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FORRESTON Journal

VOLUME 155 NO. 43 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865

LOCAL NEWS

FRIDAY, February 21, 2020 • $1.00

SING-A-LONG

New Chief

The Polo City Council hires a new Chief of Police. / 4

COUNTY BOARD

New Generation 911 The Ogle County Board hears about the future of emergency calls. / 5

Weather Spotting Learn how to

identify dangerous weather in this class at SVCC. / 20

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These are four of several Forreston Grade School third graders who sang the national anthem at the start of girls basketball game last week. Pictured in the front are Isaiah Ludwig, Zachary Saeger, and Kaleb Bergin. In the back row is Xairyn Goeddeke.

INDEX

One Section - 32 Pages

Byron Library............17 Church News............12 Classifieds......... 26-32 Entertainment........... 9

Marriage Licenses.. 24 Library........................ 7 Oregon Police.......... 25 Otto’s Column........... 6

DEATHS Published every Friday

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People........................ 8 Property Transfers.. 23 Sheriff’s Arrests...... 24

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FORRESTON ARREST

19-year-old charged with sexual abuse

BY JEFF HELFRICH jhelfrich@oglecountynews.com A Forreston man has been arrested for sexual abuse and child pornography following an investigation by Forreston police.

Devan R. Joens, 19, was arrested on Feb. 12 for having sexual contact with a 13-year-old female minor, Forreston Police Chief Michael Boomgarden said in a Feb. 17 press release.

“After an investigation an arrest warrant was issued for the following charges: one count of criminal sexual abuse, a class A misdemeanor, and three counts of possession of child pornography, each a class three felony,”

Boomgarden said.

Joens was taken into custody with out incident and transported to the Ogle County jail where he was held in lieu of bond. Joens’ bond was $10,000, and he posted it immediately.

Joens will be required to register as a sex offender if convicted on any of the charges against him, Forreston Police Officer Chris Thiel said at Monday’s Village Board meeting.

The criminal sexual abuse charge is a misdemeanor due to the fact that Joens and the victim were within five years of each other in age (18 and 13) when the alleged crime occurred, Thiel said.

The investigation into Joens started in November 2019.

Devan R. Joens

VILLAGE BOARD

Board approves new UTV ordinance BDD guidelines settled

BY JEFF HELFRICH jhelfrich@oglecountynews.com The Forreston Village Board approved an ordinance Monday night amending its policy on Utility Task Vehicles (UTVs).

The ordinance passed 5-0 with Village Trustee Gary Buss abstaining.

Residents will now be able to drive UTVs on roads during the winter and spring after previously only being allowed between April 30 and Nov. 1.

Permit fees were changed from $75 for one year to $75 for three years.

Village board members requested Monday that the registration stickers include an expiration date and that inspections be done each time one is bought or renewed.

“There’s a few things I like about this,” Village Trustee Ken Toms said.

“It states that no person shall operate one unless they have an Illinois Drivers’ License. I also like that they have to carry insurance, whatever the state requires. I also like that the first offense of wrongdoing is a $75-$500 fine and the second is a three year suspension. I really think there’s been some thought put into this.”

At a meeting last month, Forreston resident and Police Officer Chris Thiel spoke to the board during public comment and asked them to consider bringing their code closer to surrounding communities.

Forreston Police Chief Mike Boomgarden agreed at that meeting and said he has no problem with them being

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Forreston Village Trustee Jeff Freeze (left), Village President Mark Metzger (center) and Trustee Ken Toms work during a meeting on Feb. 17. driven in the winter or registration being longer term.

BDD Guidelines The village board voted unanimously to approve a set of Business Development District guidelines for local businesses that will be seeking money set aside to help with their projects and improvements.

The village gets an extra one percent sales tax from businesses within Forreston that amounts to between $4,000 and $5,000 per month. The money can be used to reimburse businesses for improvements as well as village improvement projects like implementing LED street

lights and sidewalk work.

“This will help us relay to the businesses the procedure, what they can apply for and what we’ll cover,” Forreston Village President Mark Metzger said. “And other opportunities as far as anniversary or grand opening monies that can become available.”

There has been confusion in the past by local businesses on the process of getting the BDD money for projects. To get the BDD money, businesses must first fill out an application, have it reviewed by the village board, get the work done and then present receipts before receiving a payout.

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LIVE MUSIC

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Third Friday musical performances are Feb. 21, March 20 in Franklin Grove With the ancient stone walls still ringing from a wildly successful Fifth Friday in January, Franklin Grove’s historic H. I. Lincoln Building is preparing to revitalize its monthly Third Fridays Open Mic shows.

Although the building is in the midst of major renovation newly appointed Musical Director Bill Richards has arranged for special one night re-openings on Feb. 21 and March 20 (first day of spring) to maintain the Third Friday tradition.

The music is varied and includes country, bluegrass, blues, soft rock, folk, and mixes of all genres.

Musician s from throughout Northern Illinois have been enthusiastic in their support.

A drawing for musician’s time slots will be held at 6:30 p.m. and the show will be launched at 7 p.m. Each musician/ musical group will be featured for 15 minutes. Admission is by free will donation and refreshments will be available.

Newly appointed Lincoln Building Musical Director Bill Richards (left) and his musical consultant Jim “Mr. Friday Night” Wolber are planning a “barn burner” resurrection of the Third Friday Open Mic shows at the H.I. Lincoln Building on Feb. 21.

MEGAN (SWAZIEK) WELLS YOUR LIFE MATTERED

FABA Banners A BDD application was unanimously approved at the meeting from the Forreston Area Business Association for banners that will cost approximately $4,900 total that will be put up on light poles around town.

The banners will likely have four different themes to them, including welcome to Forreston, Forreston area businesses, the Forreston cardinal and one potentially encompassing the village’s history, Village Trustee Monty Cotter said.

Sauerkraut Days is the frontrunner to be featured on the banners with the village’s history, and it would include the date to entice tourism.

“If we advertise it, maybe they’ll come back for it,” Cotter said.

There will be 36 new banners, nine of each style. They will be 24 by 48 inches.

After the application was accepted, it will now go into ordinance form. It will be reimbursed after receipts are shown for the costs.

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Our grief and sorrow continues since you were taken from us in such a senseless and brutal way. In this historic case, it is unbelievable to us that a now-convicted felon can plead guilty to reckless conduct in your death and the consequences are a “30-Month Probation” sentence (no time in jail) for taking your beautiful and precious life. We still have endless questions and continue to investigate the willful and wanton decisions/actions taken by those who have “crossed the line”. This case has compromised the Ogle County Judicial System and will now be its future legacy.

Our heartbreak continues as this tragedy has left a huge hole in our hearts and has forever changed the lives of your kids, our family and all who love and miss you every day.

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Village Trustee Jeff Freeze was unsure about two business owners within the BDD being on an advisory committee set up to help with it.

“The committee is more advisory,” Metzger said. “They have no voting rights. We’re still the voters on applications. I thought it would be good to have them to bring ideas on projects or areas that could be fixed up to bring businesses in.”

It was also noted at the meeting that an approved BDD application could cover $5,000 initially on a more expensive project as well as an additional possible 25 percent.

“Say a business that’s going to bring in tax dollars is doing a $10,000 project,” Metzger said. “They get the $5,000 and then may get an additional 25 percent of the leftover project.

I think it’s nice to know there’s a potential of an additional 25 percent.”

Buss expressed some concerns that larger projects could eat up a large portion of the BDD fund before other businesses could take advantage of it as well.

“I wouldn’t want to dwindle the fund down,” Buss said.

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POLO CITY COUNCIL

Rockwood is hired as Polo’s new police chief

BY JEFF HELFRICH jhelfrich@oglecountynews.com The Polo City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to hire Tim Rockwood as chief of the Polo Police Department.

Rockwood is replacing Jon Mandrell, who will officially depart on Feb. 24 for a position at Sauk Valley Community College as vice president for academics and student services.

Rockwood has three years of experience with the Polo Police Department and previously worked with the city’s street department before the city sent him to the state police academy.

“You want someone committed to the community,” Polo Mayor Doug Knapp said. “He’s a natural leader.

He bleeds blue and gold. We wanted somebody we knew was going to be there for a while.”

The council had to make a change to its employee handbook to pave the way for the hiring of Rockwood.

The handbook previously required at least five years of police experience for a chief. They understood Rockwood’s lack of experience, but Mandrell has been working with him to become chief.

“Tim is a great officer and ideal for the position and has his family settled here,” Mandrell said. “Age and experience for a chief varies. It has to do with background. He’s very versatile and has become a great investigator. That’s a lot of what being a chief is about.”

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From left to right: Polo Police Officer Troy Randall, New Polo Police Chief Tim Rockwood, Current Polo Police Chief Jon Mandrell and Polo Mayor Doug Knapp pose for a photo at a city council meeting on Feb. 18.

Public works staff reduction The board voted unanimously to reduce full-time staff in the city’s public works department from five to four, effective May. 1.

Public Works Director Kendall Kyker said his department could save $45,000 in salary by downsizing a full-time $52,000 position and hiring on a part-time worker for the summer that makes $7,000.

“That part-time helper should be

able to do what our fifth man has been doing all along,” Kyker said. “I think it’s just the best move for the city at this time.”

Kyker added that there isn’t enough work to go around during the winters when outside work is limited. During the last snow, four employees had the entire town plowed in three hours.

Parking The council considered taking

action on overnight parking restrictions on Oregon Street and eliminating parking on Illinois 26 at the meeting. It eventually decided to talk further with residents of those areas on how those potential parking changes could impact them.

Randall honored Polo Police Officer Troy Randall was honored at the meeting for five years of service to the police department and city.

Thank You Bus Drivers!

The Forrestville Valley School District 221 celebrated Bus Driver Appreciation Week Feb. 10-14 with a luncheon the 14th. Pictured are (front row, from left) Ken Zipse, Clif Schoonhoven, Jim Hillman, Jean Noonkesser, Erin Leibow and Diane Henneman; and (back) Laura Hillman, transportation director, Brent Smith, Marsha Birkholz, Glenn Wichman and John Mershon. Not pictured are Gary Branam, Mike Gaston, Dan Miller, Chet Strehlow, Al Stricker and Heather Weaver. The district appreciates the committed and loyal service.

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COUNTY BOARD

BY JEFF HELFRICH jhelfrich@oglecountynews.com

507 Jefferson Street House The board voted unanimously to demolish and remove the house it owns at 507 Jefferson St. in Oregon.

The county board purchased the property in May 2016 for $65,000. It was one of the first that was purchased with the county’s 50-year plan in mind.

In June of 2017 asbestos removal was finished in the house. Since then, it has been used in training exercises for various first responders including the Sheriff’s Office and fire departments.

“Its useful life has now been exhausted,” Board Member Zach Oltmanns said. “It would be a good time to take this building down.”

The work would be completed by the Ogle County Highway Department. The cost would not exceed $15,000, Oltmanns said.

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Ogle County 911 Coordinator Sandy Beitel gives a presentation on Next Generation 911 at the Feb. 18 Ogle County Board meeting.

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Ogle County 911 Coordinator Sandy Beitel made a presentation on Next Generation 911 at Tuesday’s Ogle County Board meeting.

Ogle County has joined forces with eight other counties to make a Northern Illinois 911 system that will be based on new technology.

The Northern Illinois Next Generation Alliance (NINGA) includes Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, JoDaviess, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago Counties.

Beitel has been working on the 911 system in Ogle County since 1991.

This project started shortly after the NIU shooting on Feb. 14, 2008.

“In our current 911 system we always thought that we backed up DeKalb County and they were our backup,” Beitel said. “The day of the shooting, we weren’t getting any calls and I couldn’t believe it.

We found the telephone company changed our routing and we didn’t know about it.”

Ogle and DeKalb Counties began working together on a new system and decided to ask other entities since they were already sharing equipment.

All of the 911 traffic will be moved to an internet protocol basis. The calls are answered at public safety answering points (PSAP) at the Sheriff’s Office and a secondary one in Rochelle.

The geographical information systems data in Ogle County allow 911 calls to be pinpointed to a location that’s not a static address. That is crucial to the future in 911 services.

“We are so fortunate in this county that we have a very strong GIS department,” Beitel said.

Beitel said Next Generation 911 will meet the needs of today’s current wireless mobile society. The system will accept new different forms of inputs including text messages, images, video, telematics, sensors and enhanced subscriber information.

“We have 32 million Americans that are deaf, hard of hearing, speech-impaired and currently they have to rely on old technology to reach emergency services,” Beitel said. “And that’s not the way it should be. That’s one of the biggest promises for Next Generation 911.”

