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Mike Hemmersbach (right) of Leaf River and Heath Strohman of Chana turn a rack of pork chops while grilling for the Ogle County Pork Producers’ dinner at the Ogle County Fair on Saturday, Aug. 6. The pork chop dinner is always a popular event during fair week.
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FORRESTON LIBRARY
Showcase Displays
Do you have an interesting or unusual collection of items that you would like to share with the community? We have two beautiful showcases that are lockable and available for this purpose. Please call Julie at the library for more information or to schedule a display time.
Plastic Recycling
We are collecting film-type plastic for recycling. This includes plastic bags, zipper type baggies (with the zip portion removed), cereal/snack bags, bubble wrap, and other soft plastic . Please make sure bags are free from debris and remove all paper/sticker labels. We cannot accept hard plastic, such as water bottles, milk cartons, etc., for this program. Thank you!
Library Hours
The library is open: Monday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 2-7 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 10 a.m. -1 p.m., 2-6 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. We may be reached by phone at 815-938-2624, email at forrestonpubliclibrary@gmail.com, or through Facebook messaging. Of course, we always love to see you in person, too!
BERTOLET LIBRARY
Drop Box
Our drop box is closed until further notice due to water leaks. Please return library materials during business hours. You may also return materials to other local libraries, and they will send them to us via our interlibrary loan system. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Closed Monday, Sept. 5
We will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5 in observance of Labor Day.
Story Time Thursdays at 10 a.m.
Stop in with your Toddlers and Pre-K littles for Story Time each Thursday with Miss Jana. She will have a couple stories and an activity for the kids. Fall session starts Sept. 8.
Family Night BINGO Monday, Sept. 19, 5 p.m.
Bring the kids for a fun evening with great prizes!
Big Kids, Big Art Tuesday, Sept. 20, 4-5:30 p.m.
Calling all 1st through 5th Graders! Miss Jana has a great beginner art program just for you. Each month will focus on a different element of art. Join her on the 3rd Tuesday of each month!
Simple Wills, POA for Health Care or
Property, Saturday, Sept. 24 10 a.m.
Do you know how to write a simple will or a health care or property power of attorney? Learn about these important documents and what is necessary to get your affairs, or the affairs of someone you love, in order. (Insightful information; does not take the place of legal counsel.) Registration required: 815-738-2742
Adult Book of the Month:
The August book of the month is Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann. This is a non-fiction account of the mysterious deaths of members of the Osage Indian Nation in Oklahoma during the 1920s. Investigators disappeared after looking into the deaths. The FBI was newly formed and corrupt and made errors. Help was called in and an undercover team was sent in to solve the horrendous crime. Stop by the circulation desk and pick up your copy today.
LEGO Club 1st Monday of the month, 5 p.m.
Create with us on the first Monday of each month. We will have the LEGOs waiting for you!
Craft Kits for Adults
Our take and make craft for August takes us back to the beach. Wrap up summer by making a seashell coaster to remind us of the beach all year long. All craft materials are provided in the kit, which can be picked up at the circulation desk.
Create-a-Card: Saturday, Sept. 17, 9:30 a.m.
Design an encouraging note for your bestie, your child’s teacher, or your secret sister. You can even create a work of art to lift your own spirits! All materials are provided.
Plastic Recycling:
We ask that you make sure plastic is clean with no debris in the donation. Also please remove any ziploc-type seals and paper/sticker labels. Thank you for your cooperation.
New Releases
Adult Books: The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews, Second Chance Pass by Robyn Carr, The Challenge by Danielle Steel
Juvenile Books: Trick-Shot Triumph by Jake Maddox (Graphic Novel), One Kid’s Trash by Jamie Sumner
Board Books: The ABCs of the American Revolution by Connor Boyack, The ABCs of Economics by Connor Boyack, The ABCs of Liberty by Connor Boyack
Adult DVDs: Jurassic World:Dominion
“It’s finally here,” said Roger Cain smiling broadly as the sleek stainless-steel touring car was backed into its new location west of the Depot by railroad workers. “We’ve been working on this for three years and now here it is.”
Cain is one of a handful of Oregon Depot Museum Board members who started working on getting the dome car moved to the Oregon Depot three years ago.
“We met with Mike in Sycamore three years ago and started talking about this,” said Cain.
The idea to move the signature Vista Dome of Burlington’s famed Twin Cities Zephyr was spawned when former Oregon resident Peter Medins, now of Woodstock, met Abernethy on a rail tour run by Abernethy. When they started talking about Abernethy’s ongoing restoration work on the sleek rail car Medins suggested the move to Oregon.
Medins remembered taking a trip from Oregon to Minneapolis on the Twin Cities Zephyr as a child and suggested Abernethy move the Silver View closer to St. Charles so restoration work could be monitored and performed more easily.
Abernethy has owned the Silver View for 20 years after purchasing it at an auction from a railway company in New York. He remembered watching the Zephyr – with the Silver View in tow – in the early 1950s when visiting his aunt and uncle near Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin.
“When we would go down to visit them, they would say ‘Oh, let’s take Mike over to see the Zephyr.’ And whenever I saw the Silver View on the back end that was a big deal for me,” Abernethy said.
