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A slippery slope State’s attorney talks DUI costs and how to avoid them

By Eric Engel

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PRINCETON — December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, and it’s not just Illinois State Police troopers and Bureau County Sheriff’s deputies who are promoting smooth operation on the roadways. All members of the community are affected by inebriated or distracted motorists, leaving everyone responsible to promote greater awareness of how to discourage such actions.

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This is the second story in a twopart series on National Impaired Driving Prevention Month.

Caffarini said driving under the influence (DUI) is a Class A misdemeanor, and a first offense DUI could result in up to a year in jail and fines up to $2,500. Court costs and court supervision, in-patient treatment, alcohol evaluation classes and a breath alcohol ignition interlock device

— often referred to as a ‘blow and go’ — installed in your vehicle adds thousands of dollars to the cost of a DUI. “You can get a DUI if you blow a .08 or higher in the breathalyzer, or you could Geno Caffarini get an under the influence ticket if you are swerving or stumbling and indicate you are rendered incapable of safely driving due to an amount of alcohol,” Caffarini said, adding car insurance will rise and a person risks

losing their job if their driver’s license is revoked and they can’t travel to work.

A Princeton male in his 30s said he got a DUI close to a decade ago and still, even then, had to pay somewhere between $6,000 and $7,000. He took 75 rehabilitation classes at $25 a piece, paid $75 per month for a year for his blow and go, and found a dozen other holes in his wallet due to expected and unexpected costs related to the offense that took one drive to acquire.

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A step in the right direction

And visions of sugarplums danced in their heads ...

SVE reviews new Every Student Succeeds Act

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• Senior Chaz Williams in vocational tech.

Principal Andy Berlinski said the following 11 seniors were named Illinois State Scholars; Jacob Bickett, Dominick Biggs,

SPRING VALLEY — Superintendent Jim Hermes updated the board on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) that President Barack Obama signed into law last week.

This act replaces the long-expired No Child Left Behind Act of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which had been up for re authorization since 2007.

Hermes said, “While the new law keeps the requirement of annual testing and requires states to improve low-performing schools, it allows for more local control to set goals and make plans for remediation.”

Hermes also said, “It’s a step in the right direction.” He explained the act replaces the one-size-fitsall “adequate yearly progress” federal accountability system under current law with a comprehensive state-designed system that improves state capacity to identify and support struggling schools.

Also at the Wednesday, Dec. 16, meeting, the 2015 tax levy was approved. While the tax levy saw no increase, the bond levy increased due to the $600,000 drop in the equalized assessed valuation (EAV). The bond levy fluctuates with the EAV.

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It won’t be long now. As Santa and his helpers work feverishly to prepare for the upcoming Christmas fun, children around the county, like this photo of little Samuel Heaton ... and the world ... are anticipating the arrival of Santa on Christmas Eve. The shopping days until the big day are dwindling, as less than a week remains before the festivities begin.

Into the new year at PHS Board discusses student and staff efforts, opportunities for financial assistance

By Eric Engel eengel@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — The Princeton High School (PHS) Board met Wednesday, Dec. 16, to discuss end of the semester agendas and approaches for the Year 169 No. 151 One Section - 20 Pages

coming new year.

Assistant Principal Jeff Ohlson took the time to recognize the December students of the month as follows: • Junior Anna Zehr in English, fine arts and library.

• Sophomore Alec Maish in

math and science.

• Senior Morgan Williams in special needs.

• Sophomore Emma Proffitt in health, physical education and driver’s education.

• Senior Hailey Hilmes in social studies and foreign language.

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Awaken, the Force has PRINCETON — Thursday night at Princeton’s Apollo Theater saw the long-awaited return of sci-fi’s biggest franchise. Apollo Theater owner Jay Schneider opened his doors to a long line of fans waiting outside his doors.

Shortly before the lights dimmed, it was a full house of excited fans who had been waiting 10 years to return to their favorite galaxy.

Before the premier, approximately 300 fans visited the nearby Prouty Building to view a local collection of authentic items from the original film, and many replicas from the entire series. Ryan Sondgeroth’s remarkably well done R2 droid was certainly a crowd favorite, and many photos were taken of fans posing next to the iconic character.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the seventh chapter in the series and the beginning of a new trilogy, currently has a 95 percent rating on movie rating site Rotten Tomatoes. There is no doubt among fans that it is the movie to see and then see again during this holiday season.

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Fire damages Princeton home PRINCETON — The Princeton Fire Department responded to a house fire at 11492 1950 East St., owned and occupied by Curt Dugosh, at 8:30 a.m.

Thursday, Dec. 17.

Upon arrival, fire personnel found the home filled with heavy smoke and fire showing in the basement. Mutual aid was received on scene by Bureau Fire, Tiskilwa Fire, Wyanet Fire, Malden Fire and 10-33 Ambulance of Spring Valley. Station coverage was provided by Putnam County Ambulance and Spring Valley Fire Department. Red Cross was called to the scene to provide assistance to the family. The home sustained heavy fire damage to part of the basement and to two rooms on the first floor. The remainder sustained heavy smoke and heat damage.

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Hermes said, “With property values continuing to drop our county assessor, Tom Sweeney, is predicting a turnaround in upcoming years. Mr. Sweeney is noticing this part of Bureau County lagging when it comes to fiscal recovery. Property values and businesses have struggled over the past several years.”

Also at the meeting, the systems report was given. Everything is running smoothly in the new building. There have been a few problems in the old building, but those have been repaired. Regular maintenance continues.

Hermes is looking into energy costs and will present some to change companies in January. He is in the process of getting bids from Direct Energy, New Energy and Constellation Energy.

Money is slow to come in from both state and federal funding. Hermes explained they are receiving very little grant money, but with the reserves they are doing fine.

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Firefighters from several departments around Bureau County check out the home that caught fire Thursday morning south of Princeton.

Dugosh was home at the time of the fire, and there were four other occupants that were gone at the time

of the fire. The cause of the fire was due to a malfunction in an outdoor wood stove that was being

used to heat the home.

No injuries were reported.

Fire personnel were on the scene until 11:17 a.m.

Childhood, Title II, or Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) yet this year. These grants help to fund preschool, some special education services and smaller class sizes.

PARCC tests results are now available. Spring Valley is close to state average in all areas. The next step will be to share results with parents and teachers. After that the School Improvement Team will review the scores and give grade level teams time to evaluate.

While the new law keeps the requirement of annual testing and requires states to improve low-performing schools, it allows for more local control to set goals and make plans for remediation.

Director of Curriculum Michele Nauman updated the board on the new National Geo-

graphic science series and supplemental materials that were purchased for kindergarten and fifth grade. Nauman would like to purchase the first through fourth grade National Geographic science series on July 1 for a cost of $22,194.

Hall High School Principal Jesse Brandt invited math teachers from SVE and Ladd to a math meeting on Dec. 11.

These teachers discussed the math curriculum in depth. Hall math teachers are in the process of creating a placement test.

After the eighth-grade students take the test, the group of math teachers will get together and discuss the scores and then discuss placements English language arts teachers from the three schools will meet in Jan-

uary.

In other business: • PetSmart donated approximately 300 stuffed animals for all students in kindergarten through fourth grade.

• Principal Kimberly Lisanby Barber updated the board on upcoming events.

• Lisanby Barber also provided the discipline report for November and congratulated the Speech Team members and new volleyball team members.

• The board accepted with regret the retirement of Bobbi VanSchaick, and the hiring of Corri Heiden as JFK secretary.

• Hermes’ contract was extended for the 2016-17 school year.

The next meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 in the library.

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Questions about submitting a picture for publication? Call BCR Editor Terri Simon at 815-875-4461, ext. 6330, or email at tsimon@bcrnews.com.

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St. Bede grad traveling to Haiti to spread love to orphans through words of hope

By Eric Engel eengel@bcrnews.com

PERU — Family is everything to Samantha Whalen. Her dad, Jeff, is the youth pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Peru and has always instilled a deep level of care in his daughter, and that bond stretches past bloodlines. Jeff preached in Haiti in April 2015, and upon returning, he proposed a mission to his daughter she could not dispute — adding 3,000 members to their family.

“My dad was completely invigorated by his experience, and less than two months later, he said, ‘We’re going to Haiti for Christmas,’” said Whalen, a young woman of theological passion who is fired up for the life-changing event.

Whalen, a 2015 graduate of St. Bede Academy who now studies

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Jacob Doan, Hector Gomez, Brooke Hieronymus, Angelica Jones, Hailey Schultz, Natalie Vujanov, Mallory Wheeler, Chaz Williams and Clayton Zelenik. Berlinski commended them for their hard work and dedication to PHS academics.

Berlinski said it’s hard to believe Christmas is here already, and added technology training will be given to PHS staff concerning the Goo-

accounting and Spanish at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been driven to serve others throughout her teenage years. She has taken mission trips to Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Milwaukee, Detroit and Hancock County, Miss. She’s seen streets destroyed and watched buildings rise; neighborhoods in chaos where she heard the voices sing.

“It’s not about receiving attention, but being able to reach out and see how the community reacts,” Whalen said, commenting she saw a city you wouldn’t expect to be in poor condition, but “everywhere needs help.

“People want to help but they don’t know where to start, and it’s the same thing in Haiti.

People don’t know where to start, so they just leave it as it is.”

Whalen acknowledged

the anticipated culture shock, as Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world and has no running water. The kids at the orphanages the Whalens will visit are encompassed by a ‘no adoption policy,’ so they are there from birth through college without the understanding of a family setting.

“The thing is, we could say we’re blessed every day, but they’re going to say the same thing because they don’t know what it’s like to have what we have,” Whalen said. “We can’t go there and feel bad for them because they appreciate what they have.”

Six spiritual liberators from St. John’s will make the journey to Haiti, bringing with them quilts, classroom necessities and the clothes on their back, which they will hand over as the Samaritan did for the

gle apps for education work currently ongoing during Institute Day on Monday, Jan. 4. Finals took place Wednesday, Dec. 16, and Friday, Dec. 18, and students were dismissed at 2:07 p.m. during finals week to have additional time to study and talk to teachers.