Sharing the equipment with neighboring counties will help to lower costs of 911 services. There will also be portable 911 stations where calls can be answered anywhere with internet service.

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LOCAL HISTORY

Oregon progressed from trails to automobiles Editor’s note: Otto Dick, Oregon has researched the people, places and events important in the Oregon area’s history for the Ogle County Historical Society. The following is one of a series of the articles he has written.

BY OTTO DICK For nearly 250 years Illinois has progressed from a wilderness into a major agricultural and industrial state founded in 1818.

The 2010 census reported 12,830,632 people live in the state of Illinois. The secret of Illinois’ progress can be told in one word, transportation.

The buffalo were the first to form and travel beaten trails. These buffalo paths were used by the Illinois Indians. The Indians also used many trails of their own making to travel between villages and to different rivers and streams.

Later the hunters, trappers and fur traders traveled these buffalo and Indian trails. On some less-used trails the hunters and trappers traveled them with the aid of an Indian guide. Some of these trails developed into important routes of pioneer travel.

The Indians usually located their villages on or near the banks of rivers or streams so they could use them to travel from place to place. The light bark canoe was a luxury among the Illinois tribes. The more common canoe was the hollow log canoe or “dugout” that was heavier and slower than the bark canoe.

Blackhawk’s Sac Village was located on the southern tip of Rock River. The French traders and trappers transported their furs and merchandise with the waterways using boats capable of carrying three tons of cargo.

The French, like the Indians, also used the Illinois waterways to travel between French settlements and forts. In 1817, one year before statehood, the first successful steamboat traveled from New Orleans to St. Louis.

Next, many of Northern Illinois’ early settlers from the New England states rode horses or wagons pulled by mules, oxen or horses. Many of these traveled the Erie Canal. An old team of oxen named Moses and Nebuchadnezzar transported their surplus wheat from Oregon to Chicago.

After six or seven days round trip, their receipts were forty five cents a bushel. In 1837, a stagecoach route was established from St. Charles to Oregon.

By 1851, the Ogle County Gazette published weekly at Oregon by R.C. Burchell reported the arrival and departure of three stage coaches in Oregon. Horse drawn wagons were the main method of travel.

The first railroad through Ogle County was the Illinois Central. Abraham Lincoln traveled on the IC from Dixon to Polo and then to Oregon by horse and buggy. The Memorial Stone on North Fourth Street marks the spot where Lincoln spoke and is engraved “Lincoln Spoke Here, Aug. 16, 1856.”

This railroad was a big improvement in Ogle County. However, Lincoln and his companions still had to travel from Polo to Oregon drawn by horses.

The Ogle and Carroll Railroad came through Oregon in 1872. This impacted every person living in Oregon. The first wood sidewalk was built from the Sinnissippi Hotel to the depot. At Christ-

TOP: A 1916 Oregon Republican Reporter Samuelson Brothers advertisement and a 1916 Oregon Republican Reporter Studebaker advertisement. BELOW: A Bemis Motor Model T. BOTTOM: An Etnyre 1906 Gas Buggy. Photos supplied

mas, the depot was packed with people going to shop in Chicago and college students coming home for the holidays.

Many soldiers left Oregon for duty on the train.

People wanting to see their son play basketball at Dixon took the Ogle and Carroll to Polo, then the Illinois Central from Polo to Dixon to see the game.

The Arrival of the Automobile in Oregon The Republican newspaper announced September 13, 1900, the first automobile “that traveled the sacred streets of Oregon” was in town. Eighteen months later, W.L. Taylor became the first citizen of Oregon to own an automobile.

In 1904, the Republican reported that there were “six autos which Oregon can boast of.” By 1909, the Republican reported that “the automobile traffic through Oregon on Sunday was tremendous.”

Farmers and people living in small communities near Oregon came to Oregon on Saturdays for entertainment and shopping. With the arrival of automobiles, this changed.

SPECIAL FUNDRAISER

THOSE WERE THE DAYS

School Band selling pastries The music students at Forreston Junior-Senior High School will be selling Butter Braid pastries until Feb. 28 at the school.

Each pastry is $14; flavors available this year are apple, blueberry and cream cheese, cinnamon, cream cheese, raspberry, strawberry and cream cheese, caramel rolls and cinnamon rolls. Proceeds benefit music students and music programs in the Forrestville Valley School District.

Delivery is scheduled for Wednesday,

Senior members of the high school band.

March 11.

Contact any band or choir student or email Rebecca Anderson at theandersons111@gmail.com to order or for more information. Payment must accompany orders.

assets to be a curious mind and force of will.

“In the past, those traits were applied to our nation’s defense but Laurie’s now excited to apply her love of solving mysteries and digging out a story’s details to help community members learn of their family histories, many of which include Revolutionary War patriot ancestors—frequently to the surprise of people that thought they knew where they came from.”

SPECIAL EVENTS

The Fifth Annual Teens For Christ Pancake Supper will be Tuesday, Feb. 25 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, 402 2nd Ave. in Forreston.

All you can eat pancakes, whole hog sausage, applesauce and drink.

Adults, $7, children under 10, $4, and families, $20. Join us for good food and fellowship. The church is wheelchair

accessible. Come celebrate Fat Tuesday with us.

Griefshare to resume at DUMC Disciples United Methodist Church will resume its GriefShare support group from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 12 in the Fireplace Room at the church, 102 Maple Ave., in Mt. Morris.

The group will meet every Thursday evening through April 23 and is available

to anyone in the church, community, or surrounding towns.

The cost is $20 and includes the workbook-study guide. GriefShare is a support group that features faith-based teaching, focusing on grief topics associated with the death of a loved one.

Go to griefshare.org or at the first meeting to register. Call the church office at 815-734-4853 for more information.

Disciples United Methodist Church

will host a Potato bar on Sunday, March 1, and Sunday, April 5 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 pm.

The March meal will support programs of the church, including a youth mission trip. Proceeds from the April event will be given to Loaves and Fish food pantry.

The church is located at 102 Maple Ave., Mt. Morris. For more information, call the church office at 815-734-4853.

We are collecting film-type plastic such as shopping bags, sandwich bags, bread wrappers, or any bag-type plastic.

Wrap from new furniture (especially mattresses) is also welcome. All plastic

must be clean, dry, and free of food residue. Please do not bring hard plastic, it’s not allowed in this program. We are located on the south end of Leaf River at 705 Main Street.

BERTOLET LIBRARY NEWS The Bertolet Memorial Library will have the following events:

joy of sharing books with people they love.

Movie Madness Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2 p.m.; This month’s feature is a newly released sequel featuring two sisters on a quest to save their homeland with a little help from a their friends, including a reindeer and a talking snowman. Popcorn and drinks provided.

Food for Fines During the month of February bring in paper products or non-perishable foods and we’ll deduct $1 from your fines for each item received. This applies only to materials that have been returned. Don’t have any fines? Bring in food anyway to help out our area food pantries. Please check expiration dates before donating.

LEGO Club Monday, March 2, 4-5 p.m.; LEGO designing and building with a large assortment of bricks and figures.

Toddler/Preschool StoryTime Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.; Share stories, songs, and activities. A relaxed program designed to help children make friends, practice new skills, and experience the

Legion Fundraiser The American Legion Post 1148 is offering a wide assortment of plain and chocolate covered nuts, fruits, and candies. Limited quantities are available, stop in to support this fundraiser while your favorites are still here!

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Laurie Carlin Perry from the Rochelle Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will present a Genealogy Workshop at the Oregon Depot at the monthly, Those Were the Days program on Feb. 29, at 10 a.m.

“Laurie was thrilled to gain admittance to DAR in January of 2018 and since that time has completed DAR course requirements to serve as a Volunteer Field Genealogist,” said Kris Gilbert, a Those Were the Days organizer.

“She currently serves as her Chapter’s Registrar, District II DAR Service for Veterans Chairman, and Membership Vice Chairman for the Illinois State Organization.”

Perry considers her two best

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LOCAL BOOK

Forreston native authors book about Don Fager ‘He taught me a dozen or 15 different lessons’

BY JEFF HELFRICH jhelfrich@oglecountynews.com After having a family member proofread his book, Norb Dunkel realized he had changed.

Part of his book was written technically. It contained detailed information about his family and how it came to be. The other part was emotional, recalling conversations with Don Fager, his mentor and the ultimate subject of the book.

This was because Dunkel was diagnosed with leukemia mid-way through writing it. He put the book down for a year. When he picked it back up, he had a feeling of urgency to get it done.

He cut out a lot of the technical stuff.

His wife noticed him changing, but he didn’t.

“She said, ‘You’re softer. You’re not as hard in your conversations. You’re not as critical. You’re more supportive. You recognize people more than you did before,’” Dunkel said. “I hadn’t even realized I was doing it, but I obviously had been.”

Jan. 30 was the four-year anniversary of Dunkel’s transplant. He is now 100 percent healthy.

And he’s released his book.

“Don’s Strength,” self published by Dunkel, details Norb’s time spent as a child in Forreston with Don Fager. Fager had multiple sclerosis and could not move from the neck down, but answered Forreston’s 911 calls.

Dunkel met Fager after delivering his paper as part of his route. The 11-year-old soon started to spend two hours each Saturday with Fager while his wife, Evelyn, left to go to the store and laundromat.

Forreston doesn’t have an abundance of emergency calls, but about 10 times Dunkel held the phone to Don’s ear while Don made arrangements and told Norb who to call. When Dunkel heard the special phone ring he’d start to get nervous and his blood would rush. But he noticed Don was different.

“Because he was very, very calm,” Dunkel said.

Norb Dunkel. Photo supplied.

“I learned how to remain in control and be calm.”

That wasn’t the only lesson Dunkel learned from Fager. There is a small chapter in “Don’s Strength” dedicated to each lesson he learned from Fager.

Having humor, giving credit where credit is due, be organized and on time, make time for the disabled, put in a full, hard day’s effort and start a hobby were among Don’s lessons to Norb. One lesson that stood out was called “1,440,” representing the num- This is a photo of Don and Evelyn Fager from 1978. Photo supplied ber of minutes in a day.

In the book, Dunkel refers to Don and Evelyn “He taught me how much you can accomplish by organizing your time by the min- as “Forreston’s couple.” Forreston watched them utes in a 24-hour period,” Dunkel said. “He took and made sure they had vegetables and meat and me through my day and everything I did and he’d a Christmas tree with ornaments.

“They always made sure they were taken care say, ‘You only have 1,215 minutes left, what are of because the Fagers took care of the town you going to do?’”

Dunkel has authored or edited over 20 books through answering the 911 calls,” Dunkel said. and 40 journal articles, but he had never written “A town that supports a couple like that is pretty special. That’s why I say there’s no town better to a book like “Don’s Strength.”

With his career and background in academia, grow up in than Forreston.”

Norb Dunkel, 63, moved out of Forreston during Dunkel’s experience was more with editions of crisis and construction management for schools. his junior year of high school and graduated He did understand the process and steps it takes from Ashton in 1975. Now retired and living in to write a book. But after writing one on his own, Gainesville, Florida, he’s the former Associate Vice President and COO of Student Affairs at the he came to understand things about himself.

“When you start recollecting these lessons and University of Florida.

“Don’s Strength” can be purchased at Forresputting conversations together, you realize how you’ve been using them throughout your life,” ton Hardware or by emailing Norb at norbdunkel@outlook.com.

Dunkel said.

SPECIAL EVENT

Leaf River Alumni event to be held on Saturday, March 7

The 46th Annual Leaf River Alumni event will be held on Saturday, March 7 at the River Valley Complex, formerly Leaf River school.

Doors open at 4:30 p.m. A sandwich supper will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Volleyball games start at 5 p.m. The program to recognize the class of 1970 will begin at 6:30. The basketball game will begin at 7.

The alumni band also will be performing. Bring your instrument if you are interested in playing. The cost is $5 for game and supper; $2 for basketball and band players, If you are a graduate of the class of 1970 and will be attending, or if you are willing to help with the event, please contact Linda Borneman at 815-938-2129 or lborneman@frontier.com.

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GROUP VISITS OREGON

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The Ogle County Historical Society had a group of 23 people visit on Feb. 15. The Nash Automobile group meets quarterly and comes from Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. Photo supplied

Historical society hosted Nash auto group The Ogle County Historical Society had a group of 23 people visit on Saturday, Feb. 15.

The group meets quarterly and comes from Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.

“We were pleased to have Chris Martin and another Oregon alumni, Dick Fiebel of Rockford come meet the group and share their Nash automobile stories and some

other tales of Oregon’s car history,” said Michal Burnett. “They talked about Oregon’s own Etnyre Car Manufacturing Company which produced 3 Horseless Carriages and nine or 10 four-passenger and seven-passenger touring cars from 1906-1912.”

