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ILLINOIS | STATE OF BUDGET ADDRESS

Rauner wants billions in cuts

‘This is our last, best chance to get our house in order’

BY SARA BURNETT AND KERRY LESTER The Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ new Republican governor called Wednesday for deep spending cuts to Medicaid, pensions and other programs to fix the state’s budget mess without raising taxes – a pitch met with quick opposition from Democrats who control the Legislature.

Delivering his first budget address since

winning office last fall, Gov. Bruce Rauner said his plan would end “the irresponsible and reckless practices of the past.”

He said lawmakers must be willing to make politically unpopular decisions in order to close a more than $6 billion budget hole next year.

“This is our last, best chance to get our house in order,” Rauner said.

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Reaction: Area lawmakers find positives, concerns

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

Gov. Bruce Rauner delivered his first budget address today in Springfield, calling for cuts in some services, increases in others and no new taxes.

The reaction from Sauk Valley representatives in the General Assembly was split down party lines.

State Sen. Tim Bivins, R-Dixon, said it was

good to see an increase in K-12 funding and an increase in the budgets for corrections and juvenile justice.

“He’s basically laid a road map for how he feels that we need to turn the state around,” Bivins said.

“I think, you know, it’s going to cause a lot of anxiety for a lot of people. At the same time, there was a lot of positive in it.”

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Gov. Bruce Rauner enters the House to applause before delivering his State of the Budget address Wednesday to a joint session of the General Assembly in Springfield.

Rauner called for deep spending cuts to Medicaid, pensions and other programs to fix the state’s budget mess without raising taxes.

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OT pay second in state $5M paid out last fiscal year

BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren

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ABOVE: Vickie Ehmen or Ormond Beach, Florida, receives ashes from the Rev. Peg Williams on Wednesday morning at Air Play Sports & Espresso in Sterling. Rev. Williams of Grace Episcopal in Sterling has been administering “ashes on the go” for a few years now in an effort to bring a spiritual moment to a convenient setting.

RIGHT: Thelma Kilday, a resident at Avonlea Cottage in Sterling, receives ashes Wednesday from Rev. Williams, who stopped by the nursing home to administer the ashes on the Ash Wednesday holy day.

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DIXON – Dixon Correctional Center paid employees $5 million in overtime in the past fiscal year, the second most in the state prison system.

Only Statesville in Joliet paid employees more in overtime: $11.7 million.

The numbers come from a document the state sent to the Better Government Association through a Freedom of Information Act request.

A correctional lieutenant who received the most extra income more than doubled his $78,996 salary with $80,113 in overtime wages.

The top 10 overtime earners at the Dixon facility made more than $46,000 in extra wages apiece.

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CRIME

Rock Falls man charged with sexually abusing 11-year-old

BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren

ROCK FALLS – A Rock Falls man is charged with sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl.

Whiteside County Sheriff’s deputies arrested

Edson J. Lira, 37, on Friday in the 1400 block of East 14th Street in Rock Falls.

He posted $20,000 of his $200,000 bond and was released from Whiteside County Jail on Tuesday.

According to court documents, the girl was abused on Feb. 8.

Lira is charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, which carries up to 30 years in prison, and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, which carries up to 7 years.

He is set for a pretrial conference on March 11.

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Daniel A. Sheimo, 33, of Dixon; 5:08 p.m. Tuesday; violation of order of protection; held at Lee County Jail.

Melissa L. Wilson, 35, of Machesney Park; Tuesday; warrant for failure to appear; posted $929 full cash bond and has no further court appearances.

Mark Contreras, 49, of Rochelle; Tuesday; warrant for civil contempt; given notice to appear in court.

Frank Scott, 41, of Rock Falls; Tuesday; warrant for failure to appear; given notice to appear in court.

Hope R. Thomas, 48, of German Valley; 9:40 a.m.

Tuesday in the 8000 block of North Adeline Road; driving without a driver’s license, expired registration; given citation, taken to Ogle County Jail, and given notice to appear in court.

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Thomas Cabrera, 52, of Rock Falls; 11:13 a.m. Sunday; resisting a peace officer, aggravated assault, obstructing identification; given notice to appear in court.

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Dixon Police Tyler S. Randolph, 19, of Dixon; 1:45 a.m. Wednesday in the 1600 block of West Fourth Street; retail theft, unlawful consumption of alcohol as a minor; given notice to appear in court.

Oregon Police Dale E. Hussung, 68, of Rock Falls; 9:39 p.m. Feb. 9; warrant for speeding; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Ashley N. Smith, 21, of Rock Falls; 11:41 a.m.

Sunday in the 200 block of South Fourth Street; driving while license revoked, use of a cellphone while driving; given citation and taken to Ogle County Jail.

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Ernie R. Ross, 29, of Rochelle; 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Flagg Center; driving while license suspended, driving under the influence, aggravated driving under the influence, failure to signal, illegal parking on a roadway; given citations, held at Ogle County Jail, and given notice to appear in court.

Olivia Chandel Spicer, 32, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; 7:23 p.m. Monday on Interstate 88 West; driving while license suspended, improper lane usage; given individual bond and notice to appear in court.

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The top three made more than $68,000 extra.

The John Howard Association, a group devoted to promoting prison reform, is concerned about what those long hours mean for the mental health of the workers, and the safety of Illinois’ prisons.

Jennifer Vollen-Katz, the association’s interim director, said long days can be dangerous, especially for employees who monitor the safety and security of inmates and staff.

“That’s a safety risk,” she said.

Most of those overtime hours are not mandated, said Tom Shaer, spokesman for the Illinois Department of Corrections.

“The vast, vast majority of overtime is voluntary,” he said. “If you’re tired, don’t take the overtime, don’t take the extra money.”

Shaer said that in the past year, IDOC cut overtime by 173,000 hours – a 12 percent reduction.

The biggest reasons for overtime hours at the Dixon prison are staff vacancies and “call-ins,” he said.

“During the recent snowfall, some Dixon employees who live 45 minutes away did make it into work, while others who live in Dixon did not,” Shaer said.

Thanks to new procedures, overtime hours at Dixon and Statesville have been decreasing.

Statesville, Shaer said, spent $1.7 million less for overtime last year, thanks to new procedures. Figure were not available for Dixon.

“We found that a lot of time, the majors [at Statesville] were calling in people to work an 8-hour shift when they only needed them for 4,” he said.

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Razor wire sits atop the brick walls that surround the Dixon Correctional Center, where workers earned the second-most overtime pay in the state in the last fiscal year.

At Statesville, that practice was eliminated, and since November, more than 500 people have been disciplined for improper overtime procedures, Shaer said.

“Why do we need so much overtime?” he said.

“We had an unusually high number of retirements last year. We hired 700 new officers during a 10-year period, but we had a net gain of only two officers because we had a lot of attrition.”

Unless more staff is hired, there’s not much than can be done to reduce overtime, said Vollen-Katz of the John Howard Association. “... But one has to be careful as you staff up and reduce your inmate population,” she said. “I can see where that could become a difficult calcu-

lation, but it’s a calculation the state of Illinois needs to make.”

Reforming the prison system is something Gov. Bruce Rauner mentioned during his budget address Wednesday. His budget would add 473 IDOC staff positions.

“Our prisons are overcrowded,” he said. “Our corrections officers are overworked. By reforming our criminal justice system, we can make our prisons safer, rehabilitate ex-offenders so they become productive members of society, and save many tens of millions of dollars.”

Vollen-Katz echoed that sentiment.

“We can do better,” she said. “We can use that money better. We can put it into corrections.

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Extradition in the works

Lee-Ogle Regional Spelling Bee today DIXON – The annual Lee/ Ogle Regional Spelling Bee will begin at 10 a.m. today at Dixon High School.

Twenty-five Lee/Ogle elementary students in third through eighth grades will compete for the regional championship. Spectators are welcome, and admission is free.

The winner will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to National Harbor, Maryland, to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee at the end of May. Prizes include MerriamWebster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, a Kindle Paperwhite, $100 U.S. savings bond, an Encyclopedia Britannica online subscription, and trophies.

Sponsors are The Telegraph, First National Bank in Amboy, and Lee/Ogle Regional Office of Education.

After months of waiting, move to Missouri jail ordered

BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren

STERLING – It’s official: Six-time convicted murderer Nicholas Sheley will soon be on his way to Missouri.

Both Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner had to approve the extradition request by Jefferson County, Missouri, prosecutors before a Livingston County judge could order his transfer Tuesday.

Jefferson C o u n t y Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Steve Jerrell said that, Nicholas for security Sheley reasons, the timeline and manner in which Sheley arrives in Missouri would not be made public, but action would likely be taken by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department in the next week or so.

Upon his arrival, Jerrell

said, Sheley will be formally arraigned, and will have the opportunity to either name an attorney, or receive a public defender.

Sheley will be held in Jefferson County Jail in Hillsboro, Missouri, while he waits to be tried for the deaths of Arkansas couple Tom and Jill Estes, who were killed in Festus, Missouri, in June 2008 while they were in town for a graduation.

Sheley is charged with two counts of firstdegree murder and

two counts of armed criminal action in their deaths.

Prosecutors say the Esteses were the final two victims of Sheley’s weeklong drug-andalcohol-fueled killing spree.

Jerrell said Sheley’s case file already has thousands of pages in it.

Unlike Illinois, Missouri has the death penalty. Jefferson County prosecutors have so far declined to indicate whether they’re going to seek it in Sheley’s case.

STERLING PARK DISTRICT

Westwood building to be resurrected Anonymous donor gives $600K to job

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STERLING – If all goes according to plan, the Westwood Fitness and Sports Center will again have three buildings open for public use.

Paul Zepezauer, director of recreation for the Sterling Park District, this week presented bid information to the park board to launch a renovation project at Westwood’s Building 2. “Last Thursday, two bids came back on work for the roof and side panels on Building 2,� Zepezauer told the board. “We have three different alternatives, so we recommend awarding the bid to Phalen Steel, contingent on further research on the alternatives.�

The board approved the low bid of $540,542 from Mendota-based Phalen, which also put up Building 3, to do the first phase of this project. None of the alternatives regarding the roof and windows would push the cost beyond the approved bid price.

The total cost of bringing the late 1970s building back to life is estimated at $1.1 million, Park District Executive Director Larry Schuldt said. The first phase would be the most costly part of the project because it involves stripping the roof and side walls to the iron support structure and basically rebuilding it.

Money is in hand for the first phase, thanks to a $600,000 donation received in December from an anonymous benefactor. The rest of the financing is a work in progress. “We’re hoping to get additional donations for the rest of the project,�

Schuldt said. “We don’t anticipate using any tax dollars for this.�

Buildings 1 and 2 were privately owned for many years before being brought into the park district. Building 1 is the main fitness building, housing track, tennis, racquetball, workout equipment, football, soccer and wrestling. That building was acquired by the park district in 1980.

Another anonymous donor brought Building 3 into the mix in 2002. It was built to house eight courts for basketball and volleyball leagues.

Track meets, indoor soccer, indoor flag football, trade shows, expositions and meetings are also held there.

Building 2 became park district property in 1991. The building had four tennis courts and no restrooms or locker rooms. “It was operated just for tennis for several years,� Schuldt said. “But in the mid-’90s, interest in tennis waned, and we didn’t need the extra four courts. We then used it primarily for youth programs.�

The building was also used for basketball and volleyball, but then the decision to close it was made in 2010. “The building was never very popular, but it was closed mainly because the roof was leaking pretty badly,�

Schuldt said. “Because we had Building 3, we couldn’t justify the expense of fixing the roof.�

The roof problems eventually ruined the insulation, and now it makes more financial sense to put up new insulated wall panels.

Building 2, near the outdoor tennis courts, became a large storage garage for staff, but last summer the need arose for more court space.

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MORRISON – The annual Whiteside County Regional Spelling Bee will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Morrison Junior High School, 305 E. Winfield St. Twenty-two students will compete for the regional championship.

The winner will receive a trip to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 24-29 in Washington, District of Columbia.

The winner also will receive Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged; the Samuel Louis Sugarman Award

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Permanent turf was put in the track building, which pushed the basketball and volleyball activities from the main building. “With the elimination of those courts, the idea of renovating Building 2 became more interesting,� Schuldt said.

Schuldt said he was 95 percent sure that the park district would move ahead with the project, but the timeline isn’t etched in stone. Officials hope the first phase can start in April and be completed in July.

Three subsequent phases would include restrooms, heating, lighting, sidewalks and ramps.

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OBITUARIES Catherine A. Keyes DOVER, Delaware – Catherine A. Keyes of Dover, formerly of Dixon, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. She was 61.

Cathy was born Sept. 12, 1953, in Oregon, to Joseph Martin Ryan and Thelma (Shackleford) Ryan. She was raised in Dixon, and was proud to say that she was raised in the hometown of Ronald Reagan. She graduated from Dixon High School and received a business administration degree from Sauk Valley Community College. In 1989, she moved to Dover.

She was a homemaker and managed her husband’s private practice. Cathy was a member of the Kent County Republican Party, the 34th Representative District, and the Kent County Republican Woman’s Club. She was the president of the DFRW Building Fund.

Cathy enjoyed all of her

family and friends, and was a wonderful cook and hostess. When she wasn’t at one of her grandson’s many sporting events, she loved spending time at the beach.

She is survived by her husband of 33 years, Joseph B. Keyes of Dover; daughter, Megan (Keith) Keyes Allen of Dover; brother, Richard (Bonnie) Ryan of Ormond Beach, Florida; sisters, Maureen Worman and Colleen Ryan, both of Dixon; niece, Heather Ryan of Ormond Beach; and grandson, Cameron Ryan Allen.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a nephew, Sean Ryan.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday and the memorial service at 7 p.m. Friday at Torbert Funeral Chapel, 1145 E. Lebanon Road, Dover.

Visit torbertfuneral. com to send condolences.

Leroy Josephsen DIXON – Leroy Josephsen, 93, of Dixon, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, at his home.

Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements.

Obituary information All obituaries, including death notices, are due by 2 p.m. Sunday through Friday for the following day’s edition. They can be sent via e-mail, obituaries@saukvalley.com or fax, 815-625-9390.

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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s visitations: Marcea L. Wittenauer of Amboy, 9-11 a.m. at MihmJones Funeral Home in Amboy.

Doris E. Silvius of Polo, 4-6 p.m. at Polo Family Funeral Home.

Today’s funeral: Marcea L. Wittenauer of Amboy, 11 a.m. at MihmJones Funeral Home in Amboy.

Friday visitations: Harold R. Schmall of Franklin Grove, 4-6 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon.

Bernard C. “Bernie” Kessel of Amboy, 4-8 p.m., with the rosary recited at 7:30 p.m., at Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy.

Friday funeral: Doris E. Silvius of Polo, 10 a.m. at Church of the Brethren in Polo.

Saturday visitations: Mary C. Estrada of Sterling, 8:30-10:15 a.m., with prayers at 10:15 a.m., at St. Mary

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Catholic Church in Sterling.

Mary Jo A. Burkhalter of Sterling, 9:30-10:45 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sterling.

Bernard C. “Bernie” Kessel of Amboy, 9:30-10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy.

Harold R. Schmall of Franklin Grove, 10-11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Dixon.

Saturday funerals: Bernard C. “Bernie” Kessel of Amboy, 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy.

Mary Jo A. Burkhalter of Sterling, 11 a.m. Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sterling.

Mary C. Estrada of Sterling, 11 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling.

Harold R. Schmall of Franklin Grove, 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Dixon.

Patricia M. ‘Patty’ Luy POLO – Patricia M. “Patty” Luy, 59, of Polo, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at KSB Hospital in Dixon. She was a homemaker.

She was born Jan. 21, 1956, in Rockford, the daughter of John and Delia (Stephani) Paratore.

She married Larry Luy on July 22, 1989, in Polo,. He preceded her in death in 2006.

Survivors include her daughters, Stefanie (Eric) Whitney of Iowa, Karisa (Michael) Kramer of Dixon, Kathleen (Chris Morman) Tufte of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, Stacy (Ron Grobe) Tufte of Polo, Alaina (Keegan

Terry) Luy of Polo, and Kirsten (Chad Reed) Luy of Dixon; son, Joseph Tufte of Polo; sister, Mary (Ken) Rudolph of Rockford; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She also was preceded in death by her parents.

Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Polo Family Funeral Home. Cremation rites will be accorded.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.

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BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. – Thomas L. Keller, 82, of For more information, Bullhead City, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. call 815-625-3600 or 815Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling is handling 284-2222, ext. 5530 or 5502. arrangements.

STERLING- Mary C. Estrada, 76, of Sterling, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Born July 2, 1938, in Sterling, she was a daughter of Alex and Antonia C. (Gonzales) Regalado. She married Jessie Estrada.

