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Evidence in dog’s death analyzed Animal control details timeline of pit bull discovery

BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5535

ROCK FALLS – A necropsy was performed Monday on an adult male pit bull found a week ago today in a Rock Falls rental home.

The dog appears to have died of

dehydration or starvation, officials say.

Results will be sent to a state lab to try to determine the time and cause of death, said Vanessa Scott, Whiteside County Animal Control warden.

Its owner, Joseph Nelson, 37, of

Rock Falls, was arrested Friday afternoon on a charge of aggravated cruelty to an animal, a felony that carries 1 to 3 years in prison. He was in Whiteside County Jail on Monday on $50,000 bond and has a court hearing Thursday.

Animal control was notified of the

dog’s death on Tuesday, and in turn notified the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies arrested Nelson after a 3-day investigation, Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi said.

Whether the lab will be able to determine its cause of death depends on how badly decomposed the carcass is, Scott said.

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No one charged in brawl Man says dust-up at bar saddled him with $196K in medical bills

BY DAVID GIULIANI dgiuliani@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5525

Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft@mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

As temperatures rose into the mid-60s and rain that had been forecast held off Monday afternoon, youngsters armed with scooters, adrenaline and sporting an distinct disregard for danger descended on the skate park in Sterling. Above, Julian Heald, 10, of Rock Falls performs a briflip as fellow tricksters look on. To the right, Detrick Johnson, 13, of Sterling lands a tailwhip.

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PROPHETSTOWN – No charges will be filed in the case of a Prophetstown man who said he was attacked outside a local bar in September.

Recently, a grand jury decided against indicting anyone involved in the incident in the parking lot near Kuel’s Pub, 213 Washington St. in Prophetstown.

In interviews with Sauk Valley Media last year, Eugene Pashon, 30, said he got into a fistfight with a man in the bar’s parking lot. He said five men then approached him and started beating him up. He said he got knocked out and remembered nothing after that.

Pashon was taken to CGH Medical Center in Sterling, then flown to a hospital in Peoria. He said he suffered brain injuries, racking up $196,000 in medical bills. He said in December that he was suffering from memory loss as a result of the injuries.

“Eugene wrote a check his mouth couldn’t cash,” a sheriff’s deputy wrote in his notes.

“He was mouthing off and his friends were holding him back from some other subjects when he broke free. After he broke free, Eugene ran over to confront or fight and they Pearl Harbored his butt with a surprise attack.”

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ILLINIOS | INCOME TAX PROPOSAL

No stance taken on permanent tax hike Lawmakers mum on their position

BY DAVID GIULIANI dgiuliani@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5525

You’ve been giving the state government an extra week’s pay every year since 2011. That’s when the state increased its income tax from 3 percent to 5 percent.

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The hike was billed as temporary, but Gov. Pat Quinn last week proposed to make it permanent.

Two local lawmakers have yet to take a stand on Quinn’s proposal – state Rep. Mike Smiddy, D-Hillsdale, and Sen. Mike

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Jacobs, D-Moline, whose districts include Whiteside County.

“I don’t want to say whether I would support or oppose it,” Smiddy said in a telephone interview Monday. “Being that I’m on the Appropriations Committee, I want to see that we go through this process. I want to have firm numbers in front of me.”

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In an interview with the QuadCity Times last week, Smiddy was reported as saying that the idea to extend the temporary tax increase was a good move.

“We’ll just have to look at it, see what they bring for us in the Legislature in the next few months,” he told the newspaper.

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Rep. Mike Sen. Mike Smiddy Jacobs A member of the Fellow Democrat Appropriations says state has Committee, “a lot of reasons Democrat wants to keep the tax,” “firm numbers in but points out its front of me.” temporary billing.

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STERLING – Two spots in the first block of East Fourth Street downtown are undergoing major construction work in advance of two new businesses moving in.

As it was preparing leases for the building, the Greater Sterling Development Corp., which owns the the 1920s-era structures, discovered the exterior walls had no foundation, and for safety’s sake, is taking corrective action, Executive Director Heather Sotelo said.