Burnett led a tour of the Nash home and members Kris Gilbert and

Marlene Hobbs also helped with this group.

The Ogle County Historical Society is open every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and every Wednesday from 1-6 p.m.

Starting in May, it will be open every Saturday from 1-4 p.m.

Call to schedule a tour for yourself or your group at 815-732-7545 or email at oglecohistory@gmail.com.

POLITICAL ACTION GROUP

Indivisible will meet Feb. 27 in Mt. Morris

Indivisible: Mt. Morris-Oregon Political Action will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, at the Disciples United Methodist Church, 102 Maple Ave., in Mt. Morris.

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The 2020 Ogle County 4-H Penny Carnival, will be held on Saturday, March 7 from 5-8 p.m. at the Blackhawk Center, 1101 W. Jefferson St, Oregon.

This annual event is open to the public and features 4-H club created games that can be played for 25 cents each or 50 games for $10.

Prizes are awarded win or lose.

Plus, a free door prize drawing will be conducted and a snack stand will be available.

This is one of the few places where families can still have a whole evening of fun on pocket change.

The 2020 game theme is “Build Your Future with 4-H!” Two 4-H clubs will be awarded special cash prizes for games that are “Most Entertaining” and “Most Creative.”

This year the event is sponsored

by Heels and Hardhats.

4-H is the youth development program of University of Illinois Extension.

For more information about this or program, call Ogle County Extension at 815-732-2191 or visit extension.illinois.edu.

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Hanging handmade noodles for the upcoming dinner are Norma Huntley, Carla Hill, and Kaydin Hill. Photo supplied

Chicken noodle, lasagna dinner in Chana on March 14 The Chana United Methodist Church’s Annual Chicken-Noodle and Lasagna Dinner will be held on Saturday, March 14 from 4-6:30 p.m.

The menu includes homemade noodles with chicken, lasagna, salads and cheesecake.

Advance tickets for the supper are $9 for adults, $5 for children, and free for children age 5 and under.

At the door tickets are $10 for adults and $5.50 for children

The price for all carryouts are $10.

Carryouts are available by calling 815-732-7683.

The church is handicapped accessible.

An expanded parking area will also be available this year.

Church youths will also be holding a bake sale at the supper.

For additional information, call the church at 732-7683.

BRIEFS Ogle County Democrats to meet March 3 at Oregon VFW Post

lard56@gmail.com.

The next meeting of the Ogle County Democrats is Tuesday, March 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the VFW Post 8739, 1310 W Washington St., Oregon.

“We will discuss our support for all our candidates, especially our local candidates. Come in early to order a delicious burger and get a drink at the bar,” said Christine Ballard, Chair, Ogle County Democratic Central Committee.

For more information, contact Ballard at: 304-521-3963 or email: Christinebal-

Chinese Auction and Beef Stroganoff dinner is April 14 The Dixon Lioness Lions Annual Chinese Auction and Beef Stroganoff Dinner will be held on Tuesday, April 14 at the Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Serving will be from 4:30 - 6:30 o,n, with the auction beginning at 7 p.m.

Donation $7. All proceeds go to the different charities in our area.

The Search for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee: How a Team of Researchers Scientifically Established a Species’ Decline is the lecture topic on Sunday, Feb. 23 is the topic at the Byron Forest Preserve District’s 2020 Winter Lecture Series.

The program will start at 2 p.m. at the Jarrett Prairie Center Museum, 7993 North River Road, Byron.

Isaac Stewart, instructor of biology at Black Hawk College, will discuss how the work of a dedicated group of researchers put the rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Endangered Species List in January 2017.

This was the first bee species from the continental United States that had ever been added to the list.

He will explore how it was shown that the rusty patched bumble bee abundance has declined 96% in the last 20 years and the implications for pollinator diversity in the future.

Domestic honey bees have dominated the news regarding the pollinator crisis, but native bees remain vital to Illinois’ ecosystems and agriculture.

As pollinators, rusty patched bumble bees contribute to our food security and the healthy functioning of our ecosystems.

Bumble bees are keystone species in most ecosystems that are necessary not only for native wildflowers reproduction, but also for creating seeds and fruit that feed wildlife. They are often better agricultural pollinators for certain crops than domestic honey bees.

This lecture is free and no advance registration is required to attend.

For more information contact the Byron Forest Preserve District at 815 234-8535 extension 200.

The 2020 Winter Lecture Series is co-sponsored by Exelon Generation Byron Station and the award winning Jarrett Prairie Center Museum.

GET READY TO GARDEN!

Seed exchange at the Polo Public Library March 7

Attention novice and seasoned gardeners!

The Polo Woman’s Garden Club will host its first annual “Seed Exchange” on Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m. - noon at the Polo Public Library.

“Please gather up your viable, non-GMO, heirloom seeds, place in envelopes, label, and bring to the event (pick up envelopes at the library),” said Beth Green, club member. “We are pleased to have Marcia Heuer, Master Gardener and Master Naturalist, available to share her expertise and experience.

“Our knowledgeable club members will also be available to

answer questions. New seed will also be available. Local gardeners will meet, share gardening tips, and have the opportunity to diversify their seed supply,” Green said.

This free event is being offered by the club to create interest and excitement in gardening, encourage becoming more self sufficient in ornamental, fruit and vegetable gardening, and to encourage preservation of natural heirlooms (protecting rare species and seed genetics).

“Please mark this event on your calendar!,” Green said.

For more information, contact Green at 815-299-1416.

SPECIAL EVENT

Ready for spring? How about putting the Encore! Mt.Morris-sponsored bus trip to Chicago, March 31, on your calendar?

Participants will ride to Chicago in a comfy charter bus that leaves at 8 a.m. and spend the morning taking a walking tour of the quaint Lincoln Park neighborhood, visiting the Lincoln Park Nature Center or Zoo, or shopping in the area.

In the afternoon an informative tour and exploration time at the Art Institute will be offered and the

day with conclude with a delicious dinner and exploration of creative Italian food at Eataly, also in the city. Participants will arrive back home at 8:30 p.m.

Participants will enjoy the humor and knowledgeable commentary about Chicago history and other Chicago highlights from Howie Herman, trip host and former resident of Chicago.

The trip fee is $55 for children 14 and under. Seniors and students 15 and older pay $70. All other adults,

$75.

Fees cover all transportation, the entry into the Art Institute, and bus snacks. Meals in the city and other incidentals are not covered. More details at encoremtmorris.com.

To sign up, click the Chicago Visit button at EncoreMtMorris.com or sign up at the Mt. Morris Village Hall, 105 W Lincoln St., Mt. Morris IL 61054 All reservations must be received

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A minimum of 15 participants are needed for the trip to take place.

Gather your friends and enjoy a hosted trip to Chicago! Those with questions should email mollyb@ encoremtmorris.com

Encore! Mt. Morris is composed of volunteers committed to developing Mt. Morris into a unique, thriving rural and cultural arts destination in northwest Illinois. Learn more at EncoreMtMorris.com.

IN BRIEF

Portrayal of Monet in Mt. Morris Feb. 22-23 let our fascination and love for life prosper,” said Jeff Bold, Encore! chairman. “In doing so, we can see our goals overwhelm the obstacles that authority or conventional thinking would otherwise put in our way.

Shepherd uses slides, monologue, theatrical demonstrations, and audience participatory re-enactments in his interpretation of one of the worldʼs greatest painters.

“Scott amazed our audiences as Leonardo Da Vinci in 2018, and as Michelangelo in 2019,” Bold said.

“Before the show starts Encore! will announce their 2020 schedule, stay after the show for cookies and conversation with time traveler,

Impersonator Scott Shepherd will portray Claude Monet.

Claude Monet.”

Additional information and tickets are available online at EncoreMtMorris.com, or by phone at 815-734-2103.

Polo will be hold its 35th annual Polo Farm Toy Show on Saturday, March 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Polo High School at 100 Union Ave. The show is sponsored by the Polo Lions Club. There will be approximately 100 dealer tables, a 50-50 drawing. You don’t need to be present to win. Those with questions can contact Ryan Shetler at 815-499-0176.

The event is handicap accessible.

The cafeteria will be open.

Adult admission is $3. Children under the age of 12 get in free. For dealer information call Irene Short at 815-946-3730.

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Historic artist impersonator Scott Shepherd will portray Claude Money at Encore! Mt. Morris On Saturday, Feb. 22 and Sunday, Feb. 23 at the Pinecrest Grove Theater, South McKendrie and Evergreen in Mt. Morris.

Show times are 7 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

There are no set ticket prices but free will donations will help support Encore! at the show.

“By viewing Shepherd’s portrayal of Monet, whether speaking high atop his Japanese bridge, walking amidst his paintings of water lilies, or reliving the challenges he faced by obstinately adhering to his own vision, Monet teaches us how to

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ADELINE ZION EVANGELICAL CHURCH 9106 Cedar St. in Adeline Phone 815-541-4863

BAILEYVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH

303 W. Franklin St., Baileyville Pastor Gary Branam www.baileyvillebaptistchurch.org

BAILEYVILLE REFORMED CHURCH

400 W. Center St., Baileyville Pastor Bruce Otto 815-235-1201

BROOKVILLE & ELKHORN UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES

Brookville: 17725 W. Chamber St. in Brookville Elkorn: Corner of Wilson Mill & Brick Church Roads

CHANA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 606 Main St., Chana Pastor Matt Smith 815-732-7683 chanaumc@gmail.com

CHRIST OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH

2035 Ill. Rt. 26, Dixon 815-284-4554 Pastor David Andermann 815-632-6767

OPEN BIBLE

302 S. Franklin St., Polo Luke Schier, Pastor 815-946-2848 PoloOpenBible.org

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH Polo Campus

EAST OREGON CHAPEL CHURCH OF GOD

107 N. Daysville Rd., Oregon Pastor John Guthrie 815-732-2960 or 815-732-6569

EBENEZER REFORMED CHURCH

FORRESTON REFORMED CHURCH

EMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

FREEDOM LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA

2997 N. German Church Rd. Rev. Josiah Youngquist.

815-732-6313 www.ebenezerreformed.com

764 N. Stillman Road, Oregon (Payne’s Point) Pastor Andrew Kayes 815-732-2424

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH OF MT. MORRIS 102 S. Seminary St., Mt. Morris Senior Pastor Bruce McKanna Associate Pastor Logan Murphy 815-734-4942 www.efcmm.org office@efcmm.org

FAITH DISCOVERY CHURCH 801 W. Oregon St., Polo Pastor Jeremy Heller 815-946-3588

501 Third Ave. Pastor Lyle Zumdahl 815-938-2424 lylezumdahl@gmail.com

Pastor Karyn Kost 815-661-6315 www.freedomlutheran.org.

