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Board reaches Reagan decision

By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — The Princeton Elementary School Board has decided to keep the Reagan building open next year, but for a different use than its current housing of fourth- and fifth-grade students.

After several months of discussion and input from the public, the PES board made its decision at Monday’s meeting, following a recommendation from Superintendent Tim Smith.

Starting in Fall 2014, the Reagan building, located in Tiskilwa, will house one

pre-kindergarten classroom, to service preschool students in the Tiskilwa community, and will also provide space for two additional educational services. The district will extend leases to the Bureau-Marshall-Putnam Tri-County Special Education Cooperative and to Crossroads

High School, which is a private Christian high school currently meeting in the former Tiskilwa bank building.

Smith’s recommendation also includes the following realignment for the school sites located in Princeton: the Douglas building will house three

pre-kindergarten classrooms and kindergarten; the Jefferson building will house first and second grades; Lincoln building will house third and fourth grades; and the Logan building will house fifth through eighth grades.

In further detailing the recommendation, Smith

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Time to file PRINCETON — Bureau County candidates can now throw their hats into the race for the March 18, 2014, general primary election.

The filing period ends at 5 p.m. Monday, with candidate packets to be submitted at the Bureau County Clerk’s Office within the Bureau County Courthouse in Princeton.

Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline is an extension of the usual 4 p.m. closing time for her office to handle last minute filings, Bureau County Clerk Kami Hieronymus said.

The courthouse will be closed today, Thursday, and Friday, due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Hieronymus said it’s not too late for interested persons to pick up candidate packets from her office.

People could pick up a candidate packet on Monday as long as it’s returned by 5 p.m. that day.

Locally, the March 18, 2014, primary will determine political party nominations for the Bureau County treasurer position, the county clerk position and the Bureau County sheriff’s position.

Also political parties will decide their candidates for 13 of the 26 Bureau County Board districts.

The political party nominations for the Regional Superintendent of Schools will also be decided at the March primary. Precinct committeemen positions will be elected at the March 18, 2014, primary election.

said rent from the BMP cooperative lease would be about $44,000 annually. Rent from Crossroads High School would be $6,000 to $12,000 annually, dependent upon how much space the school uses.

SV Engineer gives overview of new wastewater treatment plant project

By Goldie Currie gcurrie@bcrnews.com

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Tom the turkey celebrates Thanksgiving Day with a fresh look on life, for at least another year. Families and friends throughout Bureau County will gather together for their own Thanksgiving celebrations, which may or may not include Tom’s relatives. However celebrated, and with whom, Thanksgiving Day has been a traditional time for people to stop from the busyness of life and to reflect on their blessings.

SPRING VALLEY — With a $9.5 million grant now in hand to rebuild the Spring Valley wastewater treatment plant, city officials are occupied with the initial steps to get the ball rolling on the project.

On Monday, City Engineer Larry Good gave an overview of the general steps aldermen will see throughout the four-year process.

Currently, a planning report is being put together, which will be sent to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) for approval.

If all goes as planned, the report should be submitted as early as February, according to Good. The project’s planning report will determine the design of the new plant, give inside details on the project, provide a cost effective plan and cost estimates, include an implementation schedule and financial and environmental impacts of the project.

“The document will then start the process of the state’s review and approval of the plan, and the implementation schedule will spell out the whole timeline for completion of the project,” he said.

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Seeking Sources With the holidays approaching, we know the wonderful cooks and bakers in Bureau County will be getting out their recipe boxes to start making menus for their upcoming festivities.

We’re hoping you’ll share some of your recipes with our readers. Recipe columnist Judy Dyke would like to feature one or more of your recipes in an upcoming edition of the Bureau County Journal. Send your recipes to her at judyd2313@ frontier.com. You can also mail them to her attention at the BCR, P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356.

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AFBF: The price of Thanksgiving dinner decreases

By Goldie Currie gcurrie@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — Here’s a morsel of information to be thankful for this season — the average cost of Thanksgiving dinner is slightly less than last year.

According to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) informal price survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table, the average cost of this year’s feast for 10 people is $49.04.

Last year’s average was recorded at $49.48.

The AFBF puts together an estimate of costs by averaging non-sale food prices around the country based on feeding 10 people.

The AFBF’s 44-cent decrease came as a surprise for Sullivan’s Foods manager Mike McCall. He

said the cost of regular staple items for Thanksgiving dinner seems to be creeping up every year.

He said sometimes looking through an old advertising brochure as old as 10 years, customers will find regular staple items like green beans, stuffing, Cool Whip and cream cheese are either slightly cheaper or the same price.

As for Thanksgiving Day’s hottest selling item, McCall said for the past four or five years, turkeys have held pretty steady on price or have seen a small increase, sometimes just by pennies, he said.

According to the AFBF survey, the average cost of a 16-pound turkey came in at $21.76 this year. That was roughly $1.36 per pound, a decrease of about 3 cents per pound, or a total of 47 cents per whole turkey, compared to the 2012 price.

With the survey, the whole bird was the contributor to the final total,

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showing the largest price decrease compared to last year.

In addition to turkey, other items that declined in price included a dozen brown-n-serve rolls at the average cost of $2.18; one pound of green peas at the average cost of $1.54; a 14-ounce package of cubed bread stuffing at the average cost of $2.67; fresh cranberries at the average cost of $2.42; a half pint of whipping cream at

the average cost of $1.85 and two, nine-inch pie shells at the average cost of $2.49.

Items that showed a price increase from last year according to the AFBF survey, included three pounds of sweet potatoes at an average cost of $3.36; one gallon of whole milk at $3.66 and a 30-ounce can of pumpkin pie mix at $3.10.

In addition, the survey included a combined

group of miscellaneous items, such as coffee and ingredients necessary to prepare the meal, which increased an average total of $3.20.

A one-pound relish tray of carrots and celery increased to an average of 81 cents.

According to past surveys by the AFBF, the average cost of dinner has remained around $49 since 2011.

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Spring Valley closure SPRING VALLEY — Spring Valley City Clerk Beck Hansen has announced her office will be closed Nov. 28 and Nov. 29 for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Garbage will be picked up on a one day later basis for Thursday and Friday pickups only.

ROE map changes

By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — The Illinois State Board of Education has approved a new map which reduces the number of regional education offices from the current 44 offices down to 35.

On Monday, Angie Zarvell, superintendent for the Regional Offices of Bureau, Henry and Stark Counties, said her office will not be affected by the new map. As

before, her office will continue to provide services for the 24 school districts in the threecounty area. The remapping was based on population served, she said.

According to the statement issued by the Illinois State Board of Education, each educational service region must have a population of at least 61,000 people, effective July 1, 2015. The Bureau, Henry and Stark region has a total population of

91,458 people, Zarvell said.

In describing the purpose of her office, Zarvell said the BHS Regional Office of Education provides professional development programs, administrator training, teacher licensure, and compliance responsibilities as well as on-going educational programs including truancy, GED and homeless support for the 24 school districts within the region.

Among area changes

as announced Friday by the Illinois Office of Education, the Marshall/Putnam/Woodford Regional Office of Education will close, with Putnam and Marshall counties going into the LaSalle County Regional Office of Education and Woodford County going into Tazewell County region. Also, the Whiteside office will go into the Lee/Ogle office.

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Buda discusses new snowplow

By Andrew Fisher news@bcrnews.com

BUDA — The final cost and other details of the village’s new snow plow were presented at the Buda Village Board meeting Monday. The new snow plow arrived last Friday. The cost of the new truck was $70,000. It was financed at 4 percent over five years. Annual payments of $15,805 will be made each December until the snowplow is paid off.

The village also announced plans to accept sealed bids with the right of refusal to sell the old snowplow with accessories. The mayor said sources told him the truck is worth $5,000.

The truck is a Ford F350 with spreader box, 10

In other news: • The village treasurer reported the 2013 annual audit is scheduled for completion in December.

• The village received thank you from the Stodghill family for flowers sent on the village’s behalf in memory of a family member.

• A representative from a resale business stopped by the village offices to inquire about putting up a receptacle for unwanted clothes and shoes in village. The board said it would take up the offer closer to spring.

• The village anticipates a final check from the Illinois Jobs Now program for $2,571. The funds will be deposited into the village’s Illinois Funds account.

• The council approved a bill for repair of the village office copier for $364. A bill for $2,040 for the water project from McClure Engineering was also approved.

• The village office also received a call from a Santa’s helper at the North Pole. The helper asked for the village’s help in locating a red coat with white cuffs and collar apparently left during Santa’s visit to Buda last year. The helper said Santa remembers seeing it at the community hall last year, and Santa would like to have it back as he will be in need of it over the holidays.

Anyone with word on the whereabouts of the missing red coat should please leave a message at the village hall so Santa can retrieve it before Christmas. foot dump box, snowplow, two doors and six wheels. The mayor also

said he has received four inquiries from potential buyers interested in pur-

chasing the truck.

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Hieronymus seeks sixth term PRINCETON – Bureau County Clerk and Recorder Kami Hieronymus has announced she is seeking her sixth term in office.

Hieronymus filed her nomination papers on Tuesday to begin her reelection campaign. She was first elected to the office in 1996 for an unexpired two-year term.

Hieronymus is seeking the Republican Party’s nomination on the March 18, 2014, primary.

In a press release issued Tuesday, Hieronymus said she has been working in the County Clerk’s office since 1987. She

has managed the election department through many changes including the transition from punch card voting to Optical Scan voting. Through federal grant money, the office has been able to upgrade voting machines, including electronic poll books at the polling places, she said.

Also, Hieronymus has moved the Recording Department into more computerization of records with document scanning and online Internet access.

She has utilized user-based fees in order to maintain computer upgrades in the Recording Department.

Continuing, Hieronymus said she has developed her own office website and handles current updates related to each department within the office.

The website includes detailed information on the county clerk’s office including current election information, applications, requested fees and links to other county departments.

Other projects soon to be developed include a genealogy website, updated county seal, and recruitment of high school seniors as election judges.

Hieronymus said she sees the job of county

clerk as always challenging and changing.

“New laws affecting different aspects of the job create some challenges. But then when you are able to handle and prepare for those changes, there is the satisfaction of accomplishing that transition. The job is exciting with many responsibilities but also rewarding in being able to assist those that need our services. My hope is that the voters of Bureau County feel I have been doing a good job and elect me to another four years in office.”

Dairy Queen to scoop up help for tornado victims PRINCETON — The Princeton Dairy Queen, which has already closed for the season, will open its doors on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. and will be selling all their surplus ice cream (cones, dishes, quarts, etc.) plus any boxed items that remain from the season. Owners Mark and Karen Townsend, along with manager Stepha-

nie Townsend, said all of the money collected from the sale of these items will go to help the victims of the Washington tornado. Stephanie Townsend, who thought of the idea to help the tornado victims, said, “We look forward to folks stopping by to stock up their freezers for the winter, while helping the people from this devastated area.”

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referendum will increase the city’s current sales tax from 6.75 to 7.25 percent. The increase will help fund municipal operations and expenditures on public infrastructure.

• Approved to have an ordinance prepared to make the intersection at Cleveland and Richards streets a four-way stop. Alderman Chuck Hansen had requested the Spring Valley Police Department complete a traffic survey at the intersection. Currently the intersection is a twoway stop.

• Approved the purchase of a leaf vacuum at the cost of $18,900.

• Approved to donate $1,000 to St. Margaret’s Hospital for its new surgical area and $500 to the Small Business Development Center, which is a three-year commitment.

• Approved to vacate an alley that runs through Lincoln Elementary School property.

• Approved to purchase the property at 200 E. St. Paul St. at the cost of $647. City Attorney Jim Andreoni reported the owner of the 202 E. St. Paul St. property has contacted him and they have set a deal for the city to purchase the property for $1. Andreoni said once the city has purchased both properties, it can then start looking into what the cost will be to demolish both buildings at once.

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From Page 1 Once the planning report is approved by the IEPA, Good anticipates having a final design of the new facility by the end of 2014. The council will then have to wait three to four months before receiving a building permit.

At the end of April 2015, the city will then bid and award the contract and start construction in July 2015.

It’s expected to take about a year and a half to build the new plant.

The expected time to be online and in compliance with the attorney general’s consent order is early 2017.

Good confirmed the time would be a year ahead of schedule of the attorney general’s ‘drop dead’ date of the consent order.

In the meantime, it was reported on Monday by alderman Mike Herrmann that the city will receive $1.5 million from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds and a little less than $400,000 to make repairs on the flood damage at the current wastewater treatment plant.

In other news, the council: • Approved to place a referendum on Spring Valley’s ballot in the next general election that will ask residents whether or not to increase the non home rule municipal tax by one-half percent. The passing of the

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From Page 1 If the BMP lease agreement fails, PES would need to move its district office, located on Dover Road in Princeton, to the Douglas building in order to capture additional savings, Smith said. This in turn would require sending the entire preschool program to the Reagan building in order to free up space at Douglas, he said.

“I feel very good about these recommendations,” Smith said. “The entire community has given great feedback and we’ve had good public participation. I just wanted to comment on the level of respect that has been shown to this process, not just from the board, but from the entire community because it has been a very difficult situation.”

Smith also credited his administrative team for its work in the process.

“I can guarantee you that much of what has been recommended here is due to that feedback from staff,” Smith said.

Following Smith’s presentation, the board unanimously approved the recommendation for next year’s building use.

Board member Steve

From Page 1 Statewide elections will include political party nominations for the offices of U.S. senator, governor/lieutenant governor,

attorney general, secretary of state, comptroller and treasurer. Also to be determined are the representatives for U.S. Congress and the Illinois General Assembly.

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Candidates to date for March 18, 2014, general primary election Republican Party Bureau County Sheriff Allan Beaber of Princeton, Nov. 25, 8 a.m.

William Rosenow of Sheffield, Nov. 25, 8 a.m.

(There will have to be a lottery drawing next week to determine ballot order.)

Bureau County Treasurer Courtney Yates-Mabry of Princeton, Nov. 25, 8 a.m.

Bureau County Clerk Kami Hieronymus of Princeton, Nov. 26, 10:50 a.m.

Bureau County Board District 3 Jim Donarski of Princeton, Nov. 25, 9:35 a.m.

District 7 Marshann Entwhistle of Princeton, Nov. 25, 12:45 p.m.

District 26 Connie Stetson of Neponset, Nov. 25, 3:30 p.m.

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Reagan Middle School students walks from the bus to the front of the school Tuesday morning in Tiskilwa after the Princeton Elementary School Board voted Monday night to not use the building to house the district’s fourth- and fifth-grade students for the next school year.

Bouslog said while Mon- opinion, not something On Tuesday, Smith said day’s decision will gener- the district needs, she he thinks the district has ate savings for the dis- said. accomplished its goal of trict, as well as additional The reason the closing keeping the Reagan buildrevenue, it is still the “tip of the district office was ing used for educational of the iceberg” of what is not further pursued came purposes. The BMP Speneeded in the area of fur- after conversations with cial Education Cooperather savings and addition- staff who wanted to sus- tive, of which PES is a al revenue for the district, tain the Douglas building member, has about 35 especially in the light of a for the students, Smith staff members and is possible pension reform said. However, the clos- expected to use the sinagreement. ing of the district would gle-story portion of the Board member Doris result in a savings of about building. Crossroads High Hamilton said the board $15,000 a year, he said.

School will use portions had talked years ago Bouslog recommended of the two-story section of about closing the district the district office discus- the building. Lease agreeoffice building and that sion be sent to the Build- ments are expected to be discussion needs to be ings and Grounds Com- finalized in December. revisited. The building is mittee for further discusComment on this story not in shape and, in her sion. at www.bcrnews.com.

Democratic Party Bureau County Sheriff James Reed of Arlington, Nov. 25, 8 a.m.

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Obituaries Douglas Birk AURORA, Colo. — Douglas Robert “Bob” Birk, 94, of Aurora, Colo., formerly of Tiskilwa, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, in Englewood, Colo., following a short illness.

He was born to Ingvald and Selma Thompson Birk in Fertile Township, Walsh County, N.D., on Dec. 22, 1918.

His childhood was spent on his family’s ranch in Tanamo, Cuba, where he lived the perfect boy’s life: sailing boats, hunting for treasure and riding horses.

In 1934, the family relocated to Miami, Fla., where he completed high school before working for Pan American Airlines. In 1940 the family bought a ranch in Marion, Mont., and Bob studied at the University of Montana at Missoula, graduating with a degree in chemistry. He continued his education at the University of Montana’s School of Law. He married Elizabeth Lou “Bette” Bond on July 3, 1943, in Superior, Mont. After their marriage, he worked for the U.S. government until the late 1940s when they relocated to Chicago. In 1958, Bob and Bette founded Ade Chemical Co. in Tiskilwa.

