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Baltikauski seated on council Spring Valley fills Third Ward seat

By Goldie Currie gcurrie@bcrnews.com

SPRING VALLEY — Spring Valley resident Debra Baltikauski was appointed and sworn in to the Third Ward alderwoman position at this week’s council meeting.

Baltikauski has replaced the late alderman Mark Actis, who passed away in March.

Spring Valley Mayor Walt Marini first announced his selection of Baltikauski at the April 14 council meeting. At that time, he said the council — which was

made up of seven men — could use the perspective of a woman.

Earlier this week, Marini talked a little more about how he came to select Baltikauski.

“I’ve known her and her family for a number of years, and she’s a friend. I knew she would be a good person to have represent the Third Ward,” he said.

Marini admitted when he first approached Baltikauski about the idea, she had to think on it for a couple days but eventually agreed to take on the challenge.

“She told me she’s already written a list of questions she wants to sit down and talk to me about,” Marini said, pointing out she’s already active in the position.

When taking about the strengths she will bring to the council, Marini said he respects how she’s not afraid to speak her mind. When deciding who to select to represent the Third Ward, he knew right away he didn’t want someone who would sit and not speak up about issues.

Even with a council made up of seven other men, Marini is certain that Baltikauski will not feel intimidated.

Looking back at the history of the Spring Valley Council, the last women seated was Pam Albrecht 13 years ago. In 2001 she decided not to rerun for her position.

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On the honor roll Princeton’s Lincoln Elementary named

By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — Lincoln Elementary School in Princeton is one of 125 schools statewide to receive an Academic Improvement Award for showing substantial improvement in its state standardized testing.

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) made the announcement on April 24 of a total of 177 schools, including Lincoln Elementary in Princeton, which were named to the 2013 Illinois Honor Roll for performance on standardized tests.

ISBE chairman Gery Chico said the awards are given in three categories. For the 2013 year, there were 37 “spotlight schools,” which are highpoverty, high-performing schools that are beating the odds by overcoming the achievement gap.

Another 23 schools were awarded for sustaining high performance for at least three years. Another 125 schools, including Lincoln Elementary, were honored for showing substantial academic improvement.

To earn an Academic Improvement Award, the number of students meeting or exceeding standards on state tests had to increase by at least 7.5 points higher than

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A time for prayer Bureau County residents join together at noon Thursday to pray together at the Christ Community Church in Princeton for their families, schools, state and country. The local prayer adventure was part of the National Day of Prayer, held each year on the first Thursday of May, as designated by the U.S. Congress.

Happach receives state volunteer award

By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com

SHEFFIELD — A Bureau County man has been honored for his volunteer tutoring and mentoring of young people in the Illinois Youth Center in Kewanee.

Ron Happach of Sheffield is one of 23 individuals and four businesses named by Gov. Pat Quinn and the Serve Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service as the Volunteer Service

Award winners for 2014 for the Northwest Region of Illinois. The total of 27 award winners were chosen from 180 nominations statewide.

Quinn announced the winners on Monday, saying the prestigious award recognizes volunteers and volunteer programs that have made a difference in Illinois and highlights the importance of community service. The Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards focus on the areas of economic opportunity, education, environmental

conservation, disaster preparedness/ response, health and veterans’ affairs. The awards were presented to the recipients at a ceremony held April 28 at the Governor’s Mansion in Springfield.

“Every day across Illinois, thousands of volunteers donate their time and work hard to help others and build stronger communities,” Quinn said. “Today we are honoring these individuals who donate their time to make our communities better and set an

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The Princeton Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting Thursday evening at Right Downtown. The event, which included dinner catered by Kramer’s Catering, was an overview of the past year coupled with plans for the future.

Awards were given, and announcements for the 2014 Homestead Festival were made, including the theme — “Back in the Day,” which will revolve around a 1950’s theme and honor former Princeton resident Richard Widmark. Princeton Mayor Keith Cain also addressed the crowd, urging Chamber members to promote a positive attitude.

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Rex Conger (center) was awarded the Chamber Member of the Year Award, presented by Chamber President Tim Harris (left) and Chamber Executive Director Kim Frey.

Chamber President Tim Harris (left) watches as Dawn Conerton, director of CPASA, accepts the Service Club of the Year Award on behalf of the organization.

Chamber Ambassador Eric May (from left) and Chamber Director Kim Frey present the Ambassador of the Year Award to Gina Nelson.

A humbled Julie McCutchan addresses the crowd after being named the 2014 Homestead Festival Parade grand marshal.

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Deb Baltikauski is sworn in as the Third Ward alderwoman position by City Clerk Becky Hansen at Monday Spring Valley Council meeting. Baltikauski is the first woman to sit on the council in 13 years.

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From Page 1 Baltikauski will fill the position of Third Ward alderwomen until the next election in April 2015. She will then have to run in the election if

she wishes to keep her seat on the council.

The Bureau County Republican attempted to contact Baltikauski; she could not be reached before deadline.

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Princeton Park District representatives Dick Volker (left), Elaine Russell, State Sen. Darin LaHood, Tammy Lange and Gene Englehart are pictured at the April 29 annual Illinois Association of Park Districts Legislative Day in Springfield. The Princeton Park District representatives also met with State Rep. Don Moffitt.

Park district looks at legislation issues

By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON —Open meeting requirements and training, along with the retention and destruction of local records, were among the topics discussed when Princeton Park District representatives met recently with state legislators.

Princeton Park District representatives met last week with State Sen. Darin LaHood and State Rep. Don Moffitt during the Illinois Association of Park Districts annual conference held in Springfield On Thursday, Tammy Lange, administrative assistant for the Princeton Park District, said another hot topic of discussion was the proposed minimum wage increase and its impact on local

park and recreation agencies. Park and recreation agencies employ more than 50,000 part-time and seasonal workers in Illinois, and because local park and recreation agencies operate on fixed budgets, increasing the minimum wage could result in fewer summer jobs, Lange said.

“Part-time summer positions, such as day camp counselors, lifeguards and park maintenance are very important to park districts,” she said. “The minimum wage that adults need to support families should be distinguished from the wage paid to youth for valuable, first-time job experience.”

The Illinois Association of Park District (IAPD) organization does “a fantastic job” of keeping park districts informed of the legislation regard-

ing park districts, Lange said. The IAPD tracks the current status of all bills during each legislative session. This past year, the IAPD tracked 475 bills. The annual conference gives park districts an opportunity to learn more about the issues facing park districts and to discuss how the legislation may impact them, she said.

The annual conference is a time in which approximately 50 park districts showcase their park districts and projects which they have in progress or have completed, Lange said. Last year, in 2013, the Princeton Park District showcased the completion of the Zearing Park expansion project, for which the park district had received two OSLAD grants. The conference also includes workshops on a variety

Annual city cleanup PRINCETON — The annual city cleanup in Princeton will be May 5 for all residences east of Main Street and May 12 for all residences west of Main Street. All items should be out no later than 6 a.m. on those days.

None of the following items will be taken:

• Demolition materials.

• White goods (stoves, dishwashers, etc.).

• Tires.

• Special or hazardous waste.

• Rock, bricks or concrete.

• Oil or oil tanks.

• Paint cans with wet paint in them.

• Electronics.

All pipes and rod must be cut to a 4-foot length.

Swing sets must be taken apart and cut. The garbage truck will take what it can, and the rest will be picked up with a loader and dump truck. Junk should be put where the garbage is normally collected.

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of topics, such as grant funding, electronic communications, managing electronic records, and interactive advocacy training skills.

“The day ends with a reception and dinner where we invite our legislators to join us. We have been very fortunate to have Rep. Don Moffitt and Sen. Darin LaHood join us for the past five years,” Lange said.

The Princeton Park District representatives have gone occasionally to the annual conference for many years, but she, executive director Elaine Russell and board members Gene Englehart and Dick Volker have attended the conference for each of the past six years, since Russell became executive director, Lange said.

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New studies indicate electronic cigarettes might be slightly more effective than nicotine patches in helping people quit smoking, which is good news.

However, the bad news is another new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests more children and teens are trying them.

Either way, electronic cigarettes have been getting a lot of attention lately. While e-cigarettes may be helping some smokers quit, they also may be acting as a “gateway drug” for smoking which was not intended by the inventor.

The e-cigarette was developed in China by Pharmacist Hon Lik. Lik was a three-pack-a-day smoker whose father died of lung cancer. Lik decided he had to come up with an alternative that wouldn’t kill him.

Some scientists believe nicotine itself is not what causes cancer for smokers, but rather the toxic chemicals which are created when tobacco and filler products burn that are dangerous.

So Lik developed an e-cigarette. It is a device which uses a small battery to atomize a pure liquid solution of nicotine and a little flavoring added for taste. The person using it inhales a kind of vapor which looks like fog from a fog machine.

A recent review of all the scientific research done on e-cigarettes by Drexel University professor Igor Burstyn concluded electronic cigarettes are relatively harmless.

Smoking is still the leading cause of avoidable death in the United States.

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“The marketing of this product to the youth population, in my opinion, should be dealt with in the same way as other tobacco products.”

Connie Tunget approved to help people quit, but many people are using them this way.

Critics note e-cigarettes come in not-so-adult flavors such as gummy bear, atomic fireball candy and cookies and cream.

They worry e-cigarettes will become a gateway to encourage kids to develop a lifelong nicotine addiction.

“While e-cigarettes can be a valuable tool for smoking cessation, the use of e-cigarettes containing nicotine as a safe alternative to cigarettes has not been established,” Illinois Valley Community Hospital certified respiration therapist Connie Tunget said. “Nicotine is a highly addictive substance that should be regulated as a tobacco-based product. The marketing of this product to the youth population, in my opinion, should be dealt with in the same way as other tobacco products.”

Thirty-three states — including Illinois — specifically forbid the sale of e-cigarettes to minors.