GERMAN VALLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

402 Second Ave., Forreston Pastor Scott Ralston Church 815-938-3203

FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 702 E. Dixon St., Polo Pastor Brian LeBaron 815-946-3212 faithumcpolo

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

DISCIPLES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA)

505 Hill St., Oregon Pastor David Snow 815-732-2642 www.fbcoregon.org

200 S. Fifth St., Oregon Rev. Karen Gerhard Conner 815-732-2894 www.fpcoregon.com

EAST JORDAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 402 First Ave., Forreston Pastor Sung-Eun Kim 815-938-2380

860 W. Oregon Trail Rd. Pastor Michael Hoffman 815-732-6847

OREGON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH

200 S. Fourth, Oregon Rev. Megan Smick 815-732-2994 oregonumc@outlook.com

PINE CREEK CHRISTIAN CHURCH 5076 S. Lowell Park Rd. Pastor Charlotte Hoppe 815-946-3949

POLO CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN

GRACE VALLEY CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

PRAIRIE DELL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

8210 E. Edwardsville Rd., German Valley Pastor Eric Schlukebir 815-362-6601 6941 N. Mt. Morris Rd., Leaf River Pastor Billy Hardy 815-738-2205 leafriverbc@gmail.com

ST. WENDELIN CATHOLIC CHURCH 18 S. Linn St., Shannon Rev. Michael Bolger 815-864-2548

SAUK VALLEY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

SILVER CREEK REFORMED CHURCH

609 S. 10th St., Oregon Craig Arnold, Pastor 812-236-1213

ST. BRIDE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

LIGHTHOUSE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

ST. JAMES LUTHERAN CHURCH

10384 W. Coffman Rd., Forreston Pastor Mark Phillips Church: 815-938-2194 Pastor’s Cell: 760-550-4563

114 S. Fifth St., Oregon 815-732-2367

RIVERSTONE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

104 E. Rt. 72, Leaf River Pastor Sung-Eun Kim 815-345-3038

NORTH GROVE EVANGELICAL CHURCH

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH

16032 W. Coffman Rd., Shannon 815-864-2448

LEAF RIVER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

409 W. Brayton Rd, P.O. Box 2055 Mt. Morris, IL 61054 Pastor Ginny Haney Phone: 815-734-4573

213 N. Franklin Ave., Polo Father Joseph P. Naill 815-946-2535

416 Prospect St., Dixon John Lewis, Pastor 815-677-9199

1000 Ill. 64 West Oregon Rev. Eldred George 815-732-7211 www.saintbrides.org saint.bride.church@gmail.com

4938 S. Daysville Rd., Oregon Pastor Matt Smith

ST. MARY CHURCH 301 N. Fourth St., Oregon Father Joseph P. Naill Office Phone 815-732-7383 Office FAX 815-732-4742

Congress Ave. & Webster St. Pastor Leslie Lake PoloCob@risebroadband.net

MT. MORRIS CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN

102 N. Maple St., Mt. Morris Pastor Julie Bunt 815-734-4853 www.disciplesumc.org

OREGON CHURCH OF GOD

Church and Main Streets Pastor Don Plock

LEAF RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH

205 N. Jefferson Ave., Polo Pastor Chris Bradshaw 815-837-5255 polo@crossroadscn.com www.crossroadscn.com

22027 Polo Rd., Sterling Jim Miller, Pastor 815-626-0104

FORRESTON GROVE CHURCH

7246 N. Freeport Rd., Forreston Presbyterian Church in America Pastor Drew Jones 815-938-3605 www.forrestongrovechurch.com

6024 N. Columbine Rd., Forreston Rev. Karyn Kost 815-661-6315 pastorofstjames1850@gmail.com

ST. MARK’S LUTHERAN CHURCH

201 N. Division Ave., Polo Pastor Terrie Wilder 815-946-2919

326 S. Bunker Hill Rd. German Valley Pastor Grant Mulder 815-362-2129

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 308 E. Brayton Mt. Morris Pastor Josh Ehrler 815-734-6354 trinitymmil@frontier.com www.trinitymmil.net

VAN BROCKLIN-FLORENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3582 Bolton Rd.., Freeport Pastor Dawn Barr 815-291-0601

WEST BRANCH CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN 4014 West Branch Rd., Forreston 815-938-2586

How to submit church news Changes in church listings and articles about special church services and events can be emailed to news@oglecountynews.com.

For more information call 815-732-6166 ext. 2591.

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SPORTS ROUNDUP

Boys Basketball Scales Mound 65, Polo 47: The Marcos fell behind 37-24 at halftime and couldn’t catch up to the Hornets in an NUIC crossover loss at home.

Jace Coffey had 14 points, and Colton Gunder scored 11 for Polo. Bennett Soltow added seven points.

Benjamin Vandigo led all scorers with 23 points for Scales Mound.

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Polo’s Mallory Patterson brings the ball up the court as Eastland’s Lydia Coatney defends. Photo by Trish Patterson

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES POLO Feb. 24-29 Monday - Enrichment clubs 3:15 p.m., CPO meeting 6 p.m.

Tuesday - 6th GBB vs. Pecatonica at 4 p.m., 7th/8th GBB at Pecatonica at 4 p.m., HS Student Council blood drive,

Enrichment clubs 3:15 p.m.

Wednesday - 7th/8th GBB vs. Amboy at 4 p.m., Enrichment clubs 3:15 p.m.

Thursday - 6th GBB at Meridian at 4 p.m., 7th/8th GBB vs. Meridian at 4 p.m., MS WR vs. Byron at 4 p.m. at AMS, Enrichment clubs at 3:15 p.m.

Friday & Saturday - no events listed

FORRESTON Feb. 24-29 Monday - National FFA Week (all week), Butterbraid fundraiser (all week), BBB Regionals, HS Scholastic bowl at Eastland at 4 p.m.

Tuesday - JH GBB at AFC at 4 p.m.

Forreston 47, Milledgeville 30: The Missiles were outscored 14-5 in the third quarter as the Cardinals pulled away for an NUIC South win in Forreston.

Feb. 15 Girls Bowling Oregon headed to state: The Hawks took second at the Kaneland Sectional on Saturday with a total pinfall of 6,182.

“We improved by almost 300 pins from last week,” Oregon coach Eric Carlson said. “The girls were spot-on. They really have come together over the last 3 weeks and improved every week. We shot 5,899 to set the school record at regionals. We shot a 6,182 to really shoot a school record today.”

Oregon’s Rebbeca Meyers was second overall with a six-game series of 1,353 that included games of 226, 194, 202, 268, 207 and 256. She finished 39 pins behind Sycamore’s Megan Kolberg.

Wednesday - Early dismissal (curriculum development) Thursday - OCEC Basketball game at 10 a.m., JH WR vs. Byron at 4 p.m., JH GBB at Winnebago at 4 p.m.

Friday - no events listed Saturday - no events listed

We need to value and nurture the gift of reading Last month’s columns addressed some of the ways our children and grandchildren might differ in relation to reading interests, places to read, and in motivation.

In January this column will explore various reading difficulties and possible ways to support struggling readers.

For this month, we will look at a basic need for all ages and all readers.

Access to books, or reading materials, is a basic need if we are going to develop lifelong readers who enjoy reading.

What if we consider access to books when we buy gifts for our children and grandchildren during the holidays and for birthdays?

First, we might want to expand our definition of “books”. Let’s think in broader terms of access to reading materials. That includes many options for even the most reluctant readers.

Consider magazines, almanacs, catalogs, or blogs and websites. We can also consider the possibilities of e-readers and electronic books.

Within that list there are several potential ideas for gift giving.

There are books about popular video games

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like Minecraft that will appeal to those who enjoy playing those games. There is built-in motivation to read these books because they give tips and insights into playing the games.

Children’s cookbooks are also plentiful. These also have built-in motivation for reading.

They can also help build a bond as we read in order to bake or cook something together with our children and grandchildren.

The librarians at your local public library would be happy to suggest books based on your child’s interests. They can also tell you the most popular books for your children’s ages.

Many times, classroom teachers can offer suggestions as well.

Speaking of libraries, if you don’t already have

a library card, you might want to stop in your local library to see about getting one. That can be a gift for the whole family.

We do want our children and grandchildren to have access to all kinds of reading materials. We also want to encourage them to read. Positive attitudes and motivation for reading are also basic needs if we want them to be lifelong readers who can and do read.

We can show that reading is important by including reading in our gift giving. If we search for materials that match their interests, we increase the chance that they will want to read.

We can spend time reading to and with them as well which will also increase motivation.

Reading is a necessary skill in the world in which we live. Information comes at us continually from all sources. Some of it is in print that we must be able to read and understand.

Being able to read can and will make a difference for our children and grandchildren in their lives both in and out of school now and in the future.

We should do anything we can do to help them value the gift of reading.

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READING MATTERS

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Feb. 12 Girls Basketball Fulton 48, Forreston 37, OT: Emily Schipper’s 21 points led the Steamers to an overtime win in their 1A Amboy Regional semifinal. Megan Hagemann was Forreston’s top scorer with 16 points. Alexus Houston scored eight points for the Cardinals.

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SPORTS

McKenna is headed to state wrestling finals

BY ANDY COLBERT acolbert@oglecountynews.com For the first time since Ethan Cain in 2016, the Polo co-op will have a wrestling state qualifier. Marcus McKenna earned fourth place at the Oregon 1A sectional on Feb. 15.

McKenna, a 36-6 senior from Milledgeville, advanced to the 160pound semifinals before losing 10-0 to eventual champion Bryce Faworski of Winnebago (35-1).

Coming through the wrestlebacks, McKenna assured his berth at Assembly Hall with a pin over Jackson Murphy of Sandwich in the so-called “blood round”.

That set him up for the third-place match against Michael D’Orazio of Wheaton St. Francis, with both wrestlers moving on to state.

“It’s hard to comprehend I’m going to state,” McKenna said.

The journey started Friday with a first-period pin over Ty Connelly of Mendota. In the quarterfinals, Colton Reiman (34-10) of Riverdale presented a much tougher task.

Reiman scored a takedown with a duckunder with five seconds left in the first period. In the second period, Reiman rode McKenna out for most of the time, before McKenna escaped with five seconds left to cut the lead to 2-1.

In the third period, McKenna was able to put his opponent down and take a 4-2 lead before the pin.

“He was getting tired,” McKenna said. “He was a strong wrestler and tried to go around front and throw me. I countered it for the pin.”

“The Riverdale kid had a good lateral drop. I think we out-gassed him at the end,” Polo coach Jesse Culbertson said.

After the Saturday morning loss

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Polo’s Marcus McKenna (top) and Michael D’Orazio of St. Francis face off in the third place match at 160lbs at the Oregon Sectional. to Faworski, McKenna fed into Jackson, a 35-8 senior. It was another close match, 0-0 in the second period, before McKenna’s endurance began to pay dividends.

“I hooked both elbows and then in a scramble, caught him on his back for a pin,” McKenna said.

With no pressure on him, McKenna gave D’Orazio (25-3) a solid match before losing.

“It was nice to see all the hard work pay off for Marcus,” Culbertson said.

Lena-Winslow led everyone with eight state qualifiers, though one of

their favorites, Andrew Haas (40-8) failed to make it out of the same weight class (160) as McKenna.

Aiden Narden of Dakota, finished second to Faworski in a battle of the No. 2 and 3 ranked wrestlers in 1A at 160. Dakota had three sectional champs to lead everyone.

The Plano Regional had just one third place and two fourth place winners advance.

One of the qualifiers coming from Polo was Polo’s Marcus McKenna who took fourth place at 160 pounds.

McKenna’s coach Jesse Culbertson was extremely happy for his senior wrestler.

“Marcus only started wrestling as a freshman, and to qualify for the state

finals like this is really an achievement,” he said. “He is smart, and his great work ethic got him to this point.”

McKenna came into the tournament at the top of honorable mention list and heads to Champaign with a 36-6 record.

Culbertson said a lot of his success came from his conditioning and an unconventional style.

“He gets a little wild at times, particularly later in matches. He has had a lot

of come from behind wins, and never gives up,” Culbertson noted. “Some of the wildness is the result of not having twelve years of training like a lot of his competitors, but what he does he does well.”

A third place finisher at the regional, McKenna started in first round against Ty Connelly of Mendota, a third place finisher at the Plano Regional. He made

SECTIONAL ROUNDUP

BY RANDY HOLLAND

The 2020 IHSA Oregon Sectional is in the books and wrestlers advancing from the Polo Regional accounted for six of the 14 first places, six runners-up and 22 of the 56 medals in the tournament.

The Princeton Regional accounted for 17 place winners and had five champions and five seconds.

The Harvard Regional sent six to the first place mat and had three champs and 14 total qualifiers.

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GIRLS 1A REGIONAL

BY BRIAN WEIDMAN bweidman@saukvalley.com

Polo’s Lindee Poper goes up to block a shot by Newman’s Josie Rank during action at the Eastland Regional last week. Photo by Trish Patterson an show. Marah Blake finished with 13 points and 14 rebounds, Harper Clark came off the bench for nine points, Lindee Poper had eight points and nine boards, Becca Wagner had seven points and 10 rebounds, and Nicole Boelens added six points and nine boards.

The Marcos had a size advantage inside, and they made the most of it.

“Our coach talked a lot about it, so that was a big thing for us,” Blake said. “If it wasn’t there, we’d just kick it out to the guards. It was all working tonight.”

Newman’s Bella Trancoso hit a 3 at the end of the first quarter to

get her team to within 11-7, and a basket from Macaire Brown, off a nifty feed from Josie Rank, gave the Comets (20-9) a short-lived 15-14 lead with 4:10 remaining in the second quarter.

Patterson responded with a short jumper and a 3-pointer in the next 2 minutes, and the Marcos were in charge the rest of the way. They led 24-20 at halftime, then scored the first seven points of the third quarter on buckets from Wagner and Blake, and a 3 from Boelens.

Newman got within 33-27 after a 3 from Rank, only to see Polo close the quarter with an 18-4 surge to seize a

Eastland rolls over Polo 75-33 in regional final

BY DAN WOESSNER dwoessner@saukavlley.com From the opening tip of the 1A Eastland Regional championship game on Feb. 14, the host Cougars were on the attack against the Polo Marcos.

