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CVB’s motion to dismiss granted City to file amended injunction petition

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier

MORRISON – The legal battle between the city of Rock Falls and its Convention and Visitors Bureau will go on a while longer.

On Tuesday, Judge John Hauptman granted the bureau’s motion to dismiss the city’s request for an injunction that would have prohibited the Rock Falls Tourism Board from spending money in its reserves and compelled its return to the city.

The judge gave the city 21 days to file an amended petition.

“I have to agree the pleadings don’t set forth the injunction elements,” Hauptman said. “I think there can be more specificity in the plea.”

The next hearing is scheduled

for 9 a.m. March 23 at the Whiteside County Courthouse in Sterling.

The city filed the petition Dec. 5 in Whiteside County Court.

The CVB asked the court to dismiss it because it lacked an underlying cause for the injunction.

“We believe there is no breach of contract pleaded, no danger of irreparable

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harm through money being squandered, and there never was an agreement that limited CVB’s spending of funds,” CVB attorney Shane Nichols said.

While the CVB won that battle, the judge ruled against its request to lift the order that has limited its spending since Dec. 22.

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Airport an ‘unrealized asset’?

Middle school’s future at issue Budget deficit leads to proposal of consolidation

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Brian Brown, a member of the Dixon Municipal Airport Board, points on a photograph to where fencing will be installed along state Route 38. The fence will be installed along the north side of the property, part of a Federal Aviation Administration initiative to get fences around American airports.

City eyes Rochelle hub as template for future development

BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529 @MattMencarini

DIXON – The city is eyeing ways to set the airport up as an economic asset in the future.

Airport-related items were on the agendas for the two City Council meetings this month. The city approved engineering agreements to add new lights

along the runway and build a fence, and started the process of creating a task force to study airport development.

The seven-member task force is expected to be finalized with appointments Feb. 2, the council’s first meeting next month. Its task will be to study other small, rural airports and see how commercial, retail or airportrelated businesses might be attracted, Mayor Jim Burke said.

“We have to look ahead,” he said.

“Probably in another 20 years, that airport is going to be very, very important. ... That airport is kind of an unrealized asset.”

The developments at Rochelle’s airport in the past few years got Burke thinking about ways to improve Dixon’s.

ASHTON – A large deficit in spending over the last couple years has the Ashton-Franklin Center School Board thinking about reorganizing the schools in the district.

The board is looking at relocating students from the middle school to the other two John schools in the Zick district, said AFC John Zick, the superintendent district’s supercalls closing intendent. The middle school board met Tues“something day to discuss I never want the proposal in to do.” front of about 25 staff and community members.

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‘Right-to-work zones’ a 1st-year priority Governor: Depressed communities need flexibility to attract businesses

BY KERRY LESTER The Associated Press @kerrylester

DECATUR (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner said Tuesday he wants to prioritize creating “right-towork zones” in economically depressed areas where local officials could decide whether union fees would be voluntary for local workers.

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The new Republican governor insisted he wasn’t pushing for a statewide law like GOP-backed statutes fiercely opposed by Democrats in other states. But he said some communities in unionfriendly Illinois could benefit from the flexibility to attract businesses.

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audience at Richland Community College in Decatur, a city he said could benefit from such a plan.

“I’m not advocating Illinois becoming a right-to-work state, but I do advocate [for] local governments being allowed to decide whether they’re right-towork zones,” he said.

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POLICE Sterling Police Shirley J. Burger, 78, of Sterling; 2:03 p.m. Monday at East Third Street and 14th Avenue; no insurance; given notice to appear in court.

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Carol Rock says a few words about her son, Sean, on Tuesday at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Dixon.

Rock and her husband, Joe (middle), were named Grand Marshals of the Rock River Valley Shamrock Club St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The club’s president, Luke Dixon, honored Sean, who passed away last April, posthumously with the recognition of his parents. The parade will move through downtown Dixon on March 14.

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Last year, the school district operated with a $362,000 shortfall in the education fund. Based on what is spent this year, that shortfall could balloon to more than $600,000.

“The $600,000 deficit is a worse-case scenario,” ZIck said. “We can’t operate like this.”

If the board decides to approve the reorganization, changes would take effect in the fall and save the district $440,000.

One reason for the decrease in spending is declining enrollment.

In the 2004-05 school year, the school district had 666 students. It’s down to 520 students.

Ashton-Franklin Center has three school buildings, a kindergarten through fourth grade elementary school, a fifth through eighth grade middle school and a ninth through 12th grade high school.

Based on the reorganization, the elemen-

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The Ashton-Franklin Center School Board is considering consolidating classes to two of its buildings, meaning the Middle School in Franklin Grove could be relegated to a site for practices and other “useful” purposes, but no instruction. tary school would house kindergartners through sixth-graders, and the high school would be home to sevenththrough 12th-graders.

“The middle school would be used for practices and other things,” Zick said. “As far as instruction, if this were to happen, there would be no classes there.”

Kristy Murphy, who has a fourth- and an eighthgrader in the school district, asked members of

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In response, Bob Colwell, president of the school board, said he does not know.

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Colwell said.

In response, Murphy said she wants the school board to take more time on their decision.

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Murphy said. “It’s a big decision to make in such a short time.”

Gretchen Totzke, who has a fourth-grader in the district, said the proposal will be fine.

“I don’t see any other options, and I think this makes sense,” she said.

“I’d hate to see the school board not do anything and, in a couple years, we don’t have a district.

If that means we have to split and we lose the middle school, I don’t think that is the worst outcome.”

Zick said the last thing he wants is for the board approve what is being proposed.

“This is something I never want to do,” ZIck said. “We have kids that graduated from that school and, at one point, I was employed at that school.”

Zick is unsure who, if anyone, will be cut as a result of the reconfiguration.

“We are still filling our way through the process,” he said.

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Chad Hudson, 44, of Harmon; 10:01 p.m. Monday; driving under the influence, speeding; given notice to appear in court.

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DATELINE DIXON

Meyer steps down from SVCC board F

inance Director Paula Meyer has resigned from the Sauk Valley Community College board of trustees.

On Tuesday, she said she stepped down to free herself up a little bit.

Before she was hired by the city in September 2012, Meyer was the dean of business services at the college, working with the chief financial officer and treasurer. Before that, she was the college’s comptroller for more than 10 years.

According to Chris Pilling, a spokeswoman for the college, the seat later was filled.

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Rockford eyes on Albrecht Earlier this month, former Dixon Main Street Executive Director Josh Albrecht was named one of the 10 people to watch in 2015 by the Rockford Register-Star.

SVM reporter at Books on First today Sauk Valley Media reporter Matt Mencarini will have “office hours” from 1 to 2 p.m. today at Books on First, 202 W. First St. Feel free to stop by and let him know what’s on your mind. Is there a story in Dixon you think should be reported? Stop by to share or just to say hi.

He spent almost 8 years in Dixon and is best known for bringing internationally popular British folk rock band Mumford & Sons to the city for its Gentlemen of the Road tour in summer 2012. He turned the concert into a 2-day festival with several other bands that brought 15,000 people to Dixon’s downtown.

Albrecht left Main

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Street in September to become the director of marketing and public affairs for the Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Nursing home link Last month, the nursing home series I worked on for 6 months was published over the course of a week.

The series looked at the way nursing homes

were run and regulated in Illinois and in the Sauk Valley, and at the conditions in them. The reporting found that 65 percent of the area nursing homes had been cited for a severe deficiency in a little over 3 years.

That’s much higher than the state average, which is among the worst in the country, a result of delayed payments from the state, high regulations and other factors.

The series also found much smaller cracks in the system. For example, a link on the Illinois Department of Public Health’s website led to

an error page on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ website for its Nursing Home Quality Initiative.

As of Tuesday afternoon, that link to an error page still existed.

The page dedicated to that federal program, however, can be easily found with a Google search for “Nursing Home Quality Initiative.”

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Caterpillar 4Q results mixed; New acting state’s attorney chosen CEO cites declining oil prices

BY TERRI SIMON Shaw Media tsimon@shawmedia.com

PEORIA (AP) – Caterpillar took a hit in the fourth quarter from restructuring costs and the heavy machinery maker issued a weak outlook for 2015, citing the tumbling price of commodities.

Shares slumped more than 7 percent Tuesday before the markets opened.

The company is cutting costs as it tries to offset problems that are out of its control, like the falling price for everything from copper to crude.

It closed two Anchor Coupling plants in Sterling and Dixon last May, eventually consolidating and moving the plants to Michigan.

A barrel of crude oil in the U.S. fell again Tuesday to around $45. That same barrel cost well above $100 just last summer.

Caterpillar earned $757 million, or $1.23 per share, for the 3-month period.

A year earlier the Peoria company earned $1 billion, or $1.54 per share.

Earnings were $1.35 per share with onetime restructuring costs removed, but that’s still well short of the $1.55 that Wall Street was look-

PRINCETON – Bureau County has a new, temporary chief prosecutor.

Geno J. Caffarini will serve as acting state’s attorney, replacing Patrick J. Herrmann, until the County Board chairman chooses a permanent replacement.

That person, who may well be Caffarini, will serve until the next election in November 2016.

Herrmann’s last day is Monday; he is opening a AP

A Caterpillar 349E Hydraulic Excavator is shown Sept. 17 on a construction site in Miami Beach, Florida. Caterpillar earned $757 million, or $1.23 per share, in the fourth quarter. A year earlier, the Peoria company earned $1 billion, or $1.54 per share. ing for, according to a poll by Zacks Investment Research.

Revenue declined to $14.24 billion from $14.4 billion due to those declining commodity prices.

That was a little better than industry analysts had expected.

For the year, Caterpillar Inc. earned $3.7 billion, or $5.88 per share. That compares with $3.79 billion, or $5.75 per share, in the previous year.

Adjusted profit totaled

$6.38 per share.

Annual revenue declined to $55.18 billion from $55.66 billion.

Caterpillar anticipates a 2015 adjusted profit of $4.75 per share on revenue of about $50 billion. Analysts surveyed

by FactSet predict fullyear earnings of $6.68 per share on revenue of $54.83 billion.

Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman cited declining oil prices, which have been halved since September.

According to court records, he assaulted the girl several times between May 1, 2013, and Jan. 31, 2014.

Lovelace’s attorneys said they needed more time to prepare. The trial originally was scheduled for Jan. 26.

Lovelace was indicted in August on charges of first-degree murder for the 2006 death of 38-year-old Cory Lovelace in Quincy.

The indictment alleges Curtis Lovelace suffocated Cory Lovelace.

Curtis Lovelace is a former Quincy school board member and Big Ten football standout at Illinois. He has pleaded not guilty and is being held in lieu of $5 million bond.

private practice.

Circuit Court Chief Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr. appointed Caffarini acting state’s attorney, a move that “represents the consensus of all the circuit judges in the 13th Circuit,” Judge Marc Bernabei said.

Hermann recommended the 53-year-old Ottawa attorney as his permanent replacement.

Caffarini has 28 years of experience, 23 as a prosecutor. He was a Bureau County assistant state’s attorney from 1992 to

2009, the last 3 years as its first assistant state’s attorney.

Caffarini also was a LaSalle County assistant state’s attorney from 1987 to 1992. He now practices with the Peru firm of Anthony C. Raccuglia & Associates, but said will move to Bureau County if appointed.

County Board Chairman Dale Anderson has said he could make a decision on a permanent replacement as early as the Feb. 10 board meeting.

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Jail’s radio room getting makeover

BY ZITA HENNEBERRY Shaw Media zhenneberry@shawmedia.com

PRINCETON – The the radio room in the Bureau County Jail is getting an upgrade, thanks to a $150,000 state grant.

Former Sheriff John Thompson had been working on the grant the last 3 years of his tenure.

It will pay for a complete renovation; no taxpayer money will be spent, Bureau County Sheriff Jim Reed said.

Construction began Monday morning, and work is expected to be done around Feb. 15.

The room will be gutted and will get a new ceiling, flooring, and paint, as well as duct and electrical work. A temporary dispatch area has been set up in the basement of the jail in the meantime, Reed said the remodel will make the room more “operator-friendly.”

Before, operators had

to look over their shoulders constantly to see their screens, but now they all will be in front of them, stacked on top of one another at a 45 degree angle, making surveillance easier and the area safer, said Deputy Jim Shipp, who is overseeing construction management.

“This is a total overhaul,” Reed said. “It was definitely in [need of] remodeling; it wasn’t built right to begin with.”

IN BRIEF Man gets 36 years for sexual assault OREGON – A Mount Morris man has been sentenced to 36 years in prison for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl.

Josiaha Wills, 33, was given three consecutive 12-year terms after a jury found him guilty of three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child in October. He was sentenced last week.

He must serve 85 percent of that sentence – about 32 years.

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A circuit judge on Monday delayed 46-year-old Curtis T. Lovelace’s trial from March 23 to June 29.

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OBITUARIES Mary Rose Wagner ROCHELLE – Mary Rose Wagner, 80, of Rochelle, passed away Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Rockford.

Mary Rose was born April 30, 1934, in Hardin, to Frank Elmer and Mary Susan (Moore) Cook. She married Marvin Eugene Wagner on Aug. 13, 1955, in Sterling. Mary Rose was active with Avon for 40 years and worked at Spurgeon’s Department Store in Rochelle for 5 years. Sewing, cooking, camping, and dancing were a few of her favorite activities.

Mary Rose devoted her life to her family and the Lord.

Mary Rose is survived by her husband, Marvin; five daughters, Marla (Rick) Bearrows, Marsha (Eldon) Miller, and Michele (Paul) Hardcastle, all of Rochelle, Marilyn (Chris) Collier of Jackson, Missouri, and Malinda Wagner of Rochelle; sister-in-

law, Lulu Belle Cook of Sterling; seven grandchildren, Eric Bearrows, Wendy (Andy) Thomas, Stephanie (Steve) Messer, Ashley Miller, Zoe Hardcastle, Valerie Collier, and Christopher Collier; and five greatgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her three brothers, Tech. Sgt. Robert Cook, Leonard Cook, and Lloyd Cook.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Unger-Horner Funeral Home, 400 N. Sixth St., Rochelle. Visitation also will be from 9 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday, and the funeral at 10 a.m. Saturday, at Crossroads Community Church, 3301 state Route 251 North, Rochelle, with Lowell Woolbright, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Oak Knoll Cemetery in Sterling.

A memorial has been established.

Visit ungerhorner.com to send condolences.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s visitations: Herman I. Schrock Jr. of Dixon, 3-8 p.m., with family present from 3-5 and 6-8 p.m., at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Richard J. “Dick” Binder of Compton, 4-7 p.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in West Brooklyn.

Today’s funerals: Floyd M. Thomas of Dixon, 11 a.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Beth Lizdas-Huizenga of Prophetstown, 1 p.m. at Lyndon Township Cemetery in Lyndon.

Thursday visitation: Donald Foster of Oregon, 5-8 p.m., and prayer vigil at 7:45 p.m., at Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home in Byron.

Thursday funerals: Richard J. “Dick” Binder of Compton, 10 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church in West Brooklyn.

Herman I. Schrock Jr. of Dixon, 10 a.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Friday visitations: Donald Foster of Oregon, 9:30-10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Byron.

Mary Rose Wagner of Rochelle, 4-7 p.m. at UngerHorner Funeral Home in Rochelle.

Jean L. Gipson of Rock Falls, 5-7 p.m., with wake service read at 4:45 p.m., at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

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Friday funeral: Donald Foster of Oregon, 10:30 a.m. St. Mary Catholic Church in Byron.

Saturday visitations: Mary Rose Wagner of Rochelle, 9-9:45 a.m. at Crossroads Community Church in Rochelle.

Ernest “Ernie” Waldbusser of Prophetstown, 9-11 a.m. at Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

Ardis Mangler of Sterling, 10-11 a.m. gathering of family and friends at St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling.

Saturday funerals: Jean L. Gipson of Rock Falls, family present from 10-10:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. Mass at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls.

Mary Rose Wagner of Rochelle, 10 a.m. at Crossroads Community Church in Rochelle.

Ardis Mangler of Sterling, 11 a.m. memorial service at St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling.

Ernest “Ernie” Waldbusser of Prophetstown, 11 a.m. at Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

Feb. 7 visitation: Shirley M. Blumhoff of Lyndon, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

Feb. 7 funeral; Shirley M. Blumhoff of Lyndon, 1 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

Ernest ‘Ernie’ Waldbusser PROPHETSTOWN – Ernest “Ernie“ Waldbusser, 98, of Prophetstown, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at Good Samaritan Society – Prophets Riverview in Prophetstown.

He had farmed for 42 years.

Ernie was born May 29, 1916, in Deer Creek, the son of Fred and Anna (Hacker) Waldbusser. He married Florence Dorathy on Feb. 5, 1938, in Davenport, Iowa. Ernie was a member of Leon United Methodist Church in Prophetstown.

Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Jana (Neil) Oppendike of Prophetstown; one son, Gary Waldbusser of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; two grandchildren; and

three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Elsie Burgess and Dorothy Knapp; and five brothers, William, Frederick “Fritz,” Robert, Alfred, and Henry Waldbusser.

Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, and the funeral at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home in Prophetstown, with Gale Brandner, pastor of Leon United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery in Prophetstown.

A memorial has been established to Leon United Methodist Church.

Visit bosmagibson.com to send condolences.

Louis Ukena STERLING – Louis Ukena of Sterling died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling is handling arrangements.

Wylma Colehour MOUNT CARROLL – Wylma Colehour, 83, of Mount Carroll, died Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, at her home.

Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mount Carroll handled arrangements.

Dorothy I. Holling SAVANNA – Dorothy Irene Holling, 102, of Savanna, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at Big Meadows Nursing Home in Savanna.

Law-Jones Funeral Homes handled arrangements.

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ROCK FALLS – Jean L. Gipson, 88, of Rock Falls, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at Resthave Nursing Home in Morrison.

Jean Lesemann Welker was born July 28, 1926, in Rock Falls, to Daniel Lesemann and Catharine Marie (Wulf) Welker. She married Floyd J. Gipson on Sept. 19, 1947, in Morrison. They lived their entire married life on 10th Avenue in Rock Falls. Floyd preceded her in death June 6, 2001. Jean was a longtime member of St. Andrew Catholic Church, where she belonged to the Altar and Rosary Society. She also belonged to Sterling’s Ladies of the Moose, and served as a Democratic election judge for many years. She enjoyed cooking, often entertaining family and friends both with her delicious meals, and her sense of humor. She took great pride in caring for her home, family, and her dear cat, Willie. She also liked going to various casinos with her husband and her friends. Jean and Floyd enjoyed going to Las Vegas when they had the opportunity. Jean worked for many years on the Sterling High School Class of 1945 class reunion committees. Most of all, time spent with family and friends brought her great joy.

She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate her life and will treasure the memories she created for her family and friends. The traditional Christmas Eve at “Grandma’s” will be

greatly missed by her family.

