WINCHESTER, IL 62694-9564 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on April 21, 2016, GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF in GREENE County, Illinois, will on July 14, 2016, in GREENE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 519 N. MAIN STREET, CARROLLTON, IL 62016, at 9:30 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: TAX NO. 06-12-6-8 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: RR 2 BOX 244 WINCHESTER, IL 62694-9564

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The Judgment amount was $38,850.61.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS 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:\\\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA1507207 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 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JERSEY COUNTY - JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS Wells Fargo Bank, NA PLAINTIFF Vs. 15 CH 00025 Lisa Rose; et. al.

DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 1/13/2016, the Sheriff of Jersey County, Illinois will on 6/29/16 at the hour of 8:15AM 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: PIN 04-445-007-00 Improved with Residential COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1001 High Street Jerseyville, IL 62052 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.

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).

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 14-15-10820.

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SALE TO BE HELD ONSITE AT #19 BEAR COURT, PITTSFIELD, IL

WED., JUNE 22 AT 4:00 P.M. REAL ESTATE TO SELL AT 5:00 PM

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deposit 25% 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 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. 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).

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Features of this single story home include 3 bedrooms, master bedroom with attached walk in closet and full bath, 2 additional bedrooms and a second full bath located at the opposite end of the home. Large open floor plan including living room, dining and kitchen. The home has attractive oak cabinets. The home has vinyl siding and an asphalt shingled roof. Other features include electric heat and central air conditioning. The exterior of the home has a nicely landscaped yard and covered front porch. The property has a concrete driveway and sidewalk and a patio area in the backyard. The home has an attached 2 car garage.

AUCTIONEERS' NOTE: Nice clean evening auction! Personal property to start selling at 4:00 P.M. Real estate will sell at 5:00 P.M., followed by the car and appliances. We will then sell the furniture and any remaining items.

Hope to see you in Pittsfield, IL on Wed., June 22 for this nice late afternoon “No Reserve” auction being held for Willard Gould and his family.

WILLARD GOULD – SELLER KYLE CLEMENS P.O.A.

FOR REAL ESTATE INFO, CONTACT SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS’ REPRESENTATIVE: JOHN BORROWMAN 217-430-0645

P I K E C O U N T Y, I L FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH @ 6:00 P.M.

AUCTION TO BE HELD AT THE STONEY CREEK INN, 3809 BROADWAY STREET, QUINCY, IL

358.6 SURVEYED ACRES • 4 TRACTS

HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE Pike County, IL Farmland! land is located in West Central illinois at the east edge of the small community of Hull, illinois. from Quincy, illinois: take interstate 72 southeast approximately 20 miles to the Hull exit (Exit 10), then south a short distance to Highway 106. from Pittsfield, illinois: take interestate 72 west approximately 30 miles to the Hull exit (Exit 10), then south a short distance to Highway 106. (Be watching for pre-sale directional and tract signs, which have been posted.)

TRACT 1 – 74.95 SURVEYED ACRES – 71.0 ACRES OF CROPLAND TRACT 2 – 76.71 SURVEYED ACRES – 74.5 ACRES OF CROPLAND TRACT 3 – 115.08 SURVEYED ACRES – 117.7 ACRES OF CROPLAND TRACT 4 – 91.86 SURVEYED ACRES – 92.2 ACRES OF CROPLAND all four tracts represent HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE TILLABLE FARMLAND with Coffeen, Wakeland, Vesser, orion, Haymond and lawson soils. tract 2 is improved with 24,000 bu. of grain storage, a 54’x72′ morton machine shed and other wood frame farm buildings!

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NOTICE PLEASANT HILL VILLAGE in Girard is accepting applications for a FT 10 p.m.-6:30 a.m. LPN. Position includes every other weekend, competitive pay, shift differentials, incentive pay, benefits and a friendly dedicated staff to welcome you aboard. Interested parties may apply in person at 1010 West North St. in Girard or online at www.pleasanthillvillage.org

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Public Notice is hereby given that on May 27, 2016 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Pike County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as All American Archery and Outdoors, located at 32258 365th St. New Salem, IL 62357.

Public Notice is hereby given that on March 23, 2016 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Pike County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Color Your Canvas, located at 39890 274th Lane.

Dated this 23rd day of March, 2016 Donnie Apps COUNTY CLERK

Dated this 27th day of May, 2016 Donnie Apps COUNTY CLERK

5.18.16, 5.25.16, 6.1.16

6.1.16, 6.8.16, 6.15.16

PLEASANT HILL VILLAGE in Girard is accepting applications for a FT 2-10:30 p.m. LPN. Position includes every other weekend, competitive pay, shift differentials, incentive pay, benefits and a friendly dedicated staff to welcome you aboard. Interested parties may apply in person at 1010 West North St. in Girard or online at www.pleasanthillvillage.org

Public Notice

Board of Education Pleasant Hill CUSD #3 Pike and Calhoun Counties, Illinois Notice of Public Hearing The Board of Education of Pleasant Hill Community Unit School District No. 3 will hold a public hearing on the proposed amended budget for the fiscal year 2015-2016 at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2016A in the Board of Education office at the elementary school in Pleasant Hill, Illinois. Said budget is available for inspection in the school district Board of Education office daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Kevin Masters, Secretary Board of Education Pleasant Hill Community Unit School District No. 3 Pleasant Hill, Illinois 6.1.16

Proposed Barge Loading Facility in the Mississippi River near Rockport, IL Sny Island Merchandising Company (SIMCO), P.O. Box 517, Louisiana, MO 63353, has applied for a Illinois Department of Natural Resources Incidental Take Authorization to construct a barge loading facility in the Mississippi River. The proposed project will be located at River Mile 282.3 in Pike County near Rockport, Illinois. A location is attached to this notice.

