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Mental health takes a hit Sinnissippi Centers forced to cut psychiatric services; county health department will step in to help

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier

DIXON – The state’s inability to pass a budget has once again left its mark on local social services programs.

Sinnissippi Centers announced Tuesday that the loss of a $350,000 state grant will significantly limit its

ability to provide psychiatric services to 500 to 800 clients in Lee, Whiteside, Ogle, and Carroll counties.

Sinnissippi Centers President and CEO Patrick Phelan said the psychiatric services – largely evaluations and medications – are often a subset of other services.

“We serve just short of 6,000 people a year, and about 35 percent of our clients access the affected

services,” Phelan said.

Sinnissippi will continue to provide the services for as many people as possible, but the center no longer can find cuts in other areas to compensate, he said.

“This will affect 500 individuals between now and the end of May, and it should impact about 800 before the end of the year,” Phelan said.

Two for the show Pair of theater groups return to state competition STERLING – Abby Langner, Collin Zollinger, Kinsey Zacharski and Evan Lobdell are all members of both of Sterling High School’s state-bound theater groups: drama and group interpretation.

When the latter takes the stage at 5:25 p.m.

Friday to perform “Benny & Joon” in Sangamon Auditorium at University of Illinois in Springfield, the quartet will quickly know

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There are a few alternatives available to those losing psychiatric services, but not enough, Phelan said.

“There was a scarcity of psychiatric providers even before the state budget situation,” Phelan said.

“KSB Hospital has some capacity, and the Whiteside County Health Department is limited in what they can do.”

how things are going to play out.

“There’s this feeling right before you go onstage together, that you’re all one being, almost, one body that tells the story,” Zollinger, a senior, said. “It’s one of the best feelings ever.”

“It’s all of us kind of meshing together,” his classmate, Lobdell, said. “There’s kind of that feel when you’re on stage, and you can feel everyone really connected together – especially for GI, because it’s such a group event.”

Budget gets some just in case of’s ...

Bottom line comes in with a slim surplus, but that amount could grow

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier

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There’s this feeling right before you go onstage together, that you’re all one being, almost, one body that tells the story.

IT’S ONE OF THE BEST FEELINGS EVER. Collin Zollinger — Member of SHS group interpretation team

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Members of Sterling High Schools’ group interpretation team perform “Benny and Joon,” Tuesday evening at the Centennial Auditorium.

ROCK FALLS – After a few line item revisions in the second of two study sessions, the finance committee gave its blessing to the city’s 2016-17 budget.

The committee focused on the police fund, and the enterprise funds for its utilities Monday, and then put the general fund under the microscope Tuesday.

After catching a few mistakes, the panel agreed to send the nearly $25.7 million budget to the full council with a slim The numbers surplus of $27,076.98.

Rock Falls’ fiscal The general fund was in the 2016-17 total budget: black by the same margin, with Revenues: revenues of just under $6.9 mil$25,692,958.37 lion.

Expenses: One of the adjustments came $25,665,881.39 from the insertion of $30,000 on Surplus: $27,076.98 the expense side of the police fund in case it is needed to plan for the future consolidation of the county’s dispatchers.

Cities must have consolidation plans ready by July 1, 2016, but they have until July 1, 2017, to implement them.

The city also put a $160,000 expense into the public property fund for demolition of the Limestone Building, but officials hope it won’t be used.

“We’re still hoping we can get an EPA revolving loan, but we’re expensing this just in case, so we can get this building down,” City Administrator Robbin Blackert said.

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District turns down request for info on proposed cuts Lawyer tells Sauk Valley Media making info public early could interfere with board’s decision making

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STERLING – Stakeholders in the Sterling Public School District will have to wait until tonight to learn more about 10 proposed options to alleviate a projected $800,000 budget shortfall for fiscal year 2017.

On Tuesday afternoon, the district’s legal counsel, Ward, Murray, Pace & Johnson Law Associates, denied a Sauk Valley Media

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trict hearing tonight at which the public is invited to provide input on proposed teacher reductions. Neither Superintendent Tad Everett nor board members have provided details about how many jobs could be cut, or how much money would be saved with each option.

Everett has said he will release the details being sought at tonight’s meeting, after which the school board will vote on which options, if any, to adopt.

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Corrections • Visitation for Julia Aiken, 90, of Mount Morris, begins at 10 a.m. and the funeral at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church on Brayton Road in Mount Morris.

The day of the service was incorrect in Tuesday’s editions.

• Martha Carol Malloy, 71, of Sterling, formerly of Decatur, died Sunday, March 27, 2016, at her daughter’s home in Sterling. Her middle name was misspelled in a death notice Tuesday’s editions.

• Kambri Lynn Folkers was Brixx Bradley Folkers’ sister. Her first name was misspelled in a birth announcement in Saturday’s edition.

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POLICE Sterling Police Sabrina M. Murphy, 50, of Rock Falls; 3:18 p.m. Monday at 16th Avenue and East Fifth Street; speeding; given state citation.

Ray Villarreal, 51, of Sterling; 1:07 p.m. Monday at Avenue F and West Seventh Street; criminal damage to property; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Kelly L. Dennis, 48, of Sterling; 5:59 p.m. Monday at East Fourth Street and 19th Avenue; speeding; given state citation.

Emma L. Haak, 23, of Polo; 9:16 p.m. Monday at Locust and East 25th streets; no insurance; given state citation.

Andrew W. Knapp, 25, of Sterling; 10:25 p.m. Monday in the 2200 block of Locust Street; possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, resisting a peace officer, speeding, operating an uninsured vehicle; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

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Philip D. Hughes, 20, of Sterling; 4:47 p.m. Monday; warrant for violation of order of protection; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Jessica M. Francois, 33, of Dixon; 4:12 p.m. Monday; order of commitment; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Sophroana L. Chambers, 60, of Dixon; 3:36 p.m. Monday; warrant for order of commitment – rule to show cause; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Boy, 17, of Nachusa; 11:35 a.m. Monday; runaway; released to his parent.

Lance E. Harris, 45, of Aurora; 12:28 a.m. Sunday; driving under the influence; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Maribella A. McCarver, 19, of Dixon; 8:47 p.m. Saturday; unlawful possession of marijuana (less than 2.5 grams), failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Shawn M. Berge, 39, of Dixon; 6:43 a.m. Saturday; driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Boy, 17, of Dixon; 1:04 p.m.

Friday; criminal damage to property; released to his parent.

Boy, 16, of Dixon; 11:53 a.m. Friday; criminal damage to property less than $300; released to his parent.

Boy, 16, of Dixon; 11:47 a.m. Friday; criminal damage to property less than $300; released to his parent.

Ogle County Sheriff Nassir Khamissi, 23, of Carol Stream; 7:52 p.m.

Monday in the 200 block of Windward Court; driving while license suspended; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Nicholas Boyden, 36, of Mount Morris; Monday; operating uninsured vehicle; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Christian Rivas, 28, of Rochelle; Monday; warrant for failure to appear; posted $375 bond and will not have a court appearance.

Robin Kellogg, 34, of Woodstock; Monday; warrant for failure to appear; given notice to appear in court.

Lee County Sheriff BIRTHDAYS Manuel Vargas-Alvarado, 41, of Sterling; 7:12 p.m. Monday; no valid driver’s license; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

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Driver accused of driving drunk, hitting bicyclist STERLING – A Sterling man accused of driving drunk and hitting a bicyclist early Thursday is facing three felony charges.

Matthew R. Crandall, 31, was arrested that day and posted 10 percent of his $25,000 bond. He is charged with two counts of failure to report an accident, the first punishable by 3 to 7 years in prison, and

the second by 1 to 3 years; and aggravated DUI, punishable by 1 to 12 years for causing “great bodily harm.”

He also is charged with two misdemeanor Matthew R. DUI counts for having Crandall a blood-alcohol content greater than .08.

His preliminary hearing is April 11.

He is represented by Sterling attorney Jim Mertes.

Signs make a valuable point Officials: 911 signage helps point the way for emergency responders

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DIXON – Henry Rex realized that a simple green sign could be the difference between life and death.

About a year and a half ago, the 66-year-old had a seizure at 3 a.m. in his rural Dixon home.

His wife, Ima, immediately called 911, but emergency responders couldn’t find his house.

“They went to three different houses before they found the place,” Rex said. “If it had been a heart attack instead of a seizure, I might not be here today.”

Incidents like that are why county officials are urging residents, especially those in rural Dixon and areas where emergency personnel could have difficulty finding an address, to buy a 911 sign.

“We’re hoping Henry’s story will enlighten others,” said Shelley Dallas, director of the Lee County 911 Center. “This is why it is so important for residents to have their addresses clearly marked.”

Locating an address can be problematic when responders see several properties along a private driveway without identifying numbers, especially in the middle of the night, Dallas said.

Lee County now requires new buildings to have a 911 sign, but that doesn’t apply to current structures.

The signs cost $30, which covers the cost of the sign – which has the street name and address – the post, and installation. Depending on the weather and other factors, it could take a couple of weeks for a sign to be installed.

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Henry Rex stands near a newly installed Lee County 911 sign Monday on his Dixon property. Rex, who lives on a private lane off of Sink Hollow Road, had a seizure a year and half ago, and the lack of signage on the lane caused a 15-minute delay for rescuers. always rely on GPS to take them to the right location, Dixon Rural Fire Protection District Chief Sid Aurand said.

“The minimal cost of these signs can save your life,” Aurand said. “When there’s a sign there, the faster we can find you and the faster we can get you picked up and taken to the hospital.”

Fewer than a third of the county’s 15,000 residential and business structures have 911 signs, Aurand said. They can’t be automatically updated, because the homes are private property, so a request for a sign must be made.

Daryl Stuckemeyer, a county highway maintainer who’s commonly referred to as the “sign man,” has been installing the signs for about 25 years. Once a request is made, he goes to the location, assesses the difficulty emergency responders might have and determines the best place to install the sign.

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When dispatchers receive a call from a landline, they automatically have the caller’s address, but if the call is from a cellphone, the location comes from the nearest cell tower, which is accurate to about 100 meters, Dallas said.

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Crandall was southbound on Galt Road near U.S. Route 30 around 1 a.m. Thursday when he struck Marruffo, Whiteside County Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi said.

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Counseling duo fills gap for students in need United Way acts quickly after state leaves high school short of help

BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN cheimerman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5523 @CHeimerman_SVM

DIXON – For Principal Michael Grady, the stretch of 2 weeks Dixon High School was without a counselor dedicated to students’ emotional needs was 2 weeks too long.

It could have been much longer, if not for United Way of Lee County, Sinnissippi Centers and a twist of fate.

“The students who need that service are the ones who, stereotypically, have had adults let them down in the past, and we were adding to that,” Grady said. “It bothered me quite a bit, and we were very fortunate for United Way and Sinnissippi to help us out.”

When the state budget impasse forced Lutheran Social Services of Illinois to lay off 750 workers in late January, Dixon High School graduate-turnedbeloved-counselor Madeline Schulze was among the casualties.

United Way of Lee County has long funded the program through LSSI, and when the chapter’s executive director, Jenny Koch, heard Schulze would lose her job Feb. 22, she contacted Sinnissippi.

Coincidentally, lack of state funding had forced Sinnissippi to

rein in some of its programs, leaving some of its counselors with extra time. Voila, an agreement was worked out bringing Sinnissippi counselors Blake Gilbert and Stephanie Boers to Dixon High.

“We didn’t want those high-risk children to suffer another loss with 10 to 12 weeks left in the school year,” Koch said. “Everybody knows that emotional issues and emotional needs disrupt the academic side of things.”

Like Schulze, they provide support 3 days a week, including at Reagan Middle School. Gilbert works in the district Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Boers takes Wednesdays.

The extent of decor in Gilbert’s office is a Dixon High pennant on his cork board. Suffice to say, he’s been too busy to spruce up his space.

“The atmosphere is great, and my list of kids is keeping me very busy,” he said. “It seems like everybody here at Dixon High is here to help all the students – not just freshmen, and not just kids who are in trouble.

We need to help students just acclimate to being in high school – it’s such a whirlwind of an experience.”

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Blake Gilbert is one of two Sinnissippi Centers counselors providing support for students in the Dixon School District. When Dixon High School graduate Maddie Schulze lost her job with Lutheran Social Services of Illinois because of the state budget impasse, United Way of Lee County acted fast to arrange for Gilbert and Stephanie Boers to fill the gap. working toward his Ph.D in clinical psychology.

His work in core intensive services through Sinnissippi had already brought him to the high school several times, making him a familiar face.

“What I’m very appreciative of from Sinnissippi, is that when we sat down with them, we asked if we can have a say in who was coming,” Grady said. “They said, ‘Absolutely.’”

“That’s the best possible way for someone to join that program,” said Gloria Martin, the director of child and adolescent services. “Sometimes, it’s not possible to make it work, but we were so

IN BRIEF Teachers left with difficult decision CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Teachers Union says members who cross picket lines Friday when teachers plan to shut public schools could owe the union a day’s pay.

Schools CEO Forrest Claypool is encouraging teachers to report to work Friday. However, the union’s strike policy could cost teachers who do attend work a day’s pay.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported those who balk at paying can be tried accord-

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delighted that it was mutually beneficial for Sinnissippi Centers and Dixon High School.”

Boers grew up in Channahon and got her bachelor’s degree in social work at WIU and her master’s in social work with a concentration in mental health from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. With Sinnissippi, she serves as the early childhood mental health clinician, providing mental health treatment, with a focus on attachment, to children as old as 5.

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For those scoring at home, Gilbert played golf in college, and has even played against PGA Tour star Luke Guthrie a number of times.

“He’s very nice, and very fun to play with, until you look at the scorecards afterward,” Gilbert said.

His mother is a social worker, and he was set on going in another direction – pharmacology and math – until he took psychology courses his sophomore year at Quincy University.

“I fell in love. It just

seemed to fit,” Gilbert said. “Two plus two is always four. With psychology and mental health, it’s different every day, and you know you’re making a difference.”

Special education teacher Luke Ravlin lauded the counselors’ impact.

“That’s thankless work,” Ravlin said. “What they do for our kids is so crucial. When I have a class of 30 kids, I can only get to know them so well.

They really fill in the gap when students need extra help.”

Whether Gilbert and Boers will be in the district after graduation remains to be seen. The contract is through the 2015-16 school year. Sinnissippi Centers’ application for United Way funding is due April 11, the UW board will meet in May, and a decision will be made in June, Koch said.

Grady praised the new counselors, as well as fulltime counselors Stephen Hodson and Amy Ebert, who picked up the slack during the 2-week gap.

He took an extra minute to reflect on what Schulze, a member of Dixon High’s Class of 2008, meant to the district.

“She’s a very caring individual, very professional, but she has this personality where she connects with kids with low pressure,” Grady said. “They know she cares, and she was making tremendous in-roads with a lot of our students.”

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OBITUARIES Julia Aiken MOUNT MORRIS – Julia Aiken, 90, of Mount Morris, passed away Friday, March 18, 2016, at Pinecrest Manor in Mount Morris.

Julia was born Nov. 12, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of John and Mary Bula.

She married Evart Aiken on April 7, 1945. He preceded her in death on Nov. 25, 2002.

Julia was raised in Brooklyn, but spent most of her married life in Michigan. She worked alongside her husband, Evart, as his bookkeeper for their business, Aiken & Ross Climate Control. After retiring, they traveled extensively throughout the U.S., and summered at their lake home in northern Michigan. In 1996, they moved to North Carolina to be closer to family, and remained there until 2006, when Julia moved to Mount Morris.

Julia loved to socialize, whether playing cards, enjoying going to the performing arts with her family, or playing Nintendo Wii with her great-grandchildren.

She enjoyed quilting with the women of her church, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran in Mount

Morris. She also had a flair for decorating. She loved to read, and she was a fan of classic movies.

She is survived by her three daughters, Linda (Ron) McNett and Karen (Rob) Urish, both of Mount Morris, and Kathleen (John) Schupner of Flemington, New Jersey; her 10 grandchildren, Chad (Staci) McNett, Erin (Ben) Gura, Janelle (Gregg) Meyers, Jon (Amanda) Urish, Jody (Aric) Frantz, Jennifer (Matt) Klosterman, Jillian (Taylor) Mills, Jill Cline, Sarah Schupner, and Kimberly Schupner; and 21 great-grandchildren.

She also was preceded in death by her three brothers, Michael, Tony, and John; and her sister, Annie.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, and a memorial service at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church on Brayton Road in Mount Morris, followed by a luncheon at the church.

Finch Funeral Home in Mount Morris is handling arrangements.

Memorials may be directed to Pinecrest Manor.

Donald P. Knuth ROCK FALLS – Donald P. Knuth, 69, of Rock Falls, died Monday, March 28, 2016, at his home.

He was born Aug. 5, 1946, in Sterling, the son of Donald and Jean (Snavley) Knuth. He was employed for 15 years at the former National Manufacturing Co. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, and in his younger years, enjoyed playing tennis and chess. His laughter was contagious.

He was quite the practical jokester and his sense of humor was neverending. He was a loving father and grandfather who devoted his life to his family. He had a generous and giving heart, and he was loved by all.

Survivors include his two daughters, Kerri (Trent Fiorini) Stover and Krista (Curt Sawtelle) Knuth, both of Sterling; two grandchildren, Ryan (Lisa Wolf) Stover of Sterling and Ashley (Tim Anderson) Stover of Indiana; his sisters, Pamela (Ernie Little) Leach, Debbie (Bill) Anderson, and Nancy Newman, all of Rock Falls; his friend and caretaker, Bill Bowman, and his son, Jordan Bowman; and several nieces and nephews.

There will be no visitation. Private family graveside service will be Thursday at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling. McDonald Funeral Homes is handling arrangements.

Johnnie W. Brown STERLING – Johnnie William Brown, 61, of Sterling, died Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at his home.

McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory in Rock Falls is handling arrangements.

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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s visitations: Martha C. Malloy of Sterling, formerly of Decatur, 11 a.m-noon at Moran & Goebel Funeral Home in Decatur.

Ralph V. “Wimpy” Mills of Dixon, 5-7 p.m., with a Scripture service at 7 p.m., at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

Today’s funeral: Martha C. Malloy of Sterling, formerly of Decatur, 12:30 p.m. at Macon County Memorial Park in Harristown.

Thursday visitation: Connie L. Barrett of Sterling, 2 p.m. memorial service at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Thursday funerals: Ralph V. “Wimpy” Mills of Dixon, 10 a.m. prayer service at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon, followed by 10:30 a.m.

Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dixon.

Connie L. Barrett of Sterling, 1-2 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Friday visitation: Michael B. Perino of Deer Grove, 4-7 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Saturday visitations: Rena E. Heusinkveld of Morrison, 9:30-11 a.m. at Ebenezer Reformed Church in Morrison.

Julia Aiken of Mount Morris, 10-11 a.m. at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mount Morris.

Saturday funerals: Michael B. Perino of Deer Grove, 10 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church in Tampico.

Julia Aiken of Mount Morris, 11 a.m. at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mount Morris.

Rena E. Heusinkveld of Morrison, 11 a.m. at Ebenezer Reformed Church in Morrison.

April 9 visitation: David H. Belman of Dixon, noon-1 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

April 9 funeral: David H. Belman of Dixon, 1 p.m. memorial service at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

April 16 funeral: Thomas A. Russ of Tampico, 10:30 a.m. memorial service at Tampico United Methodist Church.

David H. Belman DIXON – David H. Belman, 81, of Dixon, died Thursday, March 24, 2016, at Trinity Medical Center in Rock Island.

He w as bor n March 1, 1935, in Silvis, the son of Ynes and Luisa (Hernandez) Belman, and grew up on “Hero Street” in Silvis. He worked at Dixon State School and Jack Mabley Center from 1961 until retiring in 1992. He was a veteran of the Air Force, and a member of the American Legion.

David married Evelyn Bruce in 1957, in Minot, North Dakota. She preceded him in death on Aug. 24, 2008.

