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‘Only right for the taxpayers’ Bureau Valley Board considers interest free bonds

By Eric Engel eengel@bcrnews.com

MANLIUS — The Bureau Valley Board of Education convened Tuesday, Dec. 15, to discuss the inclusion of the community in their choices and their responsibility to take advantage of financial opportunities.

Superintendent Stephen Endress said PARCC test results have been made public, and Bureau Valley students performed well, lining up next to state and national averages.

A 10-year building analysis was completed for the high school, and no items were reported as priorities concerning immediate repair, a byproduct of the relatively new building.

The board members, however, spent the majority of Tuesday’s meeting discussing qualified school construction bonds. Endress was recently made aware of the opportunity for Bureau Valley to qualify, but the application window for the bonds is only open until Jan. 15, 2016, so it was moved to the front burner for serious discussion.

The money that supports these bonds came from the federal government in 2009, but it’s been held by the state until now due to political issues on the state level, Endress explained.

If the district is awarded this opportunity, they could issue bonds that would reimburse them on any interest they spend on projects, essentially an interest free bond up to 20 years.

“Although we don’t have to commit to doing any projects or get into any contracts, we do have to show the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) we have the ability to do these projects,” Endress said, indicating each district applying would have to list the projects they could possibly delve into in the near future, and the state board hopes to award authority to issue the bonds by February or March 2016.

The ISBE is going through a set of criteria to rank districts from those with the most needs, based off the following criteria: • Lowest available local resources per pupil.

• Highest percentage of 2013 total tax rate over median tax rate per district.

• Lowest building capacity per student weighted by

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Paper thin

PES Superintendent Tim Smith: ‘They owe us money.’

By Eric Engel eengel@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — The Princeton Elementary School (PES) board met Monday, Dec. 14 to “bond” their financial needs to their monetary assets.

A public hearing was held concerning the intent of the board of education to sell $395,000 in funding bonds to be used to lease 10 new school busses. No members of the public were present, but Superintendent Tim Smith still stated the bonds would be paid off throughout a 10-year term.

Kevin Heid, managing director at Stifel Public Finance, attended the meeting to explain the details in the issuance of $2,995,000 in taxable general obligation school bonds by PES for the purpose of increasing the working cash fund of the district.

Heid said they received one bid from Centrue Bank and felt it to be competitive and fair. They will close on the bonds Jan. 7, 2016, at which point the money will be available to the district. Heid said total interest costs to the district will be 3.18 percent, including all costs of issuance, and the average life of the bonds is 1.4 years.

Heid commented on the tough sledding in the Illinois market right now. People are not wanting to buy Illinois bonds regardless of who it is because of what’s going on at the state level.

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Ryan Sondgeroth shows some of the complex circuitry contained within the head of a full-size R2-D2 droid which he has constructed throughout the last couple of years. This Star Wars favorite, along with many other items, will be on display inside the Prouty Building before the local premier of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on Thursday, Dec. 17.

In a galaxy far, far away ... ... In a building named Prouty

By Dave Cook dcook@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — There will be an impressive collection of Star Wars memorabilia and replicas on display from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, in the Prouty Building in Princeton. Scheduled specifically to appeal to fans waiting in line for the nearby premier of “Star Wars: The

Force Awakens” at Princeton’s Apollo Theater at 7 p.m., fans will not want to miss this event.

Featuring ephemera from the collection of Ohio, Ill., resident Peter Wentworth-Shields, who worked in the art department during the first Star Wars BCR photo/Dave Cook film (1977), this collection is guaranteed The opening page of an original “Star Wars” script. No one

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Scott Massino (from left), Peter Wentworth-Shields, Ryan Sondgeroth, Jay Schneider and Schneider’s daughter pose with just a few of the items which will be on display from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Prouty building before the Apollo Theater’s premier of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at 7 p.m. Wentworth-Shields, who worked on the original 1977 film, will be discussing his work and displaying items from his personal collection.

A first draft script lays atop original design sheets for the cockpit of the fan favorite Millennium Falcon. These items, along with a full-size replica, built by local fan Ryan Sondgeroth of Falcon pilot Han Solo frozen in carbonite, as shown in “The Empire Strikes Back,” will be on display in the Prouty building from 3 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17.

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town,” said Massino.

Sondgeroth will be displaying his beautifully hand-built, aluminum, full-size working replica of R2-D2 and his full-size replica of Han Solo frozen in carbonite along with the many other items on display. Sondgeroth grew up

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to have items which any fan will find impressive. Wentworth-Shields is the owner of an original, first draft script. The cover includes a sticker which reads “The Star Wars” and the opening page is titled, “The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as taken from the ‘Journal of the Whills’ by George Lucas.”

He will also be bringing his original design sheets for the cockpit of the much loved Millennium Falcon.

Wentworth-Shields also drew the designs for the Death Star’s garbage compactor and the kitchen interior on Tatooine.

He will be giving a talk about his time with George Lucas and company, hosting a question and answer session, and sharing his many behind-the-scenes photos and items.

“It was a rather bizarre set. I worked directly under John Barry (Academy Award winning production designer). He did most of the designing, so I drew what he described, and we made a lot of models. They were very roughly built, small scale models, made of cardboard, cut out and glued together.

It was purely for the director to get a feel for the space he was going to work with, so he could design the actors’ movements and get a feel for the way it looked. Then from that we would go on to working drawings,” said Wentworth-Shields.

While working on set,

Wentworth-Shields never saw what the Star Wars galaxy would become for its fans.

“Absolutely not a clue and I don’t think Lucas did either. I think he was surprised as anybody with the success and the longevity. It just goes on and on and on; it spans generations now,” said Wentworth-Shields.

Apollo Theater owner Jay Schneider will be showing the newest chapter of Star Wars on both of his screens.

“There’s a huge amount of anticipation. The ‘Harry

Potter’ movies had a large following with kids growing up with the movies, but the ‘Star Wars’ movies is a whole different crowd. With ‘Star Wars,’ there are 50-60 year old fans and everything below,” said Schneider.

The event has been organized by Scott Massino, who went to school with Wentworth-Shield’s son, and Ryan Sondgeroth in conjunction with Schneider and the Chamber of Commerce’s Kim Frey.

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Wipe your paws ...

Invention of Princeton native gets national attention

By Dave Cook dcook@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — You wouldn’t expect a dog with muddy, wet feet to provide the spark of invention, but Princeton native Kevin Skibinski and his sons, Jake, 20, and Ryan, 17, have turned something which all dog owners are familiar with into a business venture which has taken off and began to paw its way toward great success.

Beginning in 2007 as a father-and-sons project, their invention to clean their dog’s feet has since been patented, manufactured in the USA, and entered the marketplace with more people each day making use of their clever creation, Paw Boss.

Through many trials and errors in their garage, along with pro-

totypes tested among family and friends, the Skibinskis fine-tuned their idea into a device allowing each puppy paw to be cleaned in fresh, soapy water without several trips to the sink.

Additionally, since Paw Boss doesn’t reuse the same water for each paw, the Skibinskis were able to hire a third party test lab to show their invention will remove 99.5 percent of bacteria and 99.9 percent of the fungi from a dog’s paws.

More recently, the Skibinskis traveled to Las Vegas to attend Superzoo 2015, the national show for pet retailers. While there they auditioned and were selected for an appearance on the television show “The Big Pitch” with Kevin Harrington.

Their segment will be aired on Dec. 20 on the Fox Business channel.

Paw Boss was also written about in Pet Age magazine.

“It was mainly due to our Made In The USA initiative. That was critical for us, to keep the product manufactured here,” said Skibinski.

Both customers and their pets seem to appreciate the Paw Boss.

“Customer response has been very good.

Most of our feedback has been that this has helped eliminate the paw licking from the dogs along with it being so convenient.

You just fill it with clean soapy water, and it’s like a portable, on-demand paw washing sink with all the plumbing designed into it,” said Skibinski.

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So if there’s anyone in your life who regularly has dirty little paw prints on their clothing, you now have a perfect gift idea for them.

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Pictured are Sandy Galetti (left) and Mariann Mativity — two of about 60 volunteers at the event, as they hang some of the children’s winter coats prior to the event.

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age of facilities.

• Highest concentration of low income Endress stated all those factors will come after the ISBE puts districts into two categories, Priority 1 and Priority 2.

“Priority 1 is ‘shovel ready,’ meaning the district has the ability to do the project,” Endress said, indicating the ISBE doesn’t want to allocate money unless its sure the money can be used. “That’s why I tried to make the application specific enough to pass ISBE’s tests, but broad enough to have some flexibility down

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the road because I don’t have a crystal ball telling us where the community is going to take us in the next six months.”

Board member Donald King clarified the board doesn’t have a specific target, goal or agenda, but it’s the board’s “fiscal duty” to put in the application, as “we can’t turn down interest-free money.”

Board member Kent Siltman spoke with foresight concerning the junior high project, which is currently included in the list of projects available under the bonds. He said inclusion of that project basically ignores the public survey recently submitted to the board indicating the community’s

PES From Page 1 “The state’s credit rating is now the worst of any state in the country, and that reflects and rubs off on everybody else trying to issue paper (bonds),” Heid said, noting at least one of the local banks told him they aren’t buying anymore Illinois bonds from anybody because they feel they have too much exposure already.

“Everyone in Illinois issuing paper right now is probably paying .5 percent more than you would if we were in Missouri, Iowa or Wisconsin, just because the word Illinois is in your legal name,” Heid added, mentioning legislation and governors, former and present, shoulder much of the blame, and political officials have been exiting Illinois “like rat’s off a sinking ship.”

Smith mentioned it necessary for the board to abate $141,215.46 from the working cash fund to the education fund, creating room for the $2,995,000 in bonds. He

opposition to that project, and it needs to be eliminated from the application.

Board member Justin Yepsen agreed with Siltman but also said sharing the thinking cap with the community will allow them to help with project decisions as they move forward.

“We won’t backdoor our community, but if we don’t apply for this, we’re doing ourselves an injustice,” Yepsen said. “It’s only right for the taxpayers.”

The board made a motion to table the decision until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23, so the public who attend the meeting can become more aware of the issue.

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also said at close to 42 percent of the way through the fiscal year, both the revenue and expense sides of the budget are similar to where they were last year.

He jokingly said he’s somewhat “excited about El Nino,” as warmer, dryer weather would help out the expense side of the budget.

The education fund is currently owed $229,685 by the state, and on Dec. 30, the amount due rises to $390,020. The transportation fund is owed $93,438, which will rise to $186,876 on Dec. 30, making the total currently due PES at $323,123, rising to $576,896 on Dec. 30.

Smith said he keeps up with these calculations diligently because he fears other educational institutions have stopped, and he will not allow PES to be swept under the rug.

“They owe us money, so we have to keep this out in front of our community to show them why we have to borrow to continue making our payments.”

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Meeting Minutes Neponset Village Board NEPONSET — The Neponset Village Board met on Wednesday, Nov. 18, and conducted the following business: • Mayor Dave Mueller recognized a resident who was at the meeting to get more information about trees in front of her house. The village attorney says they are her responsibility and for her to get an estimate for cutting them down.

More discussion will take place next month.

• Other residents from the community were at the meeting to get an update about the burned out house and the village attorney said he will be processing papers with the court next week.

Then the village will get bids to demolish the building and clean-up the debris. The timeline could be anywhere from one month to six months.

• The board approved the October minutes with a note to say the board did not get bids to demolish the burned house on Maple Street, per the advice of the village attorney.

• The board approved the treasurer’s report.

Treasurer said she did

not move the CD as voted on due to getting a better rate from CSB bank so she just rolled the CD over.

• The board approved bills for October.