The proposed facility will include an approximately 950 ft. overhead conveyor structure stretching from the Illinois bank to a barge loading tower on the riverward side of a small peninsula. One in-stream support pier will support the conveyor, and the barge loading tower will be supported with four 5 ft. diameter steel pilings.

Six 5 ft. diameter mooring dolphins will be installed along the same alignment of the barge loading tower 50 ft., 140 ft., and 230 ft. upstream and downstream, respectively. A 2014 pre-construction freshwater mussel survey conducted in the proposed project area found the Illinois-threatened Butterfly mussel (Ellipsaria lineolata). As such, there is the potential for the proposed project to take (harass or harm) Butterfly. To minimize and mitigate the effects of the proposed incidental taking, SIMCO has designed the facility to utilize the least number of support piers feasible to support the conveyor, as only 1 of the 8 support piers will located in the river. In addition, as a result of the pre-construction mussel survey, SIMCO has moved the barge loading tower and associated dolphins further offshore in areas of unsuitable mussel habitat. As a requirement of an Incidental Take Authorization, SIMCO will hire an experienced biological consultant to relocate all mussels within the footprint and 5 ft. diameter buffer of the support pier, dolphins, and barge loading tower piers. All mussels will be relocated to a suitable site upstream of SIMCO’s project area.

No work is to start on this project unless and until such a time that the permit is issued.

The Conservation Plan for this project will be available for review at the Pittsfield Public Library, 205 N. Memorial Street, Pittsfield, IL 62363. The Conservation Plan may also be viewed on the Illinois Department of Natural Resources website at: http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/conservation/NaturalHeritage/Pages/ IncidentalTakeAuthorizations.aspx. Inquiries and comments should be submitted to the following: Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Resource Conservation, Incidental Take Authorization Coordinator, One Natural Resources Way, Springfield, IL, 62702 or emailed to DNR.ITAcoordinator@illinois.gov.

You are invited to send comments regarding this project to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources by Wednesday, July 15, 2016.

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PUBLIC NOTICE TREE TRIMMING ACTIVITIES IN GRIGGSVILLE, PITTSFIELD AND NEARBY AREAS TO THE PATRONS OF AMEREN ILLINOIS: Please be advised that Ameren Illinois will trim trees and other vegetation in and around the town(s) of Griggsville and Pittsfield, Illinois. Our qualified utility arborists will trim trees and vegetation that could interfere with electric lines that run from pole to pole and elsewhere. This work is necessary in order to minimize the likelihood of outages and safety hazards. There is no charge to you for this service.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PIKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Estate of M. Annett Orr, Deceased.

IN PROBATE DOCKET NO. 16-P-33 CLAIM NOTICE - INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION Notice is given of the death of M. Annett Orr of the City of Kinderhook, State of Illinois. Letters of office were issued on May 20, 2016, to Denise D. Hamilton, 29679 205th Street, Kinderhook, Illinois, whose attorney is Lewis & Longlett, LLC, 435 Hampshire Street, Quincy, Illinois.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (Ill. Comp. Stat. ch. 755, par 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at the Pike County Courthouse, 100 E. Washington, Pittsfield, Illinois, or with the representative, or both, on or before December 15, 2016 and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

Denise D. Hamilton Independent Executor John R. Longlett Lewis & Longlett, LLC Attorneys for Executor 435 Hampshire Street Quincy, IL 62301 Telephone: 217-224-1240

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PIKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF BETTY L. LEESER DECEASED N0:2013-P-63 CLAIMS NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death of Betty L. Leeser of New Canton, Illinois and that letters of administration were issued on December 14, 2015 to Jane A. Guthrie, A d m i n i s t r a t o r / E x e c u t o r, 22778 2201 St., New Canton, Illinois 62356; whose attorney is Tyler M. Whitaker, 1227 W. Washington St., P.O. Box 127, Pittsfield, IL 62363.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 100 E. Washington St., Pittsfield, IL 62363, or with the representative or both, within six months from the date of issuance of letters of office and any claim not filed within that period is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the Circuit Court Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney, within the days after it hasbeen flied.

Jane A. Guthrie Administrator Tyler M. Whitaker Attorney for Jane A. Guthrie 5.18.16, 5.25.16, 6.1.16

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Sealed bids will be accepted until June 8, 2016, in the Village Office in Pleasant Hill during office hours 9 to 12 and 1 to 3.

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KINDERHOOK Fat Boys Central State Bank

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Notice is hereby given that on the twenty-first day of June, 2016, at 6:45 o’clock p.m., in the City Council chambers of the City of Pittsfield, at 215 North Monroe Street, Pittsfield, Illinois, the Zoning Committee will hold a public hearing upon the application of Roger and Evelyn Beard for a variation from the requirements of R-2, One Family Dwelling District of the City of Pittsfield, at which time and place all interested persons and citizens may appear and will be given an opportunity to be heard in support of, or in opposition to, the aforesaid application.

