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VOLUME 156 NO. 14 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865

Friday, August 6, 2021 • $1.00

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LOCAL NEWS

Advisory Committee

Group presents arguments to keep DLR junior high open. / 3

LOCAL NEWS

Action Wanted

Lawmakers call for action to keep Byron, Dresden plants open. / 4

Live Music Mt. Morris’ Jamboree events continue each Friday evening on the Campus lawn. / 7

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Jenna Alexander, 12, of Forreston, takes a bucket of water to her goats Cookie Dough and Duncan at the Ogle County 4-H Fair. One of the goats ate the sign in front of their pen. Alexander is a member of the Summerhill Huskies 4-H Club. Our coverage of the fair begins on page 6.

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INDEX Betty’s Column ....... 11 Business News......... 4 Classifieds .........19-24

COVID-19 Update....13 Oregon Police..........17 Otto’s Column ........ 10

Polo Police ...............17 Property Transfers..16 Sheriff Activity........19

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Forreston Sauerkraut Days this weekend Forreston Sauerkraut Days is set for Friday, Aug. 6, through Sunday, Aug. 8.

The festivities are a combined effort of the Sauerkraut Days Committee and the American Legion Families guaranteeing a fun weekend for all.

Unless otherwise stated, all events are held in Memorial Park.

Believe in the Children is selling sidewalk squares to be used as paint canvases for Design the Downtown. Squares can be painted Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Bingo is back this year. The fun starts at 6 p.m. with lots of prizes for all ages. The Un-dunk Tank will be in the Forreston Mutual parking lot. Beginning at 6 p.m., attendees have the opportunity to get locals wet. On Saturday, the Undunk Tank runs 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

New this year is the softball throw, taking place on the Forreston Grade School tee-ball fields — challenge your friends to see who can throw the fastest! The contest runs 6-8 p.m.

The Biergarten opens at 6 p.m. Friday and is open 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

At 6 p.m. on Friday is registration for Trivia Night with Rock Valley Pub Trivia; the cost is $5 per person, with a limit of eight people per team. Trivia contests kick off at 7 p.m.

Cash prizes are available.

At 9 p.m., Small Town Souls — a musical duo featuring Forreston’s own Dalton Becker and Liz Gronewold — will perform at the biergarten.

This year’s outdoor movie will be “The Greatest Showman.” The showing will be on the east side of the grade school and will start at approximately 8:45 p.m. Concessions will be available for purchase from the Sauerkraut Days Committee at the same time.

Saturday starts bright and early with Breakfast on the Go at 7 a.m. Look for the blue wagon in and around Memorial Park to grab a breakfast sandwich, doughnut or juice.

The three-on-three Drew Crase Memorial Basketball Tournament starts at 8 a.m. at the high school’s outdoor basketball courts. Registration forms and more information can be found at www.3on3forrestonhd.com.

Other popular activities scheduled for Saturday include the American Legion Car Show, bingo, craft and vendor fair, Faith Lutheran bake sale, American Legion Sauerkraut Lunch, Forreston Lion’s Pork Chop Dinner, kids inflatables and food trucks.

The Forreston Fireman’s Association is bringing back water fights. The fun starts at 10 a.m. for the kids. At 1 p.m., the “big boys and girls” can go at it with contests between different fire departments.

A blind-draw bags tournament starts at 11 a.m. — registration takes place at 10 a.m.

The bags tournament will be held in the

6-10 p.m.: Bingo (Memorial Park) 6-10 p.m.: Un-dunk Tank (Forreston Mutual parking lot) 6-11:30 p.m.: Biergarten! Prost! (downtown Forreston area) 6:30 p.m.: Kraut Days 5K Run/Walk (Warnken Park) 7 p.m.: Trivia Night with Rock Valley Trivia (Biergarten, downtown Forreston) 8:45 p.m.: Outdoor movie: “The Greatest Showman” (Forreston Grade School east side) 8:45 p.m.: Concession stand (Forreston Grade School east side) 9 p.m.: Small Town Souls play live, featuring Dalton Becker and Liz Gronewold (Biergarten) Earleen Hinton/Shaw media

Sauerkraut Days volunteer Heather Menke serves up sauerkraut at the Anerican Legion lunch offered in 2019.

biergarten. The Forreston Lion’s Pork Chop Dinner runs 4:30-7 p.m. at Memorial Park On Sunday, the community breakfast takes place from 8-11 a.m. at the fire station. The community church service will be at 9:30 a.m. in Memorial Park.

The final event of Forreston Sauerkraut Days is the parade. This year’s theme is Bring Back the Fun. The parade starts off at 12:30 p.m. and will travel from Forreston Grade School to Locust Avenue. The reviewing stand will be downtown at the public parking lot.

Forms are available at Koeller Forreston Hardware or on the Sauerkraut Days Facebook page. Parade questions can be directed to Kim Brinkmeier at 815-541-5353.

The Forreston Sauerkraut Days committee is in need of volunteers to help with events. If you have questions, or can spare a couple hours over the weekend, please contact one of the following committee members: Julie Heeren, 815-985-7787; Holly Bawinkle, 815-535-3981; Kim Brown, 815266-1414; or Jane Koeller, 815-266-1095.

A full list of events and exact times can be found at www.facebook.com/forrestonhometowndays.

Friday, Aug. 6

5-3:30 p.m.: Kraut Days 5K and Cabbage Patch Kids Fun Run registration (Warnken Park) 5-8 p.m.: Food Truck Fri-YAY! (Memorial Park) 6 p.m.: Entries due for Bucket of Junk (Memorial Park) 6 p.m.: Cabbage Patch Kids Fun Run (Warnken Park) 6-8 p.m.: Design the Downtown Sidewalk Painting, Believe in the Children (downtown Forreston area) 6-8 p.m.: Softball Throw (Forreston Grade School tee-ball field)

Saturday, Aug. 7

7 a.m.: Breakfast On The Go (around Forreston Grade School and Memorial Park) 8 a.m.: Drew Crase Memorial Basketball Tournament (Forreston High School outdoor courts) 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Forreston American Legion Car & Bike Show (Forreston Grade School) 9 a.m. to noon: Faith Lutheran Bake Sale (Memorial Park) 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Design the Downtown Sidewalk Painting, Believe in the Children (downtown Forreston area) 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Craft and vendor show (Memorial Park) 10 a.m.: Kids water fights, sponsored by Fireman’s Association (Birch Street and Walnut Avenue) 10 a.m.: Bags tournament registration (Biergarten) 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: American Legion Sauerkraut Lunch (Memorial Park) 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Softball Throw (Forreston High School) 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Jumping Into Kraut Days kids inflatables (Memorial Park) 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.: Bingo (Memorial Park) 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.: Un-dunk Tank (Forreston Mutual parking lot) 11 a.m.: Food Truck Satur-YAY! (Memorial Park) 11 a.m.: Bags tournament (Biergarten) 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.: Biergarten! Prost! (downtown Forreston area) 1 p.m.: Adult water fights, sponsored by Fireman’s Association (Birch Street and Walnut Avenue) 2:30 p.m.: Watermelon eating contest 4:30-7 p.m.: Forreston Lion’s Pork Chop Dinner 8:30 p.m.: Better Late Than Never plays live (Biergarten)

Sunday, Aug. 8

8-11 a.m.: Community breakfast (Forreston Fire Station) 9:30 a.m.: Community church service 12:30 p.m.: Bring Back the Fun parade (Forreston Grade School to Locust Avenue)

LOCAL NEWS

By EARLEEN HINTON

ehinton@oglecountynews.com The David L. Rahn Junior High is in “sound shape” for a structure built in the early 1950s and can still serve as a “viable educational facility”.

That was part of a letter from the Rockford architect who was cited during Monday’s presentation to the Oregon School Board by an “Advisory Committee” formed 60 days ago in response to a proposal to close the school in Mt. Morris.

Rob Urish, a member of the Advisory Committee, offered a preview of the 90-minute presentation by saying it would offer counter points to the rationale made by Oregon Superintendent Tom Mahoney to close the school at the end of the 2021-22 school year and move 7th and 8th grade students to the Oregon High School, located 5 miles to the east.

“During the course of our presentation we will show conclusively that the cost to upgrade DLR, in the context of an approximately $15 million operating budget, and multi-million dollar Health Life Safety bonds is minimal, some would even say ‘trivial’, “ Urish said in a written statement. “That the financial impact of continuing to operate DLR in place is not only sustainable, but there is no evidence to suggest that it is not indefinitely sustainable.”

Urish said a study commissioned by Mahoney in 2020 was incomplete.

“While the experts certainly have credible qualifications, the focus of their study was narrow, even superficial at times, as it failed to adequately consider changes in EAV, DLR condition, student experience, community impact, and the like,” he said. “And lastly, Student Experience goes farther and deeper than implied in the rationale statement.”

In May, Mahoney announced a proposal to close DLR, the last school remaining in the village of 3,000, due to decreasing enrollments and increasing maintenance costs. He outlined his proposal to close the school at two school board meetings, a Mt. Morris Village Board meeting, and a Town Hall meeting, held in Mt. Morris in May. At the May 25 Town Hall meeting, several of the 75-80 people attending gave impassioned pleas to keep the school in town with a couple others asking for more details and a delay in any decision until more community inout was given. The Oregon School Board agreed in June to delay a decision on the proposal until August.

Mahoney said it took him 3 years to

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Former school board member Bruce Obendorf speaks about finances as he addressed the Oregon School Board on Monday as part of the Advisory Board’s presentation regarding the David L. Rahn Junior High School in Mt. Morris. come to the conclusion to recommend closing the 66-year-old school. He said the building needs $6 million in repairs and is costing the district’s budget about $400,000 a year.

He said other measures to cut spending over the last 5 years have already been undertaken, including cutting the teaching staff 14% and the administrative staff 28%.

He also said the most recent setback for the district was the results of the state-required 10-year Health, Life, Safety survey of the district buildings that concluded nearly $6 million in state-mandated improvements are needed, including asbestos removal, at DLR. The school district could issue bonds to pay for the work, which would then be passed on to taxpayers as debt-service, Mahoney said.

“Let me be clear about this. We don’t have to do all of this. We can kick the can down the road and not do any of this. We can try to keep delaying, but at some point we have to address these issues,” he said in May. Ele c t ric al , r oo f, a n d s ec ur i ty upgrades have been made at DLR since the two school districts consolidated in 1994. The consolidation occurred after the Mt. Morris School District dissolved due to financial reasons.

Mahoney said he commissioned a study from the University of Illinois at

Springfield in 2020. That study concluded that closing DLR would save the district more than $200,000 a year in operational costs.

