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Not as good as it sounds ... Illinois Policy Institute releases labor report By Dave Cook dcook@bcrnews.com
On Nov. 20 the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics released the economic and unemployment statistics for the states. The Illinois Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research and education organization, has headlined its’ press release to say the report shows Illinois is beginning to keep pace with neighbor state job growth. However, a closer look at the
numbers show the state is still far behind the rest of the Midwest, and its’ economic condition is far from favorable. The figures which are being shown as a positive sign are from October, when Illinois added 14,100 payroll jobs on net, which brings the total job growth for 2015 to 20,200 new jobs. According to the release, Illinois’ manufacturing district, which is an important indicator
of the economic health of the middle class, lost 1,900 jobs in October and 14,100 in 2015. Illinois has the worst loss of manufacturing jobs in the region for October and the year overall. “Although it’s only one month, this is a positive sign for the state that has had the slowest recovery from the Great Recession in the country. However, Illinois’ manufacturing and blue-collar industries are continuing to fall dan-
gerously behind its neighbors. Illinois’ inability to keep manufacturers in our state is devastating areas around Illinois where families rely on these blue-collar jobs to survive. It is always a positive sign to see job growth in the state, but Illinois lawmakers should be looking at what policies can improve jobs across the economic spectrum, not just for white-collar service jobs,” said Michael Lucci, vice president of policy at the Illinois Policy Institute. Compared to the over-
all growth of 20,200 jobs which Illinois has gained so far this year, Indiana gained 45,100; Michigan gained 59,300; Ohio gained 58,400; and Wisconsin gained 36,900. The manufacturing job growth report for the region shows Indiana has gained 10,900 manufacturing jobs so far this year; Michigan has gained 17,100; Ohio has gained 13,500 and Wisconsin has gained 3,700. By comparison, Illinois has lost 14,100 manufacturing jobs so far this year.
The state’s unemployment rate remained at 5.4 percent for October. Illinois has lost manufacturing jobs during every month but one in 2015 and is the state in the Midwest which has lost the most manufacturing jobs in 2015. Illinois has 67,000 fewer jobs than it did before the recession began in 2008. According to the report, Illinois is home to the worst economic recovery of any state in the country. Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.
Putting test results in PARCC PES Board associate poor test results with students’ lack of experience B y E ric E ngel eengel@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON — Princeton Elementary School (PES) Superintendent Tim Smith said the PARCC test results for the district were “every bit as bad as we thought they would be,” yet he isn’t worried, seeing as how Illinois State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith recently told administrators not to take the test results too seriously. The PES Board met Monday, Nov. 23, and discussed the PARCC test. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test was administered to district students last spring, yet results were not received until November. Tim Smith said he’s going to talk to principals at their buildings and meet with staff to discuss the individual results, but “there’s a litany of reasons why we won’t take them seriously at this point in time.” Smith stated PARCC is not a valid test at this juncture because students are being evaluated on practices they haven’t had for more than two or three academic years.
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Eat, nap, shop ... Shoppers finished their day of family, food and football by filling up the aisles of stores offering early opportunities to take advantage of Black Friday sales. This holiday weekend marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season, and parking lots are sure to be full. Today (Saturday) is Small Business Saturday where shoppers are encouraged to shop local retailers.
More Chrome at Bureau Valley BV OKs Chromebooks for junior high educators By Goldie Rapp grapp@bcrnews.com
MANLIUS — The Bureau Valley School Board is moving forward with its technology plan and is now ordering Chromebooks for all junior high teachers. At the board meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 24, Superintendent Stephen Endress said he had sat down with teachers during a school improvement day and learned
they would like to upgrade from old, unreliable laptops to the Chromebooks. BV South Principal Kristal LeRette was also at the meeting on Tuesday and confirmed teachers are interested in getting trained on them before they are purchased for students. Mainly, teachers want to feel comfortable with the devices before they have to incorporate them into lesson plans for students. “They are ready and want to do it,” she
said. Endress mentioned community members have already stepped up to offer financial support for getting Chromebooks in the junior high schools, as well. As previously reported, community members, organizations and businesses recently donated enough funds to cover the cost of purchasing all high school student Chromebooks. The largest concern with the technol-
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Finding ... and reaching the pinnacle within Princeton native Tranchita reaches No. 1 on the Billboard music chart By Eric Engel eengel@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON — A climber at the base of the mountain, he leans toward the heavens to see the peak. He begins his climb, every stretching step a necessary number in the equation of ascension. The journey takes him through the range of his abilities, and mandates continuation, regardless of any rock solid obstacles or avalanche of adversity. Every step he recalls, from his first to his final, he witnesses what eyes can’t encounter. The zenith ... an outcome of the capstone within, the pinnacle born from the plains. When Justin Tranchita was young, his family moved from the suburbs of Chicago to a farm outside of Princeton past the Red Covered Bridge. It was there he mastered the techniques of running through the yard barefoot, blazing bonfires in the deepest retreats of empty cornfields and carving jack knife plunges into the currents below the bridge. It was there his story was established. “It’s kind of been a long road out of Princeton,” Tranchita said, mentioning his uprising in the green blades of Midwestern sun allowed him to fully acknowledge the artist within. “People who knew me back in the day, knew I was always writing songs and playing shows wherever they would let me.” When Tranchita left town, he got into the entertainment business and produced several shows and music for other people. His involvement was integral in Disney’s Broadway show, “The Little Mermaid,” which ran out of Branson, Mo., this last summer, and he “played the fool” on the Discovery Channel show, “Game of Pawns.” He has worked on some movies since, but writing music has always been his greatest joy, and recently delivered his greatest achievement. Tranchita’s single, “This is America,” rose to No. 1
on Billboard’s Emerging Artist Chart on Tuesday, Nov. 17, after debuting at No. 4 on the chart the week prior. Presidential candidate Ben Carson will use Tranchita’s single as his official campaign song. Tranchita said the song is dedicated to the country he loves, and Carson supporters and the current political environment surely helped the single catch fire. “It’s surreal, to be honest,” he said, speaking of the accolade few on Earth ever accomplish. “This isn’t the song I expected to go No. 1, so hopefully I have a few left in the can.” Tranchita started as a rock singer but has since transitioned to more of a country strummer, and has fond memories of a quality childhood in Princeton Photo contributed that supplied him with many close friends to this Princeton native Justin Tranchita travels the land with his bandmates in search of fresh artistic ideas and fond memday. His upcoming record ories. Tranchita’s single, “This is America,” rose to No. 1 on Billboard’s Emerging Artist Chart on Tuesday, Nov. 17. is scheduled to be released Tranchita is pictured behind the wheel in this photo. around Christmas with 12 songs that include a rendition of the Car’s “My Best Friend’s Girl,” a song with Dickey Betts from the Allman Brothers and his personal favorite, “Saturday Night Beauty Queen.” “Life on the road is pretty crazy, but God’s been really Justin Tranchita took the good to me, and I’ve gotlong road out of Princeton, ten to see the whole world,” but never forgot where Tranchita said, having he came from or what he jammed on stages in Thailearned in small town Illiland, Seoul, China, Russia nois. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, and Israel, to name just a Tranchita’s single, “This is few. “I’m just a lucky kid out America,” rose to No. 1 on of Princeton.” Billboard’s Emerging Artist Tranchita said Princeton is one of the best places a Chart. The single has also kid can grow up with its been chosen by presidenwholesome approach and tial candidate Ben Carson open spaces to stretch out as his official campaign the imagination. He shared song. his pride in the football team advancing in the playPhoto contributed offs and voiced his peaceful anticipation to swing through town soon and rile up some old smiles. “I just wanted to reach out to everyone back home and thank them for their part in my story,” he said. “No. 1 is a big deal, and I’m just in shock the good Lord is giving me this opportunity.” Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.
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An alley, a building and a village website By Nita Wyatt
Willett & Hofmann, Dixon, conducted an inspection of the property. Tom Sanders, an associate of Lesage, has been in contact with the county trustee, who is responsible for properties the county is holding because of non-payment of three years of property taxes. The county, when holding these properties, is not responsible for maintenance or repairs to the property. The county trustee has stated if the village would like to obtain ownership of this property, the county will provide, at no cost to the village, a deed to the 128 S. Main St. location. The property has been determined to have no taxable value for the county. After the report has been received from BCR photo/Becky Kramer the structural engineer, the board will discuss and make a decision regarding whether or not the village will be obtaining ownership of the property. The village owner“Mrs. Santa Claus” delivers hot cups of cocoa to shoppers who were out and about ship would include possible demolition or during the city of Princeton’s Christmas Open House, which also included a variety repairs to the building. The village will need of other holiday activities to kick off the season. to determine the feasibility of such expenditures. The previously tabled item of a possible website for the village was also discussed Nov. 28 – Wilma J. Pratt trust, real real estate, 10 a.m., 326 Park Ave. West, again. Lesage said because of the Illinois estate, 10 a.m., auction to be held at 135 Princeton, Tumbleson Auction Co., aucOpen Meetings Act, having a dedicated site W. Center St., (Collectors Hall, Stenzel tioneers. for the village would require certain obligaDec. 11 – South Ridge Properties Auction), Cambridge, Stenzel Auction tions on the part of the village. This would L.L.C., farm land, 10 a.m., auction held Service, auctioneers. include but not be limited to the notification Nov. 28 – V. Kaye Miller estate, John at the Farm Ridge Township Hall locatrequirements for village meetings and other Deere tractors, Farmall tractors, other ed on Sylvan Avenue, Grand Ridge, legally required notifications. He also stated tractors, miscellaneous farm equip- Bradleys and Immke Auction Service, he would not recommend sharing a website ment, 10 a.m., 401 W. Main St. (The auctioneers. with another entity due to issues regarding Dec. 12 – Clara Mae Ansteth, antiques, Shed), Wyanet, Rediger Auction Service, content control. primitives, collectibles, miniature sewauctioneers. Board member Sharon Smith moved to Nov. 29 – Native American artifacts, ing machine collection, cast iron collectable the idea of a village website for a later antiques, guns, swords, rocks, fossils, rare tion, vintage iron, enamelware, stonedate, and this motion carried unanimousbooks and other collectibles, 10:30 a.m., ware, coins, firearms, 9 a.m., auction ly. The village will be exploring further the 3401 N. State (Pitstick Pavilion), Ottawa, held at Bureau County Fairgrounds, BCR alerts service — an instant messaging Princeton, Becker Auction Service, aucHigdon Auction Services, auctioneers. service to cell phones and email addresses Dec. 5 – Eric May and Amanda Gross, tioneers. — to ascertain if its use would be of value to village residents. Ryan Rosenthal, chairperson of the Law and Order Committee, updated the board Thinking of buying or selling agricultural land? on the progress of the hiring of new police service you deserve officers. Five candidates have been interfrom someone you can trust viewed, and the committee was expected to meet on Tuesday, Nov. 24, to move forward with the possible hiring in the near future. Grobe welcomed the new Walnut Trea815.866.6161 www.edwardjones.com surer Autumn Wolfe. Wolfe will be replacing the long-time treasurer, Nita VonHolten, farms1@comcast.net upon her retiring as of Dec. 31. Comment on this story at www.bcrnews. com.
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WALNUT — The Walnut Village Board held a hearing Monday, Nov. 23, to speak about vacating the alley located at the end of Brewer Street. Prior to the regular Walnut Village Board meeting, a hearing was held for the vacating of the alley located at the end of Brewer Street within the village. Village Attorney Rob Lesage and two neighbors of this alley were present to participate in this hearing. Lesage stated the alley has been dormant for many years, and after the alley is vacated, each neighbor on both sides of the alley will be entitled to 10 feet of property which comprises the alley. He further stated the village of Walnut had been under the impression this alley had been vacated previously. During an investigation of the legal descriptions in that area, it was discovered the alley had never been properly vacated. Lesage said once the alley is vacated, it becomes the property of the individual homeowners and any possible property disputes would need to be handled privately and not be a matter for the village. A survey of the alley area was previously conducted, but that survey did not include the locating of any utility easements in and along this alley. It was determined, after discussion by the board and also Carl Minks, village superintendent, there are numerous utilities that are present on or near this alley. Lesage had prepared the necessary paperwork for vacating the alley, but he had not been made aware of the presence of easements and did not include the proper legal language in the documents to allow for these easements. He and Minks will be working together to get the easements located. Because of the questions regarding easements, vacating of the alley was tabled until the next board meeting scheduled for Monday, Dec. 7. Another public hearing on the matter will not be necessary at the December meeting, but merely a presentation of the new ordinance and a vote by the board. In other business, board President Dennis Grobe lead a discussion regarding the concerns being expressed by village residents of the disrepair of a building located at 128 S. Main St. There are considerable roof, windows and other structural problems within the building located at this address. On Tuesday, Nov. 24, a structural engineer from
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Bureau Valley From Page 1 ogy plan for the junior high is having reliable wireless infrastructure in both BV North and BV South buildings. Currently, the wireless access is barely strong enough to support one classroom of laptops. The board discussed having representatives of William and Mary technology services conduct surveys on the building to locate dead spots and come up with a plan on how to improve the wireless infrastructure. The district worked with William and Mary when figuring out the high school wireless infrastructure. The board also discussed whether or not to allow junior high students to take home the devices. LeRette said some teachers had concerns with giving the students the responsibility. Also, it was mentioned 68 percent of students are considered poverty level, therefore many most likely wouldn’t have Internet access at home to work on homework assignments. Board vice president Don King offered a different perspective on the issue. He said considering the area poverty level, he sees it being a reason to help residents get Internet access and have it be one step toward improving the communities. “I would love to see that (Chromebook) go home with a young sixth-grader where a mom or dad might be able to use that for job searches or just something that will be able to open up to a whole new life,” he said, adding this plan would not just be helping the school, but also the communities. The board did not have to approve the purchase of Chromebooks for the junior high students because the price of 30 teacher Chromebooks doesn’t meet the range where a vote needed to take place. Board member Don DeWaele said teachers should get Chromebooks right away and start working with them as the district prepares to improve the wireless infrastructure for the Walnut and Buda buildings. He said once the infrastructure support is in place and the teachers feel comfortable with the Chromebooks, the board will be able to move ahead again and purchase Chromebooks for the students. Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.
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For that reason, it’s an inaccurate depiction of intellectual abilities among the area’s growing adolescents. “An eighth-grader’s taking the PARCC test as if he’s been getting Common Core from pre-kindergarten on, so how in the world that can be considered a useful test is beyond me,” Smith said. “I’m not a school psychologist, but one thing I’m confident in is our students did not become this poor in language arts and math in that period of time.” Smith remembered when the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) was the national norm, and although it was effective in comparing sameaged students, it was ditched when PARCC was introduced. Smith indicated 85 percent of Illinois students met or exceeded the SAT standards, so the numbers obviously don’t add up. “The PARCC scores are so low we just know what we’re seeing is not realistic,” he said, indicating constant monitoring of the students will be a surefire way to pinpoint where they are and are not progressing. Board member Steve Bouslog said eventually Common Core and PARCC will be the baseline, even if it is not currently a valuable measure of academic success. Smith said that baseline may continue changing over time, and Common Core will literally take years to implement
because the students have to grow through the district. On a constructive note, Smith said Teacher Ease — a student management system parents can access to see their child’s grades, attendance and assignments — is working out very well. In sixth grade, 78 percent of parents are utilizing Teacher Ease; seventh grade, 91 percent; and eighth grade, 88 percent. “We wanted to congratulate and thank our parents for accessing that information,” Smith said, stating parents can see if their children are cutting class or have slipping grades, as well as rewarding kids for positive performance. “Hopefully it has a positive impact,” he said. Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.
