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Geneseo foils Dixon regional repeat bid

DILLON SCHOOL CELEBRATES DR. SEUSS ROCK FALLS, A3

SPORTS, B1

2015 ELECTION | DIXON CITY COUNCIL

Manager pick a priority

PLAN!T SAUK VALLEY | GRUB HUB

Candidates urge quality search for city manager, no set timeline

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

DIXON – Winners of City Council seats next month will have an important job right away, and they know it.

Before the transition from a commission to a managerial form of government is complete, a city manager must be hired. That process could take months, according to the candidates running for council seats, perhaps 6 months or more.

What you need to know

When is the deadline for registering to vote for the April 7 election? When does early voting begin? We have a calendar of key 2015 election dates on Page A5.

Most candidates said the emphasis should be on the process and finding the right candidate – whether that’s City Administrator David Nord or someone else – rather than rushing to make a hire by a self-imposed deadline.

Nord, whose contract will expire at the end of May, has said he would like to be retained as city manager.

“I’d like to see it happen in the most efficient amount of time possible,” Commissioner Dennis Considine said.

“As soon as the new council and mayor are seated, I think it should be the priority to get into the process.”

Considine, 70, and Colleen Brechon, 65, are two current council members seeking reelection. They’re among 11 names that will be on the April 7 ballot for four seats.

Commissioner Jeff Kuhn, 63, and local businessman Liandro Arellano Jr., 34, are running for mayor.

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DIXON | LEE COUNTY UNITED WAY

Goal surpassed; $407K raised

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IXON – At the close of its campaign, the Lee County United Way raised a total of $407,042 – surpassing its goal of $400,000.

About 160 people attended a celebration dinner at the Post House Ballroom in Dixon Friday night as Executive Director Jenny Koch and Tim Broos, campaign co-chairman, announced the award winners, and honored volunteers, businesses, and nonprofit organizations.

Attendees enjoyed dinner, a dessert auction, and an award presentation.

Also during the dinner, Koch announced that she was working to get the Illinois 211 service to expand to Lee County.

The telephone number provides callers with assistance in connecting them to community information and services that they need, such as food and shelter, counseling and mental health services, and family support.

“A lot of people ask me what’s the United Way,” Koch said.

“For me, the United Way is community, and the United Way campaign is coming together at a specific time of the year and raising – we hope – a lot of money for some wonderful agencies,” she said.

“I can’t do that alone. Tim [Broos] and Cathy [Jecklin, campaign co-chairwoman], as great as they are, cannot do that alone.

Today: 39/20 For the forecast, see Page A11

Sterling bar and grill touts best pizza in area

JOHNNY’S CONTINUED ON A9

ONLINE Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: The campaign’s final number – $407,042 – is revealed as United Way members flip over their pieces of paper at the end of the Lee County United Way’s celebration dinner Friday night at the Post House.

LEFT: Jenny Koch (left), executive director of the Lee County United Way, presents the award for Best Promo Event to a representative from KSB Hospital during the celebration dinner Friday night in Dixon. KSB was recognized for its Dietary Day, which raised $2,227.09.

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Johnny’s more than a sports bar

STERLING – Some sports bars have mediocre food. Not Johnny’s Bar and Grill in Sterling.

Formerly M&D’s restaurant, Johnny’s is similar to many sports bars I’ve been to. Flatscreen TVs are placed throughout the restaurant. There is a place to play pool and throw darts, and tucked in the back of the building is a dance floor with a DJ booth.

But what makes this place different is the service.

Co-owners Johnny and Ilir Alimi, who are father and son, treat everyone like family. The first thing Ilir did when I met him was to give me a hug. He speaks to me as if I’ve known him for years.

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

Mostly sunny

A Momma Mia pizza from Johnny’s Bar and Grill in Sterling.

BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5525 @JPigee84

Award winners announced at annual dinner

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Business

Dixon’s Modern Shoe Shop has a new proprietor.

See Page C1

Community If drumming is your thing, Percussion Palooza was the place to be. Rock Falls High hosted the event, and the SVM photo team was there.

See Page C12

Don’t miss out on all the fun!

If you haven’t been to our Plan!t Sauk Valley website this week, you’ve missed: • A Grub Hub feature from SVM reporter Jermaine Pigee on River’s Edge Inn in Dixon.

• Recipes for hamantaschen cookies and PB&J sushi (above) for the kids.

• Our Under Review feature, with reviews of all movies playing this weekend in the Sauk Valley • Tech Type blogs from SVM’s Angel Sierra about our online readership and why your state tax return will be delayed. (See Page A5) Go to planitsaukvalley.com

Index Births................ C5

Lottery .............. A2

Business........... C1

Markets .......... A10

Classified .......... D1

Obituaries ......... A4

Comics ............. B7

Opinion............. A6

Community ..... C12

Scoreboard ...... B9

Crossword Saturday ........... D7

Scrapbook ....... C3

Crossword Sunday ............. C8

Support groups .. C5

Dave Ramsey ... C1

Weather.......... A11

Dear Abby ........ C6

Wheels ............. D8

Sports .............. B1 Travel .............. C10

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Corrections Two Sauk Valley women injured in a head-on crash in Monroe, Wisconsin, recently have not been released from the hospital, as was erroneously reported in Friday’s editions. Stacey M. Bontz, 36, of Rock Falls, and her mother, Barbara S. Stutzke, 61, of Sterling, are still patients at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison.

We regret the error.

POLICE Sterling Police Wanda L. Shirley, 47, of Polo; 8:53 a.m. Thursday at Walmart, 4115 E. Lincolnway; retail theft; given notice to appear in court.

Tasha D. Overton, 31, of Sterling; 8:05 p.m. Thursday at 212 Third Avenue; Lee County warrant for unlawful use of a credit card, financial exploitation of an elderly person; taken to Lee County Jail.

Dixon Police Nathan T. May, 25, of Ashton; 10:27 a.m. Friday in the 200 block of South Hennepin Avenue; Lee County warrant for failure to appear; posted bond and released with notice to appear in court.

Morrison Police Underage drinking party, 2 a.m. Sunday on West Main Street; Austin P. Wikoff, 18, of Morrison, unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor, unlawful possession of marijuana less than 2.5 grams; Christian Garcia, 18, of Morrison, unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor; Boy, 17, of Dixon, unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor; Girl, 17, of Morrison, unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor; Girl, 16, of Morrison, unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor. Wikoff and Garcia were released on notice to appear

in court. The boy and two girls were released to their parents or guardians.

Heather Stafford, 25, of Morrison; Feb. 16; no parking in central business district, 2:30-6 a.m.; given citation.

Stephen D. Michaels, 61, of Sunland, California; Feb. 25; failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; given citation.

Maddison M. Tucker, 20, of Hayesville, Iowa; Feb. 27; 24-hour parking; given citation.

Christopher A. Lohse, age unavailable, of East Moline; Feb. 28; parking by fire hydrant; given citation.

Karina L. Reiman, 19, of East Moline; Feb. 28; parking in a no parking zone; given citation.

Stacey L. Graham, 56, of Erie; Feb. 28; parking in a no parking zone; given citation.

Anne E. Cole, age unavailable, of Rock Island; Sunday; parking in a no parking zone; given citation.

Anthony A. Chavira, 41, of Sterling; Sunday; parking in a no parking zone; given citation.

Kimberly Israel, age unavailable, of Rock Island; Sunday; parking in a no parking zone; given citation.

Lee A. DeLong, age unavailable, of Dixon; Sunday; parking in a no parking zone; given citation.

Scott Hoffman, age unavailable, of Fulton; Sunday; parking in a no parking zone; given citation.

Brooke Rickertsen, 23, of Thomson; Thursday; speeding; given citation.

Girl, 16, of Morrison; Thursday; cellphone use while driving; given citation.

Kaywyn J. Beswick, 53, of Morrison; Thursday; disobeyed traffic control device; given citation.

Boy, 17, of Morrison; Thursday; disobeyed traffic control device; given citation.

Whiteside County Sheriff Felicia R. Flores, 25, of Sterling; 5:34 p.m. Feb. 9 near Rock Falls; driving while license suspended; released with notice to appear in court.

Jason J. Stearns, 42, of Clinton, Iowa; 4:36 a.m. Feb. 14 in Albany; two counts of driving under the influence, improper driving on the shoulder of the roadway; taken to Whiteside County Jail and

released with notice to appear in court.

Lauren K. Saad, 25, of Erie; 10:42 p.m. Feb. 14 in rural Erie; two counts of driving under the influence, improper driving on the shoulder of the roadway; taken to Whiteside County Jail and released with notice to appear in court.

Tiffany A. Martinez, 37, of Rock Falls; 5:51 p.m. Feb. 15 at Forest Inn, rural Morrison; Lee County warrant for failure to appear; taken to Whiteside County Jail and posted bond.

Nyle F. Anderson, 60, of Sterling; 6:50 p.m. Feb. 15 in rural Sterling; disobeying a traffic control signal, failure to yield at an intersection; released with notice to appear in court.

Marie V. Wessels, 54, of Colona; 9:42 p.m. Feb. 15 in rural Morrison; driving under the influence, unlawful transportation of alcohol, expired registration; taken to Whiteside County Jail and released with notice to appear in court.

Kelly S. Harty, 51, of Prophetstown; 11:17 p.m.

Feb. 15 in Lyndon; failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, operating an uninsured vehicle, two counts of driving under the influence; taken to Whiteside County Sheriff’s office and released with notice to appear in court.

Bronson D. Hughes, 32, of Sterling; 5:30 p.m. Feb. 19; violation of the Sex Offender Registry Act; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Jovana E. Saldivar, 19, of Rock Falls; 7:22 p.m. Feb. 19 in rural Rock Falls; domestic battery; released pending a future court date.

John P. Britt, 61, of Morrison; 12:15 a.m. Feb. 20 on Madison Street near High Street in Morrison; two counts of driving under the influence; taken to Whiteside County Sheriff’s office and released with notice to appear in court.

Trent R. Houzenga, 24, of Hanover; 8:55 p.m. Feb. 23 on U.S. Route 30 near Riverdale Road; possession of marijuana – 10 to 30 grams, possession of drug paraphernalia; taken to Whiteside County Sheriff’s office and released with notice to appear in court.

Sebastian T. Guidry, 19, of Prophetstown; 10:17 p.m.

Feb. 23 on Prophet Road near U.S. Route 30; possession of drug paraphernalia; taken to Whiteside County Sheriff’s office and released with notice to appear in court.

Ester J. Garza, 24, of Sterling; 1:29 a.m. Feb. 25 on Griswold Avenue near West Fourth Street in Sterling; two counts of driving under the influence; taken to Whiteside County Sheriff’s office and released with notice to appear in court.

Jesse L. Gillman, 48, of Sterling; 8:40 p.m. Feb. 27; warrant for failure to appear on a charge of suspended registration; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Ronald A. Geerts, 33, of Morrison; 9:40 p.m. Feb. 27 on Penrose Road east of Crosby Road; leaving the scene of a property damage crash, driving too fast for conditions, failure to report crash to law enforcement authority, operating uninsured motor vehicle; processed and released.

Matthew L. Stanfel, 37, of Morrison; 9:40 p.m. Feb. 27 on Penrose Road east of Crosby Road; failure to secure seat belt; given citation.

Juvenile; 12:56 a.m. Feb. 28 in rural Sterling; no valid driver’s license – graduated license classification violation; released to parent and given notice to appear in court.

Christopher J. Meggenberg, 37, of Clinton, Iowa; 1:10 a.m. Feb. 28 on state Route 84 north of Fulton; improper lane usage, two counts of driving under the influence; released with notice to appear in court.

David J. Stuart, 52, of Morrison; 2:07 a.m. Sunday on Main Street near Base Street in Morrison; two counts of driving under the influence, no headlights when required, possession of cannabis less than 2.5 grams, possession of drug paraphernalia; taken to Whiteside County Sheriff’s office and released with notice to appear in court.

William S. McGinn, 25, of Sterling; 6 a.m. Sunday in rural Rock Falls; warrant for conditional release violation; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Elias G. Lopez, 32, of West Chicago; 12:07 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 88; driving under the influence, obstructing identification, driving while license revoked, improper driving on the shoulder of the roadway; taken to Whiteside County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Kevin M. Ballard, 22, of Dixon; 8:11 p.m. Sunday; Whiteside County warrant for

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failure to appear on a charge of criminal trespass to land, Lee County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of retail theft, Lee County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia; held at Whiteside County Jail in lieu of bond.

David W. Dublo, 37, of Sterling; 12:20 a.m. Friday on state Route 40 north of Sterling; aggravated driving under the influence, improper lane usage, driving while license suspended; held at Whiteside County Jail pending a court appearance.

Lee County Sheriff Oscar Martinez, 34, of Rock Island; 12:18 a.m. Friday; Cook County warrant; held at Lee County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Tiffany Y. Hobdy, 31, of Chicago; 12:44 p.m. Thursday; bringing contraband into a penal institution; held at Lee County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Austin J. Cooper, 20, of Sterling; 10:47 a.m. Thursday; warrant for failure to appear – rule to show cause; held at Lee County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Kevin M. Ballard, 22, of Dixon; 10:33 a.m. Thursday; warrant for failure to appear – retail theft less than $300, possession of drug paraphernalia; released with notice to appear in court.

Heidi L. Cook, 35, of Dixon; 10:22 a.m. Thursday; driving while license revoked; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Patti J. Davis, 48, of Rock Falls; 10:05 a.m. Thursday; aggravated driving under the influence; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Ogle County Sheriff Anthony Blade, 21, of Rockford; Thursday at Winnebago County Jail; warrant for failure to appear; released on recognizance bond and given notice to appear in court.

Candace Hammond, 46, of Rockford; Thursday at Stephenson County Jail; warrant for failure to appear; released on recognizance bond and given notice to appear in court.

Steven Rozakis, 33, of Lindenwood; Thursday; peti-

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LYNDON – A Morrison woman was injured Thursday night in a two-vehicle crash at Moline and Lyndon roads.

According to a news release, Whiteside County Sheriff’s deputies responded at 7:22 p.m. and determined that a vehicle driven by Dustin L. Scott, 23, of Morrison, had been northbound on Fifth Avenue East, or Lyndon Road, when Scott failed to yield to a vehicle traveling west on Moline Road, driven

by Arthur K. Gibson, 80, of Prophetstown.

A passenger in Scott’s vehicle, Haley M. Paone, 20, was taken by Prophetstown ambulance to CGH Medical Center in Sterling. Her condition was unavailable Friday.

No one else was injured.

Scott was given a citation for failure to yield from a stop intersection.

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Samantha A. Thompson, 22, of Roscoe; Thursday at Winnebago County Jail; warrant for failure to appear; released on recognizance bond and given notice to appear in court.

Mark A. Carter, 48, of Poplar Grove; Thursday; theft; held at Ogle County Jail in lieu of bond.

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A CELEBRATION OF SEUSS AT DILLON SCHOOL

CRASH UPDATE

Mother, daughter continue recovery in Wis. hospital Women injured in crash removed from intensive care unit STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

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ABOVE: Students at Dillon Elementary School wear their favorite hats Friday in celebration of Dr. Seuss Week. The students were treated to a reading of Dr. Seuss’ book “The Cat in the Hat.” Friday ended a week of “Seuss-ian” activities that included a snack of Green Eggs and Ham, silly sock wearing day, and Wacky Wednesday, during which the students had to find wacky items. Theodore Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss, would have been 111 years old on Monday.

He died in 1991. RIGHT: Bob Sondgeroth, superintendent of the Whiteside Regional Office of Education, reads “The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss to students at Dillon Elementary School.

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Benefit Sunday at Cochran’s Pub to help Sterling girl STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

STERLING – A fundraiser Sunday will help to defray medical costs for a Sterling girl facing cleft lip and palate treatment.

Josie Star Magill, 11 months, was born last April to Casey and Kasey Magill of Sterling. Josie underwent surgery at 4 months to repair her lip, and recently had a second surgery to repair part of the roof of her mouth.

Another surgery is planned within the next 6 months.

A fr iend of Casey Magill’s, Stephanie John-

son, said, “ The family is driving to Michigan to see Josie’s doctor.”

The benefit will begin at Josie Star Magill noon Sunday at Cochran’s Pub, 13464 Galt Road.

There is no admission cost.

Pork chops with chips and a bottle of water can be purchased for $5. A 50/50 drawing will take place. Raffles are planned, with tickets for a chance to win a trip to Cancun selling for $10, and tickets for a whole

hog on sale for $5, or $20 for five.

Live and silent auctions will take place. Some of the live auction items are two Notre Dame tickets, and a Chicago Cubs bagsand-board set. More than 100 baskets will be among the silent auction items.

Monetary donations may be made to the Josie

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WAUSAU, Wis. – A Sterling woman was to be released today from a Wisconsin hospital after being involved in a serious snowmobile accident last weekend.

Stacey Fowkes, 41, w a s i n j u re d o n a snowmobile run near Watersmeet, Michigan.

Her snowmobile hit the edge of a high mound as she was coming out of a dip, sending her careening into the woods, her husband, Chad Fowkes, said. She was flown to Aspirus Wausau Hospital.

Her left leg is broken in two places, as is her knee. Her right fibula is broken, and she has multiple fractured vertebrae, broken ribs, and lacerations to her kidneys, spleen and liver, he said.

The two live in Sterling and are members of the all-volunteer snowmobile team that helps the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Department to rescue stranded pedestrians and drivers during snowstorms.

A benefit has been scheduled for noon May 31 at Cochran’s Pub in Sterling to help with some of her medical expenses.

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MADISON, Wis. – A Sauk Valley mother and daughter are still in a hospital in Wisconsin, 11 days after being injured in a head-on crash in Monroe, Wisconsin.

A family member reported that Stacey M. Bontz, 36, of Rock Falls, and her mother, Barbara S. Stutzke, 61, of Sterling, have been transferred from the intensive care unit to intermediate care.

Sauk Valley Media had erroneously reported the women had been released from the hospital.

The two were driving

south on state Highway 69 just before 4 p.m.

Feb. 23 when their car was struck by an auto driven by Donna M. Green, 56, of Monroe, the Green County Sheriff’s Department said.

Stutzke was driving the car when Green’s auto crossed the center line and collided with Stutzke’s car, the sheriff’s department reported.

Green died at the scene. Bontz and Stutzke were flown to the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, where they remained Friday.

Sheriff Mark A. Rohloff told The Monroe Times that, based on a preliminary investigation, drugs and alcohol didn’t seem to be a factor in the crash, but results of a toxicology report won’t be available for a few weeks.

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The Mind-Body Connection Join KSB Physicians Les Perkowski, DO, and Rama Shankar, MD, for a free presentation Tuesday, March 10th at the Dixon Elks Lodge.

5:15 p.m. - Doors open 5:30 p.m. - Light soup dinner 6:00 p.m. - Presentation RSVP to KSB Community Wellness at 815-285-5990 by March 5th.

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OBITUARIES Peggy S. Larson STERLING – Peggy Sue Larson, 51, of Sterling, died Thursday, March 5, 2015.

Peggy was born Ju l y 1 5 , 1 9 6 3 , in Sterling, the daughter of Chancy “Sonny” and Shirley (Slifer) Morris. She married Michael Larson on March 29, 1983, in Morrison.

Peggy loved her husband, children, and grandchildren dearly.

She enjoyed bowling, the Chicago Cubs, playing with, and watching, her grandchildren play sports, and participating in dance competitions. She loved the holidays, camping with family, and metal detecting. She was a big kid at heart, who still believed in Santa Claus. She loved working her popcorn wagon with her grandchildren, who were her life. She was truly the greatest wife, mother, and grandmother “nana.”

Survivors include her husband, Michael, her father, and three daughters, Angie (Kevin) Ebbens, Stephanie

(Zachary Jensen) Larson, and Marissa Larson, all of Sterling; sisters, Pamela (Richard) Hedstrom of Rock Falls and DeAnna (Philip) Croy of Sterling; brothersi n - l a w, Ro b e r t (Shelley) Larson of Belvidere, Terry (Lori) Crow of Deer Grove, and Rick (Vicki) Larson of Sterling; grandchildren, Brookelynn, Logan, Kaydence, Riley, and Mariah; and several nieces, nephews, and many other close family members.

She was preceded in death by her mother.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with Don Johnston, chaplain, officiating.

Dinner will be served at the Rock Falls Eagles Club immediately after the funeral. Cremation rites have been accorded.

A memorial has been established.

Visit schillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Virginia A. Wetzell GRANITE CITY – Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Virginia A. Wetzell of Granite City, formerly of Rock Falls, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Fountain View Manor in Granite City.

She was born March 21, 1925, to Henry and Emma (Baxter) Johnson in New Bedford. She married Duane C. Wetzell on April 2, 1944, in Long Beach, California.

Together, they raised four children, Joseph (Donna) Wetzell, Cynthia (Guy) Antley, Jeffrey (Linda) Wetzell, and Rhonda (Kenny) McCracken. They have 12 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

Virginia was a homemaker who far med

alongside her husband for 55 years. She also was active at Rock Falls United Methodist Church, and served as an election judge in Hume Township for many years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Duane on April 26, 2012; her parents; 11 brothers and sisters; and a grandchild.

Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Sterling.

A memorial has been established to Hospice of Southern Illinois.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

Drucilla Norris STERLING – Drucilla Norris, 96, of Sterling, died Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Coventry Living Center in Sterling.

She was born Sept. 5, 1918, in Peoria, to Dr. Fredrick A. and Odessa Lee (Hicks) Causey. She attended schools in Peoria, and graduated from Michael Reese Nursing School in Chicago. She married John R. Norris on Feb. 11, 1941, at the Little Brown Church in the Vale in Nashua, Iowa.

Drucilla worked as a registered nurse in the obstetrics department at CGH Medical Center in Sterling for more than 16 years before her retirement. She was a longtime member of St. Mary Catholic Church.

Drucilla is survived by two daughters, Elaine (Dr. Juanito) Delfinado of Rochelle and Teresa (Roy) Cerling of Minnesota; three sons, John

F. (Penny) Norris and David (Amanda) Norris, both of Sterling, and Jamie ( Jeanne) Norris, of Aurora; one daughter-in-law, Robin Norris of Hawaii; one brother, Gordon Causey of Virginia; 19 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and three great-greatgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John R. “Bob” Norris, in 1994; brother, Laun Causey; one sister, Phyllis LaMonica; one son, Gordon; one granddaughter, Lucy; and one greatgrandson, Maddox.

Me m o r i a l s e r v i c e s will be later this spring.

Burial of cremains will be at Calvary Cemetery in Sterling. Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling is handling arrangements.

Visit schillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s visitations: Judith A. Holland-Lindell of Mendota, formerly of Sterling, 9-11 a.m. at Merritt Funeral Home in Mendota.

Lorie A. Folsom of Morrison, 10-11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Morrison.

Scherrie L. Uhlig of Dixon, 10-11 a.m. at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Rockford.

Today’s funerals: David F. Reisinger of Ashton, 11 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Rochelle.

Scherrie L. Uhlig of Dixon, 11 a.m. at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Rockford.

Judith A. HollandLindell of Mendota, formerly of Sterling, 11:30 a.m. Mass at Holy Cross Church in Mendota.

Sunday visitations: Virginia A. Wetzell, formerly of Rock Falls, 1-4 p.m. at McDonald Funeral

Home in Rock Falls.

Kari B. Stauffer of Dixon, memorial visitation, 2-4 p.m. at The Worship Center in Dixon.

Alan J. Dykstra of Morrison, 2-5 p.m. at BosmaRenkes Funeral Home in Morrison.

Sunday funerals: Kari B. Stauffer of Dixon, 4 p.m. memorial service at The Worship Center in Dixon.

Monday visitations: James Allen Brubaker of Oregon, 10-11 a.m. at Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon.

Monday funerals: Virginia A. Wetzell, formerly of Rock Falls, 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

James Allen Brubaker of Oregon, memorial service at 11 a.m. at FarrellHolland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon.

Alan J. Dykstra of Morrison, 11 a.m. at BosmaRenkes Funeral Home in Morrison.

Dennis L. Whitford MIDLAND, Georgia – Dennis L. Whitford, 66, of Midland, formerly of Franklin Grove, passed away peacefully, with his family by his side, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, after a courageous, 6-month battle with cancer.

Dennis was born April 8, 1948, to William and Bernice (Burhenn) Whitford. He married JoEllen Durham on Aug. 24, 1974. They celebrated 40 years of marriage just days after he received his diagnosis. Dennis was proud to serve his country during the Vietnam era. He spent more than 33 years in the WinnDixie Grocery business, and many years in new home construction. He finished his career back in the grocery business with Publix.

Survivors include his wife, JoEllen; daughter, Ashley (Ryan) Foster; son, Jonathan ( Taylor) Whitford; and four

grandchildren, Maggie, Zachary, and Julianne Foster, and Madelyn Whitford; sisters, Dianna (Henry) Toms of Dixon and Julie Whitford of Dacula, Georgia; brothers, Jim (Connie) Whitford of Monroe, Georgia, and Jerry Whitford of Cumming, Georgia; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, friends, and former coworkers.

Dennis was preceded in death by his parents, grandparents, and a brother, Bradley.

Services were Feb. 28, 2015, at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Midland.

A memorial has been established to Columbus Hospice, 7020 Moon Road, Columbus, GA 31909.

The family has been comforted by, and is grateful for, the love and support of extended family members and friends.

Gone, but never forgotten!

You’ve touched the lives of so many.

Sadly and Always Missed!

Forever Loved Your Family and Friends

In retirement, Dick moved to Texas to be near his family ... and the golf course. Ever the fierce competitor, he continued coaching and golfing well into his 87th year. On the golf course, he consistently scored below his age, humbling younger golfers on a daily basis.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Evelyn, of Fairview, Texas; children, Patty (Jon) Kendzie of Corinth, Texas, and Rick (Pam) Pobanz of Richardson, Texas; and grandsons, Austin and Jakob Kendzie and Adam Pobanz.

He was preceded in death by his father, Elmer; mother, Helen; and brothers, Edward and Bob. A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church of McKinney, followed by a reception at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the ISC-Carrol Forbes Fo u n d a t i o n , 1 0 3 1 7 Sugar berry Drive, El Paso, TX 79925.

Rosalind Brown Wakem GRAND DETOUR – Rosalind Brown Wakem died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, at her home in Grand Detour, after a 2-year struggle with cancer.

She was born and raised in New Albany, Indiana. In 1959, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in fine arts from Northwestern University, where she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority.

She worked for many years in advertising, and retired in 1998 from FCB/True North Communications. A gracious hostess, excellent chef, fine seamstress, and engaging artist, Rosalind was a patron of the arts and generous donor to

UNITED

the Lyric Opera, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, and Northwestern Medical Center.

She is survived by several cousins and many friends.

Frederick Iwen, her longtime companion, cared for her through her illness.

A memorial service will be June 6 at St. Peter Church in Grand Detour.

Jones Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements.

Contributions in her memory may be made to St. Peter Church Preservation Committee, Grand Detour, IL 61021.

Visit thejonesfh.com to send condolences.

$62,656.91 raised.

Top Corporate Donor: Exelon.

Highest Increase in Total Raised from Prior Year: Ken Nelson Auto Group; 66 percent increase from 2013 campaign.

Best Promotional Event: KSB Dietary Day; $2,227.09 raised.

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“So there’s a lot of other people we would like to recognize tonight who work behind the scenes.”

Live United Awards Outstanding Board Member: Sarah Partington Outstanding Business: Creative Printing, Tracey and Toni Montgomery Outstanding Individual: Andrea Cook Division Goal Buster of the Year: Carolina Vitale Employee Campaign Coordinator of the Year: Dianne Frye, Dixon Public Schools Campaign Innovator of the Year Award: Rusty Cox, City of Dixon

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Tim Broos (left), president of the Lee County United Way, presents an award to a representative from Ken Nelson during the celebration dinner Friday night in Dixon. The award was for the 66 percent increase in the total amount raised by the business. participation.

11 to 25 employees: Wipfli, LLP; 17 employees; $358.60 average raised per employee; 100 percent participation.

26 to 50 employees: Midland States Bank; 36 employees; $190.40 average raised per employee; 100 percent participation.

51-plus employees: Do

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MCKINNEY, Texas – Richard Howard “Dick” Pobanz, beloved husb a n d , f a t h e r, grandfather, athlete, and coach, was born Aug. 1, 1927, in Cambridge. He passed a w a y S u n d a y, Feb. 22, 2015, in McKinney, after a brief illness. Dick’s remarkable zest for life, integrity, and energetic spirit will live on in the hearts of all who knew him.

Dick was well-known for his softball talent both as player and coach. An outstanding pitcher and hitter, he played the game for 40 years. In 1956, he led the Geneseo Sieben Hybrids team to the World Softball Tournament, and was named to the All-American Softball Team. He went on to lead 13 All-State softball teams and earn numerous league and tournament honors. In 1988, he was inducted into the International Softball Congress Hall of Fame. He is featured in the book “Quad Cities Sports Greats,” by Brad Baraks.

‘Behind-the-scenes’ people honored

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Agency employees: Bright Beginnings; 22 employees; $275.27 average raised per employee; 100 percent participation.

Top Employee Campaign: KSB Employees; 527 employees;

On behalf of Rick McKee, his family and all of our friends, we would like to greatly thank everyone for the help and all the donations, as well as attending his fundraiser on Sat., February 21st in Lyndon, IL. your time, efforts and contributions are much appreciated.

Sincerely,

Rick McKee & Becky Smith

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PLAN!T SAUK VALLEY | TECHNOLOGY

Missing your state tax refund? Don’t fret Spokesman: First round of deposits is on the way

BY ANGEL SIERRA asierra@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5695 @_angelsierra

If you filed a federal tax return and were owed money, chances are you’ve already been paid. The story on state returns, however, is a bit different.

Illinois began processing paperwork on Feb. 13 and initiated the first round of refunds on Feb. 23. Because of an increased effort to combat fraud and identity theft, deposits have been slow to roll out, but the state is seeing results.

“The additional security protocols and deliberate approach have proven beneficial as numerous fraudulent schemes have been identified over the past several weeks,” Terry Horstman, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Revenue, said Wednesday in an email.

“Because new fraudulent schemes are being

detected at IDOR as we move through the tax season, processing times for returns and refunds will require even more time than originally anticipated before they reach taxpayer bank accounts,” he said.

In addition, the department is making additional upgrades to its processing system to help counter fraud and reduce return wait times.

“As we have made changes, ... so have the criminals who are looking to new, innovative schemes to perpetrate tax return fraud,” Horstman said. “We continue to ask taxpayers to be patient as we work through this process.”

Exactly how long it will take is uncertain because returns are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, he said.

Tax filers can check the

state’s refund status website for updates and more information.

Nearly two-thirds of local traffic is mobile The Internet is always evolving, and websites look and behave very differently than they did 20 years ago.

Behind the curtain, website visitors leave

behind bits of information. It is now easier to look for trends within the data to monitor sales, visits, or even basic demographics, and most websites employ a disclosure that lets users know what is being recorded and how it will be used.

Us included.