“Those savings, along with COVID federal funding and rising tax revenues (based on increased property values, not increased tax rates) should ensure the district is on sound financial footing moving forward,” Mahoney said in a letter to parents.

Mahoney said the pros of closing DLR include: allowing junior high students to have access to additional elective courses at the high school; aligning the curriculum more closely and providing more frequent opportunities for staff to collaborate; bringing more coaches/sponsors to a building where some sports/activities have no coaches in the building; and allowing for more staff collaboration while also giving younger athletes more immediate exposure to older athletes.

Monday night, Urish called Mahoney’s recommendation to close DLR ”a shortsighted idea, which will not only preclude future opportunities, but is potentially harmful to our communities’ children”.

Urish said the Advisory Committee’s presentation included “numbers and details” to support the committee’s recommendation to keep DLR open indefinitely, explore alternative

funding techniques which can be used to make only the “urgent” and “required” repairs to the building complex, and study and evaluate the “pros and cons” of transforming DLR into a true middle school.

Bruce Obendorf, a former school board member and retired accountant, said he had reviewed the district’s financial statements and he feels the district is not facing financial hardship and has had 2 years of balanced budgets.

“Oregon is in a good position,” he said referring to the district’s finances.

He said the advisory committee was not advocating raising taxes, and instead, was projecting growth in Eqaulized Assessed Valuations (EAVs) for the next 2 years.

“We are not recommending a tax increase,” Obendorf said.

Obendorf said he and 3 others toured DLR with Stephen Nelson, an architect with Larson & Darby Group in Rockford.

A 3-page letter written to the advisory committee from Nelson was presented to Mahoney and each member of the school board.

In that letter, Nelson wrote: “The building overall is not new, as you know, and a building of this vintage

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BUSINESS NEWS

Lawmakers call for action on area nuclear plants

By DEREK BARICHELLO

dbarichello@shawmedia.com State lawmakers representing the Byron and Dresden nuclear power plant districts are calling for the General Assembly to reconvene as soon as possible to save the plants from closing.

Exelon Generation, owner of the nuclear plants at Byron and Dresden (located just outside of Morris), filed decommission reports last week, among the final steps required by law to retire the two plants this autumn.

Deputy Senate Republican Leader Sue Rezin (R-Morris), Sen. Brian Stewart (R-Freeport) along with Deputy House Republican Leader Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) and House Republican Conference Chair Leader David Welter (R-Morris) issued a joint statement calling for legislative leaders to meet and extend Illinois’ renewable portfolio standard.

Nuclear power is a carbon-free source of energy.

The lawmakers’ statement warned if action is not taken, tens of thousands of jobs will be lost, millions

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Steam rises from the two cooling towers at the Byron nuclear power plant on German Church Road.

of utility customers will pay higher energy costs and an environmental impact “equivalent to putting 4.4 million additional cars on the road, emitting carbon and other harmful sources of air pollution,” will be felt, according to their statement.

“Too much is at stake to wait for the demands of every individual interest group to be satisfied in a

comprehensive energy package,” the lawmakers said. “We must act now to pass the provisions there is broad agreement on, which include preserving Illinois’ nuclear fleet and extending the state’s renewable portfolio standard with incentives for critical solar and wind initiatives.”

Exelon has said the nuclear plants face revenue shortfalls in the hundreds of millions of dollars because of low energy prices. Exelon said coaldriven power plants have an unfair competitive advantage because of market policies. The company also said if lawmakers cannot find a solution, the same market inequalities would force the company to close facilities at Braidwood and La Salle in a few years.

A decommissioning process was started Thursday for Dresden and Byron plants.

What makes keeping the nuclear power plants open a difficult task for the General Assembly is the volume of factors at play, said Kent Redfield, a

See NUCLEAR PLANTS, page 5

BRIEFS GriefShare Support Group to begin again on Aug. 26 Disciples United Methodist Church, Mt. Morris, will resume its GriefShare Support Group, beginning Thursday, Aug. 26 from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in the Fireplace Room at the church, 102 Maple Ave. The group will meet every Thursday evening through Nov. 18.

GriefShare is available to anyone in the church, community, or surrounding towns.

The cost is $20 to cover the fee for the workbook/study guide.

For additional information, call the church office at 815-734-4853.

Registration will be during the first evening together or directly through the website at www.griefshare.org GriefShare is a support group that features faith based teaching focusing on grief topics associated with the death of a loved one.

The DVD portion features nationally respected grief experts and real-life stories of people, followed by quiet listening and sharing in a safe small group. Past participants have related how helpful the information and follow up fellowship were to them.

Many grieving people find they are only beginning the work of healing when friends or family have already returned to their daily life routines.

Confidentiality is very much a part of this program. Your bereavement experience may be recent or years ago. You

will find encouragement, comfort and help in grieving the death of a spouse, child, parent, sibling, other family member, or friend.

No matter what the cause of your loved one’s death, this is an opportunity to be around people who understand what you are feeling.

You will learn how to recognize the symptoms of being stuck in grief as well as receive valuable information about facing your new normal in life and renewing your hope for the future.

Forest Preserve offers concert

The Byron Forest Preserve District will be offering its final free Concert on the Deck featuring the music of Patchouli on Sunday, Aug. 8 starting at 7 p.m. at the Jarrett Prairie Center Overlook Deck, located at 7993 North River Road in Byron.

“Nationally touring, award winning songwriter Julie Patchouli and master guitarist Bruce Hecksel light up the air with their sparkling acoustic sounds and rich harmonies,” said Mark Herman, superintendent of education. “Their unique “New American Folk Music” is a blend of elements of folk, pop, flamenco and jazz.”

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

extension 200.

The Concert on the Deck series is sponsored by Byron Bank.

New exhibit at Old Sandstone Gallery opens this Friday

The Old Sandstone Gallery, 122 S. Wesley Ave., will be transformed into the Encore!

Fine Art Show with “Radical Botanicals” as its theme.

The gallery’s grand opening is Friday, Aug. 6 at 6 p.m. with close to 40 art pieces by 16 artists on display.

Opening night will run until 9:30 p.m. with refreshments that include mini-cream puffs

by Jen’s Artisan Breads and iced tea.

“Many of the artists will be present to greet visitors,” said Molly Baker, Encore volunteer.

Throughout August the gallery will be open

This photo was taken by Jeff Bold, of Mt. Morris. It is titled: “Swimming in Blue.” each Friday at 6:30 p.m. during the Jamboree concerts.

It will also be open during the 3 Saturdays Aug. 14, 21, and 28 as well as Straw Fest (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.) and during the Country Living Tour on Sunday, Aug. 29, from noon to 4:30 p.m.

For additional information, visit www. encoremt.morris.com.

Thank you to all our wonderful families and friends for making our 51st Anniversary so special.

We enjoyed visiting with each and every one of you. This is a day we'll always treasure!!

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LIVE MUSIC

Dave Weld and The Imperial Flames Aug. 6

Chicago Blues veteran Dave Weld and his band, The Imperial Flames, is on the stage for the Aug. 6 installment of the Mt. Morris Jamboree.

The free concert starts at 7 p.m. at the Warren Reckmeyer Band Shell in downtown Mt. Morris.

The Bel-Airs Aug. 13

Missouri based Blues and Rock Band, The Bel-Airs will make their debut at the Mt. Morris Jamboree on Friday, Aug. 13, presenting a free twohour concert starting at 7 p.m.

Fronted by brothers Dick and Dave Pruitt on bass and electric guitars, with Michael Cherry on drums, the Bel Airs play a danceable mix with an authentic but eclectic bluesy-countrysoul-and-rock-n-roll sound influenced by the likes of Wilson Picket, Slim Harpo, Howlin’ Wolf and Johnny Cash.

Living on the road and playing clubs from “Austin to Boston”, the Bel Airs are carrying on the tradition of American Rhythm and Blues,” said

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professor emeritus at the Center for State Policy and Leadership at University of Illinois-Springfield and University of Illinois’ Institute of Government and Public Affairs.

The proposed comprehensive energy package involves the decarbonization of coal plants in Illinois, which he said is complicated by the debt tied to municipalities utilizing them and the labor at those facilities.

He said environmental groups look at Illinois’ most recent progressive agenda and have expectations the state will begin to address aspects of climate change, which includes phasing out coal and gas plants.

Exelon appeared to be close to receiving $700 million in relief, but state lawmakers left in June without a deal. Mixed into play is Exelon is the parent company of ComEd, which has been embroiled in a scandal over favorable legislation at the statehouse.

Gov. JB Pritzker’s office and Exelon agreed on aspects that would keep the nuclear power plants running, but lawmakers were unable to agree on other aspects of the comprehensive energy bill, according to the Associated Press.

On a federal level, Congress is considering federal tax credits for nuclear power plants that may lessen the bur-

The Bel-Airs will debut at the Mt. Morris Jamboree Aug. 13 at 7 p.m.

Larry Ubben, Jamboree organizer.

“The band is fronted by brothers Dick and Dave Pruitt on bass and electric guitars. Growing up on country soul and rock-n-roll, the Pruitt brothers have developed a harmony vocal style all their own,” Ubben said.

“They have been performing together for more than 30 years, wowing audiences nightly with their unique brand of music- leading one reviewer to refer to them as the ‘Everly Brothers

den on what Illinois needs to provide.

It also may complicate the General Assembly’s job because of the uncertainty of Congress and the urgency at play in Illinois, Redfield said.

“You have big labor, municipal officials, an election year, all playing a factor here,” Redfield said. “It’s complicated, which makes it harder to find the compromise.”

Filing decommissioning paperwork should not be seen as Exelon looking for leverage – while it may create some – it begins a shutting down process that takes a period of time, he said.

“We’re not at the point of no return, but at this point, there has to be something solid to pull back from that,” he said.

Redfield said it would be hard to close any of the nuclear fleet without a significant bailout in place to help those communities that would suffer the loss of jobs and tax revenue.

Instead, he said, it is more likely the state will seek enough common ground to keep the plants open, even if that means pushing the can down the road in some aspects of the energy bill.

“With an election year, everyone wants to have a win they can show,” he said, noting that’s the real challenge.

With that said, Rezin, Stewart, Demmer and Welter are reminding their colleagues, the clock is ticking.

“We are committed to passing these items now and coming back to the

of Blues’.”

With four acclaimed albums and performances at festivals and night clubs across the USA as well as England, France, Belgium and Spain, the band continues to travel extensively. The Bel Airs’ musical approach and superbly crafted showmanship make for a more than memorable concert whenever they appear.