East 85 acres of the Southwest Quarter of Section 13, all of said land being in Township 5 South, Range 4 West of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Pike County, Illinois, excepting, however, from said tract or tracts of land the following fourteen (14) tracts of land which have been heretofore conveyed off of said real estate: Exception #1: Real estate deeded to E.B. Berry by deed dated August 18, 1923 as shown by Deed Record 197, Page 545, in the Recorder’s Office, Pike County, Illinois.

Exception #2: Real estate deeded to the City of Pittsfield, Illinois, by deed dated February 19, 1947 as shown by Deed Record 239, Page 352, in the Recorder’s Office, Pike County, Illinois.

A copy of the application has been filed with the City Clerk and any interested person may examine such during regular business hours.

Exception #3: Real estate deeded to the State of Illinois as shown in Highway Record D, Page 171, in the Recorder’s Office, Pike County, Illinois.

The premises, commonly known as 942 North Dutton Street is described as follows:

Exception #4: Real estate deeded to Pike County, Illinois, by deed dated August __, 1951 as shown in Deed Record 248, Page 500, in the Recorder’s Office, Pike County, Illinois.

A parcel of land lying 274 feet East and West by 275 feet North and South lying and being in the Southwest corner of the following described real estate, to-wit: A tract of land in the Southeast Quarter of Section 13, and the Northeast Quarter of Section 24, described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 13, thence North on the West line of said Quarter Section 00 degrees 20 minutes West 10.48 chains, thence North 88 degrees 17 minutes East parallel with the South line of said Quarter Section to the intersection with the West line of the right of way of the Louisiana and Pike County Railroad, thence following the West line of said right of way South 14 degrees 17 minutes West 16.20 chains, thence South 20 degrees 17 minutes West 3.99 chains, thence South 88 degrees West 30.52 chains to the West line of the Northeast Quarter of Section 24, thence North 00 degrees 45 minutes West 8.88 chains to the place of beginning; Also, 20 acres off of the East side of the South 30 acres of the

Exception #5: Real estate deeded to Gerrett Vanderstoop by deed dated January 21, 1973 as shown in Deed Record 251, Page 165 in the Recorder’s Office of Pike County, Illinois.

Exception #6: Real estate deeded to Pike County, Illinois by deed dated September 25, 1956 as shown in Deed Record 256, Page 107 in the Recorder’s Office of Pike County, Illinois.

Exception #7: Real estate deeded to the City of Pittsfield, Illinois, by deed dated September 19, 1957 as shown by Deed Record 258, Page 60 in the Recorder’s Office of Pike County, Illinois.

Exception #8: Real estate deeded to the Town (Township) of Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois, by deed dated June 21, 1960 as shown in Deed Record 262, Page 342, of the Recorder’s Office of Pike County, Illinois.

Exception #9: Real estate deeded to

Paul and Cindy Miller by deed dated June 21, 1960 as shown in Deed Record 262, Page 343 in the Recorder’s Office of Pike County, Illinois.

Exception #10: Real estate deeded to Gerald D. and Bonnie J. Shaw by deed dated January 5, 1966 as shown in Deed Recorded 273, Page 17 in the Recorder’s Office of Pike County, Illinois.

Exception #11: Real estate deeded to Joseph Reiser by deed dated June 21, 1960 as shown in Deed Record 262, Page 339, in the Recorder’s Office of Pike County, Illinois.

Exception #12: Real estate deeded to Elmer Criss by deed dated September 4, 1946 as shown in Deed Record 238, Page 498 in the Recorder’s Office of Pike County, Illinois.

Exception #13: Real estate deeded to Illinois Rural Electric Company by deed dated September 10, 1947 as shown in Deed Record 241, Page 37 in the Recorder’s Office of Pike County, Illinois.

Exception #14: Real estate deeded to the City of Pittsfield, Illinois by deed dated November 10, 1978 as shown in Deed Drawer 2, page 7756, in the Recorder’s Office of Pike County, Illinois.

PERMANENT INDEX NUMBER: 54024-01A Situated in the County of Pike, in the State of Illinois, hereby releasing and waiving all rights under and by virtue of the Homestead Exemption laws of this State. is now classified as R-2, One Family Dwelling District, and the application is for a variance so as to permit the placement of a garage which will exceed the two unattached accessory building limit.

ZONING COMMITTEE City of Pittsfield, Illinois 6.1.16, 6.8.16, 6.15.16

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PENDING PLEASANT HILL: 3 WILL BR, 2 bath home located on corner lot PRICES NEVER BE LOWER! in Pleasant Hill. Listed at $65,000. Shown by appointment only.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE 406 N. Main - SOLD REMAINING 204 Fairgrounds Road - MAKE ANHOUSES! OFFER 304 Pearl St. - SALE PENDING

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‘Save the Fawn Project’ organizers pleased with first event

By ANNETTE MARSHALL Pike Press Born out of frustration with the local coyote population, Calhoun resident Dave Cassens, owner of Cassens Bait Shop in Grafton, and Steve Bell of Grafton, organized the first “Save the Fawn Project” early this year. The goal of the project was to give incentive to hunters and trappers to take coyotes this past winter and give fawns this spring a chance at life.