The tip went to Karlie Krogman, who brought the ball quickly up court and found Meredith Janssen cutting to the hoop for a layup. The made shot allowed the Cougars to set up their full-court press defense, and any chance for the Marcos to get comfortable disappeared.

Eastland jumped out to a quick double-digit lead and never looked back in a 75-33 win. The Cougars (29-3) advance to the Pecatonica Sectional, where they will play Stockton at 7 p.m. Monday. Stockton beat Aquin

37-35 to win the Lena-Winslow Regional on Friday.

“Polo was coming off playing a great game against Newman, so we wanted to start fast,” Eastland coach Nicole Brinker said. “We did that.

Really, we came out hitting most of our shots, and that let us set up our defense. That’s the key for us. The made shots turn into the press, and the press turns into more offense.”

Erin Henze followed the first score with a pair of 3-pointers sandwiched around a 3-pointer by teammate Lydia Coatney to give Eastland an 11-0 lead. For Henze, the early success was a relief.

“I haven’t been starting off games shooting very well,” Henze said. “I guess I need a 3-point competition before every game, because I felt good

once the game started.

Polo coach Jeff Grobe called the first of three first-quarter timeouts after Eastland went up 11-0.

“I was just doing whatever I could to stop the momentum,” Grobe said.

“I thought I might run out of timeouts in the first quarter.

“That’s the kind of program we want to become. Year in and year out, they are in this position and have expectations of deep runs. I think anything we learned from playing them here tonight will be a positive going forward.”

The timeout helped briefly, as Becca Wagner hit a 3-pointer to get the Marcos (14-16) on the board, but that just spurred a 14-0 run by Eastland.

The Cougars outscored the Marcos 21-5 in the second quarter and went

into half leading 51-10.

Polo had its best quarter to open the second half, as it outscored Eastland 17-15 in the third. Marah Blake scored five of her team-high nine points in the period, and Lindee Poper added four points in the quarter off the bench.

Polo loses one senior from the roster, Addy Grobe, who was injured for the game. Junior Alex Dusing, another key contributor, also did not play because of injury.

“We been a three- or four-win team the last few seasons,” Grobe said. “To finish with 14 wins is a step forward, and a nice accomplishment. I told them tonight to just come out and try their hardest and see what happens.

Hopefully, we can take the next step next season.”

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One team’s dream can be another team’s nightmare, and that was the case on Feb. 12 for the Polo and Newman girls basketball teams.

They split regular-season games, and the rubber match was in a semifinal at the Class 1A Eastland Regional. On paper, the Comets were the favorite. They were riding an eight-game winning streak, while the Marcos lost one of their top players, junior forward Alex Dusing, to a knee injury in Tuesday’s quarterfinal against Morrison.

Once the ball was tipped, however, it was all Polo. The Marcos dominated from the beginning and rolled to a 68-45 victory that left most of those in attendance stunned one way or another.

“I had a dream [Tuesday] night it was going to come down to one shot and we had the ball,” Polo coach Jeff Grobe said. “Then I woke up.

Really, I thought it would be within five points. We couldn’t turn the ball over, and we needed to shoot lights out. … Everyone knows their roles.

Everyone did an awesome job. I’m ecstatic, and I hope the girls are, because they worked their butts off for this.”

Leading the way for Polo (14-15) was junior guard Mallory Patterson, who drained 7 of 11 3-pointers on her way to a game-high 23 points.

“We practiced in homeroom and I was off,” Patterson said of an earlier Wednesday shooting session, “and then I came here and I was on. It’s a day-by-day thing.”

Patterson was far from a one-wom-

51-31 lead entering the final quarter.

The Marcos’ biggest lead was 28 points (63-35) after a free throw from Clark with 5:31 to go. The Comets’ Brown then produced a three-point play to help prevent a running clock the rest of the way.

Newman was an ice-cold 17-for-76 from field, including 4-for-25 from 3-point range. Alejandra Padilla paced the Comets with 13 points and 11 rebounds, while Rank added 11 points and eight boards.

Head coach Joe Salvatori noted his club was unable to get its transition game in gear, mainly because the Marcos were making so many shots.

Polo was 26-for-66 overall, including 12-for-25 from long distance.

“They scored, so it’s hard to get the ball out on a fast break,” Salvatori said. “They were bigger than us, and tonight, they were tougher than us. I give credit to Polo. They wanted the ball more and fought well.

And they hit 12 3s – you can’t guard all of them.”

Now the Marcos face the tall task of tangling with Eastland on the Cougars’ turf Friday night, with a regional championship on the line.

Eastland won both regular-season meetings between the teams.

“Their defensive pressure is unreal,” Grobe said. “We have one night to work on that, and we’ll see what we do. That’s why they play the games.”

“We haven’t done very well against them so far, but we played very well tonight,” Blake added.

“Hopefully we can carry that over to Friday.”

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• WRESTLING Continued from Page 14 quick work of it, catching a heel pick with a minute gone in the match and turning Connelly with a chicken wing at 1:16.

Moving on to the quarterfinal against Princeton Regional champion Colton Reiman of Riverdale, McKenna missed twice on duck under takedowns in the first period and gave up a high crotch takedown with five seconds left in the period.

He spent the second period on the bottom just missing a late escape and picking up a locked hands point at the buzzer.

Down 2-1 and on top in the third, Marcus cranked it up and hooked up a cradle for three points with forty seconds left and stepped over and took Reiman to his back at 5:50.

He advanced to the semifinal to face fourth ranked Bryce Faworski of Win-

nebago. and almost went to his Faworski scored an back, but he recovered outside single in the first and found a granby for a and countered for a takefive point move. He got down in the second. reversed form there, quickHe was working for tilts ly escaped, and caught a through both periods, but heel pick for a takedown.

McKenna fought them off Seconds later, McKenna and trailed 4-0 after two. caught a wing and pulled McKenna lost a reverse it back for a pin at 3:53 Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media to reach the third place at the start of the third. He McKenna lifts Dixon’s left an arm behind when match.

Cameron Varden in the he tried for an escape and wrestle back round at the “ I was in a little trouble got caught in a tilt for two there,’ said McKenna. “But Polo Regional on Feb.8. points. Faworski tried the I knew I had to just keep tilt one more time with 20 wrestling my match. I seconds left for two more points to send know when I do that, I can capitalize if McKenna to the consolation semifinal he makes a mistake.” with a 10-0 major decision loss. FaworThis was one of the wild times Coach ski took the 160 pound championship.

Culbertson described. “I knew Reiman With a state berth on the line in the was getting tired and I looked for an semifinal, McKenna met Jackson Murphy opportunity and there was the granby,” of Sandwich and they were scoreless Marcus said. “After that and the takethrough the first, both wrestlers having down, I knew he was done.” a chance at a takedown.

The pin was the third of the day for In the second, McKenna lost a reverse McKenna.

In the third place match against Michael D’Orazio of Wheaton St. Francis, McKenna was again scoreless in the first as both wrestlers scrambled but neither could come up with a takedown.

D’Orazio struck first with an escape to start the second and McKenna lost a spinning takedown midway through the period and a takedown out the back with 20 seconds left in the period.

Down 5-1, McKenna escaped early in the third, but lost a takedown at the one minute mark.

It was time for more wildness, and McKenna got it but it came too late. He escaped and just missed on an outside single with fifteen seconds left. He did get a takedown with a couple of seconds left, but it was not enough, and he lost 7-5.

“I really thought I had a chance if I hit that takedown, but I came up short,” he said. “I am happy with where I am and looking forward to the finals. I worked hard for this.”

SPORTS COLUMN

Pronounced difference in wrestling sectionals W

hat a day of wrestling at the Oregon 1A sectional. It never fails to disappoint even the casual fan.

I had the chance to cover both 1A and 2A and there is a pronounced difference in crowd size and atmosphere.

Rochelle hosted what could be the toughest 2A meet in the state, similar to Oregon hosting the best 1A competition.

After being at Oregon Friday night and for most of Saturday morning, it felt like walking into a morgue at Rochelle on Saturday.

Don’t get me wrong. There was a nice crowd of several hundred people at Rochelle, but the intensity level wasn’t there like is for the 1,000-plus jam-packed into the Blackhawk Center.

The best performance at Oregon came from Lena-Winslow, who qualified a staggering eight wrestlers for state. This from a team that isn’t even eligible to compete for a state dual title, because they lost to Dakota at the regional. Something is wrong with that equation.

I’d put the fan base of Dakota and Le-Win alone against everybody at Rochelle. They are hardcore.

One fan that did not make it in time for Saturday morning’s round was a former star wrestler for Le-Win. Rahveon Valentine, who is a student at NIU, programmed Oregon into his GPS as he left DeKalb.

Upon arriving in Oregon, Valentine finally realized he was no longer in Illinois. He ended up in Oregon, Wisconsin, located just south of Madison.

Hopefully, he eventually made it back to the right Oregon to cheer on his alma mater. In covering Le-Win sports, I remember Rahveon always as a genuinely nice kid.

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That why I think she will be the most important piece of Polo’s continuing success.

Marah Blake, Becca Wagner and Lindee Poper are effective near the post and Alex Dusing can go anywhere. With so much emphasis on 3-point shooting, someone like Patterson is a very valuable commodity.

Boys Basketball

Girls Basketball Even with a loss to state power Eastland, the Polo girls basketball team ended their season on a high note with a signature win over Newman.

That’s what the Marcos were looking for, as they demonstrated their legitimacy.

They showed glimpses of that in a close loss to Riverdale, a ranked 2A team. With nearly everyone returning for their senior year, with a nice mix of size and athleticism, 2020-21 promises to be special for Polo.

These girls will have been playing varsity since their freshman year and will be as seasoned as any team around. The only problem is how good 1A basketball is in northwest Illinois.

Can Polo contend with the big dogs next year?

It will be quite interesting seeing how the season unfolds.

What was nice about the Newman game was four players with nine or more rebounds and four players with six to 13 points. That’s balance.

Of course, it helps when Mallory Patterson makes 7-of-11, 3-point shots. Both teams attempted 25 shots form beyond the arc, with Polo making 12 and Newman 4.

That’s how games are won and lost. With Patterson on the court, teams have to adjust their defenses, freeing up the bigger girls in the post.

Oregon got kind of bad break in IHSA pairings.

No. 6 seed Hall Township was sent up to Winnebago instead of Chillicothe, giving that regional seven teams instead of six.

That forces No. 8 Oregon to play No. 9 Stillman Valley, with the winner meeting Winnebago. Had Hall been sent to Chillicothe, the Hawks would have had No. 13 seed Mendota, with the winner getting El-Paso instead of Winnebago.

Princeton and Bureau Valley (both close to Hall) were sent to Chillicothe, so why not Hall?

Strangely, Oregon faces Stillman Friday in the regular-season finale, before meeting again on Monday. It promises to be close.

The positive in all this is that Winnebago is not as strong as they have been in the past. Both Stillman and Oregon are capable of beating them, if everything goes right.

For fans headed to watch Polo at home Monday in their regional, don’t be surprised when you walk in and see a huge mismatch between No. 2 seed Dakota and No. 16 Leland in the first game.

Leland, who is 0-24, is losing games by 95-11, 79-13 and 61-8.

The only potentially bigger blowout would be at the Christian Life regional, where 28-0 powerhouse Indian Creek plays Our Lady of Sacred Heart of Rockford, the No. 15 seed.

YOUR ENVIRONMENT

The Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department (OCSWMD) will be conducting the monthly residential electronics drop-off on Friday, Feb. 28, at 909 Pines Road in Oregon from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The collection may be canceled or times adjusted for inclement weather.

This event is for Ogle County residents and only residential electronics are accepted on these collection days.

Contact the OCSWMD if you have business or institutional electronic items you wish to recycle.

A full list of accepted electronic items is available on the Ogle County website, but common accepted items include all televisions, computers, computer monitors, laptops, tablets, cell phones, computer peripherals and cables, printers, FAX machines, copiers, DVD/

VCR units, cable and satellite receivers, stereos, radios, digital clocks, phone systems, holiday light strands, rechargeable batteries and printer cartridges.

Microwave ovens are accepted for a $5 charge.

There is a limit of seven bulk items per vehicle and proof of Ogle County residency is required.

Items not accepted include vacuum cleaners, coffee makers, toasters, bread makers, dehumidifiers and air conditioners, fans, heaters, personal hygiene items, alkaline batteries, smoke detectors, wooden speakers, and packaging from your electronics.

Please call the OCSWMD at 815-732-4020, visit oglecounty.org, or check the Facebook page for more information about this electronics dropoff event.