• In public works, board member Gene Costin discussed writing an ordinance to ban parking on Commercial Street during snow period and no overnight parking. The ordinance will be voted on at the next meeting. The board also approved to purchase a carbide blade and backer blade with a cost up to $1,200. Also it was mentioned the county will not be patching the hole on First Street, so the village will do the work.

• In police, the board discussed an incident where a brick was tossed through the barber shop window recently. The matter was reported to the Bureau County police.

• In finance, board member Ken Synder reported Jerry Johnson will weld the patch on the water tower, but he needs equipment to get up to the leak. The board agreed he should rent what he needs and bill the village his invoice.

• In community events, board member Barb Jannie said she

has a building permit for Terry Gutschlag for a garage he had moved to his property. The board approved the permit.

Jannie also reported the Halloween party was a success and there was a lot of help.

• In water and sewer, board member Austin Bates reported the shutoff valve will be done soon and Linden and Company has the parts and would be out later in the week to complete the repair on the control board at the sewer plant.

• In old business, the village attorney will be proceeding with legal action for 15-day notices.

• In new business, Kevin Hermme from Jagers Insurance Co. gave the board the information for the next year insurance policy and left copies for board member to look at. He said the board can wait and pay the premium after the December meeting.

Regarding the Natural Hazards Mitigation plan for community risk assessment, the board has to look into it further and have some changes made and will vote on it at the next regular meeting.

• The board approved to pass the new tax levy for 2015-16.

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Obituaries John Cutsinger

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YORKVILLE — John Thomas Cutsinger, 70, of Yorkville passed away Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, at Presence Mercy Medical Center in Aurora.

He was born June 25, 1945, in Chicago to Finas Edward and Lola Mae (Hubbard) Cutsinger. He was the youngest of four brothers.

He is survived by his children, Rebecca (Robert) Cox and grandchildren Alexander, Benjamin and Zachary Cox of Prophetstown, Michael (Rachael) Cutsinger and grandchildren McKenna Cutsinger of Ottawa and Haley Chivarria of Yorkville, Debra Cutsinger of Tampico, and by brothers, Carl (Rosalee) Cutsinger of LaGrange and William (Shirley) Cutsinger of Bolingbrook.

He was preceded in death by his mother and father; his brother, Lawrence; and his granddaughter, Rachel Cox. He lived at the Covenant Children’s Home in Princeton through his childhood and until he graduated from Princeton High School in 1964. He liked to keep in touch with the friends he had made there. He moved to Massachusetts for short time, but returned home to Illinois. He worked at different occupations until he started his trucking firm (BPT Inc.) in 1972. He continued to work until 2002 when he decided to retire. He did work with the new owner for a time. His business values earned him the loyalty of his customers. Planning, planting, weeding and harvesting his garden was one of his favorite pastimes. Keeping his Deere in tip-top condition was another.

Friends may visit from 5 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Nelson Funeral Home, 1671 N. Bridge St., Yorkville.

A funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 18, at the Larson-Nelson Funeral Home at the same address.

Interment will follow in Pavilion Cemetery in Yorkville.

Arrangements have been handled by the Nelson Funeral Home & Crematory, 630-553-7611 or www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com.

PRINCETON — Armida R. James, 93, of Princeton passed away at 4:56 a.m.

Monday, Dec. 14, at Cabin Livin Senior Care in Hennepin.

Born Dec. 31 1921, in Fillmore County, Preston, Minn., to Charles and Maude (TerBeest) Mathison, she married Guy R. James Sept. 29, 1941, in Kirksville, Mo. She was a homemaker. She had worked as a secretary at Chicago Trade and clerked at numerous retail stores.

She was a member of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Princeton.

She loved to sew, quilt, knit and garden. She made many quilts, winning local and national awards.

Surviving are one daughter, Beth (Cary) Rosene; three sons, Roger (Kathy) James, Dave (Virginia) James and Steve (Karen) James; two brothers, Paul Mathison and Curtis Mathison; 11 grandchildren, Kirsti James, Angela Rudolph, Brian James, Tim James, Heather Rosene Dzioba, Nathan Rosene, Hannah Rosene, Peter James, Adam James, Mark James and Sarah James; 12 great-grandchildren, Jacob, Logan, Noah, Trent, Dane, Gavin, Owen, Hartlee, Bergen, Caleb, Micah and Naomi; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters and one brother.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec 21, at the Norberg Memorial Home in Princeton with Pastor Derek Boggs officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park in Ottawa.

Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 20, at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to the Evangelical Covenant Church in Princeton.

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

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Police reports aggravated battery, reckless conduct, and Bureau County Sheriff resisting, obstructing or disarming an Accidents

James M. Bermes, 33, of Princeton was involved in accident on Route 29 near 2850 East Street in Selby Township at 3:25 p.m. Nov. 27.

Lora R. Warren, 58, of Princeton was involved in accident on Angling Road near 2665 East Street in Berlin Township at 7:15 a.m. Dec. 7.

Mary M. Cornwall, 49, of Walnut was involved in accident on Backbone Road near Epperson Road in Princeton Township at 8:09 a.m. Dec. 7.

Arrests

Jason E. Hildebrand, 37, of Princeton was charged with improper lane usage, accident involving injury and driving under the influence of alcohol on Angling Road near 2900 East Street in Berlin Township at 11:54 p.m. Dec. 1.

Gilbert A. Simmons Jr., 34, of Kewanee and Rebecca K. Simmons, 33, of Kewanee were both charged with possession of a controlled substance, while Simmons Jr. was charged with an in-state warrant, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, unlawful possession of a firearm or ammunition, possession of methamphetamine, speeding, fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer, disobeying a stop sign, suspended or revoked driver’s license, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, reckless driving and an accident involving injury on Kentville Road near 300 East Street in Neponset Township at 4:07 p.m. Dec. 5.

Crystal F. Kelly Cookson, 31, of Sheffield was charged with domestic battery in Sheffield at 5:39 a.m. Dec. 7.

Tawnie S. Arrington, 19, of Sheffield, and Isaiah C. Austin, 19, of Tiskilwa were both charged with illegal consumption of alcohol. Austin was also charged with

officer at Ohio Grove Apartments in Ohio at 9 p.m. Dec. 10.

Janet M. Turpen, 47, of Tiskilwa was charged with unlawful visitation interference at 1250 North Avenue near 1950 East Street in Arispie Township at 11:38 p.m. Dec. 11.

Deer accidents

Timothy D. Vladika, 32, of Princeton struck a deer on Route 26 near Interstate 180 in Princeton Township at 5:10 p.m.

Dec. 2.

John J. Ames, 57, of Buda struck a deer on 1200 North Avenue near Route 40 in Concord Township at 5:13 p.m. Dec. 4.

Alan M. Davis, 32, of Tiskilwa struck a deer on 1850 East Street near 900 North Avenue in Arispie Township at 5:21 p.m.

Dec. 4.

Dale R. Bowyer, 61, of Buda struck a deer on 1200 North Avenue near 650 East Street in Concord Township at 3:20 a.m.

Dec. 7.

Stephanie L. Hammitt, 21, of Princeton struck a deer on Route 6 near Interstate 180 in Selby Township at 6 p.m. Dec 9.

Mayola Pureco, 37, of DePue struck a deer on Route 6 near Center Street in Seatonville at 11 p.m. Dec. 10.

Belinda S. Miller, 38, of Sheffield struck a deer on Route 40 near 1550 North Avenue in Concord Township at 5:36 p.m.

Dec. 11.

Pamela J. Agrue, 71, of Princeton struck a deer on Interstate 180 near Route 26 in Arispie Township at 9:30 p.m. Dec. 12.

Spring Valley Police Accident

A two-vehicle accident involving June E. Lapinski, 86, of Spring Valley and Carlos A. Ayala, 44, of LaSalle occurred in the 1000 block of West Second Street at 3 p.m. Dec. 7.

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A lesson on the court ... and in life I saw a friend’s Facebook post the other night about her child and his first basketball season at a school in Bureau County. I had just posted a few sentences about how proud I was to see my own son score his first basket in his fifth-grade basketball game, so I was immediately interested when I caught the word basketball in her post, thinking it would be similar to mine.

Ready to celebrate her son’s milestone, I read on.

When I was finished, I was appalled. She wasn’t posting to applaud her son’s efforts, although she certainly is a proud mom. She was venting about how harshly her son had been judged by other parents in attenShannon dance at the game.

Serpette To make matters worse, the people COMMENTARY were parents of her son’s teammates.

Instead of noticing positives about the boys and the learning process that goes along with the first year in any organized sport, they were making critical remarks about my friend’s son and his supposed lack of skills on the court.

My heart broke for her ... and for him. As he was out there giving it his best effort, excited to be part of a team and learning something new, he was oblivious to the fact he was being judged and dismissed by a set of people sitting in the bleachers. A set of people who should know better than that. A set of people who are hopefully teaching their own children to be kinder than they are themselves.

Noticing who the star players are is second nature as you watch a game. They stand out, and there’s nothing wrong with praising someone who is doing a great job. But to point out another child’s flaws, knowing the parent is likely sitting just feet away from you and can probably hear you? That’s pretty low. You can praise your own child for their skills without feeling the need to belittle someone else’s child.

Maybe my friend’s son will decide at some point that basketball isn’t for him. But you know what?

Maybe this season will light a fire in him, and he’ll decide to give basketball everything he has. Maybe he’ll be great someday. Maybe he hasn’t had the opportunity to play as much basketball as the so-called “better” kids have had. But maybe with a little practice, he’ll end up better than them. Maybe they’ll plateau, and he’ll grow. Or maybe he will just keep doing what he is doing now, what too many children aren’t allowed to do these days — play for the fun of it. There’s certainly no shame in that.

The point is, they are only in fifth grade. Anything can happen. Don’t pigeonhole a 10 year old. They should be able to learn and have fun without parents saddling them with their own weird hang-ups about winning and competition.

At that age, everyone’s game needs improvement, whether your child is the star player or not. Maybe your child needs some extra practice on defense; maybe he needs extra work on his shot; or maybe your son is a great player, but he is a ball hog and he needs to learn the concept of being a team player.

Playing ball at that age is a learning experience.

And apparently children aren’t the only ones who could use some lessons.

BCR Copy Editor Shannon Serpette can be reached at sserpette@bcrnews.com.

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First Person Becky Sapp Town: Princeton.

Family: Husband, two daughters, one kitty, two sons-in-law, four grandchildren, two grandkitties and one granddog.

Occupation: Retired (former insurance agent).

What was your first job: Babysitting.

What is your favorite movie: I have several — “Pretty Woman,” “The Blind Side,” “A League of Their Own,” “Field of Dreams.”

What is your favorite book: I have two — “The Thorn Birds” and “Master of the Game.”

What is the best concert you’ve been to: Billy Joel.

If you met a genie who granted you one wish, what would you wish for: Good health and happiness for everyone.

What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done: Waiting for eight hours while my husband had open heart surgery.

Where do you most want to travel, but have never been: Lots of beautiful places right here in the U.S.

What is one thing you’re truly passionate about: Family.

What is something you like about your hometown: My hometown is Latrobe, Pa. I like that it is the home of Arnie Palmer, Mr. Rogers, the first banana split and the first pro football game.

What is your favorite area restaurant, and what do you like to order there: Park Tavern, chicken.

Is there anything you would change about your hometown: I would like to change it back to the way it was in the ‘60s.

Grandson No. 3 — a bundle of energy and love Grandchildren ... if you are a grandparent, you are blessed with the most perfect, beautiful, intelligent, athletic kids in the world. You all know it, your grandchildren are pretty much perfect. I agree with you; I know that mine are.

I have three grandsons, and I have written about the two older ones in years past, but I haven’t talked much about the youngest.

My reasons for not writing previously about Cole, grandson No. 3, has nothing to do with his perfection in my eyes, I was just waiting for him to get a little older, to develop his personality, to become more of a little person.