She leaves behind one son, Ronald James Gipson of Rock Falls; three grandchildren, Brett Jason Gipson of Rock Island, Jessica Marie Gipson (Brandon L.) Hoerner of Heyworth, and Danielle Jamae Patrice Gipson (Jeffrey C.) Bertrand of Bloomington; one great-grandson, Mason Lee Hoerner of Heyworth; a daughter-inlaw, Candy Gipson of Rock Falls; three sisters, Zelma Book of Sterling, Sylvia “June” Conneely of Rochester, New Hampshire, and Beverly Goodman of Santa Monica, California; and several nieces and nephews.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Dennis Alan Gipson on Nov. 23, 2004; two brothers, David L. Welker and Daniel L. Welker Jr.; one niece, Caren Jean Welker; two nephews, Timothy D. Conneely and David M. Welker; two sisters-inlaw; and six brothers-inlaw.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., with a wake service read at 4:45 p.m., Friday at McDonald Funeral Home, 1002 12th Ave. in Rock Falls.

The family will be present from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday, and Celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m Saturday at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls, with Monsignor Thomas Dzielak officiating. Burial will be at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

Memorials are being established to Happy Tails Animal Shelter and St. Andrew Parish Center building fund.

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Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to students, teachers and community members on the state of Illinois’ economy Tuesday at Richland Community College in Decatur.

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Labor issues were a prominent issue during Rauner’s successful and nationally watched run for governor in Illinois, where the Legislature has long been controlled

by Democrats. Unions worked against Rauner throughout the campaign, and made fighting “government union bosses” an ongoing theme.

Some attendees at the Tuesday speech said it was heartening to see the new governor in person, but said they felt Rauner placed too much blame on public employee unions for Illinois’ financial woes.

“I think unions have done a pretty good job, and I don’t think we need to be a scapegoat for the state’s problems,” said Sean Gallagher, a Richland English professor and member of the community college’s employee union.

Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana are among states with right-to-work laws, which guarantee that workers won’t be

required to pay union dues on union-contract jobs. Supporters argue that states are at a competitive disadvantage in attracting business until they can guarantee that workers won’t have to pay union dues if they don’t want to.

Rauner has said that “right-to-work zones” could include designating areas where businesses face fewer tax and regulatory burdens.

Democrats and unions say such a plan would hurt Illinois workers.

“Making Illinois a rightto-work state in any form is a terrible idea,” Michael Carrigan, President of the AFL-CIO Illinois, said in a statement Tuesday. Carrigan said responsible job creation in Illinois and across the U.S. “is the key to rebuilding our economy, not selling out working families to the lowest bidder.”

Rauner’s speech touched on various topics he has discussed in the past, including cutting spending on Medicaid and the state’s payroll, and was likely a preview of his upcoming State of the State speech on Feb. 4.

“We’re trying to do business, and we have obligations to meet on behalf of the city,” CVB attorney Lawrence Gosewisch said. “It’s improper to keep us in injunctive jail.”

The city’s attorneys took aim at the question that Hauptman said was at the heart of the case: Are the Tourism reserves public funds?

“You may be in the injunction halfway house, but we have a responsibility to make sure you aren’t spending taxpayer money,” said Thomas Sanders, the city’s lead attorney.

Before May 1, 2008, the city handled tourism

duties and controlled the reserves. When the agreement was signed, Tourism received that money, plus the hotel tax, which, in 2012-

13, brought in more than $160,000. The city received 5 percent to cover administrative costs.

The CVB’s sole source

of funding is the local hotel/motel tax. The tourism agreement between the city and the CVB expired Sept.

30. The city contends the reserves and future tax money are public funds that the CVB can’t spend because it is neither a municipality nor an agent of the city.

The CVB says the reserves lost their status as public funds when they were given to its organization.

Hauptman said both sides agreed on the order limiting spending by the CVB, so he ruled to keep it in place.

“The order was entered in good faith, and it will remain in effect until further order of the court,” the judge said.

ing a 1980s property tax increase while he was an alderman. Garcia says the money was needed during a fiscal crisis.

Garcia, Alderman Bob Fioretti, and two other opponents of Emanuel’s,

businessman Willie Wilson and activist William Walls, said the city’s controversial red-light cameras should be taken down.

Emanuel, Fioretti, Garcia and Wilson all agreed that a city-owned casino would boost revenues.

Walls opposes it.

Tourism timeline May 1, 2008 – City hands over tourism duties to Rock Falls Tourism.

Feb. 18, 2014 – City Council authorizes Mayor Bill Wescott to send notice of termination of hotel tax agreement and lease of office space with the Rock Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Aug. 19, 2014 – City officially ends tourism agreement.

Dec. 5, 2014 – City files petition for injunction to prohibit the Rock Falls Tourism Board from spending any of the money in its reserves, and to compel its return to the city.

Dec. 15, 2014 – First court hearing for city’s lawsuit to recoup Tourism reserves.

Jan. 27, 2015 – Judge grants Tourism’s motion to dismiss; city gets 21 days to file an amended agreement.

March 23, 2015 – Next hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Whiteside County Courthouse in Sterling.

IN BRIEF Emanuel debates his challengers

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is criticizing two of his reelection challengers over a controversial parking meter deal and a decades-old property tax hike.

GOING ON VACATION? All five candidates in the Feb. 24 mayoral contest faced off Tuesday during a live-streamed Chicago Tribune editorial board session.

Emanuel criticized Alderman Bob Fioretti, including for his votes supporting former Mayor Richard Daley’s 2008 deal to privatize the city’s parking meters.

Fioretti says he was kept in the dark about the terms at the time.

Emanuel also questioned Cook County Commissioner Jesus Garcia for support-

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MORE LOVEBIRDS FLOCK TO SINNISSIPPI FOR ENGAGEMENT PICTURES

ABOVE: Lanell poses the couple Tuesday afternoon at Sinnissippi Park.

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Photographer Heather Lanell of Sterling reviews photos taken during an engagement photo shoot of Kayla Grennan of Rock Falls and Doug Brown of Sterling on Tuesday afternoon at Sinnissippi Park in Sterling.

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The development in Rochelle started when then-City Manager Ken Alberts decided the city would take a bigger role with the airport, and help facilitate public-private partnerships, said Jason Anderson, the city’s economic development director.

“Probably about 7 years ago, the airport, like most rural airports, was just a sleepy, general aviation, crop-dusting airport,” he said.

The city made changes to the airport’s management and became more aggressive in its pursuit of businesses. The city built a $1 million hangar, which now houses Rochelle Avionics, a fullservice airplane repair business.

About 3 years ago, Chicagoland Skydiving Center built a $2 million hangar and has a restaurant, bar and sand volleyball pits. During the skydiving off-season, November through April, Anderson said the hangar is used

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Brian Brown, a Dixon Municipal Airport Board member, talks about some of the hopes the board has for the airport. Among its goals is expanding the runway.

Brown owns Crystal Aero Services, an aviation company across state Route 38 from the airport, and also operates Arrow Energy’s regional office. as a banquet hall that can view, which hold 500 people. has been The airport has hosted a beneficial in concert and several fundthe past. raisers.

W h e n “The airport has G e o r g e become a center of activLindquist ity,” Anderson said. “And was mayor Jim Burke that’s what we wanted.” in the early He said it seems like 1970s, he Dixon is starting to do the pushed for city water and same things Rochelle did sewer lines to be extend7 years ago. ed south, past where the To reach where Rochelle tollway – Interstate 88 is, Burke said the city – was being built, Burke needs to take the long said, adding that some

didn’t see the logic in that because there wasn’t any development out there.

If those lines hadn’t been extended, Burke said, the Lee County Industrial Park might not have been possible.

The first changes coming to the airport will be the fence and runway lights, which Brian Brown, a member of the airport board, said will likely be completed this year.

The current lights are about 25 years old. The replacements will be more energy-efficient and safer for pilots.

The fence will be installed along the north side of the property. It’s part of a Federal Aviation Administration initiative to get fences around American airports. It will

help keep people and animals out of the airport, Brown said, adding that animals are generally the bigger concern at the Dixon airport.

On the city’s long-term wish list for the airport is a longer runway, up to 5,000 feet, which is the length most insurance companies require as a minimum for corporate jets. It’s a growing customer base for hangar

spots and can be an asset when attracting businesses to locate to the city. Currently, the corporate jets can land at the Rochelle and Whiteside County airports, but they bypass Dixon.

The city owns 11 acres at the west end of the airport. The land has water and sewer lines, and Burke said it’s an ideal spot for development.

Because of where the land is, it can’t be used to extend the runway to 5,000 feet, Most rural airports get the majority of the their funding from the FAA. And having commercial and economic development at Dixon’s airport might strengthen future city applications, Burke said.

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Gov. Bruce Rauner unloads a chair and suitcases after arriving with his dogs, Stella (right) and Pumpkin, at the Executive Mansion in Springfield on Saturday. Rauner drove family belongings from his home in Winnetka. Columnist Doug Finke reports that some people believe Rauner might renege on his promise to live at the governor’s mansion.

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EDITORIAL | EDUCATION

CEO program’s impact a positive one for region I

n its second year now, the Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities (CEO) program at Whiteside Area Career Center is having a genuinely positive impact.

Just this month, CEO program students have been mentioned in Sauk Valley Media stories three times.

A People’s Voice story in early January profiled Aaron Frank, a Rock Falls High School senior who is involved in many things, including the CEO program.

Frank decided to write an advice book to younger students as his individual business project.

He described how working with his mentor and networking with others were of great assistance.

“It started becoming a reality right before my eyes,” Aaron said. “It’s so cool to think I’m writing a book.”

Last week, a story that reported the winner of the inaugural Champion Award, presented by the Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce, also

What we think We couldn’t let January pass without commenting on the positive impact that Whiteside Area Career Center’s CEO program is having on students. Kudos to those who launched it in 2013 and those who support and operate it today. told of the role played in the event by CEO class members.

Students helped plan the event for the second year in a row. They wrote and performed a skit. In addition, they spoke to Chamber members and guests about what they learned in the class.

it first,” said the owner of Airplay Sports & Espresso and The Rusty Fox, both in downtown Sterling.

The third reference to the CEO program came this week in a story about Newman senior Rachel Humphreys, who took the program last year.

Humphreys created her ONE STUDENT’S own business, Dainty, remarks struck home through which she sells with Tim McNinch, a jewelry. She works on it local entrepreneur and after school. winner of the Champion “That class [CEO] taught Award. me everything about “One of the kids said entrepreneurship,” Humtonight that life truly phreys said. “It taught me starts just outside of your everything about busicomfort zone,” McNinch ness, and it taught me to said. network in the real world.

“And after working 37 It’s a real, legit class.” years for other people, Humphreys said she venturing out and trying plans to major in entresomething on your own, preneurship at Indiana I only wish I’d have done University while continu-

ing to build her business.

The key to the CEO class is student interaction with local business professionals, who speak to students about marketing, customer service, insurance, social media, finances, and other areas. Students tour local companies and gain helpful advice and guidance from mentors.

Students create business plans, actually start their own businesses, and leave the class thinking like entrepreneurs.

Along the way, they gain skills and relationships that give them realworld knowledge as they move forward in life.

To us, it’s exciting to think that juniors and seniors in 18 high schools across the Sauk Valley who are affiliated with Whiteside Area Career Center are eligible to apply for the CEO class.

Local businesses and agencies brought the CEO program to the Sauk Valley. Kudos to them for giving young people a unique and effective way of learning about business.

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Fight against meth persists ROB KARR Jacksonville

I read with interest in your newspaper earlier this month saying that methamphetamine is becoming more common in Sterling [“Cops: Meth making a comeback in Sterling,” Sauk Valley Media, Jan. 3].

The Illinois Retail Merchants Association and our member stores and pharmacies are vigilant and committed to stopping criminals who attempt to manufacture meth in Illinois by using the ingredients found in certain cold and allergy medications.

The National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) – used with great success

EDITORIAL BOARD Jennifer Baratta Jim Dunn Sam R Fisher Sheryl Gulbranson Larry Lough Jeff Rogers

across Illinois and in 29 other states around the country – blocks the illegal purchase of pseudoephedrine and continues to be extremely effective fighting meth crime.

NPLEx does this by telling retailers in real-time if someone has exceeded the purchase limit and stops the ability to complete the purchase. It also provides law enforcement officials with critical intelligence up to the second that helps them stop meth crime before it starts.

Meanwhile, Mexicanmade meth is making inroads all across the country – including right here in Illinois. The DEA now estimates that 90 percent of meth in the U.S. comes from Mexican drug cartels.

What this tells us is that despite our best efforts to

stop meth production at its source, there remains significant demand for the drug. In other words, too many of our citizens continue to struggle with dependence and addiction.

As the source of meth in America changes, our focus must change as well.

Note to readers: Rob Karr is president and CEO of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, Springfield.

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I sure hope for your sake that you are reading the Telegraph and the coverage of our Dukes.

Better yet, catch a home game and see how great they play as a team

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

and with a super coach.

One can listen to the game on the radio, but if you want to be “lifted up,” get over to Lancaster Gym on the weekend during these final weeks of the season.

I am getting stronger, and hope and pray that

by February, I can see a home game. I hope to see you there.

Support the boys basketball team and watch them “go all the way.”

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Like footballs, we believers need to be properly and sufficiently inflated – not with air, but with God’s holy word.

Pass it on, believers.

Governor sounds a lot like primary candidate again Rauner revives views that some see as anti-union Well, Gov. Bruce Rauner’s upcoming State of the State speech is becoming a lot more interesting.

Last week, Rauner delivered an address at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business that he said was a preview of his speech.

He ran down a list of the problems facing the state, although, once again, he did not detail how he plans to deal with those problems.

Among other things, Rauner mentioned that public employee salaries are too high. He said they are among the highest of any state and are out of whack with what is paid in the private sector.

“Our salaries are about 22 percent more in government than they are in business,” Rauner said.

“That’s one of the biggest gaps of any state in America. I want government workers to have a good life and a good job, but it’s got to be fair.”

This comes after Rauner again raised the specter of the evil public employee union bosses in his inaugural speech, a topic he largely avoided during the fall campaign.

Rauner is sounding more and more like the pre-primary candidate for governor, when his statements and positions earned him the reputation, at least among unions, as being antiunion and anti-state worker, something Rauner, of course, denied.

STILL, RAUNER’S comments about state workers being overpaid has to be troubling to state workers, especially with talks for a new labor contract about to get underway. The unions, by the way, point to a 2-year-old study out of the University of Illinois that determined state workers are not overpaid and, in fact, earn less than those in the private sector with comparable education levels.

“A man should never be ashamed to admit he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”

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Whatever the case, the stage is being set for Rauner’s speech [next week on Feb. 4]. State employees and others will get a glimpse then of what he wants to do about the problem he sees as overpaid state workers.

Quotable quote “There’s mismanagement and a bunch of baloney going on here I gotta understand. I don’t totally get it.”

– Rauner, during his university speech.

Renege? Not yet Week 2 of Rauner’s administration had a slightly different feel from Week 1.

Right after his inauguration, Rauner had almost daily public events, signing executive orders and presiding over the Senate as the 99th edition of the General Assembly got underway.

During Week 2, Rauner held public events to sign an executive order on minority and veteran hiring in state government and another to deliver that university speech on budget problems. He also attended a grand opening at Harper College in Palatine.

The problem is, all of those events were in the Chicago area, which has some people already crying that Rauner broke his promise to live in Springfield. Oh, please.

Rauner spent all of the previous week in Springfield, which already exceeded the Springfield face time of the previous two governors.

Rauner might yet renege on his promise to live in Springfield, but give it some time. Saying he’s done it after only 2 weeks in office is silly.

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Brothers could be free in as little as 6 years CHICAGO (AP) – Identical twin brothers who ran a drug-trafficking ring that spanned much of North America were sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in prison after a judge agreed to sharply reduce their penalty as a reward for becoming government informants and secretly recording Mexico’s most notorious drug lord.

In a rare courtroom display, it was a federal prosecutor who poured praise on Pedro and Margarito Flores, portraying them as among the most valuable traffickers-turned-informants in U.S. history and describing the courage they displayed in gathering evidence against Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and other leaders in Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel.

With credit for time served awaiting sentencing and for good behavior in prison, the brothers, now 33, could be out in as little as 6 years.

Chief U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo likened Americans’ sense of security to walls and

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U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon makes reference to a chart of known Mexicobased Sinaloa Cartel members during a news conference after twin brothers Pedro and Margarito Flores were sentenced to 14 years for their drug-related activities in the cartel Tuesday in Chicago. scolded the brothers for introducing drugs that fueled violence and despair.

“You devastated those walls. You knocked them down,” he said.

The twins’ cooperation was the only thing that spared them from an actual life sentence, Castillo told the brothers. But, he added, they would still serve a life sentence of sorts – hav-

ing to look over their shoulders the rest of their lives in constant fear of a deadly attack by an assassin working for the cartel they betrayed.

Castillo said the twins were the most significant traffickers ever in his court. But he said he had also never seen traffickers at the height of their power and wealth come forward to offer to become government

witnesses, as the siblings had.

The twins appeared in court with the same olive-green clothes and the same closely cropped haircuts. Both kept tapping one foot nervously throughout the hourlong hearing.

Just before the judge imposed a sentence, each walked to a podium separately to speak, appearing uneasy.

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Time might be running out for penny parking meters SYCAMORE (AP) – The penny parking meters in Sycamore might be running out of time.

The northern Illinois city is one of the few places in the country where penny parking meters are used. But city officials say the more than 300 meters that line downtown streets

require timers from a company that no longer makes them.

The DeKalb Daily Chronicle reported that an Associated Press story in December about the decades-old meters prompted communities and businesses from New Jersey, Texas, Ohio and Arizona to contact

Sycamore. But it was soon clear that those communities and businesses did not have the answer.

“No one has the timers that we need,” Giovanni Serra, a parking enforcement officer who also repairs the meters, told the newspaper. “As far as screws and stuff go,

we got all that. As far as timers go, we have a big problem. “ Sycamore officials are still hopeful that someone, somewhere, has timers that fit the meters, which have proven a draw for visitors who like the idea of spending their money in stores and not at the meter.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – No storm selfies, hookups, status updates.

With Facebook and Instagram down for nearly an hour overnight, what were legions of users to do?

Turn to Twitter, of course. To talk about Facebook. The hashtag “#facebookdown” generated a cascade of tweets, including an image of a T-shirt with the words “I survived #facebookdown.” Companies such as Coca-Cola took it as a viral marketing opportunity.

Of course, companies that depend on Facebook and Instagram to reach their customers, like the dating app Tinder, had to wait. More than 7,500 websites had services affected by the Facebook outage, according to Web-tracking firm DynaTrace.