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Buckling down trumps acting up PHS Board commends students on high character and scholarly efforts By Eric Engel eengel@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON — One-third of the way through the fiscal school year, the Princeton High School (PHS) Board took time to discuss student testing and disciplinary occurrences at its meeting Monday, Nov. 23. Principal Andy Berlinski noted the Student Council hosted the Red Cross Fall blood drive on Wednesday, Oct. 28, with 36 units of blood collected. School Improvement Day took place on Friday, Nov. 6, with practice ACT tests administered to freshmen, sophomores and juniors. “I commend the students as they tried their best on the exam,” Berlinski said, adding faculty was aware underclassmen would struggle with portions of the ACT, but their experience would only serve to assist their understanding of such exams in the future. Berlinski said the annual holiday luncheon will be held Tuesday, Dec. 15, during all three lunches. Con-
gratulations were afforded the PHS Music Department, under the direction of Brandon Crawford, for being named a Grammy Signature School for the third consecutive year. Crawford presented a new course for board of education approval called Beginning Guitar Skills. The class will be available to sophomores through seniors for a course fee of $50, and will award .5 credit hours to each successful participant. The course is for beginning guitarists and will teach students the history and styles of guitars and guitar playing, as well as promoting ingenuity through solo and group performances. Student attendance from Oct. 22 to Nov. 18 was up from 92.4 percent in 2014 to 93.4 percent this year. Sophomores led the charge with a 94.8 percent attendance rate this last month, and write-ups dropped dramatically during that span, from 164 in 2014 to 108 in 2015. The 2015 tentative tax levy was approved by the board, with the final tax levy coming in the December meeting. A resolution issuing no more than $5,000,000 in general obligation school bonds and the levy of a direct annual tax to pay the principal and interest on those bonds was also approved. The board also accepted the resignation of custodian Jim Davis, effective Dec. 31. Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.
Being a good sport PHS student athletes and intellects constantly strive for greater success By Eric Engel eengel@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON — Princeton High School (PHS) Superintendent Kirk Haring and the board members took the time to celebrate the efforts of fall athletes and scholars at its meeting Monday, Nov. 23. Arraia Hicks was named the Bureau County Republican Female Golfer of the Year, and Colby Robbins took the title of Male Golfer of the Year. The varsity volleyball team made it to the regional semifinals, and the football team was one of the final eight teams in IHSA Class 3A, finishing the season 11-1. “We are extremely proud of the 2015 Tiger football team and all fall sports teams,” Haring said. “The excitement they generated in the school and community is something that will be remembered for a long time, and we look forward to building on that success
and excitement in the winter and spring seasons.” Basketball, wrestling and Scholastic Bowl are all now in full swing, and the fall play, “All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten,” was a great success. The following students were recognized as November’s Students of the Month: • Sophomore Haleigh Hall in the English, fine arts and library category. • Senior Kendal Way in the math and science category. • Junior Coye Eden in the special needs category. • Senior Brook Stowe in the health, physical education and driver’s education category. • Senior Morgan Cain in the social studies and foreign language category. • Junior Aaron Allen in the vocational tech category. Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.
Mautino reminds seniors to review Medicare coverage during open enrollment SPRING VALLEY — In effort to remind older residents about the approaching deadline to change Medicare plans, state Rep. Frank Mautino is encouraging residents who feel their Medicare coverage is not meeting their needs to review their options by Monday, Dec. 7, and make desired changes. “It’s important for seniors to review their Medicare Advantage plans and supplemental prescription drug coverage annually to
ensure they are enrolled in the plan that is serving them the best,” Mautino said. “While Medicare is a federal program, I want to make sure residents are aware of the annual open enrollment period and take advantage of this time to consider making changes.” Medicare recipients can only make changes
to their plans during the Medicare Open Enrollment period, which ends Monday, Dec. 7. Individuals receiving Medicare can change to a Medicare Advantage Plan as well as add supplemental insurance which covers prescription drugs. Individuals who are satisfied with their current Medicare
coverage do not need to take any action. To compare plans, residents can go to www.medicare.gov to see a list of plans and make comparisons based on providers available in their community. Questions about coverage options can be answered 24/7 by calling 800-MEDICARE (800-633-4227).
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TAMPICO — Robert E. Stees, 67, of Tampico died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, at his home in Tampico. Funeral services will be 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, at the Garland Funeral Home in Tampico with the Rev. Leanne Keate, pastor of the Tampico United Methodist Church, officiating. Visitation will be Monday from 3 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home. Cremation rites will be accorded after the services.
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CHILLICOTHE — Suzanne Esmé-Carroll, 73, of Chillicothe passed away Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, at Heritage Health Nursing Home in Chillicothe. Born Dec. 25, 1941, in Freeport, the daughter of Bayard H. and Frances A. (Goldsmith) Esmé, she married Raymond D. “Dean” Carroll Nov. 14, 1964, in Chillicothe. She attended Chillicothe High School and graduated from the Academy of Our Lady High School in Peoria. She worked in the advertising department for Bergner’s in Peoria before opening and operating the Hickory Stick Gift Shop and Tea Room in Chillicothe, the Illinois Art League, Chillicothe Historical Society, Altrusa and participated in Native American events in the celebration of her heritage. Surviving are one daughter, Lisa (Todd) Hammer of Chillicothe; one son, Gregory (Ashleigh) Carroll of Chillicothe; two grandsons, Ryne M. and Brady D. Hammer; one granddaughter, Piper A. Carroll; and two brothers, David (Jeanette) Esmé of Peoria and Stephen (Jan) Esmé of Princeton. A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, at St. Edward’s Catholic Church in Chillicothe, with visitation from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Memorials may be directed to St. Edward’s School, St. Jude’s or the Illinois Cancer Center.
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Ohio Grade School OHIO — The Ohio Grade School Board met in regular session on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The following action was taken or discussed: • Approved the agenda as presented, minutes of the Tuesday, Sept. 22, regular meeting and budget hearing as presented, the September treasurer’s and student activity reports and bills and payroll. • The board discussed technology. • Approved the submission of the 2016 school library per capita grant application. • Superintendent Sharon Sweger reviewed and the board accepted the FY15 audit. Sweger was pleased to report the auditor had no findings and the district earned a financial recognition status of 4.0. • Approved the second and final reading of the policy revisions. Superintendent’s report: • Current enrollment is 60 students. A new family recently moved to the district with a first grader and fifth grader. • The posts for the sign are up. There was a delay due to rain, and Ohio hosted the BVEC Music Festival and didn’t want to block the gym entryway with all the equipment needed. Thank you to Quentin Christensen, Don Reuter, Chris Ringenberg, Robb Kleist, Bart Piper,
PRINCETON — James Richard “Rick” Wright, 46, of Princeton passed away Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015, at Unity Point Methodist Hospital in Peoria. Arrangements are pending at the Grant-Johnson Funeral Home in Princeton.
At the courthouse Marriage licenses Michael W. Heiden of Ottawa to Kendra A. Carey of Ottawa. Zechariah S. Knott of Kewanee to Samantha E. Ashbaker of Kewanee. Gary L. Brooks of Walnut to Susan L. Fritz of Princeton. Michael J. Taliani of Spring Valley to Amber R. Walesa of Spring Valley. Robert P. Gould of Sheffield to Brittany A. Hayes of Princeton. Gentry D. Nordstrom of Lafayette, Ind., to Lindsey R. Galloway of Lafayette, Ind.
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Ryan K. Althaus, 19, of Sublette was involved in an accident on Old Chicago Road near 3300 East Street at 2:38 p.m. Nov. 16. Rhonda K. Burden, 50, of Granville was involved in an accident on Route 26 near Sherwood Glen Drive at 10:55 a.m. Nov. 17. A 17-year-old Wyanet female was involved in an accident on 1000 East Street near 2000 North Avenue at 4:01 p.m. Nov. 17.
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Jordan M. G. Brown, 27, of Princeton struck a deer on Route 6 near 1870 North Avenue at 5:46 a.m. Nov. 16.
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The presents of mind By now, Thanksgiving 2015 is just a memory. I hope your day was filled with a full belly, but more important than that, I hope you made many moments that brought smiles to your face and carved deep crevices into your soul that are now filled with the precious memories you can retrieve when life doesn’t seem so abundant. I’m sure many of you have already taken the opportunity to cash in on some Black Friday sales, While those shopping experiences can be fun, I’m not much into crowds these days. I hope all of you will take advantage of Small Business Saturday, which is an opportunity to shop at your local stores. Many of these area businesses will be featuring Small Business Saturday specials, and the idea of patronizing our local businesses is especially important at this time of the year. As for me, I’m at the point in my life when Christmas presents aren’t so important — not the ones I give, but clearly the ones I receive have taken a back seat to more intrinsic values that don’t focus on materialistic items, rather the ones that come from within. I’m not sure why ... Terri Simon Maybe it’s the last-minute chaos of wrapping a bazillion gifts on Christmas Eve, only to have my handiwork destroyed in a couple of hours. Perhaps it’s the idea of searching for hours, standing in long lines for just as much time and then taking the gift home — not really sure whether the item I purchased was perfect of not. Quite possibly it might be because I don’t need one more trinket, one more kitchen gadget, one more anything ... But realistically, I think the reason I don’t really care to have any gifts under the tree (which I’m not putting up this year) with my name on them boils down to something that lives deep within me now. I’m not sure what it’s called, but I know every inch of my being resonates with this feeling ... and quite frankly, I like how it feels. Without sounding too much like a Grinch (I’m really not), I love Christmas, the Christmas story and all the holiday is supposed to represent. If we need to blame anyone for this gift-giving frenzy, I would probably throw fault at the three wise men who came bearing gifts — but who am I to knock the wind out of the beauty of those gifts as they were given to celebrate a holy event that has changed the world in which many of us live. I know I’m rambling here ... obviously there’s a battle going on in my heart, my soul and my mind as I attempt to make sense of how I want to celebrate my own holiday this year. While some gifts must be bought, what I really want to do this year is focus on the gifts I can give those I love that really make a difference. While they are presents I try to give all year long, I think I want to really concentrate on wrapping up things that need no wrapping paper or bows at all. I have a friend who is really good at this. She gives pieces of her heart away all the time. Some of those presents of which I have been the recipient are her gifts of time, understanding, laughter, support and an ear that keeps on listening, even though she might know I’m dead wrong. They are priceless gifts that cause me to take notice of her kindness, and far more important than anything that could be wrapped up with a bow. We should all be so lucky to have this kind of a person in our lives. We should all be so lucky to receive these gifts. Which leads me back to the presents I want to give — not just this Christmas season, but throughout every day of my life. The trinkets will clearly come and go. The sweater will ultimately go out of style. The kitchen gadget will get pushed to the back of the drawer. But the presents of the mind, heart and soul tend to last a lifetime. As you make out your Christmas lists this year, I hope you’ll add some of these intangible presents for those you love. I believe they will be gifts that will be cherished for a lifetime. BCR Editor Terri Simon can be reached at tsimon@ bcrnews.com.
Richard Widmark: A Princeton legend The Widmark Look — Becoming Richard Widmark Column and artwork by Bartlett Lee Kassabaum Young Richard Widmark had three definite influences in his early life. His maternal grandmother, Mary Barr, took him to the movies starting at age 3. His mother, Ethel Mae Widmark, and his father, Carl Henry Widmark, were of course very influential also. These three adults were who he interacted with in the first formative years of his life. His father was gone a lot, being a traveling salesmen, and so most of the child rearing was obviously left to Ethel and her mother. Grandma Barr instilled in him a wonderment for the moving pictures of the silent films. Maybe it was watching all those silent movies, where everything was expressed with the characters actions and facial expressions, that left a subconscious imprint on a young Richard Widmark’s mind. He was really taken with the silent movies and the characters in them. He would act out his own scenes in the backyard when at play as young boy. He collected silent movie magazines. These things had to have been an influence on who he would eventually become — Richard Widmark, the actor who could mesmerize you with his spot on characterizations on the screen that would take you from one side of the fence to the other in a second. What may have been the most influential of all though was the constant battle over how Richard was to be raised as to his religious upbringing. “Religion was no comfort to me in my childhood and youth; it was an irritant, responsible for constant bickering in our home. My father was a Lutheran, my mother a Christian Scientist and her mother a Catholic. I was tossed up for grabs. There was a period in which I used to creep within earshot as they all argued about me, hotly, furiously. And then I stayed strictly away. I don’t have to tell you how a child instinctively reacts who is pulled this way and that without his even knowing, or even having the ability to understand what all the furor is about. He resents it. I knew that in many places the church is the center of social life, and I knew this could be a good thing properly recognized. In the small towns in which I had
lived, including Sunrise, Minn., where I was born; Princeton, Ill., where I graduated from high school; and Lake Forest, Ill., where I both attended college and later taught English and drama, a great many activities were fostered by church groups. And we would have suffered a serious social and recreational lack without them. “Yet even so, these were the side inducements to seek God, and I couldn’t get away from the feeling that one should not require bonuses to worship. That was my predicament. I asked myself, ‘What do you do?’ And I had no answer. Little by little I stopped thinking about it and grew into maturity as the kind of man you would call a doer more than a thinker. I didn’t want to think. Of course that doesn’t work; at least it isn’t a final way of life. When things got rugged with me, whenever it was a matter of touch and go, I would find myself looking up and asking, ‘Please help me.’ “During World War II my brother, a pilot in the Army Air Force, had a bad time of it. He was shot down three times in Europe, one time landing with a burning parachute. He was a prisoner of war in Germany for two years. He had to undergo critical brain operations as a result of his injuries. There is no kidding about my reaction to all this; I needed faith to overcome the worry and anguish which beset me through this period. Very simply I turned to God. I knew there were other people who were like myself; they did not go to church and wear it as a sign of religiousness; just the same they had religion and lived mostly within the concepts of a religious life. “I am certain that every man has a belief; that there is no such thing as not having one. A man who held otherwise once cited what he said was a regular Sunday spectacle in rural Ireland to prove his point. “As religious a country as Ireland is,” he said, “you can go to any small village on a Sunday morning and find that while many men accompany their wives to church, they don’t go in themselves. They sit outside smoking their pipes and gabbing until their women come out. You can go to Mexico and see the same thing. “He held that this showed the men were tolerant of their wives’ beliefs but without belief themselves. My analysis was different. I was and am certain that each of these men had a relationship with God, but one that he felt was entirely private with him, and which he did not like
defined in any specific way. It might even be that many of them could not explain their faiths to themselves, not understand it when explained in church, yet that did not signify that they were faithless. When I pictured them sitting outside the church on a quiet Sunday morning, I saw them as within the fold, not without.” Maybe this is just the way it was with Richard Widmark and his acting. Maybe he could not explain this thing he had and did not even know what it was he had. Maybe it was this early inner turmoil with religion, and the being pulled in many directions, that manifested itself in his actions on the screen where he also has a turmoil that could tear him in more than one direction just like that. John Dee, writer of another article on Richard Widmark, “Widmark is Baffled,” in the British, Picturegoer Magazine (Feb. 21, 1959), brings up this very same subject. He stated, in his article, that Richard Widmark could not explain his enormously successful acting technique. Widmark’s career had “grown from a maniacal laugh that has lately borne some astonishingly varied fruit. In the past few months, Richard Widmark, who founded his fortune on zestfully pushing an old lady in a wheelchair down a flight of steps (‘Kiss of Death,’ 1947) has played an honest earnest sheriff in ‘Warlock,’ a comedy husband in ‘Tunnel of Love,’ and a squeamish young lawyer in “The Trap” – generally released early next month. And, be it noted, these diverse
roles were for three competing studios all glad to get him at his zooming price. In the preceding year Widmark has been a cynical mocking killer in ‘The Law & Jake Wade’ for MGM (his last to be released), a dedicated army jurist in Time limit for himself, and the effeminate Dauphin in Preminger’s ‘St. Joan.’” Dee said that while Widmark is one of Hollywood’s most successful actors, he had the fewest theories about how he does it. When asked, Widmark had this to say. “I’m always suspicious of people who can very glibly explain their own art. Possibly some people know how they do it. I don’t.” The fascination for Dee was that up there on the screen, Widmark acts like a man constantly torn between two intentions. He quoted a simple example to Widmark from “My Pal Gus” – a nothing scene in which all Widmark had to do was come into a girl’s office and say she was right. So he opened the door and said it as if he really meant she had been wrong, then instead of leaving, tossed his hat on a distant table and took a long pregnant pause. Puzzling? It was spell binding. Widmark wrinkled his brow, “You mean I do that sort of thing all the time?” I nodded. His gloom deepened. He said, “I never knew I had that sort of double thing going on. Must be subconscious.” There it was. In Richard Widmark’s own words. He was completely unaware and yes, even baffled. I’ll keep exploring this “sort of double thing going on” when I return with the next part of The Widmark Look.