His wife, Bette, died Aug. 21,1968, in Tiskilwa.

In 1988, he moved to Ocala, Fla., where he married Margaret Kellogg. She preceded him in death in September 2004. In 2012, he moved to Colorado to be closer to his daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren.

He was fluent in Spanish and to the end of his life, he would try to engage anyone, going out of his way to speak to those who also spoke Spanish. Whenever he met someone, he would say, “I’m Bob Birk. Glad to know you.” And he was. He loved people. He also authored several books.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ingvald and Selma C. Thompson Birk; his wife, Bette; his sisters, Inger Birk and Burget Birk Boyce; his brother, Tom Birk; his nieces, Jacqueline Boyce Nelson and Doniell Birk; and his nephews, Thomas Birk and Randall Ingram.

He is survived by his daughter, Elizabeth “Marbeth” Birk Marcheschi and her husband, Michael Marcheschi, of Aurora, Colo., along with his stepdaughters, Sarah (Robie) Travis of St. Charles and Jennifer (Chuck) Barth of Princeton, and their families. He was the grandfather of Jordan (Jesse) Honea of Boulder, Colo., Ian Marcheschi of Denver, Colo., Katherine Marcheschi (Matthew Millyard) of Cambridge, England, and Emily Marcheschi of Boulder Colo. He was also the great-grandfather of Jared and Christopher Honea of Boulder, Colo. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews plus many dear friends.

A memorial service is planned in Colorado, with internment of ashes tentatively set for the summer of 2014 in Kalispell, Mont.

Raymond DeBrock SHEFFIELD — Raymond J. DeBrock, 50, of Sheffield died Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton.

Raymond was born Sept. 29, 1963, in Kewanee, the son of Richard and Deanne (Maas) DeBrock. He was united in marriage to Kimberly Frank on Oct. 1, 1983, in Sheffield. Ray was employed by Michlig Grain as a grain originator and project manager. He Raymond DeBrock was a Gold Township board member and an officer of Michlig Holdings LLC. Ray was dedicated to the farming community his entire life.

He is survived by his wife, Kimberly DeBrock of Sheffield; one daughter, Rebecca (Nathaniel) Davis of Istanbul, Turkey; one son, Blake DeBrock of Manlius; two grandchildren, Caedmon and Aiden of Istanbul, Turkey; his mother, Deanne DeBrock of Sheffield; three brothers, Ron (Wendy) DeBrock of Geneseo, Robert (Jennifer) DeBrock of Wyanet and Roger (Kristine) DeBrock of Manlius; two sisters, Debra DeBrock of Sheffield and Denise DeBrock of Sheffield; and three nieces and two nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father; one brother, Randall DeBrock; and his grandparents.

Funeral prayer services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Garland Funeral Home, Walnut, followed by Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Sheffield with Father Mark Miller, pastor at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Annawan, and Father Gerard VerHoye, retired pastor at St. Anthony Catholic Church, co-officiating. Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery in Sheffield.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home where a rosary will be recited at 3:30 p.m.

A memorial has been established in his memory.

Condolences may left at www.garlandfuneralhome. com.

Alice Dinkelman PRINCETON — Alice A. Dinkelman, 87, of Princeton passed away Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton.

Arrangements are pending at the Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home in Princeton.

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Sheriff’s office investigating reported stabbing incident

By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — The investigation continues into a Sunday night incident involving a reported stabbing.

In a press release issued Monday, Bureau County Sheriff John Thompson said his department responded Sunday to Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton regarding the report of a stabbing. Upon arrival at the hospital, it was determined the victim, Margaret E. Twidell, 85, of rural Princeton, had been the victim of a laceration injury inflicted upon her through the use of a sharp instrument within her home earlier that evening.

Following the attack, Twidell drove herself to Perry

Memorial Hospital where she received medical treatment for the laceration.

Twidell has since been released from the hospital to the care of family members.

Thompson said his investigators are reviewing the evidence associated with the alleged attack and have focused their attention on the victim’s husband, George Twidell, 86, of the same residence. The husband is currently housed at Proctor Hospital in Peoria for reasons associated with the incident, the sheriff said.

Once the husband is released from the hospital, Thompson said he plans to seek a warrant for the husband’s arrest.

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Work day planned in Washington, Ill. WALNUT — Don Watson of Walnut is organizing a work day in Washington, Ill., on Monday.

A motorcoach will leave Citizens Bank in Walnut at 7 a.m. and will return at 7 p.m. All men and women, at least 18 years of age, are invited to attend. They will need long pants, gloves, a

cap, boots, and a rack and shovel. In addition to the transportation, lunch, water and goggles will be provided.

Anyone interested in helping or making a monetary donation should contact Don or Sandra Watson at 815-379-2505 or Don at 815-228-1566.

Meeting Minutes Neponset Village Board

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NEPONSET — Insurance and tax levies, dumpster problems and winter road materials were among the topics discussed by the Neponset Village Board when it met Nov. 20 in regular session.

The board heard from Kevin Hermie of Jager Agency on the village’s insurance renewal for 2014, with the board voting to approve the renewal as presented.

The board also reviewed the new ordinance for 2014 tax levy, with the board passing the motion to accept the ordinance for the 2014 tax levy.

The board discussed illegal dumping in the dumpster at the Community Building and agreed to put up a sign in the bulletin board to remind people this dumpster is for the community building only.

Trustee Ken Snyder reported he will meet with Grant Gerrond to select the security cameras and supplies to install them. He and trustee Gene Costin are looking into the purchase of a LP tank for the new generator and will check with LP gas suppliers, to see if they have any used tanks for sale.

Trustee John Pratt reported he has the police report for October and the police car had to have a new fuel pump installed.

Trustee Wayne Gerrond reported he had nothing new this month, but would like to give a big thanks to Markus Chapman and Clarence Ingles for all their extra work this month in preparation for the new generator and the refurbishing of the Community Building. A rental agreement will be created for the Community Building stating cleaning and decorating procedures.

Trustee Gene Costin reported the village has 75 tons of sand and salt mix in Princeton which has to be picked up by Nov. 30, or the village has to pay a penalty. The village will try to make room in the Vols Building for the delivery of at least half of the material.

Trustee Mandy Mueller reported she has received information from NCICG regarding grants for sidewalks for school routes for children.

Trustee Barb Jannie reported she had a request for a building permit for a trailer home for next year sometime. The board decided not to vote on it a year in advance. Jannie will work on gathering all the information for zoning of trailers in town.

Mayor Carl Rohrig reported the village has purchased the software for the new computers and he is working on getting them up and running. He did not obtain any information or prices for the projector due to lack of time, but the topic will be put on the agenda for next month. He has received calls regarding a fox in town. Also he has received reports of aggressive dogs running loose in town.

The village needs to have whoever sees the dogs call the Neponset police or Bureau County police right away.

As far as sewer hookups, Rohrig said a letter will be composed for those who haven’t yet hooked up their sewer, with a time limit set for hook up. The letter will have to be approved at the December meeting. The bank will have different options for loans if anyone needs one.

In other business, the board approved a change to its meeting time from 7 p.m. to 6 p.m. The board approved last month’s meeting minutes, the new treasurer’s report and payment of bills as presented.

Criminal sexual assault

James A. McKee, 64, of Spring Valley was charged with the Class X felony of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, in his home in the 300 block of West Second Street, Spring Valley, at 7:45 p.m. Nov. 23. McKee allegedly had sexual contact with a male under the age of 13 years old on Nov. 22 in his residence.

Retail theft

Tiffany R. Pratt, 27, of LaSalle was charged with retail theft and driving while license suspended at Happy’s Super Service Station at 12:08 p.m. Nov. 22.

Driving while revoked

Daniel Garcia, 25, of DePue was charged with speeding and driving while license revoked on Route 6 near Route 89 at 6:41 p.m. Nov. 21.

Accidents

A vehicle driven by Michael R. Majchrzak,

section of Oak and Nelson streets at 9:37 p.m.

Nov. 22. Majchrzak was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, driving in the wrong lane, disobeying stop sign and speeding 55 mph in a 45-mph zone.

A vehicle driven by Gregory A. Bulak, 45, of Spring Valley backed into a vehicle owned

by Jennifer Jablanski, 43, of Spring Valley on Oakdale Avenue at 6 p.m. Nov. 10.

Deer accident

A vehicle driven by Cheryl Lucas-McCoy, 36, of LaSalle struck a deer on Route 6 near Oak Street at 1:40 a.m.

Nov. 24.

Princeton Police Disorderly conduct John A. Nall, 50, of Princeton was charged with disorderly conduct at the intersection of Peru and Homer streets at 9 p.m. Nov. 22.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Public Notice Proposed Renewal of the Federally Enforceable State Operating Permit Champion in Princeton Champion has applied to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to renew the federally enforceable state operating permit (FESOP) regulating the air emissions from its compressor manufacturing plant located at 1301 North Euclid Avenue in Princeton. The Illinois EPA has reviewed the application and made a preliminary determination that the application meets the standards for issuance and has prepared a draft permit for public review and comment.

The Illinois EPA is accepting written comments on the draft permit.

Comments must be postmarked by midnight December 28, 2013. If sufficient interest is expressed in the draft permit, a hearing or other informational meeting may be held. Requests for information, comments, and questions should be directed to Brad Frost, Division of Air Pollution Control, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, PO. Box 19506, Springfield, Illinois, 62794-9506, phone 217/782-7027, TDD phone number 217/782-9143, brad.frost@illinois.gov.

The repositories for these documents and the application are at the Illinois EPA’s offices at 1630 Fifth Avenue, Moline, 309/797-3341 and 1021 North Grand Avenue East, Springfield, 217/782-7027 (please call ahead to assure that someone will be available to assist you). The draft permit and project summary may also be available at http://www.epa. gov/reg5oair/permits/ilonline.html. Copies of the documents may also be obtained upon request to the contact listed above.

The 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act require potentially major sources of air emissions to obtain federally enforceable operating permits. A FESOP permit allows a source that is potentially major to take operational limits in the permit so that it is a non-major source. The permit will contain federally enforceable limitations that restrict the facility’s emissions to non-major levels. The permit will be enforceable by the USEPA, as well as the Illinois EPA.

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Learning to be thankful Let me be honest with you. I’ve been struggling with this column since I wrote my last one, when I realized I would be writing a column for Thanksgiving Day. I didn’t want it to be a column COMMENTARY filled with clichés.

I wanted it to be heartfelt and honest. But then I realized it’s almost impossible to write a Thanksgiving Day column without being a little cliché, so here we go.

Thanksgiving wasn’t always one of my favorite holidays growing up because we lived 12 hours away from all my family in Pittsburgh, Pa. We would rarely go out there for holidays. So normally our Thanksgiving, a holiday to gather as a family and give thanks for everything in our lives, always felt a little hollow to me.

Now, please, don’t get me wrong, growing up so far away from all my uncles, aunts, cousins and grandparents allowed me to have a set of friends who were like uncles, aunts and grandparents. They were our Iowa family, and sometimes they would join us for Thanksgiving dinner. But I always dreamed about a year when my family from Pittsburgh would join us in Iowa for the holiday.

Now growing up we would take the occasional holiday trek to Pittsburgh. And my memories of those were what I always wanted. Hanging out with my uncles and aunts, playing games with my cousins and getting bedtime stories from my grandparents. But they were just memories by the next year when we stayed in Iowa.

Jump ahead to my high school years. My brother and I are three years apart. So he was a senior when I was a freshmen. Once he went off to college, we didn’t see him a lot except for school breaks. And I started to realize how important it is to gather as a family, be it your immediate family or your extended family. I came to crave those times when Shawn would come home from school, and we could all torment each other as we did in the olden days much to Mama’s chagrin.

Then it was my turn to go off to college. For my freshman year, my parents and I went to Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving, and it was everything I could ever want. Time to catch up with the family I hadn’t seen in a few years. That year, I realized how truly blessed I am. The following year, my oldest cousin got married the Saturday after Thanksgiving. So out we went again. Last year, Thanksgiving was a few days late for us because my niece decided she had waited long enough and said it was time to be born.

As we get older and involved in other families, we have to start dividing up the holidays. Christmas is normally a run around time since my brother travels to Tennessee to see his wife’s family. So Thanksgiving is the time I know we will gather as a family and give our thanks for our health and everything we share.

By the time this will be published, I will have already helped my dad make our homemade pumpkin pies, probably got into a teasing war with my brother and hopefully be enjoying the smells of homemade quiche and cinnamon twists as we watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.

As soon as this day is over, I will anxiously be counting down the days for next year because for the first time ever my whole family will be coming to Iowa for the holiday! But before I get too crazy making the plans, I have to remember life is short and family is valuable. I intend to enjoy every minute of this holiday.

I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving. If that’s with your whole family or all your friends, I wish you and yours a happy holiday.

Next up, Christmas!

BCR Copy Editor Sarah Maxwell can be reached at smaxwell@bcrnews.com.

Sarah Maxwell

First Person Mike Taylor City: Princeton.

Grew up: Branson, Mo. Family: Wife, Heather; stepson, Peyton (12); and daughter, Piper (3 months).

Pets: Three dogs (not by choice).

Occupation: Insurance and investments with Country Financial.

What is the last song you listened to: Hmm, on the radio this morning was “Blurred Lines.”

What is the last book you read: “Unintended Consequences,” the evolution of transferring your wealth.

What is the last television show you watched: I don’t watch too many TV shows consistently

but I liked “Under the Dome.”

If you were stranded on a desert island and could have just one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be: Fettuccine Alfredo with shrimp.

If you were stranded on a desert island and could only take one thing with you, what would it be: My smart phone.

What is your local favorite restaurant: It’s got to be the Pizza Cellar.

If someone handed you a million dollars, how would you spend it: Well that’s a loaded

question. The simple answer is I would invest it and live off the interest.

People would be surprised to know that you: I don’t think there are many surprises about me. What you see is what you get.

What is your favorite thing about the city you live in: Homestead weekend.

If you could change one thing about your town, what would it be: I wish our schools were newer with the best technology available to our teachers and students.

This, that and the odder Originally I wanted to do a column for Thanksgiving about being thankful for things. I thought I had great subjects, and I would ask all my siblings what they were thankful for this year.

This plan worked until I started getting responses that were lacking originality. For example I’m thankful for my home, family, food, etc. Not that these things aren’t important, but I really wanted to challenge my siblings and get them to think a little harder on all the little but extremely important things for which they were thankful. I didn’t get much until I started giving them examples about things I wanted to include.

Here are some of the little things that make me smile, or breathe a deep sigh of relief throughout my days ...

• I’m thankful every morning when I wake up in bed and our crazy dog Elf was not left outside barking and howling at the leaves that are blowing by.

• When I walk into the bathroom and see all my brothers managed to aim properly, it makes me feel thankful.

• I love the days I am not on dish duty.

• I’m thankful I have such great cooperative (most of the time) siblings that let me take their pictures whenever I want, and that I finally decided to go and buy a camera so I can take those pictures.

• I am filled with gratitude when I walk outside and see a beautiful sunset or a full moon that I can capture in a picture.

• I was so pleased when my piano recital piece was played beautifully after I had totally botched it at the practice.

• My favorite day of the week is Wednesday because I have piano lessons at Mrs. Brown’s house and going there sets the tone for my entire week. She makes me smile.

I’m grateful that I started piano years ago.

Amelia Bystry COMMENTARY • I’m thankful that my mom understands my need for control and will let me design the Christmas card this year.

• I love the way my brother Simeon makes unexpected goofy faces, and when he smiles, he does it with his whole face.

• I’m thankful my brother Justus will always let me borrow his docking station (that is pretty much mine now) and will never complain about it.

• I appreciate the way my brother Milo can entertain anyone in the house whenever he wants to. He can take my sister, Faustina, when she is falling apart and get her in a good mood just by playing with her for a bit.

• I am thankful when I get new piano books and I can sit down and play through all the new songs which sometimes takes me hours.

• I love having a 7-year-old sister who can give me fashion advice in the morning when I have no idea whatsoever what to wear (and she gives great advice).

• I feel thankful my youngest sister, Patience, will do just about anything for me (mostly give me hugs) if she can just play Pretty Princess on the iPod. • I am so happy my mom is almost to the end of her pregnancy, so she doesn’t have to keep counting down the weeks until she feels comfortable again.

• I am thankful we live on a farm and not in town, so when one of my siblings is running around naked you can just laugh and not worry about what the neighbors will think.

I guess my list has taken up most of the room so I will just share the best responses from my siblings.

Milo loves the feeling when he earns a new belt in karate and is the most thankful for his purple belt.