He is survived by two sons, Bruce Belman and

Brian Belman, both of Dixon; one grandson, Blake Belman of Dixon; and one sister, Esther Perez of Rock Island.

He also was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Lucy Contreras and Sophie Welshhons; and three brothers, Julian, Louis, and Jesse Belman.

Friends may call from noon to 1 p.m. April 9, and the memorial service at 1 p.m. April 9 at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to Granny Rose Animal Shelter and the American Heart Association.

Visit thejonesfh.com to send condolences.

Glen W. Reynolds Jr. MORRISON – Glen W. Reynolds Jr., 59, of Morrison, died Sunday, March 27, 2016, at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford.

Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home in Morrison handled arrangements.

Connie L. Barrett STERLING – Connie L. Barrett, 53, of Sterling, died Saturday, March 26, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. She was a homemaker.

Connie was born Jan. 18, 1963, in Sterling, the daughter of Marvin and Virginia (Chapman) Fisher. She married Dwight Barrett on Dec. 25, 2014, in Monroe, North Carolina.

Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Vashta (Adam) Fitzpatrick of Forest Grove, Oregon, and Anieka Jones and Vanasha Jones, both of Sterling; two sons, Dwight (Danielle) Barrett Jr. and Joshua Barrett,

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One of Sinnissippi’s two psychiatrists is leaving in May; a replacement likely won’t be hired unless and until the funding situation improves, Phelan said.

Some clients, therefore, might have to go to their primary care physician Beth to continue Fiorini with psychiatric medications, which can be difficult for doctors who might be unfamiliar with the drugs, he said.

The health department, with its expanded behavioral health services, is well-equipped to help with medication management.

“Many of the people

Sinnissippi Centers Sinnissippi Centers provides behavioral health care services at main offices in Dixon, Sterling, Oregon, Rochelle, and Mount Carroll, as well as through schools, medical facilities, and supervised living apartments in Lee, Whiteside, Ogle, and Carroll counties.

Call 815-622-7717 for more information, or the 24-hour crisis line at 800-242-7642 for emergencies. will be in need of medication management services, rather than individual or group therapy, and we have the capacity to help there,” Administrator Beth Fiorini said.

The health department will be getting a new full-time physician and nurse practitioner in the next few months, she said.

“We also have a nurse practitioner who is certified in medical management that involves behavioral health, and an available psychiatrist,” Fiorini said.

Fiorini said, regardless

of how busy it might get, no one is ever refused services.

“We’re a federal clinic, and we take anybody who needs our help,” she said.

This is the second significant grant the center has lost this year. Money for assessment and crisis therapy services has dried up for low-income clients who are uninsured, largely because of the onset of the Affordable Care Act. Phelan said the state recently has talked about Medicaid rates reform, and the possibility of

DEER GROVE – Michael B. Perino, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, 84, died Friday, March 25, 2016, at Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy.

Michael Benedict Perino was born July 14, 1931, near Deer Grove, the son of Ralph and Catherine (Carchidi) Perino.

He was salutatorian of the class of 1948 of Walnut High School, with his sister, Delarosa, as valedictorian. Michael earned his bachelor’s degree in 1952, graduating third in his class from the University of Notre Dame, and his master’s degree in 1953 from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Michael was a 22-year veteran of the Air Force, serving as a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1973. He was awarded the Purple Heart, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, two Combat Readiness Medals, seven Silver and four Bronze Air Medals, four Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals, the Air Force Commendation Medal, three Outstanding Unit Awards, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, four Silver and two Bronze Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Crosses with

Palm, two Silver and one Bronze Vietnam Service Medals, and four Presidential Unit Citations. Michael retired in 1975, living until 2012 in Florida, after which he returned to Illinois.

S u r v i v o r s include his daughter, Christina Perino of Buckeye, Arizona; his sisters, Elizabeth Beelendorf of Naples, Florida, Dolorosa Bender of Silverdale, Washington, and Constance Dominguez of White Fish, Montana; his brother, John Perino of North Fort Myers, Florida; his sisters-in-law, Margery Perino, Gloria Perino, and Jeanne Perino; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Michael was preceded in death by his parents, six brothers, and four sisters.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at McDonald Funeral Home, 1002 12th Ave., Rock Falls. Celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Tampico, with Monsignor Thomas Dzielak, celebrant, officiating.

Burial will be at St. Mary Cemetery in Tampico.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made out to the Illinois Veterans Home.

Martha C. Malloy STERLING – Martha Carol Malloy, 71, of Sterling, lifelong resident of Decatur, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2016, at her daughter’s home in Sterling.

Martha was born Jan. 17, 1945, in Tuscola, to William A. and Ramona A. (Kelm) Wax. She graduated from Newman High School, and finished her schooling at Brown’s Business College with an associate degree. She was a member of Sharon United Methodist Church in Decatur. She worked at Mueller Co., and later at Soy Capital Bank.

She is survived by her daughter, Lynn (Ted) Heffelfinger of Sterling; her stepdaughter, Tami (Bill) Torricelli of Springfield; eight grandchildren, Ryne, Hannah, Niall, and Zak Torricelli, Stephanie (Jimmy) Peck, Alyssa Malloy, and Ash-

ley and Dillan Heffelfinger; two great-grandchildren, Willa Rose Jugan and Brixx Bradley Folkers; her brother, David W. (Janet) Wax of Allerton; and her two sisters, Christie Smith of Decatur and Judy Hendley of Georgia.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one stepson, Roby A. Malloy; her sister, Mary J. Edwards; and one great-granddaughter, Kambri Lynn Folkers.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon today at Moran & Goebel Funeral Home in Decatur.

Graveside service will be at 12:30 p.m. today at Macon County Memorial Park in Harristown.

Memorials may be directed to Gaffey Home Nursing & Hospice, 3408 River Road, Sterling, IL 61081.

Visit moranandgoebel. com to send condolences.

both of Monroe; two sisters, Sharon (Coley) BellDize of Wheeling, West Virginia, and Dac’ia (Bob) Hutchison of Milledgeville; one brother, Mike Fisher of Rock Falls; and seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

A gathering of family and friends will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday, and a memorial service at 2 p.m. Thursday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls, with Dalmus Meeks, pastor, officiating.

Doris Kimmel A memorial has been established.

ROCK FALLS – Doris Kimmel, 91, of Rock Falls, died Visit mcdonaldfuneral- Sunday, March 27, 2016, at her home. homes.com to send con- McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls is handling dolences. arrangements.

Programs unlikely to return this year MENTAL HEALTH

Michael B. Perino

increasing federal benefits. Sinnissippi will explore every resources avenue, but this year might be a wash, he said.

“I don’t anticipate a budget until February 2017, and our grants that were cut weren’t in the governor’s original proposed budget, so I don’t think there’s any hope for us to bring these programs back this year,” Phelan said.

On Jan. 22, Lutheran Social Services, the state’s largest social services provider, said the state budget impasse made it necessary to lay off 750 workers and cut services to 4,700 clients. Locally, those cuts caused upheaval for about 2,400 elderly clients in case management services, 320 in adult protective services, and for some scattered community counseling clients.

OBITUARY Former teen star Patty Duke dies

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Deadline fast approaching to announce staff cuts REQUEST

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The crux of the denial, written by attorney Timothy Zollinger, is that SVM’s request was too broad, given that budgetcutting discussions have gone on for years; that the information sought is “pre-decisional” and therefore exempt from public release, and that releasing such information would “infringe” on the board’s ability to make decisions.

Specifically, Zollinger wrote that “Pre-decisional outlining of options and each options (sic) impact on future District operations are expressions of administrative and/or Board member policy recommendations and therefore exempt.”

Decisions made during or after today’s reduction-in-force hearing might not resemble the “preliminary drafts”

of the 10 options, as described by Everett, Zollinger wrote.

Further, Zollinger wrote that “Release of the specifically requested ‘option’ documents or communications prior to the Board taking formal action would directly infringe on the right of the Board to weigh and balance potential options, consider frankly the possible outcomes of contemplated future decisions, in order to be informed when ultimately arriving at any final policy decision.”

Zollinger stated in the denial that the district’s legal counsel was asked to assist in the district’s response because SVM included court precedent for its position, provided by Don Craven, legal counsel for the Illinois Press Association, in its FOIA request.

Craven cited a court ruling that in the case of preliminary drafts, facts

To attend

The 10 options

The Sterling school board will have a reductionin-force hearing at 6 p.m. today in the high school library, 1608 Fourth Ave. The board is expected to discuss 10 cost-savings options, including cutting at least six teacher positions, and vote on the measures it will impose to alleviate a projected $800,000 deficit in the 2016-17 school district budget.

Residents who want to address the board will be asked to fill out a form that will be available at the library entrance.

Go to sterlingpublicschools.org, or call 815-6265050 for more information. are not subject to the act’s deliberative process exemption, which Everett initially cited as his reason for not releasing details on the 10 options.

Craven’s opinion, however, was not included in the FOIA request, but rather was sent to Everett and FOIA officers Jerry Binder and Tim Schwingle on Friday, 3 days after the FOIA request was filed. It was sent in a further attempt to persuade district officials to release the information in advance of the hearing.

The $800,000 shortfall stems from the uncertainty surrounding state funding for the district, virtually frozen property values, and the expected increase in teachers’ salaries as well as a 31 percent increase in insurance costs for district employees.

Everett said each of the 10 cost-saving options could be carried out in whole or in part, or not carried out at all.

Information submitted to SVM by Denise Harts, president of the Sterling

Proposed options to help alleviate the Sterling School District’s projected $800,000 fiscal year 2017 budget: • Partner with Sauk Valley Community College to provide vocational opportunities • Eliminate all Level-3 and Level-4 foreign language offerings • Restructure the fifth-through-12th-grade music department schedule • Reduce six assistant coaches across all sports; cut bass fishing program • Sterling High School and Challand Middle School will share a bilingual teacher • Restructure the elementary bilingual program • Reduce a kindergarten section at Jefferson Elementary School • Restructure the Challand Middle School schedule • Reduce expenses of conducting student registration • Cut administrative positions Education Association, states that at least a halfdozen positions within the district are being discussed for elimination: three elementary school teachers, a music and a science teacher at the middle school, and a high school social studies teacher.

Zollinger also wrote

that SVM could file another less-categorical FOIA request, asking for more specific information.

By code, the district must announce the positions it will eliminate 45 days before the end of the school year. For Sterling, that means an April 3 deadline.

Fully staffed fire department has kept overtime down BUDGET

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The downtown TIF fund also has a $2.5 million entry that might not be spent in the next fiscal year. The city’s newest TIF, set up in 2010, has been expanded to accommodate future growth along the riverfront.

“We’re running all of the new riverfront projects through here, and putting in a bond issuance in this and future budgets, so we

don’t have to amend the appropriations ordinance later,” Blackert said.

Mayor Bill Wescott said that doesn’t mean the city will use it every year.

The new hotel’s taxes will soon go into the riverfront TIF. The council would have to approve any bond requests.

“It’s easier to budget that money and not use it, rather than have to amend an ordinance later,” Wescott said.

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What’s next

The budget will now move to the full Rock Falls City Council when it next meets at 6:30 p.m. April 5, at City Hall, 603 W. 10th St. The agendas will be posted at rockfalls61071.com and at City Hall. Call 815-622-1100 for more information.

The council meeting also airs live on Channel 5. ues to pad the city’s revenues, with $120,000 estimated in the new budget.

Blackert said the city’s share from its 79 terminals has consistently been more than $11,000 a month, and about

$3 million went into those machines last month.

Fire Chief Gary Cook presented his department’s nearly $1.1 million budget Tuesday. The fire department is at full staff, so overtime is on a downward

trajectory. The department has budgeted $60,000 for overtime in the new budget after estimating nearly $82,000 last year, and about $90,000 in 2015.

A mild winter and low gas prices saved the street department some money last year, but the city budgets for the weatherrelated overtime in the same manner each year.

“It’s such a crapshoot because how bad the winter is tells the story on the overtime there,” Black-

ert said. “We always just budget $20,000, and if we need more, it comes from the enterprise funds.”

After voters doubled the city’s Local Option Sales tax for road projects, $818,000 is now in the budget for roadwork. The money must also be shown on the expense side so as not to skew the revenues, but it doesn’t all have to be spent. Officials said Buell Road is a high priority, and money is being saved for that project.

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COMMENTS ON CONGRESS

Before you reject system, understand it Great patience needed to reach solutions to the nation’s problems

BY LEE H. HAMILTON Bloomington, Indiana

If there’s a theme that sets this political season apart, it’s the voters’ utter disdain for most of the people who practice politics. They’re fed up with politicians, they’ve lost faith and confidence in the political elite, and they don’t believe that the realm where politicians ply their craft – government – works.

The two presidential contenders who have most channeled this frustration, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, have electrified many voters who want to get this message across. They’ve mobilized new voters, people who more mainstream politicians haven’t reached. The involvement of more Americans in the political system, though it unsettles the old order, is bracing.

There are many legitimate reasons for these people to be turned off by the political system today.

But I’d argue that if you’re hell-bent on shaking up the system, you also need to understand it – and understand Lee H. that certain Hamilton features are likely to persist no matter how hard you try to change them.

The first is that it is very hard to make our representative democracy work. We make progress incrementally, over years if not generations. The first president to press hard for affordable, accessible health care was Harry Truman. It’s taken us that long even to get close – and no one would argue that the work is done.

So you have to approach politics with great patience.

Our system discourages the rush to judgment – it puts a premium on including as many voices as possible, which takes time in a complicated country. The process is inevitably slow, noisy and messy, the results fully satisfy no one, and more often than not, the best we can do is to muddle through.

WHICH IS WHY IN our system, there’s rarely a sense of completion. The work – on health care, taxes, the environment, you name it – is never done. Nothing is ever finally settled. There is no ultimate solution.

Many people are also turned off by what lies at the center of our system: deal-making. This involves a clash of ideas in the public arena, compromise, and negotiation, which make a lot of Americans uneasy. Yet it’s how we resolve our differences – and has been since the

first day of the United States’ existence.

So politicians who insist on purity impede solutions. There ought to be a healthy tension between idealism and realism, but we have to find a pragmatic way to combine them. We have to consider different points of view, the intense involvement of special interest groups, and in many cases, the robust interest shown by ordinary citizens. This makes it challenging to come to an agreement on complicated issues, but it’s necessary to keep the country from coming apart.

Congress in recent years has reached new levels of polarization and failure to address the major issues of the day. In public meetings, I often encounter a yearning for leadership to solve all our problems, usually along the lines of, “Where are the Abe Lincolns of our day?”

Sadly, it’s a false hope.

Our problems are made by us and have to be resolved by us. Abraham Lincoln is not

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Our system discourages the rush to judgment – it puts a premium on including as many voices as possible, which takes time in a complicated country.

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around any more.

We cannot look to government to solve all of our problems. Indeed, we live in an era in which government faces more and more problems it cannot effectively deal with.

Increasingly, citizens have to step forward and fill the void that government leaves. The relevance of the citizen increases every day as power is more diffuse, technology empowers individuals, and social media allows more

citizens to express their views, vent their frustrations, and to mobilize organizations.

WE MAY WELL BE moving into the century of the citizen. I think of the woman who got railcrossing signals fitted out at dangerous intersections in Indiana, after her daughter was killed at a rail crossing with no signals.

Or of my neighbor, who helped build a movement to press for accurate labeling of food ingredients, because he was diabetic and had no way to know the sugar content of goods.

Our communities and lives are better because of citizen action. Indeed, unless citizens boost their involvement and contributions, many of our problems will not be solved.

Note to readers: Lee Hamilton is a professor at Indiana University. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

GUEST COLUMN | U.S. SUPREME COURT

No hearing for nominee: It’s the Senate’s right Founders said it’s OK in times of a divided government THOMAS JAMES Oregon

The pundits are arguing about U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s decision Feb. 23 to deny hearings on President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court appointment. Alexander Hamilton envisioned this very type of appointment fight in Federalist No. 69.

We now have the appointment: Appellate Justice Merrick B. Garland, who has impeccable credentials. Democratic senators favor a hearing.

The Republican majority is saying no.

Some refer to the president’s authority to select his appointee with little discussion of the Senate’s authority over “advice and consent.” Both authorities are found in Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution as follows:

“… [The president] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint … Judges of the supreme Court. …”

This language tells the reader nothing about how the Senate’s “Advice and Consent” will be exercised with respect to judicial appointments. On the other hand, the Federalist Thomas essays were James published to inform the public on precisely this question of exercise, among others.

PRIOR TO THE U.S. Constitution’s 1789 ratification, a series of essays were published, starting on Oct. 27, 1787, explaining the reasonings behind its language. The essays were published in various newspapers of that era to generally inform the public about the Constitution during the ratification process.

The essays, 85 in total, finished their publica-

faced showing then-Sen. Joe Biden making the case to block President George H.W. Bush’s Supreme Court appointments in his final year in office.

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tion in 1788. Collectively, they are referred to as “The Federalist.”

Federalist No. 69 reviews the president’s power of appointment with the Senate’s right of advice and consent. No. 69 was written by Alexander Hamilton. In its ninth paragraph, No. 69 states as follows including Hamil-

ton’s rhetorical emphasis: “The President is to nominate, and, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, … judges of the Supreme Court. … In the national government, if the Senate should be divided, no appointment could be made. …”

Thus we come to the

crux of the Senate’s right on “Advice and Consent.”

No. 69 reinforces that in a time of divided politics, then it may withhold its advice and consent in preclusion of an appointment.

Sen. McConnell’s “no hearing” position is not new. C-SPAN footage from June 1992 has sur-

SOME HAVE NOW referred to this political process of withdrawing “Advice and Consent,” by not holding a hearing, as the Biden rule. In fact, it is part of the constitutional methodology of our founding document.

Advice and consent is a check on the authority of the president to make appointments. Thus, in the end, senatorial withdrawal of its advice and consent by not holding a hearing is not a political ploy under McConnell nor previously under Biden.

It is supposed to happen, at times, when we have divided government. For the people, the answer to the conflict is also clear: Go vote.

Note to readers: Thomas James practices law and writes articles from offices in Forreston and Rockford.

EDITORIALS ELSEWHERE

Surprise! Illinoisans live in the worst state to be a taxpayer Effective tax rate of 14.54% highest in U.S. The News-Gazette Editorial Board, Champaign

If Illinois taxpayers feel beleaguered – and many of them do – there’s a good reason why.

Taxes at all levels in Illinois are high – but just how high may come as a surprise.

EDITORIAL BOARD Jim Dunn Sam R Fisher Sheryl Gulbranson Jennifer Heintzelman Jeff Rogers Kathleen Schultz Tom Shaw

The personal finance website, WalletHub, studied each of the 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and concluded that the Land of Lincoln is the worst state to be a taxpayer.

Taking into account property taxes, income taxes, sales and excise taxes, and vehicle property taxes, WalletHub calculated that this state has an effective total state and

local tax rate of 14.54 percent.

There’s a caveat in WalletHub’s study. Some states are more expensive to live in than others. So adjusted for cost of living, Illinois didn’t rank dead last for the highest tax rate – it’s 43rd.

Illinois was the only state to break the 14 percent level; Nebraska came close at 13.85 percent.

Others trailing Illinois

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.

closely were Wisconsin at 13.58 percent; Connecticut at 13.48 percent; and Rhode Island at 13.46 percent.

The state with the lowest combined rates is Alaska at 5.69 percent. Although Delaware came in second at 6.02 percent, the three other lowest-ranking states were in the West.

WalletHub based its calculation as a percentage of the national median

household income of $53,889.

Although there are many states with higher state income tax rates than Illinois (3.75 percent), our state’s property taxes are sky high in many places as are sales taxes. Illinois does not have a vehicle property tax rate.

Given the incessant demands by public officials at all levels for more revenue to support public

“A major purpose of the First Amendment ... is to protect the romantics – those who would break out of classical forms: the dissenters, the unorthodox, the outcasts.”

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programs, it ought to be clear that people already are giving more than they would like and more than those in most other states currently pay.