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Serve Illinois Commission Executive Director Brandon Bodor (left) congratulates Ron Happach of Sheffield at Monday’s awards ceremony in Springfield honoring the 27 recipients of the 2014 Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards for the Northwest Region of Illinois. Happach is an AmeriCorps member and tutor at the Illinois Youth Center in Kewanee and also tutors students at Black Hawk College in Kewanee.

Happach From Page 1 example for others with their initiative, creativity and energy.”

A retired Sauk Valley College professor of industrial education, Happach is an AmeriCorps member and volunteers as a literacy tutor and mentor for young people at the Illinois Youth Center (IYC) in Kewanee, which is a secure medium-security facility that houses youthful male offenders.

Opened in November 2011, the IYC has 18 general education classrooms and three vocational classrooms in its education department. Happach also tutors GED (General Education Diploma) students at Black Hawk College in Kewanee.

On Tuesday, Happach said he knew he had been nominated for the award by his AmeriCorps supervisor Deb Sundberg but was pleasantly surprised to learn he had been selected as one of the winners.

As a retired teacher, he had the available time and wanted to stay active and give something back to others, Happach said.

Most of the young people he mentors have had a hard time with reading and math, and his work with them will help them earn credits to get a GED through Black Hawk College.

Happach began his volunteer service at IYCKewanee twice a week in

November of 2009 and then increased his tutoring time at the center to three days a week. In February 2011, he became a minimum time AmeriCorps member and continues to tutor and mentor youth at IYC-Kewanee in that capacity.

On Wednesday, Sundberg commented on why she thought Happach was so deserving of the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award.

“When I nominated Ron for the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award I felt he set an excellent example of volunteerism not only through his dedication to the students he assists at IYC-Kewanee but also by giving of himself and his time to a variety of other organizations,” Sundberg said. “Ron is an important part of the Literacy Volunteers of Illinois Tutoring Program; the administration and teaching staff at IYC-Kewanee fully support his efforts.

His commitment, perseverance and patience are admirable.”

Beyond his AmeriCorps service at IYC-Kewanee, Happach has also served the community in various other capacities, including serving on the Bureau County Board for 20 years and as its chairman for four years. He’s also active in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sheffield. Happach and his wife, Lorraine, are the parents of six grown children.

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Graduating at the top The Princeton High School administration has announced the Top 10 academic seniors as follows: Michelle Kelly (seated, from left), Zachary Andersen, both valedictorians; Kelly Schmidt, salutatorian; Jessica Birkey (standing, from left), Mollie Bates, Jon Bibula, Ryan Jensen, Lindsay Hartwig, Hunter Rodda and Megan Smith. The PHS graduation ceremony is set for 10 a.m. May 24 on Bryant Field, weather permitting.

Lincoln From Page 1 in 2012 or by 15 percent higher than in 2011, which is a major achievement, Chico said.

Princeton Elementary was the only Bureau County school to receive an award, though the Tampico Elementary School, northwest of Walnut in Whiteside County, received both the Spotlight and Academic Excellence awards.

Chico commended all the schools for their achievements.

“These Honor Roll schools once again show us that rigorous standards, great teachers and persistence are key to improved student performance,” Chico said.

“We raised our expectations in 2013 but these 177 schools accepted the challenge. Many more will meet these new more rigorous expectations and better prepare students for college and careers.”

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Lincoln Elementary School third-graders work Thursday morning on their reading and discussion lessons under the supervision of teacher Deb Vrana and aide Beth Engelbrecht. Lincoln Elementary, located at 501 S. Euclid Ave. in Princeton, is one of 125 schools statewide to receive Academic Improvement Awards, based on 2013 standardized testing, as recently announced by the Illinois State Board of Education.

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Regarding the improvement, Smith said so much of what is done has to do with monitoring the progress of students and with the Response to Intervention program, which is hopefully having a good impact on the students. Students are screened three times a year, and teachers are able to address any concerns which may appear, he said.

The PES staff, from preschool up through the third grade, is to be commended for building each year into the academic success of the Lincoln students, Smith said.

Also, recognition has to be given to the parents and families who encourage and help their children with their school work, he added.

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Rt. Rev. Claude Peifer

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PERU — The Rt. Rev. Claude (John) Peifer, O.S.B., monk, priest and abbot emeritus of St. Bede Abbey in Peru, died Thursday, May 1, 2014, of apparent heart failure at the abbey.

He was born Sept. 20, 1927, the son of John and Armella Peifer of Lincoln, Ill., where he attended St. Mary’s School.

He then was a boarding student at St. Bede Academy and College, entering the abbey in 1946. After completing his undergraduate studies at St. John’s Rt. Rev. Collegeville, Minn., he studied theology at St. Bede from 1949 to 1953, then Claude Peifer traveled to Rome where he received an S.T.L. from Collegio di Sant’Anselmo in 1954 and an S.S.L. from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in 1956. He did additional studies at L’Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem.

Fr. Claude taught scripture and theology in the abbey’s academy, college and seminary from 1957 to 1969. From 1972 to 1994 he was CFO and treasurer for both abbey and academy, serving as acquisitions librarian during roughly the same period and returning to this latter work after his retirement.

From 1968 onward he held a variety of positions in monastic formation, serving for many years as novice and junior master and teaching classes to monks preparing for vows.

In 2003 he was elected seventh abbot of Saint Bede, a position he held until June 6, 2011, when the current abbot, Rt. Rev. Philip Davey, O.S.B., was elected. Fr. Claude was very active in the American Cassinese Congregation of the Benedictine order, attending and speaking at numerous General Chapters and serving on the Abbot President‘s Council from 1974 to 1980 and again from 1989 to 2010. He was in great demand to give retreats, lectures and workshops at monasteries and convents throughout the order.

Although it was not well known in the Illinois Valley, he was an internationally recognized scholar in scripture, having served on the editorial board for the New American Bible as well as an associate editor and contributor to The Bible Today. He also wrote a popular commentary on First and Second Corinthians, as well as numerous articles for The New Catholic Encyclopedia, The Catholic Youth Encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, and The Dictionary of the Middle Ages.

Fr. Claude’s literary influence in monastic circles was also widespread, having contributed regularly to The American Benedictine Review, and his book Monastic Spirituality is a standard text for monks in formation. An excellent Latinist, he served on the editorial board for the 1981 translation of The Rule of Saint Benedict, and wrote one of the appendices for the edition.

Abbot Hugh Anderson, the abbot president of the American Cassinese Congregation, remarked: “The work he did for the congregation and the order is immeasurable. Abbot Claude served the Congregation for many, many years as author, consultant, visitator, advisor, historian, formator, friend and confrere to all. When Abbot Claude spoke everyone listened because we all knew the wisdom he possessed; he will be terribly missed.”

He is survived by a sister, Rose Mary Meyers of Mercer Island, Wash.

His body will be received at the St. Bede Abbey Church on Monday, May 5, at 4 p.m. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. with a prayer vigil at 5:15 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, May 6, at 3:30 p.m. at the church, followed by interment in the abbey cemetery. The Mueller Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

WEST BRANCH, Iowa — Esther Vorena Bennett, formerly of Princeton, died peacefully at Crestview Nursing and Rehab Center, West Branch, Iowa, on Monday, April 28, 2014.

Esther was born July 2, 1921, in Columbia, S.C., to Samuel Ralston and Amanda (Templeton) Bennett.

She is survived by her close friends, Kay and Vyron Dever, and several cousins. Her parents and her life companion, Hazel Crain, preceded her in death.

She was a 1938 graduate of Lee H. Edwards High School in Asheville, N.C., and graduated in 1942 from WCUNC (now University of North Carolina at Greensboro) with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Education. She received a certificate in museum training in 1949 from the Buffalo Museum of Science, a Master of Science degree in Zoology and Botany from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, in 1953, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1961.

Her work experience was as a chemist, American Enka Rayon Corp., 1942-44; biology laboratory instructor, UNCG, 1944-48; curator of biology and education, SIU-C Museum 1949-1963; and in Lincoln, Neb., associate editor, Wheat Abstracts, UNL, 1964, city naturalist and director of Chet Ager Nature Center, 1966-76, and administrative supervisor, Parks and Recreation Department, 1976-1986.

Esther was listed in Who’s Who in the Midwest, 16th Edition. She was a member of a number of organizations, including Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Delta Epsilon, Inland Bird Banding Association, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Association of Interpretive Naturalists, Nebraska Ornithologists Union and Southern Illinois Audubon Society.

A graveside service to celebrate Esther’s life will be held at a later date.

The Norberg Memorial Home in Princeton is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.norbergfh.com.

MALDEN — Reese Ewalt, 76, of Malden passed away Thursday, May 1, 2014, at Colonial Nursing Home in Princeton.

He was born Sept. 26, 1937, in Malden to Monte Ewalt and Erma (Welch) Ewalt.

He graduated from Malden High School in 1956. He married Myrna Debolt on Dec. 27, 1959, in Varna. He was a member of the Malden Methodist Church.

Resse was a stone setter working at Josten’s for 37 1/2 years. He spent a great deal Reese Ewalt of his free time before and after retirement as a computer enthusiast and an “old car buff” working on his “special” old car.

He is survived by his wife, Myrna Ewalt; a son, Barry (Chris) Ewalt; a daughter, Shari Kuepker; a brother, Jerry Ewalt; a granddaughter, Megan Ewalt; and three stepgrandchildren, Lizzi Neal, and Tanya and Michael Schrock.

He was preceded by his parents, Monte and Erma Ewalt, and a brother, Myron Ewalt.

Services will be at 11:30 a.m. today, Saturday, May 3, at the Norberg Memorial Home, Princeton, with Pastor Brian Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the Malden Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11:30 a.m. today, Saturday, May 3, at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to the family for a later choice in consideration.