For most, though, it was just a blip. While Facebook certainly has become an important communications tool for some 1.35 billion people worldwide, a temporary shutdown does not have the same crippling effect as the loss of electricity, water, the Internet or a city’s public transit system. It’s also a lesson, perhaps, in what happens when we rely heavily on a free service that, while very stable, cannot promise 100 percent uptime.

“Kind of like the snowstorm that was supposed to cripple New York City, this didn’t have much of an impact on Facebook,” said Debra Aho Williamson, an analyst with research firm eMarketer.

“It was over quickly, it

was easily fixed and life came back to normal fairly quickly.”

It’s possible that companies that rely on Facebook’s login tool to let people access their sites and apps lost a “little bit of traffic” or a tiny bit of ad revenue, she said, but it’s unlikely to have had a big effect given the brief nature of the outage.

“Life will go on, I think we’ll all survive,” Williamson said.

At midday in Asia, users of PCs and Facebook’s mobile app reported they lost access. Facebook and Instagram also were down simultaneously in the United States, Australia and the U.K. After Facebook was restored, some users reported that the site was loading slowly or not functioning fully.

On its website for developers, Facebook said the “major outage” lasted one hour.

Facebook says an internal technical change affected its configuration systems and denied that it was hacked. Lizard Squad, a group notorious for attention-seeking antics online, had claimed responsibility on Twitter for the outages.

Guillermo Lafuente, a security consultant at MWR InfoSecurity, said a technical fault is more plausible than a hack. A denial-ofservice attack would have made the sites unreachable rather than accessible with an error message displayed, he said. Facebook’s use of multiple data centers also meant an attack on one would have affected one region; this outage was global.

Also, restoring service would be a matter of reversing the technical changes, which matched with the brevity of the outage, LaFuente said.

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Husband hopes wife wants to spice up love life Dear Abby, My wife and I have been married for quite a while, and our intimate life became monotonous and unimaginative a long time ago. Over the years, I have suggested we try things like role-playing and other non-extreme variations during intimate times. My suggestions were met with rolling eyes and retorts like, “I’m your wife, not a hooker.” I finally gave up and try to be content with what we have together.

Then one evening she surprised me and did one of the things I had suggested. It was very nice, and she seemed to like it, too. I didn’t know what to say to her. “Thank

able spicing things up in the future?

– Etiquette Advocate in San Diego

dearABBY Abigail Van Buren’s (Jeanne Phillips) column appears during the week through Universal Press Syndicate.

you” somehow seemed condescending. We have done nothing like it since.

I doubt if the answer is in the etiquette books.

What should I have said to her to let her know how much I appreciated her loosening up and hope it will perhaps make her more comfort-

Dear Advocate, Praise is a powerful incentive. Flowers would have been nice.

But since you didn’t send any, try this: Invite your wife out to dinner at a nice restaurant. Tell her how surprised and delighted you were with the special surprise she gave you. A small gift to commemorate the occasion couldn’t hurt either.

A satisfying sex life is all about communication, and if my mail is any indicator, if more wives were uninhibited in the bedroom, there would be

a lot less business for the “professionals.”

Dear Abby, I have been dating a wonderful man for 2 years and am in hopes of getting a proposal soon.

We are both committed to staying pure before marriage and have not been intimate.

My question to you is, do I have to tell him, now or ever, that I have had breast implants? I did it several years ago, and it greatly improved my self-esteem. I’m glad I did it.

Since he has never felt any breasts, if I tell him, my fear is he will get hung up on the thought, “I wonder what real breasts feel like.” On the

other hand, if I don’t tell him and sometime in the future he finds out, he may be like, “I can’t believe you kept that from me.” What would you advise?

– Reticent in Kentucky Dear Reticent, Many women have breast enhancement surgery so their figures will be more balanced.

For the reason you have mentioned, you should tell your boyfriend. It should make no difference to him. However, if it does, it’s better that you know now before you spend any more time on someone who measures the worth of a woman by how “real” her breasts are.

P.S. If he wants to know what “real” breasts feel like, tell him to go hug his mother.

Thought for the day: I’ll pass along this pithy sentiment shared with me by former California Gov. Gray Davis. In a commencement speech to students graduating from Columbia Law School, Davis told them: “School is fair. Life is not. Just get used to it.”

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

COMMUNITY EVENTS Wednesday, Jan. 28 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Pool players, 8:30 a,m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Crafting, 9 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Mexican Train dominoes, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Wii Bowling and card games, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Card games, noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Sewing after lunch, noon, Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Bingo with the Beukemas, 12:15 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815589-3925..

Puzzles and games, 12:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Bingo and bridge, 12;30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Bingo, 1 p.m., Rock Falls American Legion Hall, 712 Fourth Ave. Wii Bowling, 1 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Second Wind Entertainers, 1:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3253.

Community cards, 2 p.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., Franklin Grove, 815456-3000.

Kings Kids Club, 6 p.m., Liberty Baptist Church, 2002 Ninth Ave., Rock Falls, 815-579-1209 or 815-625-4101.

Sauk Valley Chess Club, 7-9 p.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E.

Lincolnway, Sterling, 815-6228838.

Thursday, Jan. 29 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Bingo and popcorn, 9-10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Line dancing, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Wii Bowling and card games, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Community coffee, 10-11 a.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., Franklin Grove, 815-456-3000.

Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-2889236.

Friendly Needles, 10:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Lifescape Lunch, 11:30 a.m.,

Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon. Reservations: 815-288-9236.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Hand & Foot cards, 12:15 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

“Hand and Foot” card game, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Euchre/500 games, 1-2 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Crocheting, knitting and crafts, 1 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Euchre, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Bingo, 1 p.m. Sterling Women of the Moose, 2601 E. Lincolnway, Sterling.

Euchre, 1-3 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and

Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, 217 First Ave. Mexican Train dominoes, 6 p.m., Tampico Area Community Building, 106 W. Market St., Tampico, 815-535-3665.

Bingo, 7 p.m., Latin American Social Club, 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

Friday, Jan. 30 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Bridge, 8:45 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Wii Bowling and card games, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Line dancing, 11 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

Lifescape Lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging,

100 W. Second St., Dixon. Reservations: 815-288-9236.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Card games, noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Mexican Train dominoes, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St. Dixon.

Farkle, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Steak fry dinner, 5-7 p.m., American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-284-2003.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, 217 First Ave. Bingo, 7 p.m. Rock Falls American Legion, 712 Fourth Ave.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES Thursday, Jan. 29 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

Twin City Sunrise Rotary, 7 a.m., Ryberg Auditorium, CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

TOPS IL 1426, 8:30-9 a.m. weigh-in, meeting at 9 a.m., Coloma Homes, 401 W. 18th St., Rock Falls.

TOPS IL 825, 9-10 a.m. weighin, meeting at 10 a.m., Coventry Activity Center, 612 St. Mary’s Road, Sterling, 815-626-0034.

Golden K Kiwanis, 9:30 a.m., YMCA, 2505 YMCA Way, Sterling.

Free blood pressure check, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 6 p.m., closed, Big Book, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 5:30 p.m., open, beginners; 7 p.m., closed, step, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-3487.

Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, 12 and 12; 8 p.m., closed, 12 and 12, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Crafts and quilts, 12:30 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Chair exercises, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 2:30 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-973-6150.

Narcotics Anonymous, 4-5 p.m., Sinnissippi Centers, 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815-625-0013.

Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-441-4452.

TOPS, 6:30 p.m., Rock Falls United Methodist Church, 210 Fourth Ave., 815-625-0431.

Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., St.

John Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, and Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 709 Fourth Ave., Rochelle.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Big Book, Rolling Hills Center, 201 state Route 64, Lanark.

Amateur Radio Club, 7:30 p.m., 1409 Eighth Ave., Rock Falls, 815-946-4340.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, St. Anne Church, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Rock River Valley Barbershop Chorus practice, 7 p.m., Rock Falls Community Building,

603 W. 10th St., 815-4415327.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, United Steelworkers, 502 Woodburn Ave., Sterling.

Volunteer Care Center of Lee County, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Appointment: 815-284-9555.

Friday, Jan. 30 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

CGH Auxiliary Life Uniform sale, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Ryberg Auditorium, CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling, 815-626-5231.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9:30 -11:30 a.m., Oliver’s Corner Market, 748 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon.

Bible study, 10 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Red Cross pherisis blood drive, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointment: 815-625-0382.

Blood pressure check, 11 a.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, closed,

it’s your meeting; 8 p.m., open, Grapevine, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, open; 6 p.m., open; 10:30 p.m., open, candlelight, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 3:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed; 10 p.m., open, candlelight, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, noon-1:30 p.m., County Market, 1380 N. Galena Ave., Dixon.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-3487.

Downstairs, west door.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open; Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 U.S. Route 52, Amboy.

Reformers Unanimous Addiction Abstinence program, 7-9 p.m., First Baptist Church, 24 N. Mason Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2682.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, First Congregational Church, 218 E. Third St., Prophetstown.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Church of God, 816 S. Clay St., Mount Carroll.

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Classic comfort food perfect for Super Bowl party

BY DANIEL NEMAN Tribune News Service

Chili is in my blood. It is part of who I am.

Of all the dishes my mother made for our family, it is her chili that I remember with the most fondness. Of all the dishes served for lunch at my high school, it is the chili that I remember as most edible.

It is, for me, the ultimate comfort food.

When I first moved to Texas, a new colleague who soon became a fast friend held a dinner party to welcome me. He served chili. To be specific, he served hot chili. Volcanic chili.

He thought it would be entertaining to offer Yankee Boy a bowl of tongue-searing spices.

I gobbled it up and asked for more while the others were still dripping sweat over their first bowls. I was sweating, too, but not as profusely.

I think. At any rate, I passed the test. I was accepted.

Chili has that kind of power, that kind of status. It is the type of food you bond over; arguments can be placated with a good bowl of chili.

And in the days when roadside diners ruled the landscape, the one dish you could be certain to find everywhere was chili. And it would be good.

There might be as many ways to make chili as there are people who make it, but it is always good. Chili is impossible to make badly.

Except for a watery bowl I had once, many years ago, at a little restaurant in Ada, Michigan.

That stuff was awful.

For my own little chili fiesta, I started with a version of that hairblasting stuff I had way back in Texas. I’m not as young as I once was, so I tempered it a bit and made it ever so slightly less fiery. But it’s the kind of chili that adapts easily to differing levels of heat by changing the kind of peppers you use to make it.

I used ancho peppers – they’re poblano peppers that have been roasted and dried – which have a bit of a bite to them but are still fairly mild.

They can be anywhere from about half as hot as a jalapeño to almost as hot as one. Of course, the

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ABOVE: This San Antonio chili can bring more heat by using hotter dried chiles.

LEFT: Cincinnati chili is served over pasta and covered with cheddar cheese, a combination known as a “three ways.”

recipe also calls for a cup of jalapeño slices from a can or jar. These have been pickled, so they are not as hot as they would be when fresh, but the chili is still going to pack a fair amount of heat, no matter which variety of dried pepper you use.

The recipe comes directly from Dan Puckett, the same friend who initially served me the chili and who now lives back in his hometown of San Antonio. He makes it the traditional Texas way, with small cubes of beef (or venison when he can get it), and then he mixes in an equal amount of hot sausage.

In another Texas tradition, he adds a bottle of beer. Dan didn’t specify this, but I will: Use a regular, mass-produced

American beer for this chili, or possibly a Mexican beer. Those craft brews with overpowering hops or notes of raspberry marmalade will only ruin it.

Next up on my tour de chili was what might be the most perfect, nonTexan chili recipe I know.

This is the one I make whenever I want to make chili that tastes like chili, or at least that tastes like the chili of my childhood, which amounts to the same thing.

Beef and black bean chili is a vegetable-rich bowl that hits all the right notes. It is warm and deeply satisfying, expertly blending the heat and complexity of just the right amount of chili powder with the sweet redemption of bell pep-

pers and mushrooms.

And not only does it taste the way chili is meant to taste, it is good for you, too. The recipe comes from Weight Watchers, though it does not have that low-cal, dieting feel at all. I usually make it with ground turkey to get the calorie count even lower, and vegetarians can easily adapt it for their needs by leaving out the beef, adding more beans and using water or vegetable stock.

Any way you make it, it’s great.

I also made a version

of white chicken chili that I cook only once in a very great while because it goes straight to your arteries. You first make a roux, which is bad enough (and also good enough, if we’re talking about flavor), but then you mix in a lot of halfand-half, sour cream and shredded Monterey jack cheese.

Some people dispute that white chicken chili even qualifies as chili, because it is not one of the two officially sanctioned chili colors (reddish brown and brownish red). But I disagree.

It has chili powder in it, and it is a soupy liquid.

To me, that means it is chili. Besides, it is incredible, and this particular recipe is more incredible than most.

Which brings us to Cincinnati chili. Certain people, perhaps even most people, will deny that Cincinnati chili is chili at all. But Cincinnatians will actually look at you squarely in the face and insist that not only is it chili, it is the finest

version of chili known to man.

I happen to be from Cincinnati, and I am here to tell you that Cincinnati chili represents the pinnacle of all chili varieties and is the ultimate expression of chili evolution.

Just don’t think of it as chili in the sense of any other chili you have ever known. First of all, it is less a soup than a sauce. It is spread on top of a bed of spaghetti and then topped with a mound of shredded Cheddar cheese. A thin layer of chopped sweet onions or kidney beans – or both – is spooned out by request between the meat and the cheese.

The chili, or what we Cincinnatians call chili, is seasoned with cinnamon and cloves and, often, chocolate (you won’t really taste it, but your mouth will be glad it’s there). Some versions add allspice, as does mine, and others go for nutmeg.

But that’s just weird.

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Pasta pairs perfectly with sausage, spinach

BY SUSAN SELASKY Tribune News Service

If you dine out and order a pasta dish, chances are you’re getting a huge serving. For those trying to watch portion sizes, that’s not good news.

Some entrees at popular Italian eateries can have more than a day’s worth of fat and sodium in one serving.

It’s easier when you’re serving a pasta dish at home to watch portion size. Keep in mind when serving pasta that 8 ounces of dry, uncooked, long pasta (spaghetti, angel hair, etc.) will yield 4 cups cooked.

For today’s recipe, using 8 to 12 ounces of pasta provides about 1½ cups of pasta per serving.

Pairing the pasta with the sausage and spinach helps make a filling meal.

When cooking pasta, some people add oil to the water. Others add salt. I typically add a good heaping tablespoon or more of kosher salt. The water should taste salty.

Today’s recipe originally called for heavy whipping cream and regular Italian sausage. I used Italian turkey sausage. You can use sweet, mild or hot. To make the sausage easier to slice, freeze it until just slightly firm. Instead of heavy whipping cream, I used light cream, but you could also use fat-free half-and-half.

Spaghettini with Sweet Italian Sausage, Spinach Serves: 4 Preparation time: 15 minutes Total time: 30 minutes

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Slicing the sausage for spaghettini with sweet Italian sausage and spinach can be made easier by freezing it until it’s just slightly firm.

1 tablespoon olive oil 3 ⁄4 pound sweet Italian pork or turkey sausage (link variety), cut into ½-inch-thick slices 2 large garlic cloves, peeled, chopped

1 medium onion, peeled, chopped 2 cans (14 ounces each) fat-free, reducedsodium chicken broth ½ cup water 8 to 12 ounces spa-

ghettini or angel hair pasta (whole wheat or regular) 1 bag (10 ounces) fresh spinach, tough stems removed, coarsely chopped ½ cup fat-free halfand-half or light cream or heavy whipping cream Crushed red pepper flakes to taste Salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 1. In a large stockpot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the sausage slices and cook 5 minutes, stirring, until they brown.

2. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute. Add the onion and cook 3 minutes or until it is lightly browned.

3. Add the chicken broth

and water; cover and bring to a boil.

4. Add the pasta and cook about 5-6 minutes, stirring frequently.

5. Stir the spinach into the pasta, cover and cook 3-5 minutes or until the pasta is al dente and the spinach is wilted. Stir in the cream and cook 2-3 minutes or until the sauce is slightly thickened and it coats the pasta.

6. Season with crushed red pepper flakes and salt and pepper to taste.

Divide into individual bowls and garnish with a sprinkle of fresh chopped parsley.

Per serving: 348 calories (34 percent from fat), 14 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 33 g carbohydrates, 29 g protein, 796 mg sodium, 25 mg cholesterol, 10 g fiber – From and tested by Susan M. Selasky in the Free Press Test Kitchen

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The story, possibly apocryphal, is that a hungry man stopped into a Cincinnati restaurant more than 90 years ago and asked for a bowl of chili.

The owners, two brothers from Greece, had never heard of the stuff and asked the man to describe it. He explained it as well as he could, and then they made what they thought that sounded like – but using the spices common in Greek cooking that they were familiar with, such as cinnamon and cloves.

The result became instantly popular around the region, but really nowhere else. Some people love it. Some people hate it. I consider it the nectar of the gods.

San Antonio Chili Yield: 8 servings 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 sweet onion, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 pound lean beef or venison, cut into ½-inch cubes 1 pound hot sausage 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 tablespoon cumin 1 cup canned or bottled jalapeño slices ½ cup chopped dried chili peppers, see note 12 ounces beer Note: This makes quite a hot chili. I used dried ancho chiles, which are relatively mild; you can make it hotter by using hotter dried chiles.

1. Heat oil in a large pot or skillet over medium-

high heat. Add onion and garlic and sauté until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add meats and cook until browned.

2. Add the chili powder, cumin, jalapeños and dried chiles, and pour in the beer. Add just enough water to cover. Bring to a slow simmer and cover.

Simmer at least an hour.

If chili is too liquid, simmer awhile without the lid.

Per serving: 343 calories; 27 g fat; 9 g saturated fat; 61 mg cholesterol; 15 g protein; 7 g carbohydrate; 2 g sugar; 2 g fiber; 606 mg sodium; 34 mg calcium – Recipe by Daniel Puckett, San Antonio

Beef and Black Bean Chili Yield: 4 servings (2 cups each) ½ pound lean ground beef or ground turkey 2 onions, chopped 2 celery ribs, sliced 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and diced 1 (10-ounce) package sliced cremini (baby portobello) or white mushrooms 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 (14 ½-ounce) cans diced tomatoes 1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed 3 cups water, or 1 cup water and 2 cups vegetable stock 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1 bay leaf 1½ tablespoons chili powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon dried oregano or 2 sprigs fresh

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This white chicken chili features a lot of half-and-half, sour cream and shredded Monterey jack cheese. ½ teaspoon salt ⁄8 teaspoon pepper 1. Spray a large nonstick saucepan with nonstick cooking spray and set over medium-high heat. Add beef and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain any fat.

2. Add onions, celery, bell pepper, mushrooms and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally until vegetables are softened, about 8 minutes.

3. Add tomatoes, beans, water, stock (if using), tomato paste, bay leaf, chili powder, cumin, oregano, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally until the chili is thickened, about 45 minutes.