Given that reality, there’s merit to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s argument that legislators need to focus on generating revenue increases by boosting the state’s economy rather than relying on levying higher taxes.

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Kirk meets with Garland No sign session would change leader’s mind WASHINGTON (AP) – Mark Kirk on Tuesday became the first Republican senator to meet with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, criticizing GOP leaders’ refusal to hold confirmation hearings or a vote on the longtime federal judge and praising him as “one of the most eminent jurists in the country.”

There was no sign the session would erode Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s insistence on leaving the vacancy unfilled until President Barack Obama’s replacement names a selection next year. Even so, Kirk’s 20-minute session with Garland provided Democrats with a visual image – and words – that they hope will pressure other Republican senators to end their blockade.

“I think when you just say I’m not going to meet with him and all, that’s too closed-minded,” Kirk told reporters, all but explicitly rebuking McConnell, R-Ky. Kirk, who represents Democratic-leaning Illinois, is perhaps the most imperiled Senate Republican facing re-election in November. And when it comes to the battle over Obama’s pick to fill the court vacancy, Kirk has been one of the earliest and most outspoken outliers.

He’s one of just three Senate Republicans to say the Senate Judiciary Committee should hold hearings on Garland. And he’s one of two GOP senators – along with Susan Collins, R-Maine – to say the full chamber should vote on the nominee, saying Tuesday he would “obviously” consider voting for him.

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Sen. Mark Kirk (right), R-Ill., meets Tuesday with Judge Merrick Garland, the choice of President Barack Obama to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kirk is the only Republican senator to meet the embattled nominee.

Antonin Scalia created the court opening, and Obama is pressing to make h i s t h i r d Sen. Mitch a p p o i n t - McConnel ment to the high court.

“By leading by example, I’m showing what a rational, responsible guy would do that really wants the constitutional process to go forward,” Kirk said.

Kirk had an additional incentive to be hospitable to Garland: The longtime federal judge and former prosecutor is originally from Chicago.

Matt McGrath, deputy campaign manager for Kirk’s November opponent, Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., said the Republican had done “the bare minimum” by meeting with Garland and said Kirk should pressure McConnell to relent.

Earlier Tuesday, Collins explained the basis for her desire to see the Senate begin considering Garland’s nomination by telling Maine’s WGAN radio, “The first thing I did is I read the Constitution.”

Collins said there was “no basis” for flatly refusing to consider any Obama pick, as McConnell did, and conceded, “Obviously the leader is not real happy with me.”

Arguing that a newly elected Democratic president might choose a nominee more liberal than Garland, she said of McConnell, “I’m a bit perplexed by his position.”

McConnell spokesman Donald Stewart declined to comment on Kirk’s and Collins’ remarks.

Underscoring the stakes in the nomination fight, Kirk’s meeting with Garland occurred the same day that on a 4-4 tie, the Supreme Court handed liberals a major victory.

That vote upheld a lower court ruling allowing a government employees union to collect dues from non-members, a fight they all but certainly would have lost were Scalia still a justice.

That ruling prompted Carrie Severino, chief counsel for the Judicial Crisis Network, to warn that confirmation of Garland would create “a new liberal majority that

will dominate the court’s decisions for a generation.”

Democrats have insisted that the Senate go through the regular confirmation process for Garland, currently chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

With most public opinion polls showing majorities favoring Senate action on Garland, Democrats’ goal is to force GOP senators to buckle under pressure or make some facing reelection this fall pay the price on Election Day. At least 15 Senate Republicans – more than a quarter of all 54 – have said they’d be willing to meet with Garland, though many have said they would tell him that he won’t get a vote.

Earlier this month, Kirk said on a Chicago radio program that the Senate should “man up and cast a vote.”

Garland has met with seven Democratic senators and plans to meet today with two more, Al Franken of Minnesota and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York.

ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE

Measure would let cities share taxpayer data SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Legislation is pending in Springfield that would let Illinois municipalities share sensitive financial data with third-party vendors hired to track uncollected taxes.

Democratic state Sen. Michael Hastings of Tinley Park introduced the measure to encourage these business relations, which can be more costeffective, and are utilized by Springfield and other cities to track revenue owed to them.

“We don’t want to limit business with third parties who use this information to determine what a

Backlog of DNA tests made worse by budget battle

town is entitled to,” Hastings said. “[Alternatives] could cause villages to increase staff or go to another agency, which could be a longer process and cost more.”

Under current state law, only certain city employees are allowed to access taxpayers’ financial information, such as taxpayer identification numbers.

The Illinois Department of Revenue is concerned that the companies won’t adhere to state and local privacy standards if they’re granted access to financial data, the (Spring-

field) State Journal-Register reported.

To prevent misuse, the bill includes provisions that would require companies to abide by local rules, to enter into a confidentiality agreement with the revenue department and to have an existing contract with the municipality before it could receive any information.

Illinois Chamber of Commerce president Todd Maisch said he opposes the legislation because individuals could be at risk for harassment or intrusion into their personal lives.

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Other opponents of the bill include the Council on State Taxation, the Illinois Manufacturer’s Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Federation of Independent Business, the Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois, the American Institute of CPAs and the Tax Executives Institute, according to the state Department of Revenue.

The bill is assigned to the Revenue Committee.

Thanks to the budget impasse, the number of unpaid bills isn’t the only burgeoning backlog adding to the state’s troubles.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the Illinois State Police crime lab has been bogged down by thousands of pending tests on biological evidence collected in criminal investigations, including rapes and murders.

The backlog of 1-monthold untested cases had topped more than 3,000 by the end of February, reports Frank Main of the Sun-Times.

The growing backlog includes tests on clothing and other items to determine whether samples of semen, blood and other evidence can be recovered.

It also includes tests on biological samples to create DNA profiles of unknown offenders. Those profiles are then compared with a DNA database of known criminals.

While a 2011 law has contributed to this influx by requiring local law enforcement agencies to send thousands of untested rape kits to the heavily understaffed crime lab, the budget impasse has compounded the problem by holding back $1 million in state funding needed to hire 10 new forensic scientists.

A spokeswoman for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan told the Sun-

Times they “strongly support” increased funding for the state police, and Lisa also pointed Madigan to a statewide task force Madigan formed with outgoing Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez last year to to help erase the backlog of untested cases.

Last spring, Alvarez and Madigan announced they had formed a statewide task force to improve evidence collection, investigations and prosecutions of sexual assault. One of the goals is to eliminate the DNA backlog.

The task force, which is also led by the St. Clair County state’s attorney and the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, supports the Illinois State Police in seeking state funding for the crime lab “as well as working with them to find grant funding moving forward,” said Sally Daly, a spokeswoman for Alvarez.

The group is also organizing “full-scale sex crimes training for all prosecutors in the state” and coming up with legislation to improve police response, investigations and training in sexual assault cases, Daly said.

But without state funding, ISP has been forced to turn to overtime and outsourcing to pare down the backlog.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS

Farmers giving more thought to cover crops PEORIA (AP) – Cover crops are growing in popularity in central Illinois as a way to preserve nutrients in soil and purity in water runoff.

These secondary crops, such as oats, canola and cereal rye, were once planted after the main harvest to provide feed for livestock.

But the (Peoria) Journal Star reported the cover crops are gaining fresh attention for their natural ability to improve soil structure and keep nutrients in place.

“We kind of got away from these smaller grains, these other crops that built up the soil,” Illinois Central College professor Pete Fandel said. Today they’re just being used to protect and restore the farming environment, he said, and they’re not being harvested.

A crop of cereal rye is the first vegetation to emerge

in the spring in remnants of cornstalks on some of the land Fandel farms near his home in Germantown Hills. It prevents erosion and sends roots underground, aerating the soil and pulling up nutrients.

The plants, which were once killed off with herbicide when main crop planting happened, will also provide a natural fertilizer.

“I’m recycling my nutrients, not letting them leave,” Fandel said. “I’m not managing a crop, I’m managing my soil and letting the soil manage my corn and soybeans.”

The practice is being pushed as part of the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy, which seeks to keep fertilizer and other agricultural chemicals from running off into the streams and tributaries that feed the state’s main waterways.

KSB Hospital Scholarship Opportunities KSB Hospital will award four scholarships, two to hospital employees, and the remaining two to individuals from the hospital’s service area who are currently enrolled in any health related program (Lab, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physical Therapy, etc.), and meets the criteria for selection. Scholarship awards range from $500 to $1,000.

An additional $1,000 scholarship will be offered for high school seniors committed to a focus of study in a healthcare field and attend one of the following local schools: Amboy, Ashton/Franklin Center, Dixon, Faith Christian, Oregon, Polo and Newman. All above mentioned schools will receive one (1) scholarship with the exception of Dixon, which will receive two (2).

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Son’s donation to lesbians upsets mom Dear Abby, My oldest son came to me 9 months ago asking my opinion. He wanted to donate sperm to a black lesbian couple (for a fee) so they could have a biracial child. He told me he needed the money. I told him I didn’t approve because they are lesbians.

(Sorry, I’ll be bashed for that statement, but I have to be honest.)

I have a biracial 10-yearold son, so race isn’t the issue. Had it been a heterosexual couple of any race, I would have been OK. However, what I told him was that if he gives up his rights to the child, I, too, won’t have grand-

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

parents’ rights. I broke down in tears when he told me all this.

Yesterday, I received a picture of a newborn. It turns out my son donated his sperm knowing how I feel about homosexuality.

I have tried hard to always be there for my children, letting them know I love them and doing the best a single mother could do for them. I feel I must have failed horribly in bringing him up to be a better man.

I cannot, in our home state, fight for grandparents’ rights since he has relinquished his rights. I am even more hurt that he would share a picture of my grandson knowing my opinion, and I feel horribly disrespected.

Am I being overly sensitive? Should I just let all of this go?

– Disrespected in the South

Dear Disrespected, What’s done is done.

Your son’s sperm is his to do with as he wishes.

His mistake was in asking your opinion and letting you see the picture. Because of your deep-seated bias against gay couples, I assume you weren’t planning on having contact with the baby anyway, because overcoming your intolerance would have been necessary.

Your son is an adult, and your blessing was not required. If you continue to hang onto this, it could destroy your relationship with your son, so let it go.

Dear Abby, My husband had an affair and a child with a married woman before we were together. They agreed to let her husband raise the boy as if he were his biological son. I didn’t agree with it.

We have a daughter together who is 2 years younger than the boy.

They will be going to the same middle school next year. Our daughter is very sociable and likes meeting new people.

I’m afraid that they will meet and be attracted to each other, not knowing they have the same father.

COMMUNITY EVENTS Wednesday, March 30 Open pool, open cards, Wii games (call ahead), and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

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

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

Kings on Corner cards, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Wii bowling, 9 a.m.; and cards, 9 a.m. and noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Canasta, 10 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

Mexican Train dominoes, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3253.

Lifescape Lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon. Reservations: 815-288-9236.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior

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

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Sewing after Lunch, noon, Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-5893925.

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

Bridge, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

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

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

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

Bingo, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

Community cards, 2 p.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., 815-456-3000.

Skeet shooting, 2 p.m. until no shooters, Coleta Sportsmen’s Club, the corner of Pilgrim and Blue Goose roads, 815336-2191.

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

Thursday, March 31 Open pool, open cards, Wii games (call ahead), and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Post House Community Center, 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.

Kings on Corner cards, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

Boot Scootin’ Seniors, 9:15 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

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

Narcotics Anonymous, 3 p.m., 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815-625-0013.

Al-Anon-Alateen, 4 p.m., Wesley Chapel Annex, 200 S. Hickory St., Shannon.

Nar-Anon, Hope 4 Tomorrow, 5:30-6:30 p.m., open, Conference Room 1, Town Square Centre, 101 W. Second St., Suite 202, Dixon, dixonareana@gmail.com.

The Grief Recovery Method introduction, 5:30 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815288-4673.

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

Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., St. John Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling.

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

Alcoholic Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, back door, 707 First Ave., Suite A, Rock Falls.

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

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, Church of St.

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Rock River Valley Barbershop Chorus practice, 7 p.m., Rock Falls Community Building, 603 W. 10th St., 815-626-1574.

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

Friday, April 1 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815-284-3371.

Blood pressure screenings, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815-6262230.

Whiteside County Genealogists meeting, 9 a.m., Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce meeting room, 211 Locust St., Sterling, 815-626-2700.

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

Bible study, 10 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Blood pressure checks, 11 a.m., Robert Fulton Community Center, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, open; 6 p.m., open, lower level, Loveland Com-

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While there is no guarantee they will be attracted to each other, they should be told they have a half-sibling.

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Community coffee, 10-11 a.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., 815456-3000.

Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

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

Lifescape Lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon. Reservations: 815-288-9236.

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

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

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

Crafts and quilts, 12:30 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

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

Euchre/500 games, 1-2 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Crocheting, knitting and crafts, 1 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-2889236.

Euchre, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6228220.

Euchre, 1 p.m., Sterling Moose Club, 2601 E. Lincolnway, 815-622-8220.

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

Trap shooting, 2 p.m. until no shooters, Coleta Sportsmen’s Club, the corner of Pilgrim and Blue Goose roads, 815-3362191.

Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Crafternoons open period for crafters, noon-4 p.m., Rock Falls Public Library, 1007 Seventh Ave., 815-626-3958.

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

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

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SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES Thursday, March 31 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

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

Blood pressure screenings, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815-626-2230.

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

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

Free blood pressure check, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, open; 6 p.m., open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 7 p.m., closed, step, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, 12x12; 7 p.m., closed, 12x12, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Chair exercises, 1:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Do I say something now, or wait and hope my worst fear does not become reality?

– Keeping a Big Secret

munity House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, closed, this is your meeting; 7 p.m., Grapevine, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., women’s, closed, back door, Reformed Church parsonage, 703 14th Ave., Fulton.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open; 7 p.m., Al-Anon-Alateen, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 U.S. Route 52, Amboy.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Reformers Unanimous, an addiction abstinence program, 7-9 p.m., First Baptist Church, 24 N. Mason Ave., Amboy, 815857-2682.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (6), Church of God, 816 S. Clay St., Mount Carroll.

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NEW YORK (AP) – Country singer Kenny Chesney is getting his own “No Shoes Radio” channel on satellite radio’s SiriusXM, seeking more exposure for an online venture he started in 2008 to share music with fans.

Besides Chesney’s own music, the channel will feature a mix of country, acoustic, classic rock and reggae at least partly curated by the star. The name “No Shoes Radio” is a takeoff on his 2002 album, “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems.”

Besides concert and backstage material, Chesney has invited bands that he likes to perform on “No Shoes Radio” and conducted interviews.

SiriusXM said Tuesday the service will launch April 12.

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Blue-veined cheeses can be rather sharp and overpowering. But in this recipe for rosemary steak tips with Gorgonzola polenta, the cheese complements the steak, tomatoes and polenta.

Italian blue cheese stars in polenta, steak and tomato dish

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BY SUSAN SELASKY Tribune News Service

ometimes, just one ingredient brings an entire meal together. In today’s recipe, it’s the tanginess of a blue cheese.

Blue-veined cheeses can be rather sharp and overpowering. But in our recipe for Rosemary Steak Tips with Gorgonzola Polenta, the cheese complements the steak, tomatoes and polenta.

There are many blueveined cheeses (also referred to as “bleu” cheese)

that fall into the blue cheese category. They are injected and ripened with mold penicillium spores; this good mold gives the cheese that blue color.

Most familiar at grocery stores are these varieties: Danish blue, Gorgonzola, Maytag Blue, Point Reyes Bay Blue, Stilton and Roquefort. Many of these blue cheeses are white or ivory with blue marbling throughout. Others, like Stilton, are yellowish with darker marbling. The blue marbling

can also vary, from just blue to bluish-green, gray and sometimes darker.

Some blue cheese varieties, like Roquefort, are made from sheep’s milk and others, like Maytag, from cow’s milk. Roquefort hails from France and is considered the king of blue cheeses with the strongest flavor.

Maytag is an American blue cheese from Maytag Dairy Farms in Newton, Iowa – the former home of the appliance maker that’s now a part of Whirlpool.

When it comes to flavor, some blue cheeses like Maytag are slightly milder than, say, Stilton.

Gorgonzola, an Italian blue cheese hailing from northern Italy, is used in today’s recipe. It’s made from cow’s milk, but also can be made from a mix of cow’s and goat’s milk. Gorgonzola’s blue veins tend to be more bluish-green. The tanginess, depending on the brand, is fairly sharp. But I also find Gorgonzola a bit more salty than other blue cheeses. It’s

sold in block form or precrumbled.

Carolyn Cowley, a cheese sales associate at Holiday Market in Royal Oak, Michigan, says blue-veined cheeses are not for everything and finds them to be an acquired taste.

“Some, like Roquefort, are super strong, while others are mild or sweet,” she said.

“It’s also the mold, which is a good mold, but some people don’t like that.”

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Serve chowder as a meal or side dish Roasted red peppers give this colorful soup its sweet and smoky taste

BY SUSAN SELASKY Tribune News Service

Sometimes a bowl of soup, with some crusty bread, can suffice as dinner. Just about any variety of soup can be comforting, warm and filled with hearty ingredients.

Today’s chowder recipe falls into the general soup category and does all of that and then some. What’s best about this chowder is its sweet and smoky taste, all from the roasted red peppers. It also gets a bit of heat from cayenne pepper, which is optional and gets cooled

off with the milk or cream.

Besides taste, another bonus is that it’s a beautiful chowder with deep flavors that will impress guests.

How does chowder differ from a soup? A chowder is classified as any kind of thick soup that has chunks of food in it. Those chunks can be vegetables, seafood or meat. Most chowders are cream- or milk-based, which also gives them body and a slight thickness. Raw cubed potato is used in many chowders as an ingredient, but also because its starch provides thickening. For best

results, use russet potatoes because they won’t have that crumbly texture like a baking potato does once it’s cooked.

It’s that chunky texture of a chowder that sets it apart from, say, a smooth bisque.

Roasted red peppers are at the heart of this chowder.

Once the peppers are roasted, their sweetness is more pronounced. They also take on charred, smoky flavor, which adds a boost to any dish.

In this recipe, the pepper pieces get that charred effect in the pot. But if you are in a pinch, substitute a 12-ounce jar of roasted red peppers

found in the condiment aisle.

If you do use jarred roasted peppers, drain them well and pat with paper towels.

With jarred peppers, skip the charring step in this recipe and add them to the pot once the onions are tender and browned.

One easy way to jazz this chowder up is to top it with seafood. Cooked lobster meat is terrific, fancy and something to swoon over.

No lobster? Try cooked shrimp – whole or cut into pieces.

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So if blue cheese has an aroma that is naturally strong or pungent, how do you know if it’s bad?

Cowley, says be sure to give it the sniff test. Bad blue and other cheeses “will take on an ammonia smell.”

In today’s recipe, the blue cheese crumbles melt into the polenta so the cornmeal-based side dish is rich and creamy tasting.

Depending on how you like your polenta, you can add milk or cream to reach the desired consistency.

Rosemary Steak Tips with Gorgonzola Polenta Serves: 4 Preparation time: 20 minutes Total time: 30 minutes Use your favorite blue cheese for this recipe, but keep it on the mild side.

Stilton and Roquefort are too strong. If the polenta is not as creamy as you would like, add a little milk or cream to thin it out.

1½ pounds sirloin steak tips, trimmed and cut into 2-inch chunks Salt and pepper 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped fresh rosemary 4 cups water 1 cup instant polenta 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 10 ounces grape tomatoes, halved 1 cup (4 ounces) crumbled Gorgonzola cheese To easily cut the steak into chunks, freeze it for 20 minutes. Once cut into chunks, let it sit about 20 minutes to come to room temperature.

Pat the chunks dry with paper towels.

In a medium bowl, combine rosemary, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper.

Add the steak chunks and toss to coat with the rosemary mixture. Set aside.

In a large saucepan, bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat. Whisk in polenta, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until thickened, about 3 minutes.

Off heat, stir in 3 tablespoons butter, 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper. Cover and keep warm.