The Mt. Morris Moose Lodge will be serving food and drink concessions for

the evening.

“Come enjoy the meal, music and fellowship starting at 6 p.m.,” said Ubben.

The Radical Botanicals show continues at the Encore Art Gallery next door on the first floor of Old Sandstone, open from 6:30-9 p.m. Encore’s Artist in Residence, Annie Timmer will be hosting kids art activities near the Freedom Bell just to the north of the Band Shell during the concert.

Local small business vendors will often be joining us on the Campus with fresh produce and crafts as well as Grandpa’s Ice Cream truck.

“Please bring a blanket or chair, or enjoy the new benches and join the fun on our beautiful, historic campus in the center of Mt. Morris, two blocks south of Rt. 64 on Wesley Ave and enjoy the free Rock and Blues show,” Ubben said.

In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be moved to the Pinecrest Grove Community Center, 500 Evergreen Lane, 7 blocks south of Rt. 64 off McKendrie Street.

BRIEF Perseid Meteor watch at the Weiskopf Observatory

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Exelon’s Byron nuclear power plant is located on German Church Road between Oregon and Byron

table to negotiate the more long-term aspects of Illinois’ energy future with the various stakeholders between now and the General Assembly’s Fall Veto Session in October,” the joint statement said. “Time is of the essence. We cannot wait until later this autumn to protect energy jobs, protect our environment and prevent dramatic rate hikes on utility customers.”

The Byron Forest Preserve District will be hosting a viewing of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower on Tuesday, Aug. 10, Wednesday, Aug. 11 and Thursday, Aug. 12 from 9 p.m. until midnight at their Weiskopf Observatory located at 79932 North River Road in Byron.

“Come out to the lawn of the Weiskopf Observatory and enjoy this annual meteor shower event,” said Mark Herman, superintendent of education. “Bring lawn chairs and blankets and dress for the weather. Children must be with an adult.

This event will be cancelled in case of cloudy skies.”

This is free program and no advance registration is required. For more information contact the Byron Forest Preserve District at 815 234-8535 extension 200.

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167TH OGLE COUNTY FAIR

Fair royalty crowned after hiatus due to pandemic

By EARLEEN HINTON

ehinton@oglecountynews.com Ninety-degree temps combined with 96 percent humidity may have been “no sweat” for the 40-some contestants at the 2021 Miss Ogle County Pageant, but it was a steamy Wednesday night for the 150+ crowd that sat through the 5-hour event on July 28.

“We all are tired of the ‘P’ word and I don’t mean ‘pageant’,” quipped Pageant Director Michelle Jozefowicz late Wednesday night as she spoke before the 2021 Miss Ogle County was crowned.

Jozefowicz, a teacher in the Meridian School District, said once it was learned that there would not be a state pageant or state fair in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a decision was made to keep the 2019 Ogle County royal court for another year.

“We decided to pause everything for our current court. But once it was past us we moved forward with hope of what would be,” Jozefowicz said. “My school year got even crazier, more bizarre than what I ever thought possible, but we came through on the other side and here we are.”

Jozefowicz praised the Ogle County Fair Board for fighting through a difficult year that also included the sudden death of longtime fair president Harlan Holm. The Oregon farmer and ardent volunteer for the fair passed away last fall.

“We had a huge loss this year in losing Harlan,” said Jozefowicz, who asked for a moment of silence for Holm. “It was a shock and left a huge hole in the fair family.”

Outgoing 2019 Miss Ogle County Adrianna Costa of Byron said it had been an honor to represent the county for 2 years.

“Thank you for letting me be your queen for 2 years,” said Costa.

The event started at 5:30 p.m. and ran until 10:15 p.m.

Little Mr. and Little Miss were the first winners announced with Little Miss going to Alayna Doane, 8, of Monroe Center and Little Mr. to Luke Gehrke, 7, of Byron, Both Doane and Gehrke had to remove their cowboy hats before being crowned.

Young Miss was Addison Dakota and Junior Miss was Ruby Melvaney, 15, of Stillman Valley.

Emma Thurow, 18, of Davis Junction, was named 2021 Miss Ogle County and Daysha McLain, 20, of Oregon, was named runner up.

Contestants ranged in age from 5-21. The pageant mimics the Miss Illinois Queen Pageant where the 2021 Miss Ogle County will compete for the title of Miss Illinois County Fair Queen.

The “Queen” is judged on the following: personal interview with the judges; 1-minute speech; physical fitness; on-stage questions; and evening gown stage performance.

The pageant, along with carnival rides, and tractor pull, kicked off the 5-day fair held at the fairgrounds west of Oregon.

ABOVE: Here is the 2021 Ogle County fair royalty court following the pageant on July 28. Pictured (back row, from left) Ogle County Pageant Director Michelle Jozefowicz; 1st Runner-Up Junior Miss Nora Hammer; Junior Miss Ruby Melvaney; Miss Ogle County Emma Thurow; and 1st Runner-Up Miss Ogle County Daysha McLain; (front row, from left) Little Mr. Luke Gehrke; Young Miss Addison Dakollo; and Little Miss Alayna Doane. LEFT: Emma Thurow, 18, of Davis Junction reacts as she is chosen Miss Ogle County 2021. BELOW LEFT: Alayna Doane, 8, of Davis Junction smiles as 2019 Miss Ogle County Adrianna Costa gets ready to crown Doane 2021 Little Miss Ogle County. BELOW: Luke Gehrke, 7, of Byron heads down the runway after being crowned Little Mr. at the Ogle County Fair. Pictured with Gehrke are fellow contestants Kade Witlfang, Beckett Lee Alderks and Michael Swanson.

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The family of Harlan Holm sit in a golf cart in front of the new sign that was unveiled July 29 naming the area in front of the grandstands as the Harlan Holm Memorial Track. The naming was.

Harlan, a lifetime Oregon farmer, was the president of the Ogle County Fair and longtime fair board volunteer when he passed away suddenly last August at the age of 66.

Fair names venue in memory of late Harlan Holm

By EARLEEN HINTON

ehinton@oglecountynews.com Harlan Holm would have liked the sea of “Massey red” that dotted the landscape at the Ogle County Fair on July 29.

Hundreds of fair-goers came dressed in red as a tribute to the longtime fair board president who passed away suddenly last August at the age of 65 as he worked at his farm northeast of Oregon.

Holm, a Massey Ferguson fan, usually wore red during fair week to remind all the other farmers at the fair that Massey was his tractor of choice.

Holm’s family, including his wife, daughter, mother, and brother all wore red T-shirts on Thursday when they were called to the front of the grandstand stage before the start of

the tractor and truck pull.

They watched as a large “Welcome Back” banner at the top of the stage was lowered to reveal the venue’s new name “Harlan Holm Memorial Track”.

“Now the Ogle County Fair Board has dedicated this grandstand area to the memory of Harlan Holm and his efforts of fair play and hard work. Harlan didn’t hand build everything at the fairgrounds, but he organized most of it and it is only fitting that we should dedicate this particular facility to him,” said Dave Palmer of 3D Sound who worked with Holm during the fair.

Palmer said he hopes the designation will help people “do things correctly” and serve as an example of Holm’s humble work ethic for future generations.

“Thank you so much fair board and all of you fans out there,” said Patri-

cia, Harlan’s widow. “He did have a big service heart, but he loved every minute of it. He lived and breathed it and this means a lot to us.”

Harlan would arrive before the fair opened each day and stay well after it closed, often until 2 or 3 a.m. And then he’d come back and do it all over again.

“That’s how important it was to him,” said Brad Holm, Harlan’s son, in a September 2020 interview. “Several events were really important to him like the tractor pulls and the rodeo.

Seeing all the people kept him going.”

While the fair was Holm’s focus all year long, he also was active in Oregon Together and the Rockin’ River Fest and was named Oregon Chamber of Commerce’s Volunteer of the Year in 2017.

Debbie Dickson, who was the Chamber’s executive director in 2017, said Holm had great foresight, the

ability to listen to discussion around a table, and then figure out the best way to serve the community going forward. She said volunteering was his passion.

“I don’t think anybody could estimate the number of hours,” Dickson said. “I don’t think it’s even possible.

He was first-in, last-out and doing things on his own. It’s thousands of hours.”

On Thursday night, Patricia said she overheard a tractor puller’s wife mention that her husband never wears red.

“I had to laugh about this, but I believe I overheard a tractor puller’s wife make a comment something about this was the only day that her husband would be wearing red so I assume he’s a John Deere green guy,”she said. ‘Sorry guys, but Harlan was all red, all Massey.”

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Tough night for local bull riders at the county fair

By EARLEEN HINTON

ehinton@oglecountynews.com The Big Hat Rodeo bulls had zero empathy for the 5 riders who tried to stay in the “saddle” for 8 seconds at the Ogle County Fair on July 30 – including two Polo teens.

Colton Gunder, 18, of Polo was the first competitor out of the chute and was tossed in about 1.5 seconds.

Then Joe Krupski of Cherry Valley and Bernie Schneider of Elkhorn, Wisconsin stayed on top of their bulls a tad longer before they both hit the dirt.

The final rider was thrown, stepped on and then smacked by his bull which earned him a trip to the Mt. Morris Ambulance which was on-site for the event.

The number 4 competitor, Alex Davies, 18, of Polo looked pretty solid until his bull did a major 360 tossing him parallel into the air and eventually unceremoniously to the ground.

“Yeah, I made the first corner on him pretty good, but I lost my feet when he came to the front end and I just saw the ground like 6 feet above. It wasn’t good,” a frustrated Davies said.

Davies has been bull riding for about a year and a half after graduating from Polo High School in 2020. Gunder graduated from Polo in 2021 and the pair have been hitting the rodeo circuit ever since.

“We’ve been everywhere from Minnesota to Oklahoma,” Davis said. “In fact, Colton and I are going back to Oklahoma Aug. 13.”

The duo will be also competing at the Carroll County Fair in Milledgeville on Aug. 5.

“The sixth we are going to the Professional Championship Bullriders in Woodstock, Illinois and then we’ve got Oklahoma,” Davies said.

A packed grandstand watched competitors steer wrestle, barrel race, and team rope, all intertwined with comic relief by rodeo clown Dusty Meyers.

Meyers drove a little brown truck out onto the Harlan Holm Memorial Track which had the letters PMS on its side. “This is a Postal Mail Service,” he told the crowd as he tossed fake packages out the back. “We deliver once a month. I had to get another job last year because I found out ‘rodeo clown’ was not a ‘essential’. ” Meyers also had a “mock western shootout” with 4 kids from the stands. Each participant was judged on how best they fell when “shot” by the cowboy.

