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Editor’s note: This is the first story in a series on new laws to be aware of in 2015.

With a new year, comes new laws for 2015.

Of the hundreds of new laws going into effect on Jan. 1, several have to do with crime, courts, corrections and law enforcement. Various topics include ticket quotas, bulletproof vests, drones, extending probation, defendant costs and more.

Princeton Police Chief Tom Root recently sat down to talk about a couple of these new laws, which could bring changes to law enforcement around the state.

Beginning Jan. 1, law enforcement will no longer be able to implement a ticket quota system.

Root explained this law pertains to police administrators who may have implemented some kind of interdepartmental policy that required policemen to write so many tickets per officer.

While many may have heard of this system, Root said in his 30-plus years in law enforcement, he has never seen a ticket quota system happening around this area.

“There was a rumor that the state police had a quota system years back, but that was never validated,” he said.

“Some police administrators or leaderships, if they are on a certain shift, they may suggest a limited amount of stops or tickets, but that certainly is not in Princeton. We have never done that.”

Another new law that will go into effect is the “sign and drive” law, which prohibits the taking of a driver’s license as bail following a traffic law or ordinance violation. Instead, those in violation will instead have to give a signature.

Illinois is only one of six states which currently takes a driver’s license for a minor traffic offense.

Root confirmed the Illinois Secretary of State and Illinois legislators had a lot to do with this new law.

“When you sign the ticket, you’re promising you are going to show up on

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The petition filing period for the April 7, 2015, consolidated election ended on Monday, Dec. 22. Below is a list of candidates who filed for a seat on one of the 13 school boards around the county.

Ohio Grade School There were four seats available on the board. Three filed for a seat. They include Brenda L. Reuter, Rachael Ann Fitzpatrick and Donald Reuter.

Malden Grade School There were four seats open on the Malden Grade School Board, and two candidates filed petitions. Those who filed include Roger Ugasco and Jeremey Jay Mount.

Cherry Grade School There were three director seats available. Richard Keeney, Rebecca Hoscheid and Frank Pullam filed for those seats.

Ladd Grade School At Ladd Grade School, the school board had three, four-year seats and one, two-year unexpired seat open.

Those who filed include Dennis L. Galetti, Mark J. Mosbach and Joseph R. Coutts.

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Trimming (next year’s) tree ...

Diane Sicora of Peru checks out the remaining Hallmark ornaments at Brandy’s Hallmark in Princeton. Sicora said she travels to Princeton every year to check out the after-Christmas sales. On Friday, area shoppers were able to find some great after-the-holiday specials.

There were three open seats on the school board. Jason Casford, John Kusek and Trisha Bogatitus filed for the seats.

Dalzell Grade School There were two seats open on the Dalzell Grade School Board. Thomas

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Looking back on 2014 Compiled by Donna Barker news@bcrnews.com

Editor’s note: This is the first story from an ongoing series highlighting the happenings of 2014.

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battle its way through snowstorm after snowstorm. Not only did the county have a lot of snow in December, it also experienced a lot of ice and a lot of high winds, making it a tougher December than usual, according to Bureau County Highway Engineer John Gross.

Week 2: Bureau County was pretty much closed down by yet another winter storm that dumped more than 6 inches of fresh snow. The storm was made worse by accompanying subzero temperatures and high winds, resulting in wind factors

making it feel like minus 40 degrees. Two Amtrak trains got stuck for several hours in snow-covered tracks near Arlington.

Week 3: A high-pressured natural gas line leak forced Ladd Fire Department to shut down a portion of Route 89 and evacuate a residence and about 30 employees from Tee Group Films factory after a village employee reported smelling gas at the wastewater treatment plant. Officials determined there was a leak in a main line, located in a field just north of the village. The evacuation lasted several hours.

Week 4: Spring Valley Mayor Walt Marini said 2014 is shaping up to be a productive year for Spring Valley, with a growing relationship with its Italian sister city and with a new wastewater treatment plant project. He has 14 goals for the year, with his eye already on the top five, Marini said.

Week 5: Winter isn’t giving Bureau County a break, as another snowstorm and continuing frigid temperatures

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Area retailers talk about 2014 ‘We’ve been very well supported’

By Zita Henneberry zhenneberry@bcrnews.com

Editor’s note: This is the first story in a series focusing on 2014 and the area businesses.

Local business owners and workers found 2014 to be a successful year.

“We’ve been very well supported by our hometown as well as our school district, our churches, and our local business; we couldn’t have done it without Walnut,” said Sharon Smith, owner of Walnut House Gardens and Greens.

Having opened the doors Dec. 2, 2013, Smith said the business surpassed its projected numbers and will continue to grow. Smith said the business has come a long way in the past year.

“Now we’re gardens and greens; we’re a full service florist. We have two, full-service floral coolers in the shop. You can walk in and walk out with a flower arrangement, a wrap. You can send flowers anywhere in the nation, actually internationally with Teleflora. We take credit

cards; we have a website; we have over 500 followers on Facebook,” Smith explained, the last owner had none of this.

Smith said the business will continue to grow. She plans to continue to target a younger and wider ranged area demographic. People are beginning to recognize their brand and logo, and that in itself has been a great success, said Smith. She greatly appreciates the support given to Walnut House throughout the area.

Princeton’s Tanks owner Chad Miller said he had a pretty good year. Although the year has had its ups and downs, said Miller, he feels it has gone well.

This time of the year, said Miller, the pet shop business really picks up.

Around Christmas and around the first of the year, people are able to direct their money toward their pets.

“We’re always moving forward,” said Miller.

The business was closed recently but has picked up and had its first full year “on the ground.”

The business will continue to grow as it is constantly evolving, he said.

Miller appreciates Princeton’s support, thanking the area for

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Princeton has also seen recent business developments.

Retail worker and furniture painter Mary Butler said their new store Gatherings opened about five weeks ago.

The new up and coming establishment is still a slightly well kept Princeton secret, said Butler, not a lot of people know about us yet.

Retail worker Yvonne Morman said the plans for the 2015 year mostly involve continuing to stock and manage their two establishments.

The year went “very well,” said Morman.

The store was slightly affected by the recent recession; shoppers just weren’t out as much, said Morman. However, things have picked up.

Morman believes with the gas prices down, people are out and about more in the area.

Unlike Amma’s, Valley Photo in Spring Valley said they were not affected by the recession. Owner Michael Campbell said they have seen a good year, saying things went “very well.”

Campbell said his business plans are to move forward just as they did in 2014.

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Auction calendar Jan. 1-3 — New Years Holiday Estate Auction, Victorian furniture, antique rugs, spool cabinets, lamps, clocks, statues, artwork, pottery, fine glassware, costume jewelry, automobiles, toys, cast iron, firearms, duck decoys, coins, knives, military items, 10 a.m., 1635 N. Main St. (Tumbleson Auction Center), Princeton, Tumbleson Auction Co., auctioneers.

Jan. 20 — Leonard & Anita Petitjean, farmland, 10:30 a.m., sale held at 2209 N. Main St. (Wise Guys Banquet Room), Princeton, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

Jan. 24 — Estate Farmland Auction, Myrle W. Plotner Estate, 318 Acres More Or Less Stark County, 10 a.m., Bradford Legion Hall located one mile west of Bradford on Route 93, Tumbleson Auction Co., auctioneers.

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Grades for the grade schools ‘Tis the season for returning Dalzell and Malden get their report cards

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Editor’s note: This is another story in an ongoing series about area schools and the Illinois Report Card they received.

Malden Consolidated Community School District 84 Malden Grade School is a small school with a total enrollment of 88 students.

The average class size in Malden is only nine students, with 49 percent of the school considered to be low income.

Malden’s percentage of students who met or exceeded the ISAT standards has increased dramatically since 2013. The 2014 report card showed Malden with 57 percent of its students meeting the standards, improved from 44 percent in 2013. While the score has improved, Malden had a slightly lower percentage meeting the standards than in the state. In Illinois, 59 percent of students met or exceeded the ISAT standards.

At Malden Grade School, 30 percent of the teachers have earned their master’s degree. This compares to the state’s 58.2 percent mentioned previously.

Teachers in the Malden school district earned an

New laws From Page 1 that court date or do whatever the ticket requires you to do,” Root said.

In talking about the new law, which Root said he agrees with, it will hopefully clear up a lot of issues with driver’s licenses getting misplaced through the system. Root explained many times when a driver’s licenses was taken, there were times when it would be misplaced while going from officers to departments to records division and to the court.

“It created some prob-

The 2014 report card showed that in a school with a total of 57 students, Dalzell Grade School has an average class size of seven students. That is one-third the size of the average class size in the state (21 students).

Dalzell had 65 percent of its students meet or exceed the state set standards on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT), a significant improvement since the 2013 scores, which showed the school at 57 percent.

While Dalzell beat the state’s ISAT score, teachers at Dalzell Grade School earned an average salary which is about half of the average teacher’s salary in Illinois. Dalzell teachers earned on average

$29,995, while in the state, teachers earn an average annual salary of $62,435.

While Dalzell school’s average teacher salary has increased since 2013, both in the state and at Dalzell, the salaries have decreased overall in recent years.

Dalzell teachers also have a lower percentage of teachers with their master’s degree than the state.

In Dalzell, 24.7 percent of the teachers have received their master’s degree, while 58.2 percent of teachers in the state have.

The percentage of Dalzell teachers with their master’s degree has dropped by 12.6 percentage points since 2013.

The instructional and operational spending at Dalzell is also less than the average spent in the state.

The instructional spending in Dalzell, the amount spent on the instruction of students, is about $6,636.

In the state, the average spent is $7,094.

The operational spending per pupil includes all costs of overall operations, including the instructional spending. The operational spending in the state is $12,045, while it is $11,219 in Dalzell.

The report card low income report provides the percentage of students at the school eligible for free or reduced lunch, live in substitute care, or whose families receive public aid.

Dalzell has a low income rate of 36.8 percent.

Administrators of the Dalzell School District earn an average salary of $41,725. In the state, school administrators earned an average salary $101,096.

Both in the state and at Dalzell grade school, these averages have seen significant fluctuations in recent years.

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lems for people, and that’s how this law all came about. But a lot of it also had to do with taking away a personal identification,” he said, adding that if people go anywhere and a personal ID is required, in most occasions they need their driver’s license.

“I would be reluctant to hand over my driver’s license, especially if I was going out of state somewhere and then having to try to worry about getting it back. Now all you will need is that signature,” he said.

Another new law coming in 2015 will allow law enforcement to use a

drone without a search warrant during a disaster or public health emergency, such as a flood, tornado or earthquake. It will not require an official declaration of a disaster or public emergency prior to use.

While this could be useful for police enforcement looking to use drones, Root confirmed this is not going to be one that impacts the Princeton Police Department — or Bureau County, for that matter.

“There are some sheriff’s departments and state agencies that do have drones and plan on using them in emergencies, but I don’t think we are going to

average salary of $31,839.

A small drop since 2013 when the average was $32,570, but a significant drop since 2012 when it was $41,574.

The report card shows the overall spending per student to fall beneath the average spent in the state also mentioned previously.

The instructional spending in Malden’s school district is $7,084, while the operational spending is $11,231.

Administrators of the Malden school district earned an average salary of $93,150. Although less than the state average, it has increased significantly since 2012 when the average salary was $79,828.

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To make the effort as easy as possible, consumers should be aware of store return policies.

“Some retailers have changed their policies and these may not necessarily be to the benefit of the consumer,” explained Steve J. Bernas, president/ CEO of the Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois.

“Shortening the amount of time for returns and making specific requirements for different types of merchandise are all store issues that consumers need to be aware of. Returns of electronics and appliances are most impacted by these requirements.”

Bernas noted that consumers who were used to having as many as 45 days to return their unwanted gifts now have in some case 30 days or as few as nine days. He also urged consumers to remember that returns are a customer service and are not required by law unless the merchandise is defective.

Consumers need to take extra care in understanding the return policies of the stores where they shop, and should not rely only on what they may be told by a sales clerk. They should look for and read the store’s written policy, which by law must be displayed.

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Hall High School

Bender was the only one to file for the seat.

There will be a contested race for the four open seats on the Hall High School Board. Five candidates filed for the seats including Holly Devert Flanagan, Michael Morris, Joe Bezely, Paul Quinn and John “Jack” Boroski.

Princeton Elementary School There were three seats available on the school board, and all three incumbents filed for the seats. Those include Stephen N. Bouslog, J.P. Aley and Mark Frank.