I have definitely waited long enough. Cole is now 2 1/2 or so. He will be 3 in March 2016. He is a small piece of dynamite wrapped into a blonde-haired, smiling, tough little body.

Cole, at his young age, has already acquired a couple of nicknames — Cole-Man (after the cooler) and Bubba. His mother dubbed him “Bubba,” and I think that name is going to stick. I think his mother secretly likes the sound of Bubba — it goes with her other two sons’ nicknames, Buddy (the oldest), Brade (short for Brady, child No. 2) and lastly Bubba. The three “Bs,” she calls them the three boys and a lady (herself).

On Halloween this year, Bubba made his debut into active trick or treating with a desire to visit every house his little legs could carry him

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to. He would walk up to the door, say trick or treat, say thank you, and turn and walk away. Then, his next words were “I want to go to another trick or treat house.” There was no stopping him. I’m not sure what drove him more, getting the candy or just the act of walking around in the dark with his brothers, his mother and I. The other interesting part about trick or treating with him was that many of the people in the houses where we went knew him. He goes to a babysitter during the day (while his mother works) in the town where we trick or treated. He is known at the babysitter as “Bubba” and over and over again we would hear, “It’s Bubba!” Bubba knew them all and even knew a dog who sometimes comes to the babysitter’s house to do tricks for the kids. With his ready grin and cute Paw Patrol puppy costume, Bubba made a haul in the candy and seeing friends departments.

Our Cole has grown up faster than any of us wanted or anticipated.

The desire to keep up with his older brothers has pushed him to do everything as soon as he possibly could.

After walking at about 9 months old, he moved on to be very verbal very young. Yes, he is a smart kid (of

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course I think so), but most of his verbal skills have developed because his brothers have constantly talked to him and worked to get him to say words and phrases most of which are good, but some he would have been better off not knowing. We all curse and thank them for the progress of his language skills.

Due to his oldest brother’s sport activity, Cole has acquired his own version of various sports. His brother plays baseball, so Cole plays baseball. With wiffle bat in hand, he says “pitch it in there.” If he hits the ball, he runs around the yard, slides on the grass and says “touchdown.” If he has a football (his brother likes football), he throws it, runs and slides on the grass and says “homerun.”

Obviously he needs a little work on which game he is playing. It’s OK, Cole-man, you will figure it all out, I know you will.

My experience with Cole has been a little different than his two brothers.

I was working a full-time job when the others were babies and toddlers; with Cole I have been more available.

He has been an unexpected joy for me. He puts his little arms around my neck and says, “I wuv you Grandma.”

All grandchildren are the best gifts we can be given. They are little bits of perfection wrapped up in constantly growing and changing bodies, full of anticipation, full of love and full of mischief. Could there be anything better than that?

Nita Wyatt of Wyanet can be reached at wyattnm1950@yahoo.com.

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Students will lead worship — The Sunday school students of St. John Lutheran Church will lead the worship service on Sunday. See Page 9.

Religion briefs — Area churches have announced holidays events and schedules. See Page 8.

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Holiday concert planned for Sunday PRINCETON — The Princeton Community Band and the Bureau County Chorus will join forces for “Holiday Harmony: A Christmas Concert.” The performance will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, in the Sally Skinner Council Auditorium at Princeton High School.

This is the first time these two organizations have collaborated on a holiday program, which should provide a festive afternoon of both seasonal music and music of other genres. Band selections will include “White Christmas,” “Sleigh Ride” and – just in time for Episode 7 – “Star Wars,” while the chorus will

sing “ Silent Night,“ “Who’s the Little Baby?” and “Ding Dong! Merrily on High,” to name a few. The band is under the direction of Brandon Stover, and the chorus is directed

by Emily Stover.

Admission to the concert is free, although donations to these all-volunteer organizations are welcome.

Elm City Bells will perform at library PRINCETON — The Elm City Bells will perform at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 29, at the Princeton Public Library. They will play Christmas songs as well as other favorites. 2015 marks the 41-year

anniversary of this bell ensemble from the First United Methodist Church.

The Princeton Public Library is located at 698 E. Peru St. in Princeton. All programs at the library

are free and open to all. For more information on upcoming programs and on Princeton Public Library services, go to www.theprincetonlibrary.org or call 815875-1331.

Community coffee in Sheffield SHEFFIELD — The First United Church of Christ in Sheffield will host its monthly community coffee from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, in the UCC Parish Hall. Fresh-baked cinnamon rolls will be served.

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PERU — St. Bede Academy Principal Michelle Mershon announced six St. Bede Academy students from the graduating class of 2016 have been recognized as Illinois State Scholars.

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC), the state agency committed to helping to make college accessible and affordable for Illinois families, bestows this prestigious recognition to top Illinois high school students annually. This year, nearly 19,000 elite honorees join the other top state students honored for their academic achievements since the designation was first introduced in 1958.

Illinois State Scholars possess strong academic potential and are chosen based on a combination of exemplary ACT or SAT test scores and sixth semester class rank. State Scholars rank in approximately the top 10 percent of high school seniors, representing 652 high schools across the state.

According to Mershon, “These students have challenged themselves with our most rigorous curriculum. Their efforts and hard work exemplify the standards set forth by the Illinois State Scholar program. We continue to be delighted by the prestige of this honor and the ability of our students to meet the requirements set forth by the Commission.”

The following St. Bede Academy students were named 2016-17 Illinois State Scholars: Benjamin Lucas of Hennepin (St. Patrick’s School), John McCutcheon of Ladd (Ladd Community Consolidated School), Nicholas Needs of Peru (homeschool), Jacob Peruba of Peru (Parkside Middle School), Kiernan Robinson of Ladd (Ladd Community Consolidated School) and Caitlin Smith of Utica (LaSalle-Peru Christian School).

“It is always an honor to announce another extraordinary group of State Scholars,” said Eric Zarnikow, ISAC executive director. “At a time when postsecondary education could not be more important to future job and career success, these students have demonstrated the kind of effort and dedication that will help them advance not only their futures, but the future of the state as well.

We wish each of them the best as they pursue their chosen educational path.”

While this distinguished recognition does not include a monetary prize, recipients are encouraged to cite the honor on applications for college admission and scholarships.

In addition, students are urged to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible after Jan. 1, 2016. The FAFSA determines eligibility for federal and state aid.

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Candlelight Christmas Eve in Seatonville

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Each service will include a traditional candlelighting portion of the worship as they celebrate Christ’s birth.

SEATONVILLE — The Seatonville Congregational Church, Independent will host a candlelight Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24, in the sanctuary. There will be singing of Christmas carols, “O Holy Night” sung by the choir and special music by members of the congregation. The Rev. Bill Jacobsen will bring a special Christmas Eve message and all folks from the Bureau and Illinois Valley region are invited to come and celebrate the birth of our Savior. For more information, call the church at 815894-2697.

Presbyterian church will host candlelight service PRINCETON — The Princeton Presbyterian Church, 320 Park Ave. East, will hold its annual candlelight Christmas Eve service at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24.

All are welcome to celebrate this special night.

Christmas Eve services at St. Matthews

Christmas Eve webcast will be available

PRINCETON – St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Princeton invites all to attend two different Christmas Eve services, at 7 and 10 p.m., on Thursday, Dec. 24.

The 7 p.m. service is a traditional candlelight worship using Christmas carols throughout the service. The St. Matthews Choir and Bell Choir and pipe organ will help lead worship. Based on Luke 2:120, the sermon is “God Created Us To Be Lovable.” A children’s sermon is also part of this service. Holy Communion is by intinction (dipping the wafer into the cup).

The 10 p.m. service is titled “Celebrate that Silent Night, Part 2” and begins informally by sharing cookies and hot chocolate. After the opening prayers, this service continues by casually entering the sanctuary to sing the opening song.

This service includes more favorite carols on piano not included at 7 p.m. The sermon will draw from John 1:1-14.

Last year, the 10 p.m. sermon shared how Silent Night was composed in a moment of chaos. This year for Part 2 of Celebrate that Silent Night, the sermon will tell how the favorite Christmas carol, Silent Night, led to a ceasefire in World War I. Plus, the sermon will end with a

LADD — A live webcast of the Christmas Eve Mass from Holy Trinity Church in Cherry will take place in Ladd’s Community Center at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24.

The public is invited to attend. For more information, call Diane at 815-894-2440.

Princeton FUMC announces upcoming events PRINCETON — The First United Methodist Church in Princeton has announced upcoming activities: • The public is invited to a “Our Table” dinner at 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21. The meal will be followed at 6 p.m. by a “Blue Christmas” worship service in the sanctuary.

• There will be two worship services on Thursday, Dec. 24. At 4 p.m., there will be a family friendly service of Los Posadas. The public is invited to join as the children help Mary and Joseph search for a place to stay. At 11 p.m., there will be the traditional worship of Nine Les-

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surprise. Holy Communion is at the communion rail (with individual cups).

Both services conclude with singing Silent Night by candlelight. As most of the two services are different, a person would be welcome to attend both if so inclined.

As an additional opportunity for worship, the Sunday, Dec. 27, 9 a.m. service is Lessons & Carols offering more Christmas carols not included on Christmas Eve. Various Bible readings precede each Christmas carol.

St. Matthews is located at 416 E. Dover Road in Princeton. For more information, visit www.StMatthewsPrinceton.org, email StMatthewsPrinceton@gmail.com or call 815-879-6491.

Holy Trinity announces Christmas Mass schedule CHERRY — Holy Trinity Church in Cherry has announced its Christmas Mass schedule: • Christmas Eve Mass, 4 p.m., Holy Trinity Church in Cherry; they will also be broadcasting live church overflow (with communion) at Cherry Church Hall; broadcasting live virtual Mass (with communion) to the Ladd Community Center.

• Christmas Eve Mass, 10 a.m., St.Patrick’s Church in Arlington.

• Christmas Day Mass, 9 a.m., at St. Thomas More in Dalzell.

• New Year’s Eve, 4 p.m., Holy Trinity Church in Cherry.

• New Year’s Day, 9 a.m., St. Thomas More in Dalzell.

Christ Community Church Christmas Eve services PRINCETON — Everyone is welcome to join Christ Community Church in Princeton on Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24, as they celebrate the miracle of

Christmas. There will be two services, 4 and 6 p.m., with songs, worship, a devotional and a candlelight service.

Scavenger hunt and carol sing in Wyanet WYANET — The Wyanet United Methodist Church will sponsor a lighted Christmas decoration scavenger hunt and carol sing Sunday, Dec. 20, at the church, located at 112 W. Main St., Wyanet.

The scavenger hunt will begin at 6 p.m. Participants should brig a camera phone or digital camera for the hunt.

The first team back will win a prize and all the teams that finish will be put in a drawing for a prize. Refreshments will be available after the scavenger hunt.

The carol sing will follow starting at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to join in for Christmas carols inside the church.

For more information, call 815-6997238.

Princeton Bible prepares ‘Searching for the King’ PRINCETON — The Princeton Bible Church Choir, under the direction of Marty Kiser, is preparing a special Christmas musical, “Searching for the King”

by David T. Clydesdale, to be performed on Sunday, Dec. 20, at 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. in the church sanctuary. This year the musical deals with our soldiers and veterans and the hope that they, and all of us, seek after experiencing loss.

The 20-voice choir is supported by actors, a narrator, a children’s choir and scenery which help to tell the story. The public is invited to these performances.

Admission is free, although a free will offering will be taken to support the veterans home in LaSalle. Princeton Bible Church is located 2 miles northeast of Princeton on Route 34.

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St. Louis CCW receives donation The St. Louis Council of Catholic Women (CCW) received $2,500 from the Princeton Knights of Columbus for the kitchen remodeling project in Harkrader Hall. Grand Knight David Lawrence is pictured presenting a check for $2,500 to Father Jeffrey Stirniman, pastor, on behalf of the parish and CCW.