Joseph Sardegna, 11, of Belvidere won when he jumped and flopped to the crowd’s delight.

“Well, I just thought you just kinda die,” he said when asked about his winning strategy.

“I shoot him all the time with paintballs,” said his 19-year-old brother, Robert.

Prior to the start of the rodeo, organizers held a “Riderless Horse Ceremony” in remembrance of Harlan Holm, the president of the Ogle County Fair Board who passed away in 2020.

“Join us as we pay our respects to Harlan,” said the announcer. “You can see on the arena floor that beautiful American quarter horse. And you can see, that tonight, there is no one sitting in that saddle. You see friends, we know our good friend Harlan has moved on to greener pastures.”

ABOVE: Colton Gunder of Polo tries to stay on a bull but was tossed after the photo was taken. LEFT: Alex Davies of Polo gets thrown in the bull riding event. BELOW LEFT: Chase Adamson of Rio slides off his horse onto a steer as he competes in the steer wrestling event. BOTTOM RIGHT: Joseph Sardegna, 12, of Belvidere has a mock shootout with Big Hat Rodeo Clown Dusty Meyers. Meyers “shot” 4 participants from the audience and the crowd then decided who gave the best “dying” rendition.

BELOW: Sardegna flops to win the contest.

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Track officials stop the action as they attend to the Toyota Camry, driven by Dezirae Montiel , 22, of Sterling, after it flipped onto its side during the Open Wire Compact demolition derby at the Ogle County Fair on Saturday night. Montiel and her passenger Michaela Lebarron, 21, of Rock Falls were uninjured and finished second in the 16-car event. More photos on page 14.

Crashin’ and smashin’ all part of demolition derby

By EARLEEN HINTON

ehinton@oglecountynews.com A Sterling woman had a wild ride at the Ogle County Fair’s demolition derby on July 31 and she was more than ready to do it all over again.

“I just sent it and I guess I caught the wrong way and flipped. I thought, ‘Holy crap, I am upside down’, ” Dezirae Montiel, 22, of Sterling, said shortly after her Open Wire Compacts race. “I was kind of shaken up. I’ve never flipped over before. I mean it does happen.”

Montiel put the pedal to the metal on the black Toyota Camry and headed east across the dirt track amongst 15 other cars when the Camry’s right front caught the back end of another car, tipped, and slowly rolled onto its side. Action was immediately stopped and the capacity crowd first cheered and then became quiet, hoping all were safe.

With help from derby workers and firefighters from Stillman Valley, Montiel and her passenger Michaela Lebarron, 21, of Rock Falls, climbed out of the Camry on their own power and stepped away form the car laid as it laid on the dirt track on the

driver’s side.

The car was then rolled upright by three derby officials and with a tweak to a gas line, it fired back up and Montiel and Lebarron climbed back in and went right back to crashin’ and bashin’.

“I thought we were done because there was gas burning everywhere, but it turned out to be a return gas line that was leaking. They just taped it up and we went back in,” she said.

Lebarron said she was also surprised when the car flipped onto its side.

“We were both like whoa,” she said.

Lebarron has been a passenger in a demolition car several times and has been a driver once.

The duo ended up taking second place. “I’m fine,” Montiel said. “I got back in and there and I took second place.”

Saturday night’s run was Montiel’s sixth derby.

So far, she has had one first place finish. “I got first last year, but I think this is the best I’ve done,” Montiel said. “I’m pretty sore, but it was worth it. It’s fun.”

Montiel wasn’t sure what year the Camry was, but knew it only took about a week to transform into

her demo derby ride.

Montiel was the second Sterling woman to do well in their races at the derby held on the Harlan Holm Memorial Track.

Shaleigh Smith, 24, and her passenger, Dakota Cantu, 20, took first place in the Open Wire Young Gun/Women event.

Her 2002 Buick LeSabre beat out 3 other entries to win the $1,500 first prize.

“We bought it $300,” said Smith who has been driving since 2016.

“We had a bumper and metal so I’d say we put about 50 bucks in it,” said Cantu.

The couple, along with Cantu’s 16-year-old brother, Phoenix, took just 3 days to get the car prepped for the race—minus all the labor of course.

In another crowd-pleasing division, the Open Wire Truck, Chris Cade of Chana used his pick-up truck to pin the Chevy Suburban of Branden Albano of Polo against the cement barrier until it stopped running.

And 10 entries battled in the Mini Van/SUV derby to wild cheers from the crowd.

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‘Square’ houses are common in Ogle County area

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

By OTTO DICK During our daily trips in Ogle County Marilyn and I see many square houses. We’re guessing there are several thousand square homes in Ogle County.

The American Foursquare Houses popular between 1890-1930 were known as a box house, cube house, double cube house or simply a square type of American House. This style became known as a typical American House.

It was economical to build and today can be found in neighborhoods and farms across Ogle County.

It’s easy to spot a square home by its symmetrical appearance. These square houses have pyramidal shaped roofs with a central roof dormer which gives lighting to the third story attic. Many of these houses have a wide one story porch.

The first floor usually has four rooms including an entry foyer, living room, dining room and kitchen.

Upstairs three bedrooms and a bath are located in their own corner of the house assuming the owner wanted an indoor bath.

In one of the early Sears Square House plans, the bath was labeled toilet or store room. The rooms in the square designed house are usually square shaped.

The front of many square houses had a central front door and equal groupings of windows on both sides upstairs and downstairs. Some had an offset front door with windows above this offset on the second floor.

Not all square houses are alike. Exterior siding was masonry, sculpted cinder block, brick, stucco, clapboard or shingle siding.

Some clapboard houses featured clapboard siding on the first floor and wood shingle siding on the second floor.

Some dining rooms featured a bay window to break up the straight lines of the house. (President Bill Clinton’s birthplace is a square house.)

The Foursquare was a popular mail-order one

Photos provided by Otto Dick

TOP LEFT: The Hastings home is located on N. Fourth Street (Illinois 2) in Oregon. TOP RIGHT: This square home is now a two-apartment house in Mt. Morris. BELOW: This home is on N. 6th Street in Oregon. story bungalow. When these houses were ordered they came in a boxcar with a book of directions and all the parts pre-cut and numbered for self-assembly.

These houses were particularly common in neighborhoods near rail-lines. These houses known as Workingman Foursquare Houses had a pyramidal hip roof and full tall basement underneath.

Company towns developed immediately before and after World War I often have clusters of one story foursquare houses.

Sears offered 15 different styles of the foursquare houses. Sears also sold prefabricated homes in the foursquare style between 1908 and 1940. They sold prefabricated houses in 370 designs. Foursquare designs were the company’s best selling house designs.

The American Foursquare or Prairie Box was a post Victorian Style house which had many features with the Prairie Architecture pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Wright designed his own variations on the foursquare, including the Robert M. Lamp House, a fireproof house costing $5,000.

He inspired other architects to design foursquare houses.

Peter Hastings left his footprint in Oregon, a

Frank Lloyd Wright style house built in 1907 at 600 N. 4th St. The price of this house was $11,475 with construction starting July 15, and the contract stipulated it must be finished by Dec. 1.

Information about the Hastings house appeared in an article in the Jan. 2, 1908 Ogle County Republican newspaper. The headline was “Handsome new Residence Recently Completed in This City by P. E. Hastings”.

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The Mt. Morris Senior Center and the Women of the Mt. Morris Moose are happy to be working together.

The first cooperative activity together is a trip to Shipshewana, Indiana, and they hope you can join them.

The trip will leave from the Mt. Morris Church of the Brethren the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 13 and return to Mt. Morris on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 14.

They will be going to the Flea Market, Downtown

Shipshewana, the Cheese Shop, the Bulk Store, and more.

The trip will include an Amish Meal, an Amish Musical Play, and a one night stay at the Farmstead Motel.

All breakfasts will be included. The price for this awesome trip is $385 (double occupancy).

This trip will be led by Barb Davis of the Women of the Moose.

To join the trip please call Melissa at 815-734-6335 or stop by the Mt. Morris Senior Center at 9 East

Front Street. Reservations need to be made by Aug. 9. All are welcome!

Golfers needed The 18th Annual Hagemann/Miller Memorial Golf Outing is Saturday, Aug. 7. The cost is $60 per golfer which includes 9 holes of golf, a cart, a goodie bag, hole game prizes, and a steak dinner.

If you would like to join us just for dinner the tickets are $20 each.

Please call the senior center at 815-734-6335 if you would like to participate. All are welcome!

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hat day in the museum as we visited with Ogle County Museum people, Rebecca Middleton’s name came up again. Linda wondered if I had an advertisement from in the newspaper about Rebecca being a milliner.

I sent my helper to find her file. Neither one of us could figure out where it went.

Later when all was calm, I suddenly remembered that Rebecca was under milliners and not under her own name. The file was under Polo Businesses. Now that I have more information on Mrs. Middleton we have a file under her own name.

When Kari Mohn had emailed me earlier, she wanted to know if the home of Rebecca was still there. Kari had taken a picture of the house, but did not put down the street or where it was located.

When she sent me a picture of the house there was the elevator in the background. It had been kitty corner across the street from Aplington House and next door to McConaughy Clinic. The clinic was still operating in 1982.

When I acquired all the hats at the museum, I would look out at Rebecca’s house. I would think that we could redo her house and have an old fashioned millinery shop. But all that takes money and the day came when the old house was simply torn down and that was that. Linda did find where Rebecca’s home had been on Franklin Street as she researched Rebecca Middleton.

Rebecca was selling out her business in 1910. In the TCP of June 9, 1910 she advertised a long counter,

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Polo Historical Society 36 inch show case, and 24 yards of almost new carpeting. She is finished with her business. She had been in business since 1877 and so I guess it was time for her to retire.

Her husband, Sam, was a millinery salesman so perhaps he was on the road in the area.

Other milliners in Kett’s History of 1878 were: Mrs. S. G. Winn, 1861,Mrs. J. Vickers, 1875, Miss Jennie Mitchell, and Mrs. Atkins, 1861. One milliner not here in 1878 when Kett wrote the history was Miss Jennie Perkins. She came in 1860 and by 1878 was evidently gone.

When Jennie arrived in Polo on November of 1860 at the little depot she found herself stranded with a sea of mud before her.

As she said in her letter later on, “Polo at that time was certainly not very attractive.”

Saloons seemed to be everywhere and animals were loose in the streets. But she had spent all of her money to get here so she had to make the best of it as she gathered up her belongings and waded through

This is Rebecca Middleton’s house that stood on Franklin Ave. It was torn down a few years ago. Rebecca was a milliner for Polo in the late 1800s and early 1900s. the mud.

