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Stylish shops setting up Home decor shop, children’s boutique to open soon

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

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STERLING – There’s a whole lot of style coming to downtown Sterling over the next few months.

Want a personal touch for your home? Decor and More, a store that specializes in homemade decor, will open its doors April 10, at 3 E. Third St. And if you like women’s clothing boutique Urban Outlet Inc., right around the corner at 311 First Ave., even more stylish threads will soon

Hours for Decor and More will be 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, except Thursday, when the store will be open until 6 p.m. Find Decor and More on Facebook for more information, or call 815-622-8468 Hours for BB Children’s Boutique are tentatively 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Find BB Children’s Boutique on Facebook, or call 815564-9417 for more information be sold – on a smaller scale. BB Children’s Boutique, an extension of UOI that will feature clothes for babies and young children, both boys and girls, is slated to open this summer. The boutique will also sell home decor.

“We are branching out,” said John Brady, owner of UOI. “BB Boutique will be more targeted toward kids.”

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Lynn Wessels makes all the items that will be sold in her shop, Decor and More, when it opens April 10 in downtown Sterling.

ILLINOIS | GAY RIGHTS

PETUNIA FEST FUNDRAISER DRIVES 55 TEAMS TO LOCAL BARS

Governor, activists have civil discussion Rauner pledges to strictly enforce laws vs. discrimination

BY SARA BURNETT The Associated Press’

CHICAGO (AP) – Putting election-year hostilities behind them, gay rights advocates said they emerged from a meeting with Gov. Bruce Rauner with a pledge the Republican will strictly enforce anti-discrimination laws.

They also hope that he’ll also support their top legislative priority: a ban on gay conversion therapy for minors.

Representatives of Equality Illinois and other advocacy groups met with Rauner Friday for the first time since he took office in January.

Rauner said he’ll issue a directive that state agencies strictly enforce anti-discrimination laws.

He has directed the Department of Human Rights to conduct a survey of Illinois residents to identify patterns of discrimination and provide recommendations to his office by Jan. 31. Rauner also said he’ll appoint a liaison from his office to the gay and lesbian community.

Equality Illinois CEO Bernard Cherkasov said Saturday the roughly 30-minute meeting was a positive first step.

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Matt Bass of Team Ramrod attempts a putt on a complicated miniature golf hole at Drifters Saloon in Dixon on Saturday during a Bar Stool Golf fundraiser for Petunia Festival. The event saw 55 teams sign up to golf at nine different watering holes. After celebrating its 50th anniversary last summer, Petunia Festival will see some changes in its 51st incarnation, including a reboot of the craft show, which will be called Pinky’s Not-so-Forgotten Treasures ‘n’ More.

For more information on the annual celebration along the Dixon riverfront, visit petuniafestival.org.

NEWS ANALYSIS | IMMIGRATION IN ILLINOIS

Rauner message leaves advocates perplexed Gov. backs reform but rescinds orders to make state immigrant-friendly

BY SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) – More than 2 months after taking the reins of one of the nation’s most immigrant-friendly states, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has offered mixed signals about his stance on immigration.

He’s publicly backed “com-

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prehensive reform” and tells stories of his Swedish dairyman grandfather’s immigration, but rescinded executive orders aimed at making the state more welcoming to immigrants. He refused to join other GOP governors in a lawsuit against President Barack Obama’s immigration executive action, but proposed slashing roughly $8 million in services to help refugees and immigrants who want citizenship.

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Owners (from right) Julio and Eduardo Rodriguez give Gov. Bruce Rauner a tour of their store in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. More than 2 months after taking the reins of one of the nation’s most immigrant-friendly states, Rauner has offered mixed signals about his stance on immigration.

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Bernard Cherkasov, CEO of Equality Illinois, which had a 30-minute meeting with Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday.

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Oregon firefighters gain access to home of Harold and Miranda Best at 506 W. Madison St. in Oregon from the rear of the structure on Saturday morning. Nine departments battled the blaze throughout the morning.

Firefighters battle two house fires Nine local departments respond to Saturday morning blaze on Madison

BY VINDE WELLS Shaw Media vwells@shawmedia.com

OREGON – Firefighters were called to their second house fire in as many days on Sunday morning in Oregon.

Oregon Fire Chief Don Heller said a candle ignited the blaze that severely damaged the one-story home of Christopher Plum at 715 Franklin St. Plum was treated at the scene for cuts on his feet by the ATS Ambulance staff. He was not transported to the hospital.

His next door neighbor, Verva Thomas, said she saw a puff of smoke outside around 10:20 a.m. “When I looked outside I saw his front door was on fire,� said Thomas, who immediately called 911.

Heller said the fire started in the living room of the home, which is

owned by John Andrew.

Firefighters from Mount Morris, Byron, and Stillman Valley Fire departments assisted at the scene. Those departments were joined by five more – Polo, Dixon City, Rochelle, Franklin Grove and Monroe Township – to battle a blaze Saturday at 506 W. Madison St. Oregon Fire Chaplain Michael Hoffman said Harold and Miranda Best, and their dog, were safely out of the house when firefighters arrived around 8:30 a.m.

No cause has yet been determined, but Assistant Fire Chief Al Greene said the preliminary investigation indicated the fire started in an addition at the rear of the 150-year-old, twostory frame house.

A representative from the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s office will examine the fire scene today.

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Oregon Assistant Fire Chief Randy Travis (second from left) and Lt. Chad Bergstrom confer as firefighters from Oregon, Mount Morris and Byron make sure the fire is out Sunday morning at the home of Christopher Plum, 715 Franklin St. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find the fire already well advanced. “When we got there, the fire was burning in the attics of both the house and the addition, and it was under the first floor of the addition,� Greene said. “The second floor collapsed within the first 20 minutes.�

Firefighters on two

aerial ladders battled the flames in the attic and upstairs throughout the morning.

Greene said that one advantage was that many volunteer firefighters responded to the call. “A lot of firemen were available because it was a Saturday morning,� he said. “It would have been different on a work day.�

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SCHOCK RESIGNATION

County clerks worried about special election Say they won’t have resources to adjust to new law SPRINGFIELD (AP) – County clerks worried about being ready for the upcoming special election for U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock’s seat are asking Illinois lawmakers to delay a new state law allowing same-day voter registration.

The special election is

likely to occur after June 1, when the new law takes effect. But clerks in the 18th Congressional District say they won’t have enough money or time to implement changes needed to comply with the law, the Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises reported.

“There’s no way we can be ready for that,” McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael said.

Schock announced Tuesday he will resign his seat at the end of the

month, saying constant questions about irregularities in his campaign and Aaron district office Schock spending had become a distraction. On Friday, The Associated Press confirmed the U.S. Justice Department is investigating the Peoria Republican’s spending and his business dealings, and

that FBI agents have started issuing subpoenas to potential witnesses.

Once Schock leaves office, Gov. Bruce Rauner will schedule a special election to replace him.

The primary and general election must occur within 120 days of the vacancy, or by the end of July. But neither election can occur before June because of state law regarding the timing for candidates to submit nominating petitions.

Several clerks from the 19-county district, which spans from western to central Illinois, met in Springfield on Friday. They said they’re not opposed to allowing same-day registration at the main county election office, which they did during the November election. But they said they hadn’t budgeted for the additional expense of a special election.

Michael estimated the cost of preparing each polling place for same-

day registration would be $300,000. Sangamon County Clerk Don Gray put the costs for his county at up to $200,000.

“I’ve got to find $200,000 out of nowhere,” Gray said after the meeting.

“Something needs to be done.”

Lawmakers approved same-day voter registration for all Illinois elections last year, after a trial run in the November election. Supporters say it increases voter turnout.

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Quinn gave film studio $10M to buy land that’s not for sale ‘Chicago Fire’ creators have already cashed check

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Also, JJM Printing, in the same building as UOI, will expand its space. JJM, which provides screenprinting services on many types of apparel, will have its own storefront in the back of the building. The boutique’s addition and print shop’s expansion are scheduled to be completed this summer.

Brady, 37, recently bought the building next door to UOI from Trissel, Graham and Toole, an insurance company that will stay in business, despite the expansion. It will operate from another part of the building.

UOI is not limited to its brick-and-mortar presence; it has an online store, too, that actually is the main driver of the business, Brady said.

The expansions will also include more space for the in-house warehouse, where UOI merchandise is stored.

“Right now, everything is just combined together in one small space,” said Kaitlyn Blum, UOI online manager. “This process will allow us to expand and have more space.”

UOI features colorful fabrics – neon tank tops, floral print skirts, and patterned leggings. When customers walk through the front doors, pop music blares through the speakers.

The exterior of the project, being done by Scott Hibbard, will be done in late May or early June. “[Brady] was in need of more space, so this building next door was available, so he purchased the building and they will expand the warehouse through the back,” said Janna Groharing, executive director of Sterling Main Street. “This is two buildings that were joined together into one space, and he is turning this building into two separate storefronts.”

UOI has done well since it moved downtown late last year, Groharing said, adding that it has brought more traffic to the downtown.

In addition to expanding, there are future plans to add three residential apartments above the businesses. Details are still in the works.

At the end of the day, the purpose of the project is to revitalize downtown Sterling.

“Our vision isn’t just to

generate sales,” said Jamie Shierry, 27, Brady’s fiancée. “It’s also to revitalize the downtown area that we love. We care so much about our Shop Small community and thrive to better it.”

Lynn Wessels, owner of Decor and More, which will be right around the corner from the boutique, said most of the items in her store are homemade.

“People can purchase small picket fences, decorative benches and things like that,” said Wessels, 28. “I make everything in my garage, and it’s a lot of work.”

In addition to crafts and other decor – which Wessels can personalize – she plans to have flower vases, as well as wedding glassware available for rent.

“I don’t want people to go out and get 15 or 20 pieces of glassware and be stuck with it after their wedding,” Wessels said.

“I went through that process, and I ended up giving them away. People can rent the glassware the weekend of their wedding and return it on Monday.”

Wessels said she plans to start out running the business all by herself.

“It will be fun,” she said.

CHICAGO (AP) – After Gov. Pat Quinn lost the election in November to Bruce Rauner, the state of Illinois wrote a $10 million check to a movie studio to buy land on Chicago’s West Side that was not even for sale and has yet to be sold.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported Sunday that Cinespace Chicago Film Studios has cashed the check but has yet to use any of the money to buy land near the studio’s campus that it told state officials it needs to meet the “demand for educational space, job training facilities” and other uses. The owners of six properties listed on the studio’s grant applica-

desk,” but that the agency did its due diligence before approving the grant.

The article, which includes a photograph of Quinn in 2013 on the set of a Cinespace motion picture, also said the studio received the grant despite struggling to comply with reporting requirements on another grant received while Quinn was governor.

The problems were serious enough that not only did the state send Cinespace four “not in compliance letters,” 3 years ago, but it also suspended the $1.3 million construction grant because the studio had not submitted its “project status reports” on time.

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Monday, March 23, 2015

OBITUARIES FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK

Dorothy Lillian Dykhuizen-Tucker DIXON – Dorothy Lillian Dykhuizen, 91, of Dixon, died Friday, March, 20, 2015, at her home.

She was born Feb. 6, 1924, in Port Angeles, Washington, the daughter of Walter and Katie (Pettie) Bailey. She married Alvin “Bud” Dykhuizen on Aug. 8, 1947, in Morrison. He preceded her in death Oct. 5, 1994.

Dorothy then married Robert S. Tucker on Nov. 26, 2005, in Garden Plain. He preceded her in death July 9, 2009.

Dorothy was educated in the Tacoma, Washington, grade schools and graduated from high school in Tacoma.

She was a homemaker and she was a member of Ebenezer Reformed Church in Morrison, where she participated in Church Women United Group and taught bible study.

Dorothy was an avid writer, especially loving to write poetry. She also enjoyed both flower and vegetable gardening and crocheting. She was

also a seamstress. She enjoyed making teddy bears. Dorothy was also an avid bird lover.

Survivors include two daughters, Nadine Morgan of Morrison, and Lois Barnhart of Dixon; three grandchildren, Sheri (Glen) Berry, Terri (Scott) Weidemann, and Angela Barnhart; five greatgrandchildren; and a very special friend to the family, Art Barnhart.

She also was preceded in death by her son, Richard Dykhuizen.

Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home in Morrison. The funeral will be at 10 a.m.

Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Ken Renkes, director of congregational care at Ebenezer Reformed Church, officiating.

Burial will be at Minta Cemetery in Fulton.

A memorial has been established to Audubon Society, American Cancer Society and Hospice of the Rock River Valley.

Visit bosmarenkes.com to send condolences.

Today’s visitations: Clara Cardot of Amboy, 10-11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Amboy.

Myrna J. “Sue” Wade of Morrison, 5 to 7 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Margery L. VanDeVelde, of Rock Falls; 6 to 8 p.m. at Garland Funeral Home in Tampico.

Today’s funerals: William J. “Bill” Stickel of Bettendorf, Iowa, 10 a.m. at Prophetstown United Methodist Church.

Ronald H. Zika of Dixon, 9 a.m. at St. Anne Catholic Church in Dixon.

James Quest of Dixon, 10:30 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dixon.

Lorraine A. Hay, formerly of Rock Falls, 11 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Clara Cardot of Amboy, 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Amboy.

Tuesday visitations: John W. Leondard of Dixon, noon to 1 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon.

Clarence M. Franks, of Rock Falls; 5 to 7 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Tuesday funerals: Laura Weaver, of Rock Falls; 10 a.m. at Riverside Cemetery in Sterling.

Margery L. VanDeVelde, of Rock Falls; 10 a.m. at St.

Paul F. Seidel ROCK FALLS – Paul F. Seidel, 84, of Rock Falls, died Saturday, March 21, 2015, at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Born Aug. 21, 1930, in Sterling he was a son of Harry and Mabel (Moede) Seidel. On Aug. 15, 1959, he was united in marriage to Carol Johnson.

Paul was a Navy veteran who proudly served during the Korean Conflict. He worked for Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. for more than 30 years, and also in the service department at the former Myers Ford.

He was a former member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He served as a past volunteer with the Rock Falls police and fire departments, and enjoyed talking on his CB radio, his handle being “The Crusher.”

Paul loved the outdoors and had a love for fishing, hunting, gardening, camping and woodworking. He was a hard-working man who always provided for his family and loved traveling in his spare time with his wife, Carol. He was especially proud of all his children and

Mary’s Catholic Church in Tampico.

John W. Leondard of Dixon, 1 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon.

Bruce Dexter of Tampico, formerly of Walnut, 2 p.m. graveside service at Riverside Cemetery in Sterling.

Myrna J. “Sue” Wade of Morrison, 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Wednesday visitations: Paul F. Seidel of Rock Falls; 4 to 7 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Dorothy Lillian Dykhuizen, of Dixon; 4 to 6 p.m. at Morrison Chapel of the BosmaRenkes Funeral Home.

Max M. Johnson, of Prophetstown; 5 to 7 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling with a Rosary recited at 4:30 p.m..

Max M. Johnson, of Prophetstown; 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church, Sterling.

Wednesday funerals: Clarence M. Franks, of Rock Falls; 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Max M. Johnson, of Prophetstown; 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling.

Thursday funerals: Dorothy Lillian Dykhuizen, of Dixon; 10 a.m. at Morrison Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home.

Paul F. Seidel of Rock Falls; 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

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Marge was born Oct. 26, 1926, in Manlius, the daughter of Roy and Clara (Shepard) Allen.

She was united in marriage to Virgil VanDeVelde on Feb. 15, 1947, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Tampico.

She was employed at the Sterling Gazette for about 30 years. She was a member of the Altrusa Club in Sterling and enjoyed ballroom dancing.

She is survived by her husband, Virgil VanDeVelde of Rock Falls, and two sons, Douglas VanDeVelde and Brian (Pamela) VenDeVelde, all of Rock Falls; two

grandchildren, Casey and Crystal; two greatgrandchildren, Caden and Austin; one sister Judy Swanson of Geneseo; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Garland Funeral Home in Tampico. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Tampico, with Monsignor Thomas Dzielak officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery in Tampico.

Memorials have been established to St. Mary Catholic Church in Tampico and the Alzheimer’s Association.

Visit www.garlandfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Clarence M. Franks ROCK FALLS – Clarence M. Franks, 81, died Friday, March 20, 2015, at Sterling Pavilion in Sterling.

Clarence was born June 15, 1933, in Traer, Iowa, the son of John and Luella (Harrison) Franks.

He married Christine Bloomquist on Sept. 20, 1958, in Rock Falls.

Clarence worked at Northwest Steel & Wire Co. in Sterling for 23 years, retiring in 1983. He served in the Air Force.