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Birth announcements — Meet the newest arrivals to the area on Page 8. Birth announcements run each Saturday in the Life & Arts section.
PCA will present musical on Dec. 4 PRINCETON — Princeton Christian Academy will present “The Christmas County Spelling Bee” by Celeste and David T. Clydesdale on Friday, Dec. 4. This fun-filled musical takes place where the townwide Christmas pageant roles are awarded based on spelling prowess. Characters like Beatrice B. Beasely, the fashionista, and the nerdy Ferris Wyler make this a show to remember. Students in grades 5-8 act out the play, as students in kindergarten through fourth grade sing the choral numbers. The play is directed by teachers Kathey Cook and Christina Batchelor. An all-school open house precedes the play beginning at 6 p.m. A brief choral concert by the junior high choir will also be part of the evening entertainment. Seating begins at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. It is free to the public.
Comedy show — St. Bede Academy will swing into the holidays with a one-woman comedy on Dec. 4. See Page 7.
Community Notes Pie and coffee Christmas meeting CHERRY — The Pie and Coffee Club in Cherry will have its Christmas meeting at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3. The group will be entertained by Jon and Sue Graham, who will sing Christmas songs, and by “Magic by Kory.” There will also be a “Quarter Christmas Sale.”
Golden Eagles meeting WYANET — The Golden Eagles will meet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, at Red’s Bar and Grill in Sheffield. Lunch is “pay for your own.” For additional information, call Louise at 815-699-7768.
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The play cast of “The Christmas County Spelling Bee” includes (kneeling) Miguel Jones and Benjamin Henrikson; (standing, first row) Regan Cook, Elana Martinez, Eliza Atkinson, Claudia Nordstrom, Katherine Henrikson, Paige Twidell, Colin Weddell and Noah Tatro; (second row) Jerrey Nelson, Andrea Imsland, Graham Rumley, Gracie Pollok and Tia Brokaw; and (top row) Anya Bauer, Anna Grey and J’Kira Wolbrecht.
St. Bede swings into the holidays with comedy show PERU — Truth or fiction: St. Nick was born in Turkey, but moved to America, gained weight, connected with the Coca-Cola company and changed his name to Santa Claus. If you can figure out the answer, you’re going to love Vicki Quade’s (creator of the hit “Late Night Catechism”) newest holiday show, “Christmas Bingo: It’s a Ho-Ho-Holy Night.” St. Bede Academy swings into the holidays with this one-woman comedy at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at St. Bede Academy. In this interactive comedy, audience members play bingo while also answering questions about Christmas traditions, the origin
of St. Nick, where do candy canes come from, miracles in the Bible ... and the funniest true and false quiz about St. Nick you’ll ever find. Audiences have loved Vicki Quade’s comedy, “Late Night Catechism” for years. She has created a new holiday show to meet the demand from schools, churches and theaters looking for the same tried and true humor. “St. Bede is excited to bring this show to the Illinois Valley area and kick off the holiday season,” said Bonnie Prokup, manager of special events at St. Bede. Sister Jackie Staub, of the Sisters of St. Joseph in LaGrange, called the
show, “Marvelous,” adding, “The humor is plentiful and yet always respectful of religious women. The audience participation brings an added richness to the show. I was struck by the fact that there were different religions present and yet all seemed to be enjoying the show immensely!” Tickets are $30 each which includes an hors de oeuvres buffet. A cash bar and special holiday drinks will be available. Reservations and tickets are available by calling Bonnie Prokup at 815-2500342 or email bprokup@st-bede. com. All proceeds will benefit St. Bede Academy.
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PRINCETON — Bureau County HCE (Home and Community Education) will hold a cookie walk from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (or until cookies sell out) on Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Prouty Building, 435 S. Main St., Princeton. Bureau County HCE helps support local youth through school supply donations and is a supporter of University of Illinois Extension, Bureau County 4-H.
Festival 56 performance PRINCETON — Jacob Marley’s “Christmas Carol” will run Saturday, Dec. 5, through Sunday, Dec. 20, at the Grace Performing Arts Center, 316 S. Main St., Princeton. Performances of this holiday comedy-drama are at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5, 11, 12, 18 and 19, and 2 p.m. Dec. 6, 13 and 20. To purchase tickets, visit www.festival56.com, call 815-879-5656 or stop by the theatre. Box office hours are noon to 2 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Dec. 5-19, and one hour before each performance. Tickets are $29, $26 for seniors 65 plus and $14 for students 18 and under. Ticket packages and gift certificates for 2016 are also on sale.
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PRINCETON — The Mississippi Valley Blood Center will hold a blood drive from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, in the multi-purpose room at Perry Memorial Hospital, 530 Park Ave. East in Princeton. To donate, call Rachel Lorenzen at 563-349-1826 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org and use code 1145 to locate the drive. A photo ID or MVRBC Donor Card is required to donate. Donors who last gave blood on or before Oct. 8 are eligible to give at this drive.
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BCGS will present ‘Ancestor Quest’ on Dec. 3 PRINCETON — The Bureau County Genealogical Society meeting on Thursday, Dec. 3, will be a combined meeting for the months of November and December. The program will begin with a social hour starting at 6 p.m. The board is treating everyone by serving finger foods and beverages. No one needs to bring anything. This meeting will be the last celebration of the 25th anniversary of BCGS. The presentation for the evening is titled “Ancestor Quest.” Geraldine Woodlief and Esther Tracy have created a unique program featuring
free research done in response to people’s applications. It was decided by the BCGS board to end the year in the spirit of giving, and as a result various applicants are going to learn answers to their genealogy mysteries. One application actually arrived from Vienna, Austria. The audience should expect to learn some local history and gain research skills as they watch and learn along with the lucky applicants. The meeting will be held at the BCGS library at 629 S. Main St. in Princeton with the program itself starting around 7 p.m.
The public is invited to attend this special event. For further information, call 815-879-3133 or stop in during normal operating hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The BCGS library will be open as usual the day after Thanksgiving and also the first Saturday in December. There will be a holiday break from the close of day on Friday, Dec. 18, until reopening on the morning of Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. Special consideration may be able to be arranged by calling 815303-7386 for those who need to use the library during that time period.
Matt Kinsman and Mandy Funderberg of Cherry are the parents of a daughter, Callie Mae, born Nov. 17 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 19 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Mark and Jacqualyn Karlosky, Terry Funderberg and Terri Bird. Paternal grandparents are Gregory and Michelle Kinsman.
King Aaron and Elizabeth (Kuhl) King are the parents of a son born Nov. 19 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.
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‘Country Christmas’ set for Dec. 12 in Tiskilwa TISKILWA — A blanket of snow covers the Gem of the Valley and it’s time to mark calendars for “Country Christmas” in Tiskilwa from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. The Tiskilwa Community Association will once again take the lead by lining Main Street with evergreen trees to be decorated by local businesses and organizations. To create a holiday mood, lots of music will ring out, provided by the Crossroads School Choir, the Princeton High School Madrigals and the Bureau County Chorus. The Tiskilwa Library and Historical Society will stir in a visit from Santa, a display of Lionel trains, children’s activities and a few more Photo contributed surprises, all adding up to a fun-filled day for mer- Every year, Santa magically appears at the Museum on Main to enjoy a concert by the ry-makers of all ages. Bureau County Chorus.
Daniel and Beth (Graves) Elmore of Princeton are the parents of a daughter born Nov. 19 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.
Pennock Abigail Philhower and Vincent Pennock of Tiskilwa are the parents of a son born Nov. 18 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.
Salas Ricky and Tanya Salas of DePue are the parents of a daughter, Sofia, born Nov. 19 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. She weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 20 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Andrew and Wanda Thompson. Paternal grandparents are Cleto and Francisca Salas.
Flores Dayana Diaz and Rogelio Flores of DePue are the parents of a daughter born Nov. 23 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru. Online birth announcements forms can be found at www.bcrnews.com/forms/. Announcements run each Saturday in the Life & Arts section.
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Business&Ag Crop seminar planned PRINCETON — Farmers and landowners looking to learn about changes coming to the 2016 Federal Crop Insurance Program in the Farm Bill will get a chance during several upcoming crop seminars. Country Financial will sponsor dozens of talks across the state throughout the course of winter to better equip farmers and landowners with the knowledge they need to make sound financial decisions. Local Country Financial representatives Ron Behrends, Tyler Hansen, Paul Cobane, Randy Holoway, Steve Jameson, Mike Morris and Jim Scruggs will kick off this crop seminar tour in Princeton at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Bureau County Metro Center, 837 Park Ave. West in Princeton. “These events offer farmers a chance to better understand how their lifework can be managed and protected,” Scruggs said. “The more Illinois
farmers are willing to stay informed, the better we can keep their farms and land secure for future years.” Participants will also hear from Country Financial Crop Agency Manager Doug Yoder, on Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) performance and forecast. Plus, crop training coordinator Brenda Dozier will teach growers how to unite Precision Ag with Federal Crop Insurance. AgriVisor Risk Management Specialist Joe Camp will also be on site to share grain market outlook and answer questions after the session. Admission is free, and attendees will have the chance to win raffle and door prizes. To register, contact Bureau County Farm Bureau Manager Jill Frueh at 815-875-6468 or email jillfrueh.bcfb@ comcast.net. Seating is limited.
Do you have a new business? Has someone from your company received an award? Is your ag operation doing something different or unique? — Contact BCR Staff Writer Lyle Ganther at 815-875-4461, ext. 6360, or email him at lganther@bcrnews.com with your story ideas or press releases.
BV ag students/FFA complete new building MANLIUS — During the 2014-15 school year, the agriculture students and FFA members completed the initial construction of the 45-by-56-foot Agriculture Education and Tractor Restoration Building at Bureau Valley High School in Manlius. The building will be used for storing the restored tractors and furthering the education of the students. They received several donations and grants from various businesses and people, including Pioneer Hi. Bred - Improving Agriculture Education Program Grant, Alliance Pipeline, Informed Farmers Coalition, Crop Production Services and Bureau Valley Ag Boosters. The total amount of money received from grants was $35,000. The donations and grants received covered the
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nis Thompson for his tools and labor. The construction of the interior walls, electricity and shelving is currently in progress.
An open house is being planned to showcase the new building and restored tractors. A date will be announced in the near future.
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2015 BCR Co-Volleyball Players of the Year
The Setter and the Spiker By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com
One was the spark for her team. The other was the hammer for hers. They simply made things happen for their teams. Hall senior Brooke Keegan and Princeton senior Hailey Schultz both received First Team Three Rivers All-Conference recognition for their play on the court this season. They are the 2015 co-BCR Volleyball Players of the Year. Keegan was the setter for Hall while Schultz was the hitter, the striker if you will, for Princeton. They both know it takes a lot of teamwork to record a successful kill. “It seems pretty simple, but it’s not really,” Keegan said. “The feeling I have when I get a kill is complete satisfaction that the back row can get a perfect pass, which the setter can set to me to finalize with a kill,” Schultz said. “It gives me complete confidence in my team and the eagerness to attack harder next time.”
The Setter
Hailey Schultz • Princeton High School
Brooke Keegan • Hall High School
Keegan was the unquestionable floor leader for the Lady Devils, her presence felt every time the ball was hit to the Hall side of the floor. She ranked No. 1 among area setters with 462 assists, an average of 6.9 per set. She had a solid all-around game, ranked among team leaders in
aces (0.73), digs (2.8) and blocks (0.43). Keegan liked being the focal point of the Hall offense and having the game run through her hands every time. “It’s one of main reasons I love it,” she said of playing setter. “I always have a touch on the ball every single play of the
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KEWANEE — Basketball is a game of momentum and runs. Each team had both Wednesday, Nov. 25, but the Bureau Valley Storm’s streaks were longer, allowing them to gain momentum and get their first win of the season over the Midland Timberwolves 68-49 at the Wally Keller Invite at Wethersfield High School. BV got after the Timberwolves early and often, scoring 15 straight points over the course of 2:30 seconds of play in the first quarter, with sophomore guard Corbin Endress leading the charge with seven of his team-high 19 points. Endress also dished out a nice assist in the stretch as he swung the ball to senior guard Drew Fordham as he sat in the corner and knocked down a trey.
“Coach (Craig) Johnson said, ‘That was a 1 through 10 win,’ and it was. Everyone contributed at some points,” BV coach Jason Marquis said. “Rusty (Fargher) sat out the first 12 minutes of the game and he comes in and instantly got after. Yulian (Osorio) came in with us up six points. He didn’t score, but he came off the court with us up 19. We need everyone to continue to contribute the way they did tonight.” With BV up 16-3 after its run, the Timberwolves made a move of its own, outscoring the Storm 14-4 as senior guard Triston Dorsey knocked down a 3 to close out the run with the score 20-17 with 6:52 in the half. Dorsey would go on to hit four 3’s in the second frame to keep the Timberwolves in the thick of things early. “Our execution was up and down again tonight
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game. I can control the offense. I can set to whoever I want to try to control the pace of the game, the tempo. I like being the controller of the offense.” Keegan said a good setter has to know her surroundings on both sides of the net at all times.
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Three Rivers All-Conference Teams were recently selected for the Mississippi Division in football. Princeton captured the conference championship with a 6-0 record in the Mississippi Division and head up the all-conference squad.
First Team
BCR photo/Dan Dwyer
Bureau Valley’s Spencer Marquez shoots around Midland’s Isaac Keturi in Wednesday’s action in the Wally Keller Invite at Wethersfield but our effort was there. If they keep putting in the effort throughout the season like they have been early, then good things will happen for them,” Marquis said.
The second half belonged to the Storm after Dorsey found sophomore guard Zach Weber cutting baseline for the
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Tigers named to the first team included senior Dillon Wetsel (center and defensive lineman), senior Chaz Williams (tackle and defensive lineman), senior Jacob Smith (running back and linebacker), senior Skye Behrends (linebacker), senior Jett Wedekind (defensive back), senior Tanner Kuhne (place kicker) and senior Kai Tomaszewski (return specialist).
For Hall, players named to the first team included senior Chris Ballerini (tackle, defensive lineman and punter), senior Jake Merkel (end and defensive back), senior Chris Hammonds (running back), senior Drew Pullam (quarterback) and senior Matt Krolak (linebacker). At St. Bede, players earning the honors of first team were junior Braidy Shipp (end), senior Baylee Hopps (running back) and junior Brady Booker (linebacker).
