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Ogle County property tax bills were mailed out May 10.
The first installment will be due Monday, June 10, with the second installment due Tuesday, Sept.10.
“This single document will contain tax information and payment stubs for both installments. Therefore, property owners need to save this bill as no additional notice will be mailed prior to the second installment,” Ogle County Collector Tiffany O’Brien said.
Payment methods include cash, check (payable to Ogle County Collector) or
West Lowell Park Road closed after car hits telephone pole, gas main
MT. MORRIS – A portion of West Lowell Park Road was closed for several hours Monday after a vehicle hit a telephone pole and gas main.
The crash, which occurred about 11:12 a.m. in the 6000 block of West Lowell Park Road, caused a gas leak, Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said.
Matthania J. Lovinski, 36, of Mt. Morris, was traveling west on Lowell Park Road when he failed to negotiate the curve at that location, the sheriff’s department said in a news release.
Lovinski was taken to OSF St. Anthony Hospital in Rockford for injuries suffered in the accident.
“They tried getting a helicopter, but it couldn’t fly due to mechanical issues,” VanVickle said.
There were no passengers in the
Bingo: 5 p.m. Monday, May 20
We’re ready to call some numbers. All ages are invited.
Library closed on Memorial Day
Bertolet Memorial Library will be closed Monday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day. The library also will be closed Saturday, June 1, during Leaf River Daze.
Severe Weather & Staying Safe: 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 28
We are excited to have WTVO chief meteorologist Candice King teach us about severe weather. Summer may be just around the corner, but that doesn’t mean the end of severe weather. King is dedicated not only to forecasting weather,
credit card. In-person payments can be made at the Treasurer’s office or at any bank in Ogle County.
The Treasurer’s office is in the old Courthouse located at 105 S. Fifth St. in Oregon. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday excluding holidays.
The mailing address is Ogle County Collector, P.O. Box 40, Oregon, IL 61061. Mailed payments must be postmarked by the due date to be considered timely.
Late payments will incur a fee of 1.5% a month or part of a month after the
due date and must be remitted by mail or at the collector’s office.
O’Brien’s office also is offering the option of online payments.
“You may go to the Ogle County website at www.oglecountyil.gov and then select the Treasurer’s department. Choose the Online Tax Payments link and click the Pay Now button. Fill in the information as prompted. Be sure to receive a payment conformation for your records. Please note this service carries a fee; review the convenience fees prior to making payment,” O’Brien said
vehicle, he said.
The incident still is under investigation. The road was closed from the Mt. Morris city limits to the intersection with North Moose Road.
Polo, Mt. Morris and Oregon fire protection districts, ComEd and Nicor responded to the scene, in addition to the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office.
Mobile food pantry coming May 23
Loaves & Fish Food Pantry alongside Northern Illinois Food Bank is hosting a Mobile Food Pantry from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 23.
The truck will be located at Mt. Morris Church of the Brethren, 409 W. Brayton Road, Mt. Morris.
Food is distributed on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
Food is free to neighbors in need. No ID, proof of address or income is required.
Loaves & Fish Food Pantry is located on the lower level of the Mt. Morris Church of the Brethren, 409 W. Brayton Road, and is open on the first and third Thursdays from 3:30 to 6 p.m. and second and fourth Mondays from 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Because of Memorial Day on Monday, May 27, the pantry will be open from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 28.
Anyone experiencing food insecurity is eligible to receive food. You do not need to have a referral and no proof of income is required.
Mobile food pantries will be held on the fourth Thursday of every month through October.
These are an “extra” food distribution. Food that comes on the truck is distributed that day.
For questions, call or text 815-613-8776 and leave a message. Your call or message will be returned.
but also teaching the community about weather. We will learn what to look for as severe weather approaches and how to stay safe until the sun shines again.
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“The Coworker” by Freida McFadden
“Toxic Prey” by John Sandford
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“Ponies and Horses” by Deborah Lock
“Dinos Love Diggers” by Pterry Redwing DVDs
“Big Little Journeys”
“Peanuts Deluxe Collection”
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We will be holding our semiannual book sale during regular library hours through Saturday, May 18. We have a huge assortment of books, DVDs, games and puzzles.
Fourth Tuesday Book Club for Adults, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 28
This month’s selection is “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus. It is available at the library. The discussion is sure to be lively.
Toddler/Preschool Storytime, 10 a.m. Wednesdays
Bring your favorite little person to share in a time of stories, crafts and activities every Wednesday that school is in session.
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FORRESTON – Mother Nature smiled on the Class of 2024 on Sunday and in return each of the 55 graduates smiled back at their moms at the start of the graduation ceremony.
Held on Mother’s Day, it has become a Forreston tradition for soon-to-be graduates to leave their seats at the start of the program and venture out into the crowd to find their moms and give them a hug, a flower or both.
This year’s celebration continued that tradition in a 65-minute afternoon program held in the high school gym on a picture-perfect spring day.
Forrestville Valley Superintendent Sheri Smith wished class members the best.
“Your life is now about your own choices. Today, you leave the Cardinals’ nest,” she said referring to the school’s mascot.
Micha Nelson was the salutatorian, telling his classmates to show up on time for things that really matter.
“Go do something, anything, be involved,” he said.
Valedictorian Kaeden Motszko urged the graduates to “work hard, play harder” and to pursue what makes them happy.
“If you don’t think money doesn’t buy happiness, you are clearly not shopping in the right places,” he quipped.
Principal Travis Heinz said when his wife asked if he had a good speech this year he replied “I think so.”
“Then she reminded me that no one cares what the principal has to say at graduation,” he said, smiling.
Heinz said happiness is a choice.
“Nothing will make you happy until you decide to be happy,” he told the graduates. “It can only come from you.”
12.
May 12.
was the valedictorian.
graduation ceremony.
POLO – A new face will be joining Polo City Hall staff.
City Council members on May 6 unanimously voted to hire Jamie Nielsen as the new deputy city clerk at a rate of $21 an hour. Nielsen’s start date has yet to be determined.
Nielsen is a Polo resident and will take over for deputy city clerk Sue Waszak, who plans to retire, City Clerk Sydney Bartelt said.
“Just her experience with the billing she does at her current job and dealing with people’s questions is a similar atmosphere to what we deal with here,” Bartelt said of Nielsen. “Definitely the experience and her
personality. I think she can handle the public very well.”
The deputy city clerk position is full time and the focus is utility billing, Bartelt said. About 13 people applied for the position, she said.
Aldermen Randy Schoon and Tommy Bardell were absent for the meeting.
In other business, the City Council:
• Unanimously approved an ordinance allowing the city to issue $1.25 million in general obligation bonds for construction of the new Polo City/Buffalo Township Hall.
• Unanimously approved the fiscal 2025 working budget.
• Unanimously approved Mayor Doug Knapp’s committee assignments for 2024-25.
Photos by Earleen Hinton Autumn Pritchard (left) gets a hug and a carnation as she and Ella Ingram walk out of the gym at the end of Forreston High School’s graduation ceremony May LEFT: Kaeden Motszko receives his diploma at Forreston High School’s graduation ceremony Motszko FAR LEFT: Micha Nelson gives the salutatory speech at Forreston High School’sThis has been a week of finding out about things I did not know, eating outside on my patio and planting flowers in containers around my house. Warm outdoor weather finally is here.
The week started with sitting on Kathy Scholl’s patio, enjoying her beautiful flowers, the sun and a beautiful rainbow that appeared in the south. It had been raining earlier in the day, but by the time we gathered for PEO, we were able to enjoy the warmth of the sun and friendship as we sat on her deck. It did not look good in the south but suddenly there appeared a rainbow and we felt safe from any raindrops.
I found out all about the making of the beautiful creations of Isabelle Bloom. I am always amazed how talented, artistic people take an idea and turn it into something so very lovely. Years ago, this is what Isabelle Bloom did with her cement statutes and they
continue on even though she is no longer living. Lovely pieces of art for people to enjoy.
On Wednesday evening at the Polo Senior Center, Dr. David McCartney filled us in on Henry and Walburga Graehling and the wonderful family of 10 children they created. Eight lived to grow up in this area. I enjoyed the old pictures of Hazelhurst, Milledgeville and Polo.
Each Sunday I look at the beautiful stained glass window over the alter at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church that was donated by their family in their memory. As a child I would wonder who they were and now David has told us all about their children.
The following story was written by Jane Shoemaker and appeared in her book “Pine Creek Recollections – A Storytelling Book” in 2001. I will be sharing selections of her book in my column for a few weeks. – Otto Dick
By JANE SHOEMAKERIt is sad to say that many children died due to childbirth complications or during the first few months of life. It was common to see a family in grief because a child had died within the first two years of life. During the 20th century, I saw the changes in reducing infant mortality rates. Many discoveries in medications and vaccinations were taking place and we see this continuing now that we are entering the 21st century.
Even though the family doctor did everything possible for these sick little children, he did not have the training or the medicines he needed. It must have been a frustrating profession to enter back then. My parents lost three babies and a walk through the cemeteries today in the Pine Creek area, one will see many small gravestones of other children who passed away before their first birthday. My brother, Little Billie, was born when my mother was in her 40s and he died at 23 months of age. If children became ill and began having seizures and died, the doctors usually called it “Consumption.”
On Saturday, Steve and Daniel came out for the day and we went over to the Polo High School to the new greenhouse to get flowers to plant outside around my house. What a beautiful place and Polo should be very proud of that new facility.
Not only did my family help me buy flowers, but we came home and they planted them for me. They also put out the patio furniture that had spent the winter in the garage and basement. Then we had lunch on the patio and the weather was just perfect. It was wonderful to sit out in the warmth of the sun and visit.
We even had a visit on the patio with Kyle and the new baby James with all this great technology. James was born in March and he laughed and told me a great story in his baby language. Talk about staying in touch. You certainly can do just that in this day and age.
After lunch, we went out to the
flower bed and did some weeding in the flower bed by the store. It goes fast with younger hands. The weather was perfect as we worked.
Then we came back to the house and had some wonderful new dessert that I had made just for the occasion. We ate that out on the patio where we could look at the newly planted flowers.