BYRON LIBRARY

Understanding Nuclear Power presented by Mark Rasmussen Thursday, March 5, 6 -7 p.m.

Learn the basics of nuclear energy and find out how a power plant really works. You may be surprised how easy it is to understand. Mark Rasmussen is a professor Nuclear Engineering and an industry veteran. Please visit Byron.evanced.info/ signup or call 815-234-5107 to register.

Escape Room: The Lost Leprechaun Friday, March 6 or Saturday, March 7, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Ages: 1st-6th grade There’s a leprechaun caught in the box. Hurry up and figure out the combos, so we can open the box and make the leprechaun lead us to his Pot of Gold!

Groups of 3-4 should register for a 45 minute time slot (An adult contact for group should register).

Please visit Byron.evanced.info/signup or call 815234-5107 to register your group.

Teen Advisory Board (TAB) Monday, March 9, 6-7:30 p.m.

Ages: 6-12 grades Earn volunteer hours by joining our Teen Advisory Board. This month we will finish making fleece pet blankets for the Tails Animal Shelter. No registration is required.

After School Storytime: The Magic Within Thursday, March 12, 3:45-4:45 p.m.

Ages: 3-7 years Express your imagination and creativity. Join us

for a special after school storytime presented by members of the National English Honor Society from Byron High School! Please visit Byron.evanced.info/ signup or call 815-234-5107 to register.

The Chautauqua Institution Experience presented by Norma Freeburg and Meredith Townsend Wednesday, March 18, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Norma and Meredith share their adventures and offer advice on navigating the Chautauqua experience from start to finish. Please visit Byron.evanced. info/signup or call 815-234-5107 to register.

Card Creations Thursday, March 19, 6 – 7:30 p.m.

Boost your creative side by making beautiful handmade greeting cards to give to your family and friends. The prep work is done, so all you have to do is join us and get creative. All materials are supplied. Please visit Byron.evanced.info/signup or call 815-234-5107 to register.

Chess Enthusiasts Saturday, March 21, 1-3 p.m.

Ages: Adults and children ages 7 and up Come work on your chess strategy and learn a new move or two. Beginners welcome! No registration is required.

Probate vs. Trusts presented by Kristine Pihl Youman Wednesday, March 25, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Get started on your legal to do list with the help of Attorney Youman. She will explain probate and how it can be avoided using trusts. Please visit Byron.evanced.info/signup or call 815-234-5107 to register.

Please register for all programs by visiting byron. evanced.info/signup or by calling 815-234-5107.

The Patchwork Inn won the traveling trophy for best decorated business at the 2019 Candlelight Walk in Oregon. Photo supplied

Patchwork Inn receives trophy from Chamber SUBMITTED BY PATCHWORK INN Patchwork Inn, located in the heart of downtown Oregon, was recognized with the trophy for best exterior decorated business during Oregon’s 2019 Candlelight Walk.

Oregon Chamber of Commerce Director, Liz Vos and Candlelight Walk Committee Member, Candice Rivera presented the award.

“Winning this trophy the first time was an honor but to win it twice is just amazing,” said Innkeeper Stephanie Nelson. “Lots of other businesses really had great decorations.”

Innkeepers Bill and Stephanie Nelson have decorated the 1800s building each holiday season for the last decade and plan to continue the tradition.

“We received so many positive comments from the community, its nice to know folks appreciate the effort,” Bill Nelson said. “The volunteers at HA International should share this recognition because the holiday garland they hang for us is the icing on the cake.”

• Friday, February 21, 2020

Will It Waffle?

Monday, Feb. 24, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Ages: 6 – 12 grade We will experiment with foods you wouldn’t expect to cook in a waffle iron! Come hungry and willing to experiment! Please visit Byron.evanced. info/signup or call 815-234-5107 to register.

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YOUR ENVIRONMENT

Open houses offered on gypsy moth treatments Planned spraying treatments over area will be explained The Illinois Department of Agriculture will hold nine open houses to explain the proposed gypsy moth treatment plans for northern Illinois.

The gypsy moth is a non-native pest that feasts on more than 250 species of trees and shrubs, but its preferred food source is oak leaves.

Large populations are capable of stripping plants bare, leaving them vulnerable to secondary insect and disease attacks.

Severe defoliation can also cause tree death.

Infested sites will be treated with applications of either BtK (Bacillus thuringiensis var. Kurstaki), a naturally-occurring bacteria used by gardeners as an environmentally-friendly alternative to chemical pesticides, or mating disruption (MD), a gypsy moth-specific pher-

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Byron, Ogle County............. Btk............ Feb. 24, 3-6 p.m........... Byron Public Library..........100 S Washington St, Byron Oregon, Ogle County........... MD.......... March 5, 3-6 p.m......... Oregon Public Library............300 Jefferson St, Oregon omone that acts as a sexual attractant and prevents male gypsy moths from breeding. BtK is not harmful to people, pets or wildlife.

The BtK product is Valent Foray 48B – Organic which will be applied by helicopter in mid-May, with a second application within two weeks.

The mating disruption product, Splat GM-Organic will be applied by airplane in late June.

The gypsy month program is funded cooperatively through the U.S. Forest Service, Slow the Spread Foundation and the Illinois Department of Agriculture. Illinois has been involved with the Slow the Spread Foundation since its inception in 2000.

The presentation schedule and map of treatment sites are available at www2.illinois.gov/sites/agr/ Insects/Pests/Pages/gypsy-moth. aspx Above is a list of the impacted sites in Ogle County.

Graphic by the Illinois Department of agriculture

NOTICE Please be advised that the Public Test of the Optical Scan tabulating equipment and count program to be used at the March 17, 2020, General Primary Election, will be held in the Ogle County Clerk’s Office, 105 S. 5th Street, Oregon, IL on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.

This Public Test is open to the general public.

Laura J. Cook, Ogle County Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE The Oregon City Council will be considering approval of an ordinance on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 5:30 P.M. City Hall Council Chambers 115 N 3rd Street. The Ordinance concerns the City’s lease of the first and second floor of the Coliseum Building, located at 124 N 4th Street, #16-03-159-001: to Coliseum Museum Arts, Antiques, and Americana (CMAAA). Frequently asked questions concerning the proposed lease can be found on the City’s website (www.cityoforegon.org) and at City Hall no later than March 2, 2020.

Public Properties Commissioner Melanie Cozzi

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• Friday, February 21, 2020

The Oregon Park District’s Mother-Son Date Night and Daddy-Daughter Dance are being dubbed a success.

It was a step back in time to the 50s with a “Sock Hop Theme” and the gym was full of poodle skirts, leather jackets, scarves, cat-eye glasses, and letterman jackets.

Participants enjoyed dancing, contests, games, gift items, refreshments, and a classic car photo booth.

The boys played theme related games and earned Cool Cash to spend at the Sock Hop Gift Shop and the girls made commemorative bracelets at the Daddy Daughter Dance.

Each night provided an opportunity for quality time with children.

Niki Hunt Photography was on hand TOP LEFT: Kaylene Reynolds had two dates for the dance, her sons, Thomas and Augustine. TOP RIGHT: Ethan and Emily Rogers play for photos. a ping pong ball game at a dance held by Oregon Park District. Photos supplied

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Pelicans and their nests to be topic Pelicans nesting along the Mississippi River will be the topic at The Northwest Illinois Audubon Society’s monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 3.

Pam Steinhaus, the visitor services manager with the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge in Thomson, will share information about pelican nesting spots along the Mississippi River and other facts about these birds.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at St. John United Church of Christ, 1010 Park Blvd. in Freeport.

The public is welcome.

For more information, visit the Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media Northwest Illinois Audubon Society White pelicans preen as they sit on an island on the Rock River below the Oregon dam April 2019. The large birds can be seen in the website at www.nwilaudubon.org or call 815-238-3963. sky flying in formation and along the Rock River and Mississippi during spring migration.

FREE TRAINING

Weather spotter training class Feb. 24 at SVCC The Lee County Office of Emergency Management and Ogle County Emergency Management Agency will host a weather spotter training presented by the National Weather Service on Feb. 20 at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 IL Rte. 2, Dixon in room 1K04.

The class begins at 6:30 p.m. and will last approximately one and one half hours. The training consists of a slide and video program,

which teaches about severe storm structure, and how to identify cloud features and other environmental clues to identify severe storms and tornadoes.

This training is open to anyone interest in the weather, including the public, fire, police and public works agencies.

“This is a great opportunity for local industry safety team representatives, who are task with the job of

issuing severe weather instructions to facility employees to understand or refresh on signs of approaching severe weather,” said Kevin E. Lalley, director of Lee County Emergency Management. “Spotting approaching severe weather and issuing a timely warning will saves lives. Whether you work in a factory, on farm, out in the yard, or play on a sports field or golf course, this class could provide you with life

saving information.”

There is no charge for the class.

For more information, contact the Ogle County Emergency Management Office at 815-562-1001, trichter@oglecounty.org, or Lee County Emergency Management Office at 815-284-3365 or by email atesda@ countyoflee.org.

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winning teams,” Heuer said.

The event is a fundraiser for Rock River Center. Reservations can be made by calling 815-732-3252 or contacting events@rockrivercenter.org.

Boone or Ogle County public or private high school.

• Must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 • Must have chosen an academic field of study in Fine Art, Writing or Women’s Studies. Applications without an identified major will not be considered.

The deadline for this scholarship is April 15, with the awardee notified no later than April 30. A full application can be found online at www.womanspace-rockford.org. Application materials must be submitted to krisilizie@mac. com or mailed to: Womanspace Scholar-

ship 2020, 3720 Highcrest Road, Rockford, IL 61107 Womanspace is a not-for-profit organization offering programs for women, men and children to enhance body, mind and spirit, with a focus on the creative arts, holistic health, interfaith exploration and environmental stewardship. Situated on seven wooded acres in Rockford, Illinois, the Womanspace campus boasts multi-media art studios, galleries, a gift shop, beautiful gardens and a much-celebrated labyrinth. More information can be found at www.womanspace-rockford.org.

BRIEFS Rock River Center’s Trivia Night is March 9 at Hairy Cow The Rock River Center will host its “Join the Herd” Trivia Night at Hairy Cow on Monday, March 9.

“Only four team slots remain for this exclusive event, that starts at 5 p.m.

The Brewery will be open only for Trivia participants with a special menu of food and drinks available,” said Marcia Heuer, RRC events coordinator.

Ticket prices are $10 per person with a limit of 4-6 members on a team.

“Snacks and a surprise will be provided for all participants with prizes for

Womanspace offers scholarship Womanspace is looking to further the creative ambitions of one high school student by offering a $1,000 college scholarship. The application criteria are as follows: • Must be a resident of Winnebago, Boone or Ogle County.

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IN THE CLASSROOM

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Oregon High School students Riley Crichton (right) and Avery Sellers, both 16, set up a table at McKendrie Cafe in Mt. Morris recently to inform and encourage people to fill out upcoming census. ple” at the workshops, such as Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the one in Chicago, Sellers considers them life changing experiences.

“We were the youngest ones there with a bunch of adults who have been to many of these events,” she said. “To have that experience at such a young age puts a point of view on life. Next time, when we’re 20 or so, we’ll know how it’s going to go.”

The group’s 13 students are divided into groups and work as planners, community liaisons who contact local businesses and ask to make appearances, public speakers and writers, along with floaters who do a little of everything. Their work gets formulated into a persuasion plan for presenters to inform people with during outreach.

Doing this is a chance for the students to see that they are making real change, Sitze said.

“They have the ability to speak to groups that others don’t,” he said.

“These students will be able to hit high school students, middle school students, elementary school students with activities and language that is recognizable. If we convince

the students that this is important, they can convince the parents, and then we have a better chance.”

The students are enjoying their work: Oregon High is unique in that students need 80 community service hours in order to graduate.

Special graduation honors are awarded to those who eclipse 400 hours.

“It’s fun to have the freedom, and to get to decide what the project is and help the community,” Taylar Rufer said.

Paige Beauchem has learned a lot about time management with her participation in it.

“We do a lot of work on our own, so we get to teach ourselves,” she said. “It puts a lot of responsibility on you.”

The first official call to residents begins March 12 with the first of four letters sent to residences providing information about it. Paper forms come with the final letters, and census takers will go door-to-

door to places that have not had residents complete any type of form.

Forms also can be done online or by phone; more information about those methods are addressed in the initial letter.

Money is a big reason why census forms should be completed, Nadia Thiesen said.

“It gets used for a lot of things,” she said.

“School programs, childc a r e programs, health programs, pretty much anything to do with the community. Park buildings, and things like that. We don’t get the right amount if we don’t count all of the people.”