Superintendent Kirk Haring indicated PARCC test results were released, and PHS students exceeded the state average. The ACT standardized test is being replaced by the Stanford

Achievement Test, and Berlinski said his staff dug in and prepared the students for what’s to come, and it’s a testament to the staff’s hard work that the students bought in on it.

President John Young congratulated PHS staff and students for taking all the testing seriously, joking tests change every five years because test-makers don’t like the data from the first four years.

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This is the scenery St. Bede grad Samantha Whalen and her family will see as they head to Haiti to celebrate Christmas while ministering to the people in the area. orphans to keep. Blessed by her love for every other, Whalen also plans to hand over a possession that can only be carried in the heart.

“We’re going to open the Bible to them, and if they hear just one word — faith, love, Jesus — then we’ve succeeded because they may never hear it any other way,” Whalen said.

The missionaries will travel to Haiti on Sunday, Dec. 20 and return Saturday, Dec. 26. When

it comes to enriching and inspiring children on an emotional and existential level, Whalen could not have asked her father for a better Christmas gift.

“Even if we show them for a week what our family stands for, that could change their lives forever.” she said. “If we can leave an impact on them in one week, they can keep spreading that love to everyone.”

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they’re always eliminating one type of testing and getting another type,” Young said, adding the board of education doesn’t like snapshots, but panoramas, when it comes to analyzing student performance.

The board accepted the resignation of Rob Jensen as assistant football coach, thanking him for almost 15 years of service to the Tigers.

They approved the new course, Beginning Guitar Skills, as well as the 2015 tax levy.

The board also approved the resolution to apply for qualified school construction bonds, which would assist in renovation of existing public school facilities. Haring indicated the program would allow the district to finance bonds at little to no interest, and it would be beneficial for PHS to go through the process in hopes of approval, which would be determined by mid-February at the earliest.

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A Tiskilwa male in his 30s paid $8,000 for his DUI about three years back, and it was the microscope he needed to place his drinking habits under.

“It put a lot into perspective because I put other people in danger,” he said. “I have a family who relies on me, so the DUI made me realize I needed to separate myself from drinking.”

Local bar owners will happily slide a cold one to the winner of the ugly Christmas sweater contest, but they have no interest in helping a driver slide off a frosty bridge or into the side panel of a sleigh full of carolers.

Kelly Johnson, owner of Kelly’s Place in Tiskilwa, said she’s personally taken people home if they’ve dipped into the egg nog one too many times, and she’ll take keys away, call a ride or offer food and water to help straighten the reindeer’s antlers back out.

“If they’ve gotten too drunk we will refuse to serve them anymore, but unfortunately some people walk into my establishment who are already impaired, and we have no problem refusing them service,” Johnson said.

Bill Stewart owns Uncle Stewy’s Roadhouse in Spring Valley, and has advertised rides to and from his establishment on nights when the jingle bells are really rocking.

“A few bar owners in the area and myself have tried thinking up a bus program sponsored by the bar owners to help people get from location to location without driving,” Stewart said, noting the snowball is just gaining momentum on the feasibility of such a venture.

Caffarini advised individuals to limit their use of alcohol during the holidays, have a designated driver or get a taxi, and most importantly not let people get in the car and drive when they are obviously intoxicated.

“It’s your family and friends; look out for them,” Caffarini added.

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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Emma Marie Garza Genster, 52, passed away peacefully at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Born Nov. 4, 1963, in Weslaco, Texas, she was the daughter of Jose Garza and Emma Samudio Garza. She worked as a youth autism services coordinator for many years Emma at the Kennedy Center in Bridgeport, Conn.

Genster Surviving are her husband of 28 years, Timothy Genster; two sons, John Brolley Garza Genster and Charles Austin Genster; four siblings, Olga Garza of Austin, Texas, Suzanne (David) Hughes of Midland, Texas, Odella (Andrew) Rickard of Midland, Texas, and George (Sylvia) Garza of Weslaco, Texas; her in-laws, John and Barbara Genster of Sheffield; four sisters-inlaw, Tiny Garza of Odessa, Texas, Mary Ann (Rick) Cernovich of Sheffield, Patty Genster of Fort Worth, Texas, and Carol (Kelly) Wilson of Austin, Texas; and nine nieces and 11 nephews.

She was preceded in death by one brother, Richard Garza.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, in the Salem Lutheran Church, 3160 Park Ave., Bridgeport, Conn. Interment will be private at the convenience of the family.

Visitation was held Friday, Dec. 18, at the Abriola Parkview Funeral Home, 419 White Plains Road, Trumbull, Conn.

Memorials may be directed to the Yale New Haven Toy Closet Program, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT 06510.

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 Covenant Church 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 Norberg Memorial Home in Princeton.

Memorials may be directed to the Evangelical Covenant Church in Princeton. Online condolences may be left at www.norbergfh.com.

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percent match to construct the Community Technology Center.

The levy will require a public hearing prior to the 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, meeting.

The meeting began with a moment of silence for 20-year librarian Joanne Jalley, who died Oct. 31.

The board also approved: • Purchase of a Pyramid upgrade for the Blackboard Analytics system and installation, support and startup services from Blackboard Incorporated for $36,395.

• Contracting with Burwood Group for the hardware and software upgrade, installation and startup services for the Cisco IP phone system for $65,423.

• The base bid from EHC Industries of Wauconda for $13,000 for asbestos abatement for the Building A chiller/ air handler replacement.

• Continuation of the current employee health insurance coverage through the community college insurance cooperative. In a related move, the board authorized continuing contributions to employee health savings plans and health reimbursement accounts beginning Jan. 1.

The board also learned:

OGLESBY — On Nov. 12, Illinois Valley Community College’s board adopted an $11.4 million tax levy for 2015 and learned the college will pay off all bonds in the coming year and be debt-free.

IVCC Vice President for Business Services and Finance Cheryl Roelfsema said the levy will remain in the 37-cent range and would result in a slight increase to the average homeowner.

IVCC’s portion of taxes on a home valued at $150,000 would increase $3.58 cents to $188.76, she said.

The college will receive an $882,000 increase in the equity tax that is based on the average operating fund levies for community colleges. The “additional tax” is used exclusively for educational purposes and will help offset the shortfall in state funding.

In total, the levy is increasing $328,026, a 3 percent increase over 2014. EAV is expected to increase 1 percent to $3,024,327,000. The increase in the special purpose property taxes will be largely offset by retirement of a $5 million bond issue the college used for part of its 25

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LASALLE — Illinois State Police, District 17, announced during the month of November, troopers handled 249 calls for service and assistance. Of these calls, 133 were to help motorists whose vehicles were disabled on area highways.

Criminal activities during the month included one person apprehended for being wanted on outstanding warrants and 23 people arrested for other criminal offenses.

Traffic enforcement activities resulted in 359 drivers arrested for speeding and 123 cited for seatbelt violations.

Driving under the influence arrests totaled four, while there were seven apprehensions for other alcohol-related offenses recorded. Troopers issued a total of 739 traffic citations and 925 written warnings to motorists.

District 17 troopers handled 94 traffic crashes within the three-county area of LaSalle, Bureau and Putnam.

At the courthouse Divorces Traffic court Steven K. Frantzen of Oglesby and Rebecca S. (Bottomley) Frantzen of Princeton; married Oct. 22, 1993; divorced Dec. 4, 2015.

Lori A. Schultz of Princeton and Raymond J. Schultz of Princeton; married Aug. 26, 1989; divorced Dec. 2, 2015.

Driving on suspended license — Amy R. Watson, 48, of Princeton.

Driving under the influence of alcohol — Jacob E. Bence, 24, of Princeton.

No valid hunting license — Garrett L. Geuther, 21, of LaMoille.

Speeding (11-14) — Thomas A. Kerp, 28, of Princeton.

• Sue Mertel of the learning technologies department will retire Dec. 1.

• Mary Ann Wisniewski was hired as accounting clerk-payables/cashier.

• Connie Sprong resigned her position in the admissions office effective Nov. 6.

• Accreditors from the National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) visited IVCC in mid-October to review the early childhood education program.

• IVCC continues to work toward expanding its agriculture program. The college has met with a number of high school agriculture program coordinators and a steering committee will meet for the third time Dec. 14.

• The athletic department’s first Eagles Trivia Night Oct. 24 raised more than $8,500 and attracted 286 participants and 76 sponsors.

• The Oct. 22 Manufacturing Career Expo drew 370 students from 13 high schools. Before coming to IVCC, students toured facilities such as Allegion, Black Bros., Carus Corporation, Eakas Corporation, Flint Hills Resources, James Hardie Building Products, SABIC Innovative Plastics and Vactor Manufacturing.

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The perfect Christmas column It happens to me every year. I think long and hard about the column I want to run right before Christmas. I’m never so concerned about this column being a clever rendition of yuletide cheer, rather I want it to have impact, clarity. I want it to come from my heart and deliver it to you, my friends and readers, with a fancy bow and memorable words. I want it to make a difference as you celebrate your own Christmas with family and friends.

The ideas usually start to ramble around my head right after Thanksgiving — long before the day when I need to deliver it, yet long after the stores and advertising flyers have started touting their holiday sales. I always kick a good share of them to the Christmas curb rather quickly — either they are too dorky, Terri Simon too complicated to write, or I’m just not in the mood to tackle them.

I usually end up with a couple of sound ideas I feel I can work with, as I attempt to write yet another column to depict the season as I see it. Those two ideas will fight it out in my head, until there is an eventual winner. The bell rings, and the horses in my head are off and running, as my fingers on the keyboard attempt to keep up with my thoughts. In my world, that’s how columns are made.

But this year has been a bit different. I’ve struggled to find that idea that makes me want to put pen to paper ... fingers to the keyboard. Sure — I had a few ideas, but nothing that really tripped the proverbial trigger. It’s been said a good writer will sit down at his/her computer and open a vein before writing. I love that metaphor since those veins lead from one’s heart, but for reasons too many to count, I wasn’t shedding any blood on this endeavor.

