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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Princeton residents ask for action from council

By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com

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After the referendum: What next?

By Barb Kromphardt bkromphardt@bcrnews.com

SPRING VALLEY – After approving the results of the April 9 election, which saw the $32 million referendum question pass by three votes, the Hall High School board got down to making that vote a reality.

Once again the architects from Healy, Bender of Naperville were present on Tuesday to address the board.

David Patton began by congratulating the board on a successful referendum. He said of the 54 school referendums on local ballots across Illinois, only 17 passed. And of the 12 building questions on the ballot, Hall was one

PRINCETON — The skies may have cleared, but some Princeton residents are still dealing with the aftermath of the April 17-18 rains that flooded basements around the city.

About 30 residents attended Monday’s meeting of the Princeton City Council, with 10 of those residents addressing the council about the problems they have experienced, both physically and emotionally, as a result of the heavy rains in April.

Dean Yelm said this is the third time he’s faced a flooding problem in his basement since he moved into the house in 1971. This last time, he had 6 inches of sewage, not surface water, in his basement. He spent the day pumping out his basement.

“It’s disheartening when you are 85 years old and you get up in the morning and you have 6 inches of sewage in your basement,” Yelm said. “if it was just water, I wouldn’t mind it so much.”

Ruth Vohland said she has lived in her house for five years and had sewage in her basement within six -toeight months of living there.

This last time, in April, she had 3 1/2 feet of water and dirt in her basement, coming not just through the sump pumps but also through the back door and a basement window. The water was running like a river in her yard, she said.

Ever since that first time when she got sewage in the basement, she can’t sleep at night when it rains because she hears the drains gurgling, Vohland said. Almost every time it rains, they get some water in the basement.

The family has lost a lot of items and has been under a lot of stress due to the flooding problems, she said.

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Jim Reed announces candidacy for sheriff

By Goldie Currie gcurrie@bcrnews.com

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of only two that voters approved.

“Congratulations on being in an elite crowd as far as passing referendums,” he said.

Patton then led the board through the difference between having a general contractor for the new building as opposed to a construction manager.

PRINCETON – James B. Reed of Arlington has announced his candidacy for Democratic nomination in the 2014 March primary election for the office of Bureau County Sheriff.

In a statement he released this week, Reed said he pledges to “be a working sheriff for Bureau County” and has served in nearly every capacity in the sheriff’s office during his 22 years with the department.

“I have always been proud that I have been put in a position to help others and I get great satisfaction doing so,” he said. “I’ve been asked by so many people throughout my career, ‘when are you going to run for sheriff?’ When Sheriff Thompson told me he wasn’t seeking reelection, I felt it was an opportune time.”

Reed, 43, is currently a patrol sergeant for the Bureau County Sheriff’s Department and a life-long resident of Bureau County. He graduated from Hall High School and the Illinois Police Training Institute at the University of Illinois in Champaign. He is a certified corrections officer and a certified law enforcement officer.

Reed earned more than 800 hours in continued education through the local crime commissions and regional training centers. He began his career in law enforcement in 1990 as a patrolman for the village of Ladd and also worked parttime for the Princeton Police Department under Chief of Police Melvin Hult.

In his statement, Reed said his top priority includes improving and expanding efforts to protect communities combating the current drug issue. He pledges to consolidate the efforts of law enforcement entities to be more efficient in investigating and solving crimes.

If elected, Reed would continue to update equipment for the safety of the deputies and residents, without being a burden to taxpayers and would work closely with the Bureau County Board to improve countywide radio communications.

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As part of the random acts of kindness project, the PHS personal effectiveness class filled goody bags for every student in the school and recently passed them out during the students’ homeroom class. Pictured is freshman Mackenzie Geldean handing a bag to freshman Ashley Falk.

Random acts of kindness PHS intern creates service project

By Goldie Currie gcurrie@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON – Renee Carlson began her guidance counselor internship at Princeton High School shortly after 26 lives were taken in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Around that time, journalist Ann Curry was challenging the nation to perform 26 acts of kindness to honor

the victims.

As Carlson dove into her work at PHS, started holding sessions with students and honing in on their lives at school, she recognized a lack of friendliness and empathy in the hallways.

“I just decided we needed a little more kindness here,” she said.

For a required service project, Carlson was inspired to incorporate the acts of kindness project with students. She decided to work with the personal effectiveness class at PHS when she

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discovered their textbook taught the importance of random acts of kindness.

Teacher Jesse Snyder was excited about Carlson’s idea and invited her to his classroom to teach students about random acts of kindness and to challenge each to complete and record their own 26 random acts of kindness.

Carlson said her project evolved as she went, however, it had three clear goals. The first was to teach students to not judge others because everyone has a story.

The second was to bring awareness to students’ surroundings and push them to recognize when others need help. The third was to instill empathy.

Carlson had students complete hands-on projects to help spread positive energy in the school.

Projects included posting sticky notes with uplifting phrases on lockers, placing notecards with encouraging quotes in library books and filling goodies bags and handing them out to students in homeroom.

The random acts of kindness project spread throughout the school.

PHS counselor Debra Dullard said students who weren’t in the personal effectiveness class visited her office and talked about the random acts of kindness project.

Dullard believed the highlight of Carlson’s project was when she assigned

PHS guidance counselor intern Renee Carlson created the school’s random acts of kindness project. students to write a paper describing the 26 random acts of kindness they completed.

Carlson said she was surprised by the response in the students’ papers.

“I was amazed at the extent to which most of these students went to help others in the school, their families and the community,” she said. “Some were such simple things, but just touched my heart that I may have encouraged them to do that act of kindness.”

Synder said his students have enjoyed the project.

“I think they really benefited from Renee coming in and talking about these random acts of kindness because our society right now is so focused on me, me, me,” he said.

He explained when someone completes a random act of kindness, the positive vibes that comes from doing it spreads.

“A kind word goes a long

way. I try to do my best to be as positive as I can, but there’s times that I know I could do even more,” he said. “You see these kids doing stuff, and it inspires you to model that behavior, and it’s very exciting to see.”

PHS freshman Hailey Hilmes said the project made her think about how valuable the little things can be.

Freshman Chaz Williams said he noticed acts of kindness don’t take much time to do.

“I feel that all of us should do more because if there are 1,440 minutes in a day, we should all spend 5 to 10 minutes making someone happy doing random acts of kindness,” he said.

Synder said he plans to continue Carlson’s project and will incorporate the curriculum Carlson created into next year’s class.

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A ‘comfortable budget’ Park board canvasses votes, looks at proposed budget

By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — The Princeton Park Board has canvassed the votes from the April 9 consolidated election and sworn into office newlyelected board members Dennis Nink and Andy Marti.

At Monday’s park board meeting, Elaine Russell, executive director, said the official election count shows Nink received 817 votes and Marti received 756 votes.

Both men are incumbents to the board. Nink was appointed to the board in April 2010 to replace retiring board member Jan Milles.

Marti was appointed to the board in November 2012 to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Carl Pacunas.

The board agreed to postpone reorganization action until its May 20 meeting, when all board members are expected to be in attendance.

Board member Bob Halberg was unable to attend Monday’s meeting.

In other business at Monday’s meeting, Russell presented the tentative corporate and recreation funds for the 2013-14 fiscal year budget for review by the board. Final numbers are still being determined as far as beginning cash balances, but line item numbers won’t change a lot, she said.

Earlier, the park board had reviewed seven of the smaller funds for the new budget in April and

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is expected to receive the bond fund and enterprise/ Metro Center fund at its May 15 meeting.

On Monday, Russell said the new proposed budget won’t change much from the current year’s.

“This will be a comfortable budget, like last year’s, but we will still have to watch each line item carefully,” Russell said.

On Tuesday, Russell further explained her “comfortable budget” description, saying the 2013-14 budget is a comfortable one because the board and staff started making decisions in January 2010 which would build up the district’s cash-on-hand reserves.

After the completion of several large projects and the economic fall, the park district had to focus on maintaining, while still staying within its budget, she said.

“So the 2011-12 budget was lean and mean with many cutbacks,” Russell said.” The 201213 budget was our moving forward budget because we knew we were on the right path, which makes our 201314 budget a comfortable one because we know it works.”

In other business at Monday’s meeting, the board appointed board president Gene Englehart to serve on the Shoemake Foundation Board, representing the park district. Englehart will replace Jim Smith, who is retiring from the foundation board. The park board thanked Smith for his years of service for the park district as a Shoemake Foundation Board member.

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Council looking for solutions

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PRINCETON — Princeton officials have responded to concerns from residents about what the city is doing with flooding problems caused by the April 17-18 rains.

At Monday’s meeting of the Princeton City Council, City Manager Jeff Clawson said the city has submitted a claim to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency for the storm damage. Representatives of the agency were expected to be in Princeton this week to evaluate the damage done both to individual properties and to businesses to determine what funding, if any, will be brought to this area.

Also, the city is in the process of getting the Skin Creek storm sewer system checked to make sure it is truly functioning properly, Clawson said. Skin Creek was one of the areas devastated by the April rains, he said.

The city is also looking

into the Liberty Village area sanitary sewer and run-off systems and the run-off from farm fields on the east side of town, which could be contributors to the flooding problems, the city manager said.

In looking at how taxpayer dollars have already been spent, Clawson said the city has completed a $4 million lagoon/retention pond on the southeast edge of town, which should hold 4 million gallons of water.

During the April rains, the pond received roughly 2 million gallons of water.

The city is spending about $100,000 a year on collection system improvements, but obviously more needs to be spent, the city manager said.

Within the next month, the city will implement a pump maintenance program and a pump management program, Clawson said. The pump maintenance program is designed to make sure all pumps are up and running and maintained at all times. The pump management pro-

gram will be implemented at any given time to make sure the pumps are in the right locations, are running at the appropriate times, with people responsible to oversee them, he said.

The city has also hired a Farnsworth Engineering drainage specialist to evaluate the city’s systems and then put together a scope of work to determine what fixes can be made to solve some, if not all, of the problems, Clawson said. Then the city will need to get some dollars to go forward with those recommendations, he said.

In his comments at Monday’s meeting, Mayor Keith Cain said the city did everything it could at the time of the April 17-18 rains. The city received more than 6 inches of rain during that storm, and just 1 inch of rain on an acre of land equals more than 27,000 gallons of water, which means Princeton received about 160,000 gallons of water during the storm. All that water has to go somewhere, he said.

On a personal note, Cain said he sympathizes with the residents who had problems from the storms.

He and family members also had problems on their properties. The city is looking at ways to resolve the problems, the mayor said.

Commissioner Bob Warren said he has lived on North Euclid Avenue for 27 years and has had water in the basement many times. The situation has improved slightly since he had a check valve installed, which he encouraged others to do if possible.

Warren said the city council is trying to solve the problem and has spent a ton of money each year on the storm and sewer systems. More money needs to be spent, but there is no way residents could afford the taxes needed to build a system big enough to handle the monumental storms, he said.

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Cernovich: ‘Lead us back to where we belong’ Bureau Valley reorganizes

By Goldie Currie gcurrie@bcrnews.com

MANLIUS – In a special meeting Monday night, the old Bureau Valley School Board adjourned, and four board members passed their seats onto new members.

Board members Keith Bolin, Myron Rumbold, Jim Lilley and Roger Craine were recognized for their years of service before stepping down.

Bolin thanked the board and said it’s been a pleasure working with them.

“We got promoted tonight. We got promoted

to citizens. I think that’s the highest rank in the district,” he said. “It’s an honor to serve and a real pleasure.”

New board members William Gebeck, Matthew Wiggim, Justin Yepsen and Don King replaced the seats and now sit with Don DeWaele, Kent Siltman and Rick Cernovich.

Cernovich was elected board president; King was elected board vice president; and DeWaele was reelected board secretary.

The board set a new time and date for monthly meetings. The meetings will

now take place at 7 p.m. on the fourth Monday of the month beginning July.

The board also reappointed Kim Jensen as treasurer and RIta Hanna as alternative education treasurer.

They reappointed Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor of Chicago as legal counsel and approved legal counsel Miller, Hall & Triggs of Peoria to finish litigation involved in the demolition of the old Sheffield School building before releasing their services. The board agreed to keep Peoples National Bank and Citizens

First State Bank as the designation of depository of district funds.

Before adjourning, Cernovich said he is looking forward to working with the new board and hopes to move forward in bringing Bureau Valley back to where it once was.

“Bureau Valley has been on a downward spiral for a while now,” he said. “One of the first things to do is start a new search for a superintendent to lead us back to where we belong.”

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Crundwell transferred to Chicago prison Facility used to house prisoners appearing in federal court

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DIXON — Rita Crundwell has been transferred to a different correctional facility, at least for now, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Crundwell is being housed at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago. She had been held in the Boone County Jail since being sentenced in February.

The downtown correctional center is an administrative facility designed to house federal prisoners of all secu-

Referendum From Page 1 Patton called the general contractor option the “tried and true” way of constructing a building. He said the lowest responsible bidder would be awarded the position.

“You’re not really sure of his ability to do it,” Patton said.

The board would have one contract with the general contractor, who would have his own contracts with the subcontractors. Patton said the board would contract with the general contractor for a single price, and if he could find any ways to save money, it would be his to keep.

Cliff Bender, also of Healy, Bender, said this can create an unpleasant situation among the subcontractors.

Patton said his firm preferred working with a construction manager, which can be hired either as an advisor or as the constructor.

In the advisor position, the construction manager would work for a set fee to organize the trade contractors, and the board would have contracts with them individually. Any savings would be returned to the school.

In the constructor role, Patton said the construction manager would be similar to the general contractor, but he would be hired for a set fee by the board. One advantage of this arrangement is that all the bids would be available to be seen by the board, and the construction manager could create the contracts in a way that would give a preference to local contractors.

Patton said he was recommending the construction manager because of the complexities of con-

rity levels, both men and women offenders, who appear before federal courts in the Northern District in Illinois, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ website.

The former Dixon city comptroller was sentenced to 19 years, 7 months in prison in February for federal wire fraud. Her attorney has since appealed that sentence with an argument due in June.

Last week, theft charges against Crundwell in Lee County were dismissed without prejudice. At that time, Lee County State’s Attorney Anna Sacco-Miller said she would notify the U.S. marshals to “get the ball rolling” in finding Crundwell a permanent prison assignment. structing the building right next to a school that would remain open during the construction.

“If we were building this in a cornfield away from town, the general contractor would be OK,” he said. “We recommend you hire a professional to deal with the complexities.”

Patton also had a specific construction manager he would like to work with. John Huenink and Tom Roepke of KrausAnderson Construction Company, headquartered in Minneapolis, also gave a presentation to the board.

“We’re a dedicated partner, here to be part of the team,” Roepke said.

Board member Mike Morris asked if one of the options cost more than the others. Patton said the budget already includes the cost of the general contractor, and Kraus-Anderson reviewed the numbers and came up with the same total, which would include the construction manager fee instead.

Patton said the general contractor would probably be a little less expensive, but it would also be a little more of a risk.

“I’d like to think we do a good job of paying for ourselves along the way,” Roepke said.

Board member Marty Herrmann asked if there was any way to guarantee some work would go to local contractors.

Huenink said there was no 100 percent guarantee.

“But we have the opportunity to handselect qualified bidders,” he said.

The board will consider whether to hire a construction manager at its May 22 meeting.

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Council From Page 1 In his comments to the council, John Swanson said he had 4 feet of sewage in his basement as a result of the April 17-18 rain. The water was so forceful it actually blew a small hole into the wall and he lost most everything in the basement, he said.

Tammy Sayler said she and her family are still not living in their house. They had 5 feet of water in the base-

Reed From Page 1 Throughout his career, Reed has become familiar with every aspect and position in the sheriff’s department, and has developed and earned the respect and appreciation of his professional peers.

Reed served the sheriff’s department as a radio operator/corrections officer, courthouse security officer, field deputy and an investigator.

“I believe with my 22 years of experience in nearly every position of the sheriff’s office I will

ment, the furnace broke, the foundation blew out and everything was lost.

She hasn’t been able to work in three weeks because she runs a business out of her house, Sayler said.

“Something has to be done. This can’t happen again,” Sayler said.

Laura Favia said she came to the council five years ago after a flooding problem in her area. She thought at that time, the council had understood her mental and physical anguish, but she was wrong. The city spent

taxpayer money to hire an out-of-state firm to video the city’s storm sewer, which apparently found nothing. The city should have gone to Plan B or Plan C or Plan D at that time to identify the problem and to solve it, she said.

“Now it’s time for action. I’m putting a face to the problem and the face will be mine,” Favia said. “I will attend every council meeting until this problem is solved. I will request for my name to be on the docket at each meeting

and the question will be the same: ‘What progress have we made?’ I will keep a log for the next time we flood, and we will flood again, to tell my neighbors the city council is making progress and we need to have patience, or the city council is doing nothing. The choice is yours.”

Also addressing the council were Ernie Whittington, Carolyn Stull, Pete Gartner, Sharlotte Smith and Scott Dall.

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be a strong and knowledgeable leader,” he said.

In 2002, Reed was assigned to Reed the Illinois State Police District 17/Zone 3 Task Force by then Sheriff William Rosenow. During his assignment, Reed assisted in several hundred narcotics cases and arrests in Bureau, LaSalle and Putnam counties and served as case agent in several large seizures and arrests for narcotics. Within the first two weeks of his assignment to Illinois

State Police Multijurisdictional Task Force, Reed was a driving force in the investigation that resulted in the recovery of a significant amount of cocaine from offenders within the Illinois Valley. Reed was presented the Illinois State Police Meg Directors and Task Force Commanders Association award for his efforts in that case.

In 2006, under Sheriff John Thompson, Reed was promoted to the rank of sergeant and continues to patrol, supervise and train deputies for the sheriff’s office. Reed is also the senior master firearms instructor

for the sheriff’s office and an FBI certified firearms instructor.

Reed is married to Maria (Borri) Reed. She is employed by American Marketing and Publishing and is the assistant district manager for Central Illinois. Reed is the son of Dennis and Linda Reed, formerly of Ladd.

Two other Bureau County men have announced their candidacy for Republican nomination in the race for sheriff. James Shipp of rural Princeton and Allan Beaber of Princeton will face off in the 2014 March primary election.

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Randall Rawling MONTICELLO, Miss. — Randall E. Rawling, 56, of Monticello, Miss., formerly of Bureau, died at 1 a.m. Monday, April 22, 2013, at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in Macomb, Miss.

Surviving are his mother, Norma Camp, and stepfather, John Camp; six brothers, Brent of Sanger, Calif., Jerry of Monticello, Miss., Troy of Las Vegas, Nev., and Larry, Danny and Steve, all of Illinois; one sister, Carol Jensen of Illinois; two stepbrothers, Kelly Camp and Jeff Camp; and three stepsisters, Becky Erwin, Susan Travis and Robin Eikenberry, all of Illinois.

He was preceded in death by his father, Carroll “Yok” Rawling.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Congregational Church in Bureau with Pastor Jack Stites officiating.