Our website collects mostly anonymous information, so your name is difficult to associate with your age or location. Cookies afford us that opportunity, and are integrated with software to generate reports for our advertisers.

The data also help us understand how our readership is changing, what devices are used, our most popular stories and when they’re accessed, and a laundry list of smaller points.

Most of all, it gives us a chance to tailor the online experience to the individual.

Recently, I reviewed our report, which is produced on an ongoing and rolling basis, and identified an interesting dynamic among website visitors to saukvalley.

Work on restructuring ordinance has begun MANAGER

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At most, three of the current commissioners will be elected to the new council. But there’s also a chance the majority – or all – of the new council will be fresh faces.

As a result, the first order of business will be to get situated, said candidate Mitch Tucker, 34, owner of Dixon Paint Co., and the second will be to find someone to be the city manager.

“I want to find the perfect person for the job,” Tucker said.

The council will look for someone to assume executive authority and manage day-to-day city operations, which currently are handled among the four commissioners and mayor. During the search process and until a city manager is officially hired, the new council members will be commissioners, retaining both legislative and executive authority.

After the hire, when the transition is complete, they will become councilmen or councilwomen with legislative authority. The city manager will legally be given the executive authority to carry out their policy direction.

“The new form of government will include a

Election Calendar

March 10 – Last day to register to vote or transfer registration for April 7 election March 19 – Candidates forum, sponsored by Dixon Chamber of Commerce, for Dixon mayor, city council, and school board, 6:30 p.m., high school cafeteria March 23 – First day for early voting in county clerk’s office March 25 – Candidates forum, sponsored by Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce April 2 – Last day an absentee ballot may be mailed to voter who submits a signed application April 4 – Last day for early voting in county clerk’s office April 6 – Last day for in-person absentee voting at county clerk’s office April 7 – Polls open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Dixon City Council Candidates • Jesse Arjes, 35, Dixon firefighter and paramedic • Christopher Bishop, 29, Reagan School teacher • Chuck Brainerd, 74, retired • Colleen Brechon, 65, Dixon commissioner • Tamera Brooks, 57, unemployed • Dennis Considine, 70, Dixon commissioner • Bob Gibler, 74, retired • Ryan Marshall, 30, owner of The Stables • Mitch Tucker, 34, owner of Dixon Paint Co. • Mike Venier, 55, partner at Venier Jewelry • Josie Whaley, 66, retired new form of governing,” said Mike Venier, 55, a partner at Venier Jewelry.

Venier said he had no time line for hiring a city manager, emphasizing the need to determine the city’s goals and direction and then find the person for the job. He said it could be the biggest decision the council makes in the next 4 years.

Honesty, integrity, and budget management and

“What we need as a group, as a city, is to sit down and find someone who fits in that mold,” he said.

But before the new council can hire a manager, an ordinance to restructure city government must be passed to spell out who reports to whom and what departments will be combined or eliminated.

That process has already started, but some council candidates say it – or at least the significant portions – should wait until a

new council is seated.

Others say they’re less concerned that the process starts under, or is approved by, the new council because it will be an ongoing process that’s not likely to end soon.

Commissioner Brechon said she wasn’t too concerned with restructuring and likes the way the city is set up now, adding that any changes need to be well thought out.

“I’m under the belief of, Why change something if it’s working?” she said.

com: 34 percent read it on a Windows desktop, 30 percent use an iOS-based device (likely iPhones and iPads), and 29 percent are on an Android-based phone (smartphones and tablets).

Almost 60 percent of our traffic is coming from people using a mobile device.

Our readership is changing, and has changed from its humble beginnings several years ago, when desktop readership trumped all others.

But the most interesting part of the report?

One-hundredth of 1 percent of our online viewers, or about 50 visits, used an Xbox to get to the website. It’s a confirmation that our readership is expanding and is diverse in its interests, and supports the idea that the younger demographic is growing with us.

It’s something we’ll need to address as media organizations make the transition from legacy product to in-demand, up-to-minute utility.

IN BRIEF Weight postings to take effect DIXON – Vehicle weight limits will go into effect Tuesday on two Whiteside County roads.

Vehicles in the westbound lane of Garden Plain Road will be limited to 5 tons per axle.

On Freeport Road, vehicles will be limited to 11 tons per axle in both lanes.

Postings will be lifted on or before May, depending on the weather.

– SVM staff report

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THE BOILER ROOM

communication skills were the primary traits that candidates said they were looking for in a city manager.

Some candidates want a city manager with experience in the role.

Christopher Bishop, 29, a teacher at Reagan Middle School, said prior city manager experience wasn’t necessary for his ideal applicant, and he’d rather see someone hired who fits the needs of the city.

by Don Burton In 2007 Newman Central Catholic High School began a long term “Restoration Plan” to enhance its physical needs. We have started replacing our doors, parking lot repaired, purchased new desks and chairs, started installing new tile floor, repaired roof, updated electrical, new water fountains, repaired and replaced columns, painted and built a new gym. The total cost for the new building and repairs exceeded 3 million dollars. By 2016 other needs like locker rooms, updated bathrooms, windows, elevator, security and vehicular storage will be addressed. At this time the focus is on a new boiler which will cost $250,000 and we need your help! Would you please consider contributing to an institution that brings our community significant economic and educational benefits?

Please send your donations to: Andy Edmondson, Principal, Newman Central Catholic High School, 1101 West 23rd St., Sterling, Il. 61081.

Members of our committee include Andy Edmondson, Sterling; Sam Meier, Rock Falls; Doug Fitzgerald, Sterling; Don Burton, Sterling; Matthew Scroggins, Sterling; Doug Lee, Dixon; and Rick Curia, Dixon.

We sincerely appreciate what you can do to help keep our kids warm!

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EDITORIAL

Heroin overdose deaths a call to action T

hree heroin overdose deaths in 11 days is a problem that can’t be ignored.

A 25-year-old woman died Feb. 21.

A 35-year-old man died Feb. 24.

And on Tuesday, a 34-year-old woman died.

All were from Dixon. All died way too young.

Dixon, Lee County, and regional officials and community members are facing up to the scourge of heroin. That’s good to see.

This week, the Lee County Health Department convened a meeting to see what can be done about it.

Attending were representatives from the Dixon

Police Department, Lee County Sheriff’s Department, Lee County State’s Attorney’s Office, Sinnissippi Centers, Lutheran Social Services, KSB Hospital, Dixon Park District, and the health department itself.

The problem they face, on behalf of the community, is immense.

Not only do they have to encourage people prone to drug abuse to stop using heroin, but they have to see what more can be done to save lives in overdose situations where others might fear to contact emergency medical services because of the illegalities involved.

Discussions focused on the nature of heroin itself.

What we think When three people die of heroin overdoses, the Dixon community must not look the other way. It hasn’t. We support efforts to prevent future deaths.

Despite its dangerous, highly addictive nature, the drug has an allure to some people. Once hooked, users become trapped in a chronic cycle that can last for years. The drug, unfortunately, is relatively cheap and fairly easy to buy.

And, if a “bad batch” is brought to town by drug dealers and sold to unsuspecting users, the results can be tragic.

Local officials face an additional problem: pro-

posed reductions in state money for drug abuse treatment and prevention.

If Gov. Bruce Rauner’s 20 percent budget cuts are enacted for Health and Human Services Department funding, that will mean about 500 fewer people at Sinnissippi Centers will receive treatment next year.

SEVERAL RAYS OF sunshine pierce the dark cloud surrounding heroin.

Emergency Medical Technicians in Lee County have supplies of Narcan, an anti-overdose drug that can be administered when someone overdoses on heroin. If used in time, the drug can reverse the effects and save lives.

Because of the state’s Good Samaritan Law, people who are with the overdose victim are protected from facing drug charges if they call 911 for help.

In addition, two community members have started a group, Safe Harbor of Lee County, to combat heroin deaths.

The group intends to give users a safe place to talk about their addictions. It

has a Facebook page (Safe Harbor of Lee County) and an email address, safeharborlc@yahoo.com.

And on the statewide level, a bipartisan bill has been introduced in the Illinois House to help combat the growing heroin and prescription drug abuse problem on multiple levels.

We’ll write more about that legislation in a future editorial.

In the meantime, we applaud the Lee County Health Department and Safe Harbor of Lee County for shining a light on the heroin problem and looking for solutions.

We encourage others to join the effort to prevent future heroin deaths.

THE READER’S VOICE

Vote Kuhn for Dixon mayor

What do you think?

Let us know. Write your own letter to the editor and send it to: letters@saukvalley. com

Dr. and Mrs. VERNON BRICKLEY Dixon

Dixon is slowly recovering from a very painful period in our history.

Hopefully this recovery appears to be promising a brighter future for our community.

We need to carefully consider our choices of the citizens running for mayor and city council.

We are fortunate to have many very capable people running for office. This in itself is encouraging, but we must not overlook the importance of experience and how critical that could be for Dixon’s future.

As one begins any new job or position, there is always a period of adjustment or just plain “learning the ropes.” Therefore, please remember that Jeff Kuhn has already spent significant learning time in the operation of Dixon.

He is, therefore, ready to be our mayor. He not only is extremely capable, but is also retired and, therefore, able to devote time, energy and talents to our future.

Please vote for Jeff Kuhn for mayor and for the future of Dixon.

Joe Heller, Heller Syndication

every word.

Please consider voting for him for commissioner on April 7. Thank you.

Commissioners first, then city council members JACK SCHRAUTH Dixon

Crazy rants of politicians are funny but sad JOHN NOVAK Rock Falls

John Eades’ comments [“Ex-N.Y. mayor should look at his own heart,” The Reader’s Voice, March 4] on Rudy G.’s crazy rants on the president at the Republican gathering were right on point.

It’s possible Rudy might have had a couple too many, but we can assume this brought out the sorry, hateful side of this confused, washed-up politician and former presidential wannabe.

The far right has so many who spout off crazy things. Here’s one for you.

I heard Newt Gingrich say on March 4 that Congress has good reason to be mad at our president for all the trouble he has caused since being in office.

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

He should have added, “I’ll be here all week, folks.” Funny but sad, isn’t it?

Vote Tucker for commissioner ROSALIE PETTENGER Dixon

There are so many positive things I can say about Mitch Tucker. Since he was born, he has developed into a wonderful, caring citizen of Dixon.

Dennis Considine is running for commissioner, as are all the other candidates. I would find it disturbing if the other candidates did not realize this.

There will be four commissioners elected. At some point afterward, they will be required to make Mr. Nord city manager or hire another person to be city manager.

At that point, the comDave Granlund, GateHouse News Service missioners will become He was always active kin painting, inventor of council members, ceding in school, church and the Great Snow Ball Drop, their management power community events. After and children’s water fights to this new city manager. graduation from Dixon during the Petunia FestiHigh School, he was a vol- val, to name a few. unteer firefighter for the He definitely has “progDixon Rural Fire Depart- ress” as a goal. He wants ment, worked in a paint only the best for Dixon store, and helped with his and the community’s family business, Tucker future, with his slogan, LONNIE H. SMITH Painting.

“Committed to Dixon, Dixon Presently he owns his Dedicated to Progress.” own paint store – Dixon He has a wonderful fam- Colton Fassler gone but Paint. Some commu- ily and is a good husband not forgotten? It’s been nity activities he’s been and father. I guess I’m about 3 years since Colton involved with are the prejudiced because he’s Fassler was probably murScarecrow Fest, pump- my grandson, but I mean dered.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

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

What’s up with Lee County’s legal system?

“An uncoerced, uncoercible press, though at times irritating, is vital to the perpetuation of the freedom and democracy we so often take for granted.”

Editorials represent the opinions of the Sauk Valley Media Editorial Board.

Judith Miller, investigative reporter, 2005

Quotes brought to you courtesy of

Lee County State’s Attorney Anna Sacco-Miller keeps postponing the first court date. Why? Good question. Incompetence, doubtful; conflict of interest?

In the meantime, Tiffany Fassler, with two counts of murder, still walks around scot-free. Her bond was reduced from $500,000 to a mere $50,000 by Ms. Miller. Incompetence, doubtful; conflict of interest?

Which brings us to Al Williams, an old colleague of Ms. Miller’s, whose charges were dropped.

Why? Don’t know. Ms. Miller still won’t comment on that case; again, conflict of interest?

And what about all charges dropped because Ms. Miller didn’t file the paper work on those cases? She had 3 long years to do so. The Fassler case, etc., still ongoing, and the Sigler case, unbelievable. What an insult to our legal system, let alone to our intelligence.

Ms. Miller, again, no comment.

I don’t blame the Dixon business owners to be afraid of the council members with their complaints, according to Mr. Arellano. When you live in a very corrupt town and township like Dixon, one should be very leery.

Can’t wait to sell out so I can get out. Who cares if a dirty little thief (Rita Humphrey Crundwell) gets her trophies, clothes, etc., back. I’d much rather be updated on a vicious murder case like Tiffany Fassler’s.

There’s a bright side to all of this. Little Colton Fassler is in a place right now where nobody can hurt him anymore.

In closing, State’s Attorney Anna Sacco-Miller – remember, respect isn’t given to anybody on a silver platter; you have to earn it.

I pray little Colton Fassler, at least, gets justice. Very doubtful. Complete change of venue is a must.

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SECOND OPINION

Easy to make public resent state pensioners P

olitical solutions usually have winners and losers.

That’s not going to be the case with whatever fix the Illinois Legislature eventually makes to the state’s public employee pension systems.

Everybody is going to lose.

Or, at least, nobody is going to win.

That’s what happens when you can no longer ignore a $100 billion unfunded liability.

To be exact, $104.6 billion at the end of 2014.

And growing.

ILLINOIS VOTERS IN November added another name to the list of more than 11,000 government retirees who are drawing six-figure state pensions.

Pat Quinn, who lost his bid for re-election as governor, is now having to get by on his monthly state pension of nearly $11,400.

That’s the government retirement income he earned for 35 years in public life, which included being state treasurer, lieutenant governor, and – for the past 6 years – governor.

That calculates to $136,752 a year.

The anti-tax group Taxpayers United of America estimates that by 2025, more than 25,000 gov-

ernment retirees in Illinois will be drawing state pensions of at least $100,000 a year.

All legal. All proper. All above board.

But pretty ridiculous.

THAT’S THE BIG emotional argument.

The anti-tax, anti-union political forces want to make participants in the public pension systems the bad guys.

“Our study shows that Lee and Whiteside County taxpayers are still being robbed blind by government bureaucrats in the form of lavish, gold-plated pensions,” Rae Ann McNeilly, executive director of the Taxpayers Union of America, said in a recent news release.

She called them “thieves,” comparing them to Rita Crundwell.

In fact, about two dozen retirees from local governments in Lee and Whiteside counties – most of them former educators – get pensions of more than $100,000 a year.

Hundreds of others in our community receive state pensions that exceed the average household income of working families in those two counties.

And the average retirement age for those state

larryLOUGH Larry Lough is executive editor of Sauk Valley Media.

Contact him via email at llough@ saukvalley. com.

pensioners is under 60.

Then throw in a 3 percent annual increase – guaranteed – even if state revenues plummet and pension investments tank.

So a little populist demagoguery can easily make the public resent the pensioners.

After all, that money came from taxpayers.

REMEMBER SOME important things about those pensions.

Pensioners are not taking anything they are not legally entitled to have.

They contributed to those pensions, as did their public employers, and they should be expected to earn a reasonable return on investment of that money during the 30 or so years of their working life.

All benefits were obtained through state law or collective bargaining.

Democratic and Repub-

lican legislators have, over the years, been almost unanimous in voting to fatten and protect government pensions.

Democratic and Republican governors have negotiated contracts, including pension benefits, with public employee unions.

Unions have done a good job of looking out for the interests of their members.

But all of those players, apparently, ignored the realities of economics and math that make such a system unsustainable unless we unduly punish taxpayers or starve education, local governments, the prison system, and myriad other state programs and services.

Now it’s time for us to pay the piper.

YOU INTERESTED IN the size of the state pension check being drawn by that retired teacher down the street, or by your brother-in-law, the former cop?

It’s public money, so it’s public record.

The Better Government Association has a website you can visit to find out: http://www.bettergov. org/pension/ First name, last name, search – and Bingo!

You will find lots of

pensioners who receive $25,000 or less, not unlike Social Security recipients.

Of course, you will also find a lot of folks who get $50,000 or more, which nobody on Social Security receives – and which exceeds average household income in Lee and Whiteside counties.

The pension system for government employees in Illinois has been generous.

And, because of the pension protection clause in the state constitution, it will not be easy to change it in a way that will help to bail out the state’s fiscal mess.

Not anytime soon, anyway.

year – but that’s more than 78,500 retirees statewide, according to estimates.

Third, short of saving billions of dollars by closing the state a couple of days a week, state officials will look to taxpayers for “revenue enhancement,” which will probably include a “surcharge” on services such as haircuts and tune-ups. Another temporary increase in the income tax could also be part of the fix.

Fourth ... well, everybody else – if there’s anybody left.

WHO IS GOING TO get hurt in the process?

First, people and agencies that already have suffered because their programs have been reduced or eliminated so the state could feed the increasing pension obligations that it still couldn’t keep up with.

Things won’t get better while the state plays catch-up.

Second, pensioners themselves are likely to be targeted for Illinois’ only tax on retirement income. That probably will affect only those who draw at least $50,000 a

GOV. RAUNER and his Democratic buddies in the Legislature will first have to figure out how to get the state through this fiscal year, which ends June 30. That has to be done pretty quickly.

Then they’ll need a budget plan for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1.

So they don’t have a lot of time.

Local government leaders are already squealing about the heavy knife Rauner wants to take to state aid.

And there is plenty more pain where that came from.

You might want to work on your squeal.

time to practice your severe weather plans so that everyone in your home or office knows what to do when a severe we a t h e r w a r n i n g i s issued.

And don’t forget to check your emergency supply kit to ensure it is fully stocked with a 3-day supply of water and nonperishable food, flashlight, radio, first-aid kit, and more.

Additional tips on how to stay safe during severe weather are available in the Severe Weather Preparedness Guide developed by IEMA and the NWS. The guide is available on the Ready Illinois website at www.Ready.

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Note to readers: Kevin E. Lalley is director of the Lee County Emergency Management Agency.

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Be prepared for springtime severe weather KEVIN E. LALLEY Dixon

Don’t let recent wintry weather fool you. Spring is just around the corner, bringing with it an increased risk for severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and flooding.

Now is the perfect time to take steps to ensure that you and your family stay safe when severe weather threatens.

Dur ing March, the Lee County Emergency Management Agency is joining with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service to help you prepare for severe weather.

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NOAA weather alert radio is a good tool for alerting you at home and at work when severe weather is approaching.

Weather alert radios can provide the time you need to get to a safe place, even when you’re sleeping.

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To my surprise, he invites me into his kitchen. A couple of my editors have spoken so highly of Johnny’s’ pizza that I wanted to try it.

“I have nothing to hide,” Ilir, 32, said on the way back to the kitchen area.

“I’ll show you how this is done.”

This is only the second time I have been invited into a restaurant’s kitchen to see how the food is prepared.

Food is cooked by Alimi and his parents, Johnny, 60, and Robbie, 57. Johnny and Ilir bought the bar and grill just over 3 years ago. It’s named after pops.

All of the dough for the pizza is tossed by hand.

I order a Mama Mia combination pizza, with pepperoni, Canadian bacon, Italian sausage, fresh tomatoes, onions and green peppers.

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Ilir Alimi removes a Momma Mia pizza from the oven at Johnny’s Bar and Grill in Sterling. Alimi co-owns the restaurant with his father, Johnny. olives, but I am not a fan of either topping.

Once the dough is laid out, Ilir loads the pizza with the fresh toppings.

“I grind my own cheese, and we use whole-milk mozzarella,” Ilir said. “All of my produce is fresh

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and cut daily, and my meat is never frozen.”

Once the pizza is ready, he puts it in a large oven.

After about 15 minutes, it is ready to eat. But before I dig into it, Ilir lays on the tomatoes.

“I put the tomatoes on afterward so they can cook while the pizza is still hot,” he said.

Not only is the pizza really good, it is filling. I’m stuffed after only two pieces.

Johnny says what separates his pizza from everyone else’s is the sauce – a recipe that’s kept under lock and key.

“If I tell you what the recipe is, I’ll have to kill you,” Johnny said with a chuckle. “You can get pepperoni and vegetables from anywhere. Our sauce is what makes our

pizza great.”

But Johnny’s has more than pizza. The menu is full of favorites such as Italian beef, gyros, chicken strip baskets, taco salad, and a shrimp basket.

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The fire continued to burn Friday, a day after the derailment in a rural area south of the city of Galena. No injuries were reported, but the accident was the latest in a series of failures for the safer tank-car model that has led some people calling for even tougher requirements.

“It certainly begs that question when ... those standards failed to pre-

vent leakage and explosions that threaten human safety and environmental contamination,” said Steve Barg, director of the Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation, which owns a nature preserve several hundred yards from the derailment site.

BNSF Railway said the train’s tank cars were a newer model known as the 1232. It was designed during safety upgrades voluntarily adopted by the industry 4 years ago in hopes of keeping cars from rupturing during derailments.

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Obama speaks in South Carolina, en route to Selma COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Racial discrimination from police in Ferguson, Missouri, was “oppressive and abusive,” President Barack Obama said Friday as he called for criminal justice reform as part of the modern struggle for civil rights.

“It turns out they weren’t just making it up. This was happening,” Obama said during a town hall at South Carolina’s Benedict College, the day before he prepared to commemorate a half-century since the historic civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama.

In his most expansive comments yet about the Justice Department’s report on bias against blacks in Ferguson, Obama said it was striking that investigators merely had to look at email sent by police officials to find evidence. He said the City of Ferguson now must make a decision about how to move forward.

“Are they going to enter into some sort of agreement with the Justice Department to fix what is clearly a broken and racially biased system?”

Obama said.

A Justice Department investigation found patterns of racial profiling, bigotry, and profit-driven law enforcement and

court practices within the Ferguson Police Department. Ferguson city leaders are to meet with Justice Department officials in about 2 weeks to put forth an improvement plan.

The president himself was the subject of some of the racist emails from Ferguson police and municipal courts employees uncovered in the investigation. A 2008 email said Obama would not be president for long because “what black man holds a steady job for four years,” while another depicted Obama as a chimpanzee.

Attorney General Eric Holder, who accompanied Obama on the trip, told reporters the federal government will “use all

the power that we have to change the situation there,” including possibly dismantling the police force. “If that’s what’s necessary, we’re prepared to do that,” Holder said.

Holder said surprised is not a strong enough word for his reaction to the report, which he said revealed “appalling” practices. He said other police departments should understand the intensity of feelings across the federal government in terms of making sure what’s transpired in Ferguson doesn’t happen elsewhere, although he called the Ferguson bias “an anomaly.” “That is not something that we’re going to tolerate,” Holder said.

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Extremists steal ancient statues Great damage done to Iraqi site B AG H D A D ( A P ) – Islamic State extremists trucked away statues as they damaged the irreplaceable remains of an ancient Assyrian capital, a local resident and a top U.N. official told The Associated Press Friday.

Ni m r u d , a n e a r l y 3,000-year-old city in present-day Iraq, included monumental statues of winged bulls, bearded horsemen and other winged figures, all symbols of an ancient Mesopotamian empire in the cradle of Western civilization.

The discover y that extremists removed some statues before using heavy equipment to destroy much of the site Thursday was cold comfort as outrage spread over the extremists’ latest effort to erase history.

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This 2014 file photo shows a detail of a statue from the Assyrian period displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad. On Thursday, Islamic State militants “bulldozed” the renowned archaeological site of the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq. retary-General Ban KiMoon considers the destruction a war crime,

his spokesman said in a statement.

Iraq’s most revered Shiite cleric, the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, said in his Friday sermon that the extremists are savaging Iraq, “not only in the present but also to its history and ancient civilizations.”

“I ’m s h o c k e d a n d speechless,” said Zeid Abdullah, who lives in nearby Mosul and studied at the city’s Fine Arts Institute until the extremists shut that down. “Only people with a criminal and barbaric mind can act this way and destroy an art masterpiece that is thousands of years old.”

A farmer from a nearby village told the AP Friday that militants began carrying tablets and artifacts away from the site 2 days before the attack, which began Thursday afternoon. The militants told the villagers that the artifacts are idols forbidden by Islam and must be

destroyed, the farmer said, speaking anonymously for fear of reprisals.

But the group also is known to have sold off looted antiquities as a source of revenue.

Some statues were “put on big trucks, and we don’t know where they are, possibly for illicit trafficking,” UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova said.

U.N. officials have seen images of destroyed Assyrian symbols including statues with the head of a man, the torso of a lion and wings of an eagle. These symbols were referred to in the Bible and other sacred texts, she said.

“All of this is an appalling and tragic act of human destruction,” she said.

U.N. officials were studying satellite imagery of the destruction, since it remains too dangerous to approach the site, she said.

Thursday to dismiss the federal lawsuit Rauner filed against them last month in U.S. District Court.

Rauner wants a judge in Chicago – and ultimately the U.S. Supreme Court – to declare so-called “fair share” dues unconstitutional.

Nonmembers are required to pay the dues, which are lower than members’ dues, to cover the cost of non-political union activity such as collective bargaining. Rauner argues the dues violate the First Amendment because he says all union activity is essentially political.

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IN BRIEF Joblessness at a 7-year low WASHINGTON (AP) – Unemployment in the U.S. has dropped to a 7-year low of 5.5 percent – a level normally considered the mark of a healthy job market. Yet that number isn’t as encouraging as it might sound.

While U.S. employers added a solid 295,000 jobs in February, and the jobless rate fell from 5.7 percent, it went down mostly because many people gave up looking for work and were no

longer officially counted as unemployed, the government reported Friday.

What’s more, wage gains remained sluggish.

Those trends suggest that the job market, while improving rapidly, isn’t quite as healthy as it looks.

Unions ask for lawsuit dismissal CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois labor unions are trying to keep Gov. Bruce Rauner’s lawsuit over nonmember dues from potentially curbing union power nationwide.

Unions filed a motion late

SPRINGFIELD (AP) – An Illinois congressman under scrutiny for lavish expenses, including redecorating his Washington office in the style of the PBS television series “Downton Abbey,” announced Friday that he has hired private firms to oversee spending for his official and campaign operations.

Republican U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock said he had reached a “point of reflection” and decided to change his habits.

Spacecraft took 8 years to arrive LOS ANGELES (AP) – After a nearly 8-year journey, a NASA spacecraft on Friday flawlessly slipped into orbit around Ceres in the first visit to a dwarf planet.

The robotic Dawn craft will circle the dwarf planet for more than a year, exploring its surface and unraveling its mysteries.

“It went exactly the way we expected. Dawn gently, elegantly slid into Ceres’ gravitational embrace,” said Marc Rayman, chief engineer for the $473 million mission managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

Ceres is the sec ond and final stop for Dawn, which launched in 2007 on a voyage to the main asteroid belt, a zone between Mars and Jupiter that’s littered with rocky leftovers from the forma-

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An image provided by NASA, taken by the space agency’s Dawn spacecraft on Feb. 19, 2015, shows the dwarf planet Ceres. tion of the sun and planets some 4½ billion years ago.

Dawn will spend 16 months photographing the icy surface. It previously spent a year at Vesta exploring the asteroid and sending back stunning closeups of its lumpy surface before cruising onto Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt.

The 3-billion mile trip was made possible by Dawn’s ion propulsion engines.

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Foreign tourists, their faces smeared with colored powder, join in celebrations marking Holi in Pushkar, India, on Friday. Holi, India’s joyful and colorful celebration of the arrival of spring along with several religious myths and legends, long ago ceased to be only a Hindu festival. The streets and lanes across most of India turn into a large playground where people of all faiths throw colored powder and water at each other.

IN BRIEF Experts: Month was 7th coldest

HARRISON FORD CRASH

Man shocked to find star in plane ‘I’m a big fan,’ surgeon says LOS ANGELES (AP) – Dr. Sanjay Khurana was close to finishing a golf game when a vintage plane clipped a tree and “dropped like a rock” onto the next hole’s green. He rushed to the crash, finding a pilot bleeding from a deep gash in his head.

When the surgeon got a closer look, he was stunned to see the pilot was Harrison Ford, the actor he grew up watching in the “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” movie franchises.

“I’m a child of the ’80s,” Khurana said Friday. “I’m a big fan.”

One of Hollywood’s preeminent stars, who is also an experienced pilot, crash-landed his World War II-era plane Thursday, but he was conscious and able to talk when witnesses pulled him from the wreckage.

Soon after Ford took off from Santa Monica Municipal Airport near

Los Angeles, he radioed that the single engine of his 1942 Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR stopped working and he was going to make an immediate return.

Ford, who received his pilot’s license in the 1990s, glided his plane onto a fairway near the airport in what aviation experts c h a r a c t e rized as a Dr. Sanjay skillful landKhurana ing given a total loss of power above a densely populated area.

Ford’s publicist, Ina Tre c i o k a s , s a i d t h e actor’s injuries were “not life-threatening, and he is expected to make a full recovery.” Ford’s son Ben tweeted Thursday from the hospital: “Dad is ok. Battered, but ok! He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man.”

No one on the ground was hurt.

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Safety board experts will look at the airplane’s engine, flight controls and records, Jones said.

A final determination of what happened will take about a year.

State waterways may thaw soon CHICAGO (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard is warning people to stay off of ice-covered lakes and waterways as temperatures begin to rise.

Temperatures are forecast to climb above freezing beginning this weekend, perhaps hitting 50 degrees by the middle of next week.

Officials say many inland waterways, as well as stretches along the Lake Michigan shoreline, froze during the recent extreme cold. But the ice will quickly become weak and unpredictable.

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Loos gets look from scouts, B2. e-mail: sports@saukvalley.com Beast signs on line Marshawn Lynch has signed a 1-year, $11 million dollar extenstion with the Seahawks.

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Numbers game Not a single No. 1 seed at the four regionals that feed into the 3A Bradley Sectional won regional titles. Dixon, Galseburg, Metamora, and Washington were all eliminated as top seeds.

BOYS BASKETBALL | 3A STERLING REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP | GENESEO 53, DIXON 43

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Geneseo’s Drew Himmelman blocks the shot of Dixon’s Laron Carr during Friday’s 3A Sterling Regional championship game at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

The top-seeded Dukes, who were ranked No. 5 in 3A, lost 53-43 to the Maple Leafs.

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STERLING – It was going to take the perfect storm for the Geneseo Maple Leafs to upset the Dixon Dukes on Friday night at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

But Geneseo coach Brad Storm put together a solid game plan, and his players executed it perfectly.

The Leafs slowed the tempo to a snail’s pace for most of the game, controlling both ends of the court in a 53-43 victory to win the Class 3A Sterling Regional championship.

“We knew a slower style was what we wanted to do,” Geneseo senior center Drew Himmelman said, “and when it was so low-scoring in the first half, that played right into our hands.

“Once Dixon had a couple of open shots that didn’t go in, we hoped things would stay that way and they wouldn’t get too hot on us.”

