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FORRESTON Journal November 9, 2017 Volume 155, Number 29 - $1.00
Cardinals Victory
Honor Flight
Emergency Permits
The Cardinals move on to the quarterfinals after handily defeating the Steamers. B1
Local veterans made an Honor Flight to Washington DC Nov. 1. A4
Rauner declares harvest emergency; grain trucks can haul extra weight. B3
Village amends liquor sale hours By Zach Arbogast zarbogast@oglecounty news.com The Forreston Village Board is making changes to an outdated liquor ordinance. Liquor will now be sold in Forreston from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m. on Sundays, instead of 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. During Monday’s board meeting, the board agreed to a request from Josh Lamping, owner of Josh’s Saloon, 212 First Ave., Forreston, to allow him to sell liquor on Sundays for the expanded hours to better accommodate the times Sunday football games are broadcast. “I’m not saying you have to do what other towns do, but other towns have expanded Sundays,” Lamping said. The board voiced no objections to granting the request. “When the ordinance was passed was the first time I was on the board… the reason they went with noon was that a lot
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of the churches got out at that time,” said Trustee Ken Toms. A temporary change was granted Monday, with an official ordinance change scheduled for the next meeting, so the new hours can be effective immediately. Afterwards, Sharon Pepin, Community Funding & Planning Services consultant, spoke to the board about the proposed Tax Increment Finance district, covering Dave and Shirley Vietmeier’s northern 17 acres annexed into the village, the corporate boundaries east of Ill. 26, as well as vacant lots on the southeast part of the village. The vacant lots located across from Forreston High School, north of East Main Street and Ill. 72, referred to as the Ludwig properties, presented good development opportunities for the village, but Pepin said it turns out they are not eligible to be in the TIF district. Turn to A3
Slain officer had local ties
Above, Forreston’s Gavin Fuchs (37) and Brayden Walton (50) check their helmets following Saturday’s game in Fulton. At right, Garett Badertscher (32) gets a hug from his grandma Sue Dixon, of Dixon, as fog rolls in following Saturday’s game. Below, Forreston Cardinal fan Evelyn Burckhardt, age 4, is all smiles as she watches the playoff game at Fulton with her grandmother, Norma Burckhardt (right) and Courtney Braselton. Evelyn’s dad is one of the coaches for the team. Turn to B1 for more photos and the story about the game. Photos by Earleen Hinton
By Vinde Wells vwells@oglecounty news.com The 30-year-old Rockford police officer who died early Sunday after a scuffle with another man during a traffic stop had ties to Mt. Morris. Jaimie Cox’s grandparents, the late Don and Joyce Cox, were Mt. Morris residents, and his father Jim grew up in town and graduated from Mt. Morris High School in 1977. Mt. Morris Police Chief Jason White said Jaimie also lived in town for a few months while attending training for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police, where he worked before joining the Rockford Police Department in 2016. “He was a very nice young man,” White said. “It’s an unfortunate incident all the way around.” According to the Rockford Register Star, Rockford police said Cox made a traffic stop on a pickup truck near East State Street and Dawn Avenue shortly after 1 a.m. on Nov. 5. Police believe that during the traffic stop, Cox scuffled with the driver Eddie Patterson, 49, became entangled with the truck and opened fire with his sidearm. The truck struck a tree approximately two blocks from where Cox made the traffic stop. Cox radioed for assistance during the incident. Cox was transported by ambulance to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center where he was pronounced
In This Week’s Edition...
Church News, A5 Classifieds, B5-B8 Entertainment, A6 Fines, B3
Library News, A8 Marriage Licenses, A4 Public Voice, A7 Property Transfers, B3
Sheriff’s Arrests, B3 Social News, A4 Sports,B1, B2 State’s Attorney, B4
Jaimie Cox
dead. Patterson also died. After an autopsy on Monday, the Winnebago County Coroner said Cox died from blunt force trauma and ruled his death a homicide. An autopsy also revealed that Patterson suffered a gunshot wound which is listed as his cause of death. He also suffered blunt force trauma in the incident. Authorities say the plates on Patterson’s truck did not match the truck, which may have been the reason Cox pulled Patterson over. An investigation is ongoing by Rockford Police and the Winnebago-Boone County Integrity Task Force. Cox graduated from Hononegah High School and had served in the U.S. Army National Guard. Visitation for Cox will be held on Friday, Nov. 10 from 3 to 9 p.m. at First Free Evangelical Church, 2223 N. Mulford Road, Rockford, with the law enforcement walk-through scheduled for 6 p.m.
Deaths, B4 Judy S. Kitzmiller, Russell J. Statler
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