From Dec. 20, 2015, to Feb. 29 of this year, hunters and trappers could bring a coyote carcass to Cassens Bait in Grafton and register for cash and prizes which were given away March 5.

“The response was unbelievable. We had 73 or 74 [coyotes] come in,” Cassens said. “And next year we’re going to do it again.”

Cassens said the idea was so well received in the area that as word got around, area individuals were coming into the bait shop to donate cash for prizes because they liked the idea. Hunting organizations as far away as Pike County, including Whitetails Unlimited, donated to the cause. Within three weeks, over $2,000 was raised.

When hunters came in with a carcass, Cassen explained, they were given a chance to be entered in the prize giveaway. So if “a guy got 20 coyotes, he had a chance to win 20 times.”

Cash, gift cards, and even a small deep freeze were some of the prizes Cassens gave away.

Cassens took precautions to avoid a hunter bringing in the same coyote twice.

“We just put a hole punch in their ear so they couldn’t bring that coyote back in.

Most of them just dropped them off; they didn’t want them anyway,” Cassens said.

He went on to say the “fur price is terrible,” and most people “didn’t want to skin them for $6 or $5.”

Bell’s motivation to hold a coyote hunt was personal.

His farm borders Pere Marquette State Park in Jersey County, and he has seen the decline of game on his farm over the years.

“It’s [the farm] infested with predators, and I’m losing my turkeys, my quail, and my rabbits, fawns. I’m losing everything. So this is why I went to Dave and said ‘Let’s get this contest going.

You got the storefront, you got the PR, but we’re both trappers.’”

“I’ve got 20 deer cams on my farm,” Bell said. “I have pictures where the deer are out every night with their fawns. And every other night there is a fawn missing. And the end of the season, there’s no fawns.“ Because of his close proximity to Pere Marquette State Park, Bell is working to establish a coyote trapping season inside the park.

Trapping at Pere Marquette is allowed currently, but foot hold traps, needed for coyote trapping, are not legal to use on park property.

“I need the IDNR to really go to bat for us. We’re facing thousands and thousands and thousands of acres of IDNR ground that we can’t trap. We can’t hunt,” he said.

“There’s so many people that don’t have private land to trap that would trap these public lands. The public lands are there for our use.”

Cassens agreed. “You drive home at night, and you see coyotes almost every night at Pere Marquette, but you can’t hunt them there. That’s just a breeding grounds there. You have a huge amount of coyotes in that area.”

Chris Hespen, site superintendent at Pere Marquette State park, said Pere Marquette historically has not had trapping as a management technique to control predators, but acknowledged that trapping “is a recreational opportunity just like hunting, fishing, bird watching,

hiking, biking, equestrian riding, horse trails…boating, that whole thing. Trapping is a part of that,” he said.

And Hespen said he is listening to the user groups that want to utilize those recreational opportunities and coyote trap in Pere Marquette State Park.

“This park is the park of the people.” Hespen said.

“When the constituents come into my office, and it’s something that they are passionate about, and it’s reasonable, and it’s not contradictory to the mission of the park, I’m willing to do my job and work with that.”

Hespen went on to explain that for the first time this past furbearing season (2015-16), some trapping was allowed in the park. To do that, “we had to craft the language, it went through a review committee of peers, and legal people and the wildlife biologist, Tim Krumwiede, plays a role. The office of law enforcement or conservation police sign off on it. It’s a process that takes about a year-and-a-half.”

“When we did that, it was with the intent to allow trapping of fur bearing species.

All of them. There was some oversight on our part which excluded the ability for the trapper to use foot hold traps, which are used to catch canine species.,” Hespen said.

Hespen said he believed that he would be meeting again soon with Conservation Police Sgt. Mark Wagner and Illinois Department of Natural Resources biologist Tim Krumwiede to address the oversight of the foot hold traps, but, the process to correct the oversight could take another year-and-a-half.

Krumwiede, who currently covers Jersey County, did not have specific coyote numbers for Jersey county but did have statewide information for 1992-2014. The most recent data for 2014 showed that 1,002 observers during archery deer season

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in Illinois reported seeing an average of 34.58 coyotes per 1,000 hours of observation. Hunters in 2014 also reported seeing an average of 802.58 deer per 1,000 hours of observation.

The highest numbers of coyotes sighted from 19922014 was 47.58 per 1,000 hours of observation in 2007.

Hunters that year reported seeing 1,104.24 deer during that same period per 1,000 hours of observation.

The highest number of deer sighted from 1992-2014 was in 2005, with hunters reporting 1,145.71 sightings per 1,000 hours of observation. The number of coyotes sighted in 2005 was 32.01 during that same period.

Krumwiede agreed with Cassens about poor fur prices and provided information for the 2013-14 fur harvest versus 2014-15.

In 2013-14, 16,607 coyote pelts were sold for an average of $20.80 each. The total value for the 2013-14 season for coyote pelts was $345,425.60.

In the 2014-15 season, 11,062 coyote pelts were sold at an average of $17.85 each, for a total value of $197,456.70, which was a total decrease of $147,968.90 from the year before.

Overall, values in the 2014-15 season versus the 2013-204 season for furbearers muskrat, mink, raccoon,

opossum, red fox, gray fox, beaver, river otter, weasel, coyote and badger were down, with only an increase showed in striped skunk.