Survivors include his wife, Christine of Rock Falls; two daughters, Teri Jo (Austin) Robison of Lansing, Michigan, and Rhonda (Jesse) Neal of Rock Falls; two sons, Thomas (Kathy) Franks of Rock Falls, and Gary

(Kathy) Franks of Elmore; six grandchildren; many great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Donald Franks; six brothers; and four sisters.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m.

Tuesday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Pastor Dalmus Meeks, pastor of Harvest Time Bible Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, in Dixon.

A memorial has been established.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

Ray A. Mensendike

STOCKTON – Ray A. Mensendike, 88, of Stockton, died Wednesday, March 19, 2015, at Stockton HealthLaura Weaver care and Rehab.

ROCK FALLS – Laura Weaver of Broomfield, Law Jones Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Weaver, 95 of Rock Falls, Colorado, and numerdied Friday, March 20, ous nieces, nephews, and Patricia A. Dawson 2015, at CGH Medical step-grandchildren.

Center in Sterling.

She also was preceded STERLING – Patricia A. Dawson, 68, of Dixon, died Laura was born Jan. in death by her parents Sunday, March 22, 2015, at her home.

2, 1920, in Rock Falls, and sister, Roberta PatPreston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon is handling the daughter of Robert terson. arrangements.

James and Anna ElizaA graveside service will beth (Seidel) Card. She be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Jessie R. Baker was a member of Bethel Riverside Cemetery in MOUNT CARROLL – Jessie R. Baker, 58, of Mount Reformed Church in Ster- Sterling. ling.

In lieu of flowers, a Carroll, died Friday, March 20, 2015, at Morrison ComLaura married John m e m o r i a l h a s b e e n munity Hospital in Morrison.

David Weaver on Aug. 10, established to Bethel Law-Jones Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

1940, in Clinton, Iowa. He Reformed Church in preceded her in death July Sterling.

Arlie Marie Arno 4, 1984.

McDonald Funeral Survivors include two Home in Rock Falls han- SAVANNA – Arlie Marie Arno, 92, of Savanna, died Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Big Meadows Nursing sons, J. David (Kathy) dled arrangements.

Weaver Jr. of Albuquer- Visit www.mcdonaldfu- Home in Savanna. que, New Mexico, and neralhomes.com to send Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna is handling arrangements.

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grandchildren and their accomplishments in life. Paul was always ready to tell a good joke and loved to make people laugh.

Those left to honor his memory include his wife, Carol of Rock Falls; his children, Debra (Ronald) Conklen of Sterling, Tracy (the late Rick) Koeppen of Rock Falls, Jeffrey (Jodi) Seidel of Coleta, Craig (Ronda) Seidel of Rock Falls, and Paul (Jennifer) Seidel Jr. of Oglesby; 11 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and four brothers, Chuck, Dave, Larry and Jim Seidel.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Doris, Rosie and Shirley; and a brother, Harry.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. The funeral will be at 10 a.m.

Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Gary DeKoekkoek, officiating.

Burial with full military honors will be at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling. A memorial has been established in his memory.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

STERLING – Max M. Johnson, 83, of Prophetstown, formerly of Sterling, died Friday morning, March 20, 2015, at Regency Healthcare Center in Sterling.

Born July 20, 1931, in Charlotte, Iowa, he was a son of Byron and Minnie (Welch) Johnson.

He married Betty Jean Panscik on Nov. 10, 1951, in Morrison.

She preceded him in death Sept. 8, 2006.

He then married Anna Mae Wetzell on June 9, 2007.

Max was a lifelong member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling and an affiliate member of St. Catherine Catholic Church in Prophetstown. He was a member of the choir at St. Mary and enjoyed music. Max was a member of Sterling Family Moose and St. Vincent DePaul Society, where he served as past president and treasurer. He volunteered for the PADS shelter and also enjoyed dancing and traveling.

Surviving are his wife, Anna Mae of Prophetstown; children, Frank (Michelle) Johnson of Sterling, Maria (Jim) Duis of Rock Falls, Kathleen (Ray) Young of Roswell, Georgia, and Diana (William)

Healy of Sterling; grandchildren, Mark and Matthew Johnson, Adam, Jason and Andrew Root, James, John and Lena Young, Michelle Stacey, Billie Sue Viloria, Crystal Shields, Max Bradley, and Michael and Monica Healy; great-grandchildren, Kaden, Madison, Gavin, Jayla, Jason Jr., Jaxon, Brady and Macinzee; and brothers, William (Donna) Johnson of Rock Falls, and Michael (Donna) Johnson of Sterling.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, and five sisters, Mildred, Leona, Margaret, Lois and Betty.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling, with a rosary recited at 4:30 p.m. Visitation will also be from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Thursday, followed by celebration of the Mass of Christian burial at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling, with the Rev. James Keenan, celebrant, officiating.

Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Sterling.

A memorial has been established in his memory.

Visit www.mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

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2016 ELECTION

Cruz to announce presidential candidacy Texas senator has tense relations with GOP establishment

BY LISA MASCARO AND DAVID LAUTER Tribune News Service

WASHINGTON – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will announce his candidacy for president today, choosing the conservative

university founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell as the symbolic launching point for his campaign.

Cruz will be the first high-profile Republican to enter the 2016 contest.

Several others are planning announcements for next month, as is Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side.

Cruz’s plan to announce

was first reported by the Houston Chronicle and confirmed by a strategist close to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz him, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak before today’s announcement.

IRAQ

Cruz trails several other potential Republican candidates in early polling, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and two Senate colleagues, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida.

He has tense relations with the party establishment and Senate leader-

ship, whose legislative plans he often complicates.

But Cruz, 44, has an ardent following on the conservative side of the party.

After his election to the Senate in 2012, Cruz won backing from tea party activists by leading the Republican push to shut down the federal government in the fall of 2013, part of an unsuccessful

bid to block President Barack Obama’s health care law.

He has staked out uncompromising positions on the right, calling for complete repeal of the Affordable Care Act, abolition of the Internal Revenue Service and opposition to any form of “amnesty” for immigrants in the country illegally.

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Community reels after seven siblings perish in deadly fire

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Iraqi security forces participate in a drill as U.S. forces train them Saturday in Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. military officials have said a coordinated military mission to retake Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city held by the Islamic State group, will likely begin in April or May and involve up to 25,000 Iraqi troops.

U.S. trains nation’s security forces as battle to regain Tikrit continues TAJI, Iraq (AP) – As the U.S. mission to Iraq expands, so do its efforts to arm and train the country’s security forces to combat the Islamic State group, with largescale operations continuing to recapture territory from the Sunni militants.

Hundreds of American advisers are working at the Camp Taji military base just north of Baghdad to train Iraqi forces on issues like weaponry and better coordination and integration of ground action with coalition airstrikes.

The goal, U.S. military officials say, is to teach the different divisions of the Iraqi military how to harmonize the operations of its various fighting units.

“This Iraqi commander ... has a company worth of infantry soldiers, he’s got some armor assets from the Iraqi army, he’s got two helicopters that are flying ... and then he’s got engineers and [explo-

sive ordinance disposal],” said Maj. Russell Wagner, one of the U.S. officers conducting training.

They “are all out here working in unison in order to get him through this obstacle and into the town that lies beyond,” Wagner said.

In November, President Barack Obama authorized the deployment of up to 1,500 more American troops to bolster Iraqi forces, which could more than double the total of U.S. forces to 3,100. The boost in advisers and trainers complements the air campaign launched by the U.S. in August 2014.

The Iraqi military has struggled to recover from its collapse in June when the Islamic State group captured country’s second-largest city, Mosul, and swept over much of northern Iraq. In the face of the advance, commanders disappeared. Pleas for more ammunition went

unanswered. In some cases, soldiers stripped off their uniforms and ran.

Twelve U.S. advisory teams had been operating in Iraq since August, stationed in joint operations centers in Baghdad and Irbil, as well as in some of the outer provinces, including volatile Anbar province, which has been under partial control of the militant group since early 2014.

The Iraqi military – backed by at least 20,000 Shiite militiamen – is fighting to regain control of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, one of several predominantly Sunni towns to fall to the militants last year. It’s one of the first major operations in which the U.S.-led coalition is not taking part, with U.S. officials saying they weren’t ask to participate. Iranian advisers have played a prominent role on the front lines of Iraq’s Salahuddin province.

The breakfast will mark the 100th anniversary of Kiwanis International. DHS Key Club members will offer a bake sale. The Reagan Middle School Builder’s Club will sell 50/50 tickets. A cut-out “Mr. Pancake” photo board will be available for pictures.

Cost is a donation. Proceeds will help fund local Kiwanis projects for youth.

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IN BRIEF Kiwanis to serve pancakes Saturday DIXON – Kiwanis Club members’ 40th annual pancake breakfast will be from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday in the cafeteria at Dixon High School, 300 Lincoln Statue Drive.

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NEW YORK (AP) – The tightknit Orthodox Jewish New York City community where seven siblings perished in a deadly Sabbath fire was still reeling Sunday as funeral services for the children were being prepared.

“I call this not a tragedy but an absolute disaster,” said state Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who represents the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn where the fire broke out early Saturday. The blaze killed three girls and four boys ages 5 to 16, leaving their mother and another child critically injured.

“Everyone’s in utter shock,” Hikind said.

Funeral plans were tentatively set for late Sunday afternoon.

Investigators believe a hot plate left on a kitchen counter set off the blaze

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Mourners attend funeral services Sunday for the seven siblings killed in a house fire in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The siblings died Saturday when flames engulfed the Sassoon family home. that sent flames up the stairs, trapping the children in their second-floor bedrooms as they slept.

Many religious Jews who observe the Sabbath refrain from working, in all forms, from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday – including using electricity.

Authorities identified

the Sassoon family victims as girls Eliane, 16, Rivkah, 11 and Sara, 6 and boys David, 12, Yeshua, 10, Moshe, 8 and Yaakob, 5.

Authorities say their father was at a nearby conference at the time of the fire. Neither his name nor those of the survivors were released.

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Monday, March 23, 2015

GUEST COLUMN

Byron nuclear plant is vital to the community Board chief: Lawmakers must preserve its operation KIM GOUKER Byron

Joe Heller, Heller Syndication

THE CANDIDATES’ VOICES | STERLING SCHOOL BOARD SAUK VALLEY MEDIA presents a series of guest columns by candidates in contested races. Candidates were invited to write up to 400 words about why voters should support them. Columns are placed top to bottom in alphabetical order.

WHERE? Sterling School Board; region outside Sterling Township boundaries.

ELECTION DAY: Tuesday, April 7; polls will be open from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Board’s role: ‘Represent community’ PAUL SANDEFER Sterling

Sterling has exceptional teachers and administrators who are passionate and effective educators.

In the next few years, the challenges we face in education will be less about teaching and more about funding, resources, and adjusting to state and federal mandates.

My 20-plus years of knowledge and experience running successful businesses apply directly to these kinds of challenges.

I hope to become part of the board as we work with the community, parents, teachers, and administrators to overcome these challenges.

Funding and spending: Illinois state government is in severe financial distress. Sterling’s Board of Education cannot fix Illinois’ problems, but we can prepare for difficult times ahead.

First, we must clearly communicate and educate all stakeholders about the financial driv-

Note to readers

Paul Sandefer

James “Jay” Van Horn, also a candidate for Sterling School Board, declined the opportunity to submit a column.

Age: 46 Experience: President of ComplianceSigns.com; father of two children in the Sterling school district; master of science degree in chemistry, University of California, Berkeley; master of business administration, Kellogg, Northwestern University (Chicago) ers for the district, and how we compare to similar communities in Illinois.

Second, we must push back on unfunded mandates from the state, which cause financial hardship without educational benefit.

Finally, we must seek alternative funding through public and private grants to bridge funding gaps as they occur.

Testing and evaluation: Nationwide, education culture is emphasizing testing and evaluation in nearly every aspect of school life. We need to remember that testing and evaluation are

methods to measure, not methods to teach.

I will work with the board to examine our testing and evaluation programs to make sure that we test where appropriate and reduce or eliminate testing where it is not contributing positively.

Athletic facilities: The Sterling School District works closely with the Sterling Park District for sports management and facilities. This relationship gives Sterling Schools access to facilities that are the envy of other communities in the area.

Sterling Schools and the park district are both

taxpayer supported, and I would like the board to work with the school administration to assure that the park district relationship remains strong and economically fair as we look to the future.

Sterling teachers and administrators are professional educators.

The board of education should not be in the business of telling either teachers or administrators how to teach.

Our role should be to represent the community of Sterling voters and taxpayers to make sure that the school district has the resources it needs to teach our children properly, and to make sure that the district is held accountable for its effectiveness in using those resources to teach.

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It is difficult to imagine not having Byron Generating Station as a valuable community partner.

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Kim Gouker

When young people and skilled workers look for areas with good-paying jobs, when families grow, and when retirees look to settle down, they all share a universal interest – finding a community that will continue to grow with them and provide opportunities to be successful and get the most out of life.

As chairman of the Ogle County Board, I am constantly thinking about what opportunities are available for our county residents, and ways to maintain the character that attracted all of us to this area.

We have a tremendous asset in the Byron Generating Station. Nearly half of Illinois’ electricity comes from facilities like Byron, and it is the reason that Illinois ranks No. 1 in the country for carbonfree electricity generation.

Much like the stable source of electricity that it provides to our community, Byron Station also is the largest employer in our county, providing nearly 800 stable, highpaying jobs. This has a tremendous impact on local business profits, government budgets, and the economy throughout our county, and neighboring counties.

revenues and government budgets, cause further job losses, and make it more difficult to attract new families to our local area.

While we would be a very different community without the economic and charitable contributions of this facilKim ity, losing Gouker such a partner would cost more than jobs and revenues.

We would lose friends and families who will be forced to look for employment in a vibrant community elsewhere. These people, whose individual contributions through their work ethic, hobbies, and a dedicated interest in calling this place home, are woven into the fabric of Ogle County.

IN ADDITION TO ITS economic contributions, this nuclear facility works as a partner in our county and the local communities. The plant’s operator, Exelon, provides scholarships for local high school students, sponsors events, and has even provided necessary equipment to the Ogle County Sheriff’s Department and Stillman Valley Fire Protection District.

It is difficult to imagine not having Byron Generating Station as a valuable community partner.

The closing of this facility would hurt local business

BUSINESSES, MUCH like people, do not make investments in their community unless they are planning on staying long term. When I completed college, I made that decision to return to my community and, long term, to raise my family in Ogle County.

As a resident committed to staying in this area for a long time, I believe it is imperative to support our neighbors at the Byron Generating Station, and support their legislative efforts to keep this valuable nuclear plant open.

I encourage members of the General Assembly to think about the positive impact the Byron plant has on our community.

I urge them to pass a bill that will preserve its continued operation and the partnership it offers to Ogle County.

Note to readers: Kim Gouker is chairman of the Ogle County Board.

dents of Dixon.

He taught school for 33 years in the Dixon Public School District, including math, state government, and U.S. government.

He coached boys and girls basketball and eighth-grade track at Reagan Middle School, winning the state championship in 1998; boys basketball reached the elite 8 at state level in 2000.

He serves as city commissioner and is head of the street and public improvement department.

Jeff and his wife, Jeanne, were longtime members of the Petunia Festival Committee.

I recommend Jeff Kuhn for the Dixon office of mayor because he is well educated and well versed in government matters.

He is honest and concerned about the future of Dixon, including the residents, local businesses, the school system, and every aspect of the government.

He wants to make Dixon a proud place to live.

THE READER’S VOICE

Forum to host state’s attorney FRED TURK Rock Falls

The Rock River Open Forum invites the public to participate in an open discussion by Trish Joyce, Whiteside County state’s attorney, of her successes and challenges, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Thursday at the Rock Falls Public Library.

Trish also will indicate her future plans and how the public can support

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

her department’s efforts.

There is no charge. The forum always appreciates open minds and provocative input.

Mayor wants a boat dock?

Write a check DON KNIGHT Dixon

Mr. Burke, you have mentioned many times you wanted the boat dock before you leave office. I have the answer

to your wants.

You write a check to the city of Dixon in the amount of $160,000 for the dock, and also write another check for $200,000 for the upkeep on it.

I am sure the city of Dixon will put a bronze placard with your name on it at the boat dock landing. That way, it would be a win-win for you and the city.

Then the city can take its $160,000 and fix some of the much-needed streets for the people of the city.

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.

Vote Kuhn for Dixon mayor LLOYD JOHNSON LaSalle

I would like to submit a list of attributes of Jeff Kuhn to help inform voters what kind of a man he is and why he should become the next mayor of the city of Dixon.

I taught school and coached sports with Mr. Kuhn for many years.

I know what kind of a man he is and know he has a heart for the resi-

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Man on sidelines with sports talk Dear Abby, My family is big on sports and discusses them at every gathering, big or small. I played sports growing up, but I don’t care to follow them in my adult life like the rest of my family does.