I don’t mind admitting there weren’t any ideas that were even close to sparkling like the lights on everyone’s Christmas tree, and there clearly wasn’t much reverence in any of the ideas like you’ll find in the pews at most churches during this Christmas season.

My Christmas column ideas that did roll around my head were lackluster, to say the very least. I’m kind of ashamed to admit it, since this glorious season should produce the most brilliant columns of all — don’t you think?

My reason for no great column ideas? I think it’s because this Christmas season has been a different type of Christmas for me. Really different. The few holiday obligations I did have to attend to were done without much, if any, emotions. This is not about a “Bah Humbug” type of attitude, rather it was more of conscious decision to step back from the chaos of Christmas this year and really re-evaluate. It might sound like an easy thing to do — given the hectic pace, financial strain and nerve-wracking aura that accompanies this season, but it really wasn’t that easy. It was actually quite difficult, and there were plenty of moments when my heart ached terribly for all I was missing.

But you know ... as I reflect on this past month and the overly-used phrase “reason for the season,” I found a simple sort of peace that shakes my soul and causes me to reflect, remember and rethink many, many things. While those things don’t make a good column filled with glitter and gold which we expect at this time of the year ... and they clearly aren’t wrapped up in beautiful wrappings and elegant bows ... they are feelings and emotions that probably represent the most humble of holidays — which ironically is probably what it should have been about all along.

Like the humble beginning in a manger because there was no room in the inn ... I found there wasn’t much room in my heart (my own personal inn) this year for the glitz and gold that normally accompanies this season. Instead, I found a new understanding that came from within me. May this humble approach to the holiday this year be something that stays with me forever.

Merry Christmas, my friends. May your holiday be filled with all you find important.

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

Music theory When I was around the age of 7 or 8, I can distinctly remember decorating the family Christmas tree with my sister. We had just finished stringing the lights, and we were starting to hang some our old glass ornaments when, for some reason, we started whistling some holiday songs. We didn’t sing them. We just whistled. Loudly.

This went on for quite some time, and we progressively got louder and louder. This is when mom came out of the kitchen. She had a pretty tense look on her face and nervously, yet nicely, asked my sister and I to basically never ever whistle together under her roof again in her lifetime. Those weren’t her exact words, but by the way her eye was twitching, I could read between the lines.

I can see why mom was bothered. Quite honestly, my sister is horribly tone deaf, and her pitchy caterwauling whistle probably put mom over the edge. I knew that she brought my talent level down that day.

Now, I was always told that you should never be afraid to make a joyous noise, no matter how bad it is. I believe that actor Will Ferrell put it best in the movie “Elf” when his character Buddy said, “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!”

I have always believed that, much like the little drummer boy, my gift to the world is my music.

Fast forward 40-some years into the future to a couple of weeks ago.

I was riding in the passenger seat of our car while my wife took her place behind the steering wheel. I

Greg Wallace COMMENTARY was bored, so I started messing around with the radio.

As we drove through the scenic countryside of Northern Illinois, we started listening to a radio station that happened to be playing Christmas music. I smiled. As the first notes of “Feliz Navidad” by José Feliciano started to come through the speakers, I looked at my wife and told her that I felt like making a joyous noise. She cringed because to her, that could mean one of two things. Either I was going to sing or I was about to break wind. Evidently, she didn’t enjoy either possible scenario.

As I reached over to turn up the volume just a little bit, I started belting it out with José. For those of you not familiar with the song, half of it is in English while the other half is in Spanish. I took Spanish for a year or so back in high school, but I don’t remember very many words. So instead of singing the actual words, I just rhythmically blurted out a bunch of nonsensical gibberish. I was in the zone.

As the third verse started to kick in, my wife inexplicably turned the volume down. I asked her what the deal was. She slowly turned her head toward mine, and then I saw it. The exact same twitchy-eye stare that l had seen from my mother back in the 1970s.

My wife proceeded to inform me I really needed to stop singing. I believe she used the term “horrible” to describe my joyous noise. Could it truly be that I’m not as good of a singer as I’ve always believed myself to be? I mean I realize that I’m no Art Garfunkel, but could I really be that bad?

Impossible, I thought. In my head, my voice can really rock it.

Since then, I’ve really started to pay attention to what comes out of my mouth when I sing. At church the other day, I came to a startling revelation during “Oh Come All Ye Faithful.” It has to do with my vocal range. It is rather limited to say the least. I came to the epiphany that I only sing one note. Instead of my voice going up and down, it actually just gets louder and softer.

The other thing I realized is that the particular note that I sing has never been used in any song ever written during the entire history of mankind. How disappointing.

But I’m not going to let this get me down. I still believe that every now and then, you just have to let it out and sing loud and proud, no matter if it is only one incredibly inaudible musical note. It just has to be done.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m feeling the need to let out another resounding, joyous noise. You might want to crack the window a little bit.

Have a Merry Christmas. Talk to you next year.

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

The beginning of the end I’m creating a series to battle heroin abuse because the reality of its wrath disgusts me. I have loved individuals who have been trampled by this black horse, and I applaud people who have been courageous enough to break the needle from their veins.

We all have a heroin problem.

You have a heroin problem, whether you want to admit to it or not, and so do I. If the surroundings in which I live are wretched, then my every move is affected by that filth.

Heroin steals from us our children with a reaper’s swing, and builds a broken shack which allows the winter winds through every crack.

This is not a battle, but a war.

Imagine your daughter, your father, your friend, imprisoned by the venom and unable to partake in the natural mandates of every member of the human race. Theft, deceit and decadence result from the awful

Eric Engel COMMENTARY fury of this unchained dragon, and although many arrows will bounce off the scales, we must wield our weapons and march forward.

I cannot do this alone. I need you to join me and admit our collective ignorance has reached its breaking point. I am not so foolish to think we can stop this avalanche, but I will lunge to grab every hand I can and pull them from the path of destruction. I’m asking you to help me, to leave your agenda at the door and gather beside me on the front line, swords drawn, shields strong.

No one has to die from heroin,

but countless do. It is time we stop lying to ourselves. It is time to take off our masks, and ask ourselves a question. If death’s door was just around the corner and I had no means to unfasten my shackles, how much would it mean to me if you knelt upon your knees and handed me the key?

Love is patient, and kind. It is not proud, and keeps no record of wrongs. It does not delight in evil but rejoices in the truth. Love always protects, it always hopes, and it always perseveres. Love your brothers as you would want them to love you.

Together — the only way we will ever begin to end this epidemic.

Please look into 2016 editions of the BCR for personal testimonies of heroin’s brutal effect on everything it encounters.

BCR Staff Writer Eric Engel can be reached at eengel@bcrnews.com.

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Elks Christmas baskets ‘A Labor of Love’ PRINCETON — The Princeton Elks Lodge started doing Christmas baskets for the poor in Bureau County 63 years ago. The first year, the ladies redressed dolls and the men fixed trucks and other “gently used toys.” The lodge filled 12 baskets and took a toy to each family. Back then a farm family had more children than are in families today, and many times the lodge gave one boy toy and one girl toy to an entire family, which could have three or four boys and girls.

The lodge members donated a dozen bushel baskets and enough money to fill the basket with all the food needed for Christmas dinner.

Through the years, the project has grown to 120 baskets filled with food for the entire day of Christmas.

They start with sausage and eggs/cereal and milk for breakfast and fill in with all the family needs for Christmas dinner and supper.

Although they are about food more than toys, they

do their best to deliver any toys donated. They get toys from both car dealerships, from the Red Hat group and members. The Rotary donates money for coats, hats and gloves. All the toys arrive at the lodge on the Thursday before the Christmas basket delivery. It takes many hands to separate them into age groups and many more hands to pack the bags full of toys for each family.

Mair Oil picks up the food — this year $5,166.60 — and members set up the tables.

The baskets have morphed into cardboard boxes donated by Jay from Cardboard Containers in Peru and when all is set up the lodge members start arriving to fill the boxes. Last year they set a record of 17 minutes in filling all the boxes.

On delivery day, lodge members meet at the lodge for breakfast and then fill their trucks and vans with food and toys. By noon, all is delivered and the drivers meet back at the lodge to share stories.

Helping others — Preschoolers from St. Louis School collected items for Freedom House. See Page 7.

SPRING VALLEY — The Richard A. Mautino Memorial Library will have the following holiday schedule: closing at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 23, and closed Thursday, Dec. 24, Friday, Dec. 25, Thursday, Dec. 31, and Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The movie “Home” will be shown at 10 a.m. in the meeting room on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, with popcorn and drink as refreshment. The book sale is going on now with great prices of 10 for $1 and some cookbooks for 50 cents. For questions, call the library at 815-663-4741.

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Vanessa Hoffeditz (from left), from the Bureau County Food Pantry; Mary Lanham, from the Western Bureau County Food Pantry; and Penny Best, manager of the Elks Lodge, have worked to help ensure all area families enjoy Christmas meals, have gifts under their trees and stay warm during the cold weather.

All baskets will be delivered by noon Saturday, Dec. 19. Penny Best, Elks Lodge manager and basket chair, said, “The need is so very great this year that we fill baskets for the families

with children first. We will not be able to serve all who signed up. If we haven’t arrived at your home by noon, we are so sorry but we will not be able to serve you this year.”

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Students collect hats, scarves and mittens St. Louis preschoolers recently collected hats, scarves and mittens for Freedom House in Princeton.

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 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.

PRINCETON — The First Lutheran Church, 116 N. Pleasant St., Princeton, will have candlelight communion services at 7 and 11 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24. The choir will sing at both services. Everyone is welcome and invited to attend.

Christmas Eve service in Wyanet WYANET — The Wyanet United Methodist Church will have a Christmas Eve service at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24.