Ronald Daughtery SHEFFIELD — Ronald E. Daughtery, 68, of Sheffield passed away at 1 a.m. Saturday, May 4, 2013.

A celebration of life will be from 1 to 8 p.m. May 25 at the Community Center in Mineral.

The Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements.

Claudia Schubert HENRY — Claudia H. Schubert, 91, of Princeton, formerly of Henry, passed away at 1:27 a.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton.

The Calvert & Johnson Memorial Home in Henry is in charge of arrangements.

Donald Rieker CAROL STREAM — Donald M. Rieker, 63, of Carol Stream passed away Thursday, May 2, 2013, at his home.

Services will be at 7 p.m. today, Thursday, at the Brust Funeral Home, 415 N. Gary Ave., Carol Stream. Burial will be private.

Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. today, Thursday, at the funeral home.

David Fredenhagen TISKILWA — David Cushing Fredenhagen, 84, of Tiskilwa passed away Saturday, May 4, 2013, at Manor Court of Princeton.

Born May 23, 1928, in Champaign to Paul and Delight (Cushing) Fredenhagen, he married B.J. Lee Aug. 5, 1950, in the Tiskilwa Methodist David Church. She survives.

Fredenhagen He was a 1946 graduate of Tiskilwa High School and attended Northwestern University. He farmed the family farm for 52 years as the fifth generation farmer and in 2006 his farm was selected for the Conservation Farm Family of the Year by the Bureau County Soil and Water Conservation District.

He was a member of the Princeton Elks and a past member of the Princeton Moose.

Also surviving are two sons, Charles (Jane) Fredenhagen of Tiskilwa and Roger Fredenhagen of Champaign; one daughter, Judy (Bill) Kramer of Greenville, S.C.; two grandchildren, Adam and Laura Fredenhagen; and one sister, Patricia (Donald) Bachman of Huntingdon, Pa. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Services will be at 6 p.m. Monday at the Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home, Princeton, with Deacon John Murphy officiating. Interment will be private.

Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m.

Monday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to the Tiskilwa Ambulance Service or Tiskilwa Historical Society.

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Obituaries George Hand Mary Donahue MINERAL — Mary Emma Donahue, 86, of Mineral passed away Friday, April 12, 2013, at North Shore University Hospital in Evanston.

Born May 15, 1926, in Nelson County, Ky., the daughter of George Russell and Mary Ethel Clark, she Mary married Patrick AugusDonahue tine Donahue on Nov. 24, 1941, at Holy Cross Church in Holy Cross, Ky. He died Dec. 17, 1999.

She raised eight children and worked as a restaurant cook and homemaker.

Surviving are four daughters, Mary Patricia (Joseph) Wathen of Louisville, Ky., Fidelma Ann Donahue of Williamsburg, Va., Frances Emily (George) De Ford of Streamwood and Sheila Joan Donahue of Evanston; three sons, Joseph Edward (Linda) Donahue of Princeton, Timothy Patrick (Dorothy) Donahue of Chicago and Mark Anthony (Raeann) Donahue of Freeport; one daughter-in-law, Phyllis Donahue of Magnolia, Texas; 13 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and five siblings, Mary Susan Richmond, Mary Mildred Brown and Myles Kenneth, all of Louisville, Ky., James Russell “Joseph” of New Haven, Ky., and George Russell Jr. of Bardstown, Ky. She was also preceded in death by her parents; one son, James David; one sister, Mary Elizabeth; and two brothers, Joseph Lewis and Joseph Leon.

A private service will be held May 28 at Oakland Cemetery in Princeton.

Memorials may be directed to the Mineral Sheffield Rescue Unit.

The Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services, Sheffield, is assisting the family with arrangements.

Nadine Hepp PRINCETON — Nadine K. Hepp, 71, of Princeton passed away Monday, May 6, 2013, at her daughter’s home in Princeton.

Born Feb. 7, 1942, in Cumberland, Wis., to Walter and Violet (Jerry) DietNadine rich, she married Ronald Hepp J. Hepp Aug. 15, 1964, in Exeland, Wis. He survives.

She graduated from the State College of River Falls in Wisconsin with her bachelor’s degree in elementary education. She retired from Walmart after 26 years.

She was a member of the Peru Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Also surviving are three children, Heather (Troy) Boesch of Colorado, Leslie (Lawrence) Lund of Princeton and Aaron (Robin) Hepp of Anna; six grandchildren, Benjamin and Daniel Boesch, Chloe and Olivia Lund, Dusty Hileman and Mandy Smith; four greatgrandchildren, Audrey, Mallory, Kelly and Gracie; three sisters, Twylah (Larry) Suhsen of Minnesota, Pamela (Allen) Neuendorf of Wisconsin and LeMoine (George) Hargett of Texas; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Margaret Anne Dietrich; and one grandson, William Lund.

A memorial service will be at noon Friday at the Norberg Memorial Home, Princeton, with Jeffrey Mills officiating. Burial will be private and at a later date in the Mason Cemetery in Princeton.

The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to Peru Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

PRINCETON — George R. Hand, 82, of Princeton passed away Monday, May 6, 2013, at Colonial Rehab and Nursing Center in Princeton.

George was born April 28, 1931, in Sheffield to Frank Dextar and Louisa Johanna (Phillips) Hand. He married Josephine Kathleen Trujillo on Nov. 8, 1952, at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas. She died on Jan. 3, 2013.

He graduated from Manlius High School in 1951. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He received a Korean Service Medal with a Bronze Service Star and a Korean Presidential Citation.

He worked at Champion for many years and later retired as a guard from the state prison in Pontiac. He was an associate of First United Methodist Church in Princeton. He was a member of the Annawan VFW. Surviving are five children, George P. (Cindy) Hand of Princeton, Charles W. Hand of Cochiti Lake, N.M., Susan K. (Harold) Miller of Wyanet, James A. (Pam) Hand of Princeton and Brian S. (Lisa) Hand of Rock Falls; 18 grandchildren; 20 greatgrandchildren; and one sister, Fern Stabler of Neponset.

He was also preceded in death by his parents and and six siblings.

A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, Princeton. Burial will be private and at a later date. A luncheon and fellowship with the family will follow in the church hall from 2 to 4 p.m.

Memorials may be directed to First United Methodist Church of Princeton.

Online condolences may be left at www.norbergfh.com.

Mildred Drake PRINCETON — Mildred “Loraine” Drake, 90, of Princeton passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in Zearing.

Born June 7, 1922, in Stafford, Va., to William Strother and Rosa (Baber) Shackleford, she married Donald E. Drake Feb. 3, 1949, in Virginia. He died in 2002.

She graduated from high school in Virginia. She was a homemaker and farm wife.

Surviving are three children, James Edward (Terrie) Drake of Princeton, Barbara Jean Borys of Princeton and Karen Sue (Steve) James of Salem, Wis.; nine grandchildren; and numerous greatgrandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her parents, one granddaughter and six siblings.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Memorials may be directed to the family for charitable disbursement.

The Norberg Memorial Home in Princeton is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Louise Arch PRINCETON — Mary Louise Arch, 92, of 19 Bradley St., Princeton, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton.

Born April 19, 1921, in Burlington, Iowa, to Carl and Ida (Schulte) Koestner, she married Paul Arch Jan. 11, 1945, in Burlington, Iowa. He died Dec. 21, 2010.

She was an active member of the St. Louis Catholic Church in Princeton and the church C.C.W. Surviving are seven children, Dennis (Kathy) Arch of Connecticut, Mary Paula (Steven) Schmitt of Princeton, David (Lorelei) Arch of Minnesota, Susan Arch of Geneva, Thomas (Sharon) Arch of Minnesota, Stephen Arch of Michigan and Beth Anne (John) Sutcliffe of Minnesota; 17 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her parents, and six brothers and sisters.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the St. Louis Catholic Church, Princeton, with the Rev. Jeffery Stirniman officiating. Interment will be at a later date.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Memorials may be directed to St. Louis Catholic Church in Princeton or St. Louis School.

The Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home, Princeton, is in charge of arrangements.

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A Bee Story Earlier this week, I set out on an assignment to talk with a young local beekeeper about his awesome hobby and to see his bees in action.

I was really excited about this opportunity, because I didn’t know much about honey bees.

I blame my lack of knowledge on the fact that I always pass bees up as angry, aggressive attackers. Who wants to learn more about that, right?

During my talk however, I learned COMMENTARY my assumption might be wrong, and that in fact bees are clean, busy beings that only get mad when we come near their nest. In my head, I compared them to me. I’d only want to attack when an uninvited being came near my home, too. Relating to the bee put me at ease.

When it was time to get up close to photograph the interesting creatures, I felt a little nervous about the red pants I was sporting. I thought the color might make me look like a serious threat. I learned quickly after asking that black was actually the color they hate, because they associate it with the honey-hungry black bear. Unfortunately for me, I had paired those red pants with a black shirt. I felt a little freaked out, but it wasn’t enough to stop me from the assignment.

As we drove up to the spot where the hives were kept, my journalism adrenaline kicked in and I told myself, “I got this.” The bees were busy and focused on making honey anyway.

I watched the young beekeeper suit up into his white jacket and pull down netting over his face.

It was as if he was going into battle. Obviously, my imagination gets the best of me. The beekeeper lit his smoker and bravely walked up to the bees not letting a single buzz bother him. I stood at a fair distance from the hives at first, but as I got into photo shoot motion and became more comfortable with my surroundings, my journalism instinct got the best of me and I slowly inched forward craving that one good shot I needed.

As I inched closer, the bees spotted me. They must have seen my black shirt and black camera with the crazy one eye-looking lens. A group rushed over to investigate and of course my first instinct was to swat at them. Fighting back with one free hand and camera in the other didn’t impress these bees and certainly didn’t scare them away.

Before I knew it, the bees were buzzing in the scarf around my neck, they were tangled in my hair and buzzing around my face. I freaked and ran from the scene when BAM! – a pinch of pain hit the inside of my left arm.

I yanked my scarf off and threw it to the ground as I hightailed it from the scene. I felt terrible leaving the young beekeeper and his mother at the hives. I was here to take their picture and now I was running away like a wimp. The bees wouldn’t let up as I tried to pull out the stinger in my arm and yank my fingers through my hair to release the bee stragglers.

The beekeeper’s mother, who was still in a swarm of bees at the hives yelled, “get in the car! drive, drive, drive!” I laugh out loud thinking back on it now. It was a crazy whirlwind moment in my life. When I dashed into the driver’s seat of the vehicle and tried to get a grip on my situation, a mortified thought crossed me as I realized what an idiot I must of looked like. I looked in the back of the vehicle at the mother’s two younger children nestled safely in the back, their eyes were as big as saucers and with quiet voices they asked, “are you OK?” Of course, I played it off like “oh, yea no big deal,” but when turned back around to look at myself in the rearview mirror I saw my hair tangled and sticking up everywhere and my face was beet red and sweaty from running.

The experience has been the most exciting I’ve

Goldie Currie

Remembering 4-H I was doing some sewing for a young friend one evening recently.

She asked me how long I had been doing sewing. I responded, “Since I was 9 years old.” Suddenly I realized just how long ago that was.

Yes it was a long time ago, but it is a skill that I have never been sorry to have learned. I was about 9 when I first tried my hand at sewing. My mom and my older sisters all knew how to do that, and I was eager to learn myself. My first attempt I don’t really remember— as I said, it was a long time ago.

But I do remember when I was 10, I joined the local 4-H club, the Busy Bees.

I took sewing that first year in 4-H, and there were two things that I had to attempt to make.

The first was a square scarf. The scarf had to be a specific size, and I was to sew a line around all four sides of the scarf at a specific distance from the edge of the material. The idea was to sew as straight a line as you possibly could. Simple, right? It may seem so, but I recall at the age of 10, how hard I worked to make the line perfect and how proud I was when I had finished. Then, I was to pull the threads making up the fabric to the line of stitching. This created a fringe around the scarf.

It was beautiful, or at least it was to my young eyes.

The second project required was to make a skirt. My skirt was made out of seersucker; some of you will know what that is. I loved that pink seersucker — I thought it was beautiful. The skirt was

Nita Wyatt COMMENTARY very simple, two seams down the sides and then a casing around the top to slide elastic through.

I recall sewing part of the skirt when my mom was out helping my dad on the farm. I also recall that she wasn’t too happy that I had done it without her supervision. She warned me about getting my fingers in the sewing machine needle and checked my work to see if I had done an acceptable job. I thought it was the best thing I had ever seen. I can’t remember what I need when I go to the store, but I do remember that skirt. Even today, if I sit down at my sewing machine, I hear my mother’s voice warning me about keeping my fingers out of the way of that needle.

Four-H ... do you know what that stands for? In my day as well as now, it represents head, heart, hands and health — the 4-Hs you see.

“I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, by hands to larger service and my health to better living for my club, my community, my country and my world.” The 4-H pledge, simple and straightforward, good words to live by.

I spent many years in the local Busy Bees 4-H club. My mom eventually became one of the leaders. I learned a lot through

those years. I made more complicated sewing projects every year; I took numerous baking projects, knitting, photography, meal planning (which included proper table setting), public speaking and many more. There were 4-H meetings, 4-H Fairs, demonstrations, style shows and “Share the Fun” nights. Some of the skills I learned are now rather old fashioned, but some of them, like the sewing and the baking, I still use today. I don’t make clothes very often now, although I do a lot of hemming for both my heightchallenged self and my only slightly taller daughter. I make curtains for my home and occasionally for others. And, I still enjoy doing it even though I don’t like to count the number of years since I was 9 and first wanted to learn what my mom and sisters knew how to do.

That 4-H club helped make me who I am today. I made many friends and learned so much. I thank the 4-H club for providing me with skills I have carried with me throughout my life. I haven’t visited the local 4-H Fair for many years. I think I need to do that this year. I will put it on my “to do in my retirement” list.

Being a member of that club is such a wonderful memory for me.

If you have memories of being in 4-H, maybe we met at the fair or at a meeting, who knows? If you have memories of those years, I hope you remember them as fondly as I. Nita Wyatt of Wyanet can be reached at golfingfor2@ymail.com.

TO Letter THE Editor

A clear ... and not so clear value To the Editor, Mr. Royer (Winergy CEO opinion 29th letter “In support of “RICL”) states wind industry is at a critical crossroad. Any industry that depends on taxpayers’ subsidies on yearly renewal will always be in a crisis.

In 2013, Mr. Royer was one of the 14 wind energy leaders who met with President Obama to request extension of productive tax credit (PTC).

A stable industry doesn’t need to beg for taxpayers’ money.

More than $8 billion given the past 21 years amounts to only 3 percent of our nation’s

electricity. Now wind is seeking public support and more tax money for interstate transmission projects under the pretense this will improve productivity.

Mr. Royer said Rock Island “Clean” Line (RICL), a 500-mile HVDC line across Iowa and Illinois, is essential to supply the East Coast and Chicago with wind energy. An American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) map shows the best source of wind energy is the Great Lakes and the ocean coast. There is no need to transmit electricity over halfway across the nation.

It is interesting that the four corners western states have not only a

supply of wind, but a rich source of coal and natural gas. “Clean” Line has stated a certain percentage would come from wind.

Mr. Royer mentioned if not built, the wind industry would lose “a lot of high-trained and well-paid people.” Who are these people; can’t they be trained in other energy jobs? Well paid, do you start with Mr. Royer?

Mr. Royer claims RICL “will provide energy security, economic prosperity and environmental sustainability.”

Wind is only reliable if these high-trained people can make it blow at a steady rate for 24 hours daily. Economic prosperity means the already

wealthy investors get richer on the backs of taxpayers and consumers. Environmental sustainability is counting the dead birds and bats under the turbines. RICL claims the increased number of childhood leukemias and adult brain tumors cannot be traced to high DC voltage wires and substations. European studies show elsewise.

Mr. Royer, a supplier of turbine gear boxes, promotes RICL. As a farmer, I promote Del Monte vegetables and the products from our locally grown corn and beans. The difference is my products have a clear value, while RICL project is debatable and fuzzy.

Julene Auchstetter Peru

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had in a long time and beats any other reporter experience I’ve had yet. It was a little frightening at the time, but now as I sit safely at my desk I’m thrilled and proud I stepped outside my comfort zone. Showing off my “battle wound” to fellow reporters in the office was funny, too. I cherish the memento I took with me from the assignment.

I now have a deep appreciation for beekeepers, especially the one I hung out with this week. He told

me he’s been stung too many times to count and he continues to dive back into “battle” with the bees.

I’m nowhere near that brave.

Thank you beekeeper family for the experience. I truly enjoyed the ride and the memory I’ll continue to share!

BCR Staff Writer Goldie Currie can be reached at gcurrie@bcrnews.com.

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Thursday, May 9, 2013 • 7 Wedding aisle — An area couple shares their wedding announcement on Page 8.

Announcements run every other Thursday.

IV Herb Guild to host event on Saturday PERU — The Illinois Valley Herb Guild will host its annual plant sale and herb faire from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the gymnasium at St. Bede Academy.

More than 60 varieties of herbs will be available, from common herbs like basil, rosemary and lavender, to more unusual species such as stevia and borage. For those new to herb gardening, herb guild members and master gardeners from Illinois Extension will be on hand with expert advice.

“Collectively, we have a great deal of herbal

knowledge,” said Gwen Bray, herb guild president, “so guild members can help you choose the right plants for the conditions of your garden.

Besides, a lot of herbs are low maintenance.”

In addition to the plant sale, other vendors will be selling garden plants, pottery, jewelry, photography, textiles, antiques, yard art and other gardening accessories. There will also be a food booth featuring homemade baked goods, including Father Dominic homemade herb bread, as well as food and drink for lunch.

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PRINCETON — Princeton’s Prairie Art Center will present a two-week summer art camp for students age 6 to 9 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. June 24 to July 5 at the Prairie Arts Center, 24 Park Ave. East, Princeton.

Campers will work in clay, make jewelry, do graphic design and printmaking, learn origami and paper-cutting, and work with paint, markers, and colored pencils. Each session will include a snack.

Camp will led by Kathy Ballard and Jill Marti.

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PAC members and $20 Illinois Valley Herb Guild members Lois Steil and for non-members.

Kathleen Ellis check in the basil inventory in prepaStudents are asked to ration for the guild’s annual plant sale and herb faire. bring a 4- to 6-inch container and other items they would like to use in their design. However, these items will also be available to purchase from the instructor for a small fee. The instructor will be Jane Ousec.

To register, call the Prairie Arts Center at 815-875-2787. Class size is limited. The registration deadline is Saturday.

Summer art camp Enrollment will cost $15 for the first child in a family, and $10 for additional child.

Open registration for the 8:30 to 9:30 am. session began May 1. To register, call Kathy Ballard at 815-879-5531 and leave a message. Attendance is limited to 12 students; registration is first come, first served.

Camp requires a twoweek commitment. A session will be held on the Fourth of July; students can be excused on that day if needed.

Community Notes munity Building. The Borrowed items menu includes brisket,

PRINCETON — American Legion Post 125 of Princeton is asking those folks who have borrowed hospital equipment to return same ASAP if no longer needed. Wheelchairs especially need to be returned. Items may be left in the vestibule of the Legion with a return address label or a note the name on the item returned.

