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Charges are elevated for Standard man

By BCR Staff news@bcrnews.com

HENNEPIN — The man charged in the death of a Ladd woman – her brother-in-law – found her dead in a vacant house in Standard, wrapped her body in a blanket and tied it up with rope and duct tape before burying it in a shallow grave – all the time knowing she had been murdered.

That’s according to information revealed Thursday in his initial appearance in Putnam County Court.

Clifford Andersen, 66, of Standard, is charged with concealment of a homicidal death, which carries 2 to 5 years in prison.

Evidence was found in his home, investigators said, and he was arrested Tuesday. What connection Andersen may have to 104 Fifth St., where the body was buried, was not divulged.

No information on who the killer might be, the cause of death, or how Andersen came to be at the house has been released. The investigation continues.

Putnam County State’s Attorney Christina Mennie was in court Thursday and unavailable to comment.

Andersen initially was charged with concealment of a death; Mennie upped that to the more serious charge, which requires that the perpetrator knew the death was a homicide.

Deborah K. Dewey, 62, went missing Aug. 22. Her body was discovered Monday.

Andersen is in Bureau County Jail on $750,000 bond. His next court date

‘We all feel terrible.

The whole town is upset’

Standard area residents react to news of Deborah Dewey’s death

By Lyle Ganther

is Oct. 13.

Anyone with information on Dewe y ’ s death is asked to call Clifford Illinois Anderson S t a t e Police District 17 headquarters at 815-224-1171.

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STANDARD — A slight wind blew the yellow police tape that cordoned off a home Thursday in Standard where the body of Deborah Dewey, 62, of Ladd was found buried in a shallow grave earlier this week.

Birds were singing; the sun was shining; and residents were walking their dogs or mowing their yards Thursday in this small town of 220 people in Putnam County, the smallest county in size and population in Illinois. Vehicles and many semi trucks drove through town on Route 71 as they do every day.

Some residents were willing to talk about their feelings, while others didn’t want to say anything about the discovery of Dewey’s body discovered

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Combining forces BuEComm to dispatch for Princeton/Bureau County

By Goldie Rapp grapp@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — All 911 call taking and dispatching in Bureau County will soon be accomplished under one roof.

This month, the city of Princeton and the Bureau County Board entered into intergovernmental agreements with the Bureau County Emergency Telephone Board (ETSB), which oversees Bureau Emergency Communication (BuEComm), The agreement allows BuEComm to take over all dispatching for emergency services.

The city of Princeton will pay an annual cost of $34,000, and the county will pay an annual cost of

$60,000 to ETSB for the services.

Currently, all Bureau County 911 calls go to BuEComm, and if the emergency requires fire departments or EMS, BuEComm dispatchers are able to send help immediately. However, if the caller needs law enforcement, they have to be transferred to the appropriate law enforcement department’s agency dispatcher.

BuEComm Director Diana Stiles said this has always created confusion for the public.

“The dispatcher asks what the emergency is; then the caller is placed on hold to be transferred

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Honoring police officers Public is encouraged to attend

By Shannon Serpette sserpette@bcrnews.com

BCR photos/Becky Kramer

Princeton High School has been celebrating its homecoming all week long. On Thursday evening, a small parade was held that traveled north on Main Street, followed by a pep rally on the football field at Bryant Field. Pictured are some of the Princeton High School football team members and cheerleaders. The Princeton Tigers took to the field Friday evening against long-time rival Hall Red Devils. See results from that game in the BCR’s Friday Night Blitz, and insert in today’s newspaper.

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PRINCETON — It’s a dangerous job with irregular hours, low pay and a lot of public scrutiny.

As a way to thank police officers for the job they are doing, all Bureau County local law enforcement and their families are invited to attend a lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Soldiers and Sailors Park.

The lunch will be free for officers, but all others should make a donation, no matter the amount, according to event organizer Kim Forristall of Princeton. She said the general public is also welcome to join the lunch if they want to show their appreciation for law enforcement.

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GFWC celebrates 125 years of community service

By Lou Brown Special to the BCR

In 1891 a call was put in the newspaper that read: “The women of Princeton, who are interested in the cause of temperance, are earnestly requested to be present at a meeting to be held in the south reception room of the Apollo Hall, November 13th at 3 p.m.

The object of this meeting is to consider some very practical and vital features of this great subject.”

Fifty women traveled by horse and buggy and met because they were interested in the cause of temperance. “To do something to reform the drinking man and to do what could be done to drive out the saloons.” Women did not want to take their children downtown because rough and loud language could be heard coming out from under the many swinging doors of the saloons in Princeton. The club was formed. Dues were 50 cents. The motto would be: “In Great Things Unity: In Small Things Liberty: In all Things Charity.” The club sent “drunkards” for the Keely Cure to Dwight, Ill. Later the Philanthropic Committee “visited the sick; the homeless were housed in their homes; they helped feed the hungry; and the naked, clothed.”

The members decided programs needed to be changed — to not only have programs on “Temperance” but on ladies’ interest: Good taste in dress, status of women and recipes were exchanged.

Programs were presented by members and teachers.

Members still traveled by horse and buggy to members’ homes for the meetings.

The members worked

tirelessly for a library. They held a dinner/play fundraiser; 1,200 people attended the club event and made a profit of $1,000. which was placed in the library fund. The club did furnish the reading room of the library.

In 1896, the club formed a Rainy Day Committee to study the use of shorter skirts, which showed the ankles for rainy day use only. The outstanding dressmaker in the city and some club members held a heated discussion before this measure was adopted.

This attire became known as the “Rainy Day Dress.”

Members now became interested in women’s rights, and such topics were discussed, in which members found “sex novels much to condemn.” In 1897, a Suffrage Committee was appointed.

In 1904, the club worked to get a new depot and had a light put on the depot platform; formed Mothers Clubs in public schools for better trained parenthood; raised money for tools, such as saws, benches, vices, hammers, gauges, screwdrivers, etc, for “Manual Training” for boys at school.

By now, such things as cigarettes, Vaudeville, chewing gum and the bicycle were the rage, and the bicycle worried some of the ladies, “as this would bring on immoral designs rather than the maxi skirt of the day.”

In 1903, a village improvement committee was created because, “the reckless trimming and slaughter of the beautiful trees which have been the pride of the town for years, and now they want to ruin them by putting in telephone and telegraph poles.”

The women are taking

BCR photo/Dave Cook

Pictured at the GFWC’s 125th anniversary celebration are Lola Huffaker (from left), Carolyn Diller, Elaine Bolatto, Bonnie Schutt, Bonnie Bangert, Carol Brown, Julia McCutcheon, Marian Lovegren, Jo Kloster, Nedda Simon and Lou Brown. legislative action on several issues. Child Labor Laws were a great concern of the women, since children were working under the age of 16 at factories and mills for 25 cents a day. Club continues to give prizes for domestic science in the high school, donated volumes of books, chairs, tables and a piano to the kindergarten. A committee was formed to do away with the young boys smoking. This committee worked with the teachers to “create a public sentiment to do away with the cigarette.”

In 1915, a committee was formed to raise funds for the high school gym.

Members purchased Liberty Bonds and worked with the Red Cross. Members were encouraged to use the ballot — “Get to the polls without being carried, to go there as an example to the men.” In

1933 they also were busy earning money to furnish a room at the hospital and furnished Room No. 217.

During World War 1, members took a course in home nursing, had charge of registration for the city of Princeton for Civilian Defense, and the Princeton Unit of the Red Cross was under the supervision of the club. They also made comfort kits for men in the service.

In 1971, a piano was donated and is still being used at the Prouty Building in Princeton, and draperies were donated for the Princeton Room in the Prouty Building.

In 1974, the club donated dishes, silverware, refrigerator, stove and a USA Flag to be used at the Prouty Building. A tree was planted in Darius Miller Park.

In 1977, the club sponsored a Health-Rama held at the Prouty Building. Of

course each year scholarships are given to high school students.

In 1981, the club was the recipient of the firstplace award of $1,500 with their Energy entry in the Great Lakes Region contest sponsored by GFWC and Westinghouse. The money received was used for community projects.

When the Metro Center was built, $500 was donated to the Metro Center, and the club’s name is engraved on a plaque at the center. The club donated $300 toward the expansion of the local hospital.

Some projects of today: Donations to the American Indian Center in Chicago; scholarships to high school students; books donated to the library; a Grandmothers Reading Program is held each school year with members one day a week listening to students

read; a reception is hosted by the club members following each Memorial Day celebration for veterans and their families; valentines and Christmas gifts are donated to the veterans at the Veteran’s Home in LaSalle; Items are donated to Freedom House; funds are donated to Shawnee National Forest; Smiley/Comfort bags are donated to the Princeton Fire Department, etc.

The GFWC Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs headquarters is in Joliet.

The International headquarters of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs is in Washington, D.C. Club women continue with community service by “Living the Volunteer Spirit,” the club’s national motto.

Source: Information taken from the club’ minutes.

Wyanet News Briefs General garbage pick-up announced

WYANET — The village of Wyanet has announced a general pick-up will be Tuesday, Oct. 4.

All metal piping, swing sets, posts, etc. must be in 4-foot lengths. Small items need to be put in bags, boxes or containers for pick up, with a 40-pound weight limit per container. Each household is allowed one 12-by-12-

by-6-foot pile of garbage.

Restricted items that will not be picked up are electronics, wire or fencing, waste oil, special or hazardous waste, demotion material (concrete, bricks, timbers, etc.), roofing or household demolition, tires, yard waste or branches, white goods (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, etc.) and paint cans with paint in them. Only one

stop will be made at each home.

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WYANET — The flushing of hydrants in the village of Wyanet will begin Monday, Sept. 26, and continue until all hydrants are done. Residents may experience some water discoloration and low pressure at times.

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Election Briefs Consolidated election 2017 consolidated election petitions available in Ladd petitions will be available Tuesday in Spring Valley on Tuesday LADD — Petitions for the offices of Ladd village president, village clerk and trustee will be available on Tuesday, Sept.

20, from the Ladd Village clerk.

The four-year terms of President Mike Grivetti, clerk Diane Chandler, and trustees Frank Cattani, Barry Flanagan and Dan Nelson will be expiring. Candidates or their representatives may pick up petition packets in the village clerk’s office, 121 N. Main Ave., during the regular office hours of 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The filing period is Dec. 12-19, and the consolidated election will be Tuesday, April 4, 2017. For more information, contact the village clerk at 815-894-2440.

SPRING VALLEY — Spring Valley City Clerk Becky Hansen has announced petitions for the consolidated election on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, will be available in her office at 215 N. Greenwood St. beginning Tuesday, Sept. 20, the first day that petitions can be circulated.

Offices up for election on April 4 are mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, first ward alderman, second ward alderman, third ward alderman and fourth ward alderman (all four-year terms).

Those who have questions or who need more information may be directed to the city clerk’s office by calling 815664-4221.

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From Page 1A Forristall is hoping the event will draw a bigger crowd than the appreciation day with free food that was held last year. That event, Forristall said, did not have much public participation.

“Last year we felt communities should stand with their local law enforcement. The focus seemed to be on them and has only increased over this year,” she said.

Forristall wants this lunch to be a way for citizens to show their support and appreciation for the good that police officers do every day.

“We wanted them to know that they are not alone,” she said. “There are individuals who know that if it was not for our law enforcement, our communities would be in dire straits.”

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Sept. 25 — Frank and Darlene Rasmussen, tractors and implements, vehicles, equipment, tools, and storage buildings, antiques and collectibles, furniture and household items, 10 a.m., 6494 1950 N Ave., Sheffield, Rediger Auction Service.

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Commission OKs permits for Princeton Tire

Rejects request for a storage unit

By Lyle Ganther lganther@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON -- Special use permits to allow Princeton Tire to expand its services were approved Tuesday night at the Princeton Plan Commission meeting at Princeton City Hall.

Darryl Newell and Vernon Piper want to perform minor and major vehicle repairs and sell used vehicles at the business located at 901 N. Main St. They also want to have accessory parking for used vehicles in a parking lot across the street at 816 N. Main St. The Princeton Plan Commission recommended these permits be allowed with some stipulations. The Princeton City Council is expected to act on the requests at its next meeting, set for 7 p.m. Monday.

Ann Crosby, who owns a nearby business, told commission members she isn’t opposed to car sales and felt there is no other use for this property than what Newell and Piper are proposing.

“It generates more sales taxes than other businesses,” she said. “It will help revitalize the historic art district.”

Commission members told the men they can’t have any towing service at the business. Other stipulations require no body shop and painting, and all commercial vehicle repair will have to be done inside the building. A trailer storing used tires is being allowed, along with two used cars to be displayed under the canopy and a maximum of five cars in the parking lot across the street.

Jim Scruggs, commission member, who voted against both special use permits, said

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he was concerned about the appearance of this area of Main Street with could create semi traffic on the road in the future with new owners, if Newell or Piper decide to sell the business in the future.

Scruggs was told the special use permits would expire if Princeton Tire LLC goes out of business.

Another stipulation disallows the use of flags or banners to advertise their business or outside signage.

In another matter before the commission, many homeowners voiced their opposition to a 21-unit self-storage building in Princeton at the Princeton Plan Commission meeting on Sept. 13.

Vickie Martenson is wanting to use a vacant lot at the northeast corner of Warren and Pleasant to build the structure. She said she has been trying to sell the property for years and not been able to do so.

The Princeton Plan Commission recommended the special use permit for the structure be turned down, mainly due to it being too big for the lot and not allowing enough space for trucks and trailers using the storage units to go in and out without impeding traffic on city streets.

One resident said that type of building was too close to Main Street and could degrade other neighbors’ properties.

Vern Sondgeroth said this kind of building would make it harder for him to sell and not zoned for the area. Other residents felt the building would hamper the sale of homes in the area and lower their property values and increase water runoff to nearby homes.

The commission’s recommendation to reject the special use permit will be forwarded to the Princeton City Council for final action, expected at the council’s next meeting on Monday.

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From Page 1A Monday night in a shallow grave at an abandoned home on Route 71. Dewey had been reported missing Aug. 22.

“It’s different. I know all the family. Something not expected. I never thought this would come up here,” said Scott Mennie of Hennepin, who owns two homes in Standard and who was mowing one of the eight yards he does in town.

“You don’t expect something like this to happen here,” said Mary Gualandi of nearby Cedar Point, at the Putnam County Community Center.

“It is a shock for something like this to happen in a small town where everybody knows everybody. It is a shocking experience,” said a Standard man taking a walk Thursday with his wife.

“We all feel terrible. The whole town is upset. We’re upset. In Standard, everybody knows everybody. It is a little town where nothing happens here. That is why we like it,” said an senior citizen who answered her door to her home, which is located a few blocks away from where Dewey’s body was found.

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to the next agency, who, for a second time, asks the caller to restate their emergency. This often angers and frustrates callers,” Stiles said, adding under the consolidation this will no longer occur.

Consolidating the dispatching will also allow for more dispatchers to be on duty at all times, which will provide better call-taking during occasions that generate hundreds of calls such as inclement weather, large county-wide incidents and interstate issues.

Currently, BuEComm has five full-time and two parttime dispatchers on staff.

Under the consolidation, it’s anticipated there will be seven full-time and five part-time dispatchers on staff. Current dispatchers for Bureau County will be offered the opportunity to work with BuEComm if they choose, or Stiles said she was told those employees would be utilized elsewhere in the county sheriff’s office.

There will be no job loss for the Princeton staff.

“That actual schedule and number may need to be changed as we get further into the process and determine how things are working,” Stiles said.

All dispatchers will have the same training and required certifications and will work at the same level of excellence, according to Stiles.

“For all of our agencies to

NG Alliance will be just over $300,000,” Stiles said.

Currently, it’s unknown when the state will begin mandating NG911, but Stiles said it’s coming soon.

Right now, BuEComm is working with the NG Alliance in filing for application and modification plans for the new NG911 system. Stiles is hoping to see installation of the new equipment by early next year.

“There are so many steps involved in this process, and everything we need to do right now is at the state level and on the vendors to get equipment ordered and installed and staff trained, but I would like to have us all under one roof

by February 2017 and up and working with the bugs ironed out,” Stiles said.

If BuEComm is able to stick to this time line, they will be well ahead of the state’s consolidation time line of July 1, 2017.

Another plus for being in the NG Alliance is that each of the 10 counties will serve as a backup center for each other in cases one county’s 911 center is completely knocked out by some sort of disaster.

“We will work to keep you informed as we make strides and reach milestones. I am excited for the finish line and to be able to offer Bureau County residents a more fluid and cohesive 911 service,” Stiles said.

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work so closely together and be able to offer that state-ofthe-art public safety service to the citizens of Bureau County is wonderful. The citizens of Bureau County deserve no less,” Stiles said.

The consolidation will not happen overnight, however.

Equipment will need to be installed; standardized policies and procedures will have to be rewritten across the board; and cross-training of staff will need to take place.

Currently, committees are being formed and the Bureau County ETSB is being restructured to give fair representation to all law, fire and EMS services in the county.

At the same time, BuEComm is working to upgrade its outdated 911 phone system, which Stiles said is obsolete and no longer supported by the manufacturer. While the cost of a new, updated 911 system would cost anywhere in the $500,000 range, BuEComm is anticipating to get new equipment at a fraction of that cost.

By being one of 10 counties in the Next Generation 911 (NG911) Alliance — which was formed to prepare for the state mandate for 911 to begin accepting texting and data streams into the 911 center — Bureau County will be able to save hundreds and thousands of dollars that would be needed to meet the needs of NG911.

“The savings for the system purchase as a part of the

The path BuEComm has traveled On Jan. 1, the state passed legislation calling for mandatory consolidation of 911 centers and ETSB’s to facilitate a statewide network for Next Generation 911 (NG911), which is using text messages and data at 911 centers. The state’s consolidation time line is July 1, 2017. The consolidation is meant to eliminate redundancy in services and reduce the cost of funding multiple 911 centers in many counties. BuEComm Director Diana Stiles said since Bureau County only has one 911 call-taking center, consolidation with another county was not necessary, however the ETSB was once exploring the option when looking into future funding.

In 2015, Bureau County’s ETSB participated in the Illinois Valley Regional Planning Board consolidation study with several law and fire agencies in LaSalle County.

The planning board looked into whether building one large 911 center serving multiple jurisdictions in both counties would save costs without compromising the quality of 911 service. Bureau County ended up saying no to the cross-county consolidation when it learned Bureau County’s ETSB would have to dissolve, and all Bureau County 911 surcharges would have to be sent to LaSalle County. Stiles said Bureau County would have been funding a major portion of the consolidation operation, while being represented by only one seat on the consolidated board.

Bureau County ETSB made the decision to stay in Bureau County and formed an ad hoc committee with the county board to explore 911 options for staying in Bureau County and sharing 911 costs and services.

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Obituaries Mary Abel

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PRINCETON — Mary Anne Abel, 80, of Princeton passed away Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, at her home.

Services will be held at a later date.

The Norberg Memorial Home in Princeton is assisting the family.

LEROY — Kay Arlene Stuepfert, 78, of LeRoy, Ill., a former LaMoille resident, left to meet her Lord on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, surrounded by her family.

Kay was born May 7, 1938, in Blue Island, Ill., to Allan and Catherine (Erffmeyer) Brueggemann.

She was an active member of the Clarion Lutheran Church. She was a special needs bus driver for LaMoille Consolidated School District and retired as a receptionist from Huntsman Chemical.

Kay loved to spend time with her family and friends and enjoyed making quilts for her church and family. Kay was loved by many and will be dearly missed.

She married David Grissell Stuepfert on April 14, 1959. They were married for 26 years and have six children who survive her, Cynthia (Jeffry) Rolfs, Julie (Ed) Bauerle and Timothy Stuepfert, all of Bloomington, Christine (Darrin) Rabe of Princeton, and Kevin Stuepfert and Daniel (Allison) Stuepfert of LeRoy, Ill.; 15 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one brother, Roy (Amy) Brueggemann of Matteson; and one sister, Bette Ruth (Bob) Beintum of New Lenox.

She was preceded by her parents.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Clarion with Pastor Kevin Weeks and Pastor L. Timothy Doty officiating. Burial will take place in the Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 18, in the Merritt Funeral Home in Mendota.

Memorials may be given to Clarion Lutheran Church or the American Diabetes Association. Online condolences may be left at www.merrittfh.com.

Richard Janssen TISKILWA — Richard G. Janssen, 69, of Tiskilwa passed away Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, at his home.

Richard was born on June 5, 1947, in Princeton to Alfred R. and Blanche M. (Thompson) Janssen.

He graduated from Tiskilwa High School in 1965. He entered the Army Reserves in 1966. He was married to Kathy Richard (Gramer) Janssen from June Janssen 1966 to March 1994. Richard enjoyed watching television, woodworking and watching his grandchildren play sports.