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White Chicken Chili Yield: 8 to 10 servings 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1 stick butter, divided 2 large onions, chopped ¼ cup all-purpose flour 3 ⁄4 cup chicken broth 2 cups half-and-half 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce 1½ teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon cumin ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon pepper 1 (16-ounce) can white beans 2 (4-ounce) cans whole mild green chiles, drained and chopped 1½ cups grated Monterey jack cheese ½ cup sour cream 1. Heat a large skillet over moderately high heat and add oil. Meanwhile, season chicken with salt and pepper. Cook the chicken until brown on one side, about 5 minutes. Turn and cook –

turning occasionally to keep from burning – until done, 10 to 15 minutes more, depending on the thickness.

2. Remove chicken to a plate to cool. When cool enough to handle, shred it with your fingers and set aside.

3. Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat and cook onions until softened, about 5 minutes.

4. In a heavy pot large enough to hold all the ingredients, melt remaining 6 tablespoons of butter over moderately low heat and whisk in flour. Cook this roux, whisking constantly, for 3 minutes. Stir in the onion and gradually add the broth and half-and-half, whisking all the time. Bring mixture to a boil and simmer, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until thickened.

Stir in Tabasco, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper. Add beans, chiles, chicken and cheese; cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Add sour cream. Serve immediately or refrigerate overnight for better flavor.

Per serving (based on 10): 407 calories; 26 g fat; 14 g saturated fat; 115 mg cholesterol; 28 g protein; 17 g carbohydrate; 2 g sugar; 3 g fiber; 586 mg sodium; 233 mg calcium – Recipe adapted by Karen Celia Fox from The Kitchen for Exploring Foods caterers in Pasadena, California

Cincinnati Chili Yield: 6 servings 2 pounds ground beef 1 quart beef broth 1 cup chopped onion ¼ cup chili powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cumin 3 cloves garlic, minced ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon ground allspice ¼ teaspoon ground cloves Pinch cayenne pepper 1 bay leaf 1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce 2 tablespoons cider vinegar or white vinegar ½ ounce unsweetened chocolate 1. Place beef in a large pot and add broth. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally with a fork to separate the meat into a fine texture. Cover, lower temperature and simmer 30 minutes.

2. Add onion, chili powder, cinnamon, cumin, garlic, salt, allspice, cloves, cayenne pepper, bay leaf, tomato sauce, vinegar and chocolate, and mix well.

Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Refrigerate overnight.

Skim off fat before heating and serving.

3. Serve over a bed of spaghetti, then top with shredded mild cheddar cheese. Serve oyster crackers on the side.

If desired, add a layer of kidney beans and/ or chopped sweet onion between the chili and the cheese.

Per serving: 346 calories; 19 g fat; 7 g saturated fat; 93 mg cholesterol; 33 g protein; 14 g carbohydrate; 5 g sugar; 6 g fiber; 1,199 mg sodium; 80 mg calcium

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Gunmen storm luxury Tripoli hotel, leaving 4 foreigners, 5 guards dead TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Tuesday, killing four foreigners and five guards, and triggering an hourslong standoff that ended when two assailants set off a grenade that killed them, officials said.

The attack on the Corinthia Hotel, which sits along the Mediterranean Sea, underscores the lawlessness that this North African country descended into following the 2011 ouster and killing of dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

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The Standard & Poor’s/ Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, released Tuesday, increased 4.3 percent in November from 12 months earlier. That’s down slightly from a 4.5 percent pace in October. Home price gains have decelerated for 12 straight months.

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POLO – If Polo was going to remain a factor in the NUIC East boys basketball race, it needed to hold serve against Aquin.

The Marcos did just that – barely.

Polo needed to withstand a narrow half-court miss from the Bulldogs’ Aiden Chang to preserve a 52-51 victory on Tuesday night before a big crowd in Polo.

“That’s what you’ve got to do in our conference this year, you’ve got to hold your home court,” Polo coach Matt Messer said.

“Now that puts us right back in the thick of it. I’m just proud of the way the kids battled. I thought tonight our energy and effort was great. No matter who we called upon to come into the game, they gave us all they had.”

The win avenged a 58-52 loss in Freeport back on Jan. 10, something that’s been on the Marcos’ minds.

“It feels great,” junior guard Brad Cavanaugh said. “We’ve been working hard ever since our loss to them.”

Polo trailed by eight points (42-34) through three quarters, but back-to-back 3-pointers

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The teams traded baskets over the next 4 minutes, and the Marcos’ Max Simmons hit the second of two free throws with 47.3 seconds to go to put his team up 49-48.

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The Big Ten was expected to have a down season. But the league isn’t fulfilling those expectations.

It’s worse than everyone thought.

“I thought [teams] would take a step back, but not that far,” said Jerry Palm, bracketologist for CBSSportscom.

“The big wins aren’t there.”

Except for rock-solid Wisconsin and Maryland and a budding Indiana team, the league has failed to reach even the middling preseason predictions.

With a host of returning players and some transfers to add depth, it seemed in the preseason that Illinois was a team that could take advantage of a weaker conference. If there ever was a season to maneuver up the ranks and secure an NCAA tournament spot, this was it.

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Minnesota’s Maurice Walker is pressured by Illinois’ Kendrick Nunn (left) and Nnanna Egwu.

Injuries and inconsistent play have hurt the Illini’s chances of making the NCAA tourney field.

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Polo’s Richie Bartnick shoots over the outstretched arms of Aquin’s Micah Stovall (32) and Jonah Diemer during Tuesday’s game in Polo. The Marcos’ Brad Cavanaugh hit a free throw with 1.8 seconds left to give the Marcos a 52-51 win.

Star of the game: Max Simmons, Polo, 15 points, 8 rebounds Key performers: Wyatt Patterson, Polo, 15 points; Krisean Coffee, Aquin, 17 points, 7 rebounds Up next: AFC at Polo, 7:30 Friday

BOYS BASKETBALL | ROCK FALLS 53, OREGON 39

Rockets learn from past Rock Falls defends Hawks’ shooters in first BNC West win

BY ANDY COLBERT Shaw Media

OREGON – In a 53-39 win over Oregon, there was little question among the Rock Falls coaches and players on what made the difference in getting their first Big Northern West win, while also avenging an earlier defeat to the Hawks.

“It was the way we defended their shooters, especially [Trevor] Otten,” Rock Falls coach Brad Bickett said.

“We had to stop No. 4 [Otten].

He dropped 20 on us last time,” Tanner Dean said.

“It was all about our defense,”

SPORTS inside

Star of the game: Jacob Mammosser, Rock Falls, 18 points Key performers: Tanner Dean, Rock Falls, 12 points; Matt Wasilewski, Oregon, 14 points Up next: Rock Falls at Dixon, 7:30 p.m. Friday; Oregon at Mendota, 7:15 p.m. Friday Jacob Mammosser said.

Mammosser and Dean did their part on offense, as well, scoring 18 and 12 points, respectively, for Rock Falls (3-15, 1-6).

Otten had a brief five-point

spurt to help the Hawks go on a 9-0 run and close within 16-15 early in the second quarter.

He would only score five more points the rest of the way, and Oregon never threatened again.

“Rock Falls was more focused than us,” Oregon coach Quinn Virgil said. “We struggled to get into sets, and they forced us to take bad shots. We never settled down and got relaxed.”

Oregon was also hurt by the loss of point guard Jarrett Reynolds, who is out with appendiChris Johnson/Shaw Media citis, forcing the Hawks into a Oregon’s Mitchell Nehrkorn tries to work his way past Rock Falls six-man rotation. defenders Noah Junis (left) and Logan Pillars during Tuesday’s game at the Blackhawk Center. Rock Falls won 53-39.

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Former coordinators get new gigs Former Bears offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer and defensive coordinator Mel Tucker weren’t out of work for long.

Kromer will join Rex Ryan’s staff as the Bills offensive line coach. Tucker is Alabama’s new secondary coach under Nick Saban. Tucker coached the LSU defensive backs under Saban in 2000.

Harbaugh to be analyst for NBC Ravens coach John Harbaugh will have a role in NBC’s coverage of Super Bowl XLIX. Harbaugh, whose team finished two victories shy of their second Super Bowl appearance in 3 years, will appear in NBC’s pregame, halftime and postgame shows.

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Vanderbilt players convicted of rape A jury has convicted two ex-Vanderbilt football players of raping a former student inside a dorm room.

The jury deliberated for about 3 hours before finding Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey guilty.

They face decades in prison.

NHL

Brodeur retires after 22 years Martin Brodeur, one of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history, is retiring.

The 10-time All-Star and four-time Vezina Cup Trophy winner finished his career with St. Louis after a standout career with New Jersey, and will join the Blues in a management role in hockey operations.

The 42-year-old Brodeur wrapped up his 22-year career with St. Louis after signing as a free agent on Dec. 2. He was 3-3 with a 2.87 goals-against average, and in his final victory became the fifth-oldest goalie to post a shutout in a 3-0 win over Colorado on Dec. 29.

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BY TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer

PHOENIX – Looking back at the championships he won at Southern Cal and the Super Bowl title a season ago with Seattle, Pete Carroll can see exactly where the foundation for all that success was built.

The 2000 football season was the only time since 1972 that Carroll did not work in coaching in some capacity, whether it was as a graduate assistant, position coach, coordinator, or head coach.

He’d just been fired by New England after going 8-8 in his third season there, placing Carroll into the fraternity of twice-fired NFL head coaches.

Carroll had ideas for how he wanted to run a team, but never solidified the guiding principles.

Getting fired might not have seemed necessary at the time, but proved vital in creating Carroll’s future.

“I’ll never know that, and I’m going to take it for the way it happened was necessary,” Carroll said. “The pain and the struggle and the hardship, and then the challenges of bouncing back were all part of the rebirth of that – of the philosophy and a mentality.”

Fifteen years after being dismissed by Robert Kraft and New England, Carroll will face the Patriots as he tries to join another rare fraternity of coaches who have led teams to consecutive Super Bowl titles.

That year out of football was the birth of “Win Forever,” and all the other catch phrases that go along with being part of a Carroll-coached program. And much like last year’s Super Bowl in New York, where Carroll got his first NFL head coaching job with the Jets, this trip to the championship game brings another chapter of his career full circle.

“It gave me an opportunity to

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In 2000, Pete Carroll was fired by the New England Patriots after 3 years as head coach. The firing turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Carroll, who reinvented how he coached during his time away.

While Carroll is set in his beliefs – and the results are hard to • Pete Carroll is one of three argue against – that should not coaches to coach a college be taken for inflexibility. He’s team to the national champitaken a give-and-take approach onship and an NFL team to a with the personalities he coachSuper Bowl title. The other two es, while they have bought in to are Jimmy Johnson and Barry what he preaches.

Switzer.

“Pete is always evolving, he’s always adapting,” Seattle wide really collect my thoughts about receiver Doug Baldwin said. “I moving forward and to get point- think that’s one of the things ed in the direction that, really, I love about Pete Carroll. He we have maintained since,” allows us, he allows the players Carroll said. “I had a tremendous to dictate what direction we’re opportunity to reflect on the going to go. He listens to the time that I had had.” players and pays attention to us, What is most telling about and ultimately he tries to fit our Carroll’s approach is that 15 needs and wants and desires, years later, it’s still relevant. and that allows us to be comfortHe’s gone through multiple able coming to work.” generations of athletes, embraced That ability to adapt was evithe eruption of social media, dent this season. Sitting at 6-4 and graduated from dealing with after losing at Kansas City in 18-year-old freshmen to 30-yearold professionals. Yet the philoso- Week 11, Carroll pulled together about a dozen of Seattle’s core phy remains successful. players.

There’s a reason coaches from The results since: an eightother sports – Steve Kerr, Lloyd game winning streak, and the McClendon, Terry Stotts, Erik Spoelstra – have made a point of chance for Seattle to become the first team in a decade to repeat visiting Seattle practice to get a as NFL champion. sense of how Carroll works.

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• Duke at Notre Dame, ESPN • Texas Tech at Oklahoma, ESPNEWS 7 p.m.

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Chuck Knoll Pittsburgh Steelers • Knoll guided the Steelers to a record four Super Bowl victories. Pittsburgh won Super Bowls 9, 10, 13 and 14. Knoll is credited with turning around an afterthought of an organization and making it a perennial contender. Knoll won nine AFC Central Division championships, and the Steelers compiled a record of 209-156-1 in 23 seasons with Knoll at the helm.

Bill Belichick New England Patriots • With a win on Sunday, Belichick will tie Knoll as the only coaches with four Super Bowl victories.

This will be Belichick’s sixth trip to the Super Bowl as a coach, and the man in the hoodie has a 3-2 record. The Patriots won the title in Super Bowls 36, 38 and 39, but have lost to the Giants in their last two appearances. He is the longest tenured active head coach in the NFL.

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Earlier in his career, Kobe Bryant considered joining the Washington Wizards.

Bryant had an interest in playing for Michael Jordan, who held the role of president of basketball operations before selling his minority ownership stake in the Wizards and returning to the NBA as a player.

When Jordan retired from playing for good, the late Wizards owner Abe Pollin chose not to reinstate him as an owner/executive, which essentially ended any chance the team may have had in luring Bryant.

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Joe Gibbs Washington Redskins

Bill Walsh San Francisco 49ers

• Gibbs had two stints as head coach in Washington, but all his success came during his first run from 1981-1992. Gibbs, who also owns a NASCAR team, guided the Redskins to Super Bowl 17, 22 and 26 titles. Unlike the other coaches on this list who each had one star QB, he won the Super Bowls with three different starting quarterbacks – Joe Theismann, Doug Williams and Mark Rypien.

• Considered the architect of the West Coast Offense, Walsh installed his high-octane offense in the 1980s and put players like Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and Roger Craig into place to become a dominant force in the NFL. Walsh won Super Bowls 16, 19 and 23. Walsh finished with a record of 102-63-1 in his 10-year tenure with the 49ers. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1993. Walsh also traded for Steve Young, which set up another title after he was gone.

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NIB-12 West

NIB-12 West

Conf.

5-0 2-2 4-3 2-5 0-2

Ottawa Sterling Geneseo LaSalle-Peru Rochelle

All 12-5 7-10 10-9 10-8 1-16

Conf.

6-2 5-4 3-5 3-6 0-8

Ottawa Sterling LaSalle-Peru Geneseo Rochelle

Tuesday’s result • Sterling 67, Kewanee 58

Monday’s result • Sterling 42, Ottawa 29

Today’s game • LaSalle-Peru at St. Bede, 7:30

Tuesday’s results • Sterling 42, Rochelle 29 • LaSalle-Peru 46, Geneseo 38

Friday’s games • Ottawa at Rochelle, 7 • Geneseo at Sterling, 7:30

Conf.

8-1 7-1 6-1 3-4 2-4 2-5 1-6 0-6

All 15-4 16-1 19-1 13-7 15-6 9-12 3-15 2-12

Tuesday’s results • Winnebago 60, Byron 42 • Dixon 49, Stillman Valley 26 • Lutheran 66, Mendota 59 • Rock Falls 53, Oregon 39

Saturday’s games Fulton Shootout • Stillman Valley vs. Chicago Leo, 2:30

All 14-7 20-1 13-9 12-5 10-7 9-14 0-21

Monday’s result • Newman 75, Amboy 46 Tuesday’s results • Hall 44, Serena 40 • Sterling 67, Kewanee 58

Tuesday’s result • Eastland 65, Oregon 35 • Byron 50, Mendota 27

Saturday’s games • Dixon at Lutheran, 7:15 • Hall at Mendota, 7:15 • Winnebago at Stillman Valley, 7:15 Galesburg Shootout • Byron vs. Annawan, TBA

All 17-1 14-4 15-8 9-14 11-9 8-13 4-13 6-12

Tuesday’s results • Knoxville 61, Orion 57 • Monmouth-Roseville 85, Sherrard 64 • Morrison 43, Erie 32 • Rockridge 72, Prophetstown 36 Friday’s games • Fulton at Morrison, 7:30 • Orion vs. Sherrard, 7:30 • Prophetstown at Erie, 7:30 • Riverdale at Rockridge, 7:30

Monday’s results • Hall 52, Dixon 51 • Amboy 53, Newman 25 • Kewanee 54, St. Bede 46 • Bureau Valley 51, Princeton 32

Wednesday’s game • Amboy at AFC, 7:30 Friday’s games • AFC at Polo, 7:30 • Forreston at Aquin, 7:30 • Dakota at South Beloit, 7:30 • Orangeville at Durand, 7:30

second-period pin at 285, and Matthew Stevens added a third-period fall for Oregon (12-11, 3-4). The Hawks also picked up forfeits at 106 and 160.

Comets fall twice at home: Newman lost 51-15 to Lena-Winslow, and 39-26 to Princeton in a triangular in Sterling.

Cael Sanders was Newman’s lone double-winner, winning a decision and a major decision at 126 pounds. Cade Bianchi (120) and Elias Edmondson (145) added decision wins against Le-Win, and James Nelson (195) won a major decision against Princeton.

Amboy sweeps at home: The Clippers beat Polo 36-30, and downed St. Bede 36-18 in a triangular in Amboy.

Damian Ullrich (160/170) picked up a pair of pins for Amboy, while Caleb Morris (145) won by pin and decision. Collin Doege (132 pounds), Chris Jones (152), and Ryan Leffelman (182) added pins against the Marcos.

Jesse Ditzler’s pin at 138 was Polo’s lone contested victory against the Clippers. The Marcos defeated St. Bede 51-17, with A.J. Christensen winning by pin at 145, and Jake Hanlon picking up a decision at 152.

Thunder swept in Savanna: West Carroll suffered defeats of 54-16 to Stillman Valley, and 63-18 to

Morrison in a home triangular.

Josh Anderson won with a pair of pins at 285 for the Thunder. Kaleb Hartman (132 pounds) and Devon Murray (138) won by major decision and pin, respectively, against Stillman, and both received forfeits against Morrison.

Joe Eads (120), Dylan Keller (145), and Ryan Kennedy (152) all won via fall for the Mustangs against West Carroll, and Cody Vanderlaan (126) won by decision.

Girls bowling

Oregon 3,289, Dixon 3,079: The

Hawks took all seven points from the Duchesses in a meet at Plum Hollow.

Ali Scheidecker led Oregon with a 636 series that included games of 225, 190 and 221. Her sister Abi Scheidecker rolled a 602 series, while Victoria Barnhart added a 575 series.

Mackenzie Kavanaugh led Dixon with a 577 series that included games of 235, 214 and 128. Emily Quaco added a series of 531.

Rock Island 2,708, Sterling 2,266:

The Golden Warriors were outrolled in each game of a nonconference dual at Blackhawk Lanes.

Magan Tintori led Sterling with a 564 series, and Paige Bauser added a 489 series with a 205 high game.

Lynzee Quade led the Rocks with at 590 series and a 235 high game.