Second Team
Princeton players earning second team honors included senior Griffin Orr (guard), senior Levi Bates (end), senior Jett Wedekind (running back), senior Kai Tomaszewski (running back), senior Jake Reinhardt (quarter-
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2015 ALL-BCR Volleyball Team
The Spiker
Players From Page 11
Hanna Bima
Brooke Keegan
Lexi Loftus
First Team Hanna Bima, St. Bede (Sr., MH): Earned First Team Three Rivers All-Conference selection. Moved up from BCR Honorable Mention to First Team. The 6-foot mid led the Lady Bruins and led the area in blocks (62) and team in kills (136). Brooke Keegan, Hall (Sr., S): BCR co-Player of the Year led all area setters with 6.9 assists per game. Was also among team leaders in aces (0.73), digs (2.8) and blocks (0.43). First Team Three Rivers All-Conference selection and two-time and BCR First Teamer. Lexi Loftus, LaMoille-Ohio (So., MH): The Ohio sophomore was a First Team Little Ten All-Conference selection. Her 154 kills ranked behind teammate Erika Zimmerlein and co-Player of the Year Hailey Schultz. Also ranked among area leaders in digs (168) and aces (27). Courtney Oeder, Princeton (Jr., MH): Was a Second Team Three Rivers All-conference pick. The 6-1 mid led the Tigresses with 43 blocks and was third in kills (147). Hailey Schultz, Princeton (Sr., OH): BCR co-Player of the Year ripped off 2.9 kills per set. Was a First Team Three Rivers All-Conference pick and repeat BCR First Teamer. Erika Zimmerlein, LaMoille-Ohio (Sr., OH): The LaMoille senior was a First Team Little Ten All-Conference selection. She led all area strikers with 275 kills (3.7 per set) and averaged 2.1 digs and 0.38 aces.
Second Team
Mady Cain, Princeton (Sr., L): The Tigresses senior libero was voted by her teammates as the team’s MVP. Received
Courtney Oeder
Hailey Schultz
Erika Zimmerlein
Honorable Mention in Three Rivers. Led PHS with 198 digs and chipped in 28 aces. Paige Conner, LaMoille-Ohio (Jr., OH): The junior outside hitter/setter was a key contributor to a Lady Lions team which won 20 games. Was ranked among area leaders in assists (253), digs (114) and aces (41). Savannah Dean, Bureau Valley (Sr., RH): The Second Team TRAC selection heads up the BCR Second Team. Was the lone returning player from BV’s 2014 TRAC East champions and 2015 MVP. Averaged 1.3 kills and 0.19 aces per game. Jenna Lusietto, Hall (Jr., MH): Received Honorable Mention honors in the Three Rivers. Led the Lady Devils in kills (143) and blocks (44), ranked third among the area with both numbers. Julia Pohar, St. Bede (Sr., L): The Lady Bruins senior libero gained honorable mention recognition in the Three Rivers. Ranked third in area with 262 digs and led the Lady Bruins with 33 aces. Tieg Sisler, Princeton (Sr., MH): Was second for PHS and ranked among area leaders with 150 kills on the year. Earned Honorable Mention honors in the Three Rivers.
Honorable Mention
BV: Saige Barnett (Fr., MH), Darcy Kepner (Sr., OH), Sidney Kolb (Sr., MH), Nicole Wirth (So., S). Hall: Caitlyn Jablonski (Sr., OH), Madison Soldati (So., L). L-O: Riley Johnson, Rae Schultz. Princeton: Jenna Grimmer (Jr., S), Madison Menzel (Sr., Opp/S). St. Bede: Kourtney Knecht (Jr.), Chase Ludford (Jr., MH/S).
“I try to pay attention to blockers on other side and I know where the really good blockers are, so I try to set it to one of the other girls where they’re not, and hopefully that helps,” she said. “A lot is recognizing who’s on the other side of the court and try to find the holes, so I can dump it on the second ball, which helped us a lot this season, too.” Interim Hall coach Bernadette Savitch said Keegan was definitely the Lady Devils’ strongest player on the floor. “As our setter, we looked to her continuously to make a play by getting to a difficult passed ball in or to better the ball for our hitters, making an amazing dig or just making an ace to put us back in the game,” Savitch said. Savitch said Keegan became the player she is because she “worked her butt off” in practice during the season but also puts in the time during the offseason playing club volleyball, as well as leading the entire program by example in the weight room and summer workouts. “Brooke will be greatly missed next season,” said Savitch, who filled in for head coach Megan Uphoff this year during her maternity leave. While she is sad to see her senior season end, Keegan is looking forward to continuing her volleyball career at Augustana.
BCR Leaderboard Assists
Player
Mady Cain
Paige Conner
Area records Princeton (10-4 TRAC).... 21-13 LaMoille/Ohio (6-2 LTC).20-11 St. Bede (6-8 TRAC)..... 15-18 Hall (4-8 TRAC).........10-18-1 Bur. Valley (2-12 TRAC)... 5-24 Other area teams Fieldcrest....................... 28-9 L-P .............................. 27-11 Putnam County ........... 20-11 Henry ............................. 8-19
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Three Rivers Orion (38-0)................... 14-0 Fulton (31-8) ................. 12-2 Riverdale (18-15-1) .... 11-3 Princeton (22-13)........... 10-4 Morrison (18-12)............ 8-6 Sherrard (19-11) ............ 8-6 Prophetstown................... 8-6 St. Bede (15-18).............. 6-8 Kewanee (14-21).............. 5-9 Newman (10-21).............. 5-9
Jenna Lusietto
Julia Pohar
Hall (10-21-1)................ 4-10 Erie................................ 4-10 Rockridge ................... 4-10 Amboy ........................ 4-10 Bureau Valley (5-25)..... 2-12 Little Ten Newark ............................ 8-0 LaMoille-Ohio .................. 6-2 Somonauk ....................... 6-2 Indian Creek..................... 5-3
Tieg Sisler
Paw Paw ......................... 5-3 Serena ............................. 3-5 Leland-Earlville ............... 2-6 Hinckley-Big Rock ........... 1-7 Hiawatha 0........................ -8 Little Ten FS: LaMoille-Ohio 8-0, Newark 7-1, Paw Paw 6-2, Serena 5-3, Somonauk 4-4, Leland-Earlville 3-5, Indian Creek 2-6, HinckleyBig Rock 1-7, Hiawatha 0-8
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sp assists avg
Brooke Keegan (H) Nicole Wirth (BV) Jenna Grimmer (P) Paige Conner (LO) Rae Schultz (LO) Ellise Piper (P) Chase Ludford (SB) Sadie Long (SB) Madison Menzel (P)
67 63 63 74 74 64 71 64 77
462 404 245 253 227 200 181 124 126
Player
sp kills avg
Kills
Erika Zimmerlein (LO) 73 Hailey Schultz (P) 65 Jenna Lusietto (H) 67 Caitlyn Jablonski (H) 65 Lexi Loftus (LO) 74 Abby Hoscheid (H) 67 Tieg Sisler (P) 78 Courtney Oeder (P) 77 Hanna Bima (SB) 71 Saige Barnett (BV) 57
275 234 143 135 154 134 150 147 136 108
6.9 6.4 3.9 3.4 3.1 3.1 2.5 1.9 1.6 3.7 3.6 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
Everyone who played Princeton knew they were going to see a lot of No. 6 at the net, looking to knock one down their throats. Schultz had 234 kills this season, finishing No. 3 all-time at PHS with 614 kills. “She jumps extremely well, can hit to three different areas on the court. Not a lot of kids can do that,” PHS coach Andy Puck said. “Every coach knew that Hailey Schultz was on the floor and every defense was preparing for Hailey Schultz and put their best blocker on her. “She had determination and drive. She wanted the ball, she always wanted the ball.” It was not by accident, Puck said, that Schultz became the player she was. “She’s one of the most determined hitters I’ve ever had, with her work ethic and for her desire to get better. She was the first one in the gym and last to leave the gym,” Puck said. “There was a reason we pulled her up as a sophomore, because I knew her work ethic provided her the tools to be a phenomenal volleyball player.” Puck called Schultz a sponge, always wanting to soak up knowledge to make herself a better player and ultimately to make her team better. Schultz was a first team Three Rivers All-Conference player on the court and a TRAC All-Academic off the court. There’s no doubt what Chase Ludford (SB) 71 Sidney Kolb (BV) 67 Paige Conner (LO) 74 Kourtney Knecht (SB) 71 Savannah Dean (BV) 67 Anna Murray (P) 65
Blocks
Player
104 97 93 90 86 50
1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
sp blocks avg
Hanna Bima (SB) 71 Chase Ludford (SB) 71 Jenna Lusietto (H) 67 Sidney Kolb (BV) 67 Courtney Oeder (P) 77 Saige Barnett (BV) 57 Zoe Postula (SB) 71 Brooke Keegan (H) 67 Cassidy Jablonski (H) 65
Digs
Player
Riley Johnson (LO) Madison Soldati (H) Julia Pohar (SB) Mady Cain (P) Brooke Keegan (H)
62 51 44 42 43 31 32 29 28
0.87 0.72 0.66 0.63 0.56 0.54 0.45 0.43 0.43
sp digs avg
74 67 71 69 67
327 280 262 198 185
4.4 4.2 3.7 2.9 2.8
BCR Volleyball Players of the Year
2015 - Brooke Keegan, Hall; Hailey Schultz, Princeton 2014 - Sydney Lebahn, Bureau Valley 2013 - Michelle Kelly, Princeton; Shiela Browning, LaMoille/Ohio 2012 - Michelle Kelly, Princeton 2011 - Kelle Nett, Hall 2010 - Jolyn Kane, Jessica Martell, Princeton 2009 - Molly Stephens, Princeton 2008 - Kendall Rush, Hall; Leah Shaw, Princeton 2007 - Kendall Rush, Hall 2006 - Amanda Prostko, Princeton 2005 - Kailey Klein, Hall 2004 - Carly Payan, Brittany Litherland, Bureau Valley 2003 - Vanessa Funfsinn, Lisa Klein, Hall 2002 - Jamie Litts, Bureau Valley 2001 - Cari Meyer, Bureau Valley 2000 - Emy Prokes, Bureau Valley; Lindsey Kling, Hall 1999 - Emy Prokes, Bureau Valley; Linsey Sharp, Hall 1998- Tiah Romagnoli, Princeton; Carolyn Bryant, Hall 1997 - Susan Claggett, Hall 1996 - Carla Muntz, Hall 1995 - Susan Claggett, Stacy Hochstatter, Hall 1994 - Megan Laine, Princeton 1993 - Rachel Hansen, Ohio 1992 - Patricia McAdams, Hall; Sara Gray, Tiskilwa
Schultz likes best about the game. “I would say the best thing I like about volleyball is the adrenaline rush that takes over as soon as you step on the court. The feeling of complete control of the game when you have contact with the ball.” Schultz is looking at three schools to continue her volleyball career — Mount Mercy University, the University of St. Francis and Mount Mary University. She plans to major in business marketing. Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com. Lexi Loftus (LO) 74 Erika Zimmerlein (LO) 73 Darcy Kepner (BV) 67 Saige Barnett (BV) 57 Paige Conner (LO) 74 Kourtney Knecht (SB) 71 Sidney Kolb (BV) 67
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Aces
168 151 136 81 114 97 69
sp aces avg
Abby Hoscheid (H) 67 Brooke Keegan (H) 67 Paige Conner (LO) 74 Rae Schultz (LO) 74 Julia Pohar (SB) 71 Maddison Quinn (H) 67 Madison Soldati (H) 67 Mady Cain (P) 69 Chase Ludford (SB) 71 Erika Zimmerlein (LO) 73 Hailey Schultz (P) 78 Lexi Loftus (LO) 74 Courtney Oeder (P) 77 Kourtney Knecht (SB) 71 Saige Barnett (BV) 57
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Mady Cain • Princeton Date/place of birth: Aug. 11, 1998, Princeton. Hometown: Princeton. Family: Father - Eric Cain; mother - Heather Bauer; stepfather- Paul Bauer; stepmother - Jennifer Cain; brother- Reed Cain; stepsister - Tori Coble; stepbrother Riley Coble. Sports: Volleyball. Favorite sport and why: Volleyball, It has always been my favorite since seventh grade and I cannot imagine the thought of never playing it again. Favorite food and where to get it: Alan Special at Los Ranchitos. Likes: Food, volleyball, my dog Finn, my friends, art and Coach Amy. Dislikes: Homework, mostly papers, not seeing my friends, when people chew with their mouth open, and root beer. Person with the greatest influence on my athletic career: My dad. He’s always pushed me since I could walk to exceed all limits and be the best that I can be on and off the court. Person with the greatest influence in my life: My mom and my stepdad. They have always believed in me and told me in order to be successful in life you have to strive to be the best you can be and not take things for granted. Who’s your dream celebrity prom date: Kris Bryant, hands down! Name a historic figure you’d like to meet (and why): Abraham Lincoln, he was always the one president I learned the most about and could remember and mostly because he was the first
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Republican president. The last song I listened to: “Welcome to the Black Parade” by My Chemical Romance. People would be surprised to know I: Have toe thumbs and I hate board games. I stay home to watch: “Chicago Fire,” “Castle,” and “Gotham.” When I need luck for a big game, I: Wear the same pair of socks, headband, and replay certain scenarios through my head. The funniest person I’ve ever met: Alisa Holmbeck, she always knows how to brighten my day with one of her corny jokes and when we joke around about her singing voice! My favorite farmers, Jacob Bickett, Luke Schultz and Cole Wright, they always know how to make me laugh! “Can’t go wrong with a Wright” and “Plant a tater, get a tater.” What they’ll say about me at school after I graduate: “She knew how to make people laugh.” Most embarrassing moment: In junior high during the basketball shootout I got the ball and made a perfect layup.......in the other team’s basket. Most unforgettable moment: When our football team beat Sterling Newman. Ultimate sports fantasy: To play college volleyball and meet Kris Bryant and Bryce Harper. What I would like to do in life: Something that has to do with art or design! Maybe even become a business owner. Three words that best describe myself: Short, energetic, and adventurous.
easy lay-in to pull Midland within six, but the Storm rattled off its second 15-0 scoring run of the game to jump out in front 61-40. Senior guard Trey Dale had his hands all over the scoring run with two assists and four of his 16 points. “We talked about the snowball effect. One turnover turns into an easy basket on the other end and they start pouring in points and that starts a run. Tonight we were able to step up and stop their runs while our runs were more sustained and we were able to capitalize,” Marquis said. BV only had trouble containing Dorsey as he was lights out from behind the arc knocking down six 3s for a game-high 24 points. Eight different Storm players found their way into the box score with Endress, Dale and junior guard Jay Edlefson (10 points) all scoring in double digits. The BV Storm will take the court against the Panthers from Putnam County in the final day of play at the Wally Keller Invite at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, in Kewanee. Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.
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Bureau Valley’s Corbin Endress shoots over Midland’s Zach Weber Wednesday at Wethersfield.
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(defensive lineman), senior Baylee Hopps (defensive back) and junior Braidy Shipp (defensive back).
From Page 11 back), junior Vince Vergamini (defensive lineman) and senior Derek Debruhl (linebacker). At Hall, players named to the second team included senior Evan Kiphart (center), senior Jared Puente (guard and defensive lineman) and senior Chris Hammonds (defensive back). At St. Bede, players named to the second team were senior Joe Barnes
Scoreboard Basketball
High school Boys Orion 10 & 32 Tip-Off Classic POOL 32: Princeton 2-0, Mon-Rose 2-0, Erie 0-2, Fulton 0-2. Pool 10: Orion 2-0, Mercer County 1-1, Alleman 1-1, Sherrard 0-2. Standings do not include Friday’s games. FRIDAY: Sherrard vs. Mercer County, Fulton vs. Erie, Princeton vs. MonmouthRoseville, Alleman vs. Orion. SATURDAY: 7th place, 4 p.m., 5th place, 5:30 p.m. 3rd place, 7 p.m. Title, Pool 10 1st vs. Pool 32 1st, 8:30 p.m. Wally Keller Invite (Wethersfield) Standings: Elmwood 2-1, Wethersfield 2-1, Annawan 2-1, Putnam County
Honorable mention
Princeton’s honorable mentions included junior Jacob Fitzpatrick (guard), junior Noah Jilderda (defensive lineman) and senior Jack Bays (defensive back). Hall’s honorable mentions were senior Patrick Einhaus (end), senior Evan Kiphart (defensive lineman), senior Christian Heiden (linebacker) and senior Brian Bernardoni (defensive back).