Knights of Columbus hold food drive PRINCETON — The St. Louis Parish Knights of Columbus collected 185 non-perishable food items and $1,384 in monetary donations for the Bureau County Food Pantry on Nov. 29 and 30.

The pantry staff were very pleased with the quantity and quality of what was donated. All the breakfast cereal was desperately needed, along

with all the food items.

Since beginning this program in August 2012, St. Louis parishioners have provided 9,095 non-perishable food items and $40,725 in monetary donations. They have qualified for the matching funds from the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, which will bring an additional $500 for the pantry.

PRINCETON — The Sunday school students of St. John Lutheran Church have been gearing up to lead the 9:30 a.m. worship service at the church on Sunday, Dec. 20.

Together, under the direction of Celeste Faber, they have been working hard to create a worship experience that highlights the meaning of Christ’s birth. Since the service will be structured around the concept of being “Called to Be a Servant of God,” the students decided that they should designate the special offering on Dec. 20 to help children living at Hesed House. The offering will go toward a project of providing hand-tied fleece blanket throws for the children who stay at Hesed House.

Hesed House is a shelter for homeless families and is located in Aurora.

The project of providing fleece blankets got its start when one of the congregation’s youth, Linnea Lee-Brown, began to volunteer at Hesed House.

Lee-Brown is a high school junior at IMSA (the Illinois Math and Science Academy) and got involved through her school. She helps with the shelter’s recre-

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Sunday school students (front row, from left) Wyatt Gott, Konner Cain, Haleigh Linker and Wyatt Lundquist; and (back row) Emma Lundquist and Kaleb Cain made hand-tied fleece blanket throws for the children who stay at Hesed House in Aurora. ation activities but wanted to do something extra for the kids. She remembered what a big deal it was to have been given a handtied fleece blanket for reading in grammar school and decided it would be great if the kids at Hesed House could each receive a blanket of their own. She float-

ed the idea to the volunteer coordinator for Hesed House and then to the Sunday school of her church.

If the Sunday school could cover the cost of the material, she, her mom and several of her classmates would make the blankets and see that they reached the children. The Sunday

school students were all for it and hopes the public will join them 9:30 a.m. Dec. 20 when they lead worship at St. John Lutheran Church.

St. John Lutheran Church is located at 15199 2825 East St. in rural Princeton (2825 East St. is off Route 6 about eight miles east of Princeton).

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Make a donation to have your gifts wrapped Bureau County Fair royalty will be wrapping gifts at Walmart in Princeton from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, for donations to Freedom House. Some of the items the Freedom House is looking for is shampoo, conditioner, lotions, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, razors, brushes, pots, pans, Rubbermaid containers with lids, sweatpants of all sizes, T-shirts of all sizes, vacuum and monetary donations.

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Please bring me ... Santa hears the list Santa heard the Christmas wishes of the children of Manlius during his visit to the Manlius Village Hall on Saturday, Dec. 12. With only eight days left until Christmas, shoppers are slowly running out of time to complete their holiday lists. Current weather forecasts for the area show that it’s doubtful any of us will be experiencing a white Christmas.

Children’s assessment clinic on Jan. 14 PRINCETON — Princeton Elks Lodge 1461, in cooperation with the Illinois Elks Children’s Care Corporation, will sponsor a free children’s orthopedic assessment clinic on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. The clinic is from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. and is by appointment only. To make an appointment, call the Illinois Elks Children’s Care office at 800-2720074 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday. There are no charges for any services at this clinic.

The clinic will be at Perry Memorial Hospital, 530 Park Ave. East in Princeton; use the north front door. Dr. Richard Erickson of Carol Stream will be the clinician in charge.

No medical referral is necessary for the clinic but physicians are welcome to refer patients to the clinic for a specific reason or second opinion. School

nurses are welcome to refer children and families to the clinic.

The Elks Organization has been working with physically challenged children since 1928 and this is one of the 17 clinic locations throughout Illinois.

The clinic is an ideal time to have a child reviewed for bone and joint development. If your child has feet pointing out or in who complains of back, knee, leg, ankle pain or

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has a back curvature can be seen at this clinic. The Elks will provide financial assistance to their best of their ability for children needing further treatment or specialty equipment when the family lacks sufficient resources to do so. In the past, the Elks have purchased therapy services, corrective shoes, braces, wheelchairs and augmentative communication devices to help children overcome a variety of physical challenges.

Tuba Christmas concert OGLESBY — A Tuba Christmas concert will be presented at 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 20, at the Illinois Valley Community College Cultural Center in Oglesby. The original Tuba Christmas was held at New York City’s Rockefeller Plaza Ice Rink in 1974. This year concerts will be presented in nearly 300 cities nationwide.

Tuba Christmas in the Illinois Valley will include a family-friendly hour of Christmas carols played

by a large tuba ensemble composed of players of all ages from at least a 50-mile-radiusfrom the La Salle-Peru area. Children will be invited to come to the front of the auditorium to play along with the tubas for “Jingle Bells.” Bells will be provided for them. Adults are welcome to bring their own sleigh bells and join in from their seats. There will also be a sing along on many of the carols.

Admission is free.

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Colmone Classic: Leo 90, Hall 46

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LaMoille/Ohio sophomore Lexi Loftus drives right down central in second-half play against Dixon Tuesday in Ohio.

Dixon won 49-33.

Girls basketball: Dixon 49, LaMoille/Ohio 33

Lady Lions finish strong vs. Dixon

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OHIO — After the initial shock wore off, the LaMoille/Ohio Lady Lions played some good basketball against visiting Dixon Tuesday, Dec. 15, at Ohio High School.

Down 31-2, the Lady Lions finished the first half with an 8-1 surge to close within 33-10 at halftime.

The Lady Lions carried that momentum over to the second half, outscoring the Duchesses 23-16 to make a 49-33 ballgame of it at the final horn.

Keeping to the theme where Tiny is Mighty in Ohio, Lady Lions coach Holli Rapp welcomed the opportunity to play a much bigger school like Dixon (6-4), whose enrollment of 805 is nearly 700 more than the combined co-op tally.

“I would rather play like that and (end up) losing by 16 than playing who we previously had on the schedule by 50,” Rapp said, referring to AFC. “We have to think about the

positives. We can’t think about the fact we lost by 16. We lost by 16 to a 3A school and we’re low numbers of 1A and have no seniors. So that’s a positive. That’s something we have to build on.”

The Lady Lions (3-7) played the Duchesses even in the third quarter at 13-13. Ohio’s Lexi Loftus scored on a side inbounds play and junior classmate Paige Conner hit a 3-pointer to close out the third quarter at 46-23.

Loftus converted a 3-point play on a drive and a free throw to make it 48-25 with 6:04 left to play.

The Lady Lions scored the game’s final seven points with a free throw by freshman Cassie Martin, a hoop

by Conner, two free throws

by Jasmine Kahly and a game-ending drive by Loftus.

The Lady Lions took better care of the ball in the second half, committing just three turnovers after making 13 in the first half.

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SPRING VALLEY — The powerhouse Chicago Leo Lions has announced its arrival at the 42nd Colmone Classic at Hall High School with two resoundingly impressive victories.

Following Leo’s 94-33 dispatching of the Amboy Clippers on Monday night, the tournament hosts, the Hall Red Devils, tried their best to stop the offensive juggernaut but could only slow them down as the Red Devils dropped its first game of the Classic 90-46.

The Red Devils (5-3) spotted the Lions (7-1) a seven-point lead that included the first of four treys from senior guard Mykel Hampton, and from there the Lions were off and running to a 26-13 first-quarter lead.

Hampton’s four 3s were a part of nine 3-pointers hit by the Lions, a barrage that the Red Devils couldn’t control as the taller and quicker Lions found open shooters all night.

“They shot 53 percent from the 3-point line, so anytime you shoot better than 50 percent from the 3-point line you’re doing a heck of a job,” Filippini said.

The Lions shot 51 percent from the field overall that resulted in all five of the Lions starters reaching double digit points, with team captain and senior guard Darius Branch leading the pack with 21 points.

“Games like tonight will pay off in late February and during the regional. We played one of the best teams in 1A or 2A and maybe even 3A,” Hall coach Mike Filippini said.

“We got beat by 39 points and it’s not the end of the

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Hall’s Brant Vanaman soars over Chicago Leo’s Mykel Hampton in first-half play of the Colmone Classic Tuesday at Hall High School. Leo defeated the Red Devils on their new homecourt 90-46. world. We play (Wednesday) night so we can’t worry too much about getting beat by Chicago Leo. Chicago Leo is going to beat a lot of teams.”

The Lions maintained a full court pressure throughout most of the contest, putting the heat on Red Devils’ ball handlers and forcing 18 turnovers on 11 steals as they

nearly tripled the seven turnovers by the Lions.

“Most teams we play, we won’t see that kind of pressure. They’re so big and so long and our kids were caught off guard by how fast they were. They really shot the ball well.

Last night against Amboy it was more transition

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Colmone Classic RED POOL: Leo 2-0, Hall 1-1, Amboy 1-2, Hall JV 0-1. WHITE POOL: Fieldcrest 1-0, Mendota 1-1, Pontiac 1-1, Mooseheart 0-1. (Does not include all Wednesday results) TUESDAY: Pontiac 66, Mendota 41 Leo 90, Hall 46 Amboy 46, Hall JV 42 WEDNESDAY: Fieldcrest vs.

Mendota, Hall vs. Amboy.

FRIDAY: Mooseheart vs. Pontiac, 5, Fieldcrest vs. Mendota, 6:30 SATURDAY: Seventh place - 3 p.m. Fifth place - 4:30 p.m. Third place - 6 p.m. Title - 7:30 p.m.

IVCC bringing soccer so close to home OGLESBY — DePue senior Adrian Perez was looking for a college to continue his soccer career. Now the BCR co-Player of the Year has a place to play so close to home.

HIERONYMUS’ IVCC board has approved HYPOTHESIS starting up a new soccer program for men and women beginning with the fall of 2016. wa, Mendota and LaSalle-Peru.

Perez is planning on joining the Perez said he knows some inaugural season on the Hilltop. friends who would want to play “When I found out about at IVCC and sees nothing but that, that was great. Can’t wait,” good things coming out of the Perez said. new program.

DePue is one of nine district “I feel like there is a lot of talhigh schools which fields socent around this area. Honestly, I cer, including Princeton, Ottathink it will be a great program.

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We’ll surprise people. I think it will work out great,” he said.

Princeton coach David Gray, a former collegiate player at Monmouth College, was thrilled about IVCC getting soccer. He just wished it would have happened about 15 years ago when he was looking to play.

“It would have saved me some money,” he joked.

Gray said he’s not sure if either of his two seniors would play there next year, but the news about IVCC has made both at least consider the option.

“I know that there will likely be

a steady stream of PHS soccer players going there in the future,” Gray said.

“With all of the area high school teams that have soccer, there is a strong pool of student athletes that will take a longer look at going to IVCC instead of looking elseAdrian where so they can play.”

IVCC will have a pipeline from the nine district high schools. IVCC athletic director Cory Tomasson said while they don’t know at this time how many people will try out for the teams, a survey around the

district indicated there would be many interested candidates. He said there is also interest among current IVCC students.

“We would like to have between 18-22 players on each team,” Tomasson said.

Perez IVCC president Jerry Corcoran said, “Soccer has grown significantly across our district and state,” noting the 21 Illinois community colleges fielding soccer programs.

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“If Leo continues to play like they did tonight, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them in Peoria (at state)” • Hall coach Mike Filippini

Lions From Page 11 points with Conner adding nine and Kahly seven. Conner returned to action for the first time since attending her grandmother’s funeral and turned in a good allaround game, Rapp said, including 12 rebounds.

