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Making ‘sense’ out of dollars

Hall expects July deficit

By Becky Kramer news@bcrnews.com

SPRING VALLEY — Superintendent Mike Struna is concerned there will not be enough money in the funds to pay all of the bills this summer.

Due to reductions in both state aid and property tax, the education fund balance will be $330,986 as of June 2015, but expected expenses in July will be approximately $525,396 which is a deficit of $194,410.

In order to complete payroll and pay other bills, the board adopted a resolution to enter into an agreement with the Spring Valley City Bank to purchase tax anticipation warrants not to exceed $500,000 at a cost of $400 and at an interest rate of

3.5 percent.

This is a short-term loan that will be repaid as soon as Hall receives its property tax revenue. It will have no impact on the property tax rate.

The board adopted a resolution to dissolve the Bureau County Cooperative Alternative School for students who are not in special education. The alternative school for special education students will continue but will move from Manlius to Cherry.

The board approved a three-year agreement for transportation services with Illinois Central Bus Co. Struna is working closely with Spring Valley Elementary Schools to combine routes and costs to make the best use of the buses.

Also at the Hall High School Board meeting this week, Hall Education Association President

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Amending the city code?

Princeton looks at expanding hospital area for potential board members

By Goldie Currie gcurrie@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — The Princeton City Council is looking to expand the territory in which members of the Perry Memorial Hospital Board members can participate.

The council unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance on Monday, June 1, that amends the current city code for selecting board members.

Commissioner Jerry Neumann said currently the ordinance reads the seven-member hospital board be made up of five residents who live within the city of Princeton and two non-residents who live outside the city limits but still in Princeton Township.

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Annette DeMay (left) buys some fresh produce from Pat Marquis of Mill Road Farms, one of the vendors at the new Sheffield Farmers’ Market at Cornerstone Community Wellness Center.

the city of Princeton but live within the confines of Bureau County.

“Hopefully this gives us a broader base of people that can help participate with the board,” Neumann said.

Mayor Joel Quiram agreed and explained this was Commissioner Bob Warren’s idea.

“It makes more sense to involve more people from Bureau County because (the hospital) provides service to them,” he said.

Warren said in past history, the hospital board has had tough times on occasion with filling the empty board seats with people willing to serve.

“Hopefully this expands our pool, so to speak,” he said.

The council will have to approve a second reading of the ordinance at its next

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Sheffield’s Farmers’ Market opens at Cornerstone Fresh veggies, organic products, sweet treats and more

By Terri Simon tsimon@bcrnews.com

SHEFFIELD — The hot and humid early June sun didn’t keep shoppers away or vendors at home, as the weekly Sheffield Farmers’ Market set up shop on Thursday, June 4.

Located on Routes 6/34 just as you drive into Sheffield at Cornerstone Community Wellness Center, the Sheffield Farmers’ Market has quickly become a popular spot for area residents every Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m.

Whether you’re looking for fresh vegetables, some sweet treats, organic eggs and meat, and more, the new farmers’ market offers a variety of items for shoppers to buy and browse. On Thursday, the clock hadn’t even reached 4 p.m. yet, and already shoppers were there, ready to take home their

Farms of Sheffield which offers a plethora of garden produce — including many unique varieties; treasures.

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ple in and out of the first couple of markets. That’s been good for our facility (Cornerstone Community Wellness Center) because it’s bringing awareness to our building and our services and what we are going to do in the future.”

Watch for a story on the new wellness center in a future edition of the BCR. Pratt was quick to offer credit to those who are helping to bring these services to Sheffield.

“We have a bunch of volunteers, a staff member and a great board who are making all of this happen,” said Pratt. “Those people are the ones who help make it happen.”

The Sheffield Farmers’ Market, which sells only food items and plants, is open to the public. The vendor spaces are free, and those interested in operating a stand at the market are encouraged to visit the center’s website at www.ccwell.org and fill out an application.

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Cracking a lesson on life WALNUT — May has been a busy month in kindergarten and first grade at Bureau Valley North in Walnut.

The classes received six dozen eggs from the Farm Bureau and incubated them for 21 days. As

they waited for the eggs to hatch, students read books, performed experiments and learned all about the developing chicks in the eggs. They even candled the eggs to see which ones were fertilized.

When the exciting day

came, the children eagerly watched as 58 chicks hatched. They were surprised with the variety of colors of chicks - black, yellow, brown and some even had stripes.

Hatching chicks was so much fun.

Catching the sales in the sun The gorgeous weather makes for an ideal opportunity to shop locally during Princeton’s Main Street sidewalk sale and to also take advantage of some great sale prices on a wide array of items.

Auction Calendar June 6 – Steve and Shirley Frank, furniture, collectibles household, tools, 10 a.m., 3238 1225 N. Ave., Neponset, Tumbleson Auction Co., auctioneers.

June 6 – JT’s Bar & Grill (Denise and Kurt Jeppson), real estate and

restaurant equipment, 10 a.m., 101 N. Main St., Cherry, Becker Auction Service, auctioneers.

June 19 – FSPS Corp, tractors, trucks, loader, fork lifts, truck and tractor parts, tools, equipment, office equipment, shelving, new and used

augers, grain handling parts, 8:30 a.m., 11395 E. 950 North Ave., Wyoming, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

July 9 – Delbert Morris, real estate, 6 p.m., 223 S. Euclid Ave., Princeton, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

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A safe splash Share the fun, not the germs

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Bureau Valley honors retiring teachers The Bureau Valley School Board honored 11 retirees during its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 26. The retirees were recognized for their years of service and dedication to the district. Teachers include Sue Bromme-Winger, 28 years; Pat Corwin, 35 years; Donald Guier, 25 years; Ann Lusher, 29 years; Cindy Martin, 32 years and Mickey White, 23 years. Custodians include Ron Gould, 33 years and Bob Lanxon, 24 years. Cafeteria employee Karen Renner, 30 years. Bus drivers include Ellen DeWaele, 38 years and Lauren Tornow, 12 years. Together the employees made up 309 years of service. Pictured (front row, from left) Don Guier, Ann Lusher, Mickey White and Ellen DeWaele; and (back row) Cindy Martin, Pat Corwin and Sue Bromme-Winger.

A need to heal the statewide nursing shortage PRINCETON — A statewide shortage of registered nurses (RNs) may soon be seen by the health care field. The aging field of RNs will be approaching retirement, and health care facilities will soon be searching for necessary replacements.

“Retiring nurses who have given us their life’s commitment to Perry Memorial (Hospital) take with them experience. This is just not something that you can learn in a book.

Keeping experienced nurses is and will continue to be an ongoing process that we as an institution are aware of,” said Michele Rossmann, director of Acute Care Services at Perry Memorial Hospital (PMH).

“As more baby boomers approach retirement, it is

fill those specialty areas,” said Rossmann.

According to Rossmann, an RN shortage at PMH would place additional stress and required working hours for the employed nursing staff at the hospital. A nurse to patient ratio is required and maintained in order to ensure the safe and efficient care of all PMH patients.

A survey conducted by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) confirmed along with the shortage of Illinois RNs, the workforce is also seeing a lack of cultural and gender diversity, despite the increasing diversity of the state. Only 7 percent of nurses 25 and younger were reported being male.

The survey also found of the nurses polled, one third of all RNs ages 55 to 65 intend to retire within the next five years. Accord-

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ing to IDFPR, this will leave vast voids in specialties such as psychiatric, school, home health and community health nursing.

“Perry Memorial recognizes future staffing challenges and takes a proactive approach to staffing nurses throughout the hospital,” said Rossmann.

According to Rossmann, PMH continues to work toward the furthering of education for all their employees. Through an Education Loan Program, PMH aims to help cover the costs of education for their employees and qualifying individuals in the surrounding community wishing to pursue a career in health care. If graduates agree to accept a position at Perry Memorial, their loan may be paid off by the hours that individuals works in the hospital.

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essential that our health care industry has the ability to quantify the forthcoming need for additional health care professionals and other health care services,” said Bryan Schneider, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Secretary.

People are living longer, and there is an increasing the need for RN services with a decreasing workforce in the health care field, said Rossmann.

Fortunately for PMH, she added, the local institution has not yet been hit with the struggle of an RN shortage.

“Currently Perry Memorial Hospital is experiencing more of a nursing turnover than a nursing shortage. Many of the 30- and 40-year RNs in specialty areas are now retiring, and we are seeing our 10-15 year RNs shift from the medical surgical arenas to

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Editor’s note: The following story is the first in a multi-story series focusing on summer safety.

Be careful in both tested and untested waters when making a splash this summer.

“Every day, two children in the U.S. younger than 14 years old die from drowni n g , ” said an Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) press release.

According to the IDPH, drowning is the leading cause of injury death for children ages 1 to 4 years old.

IDPH advised parents, guardians or pool owners to be sure all entering the pools know how to swim and do so safely. Continuous and attentive supervision should always be a priority around large bodies of water.

“Swimming is a great summertime activity,” said IDPH Director Nirav D. Shah, M.D., J.D. “To make sure it doesn’t end in illness from swallowing germs in pool water, or injury from too many chemicals, IDPH has some basic prevention tips to help keep you safe and healthy when swimming.

With National Healthy and Safe Swimming Week having come to a close, the Illinois Department of Public Health continues to encourage safe summer swimming habits. The “Make a Healthy Splash: Share the Fun, not the Germs” theme for 2015 focuses on the roles of both swimmers and pool attendants or operators in ensuring public health and safety this summer.

The press release from the IDPH revealed from 2011 to 2012 there were almost 100 illness outbreaks nationally, which were linked to swimming.

While chlorine and other disinfectants kill most germs within minutes, some can survive for days.

“Pee, poop, sweat and dirt from swimmers’ bodies mix with chlorine and form chemicals that can make our eyes red and trigger asthma attacks,” said the press release.

In order to prevent these mishaps, all s w i m mers are encouraged to maint a i n healthy hygiene.

Swimm e r s should shower before swimming and take breaks from swimming every hour. During these breaks, it is advised everyone exit the pool together, and those who may need to, proceed to the restroom.

However, sicknesses and visits to the emergency rooms can be caused through other means as well.

The mishandling of pool chemicals by pool operators and residential pool owners has become a major concern throughout the country. The IDPH found each year, the mishandling of pool chemicals leads to around 3,000 to 5,000 visits to emergency rooms in the United States.

Pool operators are advised to read all the directions carefully before administering the treatments. Also, to wear the appropriate safety equipment when handling the chemicals.

Pool chemicals should only be added when no one is in the water. The various pool chemicals should never be mixed, especially chlorine products which contain acid.

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The Hall High School building project continues, as shown with this photo taken at a recent HHS open house.

Hall From Page 1 Nicky Barto addressed the board. Barto updated the board on the move from the old school to the new school.

Barto was impressed with how the staff members and support staff worked together to pack up the classrooms with the help of retired teachers, administrators and community members.

Struna clarified that Hall High School has no policy regarding the placement of eighth-grade students from the feeder schools in eightgrade Accelerated Algebra I. This class is taught at Hall.

Board member Betsy Sobin feels strongly that there should be a policy.

She said, “There needs to be consistency among the feeder schools in how students are chosen for this class.” Struna stressed the staff at each school knows their students better and need to have the control over the placement.

Also, in her last act as assistant principal, Angie Carpenter updated the board on academic changes that could be occurring next year.

Next month the board will decide whether or not to change how freshmen students are placed in Core courses for math and English and also in honors classes. Core classes give the students an additional class period of math to work on their basic skills while they are taking Algebra I and English I. Currently students are placed in Core Math if their Explore Test is below 17 and in Core English if their score is below 13 in English and below 15 in reading.