Princeton High School There will be a contested race for the three open seats on the Princeton High School Board. Five candidates filed petitions to fill the seats including Stephanie A. VanOrdstrand, Eldon Entwhistle, Gary Coates, Alvin Taylor see Bureau County jumping on board with that any time soon,” he said. “There are so many privacy issues with drones, and they’re still trying to work all them out. Also, a drone itself is a safety issue if it crashes somewhere and can cause a lot of problems and damage. But the biggest thing is the cost of a drone; they are very expensive.”

Other laws related to law enforcement include:

Bulletproof vests

Requires law enforcement agencies to provide vests for officers. It outlines requirements that the law enforcement

Ohio High School There were three, fouryear seats and one, twoyear unexpired seat open on the school board.

Three candidates filed for positions including Harold D. Albrecht, Chad Deery and Mindy Ringenberg.

DePue Unit School There will be a contested race in DePue. Five candidates filed for the four open seats on the school board. Candidates who filed include Juan J. Ruiz, agency, the state and local governments must pursue to provide funding for the costs of these vests.

Victim registry confidentiality Prohibits the Prisoner Review Board from releasing the name or address of a victim to anyone other than law enforcement.

The law also prohibits the attorney general’s office from releasing the personal information of any person or entity registered to receive a victim’s information or notifications to anyone other than state or

LaMoille Unit School In LaMoille, there was four, four-year seats and one, two-year unexpired term open on the school board. Those who filed petitions include Mary Taylor, Jeff Pinter, Kevin Hildebrand, Kevin J. Anderson and Nicholas Pinter.

Bureau Valley Unit School Three district seats on the Bureau Valley School Board were up for grabs in this filing period — Districts 1, 3 and 6. The three incumbents who currently fill those seats were the only candidates to file.

They are Kent Siltman, Donald King and Matt Wiggim. local officials.

‘Skype’ search warrants Allows for electronic search warrants that utilize simultaneous audio and video transmission between the person requesting the search warrant and the judge. The chief judge or presiding judge in the issuing jurisdiction is to determine standards and best practices policies for filing and retaining the transmissions.

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blanket the area, making for “terrible and hazardous” traveling conditions, according to Bureau County Sheriff John Thompson. The county easily has 50 or 60 vehicles in ditches from the most recent storm, with its freezing precipitation on the road and whiteout conditions, the sheriff said.

More than 230 students at Ladd Grade School were evacuated to the Ladd Fire Station for four hours after a burning or gas leak smell was detected at the school. Firefighters determined the smell came from a rooftop heating unit.

February Week 1: Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton announced it will close its Perry Home Medical Supply Store, located on the first floor of the hospital’s medical office building. As an organization, the hospital is committed to continuing its focus on quality patient care and customer service, and must also assure the hospital can remain financially viable in a constantly changing and very turbulent environment, PMH CEO/President Rex Conger said.

Week 2: The long wait is over for the Bureau Fire Protection District. A grant awarded to the district in 2009, to help fund a construction project to house fire trucks at the former Leepertown Grade School, has finally arrived.

Fire Chief Tim Shipp announced the $215,000 check was received at the end of January. Plans to start construction on the project will begin this April or May. With only a handful of members remaining, the Bureau County Pork Producers make the decision to disband. The group was the creator of the local Pork Day event which eventually turned into the Homestead Festival/Pork Days. Other groups will take over the grilling of pork chops for the annual Homestead Festival each September.

Week 3: Several area schools seek “Act of God” attendance waivers from the Illinois State Superintendent of Education after the schools exceeded the five emergency days built into their school calendars because of the winter’s snowy and frigid temperatures.

Week 4: DePue High School seniors start a petition to move their graduation date from a Sunday event back to the traditional Friday evening ceremony. The school board moved the date from the usual Friday to Sunday to avoid a conflict with the state track meet, which takes place that same week. However, students state a Sunday graduation will cut into time to celebrate with family and friends during the week-

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The Bureau County area saw the temperatures drop below zero on multiple occasions during the 2014 winter. end and will be a conflict with church events taking place that Sunday.

The Bureau County Historical Society received the title to the former Matson Public Library building as a gift from Robert Sash of the Tiskilwa area and Chicago. The building was given by Sash in memory of his grandparents, Francis and Lucille Stalter and Paul and Ethyl Sash.

March Week 1: A hearing will be held in Springfield to determine what happens with 13 beagle dogs and seven horses in eastern Bureau County. First Assistant State’s Attorney Tony Sciuto said this week’s hearing will be heard by members of the Illinois Department of Agriculture, where a judge will determine if the animals will be forfeited from the care of their owner, Dan Labounty of rural Arlington.

Sheffield residents exercised their right to petition grievances at the Sheffield Village Board meeting as they sought a remedy to water supply problems. At issue are frozen pipes that are apparently preventing water flow to at least four Sheffield houses. Members of the group petitioned village leaders to look into ways to free up the water pipes.

Week 2: A judge with the Illinois Department of Agriculture ruled dogs and horses taken from a rural Arlington property are to be kept impounded by the county of Bureau.

Dan Labounty, owner of the animals, has 30 days to appeal the judge’s decision.

Week 3: Twenty-one Republican absentee ballots, not yet returned, for Bureau County’s primary election could impact the unofficial outcome in the sheriff’s race. Republican candidate Allan Beaber ended the night ahead of opponent Jim Shipp by 18 votes. Republican candidate Courtney Yates-Mabry beat Derek Whited by a 2,287 to 1,222 vote for the Republican Party’s nomination for county treasurer.

Week 4: Illinois Alliance For Arts Educa-

tion Awards for 2014 are awarded to a Princeton couple and to the Princeton Public Library. Keith and Julia Cain of Princeton were given an award for Outstanding Service to the Arts in the Business and Industry Division.

The Princeton Public Library received its award in the division of Public and Community Service.

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Bureau County drivers encounter snow- and ice-covered roads one morning in January 2014.

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WALNUT — Mary G. Halley, 96, formerly of Van Orin, died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014, at Walnut Manor Nursing Home in Walnut.

Mary was born Feb. 20, 1918, in Orangeburg, S.C., the daughter of Sam and Emma (Gaston) Clifton. She was united in marriage to Walter Fogle.

Then she was united in marriage to Donald Williams. She was united in marriage to Ernest Halley.

All three husbands preceded her in death.

Mary worked for Hornsby’s in Princeton for a number of years. She was a member of Van Orin Gospel Church. Mary enjoyed dancing and life in general with her family and friends. She was a true southern belle born and raised in the south.

She is survived by five sons, Walter Fogle of Los Angeles, Calif., David (Lynn) Fogle of Van Orin, Mark Williams of LaSalle, James (Bonnie) Williams of Belvedere and Paul Williams of Van Orin; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Bessie Clifton of Orangeburg, S.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her three husbands, her parents, one brother and five sisters.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 29, at the Bache Chapel in Van Orin with the Rev. Jeffery S. Patrick Sr., pastor of the Van Orin Gospel Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Van Orin Repose Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 29, at the Bache Chapel.

A memorial has been established to the LaMoille Ambulance Service and Walnut Manor Nursing Home.

The Garland Funeral Home of Walnut is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be sent to www.garlandfuneralhome.com.

MANLIUS — The Bureau Valley School District held a truth-in-taxation hearing at 7 p.m. Dec. 16 in the district office in Manlius for the purpose of reviewing the 2014 tentative levy for the school district. The 2014 levy was presented.

The Bureau Valley School Board of Education met in regular session immediately following the truth-in-taxation hearing in the district office in Manlius.

Superintendent Steve Endress recognized several people: He thanked Janis McDonald, BVN secretary, for helping to secure a $1,200 Wal-Mart grant for BVN teachers. He congratulated BVHS track/cross country coach Dale Donner for being inducted into the Illinois Track/CC Coaches Hall of Fame. Endress also congratulated BVN boys’ basketball coach Ken Wilcoxen for coaching his thousandth game. Endress thanked Don DeWaele for his help over a weekend helping with the heating situation at BVN. Attig Repair and EBE Manufacturing donated materials for that project. The BVN seventh-grade boys were congratulated for being conference champs. The BVN eighth-grade boys placed second in the conference. The BVS eighth-grade boys had an undefeated season and were conference champs.

Assistant Superintendent Gavin Sronce presented information about the CrisisGo product which is a comprehensive tool to use in a crisis situation. The product includes an alert feature, access to emergency plans/ routes and access to student contact information. The board directed Sronce to move ahead with the purchase of this product.

BVHS Athletic Director Jeff Ohlson spoke regarding possible changes to the Three River’s Conference.

At the December conference principal’s meeting, a sub-committee was established to come up with some new options for realignment. The board expressed interest in speaking with other conferences.

Entec Services presented some information on repairs to the boiler at BVN. The repairs presented are only an estimate as when the actual work takes place, more repairs may be necessary due to extensive corrosion. Board members agreed that repairs are needed in the near future. After the facilities study is complete, the board will look at long-term options for the heating at BVN. In board action, the following was approved: • Regular meeting minutes of Nov. 25.

• Activity account reports.

• Monthly financial and treasurer’s reports.

• Bureau Valley #340 bills and payroll.

• Bureau County Cooperative Alternative School & Behavior Disorder program bills, payroll and financial reports.

• Let transportation fuel bids.

• Renewal of Ag Boosters’ lease agreement.

• The 2014 tax levy.

• Bradford intergovernmental agreement.

After closed session, the board: • Approved and retained the closed session meeting minutes of Nov. 25.

• Accepted resignation of Karen Renner as BVHS cafeteria site manager.

• Approved employment of Brenda Monier and Becky Dye as BVN co-sponsors of Literary Club.

• Approved employment of Danielle Allison and Adam Klingenberg as substitute bus drivers.

The next regular meeting of the Bureau Valley Board of Education will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 27.

OHIO — The Ohio High School Board of Education met in regular session on Dec. 15 with the following action taken or discussed: • Approved the agenda, minutes of the Nov. 24 meeting, November treasurer’s report and bills and payroll.

• Parent and para-professional Linda Beattie shared her disagreement with the current fundraiser which allows students to pay a dollar for the privilege of wearing a hat on Wednesdays during December. Superintendent Sharon Sweger explain to the board proceeds from this event go to buying toys for low-income families, the Santa’s Elves project. Board president Robert Albrecht asked Beattie to suggest an alternative for the fundraiser.

• Approved the final levy as presented.

Superintendent Sharon Sweger reported: • Enrollment in the high school is 37.

• Sweger wrote a small grant from the Illinois Energy Now Program. On Dec. 2, a walk through of the facility was conducted by Sweger and an auditor from the program with a focus on energy-saving solutions including motion sensor light switches, aerators for the sinks and lighting that has not been changed over to LED in our last project. The Now Program is sending the school approximately 60 free items to install which should help the district’s usage. Classroom lights will work on motion sensors and turn off when no one is in the room. They are also sending aerators for the sinks. Sweger attended the Smart Energy Design Assistance Center (SEDAC) Conference, which was a one-day event in Springfield.

This organization is run with the fee everyone has on their utility bills. They are going to provide a free full audit of the school and bus barn, which will look at all aspects of energy consumption such as the boiler, steam traps, water heater, closet lights and exterior lights. After the audit, they will recommend improvements and said they will give the school a rebate for a portion of the products that are upgraded. Sweger also received an additional 15 percent rebate for future projects by going to the conference. The school is not under any obligation to do any of the recommended projects. The window bid has gone out to the vendors. Bids will open at 11 a.m. Jan. 6.

• The school has purchased a total of 12 laptop computers which will be used with the Title I students.

• Sweger thanked Quentech for donating 12 sets of headphones.

• Sweger has been working with a contract from her job in Danville and has secured a $15,000 colored LED electronic sign for $5,000. The sign is one sided, but it includes the computer program to run the messages and graphics. It is a demo sign but has very few hours on it.

Details as to placement will be discussed.

Principal Jason Wilt reported: • Christmas concert and art show was held at 7 p.m.

Dec. 3 in the gym.

• Homecoming will be the week of Jan. 12. The game will be on Jan. 13. The dance will be on Jan. 17.

• Semester exams started on Dec. 17 all day and continued to Dec. 19. Exams will be finished by 11:10 a.m. on Friday and then the students will participate in student council activities until school dismissal at 2 p.m.

The board convened into executive session at 8:03 p.m. and reconvened into regular session at 8:26 p.m.

The board approved to grant students an 8 a.m. to noon class schedule for second semester, with the addition of an online childcare course. This action is not intended to set precedence, but is a one time case.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:32 p.m. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 26.

Bernard Friel HENNEPIN — Bernard D. “Bud” Friel, 76, of Hennepin passed away Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014, at his brother’s home in Tiskilwa.

He was born Nov. 9, 1938, in Lee County to Donald Sr. and Dorothy (Oester) Friel.

He was a mason/bricklayer. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in the Korea era.