“Paige just works her tail off. She does things no one sees and last year she wouldn’t have done,” Rapp said.

It was all Dixon early, 20-2 after the first quarter and 33-2 in the second.

“We gave them 3s. We knew they were going to shoot 3s,” Rapp said.

Loftus hit a 3-pointer of her own and two free throws. Jasmine Kahly then converted a steal and a layup to pump some enthusiasm back into the home crowd, which came out to see basketball return for the first time this season at the former Dog Pound.

Ellie Provo led Dixon with 12 points while Tyler Smith added nine, all on 3’s.

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Jasmine Kahly of LaMoille/Ohio pulls up on Dixon’s Katie Provo Tuesday in Ohio. Dixon won 49-33.

• Notes: Dixon won the F/S game 32-11. ... The Lady Lions will return to Ohio Thursday, Dec. 17, to face Galva for a 7 p.m. varsity tip. Their co-op arrangement calls for two home dates for each the girls’ and boys’ seasons.

The L/O girls will head to

the Lady Bruins Christmas Classic Saturday, facing Kewanee at noon and St. Bede at 6 p.m. St. Bede coach Tom McGunnigal and his family were in attendance Tuesday scouting the Lady Lions.

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Track/cross country coaches clinic slated for Feb. 6, Manlius — The 2016 Bureau County Track and Cross Country Coaches Clinic will be Feb. 6, 2016, at Bureau Valley High School in Manlius. Clinic cost is $75 if mailed

by Jan. 28 and $95 at the door or mailed later. The clinic starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m.

Any updated information will be posted at www.bureauvalleytrack.net. For more information, contact Dale Donner at 309-895-2037 or by email at daledonner@ yahoo.com. Visit www.bcrnews.com/sports for a list of this year’s speakers.

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Hall senior Drew Pullam drives on Leo’s Darius Oliver Tuesday in Colmone Classic action at Hall.

Colmone From Page 11 points,” Filippini said.

Coming out of the half trailing 50-25, the Red Devils got a boost from senior guard Patrick Einhaus. He scored five of the 16 Red Devils’ points in the quarter, but the Lions wouldn’t be outdone as they also had their best offensive output of the night in the quarter with 26 points.

“If Leo continues to play like they did tonight, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them in Peoria (playing in the state tournament),” Filippini said.

Although the Red Devils showed a resilient attitude throughout the game, the home crowd didn’t have much to cheer about, but it erupted in elation as senior guard Drew Pullam picked off

a Leo pass and found himself all alone for the one-handed jam and two of his team-leading 16 points on the night.

Pullam also had team highs in rebounds (6) and steals (2).

“We’re not playing Friday (due to forfeiture), so a win tomorrow will give us a chance to play for third place in our tournament and that is not bad,” Filippini said.

Notes: Due to a forfeit by the Hall Red Devils junior varsity squad, Leo has already solidified its spot in Saturday’s 7 p.m. championship game with an opponent to be determined. ... Defending champ Fieldcrest took a 1-0 record into Wednesday’s game in the White Pool against Mooseheart and will play Mendota (1-1) Friday.

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Hieronymus From Page 11 As a Division III sport at IVCC, soccer will not require tuition waivers for participants and will be a “relatively inexpensive sport,” Tomasson said. Its expected cost would be less than $18,000 for both teams, which is less than all other IVCC sports except golf and tennis.

Tomasson said he is putting together job descriptions for both the men’s and women’s coaching positions and they will “proceed from there.”

The IVCC programs should be lasting with strong local youth organizations.

The Illinois Valley and Princeton youth leagues each realize between 500 to 600 soccer players annually, producing interest at a young age.

“Soccer is extremely popular among youth organizations,” Tomasson said.

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Lions basketball teams held a special Blue and Gold scrimmage as a special fundraiser for seventh-grade teammate Jamie Reinhardt and his family.

We could all follow those kids’ example, especially this time of the year.

• I grew up very patriotic, my mother proudly born on the 4th of July, and my father instilling a strong love for our country. I want to share a story how Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams taught his basketball team all about respect for our country, the National Anthem and the brave service man who earned the players their right to play college basketball. Here’s the link, http:// www.hokiesports.com/mbasketball/ recaps/20151111aaa.html.

Many of our people attending games, students, coaches, fans and administrators alike, could follow Williams’ example. I doubt if anyone would view the National Anthem lightly again.

Kevin Hieronymus is the BCR Sports Editor. Contact him at khieronymus@ bcrnews.com.

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Early tilling hinders duck hunters Tuesday, our Northern Zone duck hunting came to a close. This year we made it through the whole 60-day season with hardly a freeze over. In years past, the thermometer took a dip as early as Thanksgiving and even though the 60-day season sounds good on paper, we probably didn’t get more than 30 due to ice.

The mild weather did however cause other problems. This year, the farmers got into the fields after harvest and were successful in getting their tilling done early. This caused some ducks who would normally stay here longer to fly on south. My friends and I spent some plus and minus days in the blinds. We don’t know how long we have to wait, but you have to put the time in to harvest the ducks.

The Central Zone continues until Dec 22. Snow geese continues through Jan.14.

Dec. 6 saw the seven-day deer shotgun season come to an end. Weather, fall farming, and some enthusiastic hunters saw the totals surpass 2014 by a sizable margin. Last year in Bureau County, we harvested 1,029 whitetails.

This year, almost 100 more at 1,027.

The state figures rose from 76,575 in 2014 to 86,771 in 2015. We still have muz-

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zle-loading season left to add to the total.

Mark your calendars for Jan. 22, because you won’t want to miss the annual National Wild Turkey Federation’s annual banquet. The local chapter, the Bureau Creek Gobblers, will again put on a fancy spread along with great raffle and auction items. More details in my next column.

Looking ahead quite a bit, I did receive the dates for the Illinois River Classic which is the big walleye tournament we all look forward to each spring. The dates are April 2-3.

I’m a little late with this, but congratulations to the Tiger football team. You provided us with many great thrills and we are proud of you. Thank you!

Lee Wahlgren is the BCR Outdoor Columnist. Contact him at pdub52@ gmail.com.

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Hall/PC’s Luke McCook makes his moves on Rockridge’s Dustin Bowman Tuesday in Granville. McCook scored a fall in 4:35 as well as a pin over Erie/Prophetstown to garner the ‘Cats Wrester of the Night honors.

Area roundup

McCook leads ‘Cats

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Winners of the 2015 Spring Valley Walleye Club’s Members Only Tournament were Gary Merkel and John Smith (above). Second place went to Tom Giachetto Sr. and Tom Giachetto Jr. (below).

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Pete Kasperski, a retired Hall High School teacher/ coach, was named as the Spring Valley Walleye Club’s Volunteer of the Year.

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Both of McCook’s wins came by fall.

Hall/PC, however, dropped both matches, falling to E/P 36-24 and Rockridge 42-18.

Cats’ Nick Bouxsein (182), Evan Kiphart (195) and Eric Cissell (220) all received forfeit wins over

Erie/Prophetstown.

Heavyweight Ellian Rivera earned a 1:03 fall over Rockridge while Kyle Lietner (126) won by forfeit.

Thursday’s Hall/PC meet with Marquette and Midland has been canceled, but will be rescheduled.

• Correction: Hall/ PC’s Kiphart scored a second-period fall over Princeton’s Chase Tatum Friday. It was incorrectly reported in Tuesday’s paper. Also, Nick Bouxsein was misidentified. The BCR regrets the errors.

Girls basketball Marquette 54, Hall 47: Hall coach Brian Holman was concerned with Marquette’s height going into Monday’s game and the Lady Crusaders proved to be a tough matchup.

Hunter Galassi led the Lady Devils (6-2) with 19 points. Rena Barroso had seven and Amanda Scheri added six.

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High school boys Three Rivers .............Conf. All St. Bede ............................3-0 7-1 Newman ............................2-0 7-1 Princeton ...........................2-0 5-2 Hall ...................................2-0 4-2 Erie................................... 2-0 5-4 Rockridge ..........................1-1 5-3 Fulton................................ 1-1 5-4 Sherrard............................ 1-1 5-6 Morrison ............................1-1 2-5 Orion .................................0-1 5-3 Kewanee ............................0-1 2-5 Prophetstown ....................0-2 4-3 Bureau Valley ....................0-2 2-7 Amboy ...............................0-2 1-7 Riverdale ...........................0-3 4-3 Monmouth United tournament • Sherrard 71, West Prairie 58 • Prophetstown 57, West Central 46 • Prophetstown 55, Sherrard 48 West Carroll-Fulton tournament • Erie 65, West Carroll 36 Forreston tournament • Newman 73, Christian Life 65 Other Tuesday’s results • Orion 65, Ridgewood 56 • Rockridge 47, Riverdale 42 Colmone Classic at Hall RED POOL: Leo 3-0, Hall 2-1, Amboy 1-2, Hall JV 0-3.

WHITE POOL: Fieldcrest 1-0, Mendota 1-1, Pontiac 1-1, Mooseheart 0-1.

MONDAY: Leo 94, Amboy 33 Fieldcrest 42, Pontiac 37 Mendota 67, Mooseheart 46 TUESDAY: Pontiac 66, Mendota 41 Leo 90, Hall 46. Hall: McDonald 2, Trevier 4, Pullam 16, Burcham 7, Castelan 8, Vanaman 5, Ballerini 4.

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WEDNESDAY: Fieldcrest vs. Mendota Hall vs. Amboy Leo vs. Hall JV (forfeit) FRIDAY: Mooseheart vs. Pontiac, 5 p.m., Fieldcrest vs. Mendota, 6:30 p.m.

Hall vs. Hall JV (forfeit) SATURDAY: 7th place - 3 p.m., 5th place - 4:30 p.m., 3rd place - 6 p.m., title - 7:30 p.m.

Other area scores Annawan 59, Henry 47. Ann: Coppejans 2, Addis 4, Ast 12, Ben Buresh 4, O. Landwehr 19, Beau Buresh 2, A. Landwehr 16. Henry: Kennedy 1, Hughes 3, Shank 4, Cluskey 11, Henderson 11, Guelde 17.

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High school girls Three Rivers .............Conf. All Kewanee ............................4-0 6-5 Amboy ...............................3-1 9-2 Hall ...................................3-1 6-2 Sherrard ............................3-2 8-3 Erie ...................................3-2 5-2 Bureau Valley ....................3-1 6-4 St. Bede ............................3-2 5-6 Morrison ............................3-2 6-2 Fulton ................................2-2 3-3 Newman ............................2-1 4-5 Rockridge ..........................1-3 5-5 Riverdale ...........................1-3 2-7 Prophetstown ....................0-3 1-9 Princeton ...........................0-4 4-5 Orion .................................0-4 0-6 Monday’s TRAC results • Kewanee 43, Erie 34 • Morrison 43, Orion 35 • Newman 59, Riverdale 55 • Ottawa Marquette 54, Hall 47 • Wethersfield 46, Sherrard 34 • Prophetstown 65, Polo 40 Other results Annawan 68, Galva 47 Fieldcrest 44, Putnam County 33 At Ohio Dixon 20 13 13 3 - 49 LaMoille-Ohio 2 8 13 10 - 33 DIXON (6-4): K. Provo 2 0-0 4, Rogers 2 (2) 0-0 6, Pitzer 2 0-0 4, Scheidegger 2 0-0 4, Smith 3 (3) 0-0 9, E. Provo 6 0-0 12, Shiaras 1 5-6 7, Dennison 1 1-2 3, Goral 0 0-0 0. Totals: 19 6-8 49.