The proposed changes include allowing students who score a 15 or 16 in math to be placed in Algebra I with no Core Math with the recommendation

of the feeder school.

Also students scoring an 11-12 in English and a 13 or 14 in reading will be placed in English I with no Core English with the recommendation of the feeder school.

Struna is not 100 percent in favor of the changes. He feels the data supports the fact that the current placement of students in Core Math and English is working.

The placement policy for honors/accelerated courses is up for discussion at the next meeting as well.

Currently students must score at least a 17 in reading and at least a 19 in science on the Explore test to be placed in honors biology.

Honors English requires students to score at least a 14 in English and at least a 17 in reading on the Explore Test.

Students who did not take Algebra I in eighth grade must score at least an 18 the Explorer test.

The proposed changes to the honors classes allows the parents whose child is within 1 point of the benchmark to request honors placement.

Assistant Principal Eric Bryant provided information to the board on proposed changes to the discipline policy. Changes are in regards to absences, cell phone usage and academic honesty. If the board approves the changes, the new regulations will be mailed home, and parents will sign off that they have read the changes at registration.

Struna discussed the proposed changes to policies in regards to extracurricular activities.

The changes outline several requirements of coaches, including meeting with the athletic director in the middle and the end of the season, in addition to having a team meeting with athletes and their parents before the first practice of

every sport. General guidelines could be added to the policy for the coaches to use to choose team captains.

Struna also read the monthly update from Leopardo Construction.

Decommissioning of the existing school is underway. Salvaged materials have been removed. Asbestos abatement is approximately 60 percent complete.

Demolition of the old school will take approximately six to eight weeks and will begin when asbestos abatement is complete.

Demolition could begin as early as June 15.

After a brief closed session, the large crowd heard the board hired fall and winter coaches for the 201516 school year. John Picatto cast the lone no vote. The board hired Randy Tieman as head football coach, Tom Keegan as cross country coach, Megan Nation as volleyball coach, Mike Filipini as boys’ basketball coach, Brian Holman as girls’ basketball coach, Monica Hrovat as bowling coach and Joe Rue as wrestling coach.

The board also approved the hiring of the administrative support staff for Fiscal Year 2016. Hired were Stephanie Sannamen, Lynn Ellis, Julie DeAngelo, Vicki Piontek, Deb Arreguin and Kelli Curran.

The board also approved the hiring of the following teacher aides: Angie Cinotto, Chris Despinis, Tanya Huston, Donna Rutgen, Randy Tieman, Megan Uphoff and Nicole Wiltse.

John Marshall, Mike Edgcomb and Dan Kasperski were hired as custodians.

The board accepted the resignation of teacher aide Jason Bland.

The next meeting will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, at a location to be determined.

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A work crew prepares to install replacement windows on the first floor of the Ohio Community Schools building Wednesday morning, after completing the second-floor installation on the structure’s north side. Illinois Sash Erectors of Elk Grove Village was scheduled to complete the installation project Thursday at a total cost of $448,415, according to Ohio School Superintendent Sharon Sweger. An Illinois State Board of Education maintenance grant of $200,000 helped to pay for the project, which involved 122 windows in 38 openings, Sweger said.

May was warm and wet in Illinois CHAMPAIGN — Despite cool weather at times, May was 2.3 degrees above average on temperature and 1 inch above average on rainfall, according to Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel, Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois.

The statewide average rainfall was 5.6 inches, which was 1 inch above average and the 22nd wet-

test May on record. Some of the heaviest amounts were seen in Northwest Illinois and just southeast of St. Louis.

The highest reported monthly rainfall total was 9.41 inches at Red Bud (Randolph County). The next highest total was 8.77 inches at Mt. Carroll.

Most of Illinois was near average to above average in rainfall for May. There

was a stretch of Illinois to the east of Interstate 57 from near Champaign southward with below-average rainfall.

Source: The Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a division of the Prairie Research Institute, is the primary agency in Illinois concerned with water and atmospheric resources.

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fiscal year budget to make the replacement when it was needed, and he said workers are saying now is time.

The city has budgeted $20,000 to make a down payment on a new truck, and Clawson said the rest of the cost would be financed over a period of two to three years.

Clawson said the city has looked into a more sophisticated garbage system, but at this point said he doesn’t believe the department is quite ready to move forward with the system.

“I would suggest when we have a planning session this summer, we talk about the garbage department concept and the whole aspects of the department that includes

the transfer station and commercial pick-up,” he said.

Clawson has recommended the city instead purchase a conventional garbage truck at this time.

Commissioner Ray Mabry said he recognized the urgency of truck, however, asked to table the issue until the next meeting with the idea the council would then take action on the purchase.

“I’d like to do a little more research on the garbage truck and what the other communities are doing, and just take two weeks and then come back to the council with hopefully action on getting the garbage truck ordered,” he said.

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A new garbage truck for the city?

Also on Monday, June 1, the council discussed the possibility of purchasing a new garbage truck for the city.

The city currently has two trucks — one for back-up, and one that is used for regular service.

The regular service truck, however, is on borrowed time, according to Princeton City Manager Jeff Clawson.

Therefore, the city has been looking into purchasing a new truck.

Clawson said it was in the

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At the courthouse Randle A. Nelson of West Peoria and Marriage licenses Lisa A. (Engelman) Nelson of Ladd;

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Mineral Pride Museum offers piano demonstration The Mineral Pride Museum will be open from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 6, where demonstrations of this player piano manufactured in 1924 in Chicago will be given upon request. Roger Moore, the original owner’s nephew, has restored the piano to run with an electric air pump.

Gregory J. Albrecht of Ohio, Ill., to Rekalyn B. Sedioy of Ohio, Ill. Brandon M. Ryan of Des Plaines to Zita M. Henneberry of Princeton.

John A. Gattuso of Arlington to Mikki J. Mzoughi of Arlington.

Ryan P. Korn of Peru to Christina M. Skodachek of Peru.

Robert W. Mellentine of LaSalle to Hannah L. Cox of LaSalle.

Alex J. Karrow of Cedar Rapida, Iowa, to Melissa L. McDonald of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Vernon E. Adams III of Wyoming, Ill., to Kylie S. Jaquet of Wyoming, Ill. Michael L. Jenkins of Princeton to Staci J. Hemmer of Amboy.

Ryan D. Clark of Granville to Amanda L. Shevokas of Toluca.

Aaron G. Wilson of Wenona to Misty L. McCaw of Toluca.

John K. Wanjika of Tiskilwa to Melissa J. Zehr of Tiskilwa.

Divorces Breann R. (Birdsley) McCarter of Princeton and Andrew S. McCarter of Wyanet; married Feb. 22, 2010; divorced May 21, 2015.

Police reports Bureau County Sheriff Warrant arrests

Timothy M. Rios, 27, of Sterling was charged for an in-state warrant at the intersection of Main Street and Elm Place at 4 p.m.

June 2.

Gary D. Shockley, 27, of LaMoille was charged for an in-state Bureau County warrant at 10:27 a.m. June 3 at a rural residence.

Accidents

Richard L. Jordan, 34, of Mendota was charged for an accident involving destruction of property, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, duty upon damaging unattended property, no driver’s license, failure to report an accident and no valid registration at 6 p.m. May 23 on 3360 East Street about one-half mile south of 2800 North Avenue.

Andrew R. Jacobs, 19, of Walnut swerved off the roadway to avoid a pedestrian at 12:30 p.m. June 1 on 1500 East Street about one-fourth mile north of 2300 North Avenue.

Matthew S. Cole, 26, of Malden and Charles R. Berry, 55, of Princeton were involved in a two-vehicle accident at 6:09 a.m.

May 28 on Backbone Road at the intersection with Interstate 80 overpass.

Cole was ticketed for operating an uninsured motor vehicle.

A 16-year-old Princeton girl and Donald G. Maddex, 81, of Henry were involved in a two-vehicle accident at 12:17 p.m.

May 23 on Route 26 at the intersection with 1500 North Avenue

Deer accidents

Melanie F. Kulla, 35, of LaSalle struck a deer at 7:34 a.m. June 1 on Route 92 about one-half mile east of 700 East Street.

Averie Lindenmier, 29, of West Brooklyn struck a deer at 5:11 a.m. May 29 on Route 34 about one-

fourth mile north of 1950 North Avenue.

Bradley P. Six, 45, of Rock Island struck a deer at 11:22 p.m. May 29 on Route 92 about one-fourth mile east of 1700 East Street.

Michael W. Mitchell, 40, of Malden struck a deer at 5:29 a.m. May 31 on Interstate 80 at the intersection with Mile Marker 49.

Robert J. Haun, 30, of Tiskilwa struck a deer at 9:58 p.m. May 30 on Tiskilwa Bottom Road about one and one-half mile west of 2150 East Street.

DUI

Adam G. Stocking, 35, of Walnut was charged with speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol at 10:06 p.m. June 1 on Route 40 at the intersection with 1745 North Avenue.

Dog accident

Brian K. Lucas, 49, of Malden hit a dog at 12:15 p.m. May 30 on Angling Road about one-fourth mile east of 2500 East Street.

Princeton Police DUI

Collin T. Hasbrook, 19, of Princeton was charged with unlawful use of cellphone, illegal transportation of alcohol, driving under the influence, unlawful possession of an

alcoholic beverage by a minor and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia in the intersection of Main and Farnham streets at 5:20 a.m. May 31. A passenger, Tyson J. Lorenzen, 19, of Princeton was charged with unlawful consumption of alcoholic beverage by a minor.

Residential burglary

Matthew J. Nowatka, 23, of Princeton was charged with residential burglary, battery and criminal damage in the 700 block of West Longhaven Street at 7:05 a.m. June 2.

Battery

Joseph R. Knowles, 33, of Princeton was charged with battery in the 400 block of South Gosse Street at 2:15 p.m. June 2.

Spring Valley Police Disorderly conduct

Doss E. Pullen, 55, of Spring Valley was charged with disorderly conduct in the 200 block of South Strong Avenue at 7:52 p.m.

June 1.

Accident

A two-vehicle accident involving drivers Thomas A. Brown, 45, of Peru and Charles J. Yuvan, 18, of Ladd occurred on Dakota Street near Power Street at 4:43 p.m. May 28. Brown was charged with driving

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City ordinance violation

Daniel E. Sawin, 47, of Spring Valley was charged with a city ordinance violation for property maintenance in the 100 block of West Saint Paul Street at 8:15 p.m. May 29.

Warrant arrest

Nicole D. Cook, 30, of Crossville, Tenn., was picked up in the 300 block of West Saint Paul Street at 4:12 p.m. May 29 on a LaSalle County warrant for battery.

Zero tolerance

Following a traffic stop, Zachary T. McGuire, 20, of Dalzell was charged with driving in the wrong lane, unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor and zero tolerance on Route 6 near Elm Street at 3:42 a.m. May 31.

Illinois State Police Warrant arrest

Steven M. Oster, 51, of Putnam was picked up on Interstate 80 eastbound near Mile Marker 73 in LaSalle County at 12:48 p.m. June 2.

married April 20, 1986; divorced June 1, 2015.

Traffic court

Disregard stop sign — Michael A. Shan, 31, of Spring Valley.

Disregarding official traffic control device — Oniana N. Kelchner, 18, of Spring Valley.

Electronic communication device — Neil R. Flanagan, 21, of Ladd.

Fishing on private property — Jessika R. Benson, 21, of Spring Valley; Luis D. Martinez, 42, of DePue. Operate uninsured motor vehicle — Kierstyn F. Perez, 19, of Spring Valley.

