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Walnut hears police business

By Nita Wyatt news@bcrnews.com

WALNUT— At its Tuesday meeting, the Walnut Board of Trustees heard from Walnut Police Chief Tom Ptasnik the necessary stickers for the slow-moving vehicle ordinance have been ordered.

This ordinance was passed at the Aug. 18 meeting. The stickers for the remainder of 2014

will be blue in color, and a pro-rated fee will be charged for the months left in this year. New stickers will be available for 2015 beginning in January with a new color chosen for each new year.

The pro-rated fee will be determined after receipt of the 2014 stickers.

Ptasnik also reported the new decals for the second village police car have been applied to the car. He invited the board members to view the car

as he had it parked at the meeting hall. The light bar for this same car has been received and will be installed as soon as possible. After this installation, the two squad cars will be exactly the same with respect to lights and decals.

The police chief also reported the two taser guns approved by the board and ordered have been received.

Board member Ryan Rosenthal addressed

the board regarding the Chamber of Commerce meeting he attended in August. Rosenthal stated two committees were formed at this meeting. One committee was established to continue the work for the establishment of a grocery store in the village. This committee is still in need of a chairperson to spearhead this group.

The second committee will be working on the improvement of Main

Street within the village.

Rosenthal will be a member of this second committee. This committee has scheduled its first meeting for Sept. 9.

Several board members suggested to Rosenthal this Chamber committee contact the Illinois Main Street Program for possible ideas, grant money, etc. that might be available to the village.

Rosenthal agreed with this idea and stated he would make the contact

with this program.

Acting board President Dennis Grobe stated he will be contacting the village attorney regarding further steps available to the village regarding the deteriorating condition of Main Street buildings and the lack of response from the owners of the buildings. Grobe will schedule the attorney to attend a board meeting in the near future.

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September is National Senior Center Month Bureau County Senior Center raises awareness

By Goldie Currie gcurrie@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — The Bureau County Senior Center (BCSC) will be tooting its horn all month as September is National Senior Center Month.

This is the time where senior centers all around showcase what they do and just how much they serve and provide for their communities.

“It’s a time to show we’re not just little old ladies and gentlemen sitting around watching the days go by,” BCSC Director Denise Ihrig explained. “We are very active and offer many programs and activities for our senior citizens.”

Being the only senior center in the county, it’s BCSC’s mission to hear and meet the needs of the senior population.

The provided services are meant to promote senior involvement and community awareness.

“Our primary objective is to extend independence and life with dignity and grace. We go above and beyond and do whatever it takes to be the Bureau County Senior Center,” Ihrig said.

She added without her phenomenal and caring staff on hand, the center just wouldn’t be as successful as it is today.

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Bureau Valley South third-grader Katie Salisbury holds steady as a Monarch butterfly explores her shoulder Thursday morning at school. The third-grade class of teacher Laurie Bitting has watched the development of more than 20 Monarch butterflies before releasing them into the sky outside their Buda school.

Monarchs: Student says ‘It was awesome’ Bureau Valley butterfly project soars through the curriculum

By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com

BUDA — Not just everyone can tell the difference between a male and female Monarch butterfly, but the third-graders at Bureau Valley South can.

In addition to knowing that the male butterfly has a dark spot on its wings, the third-grade students of teacher Laurie Bitting can also tell you just how far a Monarch butterfly can fly in one hour and how far the butterfly will travel when migrating from Illinois to Mexico. The students

also know why their teacher brings milkweed into the classroom each day. They know and can explain the life cycle of the Monarch because they have seen it first-hand.

Bitting and her class are in the midst of a multi-week Monarch life cycle project, which she has adapted from the project originally done by now retired Bureau Valley teachers Ann Christiansen and Joan Keener.

On Thursday, Bitting said she loves the Monarch project because it not only teaches science, but it also incorporates other curriculum into it. Her students study geography as they learn about Mexico, where it’s located and why it’s a destination for the butterfly. The students learn math as they talk about the speed of the butterfly and

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Monarchs From Page 1 long it will take the butterflies to get to Mexico. They put into use their reading skills as they learn words like metamorphosis, molting and migration and as they read the books on butterflies collected in the classroom. They also experience a little social studies as they learn about the democratic system when they vote on a name for each butterfly, Bitting said.

Though it’s a an amazing learning project on many levels, Bitting said it’s just plain fun for the kids as well.

Student Elizabeth Backer still remembers watching a caterpillar shed its skin for the final time, revealing its chrysalis underneath.

“It’s the coolest thing I have ever seen,” Elizabeth said.

Classmate Kenzi Fisher said she has enjoyed the whole process, from start to finish.

“I liked watching the caterpillars change into butterflies, and I liked releasing the butterflies,” Kenzi said.

Student Brock Shane said there’s something different to see most every day.

“Today we got to see a caterpillar wiggle out of its skin and change into a chrysalis,” Brock said. “It was awesome!”

Bitting started preparing for this year’s Monarch project about a week before school started by driving around the countryside looking for healthy milkweed plants. Find-

ing healthy milkweed is more difficult nowadays because of pesticides and insecticides and the mowing of ditches, Bitting said.

When she finds healthy milkweed, she looks for caterpillars or Monarch butterfly eggs on the plant.

She collects the caterpillars and eggs, along with the needed milkweed leaves or stalks, and takes them to her classroom where she places them in an aquarium. The milkweed has to be replenished every day, so she’s out scouring the countryside for milkweed every day.

The aquarium is ready when the students come to school. It takes a couple weeks for the caterpillar to become fully grown and form a chrysalis.

Using a quilter’s pin and the thread formed by the caterpillar, she removes the chrysalis from the aquarium and sticks it to the bulletin board so the kids can watch it. In about 7-12 days, the chrysalis becomes translucent, and the students can see the orange and black of the forming butterfly. One day, her students were able to see three butterflies come, which was awesome for the children, Bitting said.

With 20 butterflies already released by her class, Bitting said this has been an exciting year to do the project. In other years she has only about 10 butterflies for the entire project, but this year there are still about 10 more butterflies to go. It’s been a great year for butterflies, and a great year for her class, the teacher said.

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Bureau Valley South classmates Conner Hill (left) and Kenzi Fisher say good-bye to one of 20 Monarch butterflies they have seen develop during the past couple weeks as part of a science project led by their third-grade teacher Laurie Bitting. The students have seen first-hand the various stages of development from an egg to a Monarch butterfly.

Columbus ships Pinta and Nina to land in Peoria

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Sept. 15 – Mary T. Simmonetta Trust, commercial vacant land, 10:00 a.m., sale conducted at 107 W. St. Paul St. (Valley Bar and Grill), Spring Valley, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

Sept. 17 – Kay Bomleny and Kenneth Bomleny, farm equipment, 9:30 a.m., tractors, combine & heads, skid steer, recreation & generators, trailers, machinery & equipment, 6612 Backbone Rd., Tampico, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

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PEORIA — On Friday, the “Pinta” and the “Nina,” replicas of Columbus’ ships, will open in Peoria. The ships will be docked at The Landing, next to the Spirit of Peoria, 2-14 Main Street until their departure early Monday morning Sept. 22.

The Nina was built completely by hand and without the use of power

tools. Archaeology magazine called the ship “the most historically correct Columbus replica ever built.” The Pinta was recently built in Brazil to accompany the Nina on all of her travels. She is a larger version of the archetypal caravel. Historians consider the caravel the Space Shuttle of the 15th Century.

Both ships tour together as a new and enhanced “sailing museum” for the purpose of educating the public and school children on the “caravel,” a Portuguese ship used by Columbus and many early explorers to discover the world.

While in port, the general public is invited to visit the ships for a walk-

aboard, self-guided tour.

Admission charges are $8 for adults, $ 7 for seniors, and $6 for students 5-16.

Children 4 and under are free. The ships are open every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. No reservations are necessary.

Teachers or organizations wishing to schedule a 30-minute guided tour with a crew member

should 787-672-2152 or email columfnd1492@ gmail.com. There should be a minimum of 15 for a group. The fee is $5 per person. There is no Maximum. Visit the website at www.thenina.com.

The ships arrive on Thursday, and there will be a private viewing of the ships for the media after docking.

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Tip-A-Star for Cohen’s Journey Benefit will help family of 4-month-old Cohen Desiderio

By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — The Bureau County community has the opportunity to help with the financial medical needs for the 4-month-old baby of former Princeton resident Abby Taylor.

The daughter of local residents Bret and Penny Taylor and Ginger and Kurt Freeberg, Taylor and Matthew Desiderio of Chicago became parents of a son, Cohen Desiderio, on June 2. Cohen was born with congenital hydrocephalus (CSF), a life-long condition which has already required two surgeries. In two weeks, Cohen will be taken to Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C. where he is scheduled to receive a cord blood infusion.

A “Tip-A-Star for Cohen’s Journey” benefit is planned for Monday, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Alexander Park Tavern, 815 Park Avenue West in Princeton. The benefit will include tipboard raffles of cash, Park Tavern apparel and autographed items by professional athletes Bobby Hull and Gale Sayers.

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Cohen Desiderio with his parents Abby Taylor and Matthew Desiderio Also, celebrity actor Scott Schwartz and celebrity athletes Milt Pappas and Juan Hernandez will be in attendance to autograph whatever anyone might want signed. Hernandez and Pappas are personal friends with the Desiderio family and volunteered to attend Monday’s benefit.

On Tuesday, Ginger Freeberg talked about her grandson Cohen’s journey and what lies ahead for him.

Explaining his condition, Freeberg said CSF is an incurable condition in which there is an accumulation of cerebral spinal fluid in the brain’s ventricles, causing them to enlarge and put severe pressure on the brain. In Cohen’s case, he suffers

from aqueduct stenosis, a narrowing of the aqueduct of Sylvius, which blocks the flow of CSF in the ventricular system. The condition was diagnosed at her daughter’s 24-week ultrasound, at which time she was referred to a high-risk obstetrician and neurosurgeon at University of Chicago Hospitals, Freeberg said.

Her grandson’s first surgery was an Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy (ETV), which in simple terms is when the doctor uses a small camera (endoscope) and makes a bypass in the third ventricle, allowing the fluid to pass, Freeberg said.

The doctor also placed a small catheter in her

grandson’s ventricle in order to make it easier to withdrawal fluid for tests or if the ETV failed.

The second surgery was to correct a complication from the first.

Looking ahead to the upcoming cord blood infusion, Freeberg said there are millions of stem cells in the cord blood that are thought to help restore damaged brain cells caused by the pressure of excess CSF. Depending on the amount of cord blood that was saved at birth, doctors can do two-tothree infusions. Usually children will go for a second infusion after a year, depending on their development, she said.

As far other surgeries for Cohen in the future, Freeberg said that’s completely unpredictable. However, the shunt he current has is only temporary and is usually removed after a few months. So there will definitely be at least one more surgery, which will hopefully be his last, she said.

The funds raised from Monday’s benefit at the Alexander Park Tavern will help Cohen’s parents with the cost of the cord blood infusion, a medical helmet, therapy and other ongoing medical expenses. The community’s support is very much appreciated, Freeberg said.

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Are you looking for the Medallion?

Heartland Bank releases fourth clue PRINCETON — The search for Heartland Bank’s Great Medallion Hunt continues with the release of the fourth clue: Richard Widmark, a famous actor, would be 100 this year, Princeton’s hometown boy who had a successful career.

He attended Princeton Schools and played a big part, So “Back In The Day” is a good place to start.

The Senior Class President is a role that he had, Richard was also a 1932 Princeton Grad.

This is the 27th year for the Great Medallion Hunt. As in the past, the lucky individual(s) finding Heartland Bank’s Great Medallion will win $1,000 in Princeton Chamber gift certificates.

In addition to the medallion, several other surprises have been hidden throughout the city to reward hunters for their efforts.