He is survived by his mother, Blanche; his fianceé, Betsy Klopcic; two sons, Joshua (Sabrina) Janssen and Matthew Janssen; one sister, Janice (Dennis) Dabler; and five grandchildren, Drew, Blake, Alex, Teigha and Ethan.

Richard was preceded in death by his father, Alfred; one uncle, Curtis Thomspon; and his maternal grandparents.

There will be no services, cremation has been accorded.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

The Norberg Memorial Home in Princeton is assisting the family. Online condolences may be left at www.norbergfh. com.

Police reports Bureau County Sheriff Accidents

A one-vehicle accident involving Austin J. Helm, 23, of Ladd occurred in the 100 block of North Central Street in Ladd at 12:50 a.m. Sept. 10. Helm was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving under the influence of alcohol.

A two-vehicle accident involving Kenard W. Doll, 71, of Arlington and

James M. Fritz, 54, of Mendota occurred on Route 34 near 2650 East Street, northeast of Dover, at 4:35 p.m. Sept. 12.

A one-vehicle accident involving Selena Campos, 18, of DePue occurred on Lincoln Street near Route 29 in DePue at 8:25 a.m. Sept. 13.

Meeting Minutes Street for an estimated $11,600.

Spring Valley City Council Cleveland • Heard a six-month overview from Joni

SPRING VALLEY — The Spring Valley City Council met Monday, Sept. 12, at City Hall and conducted the following business: • Spring Valley Mayor Walt Marini thanked Illinois Rep. Andy Skoog (D-76th) for his help in getting the Bureau and Putnam counties enterprise zone renewed.

The original agreement was set to expire in July 2017.

• Approved an ordinance authorizing the execution of a loan amendment to an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency loan to the city, which ultimately saves Spring Valley $450,000.

• Agreed to a change order for the city’s wastewater treatment plant for miscellaneous cost adjustments for $26,951.

• The city also authorized a change order, contingent on Illinois Environmental Protection Agency approval and required funding, to include a public work storage building with the wastewater treatment plant project. The amount of that change order is for $276,826.

• Marini thanked Spring Valley Economic Development Director Debb Ladgenski for her work to get a $99,000 grant for the Wolfer Industrial Park road. Marini said Ladgenski has been instrumental in Spring Valley receiving the grant.

• Approved a culvert replacement on

Police reports Kiefel, 42, of Spring Valley occurred in Spring Valley Police the 100 block of South Spalding Street at Accidents

A vehicle owned by Gregory Tyler, 67, of South Bend, Ind., struck a vehicle owned

by Mary A. Haun, 69, of Spring Valley in the parking lot of McDonald’s at 7:37 a.m.

Sept. 12.

A two-vehicle collision involving Gary W. Smith, 57, of Spring Valley and Ryan

Beat the

Deer accident

A vehicle driven by Pamela S. Lafferty, 55, of Buda struck a deer on Route 40 near Route 6, north of Buda, at 7:40 a.m.

Sept. 13.

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

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Clarifications/Corrections

Hunt, executive director, on Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development (IVAC) of Peru.

• Heard Marini congratulate Barb White, director of the Richard A. Mautino Memorial Library, for receiving the Bureau County Republican newspaper’s Woman of Distinction Award.

• Heard Marini commend the street department for work on the rash of recent water main breaks occurring in the city.

• Listened to Spring Valley Police Chief Kevin Sangston talk about making possession of less than 10 grams of cannabis a city ordinance violation, which means the fines would be paid to the city rather than the courts.

• Set a finance committee meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 20. One topic of discussion will be a sales tax increase. A legislative meeting was also set for Sept. 20 and will follow the finance committee meeting.

The legislative committee is expected to review the employee handbook and a possible rental ordinance.

• Approved the Hall High School homecoming parade for 5 p.m. Oct. 6.

• Approved the Spring Valley Boosters “Santa on the Run” for Nov. 26.

The next meeting of the Spring Valley City Council is at 7 p.m. Sept. 26 at City Hall.

5:18 p.m. Sept. 10.

Public intoxication

Maryann McGrath, 51, of Spring Valley was charged with endangering the health and life of a child and public intoxication in the 100 block of West Third Street at 3:22 p.m. Sept. 12.

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St. Margaret’s Hospital

Spring Valley

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Granville Bank

Granville

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Holy Trinity Church

Cherry

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Oglesby Library

Oglesby

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Terri Simon

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Editor

Fall-ing in love ...

You knew it was coming ... There just seemed to be something in the air that told you it was slipping away from you; and regardless of how hard you tried to hold on, your attempts were always futile. That’s right ... summer was leaving, and fall was Terri just about to re-enter your world.

Simon Those desperate COMMENTARY attempts to hold on to the freedom summer afforded us as children are long gone. While there’s a certain melancholy feeling in realizing summers are no longer filled with freedom — as we knew it back then, I’m OK with that. Sometimes the memories of what was are even sweeter when we can wrap our heads around the fact that something is gone forever.

Enter fall ...

Fall officially begins on Thursday. The first day of autumn. I’m not sure why, but the word “autumn” sounds kind of prissy to me, and quite frankly, I’ve never considered this season to be persnickety, prim or proper. In fact, when I think of fall, my thoughts tend to lean toward a more informal approach. Perhaps that’s why I now embrace this season so much — because if you know me, you know I’m anything but prissy and I tend to lean toward informal whenever possible.

There was a place in time when I almost dreaded fall — merely because I detested the season that followed.

Old Man Winter can be such a dreaded old soul. But in the past few years, I’ve come to terms with those who share their blustery ways — Old Man Winter, Jack Frost and Mother Nature. realizing they all walk handin-hand throughout our journeys at all times of the year. Dreading the fall because of the ensuing winter is like loathing the destination yet enjoying the ride. It doesn’t make much sense.

Bottom line: Fall makes me feel good. It is invigorating. To me, the season is silently filled with a prophecy which allows me some time to reflect on the past year, while preparing for the one ahead. That might sound kind of nutty, but the season helps me clear my head, re-evaluate, re-examine and reconsider many avenues in my life. It’s a time to kick things to the curb, discard that which no longer has any use in my life, and toss aside that which clutters my mind and my world. It’s very cleansing and a continual process, but it feels good, healthy and necessary.

Fall means I can wear a hoodie (a sweatshirt with a hood) and jeans — attire which is not only comfortable but makes me feel a bit more energetic; I’m not sure why.

It means I can plan meals that speak of fall like all-day Crock Pot wonders, caramel apples, pumpkin and apple recipes, soups/stews and Halloween candy. OK, I know caramel apples and Halloween candy probably only constitute a meal in my world, but nevertheless, it’s true.

Fall means I’ll make an attempt to clean the garages before the snow, ice and sleet envelope the vehicles.

I’ll pull out the rakes and get the snow shovels and salt ready. I’ll mentally make a note to appreciate all the colors of the leaves and refrain from all the words apt to come out of my mouth as I rake and dispose of leaves from trees that don’t live in my yard.

This upcoming season means I’ll be keeping an eye on the fields, as the farmers harvest their crops, allowing me to again see forever as I look across the landscape.

Yes, fall will put a spring in my step, and while I won’t allow myself to be as busy as all the neighborhood squirrels as they prepare for the following season, I’ll still be energized by their work ethics and attempt to at least meet their standards.

While the seasons mean different things to each of us, I hope you’ll find yourself knee-deep in seasonal bliss, as you embrace this upcoming season. Perhaps you’ll be like me and realize the freedom of summer is only a prelude to falling in love ... with fall.

May your fall be filled with the bounty this season has to offer, and may you appreciate the beauty that will ultimately surround us ... preferably wearing a hoodie and eating a caramel apple.

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

Pea!!!

The news can be hard to swallow.

Several times this past week, I heard stories discussing a scientific study that disputes the validity of the so-called five-second rule. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this rule, it states that if you drop a food product on the floor, you have five seconds to retrieve the morsel before it is contaminated with germs and no good to eat. Scientists have now debunked this unwritten rule. Do we really need science to tell us to not eat floor food?

Donald Shaffner, a food scientist from Rutgers University, conducted this study. Based on the assumption that bacteria needs time to transfer onto food, the five-second rule has been the last bastion of the poor soul who’s a butterfinger with a fork and spoon. “We decided to look into this because the practice is so widespread,” noted Schaffner. I’m starting to feel a little nauseous.

About the study itself, the scientists used watermelon, bread, buttered bread and gummy candy and observed bacteria contamination over a period of one, five, 30 and 300 seconds. A total of 2,560 experimental scenarios were carried out involving a noninfectious “cousin” bacteria to Salmonella, known as Enterobacter aerogenes. During the study, the food was placed onto four different dry surfaces — stainless steel, ceramic tile, wood and carpet — all covered with the bacteria. Did I tell you that I’m starting to feel a little nauseous?

Their findings concluded contamination is basically instantaneous.

Once the food hits the floor, it is officially, and now scientifically, “icky.”

Greg Wallace COMMENTARY And in what I find to be an even grosser part of this experiment, the scientists discovered that if you are still looking for an excuse to eat off of the ground, it’s better to consume the morsels off of carpet. Its “low transfer” rate, is the better option when compared with a hard surface, like tile or stainless steel. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

I imagine this experiment was conducted on Rutgers’ campus in some sterile laboratory setting with all sorts of “sciency-looking” stuff like Bunsen burners and test tubes made by Pyrex. They probably had to hire test subjects to “drop” the food onto the different surfaces.

They really didn’t need to do all that. All they had to do was follow my sister around.

My older sister, I’ll call her “Kathy” to protect her anonymity, has been a food-dropper her entire life. She could have gone professional back in the late 1970s, but she wanted to retain her amateur status for collegiate-scholarship reasons. Kathy has dropped, spilled and vertically abandoned more food in her lifetime than what some third-world countries actually consume. Trust me, I know. I sat by her at the kitchen table for the first 13 years of my life.

It was my self-appointed job to declare loudly to all the others at the table whenever she had a “food

incident.” Whenever I noticed something falling off of her fork, I would act like the town crier and shout out, “Hear ye! Hear ye! She did it again!”

In reality, she probably didn’t drop any more food than anybody else, but with my constant color commentary, it sure did seem like it.

I remember one fateful day, I had an adventurous pea roll off of my own spoon and fall to the linoleum flooring. Noticing that no one else saw my predicament, with my foot, I slyly maneuvered the errant vegetable under my sister’s chair. At that point, I loudly declared, “Hey! Look!

Kathy dropped a pea!”

But alas, my entire family saw through my charade. I had forgotten that it is a well-known fact amongst my family members and most of Northern Illinois, that my sister would not touch a pea if her life depended on it. She hates them.

Chili beans too. After that tragic incident, people didn’t seem to pay as much attention to the enormous pile of food under my sister’s chair, and they all looked upon me as the little boy who cried pea.

So, back to my original meandering, all of you clumsy eaters out there, who are still looking for a loophole, yelling “Five-second rule!” every time a Cheeto slips out of your fingers, it will not save your immune system. Stop being gross!

But then again, who am I to tell you how to live your life? I have a dog, and if I drop any food, I rarely have five full seconds to get it back.

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

TO Letter THE Editor

Homestead surprises

To the Editor, We just got back home to Silvis after enjoying the Homestead parade in Princeton. For the most part, it was much like any other Homestead celebration my wife (a Princeton native), my family and myself have attended in the past. But there were a couple of things that happened that made this one very different.

Before I elaborate, I need to apologize for all the times I haven spoken poorly of folks who had a child wonder off under their watch.

Yes, I stand guilty as charged. Our 3-year-old grandson wandered off right before the parade started.

We frantically started looking for him; someone called 911. His mom and other family members headed

south, and I headed north after going back to my mother-in-law’s house to look. I got a block north of where we started and saw one of Princeton’s finest holding his hand walking toward me.

I have never been more thankful in my life! First I’m thankful that God watched over him; then to family and people that didn’t even know us that joined in the search; and last but certainly not least, the Princeton first responders that found him.

The second uncommon event was a young man holding a black lives matter sign on the street corner we were on. He was quiet and did nothing more than hold his sign up when the flag and the various police departments went by. While

I support his First Amendment rights to do so, (no matter how misinformed I believe him to be), what he is probably willingly ignorant of or wouldn’t acknowledge if he did know, is that many men and women have fought and died for that flag and what it represents.

The very right for him to stand there with his sign was paid for with patriots’ blood.

Lastly I believe with all my heart if the description given to the police had been blue shirt, gray pants and black skin, the effort to find him would have been exactly the same.

Again, thanks to all that had a part in finding Alex.

Bruce Loding Silvis

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Life&Arts

Hello, world! — Meet the newest arrivals to the area on Page 8A. Birth announcements run each Saturday in the Life & Arts section.

Look out for leaf — Bacterial leaf streak has been found in one local county. Find out where on Page 9A.

Community Notes Hall High School alumni event SPRING VALLEY — The Hall High School class of ‘96 will host the school alumni dance on Oct. 7. All Hall High School alumni and non-alumni are welcome.

The dance will be at the Spring Valley Boat Club, 13862 Illinois Highway 89, immediately following the Red Devils homecoming football game. Johnny Quest, a live band from Peoria, will be performing. There will be a $5 cover charge at the door and there will be a cash bar. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Baked potato bar MANLIUS — The Bureau Valley High School yearbook staff will host a baked potato bar from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, in the school commons during the Bureau Valley Storm vs. Princeton Tigers girls’ volleyball game. The suggested donation for a baked potato and toppings, dessert and a drink is $5.

Coffeehouse performance Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@shawmedia.com

Historian and blogger John Purvis of Princeton talks about his unique finds while traveling around the state. Purvis’ blog “Off the Beaten Path in Illinois” on blogspot.com documents interesting and historic areas in Illinois.

Purvis will speak Thursday at Princeton Public Library

PRINCETON — John Purvis will return to the Princeton Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, to talk about “Off the Beaten Path in Illinois.”

This time his program will cover the state of Illinois rather than just Bureau County. Every town and village in Illinois has numerous memorials,

statues and abandoned buildings, each with their own tale. Many of these were erected with great fanfare and pomp. Crowds gathered, important officials made speeches, bands played and people cheered at the unveiling.

After that, however, it slowly started to fade out of the public’s memory. Business and lodges

closed, schools consolidated, parks became overgrown. Statues became weathered as the reason for their existence was slowly forgotten. Now they stand in silent testimony to a life that once was, to a time that has come and gone. Do we allow them to remain forlorn and cast aside? Or do we document their stories, bring back a

Unclaimed property team will be in Princeton on Sept. 24

portion of what they represented then and still do today.

Places revisited Thursday include the Green River Ordnance Plant, the Amboy Depot Museum, Military Monuments & Markers, the Peru Air Show, Old Wheels Car Show, Charles Lindberg Crash Site, Abandoned Tunnels & Bridges.

Benkse will speak at BCGS meeting PRINCETON — The Bureau County Genealogical Society will feature DePue resident Brian Benkse at its next meeting beginning at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 22.

The public is invited to hear Benkse speak on the topic of “Tips and Tricks to Finding Your Ancestors in Slovenia and America” at the society library at 629 S. Main St. in Princeton. His Slovenian or Yugoslavian/Austrian paternal ancestors settled in Seatonville, Coal Hollow, Cherry and Spring Valley, where

they worked as coal miners, mine supervisors, stone cutters, fishermen, policemen, businessmen and musicians.

Benkse started in 2006 to learn more about his ancestors and their burial places. He worked at BCGS and other local genealogical and historical societies. His research also took him to Clark County, Wis. Not only did he research his own lines, but also researched the ancestors of his wife, Cheryl. In all, he compiled 10 binders of family

PRINCETON — The Princeton Coffeehouse will present singer/songwriter Sean Rowe at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Open Prairie UCC, 25 E. Marion St., Princeton. Doors open at 7 p.m. and admission is $15. Homemade desserts and fair trade coffee will be available. For more information, visit www.theprincetoncoffeehouse.com or call 815-872-6501.

information. As typical, he found the information needed from foreign countries to be challenging.

He will share the steps needed and his research experiences as well as some of the photos of their trip to Slovenia in 2014.

For more information, call BCGS at 815-879-3133 or stop by during regular hours of operation, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The next opportunity to research on Saturdays will be Oct. 1.

PRINCETON — The I-Cash Unclaimed Property team will once again be at Princeton Public Library from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, to help reunite the public with unclaimed cash and property.

This free program will offer a hands-on opportunity to search for any items they might have coming.

Peace Day worship service PRINCETON — The Rev. Brian Gilbert of the First United Methodist Church of Princeton invites the public to a Peace Day worship service at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the church, 316 S. Church St. in Princeton. For details, call 815-872-2821.

Open house planned PRINCETON — An open house to celebrate the new home of the First Christian Church will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, at its new location, 105 S. Main St. in Princeton. A blessing service will be at 1 p.m. followed by dessert and fellowship. Guests may park on Mechanic Street or behind the new building.

Make Someone Happy • Happy birthday on Sunday, Sept. 18, to Brenda Cook. From Elaine Snow, Arlyn and Cherryl Cook, and Steve Cook.

• Happy birthday Grant Reed. From, Mom, Dad, Curtis and Jason.

• Happy birthday on Monday, Sept. 19, to Stephanie Cartwright. Hope you have a great day!

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Berkisczuk Jonathan Berkisczuk and Rebecca Harrison of Tiskilwa are the parents of a daughter born Sept. 4 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Denton Matthew and Sarah (Maxwell) Denton of Princeton are the parents of a daughter, Ellie Aurora, born Sept. 5 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. She weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 19.5 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Timothy and Linda Maxwell of Bettendorf, Iowa. Paternal grandparents are Mike and Suzanne Denton of Princeton, and Wendy and Dave Mussche of Wyanet.

Great-grandparents are Dennis and Dorothy Denton of Princeton, Donald Lundgren of Princeton, Kay Maxwell of Monroeville, Pa., and Jean Tester of North Braddock, Pa.

Whittington Rachel Lawson and Shane Whittington of Hollowayville are the parents of a daughter, Erica Jeanne, born Sept. 7 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and measured 20.5 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Michelle and Glenn Lawson of Walnut. Paternal grandparents are Heather Whittington and Eric Whittington of Hollowayville.

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Births Announced Whipple Jodie and Chelsey (Molln) Whipple of Wyanet are the parents of a daughter, Madelyn Elyse, born Sept.

7 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru. She was welcomed home by one sister, Myah.

Bopes Evan and Jessica (Cole) Bopes of Princeton are the parents of a daughter, Azlyn Rae, born Sept. 8 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 20 inches in length. She was welcomed home by one sister, Avery, 5. Maternal grandparents are Tina and Jamie Cole of Tiskilwa. Paternal grandparents are Pete Bopes of Princeton and Toni Martynus of Ohio, Ill.

Davis Nick and Alecia (Smith) Davis of Walnut are the parents of a son, Rollie Paul, born Sept. 9 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. He weighed 9 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 21.5 inches in length. He was welcomed home by two sisters, Stevie, 3, and Dottie, 1. Maternal grandparents are Vicki Smith of Princeton and the late Steve Smith. Paternal grandparents are Paul and Laurie Davis of Walnut. Great-grandparents are Don and Bonnie Smith of Princeton, and Melva Gibson of Walnut.

Harsted Tanyr and Abney (Bernardini) Harsted of Princeton are the parents of a son, Augustus James Lee, born Sept. 8 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 19 inches in length. He was welcomed home by one brother, Donald, 2. Maternal grandmother is Cathy Bernardini of Spring Valley. Paternal grandparents are Ryan and Sharon Kiefel of Spring Valley, and Donald Harsted of Streator. Great-grandparents are Rob Kiefel of Spring Valley, Don and Mary Harsted of Grand Ridge and Ron and Debbie Cooper.

Ziegler Brent and Holly (Rathbun) Ziegler of Peru are the parents of a son, Brice James, born Sept. 9 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 20 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Frank and Renie Rathbun of LaSalle. Paternal grandparent is Gayle Corsolini of Ladd.

Widuch Joe Widuch and Stacy Tonozzi of Peru are the parents of a son born Sept. 12 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Mr. and Mrs. Terrill Janes

Terrill, Carole Janes will note 50th anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Terrill D. Janes of Dixon will be honored at an open house to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. The event will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at The Lake Court Center, 404 Lake Court, Dixon (Lost Nation West Entrance).

Terrill Janes and the former Carole Stanard were married Sept. 24, 1966, in LaMoille. They are the parents of four children, Michael (Lisa) Janes of Dixon, Sheri Mitchum (Gordon Grimm) of LaMoille, Patti (Ray Wragg) of DeKalb and Aaron (Jessica) Janes of Mt. Morris.