Blood drive in Princeton PRINCETON — An American Red Cross blood drive will be from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, at the First United Methodist Church, 316 S. Church St., Princeton. A blood donor card or driver’s license, or two other forms of identification, are required at check-in. To make an appointment to donate, visit redcrossblood.org, call 800-RED-CROSS or download the free Red Cross Blood Donor App fro app stores.

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.

Covered Bridge Chorus will perform Tuesday day night in the Prouty Community Building in downtown Princeton.

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, visit www.theprincetonlibrary.org or call 815-8751331.

PRINCETON — The Bureau County Covered Bridge Chorus will sing holiday favorites as well as other popular songs at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, at the Princeton Public Library.

The Covered Bridge Chorus is based out of Princeton but is comprised of members from many communities within the Princeton area. The group meets for rehearsal every Tues-

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Births Announced Zerfas Kristina Metz and David Zerfas of Princeton are the parents of a daughter born Dec. 15 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Sandoval Tiffany Sandoval and Nathan Parsons of Princeton are the parents of a daughter, Annabelle Lee, born Dec. 13 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley.

She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 19 inches in length.

Regal Tiffany James and Kyle Regal of Princeton are the parents of a daughter born Dec. 5 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley.

Carpers will celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Lee Carper of Princeton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

Lee Carper and the former Barbara Maddy were married Dec. 23, 1965, in the Methodist church in Buda. They are the parents of two daughters, Angela (Kevin) May of Danvers and Tracy (Scott) Grimmer of Princeton. They also have four grandchildren, Adam (Michelle) May of Boise, Idaho, Ashley May of Palatine, and Jenna and

Rainford Kayleen Dennis and Joseph Rainford of Princeton are the parents of a son, Luke Alexander, born Dec. 7 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 20 inches in length. He was welcomed home by one brother, Tyler Joseph Rainford. Maternal grandmother is Diane Dennis of Princeton. Paternal grandparents are Tracy and Dale Basile of Princeton. Grandparents are Richard and Kathy Schmotzer of Princeton.

Noles Carissa Anderson and Logan Noles of Mendota are the parents of a son, Brantley Eugene, born Dec. 13 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 18 1/2 inches in length. He was welcomed home by two brothers, Hunter Noles, 3, and Wyatte Anderson, 1. Maternal grandparents are Nicki and Larry Reece of Newburgh, Ind., and Chris and Robin Anderson of Rumsey, Ky. Paternal grandparents are Susan Noles of Mendota, and Larry and Patty Noles of Mendota. Great-grandparents are Sharon and Heavy Anderson of Rumsey Ky., and Maryetta and Pete Tomes of Livermore, Ky.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Carper Kenley Grimmer of Princeton; and two great-grandchildren, Everett and Bennett May.

Ada Waterhouse will celebrate 90th birthday Ada Waterhouse of Princeton, formerly of Walnut, will celebrate her 90th birthday on Tuesday, Dec. 29.

Ada was born Dec. 29, 1925, and is married to Bill Waterhouse. She has four children, David Waterhouse (deceased), Sue Reed of Sterling, Jim Waterhouse of Walnut and Tom Waterhouse of Davenport, Iowa.

Ada also has eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

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MANLIUS — Breonna Balensiefen, a Bureau Valley High School Art 4 student, was recently awarded the Illinois Art Education Association Traveling Student Show Award in Lisle. Her drawing is an acrylic painting.

It is a self-portrait done in the expressionistic style.

Each year, IAEA members may submit artworks from grades K-12 for entrance into the

annual student show. www.edw This year more than 650 works of art were submitted and only 40 were selected. These 40 works will travel throughout the state for an entire year.

The Traveling Student Show will be at Bureau Valley High School in Manlius the entire month of February for public viewing.

Sheila L. Heth is the art instructor at Bureau Valley High School.

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A sweet STEM lesson BUDA — STEM education is a current movement in education to help students understand the principles of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and how they impact our world. It encourages young people to think about and prepare for a future in the workforce of tomorrow. Students are given to opportunity to do hands-on activities and are encouraged to work with their peers to solve problems.

On Wednesday afternoons, Laurie Bitting’s third-grade students at Bureau Valley South do enrichment activities, and recently, their STEM activity focused on brainstorming with a partner to create the tallest structure. To begin with, students were given just 10 toothpicks and 20 marshmallows and 15 minutes to create the tallest structure. The results weren’t so good. The students found the materials, just like in real-life situations, were of inferior quality and in short supply, so their structures failed.

However, for the second round of the competition, the knowledge gained in the first experiment served them well. This time, partners were given more toothpicks and candy Dots to work with. They found that with a greater supply and better building materials, their structures were stronger and therefore, could be built taller.

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‘How can I save money this year?’

In our family farming operation, we have moved the year end conversations and discussions topics from what we learned in 2015 to what can we actually do to make the 2016 growing season the best season yet. We accomplish this very difficult task by analyzing every aspect of our family operation and weighing its cost and benefit. For example, if a fungicide application or an agronomic decision did not make a sizable contribution the past few years of trying it, more than likely it will be cut. Farming is just like any other business, we are in business to contribute to society and to make money. There would be no reason to continue doing something that did not bring a return on investment. We want to grow the best possible crop, that way our hard work can literally pay off.

I have been in numerous conversations with farmers and almost always two questions have been asked. The first question is “How can I/we save money this coming year?” or it has been phrased “What can I cut in order to save money in 2016?” These are very good questions and have been followed with interesting and meaningful conversations. Truthfully, there really is no correct answer for these questions. The answer depends on the farmer’s own situation. However, my best advice for farmers is this: Let’s not look at cutting something out, instead let’s find something that will help you grow more bushels and have a better return on investment.

Simply, when money’s tight, be proactive and try to make more money.

What I love most about my job, is truly my job. My job is to help farmers make better decisions to improve their bottom line, and one way to save money is to make more money.

This time of year is the beginning of pre pay for crop protection products.

This is when farmers can pre pay for the crop protection products they are going to use on their farms in 2016.

Farmers take advantage of this time of year because they can get their products at a lower rate and take advantage of rebate programs chemical companies offer. Crop protection products such as herbicides, fungicides or insecticides, to name a few, are significantly cheaper early than when they would be applied in season. That way a farmer is saving money by purchasing the products they were going to purchase anyway earlier in the year, and in turn, they are being proactive by having a plan to keep their fields as clean as possible. By eliminating weeds, the crops should produce more bushels because of the lack of competition of resources.

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In order to control these types of weeds, attack them early and use a three-product pre-emergence program when you are going to plant soybeans.

That way your odds of having 99 percent control on most Roundup-resistant weeds is very high. A post-emergence program does not leave a lot of herbicide options, and we want to control these Roundup-resistant weeds before they reach four inches.

The recommended pre-emerge program is: PPO – Valor or Authority Yellow – Sonalan, Treflan, or Prowl Metribuzin On no-till or strip-till acres these products will work very well, but do not use Sonalan or Treflan because these products need to be incorporated almost immediately into the soil, therefore Prowl will be the product to use in this situation.

On soils that have a high pH (7.4

or higher) or on sandy soils, all these products will work fine with little to no crop injury risk except for metribuzin.

The easiest way to remedy this is to cut back the rate because metribuzin is more active in high pH soils. That way you can use less, spend less and still get the same weed-killing performance.

Now, I mentioned earlier that this program is also a way to save money in 2016. I say this because of two reasons. First, this program is relatively inexpensive, approximately under $15 an acre. Second, what does a weedy field cost you in lost yield? What does it cost you to “try” to kill your weeds post-emerge when Roundup does not work? My recommendation is to have you spend the equivalent of 1 to 1.5 bushels of soybeans to potentially gain several bushels by having a clean field.

Plus, my recommendation includes you having a well-rested sleep knowing you do not have to worry about Roundup-resistant weeds because you have the best possible pre-emerge herbicide program available in your fields.

These just are my recommendations, I would encourage you to have conversations with your agronomist concerning your operation and how it may be possible to cut costs and improve yields for the 2016 growing season.

Please have a safe and Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Matt Denton is a sales agronomist for Hefty Seed Company – Princeton. He can be reached at matt.denton@heftyseed.com.

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42nd annual Colmone Classic

Boys basketball: Annawan 81, L/O 44

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Hall sophomore Alex Castelan drives past Amboy’s Wednesday, Dec. 16, in the Colmone Classic. The Red Devils won 74-50 and will play for third place at 6 p.m. Saturday.

ANNAWAN — Two halves of basketball couldn’t have been any different in the same game as the LaMoille/ Ohio Lions were on the wrong end of an 81-44 one-sided affair against the Annawan Braves Wednesday, Dec. 16.

The first half saw each team making runs and with the Annawan Braves pulling away in the second quarter. Momentum finally shifted back to the Lions and they went on 15-2 run that included a nifty heads-up play by senior guard Derek Debruhl, who inbounded the ball under the Braces basket. With time running down the alert, Debruhl bounced the ball off of the back of a defender, picked it up and slithered between two defenders for the bucket.

Senior guard Jacob Tudor was integral in the run that spanned 4:04, dishing out an assist and knocking down two of his team-high four 3s in that

stretch.

The scoring outburst pulled the Lions within five points at the half at 33-28, and within striking distance of taking the lead, sending Annawan into their locker room visibly frustrated with the Lions’ late scoring run.

“As bad as we played in the first half, I was really glad we were only down five at the half,” L/O coach Brent Kalsto said. “I was pleased that they didn’t give up in the first half, but Annawan came out and knocked down two 3s right off the bat after we talked about contesting shots and they didn’t contest those shots, and we kind of stopped playing defense. I have to give them credit because they knocked down shots.”

That frustration was soon squashed as the Braves came out in the third quarter firing on all cylinders, sparked by a pair of back-to-back 3-pointers by senior guard Zach Ast. Ast knocked down

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SPRING VALLEY — Mike Filippini’s message to his Hall Red Devils before they took the floor for Wednesday’s Colmone Classic contest against Amboy was to get the ball to the basket. That message, however, didn’t become loud and clear, until the second half.