Heat oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over mediumhigh heat until just smoking.

Add steak and cook until well browned on all sides and the meat registers 125 degrees (for medium-rare), about 7 minutes. Transfer to plate and tent with foil.

Melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in the same skillet over medium high heat. Add tomatoes and ½ teaspoon salt and cook until just softened, about 1 minute. Transfer to plate with steak along with any pan juices. Serve steak and tomatoes over polenta, sprinkled with Gorgonzola.

Nutrition information not available.

– Adapted from Cook’s Country magazine, March 2016 issue

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Sweet Roasted Red Pepper Chowder Serves: 4 Preparation time: 15 minutes Total time: 40 minutes You can substitute a 12-ounce jar of roasted red peppers; drain before using. Add the peppers once the onions are browned.

Nonstick cooking spray or 2 tablespoons canola oil 1 pound red sweet peppers, cut into ½-inch pieces (about 3 cups) 2 cups chopped sweet onions (about 1 jumbo) 1 large russet or Yukon gold potato (10 ounces), peeled and cubed 1 cup vegetable broth

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1½ cups 1 percent milk or half-and-half 1 ⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper or to taste 1 tablespoon butter Salt and pepper to taste Croutons for garnish or a crusty baguette for serving ½ cup shredded (2 ounces) white sharp cheddar cheese, optional ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley Coat a 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven with nonstick cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat. Add the peppers and give them a few mists of cooking spray. Cook, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until charred, stirring frequently. If you don’t have cooking spray, heat the canola oil, once hot, add the peppers and cook as directed above.

Add the onions and cook for 5 to 6 minutes more

or until soft and golden brown, stirring occasionally. Stir in the potatoes and broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, covered, for 12 minutes or until potatoes are very tender.

Coarsely mash up the potatoes a bit with a potato masher. Stir in the milk or half-and-half and a few pinches of cayenne pepper. Heat through.

Remove from heat; stir in butter and season to taste with salt and pepper. Divide among shallow soup bowls and top with croutons and, if using, cheese and a sprinkling of fresh parsley.

Serve with additional crusty bread if desired.

Nutrition information not available.

– Adapted from Better Homes and Gardens magazine, September 2015 issue

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Hash it out in the kitchen

BY GRETCHEN MCKAY Tribune News Service

Chickpeas, also known as garbanzo or ceci beans, are a cheap and terrific source of protein.

Here, they’re smashed and then pan-fried into a quick and easy falafellike hash to be served with a bright and tangy tabbouleh salad.

The recipe comes courtesy of Purple Carrot, the first exclusively vegan meal-kit delivery service to hit the market. Mark Bittman, a cookbook author and former New York Times columnist, recently signed on as chief innovator and recipe developer, and his nononsense, healthful approach to cooking – eat more plants, people! – is a winner.

I particularly enjoyed the roasted eggplant, which was seasoned with za’atar, an eastern Mediterranean spice blend of thyme, sesame seeds and sumac. More vegetables? You bet.

Falafel Hash with Grapefruit-Arugula Tabbouleh Serves: 2 to 3 ¼ cup bulgur Salt and pepper 3 tablespoons extravirgin olive oil, divided 8 ounces eggplant 1 tablespoon za’atar 15-ounce can chickpeas 1 onion 1½ teaspoons ground cumin ½ teaspoon ground coriander ½ teaspoon baking soda Cayenne pepper

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1 teaspoon chopped garlic Handful fresh parsley 2 lemons ¼ cup tahini paste 2 whole-wheat pitas 1 grapefruit 2 ounces baby arugula Handful fresh mint Heat oven to 400 degrees.

Put bulgur, ½ cup water and pinch of salt in small pot and bring to a boil.

Remove from heat, cover and let seep. Check for doneness in 15 minutes; water should be absorbed.

Grease a rimmed pan with 1 tablespoon oil.

Rinse and trim eggplant, then slice into 4-inch-long sticks. Spread out on pan, sprinkle with za’atar and salt and roast, turning once, until they’re brown, 20 to 30 minutes.

Make falafel: Put 1 tablespoon oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Drain and rinse chickpeas; add to skillet. Trim, peel and chop onion. Add to pan along with cumin, coriander, baking soda and ¼ teaspoon cayenne.

Add chopped garlic and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Stir mixture, then crush about half the chick-

peas with fork or masher.

Cook, undisturbed, until bottom is crisp and brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove pan from heat.

Make tabbouleh: Rinse, trim and dry parsley, then chop leaves. Rinse and halve lemons. Add parsley and juice of 1 lemon to chickpea mixture, stir, and taste and adjust seasoning. Whisk together tahini, juice of ½ of a lemon, 2 tablespoons water and a sprinkle of salt and pepper in small bowl and let sit.

Wrap pitas in foil and warm in oven, 5 to 10 minutes.

Transfer cooked bulgur to large mixing bowl. Rinse and peel grapefruit, cut flesh from core and chop it, removing any seeds. Rinse, dry and chop arugula as finely as you like. Rinse and dry mint; strip leaves from stems and chop them. Add grapefruit, arugula, mint, juice of ½ lemon, remaining 1 tablespoon oil and a pinch of salt and pepper to bowl. Toss well, and taste and adjust seasonings.

Serve tabbouleh with falafel hash and eggplant alongside; pass pitas and tahini sauce at the table.

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The drama group will have to listen closely to find out how it’s doing.

After unloading its contest play set at 7 a.m. Saturday, the group will take the stage at 9:45 to perform “Veronica’s Room”

by Ira Levin, a.k.a. the guy who wrote the twisted psychological horror “Rosemary’s Baby.” If the group hears gasps, they’ll be onto something.

“That really lets us know that, ‘Yes, they got it,’” Langner said. “It’s very twisted and very sick.”

The most reliable indicator of success will be whether they get to perform again about noon Saturday in the finals. The awards ceremony will follow. Both the drama and the group interpretations team took fourth place at state last year. This is the 21st and second consecutive year the school has made state in group interpretation and drama, respectively.

“There’s something we’re doing right,” Langner joked. “I don’t know what it is, but something’s right.”

For her, nothing sets the tone better than the Thursday evening walkthrough on the massive stage, which is big enough for all the state competitors to get a sense of the space at once. It’s crucial for the crews to get a good feel for it, since they’re also judged on the speed of their setup and teardown.

This is Langner’s third go-round, her third at state for contest play.

“Every year, I have to stand there, look out, see those seats and know that, ‘We’re here to tell a story, we’re here to do what we need to do, and we have made it to state for a reason,’” she said.

That’s precisely the feeling her coach is hoping the teams experience upon arrival. Jill Price bristles a bit at the term “relaxed.”

It’s better than tense, but not ideal.

“Tense isn’t good,” she said. “I prefer focused over tense. Confident and focused, those are two wonderful words.”

Price’s student assistant, Maya Reter, is crucial in keeping everyone’s nerves at bay.

“She keeps everything backstage running, and she keeps me sane,” Price said.

“She’s the backbone of it all,” Zollinger added.

The department tailors its performance selections to not only what’s timely, but also the strengths of its talent. Once the group interpretation team picked “Benny & Joon,” they got together for a viewing, and then talked wardrobe.

Teams aren’t allowed to use a set or costumes. They Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com get to use blocks and can dress uniformly, so both Sterling’s group interpretation team performs “Benny and Joon” on Tuesday evening at Centennial Auditothe boys and the girls sport rium. Sterling High School’s drama and group interpretation teams will compete this weekend at the state black-and-white polka- tournament in Springfield. dots during performances.

They’ll work together to create shapes with their bodies.

Meet the casts and crews “Group interpretation SHS drama group presents “Veronica’s Room,” Madeline Geil, Amber Kuhn, Abby Nitz, Sarah Ogg, is one of those things you by Ira Levin Maryn Palmer, Bradley Schlegel, Tim Schlegel, Gabe have to kind of see to get Cast: Abby Langner, The Woman; Collin Zollinger, Ziegler, stage crew it,” Zollinger said. “Once The Man; Kinsey Zacharski, The Girl; Evan Lobdell, SHS group interpretation team presents “Benny & you see it, you fall in love The Young Man Joon,”

by Berry Berman and Lesley McNeil with it.”

Staff: Jill Price, co-director; Chuck Price, co-director, Cast: Abby Langner, Joon; Collin Zollinger, Benny; Lobdell, who like Langnset construction, set painting; Connor Price, assistant Evan Lobdell, Sam; Kinsey Zacharski, Ruthie; Koler and Zollinger also comdirector, scenic director, set construction, set paintten Conklen, Madeline Geil, Amber Kuhn, Abby Nitz, peted at Speech Team at ing; Ian Wankerl, technical director; Mary Lynn Tedrick, Maryn Palmer and Maya Reter, ensemble; Gabe Zeistate, said reuniting with costumes; Maya Reter, student assistant; Cheyenne gler, musician fellow competitors at each Smith, lights; Michael Frohling, audio; Kolten Conklen, Staff: Tim Schlegel and Jill Price, co-directors year’s postseason competitions is half the fun.

That desire for camaraderie breeds a close-knit State meet details group. You know, the kind that keeps a 21-year streak The Sterling High School theater group interpretation for the 21st The drama group, which won going, despite the fact that department will compete at state consecutive year, and will perform at the Sterling Sectional on each of those groups perin contest play and group inter“Benny & Joon” by Barry March 19 with Ira Levin’s “ formed in front of unique, pretation Friday and Saturday at Berman and Lesley McNeil at Veronica’s Room,” is making a subjective judging panels.

Sangamon Auditorium at the Uni5:25 p.m. Should the team second straight trip to state.

“You’re part of a legacy versity of Illinois in Springfield. advance to finals, it will perform Results will be posted at that hopefully lasts for a The department will compete in again about noon Saturday. ihsa.org. long while,” Lobdell said.

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Fliers brace for big security lines at airports NEW YORK (AP) – An expedited screening program called PreCheck was supposed to be the answer to maddeningly long security lines at the airport. But 4 years after its launch, the Transportation Security Administration is far short of enrolling enough travelers to make a difference, spelling trouble for summer travel season.

Fliers can expect massive security lines across the country, with airlines already warning passengers to arrive at least 2 hours early or risk missing their flight.

The TSA cut its airport screener staff by 10 percent in the past 3 years,

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anticipating PreCheck would speed up the process. When not enough fliers enrolled, the agency tried to make up for that shortfall by randomly placing passengers into the express lanes. But it recently scaled back that effort for fear dangerous passengers were being let through. That’s when the lines started growing, up to 90 minutes in some cases.

The TSA is shifting some resources to tackle lines at the nation’s biggest airports, but says there is no easy solution to the problem, with a record number of fliers expected this summer.

“We had unacceptable

line waits at the majority of our hubs,” says Robert Isom, chief operating officer of American Airlines. “Based on what the TSA is telling us, there is no relief in sight.”

Launched nationwide in 2012, PreCheck gives previously vetted passengers special screening. Shoes, belts and light jackets stay on. Laptops and liquids stay in bags. And these fliers go through standard metal detectors rather than the explosivedetecting full-body scanners most pass through.

PreCheck lanes can screen 300 passengers an hour, twice that of standard lanes.

The TSA offered Congress a lofty goal of having 25 million fliers enrolled in the program. Based on that and other increased efficiencies, the TSA’s front-line screeners were cut from 47,147 3 years ago to 42,525 currently. At the same time, the number of annual fliers passing through checkpoints has grown from 643 million to more than 700 million.

As of March 1, only 9.3 million people were PreCheck members. Applicants must pay $85 to $100 every 5 years. They must also trek to the airport for an interview before being accepted.

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Travelers authorized to use the TSA PreCheck expedited security line at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle have their documents checked March 17 by Transportation Security Administration workers. Fliers will likely face massive security lines at airports across the country this summer.

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Additional 66 Oreo bakery workers receive layoff notices Tribune News Service

An additional 66 hourly wage workers at the Nabisco bakery received their layoff notices Monday, the latest round of cuts at the longtime facility on Chicago’s Southwest Side.

Those who received the 60-day notice required by state law are staring at May 27 as their final day of work at the plant where snacks like Oreos, Chips Ahoy and Ritz Crackers have been made for decades. Last week, 277 workers were laid off, and more cuts are expected

as Mondelez International – the global snack food company that owns the bakery – pushes forward with its plan to shift some operations to Mexico.

Ron Baker, spokesman for the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union, said the timing of the notices was intended to apply pressure amid ongoing labor negotiations with the bakers union.

“I’m sure that affects how a lot of people feel about bargaining,” Baker said Monday. “But the membership is strong,

and they’re not going to put up with this.”

Since Mondelez announced in July it would lay off 600 of its 1,200 or so employees at the Chicago bakery, company executives have stressed that the job cuts were tied to the strategic decision to set up new production lines in Salinas, Mexico – and separate from labor negotiations.

Mondelez executives said they could save $46 million a year by installing the lines in Salinas instead of Chicago.

Representatives of the

bakers union, meanwhile, have maintained the layoffs are directly connected to the contract talks, which are scheduled to resume in Baltimore on April 7.

Of those who received notice Monday, 43 are members of the bakers union, Mondelez spokeswoman Laurie Guzzinati said.

An additional 13 workers who received notice are represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, she said, while 10 are members of

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For the bakers union, the cuts are happening in order of reverse seniority as per the terms of the union’s collective bargaining agreement, Guzzinati said. The bakers union is the only one of the three unions that did not negotiate a shutdown package with the company, she said.

The other two unions negotiated severance packages, and their members who received their notices Monday volunteered, Guzzinati said.

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BASEBALL | ROCK FALLS 11, MENDOTA 4

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Stillman swings After rough 1st inning, Rock Falls rallies past Mendota hot sticks in win Duchesses have no answer for aggressive Cardinals

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ROCK FALLS – James McFadden had a rough first inning, then five stellar innings Tuesday as Rock Falls beat Mendota 11-4.

McFadden needed 28 pitches to get through the first, falling behind three batters and allowing four hits and a walk. He then threw 55 pitches over the next five innings, allowing one more walk and just three more hits the rest of the way.

A leadoff single in the second was erased when Rockets catcher Logan Pillars caught Ben Bokus trying to steal. McFadden worked around hitting the leadoff hitter in the third, then worked around a one-out double in the fourth. He needed just eight pitches to work a 1-2-3 sixth.

“I thought he was getting squeezed a little bit in the first inning, and he had to throw the ball down the middle a little bit,” Rock Falls coach Donnie Chappell said. “I think after that, his off-speed stuff was really good. They’re really aggressive fastball hitters early in the count, so he kind of mixed it up and he did a nice job of hitting his spots Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com and throwing his off-speed Rock Falls’ James McFadden pitches Tuesday afternoon against Mendota in Rock Falls. stuff.”

After a rough first inning, McFadden settled in and led the Rockets to an 11-4 victory.

Mendota scored three runs in the first, as the first three Star of the game: Reid Akerman, Rock Falls, 2-for-3, 2 RBIs hitters in the lineup all sinKey performers: James McFadden, RF, 6 IP, 3 runs, 7 hits; Nolan Moeller, RF, 3-for-4; gled and eventually came Bronson Mintun, RF, 3-for-3; Logan Pillars & Quinton Matznick, RF, both hit HRs around to score.

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DIXON – Aggressiveness is a two-way street on the softball diamond. It can either help your cause or hurt it … and it was going both ways Tuesday afternoon at Reynolds Park.

The Stillman Valley Cardinals used their aggressiveness at the plate and on the basepaths to their advantage. The Dixon Duchesses saw their aggressiveness cost them a chance to keep the game close early on.

The end result was indicative of those fortunes, as the Cardinals downed the Duchesses 19-0 in five innings in a Big Northern West contest.

Stillman (3-0) smacked 14 hits and took advantage of five Dixon errors – all in the Cardinals’ 12-run third inning – to put the game away early.

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BASEBALL | STERLING 12, ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 3

Warriors way ahead of last year’s pace Big first inning sends Sterling past Panthers

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STERLING – Twentyeight games passed last year before the Sterling Golden Warriors earned their fifth win on the baseball diamond.

This year, they have done it four times as quickly.

Even quicker was the time it took for the Warriors to put away Tuesday’s nonconference game against Erie-Prophetstown for their fifth win in seven games. Plenty of Panther errors in the first inning sent Sterling to a big lead, en route to a 12-3 win at Gartner Park.

Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com While the Warriors (5-2) Sterling shortstop Turner Morse (2) fires to first to complete a double play during hit and hustled their way the second inning Tuesday against Erie-Prophetstown at Gartner Park. Morse through 13 first-inning had three hits and five RBIs to lead the Golden Warriors to a 12-3 victory. plate appearances, scoring

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Star of the game: Turner Morse, Sterling, 3-for-4, 3B, 5 RBIs Key performers: Nolan Sullivan, Sterling, winning pitcher, 2 RBIs; Jordan Chandler, EP, 2-for-3, sacrifice fly Up next: Orion at EP, 4 p.m. Thursday; Sterling at Champaign Central (DH), 10 a.m. Saturday eight runs, they wished they would have built on the sizable lead more than the additional four runs they tacked on in the remaining five innings.

“It felt good in the first inning that we jumped on them at the beginning,” Sterling shortstop Turner Morse said, “but what we needed to work on was in the middle innings,

needing to keep pedaling and extending our leads.

Maybe we could get out of there with less pitching.”

The Warriors rocked Panthers starting pitcher Ian Wirt, who only made it through two outs. Wirt gave up five hits, walked two, threw four wild pitches and balked twice.

The EP defense couldn’t provide much aid, committing four throwing errors in that same inning.

Panthers coach Jason Orman noted that, aside from the nightmare of an opening inning, it was otherwise a 4-3 ballgame.

Jordan Chandler led the Panthers with two doubles and a sacrifice fly, and Bransen Rosenow added another RBI.

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Flying the coop Wayne Selden Kansas junior guard announced he will enter NBA Draft, after averaging 13.8 points per game this season for the Jayhawks.

Hug it out Carmelo Anthony Knicks forward was surprised to get a hug from a young boy on the court near the end of Monday’s loss to the Pelicans.

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Valentine, Hield lead AP All-Americans

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Whenever talk of the best college basketball player this season came up, so did two names: Denzel Valentine of Michigan State and Buddy Hield of Oklahoma.

They were unanimous selections Tuesday to The Associated Press’ 2015-16 All-America team.

In the age when one-anddones usually dominate the college basketball landscape, Valentine and Hield were joined on the All-America team by fellow seniors Brice Johnson of North Carolina and Malcolm Brogdon of Virginia.

Sophomore Tyler Ulis of Kentucky rounded out the first team.

MLB

Harvey passes blood clot in bladder New York Mets ace Matt Harvey remains on track to start Sunday night’s opener at Kansas City after passing a blood clot in his bladder.

He started to feel discomfort Sunday, and said it worsened through the night. Harvey reported the issue to Mets staff on Monday, and he was the lone player not to travel to Jupiter, Florida, for an exhibition game against St. Louis.

Cubs release veteran Shane Victorino The Chicago Cubs have released veteran outfielder Shane Victorino.

The Cubs said Tuesday that they will allot their final roster spots to pitcher Neil Ramirez, infielder Tommy La Stella, and outfielder Matt Szczur.

Victorino, infielder Munenori Kawasaki, and left-handed reliever Manny Parra have been released.

They were in camp on minor league contracts.

Humber released by Padres, retires Right-hander Philip Humber has told the San Diego Padres he’s retiring instead of accepting a minor league assignment.

Humber threw a perfect game for the White Sox against Seattle in 2012.

But his ERA ballooned to 7.90 a year later with Houston, and he hasn’t pitched in the big leagues since.

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NFL demands NY Times retraction The NFL has demanded The New York Times retract a story that called the league’s concussion research flawed, and likened the NFL’s handling of head trauma to the tobacco industry’s response to the dangers of cigarettes.

In a letter from its law firm to the general counsels of the newspaper and obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, the league said it was defamed by the Times.

The NFL added the story published last Thursday did not “present a shred of evidence to support its thesis that the NFL intentionally concealed concussion research data.”