2-1, Bureau Valley 1-2, Midland 1-2 (records do not include Friday’s games) MONDAY: Elmwood 56, Bureau Valley 41. TUESDAY: Wethersfield 77, Bureau Valley 60. BV (0-2): N. Paup 14, Marquez 5, Endress 11, Fargher 2, Dale 2, Sebby 2, Fordham 8, Edlefson 9, M. Paup 7. WEDNESDAY: Bureau Valley 68, Midland 49. BV (1-1): N. Paup 4, Marquez 5, Endress 19, Fargher 1, Dale 16, Sebby 4, Fordham 7, Edlefson 10. Putnam County 59, Elmwood 35 Annawan 65, Wethersfield 44 FRIDAY: BV vs. Annawan, Elmwood vs. Midland, PC vs. Wethersfield. SATURDAY: Annawan vs. Midland, 5 p.m., BV vs. PC, 7 p.m., Wethersfield vs. Elmwood, 8:30 p.m.
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Balanced scoring led the St. Bede Bruins to a 56-37 win over West Carroll Wednesday, Nov. 25. Jon Dose led the Bruins with 14 points, while Braidy Shipp had 13 and Andrew Pyszka and Baylee Hopps added 12 each. The Bruins faced host Oregon Friday night with the tournament finals set for Saturday. At Ashton L-O 53, Hiawatha 35: The Lions won their first game of the year Wednesday, defeating their Little Ten rival in tournament play. Josh Gross poured in 28 points and Alan Stamberger added 10. The Lions faced host AFC Friday night and will conclude tournament play at 6 p.m. Saturday vs. Amboy. At Orion Princeton took a 2-0 record into Friday’s tournament play in the Orion 10 & 32 Tip-Off Classic against Monmouth-Roseville. With a win the Tigers would advance into Saturday’s title game at 8:30 p.m. At Seneca The Hall Red Devils (1-1) faced Mendota in the Seneca Thanksgiving Tournament. Tournament finals conclude Saturday. • All of Friday’s games were completed after BCR press time. For updates, visit www.bcrnews.com and on twitter @bcrsportsed.
Honorable mentions at St. Bede included junior Joe Acosta (guard and linebacker), senior John Barnes (tackle), senior Andrew Pyszka (tackle), senior Nick Needs (defensive lineman) and junior Josh Sapp (defensive back).
Oregon Tip-Off Classic POOL A: Rfd. Christian, Newman, Byron, Morrison. POOL B: Rfd. Christian Life, St. Bede, Oregon, West Carroll WEDNESDAY: St. Bede 56, West Carroll 37 FRIDAY: St. Bede vs. Oregon. Seneca Thanksgiving Tournament POOL A: Illiana Christian 1-0, Seneca 1-0, St. Anne 0-1, Somonauk 0-1, POOL B: Reed-Custer 2-0, Hall 1-1, Mendota 0-1, Marquette 0-1. WEDNESDAY: Mendota 73, Marquette 68 (OT) Seneca 39, St. Anne 33 FRIDAY: Hall vs. Mendota At AFC Turkey Tournament WEDNESDAY: L-O 53, Hiawatha 35. L/O (1-1): Gross 28, Stamberger 10, D. Debruhl 4, Billhorn 3, Fultz 2, Stuepfert 6.
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********** THE CLASSIFIED Advertising Department of the Bureau County Republican Does not have the opportunity to fully investigate the credibility of each advertiser appearing within these columns. If an offer sounds “too good to be true” it probably is. Proceed with caution if you are asked to send money or to give a credit card number. Proceed with caution in calling 900 phone numbers. All phone numbers prefixed by ”900” are charged to the CALLER. Charges may be assessed on a “per minute” basis rather than a “per call” basis. The Bureau County Republican Classifieds makes every effort to qualify these charges for the reader. If you have a concern about an advertiser, please contact: Better Business Bureau 330 North Wabash Chicago, IL 60611 312-832-0500
DONATE NOW! “The animals are crying” Tri-County Humane Society. LaSalle, Bureau, Putnam Counties. Call 815-875-6145 or 815-872-9781 or send donation to: PO Box 1601, LaSalle, IL 61301
- 400 Merchandise 441 • Wanted to Buy
FULL-TIME SECRETARY For law office. Must have good communication, computer and customer service skills. Must be able to multi-task and have good organizational skills. Legal experience preferred. Send resume and references to: Box 365 Bureau County Republican PO Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356
Shower chair with adjustable arms and legs. Also toilet seat frame. Call 815-875-1025 WANTED TO BUY: Old leather bound books and old comic books. Call 815-481-4922
PROMOTE JOB OPENINGS The Bureau County Republican Classified can help get your business full staffed. 815-875-4461
HAY Small squares, excellent quality. Large quantity available; Also large rounds. Call 815-878-5871
446 • Farm Products
450 • Under $1000 4.5 foot prelit Christmas tree, lights work fine, needs new base, $20; 28” tabletop prelit tree $10, complete. 815-222-7946 Antique wine press with sausage stuffer, $50; Schmidt autoharp, $25; air compressor, $30. Call 815-878-1209 Bose speakers $50; 4 piece wicker set $200; carpet chairmat $20. Call 815-869-3054 Craftsman 10” radial arm saw, many extras. $400; Delta air cleaner, 850 CFM, $100. Call 815-872-6911 Cub Cadet 125, with mower, completely reconditioned, $999. Call 815-894-3397 GE convection microwave oven, 30”, white, 4 years old. Asking $225 firm. Call 815-866-8211 or 815-879-8200 Maytag dryer, 4 cycle, heavy duty, $100; Whirlpool washer, super plus capacity, $100. Call after 3pm, 815-875-2162 Mens levi's 505 jeans, 34 waist, inseam 30, $20 each; queen comforter, $10; clothes closet, $10. Call 815-915-7638
450 • Under $1000
460 • Garage Sales
New Golds Gym Weight Bench. $50.00. Assembled. Will deliver locally. Tricep Bar 15.00 Call 815-878-9086
* CHRISTMAS CRAFTS, TOY and VENDOR SHOW* Saturday December 5th, 9am-2pm. Bureau County Fairgrounds, Princeton. $1 Admission For Information Call 815-303-2905
Richmond LP 40 gallon power vent hot water heater, 1-1/2 years old. $425. 815-303-9456 ************ HAVE SOMETHING TO SELL? Put your ad in for FREE Items $1,000 or less can run FREE for 1 week. Limit of 5 lines. Up to 3 items with price and price totaling under $1,000. 1 ad per household per week. No commercial ads, firearms or animal sales. Go to: bcrnews.com, to place an ad. Use category merchandise and then bargains or E-mail information to: classified@ bcrnews.com (include your name, address & phone number) No Phone Calls!
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New, 6 month old Sherman's sofa, beautiful red Real Buy, $400. Call 815872-0013
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Environmental Services Floor Aide 20 Hrs/Week Primarily Midnight Shift Previous Floor Experience Preferred IF INTERESTED CONTACT: Human Resources Department OSF Saint Paul Medical Center 1401 E 12th Street, Mendota, IL 61342 815-539-1484 • FAX: 815-539-1765 Or fill out an application on our website at www.osfsaintpaul.org
RN POSITIONS AVAILABLE Family Orthopedic Center Clinic Operations Float
LPN/CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT POSITIONS AVAILABLE Clinic Operations Float
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CLINIC CODING/CHARGE AUDITOR
High school graduate or equivalent required. College health science course work preferred. Must be able to complete a coding test with 70% accuracy. Medical Records/Office experience preferred. 2-5 years coding experience preferred. Requires: HCPCS I, II, III skills, advanced clerical training, medical record terminology, knowledge of ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, and CPT coding. Knowledge of JCAHO indicators and data elements. Excellent attention to detail, strong computer skills, organization skills, experience working with providers and strong critical thinking skills. Apply on-line at www.aboutsmh.org EOE
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767 • Mobile Home Sales **************** PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call, HUD tollfree at 800 669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 800 927-9275
768 • Homes For Sale PRINCETON $29,000. Call 815-875-2099
- 800 Real Estate For Rent 856 • Apartment Rentals PRINCETON Coachlight Apartments has 1 & 2 bedroom apartments available. 1 Bedroom $460; 2 bedroom $525. Call 815-878-7965 OHIO APARTMENTS. 1, 2 & 3 bedrooms available. Freshly remodeled, spacious, appliances, water, trash included. Off street parking. 1st month & security deposit required. Call after 3pm, 815-878-4682 PRINCETON Huge 2-3 bedroom. Heat furnished. $695 a month. Call 815-303-7066/ 815-303-7621 PRINCETON 441 East Marion. 2 bedroom. $560. Heat, water, garbage. Laundry. Covered parking. No pets. Call 309-288-3008 WYANET 1 bedroom downstairs apartment. Appliances & utilities included. $525 + deposit & references. Newly remodeled. Call 815-866-1998 WYANET 2 bedroom upstairs apartment. Appliances included. $625 all utilities included, + deposit. Call 815-866-1998
858 • Homes for Rent HOMES FOR RENT: Wyanet-Princeton. Pets allowed. 1 to 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. Call 815-875-2099 MANLIUS 2 bedroom house, $500/month, large yard; BUDA 2 bedroom small house, wheelchair ramp, garage, $425 a month. Both: Deposit + 1st & last month, includes water & garbage. No smoking or pets. Call 309-981-0627
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ) ALFRED ) L. POTTINGER, ) Deceased ) NO.15-P-80 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Alfred L. Pottinger. Letters of Office were issued on November 9, 2015, to Jason D. Pottinger, 19193 Meridian Road, Peru, Illinois 61354 as Independent Executor, whose attorneys are Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois 61356. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Bureau County Courthouse, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the representative, or both, on or before Tuesday, May 17, 2016, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed by that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk are to be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated this 10th day of November, 2015. s/ Mary C. Dremann Bureau County Circuit Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Nov. 14, 21 and 28, 2015.
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2015 Copies of the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2015, will be available for public inspection in the school district/joint agreement administrative office by December 1, 2015. Individuals wanting to review this Annual Statement of Affairs should contact: LADD CCSD #94, 232 East Cleveland Street, Ladd, IL 61329. 815-894-2363, 8am-4pm. Also by January 15, 2016 the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2015, will be posted on the Illinois State Board of Education’s website @ www.isbe.net. Statement of Operations as of June 30, 2015 Educational: Local Sources 841,288; State Sources 623,572; Federal Sources 107,768; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 1,572,628; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 1,619,345; Other Sources/Uses of Funds (17,975); Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 710,717; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 646,025. Operations & Maintenance: Local Sources 97,535; State Sources 0; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 97,535; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 180,641; Other Sources/Uses of Funds 0; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 263,648 Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 180,542. Debt Services: Local Sources 204,329; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 204,329; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 220,023; Other Sources/Uses of Funds 17,975; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 44,259; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 46,540. Transportation: Local Sources 43,601; State Sources 42,997; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 86,598; Total Disbursements/Expenditures 140,758; Other Sources/Uses of Funds 0; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 277,832; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 223,672 . Municipal Retirement/Social Security: Local Sources 43,354; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 43,354; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 56,182; Other Sources/Uses of Funds 0; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 118,719; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 105,891 Working Cash: Local Sources 18,073; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 18,073; Other Sources/Uses of Funds 0; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 92,316; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 110,389 Tort: Local Sources 43,253; Total Direct Receipts/ Revenues 43,253; Total Direct Disbursements/ Expenditures 61,538; Other Sources/Uses of Funds 0; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 173,744; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 155,459 Fire Prevention & Safety: Local Sources 17,999; State Sources -0-; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 17,999; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 16,957; Other Sources/Uses of Funds 0; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 20,718; Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2015 21,760 GROSS PAYMENT FOR CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000: Arkins, Elizabeth; Becker, Bruce; Biagoni, Tina; Bosi, Amy; Burress, Kelsey; Cessna, Robert; Coutts, Amanda; Croasdale, Lois; Dempsey, Anna; Einhaus, James; Fiocchi, Marie; Garvin, Susan; Jalley, Kimberly; Jalley, Thomas; Kopina, John; Lowry, Nancy; McLain, William; O’keefe, Peggy; Rapp, Holli; Rynkewicz, Amy; Sartain, Amy; Torri, Richard; Warren, Terry; Wright, Christine Salary Range: $25,000 - $39,999: Bickett, Amanda; Birkey, Lynn; Cattani, Brandy; Heggen, Drusilla; Hultquist, Laura; Kirk, Hannah; Knowles, Jacki; Lawler, Ariella; Michels, Kimberly; Ribas, Jacquelyn Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999: Fiocchi, Lori; Flanagan, Holly; Lawrence, David; Lonegra, Jill; Manning Jennifer; McAlpine, Rhonda; Perra, Karen; Tumbleson, Linda Salary Range: $90,000 and over: Zeko, Michelle GROSS PAYMENT FOR NON-CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less than $25,000: Bezely, Rhonda; Bosi, Amy; Bosi, Steven; Brokaw, Deborah; Burcham, Morgan; Burkman, Paula; Chiado, Kay; Coutts, Amanda; Devert, Dean; Eide, Robert; Heggen, Drusilla; Jalley, Kimberly; Kasperski, Lisa; Lamboley, Robert; Manning Mark; McKane, Mary Louise; Nagel, Janet; Peterson, Linda; Raineri, Rebecca; Rapp, Holli; Wilke, August; Wright, Christine Salary Range: $25,000 - $39,999: Pinter, Deborah Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999: Dziarnowski, James; Miller, Geri Salary Range: $90,000 - $99,999,999: Zeko, Michelle Payments over $2,500, excluding wages and salaries. Person, Firm, or Corporation Aggregate Amount ABC Insulation, Inc 6,600 Ameren, IL. 15,593 Bureau Co Special School 34,424 Blue Cross/Blue Shield 192,030 BMP Special Ed Coop 26,671
CDW Government 4,018 Clear Armor 8,335 Common Goals System 3,544 Connecting Point Computer 16,954 Dakin Applied, Inc 2,530 Dresbach Distributors Co. 4,586 Ecowater Systems, Inc 3,279 Forecast Analytics 4,000 Dearborn National 4,083 Fox River Performance 31,178 Guard911, LLC 3,589 Heartland Bank & Trust 205,449 Heinemann 18,309 Hopkins Associates, CPA Inc 45,000 Hy-Vee Food Store, Inc 2,517 IASB 9,740 Illinois Ed Assoc - NEA 10,673 Illinois Central Bus 6,309 Illinois Valley Business 3,931 Imprest Fund 13,733 Illinois Municipal Retirement 34,760 Illinois Valley Credit Union 13,800 Johannes Bus Service, Inc 126,550 Johns Sales + Service, Inc 4,727 Lease Consultants Corp. 13,748 Locker Room, Inc 3,127 Marco, Inc 2,736 Mastercard Corp 7,207 Mastercard Corp 9,096 Mastercard Corp 20,991 Mautino Distributing, Inc 3,043 Midland Paper 3,298 Nawa, Julie 41,505 North Central Illinois 10,696 Northwest Evaluation Association 2,995 Ohio Grade School District 17 15,395 Pacific Life Ins Co 5,995 Prairie State Insurance 28,979 Renaissance Learning 5,143 Robin, Schwartz, Nicholas 19,528 Regional Office of Education 2,995 School Specialty Inc. 6172 Select Account HAS 11,965 Sheraton 5003 Specialty Floors, Inc 2,704 Szott’s Carpet N Flooring 3,346 Teacher Retirement System 94,711 Teacher Health Insurance System 16,893 Village of Ladd 55,748 Waste Management of IL SW 2,992 Woodwind & Brasswind 3,672 Workers Compensation 12,099 Published in the Bureau County Republican Nov. 28, 2015.