He is thankful for the first snow and watching Patience when she watches “Curious George” in the morning because it makes her laugh. Lastly, he is thankful for serving weeks at church because he gets doughnuts.

Faustina is grateful for Tuesdays because that is the day she goes to violin. She is thankful Patience loves her most out of all the kids. She loves it when I allow her to color in my room at night and especially when I join her. She feels thankful for the winter breeze, and she is most thankful for her birthday.

Simeon is thankful when the corn starts turning brown because that means harvest is coming. He is glad he has 32 coloring books and might get more for Christmas. He appreciates he is an artist and can play the piano. He is thankful the coyotes quit eating our chickens, and he loves Fridays because that is when he gets computer time.

Justus is thankful for school days because he loves school and all his teachers there. He is grateful for hunting season and the plentiful deer. He loves that his mom will bring him his lunch when he forgets it and makes treats for all his friends at school and Festival 56.

He is thankful for being able to play piano and guitar and having the best piano and guitar teachers in the world.

Patience is last but not least, and her list is short. She loves her kitty backpack!

This Thanksgiving I hope you keep in mind all the simple and little things that are important and make you smile. I know that some people have a lot harder life than others, but there is always something that can brighten your day like a front row parking spot at Walmart or an unexpected letter in the mail.

Amelia Bystry, 15, resides in rural Princeton. You can contact Amelia at amelia_bystry@ yahoo.com.

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Religion — Area churches hold cookie and candy sales. See Page 8.

Proceeds will go to Washington Park District Baily Beaber is pictured with a selection of items during the Bureau County Metro Center’s bake sale on Nov. 22 to raise money for the Washington, Ill., Park District. There were eight employees at the Washington Park District that lost absolutely everything in the tornado and the Metro Center will donate the proceeds from the bake sale to those eight employees and their families.

The Metro Center is collecting nonperishable goods, toys, clothes, etc., for the Washington Park District Youth Day Camp and After School Program.

They will accept donations until Monday morning.

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Williams promoted to lieutenant colonel COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Major Richard Williams, U.S. Air Force, was promoted to rank of lieutenant colonel Oct. 31 during a ceremony conducted at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado. Attending the event was his mother, Dianna Hotchkiss of Sheffield.

Williams is assigned to the Headquarters, Air Force Space Command, where he serves as chief of military justice. Air Force Space Command was established in 1982 and supports U.S. military operations worldwide by providing the Department of Defense with focused space and cyberspace capabilities through the use of satellites, spacelift and cyber operations.

It has more than 46,000 personnel who serve missions at locations across the globe. Williams provides functional oversight on all adverse legal actions within the command.

Williams is a Bureau County native.

He graduated from the former Western High School in Buda in 1989 and then enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served in the Army’s Military Intel-

Richard Williams and Dianna Hotchkiss ligence Corps as a Russian translator and intelligence analyst. He left the Army after six years, received a master’s degree in criminal justice from Illinois State University in 1996 and then went on to receive a law degree from Northern Illinois University in 1999. He worked for the LaSalle

County State’s Attorney’s office after graduating law school until he joined the Air Force as a judge advocate in 2001.

Williams has focused on various areas of the law while in the Air Force to include contracts, environmental and civil law issues. He has also performed duties as a senior military prosecutor and defense attorney and was given appointments as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney by the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Louisiana and later by the U.S. Attorney for Colorado.

Williams arrived at Air Force Space Command in 2012 following a one year deployment in Afghanistan where he was assigned to the Headquarters, U.S. Forces Afghanistan.

Williams was awarded the Bronze Star for his efforts.

Williams previously deployed to the Persian Gulf area in 2008-2009 as the sole legal advisor to an air base providing combat and surveillance support into both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Community Notes Pancake, sausage breakfast SHEFFIELD — The Sheffield Lions Club will hold a pancake and sausage breakfast from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sunday at St. Patrick’s Parish hall in Sheffield. The cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children 6-12 and free for children under 6.

Drawing PRINCETON — The Bureau County Mounted Search and Rescue will hold its annual Rifle Drawing at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Pizza Cellar.

This event is open to the public.

Webinar PRINCETON — The BureauPutnam Health Department will host a webinar to help identify and explore ways to bring together mental health and juvenile justice systems to address the needs of youth in the communities and the Creating Community Solutions approach from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Princeton Public Library. Attendees can bring a brown bag lunch, drinks and snacks can be purchased from the library cafe.

Christmas potluck dinner PRINCETON — The Covered Bridge Quilters Guild will meet at 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 5 at the Christ Community Church, 1749 Euclid St., Princeton, for its Christmas potluck dinner.

Bring a dish to share and table service. Drinks will be provided.

Guests are welcome to attend for $5. For membership information, call Annette Byrne at 815-2230558; for workshop information, call Sandra Gladhill at 815-228-1071; and for program information, call Terry Johnson at 815-872-0534.

Blood drive SHEFFIELD — An American Red Cross blood drive will be from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at St. Patrick’s Church Hall, 231 W. Atkinson in Sheffield. A blood donor card or driver’s license and two other forms of identification are required at check-in. To make an appointment, call 800-733-2767.

Concert planned PRINCETON — The Princeton Community Band will present “An Afternoon of Holiday Cheer” at 3 p.m. Dec. 7, in the Sally Skinner Council Auditorium at Princeton High School. The concert will feature many holiday favorite in a variety of musical styles, and will include an audience sing-a-long.

The band will be under the direc-

tion of guest conductor Brandon Czubachowski. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

Christmas concert PRINCETON — The Illinois Valley Flute Ensemble and Flutopia will present a Christmas concert titled “Christmas Around the World” at the Prairie Arts Center, 24 Park Ave. East in Princeton, at 7 p.m.

Dec. 6. The concert will feature international Christmas music as well as some familiar tunes from the Nutcracker Suite. Holiday drinks and flavored coffees will be served after the concert.

Admission will be by donation only.

No reservations required.

Festival 56 production PRINCETON — Festival 56 will present “Still Dreaming of a White Christmas,” an update on the music-filled holiday classic, at the Grace Performing Arts Center, 316 S. Main St. in Princeton. Shows will be at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 17, 20 and 21, and also at 2 p.m.

Dec. 8 and 21. Tickets are $26, $24 for seniors and $13 for students under 18. They are available by calling 815-879-5656. For more information, call www.festival56. com.

Food pantries — Area food pantries receive donations from local organizations. See Page 9.

Festival 56 opens with ‘White Christmas’ play Dec. 6 PRINCETON — Festival 56 will kick off the holiday season at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 with the first performance of “Still Dreaming of a White Christmas.” It runs through Dec. 21. All shows are at the Grace Performing Arts, 316 S. Main St., Princeton. Tickets are $26, $24 (seniors) and $13 (students under 18).

The play, written by Laura Brigham, takes us into the imagined next chapter of this beloved holiday classic. The music-filled show features many Christmas and Golden Era tunes, such as “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”

From Dec. 17-22, Festival 56 will also present “The Naughty List,” a holiday play designed especially for children ages 3-10. When one of Santa’s elves finds himself on the “naughty list,” he realizes that he has lost the meaning of Christmas and goes off in search of it. Thinking about a play that would be fun for her own small children, Laura Brigham was inspired to write “The Naughty List.”

General admission tickets are $13 (The Naughty List is a special event not

included in Festival 56 subscription packages.)

Learning Stage, the education committee of the Princeton Theatre Group, has devised a kids’ contest for the “Naughty List” production. The contest is co-sponsored

by Heartland Bank and the Princeton Chamber of Commerce. Contest booklets are available at the bank’s main office in Princeton (606 S. Main St.), at the Grace Performing Arts Center and online at www.festival56. com. Entries must be returned to the Grace by 5 p.m. Dec. 10. Semifinalists will receive two tickets to the play. The grand prize will be a $50 savings account at Heartland Bank.

For tickets to “Still Dreaming of a White Christmas” or “The Naughty List,” visit www. festival56.com or call the Festival 56 Box Office at 815-879-5656, ext. 11.

The box office is open noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and an hour before each performance.

The Grace Performing Arts Center is completely accessible and ample nearby parking is available.

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Religion Briefs Tortellini sale DALZELL — The men and women of the St. Thomas More parish are selling tortellini once again. The proceeds will supplement the church’s finances past July 2014.

The parish will merge with Holy Trinity in Cherry. To order tortellini, call Mary Jean Goodrich at 815-6644615.

Cookie walk PRINCETON — St. Louis Church will hold its cookie walk from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Dec. 7 and from 7 a.m. to noon Dec. 8.

Cookie walk SPRING VALLEY — The United Church of Christ (Congregational) will have its traditional cookie walk from 7:30 a.m. to noon Dec. 7.

Varieties of holiday cookies and candies will be offered. Homemade peanut brittle will be sold for $6.50 per bag.

There will be a variety of homemade crafts. For more information, contact the church office at 815-663-1951.

Sausage making ARLINGTON — Members of St. Patrick Church in Arlington will be making sausage on Dec. 7. Orders may be placed by calling Lauren Koch at 815-638-2224 or Ann Hunter at 815638-2691 by Dec. 2.

Sausage will be available for pickup on Dec. 7 at the church hall between 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. and on Sunday after the 10:30 a.m.

Mass.

Members have made sausage to benefit the church in the months of March and December for more than 40 years using “Nuco” Fonderoli’s family recipe.

Illinois Valley Midday Connection luncheon OGLESBY — Illinois Valley Midday Connection, a nondenominational Christian Women’s group, invites women from the Illinois Valley area to its monthly luncheon and program at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 10 at the Deer Park Country Club in Oglesby.

The cost for the lunch and program is $15 inclusive, paid at the door. The theme for the luncheon is “Holly Jolly Christmas.” The speaker is Carole Ledbetter of Ottawa, and her talk is, “Your Best Christmas.” Special music will be performed

by Ashley Ledbetter, a senior at Ottawa High

School.

All reservations and cancellations must be made by Tuesday. Call Vickie at 815-223-4687 or Anita at 815-2232858 or email scolari12@comcast.net to make reservations. Free child care is available if a reservation is made by the deadline.

Pie and coffee club CHERRY — Holy Trinity Church will hold its pie and coffee club at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in the church hall in Cherry.

The meeting this month is come visit Santa’s workshop. For more information, contact Bonnie at 815-2244008.

Christmas swag sale HENNEPIN — The Hennepin Relay for Life team will be selling handmade Christmas Swag to raise funds for the 2014 Relay For Life event to be held in early June in Henry.

Boyle Christmas Tree Farm will be donating the greens to be used in the swags. Orders can be placed with any team member or by calling 815-925-7488 or 815303-3536 and leave a message.

Swags can be picked up Dec. 7 at the Hennepin United Methodist Church. The price per swag is $20 each or two for $35.

Second Sunday worship SEATONVILLE — Alathea, an acclaimed folk/gospel duet, will lead worship at the Seatonville Congregational Church, Independent at 6 p.m. Dec. 8 as part of the church’s Second Sunday Alternative Worship Gatherings.

Following the worship, Alathea will present a Christmas concert to the community. This is a free event and an offering will be taken to help fund the youth mission trip in the summer. For more information, call 815-228-6717 or visit www.facebook. com/secondsunday. seatonville.

First Lutheran to host old-fashioned sing-along PRINCETON — The First Lutheran Church in Princeton will host a Christmas Carol Sing at 2 p.m. Dec. 8. The approximately one-hour event will include an old-fashioned Christmas carol sing-along with favorite Christmas carols, old and new. Larry B. Peterson, director of

music for Augustana College Campus Ministries and instructor for organ for the Augustana Department of Music, is the guest organist. Refreshments will be served in Fellowship Hall after the sing-along. The event is open to the public. No offering will be taken.

The First Lutheran Church is offering this event as its gift to the community.

UMC holds combined service PRINCETON — The First Unirted Methodist Church of Princeton, 316 S. Church St., will hold a combined worship service at 10:30 a.m.

Dec. 8. The centerpiece of worship will be the children’s Christmas musical. All are welcome to join.

Childcare PRINCETON — Princeton’s First United Methodist Church, 316 S. Church St., will offer free childcare at the church from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 14. The program is for children ages 3-12 so parents can do some kid-free Christmas shopping.

Snacks and activities will be provided. Preregistration is required, call 815-872-2821.

Lucia Festival PRINCETON — Evangelical Covenant Church of Princeton will hold its annual Lucia Festival at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 14. Tara Kunkel will provide this year’s entertainment. Egg casserole, fruit soup, breads and cookies will be served.

Tickets are $8 per person. Reservations are required. Call Joan Eggers at 815-875-2168 to make a reservation.

The bake sale will ● run from 9 to 11 a.m.

Cookie and candy sale PRINCETON — The annual All-Church Christmas and Candy Sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at Princeton First United Methodist Church in Cushing Hall. Cookies and candies will be sold by the pound.

Bake sale and raffle PERU — St. Valentine Catholic Church will hold its annual Christmas bake sale and raffle from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Dec. 14 at the church annex, 1109 Pulaski St., Peru. The bake sale will feature an assortment of baked goods, cook-

ies, candy, pies, noodles and potica. There will be raffle items including a holiday ham, a tray of homemade decorated cookies, Christmas crafts and gift cards from local businesses.

Tickets will also be available for the grand raffle drawing on Dec. 27.

Tickets are $50 each for large cash prizes.

Christmas cookie walk SPRING VALLEY — A Christmas cookie walk will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 14 at Parish of Nativity of our Lord (old St. Anthony Church), 510 Richard Mautino Drive in Spring Valley.

The event will feature a wide variety of cookies, candy and more in a select-your-own style.

The cost will be $6 per pound.

Cherry raffle benefits food pantry CHERRY — Holy Trinity Cherry will help the Hall Township Food Pantry again this year to raise funds for milk at the food pantry. Holy Trinity will hold its kids milk and cookies raffle to raise the money. The church will raffle off a handmade Christmas wall-hanging made by Rose Yoder and her team from Arthur.

Tickets for the raffle will be sold from now to Dec. 15 when the winning ticket will be selected after the 8:30 a.m. Mass in Cherry.

Tickets are $1 or six for $5. To purchase tickets or to make a donation through the mail, send a check made out to Holy Trinity Christmas Kids Milk and Cookies at Holy Trinity Cherry, 212 S. Main St., Cherry, IL 61317, the Hall Township Food Pantry, 500 N. Terry St., Spring Valley, IL 61361, or visit www.cherryholytrinity. org.

Andersons to note 50th wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Richard Anderson of 321 N. Pleasant St., Princeton, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner hosted by their three children.

Richard Anderson and the former Sandra Rosinski were married Nov. 30, 1963, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in DePue. Richard was employed

by LTV Steel in Hennepin as a millwright. Sandra was a printer at Lake Press Printing in DePue and worked in the jewelry department at Walmart in Princeton.

They are the parents of three children, Vickie Byers of Chandler, Ariz., Bradley (Marla) Anderson of Edelstein and Jason (Julie) Anderson of Princeton. They also have five grandchildren, Natalie Hopper of Chandler, Ariz., Nathan Byers of Chandler, Ariz., Emily

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Anderson Anderson of Edelstein, Kyle Anderson of Edelstein and Allison Anderson of Princeton, and one great-granddaughter, Elliana Barcinas of Chandler, Ariz.

The couple enjoys Garden Club, Bunco Clubs, volunteering and traveling. They will celebrate their anniversary with a cruise and with their children and grandchildren in Arizona.

‘A Very Tribal Christmas’ is planned for Dec. 6 PRINCETON — Justin and Deb Bullington will present “A Very Tribal Christmas” at 6 p.m. Dec. 6 at Christ Community Church in Princeton.

The Bullingtons are tribal church planters with New Tribes Mission. The public is invited to attend and listen to Christmas music, enjoy a free dinner and hear an incredible testimony from Ron

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Lindsey, church planter among the Siawi Tribe of Papua New Guinea and president of New Tribes Bible Institute.

The purpose of this event is to raise money for practical ministry needs.

All the needs, from small to large, will be put up on the Christmas tree to give the guests an opportunity to purchase an item for the work.

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Bureau County Food Pantry receives $800 donation Bureau County Food Pantry manager Vanessa Hoffaditz (center) receives a check for $800 from Bob Hurdis (left) and Jim Kieschnick from Princeton’s First Lutheran Church. The donation is to be used to meet the food needs of the community. The funds were raised from donations and the sale of concessions items from the annual Old Wheels car show held each spring.

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PMH donates 1,516 pounds of food Perry Memorial Hospital employees participated in the hospital’s annual food drive competition collecting 1,516 pounds of food for the Bureau County Food Pantry. Hospital departments were divided equally into three teams: Team P, Team M and Team H. During September, employees brought in non-perishable items. Team P won. They collected 744 pounds of food. Pictured are PMH employees representing the winning departments: Administration, housekeeping, ICU, laboratory, materials, management, women’s healthcare, orthopedic clinic, plant operations, special procedures, surgery and post anesthesia care and sterile processing.