Sometimes I’m left out of conversations because of my lack of knowledge on the current stats, etc.

I have always refrained from speaking about the things I’m passionate about because of lack of interest from them.

My good friend said maybe I’m considered less of a man by my brothers and my dad because of my apathy about sports. I served 8 years in the Army, with four deployments between Iraq and Afghanistan, and was wounded twice. Not a man?

This issue might seem childish, but it is something that affects me to this day. Do you have any suggestions?

– Sitting on the Sidelines Dear Sitting, Yes. Stop listening to

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

the armchair analysis of that “friend.” When sports enthusiasts spout statistics, what they really want is someone to listen and appreciate their acumen.

It’s sad that you haven’t been able to let your father and brothers know about the things that interest you, but has it occurred to you perhaps you should have spoken up more about your passions? Not everyone is the same; not everyone is interested in the same things.

It doesn’t mean that anyone is more or less “manly” than someone else. You’re a military vet, so stop measuring

yourself by anyone else’s yardstick because it isn’t fair to you or to your family.

Dear Abby, I just married a wonderful man. “Derrick” is loving, considerate, helpful, smart, hard-working, and he wants to spend time with me as often as possible.

This is my second marriage. I have five kids ages 11 to 15, work full-time and try to fit in regular exercise. When my kids are with their dad, Derrick is home every minute I’m there and we do a lot together – hiking, biking, running, movies, dining or just hanging out. He leaves for work after I do and comes home before I arrive.

My issue is, if I want any time alone, I have to leave the house. I used to have alone time before I met him, but now it’s very rare. Abby, I need a little time for myself once in a while.

I am very independent and don’t need a com-

COMMUNITY EVENTS Monday, March 23 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

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

Mexican Train dominoes, 9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

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

Wii Bowling and card games, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave, Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

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

Hand & Foot cards, 12:15 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-7323252.

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

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

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

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

Tacos, 4-8 p.m., Latin American Social Club, 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-5893925.

Loaves and Fishes, 5-6 p.m., Holloway Center, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 612 Highland Ave., Dixon, 815-284-7719. A free, hot meal for the needy.

panion every minute of every day. I’m becoming unhappy and depressed because I have no privacy.

I have told Derrick what I need, but how do I realistically get him out of the house so I can have some time to myself? He has a lot of friends, but he wants to spend his time with me. He isn’t controlling or weird or jealous, but I’m feeling smothered.

– Needs Space in Nevada Dear Needs, Suggest Derrick schedule some regular dates with his male friends – a golf game, card game, some other sporting event, etc. He might enjoy that, and it will give you the breathing room you need.

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

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

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES Tuesday, March 24 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.

Kiwanis Club of Sterling, 6:457:45 a.m., Ryberg Auditorium, CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling, 815-4994866.

American Red Cross blood drive, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton.

Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Sisters in Christ, 9 a.m., Congregational Church, 1602 13th Ave., Rock Falls.

Golden K Kiwanis, 9 a.m., Dixon Senior Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Gaffey Home Nursing and Hospice blood pressure clinic, 9-11 a.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, 815-6263467.

Weight Watchers, 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Free blood pressure clinic, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Commodities, 10 a.m.-noon, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Senior Information Services, 10 a.m.-noon, Mount Carroll Senior Center, 306 N. Main St., 800-541-5479.

Blood pressure check, 10 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3253.

Facing the Challenge Cancer Support Group, 11 a.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815288-4673.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, open; 6 p.m., open, women’s; 7:30 p.m., open, 90-92 Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

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

Sterling Rotary Club, noon, YWCA of the Sauk Valley, 412 First Ave., Sterling.

Dixon Noon Lions, noon, private dining room, KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St., Dixon. Public is welcome.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, tradition; 3:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, Big Book, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Dixon TOPS IL617 meeting, 5 p.m., Eells meeting room, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon, 815-284-8321.

Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-3487.

Downstairs, west door.

Caregivers Support Group, 6 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Breast Cancer Networking

Group, 6 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815-2884673.

TOPS 253, 6-7:30 p.m., Good Neighbor Care, 2705 Avenue E, Sterling, 815-622-2820.

NAMI Sauk Area, 6:30 p.m., Sinnissippi Centers, 325 state Route 2, Dixon, namisaukvalley@ gmail.com or 815-244-1405.

School Of Love In Deliverance Substance Abuse Group, 6:30 p.m., closed, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-284-1340.

Working Women’s Grief Support Group, 6:30 p.m., KSB Hospice office, Commerce Towers, 215 E. First St., Dixon.

NAMI of Sauk Valley, 6:30 p.m., Sinnissippi Center, 325 state Route 2, Dixon, 815-2441405.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 606 Brown Ave., Ashton.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step, 304 Seventh Ave. W, Lyndon.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners, 7 p.m., closed; 8 p.m., closed, First Presbyterian Church, 410 Second Ave., Sterling.

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 7 p.m., open, As Bill Sees It, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Rock Falls Lodge 936 AF & AM, 7:30 p.m., 117 W. Second St., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

Al-Anon-Alateen, 8 p.m., private dining room, KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, All Saints Lutheran Church, 624 Luther Drive, Byron.

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

Appointment: 815-284-9555.

Wednesday, March 25 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.

Late clinics for family case management, WIC, and immunizations, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-2843371.

Dixon Kiwanis Club meeting, 7 a.m., private dining room, KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Bi-County Special Education Cooperative preschool screenings for Morrison students, 8-11:30 a.m. and 1-6:30 p.m., Northside Elementary School, 520 N. Genesee St. Appointments: 815-772-2153.

Bi-County Special Education Cooperative preschool screenings for River Bend students, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Fulton Presby-

terian Church, 311 N. Ninth St. Appointments: 815-589-2309.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9-11 a.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Church of the Brethren, 215 North Court St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., women’s group; noon; 3:30 p.m.; 7 p.m., Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Lee County Health Department blood pressure clinic, 9-10 a.m., Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St. Nurturing Program, 9:15 a.m., Sinnissippi Centers Inc., 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815625-0013 or 800-782-1584.

Rock River Center representative, 9:30-11 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

American Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Blood pressure check, 10:3011:30 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.noon, Dixon Food Center – Red Fox, 500 Chicago Ave., Dixon.

People with Disabilities Support Group, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Civic Plaza I, Rock Falls, 815625-7860 (voice) or 815-6257863 (TDD).

Whiteside County Health Department free blood pressure clinic, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Julie’s Cafe, 501 First St., Albany, 815-772-4213.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Big Book, tradition, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Grapevine; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 3:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

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

Downstairs, west door.

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

American Red Cross blood drive, 12:30-6:30 p.m., United Methodist Church, 906 Richardson Ave., Ashton. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Free blood pressure check, 1-3 p.m., Amboy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15 W. Wasson Road, Amboy, 815-8572550.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 1:30 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Parkinson’s Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Good Neighbor Care, 2705 Avenue E, Sterling, 815622-2800.

Women’s Support Group, 5-6:30 p.m., Choices Domestic Violence Program office, 114 W. Market St., Mount Carroll.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., step, tradition, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Caregiver Support Group, 6 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

Pearl, a self-esteem support group of the YWCA Domestic Violence Program, 6 p.m., 815625-0333.

AWANA, 6:30-8 p.m., 3 years through sixth grade, Northside Baptist Church, 598 River Lane, Dixon, 815-288-5212.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 U.S. Route 52., Amboy.

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

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

Rock River Grange, 7:30 p.m., Masonic Lodge, 1409 N. Galena Ave., Dixon, 815-973-1490.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Polo Town Hall, 117 N.

Tuesday, March 24 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center,

1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

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

Bingo and doughnuts, 9-10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

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

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

Wii Bowling and card games, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Line dancing, 10-11 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Community coffee and doughnuts, 10 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St., 815-732-7994.

Triple Play Tuesday Program, 10:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

There is a cost; registration is necessary.

Meal and a movie, noon, Sterling Public Library, 815-6251370.

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

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

Bingo, 12:15 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

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

Bingo, 12:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

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

Euchre 101, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Adult Readers’ Group, 6 p.m., library conference room, Sterling Public Library, 815-625-1370.

Book Discussion Group, 6:30-8 p.m., Dixon Public Library, 221 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon, 815-284-7261.

Bingo, 7 p.m., Sterling Moose Family Center, 2601 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, 815-625-0354.

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An Wang, a Chinese-American computer electronics engineer who was an important contributor to the development of magnetic core memory, said, “Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change.”

Small changes in bridge deals can result in surprising changes in the best play.

This week we will look at three pairs of deals and see how minor alterations affect the correct lines of play or defense.

In the first two, entries are an important factor. In particular, if declarer is establishing a long suit, he may need an entry to reach the new winners. In this deal, what is

South’s dummy entry? How should he play in three notrump after West leads his heart queen?

South’s two-spade rebid forced to game and promised four spades and at least five

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BLOOMINGTON

‘Every little bit helps’ the store for flowers and candy on the way home,’” Brosseau said with a laugh.

Like every month, the session – Oakland’s fourth – started with a breakfast prepared by volunteers and dads telling the group why they’re proud of their kids. The group gave reasons such as their kids doing well in school, finishing chores without being asked and going the extra mile to help out while mom is laid up after surgery.

“Kids don’t get that kind of affirmation [from their dads] very much, especially not in public,” Brosseau said. “It’s an easy way to strengthen that relationship.”

The fourth session’s lesson was on creativity.

Dads and kids talked to each other about how they show creativity, watched a video from Honda that visualized the creativity kids show when they play with toy vehicles and got a homework assignment to be creative in the next month.

Program aims to help dads, kids strengthen bond

BY DEREK BEIGH The Pantagraph Distributed by The Associated Press

BLOOMINGTON – A dad’s work is never done.

Three weeks after the birth of his second son, Marshall, David LaFrance spent his Valentine’s Day morning at the office, though he put in a different kind of work.

LaFrance, principal of Oakland Elementary School, and his 4-yearold son, Jackson, joined seven adults and 10 children in the school cafeteria for the latest local session of All Pro Dad, a national program that encourages kids and their paternal role models to spend time together and learn.

“It’s for all kinds – [from] dads that don’t know how to engage with their kids to the world’s best dad,” said Joe Brosseau, captain

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David LaFrance of Bloomington receives a kiss from his son, Jackson, 4, while they work on a creativity exercise Feb. 14 during a session of All Pro Dad at Oakland Elementary School in Bloomington. of the local chapter.

“We [as dads] can get busy and forget to spend quality time with our kids, but this is a reminder, and every little bit helps.”

LaFrance volunteered to host the program after Brosseau pitched it to Bloomington’s District 87 schools – “it was obvious to me how much this is needed,” LaFrance said – but it’s open to any local dad

and their kids, male or female.

Brosseau said response has been encouraging.

After attracting about 75 attendees for the first session, All Pro Dad has steadily drawn about 45, although the Feb. 14 session’s attendance was much smaller because of Valentine’s Day. “Our pitch for today was, ‘Spend some time with the kids outside the house and stop at

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A spokesman for Rauner confirmed details of the meeting but declined to comment further.

Gay rights activists supported Rauner’s rival, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn, during the campaign. They campaigned actively against the GOP businessman, calling him “an enemy of equality” and hanging a huge anti-Rauner banner along the route where thousands of people attended Chicago’s gay pride parade.

A major issue was Rauner’s position on gay marriage. Quinn signed legislation making same-sex marriage legal in Illinois, and called it one of his proudest accomplishments. Rauner declined to say whether he personally supported it.

And while he said he had no plans to overturn the law if elected, he also said that if the same-sex

legislation had landed on his desk as governor he would have vetoed it because voters should have decided the issue.

Cherkasov said the campaign was not a focus of Friday’s meeting.

“I think on both sides, we understand political campaigns can be difficult,” he said. “It wasn’t about looking back. This meeting was about moving forward.”

Cherkasov said they discussed the proposed gay conversion therapy ban, and that Rauner asked “thoughtful” questions about it but did not indicate whether he would support it. Rauner spokesman Lance Trover said Saturday the governor hasn’t yet taken a position on the bill.

The legislation would prohibit therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of a person under 18. Mental health providers who do so would face discipline from their licensing board.

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The contrasting views have left many immigration reform advocates in Illinois, including a leading Democratic congressman and a growing voting bloc, waiting for clarity.

“Like much of Gov. Rauner’s agenda, it’s a big question mark,” Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights executive director Lawrence Benito said.

Rauner says he’s “proimmigration.” He told a group of Latino business leaders in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood Friday that he’ll be pushing Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year. He didn’t detail what he thinks that legislation should include, but said the U.S. should “help those folks who are here to become citizens.”

He didn’t discuss his plans for the state.

And at an Illinois Business Immigration Coalition event earlier this

month with Republicans, he talked about lessons gleaned from his grandparents’ struggles and his choice of Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, born in Florida to Cuban and Ecuadoran immigrants.

“I think we have it backward in America,” Rauner told reporters the following day near Springfield. “I think we make legal immigration almost impossible and we make illegal immigration relatively easy. I think we’ve got to flip that around.”

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roughly 14 percent of the population. Connected activists rallied nearly a half-million people to march Chicago in 2006.

Illinois has since established a private scholarship fund for immigrant students living in the U.S. without legal permission, and in 2013 began offering drivers’ licenses to immigrants living here illegally.

What Rauner has done is cancel two immigrantrelated executive orders put in place by predecessor Democrat Pat Quinn.

One prohibited state law enforcement agencies from stopping anyone based solely on citizenship or immigration status. The other provided ways to help immigrants benefit from Obama’s executive action designed to curb deportations.

Rauner said Friday the two orders, among the seven of Quinn’s that Rauner rescinded, were part of an agenda “that was just not productive” and that he planned to set his own “pro-immigration” agenda.

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“It’s a mistake to not continue the very clear trajectory that Illinois has taken on immigration,” Gutierrez said.

Rauner’s lack of specificity on the issue has been particularly noticeable in Illinois, where foreignborn individuals make up

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Monday, March 23, 2015 Numbers game That’s how many career points that Blackhawks star Jonathan Toews has going into today’s game with Hurricanes. Toews has 10 points – 5 goals, 5 assists - in last 10 games.

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Polo junior Paige Peterson tore ligaments in her right ankle on Jan. 12 during basketball season. She is close to being back to full strength for softball season, and she plans to man third base for the Forreston-Polo Cardinals.

Single-minded about sports Polo’s Peterson concentrates on one activity at a time

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When Paige Peterson plays on a school sports team, her mind is solely on that sport.

During volleyball season, the Polo junior’s mind is just on volleyball. During basketball season, her mind is just on basketball.

During softball season, her mind is just on softball.

“Whatever season I’m in, I’m worrying about that season,” Peterson said.

However, when Peterson tore ligaments

• This is the fifth season that Forreston and Polo have combined for softball.

Before that, Polo joined forces with Milledgeville. in her right ankle on the basketball court during a game at Warren on Jan. 12, her basketball season came to a sudden halt and softball had to come to mind.

Question was, would she be able to come back and man the hot corner for the PoloForreston Cardinals in time?

“It’s been pretty tough, but I’m working

through it and just going from the beginning,” Peterson said. “I’m working my way up.”

Peterson is one of eight starters returning for Polo-Forreston, which went 16-14 and 9-7 in NUIC East Division play last season.

Her bat was an important one for the Cardinals, hitting .417 with 21 RBIs in 84 atbats. And as far as being at the plate is concerned, Peterson finds it to be her favorite place on the diamond.

But she always has time to get better on the other side of the ball.

SINGLE-MINDED CONTINUED ON B3

s Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant metaphorically explained the advantages of having a bulldog rather than a poodle for an agent, the 23-year-old slugger reminded everybody why he is a favorite to be best in show.

Bryant continues to demonstrate a veteran’s savvy, acting as unfazed by the debate over his imminent minor-league demotion as he has been by major-league pitching.

Baseball stardom awaits Bryant and, whether at bat or at the microphone, he seems as ready for the big stage as any young Chicago athlete since Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane.

Watching Bryant suggests the most impressive thing about him will be one of baseball’s most compact power swings – until he starts talking.

Then you realize the kid from Las Vegas gets how lucky he is to be playing a game for a living, wherever he is opening day.

The latest example came Wednesday when Bryant sincerely complimented agent Scott Boras and commended team Chairman Tom Ricketts, the man Boras assailed, in the same sound bite without sounding disingenuous.

HAUGH CONTINUED ON B2

MEN’S BASKETBALL | NCAA TOURNAMENT | GONZAGA 87, IOWA 68

Hawkeyes not partying like it’s 1999 Iowa misses Sweet Sixteen for 16th straight year

BY TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer

SEATTLE – Iowa believed it had the size and athleticism to counter the problems Gonzaga was going to present.

The Hawkeyes didn’t have Kyle Wiltjer and couldn’t come close to matching Gonzaga’s offensive efficiency, especially in the first 20 minutes.