With slick sophomore point guard Alex Castelan as the trigger man, the Red Devils got the ball inside over and over in the second half. The Clippers scored the first two baskets of the second half to pull within 32-28, but the Red Devils heeded its coach’s message to go on a 10-0 run to pull away to a 74-50 victory.

Colmone Classic update

RED POOL: Leo 3-0, Hall 2-1, Amboy 1-2, Hall JV 0-3.

WHITE POOL: Fieldcrest 2-0, Mendota 1-1, Pontiac 1-1, Mooseheart 0-2. (Does not include all Friday results) SATURDAY: 7th place - Hall JV vs. 4th White, 3 p.m. 5th place - Amboy vs. 3rd White, 4:30 p.m. 3rd place - Hall vs. 2nd White, 6 p.m. Title - Leo vs. 1st White, 7:30 p.m.

Castelan scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half and senior post Chris Ballerini had six of his 15 in the third quarter.

“When we decided we were going to get to the hoop and jump, stop and dump the ball to Chris (Balleri-

Lady Bruin Christmas Classic Who to beat: Eureka (8-2).

Watch out for: St. Bede (5-6), Kewanee (7-5).

GREEN POOL: 1. Eureka 8-2, 3.

Fieldcrest 6-4, 5. Princeton 4-5, 7. Mendota 2-6.

WHITE POOL: 2. St. Bede 5-6, 4. Kewanee 7-5, 6. LaMoille/Ohio 3-8, 8. Seneca 4-8.

SATURDAY: Fieldcrest vs.

Princeton, 9 a.m., Eureka vs.

Mendota, 109:30 a.m., Kewanee vs. L/O, noon, St. Bede vs.

Seneca, 1:30 p.m., Princeton vs. Eureka, 3 p.m., Mendota vs.

Fieldcrest, 4:30 p.m., L/O vs.

St. Bede, 6 p.m., Seneca vs.

Kewanee, 7:30 p.m.

MONDAY: L/O vs. Seneca, 2:30 p.m., Princeton vs. Mendota, 4 p.m., Eureka vs. Fieldcrest, 5:30 p.m., St. Bede vs. Kewanee, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY: Seventh place - 2 p.m. Fifth place - 3:30 p.m. Third place - 5 p.m. Title - 6:30 p.m.

BCR pick: Eureka over Kewanee.

Last year’s finals: Mendota 54, Kewanee 34.

ni) or shoot a little jump shot, which is all we did in the second half, we were really good. The problem was that was the emphasis the first half and we didn’t do it,” Filippini said.

“That was made very apparent to (Alex) what we wanted him to do, if you catch what I’m saying, and he did a nice job getting to the hoop.

And he does a nice job finishing for a sophomore.”

Castelan and Ballerini helped get the Red Devils going with two hoops apiece in the 10-0 run with sophomore Brant Vanaman also scoring.

Castelan added a baby hook and senior guard Patrick Einhaus hit a trey to close out the third quarter

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LaMoille/Ohio’s Derek Debruhl brings the ball upcourt for the Lions Wednesday at Annawan.

Hot field entering Lady Bruins Classic

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

The 2015 Lady Bruins Christmas Classic promises to be exactly what St. Bede athletic director/coach McGunnigal said you want when hosting a tournament — “teams that are beginning to play their better basketball for the season and bring that additional excitement into the tournament.”

The field features top-seeded and state-ranked Eureka, which is joined

by the Lady Bruins, Kewanee and Fieldcrest, all of whom are playing their best ball. Throw in locals Princeton and LaMoille/Ohio with No. 8 seed Seneca, and it promises to be some real hoops de jour for area basketball fans.

“There will be a lot of intriguing games that are going to come up this year. I am really looking forward to some very good basketball being played,” McGunnigal said.

“The St. Bede tourney looks really balanced with Eureka definite-

ly the favorite and St. Bede having beaten us at Brimfield already,” said Kewanee coach Chuck Blake, whose team lost to Mendota in last year’s title game. “We are always hoping for better but really see the field as wide open with several combinations that could make the finals.”

Top-seeded Eureka (8-2) received the No. 6 state ranking in 2A, then marked the occasion by dropping two straight in Corn Belt Conference

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Senior Spotlight Tanner Kuhne • Princeton High School Date/place of birth: March 22, 1998, Princeton.

Hometown: Princeton.

Family: Dad - Bill; mom - Jill; brother Colton; sister - Payton.

Sports: Football, soccer, basketball, baseball.

Favorite sport and why: Baseball; it’s the greatest game in the world.

Favorite food and where to get it: Alan Special at Los Ranchitos.

Likes: Women, of course, sports.

Dislikes: Spiders, I hate them.

Person with the greatest influence on my athletic career (and why): My dad, he pushes me to my potential and always comes to every game.

Person with the greatest influence in my life (and why): My mom. She has taught me to be the person I am today.

Who’s your dream celebrity prom date: Can I take two? Kate Upton and Jennifer Aniston.

Name three historic figures you’d like to meet: Babe Ruth, the man’s a legend. Bo Jackson, who I consider the best athlete of all time. Chris Kyle, American Sniper.

He was brave and courageous and I would

want to thank him for that.

The last song I listened to: “2 phones,” Kevin Gates.

People would be surprised to know I: Was born without some cartilage in my left ear.

I stay home to watch: Sports.

When I need luck for a big game, I: Listen to music and say a prayer.

The funniest person I’ve ever met (and why): Jack Bays. He is always doing something funny no matter where we are.

What they’ll say about me at school after I graduate: How in the world did he manage to play four sports and get good grades as well?

Most embarrassing moment: Breaking my collarbone before the game started.

Most unforgettable moment: Starting 11-0 in football, the best start in school history.

Ultimate sports fantasy: Play for the Cubs when they win the first World Series in over a hundred years.

What I would like to do in life: Go to kick in college and major in chiropractic. After school, raise a family.

Three words that best describe me: Athletic, funny and outgoing.

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three of his five 3-pointers in the third quarter and sparked the Braves’ offense in the second half as they outscored the Lions 48-16 over the final two quarters of play.

The brothers Landwehr, sophomore guard Owen and senior guard Alex Landwehr from Annawan, took over the game from the get go and the pair combined for over half of their team’s points with 47.

“Owen Landwehr had a field day and his team benefited from it. He could do whatever he wanted when he penetrated the lane and our guys didn’t step up to stop him. They didn’t try to take charges, and they didn’t play help defense,” Kalsto said.

“I’ve been stressing all year that if we want to be a good team we have to do what good teams do and right now we aren’t doing what good teams do.”

Two Lions cracked the double digit plateau in scoring as Tudor led the way with 18 points for the Lions’ attack, while Debruhl added 10.

“Offensively we played well, but we usually are known for our defense and we just had no answers for the pair of guards they had,” Kalsto said.

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Scoring ..................... g pts avg Hunter Galassi (Hall) ........7 128 18.3 Darcy Kepner (BV).............10 121 12.1 Lexi Loftus (L/O) ...............11 128 11.7 Courtney Oeder (PHS).........9 95 10.3 Christen Hurley (BV)..........10 101 10.1 Rebounding ............... g rb avg Paige Conner (L/O) ............9 85 9.4 Hunter Galassi (Hall) ........7 63 9.0 Courtney Oeder (PHS).........9 61 6.7 Saige Barnett (BV)............10 62 6.2 Ivy Rhodes (PHS)................9 56 6.2 Assists....................... g ast avg Jasmine Kahly (L/O) ..........11 42 3.8 Rena Barroso (Hall)............7 24 3.4 Darcy Kepner (BV) ............10 27 2.7 Anna Murray (PHS).............9 23 2.6 Paige Conner (L/O) ............9 22 2.4 Steals ....................... g stl avg Saige Barnett (BV)............10 31 3.1 Hunter Galassi (Hall) ........7 20 2.9 Rena Barroso (Hall)............7 19 2.7 Christen Hurley (BV)..........10 25 2.5 Addison Moreland (BV)......10 25 2.5 Blocked shots............. g rb avg Paige Conner (L/O).............9 10 1.1 Courtney Oeder (PHS).........9 8 0.9 Ivy Rhodes (PHS)................9 8 0.9 Saige Barnett (BV)............10 7 0.7 Field-goal percentage.... fgm fga pct.

Christen Hurley (BV)..........44 97 .454 Savannah Dean (BV) ........18 40 .450 Courtney Oeder (PHS)........40 93 .427 Hunter Galassi (Hall) .......47 111 .420 Rena Barroso (Hall)...........21 53 .400 Free throw percentage.....ftm fta pct.

Ivy Rhodes (PHS)...............11 12 .923 Mackenzie Lechner (Hall)...11 13 .850 Anna Murray (PHS)............19 30 .633 Hunter Galassi (Hall) .......30 50 .600 Christen Hurley (BV)..........12 21 .571 Team offense ............. g Bureau Valley....................10 LaMoille/Ohio....................11 Hall....................................7 Princeton............................9

pts avg 481 48.1 468 42.6 298 42.6 327 36.3

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pts avg 230 32.9 324 36.0 496 45.1 453 45.3

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Scoring ......................g pts avg Drew Pullam (Hall)............. 7 150 21.4 Josh Gross (L/O)................. 9 150 15.0 Rafa Puga (DePue)............. 9 125 13.9 Colby Robbins (PHS).......... 7 92 13.1 Jake Reinhardt (PHS)......... 7 85 12.1 Derek DeBruhl (L/O)........... 9 91 10.1 Alan Stamberger (L-O)....... 9 88 9.8 Levi Bates (PHS)................ 7 65 9.3 Rebounding ................g rb avg Drew Pullam (Hall)............. 7 84 12.0 Rahim McKee-Strong (DePue)... 6 61 10.0 Clay Stuepfert (L/O)........... 9 57 5.7 Alan Stamberger (L-O)....... 9 48 5.3 Ramon Puga (DePue)......... 9 46 5.1 Assists........................g ast avg Rafa Puga (DePue)............. 9 45 5.0 Ramon Puga (DePue)......... 9 33 3.7 Manny Winfert (DePue)....... 9 28 3.1 Drew Pullam (Hall)............. 7 17 2.4 Alex Castelan (Hall)........... 7 15 2.1 Jake Reinhardt (PHS)......... 7 14 2.0 Steals ........................g stl avg Rafa Puga (DePue)............. 9 42 4.7 Manny Winfert (DePue)....... 9 30 3.3 Derek DeBruhl (L/O)........... 9 23 2.6 Drew Pullam (Hall)............. 7 18 2.6 Josh Gross (L/O)................. 9 21 2.3 Blocked shots..............g bs avg Rahim McKee-Strong (DePue)... 6 13 2.1 Dalton Jilderda (PHS)......... 7 12 1.7 Field-goal percentage..... fgm fga pct.