L/O (3-7): Martin 0 1-2 1, Conner 4 (1) 0-0 9, Kahly 2 2-2 7, Hansen 0 0-0 0, Loftus 5 (2) 3-3 15, Forbes 0 0-0 0, Pinter 0 0-1 0, Taylor 0 0-0 0, Ranel 0 0-0 0. Totals: 11 (4) 7-9 33.

F/S: Dixon 32-11.

At Ottawa Hall 14 8 13 12 - 47 Marquette 18 6 15 15 - 54 HALL (6-2): Soldati 2 (1) 0-0 5, Lechner 1 (1) 2-2 5, Lusietto 2 1-3 5, Hoscheid 0 0, Barroso 2 (1) 2-4 7, Scheri 2 (2) 0-0 6, Galassi 6 7-12 19.

Totals: 15-49 (5-12) 12-21 47, Fouls: 13.

Rebounds: 27 (Galassi 11, Lusietto 5).

SOPHS: Marquette 37-32.

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Rockridge 42, PC/Hall 18: 126 Lietner (PC/H) wbf, 138 - Simmons (R) pin Hewitt 3:11, 145 - Singleton (R) pin Wyatt 5:02, 152 - Jones (R) pin Just 6-3, 170 - McCook (PC/H) pin Bowman 4:35, 182 - Petreikis (R) pin Bouxsein :56, 195 - Crawford (R) def. Kiphart 1-0, 220 - Schmitt (R) pin Cissell 2:45, HWT Rivera (PC/H) pin Hardy 1:03.

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Call 815-872-6911 Dooney & Bourke leather Lexington handbag, $100 or best offer.

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205 W. Farnham, Sheffield $45,000

2213 N. Cherry Lane, Princeton $24,500

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Red reclining couch $100; navy leather rocker recliner $100; curio cabinet, $50. All very good shape. 815-876-0401

FREE: 2 washers & 2 dryers available for scrap metal. Call 815-303-4688 for info on pick-up

Samsung surround sound system $50; Nintendo Wii $50; HP printer/copier/ scanner $25.

Call 815-915-6122 Secretary desk; book case; 4x4 walnut folding table. $100 or best offer.

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

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YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND right here in the Bureau County Republican Classified!

You could find furniture, appliances, pets, musical instruments, tools, anything. You might even find a kitchen sink!

767 • Mobile Home Sales 2 BEDROOM MOBILE HOME for sale. $500 down, $309.11 per month, for 4 years.

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

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.

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PRINCETON $29,000.

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PRINCETON in town. 1 bedroom $450; 2 bedroom $510. New carpet, carports, laundry, garbage Call 815-347-1712

HOMES FOR RENT: Wyanet-Princeton.

Pets allowed.

1 to 3 bedrooms, 1 bath.

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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 1 bedroom.

Very spacious. All appliances & garage included.

Deposit & lease. No pets.

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PRINCETON 1 Bedroom home for rent. Utilities not included. No garage. No pets. Fridge & stove included. $400/month + deposit. Call 815-872-1613

PRINCETON For Sale.

3 bedroom, 2 bath, attached 3 car garage on 1 acre. 1904 Freedom Lane.

Thomas J. Swan, managing broker. 815-437-2087 RURAL SHEFFIELD HOUSE FOR SALE. Move in Ready/New price/Maintenance free- metal roof, vinyl siding & windows, deck/Updated electrical, plumbing, insulation (exterior & interior walls), drywall/Newer well, septic/New carpet, stove, dishwasher, AC, garage door openers, 33 ft. pool, generator & much more!

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PRINCETON Spacious 1 bedroom. Eat in kitchen.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF BUREAU - PRINCETON, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL ) ASSOCIATION; ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) JARED L. ORTEGA; FRANKIE L. ORTEGA; ) Defendants, ) 15 CH 10 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at the hour of 3:00 p.m. inside the main entrance of Bureau County Courthouse, 700 S. Main, Princeton, IL 6135, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 232 North Iowa Street, Ladd, IL 61329.

P.I.N. 18-10-306-015.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 15-003622 NOS I678169 Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 10, 17 and 24, 2015.

PRINCETON 2 bedroom.

Newly remodeled apartment. Includes water, heat & garage. Central location.

No pets. Lease.

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PRINCETON 3 bedroom.

Neat and clean. Stove and refrigerator. New furnace, central air. Low utilities.

Good location. Nice yard.

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New Listing! $375,000 McNabb! Amazing 34 BR, 3 bath home on 7.25 acres!. Newer kitchen w/ SS appliances. 30’x36’ shop & 3 car garage. #09095469

Price Reduced! $7,950 Lot located at 117 South Vernon - Princeton. 64’ x 130’ lot. Call Landmark Realty for any questions or to make an offer for this property. #09050787

New Listing! Bureau $34,500. 2 BR, enclosed porch, eat in kitchen, main laundry, new AC 2007, partial basement. Garage w/ concrete floor & workbench area. #09095167

Price Reduced! $112,500 15.76 Acres (mol)!

10.76 Acres (mol)! $130,000 - Tiskilwa Princeton! 21 ft. screened Home! Victorian home built $118,200 Bureau County $80,700 Bureau County porch, 3 BR, updated - Dover Township. Tillable, - Dover Township. Mostly 1853. 4 Marble FP, 4 BR kitchen w/ newer appliances, (3 BR w/ French doors to bluff, wooded, Master’s Creek. tillable w/ wooded bluff. hardwood floors, Furnace/ Great potential for home site An excellent home site roof.) LR w/ floor to ceiling AC 2013. 3 car garage. and /or lake. Call our office. overlooking Master’s Creek. windows. Basement w/ #08885382 #08925569 Call us. #08925561 finished rooms. #09031609

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Country Home! $165,000! Country Home! $138,900 Reduced! $121,900 Walnut Bureau County - Wyanet 3 BR ranch on cul-de-sac Many updates - furnace 4 yrs. old, all newer windows, Township. 2.82 Acres. 3 BR location. Deck & patio, FR amazing 17’ x 23’ FR w/ FP. home plus 30’x 45’ heated with gas FP, attached 2 car 1.85 Acre w/ 2 paddocks, building w/ workshop. garage. Updates - windows, Turkey, deer & wildlife landscape, carpet, hardwood barn & outbuildings. Call wander here! #08803924 & more! #08959682 today! #08958772

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PUBLIC NOTICE TREE TRIMMING ACTIVITIES IN SPRING VALLEY AND NEARBY AREAS TO THE PATRONS OF AMEREN ILLINOIS: Please be advised that Ameren Illinois will trim trees and other vegetation in and around the town(s) of Spring Valley, Illinois. Our qualified utility arborists will trim trees and vegetation that could interfere with electric lines that run from pole to pole and elsewhere.

This work is necessary in order to minimize the likelihood of outages and safety hazards.

There is no charge to

you for this service.

If you have any questions about this work, please call 1-800-7555000 or visit our website at MySafeTrees.com.

You may address your concerns in the manner specified on our website. You may also call the Consumer Services Division of the Illinois Commerce Commission at 1-800-524-0795. Maps have been provided to the mayors and the county board chairpersons of the affected areas.

Sincerely, Ameren Illinois Forestry Department Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 17, 2015.

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, or a 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 and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. 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, contact the sales department, ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 4536960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois. com. Please refer to file number F15040213.

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.

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F15040213

Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Case Number: 15 CH 49 TJSC#: 35-17695 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.

Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 17, 24 and 31, 2015.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF BUREAU PRINCETON, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL ) ASSOCIATION; ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) JARED L. ORTEGA; FRANKIE L. ORTEGA; ) Defendants, ) 15 CH 10 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at the hour of 3:00 p.m. inside the main entrance of Bureau County Courthouse, 700 S. Main, Princeton, IL 6135, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot 7 in Block 17 in the Village of Ladd, Excepting therefrom the underlying coal, fireclay and other minerals, together with the right to dig, mine and remove the same without entering upon the surface thereof, all lying and being situated in the County of Bureau, in the State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 232 North Iowa Street, Ladd, IL 61329.

P.I.N. 18-10-306-015.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(614) 220-5611. 15-003622 NOS I678169 Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 10, 17 and 24, 2015.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY - PRINCETON, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR ) LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST ) Plaintiff, ) -v.)

JOSE L. ROSALES AKA JOSE ROSALES ) Defendant ) 15 CH 49 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 3, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 11:30 a.m. on January 12, 2016, 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: 4 1/2 ACRES OFF THE EAST END OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BUREAU AND STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SAME BEING 9 RODS IN WIDTH EAST AND WEST, AND 80 RODS IN LENGTH NORTH AND SOUTH. Commonly known as 18566 N. 1750 AVENUE, Princeton, IL 61356 Property Index No. 16-06-300-006.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $107,963.11.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to

NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on December 7, 2015, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Bureau County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as TC Construction located at 205 West 3rd St, Malden, IL 61337.

Dated this 7th Day of December, 2015. /s/Kamala S. Hieronymus Bureau County Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 10, 17 and 24, 2015.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS BUREAU COUNTY, PRINCETON, ILLINOIS Vibrant Credit Union, f/k/a, ) DHCU Community Credit Union, ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) Amanda Crowe, Ralf Crowe, ) Unknown Owners, and Non-Record ) Claimants. ) Defendants. ) No. 15-CH-61 Notice of Sale 735ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(3) Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure entered by the court in the above-entitled cause, the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgement, will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Gina Herman, Corporate Paralegal, Vibrant Credit Union, 1900 52nd Avenue, Moline, IL 61265 (309) 796-7517 (B) The common address and other common description, (other than legal description), if any, of the real estate is: 221 E. North St. Sheffield, IL 61361 (C) The legal description of the real estate is: The west half of lot Six (6) and all of lots Seven (7) and Eight (8) in Second North Addition to the Village of Sheffield, Bureau County, Illinois.

(D) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: residential real estate (E) The real estate may be inspected prior to sale upon making arrangements with the person identified in paragraph (A) above (F) The time and place of the sale are: January 14, 2016, 10 a.m., Bureau County Courthouse, Princeton, Illinois.

(G) The terms of the sale are: 20% in cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance in cash or certified funds in 24 hours following the sale (H) Title will be conveyed subject to any and all unpaid real estate taxes and special assessments, if any, easements and restrictions of recored and any unexpired leases.

Purchaser shall be responsible for payment of any revenue stamps and the cost of any title insurance.

Patrick M. Bahen Attorney for Vibrant Credit 1900 52nd Ave. Moline, IL 61265 309-623-4181 Ext. 2028 Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 10, 17 and 24, 2015.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY - PRINCETON, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR ) LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST ) Plaintiff, ) -v.)

JOSE L. ROSALES AKA JOSE ROSALES ) Defendant ) 15 CH 49 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 3, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 11:30 AM on January 12, 2016, 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 18566 N. 1750 AVENUE, Princeton, IL 61356 Property Index No. 16-06-300-006.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $107,963.11.

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, or a 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 and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. 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, contact the sales department, ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com. Please refer to file number F15040213.

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.

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F15040213 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Case Number: 15 CH 49 TJSC#: 35-17695 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.

Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 17, 24 and 31, 2015.

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

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It’s in the bag at Douglas School Students in Marcia Blessman’s kindergarten class at Douglas School in Princeton are the proud recipients of green bags, donated to the students by Sullivan’s Foods in Princeton. The bags were given to the students to use for carrying their Christmas gifts. After the holidays, the children will be able to use these bags to carry their snowpants, boots, etc. to and from school.

The class thanks Sullivan’s Foods for its donations.

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PRINCETON — Perry Memorial Hospital is announcing that Anna Freeman, FNP, will be joining Dr. Arnold Faber, Dr. Robert Mestan, Dr. James Matheu, Trudy Argubright, FNP, Karen Nenne, FNP, and Jennifer Hoffman, FNP, in the Perry Memorial Family Health Clinic in January 2016.