On Mother’s Day evening, Bruce and Robin came with Ladd fried chicken, special bread and a pot of straw flowers for my patio. I have not had straw flowers for many years and I will love looking at those all summer. While we ate on the patio, here came the Jenny wrens to serenade us while we ate. They have arrived for a new season. It was the end of a great Mother’s Day weekend.
• Betty Obendorf is a retired teacher and volunteer for the Polo Historical Society.
My husband Enno’s parents lost six of their nine children. Their first-born son died in Germany as a baby. Then after crossing the ocean, arriving at Ellis Island, taking the train out to Illinois to join relatives already in the United States, five of their children, one son and four daughters, died within a few weeks. How heartbreaking it must have been. Coming to a new country to begin a new life and lose all but two older daughters to some dreaded disease then called “Black Measles.” How thankful I am that all our children reached adult-
hood. Enno and I never had the grief of losing a baby or small child. I am also thankful that the medical advances that have happened in my lifetime have saved so many lives, not just infants, but young mothers in childbirth. Medical research and new treatments and medicines, in my mind, are the most important advances I have witnessed in my 100 years.
My father used this cure only on adults. Mother stepped in when he wanted to treat us with it. Dampen a
soft flannel cloth. Add a few drops of turpentine. Lay on chest of the stricken. Cover patient until sweating begins. Give a tablespoon full of brandy every hour or two. Continue all night long if necessary. Upon surviving, my mother would tell father, “Yes, you cured me. My cold lasted seven days. If I would’ve stayed on my feet, it would have taken a week!”
• Otto Dick is a retired teacher and has researched Ogle County history for several years.
OREGON – It’s vintage base ball time in Oregon.
The Oregon Ganymedes Base Ball Club will have its first home games of the 2024 season at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Chana School Museum at Oregon Park East.
The Ganymedes will play a doubleheader against the Milwaukee Grays Base Ball Club of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Games are free to attend. Spectators should bring their own chairs or blankets to view the games under the shade trees at the park.
Vintage rules base ball (spelled as two words in the 1800s) is played with authentic wool uniforms, no gloves, underhand pitching and gentlemanly conduct. Other rule
differences include outs for balls caught on one bounce, no called balls or strikes –unless the batter swings three times and misses – and a requirement that players call themselves out on close plays. Base paths are still 90 feet, there are three outs per inning and games are nine innings long.
Comprised of volunteer players, the Ganymedes have been playing vintage base ball with 1858 rules for 19 years.
The Chana School Museum will be open for tours and guests are encouraged to wear mid-1800s clothing to help celebrate the Ganymedes’ 20th anniversary season.
For more information on the 2024 season, visit the Oregon Ganymedes Base Ball Club Facebook page.
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OREGON – Etnyre International Ltd. has acquired Hendrick Manufacturing with facilities located in Carbondale, Pennsylvania and Owensboro, Kentucky, the company announced May 6.
With the acquisition, the Etnyre International group of companies now includes E.D. Etnyre & Co, Hendrick Manufacturing, SMF, and BearCat Mfg.
“This acquisition expands Etnyre International’s metal manufacturing presence in new markets,” officials said in a news release. “Hendrick manufactures industrial perforated products, industrial wedge wire and profile bar screen products and aesthetically pleasing architectural products for
Ogle County Historical Society meeting is May 20
The Ogle County Historical Society in Oregon will have its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 20.
The meeting will be held in the carriage house annex building on Franklin Street, which is behind (east of) the Nash House Museum at 111 N. Sixth St.
“We are seeking new members and we have many opportunities for volunteer-
interior and exterior spaces.”
Hendrick was founded in 1876 in Northeast Pennsylvania, manufacturing perforated metal screens to service the oil filtration and coal industry. The company grew in size and scope and in 1974 the company expanded into other industrial screens forming the Hendrick Screen division at its facility in Kentucky.
Over the decades, Hendrick continued to expand its market reach as a result of its dedication to high-quality products and a high-touch customer service approach, according to the release. Hendrick serves more than 750 customers in more than 15 diverse market segments across North America with a small subset of customers in another 35 countries globally.
“This is an exciting time for our company,” said Ganesh Iyer, president
and CEO of Etnyre International. “Hendrick’s business model aligns well with our strategic imperatives to expand our metal manufacturing portfolio, produce superior quality products and services and take good care of our people. Ultimately, our vision is to improve lives by serving infrastructure needs of the world. Together, I believe that we can make a real difference.”
“It’s a real honor to bring the nearly 150-year-old family-owned Hendrick Manufacturing Co. into the 126-yearold Etnyre company family,” said William Etnyre, chair of the board for Etnyre International. “We look forward to joining forces in creating products used to improve lives throughout the world while living our values of care, humility, integrity, respect and trust in service to our company members and communities.”
ED Etnyre & Co., founded in Oregon in 1898, manufactures a wide range of equipment serving the asphalt road construction industry, including asphalt spreaders to chip spreaders and storage tanks to trailers.
Etnyre International is the parent company of BearCat Manufacturing and ED Etnyre & Co., two leaders in building equipment for the asphalt roadbuilding industry.
In 2020, Etnyre International added Rayner Equipment Systems, a worldclass manufacturer of seal coating, slurry seal and micro surfacing machines. At the end of 2020, SMF Inc. joined the Etnyre International family. Etnyre’s manufacturing plant in Ogle County is located at 1333 S. Daysville Road, Oregon.
For more information, visit www. etnyreinternational.com
ing in 2024. We would love to have you join us,” member Arlene Sangmeister said.
Bob Diven to speak at Oregon Depot Museum on May 25
Bob Diven, a longtime Las Cruces, New Mexico, artist, actor, singer, composer, author and sculptor will return to his childhood home and be the featured speaker at the Oregon Depot Museum at
10 a.m. Saturday, May 25.
Doors open at 9 a.m. The presentation will be at 10 a.m.
On Nov. 28, 1836, Bob Diven’s greatgreat-great-great-grandmother Martha Eliza Mix was born in a log cabin in the new settlement of Oregon City to a widow from New York and a mysterious divorced father from Vermont. So begins the tale of how the threads of English, Dutch, Ulster Irish, Scottish
and German settlers in the New World were woven together in this small town on the Rock River. Diven will recount his journeys of pilgrimage, discovery and understanding of this deep American history.
For more information about the program, call Roger Cain at 815-757-9715, Chris Martin at 815-742-8471 or Otto Dick at 815-440-0639.
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Earleen Hinton file photo Bill Roschi slips into second base during the Ganymedes’ game with Creston in July 2023. The Ganymedes open the 2024 season Saturday, May 18, at Oregon Park East.
ABOVE: Callie, a corgi, receives belly rubs from Centennial Grade School kindergarteners during the Polo High School’s FFA Petting Zoo on May 10. Callie and Girlie, an Australian shepherd also pictured, belong to
and agriculture teacher Stephanie Schultz, who coordinated this year’s event. RIGHT: Centennial Grade School kindergartner Jemma Near pets one of the piglets that belonged to FFA
ABOVE: Smoky, a 27-year-old pony belonging to FFA member Skyler Holms, gets some love from Centennial Grade School prekindergarteners. Students brought animals and tractors to this year’s event.
OREGON – They came on their bikes, their in-line skates and their own two feet May 8 as part of the Oregon School District’s first “Bike & Roll Day.”
The event, held in collaboration with the city of Oregon, Oregon Police Department and Oregon Fire Department, was aimed at promoting physical activity among students and staff by encouraging them to bike, walk or skate to school.
Auston Kerce, 7, cruised into the Blackhawk Center parking lot on his decked-out Spider-Man bike complete with decorated red webs on each fender.
“My grandpa and grandma got it for me,” he said, excitedly, before heading over to a table to grab a free doughnut. “I just learned how to ride it without my training wheels.”
Right behind Auston was Makala Tsusaki, 10, who rolled in on her in-line skates.
Makala said it was not unusual for her to arrive at school on her “blades.”
“Oh, yeah, I do it like everyday,” she said.
Students were greeted by school administrators and Oregon police and fire officials. Firefighters marked the gathering area by positioning their large ladder truck in front of the center’s main entrance and raising the American flag high above the school campus.
Ryan Huels, principal of Oregon Elementary, jumped on a tiny pink scooter to personally escort some students into the staging area.
“He was just waiting for an excuse to get out and ride,” quipped one of the officers.
Heidi Deininger, principal of Oregon High School, said the event served two purposes.
“This is a twofold effort today. One is activity. We want to encourage students and staff to ride their bikes or walk just to get their blood flowing this morning, but secondly, environmentally to ease up on the cars, gasoline and pollutants in the environment,” she said.
A steady stream of students buzzed into the parking lot on Hawk Drive between the junior/senior high school and Oregon Elementary School to get a free doughnut and visit with police officers and firefighters.
“We really promoted it just to get everyone to come together toward the end of the school year and to celebrate the beautiful weather,” Deininger said. “It’s important for the students to understand just how pollutants affect the environment. Oregon is a pretty
Parker Cain, 11, gets a high-five from Oregon High School
School District’s Bike & Roll Day on May 8. Cain, with
small town and we can certainly walk to school and ride our bikes and enjoy the small safe community that we have.”
Deininger hopes the day’s effort will continue to gain momentum in the community and motivate others to get out and enjoy the natural parks and recreational areas.
“I think by students embracing it kind of spreads to their parents and grandparents. I really feel in our schools we do a good job of helping students to understand how important it is to take care of the environment and look after it,” she said. “We just have a really gorgeous community. It is really important for our kids to understand what we have to do to make sure it stays that way.”
In September 2023, City Administrator Darin DeHaan announced an effort to receive a Safe Routes to School Grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation.
The Safe Routes to School Grant program is a biannual funding opportunity administered by IDOT. The program funds infrastructure projects that improve conditions for walking and biking within two miles of an elementary, middle or high school.
DeHaan said the grant would cover 100% of the estimated project cost if awarded.
help
Some of the kids who rode their bikes to school May 8 pose with school officials and police and fire department first responders. The Bike & Roll Day was made possible through a joint effort by the school district and the Oregon police and fire departments.