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Richards earned distinction as an honor graduate.

She is the daughter of Martha Richards of Columbus, Ind., and Eldon Richards of Princeton.

The New Bedford Royal Neighbors of America donated eight turkeys and all the trimmings to make a delicious Thanksgiving dinner to the Western Bureau County Food Pantry for area families. Pictured are Helen Hardesty (left), Patsy Swanson and Mary Lanham, the pantry’s • Physical, Occupational & Speech coordinator, with food • State-of-the-Art pantryEquipment volunteers.

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Wally Keller Invite: Wethersfield 65, BV 52

Jenkins, Geese fly past Storm

By Brent Jamison sports@bcrnews.com

KEWANEE — Wethersfield coach Jeff Parsons called Tuesday night’s game against Bureau Valley a chess match. In the fourth quarter, Matt Jenkins declared checkmate.

Jenkins was hot all night for the Flying Geese and he saved his best for the final period, hitting three of his four three-point attempts and scoring 15 of his gamehigh 29 points to lead Wethersfield to a 66-52 victory over the Storm at the Wally Keller Invitational.

The 6-foot-3 lefty finished the game 8 of 14 from the field and 7 of 12 from downtown. His second three of the quarter capped a 9-0 run by the Geese after the Storm had got within six points in the first minute of the

fourth.

“I talked in pre-game and then halftime again about not letting shooters get open looks,” Storm coach Jason Marquis said. “We just didn’t do a very effective job of that. That’s my own fault.

Obviously, I should have made a bigger deal of it.

We are young and got to learn to be a little bit better.”

Jenkins’ teammate, Trevor Lay added 22 points and ignited the important run of nine unanswered with six consecutive points. His first two scores came both on transition layups after Storm turnovers.

Parsons said the Storm had a good gameplan which took his team out of their offensive rhythm in the middle two quarters, but was pleased with their response in the fourth.

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The Hall Lady Devils picked up a nice 54-49 nonconference victory Tuesday, defeating the Dixon Duchesses at Red Devil Gymnasium.

Becca Herrmann (16 points) took it to the Duchess from the inside and Brenna Faletti (15) got them from the outside.

“The girls played with a lot of intensity throughout the game,” first-year head coach Josiah Martin said. “The girls deserve all the credit. They played a great team game on the defensive side of

2013-14 Wrestling Preview

Wrestlers step into Three Rivers

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Basketball roundup

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Princeton’s Tyler Hammitt (left) and St. Bede’s Adam Hunter lock horns in their match at 152 pounds Tuesday at Prouty Gym n Princeton. Hunter scored a fall at 152, but PHS took the victory, 48-36.

the basketball, and we got contribution from several players on the offensive side of the ball as well. It was a good team victory.”

The Lady Devils were hot from the field, making 21 of 43 attempts (49 percent).

Bureau Valley 45, Henry 44: The Bureau Valley girls basketball team defeated host Henry for the second time in a week, but this one came much tougher. The Storm outscored the Lady Mallards 12-9 to escape with a 45-44 win on the road Monday. BV beat Henry 50-34 at last week’s Princ-

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The Princeton, Hall/Putnam County and St. Bede wrestling teams step into the Three River Conference this year as new league members. One coach who knows all about the quality of the competition that will be throughout the league is Princeton coach Steve Amy. The Tiger coach wrestled for Rockridge, then a member of the Olympic Conference, but has joined the Three Rivers along with former Olympic rivals Sherrard and Orion and the Bureau County trio.

“The Three Rivers is a great wrestling conference. Year in and year out there are always state place winners/champs and now adding the old Olympic Conference that has had great tradition it will only add to it,” said Amy, who was a three-time state champion at Rockridge and runnerup the other year.

“If you look back at the past 20 years at the team results from team sectionals and team state there always seems to be one of the teams in the mix.

Of the 15 TRAC members, only

Tigers trip Bruins

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

Princeton and St. Bede got the 2013-14 wrestling season underway Tuesday at Prouty Gym with Peoria Notre Dame joining the party.

The host Tigers came away with a 48-36 win over the Bruins in the nightcap. Peoria Notre Dame went 2-0 in the night, defeating the Tigers 48-27 and the Bruins 64-18.

“I thought we looked pretty good for it being our first time out,” PHS coach Steve Amy said. “We have a lot of young guys in our lineup, and they did a great job of using the fundamentals that we have been working on. I saw a lot of things that we need to continue to work on, but saw a lot of great things considering how young we are.

“Giving up three weights does not help us at all, but if we continue

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Bureau Valley does not field a wrestling program.

At Princeton: Princeton fields a team of 16 wrestlers, looking to fill as many weights as they can. While the numbers are down, Amy, now in his sixth year at PHS, feels his young team has quite of bit of experience coming through the Tiger Town youth program.

Returning sectional qualifiers are junior Drew Pranka (152) and sophomores Luke Marselle (113, 19-19) and Tyler Webster (120,

Swept away by curling Sheila Heth of Princeton went to her 40th class reunion at Ottawa High School last summer. While catching up with old friends, the topic of conversation came to the sport of curling. The more they talked about it, the more Heth became interested.

She was invited to attend the annual open house held by the Waltham Curling Club in Triumph, which happens to be the oldest curling club in the state.

She stayed for the full four hours, and her words, was hooked.

Or do we dare to say, swept away.

“I signed up as a new member and

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for two mixed leagues,” Heth said. “I was taught the techniques, and then I practiced for hours before the season started and throughout the season whenever I could. Curling is a lot of fun, but it is also about finesse, strategy and camaraderie. It is also really good exercise.”

What is this game of rocks and

brooms all about? Here’s a good description in a nutshell.

Curling is a sport in which two teams of four players each slide 40-pound granite rocks (also called stones) down a sheet of ice toward a target at the other end.

Each team tries to get more of its stones closer to the center of the target than the other team.

Heth and her teammates recently placed second in the 4th event at the 2013 Blackhawk Women’s Bonspiel in Janesville, Wis. Sixteen women’s teams participated in the three-day event.

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7-15). Other top returners include sophomores Tyler Wood (106, 5-6) and Luke Hoffman (160, 4-12).

Freshmen Austin Wetsel (120/126) and Tyler Hammitt (145/152) were IKWF State qualifiers.

Other hopefuls to be in Tuesday’s opening-day lineup include senior Casey Pierre (170/182), juniors Starr Mecum (145), Vlad Stephanov (220) and Skylar Spencer (220), sophomores Drew Carpenter (132),

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Sheila Heth of Princeton plays “lead” for the Waltham Curling Club. She picked up the sport after learning about it at her 40th class reunion.

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From Page 13 to improve and compete for every point we could be competitive.”

Three forfeits started the Tiger-Bruin match starting at 220 pounds back through 106, two for the Tigers and one for the Bruins, When they wrestled for real, Tigers Luke Marselle, 3:17 at 113, Tyler Webster, 1:31 at 120 and Austin Wetsel, 1:53 at 126 all won by fall to push the Tigers to a commanding 30-6 lead.

The Tigers gained falls at 145 by Doran Piper in 3:02 over Jake Hockings and

by Luke Hoffman at 170 in 0:54 over S. Barnes. Chaz Williams capped the Tiger scoring with their second forfeit win of the night at 195.

Johnny Kerasotes got the Bruins going at 131 with a 0:58 fall. Also winning by fall for the Bruins were Adam Hunter (1:52) at 152 and Sam Bennett (4:37) at 182.

Starting at 182, PHS got off to 15-0 and 21-6 leads over Notre Dame, but the Irish turned the tables at the lower weights to push for a 48-27 win.

Winners on the mat for PHS were Williams, 7-6 at 195, Vlad Stephanov, by 2:41 fall at 220, and Tyler Wood, by 1:13 fall at 106. Starr Mecum (160) and Dominick Biggs (182) won by forfeit.

Hunter won by 3:16 fall at 152 for St.

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St. Bede’s Jake Hockings get a good grip on Princeton’s Doran Piper in their 145-pound match Tuesday at Prouty Gym. Piper scored a 3:03 fall.

Bede against Notre Dame with the Bruins gaining forfeit wins by Andre Hurr (160) and Bennett (182).

Hieronymus

From Page 14 She plays “lead” for the Waltham squad, which throws the first two rocks of the end and then sweeps the next six. The lead must be a strong sweeper.

Teammates are Dawn Wilson of Ottawa playing “skip” (team captain, who deploys team strategy), Tara KeelPhoto contributed ing of LaSalle playing “secThe Waltham Curling Club team earned second place ond” (throws the third and in the 4th Event at the 2013 Blackhawk Women’s fourth stones of the end) Bonspiel in Janesville, Wis. Sixteen women’s teams and Sharon Boda of Utica participated in the three day event. Team members playing “vice” (has to be are Tara Keeling of LaSalle playing Second, Sheila good at draws and sets up Heth of Princeton playing lead, Dawn Wilson of throws made by the skip.)

Ottawa playing skip and Sharon Boda of Utica playHeth says she was a good ing vice. athlete in high school, You might just become swept away. but coming through in the early ‘70s Giving thanks: Take time out on this she was a little too soon for Title IX. holiday to be thankful for what you She was limited to participating in the have rather than be concerned what old GAA (Girls Athletic Association), you don’t have. I’m thankful for each the precursor to competitive IHSA and every one of you who have read sports girls have enjoyed the past four my column the past 27 years. Happy decades.

Thanksgiving to you all.

This year’s open house is slated from Kevin Hieronymus is the BCR Sports noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 7 in Triumph. Heth Editor. Contact him at khieronymus@ encourages anyone looking for somebcrnews.com thing new and fun to come give it try.

From Page 13 penter (132), Dominic Biggs (170/182) and Chaz Williams (195) and freshmen Ben Ward (132) and Doran Piper (138).

“We may struggle in duals just from a numbers standpoint. It is hard to win duals when you give up forfeits, but as long as we get bonus points from our guys we expect to win, we will be competitive,” Amy said.

“It is a good group that works hard and is fun to be around. With the guys we have coming back from last year added with some talented newcomers, I hope to be adding quite a few names to the 25-win club.”

At Hall/PC: The wrestling co-op has 33 wrestlers in camp this season, a large number to continue to build its program. However, experience is a little light.

“I don’t have anyone with more than one year experience,” coach Jerry Kriewald said. “So we are a little less experienced, but they are meaner. They are a little more aggressive on the mat. We are counting on them to be more aggressive and push through the moves. This makes them more mentally tough.”

Kriewald said they will

be able to fill all weight classes, except at 106.

“All these little guys running around the school, and I can’t find one yet to wrestle,” he said.

Another challenge for the co-op squad is the move to Class 2A in the IHSA system. The new multiplier has lifted the team into the 2A bracket which has schools with population of 650 to 1,500 students.

“We will be in LaSalle-Peru’s regional,” Kriewald said. “That’s actually pretty exciting.

You are only as good as what your competition is. A little tougher schedule means a little tougher experience. Being an individual sport, you can still push the kids through.”

Kriewald has team captains from each school. Putnam County has Ben Darwin. Darwin had to sit out last year as a transfer student although he practiced with the team every day.

Nathan Tonozzi is the team captain from Hall.

This year’s schedule includes a couple more home meets for the team in addition to the Super Dual at the end of the season. The first at home is Dec. 5 versus Sterling Newman and Amboy.

At St. Bede: Secondyear head coach Sean Hobson not only has

good numbers (24) and good leadership, but good nicknames to go with.

Summing up all three, he says, “I really have high hopes for the team this season we have great leadership from our captains King ‘James’ Peacock, Adam ‘the Assassin’ Hunter and Min Wang ‘the Mad Scientist.’”

Peacock (132, 23-7) and Hunter (152, 17-11) are returning sectional qualifiers along with sophomore John Barnes (275, 14-9).

The senior class includes the three captains along with Sam Bennett (170) and Connor MacDavitt (138 with Jeff Barnes (152), Spencer Barnes (182), Garret Barto (152), Brandon Edens (220) and Andre Hurr (160) representing the junior class.

Rounding out the squad are sophomores Dorian McNeil (275), Rafael Martinez, Johnny Kerasotes (132), Jake Hockings (145), Juan Flores (126), Joey Chai (145) and Joel Caulfield (195) plus freshmen Iszaiah Cruz-Miranda (182), Justin Darnell (160), Jordan Elnicki (113), Carter Funfsinn (120), Jeremiah Johnson (138) and Matt Snyder (126).

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NIU prepares for state football finals

By Felix Sarver Shaw Media Service

DeKALB – More than a year of preparation essentially came down to a one-day blitz for final field preparations at Huskie Stadium for this weekend’s IHSA football state championships.

The Northern Illinois football team played Tuesday night against Western Michigan in a nationally televised game, a final prep run for everyone involved with the high school championships. After that, the Destination DeKalb staff had a list of tasks to be completed to prepare Huskie Stadium for this weekend’s eight football games.

The college goalposts had to be removed and replaced with high school goalposts – high school goalposts are about 5 feet wider – and new hashmarks had to be drawn.

The IHSA has some flags for the event that will fly at Huskie Stadium. Also, a stage has been constructed for the state champions that will be set up on the north side of the stadium, just in front of the huskie statue, Yordon Center and the Chessick Indoor Practice Center.

Some of the preparation work started last week, when NIU’s baseball, softball, men’s and women’s soccer, cross country and wrestling teams had to clear out their lockers underneath the stands in Huskie Stadium to make room for the high school teams.

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From Page 13 “I told them at the start of the fourth quarter we really haven’t done what we wanted to do,” Parsons said. “Tonight Jenkins was on fire and (Lay) knew it. He was trying to get into the lane and pitch it to him. That was really what separated us from them in the fourth quarter was Matt’s shooting.”

After a slow start, the Storm (1-1) found themselves fighting hard to get back into the game all night. The Storm struggled some against Wethersfield’s zone defense and fell behind 18-8 after the first quarter and 36-22 at the halftime break.

Lay gave the Geese their second buzzerbeater when he drove the length of the floor in less than four seconds and then drained a three from the top of the key.

The Storm didn’t let that affect them to start the third quarter, howev-

State Championship games at Huskie Stadium, DeKalb

Friday: Class 1A - Lena-Winslow (10-3) vs. Tri-Valley (13-0), 10 a.m. Class 2A - Sterling Newman (12-1) vs. Staunton (9-4), 1 p.m. Class 3A - Stillman Valley (112) vs. St. Joseph-Ogden (11-2), 4 p.m. Class 4A - Geneseo (12-1) vs. Rochester (12-1), 7 p.m.

Saturday: Class 5A - Montini (13-0) vs. Sacred Heart-Grififn (13-0). Class 6A - Batavia (12-1) vs. Richards (12-1), 1 p.m.

Class 7A - Lake Zurich (12-1) vs. Chicago Mt. Carmel (12-1), 4 p.m. Class 8A - Loyola (12-1) vs. Naperville Central 10-3), 7 p.m.

Matt Gonzalez said getting everything cleaned up from Tuesday night’s game to get ready for eight games in two days would create a challenge, and felt the staff and the IHSA would be up to the volume of games they’ll experience this weekend.

This was not the first attempt to bring the games to DeKalb. NIU and the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce collaborated on an unsuccessful bid to bring the games here in 2004, said Brad Hoey, director of communications and marketing for NIU. Since the 2004 bid, the university has added the 62,000 square-foot Yordon Center athletic facility on the north end of the stadium, an indoor practice facility called the Chessick Practice Center, and a new video scoreboard system inside the stadium.

An the application for the bid, the steering committee members stressed DeKalb’s location because at least 75 percent of the high school football teams participating in the championship games have come from north of the Interstate 80. er, scoring nine of the first 11 of the period behind a spark from senior guard Ryan Young.

Young scored all seven of his points in the game in the first three minutes of the third to make it 38-31. BV then got as close as a five-point deficit with 1:37 left in the third after two Parker Neuhalfen free-throws.

“We had a lot more energy in the third quarter, and we executed better,” Marquis said. “We just turned the ball over too much in the first half.

We gave up a 14-point lead in the first half and could never crawl back from that.”

Neuhalfen led the Storm with 20 points. Tommy Johnston was also in double figures with 13 points.

Wethersfield, ranked 10th in Class 1A, never trailed in the game and improved to 2-0 with the victory.

• Neuhalfen had 30 points to lead the Storm to a 73-60 win over Annawan on Monday.

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​Scoreboard

Hoops

Basketball

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eton Tournament.