He preceded her in death. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling.

Mary enjoyed visiting with friends in the green room.

Surviving are a daughter, Melissa (Rudy) Delgado of Sterling; sisters, Helen (Pete) Delgado of Sterling, Theresa (Stanley) Williams of Parump, Nevada, and Sylvia (Jube) Manzano of Sterling; brothers, Michael (Margaret) Regalado, Tom Regalado, and Louis Regalado, all of Sterling; granddaughter, Ilyssa Delgado; two stepgrandchildren, Braydon

and Marcus Delgado; and several nieces and nephews.

She also was preceded in death by a son, Xavier “Bobby” Regalado; a grandson, Xavier Delgado; two brothers, Joe and Andrew Regalado; and a sister, Mary Ann Rodriguez.

Visitation will be from 8:30 to 10:15 a.m., with prayers at 10:15 a.m., Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling. Celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary Catholic Church, with the Rev. Adalberto Sanchez, celebrant, officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded. Private burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Sterling.

A memorial has been established.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

Virginia Malina NORRIDGE – Virginia Malina (née Wnek), 89, of Norridge, died Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora.

She was the beloved wife of Edward Malina; loving mother of Diane (Bruce) Meloun, Gary Malina, Karen (Rich) Augustyn, and Rick (Tammy) Malina; proud grandmother of nine, and great-grandmother of 12; and the caring sister of Ed Wnek.

She was preceded in death by her husband.

Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday at Cypress Funeral Home, 1698 N. Bloomingdale Road, Glendale Heights.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Interment will be at Fairview Memorial Park in Northlake.

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Rauner’s budget blueprint is among the first concrete tests of whether the Republican firsttime officeholder can begin to bring the change he has promised to one of the last Democratic strongholds in the Midwest.

The multimillionaire former private equity investor follows other Republican governors who’ve taken over states and attempted to make them more businessfriendly by shrinking government and taxes.

But Rauner, who was seen as a rock star for winning the governor’s office in Barack Obama’s home state, faces an even greater challenge in a post-recession state where Democrats have super-majorities in both chambers.

They criticized Rauner’s plan as disproportionately hurting working families while leaving corporate tax “loopholes” in place.

“He’s putting lives and livelihoods in jeopardy by treating our state’s most vulnerable people like burdens,” said state Sen. Mattie Hunter, a Chicago Democrat.

Many Democrats want to raise

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Illinois’ income tax rate, which dropped on Jan. 1 from 5 percent to 3.75 percent, to avoid some spending cuts. House Speaker Michael Madigan, a Chicago Democrat, said he believes the state needs a mix of spending cuts and new revenue.

He also renewed a call for an additional tax on incomes over $1 million.

The bleak budget picture has led major credit agencies to give Illinois the worst credit rating of any state in the U.S. It also has the nation’s worst-funded public pension system, with a shortfall of $111 billion.

Rauner has called for an “aggressive” review of eligibility for enrollees in the health insurance program for low-income and disabled people and for a 12 percent cut in payments to hospitals and nursing homes.

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Rauner’s budget includes an increase K-12 education spending by about $300 million and the hiring 473 corrections officers to reduce overtime pay.

Bivins represents the state’s 45th district, which includes parts of Lee, Ogle, Carroll and Whiteside counties.

One of the positives for the 45th district, Bivins said, was that community college funding didn’t get cut. The district has several community colleges, including Sauk Valley Community College.

The next step will be the budget negotiations; it could take months before the budget is passed.

State Rep. Mike Smiddy, D-Hillsdale, who represents the 71st District, said he wouldn’t be able to support many of Rauner’s ideas.

“I think the proposals that he made are going to try and balance the budget on the backs of working-class citizens and the less fortunate here in Illinois,” he said.

Smiddy criticized proposed cuts to after-school funding and agriculture education. Although he liked the increase in corrections officers, which he said was long overdue, Smiddy said some of the other policies could increase the incarceration rate.

Among his biggest concerns was the cut to secondary education, about 31.5

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percent, which Smiddy said could raise tuition.

“I was very upset about reading that in the budget,” he said.

State Sen. Neil Anderson, R-Rock Island, who represents the 36th District, which includes parts of Whiteside and Carroll counties, said when the 99th General Assembly was sworn in, it knew the budget would be a priority issue.

The first-term state senator said Rauner’s address and budget should start a dialogue.

“He proposed a budget that dedicates funding to priorities like elementary and secondary education, and public safety, while still reducing overall spending from the 2015 fiscal year,” Anderson said in a statement. “In the coming months, we’re going to have to work together in a

bipartisan manner and with the governor to pass a budget that will put Illinois back on track.”

Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, represents the state’s 90th district, which includes parts of Lee and Ogle counties.

“I think today’s budget address was one of the most honest discussion of state finance in years,” he said, adding that the increase in K-12 funding and corrections officers was a positive.

Demmer said while nobody is happy when there are cuts to services, it’s a result of bad financial planning in the past.

Among the state’s biggest looming financial concerns is the pension obligation, which Rauner’s budget takes steps to reform.

Bivins said the pension discussion will likely hinge on decisions made by the Illinois Supreme Court.

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Groups ask for a bigger piece of Dixon’s budget

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

DIXON – Dixon Main Street, Dixon Tourism and The Next Picture Show are asking for more money from the city.

Their requests are among the more than $2 million the city will work to reduce to about $1.5 million before its budget for the next fiscal year can be balanced. The City Council is expected to place the budget on file in March and approve it in April.

The Main Street request is for $95,000, up from $73,000 last year, a 30 percent increase.

The Dixon Tourism request is for $102,745, up from $94,545 last year, up 8.7 percent.

The Next Picture Show request is for $25,000, up from $10,000 last year, an increase of 150 percent.

Requests from other organizations the city helps support – the Dixon Municipal Band, the Lee County Industrial Development Association and the Dixon Tree Commission – stayed the same.

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ROCK FALLS – Proposed water and sewer rate increases were looked at by the council Tuesday and moved for action at the next meeting March 3.

The council voted to move the 3-year incremental increases along by a vote of 6-2.

The proposed water increases for 2016 through 2018 would be 15 cents in the basic rate, and 10 cents in the user rate in the first year; 10 cents in the basic rate, and 15 cents in the second year; and 15 cents in the basic rate, and 10 cents in the user rate in the final year of the plan.

Water Department Superintendent Ted Padilla said that, based on minimum usage, a city resident’s water bill would increase by about $3.20 a year.

The proposed sewer rate increase is 25 cents on the basic user rate. A 20-cent increase is proposed for pretreatments over three, but that situation would apply to only one city sewer customer. Again based on minimum usage, the sewer hike would be reflected as an additional $2.75 a year on residents’ bills.

City officials have said the need for rates increases are the result of higher operational costs and declining usage.

“Costs go up continually, and most of it is workforce costs,” City Administrator Robbin Blackert said. “There is collective bargaining, which also increases pensions, health insurance, workers’ compensation and liability costs.”

Sewer Department Superintendent Ed Cox said the continual decline in industrial usage has been particularly challenging.

“We still haven’t made up for losing National Manufacturing 4 years ago,” Cox said. “That was anywhere from $55,000 to $80,000 a year for sewer.”

Rock Falls also has 17 years of payments remaining on a 20-year state EPA loan for its sewer plant.

Almost identical increases were passed 3 years ago by both departments. “Rate increases are never going to be popular, and it’s something you never want to do,” Blackert said. “There is no alternative to this, however, so we try to do

Next Meeting The Rock Falls City Council next meets at 6:30 p.m. March 3, at City Hall, 603 W. 10th St. The agendas will be posted at www.rockfalls61071.com and at City Hall. Call 815622-1100 for more information.

The City Council meeting also can be viewed live on Channel 5.

The Dixon City Council next meets at 5:30 p.m.

Monday in the community room at the Public Safety Building, 220 S. Hennepin Ave. The meeting will be the city’s second budget workshop for the 2015-16 fiscal year.

Go to DiscoverDixon.org or call City Hall at 815288-1485 for an agenda or more information.

Main Street Board President Mike Venier, a City Council candidate, said when a community decides to be Main Street community, it agrees to invest in its downtown.

“The Dixon Main Street and Riverfront organization has established a level of quality in the city of Dixon that will require this amount just to maintain those current levels,” he said in a statement. “We believe the allocation we have asked for is a solid community investment that will help underwrite a sustainable business plan for employment and programs and bring a great return to the entire community both socially and economically.”

The city’s next budget workshop will be Monday, and the organizations seeking money have been invited to give the council more detail

on their requests and how the money would be used.

Finance Director Paula Meyer said she hadn’t seen detailed budgets along with the requests.

The same presentations were made during budget workshops last year.

The more than $2 million in requests represents expenses that, if cut, wouldn’t result in the city losing services or employees.

Some of the larger onetime requests include $100,000 in security upgrades for the cashier’s office at City Hall; $165,000 to replace at 15-year-old plow at the airport; $135,000 for a dump truck for the street department; $76,000 for a tractor for the public property department; and $200,000 toward site preparation for a new maintenance building

for the public property department.

Ongoing requests, such as those for salaries, have been made by the police, fire and street departments.

The city’s expenses are expected to surpass its revenue in either the 2017-18 or 2019-20 fiscal year, depending on new hires. That is caused, in part, by police and fire department pensions, Meyer said.

The budget includes reorganization that has been proposed as part of the city’s transfer from the commission form of government to the managerial form, specifically the consolidation of the street, water, wastewater and public property departments into a new public works department.

Proponents of the new department say it will save the city money and create more efficiency.

Mayor Jim Burke and Commissioner Jeff Kuhn have said they want to see more in-depth financial analysis about the savings, which would include a new hire and restructuring as current department heads retire.

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it in small increments so it’s not a budget-buster for families.”

Aldermen Dave Hand and Lee Folsom voted against proceeding with the plan to raise the rates. Hand said that with more than $5 million in reserves in those departments, he believes the increases can be avoided.

“I understand we’ve lost big users like Stanley, but I believe we need to tighten our belts instead of giving residents 6 consecutive years of rate increases,” Hand said.

Hand said he voted for the first 3 years of water and sewer rate hikes, but he couldn’t do it this time.

“I thought it was fair the first time to keep up with inflation, but now I’d rather see us try to make departmental cuts,” Hand said. “A lot of the people in my ward are retired and on fixed incomes.”

DIXON – The Dixon School Board voted Wednesday to approve attire guidelines for teachers.

The school district has never had a dress code.

Instead, it was up to the teachers to decide what they wore each day.

According to the new guidelines, all clothing should be clean, in good repair, and wellfitting.

Among other guidelines, undergarments should be worn, but not visible. Dress shoes, casual shoes and sandals are appropriate. Athletic shoes, if worn, should complement the attire.

Dresses and skirts are acceptable but need to be knee length or longer. Pants and capris are also acceptable.

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“In future years, the committee will reconvene and at that time they may make changes to those standards,” Sodergren-Baar said.

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Compulsory dues, free speech crux of federal lawsuit Public worker unions, politics tightly linked

Dave Granlund, GateHouse News Service

EDITORIAL

Abe’s visit keeps on giving H

istory tells us that Abraham Lincoln visited Sterling once in his life.

He journeyed to the upand-coming community on July 18, 1856, gave a political speech, stayed overnight with a local family, and departed the next day, never to return.

But that one visit by the future 16th president, who later would be lionized for saving the Union and freeing the slaves before his untimely assassination, has not been forgotten. Nor, do we suspect, will it ever be.

The home of Sheriff William Manahan, who put Lincoln up for the night, has been carefully preserved and expertly restored, down to a replica of the couch where the lanky 6-foot-4 politician slept.

Members of the Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society bought the 1847 house, at 607 E. Third St., and restored it from 2007

What we think Abraham Lincoln’s 1856 visit to Sterling is the gift that keeps on giving. A new Lincoln-themed mural will further leverage that asset. to 2011, when the brick structure was dedicated on the 155th anniversary of Lincoln’s visit.

At Propheter Park, on the site where Lincoln spoke, a life-sized statue was dedicated in 2006 to commemorate his address. Lincoln, by the way, was not a candidate in the 1856 election; he spoke on behalf of the fledgling Republican Party’s first presidential candidate, John C. Frémont.

In a downtown mural dedicated in 2005, Lincoln is one of eight presidents depicted; they all visited Sterling during their lives.

Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society members raised money to buy a building adjacent to

the Lincoln-Manahan Home. The former C&E Glass building will one day become the Lincoln Learning Center; it will be used for educational and community activities.

AND NOW, STERLING Main Street and the Sterling Mural Society have announced plans to create the Society’s 20th mural this summer, titled “Lincoln in Sterling.”

The mural will be painted on a building across the street from the Lincoln-Manahan Home.

The dedication is planned for late July.

Adding to local Lincoln lore is the fact that the Lincoln Highway’s origi-

nal route came through Sterling.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination on April 14, 1865; he died the next morning. Sterling certainly welcomes visitors who want to connect with Honest Abe through his visit here.

To all those who have preserved for posterity the memory of Lincoln’s visit, the community owes a debt of gratitude.

One way to make a payment on that debt is to mail a donation for the “Lincoln in Sterling” mural to the Sterling Mural Society in care of Sterling Main Street, P.O. Box 261, Sterling, IL 61081. Donation forms may be found online at sterlingmainstreet.org.

Lincoln spent only a day in Sterling, but that connection is an asset that the city continues to leverage to its advantage.

The new mural will be a fine addition to the community.

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Thief shouldn’t be allowed to keep trophies ANNA HATZIPANAGIOTIS Mount Morris

Talk about corruption and filth in Washington, D.C., Dixon and the Crundwell affair is a disgrace to humanity – $54 million she swindled from the city, thus the taxpayers.

Now having been found guilty, she is requesting all her awards, trophies, etc.

They were gotten under false pretenses and should be sold to recoup some of the huge sums she swindled.

Stealing does not entitle her to a thing.

She has more gall than anyone ever had. Attorneys and Dixon should have enough presence of mind to deny this socalled request.

Criminal conduct and false pretenses indicate there should be no question about it whatsoever; emphatically and completed denied.

That is justice, not all

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SPRINGFIELD – Should people be compelled to support a political cause they don’t believe in?

That’s the crux of an Illinois legal issue almost certain to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

In the past, the high court has ruled that workers in states without right-to-work laws can be forced to pay “fair share” dues to unions, as long as none of the money goes toward political purposes.

The money is supposed to be spent on the costs the unions incur representing these people at the bargaining table and administering the contract.

But as Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy pointed out last year, the situation for government workers is different.

Just about everything a union does on their behalf is political.

Think about it.

Some of the biggest political issues facing state government this year are state worker pensions, employee pay, and staffing in state facilities.

And, guess what? All of those issues are ones brought up in labor negotiations.

So, all of what a government worker union does is political in nature.

SOME PEOPLE WHO work for state government, local school districts, and municipalities don’t agree with their unions and don’t believe they should be forced to pay money to groups that may hold a different political position than they do.

And yet, those workers continue to give money to unions because they want to hang on to their jobs.

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Harris v. Quinn: “... except perhaps in the rarest of circumstances, no person in this country may be compelled to subsidize speech by a third party that he or she does not

Scott Reeder is a reporter in residence for the Illinois Policy Institute.

Contact him at sreeder@ illinoispolicy. org.

wish to support.”

I was sitting in the courtroom when the Supreme Court heard the Harris case last year. It appeared that a majority of the court is willing to look at the question of “fairshare” dues.

In fact, the Harris case prompted Gov. Bruce Rauner to issue an executive order this month saying that state workers do not have to pay money People to unions – should not unless they be forced want to.

Rauner is to give to seeking a a group declaratory they don’t j u d g m e n t agree with in federal court to just to affirm that have a job. his actions Scott Reeder are constitutional.

And that has to frighten union bosses nationwide.

Here’s why.

Ultimately, if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Rauner, every government worker in the United States could be off the hook for union dues.

And only those who want to belong, not those forced to pay, would support government unions.

And this wouldn’t be just for Illinois state workers.

It would be for every city, state, county and school district employee in the United States.

That is how it is already in 25 states.

It’s a matter of worker freedom.

People should not be forced to give to a group they don’t agree with just to have a job.

Note to readers: Scott Reeder’s column is underwritten by the Illinois Policy Institute.

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Feds want info on how company moved money NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S. government is investigating how Caterpillar has been moving cash between its business units in the U.S. and overseas, the construction equipment company said Wednesday.

Caterpillar said it received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois on Jan. 8 that asked for financial information related to undistributed profits of non-U.S. subsidiaries and cash movements. Caterpillar did not give further details but said it is cooperating with the investigation and that it should not affect its business or finances.