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They also have 13 grandchildren, Trystin (Pedro), Danielle, Chelsea, Josie, Truley, Carter, Chris, Dan, Alex, Owen, Zoe, Amanda and Dani; and one great-grandson, John.

Terry graduated in 1964 from Ohio High School and Carole graduated from LaMoille Community High School in 1965.

Terry has been a self-employed carpenter for 40 years. Carole worked at Kable Distribution Services for 33 years, retiring in 2012.

All family and friends are invited to attend the open house.

Piper receives degree SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Holly Piper of Princeton received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Western Governors University (WGU). The university held its 31st semi-annual commencement ceremony in Salt Lake City on July 16 and celebrated the graduation of more than 8,000 graduates.

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Do you have a new business? Has someone from your company received an award? Is your ag operation doing something different or unique? — Contact BCR Staff Writer Lyle Ganther at 815-875-4461, ext. 6360, or email him at lganther@bcrnews.com with your story ideas or press releases.

Bacterial leaf streak confirmed in Illinois CHAMPAIGN – In a recent survey of approximately 340 corn fields in 68 Illinois counties, bacterial leaf streak was confirmed in only one county, according to Kelly Estes, Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) coordinator, Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS), Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois.

INHS, along with the University of Illinois Extension, Illinois Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), surveyed cornfields after the disease was confirmed in Nebraska in July.

Bacterial leaf streak was found in DeKalb County in Northeastern Illinois and also was confirmed in Iowa and seven other states as part of this survey.

The symptoms of bacterial leaf streak are similar to the fungal disease gray leaf spot (GLS).

The bacterium produces irregular, narrow brown to orange stripes between leaf veins that can be 1 inch to several inches long. GLS lesions tend to be shorter and more rectangular in shape.

Bacterial leaf streak is spread by wind, rain and irrigation, and warm tempera-

tures exacerbate the disease. Little is known about the biology of the bacterium, but the USDA indicates it doesn’t pose a risk, and there is no evidence of negative effects to corn yields or quality in the 2016 season.

Fungicides are not expected to control or suppress the disease.

Bacterial leaf streak will be on the list of diseases to survey as part of next year’s CAPS program, Estes said.

If you suspect bacterial leaf streak, submit a sample to the University of Illinois Plant Clinic. See http://web. extension.illinois.edu/plantclinic/.

About the Prairie Research Institute: The Prairie Research Institute (PRI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign comprises the Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois State Archaeological Survey, Illinois State Geological Survey, Illinois State Water Survey, and Illinois Sustainable Technology Center.

PRI provides objective natural and cultural resource expertise, data, research, service and solutions for decision making, the stewardship of Illinois’ resources, and the public good. See www.prairie.illinois.edu.

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Local groups benefit from $100K donation program, Bureau Valley FFA, Bureau County 4-H, LaMoille FFA and Putnam County FFA were all recipients of awards from the effort.

The Farm Credit System celebrated its 100-year anniversary on July 17.

The system supports rural communities and agriculture with reliable, consistent credit and financial services, today and tomorrow.

First Farm Credit Services is one of 78 associations in the system.

First Farm Credit Services team members worked together to select groups in their communities to receive the gifts.

Each selected organization contributes to the future of Illinois agriculture and rural America in its own unique way.

PRINCETON — A $100,000 gift will benefit 118 groups – including five Bureau/Putnam county groups dedicated to the Illinois agriculture and rural communities.

To capstone the 100-year anniversary of the Farm Credit System, the 1st Farm Credit Services Board of Directors made the donation to groups making a difference.

“Giving back to the communities that have made the past 100 years possible for us was an important part of our celebration,” said Gary J. Ash, president/CEO of 1st Farm Credit Services. “We believe that every investment we can make into the future is critical to our current and future generation of clients and those committed to agriculture and rural Illinois.”

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Honor Those Who Served Our Country Help us recognize area veterans by submitting a photo and the following information to be included in our “Salute to Veterans” special edition November 10, 2016.

New Submissions Send or drop off a photo and information to Shannon Serpette, Bureau County Republican, 800 Ace Road, P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356

by Friday, October 7, 2016.

Already submitted a photo?

Photos which ran in last year’s “Salute to Veterans” will automatically be included in this year’s edition. To include a name and photo from an edition that ran prior to 2015, call Shannon Serpette at 815-875-4461 ext. 6332 or email news@bcrnews.com and give your name, phone number and the veteran’s name.

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FLAGS OF FREEDOM The Flags of Freedom committee, a non-profit organization, has been re-established in July of 2016 in order to support the four large flags in Princeton, Illinois in Bureau County. These 30 foot x 60 foot flags are hung from 153 foot poles at the intersection of Interstate 80 and Route 26. The committee is working to raise funds to ensure that these flags remain flying. The weather is very harsh on the flags. We do try to lower them or take them down completely when there is inclement weather to prevent them from getting torn. The flags are expensive costing $1550.00 each. Our current committee consists of approximately 15 members who are diligently trying to get donations to “keep the flags flying”.

• Tuesday, September 20 11:00am-1:00pm Soldiers & Sailors Park, Princeton, Illinois The general public is welcomed. If you wish to show your appreciation we encourage your attendance. If you do not wear a uniform protecting our local communities, we would appreciate a donation, no matter the amount.

If rain, we will move to the Community Prouty Building.

The original “Flags of Freedom” committee was started in 2004.

They wanted to have a memorial in honor of all veterans and their families. It was decided that they would attempt to raise enough money to buy the flags and the poles. This committee raised over $320,000.00 by donations and fund raising events. The flags and poles were then purchased and were professionally installed.

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THANK YOU for a job well done!!!

In 2007 the City of Princeton took over the responsibility of maintaining the flags and the poles. In July, 2016 the City of Princeton made the statement that they needed help funding the cost of the flags and infrastructure. Since no tax money is used to support this program, some funding comes from the tourism fund.

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We are in the process of trying to get supporters to buy a flag on an annual basis. If someone cannot afford to do that, donations of any amount can be made to help purchase the flags and ‘KEEP THEM FLYING’. This is a great tribute to all of our veterans, past, present, and future.

The Flags of Freedom Committee If you want to “KEEP THE FLAGS FLYING”, please fill out the attached pledge card and submit to: Flags of Freedom 605 Elm Place Princeton, IL 61356 For more information contact: Tom Root@ 815-872-2351

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Saturday, September 17, 2016 • 11A Friday Night Blitz — Be sure to see the special Friday Night Blitz section in today’s paper to catch up on last night’s Princeton-Hall game and all the other area football action.

Area Roundup

Potthoff, Bruins top field at Spring Creek

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

Hall with a 43, joined by Lule (46), Cousar (50) and Chance Reseitch (50).

John Potthoff and the St. Bede Bruins enjoyed the home cooking at At Sterling: Host Sterling Spring Creek Golf beat out Princeton Course Thursday, 212-227 for top honSept. 15. ors at Emerald Hills The Bruins Wednesday. Prophcame in at 167 to etstown (230) took sweep the Three third followed by Rivers trianguIndian Creek (251). lar over Morrison Sophomore Jade (179) and MorLoftus and freshrison (184). Potman Emily Hartthoff shared medmann each shot 53s John alist honors with Fulton’s Andrew Potthoff to lead PHS. Other Tigresses on the Schrader, both shooting a 2-over 37 on scorecard were Kelly VanDenBussche (60), Rachel the front 9.

Also contributing to Jensen (61), Kiley Schenck the Bruins’ victory were (65) and Savanah Sims Peyton Pyszka and Adam (65). Izzy Hall added a 69 Lenkaitis with 42 and for the JV. Emma Boze of Sterling Devin Cook at 46 while John Martin (47) and Rory and Katherine Nolan of Dirks (49) rounded out IC shared medalist honors at 49. the Bruins lineup.

Neil Dodda led the St. Bede JV in defeat with a 41.

At Rochelle: Amboy/ At Erie: Hall (186) squeezed between River- LaMoille’s Megan Grady dale (152) and host Erie finished second in a three(208) in a TRAC triangular team meet, and paced the at Lake Erie Country Club Clippers to a second-place Wednesday. Tyler Bus- finish (51) behind DeKalb sert of Riverdale was meet (28) Thursday at Skare medalist with a 1-under 35. Park in Rochelle. Rochelle Matthew Hoscheid (57) finished third.

Grady ran a 20:38, teamcame in with a 2-over 38 for the Red Devils. Also mate Erin Hosto crossed scoring for Hall were in 21:57, and Margaret Pablo Lule (46), Patrick Vaessen earned a top-15 Cousar (50) and Connor finish at 15th in 24:32.

Tom Stamberger Whitten (52).

Wyatt Clepper led the crossed in 18:08, taking fourth for the A/L boys.

Hall JV at 54.

At Sherrard: Morrison Tom Molln was 28th edged Sherrard 177-179 (20:49) for the Clippers, with Hall (191) check- who did not complete a ing in third Thursday at team.

Comment on this story Fyre Lake National Golf Course. Hoscheid led at www.bcrnews.com.

Girls golf

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St. Bede’s Chase Ludford takes a hit against Bureau Valley’s Ellen Johnson (14) and Christen Hurley (24) Thursday at the Storm Cellar. The Lady Bruins won 25-10, 25-18.

Volleyball: St. Bede def. BV 25-10, 25-18

Lady Bruins rattles the Storm

By Dan Dwyer sports@bcrnews.com

MANLIUS — The St. Bede Academy Lady Bruins and the Bureau Valley Storm squared off in a Three Rivers East match-up with the Bruins using two quick starts to thoroughly dominate the Storm in two sets, 25-10, 25-18, Thursday at the Storm Cellar.

BV got on the board 1-0 in the first with their one and only lead of the evening. St. Bede quickly flipped the script on the Storm, and the Bruins had grabbed an 8-2 lead that quickly turned into a 25-10 SBA victory.

“We came out kind of slow, but we were able to gain momentum; we gave them more of a challenge in Game 2,” BV coach Caitlyn DeMay said. “We need to come back and

“We made some changes to our line-up, and that really helped us get a fresh start.”

Chase Ludford • SBA senior

fix some things in practice and start from Square 1.”

St. Bede carried the momentum they had built up in the first set right over into the second set with six in a row from the service line from senior outside hitter Kourtney Knecht.

“I thought we played well,” SBA

coach Karrie Damerell said. “We came out and attacked the ball right away, and we were passing the ball and serving well. Hallie (McGuire) and Chase (Ludford), our two middles, really controlled the net tonight.”

Coach Damerell and Ludford each credit line-up changes with their crisp play as Knecht set the tone early, and junior Alexa Damerell fit comfortably into her new position as libero.

Damerell’s position move was rewarded as she once again led the Bruins in digs.

“We made some changes to our line up, and that really helped us get a fresh start. I’m really happy with how we played and the communica-

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Cross country

Happ-enings Keeping up with St. Bede graduate J.A. Happ of the Toronto Blue Jays

Volleyball roundup

Sterling Newman sweeps Lady Devils

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

Sterling Newman invaded Hall High School Thursday, Sept. 15, sweeping the host Lady Devils in two sets.

The first set was tight with the Lady Comets prevailing 25-23. Newman had a little more breathing room in the second set, taking a 25-20 victory to clinch the match.

Hall coach Demi Salazar said the Lady Devils’ six service errors proved to be

their back-breaker. He took away positives from the match as well as where the Lady Devils stand at this point of the season.

“We had 25 kills. So we did OK. We hit in the positive for the sixth straight game,” Salazar said. “We got 12 kids in and had no subs left. So, overall we are still training kids right and getting us in a posture to play in regionals. That first four-week thing I always do is over, so we could have

some changes, but they will be minor.

“The schedule does not get easier, but I think we could be OK anyway. Harder in the season is always a good thing.”

Up front, Jenna Lusietto had six kills, and Abby Hoscheid added five kills.

They were set up by Gertie Savitch (12 assists) and Emme Taliani (7 assists).

Madison Soldati led Hall with 17 digs with Savitch adding eight.

Hall fell to 4-7 (2-2 TRAC East) with the loss.

Newman won the sophomore match, 25-11, 25-16, as well as the freshman match, 25-16, 25-14.

Earlville 2, DePue 0: Larisa Moya, Marianna Rosales and Brenda Torres each had three digs for the Lady Giants who fell 25-11, 25-9 Wednesday in Earlville.

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Last start: Happ avenged a loss to the Angels in his last outing against the Halos, spinning a 7-2 victory Thursday in Anaheim.

He allowed three hits with and one earned run. “I was just trying to get us back in the dugout, as usual, that’s the goal,” Happ said. Visit http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com for more details on the game and a look at Happ’s dazzling behind the back fielding play. Teammate Russell Martin said it was an awesome play and Happ is probably “like the only guy in the world who does that and stone-cold faces it, acts like nothing really happened.”

Season at a glance: The win was Happ’s 19th of the season, leaving him with two more starts to pitch for the coveted No. 20. He ranks second in the majors. Happ’s previous high win total of 12 came his rookie year with the Phillies in 2009.

He would tie David Wells’ club record for lefties with 20 wins.

Next start: Tuesday, Sept. 20 at Seattle vs. Mariners.

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Senior Spotlight Annie Needs • St. Bede Academy Name: Annie Needs.

School: St. Bede Academy.

Date/place of birth: June 25, 1999; Peru.

Hometown: Peru.

Family: Dad, George; Mom, Barbara; Siblings, Josie (20), Nick (18), and Pamela (15).

Sports: Cross country, swimming, and track.

Favorite sport and why: Track, because I love racing the 800 meters. It gives me a rush.

Favorite food and where to get it: Applesauce from my grandma’s Kitchen.

Likes: I like to listen to music, read, spend time with friends, and puns.

Dislikes: I do not like bullies, squash, or reality TV. Person with the greatest influence on my athletic career (and why): Coach Dennis Summers, he has been my coach for four years, pushes me to do my best, and cultivated a love of running in me.

Person with the greatest influence in my life (and why): My dad, he encourages me to work for my full potential at everything I do, be it school, sports, or life in general.

Who would your dream celebrity prom date be: Corey Fogelmanis.

Name three historic figures you’d like to meet and why: Steve Prefontaine. He was the greatest runner of all time. Eleanor Roosevelt; She was an amazing activist and an inspiration in my life. Ronald Reagan; He is my favorite president.

If stranded on a deserted island, I would have my: Yellow blanket.

The last song I listened to: Build Me Up Buttercup by the Foundations.

People would be surprised to know: I was home schooled through eighth grade.

I stay home to watch: Any Disney movie.

When I need luck for a big game, I: Rub the necklace my grandpa gave me, which I wear everyday.

The funniest person I’ve ever met (and why): Myself! See, I just made you laugh.

What they’ll say about me at school after I graduate: “She was chill.”

Most embarrassing moment: Freshman year, I slid down an entire flight of stairs in front of the senior class.

Most unforgettable moment: My shoe falling off during sophomore cross country sectionals Ultimate sports fantasy: Running track in college.

What I would like to do in life: During my lifetime, I would like to help others, making as much of an impact as I can.

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St. Bede’s Kourtney Knack tips over Bureau Valley’s Lexie Behrends (12) and Saige Barnett Thursday at the Storm Cellar. St. Bede won in straight sets.

Lady Bruins From Page 11A tion we had on the court,” said Ludford, the Lady Bruins’ middle hitter.

BV showed its resilience in the second set nearly erasing their 6-0 deficit at 12-10 before the Bruin offense started to find BV defenders out of position; the Bruins were able to extend their lead to six once again at 18-12 on one of Ludford’s game-high 10 kills.

To go along with her 10 kills, Lud-

ford also had a game-high eight assists, while her teammate, junior setter Ally Borkowski, added six assists.

“Coaches told us to aim for spots instead of just getting it over the net and to start looking for aces,” Ludford said. “We’ve been working on that in practice, and that’s been helping us a lot.”

That practice paid off in the form of eight Bruin aces with three coming from Borkowski.

The Storm got nine assists from junior setter Nicole Wirth and three

kills each from junior middle hitter Christen Hurley and sophomore hitter Saige Barnett.

The Lady Bruins won’t have to wait long to get back on the court as they travel to Fieldcrest to participate in the Knight invitational at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Bureau Valley will have a bit of a layoff before taking on TRAC and Bureau County rival Princeton Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 6 p.m. in the Storm Cellar.

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Outdoors

IDNR announces waterfowl season dates

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Meet the Storm Members of the 2016 Bureau Valley varsity volleyball team are (front row, from left) Addison Moreland, Alexis Behrens and Sophia Myong; (second row) Alexa Jacobs, Marissa Endress, Cassidy Olds, Casey Mecum and Nicole Wirth and (back row) Emily Fordham, Christen Hurley, Ellen Johnson, Saige Barnett, Elena Kleivan and Colbie Carl.

Special Olympics crowns state champs NORMAL – Special Olympics Illinois crowned its state champions in golf at the Outdoor Sports Festival Sept. 10-12 in Decatur. More than 175 athletes competed in the two-day tournament.

Typically, the Outdoor Sports Festival includes competition in golf at

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Due heavy rains at Rotary Park, the fields were determined to be unplayable.

All softball competition was canceled for the weekend.

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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced proposed waterfowl season dates and bag limits for the 2016–17 seasons.

The recommendations include 60-day duck seasons in each of the state’s four waterfowl hunting zones, along with 107 days of Canada goose hunting opportunity in the North and Central zones (15 days in September, two days of youth hunting and 90 days of regular goose season), 99 days of Canada goose hunting opportunity in the South Central zone, and 86 days of Canada goose hunting opportunity in the South zone.

Goose season lengths are shorter in the South Central and South zones to coincide with duck season dates and to match hunter preferences.

The 2016-17 Illinois season dates are the first year of a five-year plan that was developed in 2015. This year, Illinois will open the regular duck, Canada goose, and snow goose seasons on Oct. 15 in the North Zone, Oct. 22 in the Central Zone, Nov. 11 in the South Central Zone, and Nov. 24 in the South Zone. White-front-

ed goose (specklebelly) seasons will open on Oct. 17 in the North Zone, Nov. 5 in the Central Zone, and with duck season in the South Central (Nov. 11) and South zones (Nov. 24).

The proposed daily duck bag limit is six and may include no more than four mallards (two hens), three wood ducks, three scaup, two redheads, two pintails, two canvasback, one black duck, and one mottled duck. The proposed daily bag limit of mergansers is five, only two of which may be hooded mergansers. The possession limit for ducks and mergansers is three times the daily bag limit by species and sex.

Canada and white-fronted goose daily bag limits will be two with a possession limit of six. The snow goose daily bag limit is 20 birds, with no possession limit, during the fall and winter season. The spring Conservation Order Light Goose Season will open Jan. 13 in the North Zone and Feb. 1 in the Central, South Central, and South zones, ending March 31 in all zones. There is no daily bag or possession limit on snow, blue, and Ross’

geese during this season.

The September 2016 early Canada goose season is Sept. 1–15 with a daily limit of five and a possession limit of 15 geese in the North and Central zones, and a daily limit of two and a possession limit of six geese in the South Central and South zones.

The 2016 Illinois16-day statewide teal hunting season is Sept. 3–18, with a daily limit of six and a possession limit of 18.

Shooting hours for the September teal season are different from the regular season, starting at sunrise (half-hour later than regular season) until sunset.

The Illinois waterfowl zone maps are available on the IDNR website at http://www.dnr.illinois. gov/hunting/waterfowl/ Pages/MapsApprovedWaterfowlZoneLines.aspx Additional details on the duck, goose, and other migratory bird hunting seasons will be available on the IDNR website at www.dnr.illinois.gov and in the Illinois Digest of Waterfowl Hunting Regulations 2016-17 and the Illinois Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations 2016-17, available later this year.

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Scoreboard Boys cross country

At Walnut Bureau Valley 32, 3. Princeton 48, Hall 51.

TOP 5 FINISHERS 3.02 MILES: 1.

Westley Schmidt (H) 18:31, 2. Daniel Yanez (H) 19:22, 3. Kurt Bitting (BV) 19:47, 4. Ethan Cantani (H) 19:50, 5.

Brad Sierens (BV) 19:50

Girls cross country

At Walnut 1. Hall 26, 2. Bureau Valley 39, 3.

Princeton 81, 4. Kewanee 84.

TOP 5 FINISHERS (3.02 MILES): 1.

Haley Weidner (BV) 20:46, 2. Jenna Parente (H) 22:16, 2. Lauren McMillan (P) 22:58, 4. Heather Williams (BV) 23:33, 5.

Bekah Workman (P) 23:52.

Girls golf

At Emerald Hills (Sterling) Sterling 212, Princeton 227, Prophetstown 230, Indian Creek 251.