Dalton Jilderda (PHS)........ 13 24 .542 Kyle Castelan (Hall).......... 22 43 .510 Colby Robbins (PHS)......... 32 66 .485 Jake Farraher (PHS)........... 16 33 .485 Alex Pullam (Hall)............. 51 113 .450 Free throw percentage.... ftm fta pct.

Colby Robbins (PHS)......... 10 11 .909 Jake Reinhardt (PHS)........ 13 16 .812 Kyle Castelan (Hall).......... 18 23 .780 Drew Pullam (Hall)............ 33 47 .700 Brant Vanaman (Hall)........ 8 2 .667 Team offense ............. g Hall....................................7 Princeton............................7 LaMoille/Ohio.....................9 DePue.................................9 Team defense ............ g Princeton............................7 DePue.................................9 LaMoille/Ohio..................... 9 Hall.................................... 7

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Big start lifts Storm

By BCR Sports Staff sports@bcrnews.com

Just like they had talked about, the Bureau Valley Storm jumped out of the gate with a 15-2 first-quarter lead over Orion Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Storm Cellar.

The Storm stretched its lead to 27-9 by halftime on the way to a 55-46 win. While the Storm improved to 7-4 overall and 4-1 in Three Rivers Conference play, it was their first on their home court.

“Our focus was getting a good start to the game, because we had not done that very well in the past few games. We did that tonight, so I am very happy,” BV coach Tiffany Gonigam said.

“Orion did not gave up and it wasn’t a perfect win, but it was a win on our home court, which we had yet to get this season. Free throws will continue to be a point of emphasis for us. We are learning and getting better, we are glad to get a conference win on our home court.”

Darcy Kepner scored 17 points with eight rebounds, and Addison Moreland had 15 points while Ellen Johnson had a team-high 10 rebounds.

“I was proud of Addi Moreland, stepping up and playing good minutes defensively and having a break through game offensively,” Gonigam said. “Saige and Ellen stepping up big in Dean’s absence pulling down rebounds, we need to continue to get good minutes from them. Of course, Darcy, is really playing well right now and we need to continue to look to her for leadership.”

The Storm improved to second place in the TRAC behind Kewanee (5-0).

Galva 47, LaMoille/Ohio 25: Paige Conner had 13 points and six rebounds for the Lady Lions in Thursday’s non-conference loss at Ohio. Lexi Loftus added eight points.

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Girls From Page 11 play to Prairie Central (51-49) and Bloomington Central Catholic (65-54).

The Hornets could best be described as the young guns. They start one freshman and three sophomores to go with one senior. Their three starting guards — Tess Leman (12), Natalie Bardwell (10) and Courtney Heffren (8) — combine for 30 points a game.

Coach Patrick Prina said the Hornets’ speed and depth of 9-10 girls are “our main advantages.”

The Hornets own a 62-45 win over Fieldcrest, the No. 3 seed at St. Bede, whom they will play in pool play.

The Lady Bruins (5-6) are playing better basketball after a slow start, including a recent 51-37 win over Princeton. St. Bede seeks its first LBCC championship since defeating Eureka in 2010.

No. 3 seed Fieldcrest brings in a 8-4 record after dropping its first three games of the season in the Tremont Thanksgiving Tournament, including Tuesday’s 44-33 win over Putnam County. They are coached by firstyear skipper Mitch Neally, who succeeded longtime coach Ron Krieser.

The Lady Knights lost standout Tessa Holland, now a member of the ISU track team. Top players are juniors Gwen Lohr-Fandel (13 ppg, 8 rpg, 5 apg, 5 spg), Kianna Klendworth (11 ppg, 7 rpg) and senior Abbie Fuller

Sports shorts Hall hitting clinic SPRING VALLEY — The Hall Red Devils will hold a hitting clinic for both baseball and softball players with former pro player and internationally known hit-

(8 ppg, 8.4 rpg).

Right behind St. Bede in the White Pool is perhaps the hottest team in the field in No. 4 seed Kewanee, which has won seven straight since losing its first five of the year. The Boiler Girls improved to 5-0 atop the Three Rivers with Thursday’s 55-42 win over Morrison.

Junior Blair Bullock (15.4) and 5-10 sophomore Mitrese Smith (11.5 ppg/10 rpg) were both all-tournament selections last year.

Kewanee reached the finals of last year’s Lady Bruins Classic only to fall to mighty Mendota 54-34.

After a 3-1 start under first-year coach Jeff Ohlson, Princeton (4-5) has dropped four of its last five outings, all in Three Rivers Conference play. The win came over Mendota, which PHS will meet Monday.

The Tigresses will have been idle for nine days when it takes the floor Saturday against Fieldcrest and Eureka.

Having brought his former Bureau Valley teams to St. Bede, Ohlson look forwards returning to the tournament.

“It is a good tournament with good competition and good atmosphere.

We will need to play well in every game to be successful,” said Ohlson, whose Bureau Valley teams reached the tournament finals a couple of times, but came up a short.

LaMoille/Ohio, which has no seniors on its squad, comes in at 3-8. The Lady Lions have dropped five straight since a 61-50 win over Hiawatha Dec. 3.

ting instructor, Mark Doran.

The baseball portion of the clinic will be Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, and the softball portion will be Sunday, Jan. 24. For more information, check the Hall High School athletic website and click on the clinic tab.

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The St. Bede and PHS girls will play in the Lady Bruins Christmas Classic starting Saturday.

Mendota (2-6) is facing a major overhaul having lost all of its firepower from a senior-led group that won three straight LBCC titles. They had three freshmen on the floor against Princeton.

Notes: This marks the 30th anniversary of the Lady Bruins Christmas Classic, formerly known as the Mid I-80 Tournament. Don Carlson, the first St. Bede girls tournament started up the tournament in 1986. Carlson, who is retired in Florida, said the inaugural tournament included St. Bede, Hall, Putnam County and Mendota, starting on Dec. 30, 1985 and ending Jan. 4, 1986. PC won, he said.

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Coaches Clinic 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 309-8952037 or by email at daledonner@yahoo.com.

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Scoreboard Basketball

High school girls Three Rivers ............. Conf. All Kewanee ............................ 5-0 7-5 Bureau Valley .................... 4-1 7-4 Sherrard............................. 4-1 9-3 Amboy................................ 3-1 9-2 Hall ................................... 3-1 6-2 Erie.................................... 3-2 5-2 St. Bede ............................ 3-2 5-6 Morrison ............................ 3-3 6-3 Newman............................. 2-2 4-6 Fulton ................................ 2-2 3-3 Rockridge........................... 1-3 6-6 Riverdale............................ 1-4 2-8 Prophetstown .................... 0-3 2-10 Princeton ........................... 0-4 4-5 Orion ................................. 0-5 0-7 Wednesday/Thursday results • Wethersfield 58, Rockridge 36 • Kewanee 55, Morrison 42 • Sherrard 40, Newman 16 • Bureau Valley 53, Orion 43

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com • Eastland 75, Prophetstown 52 • Prophetstown 69, Warren 52

At Manlius Rockridge 2 7 9 23 - 46 Bureau Valley 15 12 7 21 - 55 BV (7-4, 4-1): Wirth 0-1 0-4 0, Barnett 2-13 (0-1) 6-15 10, Wall 0-0 0-0 0, He. Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Dar. Kepner 6-11 (2-3) 3-6 17, Moreland 4-9 (1-2) 6-10 15, Hurley 2-6 0-0 4, Johnson 2-9 0-0 4, Mungia 1-4 (1-2) 0-0 3, Dana Kepner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 18-54 (4-8) 15-34. Fouls: 14.

Rebounds: 43 (Johnson 19, Barnett 9, Dar. Kepner 8). Turnovers: 22.

F/S: BV 46-30.

At Ohio Galva 17 14 7 9 - 47 LaMoille-Ohio 6 4 5 10 - 25 L/O (3-8): Martin 1 0-2 2, Conner 6 1-4 13, Kahly 1 0-0 2, Hansen 0 0-0 0, Loftus 3 2-2 8, Forbes 0 0-0 0, Pinter 0 0-0 0, Taylor 0 0-0 0, Ranel 0 0-0 0. Totals: 11 3-8 25. Fouls: 5.

F/S: Galva won.

Other results Fieldcrest 52, Ridgeview 47

Roanoke-Benson 64, Putnam County 38 Marquette 72, DePue 22 High school boys Three Rivers ............. Conf. All St. Bede ............................ 3-0 7-1 Newman ............................ 2-0 7-2 Hall ................................... 2-0 6-3 Princeton ........................... 2-0 5-2 Erie ................................... 2-0 5-4 Rockridge .......................... 1-1 5-3 Fulton ................................ 1-1 5-4 Sherrard ............................ 1-1 5-7 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 2-8 Riverdale............................ 0-3 5-3 Wednesday/Thursday results • Peoria Quest Academy 51, Sherrard 41 • Riverdale 51, Mercer County 50 • Oregon 53, Newman 49 (OT) Friday’s games • Princeton at Rockridge • Sterling at Kewanee

Colmone Classic at Hall High School RED POOL: Leo 3-0, Hall 2-1, Amboy 1-2, Hall JV 0-3.