The company disclosed the investigation in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The filing also said, separately, that the SEC told Caterpillar in September that it was conducting an “informal investigation” of the company’s affili-

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A Caterpillar hydraulic excavator operates on a construction site in Miami Beach, Florida, in September 2014. The company revealed Wednesday that it received a grand jury subpoena on Jan. 8. ate in Switzerland called Caterpillar SARL. The SEC declined to comment Wednesday.

There has previously been criticism of Caterpillar’s tax strategy related to Caterpillar SARL. Last year, a congressional report said that the Peoria, Illinois-based company avoided paying $2.4 billion in U.S. taxes since 2000 by shifting

profits overseas. It said Caterpillar was using the Swiss affiliate to transfer the rights to profits from its parts business in order to avoid taxes.

At the time, Caterpillar said it followed all tax laws.

A spokeswoman for Caterpillar did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.

MONEY & MARKETS The following stock quotations, as of 5 p.m., are provided as a community service by Chad Weigle of Edward Jones, Dixon and Raymond James and Associates, Sterling.

Abbott ................................ 46.40 Alcoa .................................. 15.82 AltriaCorp .......................... 55.23 Autonation ........................ 62.34 American Express ............. 79.67 Arris-Group ....................... 27.81 Apple................................ 128.72 ADM................................... 47.72 AT&T .................................. 34.46 Bank of America................ 16.28 Boeing.............................. 151.10 BorgWarner ....................... 60.30 BP ....................................... 41.72 Casey’s ............................... 90.63 Caterpillar ......................... 84.74 CenturyLink ...................... 37.52 Chevron ........................... 110.54 Cisco .................................. 29.46 Citigroup ........................... 51.41 CNW .................................. 43.94 CocaCola ........................... 41.70

ConAgra ............................. 33.54 Dean .................................. 16.74 Deere & Co ........................ 92.72 Disney .............................. 103.81 Donaldson......................... 37.74 DuPont .............................. 76.29 Exxon ................................. 90.93 Ford .................................... 16.20 Exelon ................................ 33.85 GE ...................................... 25.26 FifthThird .......................... 19.10 HawaiianElectric .............. 33.76 Hewlett Packard ................ 38.15 HomeDepot .................... 112.01 Intel Corp. ......................... 33.30 IBM .................................. 162.23 IntlPaper ............................ 57.21 JCPenney ............................. 8.26 JohnsonControls ............... 49.80 Johnson&Johnson............. 99.87 JPMorgan Chase ............... 59.34 Kraft ................................... 64.74 Kroger ................................ 73.46 Leggett&Platt .................... 44.63 Manpower ......................... 78.35 McDonald’s ....................... 94.61 Merck&Co.......................... 58.83 Microsoft ........................... 43.53

The following quotations are provided as a community service by Sterling Futures: Corn: March 3.84; May 3.92; July 4.00 Soybeans: Jan. 9.95½; May 9.99¼; July 10.04 Soybean oil: March 32.01; May 32.20

Soybean meal: March Lean hogs: April 64.22; 338.60; May 331.50 June 79.25; Oct 68.72 Wheat: March 5.24; May Sugar: March 15.09 5.26 Cotton: March 64.62 Oats: March 2.74¼; July T-Bonds: March 144 5⁄32 2.74 ½ Silver: March 16.41 Live cattle: Feb. 159.17; Gold: Feb. 1210.00 April 152.62; June 144.70 Copper: March 2.6220 Feeder cattle: March Crude: March 51.68 203.10; April 202.07 Dollar Index: Dec. 94.12

3M .................................... 167.32 Monsanto ........................ 124.57 Newell ................................ 40.22 AGL .................................... 50.77 Nike .................................... 93.66 Parker-Han ...................... 122.74 Pfizer .................................. 34.44 Pepsico .............................. 99.26 Procter&Gamble ............... 86.35 RaymondJames ................. 56.20 Republic ............................ 40.87 Sears Hldg ......................... 37.60 SensientTech ..................... 62.08 Sprint ................................... 4.96 Staples ............................... 17.04 TheTravelers.................... 108.03 UnitedContinental ........... 66.63 UnitedTech ...................... 122.02 USBancorp ........................ 44.56 USSteel .............................. 25.41 Verizon............................... 48.90 Walgreen............................ 77.76 WalMartStores................... 86.25 WalMartMexico................. 23.75 WasteMgt........................... 54.64 Wendy’s.............................. 11.28

President Obama: Islam isn’t the enemy Muslims who let people think so must speak out WASHINGTON (AP) – Muslims in the U.S. and around the world have a responsibility to fight a misconception that terrorist groups like the Islamic State speak for them, President Barack Obama said Wednesday in his most direct remarks yet about any link between Islam and terrorism.

For weeks, the White House has sidestepped the question of whether deadly terror attacks in Paris and other Western cities amount to “Islamic extremism,” wary of offending a major world religion or lending credibility to the “war on terror” that Obama’s predecessor waged. But as he hosted a White House summit on countering violent extremism, the president said some in Muslim communities have bought into the notion that Islam is incompatible with toler-

ance and modern life.

“We are not at war with Islam,” Obama said. “We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.”

While putting the blame on IS and similar groups – Obama said the militants masquerade as religious leaders but are really terrorists – the president also appealed directly to prominent Muslims to do more to distance themselves from brutal ideologies.

He said all have a duty to “speak up very clearly” in opposition to violence against innocent people.

“Just as leaders like myself reject the notion that terrorists like ISIL genuinely represent Islam, Muslim leaders need to do more to discredit the notion that our nations are determined to suppress Islam,” Obama said.

Issuing such a direct challenge to Muslims marked a clear departure from the restrained, cautious language Obama and his aides have used to describe the situation in the past.

In the days after last month’s shootings at a satirical French newspaper that had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, Obama avoided calling the attack an example of “Islamic extremism,” and instead opted for the more generic “violent extremism.”

Recently, the White House also struggled to explain whether the U.S. believes the Afghan Taliban to be a terrorist organization.

The refusal to directly assess any Islamic role in the terrifying scenes playing out in Europe, the Mideast and Africa has drawn criticism from those who say Obama has prioritized political correctness over a frank acknowledgement of reality.

White House aides said they were avoiding associating the attacks with Islam for the sake of “accuracy” and to avoid lending credence to the terrorists’ own justification for violence – a strict interpretation of Islam.

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Shoplifter knows it’s wrong, but just can’t stop Dear Abby, I need help! I have shoplifted several times.

I was caught and have a police record. I am a grandparent. I know it’s wrong, and I don’t do it all the time. Is this a mental disorder, or am I just being stupid? If I know this is wrong, why do I keep doing it? And where do I start to look for help?

– Sticky Fingers

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

to stop, the person to discuss this with is a psychologist. Your physician can refer you to one, or contact your state psychological association to find someone in your area.

Dear Sticky Fingers, Some people shoplift because they are criminals, some do it for “thrills,” and others do it to make up for something else that is missing in their lives. Because you know what you are doing is wrong, would like to understand your compulsion and want

Dear Abby, My girlfriend and I have called it quits after 3 years. Distance was the main reason. It

wasn’t a bad breakup, but it’s still a difficult transition for both of us. She would rather we not see or speak to each other for a while to let things heal.

Her birthday is coming up soon, and I don’t feel right not acknowledging it. Her special day means a lot to her, and I still love and respect her for who she is. Is sending a card and gift appropriate, or should I just leave her be?

– Distance Was the Reason Dear Distance, Send a birthday card and tell her that because the day is special, you couldn’t let it pass unacknowledged. It shouldn’t be necessary to send a gift in light of the fact

that you are no longer a couple.

Dear Abby, My daughter is getting married in September. In June, she’s planning to have a bachelorette party in Mexico.

My husband and I have never been to Mexico and thought, “Why not kill two birds with one stone?” Because I’m afraid of flying, I want my husband and son to also go to Mexico, but stay at a different resort. The party is only for three days, so when everyone else goes home, my husband and I will extend our stay.

I have gone on girl vacations to Las Vegas before, where my husband has traveled with me and then gone and done his own

thing. We would meet up after the girl vacation. I don’t see a problem with his traveling to Mexico, but my daughter absolutely objects. What do you think?

– No Problem in Colorado Dear No, Could this be a telltale warning sign of a budding bridezilla? Your daughter appears to be making a problem where none exists. If your husband and son will stay at a different resort, they might as well be back in the states. That they are in Mexico shouldn’t inconvenience or inhibit your daughter at all.

Happy New Year to My Asian Readers, The Lunar New Year

begins today. This year is the year of the goat. People born in the year of the goat are gentle, serene, calm and mild-mannered.

They are creative, persevering, resilient and possess excellent defensive skills. They prefer to be in groups and work in teams and, I am told, they can be flirtatious. A happy, healthy and prosperous new year to all who celebrate it.

– Love, Abby 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.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES Friday, Feb. 20

Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

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

Downstairs, west door.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, open; 6 p.m., open; 10:30 p.m.,

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.

National Association of Health Underwriters Continued Education Class, 9 a.m., 6 E. 23rd, Sterling, 800-798-1771.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9:3011:30 a.m., Oliver’s Corner Market, 748 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon.

Bible study, 10 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Blood pressure check, 11 a.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912

open, candlelight, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

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

Sauk Valley Gluten-Free Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1013 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open; Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, state Route 52 N., Amboy.

Reformers Unanimous Addiction Abstinence Program, 7-9 p.m., First Baptist Church, 24 N. Mason Ave., Amboy, 815-8572682.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed; Rochelle Hospital, 900 N. Second St. 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.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., St. Mark Lutheran Church, 201 N. Division St., state Route 26, Polo.

Alcoholics Anonymous District 73 meeting, 8 p.m., St. Mark Lutheran Church, 201 N. Division Ave., Polo.

Saturday, Feb. 21 Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Method-

COMMUNITY EVENTS Thursday, Feb. 19 Biscuits and gravy, 7 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

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, 815-6229230.

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, 815-2889236.

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.

Community coffee, 9:15-10 a.m., Good Neighbor Care of Sterling, 2705 Avenue E, 815564-2145.

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

Cards and Wii Bowling, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

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, 815288-9236.

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, 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, 815-622-9230.

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.

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

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

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

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, Feb. 20 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, 815-562-5050.

Storytime, 10:30-11 a.m., Sterling Public Library, 815-6251370.

Lunch and Learn Program, 10:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Line dancing, 11 a.m.-noon, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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, 815-622-9230.

Potluck lunch, 11:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

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.

Movie, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” 12;15 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

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.

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

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

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, 217 First Ave. Fish dinner, 5-7 p.m., American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-284-2003.

Bingo, 7 p.m. Rock Falls American Legion, 712 Fourth Ave.

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

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Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old School; 8 p.m., open, fun night, bring a friend, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 1-2:30 p.m., Save-A-Lot, 928 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, First Presbyterian Church, 1100 Calvin Road, Rochelle.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

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Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, tradition; 12:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed (5), Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, women’s; noon, open; 6 p.m., open, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9:30 a.m., former St. Anne Grade School, 32 N. Jones Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2315.

Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.noon, Walmart, 1901 First Ave., Rock Falls.

NIU Theatre presents ‘Awake and Sing!’

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The Great Depression was named so for a reason.

As the backdrop to its next theater performance offering, Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance’s upcoming production of “Awake and Sing!,” opening today, presents the idea that before the nation’s current economic woes, there were once greater ones.

“Awake and Sing!,” by Clifford Odets, follows the Bergers, three generations of a lower-middle class, Jewish family living in the Bronx, New York, struggling for survival through one of the harshest economic periods in American history.

The mother is the glue that holds them all together, even if that means relentlessly manipulating her children and others to maintain a proper appearance of respectability.

The father follows along without saying too much, the daughter contributes by getting pregnant out of wedlock, the son idealistically denounces the need for money to define who he is, and the grandfather cites Karl Marx to support his belief that the family should simply be dissolved.

The play runs today through Sunday, and Feb. 26 through 28, at the Huntley Middle School Auditorium, 1515 S. First St. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Sunday, and an additional matinee begins at 2 p.m. on Feb. 28.

Tickets cost $16, $13 for seniors, and $8 for students. Ticket reservations or additional information is available at www.niu. edu/theatre or at the NIU School of Theatre and Dance box office at 815753-1600.

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Students to perform with orchestra alto saxophone, and Alice Lind, a Clinton High School senior, will sing two selections.

In addition, the orchestra will perform an overture by Brahms and a symphony by Dvorak.

In honor of the student soloists, all students will be admitted free.

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MORRISON – Two high school musicians, chosen from the Clinton Symphony Orchestra’s annual Young Artist Auditions, will perform with the 50-member orchestra at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 28 in the Morrison High School Audito-

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rium, 643 Genesee Ave. Colleen Elfline, a Morrison High School junior, will perform on

Adult tickets are $15 at the door, or in advance at clintonsymphony. org or at Grummert’s Hardware, 424 Locust St., Sterling; Fitzgerald’s Pharmacy, 124 E. Main St., Morrison; and Tegeler Music, 101 S. Second St., Clinton.

Go to clintonsymphony.org for more information.

WHAT’S GOING ON

ART EXHIBITS At The Next Picture Show DIXON – The Regional Survey of Art 11 will run through Saturday at the gallery, 113 W. First St. A wine tasting event is set for 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 26 at the gallery. The event will feature 20 different wines from all over the world, paired with cheeses.

There will be a drawing for a door prize of fine wine.

Cost is $50 per person. Call 815-285-4924 for tickets or more information.

Art at the Loveland DIXON – The art collection at Loveland Community House and Museum, 513 W. Second St., as well as the museum’s many other exhibits are available for viewing from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment. Guided group tours can be scheduled by contacting Steve Wilson at swilson@lovelandcommunityhouse.org or 815-284-2741.

Visit lovelandcommunityhouse. org for a virtual tour of the museum, and for more information. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.

At Ashford University Cortona Art Gallery CLINTON, Iowa – Ashford University’s Cortona Art Gallery will feature “Of One’s Own,” a collection of paintings by Davenport, Iowa, artist Leslie Bell through March 3.

There will be a reception from 3 to 4 p.m. March 3 at the gallery on the second floor of St. Clare Hall, 400 N. Bluff Boulevard.

According to Bell, the show asks what the world might be like “if governed by a tradition of female-chosen values.”

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The gallery is free to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Go to ashford.edu or call 563242-4023 for more information.

At River Arts Center CLINTON, Iowa – An exhibit featuring impressionistic landscapes and large florals in oil on canvas by Stuart Roddy of Coleta is open through March 8 at the River Arts Center, 229 Fifth Ave. S. Roddy is an instructor at Sterling High School and Sauk Valley Community College.

The center is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

At Woodlawn Arts Academy STERLING – The 2014-15 Winter Art Exhibit features the works of Barbara Lundeen (batik and oil on glass), Betty Predmore (watercolor), and Linda VonHolten (mixed media) at Woodlawn Arts Academy, 3807 Woodlawn Road.

The exhibit runs through Friday.

Visit woodlawnartsacademy. com for more information.

band’s name, booking number and website or Facebook page, and gig or event schedule, or the bar’s event schedule, to Lucas Pauley at lpauley@saukvalley.com.

At Books on First DIXON – Dan Hagemann will play from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the store, 202 W. First St. At Cragel’s PROPHETSTOWN – Kizmaz will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. March 14 at the bar, 345 Washington St. At The Cooler ROCK FALLS – CatFish Dogs will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. today at the bar, 311 W. Second St. Rout 38 will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, and Killbourn will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Saturday.

At The Rusty Fox STERLING – Camilo Quintana will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Saturday at the bar, 1 E. Third St. At Val’s Place DIXON – Acoustic open mic is open to the public at 8:30 p.m. every Monday at the bar, 316 W. First St. Musicians also are welcome to join the band Notorious Folk, featuring Steve Catron, at 8 p.m. every Tuesday.

At Whiskey Barrel Saloon ROCK FALLS – Drive! will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, and Shotgun Jane will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at the bar, 305 W. Second St. Upcoming: Feb. 27, Drop Dead Dolly; and Feb. 28, Kampfire Kowboys

wider than 48 inches and no heavier than 25 pounds, and suitable for family viewing.

The artist must live within 35 miles of Dixon and be 17 or older.

The entry fee is $15 for one piece and $25 for two pieces. Each artist is limited to two entries.

No three-dimensional work, crafts, photography, computergenerated art or sculpture will be accepted.

Awards are given in a variety of categories, including American and regional scenes, nature, creativity, realistic style, multicultural, best floral, best landscape and Reflections of the Past honors.

More than $3,500 in prizes will be awarded, donated by local businesses and individuals.

This year, four awards will be presented to “Emerging Artists” who have never won a Phidian Art Show Award.