MEDALIST: Boze (S), Katherine Nolan (IC) 49.

PHS: Loftus 53, Hartmann 53, VanDenBussche 60, Jensen 61, Schenck 65, Sims 65. JV: Hall 69.

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Boys golf

At Lake Erie Country Club MEDALIST (PAR 36): Bussert 35.

HALL: Hoscheid 38, Lule 46, Cousar 50, Whitten 52.

HALL JV: Clepper 54.

Recreational golf

PLAY OF THE DAY (SEPT. 13): Most 7s and 8s. 1. Linda Halberg, 2. Monique Bailey, 3. (tie) Pat Galassi-Carlson, Barb Brumbaugh.

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Lanes 1439 (548), Los Ranchitos 1290 (485); Rosie’s Rollers 1284 (490).

Volleyball

HIGH SCHOOL At Manlius St. Bede def. Bureau Valley 25-10, 25-18.

BV (3-7, 1-2): Olds (2 kills), Johnson (2 kills), Barnett (3 kills), Hurley (3 kills), Wirth (9 assists). SBA: Ludford (10 kills, 8 assists), Ally Borkowski (6 assists).

SOPHS: BV 3-0.

FRESHMEN: Bureau Valley 28-26, 20-25, 27-25.

At Earlville Earlville/Leland def. DePue 25-11, 25-9 At Spring Valley Newman def. Hall 25-23, 25-20 SOPHS: Newman 25-11, 25-16 FRESHMEN: Newman 25-16, 25-14 Other matches Mendota def. Rock Falls 25-19, 25-11 Riverdale def. Rockridge 25-21, 25-19 Lutheran def. Dixon 19-25, 29-27, 25-16

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Erie def. Morrison 25-11, 25-20 Fulton def. Orion 26-24, 25-19 Amboy def. Polo 25-4, 25-10

Olympics

JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS At DePue 7TH GRADE: BVS def. DePue 25-18, 25-19. BVS: Blair 9.

8TH GRADE: BVS def. DePue 25-20, 25-10. BVS: Wirth 11, Keffer 10.

From Page 13A based on age and skill level so that each athlete can have the opportunity to experience success while competing on a comparable playing field.

Special Olympics Illinois is a not-for-profit organization offering year-round training and competition in 19 sports for more than 22,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities and more than 20,500 Young Athlete sages 2-7 with and without intellectual disabilities. Special Olym-

At Kewanee 7TH GRADE: Wethersfield def. BVS 21-25, 25-21, 15-12. BVS: Myong 10.

8TH GRADE: BVS def. Wethersfield 25-18, 25-8. BVS: Keffer 11, Law 7.

At Buda 7TH GRADE: BVS def. Ladd 25-9, 25-13. BVS: Myong 12, Horner 5.

8TH GRADE: BVS def. Ladd 25-11, 25-20. BVS: Wirth 11, Keffer 7.

Basketball

JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS At Spring Valley 7TH GRADE: Princeton Logan 15, Spring Valley JFK 4.

8TH GRADE: Spring Valley JFK 25, Princeton Logan 13.

pics transforms lives by empowering people with intellectual disabilities to realize their full potential in sports and in life. Special Olympics programs enhance physical fitness, motor skills, self-confidence, social skills and encourage family and community support.

If you are interested in learning more about Special Olympics Illinois, volunteering or providing financial support to help make Special Olympics programs possible, contact your local Special Olympics agency, call 800-394-0562 or visit https://mail.soill.org.

229 • Professional/ Clerical COUNTRY COMFORT RETIREMENT HOMES of Princeton & Henry now hiring RN or LPN. Applicant must be willing to work both Princeton & Henry locations, days & evenings (experience in dementia care helpful.

Benefit package available.

Apply online: www. countrycomfort retirement.com

Promote Your Job Openings Right Here!

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RN POSITIONS AVAILABLE Family Health Center Ear, Nose & Throat Clinic Center for Family Health OB Med/Surg/Peds (3rd Shift) Float (3rd Shift)

LPN/CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT POSITIONS AVAILABLE Ear, Nose & Throat Clinic Family Health Center Center for Family Health Clinic

SURGICAL SCRUB TECH

For Surgical Scrub Tech: High school graduate or GED equivalent. CNA with 2 years of hospital experience or currently enrolled in program for certification as a Surgical Technician with completion of program within 9 months. Certification should occur within 2 months of graduation. If CNA, a microbiology, anatomy, & physiology class is required within 1 year of hire. For Certified Surgical Scrub Tech: Graduate of an accredited program for Surgical Techs. Certification for Surgical Techs required. Current CPR certification required. For Surgical Scrub Nurse: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required. Current State of Illinois registered nurse license, current CPR certification and any other certification appropriate to specialty required.

MEDICAL TECHNICIAN/TECHNOLOGIST

TESTING FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS The Henry County Sheriff’s Office is accepting applications until Oct. 7th, 2016 @ 4:00pm.

Excellent benefits include health, dental & life insurance for employee, paid holidays, paid vacation, starting salary $38,230.40, with anniversary and contractual raises, and IMRF pension (Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund).

Applications and additional information may be obtained from: Henry County Sheriff’s Office @311 W. Center St., Cambridge, IL or by calling 309-937-3940 or download an application from: henrycty. com (Sheriff’s Office, then to Employment).

Henry County is an E.O.E.

Must have Bachelor of Science degree in medical technology, biology, chemistry, or related science for Technologist. Must have an Associate Degree in related science for Technician. ASCP or HEW Certification preferred. Must have mathematical, computer, reasoning and language skills at the college level.

Must have experience in phlebotomy preferred.

Must possess excellent customer relations skills.

DME CLINICIAN

Must be a graduate of an approved/accredited nursing program for a Registered Nurse or if a Respiratory Therapist an approved/accredited program by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). Current State of Illinois Registered Nurse license or eligible for licensure. If a Respiratory Therapist, current State of Illinois Respiratory Therapy license and a CRT or RRT.

PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Graduate with a minimum of BS degree or MS in Physical Therapy from an accredited school as well as being licensed in the state of Illinois.

Two to three years’ previous experience as a physical therapist preferred.

Current C.P.R. certificate required.

RESPIRATORY THERAPIST

High school diploma or GED equivalent. CRT or RRT by NBRC. License from State of Illinois. Prefer previous cardiopulmonary experience.

BLS, ACLS, PALS and NRP required.

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

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

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

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

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

- 400 Merchandise 448 • Pets & Livestock DONATE NOW! “The animals are crying” Tri-County Humane Society. LaSalle, Bureau, Putnam Counties.

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

PETS OR PET SUPPLIES? Find it all right here!

450 • Under $1000 $35 Pull golf cart, excellent condition.

Call 815-876-0016 Black glass 3 shelves TV stand. 43”x24”x22”. $50 Call 815-875-6176 Brand new gray linen tufted headboard with nailhead trim in silver. Full size. Great condition. $250. 815-454-2563 China corner cabinet $125; 3 old floor lamps (need work) $25; antique brass andirons $75.

Call 815-869-3054 Decorative Indian Corn, half bushel, $15.

Call 815-875-3538 Metal wardrobe cabinet $30; 21" thatchorizer for push lawn mower, $35; shower chair, $20.

Call 815-224-2931 Queen comforter, $12; clothes closet, $10; electric knife, $10. All new.

Call 815-915-7638

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

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

No commercial ads, firearms, firewood or animal sales.

E-mail information to: classified@ bcrnews.com (include your name, address & phone number) No Phone Calls!

Utility trailer. $200 or best offer.

Call 309-238-2641 Vintage Montgomery Ward table saw. $60; bathroom commode, very good condition $20.

Call 815-875-3229 Washing machine, $50.

Call 815-878-8858

451 • Free FREE brown recliner couch.

Call 815-875-2165

460 • Garage Sales HENNEPIN FALL TOWNWIDE GARAGE SALES Friday & Saturday, September 23 & 24; 8am – 3pm.

Maps available at: Hennepin Park District, North Central Bank, Hennepin Food Mart and Country Stop Restaurant PRINCETON 121 Miles Court. Saturday, September 17, 8am-2pm.

Collectibles including a collection of vintage tooth pick holders, vintage Fenton Rooster figurines, vintage glassware, Milk Glass dishes, Americana themed dishes, lamps, holiday decorations, Peavy Amp, DVD's, rubber stamps for crafting, bed linens & quilts, larger sized special occasion tops and many items too numerous to list. All quality items... lots of “Jeanie's Junque” Rain date: Saturday, September 24th

Mechanic/Service Tech II Opening!

Excellent Hourly Pay, Full Comprehensive Benefits, Retirement Plan & MORE! Many Opportunities for Advancement!

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PRINCETON 2304 South Main. Thursday, September 15, 4pm-7pm; Friday, September 16, 8am-5pm; Saturday, September 17, 8am-?

MULTI-FAMILY SALE. Collectibles, craft supplies. Too much to list!

No Early Sales

PRINCETON 616 West Hudson Street. Thursday, Friday, September 15, 16; 8am-4pm; Saturday, September 17, 8am-12pm DOWN SIZING SALE! Plus size women & men's clothes, bike, new TV stand, Karaoke machine, Nintendo, housewares, decorations & more

PRINCETON Country Oaks & Deer Run South. 1445, 1530, & 1715 Deerfield Road; 1230, 1250, & 1255 Woodridge Court; 915 Fairway Drive. Thursday, September 15, 4pm7pm; Friday, September 16, 8am-3pm; Saturday, September 17, 8am-noon.

Baby/kids toys, Home décor, Furniture, Collectibles, Antiques, Outdoor, Garage, Lawn items.

Have it all - big and small

PRINCETON 404 Fox Creek Lane. Thursday September 15, 12pm5pm; Friday & Saturday, September 16 & 17; 8:30am-11:30am.

2 FAMILY SALE. Lots of kids stuff. Name brand kids clothes: boy's size 10-14 & girl's 5-8 (Under Armour, Nike, Abercrombie, Gap, Gymboree, Hanna Andersson, Matilda Jane, etc.). Kids' shoes, toys, books, DS games, misc. household items. Smoke free pet free home PROMOTE YOUR GARAGE SALES Call 815-875-4461 PRINCETON 443 East Peru Street. Friday & Saturday, September 16 & 17; 8am-3pm.

Over 2,000 books, Junior girl's & women's clothing, Jewelry & Accessories, Crafting items, Wedding & formal dresses, Collectibles & Misc.

PRINCETON 518 East Dover Road. Thursday, September 15, 5pm-7pm; Saturday, September 17, 8am-2pm.

MULTI-FAMILY SALE. Household items, tools, antiques, books, beer signs, clothes, horse trailer, John Deere mower

PRINCETON 630 East Peru. Saturday, September 17, 9am-4pm.

MULTI-FAMILY SALE. Lots at 1/2 price!

PRINCETON 825 West Marquette Street. Friday and Saturday, September 16 and 17; 8am-5pm.

Microwave, 6-1/2 foot Christmas tree with lights, picture frames, bread machine, hardware, tools PRINCETON 9 North Euclid.

Saturday only, September 17, 9am-5pm.

MOVING SALE. A little bit of everything.

Some furniture

ADVERTISE GARAGE SALES OR YARD SALES! The Bureau County Republican can promote your garage sale or yard sale Just call 815-8754461.

******* $$ CASH PAID $$ We pay top dollar for junk (cars, machinery, etc.)

Call 815-878-9353

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Second and third shift positions available Please apply in person at 140 N 6th Street Princeton IL 61356

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James Hardie® Building Products, Inc. James Hardie Building Products, a recognized leader in the fiber cement industry, is currently recruiting for

MACHINE AND FORKLIFT OPERATORS If you are self-motivated, want a long lasting career and have the following qualifications, we encourage you to apply: • Machine operator experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Forklift experience is a plus.

• Basic math skills and the ability to read a tape measure.

• Ability to work 12 hr day or night shift, including weekends.

• Candidates must have solid work history and the ability to pass a physical, drug screen and criminal background check.

• Ability to lift 50 lbs Pay & Benefits The starting rate is $15.19, with a $.45 shift differential. We offer excellent 1st day benefits including health, dental, prescription and vision insurance; paid vacations; paid holidays; and an optional 401(k) savings plan with a dollar for dollar company match up to 6%.

$6,000, $1,000 down, $381.69 per month for 3 years. Central air; $8,000, $1,000 down, $444.36 per month, for 3 years.

Lot rent & water included.

Also: reasonable Rentals available!

Call 815-303-2948

Drug Free Workplace, EOE, M/F/D/V Interested applicants should apply online at: www.jameshardie.jobs2web.com You may also apply in person at: 17 Unytite Drive Peru, IL 61354 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

PUBLIC AUCTION - REAL ESTATE

The following described Real Estate will be offered at Public Auction to be held at the property 13460 2775 N Ave., Walnut, IL 61376 on: Look for this and upcoming Auctions on www.rickrediger.com

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 10:00 A.M.

Delivery days are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings by 7:00 am.

No Collecting Involved.

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For more information, please call Tom Long, District Manager (815) 875-4461 Ext. 6350

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Liberty Village of Princeton

Is currently seeking motivated compassionate RN’s and LPN’s who share in our passion to provide quality care to our residents.

Our facility offers:

2 Bedroom, 2 Bath single wide and 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath double wide.

Newly remodeled and new appliances. Vinyl siding and shingle roof.

Call 815-260-6446

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PRINCETON 813 Park Avenue West.

Friday, September 16, 11am3pm; Saturday, September 17, 8am-1pm.

MOVING SALE. Some antiques, tools & many other garage items.

Some furniture.

Prices Low!

Garage Sales?

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Delivery days are Wednesday or Thursday No Collecting Involved.

For more information, please call Tom Long, District Manager (815) 875-4461 Ext. 6350

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OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 • 5 - 6 P.M.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Located at 13460 2775 N. Ave., Walnut, IL 61376, Bureau County.

Situated on .90 +/- acres, the property consists of a 1 story home with a single car garage which has an 18’ x 12’ lean to and 20’ x 40’ pole barn built in 1994 having a concrete floor and overhead door with opener. The 1929 home has a living room, dining room, kitchen, den, 2 bedrooms and full bath on the main floor consisting of approximately 1,128 sq ft. The home has a full basement, hot water heat and central air. There is city sewer and water to the property. The Tax I.D. is part of 03-17-100-024. The 2015 taxes payable in 2016 were $485.78.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 1) The successful bidder will be required to enter into a standard real estate purchase contract with 10% of the purchase price due immediately following the auction. The balance will be due and payable on or before November 15, 2016.

2) The 2015 real estate taxes, due and payable in 2016 have been paid by the seller. The 2016 real estate taxes will be prorated to the date of possession.

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

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

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

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

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

Seller –

THE ESTATE OF CHARLES E. BELL Attorney for Seller: Michael English 10 W. Park Ave., Princeton, IL 61356 • 815.875.4555 Not Responsible for Accidents • I.D. Required

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

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**************** PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call, HUD tollfree at 800 669-9777.

The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 800 927-9275

PRINCETON 805 North Euclid. 3 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath. New Central air and furnace, new windows, updated bathrooms, new flooring throughout, laminate, carpet, & linoleum.

Freshly painted inside and out. Asking $79,900.

Call 815-376-7041 or 815-878-8354

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856 • Apartment Rentals LADD 2 bedroom. Newly remodeled. Water & appliances included. Excellent location. No pets. Lease.

Call 815-224-1454 PRINCETON 1 bedroom.

Appliances. Very spacious, newly remodeled.

Water furnished. Excellent location. Garage. Deck.

Lease. Deposit. No pets.

Call 815-224-1454 PRINCETON 1 or 2 bedroom. Remodeled, great neighborhood, lease, deposit. 810 South Euclid. $450/$575 217-766-8497

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856 • Apartment Rentals 856 • Apartment Rentals PRINCETON 1st t floor, updated, 2 bedroom apartment. Downtown. 123 Columbus. $450-$475. No pets! 815-875-8891 PRINCETON 2 bedroom apartment. Laundry on site. $525 per month, lease & deposit required.

Call 309-238-0168 PRINCETON 2 bedroom apartment. No pets.

Call 815-503-4876 PRINCETON 441 East Marion. 2 bedroom. $560.

Heat, water, garbage.

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No pets. Available October 1st. Call 309-288-3008 PRINCETON – Elm Place Apartments. Large one & two bedroom apartments, from $625 to $685. Includes utilities, on-site laundry, carport, quiet building. No pets.

Call 815-228-7350 PRINCETON large 2 bedroom. Heat & utilities included. Deposit, no pets. $685 a month. Call 815303-7066 / 815-303-7621 PRINCETON One Bedroom Upstairs Apartment.

Stove, refrigerator and heat furnished. Off street parking. No pets. $450 per month & $450 deposit. Call 815-866-3611

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PRINCETON Spacious 1 bedroom. Eat in kitchen.

Plenty of closets. Laundry facility available. No pets. $450 includes water.

Call 815-878-4149 PRINCETON upstairs, furnished, 1 bedroom apartment. Good location. Neat & clean. Low utilities. References required.

Call 815-875-3166/ 815-875-3861 TISKILWA 1 bedroom efficiency apartment, 1st floor. Close to Main Street. Clean & updated. $385 monthly. Call Paul, 815-646-4448 DO YOU HAVE A LOT TO SELL? The Bureau County Republican Classified can help you sell it!

858 • Homes for Rent LAKE THUNDERBIRD 12 Hemlock Drive. Small 2 bedroom A Frame. 2 car detached garage. Stove & fridge. $650 a month. $1,650 moves you in.

Call 815-664-2808 PRINCETON 2 bedroom house for rent. Full basement, attached garage, central air. $675/month.

Call 815-875-1923 PRINCETON 3 bedroom house. No pets.

Call 815-503-4876

858 • Homes for Rent LAKE THUNDERBIRD House for rent.

42 Fairoaks, Putnam, IL. 3 beds, 2 Full baths, 2 car garage, walk out Patio with firepit & deck. New AC, electrical, Furnace over hauled. Beautiful wooded area with all the features offered by our Lake. Beds, table, some other items furnished.

Washer and dryer. Rent is $950/month. $950 required up front plus the first months rent.

Call Brian Callahan at: 708-420-2060 or email at callahanpal1@aol.com

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866 • Wanted to Rent I am in search of DEER HUNTING PROPERTY. I have been hunting in the Hennepin area for the past 10 years, owner just recently sold this property. I bow hunt only and am in search of a new lease. I am from DeKalb and willing to meet in person to discuss any hunting opportunities.

Call Mitch 331-575-7966

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BIDS FOR SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES The Board of Education of Bureau Valley CUSD 340 is accepting the submission of sealed bids for SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES for the 2016-17 season. Bids for services include all district property locations in Buda, Manlius, Sheffield, Walnut and Wyanet.

All specifications, necessary forms, and instructions for bidders are available at the Bureau Valley District Office at 9068 2125 North Ave, in Manlius, IL. You may also call 815-445-3101 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Sealed bids must arrive by mail or in person at the District Office by 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 18, 2016. All bids will be publicly opened at that time, and later presented to the Board of Education for approval.

The Board of Education of Bureau Valley CUSD 340 reserves the sole right to waive any and all informalities on the bidding and reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or any part thereof.

Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 17, 2016.

Administrator and to the attorneys within 10 days after it has been filed.

Dated this 30th day of August, 2016.

Angel, Isaacson & Tracy Attorneys for Estate 111 Park Avenue East Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-6551 Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 3, 10 and 17, 2016.

maintenance building in Standard, IL. Contact Mark 815-2280960. Minimum Bid ($30,000.00). Send Bid to and mark on envelope “TRUCK BID” by September 27, 2016.

Bids will be opened at 7:00 p.m. Sept. 27, 2017 at the Granville Township Office, 212 S. McCoy St., Granville, IL Granville Township Board may accept or reject any or all bids.

James Moriarty Granville Township Supervisor Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 17, 2016.

and Ramps, Pintle Hook, Electric Brakes, 2 – 10,000 Lb. Axles 4 Ft. Spread. May be seen on or before Sept. 23, 2016 at the Granville Township maintenance building in Standard IL. Contact Mark 815228-0960. Minimum Bid ($9000.00) Send Bid to and mark on envelope “TRAILER BID” by September 27, 2016.

Bids will be opened at 7:00 p.m. Sept. 27, 2016 at the Granville Township Office, 212 S. McCoy St., Granville, IL. Granville Township Board may accept or reject any or all bids James Moriarty Granville Township Supervisor Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 17, 2016.

EARL ) HERBOLSHEIMER, ) Deceased ) NO. 2016-P-73 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Earl Herbolsheimer.