Hunters will need to decipher the clues to find the hidden Medallion. The Medallion is approximately 3 1/2 inches in diameter, 1/8inch thick and has the

Heartland Bank logo on it. It will be hidden on public property within the city limit of Princeton and in a location that will not pose any danger to searchers. Nothing needs to be broken into, dug up or torn apart to find it. The Medallion is not hidden at City-County Park, the Bureau County Fairgrounds or at any of the local cemeteries. If you find the Medallion, call the phone number that will be attached to it. When the Medallion is found, announcements will be made on WZOE and posted to the website at www.wzoe.com as well as the Bureau County Republican’s website, www.bcrnews.com, as soon as its discovery has been confirmed.

Heartland Bank’s Great Medallion Hunt Committee will release clues to the Bureau County Republican and WZOE every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

The goal of the Heartland Bank Great Medallion Hunt is to provide everyone the opportunity to get caught up in the spirit of the annual Homestead Festival and get it off to a great start. Heartland Bank’s Great Medallion Hunt is open to everyone except families associated with Heartland Bank and Trust Co.

Attacker released from jail days before killing Man was charged with punching his psychiatrist

By Christi Warren Shaw Media Service

DIXON – Just nine days before a 27 year old killed his grandmother and then himself at their rural Dixon home, he was arrested for punching a KSB Hospital psychiatrist in the face, repeatedly, according to court documents.

Theodore “Ted” Howard was charged Aug. 24 with misdemeanor battery and released the next day on a $3,000 bond, paid for by his mother.

Lee County State’s Attorney Anna Sacco-Miller wouldn’t disclose what had sparked a June 26 fight that led to the charge, but said Howard “wasn’t happy with something that (the psychiatrist) had told him.”

Howard was living in the home at 1612 Joliet Way with his grandmother, Josephine “Jo” Howard,

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“The doctors keep changing his meds.”

Shirley Bender and other family members, when she was killed Tuesday.

Wednesday would have been her 72nd birthday.

Her daughter, Shirley Bender, 51, said Wednesday that her son – who had a history of mental ill-

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ness and was on a variety of medications – “just snapped.

“The doctors keep changing his meds,” she said.

Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the home in Woodland Shores about 2:40 p.m.

Tuesday after receiving a 911 call about a man in the front yard holding a knife.

When they arrived, Ted Howard was found covered in blood. Authorities took the knife from him before he was taken to KSB Hospital, where he died of self-inflicted stab wounds.

Deputies found the body of Jo Howard inside the home; she had been stabbed repeatedly.

They were the only two people at home at the time, State’s Attorney SaccoMiller said.

Bender said her moth-

er had been sitting at the computer when she was attacked, and that there was no sign of a struggle.

Sacco-Miller disagreed.

She said investigators think there was a fight because items in the home were broken.

Ted Howard was found guilty in Lee County of possession of drug paraphernalia in 2012 and of theft in 2006. According to his Facebook page, he went to high school in Sacramento, Calif., and was a fan of

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Happy Birthday Ma!! with love from everyone!

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Senior Center From Page 1 Debbie Lindberg, activity coordinator, can name a long list of activities she’s worked to provide for the seniors — anything from tai chi exercising to Bible studies to discussion groups, knitting, card playing, bingo and much more help satisfy the wide array of interests.

The seniors also take weekly shopping trips and experience out-oftown adventures, such as seeing a play or going to a ball game.

“Whatever we do, there is always a happy and friendly atmosphere,” Lindberg said. “There’s always a different group at different activities, and you can see they are there for the enjoyment of friendship and companionship.”

A popular event BCSC stresses to the community is it provides a noon lunch Monday through Friday to anyone interested. The center asks that those interested call the day before by 10 a.m. to reserve a spot.

Nancy Carper serves as the outreach and community educator for the senior center.

As outreach coordinator, she goes into homes and check on the senior citizens, making sure they are OK and don’t need anything. As com-

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Local seniors take their weekly shopping trip to Walmart in Princeton. The transportation service is provided by the Bureau County Senior Center. This month is National Senior Center Month, which helps showcase the many great services senior centers all over the country do to help meet the needs of the senior population. munity educator, her job is to educate the many seniors in Bureau County as to the services and activities which the senior center has to offer, Carper said. As part of that, she often speak at meetings of area townships, villages and organizations.

“When I see a success story, I feel blessed when they (seniors) say thank-

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you and that I have helped them because they didn’t know where to turn,” Carper said.

“Comments like that makes it all worthwhile for me. Sometimes they will call me because they have something great to tell, and they don’t have anyone else to tell.

I’ve made some new best friends through my job.”

Cindy Varland, head

of transportation, is the woman seniors call to schedule a ride to a needed destination. The center provides transportation to pretty much anywhere one needs to get to.

“I’ve had people call for trips to the hairdresser, to doctor appointments in Peru, to a ride to Midway Airport, shopping in Peoria …We go

just about anywhere they want to go,” Varland said.

Karen Huskey, information and assistant specialist, is the person to see when a senior citizen has a question on things like insurance, Medicare, a medical bill, benefit access programs and more.

“Most of it is information on things people most likely don’t understand. They bring it to my office, and we sit down and get it figured out,” Huskey said. “It’s like a great, big puzzle, and I love the challenge.”

The BCSC provides services to anyone age 60 and over or who are disabled. All services are provided by donation only, and no one is ever denied a service because they can’t make a donation, Ihrig said.

About 40 percent of BCSC’s funding is through Area Agencies on Aging, and the rest is by fundraisers and donations. The center is also a Bureau County United Way recipient.

“We appreciate anyone who makes a donation or gives to the BCSC,” Ihrig said. “We’ve been here since 1981 and plan on being here for many more years to come.”

The BCSC is located in the basement of the Clark House at 16 W. Marion St. in Princeton.

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His grandmother ran a business called Jo’s Sea Blooms; she made home decor items, such as floral wall decor and sailors valentines, out of seashells. The last post to the business’s Facebook page is from June 2013, but just before then, she wrote about her love for the art.

“I grew up on the West Coast (and) spent a lot of time on the beaches of Oregon,” she wrote. “Couldn’t get enough sea shells. Spent a lot of time daydreaming of owning those pretty shells I saw in gifts shops. In 1971, I got my chance, my husband was sent to Okinawa.

With five kids and husband in tow, we spent every spare moment looking for shells. I have a nice collection, and I add to it for my kids. Beside identifying and classifying, I wanted to do more with them.”

That’s when she started using the shells to make floral designs.

Her and her grandson’s deaths are being investigated by the sheriff’s department and Illinois State Police Crime Scene Investigators.

Woodland Shores is six miles west of Dixon off Rock Island Road.

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HOMESTEAD OM S AD FESTIVAL S V

FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12-14, 2014 H FRIDAY EVENTS

Owen Lovejoy Homestead Tours – Built in 1837 and designated a National Landmark in 1997, this piece of Princeton history will fascinate you. The Lovejoy Home served as an Underground Railroad station in the 1850’s. East Peru Street. Free Tour 1:00pm to 5:00pm.

Bureau County Historical Society – Tour the Clark-Norris Home and the Newell-Bryant House. 109 Park Avenue West. 1:00pm to 5:00pm Princeton Junior Women’s Club – Bring your appetite, the Princeton Junior Women’s Club will be serving pulled pork barbeque dinners and hosting the annual ice cream social. You’ll find them under the tent at Soldiers and Sailors Park. Get there before they sell out!

5:00pm to 9:00pm.

Bureau County Community Band – Bring your lawn chair, sit back and relax to the upbeat sounds of the Princeton Community Band. Soldiers and Sailors Park. 5:30pm to 6:15pm.

Homestead Festival Announcements – Princeton Junior Women’s Club Baby Contest Winners, Window Display Contest Winners, Steering Committee Introductions and Grand Marshal, Julie McCutchan, Introduction. Soldiers and Sailors Park. 6:15pm.

Window Display Contest – Take a stroll down our Historic Main Street to view attractive window displays. Our business districts, north and south will show everyone that It’s Good To Be Home! Contest winners announced Friday during the Festival Announcements.

Grand Marshal Julie McCutchan

Twilight Horse Drawn Wagon Rides – Maybe a stroll down our Historic Main Street is too much work. If so, stop by Soldiers and Sailors Park and hop on our horse powered wagon. Arrivals and departures from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Sponsor - Pioneer Production Plant.

Those Funny Little People - Look for ‘Those Funny Little People’ on Friday night at Soldiers and Sailors Park and again on Saturday in the Homestead Parade! You’ll go ‘Back in the Day’ with ‘Those Funny Little People! Bring the kids for pictures!.

The Generics – Rock it out on Main Street with the Generics and their ‘Black Top Hop’. Also appearing, ‘Those Funny Little People’. Soldiers and Sailors Park. 7:00pm to 9:00pm.

Richard Widmark – The Apollo Theater. The Apollo Theater presents Princeton’s own, Richard Widmark in the 1959 movie, ‘The Trap’.

Widmark grew up in Princeton and starred in over 60 films. 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of his birth. Apollo Theater. One show only. Doors open at 8:00p. Movie runs from 9:00pm to 10:30pm.

Princeton Jaycees Beer Garden – Music and entertainment by Snapshot. Darius Miller Park. Gates open at 8:00pm, music from 8:30pm to 12:30am.

Owen Lovejoy Home

Those Funny Little People

The Generics

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Obituaries Rebekah Darlington PRINCETON — Rebekah JoAnne Darlington, 55, of Princeton passed away Wednesday morning, Sept. 3, 2014, in the privacy and comfort of her home. Cremation has been accorded.

Becky Darlington was born Nov. 5, 1958, at her grandparents’ home in Berlin Township to Robert and Carolina (Haynes) Henderson. She attended Tiskilwa High School. She spent the greater part of her adult life working as a laborer for OMITE and other manufacturers.

However, the labor of love she enjoyed the most was when she got to train horses at the Hidden Valley Stables just outside of Sublette. Besides training and horseback riding, Becky really enjoyed her gardening and never missed an opportunity to go motorcycle riding.

She is survived by her parents, Robert and Carolina from Englewood, Fla., and her daughter, Lori Swanson, and three grandchildren, Tyler, Devyn and Haley of Washington, Ill. Surviving also are three brothers and three sisters, Sheila (Carl) Evans of Princeton, Bryan (Shelly) Henderson of Mendota, Burt Henderson of Englewood, Fla., Bradley (Sophie) Henderson of Lake Arispie/Princeton, and the twins Dana (Brian) Lokker and Dianna (Rollis) Sandy, both of Englewood, Fla. She was preceded in death by her grandparents.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family for distribution.

All arrangements have been made through Norberg Memorial Home, Princeton. Online condolences may be left at www.norbergfh.com.

Joan Eckhardt

PRINCETON — Joan Eckhardt passed away Thursday morning, Sept. 4, 2014, at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria.

Joan was born June 20, 1925, in Duncan Township, Mercer County, to Hilmer and Geraldine (Shoppa) Swanson. She graduated from New Boston High School in 1943. On May 21, 1943, she married Elmer G. Eckhardt in Edgington. After moving to Princeton, Joan went to work for Hoffman’s Jewelry Store, where she was a sales clerk for 35 years before retiring.

Joan Joan was active in the community her Eckhardt whole life. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church since first coming to Princeton. She was also a member of the Eastern Star. Joan was both a Brownie and then Girl Scout leader for some eight-plus years. She always loved her gardening and was an avid reader even after her eyesight diminished.

Joan is survived by her daughters, Yvonne Browning of Princeton and Sherry (Don) Gross of Tucson, Ariz.; two grandsons, Michael (Stacey) McShane of Jacksonville, Fla., and Kevin McShane of Phoenix, Ariz.; and four great-grandchildren, Thomas McShane, Benjamin McShane, Matthew McShane and Matlyn McShane.

Also surviving is her brother, Neil Swanson of Milan, and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Elmer, in 1998.

Services for Joan will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the Norberg Memorial Home in Princeton. The family will be receiving friends from 9:30 to 11 a.m. prior to the service. Jim Miller of the First United Methodist Church in Princeton will officiate. There will be a luncheon at the church immediately following the service. The interment will follow the luncheon at the Peniel Cemetery outside of Joy, Ill., at 3:30 p.m.

Memorials may directed to the Princeton Public Library or to Friends of Strays in Princeton.