WHITE POOL: Fieldcrest 2-0, Mendota 1-1, Pontiac 1-1, Mooseheart 0-2.

(Does not include all Friday results) TUESDAY: Pontiac 66, Mendota 41 Leo 90, Hall 46.

Amboy 46, Hall JV 42.

WEDNESDAY: Fieldcrest 84, Mooseheart 35 Hall 74, Amboy 50 Leo vs. Hall JV (forfeit) FRIDAY: Mooseheart vs. Pontiac Fieldcrest vs. Mendota Hall vs. Hall JV (forfeit) SATURDAY: 7th place - Hall JV vs. 4th White, 3 p.m. 5th place - Amboy vs. 3rd White, 4:30 p.m.

3rd place - Hall vs. 2nd White, 6 p.m. Title - Leo vs. 1st White, 7:30 p.m.

Amboy 7 17 15 11 - 50 Hall 20 12 17 25 - 74 AMBOY: Hochstatter 7-19 (2-6) 3-3 19, Hulin 1-3 (1-2) 1-2 4, Powers 1-5 (1-1) 0-2 3, Olson 6-13 (0-3) 3-3 15, Lucas 1-7 (0-1) 1-2 3, Gutierez 0-0 2-3 2, Drew 1-9 2-2 4. Totals: 17-56 (4-13)

12-17 50. Fouls: 18. Rebounds: 27 (Powers 7).

Turnovers: 12.

HALL: Trevier 1-6 0-2 2, Pullam 7-12 (0-2) 6-7 20, Follmer 1-3 (1-2) 0-0 3, Einhaus 4-7 (1-1) 0-0 9, Castelan 8-10 1-2 17, Vanaman 2-5 (0-1) 0-0 4, Ballerini 6-16 (1-2) 2-3 15. Totals: 31-64 (3-8) 9-14 74. Fouls: 19. Rebounds: 40 (Pullam 17). Turnovers: 9.

Colmone Classic sophomore tournament MONDAY: Pontiac 59, Roanoke-Benson 23 Mendota 55, Rockford East 51 TUESDAY: DePue 46, Hall 22 WEDNESDAY: Amboy def. Fieldcrest SATURDAY: Game 5 - R-B vs. Fieldcrest, 9 a.m.

(White Gym). Game 6 - Hall vs. Rockford East, 10:30 a.m. (White). Game 7 - Pontiac vs. Amboy, 9 a.m. (Red Gym). Game 8 - Depue vs. Mendota, 19:30 a.m. (Red). Game 9 (7th place) - losers 5-6, noon (White). Game 10 (consolation) - winners 5-6, 1:30 p.m. Third place - losers 7-8, noon (Red). Title - winners 7-8, 1:30 p.m. (Red) At Annawan Annawan 81, LaMoille/Ohio 44. L/O: Tudor 18, Debruhl 10. Annawan: Owen Landwehr 26, Alex Landwehr 21.

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Colmone Classic Year by year champions 1974 - Western 1975 - Western 1976 - Western 1977 - DePue 1978 - Hall 1979 - Wenona 1980 - Putnam County 1981 - Putnam County 1982 - Flanagan 1983 - Mid County 1984 - St. Bede 1985 - Seneca 1986 - St. Bede 1987 - Hall 1988 - Mid County 1989 - St. Bede 1990 - Seneca 1991 - Hall 1992 - Annawan 1993 - Fieldcrest 1994 - Seneca 1995 - Fieldcrest 1996 - Hall 1997 - Hall 1998 - Midland 1999 - Fieldcrest 2000 - Putnam County 2001 - Putnam County 2002 - Fieldcrest 2003 - Fieldcrest 2004 - Hall 2005 - Fieldcrest 2006 - Fieldcrest 2007 - Fieldcrest 2008 - Bureau Valley 2009 - Fieldcrest 2010 - Fieldcrest 2011 - Fieldcrest 2012 - Mendota 2013 - Hall 2014 - Fieldcrest

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Colmone From Page 11 with a 47-32 Hall lead.

While the Clippers got as close as 49-42 early in the fourth quarter, the Red Devils hustled out to a 25-10 advantage over the final eight minutes of play to race away to victory.

“They play to the level of competition,” Filippini said. “I told Cody (assistant coach Burroughs) I think we’re going to see the team that played against Rockridge and Kewanee. For whatever reason, we lose our focus.

Maybe it’s because we

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The Red Devils improved to 4-1 in its new gym, notching its first win in Colmone Classic play after spending the past four decades in the now torn down old Red Devil gymnasium. With a forfeit win Friday over its own JV, Hall takes a 2-1 tourney record into Saturday’s third-place game at 6:30 p.m.

“We’re playing for third place. If we play Pontiac and can beat them, that’d be a nice win on our lit-

Hall senior Chris Ballerini gets up close and personal with Amboy’s Alex Gutierez in the Colmone Classic Wednesday at Hall High School. tle tournament resume to beat a 3A team for seed.

We’ll have our work cut out for us,” Filippini said.

Hall senior Drew Pullam led all scorers with 20 points.

Jordan Hochstatter paced the Clippers with 19 points and Cole Olson had 15.

The Red Devils led by as much as 15 points in the second quarter at 24-9.

Hochstatter and Cain Powers hit back-to-back

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NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on November 25, 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 United-Rebar Empire Joint Venture located at 5656 State Route 4, PO Box 207, Steeleville, IL 62288.

Dated this 2nd day of December, 2015. /s/Kamala S. Hieronymus Bureau County Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 12, 19 and 26, 2015.

of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Executor and to the attorneys within 10 days after it has been filed.

Dated this 7th day of December, 2015.

Angel, Isaacson & Tracy Attorneys for Estate 111 Park Avenue East Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-6551 Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 12, 19 and 26, 2015.

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CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ) ARVID L. FUNDELL, ) DECEASED ) NO. 2015-P-87 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Arvid L. Fundell.

Letters of office were issued to Kathy A. Seeforth of 5959 Winkler Rd., #107A, Fort Meyers, FL 33919; Sharon F. Mindock, 606 W. Timber Ridge Dr., Peoria, IL 61615; and Shelley J. Gorenz, 1009 S. Main St., Princeton, IL 61356 as Independent Executors whose attorneys are Angel, Isaacson & Tracy, 111 Park Avenue East, Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Court, Bureau County Courthouse, 700 South Main Street, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the Independent Executor, or both, on or before June 12, 2015, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the Independent Executor is required

by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF ) THE ADOPTION OF ) TYSSAN QUENTIN ) WHITMORE, ) a Minor Male Child, ) No. 15-AD-04 NOTICE OF ADOPTION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, Notice is hereby given you, Tywan Danyell Whitmore, that the above captioned adoption action was filed July 31, 2015, and is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, Tywan Danyell Whitmore, file your Answer to the Petition for Adoption in this cause, or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the 13th Judicial Circuit, Bureau County, Illinois, held in the Bureau County Courthouse, 700 South Main St., Princeton, Illinois, on or before the 15th day of January, 2016, a default judgment may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a decree of adoption entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition for Adoption.

Dated: December 15, 2015 Mary C. Dremann Clerk of the Circuit Court Published Dec. 19 and 26, 2015 and Jan. 2, 2016.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS BUREAU COUNTY, PRINCETON, ILLINOIS ) LASALLE STATE BANK, Plaintiff, ) vs. ) HEATH TERANDO, APRIL TERANDO ) JUDY TERANDO and COLLECTION ) PROFESSIONALS, INC., ) Defendants. ) In Chancery No. 15-CH-33 Notice of Judicial Sale of Real Estate Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure entered by the court in the above entitled cause, the property hereinafter described will be sold by the Sheriff of Bureau County, Illinois at public auction to the highest bidder at 10:00 a.m. on January 20, 2016.

(A) The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Christopher Duncan, 654 First Street, LaSalle, IL 61301, phone: 815-223-8800 (B) The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 26818 1800 North Avenue, Princeton, IL 61356 (C) The legal description of the real estate is: A tract of land located in part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 4, Township 16 North, Range 10 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Bureau County, Illinois, more particularly bounded and described as follows and bearings are for the purpose of description only: Commencing at an iron rod at the Northeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 4; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 00 seconds West, along the North line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 4, a distance of 778.63 feet to an iron road at the Place of Beginning for the tract to be described; thence South 01 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds West, 431.00 feet to an iron rod; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 00 seconds West, 324.00 feet to an iron rod; thence North 01 degrees 05 minutes 00 second East, 431.00 feet to the North line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 4; thence South 89 degrees 29 minutes 00 seconds East, along the North line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 4, a distance of 324.00 feet to the Place of Beginning, subject to the right-of-way of a Public Road along the North side of the above described tract.

(D) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Two story 4 bedrooms 1.5 bathrooms 2990 square feet 3.21 acre site (E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to sale at the following times: (F) The time and place of the sale are: January 20, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the lobby of the Bureau County Courthouse, 700 South Main Street, Princeton, IL 61356 (G) The terms of the sale are: 10% to be paid in certified funds on the date of sale. Sale is subject to confirmation by the Court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser shall be entitled only to a return of monies paid. Purchaser shall have no recourse against Mortgagor, Mortgagee or Mortgagee’s attorney. Property is sold “AS IS”. Sale is subject to confirmation by the Court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser shall be entitled only to a return of monies paid. Purchaser shall have no recourse against Mortgagor, Mortgagee, or Mortgagee’s Attorney.

(H) Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable, and special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record, and is being sold “AS IS” without any representation as to the quality of title and with out recourse to the plaintiff. Title will be conveyed subject to existing tenancies, if any.

