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In This Issue Right in Our Region ........................Cover & p. 16 Our Exciting New Downtown Hotel Your Home ................................................... ..... 11 Durable, Stylish Kitchen Updates Inspiration & Worship ......................................12 Who Was Rahab?

Your Kitchen ......................................................15 Tasty Fall-Flavor Recipes Your Health ............................................. .......... 23 Treating Cancer in the Time of COVID-19 Your Community ........................................ ....... 24 How Busy People Earn Degrees

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A Dream Come True

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ven in a gloomy, anxiety-ridden year like 2020, there are bright spots. A big one for locals is the opening of the Embassy Suites by Hilton Rockford Riverfront and its adjoining Lawrence J. Morrissey Rockford Conference Center in downtown Rockford.

Anyone who’s been around here awhile knows how long local leaders have wished for a downtown hotel. I remember hearing about it 30 years ago when I covered Rockford City Council for a local newspaper!

Now this dream has not only come true, but in a very special way – giving new life to an old building that is 100 percent unique to Rockford – with a conference center, too.

During my college-year summers, I waitressed at the Clock Tower Inn, then the best hotel option for performing artists playing at Rockford’s then-MetroCentre (Now BMO). I waited on the likes of “Sesame Street Live!” dancers, band members of Alabama, comic Red Skelton and folks here on business. I heard comments about how nice it would be to stay nearer to the city center, not 20 minutes across town. Even Peoria and Springfield, both smaller than us, had downtown hotels.

Today we have more reasons than ever to attract downtown visitors – a great museum campus, conservatory, public stretches of riverfront, trendy restaurants, UW Health Sports Factory, our restored Coronado gem, BMO, Anderson Japanese Gardens and much more.

This rotten pandemic will pass. Before it began, Rockford and Winnebago Co. saw 10 consecutive years of growth in our tourism sector. In 2019, that sector grew by 4.3 percent, outpacing the state average of 3.3 percent. Visitors spent more than $409 million here in 2019 alone – generating $100 million in income for more than 3,000 local employees. (Source: Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity.)

Clearly the folks at our tourism bureau are doing something right. We have a solid foundation to rebuild upon – if we can get through this crisis. All of us can help by supporting local shops, restaurants and cultural gems right now.

We don’t want to lose the progress we’ve worked so long and hard to build. Have a good week! ❚ Janine Pumilia SLW Editor

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Think Durability & Style in Kitchen Updates

By Jermaine Pigee, assistant managing editor

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n most homes, no room gets more wear and tear than the kitchen. That’s why it’s important to incorporate high-quality material into your design, when updating or designing a kitchen, says Kayla Hauch, kitchen and bath designer at Benson Stone Co., 1100 11th St., Rockford.

She recommends quartz or granite for counters.

Quartz is a man-made material that may be solid in color or have a controlled pattern. Granite is a natural stone with more variation in its pattern.

“They’re both very, very durable countertops,” Hauch says.

If you want to add a “wow” factor to your kitchen, you have to think about all design elements, from floor to ceiling, says Hauch. For example, the right kind of lighting can add a sense of luxury.

“Layered lighting really adds to the

overall function and look of a kitchen,” Hauch says. “We’re adding recessed cans throughout the space, as well under-cabinet lighting. Installing a decorative pendant or chandelier over an island is another design element that we do quite often.”

Today’s kitchens are often designed with more than one color of cabinetry. White cabinets are clas- Note the uninterrupted backsplash in this clean and streamlined kitchen by Benson Stone Co. sic, but consider using a contrasting look of a home. color or stained wood for an island.

“The kitchen leads into other proj“We do a lot of remodels where ects, like refacing fireplaces or running the home already has golden oak trim the same flooring throughout the house throughout,” Hauch says. “When remodfor consistency,” Hauch says. eling the kitchen, we take that into conHauch also sees more people installsideration and choose colors that compleing under-cabinet tracks for light switchment what’s already there.” es and outlets, so that the backsplash tile Since the living room is often situathas no interruptions. ed near the kitchen, Benson Stone some“This just makes the kitchen and times refaces fireplaces during or after a countertop look a little more clean.” ❚ kitchen remodel to coordinate the overall

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Who Was Rahab?