The NFL also said it will “more broadly reserve all of the league’s rights and remedies,” a veiled threat of legal action.

Times sports editor Jason Stallman said, “We see no reason to retract anything.”

Today Baseball 4:30 p.m.

• Morrison at Amboy • Bureau Valley at Galva

Softball 4:30 p.m.

• Sterling at Rock Island • Freeport at Dixon • Morrison at Amboy • Bureau Valley at Galva • Eastland at Lena-Winslow • Pearl City at West Carroll

Boys tennis 4:30 p.m.

• Dixon at United Township

Girls track 4:30 p.m.

AP

Illinois quarterback Wes Lunt (12) will be guided by a new coaching staff in 2016, with Lovie Smith as head coach and Garrick McGee as offensive coordinator.

Feeling the Lovie Nickerson, McGee highlight Smith’s coaching hires

BY DAVID MERCER AP Sports Writer

CHAMPAIGN – The new staff Illinois coach Lovie Smith introduced Tuesday is heavy on experience in the NFL, and on experience with Smith.

The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears coach said that is what he had in mind when he hired them during an unusual time to put together a staff.

Smith was hired March 7 after the surprise firing of Bill Cubit 2 days earlier.

“Yes, I wanted an NFL mix,” Smith said. “I think in your mind, you always have your ideal staff in play, if I’m in position, this is who I would like to have with me.”

Key 2016 games Sept. 10: vs. North Carolina Oct. 1: at Nebraska Oct. 22: at Michigan Nov. 12: at Wisconsin Nov. 19: vs. Iowa As he worked his way through the list of coaches he has hired the past few weeks, most coached with Smith at some point or were connected to him in some way.

After a long NFL career and several seasons coaching high school football, defensive coordinator Hardy Nickerson was part of Smith’s staff at Tampa Bay after being a star linebacker

as a player. Nickerson had just joined the San Francisco 49ers staff as linebackers coach when Smith talked him into coming to Illinois.

“The pitch for him was, we’re trying to do something special here at the University of Illinois,” Smith said. “Who wouldn’t want him on the staff?”

Former Louisville offensive coordinator Garrick McGee will be in charge of the offense at Illinois. He and Smith have known each other since Smith recruited McGee at Arizona State. Smith said he and McGee plan to run a pro-style offense.

Other staff members include special teams

and tight ends coach Bob Ligashesky, whom Smith has known since the two worked at Arizona State in the 1980s; offensive line coach Luke Butkus, who spent three seasons on Smith’s Bears staff, in addition to a season at Illinois; receivers coach Andrew Hayes-Stoker, who coached with the Bears for several seasons; and defensive line coach Mike Phair, a veteran of both the Bears and Buccaneers.

Running backs coach Thad Ward and defensive backs coach Paul Williams have not worked with Smith in the past.

Illinois will start spring football Friday.

TV listings

Today Men’s basketball 7:30 p.m.

• College Basketball Invitational, finals, Game 2, Morehead St. at Nevada, ESPNU 9 p.m.

• Vegas 16, championship, teams TBD, CBSSN

Boys basketball 8 p.m.

• McDonald’s All-American Game, East vs. West, at Chicago, ESPN

MLB 5 a.m.

• Spring training, Reds vs.

Brewers, MLB 8 a.m.

• Spring training, Marlins vs. Mets, MLB Noon

• Spring training, Red Sox (ss) vs. Pirates, MLB 3 p.m.

8 p.m.

Houston no longer has a problem PGA Tour stop in Texas a good tuneup for Masters

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP Sports Writer

AP

Jason Day is among the players skipping this week’s Houston Open to begin preparation for next week’s Masters – but the field is still much better than when the tournament was later in April. and we had some indifferent field qualities,” Timms said Tuesday, finding a gracious way of saying that fans needed the pairing sheet to figure out who was coming up the fairway. “It’s ‘no man’s land’ after Augusta. So whenever we were approached, we felt like that gave us a fighting chance to be a week before Augusta.

Some guys like to play their way in. We were thinking specifically about Phil.

“Tiger and Phil, those guys were the needle movers.”

On the tube

• Spring training, White Sox vs. Reds, CSN

GOLF | ON THE FRINGE

Tiger Woods has never played the week before the Masters, and it’s hard to argue with the results. He has won it four times.

Then again, he was better than everyone else.

Phil Mickelson is the opposite. He prefers to play the week before the Masters to get into a competitive spirit, and it has worked out pretty well for him, too. Along with his three green jackets, Lefty has six other finishes in the top three.

There is no magic formula for getting ready for Augusta National.

Steve Timms was aware of that 10 years ago when the Shell Houston Open was offered the chance to move away from its late April date and take the week before the Masters.

For Timms, the Shell Houston Open tournament director, the tradition unlike any other was getting asked by local media if Woods was coming to Houston. Move to the week before the Masters, and the answer would be pretty clear. And that’s what they did.

“We had the date 2 weeks after the Masters,

• Amboy, Newman, E-P, Morrison, Bureau Valley, Fulton at Rosenberry Invite (at Westwood) • AFC, West Carroll, Forreston-Polo at Dittmar Classic, Milledgeville

It’s worked out well.

Generations change, and so do playing habits. Woods still doesn’t play the week before the Masters. Right now, he’s not playing at all. Mickelson, who won the Houston Open in 2011, is 45 and still going strong.

He already has a trio of top 5s this year, and remains wildly popular.

But it’s no longer just about Mickelson.

Also playing at the Golf Club of Houston this week is Jordan Spieth, no longer No. 1 in the world but still recognized as

the 22-year-old Texan who is the reigning Masters and U.S. Open champion. The field also includes Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson.

But it was more than just a change in dates.

Timms got together with agronomists and the PGA Tour staff to try to create something unique, with Augusta National in mind. No one will ever confuse Golf Club of Houston with Augusta National (one serves brisket, the other pimiento cheese).

But there were enough characteristics to make it an ideal place for those who wanted to compete.

The banks and mounds around the greens were closely mown. The rough was shaved down. The fairways were mown from the green to the tee so that the grain is into the player, just like at Augusta. The greens are firm (weather permitting) and fast, estimated at 12 on the Stimpmeter.

“Now it’s become our identity,” Timms said.

“And we’ve had the good fortune of having a number of players that have played here and won the next week.”

• Spring training, Tigers vs.

Orioles, MLB 11 p.m.

• Spring training, Padres vs. Mariners, MLB 2 a.m. (Thursday)

• Spring training, Cardinals vs. Marlins, MLB

NBA 6:30 p.m.

• Hawks at Raptors, NBA 9:30 p.m.

• Heat at Lakers, NBA

NHL 7 p.m.

• Capitals at Flyers, NBCSN

Tennis Noon & 6 p.m.

• ATP World Tour-WTA Tour, Miami Open, men’s & women’s quarterfinals, at Key Biscayne, Fla., ESPN2

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Raiders remain undefeated Dukes roll past Hawks; Steamers rout Ridgewood

By SVM Sports Staff

Adam Mairs and David Atkinson each knocked in a pair of runs to lead the AFC baseball team to an 11-1, five-inning victory against South Beloit on Tuesday in Ashton.

The Raiders (6-0, 3-0 NUIC East) scored nine runs in the first three innings and cruised home with the victory.

Dylan Pitzer (2-0) didn’t allow an earned run in four innings.

Dixon 13, Oregon 4:

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Rock Falls third baseman Quinton Matznick throws across the diamond during Tuesday’s game against Mendota in Rock Falls. The Rockets won 11-4.

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“We’re a good-hitting ball club, and they were squaring it up,” Mendota coach Aaron Sester said.

“I think once we got up 3-0, they kind of relaxed a little bit to the point of maybe lackadaisical. You can’t do that against good teams, because they’ll come after you.”

McFadden allowed singles to Garet Zinke, Evan Weber and Cruz Figueroa to open the game, with Figueroa driving in Zinke.

Mason Marquis added a two-out single to drive in two more runs before McFadden got out of the inning.

“A lot of the first inning was getting away from me,” McFadden said. “It was a smaller strike zone, and I kind of had to adapt to it and work through it.”

Despite facing a deficit early in the game, McFadden was confident his teammates would get those runs back.

“They’ve been behind me all year,” McFadden said. “They do great at scoring runs and great at picking up our pitchers, so I was never worried.”

Rock Falls (5-1) got two runs back in the bottom of the first. With runners on first and second, Cooper Kilberg hit what could have been a doubleplay ball, but the throw from second sailed high, extending the inning and allowing Clay Velazquez

to score. Kilberg scored from third moments later when Quinton Matznick was caught in a rundown between first and second.

In the second inning, Bronson Mintun scored on a wild pitch to tie the game. Reid Akerman followed with a bloop single to drive in McFadden and Noah Junis.

Matznick made it a 6-3 lead with a solo home run in the third. Pillars also homered, hitting a tworun shot to left during the Rockets’ three-run sixth.

“I was just trying to hit a ball up the middle,” Pillars said. “I’ve been getting out on my front foot a little bit this season, so Don’s been telling me to stay back, make sure I’m seeing the ball, hitting it deep. So I’m trying to hit the ball right side or middle, and I just got a hold of one and it went out.”

Pillars got a hold of another pitch in the second inning, which seemed destined for extra bases and a chance to score Akerman, but Figueroa ran the ball down on the warning track for the catch. Figueroa also ran down a fly ball in the gap in right-center to deny Akerman in the first.

“He’s a heck of an athlete,” Sester said. “Saturday he was on the mound pitching, and the ball was popped up and he dove and caught it and doubled off [the runner] at first.

That was a heck of a catch out there in center. He goes and gets it.”

The Dukes took control early with five runs in the top of the first inning to beat the Hawks in a Big Northern West contest in Oregon.

Ryan Long went 4-for-4, scored three runs, drove in two and earned the win on the mound for the Dukes. Owen VanHorn was 3-for-4, and Devrick Sayles, Anton Halla and Kris Lahman each drove in two runs.

Zach Stromberg hit a triple for the Hawks.

Photos by Chris Johnson/Shaw Media

ABOVE: Dixon’s Ryan Troutman (right) slides into first under the tag of Oregon’s Anthony Marchetti during Tuesday’s Big Northern West game in Oregon.

BELOW: Oregon’s Kevin Beard releases a pitch as a Dixon baserunner takes off from second base Tuesday in Oregon. The Dukes won 13-4.

Tuesday’s stars Ryan Long, Dixon baseball, 4-for-4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs, winning pitcher Seth Sikkema, Fulton baseball, 4-for-5, 2B, 3 RBIs Zach Randecker, Eastland baseball, complete game, 7 Ks Jack Nitz, Sterling tennis, won at No. 1 singles & No. 1 doubles Dylan Binion, EP track, won 60 hurdles, 200 & long jump at Rosenberry Brooks Grobe, PoloForreston, track, won 100 & 2 relays

Fulton 12, Ridgewood 2:

The Steamers pounded out 15 hits in a nonconference win in Woodhull, scoring eight runs in the final three innings.

Seth Sikkema went 4-for-5 with three RBIs and a double for the Steamers (4-2). Cole McClary also had three RBIs. Erik North earned the win for Fulton by striking out four in four innings of work.

Durand-Pecatonica 4, Forreston-Polo 3: Brody

Grobe had two hits and scored twice for the Cardinals in a road loss to Durand-Pecatonica.

Braxton Stamm added two hits for ForrestonPolo (2-2, 1-1 NUIC).

Mitchell Bratina was the losing pitcher.

for Sterling. Nitz teamed with Jonah Khuntangta for a win at No. 1 doubles, while Andrew Ivarson and Luke Steinke won at No. 3 doubles.

Dixon 5, Rockford Eastland 7, West Carroll Lutheran 0: The Dukes 3: Eastland scored three swept Lutheran, with

in the first and two more in the third in a win over West Carroll.

Tanner Giedd drove in three runs for the Cougars. Zach Randecker struck out seven in a complete game on the mound.

Cory Simpson had a pair of hits for West Carroll.

Tennis Freeport 5, Sterling 4:

The Golden Warriors went on the road and dropped a close one to the Pretzels.

Jack Nitz and Alex Gallardo won at No. 1 and No. 4 singles, respectively,

their doubles teams pulling out close sets.

At No. 1 doubles, Bryce Stanley and Michael Gale were pushed to a third set, but beat Jensen Buelte and Owen Horst 7-6 (3), 3-6, 10-5. Jason Rugh and Baily McClain beat Matt Larson and Nick Logan 6-4, 7-6 (4) at No. 2 doubles, and at No. 3 doubles, Jonathan Rivera and Daniel Ferguson beat Lucas Rimoc and Zach Montgomery 7-5, 6-4.

Sam Bratt and Zach Healy both won singles matches 6-0, 6-0.

Boylan 5, Newman 1: up to take the 3,200 relay

Jacob Terveer picked up the Comets’ lone win at No. 3 singles, beating Daniel Renteria 6-4, 6-4 in a dual loss in Rockford.

Boys track

(8:56.6).

Fulton’s Rodney Gossard went 42-5 to win the triple jump, while Morrison’s Gabe Hunt won the 60 dash in 7.25 seconds.

had a big night to lead Erie-Prophetstown to top honors at the 10-team Rosenberry Invitational at the Westwood Sports Complex in Sterling.

The Panthers amassed 114 points, 13 more than runner-up Princeton.

Amboy was third (45), Fulton finished fourth (43), and Kewanee and Bureau Valley tied for fifth (38 apiece).

Binion won the 60 hurdles (8.14), 200 (23.9) and long jump (20-2) to lead Erie-Prophetstown. Single-event winners included Kerrick Cameron in the 800 (2:10.5), Tyler Naftzger in the pole vault (12-0), and Jack Heflin in the shot put (49-4).

Cameron, Conner Reiley, Jonah Green and Brad Hufman teamed

the best of Dixon (59) and Oregon (41) in a triangular at Oregon.

Brooks Grobe led off winning efforts in the 400 (45.03) and 800 (1:35.83) relays, and he also won the 100 (11.39) to pace the Marcos. Brad Cavanaugh and Gavin Fuchs also ran legs on the winning 400, 800 and 1,600 (3:42.31) relay squads.

Ian Hussung led Oregon by winning the 800 (2:13.53) and 1,600 (5:05.16).

Dixon got wins from Sean Masterson in the 3,200 (11:02.33), Jared Harrison in the 110 hurdles (16.02), Kyle LeBlanc in the 200 (23.91), Nate Gascoigne in the high jump (5-10) and Nyrel Sullivan in the long jump (21-1).

Marcos win triangular: Panthers win RosenPolo-Forreston (82) got berry title: Dylan Binion

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“We gave them six outs in the first inning, and they took advantage,” Orman said. “For the next five innings, we were solid. We threw strikes and made plays. I thought we swung the bat pretty well, just didn’t muster enough big innings.”

Morse singled to each side of the outfield in the first inning, and drove in three runs. With Sterling up 10-3 with two out in the fifth, Morse’s hard-hit ball to right field came about 7 feet short of a potential run-rule walk-off. He wound up with a triple and drove in two with the hit.

“We always tell them that good things happen when you put the ball in play,” Sterling coach Nick Pepper said. “That’s exactly what we did. Good teams will take advantage of other teams’ mistakes. I’m proud of the guys for moving on and putting the ball in play.”

Nolan Sullivan earned the win for Sterling, allowing three runs, three hits and striking out three in four innings. Nick Olds and Sam Wike closed with three innings of no-hit ball for the Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com Warriors, who are off to their Sterling center fielder Nick Olds hauls in a fly ball during the third best start in 5 years.

Morse knew his team would inning Tuesday against Erie-Prophetstown.

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Erie-Prophetstown shortstop Jordan Chandler catches a ground ball after it bounced off his chest Tuesday against Sterling. come into this season with the mentality of not looking back on past years and being optimistic about success. Positive attitudes and plenty of focus in practice have been a big part of a strong start.

“Our focus during practice is a lot better,” Morse said. “We’ve gone longer this year than in years past, too, and it’s tough to keep your focus when we’re here almost 4 hours a day. It’s

tough, but our focus is where that starts.”

“A lot of it is the belief system – that we can be good,” Pepper said. “We were very young last year, and we’re still very young, but we’re more experienced and have more of a better feel for varsity baseball. Last year, we were really close in a lot of games and couldn’t get over that hump, but we have that ability to really do that.”

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Ward has hat trick in win

Baseball

Pannell paces Steamers; Koning dominant for Raiders

By SVM Sports Staff

Zoe Ward’s hat trick led the Sterling girls soccer team to a 9-0 rout of Galesburg on Tuesday night in a nonconference road game.

Rosa Sanchez and Fatima Gallardo each scored twice for the Golden Warriors, and Natalie Hererra and Tiara Munoz also scored. Hererra, Gallardo, Maura Scanlan and Julia Diaz all contributed assists.

Softball Byron 3, Oregon 2: Aleah Wight led off the game with a home run and scored in the third inning on an RBI double from Emily Perkins, but Byron came back to win.

Byron answered with a run in the third, then took the lead with two in the fifth as Kelsey Thatcher and Sydney Fuller came through with back-to-back hits to drive in runs.

After Perkins’ double, Byron pitcher Rachel Bonnell allowed just one hit the rest of the way.

Bre Bicksler’s two-out single in the sixth marked the only Oregon baserunner in the final four innings.

Fulton 9, River Ridge 6: Hannah Pannell singled three times and drove in three runs as the Steamers

Tuesday’s stars Zoe Ward, Sterling soccer, 3 goals in 9-0 victory Cassidy Koning, AFC softball, 4-for-4, 2B, 5 RBIs, completegame win, 1 H, 7 Ks Hannah Pannell, Fulton softball, 3 hits, 3 RBIs Tayla Schwarz, Dixon track, won shot put & discus Kenzie Skoumal, Oregon track, won 100 & 200, part of winning 400 relay team handled the Wildcats at Drives Park in Fulton.

Also for Fulton, Rachael Huizenga knocked in a pair of runs. Whitney Wynkoop was the winning pitcher.

AFC 17, South Beloit 1, 5 inn.:

Cassidy Koning had four hits, including a double, and drove in five runs as the Raiders crushed the SoBos in Ashton.

Koning was also the winning pitcher, allowing just one hit and striking out seven in five innings.

Maley Fike and Addison Wetzel each knocked in three runs for AFC.

West Carroll 9, Eastland 3: Anna Badtke drove in three runs, while Brianna Kampmeier and Emma Aljets added two RBIs apiece as the Thunder topped the Cougars in Lanark.

Abbie Kosier and Josi Anderson each had three hits for West Carroll. Riley Sullivan was the winning pitcher.

Paige Gallentine paced Eastland with three hits. Makenzie Fink took the loss in the circle.

Girls track Duchesses roll at Oregon: Tayla Schwarz won both throws as Dixon (89) topped Oregon (56.5), PoloForreston (54.5) and Dakota (43) in a four-team meet in Oregon.

Schwarz went 120 feet, 10 inches in the discus, and 37-10 in the shot put. Also for the Duchesses, Katie Binkley won the 800 (2:45.88), Kira Goral won the 1,600 (5:49.87), and each ran legs on the winning 3,200 relay team (11:05.65).

Kenzie Skoumal had a big day for Oregon, with wins in the 100 (13.19) and 200 (28.57), and she also ran a leg on the winning 400 relay (55.23).

Tuesday’s results at Gartner Park, Sterling

STERLING 12, ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 3 Erie-P’Town 010 200 0 — 3 9 4 Sterling 800 040 x — 12 10 0 W – Nolan Sullivan. L – Ian Wirt.

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN (1-4) Bransen Rosenow 2b 3-1-1, Grady Todd lf 2-0-1, Jordan Chandler ss 3-0-2, Nate Pierceson c 3-0-0, Ian Wirt p 1-0-0, Justice Cole p 2-0-0, Brandon Howell 3b 4-1-2, Brett Emery dh 3-0-0, Levi Floming 1b 3-00, Kale Orman cf 3-1-2, Ross Cady rf/flex 0-0-0. Totals: 27-3-9.