A heat check was never necessary. Geneseo (17-12) came out in a 2-3 zone, forcing Dixon (28-2) to shoot them out of it. The Dukes never

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Star of the game: Drew Himmelman, Geneseo, 15 points, 11 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks Key performers: Will Daniels, Geneseo, 14 points, 2 assists; Conner Welch, Geneseo, 10 points, 2 3-pointers, 4 rebounds; Laron Carr, Dixon, 14 points, 2 steals; Cal Jarrett, Dixon, 7 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals; Isaiah Roby, Dixon, 8 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists Up next: 3A Bradley University Sectional semifinal, Geneseo vs. Peoria Manual, 7 p.m. Tuesday did, hitting just 17 of their 56 shots (30.4 percent) in the game, including 6 of their 28 3-pointers (21.4 percent).

“The shots were just not falling at all,” said senior guard Laron Carr. “I don’t even know what was going on tonight. We ran our offense, we worked the ball inside-out, we got open shots … we did all we could, we just couldn’t get any of them to go through the net.”

As the Dukes’ frustrations mounted, the Leafs’ execution picked up. Dixon used a 9-0 run midway through the second quarter to take a 17-15 lead, but that was the only surge the Dukes managed all night.

Trailing 21-19 with 4:32 left in the third quarter, Geneseo scored the final nine points of

the period to take a 28-21 lead.

Junior Conner Welch, who came on when starting point guard Quentin Radue got into foul trouble, sparked the spurt by knocking down his second 3-pointer of the game.

“I had some nerves, and I just wanted to be smart,” said Welch, who was repeatedly left open by the Dixon defensive game plan. “I’m just thankful to have the opportunity to help the team, and once I saw the first one go in, and calmed myself down and played with more confidence.”

Dixon stopped the bleeding momentarily when Isaiah Roby opened the fourth quarter with a 3 to cut the deficit to 28-24, but it was short-lived.

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efore one of the first basketball practices of Cal Jarrett’s freshman year, Dixon first-year head coach Jason Mead handed out a piece of paper to each of the players.

Typed on the paper was a story about the process of climbing a mountain.

The message that Mead intended to pass along to his first group of players was for them to appreciate the journey while making the climb to the summit.

Mead himself didn’t know what that summit would be. The young coach was beginning his own climb in the form of a new job in a brand new town, and hoped to build a foundation from the ground up.

Four years later, the end of his time with his first batch of freshmen- turned-seniors, ended Friday night in the 3A Sterling Regional final with a 53-43 loss to Geneseo in front of a sea of purple and green that just about filled Sterling’s Musgrove Fieldhouse to capacity.

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So it was fitting that Mead’s father, Larry, shared some words in the locker room with the team following the loss. Larry didn’t know it at the time, but the words resembled the message of the story of the mountain climber Mead handed out 4 years ago.

“My dad told the kids that everything is about the journey,” Mead said. “Wins and losses are special to a degree, but you can’t appreciate the end if everyone doesn’t take part in the journey, even if we didn’t reach the destination.”

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First chance to impress Loos works out in front of NFL scouts at NIU Pro Day

BY JESSE SEVERSON Shaw Media

DeKALB – With several NFL scouts standing with stopwatches and clipboards at the Northern Illinois Pro Day, former Huskies running back Cameron Stingily lined up to run his 40-yard dash.

Everything around him was painfully silent.

“You could literally hear a pin drop on the turf,” said Stingily, who clocked a 4.82. “No one’s talking and all you can hear is yourself breathing. It was pretty nerve-wrecking. I’m glad it’s over, and I can relax a little bit.

With the stress, the hard part is over.”

Stingily was one of nine former Huskies to participate at Pro Day on Friday morning at Chessick Practice Center. While most participated in speed and agility drills, wide receiver Da’Ron Brown and safety Dechane Durante sat out that portion of the day.

Brown sat out because he did them at the NFL Combine last month in Indianapolis. Durante injured his left shoulder during weight lifting early in the morning, and did some position drills toward the end of the day. Specifics of the injury were not released, but Durante’s left shoulder was heavily taped up during his position drills.

Offensive lineman Tyler Loos, who was named first team All-MAC his final two seasons at Northern Illinois, echoed Stingily in regards to the pressure that comes with the silence and several NFL scouts watching his every move.

“I messed up on the three-cone and my broad jump and it kind of goes to your head a little bit but you just have to let it go and forget about it,” Loos said. “You got all the guys watching you, and it’s quiet in here. In the game, it’s a little different. I just try to block it out and put the blinders on.”

Originally, the plan was to have former quarterback Jordan Lynch throw to the receivers during position drills. However, since he is under contract with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, he was told at the last minute he wouldn’t be allowed to participate.

That’s when former quarterback Chandler Harnish had an impromptu wardrobe change into shorts and cleats.

“So I said, ‘All right, get me some cleats. Let’s go to work,’” said Harnish, who said he was slated to throw during Pro Day a week and a half ago before he was told Lynch would be taking over. “Any time, naturally as a free agent,

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Offensive tackle Tyler Loos, a Sterling graduate, tests his agility Friday during the 2015 Northern Illinois University Football Pro Day at the Chessick Center in DeKalb.

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to get in front of people to show what you can do – especially in a situation where that’s my job as a backup quarterback, you have to be ready for any curveball that comes your way.”

Harnish admits it’s quiet for him as far as football offers at the moment, after making the Minnesota Vikings’ active roster for a short stint last year, but he is halfway through getting his MBA at Northern Illinois and recently bought a house in Geneva.

The former 4-year starting quarterback threw around 15 passes to each receiver, including Brown – who had 24 catches for 322 yards and two touchdowns in 2011, when he was a freshman and Harnish was a senior.

“Man, what a great player,” Harnish said of Brown. “He’s got a lot of innate ability for a wide receiver.”

“Overall, I thought I did well, but of course, there’s always room for improvement,” said Brown, who will continue to workout at

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Northern Illinois. “The feedback I got was they’d like me to run again. [They want me to] just to improve overall, transitioning on my routes. Just make sure to catch every pass that hits my hands.”

Brown caught every ball on short routes, but had a couple go off his hands in the deep patterns.

The NFL Draft runs from April 30-May 2, which gives the players less than 2 months to amp up their draft stock.

“I want to play in the NFL,” Loos said. “I think I can do it, and I’m ready to do it.”

For Stingily, who rushed for 2,090 yards and 23 touchdowns in his final two seasons with the Huskies, the goal is to get any place that he can continue to lace up his cleats.

“I honestly just want to keep playing,” he said. “But the NFL, I’d love to keep playing in the NFL. As long as I keep playing, I’m fine.”

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Matt Ross, a Dixon Fellow Sterling grad graduate, averaged 9.4 Ember Schuldt made it points and 8.9 rebounds to the second stage of as a starting small forQ-School last summer ward for Club Etha in her hopes of someday Engomis of Cyprus. making the LPGA. Ross helped the team Schuldt has spent the to the Cyprus League winter in Arizona, pracCup last week with a ticing for the upcoming 58-52 upset win over summer.

Club Apoel.

In the next few weeks, It was a solid first local minor league season for Ross, after baseball players Seth spending two seasons at Blair and Jake Junis will Chicago State. get back to work in the Sterling graduate and Cardinals’ and Royals’ former University of systems.

Illinois basketball player Blair, 26, will be in his Joseph Bertrand signed fifth season in the Carwith Luxembourg’s BBC dinals system.

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• Miami at Virginia Tech, FSN • Tulsa at SMU, ESPNU 3 p.m.

• E. Carolina at Houston, ESPNEWS 3:30 p.m.

Recent Huskies in NFL draft

• Wisconsin at Ohio St., CBS 4 p.m.

• Xavier at Creighton, FSN 6:30 p.m.

• Maryland at Nebraska, BTN Midnight

• Alabama at Texas A&M (delay), FSN 2 a.m. (Mon.)

• S. Carolina at Tennessee (delay), FSN

Women’s basketball Noon

• ACC Tournament, championship, ESPN • Atlantic 10 Tournament, championship, ESPNU 1:30 & 4 p.m.

• Big 12 Tournament, semifinals, FS1 2:30 p.m.

• SEC Tournament, championship, ESPN 4:30 & 6:30 p.m.

• AAC Tournament, semifinals, ESPNU 6 p.m.

• Big Ten Tournament, championship, ESPN 8 p.m.

• Pac-12 Tournament, championship, ESPN

College track & field 9:30 a.m.

• Men’s & women’s Big Ten Indoor Championships, at Geneva, Ohio, BTN

College wrestling 2 p.m.

Locals chasing professional dreams yler Loos took another step toward possibly becoming a professional football player Friday during NIU’s pro-day workout.

Loos, a 6-5, 302 pound offensive lineman out of Northern Illinois, graduated from Sterling in 2010.

His career at NIU was a tale of contrasts – he was tremendously consistent on the field as the blind-side tackle during the Huskies’ bowl runs the last three seasons – but he also battled injuries – breaking a leg in 2012 and 2013 after a knee surgery as a freshman.

He’s ranked 36 out of 139 offensive tackles by nfldraftscout.com, and I don’t know how much his injuries have hurt his prospects for the NFL. I do know that Loos will be a good professional – even if his future isn’t in football. He’s a bright kid, and he will land on his feet even if NFL teams don’t dial his number on

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Colts owner Jim Irsay says that the team will not bring back veteran receiver who has spent last 14 seasons in Indianapolis.

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He pitched a portion of last season in TripleA Memphis, coming out of the bullpen.

It seems likely if Blair – a Rock Falls and Arizona State product – is going to make the bigleague club, it will be as a reliever.

If he can master a couple pitches and regain the control he was known for in high school and college, then he could very well land on the major league roster at some point.

Junis was the the Class A Lexington Legends pitcher of the year last year.

The 22-year-old from Rock Falls has steadily improved since starting in the rookie league in 2012.

He went 9-8 last year in 136 innings pitched.

He also threw eight hitless innings in a game last May. We’ll keep an eye on these athletes, and any others that try their hands at making a living in professional sports.

• Big Ten Championships, at Columbus, Ohio, BTN

Golf 2 p.m.

• PGA-WGC, Cadillac Championship, final round, at Doral, Fla., NBC 5 p.m.

• PGA, Puerto Rico Open, final round, TGC

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• Bulls at Spurs, ABC 2:30 p.m.

• Clippers at Warriors, ABC

NHL 11 a.m.

• Red Wings at Bruins, NBC 4 p.m.

• Flyers at Devils, CSN 6:30 p.m.

• Rangers at Blackhawks, NBCSP Soccer 11 a.m.

• FA Cup, round 6, Blackburn at Liverpool, FS1 3:30 p.m.

• MLS, New York City at Orlando, ESPN2 6 p.m.

• MLS, New York at Kansas City, FS1 8:30 p.m.

• MLS, New England at Seattle, FS1

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Saturday Boys & girls track 8 a.m.

• Sterling, Dixon, Rock Falls, Oregon at Gold Medal Invitational (at Westwood)

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• Sauk Valley at Spartanburg Methodist

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Prestegaards named to NUIC East team AFC’s Allison and Madeline Prestegaard were both named to the NUIC East girls basketball allconference first team.

Allison, a 6-foot-3 senior center, was an unanimous selection, along with Aquin’s Haley Chang and Dakota’s Jaycee Cleaver.

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Funeral home enters Banks’ litigation The funeral home that handled services for Cubs great Ernie Banks has jumped into the legal battle over the estate of the Hall of Famer with a claim for more than $35,000.

The claim by Donnellan Family Funeral Services was filed Wednesday. It comes amid a legal challenge by Banks’ widow, Elizabeth Banks, of a will Banks signed in October that leaves all his assets to longtime caregiver Regina Rice, and nothing to her or Banks’ children.

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Ohio State athlete had concussions An Ohio State athlete who committed suicide had suffered concussions, but didn’t show evidence of trauma affecting the brain, a coroner said Friday.

Wrestler and football scout team member Kosta Karageorge, who was 22, had been missing for several days when body was found in a trash bin in Columbus not far from his campus-area apartment on Nov. 30. A handgun was found near his right hand.

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Mentoring program at short Ramirez happy to give young prospect Anderson guidance

BY COLLEEN KANE Chicago Tribune

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Tim Anderson is treating his first major league spring training as a sort of silent apprenticeship.

White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez plays.

Anderson soaks in all he can from the 2014 Gold Glove finalist.

Like “a sponge,” Anderson recently tweeted.

Verbal communication is limited between the Spanish-speaking Ramirez and Anderson, a 21-year-old from Tuscaloosa, Ala., who was the Sox’s first pick (17th overall) in the 2013 draft.

But Anderson is content with observation as he tries to build the skills he needs to be a major league shortstop, rather than be moved to another position.

“It’s basically just watching and learning, as he takes ground balls, just watching his every move,” Anderson said.

“He’s just athletic. He’s a good shortstop, and someone I can learn from.”

Ramirez said Thursday he would love to finish his career with the organization with which he has spent all seven of his major league seasons.

But the 33-year-old, who is the longesttenured Sox position player, also doesn’t mind serving as an instructional tool for a player who potentially could be the Sox’s next generation shortstop – one Ramirez said has the requisite talent and confidence. “[I can show him] about the simple things about

Friday’s highlights Rookie Carlos Rodon, the third pick in the 2014 draft, struck out four and hit a batter in two scoreless innings for the White Sox on Friday in a 5-0 loss to the Padres in Peoria, Arizona.

Matt Kemp went 2-for-3 for San Diego, but dropped a shallow fly ball in right field in the second.

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White Sox veteran Alexei Ramirez is more than happy to help young players like Tim Anderson during spring training. He is also hoping to earn another contract with the White Sox so that he can finish his career in Chicago. the game – don’t rush when he’s going to catch a ground ball, and to be confident,” Ramirez said through a team interpreter. “I’m not very good at speaking in English, but I’m trying to let him know that any question he has, I can help him.”

Anderson, ranked No. 92 in Baseball America’s Top 100 prospects, is still raw defensively, and he committed two errors while subbing in for Ramirez in the Sox’s spring training game Thursday against the Dodgers. But he also helped turn a double play, and had one of five Sox hits.

“Bat-wise, he’s probably further ahead than he is defensively, but he’s got good tools,” Sox manager Robin Ventura said. “[Defense] is always going to be something to work on.”

Sox assistant general manager Buddy Bell said Anderson has been good at learning on the fly, and has handled himself well in big-league camp.

He remembers being impressed with Anderson the first time he saw him in a junior-college game in Mississippi.

“The way he handled himself, the way he was with his teammates, he’s been awesome from the very beginning,” Bell

said. “He’s one of those kids who absolutely is not going to change.

He’s had an outstanding upbringing. Don’t let that trick you, though.

This kid is edgy.”

As Anderson works, neither the Sox nor Ramirez are ready for a changing of the guard.

With only 151 professional games under his belt, Anderson will start the season at Double-A Birmingham, where he spent 10 games in August after he returned from a fractured right wrist.

Meanwhile, Ramirez, coming off a season in which he hit .273 with 15 home runs and 74 RBIs, is signed for $10 million

this season, with a $10 million club option or a $1 million buyout for the 2016 season. Ramirez would like to stay with the Sox as long as he can.

“I hope to finish my career here with the White Sox, because this is a good organization,” Ramirez said. “It is very important for me, because this is the team that gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues.

“This is a business, and it’s for the team and the agent to negotiate. But yes, I would be happy if that happens.

But the only thing I have control over is just to play good, and make the team feel happy about me and about my performance.”

Having Ramirez allows the Sox to be patient with Anderson’s development, and Anderson said he is trying not to worry about how quickly he might receive a real bigleague chance.

“I’m not putting too much pressure on myself,” Anderson said.

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Black bummed about hurting Pence Cubs pitcher off to bumpy start in first outing

BY JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer

MESA, Ariz. – Cubs right-hander Corey Black realized something was wrong when Hunter Pence screamed in pain. At that point, there was nothing he could do.

Black was feeling bad Friday after he threw a fastball in his first spring outing that broke Pence’s left forearm, sidelining the San Francisco outfielder for 6 to 8 weeks.

Pence, one of the leaders for the World Series champions, has played in 383 straight games – the longest active streak in the majors – since the Giants traded for him in July 2012.

“You don’t want to hit people, first of all, and then hurting someone on top of that is even worse,” Black said. “So

Friday’s highlights Jon Lester made his Cubs debut Friday, pitching two scoreless innings. He started by getting Billy Hamilton to pop out before striking out Brandon Phillips, Todd Frazier, and Jay Bruce consecutively.

The Reds won 5-2, scoring all five runs in the seventh, in front of a Cactus Leaguerecord crowd of 15,331. it’s a bad feeling, and I just hope he heals up quick.”

Black quickly looked away when he saw a replay of the sixthinning pitch in the Cubs’ clubhouse on Friday morning. He walked two straight batters in

Thursday’s outing before hitting Pence, and said he was a little nervous in his first game.

Black and Pence are represented by the Beverly Hills Sports Council, and Black found out about the extent of the slugger’s injury while he was having dinner with his agent that night.

“It’s just an unfortunate accident,” said Black, who was acquired in the July 2013 trade that sent Alfonso Soriano to the Yankees.

Black, 23, reached out to Pence over Twitter, and said he also hopes to talk to him. Black, who likely will begin the season at Triple-A Iowa, said he received some negative messages from Giants fans on social media, but many were supportive after he apologized.

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The Cubs’ Corey Black hit Giants star Hunter Pence with a pitch during a game on Thursday. The pitcher, who will likely be assigned to Triple-A at the end of spring training, was upset when he heard that Pence would miss 6 to 8 weeks with a broken forearm.

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Pursuit of perfection Unbeaten Wildcats need to avoid Gators’ upset bid

BY GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer

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Controversial wide receiver Brandon Marshall (15) was traded by the Bears to the Jets on Friday.

Chicago will receive a fifth-round pick in return.

Marshall plan ends with trade to Jets Bears to receive 5th-round pick

BY DAN WIEDERER Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO – Brandon Marshall’s time with the Chicago Bears is over.

In a bold move finalized Friday, new Bears general manager Ryan Pace has agreed to trade the five-time Pro Bowl receiver to the New York Jets, signifying a new course for a franchise that’s looking to turn the page after last season’s 5-11 free-fall.

NFL Network reported the Bears will receive a fifth-round pick in the 2015 draft in exchange for Marshall. The trade cannot become official until 3 p.m. Tuesday, when the NFL’s new league year begins.

Attempts to contact Marshall were not immediately successful.

By parting with Marshall, who turns 31 later this month, the Bears will save close to $4 million under the salary cap for the coming season, and $7.7 million in cash, providing added cushion to their rosterrebuilding budget.

But with the Bears entering free agency approximately $28 million under the cap for 2015, the Marshall move is about far more than economics, with Pace and new coach John Fox making it clear they preferred a separation from a player whose drama often overshadows his production.

Marshall as a Bear • 45 games (2012-14), 279 receptions, 3,524 yards, 31 TDs Marshall finished the 2014 season on injured reserve, missing the Bears’ final three games after suffering fractured ribs and an injured lung in the team’s Week 14 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.

Marshall had been previously hindered last season by a high ankle sprain, and finished the year with only 61 catches for 721 yards and eight touchdowns. That marked Marshall’s lowest production since his rookie season in 2006, and snapped a streak of seven consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, a stretch during which he averaged 99 receptions, 1,249 yards and eight scores per year.

Replacing Marshall’s production won’t be easy for Pace. In Marshall’s first two seasons in Chicago, he totaled 218 catches, 2,803 yards and 23 touchdowns, immediately emerging as one of the best receivers in franchise history.

But the receiver’s exit also will relieve the organization of some of the exhausting tension that has seemed to follow Marshall around throughout his career.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Topranked Kentucky is one game away from clinching its first unbeaten regular season.

Big Blue Nation never expects their beloved Wildcats to ever lose, but running the table would be an achievement few foresaw even for a program that constantly faces high expectations.

The journey hasn’t been pretty, and capping it off won’t be easy.

The Wildcats have had near-flawless performances and gut checks along the way, including Tuesday night’s late escape against Georgia in their last outing.

Now, all that stands in the way for Kentucky to go 31-0 is Florida (15-15, 8-9 Southeastern Conference) in Saturday’s regular season finale. The Gators gave the Wildcats (30-0, 17-0 SEC) all they could handle last month in Gainesville, but Kentucky sees it as just another hurdle in their quest for the ultimate reward.

They understand, though, that others don’t see just another game.

“Every game seems to be an event,” Wildcats coach John Calipari said Friday as he tried to downplay its significance. “This will be another event.”

The Wildcats have been ranked No. 1 all season,

Gold standard • The 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers went 32-0, capped by an 86-68 win against Michighan in the championship game of the NCAA Tournament. and are beating opponents by nearly 22 points per game. They’ve trailed for just 165.1 of 1,215 minutes this season.

Some of Kentucky’s best efforts have come against marquee opponents – beating Kansas by 32 points, and UCLA by 39.

They also have doubledigit wins over Top-25 opponents, including Texas and North Carolina. They toppled the Tar Heels after losing starting forward Alex Poythress to a season-ending knee injury 2 days before that showdown.

Still, unheralded schools such as Buffalo, Boston University, and Columbia made the Wildcats work harder than expected. The first week of SEC play was especially tense, as Mississippi and Texas A&M pushed Kentucky to overtime before the Wildcats gutted out wins with their length and depth.

Kentucky has embraced the challenges along the way.

When Kentucky trailed by nine points with 9 minutes left at pesky

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Kentucky guard Aaron Harrison (2) goes in for a layup as Georgia guard Kenny Gaines (12) defends during Tuesday’s game in Athens, Ga. Kentucky won 72-64 and improved to 30-0.

Georgia, Calipari told his team in a huddle that he hoped they fell behind by 10 so they could see how they’d respond. They won 72-64.

“Nobody panicked, everybody just stayed

doing what they do,” 7-footer Willie CauleyStein said. “You’ve got to come up and make plays when it’s like that, and that’s the NCAA tournament right there. That was a great test for us.”

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Big winner at a small school Missouri junior college coach has more than 1,200 wins

BY R.B. FALLSTROM AP Sports Writer

Gene Bess got his 1,000th win back in 2006, minus all the fuss and fanfare when Coach K hit that milestone earlier this season.

There is no trace of jealousy from Bess that his achievement failed to register on the national stage because he’s coaching at the JUCO level. Forty-five years ago, he put down deep, deep roots at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and there are no regrets.

“I had a few chances to leave,”

said Bess, who turned 80 on Tuesday. “I always liked the challenge here, and I loved the community.

I just stayed here from one year to the next.”

And the next, and the next.

After Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski won his 1,000th game in late January, the career retrospectives flowed like gravy. Two weeks later, Bess notched his 1,200th victory.

Coming off a 23-8 season that ended a brief down spell, Bess has a career mark of 1,208-352. He says it’s his call whether to return for a 46th season and coach on

the court that bears his name in Poplar Bluff, 150 miles south of St. Louis. His wife, Nelda, says that would be fine if it makes him happy.

“After I won my 1,200th game, the president and board of trustees said, ‘Well, you can stay as long as you want to,’” Bess said.

“When I can’t do the job, I’ll leave.

I haven’t retired yet, and don’t know yet what I’ll do.”

Before taking the Three Rivers job, Bess piled up 250 high school victories at three stops in southern Missouri.

OUTDOOR ADVENTURES

Spring brings with it the three F’s: flatheads, fungus, and fires

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can hardly believe it, but it looks like we have finally made it.

The weather is turning in our favor, and spring outdoor activities no longer seem like some unlikely pipe dream.

Temps in the 40s and 50s dot the extended forecast, which means bye-bye to the snow, and hello to that warm smell of spring.

When I think spring, the first three things that come to mind are flatheads, fungus, and fires.

It’s amazing when you really think about this, but as different as all three of these activities are, they have a lot in common. See, flatheads really start feeding well when water temps reach 50 degrees.

Hang with me here, I know you’re wondering where I’m going. Morel mushrooms’ magic ground temperature for their annual bloom ... you guessed it, 50 to 51 degrees.

I guess the fire thing is more of a preference, but I know when temps reach the 50s, I’m ready for some camping, and my favorite part of camping is a big old campfire.

mattJONES Fishing guide from Prophetstown.

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Now, for a dude like me, having mushrooms poppin’ and flathead bitin’ at the same time is like putting the Daytona 500 and the Super Bowl on the same day and same time.

It really isn’t fair, and it always has me secondguessing myself.

Lord forbid I walk 6 hours and only find a handful of morels. I spend the whole rest of that day thinking I should have gone fishing.

I just know I’d a popped a pig. This also works vice versa, and it happens to me every spring, and it’s frustrating to say the least.

I have rectified the situation some over the years by planning all-day combo trips that include all of these awesome events. I figure since

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Hunting for morel mushrooms will soon fill many hours for outdoors types across the Sauk Valley. flatheads tend to bite better during the midday hours, I just pull the boat with me and hunt mushrooms for several hours in the morning.

Then when I’m done, I can slip the boat in the river and get down to some flathead chasin’.

Then just before dark falls, I put the boat away and head to the river bank for a great fire, maybe some more fishing, and certainly a cocktail or two.

Multitasking at its best,

if you ask me. Saves me wondering if I should have done the other instead, that’s for sure.

Heck, I’m as guilty as the next guy of using the word “season.” Flathead season, deer season, mushroom season, turkey season – you name it.

Now, some of these things have actual seasons, and some do not.

But if you look at them, so many of them overlap that I’m all for just saying, “This is what I’m after today” kind of thing.

Seems there’s always two, three, or even four of these things going on at once. I mean, a guy or gal can be shed hunting, coyote hunting, ice fishing, and more just this next week.

A month from now, a guy might be catching crappie, pre-spawn channel cats, flatheads, mushrooms, and dang near chasing gobblers.

See, always so much good stuff to do in the woods and on the water.

There’s enough to confuse a fella, for sure.

So if anyone is to see a hardcore outdoor enthusiast over the next several weeks or even couple months, and we will look a little overwhelmed, now you know why.

You may have to work hard to get our attention, and maybe even have to say things a couple of times to get your point across, but work with us here.

We can’t help it, we just have a lot on our minds. These outdoor activities just consume us and leave us virtually oblivious to anything else happening around us.

Soon, my phone will begin its yearly ritual of ringing off the hook with local morel enthusiasts wanting to know if the mushrooms are up. Or some just wanting to know what the ground temperature is.

Some will want to know how the channel cats are biting, and if they are still in the holes or if I’m catching flatheads yet. I love the questions, ’cause they always lead to conversation and stories about great hunts.

So maybe the fire part of the article doesn’t fit in quite as well as the flatheads and the fungus do, but think of it this way: great stories of great hunts are always best told around what?

You betcha, a hot, crackling fire on a river bank.

So here’s to the upcoming spring, and kicking your feet up on a log while leaning back in your lawn chair sippin’ on a cocktail, absorbing the heat of a wonderful fire, telling stories of flatheads, fungus, and everything else outdoors.

Until next week, Go Catfish!

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Iowa forward Kali Peschel (right) drives against Nebraska forward Hailie Sample during their Big Ten tournament quarterfinal game Friday in Hoffman Estates.

Second-seeded Iowa won 74-65.

Hawkeyes advance to semis Iowa holds off Nebraska; Maryland cruises to win; Northwestern fends off Rutgers; Ohio State romps By the Associated Press

HOFFMAN ESTATES – Ally Disterhoft led a balanced attack with 16 points, and No. 14 Iowa, the second seed, turned back seventh-seeded Nebraska 74-65 in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament Friday.

Samantha Logic and Bethany Doolittle added 15 points, and Kali Peschel had 13 off the bench for the Hawkeyes (24-6), who face Ohio State in Saturday’s semifinals.

Iowa led 36-33 at halftime, and scored the first five points of the second half before Peschel scored the last five points in a 9-0 run for a 53-38 lead with 14:05 to play.

Nebraska (21-10) got within seven at the 7:30 mark.

No. 4 Maryland 70, Michigan State 60:

Sophomore Lexie Brown scored 27 points to lead top-seeded Maryland past Michigan State in

the Big Ten quarterfinals.

The Terrapins (28-2) ran their winning streak to 22, and their Big Ten run to 19 straight, including an 18-0 regular season. They will face No. 24 Northwestern on Saturday.

Aerial Powers had 26 points and 10 rebounds for Michigan State (16-15).

No. 24 Northwestern 62, No. 23 Rutgers 57:

Maggie Lyon had 15 points to help fourthseeded Northwestern beat Rutgers in the Big Ten quarterfinals.

Nia Coffey, Alex Cohen, and Ashley Deary each had 12 points for the Wildcats (23-7). Kahleah Copper led Rutgers (229) with 14 points.

Fifth-seeded Rutgers (22-9) jumped out to a 12-4 lead over the first 9 minutes as Northwestern missed eight of its first 10 shots. The firsthalf lead reached 15, but the Wildcats used a

12-2 run late to trim the deficit to 37-27 at the break.

The streak continued in the second half, as Northwestern opened on a 21-4 run to lead 48-41.

Ohio State 83, Minnesota 71: Kelsey Mitchell

had 29 points, and No. 3 seed Ohio State held off sixth-seeded Minnesota in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.

Amanda Zahui B. had 25 points, 11 rebounds and a Big Ten-tournament record 11 blocks for the Gophers (23-9). Her triple-double was the first in the conference tournament since Minnesota’s Janel McCarville against OSU in 2004.

Mitchell eclipsed the 20-point mark for the 22nd time this season.

Shayla Cooper had 17 points and 11 boards, and Alexa Hart added 17 and 10. Ohio State (22-9) will face No. 2 seed and 14th-ranked Iowa on Saturday.

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For the better part of a decade, Jim Boeheim oversaw a college basketball program that broke all sorts of rules – from not following its own drug-testing policy to doing whatever it could to maintain the eligibility of academically deficient players – yet the only real price he’s required to pay is a nine-game suspension next season.

Actually, he should be getting ready to coach his final game at Syracuse.

Call it a retirement, if you like. Whatever.

After the NCAA released its damning report Friday on the Orange’s lawless program, it’s clear that one of the nation’s most storied coaches needs to voluntarily step down – or be handed a pink slip, if he refuses to go quietly.

Of course, this being big-time college athletics, that’s about as likely to happen as Boeheim doling out warm, fuzzy hugs to the NCAA’s enforcement staff. He’s been the face of Syracuse athletics since the 1970s, the grumpy curmudgeon who fills the coffers with millions of dollars, so they’re not about to turn their backs on him now.

Never mind that the school already pulled itself out of postseason play this season, meaning the Orange play their final game Saturday at North Carolina State.

Syracuse, in fact, is doubling down on Boeheim, just as the rest of college basketball heads into its favorite time of year. Yeah, they’ll agree to pretty much everything they did wrong, going all the way back to 2001 – but somehow, in the same breath, they’ll claim Boeheim bears zero blame for all the shenanigans that occurred on his watch.

“The university strongly disagrees that it failed to maintain institutional control over its athletics programs, or that men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim has taken actions that justify

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Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim is seen during a game this season. The NCAA has suspended Boeheim for nine games for academic, drug, and gifts violations committed by the men’s basketball program.