He is survived by eight brothers, Delmar Friel of Princeton, Donald (Sandra) Friel Jr. of Tiskilwa, Gerald Friel of Tiskilwa, Richard Friel of Pontiac, Robert (Susan) Friel of Tiskilwa, John Friel of Hennepin, David Friel of Tiskilwa and Stephan Friel of Princeton; seven sisters, Betty Potts of Dixon, Margarite Kuchenbecker of Frankfort, Rosie Woodyatt of Albany, Karen (Jerry) O’Neill of Tiskilwa, Jeanne Kunde of Dixon, Barbara (Jay) Perry of Tiskilwa and Carolyn Montavan of Dixon; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Kathleen Moats.

Funeral services will be at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28, in the Helmer-Shields Funeral Home in Granville. Burial will be at a later date.

Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28, in the funeral home with full military honors performed by the Hennepin and Granville American Legion posts and the Granville V.F.W., and flag-folding by the U.S. Army.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family.

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35 days ...

I attended a funeral on Monday. Deb Reinbeck of Sheffield passed away after a brief illness. She was 45.

Deb left behind a host of family and friends, including her three daughters — Samantha, Brooke and Sadie. Her stepmom, Mona Cruse, is a co-worker and dear friend of mine.

I only knew Deb on a casual basis — you know, one of those folks you say hi to as you carry on about your business. I do know Deb loved life, was a lot of fun, and her quick wit inspired and touched many people. I wish I had known her better. From all the comments made at her funeral, I believe she was a neat lady and had a kind heart.

As I stood in the back of the room during Deb’s funeral, I couldn’t help but think of a woman who had passed away at such an early age — only 45 years old.

Also, I couldn’t help but think of the day Terri Simon when Mona told me Deb’s diagnosis — only 35 days before she succumbed to her illness and passed away. That’s right. It was only 35 days from diagnosis to her death. I couldn’t fathom the whirlwind her family has suffered in one short month.

I don’t mind telling you the thought of 35 days has played heavy on my heart — 35 days, my friends. Only 35 days! The idea of 35 days has slapped me in the face many times, since I attended that funeral.

Why it was just 35 days ago I was attempting to plan a Thanksgiving dinner. It was just 35 days ago I was making list after list to try and get ahead of the Christmas chaos. It was just 35 days ago — about a month — when I was finishing up the final stories for our upcoming Illinois Valley Living magazine. Only 35 days ... going from what appeared to be a healthy woman to one’s last breath. As they say ... seemingly “in the blink of an eye.”

As I attempt to sort out my feelings and try to make sense of why such a young, vibrant woman was taken from her friends and family at such an early age, I am left with the hollow reality of those 35 days. What the heck! What a lesson ... a lesson I believe we all must embrace.

As I move into the new year and attempt to make a few decisions to positively impact my life in 2015, I’ve decided I need to keep Deb in mind as I journey forward in my life. I need to remember that life has a way of throwing us curveballs — some that are minor and petty in nature, while others are fast and massive ... and last only 35 days.

What if we lived our lives with the concept of only having 35 days left? I have to believe we would be kinder, more understanding, more appreciative. We’d take the time to tell those we love how much they mean to us. We’d dig down deep and utter those feelings that tend to get lost in our day-to-day chaos.

If I knew I only had 35 days ... I’d focus on the people who mean so much to me. I’d quickly understand that each day is a gift — not a right bestowed upon us. I’d call family/friends who I hadn’t spoken to in a while, and I’d remind them why I love them and why I’ve cherished them all these years. I’d also make a few calls to those I’ve wronged along the way. I’d apologize for my shortcomings, and I’d ask to be forgiven. Likewise, I’d attempt to forgive those who have wronged me. And rather than rewinding the past over and over again ... well, I’d look at the next 35 days as the most important of my life.

We’re turning the page on the calendar, and the overwhelming thought that tugs on my heart is that I’d like to live this year with the number 35 tucked safely away in my head/heart. I want to live this year and do all the things that I would do if there were only 35 days left. I want to be kinder, more generous with my time, my money and my heart. I want to do this in honor of Deb Reinbeck, who reminded me how precious life really is ...

Happy New Year, my friends.

First Amendment “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

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My way to be a farmer

By Willis Anderson Special to the BCR

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series from area farmer Willis Anderson of Tiskilwa.

I was born to Henry and Ida Marie Anderson on Dec. 4, 1919, at our family home in Wheatland Township in Bureau County with the assistance of a doctor’s attendant who traveled to our home by horse and buggy from Whitefield. I had two sisters and a brother.

As a child, my playground was a grove of maple trees where I used a worn out shovel from a one-row cultivator to make roads to run my toy Avery tractor. We also had a toy wagon replica of the large, wide steelrimmed wheel wagons which were used to carry double or triple boxes.

These were used to haul oats or to pick corn.

Someone had made us a toy hayrack to fit on our toy wagon, and when Dad made loose hay, I would take my toy wagon and hayrack out to the shocks and load them up to carry back to the barn. Other chores included having a cow to milk, helping my mother gather chicken eggs and carrying drinking water to the house.

I attended the Lone Tree One Room Schoolhouse where I completed my grade school education. Around that time in 1933 is when I attended my first Farm Bureau meeting. I went to Tiskilwa High School to focus on more studies and play some of their team sports until I graduated in 1937. I also earned a State Farmer degree/pin during my senior year.

In 1936, Dad gave me the task of hauling bundles to the thrashing machine. It was 114 degrees the first day of thrashing. In those days, we cut the oats and wheat with the binder drawn by four horses which made bundles tied with twine.

The first pass around the fields bundles were kicked out one at a time.

My brother and I had to shag these bundles until we gathered three or four and move them out of the way, so the binder could cut the oats on the outside round. If you had a 40-acre field of oats, that meant we had shagged bundles a mile around the field.

After that, there was also a bundle carrier on the binder that would hold three to four bundles. After three or four bundles, he would start a win row, and the next time around, we would drop bundles off at that same spot. By then, on the third round, we could start shocking the grain.

Soon after graduation, I was preparing to attend Rockford College to further my studies, but a man had offered my brother Everett and I 80

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acres of land with rent that was half of the crops, and we just couldn’t turn it down. Without these 80 acres of land, I might not have been a farmer. On Jan. 1, 1939, my brother, Everett, and I bought out half of Dad’s machinery, horses and livestock. On Jan. 1, 1941, we bought out the remaining half of Dad’s machinery and livestock.

My brother-in-law, Ted Moeller, who married my sister Edythe, came from Nashville, Ill., to work as a hired hand on a farm.

He was able to save up enough money to rent a farm and that was another way that men were able to become farmers in those days.

Looking back on the period from May 31, 1937, to Jan. 1, 1939, when we acquired half ownership of the farm equipment, I believe that was our apprenticeship.

We plowed, planted wheat, oats and corn, filled manure into the spreader, pitched hay, scythed weeds, trimmed two miles of hedge, picked corn, shelled corn, butchered hogs and beef, plucked chicken feathers, dug post holes, mended fences, cleaned the barn and hauled bundles of oats. I also managed to find time to play third base on the Tiskilwa Church League team, attend Sunday school, attend church and Epworth League.

Everything we did for those 20 months was our introduction to being a farmer.

The next four years would prove to be critical The next four years would prove to be critical, not only to our country, but to myself as well.

As we all know, the United States was not prepared for war. We had too few tanks, too few guns, too few airplanes, too few ships of any kind, and too few soldiers and Marines prepared for combat. We had German subs operating off of the East Coast, sinking cargo ships within sight of our country.

Somehow our factories were quickly geared up to

produce tanks, artillery, Jeeps, trucks, ships and planes.

In the case of ships, the blueprints for LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) were beginning to take shape on Dec. 7, 1941.

As the blueprints were drafted, they were sent to shipyards to take on the task of building a model of an LST. Changes were soon made on the blueprints, expanding the 280-foot-long design into a 327-foot, 9-inch ship — large enough for 20 big tanks on the tank deck and artillery, Jeeps and trucks on the top deck.

They also had room in both sides of the ship to bunk up to 250 military personnel. The crew’s quarters were in the stern and the officer’s quarters were above them on the top deck. We started out with one 3 and 1/2 inch gun located on the stern. We had one 40mm anti-aircraft gun on the bow and six 20mm anti-aircraft guns on the deck. We didn’t pick up our LST until almost a full year after I enlisted.

I enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserves on Jan. 20, 1942. Boot camp training was at Great Lakes, Ill. From there, I was sent to mechanical school where we worked with lathes and other mechanical equipment for four months. Then I was assigned to Cleveland, Ohio, for diesel school for eight weeks. After completing that training, we were sent to Solomons, Md. From there, we were put in a draft of 80-100 men and sent to Brooklyn Navy yard where we boarded the LST-311.

On Jan. 11, 1943, the LST-311 was officially commissioned. I was a member of the engineering force that operated the ship’s diesel engines, and I was assigned to the main engine room. There were three watches that consisted of four hours on and eight hours off.

On each watch, we had four men in the main engine room and three men in the auxiliary engine room. The men in the main engine room controlled the throttles

on the diesel engine that propelled the ship. We also had to check the boiler room, the shaft alleys and the refrigeration unit. I was put in charge of our watch in the main engine room.

After a shakedown cruise, we acquired a new captain.

We were sent to New York to pick up an LCT (a 105-foot Landing Craft Tank) to put on the topside, 250 army soldiers to fill the bunks and 20 tanks to fill up our tank deck. We then headed to Arzeu, North Africa. On July 10, 1943, we were unloading our cargo in Gala, Sicily, with our two pontoons in front of our ship so the vehicles could be transported to the beach. At that time, LST-312 was on our port side, and LST-313 came in on our starboard side.

German dive bombers dropped bombs, striking our pontoons and splitting them in half. Another bomb went down the elevator shaft of LST-313, igniting a huge fire. The soldiers driving the vehicles died in their vehicles on the tank deck, one sailor died at the bow section, and many had suffered burns and injuries.

Our captain retracted the ship and put our bow section next to the stern section of LST-313, and we rescued 81 men and transferred them to a hospital ship. LST311’s captain, Captain Coleman, received a Navy Cross and our ship received a commendation. It took us seven to eight trips to Africa to restock the Army supplies to Sicily. On Sept. 9, while we were on Solerno Bay waiting to unload the soldiers and supplies, German 88s located up in the mountains zeroed in on our LST-311, and we got underway just in time.

We landed on the Solerno beach twice on the first day, escaping more German 88s. We also made trips back to North Africa to restock supplies for Solerno.

Read more of Willis Anderson’s story in Tuesday’s BCR.

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Birth announcements — Meet the newest arrivals to the Bureau County area on Page 8. Birth announcements run each Saturday.

Donation — The Manlius Boys and Girls 4-H Club made a donation to the Western Bureau County Food Pantry. See Page 7.

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Vanessa Hoffeditz (center), community services coordinator at the Tri-County Opportunities Council Food Pantry, accepts a toy donation from American Legion Woman’s Auxiliary Unit 125 members Sherry DeSalle (left) and Judy Nelson.

ALA 125 donates toys PRINCETON — American Legion Woman’s Auxiliary Unit 125 of Princeton made a special delivery of toys to Freedom House of Princeton.

The toys were collected from the public during the Unit’s toy drive, and also from the Princeton Lions Club and Scott Bickett, vice president of the Lions, after the Christmas parade

on Dec. 6. Dollar General also donated toys.

This is the third year the Unit has donated toys to Freedom House for the children residing there through the Christmas holidays to give them a merrier Christmas. Sherry DeSalle is the chairman of the toys drive under the “Children and Youth” program. She is assisted by Judy Nelson.

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American Legion Woman’s Auxiliary Unit 125 donated toys to Freedom House. Pictured (front row, from left) are ALA 125 member Carol Allicks and Freedom House representative Dorothy Voice; and (back row) Freedom House representative Belinda Brown, ALA 125 members Sherry DeSalle and Judy Nelson, and Freedom House representative Eileen McKenna.

The Auxiliary also donated eight large bags full of toys donated by Unit for the children of clients of the Tri-County Opportunities Council Food Pantry.

“This is the fourth year the Unit has donated toys

from the public and other sources to the pantry in hope of giving the children a merrier Christmas this year,” according to “Children and Youth” chairman Sherry DeSalle and her assistant, Judy Nelson.

The St. Margaret’s Hospital Auxiliary recently presented their annual donation to the hospital. At the Auxiliary meeting, Dolores Perry (left), Auxiliary president, presented a check for $6,000 to Tim Muntz, president and CEO of St. Margaret’s Health. The donation is a result of various fundraisers held throughout 2014. The donation will be used to assist St. Margaret’s with ongoing projects.