She wouldn’t release specifics yet, but a new hair salon (Tangles no longer is open at the site) and a walk-in-walkout restaurant will open in the two spots June 1, Sotelo said.

More details will be available in about a month, she said.

The development group saved as much of the original brick as possible, so the facades still will match the other buildings in the block, which are behind Sterling Theatre and which house, among other things, the Sterling Barber Shop.

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The former site of Tangles hair salon in the first block of East Fourth Street in downtown Sterling will house another salon and a walk-in-walk-out restaurant. More details will be released in about a month, according to Greater Sterling Development Corp.

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ROCK FALLS – The City Council will vote tonight on a proposed budget that would put the city slightly in the black for fiscal year 2014-15.

City Administrator Robbin Blackert presented the budget, breaking it down by department, at a special Finance Committee meeting on March 25.

A few minor adjustments were made since

that meeting, and the surplus is now a bit larger.

The numbers from the finance meeting showed total projected revenue at $21,726,459, and expenses at $21,725,062, giving the city a small cushion of $1,397.

The final version that will be before the council tonight projects revenue of $21,697,459 and expenses of $21,691,751, putting the city $5,708 in the black. “I always leave myself

Next meeting 4HE 2OCK &ALLS #ITY #OUNCIL NEXT MEETS AT P M TODAY AT #ITY (ALL 7 TH 3T 4HE AGENDAS WILL BE POSTED AT WWW ROCKFALLS COM AND AT #ITY (ALL #ALL FOR MORE INFORMATION 4HE #ITY #OUNCIL MEETING ALSO CAN BE VIEWED LIVE ON #HANNEL some cushions with the budget,� Blackert said. “We found some extra money with codification of ordinances.�

Last year’s budget had a surplus of $3,705.

The city’s enterprise, or utility, funds once again were a big plus on the revenue side, Blackert said. “Overall, we came out about where we always do,� Blackert said. “The

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enterprise funds are very important – they are now the fourthhighest contributor to our general fund revenues.

The sales tax is the biggest income generator, making up 27 percent of general fund revenue, followed by property tax, income tax and the enterprise funds.

The city’s new fiscal year begins in May.

Also up for a vote will be an ordinance to extend the deadline for residents using well water City Administrator to hook up to the city Robbin system.

Blackert The original deadline of April would be backed up to Oct. 1.

It was actually the city, not the well users, who needed the deadline extension. “We have been dealing with some other water issues, and the weather has backed things up a bit,� Mayor Bill Wescott said.

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ROCK FALLS – The Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce Spring Garage Sale Days will be May 9-11 in Rock Falls and Sterling.

Seller registration with the chamber is due by April 28. The cost is $10, and includes two garage sale signs, tips and the sale’s address placement on printed maps for dis-

tribution and online. A limited number of feature ads are available on the back of the maps for $10 each. Late registrations will be accepted through May 5 for $15.

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Rock Falls, IL 61071, or dropped off at the chamber office.

Free maps will be available for sellers and shoppers no earlier than noon May 8 at Shell gas stations in Rock Falls and Sterling, and at the Mobil station in Rock Falls. Maps also will be posted online, and can be printed from computers. For more information, call the chamber at 815-625-4500.

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When the ordinance was given a first read, Alderman Jim Schuneman wanted reassurance that the city would be ready by October. “I want to make sure that if we extend this, our end will get done by Oct. 1,� Schuneman said.

About 248 well water users are now required by ordinance to connect to the city water supply. Water Department Superintendent Ted Padilla said he was confident they would be ready by the time the new deadline hits. “We have approximately 150 left to do,�

Padilla said. “About 50 to 75 of those need boxes yet.�

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OBITUARIES Helen M. Reeser PALM COAST, Fla. – Helen M. Reeser, 79, of Palm Coast, passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2014.

Helen was born Sept. 20, 1934, in Dixon, to Helen B. (Ryan) and George McKenney. She was a registered nurse, and worked in medical research for Kendall Co. Following her nursing career, Helen worked as a real estate broker. She also was a bookkeeper for the family contracting company. Helen was a devoted wife and a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. She also was a devout Catholic, and parishioner of St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Catholic Church in Palm Coast. She enjoyed scrapbooking, genealogy, and being with her loving family.