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

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All in good fun; all for a good cause Spring Valley Nursing Center staff (seated) enjoy a little pie tossing adventure Wednesday afternoon as a fundraiser for the Living Works suicide prevention work. Residents, as well as other staff members, took advantage of the pie-in-the-face opportunity to enjoy the warm weather and also to raise money for Living Works. The Spring Valley Nursing Center hosted the fundraiser in memory of former employee Tommy Stevens, who died May 13, 2013.

BBB issues ‘Granny Scam’ advisory CHICAGO — Many scams and schemes run by con artists are cyclical in that they come and go. Sometimes it’s every few months, or following a natural disaster or at a particular time of the year.

One of those that fall into a cycle is the “Granny Scam,” and the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is advising the public to look for red flags.

With students leaving home and returning to college, the opportunity is ripe for scammers to begin making calls that target grandparents.

“As we know the best defense is a good offense,” said Steve J. Bernas, president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois. “We want to arm grandparents with information that can help prevent them and their families from falling victim to this scam.”

In this scam, the grandparent receives a distressed phone call from someone who they believe is their grandchild.

For example, the scam caller might say, “It’s me, your favorite grandchild,” to which the grandparent will guess the name of the grandchild the caller sounds the most like, and then the call proceeds from there.

The supposed grandchild typically explains they are traveling and have been arrested or involved in an auto accident.

Police reports Bureau County Sheriff Accidents

Joseph A. Holder, 22, of Dixon was involved in a single-vehicle accident at 10:25 a.m. Aug. 29 on 1950 East Street, one-fourth

mile south of 1950 North Avenue in Dover Township.

Mary C. Warren, 76, of Bureau was involved in a single-vehicle accident at 7:19 a.m. Aug. 29 on Route 6, one-half mile west of 2300 East Street in Princeton Township.

DUI

Justin P. Rokey, 28, of New Bedford was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident at 4:49 a.m. Aug. 23 on Backbone Road, at 1100 East Street in Manlius Township.

The Bureau County Republican is located at 800 Ace Road, Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Sometime they say they’ve been injured and need medical treatment. The grandparent is asked to wire money to post bail or pay for damages or treatment, usually amounting to a few thousand dollars.

While senior citizens are being targeted, law enforcement officials believe the scammers are most likely calling random numbers.

“The key here is that senior citizens are more than likely to be home during the day to take the phone call,” noted Bernas.

What to do if you receive a “Granny Scam” call: • Remain calm: Despite the emergency nature of the call, try to verify the identity of the caller. Don’t get caught up in the urgency which can lead to making emotional rather than logical decisions.

• Make direct contact: Confirm the status of the individual by calling them directly or verifying the story with other family members before taking action.

• Wire transfers: Any request to wire money through Western Union or MoneyGram should be seen as a “red flag” and an immediate tip-off that the call may be part of a scam.

• Report the call: If you have been victimized by this type of distressed loved-one call, immediately contact your local police department and the Illinois Attorney General’s office.

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Republican

Serving Bureau County Since 1847

Sam R Fisher

Terri Simon

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Editor

The yellow ribbon This column is often filled with little snapshots from my past. Growing up on a Bureau County farm with all the trials, tribulations, comforts and opportunities farm life had to offer clearly affected me in many ways. My memory takes me down many dusty, gravel roads, which I share with you — sometimes, it’s more therapy for me than enjoyable reading for you, I’m sure. I try to produce a column every week; for some reason, I kind of feel like I’m letting you down if I don’t.

And so it was Thursday morning when the need to pen this column was upon me. I had been thinking about it since Monday, but nothing was causing the creative juices to really flow. In other words, I didn’t have a clue what I should write about.

Believe me, it’s not the first time it’s happened, but quite frankly, I needed to get this column out of the way; I had a host of other obligations that really Terri needed my attention. The minutes Simon ticked by ... still nothing. I was just about ready to kick the column to the curb this week, when my phone rang. I picked it up to hear our front office lady tell me someone was waiting to see to me.

When I went up front, I saw a familiar face. I’ve known the fellow for years, but I never had any lengthy or meaningful conversations with him. Nice guy. That’s all I really knew. His first statement/ question to me kind of caught me off guard ...

“Do you know what the yellow ribbon stands for?” he asked.

Right away the song, “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree,” came to mind, and then I muttered something about soldiers coming home and yellow ribbons tied around trees.

“Everybody knows what the pink ribbon stands for, but the yellow ribbon stands for childhood cancer,” he said to me. “And September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.”

Wow! This one took me by surprise! I invited him to sit, and the two of us talked for a bit. His family has a personal experience with a child with leukemia, and of course, most of you know I am a cancer survivor. We talked. We listened.

We learned. At one point throughout the conversation, we both had tears in our eyes, our chins trembling just a bit and our eyes brimming with those tears you try so hard to not let fall.

Kids with cancer. I know what I went through, and the idea of a child having to undergo anything even close to that ... well, it absolutely breaks my heart. I can’t imagine what must go through their youthful minds, especially while their healthy friends live a happy-go-lucky life with no knowledge of words like oncologist, St. Jude’s, morphine, etc.

I guess it’s fairly common to say that when we think about cancer, we think about adults. But the facts about childhood cancer are alarming.

According to a bit of research I did after my conversation, nearly 50 children are diagnosed with cancer every day in the United States, with leukemia and brain tumors being the most frequent diagnosis. In children, cancer is the leading cause of death, and in fact, it is responsible for more deaths than all other deaths combined. More than 40,000 children are in cancer treatment every year, and one in eight of those children will not survive. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg ...

The gentleman I spoke with asked if the BCR could do a story about September being Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and without hesitation, I said yes. Please watch for that story in an upcoming edition of this newspaper.

More importantly, though, when it’s time to dig down deep and make your donations for the year, I urge you to consider St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital — a phenomenal place that is working tirelessly to eradicate this awful disease from children’s lives.

No child should have to say the word ... cancer.

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

A change of plans So ends the 20-year experiment.

By the time that you read this, I will no longer be working for the Bureau County Republican. As they say, all good things must come to an end.

When I was just about to turn 28, I was working in my hometown at a local construction business that builds prefabricated housing. At the time, I was in the part of the plant that cut the pieces used for flooring support. Basically, I was just a helper guy that spent most of his time doing what real carpenters told me to do and trying not to cut off too many body parts.

Being an art/illustration major in college, this was not part of the plan. According to my college instructors, by that time in my life, I was supposed to be in a big city somewhere painting covers for magazines like Norman Rockwell or drawing comic strips like Charles Schulz. Unfortunately, big cities make me twitchy. Sometimes plans don’t work out.

I spent most of my free time, which usually occurred from 10:30 at night until 2 in the morning, doodling on a drawing board down in the basement. I would work on various art projects that people asked me to do, painted signs and even developed an idea for a comic strip that I would send out to all the newspaper syndicates periodically.

I have a collection of the nicest rejection letters you’ve ever seen.

I had pretty much resigned myself to the fact that my career was going to involve hammers and nails. This was my new plan.

In January of 1994, I just happened to notice a job opening at the Bureau County Republican in their job printing shop. Knowing next to nothing about the print process, I put in my application. For some strange reason, they hired me. My first day on the job was Feb. 1. I

Greg Wallace FROM THE SKETCHBOOK really thought that they were smarter than that.

I came up with a new plan. Now that I had my foot in the door at a print publication, I told my wife that if I hung around the editorial department long enough, and showed them my delightful little drawings and exposed them to my innate humor and wit, before long, they would have to accept me into their fold, take me as one of their own. After that they would pay me to create artwork and draw my silly little cartoons. Yep, that’s what I told her.

Five and a half years later, I was right.

When I moved from the press room to the editorial department, I had the joy of learning what a computer was. I also got to learn font styles and point sizes and kerning and leading. I learned the difference between RGB and CMYK color modes. I got acquainted with Quark, Photoshop and Illustrator.

The command Apple “S” became my best friend. I even started writing this silly little column. I suppose that I could tell you that I learned to type the proper way but that would be a lie. After 15 years at a keyboard, I couldn’t tell you what makes up the “home row.” It drives my wife crazy. She teaches keyboarding.

I also learned that it’s hard to be a political cartoonist when you feel totally apathetic toward anything political. To this day, I have no clue if I’m a Democrat or Republican. I cover my bases by just not trusting any of them.

Over the years, I’ve experienced some success and learned some

new things. I’ve won some awards, had my cartoons subpoenaed, had a couple of interviews on a local television station, and that comic strip that I had all but given up on years earlier, won a contest and got me a deal with Universal Press Syndicate. Wow, what do you know, in the end, my plan actually worked out.

On Monday, I’m going into business with a lifelong friend of mine.

He has an established cabinet-making and woodworking business. I’ve been bugging him for a couple of years about how much fun it would be if we pooled his talent with … well … whatever it is that I have to offer. I guess that he got tired of hearing it because he recently took me up on the whole idea. I really thought he was smarter than that.

When I told my wife of his offer, I fully expected to be shot down before I got it out of my mouth.

Instead, she smiled and told me that if I didn’t try this, I’d regret it forever. I really thought that she was smarter than that.

Here’s our detailed business plan.

I’m going to help him do stuff and try not to cut off too many body parts. With any luck, hopefully any creativity that I might still possess will surface at some point. We’ll be dabbling in sign work, some airbrushing, even some artsy-fartsy retail items that we’ll be looking to sell. Well, at least that’s the plan anyway. Hopefully that will be a story for another day.

I feel like I should say something smart right now, so here are my parting words of wisdom: You’ll kick yourself the rest of your life for the things you never try. If you screw up, your wife gets to do the kicking.

See you in the funny papers. Maybe.

You can contact Wallace at gregwallaceink7@gmail.com. You can follow him on his blog at http://gregwallaceink.blogspot.com.

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Life&Arts

Community — IVCH offering flu shots at upcoming clinics. See Page 8.

Entertainment — IVSO kicks off new season Sept. 21. See Page 9.

Community Notes Fundraiser

Western High School class of ‘64 holds reunion PRINCETON — The 1964 graduating class of Western High School (Buda-Sheffield) held its 50th class reunion at Wise Guys Bar and Grill in Princeton Aug. 23.

Class of 1964 members in attendance were Larry Maddy, Richard Doty, Ken Doubler, Gary Howlett, Larry Roberts, Rosemary Morris Buescher, Margaret Behrends Copher, Jean Ann O’Bryant DeGood, Jill Gutshall Nunley, Nancy Kane Westervelt, Diana Renner Roberts, Lynn Behrends Thompson, June Baetens Panizzi, Mary Edlin Andrew, Sharon Plasschaert Calsyn, Ed Hasbrook, John Morris, Nikki Ruzina Frankenreider, Penny Arnett Rosenow, Tom Carper, Betty Loucks Robinson, Ann Huber Hopkins, Dennis Roberts, Jane McMurray Crockett, Jeana Foster

LADD — Project Success and the Hall Township Food Pantry will hold a fundraiser from 4 to 7 p.m.

Monday at Rip’s in Ladd. Tickets are $8. There will be a 50/50 and raffles. Carry outs are available at the front door. Bring a food item for the pantry in exchange for a free dessert.

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The Western High School Class of 1964 held its 50th reunion at Wise Guys Bar and Grill in Princeton Aug. 23.

Downey, Nola Constant Bresnan, Lee Carper and Dan Westervelt.

Class of 1963 member in attendance were Katherine Rahr Oherhardt, James Riggs and Bill Rosenow.

Class of 1965 members in attendance were Judy Lootens Cassulo, Valerie Davis Humphreys, Dale Maddy, Carol Hayes Piper, Larry Reinbeck, Cary Standard and Ron and Linda

Wright.

Attending from the first graduating class, 1962, was Mitzie Gutshall Ehlen.

Merle and Ruth Ann Horwedel also attended as special guests.

PRINCETON — The Bureau County Retired Teachers’ Association will meet Sept. 18 at the Princeton Public Library for the first fall meeting. A luncheon will be catered by Poor Boys at noon for $10. John Flaherty, the legislative chair for the Illinois Retired Teachers’ Association, and Nancy Cramer, the local representative for the Association Member Benefits Advisors, will present the program at 12:30 p.m. To make reservations for the luncheon and/or program, contact Mary Michael at 815-875-1697 or mmichael829ag@frontier.com or Connie Espel at 815-3038982 or cespel@ivnet.com by Sept. 15.