Both years river otter brought in the highest price per pelt, while raccoons were the highest harvested species.

Krumwiede said Copperhead Hollow, IDNR property located outside of Fieldon, does allow coyote hunting but, again, not coyote trapping due to the restriction on foot hold traps.

Along with working to establish a trapping season on state-owned property, Bell would like to see see trappers and private landowners come together to work for the common cause of cutting down the coyote population.

“What I would like to do is somehow get somebody or some organization interested in this contest and have a database so you can call in.

So if you have a farm, and you’re willing to let somebody come trap, call this number, be put on a list, and other trappers that want to trap and need ground to trap can call,” Bell said.

Bell would also like to see local kids and teenagers get interested in trapping and hopes to soon teach a class on trapping at Pere Marquette. Bell said Hespen has offered space at the park for Bell to hold his class.

“I’ve taught three kids this year how to trap coyotes.

I’m trying to educate people.

I’m just an individual, but if someone doesn’t step up to the plate, we’re not going to have wildlife,” said Bell.

Cassens estimated 90 percent of the hunter participation in his contest was from Jersey County and that there were a few hunters from Calhoun County. Along with putting a dent in the coyote population, Cassens and Bell wanted to get people outdoors.

“We are trying to get more people outdoors. They don’t know what they are missing by not going hunting or fishing, and we thought maybe a dad will take their kids out hunting or something,” Cassens said. “Some of them did. We had one guy, his kid shot his first coyote, and that was pretty neat.”

Bell would like to see the idea for coyotes hunts expand to neighboring counties. “I’m hoping other people see the need to do this for a year or two to whittle everything down, to put it on a level playing field.”

Cassens said he would be repeating the event next year, and that anyone interested in participating or donating a prize could contact him at 618-980-1090.

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Richard ‘Dick’ Jackson Richard “Dick” J. Jackson, 77 of Pittsfield passed away Friday, May 27, 2016 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy.

Dick was born in Winchester on Oct. 27, 1938, a son of Richard Kenneth and Henriette Orris Jackson.

He married Ella Roberta Hoots on March 4, 1956 in Keokuk, Iowa; she survives.

Before retiring Dick was an operator for the Soyland Power Company plants in Pittsfield, Winchester and Pearl, retiring after 41 years with the company. He belonged to the First Christian Church in Winchester, and was a past member of the Jacksonville Moose Lodge and a dedicated and a longtime member of the Pittsfield Moose Lodge #420. In his earlier years he enjoyed fishing and tending to his horses, owning up to 150 horses at one time, and he loved his dogs. After his retirement he enjoyed traveling, tending to his flowers, sitting on his front porch and having his mini yard sale on “Dick’s Corner.”

Dick is survived by his loving wife, Roberta “Berb” Jackson; a daughter, Elaine and husband Richard Smith

of Pittsfield; granddaughter, Nikki and husband Eric Fish of Pittsfield; and two great-grandchildren, Gabi and Jackson Fish.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and a grandson, Gabe in 1996.

Graveside services were held at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at West Cemetery in Pittsfield with Jim Jacques officiating. Visitation was held from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the Niebur Funeral Home prior to the service.

Memorials are suggested to be made to the Pittsfield Moose Lodge #420 or the Pike County Ambulance Service.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www. nieburfh.com. The Niebur Funeral Home in Pittsfield has been entrusted with the service.

Illinois Valley Paving until his retirement.

He loved horses. He was active in horse racing for many years, Standard Bred, Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse, of which he was licensed in many states to race. He was a charter member of the Griggsville Saddle Club. He enjoyed team sorting and trail riding.

Preceding him in death were his parents, a brother, David McKinney, and infant brother, William McKinney.

At his request there will be no public services.

Memorials can be made to the Perry United Methodist Church Monday Dinners or Blessing Hospice.

The Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in Griggsville is in charge of the arrangements.

Violet Shulman Violet Shulman, 97 of Pittsfield, died Friday, May 27, 2016, at the Eastside Healthcare & Rehabilitation

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Pleasant Hill High Petty makes dean’s list School announces second semester honor roll Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis., has named Seth Petty of Pittsfield to its Dean’s List for academic excellence during the spring 2016 semester.

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Robert ‘Bob’ McKinney

Robert L. “Rob” McKinney, 75 of Perry, passed away early Sunday morning, May 22, 2016 at his home.

He was born Aug. 22, 1940 in Griggsville, the son of William A. and Finis Bartlett McKinney.

He married Dorothy Kennedy Jan. 24, 1964 in Perry, and she survives at home.

Also surviving are two daughters, Gail (David) Vaughn of LaGrange, Mo., and Robin (Jon) Talkemeyer of Arenzville; granddaughter, Alexis Vaughn; grandson, Andy Talkemeyer; and his sister, Pat Hurst of Griggsville.

Rob attended Griggsville schools. He worked as a truck driver for Hunt Concrete in Louisiana, and then for

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McCann sponsors legislation to fund schools, protect funding levels Illinois schools would receive full general state aid funding for the first time in seven years under legislation co-sponsored by state Sen. Sam McCann, R-Plainview, with all districts guaranteed at least the same level of funding they received for the current school year.