“I thought we worked hard.

We obviously got down into a hole, and you don’t want to do that,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. “They started getting comfortable shooting the ball, and that was unfortunate.”

Wiltjer scored 13 of his 24 points during Gonzaga’s flaw-

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Sharpshooters • The Bulldogs hit 12 of 16 shots to start the game and shot 62 percent in the first half. Gonzaga was the best shooting team in the country at 52 percent. less first half, Domantas Sabonis added 18 points, and the second-seeded Bulldogs advanced to the round of 16 for the first time since 2009 with a 87-68 win over the seventhseeded Hawkeyes in a South Region matchup on Sunday.

After five straight departures on the first weekend, the Bulldogs (34-2) are back in the

regional semifinals, thanks to a stellar first half Iowa could never overcome.

“They’re a very hard team to guard. ... They have weapons at all five positions,” Iowa’s Mike Gesell said. “They got a very good point guard, they got bigs, and they got wings that can shoot it. They got all the pieces. So, they’re a tough team to guard and a tough matchup.”

Iowa picked up its first tournament victory since 2001 with its opening rout of Davidson and was trying to advance to AP the round of 16 for the first time Iowa’s Aaron White shoots against Gonzaga’s Przemek Karsince 1999. nowski during Sunday’s Round of 32 game in Seattle. Gonzaga won 87-68.

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On second thought James Harrison After retiring for the second time, 36-year-old linebacker returns to Steelers, signing a 2-year deal. He had 5 1/2 sacks in 2014.

Early return Paul George Pacers All-Star swingman could return as early as next week. George has missed all season with compound leg fracture.

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Every repeats as champ at Bay Hill

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Matt Every had a tonguein-cheek response when he heard Tiger Woods was not ready to play the Arnold Palmer Invitational this year.

He said he told Woods, “Don’t worry, man, I’ll hold it down for you until you get back.”

He did that and more.

Every was dressed in a blue shirt, not red, but the moment sure looked familiar on the 18th green at Bay Hill in Orlando. He made an 18-foot birdie putt for a 6-under 66, gave an abbreviated fist pump and held onto the trophy for 1 more year with a oneshot victory over Henrik Stenson.

TENNIS

Djokovic dominates Federer in final Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2 to win his fourth BNP Paribas Open on Sunday in Indian Wells, California, tying him with Federer for the most titles in the desert after winning for the second straight year.

The world’s top two men’s players met for the 38th time, second-most among rivalries in the Open era.

Federer leads the series 20-18 and had won three of their last four meetings going into the final.

But Federer made too many mistakes at crucial times, piling up 43 unforced errors to 35 for Djokovic.

Simona Halep beat Jelena Jankovic 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 to win the women’s title.

BOXING

Tebow pays visit to Pacquiao Manny Pacquiao drew another marquee visitor to his Hollywood training camp when former Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Tim Tebow stopped by.

“It was the first time they had ever met, and yet it seemed they had known each other forever the way they immediately embraced each other,” Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum said in a statement.

Tebow was interviewed after watching one of Pacquiao’s patented 3-hour workouts, and told the Filipino television network ABS-CBN that, “Manny’s training session was phenomenal and inspiring.”

NBA

Bulls blow 19-point lead to Pistons Reggie Jackson had 22 points, including 17 in the third quarter, and the Detroit Pistons came back from a 19-point deficit to beat the Chicago Bulls 107-91 Saturday night in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

The Pistons trailed 72-53 with 7 minutes left in the third quarter, but got a combined 27 points and 13 assists from Jackson and fellow point guard Spencer Dinwiddie in the second half.

Pau Gasol had 27 points and 10 rebounds for Chicago. Aaron Brooks added 19 points.

NHL

Lehtonen blanks Blackhawks Kari Lehtonen stopped all 33 shots, including a penalty shot, for his fifth shutout this season and 32nd of his career, and the Stars defeated the Blackhawks 4-0 on Saturday in Dallas.

The Blackhawks had been 6-0-1 in their previous seven games.

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The White Sox’s Emilio Bonifacio scores past the Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy on a single by Alexei Ramirez during Sunday’s spring training game in Phoenix. The White Sox lost 13-4.

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Ventura likes prospect Hawkins’ improvment

BY COLLEEN KANE Chicago Tribune

GLENDALE, Ariz. – White Sox manager Robin Ventura said Saturday he doesn’t think any player in spring training has made more strides than outfield prospect Courtney Hawkins.

Hawkins had a big day Saturday at Camelback Ranch, hitting a two-run, walk-off homer off Royals reliever Brandon Finnegan for a 6-4 Sox victory. He also hit the game-tying, two-run homer in the seventh.

“All the strikeouts that he has had [in the past], but I think his confidence has grown here to where he’s seeing pitches,” Ventura said. “Today he gets down 0-2 with the chance to drive somebody in – and that’s a big league pitcher that he’s facing.

For me, he has just made huge strides. Attitude-wise, everything is right where you want it to be.”

A Sox 2012 first-round draft pick, Hawkins hasn’t played above Class-A Winston-Salem,

Sunday’s highlights Milwaukee’s Jonathan Lucroy and Ryan Braun hit consecutive home runs off White Sox starter Jeff Samardzija in the fifth inning during the Brewers’ 13-4 win over Chicago on Sunday.

The Brewers had 16 hits, five of which were home runs, one apiece for Matt Clark, Elian Herrera and Logan Schafer.

Alexei Ramirez had two hits and two RBIs for Chicago, and J.B. Shuck had two hits and the other RBIs. where he has spent the last two seasons. He had a very rough year in 2013, when he hit .178 with 160 strikeouts over 103 games. He improved on that in 2014, hitting .249 with 19 homers and 143 strikeouts in 122 games.

He called his struggles “an eyeopener,” something that has helped him to put in such a nice showing this spring. He has gone 13-for-31 with two doubles, a

team-best four home runs, nine RBIs and eight strikeouts.

“It humbled me a lot and made me more hungry, if that makes sense,” Hawkins said. “Thankfully right now I’m feeling great.

I’m staying calm. I don’t feel too much like, go get it. I’m letting stuff come to me and trying to stay as disciplined as I can at the plate, staying aggressive at the same time.”

Hawkins said he has been given a lot of help from Ventura and hitting coach Todd Steverson, along with players like Geovany Soto, Gordon Beckham and Alexei Ramirez.

“I came into spring training saying I was going to put the bat on the ball,” Hawkins said. “I wasn’t trying to hit for power.

Everybody knows I have power.

I was trying to be that all-around player that people knew me as and want to be and am gonna be.

It’s just trying to stay calm and going through the emotions of staying consistent.”

Bryant taking rumors of demotion in stride HAUGH

3B Opening Night. This division is 2 tough to Jason Hammel had nine strikeouts in five innings, forfeit games w/o him!” but the Cubs lost 6-1 to the Padres. The Cubs It’s a valid point often did not get a hit off a James Shields through five “I really try to limit lost because Boras innings, but Arismendy Alcantara hit a home run those distractions as being Boras turns off reliever Jose Valverde to start the sixth. much as possible,’’ Brypeople off. Yet Boras Javier Baez, batting leadoff, drew two walks and ant told reporters. “But is merely an agent had a single. we’re at a crucial point obsessed with makin spring training and ing as much money as I’m in a good position, refers to this as service long-term goals ahead possible for his client, so we’ll see where it time. Disservice time is of short-term, like it or which makes him as goes.’’ more like it. not, the only real choice popular with players as Alas, Bryant soon will Baseball has enough for the Cubs was how he is unpopular with the go to Triple-A Iowa problems holding they would carry out the public. He’s no villain to start the season for fans’ attention without charade. here. reasons easier to under- following rules that The business of pro If the Cubs had soundstand than embrace. encourage teams to sports dictates Bryant ed less ambitious after To preserve control leave future stars off belongs in Iowa on hiring manager Joe over Bryant for an extra the 25-man roster. The April 5, even if it runs Maddon, this debate year, through 2021, the Cubs easily can defend contrary to the sports likely would have been Cubs plan to keep a sacrificing Bryant’s first mantra-turned-myth quieter. player capable of hitnine games of 2015 for that the best players But the Cubs contrating 35 home runs off securing Bryant through play. If the Cubs were dicted themselves by the major-league roster 2021 when he figures to going to buck conven- declaring 2015 the year until after April 16. be in his prime. tion, Bryant would they would make a playThat makes the April The indefensible point have been called up off run and then decid17-19 weekend home is they shouldn’t have last July, but he wasn’t ing – for reasons many series against the to, a systemic flaw play- because of similar of us accept with great Padres a good time to ers and owners must rationale. reluctance – to start the plan the Cubs’ Kriscorrect before baseContrary to the strong season with their most ening. At least Bryant ball’s next collectiveopinions of baseball dangerous hitter in should be on display bargaining agreement. intelligentsia, two sides Triple A. If every game at Wrigley Field before Whatever new protocol exist to the argument. finally matters for the the bleachers. allows teams to reward If Bryant succeeds like first time in the Epstein The baseball calendar promising prospects many expect, Ricketts era, then having the includes 183 days, and instead of punish them will want him to stay no Cubs’ most impactful a player needs to spend should be called the Kris matter the cost – wheth- hitter anywhere else 172 of those in the Bryant Rule. er it’s 2020 or 2021 – opening day but the majors to accrue 1 year It feels wrong to say and the feeling will be middle of the order of service time. the Cubs will be doing mutual. defies logic.

By keeping Bryant a right by demoting a Baseball-wise, CSN But business is busiminor-leaguer for 12 player who hit his sevChicago analyst Todd ness, and the only way days, the Cubs can delay enth spring-training Hollandsworth summed this backfires is if the his free agency a year home run Thursday. up the sentiments of Cubs miss the playoffs because a player with But for a team that many by tweeting: “If by one game. And stuff six complete big-league has been transparent the Cubbies have plans like that never happens seasons can become a under President Theo for contending in ‘15, to the Cubs, right? free agent. Everybody Epstein about placing Kris Bryant will be at Right.

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Sunday’s highlights

On the tube TV listings

Today Men’s basketball 6 p.m.

• NIT, second round, Louisiana Tech at Texas A&M, ESPN 7 p.m.

• NIT, second round, Illinois St. at Old Dominion, ESPNU 8 p.m.

• NIT, second round, Murray St. at Tulsa, ESPN

Women’s basketball 5 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, second round, Florida St. vs. Fla.-Gulf Coast, ESPNU 5:30 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, second round, whiparound coverage, Tennessee vs.

Pitt, Stanford vs. Oklahoma & N. Carolina vs. Ohio St., ESPN2 8 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, second round, whiparound coverage, UConn vs.

Rutgers, Louisvulle vs.

S. Florida & Arizona St. vs.

Ark.-Little Rock, ESPN2

Women’s gymnastics 7 p.m.

• Big 12 Championships, at Norman, Okla., FSN

MLB spring training 3 p.m.

• White Sox vs. Padres, at Peoria, Ariz., CSN

NHL 6 p.m.

• Blackhawks at Hurricanes, CSN

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Monday, March 23, 2015

LOCAL SPORTS

Sauk Valley Media • B3

WEEKEND SCOREBOARD College baseball Saturday’s results Game 1 at Gartner Park, Sterling

DUPAGE 4, SAUK VALLEY 1 DuPage 013 000 0 — 4 8 0 Sauk Valley 000 001 0 — 1 4 0 W – Waldrop. L – Mario Pacheco.

DUPAGE Multi hits – O’Neil 3. 2B – O’Neil. RBI – O’Neil 2, Charles, Hansen.

SAUK VALLEY Pacheco (5 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 SO, 3 BB). Bryant Lilly (2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB). Multi hits – Derek Kennel 2. RBI – Evan Smith.

Game 2

DUPAGE 2, SAUK VALLEY 0 DuPage 001 010 0 — 2 4 0 Sauk Valley 000 000 0 — 0 2 4 W – Hansen. L – Fabian Del Real.

DUPAGE RBI – Meidl.

SAUK VALLEY (3-7) Del Real (7 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 SO, 0 BB).

Baseball Saturday’s results at Gartner Park, Sterling

MORRISON 6, STERLING 3, 8 inn.

Morrison 002 010 03 — 6 14 5 Sterling 100 002 00 — 3 5 2 W – Brock Smith. L – Rafael Escalante.

MORRISON (2-1) Ryan VanZuiden (5 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 6 SO, 0 BB), Smith (3 IP, 2, R 1, ER, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB). Multi hits – Justin Jensen 4, VanZuiden 2, Ben Tegeler 2, Cody Southern 2. 2B – Jensen 3, Smith. RBI – Jensen 3, Smith, Southern, Mason Sitzmore. SB – Tegeler. CS – Southern. LOB – 14.

STERLING (0-2) Esteban Sosa (4 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 6 H, 5 SO, 2 BB), Escalante (3 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 8 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 1 HBP), Luke Moore (1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB). RBI – Turner Morse, Tyler Willman. Sac – Escalante. LOB – 7. at Princeton Game 1

PRINCETON 11, DIXON 3 Dixon 100 101 0 — 3 4 3 Princeton 233 210 x — 11 5 2 W – Bates. L – Mitchell Wolfe.

DIXON Wolfe (2 2/3 IP, 8 R, 2 ER, 6 H, 5 K, 5 BB), Alex Becker (3 1/3 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, K, BB).

RBI – Anton Halla.

PRINCETON Multi hits – Reinhardt 3, Foes 2. 2B – Reinhardt. 3B – Foes.

Game 2

PRINCETON 11, DIXON 4 Dixon 000 022 0 — 4 7 4 Princeton 014 303 x — 11 13 3 L – Ryan Long.

DIXON (0-3) Ryan Long (3 1/3 IP, 6 R, 3 ER, 5 H, 4 K. 2 BB), Anton Halla (2 IP, 5 R, 3 ER, 6 H, 2 K, BB) Alex Becker (2/3 IP, 0 R, H, 0 K, 0 BB).

Multi hits – Riley Mehrens 2, Cal Jarrett 2.

RBI – Jarrett 2, Halla.

PRINCETON Multi hits – Bates 4, Camp 3, Salazar 2.

2B – Bates. at Rock Falls Game 1

GENESEO 10, ROCK FALLS 7 Geneseo 301 101 4 — 10 16 4 Rock Falls 031 300 0 — 7 2 3 W – Lindstrom. L – James McFadden (0-1).

GENESEO Rusk (2 IP, 3 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 4 SO, 2 BB), Anderson (1 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB), Mackey (2 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 H, 2 SO, 3 BB), Lindstrom (2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB).

Multi hits – Gilmore 3, Humphries 3, Desplinter 2, Lindstrom 2, Haxby 2. 2B – Desplinter, Gilmore, Haxby. RBI – Gilmore 3, Akre 2, Humphries 2, Lindstrom, Vandoran.

ROCK FALLS (1-3) Noah Junis (3 IP, 5 R, 4 ER, 7 H, 3 SO, 3 BB), McFadden (4 IP, 5 ER, 9 H, 2 SO, 2 BB) and Cooper Kilberg, Logan Pillars (4th).

RBI – Junis 2, Kilberg, Pillars, Quinton Matznick, Nolan Moeller.

Game 2

GENESEO 17, ROCK FALLS 13, 9 inn.

Geneseo 203 005 034 — 17 19 4 Rock Falls 020 017 030 — 13 11 6 W – Himmelman. L – Jacob Mammosser (0-1).

GENESEO Westerland (2 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB), Christensen (2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 5 SO, 3 BB), Dahl (1 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB), Alexander (0 IP, 6 R, 3 ER, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB), Himmelman (4 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 2 SO, 4 BB). Multi hits – Vandoran 4, Rusk 4, Lindstrom 2. 2B – Vandoran, Rusk, Akre. HR – Vandoran.

RBI – Vandoran 3, Rusk 3, Dichiser 2, Akre 2, Lindstrom, Humphries.

ROCK FALLS Pillars (2 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB), Kilberg (2 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 BB), Mammosser (2 2/3 IP, 9 R, 5 ER, 9 H, 1 SO, 1 BB), Moeller (2 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 2 SO, 0 BB) and Mammosser, Pillars (5th). Multi hits – Moeller 3, Pillars 3, Clay Velazquez 2, Matznick 2. 2B – Velazquez, Moeller, Pillars.

RBI – Moeller 3, Pillars 3, Mammosser 2, Velazquez 2, Reid Akerman 2. at Oregon

INDIAN CREEK 12, OREGON 2 Indian Creek 111 006 3 — 12 14 0 Oregon 000 002 0 — 2 4 4 L – Taylor Brubaker.

INDIAN CREEK Multi hits – Sommerfield 2.

OREGON Taylor Brubaker (3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 K, 2 BB), Josh Cook (4 IP, 9 H, 9 R, 5 ER, 3 K, 3 BB). 3B – Cook.