Reunion PRINCETON — The Schertz/Stauffer family reunion will be held at noon Sept. 20 at Wise Guys Grill. Those attending are invited to bring any photos or documents to share. If attending, contact Janet Evans at 847-921-7864 or laproflp@earthlink.net.

Community Players of Streator offers scholarships STREATOR — Applications are now being accepted for the 2014 Community Players of Streator Inc. scholarship program.

Scholarships are available

for any student enrolled in a two-year or four-year college or university and has been involved in any capacity at Engle Lane Theatre in the past five

years. Community Players of Streator Inc. has been awarding student scholarships since the organization began in 1957.

The scholarship appli-

cation can be found on the Engle Lane website at www.englelane.org.

All scholarship applications must be submitted on or before Sept. 15.

People in the News Tiskilwa graduate and U.S. Army soldier receives promotion FORT RILEY, Kan. — Command Sergeant Major Robert M. Allen of Tiskilwa recently received word of his selection to serve at the next level of command.

His next position in the U.S. Army will be serving in the Joint Communications Support Element as a brigade-level command sergeant major at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., beginning in July 2015.

Allen is currently serving as the battalion command sergeant major for the 2-1 Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) at Fort Riley, Kan. He was selected as one of only eight Signal

Allen Corps sergeants major to serve at the brigade level out of hundreds of eligible candidates.

Allen is a 1989 graduate of Tiskilwa High School and joined the Army in July

Parade winners announced MENDOTA — The 67th annual Mendota Sweet Corn Festival was held Aug. 7-10, with the parade on Aug. 10.

Area winners in the antique farm implements category were: 1953 1953 Case SC

owned by Chad Hamrick of Spring Valley, first place; 1949 Farmall H owned by Paul Hamrick of Spring Valley, second place; and 1964 Allis Chalmers D21 owned by the Rick Bauer family of LaMoille, third place.

of the same year. He is a veteran of Operation Desert Shield/Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq. Throughout his 25 years of service he has served at Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Richardson, Alaska; Fort Campbell, Ky.; and Fort Riley, Kan. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy (Class 61) at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Allen has been married to his wife, Robin of Canton, Ohio, for more than 21 years and they have three children, Michael, 20, Timothy, 18, and Abigail, 9. He plans to continue his service to the Army until he reaches the milestone of 30 years of active federal service.

Starkey places second MENDOTA — James Starkey of Princeton placed second in the 5- to 10-year old category of the WGLC/Q Idol Contest at the Mendota Sweet Corn Festival.

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Make Someone Happy • Happy anniversary today, Saturday, to Brandon and Allison Behrens. From your friends at Princeton Rotary.

• Happy 94th birthday on Monday to Bob Piper.

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IVCH offers flu clinics PERU — Illinois Valley Community Hospital has set dates for five public flu immunization clinics at five locations in September and October.

IVCH nurses will be giving flu shots: from 3 to 6 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Illinois Valley YMCA, Peru; from 9

to 11 a.m. Sept. 23 at Liberty Village, Peru; from 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 30 at IVCH, Peru; from 2 to 5 p.m. Oct. 8 in the IVCH room at the Peru mall; and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 23 at Illinois Valley Community College.

Pediatric doses of the

vaccination will be available at the Oct. 8 clinic only.

Flu shots are also available at the IVCH FastCare walk-in clinic at the Peru Walmart.

The pneumonia vaccine, which requires a doctor’s order, will also be

available at the flu clinics.

The fee to receive a flu shot is $30 and $85 for the pneumonia shots. Medicare assignment will be accepted with proof of Medicare Part B eligibility.

For more information, call Joan Fernandez at 815-780-4618.

Births Announced Alonso Ricardo Alonso and Juliana Soberalski of Spring Valley are the parents of a son, Mason Carter, born Aug. 27 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 20 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Jennifer and Ryan Soberalski of Spring Valley. Paternal grandparents are Eufrocina and Baltasar Alonso of Spring Valley.

Great-grandparents are Judy and Richard Szymovicz of Dalzell, Jackie and Mike Soberalski of LaSalle and Mercedes and Trinidad Lopez of DePue.

his grandparents’ anniversary and great-grandfather’s birthday.

Rodriguez Jacob Rodriguez and Candice McCannon of Spring Valley are the parents of a son born Aug. 28 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Barajas Antonio Barajas and Bianca Somogyi of DePue are the parents of a daughter born Sept. 2 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Cook

Jackson Tiffanie Jackson of Putnam is the parent of a son, Liam Lee, born Aug. 30 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 20 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Frank and Diane Jackson, Dan and Deana Wilson and Julie Hanson. Great-grandparents are Sherril Jackson and Joyce Blackburn. He was born on

Nathan and Emily (Ellberg) Cook of Princeton are the parents of a daughter born Aug. 27 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

pounds, 15 ounces and measured 19 inches in length. She was welcomed home by a sister, Alahna Mae. Maternal grandparents are Paula and Leroy Lawless of Streator. Paternal grandparents are Mellisa and Blaine Kassabaum of Granville and James and Tammy Jacobs of Colena, Calif.

Rucker Douglas and Nicole (Ahlstrom) Rucker of Ankeny, Iowa, are the parents of a son, Henry Edward, born Aug. 6 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. He weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 18 1/4 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Nancy Ahlstrom, formerly of Putnam County, and Robert E. (Marsha) Ahlstrom of Henry. Paternal grandparents are Nancy Rucker of Decatur and the late John Rucker.

Jacobs Chad Jacobs and Nichole Ritter of Princeton are the parents of a daughter, Arya Elizabeth, born Aug. 30 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. She weighed 7

Trujillo Joseph and Autumn (Trujillo) of Mendota are the parents of a daughter born Aug. 30 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Peter and Joy Yucus will note 50th wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Peter Yucus will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

Peter “Rich” Yucus and the former Joy Murphy were married Sept. 12, 1964, at the former St. Gertrude’s Church in Seatonville. Their attendants wee Alice (McCauley) Malloy and the now deceased Betty (Murphy) Nevitt, Paul Yucus and Raymond Nevitt.

The couple are the parents of two sons, Michael (Rachel) Yucus, PharmD, of Lombard and Chad Yucus, MD, of Skokie.

They couple also has one grandson, Connor Yucus of Lombard.

Peter is retired from

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Yucus farming and Joy is retired from the former First State Bank of Princeton.

The couple will celebrate their anniversary with their family.

Homestead pie contest PRINCETON — The Bureau County Home and Community Education Association is sponsoring a pie-baking contest to be held during the Homestead Festival. The contest will be held Sept. 13 at Soldiers and Sailors Park in Princeton.

Persons may enter as many pies as they wish.

Prizes are limited to one per person. They must be twocrust fruit pies. Each pie should be in a disposable pan. Recipes for both the crust and the filling must be submitted with the pie. For judging purposes, entrants

names cannot be included with the recipes. All pies are to be brought to be the park by 9 a.m. Sept. 13.

Judges will determine the top four winners. The prizes are $25, $20, $15 and $10.

All pies will be auctioned off at noon.

There is a special category for those under 18 years old. Cash prizes will be awarded in this category.

There is no advance entry requirement and no entry fee. The contest is open to all. For more information, call Mary Ann Johnson at 815-875-3108.

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Widmark fights forest fires, cowardice charge PRINCETON – The next Widmark Wednesday movie features Princeton’s own Richard Widmark as the leader of smokejumping Western firefighters who finds himself battling not only flames but a charge of cowardice.

The film begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Princeton Public Library.

Admission is free.

In the 1952 adventure drama, Widmark’s character survives a forest fire flareup that kills some of his men. He resumes work, even though other smokejumpers now doubt his leadership.

Leave it to Hollywood to settle the issue amid a climactic forest fire, filmed in Technicolor.

Co-starring are Constance Smith, Jeffrey Hunter, Richard Boone, and Warren Stevens.

Widmark, a 1932 graduate of Princeton High School, acted in more than 70 movies from 1947 until 1991. He would have turned 100 years old this year.

Widmark T-shirts will be available for sale at the movie.

IVSO concert season begins Sept. 21 LASALLE — Under the artistic music director and conductor, Lucia Matos, the Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra will present its 65th season of yearly concerts, and it is committed to perform at the highest possible level for the enjoyment of the people of the Illinois Valley. The orchestra is presenting a pleasant musical array of orchestral music, which provides enjoyment for all those who attend.

The season will begin with a pops concert in the Princeton High School auditorium at 3 p.m. Sept. 21. The concert will feature Kate Tombaugh, a mezzosoprano who will perform several selections from Carmen, and also Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns,” Richard Rogers/Warrington’s “Sound of Music” and Richard Rogers’ “State Fair: It’s a Grand Night for Singing.”

The group is very fortunate to have Casey McGrath, violinist, as a replacement for Faye Seeman, harpist, who was injured and is unable to perform at the Oct. 25 4 p.m. concert at the LaSalle-Peru High School Auditorium. McGrath holds a doctorate in violin performance from the University of Illinois

School of Music and a Master’s of Music in violin from the Cincinnati Conservatory. She will be playing Sarasate, Pablo de Zigeunerweisen and OP.20. The orchestra will also be playing RimskyKorsakov, Scheherazade, and Op.35.

The Dec. 31 concert at 4 p.m. will be held in the Ottawa High School auditorium and feature Dane Suarez, a tenor and Princeton native.

Hailed for his “sterling vocal qualities,” Suarez is a 2014 National SemiFinalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and will perform on the Met stage in March to compete for the national title.

Also featured is Sue Gillio, who will solo with the orchestra in a concert of holiday music the whole family will enjoy.

Gillio is an internationally-known flutist, having been a part of the Rome Festival Orchestra. She is also the owner of Music Suite 408. She holds a master of arts with

emphasis in flute performance, and is also principal flute of the Illinois Valley Symphony. She will be playing John Rutter’s Suite for flue flute, harpsichord and strings.

At 3 p.m. March 1, winners of the IVSO 2015 Young Performers Competition will be featured soloists. For those wishing to enter this competition, it is being held on Jan. 3, 2015, at the LaSalle-Peru High School auditorium.

The May 9 concert, set for 4 p.m., will highlight a rising star, pianist Joseph Kigma, who came to IVSO highly recommended. He will be performing Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor and Bachianos Brasileras No. 7 by VillaLobos at the Illinois Valley Community College.

Season tickets are available at www.ivso.org and at the door. Individual admission is $15 for adults, $5 for students, kindergarten-college, with identification. For more information, visit www.ivso.org.

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Miller receives award Danielle Miller (left) of Walnut received the Graduate of the Year award based on her excellent performance as a cosmetology student at Educators of Beauty in Sterling.

She also received numerous certificates and diplomas including highest grade point average. Miller is pictured with Rhonda Renner, Educators of Beauty president.

ICC announces spring graduates EAST PEORIA — Illinois Central College presented diplomas and certificates to nearly 1,000 students who completed their program of study during the spring 2014 semesters. Area students recognized are: Lauren Hoffert of Bradford, Associate in Arts degree, and Danielle Compton of Tiskilwa, Associate in Science degree.

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Saturday, September 6, 2014 • 11 Take a Vet Fishing — The Spring Valley Walleye Club will sponsor its Take a Vet Fishing Day Sept. 20. See page 13 for details.

Red Devils stands up EP for win on the road

By Cody Cutter

There’s nothing we could do about it. I thought I saw myself go over. Maybe it was the adrenaline ERIE — Dylan Bingoing through me.” ion thought for sure The stop was one he was in. of many critical ones The Erie-Prophfor the Red Devil etstown junior rundefense, one that ning back had just let took advantage of loose up the middle three fumble recovfor a 60 yard toucheries and net six down run to get total turnovers. his team to within Hall 21 “Our defense one point of the E/P 20 Hall Red Devils’ At a glance: The came up big,” Hall with 5:32 left in the Red Devils make a coach Randy Tiecrucial goal line man said. “They game.

“There was a stand on EP conver- made the big cutback, and I just sion run to preserve stop on the twoone-point win. took it,” Binion Next: Red Devils point conversion said.