Top scorers for the Storm were Carlie Bickett (11), Nicole Bornsheuer (10) and Darcy Kepner (9). Henry’s Emma Cluskey led all scorers with 23 points.

Boys basketball At Orion: Princeton endured a cold-shooting night in Tuesday’s 51-39 loss to Fulton in its season opener at the Orion Thanksgiving Tournament. As a team, the Tigers shot 29.4 percent from the field (15-51) and made just 2 of 15 attempts on threes.

“We didn’t shoot very well. I was happy with our low number of turnovers for the game. Defensively we were good at times, but not consistently,” PHS coach Jesse Brandt said.

Junior Garrett Duffin led the Tigers with 15 points on 5-14 shooting.

PHS was scheduled to play Monmouth-Roseville on Wednesday.

The Princeton sophomores beat Fulton 40-35, despite shooting 30 percent from the field. Jake Reinhardt had 18 points for the Kittens. PHS led as much as 14 points.

At Seneca: Mendota built a 38-22 halftime and never looked back in a 69-52 win over Hall in tournament play Monday. Hall’s Miguel Villareal led all scorers with 22 points. James Carroll had 21 and Ryan Reeder 18 for the Trojans.

At AFC: LaMoille/ Ohio lost to Polo 82-55 despite 17 points from Josh Gross.

Derek Debruhl added 12 and Jacob Tudor 11.

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Junior high boys At LaMoille

7th grade: BV North 31, LaMoille 21.

BVN (9-5, 5-1): Erickson 18, Shipp 8. Lam: Stamberger 13.

8th grade: LaMoille 32, BV North 29. BVN (5-9, 3-3): Petros 9, Brown 8, Buysse 6. Lam: Sarrff 9, Perry 8.

Junior college At Oglesby

Women: Ill. Wesleyan JV 73, IVCC 60.

IVCC: Rhodes 18, MacDavitt 16.

Men: Lincoln 74, IVCC 68. IVCC: Arteaga 13, McCrary 17, Adare 15.

High school girls Brimfield Turkey Tournament

Standings: Kewanee 2-0, LeRoy 2-0, Brimfield 2-0, Princeviille 0-2, St. Bede 0-2, Wethersfield 0-2. (Standings do not reflect Wednesday’s games).

Wednesday: Brimfield vs. LeRoy, Princeville vs. Wethersfield, Kewanee vs. St. Bede.

Friday: Kewanee vs. LeRoy, 5 p.m. St. Bede vs. Wethersfield, 6:30 p.m. Princeville vs. Brimfield, 8 p.m.

Saturday: St. Bede vs. Princeville, 12:30 p.m., LeRoy vs. Wethersfield, 2 p.m., Brimfield vs, Kewanee, 3:30 p.m.

At Henry

Bureau Valley 14 14 9 12 - 45 Henry 16 8 11 0 - 44 BV (4-1): Bickett 5 1-2 11, Arnadottir 1 3-4 5, Bornsheuer 3 4-4 10, V. Reuter 0 0-0 0, DeVenney 2 (1) 1-2 6, Bennett 0 0-0 0, S. Reuter 0 0-0 0, Kepner 4 1-6 9, Zemke 0 0-0 0, Petros 2 0-0 4. Totals: 17-49 (1-10) 10-11 45. Rebounds: 35.

At DePue

Putnam County 82, DePue 10 PC (5-0): A. Voss 17, Miller 14, Smoode 14, Pavolich 8, Warren 6, Pettit 5, Rehn 4, Gonet 2, Wilson 2, M. Voss 2. DePue: Ruiz 10, Rosales 2, Rios 2.

At LaSalle

Mendota 42, L-P 32 High School Boys At Spring Valley (freshmen)

Hall 43, St. Bede 35. Hall: Trevier 16, Edgcomb 12, Follmer 10. SBA: S. Kinsella 9, Manning 8.

B game: St. Bede 24, Hall 22. Hall: Leal 12, Jones 8. SBA: Knoblach 8.

At Princeton (freshmen)

A game: Rock Falls 60, Princeton 45. PHS: C. Robbins 15, C. Youngren 12, B. Loftus 10, L. Sisler 6, J. Farraher 2. RF- Ross 17, Roberts 13 B game: Rock Falls 33-9. P: L. Schultz 4, J. Gibson 3.

Williamsfield Tournament

Henry 72, West Carroll 41 Henry 58, Williamsfield 45 Oregon Tournament

Pool A: Oregon 1-0, Kewanee 0-0, West Carroll 0-1. Pool B: Newman 1-0, Rockford Christian 0-1, DeKalb JV-Guilford FS 0-0. Pool

C: Byron, Hinckley-Big Rock, St. Bede 0-0.

Pool D: Genoa-Kingston 1-0, Christian Life 0-0, Morrison 0-1 (Standings do not reflect Wednesday games).

Wednesday: Christian Life vs. Morrison, Oregon vs. Kewanee. Hinckley-Big Rock vs.

St. Bede, Newman vs. DeKalb JV. Friday: Blackhawk Center - Kewanee vs. West Carroll, 5:45 p.m., Christian Life vs. Genoa-Kingston, 7:15 p.m. Oregon High School - Rockford Christian Life vs. DeKalb JV, 5:45 p.m.; St. Bede vs. Byron, 7:15 p.m.

Saturday: Games TBD AFC tournament

Tuesday: Polo 82, LaMoille-Ohio 55 Wednesday: LaMoille-Ohio vs. Hiawatha.

Friday: LaMoille-Ohio, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday: Amboy vs. LaMoille-Ohio, 6 p.m.

Wally Keller Invite at Wethersfield

Standings: Putnam County 2-0, Wethersfield 2-0, Bureau Valley 1-1, Elmwood 1-1, Annawan 0-2, Midland 0-2.

Tuesday: Putnam County 59, Annawan 47. Ann: Foster 18, Butler 14. PC: Krieser 14, Biagini 12, Fay 10.

Elmwood 72, Midland 43 Wethersfield 66, BV 42 Wednesday: Midland vs. BV, PC vs.

Elmwood, Annawan vs. Wethersfield.

Friday: Annawan vs. Midland, 5:30 p.m. Elmwood vs. Bureau Valley, 7 p.m.

Wethersfield vs. Putnam County, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday: Elmwood vs. Annawan, 5:30 p.m.; Wethersfield vs. Midland, 7 p.m.; PC vs.

BV, 8:30 p.m.

Bureau Valley 8 14 16 14 - 52 Wethersfield 18 18 9 21 - 66 BV (1-1): Neuhalfen 5-18 (2-9) 8-9 20, Johnston 6-12 1-4 13, Young 3-7 (1-2) 0-0 7, Mead 2-5 (0-2) 1-2 5, Balensiefen 1-2 1-23, Johnson 1-5 (0-2) 0-1 2, Miller 1-3 0-0 2, Shepard 0-1 (0-1) 0-0 0, Shynk 0-1 0-0 0, Cambron 0-1 0-0 0, Winrich 0-0 0-0 0, Arteberry 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 19-55 (3-16) 11-18 52. Rebounds: 25 (Johnston 6). Turnovers: 15.

Orion Tournament

Standings: Fulton 2-0, MonmouthRoseville 1-0, Dixon 1-0, Sherrard 1-1, Mercer County 1-1, Orion 0-1, Princeton 0-1, Erie 0-2.

Tuesday: Fulton 51, Princeton 39.

Monmouth-Roseville 70, Erie 19 Sherrard 61, Mercer County 57 Wednesday: Orion vs. Dixon Princeton vs. Monmouth-Roseville Friday: Princeton vs. Dixon, 4 p.m.

Saturday: Princeton vs. Mercer Co., 7 p.m.

Fulton 12 17 22 29 - 51 Princeton 7 3 12 17 - 39 PHS (0-1): 1 0-0 2, Duffin 5 5-7 15, Vaccaro 2 (2) 0-0 6, Schmidt 0 1-2 1, Andersen 1 0-0 2, Hicks 3 1-2 7, Duffy 1 0-0 2, Clark 2 0-0 4.

Orion Sophomore Tournament

Tuesday: M-R 55, Erie 36.

Princeton 40, Fulton 35. PHS (1-0): Reinhardt 18, Jildera 8, Behrends 6, Bates 4, Wedekind 2, Kuhne 2.

Friday: Consolation bracket - Orion vs.

Dixon, 8:30 a.m., Erie vs. Fulton, 10 a.m., Winners bracket - Game 7: Mercer County

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At Seneca

Pool A: Mendota 1-0, Seneca 1-0, Somonauk 0-1, Hall 0-1. Pool B: Illiana Christian 2-0, St. Anne 1-0, Reed-Custer 0-1, Marquette 0-2.

Monday: Mendota 69, Hall 52 Illiana Christian 65, Marquette 55 Tuesday: St. Anne 74, Marquette 68 Reed-Custer def. Illiana Christian Seneca 65, Somonauk 38 Wednesday: Somonauk vs. Hall, Mendota vs. Seneca.

Friday: Marquette vs. Reed-Custer, 3 p.m. Illiana Christian vs. St. Anne, 4:30 p.m., Mendota vs. Somonauk, 6 p.m. Hall vs.

Seneca, 7:30 p.m.

Wrestling

High school boys At Princeton

Princeton 48, St. Bede 36. 106 - Wood (P) wbf, 113 - Marsell (P) pin Elnicki 3:17, 120 - Webster (P) d. Funfsinn 1:31, 126 - Wetsel (P) pin Snyder 1:53, 132 - Kerasotes (S) pin Carpener 0:58, 138 - MacDavitt (S) wbf, 145 - Piper (P) pin Hockings 3:02, 152 - Hunter (SB) pin Hammitt 1:52, 160 - Hurr (S) wb, 170 Hoffman (P) pin S. Barnes 0:54, 182 - Bennett (S) pin Biggs 4:37, 195 - Williams (P) wbf, 220 - Stephanov (P) wbf, 285 - J. Barnes (S) wbf.

Peoria Notre Dame 48, Princeton 27.

106 - Wood (P) d. Price 21-6, 113 - Stedwell (ND) pin Marselle 1:16, 120 - Daniel (ND) pin Webster (P) 1:08, 126 - Seus (ND) def. Wetsel (P) 4-0, 132 - Conley (ND) pin Carpenter 1:00, 138 - Hurst (ND) wbf, 145 - Stedwell (ND) pin Piper 0:53, 152 - Gonzalez (ND) pin Hammitt 2:50, 160 - Mecum (ND) wbf, 170 - Doss (ND) def. Hoffman (P) 6-0, 182 - Biggs (P) wbf, 195 - Williams (P) def. Carew 7-6, 220 - Stephanov (P) pin Taylor 2:41, 285 - Edelman (ND) wbf.

Peoria Notre Dame 64, St. Bede 18. St. Bede winners: 145 - Hunter pin Gonzalez 3:16, 160 - Hurr (ND) wbf, 182 - Bennett wbf.

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Johnson’s crew chief Chad Knaus rises to the top of his class with sixth Sprint Cup championship Jimmie Johnson’s sixth Sprint Cup championship moved him to within one title of NASCAR’s all-time leaders, Richard Petty and the late Dale Earnhardt, and it also moved his crew chief, Chad Knaus, to just two behind Dale Inman, who has eight championships — seven with Petty and one with Terry Labonte.

But just as it’s difficult to compare the accomplishments of Johnson’s to Petty’s because they came in different eras of the sport, the jobs performed by Knaus and Inman bear few similarities.

“I’m not even close to (Inman),” Knaus said during the champion’s interview at HomesteadMiami Speedway. “He’s an amazing individual.

He actually stopped me (Sunday).

“He’s like, ‘Son, you don’t know what hard work is.’ I said, ‘You’re exactly right, sir. I have no idea.’”

Knaus pointed out that Getty Images for NASCAR Inman won titles with dif- Chad Knaus, right, crew chief for 2013 Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, left, is a big part of the ferent drivers and differ- success of the No. 48 team. ent teams, and did it in Wood said that early For today’s crew chief, a time when crew chiefs that. No matter what through their Hall of actually were hands- we’re able to do with the Fame careers. And he’s there’s the added pres- crew chief did far more on mechanics and often 48 car, it will never sur- seen Knaus and his gen- sure of the spotlight hands-on work. “Leonthat surrounds a Cup ard changed tires on pit hauled the race cars to pass what those guys did.” eration at work.

“I wouldn’t want to be team, Wood said. “If you stops until he was 55, and I Veteran team owner the tracks themselves.

“Yeah, we work hard,” Eddie Wood, who co- a crew chief in either make a mistake now — think Inman was in his 40s Knaus said of crew chiefs owns his family’s No. 21 era,” Wood said. “The or do something good before he stopped,” Wood today. “We get headaches. Ford, has lived through jobs were different, but — everybody knows said. “But I’m also amazed I work on a computer. both eras of crew chiefs. in many ways, they’re the about it within seconds at what Knaus has been That dude was in there He’s watched his own same. And the pressure because of TV and Twit- able to do. It’s something cutting with a torch; cut- uncle, Leonard Wood, is the same for both of ter and things like that,” to win six Cup championships, as competitive as he said. ting, building, stuff like and Inman, as both went them.”

this series is today.”

Wood is not alone in saying that Knaus, who once changed tires, too, early in his career, has risen to the top of his class in the current environment. His driver is the first to acknowledge that he’s a big part of the No. 48 team’s success. It’s evident, Jimmie Johnson said, when one considers that the other three teams at Hendrick Motorsports, as well as the three at Stewart-Haas Racing, all have the same tools and technology as Johnson and Knaus, but haven’t achieved nearly as much.

“We all have the same equipment,” Johnson said.

“We do develop our own styles as far as a driver, a crew chief, the way we set our cars up. We kind of migrate off into different directions, although they are close together. We do end up with differences in our cars. That boils down to the crew chief and driver styles.”

Johnson, like many in the sport, appreciates the positive results that come from good chemistry between driver and crew chief.

“Over the years, we’ve seen pairings that work, and I feel fortunate to have that happen with me and Chad,” he said. “There’s something magical there and it works.

“I say this confidently: I would not have the success I’ve had in this sport if it wasn’t for Chad and our relationship together.”

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Voice of the children Deb Pease’s first-grade class at Bureau Valley - Wyanet was asked how to cook a turkey. Below are their responses.

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Last I will eat it I will slice it and Wate a little and the I will eat it. eat it yumy yumy. and get owt the wish bown.

Kaydin Gibson Gideon Minnix Elijah Endress First I will go to the Wyanet Locker it waus 30 powns it is the bigist. Next I put it in the hot water in then I put it in the oven. Last I slice it and eat it.

Landon Smith Firs I buy a tukey it is the biggest turkey in the ho wide world. Next I put it in the oven 50 hours. Last I say it is yum.

Xavier Gyurkovics

First buy a turkey at Aldi’s it is big! Next cok it for 30 minutes the tempacher is 40 degrees. Last take the stuffing out and eat it.

Paige Fox

First by a turkey from walmart it is little and small.

Next I put it inn the oven. I put it in for 40 minss.

Last we brock the whish bown. I First I buy a tur- eat at the dinner table. key It is big. Next Addelynn Miller i put it in the oven for 10 minFirst buy a utes. Last I can meium turkey at eat it. It is delithe wyanet locker cious. and it is 28 pouns.

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Maliyah Abraham

First buy First got to a Turkey at Sullican’s it is 30 pound’s and buy Walmart it is big.

Next I put it in that turkey. Next the uvin for 16 I put in the the turkey frier. I put degrees. Last I put stuffing. last eat it on pates. Then I eat it. the Turkey. IT is Cole Walowski delicious!!!!!!

Justin Moon

First I got to a walmart to buy a turkey. It weighes 20 pounds. Next you put it in the oven I can turn to 10 degrees. Last you eat the turkey yumm.

Konner Green

First I buy a First go to ginormous turkey First buy a big Walmart to Buy for Thanksgiving. turkey at walmat. Next I cook it for a turke. It is big. it is 28 pounds. 100 minutes. Last Put the turke in Next put in the the oven for 30 I eat it and we water and cook minutes. Put seaprae. for 30 minutes. soning on it eat it Barelyn Sullivan put salt on it. Last wen it is dune. It’s eat it then cut good. with a nif.

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This is a drawing of what the new biodiesel plant will look like to be constructed at the Patriot Renewable Fuels ethanol plant site located near Annawan just south of Interstate 80. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Wednesday at the five million gallon biodiesel Patriot Fuels Biodiesel Plant.

Patriot will build new biodiesel production facility

By Lyle Ganther lganther@bcrnews.com

ANNAWAN — A 5 million gallon biodiesel production facility will be built adjacent to the Patriot Renewable Fuels’ (PRF) ethanol plant in Annawan.