Floral design workshop PRINCETON — A hands-on floral design workshop will be offered at the Prairie Arts Center, 24 Park Ave. East in Princeton, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. May 16.

This workshop will teach the fundamentals for putting together a well designed silk floral arrangement. Students will complete a small floral design of their own to take home. This class is for high school age and adults. The cost is $18 for

Fundraiser — Wyanet Youth Baseball will host a cookout at the Wyanet Locker on Saturday.

See Community Notes on Page 7.

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PCA plant sale on Friday Princeton Christian Academy will host a plant sale with the flowers, herbs and vegetables students have grown in the “Eagle’s Nest” Working Garden.

The sale will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday. For more information, call the school at 815-875-2933.

SPRING VALLEY — La Leche League of the Illinois Valley, a breastfeeding support group, will meet at 10 a.m.

May 16 in Spring Valley. This monthly group helps mothers gain knowledge and support from other breastfeeding moms. May’s discussion will revolve around “The Advantages of Breastfeeding.”

Expecting moms are encouraged to attend, as well as new and experienced moms. For more information, call 815-894-3303 or email ivlllgroup@gmail.com.

Benefit planned LADD — The fourth annual “Texas B.B.Q.” will be from 4 to 8 p.m.

May 17 at the Ladd Com-

ard of Oz than meets the eye. The song, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” is one of the all-time favorites. The characters were well known for other roles, but probably most remembered for this movie, which has been called ‘the most magical movie in Hollywood history.’ Who can forget the Wicked Witch of the West? Everyone was mesmerized by the scene when Dorothy opened the farmhouse door and the movie turned into a Technicolor wonder.

Librarian Linda Kurth said it should be a fun evening for a movie and refreshments.

Cookout on Saturday WYANET — Wyanet Youth Baseball will host a cookout from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Wyanet Locker. The menu will include rib eyes, butterfly chops, pork burgers, brats, hot dogs, chips and pop.

Car cruise SUBLETTE — The annual Sublette Cruise ‘n Show will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday on Main Street in downtown Sublette.

Participants are invited to exhibit antique, class, or special interest cars, trucks, motorcycles or tractors. There is no entry fee and there will be no judging.

Make Someone Happy • Happy 60th anniversary today, Thursday, to Clarence “Nub” and Marilyn Wagner of Princeton.

From your family.

We want to help you bounce back home!

Library to host program WYANET – The Raymond A. Sapp Library in Wyanet is off to see the Wizard with its 2nd Thursday@the Library program at 6:30 p.m. tonight, Thursday.

The program will make all realize that “we’re not in Kansas anymore!”

Wyanet resident and school music director Cindy Martin will share her collection of movie memorabilia and will present “The Story of the Making of The Wizard of Oz.” The 75th anniversary of the movie is fast approaching; it was first released in 1939. There is much more to The Wiz-

barbecued chicken, roast pork, baked beans, Cole slaw, potatoes, dessert and beverage.

The event is a fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to conduct research and support the programs that improve and extend lives of those with Cystic Fibrosis. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 7-12. Reservations are not necessary, but appreciated. For advanced tickets, call 815-894-2936.

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Religion briefs Vacation Bible school TISKILWA — Enrollment has begun for the Tiskilwa Community Vacation Bible School which will be from 6 to 8 p.m. June 17-20. All Tiskilwa churches are involved, and kids from age 4 through the eighth grade are invited. To enroll, call Sherrie at 815-646-4156.

Christian book club PRINCETON — First Lutheran Church of Princeton Christian Book Club meets the second Tuesday of every month from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the church library at 116 N. Pleasant St. The selection for May is “Grace” by Richard Paul Evans. Call the church office 815-875-1685 with any questions. All are invited to attend.

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National Day of Prayer Pastor Cal Zehr of Willow Springs Mennonite Church in Tiskilwa leads the audience in prayer at the annual gathering for National Day of Prayer on May 2 in the Christ Community Church. Several local pastors led attendees in various prayers during the ceremony.

Morrises note 70th wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Blake Morris of Dover celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Wednesday.

Blake Morris and the former Eunice Rediske were married May 8, 1943, in Kahokia, Mo. They are the parents of three children, Sue, Paula (deceased) and Jill (deceased). They also have four grandchildren, Carrie, Joanna, Corey and Casey, and two greatgrandsons, Elias and

Mr. and Mrs. Blake Morris Evan.

Cards may be sent to the couple at 301 South St., Dover, IL 61356.

Education brief Jamie Olson to study abroad CHARLESTON — Jamie Olson of Princeton has recently been awarded the Eastern Illinois University Dorothy E. Walden Short Term Study Abroad Scholarship. Olson, the daughter of Jack and Cyndi Olson of Princeton, is a sophomore majoring in graphic design.

Logan names Geography Bee winners The social studies department at Logan Junior High School recently held its 19th annual National Geographic Society Geography Bee. This year’s Geography Bee winners are (from left) Kyle Knudsen, third-place; Chris Begly, second place; and Margarita Gomez, first place.

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IVCC names fall 2012 honor students OGLESBY — Illinois Valley Community College has released the names of its 2012 fall semester honor students. Students having earned a grade point average of 3.25 to 3.74 during the fall semester include: Arlington-Karly Hoscheid; BradfordMichael Lotspeich; BudaScott Milby; BureauKeirstyn Charles; Cherry-Joleen Bice, Karen Cazimero, Rebekah Dagraedt and Ryan Stanley; Dalzell-McKenzie Blomquist; Alexandria Braboy, Donna Gerrard, Brian Pyszka and Lindsay Ristau; DePueIsaac Godinez, Danielle Harder, Jose Martinez, Michael Mejia, Anna Puga and Rosa Valles; Hollowayville-Katie Hoffert; LaMoille-Tina Anderson,

Earlene Angell, Kaitlynn Dinges, Nathan Furar, Kelsey Herzog, Brian Indigo, Andrew Miller and Terumi Scully; LaddOlivia Brandner, Stephen Epley, Eric Fitzpatrick, Anthony Hassler, Jamie Lorenzi, Alex Olivares, Jacquelyn Petzel and Daniel Pikula; ManliusMiranda Lewis; Princeton-Tara Abell, Jade Atkinson, Brittany Balensiefen, Theodore Bartoli, Andrew Burress, Brett Conlin, Brendan Coughlin, Brennen Dziadon, Lisa Foehring, Jason Ford, Steve Foster, Steven Foster, Robin Graves, Carmen Grey, Maggie Griggs, Kayla Hand, Joseph Hansen, Michelle Hansen, Maureen Harmon, Stacey Headley, Brandon Hewitt, Alexia Hult, Brady KaiserBell, Gabriel Kelly, Cher-

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Christopher Jacobsen, Natalie Janusick, Emily Lathrop, Amy Lester, Catrese Leyva, Cory Narczewski, Rhonda Newman, Yessenia Nunez, Eddie Perez, Carlie Quinn, Aliza Ramirez, Eduardo Reveles, Samuel Rizzo, Johnna Schultz, Eric Skutt, Kharyn Sommer, Emily Thomas, Angelica Venturi, Sean Vermilyea, Cassie Villarreal, Anthony Watson, Tina Wenzel and Robert Wilson; Tiskilwa-Brewer Ary, Eric Bickett, Robert Cumpton, Heather Davis, Lynda Joiner, Vanessa Lundeen, Kyle McComber and Amber Wade; Van Orin-Brittany Youssi; and Wyanet-Brandon Bishop, Peter Clausen, Lisa Elmore, Shaunessy Gatch, Jade Kunkel and Tyler Peterson.

Nikki Kromphardt of Bloomington and Darin Dingman of Bloomington were united in marriage Nov. 24, 2012, at Pilgrim Park, outside of Princeton.

She is the daughter of Dave and Barb Kromphardt of Spring Valley and he is the son of Sandy Dingman of Puyallup, Wash., and the late Bob Dingman.

Amanda Carew, sister of the bride, was the matron of honor.

Ushers were Jon Kromphardt, brother of the

bride, and Derrick Dingman, brother of the groom.

Nolan Carew, nephew of the bride, assisted by Carol Kromphardt, grandmother of the bride, was the ring bearer.

A reception to honor the couple was held at Biaggi’s in Bloomington.

The bride is a graduate of Hall High School in Spring Valley.

The groom is a graduate of Mountain View High School in Vancouver, Wash.

PES to honor 2013 retirees at open house PRINCETON — Princeton Elementary Schools will honor their 2013 retirees at an open house in Pannebaker Gym at Logan Junior High School from 4 to 6 p.m. May 28. Retirees being honored are Diane Nyman, Chris Smith, Brian Herron, Rick Kamrath and Kay Wallace.

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9 Sports Thursday, May 9, 2013 • 9 Junior high track — BV South won two IESA sectional track and field titles. See page 11.

Track roundup

Tigresses win final NCIC Meet

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

The 40th and final NCIC girls’ track and field championships came down to a dual meet in Chillicothe Monday where Princeton defeated host IVC 73-65.

St. Bede was unable to compete, with the meet being postponed from Friday and scheduled to run in the Illinois Valley Meet.

The NCIC title was the first in school history for PHS,

which competed in the beginning of the conference when it had a long run of 12 members.

“It was nice to win our first NCIC during the last running of it,” PHS coach Pat Hodge said.

NCIC champs for Princeton were Phoenix Smallwood (LJ, 17-0 3/4; TJ, 35-11), Colbi Schertz (shot, 36-5), Taylor Clark (discus, 104-6), Kathyrn Krieger (3200, 14:59.73), Tieg Sisler (100 hurdles, 19.78; high jump, 4-6) and Zoe Mead

(400, 1:06.09; 200, 27.57).

Three Rivers Meet: Bureau Valley had one first-place finish and a handful of top five finishes in placing fourth in Monday’s makeup contest of the Three Rivers Conference girls’ track and field championships in Morrison.

Sophomore Regan Weider repeated as the 1600-meter champion with a top time of 5:30.27. She set the meet record as a freshmen at 5:23.07.

“This is probably the best

I’ve felt in a while,” Weidner said. “I had a hip injury right after indoor season and my times were nowhere near where they should have been.

I missed two weeks, but finally, last week, I ran the mile fresh like I did today and saw some of my old self coming back.”

The Storm’s runner-up finishes were highlighted by senior Krista Naaktgeboren’s personal best of 7-0 in the pole vault. She matched the

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Diamond roundup

Baseball: St. Bede 9, Princeton 8 (8)

Bruins slip by Tigers in extras

By Derek Johnson sports@bcrnews.com

PERU — The St. Bede Bruins managed to rally back and beat the Princeton Tigers Monday afternoon 9-8 in eight innings.

It was a wild game with very few earned runs, some big rallies, and three lead changes. In the end, St. Bede starting pitcher Brandon Piotrowski’s walk-off double to deep center field would seal the game.

“It felt great to get the hit. I was trying to get the bunt down and I decided to swing. But, I got the bag,” Postula said.

Coming into the seventh, the Bruins were down three after Princeton scored in four consecutive innings to go ahead 8-4 after initially being down 4-0.

Princeton went three up and three down in the top of the inning and St. Bede seized the opportunity, tying the game up at 8-all with a Texas Leaguer to right by Bob Morrow.

The Bruins’ bats got started early scoring four BCR photo/Mike Vaughn runs after a leadoff single from Logan Bima. Princ- Princeton’s Nick Rolando puts the tag on St. Bede’s Bobby Morrow at the eton responded to that plate in Monday’s NCIC clash at the Academy. The Bruins went into extra innings, scoring the game-winning hit on a walk-off double by Brandon See Bruins Page 11 Piotrowski for a 9-8 win.

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Bureau Valley’s Lauren Peterson clears the hurdle in Monday’s TRAC Meet at Morrison. She placed second in the 100 hurdles.

Red Devils clinch TCC championship

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

The Hall Red Devils clinched the Tri-County Conference baseball championship for 2013, defeating Midland 6-0 Monday to finish 7-0 in league play.

Hall coach Tom Keegan, whose Red Devils will become a member of the Three Rivers Conference in 2014, said it is a great way to go out after two years in the TCC.

“With this being our last year, it is a good way to go out,” he said. “This is a conference that has a storied and proud tradition with teams that have made deep postseason runs. Our kids have put it in perspective and are proud to win it, but they also realize that it is not the end all and be all.

There is still some season left and they want to finish in a competitive manner.”

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Area roundup

Tigresses roll over Hall in regional opener man, an 11-0 winner over Alleman.

Michelle Kelly scored P r i n c e t o n the first three goals opened its regionof the night. Maria al title defense by Vitale capped the defeating Spring first half scoring Valley Hall 8-0 in with the next three. semifinal play of Eliza Young capped the Alleman 1A the night with two regional Tuesday goals in the second evening in Rock Michelle Kelly half.

Island.

Michaela Strom PHS built a 6-0 halftime and Lexi Marselle had two lead, rolling into Friday’s assists apiece and Ellie regional finals vs. AlleSee Roundup Page 11

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

Happ: ‘I’m gonna be alright’ I’ve seen countless injuries and scary moments as a sports fan over the years.

Redskins quarterback Joe Theisman in 1985, A’s pitcher Brandon McCarthy in 2013 and of course Kevin Ware in this year’s NCAA tournament. They were all heart-breaking and ones you’d never want to see to happen to anyone.

But I’ve never felt one so

Kevin Hieronymus HIERONYMUS’ HYPOTHESIS

personal or hit so close to home as when I watched St. Bede’s own J.A. Happ go down Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rays’ Desmond Jen-

nings hit a rocket right back at Happ and caught him flush on the left side of his head.

He had no chance to escape.

It was replayed on ESPN throughout the night and CBS news included it on their morning newscast.

It’s different when you know that athlete who has been hurt.

I quickly thought of his parents, Jim and Sue Happ of Peru and how they must be

ESPN reported he was feeling, and their sense in stable condition at of helplessness.

Bayfront Medical Center I’m glad to report that in St. Petersburg with J.A. is doing OK. a head contusion and I sent a text to J.A. a laceration to his left Wednesday mornear. The Blue Jays said ing to let him know he was released from I was praying for his J.A. Happ the hospital after clearrecovery, not anticipating tests Wednesday. ing him being able to “I’m in good spirits,” Happ respond. He surprised me told the Sports Exchange. when he replied, simply say“I definitely appreciate the ing, “I’m gonna be alright.”

That was great, great news.

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IHSA girls sectional at a glance At Erie (1A)

Teams: Amboy/LaMoille, AFC, Bureau Valley, DePue, Erie/ Prophetstown, Fulton, Hall, Henry, Kewanee, Morrison, Ohio, Putnam County, Riverdale, St. Bede, Sterling Newman, Wethersfield.

Schedule: Field/tracks events start at 4 p.m.

At Princeton (2A)

Teams: Aurora Central Catholic, Coal City, Fairbury Prairie Central, Geneseo, L-P, Mendota, Morris, Ottawa, Plano, Pontiac, Princeton, Sandwich, Streator.

Schedule: Field events start at 3 p.m., track semis start at 4 p.m.

• Advancement: Top two places and those meeting qualifying times advance to state.

State qualifying standards (1A and 2A) and area athletes who have met them: Shot put (35-6 1A, 36-6 2A) — Autumn Smith-sr (AL) 35-6; Discus (108, 112-3) — none; High jump (5-2, 5-2) — Laura Rieker-jr. (AL) 5-1; Triple jump (33-8, 34-8) — Phoenix Smallwood-sr. (P) 35-11 3/4; 100 (13.04, 12.74) — Lindsey Hoffert-so.

(BV) 13.0; 200 (27.04, 26.64) — none; 400 (1:02.64, 1:00.64) — none; 800 (2:26.64, 2:23.34) — Zoe Mead-jr.

(P) 2:21.9; 1600 (5:35.14, 5:25.74) — Regan Weidner-so. (BV) 5:33.57; 3200 (12:12.24, 11:48.04) — Weidner (BV) 12:10.4; 100 HH (16.64, 16.04) — none; 300 LH (49.84, 47.84) — none; 4x100 (51.94, 50.84) — none; 4x200 (1:50.34, 1:48.04) — none; 4x400 (4:14.34, 4:10.04) — none; 4x800 (10:22.24, 10:04) — none.

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From Page 9 vault of Ashlynn Steel but the E/P sophomore won on fewer attempts.

“Krista has worked hard all season on the vault, and the weather has not always cooperated. With all the wind we get at BV, we can not get as much vaulting in as we would like. She has done everything all year that we have asked, and it was great to see her take second place.”

Lindsey Hoffert claimed seconds in the 200 (27.81) and long jump (16-2 1/2). Also for BV, Lauren Peterson was second in the 100 hurdles (18.36), Haley DeVoss was third in the 100 (13.84) and Sydney Lebahn was fourth in the discus (99-2).

The Storm also placed third in the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays.

Amboy/LaMoille placed sixth (40) as a team in the eight-team field. Top placers for the Lady Clippers were Jennifer Popovich, second in the 3200 (13:32.42), Autumn Smith, second in the shot put (36-2), Kaitlin Boers, third in the 800 (2:39.28) and Laura Rieker, fourth in the high jump (4-10).

Kewanee’s Freya Block, a senior from Neponset, set a meet record in the shot put at 40-4, breaking the previous mark of 40-1 1/2 set by BV’s Madison Lebahn in 2004. Block also won the discus a 131-3.

Illinois Valley Meet: LaSallePeru edged Hall by the narrowest of margins, 111-110, to claim Monday’s Illinois Valley Conference Meet at Ottawa. L-P’s title snapped a 12-year reign by Otta-

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Princeton’s Colbi Schertz (from left), Zoe Mead, Ann Sims and Taylor Smith teamed up to win the 4x800 in Monday’s NCIC Meet wa (106), which placed third.

Brooke Keegan was a double winner for Hall, claiming the long jump (13-8 1/2) and 400 (1:04.4). She also placed second in the 200 (28.03).

The Lady Devils also got a blue ribbon from Katie Hoffert, who won the triple jump at 31-1.

For sixth-place St. Bede (48), Zoe Postula won the 100 hurdles (17.69) and Lauren Urbanowski won the discus (92-10).

Ottawa also won the boys’ championship, scoring 168 points to top L-P (132), Hall (70) and St. Bede (68).

Hall senior Landon Piccatto, who on Tuesday signed to play football for Illinois Wesleyan, won the triple jump with a mark of 41-0 and placed second in the 300 hurdles.

The Red Devils also won the 4x800 relay (8:55.61) on the legs of Al Baldonado, Rosy Fuentes, Joseph Parochetti and Colin Aimone.

St. Bede’s Steven Gualandri made off with a blue ribbon on

the 300 hurdles (40.34) and was second in the triple jump (4011).

At Princeton: Caleb Strom scored a hat trick to lead the host Tigers (108) to a sweep over St. Bede (59) and Ohio (10) Tuesday. The PHS junior won the 100-meter dash (11.4) and the 200 (23.43) on the track and claimed the long jump (19-5) in the field.