Later in the 1900s came the Hackett sisters. Niece Mary Ann was in my Class of 1950 and she later wrote me many stories of the hats they made. Her aunts were Mary and Kate Hackett.

Mary had even been a teacher but quit her teaching to go into business with her sister Kate. Polo had many milliners at the time frame when you always wore a hat.

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always has ongoing issues. For a building of this vintage, I found that overall it is still a reasonable sound, solid and usable building. It does present some limitations based on how school buildings were designed during that vintage, but that is very common to find in schools from this era.”

Nelson said the “overall structure” of the building seemed to be in “very sound shape”, but some improvements were needed.

“We did see some specific plumbing/piping issues that I would expect in a building this age and they should also be addressed over the next 5 years or so, along with some older bathroom fixtures such as the urinals that go down to the floor,” he said in the letter.

Nelson said cost estimates that were projected in the Health Life & Safety Survey would be just a “fraction of the cost to build a replacement school, down the road”.

“Just the hard construction cost for a new 80,000 square-foot junior high building would, at a minimum be in the range of $22 to $28 million dollars, plus land costs, utilities, and fees,” Nelson wrote.

“In my opinion, the current DLR Jr. High School is a reasonably sound, solid, and usable building that has many of the same issues as any school

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Oregon School Board President Bryan Wills speaks to the crowd after the Advisory Committee’s presentation regarding the David L. Rahn Junior High School in Mt. Morris. Also pictured is school board member Corey Buck. building of its era. I have seen many of these buildings over the years and most are in worse condition than this building. It has been maintained fairly well over the years and is still a viable educational facility,” he said.

Obendorf said keeping DLR open would not be “kicking the can” down the road noting that past improvements such as roof repairs and new bleachers have already been completed by the district.

“You have invested in this building and it shows,” he said. “Now would be

a terrible time to close it after you’ve made all those investments.”

He said “mothballing” DLR would create problems if enrollment increased and overcrowding occurred in Oregon school buildings.

“It is costly to go back into a building after it has been mothballed,” Obendorf said, adding that his review was not intended to be “adversarial” but more “informational”.

“The committee feels that the Oregon School District is financially sound. Closing DLR due to financial

reasons is not justified,” Obendorf said. “I applaud you for what you’ve done and I thank you for being on the school board.”

Urish also thanked Mahoney for cooperating and responding promptly to requests for information and/or documents.

“While it is Tom’s recommendation which is being challenged, and he must have felt frustrated, even angry, at times, those emotions were never evident. You couldn’t have more cooperative, Tom! Thank you,” Urish said.

Urish also thanked Director of Buildings & Grounds, Bill Nesemeier, who guided the tour of DLR and members of the Advisory Committee and their contacts, “who are former teachers, administrators, CFO’s, a forensic accountant, a financial analyst, an attorney, a community developer, former Board Members, taxpayers and more” and others who gave “literally countless hours of personal time to research, question and organize the many issues which arose during our study”, and the school board for “granting us the time and opportunity to study and evaluate the recommendation”.

Uris said copies of the committee’s presentation will be available at the Mt. Morris Village’s website, http:// mtmorrisil.net.

The OregonSchool Board’s next meeting is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 16 at 6:30 p.m.

Residential Latex Paint, Used Oil, Anti-Freeze & Aerosol Product Recycling Event Saturday, August 14, 2021 • 8 AM to 12 PM **Ogle County Residents ONLY** Location: County Annex Building, 909 Pines Rd., Oregon, IL Liquid Latex Paint:

Bring in original containers, no mixing of colors to make a full container. Liquid latex paint only. No dried out or hardened paint. Prices listed to the right. Cash, card, or check payable to “Earthpaint” accepted.

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Your Cost - First 10 Containers

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$1.50

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$3.00

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$10.00

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Accepted items include aerosol spray cans of paint, auto care/lubricants, food products, insecticides, household cleaners, and personal care products. Some aerosol products may not be accepted. 14-16 ounce propane tanks also accepted. First 10 items are fully subsidized by the Solid Waste Mgmt. Dept. Additional items, you pay full cost to recycle ($1/spray can & $2/ propane tank). See website or Facebook for full list of acceptable aerosol products.

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No charge to residents.

Used motor oil, anti-freeze, and used oil filters accepted, 200-gallon limit per vehicle. Empty containers will be returned. Do not bring gasoline, fuels, or other automotive fluids. If you have over 200 gallons, call 815-732-4020 for recycling options.

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COVID-19 UPDATE

By TROY E. TAYLOR

ttaylor@shawmedia.com All persons within Lee and Ogle Counties are being asked to wear masks indoors at public venues regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status.

The Ogle and Lee County health departments and KSB Hospital issued strongly-worded recommendations on July 31.

The heightened risk to children of contracting the coronavirus – because those under age 12 are not eligible for the vaccine – was specifically cited.

“It is our duty to protect the future generations in our community,” said a joint statement by the Lee County Health Department and KSB. “The pandemic is not over and we must continue to be vigilant in our individual behaviors and our collective behaviors as a community.”

Both health departments said the recommendations were consistent with those made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Illinois Department of Public Health.

The health departments and the

hospital said employers, retailers, restaurants and bars, fitness and recreational centers, libraries, government entities, healthcare facilities and other public venues should require universal indoor masking of their staff and patrons.

According to the IDPH, the new case rate classifies Lee and Ogle counties as having a substantial level of transmission of the virus among the unvaccinated.

The announcement said that in addition to children under the age of 12, the virus poses a risk to people who are not vaccinated. According to IDPH data, that is more than half of Lee County’s population. A statement

from the Ogle County Health Department noted that less than 50% of the eligible population in the county is vaccinated.

The alert issued by the Lee County Health Department and the hospital did not mention the delta variant of the coronavirus.

However, the delta variant accounts for 733 of the coronavirus cases reported by the state since June 8.

According to Yale Medicine, the delta variant is a highly contagious strain of the virus. It is more transmissible than the common cold and the flu, as well as viruses that cause Ebola, smallpox, MERS and SARS. According to Yale Medicine epidemiologist F. Perry Wilson “delta will certainly accelerate the pandemic.”

Wilson warned in a release issued Friday and posted online that “hyperlocal outbreaks” are a concern with the delta variant.

A low-vaccinated town surrounded by high vaccination areas could end up with the virus contained within its borders that “allows the virus to hop, skip and jump” to other poorly vaccinated areas.

Free vaccine clinic offered in Mt. Morris on Aug. 9

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is offering a free COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Monday, Aug. 9, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 308 E. Brayton Road, Mt. Morris.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be available for persons 18 years of age and older. The Pfizer vaccine will also be available.

You must be 12 years of age and older to receive the Pfizer vaccine, which will require a second shot for full efficacy.

The IDPH will again partner with Trinity to offer the second Pfizer shot on Aug. 30, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the same location in Mt. Morris.

Attendees must register online in the IDPH clinic system to receive a vaccine.

You can pre-register and schedule your appointment at https://idph-mychart. pchosted.com. Or, scan the QR code at www.trinitymmil.net to access the online registration. A volunteer will also be available at the church during clinic hours to help people register immediately before receiving the vaccine. If registering onsite you may experience a wait time.

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Brandon Albano of Polo is pinned by Chris Cade during the Open Wire Truck demolition derby at the Ogle County Fair on Saturday night. Cade, a Chana resident, won the race.

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Dirt flies in the air as Steve Devine of Oregon drives his tractor “Money Hungry” at the tractor pull at the Ogle County Fair on July 29.

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Shaleigh Smith, 24, of Sterling and her passenger Dakota Cantu, 20, also of Sterling, won their Young Gun/Women division and $1,500 in the demolition derby.

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The front wheels of’ “Trouble Maker” rise as the International Harvester 1066, owned and driven by Ron Brooks of Cuba, Illinois, starts his pull at the Ogle County Fair.

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TOP LEFT: Kyra Rimstidt (left) and Evan Kosick show their little pygmy goats as Laura Morgan judges during the Ogle County 4-H Fair. TOP RIGHT: Kristi Griffin of Polo steadies Jaala, a 1-year-old meat goat, as her daughter Ashlee grooms her in preparation for judging at the Ogle County Fair. Ashlee was helping her sister with Jaala.

Warranty Deeds Paul James, Virginia Diane, and Joell and Shara Tanner to Rex Corson, 357 W. Phyllis Ave., Rochelle, $116,000.

PBK Development Partners LLC to Danny S. and Danae D. White, 1133 N. Seventh St., Unit 807, Rochelle, $57,000.

Andrew L. And Alisha J. Fortener to Frank E. and Felicia F. Jouris, 8755 N. Glacier Drive, Byron, $195,000.

Hirsch Limited Partnership to Eric V. Kingery and Erin Moloney, 4972 W. Henry Road, Oregon, $0.

James A. and Eileen M. Spears to Javier Orozco, one parcel in Flagg Township, Rochelle, $35,000.

Bobbie Jo Puttbrese to Edward L. and Sonya M. Gallegos Kooken, 14473 E. Hemstock Road, Rochelle, $229,000.

Anneliese and Albert P. Masco to Anna Forth, 303 Ave. E, Rochelle, $146,000.

Kevin D. and Tonya K. Hudson to Shay Ward, 619 W. Seventh Ave., Rochelle, $262,900.

John R. and Lisa Brun to Patrick W. and Maria L. Hickman, 126 W. Diamond St., Byron, $246,000.

Richard L. and Laura Burger to Nicholas Hyde and Ashley Almond, 5049 N. Wendorf Road, Davis Junction, $235,000.

Scott A. and Mary Christensen to Kirk and Elena Rosenbaum, 7045 E. Executive Court, Byron, $424,000.

Rick L. and Sandra Lenth to Kayla and Craig Schimetz, 5381 E. Macklin Road, Stillman Valley, $275,000.

Brian P. and Katie Hart to Wendell and Patricia Law, 7372 N. River Road, Byron, $450,000.

Daniel Haeffner and Shannon McNeily to Dennis and Kimberly Bien, 2692 N. Stephanie Drive, Stillman Valley, $159,900.

Robert A. Walters to Michael and Nancy Teboda, 221 Lake Lida Lane, Rochelle, $188,500.

Kurt Kristensen and Deborah K. Servantes to Kevin Bashaw, 307 W. Mason St., Polo, $42,000.

Orval L. and Judith A. Gearhart to Jason E. Stombaugh, 6151 N. River Drive, Oregon, $30,000.

James M. and Shaye Tate to LKBL Properties LLC, 110 N. Fifth St., Oregon, $61,000.

