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FORRESTON Journal August 6, 2015 Volume 153, Number 15 - $1.00

Take Back Event Properly dispose of used oil and motor oil Saturday, Aug. 22 during a take back event. A7

Green Iron

Farm Heritage

Antique tractors in mostly shades of green were on display. B3

Save the date and plan to attend the ninth annual Farm Heritage Festival on Aug. 29 A6

Bar owner thanks village for allowing beer garden By Chris Johnson cxjohnson@oglecounty news.com The owner of a bar in Forreston attended Monday night’s village board meeting

to express his thanks to the village. “Thank you for letting us have the beer garden this year,” said Josh Lamping, owner of Josh’s Saloon in downtown Forreston.

“I would like to do it next year.” Village President Michael Harn said there were no complaints about the event. “I heard only positive things,” Harn said.

Lamping said the weather was perfect for Sauerkraut Days and the beer garden was well attended. “We issued 229 wristbands to the beer garden,” said Lamping.

Delicate work to restore 104-year-old sculpture By Chris Johnson cxjohnson@oglecounty news.com Tadeusz Mlynarczyk leaned in close to the side of the Lorado Taft creation using small tools to carefully remove dirt and grime from its 104-year-old surface. His light taps with a petite hammer and chisel provided a steady rhythmic clinking that softly filled the air nearly 50 feet above the Rock River Valley. Such was a typical work morning on the painstaking restoration of what is commonly know as the Black Hawk Statue. Mlynarczyk, a technician with Conservation of Sculptures and Objects Studio, Inc., Forest Park,

sat on the sixth level of scaffolding July 30 performing the delicate tasks as he worked on a small three foot square section of the sculpture. “All right, the calcium was really really hard and thick,” said Mlynarczyk. “It was a lot of work to get to this point. We have to clean and remove the stuff. It is looking like it is original.” Work is being done in sections with a spray bottle of solvent, a wire brush, a chisel, and a small hammer. “We are getting some solvents to do more cleaning,” Mlynarczyk said. “Some parts I can not touch because they are too fragile.” Time and weather have damaged the statue to the point that portions of the

Andrezij Dajnowski, director of Conservation of Sculptures and Objects Studio, Forest Park, talks about the cracks in the head of the Black Hawk Statue. Photo by Earleen Hinton

Police Chief Mike Boomgarden had no issues with the beer garden or Sauerkraut Days. “Everything was very positive,” Boomgarden said. The beer garden was held

in the gravel lot between Josh’s and the library. The village rents the lot and provided the location for the beer garden. Turn to A3

Sauerkraut Days

exterior have crumbled and fallen off. The folded arms of the statue, especially the elbows and underneath the arms; the middle of the robe; and the vertical fold in the robe from armpit to toe are the critical areas. Mlynarczyk picked up a hammer and lightly tapped on Black Hawk. Most spots had a solid ring to them when struck, but when he got to a damaged section of the elbow the sound was more of a hollow thud. “That is not fine,” Mlynarczyk said. “We will have to inject and make it solid before we can clean it. The work being done was for conservation of the statue. “Usually restoration is ‘let’s take and make a beautiful new one and strong forever,’” said Mlynarczyk . “The work done previously was ‘don’t worry about it.’ Because of that, it makes it hard for us to do this right. Cheaper and faster, is what they did.” Mlynarczyk showed portions of the statue that still had rotten pieces of wood from where scaffolding from previous restoration efforts were left.

Above, Forreston author Vicki Petta points out details of her book “11 Broken Pencils” to David Meile, Baileyville. Petta was signing copies of her book Aug. 1 at a booth at Forreston’s Sauerkraut Days. At left, One of the more unusual cars on display at the Car & Bike Show in Forreston was this 1933 Buick made for Marshall Field & Company. The car is owned by Susan and Evan Moore, Sterling. Photos by Vinde Wells

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Thrilling shows and animal judging highlighted at the fair By Chris Johnson cxjohnson@oglecounty news.com

Joe Stebbins, Forreston gets his tractor on two wheels July 29 when competing in the antique tractor pull. He is driving a 1937 Oliver. Photo by Chris Johnson

In This Week’s Edition...

Birth Announcement, A4 Church News, A5 Classifieds, B6-B10 College News, A4 Entertainment, A6

Thrilling shows, costumed animals, and perfect weather were some of the highlights of the Ogle County Fair. The grandstands were the place to be each night at the fair for tractor pulls, a rodeo, and the metal crunching demolition derby. Rose Walton, Forreston, was one of the local competitors in the antique tractor pulls July 29. “The competition is fun and I get to beat the men. These guys show no mercy,” she said. In a tractor pull, the competitors are hooked to a weighted sled and try to pull for the longest distance. As the distance increases the weight on the sled increases resistance. “To get a good pull you need to pay attention to what you are doing and what everyone else is doing,” said Walton. “The track conditions can throw you off. You need to pay attention to

Forreston Police, A2 Marriage Licenses, A4 Oregon Police, B4 Public Voice, A7 Property Transfers, B5

the entire track.” During the antique tractor pull there were two divisions, antique and farm. The antique tractor is usually stock tractors with

no modifications. The farm tractors are right off the farm. “Sometimes people put oversized pistons in them to increase power,” said Walton. Turn to B1

Ashley Williams was fighting back tears of joy when she was awarded the reserve champion for her senior pet bunny July 30. Williams is a member of the Leaf River Soaring Eagles 4-H club. Photo by Chris Johnson

Sheriff’s Arrests, B3 Social News, A4 Sports, B2 State’s Attorney, B5 Weather, A8

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Deaths, B5 Evelyn J. Bolen, John W. Butler


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