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he prostitute Rahab may not come to mind as a Biblical heroine, but she is listed among the “great cloud of witnesses” in Hebrews 11, is named in the lineage of Jesus Christ and is remarkable for other reasons. Who was she?

After Moses led the 12 tribes of Israel (Jacob) out of Egyptian slavery and to the Promised Land (Canaan), he named Joshua as the new leader. While the Israelites had been enslaved in Egypt, many other groups had taken up residence in Canaan, including some who built the walled city of Jericho. Joshua sent two spies to scout Jericho and they hid from Jericho’s soldiers in the house of Rahab, whose home was just inside the city wall.

Probably because she knew many travelers in her line of work, Rahab had heard about the miracles God did for the Israelites; she developed a deep faith in God, even to the point of risking her life by hiding the two spies on her rooftop beneath sheaves of grain. She then lowered them through a window to a safe location outside the city walls. Before doing so, however, clever Rahab made the spies promise that, when Israel returned to destroy Jericho, she and her family members would be spared. They agreed, and instructed her to hang a scarlet cord from her window.

In time, Israel destroyed Jericho but spared Rahab and her family as the spies had promised. Rahab married Salmon, one of the two spies she had hidden.

They parented Boaz, who also married a foreign woman with faith in God, named Ruth. They are all listed as ancestors of King David and Jesus Christ.

In Rahab’s time, Israelites alone were called “God’s chosen people,” but there were exceptions. First by her faith, and later by marriage, Rahab became one of God’s chosen people. God’s willingness to judge Rahab by her heart, rather than by her sin or her ancestry, foreshadows the amazing Age of Grace in which we live today. In fact, in Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus Christ, only the foreign women in Christ’s ancestry are named, perhaps to emphasize that God looks on the heart, not the flesh as man does. ❚ – Janine Pumilia 12

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elebrate fall flavors! Find more recipes at walnuts.org/fall-favorites.

Apple-Pear Walnut Crisp Walnut Crisp Topping: 1 1/2 1/4 1/3 1/2 1/2 1/2

cups California walnuts, divided cup all-purpose flour cup brown sugar cup quick-cooking oats teaspoon ground cinnamon cup butter, chilled and sliced

Apple-Pear Filling: 2 D’Anjou pears, peeled and sliced thin 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon lemon juice

In food processor, finely grind 1 cup walnuts. In small bowl, combine ground walnuts, flour, brown sugar, oats and cinnamon. Cut butter into mixture, add coursely chopped walnuts and set aside.

Apple-pear filling: Preheat oven to 350 F. In bowl, toss apples, pears, sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, salt and lemon juice.

Place fruit in bottom of 10-inch cast-iron pan or baking dish. Sprinkle topping mixture over fruit. Bake 45 min.Top with ice cream and/or caramel sauce.

Pumpkin Walnut Sage Risotto 6 cups vegetable stock 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 large yellow onion, finely diced 1 1/2 cups Arborio rice 1 cup pumpkin puree 1/4 cup grated pecorino cheese Walnut Sage Pesto: 2 cloves fresh garlic 1 cup California walnuts 1/2 cup fresh sage leaves 1/2 cup grated pecorino cheese 2 TB olive oil, salt & pepper to taste.

Risotto: In medium pot over mediumlow heat, heat vegetable stock. In large pot, heat olive oil at medium heat. Add

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onion and cook until soft. Add rice, stirring often, 2-3 minutes until rice is translucent except for white center. Add hot stock 1 cup at a time, stirring. As stock is absorbed, add another cup. Continue until all stock has been incorporated and rice is cooked al dente, about 20 min. Stir in pumpkin and cheese.

Pesto: Combine garlic and walnuts in food processor; pulse until minced. Add sage, cheese and olive oil; pulse until coarse pesto forms. Season with salt.

In final few minutes, add 1/2 cup walnut sage pesto to risotto, stirring until well incorporated. Garnish with remaining pesto, cheese and fresh sage, if desired. ❚ (Source: Family Features)

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New Hotel Complex is a Boon to Downtown

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once-abandoned icon of Rockford’s industrial past has been converted into a beautiful new destination.