Three Rivers West Conf.

11-0 9-1 7-4 4-7 3-5 3-6 3-6 0-7

Prophetstown Sherrard Erie Morrison Fulton Rockridge Orion Riverdale

All 23-2 19-4 16-10 12-10 10-13 12-10 8-12 0-19

Monday’s results • Orion 44, Rockridge 43 • Prophetstown 50, Fulton 36 • Erie 69, Riverdale 42 • Sherrard 52, Morrison 38

Thursday’s games • Fulton at Riverdale, 7:30 • Orion at Erie, 7:30 • Prophetstown at Sherrard, 7:30 • Rockridge at Morrison, 7:30

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NUIC East

Tuesday’s results • Forreston 73, Milledgeville 44 • Polo 52, Aquin 51 • Pecatonica 50, Orangeville 45 • South Beloit 64, Durand 46

The Rock Falls Rockets improved to 17-5 on the season with a sweep at Tabor Gym on Tuesday, beating Alleman 54-21 and Mercer County 60-18.

Tristen Dudley (113/120) and Konner Smith (132/138) both won two contested bouts for the Rockets, each finishing with a pin and a decision.

Niles Ager (160), Hunter Sathoff (195), Breu Knox (126), and Francisco Arellano (195/220) each added wins by pin and forfeit for Rock Falls. Donovan Bender (145), Matt Mammosser (182), and Lukas Pounders (285) recorded pins against Riverdale.

Sterling swept on road: The Golden Warriors lost 42-33 to host Geneseo, then fell 45-19 to Mercer County.

Isaac Anderson was the lone double-winner for Sterling, winning by pin and major decision at 126 pounds.

Isaac Figueroa (120), Andrew Garcia (145), Tyson Hall (170), and Cariel Beasley (285) all won by pin against the Maple Leafs, while Colton Stage (132) won by fall against Mercer County.

Byron 49, Oregon 24: The Hawks won two of the eight contested matches in a Big Northern loss at home.

Matthew Crandall won with a

Tuesday’s result • Bureau Valley 40, Riverdale 28

Saturday’s games Fulton Shootout • Erie vs. Somonauk, 1 • Fulton vs. Quest Academy, 7:30

Monday’s results • AFC 63, LaMoille-Ohio 44 • South Beloit at Juda, Wis. NA

Sterling falls to rival Geneseo; Oregon girls bowling beats Dixon

Saturday’s games • Newman at St. Bede, 5:30 • Hall at Mendota, 7:45

Three Rivers West

Conf.

5-1 5-2 5-2 5-2 4-2 3-3 1-4 1-4 1-6 1-6

All 22-1 16-5 11-8 5-14 12-11 4-19 4-17

Thursday’s games • Kewanee at Amboy, 7:30 • ROWVA at Bureau Valley, 7:30 • St. Bede at Hall, 7:30

Saturday’s game • Kewanee at East Peoria

Forreston Aquin South Beloit Polo AFC Pecatonica Orangeville Dakota Milledgeville Durand

Conf.

10-0 6-1 4-3 3-4 4-5 1-7 1-8

Amboy Kewanee Hall Newman Bureau Valley St. Bede Princeton

Today’s game • Amboy at Polo, 7:30

Friday’s games • Bureau Valley at Hall, 7;30 • Princeton at Amboy, 7:30

Conf.

8-0 6-1 5-3 4-5 2-4 2-5 2-6 1-6

Monday’s results • Hall 52, Dixon 51 • Byron 47, Winnebago 29

Tuesday’s results • Bureau Valley 40, Riverdale 28 • Indian Creek 43, Princeton 28

Today’s game • Amboy at AFC, 7:30

Rockridge Riverdale Morrison Erie Fulton Orion Prophetstown Sherrard

All 17-5 19-2 16-5 21-5 11-14 11-11 8-13 7-16

Three Rivers East

Three Rivers East Conf.

6-0 5-1 4-3 3-3 3-2 1-6 0-7

Conf.

8-2 8-2 8-2 8-3 3-8 2-7 2-7 1-8

Thursday’s games • Byron at Rock Falls, 7:15 • Lutheran at Oregon, 7:15 • Stillman Valley at Mendota, 7:15 • Winnebago at Dixon, 7:15

Friday’s games • Rock Falls at Dixon, 7 • Stillman Valley at Byron, 7 • Oregon at Mendota, 7:15 • Lutheran at Winnebago, 7:15

Kewanee Bureau Valley Newman Princeton St. Bede Hall Amboy

Rockford Lutheran Mendota Stillman Valley Byron Oregon Rock Falls Dixon Winnebago

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BNC West

BNC West Winnebago Rockford Lutheran Dixon Mendota Byron Oregon Rock Falls Stillman Valley

All 16-5 12-12 9-13 6-18 1-19

Friday’s games • Ottawa at Rochelle, 5:30 • Geneseo at Sterling, 6

Saturday’s games • LaSalle-Peru at Washington, 6 • Normal West at Ottawa, 6

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All 11-4 10-6 7-9 16-6 13-7 7-8 2-14 3-12 4-14 4-14

Conf.

9-0 8-1 7-1 4-2 4-4 3-5 3-7 1-5 1-6 1-8

Aquin Dakota AFC Durand Milledgeville Forreston Polo Pecatonica Orangeville South Beloit

All 18-4 17-4 17-3 7-5 6-14 6-12 7-13 2-16 1-12 1-10

Monday’s results • Indian Creek 49, Pecatonica 19 • Pearl City at Aquin, PP • Durand 73, Polo 47 Today’s games • Amboy at Polo, 7:30 • AFC at Forreston, 7:30 Thursday’s games • Aquin at Milledgeville, 7:30 • Dakota at Orangeville, 7:30 • Durand at Pecatonica, 7:30 Saturday’s games • East Dubuque at Forreston, 1 • Durand at Dakota, 4:30 • Aquin at AFC, 7:30 • Polo at Milledgeville, 7:30 • South Beloit at Pecatonica, 7:30

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Rock Falls senior Jacob Mammosser navigates past Oregon defenders Jerrick Orsted (left) and Trevor Otten during Tuesday’s game at the Blackhawk Center. Mammosser had 18 points in the Rockets’ 53-39 win.

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“I don’t think we were tired, but without Reynolds, it’s hard getting into our offense,” Virgil said.

“He’s our vocal leader on offense, and we really

missed having him.”

Mammosser scored four first-quarter baskets to give the Rockets a 10-point lead. After Oregon went on its second-quarter run, sophomore Logan Pillars cooled them off with five straight points, and

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Noah Junis hit a longrange 3-pointer at the buzzer for a 27-20 halftime lead.

“We did a nice job of sharing the ball and not worrying about who was scoring,” Bickett said.

Dean increased that advantage to 32-20, while Oregon remained scoreless for the first 4:40 of the third quarter.

Matt Wasilewski, who led the Hawks with 14 points, tried to get his team back in it in the

second half, but it was Dean and Mammosser combining for 12 points to close out the game for Rock Falls.

“It was nice to see us start to get rewarded,” Bickett said. “Maybe this will jump-start the rest of the season.”

Oregon fell to 2-5 in the BNC and 9-12 overall.

“We had been playing real well in the last few games, but the wheels came off tonight,” Virgil said.

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SANDBURG 87, SAUK 59 SANDBURG Entwhistle 1 2-2 5, Roth 2 0-2 4, Gooden 5 0-0 12, Witt 5 0-0 10, Olden 4 0-0 11, Millican 5 0-0 10, Hunter 1 0-0 2, Alexander 4 1-2 9, Smith 3 0-0 6, Parks 5 0-2 10, Jones 3 0-0 8. Totals: 38 3-8 87.

SAUK (14-8, 2-4 Arrowhead) A.J. Sharp 3 0-0 8, Jansen Hight 4 1-2 10, Tramel Rideout 7 2-3 16, AJ Dollmeyer 8 0-1 16, Carter Ames 2 0-0 6, Austin Thomas 1 0-0 3. Totals: 25 3-6 59.

Halftime – Sandburg 46-20. 3s – Sandburg 8 (Olden 3, Gooden 2, Jones 2, Entwhistle), Sauk 6 (Sharp 2, Ames 2, Hight, Thomas).

Boys basketball AP Poll Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Stevenson (9) 17-2 99 1 2. Simeon (1) 18-2 89 2 3. St. Rita 15-2 81 3 4. Lake Forest 18-1 63 4 5. Rockford Auburn 18-1 52 5 6. Normal Community 18-1 48 6 7. East St. Louis 13-5 31 8 8. St. Charles East 16-2 29 10 9. Hinsdale Central 17-2 27 — 10. Rock Island 15-3 14 7 Others receiving votes: RiversideBrookfield 5. Kenwood 4. Maine South 4.

Harvey Thornton 3. Geneva 1.

Class 3A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Morgan Park (8) 13-5 115 2 2. St. Joseph (4) 15-4 102 1 3. Bogan 15-6 86 3 4. Rockford Lutheran 16-1 77 4 5. Belleville Althoff 17-2 71 5 6. Carbondale 17-3 54 6 7. Cham. Centennial 16-4 50 7 8. Hillcrest 14-4 22 — 9. Centralia 16-4 18 9 10. Lincoln 17-4 12 10 Others receiving votes: Decatur MacArthur 11. Orr 11. Rich South 7.

Champaign Central 7. DePaul College Prep 4. Dixon 3. Galesburg 3. Mount Vernon 3.

Peoria Manual 2. Springfield Lanphier 1.

Washington 1.

Class 2A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Hales Franciscan (12) 17-2 151 1 2. Nashville (2) 20-2 130 3 3. Teutopolis (2) 18-3 119 2 4. Rockridge 17-2 109 4 5. Warrensburg-Latham 17-0 99 5 6. Bloomington C.C. 13-4 64 8 7. Bureau Valley 20-1 44 6 8. Chicago Uplift 15-3 42 10 9. Breese Central 16-5 40 7 10. Breese Mater Dei 14-8 24 — Others receiving votes: Greenville 19. St. Joseph-Ogden 11. Monticello 7.

Petersburg PORTA 6. Tolono Unity 4.

Byron 3. Winnebago 3. Kewanee 3. Pinckneyville 1. Reed-Custer 1.

Class 1A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Springfield Lutheran (12)19-0 154 1 2. Dieterich (3) 20-0 141 2 3. Peoria Christian (1) 15-2 126 3 4. Dwight 17-3 104 4 5. Colfax Ridgeview 19-1 92 5 6. Woodlawn 17-3 62 7 7. Brimfield 16-2 51 9 8. East Dubuque 19-2 41 6 9. Okawville 12-8 29 — 10. Ridgewood 16-1 21 8 Others receiving votes: Carrollton 15.

Milford 15. Mounds Meridian 6. Christopher 6. Ottawa Marquette 6. ArthurLovington-Atwood 5. St. Anne 3. Payson Seymour 2. Madison 1 Tuesday’s box scores at Polo

POLO 52, AQUIN 51 AQUIN (15-6, 5-2 NUIC East) Patrick Gustafson 0-1 0-0 0, Aiden Chang 6-9 0-0- 12, Isaiah Yeager 1-4 0-0 2, Krisean Coffee 8-12 1-1 17, Micah Stovall 3-5 2-2 8, Josh Buisker 0-1 0-0 0, Dean Sopcic 0-0 0-0 0, Dominic DeMichele 0-0 1-2 1, Rian Borgmann 1-3 0-0 2, Jonah Diemer 2-5 4-4 9, Simon Diemer 0-1 0-0 0, Tyler Rinehart 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 21-41 8-9 51.

POLO (16-6, 5-2) Brad Cavanaugh 2-5 2-4 6, Brooks Grobe 0-3 0-0 0, Tristin Woodin 1-3 2-5 5, Max Simmons 6-9 3-4 15, Tommy Bardell 0-0 0-0 0, Wyatt Patterson 7-11 1-3 15, Richie Bartnick 1-4 0-0 3, Matthew Handel 2-3 0-0 5, Austin Webb 1-3 0-0 3. Totals: 20-41 8-16 52.

Aquin 17 12 13 9 — 51 Polo 11 16 7 18 — 52 3s – Aquin 1 (J.Diemer), Polo 4 (Webb, Handel, Bartnick, Woodin). Rebounds – Aquin 24 (Coffee 7), Polo 19 (Simmons 8).

Assists – Aquin 6 (Gustafson 2, Chang 2, Coffee 2), Polo 13 (Woodin 5, Cavanaugh 4). Steals – Aquin 5 (Chang 2), Polo 6 (Handel 3). Blocks – Aquin 1 (J.Diemer), Polo 1 (Patterson). Turnovers – Aquin 14, Polo 12. Fouls – Aquin 16, Polo 9. at Kewanee

STERLING 67, KEWANEE 58 STERLING (7-10) Juan Gomez 7 0-1 16, Ryan Hurley 0 0-0 0, Jacob Martinez 1 2-2 4, Micah Kendrick 4 1-2 9, Zach Springman 3 4-5 11, Dimitric Young 1 0-2 2, Ethan Sanford 0 0-0 0, Joe Brouilette 5 0-0 10, Sterling Thornton 5 3-4 15. Totals: 26 10-16 67.

KEWANEE (14-7) Goforth 5 1-2 12, Damas 0 0-0 0, Hansen 1 0-0 3, Ver Vynyck 1 0-0 3, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Welcome 1 0-0 2, Contreras 5 2-2 13, Oliver 8 6-6 25, Prescott 0 0-0 0 0. Totals: 21 9-10 58.

Sterling 12 25 14 16 — 67 Kewanee 14 15 10 19 — 58 3s – Sterling 5 (Gomez 2, Thornton 2, Springman), Kewanee 7 (Oliver 3, Contreras, Goforth, Hansen, VerVynyck). at Stillman Valley

DIXON 49, STILLMAN VALLEY 26 DIXON (19-1, 6-1 BNC West) Nate Gascoigne 2 1-1 5, Riley Mehrens 2 0-0 6, Laron Carr 5 0-0 12, Kendras Martin 0 0-0 0, Isaiah Roby 4 0-0 8, Ryan Webb 0 0-0 0, Cal Jarrett 4 1-2 10, Kyle LeBlanc 4 0-2 8. Totals: 21 2-5 49.

STILLMAN VALLEY (2-12, 0-6) Peterson 1 0-0 2, VanBriesen 1 0-0 2, Byers 3 1-2 9, Roberts 1 3-8 5, Lewis 0 0-0 0, Kutz 1 0-0 2, Durfey 1 0-0 2, Wenberg 1 0-0 2, Rice 0 0-0 0, Perez 0 0-2 0, S. VanBriesen 1 0-0 2. Totals: 10 4-12 26.

Dixon 19 11 17 2 — 49 Stillman Valley 5 8 5 8 — 26 3s – Dixon 5 (Mehrens 2, Carr 2, Jarrett), Stillman 2 (Byers 2). at the Blackhawk Center, Oregon

ROCK FALLS 53, OREGON 39 ROCK FALLS (3-15, 1-6 BNC West) James McFadden 0 1-2 1, Reid Ackerman 0 0-0 0, Jacob Mammosser 8 2-2 18, Logan Pillars 4 0-0 10, Noah Junis 2 0-0 6, Tanner Dean 4 2-4 12, Michael Berentes 2 2-2 6. Totals: 20 7-10 53.

OREGON (9-12, 2-5) Skylar Short 2 0-0 5, Mitchell Nehrkorn 1 0-0 3, Trevor Otten 4 1-3 10, Matt Wasilewski 6 2-2 14, Jerrick Orsted 2 0-0 4, Carson Buck 1 0-0 3. Totals: 16 3-4 39.

Rock Falls 16 11 11 15 — 53 Oregon 6 14 10 9 — 39 3s – Rock Falls 6 (PIllars 2, Junis 2, Dean 2), Oregon 4 (Short, Nehrkorn, Otten, Buck).

Girls basketball AP poll Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Whitney Young (9) 19-1 90 1 2. River Forest Trinity 19-2 74 2 3. Fremd 18-4 62 4 4. Benet 21-2 56 3 5. Edwardsville 20-0 52 5 6. New Trier 19-1 47 6 7. Chicago Heights Marian 20-1 41 8 8. Prospect 19-1 38 7 9. Huntley 19-4 14 9 10. Home-Flossmoor 9-4 9 T10 Others receiving votes: Stevenson 3.

Rock Island 3. Boylan 2. Proviso East 2.

Geneva 1. Bloom Township 1.

Class 3A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Montini (8) 21-4 104 1 2. Rich South (1) 19-3 80 3 3. Normal University 21-1 77 2 4. Rochester (1) 19-1 73 4 5. Washington 19-2 50 6 6. Joliet Catholic (1) 14-8 49 5 7. Morton 22-2 42 8 8. Mendota 19-1 31 10 9. Chicago Marshall 17-5 25 9 10. Burlington Central 17-3 22 — Others receiving votes: Highland 11.

Lincoln Way West 9. Antioch 8. Brooks 7. Paris 5. Bogan 4. North Lawndale 3.

Springfield 3. Taylorville 2.

Class 2A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Bishop McNamara (10) 18-3 107 1 2. St. Thomas More 19-3 83 4 3. Breese Central (1) 19-3 77 2 4. Piasa Southwestern 23-3 68 3 5. Litchfield 23-2 56 6 6. Sherrard 18-4 54 T7 7. Athens 19-3 32 T7 8. Tremont 21-1 25 T7 9. Monmouth-Roseville 20-4 24 5 10. Havana 22-4 16 — T10. Sullivan 17-3 16 — Others receiving votes: Carlinville 12.

Illini West 9. Macomb 7. Monticello 6.

Byron 4. Flora 4. Watseka 3. Stillman Valley 1. Camp Point Central 1.

Class 1A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Prophetstown (10) 23-2 116 1 2. Moweaqua Cent.A&M (2)22-0 100 3 3. Brimfield 22-4 90 2 4. Cissna Park 21-2 82 4 5. Calhoun 20-2 74 5 6. Carrollton 17-5 42 6 7. New Athens 21-0 41 — 8. Sidell-Salt Fork 20-4 24 7 9. Danville Schlarman 14-4 23 8 10. Har.Christian Academy 19-4 21 9 Others receiving votes: Neoga 16.

Annawan 10. Gilman Iroquois West 7.

South Fulton 6. Peoria Christian 5. Aquin 2.

Eastland 1.

Girls bowling Tuesday’s results at Plum Hollow, Dixon

OREGON 3,289, DIXON 3,079 OREGON (11-2, 7-1 BNC West) Tayla Smith 162-180-153–495, Ali Scheidecker 225-190-221–636; Abi Scheidecker 215-204-183–602; MacKenzie Tague 147-202-144–493; Stevie McCombs 138-138-212–488; Victoria Barnhart 178182-215–575. Totals: 1,065-1,0961,128–3,289.