Survivors include her loving husband of 57 years, Ronald Reeser of Palm Coast; children, Scot Reeser of Sacramento, Calif., Wendy

(Lee) Forth of Peoria, Ariz., Mark Reeser of Lanark, and A.J. (Paula) Reeser of Ormond Beach, Fla.; sisters, Mary Wahl, of Ormond Beach and Elizabeth Herrmann, of Freeport; seven grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and many extended family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Lohman Funeral Home Palm Coast, 220 Palm Coast Parkway. The family also will receive guests from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday and the Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Catholic Church, 4600 Belle Terre Parkway, Palm Coast.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Sacred Heart Church, P.O. Box 1406, Mars Hill, N.C. 28754.

Visit www.lohmanfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

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Peter M. Razo Sr. STERLING – Peter M. Razo Sr. of Sterling passed away Sunday, March 30, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. He would have been 100 years old this year.

He was born June 28, 1914, in Camargo, Okla., the son of John and Maria (Montecino) Razo. He was united in marriage to Tillie M. Conchola on Sept.

29, 1935, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Silvis. She died Nov. 17, 1973.

Peter was employed by the former Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. for 40 years, retiring in 1975. He had also owned the Razzle Inn in East Moline. He was an avid Chicago White Sox fan.

In his younger years, he played baseball for the “Aztecs� in the Quad Cities. In the Sterling-Rock Falls area he played for the “Mexican Aces� and the “Sterling All Stars.�

He enjoyed boxing and was a Golden Gloves boxer. To pass the time in his later years, he took up canvas needlework and jewelry making. He enjoyed spending time with his beloved pet companion, “Molly.�

He is survived by five sons, John (Pam) Razo of Tucson, Ariz., Peter (Kay) Razo Jr., Tom Razo, and Lee (Carol) Razo,

all of Sterling, and Richard (Joann) Razo of Blue Grass, Iowa; four daughters: Mary Clark of Sandwich, his caretaker, Dorothy Razo of Sterling, Gloria Olds of Rock Falls, and Lynda Larson of Bedford, Texas; his son-inlaw, Roy Klapprodt of Sterling; 35 grandchildren; 57 great-grandchildren; seven greatgreat-grandchildren; 13 stepgrandchildren; two brothers; two sisters-inlaw; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife; a daughter, Joyce Klapprodt; four brothers; one sister; and three sons-inlaw, Ed Olds Sr., Douglas Clark, and Alan Larson.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m., with a Christian wake service read at 5 p.m., Wednesday at McDonald Funeral Home, 505 First Ave., Sterling. Celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m.

Thursday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling, with the Rev. James Keenan, celebrant, officiating. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Sterling.

Memorials may be made to St. Mary Catholic Church, St Jude Research Children’s Hospital, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

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They knocked and got no answer, and looked in the windows, but did not see, hear or smell anything. They talked to some neighbors, and left a posted message for the owner to call Animal control so they could get inside and take a look.

It was obvious at the time, Scott said, that someone was moving out and would have to return to pick up the rest of his or her possessions, and so would see the note.

Her office got no other complaints, and the owner did not call about the dog.

On March 25, a pri-

vate worker hired to help clean out the home found the dog dead in a cage in the basement and carried it outside. Another worker reported the dog’s death the next day.

If they had suspected a problem, Animal control would have tried to track the home’s owner, Scott said.

Her staff cannot enter a home without a warrant, which must be obtained through the sheriff’s office, and a warrant cannot be obtained without some evidence of a potential crime.

Animal control never had been called to the home before, and no complaint against Nelson ever had been lodged, she said.

“If we had suspected something was going on, we would have checked again,� Scott said.

Unfortunately, most of the calls her office gets claiming animal abuse or neglect turn out to be unfounded, she said.

State regulations are very clear about what constitutes mistreatment of an animal; people don’t always realize that what they consider abuse – for instance, leaving an animal outside in the cold – may not meet the legal definition, Scott said.