Drew Pranka won the 110 hurdles (16.4) and the pole vault (10-0) and Austen Stewart took a double in the high jump (6-4) and 300 hurdles (44.47). Other winners for PHS were Zach Andersen (3200, 10:31.1), Kai Tomaszewski (400, 54.82) and Cody Workman (1600, 5:20.01).

St. Bede’s Michael Slingsby swept the weights with tosses of 45-10 and 122-6 and Steven Gualandri won the triple jump (40-0 1/2). Johnee Schulte scored a first for Ohio in the 800 (2:24.08).

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support of the baseball community. It’s been overwhelming, the messages and kind words I’ve been getting. I just want to thank everyone for that. And I look forward to getting back out there soon.”

Keep him in your prayers.

PC baseball coach Dave Garcia said those injuries are scary and “there’s nothing they can really do about it” unless they make the pitchers wear helmets.

I think it is time they take a step in that direction. I’m afraid one of these times, baseball’s going to have a tragedy on its hands.

I know the A’s McCarthy was touch and go after being hit last year, sustaining swelling of the brain. He is back to pitching this year.

I pray that J.A., who was the BCR Athlete of the Year in 2001, is able to make a full recovery and get back to the mound soon, too.

MLB requires the base coaches to wear a protective helmet at all times following the tragic death of minor league coach Mike Coolbaugh in July of 2007. I won’t allow my daughters to pitch without a mask.

I’m not sure what the right answer is, but it’s time to do something before it’s too late.

Kevin Hieronymus is the BCR Sports Editor. Contact him at khieronymus@ bcrnews.com

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Senior ace Brett Fanning pitched a three-hit shutout, striking out 10 batters with two walks.

Taggert Venegas, Danny Nolasco and Miguel Villareal (3 RBIs) led the Red Devils offense with two hits apiece. Ian Trevier also knocked in a run.

Putnam County 4, Princeton 2: The Panthers played its small-ball game to perfection Tuesday evening in Hennepin, getting all four bunts down, including a fourth-inning squeeze by R.J. Copeland.

Winning pitcher Harold Fay, striking out five Tigers on a two-hitter.

“Our defense was solid, executed our small ball, had good timely hitting and that’s what you want to see this time of the year,” PC coach Dave Garcia said.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead on base hits by Isaiah Taylor and Matt Hayes.

Fay did not give up another the rest of the way, surrendering a run in the seventh.

Evan Kreiser and Christian Carboni had two hits each for PC (16-9).

Hayes took the loss, surrendering six hits and two walks with no strikeouts.

St. Bede 5, Annawan/ Wethersfield 1: The Bruins were led by the pitching of Damin Smith, who pitched a three-hit complete game, with four

strike outs. Smith moves his record to a 6-0 on the year.

Offensively, the Bruins were led by Bobby Morrow with a single, double and RBI. Steven Ebener had two hits and Damin Smith helped his own cause with a double and 2 RBIs. The Bruins move to 16-1 and travel to Eureka on Thursday.

Softball St. Bede 13, IVC 8: Winning pitcher Emmi Christensen helped herself with a two-run homer and two sacrifice flies as the Lady Bruins rolled in NCIC play Monday. Lydia Stariha went 2-2 with three runs scored and two RBIs, Barbi Prokup had two RBIs and Abby Nowakowski went 2-3 with a double and two runs scored.

Hall 6, Midland 4: Brenna Faletti went 3-3 with an RBi and Deidra Whightsil added two hits as the Red Devils triumphed in NCIC play Monday. Stephanie Stocking scattered eight hits in the circle for the win.

St. Bede 16, Annawan/ Wethersfield 5: The Lady Bruins scored 16 runs on 16 hits in a five-inning job Tuesday. Winning pitcher Lainie Schweickert had three hits and drove in five runs. Stariha and Prokup added two hits and a RBI each and Mo Dean homered, Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com

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Junior high track

BV South wins sectional titles

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com Bureau Valley South qualified 20 athletes for this week’s IESA 1A State Track and Field finals in East Peoria and claimed two sectional championships at Kewanee Wethersfield Saturday.

BVS won the sectional title in the seventh-grade boys and eighth-grade girls meets with the seventh-grade girls placing second.

The eighth-grade girls advanced two relays with Casey Mecum, Tasha Richardson, Sabrina Webb and Heather Williams in the 4x100 and Kaylee Towne joining Mecum, Webb and Williams in the 4x400. Individual qualifiers included Mecum (400), Richardson (100), Towne (hurdles) and Web (HJ, 200).

For the seventh-grade champions, Devin Johnson qualified in the 100 and 200 and ran with Kale Barnett, Corbin Endress and Nathan PaulCaudill in the 4x200. Morgan Strader

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Bonucci and Kelly had one each.

The Tigresses (8-7) and Alleman will square off at 6 p.m.

Friday at the Alleman Athletic Complex, located at 1186 43rd Ave. in Moline. PHS beat Alleman 5-0 for last year’s regional title.

Boys’ tennis Princeton 3, Streator 2: Zach Hicks (4-6, 6-3, 10-4) and Elliott Beetz (1-6,7-6, 10-7) handled the singles play and Brady Frank and Ian Nichols teamed

qualified in the 800 and 1600 and will served as the alternate for the 4x200.

State qualifiers for the BVS seventh-grade girls include Saige Barnett (shot), Addison Moreland (LJ), Alex Geary (HJ), Nicole Wirth (discus), Haley Weidner (800, 1600) and the 4x400 of Cassidy Olds, Katelyn Splitt, Paige Foster and Moreland. Foster and Geary will also serve as alternates for the eighthgrade relays.

The Bradford Junior High track team has five girls that qualified for the Class 1A state track meet at the East Side Centre, East Peoria. The team competed Saturday at the Class A sectional at Wethersfield. Jenna Ehnle, Savannah Wall, Hannah Dries, and Brianna Endress qualified in the 4 x 200 relay placing second with a time of 2:06.1. Brianna Endress qualified in the long jump placing second with a jump of 14-4. Laura Rouse qualified in the discus with a throw of 66-0 for first place. Laura is also the

up for a 6-1 6-7, 10-6 win at No. 1 doubles as the Tigers edged the Bulldogs Tuesday.

PHS won by the same 3-2 final at the JV level with wins from Vlad Stephanov ((8-0) and the doubles teams of Hunter Rodda and Matt Butler (8-6) and Stephanov and Nic Warren (9-8).

Hicks also played a singels match vs. Tri-Point at No. 1 singles, posting a 6-1, 6-4 win.

LaSalle-Peru 4, Princeton 1: Elliott Beetz had the lone win for PHS Monday with a 6-4, 6-2 tilt at No. 2 singles.

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alternate in the 4 x 200 relay.

Bradford Junior High qualified five girls for State. Jenna Ehnle, Savannah Wall, Hannah Dries, and Brianna Endress qualified in the 4 x 200 relay placing second with a time of 2:06.1. Endress also qualified in the long jump placing second (14-4).

Laura Rouse won the discus with a throw of 66 feet and is also the alternate in the 4 x 200.

At Erie: LaMoille Allen qualified five athletes for state, including the seventh-grade boys 4x100 relay of Bret Dannis, Austin Lundquist, Caleb Sarffand Austin Walkers. Dannis also advanced in the hurdles and high jump and Austin Lundquist in the discus. Eighth-grader Brenna Rieker qualified in the long jump.

• Malden’s Austin Henderliter placed second in the eighth-grade long jump Saturday’s IESA 1A sectional competition at Princeton to qualify for State. He cleared 16-4 3/4. Meet results initially placed him third.

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effort, scoring three runs after Matt Hayes lead off with a base hit in the top of the third inning. Hayes was 3-4 at the plate nearly matching Piotrowski’s 4-4 batting effort.

The Tigers continued to add runs scoring three in the fourth and two in the fifth to put their lead at 8-4.

The Bruins added one in the bottom of the fifth inning to help what would ultimately become a win in extra innings.

Brad Groleau picked up the win in relief pitching the eighth inning. Michael Bellino also pitched a scoreless inning in relief.

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Next up Sprint Cup Race: Bojangles’ Southern 500 Where: Darlington Raceway When: Saturday, 6:45 p.m. (ET) TV: FOX Sports 2012 Winner: Jimmie Johnson

NASCAR pauses in honor of Mother’s Day Following its longstanding tradition, NASCAR has no major races scheduled to run this Sunday, a break in honor of Mother’s Day. Although the men of NASCAR have been in the forefront for most of its history, the sport does owe a debt to the mothers behind the scenes, to the women who stood rock solid behind their children as they chased their dreams on the speedways of America.

The late Elizabeth Petty was there for her son Richard, the sport’s all-time leader in race wins and championships.

Lynda Petty, Richard’s wife, was there for her son, Kyle.

Martha Earnhardt used her own money to get her son, Dale, on the track after her husband, Ralph, Dale’s father, passed away.

Bernece Wood, the matriarch of the famed Wood Brothers racing team, has supported her family’s team as the ownership transferred from her husband, Glen, to their children, Eddie, Len and Kim Wood Hall.

Mrs. Wood, at age 82, still works with the team every day, welcoming visitors to the team museum in Stuart, Va., where she holds the title of museum curator.

“She represents the

longevity of what we do,” Eddie Wood said. “She was there in the beginning and is still a big part of it.”

Wood said his mother knows every piece in the team’s museum and may well be the best person in the family to tell the team’s 63-year story, which has seen her husband and brother-in-law, Leonard, both be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

“Dad and Leonard were always busy doing the things they did, so she probably had a better view of what happened over these 60 years than anybody,” Eddie Wood said.

Like the other matriarchs in NASCAR, Mrs. Wood has spent most of her time working behind the scenes.

Even when her team won the Daytona 500 in 2011, instead of being a part of the Victory Lane celebration, she stayed behind in the garage to greet visitors to the team’s hauler.

“She sacrificed a lot,” Eddie Wood said. “It’s no small thing to put up with racing, and three generations of it.

“There have always been strong women in NASCAR who stood behind their men. They stayed in the background and usually got no credit for anything.”

Hamlin returns to Sprint Cup

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Above, Four generations of the Wood Brothers Racing family.

At left is Bernece Wood, matriarch of Wood Brothers Racing.

If there’s one area where Mrs. Wood has been in the forefront, it’s in keeping her family a close-knit bunch.

That’s never more evident than at dinnertime

in Stuart. For decades, when the Woods raced out of a shop there, Bernece’s husband and children ate the noon meal at her table. Now that the team, now based in Char-

lotte, is running a limited schedule, the family dinners have become fairly regular again. In the summertime, there are peas, potatoes, beans, corn and tomatoes grown in the garden just down the same road where Bernece and her children live, in four houses all in a row.

Now there are often four generations at the table.

It’s like a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting, but it’s an everyday occurrence for the Woods, and it’ll be that way this Sunday, too.

“It’s Mother’s Day, but it won’t be any different,” Eddie Wood said. “We always either eat at my mother’s house or we all go out together.”

Denny Hamlin, who suffered a serious back injury in a last-lap crash at Auto Club Speedway on March 24, made his return to the Sprint Cup Series at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.

Hamlin started the race in his No. 11 Toyota, ran until the first caution flag and then turned the car over to Brian Vickers on Lap 25. But Vickers was unable to help Hamlin much in the points race, as he was involved in a multi-car crash on Lap 42 and finished 34th.

Even with all the effort, Hamlin dropped three spots in the standings, to 31st.

But Hamlin’s decision to get back in the car a week ahead of schedule did stir debate in the days leading up to the race.

“Life in general is just risk versus reward,” Jeff Gordon said. “As a race car driver, we don’t think of ourselves any more risky out there than somebody else that has a 9-to-5 job. It’s just the way our minds work. You have to take yourself out of that and understand what the dangers are, what the risks are and if you re-injure yourself, can that be life-threatening or something that ends your career.”

Gordon said that if he had been in Hamlin’s situation, he might have made a different decision.

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Business story ideas? — Contact Bureau County Republican reporter Lyle Ganther at 815-875-4461, ext. 273, or email him at lganther@bcrnews.com.

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Malones Repair opens in Ladd LADD — Jim Maloney, owner and operator of Malones Repair, has opened a new Ladd facility at 201 S. Main Ave., the former site of Ziel’s Texaco.

“We are very excited to open the new Ladd facility,” said Maloney, who has been in the automotive repair and tuning field for 38 years.

“It allows us to move a bit closer to our longstanding customers who come to us from all over the Illinois Valley including Spring Valley (Maloney’s hometown), DePue, Princeton, LaSalle-Peru, Oglesby, Seatonville and many other towns in the area.”

In business in Cherry since 1995, Malones Repair specializes in

automotive and truck brake repair/replacement, engine diagnostics, tune-ups, and suspension systems in all makes and models.

The Ladd shop is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Maloney, who can be contacted at 815-303-2967, came up with the name of his business by using his nickname of Malones.

Malones Repair also has a Facebook page.

Maloney shares the building with Cherry Small Engine, owned by Rick Wlodarchak.

The slogan of Malones Repair is “Many Years of Experience and Low Photo contributed Overhead Allows the Big Benefit to the Cus- Ladd Mayor Mike Grivetti (right) welcomes Jim Maloney (left), owner and operator of Malones Repair in Ladd, to town at 201 S. Main Ave. at the former location of Ziel’s Texaco. tomer.”

Driver named to elite Walmart Road Team

Property Transfers The following property transfers were recently recorded at the Bureau County Recorder of Deeds’ office in the Bureau County Courthouse: April 15, 2013 Jolynn and Kyle McMillan to Kurtis Baumgartner, warranty deed, part of Section 31 in Ohio Township, $185,000.

Trisha Bogatitus to Lindsey Marini, warranty deed, Lot 4 in Block 4 in Beverly’s Addition, Spring Valley, $136,000.

Randy Sieg to Francisco and Martha Madera, warranty deed, Lots 6-11 in Block 4 in Ladd, $17,500.

April 16, 2013 Edward Knutsen to Robert Deangelo, Richard Nauman and Donald Soberalski, warranty deed, Lot 127 in Lake Thunderbird Grove, $3,500.

Suphawee Deeman, Brian Martin and Derrick Martin to Richard Delezen, warranty deed, Lot 10 in Block 72 in Dalzell’s Third Addition, Spring Valley, $30,000.

David Turpen to Samuel Acosta and Stacia Burell, warranty deed, Lots 3 and 14 in Block 132 in Greenwood’sAddition, Spring Valley, $131,000.

April 17, 2013 John Goldone to John Georgoulakis, warranty deed, part of Section 11 in LaMoille Township, $1,149,500.

John Goldone to James and Kristie Phillips, warranty deed, part of Section 11 in LaMoille Township, $2,091,500.

April 18, 2013 Pamela and Robert Clementz to Christina and Matthew Eggers,

warranty deed, part of Lot 15 and all of Lot 16 in L.J. Conner’s Addition, Princeton, $75,000.

Angela Fisher, Chad Fisher, Linda Fisher and Michael Fisher to James McCune, warranty deed, part of Section 30 in Gold Township, $256,500.

April 19, 2013 Citimortgage Inc. to Douglas and Judy Hansen, warranty deed, part of Section 7 in Princeton Township, $321,000.

J.P. Morgan Chase Bank to Timothy and Tom Billhorn, warranty deed, part of Section 8 in Clarion Township, $46,500.

Heath and Rachel Beard to Wendy Harden, warranty deed, Lot 210 in Greencroft Section 2, Princeton, $140,000.

SPRING VALLEY — Warren Tyus, 57, of Chicago is one of four tractor trailer drivers for the Walmart Private Fleet who have been selected to join the company’s “Road Team.” Tyus bases out of the Walmart Distribution Center and Transportation Office in Spring Valley.

As a member of the Walmart Road Team, Tyus will act as a company ambassador, representing Walmart Transportation at corporate, community and industry events.

Each Walmart Road Team driver is required to have an outstanding safety record and a minimum of three years or 300,000 miles as a professional driver for Walmart. Team members

are chosen through a rigorous process that includes a review of professional experience, Tyus written questions and answers and a video presentation about driving safety.

Tyus has driven for Walmart since 2002, logging more than 960,000 safe miles. He has driven nearly two million miles over the course of his professional career.

“In an organization filled with great people and the best drivers in the trucking industry, I’m humbled to have been selected to represent my fellow associates as part of the Walmart Road Team,” said Tyus.

“I look forward to using my time on the Road Team as an opportunity to champion the need for safety on America’s roadways, being an ambassador for our industry, the company and the communities we serve and to take advantage of the opportunities giving back in this manner presents. It is such an honor. I am thrilled to have this chance to serve.”

Tyus’ fellow driver out of the Spring Valley distribution center, Pete Palczynski, is also a member of the 12-member Road Team. The Walmart Private Fleet has more than 7,400 drivers who service the company’s 4,600 Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations across the United States.

LegalNotices NOTICE TO: Kenneth Altizer US Bank National Association Occupant: Bureau County Clerk Person or tenants in actual occupancy or possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said property.

CASE 10-TX-1 (17) File date: 4-2-13 TAKE NOTICE County: Bureau Sale date: 11-2-2010 Certificate No: 200900107 Sold For General Taxes: 2009 Special Assessments: N/A Warrant Number : N/A Inst No: N/A THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property location: 133 Cross St., Buda, IL 61314

Legal or Permanent Index Number: 14-34333-006, Township: Concord This Notice is to advise you that the period of redemption will expire on 8/23/13 This matter is set for hearing 9-24-13 @ 1:30 p.m., Courthouse in Princeton, IL. Redemption can be made with the Bureau County Clerk’s office at 700 S. Main St., Princeton, IL 61356.

For further information contact the County Clerk at: 815-875-2014.

Petitioner: James Wolfe Published in the Bureau County Republican May 9, 11 and 14, 2013.

NOTICE TO: Jeffrey Madsen, Jill Madsen, American General Financial Services, Perry Memorial Hospital Occupant:

Bureau County Clerk Person or tenants in actual occupancy or possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said property.

CASE 10-TX-1 (20) File date: 4-2-13 TAKE NOTICE County: Bureau Sale date: 11-2-2010 Certificate No: 200900123 Sold For General Taxes: 2009 Special Assessments: N/A Warrant Number : N/A Inst No: N/A THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property location: 306 S. Maple St., Wyanet IL 61379 Legal or Permanent Index Number: 15-21177-011, Township: Wyanet This Notice is to

advise you that the period of redemption will expire on 8/23/13 This matter is set for hearing 9-24-13 @ 1:30 p.m., Courthouse in Princeton, IL. Redemption can be made with the Bureau County Clerk’s office at 700 S. Main St., Princeton, IL 61356.

For further information contact the County Clerk at: 815-875-2014.

Petitioner: James Wolfe Published in the Bureau County Republican May 9, 11 and 14, 2013.

NOTICE TO: Kenneth Campbell, Ashley Walters, Cathie Walters, Richard Hansen, Citifinancial Services, Inc. Occupant: Bureau County Clerk Person or tenants in actual occupancy or possession of said prop-

erty; Unknown owners or parties interested in said property.