Christopher Lee and Jessica L. Throw to Julie Kennelly, 801 S. Second St., Oregon, $125,000.

Michael T. Clausen to Natalie R. Christian, 423 E. Hill St., Mt. Morris,

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Eric N. Tonjes to Kelsey R. Anderson, 318 Pine St., Stillman Valley, $170,000.

The late Gail N. Westfall by heirs, Jennifer N. Travis and Chelsea L. Miller to Jeffrey E. and Chelsea L. Miller, 589 W. Jennie Lane, Oregon, $0. $85,000.

Teresa K. Nehrkorn to Jordan and Rachel Plock, 203 N. 13th St., Oregon, $266,000.

Contry Homes Group LLC to Tirso G. Guerrero and Rebecca Velazquez, 1548 Warrenton Drive, Byron, $239,583.

Blackhawk Reserve LLC to Contry Homes Group LLC, 1548 Warrenton Drive, Byron, $0.

Eduardo Ramos to Anthony and Jessica Stratton, 2023 US Route 251, Chana, $127,000.

James F. and Merilyn D. May to Seldal Properties LLC, 101 W. Seventh Ave., Rochelle, $540,000.

Christina S. Hiner to Patrick Homeyer, 604 Main St., Leaf River, $145,000.

The late Larry Adamson by heirs to Valley Point Holding Corp., 6636 N. Mulford Road, Davis Juction, $65,000.

Quit Claim Deeds Cheri Burgett to Sheena and Christopher Dobbs, 8964 N. Main St., Leaf River, $0.

Jamie Tuneberg to Andrea Brinkmeyer, 314 Woodland Flower Circle, Davis Junction, $0.

Robert J. and Mary Ann Arn Living Trust, Robert J. and Mary Ann Arn trustees to Prattana and Michael G. Hammes, 135 W. 2nd St., Byron, $217,000.

Wayne C. Ehman Trust 101, Wayne C. Ehman, trustee to Loves Travel Stops and Country Stores Inc., one parcel in Monroe Township, Davis Junction, $1,655,875.

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POLO POLICE July 27 Ricky J. Rippy, 22, of Polo, was arrested at 3:40 p.m. for domestic battery. Rippy was transported to the Ogle County Jail.

July 30 Bonnie L. Johnson, 45, of Steward, was cited at 4 p.m. for speeding 45 mph in a 30 mph speed zone. Johnson was released on an I-Bond.

Timothy E. Witmer, 64, of Polo, was cited at 5:31 p.m. for failure to yield.

Witmer was released on an I-Bond.

Callie Oneil, 30, of Polo, was cited at 7:01 p.m. for speeding 45 mph in a 30 mph speed zone. Oneil was released on an I-Bond.

Patrick C. Jones, 45, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was cited at 8:57 p.m. for speeding 45 mph in a 30 mph speed zone. Jones was released on an I-Bond.

Aug. 1 Daniel William Rubbert, 26, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was cited at 3:53 p.m. for speeding 44 mph in a 30 mph speed zone. Rubbert was released on an I-Bond.

Thomas M. Murray, 44, of Naperville, was cited at 5 p.m. for speeding 39 mph in a 30 mph speed zone. Murray was released on an I-Bond.

Jill C. Kopacz, 33, of Hampshire, was cited at 5:48 p.m. for speeding 46 mph in 30 mph speed zone. Kopacz was released on an I-Bond.

General Calls for Service July 19 through Aug. 1 Citizen Complaints/Assist.............. 26 Animal Complaint ...............................5 Disturbance/Domestic.......................4 Ordinance Violations.......................... 1 Fire/Medical Assist.............................7 Alarm/Open Door................................2 Lock Out ...............................................2 911 Hang Up .........................................2 Traffic Stops...................................... 54 County Assists..................................... 1

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Oregon Police Chief Shawn Melville reports the following activity.

July 27 At 3:20 p.m., police responded to a disturbance at 103 Jones Terrace resulting in the arrest of Thomas A. Bradshaw, 28, of Oregon, for domestic battery. Bradshaw was transported to the Ogle County Jail.

Payton G. Evenson, 16, of Rock Falls, was issued a citation at 10:30 p.m. for no valid driver’s license – graduated driver’s license (GDL) not valid after 10 p.m. A passenger in Evenson’s vehicle, Joseph C. Rivera, 41, of Rock Falls, was arrested on an outstanding Lee County warrant for failure to appear; on an outstanding Whiteside County warrant for felony criminal damage; for possession of a controlled substance, obstructing and resisting a peace officer, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Rivera was transported to the Ogle County Jail. Evenson was released into a guardian’s custody. These violations occurred in the 100 block of S. 4th Street.

July 28 At 11:42 p.m., police investigated a two-vehicle traffic crash in the parking lot of the Subway

restaurant, located at 511 W. Washington Street, involving a 2005 Dodge driven by Catherine Sobecki, 56, of Oregon, that struck a parked 2017 Honda owned by Clifford A. Freeman, 74, of Byron. No citations were issued.

July 29 Timothy A. Cline, 35, of Mt. Morris, was issued a citation at 6:27 p.m. for disregarding a stop sign. This violation occurred at the intersection of 500 W. Washington and N. 6th Street.

Two parking ticket and 6 verbal warnings were issued July 26-Aug 1.

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Rock Falls motorcyclist, 66, dies after July 31 collision

A 66-year-old Rock Falls motorcyclist passed away after being struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Pines Road and Lowell Park Road on Saturday, July 31.

Terry E. Richards succumbed to his injuries after being airlifted to Javon Bea Hospital in Rockford following the 2:30 p.m. accident, the Illi-

nois State Police said in a news release Monday morning.

Police said Katherine E. McConnell, 30, of Rock Falls, was northbound on Lowell Park Road when she failed to yield and struck Richards who was headed east on Pines Road.

McConnell was transported to KSB Hospital in

Dixon by the Polo Ambulance.

She has been charged with failure to yield, having no driver’s license, and having no insurance.

More charges may be pending, the release said.

The Ogle County Sheriff’s Department assisted at the scene.

OBITUARY CAROL JEAN (PIEFER) KOELLER Born: December 3, 1936 Died: July 30, 2021

Carol Jean (Piefer) Koeller, 84, of Forreston, went to her eternal home on Friday, July 30, 2021 while at Swedish American Hospital, Rockford, IL following

a brief illness.

Carol was born in Lafayette Township, WI on December 3, 1936, to Melvin and Gladys (Mammoser) Piefer. She married Wayne Koeller on January 28, 1956. He passed away June 21, 2014.

She graduated from Warren High School in 1954 and went on to attend Beauty School in Freeport. She was a homemaker for many years, a beautician in their home, and then worked and retired from Micro Switch. She continued to work part-time at Uniquely Yours Quilt Shop, Orangeville, IL. She was a current member of Forreston United Methodist Church, and a previous member of Faith United Methodist Church in Freeport.

She loved Christmas, having an extensive collection of Santas, and family get-togethers.

She had a long time passion for quilting and thoroughly enjoyed giving many quilted items as gifts to family and friends.

For many years, she and Wayne enjoyed

camping and spending winters in Texas.

She is survived by her five children, Cynthia Bahr of Forreston, Tamela (Kenneth) Vinnedge of Forreston, Timothy (Brenda) Koeller of Byron, Gary (Jane) Koeller of Forreston, and Sherri (Tom) Seipts of Pecatonica; 12 grandchildren, Christina (Jason) Tillery, Joshua (Jennifer) Vinnedge, Ryan Bahr, Kyle (Lindsay) Vinnedge, Cari (Ben) Modlinger, Justin Koeller, Brittany (Dane) Busker, Kelsey (Travis) Ross, Brian Koeller, Allison (Ben Parlapiano) Seipts, Erin (Adam Holland) Seipts, and Brent Koeller; 14 great-grandchildren, Abigayle (Alex Baumann), Emalee ,Victoria, Hayden, Hannah, Beckett, Reid, Delaney, Jaxon, Aubrey, Vander, Joseph, Willa and Owen; two stepgrandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren, and 1 great-

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Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle reports the following activity.

July 28 At approximately 12:26 a.m., Ogle County Deputies conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 39 at mile marker 109 southbound. After investigation, deputies arrested Dayton Nielson, 23 of Fairmont, Minnesota, on an active nationwide Minnesota state arrest warrant for a parole violation. Deputies also arrested the passenger, Shawn Gaston, 31 of Peru, for possession of methamphetamines and unlawful possession of cannabis/ passenger (improper container). Nielson and Gaston were transported to the Ogle County Jail. Nielson was also cited for speeding 93 mph in a 70 mph speed zone.

At 05:35 a.m., deputies responded to a one-vehicle rollover accident in the 5000 block of S. Freeport Road. After an investigation, Deputies learned that the driver, Chad Oldham, 32, of Milledgeville was traveling southbound on Freeport Road when he lost control of his 2013 Buick LaCrosse and entered the eastbound ditch where his vehicle rolled over. Oldham

was transported to KSB hospital by Polo Ambulance for minor injuries. The accident is still under investigation.

July 29 At approximately 4:50 p.m. deputies stopped a vehicle on Illinois 2 north of Oregon for a traffic violation. Pursuant to the stop, Joseph Lones, 34, of Loves Park was arrested for no valid driver’s license and not wearing a seat belt. Lones was transported to the Ogle County Jail.

At approximately 10:30 p.m., deputies stopped a vehicle on Illinois 2 north of Oregon for speeding. Pursuant to the stop, Barbara A Smith, 32, of Rockford was cited for unlawful possession of cannabis as a driver and speeding. A passenger in the vehicle, Joshua D Smith, 35, of Rockford was cited for unlawful possession of cannabis as a passenger. Both individuals were released from the scene on an I-bond with a court appearance at a later date.

July 30 Daliyah Jones, 19, of Rockford was arrested for driving without a license following a traffic stop on Illinois 64 near Woodlawn Road for speeding. Jones was transported to the Ogle County Jail.

July 31 At 1:10 p.m., deputies were dispatched to Lanark Road and Illinois 26 for a male subject that was in the roadway sleeping and possibly intoxicated in his vehicle.

After further investigation, Michael Frey, 56, of Polo, was arrested for driving while license revoked, driving while under the influence of alcohol, and illegal transportation of alcohol. It was later learned that Frey was also involved in a property damage accident at Springdale Road and Illinois 26. He was also cited for leaving the scene of a property damage accident.

Frey was additionally charged with felony aggravated driving while under the influence. Frey was transported to the Ogle County Jail.