Photos by Earleen Hinton Principal Heidi Deininger after Cain won the best decorated bike at the Oregon the of his dad, installed red lights inside the rims of his bike’s wheels.SHAW LOCAL NEWS NETWORK contact@shawmedia.com
OREGON – An Oregon man was arrested Monday after the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit, with the assistance of the Oregon Police Department, executed a search warrant in the 300 block of North Seventh Street in Oregon.
According to the Ogle County Sheriff’s Department, Christopher L. Cash, 36, of Oregon was arrested on two
Cash
counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, Class 4 felonies; unlawful possession of a weapon with a revoked FOID (Firearm Owner’s Identification Card), Class 3 felony; unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a weapon silencer, Class 3 felony; unlaw-
ful possession of ammunition with a revoked FOID card, Class A misdemeanor; and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, Class A misdemeanor.
Under the Pretrial Fairness Act, Cash was transported to the Ogle County jail and released, pending a future court date.
As of Tuesday, court records indicated Cash had not been formally charged and no court date had been set.
OREGON – A Roscoe man facing two counts of cyberstalking and eight counts of harassment through electronic communications appeared in Ogle County Court on May 8.
Andrew Gornick, 42, made his first court appearance since the felony charges were filed April 12 by the Ogle County State’s Attorney’s Office. A public defender was appointed to represent him.
Court records show Gornick is
Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle reports the following activity:
May 6
Luis Sian Arroyo, 23, of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, was arrested at the Ogle County Courthouse about 10:15 a.m. for an outstanding warrant for speeding. There was no bond on the warrant. Sian Arroyo appeared in court, was released and given a future court date of 9 a.m. June 12.
Michael Hoffman, 38, of Lanark, was cited for driving without a valid license after a traffic stop at U.S. Highway 52 and Steward Road about 3:39 p.m. Hoffman was released from the scene on a notice to appear and given a future court date.
May 8
Andy Khouangsavahn, 44, of Byron, was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after deputies, the Illinois State Police, Monroe Township and Stillman Valley fire protection districts responded to a two-vehicle crash at Illinois Route 72 and Timberlane Drive in Davis Junction about 5:15 p.m. An investigation showed Darla Bradle, 77, of Davis Junction, was driving a Toyota
accused of cyberstalking a Byron woman by sending her emails in December 2023 that he knew would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety or the safety of a third person.
One of the cyberstalking charges accuses Gornick of typing that he would kill a third person. Prosecutors said that incident occurred on or about Dec. 13, 2023. Gornick also is accused of typing that he would drown a woman and of sending a “suggestion or proposal which is obscene” with an intent to offend.
Court records also indicate he was serving a sentence of probation levied in a 2022 domestic battery case and was prohibited from contacting the woman.
The eight counts of harassment accuse Gornick of sending more lewd emails to the woman with obscene images with the intent to offend.
Judge John Redington read each of the 11 counts out loud in court. When Gornick attempted to comment, Redington replied “tell your attorney.”
Redington appointed an Ogle County public defender to represent Gornick
after declaring him indigent following his completion of a financial form. Redington set Gornick’s next hearing for 10 a.m. May 22.
Class 4 felonies have a sentencing range of 1 to 6 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections followed by six months of mandatory supervised release; probation of up to 30 months also can be ordered.
The Ogle County Probation Department has filed a petition to revoke Gornick’s probation from the 2022 offense. That motion will be heard May 22.
and was stopped, yielding to oncoming traffic to turn onto Timberlane Drive. At that time Khouangsavahn was driving a Nissan west on Route 72 and struck the rear end of Bradle’s Toyota. Khouangsavahn was taken to SwedishAmerican Hospital for injuries.
Carrie A. Conner, 27, of Benton, Arkansas, was cited for expired registration after a traffic stop at the intersection of Illinois routes 26 and 72 at 8:09 p.m. A passenger in the vehicle, Christian T. Brown-Smith, 26, of Freeport, was arrested on a Whiteside County warrant for driving on a suspended license.
Hailey Hart, 35, of Mt. Morris, was arrested for driving without a license after a traffic stop in the area of the 6000 block of north Illinois Route 2 at 8:55 p.m. Hart also was cited for suspended registration. Hart was released on a notice to appear and given a future court date.
May 10
Shawn A. Garland, 46, of Polo, was arrested for criminal damage to property after deputies investigated a report of property damage in the 8000 block of West Haldane Road about 5:16 p.m.
Garland was taken to the Ogle County jail, booked and released on a notice to appear with a court date of 9 a.m. May 31.
Jason Horner Jr., 19, of Lindenwood, was arrested for driving while license suspended after a traffic stop for speeding at the intersection of Illinois routes 251 and 64 about 8:28 p.m. Horner also was cited for speeding. Horner was released on a notice to appear and given a future court date.
May 11
Miguel Fuentes-Garcia, 31, of Rock Island, was arrested for no valid driver’s license after a traffic stop at Illinois Route 72 and Kishwaukee Road about 3:02 p.m. Fuentes-Garcia also was cited for no insurance and disregarding a stop sign. Fuentes-Garcia was take to the Ogle County jail and released on a notice to appear.
Deputies responded to Pacific and Maple avenues in Davis Junction about 6:29 p.m. for a vehicle versus bicyclist. An investigation showed Joey Mernack, 64, of Davis Junction, was riding an e-bike at the intersection when he attempted to make a U-turn in the roadway and struck a Cadillac Escalade
driven by Henry Lozinski, 75, of Davis Junction. Mernack was taken by Lynn-Scott-Rock ambulance to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries. Lozinski was taken by Lynn-Scott-Rock ambulance to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center for minor injuries.
Philip Colonna, 37, of Rockford, was arrested for driving while license suspended after a traffic stop at the intersection of Illinois Route 64 and Mulford Road about 9:09 p.m. Colonna also was cited for no registration and operating an uninsured motor vehicle. Colonna was released on a notice to appear and given a future court date.
May 12
Christopher K. Valdivieso, 32, of Dixon, was arrested for domestic battery after deputies responded to the 200 block of Mulberry Lane in Lost Nation about 12:29 a.m. and performed an investigation. Valdivieso was taken to the Ogle County jail and held pending a court appearance.
Charges are accusations and all people are presumed innocent unless proved guilty in a court of law.
Christopher Photo provided by Ogle County Sheriff’s Department The Ogle County Sheriff’s Department released this photo of items they said were recovered from a search of an Oregon home May 13.OREGON – An Oregon mother accused of killing her 7-year-old son by suffocating him in their family home in February 2021 wants to withdraw her guilty plea.
Sarah Safranek, 37, pleaded guilty March 27 to one court of first-degree murder, but has now filed a motion asking to withdraw the guilty plea.
that day at KSB Hospital in Dixon.
According to records obtained by Shaw Local News Network in a Freedom of Information Act request, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services visited the household about a dozen times over two years, following up on five reports of suspected abuse and neglect. Each time, DCFS closed the case after finding no indications of parental wrongdoing.
Safranek’s attorney, Ogle County Public Defender Kathleen Isley, filed the motion Tuesday to withdraw the plea. That document reads: “The defendant did not knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waive her rights to trial, as she was not properly admonished.”
Isley asked that Safranek be allowed to withdraw the plea.
Safranek, who has been held in the Ogle County Correctional Center since her arrest in April 2021, entered her guilty plea in front of Judge John Redington.
Her sentencing hearing had been set for 1 p.m. Friday, May 17. As of Tuesday, court records did not indicate another court date.
Safranek was charged with five counts of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated battery. She was arrested April 21, 2021, and indicted May 4, 2021. She pleaded not guilty May 6, 2021.
Nathaniel was a first grade student at Oregon Elementary School. He was found unresponsive and not breathing at 2:30 a.m. Feb. 17, 2021, in his bed at home in the 400 block of South 10th Street. He was pronounced dead later
Nathaniel was 4 when the allegations first surfaced.
Before her plea hearing, Safranek appeared in court March 12, at which time Ogle County State’s Attorney Mike Rock and Isley agreed on the week of July 8 for her jury trial.
On Nov. 3, 2022, Redington ruled Safranek was fit to stand trial after reviewing a mental health evaluation requested by the defense. Defense attorneys had asked Redington to approve an additional expert to “review and evaluate mental health records” of Safranek, including her condition at the time of the alleged crime.
They argued that extensive mental health records were provided by the state and revealed a “substantial history of mental health issues, mental illness and related services.”
Redington only agreed to have Jayne Braden review Safranek’s history of “mental health issues.” Braden, a forensic and clinical psychologist in Sycamore, was the court-appointed expert who conducted Safranek’s first evaluation when she was charged.
Safranek has claimed she has mental and physical issues that are not being treated properly at the jail and, in a previous motion, her attorneys argued she was not getting sufficient medical attention while in custody.
POLO – Polo High School art standout Zoie Wyatt, 18, wants a better, happier world. Using bright colors and pop stylings, Wyatt works to bring attention to troublesome issues such as corporate waste and environmental concerns through a pleasing Warholian eye.
“Zoie is one of the most creative people walking our planet,” Polo art teacher Nikki Smith said. “Her imagination, individuality and creativity shines through all that she does.”
Wyatt bridges both the digital and traditional avenues of creating art. The young artist already has made a name for herself around the school and at the Dixon farmers market for her polymer clay earrings and hair clips. Very much Lisa Frank-inspired, the fun jewelry ranges from hot dogs to disco balls.
“It’s fun to sell the earrings at the high school because when I see others
or my friends wearing them, I know they actually like what I made,” Wyatt said.
As she delves deeper in learning the software and creating art digitally, one of her drives is to create “tiny versions of big things or big versions of tiny things.”
Sarah Safranek
One of Wyatt’s pop art inspired works.
Photos by Alex T. Paschal
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MT. MORRIS – The public is invited to the reopening of the Mt. Morris Historical Museum in its new location in College Hall, formerly the Kable News Building, 16 S. Wesley Ave., Mt. Morris.
The museum will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. June 7, the same evening as the first Friday night Mt. Morris Jamboree concert on the Village campus.