CASE 10-TX-1 (18) File date: 4-2-13 TAKE NOTICE County: Bureau Sale date: 11-2-2010 Certificate No: 200900118 Sold For General Taxes: 2009 Special Assessments: N/A Warrant Number : N/A Inst No: N/A THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property location: 218 S. West St., Wyanet IL 61379 Legal or Permanent Index Number: 15-20227-002, Township: Wyanet This Notice is to advise you that the period of redemption will expire on 8/23/13 This matter is set for

hearing 9-24-13 @ 1:30 p.m., Courthouse in Princeton, IL. Redemption can be made with the Bureau County Clerk’s office at 700 S. Main St., Princeton, IL 61356.

For further information contact the County Clerk at: 815-875-2014.

Petitioner: James Wolfe Published in the Bureau County Republican May 9, 11 and 14, 2013.

NOTICE OF FILING FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND FOR PUBLIC HEARING OF THE LADD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the LADD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, in the County of Bureau and

State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning on May 1, 2013, and ending on April 30, 2014, will be on file and conveniently available for public inspection at the office and home of Richard Nauman, 421 E. Cleveland, Ladd, Illinois, in said Fire Protection District, from and after the 10th day of May, 2013.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 6:15 p.m. on the 11th day of June, 2013, at the Fire Station of the Ladd Fire Protection District, and that final action on said Appropriation Ordinance will be taken by the Board of Trustees of said District at its regular meeting to be held immediately following the public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on the 11th

day of June, 2013, at said Fire Station in the Village of Ladd, Illinois.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SAID DISTRICT. DATED THIS 26TH DAY OF APRIL, A.D., 2013.

TERRY LINNIG, SECRETARY LADD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LADD, BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS Published in the Bureau County Republican May 9, 2013.

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LegalNotices STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY IN RE ) THE MATTER OF ) Tre Xavier Mickel ) Tre Xavier Martinez ) NO. 13-MR-27 NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Notice is given you, the public, that on May 28th, at 1:15 p.m. a hearing will be held on a Petition for change of Name asking the Court to change my present name of Tre Xavier Mickel to the name of Tre Xavier Martinez. The hearing will take place at 700 S. Main Street in Princeton, Illinois.

Date: 4-16-13 PLAINTIFF /s/Tre Xavier Mickel Published in the Bureau County Republican Apr. 25, May 2 and 9, 2013.

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 200900012 TO: PAULINE MODERAU AND ALL UNKNOWN O W N E R S , O C C U P A N T S , BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES INTERESTED. A Petition for Tax Deed on the premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of BUREAU, County, Illinois, as case Number 10TX1 (5). On 10/10/2013, at 01:30 p.m., the Petitioner will make application to such Court in PRINCETON, IL, Illinois, for an Order on the petition that a tax deed be issued if the real estate is not redeemed from the sale. The real estate is described as follows, to wit: 03-08-426-009 and was sold on 11/02/2010, for general taxes for the year 2009.

The period of redemption will expire on 09/06/2013.

PRAIRIE STATE SECURITIES, LLC PETITIONER Published in the Bureau County Republican May 4, 7 and 9, 2013.

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 200900363 TO: TYSON MCCANN AND ALL UNKNOWN O W N E R S , O C C U P A N T S , BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES INTERESTED. A Petition for Tax Deed on the premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of BUREAU, County, Illinois, as case Number 10TX1 (14). On 10/10/2013, at 1:15 p.m., the Petitioner will make application to such Court in PRINCETON, IL, Illinois, for an Order on the petition that a tax deed be issued if the real estate is not redeemed from the sale. The real estate is described as follows, to wit: 23-17-180-004 and was sold on 11/02/2010, for general taxes for the year 2009.

The period of redemption will expire on 09/06/2013.

PRAIRIE STATE SECURITIES, LLC PETITIONER Published in the Bureau County Republican May 4, 7 and 9, 2013.

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 200900325 TO: PARK GROVE INVESTMENTS AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, OCCUPANTS, BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES INTERESTED. A Petition for Tax Deed on the premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of BUREAU, County, Illinois, as case Number 10TX1 (12). On 10/10/2013, at 1:15 p.m., the Petitioner will make application to such Court in PRINCETON, IL, Illinois, for an Order on the petition that a tax deed be issued if the real estate is not redeemed from the sale. The real estate is described as follows, to wit: 19-10-378-016 and was sold on 11/02/2010, for general taxes for the year 2009.

The period of redemption will expire on 09/06/2013.

PRAIRIE STATE SECURITIES, LLC PETITIONER Published in the Bureau County Republican May 4, 7 and 9, 2013.

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 200900234 TO: ERIC ELLIS ISAAC MIRANDA SPRING VALLEY CITY BANK SPRING VALLEY BANCORP INC THE ASSOCIATES A S S O C I A T E S FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC JESSIE WHITE AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, OCCUPANTS, BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES INTERESTED. A Petition for Tax Deed on the premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of BUREAU, County, Illinois, as case Number 10TX1 (10). On 10/10/2013, at 1:15 p.m., the Petitioner will make application to such Court in PRINCETON, IL, Illinois, for an Order on the petition that a tax deed be issued if the real estate is not redeemed from the sale. The real estate is described as follows, to wit: 17-36-156-003 and was sold on 11/02/2010, for general taxes for the year 2009.

The period of redemption will expire on 09/06/2013.

PRAIRIE STATE SECURITIES, LLC PETITIONER Published in the Bureau County Republican May 4, 7 and 9, 2013.

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 200900078 TO: DORLAN CRANE SPRING VALLEY CITY BANK SPRING VALLEY BANCORP INC CAPITAL FINANCIAL BANCORP, INC DBA CAPITAL ONE BANK AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, OCCUPANTS, BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES INTERESTED. A Petition for Tax Deed on the premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of BUREAU, County, Illinois, as case

Number 10TX1 (8). On 10/10/2013, at 01:15 p.m., the Petitioner will make application to such Court in PRINCETON, IL, Illinois, for an Order on the petition that a tax deed be issued if the real estate is not redeemed from the sale. The real estate is described as follows, to wit: 11-32-130-004

and was sold on 11/02/2010, for general taxes for the year 2009.

The period of redemption will expire on 09/06/2013.

PRAIRIE STATE SECURITIES, LLC PETITIONER Published in the Bureau County Republican May 4, 7 and 9, 2013.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY - PRINCETON, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. ) Plaintiff, ) -v.)

MICHAEL B. ZNANIECKI A/K/A ) MICHAEL ZNANIECKI, et al ) Defendant ) 12 CH 00061 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 21, 2013, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 11:30 a.m. on May 23, 2013, at the office of Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Ave. West, PRINCETON, IL, 61356, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 5 AS SHOWN ON ‘’MONUMENT RECORD’’ RECORDED AS DOCUMENT #92-4186 IN DEED RECORD BOOK 768, PAGE 260, IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF SAID COUNTY, THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 41’ 18’’ EAST 723.44 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER TO A POINT 127.52 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL 1 AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF SURVEY RECORDED AS DOCUMENT #98-3099 IN DEED RECORD BOOK 915, PAGE 841; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 00’ 00’’ EAST 127.52 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL 1; THENCE SOUTH 73 DEGREES 53’ 10’’ EAST 162.00 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL 1; THENCE SOUTH 77 DEGREES 50’ 19’’ EAST 742.35 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF PARCELS 1, 2 AND 3 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL 4 AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAT OF SURVEY, SAID CORNER BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED HEREIN; THENCE SOUTH 12 DEGREES 09’ 41’’ WEST 549.54 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 77 DEGREES 50’ 19’’ EAST 400.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 12 DEGREES 09’ 41’’ EAST 509.24 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF PARCEL 5 AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAT OF SURVEY; THENCE NORTH 55 DEGREES 53’ 23’’ WEST 107.81 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL 5; THENCE NORTH 77 DEGREES 50’ 19’’ WEST 300.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE UNDERLYING COAL, FIRECLAY AND OTHER MINERALS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO DIG, MINE AND REMOVE THE SAME WITHOUT ENTERING UPON THE SURFACE THEREOF, ALL LYING AND BEING SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BUREAU, IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 25366 1150 NORTH AVENUE, PRINCETON, IL 61356 Property Index No. 23-05-300-006.

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

will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. 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 this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF 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 14-12-18468. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-12-18468 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 12 CH 00061 TJSC#: 33-4985 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I527996 Published in the Bureau County Republican Apr. 25, May 2 and 9, 2013.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY - PRINCETON, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ) ASSOCIATION ) Plaintiff, ) -v.)

CATHY A. MICHAEL A/K/A CATHY ANN ) MICHAEL, et al ) Defendant ) 12 CH 38 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 7, 2013, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 11:30 a.m. on June 11, 2013, at the office of Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Ave. West, PRINCETON, IL, 61356, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 6 IN ROSENOW SECOND SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTH PART OF LOT 98 IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN, NOW CITY, OF PRINCETON, ALL LYING AND BEING SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BUREAU, IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 651 EAST CENTRAL AVENUE, PRINCETON, IL 61356 Property Index No. 16-16-228-002.

The real estate is improved with a 1 story home with an attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. 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 this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE

WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service. atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 p.m. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1208594. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 4765500 Attorney File No. PA1208594 Case Number: 12 CH 38 TJSC#: 33-6042 I531176 Published in the Bureau County Republican May 9, 16 and 23, 2013.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY - PRINCETON, ILLINOIS COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, ) L.P. ) PLAINTIFF ) VS ) BERNADETTE MONCHER; PATRICK ) MONCHER; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND ) NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; ) DEFENDANTS ) 09 CH 34 125 HENNEPIN STREET LADD, IL 61329 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, PATRICK MONCHER; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOTS FOUR (4) AND FIVE (5) IN BLOCK THIRTY-SEVEN (37) IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN, NOW VILLAGE OF LADD, BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS; EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE UNDERLYING COAL AND FIRECLAY TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO DIG, MINE AND REMOVE THE SAME WITHOUT ENTERING UPON THE SURFACE THEREOF; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BUREAU, IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 125 HENNEPIN STREET LADD, IL 61329 and which said Mortgage was made by, BERNADETTE MONCHER; PATRICK MONCHER; Mortgagor (s), to M.E.R.S., INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MBNA AMERICA (DELAWARE), N.A. Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of BUREAU County, Illinois, as Document No. 050867; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, Mary C. Dremann Bureau County Courthouse 702 South Main Street Princeton, Ill. 61356 on or before May 28, 2013, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES Attorneys for Plaintiff Thirteenth Floor 1 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel. (312) 346-9088 Fax (312) 346-1557 PA 0906350 I527473 Published in the Bureau County Republican Apr. 25, May 2 and 9, 2013.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND MEETING ON MULTI-TOWNSHIP ASSESSMENT DISTRICT BUDGET FOR THE BUREAU COUNTY TOWNSHIPS OF GREENVILLE & MANLIUS Notice is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Multi-Township Assessment District for the Bureau County Townships of Greenville & Manlius, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2013, and ending March 31, 2014, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at Greenville Town Hall, New Bedford, Illinois, from and after 9:30 o’clock a.m., the 6th day of May, 2013. A copy is also on file at the office of the District’s Attorney, Robert F. Russell, Ten Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois.

Notice is further given hereby that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 6:30 o’clock p.m., the 10th day of June, 2013, at Greenville Town Hall, New Bedford, Illinois, in this Multi-Township Assessment District and that final hearing and action on this Ordinance will be taken at a meeting to be held at said Greenville Town Hall at 6:45 o’clock p.m., the 10th day of June, 2013 Tax Levy and other business related to the administration of the District at said meeting. /s/ Cynthia S. Dahl Secretary Published in the Bureau County Republican May 9, 2013.

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Tiskilwa Historical Society to explore Bureau County history on Monday A 1940s photo from the Museum on Main’s collection shows one of the earliest cabins in Tiskilwa. This small but sturdy structure, demolished circa 1948, stood for more than 100 years as a testament to the hardy nature of the early European pioneers. On Monday evening, Carolyn Workman of Princeton will guide her audience along a pictorial journey through Bureau County’s early history, with a special focus on Tiskilwa’s role from the 1800s to the 1840s. The program begins at 7 p.m. in the Museum on Main, 110 E. Main St. in Tiskilwa.

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Celebrating Mom Adelynn McQuaig gets a jump start on a Mother’s Day gift for her mom by participating in Saturday’s Kids Containers for Mother’s Day event hosted at Hornbaker Gardens in rural Princeton.

Area businesses around Bureau County are offering special Mother’s Day gifts and opportunities, ranging from flowers and candy, to massages and fitness classes, dinner specials and more. Homemade cards and poems are always another option and are almost certain to find a place on the front of the family refrigerator. Regardless of the gift chosen for this Mother’s Day on Sunday, Bureau County residents of all ages are encouraged to remember their mothers, as well as other important women in their lives, with words of appreciation and love.

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Your hometown beat Meeting Calendar May 13 Arlington Village Board, 7 p.m., village hall Buda Village Board, 7 p.m., village hall Cherry Village Board, 7 p.m., village hall Dalzell Grade School, 7 p.m., multi-purpose room DePue Village Board, 7 p.m., waterworks building Mineral Village Board, 6:30 p.m., village hall Seatonville Village Board, 7 p.m., village hall Spring Valley Council, 7 p.m., council chambers

May 14 Bureau County Board, 6 p.m., courthouse Ladd Village Board, 6:30 p.m., council chambers Tiskilwa Village Board, 7 p.m., fire station Wyanet Village Board, 7 p.m., village hall

May 15 DePue School Board, 6 p.m., library Hall High School, 6 p.m., library Neponset Village Board, 7 p.m., community building Spring Valley Elementary Board, 7 p.m., John F. Kennedy School Library

Auction Calendar May 18 – Kerchner trust, farmland, 10 a.m., auction held at 15212 Illinois Highway 92 (Green River Country Club), Walnut United Country Dahl Real Estate, auctioneers.

May 28 – Mary Ewalt, farmland, 10 a.m., auction held at 104 W. Main St. (Malden Fire Station), Malden, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

June 11 – Art and Donna Johnson estate, real estate, 5:30 p.m., 136 N. Washington St., Sheffield, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

June 18 – Lorena Wallace estate, land auction, 7 p.m., sale held at Arnie’s Happy Spot, Deer Grove, Wallace Land Co., auctioneers.

Seeking Sources Are you an area man who has his own “man cave?” You know ... an area in your home, basement or garage reserved just for you. Or maybe you are the wife of a “man cave” owner? Either way, the Bureau County Republican wants to share your “man cave” with other readers in an upcoming special section in the BCR. Call BCR Senior Staff Writer Donna Barker at 815-8754461, ext. 244, or email her at dbarker@bcrnews. com.

••• May 21 is National Waiters and Waitresses Day which recognizes the value and importance of a good waiter or waitress.

The BCR would like to do a story about a waiter or waitress who enjoys their job and would be willing to share their career with other BCR readers. Contact BCR Staff Writer Goldie Currie at 815-875-4461, ext. 236, or email her at gcurrie@ bcrnews.com.

••• The BCR is looking forward to seeing your springtime photos to share with other readers.

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Mother’s Day: May 12, 2013 The driving force behind Mother’s Day was Anna Jarvis, who organized observances in Grafton, W.Va., and Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. As the annual celebration became popular around the country, Jarvis asked members of Congress to set aside a day to honor mothers. She succeeded in 1914, when Congress designated the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. Here are some statistics about mothers and Mother’s Day, as provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

• 4.1 million - Number of women between the ages of 15 and 50 who gave birth in the past 12 months.

• 53 percent - Percentage of 15- to 44-year-old women who were mothers in 2010.

• 81 percent - Percentage of women who had become mothers by age 40 to 44 as of 2010. In 1976, 90 percent of women in that age group had given birth.

• 2,449 - The total fertility rate or estimated number of total births per 1,000 women in Utah in 2010 (based on current birth rates by age), which led the nation. At the other end of the spectrum is Rhode Island, with a total fertility rate of 1,630.5 births per 1,000 women.

• 20 percent - Percentage of all women age 15 to 44 who have had two children. About 47 percent had no children, 17 percent had one, 10 percent had three and about 5 percent had four or more.

• 89.7 percent - Percentage of all children who lived with their biological mothers in 2012. About 1.2 percent of all children lived with a stepmother.

• 3.954 million - Number of births registered in the United States in 2011. Of this number, 329,797 were to teens 15 to 19 and 7,651 to women age 45 to 49.

• 25.4 - Average age of women in 2010 when they gave birth for the first time, up from 25.2 years in 2009. The increase in the mean age from 2009 to 2010 reflects, in part, the relatively large decline in births to women under age 25.

• 29.2 percent - The percentage of mothers who had given birth in the past 12 months who had a bachelor’s degree or higher and 84 percent of mothers have at least a high school diploma.

• Jacob and Sophia - The most popular baby names for boys and girls, respectively, in 2011.

• 68 - Number of births in the past year per 1,000 women age 15 to 50 with a graduate or professional degree. The number was 57 per 1,000 for women whose highest level of education was a bachelor’s degree.

• 5 million - Number of stay-at-home moms in 2012 — statistically unchanged from 2009, 2010 and 2011— down from 5.3 million in 2008. In

2012, 24 percent of married-couple family groups with children under 15 had a stay-at-home mother, up from 21 percent in 2000. In 2007, before the recession, stay-at-home mothers were found in 24 percent of married-couple family groups with children under 15, not statistically different from the percentage in 2012.

Compared with other moms, stay-at-home moms in 2007 were more likely: • Younger (44 percent were under age 35, compared with 38 percent of mothers in the labor force).

• Hispanic (27 percent, compared with 16 percent of mothers in the labor force).

• Foreign-born (34 percent, compared with 19 percent of mothers in the labor force).

• Living with a child under age 5 (57 percent, compared with 43 percent of mothers in the labor force).

• Without a high school diploma (19 percent versus 8 percent of mothers in the labor force).

• 827,907 - Number of child care centers across the country in 2010. These included 75,695 child day care services employing 859,416 workers and another 752,212 self-employed people or other businesses without paid employees. Many mothers turn to these centers to help juggle motherhood and careers.

• 62.1 percent - Percentage of women age 16 to 50 who had a birth in the past 12 months who were in the labor force.

• 10.3 million - The number of single mothers living with children younger than 18 in 2012, up from 3.4 million in 1970.

• 5.9 million - Number of custodial mothers who were owed child support in 2009.

• 36 percent - Percentage of births in the past 12 months that were to women age 15 to 50 who were unmarried (including divorced, widowed and never married women).

In 2011, 407,873 mothers who had a birth in the past 12 months were living with a cohabiting partner.

• 16,182 - Number of florist establishments nationwide in 2010. The 70,575 employees in floral shops across our nation will be especially busy preparing, selling and delivering floral arrangements for Mother’s Day. • 10,258 - Number of employees of the 103 greeting-card publishing establishments in 2010.

• 14,654 - The number of cosmetics, beauty supplies and perfume stores nationwide in 2010.