“We have to act right now to make sure our schools can plan their budgets and open on time this fall,” said McCann. “This plan would fully fund general state aid (GSA) for the first time in seven years while ensuring that no school loses.”

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“I don’t care if legislation is viewed as a Republican bill or a Democrat bill. We have to find something that we can all agree on,” said Sen. McCann. “Our children are too important to let our schools be held hostage by the ongoing budget impasse.”

Greger gains accepted to the EAA Advance Air Academy The Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. has announced that Blake Greger of Pittsfield has been accepted to attend the EAA Advanced Air Academy 2016 in OshKosh, Wisc.

The EAA Air Academy offers young people the opportunity to meet and work with aviation professionals while living and learning the arts, sciences and lore of aviation in both classroom and workshop settings.

They join many other young people, ages, 16-18, in this aviation program.

Several days of the Academy take place during the world’s largest and most exciting aviation event – The EAA AirVenture 2016.

Participants in the EAA Air Academy come from around the United States and several foreign countries.

Academy actives will include flight experience, workshops and classroom study.

“The EAA Air Academy teaches young people new skills and instills a pride of craftsmanship,” Bob, Campbell, EAA’s Director of Museum and Museum Education, said. “ More importantly, it develops their leadership potential and broadens their understanding of both aviation and themselves. The EASS Air Academy is a benchmark of personal experience and aviation experience that will last a lifetime.”

grade-point average while carrying at least 14 credit hours during a semester.

He is the son of Paul and Gretchen Petty and the grandson of Terry and Mikki Rush and John and Bonnie Petty, all of Pittsfield.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Pike Press

Court dismisses complaint against New Salem

By JUSTIN A. COBB Pike Press A request by a resident to block zoning enforcement by the village of New Salem has been dismissed.

Judge Jerry Hooker dismissed the complaint without prejudice, meaning it could be reinstated at a later date, at a May 19 hearing in Pike County Circuit Court, according to the court docket accessed Friday afternoon via judici.com.

The complaint against the village was one of several filed by Danny Ballinger in a broad,

sweeping suit against the county, the county’s zoning administrator and environmental health director, a neighbor, the village, and the village clerk, who has since resigned, in connection with a mobile home Ballinger moved into the village.

Ballinger was denied a county zoning permit for the mobile home due to the village’s refusal to issue a permit under its zoning ordinance, which Ballinger said was invalid due to lack of a village zoning commission, according to his complaint.

The village has since repealed the pertinent ordinance, Village President David Ballinger said by phone Friday afternoon, rendering the complaint moot.

“We did it at our last meeting, April 18,” he said.

Complaints in the suit remain pending against the county, county zoning administrator Mark Mountain, and county environmental health director Jane Johnson.

Those against Johnson stem from a dispute over the use of a septic system located on the property owned by the plain-

tiff where he placed his mobile home.

S t a t e ’s Attorney Zachary Boren, who represents the county and its officers in the suit, in a May 19 email following the hearing said Danny Ballinger is now working to resolve that matter.

“The case was continued to allow Mr. Ballinger to comply with the statutes and rules regulating private sewage systems,” Boren said. “My understanding is that he will work with the Health Department to come into compliance before August 1, 2016, when the case is set for status.”

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 Rex A. Jones, 58, Pleasant Hill, was arrested May 16 on a misdemeanor in-state warrant. He posted $150 cash bond and was released pending court appearance.

Joel A. Carlton, 32, Pearl, was arrested May 17 on a felony Calhoun County warrant alleging failure to appear.

He remains lodged in the Pike County Jail in lieu of $200 bond.

Gerald W. Kirgan, 40, Griggsville, was arrested May 17 on a felony in-state warrant.

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

Leeann S. Myers, 35, New Canton, was arrested May 18 on a Pike County traffic warrant alleging failure to appear. She posted $250 and was released pending court appearance.

Jennifer L. Howland, 35, Jacksonville, was arrested May 18 on a misdemeanor Pike County warrant alleging failure to appear. She remains lodged in the Pike County Jail in lieu of $200 bond.

David M. Sampley, 61, Pittsfield, was arrested May 18 on a misdemeanor charge

of domestic battery. He posted $250 cash bond and was released pending court appearance.

Samuel D. Holder, 30, White Hall, was arrested May 18 on a felony Pike County warrant alleging failure to appear. He was released on his own recognizance.

Blake D. Roberts, 18, Hannibal, Mo., was arrested May 18 on a Pike County traffic warrant alleging failure to appear. He remains lodged in the Pike County Jail in lieu of $200 bond.

Ashley R. Merrick, 30, Barry, was arrested May 19 on a misdemeanor Pike County warrant alleging failure to appear.

She posted $300 cash bond and was released pending court appearance.

James L. Chestnutt, 33, Nebo, was arrested, May 19 on a felony in-state warrant.

He remains lodged in lieu of $8,000 bond.

Austin S. Mason, 20, Pittsfield, was arrested May 19 on a felony in-state warrant. He remains lodged in lieu of $400 bond.

Joshua M. Rousch, 33, Pleasant Hill, was arrested May 21 on a misdemeanor Pike County warrant alleging failure to pay on possession of cannabis fines. He posted $350 and was released pending court appearance.

Samuel J. Pruett, 21, Chambersburg, was arrested May 21 on a a Pike County

traffic warrant alleging failure to pay or appear. He remains lodged in the Pike County Jail in lieu of $300 bond.