Jacob J. Frost Attorney for Plaintiff 102 East St. Paul Street Spring Valley, IL 61362 Tele: 815-323-4851 This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Please be advised that if your personal liability for this debt has been extinguished by a discharge in bankruptcy or by an order granting in REM RELIEF from stay, this notice is provided solely to foreclosure the mortgage remaining on your property and is not an attempt to collect the discharged personal obligation. Published in the Bureau County Republican Nov. 28, Dec. 5 and 12, 2015.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ) RICHARD L. REUTER,) Deceased ) NO. 2015-P-81 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Richard L. Reuter. Letters of Office were issued on November 9, 2015, to Heartland Bank and Trust Company, 606 South Main Street, Princeton, Illinois, as Independent Executor, whose attorneys are Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois 61356. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Bureau County Courthouse, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the representative, or both, on or before May 17, 2016, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed by that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk are to be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated this 10th day of November, 2015. Mary C. Dremann Bureau County Circuit Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Nov. 14, 21 and 28, 2015.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, PRINCETON, ILLINOIS Spring Valley City Bank, ) An Illinois Banking Corporation, ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) Steven A . Prokup, Jeff Siebert, Unknown ) Owners and Non-Record Claimants or ) Other Unknown Occupants ) Defendants. ) NO. 2015- CH- 76 SUMMONS FOR UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS OR OTHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS (NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE (FOR PUBLICATION) The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, unknown owners and non-record claimants, or other unknown occupants, defendants in the above entitled cause, that suit has been commenced against you and other defendants in the Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuit by said plaintiff praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: Lot Numbered One (1) in Block Numbered Nine (9) in the Village of Ladd, Bureau County, Illinois; excepting the underlying coal, fireclay and mining rights without entering upon the surface thereof Commonly known as 335 W Walnut Street, Ladd, IL 61329 Permanent Index No: 18-09-433-001 Said property is residential; said mortgage was made by Steven A. Prokup and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds as Document #2009R06898; that Summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuit as provided by law and that said suit is now pending. An Affidavit has been filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court requesting summons be served upon unknown owners and non-record claimants, or other known or unknown occupants. NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Court at Princeton, Illinois, on or before December 28, 2015, a default may be taken against you and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer in said complaint. /s/Mary C. Dremann Clerk of the Circuit Court
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS SUMMARY FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2015 Copies of the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2015, will be available for public inspection in the school district/joint agreement administrative office by December 1, 2015. Individuals wanting to review this Annual Statement of Affairs should contact: DePue Unit School District #103, 204 Pleasant St., Depue, IL 61322 815-447-2121. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Also by January 15, 2016 the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2015, will be posted on the Illinois State Board of Education’s website @ www.isbe.net. Statement of Operations as of June 30, 2015 Educational: Local Sources 378,102; State Sources 2,527,087; Federal Sources 425,262; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 3,330,451; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 3,754,394; Other Sources/Uses of Funds (602); Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 1,087,319; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 662,774. Operations & Maintenance: Local Sources 39,994; State Sources 104,024; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 144,018 Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditues 244,132; Other Sources/Uses of Funds (27,609); Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 219,133; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 91,410. Debt Services: Local Sources 39,734; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 39,734; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 68,889; Other Sources/Uses of Funds 27,609; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 (7,665); Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 (9,211). Transportation: Local Sources 16,898; State Sources 89,050; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 105,948; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditues 159,010; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 171,076; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 118,014 Municipal Retirement & Social: Local Sources 156,696; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 156,696 Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditues 131,403 Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 47,541; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 72,834. Working Cash: Local Sources 4,210; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 4,210; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 68,450; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 72,660 Tort: Local Sources 82,785; Total Direct Receipts/ Revenues 82,785; Total Direct Disbursements/ Expenditures 80,584; Beginning Fund Balances July 1, 2014 21,351; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 23,552. Fire Prevention & Safety: Local Sources 4,207; Total Direct Receipts/Revenues 4,207; Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures 17,928; Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2014 19,994; Ending Fund Balances - June 30, 2015 6,273. GROSS PAYMENT FOR CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000: Aguirre, Kathryn; Ballard, Mary K; Barth, Mary A; Cochran, James; Croasdale, Lois; Enbom, Diana; Fultz, Lisa; Funfsinn, Paige; Garvin, Susan; Gorenz, Shelley; Grenda, Amber; Heersink, Elizabeth; Klimaszewski, Valerie; Konieczny, Susan; Kostello, Theresa; Musselman, Tricia; Naaktgeboren, Russell; Neubaum, Dawn; Pedziwiatr, Martha; Ploch, Marijeane; Salazar, Felix; Sheppard, Kimberly; Starr, Rebecca; Steinz, Cheryl; Vicini, Gary; Wahlgren, Leland Salary Range: $25,000 - $39,999: Actis, Melissa; Bischler, Laura; Bosnich, Katie; Bratt, Tyler; Coster, Felicia; Ellena, Maricille; Fiocchi, Kathleen; Fowler-Haag, Sarah; Gavina, Karina; Goy, Patrick; Hansen, Kelsey; Harmon, Sheila; Heider, Amber; Leonard, Jennifer; Nunez, Sandra; Perkins, Peter; Rudnicki, Stephen; Torri, Jennifer; Urbanc, Jessica; Ward, Kimberly; Washkowiak, Tara; Wrobleski, Kristin Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999: Barlett, Dale; Barto, James; Borowski, Amanda; Butler, Roberta; Dudley, DeeAnne; Forristall, Amy; Garcia, Keith; Garling, Jacqueline; Gilstrap, Barry; Johnson, Joshua; Keegan, Jennifer; Larios, Gabriel; Lutea, Juanita; Manning,
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Continued from 15 Jennifer; Michlig, Cheryl; Pettis, Julia; Pratt, Kathleen; Richards, Angela; Shirley, Tiffany; Stevens, Timothy; Ward, Erika Salary Range: $60,000 - $89,999: Dobrich, Ellen; yGonzalez, Clare; Reyes, Cuauhtemoc Salary Range: $90,000 and over: Otto, Randall r GROSS PAYMENT FOR n NON-CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL FSalary Range: Less Than $25,000: Barroso, -Phillip; Burden, Chanda; Cissell, Lynn; Croisant, dDawn; Croisant, Richard; Curley, Kevin; Dickey, lAimee; Figueroa, Guillermina; Fox, Gerald; Frank, Cynthia; Garver, Jeffrey; Gilbert, David; Gonzalez, Alma; Gonzalez, Margaret; Harrison, Patricia; Helm, Tracy; Hoffert, Jacob; Jackson, Patricia; Klinefelter, Charles; Lopez, Celia; Martinez, Vanessa; Morales, Margarita; Moreno, Elvia; Moreno, Wendy; Noonan, James; Nunez, Monico; Ponce, Frances; Ponce, Margaret; Ponce, Olivia; Ribas, Catherine; Rios,
Christian; Salas, Brenda; Sment, Katie; Williams, Kaitlin; Wolf, Mary; Yuvan, Kristina Salary Range: $25,000 - $39,999: Croissant, Christina; Edwards, Meagan; Eiberger, Steven; Forristall, Adam; Fox, Elizabeth; Lavrin, John; McConnell, Stephen; McKee, Anna; Solorio, Rita Payments over $2,500, excluding wages and salaries. Person, Firm, or Corporation Aggregate Amount Aflac 5,654.00 American Funds 6,400.00 Ameren IP 15,596.00 Assurant Employee Bnft 26,093.00 ATS Project Success 21,023.00 Bureau Cth Health Dept 10,957.00 Behavior Dis Prog Coop 140,918.00 Blue Cross Blue Shield 267,641.00 BMP Tri-County Sp Ed 10,920.00 Casey’s General Stores 8,347.00 Citizens First National F 243,582.00
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Continued from 16 Ruyle Mechanical Services 5,770.59 Schneider Electric Buildings 2,697.30 SunTrust Leasing Corp 27,609.58 Sun Life Financial 3,525.94 Sunrise Supply 6,921.63 Timberline Billing Services 3,076.17 Teacher Retirement System 211,411.68 Teacher Health Ins Sec 43,263.16 Village of DePue 3,478.04 Vision Service Plan 5255.15 Zukowski Law Offices 10,149.35 Published in the Bureau County Republican Nov. 28, 2015. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY - PRINCETON, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. ) Plaintiff, ) -v.) WESLEY B. BRELAND, JR. ) A/K/A WESLEY BRELAND, JR., et al ) Defendant ) 15 CH 00002 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 4, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 11:30 a.m. on December 21, 2015, at the office of Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Ave. West, PRINCETON, IL, 61356, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 12 OF THE MEADOWS UNIT OF GRANFIELD ACRES SUBDIVISION AS SET FORTH IN THE SUBDIVISION PLAT IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 79-2319 IN BOOK 58583, PAGES 393, 393A, 393B, AND 393C, IN THE VILLAGE OF LADD, BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS, EXCEPTING AND RESERVING COAL, FIRECLAY AND MINERALS HERETOFORE RESERVED, AND THE RIGHT TO MINE AND REMOVE SAME WITHOUT DISTURBING THE SURFACE HEREOF. Commonly known as 3431 E. CLEVELAND STREET, LADD, IL 61329 Property Index No. 18-14-100-024. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE
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ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-14-23834. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-14-23834 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 00002 TJSC#: 35-13574 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I675732 Published in the Bureau County Republican Nov. 14, 21, and 28, 2015.
of Trustees $1,200.00 (b) Compensation of Attorney for District and Board of Trustees 1,000.00 (c) Expense of Official Publications and Advertisements required by law 500.00 TOTAL ADMINISTRATION: $2,700.00 2. FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES: (a) Maintenance & repairs of fire equipment 3,400.00 (b) Maintenance & repairs of firehouse 2,000.00 (c) Utilities 4,500.00 (d) Contingencies 2,500.00 (e) Building and Property Insurance 4,861.00 TOTAL FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES: $17,261.00 3. INSURANCE EXPENSE: (a) Umbrella, general liability & vehicle liability $2,004.00 (b) Worker’s Compensation 2,300.00 TOTAL INSURANCE EXPENSES: $4,304.00 4. ACCUMULATION FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES: $17,935.00 5. AMBULANCE SERVICES: Ambulance service payment to LaMoille Fire Protection District $4,800.00 TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES AND APPROPRIATIONS: $47,000.00 SECTION THREE That there is hereby appropriated for the use of said Fire Protection District for said fiscal year a total of Forty-seven Thousand and no/l00 ($47,000.00) Dollars, such total sum being divided and appropriated for the several objects and purposes hereinafter specified and enumerated, and in the particular amounts stated for each fund respectively in PART II of SECTION TWO heretofore entitled “PART II - ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES” which is hereby incorporated by reference as part of this SECTION THREE with the same effect as if said statement were repeated in its entirety; and that this SECTION THREE shall be and is the Annual Appropriation Ordinance of said Fire Protection District, passed by vote of said Trustees of said District as required by law, and shall be in full force and effect from and after the date as is provided by law. ADOPTED this 18th day of November, 2015. VOTE: AYES: 3 NAYES: 0 s/ Kendall Keutzer President ATTEST: /s/ Richard A. Koch Secretary CERTIFICATE STATE OF ILLINOIS ) COUNTY OF BUREAU ) I, the undersigned, Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Arlington Fire Protection District, Bureau County, Illinois, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Budget and Annual Appropriation Ordinance of said Fire Protection District for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2015, and ending on June 30, 2016. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have affixed my hand and the corporate seal of said Fire Protection District this 18th day of November, 2015. /s/ Richard A. Koch SECRETARY (CORPORATE SEAL) Published in the Bureau County Republican Nov. 28, 2015.
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ORDINANCE BUDGET AND ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE OF THE ARLINGTON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2015 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2016 WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Arlington Fire Protection District has caused to be prepared in tentative form a Budget and Annual Appropriation Ordinance, and the Secretary of said Board has made the same conveniently available for public inspection for at least thirty days prior to the final action thereon; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held thereon on the 18th day of November, 2015, notice of which was given at least thirty days prior thereto by publication of said notice in the Bureau County Republican, a newspaper of general circulation in said Fire Protection District, and all other legal requirements have been complied with. NOW THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the Board of Trustees of said Fire Protection District, as follows: SECTION ONE That the fiscal year for said Fire Protection District, be and the same is hereby fixed to be from July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016. SECTION TWO That the following Budget, containing a statement of the cash on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year, an estimate of the cash expected to be received during the fiscal year from all sources, an estimate of the expenditures contemplated for said fiscal year, and an statement of estimated cash expected to be on hand at the end of said fiscal year, be and the same is hereby adopted as the Budget of said Fire Protection District for the fiscal year set forth in Section One, and shall be in full force and effect from and after this date, as is provided by law. PART I - ESTIMATED RECEIPTS 1. Net operating cash balance on hand at the beginning of said fiscal year $5,185.53 2. Amount of taxes to be received during this fiscal year constituting net taxes from 2014 and prior years 41,166.00 3. Personal property replacement tax 525.00 4. Mobile home tax 10.00 5. Estimated receipts from all other sources During said fiscal year 113.47 GRAND TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS: $47,000.00 PART II - ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES: (Constituting the Appropriations for said fiscal year, as provided in Section Three of this Ordinance): 1. ADMINISTRATION: (a) Salaries of members of the Board
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY - PRINCETON, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. ) Plaintiff, ) -v.) WESLEY B. BRELAND, JR. ) A/K/A WESLEY BRELAND, JR., et al ) Defendant ) 15 CH 00002 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 4, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 11:30 AM on December 21, 2015, at the office of Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Ave. West, PRINCETON, IL, 61356, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3431 E. CLEVELAND STREET, LADD, IL 61329 Property Index No. 18-14-100-024. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 7949876 Please refer to file number 14-14-23834. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-14-23834 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 00002 TJSC#: 35-13574 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I675732 Published in the Bureau County Republican Nov. 14, 21 and 28, 2015.
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BCR Preseason Three Rivers Coaches Poll
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The BCR polled the coaches around the Three Rivers Conference to rank the new-look league 1-15. While not all coaches participated, here is the composite tallies of their votes. The coaches did not vote for their own team. See last year’s standings on page 4.