Game 2

INDIAN CREEK 14, OREGON 6 Indian Creek 310 410 5 — 14 11 0 Oregon 220 002 0 — 6 11 2 L – Jensen Melville.

OREGON Jensen Melville (3 2/3 IP, 5 H, 8 R, 4 ER, 7 K. 7 BB), Cole Burke (1 1/3 IP, 2 H, R, ER, 2 K, 0 BB), Zach Stromberg (2 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 K, 2 BB). Multi hits – Josh Cook 3, Cole Burke 2. 2B – Stromberg. 3B – Brayton Finch, Josh Cook. HR – Mason Smith.

RBI – Smith, Cook, Stromberg, Burke, Trey Wilson. at Annawan

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 13, ANNAWAN-WTHERSFIELD 1, 6 inn.

Erie-P’town 109 003 — 13 14 0 A-W 000 010 — 1 1 2 W – Josh Lohman (1-0). L – Winter.

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN (1-0) Lohman (2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB), Kale Orman (2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 4 SO, 2 BB), Kallen Jepson (1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 SO, 3 BB), Ian Wirt (1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 2 SO, 2 BB) and Grady Todd, Nate Pierceson. Multi hits – Bransen Rosenow 2, Evan Cooper 2, Jared Forward 2. 2B – Wirt, Forward. RBI – Rosenow 3, Todd, Pierceson, Lohman, Wirt, Cooper, Levi Floming.

at Lanark Game 1

ALDEN-HEBRON 10, EASTLAND 2 Alden-Hebron 200 023 3 — 10 7 x Eastland 000 110 0 — 2 5 x W – Nelson. L – Zach Randecker.

ALDEN-HEBRON Multi hits – Winter 4. 2B – Winter 2. RBI – Winter, LeJeune, Nelson, Steele. SB – LeJeune 2, Winter, Nelson, Judson.

EASTLAND (0-2) Multi hits – Randecker 2, Brighton Haverland 2. 2B – Randecker, Haverland. 3B – Haverland. RBI – Haverland, Ethan Christians. SB – Tanner Giedd.

Game 2

ALDEN-HEBRON 4, EASTLAND 3 Alden-Hebron 000 200 2 — 4 9 x Eastland 002 010 0 — 3 7 x W – Winter. L – Nick Simpson.

ALDEN-HEBRON Multi hits – Judson 4, Nelson 3. 2B – Nelson 2, Judson. RBI – Judson 3, Bohl. SB – Judson.

EASTLAND Multi hits – Wil Lartz 3. RBI – Giedd 2, Lartz. SB – Haverland.

Softball Saturday’s results at Oregon Park West Game 1

OREGON 12, INDIAN CREEK 2, 5 inn.

Indian Creek 101 00 — 2 1 3 Oregon 106 32 — 12 14 0 W – Emily Perkins. L – Katherine Nolan.

INDIAN CREEK Nolan (4 2/3 IP, 12, R, 11 ER, 14 H, 4 SO, 1 BB). 2B – Hailey Herman. RBI – Herman.

SB – Tara Meredith 2.

OREGON Perkins (5 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 H, 3 SO, 4 BB).

Multi hits – Aleah Wight 3, Alli Henson 3, Perkins 2, Ally Bartling 2, Abby Baker 2. 2B – Henson, Bella Holley. 3B – Bartling, Perkins, Wight, Jazi Sklavanitis. HR – Bartling.

RBI – Holley 4, Bartling 3, Wight, Perkins, Henson, Baker, Hannah Wolber. SB – Wight 2, Henson.

Game 2

OREGON 10, INDIAN CREEK 0, 5 inn.

Indian Creek 000 00 — 0 2 2 Oregon 204 31 — 10 9 0 W – Abby Baker. L – Sam Fleming.

INDIAN CREEK Fleming (4+ IP, 10 R, 9 ER, 9 H, 4 SO, 1 BB).

OREGON Baker (5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 8 SO, 2 BB). Multi hits – Henson 2, Bartling 2, Baker 2. 2B – Baker.

3B – Wight. HR – Bartling, Henson. RBI – Wight 2, Henson 2, Baker 2, Bartling. SB – Perkins 2, Bartling, Wight, Henson, Anni Wilson. at Amboy Game 1

AMBOY 6, MENDOTA 1 Mendota 000 100 0 — 1 2 x Amboy 501 000 x — 6 8 x W – Karlee Doege. L – Rylee Klemm.

AMBOY (4-0) Doege (7 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 10 SO, 1 BB) and Kaitlyn Liebing. Multi hits – Liebing 2, Sydney Wilhelm 2, Delaney Wilhelm 2. 2B – S.Wilhelm. 3B – Liebing. HR – Liebing. RBI – Liebing 2, S.Wilhelm.

Game 2

AMBOY 5, MENDOTA 3 Mendota 200 100 0 — 3 5 x Amboy 112 010 x — 5 6 x W – Hallie Nauman. L – Ryan Avery.

MENDOTA Multi hits – Klemm 3. HR – Klemm, Mary Ackerlin. RBI – Wackerlin 2, Klemm.

AMBOY Nauman (4 IP), Doege (3 IP) and Liebing.

Multi hits – S.Wilhlem 3, Doege 2. 2B – Doege. 3B – S.Wilhelm. HR – D.Wilhelm.

RBI – S.Wilhelm, D.Wilhelm. at Scales Mound

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 11, SCALES MOUND 0, 6 inn.

Erie-P’town 103 142 — 11 11 x Scales Mound 000 000 — 0 2 x W – Kylie Ackerman (3-0). L – Hannah Wieng.

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN (3-0) Ackerman (6 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 7 SO, 1 BB) and Ashley Davis. Multi hits – Ackerman 3, Addi Morse 2, Clare Kramer 2, Savannah Mettler 2. 2B – Morse. 3B – Ackerman, Kramer, Emily Cox. RBI – Kramer 3, Ackerman 2, Morse, Mettler, Cox. SCALES MOUND Wieng (6 IP, 11 R, 11 H, 3 SO, 7 BB) and Morgan Colegna. at Rockford

MILLEDGEVILLE 14, JEFFERSON 0, 5 inn.

Milledgeville 452 03 — 14 18 0 Jefferson 000 00 — 0 0 1 W – Sam Schmidt. L – Sidney MILLEDGEVILLE Schmidt (5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 5 K, BB). Multi hits – Jenna Bibler 3, Ally Bush 2, Jade Grenoble 2,Alli Schmidt 2, Jocelyn Folkers 2, Ciara Miller 2, Allison Fossett 2. 2B – Fossett 2, Bush, Bibler, Morgan Smith, Schmidt, Natalie Brown, Folkers. 3B – Bibler, Folkers. HR – Miller. RBI – BIbler 4, Miller 2, Alli Schimdt, Folkers 2, Smith, Fossett, Carley Harielle.

JEFFERSON Sidney (5 IP, 14 R, 13 ER, 18 H, 4 K, 0 BB). at Lanark Game 1

ALDEN-HEBRON 7, EASTLAND 6, 8 inn.

Alden-Hebron 101 000 41 — 7 3 2 Eastland 001 013 10 — 6 10 6 W – Clauss. L – Bubby Doubler (1-1).

EASTLAND (1-1) Doubler (8 IP, 7 R, 3 H, 6 SO, 8 BB) and Drew Preston. Multi hits – Preston 2, Makenzie Fink 2, Annie Forster 2, Ruter 2.

2B – Fink. 3B – Ruter. HR – Preston.

Game 2

EASTLAND 14, ALDEN-HEBRON 3, 5 inn.

Alden-Hebron 102 00 — 3 x x Eastland 402 8x — 14 x x W – Doubler.

EASTLAND Doubler (5 IP, 3 R, 8 SO, 3 BB) and Forster.

Multi hits – Paige Gallentine 3, Doubler 2, Forster 2. 2B – S.Preston. HR – Forster.

Boys basketball IHSA State Tournament at Carver Arena, Peoria CLASS 3A Friday’s semifinals • Belleville Althoff 82, Morgan Park 74 • Westchester St. Joseph 55, Rockford Lutheran 38 Saturday’s games • Third place, Morgan Park 87, Lutheran 56 • Championship, St. Joseph 67, Althoff 63 CLASS 4A Friday’s semifinals • Stevenson 63, Bolingbrook 43 • Normal Community 38, Geneva 36 Saturday’s games • Third place, Bolingbrook 63, Geneva 42 • Championship, Stevenson 57, Normal

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Oregon first baseman Harry Baldwin stretches for a throw during Saturday’s first game of a doubleheader at home against Indian Creek. The Hawks lost 12-2.

GIRLS ROUNDUP

Schmidt nearly perfect Missiles pitcher blanks Jefferson; Duchesses lose

By SVM Sports Staff

Sam Schmidt was nearly perfect for Milledgeville on Saturday in the Missiles’ 14-0 nonconference road win over Rockford Jefferson.

Schmidt hurled a no-hitter and allowed just one walk over five innings, while striking out five.

Milledgeville torched Jefferson’s starter for 14 runs (13 earned) and ripped 18 hits. Ciara Miller hit a home run, while Jenna Bibler hit a triple and collected four RBIs. Freeport 12, Dixon 9: The Duchesses trailed 9-0 after three innings, but managed to cut the deficit to 10-8 by the end of the sixth before ultimately losing a nonconference road game.

Dixon made four errors, and Allysen Jacobson took the loss. Erika Smith came on in relief of Jacobson in the third inning and finished the game.

Abbie Devin went 1-for-4 with three RBIs, Alyssa Hummel also went 1-for-4 with two RBIs, and Haley Fitzsimmons collected two RBIs with a 2-for-4 performance.

Bartling drove in three in the opener. Aleah Wight and Alli Henson each had three hits and an RBI, and Wight also stole two bases.

Emily Perkins struck out three and walked four in a one-hitter.

Abby Baker tossed a two-hit shutout in the nightcap, striking out eight and walking two. Baker, Wight, and Henson all drove in two runs each, and Henson added a homer to Bartling’s solo shot.

Amboy sweeps Mendota: Kaitlyn Liebing’s triple and home run led the Clippers to a 6-1 win in the opener, and Sydney Wilhelm had three hits and an RBI in a 5-3 victory in the nightcap in Amboy.

Wilhelm also had two hits and an RBI in Game 1, while Liebing drove in two. Karlee Doege struck out 10 and walked one in a two-hitter.

Delaney Wilhelm ripped a solo homer in Game 2, and Hallie Nauman tossed four innings for the win before being spelled by Doege.

Erie-Prophetstown 11, Scales Mound 0, 6 inn.: Kylie Ackerman

threw a two-hitter, and Clare

Oregon sweeps Indian Creek: Kramer had a single and triple, and

Ally Bartling homered in both games of a nonconference doubleheader at Oregon Park West, as the Hawks won 12-2 and 10-0 in a pair of five-inning routs.

Bella Holley had four RBIs, and

drove in three runs as the Panthers stayed perfect on the season with a road win.

Ackerman, who has given up just four hits in three starts this season, struck out seven and walked one;

she also had three hits, including a triple, and two RBIs. Addi Morse and Savannah Mettler each had two hits and drove in a run. Emily Cox added an RBI triple, her second of the season.

Eastland splits at home: After falling 7-6 to Alden-Hebron in the eight-inning opener, the Cougars offense rolled to a 14-3 win in the five-inning nightcap in Lanark.

Drew Preston hit a home run in Game 1, and Annie Forster homered in Game 2, while Paige Gallentine had three hits in the second game. Bubby Doubler struck out six and walked eight in the first game, then struck out eight and walked three in Game 2.

Track & field

Sterling sixth at NIB-12 meet: The Golden Warriors scored

37 points to finish sixth out of nine teams at the NIB-12 indoor conference meet at Westood in Sterling.

Sterling had two third-place finishes. The 3,200-meter relay finished in 10:55.19, behind winner Yorkville (10:21.65) and runner-up Kaneland (10:42.80).

Maggie McPherson (11:51.15) took third in the 3,200. Yorkville’s Summer Pierson won the event in 11:31.67.

Yorkville won the meet with 146 points.

SVM SCOUTS 2015 NUIC SOFTBALL AFC Raiders

Eastland Cougars

Coach: Marisa Wren (2nd season) 2014: 4-20 (3-11 NUIC East) Postseason: Lost 10-1 to Milledgeville in 1A Eastland regional quarterfinal Roster 1 Laci Meurer So. P/IF/OF 6 Addison Wetzell So. P/IF/OF 10 Bryce Gittleson So. IF/OF 12 Lexi Meurer So. 3B/C 13 Sam Miller Sr. IF 15 Cassidy Koning Jr. P/IF 18 Savannah Stinnett Fr. OF 20 Lauren Meurer Sr. C/IF 25 Sammy Smith Fr. OF 26 Carlee Hargis Jr. P/IF/OF 28 Madeline Prestegaard Fr. IF/OF Outlook: The Raiders return seven players that started games last season, including leaders Lauren Meurer and Koning. Plenty of experience should make for a better season in 2015.

Coach: Kristy Pierce (3rd season) 2014: 8-14 (6-7 NUIC West) Postseason: Lost 22-2 to Fulton in 1A Eastland regional quarterfinal Roster 1 Keara Hayden Jr. 3 Courtney Balk Sr. 4 Kiley Carroll Sr. 5 Hannah Kempel So. 6 Ashley Beyers So. 8 Makenzie Fink So. 11 Sammy Sohl Jr. 13 Jillyn Ruter Jr. 16 Bailey DeMichele Jr. 17 Nia Blackmore So. 18 Shelbie Preston Fr. 20 Bubby Doubler Jr. 25 Paige Gallentine Jr. Outlook: Nearly everyone on the Cougars roster has varsity playing experience from last year, making for a much-improved season. Forster is new to the team, and Pierce has noted that she has done an excellent job in practice. While hitting won’t be an issue, depth in the pitcher’s circle will be something to improve on.

Milledgeville Missiles

Polo-Forreston Cardinals

Coach: Brad Grenoble (3rd season) 2014: 22-7 Postseason: Lost 6-5 to Newman in 1A Eastland regional semifinal Roster 1 Jenna Bibler Jr. 3 Brey Henson Sr. 5 Morgan Smith Jr. 7 Alli Schmidt Fr. 8 Taniya Ritehour Jr. 10 Jade Grenoble So. 15 Emily Kleckler Sr. 17 Ally Fossett So. 20 Jade Graff Jr. 21 Allyson Bush Jr. 25 Cierra Miller Fr. 32 Taylor Haag Jr. 33 Samantha Schmidt Jr. 38 Natalie Brown So. 43 Jocelyn Folkers Fr. Outlook: The Missiles look to have a challenging year if they want to get back to championship contention form. Bibler, Bush and Henson remain from the 2012 1A state championship team.

Coach: Jim Kaan (1st season) 2014: 16-14 (9-7 NUIC East) Postseason: Lost 10-0 to Stillman Valley in 2A Stillman Valley regional final Roster 1 Destiny Darmon Jr. IF/OF 2 Morgan Lawler Jr. OF 3 Sydney Gunder Fr. P/IF/OF 6 Katie Person Jr. C 8 Alex Sterenberg Sr. C/OF 9 Abby Peterson Jr. P/IF 10 Rebekah Wilken Sr. IF 12 Hailey Ingram Sr. IF 13 Paige Peterson Jr. IF/OF 21 Jessica Slater Sr. IF 22 Aubrey Ingram Jr. OF 23 Samantha Lima Sr. OF 24 Ashley Dye Sr. IF Outlook: Plenty of experience – eight starters retuning – should keep the Cardinals in the top part of the NUIC standings. A tough opening portion of the schedule, with Byron, Winnebago, and a conference series with Orangeville should be a barometer for how the rest of the season should shape.

Kann takes over for Pierce for Cardinals SINGLE-MINDED CONTINUED FROM B1

“I like to hit,” Peterson said. “I like the live hitting and seeing where I can hit it. I want to work on that, and want to work on playing third base and center a lot with my glove.”

The injury aside, this year started out just like the past two Marches before. The Cardinals have a new head coach in Forreston athletic director Jim Kann, and Peterson, as well as fellow juniors, will be playing for their third head coach in as many seasons. Mike Reagan coached the Cardinals in 2013, and Terry Pierce took over for the 2014 season.

Last year saw a change in position for Peterson, coming over to third base after spending her softball days – about 10 years’ worth through youth organizations – in the outfield.

“I like to see the other coaches’ techniques,” Peterson said, “and what they have to say, and what I should have to do. It’s helped me a little bit.”

Pierce offered an important piece of advice last year that carries over to Peterson’s goals for this season.

“Don’t play for yourself.

Just play to win and play for your team,” Peterson recalled.

The Cardinals practiced for the first time on a softball diamond on Friday at Forreston’s home field in German Valley.

