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FORRESTON Journal May 25, 2017 Volume 155, Number 5 - $1.00

Regional Champs

Sectional Win

Helping Others

The Cardinals baseball team beats Amboy 9-5 to advance to the Le-Win Sectional. B1

Forreston-Polo’s boys track team wins the Oregon Sectional. B1

Local ag organizations are facilitating help to those hit by wildfires. B4

Council approves zoning for county new jail By Vinde Wells vwells@oglecountynews.com The proposed new Ogle County Jail squeaked past one obstacle Tuesday evening when the Oregon City Council approved a rezoning request by a 3-to-2 vote. The council approved the county board’s request to rezone, from single family residential to commercial, five county-owned lots in the 100 block of South Sixth

Street, where the board plans to build a new 180-bed jail. City commissioners Jim Barnes and Tom Izer cast the no votes, while commissioners Kurt Wilson and Terry Schuster and mayor Ken Williams voted yes. However, the biggest hurdle is yet to come on June 27 when the city council considers a second county request to vacate the same block of South Sixth to allow the jail to connect to the judicial center

via a large sally port across where the street is now. That vote will take at least four yes votes for approval. The Oregon Planning Commission recommended both requests by a 4-to-2 vote on May 18. Williams said the request to vacate the street was not considered Tuesday, as it depended on the rezoning. “If this didn’t pass we wouldn’t

need the second one,” he said. “Now we need to see what the jail would look like if the street isn’t vacated.” County board chairman Kim Gouker said he appreciated the council’s vote on the rezoning. “We’re pleased that the council followed the recommendation of the Planning Commission and approved a rezoning request that is in their Comprehensive Plan,” he said.

“It was a difficult decision,” Williams said. “I think there were good arguments on both sides.” In a presentation to the council, Gouker said the new jail has been part of the county’s long-range plan for 17 years. Specifics of the jail plan have been researched for the last two years, he said, “from location to the size and operation.” “The process was completed Turn to A2

Robbers hit Casey’s store

It’s Tournament Time!

Police are looking for two white masked men who robbed the Casey’s General Store at 120 N. Division Ave. at gunpoint around 4:15 Monday morning. The two Caucasian men – who were wearing bandanas and hoodies, and one of whom was brandishing a handgun – took an undisclosed amount

of cash and fled on foot, Polo Police Chief Kurt Cavanaugh said in a news release. No one was injured. Illinois State Police crime scene investigators are assisting. Anyone with information is asked to call Polo police at 815-946-3912 or Ogle County Crime Stoppers at 888-228-4488.

Regional Champs Above, Forreston seniors Cameron Timm (12), Bryan Edler (27), and Caleb Poffenberger (8), receive the regional trophy from an Amboy school official as Coach Kyle Zick watches following the Cardinals’ 9-1 win over Amboy on Monday night. A story and more photos appear on B1. Photo by Earleen Hinton

This image taken from store surveillance footage shows the two men who police say robbed the Casey’s General Store at 120 N. Division Ave., Polo, at gunpoint around 4:15 Sunday morning. Photo supplied

Trivia Wars and dueling pianos to headline GV Days Headed to State Forreston’s AJ Christensen (right) and Hunter Daws (left) took first and second in the 110 hurdles during the boys sectional track meet on May 19. A story and more photos appear on B1. Photo by Randy Stukenberg

World War II re-enacted at Stronghold By Earleen Hinton ehinton@oglecounty news.com Two of the Andrew Sisters sat in the sunshine at the picnic table chatting softly with U.S. Cavalry Captain Ronald Reagan when suddenly a German motorcade buzzed by on the dirt road and shots rang out. The BMW motorcycle sped ahead with the

German officer calling out commands, nurses ran through the tall grass as they scurried to their field hospital, a tank revved up, spun around in the mud, and started firing at Allied troops to the east. Within seconds the normally peaceful pasturelike field at the Stronghold Camp and Retreat Center was transformed into a battleground in Austria, circa

In This Week’s Edition...

May 5, 1945. The re-enactment, orchestrated and performed by 360-plus members of the World War Two Historical Re-enacting Society, was one of four re-created battles that culminated a week-long celebration of Armed Forces Week. “Germany has been invaded at this point by the Russians, French, Polish, American, and British troops.

Church Bells, A5 Classifieds, B8-B12 Entertainment, A6 Fines, B6 Marriage Licenses, A4

There is ever increasing small areas of Germany that are still up for resistance. The German military was very disciplined and they still presented a formidable force in opposition to the Allies in this late stage of the war, ” said a German re-eneactor as he addressed Sunday’s audience. The inaugural event was held Saturday and Sunday at Turn to A8

Oregon Library, A6 Public Voice, B4 Property Transfers, B6 RRC Activities, A6 Sheriff’s Arrests, B5

Headlining this year’s evening entertainment at the upcoming German Valley Days festival will be the German Valley Days Trivia Wars Show on Friday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. and Felix & Fingers Dueling Pianos on Saturday, June 10 at 7 p.m. Three-member teams will be vying for first, second and third place cash prizes of $100, $75 and $50 in the Trivia Wars event. Anyone wishing to participate should call Peggy Larson, 815 362-3701. Felix & Fingers, an exceptional dueling piano act and jazz duo, are making a return appearance after their well received performance at last year’s festival. Before the parade entertainment on Saturday

Social News, A4 Sports, A10, B1, B2 State’s Attorney, B6

at 11:30 a.m. will be “Grass Attack,” a five piece bluegrass and newgrass band formed in 2012 from the northwest Illinois and southwest Wisconsin area. Singer and songwriter Adam Linder will return to the German Valley Days stage on Saturday at 2:30 p.m., while his father, Andy Linder, shares his Hacky Sack skills with the German Valley Days crowd. The McNulty Irish Dancers will take the stage on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Composed of dancers of all ages, they enjoy performing both traditional and modern Irish dances. Scheduled at 4:30 p.m., is Jason Kollum, who provides entertainment for kids of Turn to A2

Deaths, B5 Bonnie Jean Daniels, Mark O’Hara, Eugene C. Vogt

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