Jeremy A. Miller, 32, Griggsville, was arrested May 22 on a charge of criminal damage to property, fleeing to elude police, improper operation of an ATV on roadway. He posted $200 bond on the fleeing charge and was released pending court appearance.

Donald R. Morgan, 75, Ft. Wayne, Ind., was arrested May 23 on charges of driving under the influence. He remains lodged in the Pike County Jail in lieu of $100 bond.

Ashely R. Chestnutt, 30, Nebo, was arrested May 25 on a felony in-state warrant.

She remains lodged in the Pike County Jail in lieu of $2,000 bond.

Mary A. Charlton, 57, Barry, was arrested May 25, on Pike County traffic warrant alleging failure to appear. She posted $100 bond and was released pending court appearance.

Courvaria D. Rodgers, 18, Hannibal, Mo., was arrested May 25 on two Pike County felony warrants. Bond on the first warrant is $3,000. No bond was set on the second. He remains lodged.

Denise G. Bower, 22, Hannibal, Mo., was arrested May 25 on an in-state felony warrant. She remains lodged in lieu of $5,000 bond.

Steven D. Niffen, 36, Barry, was arrested May 26 on two

Pike County traffic warrants, one a petition to revoke probation and the other a failure to pay. Bond on the revocations $350 and on the FTA, $400.

He posted bond and has court dates set.

Heather L. Crowder, 24, Nebo, was arrested May 28 on a Pike County traffic warrant alleging failure to appear. She posted $150 and was released pending court appearance.

Austin J. Shaw, 24, Griggsville, was arrested May 28 on a misdemeanor Pike County warrant alleging failure to appear. He posted $2,500 and was released pending court appearance.

Jacob A. O’Neal, 33, Springfield, was arrested May 30 on Pike County felony warrant alleging failure to pay. He posted $300 bond and was released pending court appearance.

Zoey R. Cannam, 26, Barry, was arrested May 30 on a charge of felony driving under the influence, domestic battery and no valid driver’s license.

She remains lodged in the Pike County Jail with no bond set.

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.

bersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, all of the NW 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/ engress, all of the SW 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, all of the SE 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, all of the NE 1/4, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/ engress, all of the NW 1/4, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, all of the SW 1/4, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, all of the SE 1/4, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; E. 20 feet, Easement for ingress/engress, SW 1/4, 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Sec. 22, Chambersburg Township; Undivided 1/3 interest, part of the NW 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Undivided 1/3 interest, part of the SW 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Undivided 1/3 interest, part of the SE 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Undivided 1/3 interest, part of the NE 1/4, Sec. 34, Chamberburg Township; Undivided 1/3 interest, part of the SW 1/4, Sec. 26, Chambersburg Township; Undivided 1/3 interest, part of the NW 1/4, Sec. 35, Chambersburg Township.

Whitetail Investment Properties LLC, Whitetail Investment Properties to Robert D. Saunders, Robin H. Saunders, Part Fractional undivided 1/3 interest, Sec. 26, Chambersburg Township; all of the NE 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress N. 20 feet, part of the NW 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, part of the SE 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambers-

burg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/ engress, SE 1/4, SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, all of the SE 1/4, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/ engress, all of the NE 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, all of the NW 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, all of the SW 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/ engress, all of the SE 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, all of the NE 1/4, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, all of the NW 1/4, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/ engress, all of the SW 14, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, all of the SE 1/4, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; E. 20 feet Easement for ingress/ engress, SW 1/4, 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Sec. 22, Chambersburg Township; part of the NW 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; part of the SW 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; part of the SE 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; part of the NE 1/4, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; part of the SW 1/4, Sec. 26, Chambersburg Township; part of the NW 1/4, Sec. 35, Chambersburg Township; part fractional, all of the NE 1/4, Sec. 26, Chambersburg Township; part fractional, all of the NW 1/4, Sec. 26, Chambersburg Township; part fractional, all of the SW 1/4, Sec. 26, Chambersburg Township; part fractional, all of the SE 1/4, Sec. 26,

Chambersburg Township.

Richard C. Pressey, Amy K. Pressey to Amy M. Caughlan, West 50 feet of lot 26 & east 20 feet of lot 27, Lots 26-27, Lowry Addn., Pittsfield.

Mike C. Gerard, Kimberly S. Gerard to Richard C. Pressey, Amy K. Pressey, Lot 23, Wellingtons SD, Pittsfield; Pt. lot 1, part of the NE 1/4, Sec. 25, Pittsfield Township.

Nicholas Wright, Alisha Wright to Christopher Wade Bishop, N. 1/2, NE 1/4, 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Sec. 4, Griggsville Township.

Chelsea Ewing Administrator, Barbara Piper Deceased to Kayla D. Lister, Vanessa J. Lister, Block 5, Lots 1-2, McConnell & Clarks Addn., Griggsville.

Sheriff of Pike County, IL- Paul F. Petty, Roberta J. Calkins to Bank of America NA, Sec. 9, Ross Township.

Pamela J. Ruble, Pamela J. Duggins, Pamela Jean Duggins to Lonnie D. Todaro, W. 60 feet of lot, Block 12, Lot 1, C.J. Craigmiles Addn., Pleasant Hill; Block 12, Lot 2, C.J. Craigmiles Addn., Pleasant Hill; Block 12, Lot 3, C.J. Craigmiles Addn., Pleasant Hill.