LaSalle State Bank,

By Its Attorney R. J. Lannon, Jr. Herbolsheimer, Duncan, Eiten and Hintz, P.C. Attorneys at Law State Bank Building LaSalle, IL 61301 Telephone: (815) 223-0111 Attorney No. 1576313 jlannon@hlhdr.com Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 12, 19 and 26, 2015.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER ) OF THE ADOPTION ) OF BRIUNA ) CHARESE ) CALLAWAY, ) a Minor Female Child, ) No. 15-AD-03 NOTICE OF ADOPTION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, Notice is hereby given you, Michael Keith Gooding, that the above captioned adoption action was filed July 31, 2015, and is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, Michael Keith Gooding, file your Answer to the Petition for Adoption in this cause, or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the 13th Judicial Circuit, Bureau County, Illinois, held in the Bureau County Courthouse, 700 South Main St., Princeton, Illinois, on or before the 15th day of January, 2016, a default judgment may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a decree of adoption entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition for Adoption.

Dated: December 15, 2015 Mary C. Dremann Clerk of the Circuit Court Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 19 and 26, 2015 and Jan. 2, 2016.

of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/8-1) to contest the validity of the will by filing a petition with the court within 6 months after admission of the will to probate.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court, Bureau County Court House, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the representative or both, on or before June 18, 2016, and any claim not filed on or before said date is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

Dated this 8th day of December, A. D. 2015.

Jacob J. Frost Attorney for Estate 102 East St. Paul Street Spring Valley, IL 61362 Tele: 815-323-4851 Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 12, 19 and 26, 2015.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS EUREKA SAVINGS BANK, a corporation ) organized and doing business existing under ) and by virtue of the Illinois Savings Bank Act, ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) MARGARET ROSALES & ) DANIEL J. HOFFERT, ) and Unknown Owners and Non-Record ) Claimants, ) Defendants. ) No. 15 CH 65 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION NOTICE is hereby given to UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS of the Complaint for Foreclosure filed in the above entitled case on September 25, 2015 and that they are named Defendants in the above entitled case, and that the above entitled mortgage foreclosure suit is now pending in said Court and the day on or after which a default may be entered against said Defendant is January 18, 2016, and that the following information applies to said foreclosure proceeding: 1. The name of the Plaintiff and the case number are identified above.

2. The Court in which said action is brought is identified above.

3. The name of the title holder of record is: Margaret Rosales and Daniel J. Hoffert.

4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: The North Forty-eight (48) feet of Lot One Hundred Thirty-Four (134) in Banschabach’s Third Subdivision to the Village of DePue, in the County of Bureau and State of Illinois, excepting, however, all coal, fireclay and minerals underlying the above described property, together with the right to mine and remove and make underground passageways through same.

PIN: 17-35-357-003 5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 209 Tinley Avenue, DePue, IL 61322 6. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Name of mortgagor: Margaret Rosales and Daniel J. Hoffert Name of mortgagee: EUREKA SAVINGS BANK Date of mortgage: August 22, 2002 Date of recording: August 23, 2002 County where recorded: BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS Recording document identification: 025850 MARY C. DREMANN, Clerk of the Circuit Court Attorney for Plaintiff: TODD L. MARTIN, Attorney at Law 812 Washington Street P. O. Box 177 Mendota, IL 61342 Phone: (815) 539-3711 Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 19 and 26, 2015 and Jan. 2, 2016.

Beginning for the tract to be described; thence South 01 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds West, 431.00 feet to an iron rod; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 00 seconds West, 324.00 feet to an iron rod; thence North 01 degrees 05 minutes 00 second East, 431.00 feet to the North line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 4; thence South 89 degrees 29 minutes 00 seconds East, along the North line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 4, a distance of 324.00 feet to the Place of Beginning, subject to the right-of-way of a Public Road along the North side of the above described tract.

(D) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Two story 4 bedrooms 1.5 bathrooms 2990 square feet 3.21 acre site (E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to sale at the following times: (F) The time and place of the sale are: January 20, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the lobby of the Bureau County Courthouse, 700 South Main Street, Princeton, IL 61356 (G) The terms of the sale are: 10% to be paid in certified funds on the date of sale. Sale is subject to confirmation by the Court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser shall be entitled only to a return of monies paid. Purchaser shall have no recourse against Mortgagor, Mortgagee or Mortgagee’s attorney. Property is sold “AS IS”. Sale is subject to confirmation by the Court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser shall be entitled only to a return of monies paid. Purchaser shall have no recourse against Mortgagor, Mortgagee, or Mortgagee’s Attorney.

(H) Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable, and special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record, and is being sold “AS IS” without any representation as to the quality of title and with out recourse to the plaintiff. Title will be conveyed subject to existing tenancies, if any.

LaSalle State Bank,

By Its Attorney R. J. Lannon, Jr. Herbolsheimer, Duncan, Eiten and Hintz, P.C. Attorneys at Law State Bank Building LaSalle, IL 61301 Telephone: (815) 223-0111 Attorney No. 1576313 jlannon@hlhdr.com Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 12, 19 and 26, 2015.

NORTHWESTERLY AT AN ANGLE OF 190° MEASURER CLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE 182 FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY AT AN ANGLE OF 156° MEASURED COUNTER-CLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE 311.6 FEET, THENCE WESTERLY AT AN ANGLE OF 149°30` MEASURED CLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE 55 FEET TO THE EAST BANK OF BUREAU CREEK, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE EAST BANK OF BUREAU CREEK AT AN ANGLE OF 90° MEASURED CLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE 263 FEET; THENCE SOUTH-WESTERLY AT AN ANGLE OF 193°10` MEASURED CLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE 102 FEET, THENCE SOUTHERLY AT AN ANGLE OF 136°50` MEASURED CLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE 51 FEET, THENCE EASTERLY AT AN ANGLE OF 97° MEASURED CLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE 544 FEET, THENCE EASTERLY AT AN ANGLE OF 164° MEASURED COUNTER-CLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE 115.9 FEET TO THE ENTERLINE OF COUNTY HIGHWAY NO. 9; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE 28.5 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AND CONTAINING 2.52 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. Commonly known as 18286 West Backbone Road, Princeton, IL 61356.

P.I.N. 16-06-300-010.

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 Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455.

W15-1190 I678576 Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 12, 19 and 26, 2015.

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ) GLADYS G. MC ) KENZIE, ) DECEASED. ) NO. 2015-P-86 CLAIM NOTICE AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS AND HEIRS AND LEGATEES Notice is hereby given of the death of Gladys G. McKenzie.

Letters of Office were issued on December 4,2015, to Heartland Bank and Trust Company, 606 South Main Street, Princeton, IL 61356, whose attorney is Jacob J. Frost, 102 East St. Paul Street, Spring Valley, Illinois 61362.

Notice is given to UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW of Gladys G. McKenzie, heirs or legatees who are named in a petition filed in the above proceeding to probate a will and whose names or addresses are not stated in the petition, that an order was entered by the court on December 4, 2015, admitting the will to probate. Within 42 days after the effective date of the original order of admission you may file a petition with the court to require proof of the will by testimony of the witnesses to the will in open court or other evidence, as provided by Section 8-1

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ) GERTRUDE E. ) ZALESKI, ) Deceased ) NO. 15-P-85 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Gertrude E. Zaleski, Letters of Office were issued on December 1, 2015, to Robert Woyner, 3003 Glenview Road, Glenview, Illinois 60025 as Independent Executor, whose attorneys are Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Bureau County Courthouse, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the representative, or both, on or before Wednesday, June 08, 2016, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed by that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk are to be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 2nd day of December, 2015. s/ Mary C. Dremann Bureau County Circuit Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 5, 12 and 19, 2015.

NOTICE The 2015 Financial Report-Audit has been completed and has been posted in the Seatonville Village Hall since December 14, 2015. It will remain posted through January 15, 2016, but may be viewed any time upon request.

Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 19, 2015.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS BUREAU COUNTY, PRINCETON, ILLINOIS LASALLE STATE BANK, ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) HEATH TERANDO, APRIL TERANDO ) JUDY TERANDO and COLLECTION ) PROFESSIONALS, INC., ) Defendants. ) In Chancery No. 15-CH-33 Notice of Judicial Sale of Real Estate Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure entered by the court in the above entitled cause, the property hereinafter described will be sold by the Sheriff of Bureau County, Illinois at public auction to the highest bidder at 10:00 a.m. on January 20, 2016.

(A) The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Christopher Duncan, 654 First Street, LaSalle, IL 61301, phone: 815-223-8800 (B) The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 26818 1800 North Avenue, Princeton, IL 61356 (C) The legal description of the real estate is: A tract of land located in part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 4, Township 16 North, Range 10 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Bureau County, Illinois, more particularly bounded and described as follows and bearings are for the purpose of description only: Commencing at an iron rod at the Northeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 4; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 00 seconds West, along the North line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 4, a distance of 778.63 feet to an iron road at the Place of

W15-1190 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF BUREAU PRINCETON, ILLINOIS PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC; ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ) WAYNE MOWERS; BMO HARRIS BANK ) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA HARRIS ) N.A.; ESTATE OF WAYNE E. MOWERS; ) DEBBIE MOWERS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ) AS INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE ) ESTATE OF WAYNE MOWERS; UNKNOWN ) OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; ) Defendants, ) 15 CH 48 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 61356, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: A PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 6; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 6 - 1591.2 FEET TO THE CENTER OF COUNTY HIGHWAY NO. 9; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID HIGHWAY CENTERLINE 1008 FEET TO A POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE WESTERLY AT AN ANGLE OF 61°21` MEASURED COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM THE CENTERLINE OF SAID HIGHWAY 110 FEET, THENCE

Visit us at www.bcrnews.com W15-1190 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF BUREAU PRINCETON, ILLINOIS PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC; ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ) WAYNE MOWERS; BMO HARRIS BANK ) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA HARRIS ) N.A.; ESTATE OF WAYNE E. MOWERS; ) DEBBIE MOWERS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ) INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE ) ESTATE OF WAYNE MOWERS; UNKNOWN ) OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; ) Defendants, ) 15 CH 48 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 61356, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 18286 West Backbone Road, Princeton, IL 61356.

P.I.N. 16-06-300-010.

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 Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455. W15-1190 I678576 Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 12, 19 and 26, 2015.

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