Scott’s agency bears no blame for what happened to the dog, Wilhelmi said Monday. “Animal control did everything within their

power to check on the welfare of this dog ... we can’t just go kick somebody’s door� on a suspicion, Wilhelmi said.

Nelson has been given a public defender.

If convicted, because of his criminal history, he could receive an enhanced sentence of up to 6 years.

He has several felony convictions on his record in Whiteside County, for two counts of burglary and for writing bad checks in two 1997 cases, and for driving on a revoked license and obstructing justice by destroying evidence in a 2009 case. He also has a felony bad check conviction in Lee County stemming from a 1998 case.

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Democrats redistrict to dominate GOP lawsuit over map shot down in court SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Republican congressional candidate Bobby Schilling is running against two opponents in the November election – one an incumbent congresswoman and the other a map of electoral districts favoring Illinois Democrats.

What happened in Illinois after the decennial census in 2010 is a mirror image of most of the rest of the country, where Republican legislatures doing the map-drawing helped the GOP retain a 33-seat majority in Congress in 2012, despite widespread losses.

With solid majorities in the state House and Senate as well as control of the governor’s mansion, the Democrats had complete control over the Illinois redistricting process in 2011. They used it to defeat Schilling and three other Illinois Republican congressmen in 2012, solidifying their hold on President Barack Obama’s home state.

That leaves Schilling, a Colona pizzeria owner, and other Republicans scrambling to find voters while campaigning hard against Obama’s

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health care overhaul.

Regardless of the map, voters still have to show up, and without Obama at the top of the ticket, Schilling said fewer Democrats vote in the district in northwest Illinois, along the Mississippi River. And while Obama beat Republican Mitt Romney by 50,000 votes there in 2012, Schilling lost to Democrat Cheri Bustos by 19,000.

A federal court turned aside a Republican lawsuit over the map, despite noting that the new district lines represented “a blatant political move to increase the number of Democratic congressional seats.�

It worked. Illinois Democrats picked off five GOP congressmen after the state lost a seat because of slowing population growth. The delegation now has 12 Democrats – in the same dozen districts Obama won 2 years ago. Four of the Democrats who won seats in 2012 – Bustos, Tammy Duckworth, Brad Schneider, and Bill Foster – are in districts that the president won with at least 57 percent of the vote.

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State Sen. Mike Jacobs, D-Moline, said Monday the state had “a lot of reason to keep the tax.� At the same time, he said, legislators sold the tax as temporary.

Without it, Jacobs said, the state would lose $1.6 billion a year in revenue.

And the state’s pension and Medicaid obligations are expected to increase by more than $1 billion next year, he observed.

If the state lets the tax increase expire, it will have to cut front-line operations by 20 percent, meaning layoffs of police officers and teachers, Jacobs said. “The voters of the 36th District deserve an honest discussion,� he said.

In his budget address last week, Quinn made the case for extending the tax increase, predicting “extreme and radical� budget cuts to schools and services, if the state does not have more revenue.

He linked his proposal to relief for homeowners, saying he would like to get a $500 annual refund for each state resident who pays property taxes. He also pushed for expanding the earned income tax credit for poor families.

Before the governor’s address last Wednesday, powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan warned his House colleagues during a closed-door meeting to “keep their powder dry� about Quinn’s proposals, according to Rich Miller’s Capitol Fax newsletter. The speaker didn’t

want them to make statements that they would have to take back later, the newsletter said.

In a news release, Jim Wozniak, Smiddy’s Republican opponent in November’s general election, took exception to arguments that government services such as education would suffer without the tax hike. And he criticized Smiddy for calling a tax extension a good move. “The only move you will see from this tax increase is the move of people and businesses from Illinois, and that certainly is not good,� Wozniak wrote. “The problem with Pat Quinn and my opponent is that their fear mongering makes the faulty assumption that every dollar currently spent in Illinois is done so perfectly.�

To cut the budget, Wozniak suggested eliminating “levels of unneeded bureaucracy� and “rooting out� every wasted dollar.

In an interview Monday, Wozniak said he wouldn’t consider any tax increases until the spending side of the equation is fully addressed.

Neil Anderson, Jacobs’ GOP opponent, also opposes extending the income tax increase.