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos, a member of the House Ag Committee, was one of the dignitaries who attended a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the site just south of Interstate 80 near Annawan.

Bustos also participated in a roundtable discussion with western Illinois leaders in agriculture, economic development and renewable fuels.

Patriot’s Board of Directors recently approved the formation of a new subsidiary called Patriot Fuels Biodiesel LLC to build the plant that will utilize corn oil extracted from the 40 million bushels of corn that Patriot Renewable Fuels processes annually.

“PRF began corn oil extraction in 2011 and this is a natural extension of that business,” said Vice President and General Manager Rick Vondra.

“We have been extracting increasing volumes of corn oil and selling it to other biodiesel producers, or for inclusion into livestock feed. By processing corn oil on-site we can reduce transportation, and marketing costs making Patriot’s biodiesel one of

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This is what the biodiesel storage tanks will look like at the new Patriot Fuels Biodiesel Plant to be constructed next to the Patriot Renewable Fuels ethanol plant site located near Annawan just south of Interstate 80. the most cost competitive producers in the biodiesel industry today.”

The funding and development of this project is helped by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity New Generation Biofuels Production Program.

Biodiesel blends have been found to significantly reduce the amount of toxic carbon-based emissions, and for this reason are considered an advanced biofuel by the Environmental Protection Agency.

By adding this process, Patriot will produce two fuels from the same amount of corn; ethanol for the automotive industry, and biodiesel for agriculture and the trucking industry. At the same time Patriot will continue to produce dried distillers grain and soluble livestock

feed, which is exported to China and other Pacific Rim countries for their growing livestock industry.

Concrete and foundation work will begin in December and the plant is scheduled to begin operation by the third quarter of 2014. The plant will utilize a production system designed by Jatro Diesel, Miamisburg, Ohio.

Rahul Bobbili, Jatro’s vice president, stated, “Jatro has built more than 15 biodiesel plants and is excited that Patriot will use this new technology.

The new technology being offered is a single stage, catalyst free, super critical process technology that will process feedstock with free fatty acids up to 100 percent with minimal or no loss in yield. It will completely eliminate the use of a homogenous cata-

lyst such as sodium methylate or a heterogenous catalyst, providing a substantial savings.”

Patriot Renewable Fuels produces 120 million gallons of ethanol per year.

The new technology will allow the company to see increased ethanol and corn oil recovery yields, resulting in higher revenue from the five million gallons of biodiesel that will be produced at the new plant, added Vondra.

“Our plant in Annawan has created jobs and stimulated economic growth in our community and beyond. With strength of our 200 local and Midwestern investors, we’ll harness the strength of a diversified product line and continue to make a positive impact on agriculture and economic development,” said Vondra.

Established in 2005 and headquartered in Annawan, Patriot Renewable Fuels produces about 120 million gallons of ethanol per year, 350,000 tons of dried distillers grain with solubles and 20 million pounds of crude corn oil using new technologies.

Patriot has created a new market for about 40 million bushels of corn annually, and provides more than 50 full-time jobs.

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LegalNotices NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on November 14, 2013, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Bureau County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Hall Trucking located at 312 Front Street, Malden, IL 61337.

Dated this 14th day of November, 2013. /s/Kamala S. Hieronymus Bureau County Clerk

Published in the Bureau County Republican Nov. 21,i 28 and Dec. 5, 2013.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION Estate of: ) MICHAEL L. SCOTT ) Deceased ) No. 13-P-101 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of MICHAEL L. SCOTT. Letters of office were issued on November 12, 2013 to Rick Scott, 308 Vernon St., P.O. Box 41, Mineral, Illinois 61344,

independent administrator , whose attorney is Michael L. Henneberry, 408 South Main Street, Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court, Bureau County Courthouse, 700 S. Main St., Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the representative, or both, within 6 months from the date of the first publication of this notice and any claim not filed within that period is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be

mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

Dated this 14th day of November, 2013.

Michael L. Henneberry, P.C. Attorney for Representative 408 South Main Street Princeton, Illinois 61356 (815) 875-6561 Attorney No. 3129220 Published in the Bureau County Republican Nov. 23, 30 and Dec. 7, 2013.

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The following property transfers were recently recorded at the Bureau County Recorder of Deeds’ office in the Bureau County Courthouse: Nov. 12, 2013 Dixie Defoer to Ruth and Steven Hoscheid, warranty deed, Lot 5 in Block 1 in Cherry, $55,000.

Patrick Schaffer to Shelly Clift, warranty deed, Lot 6 in Block 10 in Tiskilwa, $21,500.

Mary Baker, John Carlson, Richard Carlson, Roy Carlson and Wayne Carlson to Joseph and Kimberly Park, warranty deed, part of Lot 93 in Princeton, $65,000.

Nov. 13, 2013 Ellis Smith to Brian Smith, warranty deed, Lot 2 in Wolfe Addition, Walnut, $80,000.

Debra and Peter Mack to Sally and William Sarafin, joint tenancy deed, Lots 49-50 in First Addition Lake Arispie Subdivision, $14,000.

Nov. 14, 2013 Bernadette and Patrick Moncher to Daniel and Tamatha Parochetti, warranty deed, Lots 4-5 in Block 37 in Ladd, $12,000.

Midland States Bank to Joseph Wenzel, warranty deed, Lots 1-2 in Block 27 in Myrick’s Second Addition, Cherry, $38,500.

Nov. 15, 2013 Patricia and R. William Anson to Gary

and Robert Pierson, warranty deed, part of Sections 28-29 in Princeton Township, $234,000.

Kenneth Jaggers to Kerry Jaggers, warranty deed, part of Lots 6-8 in Block 6 in Wyanet, $8,000.

Jay and Kristin Ledergerber to Kirsten and Leland Johnston, warranty deed, part of Lot 11 in Walnut, $1,000.

Gary and Marjorie Christensen to Jacob Krolak, warranty deed, part of Lots 22-23 in Whitver’s Addition, Walnut, $45,000.

Robert Brasen to Gabe and Sharon Smith, administrator’s deed, Lot 3 in Block 1 in Homeway Second Addition, Walnut, $65,000.

Kitty Bowers and Debra Goodman to John Derbak, warranty deed, Lot 9 in Railroad Subdivision, Malden, $68,000.

Harry and Theresa Burrows to Renada Young, warranty deed, Lots 6 and 16 in Pinedale First Subdivision, Princeton, $123,000.

Stephen and Stewart Stempniak to Glen and Judith Wright, trustees’ deed, part of Section 125 in Milo Township, $971,000.

Allen Foes and Susan McCauley to Loretta and Orville Landwehr, executor deed, Lots 1-2 in Block 11 in Stone’s Addition, Mineral, $75,000.

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We want to hear from you – From you, for you is an interactive page for readers to share their photos, questions and comments. For information on how to submit a story, question or comment, contact BCR Copy Editor Sarah Maxwell at smaxwell@bcrnews.com.

Shirley Haun submitted this photo of Bureau Township students from 1949. Classmates are (front row, from left) Jack Antessen, Greg Safran, Charles Lang, Roger Swanson, Leo Land, Roger Rowe and Phillip Naffziger; (middle row) Elizabeth Sims, Shirley Hubbard, Sharon Vaughn, Lela Hartz, Martha Erickson, Lucile Brigham and Shirley Lang; and (back row) Maybeth Draman, Jeni Rose Sims, Barbara Johnson, teacher Lucile Sash, Lester Meisenheimer, Jim Hoover, Don Johnson, Damien Gisten and Larry Davis.

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An old-fashioned Christmas Carol Sing First Lutheran Church of Princeton has organized its first old-fashioned Christmas Carol Sing. The event is set for 2 p.m. on Dec. 8 at the church, located at 116 N. Pleasant St. in Princeton.

The old-fashioned sing-along will run about an hour.

Organizers say it will be a time for area people to gather together to sing the Christmas carols they know and love.

The church is looking at the Christmas Carol Sing as its gift to the community.

Larry B. Peterson (pictured at right) will accompany the crowd on the organ.

Peterson is the director of music for Augustana College Campus Ministries and instructor of organ for the Augustana Department of Music in Rock Island. Peterson said the sing-a-long will be less of a concert, and more of “a Norman Rockwell kind of thing.”

There is no fee to attend, and an offering will not be taken. Refreshments will be served in the church’s Fellowship Hall after the sing-a-long. The public is invited.

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Your hometown beat Meeting Calendar Dec. 2 Princeton City Council, 7 p.m., council chambers Princeton Park District Board, 4:30 p.m., Bureau County Metro Center Sheffield Village Board, 7 p.m., Sheffield Community Center Walnut Village Board, 7 p.m., village hall

Dec. 3 Dover Village Board, 7 p.m., village hall Manlius Village Board, 5:30 p.m., village hall

Auction Calendar Dec. 1 – Art and artifacts, antiques, fossils, paintings, pictures, American Indian art, duck decoys, 10:30 a.m., 3401 N. State, Route 23 (Pitstick Pavilion), Ottawa, Higdon Auction Services, auctioneers.

Dec. 5 – David Swanson, Jay Swanson and Jay Russell, farmland, 10 a.m., auction held at 401 W. Main St. (The Shed), Wyanet, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

Dec. 7 – Zibert Leasing, vehicles, equipment, tools and miscellaneous, 10 a.m., 585 U.S. Route 6, LaSalle, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

Dec. 12 – Triple S Farm, farmland, 1 p.m., auction held at Moose Lodge, Princeton, Gorsuch-Hensley Real Estate and Auction, Inc., auctioneers.

Dec. 14 – Shipp Estate, real estate, 10 a.m., 431 E. Main St., Wyanet, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

Dec. 20 – Bartley-Moran Farm, farmland, 1 p.m., auction held at Presbyterian Church, Princeton, GorsuchHensley Real Estate and Auction, Inc., auctioneers.

Seeking Sources With the holidays approaching, we know the wonderful cooks and bakers in Bureau County will be getting out their recipe boxes to start making menus for their upcoming festivities. We’re hoping you’ll share some of your recipes with our readers. Recipe columnist Judy Dyke would like to feature one or more of your recipes in an upcoming edition of the Bureau County Journal.

Send your recipes to her at judyd2313@frontier.com.

You can also mail them to her attention at the BCR, P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356.

••• Illinois Valley Living appreciates your feature story ideas for upcoming editions of this popular quarterly magazine. Email your suggestions to Illinois Valley Living Editor Terri Simon at tsimon@bcrnews.com. Please write “Illinois Valley Living story” in the subject line.

••• The Bureau County Republican is anxious to see your vacation photos. When you’re packing your suitcase for an upcoming excursion, remember to pack a copy of the BCR too. When you get to your destination, have someone take a photo of you holding the newspaper.

It’s always fun if you can stand in front of a landmark or something interesting at your destination. When you get home, email the photo and some information about your trip to BCR Associate Editor Rita Roberts at rroberts@bcrnews.com. Make sure you tell us who is in the photo and where your photo was taken. We’ll be happy to show your friends, family and neighbors where you went on your most recent vacation. Where in the World is the BCR? Hopefully, it’s in your suitcase and ready to go on a fun-filled journey, filled with memory-making moments.

What Bureau County United Way dollars go for …

Illinois Valley Center for Independent Living The Illinois Valley Center for Independent Living Personal Assistant program is designed to help people with disabilities of any age remain independent in their own homes, rather than going into an institution. The program coordinator helps consumers identify their needs and goals, and provides resources to move toward them. She also helps to link them up with resources to fund caregiver services, if possible.

Last winter, Debbie (a pseudonym), a Princeton resident, experienced a traumatic brain injury and was hospitalized in Peoria for several weeks.

She wanted to go home, rather than into a nursing home, for rehabilitation, so she contacted IVCIL from the hospital; the personal assistant coordina-

tor was able to give her support on various aspects of modifying her home and acquiring medical equipment. Debbie hired a reliable caregiver through the IVCIL personal assistant registry and was discharged to home.

Debbie reports she is doing well and continuing to thrive in her home environment. IVCIL may be reached at 815-224-3126.

The Bureau County United Way provides funding help to IVCIL for the Personal Assistant Program.

BCUW may be reached at 815-872-0821.

Goal $120,000.00

Pledged $37,601.20

Thanksgiving 2013 In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims, early settlers of Plymouth Colony, held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. The Wampanoag, the Indians in attendance, also played a lead role. Historians have recorded ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America, including British colonists in Virginia in 1619.

The legacy of thanks and the feast have survived the centuries, as the event became a national holiday 150 years ago (Oct. 3, 1863) when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a national day of thanksgiving. Later, President Franklin Roosevelt clarified that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month.

Where to feast 4 — Number of places in the United States named after the holiday’s traditional main course. Turkey Creek, La., was the most populous in 2012, with 440 residents, followed by Turkey, Texas (415), Turkey, N.C. (295) and Turkey Creek, Ariz. (294). There are also two townships in Pennsylvania with “Turkey” in the name: Upper Turkeyfoot and Lower Turkeyfoot.

7 — Number of places and townships in the United States that are named Cranberry or some spelling variation of the acidic red berry (e.g., Cranbury, N.J.), a popular side dish at Thanksgiving. Cranberry Township (Butler County), Pa., was the most populous of these places in 2012, with 28,832 residents. Cranberry township (Venango County), Pa., was next (6,608).

32 — Number of counties, places and townships in the United States named Plymouth, as in Plymouth Rock, the landing site of the first Pilgrims. The two counties, both named Plymouth, are in Massachusetts (2012 population of 499,759) and Iowa (24,907 in 2012).

Participants in the first feast 25.3 million — Number of U.S. residents of English ancestry as of 2012. Some could very well be descendants of the Plymouth colonists who participated in the autumn feast that is widely believed to be one of the first Thanksgivings especially the 684,000 living in Massachusetts.

6,500 — Number of members of the Wampanoag American Indian tribal grouping, as of 2010, roughly half of whom reside in Massachusetts. The Wampanoag, the American Indians in attendance, played a lead role in this historic encounter, and they had been essential to the survival of the colonists during the newcomers’ first year.

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Preparing the feast … Enjoying the day … and the aftermath 98.6 percent — Percentage of households in 2011 with a gas or electric stove essential for cooking their Thanksgiving feast. Another 96.8 percent had a microwave, also helpful in preparing the meal.

98.3 percent — Percentage of households with a television in 2011. No doubt, many guests either before, after, or perhaps even during the feast will settle in front of their TVs to watch some football.

35.8 percent — Percentage of households with a stand-alone food freezer in 2011, which they may want to use to preserve their Thanksgiving leftovers.

Far more (99.2 percent) have a refrigerator. Fortunately, 69.3 percent have a dishwasher to make the task easier.

Culinary delights 64,366 — The number of supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores in the United States in 2011. These establishments are expected to be extremely busy around Thanksgiving, as people prepare for their delightful meals.

3,889 — The number of baked goods stores in the United States in 2011 – a potential place to visit to purchase refreshing desserts.

2,918 — The number of fruit and vegetable markets in the United States in 2011 – a great place to find holiday side dishes.

242 million — The number of turkeys forecasted to be raised in the United States in 2013. That is down 5 percent from the number raised during 2012.

45 million — The forecast for the number of turkeys Minnesota will raise in 2013. The Gopher State was tops in turkey production, followed by North Carolina (35 million), Arkansas (29 million), Indiana (17 million), Missouri (17 million), and Virginia (16 million). $23.1 million — The value of U.S. imports of live turkeys for 2012, with 99.8 percent of them coming from Canada. When it comes to sweet potatoes, the Dominican Republic was the source of 51.1 percent ($4.6 million) of total imports ($9.1 million). The United States ran a $17.6 million trade deficit in live turkeys during the period but had a surplus of $71.2 million in sweet potatoes.

768 million pounds — The forecast for U.S. cranberry production in 2012. Wisconsin was estimated to lead all states in the production of cranberries, with 450 million pounds, Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

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50th Mr. and Mrs. Michael Henn of Seatonville, Nov. 23.

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Schmidt of Princeton, Nov. 29.

Birthdays Nov. 28 • Lucas Whiteside • Gladys Boyer Nov. 29 • Charles Oldham • Tiffany Litherland • Gabrielle Schafer • Patty Vladika • Amy King • Tim Welsh • Jacob Gibson • Barbara Ball Anderson • Tambreah KruseCarter • Erika Williams Nov. 30 • Cathy Smith Dec. 1 • Tamara Weir • Consuelo Spohn

• Jennifer Forristall • Bruce Merkel • Curt Yelm • Denise Miller • Charlotte Yelm • Irene Marciniak Dec. 2 • Joanne Jaggers • Beth Saal • Diana Roberts Dec. 3 • Gil Hernandez • Jane Yeazel • Anne E. Pearson • David Mills Dec. 4 • Robert Jeffery • Ryan Litherland • Lorena Reviglio • Cody Yelm

Manzo — Christopher and Ashley (DeGush) Manzon of Princeton, son, Nov. 16.