After nearly three years of renovation, the Ziock Building has been transformed into the Embassy Suites by Hilton Rockford Riverfront. It adjoins the new Lawrence J. Morrissey Rockford Conference Center.

The project “clearly exceeds our expectations and we’re proud that it’s here,” says Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara.

“It’s also great that [CEO] Gary Gorman followed through on his promise to use local labor and artists to help beautify a magnificent building.”

Wisconsin-based Gorman & Company Inc. is the developer that produced the $87.5 million conversion.

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in 1913. It stood vacant for at least 25 years, barely escaping the wrecking ball.

The hotel has 160 suites with a sleeping area separate from the living/kitchenette area. Prices vary from $149 to $239 per night. A typical corner room with king bed is 550 square feet. Most windows have floor-to-ceiling construction from the original factory design.

“We’ve worked very hard to preserve the building’s historic charm,” says Fred DeLaRosa, the hotel’s general manager.

The “industrial chic” motif includes massive concrete pillars, re-installed wood block flooring and original metal fire doors flanking newer doorways. Artifacts from prior manufacturing processes, such as a steam boiler and an overhead conveyor once used to dry hardware after metal coating, serve as decor elements.

Artwork throughout the building features scenes from Rockford’s past.

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The hotel has two restaurants, one on the roof and one at ground level. Named “The Top,” the 11th-12th floor restaurant/ lounge has indoor/outdoor seating with spectacular views of the Rock River and downtown Rockford. Items like ahi tuna nachos, flatbreads, pizzas and hand-crafted cocktails are served and there’s a Friday afternoon happy hour.

The Tower Tap and Grill on the ground floor has indoor/outdoor patio seating opening onto Davis Park. It serves upscale American fare and hosts a complimentary evening reception for guests from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. daily.

The spacious lobby opens onto the main entrance at street level on South Main Street. Behind the front desk is a large installation by local artist Jeremy Klondicki, from MainFraim Studios. It depicts a map of downtown Rockford made entirely from materials reclaimed

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Other amenities include a fitness center, a game room with a golf simulator and a ground-level pool and hot tub.

Rockford Roasting Co., a third-party tenant, recently opened a coffee shop on the main floor. Also on the main floor, guests enjoy a complimentary breakfast.

Hilton hotels use a series of pandemic protocols to ensure guest safety.

Each room is sanitized and sealed with a sticker to indicate no one has entered the room since the cleaning. There’s a virtual check-in, with room “keys” delivered to your smartphone, making personal contact with a desk clerk unnecessary.

The hotel lobby is all-new construction and connects the hotel to the newly named Lawrence J. Morrissey Rockford Conference Center, so named to honor the efforts of Rockford’s former mayor to bring the complex to the city. He made several trips to China to obtain investors and also obtained state and federal income tax credits to keep them interested.

While the hotel building is owned by Gorman & Co., the $13 million Conference Center is owned by the city.

Officials say bonds sold to finance its construction will be repaid without raising taxes.

Gorman & Co. is the management company for both facilities. Embassy Suites is an independently owned and operated franchise of Hilton.

The view from the top of the Embassy Suites Hotel, including The Center contains its rooftop lounge.

14,000 square feet of flexible Indoor/Outdoor Rockford City Market, event space, including the 7,800-squarenew market-rate housing, the museum foot Ziock grand ballroom, with 20-foot campus and the restored Coronado center ceilings and audio-visual equipment. have reshaped downtown Rockford into a “We can host 800 guests for dinner, desirable destination. or a nice wedding reception with a dance “In today’s world, people are makfloor for 450 guests,” says DeLaRosa. ing decisions about where they want to Stakeholders in downtown Rocklive before they decide where they want ford’s renaissance see the arrival of a to work,” says Bryant. “The more things marquis hotel complex as part of a natural we have that work for people, the better progression. Projects like Prairie Street chance we have for growth over time.” ❚ Brewhouse, UW Health Sports Factory,

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Treating Cancer During a Pandemic

By Lindsey Gapen Lukas, managing editor arly on in the pandemic, radiation oncologist Dr. Eric Xanthopoulos was tasked with triaging his cancer patients at Beloit Health System UW Cancer Center.