Registration expiration — Linda P. Meyer, 57, of Seatonville.

Speeding (11-14) — Miguel Aldana, 19, of Spring Valley; Natasha M. Battle, 22, of Princeton.

Speeding (15-20) — Michael J. Halper, 62, of DePue; John D. Lewis, 22, of Princeton; Lois P. Munson, 41, of Spring Valley; Mark R. Ridge, 53, of LaMoille; Louis R. Salinas, 31, of Wyanet.

Speeding (21-25) — Collin T. Hasbrook, 19, of Princeton; Maribeth Soldati, 47, of Arlington.

Obituaries Lorraine Redenius OGLESBY — Lorraine V. Redenius, 96, of Oglesby died at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at Manor Court of Peru.

She was born March 4, 1919, in Lostant to Henry and Lilly (Schach) May. She worked at Owens Illinois Glass in Streator for many years and also, candled eggs at Mertel’s Hatchery in Lostant.

She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Lorraine Church, where she taught Sunday school Redenius and was active with the lady’s sewing group in the church in which they made quilts for the Lutheran World Relief.

Surviving are two daughters, Marilyn Jean Briscoe of Princeton and Ruth Ann Tomanek of Oglesby; two grandchildren, Gregory John (Andrea) Kreitner and Tanya Tomanek; four great-grandchildren, Grace, George, Johnathan and Lilly; one great-great-granddaughter, Ariana; and one sister, Leah Donna Moore of Normal.

She was preceded in death by one grandson, Troy Tomanek, in 1996.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 6, in St. John’s Lutheran Church in Peru with the Rev. Timothy Kenyon officiating. Visitation will be prior to the services, starting at 9:30 a.m., in the church.

Memorials may be directed to St. John’s Lutheran Church or MDA in memory of her grandson, Troy. The Hurst Funeral Home in LaSalle is assisting the family.

Eileen Nielsen

STERLING — D. Eileen Davis Nielsen, 94, of Sterling died Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 6, at the Tampico United Methodist Church with the Rev. Leanne Keate, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Tampico Memorial Cemetery. Visitation was held Friday, June 5, at the Garland Funeral Home in Tampico.

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The USS Liberty Editor’s note: This story, written by Princeton resident Jim Hobbs, acknowledges the June 7, anniversary of the USS Liberty.

On the evening of June 7, 1963, the NSA intelligence gathering ship, Liberty, cruised slowly in the Eastern Mediterranean along the Sinai Coast near Egypt; a converted civilian ship carrying over 200 crew members, four 50-caliber machine guns — its guts filled with signal intelligence equipment. Around 3 a.m., the Pentagon issued orders to the Sixth Fleet Headquarters that the Liberty was not to approach closer than 120 miles from Israel, Syria, or the Sinai Coast.

Due to message routing problems, the message was never delivered.

About 9 a.m. several aircraft, including two delta-winged jets, flew over the Liberty so close the Liberty crew members and Israeli pilot exchanged waves.

The Liberty, in waters now 14 miles from the Israeli coast, was well-marked as an American ship flying the flag and its GTR-2 hull markings. Later information from Israeli defense force sources the overflights were coincidental, as the aircraft were searching for Egyptian submarines that were reported in the area.

At 1:41 p.m., torpedo boats spotted an unknown vessel 22 miles off the Sinai Coast traveling at a speed of 22 knots. At the time, Liberty was cruising at 5 knots toward its signal intelligence position toward the destination 13 miles off the Sinai Coast. The Israeli command, assuming the Liberty a destroyer, unleashed three Mirage 111 fighters to attack the vessel. The attack that lasted 20 minutes raking the deck with cannons and napalm concentrating on the antenna array. Eight crewmen were killed or died later and 75 wounded including Commander William McGonagle. The Mirage aircraft were replaced by two other aircraft that unloaded their cache of napalm and then strafed the Liberty with rocket and cannon fire.

At around 2:30 p.m., three Israeli torpedo boats raked the burning Liberty with cannon fire and sent a torpedo into the ship where the signal intelligence systems were located, killing 25 more Americans.

An order to abandon ship was given. Lifeboats were lowered filled with crew member, while the torpedo boats circled the ship strafing life rafts and sinking two. McGonagle sent an urgent message to sixth fleet for immediate assistance. The torpedo boats left then returned about 2:20 p.m. — the three boats attacked in torpedo mode firing five torpedoes at the burning ship. One hit mid-ship creating a 40-foot hole that was a former cargo hold, but now the ships research area, killing 25 more men.

An hour after the attack warships and aircraft returned. Captain McGonagle told the remainder of his crew to prepare for boarding. However, the Israelis broke off and fled apparently fearing engagement from the sixth fleet. The Liberty was left devastated and broken but still able to limp away under its own power.

Of the 197 crew members, 34 were killed and 171 wounded. Within an hour following the attack, the Israeli government notified Washington they made a tragic error. Israel stated they mistook the Liberty for an Egyptian horse transport. U.S. Secretary Dean Rusk and Joint Chiefs of Staff Head Admiral Thomas Moore insisted the attack was deliberate and meant to sink the Liberty. The CIA also agreed and accused Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Dayan of orchestrating the attack. The White House quickly hushed up the incident and accepted Israel’s version of the attack.

Why did Israel attack the Liberty? They suspected, rightfully, so the Liberty’s mission of signal intelligence would blow their statement that the Arab counties started the war; when in fact Israel started the war to annex the West Bank, Golan Heights, Jerusalem and Sinai and then planned to go after Syria. Also it was highly suspected Israel was not taking prisoners at the war front.

Commander McGonagle received the Congressional Medal of Honor in Washington’s navy yard by the Secretary of the Navy in an unpublicized ceremony.

That is the only time in American history the medal has not been awarded by the president of the United States.

Richard Widmark: A Princeton legend Classmates — Becoming Richard Widmark Column and artwork by Bartlett Lee Kassabaum

Richard Widmark made his radio debut in 1938 in “Aunt Jenny’s Real Life Stories.” His radio career continued through 1944 where he was in the drama “True Confessions” for NBC and played Albert in “Ethel and Albert,” a comedy on ABC radio. He would be starring in “Trio” on stage at New York City’s the Belasco Theater starting in December. Since late in February of 1944, it had taken all of his concentration to focus on his acting.

Second Lt. Donald Widmark, Richard’s younger brother, almost 26, was the co-pilot of Wacky Donald, a Ford B-24H bomber, #42-7567, flying at 15,000 feet, and cruising at a speed of 200 mph. The plane and crew were part of the 445th Bomb Group, 700th Bomb Squadron of the 8th Air Force, based in Tibenham, England. It was Feb. 24, 1944, and they were crossing Holland on a mission heading for Gotha, Germany. The pilot was Second Lt. Robert A. Blomberg; Second Lt. Emery J. Verga Jr. was the navigator; Second Lt. William J. McKee Jr. was the bombardier; Tech Sgt. Clement Leone was the radio operator; Staff Sgt. Edward Cooper, ball turret gunner; Tech Sgt. Richard F. McCormick, top turret gunner; Staff Sgt. John Sheppard, tail gunner; Staff Sgt. John Gunning, left waist gunner; and Staff Sgt. Eugene Hickey rounded out the crew of 10 at right waist gunner.

Widmark and some of this same crew had been downed on Dec. 29, 1943, in a B-24, #42-7550. They crashed near Alltebridge, a village in the English county of Norfolk after an uncontrollable engine fire forced the crew to bail out.

The pilot was Second Lt. Donald Hansen, who did not have time to escape and was killed in the incident. On Jan. 5, 1944, Donald Widmark was also the co-pilot of the B-24H Liquidator #41-29116 bomber that had mechanical problems and was unable to land. The entire crew bailed out safely, and the plane crashed near Hardwick, England. These were tough, brave, young men who wouldn’t stay down.

The Ford B-24H was the result of a design effort to improve the defensive firepower of the basic B-24D design. It was a heavy bomber manufactured at the Willow Run complex by the Ford Motor Co., near Belleville, Mich. The plane could carry 12,800 pounds of bombs and was outfitted with 10, .50 caliber gunneries. The B-24H weighed 56,000 pounds, had four Pratt & Whitney R-1830-65 engines of 1,200 hp each, a maximum range of 3,700 miles, a wing span of 110 feet, was 67 feet long and 18 feet in height. It had a maximum speed of 290 mph, and its’ ceiling was 28,000 feet. The Ford B-24H cost $336,000 to build in 1944 dollars.

The Focke-Wulf 190A was a German single-seat, single engine attack fighter aircraft, that along with its counterpart, the Messerschmitt BF 109 was the backbone of the Luftwaffe’s Fighter Force.

The engine was a twin-row BMW 801 radial engine that enabled it to carry larger ammunition loads. It had no problem functioning at altitudes under 20,000 feet.

Operation Argument took place from Feb. 20 to Feb. 25, 1944, as part of a series of missions against The Third Reich that became known as Big Week. The Wacky Donald was a part of it.

Feb. 24, 1944, was a Thursday, and the weather was not good.

There were heavy clouds; visibility was limited; the drizzle was constant; and the attack came from the rear. The Focke-Wulf 190A seemed to come out of nowhere, and its 20mm cannons caused immense damage on its initial barrage. Tail gunner Staff Sgt. John Sheppard was killed instantly; the hydraulics were ruptured; and at the front of the plane pilot Second Lt. Robert A. Blomberg suffered fatal wounds.

The co-pilot, Second Lt. Donald Widmark, took the controls and tried to bring the plane around to head back for England. Well into Widmark’s turn, the plane erupted in flames, and the German fighter was making one more pass at them.

Three more of the 10-man crew were killed. Edward Cooper, John Gunning and Richard F. McCormick lost their lives in the attack and fire. The five remaining airmen, including Widmark, struggled to bail out of the seriously-damaged plane. Second Lt. Verga, Second Lt. McKee, and Sgt. Hickey bailed out in the rear, and Second Lt. Donald Widmark managed to get the top hatch open. Widmark got out followed by the radio operator Clement Leone. The 200 mph wind was brutal, and it took everything they had to hold on and get into position to push off. They had to get themselves parallel to the plane before they let go. Widmark got away and had his chute open.

While Leone was making up his mind to let go, the plane exploded.

When he came to, he pulled the ripcord to his parachute. He had been knocked unconscious by the concussion of the blast for several seconds. Incendiary fallout from the explosion caused Widmark’s chute to catch fire, and he couldn’t control it. He had a tough landing, coming down faster than he should have, hitting his head. Leone nearly missed landing in a lake, but he and the rest of the crew all made it down safely. They were in the area of Hardenberg, Holland.

The Dutch underground came to the aid of the downed airmen.

They hid the survivors for several weeks, but the Germans eventually found the entire crew and all were sent to prison camps. The officers were sent to Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany. Tech Sgt Clement Leone had eluded the Nazis for longer than any of them and with the help of the underground had got as far as Antwerp, Belgium. He was sent to Stalag Luftwaffe IV in Poland.

POWs were loaded on trains for transfer to the camps.

Stalag Luft I at Barth was one of 48 Prisoner of War camps in Nazis occupied territory in 1944. It was situated on a strip of barren land jutting into the Baltic Sea about 105 miles northwest of Berlin. Two

miles south of the main gate a massive Lutheran church marked the northern outskirts of the village of Barth. A large pine forest was the western border of the camp, and to the east and north, the waters of Barth Harbor were less than a mile from the barbed wire fence.