Wirt (2/3 IP, 8 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 2 K, 3 WP, 2 balk), Cole (5 1/3 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 H, 3 K, HBP) and Pierceson. 2B – Chandler 2.

RBI – Chandler, Rosenow. SF – Chandler.

LOB – 10.

STERLING (5-2) Nicholas Olds rf/p/lf 3-2-1, Turner Morse ss 4-1-3, Trey Morse c 4-0-0, Chris Brouilette cr 0-1-0, Sam Wike 3b/p 4-1-1, Tyler Willman 1b 4-2-2, Zach Springman 2b 2-2-1, Nolan Sullivan p/cf 3-1-1, Brady Bostelman 2b 3-0-1, Reilly Hay lf 3-2-0, Luke Moore 3b 0-0-0. Totals: 30-12-10.

Sullivan (4 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 3 K, 2 HBP, WP), Olds (1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K), Wike (2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 BB, 2 K) and Tr. Morse.

2B – Springman, Sullivan. 3B – Tu. Morse.

RBI – Tu. Morse 5, Sullivan 2, Springman.

SB – Olds, Springman. DP – 1. LOB – 3. at Pecatonica

DURAND-PECATONICA 4, FORRESTON-POLO 3 Forreston-Polo100 020 0 — 3 7 0 Durand-Pec 004 000 x — 4 4 3 W – Noble. L – Mitchell Bratina.

FORRESTON-POLO (2-2, 1-1 NUIC East) Bratina (2 2/3 IP, 4 R, 3 H, 3 SO, 7 BB) and Michael Singley (3 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 6 SO).

Multiple hits – Brody Grobe 2, Braxton Stamm 2.

DURAND-PECATONICA Noble (4 1/3 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 3 SO, 2 BB) and Durand (2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 3 SO, 2 BB). at Ashton

AFC 11, SOUTH BELOIT 1, 5 innings South Beloit 000 10 — 1 5 3 AFC 342 11 — 11 8 2 W – Dylan Pitzer (2-0). L – Fisher.

SOUTH BELOIT (1-4, 0-3 NUIC East) Fisher (2 IP, 7 R, 7 ER, 4 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 2 HBP), Near (1 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 SO), Wunder (1 1/3 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 H, 3 BB) and Norris, J.Lloyd (3). Multiple hits – Norris 2. 2B – Norris. RBI – Monroe.

AFC (6-0, 3-0) Pitzer (4 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 H, 5 SO, 1 BB), Ryan Rod (1 IP, 1 H, 3 SO) and Adam Mairs. Multiple hits – David Atkinson 2, Jacob Hilliker 2. 2B – Dillon Lanning. RBI – Mairs 2, Atkinson 2, Lanning, Hilliker, Tyon Davis. at Rock Falls

ROCK FALLS 11, MENDOTA 4

Photos by Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: Dixon’s Abbie Devine makes contact during Tuesday’s game against Stillman Valley at Reynolds Park. The Duchesses lost 19-0, thanks in part to the Cardinals’ 12-run third inning.

BELOW: Dixon’s Hannah Schlosser pitches Tuesday against Stillman Valley.

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All nine Stillman players scored at least once, and eight of them had at least one hit. Six different Cardinals drove in runs, and five of them had an extrabase hit.

“We were looking at a specific zone at the plate, and then attacking the pitches that came in there,” said catcher Stephanie Anderson, who had two doubles, a single and four RBIs. “We were patient and disciplined at the plate until we got what we wanted, then we put good swings on the ball.”

Nowhere was that more evident than the second and third innings. After scoring twice in the top of the first, the Cardinals tacked on five more runs in the second. With two outs, Stillman hitters smacked four straight pitches into the outfield for hits, then Anderson capped things off with a two-run double.

The third inning was more of the same. Twelve of the first 13 Stillman hitters reached base, thanks to six hits, five Dixon errors and one walk. Holly Bathje, Madyson Sasse and Ali Green all scored twice in the inning, as 16 Cardinals went to the plate. Green and Lexi Morrison each had an RBI in two different at-bats, and Anderson, Bathje, Allison Carson and Macy Weaver also drove in runs.

“When one person starts hitting the ball, it always relays to the next person,” Anderson said.

Stillman 19, Dixon 0, 5 inn.

Star of the game: Stephanie Anderson, SV, 3-for-4, 2 2Bs, 4 RBIs, 1 run, 1 SB Key performers: Ali Green, SV, 2-for-4, 2B, 4 runs, 3 RBIs, 2 SBs; Lexi Morrison, SV, 2-for-5, 2B, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; Allison Carson, SV, 3-for-5, 3B, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, 1 SB; Ally Jacobsen & Phoenix Smith, Dixon, both 2-for-2 with a 2B Up next: Freeport at Dixon, 4:30 p.m. today

“We do that all the time, and once we got the momentum today, it just kept going.”

“The girls all have the green light, because they see things before I do and we believe in them and their aggressiveness,” Stillman coach Shawn Byers said. “It worked out well for us today, especially in that big third inning.”

Green and Morrison finished with three RBIs each, and Carson drove in two. Carson joined Anderson with three hits, and Green and Morrison each had two hits.

Green scored four times, Weaver and Sasse added three runs each, and Carson, Morrison and Bathje

each scored twice.

“They hit the ball, and they hit it hard,” Dixon coach Candi Rogers said.

“With us not having an outfield fence, some of those hits just kept rolling, and they just kept it up and kept going.

“I thought we made better contact today than we have all season, but we’re still getting there, and there’s a lot more to do.

I just want us to be more aggressive, like Stillman was today.”

The Duchesses (1-3) were aggressive in the first inning, but it ended up costing them dearly, taking away a potential bases-loaded, no-out situation.

Ally Jacobsen led off

with a screaming double into left-center field, but was thrown out trying to take third when the throw got past the initial cutoff person. Ally Cullen followed with a walk, but was picked off by Anderson’s snap throw to first on the fourth pitch of the next at-bat. Jacelyn Rodriguez eventually walked, but Alyssa Hummel popped out to third to end the inning.

The Duchesses had another scoring chance in the third, when Phoenix Smith led off with a double, then Jacobsen singled to left with one out to put runners on the corners. But Jacobsen was thrown out trying to steal second, and Rodriguez’s sharp grounder was handled cleanly by Sasse at third, whose throw was in time to get Rodriguez at first and end the inning.

Smith’s single with two outs in the fifth provided the only other Dixon baserunner.

Mendota 300 000 1 — 4 8 3 Rock Falls 231 113 x — 11 13 1 W- James McFadden (2-1). L- Evan Weber MENDOTA (4-2) (at bats- runs- hits) Garet Zinke c 4-2-2, Evan Weber p 3-1-1, Cruz Figueroa cf 3-1-1, Paxton Kennedy 1b 4-0-0, Michael McLachlan 3b 2-0-0, Curt Kellen lf 2-0-0, Mason Marquis 2b 3-0-1, Bronson Prosutor 3-0-1, Ben Bokus 3-0-1. Totals 27-4-8 Evan Weber (4 IP, 7 R, 5 ER, 8 H, 2 K, 2 BB), Paxton Kennedy (1 1/3 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 5 H, 1 K, 1 BB), Kyle Wood (2/3 IP, 0R, 0H, 2 K, 1 BB) 2B- Prosutor. HR- Zinke. RBI- Marquis 2, Zinke, Figueroa. LOB- 6 ROCK FALLS (5-1) Clay Velazquez cf 4-1-1, Reid Akerman rf 3-1-2, Logan Pillars c 2-1-1, Cooper Kilberg 1b 2-2-0, Quinton Matznick 3b 3-11, Nolan Moeller lf 4-1-3, Bronson Mintun dh 3-1-3, Noah Junis ss 4-1-2, James McFadden p 1-1-0. Totals 26-11-13 James McFadden (6 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 7 H, 4 K, 2 BB) and Noah Junis (1 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB) 2B- Akerman, Mintun. HR- Matznick, Pillars. RBI- Pillars 2, Akerman 2, Matznick, Kilberg, McFadden LOB- 8 at Oregon

DIXON 13, OREGON 4 Dixon 500 311 3 — 13 14 2 Oregon 000 103 0 — 4 2 4 W- Ryan Long. L- Kevin Beard DIXON R. Long (5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 10 K), Aramis Hussong (0 IP, 0 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 0 K), Kris Lahman (2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K) Multi hits- Owen VanHorn 3-4, R. Long 4-4, Ryan Troutman 2-5. 2B- R. Long, Anton Halla. RBI- R. Long 2, Lahman 2, Devrick Sayles 2, Halla 2, Jack Doane.

LOB- 7 OREGON Beard (3 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K) and Jensen Melville (4 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 6 K) 3B- Zach Stromberg. RBI- Trey Wilson 3.

LOB- 7 at Woodhull

FULTON 12, RIDGEWOOD 2 Fulton 220 012 5 — 12 15 1 Ridgewood 110 000 0 — 2 6 3 W – Erik North.

FULTON (4-2) North (4 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 4K), Jack Lemke (3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 3 K). Multiple hits – Seth Sikkema 4, Trey Simmons 2, Cole McClary 2, Devon Ballard 2, Lemke 2. 2B – Sikkema, Simmons. RBI – McClary 3, Ballard 2, Lemke 2, Sikkema 2.

Softball Tuesday’s results at Reynolds Park, Dixon

STILLMAN VALLEY 19, DIXON 0, 5 inn.

Stillman 25(12) 00 — 19 14 0 Dixon 000 00 — 0 4 5 W – Breanna Crown. L – Hannah Schlosser.

(At bats-runs-hits) STILLMAN VALLEY (3-0) Ali Green ss 4-4-2, Allison Carson 2b-lf 5-2-3, Lexi Morrison cf 5-2-2, Macy Weaver 1b 2-3-1, Stephanie Anderson c 4-1-3, Maris Daleo lf-2b 2-1-1, Breanna Crown p-rf 4-1-0, Holly Bathje rf-p 4-2-1, Madyson Sasse 3b 3-3-1. Totals: 33-19-14.

Crown (2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB), Bathje (3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 3 SO, 0 BB) and Anderson.

2B – Anderson 2, Green, Morrison. 3B – Carson, Sasse. RBI – Anderspn 4, Green 3, Morrison 3, Carson 2, Weaver, Bathje.

SB – Green 2, Carson, Weaver, Anderson.

CS – Carson. LOB – 5.

DIXON (1-3) Ally Jacobsen ss 2-0-2, Ally Cullen cf 1-00, Jacelyn Rodriguez c 1-0-0, Alyssa Hummel 3b 2-0-0, Mallory Newman rf-p 2-0-0, Abbie Devine lf 2-0-0, Hannah Schlosser p-rf 2-0-0, Phoenix Smith 1b 2-0-2, Mackenzie Nielsen 2b 2-0-0. Totals: 16-0-4.

Schlosser (2 1/3 IP, 11 R, 7 ER, 9 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 1 WP), Newman (2 2/3 IP, 8 R, 5 ER, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 WP) and Rodriguez. 2B – Jacobsen, Smith. LOB – 3. E – Nielsen 4, Smith. at Byron

BYRON 3, OREGON 2 Oregon 101 000 0 — 2 5 6 Byron 001 020 x — 3 6 0 W- Rachel Bonnell. L-Emily Perkins OREGON Perkins (6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 6 K, 2 BB) Multi hits- Aleah Wight 2-3. 2B- Emily Perkins. HR- Wight. RBI- Wight, Perkins BRYON Bonnell (7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 5 K, 0 BB Multi hits- Sydney Fuller 2-3. 2B- Fuller, Bailey Houser. RBI- Fuller, Kelsey Thatcher

at Drives Park, Fulton

FULTON 9, RIVER RIDGE 6 River Ridge 000 015 0 — 6 11 6 Fulton 005 040 x — 9 7 1 W – Whitney Whykoop. L – Lauren Sigafus.

RIVER RIDGE Sigafus (5 IP, 9 R, 3 ER, 5 H, 7 SO, 2 BB), Hannan Wienen (1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO) and Madelyne Cassgne. Multiple hits – Liana Haas 2, Kayshe Miles 2, Sigafus 2, Brit Brown 2. RBI – Haas 2, Miles 2.

FULTON Wynkoop (5 2/3 IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 9 H, 1 SO, 4 BB), Madison Whitmore (1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 SO) and Hannah Pannell. Multiple hits – Pannell 3. RBI – Pannell 3, Rachael Huizenga 2, Faith Kennedy, Kim Holland, Taylor Birkett. at Ashton

AFC 17, SOUTH BELOIT 1, 5 inn.

South Beloit 010 00 — 1 1 7 AFC 355 4x — 17 12 0 W – Cassidy Koning.

AFC Koning (5 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 7 SO, 2 BB). Multi hits – Koning 4, Maley Fike 3, Lexi Meurer 2. 2B – Koning, Laci Meurer, Addison Wetzel. RBI – Koning 5, Fike 3, Wetzel 3, Le.Meurer, Kendall Sanford. at Lanark

WEST CARROLL 9, EASTLAND 3 West Carroll 310 201 2 — 9 15 3 Eastland 101 010 0 — 3 9 4 W – Riley Sullivan. L – Makenzie Fink WEST CARROLL (2-4) Sullivan (7 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 9 H, 2 SO, 2 BB). Multiple hits – Abbie Kosier 3, Josi Anderson 3, Brianna Kampmeier 2, Anna Badtke 2, Bailey Durward 2. 2B – Kampmeier, Emma Aljets. RBI – Badtke 3, Kampmeier 2, Aljets 2, Kosier.

EASTLAND (0-5) Fink (7 IP, 9 R, 6 ER, 15 H, 3 SO, 5 BB).

Multiple hits – Paige Gallentine 3.

Boys track Tuesday’s results at Oregon

POLO-FORRESTON 82, DIXON 59, OREGON 41 3,200 relay – 1. Oregon (Arne Wendler, Andrew Newman, Isadoro Marcos, Ian Hussung) 8:57.89; 400 relay – 1. PoloForreston (Brooks Grobe, Brad Cavanaugh, Gavin Fuchs, Joe Bowers) 45.03; 3,200 – 1. Sean Masterson (D) 11:02.33; 110 hurdles – 1. Jared Harrison (D) 16.02; 100 – Grobe (PF) 11.39; 800 – 1.

Hussung (O) 2:13.53; 800 relay – 1.

Polo-Forreston (Grobe, Cavanaugh, Fuchs, Bowers) 1:35.83; 400 – 1. Caleb Mennen (O) 54.34; 300 hurdles – 1. A.J. Christensen (PF) 41.68; 1,600 – 1. Hussung (O) 5:05.16; 200 – 1. Kyle LeBlanc (D) 23.91; 1,600 relay – 1. Polo-Forreston (Cavanaugh, Christensen, Sam Barkalow, Fuchs) 3:42.31; High jump – 1. Nate Gascoigne (D) 5-10; Pole vault – 1. Jacob Mennen (O) 10-0; Discus – 1. Robert Bargas (PF) 147-10; Shot put – 1. Juan Dominguez (PF) 46-0 1/2; Long jump – 1. Nyrel Sullivan (D) 21-1; Triple jump – 1. Reid Taylor (PF) 37-11 1/2 Rosenberry Classic at Westwood, Sterling Team scores 1. Erie-Prophetstown 114, 2. Princeton 101, 3. Amboy 45, 4. Fulton 43, 5.

Kewanee 38, 6. Bureau Valley 38, 7. St. Bede 34, 8. Newman 33, 9. Morrison 16, 10. Riverdale 3 3,200 – 1. Rolando Aguilar (KEW) 10:13.4, 2. Cody Workman (PRI) 11:41.5, 3. Colin Nelson (PRI) 12:14.5 3,200 relay – 1. Erie-Prophetstown (Kerrick Cameron, Conner Reiley, Jonah Green, Brad Hufman) 8:56.6, 2. Amboy (Alan Stamberger, Thomas Stamberger, Thomas Molln, Romeo Blackburn) 8:58.5, 3. Bureau Valley (Brad Sierens, Drake Davis, Yulian Osorio, Michael Eastwood) 9:14.5 60 – 1. Gabe Hunt (MORR) 7.25, 2. Brett Schenck (PRI) 7.30, 3. Kai Tomaszewski (PRI) 7.33 60 hurdles – 1. Dylan Binion (EP) 8.14, 2. Bret Dannis (SB) 8.16, 3. Hunter Schoff (BV) 9.58 800 – 1. Cameron (EP) 2:10.5, 2. Reiley (EP) 2:11.8, 3. A.Stamberger (AMB) 2:12.5 400 – 1. Tomaszewski (PRI) 52.1, 2. Lenny Mead (PRI) 54.18, 3. Jack Bauer (EP) 54.23 800 relay – 1. Princeton 1:37.87, 2.

Fulton (Rodney Gossard, Tyler Paulline, Michael Dixon, Nathan McLuckie) 1:38.42, 3. St. Bede 1:41.13 1,600 – 1. Aguilar (KEW) 4:52.8, 2. Blackburn (AMB) 4:53.9, 3. Spencer Mauch (NEW) 5:06 200 – 1. Binion (EP) 23.9, 2. Gossard (FUL) 24.1, 3. Bauer (EP) 24.2 1,600 relay – 1. Princeton 3:40.89, 2.

Erie-Prophetstown (K.Cameron, Reilly, Green, Seth Cameron) 3:41.83, 3. Amboy (A.Stamberger, T.Stamberger, Koty Conderman, Josh Gross) 3:52.77 High jump – 1. Lucas Sisler (PRI) 6-0, 2.

Dalton Jilderda (PRI) 5-8, 3. Drew Misfeldt (EP) 5-6 Long jump – 1. Binion (EP) 20-2, 2. Gross (AMB) 19-8, 3. Baylee Hopps (SB) 19-4 Pole vault – 1. Tyler Naftzger (EP) 12-0, 2.

Schoff (BV) 11-0, 3. Dominick Biggs (PRI) 10-6 Shot put – 1. Jack Heflin (EP) 49-4, 2.

Alex Gillis (FUL) 45-2, 3. John Barnes (SB) 45-1 Triple jump – 1. Gossard (FUL) 42-5, 2.

Hopps (SB) 41-7, 3. Lewis Robinson (KEW) 38-5

Girls track Tuesday’s results at Oregon 1. Dixon 89, 2. Oregon 56.5, 3. Polo-Forreston 54.5, 4. Dakota 43 3,200 relay – 1. Dixon (Kira Goral, Courtney Seagren, Katie Binkley, Katie Lawton) 11:05.65; 400 relay – 1. Oregon (Christina Trachina, Kenzie Skoumal, Mykenzie Beitel, Gylian Finch) 55.23; 100 hurdles – 1. Abigail Hopkins (O) 18.17; 100 – 1.

Skoumal (O) 13.19; 800 – 1. Binkley (D) 2:45.88; 800 relay – 1. Dixon (India Thompson, Sesily Gaffey, Katie Drezen, Kaylee Rice) 2:02.1; 400 – 1. Hannah Ryan (DAK) 1:06.19; 300 hurdles – 1. Justine Gorzny (PF) 56.57; 1,600 – 1. Goral (D) 5:49.87; 200 – 1. Skoumal (O) 28.57; 1,600 relay – 1. Dakota 4:39.03; High jump – 1. Ellie Packer (DAK) 4-10; Pole vault – 1. Kelsey Handschuh (O) 6-0; Discus – 1. Tayla Schwarz (D) 120-10; Shot put – 1. Tayla Schwarz (D) 37-10; Long jump – 1. Naeva Groenewold (PF) 14-0; Triple jump – 1. Shannon Lahey (D) 30-5

Tennis at Boylan

BOYLAN 5, NEWMAN 1 Singles No. 1: Adam Pycior (B) def. Eli Leffelman 6-0, 6-1 No. 2: Alex Kaplanes (B) def. Cody Bonnell 6-3, 6-0 No. 3: Jacob Terveer (N) def. Daniel Renteria 6-4, 6-4 Doubles No. 1: Kyle Singletary, John Schapper (B) def. Caleb Ardis, Luke Furr 6-0, 6-0 No. 2: Carson Giardini, Ryley Norwood (B) def. Victor Franque, Hunter Schultz 6-0, 6-0 No. 3: Luke Collins, John Hansberry (B) def. Jimmy Phelps, Merlin Li 6-0, 6-0 at Rockford

DIXON 5, LUTHERAN 0 Singles No. 1: Sam Bratt (D) def. Lame Kilder 6-0, 6-0 No. 2: Zach Healy (D) fft.