The car was housed in Iowa and St. Louis before being stored outside in Charles City, Iowa. He decided to explore moving the car to Oregon after the Silver View was damaged by vandals.
“They threw some rocks and broke some of the windows,” he said.
The Oregon Depot Museum Board was offered a $5,000 matching donation from Medins for costs associated with moving the Silver View. The Oregon Depot Board matched his donation with funds given by local donors.
Earlier this year, officials from the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe (BNSF) agreed to replace and upgrade the “house” track – the track that once served the freighthouse – just west of the Oregon Depot for the Silver View to sit on.
That track, located north of the active BNSF freight line, will be the Silver View’s new home during its next two restoration phases.
Phase 1 of the restoration process will include getting the Silver View back to its original condition, with a few added extras. Phase 2 will include getting the Silver View ready for rail travel.
Cain said having the car in Oregon should help speed up the restoration process.
“We will roll out the whole plan on Oct. 8,” Cain said. “We will have focused priorities. Fundraising is going to be critical. The work will be done by tradespeople.”
For instance, seats from the car are being re-upholstered by an Oregon resident.
“The whole purpose is to give a person the experience of what it was like to ride in a dome car on the Zephyr,” Abernethy said, noting that the car, once restored, could be a stationary venue for fundraising events. “It can seat 24. I see it as a collaborative effort and it also gets Oregon and the Depot more in the public eye.”
Cain said work on the exterior of the Silver View will begin soon.
Abernethy will be speaking about the Silver View this Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Oregon Depot. The program starts at 10 a.m. and is open to the public.
Abernethy is president and tour operator of Zephyr Route, a small privately owned business he launched to fund the restoration of the Silver View. His website is www.zephyrroute.com.
Oregon Depot
The Oregon Depot Museum has been restored by local volunteers and houses a museum that reflects the history of train travel to and from the town of 3,800, located 40 miles west of DeKalb. For more information about the Oregon Depot visit http://oregonil. com/oregon-depot-museum/.
Silver View Facts
The following information was provided by the Oregon Depot.
Silver View was built by the Budd Co. and delivered to the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe on Nov. 29, 1947. It immediately became one of the signature Vista Dome cars for the Burlington’s famed Twin Cities Zephyrs. The Twin Cities Zephyrs operated between Chicago and its namesake cities. It was marketed as “where natures smiles for 300 miles.”
Silver View and its sister car, Silver Vista, both operated as daytime parlor cars with one drawing room.
Their domes were configured with the customary 24 seats. The “main floor” of the cars had 26 parlor seats in the tail/observation end.
Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media ABOVE: Oregon Depot Museum Board member RG Hough V of Mt. Morris talks to a railroad employee after the Silver View vintage rail car arrived at the Oregon Depot on Sunday afternoon. BELOW LEFT: Otto Dick, right, talks with Tom Champley, Jeff Hallock and Michal Burnett inside the Oregon Depot as they watch a live feed of the tracks after the Silver View rail car arrived Sunday afternoon. BOTTOM RIGHT: The Silver View was transported to the Oregon Depot as the “caboose” of seven empty cars. Here, the train passes through the crossing at Flagg Center.
By ALEXA ZOELLNER azoellner@shawmedia.com
It took a little misdirection to get John Lindhorst to attend this year’s Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce’s awards dinner.
“It’s called lying to me,” Lindhorst said, smiling even as he playfully chided Lori Peterson and Chamber Executive Director Liz Vos during the Aug. 18 event held at River’s Edge Experience.
“We lied to him, yes,” Peterson and Vos admitted with chuckles. The two had conspired to convince Lindhorst that Peterson was to receive an award.
But, when it came time to name the 2022 Citizen of the Year, Vos called Peterson up not to accept the award, but to announce the winner: John Lindhorst.
“Well-played,” he told them after accepting the award.
It was a very unexpected honor, said Lindhorst, who owns Ukulele Stat i o n A m e r i c a a n d O r e g o n M u s ic Garage, both in Oregon.
“I will tell you, it’s fun to be recognized for something that you don’t think about,” he said. “My mother’s from Italy, and she always said, ‘Do what you love, and do it with passion,’ and my father, being from Germany, said, ‘Follow your guts.’ So between those two, I’m somewhere in the middle, I think.
“This is quite an honor,” Lindhorst continued. “Thank you very much.”
Lindhorst has dedicated countless hours volunteering with local fundraisers, as well as donating financially, Peterson said. He also promotes Oregon as president of Oregon Together.
“The investment he has made in Ukulele Station America and Oregon Music Garage is a testament to his dedication, ability and success,” she said. “For these reasons, and many more, the Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce would like to recognize [Lindhorst] and thank for his many years of contributions.”
Lindhorst has brought much joy to the greater Oregon community and
Alexa Zoellner/Shaw Media Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce 2022 Citizen of the Year John Lindhorst, right, poses with Chamber Executive Director Liz Vos, left, and Lori Peterson, who presented Lindhorst with the award at the Chamber’s annual awards dinner.
Alexa Zoellner/Shaw Media Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce 2022 Volunteer of the Year Sue Heng, right, poses with Chamber Executive Director Liz Vos, left, and Chamber Board of Directors President Donna Mann. Heng was selected for her work with the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
See OREGON AWARDS, Page 7
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