“We had to re-think how we were flowing patients through the clinic,” Xanthopoulos says. “So, if a patient had a low-risk breast cancer or a low-risk prostate cancer, we might say, ‘Hey, let’s see if we can delay your treatment by one or two months, or maybe start some hormone therapy upfront,’ which wasn’t something we did before the pandemic.”

Now, the cancer center has adjusted its practices – picture hospital workers wearing masks and shields, constantly washing their hands, screening temperatures, and cleaning treatment rooms between every patient .

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virus before treatment begins, their care is delayed to prevent complications.

“Delaying treatment by a little bit is often not a big deal,” Xanthopoulos explains. “What you don’t want to do is break treatment once you’ve already started. It’s kind of like stopping a course of antibiotics halfway through. If you do that, you’ve killed off the weaker cancer cells and you give the hardier cancer cells a chance to grow and take over, and you don’t want that.”

If a patient does happen to test positive for COVID-19 during the middle of treatment, they’ll then have to receive cancer treatments at the end of the day, after other non-COVID patients have already been treated, Xanthopoulos explains. Afterward, the treatment room gets an extra-thorough deep cleaning.

Xanthopoulos says most of his patients are good about wearing facial coverings and social distancing. Still, humans

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crave human interaction. He tells them, “There are about 5 million cases in the U.S. right now. If you go to a small dinner party that has about 10 people, there’s about a 5% Dr. Eric Xanthopoulos chance that you’re going to encounter someone who has COVID. “If you go to a wedding of about 100 people, there’s about a 50% chance ... Not a 50% chance that you’re going to get it, but a 50% chance that someone there has it whether they know it or not. So, if you need to go to these events, just be careful.

Wear a mask, social distance, steer clear of people who obviously have cold symptoms and are sniffling and coughing all over the place.” ❚

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How Busy Local People Earn Degrees

By Peggy Werner pper Iowa University is known for giving working people and military personnel a way to further their educations without interrupting other duties.

Upper Iowa’s dedication to people with jobs, families, or military service, who are unable to attend or can’t afford full-time college, is especially important in the age of COVID-19, says Pamela Timmons, executive director of the university’s Rockford center.

“Because we have such a strong online presence, it’s easier for us to transition in this time of crisis,” she says.

Most Upper Iowa students are working adults who want to complete a degree they never finished and/or to prepare for a job promotion. Some are just out of high school, others are middle age or older. Those attending the Rockford center are mainly from the stateline area, but some have moved away and continue their education online.

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classes during each eight-week session, and can complete as many as six sessions in a year. A self-paced option allows them to finish a course or two within six months. Most classes are online or have portions of online learning, in addition to face-to-face lectures and discussions.

Rock Valley College students get a discount to complete their degrees.

In-person classes are limited to 10 or fewer students. This keeps students safer and allows for more individualized attention. Classrooms and bathrooms are cleaned nightly.

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Upper Iowa has 25 educational centers throughout the country and the Rockford location is at 1161 Tebala Blvd., where students attend classes and meet with an academic advisor.

Timmons has observed the main reason students don’t finish college is because they don’t focus adequately on meeting requirements for a particular degree when they choose classes.

“Our advisor helps students to see their options, while encouraging them to take classes to help them meet their goals in the shortest time possible,” she says.

Upper Iowa University was founded in 1857 and in the late ’90s started online degree programs. It is a private non-profit university providing undergraduate and graduate degree programs and leadership development opportunities to students in the U.S. and Asia.

For more information, call the Rockford location at (815) 332-1414 or visit the website at UIU.edu. ❚

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(and prettier), the air is a little crisper (and cleaner) and the leaves cascade down in colorful splendor. This fall, spend some quality time in the fun, nearby, value-packed Rockford Region. See stunning fall colors at

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Anderson Japanese Gardens, the finest in North America. Visit beautifully spacious Rock Cut State Park. Don’t miss Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden, with more than 500 different species of trees, shrubs and vines, all

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glowing in autumn’s glory. Indoors, our concert and theater season will be gaining momentum at Coronado Performing Arts Center, a beautifully restored downtown vaudeville house. Plus, our Riverfront Museum Campus will be coming alive for the whole family. Visit gorockford.com today for a full list of autumn special events, festivals, gardens, golf and more.