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a finding that he was responsible for the rules violations,” Chancellor Kent Syverud wrote in an open letter to an undoubtedly sympathetic Syracuse community.

“The university is considering whether it will appeal certain portions of the decision,” Syverud continued. “Coach Boeheim may choose to appeal the portions of the decision that impact him personally. Should he decide to do so, we would support him in this step.”

No one should be surprised that Syracuse reacted this way. Universities almost always take on this sort of combative tone when it comes to their cash cows, because athletic programs and the people who run them have far too much power and influence on most campuses.

Well, enough’s enough, at least when it comes to Boeheim’s 39-year reign

at Syracuse, a career that produced a remarkable record on the court – the (soon-to-be-reduced) 966 wins, the four Final Fours, the 2003 national championship – but clearly gave no thought to the things that really matter.

While the NCAA’s rules are a confusing mess, one thing seems pretty clear: The person in charge is responsible for the actions of the people that work for him, even if he’s not the one actually committing the violations.

“The head coach has a duty to monitor the activities of those in the program, and is presumed to be accountable for their violations,” said Britton Banowsky, chief hearing officer and commissioner of Conference USA. “The coach should be responsible for the people that report directly to him, most certainly.”

The findings in the 94-page, nearly 46,000word report were downright appalling.

Syracuse’s reaction was even worse.

Don’t be fooled by diversionary tactics.

Boeheim bears the ultimate responsibility for this latest stain on college athletics.

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Two chances are better than one

Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

Comedian Steven Wright said, “If it’s a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents’ worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny.”

If there is one chance to make your contract, go for it.

But if there are two chances, sometimes you have to decide which one to put your penny on – if you misguess, you go down. Occasionally, though, you can try both of them.

In this deal, South is in seven hearts.

What should he do after West leads the diamond king?

South started with a strong jump shift, showing

either an excellent onesuiter or a quality two-suiter with hearts and diamonds (opener’s suit). Then he gambled slightly.

Declarer has 12 top tricks: three spades, seven

hearts, one diamond and one club. The extra winner might come from a 3-3 spade break or the club finesse. As the latter is the better chance, there is a temptation immediately to discard the spade three on dummy’s diamond ace.

However, that is wrong because it is possible to try both chances.

South should ruff at trick one, cash all of his trumps (perhaps an opponent will discard a spade from four), and take dummy’s three spade winners. Is the spade seven now high? If so, discard the club queen on the diamond ace and claim. If not, discard that spade on the diamond ace, then take the club finesse.

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Saturday, March 7, 2015

GOLF | CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP

Too much iron in water McIlroy slings club into lake during frustrating round

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

DORAL, Fla. – J.B. Holmes kept his lead.

Rory McIlroy lost his cool.

Holmes was 11 shots worse than his tournament record-tying 62, finishing with a tee shot in the water and a double bogey on the 18th hole Friday for a 1-over 73.

That still was enough to take a two-shot lead over Ryan Moore (71) into the weekend at the Cadillac Championship.

McIlroy made the wrong kind of splash at Trump National Doral – first with a shot, then with his club.

On a wild afternoon of eagles, birdies, and big numbers at every turn, McIlroy produced the biggest highlight when he pulled his 3-iron into the water on the par-5 eighth, and then heaved the club some 50 yards into the middle of the lake.

“Felt good at the time,” McIlroy said. “Look, I just let frustration get the better of me.”

McIlroy managed to salvage a bogey, made three birdies on the back nine, and shot a 2-under 70 to stay in the hunt at this World Golf Championship. He was still eight shots behind Holmes, though the Blue Monster is a tough course for anyone to protect a lead.

And it didn’t take much to get into trouble.

Holmes began the second round with a 360yard drive and a 6-iron onto the green at the par 5. It rolled into the water, and he made his first bogey of the tournament.

His approach on the third hole came up just enough short to go into the water for another bogey. And his tee shot on the 18th was pulled just enough for another splash. He at least countered with five

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Max Verstappen, 17, will become the youngest driver in Formula 1 history when he races in the Australian Grand Prix.

Age not an issue F1’s youngest-ever lineup confident of success

BY JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer

Kimi Raikkonen is old enough to be Max Verstappen’s father, and when the Formula One season gets underway at the Australian Grand Prix, the teen prodigy will be racing against the seen-it-all veteran.

At 17, Verstappen will become the youngest driver in F1 history.

He was only 3½ years old when Raikkonen made his F1 debut at the Australian GP in 2001. In that race, Raikkonen finished sixth – four places ahead of Verstappen’s father, Jos Verstappen.

Raikkonen, who will be 36 in October, is fading away from the spotlight, but Verstappen’s time in F1 is just beginning.

The Dutch teen has a senior teammate on the Toro Rosso team – but hardly by much.

He will race alongside 20-year-old Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr., whose father also drove cars professionally – except not the same ones, and more successfully than Verstappen’s dad.

given that he was consistent at all three test Base: Faenza, Italy events, clocking 1,757 miles overall for the 2014 Constructors’ third-highest amount of Championship: 7th any driver.

Drivers: Max VerstapNot too far behind was pen, Carlos Sainz Jr. Sainz Jr., with the sixthmost.

Max Verstappen “We put them through a Nationality: Dutch massive program, aimed Age: 17 at giving them as much track time as possible, While Verstappen’s going through all the father secured only two procedures that need podium finishes in more to be well-rehearsed for than 100 races, Sainz’s Melbourne,” Toro Rosso father – Carlos Sainz – technical director James won 26 races and secured Key said. “They have almost 100 podiums both done a competent along with his two world job, and we are encourrally titles. aged by their attitude Sainz Jr. has more sucand approach.” cess to live up to than They are the youngest his junior teammate, but lineup in F1 history – and the media glare on Verthey look ready. stappen will be far more Toro Rosso certainly intense when the new has great faith in them, season starts. with team principal Both are level-headed Franz Tost boldly and soft-spoken, yet demanding a top-five outwardly poised and finish in the constructors’ championship. confident.

“They have definitely On the final day of three grown as drivers in a very rounds of preseason short time, showing a winter testing, Verstappen proved steady again, good learning curve, as well as growing in confiwith the fourth fastest dence,” said Tost. time. It was no surprise,

TORO ROSSO

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Rory McIlroy reacts after chipping onto the 18th green Friday during the second round of the Cadillac Championship in Doral, Fla. McIlroy got so frustrated at one point that he threw his 3-iron into a lake.

Leaderboard J.B Holmes Ryan Moore Adam Scott Bubba Watson Henrik Stenson

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birdies to stay in the lead.

Holmes was at 9-under 135.

He was more irritated by the bogey on No. 1 than the double bogey at the end of his round, and what set him off was a reminder that he thought the old Blue Monster was too easy for a World Golf Championship.

“There’s a difference between easy and hitting two perfect shots and the ball going in the water,” Holmes said. “That’s a joke. I hit a 6-iron straight up in the air, it landed 3 feet off the left of the green and 5 feet on it, and it goes in the water on the right side of the green.

That’s not hard. That’s stupid. That’s unfair.”

Still, he was in a good mood heading into the weekend.

Adam Scott made six birdies in his round of 68, and was three shots

behind at 6-under 138.

Masters champion Bubba Watson made a pair of eagles, including a bunker shot he holed at the 10th, for a 69. Henrik Stenson bounced back from a double bogey in the water at the par-3 fourth hole with three straight birdies in his round of 71. They were at 4-under 140, five shots behind.

Moore managed to avoid trouble for most of the day, dropping his lone shot at the 14th from a bunker. He has made par or better on 34 of the 36 holes he has played.

He used the word “fluke” to describe his 66 (with a double bogey on the last hole) and the 62 by Holmes.

“I don’t know if it would have real really mattered what golf course either of us were on,” he said.

“I was hitting good shots, and hitting them next to the hole, and making every putt I looked at. So I think that was more the players than golf course.

“Today, I think this was how this golf course plays. It’s just a really difficult golf course.”

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FRIDAY’S SCOREBOARD

NBA | PACERS 98, BULLS 94

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Pacers center Ian Mahinmi (28) battles Bulls forwards Mike Dunleavy (34) and Nikola Mirotic for a rebound in the second half of Friday’s game in Indianapolis. Indiana won 98-84.

Four on the floor Pacers make Bulls 4th consecutive victim

BY MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana keeps finding different ways to survive games without Paul George. On Friday, they simply wore down weary Chicago.

Solomon Hill scored 16 points and Ian Mahinmi finished with a seasonhigh 14 points and 11 rebounds to help the Pacers pull away late for their fourth straight victory, 98-84.

“We’ve got a lot of guys who can step up on this team and score some baskets, step in and play good defense,” Rodney Stuckey said after scoring 12 points and grabbing seven rebounds.

“Ian did a great job tonight. So anybody is capable of stepping up and doing a good job for us.”

The result: Indiana (27-34) is on its longest winning streak since last March, and it couldn’t come at a better time.

The Pacers have tied rival Miami for the eighth and final play-

Star of the game: Solomon Hill, Pacers, 16 points Up next: Bulls at Spurs, noon Sunday TV/Radio: ABC/1000 AM off spot in the East, and Paul George’s surprising return could come as soon as next week.

George has said he’s targeting mid-March to make his comeback.

Indiana hosts Boston on March 14 and Toronto on March 16.

The team has not established an official timetable.

Even without George, Indiana has finally found a winning combination.

Six players scored in double figures Friday, including David West, who joined Mahinmi in the double-double club with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Indiana also held Chicago to 36 percent shooting, seized control early in the fourth and finally pulled away with a 10-2 spurt

midway through the fourth.

The Pacers see that as a perfect foundation for the final quarter of the season.

“I would say that it [positive energy] is as strong as it has been since the beginning of last year,” coach Frank Vogel said. “Very different teams, very different seasons but we’re very positive we can achieve some great things down the stretch here.”

Chicago (39-24) was led by Pau Gasol with 18 points and 10 rebounds and rookie Doug McDermott, who had a season high 16 points in 16 1/2 minutes.

The Bulls again played without their top two scorers, Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose, and had just beaten Oklahoma City 108-105 on Thursday. They still fought hard for 3 1/2 quarters before running out of steam.

“We just couldn’t finish our defense as well as we could have,” coach Tom Thibodeau said.

NHL | BLACKHAWKS 2, OILERS 1, SO

Sprint Cup Kobalt 400 Lineup After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nev. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 194.679 mph.

2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 194.315.

3. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 194.287.

4. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 194.091.

5. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 193.959.

6. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 193.632.

7. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 193.507.

8. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 193.389.

9. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 193.334.

10. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 193.112.

11. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 192.555.

12. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 192.287.

13. (18) David Ragan, Toyota, 192.685.

14. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 192.527.

15. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 192.472.

16. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 192.424.

17. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 192.294.

18. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 192.28.

19. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 191.782.

20. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 191.768.

21. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 191.523.

22. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 191.34.

23. (33) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 190.564.

24. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 189.994.

25. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 190.355.

26. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 189.967.

27. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 189.947.

28. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 189.82.

29. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 189.727.

30. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 189.447.

31. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 189.354.

32. (95) Michael McDowell, Ford, 189.314.

33. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 189.228.

34. (41) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 189.215.

35. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 189.003.

36. (34) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 188.488.

37. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, Owner Points.

38. (35) Cole Whitt, Ford, Owner Points.

39. (98) Josh Wise, Ford, Owner Points.

40. (23) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, Owner Points.

41. (26) Jeb Burton, Toyota, Owner Points.

42. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, Owner Points 43. (62) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

Failed to Qualify 44. (32) Mike Bliss, Ford, 185.618.

45. (29) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 184.925.

46. (44) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 184.634.

47. (66) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 181.245.

48. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 180.668.

Men’s basketball Big Ten Conference Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Wisconsin 15-2 .882 27-3 .900 Maryland 13-4 .765 25-5 .833 Ohio St. 11-6 .647 22-8 .733 Iowa 11-6 .647 20-10 .667 Michigan St. 11-6 .647 20-10 .667 Purdue 11-6 .647 19-11 .633 Illinois 9-8 .529 19-11 .633 Indiana 9-8 .529 19-11 .633 Michigan 7-10 .412 14-15 .483 Minnesota 6-11 .353 17-13 .567 Northwestern 6-11 .353 15-15 .500 Nebraska 5-12 .294 13-16 .448 Penn St. 3-14 .176 15-15 .500 Rutgers 2-15 .118 10-20 .333 Tuesday’s results Iowa 77, Indiana 63 Maryland 60, Rutgers 50 Northwestern 82, Michigan 78, 2OT Wednesday’s results Illinois 69, Nebraska 57 Michigan St. 77, Purdue 66 Ohio St. 77, Penn St. 67 Thursday’s result Wisconsin 76, Minnesota 63 Saturday’s games Michigan St. at Indiana, 11 a.m. (ESPN) Northwestern at Iowa, 11 a.m. (BTN) Rutgers at Michigan, 1:15 p.m. (BTN) Illinois at Purdue, 3:30 p.m. (BTN) Sunday’s games Penn St. at Minnesota, noon (BTN) Wisconsin at Ohio St., 3:30 p.m. (CBS) Maryland at Nebraska, 6:30 p.m. (BTN)

Top 25 schedule Thursday’s results No. 5 Arizona 99, California 60 No. 6 Wisconsin 76, Minnesota 63 No. 13 Utah at Washington State, late No. 18 Arkansas 78, South Carolina 74 Friday’s results No. 8 Wichita State 56, Southern Illinois 45 No. 11 Northern Iowa 71, Bradley 46 No. 14 Baylor 77. Texas Tech 74 No. 25 Murray State 80, Morehead State 77 Saturday’s games No. 1 Kentucky vs. Florida, 1 p.m.

No. 2 Virginia at No. 16 Louisville, 5:30 p.m.

No. 3 Duke at No. 19 N. Carolina, 8 p.m.

No. 4 Villanova vs. St. John’s, 1 p.m.

No. 5 Arizona vs. Stanford, 3 p.m.

No. 7 Gonzaga vs. San Francisco or Pacific, at Las Vegas, 8 p.m.

No. 8 Wichita State vs. Illinois State, at St. Louis, 1:35 p.m.

No. 9 Kansas at No. 15 Oklahoma, 3 p.m.

No. 11 Northern Iowa vs. TBD, at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m.

No. 12 Notre Dame vs. Clemson, 3 p.m.

No. 13 Utah at Washington, 3:30 p.m.

No. 17 Iowa State at TCU, 7:30 p.m.

No. 18 Arkansas vs. LSU, 1 p.m.

No. 20 West Virginia vs. Oklahoma State, 1 p.m.

No. 21 Butler at No. 24 Providence, 11 a.m.

No. 25 Murray State vs. TBD, at Nashville, Tenn., 6 p.m.

Sunday’s games No. 6 Wisconsin at No. 23 Ohio State, 3:30 p.m.

No. 7 Gonzaga vs. TBD, at Las Vegas, 8 p.m.

No. 8 Wichita State vs. TBD, at St. Louis, 1:05 p.m.

No. 10 Maryland at Nebraska, 6:30 p.m.

No. 11 Northern Iowa vs. TBD, at St. Louis, 1:05 p.m.

No. 22 SMU vs. Tulsa, 2 p.m.

Women’s basketball AP

Early dividends for Chicago Newly acquired Vermette scores game-winning goal

BY MATT CARLSON AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO – Newcomer Antoine Vermette scored the lone goal of the shootout in the third round, giving the Chicago Blackhawks a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night.

Vermette, acquired on Saturday from Phoenix, missed on several chances in regulation, but beat Ben Scrivens on a backhander in the tiebreaker.

Chicago’s Corey Crawford made 46 saves through overtime, then stopped all three Oilers in the shootout. The Blackhawks improved to 3-1 without injured

Star of the game: Antoine Vermette, Blackhawks, gamewinning goal in shootout Up next: Rangers at Blackhawks, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday TV/Radio: NBCSP/720 AM leading scorer Patrick Kane.

Chicago’s Brent Seabrook scored on a screened drive from the blue line – and on the Blackhawks’ 33rd shot – to tie the game with 7:02 left in the third period, spoiling Scrivens’ shutout bid and setting up overtime.

Edmonton’s Derek Roy scored in the first period on a broken play and Scrivens finished with 38 saves through overtime.

Scrivens was sharp in blocking several prime Chicago chances through overtime. The Blackhawks struggled to maintain consistent pace and pressure against scrappy Edmonton, in last place in the Western Conference.

The injury-depleted Oilers, owners of the second-worst record in the NHL, opened a five-game road trip with seven regulars out. They’ve lost three straight and five of six.

at Hoffman Estates Wednesday’s first round • No. 12 Indiana 68, No. 13 Penn State 63 • No. 14 Purdue 58, No. 11 Wisconsin 56 Thursday’s second round • No. 9 Michigan St. 69, No. 8 Michigan 49 • No. 5 Rutgers 63, Indiana 52 • No. 7 Nebraska 86, No. 10 Illinois 71 • No. 6 Minnesota 82, Purdue 78 Friday’s quarterfinals • No. 1 Maryland 70, Michigan State 60 • No. 4 Northwestern 62, Rutgers 57 • No. 2 Iowa 74, Nebraska 65 • No. 3 Ohio St. 83, Minnesota 71 Saturday’s semifinals • Maryland vs. Northwestern, 6 p.m. (BTN) • Iowa vs. Ohio State, 8:30 p.m. (BTN) Sunday’s championship • Semifinal winners, 6 p.m. (ESPN)

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 38 24 .613 Boston 25 35 .417 Brooklyn 25 35 .417 Philadelphia 13 49 .210 New York 12 48 .200 Southeast Division W L Pct x-Atlanta 49 12 .803 Washington 35 27 .565 Charlotte 27 33 .450 Miami 27 34 .443 Orlando 20 43 .317 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 39 24 .619 Cleveland 39 25 .609 Milwaukee 32 29 .525 Indiana 27 34 .443 Detroit 23 38 .377

GB — 12 12 25 25 GB — 14½ 21½ 22 30 GB — ½ 6 11 15

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest W Memphis 44 Houston 42 Dallas 40 San Antonio 38 New Orleans 33

Division L Pct 17 .721 20 .677 23 .635 23 .623 29 .532

AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Cleveland Detroit Houston Minnesota New York Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore Chicago Boston Texas

Saturday’s games Memphis at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Portland at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Washington at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Denver, 8 p.m.

GB — 2½ 5 6 11½

W 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 0

L 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 3

Pct 1.000 1.000 1.000 .667 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .400 .333 .000 .000

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Sunday’s games Chicago at San Antonio, noon L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 2:30 p.m.

Boston at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Utah at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s box score

PACERS 98, BULLS 84 CHICAGO (84) Dunleavy 4-9 4-4 14, Gasol 7-17 4-4 18, Noah 2-5 0-0 4, Brooks 2-11 0-0 4, Snell 2-5 2-2 8, Mirotic 3-13 4-5 10, Hinrich 2-5 0-0 5, Moore 1-4 3-4 5, McDermott 8-17 0-0 16. Totals 31-86 17-19 84.

INDIANA (98) S.Hill 5-10 4-4 16, West 5-8 0-0 10, Hibbert 2-7 2-2 6, G.Hill 3-9 0-0 7, Miles 4-12 0-0 10, Stuckey 5-13 2-4 12, Mahinmi 4-7 6-10 14, Scola 2-5 3-4 7, Watson 2-5 7-9 11, Rudez 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 34-80 24-33 98.

Chicago 20 22 24 18 — 84 Indiana 23 22 21 32 — 98 3-Point Goals–Chicago 5-23 (Snell 2-3, Dunleavy 2-6, Hinrich 1-3, Gasol 0-1, McDermott 0-1, Moore 0-1, Brooks 0-2, Mirotic 0-6), Indiana 6-20 (S.Hill 2-5, Miles 2-8, Rudez 1-2, G.Hill 1-2, Stuckey 0-3).

Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Chicago 54 (Gasol 10), Indiana 58 (Mahinmi 11).

Assists–Chicago 20 (Noah 11), Indiana 23 (G.Hill 6). Total Fouls–Chicago 25, Indiana 22. Technicals–Hinrich, Chicago defensive three second, Watson. A–18,165 (18,165).

Golf Cadillac Championship Par Scores Friday At Trump National Doral Doral, Fla. Purse: $9.25 million Yardage: 7,528; Par: 72 Second Round J.B. Holmes 62-73 — 135 Ryan Moore 66-71 — 137 Adam Scott 70-68 — 138 Bubba Watson 71-69 — 140 Henrik Stenson 69-71 — 140 Dustin Johnson 68-73 — 141 Alexander Levy 68-73 — 141 Ryan Palmer 71-70 — 141 Jamie Donaldson 70-72 — 142 Sergio Garcia 73-69 — 142 Webb Simpson 74-69 — 143 Jim Furyk 70-73 — 143 Lee Westwood 71-72 — 143 Charl Schwartzel 71-72 — 143 Brooks Koepka 69-74 — 143 Rory McIlroy 73-70 — 143 John Senden 73-70 — 143 Charley Hoffman 70-74 — 144 Morgan Hoffmann 73-71 — 144 Gary Woodland 70-74 — 144 Patrick Reed 71-73 — 144 Jordan Spieth 75-69 — 144 Shane Lowry 71-74 — 145 Victor Dubuisson 72-73 — 145 Louis Oosthuizen 71-74 — 145 Rickie Fowler 68-77 — 145 Brendon Todd 72-73 — 145 Kevin Na 74-71 — 145 Sangmoon Bae 75-71 — 146 Graeme McDowell 73-73 — 146 Billy Horschel 72-75 — 147 Cameron Tringale 73-74 — 147 Martin Kaymer 71-76 — 147 David Lipsky 74-73 — 147 Thomas Aiken 78-69 — 147 Keegan Bradley 73-74 — 147 Jimmy Walker 71-76 — 147 Justin Rose 73-74 — 147 Brandt Snedeker 74-73 — 147 Bill Haas 74-73 — 147

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NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF Montreal 41 18 6 88 175 Tampa Bay 40 20 6 86 217 Detroit 36 16 11 83 184 Boston 31 22 10 72 168 Florida 28 23 14 70 159 Ottawa 29 23 11 69 179 Toronto 26 34 5 57 175 Buffalo 19 41 5 43 125 Metropolitan Division W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Islanders 42 21 3 87 211 N.Y. Rangers 39 17 7 85 197 Pittsburgh 36 18 9 81 182 Washington 35 21 10 80 194 Philadelphia 28 25 12 68 173 New Jersey 27 28 10 64 146 Columbus 27 33 4 58 166 Carolina 24 32 7 55 145

Third Period–2, Chicago, Seabrook 8 (Toews, Hossa), 13:58. Penalties–None.

Overtime–None. Penalties–D.Roy, Edm (embellishment), 4:55; Seabrook, Chi (hooking), 4:55.

Shootout–Edmonton 0 (D.Roy NG, Eberle NG, Purcell NG), Chicago 1 (Toews NG, Sharp NG, Vermette G).

Shots on Goal–Edmonton 18-11-135–47. Chicago 12-12-13-2–39.

Power-play opportunities–Edmonton 0 of 0; Chicago 0 of 2.

Goalies–Edmonton, Scrivens 12-21-8 (39 shots-38 saves). Chicago, Crawford 26-14-4 (47-46).

MLB

Friday’s results Utah 89, Philadelphia 83 Washington 99, Miami 97 Orlando 119, Sacramento 114 Indiana 98, Chicago 84 Charlotte 103, Toronto 94 Atlanta 106, Cleveland 97 Boston 104, New Orleans 98 Houston 103, Detroit 93 Memphis 97, L.A. Lakers 90 Phoenix 108, Brooklyn 100, OT San Antonio 120, Denver 111 Dallas at Golden State, late.

GA 146 173 165 165 185 169 199 218 GA 185 155 158 164 187 168 203 170

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Big Ten Tournament

Blackhawks defenseman Kimmo Timonen (44) battles Oilers left wing Ryan Hamilton (48) for the puck during Friday’s game in Chicago.

Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 41 19 .683 — Oklahoma City 34 28 .548 8 Utah 25 36 .410 16½ Denver 22 40 .355 20 Minnesota 13 47 .217 28 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 47 12 .797 — L.A. Clippers 40 22 .645 8½ Phoenix 33 30 .524 16 Sacramento 21 39 .350 26½ L.A. Lakers 16 45 .262 32 x-clinched playoff spot

Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA 41 18 7 89 196 162 40 19 5 85 198 162 39 21 5 83 190 153 36 22 7 79 184 165 32 21 12 76 180 175 29 26 10 68 203 215 28 25 11 67 170 183 Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 42 17 7 91 196 179 Vancouver 36 24 4 76 184 176 Calgary 36 25 4 76 187 167 Los Angeles 31 21 12 74 175 167 San Jose 32 25 8 72 185 183 Arizona 21 37 7 49 142 220 Edmonton 18 36 11 47 146 215 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Nashville St. Louis Chicago Minnesota Winnipeg Dallas Colorado

Friday’s results Columbus 3, New Jersey 2 Minnesota 3, Carolina 1 Ottawa 3, Buffalo 2 Calgary 5, Detroit 2 Chicago 2, Edmonton 1, SO Pittsburgh at Anaheim, late Saturday’s games Philadelphia at Boston, noon St. Louis at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Washington, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Arizona, 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Vancouver at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s games Detroit at Boston, 11:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Carolina, 2 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Calgary at Ottawa, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Friday’s box score

BLACKHAWKS 2, OILERS 1, SO Edmonton 1 0 0 0 —1 Chicago 0 0 1 0 —2 Chicago won shootout 1-0 First Period–1, Edmonton, D.Roy 7 (Yakupov), 15:15. Penalties–Schultz, Edm (high-sticking), 11:36.

Second Period–None. Penalties– Marincin, Edm (holding), :38.

W L Pct St. Louis 2 0 1.000 Washington 2 0 1.000 Los Angeles 3 1 .750 Arizona 2 1 .667 New York 2 1 .667 Cincinnati 2 2 .500 Miami 1 1 .500 Pittsburgh 2 2 .500 San Francisco 2 2 .500 Atlanta 1 2 .333 Philadelphia 1 2 .333 San Diego 1 2 .333 Chicago 0 2 .000 Colorado 0 3 .000 Milwaukee 0 2 .000 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Friday’s results Miami 5, Boston 3 Tampa Bay 2, Minnesota 1 St. Louis 5, Houston 2 N.Y. Yankees (ss) 4, Philadelphia 1 Washington 9, Atlanta 8 Toronto 5, Baltimore 4 N.Y. Mets 5, Detroit 4 Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 2 San Francisco 12, Texas 3 Kansas City 11, Cleveland 9 L.A. Dodgers (ss) 10, Milwaukee 1 L.A. Dodgers (ss) 7, Seattle 4 San Diego 5, Chicago White Sox 0 L.A. Angels 3, Colorado 0 Oakland 7, Arizona 2 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 1 Saturday’s games Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Detroit vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Boston (ss) at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (ss) vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Boston (ss) vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta (ss) vs. N.Y. Mets (ss) at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 12:10 p.m.

Seattle (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 2:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Seattle (ss) at Peoria, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:10 p.m.

Sunday’s games Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Washington vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Houston (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Houston (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 12:07 p.m.

Boston vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 12:10 p.m.

Texas (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Texas (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League SEATTLE MARINERS — Designated 1B JiMan Choi for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Returned LHP Edgar Olmos to Seattle after voiding his waiver claim. Agreed to terms with LHP Joe Beimel on a one-year contract.

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with RHPs Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Brooks Brown, Eddie Butler, Jairo Diaz, David Hale, Tommy Kahnle and Jorge Rondon; LHPs Tyler Anderson, Tyler Matzek, Chris Rusin and Christian Friedrich; INFs Cristhian Adames, Nolan Arenado, Charlie Culberson, D.J. LeMahieu, Ben Paulsen and Rafael Ynoa; and OFs Brandon Barnes, Charlie Blackmon, Corey Dickerson, Rosell Herrera and Kyle Parker on one-year contracts.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS — Assigned G Nick Johnson to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Signed F Chris Johnson to a 10-day contract.

UTAH JAZZ — Signed F Jerrelle Benimon to a 10-day contract and G Bryce Cotton to a second 10-day contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed LB Keith Rivers.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed OT Michael Oher to a two-year contract.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed QB Jimmy Clausen to a one-year contract extension.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Re-signed RB Shaun Draughn and P Spencer Lanning.

DENVER BRONCOS — Signed OT Paul Cornick, G Ben Garland and LB Brandon Marshall.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Re-signed DE Ryan Davis.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released DT Vance Walker.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed WR Jerome Simpson.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed LS Tyler Ott. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Terminated the contract of RB Pierre Thomas.

NEW YORK JETS — Re-signed LB David Harris.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed QB Tajh Boyd.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS - Signed WR/KR Jacoby Jones to a two-year contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — signed RB Marshawn Lynch to a two-year contract extension. Terminated the contract of TE Zach Miller. Placed OT Garrett Scott on the waived/non-football injury list. Waived DT Jesse Williams. Signed DE Greg Scruggs to a one-year contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Re-signed TE Niles Paul.

COLLEGE NCAA — Placed Syracuse on five-years probation and suspended men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim nine conference games next season.

B10 • SV Weekend

BOYS BASKETBALL

Saturday, March 7, 2015

3A STERLING REGIONAL | NOTEBOOK

Dream season comes to an end Roby, Mead talk about controversial technical call; magic not always at Musgrove

BY CODY CUTTER ccutter@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5555 @CodyCutter35

STERLING – It wasn’t how the Dixon Dukes wanted to end their night.

Nearly an hour after the Dukes were shocked by Geneseo in a 53-43 loss, Isaiah Roby led the sullen contingent of players and coaches out of the boys locker room at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

Most of the immediate postgame tears has gone dry, but newer ones started to roll when they made their way around the west bleachers and within sight of the court where the dream season came to a crashing halt.

For Laron Carr and Cal Jarrett, the basketball story which started with a painful freshman season and climaxed with being stars in the Dixon community has come to the final pages.

Going from a 1-27 freshman season to a 28-2 senior season is one of the best turnaround stories in the area.

Roby, who has verbally committed to continue his basketball career at the University of Nebraska after next season, will look to avenge the pain in his senior year. However, the starting contingent around him this year will be sans the Dukes’ alltime scoring leader in Jarrett, and another thousand-point scorer in Carr.

Kyle LeBlanc and Riley Mehrens have 1 more year left, also.

It all started here, too: The lone win of the Dukes’ 2011-12 season, Jason Mead’s first as head coach of the Dukes, came on the Musgrove Fieldhouse floor during the Sauk Valley Shootout.

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Dixon’s Isaiah Roby looks to the scoreboard as head coach Jason Mead talks to the referees during Friday’s 3A Sterling Regional championship game against Geneseo at Musgrove Fieldhouse. Roby was called for a technical foul moments earlier during Dixon’s 53-43 loss.

The Dukes earned a 54-32 win against a Morrison team which was without most of its players due to its championship football run.

Since then, Carr, Jarrett, and Mead have been a part of 55 wins over their 4 years at Dixon.

Head shake: Roby was called for a technical foul with 4:50 to play Friday. He was called for a foul, and was given an extra technical when he was lining up as the Geneseo shooter was about to attempt his free throws.