Perfume is a popular gift given on Mother’s Day. • 23,739 - Number of jewelry stores in the United States in 2010 — the place to purchase necklaces, earrings and other timeless pieces for Mom.

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All about you Birthdays May 9 • Capi Theobald • Kevin Gustafson • Bonnie Noel • Janice Brown • Nicole Shofner May 10 • David Wheeler • Jazmine Menees May 11 • Celia Goers • Ray Crawford May 12 • Kathy Moell • Luke Davis • Jerry Harris May 13 • Hannah Henegar

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Births Hubbard — Aaron and Katie (Quaka) Hubbard of Princeton, daughter, April 29.

Hubbard — Jennifer (Salazar) Muncey and Troy Hubbard of Princeton, son, May 1.

Kalita — Michael and Brittany (Hoffert) Kalita of Oglesby, daughter, April 26.

Norman — Nathan and Nachelle (DeSkeere) Norman of Princeton, daughter, April 26.

Wall — Troy and Angie Wall of Bradford, daughter, March 26.

Death Notices Arnold — Clifford Roy Arnold, 72, of Tonica, May 1.

Bivins — Donna Lee Bivins, 80, of Wyanet, April 29.

Boehle — Wayne C. Boehle, 77, of Princeton, April 30.

Denholm — James Leonard “Hessie” Denholm of Tiskilwa, April 27.

Fredenhagen — David Cushing Fredenhagen, 84, of Tiskilwa, May 4.

Jones — Robert Verle “Bob” Jones, 90, of Reidsville, N.C., formerly of Wyanet, April 5.

Kropf — Maynard David Kropf, 61, of Deer Grove, May 1.

Rawling — Randall F. Rawling, 56, of Monticello, Miss., formerly of Bureau, April 22.

Shurson — Glenda M. Shurson, 74, of Walnut, May 5.

Williams — Archer Kurtis Williams of Mineral, May 1.

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WYANET — Wyanet Youth Baseball will host a cookout from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at Wyanet Locker. Serving rib eyes, butterfly chops, pork burgers, brats, hot dogs, chips and pop.

SPRING VALLEY — The St. Margaret’s Auxiliary will have a book fair from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 16, and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, May 17, in the hospital’s lower lobby. There will be hundreds of books and gifts available for purchase. For more information, call 815664-1130.

Car cruise set SUBLETTE - The annual Sublette Cruise ‘n Show will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 11, on Main Street in downtown Sublette.

Exhibit your antique, class, or special interest car, truck, motorcycle or tractor.

There is no entry fee and no judging.

There will be door prizes and a 50/50 drawing.

Gun Club open house POLO — The Tri County Gun Club will hold its 12th annual open house from 4 to 9 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, May 11-12, at the Club, 3441 S. Brookville Road, between Polo and Milledgeville.

All ranges will be open and staffed by a range officer/instructor.

Included is an archery area with 3D targets.

There will be nine different shooting sports in session at the same time. Local gun manufactures’ representatives will be in attendance.

There will be raffles and door prizes and a food stand from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

PRINCETON — Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton will offer a free monthly blood pressure and blood sugar screen the second Tuesday of each month.

The next screening will be Tuesday. These screens are open to the public and will be held from 8 to 9:30 a.m. in the Main Lobby at PMH. Those wishing to have their blood sugar checked should fast 12 hours before the screen.

Diabetes meeting PRINCETON — Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton provides information and support to those dealing with diabetes, on the second Tuesday of each month, at an informational meeting to provide up-to-date guidelines and realistic ways to manage the diagnosis of diabetes. There will also be time allotted at each meeting for open discussion and sharing of ideas. The next Diabetes Meeting will be Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the White Oak Classroom at Perry Memorial Hospital.

Contact Marcia Hartwig at 815-876-4449 to register for this meeting.

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Benefit LADD — The fourth annual “Texas B.B.Q.” will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 17, at the Ladd Community Building. Menu includes brisket, barbecued chicken, roast pork, baked beans, Cole slaw, potatoes, dessert and beverage. The event is a fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to conduct research and support the programs that improve and extend lives of those with Cystic Fibrosis. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children 7 through 12, and free for children under

Car wash WALNUT — The Walnut Cub Scout and Boy Scout troops will host a car wash from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, in the Citizens First State Bank parking lot. Washes are $5 for cars, $7 for vans.

Lunch will be available for purchase. The event is sponsored by Panther Outdoor Maintenance Services Inc. All proceeds will go toward fees for day camp.

Rod and custom show LASALLE — The Last Chance Swap Meet and Rod and Custom Car Show will be from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at the LaSalle Speedway, Route 6, east of LaSalle. Open to all makes and models of cars, race cars and motorcycles. Rain or shine. Show car entry is $5. Vendors spaces $20. Admission is $3, 12 and younger free with adult. Car corral is $8 with one admission. Free parking and a full concession stand. For more information, contact Bob Beenenga at 815-2283177 or 815-442-3275.

Bingo PRINCETON — The Princeton Moose Lodge

will host a bingo night at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 21.

Doors will open at 5 p.m. and sandwiches will be available for purchase.

The lodge will continue to host bingo the first and third Tuesday of each month. For more information, call the lodge at 815-879-5261.

Bingo PRINCETON — The Princeton Moose Lodge will host a bingo night at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 4.

Doors will open at 5 p.m. and sandwiches will be available for purchase.

The lodge will continue to host bingo the first and third Tuesday of each month. For more information, call the lodge at 815-879-5261.

Garden Faire and Walk UTICA — The annual Garden Faire and Walk sponsored by the Utica Garden Club will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 8 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sunday June 9 in downtown Utica. There will be a great variety of garden and craft vendors, and a plant sale with perennials, annuals, herbs and vegetables from the club members’ gardens. The Garden Walk includes a self-guided tour of private gardens. Tickets can be purchased for $8 at the Garden Faire. Rain or shine. For more information, email: club@ uticagardenclub.org or call 815-667-4856 or 815-252-4573.

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Bluegrass jam PRINCETON — A bluegrass, gospel and country music jam will be from 6 to 10 p.m.

Friday, May 17, at the First Lutheran Church at 116 N. Pleasant St. in Princeton. Jams will continue the third Friday of each month. Players and listeners are welcome.

Snacks and soft drinks available. For more information, call 815875-2057.

6. Reservations are not necessary, but appreciated. For advanced tickets, call 815-894-2936.

The Ladd Community Building is one block west of the bowling alley.

By Lonii Jones Social Security District Manager in Peru

Here are a few important items about Social Security retirement benefits and how to apply for them.

When you work and pay Social Security taxes, you earn “credits” toward Social Security benefits. If you were born in 1929 or later, you need 40 credits (10 years of work) to qualify for retirement benefits.

We determine the amount of your benefit by both how long you work and how much you earn. The higher your lifetime earnings, the higher your monthly

benefits. If there were some years when you did not work or had low earnings, your benefit amount may be lower than if you had worked steadily or earned more.

Your age at the time you start receiving Social Security retirement makes a difference in your benefit amount. The full retirement age (the age at which 100 percent of retirement benefits are payable) has been gradually rising from age 65 to age 67. You can take “early retirement” as early as age 62, but if you start collecting benefits before you reach your full retirement age, your monthly payment will be

reduced. You can find out what your full retirement age is by referring to the convenient chart at www.socialsecurity. gov/retire2/retirechart. htm Just as you can choose an early retirement and get a reduced payment, you also can choose to keep working beyond your full retirement age to take advantage of a larger payment. Generally, your benefit will increase automatically by eight percent each year from the time you reach your full retirement age until you start receiving your benefits or until you reach age 70.

The decision of when to retire is personal and depends on a number of factors. To help you weigh the factors, we suggest you read our online fact sheet, When To Start Receiving Retirement Benefits, available at www.socialsecurity.gov/ pubs/10147.html.

You may want to consider your options by using our Retirement Estimator to get instant, personalized estimates of future benefits. You can plug in different retirement ages and scenarios to help you make a more informed retirement decision. Try it out at www.socialsecurity.gov/ estimator.

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Food court What a wonderful day to cook for or to plan and prepare a meal for your Mom or Grandma — a special meal you know they especially want, especially desire, especially deserve.

Cream of Potato Soup with Cheddar 8 1 1 2 1

medium Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cubed large red onion, chopped celery rib, chopped 14 1/2-ounce cans chicken broth 10 1/4-ounce can condensed cream of celery soup, undiluted 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon white pepper 1 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese Optional toppings, salad croutons, crumbled cooked bacon and additional shredded sharp cheddar cheese Combine first seven ingredients in a 4- or 5-quart slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 7 to 9 hours, until potatoes area tender. Stir in cheese and cream.

Cover and cook 30 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Garnish servings with toppings of your choice.

Grape Salad 2 pounds seedless grapes, any color 8 ounces cream cheese 8 ounces sour cream 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup pecans Mix cream cheese, sour cream, vanilla and sugar until softened. Add grapes, mix gently. Add brown sugar on top dish with pecans. Refrigerate before serving.

Grandmas Scalloped Corn 1 celery rib, chopped 1/2 small onion, chopped 2 tablespoons, butter 1 14 3/4-ounce can cream style corn 1 cup milk 1 cup crushed saltines (about 20 saltines) 2/3 cup cubed Velveeta 2 eggs 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon paprika In a small skillet, sauté celery and onion in butter until tender. Transfer to a large bowl, cool to room temperature. Stir in the corn, milk, saltines, cheese, eggs and salt. Transfer to a greased 1 1/2-quart baking dish. Sprinkle with paprika. Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until golden brown.

Sour Cream Chicken 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1

cup reduced fat sour cream tablespoons minced chives tablespoons lemon juice teaspoons celery salt teaspoons paprika teaspoons Worcestershire sauce small garlic clove, minced 1/4 cups seasoned bread crumbs broiler/fryer chicken (2 to 3 pounds) cut up and skin removed 2 tablespoons butter, melted In a bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. Place crumbs in a separate shallow bowl. Coat chicken with sour cream mixture then coat with bread crumbs.

Arrange chicken on a rack in a foil-lined 15-by10-inch baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes. Drizzle with butter. Bake 15 to 20 minutes longer or until juices run clear.

Comforting Carrot Casserole 4 cups sliced fresh carrots 1 cup cubed Velveeta 2 tablespoon dried minced onion 1/4 cup butter, melted 1 cup crushed potato chips Place 1 inch of water in a large saucepan, add carrots. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 7 to 9 minutes or until crisp tender. Drain. Place carrots in a greased shallow 2-quart baking dish. Top with the cheese and onion. Drizzle with butter. Sprinkle with potato chips. Cover and bake at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly.

Cheesy Potato Cauliflower Mash 1 1/2 pounds baking potatoes 2 cups cauliflower florets 5 slices thick cut bacon 1/2 cup milk 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided Peel and cube potatoes. In saucepan, bring potatoes and enough salted water to cover to a boil. Reduce heat and add cauliflower florets. Let simmer 20 minutes or until tender. Drain. In skillet, over medium high heat, cook bacon 5 minutes. Cool. Crumble.

Drain all but 2 tablespoons fat from skillet. Add milk to skillet and bring to a boil. Using hand masher or potato ricer, mash vegetables, stir in hot milk, mash vegetables, stir in hot milk, 1/4 crumbled bacon and 1/4 cup cheese. Top with remaining bacon and cheese.

Vanilla Fruit Salad 1 1 2 2 1 1 3

pound fresh strawberries, quartered 1/2 cups seedless red and or green grapes, halved medium bananas, sliced kiwi fruit, peeled, sliced and quartered cup cubed fresh pineapple 21-ounce can peach pie filling teaspoons pure vanilla extract In a large bowl, combine the strawberries, grapes, bananas, kiwi and pineapple. Fold in pie filling and vanilla. Chill until serving. Makes 10 servings.

Beef Stroganoff 2 1 1 1 1 8 8

pounds beef stew meat cup onions, chopped can golden mushroom soup can cream of onion or mushroom soup 6-ounce jar sliced mushrooms, drained ounces cream cheese ounces sour cream Mix stew meat, onions, mushroom soup, cream of onion or mushroom soup and sliced mushrooms. Put in crock pot on low for 8 to 10 hours. Turn down to warm. Stir in cream cheese and sour cream. Serve on hot buttered noodles. Add a few parsley flakes.

Poke Cake 1 1 1 1 1

box white cake mix cup orange soda 3.2-ounce box vanilla instant pudding 1/2 cups milk 8-ounce tub Cool Whip Bake cake according to package instructions in a 9-by-13-inch pan. When cool poke holes all through the top of the cake with a butter knife or fork. Pour orange soda evenly over the top. Mix pudding and milk together until well blended. Fold in whipped topping until smooth. Spread pudding mixture over cake and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Instead of the orange soda you can also use Jell-O mixed up with water and pour over cake and get different colors.

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Meat Loaf 1/2 cup Post Grape nut cereal 1 cup milk 1 15-ounce can tomato sauce 2 pounds ground beef 1 /2 cup onion, chopped 2 eggs 1/4 teaspoon oregano 1 1/2 teaspoons salt Combine milk, cereal and 1 cup tomato sauce; add beef, eggs, onion and salt. Mix well. Grease loaf pan.

Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Heat remaining sauce and pour over meat.

Four Layer Dessert 1 cup flour 1 stick oleo 1/2 cup nuts

Crust

Second layer 1 8-ounce package cream cheese 1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup Cool Whip Third layer 2 large boxes instant pudding (any flavor) 4 cups milk Fourth layer 1 container Cool Whip For crust: Mix together flour, oleo and nuts. Put in a 9-by-13-inch pan. Bake at 350° and cool. For second layer: Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar and Cool Whip. Spread over crust. For third layer: Mix instant pudding and milk. When almost thick, pour over second layer. For fourth layer: Spread Cool Whip over cake. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

••• This will give you something to make to please your Mom and Grandma, or if you don’t want to cook, you can just say to heck with it ... surprise them and take them out to a nice restaurant. If you have any recipes you would like to share you can reach me at judyd2313@frontier.com. Happy Mother’s Day to all you Moms and Grandmas.

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Cooking shortcuts Keep these food items in the refrigerator and pantry for fast meal prep and you’ll never come up short.

Meat shortcuts • Pre-cooked beef roast, roasted whole chicken, fried chicken pieces and smoked salmon (slice and use for fajitas, soups, salads, sandwiches and casseroles) • Canned salmon, clams, tuna, shrimp and oysters (use in jambalaya, casseroles, fried rice and appetizer recipes) • Frozen meatballs, chicken nuggets, fish fillets, minute steaks and pre-formed hamburger patties (meat and freezer aisles)

• Skinless, boneless chicken breasts and thinly cut beef and pork for stir-fried (meat aisle) • Pre-assembled vegetable and meat kabobs (in the meat aisle) • Pre-cooked shrimp (seafood case) • Thick-sliced deli ham, turkey and roast beef (deli aisle) Vegetarian shortcuts • Frozen vegetarian seafood, including salmon, tuna, crabs and shrimp (soy-based) • Frozen meat substitutes, including ham, steak, lamb, chicken breasts and nuggets, hot dogs, turkey, pork chops, BBQ ribs, bacon, sausages, beef chunks,

ground beef and egg-less fried eggs (soy-based) • Tofu and tempeh (soy-based) • Shelf-stable meat substitutes, including vegetarian turkey and chicken (soy-based) Vegetable shortcuts • Pre-cut vegetables and stir-fry vegetable packages (produce and frozen aisles) • Pre-washed vegetables from grocery salad bar, including pea pods, Chinese cabbage, bok choy, bean sprouts, baby carrots, celery and miniature corn cobs • Minced garlic in a jar • Canned, seasoned tomatoes (diced, stewed, and whole)

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Library Corner PRINCETON – Today, Thursday, May 9, The Friends of the Library Book Club will meet at 4 p.m. in the library meeting room to discuss “The Year of Living Biblically” by A.J. Jacobs. All are welcome to attend. For more information call the library at 815875-1331. Also Thursday, the beloved children’s author Jim Aylesworth will be visiting Princeton schools and will make a stop at the library at 6:30 p.m. Aylesworth tells his stories with a generous dose of loud sounds, rhythms and rhymes. His experience as a teacher taught him the elements children like in a story, especially when read aloud.

This program will be a family program on reading together.

Aylesworth will be reading his books and interacting with the group.

Friday, May 10, Boy Scout CPR class will meet from 4 to 6 p.m. in the library meeting room.

Monday, May 13, BMP Special Education Coop will meet at 1 p.m. in the library meeting room. The Monday Night Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the library meeting room and feature a genuine Hollywood oddity that serves up a bizarre mixture of melodramatic trash and outrageous tragic comedy. This offscreen parent is in a league with big-time scary screen mommies such as Mrs. Bates in “Psycho” and Angela Lansbury’s uber-mom in the “The Manchurian Candidate.” She torments and terrorizes her adopted children in a myriad of ways.

Tuesday, May 14, A Talk About will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the library meeting room and feature local author Trey Barker, who will read from his newly-published novel “Exit Blood.” Also Tuesday, the PAHE Group will meet at 7 p.m. in the local history room.

Wednesday, May 15, United Healthcare will meet at 9:30 a.m. in the library meeting room. Also Wednesday, Kindle Keyboard Basics Workshop will meet at 2 p.m. in the library meeting room.

Bring fully charged device, Princeton library card and Amazon username and password information. Also, Live Streams of Dan Brown at Lincoln Center: An Evening of Codes, Symbols and Secrets will begin at 6:30 p.m. The Princeton Public Library Board will meet at 7 p.m. in the storage area of the library. The public is invited to attend.

WALNUT – Walnut Public Library has teamed up with Vintage Tech Recyclers to host a cell phone recycle drive. It’s time to empty the junk drawers and help out the library. Drop cell phones off at the library, located at 101 Heaton St. If the library is closed, leave it in the drop box. Recycling old cell phones keeps toxic materials out of landfills. Drop-off is free and there is no limit on the number of phones brought in. All proceeds from recycling old phones will go toward the library’s new furnace and air conditioner.

The library is also looking to host a large electronics recycle drive during the spring townwide garage sale.

This includes old computers, printers, monitors, TVs, microwaves, etc. The library is looking for a building to leave about six large pallets for a week or so before and after the sale. The building must have a lock on it.

The library staff would have someone attending the building during drop-off times.

Another option is if someone in the community would be willing to lend a semi-trailer that could be closed and

locked. The semi-trailer would be parked in the library parking lot during the sale. Those interesting in helping the library locate a building or semi-trailer, call Michele at 815-379-2159.

SPRING VALLEY – Story time is held from 5:30 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays in the children’s room at the library.

There is a story and craftrelated project during this time for preschool through second grade children. A parent must accompany their child. The event is free of charge.

TISKILWA – Tiskilwa Public Library’s story time for children will be at 4 p.m. Monday, May 13 and feature “Hat Parade.” Kids will decorate their own summer, cotton hat with fabric markers and will have a parade down Main Street wearing their cute creations. The story will be “I Want My Hat Back,” by Jon Klassen. The program is free and open to the public.

The library is also pleased to announce e-Books through OmniLibraries are now offered. Library patrons are encouraged to call ahead to set aside a time to register an account with their reading device. Contact the library at 815-646-4511 or tisklib@comcast.net.