Peterson enjoyed being out in a familiar environment and fielding balls from third base in hopes to be at 100 percent for their season-opener on Tuesday against conference power Orangeville on the same dirt.

She was cleared to play 2 weeks ago.

“She’s steadily coming back, but she’s not to full strength yet,” Kann said.

“I’m hoping by Tuesday she’s ready to go. That’s our plan. Its really a matter of seeing where she’s at mentally and physically. If she’s ready to go, I’ll put her in.”

Kann admits that he’s still trying to get to know the girls a little more, but is hoping that once the pieces are in place for a strong run, there will be no trouble remembering

this group. Perhaps he will help break a Cardinal curse when it comes to the postseason.

Polo-Forreston will look to break a streak of 3 straight years of being knocked out of the postseason by Stillman Valley. The scheduled season-opener was supposed to be against Stillman Valley last Wednesday, but will be moved later in the year due to poor field conditions.

“We’re looking pretty good,” Peterson said. “I think what will be key is teamwork, and working hard at practices.

That’s what will get us far. It’s a lot of fun to win and keep going to see how far you can get, like winning regionals, and seeing how far we can advance.”

B4 • Sauk Valley Media

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Monday, March 23, 2015

SOUTH REGION ROUNDUP

AP

Duke’s Matt Jones (13) and San Diego State’s J.J. O’Brien (20) battle for a rebound during a Round of 32 game Sunday in Charlotte, N.C. Duke won 68-49.

Duke cruises past San Diego State By the Associated Press

WEST REGION ROUNDUP

Badgers down Ducks Wisconsin earns Sweet Sixteen berth with beating of Oregon against the Badgers.

Saturday’s games Sam Dekker scored 17 Arizona 73, Ohio State points for balanced Wisconsin, which beat Ore- 58: Gabe York made five gon 72-65 in the round of 3-pointers, and finished 32 for the second straight with 19 points and T.J. year in Omaha, Nebraska. McConnell also scored 19 Wisconsin played with points as second-seeded the lead all game until Arizona advanced in PortDwayne Benjamin tied it land, Oregon. at 52 with a high-arcing The Buckeyes gave the 3-pointer from in front of Wildcats all they could his bench with 5:27 left. handle, even with standBut Dekker responded out freshman D’Angelo with a reverse layup and Russell struggling with his 3-pointer to make it 58-52. shot. Russell scored nine Joseph Young had 30 points and made just 3 By the Associated Press

of 19 shots after going for worked the sideline in a 28 points in Ohio State’s rolling chair, upset No. 3 overtime win over VCU in seed Baylor Thursday. its tournament opener.

North Carolina 87, Xavier 75, Georgia State Arkansas 76: Marcus 67: Jalen Reynolds and Paige scored 22 points, Myles Davis came off the including 20 in the second bench to score a com- half, and North Carolina bined 38 points in Jack- beat Arkansas in Jacksonsonville, Florida, as sixth- ville, Florida. seeded Xavier end the Paige missed seven of biggest feel-good story of eight shots in the first half, the NCAA Tournament in including all three from Georgia State.

3-point range, and was No. 14 seed Georgia pretty much a non-factor as State (25-10), whose the Tar Heels let the Razorinjured coach Ron Hunter backs keep things close.

EAST REGION ROUNDUP

Spartans stand their ground Michigan State upends No. 2 Virginia; Louisville rolls UNI By the Associated Press

Travis Trice scored 23 points, and Michigan State knocked secondseeded Virginia out of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year, 60-54 on Sunday in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Branden Dawson added 15 points and nine rebounds for the seventhseeded Spartans, who advanced to the Sweet 16 for the seventh time in the last eight seasons under coach Tom Izzo. The Spartans will play Oklahoma in Syracuse, New York on Friday.

With top seed Villanova having lost Saturday, it is the first time a No. 1 and 2 seed from the same region didn’t advance to the Sweet 16 since Kentucky and Gonzaga in 2004.

Louisville 66, Northern Iowa 53: Terry Rozier

scored 25 points for the Cardinals in Seattle.

Montrezl Harrell added 14 for Louisville (26-8), including a couple of game-sealing alley-oop jams on passes from Rozier.

The Cardinals packed it in against Northern Iowa’s top scorer, Seth

Tuttle, holding him to Saturday’s game 14 points and only seven N.C. State 71, Villanova shot attempts.

68: N.C. State is back in Oklahoma 72, Dayton 66: the Sweet 16, attacking Jordan Woodard had 16 one of the top teams in points and Buddy Hield the nation for 40 minutes scored 15, helping Okla- and stunning Villanova in homa advance in Colum- Pittsburgh bus, Ohio.

N.C. State guards Cat C o a c h L o n K r u g e r Barber and Desmond Lee became the second coach shared a long embrace to take four schools (Kanafter buzzer. Barber sas State, Florida and UNLV) to the round of 16. pounded his chest and The Flyers (27-9), who said, “all heart!”

Trevor Lacey led them started in the First Four with 17 points and Barber at home, came up a victory short of their second had 13, each coming with straight trip to the Sweet big buckets to hold off a late Villanova charge.

16 as an 11 seed.

MIDWEST REGION ROUNDUP

Shockers get long-awaited victory Kansas not able to avoid Wichita State’s wrath; Terps fall to West Virginia By the Associated Press

No wonder Kansas never wants anything to do with Wichita State.

Behind another steady performance from Fred VanVleet and the hot shooting of Evan Wessel, the No. 7 seed Shockers rolled past the secondseeded Jayhawks 78-65 on Sunday in Omaha, earning a trip to the Sweet 16 at the expense of the school that has caused them so much chagrin.

Tekele Cotton led the way with 19 points for the Shockers (30-4). VanVleet finished with 17 and Wessel hit four 3-pointers and scored 12, sending the

Missouri Valley champi- for the final 8:25 after he ons to Cleveland for the was hurt for the third time Midwest Regional semifi- in the game. nal against third-seeded Saturday’s games Notre Dame.

Kentucky 64, Cincinnati West Virginia 69, Mary- 51: Aaron Harrison scored land 59: Devin Williams 13 points and Trey Lyles had 16 points and 10 added 11 points and 11 rebounds in Columbus, rebounds in Louisville, Ohio, and rugged West Kentucky, and top-ranked Virginia advanced to a K e n t u c k y o u t w o r k e d Sweet 16 showdown with eighth-seeded Cincinnati undefeated Kentucky. to remain undefeated.

Gary Browne scored 14 Despite the Wildcats’ points and Daxter Miles sixth straight doubleJr. had 12 as West Virginia digit win, they faced their reached the second week- toughest test in a while end of the tournament for and didn’t seem totally the first time since 2010. in control until the final Melo Trimble had 15 minutes. The physical, points for Maryland (28- pesky Bearcats made Ken7), but sat on the bench tucky work hard for every

shot and rebound in an intense contest.

But the Wildcats (36-0) succeeded by making life difficult on both ends for Cincinnati, holding the Bearcats to 32 percent shooting including just 24 percent in the second half.

Notre Dame 67, Butler 64, OT: Jerian Grant

scored 16 points, including the clinching layup with 18 seconds left in overtime, and the thirdseeded Irish edged the Bulldogs in Pittsburgh.

Notre Dame (31-5) moved on to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2003.

Jahlil Okafor scored 18 of his 26 points in a dominating first half, and Duke beat San Diego State 68-49 on Sunday in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Fellow freshman Justise Winslow added 13 points and 12 rebounds for Duke (31-4), which for the second straight tournament game ran out to a quick lead and stayed in control the rest of the way.

Duke – holding a No. 1 seed for the 11th time in 18 seasons but its first since 2011 – advanced to face fifth-seeded Utah in Houston’s South Region semifinals.

Saturday’s games

Utah 75, Georgetown 6 4 : Brandon Taylor

scored 14 points and Delon Wright added 12 and the fifth-seeded Utes beat No. 4 George-

town in Portland, Oregon.

Utah hadn’t advanced to the Sweet 16 since 2005, when the Utes fell as the No. 6 seed to No. 2 Kentucky. The Utes are making their first tournament appearance since 2009.

UCLA 92, UAB 75:

Tony Parker led five Bruins in double figures with a career-high 28 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for 11th-seeded UCLA in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Bruins (22-13), the team many thought shouldn’t have even been in the field of 68, have won six of their last seven games in earning their first consecutive Sweet 16 berths since reaching the Final Four three straight seasons between 2006 and 2008.

Kevon Looney had 10 points and 11 rebounds for UCLA.

Iowa does nothing with size advantage 1999

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The skills of standouts Aaron White and Jared Uthoff, and the Hawkeyes’ size was thought to be a troubling matchup for the Bulldogs.

But Gonzaga was simply too good on the offensive end and used a variety of players to make it difficult for Uthoff or White to get going. Uthoff led Iowa (22-12) with 20 points, and White finished with 19.

The pair were held to six points each in the first half and had to work. Gonzaga gave up size for athleticism, going with Byron Wesley guarding White and Gary Bell Jr. marking Uthoff.

“They defend well.

They’re physical, they have got length, they’re tough to score on at the rim. There’s a lot of things that they do that make it hard for teams to score,” McCaffery said. “But we shot 47 percent, which isn’t a horrible number. The problem for us was at the other end of the floor.”

Wiltjer was nearly perfect. He made 10 of 12 shots and 4 of 6 3-pointers. His 24 points came in just 25 minutes as he was slowed by early foul trouble. Kevin Pangos added 16 points and four 3-pointers, while Bell scored 10.

The Bulldogs were almost flawless for the first 20 minutes. They passed with precision, scored quickly with opportunities developed and were deadly from behind the 3-point

line. Wiltjer hit a trio of 3-pointers, including a 24-foot swish that gave Gonzaga a 34-19 lead and capped a 16-4 run.

But Pangos and Bell – Gonzaga’s defensive stopper – both added a pair of 3s to complement what was working on the interior.

Przemek Karnowski scored nine points and had four assists, all in the first half, and Sabonis’ 18 points off the bench were his most since Jan. 15 at Pepperdine.

“This team is so much fun to be associated with when we’re playing like that and we’re in attack mode and sharing the basketball,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said.

Iowa started the second half with eight of the first 10 points, and Uthoff knocking down three jumpers to get within 11. The Hawkeyes had a chance to cut the deficit under 10, but a turnover by Gesell led to Pangos’ third 3-pointer, and the Bulldogs lead was back to 14.

Iowa trimmed the lead to 11 on multiple occasions, but could never get the deficit to single digits. Gonzaga finally pulled away for good with a seven-point flurry, capped by Pangos’ corner 3-pointer with 6:35 left for a 69-49 lead.

“We felt if we could have got it to single digits, that might have been something that cooled them off as much as our defensive intensity,” McCaffery said. “When you’re up 15, it’s easy to make shots, and we put ourselves in that position.”

Monday, March 23, 2015

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WEEKEND SCOREBOARD Auto racing Auto Club 400 Results Sunday At Auto Club Speedway Fontana, Calif.

Lap length: 2 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (8) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 209 laps, 114.6 rating, 47 points, $357,781.

2. (2) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 209, 129.3, 43, $260,130.

3. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 209, 135.4, 43, $205,055.

4. (11) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 209, 100.6, 40, $158,505.

5. (9) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 209, 92.8, 39, $156,305.

6. (17) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 209, 104.6, 38, $132,045.

7. (13) Joey Logano, Ford, 209, 102.3, 37, $155,803.

8. (12) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 209, 96.1, 37, $136,240.

9. (14) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 209, 107.9, 35, $150,831.

10. (7) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 209, 90.8, 35, $149,406.

11. (23) Aric Almirola, Ford, 209, 81, 33, $141,546.

12. (31) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 209, 65.1, 32, $135,168.

13. (15) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 209, 84.6, 32, $98,110.

14. (20) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 209, 80.8, 30, $128,474.

15. (27) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 209, 64.4, 29, $109,560.

16. (21) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 209, 70.6, 28, $136,696.

17. (19) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 209, 76.5, 27, $113,160.

18. (4) David Ragan, Toyota, 209, 77.7, 26, $145,051.

19. (22) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 209, 71.1, 25, $105,760.

20. (33) Chris Buescher, Ford, 209, 59.4, 0, $93,860.

21. (26) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 209, 64.4, 23, $126,451.

22. (30) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 209, 53.5, 22, $122,974.

23. (37) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 209, 65, 21, $119,218.

24. (32) Cole Whitt, Ford, 209, 54.9, 20, $108,493.

25. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 209, 48.2, 0, $93,610.

26. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 209, 82.7, 18, $120,793.

27. (25) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 209, 74.1, 0, $103,843.

28. (6) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 209, 104.6, 17, $106,485.

29. (36) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 209, 50.3, 15, $132,835.

30. (10) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 209, 67.6, 14, $125,668.

31. (3) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 209, 104.2, 14, $128,746.

32. (29) Greg Biffle, Ford, 209, 58.7, 12, $121,143.

33. (28) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 208, 40.2, 12, $96,932.

34. (18) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 208, 46.4, 10, $105,185.

35. (43) David Gilliland, Ford, 208, 39.7, 9, $94,960.

36. (35) Josh Wise, Ford, 207, 35.1, 8, $86,820.

37. (41) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 206, 34.5, 0, $86,549.

38. (24) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 206, 33.8, 6, $80,803.

39. (34) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 205, 27.9, 5, $78,240.

40. (39) Mike Bliss, Ford, 205, 29.5, 0, $72,740.

41. (38) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 205, 26.3, 0, $68,740.

42. (42) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 203, 23.9, 2, $64,740.

43. (16) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 155, 39.8, 1, $87,585.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 140.662 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 58 minutes, 18 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.710 seconds.

Caution Flags: 7 for 31 laps.

Lead Changes: 19 among 9 drivers.

Lap Leaders: K.Busch 1-5; K.Harvick 6-24; A.Bowman 25; M.Kenseth 26-31; D.Hamlin 32-61; J.Gordon 62; D.Hamlin 63-88; M.Kenseth 89-94; K.Busch 95-99; M.Truex Jr. 100-104; K.Busch 105-137; C.Edwards 138; K.Busch 139-143; K.Harvick 144-154; M.Kenseth 155-185; K.Harvick 186-189; K.Busch 190-200; J.Gordon 201-202; K.Busch 203-208; B.Keselowski 209.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Busch, 6 times for 65 laps; D.Hamlin, 2 times for 56 laps; M.Kenseth, 3 times for 43 laps; K.Harvick, 3 times for 34 laps; M.Truex Jr., 1 time for 5 laps; J.Gordon, 2 times for 3 laps; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 1 lap; C.Edwards, 1 time for 1 lap; A.Bowman, 1 time for 1 lap.

Wins: K.Harvick, 2; J.Johnson, 1; B.Keselowski, 1; J.Logano, 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 225; 2. J.Logano, 197; 3. M.Truex Jr., 192; 4.

D.Earnhardt Jr., 164; 5. B.Keselowski, 163; 6. R.Newman, 162; 7. J.Johnson, 159; 8. K.Kahne, 159; 9. P.Menard, 152; 10.

A.Almirola, 138; 11. A.Allmendinger, 137; 12. C.Mears, 132; 13. M.Kenseth, 127; 14. D.Hamlin, 125; 15. D.Ragan, 124; 16.

J.McMurray, 120.

Men’s basketball NCAA tournament glance EAST REGIONAL Round of 64 Thursday’s results At CONSOL Energy Center Pittsburgh Villanova 93, Lafayette 52 N.C. State 66, LSU 65 Friday’s results At Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, N.C. Michigan State 70, Georgia 63 Virginia 79, Belmont 67 At Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Oklahoma 69, Albany 60 Dayton 66, Providence 53 At KeyArena Seattle Northern Iowa 71, Wyoming 54 Louisville 57, UC Irvine 55 Round of 32 Saturday’s result At CONSOL Energy Center Pittsburgh N.C. State 71, Villanova 68 Sunday’s results At Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, N.C. Michigan 60, Virginia 54 At Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Oklahoma 72, Dayton 66 At KeyArena Seattle Louisville 66, Northern Iowa 53 SOUTH REGIONAL Round of 64 Thursday’s results At KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. UAB 60, Iowa State 59 UCLA 60, SMU 59 At Moda Center Portland, Ore. Utah 57, Stephen F. Austin 50 Georgetown 84, Eastern Washington 74 Friday’s results At Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, N.C. Duke 85, Robert Morris 56 San Diego St. 76, St. John’s 64 At KeyArena Seattle Iowa 83, Davidson 52 Gonzaga 86, North Dakota State 76 Round of 32 Saturday’s results At KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. UCLA 92, UAB 75 At Moda Center Portland, Ore. Utah 75, Georgetown 64 Sunday’s results At Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, N.C. Duke 68, San Diego State 49 At KeyArena Seattle Gonzaga 87, Iowa 68

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BOYS ROUNDUP

MIDWEST REGIONAL Round of 64 Thursday’s results At KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Cincinnati 66, Purdue 65, OT Kentucky 79, Hampton 56 At CONSOL Energy Center Pittsburgh Notre Dame 69, Northeastern 65 Butler 56, Texas 48 Friday’s results At Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio West Virginia 68, Buffalo 62 Maryland 65, Valparaiso 62 At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Neb. Kansas 75, New Mexico State 56 Wichita State 81, Indiana 76

PISTONS 107, BULLS 91 CHICAGO (91) Dunleavy 3-10 3-4 9, Noah 3-8 0-2 6, Gasol 10-16 6-6 27, Brooks 6-12 4-4 19, Snell 1-8 0-0 2, Mirotic 1-8 5-5 8, Gibson 6-8 1-2 13, Hinrich 2-6 0-1 5, Moore 1-1 0-0 2, Mohammed 0-0 0-0 0, McDermott 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-77 19-24 91.