“The official said that I shook my head,” Roby said. “I was looking at Coach Mead, and the official must have thought I was showing him up.”

Mead, who has a rule that any player who gets a technical sits out the rest of the game, put Roby back into the game just 31 seconds later, with 4:19 to play.

“I put him back in because I didn’t think he did anything wrong,” Mead said. “I didn’t want to punish him for something like that.”

When tickets wouldn’t sell:

Roby recalled after the Dukes’ regional semifinal win over Alleman on Tuesday that most of his own classmates his freshman year wouldn’t attend the boys basketball games if given a choice.

On Friday, the Dixon student section came out and filled the

10-plus rows of seats on the west side of the fieldhouse.

Leading the way was senior Evan Grady, directing the students from the floor like a conductor for all of their trademark chants and schticks. The favorite? When someone, usually LeBlanc, comes off the bench during the starting lineups, the crowd will fall to their feet when the player mimics a bow and arrow and points to the students.

Just 3 years ago, Grady had no choice but to attend the Duke games as a member of the band.

These days, it’s a very easy sell.

“Once you get these fans into it, it’s like having six people on

the court,” Grady said. “When we have that advantage, we can just deafen them and help our boys win as much as we can.”

Haunted Homer: Sterling has been the site of quite a few painful endings in recent memory. Just ask many Golden Warrior basketball alumni.

Coming off a supersectional run, the Golden Warriors – in future University of Illinois commit Joseph Bertrand’s senior year – were poised to make the sectionals once again in 2009. However, Rochelle came away with a close 77-76 win in Russ Zick’s final year as the Hubs’ head coach.

Even Dixon once pulled off a regional stunner against Sterling at Musgrove. The 2002-03 Duchesses, led by Northern Illinois commit Tara Michels, avenged their NCIC loss against the Golden Warriors in the regional final with a 55-47 win.

Similar sudden stops: Dixon’s two-loss season coming to an end without postseason hardware isn’t a first in the Sauk Valley. Four teams have come into the regional round since the start of playoff classification in 1972 with one or zero losses, only to come away empty-handed.

The 1966-67 Fulton Steamers and the 1986-87 Eastland Cougars both had just a lone blemish before regional heartbreaks.

The 1976-77 Mount Carroll Hawks were unbeaten at 25-0 before their dreams were dashed.

The 1972-73 Prophetstown Prophets were 23-0 before a regional final loss ended their season. However, the Prophets rebounded to make it to the state finals the following year.

Dukes bought into Geneseo sets perfect pace to pull off upset Mead’s program DENY

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MASON

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And oh, was it a journey.

During Mead’s first year, the team finished with a 1-27 record with Jarrett and Laron Carr in the varsity starting lineup as freshmen. At this point, the message of the story was hard to grasp.

The top of the mountain was too high for the little climbers to see.

By the end of the second season, the Dukes made progress on the court, and finished 3-25.

Then freshman Isaiah Roby was tall and long and, with Jarrett and Carr, helped add something on the court that the Dukes haven’t seen in years – a core group to build around. The summit began to take shape through the thick clouds.

Jarrett points to one turning moment during that season, and it came after one of those 25 losses.

“Looking back on it, the thing I’ll remember most when I’m old was losing to Sterling for the second time,” said Jarrett, his bloodshot eyes recovering from the emotions.

“I’ll never forget it. We all looked at each other in the locker room and told ourselves that we would never lose again.

“Of course, that didn’t happen, it was just us guys talking. But that was the first time I think we all came together and decided that we wanted to do something potentially special. We were all in.”

Dixon put that tough talk into practice the following season. The Dukes went 23-7 and won a regional title last year.

With Mead putting in countless hours of his own time watching film and being available to hold open-gym sessions at any time of day (or

night), each player began buying in. By now, just about everyone began to see the top of the mountain, and it was close.

Soon, the destination became a reality.

It was the sport of basketball that allowed these players and coaches to spend time throughout the winter months in a gym. But it was players that allowed the sport to unite them all.

“The thing about this group,” Mead said. “is that I’ll have friends for life. I can talk to these guys about anything.

I will go to their weddings and functions, I’ll watch them play in college. They’re so special, and made me appreciate what we did over these 4 years.

“I’m just so sad, with all the work we put in, that it doesn’t even end with a regional title.”

So when the buzzer sounded Friday and the Dukes filtered quietly into the locker room as Geneseo began to set up a ladder to snip down the nets, the emotions of the climb poured out.

Dixon spent 50 minutes in that locker room. Most came out wearing their gray, purple-accented warmups, something that takes seconds to change into. Most of the time was spent talking.

“After a loss,” Mead said before tears and emotions shook his voice, “guys just don’t care, and are willing to say what’s on their mind.

A lot of the times high school kids will make fun of you, but what was said in that locker room was special.

“The guys really do love each other and care about each other, and the loss allowed us to actually talk.”

“It took us 4 years to climb that mountain,” Jarrett said. “We just slipped and fell near the top.”

The Leafs scored 10 of the next 12 points, two of the baskets coming on layups, to stretch the margin to 38-26.

Kyle LeBlanc’s threepoint play cut Dixon’s deficit to nine, 38-29, but the Leafs broke the fullcourt press and found Himmelman inside on the next two possessions to extend the lead again.

Carr hit 3s on back-toback possessions, and the second one was followed up by LeBlanc’s layup off an inbounds pass, then Jarrett’s jumper off a pump fake, and the Dukes were within seven at 46-39.

But another fast-break layup – this one by Anthony Bravata after Will Daniels had scored the first three of the quarter – stopped Dixon’s momentum in its tracks.

The Dukes emptied the bench as the Leafs hit 11 of their 17 fourth-quarter free throws.

“Our ability to get those layups after breaking their press made a huge difference,” Storm said.

“It basically kept them from making a comeback, because we were happy to exchange 3s for 2s there with the clock in our favor.”

Himmelman finished with 15 points, 11 rebounds, two steals and two blocks, while Daniels scored 11 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter. Welch added 10 points and four rebounds, while Bravata chipped in seven points, six assists and five boards. Radue had six points and three assists, and the Leafs shot 54.5 percent (18-for-33) from the field.

Carr scored 14 points and nabbed two steals for Dixon, and Jarrett stuffed the stat sheet with seven points, nine rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block.

Roby added eight points, six boards, two assists

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ABOVE: Dixon coach Jason Mead consoles senior Cal Jarrett during the waning moments of Friday’s 53-43 loss to Geneseo in the championship game of the 3A Sterling Regional at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

BELOW: Jarrett gets fouled while going up for a layup during the loss.

and a block, as the Dukes closed with a 22-point fourth quarter after scoring 21 points in the first three combined.

“We understood going in that this was going to be Geneseo’s game plan, and we were mentally ready for it,” Jarrett said.

“With all the work we put in, it’s tough to see something like tonight happen; it was just really rough out there.

“It hurts a lot, but I’m

very proud of what we’ve accomplished in this program the last 4 years, and this has been the best time of my life with a great group of guys.”

The loss doesn’t erase what these Dukes have done for the program.

Carr and Jarrett came in as freshmen on the varsity team that was 1-27 in 2011-12, and also went through a 3-25 campaign as sophomores.

But Dixon is 51-10 the

last two seasons, with a regional title last year – the first since 1986 – and a conference championship this season, a first for the program since 1967. Jarrett leaves as the school’s all-time leading scorer, and Carr also surpassed the 1,000-point mark.

“We’ve come a long way,” Carr said, “and this was a great season.

It just ended too soon.”

Coach Jason Mead told his players in a long, emotional locker room session afterward that such a turnaround is something Hollywood makes movies about. It’s just in the movies, the ending is usually a happier one.

“It’s just really frustrating, because I love my kids and wouldn’t trade any of them for anybody anywhere,” Mead said.

“They worked so hard and played really hard, but we just saw things go the wrong way tonight.

“It was just a tough match-up for us, and we didn’t make any shots and weren’t really aggressive against their zone. Congratulations to Geneseo, because they utilized their game plan well.”

Saturday, March 7, 2015

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

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

All Ottawa 10-3 18-10 Geneseo 8-4 17-12 LaSalle-Peru 5-7 15-12 Sterling 3-9 9-18 Rochelle 1-11 3-22 Tuesday’s results 3A Sterling Regional • Geneseo 59, Sterling 47 3A Mendota Regional • LaSalle-Peru 48, Mendota 45 Wednesday’s results 4A Moline Regional • Moline 63, Ottawa 53 Friday’s results 3A Sterling Regional • Championship, Geneseo 53, Dixon 43 3A Mendota Regional • Championship, LaSalle-Peru 54, Metamora 52

BNC West Conf.

All Dixon 13-1 28-2 Rockford Lutheran 12-2 27-2 Winnebago 12-3 21-9 Byron 6-6 20-8 Mendota 6-7 17-11 Oregon 3-11 10-19 Rock Falls 2-12 5-21 Stillman Valley 0-12 2-19 Monday’s result 3A Sterling Regional • Alleman 56, Rock Falls 46 Tuesday’s results 2A Farmington Sectional • Semifinal, Winnebago 55, Bureau Valley 43 3A Sterling Regional • Dixon 51, Alleman 23 3A Mendota Regional • LaSalle-Peru 48, Mendota 45 3A Belvidere Regional • Lutheran 66, Rochelle 43 Friday’s results 2A Farmington Sectional • Championship, Rockridge 46, Winnebago 34 3A Sterling Regional • Championship, Geneseo 53, Dixon 43 3A Belvidere Regional • Championship, Lutheran 66, Belvidere 59

Three Rivers East Conf.

All Kewanee 11-1 21-9 Bureau Valley 9-3 27-4 Newman 8-4 17-12 St. Bede 6-6 15-12 Princeton 5-7 16-11 Hall 3-9 13-18 Amboy 0-12 0-28 Tuesday’s result 2A Farmington Sectional • Semifinal, Winnebago 55, Bureau Valley 43

Three Rivers West Conf.

All Rockridge 15-0 28-1 Fulton 7-6 18-13 Riverdale 6-6 14-10 Morrison 6-7 16-13 Erie 6-9 11-20 Orion 6-8 14-17 Sherrard 5-7 11-14 Prophetstown 4-11 8-23 Wednesday’s result 2A Farmington Sectional • Semifinal, Rockridge 70, MonmouthRoseville 48 Friday’s result 2A Farmington Sectional • Championship, Rockridge 46, Winnebago 34

NUIC East Conf.

All Aquin 11-2 25-7 Forreston 11-2 25-5 AFC 9-4 22-10 Polo 8-5 22-10 Pecatonica 6-5 11-12 South Beloit 6-7 10-16 Dakota 4-9 7-18 Milledgeville 4-9 9-18 Durand 2-10 5-19 Orangeville 1-9 2-21 Tuesday’s result 1A Eastland Sectional • Semifinal, Aquin 61, Williamsfield 40 Wednesday’s results 1A Eastland Sectional • Semifinal, Forreston 57, East Dubuque 45 1A Somonauk Sectional • Semifinal, Newark 71, AFC 43 Friday’s result 1A Eastland Sectional • Championship, Forreston 59, Aquin 58 Postseason pairings

CLASS 3A Sterling Regional Monday’s result • No. 5 Alleman 56, No. 4 Rock Falls 46 Tuesday’s results • No. 1 Dixon 51, Alleman 23 • No. 3 Geneseo 59, No. 2 Sterling 47 Friday’s result • Championship, Geneseo 53, Dixon 43 Geneseo advances to Bradley University Sectional semifinal vs. Peoria Manual, 7 p.m. March 10 Mendota Regional Monday’s result • No. 4 Dunlap 77, No. 5 IVC 57 Tuesday’s results • No. 1 Metamora 51, Dunlap 48 • No. 3 LaSalle-Peru 48, No. 2 Mendota 45 Friday’s result • Championship, LaSalle-Peru 54, Metamora 52 LaSalle-Peru advances to Bradley University Sectional semifinal vs. Peoria Notre Dame, 7 p.m. March 11 Canton Regional Monday’s result • No. 4 Limestone 50, No. 5 Canton 41 Tuesday’s results • No. 1 Galesburg 59, Limestone 56, 2OT • No. 2 Peoria Manual 70, No. 3 Peoria Central 30 Friday’s result • Championship, Peoria Manual 58, Galesburg 45 Peoria Manual advances to Bradley University Sectional semifinal vs. Geneseo, 7 p.m. March 10 Morton Regional Monday’s results • No. 4 Peoria Notre Dame 52, No. 5 East Peoria 34 • No. 6 Morton 58, No. 3 Normal U-High 42 Wednesday’s results • Peoria Notre Dame 64, No. 1 Washington 52 • No. 2 Peoria Richwoods 49, Morton 45 Friday’s result • Championship, Peoria Notre Dame 57, Peoria Richwoods 40 Peoria Notre Dame advances to Bradley University Sectional semifinal vs. LaSallePeru, 7 p.m. March 11 Bradley University Sectional at the Renaissance Center, Peoria Tuesday, March 10 • Geneseo vs. Peoria Manual, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 11 • Peoria Notre Dame vs. LaSalle-Peru, 7 p.m.

Friday, March 13 • Championship, 7 p.m.

Winner advances to NIU Supersectional vs.

Rochelle Sectional winner, 7 p.m. March 17 Rochelle Sectional Tuesday, March 10 • Marengo vs. Aurora Central Catholic, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 11 • Hampshire vs. Rockford Lutheran, 7 p.m.

Friday, March 13 • Championship, 7 p.m.

Winner advances to NIU Supersectional vs.

Bradley University Sectional winner, 7 p.m.

March 17

SV Weekend • B11

BOYS BASKETBALL | FORRESTON 59, AQUIN 58

CLASS 2A Farmington Sectional Tuesday’s result • Semifinal, Winnebago 55, Bureau Valley 43 Wednesday’s result • Semifinal, Rockridge 70, MonmouthRoseville 48 Friday’s result • Championship, Rockridge 46, Winnebago 34 Rockridge advances to DeKalb Supersectional vs. Elgin St. Edward, 7:30 p.m.

March 10

CLASS 1A Somonauk Sectional Tuesday’s result • Semifinal, Flanagan-Cornell 57, Dwight 53 Wednesday’s result • Semifinal, Newark 71, AFC 43 Friday’s result • Championship, Flanagan-Cornell 58, Newark 57 Flanagan-Cornell advances to Normal Supersectional vs. Colfax Ridgeview, 7 p.m.

March 10 Eastland Sectional Tuesday’s result • Semifinal, Aquin 61, Williamsfield 40 Wednesday’s result • Semifinal, Forreston 57, East Dubuque 45 Today’s game • Championship, Forreston 59, Aquin 58 Forreston advances to DeKalb Supersectional vs. St. Francis de Sales, 7 p.m.

March 10 AP Poll Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Simeon (8) 24-3 89 1 2. Stevenson (1) 23-3 82 2 3. Rockford Auburn 26-1 68 3 4. St. Rita 23-3 53 4 5. Normal Community 27-1 52 6 6. Lake Forest 25-2 45 5 7. East St. Louis 19-6 31 8 8. Providence 19-9 27 9 9. Geneva 25-3 13 7 10. Rock Island 21-5 10 — Others receiving votes: St. Charles East 9. Thornwood 6. Riverside-Brookfield 6. Alton 2. Harvey Thornton 1. Naperville Neuqua Valley 1.

Class 3A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Bogan (10) 22-6 118 2 2. Morgan Park (1) 17-6 108 1 3. Westchester St. Joseph 22-6 85 4 4. Belleville Althoff 23-3 82 5 5. Dixon (1) 27-1 53 T9 6. Washington 25-3 50 7 7. Rockford Lutheran 24-2 47 3 8. Chatham Glenwood 23-6 39 NR 9. Centralia 22-5 30 8 10. Carbondale 22-5 26 T9 Others receiving votes: Champaign Centennial 12. Peoria Manual 5. Rich South 4. Lincoln 1.

Friday’s box scores Class 3A Sterling Regional Championship

GENESEO 53, DIXON 43 GENESEO (17-12) Will Daniels 4-8 5-6 14, Quentin Radue 2-2 2-5 6, Anthony Bravata 2-7 3-4 7, Greg Rusk 0-0 0-0 0, Drew Himmelman 7-10 1-3 15, Tyler Mackey 0-0 0-0 0, Conner Welch 3-5 2-2 10, Cooper Humphries 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Schnowske 0-0 1-2 1, Sam Welch 0-0 0-0 0, Adam Lavine 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan Hartsock 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 18-33 14-22 43.

DIXON (28-2) Riley Mehrens 1-8 0-0 3, Laron Carr 6-16 0-0 14, Isaiah Roby 3-15 0-0 8, Cal Jarrett 3-11 1-2 7, Kyle LeBlanc 3-4 1-3 7, Nate Gascoigne 0-0 0-2 0, Ryan Webb 0-1 0-0 0, Kaylon Westmorland 1-1 0-0 3, David Whitcombe 0-0 0-0 0, Javier Gomez 0-0 0-0 0, Kandras Martin 0-0 1-2 1. Totals: 17-56 3-9 43.

Geneseo 8 9 11 25 — 53 Dixon 6 11 4 22 — 43 3s – Geneseo 3-11 (C.Welch 2-4, Daniels 1-2, Bravata 0-4, Hartsock 0-1), Dixon 6-28 (Carr 2-11, Roby 2-5, Mehrens 1-8, Westmorland 1-1, Jarrett 0-2, Webb 0-1).

Rebounds – Geneseo 29 (Himmelman 11, Bravata 5), Dixon 30 (Jarrett 9, Roby 6, Mehrens 5). Assists – Geneseo 14 (Bravata 6, Radue 3, Daniels 2, Rusk 2), Dixon 7 (Jarrett 4, Roby 2). Steals – Geneseo 4 (Himmelman 2), Dixon 6 (Carr 2, Jarrett 2). Blocks – Geneseo 2 (Himmelman 2), Dixon 2 (Roby, Jarrett). Turnovers – Geneseo 12, Dixon 8. Fouls – Geneseo 12, Dixon 19. Technical – Roby.

1A Eastland Sectional Championship

FORRESTON 59, AQUIN 58 FORRESTON (25-5) Wyatt Kerchner 2-9 1-4 5, Robert DeVries 11-22 7-10 33, Ethan Groom 0-4 0-0 0, Kaleb Reining 1-2 0-0 2, Aaron Shelton 4-8 1-3 10, Markus Edler 3-9 0-0 0, Nathan Schneiderman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 21-54 9-17 59.

AQUIN (25-7) Aiden Chang 6-15 9-9 23, Isaiah Yeager 1-3 2-2 4, Krisean Coffee 6-10 6-7 18, Dean Sopcic 2-4 1-3 6, Micah Stovall 2-9 1-2 5, Patrick Gustafson 0-0 0-0 0, Rian Borgmann 0-0 0-0 0, Rinehart 1-1 0-0 2.

Totals: 18-42 19-23 58.

Forreston 4 22 14 19 — 59 Aquin 15 12 17 14 — 58 3s – Forreston 8 (DeVries 4, Edler 3, Shelton), Aquin 3 (Chang 2, Sopcic).

Rebounds – Forreston 27 (Kerchner 8), Aquin 29 (Coffee 12). Turnovers – Forreston 4, Aquin 7. Blocked shots – Forreston 1, Aquin 1. Assists – Forreston 11 (DeVries 4), Aquin 8 (Chang 3). Steals – Forreston 4, Aquin 0. Fouls – Forreston 17, Aquin 17.

Girls basketball IHSA State Tournament at Redbird Arena, Normal CLASS 3A Friday’s results Semifinals • Morton 58, Montini 44 • Rochester 71, Bogan 60 Saturday’s games Third place • Montini vs. Bogan, 12:15 p.m.

Championship • Morton vs. Rochester, 2 p.m.

CLASS 4A Friday’s results Semifinals • Lisle Benet 77, Homewood-Flossmoor 71 • Fremd 57, New Trier 28 Saturday’s games Third place • Homewood-Flossmoor vs. New Trier, 6:30 p.m.

Championship • Lisle Benet vs. Fremd, 8:15 p.m.

NUIC East All-Conference First Team Haley Chang*, Aquin sr. G; Jaycee Cleaver*, Dakota sr. G; Shian Galbreath, South Beloit so. G; Allison Prestegaard*, AFC sr. C; Madeline Prestegaard, AFC fr. C; Kendalynn Rockey, Dakota sr. G Second Team Rachel Harn, Aquin sr. G; Elisabeth Klueg, Aquin sr. F; Cassidy Koning, AFC jr. G; Emily Laube, Durand sr. F; KeeLey Meyer, Polo sr. F; Kate Stykel, Aquin sr. F Honorable Mention Krista Beach, AFC sr. F; Jenna Bibler, Milledgeville jr. G; Kelsey Bollon, Orangeville so. G; Mikinzie Cull, Durand jr. F; Kristi Ebbers, Dakota sr. G; Mady Frederick, Milledgeville fr. F; Carlye Heitter, Pectonica jr. G; Abby Peterson, Forreston jr. G; Madelyn Reining, Aquin sr. G; Alex Sterenberg, Polo sr. F * – unanimous selection

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Forreston players hold up the 1A Eastland Sectional championship plaque Friday after beating Aquin 59-58 in Lanark. Forreston advances to the supersectional round for the first time since 2011.

One final nudge

Shelton’s free throw finishes job for Forreston

BY BRIAN WEIDMAN bweidman@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5551 @BrianWeidman

LANARK – Robert DeVries carried Forreston to the brink of victory, and Aaron Shelton provided a final nudge.

Shelton’s free throw with 1.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter lifted the Cardinals to a 59-58 victory against Aquin on Friday in the finals of the Class 1A Eastland Sectional.

Next up for Forreston (25-5) is the DeKalb Supersectional, where it will meet St. Francis de Sales, which edged Luther North 64-62 at the Elgin Sectional. The supersectional game will be played Tuesday at the Convocation Center in DeKalb. The Cards last played at that level in 2011.

“I couldn’t be prouder of the kids,” first-year Forreston head coach Travis Ross said. “I’m so happy for them and the community. They deserve this. When you fall down like we did early, you’ve got to have composure, and our seniors really stepped up tonight.”

Shelton connected on the third of three free throws with 1.1 seconds remaining on the clock. The senior guard missed the first two, then swished the third, sending a large Forreston fan contingent into a frenzy.

“I thought I had the first, but after the first one missed, I was like, ‘Oh man, I’m in trouble now,’” Shelton said. “I kind of lost confidence in myself, but I was like, ‘I can do this.’

Then I missed the second one, and it was, ‘OK, I’ve still got one more.’

“I took a big breath and I was like, ‘All right, I’ve got this.’ I shot it, it went in, and it was the greatest feeling ever.”

Shelton got to the line after he was fouled on a 3-point attempt by the Bulldogs’ Krisean Coffee.

There appeared to be minimal contact on the play, and Coffee felt there was none.

“I don’t feel that I got him,” Coffee said. “I just went up, turned around to box out, and the ref called it. That’s what lost it for us.”

Aquin (25-7) tried a version of a Hail Mary in the remaining time.

Senior guard Aiden Chang went around some screens, went deep, and attempted to haul in a long pass from teammate Micah Stovall.

The pass was deflected by DeVries, however, and the remaining time ticked off the clock.

“I’ve never beaten Aquin,” DeVries said. “This was the first time I’ve beaten Aquin in my high school career. It just means so much to get that off my chest. That really drove me.”

It was fitting that DeVries made the final defensive stop, as he put the Cardinals on his back on the offensive side. He scored a season-high 33 points, including 15 in the final quarter to help Forreston overcome a deficit that was as many as six points (48-42) with 6:10 to play.

“I hate losing,” said DeVries, the quarterback on Forreston’s state

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ABOVE: Forreston’s Wyatt Kerchner tries to drive around Aquin’s Aiden Chang during Friday’s 1A Eastland Sectional final in Lanark.

BELOW: Forreston’s Robert DeVries goes up for a shot during the Cardinals’ 59-58 win over Aquin on Friday in Lanark.

Star of the game: Robert DeVries, Forreston, 33 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists Key performers: Aiden Chang, Aquin, 23 points, 7 rebounds; Krisean Coffee, Aquin, 18 points, 12 rebounds Up next: 1A DeKalb Supersectional, Forreston vs. St. Francis de Sales, Tuesday, 6 p.m. championship football team this past fall. “I know people say that, but I mean that. It was me tonight, but all of my teammates could do the same thing. We’ve just got to keep working and get ready for the next game.”

DeVries scored his team’s first 15 points of the fourth quarter, and teammate Markus Edler added a 3-pointer with 41 seconds to play that put the Cardinals ahead 57-55.

Coffee scored a basket with 25

seconds to play to knot the score at 57, then the teams split free throws to make it 58-58 with 21 seconds remaining, setting the stage for Shelton’s game-winner.

Aquin (25-7), which won two close games against Forreston earlier this season, jumped out an 11-0 lead in the game’s first 3 minutes, and was still up eight points (21-13) on a pair of Aiden Chang free throws with 3:08 left in the second quarter.

Forreston went on a 13-6 run to close to within a point (27-26) at halftime, setting the stage for a tension-filled second half.

Shelton added 10 points for the Cardinals, and Edler scored nine.

Wyatt Kerchner grabbed eight rebounds and scored five points.

Chang led the Bulldogs with 23 points, and he made all nine of his free throws. Coffee recorded a double-double with 18 points and 12 boards.

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Geiss Leads Genesis Heart Surgery Program Dale Geiss, M.D., one of the preeminent cardiac surgeons in the Midwest, has joined Genesis Health System to lead its cardiac surgery program.

During his career, he has performed more than 12,000 cardiac surgeries on patients ranging in age from 92 years to just a few hours old. Dr. Geiss is certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgeons.

Dr. Geiss is caring for patients through the Genesis cardiac surgery physician practice, located in the Genesis Heart Institute, on the campus of Genesis Medical Center, East Rusholme Street in Davenport.

“We are proud and excited that Dr. Geiss has chosen Genesis as the place to embark on a new chapter in his medical career,” said Nidal Harb, M.D., Chief Executive Medical Director of the Genesis Heart Institute, and Chief Medical Officer, Genesis Health System. “His leadership, experience and skill as a heart surgeon will help to ensure that Genesis, and the Genesis Heart Institute, continue to lead the region in the range and quality of cardiac services offered.”

Dr. Geiss grew up in Fargo, North Dakota and entered the seminary at age 14. When he decided the priesthood wasn’t his calling, he earned degrees in psychology and classical languages from the University of North Dakota, and began postgraduate studies in neurophysiology.

“Ultimately I figured out I wasn’t meant to study the soul or the brain, but the heart,” said Dr. Geiss.

He went on to earn his medical degree in Texas at Baylor College of Medicine during the pioneering cardiac surgery era of Drs. Michael DeBakey, who led development of the artificial heart, along with other devices and procedures, and Denton Cooley, who performed the first implantation of a total artificial heart. Drs. DeBakey and Cooley worked together while they practiced medicine at Baylor.

Dr. Geiss completed his residency in General Surgery at Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, Calif., and Cardiothoracic Surgery residencies at the University of California and Medical College of Wisconsin. Seeking further training in congenital cardiac surgery, he completed a fellowship in Congenital Heart

Surgery at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children.

During 34 years of medical practice in Peoria, Ill., Dr. Geiss was one of four surgeons involved in the first heart transplant there, and is credited with building the only pediatric cardiac surgery program in Illinois outside of Chicago. As an extension of his pediatric practice, he has also developed expertise in aortic valve-sparing techniques in adults and in mitral valve repairs, for which he is nationally regarded, and in surgical repair of congenital heart defects.

“Working with the tiniest and often most complex hearts has made me better at fixing adult hearts, too,” he says.

In leading the cardiac surgery program at Genesis, Dr. Geiss is part of a team now performing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), a minimally-invasive technique for the treatment of severe aortic valve stenosis, or hardening.

The procedure is a life-saving option for high-risk patients who would not be able to tolerate an open heart surgery, and Genesis is one of only three hospitals in Iowa where TAVR procedures are being done.

The TAVR procedure enables the placement of a collapsible prosthetic aortic heart valve into the body via a tubebased delivery system called a catheter. The catheter can be inserted through an incision in the femoral artery in the thigh, through an incision between the ribs or through a small incision in the chest.

The minimally-invasive procedure replaces a patient’s diseased native aortic valve without traditional open-heart surgery and while the heart continues to beat. Benefits of the minimally invasive TAVR procedure include significantly less pain than open heart surgery and shorter recovery time.

“The addition of Dr. Geiss allows us to offer this advanced procedure and build on the overall excellence of the Genesis heart program,” said Julie Marconi, Director, Heart & Vascular, GMC-East Rusholme Street. “From complex surgeries, to national recognition for fast heart attack response times and low

Dale Geiss, M.D., the most experienced heart surgeon in the Midwest, is part of a team performing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), a minimally invasive procedure, now available at Genesis.

readmission rates following Cath Lab procedures, to research and clinical trials, Genesis offers comprehensive heart care unmatched in the region.”

Genesis has been named a Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital by Truven Analytics for the second time; has been recognized as the Top Community Hospital in Iowa by U.S. News and World Report; and, is a two-time winner of the Women’s Choice Award as one of America’s best heart care hospitals.

In addition, the Genesis cardiac surgery physician practice Dr. Geiss leads is a two-time winner of the Press-Ganey Summit Award for the highest patient satisfaction.

Dr. Geiss continues to see patients in Peoria at Genesis Cardiac Surgery Clinic, 10326 Juliet Court, and anyone who requires surgery will have their procedure performed at Genesis.

Dr. Geiss and his wife, Pam, have two daughters and six grandchildren. When he’s not caring for patients, he enjoys running, biking and flying.

For more information about the TAVR procedure at Genesis, contact Tami Gumpert, Valve Clinic Coordinator at (563) 421-3934.

Over 12,000 heart surgeries.

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Find out more about the Genesis Heart Institute at www.genesishealth.com/HeartToday

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Dixon shoe shop changes hands Elsewhere: Physical therapy facility opens in Oregon

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

DIXON – After 37 years of owning a shoe shop, it’s time for Gary and Karen Michel to put their feet up.

The longtime owners of Modern Shoe Shop, 1309 N. Galena Ave., have retired, but the business will begin a new chapter. Winnebago resident Ernie Kirby, who owns three other Red Wing shoe stores, is the new proprietor of the Dixon shop.

The transition was made official

Monday when Kirby closed on the property. The Michels, both Dixon natives, will help with the changeover – in fact, retirement is a bit of a misnomer in Gary’s case.

While the store is known as a shoe retailer, particularly for its work boots and SAS comfort brand, Gary is also an artisan, fixing shoes and leather items.

“Gary will continue to work for a year or so,” Karen said. “He does a lot of orthotics work, and it’s difficult to find someone to do that kind of work.”

Modern Shoe can be reached at 815-284-3007.

Athletico opens in Oregon OREGON – After providing physical therapy services for 11 years at KSB’s Oregon clinic, Chad Brinkmann said he was ready for a change.

Brinkmann still helps with physical therapy and specialized areas of rehabilitation, but he is doing it as the manager at Athletico Physical Therapy’s new facility at 116 N. Third St. in Oregon. Brinkmann has his PT, DPT, MTC, and MHA designations.