Letters of Office were issued on August 30, 2016, to Glenn Jay Herbolsheimer, 24869 1650 North Avenue, Princeton, Illinois 61356 as Independent Executor, whose attorneys are Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Bureau County Courthouse, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the representative, or both, on or before March 10, 2017 or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed by that

date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk are to be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 31st day of August, 2016. /s/ Mary C. Dremann Bureau County Circuit Clerk MICHAEL L. ENGLISH ARDC #3126742 RUSSELL, ENGLISH, SCOMA & BENEKE, P.C. Ten Park Avenue West Princeton, IL 61356 Phone: (815) 875-4555 Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 3, 10 and 17, 2016.

IN PROBATE ) ESTATE OF ) JOHN H. BENNETT, ) Deceased ) NO. 2016-P-69 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of John H. Bennett.

Letters of Administration were issued on August 24, 2016, to Rodney H. Bennett, 502 Coventry Lane, Mackinaw, Illinois 61755, as Independent Administrator with the Will annexed, whose attorneys are Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Bureau County Courthouse, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the representative, or both, on or before March 10, 2017, or if mailing

or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed by that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk are to be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 31st day of August, 2016. /s/Mary C. Dremann Bureau County Circuit Clerk MICHAEL L. ENGLISH ARDC #3126742 RUSSELL, ENGLISH, SCOMA & BENEKE, P.C. Ten Park Avenue West Princeton, IL 61356 (815) 875-4555 Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 3, 10 and 17, 2016.

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ) CHARLES A. ABELL, ) DECEASED ) NO. 2016-P-72 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Charles A. Abell. Letters of administration were issued to James Madsen of 420 Adams Street, Tiskilwa, Illinois 61368 as Independent Administrator 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 Administrator, or both, on or before March 3, 2017, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the Independent Administrator 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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ) JEANNE M. ) RICHARDS, ) DECEASED ) NO. 2016-P-76 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Jeanne M. Richards.

Letters of Office were issued to Deborah Grady, 2338 E. Amelia Dr., Princeton, IL 61356, and William Richards, 3641 Highview Way, Columbus, IN 47203, as Independent Executors, whose attorneys are Angel, Isaacson & Tracy, 111 Park Avenue East, Princeton, IL 61356.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Bureau County Courthouse, 700 South Main Street, Princeton, IL 61356, or with the Independent Executors, or in the office of such Circuit Clerk and with the Independent Executors, on or before March 22, 2017, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the Independent Executors 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 Executors and to the attorneys within 10 days after it has been filed.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN PROBATE ESTATE OF ) DIANNE E. ) BENNETT, ) Deceased ) NO. 2016-P-68 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Dianne E. Bennett. Letters of Administration were issued on August 24, 2016, to Rodney H. Bennett, 502 Coventry Lane, Mackinaw, Illinois 61755, as Independent Administrator with the Will annexed, whose attorneys are Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Bureau County Courthouse, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the representative, or both, on or before March 10, 2017, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed by that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk are to be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 31st day of August, 2016. /s/Mary C. Dremann Bureau County Circuit Clerk MICHAEL L. ENGLISH ARDC #3126742 RUSSELL, ENGLISH, SCOMA & BENEKE, P.C. Ten Park Avenue West Princeton, IL 61356 (815) 875-4555 Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 3, 10 and 17, 2016.

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INVITATION FOR BIDS The Hennepin Water District will receive Bids for the Court Street Water Main Replacement until 10:00 a.m., Local Time on the 30th day of Sept, 2016, at the Office of McClure Engineering, 1138 Columbus Street, Ottawa Illinois 61350 when all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for replacing 2 blocks of the existing water main along Court Street to the existing elevated water tower with a new 6” water main.

Bids can be mailed to McClure Engineering, 1138 Columbus Street, Ottawa, Illinois 61350 or delivered to the office of McClure Engineering on the date at the time specified.

Contract Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications, are on file at the office of the Hennepin Water District and McClure Engineering, Associates, Inc., 1138 Columbus Street, Ottawa, IL 61350.

Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained from the Engineer.

A certified check payable to the order of Hennepin Water District, or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total Bid shall be submitted with each Bid. Attention is called to the fact that not less than and minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Contract Documents must be paid on this project, and that the Contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

The Hennepin Water District reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Bids may be held by the Hennepin Water District for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of the opening of Bids for the purpose of reviewing the Bids and investigating the qualifications of Bidders, prior to awarding of the Contract.

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TOTAL REVENUES: $66,133.

GENERAL EXPENDITURE SUMMARY: Compensation Summary: Less than $15,000 - Brittany Bejster, Howard Buckels, Jason Hildebrand, John Gaylord, Kyle Bickett, Mary Galetti, Susan Dugosh, Vern Bejster. Compensation $25,000 to $34;999- Donald Gibson.

TOTAL COMPENSATION $47,510.

Vendors: Staples $1,032, Twin Oaks $10,000. All vendor disbursements less than $1,000 -$5,522.

TOTAL EXPENDITURES $ 16,554 SPECIAL REVENUE SUMMARY: Property Taxes $ 128,669. Replacement Taxes $ 5,249, Motor Fuel Tax $19,200, Interest $ 1,005, Railroad Grant $7,500, Railroad Crossing Closure $263,416.

Other $997.

TOTAL REVENUES: $ 426,036.

SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS EXPENDITURE SUMMARY: Compensation Summary: Less than $15,000- Howard Buckels, Benjamin Gibson, Cody Gibson, Matt Kleckner, Rodney Lange, Danny Mauser, Ron Moore, James Owens, Patty Owens, Vern Bejster.

TOTAL COMPENSATION $ 19,542.

Vendors: Advanced Asphalt $6,275, Airgas North Central $2,157, Ameren IP $2,541 Big Guy & Sons Tires $1,757, Bonnell Industries $3,845, Bureau County Hwy Dept $4,453, Bruce Gibson $1,299, Car Quest $1,423, Contech Const $3,388, HiViz $1,931, IMRF $4,200, Jerry Thompson $14,763, Koppers $14,832 Kramer Garage Door $15,297, Laporte Mowing $8,600, Martin Equipment $17,635, Midwest Truck $3,671, Northern Partners $8,366, Russell, English, Scoma & Benede $13,415, Sicalco LTD $1,002, Tri-Con Materials $8,155, TOIRMA $10,405, Twin Oaks $6,685, US Treasury $5,409. All vendor disbursements less than $1,000: $18,483.

TOTAL EXPENDITURES $199,529.

GENERAL SPECIAL TOTAL Beginning Fund Balance $ 56,332 281,021 $337,353 Revenues 66,133 426,036 492,169 Expenditures (64,064) (199,529) (263,593) Ending Fund Balance 58,401 507,528 565,929 Subscribed and sworn this 12 day of September 2016. /s/Vern Bejster, Supervisor Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 17, 2016.

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A Publication of

Coffee: Good or not so good for you? You decide ...

Order up another cup of Joe

Put down that darn coffee cup

Coffee may be more helpful to your overall health than you think

Research shows the harmful effects of caffeine

A simple cup of coffee ...

Many of us drink it daily, crave it if we don’t have it, and often worry the hot, strong cup of Joe might be bad for our overall health.

But coffee-drinkers take note! Many experts in the field of nutrition say coffee is actually very healthy.

Loaded with antioxidants and beneficial nutrients that can improve your health, studies reveal coffee drinkers have a lower risk of several serious diseases. Of course, coffee should be consumed in moderation — the key to most everything we put into our bodies.

Authoritynutrition.com offers the Top 13 health benefits you can derive from your morning cup of Joe. These benefits have been confirmed in actual human studies.

1. Coffee can improve energy levels and makes you smarter It’s no secret coffee can help people feel less tired and increase energy levels, primarily because it contains a stimulant — caffeine, the most commonly consumed psychoactive substance in the world.

Once you drink a cup of coffee, the caffeine is absorbed into the bloodstream and travels to the brain, where caffeine blocks an inhibitory neurotransmitter called adenosine and leads to the enhanced firing of neurons in your brain.

Many controlled trials in people have shown coffee improves memory, mood, vigilance, energy, reaction times and cognitive functions.

2. Coffee can help you burn fat You probably have

appears to be the caffeine causing the effect, since those who drink decaf don’t show a lower risk.

8. Coffee and your liver The liver carries out hundreds of important functions in the body.

Several diseases affect the liver, including hepatitis, fatty liver disease and others — many which lead to cirrhosis of the liver.

It turns out coffee may protect against cirrhosis.

People who drink four or more cups per day have up to an 80 percent lower risk.

9. Fighting depression with coffee In the United States, about 4.1 percent of the population meet the criteria for clinical depression.

In a Harvard study published in 2011, women who drank four or more

While there are many who tout the positive benefits of caffeine — or a good, hot cup of coffee every day, there are those who say ... “Not so fast, coffee drinkers. There are harmful effects.”

More than 4 cups of coffee linked to early death.

A Mayo Clinic-partnered study found that men who drank more than four 8-ounce cups of coffee had a 21 percent increase in all-cause mortality. However, those who reported they consumed excessive amounts of caffeine were also likely to smoke and have poor fitness.

Caffeine consumption may raise blood pressure.

The rise in one’s blood pressure with caffeine consumption is especially found in those already suffering from hypertension and those who don’t normally consume caffeine. People suffering from hypertension were given about two cups of coffees, and the data revealed their blood pressure was elevated for about two to three hours after the caffeine.

Increased risk of heart attacks among young adults.

A study conducted by Dr. Lucio Mos found young adults who were diagnosed with mild hypertension had four times the risk of having a heart attack if they consumed the amount of caffeine equivalent to four cups of coffee. More moderate consumption showed three times the risk.

Caffeine linked to gout attacks.

This study showed people who binge on caffeinated beverages increase their

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already realized caffeine is in almost every commercial fat-burning supplement. Why? Because caffeine is one of the few natural substances that has proven to actually help burn fat, since it helps to boost the metabolic rate up to 11 percent, though the fat-burning effect can diminish in long-term coffee drinkers.

3. Caffeine can improve physical performance While caffeine stimulates the nervous system, it also increases adrenaline levels, which can make one’s body ready for physical exercise. As the caffeine breaks down body fat into the bloodstream, it makes that fat available as fuel to the body.

Tests have revealed caffeine can improve physical performance up to 12 percent.

4. Essential nutrients are found in coffee A single cup of coffee contains: • Riboflavin (Vitamin B2): 11 percent of the recommended daily allowance (RDA).

• Pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5): 6 percent of the RDA. • Manganese and potassium: 3 percent of the RDA. • Magnesium and niacin (B3): 2 percent of the RDA. 5. Lowering your risk of Type II diabetes Type 2 diabetes afflicts about 300 million people in the world and is characterized by elevated blood sugars. Studies show coffee drinkers have a reduced risk of developing the disease. In fact, those who drink the most coffee have a 23 to 50 percent lower risk of getting the disease.

6. Coffee and Alzheimer’s and dementia Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease and the leading cause of dementia, usually affecting people over the age of 65. There is no cure, however, experts urge people to eat healthy and exercise to help prevent the disease. Now, coffee can be added to that list.

Studies have shown coffee drinkers have a 65 percent lower risk of getting Alzheimer’s.

7. Caffeine may lower the risk of Parkinson’s Parkinson’s disease is caused by the death of dopamine-generating neurons in the brain.

There is no cure.

In studies, coffee drinkers have a much lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, with a reduction in risk ranging from 32 to 60 percent. The reduction

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From Page 1B cups of coffee per day had a 20 percent lower risk of becoming depressed. Another study with 208,424 individuals found those who drank four or more cups per day were 53 percent less likely to commit suicide.

10. Can coffee lower your risk of cancer?

Coffee appears to be protective against two types of cancer … liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

Studies show coffee drinkers have up to a 40 percent lower risk of liver cancer. One study of 489,706 individuals found those who drank four to five cups of coffee per day had a 15 percent lower risk of colorectal cancer.

11. What about heart disease and strokes?

While caffeine can increase one’s blood pressure, the effect is rather small and usually goes away if you drink coffee regularly, though the effect may persist in some people.

One should keep that in mind if you are a coffee drinker and you have elevated blood pressure.

Studies do not support the myth that coffee raises one’s risk of heart disease.

There is some evidence it actually reduces the risk of women who drink coffee. Some studies also show that coffee drinkers have a 20 percent lower risk of stroke.

12. Coffee may help you live longer Given that coffee drinkers are less likely to get many diseases, it makes sense that coffee could help you live longer. There are actually several observational studies showing that coffee drinkers have a lower risk of death from some of the aforementioned diseases.

In two very large studies, drinking coffee was associated with a 20 percent lower risk of death in men and a 26 percent lower risk of death in women, over a period of 18-24 years, especially in Type II diabetics who drank coffee had a 30 percent lower risk of death during a 20-year study period.

13. Coffee: A source of antioxidants Authoritynutrition.com suggests coffee may be one of the healthiest aspect of those who eat a standard Western diet, primarily because it contains such a massive amount of antioxidants.

Studies have shown most people get more antioxidants from coffee than from fruits and vegetables combined.

Source: authoritynutrition.com.

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risk for a gout flare-up.

Breast tissue cysts in women.

One study showed women who drank 31 to 250 mg. of caffeine a day (roughly up to two cups) had a 1.5fold increase in the odds of developing fibrocystic breast disease.

Caffeine could cause incontinence.

A study from University of Alabama showed women who consume a lot of caffeine are 70 percent more likely to develop incontinence.

Caffeine may cause insomnia.

Caffeine in a person’s system at bedtime can mimic the symptoms of insomnia.

Caffeine can cause indigestion.

People who drink caffeinated beverages often report an upset stomach or indigestion. This usually occurs when the drinks are consumed on an empty stomach.

Caffeine can cause headaches.

While occasional doses of caffeine can relieve headache symptoms, the overuse of caffeine can cause headaches and lead to migraines.

Caffeine could reduce fertility in women.

A study from the University of Nevada School of Medicine showed caffeine can reduce a woman’s chances of becoming pregnant by about 27 percent.

Caffeine and miscarriage risk.

In a recent study, both men and women who consumed at least two caffeinated beverages a day during the weeks prior to conception slightly increased the risks of a miscarriage.

Caffeine may not be healthy for Type II diabetics.

A study conducted by the American Diabetes Association showed caffeine impaired glucose metabolism in those with Type II diabetes.

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Caffeine overdose.

While overdose is rare, it can lead to many adverse symptoms including death, especially in those with underlying medical conditions. Some have a lower tolerance for caffeine than others.

Caffeine allergies.

Some people have over-sensitivity to the caffeine molecule, which causes allergic-like reactions in the body such as hives and pain. Although not a true allergy, many report very negative symptoms after consuming even the smallest amounts.

Caffeine causes more forceful heart contractions.

A recent study showed immediately after energy drink consumption which included caffeine, the heart produced more forceful contractions. It is unclear if this has any long-term health implications except for those with known health conditions.

Worse menopause symptoms.

A recent study published in The Journal of The North American Menopause Society showed menopausal women who consumed caffeine had a greater degree of vasomotor symp-

toms.

Caffeine consumption can lead to increased anxiety, depression and the need for anxiety medication.

Caffeine can cause anxiety and panic attacks.

Caffeine increases the amount of sugary beverages consumed It’s believed those who consume a great deal of coffee, also drink more sugary beverages which contributes to obesity and diabetes.

Caffeine inhibits collagen production in the skin.

This effect is dose dependent but really heavy caffeine consumers should be aware. A study on the effects of caffeine and the skin noted it interferes with ossification and could also lead to greater risk of bone fractures.

Caffeine may impair hearing loss recovery.

For guinea pigs exposed to excessive levels of noise, caffeine was shown to delay the rate at which the guinea pigs recovered from noise-induced hearing loss. A correlation to humans is believed to exist but more research will be needed.

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Coffee: Love it or leave it?

A few cups may be good for you; too many may be harmful. What’s a java lover to do?

Coffee is part of many people’s daily routine, whether it’s the morning pick-me-up or the evening complement to a satisfying dinner.

And it’s no wonder: a hot cup of brew is comforting and flavorful. Even better, new evidence continues to associate coffee with health benefits, such as a reduced risk of an early death.

“Our understanding of coffee is evolving. We’re learning more about it all the time,” says Dr. Eric Rimm, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The benefits

Coffee comes from the seeds (or beans) of cherries that grow on the coffee tree.

When you pour hot water over dried, roasted, ground coffee beans, you get the savory brown brew that so many people — 54 percent of those 18 and older in the United States — drink daily.

The little beans aren’t just tasty; they have small amounts of magnesium, potassium and niacin.

They contain caffeine, which can reduce fatigue and improve alertness and concentration. Best of all, they are loaded with potent compounds such as chlorogenic acid and polyphenols, which have antioxidant properties that help prevent damage to your cells.

Dr. Eric Rimm and his colleagues at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health believe the combination of these compounds may delay the absorption of blood sugar, help cells draw sugar from the blood, increase the metabolic rate, and help blood vessels contract and relax.

Those actions, they suspect, account for why coffee is associated with lower blood pressure, slower rate of weight gain with age, and reduced risks for developing Type 2 diabetes or dying from cardiovascular disease or neurological diseases.

“Where we clearly see the greatest benefit is in the realm of diabetes and obesity,” said Rimm.

The risks

Rimm says health ben-

efits are associated with an intake of one to five cups of coffee per day, and for many health conditions, it doesn’t matter much if the coffee has caffeine or not.

However, in some people, too much caffeine — more than 300 milligrams per day — may lead to insomnia, nervousness, heart palpitations and the jitters.

Caffeine taken in after noontime is particularly likely to interfere with sleep.

“If you’re drinking coffee and getting less sleep every night, you may be putting yourself at risk for developing other chronic conditions over the long term,” said Rimm. Too much caffeine may also raise blood pressure. The negative effects of caffeine go away when you stop consuming it.

Coffee’s other risks are oily substances called diterpenes, such as cafestol and kahweol.

They can make it into your cup if you don’t use a coffee filter like with a French-pressed coffee.

“Five to eight cups a day of unfiltered coffee

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Sallee Zearing of the Flour House Bakery in Princeton serves up a hot, cup of java to a customer. may actually raise your bad LDL cholesterol,” says Rimm. If you must drink unfiltered coffee, Rimm recommends keeping an eye on your LDL cholesterol levels, in case they start to rise.

What you should do

The biggest risks of

coffee come from what you may add to it: Cream, sugar or sugary syrup.

These add saturated fat and empty calories to your diet, boost your blood sugar, and promote weight gain.

So be careful about what you put into your cup.

Finally, keep your coffee habit in check: stick

to no more than five cups per day to keep your coffee intake at a safe level.

And if coffee isn’t already part of your daily routine, don’t worry about starting a love affair with the drink.

After all, there are plenty of other ways to stay healthy.

Source: Harvard Health Publications.

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Illinois Alzheimer’s patients on the rise New numbers from the Alzheimer’s Association show increase of those diagnosed significant number of care contributors today don’t have CHICAGO — The Alzheimer’s Association 2016 AlzheiThe numbers are staggering ... a complete understanding of the financial implications mer’s Disease Facts and Figures report, released recently, includes important, updated findings for Illinois. An estimated 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, including 220,000 in Illinois. This number is up 10,000 people from 2015. This epidemic is continuing to grow. The national number is expected to nearly triple by 2050 if a treatment is not found.

Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. and the only disease in the Top 10 causes of death in the U.S. without a way to prevent, cure or even slow its progression.

Care contributors

Alzheimer’s takes a devastating toll – not just on those with the disease, but on entire families. Nearly half of care contributors, those who are caregivers of someone with Alzheimer’s and/or contribute financially to their care, cut back on their own expenses (including food, transportation and medical care) to pay for dementia-related care of a family member or friend.

In this year’s report, the Alzheimer’s Association also conducted, for the first time, a nationwide survey on how the cost of dementia impacts the personal finances of families and friends caring for those with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. The report calls these individuals providing support “care contributors.” The report revealed: • Nearly half (48 percent) of care contributors must cut back on their own expenses – including basic necessities like food, transportation and medical care – to afford dementia-related care, while others must draw from their own savings or retirement funds.

Care contributors are 28 percent more likely than noncare contributors to eat less or go hungry because there wasn’t enough money to afford proper meals. More than one-third of care contributors lost income due to employment disruption. Care contributors reported an average $15,194 loss of household income, compared to the previous year, as a result of having to reduce their work hours or stop working altogether in order to meet the caregiving demands.

Findings from this year’s Facts and Figures report show very few people are prepared for the cost of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia, which is one of the costliest — and most common — diseases affecting seniors.

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• Nearly 16 million Alzheimer’s caregivers will provide 18 billion hours of unpaid care in 2016.

• Two out of three people incorrectly believe that Medicare will help them cover nursing home costs.

• More than one-third of those surveyed had to reduce their hours at work or quit their job entirely.