POWs were marched to Stalag Luft I from the railroad station through the town of Barth and through the Dammtor Gate, built in the middle of the 14th Century. It is 115 feet in height and has an entrance of 13 feet in width.

The Stalag was divided into five separate areas called compounds.

There were four for prison compounds: South or West, North 1, North 2 and North 3. The fifth area, for the Germans, ‘The Oasis the center, had well constructed buildings, green grass and attractive shrubbery. It was in sharp contrast to the prison compounds. The barracks in the prison compounds were 45 feet by 100 feet, 11 feet in height, and elevated 1 to 4 feet off the ground. Donald Widmark was in the South or West compound.

He was prisoner serial # O686522, and he was suffering terrible headaches.

Richard Widmark and family received word in February that Donald is missing in action, and later in March, that he is a POW in Germany. Gail Castner is turning out pilots, as a civilian Army Air Corps flight instructor at Randolph Field in Texas. Max Caster is in briefings about two miles south of Bungay, England, just beyond the village of Flixton, at Bungay airfield, home of the 446th BG, Eighth Air Force in World War II. We’ll get up in the air with Max Castner next time, and I’ll keep searching for Richard Widmark in the rearview mirror.

I’d love to chat with any of you readers. Come visit me from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Art in the Park on Princeton’s Courthouse Square.

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Births announced — Meet the newest arrivals to the area on Page 8. Birth announcements run each Saturday.

Strawberry and Artist and Artisans Festival filled with activities in Tiskilwa on June 13 TISKILWA — On Saturday, June 13, Tiskilwa’s annual Strawberry and Art Festival will load up the lawn at the Museum on Main with fresh strawberries and shortcake, more than 15 booths of arts and crafts, and local musicians celebrating this festive summer event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Plow Creek Farms will once again offer strawberries and baked goods while the Tiskilwa Historical Society provides a venue for local artists and artisans to show off their wares.

Several will be selling, others demonstrating and a few others merely showing their work.

With plenty of picnic tables on the lawn provided by the Tiskilwa Community Association, as well as a book sale at the Tiskilwa Library and Piccolo’s pizza across the street, it’s another all-community event made possible by several organizations.

Those planning to come and stay the day might want to bring along their favorite lawn chairs.

Fingers crossed for a day as beautiful as last year’s first expanded festival, but Plan B and a rainy day moves everything one block northeast to the Tiskilwa Fire Station. Situated at the north end of High Street, the station’s meeting room will house the art booths while food will be served in the fire truck bays.

Cookout in Princeton The festivities begin at 8 a.m. with garage sales throughout the village.

The museum will open its doors to visitors from 9 a.m. onward, featuring a special exhibit of photography

by David Horst. All the art booths will be ready for business by 10 a.m. The serving of freshly picked strawberries begins at 11 a.m. For the kids or the young at heart, volunteers will help with face-painting and a painting booth from noon to 2 p.m.

Beginning at 11 a.m., live music on the museum steps will be provid-

ed by Phil and Pam Kaufmann with Phyllis Kaufmann Horst in on the fun. At noon, The Generics will take over, sponsored by the TCA and performing at the TCA building at the corner of Main and Sycamore streets.

At 6 p.m., the dinner bell will ring for an evening of food and dancing at Harmon’s Lake, three miles west of Tiskilwa. The drawdown event is the TCA’s major fundraiser for the numerous activities and village improvements that they sponsor throughout the year.

tunity to appear on stage — as part of the chorus ensemble — in selected performances of the Festival 56 production of “Gypsy.”

The camp fee is $100 per child, but need-based scholarships are available as are family discounts (10 percent off for each additional sibling registered). Registration forms are available at the festival box office (open noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and online at www.festiva56.com). Completed registrations, along with the regis-

tration fee, should be dropped off at the box office, 316 S. Main St. in Princeton.

Camp 56 is partially funded by the Sun Foundation, Omni Arts and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Additional support is provided by Church Women United, Robert Glaser and St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, which serves as the camp venue.

For further information, contact Nicki Butler or Frank Monier at the Festival 56 box office by calling 815879-5656, ext. 11.

Roseberg. The season will culminate with a concert on Friday evening as part of the opening festivities of the 2015 Homestead Festival.

Anyone who loves to sing and is able to sing one of the choral parts — soprano, alto, tenor and bass — is invited to join. High school fresh-

men through senior citizens are welcome to participate. Roseberg is choosing music to coordinate with this year’s theme.

The chorus is in need of an accompanist. Questions and suggestions may be made to Kevin Glover at 815-915-7478.

Manlius High School Alumni Banquet MANLIUS — Invitations to the 97th Manlius Alumni Banquet have been sent.

The banquet will be Friday, July 31, at Arnie’s Happy Spot in Deer Grove beginning at 6 p.m. for appetizers and dinner following at 7 p.m. The cost

is $19 per person. The classes of 1965, 1975, 1985 and 1990 will be honored.

A short program is being arranged with plenty of time to visit and reminisce.

If you did not receive one, you may contact Joan Kerber, 21185 800 East St.,

Sheffield, IL 61361; call 815-445-4021 or 815-9156045, or email retiredkerberj@yahoo.com. You can also contact Nancy Hartz, 5624 Backbone Road, Tampico, IL 61283; call 815542-6474 or 815-213-0710, or nmhartz@gmail.com.

FOE Auxiliary announces meetings PERU — Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary 2688 in Peru has announced upcoming meetings.

The installation of 2015-16 officers will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 11, in the Eagle hall. The refreshment committee

WALNUT — The Rotary Club of Walnut will host Jill Frueh, Bureau County Farm Bureau manager, at its Wednesday, June 10. The meeting will begin at noon and be held at the Walnut Cafe.

LAMOILLE — Entertainment will abound at the benefit for Pam and Kevin Rossler at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 20, at the LaMoille Lions Club. The cost of entry is $15 per person and includes food and entertainment. The day begins with music from Sliver Pickers from noon to 3 p.m. There will be a Miss Benefit contest at 3 p.m. From 6 to 9 p.m. the Meerkat Mobsters will play and Rodeo Drive will close the night beginning at 9 p.m.

Bureau County Chorus begins season PRINCETON — The Bureau County Chorus will begin its summer season with rehearsals beginning at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, at the Evangelical Covenant Church.

Rehearsals will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sept. 9. The director is Gwen Holmes

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Rossler benefit

Festival 56 summer theatre camp opportunity PRINCETON — There is still time to register for Camp 56, a two-week theatre summer day camp, offered

by Learning Stage, the education committee of Princeton Theatre Group. The camp will run weekdays from June 15 through June 26.

Camp 56 is an opportunity for youth, grades 3 to 12, to be involved in a variety of theatre arts activities — song, dance, make-up, costuming and visits to and with the Festival 56 sets, cast and crew. The culmination of the camp experience is the oppor-

Concert planned — The Spring Valley Municipal Band will present the first concert of the season June 12. See a full schedule in Tuesday’s BCR.

will be Elaine Day, Karen Brongel and Betty Parks.

A social time will be Wednesday, June 14. The REAC group will meet at 11:30 a.m. at Cindy’s in Mendota. For information, call Cheryl Kelish.

June birthday greetings to Theresa Carlson, Judy

Crouch, Louise Keef, Judy Mattison, Betty Parks and Golden Eagle Helen Samolinski.

Membership in the Auxiliary is open to all wives of the area. For information, contact Betty Park, Auxiliary secretary, at 815-664-2126.

PRINCETON — Perry Memorial Hospital will hold a Wyanet Locker cookout from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, June 6, in the parking lot at CarQuest in Princeton. The menu includes ribeye and pork chop sandwiches, pork burgers, brats, hot dogs, chips and soda or water. All proceeds will go to the Auxiliary scholarship fund.

Celebrating 65 years SPRING VALLEY — Tastee Freez in Spring Valley will celebrate 65 years with a special event on Sunday, June 28. The event will include a drive-in show and shine car show from 1 to 5 p.m. and the best car will receive ice cream for the season. Food will be available from 1 to 5 p.m. and live music from Double D and The Sensations will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Ice cream will be served all day, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tastee Freez is located at 309 E. Dakota St.

Cookout in Wyanet WYANET — The Wyanet Community Club will host a cookout from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at the Wyanet Locker. The menu will be ribeyes, butterfly chops, pork burgers, brats, hot dogs, chips and pop. Proceeds will benefit the Aber family.

Vacation Bible school OHIO/WALNUT — The Immaculate Conception Church in Ohio and St. John’s in Walnut will combine to hold a vacation Bible school. Vacation Bible school will be held from 8:45 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 8, to Friday, June 12. The Immaculate Conception will host the school Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and St. John’s will host the school Wednesday and Friday.

This is open for students in grades K-5.

Home Extension to meet PRINCETON — The Princeton Junior Home Extension will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9. The hostess will be June Lapinski, who lives at 1000 W. Second St., Spring Valley. The co-host will be Pat Prokup. The leader will be Ramona Wedding.

The Office of McCall Chiropractic Clinic & Dr. Michelle Rowley will be closing their practice

June 1, 2015 due to relocating out of state.

Effective 6/2/2015 Dr. Leslie Lund will be taking over the practice and will continue to see patients at the same location. All records will be stored at Dr. Lund’s office.

Patients may receive a copy of their charts at 325 N. Main St., Princeton • 815-872-0426

Dr. Rowley would like to thank you for your business for the past 20 years.

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Auxiliary Unit 125 conducts veterans workshop PRINCETON — American Legion Woman’s Auxiliary Unit 125 of Princeton conducted its May veterans workshop on May 13 at the post home.

Forty-three treat bags were filled with fresh fruit, candies, puddings, popcorn, snack cakes, cereal bars, fruit cups and special diet snacks.

The Unit does the monthly workshops while convened for the veterans they serve in four nursing homes in the community. There will be no workshops conducted during the summer break months of May, June or July.

After the workshop, the ladies took a coffee break and enjoyed doughnuts provided by the VA&R chairperson.

To make a donation to the Unit for their veterans work, mail to Clara Pease, 321 Briar Lane, Princeton, IL 61356.

Eric and Carlee (Drendel) Skinner of Tonica are the parents of a daughter born May 27 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Kane

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American Legion Woman’s Auxiliary Unit 125 members (front row, from left) Eleanor Sapp, Clara Pease and Agnes Dunn; and (back row) Carol Allicks, Blanche Janssen, Jan Wedding, Mariele Fisher and Judy Nelson filled 43 treat bags during a recent veterans workshop.

2015 and 2016.

Bishop was the head custodian at Hall for 18 years until retiring in 1994. Before that he worked at JFK for 13 years and Lincoln for two year.

A native of Mark, Bishop was a truck driver on the front lines of the Korean War. He married Mary Charlotte Story in 1956 and worked at Owens Glass factory in Streator for 15 years.

JR of Princeton said his father was “well respected in the school system and community. Everyone knew him.”

Entry deadline set for June 30 PRINCETON — Applications are now available for the Bureau County Fair queen pageants. This year’s event will be Aug. 2.

Little Miss contestants can be no younger than 6 on Sunday, Aug. 2, and no older than 8 on Sunday, Aug. 2. They must reside in Bureau County. The entry fee is $25.

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Zach and Joni (Isaacson) Kane of Frisco, Texas, are the parents of a son, John Cooper, born June 2 at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Plano, Texas. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 19 1/2 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Chris and John Isaacson of Princeton. Paternal grandparents are Martha Kane of Alton and the late John Michael Kane.