All of the other awards will be open to all artists, including “Emerging Artists.”

For more information, guidelines and entry forms, call Ellen Allen at 815-652-2002 or Judy Dixon at 815-288-2501.

March 26 and 27 Entries sought for art show DIXON – The Phidian Art Club is accepting entries for the 68th Annual Art Show.

Entries will be accepted from 2 to 6 p.m. March 26 and 27 at Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St. The free reception will be at 6 p.m. March 31 at Loveland Community House. The judge’s critique and presentation of awards will begin at 7 p.m.

Artwork must be original paintings or drawings not previously entered in the show. It must be ready for hanging by wire, no

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STERLING – Sterling Mural Society members are seeking donations for the 20th mural, to mark the group’s 20th anniversary.

Plans are for a “Lincoln in Sterling” theme for the mural, to be installed on the south wall of a building at the corner of East Third Street and Seventh Avenue. Members are working with local artist John Gragert and his sons to develop a design concept for the mural, which the Gragerts will paint this summer.

Donations of $20 are being sought. Contributions may be made in care of Sterling Main Street, P.O. Box 261, Sterling, IL 61081. Donation forms are available at sterlingmainstreet.org or picked up

Entries sought for annual art contest WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-East Moline, will accept artwork from high school students in the 17th Congressional District for the annual Congressional Art Competition.

The competition is a nationwide arts contest by the U. S. House of Representatives. One winning piece of artwork from each district will be displayed for the next year in the Cannon Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, District of Colombia.

The winner also will receive two airline tickets to Washington. Runnersup will have their work displayed in Bustos’ Illinois and Washington offices.

To compete, students in the district, which includes Carroll and Whiteside counties, should submit original artwork in digital form to bustos. house.gov/helping-you/ art-competition and to her office at artwork.bustos@ mail.house.gov by April 10.

Only one submission per student is allowed.

All entries will be posted online for the public to vote for their favorite.

The website has all the details.

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Father John Misty’s ‘Honeybear’ an emotional gem (Grade: A) There won’t likely be a more beautiful and devastating record in 2015 than “I Love You, Honeybear” from Father John Misty.

Father John Misty is Josh Tillman, who was the drummer for indie folk band Fleet Foxes before he left in 2012. If you like Fleet Foxes, you’ll dig Father John Misty. But there’s so much more to “I Love You, Honeybear” than folk rock, or even the music itself.

There’s a heavy dose of the airy, layered folk rock.

But there’s also a mix of country, ’70s guitar, and honky tonk that keeps things interesting. FJM’s voice, and the music to an extent, is reminiscent of early Elton John. Listeners would enjoy the music even if they didn’t pay any mind to what FJM is saying in his songs.

That said, you’re really missing something if you don’t delve into the lyrics.

But a word of warning: It’s emotionally draining.

Essentially, “I Love You, Honeybear” is a love story filled with the doubts, jealousies, fears of inadequacies, and occasional contempt. It’s up and down, like a rocky relationship.

But FJM extends those worries to us all in the stellar

track “Bored in the USA.” Is this the part where I get all I ever wanted? Who said that? Can I get my money back? The closer of the song is a gut punch, with a laugh track accompanying FJM’s bemoaning of his “useless education, subprime loan on a Craftsman home, and prescriptions.”

A beautifully subdued closer, “I Went to the Store One Day,” recounts the beginning of the relationship in a parking lot. “Nothing Good Ever Happens at the Goddamned Thirsty Crow” is a wry account of the protagonist’s many rebuffs of women at bars.

Very heavy stuff, but with a payoff more than worth the effort, “I Love You, Honeybear” likely will be on a number of year-end best lists. Deservedly so.

– Jeff Rogers SVM managing editor @EditorJeffSir

Imagine Dragons make another hit, but it’s mostly awful (Grade: D-plus) The problem with “Smoke + Mirrors,” Imagine Dragons’ follow-up LP to its 2012 smash debut, “Night Visions,” is painfully evident in the song “Hopeless Opus.”

Deep in the record – track

12 of the 13 – “Hopeless Opus” shapes up as one of the album’s stronger tracks, with a catchy chorus and an easy, shuffling pace. Until the bomb drops, that is. “Cherry bomb. Ch ch ch cherry bomb. Ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb,” frontman Dan Reynolds stutters.

Four minutes of song are ruined by 10 seconds of electrofied pandering to the teen masses.

“Smoke + Mirrors” is full of such cliched, layered gimmicks.

Pounding floor toms?

Got ’em, in spades. Handclaps? You bet. Choruses aimed only at getting a big crowd waving its hands up and down? Oh, yeah.

“Ya gotta fire up, ya gotta let go,” the band chants in the awful “I’m So Sorry.”

The record’s first single, “I Bet My Life,” will be a hit with the kids, but it’s grating in the way of Fall Out Boy’s “Centuries.”

The lone redeeming tracks of the record are the decent enough ballad “Dream,” and the slow walk into an anthem “The Fall,” at the record’s close.

Give Imagine Dragons some credit. The band found a niche in the pop/ rock/hipster/teen mass and is milking it for all it’s worth. It’s just not good music. Too bad, because “Night Vision” had some really strong alternative rock moments. “Smoke + Mirrors,” however, has none.

As Imagine Dragons experienced Top 40 successes and collaborated with hiphop artists in the wake of “Night Visions,” you could see this record coming.

There was an expectation of a record full of soulless, uninteresting drivel. But

“Smoke + Mirrors” is worse.

It’s frequently laughable.

– Jeff Rogers SVM managing editor @EditorJeffSir

Kate Pierson’s solo effort occasionally cringeworthy (Grade: D-minus) Fans of The B-52s probably should be interested in hearing Tuesday’s solo debut release by band member Kate Pierson.

However, be warned: “Guitars and Microphones” doesn’t sound much like The B-52s, and, unfortunately, it’s not very good at all.

The record is far more forced than fun. It’s not at all a party like classic music from The B-52s.

And the lyrics are, at times, cringeworthy, which is somewhat surprising given that Sia Furler was involved in the process.

The red flags wave immediately, in the awkward opener, “Throw Down the Roses.” A cheerleader-style rant about the trivialities of rock stardom (please!), Pierson sings, “I don’t wanna be a Fender guitar, played by a rock star, don’t string me along.” (Puh-lease!!)

By the third and title track, Pierson’s voice – still strong and forceful – has clicked

into full grating mode. Clearly, Pierson’s voice is best heard in doses as it is with The B-52s. By the end of a 36-minute record, however, it’s difficult to take any more.

Musically, Pierson provides a buffet of uptempo numbers, ballads, and lounge-act crooners. None of it is good. Some of it is downright embarrassing (“Crush Me With Your Love” and “Wolves.”)

It leads one to wonder – What would drive a musician in the business for more than 30 years to decide now is the time, with such subpar material, to launch a solo effort?

– Jeff Rogers SVM managing editor @EditorJeffSir

The Districts show promise on “A Flourish and a Spoil” (Grade: B-plus) The Districts. Ever heard of them? No? Well, get on that.

The band, out of Lititz, Pennsylvania, released “A Flourish and a Spoil,” on Feb. 10. Since then, It has quickly become one of my favorite albums of the year so far.

The whole album screams “we just walk up to our amps, plug in, and play.” It’s got that feel-like-you’re-inthe-garage-with-them vibe.

I say garage because

I can’t picture the band practicing in any other space. We’re not talking new construction. Picture some oil spots, and the strong smell of gasoline.

Many of the songs, such as “Hounds,” feature chunky guitar riffs, heavy on the fuzz.

Then the group comes at you with a track like “Surbuban Smell” with just vocals and an acoustic guitar.

Singer and guitarist Rob Grote has a classic, punchy East cost voice. Many times on the album there is distortion and reverb on his vocals.

Reminiscent of Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, but far less exaggerated.

The band definitely also has its similarities to roots rock and folksy-bluesy bands like Delta Spirit and Dawes.

But, The Districts come with a little more angst, and a little less polish.

The song “Young Blood” is the album’s best, with its stripped down beginning to the verses that build quickly. The hook is catchy. The extended bridge is perfectly constructed. Grote’s vocals are intense. The ending is chaotic. It’s an 8-minute, 40-second beautiful mess.

Even though the album has a couple songs like “Heavy Bags” that are just OK, they serve their purpose and the album flows well.

It’s clear The Districts put a lot of thought into “A Flourish and a Spoil.”

With as much promise as it showed, it’s a good guess the group’s best work is still to come – Lucas Pauley SVM Plan!t editor @LucasJayPauley

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WHAT’S GOING ON BANDS AND BARS March 7 Lyle Grobe and the Rhythm Ramblers STERLING – Country gentleman Lyle Grobe and the Rhythm Ramblers will play from 7 to 10 p.m. at Sterling Moose, 2601 E. Lincolnway.

COMEDY Feb. 28 Comedian at local eatery DEER GROVE – Tom Garland, who has been on HBO and performed in Las Vegas and Chicago, will perform at 8 p.m. at Arnie’s Happy Spot, 1667 Hoover Road.

Tickets are $5 for the show only, or $11 with a chicken dinner included.

Tickets will be available at the door, which will open at 6:30 p.m. The food special runs from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

April 11 Christian comedian in area WALNUT – Brad Stine, a Christian comedian from Brentwood, Tennessee, will present “The God Experience Tour 2015” at 5 and 8:30 p.m. at Walnut Community Bible Church, 125 Jackson St. Stine does not use profanity or sexual humor because of his conservative Christian faith.

Tickets are $5 or $5.50 at walnutcommunitybiblechurch.org.

Folk singer Chris Vallillo of Illinois will perform songs and talk about the importance of music to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. There will be a questionand-answer session after the hourlong program. Donations will be accepted.

Wednesday Dueling pianos at SVCC DIXON – Midwest Dueling Pianos will provide an interactive musical comedy experience from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2.

The audience is encouraged to request songs, sing along, or perform a song or skit with the players.

The show is free to the public.

March 6 First Fridays in Oregon OREGON – The First Fridays Open Stage music show will return at 7 p.m. to the Oregon VFW Post 8739, 1310 W. Washington St. Each musician or band performs for 15 minutes. Instruments are acoustic, and a professional sound system is provided. The music will include country, bluegrass, blues, gospel, folk, soft rock, and eclectic mixes of the different styles.

Admission is by donation. All musicians and spectators are welcome. Call 815-973-0942 for more information.

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CRAFT SHOWS, FLEA MARKETS, VENDOR SHOWS CONCERTS Friday Blues and Bluegrass FRANKLIN GROVE – If it’s the third Friday of the month, it’s Blues and Bluegrass night at the H.I. Lincoln Building, 136 N. Elm St. Open stage acoustic gospel, folk, country, blues and bluegrass will be performed, beginning at 7 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are accepted to help with the upkeep of the historic building.

Go to franklingroveil.org for more information.

Saturday Christian artist in Sterling STERLING – Chris Himmel of Jacksonville will perform a variety of Christian music at 7 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 205 E. 10th St. Himmel, who comes from a musical family, started a solo music ministry in 2014.

A freewill offering will be taken at the performance to help Himmel continue his ministry.

Go to chrishimmelministries. com for more information.

Sunday Folk singer in Morrison MORRISON – A program, “Music of the Civil Rights Movement,” will begin at 2 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 200 W. Lincolnway.

Feb. 28 and March 1 Railroad show in the area LENA – The Depot Stove Gang Model Railroad Club will present its 27th annual Model Railroad Show and Swap Meet from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days in the gymnasiums at LenaWinslow Elementary School, 401 Freemont St., the junior high, 517 Freemont St., and the high school, 516 Freemont St. There will be more than 30,000 square feet of operating displays, railroad memorabilia, and model railroad merchandise.

The show and parking are free.

Donations will be accepted.

Lunch will be available in the elementary school cafeteria.

Call the Freeport/Stephenson County Convention and Visitors Bureau at 815-233-1357 for more information.

FARM TOY SHOW March 7 Toy show in Polo POLO – The 30th annual Polo Farm Toy Show, sponsored by the Polo Lions Club, will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Polo High School, 100 Union Ave. Approximately 100 dealers will attend the event with a wide variety of items. There will be a 50/50 drawing.

The Polo Boosters will serve lunch in the school cafeteria.

Admission is $2 for adults and children under 12 are admitted free. The school is handicapped accessible.

For dealer information call Dave

and Irene Short at 815-9463730.

FUN FOR A CAUSE March 5 Event helps Eliminate Project STERLING – The Sterling Kiwanis Club is planning a dinner and a movie night to raise funds for the Eliminate Project, a program to end tetanus in mothers and newborns.

The evening will begin with a social hour from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m. at The Depot, 214 Locust St. Dessert auction and silent auction items will be on display, with bids being taken throughout the night. Dinner will be a twomeat buffet from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. at Martin’s Steaks and Spirits, 14 E. Third St. The film “American Graffiti” will be shown from 7 to 9 p.m. at Sterling Theater, 402 Locust St. Winners of the dessert auction and silent auction can pick up their items after the movie at the theater.

Tickets cost $30 per person, which includes dinner and the movie. A limit of 100 will be sold.

Every $1.80 raised protects one woman and her future children from tetanus.

To purchase tickets, or for more information, call Elroy Wylde at 815-625-6800, ext.

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March 7 Benefit set for Granny Rose DIXON – Tickets are on sale for a 50/50 raffle to benefit Granny Rose Animal Shelter.

Tickets cost $5 for one, $10 for three, or $20 for seven. In Dixon, tickets can be bought at Granny Rose, 613 River Lane; Oliver’s Corner Market, 748 N. Brinton Ave.; and Shamrock Pub, 1401 Chicago Ave. In Sterling, Knie Appliance, 3614 E. Lincolnway, is selling tickets. They also are available by calling Rudy Rutherford at 815440-4096.

The drawing will be at 6 p.m. during the sixth annual Top Dog fundraiser for Granny Rose, at Dixon Elks Lodge, 1279 Franklin Grove Road. You need not be present to win.

There is no cover charge. A bags tournament of two-person teams will start at 10 a.m., with three skill levels. Prizes will be awarded for each division. Registration costs $80 for Division A, or the pro division; $60 for Division B; and $40 for Division C, or the beginner. Free shirts and can koozies will be provided to all bags participants.

Sign-up will begin at 11 a.m. for a Texas hold-’em poker tournament to start at noon. There is a $50 buy-in per person, which includes $10,000 worth of chips.

There are two optional $25 rebuys available in the first hour of play, meaning players can put in more money to get additional chips.

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Among the items are signed sports memorabilia, such as a Chicago Blackhawks jersey signed by player Jonathan Toews; tickets to the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls, and Chicago White Sox; dinner certificates; and a cruise on Lake Michigan. Raffle prices will be determined.

Food and drinks will be available from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Lasting Impressions DJ service will provide music.

Auction donations still are needed. Call Rutherford to donate or for more information.

The craft fair will have a large number of vendors offering crafts, food, candles, and other items.

Forreston FFA Alumni will have a raffle for $200 and $100 gift certificates at Eickman’s Processing in Seward. Lunch will also be available from the FFA Alumni.

For more information, log on to forrestonffaalumni.org, or e-mail FFA adviser Robert Nelson at rnelson@fvdistrict221.org.

Call Rick Garnhart for the toy show at 815-238-3044, or Cathy Kohlbauer for the craft fair at 815-275-6710.

March 14 Toys, crafts in Forreston FORRESTON – The Forreston FFA Alumni will have its 27th Annual Toy Show and Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Forreston Junior and Senior High School, 601 E. Main St. The toy show will be in the Forreston High School gym. The craft fair will be in the Forreston Junior High School gym and cafeteria.

The toy show features toy tractors, farm equipment, memorabilia, and collectibles. Proceeds will support the Forreston High School agriculture and FFA programs.

The event features more than 100 tables of vendors from throughout the Midwest.

The Forreston FFA Alumni also will have Oliver 1750 toy tractors for sale.

March 7 Chamber bingo event returns ROCK FALLS – Rock Falls Chamber’s annual event, “Basket and Bags Bingo!”, will return this year to the Rock Falls American Legion, 712 Fourth Ave. The event is open to the public with bingo games featuring prizes from local businesses. Each prize pack is a Longaberger or ThirtyOne brand basket or bag packed with items from local businesses.

Card sales begin at 11 a.m., and games begin at 1 p.m. For $10, attendees will get 10 regular games. Additional jackpot and special games are available.

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HISTORY LOVERS March 8 Amish focus of program STERLING – “The History of the Amish in Whiteside County,” the Sterling Rock Falls Historical Society’s next featured program, will be at 2 p.m. at CGH Ryberg Auditorium, 100 E. LeFevre.