DETROIT (107) C.Butler 7-11 2-2 20, Tolliver 2-7 0-0 4, Drummond 7-13 0-2 14, Jackson 9-16 3-3 22, Caldwell-Pope 6-11 0-0 15, Meeks 5-11 0-0 12, Dinwiddie 3-11 3-3 10, Anthony 3-3 0-0 6, Martin 0-1 0-0 0, Prince 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 44-90 8-10 107.

Chicago 20 36 23 12 — 91 Detroit 30 14 36 27 —107 3s–Chicago 6-21 (Brooks 3-5, Gasol 1-1, Hinrich 1-2, Mirotic 1-5, Snell 0-3, Dunleavy 0-5), Detroit 11-26 (C.Butler 4-6, Caldwell-Pope 3-6, Meeks 2-2, Jackson 1-3, Dinwiddie 1-4, Martin 0-1, Tolliver 0-4). Rebounds–Chicago 50 (Noah 13), Detroit 47 (Prince 10). Assists–Chicago 22 (Noah 7), Detroit 28 (Jackson 11).

Fouls–Chicago 11, Detroit 20.

Golf

Round of 32 Saturday’s results At Jacksonville Veteran’s Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Fla. Xavier 75, Georgia State 67 North Carolina 87, Arkansas 78 At Moda Center Portland, Ore. Arizona 73, Ohio State 58 Sunday’s result At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Neb. Wisconsin 72, Oregon 65 Sunday’s box score

GONZAGA 87, IOWA 68 IOWA (22-12) Jok 1-6 2-2 4, Gesell 4-10 1-2 9, Uthoff 10-19 0-0 20, White 7-13 3-3 19, Woodbury 1-2 0-0 2, Olaseni 2-5 0-1 4, Oglesby 0-1 0-0 0, Clemmons 3-4 1-2 10, Uhl 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-60 7-10 68.

GONZAGA (34-2) Pangos 5-12 2-2 16, Bell Jr. 3-6 2-2 10, Wesley 2-3 1-2 5, Karnowski 4-6 1-4 9, Wiltjer 10-12 0-0 24, Melson 0-0 0-0 0, Nunez 1-1 0-0 2, Dranginis 1-2 1-2 3, Sabonis 6-10 6-8 18, McClellan 0-0 0-1 0.

Totals 32-52 13-21 87.

Halftime–Gonzaga 46-29. 3-Point Goals–Iowa 5-15 (Clemmons 3-4, White 2-3, Gesell 0-1, Oglesby 0-1, Jok 0-3, Uthoff 0-3), Gonzaga 10-16 (Wiltjer 4-6, Pangos 4-7, Bell Jr. 2-3). Fouled Out– Olaseni, Woodbury. Rebounds–Iowa 22 (Uthoff 8), Gonzaga 34 (Sabonis 9).

Assists–Iowa 10 (Gesell 5), Gonzaga 20 (Bell Jr., Dranginis, Karnowski 4). Total Fouls–Iowa 17, Gonzaga 11.

National Invitation Tournament Second Round Friday’s result Vanderbilt 92, South Dakota State 77 Saturday’s result Miami 73, Alabama 66 Sunday’s results Temple 90, George Washington 77 Richmond 76, Arizona State 70 Stanford 74, Rhode Island 65 Today’s games Louisiana Tech (26-8) at Texas A&M (21-11), 6 p.m.

Illinois State (22-12) at Old Dominion (25-7), 7 p.m.

Murray State (28-5) at Tulsa (23-10), 8 p.m.

College Basketball Invitational Quarterfinals Today’s games Radford (22-11) vs. Vermont (19-13), 6 p.m.

Oral Roberts (19-14) at Loyola, Chicago (20-13) 7 p.m.

Colorado (16-17) vs. Seattle (17-15), TBA Mercer (19-15) vs. Louisiana-Monroe (22-12), TBA CollegeInsider.com Tournament Second Round Friday’s result Eastern Kentucky 66, High Point 65 Saturday’s results Canisius 82, Bowling Green 59 Louisiana-Lafayette 71, Sam Houston State 70 Tennessee-Martin 60, S.C.-Upstate 49 Northern Arizona 78, Sacramento State 73 Today’s games Cleveland State (25-8) at NJIT (19-11), 6 p.m.

Evansville (20-12) at Eastern Illinois (18-14), 7 p.m.

Kent State (22-11) at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (20-13), 7 p.m.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE GB — 11½ 12 24½ 28 GB — 13 20½ 22 32 GB — 3½ 11 14½ 19

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Saturday’s results Brooklyn 123, Indiana 111 Detroit 107, Chicago 91 Phoenix 117, Houston 102 Memphis 97, Portland 86 Golden State 106, Utah 91 Sunday’s results Oklahoma City 93, Miami 75 Cleveland 108, Milwaukee 90 San Antonio 114, Atlanta 95 L.A. Clippers 107, New Orleans 100 Toronto 106, New York 89 Sacramento 109, Washington 86 Denver 119, Orlando 100 Detroit 105, Boston 97, OT Charlotte 109, Minnesota 98 Dallas at Phoenix, late Philadelphia at L.A. Lakers, late

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Saturday’s box score

WEST REGIONAL Round of 64 Thursday’s results At Jacksonville Veteran’s Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Fla. Georgia State 57, Baylor 56 Xavier 76, Mississippi 57 North Carolina 67, Harvard 65 Arkansas 56, Wofford 53 At Moda Center Portland, Ore. Arizona 93, Texas Southern 72 Ohio State 75, VCU 72, OT Friday’s results At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Neb. Oregon 79, Oklahoma State 73 Wisconsin 86, Coastal Carolina 72

Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 49 21 .700 Houston 46 23 .667 San Antonio 44 25 .638 Dallas 44 26 .629 New Orleans 37 33 .529 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 44 24 .647 Oklahoma City 40 30 .571 Utah 31 38 .449 Denver 27 44 .380 Minnesota 15 54 .217 Pacific Division W L Pct x-Golden State 56 13 .812 L.A. Clippers 46 25 .648 Phoenix 37 33 .529 Sacramento 24 45 .348 L.A. Lakers 17 50 .254 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Jensen drives in go-ahead runs against Warriors

Tuesday’s games Toronto at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Miami at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Golden State at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

Round of 32 Saturday’s results At KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Kentucky 64, Cincinnati 51 At CONSOL Energy Center Pittsburgh Notre Dame 67, Butler 64, OT Sunday’s results At Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio West Virginia 69, Maryland 59 At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Neb. Wichita State 78, Kansas 65

Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 42 28 .600 Boston 30 39 .435 Brooklyn 29 39 .426 Philadelphia 17 52 .246 New York 14 56 .200 Southeast Division W L Pct y-Atlanta 53 17 .757 Washington 40 30 .571 Miami 32 37 .464 Charlotte 30 38 .441 Orlando 22 50 .306 Central Division W L Pct x-Cleveland 46 26 .639 Chicago 42 29 .592 Milwaukee 34 36 .486 Indiana 30 39 .435 Detroit 26 44 .371

Daily double does it

Today’s games Houston at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Boston at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

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

Charlotte at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Utah, 8 p.m.

Washington at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

GB — 2½ 4½ 5 12 GB — 5 13½ 18½ 29½ GB — 11 19½ 32 38

Sunday At Bay Hill Club and Lodge Orlando, Fla. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,419; Par: 72 Final Matt Every 68-66-69-66 — 269 Henrik Stenson 68-66-66-70 — 270 Matt Jones 71-65-67-68 — 271 Morgan Hoffmann 66-65-71-71 — 273 Ben Martin 68-67-68-71 — 274 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 70-71-65-69 — 275 Jason Kokrak 67-71-65-72 — 275 Kevin Na 67-70-69-69 — 275 Zach Johnson 71-71-68-66 — 276 Louis Oosthuizen 69-68-70-69 — 276 Rory McIlroy 70-66-71-70 — 277 Hudson Swafford 75-66-68-68 — 277 Daniel Berger 73-68-68-69 — 278 Ernie Els 71-67-72-68 — 278 David Lingmerth 69-67-73-69 — 278 Brandt Snedeker 68-74-66-70 — 278 Jason Day 69-71-71-68 — 279 Danny Lee 72-64-71-72 — 279 Francesco Molinari 70-71-69-69 — 279 D.A. Points 70-70-67-72 — 279 Zac Blair 73-67-71-69 — 280 Charles Howell III 71-68-70-71 — 280 Hideki Matsuyama 70-72-70-68 — 280 Carlos Ortiz 71-70-69-70 — 280 Ian Poulter 67-70-71-72 — 280 Shawn Stefani 70-71-69-70 — 280 Camilo Villegas 69-72-67-72 — 280 Gary Woodland 71-69-71-69 — 280

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NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF Montreal 46 20 7 99 193 Tampa Bay 45 21 7 97 238 Detroit 39 21 11 89 204 Boston 36 25 12 84 193 Ottawa 36 24 11 83 207 Florida 33 25 14 80 177 Toronto 27 40 6 60 192 Buffalo 20 45 7 47 135 Metropolitan Division W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Rangers 46 18 7 99 217 N.Y. Islanders 44 25 4 92 225 Pittsburgh 40 22 10 90 200 Washington 39 24 10 88 212 Philadelphia 29 29 16 74 192 New Jersey 31 30 11 73 163 Columbus 33 35 4 70 193 Carolina 26 35 10 62 164

GA 159 188 190 190 188 197 235 241 GA 163 203 178 180 215 183 225 196

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 45 21 7 97 223 180 Nashville 44 21 8 96 208 176 Chicago 43 22 6 92 203 162 Minnesota 40 25 7 87 207 181 Winnipeg 37 23 12 86 201 189 Colorado 33 26 12 78 191 198 Dallas 34 28 10 78 224 230 Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 46 21 7 99 216 206 Vancouver 42 26 4 88 206 193 Calgary 39 27 6 84 211 189 Los Angeles 34 23 14 82 189 179 San Jose 35 29 8 78 199 201 Edmonton 20 39 13 53 172 247 Arizona 21 44 8 50 149 242 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Justin Jensen’s third double of the day drove in the two go-ahead runs in the top of the eighth inning to send Morrison to a 6-3 victory over Sterling on Saturday at Gartner Park.

Jensen finished with four hits and three RBIs total, and Mason Sitzmore and Brock Smith also drove in runs for the Mustangs (2-1). Smith got the win in relief of starter Ryan VanZuiden, who struck out six in five innings of one-run, onehit ball.

Turner Morse and Tyler Willman drove in runs for the Warriors (0-2), who tied the game with two runs in the sixth. Rafael Escalante took the loss in 3 2/3 innings of relief for starter Esteban Sosa.

Rock Falls swept at home: The Rockets lost

a pair of nonconference games in wild finishes, falling to Geneseo 10-7 and 17-13 in nine innings.

Geneseo turned a triple play on a grounder to third base to end Game 1, after scoring four runs in the top of the seventh to take its first lead since the second inning. Noah Junis had two RBIs for Rock Falls (1-3), which had just two hits, and James McFadden took the loss in relief of Junis.

The Rockets had chances to win Game 2 twice in the late innings, but came up short. A bases-loaded, one-out threat in the seventh was ended with a one-hop grounder to second for a double play, then a three-run rally in the eighth could’ve been more if not for a hard lineout to center field with the winning run on third and two outs.

Logan Pillars and Nolan Moeller had three hits and three RBIs each, and Clay Velazquez had two hits and drove in two runs.

Jacob Mammosser took the loss, after serving as both the third and fifth pitcher used by Rock Falls.

Saturday’s stars Justin Jensen, Morrison baseball, 4-for-5, 3 2Bs, 3 RBIs Bransen Rosenow, E-P basebal, 2 hits, 3 RBIs Anton Halla, Dixon baseball, 3 RBIs in 2 games Sterling 3,200 relay team, won NIB-12 indoor title Dixon drops two: The Dukes lost both games of a road doubleheader against Princeton by scores of 11-3 and 11-4.

Mitchell Wolfe took the loss in the first game after allowing eight runs (two earned) and six hits, with five strikeouts and five walks. Ryan Long took the loss in the second game.

Anton Halla had a combined three RBIs over the two games, while Cal Jarrett and Riley Mehrens had two apiece.

Oregon falls twice: The Hawks dropped both games of a home doubleheader with Indian Creek by scores of 12-2 and 14-6.

Oregon’s Josh Cook hit two triples over the two games, while Mason Smith added a home run and an RBI. Taylor Brubaker took the loss in the first game, allowing three runs (two earned) and five hits, while striking out five.

Jensen Melville took the loss in Game 2, allowing eight runs (four earned) with seven strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.

Erie-Prophetstown 13, Annawan-Wethersfield 1, 6 inn.: The Panthers

rolled in their season opener, ripping 14 hits and putting the game away with a ninerun third inning in Annawan.

Bransen Rosenow had two hits and three RBIs for E-P (1-0), and six other Panthers also drove in runs. Josh Lohman (1-0) got the start, as four

pitchers combined on a one-hitter with 10 strikeouts.

Eastland swept in Lanark: The Cougars lost

10-2 and 4-3 to AldenHebron in their first games of the season.

Brighton Haverland had two hits and an RBI in the opener, and Zach Randecker added two hits while taking the loss on the mound for Eastland.

Wil Lartz had three hits and an RBI in the nightcap, and Tanner Giedd drove in a pair of runs as Nick Simpson took the loss.

Track & field

Sterling 6th at NIB-12 Indoor Meet: The Golden

Warriors found strength in the relay events at the NIB-12 indoor conference meet at Westwood in Sterling.

Sterling won the 3,200meter relay, as Zach Alston, Logan Cheshire, Ethan Rocha and Cody Lund combined for a time of 8:26.72, more than 8 seconds ahead of second-place DeKalb.

The Warriors earned second in the 1,600 relay with a time of 3:36.47, this time being edged by DeKalb (3:34.33).

DeKalb won the team title with 91 points, Geneseo (86) was second, and Yorkville (74) rounded out the top three. Sterling (37) was sixth.

College baseball

Skyhawks swept: Sauk

Valley lost to College of Dupage 4-1 and 2-0 at Gartner Park.

Evan Smith recorded the lone RBI for the Skyhawks on the day with a bases loaded walk in the sixth inning of Game 1.

Derek Kennel had two hits for Sauk (3-7) in Game 1. Mario Pacheco took the loss.

Fabian Del Real pitched all seven innings in Game 2, allowing two earned runs while striking out one and walking none.

Sauk had only two hits in the loss.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP

Saturday’s results Florida 2, Boston 1, SO N.Y. Rangers 3, Carolina 2, SO Minnesota 6, St. Louis 3 Columbus 3, Calgary 2, OT Vancouver 4, Los Angeles 1 Montreal 2, San Jose 0 Ottawa 5, Toronto 3 N.Y. Islanders 3, New Jersey 0 Winnipeg 3, Washington 0 Nashville 3, Buffalo 0 Dallas 4, Chicago 0 Pittsburgh 3, Arizona 1 Edmonton 5, Philadelphia 4, OT Sunday’s results Detroit 2, St. Louis 1, OT Tampa Bay 5, Boston 3 N.Y. Rangers 7, Anaheim 2 Vancouver 3, Arizona 1 Today’s games Los Angeles at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

San Jose at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Winnipeg at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s box score

STARS 4, BLACKHAWKS 0 Chicago 0 0 0 — 0 Dallas 2 0 2 — 4 First Period–1, Dallas, Eaves 9 (Goligoski, Jokipakka), 9:36. 2, Dallas, Seguin 33 (Ja. Benn, Spezza), 16:02 (pp). Penalties– Demers, Dal (tripping), 2:17; Ja.Benn, Dal (high-sticking), 5:28; Hjalmarsson, Chi (hooking), 15:24; Shaw, Chi (hooking), 19:08.

Second Period–None. Penalties–None.

Third Period–3, Dallas, Horcoff 11 (Goligoski, Hemsky), 6:02 (pp). 4, Dallas, Spezza 16 (Eaves), 9:32. Penalties–Hjalmarsson, Chi (high-sticking), 4:59.