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

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MALDEN — Audrea Anabelle Stroud, 74, of Malden passed away Thursday, May 1, 2014.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 5, at the Norberg Memorial Home, Princeton. Another visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, at the Thurman Funeral Home in Norborne, Mo., with services to follow at 10:30 a.m. A full obituary will appear in Tuesday’s BCR.

BUREAU — A memorial service for Ruth I. Steenrod, formerly of Bureau, who passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, at Apostolic Christian Home in Eureka, will be at 2 p.m. today, Saturday, May 3, at the Bureau Congregational Church. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m.

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

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Opal Scott BRADFORD — Opal Alverta Scott, 96, of Bradford died at 1:58 a.m. Friday, May 2, 2014, at Proctor Hospital in Peoria.

Born April 15, 1918, in New London, Iowa, to Everett and Ethel (Lukehart) Talbert, she married Thomas “Bill” Wayne Scott Aug. 9, 1940, in Iowa City, Iowa. He died May 29, 1997.

She was a 1935 graduate of Bradford High School. She worked for 18 years for Opal Scott Browning Ford in Princeton.

She was a member of the Leet Memorial United Methodist Church in Bradford, Eastern Star and Bradford Saddle Tramps. For 23 years, they wintered at Tip-O-Texas.

Surviving are one son, Kenneth Wayne (Donna) Scott of Kewanee; one daughter, Nancy (Denny) Derick of Bradford; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Adis Crady and Betty Stansberry.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 5, at the Leet Memorial United Methodist Church, Bradford, with Pastor Amy Holman officiating. Burial will be in the Osceola Grove, rural Bradford.

Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the Grant-Johnson Funeral Home in Bradford.

Memorials may be directed to the Leet Memorial United Methodist Church in Bradford and Bradford Rescue Squad.

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David Herbolsheimer MONTELLO, Wis. — David Lee Herbolsheimer passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at his home in Montello, Wis. He was born Dec. 10, 1949, in Princeton to Melvin Herbolsheimer and Susan Moore. He graduated from Princeton High School in 1967 then attended one year of college. He worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation for 29 years. He married Patricia Lampley. He was an David active member of the Masonic Lodge in Herbolsheimer Princeton. He was a hunter and fisher.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia Herbolsheimer of Montello, Wis.; three daughters, Katy (Andy) Linberg of Hastings, Mich., Angel (Doug) Schlenz of Spring Valley and Jessica McInnes of Princeton; three sons, Eric Herbolsheimer of Springfield, Kenny (Misty) Lampley of Princeton and Travis McInnes of East Moline; and a grandchild, Sabrina Englebrecht, along with 13 grandchildren.

He was preceded by his parents and two favorite pets, Codie and Moose.

Services will be held at a later date.

The Norberg Memorial Home in Princeton is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.norbergfh.com.

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Learning Stage seeks teams of three-four members to compete in a light-hearted event that will put all of us in the mood for this summer’s Festival 56 performances of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. No, it’s not the musical. Yes, it’s a spelling bee, staged in a manner designed to entertain competitors and audience alike.

And if you can’t spell upon arrival, perhaps you’ll do better after some liquid refreshment (soft drinks, beer and wine) from the cash bar.

An entry fee of $10 per team member will be collected at the door. Winning team members will be awarded two tickets each to the real Putnam County show, and the opportunity - should they choose to rise to the occasion to appear on-stage during one of the performances.

Teams may register by directing an e-mail to learningstage@festival56.com or at the door.

Family members, friends, supporters and the general public are invited at no charge.

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My black hole I think I must live in a black hole. It’s as simple and as convoluted as that.

I lose something every day; many days I lose many things. I don’t consider myself to be absent-minded, and I’m not really very forgetful (though I do have my moments). But the fact of the matter is I’ve become a fairly good hunter of things that have gone missing.

• It’s a known fact by those close to me that I lose my keys at least once a Terri day. That pretty little keyring holds all Simon the keys to my world — my home, my vehicles, the office, my mom’s house ... Anything that requires a key to get in is on that keychain.

I probably have duplicates somewhere, but quite frankly, I have no idea where I’ve put them.

• Scissors ... I know I have four or five pairs of scissors at home, but for the life of me, I can never find one pair when I need them.

• My cell phone ... If it was as “smart” as it claims to be, it would find me, but I usually misplace it a couple of times a day, and I have to have another person call my number so I can find it.

• The remote control ... Who knows how or why the remote ends up in the places I find it, but I’ve quit trying to figure it out. All I know is that it’s gone, and since I have no idea how to change the channel without it, it has to be located before my leisurely evening can continue.

• My car ... OK, this is a big one, especially if I’m missing my keys at the same time, since I can’t push that little “panic” button to help me find the car in the middle of a packed parking lot.

• My grocery list ... I spent a good long time making that list, so I won’t buy unnecessary items and I can get in and out of the grocery as fast as possible. After a 10-minute search through my other black hole (otherwise known as my purse), I resign myself to using my memory — which is really stupid because if I can’t remember where the list is, I’m clearly not going to remember what was on it.

• My coffee cup ... Being the coffee drinker I am, I usually have a cup of coffee with me at the office most of the time — at least in the mornings. Who knows where I left it? Fortunately, the BCR staff recognizes my cup, and someone usually brings it back to me.

• Phone numbers ... You would think I would learn, but I have this habit of writing down a telephone number of someone I need to call or someone whose call needs to be returned, but I forget to write down the name next to the number. So I end up with all these little scraps of paper with telephone numbers of people, but I have no idea who they belong to. Worse ... I misplace the little scrap of paper.

• My purse ... This one is another big one, right behind misplacing my car. More than once I’ve left it in the shopping cart at the grocery or another parking lot. Thank God for honest people. Of course my purse has everything in it I need to maneuver through my day, so you can imagine the dilemma and the panic.

• My reporter’s notebook ... This one might not sound like a big deal, but when you’ve just done four or five interviews, it’s critical. No, I don’t use a tape recorder. I’ve written everything down, and now, the idea of having to call all those people I interviewed (if I can find their phone numbers which is doubtful) and tell them I can’t find my reporter’s notebook is horrifying.

• My camera ... Ditto with the reporter’s notebook, except this time I have to tell someone I lost a camera that belongs to the company. Ugh! I could go on and on ... but you get the idea. I have no idea where all these items go, and furthermore, I am equally surprised when they mysteriously show up. Welcome to my world or what I like to call ... my black hole.

BCR Editor Terri Simon can be reached at tsimon@bcrnews.com.

Richard Widmark: A Princeton legend

By Bartlett Lee Kassabaum Special to the BCR

Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a two-part column on John Ford and the Caseys.

“Two Rode Together” (1961) was filmed in Brackettville, Texas, and Richard Widmark had been there the year before making “The Alamo” (1960) with John Wayne. John Ford had been on the set at numerous times like some mother hen watching Wayne make the movie. He met Widmark, was impressed with his work, and told him he wanted to direct him in a picture. They made two.

This is one of those overlapping layers I wrote about earlier — how actors, available roles and directors get together. Widmark was comfortable with the area and the director.

There is another type of obvious overlapping in this film and that is kind of a John Ford trademark. “When Ford falls in love with an image he never lets go. He always repeated things from previous movies in every picture he made, all the way back to the silent days”, said Harry Carey Jr. in his book, “Company of Heroes.”

The opening scene of the movie has James Stewart stretched out in a chair on the porch of a saloon ala Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp in an earlier Ford film, “My Darling Clementine” (1946).

Astute Ford fans will also note the many regular stock players in this movie. My favorite casting is that of the actor Henry Brandon, (a German-American born in Berlin) as Chief Quanah Parker. In Ford’s “The Searchers” (1956), he is also a Comanche Chief, (Cicatriz) Scar, the main villain in the movie, and too has to be dealt with for the release of a captive white girl.

“Two Rode Together,” similarly, could easily be seen as a reworking of “The Searchers” but with some of the issues of the earlier film now resolved, even violently, as in the image of a body hanging from a tree. When Widmark and Stewart return to Fort Grant and the waiting white families, they have just two of the kidnapped.

One is now a young Comanche brave, Running Wolf (David Kent), who is so far gone Indian, that trying to escape, he kills the woman who thought him her son.

A mob mentality takes over, and led by the Cleggs, the once white child is hung as a sav-

age Comanche killer.

The Clegg brothers are no longer the humorous yokels. The other returned captive is Elena de la Madriaga, (Linda Cristal, who appeared with Widmark in “The Alamo”) who has for five years been the woman of the leader of the Comanche Buffalo Shields, Stone Calf (Woody Strode). The Buffalo Shields are a more militant faction of the Quanah Parker Comanche tribe. Strode was a premier athlete with a physical presence that could rightly intimidate anyone with just a look.

He made four movies for Ford, and they were good friends. Just to look at him on the screen is pure pleasure, no dialogue needed. Stewart has to deal with Stone Calf, when making an escape with Elena, and the only believable way was to shoot him dead at point blank. You just wouldn’t buy into a hand to hand victory by Stewart over Strode. Strode and Widmark made “A Gathering of Old Men” in 1987.

Elena, scorned by the white community for being a Comanche squaw, is the redemption for Stewart’s character in the movie. The female lead in the movie is Shirley Jones as Marty Purcell, who with her father is trying to find her brother who was taken by the Comanche. She blames herself because she ran and hid when the Indians took him. She still holds onto a music box that her lost brother loved as a child, and it figures, as one would guess, into the story. It is kind of fun to watch Widmark romance her in the movie, and their scenes are full of that wonderful dialogue.

Widmark was a private man who preferred stay-

ing home with his wife and daughter as opposed to attending parties and award shows. He was the rare actor who could say he was a loving and faithful husband. He was married to playwright Jean Hazelwood for 55 years until her death in 1997. He said he didn’t flirt with other women because “I happen to like my wife a lot.” He loved milk, ice cream sodas, candy and animals. His wife had a hard time getting him to have even a social drink when they did go out or entertain at home. He did know how to let loose, though, if even on a rare occasion.