The guest speaker will be Ernest Blosser of Tampico, one of the oldest members of the local Amish community. Blosser will trace the story of the Amish religion and how most of the Amish in Whiteside County trace their history back to families from Bureau and Henry counties who started settling in the early 1940s in Whiteside County.

The program is free to the public.

Call 815-622-6215 for more information.

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Numbers game That’s how many years ago Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a last-lap crash at the Daytona 500. Wednesday was the 14th anniversary of the death of fan favorite “The Intimidator.”

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Sterling’s Gabby Sandoval dribbles the ball behind her back as she drives past Rock Falls’ Chelsi Blair during their 3A Streator Regional semifinal Wednesday. Sterling won 58-54.

Warriors answer Rockets’ run Sterling weathers late storm

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STREATOR – The Sterling and Rock Falls girls basketball teams had to fight through frigid temperatures Wednesday before their showdown in a semifinal game at the Class 3A Streator Regional.

The Golden Warriors had to weather another storm in the form of a late second-half push from the Rockets, who just wouldn’t go away.

“Something we talked about was weathering the storm,” Ryan Vasquez said. “It’s playoff basketball and runs will happen, and I thought the girls did a great job of fighting through that.”

Sterling recovered from a dominant inside game from Rock Falls and held on for a 58-54 win.

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3A ROCHELLE REGIONAL

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Erie-Prophetstown’s Jared Cole is looking for a milestone in his first trip to the state tournament. The senior would notch his 100th career victory with one win in Champaign.

Century quest E-P’s Cole needs one win to reach 100 and surgery was required to fix the problem. Cole stayed on the School: Erie Class: Senior wrestling team, however, and was actually able to receive a couple of FYI: 3-sport athlete (cross country, Jared Cole’s first appearance at the wrestling, track) for Erie-Prophetstown forfeits at the end of the season, with IHSA state wrestling tournament will Panthers. ... Has 99 career wrestling no actual mat time. also be his last, and it holds an even Cole has been a fixture in the wins in 3 years. ... Older brothers more personal significance than Panther lineup, though, the past Matt (111) & Alex (112) also reached that. three seasons. He was 27-16 as a 100-win mark for Panthers. ... Making The Erie senior finds himself one sophomore, then went 33-5 as a first state tournament appearance. ... win away from reaching the 100-win junior. Each of those seasons, how2-time state qualifier in pole vault, with plateau, an especially lofty height ever, ended at the sectional level. career-best of 13 feet, 6 inches. considering he has racked up 99 A regional champ as a junior, wins in just three seasons. Win Cole’s first bout at the Byron I could get to 100 wins.”

No. 100 for Cole (37-5) could come Sectional was against Dominic Cole has run cross country the past Marchetti of Oregon. Marchetti, Thursday afternoon, in a first-round, three autumns. His only season of 145-pound bout against Chicago 26-12 at the time, pulled off a 4-1 football, as a freshman, did not end Harper’s Taylor Shaw (21-4). decision over the 32-3 Cole.

In the Erie-Prophetstown wrestling well. In a late-season fresh-soph Cole later lost a 5-4 decision to contest, he made a tackle and landroom, there is a special board with Durand’s Jacob Keller in the wrestleed awkwardly on his left hand. the names of 12 wrestlers who have back round, knocking him from the “I played the rest of the game with reached the 100-win mark in the tournament. my hand about the size of a softco-op’s 18-year history. Cole wants Flash forward to last week’s his name added, to make it a baker’s ball,” Cole said. “I thought it was just Oregon Sectional. Cole was 33-4 and jammed because it didn’t hurt that dozen. a regional champion. His first oppo“It’s definitely always been a goal,” bad, but when we went to the docnent – Oregon’s Marchetti. Cole Cole said, “especially since I was out tor, we found out otherwise.” admitted it messed with his mojo.

The doctor found torn ligaments my freshman year. I thought it would be an even bigger accomplishment if and a broken bone in the thumb, QUEST CONTINUED ON B4

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Dixon’s Katie Dewey passes the ball past Freeport’s Mariah Katzenberger during their 3A Rochelle Regional semifinal Wednesday night. Freeport rallied for a 35-33 victory.

‘A’ for effort, but no gain with pain Duchesses fall in regional semi

BY ROB LAIRD Special to SVN

ROCHELLE – Just a few minutes after she lay on the court, screaming in pain with an aggravation to a previous shoulder injury, Dixon senior Carly Hartle was back in the game, banging around in the post.

Meanwhile, classmate Maggie Bushman, just 5-foot-5, ran herself ragged and to the point of exhaustion while attempting to shut down 5-foot-10 Freeport senior Mariah Katzenberger in a box-and-one defensive scheme.

Those were just two examples of the effort put forth by the entire Dixon girls basketball team Wednesday night against Freeport in the semifinals of the Class 3A Rochelle Regional, but it just wasn’t enough for the Duchesses in a disheartening 35-33 season-ending defeat.

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Back in the fold Adrian Peterson Vikings GM Rick Spielman says he expects the star running back to be back with the team after suspension is lifted after April 15.

SVM staff, wire services NFL

Bears show interest in McCown The new Bears coaching staff has familiarity with the team’s former backup quarterback, and that could lead to a reunion for Josh McCown.

The free-agent had a 2-hour meeting over breakfast with coach John Fox, general manager Ryan Pace, and offensive coordinator Adam Gase on Wednesday morning, and is evaluating multiple opportunities after spending last season with the Buccaneers.

Because the Bucs released McCown last week, he is a street free agent, able to sign with any team in advance of the March 10 opening of free agency. That puts him in position ahead of what is considered a weak class of passers in free agency.

MLB

Youkilis hired by Cubs as assistant Chicago Cubs President Theo Epstein has hired one of the key players of his successful run with the Boston Red Sox. Infielder Kevin Youkilis, who played a major role in the Red Sox’s 2004 and 2007 World Series titles, was hired by the Cubs as a special assistant.

Youkilis, who compiled a .281 batting average in 10 seasons with the Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees, is expected to work with the Cubs’ minor league players.

CYCLING

Armstrong accepts blame for crash Lance Armstrong pleaded guilty to careless driving for hitting two parked cars with his SUV in Aspen, Colo., a crash his girlfriend originally tried to take the blame for, a prosecutor confirmed Wednesday.

The cyclist entered his plea by mail on Friday under a plea agreement with prosecutors, closing the case and avoiding a court appearance. Two other charges, failing to report an accident and speeding too fast for conditions, were dismissed under the agreement.

Court records show Armstrong paid $238.50 to cover court fees, and a $150 traffic fine.

GOLF

Clarke will lead Ryder Cup squad Darren Clarke provided arguably the most emotional story line in the history of the Ryder Cup, and helped forge one of the competition’s most successful partnerships.

And to mark the start of the next chapter in the charismatic, cigar-chomping Northern Irishman’s Ryder Cup story, he was picked as captain of the European team for the 2016 event at Hazeltine.

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Carmelo Anthony Knicks star will undergo surgery on his left knee later this week, and will miss 4 to 6 months; he is expected to be ready for training camp.

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

OLYMPIC HOCKEY

Seems like yesterday U.S. team reunites to remember Miracle on Ice

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BY JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – It’s been more than three decades since his landmark goal became the centerpiece of the U.S. Olympic hockey team’s Miracle on Ice. For 60-year-old Mike Eruzione, it still seems like only yesterday.

“It was a long time ago, but for me it’s different,” said Eruzione, whose game-winning goal against the Soviet Union in the medal round at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics still sends chills down an awful lot of spines. “I deal with it so often it’s hard to believe it’s been 35 years.

Every week, I’m doing something or going somewhere that’s associated with 1980.”

With his inimitable deft touch, Hall of Fame coach Herb Brooks guided Eruzione and his fuzzyfaced teammates, college kids matched up against one of the best teams in hockey history. On Feb. 22, they triumphed with an improbable comeback.

The U.S. defeated the Soviets 4-3 on Eruzione’s 30-foot shot midway through the third period to deprive them of what likely would have been their sixth gold medal in seven Winter Olympics, then clinched the gold by rallying past Finland 4-2.

“It doesn’t feel like yesterday,” said Buzz Schneider, a winger on the U.S. team and today involved in real estate in Minnesota. “But people remind me all the time. It’s just part of who we are, I guess.”

And it’s become a significant part of the legacy of Lake Placid.

One of only three places to host a Winter Olympics twice (St. Moritz, Switzerland, and Innsbruck, Austria, are the others), Lake Placid has capitalized on its Olympic heritage in a big way. According to the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority, which operates the winter sports venues in the region, nearly 2 million visitors, including thousands of youth hockey teams, go each year to this Adirondack Mountain village of 2,600.

It’s difficult to imagine life around here without that Olympic heritage, personified by Lake Placid-born speed skater Jack Shea. He was the first U.S. double gold medalist in Winter

Men’s basketball 7:30 p.m.

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Women’s basketball 5:30 p.m.

• Sauk at Carl Sandburg

Girls basketball 7 p.m.

• 1A Pecatonica Sectional championship, Galena vs.

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In this Feb. 22, 1980 photo, the U.S. hockey team celebrates its 4-3 victory against the Soviets in the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. The team will reunite this weekend for the event’s 35th anniversary.

Olympic history, winning twice in 1932 after reciting the Olympic oath in his shining moment at those first Lake Placid Games.

“The Olympic name itself lives on,” said 80-year-old Jack LaDuke, who served as audiovisual director for the 1980 Winter Olympics. “People want to come to the Olympic village.

They want to see where it happened. The Olympics itself is a big draw – the history of it.”

There is excitement in the air again. Every surviving member of the hockey team – rugged defenseman Bob Suter died at 57 in September, and coach Brooks was killed in a car accident in 2003 at age 66 – is coming back for a “Relive the Miracle” reunion on Saturday night at Herb Brooks Arena, the hockey rink they made famous.

Eruzione, who works in alumni relations at Boston University, and several teammates also are hosting a 5-day fantasy camp beginning March 29 that so far has attracted more than 50 participants. And NBC plans to anchor its “Hockey Day in America” coverage from Lake Placid on Sunday, and feature the team.

When the U.S. won that hockey

gold in 1980, it was a time of world strife. The Soviet army had just invaded Afghanistan as the Cold War simmered, a group of Americans was being held hostage in Iran, the U.S. economy was hurting, and President Jimmy Carter already had announced a U.S. boycott of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.

The sociopolitical impact of that era has since faded. The memory of that February night in Lake Placid has not.

Never will.

“We were just coming off the Vietnam War, and there was a lot of anti-nationalistic mood and rhetoric in this country,” said Ed Weibrecht, then-president of the Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce, and owner of the Mirror Lake Inn with wife Lisa. “There wasn’t a level of national pride that I think we have today.

“A tear almost comes to my eyes – that was so overwhelming. At the end of the game, all you could hear was the chant: ‘USA! USA! USA!’ And when the people poured out into the street, that’s all you could hear for an hour up and down Main Street. People really, really became proud to be Americans again. It was incredible.”

NHL | RED WINGS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2, SO

Red Wings goalie makes 32 saves, stops Chicago in extra time

BY JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer

Star of the game: Jimmy Howard, Red Wings, 32 stops thru OT, 1 more in shootout Up next: Avalanche at Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m.

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Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard (35) makes a save on a shot by Blackhawks left wing Patrick Sharp (10) during a shootout Wednesday at the United Center. The Red Wings won 3-2.

With the skill potential we have, it’s kind of weird.

“It seems like we can do lots of things on the ice when we play 5-on5, and all of a sudden shootouts come and we have a tough time to score a goal.”

Brandon Saad and Kris Versteeg scored in regulation for Chicago, and Corey Crawford had 26 saves. The Blackhawks dropped to 2-0-3 on their season-high, eightgame homestand.

“We’ll take a point,” Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said.

“We’ve had some success in the shootouts

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Today Auto racing 11 a.m.

• NASCAR Sprint Cup, final practice for Duel at Daytona, FS1 12:30 & 2:30 p.m.

• NASCAR Trucks, practice for NextEra Energy Resources 250, at Daytona Beach, Fla., FS1 6 p.m.

• NASCAR Sprint Cup, Duel at Daytona, FS1

Men’s basketball 9 a.m.

• Kansas St. at TCU, FSN 5 p.m.

• St. Joseph’s at Dayton, ESPNU 6 p.m.

• Nebraska at Maryland, BTN • Purdue at Indiana, ESPN • Temple at SMU, ESPN2 • UCF at Tulane, ESPNEWS 7 p.m.

Howard handles Hawks in shootout CHICAGO – Tomas Tatar scored in regulation and in the shootout, leading Jimmy Howard and the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday.

Gustav Nyquist also scored in the tiebreaker for Detroit, which won for just the third time in 11 shootouts this season. Darren Helm had a goal and an assist, and Howard made 32 saves through overtime.

“We were fortunate.

We had some guys really dig in for us, including Howie,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. “But we’ve got to be better than we were tonight.”

Jonathan Toews gave Chicago the lead with a goal in the first round of the shootout, but Patrick Kane’s backhander went off the crossbar, and Patrick Sharp was stopped by Howard on the final attempt.

“The shootout is like roulette. You never know,” Tatar said. “We don’t have a good stat this year but we’re glad to beat them. I don’t get it either. I’m surprised.

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recently. Tonight, if Kaner’s goes in, I would’ve liked our chances.”

The Original Six rivals again played a close game that featured a solid performance by each goalie.

They exchanged goals in a 39-second span of the second period, and then a 43-second stretch of the third.

“They’re a good hockey club,” Howard said.

“They’re extremely good, extremely fast, and have a lot of talented players on that team.

We knew it was going to take a full 65-minute effort tonight, and possibly more.”

The Red Wings grabbed

the lead for the second time when Helm’s persistence in front of the net paid off. Helm’s shot from in close was knocked down by Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook, but he stayed with the puck and scored his 13th goal as he was falling with 2:06 left in regulation.

With the crowd of 22,112 still buzzing after Helm’s play, the Blackhawks quickly tied it again. Versteeg’s slap shot from the top of the left circle went off Howard’s glove, over Toews, and then off Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall’s right shoulder and stick for the dramatic goal at 18:37.

“There’s a lot of building blocks to build upon here,” Versteeg said.

“Just keep going forward. There’s a lot of games coming up and try to string together a few wins again.”

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Women’s basketball 8 p.m.

• Maryland at Wisconsin, BTN Golf 4 p.m.

• PGA, Northern Trust Open, first round, at Pacific Palisades, Calif., TGC 10:30 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY’S SCOREBOARD Boys basketball NIB-12 West Conf.

Ottawa 9-1 Geneseo 6-4 Sterling 3-7 LaSalle-Peru 4-6 Rochelle 1-5 Friday’s games • Sterling at LaSalle-Peru, 7 • Ottawa at Geneseo, 7:30 Saturday’s game • DeKalb at Ottawa, 6

All 16-7 13-11 9-15 12-11 2-19

All 24-1 20-1 18-8 19-7 16-9 5-18 9-18 2-17

All 19-8 24-3 17-10 15-10 14-9 11-17 0-27

All 28-3 22-5 18-12 15-10 13-15 13-14 9-15 0-23

Today’s game 1A Pecatonica Sectional • Championship, Prophetstown vs. Galena, 7

Conf.

12-1 12-1 11-2 8-5 7-6 5-7 4-9 2-10 2-9 1-10

AFC Aquin Dakota Durand Milledgeville Forreston Polo Pecatonica Orangeville South Beloit

All 23-4 23-6 21-6 15-13 9-17 9-15 8-17 4-23 4-23 1-13

Postseason pairings All 23-1 16-12 14-9 16-12 11-19 13-15 11-13 7-22

NUIC East Conf.

Aquin 10-2 Forreston 9-2 AFC 8-4 Pecatonica 6-4 Polo 7-5 South Beloit 6-6 Dakota 4-7 Durand 2-9 Milledgeville 3-9 Orangeville 1-8 Wednesday’s result • Forreston 62, Pecatonica 41 Friday’s games • Dakota at Polo, 7:30 • Durand at AFC, 7:30 • Orangeville at Milledgeville, 7:30 • Pecatonica at Aquin, 7:30 • South Beloit at Forreston, 7:30 Saturday’s game • Dakota at Forreston, 7

Conf.

13-1 11-1 8-5 5-6 4-6 5-9 4-8 0-10

Prophetstown Sherrard Erie Rockridge Fulton Morrison Orion Riverdale

NUIC East

Three Rivers West Conf.

Rockridge 14-0 Fulton 6-6 Riverdale 6-6 Morrison 6-7 Erie 6-9 Orion 6-7 Sherrard 5-7 Prophetstown 4-11 Friday’s game • Newman at Rockridge, 7:30

Amboy Kewanee Hall Bureau Valley Newman St. Bede Princeton

All 28-1 20-7 13-12 15-13 9-19 7-22 5-20

Three Rivers West

Three Rivers East Conf.