Nally Justin and Jordin (Rosas) Nally of Princeton are the parents of a son, Otto Cru, born May 25 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru. He weighed 9 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 21 1/2 inches in length. He was welcomed home by one sister, Finley Lin, 2. Maternal grandparents are Traci Halterman of Princeton and Mike Rosas of Princeton. Paternal grandparents are John and Tracy Nally of Princeton. Great-grandparents are Lola Carey of Walnut, Marcella Mattingly of Walnut, and Ted and Norma Joiner of Tiskilwa.

Kunz Nicholas Kunz and Bryanna Smith of Wyanet are the parents of a daughter, Maya Lynn, born May 28 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 19 inches in length.

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IVCC Foundation representative Fran Brolley (left) with Char and JR Bishop.

Applications now available for queen pageants younger than 12 on Sunday, Aug. 2, and no older than 14 on Sunday, Aug. 2. They must reside in Bureau County. The entry fee is $25.

Miss Division contestant can be no younger than 16 on Sunday, Aug. 2, and no older than 21 in January 2016. The Bureau County Fair Queen Pageant must have at least 10 Bureau County contestants by the deadline. If that number is not met the pageant will be open to girls from Whiteside, Lee, Marshall Putnam, Henry, LaSalle or Stark coun-

ties. The entry fee is $50.

Practice dates will be as follows: Monday, July 6, for all contestants; Monday, July 13, for junior and miss contestants only; Monday, July 27, for all contestants; Wednesday, July 29, for all contestants; and Friday, July 31, for all contestants.

To request and application, or for more information, email bureaucofairqueenpageant@gmail.com or contact Tracy Diehl at 309-507-2596.

The entry deadline is Tuesday, June 30.

Handmade Items for sale Entertainment

by Festival 56 Ad i i ee

For more info o, check out the e Art In The Park page or call Gina Nellson at 815-879-30000

A card shower to help celebrate the 90th birthday of Don Taylor on June 16 is being held.

Don and his wife, Elaine Peach Taylor, who passed in 2012, were longtime residents of Bureau County.

They graduated from Walnut High School in 1943 and lived in the area until moving to Pennsylvania in 2004.

Cards can be sent to Don at: Foxdale Village, 500 E. Marylyn Ave., State College, PA 16801.

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Bishop family creates IVCC scholarship OGELSBY — The family of Clair “Mutts” Bishop Sr. of Spring Valley has donated $2,000 to establish an Illinois Valley Community College Foundation scholarship in his memory.

Bishop, a longtime custodian in Spring Valley schools, died Aug. 4, 2014. Bishop’s wife Char and son JR created the $1,000 annual award for incoming freshmen from Hall High School planning on careers in manufacturing or automotive technology. The scholarship will be warded in fall

Card shower for Don Taylor

Bake Sale Lunch available b Centrue Bank f r Festival 56

Christopher Nelson and Mandie Nemeth of Peru are the parents of a daughter born May 26 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley.

Alex Lange receives awards PEORIA — The Foster College of Business at Bradley University has announced undergraduate and graduate awards and scholarships.

Alex Lange of Princeton received the Larry Cornwell Scholarship. This scholarship honors Dr. Larry Cornwell, who began his carer at Bradley University where he established the MIS major, coordinated computer support for the college, and served on committees involving computing. The award is given in recognition of academic achievement, service to the Entrepreneurship, Technology and Law Department, and the potential for significant contribution in the field of management information systems. Lange also received the Entrepreneurship, Technology, Law and Academic Achievement Award. This is award to students who have graduated with a 3.8 grade point average or higher.

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Four-H helps to build a better world for all youth in Illinois

Building a better world for all Illinois youth is a vision of the University of Illinois Extension 4-H program.

One of the ways in which 4-H is doing so is helping develop teens who Engage-Lead-Impact-Inspire others in their communities.

Based on a 2014 survey of 534 youth from 58 different Illinois 4-H teen leadership groups, over 90 percent of those 4-H teens reported increased confidence, problem solving, teamwork, open mindedness, leadership and cooperation. They reported an increased ability to stand up for things that are important to them; knowing how to make alternative plans if something doesn’t work; working with others to solve problems; and willingness to consider ideas of others even if they are different from their own.

They can lead a group in making a decision and have shown they can work successfully with adults in 4-H who care about them and who allow them to make decisions. We extend independence through expanded leadership roles for teens.

Within the club setting, youth take on leadership roles and lead through parliamentary procedure. Once they reach eighth grade, they have the opportunity to serve on the Bureau County Federation; 4-H Federation members strengthen communication between community clubs and the local Extension office and helps make the county program stronger through their efforts. There are also numerous leadership workshops and clinics offered at a state level annually.

Locally the University of Illinois Extension, Bureau-LaSalle-Marshall-Putnam Counties

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Unit, is offering a Youth Leadership Certificate Program. The overall goal of the certificate program is to offer career and professional development workshops for local youth.

Participants will take the Real Colors Personality Inventory session to help determine their personality color temperament and work to incorporate their new self-awareness when making decisions and working in teams. In the leadership session they will explore the importance of leadership and developing skills along with creating their own professional pitch to be used when asked the question, “Can you tell me about yourself?”

They will also define professionalism in the professional development session and apply their definition of the workplace through attire, communications, appropriate use of social media and dining etiquette. In the final session, workforce preparation, participants will begin preparing for the workforce by creating a resume and cover letter, completing a job application, and practice interviewing using the STAR method.

Upon completion of each workshop series, participants will receive a certificate of endorsement by the University of Illinois Extension exemplifying the work related skills the participant learned.

The Professional Skills Leadership Workshop which will be a full, twoday workshop on Thursday, Aug. 6, and Friday,

Aug. 7, hosted at the U of I Extension Office at IVCC for high school students age 15-18.

This workshop is also open to non 4-Hers. The workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. The fee is $25 per participant and includes: Real Colors Personality Inventory test booklet, two lunches, a University of Illinois Extension flash drive pre-loaded with workshop materials, snacks and invaluable workforce preparation.

Advanced registration is required to Breanne Suarez at 815-224-0889 by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15.

University of Illinois Extension, 4-H programs, will continue to focus on the needs of the youth in our communities.

Through our local 4-H clubs, youth gain a sense of belonging within their groups, independence through decision-making and responsibility, a spirit of generosity toward others and a variety of opportunities to master skills and knowledge.

Four-H lends a hand in solving problems and help to ensure that youth are learning employment skills, experiencing healthy relationships, becoming physically fit, thinking green and engaging in science.

We work as a team with campus personnel and members of the community to bring needed programs to the area. For more information about 4-H in your community please call the Extension Office at 815-875-2878, visit our web page at http://web.extension.illinois.edu/blmp/ or visit us at 850 E. Thompson St., Princeton.

Sue Brooker is the 4-H and Youth Development Program Coordinator at the University of Illinois Extension Office.

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11 Sports Saturday, June 6, 2015 • 11 Did you know? — The St. Bede Bruins have reached the state baseball tournament seven times in school history.

Softball notebook

James, Humphrey step down

By Kevin Hieronymus

volunteer assistant Bill Phillips have daughters returning next year, Phillips having two.

The two lonJames strived to gest-running softturn a sputtering ball coaches in the PHS program into area are stepping a competitive one down. when he took over Brian Humphrey as head coach in resigned last week 2008. He got the after a 10-year run job done, winning at Bureau Valley.

64 games (64-41) Bob James followed over a four-year Bob with his resignastretch after a 7-16 tion Tuesday, June James first season. But 2, at Princeton after going losing 42 after eight years as games (18-42) the head coach and 12 last two years, he overall. said it was time to Their depargive the team a new tures leave Mike direction.

Urbanski as the “I think it’s time dean of the Bureau for some leadership County softball and see if someone coaches with two Brian else can get the job years at St. Bede.

H u m p h r e y Humphrey done,” James said.

His best seaspent 10 years as varsity coach, one as F/S son came in 2012, going coach under Jason Kirby. 21-13. While finishing just The regional title in Hum- 10-21, this year’s team phrey’s first year (2006) is the first PHS squad to as head coach is still the reach the regional finals.

While stepping aside only one in school hisfrom coaching full time, tory.

BV principal/acting AD having already giving up Eric Lawson anticipated his summer travel teams, to have interest on the James will remain active Storm staff. BV has for- giving hitting lessons. He mer big league all-star did not rule out a return closer Dan Kolb, the head to coaching one day.

PHS also lost its head F/S coach, in the bullpen.

He has coached Walnut F/S coach with the ressummer softball for sev- ignation of Tim Ciesieleral years. Both Kolb and ski. James was unsure khieronymus@bcrnews.com

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Feeling like kings The St. Bede Bruins baseball team sat in the Big B captain’s chair at Benedictine University with their super-sectional plaque after defeating Westmont 7-0 Tuesday night in Lisle. They played like kings and look to become King of Class 2A in Peoria this weekend. Friday’s semifinal game with Rockford Christian was completed after BCR press deadlines. Visit www.bcrmews.com/sports and follow sports editor Kevin Hieronymus on twitter at @bcrsportsed for updates of the Bruins at state. Also, look for complete coverage of the Bruins’ quest for the state championship in Tuesday’s BCR.

St. Bede at state 1944

• W Staunton 14-13 • L Maywood Proviso East 7-1 1946

• L Chicago Kelly 7-3 1965

• L Arlington Heights St. Viator 1966

• L Waukegan 11-4 1988*

• W Mahomet-Seymour 10-0 • W Waterloo 8-6 • W Alton Marquette 6-3 1992

• L Harrisburg 8-1 2015

• vs. Rockford Christian *Class A State champions

TRAC Softball at state

• Amboy 2014 (fourth) • Morrison 2007 (fourth) 2008 (second) 2010 (second) 2011 (first) • Note: Hall (NCIC),Rockridge (Olympic), Orion (Olympic), Sherrard (Olympic) all made state as members of other conferences. whether any of the volunteer coaches, Alyssa Rose (F/S) or Kevin Bauer and Rick Menzel (varsity) would have an interest in becoming the head coach. Both Bauer (2) and Menzel will have daughters in the program next year.

• Player of the Year: Princeton senior Abby Jaques was named as the 2015 Player of the Year in the Three Rivers East Division. She set a school record with 12 home runs this season.

Hall ace pitcher Adrianna Pikula, Princeton’s Danielle Hughes (OF) and Alisa Holmbeck (U) and Bureau Valley’s Ashley Phillips also received

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Seems like ‘yesterday’ 1988 Bruins reflect on state championship

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

LISLE — For four members of St. Bede’s only state baseball championship, it was like stepping back in a time machine Tuesday night at Benedictine University.

They gathered to watch this year’s Bruins take the next step in chasing their dreams to join them in the elite state championship club.

And Tom McGunnigal, Jim Perona, Brad Koster and Michael Schneider, all members of that great Bruins baseball team of 1988, couldn’t have been happier.

“It’d be cool to watch my old high school make state playing where I played at college,” Koster said, noting the Benedictine campus.

When asked if it seems like 27 years ago for his St. Bede squad, the old Bruin pitcher joked, “Only when I try to throw. Those memories are just like it was yesterday.

You can almost remember all the

individual plays. Memories you never forget.”

St. Bede coach Bill Booker, who took two rival L-P teams to state, had McGunnigal, now the SBA athletic director, make an impromptu pep talk to the Bruins after Thursday’s practice. He related his experience and talked about the brotherhood of Bruins baseball.

“It really brings back some tremendous memories – so much that I tear up thinking about all of them,” McGunnigal said. “I told the boys that I was playing with my best friends. And we would have been best friends no matter what would have come of our baseball season, but it gives us something now that we ALWAYS talk about whenever we get together.