Freeman will be accepting new Anna patients. She has 18 years of nurse Freeman practitioner experience.

She graduated from Purdue University with her master’s degree in advanced nursing practice; family nurse practitioner.

In order to accommodate the growth of the clinic and additional providers over the last year, PMH has expanded the physical size of the Family Health Clinic.

Phase I of the expansion was completed in October, and the final Phase will be complete before the end of the year.

The completion of this project will double the number of exam rooms from nine to 18 providing additional exam rooms for current staff, Anna Freeman, FNP, and Dr. Christopher Blanford, who will be joining the clinic next summer.

The office hours for the Perry Memorial Family Health Clinic were recently expanded this fall to accommodate those needing early or late appointments.

The hours are Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Call 815-875-4531 to schedule an appointment.

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Property Transfers The following Bureau County property transfers were recently recorded at the Bureau County Recorder of Deeds’ office in the Bureau County Courthouse: Nov. 23, 2015 Ronald Heitmann to David Ewing, warranty deed, part of Lots 19-20 in George Ide’s Subdivision, Princeton, $20,000.

Nicole and Paul Forward to Dee and Harry McCune, warranty deed, part of Section 19 in Manlius Township, $110,000.

Nov. 24, 2015 Missie Emmert to Ramona Constantine, warranty deed, Lot 10 in Block 4 in Sheffield, $16,500.

Kristin and Nathan Mangrich to Genna Davison, warranty deed, part of Lot 6 and all of Lot 7 in Hallam’s Addition, Princeton, $94,500.

Thomas Kaufman to Brian Couch, warranty deed, part of Section 30 in Concord Township, $15,000.

Nov. 25, 2015 Sara and Shane Kloepping to Jeffrey

and Nancy Bland, joint tenancy deed, part of Section 21 in Princeton Township, $201,000.

Citizens First State Bank to Daniel Hunter, warranty deed, part of Section 20 in Wyanet Township, $12,000.

Illini State Bank to Larry Hubbard and Nicolette Lucas, warranty deed, part of Section 17 in Selby Township, $22,500.

John Campbell and Teri O’Connor to Andrew Kreofsky, warranty deed, Lots 1-2 in Block 135 in Dalzell’s

Second Addition, Spring Valley, $12,500.

Edward Browne to Phillip Erickson, warranty deed, Lots 1-2 in E.B. Subdivision, Princeton, $84,000.

Linda and Ronald Ledger to Carol Baker, Nicholas Baker and Robert Baker Jr., joint tenancy deed, Lot 7 in Philbrook and Pomeroy Subdivision, Princeton, $79,000.

Tara Gross to Glenn and Kathleen Stevenson, warranty deed, Lot 9 in Fairway Breezes, $360,000.

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Taking out the cell towers Princeton native working to change thinking on colon cancer and saving lives in the process

By Eric Engel eengel@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON/MADISON, Wis. — Cancer is a battle. It stonewalls your path, and tears your heart apart. It leaves you without. Those with the strength to fight strike like lions, cutting the sword from its grasp, but sometimes, the poison rises again. It can destroy without warning, deaf to our mourning — cancer is a war.

Rich Halberg has a different way of thinking about things. The Princeton native studied biology and chemistry at the University of Iowa before earning his PHD in biochemistry at Michigan State. He spent 13 years doing a post-doctoral fellowship with a “real leader in the field” in Madison, Wis., before recently liberating his research by opening his own lab. Driven by a gentle demeanor and an innate responsibility to assist his fellow man, Halberg is working to break through the edges of the medical spectrum.

Driven to discovery

Think about a car. A car has four wheels, a front and back windshield, bumpers, doors and a steering wheel — and hopefully a good

radio. Yet a ‘65 cherry red Ford Mustang is a different car than a baby blue Volkswagen Beetle, which is different than a forest green Jeep Cherokee or a caramel cream Cadillac Eldorado.

“We all have a very specific car in mind even though ‘car’ is a term used for many different vehicles. Cancer is that way also,” Halberg said, who used mouse models to study colon cancer during his time in Madison.

Halberg said during the entire 20th Century, colon cancer was considered one thing, and treatment was the same for each patient; surgery to remove a bulk of the tumor and then chemotherapy to kill the cancer.

Research is uncovering that colon cancer is not just one type of cancer, but many subtypes, each with a unique molecular profile.

“Surgery and chemotherapy may work for Patient A, but not for Patient B, C, D or E, so we need different treatments for each subtype,” he said, noting you wouldn’t fix the Mustang engine with parts from the Cadillac.

Throughout the history of a destroyer such as cancer, people have dreamed of a “silver bullet,” a single stake to the heart of the disease,

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Rich Halberg uses the calm, comical and approachable nature he learned growing up in Princeton to his advantage in fighting colon cancer. Research takes patience, and throughout the last decade plus, Halberg has been studying tumor cells in mouse models to break new ground on the truth behind the tumor, and therefore how to boldly engage it. but Halberg’s research is providing evidence as to why that will not exist anytime in the near future. Specific drugs will target specific molecular features, so the question arises. Why isn’t there just one cure?

Rogue nation

Up to this point, the theory on colon cancer stated a normal cell mysteriously goes rogue and turns into a tumorous cancer cell. Over time, additional changes in the genes of the tumor

occur downstream of the original rogue transformation. Each one of these changes, or mutations, would provide a selective advantage over previous mutations, so step by step the tumor gets worse. This is called the clonal sweep model.

Halberg said research recently surfaced claiming all the mutations are happening very early, so it’s not a gene with a single mutation being trumped by a gene with multiple mutations, but all mutated genes

“Surgery and chemotherapy may work for Patient A, but not for Patient B, C, D or E, so we need different treatments for each subtype.”

Rich Halberg existing and evolving simultaneously before the tumor even reaches 100 cells. Essentially, the tumor has all the

weapons it needs at its disposal from the initial stage, rather than find-

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ing weapons on the trail one at a time through selective mutation.

“This is the big bang theory of tumor agenesis. The theory states all these mutations are going to be critical in making this once normal cell a cancer that will spread and kill somebody, and it happens when the tumor’s only 100 cells or less,” Halberg said, stating with all the mutations occurring very early, the argument is some cells are “born to be bad.”

Bad to the bone

As some tumors never do anything and others go on to be cancerous, Halberg said the ideal research scenario would be to leave the tumor in a patient and take samples at different times, studying what mutations occur when a tumor goes from good to bad to worse.

“They get a little testy when you say you want to leave a cancer in a human,” he chuckled, using mouse models in his lab instead. Hal-

berg and his team took 12 colon tumor samples throughout 12 months from mouse models, studying 68 gene signatures showcasing differences between benign and deadly tumors. The deadly tumor samples from the final month mirrored the deadly tumor samples from the first month.

“That meant this tumor is essentially born to be bad because it already had cells that picked up all the right weapons,” Halberg said, noting this will help identify progressive tumor characteristics when people have colon cancer screenings, although mice are mice and people are people.

With consent of the patient, and if the tumor was less than one centimeter in diameter, Halberg’s team was allowed to study tumors that were left in human patients throughout the last few years.

“A quarter of the tumors went away all on their own, so the body wins, as it should with all its defense mechanisms.

Half of them stayed the same, and a quarter of them grew like crazy,”

“This is the big bang theory of tumor agenesis. The theory states all these mutations are going to be critical in making this once normal cell a cancer that will spread and kill somebody, and it happens when the tumor’s only 100 cells or less.”

Rich Halberg Halberg said, explaining the ones that grew had some pretty nasty gene signatures recognized as important for the transition to a deadly cancer.

The final invitation

Back to that rotten scoundrel rogue cell ... turns out it has some friends.

Halberg and his team fused two mice embryos together, both predisposed with a mutation to develop colon cancer.

One embryo was tagged, so it’s cells were blue instead of the usual white.

When the tumors form are they all blue, all white, or a mix between

the two?

“If it’s a mix, it means there are multiple bad guys who are progenitors to the tumor, and that’s exactly what we saw,” he said, replicating the experiment with red and green jellyfish proteins to the same result.

“That’s the claim to fame for my lab. The recruits create more diversity in the tumor.”

Clinicians are offering personalized medicine based off tumor profiling that pinpoints a mutation, but not the percentage of cells with that mutation, so Halberg feels calling it an alphabet sheds no light on the individual letters.

“It’s sort of like ready,

fire, aim,” he laughed.

“They know they have a target there and a way to hit the target, but they don’t know how big the target is or what they’re really aiming at.”

Halberg said they can disrupt cells, separating the red from the green to see what mutations are in each and better understand the rogue cell’s methods of recruitment, as to desist them.

Concerning partial treatment of the cell population in a tumor, you might eliminate the big dog in the neighborhood, but if other dogs continually take its place, then the tumor becomes a revolving door of vengeance.

Cancer is a chameleon, and responds like a viper to our efforts to stop it.

Taking out the cell tower

Halberg said there’s not a family on earth unaffected by cancer, as his own father was diagnosed with lung cancer and the mother of his wife, Sara, died of liver cancer.

He said it’s intimidating to think cancer might be like snowflakes, one

unique from every other, but he believes there are enough shared similarities between cancers to produce treatment for Subtype A, B, C, D and E, and stop 99 percent of them.

“There are hundreds of ‘me’ out there, all of us working together to cut the lines of communication between the rogue cells,” Halberg said, relaying sequencing techniques allow for such an intricate view of cells they can see if only two percent of the cells carry mutation, something never before possible. He feels solution rests in anticipating cancer’s venomous moves and holding them in check.

“The goal is to cure people with cancer completely, but if we can’t cure them, can we make it a chronic disease like diabetes where you can have cancer but live with it for decades?” he asked.

“Right now we save 50 percent of people with cancer. If we can move that bar up to 90 percent in my lifetime, that would be a great success.”

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The Cadillac tax brings more costs, less value to your health insurance

By Trudy Lieberman Rural Health Service

More health insurance upheaval is coming your way. The value of your health insurance is shrinking, and you may be paying more for less this year and in years to come.

Perhaps your employer has taken away the choice of plans with large provider networks and instead is offering those with a much narrower selection of doctors and hospitals.

Some companies are enticing workers with lower premiums if they leave preferred provider organizations (PPOs), which let them use any provider, and choose health savings accounts.

These are tax-advantaged savings arrangements coupled with catastrophic coverage and high deductibles.

Others require employees to pay higher premiums for the plans they have.

Blame those changes on the Cadillac tax, a provision in the Affordable Care Act, which

calls for a 40 percent excise tax on employer-provided health insurance. Employers pay the tax, but ultimately it’s passed on to some 60 million workers who have employer coverage.

The tax will be levied on the portion of health insurance premiums that exceed $10,200 for single and $27,500 for family coverage.

Because premiums continue to rise (this year the average family premium from employers is about $17,500), they have a strong incentive to lower the cost of coverage to avoid paying the tax. Many have begun making changes this year, and experts believe there will be more adjustments as 2018 approaches when the tax takes effect.

About four million people and about one-quarter of all employer plans will be touched by the tax the first year. However, Steve Wojcik, vice president of the National Business Group on Health, told me, “It’s

going to affect almost every plan as the years go on.”

Wojcik explained the thresholds for determining the tax are indexed to the Consumer Price Index, but the price of healthcare grows faster than the CPI and will continue to rise. As that happens, more employer plans will bump into those thresholds and trigger the tax.

Why the tax?

Framers of the Affordable Care Act, urged on by economists, needed a way to pay for subsidies intended to help the uninsured buy coverage, and they argued the tax could bring in some $150 billion to help the cause.

But there was another reason, too. Supporters of the law and others wanted the tax to deter workers from going to the doctor too much. In other words, make them have “more skin in the game.” The thinking goes like this: If they use healthcare services more wisely like saying “no” to your doctor’s advice and avoiding care you

don’t need, the price of medical care in the U.S. will drop.