Quinn, Anderson said in a Facebook posting, broke a promise when he proposed making the increase permanent.

Anderson, a Moline firefighter who was on shift Monday, couldn’t be reached for comment.

State Sen. Tim Bivins and Rep. Tom Demmer, both Dixon Republicans, oppose extending the tax increase.

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DIXON – The Dixon City Council wants more information about a proposed downtown business facade grant program before it votes on its budget.

The program, which would be run by and was requested by Dixon Main Street, would award $50,000 to downtown businesses to restore or upgrade their facades, city Finance Director Paula Meyer said. The money for the grant program would come from the city.

The discussion about the program came Monday night, during the final budget workshop between the City Council and department heads.

The council will vote on whether to place the budget on file during its regular meeting April 7.

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The city currently has a program to provide lowinterest loans to business owners to repair downtown facades. The funds for that program come from the city’s Central Business District tax increment financing (TIF) fund.

The $50,000 requested

by Main Street would be in addition to the loan program, Meyer said,

and would be given with no expectation of repayment.

Commissioner of Public Health & Safety Dennis Considine said he supported helping downtown businesses, but wanted to see more specifics about the program and how it would be administered before spending the money.

The $50,000 can be included in the budget, and the City Council could decide later not to spend it.

Commissioner Colleen Brechon said the city shouldn’t forget about the businesses outside of the downtown area and should think about expanding the program if it goes forward.

City Administrator David Nord will meet with Main Street to discuss the council’s reservations about the program.

The city is also expected to transfer $1 million from the remaining money the city received from the settlement with its former auditors and

the sale of former Comptroller Rita Crudnwell’s assets.

That $1 million will go toward the River Street sewer project, Meyer said, adding that the project will upgrade infrastructure that services about 25 percent of the city.

The city received about $39.4 million total, some of which has been used to pay off three city bonds early, to pay off internal debt and was placed into a reserves account.

The city will have about $11 million, after the $1 million for the sewer project, that it will discuss spending through a strategic planning period, Meyer said.

During the strategic planning, the city is expected to discuss a new public property building, which had been proposed for the budget during a previous workshop but was removed.

Brechon stressed the importance of upgrading the building, which, she said, was starting to deteriorate.

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Sex abuse plea brings 4 years probation Dixon man molested 13-year-old relative

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DIXON – A Dixon man has been sentenced to 4 years of probation, 180 days of jail time, and a

$2,000 fine for sexually abusing a family member.

Douglas P. Delhotal, 55, was charged in the summer of 2010 with nine counts of sexu-

al abuse and sexual assault.

He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in October; in exchange for the plea, the eight other charges were dropped. Delho-

tal was sentenced on March 24.

According to court documents, Delhotal molested a then13-year-old girl several times between November 2009 and January 2010.

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Citing the secrecy of grand jury deliberations, Whiteside County State’s Attorney Trish Joyce, the county’s lead prosecutor, said she could reveal only that the jury declined to indict anyone in the matter. She wouldn’t say how many suspects were involved.

Prosecutors can take cases to a grand jury, where the defense is not

present, or they can go to a public preliminary hearing, where a judge decides whether there is probable cause to go to trial. “My policy is to submit a case to the grand jury where there is a genuine question whether there are sufficient facts to file and prove a case,� Joyce wrote in an email Monday. “Instead of presenting only the facts that would be favorable to the state’s case, we present all of the facts known to us so that the grand jury

may help us determine the viability of a case.�

She said it wasn’t rare that a grand jury declines to indict, which has happened at least three times since she has taken office.

Pashon couldn’t be reached for comment Monday.

In December, he said he had heard that others had claimed they were acting in self-defense in the incident, but he said that was hardly possible, given that it was five people against one.

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BLOOMINGTON (AP) – Gary Brown knows his chances of staying out of jail hinge on his ability to change his own mind about criminal behavior. “It came to the point where I was done. I needed help changing my way of thinking,� said the 40-year-old, who recently celebrated 1 year of being clean and sober.