(2-0) home vs. and shut (Binion) down in the first But when Pan- Amboy (2-0). half. He busted on ther coach Chuck us in the second Milem called for half. We’re playthe two-point conversion, Binion was more ing a lot of kids both ways than happy to take on the out there and our kids get tired. But they’ve been task.

Receiving the handoff able to hang in there.”

With 2:39 left in the first up the middle from quarterback Phillip Coers, Bin- quarter, and Hall leadion met a host of Red Devil ing 7-6, Chris Ballerini defenders right at the line. recovered a drop from the After being tackled, Binion Panthers’ Jordan Chanthrough for sure he was dler at the Panther 6-yard across to give his team a line. Two plays later, Jake Merkel went for his secone-point lead.

Instead, Hall’s defensive ond touchdown of the corps stuffed Binion just day - adding to the game’s short of the goal. The stop opening score on a 2-yard proved crucial to the Red push-through.

Andrew Kerr added Devils as they improved to 2-0 on the season with a another score for the Red 21-20 win at Wayne Hein Devils with 9:22 remaining in the second quarter. The Field in Erie.

“We thought we had it,” Devils Page 14 Binion said. “I guess not.

Shaw Media Service

A look at Friday’s top performers: Justin Shaw (SB): 3TDs rushing, 1 TD receiving Jack Brady (SB): 291

yards, 5 TDs passing.

Sam Halm (SB): 137 yards, 2 TDs receiving.

Parker Neuhalfen (BV): 2 TDs receiving; 1 TD rushing, 1 TD kickoff return.

Jake Merkel (Hall): 48 yards, 2 TDs rushing; pass interception.

Drake Davis (BV): 2 TDs, 214 yards passing.

BCR photo/Dan Dwyer

St. Bede’s Baylee Hopps tries to get himself some space from Bureau Valley’s Josh Mead in Friday’s Bureau County battle at the Storm stadium in Manlius. The Bruins won 56-30.

Bruins pass up Storm BCR game of the Week

By Dan Dwyer

Brady threw for 291 yards on 24-36 passing. sports@bcrnews.com “Jack did a great job, the MANLIUS — A quick receivers caught the ball 16-0 start for the Bureau obviously but I think our offensive line gave Valley Storm him some time wouldn’t be and we weren’t enough to hold doing that early. on for the vicWe weren’t cretory against their ating any holes. I rivals from St. think we were able Bede Academy to mix it up and get as the Bruins’ back in it,” St. Bede offense exploded coach John Bellino for 40 second half said. points enroute to Jack Brady BV (0-2) quickly a 56-30 victory grabbed a 16-0 lead Friday in Manlius on two touchdown The Bruins were led by senior quar- receptions by senior terback Jack Brady, who wide-out Parker Neutossed five touchdown halfen from freshman passes on the night and quarterback Drake Davis, senior back Justin Shaw including an 81-yard who added three touch- bomb that Neuhalfen settled under and outraced downs on the ground.

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At a glance: Jack Brady and the Bruins beat the Storm at their own game, passing for five touchdowns and 291 yards enroute to their first win.

Next: Bruins (1-1) at Kewanee (0-2); Storm (0-2) home vs. Newman (1-0).

the defense for the final 35 yards.

The Storm kept the Bruins off the board until 1:35 left in the second quarter when senior quarterback Jack Brady connected to senior receiver Sam Halm for a 12-yard touchdown grab.

A huge hit on Neuhal-

fen by SBA senior Justin Shaw with 1:00 to play in the half resulted in a fumble recovery by the Bruins that seemed to ignite the entire team, particularly the offense.

“After last week, it was a must win for team morale.

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Volleyball: Erie defeats Princeton 25-16, 25-18

Tigresses make strides vs. Erie

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — The longer the match went, the better the Princeton Tigresses looked against visiting Erie in a Three Rivers Conference crossover match Thursday at Prouty Gym. They played the Cardinals, the 2013 co-champions in the former Three Rivers North division, to a 25-16 score in the first set and 25-18 in the second, staying closer in the game longer than they did the first.

It’s a trend coach Andy Puck hopes to continue as the Tigresses (0-3) take their early-season baby steps.

“The more reps we get, the better we will improve,” he said. “I’m looking forward to Saturday’s tournament at Rock Falls to improve on team chemistry.”

While Erie jumped to a 6-0 lead in the second set, the Tigresses fought back. A Madison Menzel kill made it 6-3, a net serve by Erie made it 12-10 and an Anna Murray kill made it 12-11. The Tigresses committed a service error, but scored two straight to tie things up at 13.

Erie ripped off five straight points, including an ace to go up 18-13. A kill shot by Anna Murray stopped the bleeding and Hailey Schultz

snuck another kill just inside the pylon to make it 20-15.

Sierra Storm served up an ace to make it 24-18, but in the end the Tigresses couldn’t overcome two violations on serve receive, falling 25-18.

Freshman Anna Murray led the Tigresses with six kills, Schultz had five kills and senior Abby Jaques added three kills. Sophomore setter Sarah Murray had 16 assists and a team-high five points and senior libero Keyenna Altizer had eight BCR photo/Kevin Hieronymus digs.

Princeton libero Keyenna Altizer digs up an Erie serve in Comment on this story at www. Thursday’s Three Rivers crossover match at Prouty Gym. bcrnews.com Erie won 25-16, 25-18.

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Area roundup

PHS’ Suarez shoots record round of 36

By BCR Sports Staff

Down the Fairway

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By Kevin Hieronymus

PRINCETON — Sophia Suarez had a round of golf for the record books at Chapel Hill Golf Course Wednesday.

The Princeton High School senior broke the school record with an even par 36 to take medalist honors. Audra Reidner chipped in with a 47, Arraia Hicks a 51 and Sarah Crowe a 55 as PHS posted the best score in coach Will Gross’ fouryear tenure (189) to easily defeat Rockridge (202) by 13 strokes.

Suarez’s record round included an Eagle 2 on No. 15 and a birdie 3 on No. 18. She also had an eight-foot par putt on No. Sophia Suarez PHS senior shoots 14 and a six-foot bogey record round 36 putt on No. 17 that Gross said allowed Suarez to avoid any letdowns.

“Sophia had a golfer’s dream night,” Gross said. “She played with so much confidence and determination that it was truly a spectacular sight to see the game played as near perfect as it can be played and the way it should be played. I was overjoyed seeing her continue to carry herself in a manner that I expect from a senior captain.

“As a coach I am tough on the girls in particular to improve their game in certain areas, and it was great to see her hard work, discipline and enthusiasm come together and allow her to shine in the spotlight.”

Also for Princeton, Jaimee Ciesielski had a 60 and Brooke Hieronymus a 63.

For DePue, Mercedes Ruiz had a 58 and Dakota Mitchell a 69.

There will be a swap of host golf courses for the upcoming Greater Princeton City Golf Open.

The 36-hole event will now start out at Wyaton Hills Golf Course on Sept.

20, moving to Chapel Hills Golf Course for the final 18 holes on Sept. 21.

The tournament is open to all residents of the Princeton High School 500 school district or be a member of Chapel Hill, Wyaton Hills or Indian Hills golf courses. Entry fee is $20, including awards and greens fees. Cart to be paid at the courses Registration deadline is Sept. 15.

Men and Women will be flighted according to USGA Handicap and/or after the first day’s results. There will be multiple flights including a Senior’s 60+ and Super Senior’s 70+ Division.

The tournament is sponsored by Lorita Hellman, State Farm Insurance, the Princeton Area Chamber of Commerce, Chapel Hill and Wyaton Hills.

Last year’s champions were Scott Hartmann and Michelle Rowley.

• Hole in one: Clint Warren hit a hole in one Tuesday at Spring Creek Golf Course on the 143-yard 18th hole with a 7 iron. It was witnessed by Mike Zerull, Rex Rogers, and Al Shoemaker, all of Geneseo.

• Club champions have been crowned at area courses. See Tuesday’s BCR for details.

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DePue’s Dakota Mitchell takes a shot on the 12th hole at Chapel Hill Golf Course in Princeton Tuesday where the Lady Giants faced the host Tigresses.

At Morrison: Princeton’s hand of two pairs including 41s by Colby Robbins and Ian Nichols and 42s by Miles Rose and Colin Pierson were just enough for the Tigers (166) Thursday at Morrison, defeating the host Mustangs and Rockridge by two strokes. Colton Erven added a 49 and Josh Eggers a 54.

Trevor Bickett (51) and Bryce Nyman (54) were low scorers for the PHS JV (219), which took third.

At Deer Valley: Hall’s Ryan Ott shot a medalist 40 to lead the Red Devils past Prophetstown (193) and Bureau Valley (231). Thursday.

Other Hall scores were Aaron Mitchell 43, Matt Hoscheid 48 and Dominic Marenda 50.

Soccer DePue 7, Calvary 0: The Little Giants reigned supreme over host Calvary in Normal Thursday with six different players scoring goals. David Moreno led the charge with two goals and Alberto Martinez had two assists and one goal. Also scoring for DePue were Ramon Puga, Heber Moreno, Bryan Medina and Gerardo Gavina.

“We played with good ball control through the midfield and were able to work on developing our team chemistry and quick pass attack,” DePue coach

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Roundup From Page 12 Tim Stevens said. “Overall, it was a good day because all players saw time and we got a better understanding of who we can lean on in the future.”

Alleman 3, Princeton 1: Tiger coach David Gray was ready to walk away from this match the moment it was over in what he viewed a lack-luster effort Thursday at Tiskilwa.

“Not much went right,” he said. “We looked flat from the start.

Low energy.

Showed a little life in the second half, however the overall performance was disappointing. It was a night to forget. We look forward to our next match to put this one behind us.”

Tanner Kuhne had

BCR photo/Kevin Hieronymus

Princeton’s Jaimee Ciesielski takes a putt on hole No. 12 Thursday at Chapel Hills Golf Course. the lone Tiger goal in the 62nd minute on a penalty kick. Alleman answered at the 76th minute to cap the scoring.

PHS outshot their guests 16-12 with keep-

er Isaac Salazar making nine saves on goal.

The Tigers will host Earlville/Leland at 10 a.m. Saturday with the JV to follow.

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Scoreboard Softball

BCR photo/Kevin Hieronymus

Princeton’s Tieg Sisler (3) goes up for a block attempt on Erie’s Savanna Mettler Thursday at Prouty Gymnasium. The Cardinals defeated the Tigresses 25-16, 25-18.

Volleyball

Volleyball roundup

Junior College

Storm sweeps Fulton

By BCR Sports Staff sports@bcrnews.com

The Storm topped host Fulton Thursday 25-17, 25-18, now as a crossover contest in the Three Rivers.

Carlie Bickett (3 blocks) had six kills and Heaven Bennett (3 aces) and Lindsey Hoffert (3 blocks) added five each.

BV won the freshmen match 25-15, 23-25, 15-8, but dropped the sophomore contest 25-14, 25-9.

Annawan 2, L/O 1: Taylor Shaw (12 kills) and Taylor Miller (8 kills) had 20 kills between them to lead Annawan to a come from behind 2-1 victory over visiting LaMoille/Ohio Wednesday at Annawan.

The Bravettes dropped the first set to 17-25, but

rallied to claim 25-16, 25-17 decisions to take the match. Racheal Peterson had 23 assists, Kayla DeMay seven kills and Michaela Goodley 15 points with three aces for the Bravettes.

For LaMoille/Ohio (2-1), Riley Johnson had 10 points, three aces and nine digs, Ragen Forbes had 13 digs, Rae Schultz had 11 assists, Elizabeth Geuther had four kills and two blocks and Erika Zimmerlein had five kills.

L/O won the F/S match 25-1, 25-17. Paige Conner had nine points and eight assists, Maddi Deery had four kills, Alana Cherry had three kills and Johnson had six points with three aces and 10 digs.

Annawan 2, Sherrard 1: The Bravettes stepped

Princeton Park District Fall League Standings 1. Kaddywampus 6-0; 2.