“Like Jim and I recounting stories all the way to Lisle. But I told the boys I always, always, always, remember John’s (former coach Bellino) last words to us before we broke on that last practice, ‘I’m not going down there to lose.’ Of course, we had to win

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Four members of the 1988 St. Bede Bruin state championship team were in the house for Tuesday’s super-sectional game in Lisle, including Tom McGunnigal (from left), the current SBA athletic director, Jim Perona, Brad Koster and Michael Schneider. Koster, the 1988 state tournament MVP, says it “seems like only yesterday.” the first to keep playing at that time, but that motivated me to get it done for ourselves.”

State champs

Things were different in 1988.

There were just two classes, compared to the current four-class system instituted in 2007. Eight teams advanced to state in each class (four now) from sectional sights with no super-sectionals

played.

St. Bede punched its ticket to state from the friendly confines of Henry-Senachwine High School, nothing glamorous compared to the settings of Benedictine University. They beat old Peoria Bergan 2-1 for the sectional championship and Lanark Eastland in the semifinals.

1988 Page 13

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High school boys 1A State Tournament Peoria Friday: Cobden 6, Fulton 2. Okawville 5, Bethany 3.

Saturday: Third place - Fulton (21-9) vs. Bethany Okaw Valley (26-7), 10 a.m. Title - Cobden (26-6) vs.

Okawville (17-17), noon.

2A State Tournament at Peoria Friday: Game 1 - St. Bede (23-8) vs. Rockford Christian (34-6). Game 2 - Teutopolis (31-5-1) vs.

Williamsville (31-6).

Saturday: Third place losers 1-2, 3 p.m. Title Winners 1-2, 5 p.m.

WBVL Minor League Princeton Giants 8, Princeton Cubs 6

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DeVoss signs with Quincy Bureau Valley senior Haley DeVoss recently signed her letter of intent to attend Quincy University next year and run track. DeVoss was a member of the 4x100 relay that placed eighth in the 2014 IHSA state track meet. Pictured are (front row, from left), her father, Charles White, DeVoss, and her mother, Sue White; and (back row) BV athletic director Jeff Ohlson and BV track coach Dale Donner.

High school girls 1A State Tournament at East Peoria Friday: Hardin Calhoun 1, Wayne City 0. Somonauk 4, Sterling Newman 2.

Saturday: Third place - Wayne City (23-3-1) vs. Sterling Newman (19-10), 10 a.m. Title - Hardin Calhoun (33-4) vs. Somonauk (27-4), 12:30 p.m.

2A State Tournament at East Peoria Friday: Game 1 - Brimfield (31-5-1) vs. Kankakee Bishop Mac (26-1). Game 2 - St. Joseph-Ogden (3-3) vs. Nashville (37-2) Saturday: Third place - losers 1-2, 3 p.m. Title winners 1-2, 5:30 p.m.

WBVL B League Princeton Cardinals 18, BVN Lightning 17. WP: Brynn Hieronymus. Leading hitters: Cards - Kalee Cole (2 hits, 2 rbis), Grace May (2 hits, 2 rbis).

Princeton Cardinals 15, Sheffield 11. WP: Brynn Hieronymus. Leading hitters: Cards - Abby Jensen (2 rbis), May (hit, rbi), Kamila Klingenberg (hit, rbi), Taylor Quiram (hit, rbi), Cole (hit, rbi).

Princeton As 10, LaMoille 9 LaMoille 13, Princeton As 12 Princeton Royals 16, Annawan 2 Princeton Royals def. Kewanee

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“I always felt comfortable with Brad on the mound and when he was going on that first day, it was no different.

He was just mowing them down and we just got more and more confident. I remember it so vividly today.”

Tom McGunnigal • 1988 St. Bede Bruins

1988 From Page 11 On to Springfield for the state tournament at Lanphier Park, again not quite the glamour as Dozer Park in Peoria, the home of the Class A Peoria Chiefs, where the current crop of Bruins are experiencing this weekend.

Perona remembers being in awe of the whole state experience initially, fighting off a lot of pregame jitters.

“My first at-bat I saw my name on the scoreboard, and I missed the sign,” he said with a laugh. “The good news was a I got a hit, and we just moved on.”

While Bernie Moore, then the athletic director, was confident in the Bruins, noting at the pre-tournament awards banquet that Koster needed only two victories to break the school record and said, “I think he’s going to do it,” not everyone was.

Perona noted how the Bruins arrived in Springfield as a big underdog against mighty Mahomet-Seymour, at least according to a pregame article written by an area newspaper (not the BCR).

Perona said that prognostication fueled the Bruins’ fire more.

In Kost we Trust

What put them over the edge was the pitching performance of Koster, who shut out Mahomet 10-0 on one hit in six innings.

Perona, who was named to the all-tournament team at state, said that helped put the Bruins over the top.

“You think you’re really good, but you don’t know until the first game if you belong or not. For me Brad,” he said, speaking to his old teammate, “It was you pitching so well in that first game, pitching that one-hitter. We went from do we belong here, to we

Area softball records Three Rivers East Standings +Hall (25-7) .............................9-3 +Amboy (24-11) .......................9-3 +++Newman (19-9) ................9-3 St. Bede (10-18) .......................5-7 Bureau Valley (12-15) ..............6-6 Princeton (10-21) .....................4-8 Kewanee (3-23) .......................0-11 Three Rivers West Standings +Morrison (30-4) +Rockridge (25-12) Orion (15-13) Erie/Prophetstown (23-8) Records not available for Fulton, Riverdale, Sherrard Other area teams Marquette (1st place TCC) .....27-11 PC (7-3 TCC) ..........................12-16 Mendota (6-8 BNC) ................12-19 L-P (5-3 NIB12) ......................15-10 Ottawa ....................................11-17 Dixon .......................................4-26 + regional champion ++ sectional champion +++ state qualifier

Sports Shorts Summer running PRINCETON — Any incoming or current Princeton High School student interested in cross country or just running in general is invited to join coach Pat Hodge at Zearing Park this summer for a series of 19 runs.

Each runner will be given a workout based on his/her experience and fitness level. The runs for the coming week are scheduled as follows: Monday, June 8, 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 10, 9 a.m., and Friday, June 12, 7 p.m.

Runners should meet by the area just north of the main parking lot at Zearing Park.

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Here’s a look back at the BCR Sports pages from 1988 when the Bruins brought back a state championship to the academy. were the best team here.

We had this real chance.

“You see some of the other teams with these gaudy records and you win the first game 10-0, you feel can beat anybody.

Your performance in that first game was just very dominating and made everybody feel like a different world.”

McGunnigal said he always felt that way with “Kost” on the mound.

“When he was going on that first day, it was no different,” McGunnigal said. “He was just mowing them down, and we just got more and more confident. I remember it so vividly today.”

The old Bruin teammates recall the only hit for Mahomet was an infield hit to McGunnigal, a nifty defensive first baseman, bringing back an old debate if Koster was just slow covering the base.

Koster’s performance would become a common theme for the state tournament with Koster playing out the hero role mightily.

He earned a save in the 8-6 state semifinal win over Waterloo and later came back to pick up the 6-3 win

over Alton Marquette for the state championship.

The St. Bede senor southpaw was named as the state tournament MVP for his efforts, pitching 14 of the 21 innings with two wins and a save.

“Brad’s a very humble guy,” Perona said, before turning back to his old teammate and adding, “I remember building off what you were doing and how you controlled the at-bats as a pitcher.”

While he got the MVP award, Koster said the unsung hero for the Bruins was junior pitcher Mike DeAngelo, who came in relief in the semifinal game for Schneider against Waterloo and got the win.

The memories are just as good as they were in 1988, and after 27 years, the stories only get better.

The 1988 Bruins are hopeful this year’s team could make similar memories in Peoria this weekend.

• Visit www.bcrmews. com/sports and follow sports editor Kevin Hieronymus on Twitter at @ bcrsportsed for updates of the Bruins at state.

Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.

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rison (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) and Amboy (2014).

No other TRAC softball teams have reached state as an active league member.

Four current Three Rivers programs made state while in other conferences.

Hall made it in 1988 and 1990 as a member of the NCIC. Rockridge (1996, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007), Orion (2001) and Sherrard (2002) have all made state coming from the Olympic Conference.

Morrison is the only Three Rivers softball team to win state, taking the 2A title in its last appearance in 2011.

Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.

From Page 11 unanimous all-conference selection.

Other local first-team selections include Hall’s Rena Barroso (IF), Luciana Mautino (C) and Brooke Keegan (OF), and St. Bede’s Emily Draper (OF) and Brianna Lau (P).

Second-team selections went to St. Bede’s Gabbie Morrow (OF) and Hall’s Ellie Herrmann and BV’s Laura Phillips.

• Streaking Comets: Sterling Newman reached the IHSA State Finals Tournament for the first time.

They become the sixth Three Rivers softball team to make state in the past nine years, following Mor-

PRINCETON — A sand volleyball league will play Wednesdays at the Alexander Park volleyball pit. Entry fee is $50 per team. Call the Met at 815-872-0840 for more information for all park district programs.

Summer men’s basketball

PRINCETON —The Metro Center will host a 5-on-5 men’s basketball league starting Monday,

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June 22. Games will be played Mondays with a single-elimination tournament at the end of the season. Entry fee is $300 per team. Deadline to sign up is June 17.

Call the Met at 815-8720840 for more information.

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PRINCETON — Princeton Christian Academy has added a 10K run to its Eagle Run this year in addition to a 5K Run/ Walk, at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 20.

Cost for the 5K and 10K runs are $20 for 12 and under and $30 for 13 and older. For more information or to register, call PCA at 815-8752933.

Spring Creek Jr. Golf SPRING VALLEY — The junior golf league at Spring Creek Golf Course will start at 8 a.m. Monday, June 15, Friday, June 19, Monday, June 22, Monday, June 29 and another date to be set.

For more information, call 815-894-2137 or visit www.springcreek-golfcourse.com.

Rec golf Hidden Lake Ladies League June 3 Play of Day: Count only par 4s (front 9).

Championship: Patsy DeFauw 32.

A Flight: Carol Roberson, Cheryl Michlig, LuAnne Coppejans 32.

B Flight: Carlene Hebel 35.

C Flight: Ann Sprowls 39.

Low gross: Karen Taylor 42.

Low net: Debbie Zenger 53-23=30 Low putts: Karen MacNaughton, Margy Palmer, Kathy Rakestraw 15.

Chip-ins: Kathy Rakestraw #1.

Signs: #5 Closest 3rd Shot - Patsy DeFauw; #7 Closest 2nd Shot - Karen Taylor; #8 Longest Putt - Maggie Mangold; #9 Closest to the Pin on Drive - Cheryl Michlig.

Team Standings: 1. Hidden Lake 9, 2. Johnson 8; 3. Michlig Grain 7.

Notes: Memorial Tournament is coming up, watch for sign up sheet on bulletin board. Handicap tournament starts now. Brackets are posted.

Wyaton Hills Women’s League STANDINGS: 1. Anne’s Antiques 5-0, 2. Ranchitos Senioritas 3.5-1.5, 3.

Myrtle’s 3.5-1.5 4. White Way 2-3, 4.

Four house 1-4, 5. Wyanet Carpet 0-5.

FLAG EVENTS: Anna Flaig, closest to pin #7; Flaig, long putt #9.

BIRDIES: Carol Towne, birdie on #4.

Low gross: Towne 41.

Low net: Peg Carr, Towne 30.