“It’s the first phase of telling the story of Mt. Morris,” museum director Howie Herman said. “There’s a lot of Mt. Morris memorabilia carefully collected over many years and stored
Died: April 5, 2024
Joan “JoAnn” Patterson, 92, of Vermillion SD passed away peacefully, surrounded by family at Sanford Vermillion Care center on Friday, April 5, 2024. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday May 18th at the Vermillion United Church of Christ with family present an hour before the service. Burial will be held on Monday, May 20th at Oakwood Cemetery in Mount Morris Ill.
Joan Patterson (nee Alice Joan Fitts) was born in Oregon’s Willamette Valley in 1931. She spent her childhood on the farm, feeding the ducks, decorating the pony, and cuddling kittens and puppies. In 1950 she took the train to Fort Worth, Texas, where she attended Texas Christian University. In 1955 she graduated with a double major in Social Work and Religion, and what she jokingly referred to as her “MRS. Degree”—she was engaged
Born: November 20, 1943
Died: April 26, 2024
Robert “Bob” H. Ryder, age 80, passed away on April 26, 2024 in Oregon, IL. Bob was born on November 20, 1943, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the late Dr. Randall and Florence (Rodman) Ryder.
Bob spent his early childhood in Minneapolis, MN, where he became a lifelong Minnesota Vikings fan. He then moved to Iowa City, IA ,where he graduated from Iowa City High School at the age of 16. He then attended the University of Northern Iowa where he received his B.S. and M.S. Later in life, he also received his degree in accounting from
in the old museum. Now that we have this great new location, we can tell our story properly. What the public will see on June 7 starts in the 1800s, when the first white settlers came here. But it’s just the beginning for the new museum gallery. We’re all volunteers and it will take time to choose just the right pictures and things to tell a balanced story. Over time, we plan to have special exhibits exploring many aspects of local history.”
John Russell, who bought the old Kable News Co. building on the Village campus in 2023, offered the foyer area to the museum and is renovating it. Russell made the building ADA
accessible and will offer public meeting spaces for events and conferences later this year.
“College Hall, as it was originally named in 1890 when part of the Mt. Morris College, became a household name to so many in our community when it was the Kable News Co.,” Russell said. “We’re excited to partner with the Mt Morris Historical Museum to make the east half of the first floor a showpiece of the rich history that deserves to be enjoyed by all who visit.”
There is no cost to visit the new museum. Donations for developing the next phases of the museum are appreciated.
to be married to John Patterson, a seminary student from Illinois.
Born: November 20, 1943
Died: April 26, 2024
Being a preacher’s wife with four young children kept Joan running at full-tilt for many years. Another place at the table could always be set for John’s colleague, a child’s friend, or a stranger in need. The refrigerator door, like the front door, opened easily. At various times she played the piano or organ for church, directed children’s choirs and Christmas pageants, taught Sunday School, distributed surplus groceries, delivered meals on wheels, hosted parties and chaperoned camping trips for youth groups. Her children grew up mostly in clothes that she made herself, and they fell asleep to her nightly piano practice: Chopin, Debussy, Bach, Mendelson, and hymns for Sunday.
Robert “Bob” H. Ryder, age 80, passed away on April 26, 2024 in Oregon, IL. Bob was born on November 20, 1943, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the late Dr. Randall and Florence (Rodman) Ryder.
With the first three children in elementary school, Joan returned to college in 1967 to complete a teaching certificate. This began a long career in teaching, beginning with second graders. Soon she specialized in helping children who had difficulty learning to read. She approached this work with her characteristic curiosity, tenacity and openness to new ideas. Children in Southern Iowa, South Dakota and North central Illinois were taught
ROBERT ‘BOB’ H. RYDER
Born: November 20, 1943
Died: April 26, 2024
Bob spent his early childhood in Minneapolis, MN, where he became a lifelong Minnesota Vikings fan. He then moved to Iowa City, IA ,where he graduated from Iowa City High School at the age of 16. He then attended the University of Northern Iowa where he received his B.S. and M.S. Later in life, he also received his degree in accounting from Northern Illinois University.
to read, and write by Mrs. Patterson. In 1981 she took a break from children to administer the Yellow Bird Senior’s Center in Oregon, Illinois for 2 years. In 1982 she received her Certificate in Special Education from Northern Illinois University, and she went on to teach for another decade before retiring.
to “be curious”— to welcome new learning to the very end of life.
Joan never stopped learning even as she did a long slow dance with Parkinson’s Disease that lasted over 30 years. In her late years she was a model of courage and grace in the face of tremendous adversity.
Born: November 20, 1943
Joan and John spent their lives in the rural Midwest: Bethany, Illinois (1959-1962), Albia, Iowa (1962-1965), Humeston, Iowa (19651971), Platte, South Dakota (1971-1982), Oregon, Illinois (1982-1990), and Freeport, Illinois (1990-1995) before retiring to Yankton, South Dakota. Joan moved to Vermillion, South Dakota after the death of her husband John in 2004.
Died: April 26, 2024
Robert “Bob” H. Ryder, age 80, passed away on April 26, 2024 in Oregon, IL. Bob was born on November 20, 1943, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the late Dr. Randall and Florence (Rodman) Ryder.
Bob started his career as a high school science teacher at Oregon High School (OHS). He continued to stay connected with OHS as football and wrestling coach, long-time school board member and President, and also as a parent. After leaving teaching, he practiced as a CPA at Lindgren, Calihan, Van Osdol, Ltd. for many years before pursuing other ventures.
Bob had many interests outside his professional life, from piloting airplanes, to
SCUBA diving in tropical locations, to skiing and hiking, and the list goes on. He was also always looking for ways to give back to the community, and was an active member and President of the Oregon Kiwanis club. He was an avid reader. Bob also loved the outdoors. He was a steward of his property, spending countless hours tending to his gardens, mowing the grass, feeding the wild birds, and enjoying the beauty of the Rock River. Most of all, he enjoyed being a devoted father to his daughters, Kate and Sara, and grandfather to his grandchildren, Sophia, Zachary, and Mia. He will be remembered a man with a kind heart, quick wit, a gentle smile, and an agent of honesty.
Bob spent his early childhood in Minneapolis, MN, where he became a lifelong Minnesota Vikings fan. He then moved to Iowa City, IA ,where he graduated from Iowa City High School at the age of 16. He then attended the University of Northern Iowa where he received his B.S. and M.S. Later in life, he
A visitation to celebrate Bob’s life will be held at the Cork & Tap, 305 W. Washington St., Oregon, IL, at 5pm-7pm on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 and a memorial service will be held at 10am on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at
Joan’s greatest pride was her children. Her children return the complement: we are all immensely proud of, and grateful for our mother. She taught us the values of kindness, fair play, listening to all sides of a story, and wondering at the beauty of the world around us. She taught us to respect the dignity of every person, and to never embarrass someone who was in need of kindness. She taught us to take care of the natural world, and to read every historical marker along a road trip. Mostly, she wanted us to remember
SCUBA diving in tropical locations, to skiing and hiking, and the list goes on. He was also always looking for ways to give back to the community, and was an active member and President of the Oregon Kiwanis club. He was an avid reader. Bob also loved the outdoors. He was a steward of his property, spending countless hours tending to his gardens, mowing the grass, feeding the wild birds, and enjoying the beauty of the Rock River. Most of all, he enjoyed being a devoted father to his daughters, Kate and Sara, and grandfather to his grandchildren, Sophia, Zachary, and Mia. He will be remembered a man with a kind heart, quick wit, a gentle smile, and an agent of honesty.
Robert “Bob” H. Ryder, age 80, passed away on April 26, 2024 in Oregon, IL. Bob was born on November 20, 1943, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the late Dr. Randall and Florence (Rodman) Ryder.
Bob spent his early childhood in Minneapolis, MN, where he became a lifelong Minnesota Vikings fan. He then moved to Iowa City, IA ,where he graduated from Iowa City High School at the age of 16. He then attended the University of Northern Iowa where he received his B.S. and M.S. Later in life, he also received his degree in accounting from Northern Illinois University.
A visitation to celebrate Bob’s life will be held at the Cork & Tap, 305 W. Washington St., Oregon, IL, at 5pm-7pm on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 and a memorial service will be held at 10am on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at the Oregon United Methodist Church, 200 S. 4th St., Oregon, IL. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made via check to Kiwanis of Oregon/Mt. Morris, 601 W 1st St., Mt. Morris, IL 61054, in Bob’s memory.
Bob started his career as a high school science teacher at Oregon High School (OHS). He continued to stay connected with OHS as football and wrestling coach, long-time school board member and President, and also as a parent. After leaving teaching, he practiced as a CPA at Lindgren, Calihan, Van Osdol, Ltd. for many years before pursuing other ventures.
Carrying the honor of our mother’s legacy into the future, with much gratitude, are her children: Susan (Curt) Jopling of Vermillion, South Dakota, Stephen (Deb) Patterson of Salem, Oregon, Serena (Monika Grünberg) Patterson of Courtenay, British Columbia, and Stuart (Kate Sullivan) Patterson of Rockford Illinois; twelve grandchildren: Lindsay (Chris) Hovden of Yankton, SD, Brady (Alejandra Mesta) Efting of Denver, CO, Casey Efting of Independence, MO, John Budelai Patterson and Sophia Patterson of Salem, OR, Ethan Patterson of Dekalb, IL, Laura (Andrew Piffer) Robbins of Montreal, Quebec, Tanner Patterson Grünberg of Victoria, BC, Grace Patterson Grünberg of Courtenay, BC, Melissa Allen of Hornick IA, Dallas Jopling of Vermillion SD and Dustin Jopling of Sioux Falls SD; and seven great-grandchildren: Maddox, Myles and Emma Hovden, Luka Efting, Jack and Hank Jopling and Hannah Allen.
SCUBA diving in tropical locations, to skiing and hiking, and the list goes on. He was also always looking for ways to give back to the community, and was an active member and President of the Oregon Kiwanis club. He was an avid reader. Bob also loved the outdoors. He was a steward of his property, spending countless hours tending to his gardens, mowing the grass, feeding the wild birds, and enjoying the beauty of the Rock River. Most of all, he enjoyed being a devoted father to his daughters, Kate and Sara, and grandfather to his grandchildren, Sophia, Zachary, and Mia. He will be remembered a man with a kind heart, quick wit, a gentle smile, and an agent of honesty.