T-Entertainment Raiders 7-1; 3. Kory Farm Equipment/TCI Manufacturing 5-1; 4. (tie) Uncle Stewy’s Roadhouse 3-3; Elle’s 3-3; Giovanni’s Automotive 3-3; 7. PI 2-2; 8. Screwballs 1-5; 9. Somewhere Else 0-4; 10. Bullington/Isaacson Construction 0-8

out of the conference for the second night in a row, defeating the Tigers 24-26, 25-16 25-21. Miller (9), Shaw (8) and DeMay (7) led in kills, Peterson had 29 assists, 12 points and five aces and Lakin Brau had 13 digs, seven points and four aces.

Orion 2, St. Bede 0: A Three Rivers Crossover match at the Academy Thursday saw the visiting Chargers down the Lady Bruins 25-10, 25-15. For St. Bede (2-5), Hanna Bima had five kills, Claire Dudek three kills and two blocks and Samantha Whalen had 14 digs.

Orion also took the sophomore match 25-20, 25-16 and the freshmen match 25-13, 25-16.

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Sports Shorts BV JFL Flag Football

Take a Vet Fishing Day

MANLIUS — Registration for BV JFL Flag Football will take place on Saturday, Sept. 13 at 2:30 p.m. at Bourquin Field in Manlius. Practice will follow from 3-5 p.m. BV JFL flag football is open to all third and fourth grade boys and girls. A parent or guardian will need to be present to sign the registration papers. Practices will be on Saturdays from 3-5 p.m. from Sept. 14 - Oct. 4. The purpose of the flag football program is to introduce the players to the fundamental skills and rules of football. For further information please contact Brian Frank at 815-8786405 or Douglas Koch at 815-719-5882.

SPRING VALLEY — The Spring Valley Walleye Club will sponsor its Take a Vet Fishing Day on Saturday, Sept. 20.

Everyone will meet at Time on the Water bait shop at 8 a.m. to meet their boat captain.

A complimentary breakfast by Spring Valley McDonald’s will be provided.

Fishing will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., returning to Barto Landing.

Lunch will be provided at the Spring Valley Boat Club.

Any veteran or boaters wishing to take a vet fishing, may send an email to walleye1@ivnet.com.

At Dixon Sauk Valley def. IVCC 25-17,2225, 25-15, 25-22. IVCC: Hult (7 kills), Erjavsek (7 kills), Bosnich (13 assists), Olivares (10 assists).

At Sugar Grove Waubonsee def. IVCC 25-20, 25-14, 25-22.

High school girls At Annawan Annawan def. LaMoille/Ohio 17-25, 25-16, 25-17. L/O (2-1): Bennett 4 (2 aces, 6 assists, 2 digs), Schultz 6 (11 assists, 1 kill), Lawrence 1 (2 kills, 1 dig), Geuther (4 kills, 2 blocks), Zimmerlein 1 (5 kills, 3 digs), Martin (2 kills), Fahs (1 kill, 1 dig), Hughes (2 kills), Johnson 10 (3 aces, 9 digs), Forbes 4 (1 kill, 13 digs). Ann (1-1): Peterson 5 (23 assists, 1 block, 4 kills, 3 aces), Dunfee 4 (4 blocks, 5 kills,1 ace), Sturtewagen 2 (10 digs), DeMay (2 digs, 7 kills), Miller 2 (4 blocks, 8 kills), Shaw 6 (6 digs, 12 kills 6, 2 aces), Brau 3 (6 digs, 3 assists, 2 blocks, 1 kill), Goodley 15 (5 digs, 3 aces).

F/S: L/O won W 25-10 25-17. L/O (2-1): Connor 9 (3 aces, 8 assists, 1 kill), Forbes 4 (5 assists, 1 kill), Johnson 6 (3 aces, 2 kills, 10 digs), Deery 2 (1 ace, 4 kills, 4 digs), Cherry 2 (1 ace, 3 kills, 3 digs), Pinter (2 kills), Loftus 4 (2 aces, 2 kills, 2 digs), Monier (2 kills), Ward 4 (1 ace), Anderson (1 ace).

At Princeton Erie def. Princeton 25-16, 25-18.

PHS (0-3): A. Murray (6 kills), Schultz (5 kills), Altizer 2 (8 digs), Barajas 2 (1 assist), Cain (1 dis, 1 assist), Clark (1 kill), Jaques 3

(3 kills), S. Murray 5 (16 assists, 1 dig), Menzel (1 kill), Sisler 2 (2 kills, 2 blocks, 1 ace, 1 dig).

SOPHS: PHS 15-25, 25-18, 15-8.

FRESHMEN: PHS 25-10, 25-14.

At Spring Valley Rockridge def. Hall 25-20, 19-25, 25-10. Hall (3-5): Herrmann (9 kills), Keegan (23 assists), Lusietto (4 blocks).

SOPHS: Fulton 25-14, 25-9.

FRESHMEN: BV 25-15, 23-25, 15-8.

At Fulton Bureau Valley def, Fulton 25-17, 25-18. BV: Siltman (2 kills, 2 assists), Bickett (6 kills, 3 blocks), Bennett (6 kills, 5 digs), Thomas (5 digs, 1 ace), Hoffert (1 ace, 5 kills, 3 blocks), Dean (3 digs), Lebahn (17 assists, 1 kill), Reuter (2 kills, 3 digs).

SOPHS: Fulton 25-14, 25-9.

FRESHMEN: BV 25-15, 23-25, 15-8.

At St. Bede Orion def. St. Bede 25-xx, 25-xx.

SBA (2-5): Bima (5 kills), Dudek (3 kills, 2 blocks), Pohar 2 (8 digs),S. Long 1 (9 assists), C. Perona (2 kills, 4 digs), E. Perona 3 (1 ace, 3 digs), SOPHS: Orion 25-20, 25-16.

FRESHMEN: Orion 25-13, 25-16.

Other matches El Paso-Gridley def. Henry l2512, 25-27 Annawan def. Sherrard 24-26, 25-16, 25-21 Fieldcrest def. Putnam County 24-26, 25-19, 25-17 Mendota def. Harvard 25-10, 25-20 L-P def. Indian Creek 25-11, 25-15

Golf High School Girls At Chapel Hill Princeton 189, Rockridge 202.

Medalists: Suarez 36. Other PHS scores: Reidner 47, Hicks 51,Crowe 55, Ciesielski 60, Hieronymus 63.

DePue: Ruiz 58, Mitchell 69.

High School Boys At Morrison Princeton’s 166, Morrison (168), Rockridge (168). Medalists: PHS: Robbins 41,Nichols 41, Rose 42, Pierson 42, Erven 49, Eggers 54.

JV: Rockridge 196, Morrison 197, PHS 217. PHS: Bickett 51, Nyman 54, Jamison 57, Alter 57, Carr 62, Torchia 62.

Recreational golf Wyaton Hills Ladies League Standings: McCall Chiropractic 5-2, Ranchitos Senioritas 4-3, Wyaton Hills 4-3,Flour House 3-4, Bay Electric 3-4, White Way 3-4.

FLAG EVENTS: Karen Towns, closest 2nd shot #5. Barb Brumbaugh, long putt #6.

Low gross: Michelle Coble 37.

Low net: Anna Flaig 30.

Birdies: Coble #1, #6 & #9.

Hidden Lake Ladies League Play of the Day: Throw all 6’s and hole #6. Championship: Ruth Hix 16. A Flight: Vicki Hoogerwerf 20. B Flight: Marcia Hix 39. Deb Zenger 49.

Low gross: Karen Taylor 40.

Low net: Margy Palmer 29.

Low putts: Beth VanVooren, Kathy Lanham 13 Birdies: Dorine Motley, Patsy DeFauw, Karen Taylor #3; Kathy Lanham #2.

Chip-ins: #Ruth Hix #8.

Signs: Hole 6 longest putt - Patsy DeFauw. Hole 7 closest 2nd shot Pat Lebahn. Hole 8 closest 4th Shot - Karen Taylor. Hole 9 closest 2nd shot - Kathy Lanham.

Team Standings: 1. Hidden Lake 49.5, 2. Michlig Ag 37.5, 3. Johnson 34.5, 4. Life Fit 28.5.

Wyaton Hills Ladies Day Sept. 2 Play of the Day: Even holes — 1. Karen Towns, Peg Carr 23, 2. Judy Farley, Carolyn Barkley 24; 3. Mary Thompson, Phyliss Miller 25. Chip-ins: Barkley, Towns.

Soccer High School BOYs At Tiskilwa Alleman 3, Princeton 1. Scoring: Alleman 12th min, Alleman 55th min, PHS - Kuhne 62nd min (PK), Alleman 76th min.

At Normal DePue 7, Calvary 0. Shots: DePue 26, Calvary Normal 3. DePue scoring: Puga, Martinez, David Moreno (Martinez assist), Heber Moreno, Da. Moreno, Medina, Gavina (Martinez assist).

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Friday Night Lights

Amboy 21, Sherrard 6

Three Rivers

Tigers unable to keep up with Jones

Amboy/LaMoille 21, Sherrard 6 Hall 21, Erie-Prophetstown 20 Fulton 21, Kewanee 12 Orion 26, Morrison 20 Rockridge 42, Riverdale 0 St. Bede 56, Bureau Valley 30

By Brian Weidman Shaw Media Service

Others

Annawan/Wethersfield 35, Elmwood/Brim 28 Aurora Marmion 38, Ottawa 7 Geneseo 42, Blue island Eisenhower 0 Johnsburg 49, Mendota 27 Ott. Marquette 47, Christian Liberty 0 Washington 36, LaSalle-Peru 0 Today’s games

Princeton (1-0) at Newman (1-0), 7:30 p.m.

Next week’s games

Amboy/LaMoille (2-0) at Hall (2-0) Erie-Prophetstown (1-1) at Riverdale (0-2) Mendota (1-1) at Byron Morrison (0-2) at Fulton (1-1) Newman (1-0) at Bureau Valley (0-2) Orion (2-0) at Rockridge (1-1) Princeton (1-1) at Sherrard (1-1) LaSalle-Peru (0-2) at Bloomington St. Bede (1-1) at Kewanee (2-0) West Central at Annawan/Wethersfield (2-0) At Erie

Hall (2-0) 14 7 0 0 - 21 Erie/Prophetstown (1-1) 6 0 8 6 - 20 H – Jake Merkel 2 run (Matt Krolak kick), 9:45 1Q EP - Jordan Chandler 54 run (kick failed), 7:52 1Q H – Merkel 3 run (Krolak kick), 1:58 H – Andrew Kerr 6 run (Krolak kick), 9:22 2Q EP – Binion 12 pass from Coers (Binion run), 9:21 3Q EP – Binion 60 run (run failed), 5:32 4Q Yardsticks.............H

EP

First Downs................14 Total Yards................279 by rushing..............253 by passing............. 26 Passing................... 2-6-0 Fumbles-Lost.............5-1 Penalties-Yards.........4-20 Punts-Average.......... 1-46

10 216 204 12 1-4-1 5-3 4-20 1-30

Individual statistics

Rushing: Hall - Hammonds 16-77, Merkel 13-41 (2 TDs), Kerr 9-34 (TD), Taber 6-29. EP: Binion 17-114, Chandler 9-57, Bauer 4-26, Coers 5-(-4).

Passing: Hall - Pullam 2-6-0, 26 yards. EP: Coers 1-2-1, 12 yards.

Receiving: Hall - Hammonds 1-25, Barroso 1-17 (TD). EP: Binion 1-2.

At Amboy

Sherrard (1-1) 0006-6 Amboy/LaMoille (2-0) 0 7 6 8 - 0 A – Chris Jones 1 run (Alexis Gutierrez kick) 1:31 2Q A – Jones 3 run (kick failed) 3:04 3Q A – Jones 1 run (Jones run) 11:55 4Q S – Blake Lampo 80 pass from Ben Swanson (kick failed) 1:26 42 Yardsticks

First downs Total yards Rushes-yards Passing yards Passing (C-A-I) Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Punts-avg.

S

AL

8 204 17-30 174 9-26-1 1-1 8-51 5-36.8

21 352 63-324 28 1-3-1 3-2 6-58 1-40

Individual statistics

Rushing:: Sherrard – Nathan Kelly 8-14,

Devils From Page 11 Panthers’ score occurred on a 54-yard breakaway through the middle with 7:52 left in the first quarter.