That, of course, assumes doctors and hospitals won’t raise prices.

Since there’s almost nothing to prevent them from doing that, they could respond by simply offering more services, procedures and tests to keep their incomes up. History has shown they’ve done that when cost containment measures were imposed.

History has also shown that people do cut back on medical services when they have to pay more. But they often can’t discriminate between what care they need and what they don’t. The result, of course, is that serious conditions may go untreated.

The tax had another big selling point. MIT economist Jonathan Gruber argued that as the tax began to keep costs down, employers would return the savings to workers in their paychecks. Most of those gains would go to those

with incomes under $200,000.

Few people expect those savings to materialize or that employers will share any if they do.

Any “theoretical” savings is a “pipe dream,” U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, a Democrat from Connecticut, wrote in a letter to the editor of the New York Times in early October. Who really believes employers are going to give broad wage increases to compensate workers for lower health benefits?

It’s not just high-wage workers who will be affected by the tax even though it’s thought they are the ones with generous insurance.

It will hit middle-income workers, those in unionized industries, government employees and others in manufacturing jobs.

A broad group of employers and unions are fighting to repeal the tax, but say realistically that won’t happen until after the presidential election next year if it happens at all.

There’s really not

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Keep your family safe this winter Eight ways to keep fit this winter

November through February are leading months for carbon monoxide-related incidents SPRINGFIELD — With cold temperatures during the winter, the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal encourages residents to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning by ensuring their homes have working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas byproduct of burning fossil fuels.

At elevated levels, carbon monoxide (CO) causes sickness and, if not detected, death. Simply having working carbon monoxide detectors in your home and regularly testing them can prevent awful consequences.

Fossil fuels like natural gas are used to heat the vast majority of American homes, and faulty heating equipment accounts for nearly one third of accidental carbon monoxide deaths. These can include your home heating system, improperly vented gas appliances, kerosene or propane space heaters, charcoal grills and Sterno-type fuels.

“Most carbon monoxide fatalities happen in

the winter months when residents understandably dial up their thermostats,” said Illinois State Fire Marshal Matt Perez. “Make sure your home has working carbon monoxide alarms, so if something goes wrong with your heating system, you know when to get outside.”

Perez also reminds residents to never use a gas generator, grill, oven or range to heat the inside of their home or garage.

Under the Carbon Monoxide Alarm Detector Act (Public Act 0940741), enacted in 2007, all homeowners, landlords and building managers must install carbon monoxide alarms within 15 feet of every room used for sleeping purposes.

The alarms must be in operating condition.

Illinois reported 11,481 carbon monoxide related incidents to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) in 2013.

Due to the increased use of carbon monoxide detectors in the last decade, the number of reported incidents has gone up while the num-

ber of carbon monoxide fatalities has steadily gone down.

Symptoms of CO poisoning are very similar to those of the flu and include headache, fatigue, shortness of breath, nausea and dizziness. Other signs of possible CO presence include condensation on walls and windows, house plants dying, house pets becoming sluggish and chronic odors from malfunctioning appliances.

If you suspect you may be experiencing carbon monoxide poisoning, go outside for fresh air immediately and call 911 either on your mobile phone outside or from a neighbor’s home.

The OSFM recommends the following tips to help prevent CO poisoning: • Make sure you have working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors with fresh batteries.

• Put carbon monoxide detectors/alarms on each floor of a home and within 15 feet of each sleeping area.

• Check CO detectors once a month and be

familiar with the sounds the detector makes.

• CO detectors have a limited operating life.

Check the manufacturer’s instructions for information on replacement.

• Never use a generator, grill, stove, or other fossil fuel-burning device inside a home, garage or other enclosed area.

• Never heat a home with an oven.

• Keep interior and exterior air vents clear of blockages or obstructions.

• Make sure appliances are installed by a qualified technician and operated according to the manufacturer’s instructions and local building codes.

• Have your building’s heating system inspected and serviced annually; change or clean furnace filters regularly.

• Have chimney or appliance vents cleaned and inspected for leakage, debris blockages, or a buildup of creosote. If you see black stains on the outside of the chimney or flue, it could mean pollutants are leaking into your home.

Without a gym membership, many people feel lost when it comes to staying in shape as winter approaches. Skiing and ice hockey are great sports, but they can be costly and require a lot of training, traveling and planning. However, with a little creativity and some basic equipment it’s not hard, and can even be fun, to stay in shape all winter long.

Here are some low-cost ideas to keep fit outside the gym this season. If you need more of a challenge, use the modification tips to take it up a notch.

1. Stairs

Running or walking up and down the stairs in your house or apartment building can be a great high intensity cardio and leg workout. One option for those starting out is to add walking intervals every few floors. For example, leave the stairwell and walk the length of the hallway and back before resuming your ascent.

Take it up a notch: Try climbing two steps at a time, sprinting a few flights or doing jumping jacks between floors to raise the intensity.

2. Ice skating

This is a great aerobic and social workout that can be done free of charge in some arenas.

Take it up a notch: If triple axels are not in your repertoire, you can still pick up the pace to get your heart pumping. Skating backwards can also work your muscles in different ways.

If you have 10 or 20 meters to yourself you can try this: • Skate as fast as you can for 10 metres.

• Come to a complete stop and touch the ice with your hand.

• Immediately sprint back to the starting spot and touch the ice again.

• Do this for one minute, three times.

• Skate leisurely for one to two minutes between sets to catch your breath.

• As you get better at it, try going for longer periods,

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Homelessness rose .5 percent in Illinois in 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released the latest national estimate of homelessness, highlighting a continuing decline across the nation.

HUD’s “2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress” found an overall 11 percent decline in the number of persons experiencing homelessness since 2010, including a 26 percent drop in the number of persons living on the streets.

In Illinois, local communities reported a total 13,177 persons experienced homelessness, representing an 8.5 percent decline since 2010, the year President Barack Obama launched Opening Doors, the nation’s first-ever comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness.

Nationwide, veteran homelessness declined 36 percent between 2010 and 2015; family homelessness dropped 19 percent; and chronic homelessness fell 22 percent.

Meanwhile in Illinois, veteran homelessness rose 13.4 percent between 2010 and 2015; family homelessness declined 26.1 percent; and chronic homelessness fell 15.5 percent.

HUD’s annual report shows certain communities are making significant progress, while others are struggling in light of the widespread housing affordability crisis, budget shortfalls, or slow adoption of best practices.

The results are based on HUD’s point-in-time estimates, which seek to measure the scope of homelessness on a single night in January each year.

Key findings On a single night in January 2015, state and local planning agencies in Illinois reported the following estimates of homelessness: Overall, homelessness increased by 70 persons but declined by -8.5 percent since 2010. In January 2015, an estimated 13,177 people were homeless on a given night.

Most (79.4 percent) were staying in residential programs for homeless people, and 20.6 percent were found in unsheltered locations.

Homelessness among veterans rose by 13.4 percent between 2010 and January 2015.

On a single night in January 2015, 1,226 veterans were homeless, and 37.3 percent of those were on the street.

Chronic homelessness among individuals con-

tinued to decline. Since 2010, chronic homelessness declined 15.5 percent. Nearly 1,800 individuals experiencing homelessness in January 2015 were reported as chronically homeless.

Local communities reported a 12.3 reduction in families experiencing homelessness between the 2014 and January 2015.

Since 2010, family homelessness has declined by 26.1 percent.

Since the passage of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act in 1987, HUD has worked with communities to build the capacity of homeless programs across the country.

By targeting investments to individuals and families who need assistance most – those living on the streets the longest or with the greatest barriers to housing – HUD is ensuring that its limit-

Five winter fitness tips for seniors

Below are 5 easy ways to stay healthy during the winter months.

1. Keep eating healthy During the winter months, it can be more challenging to maintain a healthy diet. Since many produce items are “out of season” during the winter, their prices can increase substantially. Check out frozen veggies, which often contain less sodium than their canned counterparts. Be sure to stock up on winter fruits and vegetables. It’s also important to eat to support your immune system; This includes taking your vitamins (especially Vitamin C) and eating foods rich in zinc, such as fish, oysters, poultry and eggs.

2. Exercise outdoors, smartly If you’re able-bodied and have your doctor’s OK to exercise, don’t let colder weather keep you from enjoying your favorite outdoor activities. Be sure to dress in layers so that you can remove articles of clothing as needed, and be sure to wear a hat since the majority of your body heat escapes through your head.

3. Let the sunshine in Sunshine, and the Vitamin D it imparts to your body, is key in battling the winter blues. Try your best to get fresh air and some natural light every day, even if it’s just to walk the dog or check the mail.

ed resources are used as effectively and efficiently as possible.

This year, HUD revised its data collection requirements on youth experiencing homelessness, which may result in increased point-in-time counts as communities improve their methodologies.

HUD is also working with communities to improve collection to better understand the size and scope of homelessness, including efforts like youth engagement and collaboration with schools and other youth-serving systems.

Improved data collection is only part of HUD’s strategy to end homelessness.

Across the nation, communities are implementing systems to quickly and effectively house individuals and families experiencing homelessness in a

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Working together across agencies, these communities are creating unprecedented partnerships toward achieving the national goal of ending homelessness.

Every year in late January, volunteers across the nation conduct a count of their local sheltered and unsheltered homeless populations.

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The point-in-time count only captures those persons sleeping in sheltered and unsheltered locations on the night of the count but is not reflective of who is eligible for HUD’s homeless assistance grants programs.

4. Keep in touch Seniors and caregivers often face an increasing sense of isolation; proactively fight the winter blues by keeping in touch with friends and family members during the colder months. running errands.

5. Winter-proof your home As we age, it gets increasingly difficult to maintain body temperature, and with a more limited budget, we may be tempted to scrimp on the heating bill. Unfortunately, hypothermia is a very real concern for seniors, as more than 600 seniors die every year from it.

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Take it up a notch: If there are multiple levels in the mall, climb stairs or walk up escalators to challenge your leg muscles and burn extra calories.

20-minute workout while dinner is on the stove.

Take it up a notch: Try doing push ups, dips, jumping jacks or burpees during the choruses.

A workout DVD can pay off when you have limited space. If you have weights, resistance bands, a skipping rope, a stability ball, trampoline or other equipment, you can incorporate those into a great full body workout.

Take it up a notch: Experiment with mixing and matching workouts. For the best fat-burning workouts, mix some resistance training with some high intensity cardio. In 20 or 30 minutes you could easily burn more calories than you would on a treadmill at the gym.

Don’t want to miss your favorite TV show? Try jogging or skipping on the spot while you watch.

Take it up a notch: Do squats, push ups or burpees during the commercial breaks.

5. Home workouts

change your distance or reduce your rest time.

3. Indoor sports

Join a team or individual sports program. Competition levels can range from recreational to expert. The most cost-effective programs are usually run by local municipalities where gym space at a local school or community center is secured and people drop in for a game of basketball, floor hockey or other team sports.

Take it up a notch: If you have the time, try combining more than one workout each day. Try a yoga class right after pick-up basketball or Zumba in the morning and volleyball at night.

4. Mall walking

When walking outdoors is not an option, do laps inside your local shopping mall. For the average person, a brisk one-hour walk can burn 300 to 400 calories.

6. Dancing

For even more fun and less structure, turn up the volume on some of your favorite songs and dance. Dance to your two favorite current songs and three you haven’t heard since “back in the day” and you’ve got yourself a

7. Active TV viewing 8. Snow sprints

Head out to an open, snow-covered field with some water-resistant trainers or hiking shoes and an appropriate number of layers.

Take it up a notch: Walking lunges in the snow can burn more calories because your muscles are working harder to stabilize each step.

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