Community Notes New Year’s Masses PRINCETON — St. Louis Church has announced its New Year’s masses. Thursday is the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. Three Masses will be offered to fulfill this Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics: Wednesday at 5:15 p.m., and Thursday at 9 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. Eucharistic adoration and confessions will take place as part of the regular weekly schedule.

New library hours PRINCETON — Beginning Jan. 3, the Princeton Public Library hours for Saturdays will change to 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Library Café will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All other hours remain the same: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday. For more information, call 815-875-1331.

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Four-H Club makes donation The Manlius Boys and Girls 4-H Club made a donation to the Western Bureau County Food Pantry. Cynthia DeFreezer, from the food pantry, attended the club’s monthly meeting and accepted the donation. This is the club’s third year donating.

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UTICA — Starved Rock Lodge will host a winter guided hike from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday. Participants will meet in the hotel lobby to pick up a snack and a backpack. After leaving LaSalle Canyon, the hike continues to Eagles Cliff and Lovers Leap for the best view of eagles. The tour concludes at the lodge at 2 p.m. The hike is about 4.5 miles round trip. Advanced reservations are required. To reserve a ticket, call 815220-7386.

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Prairie Arts Council promotes visual arts in the community

By Carmen R. Heflin Shaw Media Service

PRINCETON — Are you looking to take an art class in your neighborhood?

Perhaps you would rather support local children perform in a theatrical production. Well look no further than the Prairie Arts Council. The Council, which was organized in 1995, has implemented the vision of establishing a community center for the arts.

According to its website, the goal of the Prairie Arts Council is to continue to carry out its mission with increased participation, attendance and diversity, and has seen growth and membership, financial support and programming since the beginning. As a non-profit organization, the Prairie Arts Council is funded through memberships, memorial gifts and individual donations, fundraisers, annual benefits and grants.

In 1996, the Council acquired a building which is located at 24 Park Ave. East in Princeton. Since the Prairie Arts Center opened, the Council has sponsored hundreds of

successful programs, classes, musical and theatrical productions, and visual arts showings for people of all ages and abilities.

The Prairie Arts Center features a 90-seat theater and a gallery space showcasing art and artists from all walks of life. During the years in operation, the center has sponsored many performances including the holiday favorite, “Finding Christmas.” Community members can take a number of classes at the center to learn how to create art using such medium as pencils, pastels and watercolors. During summers, school-age children have the opportunity to hone their acting skills by attending drama camp at the center.

The Prairie Arts Council also awards an art scholarship to a deserving high school senior.

Applicants who reside in Bureau County and will major in art at a college or university are eligible to apply.

For more information about the Prairie Arts Council, please visit www.theprairieartscouncil.org.

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Births Announced Seghi

Williams

Scott Seghi and Sara Smith of Manlius are the parents of a daughter, Sophia, born Dec. 20 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley. She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and measured 21 inches in length. She was welcomed home by one brother, Skylar, 1, and one sister, Lainey, 10. Maternal grandparents are Ken and Beth Mead. Paternal grandparents are Kevin and Lori Seghi. Great-grandparents are Ray and Sharon Seghi, Donald Stehl, and Marily and Tom Russ.

Kayla Vogel and Cody Williams of Sheffield are the parents of a son born Dec. 19 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Williams Brad and Jennifer (Fonderoli) Williams of Van Orin are the parents of a daughter born Dec. 18 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Education Briefs Carthage College announces dean’s list

were named to the dean’s list for the 2014 fall term.

Local students who made the list are Janelle Norden of Walnut, Lorraine

Stamberger of LaMoille and Alyssa Thompson of Princeton.

Students who have earned this academic

honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for courses taken during the term.

KENOSHA, Wis. — Carthage College has announced its fall 2014 semester dean’s list.

Local students who made the list are Alexandra Miranda of DePue and Patrick Redmond of Sheffield. Dean’s list honors are accorded to Carthage students who achieve a 3.5 grade point average while carrying at least 14 credit hours during a semester.

Augustana announces dean’s list

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Enbridge creates five scholarships

Enbridge made a $5,000 donation to the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation for five $1,000 welding scholarships. Enbridge representatives Michael Wortham (left) and John Gauderman present the check to IVCC President Jerry Corcoran who is joined ROCK ISLAND — by state Rep. Frank Mautino (D-Spring Valley), welding program coordinator Paul LeadAugustana College announced 888 students ingham and Dean of Workforce Development Sue Isermann.

9 Sports Saturday, December 27, 2014 • 9 Keeping score — See scoreboard on page 10 and visit www.bcrnews.com for area tournament scores.

Basketball roundup

Plano Christmas Classic: L-P 69, St. Bede 54

Cavs topple Bruins

BV boys take two at Erie

By Kevin Hieronymus

By BCR Sports Staff

khieronymus@bcrnews.com

PLANO — A spread of Christmas colors took the gym floor to kick off the second day of the 52nd annual Plano Christmas Classic Friday morning when rivals St. Bede Academy and LaSalle-Peru High School squared off. Coach Mike Kilmartin thought the man from the North Pole and the men in stripes could have a spread a little more holiday cheer to his St. Bede Bruins.

The Bruins struggled from missed shots and turnovers, Kilmartin said, in a 69-55 loss to the rival Cavs.

And a tighter officiated game would have helped, too, Kilmartin said.

“Too many second shots. They got all the 50-50 balls. They got every bounce on the rim and we didn’t, and I felt we got fouled a lot on the drive that we didn’t get called,” Kilmartin said. “Jarrett Olson just gets beat up. If he plays the game and the fouls are called in high school the way it should be, he shoots 40 free throws. ... How you going to stop him? He can drive with his right hand as good or better than his left hand. So how you going to play him? Straight up? They’ve got some quick kids and they did a good job on him, but I can guard you if I put a hand on you. Lot of hands. Lot of hands.”

As it was, the junior Olson led all scorers with 29 points on 11 of 20 shooting from the field (4-11 on threes) and made three of six free throw attempts. Jon Dose tallied 16 points with all but points going through the hands of two Bruins.

L-P was whistled for 13 fouls with the Bruins called for 18.

Kilmartin said the Bruins didn’t step when they needed to, especially in rebounding.

“We turned the ball over and dribbled through people,” he said. “One shot, we were getting one shot and they got as many as they needed.

I think we got to understand that three-point shots rebound long and our big guys have to get away from the basket and our other people have to get long rebounds.”

The Bruins took a 26-23 lead with three minutes left in the second

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The Bureau Valley Storm improved to 12-0 with wins over Orion (74-59) and Lena-Winslow (6439) Friday in the Warkins Memorial Classic at Erie.

The Storm will face Stockton at 8:30 p.m. Saturday and Erie (3-7) at 7:30 p.m. Monday. The first-place finishers in each pool will meet for the championship at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday.

The Bureau Valley girls (6-6) will face Erie (6-5) at 8:30 a.m. and Wethersfield at 1 p.m. Saturday before concluding pool play at noon Monday vs.

Mercer County. Friday’s game with Rockridge was not available by press time Friday.

At Marseilles: No. 4 seed Putnam County opened tournament play Friday with a 45-40 win over Serena. The Panthers will face No. 5 Gardner-South Wilmington at 3:30 p.m.

Saturday.

Other Friday games playing after Friday’s press deadlines included LaMoille-Ohio vs. No. 6 Ottawa Marquette and Hall vs. No. 7 seed Benedict.

• The DePue boys drew an opening round game vs. host and No. 4 Princeville at 8 p.m. Saturday on the first night of the 87th annual Princeville Holiday Tournament. ... The Hall girls (4-6) open tournament play at Prophetstown at 3 p.m. Saturday vs. Riverdale (0-10) and comes back at 7:30 p.m. vs. Prophetstown (12-2).

Hall announces award winners

BCR photo/Kevin Hieronymus

St. Bede’s Jon Dose battles for a rebound on a missed free throw against L-P Friday at Plano. quarter on baskets by Olson and Jon Dose. They held a narrow lead until L-P used two free throws to end the first half with a 31-30 lead.

A lob to Olson on an inbounds play netted the Bruins a 36-35 lead early in the third quarter. Dose answered a three by the Cavs with a two-pointer to tie the game at 38.

The rivals batted back and forth throughout the third quarter. Christian Soderholm hit a three and fol-

lowed with a drive at the end of the Cavs’ pressbreak to net a 45-37 L-P lead.

Dose hit a three-pointer as the Bruins climbed back within one at 45-44. A three-pointer by Koby Fusinetti to close out the third quarter, however, sent the Cavs to a 50-44 edge.

The Cavaliers won going away,

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SPRING VALLEY — Hall High School athletes were honored at individual fall sports ceremonies.

The following players received football awards: A.J. Gaeta, MVP; Trevor Case, Offensive Lineman of the Year Award; Trevor Case and Josh McConnell, Defensive Linemen of the Year; A.J. Gaeta, Defensive Player of the Year; Drew Pullam and Jake Merkel, Offensive Players of the Year; Tyler Taber and Christian Heiden, BYA; and The Illinois Valley Youth Football Awards went to Leonel Perez, Brendan Bertrand, Brandon Simpson, Julian Barroso and James Hall.

Tyler Taber was given

the Daniel Lule Award.

Jake Merkel, Chris Hammonds, Jared Puente and Drew Pullam were named as 2015 captains-elect.

Al Baldonado and Kaylee Olivares were the MVP award winners in cross country.

Paige Orlandi won Most Improved, and Tyler Pullam won the “Lunch Bucket” Award (dependable, strong work ethic) in cross country.

In golf, Ryan Ott and Matt Hoscheid were named as co-MVP, and Most Improved was shared by Avery Detmers and Aaron Mitchell.

There were no awards announced for volleyball.

Memories of the Plano Christmas Classic Looking through the program of the 52nd annual Plano Christmas Classic brings back good memories and a twinkle in the eye of an old sportswriter.

The Plano Christmas Classic keeps getting bigger and better, this year’s field now boasting 48 teams with 24 each at the varsity and sophomore levels. There will be a total of 97 games over a nine-day stretch (Dec. 22-30), including 52 at the varsity level and 45 in the JV tournament.

December of 1986 was my first trip to Plano to cover the Princeton Tigers. When I made mention of that fact to a fellow reporter Friday morning, he acknowledged he was five months old at the time. Talk about making a guy feel old.

Kevin Hieronymus HIERONYMUS’ HYPOTHESIS

It’s funny, because the late and great Bob Westlund of the Kewanee Star Courier once told my hometown pal Kip Cheek of the Mendota Reporter and I that he started covering sports in 1961. We told him that was the year we were born.

So things have a way of coming around full circle in the sportswriting business.

Two years later, Roger Lowe’s

Princeton Tigers would reach the championship game, falling to the Kaneland Knights.

PHS’ Corey Helle was named as MVP and teammate Chris “Muff” Potter joined him on the all-tournament team along with Ohio’s Todd Etheridge.

Princeton left the Plano tournament in the early ‘90s and only recently returned after stops at Bloomington-Normal, Byron, Forreston and Kewanee.

Two Bureau County schools have won the Plano Christmas Classic crown in the rich 52-year history of the tournament. And both did it twice.

Eric Bryant’s Hustling Hall Red Devils beat Mendota in 1997. Hall took second in 2003 to Yorkville and came back to

top Seneca in 2007.

Bureau Valley is one of just three schools to repeat as Plano champions. The Storm beat Yorkville in 2000 and 2001, spurring their state-tournament runs each season.

Those Red Devil and Storm squads were some of my favorites I have covered over the years, each with interesting characters and players to follow.

Seneca won three straight from 2004-06, a feat two-time defending champ Ottawa is chasing this year. Pirates coach Mark Cooper (Mendota) was the Plano MVP in 1986.

There have been just three three-time winners of the tournament — Mendota (1986,

1989, 1995), HBR (1966, 1968, 1996) and Kaneland (1988, 1994, 2009). Four-time champs include Newark (1965, 1982, 1985, 1992) and Seneca (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008).

Area MVPs of note include Princeton’s Jeff Rowe (1990), Hall’s Shawn Jeppson (1997) and Bureau Valley’s Reuben Slock (2000).

The only downfall of my early stop to Plano was its famed hospitality room was limited to doughnuts over the breakfast hour. Maybe more feasts and hoops await my return visit.

Kevin Hieronymus is the BCR Sports Editor. He has been covering the Plano Christmas Classic since 1986. Contact him at khieronymus@bcrnews.com.

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Scoreboard Basketball

High school girls Lady Bruins Christmas Classic at St. Bede Tuesday: 7th place: LaMoille-Ohio 39, Princeton 34.

5th place: St. Bede 58, Seneca 36 3rd place: Eureka 44, Fieldcrest 37 Title: Mendota 54, Kewanee 34

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St. Bede’s Jarrett Olson unsuccessfully tries to take a charge on L-P’s Brady Huebbe Friday at Plano.