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Attractions & Events

Burpee Without Walls Online. Make a Chinese dragon, identify bird songs, learn about the history of silk and more.

Virtual content available atgorockford.com burpee.org. Burpee Rockford, IL 61101 1.800.521.0849 Museum of Natural History, 737 N. Main St., Rockford, (815) 965-3433, burpee.org.

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Discovery Center Museum Tue.-Sun. 10 a.m.-noon & 1-3 p.m. A new ongoing exhibit, “Energy on the Move,” focuses on how we harness energy for uses on land, sea and air. Sponsored by Woodward Inc. on its 150th milestone anniversary. Online reservations for a two-hour time slot required. Discovery Center Museum, 711 N. Main St., (815) 963-6769, discoverycentermuseum.org.

Victorian Village Tours Daily, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Explore life as it was here between 1890-1910, as costumed history interpreters in period clothing walk visitors through the 13-acre village, visiting many of its 26 historic buildings. The one-hour tour departs on the hour & is limited to 9 visitors; reservations required. Midway Village, 6799 Guilford Road, (815) 397-9112, midwayvillage.com.

BOO’ze & Spirits Tour Oct. 9, 16, 23 & 31, 8 p.m. Egyptian Theatre staff shares secrets and stories during a ‘balcony to backstage’ tour about the history of the 90-year-old building and its ghostly guests. The theatre is also showing a series of horror films in October. Find that schedule online. Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. 2nd St., DeKalb, Ill., (815) 7581215, egyptiantheatre.org.

RAM: Midwestern Biennial Exhibit Oct. 9-Jan. 31, Thu.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The 76th presentation of the museum’s juried survey exhibition of new work in any medium by contemporary artists from eight states. Rockford Art Museum (RAM), 711 N. Main St., (815) 9682787, rockfordartmuseum.org.

Fall Colors Hike Oct. 13, 5-6:30 p.m. Enjoy the Deer Run prairie’s burnished fall colors, herbal aromas and rich textures. These wide, flat trails offer an easy hike. Deer Run Forest Preserve, 5691 River Road, Cherry Valley, Ill., (815) 877-6100, winnebagoforest.org.

Golden Hour Tranquility Walk Oct. 14, 5-6:15 p.m. Stroll through the prairie at sunset. Severson Dells, Winnebago, Ill., (815) 335-2915, seversondells.com.

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Enjoy a tour of Victorian Village at Midway Village Museum led by costumed interpreters.

The Great War Webinar Oct. 15, 2-3 p.m. Join Black Point Estate’s Dave Desimone for an overview of the lead-up to World War I and the anti-German hysteria that followed. See website for link. Wisconsin Historical Society, wisconsinhistory.org.

Autumn Photography on the Farm Oct. 15, 5-7 p.m. Bring your camera and take a late-afternoon tour around the farm, led by educators and photographers. Reg. online. Angelic Organics Learning Center, Caledonia, Ill., (815) 389-8455, learngrowconnect.org.

Vivaldi! - Rockford Symphony Orchestra Oct. 23 & 24, 7 p.m. A one-hour concert at Rockford Art Museum on Oct. 23, repeated at Trinity Lutheran Church on Oct. 24.

Presented with pandemic safety in mind.

RockfordSymphony.com.

Dinner Trains Through Oct. 24, Sat. 4:30-7 p.m. Enjoy a socially distanced cocktail hour and a train ride, followed by dinner at the depot. Reserve online or call (262) 642-3263. East Troy Electric Railroad, 2002 Church St., (262) 642-3263, easttroyrr.org.

Sky Viewing Through Oct. 31, Sat. 9 p.m. Call ahead for viewing conditions. Weiskopf Observatory, 7993 N. River Road, Byron, Ill., (815) 234-8535, byronforestpreserve.org.

Predatory Plants at Nicholas Through Nov. 8, Tue.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat. to 3 p.m. Explore the bizarre world of “meateating” plants. Nicholas Conservatory, (815) 987-8858, rockfordparkdistrict.org/ncg.

Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn Thru Dec. 2, Fireside, Fort Atkinson, Wis., (800) 477-9505, firesidetheatre.com. ❚

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