Missed Penalty Shot–Saad, Chi, 7:13 third.

Shots on Goal–Chicago 9-12-12–33.

Dallas 10-12-7–29.

Power-play opportunities–Chicago 0 of 2; Dallas 2 of 3.

Goalies–Chicago, Crawford 29-15-5 (29 shots-25 saves). Dallas, Lehtonen 31-1410 (33-33).

Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned RHP Michael Mariot, RHP Yohan Pino, C Francisco Pena, INF Cheslor Cuthbert and OF Reymond Fuentes to Omaha (PCL) and LHP Brandon Finnegan to Northwest Arkansas (Texas) and OF Terrance Gore to Wilmington (Carolina) Reassigned C Parker Morin and OF Brett Eibner to their minor league camp.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with INF Tyler Pastornicky on a minor league contract.

National League MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with OF Christian Yelich on a seven-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed G Toure’ Murry to a second 10-day contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed LB James Harrison to a two-year contract.

AP

Brad Keselowski celebrates after winning Sunday’s race in Fontana, Calif.

Keselowski passed Kurt Busch on the final lap and fended off Kevin Harvick for the victory.

Crushing California curse Keselowski passes Busch, fends off Harvick for win

BY GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer

FONTANA, Calif. – Brad Keselowski roared past Kurt Busch on the final lap and held off streaking Kevin Harvick to win at Fontana on Sunday, earning his first NASCAR victory of the season in a wild finish.

Harvick fell just short of a three-race West Coast sweep, but finished second to extend his remarkable streak of toptwo Sprint Cup finishes to eight races dating to last season. Richard Petty holds the NASCAR record with 11 straight in 1975.

Keselowski led only one lap in his Team Penske Ford, but capitalized on two late restarts to a green-white-checkered finish.

“I knew [Harvick] and [Busch] had been the class of the weekend and deserved to win on speed,” Keselowski said after his 17th career Sprint Cup victory. “Maybe we kind of stole one today.”

After getting four tires on the first late caution, Keselowski then slipped underneath Busch for the decisive pass, taking full advantage of the California speedway’s wide rac-

ing surface. He had never finished better than 18th on this track, which he called the best in NASCAR last week.

“Feel like today is the day we break our [Fontana] curse,” Keselowski tweeted Sunday morning.

Busch and Harvick dueled down the stretch, two teammates eager to capitalize on their superior Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolets. They might have cruised to a 1-2 finish if not for another chapter in the thrilling races that have recently characterized the wellaged asphalt at Fontana.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY-MORRISON, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PLAINTIFF vs.

ROBERT C. ADAMS; MARY ADAMS; GB HOME EQUITY; DEFENDANT 14 CH 15 Address: 30609 E. Woodside Dr. Rock Falls, IL 61071 Judge Steiness NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 4, 2015, I, Sheriff of Whiteside County, Illinois, will on May 7, 2015 at the hour of 10:00 AM at the 3rd Floor Lobby of the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, IL 61270, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Whiteside, State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: COMMON ADDRESS: 30609 E. Woodside Dr., Rock Falls, IL 61071 P.I.N.: 17-11-403-005 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

THE JUDGMENT AMOUNT WAS: $86,692.49 Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within twenty four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representations as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

Pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512, the amounts of any surplus bid will be held by the sheriff until a party obtains a Court Order for its distribution, or for 60 days following the date of the entry of the order confirming sale, at which time, in the absence of an order directing payment of the surplus, it may be automatically forfeited to the State without further notice.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(1) and (g)(4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, 230 West Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606, telephone 312-5419710. Please refer to file number IL 13 8944.

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The Lee County Health Department seeks a part-time nurse for our Maternal & Child Health team. This individual will work in our WIC (including nutrition education) and Childhood Immunization programs. R.N. required.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY-MORRISON, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER OF U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND, PLAINTIFF vs.

MICHAEL J. ISHMAEL; LISA M. ISHMAEL; DEFENDANTS 14 CH 45 Address: 1102 W. 5th Street Sterling, Illinois 61081 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 4, 2015, I, Sheriff of Whiteside County, Illinois, will on May 7, 2015 at the hour of 10:00 AM at the 3rd Floor Lobby of the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, IL 61270, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Whiteside, State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: COMMON ADDRESS: 1102 W. 5th Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081 P.I.N.: 11-20-434-010 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

THE JUDGMENT AMOUNT WAS: $86,624.75 Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within twenty four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representations as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

Pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512, the amounts of any surplus bid will be held by the sheriff until a party obtains a Court Order for its distribution, or for 60 days following the date of the entry of the order confirming sale, at which time, in the absence of an order directing payment of the surplus, it may be automatically forfeited to the State without further notice.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(1) and (g)(4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, 230 West Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606, telephone 312-5419710. Please refer to file number IL 14 9709.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY-MORRISON, ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY-MORRISON, ILLINOIS

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PLAINTIFF vs.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER OF U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND, PLAINTIFF vs.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

THE JUDGMENT AMOUNT WAS: $86,692.49 Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within twenty four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representations as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

Pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512, the amounts of any surplus bid will be held by the sheriff until a party obtains a Court Order for its distribution, or for 60 days following the date of the entry of the order confirming sale, at which time, in the absence of an order directing payment of the surplus, it may be automatically forfeited to the State without further notice.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, 230 West Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606, telephone 312-541-9710. Please refer to file number IL 13 8944.

Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 13 8944 March 23, 30, April 6, 2015

IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Sylvia M. Blanchette, Deceased.

NO. 2015 P 7 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Sylvia M. Blanchette of Dixon, Lee County, Illinois. Letters of office were issued to Trisha Shuck, Dixon, Lee County, Illinois, as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is Gary R. Gehlbach, Ehrmann Gehlbach Badfger Lee & Considine, LLC, 215 E. First Street, Ste. 100, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at 309 S. Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021, or with the representative, or both, on or before the date which is six (6) months after the date of the first publication of this Claim Notice, or, if mailing or delivering of a notice from the representative is required by section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date is stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

By: Trisha Shuck Independent Executor

Gary R. Gehlbach Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger & Lee, LLC Attorneys for Independent Administrator 215 E. First Street, Ste. 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) March 9, 16, 23, 2015

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THE JUDGMENT AMOUNT WAS: $86,624.75 Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within twenty four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representations as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

Pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512, the amounts of any surplus bid will be held by the sheriff until a party obtains a Court Order for its distribution, or for 60 days following the date of the entry of the order confirming sale, at which time, in the absence of an order directing payment of the surplus, it may be automatically forfeited to the State without further notice.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, 230 West Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606, telephone 312-541-9710. Please refer to file number IL 14 9709.

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ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on March 6, A.D. 2015 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Berg's All Season Care located at 410 Main St. P.O. Box 41 Steward, IL 60553.

Dated this 6th day of March A.D. 2015.

Cathy Myers

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Competitive starting pay; shift bonus; extensive benefit package; Vacation; 401k and more!

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Local Flatbed Company Regional driver, paid vacations.

Must have at least 2 yrs. exp. .40 CPM. 815-622-3000

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Morrison High School CUSD #6 is accepting applications for a High School Office Manager.

Please apply online at www. applitrack.com/ whitesideroe/ onlineapp Seeking LPNs & RNs for Private Duty Nursing Advantage Nursing Services Benefits!

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MACHINE SET UP OPERATOR

TRAMEC HILL FASTENER, Rock Fallls, IL is actively seeking qualified candidate for a Machine Set up Operator at our TRAMEC Hill Fasttener cold heading division of TRAMEC LLC (www w.tramec. com). We offer: Team Atmosphere, Com mparative Salary, Health Insurance & Matching 401K K. • Machine Set up Operator, experience preeferred, but will train right individual • Able to read blueprints and use of microm meter, caliper, and other gages • Set up machhines • Responsible for monitoring quality of product • Troubleshoot minor mechanical issues annd perform routine repairs Please submit resume’ to rhardman@hillfasttener.com or fax to 815-625-2407 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Direct Support Person (DSP) Program

FULL-TIME, TEMPORARY HELP WANTED in the Lee County USDA Farm Service Agency Office for a position available with employment opportunity through September 30, 2015. Salary range $13.50-15.30 per hour; 40 hours per week.

Successful completion of program will certify an individual to work as a Developmental Disability Aide with listing on Illinois Healthcare Worker Registry. DSP Program consists of approximately 50 hours of on-line and classroom instruction and 80 hours on-job-training. Applicants must be at least16 years old, able to lift 50 lbs, no disqualifying conditions on IL Healthcare Background Check. Enrollment in program is not an offer of hire, but may lead to employment opportunities at ECTC.

Applications can be obtained at the USDA Service Center, 319 South Mason Ave, Suite A, Amboy, IL 61310, or by email addressed to: jerry.quinton@il.usda.gov or call 815-857-3621 for more information.

Application Form FSA-675 must be received by the vacancy closing date of 3/31/15.

Apply in person at: Exceptional Care & Training Center 2601 Woodlawn Road Sterling, IL*EOE

We recognize and appreciate the benefits of diversity in the workplace. People who share this belief and reflect a diverse background are encouraged to apply. FSA is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Workers Needed Local business seeking hard working individuals for long hour days.

For application call 815-716-7098.

DO YOU QUALIFY FOR A CAREER AS A ROCK FALLS POLICE OFFICER? The Rock Falls Board of Fire and Police Commissioners are seeking candidates for the posiition off Pollice Offificer and d wiill cond ductt enttrance examiinattions att the Rockk Fallls Middle School on Saturday, April 18th 2015. Physical Ability examination will be administered at 9:00 a.m. and the written exam will follow.

Requirements: 1. Resident of the State of Illinois.

2. Valid driver’s license 3. Valid Firearms Owner Identification Card 4. Must be 21 years of age and not reached your 35th birthday 5. Have a high school diploma or equivalent 6. Must pass physical exam, skills evaluation, and written examination 7. Be of good moral character and pass an in-depth background check.

Fringe benefits include: Good pension plan, medical insurance, paid vacation, overtime pay and uniform allowance.

Application forms may be obtained at the Rock Falls Police Department located at 1013 7th Avenue, Rock Falls IL and must be completed no later than Friday, April 17th 2015 on or before 5:00 p.m. All applications submitted must include a copy of your driver’s license, High School Diploma or G.E.D. and your DD-214 (if applicable).

THE CITY OF ROCK FALLS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER The Rock Falls Board of Fire and Police Commissioners

Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 14 9709 March 23, 30, April 6, 2015

ASSSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on March 9 A.D. 2015 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Kibble Construction located at 822 S. Galena Ave. Dixon, IL 61021.

Dated this 9th day of March A.D. 2015 Cathy Myers

by Gerianne Knack Deputy County Clerk March 16, 23, 30, 2015

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Assumed Name Publication Notice Public Notice is hereby given that on March 5, A.D. 2015 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Modern Food Taxi located at 1501 Lowell Park Rd., Unit 5, Apt. 5B, Dixon, IL 61021.

Dated this 5th day of March A.D. 2015 Cathy Myers County Clerk

By Gerianne Knack Deputy March 16, 23, 30, 2015

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COMMON ADDRESS: 30609 E. Woodside Dr., Rock Falls, IL 61071 P.I.N.: 17-11-403-005

MICHAEL J. ISHMAEL; LISA M. ISHMAEL; DEFENDANTS 14 CH 45 Address: 1102 W. 5th Street Sterling, Illinois 61081 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 4, 2015, I, Sheriff of Whiteside County, Illinois, will on May 7, 2015 at the hour of 10:00 AM at the 3rd Floor Lobby of the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, IL 61270, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Whiteside, State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 10 IN BLOCK 65 IN WALLACE AND GALT'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF STERLING, WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMON ADDRESS: 1102 W. 5th Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081 P.I.N.: 11-20-434-010

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ROBERT C. ADAMS; MARY ADAMS; GB HOME EQUITY; DEFENDANT 14 CH 15 Address: 30609 E. Woodside Dr. Rock Falls, IL 61071 Judge Steiness NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 4, 2015, I, Sheriff of Whiteside County, Illinois, will on May 7, 2015 at the hour of 10:00 AM at the 3rd Floor Lobby of the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, IL 61270, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Whiteside, State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 20 IN STONEGATE ESTATES SUBDIVISION NO. 2, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 18, 1969 AS DOCUMENT NO. 339356.

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NEW TODAY 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.

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NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is lispecifically censed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes.

The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c))

AREA GARAGE SALES 624 POLO GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. March 27th, 7:30-5:30 Sat., March 28 th, 7:30-3 13829 W. Brick Church Rd. HUGE MOVING SALE Everything must go! Home items & farm items for sale.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS

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815-445-6151.

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No person or business, unless properly licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State, may sell ticket(s) for any sporting event or otherwise, for more than the price printed upon the face of the said ticket(s).

Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

Mantis tiller, 1 new & 1 old, both for $299 815-2846792

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815.625.8529 Maytag 7 cycle elec. dryer & Kenmore HE washer $400 lv. message 815-973-5077 Whirlpool W/D electric. Almond color. $250.

815-456-2864

FURNITURE

755

All Mattress Sets New in plastic.

Twin $99, Full $129, qu. $159, King $259. W/ Warr. Can deliver.

815-703-3688 High quality tan leather sofa by Century. Comfortable, exc. condition. $1,400. Call 815-973-0890 Large 4 legged hinged blanket chest. $65. 815677-1204 Martin's Furniture dining room table & 10 chairs. Exc. cond.

Velvet & leather cover. Like brand new. Asking $3,000/obo, new $3900. Call 815441-0252.

Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

Solid oak Amish hand crafted country hutch, exc. cond., $1600. 815499-4140

WELLNESS CLINICS

Monday,March 30th 3pm-7pm Tractor Supply Store in Dixon Cat & Dog exams $10, Most vaccines $12 Heartworm test & Microchips $20.

Call to schedule appt.

815-830-6568

Wanted: Tea Cup Chihuahua, size adult, short hair, reasonably priced or free 815-5649022 after 2:00.

WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

LAWN & GARDEN

781

Golf Cart Club Car, gas, head & rear lights, canopy, wheels, chrome met blue, new battery, exc. cond. $2600/obo 815379-2541 or 815718-5354

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS Chicago Cubs Tickets. All games reasonably priced.

815-978-2589

WANT TO BUY 795 I Pay Cash 4 Gold Silver, Coins & Antiques 24/7 815-564-9061

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE 1962 Vintage Elect Stove. 2 ovens & 4 burners. $100.

815-288-4397 1:24 scale, Nascar Diecast: Action, Team Caliber, Motorsports Authentics, Lionel,RCCA Elite, Numerous Drivers. Info: 815994-2101 4,000 oak kitchen cabinets in stock.

Builder Discount 815-626-4561 Angus Beef for sale, quarters or halves, 815-8718281 Digital Camera, SZ-31 Olympus MR 24 x wide angle zoom, in box w/case $225 815625-4165 Do you need Gravel for Driveways?

Call 815-499-7195

estate section and Real Estate Weekly on Thursdays.

Electric Motorized Wheelchair, custom made for large joystick, person, $1000. Serious Inquiries Only. 815632-7051 Grandfather clock, asking $75.

Call 815-849-5334.

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825

Alfalfa Hay, small squares, $3.00 per bale. Call 815-6267650.

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A1 LIVESTOCK / SUPPLIES

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FARM EQUIPMENT

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John Deere 650 Diesel, 5 ft. Kelly loader, 72” mid heated mower, cab, 3pt. hitch, front & rear PTOs, 8 speed trans., looks & runs like new, $8,400/obo 815-379-2541 or 815-718-5354

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Antique 1990 Buick Reata convertible.

Runs good, new tires.

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630-945-0166

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1995 Suzuki RF 900 25k mi. fresh service, good condition. $2,300 815626-4887.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Let your personal life be your focus for the moment. Enjoy the company of someone who inspires or motivates you to step outside your comfort zone.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Your lack of vigor will deter others from including you in their plans. Cheer up and become the life of the party instead of being left out. Reconnect with an old friend.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- No one will match your competitive skill. Don’t waste time trying to convince others to join you; it’s time to take the plunge, make things happen and enjoy the rewards.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Intriguing and stimulating conversations will result as you become more involved in activities, events or organizations that appeal to your interests.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -Don’t follow the crowd when it comes to financial decisions.

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23-Dec. 21) -- It’s worth your while to get to know your peers or co-workers better. Working as a team will be effective if you compare ideas on how to make improvements in the workplace.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- A stable, conservative approach will be your best course of action today. Stick with triedand-true methods and leave the unproven ideas to one side.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- The people you live with will get on your nerves if you spend too much time at home.

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Travel and adventure will lead to appealing destinations.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Your vivid imagination will cause a rift between you and a close friend or family member. If there is something troubling you, speak up and see what transpires.

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