Kewanee 10-1 Bureau Valley 8-3 Newman 8-4 St. Bede 6-5 Princeton 5-6 Hall 3-9 Amboy 0-12 Friday’s game • Newman at Rockridge, 7:30

Conf.

12-0 9-2 5-5 5-6 5-7 3-9 1-10

Today’s game 1A Roanoke-Benson Sectional • Championship, Amboy vs. Annawan, 7

BNC West Conf.

Dixon 11-1 Rockford Lutheran 10-1 Winnebago 11-3 Byron 6-5 Mendota 5-6 Rock Falls 2-9 Oregon 2-11 Stillman Valley 0-10 Friday’s games • Byron at Dixon, 7:15 • Mendota at Winnebago, 7:15 • Rock Falls at Lutheran, 7:15 • Stillman Valley at Oregon, 7:15

Three Rivers East

All 21-6 16-5 19-9 10-10 19-9 8-14 6-15 5-17 8-17 2-19

Postseason pairings

CLASS 2A Fulton Regional Monday, Feb. 23 • No. 4 Morrison vs. No. 5 Fulton, 6 • No. 3 Princeton vs. No. 6 West Carroll, 7:30 Tuesday, Feb. 24 • No. 1 Bureau Valley vs. Morrison/Fulton, 7 Wednesday, Feb. 25 • No. 2 Newman vs. Princeton/West Carroll, 7 Friday, Feb. 27 • Championship, 7 Winner advances to Farmington Sectional vs. Winnebago Regional winner, 7 p.m.

March 3

CLASS 1A Erie Regional Monday, Feb. 23 • No. 4 Eastland vs. No. 5 Milledgeville, 7 Tuesday, Feb. 24 • No. 2 Polo vs. No. 7 Annawan, 6 • No. 3 Erie vs. No. 6 Prophetstown, 7:30 Wednesday, Feb. 25 • No. 1 Forreston vs. Eastland/Milledgeville, 6 • Polo/Annawan vs. Erie/Prophetstown, 7:30 Friday, Feb. 27 • Championship, 7 p.m.

Winner advances to Eastland Sectional vs.

River Ridge Regional winner, 7, March 4 Hinckley-Big Rock Regional Monday, Feb. 23 • No. 4 Indian Creek vs. No. 5 Paw Paw, 6 • No. 3 Somonauk vs. No. 6 Amboy, 7:30 Wednesday, Feb. 25 • No. 1 Hinckley-Big Rock vs. Indian Creek/Paw Paw, 6 • No. 2 AFC vs. Somonauk/Amboy, 7:30 Friday, Feb. 27 • Championship, 7 Winner advances to Somonauk Sectional vs. Ottawa Marquette Regional winner, 7, March 4

Girls basketball NIB-12 West Conf.

All Ottawa 10-3 20-7 Sterling 7-6 15-16 LaSalle-Peru 4-7 12-16 Geneseo 5-8 8-21 Rochelle 0-11 1-24 Wednesday’s results 3A Streator Regional • Mendota 53, LaSalle-Peru 30 • Sterling 58, Rock Falls 54 Friday’s game 3A Streator Regional • Championship, Sterling vs. Mendota, 7

BNC West Conf.

All Rockford Lutheran 13-2 23-5 Byron 11-3 26-6 Mendota 11-3 24-3 Stillman Valley 9-4 21-8 Dixon 4-10 11-17 Rock Falls 3-10 13-15 Oregon 3-11 11-18 Winnebago 1-11 8-20 Wednesday’s results 3A Streator Regional • Mendota 53, LaSalle-Peru 30 • Sterling 58, Rock Falls 54 3A Rochelle Regional • Lutheran 48, Belvidere 39 • Freeport 35, Dixon 33 Friday’s games 3A Streator Regional • Championship, Mendota vs. Sterling, 7 3A Rochelle Regional • Championship, Lutheran vs. Freeport, 7

CLASS 3A Rochelle Regional Tuesday’s result • No. 4 Belvidere 56, No. 5 Rochelle 23 Wednesday’s results • No. 1 Rockford Lutheran 48, Belvidere 39 • No. 2 Freeport 35, No. 3 Dixon 33 Friday’s game • Championship, Lutheran vs. Freeport, 7 Winner advances to Hampshire Sectional vs. Sycamore Regional winner, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 24 Streator Regional Monday’s result • No. 4 LaSalle-Peru 53, No. 5 Streator 30 Wednesday’s results • No. 1 Mendota 53, LaSalle-Peru 30 • No. 2 Sterling 58, No. 3 Rock Falls 54 Friday’s game • Championship, Mendota vs. Sterling, 7 Winner advances to LaSalle-Peru Sectional vs. Morton Regional winner, 7 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 23

CLASS 2A Hall Sectional Monday’s result • Kankakee McNamara 64, Stillman Valley 36 Tuesday’s result • Putnam County 43, Bureau Valley 31 Today’s game • Championship, McNamara vs. Putnam County, 7 Winner advances to Monmouth Supersectional vs. Mercer County Sectional winner, 7 p.m., Feb. 23

CLASS 1A Pecatonica Sectional Monday’s result • Prophetstown 42, Aquin 39 Tuesday’s result • Galena 63, Durand 37 Today’s game • Championship, Prophetstown vs. Galena, 7 Winner advances to Illinois Valley Community College Supersectional vs. RoanokeBenson Sectional winner, 7 p.m., Feb. 23 Roanoke-Benson Sectional Monday’s result • Annawan 69, Roanoke-Benson 52 Tuesday’s result • Amboy 50, Newark 41 Today’s game • Championship, Annawan vs. Amboy, 7 Winner advances to Illinois Valley Community College Supersectional vs. Pecatonica Sectional winner, 7 p.m., Feb. 23 Wednesday’s box scores Class 3A Streator Regional Semifinal

STERLING 58, ROCK FALLS 54 ROCK FALLS (13-15) Dallas Clevenger 5-12 0-0 10, Baillie Smith 1-1 0-0 2, Madason Shaw 0-1 0-0 0, Abbee Sigel 5-12 7-8 20, Olivia Babcock 3-8 1-2 7, Emily Sauer 6-11 0-0 12, Chelsi Blair 1-7 0-0 3, Bailey Schrader 0-2 0-2 0.

Totals: 21-54 8-10 54.

STERLING (15-16) Erin Stroup 0-3 0-0 0, Carolynn Hammelman 2-5 1-2 5, Gabby Sandoval 6-16 6-8 22, Jay Borum 4-11 2-3 10, Denajha Phillips 1-3 0-0 2, Mackenzie Barnhart 1-1 1-2 3, Katelyn Everett 0-2 0-0 0, Lauren Fritz 1-3 0-0 2, Rashel Robinson 3-11 8-11 14.

Totals: 18 18-26 58.

Rock Falls 10 9 13 22 — 54 Sterling 11 14 15 18 — 58 3s – Rock Falls 4 (Sigel 3, Blair), Sterling 4 (Sandoval 4). Rebounds – Rock Falls 32 (Celvenger 15, Sauer 11), Sterling 32 (Robinson 9). Turnovers – Rock Falls 17, Sterling 10. Fouls – Rock Falls 20, Sterling 14.

Class 3A Rochelle Regional Semifinal

FREEPORT 35, DIXON 33 DIXON (11-17) Maggie Bushman 0-0 0-0 0, Britney Pitzer 0-0 0-0 0, Brittani Sohn 1-3 0-1 3, Carly Hartle 2-6 7-13 11, Tyler Smith 2-9 2-4 8, Katie Dewey 0-0 0-0 0, Ellie Provo 0-3 3-4 3, Isabelle Shiaras 3-8 2-2 8. Totals 8-29 14-24 33.

FREEPORT (10-16) Kassidy Lessman 0-3 0-0 0, Shroyer 4-14 2-2 12, Taylor Joiner 0-4 0-0 0, Jordan Flack 0-0 0-0 0, Aly Hasken 0-1 0-0 0, Mariah Katzenberger 5-7 0-0 11, Jasmine Tillman 0-1 1-2 1, Ashling Greene 1-3 0-0 2, Quavashia Avery 2-8 1-4 7, Amanda Eicher 1-5 0-0 2, Sierra Best 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 13-46 4-8 35.

Dixon 5 9 14 5 — 33 Freeport 4 8 9 14 — 35 3s – Dixon 3-5 (Smith 2-4, Sohn 1-1), Freeport 5-17 (Avery 2-4, Shroyer 2-8, Katzenberger 1-1, Joiner 0-2, Lessman 0-2).

Rebounds – Dixon 33 (Hartle 8, Shiaras 6, Sohn 5), Freeport 29 (Katzenberger 6).

Turnovers – Dixon 19, Freeport 13.

Fouls – Dixon 14, Freeport 19.

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Sandoval responds to Sauer’s surge ANSWER

CONTINUED FROM B1

Sterling moves on to the regional title game Friday against Mendota.

Both teams started the game ice cold, missing the first six shots combined. Sterling’s Jay Borum came off the bench early in the first quarter and added some instant offense, as she scored the game’s first points with 3:49 left in the first quarter.

From there, the Warriors (15-16) began to lay the framework for what would become a large lead. Behind crisp shooting from Borum and stellar play from Gabby Sandoval, Sterling built a 33-19 lead late in the third quarter.

But it was short-lived as Rock Falls forward Emily Sauer went to work. The sophomore, who scored just two points in the first half, dominated the paint and took over for Rock Falls as the Rockets made their run.

“She’s so tough,” Rock Falls coach Eric Wolf said of Sauer. “She’s been solid the second half of the season, she’s such a smart player, and she’s unmovable under the basket. She gets in the right spots and makes plays for us.”

Sauer was the engine of the Rockets’ comeback,

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Rock Falls’ Emily Sauer (11) grabs a loose ball in front of Sterling’s Denajha Phillips (22) during Wednesday’s 3A Streator Regional semifinal. as she scored 10 secondhalf points, eight of which came in the final quarter.

She scored six straight points for Rock Falls, which used an 8-2 run to take its first lead of the game with 4:58 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Sauer finished with a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

“She just finishes so well at the rim,” said Sterling forward Rashel Robinson, who scored 14 points and was tasked with guarding Sauer. “She was real strong under the basket. We just had to fight

through and remind ourselves not to get down when she was making those shots.”

While Sauer was racking up points and rebounds at a torrid pace, she was also picking up fouls.

She was whistled for her fourth foul with 6:30 to play in the game, and ended up fouling out with 2:08 to play.

It was then when Sandoval and Robinson went to work. Sandoval missed her first four shots in the fourth as Rock Falls (1315) went on its run, but she buried a 3-pointer

from the corner to stop the run and start Sterling’s comeback.

It took 5 minutes for Sterling to regain its lead, and Sandoval put the game away. The senior guard finished with 22 points behind four 3s, and sunk four crucial free throws down the stretch to seal the victory.

“We didn’t really expect [Sauer] to have such a big game like that,” Sandoval said. “But I’m so proud of this team, because we were able to keep our composure and bounce back after they came back.”

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“We needed just one more tonight, and we just didn’t get it done.

It wasn’t meant to be tonight,” Dixon coach Luke Ravlin said. “I’m extremely proud of the group of kids we have, of the work that they’ve put in, and the things that they’ve done.”

The Duchesses, who finish the season 11-17, led for much of the game, including a 28-21 advantage entering the fourth quarter.

The Pretzels quickly closed the gap, tying the game 28-28 less than 3 minutes later; then, with just over a minute left in the game, a go-ahead 3-point field goal by Freeport senior Chasitee Shroyer gave the Pretzels (10-16) their first lead since the score was 4-3.

Hartle, who finished with 11 points and eight rebounds, made two clutch free throws with 36.5 seconds left to tie the game 33-33, but Shroyer made two of her own 20 seconds later to give the game its final score.

A last-second shot by Dixon junior Tyler Smith missed its mark.

“We ran what we wanted to run. We didn’t run it exactly right, and we didn’t get that last shot to go in,” Ravlin said.

“We played well down the stretch, we just didn’t quite have enough.”

Hartle said the loss was

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Dixon’s Maggie Bushman brings the ball upcourt against Freeport during Wednesday’s 3A Rochelle Regional semifinal. obviously disappointing, but noted she was proud of the consistently strong effort put forth by the team throughout the season.

“I think that we did really well this year, and I’m really proud of everyone,” she said. “We came into a really tough conference, a lot tougher than our previous one, and I’m really proud of everyone.”

Bushman exemplified that effort. The pint-sized senior was a whirling dervish of activity in her attempt to corral Katzenberger, Freeport’s leading scorer this season. Dixon used a zone defense against the Pretzels, except for against

Katzenberger; she was all Bushman’s.

The persistence of Dixon’s defensive stalwart paid off. At halftime, Katzenberger had just two field goal attempts and two points. She finished with 11 points and six rebounds.

“It was difficult trying to locate her, because she runs around a lot, and I can’t just stare at her, because I have to know where the ball is, too,” Bushman said. “She’s really physical, too, but I

knew I had to contain her, so I just tried my best.”

Ravlin praised Bushman’s effort.

“Even though [Katzenberger] may have gotten her points, she had to work extremely hard to get them,” he said. “Maggie played her heart out.

She made things really difficult for her.”

Smith and sophomore Isabelle Shiaras scored eight points apiece for Dixon.

Shroyer led all scorers with 12.

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2015 IHSA INDIVIDUAL STATE TOURNAMENT THURSDAY/FRIDAY/SATURDAY • STATE FARM CENTER, CHAMPAIGN 16 LOCAL ATHLETES • 1 DREAM tyler FLEETWOOD Fulton freshman Class 1A 106 pounds 35-3 Sectional place: 2nd Matmen rank: 10th State experience: 1st appearance First opponent: Jake Krotz (31-10), Plano Outlook: If Fleetwood defeats Krotz, likely waiting will be PORTA’s R.J. Marrero (42-4), a seasoned senior.

Harvard’s Josh Fiegel (41-2), who handled Fleetwood in the Oregon Sectional final, is on the other side of the bracket.

augustus LINKE Morrison freshman Class 1A 106 pounds 32-15 Sectional place: 4th Matmen rank: Not ranked State experience: 1st appearance First opponent: Joey Rivera (39-4), Coal City Outlook: Linke draws a tough customer in the first round in Rivera, who was a quarterfinalist a year ago. Fiegel likely awaits the survivor of the top half of the bracket in the semis.

mason

RHODENBAUGH

isaac ANDERSON

Dixon sophomore Class 2A 113 pounds 24-10

Sterling senior Class 2A 126 pounds 27-6

Sectional place: 4th Matmen rank: Honorable mention State experience: 1st appearance First opponent: Christopher Tucker (315), East St. Louis Outlook: Rhodenbaugh has a rough road ahead of him, starting with Tucker.

The beast of the weight class, Rich Central’s Jabari Moody (35-0), resides on the other side of the bracket.

Sectional place: 3rd Matmen rank: 9th State experience: 2012 (0-2 at 106); 2013 (3-2, 4th place at 113) First opponent: Lenny Peterson (34-8), Crystal Lake Central Outlook: Peterson finished sixth at 120 pounds a year ago, so Anderson figures to have his hands full in his opening bout. The winner will likely get Triad’s Merik Fulton (44-4).

grady TODD

jared COLE

dominic MARCHETTI

austin KELLER

Erie-P’town junior Class 1A 138 pounds 33-11

Erie-P’town senior Class 1A 145 pounds 37-5

Oregon senior Class 1A 145 pounds 33-9

Morrison senior Class 1A 160 pounds 36-9

Sectional place: 4th Matmen rank: Not ranked State experience: 1st appearance First opponent: Peyton Smith (38-4), Benton Outlook: The bottom half of the bracket appears to be wide open, as each wrestler has at least four losses. Todd opens with Smith, who has the fewest losses on this half of the bracket.

Sectional place: 3rd Matmen rank: 4th State experience: 1st appearance First opponent: Taylor Shaw (21-4), Chicago Harper Outlook: Cole needs one win to reach 100 for his career, and he’s likely the favorite against Shaw. A semifinal against IVC’s Riley Beard (42-1) is a possibility.

Sectional place: 4th Matmen rank: 9th State experience: 2014 (0-2 at 145) First opponent: Zach Lorek (26-7), Kankakee McNamara Outlook: The long and lanky Marchetti presents problems with his wiry frame, and he’ll look to stick around after going 0-2 at state as a junior.