The Boys 1. Kewanee 2. Rockridge 3. Newman 4. Princeton 5. St. Bede 6. Fulton 7. Hall 8. Erie 9. Riverdale 10. Orion (tie) Bureau Valley 12. Sherrard 13. Morrison 14. Prophetstown 15. Amboy Players to watch • Vinnie Bramm, Erie (Sr., 6-3/G) • Jake Bussert, Riverdale (Sr., 6-4/C) • Noah Clarke, Orion (SG): 13.5 ppg) • Jack Heflin, Prophetstown (Sr.) • T.J. Martens, Rockridge (Sr., 6-5/F): 10 ppg, 5 rpg • Gentry Whiteman, Rockridge (Jr., 5-11/G): 10 ppg, 4 rpg • Noah McCarty, Newman (Sr., 6-8/F): NIU recruit, averaged 18.9 ppg, 10 rpg • Donovan Oliver, Kewanee (Sr.): All-Stater • Juan Contreras, Kewanee (Jr., G) • Jake Reinhardt, Princeton (Sr., PG) • Brandon Rosenow, Erie (Sr., 5-10/G) Andrew Pyszka, St. Bede (Sr., 6-9/C) • Drew Pullam, Hall (Sr., G)
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1. Sherrard 2. Amboy 3. Erie (tie) Kewanee 5. St. Bede 6. Morrison 7. Fulton 8. Rockridge 9. Hall 10. Orion 11. Prophetstown 12. Bureau Valley 13. Princeton 14. Newman 15. Riverdale
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Players to watch • Blair Bullock, Kewanee (Sr.) • Rachel Cobert, Erie (Sr., 5-10/F): First team all-conference • Faith Anderson, Sherrard (Jr., 6-0/G-F) • Hanna Bima, St. Bede (Sr., 6-0/C) • Darcy Kepner, BV (Sr., 5-6/PG) • Spenser Strandgard, Sherrard (Jr.) • Hunter Galassi, Hall (Jr., 5-7/G-F) • Avery Leitzen, Fulton (Sr., 5-2/G): 10.5 ppg • Betsy Leonard, Fulton (Jr., 6-0/C) • Anna Murray, Princeton (So., 5-6/PG) • Courtney Oeder, Princeton (Jr., 6-1/C) • Jordan Price, Fulton (So., 5-6/G) • Kelsey Simpson, Newman (Jr., F): First team all-conference, 13.9 ppg • Delaney Wilhem, Amboy (Jr., 5-8/G)
What2Watch4 • How will the new look of the Three Rivers Conference play out this season, now that the two divisions have been merged into one? Each team will meet once this year in the 15-team league, so there will be no second chances. Division champions from 2014-15 were Kewanee (East) and Rockridge (West). • With all-time scoring leader Parker Neuhalfen graduated, including all five starters from last year’s regional champi-
The Girls Hanna Bima, St. Bede (Sr., 6-0/C): Third year with the SBA varsity. Was a Second Team TRAC East selection. Averaged 9.5 points and 5.7 rebounds as junior. Hunter Galassi, Hall (Jr., 5-7/G-F): Returns for her third season on Hall varsity. Received TRAC East Honorable Mention honors. Averaged 8.2 points with 2.4 steals and 1.6 assists. Darcy Kepner, BV (Sr., 5-6/PG): Returns at point guard for the defending regional champion Storm. Was the 2014-15 BCR co-Player of the Year with teammate Heaven Bennett. Averaged 12.4 points and 1.4 assists. Lexi Loftus, L-O (So., 5-8/G-F): The Blonde Bomber earned First Team All-Conference honors in the Little Ten as a freshman. Averaged 8.9 points with 5.0 steals.
ons, who will score for the Bureau Valley Storm this year? They will look to sophomore Corbin Endress and freshman Nate Paup to pick up the slack. • Same questions emerge for the St. Bede Bruins, who look for their go-to guy with the departure of Jarrett Olson to Galesburg? Big man Andrew Pyszka is expected to step up in a big way. Big leaguer J.A. Happ will remain the alltime scoring leader with Olson moving on. • Will the real Anna Murray emerge at Princeton after missing her freshman
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Anna Murray, Princeton (So., 5-6/PG): Saw her freshman season end abruptly with ACL injury in second game with varsity. Returned to play volleyball this fall and already logging heavy minutes at point guard for new coach Jeff Ohlson. Who to watch for: Saige Barnett, BV (Fr., 5-9/F). Paige Conner, L-O (Jr., 5-10/G-F). Savanna Dean, BV (Sr., 5-8/C). Christen Hurley, BV (So., 5-9/F). Jasmine Kahly, L-O (Jr., 5-5/PG). McKenzie Lechner, Hall (Sr., 5-5/G). Jenna Lusietto, Hall (Jr., 5-11/C). Courtney Oeder, Princeton (Jr., 6-1/C). Julia Pohar, St. Bede (Sr., 5-6/PG). Rachel Sickley, St. Bede (Sr., 5-7/G). Ivy Rhodes, Princeton (Sr., 6-0/C).
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Josh Gross, L-O (Sr., 5-11/G): The senior sharp-shooter was the Lions’ top scorer as a junior (11.0 ppg). Look for those numbers to rise for his senior season as the Lions look for a break-out year. Drew Pullam, Hall (Sr., 6-3/F): The long-range bomber made 62 threes last season, averaging 13.2 points and 6.6 rebounds junior year. Was a Second Team All-Conference selection in the TRAC East. Ramon Puga, DePue (Sr., 6-2/F): One of the Little Giants from DePue led last year’s squad in scoring (12.7) and rebounding (7.2). Andrew Pyszka, St. Bede (Sr., 6-8/C): The big man in the middle will help to make up for the transfer of Jarrett Olson to Galesburg. Averaged 7.5 points and 6.5 rebounds last season.
Jake Reinhardt, Princeton (Sr., 5-9/PG): Will be the floor leader for Michael Fredericks’ first PHS varsity squad. Averaged 11.2 ppg last year. Was a Second Team All-Conference selection in the TRAC East. Who to watch for: Chris Ballerini, Hall (Sr., 6-2/F). Trey Dale, BV (Sr., 6-3/F). Corbin Endress, BV (So., 6-2/G). Drew Fordham, BV (Sr., 5-11/G). Bailee Hopps, St. Bede (Sr., 6-0/G-F). Nate Paup, BV (Fr., 6-2/G). Colby Robbins, Princeton (Jr., 6-2/G). Braidy Shipp, St. Bede (Sr., 6-0/G-F). Alan Stamberger, L-O (Sr., 5-10/G). Jacob Tudor, L-O (Sr., 5-10/G). Colton Youngren, Princeton (Jr., 6-6/F).
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Meet the 2015-16 Hall Lady Red Devils Team members for the Hall Lady Devils are (front row, from left) Amanda Scheri, Jessica Bogatitus, Rena Barroso, Madison Soldati and Faith Whightsil; and (back row) Hunter Galassi, Erin Riordan, Emily Wines, Jenna Lusietto, Abby Hoscheid and Bailey Manfredini.
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Meet the 2015-16 Princeton Tigresses The Princeton Tigresses have started the new season by placing second in their own Holiday Tournament. Team members are (front row, from left) Sarah Ray, Anna Murray, Elizabeth Rossler and Hannah Meyer; (second row) Michaela Mall, Sarah Murray, Michaela Strom, Brooke Hieronymus and Kira Harp; and (back row) coach Jeff Ohlson, Brianna Legner, Ivy Rhodes, Courtney Oeder, Kiara Tate and manager Lexee Camp. BCR photo/Mike Vaughn
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4 Boys Pics 4 • At the Hoops • Saturday, November 28, 2015
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Three RiversThen&Now 2014-15 TRAC East Girls.. Conf. All
Amboy Clippers*...................12-0 28-2 Kewanee Boilermakers..........10-2 21-9 Hall Red Devils.......................6-6 13-15 Bureau Valley Storm*.............5-7 16-14 Newman Comets....................5-7 9-18 St. Bede Bruins......................3-9 8-23 Princeton Tigers....................1-11 5-22 F/S champions: Amboy 12-0. 2014-15 TRAC West Girls. Conf. All
Prophetstown Prophets+.......13-1 31-4 Sherrard Tigers*...................13-1 25-5 Erie Cardinals........................8-5 18-10 Rockridge Rockets..................7-6 18-11 Fulton Steamers.....................5-9 14-18 Orion Chargers.......................5-9 11-18 Morrison Mustangs...............4-10 0-26 Riverdale Rams.....................0-12 0-26 F/S champions: Sherrard, Morrison 11-3 2014-15 TRAC East Boys . Conf. All
Kewanee Boilermakers..........11-1 21-9 Bureau Valley Storm*.............9-3 27-4 Newman Comets....................8-4 17-12 St. Bede Bruins......................6-6 15-12 Princeton Tigers.....................5-7 16-11 Hall Red Devils.......................3-9 13-18 Amboy Clippers.....................0-12 0-28 F/S champions: Princeton 10-2/ BCR photo/Hal Adkins
Meet the 2015-16 LaMoille-Ohio Lady Lions Taking the floor for the LaMoille-Ohio Lady Lions for the 2015-16 season under second-year head coach Holli Rapp are (front row, left) Jasmine Tudor, Cassie Martin, Jasmine Kahly, Cheyanne Hansen, Melanie Chasteen, Nya Ranel; and (back row) Karli Forbes, Hannah Pinter, Maddi Pearson, Rebecca Taylor, Maddi Deery and Lexi Loftus.
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Rockridge Rockets*+............14-0 30-2 Fulton Steamers.....................7-6 18-13 Riverdale Rams......................6-6 14-10 Morrison Mustangs................6-7 16-13 Erie Cardinals........................6-8 11-20 Orion Chargers.......................6-8 14-17 Sherrard Tigers......................5-7 11-14 Prophetstown Prophets.........4-10 8-23 F/S champions: Fulton 11-3 Keys: *regional champs, +reached state How conference looks this year based on last year’s records Girls composite varsity standings Prophetstown (13-1 W) ........31-4 Amboy (12-0 E) ....................28-1 Sherrard (13-1 W) ................25-5 Kewanee (10-2 E) ................21-9 Bureau Valley+ (5-7 E) .......16-14 Erie (8-5 W) ........................18-10 Rockridge (7-6 W)................18-11 Fulton (5-9 W) .....................14-18 Orion (5-9 W) ......................11-18 Morrison (4-10 W) ...............13-14 Hall (6-6 E)..........................13-15 Newman (5-7 E) ...................9-18 St. Bede (3-9 E) ...................8-23 Princeton (1-11 E) ...............5-22 Riverdale (0-12 W) ...............0-26
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Meet the 2015 St. Bede Bruins Mike Kilmartin returns for his fifth season as head basketball coach at St. Bede Academy. Team members include (front row, from left) Joe Marenda, Ben Sons, Nathan Bartley, Kilmartin, Max Moskalewicz, Braidy Shipp and Baylee Hopps; and (back row) Ben Lucas, Jackson Funfsinn, Sean Kinsella, Nick Needs, Andrew Pyszka, Nate Kinsella, Jon Dose, Josh Sapp and Michael Manning. Photo contributed
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Meet the 2015-16 Princeton Tigers Michael Fredericks has taken over as the varsity head basketball coach at Princeton High School. Team members are (front row, from left) Jett Wedekind, Jacob Smith, Eric Bibula, Brent Loftus and Lenny Mead; (second row) managers Lucas Sisler and Ryane Watson, Kai Tomaszewski, Seth Torchia, Jake Reinhardt, Tanner Kuhne and manager Jacob Gibson; and (back row) Fredericks, Skye Behrends, Isaac Salazar, Dalton Jilderda, Colton Youngren, Jake Farraher, Levi Bates and Colby Robbins. BCR photo/Kevin Hieronymus
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Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com Bureau Valley Storm varsity boys roster
DePue Little Giants varsity boys Roster
Hall Red Devils varsity boys roster
No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos.
No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos.
No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos.
1 Yulian Osorio* Sr. 5-10 G 5 Nate Paup Fr. 6-2 G 10 Spencer Marquez So. 5-9 G 20 Corbin Endress So. 6-2 G 21 Rusty Fargher* Sr. 6-3 F 22 Trey Dale* Sr. 6-3 F 24 Hunter Sebby Jr. 6-0 F 33 Drew Fordham* Sr. 5-11 G 35 Jay Edlefson Jr. 6-0 G 42 Matt Paup Jr. 6-2 F *Returning lettermen
Nickname: Storm. Conference: Three Rivers. Head coach: Jason Marquis (fourth year, 66-27). Last year: 27-4 (9-3). Last year’s advancement: Lost to Winnebago 55-43 in sectional semifinals.
2015-16 BV boys schedule
Nov. 23-28 Wally Keller Invite Dec. 4 at Ridgewood, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at Sterling Newman, 6:30 p.m.* Dec. 11 Erie, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 12 Galva, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 26-30 at Erie Warkins Classic Jan. 5 at Rockridge, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 8 at Riverdale, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 9 Alleman, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 12 Princeton, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 15 Orion, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 19 Amboy, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 22 at Sherrard, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 23 at Lanark Eastland, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 Prophetstown, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 2 Kewanee, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 5 at Morrison, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 9 at St. Bede, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 12 Hall, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 18 at Fulton, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 22-24 and 26 IHSA Regional
4 Ramon Gavina So. 5-7 G 10 Lamarcus Winfert Fr. 5-6 G 11 Ivan Moreno Fr. 5-3 G 12 Edgar Moreno Jr. 5-7 G 14 Austin Cisco So. 5-9 F 20 David Moreno Jr. 5-9 G-F 22 Rafa Puga So. 5-10 G 24 Eddie Moreno So. 5-9 G 25 Sebastian Arevalo So. 5-9 F 30 Johnny Raya Fr. 5-8 F 32 Ramon Puga Sr. 6-2 F 34 Daniel Lopez Fr. 5-8 F 40 Alejandro Villalobos Sr. 6-1 F 42 Manny Winfert So. 5-10 G 52 Juan Villagos So. 5-10 F 54 Rahim Strong So. 6-4 C Nickname: Little Giants. Conference: Tri-County. Head coach: Charles Klinefelter (third year, 14-37). Last year: 6-21 (2-6). Last year’s advancement: Lost to Marquette 65-21 regional quarterfinals.
2 Cam McDonald So. 6-0 F 3 Max Marquez Jr. 5-9 G 5 Kieran Trevier* Jr. 6-3 F 10 Drew Pullam* Sr. 6-3 F 12 Kyle Follmer Jr. 5-7 G 14 Patrick Einhaus* Sr. 5-6 G 15 Simon Burcham Jr. 5-11 F 20 Alex Castelan So. 5-9 G 21 Nick Edgcomb Jr. 6-1 F 22 Brant Vanaman So. 6-0 G 23 Adam Sangston* Sr. 6-3 F 24 Kendall Cinotte Jr. 5-9 G 32 Chris Ballerini* Sr. 6-2 F 34 Victor Campos Sr. 5-10 F
2015-16 DePue boys schedule
2015-16 Hall boys schedule
Nov. 23-30 at Williamsfield Tourney Dec. 2 at Leland/Earlville, 6 p.m. Dec. 4 at Putnam County, 6 p.m.* Dec. 8 at Paw Paw, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 11 Lowpoint-Washburn, 6 p.m.* Dec. 18 at Roanoke-Benson, 6 p.m.* Dec. 26-29 at Princeville Tourney, TBA Jan. 8 Midland, 6 p.m.* Jan. 12 LaMoille-Ohio, 6 p.m. Jan. 15 at Peoria Christian, 6 p.m.* Jan. 22 Ottawa Marquette, 6 p.m.* Jan. 23-29 Tri-County Conference at Putnam County, TBA Feb. 2 at QC Christian, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at Woodland, 6 p.m.* Feb. 9 Serena, 6 p.m. Feb. 12 Quest Academy, 6 p.m. Feb. 19 Henry, 6 p.m.* Feb. 22-26 IHSA 1A regionals, tba *Tri-County Conference game
*Three Rivers Conference game
*Returning lettermen
Nickname: Red Devils. Conference: Three Rivers. Head coach: Mike Filippini (11th year, 200-192). Last year: 13-18 (3-9). Last year’s advancement: Lost to Fieldcrest 50-23 in regional finals.
Princeton TigerS varsity boys roster No. Name
LaMoille-Ohio Lions varsity boys roster
Yr. Ht. Pos.
2 Kai Tomaszewski* Sr. 5-4 G 4 Eric Bibula* Sr. 6-0 G 10 Brent Loftus Jr. 6-0 G 12 Jett Wedekind* Sr. 5-10 G 14 Jake Reinhardt* Sr. 5-9 G 20 Tanner Kuhne* Sr. 5-10 G 22 Lenny Mead* Sr. 5-11 F 24 Levi Bates* Sr. 6-2 F 30 Jacob Smith Sr. 5-10 F 32 Colby Robbins Jr. 6-2 G 40 Dalton Jilderda* Sr. 6-6 F 42 Skye Behrends* Sr. 6-2 F 44 Colton Youngren Jr. 6-6 F 50 Seth Torchia Sr. 5-10 F 52 Isaac Salazar Sr. 6-3 F *Returning lettermen
Nickname: Tigers. Conference: Three Rivers. Head coach: Mike Fredericks (first year). Last year: 16-13 (5-7). Last year’s advancement: Lost to Bureau Valley 70-50 regional finals.
No. Name
Yr. Ht. Pos.