Wyaton Hills Men’s League STANDINGS: 1. LaPorte Mowing 4-1, 2. Hillview 3-2, 3. Adler Chiropractic 3-2 4. Park Tavern 2-3, 5. Michlig Energy 2-3, 6. Burress Farms 1-4.

Low gross: Denny Miller 35.

Low net: Ron Cordum 29.

Birdies: Gary Prokes #1, Gary Patterson #3, Tony Gonzales #6, Todd Chastain #6 Ron Cordum #1, Max Halberg Jr #1, Denny Miller #7.

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General Terms and Policies The Bureau County Republican reserves the right to classify correctly, edit, reject or cancel any advertisement at any time in accordance with its policy. All ads must be checked for errors by the advertiser, on the first day of publication. We will be responsible for the first incorrect insertion, and its liabilities shall be limited to the price on one insertion.

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-100Announcements 104 • In Memoriam IN LOVING MEMORY OF RALPH “Red” WAGNER Who Passed Away Twelve Years Ago June 6, 2003 Those we love remain with us, for love itself lives on, and cherished memories never fade because a loved one's gone. Those we love can never be more than a thought apart. For as long as there is a memory, they'll live on in our hearts.

Love & Missed By Your Wife Jan, Kids & Family

ANNOUNCEMENTS? The Bureau County Republican can get your message out. Just call 815-875-4461

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108 • Lost & Found

228 • Help Wanted

LOST female Puppy taken from Kentville Road, Southeast of Tiskilwa.

Wearing 2 collars. 8 weeks old. About 20 lbs.

Grayish/tan color, black mask face. Very fluffy.

Needs shots now. Please Call 815-646-4646

FULL-TIME PERMANENT HIGHWAY MAINTAINER position to be filled: The Bureau County Highway Department is seeking applications for a fulltime permanent Highway Maintainer.

Applicants must have CDL Drivers license, a High School Diploma or GED, and live within Bureau County.

Hours are typically 40 per week with overtime as required. Applications will be accepted until Wednesday, June 10, 2015, and can be obtained at the Bureau County Highway Department, 595 Elm Place, Princeton IL

LOST & FOUND If you have lost or found anything just call us at 815-875-4461 to help match items with owners.

- 200 Employment 228 • Help Wanted Bureau County Chorus is looking for an accomplished Choral Accompanist. Rehearsals will begin on June 17. The chorus meets at the Evangelical Covenant Church on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30, June 17 through September 9. The Summer season will culminate with concert on the Friday evening September 11 for the Homestead Festival Friday evening activities.

If interested contact Kevin Glover at 815-915-7478 DETASSELING WORKERS NEEDED Please check our website www. bickettdonnerhelms.com for more information & sign up meetings

PROMOTE JOB OPENINGS We can help get your business fully staffed.

Call 815-875-4461 AWESOME SUMMER JOB Team Corn Detasseling is hiring workers for Summer Detasseling. Work with your friends this summer. Local Pick-Up Sites & Fields. Ages 13 and up. Earn from $7.75 to $10 per hour depending on your ability. Season starts around July 5th to 10th and runs 8 to 15 days. Transportation Provided.

For applications call: 866-898-8326 or 815875-8100 or on the web at: www.Teamcorn.com

JOIN OUR GROWING TEAM! Casey’s in Princeton has an immediate opening for a

FOOD SERVICE LEADER This position is a Management role in our busy kitchen.

• Full Time • Competitive Wage • Great Benefits (Medical, 401(k), Food/Drink Discount) • Bonus after 90 Days Previous Food Service Management Experience is Required Fill out an application in-store or online at caseys.com

SERVICEMASTER DSI Is looking for an individual to join our fire, water, smoke and mold mitigation team. *Must have a high school diploma or GED; *Must have a valid driver's license; *Must be willing to travel; *Must be able to respond to afterhours work; *Must be able to pass a drugscreening test and back ground check; *Physical ability to lift/carry equipment 50 to 75lbs; *IICRC certification a plus.

Pick up application at: ServiceMaster DSI, 123 West Progress Drive, Princeton, IL or call 815879-4411.

229 • Professional/ Clerical ACCOUNTANT Local business is seeking an Accountant with 3 - 5 years public accounting experience. This position will compile and analyze financial information, prepare balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other reports as assigned.

This is a full-time position that offers an attractive compensation & benefits package. Candidates must be a Certified Public Accountant. Please submit a resume & cover letter.

Box 355 Bureau County Republican, PO Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356

229 • Professional/ Clerical

229 • Professional/ Clerical

232 • Business Opportunities

448 • Pets & Livestock

NORTH CENTRAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. seeking Community Support Specialist for Stark and Marshall Counties.

Full time with paid time off, medical & dental & 401K plan. Minimum of Bachelor's degree in social or mental health related field. Experience in mental health and substance abuse services is preferred. New graduates welcome to apply. Provides outreach-oriented services, mental health assessment, counseling, and linkage to other services for clients and/or families.

Assumes a caseload of clients; under supervision, provides client diagnosis, treatment planning, treatment services.

Variable work schedule including evenings. Send resumes to: NCBHS, HR Mgr, P.O. Box 1488, LaSalle, IL 61301. EOE

FULL-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT For a busy law office.

Must have good communication skills, ability to work with public, legal experience preferred. Excellent computer knowledge required. Health Insurance and Pension offered. References required. Send resume to: Box 354 Bureau County Republican PO Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356

********** 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

FIND IT RIGHT HERE! ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY COORDINATOR Marquis Energy is seeking an EHS Coordinator to assist the Safety Director with maintaining a safe working environment at our Ethanol Plant in Hennepin, IL. The EHS Coordinator will evaluate safety policies & procedures, maintain records, provide safety training and conduct inspections. This is a full-time position that offers an attractive compensation & benefits package.

Candidates must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Education and experience in the field of environmental health & safety is a must. A Bachelor's degree is preferred, but not required. Send resume to: Marquis Energy at 11953 Prairie Industrial Parkway, PO Box 347, Hennepin, IL 61327 or go online at: marquisenergy.com to download an application

PROMOTE JOB OPENINGS Call us to find out how we can help. 815-875-4461 BUREAU VALLEY NORTH Has Special Education Paraprofessional openings available for the 2015-2016 school year.

Please send a resume, copy of paraprofessional certificate and at least 2 references to: Mrs. Sandy Beitsch, Principal, Bureau Valley North, 323 South Main Street, Walnut IL 61376 or to sbeitsch@ bureauvalley.net The deadline for accepting resumes is June 19, 2015

HARD TO FIND THAT RIGHT PERSON FOR THAT JOB OPENING? The Bureau County Republican Classified can reach just the right person you are looking for to fill that job opening. Call 815875-4461

231 • Childcare LICENSED DAYCARE HOME IN PRINCETON Has openings. Will accept state payments.

Call 815-878-8208

ADVERTISE YOUR SERVICES RIGHT HERE! The Bureau County Republican can promote your services and let people know you are out there wanting there business. Just call (815) 875-4461 and let us help.

REPORTER/ STAFF WRITER The right candidate will have experience as a reporter or a writer.

He/she will be able to write well, have a good grasp of the English language and be able to cover meetings, write features and more.

The hours are flexible, however, there is some evening work involved. Attention to detail is integral, and accuracy is a must.

Photography skills are a plus.

For more information, call Bureau County Republican Editor

Terri Simon at 815-875-4461, ext. 6330

or send your resume to her at: Bureau County Republican P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356 Shaw Media is a Drug Free Employer. Pre-employment background check and drug screen required.This posting may not include all duties of the position.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

800 Ace Road, Princeton, IL 61356 • 815-875-4461

NEED PETS OR PET SUPPLIES? It’s right here in the Classified!

450 • Under $1000 2000 Buick LeSabre, body and interior good, runs rough, 6 cylinder. $750. Call 928-542-9170 Classical music record sets $3 each; old children's records $2 each.

Call 815-869-3054 Like new Amana washer, good older Maytag, 220 amp dryer, $250 for both.

Call 815-780-8355, from 1pm-10pm

450 • Under $1000 Porter-Cable orbital reciprocating saw. $25, Hostas, all kinds $3.00 each. Call 815-875-4077 Sofa and matching chair, brown floral. Excellent condition, $250.

Call 815-878-5851 Twin XL Comforter & pillow sham, bright stripes for girl, 2 sets of sheets too - no pillow cases, $50. Call 815-303-2588 Used swimming pool, 30' round pool. Everything works. Disabled & kids won't help. You take down and haul. 815-876-6083 Wedding cake style above ground pool steps $100; gas fireplace log set $75; 31”x39” fireplace glass doors $50. 815-875-4391 Motorcycle helmet, large, with 2 face shields & liners. Paid $125, take $60.

Call 815-866-5882 Berkline sectional- 3 piece sectional with recliner and sleeper. $325. Call 815-875-8074

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IMMEDIATE POSITION OPENING

- 400 Merchandise

HVAC Service & Com Refrig. Technician

441 • Wanted to Buy HONEY BEE SWARMS WANTED Call 815-643-2118 or 815-303-3073

YOU’LL FIND IT right here in the Bureau County Republican Classified!

• Minimum 3 Yrs in-field experience • Universal Refrigeration License • Good communication skills • Benefits & Health Insurance package Send Resume to:

Kettman Heating & Plumbing

PO Box 223 Granville IL 61325 Or E-mail: kimkettman@Kettmanheating.com

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450 • Under $1000 ************ HAVE SOMETHING TO SELL? Put your ad in for FREE Items $1,000 or less can run FREE for 1 week. Limit of 5 lines.

Up to 3 items with price and price totaling under $1,000. 1 ad per household per week.

No commercial ads, firearms or animal sales.

Go to: bcrnews.com, to place an ad. Use category merchandise and then bargains or E-mail information to: classified@ bcrnews.com (include your name, address & phone number) No Phone Calls!

451 • Free FREE Burgandy sofa & floral recliner. Both in good condition. You haul.

Phone 815-830-9973

460 • Garage Sales

E-mail items for sale to: classified@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON 9 North Euclid, Saturday June 6, 9am-1pm. DVD's, PS2, clothing, miscellaneous.

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• Drywall • Paint • Texturing • Bathrooms • Plaster Repair • Remodeling • Tiling Bob Cmolik

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Wholesale & Retail Meats

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AUTHORIZED DEALER

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Top Quality • 100% Union Labor • Fully Insured • Free Estimates

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460 • Garage Sales

460 • Garage Sales

*PRINCETON 454 Park Avenue East (next to Greenfield). Friday, Saturday, Sunday, June 5, 6, 7; 10am-6pm. (may be extended).

House & Garage Sale HOME OF GENE SMITH BEING SOLD. Kitchen items, handmade items, appliances, like new Amana washer, good older model 220 amp Maytag dryer, toolchests, tools, edger, 40' mag ladder, nice women's clothing, & much more!

815-780-8355 (if no answer leave message)

PRINCETON 924 North Pleasant Street (behind Maria's Pizza & Schoonerz).

Thursday, June 4th, 4pm-8pm; Friday & Saturday, June 5th & 6th, 9am-whenever.

RAIN DATE the following weekend 11th, 12th & 13th same hours.

MEGA SALE. Vintage Clothing Store Cleanout: tons of vintage clothing, accessories, decor & misc. books, records, comics, tools, toys, household, jewelry, some antiques & collectibles, PS2 console - PS2, PS3 & PSP games, older ladies clothing from Blair- L/XL, nice men's & women's clothing, baby & kid's play clothes, 25 cent section.

Local artist showing lots of fun stuff, junk, and other things. Its a BIG ONE

BUREAU 105 East Kansas Street. Friday, June 5th, 8am-4pm; Saturday, June 6th, 8am-12pm.