When he made “The Alamo” with John Wayne, he picked up the lay of the land in the Bracketville area and south of the border into Mexico. Widmark and Ford were getting along marvelously making “Two Rode Together,” and Widmark was amazed at Ford’s genius at simplifying a lot of drama with a minimum of camera moves. He was tough on directors but saw Ford as one who knew how to do it right.

One weekend Widmark decided he’d like to blow off a little steam.

He went to Ford and told him this. Ford said, “Sure. Why not? Have good time.” Ford was usually tough on anyone who did not toe the line when they made a movie with him. Harry Carey Jr. tells it this way.

Dick came over to my room and said, “I fixed it up with the Old Man. We’ve got Saturday night all to ourselves and can go across the border into Mexico. We’ll take Shirley (Jones) and Annelle (Hayes).” Annelle played the madam of the place where Stewart’s character was a fixture, and in real life was married to Mark Stevens who

starred in “The Street With No Name” (1948) with Widmark.

Carey tells he knew Widmark did not drink much, so he figured there wouldn’t be much booze consumption.

Carey liked his drink, so he had a few belts before they left. They headed for Pedras Negras, Mexico, across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas.

Widmark had been there many times before while filming “The Alamo,” and got the red carpet treatment from the maitre d’ at the Casablanca restaurant. They had a big table right by the dance floor. The waiter came to take their drink order and before anyone could speak, Widmark ordered, “Four double-Margaritas all the way around!”

“Doubles?” Carey says he nearly fainted. Ten minutes later Widmark was at it again. “Waiter!

Por favor - four Margaritas!” Then the orchestra started playing, all four danced and more drinks kept coming. Carey says, “Dick never showed any effects from the drinks and acted just like he did when they arrived.”

Soon Widmark was setting in with the orchestra, playing the drums.

He was an expert drummer, playing the drums since high school with classmates in their band, the Rhythm Kings. They had wine and dinner, and soon Widmark yelled, “Let’s go! I know another great joint!” They hit that spot, partied and listened to great mariachi music. It seemed like Widmark knew everybody in the place. They made it back pretty close to dawn.

Carey asked Widmark how he felt. “I feel great.

But listen, don’t tell Jean about this.”

Carey says, “You mean because we took Annelle and Shirley?”

“Hell no! Not that!

Don’t mention to Jean that I drank ... She’s always after me to have a drink when we have a party.” Widmark was worried about hurting his wife’s feelings.

There were no conventional dramatic gunfights in “Two Rode Together.”

Ford, instead, let the excitement spring from the self-righteous cruelty and greed of the different characters toward each other. Widmark would make one more movie for Ford, “Cheyenne Autumn” (1964), and it would be Ford’s last western.

That’ll be the next trail we go down. “It’s heartless and cold — In the dust of the prairie — And a man can’t grow old — Where there’s women and gold” (“A Man Can’t Grow Old,” Leigh Harline/Mort Greene, 1948).

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Birth announcements — Meet the newest arrivals to the Bureau County area on Page 8.

Auxiliary Unit 125 holds Easter workshop PRINCETON — American Legion Woman’s Auxiliary Unit 125 of Princeton conducted its second largest veterans workshop of the year on April 16 at the Legion Post Home.

Nine members were present to put the baskets together that were donated by the CWU Closet in Princeton. Items placed in the baskets were fresh fruit, special diet treats, chips, candies, plastic eggs filled with Peeps and chocolate eggs, other candies, cookies, snack cakes and personal care items. After the baskets were filled with all the treats, the baskets were placed inside large Easter-decorated cellophane bags and set aside to be delivered to the four nursing homes the Aux-

Education — Princeton’s Prairie Art Council will award scholarships. See Page 8

Community Notes Meeting set WYANET — The Wyanet Golden Eagles will meet at 12:30 p.m. May 6 at Main St. BBQ in Wyanet.

Lunch is pay for your own and seniors 55 and older are invited to attend. For more information, call Louise at 815-699-7768.

Meeting planned WYANET — The Wyanet Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. May 6 at the historical hall.

Members are asked to attend as plans will be made for the Memorial Day ice cream social.

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American Legion Woman’s Auxiliary Unit 125 members Carol Allicks (from left), Clara Pease, Judy Nelson, Lillian Johnson, Eleanor Sapp, Fran Lewis, Jan Wedding, Agnes Dunn and Mariele Fisher assembled Easter baskets for veterans in area nursing homes at a recent workshop. iliary Unit supports each month with workshops for the veteran residents in those homes.

“We do these workshops for our in-care veterans as a means of

saying ‘thank you’ to them for their service to our country,” said Clara Pease, VA&R chairman.

To make a monetary donation to the Unit to continue its veter-

ans work, send to Clara Pease, VA&R Chairman, 321 Briar Lane, Princeton, IL 61356; or to ALA 125, 1549 W. Peru St., Princeton, IL 61356, Attn: Veterans.

PRINCETON — The Princeton Veterans Group of Post 125 is preparing for “More on 34” rummage sales in June and will accept good, clean working donations from now until day before the sales. To make a donation, call Brad at 815-866-9349 and leave your name and phone number. The group will offer items from the basement to the attic and in between. Friday sales will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday sales will run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday will be “Bag Day.”

Banners available

Learning Stage to host spelling bee PRINCETON — Learning Stage, the education committee of Princeton Theatre Group, will host a spelling bee for adults, aged 21 and older, at 7 p.m. May 16 at the Grace Performing Arts Center, 316 S. Main St., Princeton.

This special event is designed to put local audiences in the mood for the upcoming performances of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling

Bee,” the first show of the Festival 56 summer season.

Titled “Not the Putnam County Spelling Bee,” the evening will incorporate all the elements of a serious “bee” into a lighthearted and fun-filled affair.

“Teams of local contenders, whose efforts may or may not benefit from the availability of a cash bar,” said Marina Carrott, chair of Learning Stage, “will

compete for prized tickets and an opportunity to appear on-stage during a performance of the actual show.” A tip for those participating: theater-themed vocabulary will be used.

Learning Stage is seeking teams of three to four members to enter the contest. Spelling ability is optional. The only requirements to join in the festivities are a good attitude and payment of a $10 per person entrance

fee. Teams are encouraged to select a name, wear costumes and bring props if they see fit.

Teams may register in advance by email at learningstage@festival56. com or at the door, which opens at 6:30 p.m. Family, friends and fans are invited to attend free of charge and cheer on the participants. This special event is a benefit for Festival 56, Illinois’ largest summer theatre festival.

Princeton Community Band prepares for 10th season nity Band is open to anyone in Princeton and the surrounding areas who is high school age or older.

Members must have instrumental music experience and should have their own instrument.

High school students can

receive community service hours for rehearsals and performances.

Interested musicians may join the band by coming to the first rehearsal. Music may be taken home to practice but must be returned for

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PRINCETON — The Princeton Community Band will begin its 10th season with its first rehearsal from 7 to 8:30 p.m. May 8. Rehearsals will continue each Thursday through July 24.

The Princeton Commu-

PRINCETON — American Legion Post 125 of Princeton has one and two blue star banners on hand for those wishing to purchase one for the military member in their family. Three-star banners need to be special ordered. For more information, call the post home at 815-872-1171 and leave a message. The Post also has new 3-by-5-foot nylon flags on hand.

Auxiliary workshop PRINCETON — American Legion Woman’s Auxiliary Unit 125 of Princeton will conduct its May veterans workshop at 9 a.m. May 14. Members are reminded to bring in their donations for the treat sacks. After the workshop, the business meeting will be called to order at 10 a.m. All members are encouraged to attend this important meeting. For VA&R (veterans) information, call Clara Pease at 815-872-0430 or the post home at 815-872-1171 and leave a message.

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rehearsals and concerts.

There are six concerts this season. All concerts will begin at 6 p.m. in Soldiers and Sailors Park in Princeton. Concerts will be held on June 1, June 15, June 29, July 6, July 20 and July 24.

• Happy anniversary on Monday to Bruce and Elaine McVety. From your friends at Princeton Rotary.

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Dennis and Norma Lopez will note 50th anniversary

Births Announced Clark Michael and Sara (Forristall) Clark of Princeton are the parents of a daughter, Alexis Marie, born April 22 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. She weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 18 1/2 inches in length. She was welcomed home by two siblings, Camden, 9, and Makya, 5.

Maternal grandparents are Larry and Judy Forristall of Princeton. Paternal grandparents are Mike and Deb Clark of Princeton. Great-grandparents are Max Coville of Princeton, Josephine McCormick of Proctorville, Ohio, and John Donna of Spring Valley. Alexis and Camden share a birthday.

Keegan Joshua and Jennifer (Pytel) Keegan of Mark are the parents of a son born April 24 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Kellett Eric Kellett and Amber Foltz of LaSalle are the parents of a son, Andrew Nicholas, born April 25 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley.

He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 19 inches in length. He was welcomed home by two brothers, Ethan and Jonathan. Maternal grandparents are Bob and Leasa Jeppson of Peru, Bob Foltz of Ladd, and Dan and Alice Buczowski of LaSalle. Greatgrandparents are John and Kathy Cox of Peru and Bob and Bev Fultz of Novelty, Ohio.

Miller Joel and Susan (Monn) Miller of Utica are the parents of a daughter, Payzlie Marie, born April 26 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley.

She weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 19 1/2 inches in length. She was welcomed home by two sisters, Gracie, 5, and Mackenzie, 4. Maternal grandparents are Ron and Paula Monn of Peru. Paternal grandparents are Edward Miller of New Jersey and Jody Miller of Aurora. Great-grandparents are Dolores Jacobowski of Peru, and Dean and Jan Seidelman of Aurora.