A visitation to celebrate Bob’s life will be held at the Cork & Tap, 305 W. Washington St., Oregon, IL, at 5pm-7pm on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 and a memorial service will be held at 10am on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at the Oregon United Methodist Church, 200 S. 4th St., Oregon, IL. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made via check to Kiwanis of Oregon/Mt. Morris, 601 W 1st St., Mt. Morris, IL 61054, in Bob’s memory.
Bob was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Ryder, and is survived by his daughters, Kate Lazar, Chicago, IL, Sara (Bill) Tsioles, Arlington Heights, IL, three grandchildren, Sophia Tsioles, Zachary Lazar and Mia Tsioles, his sister Carol (Ed) Kelso, and brother Randall Ryder.
Bob had many interests outside his professional life, from piloting airplanes, to
SCUBA diving in tropical locations, to skiing and hiking, and the list goes on. He was also always looking for ways to give back to the community, and was an active member and President of the Oregon Kiwanis club. He was an avid reader. Bob also loved the outdoors. He was a steward of his property, spending countless hours tending to his gardens, mowing the grass, feeding the wild birds, and enjoying the beauty of the Rock River. Most of all, he enjoyed being a devoted father to his daughters, Kate and Sara, and grandfather to his grandchildren, Sophia, Zachary, and Mia. He will be remembered a man with a kind heart, quick wit, a gentle smile, and an agent of honesty.
A visitation to celebrate Bob’s life will be held at the Cork & Tap, 305 W. Washington St., Oregon, IL, at 5pm-7pm on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 and a memorial service will be held at 10am on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at
Bob was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Ryder, and is survived by his daughters, Kate Lazar, Chicago, IL, Sara (Bill) Tsioles, Arlington Heights, IL, three grandchildren, Sophia Tsioles, Zachary Lazar and Mia Tsioles, his sister Carol (Ed) Kelso, and brother Randall Ryder.
Longtime Sauk Valley reporter
Kathleen Schultz has died
By EARLEEN HINTON and RUSTY SCHRADER ehinton@shawmedia.comKathleen Schultz, a senior writer for Shaw Local and former editor at Sauk Valley Media, passed away Monday at Serenity Home in Oregon following a battle with cancer.
If Kath was writing this story, that is all you would get. She would pooh-pooh her being the subject of a newspaper tribute – typically written after a longtime community member passes.
Sorry, Kath, but we disagree.
She’d also be irritated that we said she “passed away.” Kath eschewed that kind of “flowery language.” If she were writing this, it would say simply: “Kathleen Schultz died Monday.”
But there’s a finality to the coldness of those words that we find hard to write, so – sorry again, Kath – “passed away” it is. And despite her recent threats of eternally haunting anyone who attempted such a tribute, we want to tell you a little about Kath: our coworker, dear friend and champion for local journalism. (And, yes, she definitely would have used stronger words than pooh-pooh.)
Kath grew up in Emerson, the eldest of eight children. She started her career in journalism in Arizona where she attended college after graduating from Sterling High School in 1979.
She began by writing for the Arizona Daily Wildcat, the University of Arizona’s independent newspaper, as editor and reporter. She also worked for the Arizona Republic and Tucson Citizen before moving on to newspapers in Long Beach, Pasadena and Los Angeles as copy editor, editor and columnist.
After college, marriage and the birth of three children, she balanced work and motherhood and started at the Great Falls Tribune in Montana in 1993 as a court reporter, later serving as assistant city editor, news editor and copy editor.
She and her children moved back to Emerson and she started working for the Sterling Gazette and Dixon Telegraph in July 2005, eventually becoming editor, but more importantly the
go-to person for all things news-related.
She lived and breathed local news and considered the publications “her” newspapers.
Yes, she would complain about the usual spats with coworkers, uncooperative sources and having to cover just about ANY meeting, but the bottom line was she flat-out loved her job, and more importantly, she was excellent at it.
Through the years she had honed her investigative skills in order to sniff out any details she needed to write any story that would carry her byline.
Before her days with our newspapers, she wrote personal columns for the Press-Telegram in California, where she shared details about the births of her children. In a 1992 column, she wrote about having to decide when to return to work.
“Welcome to the guilty zone, a dimension of insight and second-guessing limited only by the boundaries of your overactive, working-mom imagination.
“Yes, I’m glad to be back at work. I’m tired of talking to the kids about what Bert, Ernie and Big Bird did with their day.
“Yes, I wish I could stay home with the kids,” she wrote, adding how she loved telling her husband what each of their three children had done with their day.
Kath concentrated on “hard” news in her years with us. Oh, she could write heart-tugging features or lighthearted “feel-good” stories, but her favorite beat was, in her words, “courts and cops.” She believed her job as a journalist was to inform and tell other people’s stories. She was a firm believer in a journalist not becoming the story; she balked at reporters sharing any personal information in online accounts and would argue vehemently against any such requests.
And Kath very seldom ever conceded her position or her principles.
Even during treatments at CGH or KSB, Kath often would take her laptop or phone with her to continue to work on stories she had in “the hopper.” One time, during a phone call to work, one of the nurses could be heard in the background telling her she needed to stop.
Kath grumbled, but finally conceded to her request.
But it was hard for Kath to stop. She was always on the job. Before illness slowed her down, she would find fodder for stories wherever she went. From bulletin boards to billboards, there were tales waiting to be told everywhere. Little scraps of paper with quickly scrawled story ideas piled up on her desk, taped to a monitor or stuffed in a bulging file folder.
Sterling attorney Jim Mertes shared these memories of Kath.
“During my career, I have interacted with court and crime reporters from throughout the country at the national, state and local levels. I never met a better reporter than Kathy. Kathy had an insatiable passion for journalism. She was a reporter’s most perfect combination of traits: kind and compassionate, but tenacious and relentless in her pursuit of a story,” he said.
“Some of the cases she covered were incredibly complex. Kathy had a remarkable way of explaining them in a way that her readers could understand. When I would handle a high-profile case, I would turn around in the courtroom and see Kathy sitting in the gallery. She was always holding that old steno pad that she seemed to carry everywhere she went.
“When I saw Kathy in the courtroom, I would breathe a little easier
about the reporting. I always, always knew that Kathy would get it right. When Kathy was on the story, I never worried about whether it would be reported inaccurately. She was fair and honest, without exception.
“At the end of her life, I visited Kathy in the hospital. She was very sick. After I entered the room, I did not really know what to say. But Kathy did. She wanted to hear about my court cases. So I sat next to her bed in the hospital and answered her questions, one last time.
“At the end of her life, she remained the unrelenting reporter. She held my hand instead of that old steno pad. But her questions were just as smart, and her heart was just as warm.
“Journalism has suffered an enormous loss with her passing. I will miss her deeply. I already do,” Mertes said. Emily Coleman, who worked with Kath at Sauk Valley as a Dixon reporter and is Shaw Local News Network editor of newsletters and engagement, shared these memories:
“Kath cared about every story and she cared about each of us reporters who came through her newsroom. She was our journalism mom,” Coleman said. “Even as she was battling terminal cancer, she cared so much about the future of our papers. We’d talk about strategy and how to approach different stories. You would never have known that she was sick by her enthusiasm or her coverage.”
Kath did not relish in sharing personal information and no one needs a recap of the indignities she and her family faced as the cancer took over. But she told us in one conversation that she “had a pretty good run” and said what she was experiencing wasn’t as awful as a story she had just completed on the tragic deaths of several local teenagers in an auto accident.
There are more words than ink that could be written about Kathleen Schultz, but if she were here, she’d be wielding her editorial scissors and telling us to get the point; get rid of all those “fecky bits,” she’d say.
It’s only fitting, then, that we let Kath have the last word, from one of her columns.
“But you know, on the most basic level, that’s life. Give and take, win and lose, yin and yang.”
Kathleen Schultz
OREGON – Oregon’s seniors were a force Tuesday, helping the Hawks down Aurora Central Catholic 4-1 to win the Class 1A Oregon Regional at Oregon Park West.
Three seniors scored for Oregon with Deborah Schmid leading the way with two goals. Teagan Champley and Kenna Wubbena each added a goal.
Oregon (18-1) will face Big Northern rival Stillman Valley at noon Saturday at the Shabbona (Indian Creek) Sectional. Stillman Valley advanced to the sectional with a 3-2 win over Rockford Christian.
Champley put the Hawks on the scoreboard first Tuesday, but Aurora Central Catholic tied the game midway through the first half.
“I knew we had the offensive power to score,” Oregon coach Seger Larson.
“We just had to follow the game plan we had and get the
ball out wide to open things up.”
The Hawks did exactly that when Wubbena centered a perfect ball to Schmid, who cranked it into the goal to give Oregon a 2-1 lead with two minutes left in the half.
Wubbena scored around the nine-minute mark in the second half after Noelle Girton, a sophomore, laid a perfect pass to her on a breakaway up the far sideline.
Schmid scored her second goal with 15 seconds left in the game.
Larson also talked about the team’s defense, particularly sophomore Sarah Eckardt.
“Sarah played her tail off today,” Larson said. “She stopped their best player over and over and over again.”
Mili Zavala, a freshman, had two saves for Oregon.
Anna Stender also had an assist.
“I am just so proud of these girls,” Larson said. “I came in, I was nervous because I didn’t want to let them down, but they didn’t let me down.”
Girls Soccer
Oregon 9, Rosary 0: Deb Schmid had four goals and an assist and Anna Stender and Sarah Eckardt had two goals each for the Hawks in the semifinals of the Class 1A Oregon Regional. Mya Engelkes had one goal and Alease McLain had two assists.
Baseball
Mendota 8, Polo 3: Aidan Messer drove in two runs as Polo fell to Mendota. Logan Nelson had two hits for Polo. North Boone 3-9, Oregon 2-2: The Hawks fell in a doubleheader to the Vikings in the Big Northern Conference. In Game 1, Logan Weems and Jack Washburn had RBIs for Oregon. In Game 2, Keaton Salsbury had two RBIs for Oregon.
