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FORRESTON Journal July 13, 2017 Volume 155, Number 12 - $1.00

NUIC Football

Butterfly Release

Lions Dinner

Changes have become the norm for the NUIC football schedules. B1

Butterflies are released in memory of loved ones. A10

The Forreston Lions Club will serve a pork chop dinner on July 22. A2

Man charged with battering a baby in Polo By Vinde Wells vwells@oglecounty news.com A Polo man is in jail, charged with aggravated battery of a month and onehalf-old baby. Ian C. Green, 23, was charged with aggravated battery of a child, a Class X felony. The Ogle County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that Green was arrested June 7 after deputies, along with Dixon police, responded to KSB Hospital, Dixon, where the infant was being treated for a broken arm. Further investigation indicated the child had eight broken bones in various stages of healing, and that the injuries had been received at a Polo residence, according to the news release.

Ian C. Green

Green appeared Saturday in court where his bond was set at $200,000. At a court appearance Monday afternoon, Ogle County Judge Robert Hanson set a hearing for Friday afternoon. Green’s bond remains at $200,000 and he remains in Ogle County Jail.

Flying Free A butterfly takes flight just above Leatrice Bicksler’s shoulder Saturday as she and Ron Kuntzelman, both of Leaf River, released butterflies at Serenity Hospice & Home in Oregon. Bicksler, a volunteer at Serenity, could be heard to exclaim, “They were beautiful!” as the butterflies took flight. A story on the release appears on A10. Photo by Breanne Hunter.

Veteran and family receive generous donation Former Marine gets a van from Polo brothers By Zach Arbogast zarbogast@oglecounty news.com A wounded veteran went to Polo for dinner on Sunday, but ended up with a large donation benefiting himself and his family. United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal James Poggi, Somonauk, got a call last week from some friends with the Dogs of War Marine Veteran Motorcycle Club about coming to Chesty P’s, 104 E Mason St, for some dinner and a get-together. Unbeknownst to Poggi, however, friends had secretly arranged for a handicap van to be waiting for him, donated by brothers Jeff and Patrick Donaldson, Polo. Due to injuries suffered in 2010 while helping land a malfunctioning V-22 Osprey helicopter in Afghanistan, Poggi developed spinal meningitis, rendering his left foot useless. The lower part of his left leg was amputated May 2, making everyday living and working Jeff Donaldson, left, shows Marine veteran James Poggi some of the features in the a great challenge. Word of mouth and the love of friends, 1999 Ford E-150 handicap van. The van belonged to Donaldson’s late mother, Betty, and was donated to the Poggi family to help ease the financial burden of replacing however, would come together to bring the family a timely boon. their family vehicle, currently out of commission. Photo by Zach Arbogast

During U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller’s birthday celebration on June 24, the third such annual event hosted at Chesty P’s, Paul “Tango” Bowker supplied fliers in support of a veteran’s fundraiser and bike show coming up Aug. 19 in Belvidere. The fliers outlined hardships the Poggi family was suffering: their home was not accommodating to his mobility, requiring it to be sold, and the family vehicle was currently broken down. One of the men who read the flier was Polo Street Superintendent Kendall Kyker, who was no stranger to the sacrifice service brings; his stepson, USMC Staff Sergeant Justus Bartelt, was killed in Afghanistan on July 16, 2010. “I haven’t served myself, but my stepson did, and they all mean the world to me,” said Kyker. “If there’s any way I can help a Marine, I will.” Kyker immediately approached Bowker with a request: “Do you have time to take a three-block ride?” he asked, and the two made their way to Jeff Donaldson’s home. Donaldson’s mother, Betty, owned a red 1999 Ford E-150 van, with motorized trifolding power lift, a wheelchair-accessible driving console, reduced-effort steering, and Turn to A3

Couple, dog rescued from car By Vinde Wells vwells@oglecounty news.com An Indiana couple and their dog were rescued from a flash flood last week at the White Pines State Park. Firefighters rescued Jim and Susan Inding, in their 60s, and their small dog from their car after it was swept off the first ford by floodwaters that rose rapidly in the Pine Creek July 5. Polo Fire Chief Tony Karrow said the Indings were camping at the park and left for a while. While they were gone, a cloudburst dumped heavy rain in

the area bringing local streams up and out of their banks. Upon their return around 7 p.m. the Indings found the water high but decided to drive through it anyway to get back to the campground. “We got two inches of rain in about 20 minutes,” Karrow said. “It just poured. The ford was probably two and a half feet deep when they tried to cross it. The water was coming through there at a pretty good clip.” He said firefighters got Susan Inding and dog out of the car first, and then extricated Jim. Karrow praised the efforts of all the emergency crews

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who responded to the scene, especially Dixon Rural and Polo firefighters who did the actual rescue. “Everyone worked together as a team,” he said. “I’m really proud of them.” Also helping at the scene were the Mt. Morris Fire Department, Ogle County Sheriff’s Department, and Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police. Karrow had a word of caution about driving through floodwaters. “When you’re told to avoid flooded roadways, take it Firefighters work on getting a passenger car out of Pine Creek after it was swept across the first ford at White Pines State. Photo by Earleen Hinton seriously,” he said.

Business Briefs, B5 Church News, A5 Classifieds, B6-B10 College News, A4 Entertainment, A6

Marriage Licenses, A4 Oregon Police, B3 Property Transfers, B3 Sheriff’s Arrests, B3 Social News, A4

Sports, B1, B2 State’s Attorney, B4 Weather, A2 Zoning, B5

Deaths, B4 Charles R. Downer, Patricia C. Martin, Janene W. Meives, Gladys L. Osborne

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