DIXON Mackenzie Kavanaugh 235-214-128–577; Katlyn Bay 184-181-155–520; Emily Quaco 179-200-152–531; Ashley Currier 137-169-143–449; Michaela Bates 148160-207–515, Margaret Thomas 152164-171–487. Totals: 1,035-1,088956–3,079. at Blackhawk Lanes, Sterling

ROCK ISLAND 2,708, STERLING 2,266 ROCK ISLAND Kaitlyn O’Brien 161-195-158–514; Assia Filali 165-214-173–552; Amie Dodd 143180-175–498; Sam Roberge 191-192171–554; Lynzee Quade 235-161-194– 590. Totals: 895-942-871–2,708.

STERLING Paige Bauser 128-156-205–489; Rocio Barron 126-170-86–382; Erin Tabor 140124-151–415; Hannah Stout 124-140152–416; Magan Tintori 181-183-200– 564. Totals: 699-773-794–2,266.

Wrestling Tuesday’s results at Geneseo

GENESEO 42, STERLING 33 106 pounds – Charlie Schlindwein (G) pin Andrew Rodriguez 3:10; 113 – Tumbo Tumbarello (G) pin Linda Montanez :29; 120 – Isaac Figueroa (S) pin Jack McBride 1:17; 126 – Isaac Anderson (S) pin Chase Boone :39; 132 – Clayton Kennedy (G) tech. fall Colton Stage 5:57 (20-5); 138 – Hunter Grau (G) pin William Wyatt :09; 145 – Andrew Garcia (S) pin Ethan Kennedy 3:43; 152 – Keegan Kaye (S) dec. Joey Medina 6-4; 160 – Josiah Cropp (G) dec.

Nick Terronez 3-0; 170 – Tyson Hall (S) pin Levi Warren 3:36; 182 – Ryan Pitra (G) dec. Brian Folsom 9-0; 195 – Justin Scott (G) pin Saul Serrano 1:18; 220 – Lane Akre (G) pin Pedro Rodriguez :39; 285 – Cariel Beasley (S) pin Cole Howard 4:39

MERCER COUNTY 45, STERLING 19 106 – Noah Garcia (S) dec. Trae Blaser 3-0; 113 – Drake Stirn (MC) pin A.Rodriguez :33; 120 – Stone Engle (MC) dec. Figueroa 8-3; 126 – Anderson (S) major dec. Trent Murphy 14-2; 132 – Stage (S) pin Ethan Adolphson 1:02; 138 – Ashton Klingaman (MC) pin Wyatt 4:34; 145 – Maden Tacey (MC) dec. A.Garcia 12-6; 152 – Curtis VanWinkle (MC) injury default Kaye; 170 – Justin Carey (MC) dec. Hall 5-4; 182 – Matt Weeks (MC) pin Folsom 3:05; 195 – Shabie Dudley (MC) dec. Serrano 4-3; 220 – Chase Nelson (MC) pin P.Rodriguez 0:26; 285 – Quinton Ball (MC) dec. Beasley 1-0 Sterling rec. forfeit: 160 at Tabor Gym, Rock Falls

ROCK FALLS 54, ALLEMAN 21 120 pounds – Tristen Dudley (RF) pin Terronez 2:58; 132 – Konner Smith (RF) pin Bowker 1:11; 145 – Mower (A) pin Donovan Bender 1:59; 152 – West (A) pin Hernan Rodriguez 3:31; 160 – Niles Ager (RF) pin Ottearn 3:01; 170 – Orth (A) dec. Tyler Meyers 7-3; 182 – Dorsey (A) dec. Matt Mammosser 7-3; 195 – Hunter Sathoff (RF) pin Lange :43; 285 – Youdis (A) dec.

Lukas Pounders 9-6 RF rec. forfeits: 106, 113, 126, 138, 220

ROCK FALLS 60, RIVERDALE 18 113 pounds – Dudley (RF) dec. Moyer 10-5; 120 – Biscontine (Riv) pin S.Davis 1:36; 126 – Breu Knox (RF) pin Stroble 5:51; 138 – Smith (RF) dec. Saathoff 14-7; 145 – Bender (RF) pin Loy 1:11; 152 – Angel (Riv) pin Jaeden Campos :25; 182 – Mammosser (RF) pin Todd :52; 195 – Francisco Arellano (RF) pin Haas 4:53; 285 – L.Pounders (RF) pin Caldwell :22 RF rec. forfeits: 132, 160, 170, 220 Riverdale rec. forfeit: 106 at Oregon

BYRON 49, OREGON 24 126 pounds – Wilsie (B) major dec. Skylar Carlson 15-5; 138 – Pearson (B) dec.

Zimrrith Granados 5-4; 145 – Larsen (B) dec. Corey Grady 7-6; 152 – McKay (B) pin Jordan Rogers :48; 170 – Elsbury (B) dec. Garrett Rude 5-1; 182 – Falconer (B) pin John Ghibellini 3:54; 195 – Matthew Stevens (O) pin Cogswell 5:35; 285 – Matthew Crandall (O) pin Oltmans 3:55 Byron rec. forfeit: 113, 120, 132, 220 Oregon rec. forfeit: 106, 160 at Sterling

LENA-WINSLOW 51, NEWMAN 15 113 pounds – Austin Vincent (LW) pin Brentin Erickson 1:04; 120 – Cade Bianchi (N) dec. Zach Tippit 13-6; 126 – Cael Sanders (N) dec. Chase Pokoj 7-4; 138 – Rahveon Valentine (LW) dec. Eli Monier 10-8; 145 – Elias Edmondson (N) dec. Kyle Kalkbrenner 7-2; 195 – Ryan Lorig (LW) pin James Nelson 1:32 Le-Win rec. forfeits: 132, 152, 160, 170, 182, 285 Newman rec. forfeit: 220 Double forfeit: 106

PRINCETON 39, NEWMAN 26 113 pounds – Tyler Wood (P) pin Erickson 3:16; 120 – Luke Marselle (P) pin Bianchi 1:18; 126 – Sanders (N) major dec. Tyler Webster 12-1; 170 – Tyler Hammett (P) pin Trevor Buser :38; 195 – Nelson (N) major dec. Jacob Smith 12-4; 220 – Chaz Williams (P) dec. Noah Leffelman 2-1 Princeton rec. forfeits: 132, 160, 182 Newman rec. forfeits: 138, 145, 152 Double forfeits: 106, 285

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BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Warriors cool off Boilermakers Dukes improve to 19-1; Mustangs fend off Cardinals on road

By SVM Sports Staff

The Sterling Golden Warriors took control in the second quarter in a 67-58 win at Kewanee on Tuesday.

Sterling (7-10) scored 25 points in the second quarter, and allowed only 15. Juan Gomez hit a pair of 3s and scored a team-high 16 points and three assists. He was followed closely by Sterling Thornton with 15 points, while Zach Springman had 11 points and Joe Brouillette added 10 points.

Donovan Oliver led Kewanee (147) with 25 points.

Dixon 49, Stillman Valley 26: The Dukes cruised to a 19-5 lead after 8 minutes and never looked back in a Big Northern West road win.

Laron Carr made a pair of 3s and scored a game-high 12 points for Dixon (19-1, 6-1). Cal Jarrett added 10 points.

Stilman Valley (2-12, 0-6) did not have a single player reach double figures in scoring.

Morrison 43, Erie 32: Hunter Hamstra and Mason Sitzmore combined for 33 points as the Mustangs won a Three Rivers West game on the road.

Hamstra had 17 points, and Sitzmore had 16 points for Morrison (15-8, 5-3).

Tuesday’s stars Matt McGinnis, West Carroll, 19 points Hunter Hamstra, Morrison, 17 points AJ Dollmeyer, Sauk, 16 points, 10 rebounds, 1 block Juan Gomez, Sterling, 16 points Bransen Rosenow scored 14 points for Erie (10-13).

Rockridge 72, Prophetstown 36:

Grant Ames scored 17 points, but the Prophets fell in a Three Rivers West road game.

Jack Helfin and Jonah Green both scored five points for Prophetstown (4-13, 2-7).

Bryan Heath had 27 points for Rockridge (17-1, 8-0).

Forreston 73, Milledgeville 44:

The Missiles started slow with only two points in the first quarter in a NUIC East road loss.

Luke Ebersole scored 11 points for the Missiles (4-14, 1-6). Jordan Harris added eight points.

Lena-Winslow 64, West Carroll 46: Matt McGinnis scored

19 points for the Thunder, but West Carroll lost a NUIC West game in Lena.

Kody Plattenberger added 11 points for West Carroll.

Joe Robinson scored 23 points for the Panthers.

Men’s basketball

Carl Sandburg 87, Sauk Valley 59: Playing with six players after an

incident in Chicago on Saturday, the Skyhawks bounced back from a tough first half in an Arrowhead Conference loss at home.

With one player suspended two games for fighting against Daley, and six others suspended two games for leaving the bench area and crossing onto the court (per NJCAA rules), Sauk (14-8, 2-4) was left with four players on the roster after Saturday. The Skyhawks added Carter Ames and Austin Thomas for this week, and they combined for nine points on three 3-pointers against Sandburg.

AJ Dollmeyer scored 14 of his 16 points after halftime, and finished off a double-double with 10 rebounds. Jansen Hight added 10 points and 10 boards, and A.J. Sharp chipped in eight points and 10 assists for Sauk, which trailed 46-20 at the break. Tramel Rideout matched Dollmeyer for team-high scoring honors with 16 points.

The Skyhawks will be without those seven players again Thursday at IVCC, but all of them will return before next Tuesday’s home game against Black Hawk.

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Cougars rip into Hawks in Lanark Warriors win at Homer Dome; Storm handle Rams in Port Byron

By SVM Sports Staff

The Eastland Cougars outscored the Oregon Hawks 14-4 in the second quarter to take control in a 65-35 win in Lanark.

Lexi Macomber scored 14 points for the Cougars. Makenzie Fink had 11 points, and Anne Forster added 10 points.

Bella Holley and Bailey Montavon both scored eight points for Oregon (11-14).

Sterling 42, Rochelle 29: The Golden Warriors won their second NIB-12 West game of the week by beating the Hubs at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

Sterling, which beat conference front-runner Ottawa on Monday by a score of 42-29, improves to 12-12 overall and 5-4 in the NIB-12 West.

Tuesday’s stars Sarah Smith, Faith, 31 points, 7 steals, 3 assists Katie Cover, Faith, 16 points, 13 rebounds Lexis Macomber, Eastland, 14 points Krystal James, Sauk, 14 points for the season in a Three Rivers crossover game in Port Byron.

Darcy Kepner led BV (12-11) with 13 points, and she pulled down seven rebounds. Heaven Bennett added seven points and seven boards, and Carlie Bickett added four points and team highs of 12 rebounds ands three assists.

Faith Christian 75, DePue 21:

Sarah Smith’s 31 points, seven Bureau Valley 40, Riverdale 28: steals and three assists led the way The Storm kept the Rams winless for the Falcons in a nonconference

victory in Grand Detour.

Katie Cover added 16 points and 13 rebounds for Faith (14-1), which led 22-2 after one quarter.

Zoe Zigler had 12 points and three steals, and Stacia Hamill chipped in eight points and nine rebounds in the win.

Women’s basketball Sauk Valley 68, Carl Sandburg 42: The Skyhawks led 37-12 at half-

time and cruised to an Arrowhead Conference win at home.

Krystal James led a balanced attack with 14 points for Sauk, and Jordan Giddings scored nine. Aleena Hammelman had eight points, and Kayleen Terrock and Mary Alice Oswalt scored six apiece; Terrock nabbed four steals, and Oswalt grabbed seven rebounds.

Kiarra Harris chipped in five points and seven boards in the win.

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Aquin (15-6, 5-2) took its last lead at 51-49 when freshman guard Jonah Diemer hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 27 seconds to go.

After Polo (16-6, 5-2) called timeout with 14.8 seconds left, the Marcos worked the ball around until it was in Cavanaugh’s hands on the right wing. With an Aquin defender closing in fast, he dumped the ball inside to Wyatt Patterson, who had a clear path to the basket.

The 6-foot-4 Patterson went hard to the basket, laid it in, and was fouled by the Bulldogs’ Diemer on the play for a potential and-one.

The go-ahead free throw, however, hit hard off the back iron. Cavanaugh, on the right side, soared into the lane for the rebound, veered to the right, and was fouled by Aquin’s Rian Borgmann, resulting in two shots.

With 1.8 seconds on the clock, Cavanaugh dropped in the first shot, but missed the second.

“I made one,” Cavanaugh said with a smile, “and luckily that was good enough.”

Borgmann nabbed the rebound with 1.1 seconds to go.

With that small amount of time left and options limited, the Bulldogs still got a decent look. Micah Stovall threw a baseball-

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Polo’s Max Simmons (32) shoots the ball over Aquin’s Rian Borgmann during their NUIC East game Tuesday night in Polo. The Marcos avenged an earlier loss with a 52-51 victory. style pass to Chang, who caught the ball on the run just short of mid-court.

He took one dribble and let it fly from atop the Marco logo at midcourt. It was on line, but clanged off the front of the rim, setting off a wild Polo celebration.

“When I let go of it, it felt short,” Chang said, “but it felt on line too, and that’s

what it ended up being.

That’s a hard one, but it shouldn’t have come down to that. If I put a little more oomph on it, I think it goes in, and we’re a little bit happier in here.”

Junior forward Krisean Coffee led the Bulldogs with 17 points and seven rebounds, Chang had 12 points, and Diemer

added nine.

Simmons and Patterson each tossed in 15 points to lead Polo, and Simmons also grabbed eight rebounds.

“Coming into the fourth quarter, I told the kids, ‘It’s not about X’s and O’s, it’s who wants it more,’” Messer said. “I thought our kids showed their true toughness tonight.”

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

TUESDAY’S SCOREBOARD

TENNIS | AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Nadal proves prophetic Spaniard knocked out by Berdych in quarterfinals

BY DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia – Rafael Nadal kept telling anyone who would listen that his fitness levels wouldn’t stand up to the rigors of a 2-week Grand Slam tournament.

Tomas Berdych proved him right.

Nadal, who had played only eight matches since last June coming into the Australian Open because of a right wrist injury and appendix surgery in early November, was knocked out in the quarterfinals 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (5) on Tuesday by Berdych – who had lost 17 straight matches to the Spaniard.

“It is obvious that I needed something more to be more competitive,” Nadal, a 14-time major winner, said. “As I said when I arrived here, the process always is not easy.

When you have injuries, comebacks are difficult. But without being at my top level of tennis, I was able to be here in quarterfinals. Is not a bad result at all for me.”

Berdych, while thankful for the win, was reminded of a quote from the late Vitas Gerulaitis after beating Jimmy Connors for the first time in 16 matches: “Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row.”

So no one, not even Nadal, could beat Berdych 18 times in a row?

“I’ve heard that one already,”

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 New England 35, Baltimore 31 Seattle 31, Carolina 17 Sunday, Jan. 11 Green Bay 26, Dallas 21 Indianapolis 24, Denver 13

Super Bowl Sunday’s game At Glendale, Ariz.

New England vs. Seattle, 5:30 p.m. (NBC)

Men’s basketball Big Ten

AP

Rafael Nadal hits a backhand return to Tomas Berdych during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open on Tuesday in Melbourne.

Nadal lost in straight sets.

Berdych said, smiling.

The other men’s semifinalists will be determined today when topseeded Novak Djokovic plays Milos Raonic, and defending champion Stan Wawrinka takes on U.S. Open runner-up Kei Nishikori.

Berdych will play sixth-seeded Andy Murray in the semis after the

British player beat local hope Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Kyrgios came back from two sets down and saved a match point in the fourth round Sunday before beating Italian Andreas Seppi, the player who eliminated Roger Federer in the third round, but there was no such comeback on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s box score

BY CHRIS KUC Chicago Tribune

Warriors 81, Bulls 79 (3 quarters)

AP

• The Bulls trailed the Warriors through three quarters of Tuesday night’s game in Oakland. Derrick Rose led Chicago with 22 points, with Pau Gasol chipping in 12 points, 11 rebounds and six assists.

Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews enjoyed the We’re in the playoffs as of festivities of the NHL All-Star break, but now he and now, and ... we’re happy the Hawks get back to work with a long road trip. with the way things have gone. We know we’ve began that process when ourselves a chance to go left some points on the they returned to practice deep, is a step-by-step board, but that’s all part Monday in El Segundo. process. We’re not lookof it, and we have to be Riding a two-game ing too far ahead.” better in games like that.” winning streak, the Thirty-five regularIt was during the Hawks’ Hawks (30-15-2) are season games will deterlast extended road trip tied for second with the mine where the Hawks that they played their best Blues in the Central Divi- end up in the standings, hockey of the season, sion, and are rested and and the path they will ready to make a run at have to take in their quest winning five of six.

With a 14-8-1 road their third Stanley Cup for the Cup. Having an in 6 years. In the roughexperienced group could record, the Hawks don’t lack confidence when and-tumble Central and go a long way toward playing in hostile territory. equally strong Western keeping them on track.

“Hopefully we can look Conference, the Hawks “... That’s when things know it won’t be easy. become more meaningful at it the same we did the “I don’t think we’re and tougher to play, down road trip in November, where we really took naïve or kidding ourselves the stretch,” Seabrook advantage and started for one second: We know said. “That’s the kind of playing the right way,” how hard it’s going to be, hockey we like to play.

Toews said. “We’ve been including the regular-sea- We’ve been in a lot of kind of stumbling around son job we have to do to playoff series and games, get back to the playoffs,” and the rest of the season a little bit lately, but the last two games were betToews said. “Once we do I’m sure is going to be a ter. We’ll try to carry that get there, to be the team lot like that. into the road trip.” that we want to be, to give “We’re in a good spot.

Illini need to pick up wins in key road games State, Palm also considers Illinois (13-8, 3-5) a bubble team.

Illini fans can con“Eight teams’ beat writ- tinue to hope. But keep ers are thinking the same in mind: It’s extremely thing,” Palm said. rare for a 13-loss team to Selection Sunday is still make the tournament. more than 6 weeks away, Last season, North Caroon March 15. A lot of lina State was the only atwork can be done before large team with 13 losses then. to earn a tournament But it’s not looking rosy invitation. for many Big Ten teams, Ten of 14 Big Ten teams including Illinois. are already more than In Palm’s latest mock halfway to 13 losses. bracket, he has WisconPurdue, Illinois, and sin, Maryland, Indiana, Minnesota each have and Iowa as tournament eight. teams. Michigan State Illinois’ tournament and Ohio State are in hopes suffered a major the play-in games. ESPN blow with the loss of Rayplaces the same six teams vonte Rice to a broken in its bracket. hand. The Illini also have Palm said Indiana isn’t seen injuries to point totally safe, as the Hooguard Tracy Abrams, who siers are just getting into is out for the season with the meat of their scheda knee injury, and starter ule. Besides Michigan Aaron Cosby, who will State, Iowa, and Ohio miss a week or two with

Conference Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Wisconsin 6-1 .857 18-2 .900 Maryland 6-2 .750 18-3 .857 Indiana 5-2 .714 15-5 .750 Michigan 6-3 .666 13-8 .619 Ohio St. 5-3 .625 16-5 .762 Iowa 4-3 .571 13-7 .650 Michigan St. 4-3 .571 13-7 .650 Nebraska 4-4 .500 12-8 .600 Purdue 4-3 .571 12-8 .600 Illinois 3-5 .375 13-8 .619 Minnesota 2-6 .250 13-8 .619 Rutgers 2-6 .250 10-11 .476 Penn St. 1-6 .143 13-7 .650 Northwestern 1-6 .143 10-10 .500 Tuesday’s results Michigan 58, Nebraska 44 Michigan St. at Rutgers, ppd.