Plano From Page 9 outscoring the Bruins 19-11 over the final eight minutes to wrap up a 69-55 victory. L-P held a 38-25 advantage in the second half.

Kilmartin said if he knew why the Cavs were able to break open a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter, “they wouldn’t have got a double-digit lead.”

Soderholm finished with a team-high 20

points with Luke Dresbach adding 15 points and Fusinetti 13.

The Cavs, a newcomer to the Plano tournament, advanced to Saturday’s quarterfinals against Aurora Christian, a 68-52 winner over Newark. St. Bede and Newark will meet at 2 p.m. in the consolation bracket.

• Notes: The rivals will meet again in the new year when the Cavs call on the Academy on Jan. 28.

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Warkins Memorial Tourney at Erie Pool A: Knoxville, Rockridge, Wethersfield, Erie, Mercer County, Bureau Valley.

Pool B: Monmouth-Roseville, Stockton, Ridgewood, Morrison, Galva, Fulton.

Friday: Bureau Valley vs. Rockridge Ridgewood vs. Galva, 5:30 p.m.

Erie vs. Mercer County Fulton vs. Monmouth-Roseville Knoxville vs. Wethersfield Stockton vs. Morrison Saturday: Galva vs. Fulton, Erie vs. Bureau Valley, 8:30 a.m., Morrison vs. Monmouth-Roseville, Wethersfield vs. Rockridge, 10 a.m., Stockton vs. Ridgewood, Mercer County vs.

Knoxville, 11:30 a.m., Bureau Valley vs.

Wethersfield, Monmouth-Roseville vs.

Galva, 1 p.m., Rockridge vs. Mercer County, Fulton vs. Stockton, 2:30 p.m., Knoxville vs. Erie, Ridgewood vs.

Morrison, 4 p.m.

Monday: Morrison vs. Galva, Bureau Valley vs. Mercer County, noon, Fulton vs.

Ridgewood, Erie vs. Wethersfield, 1:30 p.m., Monmouth-Roseville vs. Stockton, Rockridge vs. Knoxville, 6 p.m.

TUESDAY: 11th place game, 9th place game, noon; 7th place game, 5th place game, 1:30 p.m., 3rd place game, 6 p.m.

Championship, 7:30 p.m.

Prophetstown Tournament Saturday: Prophetstown (12-2) vs.

Orion (2-5), 1:30 p.m., Riverdale (0-10) vs. Hall (4-6), 3 p.m., Orion vs. Rockford Christian, 6 p.m., Hall vs. Prophetstown, 7:30 p.m.

Monday: Rockford Christian vs. Hall, 1:30 p.m., Prophetstown vs. Riverdale, 3 p.m., Hall vs. Orion, 6 p.m., Riverdale vs.

Rockford Christian, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY: Orion vs. Riverdale, 6 p.m., Prophetstown vs. Rockford Christian, 7:30 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS Plano Christmas Classic Tuesday: St. Bede 68, Coal City 31 Newark 57, Forreston 47 #9 Ottawa 58, Wilmington 37 Sandwich 42, #16 Hinckley-Big Rock 37 Seneca 64, #11 Princeton 60 #14 Kaneland 67, Indian Creek 53 #10 Streator 55, Lisle 32 #15 Plano 60, Somonauk 31 Friday: Game 9, Coal City vs.

Forreston.

Game 10, Wlimington vs. HBR Game 11, Princeton vs. Indian Creek, Game 12, Lisle vs. Somonauk Game 13, LaSalle-Peru 69, St. Bede 54 Game 14, #4 Aurora Christian 68, #13 Newark 52 Game 15, #9 Ottawa 69, #8 Yorkville 60 Game 16, #1 Dixon 70, Sandwich 29 Game 17, #6 Morris vs. Seneca Game 18, #3 Burlington Central vs. #14 Kaneland Game 19, #7 Genoa-Kingston vs. #10 Streator Game 20, Mendota vs. #15 Plano.

SATURDAY: Game 21, losers 9-10, 3:30 p.m. Game 22, losers 11-12, 5 p.m. Game 23, winners 9-10, 6:30 p.m.

Game 24, winners 11-12, 8 p.m. Game 25, losers 17-18, 9 a.m. Game 26, losers 19-20, 10:30 a.m. Game 27, Yorkville vs.

Sandwich, 12:30 p.m. Game 28, losers 13-14, 2 p.m. Game 29, #5 L-P vs. #4 Aurora Christian, 3:30 p.m. Game 30, Ottawa vs. Dixon, 5:30 p.m. Game 31, winners 17-18, 7 p.m. Game 32, winners 19-20, 8:30 p.m.

Tournament continues through Tuesday St. Bede 14 16 14 11 - 55 L-P 12 19 19 19 - 69 SBA: Brady 2-12 (0-5) 0-0 4, Halm 0-4 (0-2) 0-0 0, Pyszka 2-4 1-2 5, Olson 11-20 (4-11) 3-6 29, Dose 6-7 (2-2) 2-4 16, Hopps 0-0 0-0 0, Shipp 0-0 0-0 0, Smudzinski 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 21-47 (6-20) 6-12 55. Fouls: 18 (Dose 5).

Rebounds: 23 (Brady 5, Smudzinski 5).

Turnovers: 13, L-P Huebbe 3-8 (0-2) 2-2 8, Tubbs 4-10 (0-1) 0-0 8, Ariliano 1-4 0-0 2, Fusinetti 3-9 (3-5) 4-4 13,Soderholm 7-12 (4-5) 2-2 20, Milacki 0-5 (0-4) 0-0 0, Dresbach 5-10 (0-1) 5-7 15, Doyle 1-1 (1-1) 0-0 3. Fouls: 13. Rebounds: 36.

(Dresbach 11). Turnovers: 8.

Plano sophomore tournament Saturday: Princeton vs. Kankakee, 1 p.m.

Warkins Memorial Tourney at Erie Pool A: Bureau Valley (2-0), Erie, Lena-Winslow, Orion, Stark County, Stockton.

Pool B: Knoxville, Mercer County, Morrison, Peoria Heights, Wethersfield, Riverdale.

Friday: Bureau Valley 74, Orion 59 Bureau Valley 64, Lena-Winslow 39 Wethersfield vs. Peoria Heights Stark County vs. Stockton Riverdale vs. Mercer County Knoxville vs. Wethersfield Lena-Winslow vs. Bureau Valley Peoria Heights vs. Riverdale Orion vs. Stark County Mercer County vs. Morrison Stockton vs. Erie Saturday: Erie vs. Stark County, Riverdale vs. Knoxville, 5:30 p.m.; Orion vs. Lena-Winslow, Mercer County vs.

Peoria Heights, 7 p.m.; Bureau Valley vs. Stockton, Morrison vs. Wethersfield, 8:30 p.m.

Monday: Knoxville vs. Mercer County, Lena-Winslow vs. Stark County, 3 p.m.

Peoria Heights vs. Morrison, Stockton vs. Orion, 4:30 p.m. Wethersfield vs.

Riverdale, Erie vs. Bureau Valley, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY: 11th place, 1:30. 9th place, 1:30. 7th place, 3. 5th place, 3. 3rd place, 7:30. Championship, 7:30 p.m.

87th annual Princeville Holiday Tournament Saturday: Game 1, (3) Elmwood vs.

(6) Lowpoint-Washburn, 2 p.m. Game 2, (2) Henry vs. (7) North Fulton, 3:30 p.m. Game 3, (1) Brimfield vs. (8) Galva, 6:30 p.m. Game 4, (4) Princeville vs. (5) DePue, 8 p.m.

MONDAY: Game 5, losers 1-2, 2 p.m.

Game 6, losers 3-4, 3:30 p.m. Game 7, winners 1-2, 6:30 p.m. Game 8, winners 1-2, 8:30 p.m.

TUESDAY: Consolation title, winners 5-6, 3:30 p.m. Consolation third, losers 5-6, 5 p.m. Third place, losers 7-8, 6:30 p.m. Title - winners 7-8, 8 p.m.

Marseilles Holiday Tournament FRIDAY: #5 GSW 49, Woodland 41

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by SBA teammate Sam Halm (25) Friday at Plano. #4 Putnam County 45, Serena 40 #8 Tri-Point 72, Leland/Earlville 56 #1 Reed-Custer 92, Midland 31 Game 5, #5 Marquette vs. LaMoilleOhio Game 6, #3 Flanagan vs. Hartem Game 7, St. Benedict vs. Hall (4-7) Game 8, #2 Dwight (10-1) vs.

Lexington SATURDAY: Game 9, Woodland vs.

Serena, 9 a.m. Game 10, Leland-Earlville vs. Midland, 10:30 a.m. Game 11, losers 5-6, noon. Game 12, losers 7-8, 1:30 p.m. Game 13, #5 GSW vs #4 Putnam County, 3:30 p.m. Game 14, #8 Tri-Point vs. #1 Reed-Custer (8-3), 5 p.m. Game 15, winners 5-6, 6:30 p.m. Game 16, winners 7-8, 8 p.m.

MONDAY: Game 17, losers 9-10, 9 a.m. Game 18, losers 11-12, 10:30 a.m.

Game 19, winners 9-10, noon. Game 20, winers 11-12, 1:30 p.m. Game 21, losers 13-14, 3:30 p.m. Game 22, losers 15-16, 5 p.m. Game 23, winners 13-14, 6:30 p.m. Game 24, winners 15-16, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY: Game 25, losers 17-18, 9 a.m. (15th place). Game 26, winners 17-18, 10:30 a.m. (13rd place). Game 27, losers 19-20, noon (11th place).

Game 28, winners 19-20, 1:30 p.m. (consolation, 9th place). Game 29, losers 21-22, 3:30 p.m. (7th place). Game 30, winners 21-22, 5 p.m. (5th place). Game 31, losers 23-24, 6:30 p.m. (3rd place).

Game 32, winners 23-24, 8 p.m. (title).

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN PROBATE ESTATE OF ) GEORGE E. ) HOEFFLIGER, ) Deceased ) NO. 2014-P-104 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of George E. Hoeffliger. Letters of Office were issued on December 5, 2014 to Herbert Hoeffliger, 21944 1500 North Ave., Princeton, Illinois as Independent Executor, whose attorneys are Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Bureau County Courthouse, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the representative, or both, on or before June 30, 2015, 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 16th day of December, 2014 s/ Mary C. Dremann Bureau County Circuit Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 20, 27 and Dec. 3, 2014.

before Wednesday,C December 31, 2014. /s/Kamala S. Hieronymus County Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 27, 2014.

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Members of the County Board of Bureau County, Illinois, will meet at the Court House in Princeton, Illinois, in Regular Session on Tues, January 13, 2015, at 6: 30 p.m. and that all claims must be filed with the County Clerk of said County on or

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ) ALICE K. KISSEL, ) Deceased ) No. 2014-P-109 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Alice K. Kissel Letters of office were issued to Shirley L. Frank, 3238 1225 North Ave., Neponset, Illinois and Suzanne Frank, 9102 N. Menard, Morton Grove, Illinois, as Independent Executors, whose attorney is Clinton A. Block, 117 S. Chestnut St., Kewanee, Illinois.

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Continued from 12 Dremann, Courthouse, Princeton, Illinois, 61356, or with the representative, or both, on or before June 22, 2015, 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 within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

Dated this 15th day of December, 2014.

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Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1215234. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 4765500 Attorney File No. PA1215234 Case Number: 13 CH 47 TJSC#: 34-20175 I637958 Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 20, 27 and Jan. 3, 2015.