Aug. 2 Melissa Burns, 39 of Polo, was arrested at 9:46 p.m. for driving while license revoked following a traffic stop in the 600 block of East Washington St. in Oregon.

Burns was also cited for loud exhaust and operating an uninsured motor vehicle.

Burns was transported to the Ogle County Jail where she was held in lieu of bond.

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Illinois State Police District 1 Commander, Captain Matthew Hodgdon, has announced District 1 enforcement figures and activity for July.

Illinois State Police District 1 Troopers issued 291 citations, 498 written warnings, and made 10 criminal arrests during the month of July.

Speeding accounted for 138 citations, 18 citations were issued for occupant restraint violations, and 25 citations were issued for distracted driving violations.

There were 23 arrests for no valid driver’s license or driving while license suspended/ revoked.

Troopers investigated 20 traffic crashes, assisted 122 motorists, and conducted 167 commercial motor vehicle inspections,35 of which were placed out-of-service for safety reasons. There were 4 arrests for driving under the influence.

District 1, which encompasses Carroll, Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside counties, investigated one fatal traffic crash in July.

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ORDINANCE 2020 - 3 ANNUAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING THE 1ST DAY OF JULY, 2021 AND ENDING THE 30TH DAY OF JUNE, 2022 WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees of the Oregon Public Library District, of the County of Ogle, State of Illinois, has prepared or caused to be prepared a tentative form of the Annual Budget and Appropriation for said Public Library District for the fiscal year beginning July l, 2021 and ending June 30, 2022 and the same has been conveniently available for public inspection for at least thirty (30) days prior to final action thereon; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held as to such Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance on July 15, 2021, notice of which was given at least thirty (30) days prior thereto by publishing notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the Oregon Public Library District; and WHEREAS, all other legal requirements have been duly complied with by the Board of Trustees of the Oregon Public Library District; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OREGON PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, IN THE COUNTY OF OGLE, STATE OF ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS: Section l: That the following sums, or so much thereof as by law may be authorized, be and the same are hereby budgeted, set aside and appropriated for the specified Library Purposes for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2022; and the objects and purposes for which said appropriations are made, and the amounts thereby appropriated are as follows; to-wit: FOR CORPORATE PURPOSES [75 ILCS 16/35-5]: l. For automation $ 8,500.00 2. For library materials $ 34,000.00 3. For staff salaries & benefits $ 138,350.00 4. For professional fees a. accounting $ 1,700.00 b. legal fees $ 2,000.00 $ 3,700.00 5. For summer reading program $ 1,500.00 6. For programming and advertising $ 5,750.00 7. For library Development a. miscellaneous expenses$ 500.00 b. mileage & expenses $ 850.00 c. professional memberships $ 500.00 d. workshops & education $ 500.00 $ 2,350.00 8. For contractual services a. copier contract $ 1,000.00 b. Computer support $ 7,500.00 c. technology $ 4,500.00 d. miscellaneous $ 2,000.00 $ 15,000.00 9. For postage $ 2,000.00 10. For Art restoration & gallery expense $ 6,000.00 11. For supplies $ 4,500.00 12. For telephone & utilities $ 6,000.00 13. For library equipment/furniture $ 1,000.00 14. For contingencies $ 15,000.00 15. For miscellaneous expenses $ 6,500.00 TOTAL $ 250,150.00 FOR SOCIAL SECURITY FUND PURPOSES [40 ILCS 5/21-110; 21-110.1]: l. Social Security (FICA/Medicare) Taxes $ 21,500.00 TOTAL $ 21,500.00 FOR ILL. MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT FUND [40 ILCS 5/7-105; 7-171]: l. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund $ 22,850.00 TOTAL $ 22,850.00 FOR AUDIT PURPOSES [75 ILCS 16/30-45 and 50 ILCS 310/9]: l. Contractual Services-Audit $ 8,000.00 TOTAL $ 8,000.00 FOR LIABILITY, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, [745 ILCS 10/9-107]: l. Insurance (including public liability insurance;

property damage (fire) insurance; treasurer’s bond) $ 14,000.00 $ 9,500.00 2. Insurance specialty collection 3. Risk Management/Loss Control Program $ 25,000.00 4. Workers’ compensation insurance $ 2,000.00 5. Contingency $ 5,000.00 TOTAL $ 55,500.00 FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE FUND: [75 ILCS 16/35-5]: l. Building Maintenance Costs: a. repairs & maintenance $ 20,000.00 b. custodian $ 3,000.00 $23,000.00 2. Contingency $ 2,500.00 TOTAL $ 25,500.00 FOR THE PURPOSE OF A WORKING CASH FUND [75 ILCS 16/35-35]: l. For Working Cash Fund $ 123,500.00 TOTAL $ 123,500.00 FOR SPECIAL RESERVE FUND [75 ILCS 16/40-50]: l. Building Fund $180,000.00 2. Contingency $ 5,000.00 TOTAL $185,000.00 Section 2: Appropriated for the foregoing expenses from: Projected cash on hand July 1, 2021 $ 1,400.00 Special Reserve Fund $ 155,000.00 Social Security Funds $ 10,000.00 Ill. Municipal Retirement Funds $ 1,000.00 Working Cash Funds $ 60,000.00 Miscellaneous gifts and donations $ 20,000.00 Income of interest $ 5,200.00 Personal property replacement taxes $ 10,200.00 Special purpose grants $ 9,100.00 Photocopy, cards, fax, and miscellaneous $ 14,250.00 Tax for General Corporate Library purposes $ 190,000.00 Tax for Social Security purposes $ 11,500.00 Tax for Ill. Municipal Retirement Fund $ 21,850.00 Tax for Audit purposes $ 8,000.00 Tax for Liability and Insurance $ 55,500.00 Tax for Working Cash Fund $ 63,500.00 Tax for Maintenance purposes $ 25,500.00 Expected cash on hand June 30, 2021 $ 0 Section 3: Any unexpended balances in the General Library Fund, and Maintenance Fund appropriations will be deposited into the Special Reserve Fund pursuant to a plan in accordance with Article 40 of Chapter 75, Illinois Compiled Statutes.

Section 4: The Secretary of the Oregon Public Library District is hereby authorized and directed to have this Ordinance published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within this library district.

Section 5: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect following its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.

Passed by the Board of Trustees of the Oregon Public Library District and approved by the President thereof this 15th day of July, 2021.

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CERTIFICATE I, _______________________, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed, qualified and now acting Secretary of the Oregon Public Library District

in the County of Ogle and State of Illinois; that attached hereto is a true and correct copy of the Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance No. 20213 for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.

I further certify that the Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance was duly passed by the Board of Trustees of said Library District at a meeting thereof held on the 15th day of July, 2021; that said Ordinance was duly passed by yea and nay vote thereon with at least a majority of all the Board of Trustees having voted yea on the adoption and passage thereof and approved in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois pursuant to the notice and publication thereof as required by law.

I further certify that said Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance contains an estimate of revenues, by sources, anticipated to be received by the Oregon Public Library District in the fiscal year.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed my name in my official capacity as the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Oregon Public Library District, at Oregon, Illinois, this 15th day of July, 2021. ____________________________________ Secretary, Oregon Public Library District Certification of Estimated Revenues by Source Oregon Public Library District STATE OF ILLINOIS ) ) SS. COUNTY OF OGLE ) I, ___________________, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed, qualified and now acting Secretary of the Oregon Public Library District in the County of Ogle and State of Illinois; that the following is a true and correct estimate of revenues, by sources, anticipated to be received by the Oregon Public Library District for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.

Projected cash on hand July 1, 2021 $ 3,750.00 From Special Reserve Fund $ 185,000.00 From Social Security Funds $ 10,000.00 From Ill. Municipal Retirement Funds $ 1,000.00 From Working Cash Funds $ 60,000.00 Gifts and donations $ 20,000.00 Income of interest $ 5,200.00 Corporate Personal Property Replacement Tax $ 10,200.00 Per capita grant - State of Illinois $ 9,100.00 Photocopy, cards, fax, fines & miscellaneous revenue $ 14,250.00 Tax for General Corporate Library purposes $ 190,000.00 Tax for Social Security purposes $ 11,500.00 Tax for Ill. Municipal Retirement Fund purposes $ 21,850.00 Tax for Audit purposes $ 8,000.00 Tax for Liability and Insurance $ 55,500.00 Tax for Working Cash Fund $ 63,500.00 Tax for Building and Maintenance purposes $ 25,500.00 Expected cash on hand June 30, 2022 $ -0IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed my name in my official capacity as the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Oregon Public Library District, at Oregon, Illinois, this 15th day of July, 2021. ___________________________ Secretary, Oregon Public Library District

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FORRESTON GARAGE SALES Moving Sale 306 First Ave. Thur., Aug. 5th Sat. Aug. 7th 8-4:30 10 in. band saw, 6in. bench grinder, table saw, 16in. scroll saw, sander, router table, Christmas items, 2 safes, glassware, lamps, toy tractors, battery operated wheelchair, lawn tools, clothing, cut glass, vintage linens, recliner, new generator, leather reclining love seat, retro dining set, old golf clubs Don't need it?

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REAL ESTATE AUCTION SAT. SEPT. 18 • 1:00 P.M.

MARIAN JANSSEN, OWNER Property Location: 602 N. Walnut, Forreston, IL North edge of town on Rt. 26.

OLDER 2-STORY HOME W/ 3 Bedrooms. Fireplace, Recreation Rm. Also 3-Stall Garage w/ attached workshop . Outbuilding: 20’ x 40’ Pole Shed.

Includes 2 extra lots/acreage.

Note: Personal property of Antiques, Household & local Advertising to be sold same day at 10:00 A.M. Watch for list.

Terms: Cash 10% down. Balance due in 30 days. Call Auctioneer for more information.

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AKC registered Lab puppies.

1 female.

Whelped on 06-28-21. Ready to go home 08-21-21.

Parents are active duck hunters and indoor pets. Call 815-499-4670

RICK GARNHART, AUCTIONEER IL Lic: 440000901 German Valley, IL 815-238-3044

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FARMETTE & PASTURE LAND AUCTION

Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 at 6:00 P.M Sale to be held at Parcel 1 site: 1172 S Union Rd., Polo, IL 61064 TWO PARCELS- GREAT LOCATIONS Parcel 1) House & Buildings on 5 Acres Parcel 2) 61 +/- Pasture Acres

House & Buildings located in Sect 9 & Pasture located in Sect 18 of Buffalo Township in Ogle, IL TO VIEW EITHER PARCEL CALL LENNY TO SET UP APPOINTMENT!