Mzoughi — Slim Mzoughi and Angela Szymovicz of Spring Valley, daughter, Nov. 14.

Saephan — Sanchoy and Caitlin (Baker) Saephan of Spring Valley, son, Nov. 19.

Death Notices Baierbach — Carolyn D. Baierbach, 85, of Princeton, Nov. 20.

Heward — Mary E. Heward, 80, of Manlius, Nov. 20.

Jeppson — Thomas Joseph Jeppson, 81, of Spring Valley, Nov. 18.

Pretzsch — Betty Jo Pretzsch, 86, of Princeton, Nov. 10.

Stickel — Patsy J. Stickel, 85, of Princeton, Nov. 18.

Walker — Howard Lee Walker, 87, of Jackson, Wyo., Nov. 17.

Education testing the General Educational ACT prep class Development (GED) exam

GED Testing PRINCETON — The Regional Superintendent of the Bureau-HenryStark Regional Office of Education will administer

at Princeton High School. The concert will feature many holiday favorite in a variety of musical styles, and will include an audience sing-a-long. The band will be under the direction of guest conductor Brandon Czubachowski. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

MANLIUS — The Manlius Sportsmen’s Club will host a turtle fry from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30. Tickets are $10 in advance and can be purchased from a club member or call 815-866-5327 or $12 at the door. The dinner includes turtle, baked beans and potato salad.

Christmas parade PRINCETON — The Princeton Christmas parade will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. The parade will start at Maria’s Pizza (former Nelson Drug Store) and continue down Main Street to Soldiers and Sailors Park. Santa Claus will be in the parade. Santa’s helpers will collect items for the food pantry along the parade route.

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LASALLE — All local high school juniors are invited to register for the ACT prep class at LaSalle-Peru Township High School.

The classes are from 6 to 9 p.m. on Mondays: Jan. 6, 13,27; Feb. 3, 10, 24; and March 10, 17 and 24.

To reserve a spot in the class bring a check for $120 made payable to the LaSalle County Regional Office of Education to the LP Counseling Office by Dec. 13. For more information, call 815-223-1721, ext 751.

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CHERRY — Christmas in Cherry will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1 on Main Street.

There will be a vendor sale in the Cherry Grade School gym from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.. The Grand Parade will take place at 11 a.m. At Holy Trinity Hall, there will be Magic

by Cory, Santa, a photo booth, bingo and a bake sale. Cherry United Church of Christ, Dimond Bros. Insurance and State Bake of Cherry will all have open houses.

There will be a furry friends petty zoo. The Cherry Library will be open with face painting, hair braiding and crafts.

Bottle and a Brush PRINCETON — The Princeton Arts Academy will host a bottle and brush event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, in the downtown banquet centre at Fitzgeralds. Participants will paint with local artists while enjoying wine from Fitzgeralds. To register, visit www.princetonartsacademy. com.

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LADD — Area residents, businesses or organizations are invited to participate in a Snowman Parade at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 as part of “Light Up the Holidays” 2013 Ladd Christmas Walk. The parade will begin on North Main Street and end at Ladd Memorial Park. All snowmen are welcome.

Snow is not required. For more information, call 815-894-2092 or email hocking4@comcast.net.

SPRING VALLEY — A Christmas cookie walk will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Parish of Nativity of our Lord (old St. Anthony Church), 510 Richard Mautino Drive in Spring Valley. The event will feature a wide variety of cookies, candy and more in a select-your-own style. The cost will be $6 per pound.

Community Coffee SHEFFIELD — The First United Church of Christ in Sheffield will host its monthly community coffee from 7 to 10 a.m. Dec. 7 at the U.C.C. Parish Hall. Dan Eiten, an in-person counselor with the Bureau-Putnam County Health Department, will be in attendance from 9 to 10 a.m. to explain the new law, Get Covered Illinois, and answer any questions.

Christmas Walk DIXON — Dixon Main Street and the Dixon Chamber of Commerce present the 25th annual Dixon Christmas walk from 6 to 9 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 6. A tree lighting ceremony will kick off the night inform of the KSB Hospital and feature the arrival of Santa Claus and songs by the Reagan Middle School choir. There will be a lighted holiday parade at 7 p.m. and the Great Snowball Drop will take place in front of Dixon Paint Company’s new location. There will be a breakfast with Santa Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Lee County Senior Center and Post House Ballroom. At 7 p.m. the Dixon Municipal Band will hold their annual holiday concert at the Historic Dixon Theatre.

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SPRING VALLEY — St. Margaret’s Hospital Foundation presents Home for the Holidays Christmas House Walk from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8. Six homes, decorated fro the holidays, will open their doors to visitors for self-guided tours. The ticket price is $25 per person. St. Margaret’s Gift Shop will serve hot tea and homemade cookies during the house walk. Advance sales only.

Tickets are available at Hy-Vee Grocery Store, Hackman insurance, Dr. Le Ceresa’s Office, www.edwardjones.com Tri-City Frock Shop, Studio 718, August Hill Winery, Spring Valley We Have Many Reasons PRINCETON — The Princeton City Bank and St. Margaret’s Gift Community Band will present Shop. All proceeds benefit the St. “An Afternoon of Holiday Cheer” Margaret’s Esophageal and Colon at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, in the Cancer Center currently under YouAuditorium are one of them. On this Thanksgiving holiday, Sally Skinner Council construction.

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Bluegrass jam PRINCETON — A bluegrass, gospel and country music jam will be from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, at the First Lutheran Church at 116 N. Pleasant St. in Princeton. Jams will continue the third Friday of each month.

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Vendors will have their cash and carry items available for sale. There will be a soup bar and beverages available during the event. Proceeds from the paddles and 50/50 raffle ticket sales will be donated to Toys for Tots. There will be a donation box for new, unwrapped toys.

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Food court Now’s the time to start getting some cookies ready for Christmas time and for the in-between guests you have for the holidays. You can bake them, freeze them and when you know you’re having people in, pull them out, and you’re ready to entertain.

Red, White and Blue Chocolate Chip Cookies 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee granules 1 cup butter at room temperature 3/4 cup light brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 cup semisweet chocolate chunks 3/4 cup white chocolate chips 1 1/2 cups red and blue mini M & M’s Preheat oven to 325°. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt; reserve in small bowl. Stir together vanilla and coffee granules until granules are dissolved. On medium speed, beat butter until fluffy, 3 minutes. Add light brown and granulated sugars; beat in eggs, one at a time, then coffee mixture. On low speed, beat in flour mixture until just combined. Stir in chocolate chunks, white chips and M & M’s. Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls 3 inches apart onto baking sheets. Using lightly floured fingers, press dough to form 2 inch mounds. Bake 20 to 23 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on pans on racks 5 minutes. Transfer to racks, cool completely.

Frosted Pumpkin Cookies 1 cup shortening 2 cups packed brown sugar 1 15-ounce can solid pack pumpkin 4 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup chopped pecans

1 cup chopped dates Caramel Frosting 1/2 cup butter, cubed 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar 1/4 cup 2% milk 1 teaspoon maple flavoring 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 to 2 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in pumpkin. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking sofa, cinnamon and salt; gradually add to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Stir in pecans and dates. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 13 to 15 minutes or until firm. Meanwhile for frosting, combine the butter, brown sugar and milk in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly, boil for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in the maple flavoring and vanilla.

Cool frosting slightly, beat in enough confectioners’ sugar to achieve spreading consistency. Remove cookies to wire racks, frost while warm.

Sour Cream Cutouts 1 cup butter, softened 2 cups, sugar 3 eggs 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 5 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 16-ounce cans vanilla frosting Gel food coloring of your choice In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate overnight. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut with floured cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

Remove to wire racks to cool. Tint some of the frosting with food coloring. Decorate cookies as desired. Yields about 6 1/2 dozen cookies.

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cup shortening cup sugar cup packed light brown sugar eggs teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cups all-purpose flour teaspoons baking soda teaspoon salt teaspoon ground cinnamon cups old fashioned oats cup raisins cup coarsely chopped pecans In a large bowl, cream the shortening and sugars until light and fluffy.

Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.

Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture, just until combined. Stir in the oats, raisins and pecans. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a greased glass bottom. Bake at 350° for 10 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Do not over bake. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

Nestle Crunch Snowball Cookies 1 1/2 cups butter 3/4 cup powdered sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 3 cups all-purpose flour 5 Nestle Crunch candy bars 1/4 cup powdered sugar Preheat oven to 375°. Beat butter, 3/4 cup powdered sugar and salt in large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in vanilla extract, gradually beat in flour.

Stir in chopped Crunch bars. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are set and bottoms are lightly browned. Sift 1/4 cup powdered sugar over hot cookies on baking sheet, cool on baking sheets for 10 minutes. Carefully remove to wire racks to cool completely. Sprinkle with additional powdered sugar. Store in airtight containers.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup quick cooking oats 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 cup canned pumpkin 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips In a bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, oats, baking soda and cinnamon; stir into creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin. Fold

Judy Dyke GRANDMA JUDY’S CAFE in chocolate chips. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12 to 13 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Cowboy Cookies 1 cup flaked coconut 3/4 cup chopped pecans 1 cup butter, softened 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar 1/2 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups old fashioned oats 2 cups (12 ounces) chocolate chips Place coconut and pecans on a 15-by10-inch baking pan. Bake at 350° for 6 to 8 minutes or until toasted, stirring every 2 minutes. Set aside to cool. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture, beat well. Stir in the oats, chocolate chips, and toasted coconut and pecans.

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for about 12 minutes or until browned.

Remove to wire racks to cool.

Potato Chip Cookies 1 cup butter flavored shortening 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 2 eggs 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 cups crushed potato chips 1 cup butterscotch chips In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs.

Combine flour and baking soda, gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in potato chips and butterscotch chips. Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire rack.

This should give you a few cookie recipes to start with — you can even get the kids busy helping. If you have any recipes you would like to share, you can send them to my email at judyd2313@frontier.com or send a note to the BCR, P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356. Happy Baking!

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Library Corner PRINCETON — Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28 and 29, the library will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

LADD — Preschool story times are held at 10:30 a.m. on the first and third Monday of each month. They are geared toward children ages 3-5, who are accompanied with a parent or guardian.

OHIO — Thursday, Dec. 5, the Ohio Public Library will be hosting a tablet and basic technology purchasing seminar at 6 p.m. The class is intended to help patrons looking to purchase either a tablet or other technology device this holiday season. Sign-up at the library if you are interested in attending.

On Dec. 14, the library will host a Christmas party at 10 a.m. Join the library for a fun-filled morning.

WALNUT — Saturday, Nov. 30, the Walnut Public Library will be joining the Community Christmas Tree Lighting with an open house. Holiday stories will be read at 4:30 and 5 p.m. in the children’s department.

Also, the library will be hosting a coloring contest for children in prekindergarten to fifth grade. Prizes will be awarded in three different categories: Prekindergarten and first grade; second and third grades; fourth and fifth grades.

Prizes will be handed out on Dec. 21.

The library can help with gift giving, if books are on a patron’s giving list. Staff members will be available to help with ideas and placing orders.

SPRING VALLEY — The Richard A.

Mautino Memorial Library will sell gift cards again this year as a fundraiser for the holiday season. The gift cards available are for many of the area businesses and online businesses also. The gift cards that are purchased give different percentages of the cost back to the library. The order will be due by noon Friday, Dec. 6, with delivery by Dec. 20, 2013. The order sheets that list the many gift cards available for the purchase may be picked up at the library during regular business hours.

Payment for the gift cards must be done at the time of ordering by check or cash.

Questions may be directed to 815-6634741.

The Richard A. Mautino Memorial Library will be closed Thursday, Nov. 28, for the Thanksgiving holiday.

BRADFORD — Monday, Dec. 9, the Bradford Public Library will host pianist and composer Deborrah Wyndham at 7 p.m. Wyndham will be performing the “Sounds of Christmas.” She will not only be performing her most elaborate arrangements of familiar holiday songs, both popular and traditional, but also will demonstrate rare holiday pieces, including their background and history.

Celebrate the season with one of the Midwest’s most active and acclaimed pianists in a fun and informative program for all ages. There is no charge for this program. Seating is limited. To make reservations, call the library at 309-8978400.

Here’s your library Cherry Library — Village Hall, Cherry; Librarian: Eileen Pinter.

Ladd Public Library — 125 N. Main St., Ladd, 815-894-3254; Librarian: Amy Bosi.

LaMoille Clarion Library — 81 Main St., LaMoille, 815-638-2356; Librarian: Joyce Sondgeroth.

Leepertown Township Library — 201 E. Nebraska St., Bureau, 815-6593283; Librarian: Rose M. Thompson.

Mason Memorial Library — 104 W. Main St., Buda, 309-895-7701; Librarian: Jeannie Jarigese.

Mineral-Gold Public Library — 120 E. Main St., Mineral, 309-288-3971; Librarian: Connie Baele.

Neponset Public Library — 201 Commercial St., Neponset, 309-594-2204; Librarian: Carissa Faber.

Ohio Township Library — 112 N. Main St., Ohio, 815-376-5422; Librarian: David Sprung.

Princeton Public Library — 698 E. Peru St., Princeton, 815-875-1331; Librarian: Julie Wayland.

Raymond A. Sapp Memorial Library — 103 E. Main St., Wyanet, 815-6992342; Librarian: Linda Kurth.

Richard A. Mautino Memorial Library — 215 E. Cleveland St., Spring Valley, 815-663-4741; Director: Barb White.

Selby Township Library — 101 Depot St., DePue, 815-447-2660; Librarian: Marcia Broady.

Sheffield Public Library — 136 E. Cook St., Sheffield, 815-454-2628; Librarian: Sue Lanxon.

Tiskilwa Library — 119 E. Main St., Tiskilwa, 815-646-4511; Librarian: Lisa Bettner.

Walnut Public Library — 101 Heaton St., Walnut, 815-379-2159; Librarian: Michele McAlvey.

If you would like to include your news on our Library Corner page, send your items to Goldie Currie at gcurrie@bcrnews.com.

For more information, call Currie at 815-875-4461, ext. 236.

Fascinating facts about the Library of Congress Origins The Library was founded in 1800, making it the oldest federal cultural institution in the nation. On Aug. 24, 1814, British troops burned the Capitol building (where the Library was housed) and destroyed the Library’s core collection of 3,000 volumes. On Jan. 30, 1815, Congress approved the purchase of Thomas Jefferson’s personal library of 6,487 books for $23,950.

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The Collections The Library receives some 22,000 items each working day and adds approximately 10,000 items to the collections daily. The majority of the col-

lections are received through the Copyright registration process, as the Library is home to the U.S. Copyright Office.

Materials are also acquired through gift, purchase, other government agencies (state, local and federal), Cataloging in Publication (a pre-publication arrangement with publishers) and exchange with libraries in the United States and abroad. Items not selected for the collections or other internal purposes are used in the Library’s national and international exchange programs.

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Better Business Bureau advises to give wisely The tornadoes that struck Central Illinois have gained worldwide attention. Generous donors wishing to help the victims are being cautioned by Better Business Bureau to confirm the legitimacy of all charitable fundraising and crowdfunding efforts.

“A tragedy of this nature that is the focus of high profile media attention inspires people to give,” says Jessica Tharp, vice president of BBB Heart of Illinois. “But, unfortunately, it also catches the attention of scammers who try to take advantage of well-meaning generosity.”

BBB Wise Giving Alliance has seen charity scams following all recent natural disasters and manmade tragedies, and encourages donors to balance their generosity with thoughtfulness and research.

“Try to avoid making emotional giving decisions,” says

H. Art Taylor, president and CEO of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. “The first request for a donation may not be the best choice. Check with the BBB to help avoid questionable fundraising efforts.”

BBB also reminds consumers that donations made through crowdfunding websites are usually considered gifts to the recipients and are not tax deductible unless the group receiving the funds is a 501(c)(3) organization as designated by the Internal Revenue Service.

BBB urges consumers to make wise choices with their donations: • Respond thoughtfully. Take the time to check out the charity to avoid wasting your generosity by donating to a questionable or poorly-managed effort.

The first request for a donation may not be the best choice.

Be proactive and find trusted charities that are providing

assistance.

• Respect the victims and their families. Organizations raising funds should get permission from the families to use either the names of the victims and/or any photographs of them. For example: Some charities raising funds for the Colorado movie theater and Newtown school victims did not do this and were the subject of criticism from victims’ families.