Brinkmann works with patients to develop personalized physical therapy plans.

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Ashley Aurand works at a sewing machine at Modern Shoe Shop in Dixon. Longtime owners Gary and Karen Michel have sold the retailer and repair shop to Ernie Kirby.

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AGRICULTURE

Bumper crop of careers?

Financial straight talk.

For more advice, plus special readers offers, visit davesays. org or call 88822-PEACE.

Read right to refusal contracts closely Dear Dave, I bought a piece of lake property not long ago, and the developer has first right of refusal if we decide to sell it. We originally looked at the property as an investment or building site, but I really don’t understand what first right of refusal means.

– Craig

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Adam Donkers, a junior agriculture business major at the University of Minnesota, is about to undertake his third internship.

He’ll learn about agricultural lending this summer at CoBank, a co-op that specializes in farm credit. He says he couldn’t be less concerned about finding full-time work once he graduates next spring. “Pretty much every member [of my ag fraternity] has a full-time job when they’re graduating,”

Career center director: Jobs outnumber interested students

BY TOM MEERSMAN Tribune News Service

MINNEAPOLIS – Adam Donkers and many of his friends at the University of Minnesota don’t need to worry about jobs after graduating. They’re majoring in agricultural sciences or agricultural business, and large and small companies are eager to hire them.

“Pretty much every member [of my ag fraternity] has a full-time job when they’re graduating,” Donkers said.

“Every junior has an internship, most of the sophomores have internships, and a good handful of freshmen have

internships.”

Job posting boards, oncampus interviews and a special annual career fair for ag students show much the same trend, according to Sara Newberg, director of the university career center that assists ag majors.

“We have a limited number of students with an interest in that career direction and far more employers interested in hiring them,” Newberg said.

Donkers, raised on a family farm in Minnesota, is a junior majoring in agricultural business. He’ll learn about agricultural lending this summer at CoBank, a co-op that spe-

cializes in farm credit. It will be Donkers’ third internship in 3 years, and he’s interested in grain merchandising as a career.

Purdue University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture studied the shortfall in agricultural jobs on a national basis, and estimated that from 2010 to 2015 there would be about 54,400 openings each year in agriculture and natural resource jobs, and about 29,300 graduates from specialized colleges and university departments to fill them.

Brian Buhr, dean of the University of Minnesota’s Col-

lege of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, said there’s clearly a need for more ag students in the pipeline, and he’s not surprised that companies are doubling down to find newly trained scientists.

“There’s a whole high-tech side of ag that’s really booming,” he said. “It’s everything from robotics and sensors in harvesting equipment or livestock production systems, or even managing soil and drainage issues, all the way over to the genetics and genomics side of the world.”

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Dear Craig, A lot depends on the wording, but typically it means you can sell property to another buyer subject to the developer not wanting to buy it back at that price.

If you decided to sell within the timeframe specified in the first right of refusal contract, you’d have to notify the developer you have a written offer on the property. Then, you have to give him a chance to buy the lot first at that price.

Or, you could just ask the developer – in writing – to waive his first right of refusal if this is something you want to do. They’re in the business of selling lots, not buying them, so it might be an easy deal.

– Dave

Different brokers, too?

Dear Dave, Is it a good idea not only to diversify among mutual funds, but also among different companies that sell mutual funds?

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CGH Dixon Medical Center Welcomes Eric Riley, DPM, MS We are pleased to announce that Eric Riley, DPM, MS is now seeing patients at the CGH Dixon Medical Center every other Friday morning.

Dr. Riley joined CGH Medical Center in 2009. He specializes in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery.

Dr. Riley is currently accepting new patients at the CGH Dixon Medical Center, 1321 N. Galena Avenue in Dixon.

To make an appointment, please call 815-284-1600.

Eric Riley, DPM, MS

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Ashton-Franklin Center High School’s December Student of the Month is Kalley Foster of Ashton. She plans to study nursing in college.

December Student of the Month Kalley Foster, 17, of Ashton, is Ashton-Franklin Center High School’s December Student of the Month. She is the daughter of Matt and Melissa Foster, and has a sister, Kerri, 20, and a brother, Kaleb, 15.

Favorite class: Anatomy.

The human body is amazing in the way it works, and learning about it is fun with James Jackson.

Least-favorite class: Physics. I hate physics.

It honestly is just really horrible. It reminds me of my precalculus class last year, except on a more advanced level. The best part about the class thus far has been constructing a potato canon. That was pretty cool.

Favorite teacher: James Jackson – physics, anatomy, and biology. I’ve been in six of his science classes in the past 4 years, so we have gotten to know each other pretty well. I have him in three classes this year, so I get to see him on the regular every day. He is easy to get along with, and always engages the class in fun conversations.

Is there a celebrity you look like, act like or feel like? I mean sure I would like to look like Blake Lively, but who wouldn’t?

She carries herself with such confidence and she is so sure of herself. However, I’m happy with who I am and I am proud to be the person my parents

and peers have shaped me to be.

School activities: Football, basketball, cheerleading, track, National Honor Society, and FFA officer.

Civic, church, volunteer or activities: I go to youth group at Turning Point Citi Church. I also help with children’s church on Sundays.

What will you do after high school? I will be attending Southern Illinois University to get a bachelor’s degree in nursing. At this point, I’m not sure what I will specialize in after I attain my degree, but I know I will be continuing on when I do.

What is something you learned in high school that you think you will never use? Calculus. I don’t think finding the integral of a polynomial function will apply to anything in my life past high school and maybe college.

What is your advice for surviving high school?

Just be respectful to everyone around you and be friendly. Don’t be scared to branch out and meet new people. Oh, and stay on the right side of the hallway, please. That is a huge pet peeve of most upperclassmen.

What is your favorite: App: Clash of Clans Food: Beef stroganoff Game or activity: Video games Actor: James Franco Movie: “The Interview” TV show: “Grey’s Anatomy” Sports team: New York Giants Do you have a hobby? I like to ride four-wheelers, and snowmobile in the winter.

What’s the one thing in your life you can’t do without? My phone, for sure. I’m on my phone a lot more that I should be.

What scares you? It’s kind of silly, but I’m slightly afraid of the dark.

It has been a fear of mine since I was a child, so I guess I carried it with me into my teenage years.

What’s something about you that nobody knows? I’m an open book. There isn’t a lot I keep hidden inside.

If you could try any job for a day, what would it be? A model. I have always wanted to try modeling.

If you could go anyWhat kind of music are where in the world for you listening to? I love all music, but hard rock is free, where would it be? definitely No. 1 on my list. I would go to Europe. I

have always fantasized about seeing the ancient structures and eating baguettes till I pass out.

What is the last good book you read? “The Great Gatsby.” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a twisted love story based in the glamorous ‘20s, where bootlegging and having affairs seemed like the “norm.”

What is your proudest moment? Getting awarded homecoming queen this year. I wasn’t expecting to get it, so it was really surprising to hear my name called while the crowd erupted with cheers. It was just a really cool experience, honestly.

Is there anything else you would want people to know about you? I’m a friendly, giving, and open person. I don’t really have many secrets, because I tend to just plainly say what I’m thinking aloud.

I also have a bunch of food allergies, including cantaloupe, cherries, nectarines, peaches, pears, mangoes, apples, peas, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cherry tomatoes, walnuts, and pecans.

(Half the time, I can’t even remember them.)

Oh, and I like to be awkward.

Is there someone you’d like to send a shout out to? To all my homies outta AFC schools. Stay fresh.

CHALLAND HONOREES

who is a resident of Carroll County and will be a full-time (minimum of 12 DIXON – A 1-day Safety credit hours) student for Conference will be Tues- the fall semester at an day at Sauk Valley Com- Illinois college or univermunity College, 173 state sity or one out-of-state within commuting disRoute 2. tance of the county.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration Applicants should presenters and college submit an original essay personnel will provide of 200 to 250 words training, information and explaining why politics is resources on a variety of important to them. The topics. The conference is applications are due by designed to help prevent May 18. The winner will injuries, save lives, and be chosen May 19, and reduce workers compen- must provide certificasation costs. tion of enrollment and a The cost is $59, which list of classes. includes a continental The award will be breakfast and lunch. presented June 13 at To register or for more the annual Democrat information, contact Anita picnic at Old Mill Park, Carney at anita.l.carney@ 9261 U.S. Route 52, svcc.edu or 815-835Savanna.

6294.

To apply, submit the essay to Gerald Bork, Green dot marks chairman, at 1 Mill St., discounted books Mount Carroll, IL 61053.

LANARK – The Luck of the Irish special is underway until March 17 at Twice-Sold Tales bookstore.

Each book with a green dot is at half price. All proceeds from the store benefit Lanark Public Library and its programs and collections.

The store is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in The Special Touch’s Unique Mall, 504 state Route 64. Donations of gently-used books are accepted.

For more information, call Denise at 815-4996366.

Democrats offer $500 scholarship MOUNT CARROLL – The Carroll County Democrat Committee has financial help available.

A $500 scholarship is offered to a student majoring in political science, law, history, journalism, or a related field,

Workshops set at park district DIXON – Programs for this month have been scheduled at Ruth Edwards Nature Center in Lowell Park, 2114 Lowell Park Road.

3-D Leaves will be from 1 to 3 p.m. March 14 for those in sixth grade and older. Participants will experiment with color relationships to create 3-D leaf patterns.

They also will receive a pair of 3-D glasses.

Make a Forest Sculpture will be from 1 to 3 p.m. March 28 for those in third grade and older.

They will use paper towel rolls and other materials to create a 3-D forest environment. Children in third through fifth grade must attend with a parent or guardian.

Registration is required for all programs; call the center at 815-288-5209 and leave a message with a name, number, program and how many will attend.

SENIOR OF DISTINCTION

Oregon High School’s Senior of Distinction Award is given on a monthly basis. January recognition went to Hailey Long, who is receiving the award from Pat Donahue of Stillman Valley Bank. Photo submitted by Angela Hollaway.

Registration begins for workshops, more

February Students of the Month have been announced at Challand Middle School in Sterling. They are (front row, from left) Madison Bland, Alexsandra Grobe, and Tessa DeJonge; and (back row) Alexander Smith, Lauren Johnson, and Kassie Long. Photo submitted by Cindy Brown.

Course for certification scheduled at area hospital MENDOTA – A 2-day Food Service Sanitation Manager Certification Course is planned for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and March 14 in Confer-

ence Room C at Mendota Community Hospital, 1401 E. 12th St. The state-approved, 15-hour course includes testing at 4 p.m. March

14 for Illinois Food Safety Certification.

Those wanting to retest for their current certification are required only to attend the last day of

the training.

For more information or to register, contact David K. Williams at william sclasses@gmail.com or 815-564-5603.

STERLING – Registration opens at 9 a.m.

March 16 for Session 4 programs at Woodlawn Arts Academy, 3807 Woodlawn Road.

During this session, the academy will offer several programs.

Home Cooking Workshops for Adults from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

April 6 and May 4 will focus on cooking versus take-home.

Social Artworking Painting Party for Adults from 6 to 8 p.m. April 10 is a step-by-step guide to creating artwork.

Spring Dance Workshop, for ages 6 to adult, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

March 21 will work on technique and strengthening. Included is a lunch and learn session with guest artists.

Adult Book Club, noon to 1 p.m. March 25, April 22, and May 27,

involves a group discussion of fiction and nonfiction works.

Slow Food Spring Break Workshop runs from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. the week of March 16. Students will make burgers, fries, pizza, chicken nuggets, and burritos.

From Garden to Table features the garden in front of the academy. All ages will have the opportunity to plant and care for vegetables, and then use them to cook healthy meals. The course is from 10 to 11 a.m., starting May 2.

Visit woodlawnarts academy.com to view the latest program guide.

To register for programs and workshops, go to apm.activecommunities. com/wood lawnarts or call 815-626-4278, or stop at the academy.

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PARK DISTRICT FREE-THROW WINNERS

Coloma Township Park District of Rock Falls had a free-throw contest Feb. 7 at Rock Falls Middle School. The winners in age and gender divisions are (sitting, from left) Rebecca Boesen, Cole Heald, and Ryken Howard, all first place; Garret Wolf and Damien Mix, second; Hunter Gale, first; Nik Nardini, third; Maison Brandt, first; and Kenny Boesen, second; (kneeling) Lauryn Nardini, third; Maximus Parker, Kamerin McGlown, and Crystal Crow, all first; Austin Handel, first; Emanuel McGlown, second; and Jacob Seidel and Barry Near Jr., both first; and (standing) Zach Heald and Deb Razo, both first; Barry Near Sr., fourth; Raye Tater, first; Bob Jones, third; Jim Gorzny, first; Bill Parker, second; and Marian Boesen, Ken Boesen, and Phil Near, all first. Not pictured are Kyli Fischbach, Lauren Bell, Mark Nardini, and Mike Sterba, all first; and Karlie Fischbach, Jordyn Heppler, Dawn Nardini, and Hank Sobottka, all second. Photo submitted by the park district.

COLD FISH STORY

Angler James Taylor of Sterling recently caught this largemouth bass in the backwaters near Fulton.

Photo submitted by Mark Taylor.

STARS OF DANCE, CHEER, TUMBLING

Coloma Township Park District in Rock Falls recently recognized award winners from the winter-spring dance, cheer, and tumbling program. The winners and their instructors are (kneeling, from left) Gyneya Roman; Hailyn Check; Gabriella Mango; Avrianna Reyes; and Rian Twogood; and (standing) Morgan Zuidema and Kallie Zuidema, instructors; Kalina Willhite; Valerie Warner; and Johanna Cravatta, instructor. Not pictured are Annaliesse Garriott, Grace Ross, and Haliegh Arduini. Photo submitted by the park district.

TURKEYS TROTTING

YEP, STILL COLD OUTSIDE

A chipmunk checks out the weather Feb. 8 at Sinnissippi Park in Sterling. Photo submitted by David Bingaman of Dixon.

EVIDENCE OF WORK DONE WELL

ABOVE: “Three Musketeers” look for adventure Feb. 13 along Oregon Trail Road near Angus Road, west of Oregon. The birds aren’t afraid of traffic and can be seen pecking at their reflections on clean, dark vehicles.

Photos submitted by Al Koper of Oregon.

BELOW: The male takes a moment to show off before moving on.

A beaver has been busy as discovered Dec. 19 at Sinnissippi Park in Sterling.

Photo submitted by Lori Metzler of Sterling

Wanted: Photos from you A scrapbook is a book with blank pages, and that’s what our Scrapbook page is without your pictures. We want to fill the page with images that capture lives in the Sauk Valley. They can be submitted by email to photos@saukvalley.com or can be taken to the Sterling and Dixon offices.

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Saturday, March 7, 2015

‘Big Hero 6’ to be shown FRANKLIN GROVE – A movie night from 6 to 8 p.m. March 27 has been scheduled at Franklin Grove Public Library, 112 S. Elm St. The film “Big Hero 6” will be featured.

A craft day with Easter crafts also is planned. It will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon March 28. Children younger than 8 need parental supervision.

New books on the shelves are “The Marriage Charm,”

by Linda Lael Miller; “Cane and Abe,” by James Grippando; “The Sacrifice,” by

Joyce Carol Oates; “One Step Too Far,” by Tina Seskis; “Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In: Lessons From An Extraordinary Life,” by Louis Zamperini and David Rensin; “Doc,” by Mary Doria Russell; “American Sniper,” by Chris Kyle; “Crash & Burn,” by Lisa Gardner; “Die Again,” by Tess Gerritsen (large print); “Crazy Love You,” by Lisa Unger; “Impulse,” by Dave Bara; “Motive,” by Jonathan Kellerman; “The First Wife,” by Erica Spindler; “My Sunshine Away,” by M.O. Walsh; “The Nightin-

gale,” by Kristin Hannah; “A Spool of Blue Thread,”

by Anne Tyler; “Prodigal Son,” by Danielle Steel (large print); and “Forty Times A Killer,” by William W. Johnstone (large print).

New DVDs are “Lucy,” “Annabelle,” “The Judge,” “Fury,” “Planes: Fire & Rescue,” “The Best of Me,” “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” and “The Aviators.”

For more information, call the library at 815-4562823.

Corps at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lanark Public Library,111-B S. Broad STERLING – Artists from St. Jamerson’s hourOutlet Dance Co. of Elk long program includes Grove Village will presexcerpts from his novel, ent a “Lunch and Learn” “Big Shoulders,” original session from 9 a.m. to 3 songs about the CCC p.m. March played on his guitar, and 21 in the J. a video clip of his Public Mark Beaty Performance Broadcasting Service film. The novel follows Center at a year in the life of a Woodlawn 17-year-old youth from Arts AcadDetroit, who enlisted in emy, 3807 Leslie the CCC in 1937.

Woodlawn Parrin This federal works Road.

Participants program was created

by President Franklin will work in D. Roosevelt during the depth on Great Depression. Area technique and strength- camps were in Mount Carroll, Mount Morening with ris, and Savanna. Local Leslie Parrin projects were at White and Katrina Pines Forest State Park Rathbone in Katrina Rathbone modern, con- in Mount Morris and Mississippi Palisades State temporary, Park in Savanna. musical theater, and hip For more information, hop. visit Jamerson’s website The workshop is open at billjamerson.com or to dancers age 6 to adult and is not limited to current call the library at 815493-2166.

Woodlawn Dance Academy students.

The cost is $75. Registra- Guild prepares for tion is due by March 18. quilt supply sale To sign up, stop at the academy, visit apm.

FORRESTON – Country activecommunities.com/ Crossroads Quilt Guild woodlawnarts or call 815will meet at 7 p.m. March 626-4278.

16 at Forreston Grove Church, 7246 Freeport Government bodies Road. members will have change meetings a Guild garage sale, with quilt supplies available.

OREGON – Due to lack For more information, of business, two regular call Susan at 815-732meetings of Ogle County 6268 or Ruth at 815meetings have been can645-8179. celed.

The Ogle County Regional Planning Commission Hitchcock classic was to meet March 19. to hit Odell screen The board’s next meeting will be at 6 p.m. April 23 MORRISON – Alfred in first-floor Conference Hitchcock’s film “North by Room 100, at the Old Ogle Northwest” will be shown County Courthouse, 105 at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the S. Fifth St. Program Room at Odell The Zoning Board of Public Library, 307 S. Appeals meeting was Madison St. scheduled for March 26.

The movie stars Cary It will meet at 6 p.m. April Grant, Eva Marie Saint, 30 in County Board Room and James Mason. In 317 on the third floor of the the story, an advertising Old Ogle County Courtexecutive is kidnapped house. and accused of being For more information, call an undercover govern815-732-1190. ment agent by a group of foreign spies. After being framed for murder, he Michigan writer flees from spies, police to discuss corps and the FBI. Donations will be LANARK – Bill Jamerson, accepted; popcorn and a Michigan-based author, drinks will be served. will present a music and For information, call the storytelling program about library at 815-772-7323. the Civilian Conservation

Homemakers head to annual gathering

IN BRIEF

Dancers to teach pupils technique

STEWARD – Linda Tarpley and Shirley Rees, members of Lee County Homemakers Education Association, will attend the 92nd annual Illinois Association for Home and Community Education Conference.

The conference is March 17-19 in Decatur. This year’s theme is “Come Together – Walk with IAHCE 2015,” which salutes the members who have volunteered their time to help those in need.

IAHCE provides ideas and facts for informal lessons based on information from the University of Illinois Extension.

For more information, contact Rees, president, 815-824-2279; Donna Wagner, first vice president, 815-857-2118; Natalie Witek, second vice president, 815-824-2009; or Shirley Burgess, community outreach director, at 815-288-3818.

FAT TUESDAY

Masks and beads were part of the Mardi Gras celebration during the week of Feb. 16 at Resthave Nursing and Retirement Home in Morrison. Among the celebrants are (seated, from left) Rena Heusinkveld and Frannie Stralow, residents; (standing) Kelly Dykstra and Jenn Waters, staff members; and (at back table) Hubert Londo and Gertrude Londo, residents. Photo submitted by Karla Burn.

Girls, CEOs needed for camp FREEPORT – Careerminded girls and female CEOs are sought for Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois’ Camp CEO. In the program, girls travel to regional locations to visit professional women in their workplaces, and a camp property to learn about goal setting through archery and crate stacking.

Hands-on workshops for creating resumes

and acing a job interview are included.

Camp CEO will be July 19-24. It is open to both Girl Scouts and nonscouts entering their sophomore year of high school and higher.

The cost is $150 per Girl Scout, and $165 for nonscouts. A $50 deposit is required.

Visit girlscoutsni.org. or email Shannon Harley at sharley@girlscout sni.org for application

forms. The deadline to apply is Wednesday.

Fe m a l e C E Os w h o would like to host the girls at their place of business for career sessions, lead professional skills seminars, and attend the Camp CEO Champions Dinner also may contact Harley.

Among the counties covered by Girls Scouts of Northern Illinois are Carroll, Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside counties.

STERLING OPTIMISTS

Adoration marks 10th year at chapel ROCK FALLS – The 10th anniversary of Perpetual Adoration at the Divine Mercy Chapel is today at St. Andrew Church, 708 10th Ave. A week of Holy Hour adoration has been scheduled for 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday through Friday. Each will be celebrated by a priest from the Sterling Deanery.

The public is welcome.

For more information, call the church at 815-6254508.

Girl Scout cookies can go to military SPRINGFIELD – Girl Scout cookies can be purchased to show support for the armed forces through Operation Cookie Share.

Customers can direct their orders to any Girl Scout to be sent to members of the military.

Boxes are $4 each; there is no additional shipping charge.

Monetary donations may be made at OperationCook ieShare.org.

The sale continues until March 23. For more information, visit GetYour GirlPower.org or call 877231-1446.

QUILTERS GIVE TO RESIDENTS

Members of the Wednesday sewing group at New Life Lutheran Church in Sterling display quilts made in February. The quilters created 15 for veterans and two women at Rock Falls Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Photo submitted.

Sterling Optimist Club and Challand Middle School in Sterling have announced the January Optimist of the Month. The award went to Abigail Johnson, the sixth-grade daughter of Thomas Sheldon and Beth Peppers. With Johnson are (left) Sam Meier, Sterling Optimist member, and Deshawn Johnson, The Salvation Army of Sterling envoy. She received $50 and designated another $50 to The Salvation Army. Photo submitted by Meier.

The Sterling Optimist Club had its annual Oratorical Contest Feb. 26 at the Candlelight Inn. Ten middle-school students recited their speech titled “How My Optimism Helps Me Press on to Greater Achievements of the Future.”

Among the participants are (from left) Lauren Humphreys, Sonia Chino, Amber Kuhn, Tiara Munoz, and Sarah Page, gold-medal winner. Photos submitted by Sam Meier.

Also participating were (from left) Carter Kenney; Tyler Everett, gold-medal winner; Miguel Huaracha; Luke Steinke; and Isaiah Morman. Page and Everett will represent Sterling at the regional oratorical event in April.

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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Lauren Elizabeth Beauchamp Sara and Scott Beauchamp of Dixon are the parents of a daughter born at 8:35 a.m. Jan. 30, 2015, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Lauren Elizabeth Beauchamp weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces at birth and was 20.5 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Collin, 4.

Maternal grandparents are Greg and Cindy Hicks and Charlie Bahr, all of Dixon.

Paternal grandparents are Mike Beauchamp and Brenda Morrow, both of Dixon.

Maternal great-grandparents are Floyd and Mary Lu Bahr of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Millard and Esther Hicks and Shirley Mooney, all of Dixon.

Paternal great-grandmother is Alice Herzog of Amboy.

Henry James Griffiths Lindsay and James Griffiths of Olathe, Kansas, are the parents of a son born at 12:33 p.m.

Feb. 2, 2015, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Lenexa, Kansas.

Henry James Griffiths weighed 9 pounds, 1 ounce at birth and was 21 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Cindy Hall of Sterling and Dennis Hall of Fargo, North Dakota.

Paternal grandparents are Dr. John and Judy Griffiths of Omaha, Nebraska.

Maternal great-grandparents are Ernest and Jean Hill of Davenport, Iowa.

2:50 a.m. Feb. 5, 2015, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Anthony Ray Gomez weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Maya, 7, Vince, 5, and Cruz, 2.

Maternal grandmother is Christine Aguayo of Dixon.

Paternal grandparents are Teresa Gomez and Soledad Gomez, both of Anaheim, California.

Maternal great-grandmother is Mary Wallace of Dixon.

Kenna Lee Amesquita Natalie and Jacob Amesquita of Dixon are the parents of a daughter born at 3:59 a.m. Feb. 8, 2015, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Kenna Lee Amesquita weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Quin Amesquita, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Joe and Rebecca Duis of Sterling and Judy Duis of Mount Vernon.

Paternal grandparents are Leonard and Doris Amesquita of Rock Falls.

Maternal great-grandparents are Frank and Barbara Duis of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandmother is Mary Amesquita of Sterling.

Mila Eva King

Jaboa and Jayce King of Walnut are the parents of a daughter born at 3:09 p.m. Feb. 11, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Mila Eva King weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces at birth and was 22 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Trip Anthony Ray King, 5, and Lola King, 4.

Gomez Maternal grandparents Andrea and Andres are Laura and Bill Bartels Gomez of Dixon are the of Rock Falls. parents of a son born at Paternal grandparents

are Loretta and Chris Gibson of Walnut and Jay and Jackie King of Rock Falls.

Maternal great-grandmother is Barb Eikenberry of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandmother is Kathy Schulte of Peoria.

Brendon James Clark Taylor and Jeff Clark of Evans, Colorado, formerly of Tampico, are the parents of a son born Feb. 12, 2015, at Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado.

Brendon James Clark weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces at birth and was 19.5 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Brooklyn, 4, and Brady, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Brenda and David Willard of Quincy and Andrew Garrittson of Asheville, North Carolina.

Paternal grandparents are Gale and David Clark of Evans, formerly of Tampico.

Paternal great-grandfather is Gene Hardy of Deer Grove.

Addison Renee Imel McKenzie Pilling and Brandon Imel of Polo are the parents of a daughter born at 11:12 p.m. Feb. 17, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Addison Renee Imel weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at birth and was 20 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Jena Pilling of Polo and Bill Pilling of Milledgeville.

Paternal grandparents are Robin Imel and Aaron Imel, both of Polo.

Maternal great-grandparents are Roger and Jane Palmer of Polo and Bill and Jean Pilling of Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

Paternal great-grandparents are Robert and

Barbara Collins and Kenny and Rita Imel, all of Polo.

Maternal great-greatgrandmother is Lois Voss of Polo.

Sloane Kelly Perino Christy and Justin Perino of Rock Falls are the parents of a daughter born at 1:24 p.m. Feb. 18, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Sloane Kelly Perino weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces at birth and was 22 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Margaret Sue Perino, 1.

Maternal grandparents are Greg and Sue Bushur of Effingham.

Paternal grandparents are Dante and Suzy Perino of Rock Falls.

Maternal great-grandmother is Bertha Bushur of Effingham.

Paternal great-grandparents are Jack and Phyllis Kelly of Sterling; Judy Myers of Jasper, Georgia; and John Perino of North Fort Myers, Florida.

Eliana Rosamina Camacho Elizabeth and Luis E. Camacho of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 4:41 a.m. Feb. 19, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Eliana Rosamina Camacho weighed 6 pounds at birth and was 21 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Evelyn G. Camacho, 6, and Roberto E. Camacho, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Evelia M. Thompson and Robert W. Thompson, both of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Martha Gutierrez Zuñiga and Inocensio Eduardo Camacho, both of Mexico.

Maternal great-grandparents are Fermina Meza and Crisoforo Sosa, both of Sterling.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Today Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

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

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

Coffee and Conversation grief group for bereaved adults, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1013 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon. Call Serenity Hospice & Home by 4 p.m. Friday at 815-732-4111; if no one calls, the group will not meet.

Illowa Sport Flyers, 10 a.m., clubhouse, Erie Airpark, 8689 Star Road, Erie.

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.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779245-8214. Downstairs, west door.

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.

Chapter 410 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, 7:30 p.m., terminal building, Whiteside County Airport, 10950 Hoover Road, Rock Falls, 815-626-1249.

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

Sunday Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., open,

Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., closed; 11 a.m., open; 1 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed; noon, open; 6 p.m., closed, step, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 10 a.m., open, barn, Horizon View Farm, 2422 N. River Road, Oregon.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 10 a.m., open, Big Book, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society, 2 p.m., Ryberg Auditorium, CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

Healing Hearts bereavement group for parents, grandparents, and siblings of a deceased child, 5-6 p.m. at Church of God, 860 W. Oregon Trail Road, Oregon.

If young or adolescent siblings attend, call in advance at 815-732-4111 for ageappropriate activities.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., closed, Church of St. Anne, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-2453487. Downstairs, west door.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-9736150.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Spanish, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 236 Kelly Drive, Rochelle.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, 304 Seventh Ave. W, Lyndon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (4), Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St. Monday Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100,

Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815-625-0338.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., open, Methodist church, 402 First Ave., Forreston.

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

American Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Elks Lodge, 1279 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed (1), St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, step; 6 p.m., open, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Dixon Rotary Club, noon, lower level, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., open, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779245-3487. Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Sunshine meeting, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Crochet-Knitting Club, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

Senior Information Services, 1-3:30 p.m., Carroll County Family Health Center, 1120 Healthcare Drive, Mount Carroll, 800-5415479.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Green Castle of Sterling, 15 E. 23rd St., No. 1, Sterling.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Parkway Apartments, 710 W. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

TOPS, 4 p.m. weigh-in, 4:30 p.m. meeting; 5:30 p.m. weigh-in, 6 p.m. meeting, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle.

TOPS Chapter IL 634 meeting, 4:30 p.m., 205 S. Walnut St., Franklin Grove.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Arrowwood, 430 Martin Road, Rock Falls.

TOPS, 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30 p.m. meeting, Polo Church of the Brethren, 401 S. Congress Ave., Polo, 815946-3638.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., 201 W. Market St., Morrison, 815-590-8929.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., Revive Community Church, 8 E. Front St., Mount Morris, 815-994-0428.

Rock Falls Rotary, 6 p.m., Beelendorf’s, 200 W. 10th St., Rock Falls.

Rock Falls Optimist Club, 6:30 p.m., Candlelight Inn, 2200 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Rock Falls Boy Scout Troop 306, 6:30-8 p.m., fellowship hall, Harvest Time Bible Church, 1802 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5418, 7 p.m., 217 First Ave., Rock Falls, 815-6263513.

Mount Carroll Monday Night Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., Church of God, 816 Clay St., Mount Carroll.

Petunia City Quilters, 7 p.m., Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-626-6627.

Survivors of Suicide Support Group, 7-9 p.m., Second Reformed Church, 703 14th Ave., Fulton, 815589-3425.

Tampico Lions Club, 7 p.m., Good Times, 106 N. Main St., Tampico, 815-4382789.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step study, New Hope Fellowship Church, 113 state Route 64, Kings.