TO ALL INTERESTED DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES THEREOF, INCLUDING AMONG OTHERS BUREAU COUNTY CLERK , BUREAU COUNTY TREASURER , BUREAU COUNTY STATES ATTORNEY , ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL, ILLINOIS DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, ILLINOIS PUBLIC AID FIELD CONSULTANT, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPT OF HEALTHCARE & FAMILY SERVICES (PUBLIC AID) GENERAL COUNSEL, CITY OF SPRING VALLEY, AND TO OCCUPANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED IN THE PARCELS HEREINAFTER NAMED: Parcel Number Owners/Parties Interested Cert Number Street Or Common Address 03-08-453-017 SIAMANTOURAS, GUS 201100016 122 S. MAIN ST. 03-08-453-017 SIAMANTOURAS , DAWN 201100016 122 S. MAIN ST. 03-08-453-017 SIAMANTOURAS , GUS 201100016 122 S. MAIN ST. 03-08-453-017 SIAMANTOURAS ET UX, GUS 201100016 122 S. MAIN ST. 03-08-453-020 TRACY, SHIRLEY 201100018 128 S. MAIN ST. 04-09-333-025 FARRELL ET AL, RANDALL L. 201100026 S. MAIN ST. 04-09-333-025 JOHNSON, MARY C 201100026 S. MAIN ST. 04-09-333-025 KAMENETZKY, JULIE 201100026 S. MAIN ST. 04-09-333-025 PETERS, BECKY 201100026 S. MAIN ST. 04-09-333-025 LADD, JAMES 201100026 S. MAIN ST. 04-09-333-025 JOHNSON,DOUGLAS H 201100026 S. MAIN ST. 07-01-100-011 LEE ET UX, CLARENCE E. 201100043 OFF 2370 AVE N 11-32-101-005 TURPEN ET UX, ROBERT G. 201100072 11-32-101-005 PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC 201100072 12-27-402-007 NAGEL, NANCY 201100084 14-34-333-007 ALTIZER, KENNETH R. 201100108 CROSS ST. 14-34-333-007 MILA INC. DBA MORTGAGE INVESTMENT LENDING ASSOCIATES INC 201100108 CROSS ST. 14-34-333-007 MILA INC DBA MORTGAGE INVESTMENT LENDING ASSOCIATES INC 201100108 CROSS ST. 14-34-333-007 BLATT HASENMILLER LEIBSKER & MOORE LLC 201100108 CROSS ST. 14-34-333-007 MELINDA G. SAMMONS 201100108 CROSS ST. 14-34-333-007 MILA INC DBA MORTGAGE INVESTMENT LENDING ASSOCIATES INC 201100108 CROSS ST. 16-17-301-012 KURTH ET UX, EDWARD J. 201100175 16-17-301-012 CITIZENS FIRST NATIONAL BANK 201100175 16-35-476-052 WESTFALL ET UX, TIMOTHY R. 201100187 16-35-476-052 HOMETOWN NATIONAL BANK 201100187 16-35-476-052 WELTMAN WEINBERG & REIS CO. LPA 201100187 16-35-476-052 BLATT HASENMILLER LEIBSKER & MOORE LLC 201100187 17-24-102-003 MASON, RAYMOND 201100193 PERU ST. 17-34-203-014 JACKSON, SHARON M. 201100197 3043 ARLINGTON DR. 17-34-203-014 PAT SULLIVAN FIELD CONSULTANTLIENS & ESTATES 201100197 3043 ARLINGTON DR. 17-34-203-014 DENISE MOSLEY 201100197 3043 ARLINGTON DR. 17-35-454-008 SANCHEZ, DANIEL 201100218 OFF E. 2ND ST. 17-35-454-009 SANCHEZ, DANIEL 201100219 112 E. 2ND ST. 18-24-327-015 DESERF, CRAIG S. 201100247 MINESHAFT RD. 19-10-451-015 TROYER, CINDY 201100318 106 E. MAIN ST. TAKE NOTICE THAT THE ABOVESAID PARCELS WERE SOLD ON NOVEMBER 1, 2012, FOR GENERAL TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2011 AND PRIOR YEARS, AND THAT THE PERIOD OF REDEMPTION FROM SUCH SALE EXPIRES MAY 26, 2015. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT A PETITION FOR ORDER DIRECTING ISSUANCE OF TAX DEEDS HAS BEEN FILED IN THE ABOVESAID CAUSE AS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED PARCELS BY BUREAU COUNTY, AS TRUSTEE, AND THAT ON JUNE 17, 2015 AT 11:30 AM, ROOM 210. SAID PETITIONER WILL APPLY FOR AN ORDER THAT A TAX DEED ISSUE AS TO EACH ABOVESAID PARCEL NOT REDEEMED ON OR BEFORE MAY 26, 2015. /S/ BUREAU COUNTY AS TRUSTEE, PETITIONER. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK ADDRESS: 700 S. MAIN STREET, PRINCETON, IL 61356 TELEPHONE: (815) 875-2014 Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 13, 20 and 27, 2014.

NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on December 12, 2014, 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 My Soul Restoration located at 340 S. Main St., Sheffield, IL 61361.

Dated this 12th day of December, 2014. /s/Kamala S. Hieronymus Bureau County Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 27, 2014 and Jan. 3 and 10, 2015.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY PRINCETON, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ) Plaintiff, ) -v.)

JON C MCKINNEY, et al ) Defendants ) 13 CH 47 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 3, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 11:30 a.m. on January 27, 2015, at the office of Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Ave. West, PRINCETON, IL, 61356, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 19 AND THE SOUTH 15 FEET OFF OF LOT 18 IN BRAINARD’S ADDITION TO THE TOWN, NOW VILLAGE OF BUDA, COUNTY OF BUREAU AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 330 HIGH STREET, BUDA, IL 61314 Property Index No. 14-34-356-006. The real estate is improved with a gray, vinyl sided, two story, single family home without a garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF BUREAU PRINCETON, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) PAVIA DEFOE AKA PAVIA DE FOE AKA ) PAVIA J. DEFOE; WELLS FARGO BANK, ) N.A.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON) RECORD CLAIMANTS ) Defendants, ) 12 CH 122 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 Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at the hour of 9:00 a.m., HB Wilkinson Title Co., 108 Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois 61356, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT TWELVE (12), CAMBRIDGE SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF SPRING VALLEY, COUNTY OF BUREAU AND STATE OF ILLINOIS, EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE UNDERLYING COAL AND FIRECLAY, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO DIG, MINE AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE SURFACE THEREOF. Commonly known as 12 Westminister Drive, Spring Valley, Illinois 61362.

P.I.N. 18-26-302-010.

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 The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. F12100021 I637331 Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 13, 20 and 27, 2014.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS CAUSE NO. 12-TX-1(1): TO THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSONS (AND IF DECEASED, TO THEIR UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES), AND TO THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, AND

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF BUREAU PRINCETON, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) PAVIA DEFOE AKA PAVIA DE FOE AKA ) PAVIA J. DEFOE; WELLS FARGO BANK, ) N.A.; UNKNOWN OWNERS ) AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS ) Defendants, ) 12 CH 122 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 Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at the hour of 9:00 a.m., HB Wilkinson Title Co., 108 Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois 61356, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 12 Westminister Drive, Spring Valley, Illinois 61362.

P.I.N. 18-26-302-010.

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 The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. F12100021 I637331 Published in the Bureau County Republican Dec. 13, 20 and 27, 2014.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF BUREAU PRINCETON, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC; ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) JOHN POGLIANO AKA JOHN R. POGLIANO ) IV; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON ) RECORD CLAIMANTS; ) Defendants, ) 13 CH 91 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 1, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at the hour of 9:00 a.m., HB Wilkinson Title Co., 108 Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois 61356, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 104 1st Street, Walnut, IL 61376.

P.I.N. 03-08-407-003.

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 Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg LLC, 1807 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (866) 402-8661. For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. F13090093 I614939 Published in the Bureau County Republican June 26, July 3 and 10, 2014

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This opportunity offers youth delegates in seventh and eighth grade a chance to develop their leadership skills, meet and interact with youth across the state, and view state leadership opportunities in action while networking with the State 4-H Youth Leadership Team. The conference, “Dream. Lead. Achieve.,” is open to 4-H members and their friends currently in seventh and eighth grade. Four-H members are allowed to bring along one non 4-H friend.

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At the conference, youth will learn how our genes (not our jeans!) make us different from one another, helping some of us become creative engineers, while others become talented musicians, and still others excel in Olympic sports. They will build rockets, learn to present our best foot forward in fashion and fight stage fright while we also fight back against hunger in our communities.

Each participant is invited to make a donation which will help pay for supplies we will use to package more than 10,000 meals for hungry families in Illinois. Clubs can also make a donation toward this statewide community service effort.

Cost for the conference is $135, which includes all meals, lodging and conference supplies.

You can purchase a commemorative T-shirt for $10.

One may learn more about the two-day event

and register online at: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/state4h/events/ juniorleadership2015.cfm Registration ends Feb. 7.

Fifteen, $50 needbased scholarships are available from the Illinois 4-H Foundation. The application is online at the above website.

Bureau County Federation would also like to help their fellow Bureau County 4-H members who may want to attend this conference defray the cost.

In order to receive funds from Bureau County 4-H Federation they ask you submit a letter to: 4-H Federation C/O University of Illinois Extension, 850 Thompson St., Princeton, IL 61356. Please include your name, your age, the name of the 4-H Club you belong to and how long you have been a member. The letter should contain the name/date/cost of the event, why you would like to attend, how you will use what you learn to improve yourself, your club and your community. Requests received will be reviewed at the next Federation meeting on Jan. 10. No request will be approved for JLC after that date.

For more information about this opportunity or about joining a 4-H club near you please contact Sue Brooker, University of Illinois Extension, Program Coordinator 4-H & Youth Development 815875-2878 or sbrooker@ illinois.edu.

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Kewanee hospital receives award OSF Saint Luke Medical Center honored for emergency department program SPRINGFIELD — OSF Saint Luke Medical Center, Kewanee, received top honors in Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network’s (ICAHN) hospital “Innovation of the Year” competition for decreasing utilization of its emergency department through education and active engagement of its most recurrent patients.

Participants were encouraged to submit innovations implemented at their respective hospitals which initiated a new approach to improve patient relationships, implemented a new process flow or life-safety improvement, found a creative way to motivate and inspire staff, or fostered a successful community project.

Holly Hicks, director of OSF Medical Group-Kewanee, accepted the

The most common tion in bringing enhanced diagnoses for the recur- services to their commurent population were nities is a great honor pain-related, which for us,” said Pat Schou, included a therapeu- ICAHN executive directic pain contract with tor. “Innovation is the each of the aforemen- driving force behind all honor for its Kewanee tioned patients. The inspired programs.”

ICAHN, a 501(c)3 notcritical access hospital piloted program also the active for-profit agency, was during a ceremony held involved Nov. 18 at the Crowne engagement of com- established in 2003 for Plaza, Springfield, and munity primary care the purposes of sharing education, attended by hospital per- providers and its onsite resources, efficiency sonnel from throughout rural health clinic, OSF promoting Medical Group-Kewanee. and best practice, and the state.

In addition to this, improving health care Following an “Excellence in the Emergency the project team was services for member critDepartment” confer- held accountable on the ical access hospitals and ence, sponsored by the success of the project their rural communities.

Studer Group, OSF Saint through its annual eval- ICAHN, with its 53 memLuke Medical Center cre- uation. Within the first 12 ber hospitals, is an indeated a multi-disciplinary months of the program, pendent network govteam with a goal to iden- it was found there was a erned by a nine-member tify and implement evi- reduced utilization of the board. The ICAHN office dence-based strategies emergency department is located in Princeton, Photo contributed that would make an by the identified popu- and serves critical access Holly Hicks (left), director of OSF Medical Group-Kehospitals across Illinois, impact on the health lation plus substantial www.edwardjones.com outcomes of the hos- cost-savings for both the and is a nationally recog- wanee, accepts hospital “Innovation of the Year” honors nized state rural health from Pat Schou, Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network pital’s patients and patient and the hospital.

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Bringing the past into the present Dave Kepner turns old, diesel-powered tractors into ones that use regular, unleaded gasoline

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WALNUT — Dave Kepner of Walnut has always had a knack for all things mechanical.

He admits being called a “gear head” when he was in school.

“I was that kid who would rather tear his bike apart than ride the dang thing,” he said.

Kepner started his career in mechanics in 1959, right after high school when he went to work at the John Deere Dealership in Walnut.

With 56 years of experience under his belt, he’s developed a reputation as being a “go-to” guy when a piece of equipment isn’t running properly.

Often times, Kepner can be found in his machine shed tinkering around with tools and old

tractors, but lately that time tinkering has produced a unique project that’s completely modernized his 1965 John Deere 4020 tractor.

Kepner has transformed his tractor’s diesel engine into an electronic fuel injection (EFI) system that runs on regular unleaded gasoline.

The modern, technology touch to his vintage tractor allows it to run pretty much like “a new pick-up truck,” he said.

It’s an idea that has yet to really make it into the agricultural scene, according to Kepner.

“I’ve never heard of anyone who has done this yet,” he said. “But the need is out there to use these old tractors.”

He added that with this conversion, farmers can transform their old diesel tractors into a better product than what they were before.

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What sparked the idea?

With a mechanical background, Kepner had the idea for the conversion. He said the automobile industry had found a way to convert old vehicles to EFI systems, and he wanted to incorporate the same idea for his tractor.

His first step in coming up with the method was calling a company in Memphis, Tenn., who works on conversions for old vehicles. Kepner was able to get in touch with a company engineer who was willing to give direction, via the phone, with the EFI retrofit system hookup. The engineer happened to be a farmer from Mississippi and had a good idea of what Kepner was trying to accomplish.