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Resident relieved that ‘everyone made it out safe’

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DIXON – Joe Leif wasn’t home when fire scorched his Dixon apartment, but his girlfriend and her daughter were. Luckily, his girlfriend discovered the fire before anyone was hurt.

The Dixon City Fire Department got a call about the fire at 404 W. Second St. at 9:42 p.m. Saturday. Though they haven’t been able to officially determine a source of the flames, which started in a closet, Chief Tim Shipman noted the closet had an an electric light fixture, which might have been to blame.

Leif, 27, who was with some friends in Rock Falls at the time the fire started, lived in an upstairs apartment.

His girlfriend was lying on a bed when she first noticed the flames. “There was no scent to the fire, really,� he said. “She didn’t realize

it until she saw flames.�

The apartment’s smoke and carbon monoxide detectors were located above the closet, he said, and rather than going off, they melted.

Leif said that the apartment sustained a lot of smoke damage, and the fire pretty much ruined the living room.

He lost all of his clothes in the blaze, as well as some photographs. His television melted, as did his brand new Playstation 4, and an older Playstation 3. “But it’s all stuff that can be replaced,� he said. “It’s all material.

The important thing is that everyone made it out safe.�

Shipman said that two other apartments in the building had water damage, only one of which had been occupied.

Leif stayed with a friend until he was able to find a new apartment Monday morning.

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The Department of Corrections uses cognitive behavioral therapy with inmates, a treatment with similarities to MRT and “widely accepted as the best practice for the criminal justice population,� said IDOC spokeswoman Stacey Solano.

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Trouble on the interstate: To help or not?

What we think The November hypothermic death of a Quad Cities retired teacher on I-88 in Lee County presents a challenge to every driver: What would you do if you saw someone in trouble along an interstate?

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he circumstances that surround the November death of a motorist on Interstate 88 near Dixon continue to perplex.

Lee Catlin, 65, a retired teacher from Bettendorf, Iowa, apparently was driving eastbound on I-88 the night of Nov. 12 when he ran out of gas, got out of the car, and began walking eastward.

Then, something went wrong.

Catlin was found dead the next morning about a quarter mile from his car, near mile marker 51.5, about 4 miles west of Dixon. Authorities later said his blood-alcohol content was higher than the legal limit.

But his presence, while still alive, did not go unnoticed by fellow motorists.

Between 8:24 p.m. and 8:46 p.m. Nov. 12, at least three I-88 motorists reported seeing a man lying on the side of the highway, waving his arms. The motorists used their cell phones to report what they saw to authorities. None of the motorists stopped.

A state trooper and a state highway maintenance worker, dispatched to the scene, unfortunately did not find anyone along the darkened superhighway. It was not until about 8 a.m. Nov. 13 that Catlin’s body was found.

The tragedy provided plenty of material for Monday morning quarterbacks to debate.

Questions were raised as to why authorities failed to find Catlin after they were given details of his location.

Just as important, why did motorists who saw the man lying along the interstate continue on their way?

Why didn’t they pull

off the highway, call 911, wait for police to arrive, and direct them to the victim?

In a story in Saturday’s SV Weekend, a sociology professor at Northern Illinois University observed that stopping to help someone along an interstate highway is not necessarily a nobrainer.

Professor Kirk Miller said interstate drivers assume more anonymity than when they are on other roads. They “are in their own pods, separate from other people on the road,� he said.

The “group dynamic� of interstate motorists is different than for people who drive along hometown streets, country roads, and rural highways. Out on the interstate, hurried drivers are more likely to assume that somebody else will pull over to help, or that authorities already have been contacted.

People may be more fearful of pulling over because of the perception that it’s more dangerous to do so, which has basis in fact. People who pull over expose themselves to being struck by errant interstate traffic or parts, such as tires, that fly off vehicles going at high speed. Nighttime heightens the danger.

Fear of becoming a crime victim prevents many from pulling over.

In addition, “I don’t think any female driver is likely to stop in that situation,�

Miller said.

Now that the top speed limit is 70 mph, interstate motorists have less time to think about what they should do when overtaking someone in trouble.

The tragedy presents a challenge to every driver: What would you do in that situation?

Think about it.