Today’s games Minnesota at Penn St., 6 p.m. (BTN) Indiana at Purdue, 8 p.m. (BTN) Thursday’s games Michigan St. at Ruters, 5 p.m. (BTN) Maryland at Ohio St., 6 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday’s games Wisconsin at Iowa, 11 a.m. (ESPN) Penn St. at Illinois, noon (BTN) Rutgers at Indiana, 2:15 p.m. (BTN) Nebraska at Minnesota, 5 p.m. (BTN) Purdue at Northwestern, 5 p.m. (ESPNU) Sunday’s game Michigan at Michigan St., noon (CBS)

MICHIGAN 58, NEBRASKA 44

Chicago hopes to continue success away from United Center

PROSPECTS

Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 33 12 .733 Houston 31 14 .689 Dallas 30 16 .652 San Antonio 29 17 .630 New Orleans 24 21 .533 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 32 13 .711 Oklahoma City 23 22 .511 Denver 18 27 .400 Utah 16 29 .356 Minnesota 7 37 .159 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 36 6 .857 L.A. Clippers 31 14 .689 Phoenix 26 20 .565 Sacramento 16 27 .372 L.A. Lakers 12 33 .267

Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 3 Carolina 27, Arizona 16 Baltimore 30, Pittsburgh 17 Sunday, Jan. 4 Indianapolis 26, Cincinnati 10 Dallas 24, Detroit 20

Pro Bowl Sunday’s result At Glendale, Ariz.

Team Irvin 32, Team Carter 28

Hawks ready to hit road again

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WESTERN CONFERENCE

Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 18 Seattle 28, Green Bay 22, OT New England 45, Indianapolis 7

NHL | CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.

– The grin plastered on Jonathan Toews’ face throughout the NHL AllStar Game festivities in Columbus over the weekend will slowly dissipate, and the return of Captain Serious is imminent.

When will the transformation be complete?

“Wednesday morning, I’d guess,” Toews said with a hearty laugh.

With the 6-day All-Star break coming to an end, the fun and games are over for the Blackhawks, who will turn their attention to the stretch run to the postseason. They kick that off with six consecutive road games beginning Wednesday night against the Kings.

“We’re excited about what we have ahead of us,” winger Patrick Kane said. “We have a good team in place. Hopefully everyone comes back from the break recharged and excited for what’s ahead of us on this road trip. We’ll try to make a push for the playoffs here, and get ourselves as ready as possible.”

Minus four of their five All-Stars – Toews, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Corey Crawford – the Hawks

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an eye injury.

But don’t expect sympathy from the selection committee.

“If their profile doesn’t warrant selection, [the committee is] not going to give a lesser-profile team with an injury consideration over a team that earned it,” Palm said.

Illinois’ RPI of 58 is helpful, but a 1-5 road record is a black eye.

“They’re beyond the point of [getting away with] doing just all right,” Palm said.

All hope is not lost, though. Rice is expected to return. There are opportunities to make a splash, with road games remaining at Michigan State, Wisconsin, and Iowa.

With a week off before playing Penn State at home on Saturday,

Illinois is eager to regroup.

“It’s the first chance we’ve had in a long time here to reevaluate and hit the reset button, and address some things that could make us better,” Illini coach John Groce said.

He’s not alone. Plenty of teams will be scheming to figure out how to end the regular season with a flourish.

Nebraska did it last season, winning 10 of its final 13 games to make the tournament after a dismal start.

Besides Wisconsin and Maryland – the league’s safe bets – only Indiana has begun to separate from the group. Now is the time for someone to make a move and join them.

“Anyone can get hot,” Palm said, “and play their way in.”

NEBRASKA (12-8) Webster 0-2 0-0 0, Parker 3-6 0-0 7, Petteway 1-11 4-4 7, Shields 4-12 5-8 14, Pitchford 2-5 0-0 4, Rivers 1-3 0-0 2, T. Smith 3-8 1-2 8, Abraham 0-0 0-0 0, L. Smith 1-2 0-0 2, Fuller 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-49 10-14 44.

MICHIGAN (13-8) Albrecht 0-2 6-6 6, Abdur-Rahkman 4-8 1-1 9, Irvin 5-12 1-1 14, Dawkins 5-7 0-0 13, Doyle 2-5 0-0 4, Chatman 0-3 0-0 0, Dakich 0-0 0-0 0, Lonergan 0-0 0-0 0, Hatch 0-0 0-0 0, Bielfeldt 6-9 0-0 12.

Totals 22-46 8-8 58.

Halftime–Michigan 23-18. 3-Point Goals– Nebraska 4-19 (Parker 1-1, T. Smith 1-3, Shields 1-4, Petteway 1-7, Webster 0-1, Pitchford 0-3), Michigan 6-14 (Dawkins 3-3, Irvin 3-7, Chatman 0-1, Abdur-Rahkman 0-1, Bielfeldt 0-2). Fouled Out– None. Rebounds–Nebraska 26 (T. Smith 7), Michigan 34 (Irvin 12). Assists–Nebraska 6 (Petteway, Webster 2), Michigan 12 (Albrecht 7). Total Fouls–Nebraska 12, Michigan 14. A–12,115.

Top 25 schedule Tuesday’s results No. 14 VCU 72, George Washington 48 No. 17 West Virginia 65, Kansas State 59 Oklahoma State 64, No. 20 Baylor 53 Xavier 66, No. 21 Georgetown 53 Today’s games No. 4 Duke at No. 8 Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m.

No. 6 Arizona vs. Oregon, 9 p.m.

No. 9 Kansas at TCU, 8 p.m.

No. 10 Louisville at Boston College, 8 p.m.

No. 12 Wichita State vs. Loyola of Chicago, 7 p.m.

No. 18 N. Iowa at S. Illinois, 7:05 p.m.

No. 22 Indiana at Purdue, 8 p.m.

No. 23 Miami vs. Georgia Tech, 8 p.m.

No. 24 Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games No. 1 Kentucky at Missouri, 8 p.m.

No. 3 Gonzaga vs. Portland, 8 p.m.

No. 11 Utah at UCLA, 9 p.m.

No. 16 Maryland at Ohio State, 6 p.m.

Friday’s game No. 6 Arizona vs. Oregon State, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s games No. 1 Kentucky vs. Alabama, 6 p.m.

No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 4 Duke, 6 p.m.

No. 3 Gonzaga vs. Memphis, 9 p.m.

No. 5 Wisconsin at Iowa, 11 a.m.

No. 7 Villanova at DePaul, 1 p.m.

No. 8 Notre Dame at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

No. 9 Kansas vs. Kansas State, 1 p.m.

No. 10 Louisville vs. No. 13 N. Carolina, 6 p.m.

No. 12 Wichita St. at No. 18 N. Iowa, 3 p.m.

No. 14 VCU vs. Richmond, 1 p.m.

No. 15 Iowa State vs. TCU, 1 p.m.

No. 17 West Virginia vs. Texas Tech, 11 a.m.

No. 19 Texas at No. 20 Baylor, 5 p.m.

No. 21 Georgetown at Creighton, 1 p.m.

No. 22 Indiana vs. Rutgers, 2:15 p.m.

No. 24 Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

No. 25 Butler at Marquette, 1 p.m.

Sunday’s games No. 11 Utah at Southern Cal, 1:30 p.m.

No. 23 Miami at Florida State, 11:30 a.m.

Associated Press Top 25 Record Pts Prv 1. Kentucky (64) 19-0 1,624 1 2. Virginia (1) 19-0 1,561 2 3. Gonzaga 20-1 1,476 3 4. Duke 17-2 1,402 5 5. Wisconsin 18-2 1,351 6 6. Arizona 18-2 1,300 7 7. Villanova 18-2 1,187 4 8. Notre Dame 19-2 1,139 8 9. Kansas 16-3 1,120 11 10. Louisville 16-3 1,027 10 11. Utah 16-3 996 12 12. Wichita St. 18-2 893 14 13. North Carolina 16-4 878 15 14. VCU 16-3 734 16 15. Iowa St. 14-4 719 9 16. Maryland 18-3 715 13 17. West Virginia 16-3 558 18 18. N. Iowa 18-2 440 20 19. Texas 14-5 431 17 20. Baylor 15-4 407 21 21. Georgetown 14-5 334 — 22. Indiana 15-5 165 23 23. Miami 14-5 164 — 24. Oklahoma 12-7 90 19 25. Butler 15-6 70 — Others receiving votes: Colorado St. 57, Arkansas 54, Ohio St. 43, SMU 43, Providence 29, Dayton 28, Georgia 28, Stanford 16, Wyoming 14, LSU 10, Seton Hall 10, San Diego St. 4, Texas A&M 2, Tulsa 2, Davidson 1, Green Bay 1, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 1, Stephen F. Austin 1.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 30 15 .667 Brooklyn 18 26 .409 Boston 16 27 .372 New York 8 37 .178 Philadelphia 8 37 .178 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 37 8 .822 Washington 30 15 .667 Miami 20 25 .444 Charlotte 19 26 .422 Orlando 15 33 .313 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 29 17 .630 Cleveland 26 20 .565 Milwaukee 23 22 .511 Detroit 17 29 .370 Indiana 16 31 .340

GB — 11½ 13 22 22 GB — 7 17 18 23½ GB — 3 5½ 12 13½

GB — 2 3½ 4½ 9 GB — 9 14 16 24½ GB — 6½ 12 20½ 25½

Tuesday’s results Toronto 104, Indiana 91 Milwaukee 109, Miami 102 Cleveland 103, Detroit 95 Memphis 109, Dallas 90 Chicago at Golden State, late Washington at L.A. Lakers, late Today’s games Detroit at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Portland at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Denver at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Houston, 7 p.m.

Boston at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New York, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Utah, 8 p.m.

Washington at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Milwaukee at Orlando, 6 p.m.

New York at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Denver at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Chicago at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF Detroit 28 11 9 65 144 Tampa Bay 30 15 4 64 158 Montreal 30 13 3 63 126 Boston 25 16 7 57 126 Florida 20 15 10 50 111 Ottawa 19 18 9 47 126 Toronto 22 23 3 47 142 Buffalo 14 31 3 31 90 Metropolitan Division W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Islanders 32 14 1 65 155 Pittsburgh 27 12 8 62 143 N.Y. Rangers 27 14 4 58 135 Washington 24 14 9 57 140 Philadelphia 20 22 7 47 134 Columbus 21 22 3 45 117 New Jersey 17 22 8 42 107 Carolina 17 25 5 39 102

GA 123 131 108 121 127 128 150 171 GA 130 120 110 124 149 145 134 122

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA 31 10 5 67 141 107 29 13 4 62 148 111 30 15 2 62 148 108 26 15 8 60 138 122 20 18 11 51 128 141 21 19 7 49 146 154 20 20 6 46 128 137 Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 31 10 6 68 139 124 San Jose 25 17 6 56 131 132 Vancouver 26 16 3 55 124 114 Calgary 26 19 3 55 140 126 Los Angeles 20 15 12 52 129 126 Arizona 16 25 6 38 108 160 Edmonton 12 26 9 33 109 158 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s results Philadelphia 4, Arizona 3, SO N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Pittsburgh 5, Winnipeg 3 Columbus 4, Washington 3 Carolina 4, Tampa Bay 2 Montreal 3, Dallas 2 Detroit 5, Florida 4 Nashville 4, Colorado 3, OT Calgary 4, Buffalo 1 Minnesota at Edmonton, late Anaheim at Vancouver, late Today’s games Toronto at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Arizona at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Columbus at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Nashville at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Buffalo at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Nashville St. Louis Chicago Winnipeg Colorado Dallas Minnesota

Tennis Australian Open Tuesday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: $32.9 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Quarterfinals Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def.

Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (5).

Andy Murray (6), Britain, def. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Women Quarterfinals Ekaterina Makarova (10), Russia, def.

Simona Halep (3), Romania, 6-4, 6-0.

Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Eugenie Bouchard (7), Canada, 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles Men Quarterfinals Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, France, def. Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (2), France, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3.

Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (4), Brazil, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, 6-0, 3-6, 7-6 (4).

Women Quarterfinals Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (13), Czech Republic, def. Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears (5), United States, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Julia Goerges and Anna-Lena Groenefeld (16), Germany, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, and Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-2, 7-5.

Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, and Zheng Jie (14), China, def. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, Poland, and Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, 6-1, 6-2.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def.

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (3), Russia, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2.

Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with OF Jarrod Dyson on a one-year contract.

National League MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with OF Ichiro Suzuki on a one-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms with SS Brandon Crawford on a oneyear contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Los Angeles Clippers F Matt Barnes $25,000 for directing inappropriate language toward a fan during a Jan. 25 game at Phoenix.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Signed WR John Chiles to a future contract. Named Clint Hurtt outside linebackers coach.

Announced offensive quality control coaches Brendan Nugent and Carson Walch will not return.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Named Kelly Skipper running backs coach.

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14-CH-21 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 706 W. 7TH ST. STERLING, IL 61081 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of the above Court entered in the above entitled cause on November 12, 2014, the following described real estate, to-wit: Permanent Index Number: 11-21-305-008 Commonly known as: 706 W. 7th St., Sterling, IL 61081 will be offered for sale and sold at public vendue on March 5, 2015 at 10:00 AM, the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, Illinois.

The Judgment amount is $61,027.59.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Sheriff of Whiteside County.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the mortgaged real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to the Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The Sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

For information, contact the Plaintiff's Attorney: Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC, 111 East Main Street, Decatur, IL 62523, (217) 4221719.

The purchaser of a condominium unit at a judicial foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, who takes possession of a condominium unit pursuant to a court order or a purchaser who acquires title from a mortgagee shall have the duty to pay the proportionate share, if any, of the common expenses for the unit which would have become due in the absence of any assessment acceleration during the 6 months immediately preceding institution of an action to enforce the collection of assessments, and which remain unpaid by the owner during whose possession the assessments accrued. If the outstanding assessments are paid at any time during any action to enforce the collection of assessments, the purchaser shall have no obligation to pay any assessments which accrued before he or she acquired title. If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5 (g-1).

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LEGAL NOTICE FOR FORECLOSURE SALE PUBLIC AUCTION OF REAL ESTATE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2015 – 1:30 P.M.

1599 OLD MILL ROAD, FRANKLIN GROVE, IL 61031

At the premises I, Lyle Dirks, having been designated by the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Lee County, Illinois in the case entitled Sterling Federal Bank, F.S.B., Plaintiff v. James D. Ruch, Maria D. Ruch and SpringcastleAmerica Funding Trust, through its Trustee Wilmington Trust, National Association, by Assignment of Mortgage, Defendants, case No. 2014 CH 53 as sale officer, to conduct the sale, will sell the following described property at public auction to the highest qualified bidder. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 34 Township 22 North, Range 10 East of the 4th Principal Meridian, Lee County, Illinois bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 34; thence Southerly along the East line of said Southeast Quarter, a distance of 246.25 feet to the Point of Beginning of the hereinafter described tract of land; thence continuing Southerly along said East line on an extension of the last described course, a distance of 198.37 feet; thence Westerly perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 30.00 feet; thence Southerly perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 588.79 feet; thence Westerly perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 549.03 feet; thence Northerly perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 778.35 feet; thence Easterly at an agle of 90˚52’19” as measured counterclockwise from the last described course, a distance of 579.09 feet to the Point of Beginning, situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois, commonly known as 1599 Old Mill Road, Franklin Grove, Illinois 61031. DESCRIPTION: This 1 ½ story home contains 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, one bath, a porch and deck and one car detached garage with 1352 square feet of living area. This home is located on 10 acres near the entrance to Franklin Creek Park. The property also contains a barn with horse stalls and 2 other outbuildings. This property is in an excellent location. INSPECTION: Contact Natalie Cole at Sterling Federal Bank, 815-288-3327 to determine if property is available for inspection.

TERMS OF SALE: 10% down day of sale, balance upon delivery of deed and possession. All funds shall be CASH, BANK DRAFT, or CERTIFIED CHECK. Sale is subject to taxes for 2013 and all subsequent years. TAXES WILL NOT BE PRORATED. A contract embodying the terms of this notice and such additional terms as deemed appropriate, will be signed by the sale officer on behalf of the court and by the buyer at the time of the sale. Any sale is subject to court approval. Any specific restrictions on property or title will be announced day of sale. Announcements day of sale take precedence over any printed material.

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COMMUNITY STATES BANK OF ROCK FALLS-COUNTY MARKET, Plaintiff, v.