Noll-Ganther Michael Ganther and Angela Noll of Cherry are the parents of a son born April 24 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Rainford Joseph Rainford and Kayleen Dennis of Princeton are the parents of a son, Tyler Joseph, born April 21 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley.

He weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 19 1/2 inches in length.

Grandparents are Dianne Dennis and Dale and Tracy Basile. Greatgrandparents are Richard and Kathy Schmotzer.

Lemon Nicholas and Shannon (Morris) Lemon of Princeton are the parents of a daughter, Annabelle, born April 23 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 19 inches in length.

She was welcomed home by five brothers, Evan, 10, Connor, 7, Riley, 6, Jack, 2, and Gabriel, 18 months.

Grandparents are Donna Carroll of Woodstock, and Mike and Brenda Lemon of Princeton.

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She weighed 7 pounds and measured 20 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Lynn Pionkowski of Colorado Springs, Colo., and David Bushman of California. Paternal grandparents are Raymond and Norma Rue of Granville.

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Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lopez of DePue will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a picnic from 12:30 to 5 p.m. May 24 at Oak Grove Park, Route 29 west of DePue. The event will be hosted by the couple’s daughters and their families.

Dennis Lopez and the former Norma Blair were married May 9, 1964, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in DePue. They are the parents of three daughters, Lynn (Roy) Perez of DePue, Karen (Jeff) Schwendinger of Granger, Iowa, and Nicki (Brad) McConnell of Bargersville, Ind. They also have seven grandchildren, Joe (Annabelle) Perez of Spring Valley,

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All family and friends are invited to attend and are asked to R.S.V.P. to Karen at schwend4@aol. com by May 14. It is requested that gifts be omitted. Cards may be sent to the couple at: P.O. Box 473, DePue, IL 61322.

PAC will award scholarship PRINCETON — Princeton’s Prairie Art Council will award the annual $1,000 Art Scholarship this spring.

All graduating seniors, or the equivalent if homeschooled, who reside in Bureau County, and who will be attending college as an art major in the fall of 2014, are invited to apply. There will be a first

runner-up award of $200.

The award will be determined through a portfolio competition. Students should prepare a portfolio of five to 10 original works, a statement of intention and a letter of recommendation. These should be delivered to the Prairie Arts Council, 24 Park Ave. East, Princeton, between 2 and 4 p.m. May

7. A panel of members appointed by the Prairie Arts Council will award the scholarship. The winner will be announced during the following week.

Further information is available from area high school art and guidance faculty, and from PAC Art Scholarship Director Dana Collins at ndana@ comcast.net.

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Soccer: Princeton 1, HBR 0

Shutout success

By Dan Dwyer sports@bcrnews.com

TISKILWA — Putting shots on net is never a bad play no matter where you are on the pitch as the Princeton Tigresses found out as they squeaked out a 1-0 victory over HinckleyBig Rock Thursday night.

With 10 minutes remaining in the game a Princeton midfielder came up with the ball amidst a clustered group of players and launched a shot from distance.

The shot short hopped the Lady Royals goalkeeper, who had trouble corralling it, when it squirted out to her left and senior midfielder Michelle Kelly came streaking in and slammed home a sliding kick for the only goal of the game and the gamewinner.

“The keeper dropped a few balls when we had shots on goal early so we were kind of waiting and hoping for something like that to happen,” Princeton coach Ed Young said. “She (Michelle Kelly) is hard nosed and determined, she’s always getting after it. When you have the Keyenna Altizers and Michelle Kellys, work ethic things are going to bounce your way. You don’t have to wait for it to happen because they kind of make it happen.”

The Tigresses are 11-8-1 this year with 11 shutout wins and a shutout tie.

Altizer, a junior forward/midfielder, was instrumental in opening up the Tigress’ offence, making crisp passes on the ball to spring her teammates free along the edges and through the heart of the Hinck-

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Princeton’s Jaimee Ciesielski steals second base in the fifth inning of Thursday’s game vs. Orion before scoring on a double by Danielle Hughes. The Tigresses took a 3-0 lead into the seventh inning, but fell 5-3.

Softball: Orion 5, Princeton 3

PHS unable to finish

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

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Princeton’s Taylor Clark tries to get a piece of the rock playing against Hinckley-Big Rock in soccer action at the Tiskilwa pitch Thursday. Michelle Kelly scored the only goal needed in Princeton’s 12 shutout of the season. ley-Big Rock defense.

“Key is having a great year. We started her as a forward, made her a midfielder, moved her back up to forward and then we moved her back to mid tonight,” Young said. “She’s a work horse, she’s always getting after, she never quits and she never comes out

of the game.

“In the midfield she made things happen because she’s working hard, and I think her experience up top and kind of understanding what they are looking for up top, she’s able to see it and provide for her teammates.”

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the Lady Royals had the Tigresses back on their heals but only managed to get a few real chances on net because the defensive backs of Princeton were relentless in their pursuit of the opposition’s attackers.

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PRINCETON — Finish is a simple word. The Princeton Tigresses just haven’t been able to verbalize it on the softball field.

The Tigresses and ace pitcher Madison Menzel sailed through the first six innings with a 3-0 lead over Orion Thursday at Little Siberia. Then the floodgates opened for the Chargers.

Orion opened the seventh inning with a pair of hits and by the time they were done, used five hits, two walks and a PHS error to plate five runs to escape with a 5-3 win. “(We had a) 3-0 lead and playing pretty well defensively and every aspect of the game. There were a couple things offensively we didn’t take advantage of, a couple opportunities. Unfortunately, that’s who we are, and we find ways of keeping things close,” Bob James. “It was a tough one to lose with a 3-0 lead ... We’ve been doing that.

The sixth inning was a problem a week and half

ago. Tonight it was the seventh. Didn’t get over the hump.

“Keep telling the kids they’ve got to persevere, (got to have) character check, heart check. Just some how or another we got to work through it to get where we want to go come regional time.”

Menzel limited Orion to two hits through six innings while striking out 11 batters. It all changed quickly in the seventh.

The first batter doubled and the next hit a RBI single. Catcher Abby Jaques snagged a foul pop up, two Orion batters walked to load the bases.

Menzel fanned the next batter, but was unable to cleanly field a comeback.

She looked to home and got no one with a run scoring to make it 3-2.

Orion’s Ann Smolenski put a charge into a basesclearing double to give Orion its first lead of the game at 5-3.

Alisa Holmbeck got a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh, but Jaques popped up to end the game.

PHS used some ball to

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Area players among college batteries

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

Area players have been on the pitching and receiving end this spring in collegiate baseball batteries.

• Freshmen pitcher Brett Fanning (Spring Valley/Hall) has made six appearances with five starts for the Upper Iowa University Peacocks. He is 1-2 with a 2.83 ERA. In his last start, the 2014 BCR Athlete of the Year got a no-decision in a 2-1 loss to Concordia in St. Paul, Minn., on April 25. He pitched 6.1 innings, allowing five hits and two walks and an unearned run.

• Another pitching product, junior Michael Murray of Princeton, got the start for Rockford College against Benedictine on April 27 in Lisle. He got a no-decision in an 8-2 loss, pitching five innings and allowed six hits, two runs (earned) and two walks with three strikeouts. For the season, Murray stands 0-4 with a 4.43 ERA in 11 appearances with seven starts. He has pitched two complete games.

• Princeton’s Reid Clary had a

big day at the plate against the Big Ten for the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits. The junior catcher cracked three hits in four trips to the plate in the second game of a April 26 doubleheader at the University of Iowa. One of the hits was a double, his sixth of the season.

The former BCR Player of the Year has raised his average to .256 (23-90) with seven RBIs and 12 runs scored in 30 games (27 starts) for the Jackrabbits (21-21).

Upper Iowa University Photo SDS will host Western Illinois next Freshman pitcher Brett Fanning (right) of Spring weekend.

Valley takes part in the receiving line after a Upper Iowa University peacock victory this spring. He is 1-2 with a 2.83 ERA. See Update Page 10

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Update Princeton’s Michaela Strom puts her best foot forward against HBR Thursday at Tiskilwa.

The Tigresses won 1-0.

Bucs (5-27), batting .250 (16-64). She went 1-6 in a April 26 doubleheader at From Page 9 Lawrence University.

She also plays for the Bucs’ volleyball team.

• Lydia Stariha (St. Bede) had a • Junior Sam Shepard from Bureau sizzling freshmen season at the Valley finished the season for plate for Grinnell College. She Iowa Wesleyan College batting compiled a team-best .358 aver.240 (23-96). She played in 37 age (19-53) for the Pioneers, games, driving in 13 runs with which ended the season at 0-22. four doubles and a triple.

Stariha, a catcher/third baseIt was just announced Thursman, was previously named as day night that she was selected the Midwest Conference Softball to the All-Sportsmanhip team Performer of the Week and is for the conference by her teamLydia Stariha featured on a video interview on mates. the school’s web site at grinnel.

• Sisters Anna and Emily Philedu. lips (Bureau Valley) and the Trinity The 2014 BCR Athlete of their Year Christian College softball team qualialso plays basketball for Grinnell. fied for the postseason for the first time • Freshman pitcher Lainie Schweick- in four years. TCC was to play No. 4 ert, the 2014 BCR Player of the Year Cardinal Stritch University on Friday from St. Bede, is 3-3 with a 5.28 ERA in the Chicago Collegiate Land Conferas a rookie hurler for Lewis University. ence Tournament.

She has appeared in 16 games with 10 The head coach for Cardinal Stritch starts for the Flyers (22-23). is LaMoille native Jade Geuther.

• Junior infielder Brittany Burgess • Tesha Woolley (Malden/Princeton (St. Bede) is batting .279 (24-86) for High School) and the Carl Sandburg Bradley University. She has appeared College softball team saw its season in 46 games with 37 starts for the end Wednesday with a doubleheader braves (23-28). loss at IVCC in the Regional IV Tour• Bethany Stavrakas, a sophomore nament. outfielder from St. Bede, has started Comment on this story at www. in all 32 games for the Beloit College bcrnews.com.