• Registration confirmation. About 40 of the 50 states require charities to register with a state government agency (usually a division of the state’s Attorney General’s office) before they solicit for charitable gifts. If the charity is not registered, that may be a significant red flag.

• Results should be shared.

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spent. Transparent organizations and/or individuals will post this information on their websites so that anyone can find out and not have to wait until the audited financial statements are available sometime in the future.

• Retail sale disclosures. If any items are being sold (such as T-shirts, etc.) in the context that their sales will benefit the victims, look for a disclosure that states the actual or anticipated amount of the purchase that will benefit the a specified charity and, if applicable, any minimums or maximums being raised (e.g. up to $100,000) as well as campaign term limits (e.g. during the month of November).

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‘Last of the Red Hot Lovers’ at Festival 56 PRINCETON — The Festival 56 production of Neil Simon’s “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” plays through Nov. 30 at the Grace Center for Performing Arts, 316 S. Main St., Princeton.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m.

In classic Neil Simon comedic style, “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” finds a rather dull, middleaged restaurateur trying to get hip to the free love vibe of the late 1960s by arranging a

series of affairs at his mother’s apartment. Matthew C. Scott, a familiar leading man to Festival 56 audiences (“Brigadoon,” “She Loves Me,” “The Sound of Music”), returns to lead the cast.

A special Festival 56 late-night cabaret will follow the performance on Nov. 29. Tickets to the cabaret, which begins at 10 p.m., are sold separately and can be purchased in advance at

the Festival 56 Box Office or the night of the performance.

For tickets, visit www.festival56.com or call the Festival 56 Box Office, 815-879-5656, ext.

11. The box office is open from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and an hour before each performance.

The Grace Performing Arts Center is completely accessible and ample nearby parking is available.

Genealogical Society will meet Dec. 5 PRINCETON — The Bureau County Genealogical Society will hold its annual combined November/December monthly meeting on Dec. 5. Due to the holidays this meeting replaces the regular meetings for the two months.

Prior to the 7 p.m. meeting and program at the BCGS library, 629 S. Main St. in Princeton, the public is also invited to a social hour beginning there at 6 p.m. All those attending are asked to bring a finger food appetizer or dessert to be shared.

The program for the evening will be an audience participation on the theme of “How Do You Celebrate the Holidays?”

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ditions that have been passed down, or have you created some new ones?

Are there decorations, memories or recipes with special importance?

Anyone who is willing to share with the audience in this discussion is asked to prepare to speak for a few minutes. Items can also be shown and talked about.

The BCGS library will be closed for the holidays from the end of the day Dec. 20 until reopening on the morning of Jan. 2,

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Also, websites that enable individuals to raise funds (known as crowdfunding sites) can be established very quickly but may not have oversight procedures in place to ensure that funds will be used as promised (for example, establishing a CPA, bank or other respected third party to receive collected donations and help distribute funds to victims).

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IVSO will present ‘The Nutcracker’ Ballet LASALLE — The Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra will present “The Nutcracker” Ballet at 4 p.m. Dec. 14 and 3 p.m. Dec. 15 at LaSallePeru High School Auditorium with the Dance Center, LaSalle, Ottawa Dance Academy, Gray’s School of Dance, Ottawa, and the Parkside School Concert Choir.

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Name: Lacey Marie DeVenney.

Nickname: My family used to call me bulldozer, but most people call me Lace.

School: Bureau Valley High School.

Date/place of birth: Sept. 27, 1995 Peoria.

Hometown (town you currently live in): Buda.

Family: Mom-Angela, DadBrent, Brothers-Joey and Danny.

Sports: Volleyball, Basketball, and Softball.

Favorite sport and why: Basketball. I like that I can be aggressive, let loose, and escape from everything else going on in my life.

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Likes: Chocolate, sparkles, and fishing.

Dislikes: When everybody around me in on their smartphone, school pizza, and mayonnaise.

Person with the greatest influence on my athletic career (and why): My brother, Danny, because he is the reason I have a passion for sports. When we were younger, he was always out in the yard playing one sport or another with me and he always supports me.

Person(s) with the greatest influence in my life (and why): My parents. They have given me everything I need to be successful and have taught me life isn’t fair but if I do what I know is right and follow my heart, I will live a happy life.

If stranded on a deserted island, I would have my: friends and family.

Last song I listened to: Happy Xmas (War is Over) by John Lennon. I’m so excited for Christmas already!

People would be surprised to know: I got kicked out of preschool for crying too much.

I stay home to watch: Law & Order: SVU, Criminal Minds, or Christmas movies.

When I need luck for a big game, I: listen to music. I don’t believe in luck, I just mentally prepare myself.

The funniest person I’ve ever met (and why): My science teacher, Mrs. Ledergerber. She has a sense of sarcasm like nobody else and she is just very good at keeping her students entertained.

What they’ll say about me at school after I graduate: I couldn’t tell you, and I’m not sure I want to know.

Most embarrassing moment: When I had to talk on the announcements and I was nervous so my voice was all shaky.

Most unforgettable moment: Being on the news my sophomore year for making a 3 in the Erie Tournament.

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- 200 Employment 228 • Help Wanted SEASONAL HELP NEEDED!!!!

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228 • Help Wanted LOCAL CONVENIENT STORE looking for a fulltime STORE MANAGER. Experience preferred.

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229 • Professional/ Clerical RECEPTIONIST NEEDED. Must be available mornings, afternoons, evenings and weekends.

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450 • Under $1000

614 • Car Sales

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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.

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PUBLIC AUCTION

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SUNDAY, DeCemBer 1, 2013

815-875-4461 PUBLIC FARMLAND AUCTION 80 +/- AC. IN 1 TRACT

FARM IT IN 2014!

-12 mi. N of Peoria or 10 mi. SW of Lacon in Marshall Co., IL Section 31—LaPrairie Township

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 @ 1 PM Seller: Bartley-Moran Farm

Auctioneers: Bart & Mark Higdon

HIGDON AUCTION SERVICES

*Productive Cropland*

Sale Site: Presbyterian Church, Princeville, IL

in the pitstick pavilion – 3401 n. state, Rt. 23, 31/2 MILES N. OF 1-80 • EXIT MILE MARKER 90 OUTSTANDING AUCTION OF ART & ARTIFACTS, ANTIQUES, FOSSllS, PAINTINGS, PICTURES, AMERICAN INDIAN ART, DUCK DECOYS & ARTIFACTS & OTHER COllECTABlES PrevIew frOm 8:30 A.m. ‘TIL AUCTION STArTS AT 10:30 A.m.

EXCELLENT AUCTION of Art &Artifacts, Fishing Lures, Duck Decoys, Antiques, Swords, Oil Paintings, Fossils, Rocks, Native American Items, Chinese Items & Many Other Collectables From the Worlds Past to the Present!

Many Nice Oil Paintings & Prints, Amethyst Geode, Crystals, Rocks, Meteorites, Fossils, Prehistoric Artifacts, Axes, Celts, Pestles, Spear Points, Arrowheads, Bird Points, Navajo Rugs, Leather Quiver, Leather Indian Dress, Beaded Pipe Bags, Beaded Fetishes, Beaded Child’s Vest, S.W. Pottery, Pre-Columbian Nazca Magic Spouted Vessels, Signed San lldo Fonso Pottery Bowl by Lupita Martinez, S.W. Indian Baskets, Squash Blossom Necklaces, Wooden Masks and Other Wooden Items; Split Bamboo Fishing Poles and Other Poles, 100s of Old Wooden Lures, Fishing Reels, Nets with Wooden Handles, Many Wooden Duck Decoys, Cobbs Island Shore Birds, Nantucket Lightship Baskets, African Baskets, World War II German Radio; Many Oil Paintings and Prints, Franklin Mint Collector Knives, Crocks and Jugs, Tramp Art from Mortor Shell, Swords, 1700 British Officers Sword, Chinese Items, Hundreds of Books and Many Misc. Items and Much More!

IT’S ALL TILLABLE!

3564 N. Il 71, MARSEIllES, Il 61341 PHONE (815) 496-2587 (FAX) Contact Sale managers mark & Tim Higdon Terms: Cash, All new buyers must present a current bank letter of credit with a personal check. Not responsible for accidents and articles after item is sold.

We are proud to bring you great auctions with NO BUYerS PremIUmS! PLEASE CALL US WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO SELL A FEW ITEMS OR YOUR ENTIRE COLLECTION! Phone/Fax (815) 496-2587 E-Mail: artifact@indianvalley.com License #’s: 441000407 & 443000106 • www.auctionzip.com ID 29396

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15 miles Southwest of Princeton PUBLIC AUCTION December 12th Prime Tillable Farmland Gorsuch-Hensley Real Estate, Canton, IL 309-647-8811 or gorsuch-hensley.com 80A in 1 Tract 10 miles Southwest of Lacon PUBLIC AUCTION DECEMBER 20th.

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Looking for a new place to live? The Bureau County Republican Classified is a great source to help you find your next place to call home.

772 • Land for Sale 115 ACRES more/less, 103.3 tillable acres, 130.8 PI, Elmira Township, Stark County.

Call Kyle: 641-919-5953

- 800 856 • Apartment Rentals 867 • Vacation Rentals Real Estate For Rent 856 • Apartment Rentals *PRINCETON in the country 2 bedroom apartment.

Nice view of Lake. Fishing access available. New kitchen & appliances. $500/month + deposit.

Available December 1st.

815-303-1865 PRINCETON 1 bedroom, downstairs, appliances, security deposit and references required.

Call 815-879-7491 PRINCETON 1 bedroom, recently remodeled. Great neighborhood. Lease, deposit. $425. 810 South Euclid. Call 217-766-8497 PRINCETON 2 bedroom, 1 car garage. $575 + security deposit. Located at 1024 North Maple Street.

Call 815-999-9255 PRINCETON Apartment.

Utilities furnished.

Upstairs, $600.

Phone 815-875-1336

160 ACRES more/less, 139.9 tillable acres, 111.9 PI, Indiantown Township, Bureau County.

Call Kyle: 641-919-5953

PRINCETON huge 2 bedroom, heat included. Deposit, no pets, $675 a month. Call 815-3037066 / 815-303-7621

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Price Reduced! $89,900 Completely adorable & Move Princeton! 3 BR - completely In Ready! 20’x30’ deck. Roof renovated. Hardwood floors, ‘09. Basement waterproof granite countertops, deck. system. Stainless steel Basement framed (materials appliances. #08429619 there) #08479162

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PRINCETON 1 bedroom, excellent location, lower level. Laundry hook-up, water & appliances furnished. Air, garage. Lease, deposit. No pets. $430.

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PRINCETON 1.5 bath, 1 bedroom, dining room, living room, covered porch, full basement, 2 car garage, washer/dryer, central location, remodeled, $500 / $500.

Call 815-875-2099

-35 mi. N of Peoria or 15 mi. SW of Princeton in Bureau Co., IL

PRINCETON 3 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath, appliances. $600 per month. Good references only.

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Bureau Co. Republican PUBLIC AUCTION

The following items will be offered at Public Auction located at Zibert Leasing, 585 US Rte 6, LaSalle, IL 61301 Look for Photos and upcoming auctions on rickrediger.com AND auctionzip

Sat., Dec. 28, 2013

Consignment information needed by December 11th to be added to sale bill.

Go To www.rickrediger.com for current consignments and photos

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 @ 1 PM Seller: Triple S Farm Sale Site: Moose Lodge, Princeton, IL

MACHINERY CONSIGNMENT AUCTION

Call or bring in your consignments to: 401 W. Main St.,Wyanet, IL 61379 815-699-7999

Section 23—Macon Township

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REAL ESTATE AUCTION

The following described Real Estate will be offered at Public Auction located at the property, 431 E. Main St., Wyanet, IL 61379 Look for this and upcoming Auctions on www.rickrediger.com

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2013

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2013

10:00 A.M.

VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT 1926 REO Speed Wagon Truck, complete; JD 4400 HST, MFWD. Diesel tractor, ROPS, 540 PTO, 3 pt, mid mt aux hyd, 633 hrs, Ser# H240874; JD 613 RM 6’, 540, mower; AC 540 rotary tiller, 48”, 3 pt; 1995 Chevrolet Cheyenne 2500, 4x4, ¾ T, auto, V-8, GMT-400, 85,000 mi, red w/Western Angle Plow; 1990 R&W Flatbed 18’ bumper trailer w/ramps; 1979 Tech Steel LBT25, 25’ flat deck trailer; Great Dane 45’ storage trailer; 40’ Utility Trailer; 755 Track Loader, #37391S, runs, recent overhaul; Austin-Western, Motorgrader; Super 100, 3 cyl Detroit, #8102, 6x6, hyd blade, scarfire, rear steer, 920 hrs; Horizon 315 Waste Oil Heater, 252,000 BTU output w/ Shenendoah transfer pump & tank; Champion R30, 3 phase, 10 hp, 120 gal horizontal tank air compressor; Landa SEA 4-3000 pressure washer w/natural gas hot water, stationary, 60 gal; 6 – 300 gal used oil tanks on stands w/pumps; 2000 gal double well fuel tank, skid type, w/gas boy pump and motor; 2 – Lincoln lubrication stations, air, oil & grease pumps, w/recoil hoses; 2 – torpedo propane heaters on sliding track; DR800 & DR1100 Pneumatic pto pump blowers, 1100 & 800 cfm; Gray TNT 550 air jack; Gray transmission jack MM2000, Voights Mfg. air/elec. Truck tire machine; hyd. Wheel jack; Owatonna Hyd. 50T Shop Press; Chicago Ind. 12 speed drill press; Lincoln Welder 225 (like new); Airco Model CV-300 SM, 300 amp welding machine (alum., SS); Cheetah tank system; TOOLS AND MISCELLANEOUS Snap-On torque wrench, 800 lb; Torque Wrench 3600, Rigid pipe threader, cable crimper, hole saws; hack saws; Porta Tool Counter Bore cutting tool; Daytona Porta Power; B&D elec. Sawzal; angle grinder; 100 amp HD battery charger; Morgan 6” vise on welding table; allied 4” vise; anvil; Briggs & Stratton transfer pump 2” and 3”; jacks of all types; power and hand tools; Motorola elec. Battery tester; Blue Point cooling system tester; Armature tester; Cummings engine timing tool; shop and engine manuals; acetylene tanks and cart; Acme gas mask; shop vac; Numerous new and good used 22.5 semi tires; chain binders; chain hoists; rolls of electric wire; engine specialty tools; counter bore equipment for older models; truck tanker plumbing and hardware (aluminum and steel); assorted brass and aluminum fittings; cable ends; snap rings; o-rings; gaskets; bearings; flare kits; air hose; brooms; scoops; shovels; elec. Supplies; log chains; hardware cabinets; parts bins; steel carts; metal shelving; truck fenders; mud flaps;

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Located at 431 E. Main St., Wyanet, IL Bureau County – Frame built, single story home with a two car garage on a 60’ x 165’ lot. The original home was built in 1939. The main level consists of approximately 1,200 sq. ft., there is a kitchen, living room, family room, 2 bedrooms and full bath. On a partial basement, gas forced air heat, public water and sewer. Tax I.D. number is 15-21-203-004.

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 January 14, 2014.

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

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

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

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

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

OPEN HOUSE – Saturday, November 16th • 1 - 2 p.m.

SHIPP ESTATE

- LaSalle, IL Seller: Number System Will Be used – I.D. Required CASH OR GOOD CHECK – Not Responsible for Accidents

Seller – Attorney for Seller: Daniel Tracy 111 E. Park Ave., Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-6551 Not Responsible for Accidents • I.D. Required

REDIGER AUCTION SERVICE Wyanet, IL 815-699-7999 Auctioneers: Rick Rediger • Jon Moon • Jeremy Rediger

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

ZIBERT LEASING

135 & 145 Sycamore St. Tiskilwa

120 Elm Place Princeton

830 Mayfair Dr. Princeton

1203 N. Main St. Princeton

401 W. Church Ohio

Cool Duplex for Living & Investment $119,900

3 BD, Many Recent Updates, 1st Floor Laundry $68,500

3BD, Hardwoods, FP, 2BA $129,900

4 Unit Investment RE, Parking, Great Exposure $159,000

Complete Renovation, 3 BD, 2 BA $63,000

Happy Thanksgiving From All Of Us!

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749 Independence Lane, Princeton $220,000

815-872-0080

858 • Homes for Rent

1 Bedroom at Orange Tree Resort in Scottsdale, AZ. March 8-15, 2014. On golf course, close to cubs training, great shopping, sightseeing etc. $950 for the week, will sleep 4.

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PRINCETON Duplex Stove & Fridge, Washer & Dryer hookups. No pets. No smoking.

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