ALEX RIVERA, KARLA RIVERA, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

NO. 15 CH 8 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: 1. Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 22 North, Range 9 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest Corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 25; thence North 88 degrees 46 minutes 19 seconds East along the North line of the Southeast Quarter of said Southeast Quarter, a distance of 217.74 feet to the point of beginning of the hereinafter described tract of land; thence continuing North 88 degrees 46 minutes 19 seconds East along said North Line, a distance of 165.00 feet; thence South 01 degrees 05 minutes 10 seconds East, a distance of 433.19 feet; thence South 88 degrees 54 minutes 50 seconds West, a distance of 99.00 feet; thence Northwesterly along a line being curved to the left, having a radius of 133.00 feet, a central angle of 50 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds, a chord bearing of North 26 degrees 05 minutes 10 seconds West and an arc distance of 116.06 feet to the termination of said curve; thence North 51 degrees 05 minutes 10 seconds West, a distance of 24.14 feet; thence North 01 degrees 05 minutes 10 seconds West, a distance of 315.39 feet to the Point of Beginning, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois. INCLUDING an access easement for ingress to and egress from said property described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of Lot 19 of Unit Three of Crest View Heights, a subdivision as recorded in Plat Book ?K? at page 41 in the Lee County Recorder's Office; thence North 01 degree 13 minutes 32 seconds West along the East Line of said Lot 19, a distance of 164.94 feet to the beginning of a curve; thence Northeasterly along a line being curved to the right, having a radius of 258.00 feet, a central angle of 18 degrees 53 minutes 13 seconds, and an arc distance of 85.05 feet to the point of compound curvature; thence Northeasterly to Southeasterly along a line being curved to the right, having a radius of 113.00 feet, a central angle of 111 degrees 15 minutes 09 seconds, and an arc distance of 219.41 feet to the termination of said curve; thence South 51 degrees 05 minutes 10 seconds East, a distance of 336.00 feet to the beginning of a curve; thence Southeasterly along a line being curved to the right, having a radius of 133.00 feet, a central angle of 50 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds, and an arc distance of 116.06 feet to the termination of said curve, thence South 01 degrees 05 minutes 10 seconds East, a distance of 142.95 feet to the beginning of a curve; thence Southeasterly along a line being curved to the left; having a radius of 50.00 feet, a central angle of 90 degrees 08 minutes 22 seconds, and an arc distance of 78.66 feet to the termination of said curve; thence North 88 degrees 46 minutes 28 seconds East, a distance of 574.18 feet; thence North 01 degrees 13 minutes 32 seconds West perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 50.00 feet; thence North 88 degrees 46 minutes 28 seconds East, perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 50.00 feet; thence South 01 degrees 13 minutes 32 seconds East, perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 166.00 feet; thence South 88 degrees 46 minutes 28 seconds West, perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 50.00 feet; thence North 01 degree 13 minutes 32 seconds West, perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 50.00 feet; thence South 88 degrees 46 minutes 28 seconds West, perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 690.00 feet; thence North 01 degrees 05 minutes 10 seconds West, a distance of 290.47 feet; thence North 51 degrees 05 minutes 10 seconds West, a distance of 367.24 feet to the beginning of a curve; thence Northwesterly to Southwesterly along a line being curved to the left, having a radius of 47.00 feet, central angle of 111 degrees 15 minutes 09 seconds, and an arc distance of 91.26 feet to the point of compound curvature; thence Southwesterly along a line being curved to the left, having a radius of 192.00 feet, a central angle of 18 degrees 53 minutes 13 seconds, and an arc distance of 63.29 feet to the termination of said curve; thence South 01 degree 13 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance of 164.95 feet; thence Westerly along a line being curved to the left, having a radius of 65.00 feet, a central angle of 00 degrees 52 minutes 53 seconds, and an arc distance of 1.00 feet; thence South 88 degrees 46 minutes 28 seconds West, a distance of 65.00 feet to the Point of Beginning, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1182 Bay Drive, Dixon, Illinois 61021 and which said Mortgage was made by: Community States Bank of Rock Falls-County Market to Alex Rivera and Karla Rivera, as Mortgagees, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Lee County, Illinois, as Document No. 2007003179; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court: Clerk of the Circuit Court Lee County Court Facility 309 S. Galena Ave. Dixon, IL 61021 on or before March 6, 2015, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. Dated: January __23___, 2015.

Denise A. McCaffrey Clerk of the Circuit Court Lee County, Illinois

Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, Illinois 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector.

Jan. 28, Feb. 4, 11, 2015

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WHITESIDE-MORRISON, ILLINOIS

EVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

JONATHAN W. HOEFLE, Defendant.

14-CH-21 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 706 W. 7TH ST. STERLING, IL 61081 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of the above Court entered in the above entitled cause on November 12, 2014, the following described real estate, to-wit: Lot 8 in Block 38 in Wallace and Galt's Addition to the City of Sterling in Whiteside County, Illinois.

Permanent Index Number: 11-21-305-008 Commonly known as: 706 W. 7th St., Sterling, IL 61081 will be offered for sale and sold at public vendue on March 5, 2015 at 10:00 AM, the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, Illinois.

The Judgment amount is $61,027.59.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Sheriff of Whiteside County. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the mortgaged real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to the Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The Sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

For information, contact the Plaintiff's Attorney: Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC, 111 East Main Street, Decatur, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719.

The purchaser of a condominium unit at a judicial foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, who takes possession of a condominium unit pursuant to a court order or a purchaser who acquires title from a mortgagee shall have the duty to pay the proportionate share, if any, of the common expenses for the unit which would have become due in the absence of any assessment acceleration during the 6 months immediately preceding institution of an action to enforce the collection of assessments, and which remain unpaid by the owner during whose possession the assessments accrued. If the outstanding assessments are paid at any time during any action to enforce the collection of assessments, the purchaser shall have no obligation to pay any assessments which accrued before he or she acquired title. If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5 (g1).

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

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. Note: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act you are advised that the Law Firm of Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC, is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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RONALD HAYDEN A/K/A RONALD D HAYDEN; STATE OF ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOYCE HAYDEN AKA JOYCE L HAYDEN AKA JOYCE LUCILLE HAYDEN AKA LUCY HAYDEN; BARBARA OLIPHANT; WILSON HIGGINS; JULIE FOX, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEASED MORTGAGOR, JOYCE HAYDEN AKA JOYCE L. HAYDEN AKA JOYCE LUCILLE HAYDEN AKA LUCY HAYDEN; JENNA ASHLEY; DEFENDANTS 13 CH 62 802 SOUTH PEORIA AVENUE DIXON, IL 61021 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on December 8, 2014, LEE COUNTY SHERIFF in LEE County, Illinois, will on February 26, 2015, in OLD Lee County Courthouse112 E. 2ND STREET, DIXON, IL 61021, at 10:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of LEE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment:

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THE NORTHERLY SIXTY-FOUR (NLY. 64) FEET OF LOT NUMBER TWO (2) IN BLOCK NUMBER ONE HUNDRED FOUR (104) IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN (NOW CITY) OF DIXON ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, IN LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. TAX NO. 07-08-05-430-001 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 802 SOUTH PEORIA AVENUE DIXON, IL 61021 Description of Improvements: 2 STORY HOME WITH NO GARAGE The Judgment amount was $77,189.27. Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

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APARTMENT BUILDING IN STERLING: For sale, 4 brick Townhouses with attached garages. Call 815-440-6269

CEMETERY LOTS

226

4 plots at Chapel Hill Memorial Park.

ROCK FALLS

STERLING

ROCK FALLS

Newer 2 BR, apartment Fieldstone area: W/D hookup, appls. incl. Fireplace, garage w/opener. $625 mo., $500 dep.

960 sq. ft.

815-626-1431 or 815-631-5855

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815-718-1784

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2 bed house Rock Falls $555/mo.

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1BR downtown apt. 1 ba. Stove, refrig. $375/ mo. + dep. No pets. Call 815-288-4289.

Graves 1&2 estate 480, graves 1&4 estate 495, $300 ea. Plus transfer fees.812-322-2473 or tlcsec63@ yahoo.com

1BR upper, very spacious. Heat & water incl. $400/ mo.,ref.+dep. 1BR lower, $425/mo. +dep. No pets. Call 815-284-1263.

MOBILE HOMES 230

2BR, $440/ mo. + dep. No pets, Call 815-973-1743

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APARTMENTSFURNISHED 305 APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED 306 Attractive 1 & 2 apts. with BR. some utilities. Sterling & Rock Falls.

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Dixon Manor 2BR 1 ba. avail. Clean, quiet, security building. 1st flr apt. on-site laundry.

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Call for info or showingsErick 815-739-5806.

House & several nice Apartments for rent. 815-4406214 for details Lg. 2BR upper garage, stove, refrig. & garbage, all carpeted. Good location. No Pets. $500/mo. + $500 dep. Available Now 815-288-1736 Lower level 2BR, you pay electric, $500/mo. + $500 dep. No smoking, No pets. 815-6776042 Nice 2BR, coin laundry. Avail.

Feb. 1st $550/mo. + $550 dep.

847-372-0817

HARMON 2 BR 1BA, stove, refrig., washer & dryer hookups, tenant pays elec. $425 mo. + $525 dep. 952 Harmon Road, Harmon, IL 815-562-7368

2BR, newly remodeled, on lake 1 ½ mi. W. of Rock Falls, $600/mo. + utilities, no pets, 815-626-2145 Lg. 1BR. + appl.

No pets. $425 + dep. 815-718-1784 Rock Falls Studio Unit $350 or 1 Bedroom $425.

Deposit $200. Utilities included. No pets. Call Ron 708699-8952 THICKSTEN APTS. 1 & 2 BR houses 815-499-4217

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PROPHETSTOWN 2 bedroom apartment, with one stall garage, $500/mo.

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ROCK FALLS 1 BR $375 Hampton Apts.

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2BR, $420 815-562-7368 Rochelle Realty

Newer 2 Bedroom $599.00 & Up Applcs., Fireplaces 2002 3rd Ave. 1836 First Ave. 606 W. Lefevre 2 BR $535.00 1 BR $465.00 1 Studio $390.00 Partial Heat, Water, Sewer, Refuse Removal, Laundry Facilities, Satellite

(815)626-1431 Near CGH & Rec. Cent. Nice 1BR garage, applcs., $425/mo. 1830 3rd Ave. 815-499-0199 Sinnissippi Townhomes First Mo. Free!

Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

Central air, good location. Laundry hookup. (815)6261130.

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Lease/dep. Req. $460/mo. Inc. sewer & garbage P/U. H&H Rental Properties LLC 815-625-7995

HOMES FOR RENT

310

FOR RENT HOUSES & APTS. svla.org

DIXON 2BR Condo, 531 Vitale St. Appliances. No pets.

Quiet, scenic area.

815-288-4289.

NEW TODAY 2BR, $500/mo + dep. 2BR, $500 $650/mo + $650 not dep. Utilities included. No pets.

Call 815-441-6878 for info.

3BR farm house, 512 Palmyra Rd. Completely remodNo pets. eled. $700/mo. + dep.

815-288-4289.

Nice 2BR w/ garage. Lg yard.

Avail Feb. 1st. $650/mo. + dep.

847-372-0817

2BR 1205 W. 20th St., RF $525/mo. + $525 dep. 815626-0246 2BR Ranch, w/ fenced yard, attached garage.

H/W floors. $650+ dep. 815-440-8574 Beat New Year Rush! 3 BR Ranch Nice! $620/mo.

Why Rent?™ 815-878-7399 Cute 3BR Ranch 230 Ave. C. Why Rent?™ $598/mo.

815-878-7399 Large, clean, quiet 2 story, 2BR, 1.5 bath. 1 car garage.

C/A. All applcs. incl. W/D. Nice area, walk to library & park. 521 W. 11th St. Sorry, no pets or Sec. 8. $650 + sec. dep.

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STERLING 2BR Brick Home $725/ mo. No pets.

815-626-3550 3BR, Living room dining, kitchen, 1½ BA, basement attic.$600/mo. +$600 dep.

815-626-4776 Nice 2BR $600 svla.org 815-7185488

NEW TODAY Nice 2BR remodeled $475/ mo. + dep. 815-713-4793 RTO 2BR $49,900 $5,000 down.4413515.Agent owned.

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LOANS

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AREA GARAGE SALES 624 ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 Antique oak bar, beveled lighting & alcove from Leprechauns in Harmon, IL. $2,500. 815-9733004 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

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PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 2 kittens 4 months old. Tame & trained Need a good loving home. Call 815441-9064 2 Kittens – 5 mo. old, very timid, need loving home together w/ person w/ lots of time 815535-7061 Cat - 4 yr. M tan, neutered, very friendly, indoor only. 815-535-7061 Free Cats, all colors all sizes. Great Valentine's Day gift! 815-548-9511 Wanted: Tea Cup size Chihuahua, adult, short hair, reasonably priced or free 815-5649022 after 2:00.

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TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS No person or business, unless properly licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State, may sell ticket(s) for any sporting event or otherwise, for more than the price printed upon the face of the said ticket(s).

Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

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MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE For sale or Trade 23,000+ Topps baseball cards, magazines, books, and relating items.

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HAY & STRAW

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FARM EQUIPMENT

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Farmall F30 w/loader, mid 1930's, runs, $800.

Farmall F30 for parts, $400 815631-7178.

Kenmore Humidifier, wood grain, EZ fill, exc. cond., $75 815-548-9500

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HAY & STRAW

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Hay for sale, third cutting alfalfa, no rain and small squares. $3.75/ bail. 815-871-8281

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PUBLIC AUCTION

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200 +/- Acres Harmon Township Lee County, IL

NEW TODAY 2004 Lincoln Navigator, AWD, HWY mi., exc. cond. Fully loaded. $7,000.

815-529-1743

TRUCKS

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2003 Buick Regal, 4dr. High mi. Good running. $2,550 815-716-0475 2013 Chevy Silverado C1500. Call 815-622-6887.

VANS

911

1995 Chevy 8 passenger Van w/ wheelchair lift.

112,000 mi. $2,500 obo. 815-589-2751

4X4S

912

1992 Chevy half ton 4x4 15,000mi.

On a new short block. New tires, exhaust, western pro series snow plow auto tilt blade. Serviced at Vaessen Brothers since new. $5,000 815-790-6985

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SALE DAY LOCATION: Walton Tap Banquet Room, 906 Walton Road, Dixon, IL 61021 FARM LOCATION: East of Harmon on Sterling Road then South on Atkinson Road 1 ½ miles to farm. 793 Atkinson Road, Harmon, IL 61042 FARM DESCRIPTION: Tract 1: E ½ of NE ¼ of Section 26, Harmon Twp., Lee County, IL. 80 +/- acres with 74.52 +/- acres tillable. Tillable soils include Clyde, Binghampton, Orio, Dakota, Hoopeston, Nachusa, Dickinson and Sparta. A Surety productivity index of 120.3. Tax ID # 13-26-200-002. 2013 paid 2014 were $2,787.00. Improvements include a wood frame 2 story home, 1440 sq. ft., basement, 60 amp service and steel siding. An unattached garage and corncrib with lean-to.

Tract 2: E ½ of SE ¼ of Section 26, Harmon Twp., Lee County, IL. 80 +/- acres with 78.48 +/acres tillable. Tillable soils include Sparta, Clyde, Orio, Dickinson, Nahusa, Binghampton, Cohoctah and DaKota. A Surety productivity index of 128.5. No improvements. Tax ID # 13-26-400-002.

2013 paid in 2014 were $1,483.

Tract 3: NW ¼ of SW ¼ of Section 25, Harmon Twp, Lee County, IL. 40 +/- acres w/ 39.24 +/- acres tillable. Tillable soils include Clyde, Sparta, Orio, Binghampton and Nachusa. A Surety productivity index of 119.5. No improvements. Tax ID #13-25-300-001. 2013 taxes paid in 2014 were $600.

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Plat locations, Aerial Photos, Soil Maps and other information available @ rickrediger.com TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 1.) Tracts will be sold on a per surveyed acre basis. No Combinations.

2.) Surveys provided by Seller.

3.) The successful bidder will be required to enter into a standard purchase agreement contract. A Buyer’s premium of 1% of the high bid will be charged to the Buyer and added to the bid amount to arrive at the contract purchase price. 10% of the contract purchase price will be due immediately following the auction. The balance will be due and payable on or before March 24, 2015.

4.) The seller shall provide a title insurance policy in the amount of the purchase price of the subject properties.

5.) The estimated 2014 real estate taxes due and payable in 2015 will be credited by the Seller to the Buyer. All subsequent real estate taxes will be the responsibility of the buyer.

6.) The property is being sold in “AS IS” condition, with no implied warranties of any kind.

7.) The information is believed to be accurate. However, we strongly urge all prospective buyers to thoroughly research all pertinent data and to draw their own conclusions.

8.) All announcements made the day of the sale take precedence over any previously printed material.

9.) For additional information or to view the property contact Rick Rediger, Auctioneer at 815-6997999 or Scott Brummel at 630-553-3200.

Seller: ALICE DILLON PRICE ESTATE

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Location: Dixon VFW Building 1 mile east of Dixon on Highway 38 (Franklin Grove Rd) Doors open at 8:00 A.M. on Saturday – Viewing prior to the sale will be Friday January 30, 2015 from 12 Noon to 4:00 P.M. This will be the second sale for Mr. Paul Bollinger as partial settlement of his estate.

Paul operated a new retail store for over 20 years. All new furniture to be sold to the highest bidder – day beds, futons, 10-20 twin, full and queen beds, recliners, swivel chairs, pub tables, dinette sets, book cases, cocktail table sets, metal wardrobes, corner group, reclining loveseat, oak kitchen island, wall units, night stands, lots of water bed parts, heaters, sheets, covers, bladders, under drawers, head boards etc., bunk beds, metal & wooden twin beds. A lot of new furniture is still in plastic wrap or still boxed.

Double pedestal round oak table with leaves, dressers with mirrors, mirrors only, floor and table lamps, many odd (new) sets of chairs (2,3,4 sets) bar stools and table sets, 4 hi-end queen size beds complete, entertainment centers, counter top stools/chairs, new twin, full and queen bed frames, flat springs, 2-3” wooden king size headboards lots odd (new) headboards. This will be a great opportunity to purchase furniture for you and the kids.

Many many unlisted items.

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PAYMENT TERMS: CASH, GOOD CHECK, CREDIT CARDS, NUMBER SYSTEM USED, PLEASE HAVE PHOTO ID READY AT SIGN IN. INDOOR BUILDING, FOOD SERVED AND BAR OPEN. DELIVERY SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR A FEE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

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Consignments now being accepted for listing and advertising by calling one of the committee members listed below. Items must be listed by February 27 to be properly advertised. Further items will be welcome for consignment until 5:00 p.m. Thursday before sale. Accepting consignments Saturday, March 14 Thursday, March 19. No consignment deliveries accepted after March 19. All items must be saleable.

1 Piece or a Full Line - Multi-State Buyers & Advertising Donated items will also be Welcome and Appreciated * NO FURNITURE OR APPLIANCES * RACK ITEMS MUST BE FARM RELATED ITEMS ONLY!! * LAWN & GARDEN ITEMS MUST RUN * NO PICKUP BED LINERS OR FIBERGLASS TOPPERS!! * NO UNSEALED LIQUIDS!!

AUCTION RATE PER CONSIGNER All individual items (except rack items) $24 or less will be a donation to the Lions Club. $2001 and over 6% $25 - $100 - 20% or maximum $400 per item $101 to $500 - 15% $501 to $2000 - 10% No Sales: 2% Min $20, Max. $100 per item $40 surcharge per rack $15.00 PER TIRE Drop-Off Fee (Duals Excluded) Titled Vehicles – Commission or Buy Back – Min. $100 NO TITLE - NO SALE SALE COMMITTEE Rick Hecathorn . . . . .815-405-9248 Jim Elliott . . . . . . . . . .815-343-2527 Ron Johnson . . . . . . .815-228-2198 Eric Danielson . . . . . .815-621-9765 Randy Johnson . . . . .815-830-0820 Duane Rickert . . . . . .815-495-9248 Brent Dannenberg . .815-228-5629 Matt Blocker. . . . . . . .630-417-2745 Nate Gudmunson . . .815-970-0001 Brad Riskedal. . . . . . .815-735-4259 Email consignments to rjbj58@kwisp.com Fax consignments to (815) 498-2570 Consignments Listed By February 27 Will Appear on Sale Bill.

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