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From Page 9 strong, and we aren’t allowing people to score goals,” Young said.

“Sometimes we give up more shots than we desire but they usually don’t break and they’re all playing strong, trusting each other more and playing better and better as the year has gone on.”

Playing the long ball early lead to multiple counter attacks by Hinckley-Big Rock as it turned on the offensive pressure at the outset of the match.

“The first half we were forcing issues from the back and from the mid everywhere really, and we were just trying to push forward to much,” Young said. “I think instead of

trying to posses the ball and make the nice easy pass we tried to force some issues, and we got into a rut trying to force the ball, and we missed some easy opportunities to play a simple ball and relieve the pressure.”

An early opportunity by the Lady Royals was shut down at the 10-minute mark of the first half by junior defensive back Ellie Bonucci, who stood firm in the goal box and defended point blank shots to preserve the 0-0 tie.

“Ellie has been stellar all year. She’s been a huge cog in that center back position to mark up people, win balls and she does that because she asserts herself, and you need that from the center back position,” Young said.

Although her defenders played solid in front of her, senior goalkeeper Kelly Schmidt made some excellent plays in the penalty area including a flurry of chances which came off of two corner set pieces by senior Royal midfielder Hannah Mueller with 36 minutes to play.

The second of the two found its way through the crowd to the foot of junior midfielder Jacqueline Madden, who slammed it towards the net but a diving Schmidt was there to end the threat.

The Lady Royals continued to play in the Princeton defensive zone but couldn’t mount much of a threat for the remainder of the match.

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set up its first run in the third. Sophomore Mady Cain beat out a bunt hit in her first varsity at-bat moved up two bases on sac bunts by classmate Jaimee Ciesielski and junior Danielle Hughes. Holmbeck ripped a two-out double to put PHS on the board.

Ciesielski beat out an infield hit to lead off the fifth and scored on a double by Hughes.

In the sixth, Mollie Bates and Elizabeth Hendrix singled ahead of a RBI double by Cain, deep to left, to make it 3-0.

Holmbeck, Cain and Julia Bauer each had two hits for the Tigresses (6-13, 2-4), who traveled to Bureau Valley Friday.

“We had some kids do some nice things, but we have kids trying to do too much. Trying to win the game with one at-bat. (When you do that) it’s usually a weak hit they’re going to defend and we’re having that issue.

We can’t put anything together, just scuffling along,” James said.

• Tiger tales: The PHS F/S finished strong in the nightcap, scoring five runs in the fourth inning to close within 11-9 before the game was called on account of darkness. Lexee Camp had her second two-run double of the game and Hailey Schultz hit an inside the park homer, hot on the trail of catcher Rachel Jensen ahead of her. ...

The PHS varsity will welcome both Seneca and Fieldcrest to Little Siberia at 10 a.m. Saturday for a round-robin with time limits. The PHS F/S is scheduled to play two at Seneca.

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By BCR Sports Staff sports@bcrnews.com Fifteen up and 15 down.

Hall pitcher Adriana Pikula recorded a perfect game in five innings, retiring all 15 Kewanee batters she faced in a 14-0 Hall victory.

The sophomore slinger struck out 11 of the 15 batters It was the second perfect game in a week by Hall. Freshman Rene Barroso had one last week against Henry.

The Lady Devils broke the game open early with 10 runs in the first inning, including tworun singles by Abby Azarskis, Goetz and a tworun double by Rebecca Herrmann. Herrmann finished with two doubles and three RBIs and Azarskis had two hits and three RBIs. Leadoff hitter Brenna Faletti and Pikula led the Lady Devils with three hits and Kylie and Deidra Whightsil had two each.

St. Bede 7, Hall 3: Tara Kunkel had two hits, including a three-run double to lead the Lady Bruins’ offense Thursday. Morgan Knoblouch (double, RBI), Gabby Morrow (RBI) and Julia Pohar (double, RBI) added two hits each.

Brianna Lau picked up the win in the circle for the Lady Bruins, scattering eight hits with six walks.

Newark 21, LaMoille/Ohio 0: Lindsay Perry had the lone hit of the day for the Lady Lions off Shelby Hoddy in the second inning.

Orion 11-13, St. Bede 4-10: The Chargers swept a doubleheader over the Lady Bruins in Three Rivers South play Wednesday at Orion.

Orion (10-11, 5-5) broke the first game open with four runs in the fourth and three more in the fifth to defeat the Lady Bruins 11-4. Both teams had 11 hits, but Orion clubbed three homers. St. Bede was led by Knoblouch with three hits and Tristin Phegley with two hits. Brianna Lau had a two-run double.

Orion cracked 17 hits in a 13-10 win in the nightcap. Emily Draper led St. Bede with three hits with Phegley and Julia Pohar (2 RBIs) adding two each.

Putnam County 8, IVC 0: Winning pitcher Shelbi Yepsen blanked the Ghosts on five hits Thursday in Granville. Taylor Pettit had three hits and two RBI and Cierra Kellar doubled and homered with four RBIs. IVCC 11-10, Carl Sandburg 0-7 (junior col-

Scoreboard At Tiskilwa

Soccer

Princeton 1, Hinckley-Big Rock 0. PHS scoring: Kelly. Shots: 6, H 12. Saves: P 12, H 5. Fouls: P 5, H 5. CK: P 3, H 2, At Princeton

Softball

Orion 000 000 5 - 5 7 0 Princeton 001 011 0 - 3 11 2 WP: Price. LP: Menzel (7ip, 7h, 5r, 2er, 12k, 3ww). Hitting for PHS (6-13, 2-4): Hughes cf (1-3, 2b, sac, rbi), Holmbeck rf (2-4, wb, rbi), Jaques c (1-4), Oeder 1b (0-3), Bauer dp (2-3), Bates ss (1-2, sac), Hendrix

lege): The Lady Eagles advanced in NJCAA Division II region tournament play, sweeping the first two games in a best of three-game series on the Hilltop Thursday 11-10 and 10-7.

Baseball Hall 6, St. Bede 4: The Red Devils rallied for three in the top of the seventh inning to beat the rival Bruins 6-4 Thursday night at the Academy.

Down 4-3, Tyler Taber drew a 1-out walk and A.J. Gaeta had a two-out hit. Miguel Villarreal cleared the bases with a triple to right center to give the Red Devils a 5-4 lead. He then scored on passed ball.

St. Bede loaded the bases in the bottom of bottom of seventh, including a leadoff hit by Jarret Olsen and single by Nathan Bartley.

Gaeta struck out Gabe Braboy to end the game.

Bartley had three hits and Olsen and Nick Szcepaniek two for SBA. Hall had just four hits off two SBA pitchers.

Hall 7, Kewanee 6: Austin Schmitt struck out the final two batters with two men on base to snuff a Boilers seventh-inning rally. He pitched 2.1 innings in relief to pick up the win in relief of starter Taggart Venegas.

Miguel Villareal had two hits and two RBIs. A.J. Gaeta had two hits and Zach Urbanski had two hits for Hall (15-2, 6-1).

St. Bede 9, Putnam County 2: The Bruins cracked out 16 hits while Michael Bellino held the Panthers to seven as St. Bede made a successful trek across the river Wednesday to Granville. Olsen led the Bruins’ hit parade with a 4-4 day at the plate. George Leynaud had three hits, including two doubles and four RBIs and Bartley added three hits.

Girls track At Spring Valley: The Hall girls threw their own party Thursday, winning four events with eight seconds to run away to victory in a sixteam field at Rollie Morris Track. Hall scored 182 points to topple runner-up Putnam County (106) with ease. Also competing were Midland (103), Princeton (70), Ohio (14) and DePue (2).

Hall Brooke Keegan won the 400 (1:04.78) and placed second in the triple jump (32-2 1/2).

Other Hall winners were Clarissa Gerrard in the discus (99-7 1/2), Amelia Moreno in the 800

lf (1-3), Krohn pr (0-0), Cain 3b (2-3, 2b, r, rbi), Ciesielski (1-2, r, sac), Menzel p (0-0).

Totals: 26-3-11-3. E: Holmbeck, Menzel.

At Newark

LaMoille/Ohio 000 00 - 0 Newark 906 6x - 21 WP. LP: Schultz. L/O hitting: Forbes ss (0-2), Cherry 2b (0-1), Graham 3b (0-1), Lawrence c (0-1), Chasteen 1b (0-0), Geuther cf (0-2), Walker lf (0-2), Perry rf (1-2) Schultz p (0-1).

At Orion

St. Bede 012 100 0 - 4 11 1 Orion 013 430 0 - 11 11 1 WP: Price. LP: Christensen. Leading hitters: SBA - Knoblouch (3 hits), Phegley (2 hits), Lau (2b, 2rbis).

St. Bede 150 400 0 - 10 11 2 Orion 045 202 x - 13 17 2 WP: Price. LP: Lau. Leading hitters: SBA - Draper (3 hits), Phegley (2 hits), Pohar (2 hits, 2 rbis).

Baseball

At Spring Valley

Hall 000 300 3 - 6 4 4 St. Bede 001 021 0 - 4 10 1 Pitching forHall: Mautino (6ip, 8h, 4r, 3er, 5k, 3w), Gaeta (1ip, 2h, 2k, 0w).

Pitching for SBA: Leynaud (3.2ip, 2h, 3er, 2k,7w), Braboy (3.1ip, 2h, 3er, 3k, 1w).

Hitting for Hall: Gaeta (1-4), Villareal (1-2, 3b, 2rbis), T. Urbanski (1-4), Sangston (1-3 rbi), Trevier (rbi), Taber (rbi).

BCR photo/Mike Vaughn

Ryan Jensen make a return for PHS Thursday against Mendota.

(2:40.24) and Jenna Lusietto in the high jump (4-8).