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Forum to host Sterling mayor on Thursday FRED TURK Rock Falls

The Rock River Open Forum is pleased to feature a discussion with Sterling Mayor Skip Lee at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Sterling Public Library.

The aims of the meeting are to learn about the critical issues that face the city and how they can be resolved.

Also, we are particularly interested in learning how everyone can become an active participant in the process.

Please consider attending the meeting. We usually have spirited, friendly discussions.

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SPRINGFIELD SPOTLIGHT | BUDGET ADDRESS

Quinn, leaders ‘in cahoots’ Proposals all negotiated beforehand It turns out that the governor and the two Democratic legislative leaders met privately for at least several days to negotiate details of Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget address.

The highly unusual move means that most, if not all, aspects of Quinn’s budget proposals last week have already been agreed to by the Democrats who run the Illinois Statehouse.

House Speaker Michael Madigan tipped his hand after the governor’s address, during Jak Tichenor’s invaluable “Illinois Lawmakers� Public Television program, when he twice insisted that the governor’s property tax proposal was actually his idea.

The governor proposed eliminating the state’s property tax credit, which is currently worth 5 percent of property taxes paid, and replacing it with an automatic $500 tax refund.

That idea was apparently just one of Madigan’s demands in exchange for supporting the governor’s proposal to make the “temporary� income tax hike permanent, which was the centerpiece of Quinn’s speech.

Both Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton offered their full support for the governor’s income tax proposal on Tichenor’s show, with Madigan saying he planned to move a bill forward this spring, and Cullerton saying he’d let Madigan go first to make sure there were enough votes, and then move ahead in his own chamber, which tends to be far more liberal than Madigan’s on stuff like this.

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richMILLER Rich Miller publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter.

He may be reached at http://thecapitolfax.blog. com online.

The Senate Republicans have claimed that the Democrats were in cahoots this entire spring legislative session to make it appear the budgetary outlook was so bad that the tax hike absolutely had to be made permanent.

AT LEAST IN ONE respect, they were right.

The Democrats have apparently been working closely together for the first time in anyone’s memory. Budget addresses are rarely, if ever, negotiated this much in advance of the actual speech.

Quinn spent quite a bit of time during his address not so subtly attacking his Republican opponent, Bruce Rauner. Quinn ruled out ever supporting a tax on retirement income, saying he wouldn’t balance the budget on the backs of senior citizens. Rauner has said he’d be open to the idea. Quinn also said he would oppose any effort to tax small businesses that provide services. Rauner has said he’d be open to a service tax.

But Quinn also announced a 5-year, $1.5 billion investment into his “Birth to Five� initiative, which he has claimed would focus on prenatal care, access to early learning opportunities, and parental support.

The Ounce of Prevention Fund lavished praise on Quinn’s proposal after

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House Speaker Michael Madigan (left to right), Gov. Pat Quinn, and Senate President John Cullerton, all Chicago Democrats, confer at the Illinois State Fair in 2009. The trio negotiated key points of Quinn’s 2014 budget address, a highly unusual occurrence, according to columnist Rich Miller. the speech, and warned of the “potentially devastating cuts that would be necessary without adequate revenue,� which seemed like all but an endorsement of the governor’s proposal to keep income taxes at their current levels.

Why is that so important? Well, Bruce Rauner’s wife, Diana, is the Ounce of Prevention Fund’s president.

So, while Rauner blasted the governor’s budget address as yet another “broken promise� to Illinoisans, said Quinn was “doubling down on his failed policies� by proposing to keep the tax hike permanent, and asserted that he could “balance the budget without more tax increases,� Mrs. Rauner’s highly respected organization was saying just the opposite, that the budget proposal was a “vital investment in the state’s future at a critical juncture.�

Heh. Then again, Diana Rauner’s more liberal approach could help soften her husband’s hardcore image.

Before the speech, Madigan warned his House Democrats during a closed-door caucus meeting to “keep their powder dry� about the

governor’s proposals.

Madigan doesn’t want his members getting too far ahead of the game and making statements that they might have to take back when the velvet hammer comes down on their heads later in the session.

As a consequence, not many were eager to talk about the governor’s income tax hike proposal.