Forreston 5, Fulton 4: The Cardinals scored the first five runs of the game and hung on to take the NUIC contest. Alec Schoonhoven drove in two runs and Carson Akins and Kendall Erdmann had two hits each for Forreston.
Forreston 6, River Ridge 0: Alec Schoonhoven threw four no-hit innings with three strikeouts and Brendan Greenfield finished up with three shutout innings with two strikeouts for the Cardinals. At the plate, Carson Akins was 2 for 4 with a double, run scored and three RBIs and
Kendall Erdmann scored two runs and drove in one.
Polo 11, West Carroll 4: At the Class 1A Fulton Regional, back-to-back big innings to open the game was just what the seventh-seeded Marcos needed as they advanced to the regional semifinals. Aiden Messer collected two hits and drove in a run to lead the offense for Polo. Gage Zeigler had a two-run single as the Marcos moved on to play No. 2 seed Eastland on May 15.
Mendota 7, Oregon 4: At the Class 2A Newman Central Catholic Regional, the Trojans scored five times in the fourth inning and never looked back as they took the regional opener from the Hawks. Keaton Salsbury had four hits and drove in a run for the Hawks. Logan Weems doubled as part of a twohit day and drove in a run.
Softball
Genoa-Kingston 10, Oregon 2: At the Class 2A Oregon Regional, the Cogs ended the Hawks’ season. Stillman Valley beat Byron 4-1 in the first game to advance to the regional championship.
Warren/Stockton 4, Forreston 1: At the Class 1A Orangeville Regional, Jenna Greenfield tripled as part of a two-hit day and drove in the Cardinals’ only run as they bowed out of the regional.
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Oregon celebrates with the regional trophy after defeating Aurora Central Catholic 4-1 to win the Class 1A Oregon Regional on May 14 at Oregon Park East.
Girls
1A Oregon Sectional: Forreston-Polo captured the team title with 101.5 points and Oregon finished third.
The Cardinals won the 4x100 and 4x200 relays with Elsa Monaco, Bree Schneiderman, Letrese Buisker and Autumn Pritchard.
Buisker also qualified for state in the 300 hurdles. Schneiderman qualified in the 200.
Sydni Badertscher qualified for state in the shot put and discus.
For Oregon, Lorelai Dannhorn won the 800 and Rylie Robertson won the 100 hurdles. The Hawks also qualified the 4x200 relay team of Lexi Ebert, Miranda Ciesiel, Daleanah Koertner and Grace Tremble.
Tremble also qualified for state by winning the high jump.
Emma Randecker qualified in the 100, 200 and 400 by winning each event for West Carroll.
Boys
Northwest Upstate Illini Meet: Forreston finished third at the NUIC championships. The Cardinals took home a win in the high jump from freshman Eli Ferris and in the 4x400 relay. The team of Micah Nelson, Hayden Vinnedge, Brock Soltow and Noah Dewey made up the winning relay.
Big Northern Conference Meet: Dixon won the Big Northern Conference meet. Oregon placed fourth in the team standings. Evyn Carreno and Briggs Sellers finished 1-2 in the shot put and Leo Cardenas won the pole vault for Oregon.
ABOVE: Forreston-Polo’s Sydni Badertscher prepares to throw the shot put at the Class 1A Oregon Sectional on May 10. Badertscher finished second with a throw of 11.26 meters (36 feet, 111/2 inches) to qualify for this week’s state meet at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
RIGHT: Forreston-Polo’s Letrese Buisker crosses the finish line in first place in the 300 hurdles. Buisker won in 49.53 to qualify for the state meet.
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Things have been hot and heavy this week with all of the spring sports engaged in the postseason.
Girls track and field held its sectional May 10.
The girls team at Forreston-Polo continues to shine with a 101-97 sectional title over defending state champion Winnebago. Since 2017, ’Bago has dominated the sectional and added state trophies in 2021 and 2022.
Could Forreston-Polo be a regular challenger to Winnebago for area supremacy?
With freshman Bree Schneiderman, the daughter of Oregon girls coach Nick Schneiderman, Forreston-Polo has the potential to become an emerging power. Schneiderman qualified in the 100 and 200 and led the 400 and 800 relays to sectional wins.
Emma Randecker of West Carroll won the 100, 200 and 400 and is the Class 1A favorite in the 200. With such a dismal year at beleaguered WC for both boys and girls sports, Randecker has been the lone bright spot.
I rarely get into sports at the lower levels, but the boys program at Forreston-Polo might have a prodigy when Abe Garcia enters high school. Garcia led Polo’s Aplington school to a third-place finish in the 1A junior
high state track meet.
He broke state records in the 800 meters with a time of 2:08 and the 1,600 at 4:40, which would have won the eighth grade meets in both 1A and 2A. Garcia also had a 56-second split on a 400 leg to help the 1,600 relay to third place.
It’s rare for someone that young to put up those distance times.
Speaking of getting a boost, Oregon girls soccer got one from foreign exchange student Deb Schmid, who broke the school record for goals. As assistant coach Tiffany Rufer told me, having Schmid has elevated the play of the entire team.
Byron, Oregon and Stillman Valley all are favored to make it to the Indian Creek Sectional, where Rock Island Alleman should be awaiting them. It is also a chance for Hawks coach Seger Larson to return to his alma mater.
In the category of how time flies, I remember a 20-something graduate student beginning her first year at my
former place of employment, Lorado Taft Campus. Decades later, I noticed that Stillman Valley’s leading scorer is senior Grace Costello, daughter of that same grad student.
As time marches on, it’s a joy to be a longtime resident of the county and witness those growing up around you.
Congratulations to Byron’s baseball team for interrupting the four-year stranglehold Dixon had on the league crown. With a BNC title in hand, the experienced Tigers are poised for what promises to be a very interesting 2A sectional complex.
Quality teams in Marengo, North Boone, Richmond-Burton, Stillman Valley and Sterling Newman, with the best player of the bunch in Brandon Tunink, all feed into the Byron Sectional. Watch out for battle-tested SV with its depth and pitching.
That’s what’s needed to survive baseball’s postseason in which every game can be a crapshoot.
As a high school sports history buff, one place I’ve wanted to go to is Hebron. It was by accident that I ended up there several days ago.
On my way to Wisconsin from DeKalb, there was a road closure on Highway 23. The detour took me all the way to Woodstock, where I
decided to continue on to Hebron. Although it was 10 p.m. and raining, at least I could drive by the high school, home of the 1952 state basketball champs. With an enrollment of 60 kids in a one-class system, that achievement is considered by many to be tops in the history of the IHSA for all sports. It certainly merited the most coverage and truly captured the state’s imagination.
As I circled around the back, I was surprised to see a door open and a hallway light on. Pulling into the parking lot, a custodian greeted me and said he was waiting for the track team to return from a meet.
Since he was killing time, he gave me a guided tour of the old gymnasium where the 1952 team played and all the memorabilia attached with that season.
The hoops and backboards are still up, but it is now used as a stage and cafeteria, with the auditorium style seating still in use. It was a trip back in time and although the Aurora Borealis never made an appearance as promised that Friday night, the walk through Hebron high school more than made up for it.
• Andy Colbert, an avid runner, has been a sports writer for Shaw Media and has covered high school sports in Ogle County for more than 31 years.
May 3-9
Warranty deeds
Kevin J. Miller to Rebecca Iaccino and James P. Sietsema, 1017 Lincoln Highway, Rochelle, $138,000.
Cliford J. and Wendy Johnson to Andrew and Kelleigh Miller, two parcels on Mix St. and one in Oregon-Nashua Township, Oregon, $ 550,000.
First State Bank to Ross Whalen, 7300 S. Rock Nation Road, Dixon, $119,900.
Thomas R. and Kathleen M. Hughes to Randell C. and Roberta A. Calvert, 328 First Light Drive, Stillman Valley, $280,000.
Michael T. and Malia R. Steven and Alyssa Bradley, 6953 N Alpine Dr., Stillman Valley, $294,900.
Gary L. and Gail L. Fruin to John T. and Diane S. Wells, 416 W. Washington St., Oregon, $154,000.
Lynnette Abell to Derek Horner, 10312 E. Kuehl Court, Rochelle, $33,000.
Alan and Vicki Rainwater to Brandon David Ricker, 106 South St., Davis Junction, $179,900.
Adam and Holly Bouvia to Britney and Austin Baumgartner, 100 N. Main St., Forreston, $169,100.
Khalid and Amooda N., also Mahmooda N. Nazeer to Hale-Hanson Family Trust,
Ruth E. Hale-Hanson, also Ruth E. Hanson Hale, and Brian A. Hale, trustee, 3065 E. Ancient Oak Drive, Oregon, $42,500.
BPDM Properties 20181 LLC to Casondra Bailey, 201 W. Center St., Mt. Morris, $125,000.
Donna J. Hayenga to Courtney P. Mizner and Andrew D. Newman, 102 E. Front St., Mt. Morris, $123,000.
David G. and Linda S. Poole to Sarah
Duncan Sundquist, one parcel in Buffalo Township, $884,500.
Gary W. Hoffstead II to Timothy O. Hawley, 6184 N. Oak Court, $189,900.
The late Rodney W. Reeder to Seth W. Gronewold, 11764 N Tower Road, $347,000.
Frederick E. and Michelle Kastning to Tad Gothard, 8804and 8844 W. Townline Road, $349,000.
Robert L. and Robin J. Miller to Nikolaus Schleitwiler, 512 E. Buffalo St., Polo, $72,000.
Haywell-Westwood LLC to Jared Hoey, 825 N. 12th St., Rochelle, $145,900.
Flagg Road Rochelle Properties LLC to Daniel and Natasha Carmichael, one parcel in Flagg Township, $0.
Britton N. Brooks to Monty Typer, 802 S. Second St., Oregon, $90,000.
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Wyatt also will be focusing more on recycling and upcycling in her art as she studies at North Park University in Chicago.