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

Samuel H. Davis Masonic Lodge 96, 7:30 p.m., 105 W. Lincoln St., Mount Morris, 815-734-4085.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 207 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (3), First Presbyterian Church, 502 Third St., Savanna.

Sauk Valley Al-Anon Group-Alateen, 8 p.m., open, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Paternal great-grandparents are Silvia VeraLuis Camacho and Rosalba Zuñiga-Chorras Gutierrez, both of Mexico.

Layton Lyle Griffith Audrijana Keefer and Lucas Griffith of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 7:03 p.m. Feb. 19, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Layton Lyle Griffith weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce at birth and was 20 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Brenda Elder of Sterling and Jerry Keefer of Arkansas.

Paternal grandparents are Bobbie Jacobs of Dixon and Kevin Griffith of Amboy.

Mya Jean Marshall Stacy Stewart and Justin Marshall of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 3:05 p.m. Feb. 19, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Mya Jean Marshall weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces at birth and was 20.5 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Leo and Joanie Stewart of Prophetstown.

Paternal grandparents are Kevin and Lisa Shull of Sterling and Rick and Sharry Marshall of Rock Falls.

Maternal great-grandfather is Roger Thicksten of Prophetstown.

Paternal great-grandparents are Moe and Lynn LaFavre of Dixon.

Brantley Karl Ronald Schueler Ashley and Karl Schueler of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 22, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Brantley Karl Ronald Schueler weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces at birth

and was 20 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Reagan Ellis, 8, and Sophia Schueler, 2.

Maternal grandmother is Laura Wade of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandparents are Darla Schueler of Rock Falls and Brad and Laurie Schueler of Sterling.

Maternal great-grandparents are Nancy and Joe McCallister of Rock Falls and Pete and Betty Bell of Sterling.

Daniel Christopher Fuger Tech. Sgt. Matthew and Priscilla Fuger are the parents of a son born at 11:02 a.m. Jan. 22, 2015, at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.

Daniel Christopher Fuger weighed 8 pounds at birth and was 21 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Autumn, 3, and Andrew, 1.

Maternal grandparents are Harvey and DeAnn Williams of Dixon.

Paternal grandparents are Terry and Jeanne Fuger of Dixon.

Maternal great-grandparents are Bud and Corrine Gerdes of Dixon.

Aubrey Lynn Landheer Jenna and Arian Landheer of Lyndon are the parents of a daughter born at 8:23 a.m. Feb. 25, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Aubrey Lynn Landheer weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces at birth and was 21 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Kevin and Jonelle Hook of Morrison.

Paternal grandparents are Warren and Connie Landheer of Morrison.

Maternal great-grandparents are Raymond and Darlene Hook of Morrison.

Thank Goodness policy Sauk Valley Media accepts letters to the editor (300 words or less) from nonprofit and volunteer groups who want to thank the community for its support.

Letters may be emailed to letters@saukvalley.com or sent to Sauk Valley Media, 3200 E. Lincolnway, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081.

THANK GOODNESS

Quilting ladies express thanks for support CONNIE BENDER Morrison

Bethesda Lutheran quilting ladies wish to thank everyone who donated fabric for the quilts.

We are so blessed at Bethesda to receive old sheets, mattress pads,

blankets, bedspreads, l e f t ov e r m a t e r i a l s , drapes, thread, and yarn.

A special thank you to the 15 to 18 ladies who come every Wednesday to put the quilts together; 800 quilts were made this past year.

The quilts are given t o L u t h e r a n Wo r l d Relief, and then are sent to wherever they are needed.

COLLEGE HONORS Cornell College MOUNT VERNON, Iowa – Sandra Gomez of Rock Falls is one of more than 100 students participating in Cornell College’s Alternative Spring Break.

Gomez will spend 1 week in Memphis, Tennessee, to work with SisterReach on grassroots activism in reproductive justice.

Bradley University PEORIA – Thomas I. Watkins of Dixon earned a Bachelor of Science degree on Dec. 20 from Bradley University.

St. Cloud Technical & Community College ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Will Stadel of Fulton was named to the fall semester president’s list at St. Cloud Technical & Community College.

University of Maine ORONO, Maine — Brett Chappell and Brianna Wilder of Rock Falls have been named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Maine.

Millikin University DECATUR – Alyssa Larson of Ashton, Kathryn Swift of Creston, Brooke Smith of Franklin Grove, Drake Mellott of Sterling, and Conrad Fassig of Sublette have been named to the fall dean’s list at Millikin University.

Western Illinois University MACOMB – Ashley Sell of Byron and Patrick Morrissey of Dixon will be inducted April 12 into the Golden Key International Honour Society at Western Illinois University.

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School year drags for girl separated from boy Dear Abby: I’m a 12-year-old girl and I like dearABBY a boy named “Chris.” We Dear Abby go to different schools is written now, and I don’t know

by Abigail how to get in touch with Van Buren, also known him to tell him how I as Jeanne feel. At times for the past Phillips. The column is pro2 years we have been vided through flirting on and off.

Universal We will be reunited Uclick. again next year. I can’t hold on much longer, and he’s at a school with For now, be patient. his ex. What should I do? Stay active and involved – Lover Girl with school, and time in Alabama will pass more quickly.

Focus on activities you Dear Lover Girl: You enjoy and your friendhave held on this long, ships. so remember the school Do not waste your year is already more than time worrying about the half over. In the fall, you other girl. and Chris will be attendShe and Chris are exes ing the same school for a reason. If you and again without your hav- Chris are “meant to be,” ing to do anything. the chances of that hap-

Dear Perplexed: You’re not wrong. That the party organizer is tryDear Abby: A friend ing to extort gifts from from high school has you is extremely rude. invited me to her wedThe person to inform is ding in September. Unfor- the mother of the bride. tunately, I won’t be able She should be able to put to attend the bachelorette a stop to it before anyone party I also was invited to. else is embarrassed.

Even though I sent my regrets to the organizer of Dear Abby: What if the party, she has tried to someone wants to move solicit gifts from me twice. away from one parent, This seems extremely but not the other? I’m tacky, and it has made me 25 and interviewing for feel I was invited only for jobs. It would be nice to the gifts I could bring. become independent, but Abby, I don’t want this for the right reasons. I am to reflect poorly on my tired of my father’s selffriend. Should I tell some- ish, ignorant attitude, but one in the wedding party I would miss seeing my so they can fix this faux mother. As she gets older, pas, or am I wrong about she seems to accommowedding etiquette? date my dad’s all-for-him– Perplexed in self attitude even more. the Midwest If I take a job that’s out pening will be better when you’re classmates.

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of state, I don’t want to feel like I’m “running away.” How should I approach leaving the one family member I care about?

– Moving Forward in Massachusetts Dear Moving: Continue interviewing for jobs for which you are qualified, regardless of where they are located. If more than one company wants to hire you, select the one that offers the best wages and benefits and seems to be the best fit for you.

If the company is located in your city, you may not have to leave your mother, and you may be able to limit the time you must spend with your father. Should you get an enticing offer that bases

you in another location, to accept it would not be running away; it would be making an intelligent career choice. Your mom might be able to visit you sans Dad periodically if the expense isn’t prohibitive, and you would be establishing your independence for the right reason.

Dear Readers: If you live in a state in which daylight saving time is observed, don’t forget to turn your clocks forward 1 hour before going to bed tonight. Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. tomorrow. Hallelujah. It’s my favorite “holiday.”

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

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Refuge neighborhood birds was missing – lush gardens and landscaping This is the optimum embracing the house time to plan for a songand filling every nook filled summer. and cranny of the yard.

Spend an hour, and She immediately take a hard look at the designed, and he had area where you live. Is built, a network of paths, your home in the middle each leading to an indiof a busy block? A large vidually-themed garden. lot in a subdivision? A And each garden had its palatial country estate? focal point – a statue, a A teeny upstairs apartfountain, an exquisite ment? No matter where – specimen of a tree or Illinois, Fairfax, Virginia, shrub, or a welcoming or Spring Green, Wiscon- bench. It truly was a sin – you can construct haven. a welcoming home for Then tragedy struck. birds as easily as a robin She contracted a mystebuilds a mud nest. rious illness in 1930, and Yes, it does take some her physician prescribed planning, some sweat, bed rest. But there’s still and however much a happy ending. money you wish to From her comfy, spend. down-filled pillows, she Let us beguile you became enamored of all with a real-life story of the birds she unwittingly young lovers. They met had attracted with her in Boston. During their landscaping. From that engagement, she drew very instant, she began meticulous designs of improving and enlarging their new home in Char- the gardens with one, and lotte, North Carolina, only one, point in mind and he followed through – will it make my birds to every detail. happy? She loved birds, When he showed her and they loved her. the completed home for She once raised an the first time after their orphaned bluebird that lengthy honeymoon, she for 8 years came back gasped in horror. Yes, every evening to her the house was perfect, bookshelf to sleep. but it was situated on a After a long and happy bare lot with one skinny marriage, Elizabeth died oak tree breaking up the in 1988, and Eddie in muddy monotony.

1993. But Wing Haven, He swallowed hard, as their bird foundation is named, continues on and in a flash realized in the middle of a grawhat she wanted most

BY RUTH EDWARDS NATURE CENTER STAFF

The Oregon General Federation of Women’s Clubs Woman’s Club recently made a donation to Lee County Honor Flight. The money will help an Oregon veteran take part in an Honor Flight to Washington, District of Columbia. With the check are Richard Sanders, with the Lee County Veterans Assistance Commission, and Judy Groharing, woman’s club president. Photo submitted by Groharing.

IN BRIEF Self-image subject of UMW gathering DIXON – United Methodist Women will present a program on “The Worth of A Woman” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 20 at Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St. Joyce Dahl of Polo will discuss her experience with self-image and early romance in junior high and high school. The evening will include a skit, humor, and a dessert bar. Free babysitting will be provided.

Reservations are due by Friday. Email dixon1stsec retary@yahoo.com or call Dixon First United Methodist Church at 815-284-2849 to sign up.

Register at Sauk’s office of admissions or call the community education office at 815-8356212.

Methodists get ready for soups ROCK FALLS – Rock Falls United Methodist Church Women will offer a soup supper from 4:30 to 6;30 p.m. March 19 at the church, 210 Fourth Ave. The meal will include a variety of soups and desserts.

The cost is $7 for adults and $3 for those younger than 10.

For more information, call the church at 815-6250114.

Church, 205 N. Division Ave. Donors must be at least 17, or 16 with parental consent, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be in general good health.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Lori at 815-4400561.

Speaker to discuss history of funerals

POLO – A program on Victorian (1840-1910) mourning customs will be at 2 p.m. March 15 at the Polo Senior Center, 101 E. Mason St. Sharon Atkins of Roscoe, dressed in widow’s weeds, will explain how funerals were once in private homes and how they transitioned Class readies Menu includes the funeral homes of pupils for license pancakes, biscuits to today.

Other topics will be DIXON – A Food Service STERLING – A commuVictorian society’s rules Sanitation course will be nity spring breakfast will regarding how to honor and from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. be served from 7 to 9 a.m. bury the deceased, 2-year Tuesdays March 17 to March 14 at East Jordan mourning, superstitions April 14 in Room 2M5 United Methodist Church, and folk tales, tips for geneSauk Valley Community 22027 Polo Road. alogists, social restrictions, College, 173 state Route The menu will include bis- and how to date a photo by 2. cuits and gravy, eggs, and clothing and hair jewelry.

The class is designed to pancakes.

Those attending are develop the knowledge The cost is $6. encouraged to bring and responsibility for examples of hair art, funeral food sanitation operaDonors wanted for memorabilia, clothing, and tions to qualify for a food sanitation license from the church blood drive other items related to funerals. state. The cost is $117, POLO – A blood drive plus textbook and exam Light refreshments will will be from 2 to 6 p.m. scan sheet, which can be be served. The public is purchased from the college Tuesday at St. Mark welcome; donations will be bookstore.

Evangelical Lutheran accepted.

cious, but busy neighborhood. The birds still are the thing, with staff providing 10,000 mealworms a week during the busy nesting season.

Elizabeth’s favorite verse includes these lines, “Lord, purge our eyes to see within the seed a tree, within the glowing egg a bird, within the shroud a butterfly ...” – Christine Rossetti (1830-1894).

If you find yourself in Charlotte, please visit Wing Haven.

The really good news is that you don’t have to be wealthy to create a haven for birds. Native shrubs, vines, forbs, and grasses usually are less expensive than rare, tropical specimens and require less care. The key to attracting birds to your haven includes providing three simple items that we all need – food, water, and a safe place to raise a family.

One way to begin is to check out the National Wildlife Federation at nwf.org and zero in on its Certified Wildlife Habitat Program. If you need more help, visit the Ruth Edwards Nature Center in Lowell Park on Lowell Park Road or the park office at 804 Palmyra St., Dixon, for hand-outs on making a haven of your own.

Supper, games at senior center DIXON – The annual chili and soup dinner fundraiser for Lee County Council on Aging – Dixon Senior Center will be from 4:30 to 6 p.m. March 18 at the Post House Ballroom, 100 W. Second St. Tickets for adults are $6 in advance and $7 at the door and free for children 5 and younger. The tickets can be purchased at the senior center, at the above address.

Two events will be at the senior center.

A local competition for adults 50 and older for the State Senior Spelling Bee is planned for 10 a.m. March 21. Prizes are $75 for first place and $50 for second. All participants will receive a goodie bag.

To register, contact Jennifer Lang at langjenni fer@comcast.net or call the center at 815-288-

9236 or 888-239-9228.

Winners and runnersup will advance to the regional semifinals. The state finals will be Aug. 10 in the Illinois Building at the Illinois State Fair, 801 Sangamon Ave., Springfield.

A euchre tournament will be March 22. Sign-in is at 12:30 p.m.; play will start at 1. The cost is $5 or 25 cents a set, with a 100 percent payback.

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Competition, program at WCSC STERLING – Card players can join in a euchre tournament Sunday at Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St. Sign-in is at 12:30 p.m.; games start at 1.

The cost is $5, plus 25 cents a set, with 100 percent payback.

Other events at the center are:

A Medicare information class will be at 1:30 p.m.

Friday. Basic information will be provided. Registration is required; call the center at 815-622-9230.

A motor coach trip is planned for Friday to Diamond Jo Casino in Dubuque, Iowa. The bus will pick up at 8 a.m. at Shopko, 1350 N. Galena

Ave., Dixon, and at 8:30 a.m. at the old Kmart parking lot, 2901 E. Fourth St., Sterling.

The cost is $20 for center members and $25 for nonmembers and includes a buffet lunch.

To register, stop in or call the Whiteside County center or the Dixon Senior Center, 100 W. Second St., 815288-9236.

Immanuel Lutheran Church in Dixon recently donated $2,087.50 to Buddy Bags of Dixon from proceeds raised through the church’s annual soup and chili supper. With the check are Barb Fane, Buddy Bags chairwoman, and Ryan Mackey, Immanuel parish ministry coordinator. Photo submitted by Peggy Ulferts.

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Agriculture highlight of Thomson celebration THOMSON – A Tribute to Agriculture Day will “rock the gym” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 14 at the former Thomson High School, 800 South St. Speakers are planned for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

To p i c s w i l l i n c l u d e pork producers, commodities, organic farming, melon producing, w e a t h e r, a n d f u t u re technology in agriculture and water districts.

WCCI Radio will feature a live show from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the

Boy Scouts and 4-H’ers will have a hotdog and taco stand in the cafeteria.

A John Deere forge from the John Deere Historic Site in Grand Detour, will be displayed.

A future of agriculture display will have a drone demonstration from Kunau Implement and Ryan Heilig.

The four 100-year farms of York Township also will be recognized, and door prizes will be given.

Other activities are

pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to noon at the fire station, 900 Walnut St., and a tour of Schaefer Fisheries from 9 a.m. to noon at 2112 Sandridge Road.

Tim O’Conner, a longtime farmer and biologist, will speak on production agriculture at 10 a.m. in the library.

Exhibits will be in the gym and there will be in the air.

Potato planters and harvesters will join the John Deere demonstration outside where the

blacksmith will demonstrate how the selfscouring plow opened the prairie to modernday farming.

A photography contest will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the gym.

It will be open to the public and prizes will be given.

The divisions will be 18 and younger and 19 and older.

Prizes of $75, $50, and $25 will be awarded in each class.

Contestants must sign

a release to allow the use of pictures in the “150th Anniversar y Histor y Book of Thomson.”

There is no limit to the number of entries or subjects.

Preference will be given to subjects of York Township with an agricultural theme.

All entries must be dropped off by 5 p.m.

Wednesday to the Carroll County Review on Main Street or to Randy Dur ward, 16628 Argo Fay Road, Thomson, IL 61285.

Entries will be judged

by Bill Delp of Bill Delp Photography in Savanna.

An exhibit of Delp’s work also will be on display.

In addition to the judging, each person attending will receive a ballot to vote on their personal favorite photo.

The photo receiving the most votes will receive $25.

For more information on events, go to thom sonil.com or call 815259-3168.

Youth, ages 5-18 decorated cakes during one of the University of Illinois 2014 Project Pool workshops. Photos submitted.

Bureau Valley High School FFA students from Manlius recently participated in two competitions in Kewanee.

Team members include (in no particular order) Jessica Loudenburg and Kristyn Ehnle, both of Bradford; Tom Brummel of Sheffield; Blaine Peterson, Dana Kepner, Lexie Jacobs, Emma Deppen, and Jay Norden, all of Walnut; and Garrett Jackson, Lootens, Cale Buysse and Brad Sierens, all of Manlius. Photo submitted by Willard Mott.

FFA members compete in Kewanee KEWANEE – The Bureau Valley High School FFA Livestock Judging Team in Manlius won first place in the recent Section 3 Livestock Judging Contest at Black Hawk East College.

Brad Sierens took firstplace in the individual overall category.

Fourth-, seventh, and ninth-place team members were Kristyn Ehnle, Jessica Loudenburg, and Lexie Jacobs.

The event also included the Geneseo Livestock Invitational, where the judging team placed fourth overall.

Sierens and Rick Lootens placed first and second in the individual in

the swine division.

To qualify, livestock judges placed eight classes of livestock including, beef, swine, sheep, and goats, and answered questions pertaining to each species judged.

Volunteers sought for guardian program The Whiteside County Natural Area Guardians, formed as a sub-committee of the Whiteside County Soil and Water Conservation district in 1988.

According to the press release, the volunteers are dedicated to the preserva-

tion, restoration, and management of the remaining natural areas and their flora and fauna in Whiteside County.

The group meets on the second Thursday of the month. The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at

Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison St. Summer meetings take place in conjunction with field trips or work projects. Members receive minutes and notices of activities.

Both “hands on” members and those who contribute

The Cloverbuds, ages 5-7, played team-building activities and made craft items to take home.

moral and monetary support are welcome.

For more information or to join the group, contact the Whiteside County SWCD, 16255 Liberty St., or call 815-772-2124, ext.

3, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

Youth workshops offered in Amboy AMBOY – The University of Illinois Lee County Extension office will have a Project Pool March 28 at the Lee County Fairgrounds, 1196 Franklin Road.

From 9 a.m. to noon, an educational workshop will be offered for children 5 to 18.

The program is open to all 4-H’ers and nonmembers.

Each participant will choose three of the following projects, cake decorating, woodworking, rabbits, Do-ItYourself T-shirt scarf,

All-night programs planned for young girls ROCKFORD – The University of Illinois Extension will have its 14th annual Science Siesta from 5 p.m. April 10 to 8:30 a.m. April 11 and April 17 and 18 at the Discovery Center Museum, 711 N. Main St., and Burpee Natural History Museum, 737 N. Main St. The overnight programs will combine a pajama party with hands-on sci-

ence experiences.

“This is our 14th year of conducting Science Siesta, we have reached more than 2,000 girls so far and we are excited to continue to offer this fun, interactive event to encourage girls to consider sciencerelated career fields,” Johnna Jennings, extension 4-H youth development educator, said.

The girls will meet

females in science career fields from throughout northern Illinois.

They will share information about their background, and involve the girls in activities much like they complete in their work every day.

The girls will participate in activities based on the “Wonderwise” curriculum developed by the University of Nebraska.

Wo r k s h o p s o f f e r e d include “African Plant Explorer,” “Sea Otter Biologist,” and “Pollen Detective.”

The cost is $40 per girl, and includes pizza, snack, breakfast, admission to the museums, and handson activities.

Go to bdu/bdo for additional information or to register for either session.

baby-sitting, houseplant cuttings, pigeons, formal and illustrated speaking, welding safety, improv theater, and collages.

Children between 5 and 7 will have special projects.

Registration is $5 per child and includes all materials. Go to edu/ clw to register.

For more information on 4-H youth development programs, contact Kathleen Book at kbook@illinois.edu or call the extension office at 815-857-3525.

CARROLL COUNTY BRIEFS Judging contests’ date announced MOUNT CARROLL – The annual 4-H and FFA Livestock and Dairy Judging competitions will be March 21 at the Carroll County Highway Garage on state Route 64, west of Mount Carroll.

Both events are open to all 4-H and FFA members with or without a project.

The livestock contest will start at 9 a.m. Registration will be from 8 to 8:45.

Members will judge steers,

heifers, production heifers, swine, and sheep and have a questions class. Dairy judging will start at 12:30 p.m. Registration will be from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

In addition to placings, judges will explain what to look for when competing.

Participants are encouraged to stay for both contests. There will be a lunch stand on the grounds with lunch foods and snacks.

Any parent interested in volunteering is asked to call the extension office.

Carroll County Extension For information on any the programs listed, contact Leanne Rahn at the Carroll County Extension office, 807D S. Clay St., lrahn@illinois.edu or 815-244-9444. Carroll County Fairgrounds are at 28374 Milledgeville Road, Milledgeville.

4-H presentation competition to start MOUNT CARROLL – The annual 4-H Public Presentation contests will be March 14.

The speaking portion will start at 9 a.m. at Naaman Diehl Auditorium, 811 S. Clay St.

Topics to choose from are illustrated speech, formal speech, extempore speaking, oral interpretation, original works, horses, and horticulture.

The demonstration contest will follow. Topics are food division, international, ethnic or regional cuisine, nutrition, food sci-

ence, food preservation, food safety, and making food dollars count; and general, horse, and horticulture demonstrations.

Cash prizes or gift cards will be awarded to the top 4-H’ers in each area.

Registration deadline is Friday. The public is welcome. For more infor-

mation, contact call the extension office.

Junior ambassador members to meet MOUNT CARROLL – The Carroll County Junior Ambassadors will meet at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday at the extension office meeting room.

The group is open to all youth in sixth- through eighth-grade.

For more information, call the extension office.

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Brinkmann said his goal is to provide work-related rehabilitation in a costeffective and timely manner. His service educates employees on safe work habits and injury prevention.

A free assessment of an injury or problem is available.

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Chamber planning candidates forum ROCK FALLS – The Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a candidates forum at 6 p.m. March 25 at City Hall, 603 W. 10th St in Rock Falls.

Candidates for Rock Falls and Sterling city offices and school boards can participate in the event, which will be broadcast live on cable Channel 5. Residents may submit questions in advance of the forum.

Candidates who are running unopposed also will have an opportunity to talk about why they

Gary and Karen Michel (left), owners of Modern Shoe Shop in Dixon, have sold the business to Winnebago resident Ernie Kirby. He owns three other Red Wing shoe stores, and closed on the Dixon property Monday.

Astrograph Photos by Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

Ron Haverland works on cobbling a pair of boots Tuesday afternoon at Modern Shoe Shop in Dixon. are running for office.

Local businessman Jack Spencer will be the moderator. Chamber President and CEO Bethany Bland said this forum format had been popular with candidates and voters.

“Every election, every candidate, and every voter matters,” Bland said.

“The Rock Falls Chamber has strongly supported the education of voters and consistently offered opportunities for candidates to share their message.”

Questions for the candidates can be submitted to the chamber via email at bland@rockfallschamber.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/rockfalls. chamber, or by phone at 815-625-4500.

Candidates must register in advance by calling the chamber no later

than March 15.

Chamber has new marketing leader STERLING – There’s a new face at the Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce.

Sterling High School grad Annely Salgado has joined the chamber’s management team to head up marketing and customer relations.

Salgado is a 2013 graduate of Sauk Valley Community College, and she received a bachelor’s degree is journalism from Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California. She is bilingual and interned in marketing and public relations at Azusa Pacific’s Mexico outreach office. She also has experience in radio and television communication.

One of her goals is to step up the chamber’s

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Adam Holton, CHS senior vice president of human resources, said the shortage of trained students is not a crisis, but that it has become more difficult to find and attract the best candidates in some areas.

“In our case, that runs the gamut on the pure engineering side with our energy business to our agriculture side to our processing and food ingredients,” he said. CHS is the nation’s largest farmerowned cooperative. “There is a challenge, and as we go into the future it will get harder.”

To recruit the best people for its needs, Holton said, CHS has heightened is efforts to go “upstream” and contact undergraduate and community college students early in their studies to inform them about ag-related fields and careers. The company also maintains strong partnerships with colleges and

universities, he said.

Don Wyse, a professor in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at Minnesota, has watched the number of students in agricultural sciences fluctuate over the past four decades, and has supervised graduate students who took their advanced degrees into plant breeding and genetics labs at Monsanto, Syngenta and other companies.

Those jobs were in demand during the past decade, Wyse said, and students lost interest in basic agronomy – the science of growing crops for production – because there were fewer opportunities.

Now the pendulum is swinging back, said Wyse, because companies have determined that their future profits may depend less on new genetics, and more on improved crop systems that increase yields by using precision agriculture.

“So now the companies are stepping up and saying, where in the world are

all the agronomists? And where are all the applied cropping systems people?” he said.

That might include people to analyze chlorophyll in plants to see how well they’re growing, Wyse said, or specialists to design precision planting equipment, or analysts to study soil chemistry and crop history to predict which varieties to plant and how far apart to space them.

“It’s a wide array of opportunities,” he said.

Holton, of CHS, agrees, and said basic agronomy knowledge coupled with the latest technical skills will be a winning combination for job seekers.

“The needs continue to grow to feed a hungry world with the same amount or less of acreage, and that’s all coming through technology: environmental sciences and agricultural sciences,” he said. “My guess is there are jobs that will exist in precision ag 10 years from now that we’re not even thinking about right now.”

Some schools have tuition plans DAVE

a solid track record of at least 5 to 10 years.

– Dave

Dear Brian, There’s no need to do that. Find one good broker you’re comfortable with and who has the heart of a teacher.

You want to know what’s going on with your money, and finding someone who can explain it well and help you understand the details is a must.

Just make sure your broker is not directly connected to the mutual fund.

You don’t want someone with a vested interest.

What you’re looking for here is a person who can objectively connect you to a good mutual fund, with

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Dear Dave, I’d like to send my kids to a private Christian school, and they would begin classes the same month we’ll finally be out of debt.

We would have to pay this out over the course of the school year, so would you consider this to be an investment or more debt?

– Ed Dear Ed, I don’t borrow money, whether it’s an investment or not. But lots of private schools have tuition plans where you don’t have to borrow money, and you just

make two or three payments during the academic year.

I don’t know whether I would really call that a debt, because you can always take the child out of the school if you see you can’t make the payment.

Just make sure you carefully look over any contract involved and know what you’re getting into before you sign up for the ride.

You don’t want to obligate yourself to money you don’t have, especially when you’ve worked so hard to get out of debt.

Just save up, and have a place in your budget for tuition.

– Dave * Follow Dave on Twitter (@DaveRamsey), or visit daveramsey.com.

Practice what you preach. Emphasize your positive qualities. If you exaggerate or mislead others regarding your qualifications, you will jeopardize your reputation and your career status. Honesty and integrity will be necessary ingredients to your success. Setting a good example will result in a leadership role being offered to you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Don’t dwell on past issues.

The more time you spend worrying, the less time you’ll have to take advantage of new opportunities.

Eliminate matters that are no longer relevant.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Have faith in your attributes.

Don’t hold yourself back. If there is something you want, go after it. Indecision or hesitation will result in a missed opportunity.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) -- Get promises in writing.

Collaboration or joint ventures will be a source of worry if you are too trusting. Make sure your needs are covered before you sign an agreement.

GEMINI (May 21-June

20) -- You should make personal changes or home improvements that you have been considering. A fresh or updated look will improve your self-confidence and put you in a better state of mind.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Don’t be too demanding. If you want to feel secure, be sensitive to the feelings of others. Offer to take on more responsibility or make an effort to be more easygoing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Get out and promote your ideas.

Your talent will be wasted if you don’t share what you can do. Don’t overlook resources that could boost your qualifications.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) -- Investment opportunities look favorable. Check out profit-sharing or high-interest financial opportunities. Your fiscal future depends on making a smart, conservative, longterm decision. Do what’s right and best for you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- There will be ulterior motives behind a new acquaintance. Before you divulge too many secrets, you need to be sure that your words

won’t be repeated or used against you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) -- Don’t forget to mention any minor irritations when booking medical appointments or addressing health issues. Fresh air and exercise will help if you are feeling bored or lethargic.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Avoid making a rash promise or hasty decision. You need to think matters through before making a long-term commitment.

Don’t give in to peer pressure. Make choices based on facts.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You will regret allowing anything or anyone to deter you from reaching your goals. Favorable changes are imminent, but concessions will be necessary. Tackling new challenges will make you a worthy candidate.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) -- Your intuition can help you achieve any goal you set. Paying off debt, winning something or being offered a cash gift is in the stars. Celebrate with someone special.

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Area farmers give back to local charities S T E WA R D – C i n d y Petr y of Lee County, Brenda Adams of Ogle County, and Reid Johnson of Whiteside County are the winning farmers of the America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund.

The program enrolls farmers for a chance to win $2,500, which is then donated to the farmer’s nonprofit of choice.

The Steward Fire Association was selected by Petry.

“The money will be used to help the organization purchase additional safety equipment for the volunteers, including flashlights for each member of the department,” Laura Harmon, volunteer, said.

“O u r p r i m a r y m i s sion is to help when there is an emergency in our area. We have first responders for medical calls and accidents and firefighters for extrication at accidents and fires. I feel honored to be able to help the community in their time of need.

“There are not many jobs that allow you to say that you saved a life or someone’s home. The best part of receiving the donation is we are able to get additional safety equipment for our volunteers. This funding is unexpected and we are excited to have received it. It helps us purchase things we may not have been able to.”

Stillman Valley FFA accepted Adams’ donation to help the organization suppor t the s t u d e n t s’ s u p e r v i s e d agricultural-experience projects – the restoration of Indian Hill Farm and Manor.

“The best part of receiving this donation is the fact that someone in the community noticed how hard our students work on a regular basis,” Jay Williams, FFA adviser, said.

“Our FFA members put in countless hours to better their community and achieve their personal goals. “ T h e F FA m e m b e r s have worked very hard, a l o n g s i d e t h e Sm e j a Family Foundation, to bring the Indian Hill Farm and Manor back to the original 1918 state.

“This restoration will p r ov i d e e d u c a t i o n a l oppor tunities to the entire Meridian School District, as well as the community of Stillman Valley. “ There are 2 weeks out of every school year when our agriculture classes work alongside landscape professionals and teachers to restore the grounds. Funding like this is extremely important to our organization.”