“This happens once every 10 years, so if anyone is missed we lose funding for them for the next 10 years,” Abby Duke added. “Even with one person, that is a lot of money.”

Follow the group on Instagram at @2020censusil or call the school at 815-732-5300 for more information.

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People have a price when it comes to government spending, and it’s about $1,800 per person.

For every person Riley Crichton and Avery Sellers talked to at Pinecrest Grove Community Center’s McKendrie Cafe, it may lead to more federal funding.

Numbers matter, and Riley and Avery are Oregon High School sophomores who are part of a Complete Count Committee that wants to make sure every person is accounted for in the 2020 United States Census.

“People don’t actually realize how much money is involved,” Riley said.

The Census, done every 10 years, assures that programs based on population distribution get as much money as possible. Complete Count Committees educate residents on the importance of the Census, and the high school group is coordinating with similar ones from the City of Oregon and the Ogle County Board to plan events, target hard to reach populations and spread awareness.

The undercount of Illinois residents in the 2010 Census had a great financial effect: Nearly $122 million could have gone to the state for every 1% of the population not counted, according to a report from the George Washington Institute for Public Policy.

Nearly 16% of Illinois residents live in “hard-to-count” areas that require greater resources for census organizers to account for, census records show. Most remain undercounted, and it adds up to over $1 billion in possible revenue for the state.

Riley uses that as a point of emphasis to persuade people to assure they are counted.

“People are usually polite enough to listen,” she said. “If we say the right things, it’ll catch their attention.”

The committee is part of the high school’s open program class for sophomores, coordinated by teachers Aaron Sitze, Cole Davidson and Kim Radostits. It started after a call for community service projects for students to undertake was answered

by Northern Illinois University’s Center for Governmental Studies.

Enough students were interested to form a group, and they attended seminars and workshops at NIU in DeKalb and Malcolm X College in Chicago to be trained in the census process.

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STATE LAWS WATCH

State Police director backs FOID fingerprinting Outlines increased enforcement efforts, needed for resources

BY JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Police director said last week that his department has stepped up illegal firearm ownership enforcement methods, but it needs greater resources to continue the job — including fingerprints of Firearm Owner Identification Card applicants.

During a news conference Thursday, ISP Director Brendan Kelly gave an update about enforcement efforts and announced support for Senate Bill 1966, a measure that would increase FOID card fees and mandate fingerprinting of applicants.

The House passed the bill in May, but a Senate measure to agree with that final language stalled before a vote. It remains in the Senate assignments committee but could be taken up this legislative session.

Under the bill, sponsored in the House by Rep. Kathleen Willis, D-Addison, new applications for FOID cards and renewals — which would be required every five years — would cost $20, up from the current cost of $10. The fees would fund law enforcement revocation efforts for those not legally allowed to own FOID cards or guns.

Gun advocacy groups such as the Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois and the Illinois State Rifle Association oppose the bill, and have argued fingerprinting and increased fees hinder Second Amendment rights.

In a news release Friday, Assistant House Republican Leader C.D. Davidsmeyer, of Jacksonville, called the plan “an overreach” by lawmak-

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Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly speaks in favor of a bill that would require fingerprinting of Firearm Owner Identification Card applicants and double the cost of a new card and renewals. He also gave an update on ISP’s enforcement of illegal firearm ownership revocations during a news conference Thursday in Springfield. ers and the ISP. “Director Kelly is pushing legislation that will require all legal gun owners in Illinois to give their fingerprints to the State Police when requesting or renewing their FOID card,” Davidsmeyer said in the release. “This is a continued attack on law-abiding gun owners and it puts undue financial burden on many citizens just trying to protect their families.”

While Kelly was questioned about the constitutionality of fingerprinting gun owners at the news conference, he said ISP’s main consideration is public safety — lawmakers and judges will decide constitutionality.

“We will be able to do a much more thorough, effective and quicker background check, even for law-abiding citizens, if we have that fingerprint,” he said.

Kelly’s briefing came one year after a shooting at an Aurora warehouse left five people dead and others injured. That shooter, Kelly said,

should not have had a gun because there was a 1995 felony aggravated battery conviction on his record.

The ISP director also said there are several instances similar to this one in which criminal background information is not included in key national databases. There are “over 7 million firearms ownership-prohibiting records in this country which are not readily available in background check databases,” he said.

The information does show up when a person is fingerprinted — and it did when the Aurora shooter was fingerprinted for a concealed carry permit in 2014 — but he had already purchased the gun used in the shooting by that time because he lied on his FOID card application, Kelly said.

At the time, police only sent a letter to the shooter demanding he turn in his guns, but took no other action.

“Because a form letter sent only at the time of revocation is not enough,

Argetsinger was also wanted in Georgia for unlawful possession of cocaine.

A passenger in the vehicle, Jamie S. Ross, 35, of Ashton, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Adderall pills) and was also wanted in Georgia for unlawful possession of cocaine. Both subjects were transported to the Ogle County Jail.

Feb. 7 Jason D. Pack, 40, of Sterling, was stopped at 1:48 a.m. for unsafe equipment and disobeying a stop sign on West Second Street at 6th Avenue in Rock Falls. He was charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol, illegal transportation of alcohol, obstructed windshield, disobeying a stop sign, and operating a vehicle in an unsafe condi-

we committed to sharing FOID revocation data with any law enforcement agency at any time. That is done,” Kelly said.

Now there is a web portal accessible to any criminal justice department in the state, he said. It includes the reason for revocation, new convictions and other prohibitors, as well as firearms transaction histories.

Kelly said before the Aurora shooting, ISP was “only incidentally” confiscating guns from those who were not legally allowed to own them as part of “other types of investigations.” There was no concerted, coordinated effort.

“Enforcement has improved,” he said, noting the ISP’s criminal investigation division conducted more than 200 revocations since May 2019 that resulted in retrieved guns.

Kelly said the fund supporting police background checks has “been affected by budget crisis after budget crisis,” but recent stability from the current administration has been beneficial, “allowing the ISP to build out multi-year hiring and service plans.”

While 90 percent of about 300,000 new FOID applications in the past year were processed within the mandated 30 days, Kelly said, it took police a total of 13,877 hours of overtime. Gun rights advocates have sued over alleged FOID and concealed carry permit delays, however.

“Even with the incredibly hard work of the men and women in justice services, and with the incredibly hard and sometimes dangerous work of the men and women serving in the division of criminal investigations, there is still much more to be done,” Kelly said in backing SB 1966.

“Without additional resources for both state and local law enforcement to ensure illegal firearms are not possessed by potentially dangerous individuals, the odds still remain too high that more tragedies will occur.”

ILLINOIS STATE POLICE Feb. 6 Daniel W. Argetsinger, 32, of Rochelle, was stopped at 1:07 a.m. for improper lighting and cell phone use on Seventh Avenue at Main Street in Rochelle. He was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (cocaine), unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, improper lighting, and unlawful use of cell phone.

tion. Pack was released on an I-bond.

Mark A. Anthony, 30, of Rockford, was stopped for speeding at 7:32 p.m. on Interstate 39 southbound at milepost 88 in Lee County. He was charged with driving while license suspended and speeding. Anthony was released on an I-bond.

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PROPERTY TRANSFERS

Warranty Deeds • Backyard Properties of Rock County LLC to J. Calnavez Co., 112 Maple Court, Rochelle, 1,600,000.

• Stephen E. Leary to David A. and Kimberly N. Luepkes, 4493 S. Lowden Road, Oregon, $120,264.

• Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Christopher J. Thompson, 182 Prairie Moon Drive, Davis Junction, $142,000.

• Susan R. Tyler and David H. Brown to Emily L. Greer and Justin B. Schroyer, 306 S. Third St., Rochelle, $95,000.

• John M. and Diane E. Worman to Gregory Alan and Denise Rene Olson, 10492 E. Clara Ave., Rochelle, $324,500.

• Distributors Real Estate Inc. to Wausau Supply Co., 748 N. Wiscold Drive, Rochelle, $2,675,000.

• Brandon McCoy to Rene Lampley, 15843 E. Timberlane Drive, Davis Junction, $17,000.

• Cindy, also Cindy W. Fields to Justin and Jessica Guenther, 312-314 Wild Cherry Drive., Dixon, $259,900.

• Justin Guenther and Jessica Fair, also Guenther, to Rick D. and Elizabeth Buck, 604 S. 10th St., Oregon, $131,000.

• Robert Paulson to Steven and Deborah Katzman, 207C E. North St., Creston, $20,000.

• Mary J. Anderson, also Wilson, to Nathan M. Spriggs and Salina Mae

Quit Claim Deeds • Wayne Zettle to Wayne Zettle and Colleen Anne Stone, 605 S. Second Ave., Forreston, $0.

• Melissa L. Henriksen to Melissa L. Henriksen and Eric Brant, 3236 E. Ancient Oak Drive, Oregon, $0.

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license on person, and speeding more than 35 mph over the speed limit. Dyson was released on an I-bond.

Feb. 9 Corey D. Kelchner, 35, of Rochelle, was stopped for disobeying a stop sign at 2:14 a.m. on Eighth Avenue at Second Street in Rochelle. He was charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol and disobeying a stop sign. Belchner was released on an I-bond.

Continued from Page 22 Feb. 8 Ryan T. Dyson, 29, of Polo, was stopped for speeding at 1:43 a.m. on US Route 30 at Lenore Street in Rock Falls.

He was charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol, illegal transportation of alcohol, failure to carry driver’s

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Trustee’s Deeds • Betty J. Roberts Trust, James E. Roberts, trustee, to DLMJ Investments LLC, 115 N. Daysville Road, Oregon, $22,400.

• Signe L. Eber Trust, Marcia L. Massie, trustee, to Jason E. Beck, 427 N. 12th St., Rochelle, $46,000 Executor’s Deed • The late Gleason O. Garrison to EIP Communications I LLC, one parcel on S. Meridian Road, Chana, $8,788.

Sheriff’s Deed • Estate of Peggy Janssen and Sheriff of Ogle County to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. and Freddie Mac, 208 S. Fletcher Ave., Mt. Morris, $50,120.

Deed in Trust • Emory l. and Virginia A. Cragg to 310 Trust 22020, Sharon L. Choppie, trustee, 310 Illinois St.,Oregon, $0.

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OGLE COUNTY SHERIFF Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle reports the following activity Feb. 11 Mary Elmore, 37, of Rochelle was arrested for domestic battery. Elmore was held at the Ogle County Jail in lieu of bond.

Feb. 12 At 9:23 a.m., Ogle County sheriff’s deputies, the Polo Police Department, the Polo Fire Department and the Polo Ambulance responded to a one vehicle rollover accident on Cavanaugh Road at Illinois 26.

A grey Toyota Avalon driven by Einar S. Dahl, 90, of Prospect Heights was southbound on Cavanaugh Road when the vehicle left the right side of the road.

The Toyota then crossed back over the roadway striking an embankment causing it to roll over in the field.

Dahl was transported to KSB Hospital with minor injuries by the Polo Ambulance.

Larry Barnes, 30, of Oregon was arrested at 9:13 p.m. for driving while under the influence and unlawful possession of cannabis-improper container after responding to Illinois 64 and Mongan Drive for a one-vehicle crash. Barnes

also received citations for no insurance, improper lane use and no valid driver’s license.

Barnes was transported to the Ogle County Jail where he was released on an I-bond and will appear in court on March 6 at 9 a.m.

Feb. 13 Michael O’Brien, 21, of Rockford was arrested at 9:43 p.m. for driving while under the influence of alcohol after deputies, along with Byron Fire, responded to the 10000 block of Illinois 2 for a one vehicle crash.

O’Brien was also cited for improper lane use, driving on the shoulder, unlawful transportation of alcohol, and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

O’Brien was transported to a Rockford hospital for minor injuries.

O’Brien is scheduled to appear in court on March 6.

on Freeport Road and a tractor-trailer semi being driven by Ronald Steger, 57, of Epworth, Iowa was westbound on Illinois 52.

Troglio was stopped at the stop sign but stated he did not observe the semi approaching and pulled into the intersection. Steger was unable to stop and the pickup was struck.

Both occupants of the pickup were uninjured and refused medical transport at the scene. Steger’s semi rolled onto its side and he was transported to CGH Hospital in Sterling for minor injuries sustained.

Troglio was cited for failure to yield right of way at an intersection.

Feb. 15 Tevin Gray, 24, of Rockford was arrested for driving while license revoked after a traffic stop for speeding on Interstate 39. Gray was held in lieu of bond at the jail.

Feb. 14 At approximately 2:45 p.m. Ogle County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a two-vehicle rollover accident at the intersection of Illinois 52 and Freeport Road just outside of Polo.