Sectional place: 4th Matmen rank: 11th State experience: 2014 (0-2 at 160) First opponent: Nick Hawkins (33-6), Wilmington Outlook: Each wrestler in the bottom half of the bracket has at least six losses, and Keller, a returning state qualifier, has a chance to advance. The beast in the top half is Shelbyville’s Adam Hudson (39-0).

ethan CAIN

dallas APPLEMAN

austin SHOUP

connor SPERLING

Polo junior Class 1A 170 pounds 27-4

Amboy junior Class 1A 195 pounds 34-7

Erie-P’town senior Class 1A 195 pounds 39-0

Dixon junior Class 2A 195 pounds 22-11

Sectional place: 2nd Matmen rank: 7th State experience: 2014 (2-2 at 160) First opponent: Naulon Simms (35-1), Tremont Outlook: Simms didn’t lose until the Clinton Sectional semifinals, so he figures to be a handful for Cain, who should be ready to go after aggravating an ankle injury in his Oregon Sectional title bout loss.

Sectional place: 3rd Matmen rank: 11th State experience: 1st appearance First opponent: Bobby Bradley (35-7), Vandalia Outlook: The bout against Bradley appears to be a 50-50 proposition. With a win, Appleman would likely get St. Joseph-Ogden’s Wesley Kibler (41-3) in the quarterfinals.

Sectional place: 1st Matmen rank: 4th State experience: 2014 (0-1 at 182) First opponent: Caleb Cloe (27-9), Shelbyville Outlook: Shoup is the lone undefeated wrestler in the weight class, and all potential opponents have at least three losses. His path in the top half of the bracket looks particularly promising.

Sectional place: 4th Matmen rank: Not ranked State experience: 1st appearance First opponent: Eric Schultz (37-0), Tinley Park Outlook: Sperling received no favors with a first-round bout against Schultz, one of two unbeaten wrestlers in the weight class. The other is Crystal Lake Central’s Andrew Marsden (41-0).

francisco ARELLANO

ryan TROUTMAN

cariel BEASLEY

matthew CRANDALL

Rock Falls junior Class 1A 220 pounds 31-13

Dixon sophomore Class 2A 220 pounds 25-11

Sterling junior Class 2A 285 pounds 32-8

Oregon junior Class 1A 285 pounds 32-8

Sectional place: 4th Matmen rank: Not ranked State experience: 1st appearance First opponent: Brandyn Peacock (331), Chicago Bowen Outlook: Arellano, the Rockets’ lone state qualifier, will be looking to pull off an upset of the once-beaten Peacock in the first round. This half of the bracket also has favorite Ross Sealby (39-0) of Byron.

Sectional place: 3rd Matmen rank: Not ranked State experience: 1st appearance First opponent: Matt Sarhage (40-4), Triad Outlook: If Troutman can somehow get past Sarhage, waiting in the wings is likely to be Crystal Lake Central’s Romeo McKnight (33-1).

Sectional place: 2nd Matmen rank: 5th State experience: 1st appearance First opponent: James Valentino (2810), St. Viator Outlook: If the small but quick Beasley can handle Valentino, he’ll likely get a shot at 37-0 Nick Czar of Highland.

Michael Johnson of Montini (13-0) is on the other side of the bracket.

Sectional place: 4th Matmen rank: 9th State experience: 1st appearance First opponent: Tommy Brown (34-8), Plano Outlook: Crandall is a brawler who, if he can avoid critical mistakes, can hang with the best 1A has to offer. He’s a threat to reach the semis, where St. Bede junior John Barnes (31-2) will likely be waiting.

Cole avenges earlier losses to Marchetti in third-place bout QUEST

than anything,” Cole said.

“Every match, if I would have CONTINUED FROM B1 lost, I would have been done.

That made me want to win “I had that in the back of my even more.” head the whole time,” Cole In that third-place bout, he said. “Last year, my chances hooked up again with Marwere good to go to state, and chetti. Cole dialed back on his I didn’t make the most of attacks a bit, making sure when the opportunity and wrestle he did have the makings of a as smart as I should have. I takedown, it was far enough thought about that at [this away from the edge of the mat year’s] sectional, and how if I to complete the move. The more lose, I could be done.” conservative approach worked Cole’s fears, it turned out, to the tune of a 7-4 victory. were well-founded, as MarchetAt state, Cole’s goal is to get ti rolled to a 9-2 quarterfinalon the stand and bring home round win. some hardware. It’s something “He definitely knows how I Cole’s two older brothers, Matt wrestle,” Cole said, “so that and Alex, couldn’t quite get makes it really hard. I should have thought about that before done.

Matt Cole, a 2010 Erie grad, our match, that I needed to won 111 bouts and was a twoswitch up my wrestling style.”

In the win-or-go-home wres- time state qualifier, but did not tleback round, Cole now had to place at state. Alex Cole, a 2012 win three consecutive bouts to grad, won 112 bouts, but did not qualify for state. make it to state. He opened by “They always drive me to do pinning Mendota’s T.J. Christthe best I can,” Jared Cole said, mann in 4:45, then slipped past “especially because both of Newman’s Elias Edmondson them didn’t end their seasons 3-0. the way they would have liked, With a state berth on the so they want me to do that for line, he rolled to a 12-5 victory them.” against Harvard’s Christian Cole leads the team in takeKramer, securing a spot in the downs (105), first takedowns third-place bout – and a state (33), decisions (16), major berth, as the top four finishers decisions (5), and escapes (46), in each weight class move on.

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Erie-Prophetstown’s Jared Cole (top) grapples with Oregon’s Dominic Marchetti during their 145pound quarterfinal match last Friday at the Class 1A Oregon Sectional. Marchetti downed Cole in that match, but Cole avenged the loss with a 7-4 victory when the two met again in the third-place bout. season. The capper would be to not only reach the century mark in career wins, but to end the season with something

around his neck.

“You always want all the seniors to finish with a positive,” E-P coach Tod

McCullough said, “and the real way to do that is to make it to state and come home with a medal.”

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MEN’S BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

WEDNESDAY’S SCOREBOARD Men’s basketball Big Ten Conference Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Wisconsin 12-1 .923 24-2 .923 Maryland 9-4 .692 21-5 .808 Purdue 9-4 .692 17-9 .654 Michigan St. 9-4 .692 18-8 .692 Ohio St. 8-5 .615 19-7 .731 Indiana 8-5 .615 18-8 .692 Illinois 7-6 .538 17-9 .654 Iowa 6-6 .500 15-10 .600 Michigan 6-8 .429 13-13 .500 Minnesota 5-9 .357 16-11 .593 Nebraska 5-8 .385 13-12 .520 Penn St. 3-11 .214 15-12 .555 Rutgers 2-11 .154 10-16 .385 Northwestern 3-10 .231 12-14 .462 Tuesday’s result Michigan St. 80, Michigan 67 Wednesday’s results Wisconsin 55, Penn St. 47 Northwestern 72, Minnesota 66 Today’s games Nebraska at Maryland, 6 p.m. (BTN) Purdue at Indiana, 6 p.m. (ESPN) Rutgers at Iowa, 7 p.m. (ESPNU) Saturday’s games Minnesota at Wisconsin, 11 a.m. (ESPN) Penn St. at Northwestern, 2 p.m. (ESPNU) Sunday’s games Ohio St. at Michigan, noon (CBS) Iowa at Nebraska, 2 p.m. (BTN) Indiana at Rutgers, 4:15 p.m. (BTN) Michigan St. at Illinois, 6:30 p.m. (BTN) Wednesday’s box scores

No. 5 WISCONSIN 55, PENN ST. 47 WISCONSIN (24-2) Hayes 4-7 1-2 9, Dekker 9-13 1-3 22, Kaminsky 4-12 7-8 16, Gasser 1-5 0-0 3, Koenig 2-10 1-2 5, Showalter 0-1 0-0 0, Dukan 0-2 0-0 0, Brown 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-51 10-15 55.

PENN ST. (15-12) Taylor 3-7 0-0 7, Dickerson 1-4 0-0 2, Newbill 13-21 3-3 29, Thorpe 3-6 0-0 6, Garner 0-9 0-0 0, Banks 0-2 0-0 0, Foster 0-2 0-0 0, Jack 0-1 0-0 0, Travis 0-1 0-0 0, Moore 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 21-54 3-3 47.

Halftime–Wisconsin 31-24. 3-Point Goals–Wisconsin 5-22 (Dekker 3-6, Kaminsky 1-3, Gasser 1-5, Dukan 0-1, Hayes 0-2, Koenig 0-5), Penn St. 2-13 (Moore 1-1, Taylor 1-2, Thorpe 0-1, Banks 0-2, Garner 0-3, Newbill 0-4).

Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Wisconsin 37 (Hayes 13), Penn St. 28 (Travis 8).

Assists–Wisconsin 12 (Koenig 4), Penn St. 5 (Newbill 3). Total Fouls–Wisconsin 9, Penn St. 17. A–7,132.

NORTHWESTERN 72, MINNESOTA 66 NORTHWESTERN (12-14) Lindsey 4-6 0-0 10, Lumpkin 0-1 0-0 0, Olah 3-9 4-5 11, Demps 4-11 1-2 11, McIntosh 5-12 3-4 17, Sobolewski 0-2 0-0 0, Taphorn 4-8 0-0 11, Skelly 1-1 1-2 3, Law 3-5 0-0 9. Totals 24-55 9-13 72.

MINNESOTA (16-11) King 4-8 1-2 12, Buggs 3-5 0-0 7, Walker 3-8 0-0 6, Hollins 4-11 1-1 12, Mathieu 4-11 2-2 10, Diedhiou 1-2 0-0 2, Eliason 0-2 0-0 0, Morris 1-1 0-0 2, Mason 5-10 3-3 15. Totals 25-58 7-8 66.

Halftime–Tied 36-36. 3-Point Goals– Northwestern 15-32 (McIntosh 4-7, Taphorn 3-5, Law 3-5, Lindsey 2-3, Demps 2-7, Olah 1-2, Lumpkin 0-1, Sobolewski 0-2), Minnesota 9-25 (King 3-6, Hollins 3-10, Mason 2-4, Buggs 1-2, Mathieu 0-3). Fouled Out–Hollins. Rebounds– Northwestern 32 (Olah 8), Minnesota 35 (Eliason, King, Walker 5). Assists–Northwestern 18 (Demps 7), Minnesota 17 (Hollins 6). Total Fouls–Northwestern 16, Minnesota 15. A–12,361.

Top 25 schedule Wednesday’s results No. 4 Duke 92, No. 15 N. Carolina 90 OT No. 5 Wisconsin 55, Penn State 47 No. 11 N. Iowa 58, Loyola Chicago 39 Syracuse 69, No. 12 Louisville 59 No. 14 Iowa St. 70, No. 22 Okla. St. 65 No. 18 Arkansas 84, Missouri 69 Today’s games No. 3 Gonzaga at Pacific, 10 p.m.

No. 7 Arizona vs. Southern Cal, 8 p.m.

No. 9 Utah at Oregon State, 10 p.m.

No. 16 Maryland vs. Nebraska, 6 p.m.

No. 21 SMU vs. Temple, 6 p.m.

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

No. 3 Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s, 9 p.m.

No. 4 Duke vs. Clemson, 3 p.m.

No. 5 Wisconsin vs. Minnesota, 11 a.m.

No. 6 Villanova at Marquette, 1:30 p.m.

No. 7 Arizona vs. UCLA, 8 p.m.

No. 8 Kansas vs. TCU, 3 p.m.

No. 10 Notre Dame at Boston Coll., 3 p.m.

No. 11 Northern Iowa vs. Bradley, 3 p.m.

No. 12 Louisville vs. Miami, 1 p.m.

No. 14 Iowa State at Texas, 1 p.m.

No. 15 N. Carolina vs. Ga. Tech, 11 a.m.

No. 17 Oklahoma at Texas Tech, 11 a.m.

No. 18 Arkansas at Mississippi St., 3 p.m.

No. 19 Butler at Xavier, 1 p.m.

No. 20 Baylor vs. Kansas State, noon No. 22 Okla. St. vs. No. 23 W. Va., 1 p.m.

No. 25 VCU vs. UMass, 11 a.m.

Sunday’s games No. 2 Virginia vs. Florida State, 5:30 p.m.

No. 9 Utah at Oregon, 2 p.m.

No. 13 Wichita State vs. Evansville, 3 p.m.

No. 24 Ohio State at Michigan, noon Wednesday’s box score

No. 4 DUKE 92, No. 15 NORTH CAROLINA 90, OT NORTH CAROLINA (18-8) Meeks 8-10 2-4 18, Paige 2-11 0-0 5, Johnson 7-10 4-5 18, Tokoto 7-15 1-2 15, Jackson 1-8 0-0 2, Britt 4-10 3-6 11, Berry II 1-6 0-0 3, Hicks 5-9 2-3 12, James 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 38-83 12-20 90.

DUKE (23-3) Cook 7-15 2-4 22, T. Jones 7-16 6-7 22, Winslow 6-10 3-6 16, Okafor 6-11 0-6 12, Jefferson 5-7 3-6 13, Allen 0-2 2-2 2, M. Jones 2-4 0-0 5, Plumlee 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 33-65 16-31 92.

Halftime–Duke 49-42. End Of Regulation–Tied 81. 3-Point Goals–North Carolina 2-10 (Berry II 1-3, Paige 1-3, Jackson 0-2, Britt 0-2), Duke 10-16 (Cook 6-9, T. Jones 2-5, Winslow 1-1, M. Jones 1-1).

Fouled Out–Johnson. Rebounds–North Carolina 49 (Johnson 12), Duke 46 (Okafor 13). Assists–North Carolina 21 (Tokoto 7), Duke 18 (T. Jones 8). Total Fouls– North Carolina 26, Duke 16. A–9,314.

Wednesday’s state results Central Michigan 68, Northern Illinois 66 S. Dakota St. 79, W. Illinois 77 Illinois State 60, Bradley 47 Providence 84, DePaul 57

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 36 17 .679 Brooklyn 21 31 .404 Boston 20 31 .392 Philadelphia 12 41 .226 New York 10 43 .189 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 43 11 .796 Washington 33 21 .611 Charlotte 22 30 .423 Miami 22 30 .423 Orlando 17 39 .304 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 34 20 .630 Cleveland 33 22 .600 Milwaukee 30 23 .566 Detroit 21 33 .389 Indiana 21 33 .389

Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 42 9 .824 L.A. Clippers 35 19 .648 Phoenix 29 25 .537 Sacramento 18 34 .346 L.A. Lakers 13 40 .245

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Today’s games Dallas at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF Montreal 37 16 4 78 152 Tampa Bay 35 18 6 76 191 Detroit 32 14 10 74 163 Boston 28 20 8 64 147 Florida 25 19 12 62 138 Ottawa 23 23 10 56 159 Toronto 23 30 5 51 162 Buffalo 16 37 4 36 105 Metropolitan Division W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Islanders 38 19 1 77 188 N.Y. Rangers 34 16 5 73 174 Pittsburgh 32 16 9 73 162 Washington 31 17 10 72 171 Philadelphia 24 23 10 58 153 Columbus 25 27 3 53 147 New Jersey 22 26 9 53 126 Carolina 20 29 7 47 127

GA 127 159 143 145 155 160 178 195 GA 163 136 144 146 167 172 155 154

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA 39 12 6 84 175 132 37 16 4 78 179 141 35 18 5 75 174 134 30 19 10 70 165 157 29 21 7 65 158 154 27 22 8 62 179 180 24 22 11 59 149 161 Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 35 15 7 77 169 160 Calgary 32 22 4 68 168 150 Vancouver 32 21 3 67 158 147 San Jose 29 22 8 66 165 170 Los Angeles 26 18 12 64 155 150 Arizona 20 31 7 47 131 194 Edmonton 16 32 10 42 135 196 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Wednesday’s results Detroit 3, Chicago 2, SO Ottawa 4, Montreal 2 Minnesota 3, Calgary 2, OT Los Angeles at Colorado, late Boston at Edmonton, late Tampa Bay at Anaheim, late Today’s games Nashville at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Washington, 6 p.m.

Florida at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s games Vancouver at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Carolina, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

Boston at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

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Duke’s Amile Jefferson (center) struggles for possession of the ball with North Carolina’s Nate Britt (left) and Kennedy Meeks (3) during the first half of Wednesday’s game in Durham, N.C. The No. 4 Blue Devils edged the Tar Heels 92-90 in overtime.

Devils outlast Tar Heels Duke rallies from 10 down late to force overtime

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Quinn Cook scored 22 points and No. 4 Duke beat No. 15 North Carolina 92-90 in overtime on Wednesday night in Durham, N.C. In a thriller befitting college basketball’s fiercest rivalry, the Blue Devils (23-3, 10-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) let an early 13-point lead slip away and trailed by 10 with less than 4 minutes left in regulation before rallying. They sent it into OT, and won their ninth in 12 in the series.