The personal financial support required by a person with Alzheimer’s disease may ultimately deprive care contributors of basic necessities, such as food, transportation and medical care, according to the 2016 Alzheimer ’s disease Facts and Figures report. Alzheimer’s Association’s Facts and Figures shows these care contributors were 28 percent more likely to eat less or go hungry while contributing care to someone with Alzheimer’s, and one-fifth of them sacrificed their own medical care by cutting back on doctor visits. Overall, nearly half of care contributors cut back on their own expenses to afford dementia-related care for their family member or friend.

Today it is estimated 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and nearly 16 million family members and friends are caregivers providing financial, physical and emotional support. Financial depletion related to the support of someone living with Alzheimer’s can occur directly when family and friends contribute to in-home care or other health care resources. The Alzheimer’s Association Facts and Figures report found 13 percent of care contributors sold personal belongings, such as a car, to help pay for costs related to dementia, while nearly half tapped into savings or retirement funds. On average, care contributors, many of whom do not live with the person they’re caring for, spent more than $5,000 a year of their own money to care for someone with Alzheimer’s disease; however, amounts varied with many spending tens of thousands of dollars per year.

The financial burden of dementia is compounded for many care contributors, as more than one-third reported having to reduce their hours at work or quit their job entirely while caring for someone with Alzheimer’s, leading to an average loss of income of around $15,000 compared to the previous year. Eleven percent of care contributors have cut back on spending for their children’s education in order to provide support.

Preparing for the financial impact of Unfortunately, a

of supporting someone with Alzheimer’s. About two out of three people incorrectly believe that Medicare will help them cover nursing home costs, or they are not sure whether the costs will be covered. At the current time, only 3 percent of adults in the U.S. carry long-term care insurance that might help them cover these costs.

To help care contributors financially plan for the future, the Alzheimer’s Association suggests the following: Look at retirement planning as a time to think about how to prepare for the need for long-term medical care. After an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, your options may be more limited.

Conduct an inventory of your financial resources. A financial planner or elder care attorney can help with this. Investigate long-term care services (for example, home care, assisted living residences and nursing homes) in your area.

Ask what types of insurance they accept and if they accept Medicaid as few individuals with Alzheimer’s and other dementias have sufficient long-term care insurance or can afford to pay out-of-pocket for long-term care services for as long as they are needed. Call the local Agency on Aging to determine what community services and support programs are available (for example, respite care, homemaker services and Meals on Wheels can help alleviate financial burdens). Once you understand what you have for financial resources and what you can afford, make a plan with your family or a close friend for how to access care.

To increase assistance for families affected by Alzheimer’s, the Alzheimer’s Association also supports the HOPE for Alzheimer’s Act, which would provide Medicare coverage for comprehensive care planning services following an Alzheimer’s or dementia diagnosis. Individuals can ask their legislator to co-sponsor and support the HOPE for Alzheimer’s Act.

Alzheimer’s disease by the numbers

The 2016 Facts and Figures report provides an in-depth look at the prevalence, incidence, mortality and economic impact of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias – all of which continue to rise at staggering rates as the American population ages.

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Thinking about health Obesity rates fall in a few states but are still far higher than in 1990

By Trudy Lieberman Rural Health News Service

Is the message that the nation is getting too fat beginning to sink in?

The answer is “yes but,” says the Trust for America’s Health, a nonprofit, non-partisan group that aims to protect the health of communities and make disease prevention a national priority. And a study of health care quality and quantity across the nation suggests some reasons why things are not improving uniformly.

Obesity is a disease, and for the last 13 years the Trust and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have monitored obesity rates in the country, focusing on the proportion of a state’s population that is obese.

The study designates someone as obese whose body mass index (a measure based on height and weight) is 30 or higher.

This year’s results show that after a decade in which every state’s obese population rose, a few states have finally experienced a decrease.

“We’re seeing the rates plateau albeit at a very high level,” says Richard Hamburg, the interim president of the Trust.

Although rates have dropped in Montana, Minnesota, New York and Ohio, even those decreased rates are still high. Twenty-six percent of adults in Minnesota were still considered obese, and nearly 30 percent were in Ohio.

Even in the states with the lowest rates — Colorado, California, Utah, Montana, Hawaii and Massachusetts — rates remain between 20 and 25 percent.

Twenty-two of the 25 states with the highest adult obesity rates are in the South and Midwest, including Kansas and Kentucky, both of which experienced an increase.

To put this in perspective, Hamburg told me that in 1980 no state had a rate above 15 percent; in 1990, no rate was above 20 percent. “Colorado is the healthiest state but exceeded the 20 percent rate years ago,” he said.

What happened? Hamburg explained many societal changes have conspired to increase obesity rates. Children have less opportunity for physical activities; parents are no longer comfortable sending their kids out to play and telling them to come home by dark.

Other reasons?

• Sedentary activities like computer games have replaced physical activity.

• Many schools no longer offer physical education, and are not always open for physical activity after the school day ends.

• More kids arrive at school via car or bus.

In 1969, 89 percent of kids walked or rode their bikes to school. By 2009, the number had dropped to 35 percent.

Eating habits are different too, with families eating more often in restaurants, including fast food establishments, and consuming more added sugars and fats. Many families eat at McDonald’s or Burger King a few times a week, but even if they cooked at home, they might not be eating “healthy” because they don’t have access to fresh fruits and vegetables.

Hamburg told me 30 million people don’t have easy access to a supermarket; many residents in dense urban areas have to walk or take public transportation more than a mile to get more than a “convenience store” selection. Many in rural areas must drive 10 miles or more.

Powerful marketing

from the food industry is also a culprit, beckoning consumers to eat pizza, overstuffed tacos and sodas without regard for the effect on their weight or health.

I usually don’t pay much attention to state rankings from various groups. Most people aren’t going to move to another state just because it ranks better on whatever is being measured. But this time I did because as the obesity report came out, a personal finance website, WalletHub, announced its latest report “2016’s States with the Best and Worst Health Care.” And I was struck by a possible connection.

What did WalletHub have to say about those states in the South and Midwest with high numbers of people who are obese? Were they getting routine examinations and dental care? Were physicians accepting Medicare? Were there adequate hospital beds particularly, in rural areas where many hospitals have closed?

Now I didn’t attempt to do a scientific correlation, and there may be many reasons why a state’s health care system ranks high or low on

the WalletHub site. But for me, the take-away from these studies is that communities must offer not only treatment for health problems relating to obesity but also ways to prevent the underlying cause in the first place.

Communities must have not just enough and appropriate medical facilities and personnel but also programs to encourage better eating habits and more physical activity.

The Trust report offers suggestions that point in that direction. To learn more about how your state ranks on both these studies, go to stateofobesity.org and wallethub.com.

What is your community doing to address the obesity problem? Write to Trudy at trudy.lieberman@gmail.com.

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Saturday, Sept. 24, at St. Margaret’s Hospital, 600 E. First St. in Spring Valley. The test will be given at 4 p.m. on that Saturday.

This is a state-approved, eight-hour course for the Illinois Food Safety Certification. All food service facilities are required to have certified managers.

This course offers both renewal and new certifications.

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The cost of Alzheimer’s From Page 5B

Prevalence, incidence and mortality An estimated 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease in 2016, including 220,000 in Illinois. This includes an estimated 5.2 million people age 65 and older, and approximately 200,000 individuals under age 65 who have younger-onset Alzheimer’s.

Barring the development of medical breakthroughs, the number will rise to 13.8 million by 2050.

Every 66 seconds, someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer’s.

By mid-century, someone in the U.S. will develop the disease every 33 seconds.

Approximately 476,000 people — almost half a million — age 65 or older will develop Alzheimer’s in the U.S. in 2016.

Two-thirds (3.3 million) of Americans over age 65 with Alzheimer’s are women.

Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the U.S., and the fifth-leading cause of death for those age 65 and older.

In Illinois From 2000-13, the number of Alzheimer’s deaths increased 71 percent, while deaths from other major diseases, such as heart disease, breast cancer and HIV, decreased.

Cost of paid and unpaid care

dementias is estimated at $236 billion (excludes unpaid caregiving), of which $160 billion is the cost to Medicare and Medicaid alone.

In 2015, the nearly 16 million family and other unpaid caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias provided an estimated 18.1 billion hours of unpaid care, a contribution to the nation valued at $221.3 billion (with care valued at $12.25 per hour).

There are 590,000 Alzheimer’s caregivers in Illinois providing 671 million hours of unpaid care valued at $8,224,000,000.

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ABOVE: Princeton’s Brett Emmerson (44) goes in for the game’s first touchdown over Hall’s Christian Stefaniak on Friday night in Princeton. – Mike Vaughn/Special to Shaw Media

The bottom line LaSalle-Peru Sterling

0 Rock Falls 49 Oregon

33 Newman 21 Kewanee

Morris Rochelle

14 Dixon 21 Rkfd. Lutheran

Geneseo Ottawa

41 North Boone 13 Byron

28 Hall 0 Princeton

7 Fulton 35 Riverdale

42 Eastland-P.C. 0 Polo

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21 Ott. Marquette 42 Orion 38 Erie-Prophetstown 20 Bureau Valley

42 Milledgeville 20 Orangeville

53 Amboy 6 Forreston

7 55

12 St. Bede 56 Sherrard

50 AFC 14 Aquin

15 West Carroll 44 Pectonica

48 12

51 Rockridge 15 Morrison

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Around the state

How they stand NIB-12 West

Conf. All Geneseo 1-0 4-0 Sterling 1-0 4-0 Rochelle 0-0 3-1 LaSalle-Peru 0-1 1-3 Ottawa 0-1 1-3 Friday’s results • Sterling 49, LaSalle-Peru 0 • Rochelle 21, Morris 14 • Geneseo 41, Ottawa 13 Friday, Sept. 23 • Sterling at Geneseo, 7:15 • Sycamore at LaSalle-Peru, 7:15 • Rochelle at Ottawa, 7:30

Big Northern

Conf. All Genoa-Kingston 4-0 4-0 Byron 3-0 4-0 Dixon 3-1 3-1 Rock Falls 3-1 3-1 Winnebago 2-1 2-2 Rkfd. Lutheran 1-2 2-2 Stillman Valley 1-2 1-3 Mendota 1-3 1-3 North Boone 1-3 1-3 Oregon 0-3 1-3 Rkfd. Christian 0-3 1-3 Friday’s results • Mendota 35, Rockford Christian 6 • Byron 56, North Boone 12 • Rock Falls 33, Oregon 21 • Johnsburg 47, Stillman Valley 0 • Genoa-Kingston 35, Winnebago 20 • Rockford Lutheran 38, Dixon 21 Friday, Sept. 23 • Byron at Rock Falls, 7 • North Boone at Rockford Christian, 7 • Stillman Valley at Genoa-Kingston, 7 • Winnebago at Oregon, 7 • Woodstock at Dixon, 7 • Rockford Lutheran at Mendota, 7:15

Three Rivers Rock Fulton Rockridge Orion Morrison Riverdale Bureau Valley

Conf. All 2-0 3-1 2-0 3-1 1-1 3-1 0-1 1-3 0-1 1-3 0-2 2-2

Friday’s results • Fulton 42, Riverdale 0 • Orion 42, Bureau Valley 20 • Rockridge 50, Morrison 14 Friday, Sept. 23 • Orion at Rockridge, 7:30 • Princeton at Fulton, 7:30 • Riverdale at Morrison, 7:30 Saturday, Sept. 24 • Bureau Valley at Soldiers Grove (Wis.) North Crawford, 1

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September 17, 2016

Three Rivers Mississippi

Conf. All Princeton 2-0 3-1 St. Bede 2-0 2-2 Newman 1-0 4-0 Erie-Prophetstown 1-0 1-3 Kewanee 0-2 2-2 Hall 0-2 0-4 Sherrard 0-2 0-4 Friday’s results • Ottawa Marquette 42, Erie-Prophetstown 20 • Princeton 35, Hall 7 • St. Bede 51, Sherrard 15 • Newman 28, Kewanee 0 Friday, Sept. 23 • Newman at Erie-Prophetstown, 7:30 • Princeton at Fulton, 7:30 • Sherrard at Hall, 7:30 • St. Bede at Kewanee, 7:30

NUIC Upstate

Conf. All Eastland-P.C. 3-0 4-0 Forreston 3-0 4-0 Dakota 3-1 3-1 East Dubuque 2-1 3-1 Lena-Winslow 2-1 3-1 Amboy 2-2 2-2 West Carroll 1-3 1-3 Galena 0-4 0-4 Pecatonica 0-4 0-4

Aquin Stockton Milledgeville Polo AFC Orangeville Warren River Ridge Durand

Conf. All 4-0 4-0 4-0 4-0 3-1 3-1 2-1 2-2 1-2 1-3 1-2 1-3 1-3 1-3 0-3 0-4 0-4 0-4

Friday’s results • Forreston 55, Amboy 7 • Dakota 28, East Dubuque 6 • EPC 39, Polo 6 • Lena-Winslow 50, Galena 10 • West Carroll 48, Pecatonica 12

Friday’s results • Milledgeville 53, Orangeville 6 • Warren 34, River Ridge 6 • Aquin 44, AFC 15 • Stockton 64, Durand 0 • EPC 39, Polo 6

Friday, Sept. 23 • East Dubuque at Amboy, 5:30 • Forreston at West Carroll, 7 • Galena at EPC, 7:30 • Lena-Winslow at Dakota, 7:30 • Stockton at Pecatonica, 7:30

Friday, Sept. 23 • Durand at AFC, 7 • Polo at Warren, 7 • Orangeville at Aquin, 7:30 • River Ridge at Milledgeville, 7:30 • Stockton at Pecatonica, 7:30

Addison Trail 34, Downers South 28 Amundsen 20, Chicago Roosevelt 12 Anna-Jonesboro 26, Nashville 20 Annawan/Wethersfield (FB Coop) 48, Monmouth United 0 Antioch 28, Grant 0 Argenta-Oreana 28, Arcola 14 Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond 46, Decatur Lutheran (LSA) 8 Athens 28, Auburn 27 Aurora (West Aurora) 26, Glenbard East 7 Aurora Central Catholic 21, RiversideBrookfield 20 Barrington 35, Evanston Township 7 Batavia 48, Elgin 0 Beardstown 20, Camp Point Central (CSE) 14 Belleville East 19, Alton 6 Bensenville (Fenton) 48, Walther Christian Academy 0 Bismarck-Henning 42, Fithian Oakwood 0 Bloomington Central Catholic 41, Stanford Olympia 6 Bradley-Bourbonnais 42, Sandburg 30 Brother Rice 42, Montini 7 Byron 69, North Boone 12 Carmel 21, Nazareth 10 Cary-Grove 35, Algonquin (Jacobs) 14 Centralia 41, Carbondale 7 Champaign Centennial 27, Champaign Central 14 Champaign St. Thomas More 27, St. Joseph-Ogden 26 Chicago (Back of the Yards) 48, Tilden 6 Chicago (Marine Military Academy) 34, Chicago Phoenix Academy 28 Chicago (Perspectives/Calumet Technology) 18, Morgan Park 6 Chicago (Solorio Academy) 55, Chicago Vocational 14 Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 41, Hammond Gavit, Ind. 8 Chicago Mt. Carmel 49, DePaul College Prep 8 Clinton 35, Moweaqua Central A&M 26 Crete-Monee 30, Kankakee 0 Dakota 28, East Dubuque 6 Danville 65, Urbana 13 De La Salle 53, Aurora Christian 12 Decatur St. Teresa 53, Macon Meridian 2 Deer Creek-Mackinaw 40, El PasoGridley 20 Downs Tri-Valley 42, Colfax Ridgeview 3 Dundee-Crown 34, Aurora (East) 6 Dwight 38, Clifton Central 36 East St. Louis 44, Granite City 0 Edwardsville 19, O’Fallon 0 Effingham 27, Charleston 7 Eisenhower 59, Springfield Lanphier 8 Eldorado 54, Christopher-ZieglerRoyalton 0 Elmwood-Brimfield 60, Havana 8 Eureka-Roanoke-Benson 47, Fieldcrest 0 Fenwick 36, Leo 8 Fisher 41, Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland (FCW) 6 Foreman 54, Chicago Academy 0 Forreston 55, Amboy-LaMoille 7 Freeport 22, Rockford Jefferson 21

Freeport (Aquin) 44, Ashton-Franklin Center 15 Fremd 24, Glenbrook South 21 Fulton 42, Riverdale 0 Geneseo 41, Ottawa 13 Geneva 35, Streamwood 7 Genoa (Genoa-Kingston) 35, Winnebago 20 Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 15, LeRoy 0 Glenbard South 49, Ridgewood 27 Glenbrook North 34, Prospect 10 Grayslake Central 25, Round Lake 15 Hamilton (West Hancock) 37, Schuyler County, Mo. 8 Harper 22, Bogan 6 Herscher 49, Streator 7 Hersey 24, Niles North 20 Hinsdale Central 35, York 7 Hinsdale South 30, Willowbrook 27 Hoffman Estates 42, Maine East 0 Homewood-Flossmoor 53, Lockport 24 Hononegah 35, Belvidere North 16 Hope Academy 52, Alden-Hebron 0 Huntley 49, Hampshire 7 IC Catholic 72, Chicago Christian 0 Illini West (Carthage) 28, West Prairie 22 Illinois Valley Central 14, Fairbury Prairie Central 7 Jacksonville 41, Decatur MacArthur 0 Johnsburg 47, Stillman Valley 0 Joliet West 21, Romeoville 16 Kaneland 26, Yorkville 21 Kirkland Hiawatha 42, Mooseheart 6 Knoxville 46, South Fulton 12 Lanark (Eastland)-Pearl City 31, Polo 6 Larkin 46, West Chicago 16 Lemont 29, Bremen 6 Lena-Winslow 50, Galena 10 Libertyville 40, Waukegan 7 Lincoln Park 60, Schurz 22 Lincoln Way Central 44, Thornwood 19 Lincoln Way West 14, Stagg 0 Lincoln-Way East 41, Bolingbrook 23 Lisle 21, Reed-Custer 3 Lisle (Benet Academy) 33, St. Viator 14 Lyons 38, Leyden 13 Macomb 20, Monmouth-Roseville 8 Mahomet-Seymour 14, Pontiac 13 Maine South 45, Conant 7 Marion 23, Cahokia 20 Marmion 16, Kankakee (McNamara) 10 Maroa-Forsyth 48, Pleasant Plains 7 McHenry 39, Crystal Lake Central 21 Mendota 35, Rockford Christian 6 Metea Valley 36, Wheaton North 7 Milledgeville 53, Orangeville 6 Moline 40, East Moline United 7 Momence 34, Gilman Iroquois West 16 Mt. Zion 48, Mattoon 19 Murphysboro 47, Massac County 7 Naperville Central 33, Waubonsie Valley 16 Naperville Neuqua Valley 48, Wheaton Warrenville South 19 New Berlin 42, Pittsfield-GriggsvillePerry 12 Newton 49, Red Hill 14 Niles Notre Dame 35, Joliet Catholic 17 Niles West 48, Elk Grove 34 Nokomis 7, Metro-East Lutheran 0 North Lawndale 36, Whitney Young 12 North-Mac 28, Williamsville 21 Oak Forest 34, Blue Island Eisenhower 27

Oak Lawn Community 28, Evergreen Park 21 Oak Lawn Richards 38, Shepard 10 Oak Park River Forest 42, Proviso West 8 Oblong 40, Palestine-Hutsonville 12 Oswego 27, Plainfield East 17 Oswego East 40, Plainfield South 19 Ottawa Marquette 42, Rockford Christian Life 20 Palatine 41, New Trier 21 Paris 42, Freeburg 12 Paxton-Buckley-Loda 61, S. Newton, Ind. 14 Petersburg PORTA 26, Riverton 0 Phillips 48, Westinghouse 6 Plainfield North 61, Minooka 22 Plano 63, Sandwich 26 Prairie Ridge 56, Crystal Lake South 7 Princeville 37, Biggsville West Central 12 Providence 48, St. Ignatius 14 Rantoul 58, Bloomington 0 Richmond-Burton 35, Burlington Central 7 Robinson 22, Casey-Westfield 0 Rochelle 21, Morris 14 Rochester 57, Lincoln 0 Rock Falls 33, Oregon 21 Rockford Boylan 49, Machesney Park Harlem 24 Rockford East 30, Rockford Guilford 14 Rockford Lutheran 38, Dixon 21 Rockridge 50, Morrison 14 Rolling Meadows 13, Maine West 0 Rushville-Industry 8, Abingdon 6 Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) 56, Chatham Glenwood 7 Sangamon Valley 13, Cerro Gordo 6 Schaumburg 34, Highland Park 7 Seneca 55, Westmont 24 Sidell (Jamaica)-Salt Fork 34, Hoopeston/Schlarman Coop 12 South Fork 28, Pawnee 21 Springfield 38, Springfield Southeast 12 St. Bede 51, Sherrard 15 St. Charles East 28, St. Charles North 21 St. Laurence 45, St. Rita 42 St. Patrick 41, Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) 0 Staunton 35, Litchfield 0 Sterling 49, LaSalle-Peru 0 Sterling Newman 28, Kewanee 0 Stevenson 28, Mundelein 0 Stockton 64, Durand 0 Taft 42, Steinmetz 6 Taylorville 36, Salem 14 Thornton Fractional South 14, Tinley Park 10 Tremont 22, Heyworth 6 Tri-County 44, Villa Grove/Heritage 12 Tuscola 40, Shelbyville 22 Vandalia 16, Roxana 14 Vernon Hills 31, Buffalo Grove 7 Warrensburg-Latham 75, Sullivan 35 Watseka 49, Georgetown-Ridge Farm 6 West Carroll 48, Pecatonica 12 Westville 50, Milford 20 Wheaton Academy 26, Elmwood Park 14 Wilmington 48, Peotone 10 Woodstock 36, Harvard 7 Woodstock North 46, Marengo 41

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Discharged Storm Orion tackles BV in battle of state-ranked teams

BY DAN DWYER sports@bcrnews.com

MANLIUS — The visiting team found the Achilles heel of the Bureau Valley Storm for the second straight week in Three Rivers play as Orion ran all over the Storm in the Chargers 42-20 victory Friday in Manlius.