3 Alan Stamberger* Sr. 5-10 G 5 Brady Debruhl Jr. 5-10 G 10 Josh Gross* Sr. 5-11 G 11 George Stuepfert Jr. 5-8 G 12 Johnee Schulte* Sr. 5-10 G 14 Derek Debruhl* Sr. 5-10 G 15 Jacob Tudor* Sr. 5-10 G 21 Chase Billhorn Jr. 5-11 F 22 Dustin Fultz* Sr. 6-0 F 24 Clay Stuepfert* Sr. 6-2 C *Returning lettermen
Nickname: Lions. Conference: Little Ten. Head coach: Brent Kalsto (seventh year). Last year: 10-19 (0-8). Last year’s advancement: Lost to Newark 59-33 regional semifinals.
2015-16 Princeton boys schedule
2015-16 L-O boys schedule
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St. Bede Bruins varsity boys roster No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos.
00 Andrew Pyszka* Sr. 6-8 C 1 Max Moskalwiecz* Sr. 5-9 G-F 2 Ben Lucas* Sr. 5-11 G-F 3 Nathan Bartley* Sr. 5-9 G-F 4 Joe Marenda Jr. 5-5 G-F 5 Jon Dose* Sr. 6-0 F-G 10 Ben Sons Jr. 5-7 G-F 11 Nick Needs* Sr. 6-3 C-F 13 Josh Sapp* Sr. 6-1 G-F 14 Baylee Hopps* Sr. 6-0 G-F 15 Braidy Shipp* Sr. 6-0 G-F 23 Michael Manning Jr. 6-2 C-F 25 Nathan Kinsella Jr. 6-2 C-F 33 Sean Kinsella Jr. 6-2 C-F 44 Jackson Funfsinn So. 6-2 G-F *Returning lettermen
Nickname: Bruins. Conference: Three Rivers. Head coach: Mike Kilmartin (fifth year, 77-36; 28th year overall, 453288). Last year: 15-12 (6-6). Last year’s advancement: Lost to Hall 53-47 in regional semifinals.
2015-16 St. Bede boys schedule
Nov. 23-28 at Seneca Thanksgiving Nov. 23-28 at Orion Tipoff Classic Nov. 23-28 at AFC Turkey Tourney Tournament Dec. 5 at Eastland Shootout (Freeport Dec. 1 Woodland, 7 p.m. Dec. 1 Rockridge, 7:30 p.m.* Aquin), 2 p.m. Dec. 4 at Kirkland, 7 p.m.* Dec. 4 Kewanee, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 8 Sherrard, 7 p.m.* Dec. 5 at Amboy Shootout Dec. 5 Serena, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at Amboy, 7:30 p.m.* (Prophetstown), 4:30 p.m. Dec. 14-19 Colmone Classic, tba Dec. 18 at Rockridge, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 8 at Henry, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 26-30 at Marseilles Christmas Dec. 23-30 at Plano Christmas Classic Dec. 11 Indian Creek, 7 p.m.* Tournament, TBA. Jan. 5 St. Bede, 6 p.m.* Dec. 16 at Annawan, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 5 Morrison, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 8 at Morrison, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 18 at HBR, 7 p.m.* Jan. 8 at St. Bede, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 12 at Bur. Valley, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 26-30 Marseilles Christmas Jan. 12 BCR— at Prophetstown, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 14 LaSalle-Peru, 7:30 p.m. Tournament, TBA BasketballJan. Section Jan. 19 Fulton, 7:30 p.m.* 16 at Orion, 6:30 p.m.* Jan. 5 AFC at Ohio, 7 p.m. Jan. 22 11/29/14 Erie, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 19 Mendota, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 8 Newark, 7 p.m.* Jan. 23 at Put. County, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at Erie, 6:30 p.m.* Jan. 12 at DePue, 7:30 p.m. 3 p.m.* col x 8” Jan. 26 Riverdale, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 26 Size: Orion, 7:30 Jan. 19 at Serena, 7 p.m.* Jan. 29 at Sherrard, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 29 at Kewanee, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 23 Midland at Ohio, 5:30 p.m. Ward @7:30309-944-1673 Feb. 2 Questions: Amboy, 7:30 p.m.* Call Denise Feb. 2 Prophetstown, p.m.* Jan. 29 Paw Paw, 7 p.m.* Feb. 5 at Riverdale, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 5 at Newman, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 1-5 Little 10 tournament, tba Feb. 9 at Princeton, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 9 Hall, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 12 Earlville-Leland, 7 p.m.* Feb. 12 at Bure. Valley, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 16 Fulton, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 16 Lowpoint-Washburn, 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at Newman, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 19 Rochelle, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at Somonauk, 7 p.m.*
Nov. 23-28 at Oregon Tournament Dec. 1 Marquette, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 Riverdale, 6:30 p.m.* Dec. 8 at Orion, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 11 Morrison, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 22-30 at Plano Christmas Classic Jan. 5 at Princeton, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 8 Hall, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 12 Sherrard, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 15 Erie, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 16 at Streator, 6 p.m. Jan. 22 at Amboy, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 26 at Kewanee, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 27 at LaSalle-Peru, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at Rockridge, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 5 at Fulton, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 9 Bureau Valley, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 12 Sterling Newman, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 13 Indian Creek Shootout, tba Feb. 16 at Prophetstown, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 22 at IHSA Regional, tba
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Bureau Valley Storm varsity girls roster
Hall Lady Devils varsity girls roster
Princeton Tigresses varsity girls roster
LaMoille-Ohio Lady Lions varsity girls roster
St. Bede Lady Bruins varsity girls roster
Depue Lady giants varsity girls roster
No. Name .................Yr. Ht. Pos.
No. Name .................Yr. Ht. Pos. 2 Jessica Bogatitus* . Sr. 5-6 F
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2 Nicole Wirth* ....... So. 5-4 G 4 Saige Barnett .......Fr. 5-9 F 12 Savannah Wall .....Jr. 5-5 F 14 Savannah Dean* Sr. 5-8 C 20 Heather Williams .. Jr. 5-3 G 21 Darcy Kepner* ..... Sr. 5-6 G 23 Addison Moreland* .So. 5-3 G 24 Christen Hurley ... So. 5-9 F 25 Sidney Kolb ......... Sr. 5-9 F 30 Ellen Johnson ...... So. 5-9 F 32 Marissa Mungia ...Jr. 5-4 F 40 Dana Kepner ....... Sr. 5-6 F 42 Emily Fordham .....Fr. 5-10 C
5 Sarah Murray .......Jr. 5-4 G 11 Anna Murray ........ So. 5-6 G 12 Michaela Mall ......Jr. 5-3 G 14 Michaela Strom* ...Sr. 5-7 G 15 Kira Harp ............. Sr. 5-4 G 20 Kiara Tate ............Jr. 5-10 F 22 Brianna Legner* . Sr. 5-9 F 23 Sarah Ray* ......... Sr. 5-7 G 32 Brooke Hieronymus* Sr. 5-6 G 35 Elizabeth Rossler .. Sr. 5-8 F 40 Hannah Meyer...... So. 5-6 G 42 Courtney Oeder .....Jr. 6-1 F 44 Ivy Rhodes* ......... Sr. 6-0 F
11 Madi Soldati* ...... So. 5-2 G 12 McKenzie Lechner* .Sr. 5-5 G 13 Jenna Lusietto* ....Jr. 5-11 C 14 Abby Hoscheid* ....Jr. 5-7 F 15 Rene Barroso* ......Jr. 5-2 G 20 Amanda Scheri .... Sr. 5-5 G 21 Hunter Galassi* ...Jr. 5-7 G-F 22 Emily Wines ..........Jr. 5-7 F 23 Bailey Manfredini* . Sr. 5-5 F 25 Erin Riordan .........Jr. 5-7 C 34 Faith Whightsil .....Jr. 5-6 F * Returning letterwinners
3 Cassie Martin .......Fr. 5-5 G 11 Paige Conner* ......Jr. 5-10 G-F 12 Jasmine Kahly* ....Jr. 5-5 G 13 Maddi Pearson .....Jr. 5-8 F 15 Cheyanne Hansen .So. 5-5 G 20 Lexi Loftus* ......... So. 5-8 G-F 23 Karli Forbes ......... So. 5-6 G 24 Hannah Pinter ......Jr. 5-9 F-C 32 Melanie Chasteen .So. 5-7 F-C 33 Rebecca Taylor .....Fr. 5-10 C 42 Maddi Deery ........ So. 5-8 C 43 Jasmine Tudor ......Fr. 5-5 F * Returning letterwinners
1 Marisol Rios ........ Sr. 5-4 G-F 4 Vanessa Rosales .Sr. 5-3 G 13 Andrea Cruz......... Sr. 5-9 C-F 21 Stephanie Aragaon...Fr. 5-2 G 23 Maricela Garcia.... Sr. 5-0 G 31 Yuliana Quintana.....Fr. 5-6 F-C 32 Larisa Moya...........Jr. 5-3 G 33 Mariana Garcia.....Fr. 5-1 G 34 Tatianna Phillips..... So. 5-4 F 35 Alanina Marquez..... So. 5-4 G-F 51 Daisy Madrigal......Fr. 5-3 F
Nickname: Lady Giants. Conference: Tri-County. Head coach: Peter Perkins (fourth year). Last year: NA. Last year’s advancement: Lost to Midland 52-18 in regional quarterfinals.
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Nickname: Lady Devils. Conference: Three Rivers. Head coach: Brian Holman (second year, 13-15; third overall, 34-22). Last year: 13-15 (6-6). Last year’s advancement: Lost to PC 29-23 in regional finals.
2015-16 Bureau Valley Schedule
2015-16 Hall Schedule
2015-16 Princeton Schedule
2015-16 LaMoille-Ohio Schedule
2015-16 St. Bede Schedule
2015-16 DePue Schedule
Nov. 24 at LaMoille, 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at Ster. Newman, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 3 Erie, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 7 at Rockridge, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 10 at Riverdale, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 12 Galva, 6 p.m. Dec. 17 Orion, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 26-30 at Erie Warkins Classic, Jan. 4 Amboy, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 5 at Henry, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at Sherrard, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 11 Prophetstown, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 16 at Fulton, 4:30 p.m.* Jan. 21 at Morrison, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 23 Princeton, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 25 at St. Bede, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 28 Hall, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 30 at Rowva, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 4 Kewanee, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 8-11 IHSA Regionals, tba
Nov. 19-21 Oregon Tip-Off Classic Nov. 30 Rockridge, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 3 Kewanee, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 7 Morrison, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 10 at St. Bede, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 11 Dixon, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at Marquette, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 28-30 at Dixon Holiday Tournament, tba Jan. 7 Erie, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 9 Putnam County, 2:30 p.m. Jan. 11 Orion 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 14 at Sherrard, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 18 Amboy, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 21 at Riverdale, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 23 Fulton, 1:30 p.m.* Jan. 25 at Princeton, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 28 at Bur. Valley, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 30 Mendota, 1 p.m. Feb. 1 at Newman, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 4 at Prophetstown, 7:30 p.m.*
Nov. 16-21 PHS Holiday Tournament Nov. 28 at Mendota, 1:45 p.m. Nov. 30 Sherrard, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 3 at Amboy, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 7 St. Bede, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 10 Morrison, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 19-22 at St. Bede Lady Bruins Christmas Classic, tba Jan. 4 at Erie, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 7 at Orion, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 11 Riverdale, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 14 at Kewanee, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 16 Prophetstown, 6:30 p.m.* Jan. 19 at Rockridge, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 21 at Ster. Newman, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 23 at Bureau Valley, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 25 Hall, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 26 at Indian Creek, 7 p.m. Jan. 30 at Rockford Christian Life, 1:30 p.m. Feb. 1 Fulton, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 6 at Henry, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 16-21 at Princeton Tournament Nov. 24 Bureau Valley, 7 p.m. Dec. 1 at Amboy, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 Kirkland, 7 p.m.* Dec. 5 at Amboy Shootout vs. Newman, 3 p.m. Dec. 7 at Indian Creek, 7 p.m.* Dec. 10 HBR, 7 p.m.* Dec. 15 Dixon at Ohio, 7 p.m. Dec. 17 Galva at Ohio, 7 p.m. Dec. 19-22 at St. Bede Christmas Classic, tba Jan. 4 at Newark, 7 p.m.* Jan. 7 Serena, 7 p.m.* Jan. 9 at Stark County, 1 p.m. Jan. 11 at Paw Paw, 6 p.m.* Jan. 14 at Earlville-Leland, 7 p.m.* Jan. 18-22 Little 10 Tourney, tba Jan. 25 at Henry, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 Somonauk, 7 p.m.* Feb. 1 at DePue, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9 IHSA 1A regionals, tba
Nov. 20-28 at Brimfield Tournament Nov. 30 at Orion, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 2 Sherrard, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 3 Morrison, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 7 at Princeton, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 10 Hall, 7:30 p.m.* Dec. 12 LaSalle-Peru, 3 p.m. Dec. 19-22 Lady Bruins Christmas Classic, TBA Jan. 7 at Amboy, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 9 at Alleman, 3 p.m. Jan. 11 at Kewanee, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 13 Marquette, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16, 18 at Byron MLK Shootout Jan. 21 at Fulton, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 23 Riverdale, 6:30 p.m.* Jan. 25 Bureau Valley, 7:30 p.m.* Jan. 28 Sterling Newman, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30 Erie, 2:30 p.m.* Feb. 1 at Prophetstown, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 4 at Rockridge, 7:30 p.m.* Feb. 8 IHSA 2A Regional, tba *Three Rivers Conference game
Nov. 23 Putnam County, 6 p.m.* Nov. 27-28 at Calvary Christian Tournament, TBA Dec. 1, Paw Paw, 6 p.m. Dec. 3 at Roanoke-Benson, 6 p.m.* Dec. 10 at Midland, 6 p.m.* Dec. 14 Galva at 6 p.m. Dec. 17 Ottawa Marquette, 6 p.m. Jan. 4 at Earlville-Leland, 5:30 p.m. Jan. 7 Peoria Christian, 6 p.m.* Jan. 14 at Henry, 6 p.m.* Jan. 16-21 at Tri-County Conference Tournament, TBA Feb. 1 LaMoille, 6 p.m. Feb. 2 at Quad City Christian, 6 p.m. Feb. 8 IHSA 1A regionals, tba *Tri-County Conference game
* Returning letterwinners
* Three Rivers Conference game
* Three Rivers Conference game
* Returning letterwinners
Nickname: Tigresses. Conference: Three Rivers. Head coach: Jeff Ohlson (first year, 11th year overall). Last year: 5-22 (1-11). Last year’s advancement: Lost to St. Bede 42-31 first round regionals.
* Three Rivers Conference game
Nickname: Lady Lions. Conference: Little Ten. Head coach: Holli Rapp (second year, 9-16). Last year: 9-16 (4-3). Last year’s advancement: Lost to Indian Creek in regional semifinals 48-26.
4 Julia Pohar* ........ Sr. 5-6 G 5 Rachel Sickley* ... Sr. 5-9 F 10 Emily Edwall ........Jr. 5-3 G 11 Thea Mauck ..........Jr. 5-7 G 15 Zoe Postula* ....... Sr. 5-7 G 20 Julia Browning .....Jr. 5-3 G 21 Dominique Schupp .. Sr. 5-3 G 22 Gabbie Morrow* .. Sr. 5-7 G 23 Chase Ludford ......Jr. 5-11 G 30 Hanna Bima* ...... Sr. 6-0 C 32 Maddy Pearson* .. Sr. 5-8 F 34 Brianna Lau* ...... Sr. 5-9 C 40 Xavier Braboy .......Jr. 5-9 C 43 Maty Nowakowski* .. Sr. 5-5 G
* Little Ten Conference game
* Returning letterwinners
Nickname: Lady Bruins. Conference: Three Rivers. Head coach: Tom McGunnigal (18th year, 366-144). Last year: 8-23 (3-9). Last year’s advancement: Lost to PC second round regionals 38-35.
Team pictures for the DePue basketball teams were not available by press time.
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