The Panthers’ only pass attempt was good for a score, as Coers threw to Binion on the right corner with 9:21 to go in the third to get within a score.

After Binion’s scoring run, the Panther defense forced the Red Devils to punt for the first time in the game. But the ensuing drive was stopped on four plays with a stop by Josh Nelson on Chandler on fourth down.

With 35.7 left in the

BCR photo/Kevin Hieronymus

St. Bede’s Braidy Shipp and Sam Halm break up a Storm pass Friday.

Luke Kissner 2-11, Dylan Mizaur 4-4, Swanson 3-1. Amboy – Jones 31-110, Dallas Appleman 14-84, Liam Ohlendorf 9-58, Ryon Richardson 3-53, Drake Barlow 6-19.

Passing:: Sherrard – Swanson 9-26-1, 174 yards. Amboy – Ohlendorf 1-3-1, 28 yards.

Receiving: Sherrard – Lampo 3-101, Logan Larson 3-40, Mizaur 1-21, Nathan Earl 1-12, Kissner 1-0. Amboy – Ryan Leffelman 1-28.

AMBOY – Try as they might, the Sherrard Tigers were unable to keep up with Jones.

Amboy senior running back Chris Jones rushed 31 times for 110 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Clippers to a 21-6 victory on Friday in a Big Rivers crossover game at the Harbor.

Jones’ longest run was just 14 yards, but the 5-foot-7, 170-pounder bulled or burrowed his way for positive yardage on all but two of his carries. He was quick to credit the offensive line for paving the way.

“Everybody had to work hard to get to where we were tonight,” Jones said. “If my line didn’t block,

I never would have never had the chance to get that many yards.”

Jones was far from a one-man show. Fullback Dallas Appleman churned out 84 yards on 14 attempts, while quarterback Liam Ohlendorf added 58 yards on nine carries. The Clippers (2-0) finished with 324 yards on 63 carries.

As effective as the Amboy ground game was, its defense was at least, if not more, spectacular Sherrard (1-1) managed just 124 yards of offense until late in the fourth quarter, when quarterback Ben Swanson hooked up with wideout Blake Lampo for an 80-yard score against Clipper reserves.

Swanson completed 9 of 26 passes for 174 yards, with one TD and one interception. The Tigers ran

for just 30 yards.

“We had some receivers open that were dropping balls,” Sherrard coach Brian Adams said, “but Amboy played very well defensively. They took it to us in our run game and kind of made us onedimensional. In most offenses, you can’t rely on one dimension to win games.”

A solid defensive effort, combined with the ability to run the ball, had Amboy coach Gary Jones smiling after the game.

“That’s pretty much Amboy football,” Jones said. “We run the ball, run traps, run the option, and throw a couple of passes here or there. If we can run the ball, and play decent defense, we’ll be all right.”

At Manlius

St. Bede (1-1) 0 16 28 12 - 56 Bureau Valley (0-2) 8 8 14 0 - 30 BV - Neuhalfen 8 pass from Davis (Johnston from Mead), 8:50 1Q. BV - Neuhalfen 81 pass from Davis (Johnson from Mead), 10:53 2Q. SB - Halm 12 pass from Brady (Shaw run), 1:35 2Q. SB - Shipp 2 pass from Brady (Hopps run), 12.8 2Q. BV - Neuhalfen 1 run (run failed), 11:03 3Q. SB - Shaw 16 pass from Brady (kick failed), 7:02 3Q. SB - Hopps 12 pass from Brady (Hopps pass from Brady), 5:57 3Q. BV - Neuhalfen 84 KO return (Johnston pass rom Davis), 5:44 3Q. SB - Shaw 1 run, (pass failed) 3:51 3Q SB - Shaw 1 run (Brady run), 3:14 3Q SB - Halm 28 pass from Brady (failed), 8:00 4Q. SB - Shaw 15 run (kick failed), 6:41 4Q Yardsticks............SB

BV

First Downs................17 by rushing................ 6 by passing...............10 by penalty.................1 Total Yards................421 by rushing........... 37-130 by passing.............291 Fumbles-Lost.............0-0 Penalties-Yards.........8-63 Punts-Average...........0-0

9 7 2 0 343 31-110 214 6-1 5-40 2-16.0

Individual statistics

Rushing: SB - Shaw 13-78 (3TDs), Hopps 7-33, Hurr 10-7, Brady 3-12, Baker 2-0.

BV - Johnston 6-6, Kepner 2-3, Balensieffen 1-6 Peterson 1-3, Mead 8-26 Neuhalfen 7-48 (TD).

Passing: SB - Brady24-36-1, 291 yards (2 TDs). BV - Davis 10-19-3, 214 yards (2 TDs), Neuhalfen 0-2-0.

Receiving: SB - Halm 12-137 (2 TDs), Shaw 5-61 (TD), Shipp 2-36 (TD), Hurr (2-19 (TD), Hopps 3-36. BV - Johnston 2-43, Mead 1-26, Neuhalfen 5-138 (2 TDs), Johnson 1-3, Balensiefen 1-6.

Soph prelim: St. Bede 16-14. SB scoring: Sapp 2 TD passes, 2 conversion pass. BV scoring: Kerr 2 TDs.

game, the Panthers (1-1) took to the air, but an interception by Merkel at the Panther 30 sealed the game.

“I was playing the flat and all of a sudden looked over and started going that was as I saw the ball in the air,” Merkel said.

Chris Hammonds led Hall’s rushing corps with 76 yards on 16 carries.

Merkel had 14 carries tallying 48 yards.

“I think we’re going to be real focused right now and the momentum is going to help us get through the season,” Merkel said.

“We’ll be pumped up and ready to go.”

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Bureau Valley’s Parker Neuhalfen breaks a long pass to set up an early Storm touchdown Friday.

Bruins From Page 11 We always go down to the wire with these guys like last year and it was close this year. Justin’s big hit really changed it (the momentum of the game).” Halm said.

With 12.8 to play in the half Brady threw his second touchdown of the evening to soph Braidy Shipp who was streaking through the heart of the BV defense.

Each team traded touchdowns over the third quarter making the score 30-30 on Neuhalfen’s fourth touchdown of the night an 80-yard kickoff return with 5:44 to play in the third.

The Bruins would kick their offense into high gear for the rest of the contest as BV’s secondary started to show signs of fatigue.

“The defense stepped up in the second half and end of the second quarter. Momentum is huge we

were in an away game right now, they had the momentum in the first half until the end.” Brady said.

Shaw had touchdown runs of 1-yard, 1-yard and 15-yards while adding a fourth receiving touchdown on a jump ball in the end zone for 15-yards.

Brady had touchdown tosses of 12, 8, 15, 12 and a 28-yard beauty that he dropped in over the shoulder of his favorite target Halm.

Halm caught two of Bradys 5-touchdown tosses.

“It was a hard hitting game and attrition is going to take over after a while. They had guys cramping and we were getting tired. I thought the kids played extremely hard again tonight we’re out there busting our but trying to make plays. We’ll come back next week and do our best.” BV coach Spencer Davis said.

• Notes: Josh Sapp threw for two touchdown passes and two conversions, connecting on the gamewinner with 1:10 left to play as St.

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Business story ideas? — Contact Bureau County Republican reporter Lyle Ganther at 815-875-4461, ext. 6360, or email him at lganther@bcrnews.com.

Trust me; it’s organic Labels are important – not just for clothing – but also for music, electronic gear and literature. Labels also are import for the food and agriculture industries.

Over the past 20 years, consumer spending on organic products has grown from $1 billion a year to almost $30 billion. So it is safe to assume the organic label is important to many consumers.

The challenge is to define what the organic label actually tells us. For example with my favorite food, Planter’s Chunky Peanut Butter, I know exactly what I am getting because, in this case, the brand (Planter’s Chunky Peanut Butter) is the label.

When I purchase an unbranded product such as carrots or arugula, which claims to be organic, it is not real clear what I am getting. Is it really organic?

We may have an idea what is organic, but that idea, to be useful, should be spe-

William Bailey COMMENTARY cific and identical across all products, not just the one I am purchasing. For example, Chinese Organic Wild Caught Salmon has all of the right words, but is it really organic?

In an attempt to bring consistency to the definition of organic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) stepped up to figure it out. It defines organic as “A labeling term that refers to an agricultural product produced in accordance with the Act and the regulations in this part,” and then proceeds to define the production processes that result in a product than can be labeled “Certified Organic.”

USDA does not have experts trudging around kale fields in Illinois, or in

China, to monitor the production process. It sets the rules and then out-sources the monitoring to a third party. If the third party says all of the regulations established by USDA for organic production have been met by the producer, then the USDA organic label may be used.

Western Illinois University’s Allison Farm is certified by USDA as an organic farm that may label its products as “Certified Organic.” The Allison Farm’s organic crops, including blue corn, popcorn and fava beans, may be sold as organic and form the basis for USDA labels “100% Organic,” “Organic” or “Made with Organic Ingredients.”

In addition to Western’s Allison Farm, there are other food chain participants in Illinois recognized

by USDA as “Certified Organic Operations.”

Among those participants is a company selling organ-

ic vodka; another company selling organic dog treats.

My personal favorite, as a real coffee quaffer, is a company near St. Louis that is selling USDA certified organic coffee. And there also is a Chicago company that is USDA certified organic for its cosmetics.

It seems a little ironic that, in order to label a product as organic, USDA had to write a complex set of rules and regulations farmers and processors must follow. But the rules and regulations are written without inorganic input, so the entire regulatory process could be viewed, by some, as entirely organic.

Professor William Bailey formerly was the chief economist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Nutrition. He also has served as Deputy-Under Secretary of Agriculture. He is now affiliated with the Western Illinois University’s School of Agriculture.

Illinois State Fair 4-H results The 4-H year ended with members taking their projects to the Illinois State Fair. The following youth were selected as Bureau County 4-H delegates in their respective areas and traveled to Springfield for judging on Aug. 10. For the general project areas the superior rating is the highest on can achieve.

The results are: Nathan Allen, Fiber, Superior; Katy Beaber, Scrapbooking, Superior; Katie Burkman, Floriculture C, Award of Excellence; Jessica Carlson, Oral Interpretation, Superior; Makina Carrington, Intercultural-Club, Award of Excellence; Matthew Cook, Chalk/Carbon/Pigment, Award of Excellence; Courtney Cook, Design Deci-

sions-Beginning, Award of Excellence; Cheyenne DePatis, Microwave Magic A, superior; Kelly Devert, 3-D Design/Mixed Media, Award of Excellence; Katelyn Engelbrecht, 4-H Cooking 301, Award of Excellence; Emma Glafka, Fashion Revue, Award of Excellence; Kaitlyn Hildebrand, Sewing and Textiles II, Award of Excellence; Ellen Jacobs, Oral Interpretation, Superior; Savanah Hensen, Woodworking II, Superior; Riley Lucas, Sewing and Textiles II, Award of Excellence; Alicyn Olson, Natural Resources II, Superior; Hayleigh Olson, Outdoor Adventures I-III, Award of Excellence; Kiersten Pratt, Clay, Award of Excellence; Sami Roberts, Intercultural-Club, Award of

Excellence; Andrew Smith, Welding, Award of Excellence; Katie Smith, Fashion Revue, Award of Excellence; Stephanie Stocking, Animal Science, Award of Excellence; Natalie Stocking, Keeping Fit II — Staying Healthy, Award of Excellence; Morgan Strader, Intercultural-Club, Award of Excellence; Kayla Sweenie, Photography 2, Superior; Sydney Sweenie, Sewing and Textiles II, Award of Excellence; Eyan Tiemann, Peer to Peer, Superior; Lindsay Wright, Heritage Arts, Award of Excellence; and Brooke York, InterculturalClub, Award of Excellence.