LAMOILLE – The LaMoilleClarion Public Library’s hours were changed from noon to 6 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays.

New books added to the library’s collection include: “Daddy’s Gone a Hunting”

by Mary Higgins Clarks, “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline, “The Storyteller”

by Jodi Picoult, “Garden of Stones” by Sophie Littlefield, “The One and Only Ivan” by Katherine Applegate, “Llama

Widmark Wednesdays are back PRINCETON — Three 1950s adventure movies starring former Princeton resident Richard Widmark will be shown this month at the Princeton Public Library.

Start times for the Widmark Wednesday film series will be 6:30 p.m. May 22, and 6 p.m. May 29.

Admission is free.

For more information, call the library at 815-875-1331.

Widmark, a 1932 Princeton High School graduate, appeared in more than 60 Hollywood movies from 1947 to 1991.

Llama Nighty Night” by Anna Dewdney, “Red Truck” by Kersten Hamilton and “Even Monsters Need Haircuts” by Matthew McElligott.

For those who have considered purchasing an electronic device but aren’t sure where to start, maybe the library can help. Visit the library and try out a Nook, Kindle, Google Nexus, iPad or laptop.

The Nexus, iPad and laptop are not available for checkout, but visitors will have the opportunity to try them while in the library. These items have been made possible through the Eliminate the Digital Divide Grant. The library also has become a member of the OMNI consortium, which allows patrons to borrow eBooks and downloadable audio books.

Summer is right around the corner! This year’s summer reading theme is “Have Book Will Travel.” Beginning in June, story hours will be on Tuesdays with Cara and Evan. More information will be released soon.

OHIO – The Ohio Public Library is hosting a book sale at the library through May 11.

There are a variety of titles and authors on sale.

There is also a large number of books that came into the library within the last couple of months. Many of the books are on Amazon’s “Best Picks” lists. Stop in to see the wide range of titles

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The library is also taking names of those interested in a basic computer class. Sign up at the library to be added to the list.

The library’s book club is reading “Stay Close” by Harlan Coben this month. The club meets at 1 p.m. in the library on the first Tuesday of the month. Interested readers are welcome to stop by and join the club.

LADD – The library continues to hold its preschool story times at 10:30 a.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month. The program is designed for ages 3-5. All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Each session consists of stories, activities and a craft.

PERU – The Peru Public Library holds a story time for children ages 3-5 at 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday. Children hear stories, sing songs, dance and learn finger plays.

Registration is not required.

For more information visit www.perulibrary.org or call 815-223-0229, ext. 5.

••• If you would like to include your news on our Library Corner page, send your items to Goldie Currie at gcurrie@ bcrnews.com. For more information, call Currie at 815875-4461, ext. 236.

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Logan Junior High School first place “Best Cookie” competition winners, “DM2”, include (front row, from left) Dallas Dellinger and Madalyn Robbins; and (back row) Devyn Strzalka and Meghan Duffin.

Logan Junior High School second-place “Best Cookie” competition winners, “United Cookie Corporation”, include (front row, from left) Kiara Tate and Aaron Sears; and (back row) Dmitri Bruchman and Colin Pierson.

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Logan Junior High School third-place “Best Cookie” competition winners, “Velveteers”, are (from left) Zach Tuft, Zack Hassler, Brent Loftus and Rachel Anson-Barnett.

Logan Junior High School’s ‘Best Cookie’ competition winners PRINCETON — Logan Junior High School eighth-grade social studies classes competed in the “Best Cookie” competition on March 21. This was the culminating activity for an economic unit that had students taking roles as CEO, CFOs, design specialists and marketing managers. Each team named their company, designed a cookie unique to the current market and created a business plan to

market the cookie.

Companies discussed risks, potential profit and opportunity costs related to the design, development and marketing of their product. Each company was encouraged to enter the competition, utilizing their design skills, marketing skills and putting their business plan into action. It was a great opportunity for students to put economic terms required by

common core standards to use in a real life situation.

The first-place winners, with the company name of Peanut Butter Bowl, naming their cookie DM2, were Dallas Dellinger, CEO; Madalyn Robbins, design specialist; Devyn Strazalka, marketing manager; and Meghan Duffin, CFO. Second-place winners, with the company name of United Cookie Corporation,

naming their cookie Nitro Cookie, were Kiara Tate, CFO; Colin Pierson, design specialist; Dmitri Bruchman, CEO; and Aaron Sears, marketing manager.

Third-place winners, with the company name of Velveteers, naming their cookie Velvet Cake Balls, were Brent Loftus, CEO; Zach Tuft, CFO; Rachel Barnett, design specialist; and Zach Hassler, marketing manager.

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Honoring and Volunteering WIAAA Advisory Council has opening ROCK ISLAND — The Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging is seeking individuals interested in planning for the needs of older adults in a 10-county area of western Illinois to serve as Advisory Council members.

Council members act in an advisory capacity to the WIAAA Board of Directors and staff.

The Council assists in determining priorities, identifying problem areas and needs, and defining agency goals. They currently have openings in Bureau, Henry and LaSalle counties. Advisory Council meetings are conducted the third Wednesday during September, November, January and May of each year at the Agency offices in Rock Island. Interested parties should contact Deb Castillo at 800-322-1051 for an application.

The Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging is a non-profit corporation created for the purpose of improving the quality of life for older Americans. WIAAA acts to ensure coordinated, accessible services for older persons to live independent, meaningful and dignified lives.

WIAAA also acts as an advocate for older persons in developing community resources for the aged throughout the 10-county planning and service area while providing a comprehensive service network. Counties included in the agency’s jurisdiction are Bureau, Henderson, Henry, Knox, LaSalle, McDonough, Mercer, Putnam, Rock Island and Warren.

AARP seeks nominees for service award CHICAGO — AARP is now accepting nominations for its 2013 Illinois Andrus Award for Community Service honoring 50-plus Illinoisans who share their experience, talent and skills to enrich the lives of their community members. Named for the Association’s founder, it is AARP’s most prestigious and visible volunteer award.

“AARP has a strong commitment to volunteer service that is traced back to our founder, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus,” said Merri Dee, AARP Illinois state president. “The Andrus Award recognizes those individuals who tirelessly give of themselves in ways that significantly enrich the lives of others

and their communities.”

AARP selects one Andrus Award volunteer per state (or couple performing service together). Nominees do not need to be an AARP member nor do they need to have performed AARP volunteer work in order to receive the award. Nominations will be evaluated by the AARP Illinois Executive Council based on how the volunteer’s work has improved the community, supported AARP’s vision and mission, and inspired other volunteers. The award recipient will be announced in the fall.

AARP Illinois Andrus Award for Community Service nominees must meet the following eligibility requirements: • Nominees must be 50 years or older.

• The achievements, accomplishments or service on which the nomination is based must have been performed on a volunteer basis, without pay.

• The achievements, accomplishments or service on which the nomination is based must reflect AARP’s vision and mission.

• Couples or partners who perform service together are also eligible; however, teams are not eligible.

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• The recipient must live in Illinois.

• This is not a posthumous award.

The AARP State Andrus Award for Community Service is an annual awards program developed to honor individuals whose service is a unique and valuable contribution to society.

Last year, AARP recognized 52 outstanding individuals from around the country.

Individuals and organizations can submit nominations for the 2013 Andrus Award for Community Service by visiting www.aarp.org/AndrusAward. The application deadline is June 1. More information is available by calling 866-448-3613.

Volunteer training planned in June OGLESBY — The I-READ Adult Literacy Program at Illinois Valley Community College will conduct free volunteer tutor training sessions in June.

Volunteers must have a desire to work with adult learners and be willing to tutor two to three hours each week, but volunteers do not need to have teaching experience. Fifteen hours

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Volunteers recognized I-READ Adult Literacy Program volunteer tutors Pam Mortland of Streator (left) and Katie Timmons of Princeton look at some coal during Illinois Valley Community College’s annual tutor appreciation event April 26. After “Reading the Rocks: The Geologic History of the Illinois Valley” workshop presented by geology instructor Mike Phillips, each volunteer received a certificate of appreciation and a small gift. of training is required for all tutors. The four required training sessions will be from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. June 4, 6, 11 and 13 in Room E-321 at IVCC’s main campus.

After completing the training, tutors are matched with learners age 17 or older who test below the ninth-grade level or who need to improve their English language skills.

Volunteers may choose to tutor in one-to-one sessions at a local library or in an Adult Education classroom at IVCC or at an

extension site within the IVCC district.

Free online tutor training is another option for volunteers whose schedules do not allow them to participate in the June training sessions. For information on the I-READ program, go to http://www.ivcc.edu/ adulted.aspx?id=3120.

To register for the training sessions, contact Angela Dunlap, I-READ program manager, at 815224-0372 or Chris Warren, I-READ literacy specialist, at 815-224-0345.

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Directed by Tyler Reviglio of Peru, this awardwinning musical features memorable songs such as “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” “My Blanket and Me” and “The Doctor Is In.” Spend an evening with some of your unforgettable childhood friends in this rousing tribute to Charlie Brown based on the comic strips “Peanuts”

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All Engle Lane shows start at 2 p.m. Sundays and 7:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays at the William C. Schiffbauer Center for the Performing Arts at Engle Lane Theatre, 1012 Columbus Road in Streator.

“We are pleased to have such a diverse and quality lineup of shows for our 56th season,” said Deana Brown, Community Players production chairwoman. “From new shows to old favorites, this season

offers something for everyone.”

Box office hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday two weeks prior to each performance, as well as during show week. The box office is also open one hour prior to each performance. The box office phone number is 815-672-3584. It is located at the William C. Schiffbauer Center for the Performing Arts Theatre at Engle Lane, 1012 Columbus Road in Streator.

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Another blockbuster summer musical is in store with “Legally Blonde: The Musical” in July. Based on the movie, this romantic comedy is about knowing who you are and showing what you’ve got. When Elle Woods get dumped by her boyfriend, she decides to follow him to Harvard Law School and win him back. With some help from her new-found friends Paulette, Emmett and her chihuahua Bruiser, she learns that it’s so much better to be smart. Directed by Joey Beavers of Peru, “Legally Blonde” will be presented July 14-20.

Engle Lane’s annual youth production, a longstanding theatre tradition, is slated for August. Directed by Rhonda Sunken of Toluca, “Disney’s Aladdin Jr.” is a stage adaptation of the Disney hit film for young performers. All your favorite characters are here in a delightful musical full of magic, mayhem and flying carpet rides. See the stars of tomorrow and let your spirits soar with excitement during the run of “Aladdin Jr.” Aug. 11-17.

First produced at Engle Lane in 1993, “Boeing Boeing” was also recently revived on Broadway where it won a Tony award for Best Revival of a Play.

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STREATOR — Community Players of Streator Inc. has announced its box office is now open for the 2013 season.

The first production, “Church Basement Ladies,” opens May 19 and runs through May 25. Tickets are available now to Super Saver season ticket holders and will go on sale to the general public on May 13. Tickets for the general public are $20 each.

Community Players of Streator’s 56th season will begin with a celebration of the church basement kitchen and the women who work there in “Church Basement Ladies.” Directed by Greg Tullis of Streator, the musical comedy features four distinct characters and their relationships as they organize the food and solve the problems of a Minnesota church about to undergo changes in 1965.

They stave off potential disasters, share and debate recipes, instruct the young, and keep the pastor on course. Audiences will recognize these ladies as they witness the church year unfold from below the house of God. In June, Brian Steep of Ottawa will direct “Leading Ladies” by Ken Ludwig, author of “Lend Me a Tenor” and “Moon Over Buffalo,” both previously presented at Engle Lane.

In this hilarious comedy, two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, find themselves down on their luck. When they hear that an old lady in York, Pa., is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long-lost English nephews, they resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. When they get to

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Sports Senior Spotlight Kristian Konneck Name: Kristian Konneck.

Nickname: none.

School: Bureau Valley High School.

Date/Place of birth: Aug. 11, 1995, Spring Valley.

Hometown: Sheffield.

Family: Dana and Scott Konneck, Will and Carly.

Sports: Football, track and field.

Favorite sport and why: Football because I love the atmosphere of a football game.

Favorite food and where to get it: Pasta, anywhere I can find it.

Likes: Sports, hanging out with friends, sleep.

Dislikes: A lot of homework, spiders, snakes.

Person with the greatest influence on my athletic career and why: Dad, he’s never easy on me and always gives me advice.

Person with the greatest influence on my life: Mom, she is the reason I’m going to college, always made sure I was doing good in school.

If stranded on a deserted island, I would have to have my: iPhone.

The CD in my player at home/car is: iPod. People would be surprised to know that: I was a nerdy kid.

I stay home to watch: Supernatural.

When I need luck for a big game, I: pray to God. The funniest person I’ve ever met (why): Daniel Trone, his logic amazes me.

The ultimate sports fantasy for Bureau Valley senior Kristian Konneck would be to be drafted in the NFL. He says his dad has had the greatest influence on his athletic career, because “he’s never easy on me and always gives me advice.”

What they’ll say about me at school after I graduate: That kid was fast.

Most embarrassing moment: Driving through Rock Falls for the first time ever, I got lost and couldn’t get out.

Most unforgettable moment: Making it to state in track my sophomore year.

Ultimate sports fantasy: Drafted in the NFL. What I would like to do in life: Go to college and train to be a physical therapist.

Three words that best describe me: Hardworking, productive, confident.

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228 • Help Wanted SALES MANAGER HEALTHCARE. Colonial HealthCare and Rehabilitation Centre, Princeton, IL is seeking a Part-time Sales Manager.

This position drives census, payor mix, generates quality referrals from key accounts, with a heavy focus on new business. The ideal candidate will have experience in health care sales, high energy, with a proven track record in ability to increase referrals. Candidate must be a team player and have organizational skills. No phone calls, please.

2 ways to apply: Bring resume and fill out an application at Colonial or send resume to: Ljackson@ managcare.com. All potential applicants will be contacted for an interview

230 • Work Wanted B & L CONSTRUCTION LOCAL EXPERIENCED CARPENTERS Available.

No Job to Big or Small.

Call Bret 815-875-7250 HANDYMAN Will do handyman work.

No work turned down. $10/hour + .14¢ a mile.

Call Matt- 815-315-8690 MICHAEL'S CARPENTRY If you are ready to have some work done this spring, I am a local General Contractor with over 25 years experience.

Room Additions, Siding, Remodeling, Roofing, Garages, Pole Buildings, & much more. Call Mike, 815-718-9050 for a quote

- 400 Merchandise 434 • Miscellaneous Sales ALL LIKE NEW - MOVING Brown LaZBoy reclining sofa, $625; Rocker recliner, $275; all wood kitchen table/sealed top- 2 leaf/4 chairs, $315; chestnut hall tree, mirror, bench, organizer, $425; cedar lined dresser, $325; matching bedside table $160.

Good condition: queen bed/mattress, dresser, mirror, 2 bedside tables, $395; pink floral sofa brocade fabric, $325; 2 matching rocking recliners, $125 each; rocking chair $125. In Tiskilwa Call 678-628-6857

442 • Lawn & Garden TWIGGY'S TREE FARM *White Pines *Arbors *Norway Spruce *Colorado Blue Spruce *Serbian Spruce 3' Average, in nursery pots. Your Choice $15.

While they last!

815-303-8158 TWIGGYS TREE FARM HOT DEALS! *Clump White Birch, 3' $15; *Knock out Roses, $12; *Ornamental Crabapples, 7', in nursery pots, $30; *Perennials your choice $3.

815-303-8158 OPEN SUNDAY

FIND WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR right here in the Bureau County Republican Classified!

232 • Business Opportunities

448 • Pets & Livestock

********** THE CLASSIFIED Advertising Department of the Bureau County Republican Does not have the opportunity to fully investigate the credibility of each advertiser appearing within these columns. If an offer sounds “too good to be true” it probably is.

Proceed with caution if you are asked to send money or to give a credit card number.

Proceed with caution in calling 900 phone numbers. All phone numbers prefixed by”900” are charged to the CALLER. Charges may be assessed on a “per minute” basis rather than a “per call” basis.

The Bureau County Republican Classifieds makes every effort to qualify these charges for the reader.

If you have a concern about an advertiser, please contact: Better Business Bureau 330 North Wabash Chicago, IL 60611 312 832-0500

DONATE NOW! “The animals are crying” Tri-County Humane Society. LaSalle, Bureau, Putnam Counties.

Call 815-875-6145 or 815-872-9781 or send donation to: PO Box 1601, LaSalle, IL 61301

- 300 Services 320 • Misc Services *WANTED* Old barns to dismantle for the lumber. Over 200 barns taken down in the area. Experienced, insured. Call anytime 815-303-7658 ADVERTISE YOUR SERVICES RIGHT HERE! In the Classified. Just call 815-875-4461.

Havanese male 9 month, ACC/AKC, nice little unneutered boy. Contact for more information.

815-915-2071 hmkiowa@aol.com Wanted to Buy: (4) 400-500lb Calves.

Also want: (1) Bred Black Angus Cow. Call 815-223-7883

PETS NEED A GOOD HOME! The Bureau County Republican Classified can help you find the right home for that pet.

450 • Under $1000 26” Girls bike, $40; card table & 4 chairs, $20.

Call 815-875-2637 3 harrow sections $110 each; Craftsman reel mower $40; good P215/70R15 tire $25.

Call 815-303-9456 4 piece Bedroom set, dark finish, solid wood, new condition. $500.

Tonica 309-310-4773 or 309-287-1258 Ariens self propelled, walk behind lawn mower. 6hp, Briggs & Stratton. 21” cut. Like new. $400.

Call 815-875-2450 Chicago Blackhawks souvenir Championship Trophy $38. 815-878-7399 Evenflow carseat, like new, $35.

Call 815-878-5851

35’ Fifth wheel, 1996 Patio (Toy) hauler. $5,000.

Call 815-638-2758

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450 • Under $1000

450 • Under $1000

Lia Sophia jewelry: individual pieces $20 each; necklace/earring sets for $35. Call 815-303-3510

Singer sewing machine $50; Realistic home stereo system. $100.

Call 815-925-3058 after 3pm or anytime weekends

New blank cassett tapes.25¢ each; unusual rock garden rocks $1 each; like new western (L) shirts .75¢. 815-646-4741 Pool Pump 115 volts/hp 1.0 SPL, never used, $50; Casio Keyboard, $25.

Phone 815-872-0590 Queen sofa sleeper, $300; Metal futon, $30; Queen bed, $200.

Call 815-646-4361 Set of Ping G-5 woods, and I-5 irons with a putter and a cart bag. $300.

Call 815-872-0032

Slate (12”x12” California gold), approximate 30 boxes, $250. Call 815875-1126 Solid oak table lion claw legs, $225; bag of 32 golf balls, $10; patio/porch table, 4 chairs, $80.

Call 815-830-8153 Toddler sleigh bed $50; washer and dryer $350; 8'x6' area rug $50.

Call 815-915-8343

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No commercial ads, firearms or animal sales.