Kepner said once he was able to get direction from the engineer, the project didn’t take much time to complete.

A tad bit of remodeling to parts on the tractor had to be done to incorporate the new system, but the modern touch has barely touched the vintage look of the John Deere 4020 model.

“It’s just awesome what it does (to the tractor),” Kepner said, referring to

the conversion. “It doesn’t smoke. It starts easily, and it’s really like driving a new pickup truck.”

Kepner said the new twist gives his tractor 10 percent more horsepower than when it left the dealership, while using 20 percent less fuel.

“It’s just correcting a lot of mistakes made when they were first built,” he said.

Showing off the new conversion Kepner took his project to a corn pickers show this past fall and received a lot attention from fellow farmers interested in his conversion.

Today, he is keeping busy doing the same conversion to four tractors people have requested him to complete.

Kepner said he is more than willing to share his idea with others. He said he doesn’t care who does it; he just thinks it needs to be known that it can be done so farmers can utilize the late model diesel tractors.

“The country is just full of them, and they’re just sitting around not being used,” he said, adding there is still a good market for the small tractor for the little projects around the farm.

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Kepner explains his work and technique in hooking up an electronic fuel injection (EFI) system on his old diesel engine tractor. According to Kepner this is an idea that has yet to make it into the agricultural scene, but the demand is out there as many farmers have kept their old diesel engine tractors but have yet to find use for them.

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Making the most of your compost URBANA — After the fall, many homeowners wonder what to do with the leaves that have accumulated on the ground.

“Composting can be a beneficial process to manage yard waste,” said University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Andrew Holsinger. “Proper planning and effort can provide the opportunity to generate organic matter beneficial to the soil.”

Composting is defined as the transformation of raw organic materials into biologically stable humuslike substances suitable for growing plants. “Organic matter improves soil quality in a number of ways including, soil moisture retention, nutrient-holding capacity and nutrient cycling,” Holsinger explained.

Nutrient-holding capacity is the ability for soil to hold nutrients that would otherwise leach away, and nutrient cycling is basically recycling nutrients that were previously taken up by plants. The cycling of nutrients balances the availability of nutrients from the plant material back into the soil.

What are the keys to success when it comes to composting?

Compost materials are made up of a proportion of carbon to nitrogen in

materials to feed the microorganisms the proper diet of carbon and nitrogen.

Make the most of compost

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· Mix the pile as needed to reduce moisture and odors. · If the pile is too dry, add water until there is the feel of a dampened sponge. · Keep meat products out of the pile to reduce animal and insect pests. · Cut or chop organic materials to increase surface area for quicker breakdown (optional). · Cover compost pile with a tarp to retain heat in winter. · Increase volume from the ideal size of 1 cubic yard to 4 feet x 4 feet x 4 feet if pile is located near windy area (optional). an organic material. When these materials are combined in proper proportion and in combination with air, water and warmth, it creates a proper environment for decomposition.

Decomposition is what is desired when it comes to composting, Holsinger explained.

“Unfortunately, during the winter months, some of these key components may be lacking to achieve the success desired in decomposing your organic waste,” he added.

The key components are:

Temperature

Compost piles should be covered in the winter. Covering the compost pile in the winter excludes excess rain or snow, which can make the pile too wet. Insulating the pile in the winter

Composting materials are broken down by aerobic organisms, which require air for their survival. In high-temperature situations, it can help reduce odor. The initial moisture content of composting materials tends to be high and can be reduced with aeration. Turning of the compost pile is the most common method for aeration. Other methods of aeration include passive aeration with a network of perforated tubes or using an aerated static pile.

has the benefit of reducing cold air, which can decrease microbial activity.

The carbon to nitrogen ratio

There are two main components of organic waste that are transformed to compost: the green materials (nitrogen) and brown materials (carbon).

Nitrogen is used to build proteins (amino acids).

The microorganisms need nitrogen in order to survive. There is a shortage of nitrogen in the soil because everything living wants to consume it and it can be leached away by rainwater. The green materials are sources of nitrogen and protein. Usually they consist of fresh green plant materials, including fresh grass clippings and organ-

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Sources of carbon differ in their chemical structure and some can be challenging for microorganisms to digest. The brown materials are also absorbers of excess moisture. Usually they consist of dried brown plant materials, including ground-up leaves and straw.

“It is important to have an optimal ratio of carbon to nitrogen which is typically 30:1,” Holsinger pointed out. “If there is too much nitrogen in the mix, the compost pile can become too hot, which may kill the compost microorganism, or it may go anaerobic, resulting in a stinky mess.”

He added that with too little nitrogen in the mix (high C), the compost will not heat up properly, which could result in a longer waiting time for finished compost. This ratio is most important in the breakdown of the compost

While moisture is a requirement for composting, high moisture results in a reduction in the pore spaces for air. Low moisture deprives organisms of needed water for metabolism and inhibits their activity. Ideally, home compost piles should contain 45 to 65 percent moisture. The ideal moisture for most materials is 55 percent. You can check your moisture level with a simple squeeze test.

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USDA reports provide some surprises, particularly for corn URBANA — Based on the worn adage that “big crops get bigger,” analysts generally expected the USDA’s November Crop Production report to contain larger forecasts for the size of the current U.S. corn and soybean harvest. According to a University of Illinois agricultural economist, the soybean production forecast was larger, but the corn forecast was smaller than the October forecast.

“The U.S. soybean crop is now forecast at 3.958 billion bushels, 31 million bushels larger than the October forecast,” said Darrel Good. “The U.S. average yield is forecast at 47.5 bushels, 0.4 bushel larger than the October forecast. Yield forecasts changed by a bushel or two for the majority of states, with smaller forecasts in six of the 29 states. Production forecasts were not changed for the rest of the world. In the November World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, the USDA increased the forecast of both the domestic crush and exports during the current marketing year so the forecast of year-ending stocks remains at 450 million bushels, or 12.4 percent of projected consumption. The domestic crush should be supported by strong soybean

meal demand, particularly in the export market, and by favorable crush margins. The pace of soybean export sales and shipments also supports the larger export forecast. The marketing-year average price is still forecast in a range of $9 to $11. Current spot prices in the eastern Corn Belt are near the midpoint of that range,” Good said.

Good said the U.S. corn crop is projected at 14.407 billion bushels, 68 million bushels smaller than the October forecast. The U.S. average yield is forecast at 173.4 bushels, 0.8 bushel below the October forecast. The yield forecasts declined by five bushels in Minnesota, three bushels in Kansas and two bushels in Iowa. “The change in the production forecast is relatively small, but is in the opposite direction of the expected change,” Good said. He added that the projection of both corn and total coarse grain production in the rest of the world was increased slightly, with declines in the projections of Chinese and Argentina coarse grain production more than offset by increases for the European Union and Mexico.

The USDA forecast of marketing-year consumption of corn for ethanol production was increased by 25 million bushels,

but the forecast of corn for other food and industrial uses was reduced by 20 million bushels. Marketing-year consumption is forecast at 13.66 billion bushels, which would leave year-ending stocks at 2.008 billion bushels or 14.7 percent of projected consumption. The projection of marketing-year exports remains at 1.75 billion bushels, but as Good pointed out last week, the current pace of both export sales and shipments are trailing the pace needed to reach that projection.

“In today’s WASDE report, the USDA lowered the forecast of current marketing-year exports from both Argentina and Brazil by a total of 59 million bushels, but increased the export projection for the Ukraine by 20 million bushels and lowered the forecast of Chinese imports by 20 million bushels,” Good said. “The forecast of the marketing-year average farm price was projected in a range of $3.20 to $3.80, 10 cents higher than the October forecast. Current spotcash prices in the eastern Corn Belt are near the low end of that range.”

The final USDA production estimates for corn and soybeans will be released in January while projections of marketing-year consumption, ending

stocks, and average price will be updated monthly through the marketing year. In addition to the final yield estimates, there will be some interest in the final estimates of harvested acreage.

Good said that the difference between the current National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimates of planted acreage of corn and soybeans and planted acreage reported by the USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) last month are historically large.

“NASS estimates are much larger than the FSA estimates, particularly for corn,” Good said. “The FSA will release an updated report of planted and prevented acreage on Nov. 13.

If the gap between the two estimates remains large, there will be some expectation that the final NASS acreage estimates to be released in January (based

on the December Agricultural Survey) will be smaller than the current estimates.

“If current production and consumption forecasts are actually verified, the big story this year will be that extremely large corn and soybean crops resulted in less than burdensome year-ending stocks,” Good said. “The modest level of stocks relative to the consumption base opens the door for a tighter supply and consumption balance for the 2015-16 marketing year, particularly for corn.

If consumption next year remains near the projected level for this year, a corn crop less than 13.66 billion bushels would result in a drawdown in stocks,” he said. With a national average yield at the trend value of 163 bushels per acre, harvested acreage would have to increase by about 700,000 acres to produce a crop greater than 13.66 bil-

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The soybean picture is a little different. “If soybean consumption next year continues at the level projected for this year, a crop less than 3.615 billion bushels would result in a drawdown in year-ending stocks,” Good said. “A trend yield of 44.3 bushels per acre would require harvested acreage of only 81.6 million to produce a crop of 3.615 billion bushels. That is 1.8 million fewer acres than expected to be harvested this year.

“While the large harvest this year will keep prices at relatively low levels, particularly for corn, the odds now favor prices that will be profitable for both corn and soybean producers in 2015-16,” Good said.

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Tips for planning next year’s vegetable garden URBANA — It’s always a good idea to have a plan before you start digging up your yard, said a University of Illinois horticulture educator.

“Sometimes a location seems like the perfect site for a garden until you start digging and find the soil is like concrete,” said Chris Enroth. “Or you start growing and realize the water supply is way out of reach. Now you’re hauling buckets of water.”

Enroth suggested four basic items that will help in having a more successful garden next season.

Soil A very common item that is overlooked by many beginner and experienced gardeners alike is soil health and fertility, he said. Most home-

owners rely solely on store-bought fertilizers for their plants’ nutrition with little worry about soil health or the actual nutrient composition of their soil.

So how do we give our soil a checkup?

“If you are serious about growing good vegetables, you need to know the nutrient composition and basic properties of your soil,” Enroth said.

“A soil test is a way to find that out. Collect samples of soil from your proposed gardening sites, mix them together and bag them up to be sent to a nearby soil testing laboratory. If you would like to compare two different garden locations, in the same manner take samples from each location, but do not mix one with the other. Therefore, you can compare the results

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Sun Most of the summer vegetables we know and love to eat require at least six hours of sunlight per day. That means the garden needs a full-sun location. “Plants feed themselves through photosynthesis, and each plant leaf is a food factory,” Enroth said. “By restricting the amount of light, you lessen the amount of sugars the plant can make for itself, and it will be unable to perform to its optimum capabilities.

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Water Supply Hauling water in 90 plus degree weather is hard work. Therefore, you should site your garden so that you don’t have to.

Don’t make the mistakes many other gardeners have made. Many vegetable gardeners think they can supplement with buckets of water, but unless you have a bucket brigade, Enroth said most plants are only watered enough to barely keep them alive.

“Ideally you want some form of permanent irrigation system. I highly recommend some type

of drip or soaker hose system. Drip irrigation works great to minimize water lost to evaporation and applies water very slowly so runoff does not occur. Plus, drip irrigation takes a lot of the guesswork out of watering,” Enroth said.

“If possible, investigate harvested water options.

By using water harvested in an above- or belowground cistern, you can save yourself some backache and lower your own potable water usage. Rain barrels are a great notion, but you would need a lot of water storage for a large vegetable garden,” he said.

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“Don’t get suckered by gimmicks,” Enroth warned.

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Tools popular in the garden include: • A sharp shovel — A sharp blade on the end of your shovel is critical to easy digging. Once you have your blade sharpened, you will keep up the habit every year.

• A pair of pruners — “When I’m outside gardening, my pruners are always in a sheath attached to my belt, notably because I always seem to tear my plants apart when picking their fruit or leaves. Pruners account for a clean cut,” Enroth said.

• A collinear hoe — This is used for cultivating weeds or slicing them off at the soil line. A collinear hoe is not a digging hoe; it is a hoe that can be used while standing upright and using a sweeping motion to cultivate small weeds. Have a file on hand to keep this blade sharp after use.

• A soil knife (trowel) — “If you are planting a

lot of smaller transplants and your soil is relatively friable, I prefer to use a soil knife,” Enroth explained. “It is a pointed blade with a handle.

Simply stab the soil, pull it back, drop in the transplant, and remove the knife and firm up the soil around the new plant.”

• A bucket — Good for storing and moving tools, gathering up plant material, harvesting the fruits of your labor and sitting.