Doubles No. 1: Bryce Stanley, Michael Gale (D) def.

Jensen Buelte, Owen Horst 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 10-5 No. 2: Jason Rugh, Baily McClain (D) def.

Matt Larson, Nick Logan 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) No. 3: Jonathan Rivera, Daniel Ferguson (D) def. Lucas Rimoc, Zach Montgomery 7-5, 6-4

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

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TUESDAY’S SCOREBOARD Men’s basketball NCAA Tournament FINAL FOUR At NRG Stadium Houston National Semifinals Saturday’s games Villanova (33-5) vs. Oklahoma (29-7), 5:09 p.m.

UNC (32-6) vs. Syracuse (23-13), 7:49 p.m.

National Championship Monday, April 4 Semifinal winners

National Invitation Tournament At Madison Square Garden New York Semifinals Tuesday’s results Valparaiso 72, BYU 70 George Washington 65, San Diego St. 46 Championship Thursday’s game Valparaiso (30-6) vs. George Washington (27-10), 6 p.m. (ESPN)

Vegas 16 Tournament At Mandalay Bay Las Vegas First Round Monday’s results Old Dominion 75, Tennessee Tech 59 UC Santa Barbara 70, Northern Illinois 63 Oakland 90, Towson 72 ETSU 88, Louisiana Tech 83 Semifinals Tuesday’s results Old Dominion 64, UC Santa Barbara 49 Oakland (22-11) vs. ETSU (24-11), late Championship Today’s game Old Dominion (24-13) vs. TBD, 9 p.m.

(CBSSN)

College Basketball Invitational Championship Series (Best-of-3) Monday’s result Morehead State 86, Nevada 83 Today’s game Morehead State (23-12) vs. Nevada (2214), 8 p.m.

Friday’s game Morehead State vs. Nevada, if necesary

CollegeInsider.com Tournament Semifinals Championship Tuesday’s result Columbia 73, UC Irvine 67

First Team Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia sr.; Buddy Hield*, Oklahoma sr.; Brice Johnson, North Carolina sr.; Tyler Ulis, Kentucky so.; Denzel Valentine*, Michigan State sr.

Second Team Kris Dunn, Providence jr.; Perry Ellis, Kansas sr.; Georges Niang, Iowa State sr.; Jake Poeltl, Utah so.; Ben Simmons, LSU fr.

Third Team Grayson Allen, Duke so.; Kay Felder, Oakland (Mich.) jr.; Yogi Ferrell, Indiana sr.; Jamal Murray, Kentucky fr.; Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa sr.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct 52 22 .703 49 24 .671 45 30 .600 43 30 .589 43 31 .581 43 31 .581 40 35 .533 39 35 .527 37 37 .500 36 37 .493 31 43 .419 30 44 .405 30 45 .400 21 53 .284 9 66 .120 CONFERENCE W L Pct 66 7 .904 62 12 .838 52 23 .693 46 27 .630 41 33 .554 39 36 .520 37 37 .500 37 38 .493 36 38 .486 31 44 .413 29 45 .392 27 46 .370 25 49 .338 20 54 .270 15 59 .203

Tuesday’s box score

WILD 4, BLACKHAWKS 1 Chicago 1 0 0—1 Minnesota 1 0 3—4 First Period-1, Minnesota, Stoll 4 (Reilly, Schroeder), 2:37. 2, Chicago, Hossa 13 (Toews, Rozsival), 11:55 (sh). PenaltiesHossa, Chi (tripping), 3:15; Keith, Chi, served by Panik match penalty (match), 9:27.

Second Period-None. Penalties-Fleischmann, Chi (delay of game), 2:26; Shaw, Chi, major (fighting), 6:39; Dumba, Min, major (fighting), 6:39; Minnesota bench, served by Niederreiter (too many men), 10:35; Suter, Min (interference), 16:42.

Third Period-3, Minnesota, Spurgeon 11 (Koivu, Pominville), 4:07. 4, Minnesota, Haula 13 (Niederreiter, Dumba), 11:03.

5, Minnesota, Niederreiter 20 (Granlund, Haula), 18:41 (en). Penalties-Haula, Min (high-sticking), 14:56.

Shots on Goal-Chicago 5-7-7–19. Minnesota 8-6-4–18.

Power-play opportunities-Chicago 0 of 3; Minnesota 0 of 3.

Goalies-Chicago, Darling 9-8-3 (17 shots14 saves). Minnesota, Dubnyk 32-22-6 (19-18).

A-19,190 (17,954). T-2:19.

Referees-Tim Peel, Kyle Rehman. Linesmen-Andy McElman, Scott Driscoll.

Auto racing

AP All-America Team

y-Cleveland x-Toronto Atlanta Miami Boston Charlotte Detroit Indiana Chicago Washington Orlando Milwaukee New York Brooklyn Philadelphia WESTERN

Edmonton 79 30 42 7 67 194 234 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. d-division leader; x-clinched playoff spot; z-clinched conference Tuesday’s results N.Y. Islanders 2, Carolina 1, SO Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 4, SO New Jersey 2, Boston 1 Montreal 4, Detroit 3 Toronto 5, Florida 2 Minnesota 4, Chicago 1 St. Louis 3, Colorado 1 Dallas 5, Nashville 2 San Jose at Vancouver, late Today’s games Ottawa at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Thursday’s games Toronto at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

Columbus at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

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

Montreal at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Calgary at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Vancouver at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

GB — 2½ 7½ 8½ 9 9 12½ 13 15 15½ 21 22 22½ 31 43½

GB y-Golden State — y-San Antonio 4½ y-Oklahoma City 15 x-L.A. Clippers 20 Memphis 25½ Portland 28 Utah 29½ Houston 30 Dallas 30½ Denver 36 Sacramento 37½ New Orleans 39 Minnesota 41½ Phoenix 46½ L.A. Lakers 51½ d-division leader x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division Tuesday’s results Chicago 98, Indiana 96 Charlotte 100, Philadelphia 85 Orlando 139, Brooklyn 105 Detroit 88, Oklahoma City 82 Houston 106, Cleveland 100 Washington at Golden State, late Today’s games Atlanta at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Denver at Memphis, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Utah, 8 p.m.

Washington at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Miami at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Chicago at Houston, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Denver at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m.

Boston at Portland, 9 p.m.

Tuesday’s box score

BULLS 98, PACERS 96 CHICAGO (37-37) Dunleavy 1-3 1-2 3, Gibson 0-4 0-0 0, Gasol 4-13 2-3 10, Rose 4-15 0-0 8, Butler 6-10 2-2 14, Mirotic 9-18 3-3 28, Brooks 3-6 0-0 7, Moore 2-6 0-0 5, Portis 3-3 3-3 9, McDermott 2-6 1-1 6, Holiday 0-0 0-0 0, Felicio 3-3 2-2 8. Totals 37-87 14-16 98.

INDIANA (39-35) George 7-16 4-4 20, Turner 3-8 0-0 6, Mahinmi 9-12 0-0 18, G.Hill 3-6 0-0 6, Ellis 3-12 2-2 8, Allen 4-6 1-2 9, Lawson 4-7 0-0 8, Stuckey 1-5 2-2 4, S.Hill 0-6 4-4 4, J.Hill 3-5 0-0 6, Miles 2-7 2-3 7. Totals 39-90 15-17 96.

Chicago 28 32 24 14—98 Indiana 27 31 26 12—96 3s-Chicago 10-26 (Mirotic 7-13, McDermott 1-2, Brooks 1-2, Moore 1-3, Gasol 0-1, Dunleavy 0-1, Rose 0-2, Butler 0-2), Indiana 3-19 (George 2-7, Miles 1-4, G.Hill 0-1, Stuckey 0-1, Lawson 0-1, Ellis 0-2, S.Hill 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Chicago 53 (Gasol 11), Indiana 52 (George 9). Assists-Chicago 22 (Gasol 7), Indiana 20 (George 5). Total Fouls-Chicago 19, Indiana 16.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF z-Washington 75 54 16 5 113 236 d-Tampa Bay 76 44 27 5 93 214 N.Y. Rangers 76 43 24 9 95 219 Florida 76 42 25 9 93 218 Pittsburgh 76 43 25 8 94 219 Boston 77 40 29 8 88 223 N.Y. Islanders 75 41 25 9 91 210 Philadelphia 75 37 25 13 87 196 Detroit 77 38 28 11 87 198 New Jersey 77 37 32 8 82 173 Carolina 77 33 28 16 82 187 Ottawa 76 34 33 9 77 217 Montreal 77 35 36 6 76 205 Buffalo 77 31 35 11 73 185 Columbus 76 30 38 8 68 195 Toronto 76 28 37 11 67 186 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF x-Dallas 77 46 22 9 101 252 x-Los Angeles 76 45 26 5 95 208 x-St. Louis 77 46 22 9 101 206 x-Anaheim 75 42 23 10 94 196 x-Chicago 77 44 26 7 95 213 x-San Jose 76 42 28 6 90 224 Nashville 77 39 25 13 91 215 Minnesota 77 38 28 11 87 210 Colorado 77 39 34 4 82 205 Arizona 76 34 35 7 75 199 Calgary 76 32 38 6 70 210 Winnipeg 76 31 38 7 69 194 Vancouver 75 27 35 13 67 171

GA 175 182 199 189 190 209 193 199 212 194 208 234 224 210 237 222 GA 220 180 186 178 192 198 199 190 218 226 240 223 217

Points Leaders NASCAR Sprint Cup Through March 20 Points Behind 1. Kevin Harvick 195 — 2. Jimmie Johnson 184 -11 3. Carl Edwards 171 -24 4. Denny Hamlin 170 -25 (tie) Kyle Busch 170 -25 6. Joey Logano 165 -30 7. Kurt Busch 148 -47 8. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 145 -50 9. Brad Keselowski 142 -53 10. Austin Dillon 139 -56 11. Martin Truex Jr. 127 -68 12. Jamie McMurray 125 -70 13. Aric Almirola 120 -75 14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 119 -76 15. Matt Kenseth 113 -82 16. Chase Elliott 110 -85 (tie) Ryan Blaney 110 -85 18. Kasey Kahne 109 -86 19. AJ Allmendinger 108 -87 20. Ryan Newman 95 -100 NASCAR Xfinity Through March 19 Points Behind 1. Daniel Suarez 182 — 2. Elliott Sadler 172 -10 3. Justin Allgaier 163 -19 4. Brandon Jones 161 -21 5. Ty Dillon 159 -23 6. Brendan Gaughan 154 -28 7. Erik Jones 152 -30 8. Darrell Wallace Jr. 134 -48 9. Ryan Reed 133 -49 10. Brennan Poole 130 -52 NASCAR Trucks Through Feb. 27 Points Behind 1. Parker Kligerman 55 — 2. Daniel Hemric 54 -1 3. John Hunter Nemechek 52 -3 4. Timothy Peters 49 -6 5. Tyler Young 47 -8 6. Ryan Truex 45 -10 7. Brandon Brown 43 -12 (tie) Ben Rhodes 43 -12 9. Grant Enfinger 42 -13 10. Johnny Sauter 41 -14 IndyCar Through March 13 Points Behind 1. Juan Pablo Montoya 51 — 2. Simon Pagenaud 43 -8 3. Ryan Hunter-Reay 36 -15 4. Helio Castroneves 32 -19 5. Mikhail Aleshin 30 -21 6. Takuma Sato 28 -23 7. Scott Dixon 26 -25 8. Carlos Munoz 24 -27 9. Tony Kanaan 22 -29 10. Charlie Kimball 20 -31 11. Jack Hawksworth 19 -32 12. Alexander Rossi 18 -33 13. Conor Daly 18 -33 14. Spencer Pigot 16 -35 15. Marco Andretti 15 -36 16. Graham Rahal 14 -37 17. Max Chilton 13 -38 18. Oriol Servia 12 -39 19. James Hinchcliffe 11 -40 20. Luca Filippi 10 -41 Formula One Through March 19 Points Behind 1. Nico Rosberg 25 — 2. Lewis Hamilton 18 -7 3. Sebastian Vettel 15 -10 4. Daniel Ricciardo 12 -13 5. Felipe Massa 10 -15 6. Romain Grosjean 8 -17 7. Nico Hulkenberg 6 -19 8. Valtteri Bottas 4 -21 9. Carlos Sainz Jr. 2 -23 10. Max Verstappen 1 -24

Transactions MLB COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Chicago White Sox RHP Kameron Loe (Charlotte-IL) 80 games and Arizona OF Stephen Dezzi (Hillsboro-NWL) 50 games for a violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned OF Dariel Alvarez to Norfolk (IL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP Tommy Kahnle and INFs Matt Davidson, Leury Garcia and Carlos Sanchez to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned OF Jason Coats to minor league camp.

DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned OF Wynton Bernard to Toledo (IL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned RHPs Nick Tropeano and Al Alburquerque to Salt Lake (PCL). Placed LHP Rob Rasmussen on the voluntary retired list.

Acquired LHP Chris Jones from Baltimore for OF Natanael Delgado and INF Erick Salcedo and optioned Jones to Salt Lake (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned LHP Ryan O’Rourke and RHP Tyler Duffey to Rochester (IL). Reassigned LHP Logan Darnell and RHP Brandon Kintzler to minor league camp.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned RHP Jesse Hahn to Nashville (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHP Drew Hutchison to Buffalo (IL). Released RHP Steve Delabar and LHP Randy Choate.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned RHP Zack Godley to Mobile (SL). Released LHP Wesley Wright and RHP Sam LeCure.

CHICAGO CUBS — Released 2B Munenori Kawasaki, OF Shane Victorino and LHP Manny Parra.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned C Dustin Garneau to Albuquerque (PCL).

Selected the contract of OF Ryan Raburn from Albuquerque.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned LHP Adam Liberatore to Oklahoma City

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NHL | WILD 4, BLACKHAWKS 1

Running Wild in the third Minnesota surges past Blackhawks for 6th straight win

BY DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer

ST. PAUL, Minn. – For three straight years, the Minnesota Wild have been eliminated from the playoffs by the Chicago Blackhawks.

This five-game season sweep of the Blackhawks doesn’t make up for that, but for the Wild, it sure felt good.

Jared Spurgeon, Erik Haula and Nino Niederreiter scored in the third period to lift surging Minnesota to a 4-1 victory over Chicago on Tuesday night, stretching the Wild’s season-high winning streak to six straight games.

“When you have that confidence going into the playoffs, if you do happen to play in them, it’s huge,” Spurgeon said.

Marian Hossa had the goal for the Blackhawks, the 499th of his career.

The Blackhawks played without their two top defensemen, because of an illness for Brent Seabrook and then a first-period match penalty on Duncan Keith for swinging his stick at Charlie Coyle.

“They play really hard, especially in this building. We have to give them credit. They had

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Blackhawks’ Michal Rozsival, right, defends against Minnesota’s Zach Parise as he looks for a rebound off goalie Scott Darling in the first period of a game Tuesday in St. Paul, Minn.

Star of the game: Nino Niederreiter, Wild, 1 goal, 1 assist Up next: Jets at Blackhawks, 8 p.m. Friday (CSN) our number this year,” Hossa said.

The Blackhawks have clinched their spot in the playoffs, but they fell to 3-5-2 in their last 10 games. They snagged only one point in five games against the Wild, in a shootout loss at home last week.

“It’s not fun to look back and have a record like that against a team in your division, especially a team like Minnesota,” Chicago captain Jonathan Toews said.

“It’s not something we’re happy about.”

Jarret Stoll scored with the first on-target shot

of the night for the Wild, who added an emptynetter from Niederreiter at the end while improving to 15-6-1 in 22 games under interim coach John Torchetti.

Strengthening their hold on the second wild-card spot, the Wild stretched their lead over Colorado to five points with five games to play.

Four of those for the Wild are against teams below the cut for the playoffs.

NBA | BULLS 98, PACERS 96

Bulls able to keep pace with Indiana Butler sinks jumper with 3.7 seconds left to end skid

BY COREY ELLIOT Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS – The Chicago Bulls need to win, and they don’t care how.

Jimmy Butler made a tiebreaking jumper with 3.7 seconds left, and the Bulls beat the Indiana Pacers 98-96 on Tuesday night to snap a four-game losing streak.

Nikola Mirotic scored 28 points as Chicago (37-37) got back to .500 and pulled within two games of Indiana for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

“We needed this win,” Butler said. “It was big for us to get a win here on the road against a playoff team. Hopefully this starts a trend for these last eight or nine games.”

Mirotic made seven 3-pointers, his final one tying it at 96 with 2:19 remaining.

The Pacers missed five shots in the final 2 minutes that would have given them the lead before the Bullsrebounded Pau Gasol’s miss with 20 seconds remaining and got the ball to Butler for his 17-footer from the right wing.

CJ Miles missed a 3-pointer that would have won it as time expired.

Paul George had 20 points and nine rebounds for the Pacers, while Ian Mahinmi had 18 points and seven boards. “[Chicago] executed down the stretch,” a frustrated George said. “[For us] it was stagnant. Real stagnant. We’ve got to get better [shots] than that.”

Star of the game: Jimmy Butler, Bulls, jumper with 3.7 seconds left Up next: Bulls at Rockets, 6 p.m.

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Bulls forward Nikola Mirotic shoots over Pacers forward Solomon Hill Tuesday during the first half of agame in Indianapolis. The Bulls won 98-96.

Butler finished with 14 points, and Gasol added 10 points and 11 rebounds.

The game was tied at 84 heading into the fourth quarter, where both teams hit a shooting slump.

The Pacers shot 22 percent and the Bulls 26 percent, but outscored Indiana 14-12. The lead changed a total of 14 times throughout the game. “[It was] a really ugly fourth quarter on the offensive end,” Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said.

“We beat them [with] ball screens in the fourth quarter. We were trying to confuse them and slip them out. [Mirotic] was big time all game long and put the ball in Jimmy’s hands at the end.

Jimmy rose up and knocked down a big shot.”

The Pacers outscored the Bulls 52-36 in the paint, 15-5 in fastbreak points and finished the game with four fewer turnovers, but still managed to lose a crucial game against a division opponent.

The Bulls hold the tiebreaker over the Pacers for playoff seeding as the season enters the final two weeks.

Money Mirotic: Mirotic was 7 of 13 on 3-point attempts, and 9 of 18 overall.

Big role: Mahinmi has 18 or more points in third consecutive games.

With 55 points over his last three games, Mahinmi is having the highest three-game scoring total in his NBA career.

NATIONAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT | SEMIFINALS

Skara helps Valpo sink BYU in semifinal George Washington pulls away late in first half to beat San Diego State By the Associated Press

NEW YORK – The biggest shot for Valparaiso in the Big Apple on Tuesday night came courtesy of an unexpected backup from Croatia.

David Skara sank the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 20 seconds left, and the Crusaders held off BYU 72-70 to reach the championship game of the National Invitation Tournament.

Alec Peters had 15 points and nine rebounds for the Crusaders, who will play for the

title Thursday night at Madison Square Garden against George Washington and San Diego State.

Skara came off the bench to score a seasonhigh 15 points, none bigger than his jumper that gave the top-seeded Crusaders (30-6) a 71-68 advantage after they had squandered a 16-point cushion.

Kyle Collinsworth paced the second-seeded Cougars (26-11) with 20 points, five rebounds and five assists in his final college game.

Nick Emery scored 18 and Chase Fischer added 16.

George Washington 65, San Diego State 46:

Tyler Cavanaugh had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and George Washington advanced to the championship game of the National Invitation Tournament by throttling San Diego State.

Patricio Garino added 13 points for the fourthseeded Colonials (27-10), who matched the school record for wins in a season and won in their first

visit to Madison Square Garden since 2001.