It was determined that a Dodge Ram pickup being driven by Jonathan Trogilo, 22, of Peoria was northbound

At 6:58 p.m. Ogle County sheriff’s deputies and the Lynn Scott Rock Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle injury crash on Interstate 39 at mile marker 105.

An investigation revealed that a southbound SUV operated by Angelo Coglianese, 58, of Rochelle rear ended

Feb. 10 Joseph Louvell Cathina and Elizabeth Dawn Jerdee, both of Rochelle.

Feb. 11 Nathan Thomas Schneider and Jennifer Kay Carlson, both of Davis Junction.

an SUV operated by Stevie Lear, 55, of Belton, Kentucky.

Lear and his passenger, Mary Stratton, 54, of Belton, Kentucky were both transported by Lynn Scott Rock ambulance to Rochelle Community Hospital for minor injuries.

Coglianese was cited for failure to reduce speed.

Feb. 16 Melinda A. Burkhart, 50, was arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol in the 1000 block of South Blackhawk Road. Burkhart was transported to the Ogle County Jail where she was held in lieu of bond.

Jesus Valdez Jr., 34, of Sterling was arrested at 1:30 a.m. for driving while under the influence of alcohol after a traffic stop at the intersection of Henry Road and Illinois 26 for a traffic lane violation. Valdez was transported to the Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Aaron Funches, 24, of Freeport was arrested for driving while license suspended after a traffic stop for speeding on Illinois 64 near Mulford Road. Funches was held in lieu of bond at the jail.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Ogle County Clerk Laura Cook issued the following marriage licenses: Feb. 7 James Allen Watson and Carol Jernigan, both of Rockford.

Michael Lyn Sartin and Linda Sue Jones Dhaese, both of Oregon.

Cody Ryan Mon and Jennifer Nichole Palmer, both of Mt. Morris.

CORRECTION The Ogle County Voter Guide has a Republican Presidential Candidate that was removed by the State Board of Elections.

Candidate John Schiess was inadvertently listed on the Republican sample ballot for publication.

The Ogle County Clerk’s Office apologizes for any inconvenience.

Feb. 13 Michael Dale Franks and Raeanne Marie Storey, both of Rochelle

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Feb. 11 Adrienne N. Schoeffel, 33, of Oregon, was issued a city citation at 2 p.m. for violating section 20-3(5) of the nuisance ordinance.

Charles A. Koura ,33, of Rockton, was arrested at 7:49 p.m. on an outstanding Rockford Police Dept. warrant for theft.

Koura was transported to the Ogle County Jail. This violation occurred in the 400 block of N. 4th Street.

Feb. 13 Steven W. Graff, 27, of Chana, was issued a citation at 8:38 p.m. for operating an uninsured motor vehicle. This violation occurred in 900 block of W. Washington Street.

Rakyn D. Goodman, 22, of Rockford, was issued a citation at 11:41 p.m. for speeding, 67 mph in a 40 mph zone. This violation occurred in the 100 block of E. Washington Street.

Feb. 15 At 1:45 p.m., police investigated a two-vehicle traffic crash in the parking lot at 800 S. 4th Street, TNT Motors, involving a 1997 Chevrolet driven by Johnna D. Rowland, 19, of Mt. Morris, and a parked 2007 Hyundai belonging to TNT Motors. No citations were issued.

Brian S. Black, 43, of Mt. Morris, was issued a citation at 4:35 p.m. for operating an uninsured motor vehicle. This violation occurred in the 500 block of W. Washington Street.

Timothy J. Greene, 42, of Naperville, was issued a citation at 4:51 p.m. for improper lane use. This violation occurred in the 300 block of W. Washington Street.

Thomas P. Smith, 45, of Dixon, was issued citations at 7:44 p.m. for disobeying a traffic control device, operating a vehicle with illegal window tint, and operating an uninsured motor vehicle.

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These violations occurred in the 300 block of N. 4th Street.

Benjamin G. Rhodes, 41, of Dixon, was arrested at 8:36 p.m. on an outstanding Lee County warrant for failure to appear.

Rhodes was also issued a citation for not having a valid driver’s license. He was transported to the Ogle County Jail.

These violations occurred in the 300 block of N. 4th Street.​​​​​​​ Eighty-nine parking citations and 14 verbal/written warnings were issued Feb. 10-16.

Please note: Any arrests listed are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

General calls for service through dispatch Feb. 10-16 Checking a Subject / Vehicle........... 5 Citizen Complaints............................. 5 Animal Complaint............................... 1 Disturbance / Domestic Battery...... 1 Citizen Assist / Civil Problem........... 8 Assist EMS / Other Dept................... 5 Alarm Response.................................. 2 911 Hang-up / Open Line................... 3 Ordinance Violations.......................... 8 Traffic Stops.......................................25

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Feb. 14 Marangely Diaz-Gutierrez, 20, of Freeport, was issued citations at 3:41

p.m. for operating a vehicle with illegal window tint and no valid driver’s license.

This violation occurred in the 400 block of W. Washington Street.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OGLE COUNTY, OREGON, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. PLAINTIFF, -vsMATTHEW M. LARSON; KATRINA M. LARSON; DEFENDANTS NO. 19 CH 58 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled matter on October 11, 2019;Brian R VanVickle, Sheriff, Ogle County Public Safety Complex, 202 South 1st Street, Oregon, IL 61061, will on March 6, 2020 at 10:00 AM, at Sheriff's Office, 202 South First Street, Oregon IL 61061, sell to the highest bidder for ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Ogle County, Illinois.Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens or 1st Mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” Condition.

Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court.

Commonly known as 773 Brookview Drive, Byron, IL 61010Permanent Index No.: 04-25-402-021Improvements: Single Family Residential The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

The judgment amount was $110,796.47. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information. 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. For Bid Amount contact: Sale Clerk Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 ILNOTICES@logs.com (847) 291-1717Dated this Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. One of Plaintiff's Attorneys Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015(847) 291-1717 ILNOTICES@logs.com Randal S. Berg (6277119) Michael N. Burke (6291435) Christopher A. Cieniawa (6187452) Joseph M. Herbas (6277645) Michael Kalkowski (6185654) Laura J. Anderson (6224385) Jenna R. Vondran (6308109) Thomas Belczak (6193705) Debra Miller (6205477) THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. February 7,14,21, 2020

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OGLE COUNTY OREGON, ILLINOIS SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.BRIAN WALTHER AKA BRIAN JAMES WALTHER, MUTUAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES CO., LLC Defendant 19 CH 42 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 3, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on April 6, 2020, at the Ogle County Courthouse, 106 5th Street front door entrance, OREGON, IL, 61061, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT SIX HUNDRED TWENTY (620) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE FINAL PLAT OF HARVEST GLENN PLAT NO. 10, PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH, SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN PLAT FILE D ON PAGE 83 IN THE RECORDER'S OFFICE OF OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Commonly known as 170 PRAIRIE MOON DRIVE, DAVIS JUNCTION, IL 61020 Property Index No. 11-22-331-009 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $170,457.01.

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 the 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, or a 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 and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. 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, the sales department, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120, NAPERVILLE, IL, 60563 (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.AnselmoLindberg.com.. Please refer to file number F19040204.

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.

Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120 NAPERVILLE IL, 60563 630-453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@anselmolindberg.com Attorney File No. F19040204 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Case Number: 19 CH 42 TJSC#: 40-101 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS In the interest of: Zoey L. Lent a minor Case No: 2018 JA 1 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION To: Michael Holland and to all whom it may concern, respondent(s), and to all whom it may concern, take notice that on February 13, 2020 a petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by ASA Ann Switzer in the Circuit Court of Ogle County entitled "In the interest of Zoey L. Lent, a minor", and that in courtroom 302 at 106 South Fifth, Oregon, Illinois on March 10, 2020 at 11:00 am or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, a termination of parental rights hearing will be held upon the Petition to have the child declared to be a ward of the court and for other relief under that act. The court has authority in this proceeding to take from you the custody and guardianship of the minor.

If the Petition requests the termination of your parental rights and the appointment of a guardian with power to consent to adoption, you may lose all parental rights to the child. Unless you appear you will not be entitled to further written notices or publication notices of the proceedings in this case, including the filing of an amended petition for a motion to terminate parental rights.

Unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the petition, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you and each of you, and an order for judgment entered.

Dated this 13 day of Febuary, 2020 Kimberly A. Stahl Clerk of the Circuit Court By: LAB Deputy Clerk February 21, 2020

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STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF OGLE In re the Estate of: JAMES J. KAVANAUGH, Deceased.

No. 2020P18 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of JAMES J. KAVANAUGH. Letters of Office were issued on February 10, 2020, to PATRICK W. KAVANAUGH, as Independent Executor, whose attorney is M. Thomas Suits, of the Law Offices of M. THOMAS SUITS, P.C., 114 West Mason Street, Polo, Illinois 61064.

Claims against the estate may be filed within six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Ogle County Judicial Center, 106 South 5th Street, Oregon, IL 61061- or with the estate legal representative, or both.

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.

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STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT OGLE COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: Casey Kristiane Harold

2020MR13 Case Number There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Casey Kristiane Harold to the new name of: Casey Kristiane Bitler The court date will be held: on 04/17/2020 at 10:30am at 105 S. 5th St, Oregon, Illinois 61061, Ogle County in Courtroom # 304 Casey K. Harold Casey Kristiane Harold February 14, 21 & 28 2020

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ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on January 28, 2020 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Internal Wilderness-Metaphysical Services 200 Oak Lane Dixon, IL 61021.

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PUBLIC NOTICE The Oregon City Council will be considering approval of an ordinance on Tuesday March 10, 2020 at 5:30 P.M. City Hall Council Chambers 115 N 3rd Street. The Ordinance concerns the City's lease of the first and second floor of the Coliseum Building, located at 124 N 4th Street, #16-03-159-001: to Coliseum Museum Arts, Antiques, and Americana (CMAAA). Frequently asked questions concerning the proposed lease can be found on the City's website (www.cityoforegon.org) and at City Hall no later than March 2, 2020.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OGLE COUNTY, OREGON, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. PLAINTIFF, -vsMATTHEW M. LARSON; KATRINA M. LARSON; DEFENDANTS NO. 19 CH 58 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled matter on October 11, 2019;Brian R VanVickle, Sheriff, Ogle County Public Safety Complex, 202 South 1st Street, Oregon, IL 61061, will on March 6, 2020 at 10:00 AM, at Sheriff's Office, 202 South First Street, Oregon IL 61061, sell to the highest bidder for ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Ogle County, Illinois.

Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens or 1st Mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court.

Said property is legally described as follows:LOT SIXTY-THREE (63) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE FINAL PLAT NO. 2 OF KING'S PRAIRIE PLACE SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; WHICH IS RECORDED IN PLAT FILE D ON PAGE 12 AS DOCUMENT NO. 9807872 IN THE RECORDER'S OFFICE OF OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BYRON, THE COUNTY OF OGLE AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 773 Brookview Drive, Byron, IL 61010Permanent Index No.: 04-25-402-021Improvements: Single Family Residential The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

The judgment amount was $110,796.47. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information. 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. For Bid Amount contact:Sale Clerk Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 ILNOTICES@logs.com (847) 291-1717 Dated this Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. One of Plaintiff's Attorneys Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015(847) 291-1717 ILNOTICES@logs.com Randal S. Berg (6277119) Michael N. Burke (6291435)Christopher A. Cieniawa (6187452) Joseph M. Herbas (6277645) Michael Kalkowski (6185654) Laura J. Anderson (6224385) Jenna R. Vondran (6308109) Thomas Belczak (6193705) Debra Miller (6205477) THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION.#PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. February 7,14,21, 2020

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OGLE COUNTY - OREGON, ILLINOIS SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.BRIAN WALTHER AKA BRIAN JAMES WALTHER, MUTUAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES CO., LLC Defendant 19 CH 42 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 3, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on April 6, 2020, at the Ogle County Courthouse, 106 5th Street front door entrance, OREGON, IL, 61061, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 170 PRAIRIE MOON DRIVE, DAVIS JUNCTION, IL 61020 Property Index No. 11-22-331-009 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $170,457.01.

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 the 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, or a 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 and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/151507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. 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, the sales department, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120, NAPERVILLE, IL, 60563 (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.AnselmoLindberg.com.. Please refer to file number F19040204.

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.

Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120 NAPERVILLE IL, 60563 630-453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@anselmolindberg.com Attorney File No. F19040204 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Case Number: 19 CH 42 TJSC#: 40-101 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff”s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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