Gene Stickman, Vickie Bloch, Arie Bloch Smith, Jacob Bloch to Teena S. Watters, 1/2 acres in the SE corner, part of the NW 1/4, Sec. 27, Pittsfield Township.

Laura B. Rokita to Joel A. Stephenson, part of the NW 1/4, Sec. 15, Atlas Township.

Delilah Foiles to Eva G. Doerr Smith, Eva G. Smith Doerr, part of lot, Lot 1, Village of Atlas.

Hollis Shafer, Cynthia Shafer to Jordon M. Chaver, Kayla H. Schaver, Lot 7, Wellingtons SD, Pittsfield; Lot 1, part of the NE 1/4, Sec. 25, Pittsfield Township.

Deeds Rick S. Curfman, Roger S. Curfman, Joan M. Curfman to Dennis Douglas, Judy Douglas, part of the NE 1/4, Sec. 4, Martinsburg Township.

Earl C. Cadwell to James Lockman, Block 8, Lots 3-4, S 1/3 of Lots, Griggsville.

Terry W. Feil, Laurie Robin Feil to Jamie D. Reel, Christina M. Reel, Sec. 20, Newburg Township.

Ritchie Rivers to Rockin R Properties LLC, SW 1/4, 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Sec. 7, Derry Township; NW 1/4, 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Sec. 7, Derry Township; part of the SE 1/4, Sec. 12, Pleasant Vale Township.

Nathan R. Koster, Nicole L. Koster to Brandon M. Gerard, Miranda L. Gerard, NE 1/4, 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Sec. 23, Martinsburg Township; S. 1/2, NE 1/4, NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Sec. 23, Martinsburg Township; N. 35 feet of the, NE 1/4, SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Sec. 23, Martinsburg Township.

Whitetail Investment Properties LLC to Robert D. Saunders, part fractional undivided 1/3 interest, Sec. 26, Chambersburg Township; Undivided 1/3 interest, all of the NE 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress N. 20 feet, part of the NW 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/ engress, part of the SE 1/4, Sec. 27, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Townhsip; Easement for ingress/ engress, SE 1/4, SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/ engress, all of the SE 1/4, Sec. 34, Chambersburg Township; Easement for ingress/engress, all of the NE 1/4, Sec. 27, Cham-

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Bradshaw receives scholarship from Crimestoppers Griggsville-Perry senior Cole Bradshaw has been awarded the 2016-17 Crime Stoppers of Pike Co. scholarship. He is the son of Larry Bradshaw and Carrie Bradshaw. He intends to pursue studies in criminal justice and pre-law.

The $1,000 one-time scholarship is made possible by donations from area businesses and individuals through the local Crime Stoppers organization.

Marriages

Bruce Wayne Lacey of Pittsfield, IL to Theresa Alice Halpin of Pittsfield, IL. Elton H. Schrock of Windsor, MO to Johanna Sue Yoder of Pleasant Hill, IL, Jonathon J. Hochstetler of Pleasant Hill, IL to Laura Jean Yoder of Pleasant Hill, IL. Trent Lee Brannan of Pittsfield, IL to Melissa Jo Buss of Pittsfield, IL. David Allan Bay of Pittsfield, IL to Charlenia Olivia Bradshaw of Pittsfield, IL.

COLE BRADSHAW

Divorces

Mary Snyder vs. Shon Snyder, 5-19-16.

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR Plans continuing for 4th of July

By BETH ZUMWALT Pike Press More details about the Pleasant Hill 4th of July Celebration, to be held July 2, have been announced.

There will be a mandatory informational meeting June 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the park for anyone wanting to sign up for of the pageants. This will be the final day for signup and registration and no candidates will be accepted after this day. Age divisions for pageants are: baby (1236 months); Little Miss and Mister (4-6 years); Prince and Princess (7-9 years); Junior Miss (entering 6th-8th grade); Miss (entering 9th12th grade.

Photos will also be taken at this time. Call Debbie Gouran for more information.

The change in date for the July 4 celebration to July 2 is the only change in format.

The parade with a theme “Fun in the Sun” will start at 11 a.m. and as always, bikers, walkers, floats, tractors, horses, etc are welcome. Tina Jones is the contact person to pre-register, 217-779-3413.

Immediately following the parade, the focus of event will move to the park. Dave Young is in charge of organizing vendors. Anyone wishing to have a stand should contact Young at 217-437-2504.

Following the pageants will be William Mitchell, hypnotist, who will provide an interactive show.

Throughout the day there will be a free swim at the Pleasant Hill pool, lip sync, hula hoop contest and at dusk the fireworks display.

Volunteers are always welcome. Anyone interested in volunteering on the Fourth of July committee can contact Melissa Hanson at 217-2487548

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S&S School of Dance presents

The colors of the wheel Colors come alive through the color wheel as young artists explore cool, warm and complimentary colors using modeling dough and paint. Participants will complete a series of projects incorporating their new knowledge.

All supplies will be provided. Wear old clothes.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 7-16 Ages 6-10 • 10 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Cost $50

To register, call 217-285-4914 or email: stacy@ssschoolofdance.com