Carlee Yuvan was runner-up in the shot put (30-4) and discus (94-0).

Princeton junior Colbi Schertz set a school record in the shot put with a winning throw of 39-0. The previous record of 38-11 was set by Amber Ruter in 2010. Schertz also placed third in the discus (81-7).

Other winners for PHS were Zoe Mead in the 1600 (5:35.2) and Sierra Storm in the pole vault (8-6), both with season bests. Ann Sims placed third in the triple jump (30-0 1/2) and 100 (13.9).

Boys track At Geneseo: Princeton ran in Tuesday’s F/S Invite competing on separate freshmen and sophomore levels in all individual meets. PHS freshman Lucus Sisler won the high jump (5-10) and sophomores Kai Tomaszewski (400 52.7) and Lenny Mead (300 IH, 42.1) won their respective events. Mead also took second in the 110 hurdles (16.8).

Boys tennis Mendota 4, Princeton 1: The No. 2 doubles of Brady Frank and Ian Nichols notched the lone Tiger win at PHS Thursday with a three set 4-6,6-4, 10-5 victory.

PHS won two matches at the JV level with the doubles of Aaron Sears and Luke Schultz (8-4) and Matt Butler and Tristan Franklin (8-1).

Htting for SBA: Szcepaniek (2-4), Duttlinger (rbi), Olsen (2-4), Brady (2rbis), Bartley (3-4).

At Kewanee

Hall 110 211 1 - 7 9 3 Kewanee 220 010 1 - 6 5 4 Pitching for Hall (15-2, 6-1): Venegas (4.2 ip, 3h, 5r, 4er, 6k, 6w). Schmitt (W, 2.1ip, 2h, er, 2k, 3w).

Hitting for Hall: Taber (1-5 rbi), Gaeta (2-3), Villarreal (2-3 2rbis), Z. Urbanski (2-2 rbi), Sangston (1-4), Zibert (rbi), Trevier (1-3 rbi).

At Jenkins Field, Granville

St. Bede 9, Putnam County 2 Pitching for St. Bede: Bellino (7ip, 7h, 2r, 2er, 6k, 2w).

Pitching for PC: Fay (5ip, 13h, 9r, 5er, 1k, 1w), Biagini (2ip, 3h, 1r, 1er, 2k, 1w).

Hitting for SBA: Szczepaniak (1-5, 3b, r),Duttlinger (1-4, r), Bellino (1-2), Brady (1-4, r), Olsen (4-4, 3 r, rbi), Shipp (2-4, r, rbi), Leynaud (3-4, 2 2b, r, 4rbis), Bartley (3-4, r, rbi), Plankenhorn (0-3, sac, rbi), Dose (0-0, r). Totals: 34-9-16-9.

Hitting for PC: Fay (1-4), Biagini (1-4, r), DiazDeleon (1-3, rbi), Kreiser (1-2), Stasell (1-3), Baker (1-3, rbi), Washkowiak (1-2), Glenn (0-1), Copeland (1-3), Weide (0-0, r).

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Mendota 5, Stillman Valley 1 Marquette 6, Seneca 2 L-P 3-3, Streator 2-1 More scoreboard at www.bcrnews.com

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Items $1,000 or less can run FREE for 1 week. Limit of 5 lines.

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448 • Pets & Livestock

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Glass Block Windows installed or repaired.

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30 gallon plastic water barrows $3; large western shirts $2; food processor $10. Call 815-646-4741

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PRINCETON 1118 Jacqualine Lane. Saturday, Sunday, May 3, 4; 8:30am2pm. Rain or Shine.

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Black TV stand for flat panel TV. Will hold TV up to 50 lbs. Like new - $50.

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PRINCETON 1815 South Euclid. Friday, May 2, 8am-3pm; Saturday, May 3, 7am-? MULTI-FAMILY. Women's, men's, Jr., boy's nb-5t, clothes. Furniture, electronics, shoes, décor, toys, baby equipment, car seats. Too much to list. More added on Saturday. Saturday, 12pm-1pm Bag it for $10!

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768 • Homes For Sale

PRINCETON 2134 Westmore Drive (Maple Acres).

Thursday, May 1, 10am6pm; Friday, May 2, 8am6pm; Saturday, May 3, 8am-? MOVING SALE. Everything must go.

Xmas, Nascar. Lots of misc. household items.

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PRINCETON 809 West Hudson. Saturday, May 3, 8am-4pm. HUGE SALE. Lots of quality toys & books. Little People sets, jumping horse, Thomas Train sets & table. Step 2 Kitchen set & workbench set. Bike & tag a long bike, scooter, Hotwheels & City. Rescue Heroes sets. Toy boxes & totes.

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PRINCETON 815 South Church. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, May, 1, 2, 3; 8am-?

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CHERRY nice starter family home. 3 bedroom, 1 bath, detached garage.

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PRINCETON 224 North Linn. Thursday, Friday, May 8, 9; 8am-?

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PRINCETON 225 West Mechanic Street. Friday, May 2, 8am-4pm; Saturday May 3, 8am-2pm.

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PRINCETON 1 bedroom, recently remodeled. Great neighborhood. Lease, deposit. $425. 810 South Euclid. Call 217-766-8497 PRINCETON 2 bedroom apartment. Modern apartment with hardwood floors, garage, all appliances included, laundry facility on site. $695/ month + utilities. No pets.

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NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on April 11, 2014, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Bureau County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Weidner Agronomy Services located at PO Box 352, Wyanet, IL 61379.

Dated this 11th day of April, 2014. /s/Kamala S. Hieronymus Bureau County Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Apr. 26, May 3 and 10, 2014.

Workforce Area #4, D e v e l o p m e n t which covers the coun- Assistance Program ties of Bureau, Carroll, with assistance from Jo Daviess, LaSalle, North Central IL Council Lee, Ogle, Putnam and of Governments. The Whiteside, has been project included funds developed to establish to complete water treatProgram year 2014 grant ment plant improvefunds. ments. The public hear This plan was devel- ing will include a discusoped on behalf of the sion of the grant-funded Northwest Central project.

Illinois Works (NCI By: Richard Koch, Works) Board memVillage President bers and Chief Elected Published in the Bureau Officials for Local County Republican May Workforce Area #4 and 3, 2014. will be forwarded to the Illinois Department of NOTICE Commerce & Economic Please be advised Opportunity.

Funds that the regular monthly available under this act meetings during fisare for the purpose of cal year 2014-2015 of providing employment the LaMoille Township and training services Board of Trustees shall to adults, youth and be held on the secNOTICE OF dislocated workers in ond Tuesday of each PUBLIC HEARING accordance with local- month at 7:00 p.m. in A public hearing will ly approved plans and the LaMoille Township be held on Tuesday May funds.

Building, Van Orin, 13, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Detailed copies of Illinois. the Wyanet Village Hall. these plans are avail/s/David J. Weeks, In September of 2011, able for public review Supervisor the Village received a Monday through Friday LaMoille Township $350,000.00 grant (# during regular busi- Published in the Bureau 11-242028) from the ness hours (8:30 a.m. County Republican May Illinois Community - 4:30 p.m.) at the fol- 3, 2014.

Development Assistance lowing locations: 3691 Program with assis- Cougar Drive, Unit B, NOTICE tance from North Peru, IL 61354, 815- Public Notice is Central IL Council of 224-7930, 315 B First hereby given that on Governments. The proj- Avenue, Sterling, IL April 25, 2014, a cerect included funds to 61081, 815-625-3623 and tificate was filed in the replace collapsed sewer the NCI Works (www. Office of the County main under the railroad nciworks.org) and Clerk of Bureau County, track and replace/line Business Employment Illinois, setting forth the sewer mains. The pub- Skills Team, Inc. (www. names and post office lic hearing will include a best-inc.org) websites. addresses of all of the discussion of the grant- EOE. persons owning, confunded project.

Published in the Bureau ducting and transactBy: Bruce L. Hand, County Republican May ing the business known Village President 3, 2014. as Midwest Massage Published in the Bureau Therapy located at County Republican May NOTICE 20623 2075 N. Avenue, 3, 2014.

Public Notice is Princeton, IL 61356. hereby given that on Dated this 25th day IN THE CIRCUIT April 29, 2014, a cer- of April, 2014.

COURT OF THE tificate was filed in the /s/Kamala S. THIRTEENTH Office of the County Hieronymus JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Clerk of Bureau County, Bureau County Clerk BUREAU COUNTY, Illinois, setting forth the Published in the Bureau ILLINOIS names and post office County Republican May IN RE THE ) addresses of all of the 3, 10 and 17 2014.

MATTER OF: ) persons owning, conSAPNA PAI, ) ducting and transacting IN THE CIRCUIT CHANGE OF NAME ) the business known as COURT OF THE TO: ) Cowboy & Tony’s Butt THIRTEENTH SANDY SAI. ) Shack BBQ located at JUDICIAL CIRCUIT No. 2014-MR-20 Green River Country BUREAU COUNTY, NOTICE OF FILING club, 15212 IL Hwy 92, ILLINOIS OF PETITION FOR Walnut, IL 61376.

ESTATE OF ) CHANGE OF NAME Dated this 29th day SHARON B. ) NOTICE IS GIVEN of April, 2014.

LEBAHN, ) you, the public, that on /s/Kamala S. Deceased ) June 20, 2014, at 9:00 Hieronymus NO. 2014-P-33 a.m. a hearing will be Bureau County Clerk CLAIM NOTICE held on a Petition for Published in the Bureau Notice is given of Change of Name asking County Republican May the death of Sharon the Court to change my 3, 10 and 17 2014.

B. Lebahn. Letters of present name of Sapna Office were issued Pai to the name of NOTICE OF PUBLIC on April 17, 2014, to Sandy Sai. The hearing HEARING LaVerne E. Lebahn, 212 will take place before A public hearing will Eastside Dr., P.O. Box the Honorable Marc be held on Tuesday May 382, Manlius, IL 61338, Bernabei, or any judge 13, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at as Executor, whose sitting in his stead, in the Arlington Village attorneys are Russell, the courtroom usu- Hall.