Along with receiving a scholarship to North Park, Wyatt was awarded the PHS 2024 Art Award from longtime art teacher Smith, who has been a big influence on Wyatt and who “has been very
Quit claim deeds
David E. and Barbara A. Kinn to Marjorie A. Schabacker, 105 N. Cherry St., Chana, $0.
Mappine Properties LLC to Jeffrey W. and Joan Meiners, two parcels in Taylor Township, $176,000.
Trustees deeds
Beverly M. Sarber Trust, Beverly M. Sarber, trustee, to Dorothy L. Spratt, 910 S Congress Ave., Polo, $0.
First Mid Wealth Management Co. Land Trust 44190460, First Mid Wealth Management Co., trustee, to Stephen James Anderson, 302 W. Front St., Mt. Morris, $207,500.
Stephen R. and Joan C. Wittrup Living Trust, Stephen R. and Joan C. Wittrup, trustees, to Bryan C. Holt, William, Geraldine Gorman and Moira C. Gorman-Fisk, 710 Kaskaskia Drive, Dixon, $370,000.
Executors deed
The late Ruth I. Bunger by executor to Thomas E. and Rosalie A. Krause, 207 Drake Ave., Rochelle, $156,000. Estate of the late Clyde J. Berndtto Anthony W. and Dawn H. Hendrickson, 271 W. Margaret Fuller Road, $229,000.
Source: Ogle County Recorder’s Office
Plants ready for purchase at Polo FFA’s new greenhouse POLO – FFA member Grace Miatke was busy watering flowers and plants at Polo High School’s new greenhouse May 10 in preparation for the May 12 sales.
The 42-foot-by-72-foot structure, located just to the east of the Ag shop at Polo High School, will be open again from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18. FFA and ag students from the high school planted and are caring for plants that can be bought by the public.
The construction of the new greenhouse was made possible through a cooperative effort between the Polo school district, FFA alumni and the community.
supportive and encouraging me to try many different things,” Wyatt said.
Wyatt also participates in the yearbook club, school newspaper, drama club and high school plays.
With just a few weeks before the end of the year and her time at Polo High School, Wyatt will no doubt continue to thrive and adapt, Smith said.
“You could say that creativity is Zoie’s superpower,” Smith said. “And it is so powerful that she is able to inspire her peers, friends and teachers.”
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The LIVE IN-PERSON AND ON-LINE Auction to be held at the Tumbleson Auction Center, 1635 North Main St, Princeton, IL, loca ted 100 miles west of Chicago, j ust off I-80, E xit 56, s outh on Rt. 26. on:
Sunday, May 26 & Monday, May 27, 202 4
TIME: 9:00 AM Outside w/ Hayracks 10:00 AM Inside (Preview: 8:00 AM Each Day)
View Photos & Listing / Absentee On-Line Bidding on Website: www.tumblesonauction.com or Bid Live Thru Proxibid
SU NDAY, MAY 26
Collection of D uck Decoys, Duck Calls & Decoy Books; Many Nice Framed Duck & Wildlife Prints (Many Terry Redlin); Approx. 50 Firearms & Ammo; Collection of Paper Currency & Coins (Many Silver Dollars); Swords, Knives, Belt Buckles, Adv. & Barber and Smoking Collectibles
MONDAY, MAY 27 - MEMORIAL DAY
Antique, Primitive & Modern Furniture; Jukebox; Lg. Collection of Sterling Silver, Waterford, Lladro, Glasswar e, Longaberger Baskets, Jewelry & Ladies Items; Collection of Miniature, Kerosene & Hanging Lamps; Framed Pictures; Collection of Stoneware & Primitive Items; Toys & Pedal Cars
Lavonne Anderson Estate, Mt. Morris, IL & Others
ABSENTEE BIDDING, PHONE BIDDING & PROXIBID AVAILABLE! TT TUMBLESON AUCTION COMPANY, PRIN CETON, IL Auctioneer s: TOM & MARY TUMBLESON & TIFFANY FOE S E-mail: ttauction@yahoo.com or Phone 815-872-1852
Terms: 10% Buyer's Premi um/Cash or Check / CC Accepted with 5% Fee
STATE OF ILLINOIS
IN THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
COUNTY OF OGLE
I n re the E state of:
RICHARD S.
HEWE S, Deceased 2024 PR 24 CLAIM NOTICE
Notice is given of the death of RICHARD S HEWES. Letter s of Office were issued on May 1, 2024, to CHRISTOPH ER M HEWES, as Independent Executor.
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 ordelivery is required by Section 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later
tor. 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 ordelivery 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 JudicialCenter, 106 South 5th Street, Oregon, IL 61061 - or with the esta te legal representative, or both
Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney wi thin 10 days after i t has been filed.
By: CHRISTOPHERand to the attorney wi thin 10 days after i t has been filed.
By: CHRISTOPHER M. HEWES Independent ExecutorLaw Office s of M. THOMAS SUITS, P.C.
114 W. Mason St. Polo, IL 61064 (815) 946-2276 tom@suitslegal com
May 10, 17, 25, 2024
TAKE NOTICE
CERTIFICATE NO. 2020-00034
TO: Tonja Mennen Tonja Mennen Spouse of Tonja Mennen Occupant Noah Rodriguez Fawn Rodriguez Denison Moseley Tara Swint Village of Mt. Morris
Ogle County Clerk Tonja Mennen Spouse of Tonja Mennen
Spouse of Tonja Mennen
Denison Moseley
Tara Swint
Village of Mt. Morris
Ogle County Clerk
Tonja Mennen
Spouse of Tonja Mennen
Spouse of Tonja Mennen
Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots
A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of OGLE County, Ill. as Case No. 2024TX10
The Property is loca ted at: 424 S Ogle St., Mt. Morris IL 61054 Property Index Number: 08-26-353-039
sold on 11/3/2021 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2020. The period of redemption will expire on 9/ 13/2024. On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed Ivy Jack, In c, Petitioner 10701-942393
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942393
TAKE NOTICE
Helen Richard Haan Jr Louis Haan Ogle County Clerk
Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots
A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of OGLE County, Ill. as Case No. 2024TX11
The period of redemption will expire on 9/ 13/2024. On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed Ivy Jack, In c, Petitioner 10701-942394
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942394
TAKE NOTICE
Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property;
Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots
A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of OGLE County, Ill. as Case No 2024TX12
On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed Ivy Jack, In c, Petitioner 10701-942395
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942395
TAKE NOTICE
CERTIFICATE NO. 2020-00020
TO:
The Property is loca ted at: 600 N 4th St., Oregon IL 61061 Property Index Number: 16-03-108-003
CERTIFICATE NO. 2020-00208 TO:
Davidson of Creston LLC
The Property is loca ted at: 6347 S Woodlaw n Rd., Creston IL 60113 Property Index Number: 25-24-100-008
Davidson of Creston LLC
M. HEWES Independent Executor Law Office s of M. THOMAS SUITS, P.C.
Community Banc Mortgage Corp PLAINTIFF Vs. Justin Abell; et. al. DEFENDANTS
Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.
114 W. Mason St. Polo, IL 61064 (815) 946-2276 tom@suitslegal com
CERTIFICATE NO. 2020-00093 TO: Jeannine L Scherenberg Sherman Scherenberg Occupant Estate of Len & Helen Richard Haan Jr Louis Haan Ogle County Clerk
Said Property was sold on 11/3/2021 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Speci al Assessments for the year 2020.
Davidson of Creston LLC
Davidson of Creston LLC
Occupant
Davidson of Creston LLC
Ogle County Clerk
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OG LE COUNTY - OREGON, I LLINOIS
Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots
No. 2023FC30
Said Property was sold on 11/3/2021 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Speci al Assessments for the year 2020. The period of redemption will expire on 9/ 13/2024. On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed Ivy Jack, In c, Petitioner 10701-942393
Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots
The period of redemption will expire on 9/ 13/2024. On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed Ivy Jack, In c, Petitioner 10701-942394
Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property;
Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots
Said Property was sold on 11/3/2021 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Speci al Assessments for the year 2020. The period of redemption will expire on 9/ 13/2024. On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed Ivy Jack, In c, Petitioner 10701-942395
Estate of Jerry G Lingel Ogle County Clerk Spouse of Jerry G Lingel Occupant
Peggy Lingel Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots
A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed w ith the Circuit Clerk of OGLE County, IL as Case No. 2024TX5
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OG LE COUNTY - OREGON, I LLINOIS
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942395
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942394
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
May 10, 17, 25, 2024
A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of OGLE County, Ill. as Case No. 2024TX10
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942393
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Forecl osure and Sale entered in the above cause on 07/07/2023, the Sheriff of Ogle County, Illinois will on June 14, 2024 at the hour of 10:00 AM at Ogle County Public Safety Complex 202 S 1st St. Oregon, IL 61061, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Ogle and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 24-36-228-004
Improved with Residential
The Property is loca ted at: 424 S Ogle St., Mt. Morris IL 61054
COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 217 Southview Dr Rochelle, IL 61068
Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Ogle County JudicialCenter, 106 South 5th Street, Oregon, IL 61061 - or with the esta te legal representative, or both
Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney wi thin 10 days after i t has been filed.
Property Index Number: 08-26-353-039
Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calc ulated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fracti on thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 r epresentati on as to qua lity or quantity of title and without recourse to Pla intiff and in "AS IS" condition The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).
By: CHRISTOPHER M. HEWES Independent Executor Law Office s of M. THOMAS SUITS, P.C.
114 W. Mason St. Polo, IL 61064 (815) 946-2276
tom@suitslegal com
Said Property was sold on 11/3/2021 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2020. The period of redemption will expire on 9/ 13/2024. On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed Ivy Jack, In c, Petitioner 10701-942393
If the property is located in a common interest community, pur chasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no fur ther recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee 's attorney. Upon pay ment in ful l of the amount bid, the purchaser shall rece ive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.
May 10, 17, 25, 2024
The property will NOT be ope n for inspection and Plaintiff makes no represen tation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all infor mation
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942393
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 SECTIO N 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
For informati on: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attor ney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontag e Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-23-03345. I3243378
May 10, 17, 24, 2024
Citibank, N.A as Owner Trustee of New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2018-1
PLAINTIFF Vs. Timothy J. Danner; et. al.