Yard Sale. Lots of girl's clothes 4-6. Some boy's 3-7.

Turtle sandbox, Vtech, stroller, toys, pair of Adams & Westlake kerosene lanterns, 1929 Galesburg cookbook, craft supplies, lots of glass beads, lots of misc.

LADD'S VILLAGE WIDE GARAGE SALES. Saturday, June 6th Maps available at: Casey's, Village Hall, North Central Bank & www.villageofladd.com MARK 205 Elliot Streetbehind park. Thursday, June 4, 8am-4pm; Friday, June 5, 12pm-?; Saturday, June 6, 8am-12pm.

Boy's clothing newborn4t, baby items, household, furniture,toys, and misc MENDOTA 4107 East 3rd Road. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, June 4, 5, 6; 8am-?

ReGAP Yard Sale.

NO EARLY BIRDS Furniture, Antiques, Appliances, Bikes, Tools, Wedding dresses, Electronics, Clothes, Housewares, Books & much more. If you are looking for it, it's probably here!! All proceeds benefit ReGAP (Retired Greyhounds as Pets) MORE ON 34 GARAGE SALE. Friday and Saturday, June 19th & 20th.

Bureau County Fairgrounds, Princeton.

Both inside & outside.

Concession stand.

For Information Call 815-303-2905 PRINCETON 2327 S. Main Thursday June 11, 4pm-7pm, Friday June 12, 8am-3pm Multi-Family Sale Kitchen items, tree stands, canning jars, lots of household miscellaneous.

PRINCETON 607 Bryant Circle Drive. Thursday, June 4th, 12pm-4 pm; Friday, June 5th, 9-4pm; Saturday, June 6th, 9am12pm.

HUGE MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE. Boy's clothes NB-4T, girls' 2T-10/12, Men & Women's. Clothes, toys, strollers, household items and much more! All priced to sell!

SPRING VALLEY CITY WIDE GARAGE SALES. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, June 4, 5, & 6.

Maps available at Spring Valley City Hall, 215 North Greenwood Street

HAVING A GARAGE SALE? The Bureau County Republican can promote your garage sale. Just call 815-875-4461.

TISKILWA 340 North Arch. Friday, Saturday, June 5, 6; 8am-4pm.

Treadmill, Nautilus complete weight system, clothes, household items, antique diecast cars, microwave, trunk, books, more misc. items TISKILWA Schindel Residence. 1 mile north of Tiskilwa on PrincetonTiskilwa Blacktop. Thursday, June 11, 1pm-7pm; Friday, June 12, 7am4pm; Saturday, June 13, 7am-noon.

MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE. Girls clothes (many brand names, like new) size 10Junior Miss. Toys, books, games, knickknacks & household items. Other items include: weight machine, riding lawn mower, Cub Cadet with tiller, 2 back seats for an Escalade. Homemade cookies. Something for everyone. Much more, Come See!

-600Transportation 614 • Car Sales ******* $$ CASH PAID $$ We pay top dollar for junk (cars, machinery, etc.)

Call 815-878-9353 1984 Volvo GL, $900 Call 815-875-2099 2002 CHEVROLET CAMARO Convertible.

76,000 miles. Good condition. $5,700 or best offer. Call 815-875-1496 2008 Chevy Malibu LTZ Black, 78,391 miles with additional 20,000 mile warranty to new owner. $9900 Call 815-445-2730

ADVERTISE YOUR VEHICLE SALE HERE! In the Classified. Just call 815-875-4461.

- 700 Real Estate For Sale 767 • Mobile Home Sales 3 Bedroom Mobile Home for sale. $2,000 down. $413.02 monthly for 3 years. Lot rent & water included. 815-663-7973 70'x16' Mobile home for sale. 2 bedroom, 2 bath.

Very clean. Large corner lot in The Grove.

Call 417-576-4199

Farms For sale

Bureau County Illinois

• 115.0± ac, Dover Township, PI 120, CRP, recreational, machine shed. $6,700/ac • 2.5± ac, Dover Township, recreational, oneroom cabin, pole barn, adjacent to Joe Myers park. 3 mi NW of Dover.

Leslie H. “Chip” Johnston | 815.866.6161 chip@landprollc.us | www.landprollc.us Real Estate Brokerage Land Auctions Farm Management Land Consulting

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767 • Mobile Home Sales **************** 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

774 • Lots for Sale 2 grave sites in Elm Lawn Cemetery, Princeton. Located in the Devotions section near Bible in northwest corner. $600 each. Call 815-866-5415.

856 • Apartment Rentals PRINCETON Coachlight Apartments has a 1 bedroom apartment for $450 and a 2 bedroom for $500. On-site laundry, 1st floor.

Call 815-878-7965 PRINCETON 1 bedroom apartment. Broker Owned.

Call 815-878-0619 PRINCETON large Duplex, 2 bed, 2 bath. Appliances, attached garage, nice yard. Washer & dryer included. $700 + deposit.

Call 309-238-0168 PRINCETON small, 1 bedroom, upstairs apartment.

Includes garage. All utilities paid. $475 a month.

Call 815-875-1923

DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO RENT? The Bureau County Republican Classified can help you find the right person to move in.

858 • Homes for Rent Small, 2 Story, 1 bedroom House, economical.

No pets, security deposit & references required.

Call 815-303-8003

999 • Legal Notices

999 • Legal Notices

999 • Legal Notices

NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on May 26, 2015, 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 Swedish Kurbits located at 1010 Innsbruck Lane, Princeton, IL 61356.

Dated this 26th day of May, 2015. /s/Kamala S. Hieronymus Bureau County Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican May 30, June 6 and 13, 2015.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY PRINCETON, ILLINOIS Spring Valley City Bank, ) An Illinois Banking Corporation, ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) Michelle Campbell, a/k/a Michelle Lopez, ) Grasser’s Plumbing & Heating, Inc., ) Unknown Owners and Non-Record ) Claimants or Other Unknown Occupants, ) Defendants. ) NO. 2015-CH-38 SUMMONS FOR UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS OR OTHER UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS (NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE (FOR PUBLICATION) The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, unknown owners and non-record claimants, or other unknown occupants, defendants in the above entitled cause, that suit has been commenced against you and other defendants in the Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuit by said plaintiff praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: Lot 17 and 18, excepting the South 85 feet of each of said lots, in the Village of DePue, formerly Trenton, situated in the County of Bureau and State of Illinois, excepting, however, all coal, fireclay and minerals underlying said premises, insofar as the same are not owned by the grantor, together with the right to mine and remove and make underground passageways through the same; and also excepting the water mains, sewer lines and pipe lines, if any; on or under the said premises, and the right to maintain and remove the same, situated in the County of Bureau and State of Illinois Commonly known as 301 Lake Street, DePue, IL 61322 Permanent Index No: 17-35-386-001 Said property is residential; said mortgage was made by Michelle Campbell and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in as Document #2011R02883; that Summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuit as provided by law and that said suit is now pending.

An affidavit has been filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court requesting summons be served upon unknown owners and non-record claimants, or other unknown occupants.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Court at Princeton, Illinois, on or before July 7, 2015, a default may be taken against you and a Judgement entered in accordance with the prayer in said complaint. /s/Mary C Dremann Clerk of the Circuit Court Jacob J. Frost Attorney for Plaintiff 102 East St. Paul Street Spring Valley, n, 613632 Telephone (815) 323-4851 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED

BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSURE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. Published in the Bureau County Republican June 6, 13 and 20, 2015.

NOTICE The Board of Trustees of the Village of Arlington, Bureau County, Illinois, on June 2, 2015, passed an ordinance establishing prevailing wage rates for construction to be the same as those in Bureau County, as determined by the Illinois Department of Labor. Anyone wishing to inspect the ordinance may do so at the office of the Village Clerk, at the Village Hall at 208 Jay Ave., Arlington, Ill. by appointment only; please call (815) 343-0344.

Otherwise the ordinance may be inspected at the office of the Village Attorney, Jacob J. Frost, Attorney at Law, 102 E. St. Paul St., Spring Valley, Ill., between the hours of 9 a.m . and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Published in the Bureau County Republican June 6, 2015.

NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on May 14, 2015, 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 Illinois Valley Therapeutic Massage located at 336 S. Main Ave., Ladd, IL 61329.

Dated this 14th day of May, 2015. /s/Kamala S. Hieronymus Bureau County Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican May 30, June 6 and 13, 2015.

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

Historic House For Sale

729 E. Mulberry St., Hennepin, Il 61327

2200 sq. ft. + 304 sq. ft kitchen off side, 2 story, 4 bedrooms, baths to be added, Sitting on .63 acres Pre-Cival War House. Original home of Mrs. B.J. Simpson I have paper work that indicates that Abraham Lincoln may have dined here when appearing at the the Hennepin Court House, which makes the house even more valuable. The State preservation Society is, of course, anxious that it not be torn down. it has four bedrooms, two parlors, and a separate, off to the side, cooking kitchen. It is all brick, with triple thick brick walls, that keep it very cool during the summer! It sits back from the street on over 1/2 acre of the property. Appraised value: $99, 000

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ANNUAL TREASURER’S REPORT CONCORD TOWNSHIP FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2015 TOWN FUNDS REVENUE SUMMARY: Property Taxes $50,208 - Replacement Tax $6,274 - Interest Income $282 TORIMA Dividend $493 - Miscellaneous $13 TOTAL REVENUES: $57,270 COMPENSATION SUMMARY: Compensation Under $15,000: Gary Barnett; Sheri DeDecker; Dan Tumbleson, Pat Nordstrom, Brandi Primo, Robin Rediger; Compensation $25,000 to $50,000: Nevin Wirth TOTAL COMPENSATION $45,426 EXPENDITURE SUMMARY: TOIRMA $3,343 Rita Byrd $3,800 - EFT Federal $3,475 - IMRF $4,761 -Ameren $4,310 - All other Disbursements (Less Than $2,500) $7,029 TOTAL VENDORS: $26,718 ROAD DISTRICT FUNDS REVENUE SUMMARY: Property Taxes $91,925 - Replacement Tax $8,441 - Interest Income $461 - TOIRMA Dividend $534 - Village of Sheffield $12,024 TOTAL REVENUES $113,385 COMPENSATION SUMMARY: Compensation Under $15,000: Thomas Slock Duane L. Wirth TOTAL COMPENSATION $6,443 EXPENDITURE SUMMARY: Ameren $2,918 - AG View FS, Inc. $5,865 - TORIMA $3,622 - Bureau County Hwy. Dept $13,372 - Ace in the Hole, Inc. $4,770 - All other Disbursements (Less then $2,500) - $9,908 TOTAL VENDORS: $40,455 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONDITION ALL ROAD SPECIAL DISTRICT GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS Beginning Fund Balance $41,464 $72,655 $373,114 Total Revenues $51,142 $6,127 $113,385 Less Disbursements $64,899 $7,245 $46,888 Ending Balance $27,707 $71,537 $439,611 Subscribed and Sworn to this 3rd day of May, 2015 /s/ SHERI DEDECKER SUPERVISOR I, Brandi Cade, Clerk of Concord Township, Bureau County, Illinois do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Annual Treasurer’s Report for the fiscal ending March 31, 2015. /s/ BRANDI CADE TOWNSHIP CLERK Published in the Bureau County Republican June 9, 2015.

PROMOTE YOUR GARAGE SALES! Call 815-875-4461 Tyler Frese May 25, 2014

Happy 1st birthday Tyler John! We love you very much!

Love Mom, Dad, and the rest of your family

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