Jo h n s o n c h o s e t h e Prophetstown Park District as his charity.

The money will be used to help the district purchase an inflatable obstacle course for the shallow end of the indoor community pool.

“They just do a lot of nice things for the community sports programs and swimming,” Johnson said.

“A lot of people will get to benefit from it.”

For 5 years, America’s Farmers Grow Communities has collaborated with farmers to donate more than $16.5 million to more than 7,300 community organizations across rural America.

According to the press release, this year winning farmers will direct another $3.3 million to nonprofits to help fight rural hunger. Money also will go to purchase life-saving fire and emergency medical services equipment, support ag youth leadership pro,grams, and buy need-

Three area farmers were chosen as America’s Farmers Grow Communities winners. Cindy Petry (red jacket) of Lee County donated her winnings to the Steward Fire Association. With her are (from left) Laura Harmon, association volunteer; Don Arjes of association president; and Mark Delhotal, Monsanto representative. Photos submitted.

Brenda Adams designated her winnings to the Stillman Valley High School FFA. With the check are (from left) Kevin Sanderson, Fallan Warnken, Morgan Linscheid, Danielle Cooper, Connor Engelkes, Tori Daniels, Brenda Adams, and Paige Adams.

Prophetstown Park District was the Whiteside County beneficiary of the contest. Tom Green (from left), board commissioner, and Karyn Sommers-Buck, director, accept the donation from Reid Johnson, winning farmer. Also pictured are Dave Minseen, Monsanto representative and Sandy Johnson and Bruce Franks, board commissioners. ed classroom resources.

America’s Farmers Grow Communities is part of the America’s Farmers initiative.

Since 2010, the America’s Farmers campaign and programs have advocated on behalf of farmers and their efforts

to meet society’s needs through agriculture.

A sister program in the America’s Farmers effort, Grow Rural Edu-

cation, is in its farmer nomination phase.

Farmers interested in supporting math and science education in

their communities can visit GrowRuralEdu cation.com now through April 1 for more information.

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Los Cabos still lively Region, while in recovery mode, is moving forward after hurricane

Tribune News Service photos

The Resort at Pedregal, which reopened Jan. 31 after hurricane repairs and a management change, is one of the most luxurious hotels in Los Cabos, Mexico.

BY CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS Tribune News Service

LOS CABOS, Mexico – The southern tip of the Baja California peninsula looks good and lively these days, but let me remind you how bad it was.

Hurricane Odile struck Los Cabos late Sept. 14, howling at 125 mph. It killed at least five people and forced the evacuation of about 30,000. It tore off the roof of one airport terminal, shattered countless windows, flooded the desert with rain and high tides, and scattered red roof tiles along the 18-mile tourist hotel corridor between the population centers of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo.

The damage was worst near San Jose, but the entire region was crippled, with looting for days and power and water outages for weeks.

International flights didn’t resume until Oct. 8. Many of the area’s most luxurious hotels are still closed, including Esperanza, One&Only Palmilla and Las Ventanas al Paraiso.

Yet today, if you wander the Los Cabos area (population 238,000), you see gorgeous beaches, stark desert, and business as usual – the bathers and vendors on Medano Beach, the creamy sand and fresh-scrubbed rock formations at Land’s End, the cruise ships looming in the deeper water, the water taxis puttering in the shallows, the marina touts hawking fishing expeditions, the mariachi struggling to be heard above Mick Jagger on the sound system.

At the far quieter Bungalows Hotel in Cabo San Lucas, a family business where I stayed in early February, all 16 guest rooms are in service after many repairs, the pool is full, the bougainvillea is in place, and General Manager Erik Alonso is again hugging guests each morning as they arrive for breakfast. There’s still a missing palapa to replace on the upstairs deck, Alonso said, but since he reopened, business

A tourist rides a zip-line at Wild Canyon adventure park.

A worker uses an all-terrain vehicle to cross a 1,082-foot-long suspension bridge at Wild Canyon adventure park in Los Cabos. is running ahead of the previous year.

Within a few weeks of the hurricane, “downtown looked like nothing happened,” Alonso said.

As I headed out on the peninsular highway to San Jose, I saw more reconstruction and boarded-up doors as well as dozens of workers swarming the walls and roofs of the Hilton, the Hyatt Place and the Dreams Los Cabos Suites, all expected to reopen in coming months.

As February began, about 20 percent of the 14,000 hotel rooms in Los Cabos were still out of commission, most of them in and near San Jose. With some exceptions, such as the Resort at Pedregal, which reopened Jan. 31, the fanciest hotels seem to be reopening at the slowest pace.

“It was the fishermen who came back first,” said Tracy Ehrenberg, owner of Pisces Sportfishing in the Cabo San Lucas marina. Even though the company’s boats have been forced to launch from a different dock since Odile, “we are very, very close to last year’s numbers.”

Pisces’ luxury yacht rental income so far in 2015 is down 20 percent from last year, Ehrenberg said, but its sportfishing income is ahead 8 percent.

If you’re accustomed to spending less than $400 per night, you need not worry about delaying your Los Cabos plans.

The sand, surf and desert scenery are as enticing as ever – fish jumping, ziplines singing, restaurants serving, airport operating. Two new golf courses opened in December: Quivira Golf Club (designed by Jack Nicklaus) and El Cardonal at Diamante (designed by Tiger Woods).

If you’re accustomed to spending more than $400 a night on lodging, however, you may have a harder time finding an available room before June.

Overall, Los Cabos Tourism’s commercial director, Julieta Hernandez, estimated, hotel rates are largely unchanged from last year’s average rate of $225 a night. With 20 percent of the hotel rooms out of action, beaches and sidewalks are less crowded, and vendors

are competing for fewer customers.

“We got a really good deal on this,” Betty Ostlie of Fargo, N.D., told me one afternoon as she collected a fruity cocktail at the swim-up bar of the beachfront, all-inclusive Holiday Inn Resort in San Jose.

She and her husband had come to celebrate their 40th anniversary.

They’d had some doubts, because the resort’s largest pool and many guest rooms were still being repaired. But those worries fell away, she said, as hotel staffers decorated their room with flowers and left towels that were folded to look like swans.

(The resort’s room rates for mid-April begin at $219 a night for two, all meals, drinks and taxes included.)

A tip: Whatever you’re paying, be sure to call the hotel’s front desk in advance for a detailed facilities report, not a call-center representative two time zones away.

And just because you see rubble or rebar doesn’t mean it’s hurricane damage. For all the area’s natural wonders, most city blocks of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo have never been particularly lovely.

Thanks to galloping growth and lax government regulation since the peninsular highway was built in the 1970s, the area has always had plenty of potholes, halfcompleted buildings and improvised infrastruc-

ture. I stood at the corner of Benito Juarez and Constitucion in Cabo San Lucas, wondering whether the twisted street signs were hurricane damage. (Later I asked Erik Alonso. He wasn’t sure either.)

Of course, you’ll find charm and grandeur, too. In the exclusive Pedregal neighborhood of Cabo San Lucas, I arrived at the recently reopened Resort at Pedregal through a torch-lighted tunnel, then stepped out to its El Farallon restaurant, which clings to a cliff side and offers jawdropping Pacific views.

A chef showed off the day’s catch while a violinist played.

At the end of a dirt road outside San Jose, Flora’s Field Kitchen serves organic meals on an idyllic patio with dangling blown glass and “the amazing Alba, world famous typewriter poet,” ready to versify on request.

Meanwhile in Wild Canyon, an adventure park at the end of the dirt road between San Jose and Cabo San Lucas, eight zip-lines, a bungeejumping rig and other attractions are back in use after frenetic reconstruction.

“The hurricane? You want me to cry?” said Leon Robles, owner of Wild Canyon. Though the park structures’ foundations held, “80 percent of our infrastructure (above ground)

broke or fell or was damaged somehow.” Its 1,082-foot-long wooden suspension bridge, which had opened 9 months before, was mangled “like something in an Indiana Jones movie.”

Moreover, Robles said, his insurance did not cover weather damage to structures. Facing about $1 million in damage and lost revenue, he said, he and his workers had no choice but to rebuild and reopen as fast as possible. By mid-November, the zip-lines were running. By late December, the suspension bridge was open.

Apparently, the fast work gave Wild Canyon an edge over competing attractions. So far this year, Robles said, his business is up 30 percent from 2014.

Times seem to be tougher among the water taxis. Capt. Armando Ramirez, a 10-year veteran who came to Baja from Sinaloa, estimated the business is down 30 percent from last year.

Arturo, another veteran water taxi worker who declined to give his last name, thought his shortfall was more like 50 percent.

But Cabo is still Cabo.

As Arturo’s boat neared Lovers Beach, an amorous couple in the bow mixed a batch of Cognacand-Red Bull cocktails and handed out plastic cups so all aboard could drink a toast to nothing in particular.

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FFA officers served an all-school and staff breakfast Feb. 27 in honor of FFA Students watch FFA members partake in the bale-throwing contest. Bryan HanWeek. They are (from left) Hunter LaShelle, Natalie Shaw, Josi Anderson, Logan sen was the last student to throw. Brandon Kaufman (not pictured) won the conGengenbach, Daniel Hartman, and Meng Huang. Photos submitted by Don test with a distance of 36 feet.

Mathey.

Feb. 26 was FFA Farmer and Tractor Day. Mike Behrens stands in front of his International Harvester tractor.

Green Hand members were recognized. Abbi Law Pedal tractor races were part of the festivities. Daniel and Shae Williams display their green hands, signify- Hartman and Cassie Johnson ride the pedal tractors used for racing. Hunter LaShelle (not pictured) won ing their receipt of the Greenhand Degree. the competition.

Bale toss, milk chug, part of weeklong activities National FFA Week activities were planned by the West Carroll FFA junior varsity officers. They are (from left) Daniel Hartman, president; Natalie Shaw, vice president; Logan Gengenbach, secretary; Cassie Johnson, treasurer; Josi Anderson; and Meng Huang, sentinel.

SAVANNA – Jim Wand, hypnotist, visited West Carroll High School Feb. 17, to start off the celebration of National 4-H Week Feb. 21-28.

Kristen Houzenga, Daniel Hartman, Hallie Mobley, Brianna Kampemeier, Cassie Johnson, Contessa Ehlers, Eric Lashelle, Jacob Dauphin, Salvador Magana, Stephen Santeramo, Jacob Casey, and Justin Johnson were among the participants.

Don Mathey, FFA adviser, won the most votes for the pie-in-the-face contest. “No grades would be affected by this event,” he said.

Along with specific T-shirt days, other events organized by the club officers included milk-chugging, bale-tossing, an all-school breakfast, and Ride Your Tractor to School Day.

IN BRIEF Company marks major milestone Donaldson Co., with its 12,800 employees celebrated its 100th anniversary of its founding by ringing the Feb. 26 New

York Stock Exchange Closing Bell.

According to the press release, Bill Cook, chairman, president, and CE0, credits the company’s success to the generations of dedicated

employees.

The company also reported quarterly sales were up 7 percent in constant currencies for its fiscal 2015 second quarter.

Donaldson has a plant in Dixon.

FARM ACADEMY ATTENDEE

Several agents attended Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co.’s annual Farm Academy Feb. 8-13. Kurt Eaves, vice president of direct underwriting and production, presented Tyler Sandrock, a Tampico agent, a certificate for completing the course. Photo submitted.

Dixon woman to attend meeting DIXON – Jeanine Pitman of Dixon, a fraternal insurance counselor, certified in long-term care, and a financial consultant with Thrivent

Financial, will be recognized by her peers at the Summit Circle Conference in Boston.

She is one of 232 who earned the honor by providing outstanding financial guidance, solutions, and service to members of the

organization in 2014.

Pitman, who has been with the company for 20 years, is with Thrivent Financial’s Chicagoland Regional Financial Office, serving members in Dixon and surrounding communities.

RIDERS DONATE The Rock Falls American Legion Riders recently gave $100 to help an ill child.

Duane Blaufuss (right) presented the check to Todd Wetzell. The money will be used by the Hodgett family to offset expenses occurred in the treatment of their 5-yearold son, Sammy, who was diagnosed with T Cell leukemia.

According to Wetzell, he will need 3 to 4 years of treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Peoria. To make a donation, call Wetzell at Todd’s Automotive in Prophetstown, 815537-5600.

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RIM SHOT!

FAR-LEFT: Gavin Long, 16, a student at Rock Falls High School, plays a solo drum piece called “Phone Tag” during the opening hours of Percussion Palooza at Rock Falls High. LEFT: A table of trophies wait to be awarded at the drum competition.

Photos by Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

Members of the Bettendorf High School band practice in the hallway March 1 for their performance at Rock Falls High’s Percussion Palooza. The event brought together 11 regional bands for competition, plus offered learning sessions from teachers.

ABOVE: Lyden King, 11, a fifth-grader from East Coloma School in Rock Falls, plays the skins during a drum evaluation March 1 at the start of Percussion Palooza in Rock Falls.

ABOVE:-RIGHT: Nine-year-old Miles Nawrocki of Sterling keeps the beat while playing a solo. RIGHT: Kelly Wyffels (right) of Geneseo High School gets a lesson from Kaitlin Gimm of LeClaire, Iowa, on how to play a steel drum. Green Steel, a steel drum band from Geneseo, performed at the event.

LOWER-RIGHT: Joe Angelo of the Quad Cities listens to a drummer perform. Angelo, a Western Illinois University music graduate, evaluated and offered tips to young drummers.

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They fill a unique role by providing a listening ear and providing comfort and support to patients and families with giving of their time, energy and compassion. Hospice of the Rock River Valley is seeking volunteers to work with patients and families.

Training will be provided and begins March 3. To make a difference in someone?s life, call Nina, Volunteer at Coordinator 815-288-3673.

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NOTICE OF BID LAWN MAINTENANCE PROGRAM City of Rock Falls 2015-2016 Notice is hereby given that the City of Rock Falls is seeking bids for Lawn Maintenance. The Scope of Services to be performed under the Contract Documents in general consists of mowing and other general lawn maintenance of various locations throughout the City of Rock Falls. Locations will be identified by the Building Inspector or his designee in accordance with specifications on file and which may be picked up in the City Building Department at the City of Rock Falls City Hall, located at 603 W 10th Street, Rock Falls Illinois 61071. Completed bids are due in the office of the City of Rock Falls City Clerk no later than 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2015, where said bids will be opened and publicly recorded. The City of Rock Falls reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to accept any bid which, in its judgment, will be in the best interest of the public. No bid shall be withdrawn after opening of bids without the consent of the City, for a period of sixty (60) days. Only bids responsive to the provisions of the specifications will be considered.

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Dixon Community Unit School District 170 is accepting bids for the management of the foodservice program for the 2015-2016 school year. Instructions and specifications are available at the District Administrative Offices located at 1335 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, IL 61021.

All bids are due Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the above address at which time they will be open and read aloud.

A pre-bid conference will be held on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 11:00 a.m and conclude at 11:30 a.m. at the above location. The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the specifications and to address questions. Attendance at this meeting is mandatory for your bid to be considered.

For additional information regarding this bid, please contact: David Blackburn, Business Manager, 1335 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, IL 61021, 815-284-7722.

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Search for local job listings at saukvalley.com/jobs/ BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 501 NOTICEPURto the SUANT Business Opportunity Sales Law of 1995, every business opportunity must be registered with the Illinois Securities Department. Protect yourself and get the facts before you hand over your 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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18 to 24 people needed to start immediately, full time positions. No exp.

Necessary. $500/ Call Mark pca.

563-424-4479.

A Sauk Valley banquet facility is looking for a full time Banquet Manager.

You should be sales focused with excellent attention to detail. Along with event bookings and marketing, you will also be responsible to oversee all aspects of an event. Computer skills are a Applicant plus. must be self motivated, demonstrate strong leadership skills, and be available on weekends as events require.

Please send your resume to: managerneeded4 @gmail.com Agricultural Construction Company seeking Service Techs and Millwright Crew Members Positions will be seasonal with the potential for full time employment.

Must be able to lift 80 lbs, use hand tools, and work Saturdays. Welding experience is a plus but not a requirement. All applicants are subject to background check.

Please email resumes to: Mbrady@apgrain systems.com Or apply within at 100 Roosevelt St., Hooppole, IL 61258 Automotive Experienced Mechanic wanted must have own tools. Full time benefits, pay equal to experience.

Please apply in person at: Credit Auto Sales, 601 IL Route 2 Dixon Bartender Opportunity!

Busy Dixon - area bar and restaurant has a prime daytime shift available 9am-5pm, Tues.Sat. Looking for an experienced, outgoing bartender fanbase. with Great earning potential! Background check and drug screen. Serious inquiries only call: Mon.-Fri. 9am5pm, 815-2852212, ask for Sheila.

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CDL CLASS A Drivers needed for part time work, April-Oct. Most all work would be on Mon, some work could be SunWeds. Also need Drivers with passports for 6 trips in to Canada. Good pay plus hotels paid.

Call Phil 815-973-4054 Concrete labor work: Now hiring for spring! Must be 21 & over with a valid driver's license. MUST be a serious caller! Contact Jerry Williams Concrete, Inc. of Ashton. 815-4532372. If not available to take your call please leave your name & phone number.

Director Qualified Toddler Teacher full time 35-40 hrs./ week. Competitive salary based on experience.

Rock Falls Day Care Center 729 W Rt. 30 Rock Falls IL. 815-625-0106 Experienced Custom Applicators Full Time positions available. Paid Benefits. Apply: Crop Production Services 1793 Steward Rd. Steward, IL 60553 815-396-2248

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Customer Service/ Inside Sales Representative

The Telegraph is accepting resumes for a Customer Service/ Inside Sales Representative in our Dixon office. This is a part time position offering approximately 25 hours per week. We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiindividual astic who can handle a fast-paced small office environment.

Duties include handling circulation subscription and delivery issues, classified and disadvertising play sales, phone sales and processing editorial submissions.

Candidates should possess multitasking abilities with a strong customer service comTyping mitment. and computer skills are required with good grammar and spelling, along with dependability, flexibility and a teamwork mindset. Successful completion of pre-employment drug screen and background check required. If you are interested in joining our team, send your resume to:

Ed Bushman ebushman@ saukvalley.com The Telegraph 113 S Peoria Ave Dixon, IL 61021

Now hiring for Massage Therapist. Call 815-456-2225.

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DIRECTOR OF CRISIS SERVICES: Make a difference every day, helping to transform people's lives. This position leads a staff of 21 serving survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Position includes grant writing, policy development, and work with community and funders.

Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in human service field, significant supervisory experience in a human services setting.

Benefits include excellent retirement plan, paid leave, and insurance. Diverse applicants welcome.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

Apply at YWCA of the Sauk Valley, 412 First Avenue, Sterling

Focus Services Come see us at our new location in Sterling at 2214 E 4th St Suite B. We are hiring for A.M. and P.M. training. 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.

Responsibilities would include daily network system back ups. Email account support and internal network server maintenance. All company owned computers, printers, faxes and wireless device maintenance. Software upgrades and licenses.

Phone system and network security administration.

Requirements: Excellent PC and laptop knowledge. Experience with servers and back up storage devices. Knowledge with all Microsoft PC versions 98 on up, Solidworks, Bob-Cad, Access. Email account setup, maintenance, and management.

Additional experience outside of IT/network system a plus but not required.

Climco offers competitive starting wages & operates an extremely clean, well lighted & air conditioned manufacturing plant. Benefits for Regular Employees include paid vacation & holidays, medical & dental insurance, and a 401 K investment plan.

Climco is an equal opportunity employer. Resume’s may be sent to, and applications are available at: Climco Coils Company 701 Klimstra Court, Morrison, IL 61270 815-772-3717 • d.luhrsen@climco.com , IL

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The Telegraph is accepting resumes for a Customer Service/Inside Sales Representative in our Dixon office. This is a part time position offering approximately 25 hours per week.

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual who can handle a fast-paced small office environment. Duties include handling circulation subscription and delivery issues, classified and display advertising sales, phone sales and processing editorial submissions.

Candidates should possess multi-tasking abilities with a strong customer service commitment. Typing and computer skills are required with good grammar and spelling, along with dependability, flexibility and a teamwork mindset.

Successful completion of pre-employment drug screen and background check required.

If you are interested in joining our team, send your resume to: Ed Bushman • ebushman@saukvalley.com The Telegraph 113 S Peoria Ave Dixon, IL 61021

Full time Mechanic for local auto repair facility.

Able to complete computer diagnostics for driveability issues. Must have own tools. Impeccable customer service. Send resume by March 13th to: 2310 W. 4th St., Dixon IL 61021.

Harbor Crest Home An 84-bed skilled care facility in Fulton IL, is in need of •CNA's: 2nd & 3rd shift •Restorative Nurse Must be able to practice in Illinois and pass Background test. Apply online or in person at: harborcrest2 @mchsi.com 817 17th St, Fulton IL. EOE

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Local remodeling contractor seeking experienced PT help with possibility of FT. Drug screen, D.L, transportation, & own tools required. Fax resumes with references to: 815-6520106 Looking for 1 FT/ 1 PT Truck Driver Class A Licensed.

Must have minimum 3 yrs. exp. / drug testing.

Local hauling of ag products. Home every night.

Call 815-438-7821 NOW HIRING at Messie's Bar & Grill for all positions.

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

Computer Imaging Coordinator Sauk Valley Media is seeking an individual to serve as Imaging Coordinator within our plateroom department.

Responsibilities include assembling newspaper pages via computer files, imaging those files to press plates, and the maintenance and repair of related equipment.

This individual must possess basic computer skills, a strong mechanical aptitude, and be a self-starter with the ability to meet deadlines and communicate clearly.

This is a full-time position of 37.5 hours per week.

The shift hours vary some but will be primarily from 9:00 PM to 4:30 AM. A complete benefits package of medical, vacation, sick time, and 401K program is available.

The chosen candidate will be subject to pre-employment background & driving record checks, drug screening and fitness testing.

To apply, complete an application at our Sterling office: 3200 E. Lincolnway, for the position “imaging coordinator.”

Or send your resume to vwilliams@saukvalley.com.

Sauk Valley Media is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.

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LPN - Neurology 36 hrs/wk Days Medical Assistant Clinic Float; 36 hrs/wk Days;w/some weekends travel to satellite clinics required Rock Falls Clinic; 36 hrs/wk Days Polo Clinic; 24 hrs/wk Days must have national MA certification HUC/CNA - Emergency Dept 40 hrs/wk; 2pm – 10:30pm w/every other weekend Medical Technologist 36 hrs/wk Days; (9 – 8 hr shifts per pay period) 36 hrs/wk Evenings; (9 – 8 hr shifts per pay period); Must be Certified Medical Technologist or Technician Cashier – Patient Accounts 40 hrs/wk Days; HS diploma or equivalent; CPAT or CCAT certification required w/in 2 years of hire; experience handling money required; computer literacy required Pt Representative – Dixon Clinic 24 hrs/wk Days; HS diploma or equivalent; accounts receivable and insurance knowledge preferred Teacher – Helping Hands Day Care PRN (fill in as needed); minimum of AAS in Early Childhood Education; minimum of 1 year direct experience working with children under 6 years of age required

Love a good challenge? Thrive on change?

Sales Professional Sauk Valley Media is seeking a full-time outside sales professional who can prospect, negotiate and has the ability to open new accounts as well as maintain, grow and serve existing accounts. As Sauk Valley’s premier provider of print and digital news and information, we rely on ground-breaking and innovative thinking to connect our audiences and advertisers. Our rapidly expanding portfolio of publications and websites has created new opportunities for professionals who share our passion for serving our customers.

The successful candidate will possess the ability to work with minimal supervision while maintaining focus and productivity to meet deadlines. This person will have experience creating and presenting client proposals as well as experience developing and maintaining client relationships. Our Multi-Media Account Executive must have the ability to strategically and creatively think in a fast-ppaced environment. Microsoft Office proficiency and a Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience required. Must have a valid drivers license, dependable transportation and proof of insurance.

Qualified candidates should send cover letter and resume to: Contact Jennifer Baratta Sauk Valley Media 3200 E. Lincolnway, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081 jbaratta@saukvalley.com Sauk Valley Media is an equal opportunity employer and a drugfree workplace.

Pre-employment drug screen and background check required.

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Now Hiring for Spring General Labor, must be 21 or over with valid drivers license. Serious inquiries only!!

815-626-5182 Office Staff Duties include: Answering the phone, creating invoices, placing orders, accounts payable and receivable, payroll.

Needs to be self motivated, organized and dependable, able to multi-task, work independently.

Quick books knowledge, basic computer skills.

Flexible hours.

To apply call 815-622-3525

Professional Administrative Industrial DIXON/STERLING 815-835-3000 To apply or review our current openings, please visit our website at hughes resources.com ServiceMaster has openimmediate ings in Dixon, Sterling & Amboy area.

Multiple day and night part time positions. 15-20/hrs. per week. Apply in person at 205 6th Ave., Sterling.

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Sauk Valley Media does not knowingly accept advertising which is in violation of the law. Likewise, we do not knowingly accept advertising which is fraudulent or has intent. malicious While we attempt to screen advertising with potential fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential We problems. strongly encourage our readers to exercise caution and common sense, when particularly dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

Tree Trimmer, climber preferred but not necessary.

Must have 3 years experience as a trimmer. CDL with clean driving record. Drug test required. Top wages paid.

Kobbeman Tree Service. To apply call 815-626-8171 TRUCK DRIVERS Part Time for our Steward and Kirkland, IL locations.

Also FT for Steward, IL CDL A or B license. FT position must have Hazmat.

MIX ROOM OPERATOR FT for our Steward location. Duties include mixing fertilizers and loading trucks.

CUSTOM APPLICATOR FT for our Steward location. Duties include applying fertilizer and pesticides.

Maintenance of equipment, etc.

Call 815-8242266 or apply in person at 1318 Steward Rd., Steward, IL or 4440 State Rte 72, Kirkland, IL. Pre-employment drug screen and background check required.

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Two Positions Available: Extension Program Coordinator in Morrison and Amboy offices The University of Illinois Extension is seeking two individuals to provide leadership for educational program delivery in Unit 4 (Carroll, Lee, and Whiteside Counties). To view complete job description and apply, submit an online Civil Service Application for Urbana and an Exam Request form for EXT-EXT PROG COORD- AMBOY (LEE) or MORRISON (WHITESIDE) at https://jobs.illinois.edu/ Closing date is March 16, 2015.

For questions please email Unit Director Janice McCoy at janmc@illinois.edu The University is an AA-EOE www.inclusiveill inois.illinois.edu.

White Pines Ranch in Oregon, IL is looking for energetic, hard working people. Positions available are: Barn Crew, Kitchen Crew and Recreational Activities Directors (working with large groups of children). Must be able to work weekends and some nights April through June.

Staff application is on the homepage of our website: www. whitepines ranch.com. Call 815-732-7923 for more information. Deadline for applications is March 16th.

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Hospice of the Rock River Valley has an opening for a Registered Nurse.

You’ll find more than a job at Hospice of the Rock River Valley; you’ll find a family of dedicated professionals providing care in the communities we serve. You can become a part of our team of compassionate and dedicated nurses providing care and improving the quality of life of hospice patients. Nurses are responsible for direct patient care and participate with the interdisciplinary team to coordinate patient care and services. Individual must be able to work on-call schedule one week (including weekend) per month. Competitive benefits and salary. EOE Resumes may be sent to: Carolyn J. Spencer, Executive Director, Hospice of the Rock River Valley, 264 IL Route 2, Dixon, IL 61021 or email to carolyn@hospicerockriver.org Consider the rewards of hospice nursing!

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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))

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ven sitting silent in a warm, dry garage, the boulevard barbarian glared hard, oozing marooncolored menace.

I kept my distance. All highperformance cars can be as prickly as a schizoid ex and just as high-maintenance. But the fast-and-furious Nissan GT-R radiates “different” the way Billy Bob Thornton does a slightly unsettling mix of cold efficiency blended with the personality of an assassin on steroids.

Who doesn’t love the GT-R’s retina-flattening acceleration and its ability to corner so violently that your heart ends up somewhere below your liver?

I just never liked the car very much. Consider this: The designers of the GT-R apparently found much of their inspiration in large industrial robots Carbot, the Microsoft killer.,For 2015, though, Nissan sought to soften the GT-R just a tad while maintaining its ruthless road manners.

I know, I know. With the way Nissan has cranked out commodity cars of late, we have good reason to be skeptical.

But, hey, when you’re dealing with a near-legendary allwheel-drive coupe that bristles with 545 angry horsepower and can swat most Porsches, would you really take any chances of messing it up? Of course not, and Nissan did a pretty good job of smoothing a few of the GT-R’s rough edges while preserving most of its sinister clanks, whirrs and whooshes.

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You no longer feel the need to pull on a Nomex racing suit and grab a helmet before hopping into the track-hungry GT-R. with a softer front anti-roll bar sports a bunch of interesting and bushings. features like unusual squaredoff front fenders.

Most of the time now, you no longer feel the need to pull on The doors and rear fenders a Nomex racing suit and grab a also get puffed up some with helmet before hopping into the shoulders on their tops, and in track-hungry GT-R. back, the GT-R mutters darkly at traffic through five-inch The deeply maroon 2015 diameter exhausts two on each Premium model I had recently side of the rear fascia. Above looked exactly like GT-Rs did the giant pipes, four signature when they arrived in the U.S. round taillamps continue to in 2009 just with a bit more proclaim that this is definitely, sheen and polish. With still- absolutely, assuredly no Altima classic proportions, the GT-R Coupe. defiantly faced the world with a long, broad hood, huge vertical At $106,650, the GT-R is more headlamps and oversized grille. than twice as expensive as any The car’s low-slung top curved other vehicle in Nissan’s mostly down into a flat, short trunk pedestrian lineup, accounting still wearing a laughably large for only about 1,400 sales a year. albeit functional spoiler. It ain’t So the big all-wheel-drive coupe beautiful, kids. But the GT-R still is either grossly overpriced or

packs some monster content, and I’d bet Chateau Box and my [th-acre vineyard out back on unique parts and pieces.

happens.) But from there to the car’s 7,000 rpm red line, the twoton terminator accelerates with shocking, chest-compressing velocity, howling hoarsely with The intercooled and little wheel spin to 60 in an turbocharged V-6 starts with a utterly astounding 3 seconds, barely muted bang, settling into according to Car and Driver. a flat, impatient 900-rpm idle.

Push the console-mounted Go easy on the beast, and you shift lever to the right to engage might manage to scratch out 16 the manual mode of the GT- miles per gallon in town and 23 R’s dual-clutch six-speed on the highway. (I never did.) automatic transmission a process that generally elicited Moreover, take a big gulp and a clunk and clang. You can toss Godzilla into a high-speed leave it in automatic mode, corner. The steering feels thick but I don’t recommend it. The and heavy, but really quick. transmission feels as clumsy as While hardly surgical or me at a senior singles sock-hop, graceful, the GT-R tears flatly upshifting at 3,000 rpm and just into curves, relying on a really seeming generally out of step. firm suspension and four (I try not to upshift while I’m driving wheels to stay on course. sock-hopping, but, hey, stuff