Tyus Jones had 22 points, Justise Winslow added 16 points and Jahlil Okafor had 12 points and 13 rebounds for Duke.

Kennedy Meeks and Brice Johnson each scored 18 points to lead North Carolina (18-8, 8-5). Nate Britt pulled the Tar Heels within two with one free throw with 3.5 seconds left.

He missed the second, Marcus Paige raced in and got his hands on the rebound – but Winslow grabbed it as the buzzer sounded.

Wednesday’s box score

RED WINGS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2, SO Detroit 0 1 1 0—3 Chicago 0 1 1 0—2 Detroit won shootout 2-1 First Period–None.

Second Period–1, Detroit, Tatar 24 (Helm, Sheahan), 16:10. 2, Chicago, Saad 18 (Hossa), 16:49.

Third Period–3, Detroit, Helm 13 (Datsyuk), 17:54. 4, Chicago, Versteeg 11 (Keith), 18:37.

Overtime–None.

Shootout–Detroit 2 (Datsyuk NG, Nyquist G, Tatar G), Chicago 1 (Toews G, Kane NG, Sharp NG).

Shots on Goal–Detroit 6-8-11-3–28.

Chicago 17-8-7-2–34.

Goalies–Detroit, Howard. Chicago, Crawford. A–22,112 (19,717). T–2:38.

Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with LHP Bruce Chen on a minor league contract.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with 1B Eric Hosmer on a two-year contract.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Lindstrom on a minor league contract.

National League SAN DIEGO PADRES — Assigned RHP Aaron Northcraft outright to El Paso (PCL).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed F Amare Stoudemire. Waived G Ricky Ledo.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with WR Larry Fitzgerald on a two-year contract.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DB Varmah Sonie.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Released LB Mister Alexander.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released LB Shaun Phillips.

MINN. VIKINGS — Claimed TE Brandon Bostick off waivers from Green Bay. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Named Brian Smith assistant linebackers coach.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — S Ryan Clark announced his retirement.

COLLEGE NCAA — Placed West Virginia’s athletic department on two years’ probation.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION — Announced the resignation of executive director Grant Teaff.

NOTRE DAME — Announced S Avery Sebastian is transferring from California.

No. 5 Wisconsin 55, Penn State 47: Sam

Dekker scored 22 points and Frank Kaminsky added 16 as No. 5 Wisconsin overcame a late Penn State surge in State College, Pa. Dekker and Penn State’s D.J. Newbill waged an entertaining scoring battle. Newbill scored 29 points, but the next-highest scorer for Penn State (15-12, 3-11) was Brandon Taylor with seven.

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The Badgers (24-2, 12-1), despite shooting 39 percent, were aided by Nigel Hayes’ 13 rebounds and nine points.

Wisconsin’s 24th victory marked the school’s best start in program history.

No. 11 Northern Iowa 59, Loyola 39: Seth Tut-

tle and Nate Buss each scored 10 points in Chicago as Northern Iowa won its 14th straight.

The Panthers (252, 14-1 Missouri Valley Conference) never trailed and moved within one win of matching the 2009-10 team’s school record streak.

They also tied a season low for points allowed while holding Loyola (16-11, 6-9) to its lowest scoring total, and this game was every bit as lopsided as the numbers indicated.

Syracuse 69, No. 12 Louisville 59: Rakeem

Christmas rebounded from his worst game of the season, scoring 29 points and blocking four shots in Syracuse.

It was the first game between the teams as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Syracuse (17-9, 8-5 ACC) was coming off an 80-72 home loss to fourth-ranked Duke in which Christmas was outplayed by freshman Jahlil Okafor.

Louisville (20-6, 8-5) was out to bounce back from Saturday’s home loss to North Carolina State, but was without senior guard Chris Jones, who was suspended for violating

career highs of 17 points and 14 rebounds for Iowa State in Stillwater, Okla.

McKay, a 6-foot-9 forward, created problems on both ends with his leaping ability. He made 13 of 18 free throws, blocked four shots and had nine offensive rebounds.

No. 18 Arkansas 84, Missouri 69: Michael

Qualls had 21 points and Arkansas beat Missouri in Fayetteville for its fifth straight victory and eighth in nine games.

Bobby Portis added 16 points on 8-of-12 shooting to help the Razorbacks (21-5, 10-3 Southeastern Conference) continue their best start in conference play since the 1997-98 season.

Arkansas’ only loss since Jan. 17 is a 57-56 setback at Florida.

Qualls scored in double figures for the third straight game. The junior is 17 of 34 from the field in his last three

Northwestern 72, Minnesota 66: Bryant McIn-

tosh scored 17 points and Northwestern hit 15 3-pointers to beat Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Tre Demps added 11 points, seven assists and five rebounds for the Wildcats (12-14, 3-10 Big Ten), who have won two straight in the conference following a 10-game losing streak.

Northwestern shot 43.6 percent for the game, but 47 percent on 32 3-point attempts, and only turned the ball over 10 times.

Nate Mason scored 15 points for Minnesota (1611, 5-9), but the Golden Gophers once again struggled to defend the 3-point line. They gave up 18 3s in a loss to Indiana on Sunday.

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Elvis Stojko, a three-time world figure skating champion from Canada, said, “I had the strength and the finesse there and put it all together.”

There is hardly a bridge deal that goes by without at least one finesse being attempted. Sometimes, though, how that finesse is approached can be key.

In today’s deal, how should South play in three no-trump? West leads the heart five. East wins with his queen and returns the suit to dummy’s now-bare ace.

South’s two-no-trump rebid shows 18 or 19 high-card points (or a great 17 or poor 20) and is in principle gameforcing.

The responder then has the three-level to investigate

strains other than no-trump and, perhaps, to start a slam investigation.

Since the lead has removed dummy’s only fast entry, South cannot use dummy’s diamonds. Instead, he must

hope to take one spade, one heart, three diamonds and four clubs. To get those club tricks, though, might require taking three club finesses.

Declarer must stay in the dummy throughout. First, he must run the club nine. When that wins, he continues with the club queen. Then East has no defense.

Note, though, that if South starts with dummy’s club queen, East can defeat the contract by playing low to this trick. Then what does declarer do? If he follows suit with his club three, he must take the second club trick in his hand and cannot finesse for a third time.

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3BR 2 full baths, refrig., stove, dishwasher, w/d, new furnace & a/c this yr., deck & handicapped ramp, storage shed, $24,000 815-973-5601

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Lg. 2BR upper garage, stove, refrig. & garbage, all carpeted. Good location. No Pets. $500/mo. + $500 dep. Available Now 815-288-1736

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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

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ROCK FALLS 2 large BR, 1 BA, car attached 1 garage, large enclosed yard, no pets $600 mo. + $600 deposit 815-440-7985 3BR, 2-1/2 BA, full attached bsmt, garage, S. of Rock Falls, $850/mo. + dep., utilities incl., 815-499-4140 Cozy & Clean 2BR,

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HARMON 2 BR 1 BA apt. for rent: 952 Harmon Rd. Harmon, IL. $475/mo. Country setting. Walk-in closets. Car port parking available.

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Newer Duplex, 1600 sq. ft. 2BR, 2BA, $1,050/mo.

815-626-6223 Newly remodeled studio apts.

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815-441-5106 Room for Rent. All utilities incl. + wifi Starting at $75/wk. + dep. Call or text 815-716-6150.

Sinnissippi Townhomes First Mo. Free!

Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

Central air, good location. Laundry hookup. (815)6261130.

Spacious 2BR apt.

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Lease/dep. Req. $460/mo. Inc. sewer & garbage P/U. H&H Rental Properties LLC 815-625-7995

TAMPICO Upper 2BR $425/ mo. + dep. w/ applcs & some utilities pd. No pets.

815-499-3187

no pets/ smoking. $550/mo + dep.

815-988-1398

STERLING 2BR., 1BA garage $550 NO PETS. mo. + dep. 815440-7985.

Immaculate downstairs Duplex, 2lg.

BR. No pets. $475/ mo. + dep. 815718-9858.

Nice 2BR $600 svla.org 815-7185488 RTO 2BR $49,900 $5,000 down.4413515.Agent owned.

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600-2,000 sq. feet, Office or Retail N Galena Ave., Dixon Available Now. 815-652-7470 Office/Retail, 1100 sq.ft., 221 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon. $500 mo., $500/dep. Water & garbage furnished.

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EMPLOYMENT

Days Inn & All American Bar & Grill Now Hiring all positions, apply within, Rock Falls 2105 1st Ave.

WAREHOUSE / 330 STORAGE Quonset Hut, overhead large door, 2800 sq ft. $300/ month. Call 815-378-2151.

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THE CLASSIFIED Advertising Department of Sauk Valley Media does not have the opportunity to fully investigate the credibility of each advertiser appearing within these columns. If an offer sounds “too good to be true” it probably is.

Proceed with caution if you are asked to send money or to give a credit card number.

Proceed with caution in calling 900 phone numbers. All phone numbers prefixed by “900” are charged to the CALLER. Charges may be assessed on a “per minute” basis rather than a “per call” basis.

Sauk Valley Classified makes every effort to qualify these charges for the reader.

If you have a concern about an advertiser, please contact the Better Business Bureau 330 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611.

312-832-0500

CNA or DSP for 2p-10p and 10p-6a.

DSP Classes Available. Rate of pay commensurate with experience.

Apply in person 2601 Woodlawn Rd., Sterling, email: info@ectc1.com

or apply online: exceptionalcare.org

Currently seeking caring, dependable CNAs for PT/FT various shifts. Join our team oriented facility by applying within or sending resume to Oregon Living & Rehabilitation Center 811 S. 10th St., Oregon, IL 61061 P: 815-732-7994 F: 815-732-7998 Parkway Center is seeking a part time Nurses.

Applications can picked up at 1801 Ave. G Sterling

EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 501

NOTICEPURto the SUANT Business Opportunity Sales Law of 1995, every busiopportunity ness must be registered with the Illinois Securities Department. Protect yourself and get the facts before you over your hand hard earned money by contacting the Illinois Secretary of State's Securities Department at 1800-628-7937. This notice provided as a public service by Sauk Valley Classifieds.

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Canteen Cafeteria Part time employee needed. Must be available nights and weekends.

Drug screen and background check req. See Nancy at Wal-Mart Distribution Center, Sterling, Tues-Sat., 8Noon for interview.

EEOC CDL DRIVER NEEDED Rock River Cartage is a family owned flatbed carrier. $55,000+ a yr. We offer 401K, Health Ins., and home every night. Must have 2 years experience.

Please call 1-800892-9587 ext: 101

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Dental Assistant wanted for busy dental office.

Successful candidate will have good organizational skills, strong people skills and work well with others.

Past experience in dental/medical environment is helpful. Computer skills helpful but not required. Pay and benefits commensurate with experience.

Please send replies to Box #:1265 ,c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O.Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081 Focus Services Come see us at our new location in Sterling at 2214 E 4th St Suite B. We are hiring for Am and Pm classes. Ask us about our shift differentials.

Please come fill out an application or go online to: focus. iapplicants.com You can call and speak with Heather Hiatt at (815)622-4900.

HVP VENDING Hiring Full Time Route Driver Sales Person Qualifications/ Requirements •High School Diploma or GED •Able to pass physical/Drug Screen •Have excellent driving record Send Resume: HVP Vending P.O. Box 382 Morrison, IL 61270 Or Apply: HVP Vending 409 East Main St, Morrison, IL. 61270 815-772-4035 Mr. Nifty Cleaners in Sterling looking for a Seamstress.

Please apply in person, 1102 E. 4th St., Sterling.

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Morrison Institute of Technology, a small two year ABET accredited engineering technology school in Morrison, Illinois seeks an instructor to teach Surveying and Civil CAD. The applicant should have 5 years surveying experience, field to finish, be proficient in AutoDesk Civil 3D, familiarity with MicroStation, construction methods, Total Station and GPS. Academic 9 Mo. begins 8/15.

Competitive salary & Benefits. EO/AA Employer & Educator.

Email: gtully@ morrisontech.edu Greg Tully, Morrison Institute of Technology, 701 Portland Ave., Morrison, IL 61270 NOW HIRING at Messie's Bar & Grill for all positions.

Please apply in person at 117 N. River Rd., Oregon, IL 61061

Wait staff, Bartenders, Video Gaming Parlor Attendants wanted, over 21 years of age and outgoing personality required. Daytime, weeknight, weekend positions available.

Plum Hollow Family Center, Dixon- apply in person or download application at

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Will babysit home all Good refs. sonable Dixon area.

440-4559.

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Rearates.

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Vintage Mechanical Works is looking for full time a mechanic/ body/ painter.

To apply go to 806 Prosperity Dr. Sterling. 61081 815-626-1690

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While we attempt to screen advertising with potential fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential problems.

We strongly encourage our readers to exercise caution and common sense, particularly when dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

or email to: plumhollowfc @bowldixon.com

Seeking someone in the Dixon/Sterling area to work on modifying company Word Press Web sites.

Please send inquiries to: opportunity@ poloil.com

Apply at: Heritage Square 620 N. Ottawa Dixon, IL EOE

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P.T. Picture Framer, experience or art background preferred but will train. Bring resume to the Frameworks, 210 W. 1st St., Dixon.

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The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c))

AREA GARAGE SALES 624 ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

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CLOVER HILLS LEASE TO OWN APPLIANCES TV’S MATTRESSES

815.625.8529 Magic Chef smooth top elec. stove. $100/obo.

815-973-0393.

Maytag Electric Dryer. $75 815288-3754 NuWave Pro infrared oven, still in box. Asking $40.

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Reliable, LIKE NEW used appliances, cmsappliance.net (815)626-1003

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All Mattress Sets New in plastic.

Twin $99, Full $129, qu. $159, King $259. W/ Warr. Can deliver.

815-703-3688 Lg. sofa & love seat, light contemporary colors. $250. Exc. cond.

815-625-2542 Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

NEW TODAY Solid oak Amish hand crafted country hutch, exc. cond., $2000 815499-4140

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 Bassett Hound pups, vet checked & dewormed, $350, Call Chris 815-973-7293 Free Cats, all colors all sizes. Great Valentine's Day gift! 815-548-9433 Wanted: Tea Cup size Chihuahua, adult, short hair, reasonably priced or free 815-5649022 after 2:00.

WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

SNOWBLOWERS 782 24” cut, 6HP, 2 self prostage pelled. Tire chains, pull start. Good cond. $325 815973-3223

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MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

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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WANT TO BUY 795 I Pay Cash 4 Gold Silver, Coins & Antiques 24/7 815-564-9061 Want to Buy Skid Loader priced under $5,000. Also '66 or '67 Nova parts car. 563212-7699

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE Canoe rental business/ inventory for sale. For info call

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Corn fed beef.

Buy ¼ or ½. Dave Stuart, 815-7724759.

Fresh Pork Buy whole or ½ hog.

Processing done at Country Village Meat in Sublette. Call 815876-0871 to order.

Lacquered ornate jewelry chest.

10 x 7x 8. $35.

815-275-3131 Log splitter on wheels, heavy duty. $850.

7.5' Western snow plow w/all attachments $875. 815994-3339.

Mens XL leather black jacket, exc. cond. Call 815548-9500 Twin, full, queen, king beds. Elec. & gas dryers, recliner, gas stove, upright freezer, washer, refrig., sofa, dresser, hutch.

815-718-4385 Whirlpool dehumidifier, good cond. $58. 815548-9500.

Whirlpool Gas Dryer & electric washer. $175 ea.

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00 11 13 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS VILLAGE OF FRANKLIN GROVE, ILLINOIS 1.

Time and Place of Opening Bids.

Sealed proposals for the construction of the Water System Improvements, Well No. 1 Well House Replacement for the Village of Franklin Grove, Lee County, Illinois, will be received at the offices of Baxter & Woodman, Inc., 1788 Sycamore Road, DeKalb, Illinois, until 11:00 A.M., March 4, 2015. Sealed bids will then be taken to the Village of Franklin Grove Village Hall, 105 East South Street, Franklin Grove, IL 61031 and at 1:00 P.M. On March 4, 2015 will be publicly opened and lump sum bid read aloud.

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FWD, Automatic, Cruise Control, Keyless Entry, Fog LIghts, Power Seat STK# R879A

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Automatic, Sliding Door, Well maintained, Low miles, Ready for spring STK#R906

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2007 CHRYLSER TOWN & COUNTRY

Automatic, A/C, Cruise Control, Power Seat, Alloy Wheels STK#R896A

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Great MPG

8,950* or $125/mo**

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Low Miles, Automatic, FWD, Nice Car, STK#R913

22,988*or $335/mo*

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