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To place your FREE Happy 1st Birthday ad in the Bureau County Republican please send us the following: • Baby’s Name:_____________________________________ • Birth Date:________________________________________ • Salutation:________________________________________ • Contact Name_____________ Day Phone:_____________ *Picture will be returned only if a self-addressed stamped envelope is included.

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PUBLIC AUCTION

80 ACRES M.O.L. LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS FARMLAND

SATURDAY- MAY 18, 2013 10:00 A.M.

THE UNDERSIGNED WILL OFFER THE FOLLOWING TRACT AT PUBLIC AUCTION AT THE GREEN RIVER COUNTRY CLUB – ½ MILE EAST OF WALNUT - 15212 IL HWY 92 WALNUT, IL 61376.

80 acres MOL located in the North Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28, T20N, R8E of the 4th P.M. Lee County, Illinois. 2011 Real Estate taxes were $763.44. PPN: 10-13-28-400-001. The farm is located approximately 2 miles South and 1 Mile West of Harmon, Illinois at 743 Ryan Road, Harmon, IL 61042. The USDA classifies 77.97 acres of the 80 acres mol as tillable with the remaining being waterway, building site and road. Soils on the subject property consist of 8302A Ambraw Loam, 379B2 Dakota Sandy Loam, 87B Dickinson Sandy Loam, 172 Hoopeston Sandy Loam, 200A Orio Loam and 648A Clyde Clay Loam. PI based on Optimum Crop Productivity Ratings for Illinois Soil is 111.9. This is an attractive level to nearly level farm.

SELLERS:

KERCHNER TRUST

ANITA BEHRENS TRUSTEE JOHN ISAACSON: ATTORNEY TERMS OF THE SALE The farm will be sold on a dollar per acre basis based on 80 acres. The successful bidder will be required to pay ten percent (10%) down the day of the auction and the balance will be due on or before July 1, 2013. Taxes for the year of 2012 payable 2013 will be paid by the seller. The farm is leased for the 2013 crop year, therefore cash rent and real estate taxes for 2013 will be split 50/50 at the time of closing between seller and purchaser based on the most recent information available. A title policy in the amount of the purchase price, subject to standard and usual exceptions, will be furnished to the buyer at closing. All announcements made day of sale take precedence over previous advertised or announced terms and/or conditions. Seller has the right to accept or reject any and all bids. No survey will be provided.

SALE CONDUCTED BY:

UNITED COUNTRY DAHL REAL ESTATE

102 NORTH MAIN WALNUT, ILLINOIS 815 379-2447 DARRELL DAHL PAUL P. BRESCIA (815) 379-2447 (815) 766-1018 AUCTIONEER LIC#440.0000235 AUCTIONEER LIC# 441.001963

PUBLIC AUCTION

800 Ace Road • P.O. Box 340 • Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-4461 • www.bcrnews.com/classifieds

REAL ESTATE AUCTION

The following described Real Estate will be offered at Public Auction located at the property, 136 N. Washington St., Sheffield, IL 61361 Look for this and upcoming Auctions on www.rickrediger.com

TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 5:30 P.M.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Located at 136 N. Washington, Sheffield, IL, Bureau County – Manufactured single story home on concrete block foundation.

Approximately 1152 sq. ft. offering kitchen with dining area, living room, family room 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, on a crawl space with concrete floor, gas forced air heat and central air conditioning. The roof was replaced in 2009. On the 80’ x 150’ lot there is also a 2 car oversized garage. City water and sewer. Tax I.D. number is 14-19-176006. Brief legal description is Sheffield-North Add. L 2 BLK 25.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 1) The successful bidder will be required to enter into a standard real estate purchase contract with 10% of the purchase price due immediately following the auction. The balance will be due and payable on or before July 11, 2013.

2) The seller shall provide a title insurance policy in the amount of the purchase price of the subject property.

3) The property is being sold in “as is“ condition, with no warranties of any kind.

4) The information is believed to be accurate. However, we strongly urge all prospective buyers to thoroughly research all pertinent data and to draw their own conclusions.

5) All announcements made the day of the sale take precedence over any previously printed advertised terms or conditions.

6) To view the property contact Rick Rediger – Auctioneer at 815-6997999.

***OPEN HOUSE*** Tuesday, May 21st • 5 -6 P.M. Seller:

ART AND DONNA JOHNSON ESTATE, SHEFFIELD, IL Attorney for Seller: Jim Reese Ward, Murray, Pace & Johnson, P.C. 202 E. Fifth St., Sterling, IL 61081 815-625-8200 Not Responsible for Accidents • I.D. Required

REDIGER AUCTION SERVICE WYANET, IL 61379 – 815-699-7999 RICK REDIGER, AUCTIONEER

BUREAU COUNTY FARMLAND BERLIN TOWNSHIP, SECTION 21 81+/- Acres

For complete sale information go to www.rickrediger.com The following described farmland will be offered by Public Auction. Sale day location: Malden Fire Station, 104 W. Main St., Malden, IL 61337 on: SUBJECT TO 2013 LEASE

TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2013 10:00 A.M.

SUBJECT TO 2013 LEASE

DESCRIPTION: 81+/- acres located SE ¼ of Section 21, Berlin Township, Bureau County, Illinois. 62.6 +/- acres tillable with soils including Catlin, Sawmill, Buckhart, Sable and Muscatune. Tax ID # 11-21-400-001.

Taxes paid in 2012 were $1,432.12. Crop productivity index for optimum management on tillable soils is 134.9.

SOLD SUBJECT TO 2013 LEASE Plat locations, Aerial Photos, Soil Maps and other information available @ rickrediger.com TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 1.) This parcel will be sold on a per surveyed acre basis.

2.) Survey provided by Seller.

3.) The successful bidder will be required to enter into a standard purchase agreement contract. A Buyer’s Premium of 1% of the high bid will be charged to the buyer and added to the bid amount to arrive at the contract purchase price. 10% of the contract purchase price will be due immediately following the auction. The balance will be due and payable on or before June 21, 2013.

4.) The seller shall provide a title insurance policy in the amount of the purchase price of the subject property.

5.) The 2012 real estate taxes due and payable in 2013 will be paid by the Seller. The 2013 taxes due and payable in 2014 shall be prorated to the date of closing. All subsequent real estate taxes will be the responsibility of the buyer.

6.) The 2013 lease shall be prorated on a March 1, 2013 – February 28, 2014 calendar to date of closing.

7.) The property is being sold in “AS IS” condition, with no implied warranties of any kind.

8.) The information is believed to be accurate. However, we strongly urge all prospective buyers to thoroughly research all pertinent data and to draw their own conclusions.

9.) All announcements made the day of the sale take precedence over any previously printed material.

MARY EWALT

Seller: Attorney for Seller: Mike English Russell, English, Scoma and Beneke, P.C. 10 Park Avenue West, Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-4555 Number System will be Used – I.D. Required Not Responsible for Accidents Auction conducted by: REDIGER AUCTION SERVICE BRUMMEL REALTY LLC Rick Rediger, Auctioneer Scott Brummel, Broker 815-699-7999 630-553-3200 www.RickRediger.com www.BrummelRealty.com

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451 • Free

460 • Garage Sales

460 • Garage Sales

To Give Away: 2 triple dressers.

One with mirror.

Phone 815-872-0590

PRINCETON 445 & 448 Prouty Drive (dead end behind hospital). Thursday, May 9, 4pm-7pm and Friday, May 10, 9am-4pm.

TV stand, glider rocker, 2 cribs, changing table, portable air, stroller, fabric, ribbon, weighted duck decoys, Lots of nice, clean girl's clothes to 5t, boy's clothes 12mo- 3t. Adult men's and women's SXXL. More toys than any child could ever need, newer Craftsman snowblower, 3-in-1 console to dining table, home decor, man stuff, outdoor chairs, recliner, kids outdoor ride-on tractor and trailer, and lots more

PRINCETON 815 West Hudson. Thursday, May 10, 2pm-6pm; Friday, May 11, 8am-4pm; Saturday, May 12, 8am-Noon.

Multi-Family Sale.

Clothes teen-adult, books, household, lots of holiday items, antiques, 2 old sewing machines, wringer washer, 2 cedar chests

460 • Garage Sales OHIO 208 North Main Street. Friday, May 10, 8am-4pm; Saturday, May 11, 9am-3pm.

In case of rain, sale will be inside building.

PRINCETON 128 Park Avenue West. Friday, May 10, 5pm-8pm; Saturday, May 11, 7am-12pm.

Hardware items, teen age clothing, toys, games, household, bicycles, office supplies, furniture, display racks, misc.

PRINCETON 1809 South Fletcher. Saturday, May 11, 8am-1pm.

Multi-Family Sale.

Lots of baby items, small animal stuff, books, Longaberger, Pampered Chef, bistro set, scrapbooking supplies & more PRINCETON 2304 South Main. Wednesday, May 8, 8am-5pm; Thursday, Friday, May 9, 10, 8am-4pm.

Multi-Family Garage Sale.

Lots of misc. & kids' clothes. Barn siding PRINCETON 2390 Park Avenue West (bottom of hill). Friday, May 10, 8am4pm; Saturday, May 11, 8am-12pm. BIG SALE. Clothes: women's 16-18, men L-XL nice jeans.

Dishes, linens, knickknacks, like new tool boxfull size pickup, etc.

PRINCETON 719 Park Avenue East. Friday, May 10, 8:30-5pm; Saturday, May 11, 8am-12pm.

HUGE MOVING SALE. Boys 6-10, Juniors S-L, Mens XL, young men's MXL, name brands- American Eagle, Hollister, Gap, Nike, etc. toys, games, movies, books, video and DS games Leap Frog items (Tag and books, Leapster, ClickStart) The Wiggles, Little Tykes. Holiday décor, pre-lit Christmas wreathes and garland, household items and décor, small furniture, jewelry, Gold rings, purses, Longaberger, scrapbooking items, folding gazebo. lots of misc.

NO early sales.

Rain dates: May 18 & 19 ADVERTISE YOUR GARAGE SALE HERE! In the Classified. Just call 815-875-4461.

PRINCETON 820 East Innsbruck Lane. Thursday, May 9, 2pm-7pm; Friday, May 10, 8am-7pm; Saturday, May 11, 8am-?

Multi-Family Sale.

Women, men, boys, clothing, home décor, toys, antique mirrors, some furniture

-600Transportation 614 • Car Sales ******* $$ CASH PAID $$ We pay top dollar for junk (cars, machinery, etc.)

Call 815-878-9353

616 • Motorcycles 1985 Honda Gold Wing, great condition. Runs good. 1200cc. $3,000 firm. Call 815-878-4158 2000 SUZUKI GZ250 red, new tires & battery, saddle bags. Excellent condition. $1,600. Come & See! Call 815-866-5882

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767 • Mobile Home Sales

Free

Covered Bridge Realty

Classified Advertising

**************** PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call, HUD tollfree at 800 669-9777.

The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 800 927-9275

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www.c21coveredbridge.com 815-872-7434 • 100 S. Main St., Princeton Each Office is Independently Owned & Operated

Your Next Home Could Be Found Right Here!

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• Up to 5 lines of copy • 3 items maximum in ad • 1 ad per week, per household • Private party sales only • Excludes services, firearms & animal sales E-mail items for sale to: classified@ bcrnews.com

Business Directory Marketplace

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815-303-9665 cell: 815-303-9664

Commercial & Residental

Free Estimates Fully Insured 15% Off Seniors & New Customers

Sign a 1 year contract, receive last mowing FREE Free estimates • Fully insured

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10% off items over We do Upholstery Work $20 with With 30 Years of Experience this ad! Specializing in Furniture, Old & New, Ornate & Carved

Grand Plaza Antiques, Etc. 531 S. Main St., Princeton, IL 61356 815-437-2856 • Th-F-Sat 12 pm-5pm

Rest of the week by Appointment by Luck or Chance

Blacktop Sealcoating oil or water base patchwork hot rubber crack filling M. Dobbels 309-854-3813

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Kernans’ Lawn Service 815-303-9665 cell: 815-303-9664

Sign a 1 year contract, receive last mowing FREE Commercial & Residental Lawn Mowing & Lawn Rolling Free Estimates - Senior Discounts • Fully Insured 15% Off Seniors & New Customers

Scott Sabin, Owner

Wholesale & Retail Meats

Pat Wood, Owner

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Timber Falls Tree Service

•Tree Trimming & Removals •Stump Grinding •Lot & Land Clearing •Fully Insured •Seasoned Firewood •24 Hour Service

Princeton, IL • 815-875-3100 Clint Hassler 815-303-8451 RT Piper 815-866-2637

BOB’S DRYWALL, PAINT, ETC CUSTOM SAWMILL SERVICES Native Hardwood Lumber Sales Carving Wood & Turning Stock Joe Murray 7544 1900 East Tiskilwa, IL 61368

815-876-6988

Bob Cmolik

• Drywall • Paint • Texturing • Bathrooms • Plaster Repair • Remodeling • Tiling 19 Aztec Circle, Putnam, IL 815-342-1385 bcmolik@yahoo.com

To add your listing to this page contact us at (815) 875-4461, Ext. 278

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- 800 Real Estate For Rent 852 • Mobile Home Rental PRINCETON 2 bedroom, central air, stove, fridge.

No smoking, no pets. $570 a month. Call 815875-9900

856 • Apartment Rentals HENNEPIN PARKVIEW APARTMENT. LARGE 2 BEDROOM, CLEAN, SMALL QUIET TOWN, GARAGE, BASEMENT, SINGLE LEVEL, WASHER DRYER HOOKUP. CALL 815-925-7509 or 815-343-5018 PRINCETON 1 & 2 bedroom, recently remodeled.

Great neighborhood.

Lease, deposit. $425 & $600. 810 South Euclid.

Call 217-766-8497

HENNEPIN Unfurnished apartment for rent. Large, clean, 2 bedroom. Heat, water, hot water, garbage, stove, frig included. $525 a month. Call 815-9257509 or 815-343-5018 PRINCETON 1 bedroom, recently remodeled. Great neighborhood. Lease, deposit. $425. 810 South Euclid. Call 217-766-8497

Looking for a new place to livE? Let the Bureau County Republican Classified help you find it.

Now takiNg applicatioNs for parkway apartMENts Rental Assistance May Be Available 1215 N. Maple, Princeton, IL 815-872-1380 Professionally managed

by Professional Property Management, LLC. This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer

The Clark House Apartments in Princeton are now accepting applications All one bedroom units include utilities and appliances.

Applicant must be 62 years of age or older, handicap/disabled regardless of age.

Rent based on adjusted gross income.

Contact the Bureau County Housing Authority at 444 S. Church St., Princeton, IL 61356 or 815-879-8106 “This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer”.

House For sale

McNabb, Illinois 4 bedroom, 1 bath home on double corner lot. New furnace, air conditioner, and roof. Hardwood floors under carpet on main level. 2 car unattached garage. $55,000.

Call 815-878-4397

This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer

This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer

PRINCETON New Luxury Apartment. Very large, modern, 2 bedroom with walk-in closet, garage & appliances included. $795 a month + utilities. Must see! Phone 815-878-1984 PRINCETON upper, 1 bedroom, efficiency apartment. Utilities included. $425/month. Deposit required. Call Robin @ 815872-3456

PROMOTE YOUR Rental Call 815-875-4461

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858 • Homes for Rent DEPUE Small, 2 bedroom house. 505 East Street. $450 per month.

Call 815-664-2808 OHIO rental, 3 bedroom Ranch with appliances, 2 car garage, central air, privacy fence, deck, finished basement- $690 + deposit. 815-830-8203 or 309-243-5034

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Amenities include appliances, utilities, on site laundry, tenant lounge and dining area, secure entrance and facility.

Applicants must be 18 or older. Criminal background checks are performed on all applicants. Rent is based on income, maximum rent $330. Call or stop in at the Bureau County Housing Authority 444 S. Church St., Princeton, IL, 815-879-8106 or 415 W. Erie St., Spring Valley, IL 815-664-4888

1215 N. Maple, Princeton, IL 815-872-1380 Professionally managed by Professional Property Management, LLC.

• 1 & 2 BR Units • Laundry Facilities, Kitchen Appliances Stop, Smile & Lease!!

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by Professional Property Management, LLC. Ph. 815-872-1380 TDD 800-525-0857

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New Listing! COUNTRY HOME On 5 Acres! $198,000 5 Br, 3 baths, partially finished basement. Geo thermal heating/AC. (agent related to seller) #08333369

New Listing! Custom Built 4 BR Ranch! $89,900 Builtins, 2 car garage w/ attached room. Deck. Full basement w/ workshop & 2nd kitchen. #08332689

New Listing! Bradford Home! $85,000 Spacious Victorian Home w/ natural woodwork, fancy open staircase, hardwood floors, built-ins. 3 BR. #08330070

New Listing! Wyanet Home! $89,900 offers 2 baths, 4 BR, 4 car garage, 2+ lots, 2006 roof, brick patio. Hardwood floors & natural woodwork. #08329438

New Listing! Fabulous Home & Great Curb Appeal! $235,000 hardwood floors, open staircase w/ curved banister. FR w/ new FP. Glassed porch. #08331010

New Listing! Contemporary Home On Wooded Lot! $225,000 LR w/ woodburning FP, vaulted ceiling. Offers 1st floor, 2nd floor & loft area & LL. #08335200

$89,900 - Duplex For Sale! $97,000 - Princeton Home!

Opportunity for live in unit Home offers large lot on & earn income on the other cul-de-sac. Beautiful trees. unit! PLUS 3 car garage for Lovely heated Florida room. addn rental income. Call our LR / DR combo. 3 BR. office! #08000273 26’x11’ attic. #08087063

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY PRINCETON, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ) ASSOCIATION ) Plaintiff, ) -v.)

CATHY A. MICHAEL A/K/A CATHY ANN ) MICHAEL, et al ) Defendant ) 12 CH 38 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 7, 2013, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 11:30 a.m. on June 11, 2013, at the office of Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Ave. West, PRINCETON, IL, 61356, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 651 EAST CENTRAL AVENUE, PRINCETON, IL 61356 Property Index No. 16-16-228-002.

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

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. 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 this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 p.m. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 4765500. Please refer to file number PA1208594.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1208594 Case Number: 12 CH 38 TJSC#: 33-6042 I531176 Published in the Bureau County Republican May 9, 16 and 23, 2013.

Visit us at www.bcrnews.com IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY PRINCETON, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. ) Plaintiff, ) -v.)

MICHAEL B. ZNANIECKI A/K/A ) MICHAEL ZNANIECKI, et al ) Defendant ) 12 CH 00061 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 21, 2013, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 11:30 AM on May 23, 2013, at the office of Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Ave. West, PRINCETON, IL, 61356, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 25366 1150 NORTH AVENUE, PRINCETON, IL 61356 Property Index No. 23-05-300-006.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. 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 will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. 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 this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF 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 14-1218468. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www. tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-12-18468 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 12 CH 00061 TJSC#: 33-4985 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I527996 Published in the Bureau County Republican Apr. 25, May 2 and 9, 2013.

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