Make sure to label which bucket is for harvested vegetables and which one is for carrying manure to the compost pile.

• A good wheelbarrow — “You never know when you will need to move something heavy to the other side of the yard. And a sturdy wheelbarrow can come in mighty handy.

There are also several different types of garden carts on the market that may make maneuvering around the garden a little easier,” Enroth said.

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Hog and pork prices return to reality URBANA — Hog and pork prices were launched to almost unexplainable heights by concerns over reduced pork supplies from the PED (porcine epidemic diarrhea) virus in the spring and summer.

More recently, prices have been in descent and now have returned to more realistic levels, according to a Purdue University Extension economist.

“The high-price period began to emerge in mid-February 2014 as media attention began to focus on the death losses from the PED virus,” said Chris Hurt. “There were media descriptions of nearly 100 percent death losses in some herds with a disease that was spreading rapidly to other herds.

There were rumors of the possibility of 20 percent reductions in pork supplies. Hog prices shot higher.”

By late March, live hog prices reached near their yearly highs of $98 per live hundredweight.

“The extraordinary fact is that this was nearly $40 higher than the same time a year earlier, or about 70 percent above year-ago prices,” Hurt said. Prices continued to be sharply above year-earlier levels for the spring, summer, and into the fall. From March through mid-October, live hog prices this year averaged $86 compared to $68 for the same period in 2013.

“The ‘fact’ or reality is that pork supplies have not been down sharply in 2014,” Hurt said. “So far this year, pork supplies are only down 2 percent as 5 percent fewer hogs have been largely offset by percent higher weights. It seems that market participants vastly overbid hog prices to ‘fantasy’ levels.

On the other hand, at the time the uncertainty of supplies was very real and markets bid a huge ‘risk

premium’ into prices. ”Looking back on the year, it seems clear that the old adage of ‘buy the rumor, and sell the fact’ may be the best way to characterize this year’s price pattern,” Hurt said.

“The ‘rumor’ that PED might greatly reduce pork supplies was an important factor in the elevated prices. But the ‘fact’ that PED was not a major disruptor of supplies has now allowed prices to return to more realistic levels.”

According to Hurt, the media has also given considerable attention to record-high retail pork prices this year, although consumer beef prices have received even more attention. With hog prices returning to reality this fall, retail pork prices are expected to also experience some declines, Hurt said. Wholesale pork prices reached their highs in July and have now had three months of moderation.

Retail prices tend to lag wholesale prices by three to six months, but the official October estimate of retail prices shows some consumer relief as prices fell 7 cents per pound, the first sign of lower prices in nearly a year. Retail pork prices should continue to moderate somewhat through 2015 as pork supplies increase.

“Consumers have not complained much about retail pork prices that averaged $4.14 a pound in October, according to USDA’s estimate of the average grocery store price of pork,” Hurt said.

“The reason is because beef prices were at $6.24 a pound, making pork look like a bargain at $2.10 a pound lower than beef.”

What do “more realistic” hog prices mean for the remainder of this year and 2015? Hurt said PED is still having an impact and is still killing some baby pigs. However, markets

are treating PED as something that can be managed unlike last spring and summer when the “rumor” mill was creating grave uncertainty for pork supplies.

Pork supplies are expected to be down 1 percent in December, January, and February, and then increase by 3 percent in the spring and 5 percent in the summer.

Live hog prices are expected to average about $67 to $68 in the final quarter of this year and through the winter. The highest prices for next year are expected in the second quarter, averaging near $70, but then falling to the mid-$60s in the summer and down to the mid-$50s by the fall as pork supplies continue to increase.

According to Hurt, the most profitable year on record will be 2014, with estimated profits near $55 per head. Those will remain strong for the first three quarters in 2015, averaging around $44 per head, before tailing off to around $10 per head in the final quarter. Profits for the entire year of 2015 are still expected to be $36 per head, which would be the third highest profit year of the last 26 years dating back to 1990.

“High hog prices and lower costs are the keys to current profitability,” Hurt said. “Estimated annual costs of production have dropped from a high of $67 per live hundredweight in the drought year of 2012 to $56.50 for this calendar year and to $52 anticipated for 2015. Notably, corn prices declined sharply in the fall of 2013, but meal prices did not decline overall until the fall of 2014 (with some nearby supply shortages still to work through). So 2015 will be the first calendar year when both corn prices and meal prices have moderated, dropping feed costs to five-year lows.”

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Consortium receives $7 million to empower women farmers URBANA — A consortium led by the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) has been awarded $7 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to increase global food security and support effective rural development by empowering women to better contribute to higher household incomes, increase agricultural productivity and improve nutritional outcomes for family and community members.

The new project, “Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services” (INGENAES), aims to strengthen gender and nutrition integration within and through agricultural extension and advisory services and ultimately reduce poverty,

improve food security and reduce malnutrition.

“This is a program of action,” said Paul McNamara, INGENAES project director and associate professor in the ACES Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics. “We will be working in these countries to help improve women farmers’ access to extension services. We will also be using extension services to improve women’s access to critical inputs and helping extension services address nutrition concerns through their programs. We have committed to not just thinking and writing about these issues but to actually improving the situation; it is action-oriented scholarship and outreach.”

INGENAES is the latest of three associate awards that have followed the $12 million, USAID-funded,

ACES-led Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS) project, which serves to define and disseminate good practice strategies and approaches to establishing efficient, effective, and financially sustainable rural extension and advisory service systems in selected developing countries.

“During our MEAS work, we’ve seen that especially for poor farmers, many of whom are women, access to services is a problem; and access to extension services, which, for example, may be able to help women get better access to fertilizer or improved seeds, is simply not available,” explained McNamara.

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The INGENAES team will be working in at least eight countries that will be selected over the next couple of months. Led

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“It is most important to consider the multiple roles that women hold,” said Colverson. “It is critical that when you introduce a new technology you are not adding another responsibility to women’s already overburdened lifestyles. Women and children are generally responsible for repetitive

household tasks (such as gathering firewood and carrying water), often without mechanization and electricity, so the question is how can we introduce innovations that will reduce their burden and not add a different burden, such as providing equipment that is too big, heavy, or dangerous.”

Cultural Practice LLC is a consultancy firm that will provide support to the management team and provide technical assistance to the program.

“We all know that agriculture is key to improved nutrition, but we don’t pay enough attention to the roles and relationships of men and women in agriculture,” said Cook.

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2015 AFBF Annual Convention and IDEAg Trade Show features more exhibits, innovation and interaction WASHINGTON, D.C. — Farmers, ranchers and growers will focus on innovation and engagement when they converge on San Diego, Calif., Jan. 9-14, for American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2015 Annual Convention and IDEAg Trade Show.

The AFBF Annual Convention will feature headline speakers, timely information and strategies farmers need to engage on the many public policy issues. The latest in agricultural technology, equipment, programs and services will take the spotlight at the all-new, interactive IDEAg Trade Show Jan. 9-11.

“The new IDEAg Trade Show is a greatly expanded exhibition of all the tools and technology that are essential for farmers and ranchers to succeed in today’s efficient and productive agricultural envi-

ronment,” said Raymond Bianchi, senior director, expositions and events for AFBF and IDEAg Group.

“The IDEAg brand is truly premier in the farm show business. Adding this expertise to the AFBF Annual Convention offers farmers and ranchers a great opportunity to pack a lot of business into one dynamic event.”

The IDEAg Trade Show will feature cutting-edge technologies and products for America’s farmers and ranchers. Featured exhibitors will include Case IH, Dow Agroscience, DuPont Pioneer, General Motors, John Deere, Monsanto, Nationwide Insurance and Valley Irrigation. The show is divided into four focus areas: Innovate: focused on the latest technology; Invest: focused on the business of agriculture; Infrastructure: focused on the systems

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The IDEAg show will also feature an on-site Cultivation Center programmed with short content that will engage attendees on the focus areas of the show.

The show also will feature, on Jan. 10, the IDEAg Innovate conference, which will spotlight topics such as managing agricultural big data, the use of drones for farming purposes, precision agriculture and Internet strategies for farmers and ranchers. That day’s events and all the exhibits will be open to all farmers, ranchers and agricultural professionals.

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Before registering online at annualconvention. fb.org, farmer and rancher members should check with their state Farm Bureau office to see if they have already been registered. The full Farm Bureau member registration fee is $100 and includes the IDEAg Trade Show and Young Farmer & Rancher competitive events, general sessions, workshops and the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Silent Auction.

Non-members may pay $10 in advance for a oneday registration to attend the IDEAg Trade Show and Foundation Silent Auction on Saturday, Jan. 10.

For more information on the IDEAg Trade Show, contact Raymond Bianchi at 847-969-2915.

Survey: Gauging the aspirations, needs of women in agriculture WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Program has launched “Women in Ag,” an online survey that aims to gauge the goals, aspirations, achievements and needs of women in American agriculture in a number of different areas.

All women who are connected to agriculture are invited to participate in the survey at womeninag. fb.org. Respondents must reside in the United States.

Farm Bureau membership is not required to participate.

“This comprehensive survey is the first of its kind to ask women in-depth questions about how they are connected to agriculture and what leadership skills they think are most important today, as well as the top business challenges they’re facing,” said Terry Gilbert, a Kentucky

farmer and chair of the American Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee. “All women involved in agriculture – not just Farm Bureau members – are invited to participate in the survey,” Gilbert emphasized.

Data collected from respondents will be used to gauge trends related to the achievements of women in agriculture.

The AFB Women’s Leadership Committee is sponsoring the survey and is working with other farm and agriculture organizations to encourage participation. Participants will be eligible for an opportunity to win one of five $100 gift cards after the survey closes. Preliminary findings from the survey will be released in February 2015 at AFBF’s FUSION Conference in Nashville, Tenn.; the full report will be released in late spring.

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Cover crops can sequester soil organic carbon URBANA — A 12-year University of Illinois study shows that, although the use of cover crops does not improve crop yields, the practice does increase the amount of sequestered soil organic carbon using three different soil management systems.

U of I soil scientist Ken Olson evaluated plots that were subjected to no-till, chisel plow and moldboard plow treatments with and without hairy vetch and cereal rye cover crops.

“By 2012, we found that the soil tillage plots that had cover-crop treatments had more soil organic carbon stock than those without cover crops for the same soil root zone and tillage treatment,” Olson said.

In fact, Olson said the no-till system, with cover crops, sequestered the most soil organic carbon

when compared to the pre-treatment from the year 2000 no-till baseline soil organic carbon stock.

“In addition, the no-tilled, chisel plowed and moldboard-plowed plots with cover crops all sequestered soil organic carbon above the pre-treatment baseline levels of the same tillage treatment.”

With the addition of cover crops to all tillage treatments for the 12-year study, the soil organic carbon stock gains were 30 percent higher for no-till, 10 percent higher for chisel plowed and 18 percent for moldboard-plowed plots.

“This suggests that soil organic carbon stock losses from tillage, water erosion and some disturbance or mixing during no-till planting, aeration, nitrogen injection in corn years and mineraliza-

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Olson stressed that establishing a baseline of

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tices, such as no-till and cover crops, must create an increase in net soil organic carbon from a previous pre-treatment baseline, as well as result

in a net reduction in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to be described as having sequestered soil organic carbon,” Olson said.

The study was conducted at U of I’s Dixon Springs Agricultural Research Center in southern Illinois beginning in 2001 on sloping ground with a moderately well drained, eroded soil.

“Long-Term, Effects of Cover Crops on Crop Yields, Soil Organic Carbon Stocks and Sequestration” was published in Open Journal of Soil Science and was co-authored

by Stephen A. Ebelhar and James M. Lang. Olson is a researcher in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois.

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Young farmers, ranchers tell EPA to ditch the rule WASHINGTON, D.C. — America’s young farmers and ranchers are speaking out on the impact their new businesses will suffer under the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed Waters of the U.S. rule, the American Farm Bureau Federation said.

AFBF’s Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee outlined its key concerns regarding the Waters of the U.S. rule in formal comments submitted to the EPA. “EPA keeps grasping for control over our farms and ranches,” AFBF Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee Chair Jake Carter said. “Young farmers and ranchers are the future of American agriculture, and we take our role of protecting the land seriously. This proposal puts serious roadblocks

in our way without any material improvements in water quality.”

Young farmers and ranchers are especially vulnerable to increased costs in farming. Since the already narrow “normal farming and ranching” exemption in the Clean Water Act excludes farms and ranches that started operating after 1977, farmers and ranchers with newer businesses will need permits for basic farming activities, including simply moving dirt.

Under this proposed rule, the only thing that is clear and certain is that it will be more difficult to farm and ranch, or to make any changes on the land – even if those changes would benefit the environment, the AFBF committee said.

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