George Washington will play Valpo for the crown Thursday night.

Dakarai Allen scored 13 points for No. 2 seed San Diego State (28-10), which struggled to score at times throughout the season and had a dreadful shooting night at the worst time.

The Aztecs fell behind by double digits late in the first half and shot 28.8 percent from the field, including 3-for-22 from 3-point range.

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Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

Voltaire said, “Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.”

That is a tad melodramatic.

One can often calculate the chance that a contract will make, but it does sometimes need an “approximately” attached.

For example, a six-spade contract that seems to rely totally on the trump finesse is not exactly 50 percent, because an opponent might be able to get a trick-one ruff.

But the chance of that will be very low.

In today’s deal, what is the chance that six spades will make?

How should declarer plan the play after West leads the club queen?

In the auction, after North

raises spades, South shouldn’t use Blackwood, because when North shows one ace, South will not know if it is the valuable diamond ace or the less useful heart ace.

Instead, South should continue with four clubs, a control-bid showing a firstround control (ace or void) in that suit. Here, North controlbids four hearts, denying the diamond ace and showing the heart ace. South ends the auction with a plunge into six spades.

South has three possible losers: two diamonds and one club. The club six will disappear on dummy’s heart ace, but to hold the diamond losers to one, declarer must find East with the diamond ace –a 50-50 chance.

After winning with his club ace, South plays a trump to dummy, pitches his low club on the heart ace, then leads a diamond to his king.

When it wins, declarer returns to dummy with a trump, and plays another diamond through East to get home. © 2016 UFS

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LEGAL NOTICE FOR FORECLOSURE SALE PUBLIC AUCTION OF REAL ESTATE FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016 – 1:30 P.M. 816 WASHINGTON AVENUE, DIXON, IL 61021

At the premises I, Lyle Dirks, having been designated by the Circuit Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Whiteside County, Illinois in the case entitled Sauk Valley Bank & Trust Co., Plaintiff v. Vicki L. Gilbert, Defendant, case No. 2015 CH 104 ST as sale officer, to conduct the sale, will sell the following described property at public auction to the highest qualified bidder. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 16 in Block 10 in Lincolnshire Subdivision No. 3 in the City of Sterling, according to the Plat thereof recorded January 3, 1966 in Book 10 of Plats page 156 in Whiteside County, Illinois, commonly known as 1408 East Lynn Blvd., Sterling, IL 61081.

DESCRIPTION: 2 bedroom ranch home, 1 bath, central air with approximately 919 square feet of living area and a 1 car attached garage. INSPECTION: Contact Margie Clevenger at Sauk Valley Bank, phone 815-632-4740 to determine if property is available for inspection. TERMS OF SALE: 10% down day of sale, balance upon delivery of deed and possession. All funds shall be CASH, BANK DRAFT, or CERTIFIED CHECK. Sale is subject to taxes for 2014 and all subsequent years. TAXES WILL NOT BE PRORATED. A contract embodying the terms of this notice and such additional terms as deemed appropriate, will be signed by the sale officer on behalf of the court and by the buyer at the time of the sale. Any sale is subject to court approval. Any specific restrictions on property or title will be announced day of sale. Announcements day of sale take precedence over any printed material ATTORNEYS: WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. AUCTIONEER: LYLE DIRKS, IL 440000128, STERLING, IL, PH. 815-626-3358

LEGAL NOTICE FOR FORECLOSURE SALE PUBLIC AUCTION OF REAL ESTATE April 7, 2016 – 10:00 A.M. Whiteside County Courthouse

200 E. Knox Street, 3rd Floor Lobby, Morrison, Illinois 61270

815-625-3600 815-284-2222

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY - MORRISON ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

Curtis Mcfadden; Nichole Mcfadden; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

15 CH 95 1300 Minkel Street, Rock Falls, IL 61071 Judge Stanley B. Steines NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on November 5, 2015, the Whiteside County Sheriff's Office will on May 5, 2016, at the hour of 10:00AM at the Whiteside County Sheriff's Office, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street(Third Floor Lobby), Morrison, IL 61270, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1300 Minkel Street, Rock Falls, IL 61071 Parcel Number(s): 11-26-105-001 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence.

Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property 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. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

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

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1250, One East Wacker, Suite 1250.

Phone number: 312-651-6700. Attorney file number: 15-023559.

Ellen C. Morris MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-651-6700 Fax: 614-220-5613 Attorney. No.: 6308804 Email: MDKIllinoisFilings@manleydeas.com March 30, April 6 & 13, 2016

At the premises I, Lyle Dirks, having been designated by the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Lee County, Illinois in the case entitled Sterling Federal Bank, F.S.B., Plaintiff v. Jamie L. Starnes, Defendant, case No. 2015 CH 67 as sale officer, to conduct the sale, will sell the following described property at public auction to the highest qualified bidder. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A Part of Block 7 in the Town of North Dixon (now a part of the City of Dixon) bounded as follows to-wit: Commencing at a point on the West line of said Block 7 at a distance of 330 feet Southerly from the point where the South line of Graham Street intersects said Block; thence running Easterly parallel with the South line of Graham Street and at right angles to the West line of Block 7, 125 feet; thence running Southerly at a right angle to the last described line on a line parallel with the West line of Block 7 a distance of 88.6 feet; thence running Westerly at right angles to the last described line parallel with the South line of Graham Street a distance of 125 feet; thence running Northerly along the West line of said Block 7, 88.6 feet to the place of beginning, situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois, commonly known as 816 Washington Avenue, Dixon, IL 61021. DESCRIPTION: Two bedroom ranch home, one bath, central air, with approximately 800 square feet of living area and a 2 car attached garage. Good location. INSPECTION: Contact Natalie Cole at Sterling Federal Bank, phone 815-288-3327 to determine if property is available for inspection. TERMS OF SALE: 10% down day of sale, balance upon delivery of deed and possession. All funds shall be CASH, BANK DRAFT, or CERTIFIED CHECK. Sale is subject to taxes for 2015 and all subsequent years.

TAXES WILL NOT BE PRORATED. A contract embodying the terms of this notice and such additional terms as deemed appropriate, will be signed by the sale officer on behalf of the court and by the buyer at the time of the sale. Any sale is subject to court approval. Any specific restrictions on property or title will be announced day of sale. Announcements day of sale take precedence over any printed material.

ATTORNEYS: WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C.

AUCTIONEER: LYLE DIRKS, IL 440000128, STERLING, IL, PH. 815-626-3358

(commonly known as 10170 Lyman Road, Erie, IL 61250) On April 7, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., in the 3rd Floor Lobby of the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, Illinois, Kelly Wilhelmi, Whiteside County Sheriff, or his authorized deputy, having been designated by the Circuit Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Whiteside County, Illinois as Sale Officer in the case entitled Farmers National Bank of Prophetstown v. Thelma L. Ballard, Defendant, Case No. 2015 CH 72 ST, will sell the following described property at public auction to the highest qualified bidder. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: That part of Lot 10 in Section 16, Township 19 North, Range 4 East of the 4th P.M., (as said Lot is shown on the Plat of said Section 16 recorded in Book 1 of Plats, page 20, Recorder’s Office, Whiteside County, Illinois), as described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Lot 10 and running thence Northeasterly along the public highway 100 feet; thence Northwesterly to a point on the West line of said Lot which is 200 feet North of the point of beginning; thence South on the West line of said Lot to the point of beginning, in Whiteside County, Illinois, commonly known as 10170 Lyman Road, Erie, IL 61250 DESCRIPTION: 1 story manufactured home, 1456 sq. feet, 3 Bedrooms, 2.3 Bath, detached garage, decks on front and side of home. INSPECTION: Contact Scott VanOpdorp at Farmers National Bank of Prophetstown, 114 W. Third Street, Prophetstown, IL, phone (815) 537-2348 to determine if property is available for inspection. TERMS OF SALE: 10% down day of sale, balance upon delivery of deed and possession. All funds shall be CASH, BANK DRAFT, or CERTIFIED CHECK. Sale is subject to taxes for 2014 and all subsequent years. TAXES WILL NOT BE PRORATED. A contract embodying the terms of this notice and such additional terms as deemed appropriate, will be signed by the sale officer on behalf of the court and by the buyer at the time of the sale. Any sale is subject to court approval. Any specific restrictions on property or title will be announced day of sale. Announcements day of sale take precedence over any printed material.

ATTORNEYS: WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. 202 E. 5th Street, P.O. Box 400, Sterling, Illinois 61081 (815) 625-8200

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C NOTICES ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on March 10, A.D. 2016, a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Whiteside County, Illinois, setting forth the names and postoffice addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Angel's Wood Floor Restoration, locatth ed at 606 14 Ave., Sterling, IL 61081.

Dated this 10th day of March, A.D. 2016.

Dana Nelson County Clerk March 16, 23, 30, 2016

NOTICE For Sale by Milledgeville Fire Protection District by sealed bid: 2002 Ford Ambulance, 7.3 L diesel, approx.

29,000 miles with MEDTEC box.

Maintenance records available, unit still in service and can be inspected at Milledgeville Fire Station. Sealed bid due at 4:00 p.m.

April 7, 2016. The MFPD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

James Haag, Board Secretary March 23 & 30, 2016

PUBLIC NOTICE Storage City, 2505 W. 4th St., Dixon, IL has hereby given notice at 3:00p.m. On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, a Sale will be held at Auction City, 2505 W Fourth Street Dixon, Illinois to sell the following articles to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the State of Illinois against such articles for labor services, skill or material expended upon a storage furnished for designated persons. Unless such articles are redeemed within 30 days of the publication of this notice: Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit

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March 30, 2016 AMENDED NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE ESTATE OF: BARBARA A. DAYTON Deceased NO. 2016 P 14 NOTICE OF CLAIM Notice is given of the death of Barbara A. Dayton who died on January 9, 2016.

Letters of Office were issued on February 29 2016 to Deborah Edwards, Independent Executor and whose address is 510 E. Provost Street, Amboy, Illinois 61310, and whose attorney is Kelly L. Flessner of Dixon & Giesen Law Offices, 121 East First Street, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

The estate will be administered without court supervision unless under Chapter 755 ILCS 5/28-4 of the probate act, any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Circuit Clerk of the Lee County Court.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk, or with the representative, or both within six months from the date of the first publication, no later than September 30, 2016 and any claim not filed within that period is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Kelly L. Flessner, Attorney for Independent Administrator Prepared by: Ms. Kelly L. Flessner Dixon & Giesen Law Offices 121 East First Street – P.O. Box 389 Dixon, Illinois 61021 Telephone: 815-284-2288 Fax: 815-284-1338 March 30, April 6, 13, 2016 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY - MORRISON ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

Curtis Mcfadden; Nichole Mcfadden; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

15 CH 95 1300 Minkel Street, Rock Falls, IL 61071 Judge Stanley B. Steines NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on November 5, 2015, the Whiteside County Sheriff's Office will on May 5, 2016, at the hour of 10:00AM at the Whiteside County Sheriff's Office, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street(Third Floor Lobby), Morrison, IL 61270, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot 17 Hampton Subdivision No. 2 being part of Lot M 39 Martin Estate Subdivision in Section 22, 23, 26 and 27 in Township 21 North, Range 7 East of the 4th P.M., Whiteside County, Illinois, according to the plat thereof filed March 1, 1967 as Document No. 324948.

Commonly known as 1300 Minkel Street, Rock Falls, IL 61071 Parcel Number(s): 11-26-105-001 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence.

Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property 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. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

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

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1250, One East Wacker, Suite 1250. Phone number: 312-651-6700. Attorney file number: 15-023559.

Ellen C. Morris MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-651-6700 Fax: 614-220-5613 Attorney. No.: 6308804 Email: MDKIllinoisFilings@manleydeas.com March 30, April 6 & 13, 2016

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association PLAINTIFF Vs. Susan R. Wilcox; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 16 CH 00006 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Susan R. Wilcox Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 203 W. 3rd Street, Sublette, IL 61367 and which said Mortgage was made by: Susan R. Wilcox the Mortgagor(s), to The First National Bank in Amboy, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Lee County, Illinois, as Document No. 2013001993 Book 1304 Page 1426; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Denise A. McCaffrey 309 S. Galena Avenue, Suite 320 Dixon, IL 61021 on or before April 22, 2016, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT.

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Staff Pharmacist 8:30am-5:30pm Mon.-Fri. occasional Saturday / scheduled call.

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Mail/Fax Resume or Apply on-line at oregonhealth carepharmacy. com Oregon Healthcare Pharmacy Services Inc. 1100 Pines Road Oregon, IL 61061 P: 815-732-1422 F: 815-732-9074 1-866-LTCMEDS 582-6337

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Automotive Experienced Detailer Wanted for successful used car business. Full time with benefits.

Please apply in person at: Credit Auto Sales, 601 IL Route 2 Dixon.

Local Grain Farm in Dixon looking to hire for general worker.

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Business Manager Local school seeking full-time, year round, business manager.

Qualifications: 2 yrs. of college accounting & 5 yrs. experience with Quickbooks Please send replies to Box #:1325 ,c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

CDL Driver Needed Small local company looking for a driver to pull reefer that is 23 years old, with 2 years experience. Gone 3-4 nights a week.

Salary depending on experience. Call 815716-0063 CDL Drivers FT Seasonal Help Wanted CDL class B min.

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Apply in person or call Crop Production Services 1793 Steward Rd, Steward, IL 60553 815-396-2248.

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Experienced Custom Applicators Ag background a plus.

FT positions available. Paid Benefits. Apply: Crop Production Services 1793 Steward Rd. Steward, IL 60553 815-396-2248

Full Time Super Wash Inc. Installer Wanted maresponsible, ture, multi skilled individual to install equipment; capable of plumbing, electrical,read blue prints schematics. and Mental & physical skills needed. Must be able to travel, have valid driving license.

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Krumpets Bakery Café Adding to our team!

Positions: Line cook, prep cook, baker.

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Service Representative Service patients in their home for oxygen and medical equipment needs.

Friendly personalities, age 21+age, who can lift up to 120 lbs, should apply. Growth opportunities excellent.

Drug free workplace EOE. Please send resume to: 812 12th Ave. Rock Falls, IL or email to: syoakum@ lincare.com

Local Financial Institution looking for parttime teller. Person must be flexible, motivated, & a team player.

Provide high quality customer service & be able to balance daily transactions.

Further responsibilities and qualifications are also required.

Must possess a valid driver's license.

EEOC Please send replies to Box #1328, c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

Lee County, Illinois Sheriff ’s Office The Lee County Sheriff ’s Department is accepting applications for the following positions: Patrol Deputy, Corrections Deputy, and 911 Telecommunicator

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Markman Peat Corporation is currently taking applications for second Shift Supervisor/ Maintenance person.

Benefits offered, incentive bonuses also offered.

Please apply in person at 13161 Fenton Rd Morrison IL 61270 or 815-772-4041 McCormick's Nursery Looking for part time seasonal help.

Some lifting required, must be able to operate skid loader.

Apply in person at: 3602 E. Lincolnway, Sterling Now hiring Administrative Assistant needed to answer telephones, complete general office task, and data entry. Knowledge of Word, Excel, and QuickBooks a definite plus.

Send resume to mporter@porterbrothers.net or Mail to PO box 205 Rock Falls, IL 61071 NOW HIRING! Farm Equipment Operator Full time position operating MFWD and tracked farm tractors.

Maintenance work in the off season.

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Ogle County Probation and Court Services seeking a FT SECRETARY and FT OFFICE MANAGER with strong interpersonal, organizational, and writing/ typing skills. **Supervisory, grant writing, and accounting experience preferred for the Office Manager position.

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Patrol Dep putyy Salary: $42,978.92 (as of 12/1/2014) Corrections Dep putyy Salary: $41,068.75 (as of 12/1/22014)

Sworn Personnel: 32 All applicants must meet the following minimum requirements established by the Lee County Sheriff ’s Office Merit Commission: • U.S. citizenship • Must be of sound character, without criminal convictions • Minimum of 21 years of age by the application deadline • High school diploma or certificate of equivalency • Valid driver’s license • Must pass the Illinois P.O.W.E.R. test (this Pre-Employment Condition is not required at the time of application) • Available on Saturday, May 7, 2016 to participate in a mandatory P.O.W.E.R. Test and written examination • Applicants will be required to live within Lee County, Illinois within one year of being hired • Pay a $40.00 non-refundable application processing fee

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Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to answering 9-1-1 telephones, transmitting vital information to emergency personnel via the radio, relaying information via the Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) system, and answering administrative lines serving police, fire, and EMS. Salary: $41,068.75 All applicants must meet the following minimum requirements established by the Lee County Sheriff ’s Department:

• U.S. citizenship • Minimum of 21 years of age at time of application • Possess a high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent • Ability to pass a written examination, a full police background investigation, psychological exam, drug, hearing, and vision screenings • Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays, along with overtime that may be mandatory • Schedule flexibility and multi-tasking skills are paramount • Pay a $40.00 non-refundable application processing fee

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855

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1992 Olds Royele, purchased new.

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945

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SAUK VALLEY MEDIA • Wednesday, March 30, 2016• PAGE B12

REAL ESTATE AUCTION

Tuesday, April 19th, 2016 at 11:00A.M Sale to be held at: Poopy’s Pub & Grill 1030 Vidaduct Road Savanna, IL 61074

Sportsman’s Dream!

98.27 Acres

Section 14 of Savanna Twp in Carroll County, IL 20 A Farmland, 26.6 A CRP, 50+ Acres Recreational

$8,999* 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY LE

$7,999* 2007 GMC ACADIA

For complete listing of sale bill, maps, photos, tax info, terms & conditions, etc. go to www.lennybrysonauctioneer.com Owner, John & Annette Lawrence For Information Contact: Lenny Bryson – Auctioneer 900 South Division Ave, Polo, IL 61064 Ph) 815-946-4120

Attorney, William R. Shirk

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$11,999* 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

$10,999* Mon.-Thur. 9-7 • Fri. 9-6 • Sat. 8:30am-4pm *Plus tax,title,license & doc fee.Payments based on 3.99%APR financing for 75 months with approved credit with vehicles up to $10,000 - $1,000 down, vehicles $10,000-$20,000 - $2,000 down, vehicles $20,000+ $3,000 down. Photos for illustration only. Dealer not liable for errors.

Sudoku!

Answer on B11

Astrograph Don’t waffle.

Wednesday March 30, 2016 ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- If you trust in yourself, you will make the right choices.

Follow your heart. Don’t fold under pressure. Revive an old idea or goal and modify it to fit current trends.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Speak with conviction in order to get what you want. A contract, interview or professional advancement is favored. Make a commitment and follow through on it. Make sure you have a good plan in place.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Argument will be a waste of time. Take care of your needs and use discipline to bring about the changes in your life that will make you feel at ease.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Creative projects will bring you the most satisfaction.

Be objective if asked for an explanation. How you present yourself and your beliefs will make a difference.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You will be tempted to chase change, adventure and excitement. Take care of your responsibilities before moving on to more pleasurable activities.

Chase your dream.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) -- Uncertainty will surface regarding joint ventures. Take a moment to evaluate your position, intentions and the probable outcome of your next move. Don’t give in to pressure.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -Listen and learn. Use your life experience to help you figure out your next move. Don’t feel the need to take on too much or overspend. Moderation will be your saving grace.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- A past acquaintance will tender you a tempting offer.

Clear a space at home to allow you to turn this opportunity into something tangible. Celebrate with a loved one.

to execute without interference.

Someone will create confusion if you work in conjunction with others.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Get together with old friends. The encouragement you receive will push you in a direction that will help solve a pending problem. It’s up to you to bring about positive change.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Keep an open mind, but don’t let anyone talk you into something you don’t want to do. Stick to projects that you find interesting and can work on alone.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Your feelings and emotions will be manipulated if you give in to someone’s persuasiveness. Protect your cash and possessions from theft.

Avoid indulgence and anyone who is a bad influence.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Stick to what you know, and formulate a plan that is easy

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