For complete listing of sale bill, maps, tax info, and terms & conditions, etc. visit: www.lennybrysonauctioneer.com

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For Information Contact: Lenny Bryson – Auctioneer 11749 West Judson Road Polo, IL 61064 Ph) 815-946-4120

Owner, Gladys M Typer Trust Barb Ruter, Trustee Attorney, Tom Suits Ph) 815-946-2276

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OGLE COUNTY, OREGON, ILLINOIS NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING PLAINTIFF, -vsBetty J. Thoreson; Erik L. Thoreson; Lost Nation Property Owners Association; DEFENDANTS NO. 18 CH 101 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled matter on June 4, 2021; Brian R VanVickle, Sheriff, Ogle County Public Safety Complex, 202 South 1st Street, Oregon, IL 61061, will on September 10, 2021 at 10:00 AM, at Sheriff's Office, 202 South First Street, Oregon IL 61061, sell to the highest bidder for ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Ogle County, Illinois.

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

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

Commonly known as 112 Crabapple Court, Dixon, IL 61021 Permanent Index No.: 22-09-151-002 Improvements: Single Family Residential The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

The judgment amount was $327,732.15.

Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Bid Amount contact: Sale Clerk LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 ILNOTICES@logs.com (847) 291-1717 The notice of sale of a common interest community or a condominium unit under subsection (c) of Section 15-1507 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall state that the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. The statement of assessment account issued by the association to a unit owner under subsection (i) of Section 18 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act, and the disclosure statement issued to a prospective purchaser under Section 22.1 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act, shall state the amount of the assessments and the legal fees, if any, required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. If the property being sold is a condominium, you are admonished to read the responsibilities created under Section 9 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing One of Plaintiff's Attorneys LOGS Legal Group LLP Attorney for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 ILNOTICES@logs.com Randal S. Berg (6277119) Michael N. Burke (6291435) Christopher A. Cieniawa (6187452) Joseph M. Herbas (6277645) Michael Kalkowski (6185654) Laura J. Anderson (6224385) Jenna R. Vondran (6308109) Thomas Belczak (6193705) THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED

BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. August 6, 13, 20, 2021

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LEGAL NOTICES IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS In the Matter of the Estate of JANET ARLENE BUFFINGTON, Deceased NO. 2021-P-53 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of JANET ARLENE BUFFINGTON of Forreston, IL. Letters of Office as Independent Executor were issued on July 14, 2021 to LUANN SCHEFFNER, 6012 S. Springfield Road, IL Baileyville, 61007, whose attorney is ROBERT E. EDEN, 722 Santa Fe Drive, Freeport, IL 61032.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Ogle County Courthouse, Oregon, IL, or with the executor, or both on or before January 27, 2022, or within 3 months from date of mailing or delivery of notice to creditors, if required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/18-3), as amended, whichever date is later.

Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred.

E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exceptions. To efile, create an account with an e-filing service provider.

Visit https://efile.il linoiscourts.gov/ser vice-providers.htm to learn more and to select a service provider. If you need further help or have trouble e-filing, visit http://www.illinois courts.gov/FAO/ge thelp.asp or talk with your local circuit clerk's office.

Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the executor and to the attorney within 10 days after being filed.

Clerk of Circuit Court July 23, 30, August 6, 2021

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ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS RANDY OCKEN, Chairman Dated at Oregon,

g Illinois this 17th day of July, 2020 #007-20 TEXT August 6, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given by the Forrestville Valley School District #221, in the Counties of Ogle and Stephenson, State of Illinois, that the tentative for the budget 2021 - 2022 school year will be on file and conveniently available for public inspection by contacting the Forrestville Valley

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LEGAL NOTICES y District Office at (815) 938-2036 from 8:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. each weekday the office is open from August 12, 2021 until September 14, 2021. Notice is further hereby given that a public hearing on said budget will be held at 6:30p.m. on September 15, 2021 at Forreston Junior/Senior High School.

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ANNUAL TREASURER'S REPORT POLO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING APRIL 30, 2021 The following is a statement of the Treasurer of the Polo Fire Protection District for the above period and does reflect the current statements, as a true copy of the Annual Treasurer's Report as shown.

CORPORATE FUNDS REVENUE SUMMARY: Real Estate Taxes $252,699; Interest $2,432; IL Replacement Taxes $13,734; Foreign Fire Taxes $6,919; Other Sources $20,318; Grants $18,493; Donations and Memorials $5,420 TOTAL REVENUES $320,015 EXPENSE SUMMARY: General Government $36,572; Public Safety $148,554; Capital Outlay $27,891 TOTAL EXPENSES $213,017 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS (INSURANCE) REVENUE SUMMARY: Real Estate Taxes $89,325; Interest $267 TOTAL REVENUE $89,592 EXPENSE SUMMARY: General Government $11; Public Safety $85,536 TOTAL EXPENSES $85,547 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONDITION GENERAL SPECIAL REVENUE Beginning Balance $317,583 $49,728 Revenue $320,015 $89,592 Expenditures ($213,017) ($85,547) Ending Balance $424,581 $53,773 Vendors > $2,500 Alexis Fire Equip Co-$2,678; ATS Medical Services-$47,712; Bowman's Electric$6,395; Communications Direct-$3,239; Frontier-$4,078; iamResponding.com$3,137; Illinois Public Risk Fund-$13,930; Johnson CPA, LLC-$11,500; Karrow Plumbing-$4,739; Mike Davis-$3,685; Municipal Emergency Services-$4,483; Nicor-$3,523; Polo Co-op-$2,537; Polo Ambulance-$3,732; Scholl Insurance $22,371; US Treasury $6,173; Verizon $3,116; Wipfli LLP $4,420 Compensation > $2,500 Brian Carr; Charles R Clothier; Denise Clothier; Brenden Kane; Chad Karrow; Tony Karrow; James Ports; Mark Pellini; Brent Shipman; David Shuman; Jordan Smith; Gerardo Velez Compensation $1,000 - $2,499 Jake Charleston; Lawrence Ervin; Dakota Meyer; Charles Neuschwanger; Donald Sanders; Kenneth Yingling; Colton Youngren The undersigned Treasurer of the Polo Fire Protection District certifies the available funds, revenues and expenditures as of the ending date are correct.

Charles Clothier, Treasurer, July 15, 2021.

ANNUAL TREASURER'S REPORT POLO FIRE PROTECTION AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING APRIL 30, 2021 The following is a statement of the Treasurer of the Polo Fire Protection Ambulance Service District for the above period and does reflect the current statements, as a true copy of the Annual Treasurer's Report as shown.

REVENUE SUMMARY: Real Estate Taxes $347,405; Interest $1,073; Services Rendered $106,721 TOTAL REVENUES $509,199 EXPENSE SUMMARY: General Government $10,246; Public Safety $358,652 TOTAL EXPENDITURES $368,898 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONDITION Beginning Balance $241;086 Revenue $509,199 Expenditures ($368,898) Loan Principle paid ($68,073) Ending Balance $313,314 Vendors > $2,500 Airgas $2,867; ATS $324,087; Direct In Supply-$3,695; Wipfli $2,680; Zoll Medical Corporation-$19,713 (all others<$2,500)-$9,011 The undersigned Treasurer of said District certifies the available funds, funds, revenues and expenditures as of the ending date are correct.

Charles Clothier, Treasurer, July 15, 2021 August 6, 2021

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OGLE COUNTY, OREGON, ILLINOIS NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING PLAINTIFF, -vsBetty J. Thoreson; Erik L. Thoreson; Lost Nation Property Owners Association; DEFENDANTS NO. 18 CH 101 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled matter on June 4, 2021; Brian R VanVickle, Sheriff, Ogle County Public Safety Complex, 202 South 1st Street, Oregon, IL 61061, will on September 10, 2021 at 10:00 AM, at Sheriff's Office, 202 South First Street, Oregon IL 61061, sell to the highest bidder for ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Ogle County, Illinois.

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

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

Said property is legally described as follows: LOT 73 IN LOST NATION WOODLAND HOMESTEADS NUMBER 4, BEING A SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN THE WEST 1/2 OF SECTION 9 AND THE EAST 1/2 OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK J OF PLATS PAGE 38 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 387723, IN OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 112 Crabapple Court, Dixon, IL 61021 Permanent Index No.: 22-09-151-002 Improvements: Single Family Residential The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

The judgment amount was $327,732.15.

Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Bid Amount contact: Sale Clerk LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 ILNOTICES@logs.com (847) 291-1717 The notice of sale of a common interest community or a condominium unit under subsection (c) of Section 15-1507 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall state that the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. The statement of assessment account issued by the association to a unit owner under subsection (i) of Section 18 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act, and the disclosure statement issued to a prospective purchaser under Section 22.1 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act, shall state the amount of the assessments and the legal fees, if any, required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. If the property being sold is a condominium, you are admonished to read the responsibilities created under Section 9 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing One of Plaintiff's Attorneys LOGS Legal Group LLP Attorney for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 ILNOTICES@logs.com Randal S. Berg (6277119) Michael N. Burke (6291435) Christopher A. Cieniawa (6187452) Joseph M. Herbas (6277645) Michael Kalkowski (6185654) Laura J. Anderson (6224385) Jenna R. Vondran (6308109) Thomas Belczak (6193705) THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED

BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. 8190-916457 August 6, 13, 20, 2021

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CONTINUED PUBLIC NOTICE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS STATE OF ILLINOIS SS COUNTY OF OGLE Public Notice is hereby given to all persons in Ogle County that a continued Public Hearing will be held Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 6:00 P.M. in the County Board Room, 3rd floor of the Ogle County Courthouse, Oregon, Illinois, to consider the request filed July 21, 2020 of Harry Adams, Ogle County Planning & Zoning Administrator, under the direction of the Planning & Zoning Committee of the Ogle County Board for an Amendment to the text of the Ogle County Amendatory Zoning Ordinance, as follows: 1. Division 2, Section 16-2-2: Rules and Definitions 2. Division 5, Section 16-5-1: AG-1 Agricultural District 3. Division 5, Section 16-5-2: AG-2 Expanded Use Agricultural District (new) 4. Division 5, Section 16-5-10: I-1 Industrial District Any person who also wishes to appear as an interested party with the right to crossexamine others at the hearing must complete and file an appearance form with the Ogle County Planning & Zoning Department no later than five (5) business days before the date of the hearing. The application for this text amendment is on file with detailed and description available for examination at the Planning & Zoning Department, 911 Pines Rd., Oregon, Illinois or at the following URL: http://www.ogle county.org/depart ments/planning_ and_zoning/zon ing_board_of_ appeals.php.

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