The Junior Livestock Exhibit results are: Kalie Rumbold of Wyanet placed in Aberdeen Angus, Angus

Heifer and Crossbred; Kaitlyn Hildebrand of Ohio placed in Angus Heifers and Brown Swiss, Dairy Cattle; Dana Kepner of Walnut placed in Dairy Cattle, Brown Swiss; Makanna Sabin of Walnut placed in Brown Swiss, Dairy Cattle and Junior Horse Show; Jordan Monier of Walnut placed in Swine Spotted Hogs, Hampshire and Yorkshire; Christopher Anderson of Princeton placed in Swine Crossbred Barrows, Hampshire, Yorkshire and Duroc; Luke Schultz of Princeton placed in Sheep Suffolk and On-Foot Wethers; Kiersten Pratt of Arlington placed in Junior Horse Show; and Stephanie Gripp of Sheffield placed in Junior Horse Show.

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Working Farm Show is Sept. 12-14 GENESEO — With technology propelling all aspects of our lives at breakneck speeds, do you ever long for things to slow down a bit?

Well, the Antique Engine and Tractor Association (AETA) has the perfect app for you.

Each year, the association and its members haul out hundreds of old-time engines and harvesting equipment for its annual three-day Working Farm Show near Geneseo, in Henry County. The 53rd annual show will be held Sept. 12–14 and features lesser-known tractors and implements. The show is growing, and this year will include more than 400 tractors, hundreds of gas engines, several garden tractors and other agricultural memorabilia.

The Working Farm Show is different from most other farm shows. Much of the machinery on display is actually put to use plowing fields and harvesting corn and soybeans with mid-19th Century equipment. Members thresh wheat and oats, run a sawmill, and demonstrate gas engines from the early to mid-1900s.

Kids can play in the giant corn pile, and all ages are invited to the one-and-ahalf acre plot to hand-pick Indian corn, popcorn or to dig a potato or two south of the timber frame barn.

The centerpiece of the association’s show grounds is a massive timber frame barn, the product of a 10-day barn-raising effort in 2009. It’s a classic 19th Century Midwestern barn using post and beam construction techniques developed in Europe thousands of years ago and used in this country through the 1920s. Built with 19,500 board feet of Illinoisharvested white oak, it mea-

sures 48-feet wide by 70-feet long with 16-foot sidewalls.

Visit the blacksmith shop and watch iron work being crafted. Stop at the newlyrestored mercantile to view the group’s historical artifacts. Venture over to the newly-renovated craft barn which showcases and demonstrates the art of weaving, quilting and wood turning.

A variety of crafts and homebaked goods will be available for purchase. Questions are encouraged by all demonstrators who will gladly share their knowledge with you.

Visit Friday, Sept. 12 to see Max Armstrong, the voice of American agriculture, one of the most widely-recognized and highly-regarded agricultural journalists in America, tape his weekly show from the AETA show grounds. Be sure to plan ahead for another special event at the show next year: The Rumely Products Collectors National Expo. Enjoy several Rumely tractors and equipment plus a Rumely Oil Pull display at the 2015 AETA show on Sept. 18-20.

AETA promotes the collection, restoration, preservation and exhibition of gasoline and oil engines, plus gasoline and steam tractors, power-driven farm machinery, and other equipment of historical value. The Working Farm Show is located eight miles north of Geneseo on Route 92, just east of the Rock River.

Single day admission is $5 or a three-day pass is $10. Kids 12 and under are free. New this year will be a free shuttle service every 40 minutes from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. located at 465 Route 6, Geneseo, to the AETA show grounds. For more information on AETA’s Working Farm Show, visit www.ae-ta. com.

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CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ) ROBERT A. HURDIS,) DECEASED ) NO. 2014-P-64 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Robert A. Hurdis. Letters of office were issued to Heidi L. Pumphrey of 300 Manor Hill Dr., Chatham, IL 62629 as Independent Executor whose attorneys are Angel, Isaacson & Tracy, 111 Park Avenue East, Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Court, Bureau County Courthouse, 700 South Main Street, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the Independent Executor, or both, on or before March 9, 2015, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the Independent Executor is required

by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Executor and to the attorneys within 10 days after it has been filed.

Dated this 2nd day of September, 2014.

Angel, Isaacson & Tracy Attorneys for Estate 111 Park Avenue East Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-6551 Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 6, 13 and 20, 2014.

at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at the Township Hall in this Wyanet Township and that final hearing and action on this ordinance will be taken at a meeting to be held at the Township Hall at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday, October 21, 2014. /s/Carole Yandel, Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 6, 2014.

Valley Unit Office in writing by fax or mail until Friday, September 19, 2014 at noon. Please call (815)445-3101 with questions to Gavin Sronce. Bids may be mailed to: BV Unit Office, PO BOX 289, Manlius, IL 61338 or faxed to (815)445-2802.

Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 6 and 9, 2014.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDED TOWN DISTRICT BUDGET Notice is hereby given that an Amended Tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for Town Purposes of the Wyanet Township, in the County of Bureau, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2013, and ending march 31, 2015, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at 116 North Locust, Wyanet, IL From and after Tuesday, August 26, 2014.

Notice is further given hereby that a public hearing on said Amended Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 7:15 p.m., Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at the Township Hall in this Wyanet Township and that final hearing and action on this ordinance will be taken at the meeting to be held at the Township Hall at 7:25 p.m., Tuesday, September 30, 2014.

Carole Yandel, Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 6, 2014.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ROAD DISTRICT BUDGET Notice is hereby given that a Tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for Road Purposes of the Wyanet Township, in the County of Bureau, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 01, 2014, and ending March 31, 2015, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at 116 N. Locust St., Wyanet, IL from and after Tuesday, September 9, 2014.

Notice is further given hereby that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held

NOTICE Bureau Valley CUSD #340 located in Manlius, IL is accepting silent bids for removal of the playground equipment that exists in front of the BEST alternative school located at 409 W. Maple St., Manlius, IL 61338.

The removal of the playground equipment must be a total removal which includes any concrete used to set the equipment. A pre-bid meeting will be held at the location from 11-11:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 11, 2014 to answer any questions.

Removal must be complete by Friday, October 17, 2014. Bids will be accepted at the Bureau

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK OF ) KEWANEE/SHEFFIELD BANKING ) CENTER, ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) JILLIA NICOLE NORTON n/k/a ) JILLIA NICOLE MINDER, JAMES ) P. WHITEHURST, AMBER L. ) WHITEHURST, UNKNOWN OWNERS ) AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, ) Defendants. ) No. 2014-CH-60 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION NOTICE is hereby given to UNKNOWN TENANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS of the complaint for foreclosure filed in the above-entitled cause on August 19, 2014, and that they are named defendants in the above-entitled cause, pursuant to the provisions of 735 ILCS, Sections 5/2-206, 5/15-1218 and 5/15-1502, and that the above-entitled mortgage foreclosure suit is now pending in said court and the day on or after which a default may be entered against said defendants is September 24, 2014, and that the following information applies to said foreclosure proceeding: (i) The names of all plaintiffs and the case number are identified above. (ii) The court in which said action was brought is identified above. (iii) The name of the title holder of record is: Jillia Nicole Norton n/k/a Jillia Nicole Minder. (iv) A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: A part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 3, Township 16 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Bureau County, Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section 3, thence East along the North line of said Section 3 a distance of 29.6 feet to the centerline of a highway designated Route 88, thence Southerly at an angle of 90° 03’ measured counterclockwise from the said North line 840.4 feet, thence Easterly at right angles to the said centerline 691.8 feet to a point of beginning, thence Northerly at right angles to the last described line 253.0 feet, thence Easterly at right angles to the last described line 167.2 feet, thence Northerly at right angles to the last described line 67.9 feet, thence Easterly at right angles to the last described line 256.4 feet, thence Southerly at right angles to the last described line 345.9 feet, thence Westerly at right angles to the last described line 423.6 feet, thence Northerly at right angles to the last described line 25.0 feet to the point of beginning.

TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER AND ACROSS THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED TRACTS: A part of the North Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 3, Township 16 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Bureau County, Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner

of said Section 3, running thence East along the North line of said Section 3, a distance of 29.6 feet to the centerline of a highway designated Route 88, running thence Southerly at an angle of 90° 03’ measured counterclockwise from the said North line 840.4 feet, running thence Easterly, at right angles to the said centerline, to the Easterly line of the right of way for Route 88 to the point of beginning; running thence Easterly 200.80 feet to the Westerly right of way line of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad right of way; running thence Northerly along said railroad right of way, 25 feet; running thence Westerly 200.80 feet, more or less, to the Easterly line of the right of way for said Route 88; and, running thence Southerly 25 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; AND, Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section 3, running thence East along the North line of said Section 3, a distance of 29.6 feet to the centerline of a highway designated Route 88, running thence Southerly at an angle of 90° 03’ measured counterclockwise from the said North line 840.4 feet, running thence Easterly, at right angles to the said centerline approximately 344.80 feet to the a point on the Easterly line of the right of way of Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, said point being the point of beginning; running thence Easterly, along an extension of the previously described course, 347.0 feet to a point on the West line of a 3.10-acre tract of land as surveyed by Vance E. Hopper, Illinois Registered Land Surveyor, on September 22, 1986; running thence Northerly along said West line of said 3.10 acre tract, a distance of 25 feet; running thence Westerly, approximately 347.0 feet, to the Easterly line of the right of way of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; and, running thence Southerly 25 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. (v) A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 17834 IL Hwy. 40, Sheffield, Illinois 61361. (vi) An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Name of mortgagors: John Ward Norton (deceased) and Jillia Nicole Norton.

Name of mortgagee: Peoples National Bank of Kewanee/Sheffield Banking Center.

Date of mortgage: August 13, 2008.

Date of recording: August 13, 2008.

County where recorded: Bureau County, Illinois.

Recording document identification: Document No. 2008R04439 in Book 1365, Page 7 in the Bureau County Recorder’s Office, Princeton, Illinois.

Mary C. Dremann Clerk of the Circuit Court Angel, Isaacson & Tracy Attorneys for Plaintiff 111 Park Avenue East Princeton, Illinois 61356 Telephone: 815-875-6551 Published in the Bureau County Republican Aug. 23, 30 and Sept. 6, 2014.

RURAL PRINCETON Princeton schools. 4 bedroom. Large garage and yard. References & deposit required. $900 per month. Ray Farm Management. 815-872-3276 SHEFFIELD 3-4 bedroom for rent. 2 bath, 2 car detached garage, appliances, pets with deposit, complete remodeled $600/ month. 309-585-7270 WYANET 2 bedroom, new furnace, central air. No pets. Must have references. Available Now. Call 815-699-2263

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CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ) LYLE G. SQUIRES, ) DECEASED ) NO. 2014-P-60 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Lyle G. Squires.

Letters of office were issued to William C. Squires of 1121 North Jacqualine Lane, Princeton, Illinois 61356 as Independent Executor whose attorneys are Angel, Isaacson & Tracy, 111 Park Avenue East, Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Court, Bureau County Courthouse, 700 South Main Street, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the Independent Executor, or both, on or before March 2, 2015, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the Independent Executor is required

by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Executor and to the attorneys within 10 days after it has been filed.

Dated this 26th day of August, 2014.

Angel, Isaacson & Tracy Attorneys for Estate 111 Park Avenue East Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-6551 Published in the Bureau County Republican Aug. 30, Sept. 6 and 13, 2014.

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given by the Board of Education, Hall High School District #502, in the County of Bureau, State of Illinois, that the tentative budget for said school district for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015, is on file and conveniently available for public inspection. The tentative budget will be on file at the office of the Superintendent of Schools, located at Hall High School, 800 W. Erie Street, Spring Valley, Illinois, from and after 8:00 a.m. on the 21st day of August, 2014.

Notice is further given that a public meeting on said budget will be held at 6:00 p.m. on the 24th day of September, 2014, in the library at Hall High School, 800 W. Erie Street, Spring Valley, Illinois.

Signed: Michael Struna, Superintendent of Schools Lynn Ellis, Secretary, Board of Education Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 6, 2014.

NOTICE FOR BID Putnam County Conservation District has up for sale a used 2007 JOHN DEERE 757 25 horsepower lawn tractor with 1,119.9 hours.

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All bids need to be in writing and mailed to the Conservation district by Sept. 19th, 2014.

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The District reserves the right to refuse any and all bids.

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