In September English, Scoma & ally occupied by him of 2011, the Village Beneke, P.C., Ten Park in the Bureau County received a $350,000.00 Avenue West, Princeton, Courthouse, 700 South grant (# 11-242001) from Illinois 61356.

Main Street, 2nd floor, the Illinois Community Claims against the Princeton, Illinois.

DATE: April 23, 2014 SAPNA PAI, Petitioner Published in the Bureau County Republican Apr. 26, May 3 and 10, 2014.

LEGAL NOTICE ATTENTION: Local Education Agencies, Community-Based Organizations, Local Labor Organizations and Other Interested Persons: As required by Section 118 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), this shall serve as public notice that a plan for the adult, dislocated worker and youth portions of the Title I-B plan for Local

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Estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Bureau County Courthouse, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the representative, or both, on or before October 29, 2014, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required

by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice.

Any claim not filed by that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk are to be mailed or delivered to the rep-

resentative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 21st day of April, 2014. /s/ Mary C. Dremann Bureau County Circuit Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Apr. 26, May 3 and 10, 2014.

ANNUAL TREASURER’S REPORT LAMOILLE TOWNSHIP FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2014 SUMMARY OF REVENUE: Property Taxes –$78,784.42; State Replacement Taxes –$3,981.14; Interest Income- $319.12; Mobile Home Taxes –$9.70; Dividends – $438.00; TOTAL REVENUE: $83,532.38 SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES: COMPENSATION: Richard Gross- $27,583.30; Bonnie Pearson- $3,925.00; David J Weeks- $3,825.00; Cindy House- $1,935.00; Michael Leffelman- $660.00; Linda Purvis- $540.00; Keith McLane- $540.00; James Hamacher- $480.00; Mareli Feliciano- $150.00; Dillon Pearson- $75.00

TOTAL COMPENSATION: $39,713.30 VENDORS: TOIRMA- $3,176.00; FICA- $3,024.79; Hopkins and Associates $3,550.00; other vendors (less than $2,500.00)- $9,107.70 TOTAL VENDORS: $18,858.49 Transfer of Funds- Interest to LaMoille Road District- $68.36 Transfer of Funds- Per resolution to LaMoille Road District- $10,000.00 TOTAL EXPENDITURES: $68,640.15 STATEMENT OF CONDITION

GENERAL SPECIAL REVENUE TOTAL FUNDS Balance 4/1/2013 $104,166.41 $ 32,904.29 $137,070.70 Revenues 77,167.63 6,364.75 83,532.38 Expenditures 61,940.15 6,700.00 68,640.15 Balance 3/31/14 $119,393.89 $ 32,569.04 $151,962.93 I Bonnie Pearson, Town Clerk of LaMoille Township, Bureau County, Illinois, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Annual Treasurer’s Report for LaMoille Township, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.

Dated April 8, 2014. /s/Bonnie E Pearson, LaMoille Township Clerk /s/David J Weeks, LaMoille Township Supervisor Published in the Bureau County Republican May 3, 2014.

LEGAL NOTICES The Bureau County Republican Classified brings you the public and legal information you have a right to know.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Village of Cherry will hold a public hearing on May 12, 2014, at 7:00 p.m., at the Cherry Village Hall, 105 South Main Street, Cherry, IL to provide interested parties an opportunity to express their views on the proposed federal funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) project.

Persons with disabilities or non-English speaking persons who wish to attend the public hearing and need assistance should contact the North Central IL Council of Governments (NCICG), 613 West Marquette Street, 815-433-5830 no later than May 8, 2014. Every effort will be made to make reasonable accommodations for these persons.

On or about June 2, 2014, the Village of Cherry intends to apply to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant from the State CDBG program (funded by Title I of the federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended). Funds will be used for a water distribution improvement project. The total amount of CDBG funds to be requested is approximately $386,605. The amount of CDBG funds proposed to be used for activities that will benefit low-and moderate-income persons is approximately $278,742. The Village of Cherry also proposes to expend approximately $128,868 in non-CDBG funds on the project.

Information related to the project will be available for review prior to the public hearing as of May 7, 2014 at the NCICG offices between the hours of 8:00 and 4:00. Interested citizens are invited to provide comments either at the public hearing or by prior written statement. Written comments should be submitted to NCICG no later than May 14, 2014 in order to ensure placement in the official record of the public hearing proceedings. A plan to minimize displacement and provide assistance to those displaced has been prepared by the Village of Cherry and is also available to the public. This project will result in no displacement of any persons or businesses. For additional information concerning the proposed project, please contact NCICG at the above address or phone.

Robert McCook, Village President Village of Cherry Published in the Bureau County Republican May 3, 2014.

ANNUAL TREASURER’S REPORT LAMOILLE-CLARION ASSESSORS DISTRICT #5 (Fiscal year beginning April 1, 2013 and ending March 31, 2014) BALANCE APRIL 1, 2013 $5,528.13 REVENUE RECEIVED: Taxes collected $6,499.37 Other revenue $0 TOTAL REVENUE $6,499.37 EXPENDITURES: Compensation: Wendy Sims $3,600.00, others $990.00 Total Compensation $4,590.00 Expenditures: TOIRMA $500.00, others $605.36 TOTAL EXPENDITURES: $5,695.36 BALANCE MARCH 31, 2014 $6,332.14 /s/Leslie Motter, Treasurer MTAD #5 /s/Barbara Klein, Chairman MTAD #5 Published in the Bureau County Republican May 3, 2014.

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ANNUAL TREASURER’S REPORT LAMOILLE ROAD DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2014 SUMMARY OF REVENUE: Property Taxes –$ 102,299.11; State Replacement Tax –$ 6,492.22; Mobile Home Taxes –$ 13.89; Dividends – $909.02; Motor Fuel taxes- $10,000.00; Interest Income- $474.41; Misc. revenue – $ 1,327.64; contractual Services - $1,772.00; Transfers from LaMoille Township - $10,068.36 TOTAL REVENUE: $133,356.65 SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES: COMPENSATION: Collin Sterling- $11,737.50; Darren King- $4,702.50; Mark Hansen- $1,035.00; David Weeks- $800.00; Andrew Clinton- $645.00; Garrett Geuther- $195.00 TOTAL COMPENSATION: $19,115.00 VENDORS: Northern Partners-$24,062.25; Renner Quarries-$16,776.01; Bureau County Highway Dept.-$13,194.86; Bonnell Industries- $12,792.96; Guither Tree Service- $9,380.00; Pavement Maintenance- $8,191.90; Gross Farms- $6,534.47; TOIRMA Insurance-$4,571.00; Midstate Asphalt Repair- $3,729.00; Riverstone Group- $3,566.40; MJKS Transport- $2,766.11; McDonald Rental $2,585.00. All other vendors (less than $2,500.00); $20,538.29 TOTAL VENDORS: $128,678.25 TOTAL EXPENDITURES: $147,793.25

GENERAL SPECIAL REVENUE TOTAL FUNDS Balance 4/1/2013 $101,950.21 $ 89,770.67 $191,720.88 Revenues 70,845.61 62,511.04 133,356.65 Expenditures 90,970.34 56,822.91 147,793.25 Balance 3/31/14 $ 81,825.48 $ 95,458.80 $ 177,284.28 I, Bonnie E Pearson, Clerk of LaMoille Township, Bureau County, Illinois, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Annual Treasurer’s Report for the LaMoille Township Road District, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.

Dated: April 8, 2014. /s/Bonnie E Pearson, LaMoille Township Clerk /s/David J Weeks, LaMoille Township Supervisor Published in the Bureau County Republican May 3, 2014.

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Is your flowerbed harming our bees?

Four-H donates food Members of the Bureau County 4-H Clubs and 4-H Federation compiled baskets of non-perishable food to donate for Easter baskets. The Department of Children and Family Services distributed the baskets.

Shelly Miller (left), Katy Beaber, Emma Nicoli, Sherry Allen, Francis Morse and Katie Forth show some of the 14 baskets donated.

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Agricultural summary Producers made significant planting progress in the field last week as temperatures slowly increased throughout the state.

Corn planting increased to 32 percent complete, in line with the five-year average of 33 percent.

Oat and sorghum planting progressed to 66 and 7 percent respectively.

A few farmers switched to soybeans after they finished planting corn.

There were 5.0 days suitable for fieldwork with some moderate rain over the weekend.

Statewide temperatures averaged 57.6 degrees, 1.8 degrees above normal.

Statewide precipitation averaged 0.62 inches, 0.23 inches below normal. Topsoil moisture was rated at 11 percent short, 74 percent adequate and 15 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture was rated at 5 percent very short, 25 percent short, 65 percent adequate and 5 percent surplus.

Winter wheat conditions were rated at 2 percent very poor, 6 percent poor, 30 percent fair, 48 percent good and 14 percent excellent.

Ag story ideas? — Contact Bureau County Republican Senior Staff Writer Donna Barker at 815-875-4461, ext. 244, or email her at dbarker@bcrnews.com.

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When selecting annuals or perennials, ask your grower if they use these chemicals. Another option would be to purchase only organically grown plants. Better still, plant native flowers and grasses to create a native and diverse landscape that will help sustain our bees and butterflies.

Native transplants usually bloom the very first year providing the color and beauty that you are looking for. Native bees, butterflies and hummingbirds are naturally drawn to native plants and one can feel assured of giving support to our bees and butterflies all season long with healthy pollen.

The Bureau County Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting a native plant sale from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 8 and 9 at the Bureau County SWCD, located in the USDA Building, at 312 E. Backbone Road in Princeton. Call us at 815-875-8732, ext. 3, or email BCSWCD@hotmail.com.

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