A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of OGLE County, Ill. as Case No 2024TX11
A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of OGLE County, Ill. as Case No 2024TX12
DEFENDANTS No. 2023FC20
The Property is loca ted at: 600 N 4th St., Oregon IL 61061 Property Index Number: 16-03-108-003
The Property is loca ted at: 820 N. Crestview TRL Byron, Byron, IL Property Index Number: 05-31-258-001
The Property is loca ted at: 6347 S Woodlaw n Rd., Creston IL 60113 Property Index Number: 25-24-100-008
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Forecl osure and Sale entered in the above cause on 12/15/2023, the Sheriff of Ogle County, Illinois will on June 14, 2024 at the hour of 10:00 AM at Ogle County Public Safety Complex 202 S 1st St. Oregon, IL 61061, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Ogle and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 03-12-127-006
Said Property was sold on 11/3/2021 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2020. The period of redemption will expire on 9/ 13/2024.
Improved with Si ngle Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 3569 West Egan Road Egan AKA Leaf River, IL 61047
Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calc ulated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fracti on thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 r epresentati on as to qua lity or quantity of title and without recourse to Pla intiff and in "AS IS" condition
The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).
Said Property was sold on 11/3/2021 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2020. The period of redemption will expire on 9/ 13/2024. On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed Ivy Jack, In c, Petitioner 10701-942395
If the property is located in a common interest community, pur chasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed Ivy Jack, In c, Petitioner 10701-942394
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942395
If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no fur ther recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee 's attorney.
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942394
Upon pay ment in ful l of the amount bid, the purchaser shall rece ive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.
The property will NOT be ope n for inspection and Plaintiff makes no represen tation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all infor mation
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 SECTIO N 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
For informati on: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attor ney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontag e Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-23-00010. I3243103
May 3, 10, 17, 2024
Said Property was sold on 11/3/2021 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Speci al Assessments for the year 2020. The period of redemption will expire on 9/ 13/2024. On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed 1095 Investments LLC, Petitioner 10701-942389 May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942389
10/03/2024
OTICES
17, 24, 31, 2024 942395 NOTICE CATE NO. 2020-00020
Lingel County Clerk of Lingel nt Lingel in occuor actual ssession of said n owners es interestid land or on for Tax n premise d below en filed w ith Circuit Clerk E County, Case No.
erty is at: Crestview Byron, IL Index
05-31-258-001 perty was 11/3/2021 linquent Real Taxes Special ssessments for 2020. period of tion will ex9/ 13/2024. 10/03/2024 at AM the er will make ion to such in said for an r Issuance Deed Investments itioner 10701-942389
17, 24, 31, 2024 942389
TAKE NOTICE
CERTIFICATE NO. 2020-00028
TO: Kent Dearborn Jr
Occupant
Spouse of Kent Dearborn Jr
Ogle County Clerk
Kent Dearborn Jr
Spouse of Kent Dearborn Jr
Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property;
Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots
A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed w ith the Circuit Clerk of OGLE County, IL as Case No.
2024TX7
The Property is loca ted at:
17955 W. Taylor St Polo, IL 61064
Property Index Number:
06-27-151-002
Said Property was sold on 11/3/2021 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Speci al Assessments for the year 2020. The period of redemption will expire on 9/ 13/2024. On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed 1095 Investments LLC, Petitioner 10701-942390
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942390
TAKE NOTICE
CERTIFICATE NO.
TO:
2020-00100
Circuit Clerk
OGLE County, IL as Case No.
2024TX8
The Property is loca ted at:
303 S. 4th St., Oregon, IL 61061
Property Index Number: 16-03-175-002
Said Property was sold on 11/3/2021 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Speci al Assessments for the year 2020. The period of redemption will expire on 9/ 13/2024. On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed 1095 Investments LLC, Petitioner 10701-942391
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942391
TAKE NOTICE
CERTIFICATE NO. 2020-00163
TO:
Robert W Tweedy
Cathleen L Twe edy
Robert W Tweedy
Cathleen L Twe edy
Robert W Tweedy
Cathleen L Twe edy
Lyris N C lark
Derek J Bryan
Ogle County Clerk
Occupant
Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots
A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of OGLE County, IL as Case No. 2024TX9
The P roperty is loca ted at: 710 N. 7th St. Rochelle, IL Property Index Number:
Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of OGLE County, IL as Case No. 2024TX9
The P roperty is loca ted at: 710 N. 7th St. Rochelle, IL Property Index Number: 24-24-304-010
Said Property was sold on 11/3/2021 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2020. The period of redemption will expire on 9/ 13/2024. On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed 1095 Investments LLC, Petitioner 10701-942392
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942392
Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed 1095 Investments LLC, Petitioner 10701-942392
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942392
The City of Oregon will be fl ushing fire hydrants on the following dates: May 20th - May 24th, 2024 North of Rt. 64 & East o f the River May 28th - May 31st, 2024 South of Rt. 64
The flushing is a requirement of the Illinois Environmental Prote ction Agency and a recommendation of the Insurance Services Office.
Agency and a rec-
ommendation of the Insurance Services Office. City water may be rusty during this operation and residents should refrain from washing clothes etc. during the hours of the flushing operati on At night if your water is rusty, allow the cold water to run until it clears up.
May 17, 24, 2024
NOTICE OF PUBLI C HEARING ON MT. MORRIS TOWNSHIP & RO AD DISTRICT BUDGET
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OG LE COUNTY - OREGON, I LLINOIS
24-24-304-010
day June 13, 2024 to be held at the Township Office located at 105 W Lincoln St., Mt. Morris, IL.
Dated this 14th day of May, 2024 John Thompson, Supervisor Paula Diehl, Township Clerk
May 17, 2024
City water may be rusty during this operation and residents should refrain from washing clothes etc. during the hours of the flushing operati on At night if your water is rusty, allow the cold water to run until it clears up.
propriation Ordinance for Mt. Morris Township AND Mt Morris Road District in the County of Ogle, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024 and ending March 31, 2025, wi ll be on file and availab le for public inspection at 105 W Lincoln Street, Mt Morris Township office from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Notice is further hereby given that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropri ation Ordinance will be held at 6:15 pm, Thursday June 13, 2024 to be held at the Township Office located at 105 W Lincoln St., Mt. Morris, IL.
Dated this 14th day of May, 2024 John Thompson, Supervisor Paula Diehl, Township Clerk
May 17, 2024
Lawrence E Bushman
Gloria Bushman Occupant
The First National Bank in Amboy
The City of Oregon Ogle County Clerk
Gloria Bushman
Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property;
Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots
A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of OGLE County, IL as Case No.
2024TX8
The Property is loca ted at:
303 S. 4th St., Oregon, IL 61061 Property Index Number:
Citibank, N.A as Owner Trustee of New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2018-1 PLAINTIFF Vs. Timothy J. Danner; et. al. DEFENDANTS No. 2023FC20
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
May 17, 24, 2024
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Forecl osure and Sale entered in the above cause on 12/15/2023, the Sheriff of Ogle County, Illinois will on June 14, 2024 at the hour of 10:00 AM at Ogle County Public Safety Complex 202 S 1st St. Oregon, IL 61061, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Ogle and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED BELOW IS LOCATED IN OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. LOTS ONE (1), TWO (2), THREE (3), FOUR (4), AND FIVE (5) IN BLOCK ONE (1) IN THE VILLAGE OF EGAN CITY (NOW CALLED EGAN).
PIN 03-12-127-006
Improved with Si ngle Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 3569 West Egan Road Egan AKA Leaf River, IL 61047
Said Property was sold on 11/3/2021 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2020. The period of redemption will expire on 9/ 13/2024. On 10/03/2024 at 9:00 AM the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed 1095 Investments LLC, Petitioner 10701-942392
Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calc ulated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fracti on thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 r epresentati on as to qua lity or quantity of title and without recourse to Pla intiff and in "AS IS" condition
May 17, 24, 31, 2024 942392
The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).
If the property is located in a common interest community, pur chasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Upon pay ment in ful l of the amount bid, the purchaser shall rece ive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Dee d to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.
The property will NOT be ope n 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 infor mation
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 SECTIO N 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
For informati on: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attor ney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontag e Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-23-00010. I3243103 May 3, 10, 17, 2024
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OG LE COUNTY - OREGON, I LLINOIS
Community Banc Mortgage Corp PLAINTIFF
Vs. Justin Abell; et. al. DEFENDANTS
No. 2023FC30
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Forecl osure and Sale entered in the above cause on 07/07/2023, the Sheriff of Ogle County, Illinois will on June 14, 2024 at the hour of 10:00 AM at Ogle County Public Safety Complex 202 S 1st St. Oregon, IL 61061, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Ogle and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT THIRTY-THREE (33) IN FIRST ADDITION TO SOUTHVIEW IN THE CITY OF ROCHELLE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK J OF PLATS, PAGE 40 IN THE RECORDER'S OFFIC E OF OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF OGLE AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.
PIN 24-36-228-004
Notice is hereby given that the Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for Mt. Morris Township AND Mt Morris Road District in the County of Ogle, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024 and ending March 31, 2025, wi ll be on file and availab le for public inspection at 105 W Lincoln Street, Mt Morris Township office from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Notice is further hereby given that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropri ation Ordinance will be held at 6:15 pm, Thursday June 13, 2024 to be held at the Township Office located at 105 W Lincoln St., Mt. Morris, IL.
Improved with Residential COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 217 Southview Dr Rochelle, IL 61068
Dated this 14th day of May, 2024 John Thompson, Supervisor Paula Diehl, Township Clerk
May 17, 2024
Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calc ulated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fracti on thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 r epresentati on as to qua lity or quantity of title and without recourse to Pla intiff and in "AS IS" condition The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).
If the property is located in a common interest community, pur chasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g- 1).
If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no fur ther recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Upon pay ment in ful l of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.
The property will NOT be ope n 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 infor mation
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 SECTIO N 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
For informati on: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attor ney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontag e Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-23-03345.
I3243378 May 10, 17, 24, 2024