It was back and forth early, but the BV Storm got out front for the second straight week on a six yard run from sophomore running back Peyton Moore for a 7-0 BV lead. That was quickly erased 3:52 seconds later on a 13 yard pass to senior running Mitchel Blackert to knot it up just before the beginning of the second quarter.

Midway through the second quarter Orion switched up their game plan and began to rely heavily on the run and that would be their saving grace as the worn out Storm seemed to lose a step on the defensively line that allowed for a strong surge from the Orion offensive line.

“Once we got to feel them out and figure out what they were doing defensively we were able to settle in and get things going offensively after starting out slow coming off of the rain

delay,” Orion coach Chip Filler said. “They did some nice things but our guys kept pounding.”

The adjustments made by the Chargers were the right ones as they broke scored three straight touchdowns culminating with a 2 yard run from senior running back Tavian Moniski for a 28-14 Charger advantage.

“I think you’re seeing the effects of three tough games in a row. I think what you’re seeing is just some kids that are wore out,” BV coach Spencer Davis said. “We’re tough and we’re working hard but when you’re running backs and receivers are the same guys as your defensive backs and linebackers they’ll get a little beat up.”

BV had trouble containing the multiple threat offensive attack as the chargers found pay dirt BCR photo/DanDwyer six different times with six difBureau Valley’s Peyton Moore runs the ball for the Storm Friday in Manlius. ferent players.

BV junior wide receiver Bryan Herr had 10 grabs for 112 yards The Red Zone while senior wide out Jay EdlefPlayer of the game: Drake Davis, BV quarterback passed for 214, 1 TD; ran for son added eight catches for 43 one touchdown. yards and a 3-yard touchdown He said it: “We’re tough and we’re working hard but when you’re running backs reception. and receivers are the same guys as your defensive backs and linebackers they’ll BV will take the long trek up to get a little beat up.” – BV coach Spencer Davis.

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FORRESTON 55, AMBOY-LaMOILLE 7

Angry birds Cardinals run roughshod over overmatched Clippers

BY BRIAN WEIDMAN bweidman@saukvalley.com 1-815-625-3600, ext. 5551 @BrianWeidman

FORRESTON – A win over Forreston simply wasn’t in the cards for Amboy-LaMoille.

Neither was hanging with the Cardinals for any length of time, as the Clippers were handled in all phases of the game on the way to a 55-7 loss before a homecoming crowd on Friday night.

Forreston racked up 347 rushing yards and scored on its first six possessions in building a 42-0 halftime lead, ensuring a running clock for the entire second half.

“We got our [butts] kicked in every phase of the game,” Amboy coach Gary Jones said. “The way we played was the way we practiced all week. We were lackadaisical, we weren’t mentally ready coming in. They kicked our [butts], that’s the bottom line.”

Forreston displayed the whole package. It ran at will in the first half, and the defense held Amboy to 20 yards before the break. The Cardinals didn’t commit a turnover, had just three penalties for 15 yards, and forced the Clippers into three turnovers.

“The boys played really well,” coach Denny Diduch said. “They came out playing hard, were able

to limit their mistakes, and then when some of our guys get out in the open, there’s not too many guys that are going to catch them.”

Leading the way for Forreston (4-0, 3-0 NUIC Northwest) was junior running back Gavin Fuchs, who had seven carries for 179 yards, including a 77-yard TD run, all in the first half. He was part of a wave of backs who sliced and diced the Amboy defense at will.

“We’re so deep,” Fuchs said, “but it’s really about our linemen. They threw some amazing blocks.”

Amboy (2-2, 2-2) never got much of anything going all night. The lone successful drive came in the fourth quarter, when the Clippers marched 74 yards in 15 plays for a score. Backup running back Austin Lundquist scored from 4 yards to allow Amboy to avoid a shutout.

Forreston, however, made one final statement when sophomore Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com Evan Kelsey took the ensuing Amboy’s Andrew Gillan (1) gets brought down for a loss by Forreston’s Justin Lampe. kickoff back 95 yards for a TD on the game’s final play.

Ben Rhine carried 14 times The Red Zone for 29 yards to pace the Amboy Player of the game: Gavin Fuchs, Forreston, 7 rushes, 179 yards, TD offense, which managed just 103 total yards.

He said it: “It was homecoming, we had a lot of intensity coming out, and we The bright spot for the Clippers were very prepared for this game.” – Forreston running back Gavin Fuchs was the punting of senior Alexis Gutierrez. He averaged 43.7 yards Alexis on his four punts, with a long of Up next: East Dubuque at Amboy-LaMoille, 7:30 p.m. Friday Gutierrez 56 yards.

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here are moments from your high school days that are etched into your brain that you’ll never forget.

On Friday night, I returned to the site of one of those moments. It was at the Forreston football field, where the Amboy Clippers took on the Cardinals in an NUIC Northwest matchup.

This game, won by Forreston 55-7, didn’t quite pack the punch as when the teams met in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs 37 years ago. The Clippers won that game 20-17 in overtime, then beat Stockton and Princeville the next two games before losing to Decatur St. Teresa in the state finals.

None of that would have been possible had Amboy not slipped past Forreston in the first round.

It was a game that had a little bit of everything. Here are a few highlights: The Cardinals pulled a bit of chicanery to score the game-tying touchdown early in the fourth quarter to tie score at 14-14. Forreston wide receiver Scott Stykel hauled in a 44-yard TD, and he was all alone on the play.

Stykel was in the huddle, only to be yelled at by his coaches to get off the field. He stopped just short of the sideline, however, and when the play began, he was uncovered, caught a pass from

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late in the second quarter.

After regulation time ended in a 14-14 tie, the game went to overSports reporter. time. Forreston had the ball first, Reach him at but settled for a 23-yard field bweidman@ saukvalley.com goal by Curt Longamore. or 800-798Amboy’s first three plays in 4085, ext. 551. overtime netted just 6 yards, leaving the team with fourth and 4. Considine called his own plays that season, and called his own number on the game’s most crucial play, noted junior halfback QB Rob Turner, and waltzed into George Schwamberger. the end zone.

“There was a discussion in the “We stole the play from Winhuddle,” Schwamberger said. nebago,” Stykel said. “They did it “He asked Mark Kaleel, our to us every year. If you were the fullback, ‘Do you want it Mark?’ outside linebacker or the corner, I was a junior, so I don’t think you constantly had to be lookthey asked me if I wanted it. We ing over at their sideline because all came to the conclusion that they could do it any time.”

Rick needed to keep the ball.”

Amboy featured all-state quarConsidine came around the terback Rick Considine, who had left end, weaved his way toward scored 36 rushing touchdowns the left side of the end zone, and during nine regular season dove in with the game-winner. games. Stopping No. 15 was A snow fence designed to keep No. 1 on the Cardinals’ to-do list. fans off the field didn’t have “Our whole objective was to a chance as Clipper backers contain Rick Considine,” said stormed the field to celebrate.

Chris Galor, a defensive end Amboy would go to state that and running back for the 1979 season and the next, and was Cardinals. “The way he ran that a playoff regular in the 1980s, offense, he was way ahead of his highlighted by a state championtime. He was a one-man wreckship in 1984. ing crew.”

“That was our first playoff game Considine was held in check a ever,” said Amboy head coach good chunk of the night, though Gary Jones, the defensive coordihe did score the Clippers’ second nator in those days. “It was kind of a stepping stone for us.” touchdown, on a 59-yard run

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ROCK FALLS 33, OREGON 21

New attitude Rockets rally to victory after Hawks streak to lead

BY ANDY COLBERT Shaw Media

OREGON – In a 33-21 win over Oregon, Rock Falls proved it is a different team and a different program than in previous decades.

Ahead 13-0 early in the second quarter and in possession of the ball, the Rockets looked to be in complete control of the game.

However, a fumbled pitch gave the ball back to Oregon.

Three consecutive touchdowns by the Hawks and a few mistakes

by Rock Falls, it was 21-13 in favor of Oregon. Rocket fans accustomed a generation of losing had to wonder if this game was destined to be like the days of old.

“I thought we were in good shape,” Oregon coach John Bothe said.

In what has been a rebirth of sorts this season, Rock Falls got up off the canvas and was able to deliver the decisive blows the rest of the game, shutting down the Hawk running game and scoring three TDs. “It’s emotional,” said undersized lineman Rollie Elder. “We just do our job and don’t give up. The support we have walking down the hallways at school and from the fans here means a lot. I remember how it was when I was a freshman.”

Quarterback Logan Pillars was brilliant in directing the Rockets

on their scoring drives and avoiding sacks. He was 18-for-27 for 276 yards passing with two touchdowns to Roger Carlson and one to Mike Berentes.

“You give Logan time and he’s tough,” Rock Falls coach Rich Montgomery said. “He has nice receivers to throw to and we were also able to run.”

Isaiah Harris had rushing touchdowns of 9 and 8 yards, as the Rockets had over 400 yards of total offense.

Rock Falls caught a break to take a 7-0 lead. Berentes caught a Pillars pass at the 5-yard line, but fumbled it into the end zone. With a group of Hawk defenders nearby, Berentes beat them all to the ball.

Trailing 13-0 after a Carlson score, Oregon used the legs of Jacob Cullen to tie the game. The junior fullback dragged would-be tacklers in the end zone on 4- and Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media 6-yard scores, the second with 8 Rock Falls’ Isaiah Harris dives over the goal line for a touchdown on Friday against Oregon. seconds left in the first half.

A Chase Prehn 49-yard dash gave Oregon the lead early in The Red Zone the second half, but the Hawks Player of the game: Logan Pillars, RF, 18-for-27 passing, 276 yards, 3 TDs struggled to move the ball after that.

He said it: “We had to have this game. If we go 2-2, the doubts start popping in.

“I had a few choice words with There’s an improving attitude.” – Rock Falls coach Rich Montgomery our defense,” Montgomery said.

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STERLING 49, LASALLE-PERU 0

Pace makers Sterling offense beats to faster drum than Cavs can handle

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STERLING – The only group of Sterling High Schoolers that kept better tempo than the football team was the band, and even that might be a stretch.

The Golden Warriors ran a nohuddle offense to perfection in a 49-0 demolition of LaSalle-Peru on Friday at Roscoe Eades Stadium to open NIB-12 West play.

“We try to get a play off every 15 seconds,” Sterling receiver Turner Morse said. “We wear teams down by doing that.”

The Cavaliers (1-3, 0-1) looked to be gassed after the first quarter, one in which the Warriors scored three touchdowns on a combined 13 plays. Quarterback Trey Morse hooked up for his first of two touchdown passes to Turner Morse to open the scoring, then Latrell Vaughn and Nyrel Sullivan ran for scores of 18 and 39 yards, respectively.

Trey Morse accounted for four total touchdowns, passing for three and running for one. On his second scoring pass to Turner Morse, the pair took advantage of the L-P corner biting on Reid Blackburn’s slant route, and Trey dropped in

the 34-yard pass.

“I’m a lot more comfortable four games in,” said Trey Morse, a firstyear varsity QB. “They make it easy on me with our running game, and our tempo is so fast that defenses get confused. We do a bunch of tempo segments in practice, and it’s paying off.”

Sterling (4-0, 1-0) scored on its first six possessions, not counting the kneel down at the end of the first half. The Warriors gained 338 yards on the ground, and another 115 through the air for 453 total yards. Sterling now has four straight games with more than 400 yards of offense for the first time in program history.

“We saw on film they ran that nohuddle, but it’s another thing to actually play defense against it,” L-P coach Jose Medina said. “It’s probably the fastest offense we’ve seen.”

L-P starting quarterback Carey Kennedy didn’t play as he is recovering from a shoulder injury. Wide receiver Tyler Martyn filled in, but wasn’t much of a passing threat. He threw for 36 yards on a 4-for-10 effort.

A normally pass-first offense was left scrambling to find an identity, and hoped to mount a rushing attack. That didn’t work, as the Cavaliers gained 10 yards on 27 carries.

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Player of the game: Trey Morse, Sterling, 4 TDs, 3 passing, 1 rushing He said it: “Our entire post-game huddle was about next week against Geneseo. We enjoy the win, but we all know we have to keep working hard and prepare for the biggest game of the season so far.”– Sterling’s Turner Morse.

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PRINCETON 35, HALL 7

Royal return for Lindell Senior’s kickoff return, interceptions spark Tigers past Hall

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PRINCETON — Jeremiah Lindell was king on 2016 Homecoming Night for Princeton Friday at Bryant Field.

Lindell, who transferred to PHS this spring from Joliet, gave the Tigers the spark they needed against the arch-rival Hall Red Devils with an 82-yard kickoff return to start the second half.

Bret Emmerson added three more touchdowns, finishing with four on the night, as the Tigers ran away from Hall 35-7.

Lindell also had two pass interceptions, returning them for a combined 80 yards.

“I think I was just feeling it.

Coach got me in the mood. I was taking ‘em,” Lindell said. “It’s really big. It feels lovely, man. Coach told us don’t be satisfied, so I won’t be.”

“The kickoff was big. We talked about not kicking it deep. At some point we had to be able to kick it deep and cover. We changed some kids up and thought we could cover,” Hall coach Randy Tieman said.

The Red Devils, who relied on the passing game behind junior QB Cade Wozniak (24 of 46, 249 yards), got on the board with a 5-yard run by Anthony Buchanon

on a lateral with 4:55 left in the third quarter. Buchanon added the PAT as Hall closed within 21-7.

Then it was back to Boom time for the Tigers, turning the ball into hands of Emmerson. He added a 6-yard score late in the third quarter and a 1-yard run with 2:11 left in the game with Tyler Hammitt adding both PAT kicks.

“Coach told us to come out with more intensity. We didn’t bring it at all first (half ). Second half we brought it all,” Lindell said.

“The kids did a great job responding at halftime," said PHS coach Jesse Snyder. “Came out, made a big play and continued to play offense and continued to play defense when we needed to get it done.”

Tieman said Princeton just wore the Red Devils out.

“I thought for the first half our BCR photo/Mike Vaughn kids came out and played with everything they had. But the num- Princeton’s Doran Piper looks for running room against Hall Friday night at Bryant Field. bers again, I think we ran out of gas,” he said. “We gave up the The Red Zone kickoff to start the second half. We Player of the game: Jeremy Lindell, Princeton, 82-yard kickoff return and two just don’t have kids to put in right interceptions now. Hopefully we get a few back next week.”

He said it: “I think I was just feeling it. Coach got me in the mood. It feels lovely, • The sophomore game ended man. Coach told us don’t be satisfied, so I won’t be.” – PHS senior cornerback with a 32-0 PHS victory, the game Jeremiah Lindell.

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EASTLAND-PEARL CITY 39, POLO 6

Contentment elusive Wildcatz not satisfied with blowout victory over Marcos

BY ROB LARID Special to SVM

POLO — Following his team’s 39-6 victory at Polo, EastlandPearl City coach Randy Asche rhetorically wondered “you know a lot of times, when you win by 33 but still have a bad feeling about it?�

Actually, most coaches probably don’t know that feeling.

Then again, most coaches don’t have a state title under their belts with aspirations of another deep postseason run in their near future.

The Wildcatz (4-0), ranked fifth in Class 2A, remained undefeated on the season thanks to their big, fast, strong defense and a bruising offensive line that paved the way for 240 rushing yards. EPC’s offensive line, bookended by tackles Peyton Asche (6-foot-5, 320 pounds), and Addison Keltner (6-7, 325), was simply too much for Polo’s defensive linemen to handle.

Keegan Schubert led the way for EPC with 104 rushing yards on 22 carries, and Jayden Kempel added 83 yards and two scores on just nine carries.

Peyton Asche, however, echoed his father’s sentiments

about not being fulfilled with the victory. “We really wanted to be able to get off the ball and get helmets on them. We struggled with that early on,� he said. “We got a little better at it in the second half, but we still could have done better.�

Much of the Asches’ frustration from the game likely came from EPC’s failed ability to fully capitalize on a 14-minute edge in time of possession in the first half. The Wildcatz recovered two fumbles on kickoffs, allowing them to rack up 36 offensive plays in the half, compared to just 12 for Polo, which fell to 2-2 with the loss.

However, the Wildcatz were turned away from the end zone on a couple of occasions, and went into halftime ahead by just two scores at 22-6.

Polo quarterback Braiden Soltow broke off a 73-yard touchdown run on Polo’s first play from scrimmage, but that was essentially the only highlight for the Marcos’ offense in the game. Polo finished the game with more turnovers (five) than first downs (three), and managed just 40 yards of offense following Sotlow’s run.

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Eastland-Pearl City’s quarterback, Brighton Haverland, keeps his eyes upfield while being tackled by two Polo defenders during Friday’s game in Polo. EPC won 39-6.

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FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

Comets pull away Missiles win in rout; Pidde’s 4 TDs pace Steamers

By SVM staff

After a scoreless first quarter, the Comets got second-quarter touchdowns from Eli Leffelman, Luke Olson and Cade Gorzny in a 28-0 win at Kewanee on Friday.

Leffelman rushed 16 times for 128 yards.

Koltyn Jones tacked on a second-half touchdown by recovering a fumble in the end zone.

Milledgeville 53, Orangeville 6: Milledgeville scored 1:26 into the game on a Buddy Bibler 20-yard touchdown run and never looked back.

The Missiles added scores from Kyle Forbes, Carson Boyer, Nate Rahn and Forbes again before making it 40-0 at halftime on an 11-yard pass from Brexton Flynn to Dylan Alexander.

Cade Gusloff and Rahn added scores in the second half.

Fulton 42, Riverdale 0: Michael Pidde scored four touchdowns in a rout of the Rams.

Pidde reached the end zone on runs of 1, 13, 30 and 1 yards.

Austin Rash and Tyler Bruggenwirth also reached the end zone, Bruggenwirth on a 19-yard pass from Tyler Sweenie.

Rockridge 50, Morrison 14: The Rockets gained 413 yards on the ground and scored 21 points in the first quarter and 22 more in the second.

Morrison got a pair of touchdowns from Ethan Fishbach, reeling in a 68-yard pass from Reilly Dolan in the first quarter and breaking off an 85-yard kick return in the second.

St. Bede 51, Sherrard 15: The Bruins won their second straight game, improving to 2-0 in the TRAC Mississippi and 2-2 overall with a win on the road Friday at Sherrard.

St. Bede quarterback Byant Eustice passed for three touchdowns and added a 66-yard QB

keeper for another.

Adam Poundstone had three TD runs for the Bruins.

Aquin 44, AFC 15: Stephen Brooke had 247 rushing yards but it was not enough in the Radiers’ loss in Freeport.

Aquin erased a onepoint deficit after one quarter with 17 points in the second, including a 39-yard touchdown pass from Jonah Diemer to Tim Harrington and a 46-yard pass from Diemer to Zac Cummins.

Brooke scored from five yards out in the first quarter to put AFC up 8-7 and scored again late in the second quarter.

West Carroll 48, PecaMichael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com tonica 12: Kody Plat- Erie-Prophetstown’s Ryne Jaquet (left) pursues Marquette’s Ryan Donahue during tenberger had a 50-yard the fourth quarter of the Panthers’ home game Friday night. interception return for a touchdown and a fiveyard touchdown in the Thunder win.

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ROCKORD LUTHERAN 38, DIXON 21

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ROCKFORD – The Rockford Lutheran monkey is still on the Dixon Dukes’ backs after a 38-21 loss to the Crusaders.

Other than a pair of late fourthquarter scores, the game had its fair share of miscues on both sides of the ball. The Dukes (3-1, 3-1 BNC) turned the ball over seven times and was 1-for-14 on third-down conversions.

In a game which featured 15 punts from both teams and 22 failed third-down conversions between the two – out of 23 tries – the Dukes couldn’t capitalize on Crusaders’ mistakes on top of not mustering much with some new plays on offense into the fold.

“We knew they were a good team,” Smith said. “They were 1-2, and now they’re 2-2 [2-2 BNC], and they’re back to being a good

team. We knew they were a good team.

They had some really tough games up front, but they didn’t do anything different.

Ryan “We’re disappointed Troutman with last year’s losses, and disappointed with this year’s loss,” Smith added. “We did not play Dixon Football at key moments.”

Junior running back Arthur Cox ran a 33-yard end-around on the Dukes’ first play from scrimmage, but the Crusaders held the Dukes offense to an average of just more than 2 yards per running play for the rest of the first half.

That first play from scrimmage led to a Kaylon Westmorland 20-yard TD reception from Noah Wilcox just 1 minute into play for a quick 7-0 lead.

Despite allowing an average of 5 yards per play themselves, the Dukes defense had trouble keep-

ing the Crusaders down on the larger runs. Before senior Joshua Davis’s 7-yard second-quarter TD run to tie the game at 7, sophomore Demarian Jordan had a 26-yard completion and broke nearly five tackles before being Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com brought down.

Polo’s Tristen Aguilar is tackled by Eastland-Pearl Then before senior Naeem Pruitt City’s Brighton Haverland during Friday’s game in put the Crusaders up 14-7 with 22.3 left in the first half, Jordan broke Polo. EPC won 39-6. another four Dukes tacklers on a preceding 15-yard completion.

Dixon trailed 21-7 at half.

Still, senior defensive end Ryan Troutman could find some positives with the Dukes’ defense throughout most of the game – save for those few big plays.

“We ran a couple of new formations which didn’t go too well,” Troutman said. “Our defense was solid. We slacked on offense. We couldn’t work out as a team. We had some good blocks, but when you get one good block, someone right behind you blows another block.”

The Red Zone Star of the game: Payton Womack, Lutheran, 22-99 rushing, 12-21 passing for 104 yards, 2 TDs He said it: “Between the quarterback, the running back, the receivers, the offensive line, there were times when we took turns on breaking down.” – Dixon coach Dave Smith Up next: Woodstock at Dixon, 7:30 p.m. Friday

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September 17, 2016

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OTTAWA MARQUETTE 42, ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 20

Two down put E-P down Fumble, long TD place Panthers in second-half hole

BY DAN WOESSNER dwoessner@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5554 @DanWoessner

ERIE – After a stalemate ensued in the second quarter, Erie-Prophetstown and Ottawa Marquette entered the third quarter with momentum hanging in limbo.

Two plays and less than 30 seconds into the third quarter that had changed just enough to alter the direction of the rest of the game.

The Crusaders rode the good fortune of a pair of plays to a 42-20 win against their former Big Rivers foe at Wayne Hein Field.

“You couldn’t have started the third quarter any worse,” ErieProphetstown coach Chuck Milem said. “We give up a fumble on the first play, and then they score on the next one.

“It put them up by two scores, which was huge. We felt in a one score game that our offense would go toe-to-toe with them, and hopefully the defense would make something happen.”

The Panthers (1-3) started the third quarter on their own 36.

On the first play, trouble in the exchange between quarterback Nathan Pierceson and Garrett Passmore led to a fumble, which was recovered by Marquette’s Sam Donahue.

“I am not sure what happened there,” Passmore said. “I don’t know whose fault it was. It’s a team game though, and we all have to take responsibility.”

On the next play, Ryan Donahue busted through the middle for a 35-yard touchdown run for Marquette (4-0). The score and extra point kick put the Crusaders up 21-6.

“We’ve just are not doing the small things on defense,” Milem said. “Overall, this was good game for us, but we have to improve on a lot of things.”

Marquette chewed up yards on the ground between big runs by Ryan Donahue and Zach Dyche. In all, Marqutte rushed for 320 yards.

Ryan Donahue had 202 yards, with 157 coming in the second half, and Dyche had 170 yards and four touchdowns.

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com The Panthers answered with a Erie-Prophetstown’s Garrett Passmore (left) and Logan Henrekin bring down Marquette’s Nate 13-play, 71-yard drive capped by Lindhout during the fourth quarter of their game Friday in Erie.

Passmore’s second touchdown run of the game.

The Red Zone Dyche scored on Marquette’s Player of the game: Zach Dyche, Ottawa Marquette, 24 carries, 170 rushing next two possessions, forcing the yards, 4 rushing TDs Panthers to abandon the run. The He said it: “He was a brute running the ball. We knew that coming in, but he still hurry up worked for E-P for one was able to power forward for a lot of yards. We have to get better on defense.” drive, as Pierceson completed six Erie-Prophetstown’s Garrett Passmore on Marquette’s Zach Dyche. passes to move the ball down the Garrett Up next: Newman at Erie-Prophetstown (at Erie), 7:30 Friday; Alden-Hebron at field, and then Pierceson scored on Passmore Ottawa Marquette, 7 p.m. Friday a three-yard run.

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Numbers game: Friday night boxscores at Wayne Hein Field, Erie

OTTAWA MARQUETTE 42, ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 20

OM EP First downs 23 17 Total yards 347 268 Rushes-yards 53-320 38-181 Passing yards 27 87 Passing (C-A-I) 1-4-0 7-19-0 Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-yards 2-10 2-15 Punts-average 0-0 2-32.5 Marquette 14 0 14 14 – 42 EP 6 0 8 6 – 20 First quarter OM - Zach Dyche 35 run (David Marin kick), 9:46 EP - Garrett Passmore 3 run (kick failed), 4:54 OM - Dyche 2 run (Marin kick), 2:05 Third quarter OM - Ryan Donahue 35 run (Marin kick), 11:39 EP - Passmore run (Nathan Pierceson run), 6:16 OM - Dyche 17 run (Marin kick), 1:34 Fourth quarter OM – Dyche 4 run (Marin kick), 9:28 EP – Pierceson 3 run (Run failed), 6:51 OM - Logan Komater 3 run (Marin kick), 2:36 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Marquette: Donahue 17-202, Dyche 24-170, Evan Green 7-31, Komater 4-9, Nate Lindhout 1-8. EP: Passmore 15-80, Pierceson 12-50, Kody Wetzell 7-27, Conner Reiley 4-24.

PASSING – Marquette: Komater 1-4-0, 27 yards; EP: Pierceson 7-19-0, 87 yards.

RECEIVING – Marquette: Donahue 1-27.

EP: Ross Cady 3-42, Kade Kovarik 3-39, Jarrett McCoy 1-6. at Landers-Loomis Field, Oregon

ROCK FALLS 33, OREGON 21

RF O First downs 14 18 Total yards 287 339 Rushes-yards 75 287 Passing (C-A-I) 17-26-0 0-5-0 Passing yards 264 0 Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-yards 4-55 6-60 Punts-average 2-47.5 3-34.5 Rock Falls 7 6 8 12 — 33 Oregon 0 13 8 0 — 21 First quarter RF – Michael Berentes 13-yard pass from Logan Pillars (Berentes kick), 9:19 Second quarter RF – Roger Carlson 30-yard pass from Pillars (Berentes kick), 11:53 O – Jacob Cullen 4-yard run (Jarrod Pottorff kick), 5:47 O – Cullebn 6-yard run (kick no good), 0:05 Third quarter O – Chase Prehn 51-yard run (Cullen run), 9:05 RF – Isaiah Harris 9-yard run (Berentes pass from Pillars), 7:45

Fourth quarter RF – Harris 8-yard run (kick no good), 11:08 RF – Carlson 13-yard pass from Pillars (run no good), 0:28 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – RF: Harris 8-39. Oregon: Cullen 17-87, Prehn 5-65 PASSING – RF: Pillars 17-26, 264 yards.

Oregon: Cade Chenoweth 0-5 RECEIVING – RF: Berentes 9-111 at Rockford

LUTHERAN 38, DIXON 21

D RL First downs 12 18 Total yards 255 343 Rushes-yards 31-111 46-239 Passing yards 144 104 Passing (C-A-I) 19-35-0 12-21-0 Fumbles-lost 4-3 5-1 Penalties-yards 5-54 8-85 Punts-avg.

7-39.7 8-39.6 Dixon 7 0 0 14 — 21 Lutheran 0 14 7 17 — 38 First quarter D — Kaylon Westmoreland 20 pass from Noah Wilcox (Westmoreland kick), 11:00 Second quarter RL — Joshua Davis 7 run (Jon Anderson kick), 10:08 RL — Naeem Pruitt 12 run (Anderson kick), 22.3 Third quarter RL — Davis 74 run (Anderson kick), 6:50 Fourth quarter RL — Payton Womack 15 run (Anderson kick), 10:03 RL — Anderson 29 FG, 7:01 RL — Luke Hancock 26 pass from Womack (Anderson kick), 5:00 D — Arthur Cox 73 kick return (Tyler Christiansen run), 4:48 D — Cox 2 run (Cox run failed), 2:19 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Dixon: Cox 23-103, Jared Harrison 2-0, Christiansen 3-7, Wilcox 3-1.

Lutheran: Womack 22-99, Pruitt 17-46, Demarian Jordan 2-(minus 5), Joshua Davis 3-85, Equavion Dismuke 2-14.

PASSING — Dixon: Wilcox 19-35-0, 144 yards. Lutheran: Womack 12-21-0, 104 yards.

RECEIVING — Dixon: Westmoreland 3-21, Elijah McGlowan 4-66, Jake Pittman 2-26, Cox 5-8, Harrison 5-33. Lutheran: Dismuke 7-27, Jordan 3-48, Davis 1-3, Hancock 1-26 at Fulton

FULTON 42, RIVERDALE 0 Riverdale Fulton

0 0 0 0 — 0 7 13 15 7 — 42 First quarter F – Tyler Bruggenwirth 19 pass from Tyler Sweenie (Cole McClary kick) Second quarter F – Michael Pidde 1 run (McClary kick) F – Pidde 13 run (kick failed) Third quarter F – Pidde 3 run (McClary kick) F – Pidde 1 run )Erik North pass from Bryce Grant) Fourth quarter – Austin Rash 25 run (McClary kick)

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Forreston’s Lane Henneman (43) runs through the middle of the Amboy defense Friday night. The Clippers lost 55-7 in the first meeting between the two teams in more than 30 years.

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Numbers game: Friday night boxscores at Freeport

AQUIN 44, AFC 15

AFC Aq First downs 14 18 Total yards 271 455 Rushes-yards 50-253 28-202 Passing (C-A-I) 1-3-1 15-18-0 Passing yards 18 253 Fumbles-lost 2-0 1-0 Penalties-yards 3-15 7-80 Punts-average 2-29 0 AFC 8 7 0 0 — 15 Aquin 7 17 13 7 — 44 First quarter Aq – Cole Luedeking 13-yard run (Zac Cummins kick), 9:23 AFC – Stephen Brooke 5-yard run (Caleb Drew pass to Joe Uphoff), 0:48 Second quarter Aq – Tim Harrington 39-yard pass from Jonah Diemer (Cummins kick), 10:01 Aq – Cummins 29-yard field goal, 4:07 AFC – Brooke 19-yard run (Max Lipold kick), 2:05 Aq – Cummins 46-yard pass from Diemer (Cummins kick), 0:00 Third quarter Aq – Harrington 13-yard pass from Diemer (kick no good), 4:14 Aq – Luedeking 9-yard run (Cummins kick), 2:02 Fourth quarter Aq – Luedeking 77-yard run (Cummins kick), 6:51 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – AFC: Stephen Brooke 30-247, David Atkinson 6-12, Demetri Lahman 3-7, Caleb McBride 1-2, Sam Hahn 1- (-3), Caleb Drew 9- (-12). Aquin: Cole Luedeking 15-163, Jonah Diemer 5-24, Tim Harrington 2-13, Cole Stykel 4-2, Patrick Gustafson 1-1 PASSING – AFC: Drew 1-3, 18 yards.

Aquin: Diemer 15-18, 253 yards, 3 touchdowns RECEIVING – AFC: Atkinson 1-18. Aquin: Zac Cummins 3-79, Bryce Carlson 4-73, Tim Harrington 3-55, Gustafson 2-44, Luedeking 3-2. at Polo

EPC 39, POLO 6

EPC P First downs 12 2 Total yards 334 127 Rushes-yards 45-243 23-129 Passing (C-A-I) 5-17-0 1-10-2 Passing yards 91 -2 Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-yards 5-40 3-45 Punts-average 3-73.2 3-45 Eastland-Pearl City 14 8 9 8 — 39 Polo 6 0 0 0 — 6 First quarter E – Keegan Schubert 1-yard run (kick good) P – Braiden Soltow 73-yard run (kick no good) E – Brighton Haverland 4-yard run (kick good) Second quarter

E – Schubert 2-yard run (kick no good) E - safety Third quarter E – 25-yard field goal E – Jayden Kempel 2-yard run (2-pt. conversion no good) Fourth quarter E – Kempel 41-yard run (2-pt. conversion good) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – EPC: Jayden Kempel 7-74, Schubert 22-105, Haverland 18-57. Polo: Soltow 6-88, Tristen Aguilar 10-14, Randal Gabaldon 3-13, Reid Taylor 4-9 PASSING – EPC: Haverland 5-15, 91 yards. Polo: Soltow 1-10, -2 yards RECEIVING – EPC: Jarod Kempel 1-25, Brock Smargiassi 3-54, Skyler Fisher 1-12: Taylor 1- (-2)

F - Hunter Daws 7 run (Wedmaier kick) 6:37 F - Matt Akins 1 run (Wedmaier kick) 1:45 Third quarter F - Garett Badertscher 1 run (Wedmaier kick) 5:03 Fourth quarter A - Austin Lundquist 4 run (Alexis Gutierrez kick) :19 F - Evan Kelsey 95 kick return (no PAT) :00 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING - Amboy: Ben Rhine 14-29, Travis Eames 6-20, Lundquist 6-20, Dallas Schafer 4-2, Dominic Moore 1-1, Andrew Gillan 1-(-2), Jordan Hochstatter 4-(-3).

Forreston: Fuchs 7-179, Christensen 3-44, Akins 10-41, Joseph Bowers 5-35, Kelsey 3-27, Badertscher 6-24, Henneman 7-12, Daws 1-7, Ben Sketo 1-3, Cailean Davids 1-0, Hunter Rogers 1-(-2).

PASSING - Amboy: Hochstatter 2-5-1, 7 yards; Justin Hart 1-1-0, 29 yards. Forreston: Daws 1-1-0, 25 yards.

RECEIVING - Amboy: Brady Hulin 2-26, Cain Powers 1-10. Forreston: Fuchs 1-25.

at Morrison

ROCKRIDGE 50, MORRISON 14

R M First downs 22 12 Total yards 509 190 Rushes-yards 41-413 40-97 Passing (C-A) 6-11 2-8 Passing yards 96 93 Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-1 Penalties-yards 10-74 4-47 Rockridge 21 22 7 0 — 50 Morrison 6 8 0 0 — 14 First quarter R – Nathan Parchart 3-yard run (Jacob McVay kick), 10:10 R – Riley Fetterer 3-yard run (McVay kick),5:46 M – Ethan Fishbach 68-yard pass fromReilly Dolan (kick no good), 4:01 R – Fetterer 32-yard run (McVay kick) , 3:08 Second quarter R – Reed Nelsen 4-yard pass from Fetterer (McVay kick), 9:14 R – Fetterer 30-yard run (Fetterer run), 6:32 M – Fishbach 85-yard kick return (Dolan pass to Dylan Keller), 6:17 R – Parchart 3-yard run (McVay kick), 0:30 Third quarter R – Parchart 8-yard run (McVay kick), 5:18 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Rockridge: Fetterer 14-209, Parchart 14-176. Morrison: Thomas Dykema 7-31, Nate Bush 8-48 PASSING – Rockridge: Fetterer 6-11, 96 yards, 1 TD: Dolan 2-8, 93 yards, 1 TD at Kewanee

NEWMAN 28, KEWANEE 0

N K First downs 17 13 Total yards 326 156 Rushes-yards 50-276 34-75 Passing yards 50 81 Passing (C-A-I) 2-6-0 8-16-1 Penalties 6-54 5-44 Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-1 Punts-average 2-22.0 4-31.0 Newman 0 20 8 0 — 28 Kewanee 0 0 0 0 — 0

at Roscoe Eades Stadium, Sterling

STERLING 49, LaSALLE-PERU 0

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Sterling’s Tyson Hall (44) and Ethan Sensor (42) bring down LaSalle-Peru’s Lucas Salazar (31) during the Warriors’ home game Friday night.

Second quarter N – Eli Leffelman 29 run (run fail), 11:25 N – Luke Olson 1 run (run fail), 5:05 N – Cade Gorzny 1 run (L.Olson pass from Landen Vesley), :09 Third quarter N – Colton Jones fumble recovery in end zone (Leffelman run), :26 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Newman: Leffelman 16-128, Easton Bianchi 4-17, Chase Graham 5-23, Gorzny 12-54, L.Olson 8-44, Rhett Scroggins 1-3, Ty Dillard 2-6, Vesley 2-1.

Kewanee: Drake Charlett 4-4, Lewis Robinson 3-11, Nick Sheets 18-8, Jeremy Burhron 3-37, Brach Howlett 2-5, Juan

Contreras 1-(minus-4), Depree Waugh 3-14.

PASSING – Newman: Vesley 2-6-0-50 yards. Kewanee: Sheets 8-15-1-81 yards, Burhron 0-1-0-0 yards.

RECEIVING – Newman: John Wilson 1-47, Leffelman 1-3. Kewanee: Steven Earthely 6-68, Charlett 1-9, Burhron 1-4. at Forreston

FORRESTON 55, AMBOY 7

First downs Total yards Rushes-yards

A F 7 21 103 395 37-67 45-370

Passing yards 36 25 Passing (C-A-I) 3-6-1 1-1-0 Fumbles-lost 3-2 1-0 Penalties-yards 1-5 3-15 Punts-ave.

4-43.7 1-36 Amboy 0 0 0 7 - 7 Forreston 21 21 7 6 - 55 First quarter F - Lane Henneman 5 run (Shaun Wedmaier kick) 9:09 F - A.J. Christensen 25 run (Wedmaier kick) 6:15 F - Gavin Fuchs 77 run (Wedmaier kick) 3:22 Second quarter F - Henneman 8 run (Wedmaier kick) 9:13

L-P S First downs 4 16 Total yards 46 453 Rushes-yards 27-10 40-338 Passing (C-A-I) 4-10-0 7-9-0 Passing yards 36 115 Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-yards 4-20 1-10 Punts-average 9-30.1 1-13 LaSalle-Peru 0 0 0 0 — 0 Sterling 21 14 7 7 — 49 First quarter S – Turner Morse 36 pass from Trey Morse (Tony Diaz kick), 7:03 S – Latrell Vaughn 18 run (Diaz kick), 3:53 S – Nyrel Sullivan 39 run (Diaz kick) 1:57 Second quarter S – Trey Morse 2 run (Diaz kick), 7:12 S – Elias Edmondson 1 pass from Trey Morse (Diaz kick), 2:24 Third quarter S – Turner Morse 34 pass from Trey Morse (Diaz kick), 10:37 Fourth quarter S – Marquez Williams 35 run (Diaz kick), 8:59 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – LaSalle-Peru: Lucas Salazar 13-10, Damarie Martin 3-5, Max Uranich 1-1, Justin Story 3-(minus 2), Kayne Jenkins 2-(minus 3), Tyler Martyn 5-(minus 1).

Sterling: Andrew Spaulding 11-93, Trey Morse 5-52, Nyrel Sullivan 8-84, Latrell Vaughn 6-21, Alek Duran 2-35, Marquez Williams 2-42, Isaiah Ryan 6-11.

PASSING – LaSalle-Peru: Martyn 4-10-0, 36. Sterling: Trey Morse 7-9-0, 115.

RECEIVING – LaSalle-Peru: Ryan Shevlin 1-10, Uranich 3-26. Sterling: Turner Morse 3-87, Nolan Sullivan 1-8, Elias Edmondson 1-14, Reid Blackburn 2-19.

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