It wasn’t difficult to see in their faces that they knew what was coming, however. They are all in for yet another extremely tough vote this year. Few want to take that vote, but most know they’ll probably have little to no choice in the matter.

ONE NERVOUS member expressed the hope that the tax hike would simply be extended until the end of the fiscal year, then let Rauner deal with it if he’s elected. But that idea was quickly shot down by a top Madigan lieutenant. “And vote for this again?� he asked, incredulously.

They already took one vote after an election, during a late-evening lame-duck session, that they’ve been hammered with constantly for over 3 years. No more of those, apparently.

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The highly unusual move means that most, if not all, aspects of Quinn’s budget proposals last week have already been agreed to by the Democrats who run the Illinois Statehouse.

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Dear Abby: Many times, when I would wake up in the morning, I’d find toothpaste already on my toothbrush, courtesy of my foreign-born girlfriend, “Inger.� Because I am chivalrous, I figured I would return the favor.

So at night before going to bed or in the morning, I’d tiptoe to the bathroom and put

I know, I know – I should have asked a simple “Why?� but I wasn’t in the mood for drama. Now it’s eating at me and I just don’t get it. – Confused in Connecticut

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

toothpaste on her toothbrush.

Well, the other day Inger told me, “DON’T put toothpaste on my toothbrush!� I was flabbergasted. And if that’s not enough, she no longer preps my toothbrush, either.

Dear Confused: I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but here it is: Inger appears to be giving you the brush-off.

Dear Abby: I married a wonderful man last week. It was the wedding of my dreams, except for one thing: My husband’s sister brought six birds with her and insisted it was perfectly acceptable to keep them in the

reception area. My new in-laws all said I was “unreasonable� for not allowing the caged birds in the reception area.

I was strong and stood my ground. After a year of preparation, I didn’t want our nuptials spoiled by uninvited birds. Has anyone ever written to you about uninvited birds being brought to a wedding? – Ruffled Feathers in Reno Dear Ruffled: The only ones I can recall were a few cuckoos, but I’m not sure they were of the avian variety.

Dear Abby: I have a

dear old friend I talk with on the phone several times a day. She is the talkative type and sometimes keeps me on the phone for half an hour at a time. The problem is I have an overactive bladder and sometimes must rush to the bathroom. It’s very embarrassing. Is there a nice way to tell her I need to get off the phone for a few minutes without being rude or too specific? – Leaking in Las Vegas

ters you have printed about pennies brought back the memories of what happened in our family when I was very small. My mother won a $10 gold piece for her sponge cake, but our family dog swallowed the coin.

You are probably wondering if we got the coin back. No, we didn’t.

Turned out the coin was counterfeit, and the dog couldn’t “pass it.� – Gotcha! in Amherst, Ohio

Dear Leaking: Yes. Tell her to hang on; you’ll be back in a flush.

Dear Gotcha!: Now that’s a shaggy dog story if I ever heard one. (And for a moment, I swallowed it.)

Dear Abby: All the let-

COMMUNITY EVENTS Tuesday, April 1 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

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

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

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

Line dancing, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St.,

Oregon, 815-732-3252.

313 card game, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

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

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

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

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

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Coun-

cil on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

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

Euchre 101, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Tran-

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

Wii and Yoga class, 1:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Dixon Coin Club, coin grading, 6 p.m., and auction, 7 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 540, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, 815-535-8427.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Wednesday, April 2 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, and WIC nutritional, education, and coupon pickups, Suite 100, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Dixon, 815284-3371.

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

Dixon Correctional retiree breakfast, 8 a.m., Rivers Edge Inn, 2303 W. First St., Dixon.

Lee County Health Department blood pressure clinic, 8-9:30 a.m., YMCA, 110 N. Galena Ave., Dixon, 815-284-3371.

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

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

Nurturing Program, 9:15 a.m., Sinnissippi Centers Inc., 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815625-0013.

Senior Information Services, 10 a.m.-noon, Community United Church of Christ, 346 Chicago Ave., Savanna, 800-541-5479.

Blood pressure checks, 10 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Whiteside County Health Department free blood pressure clinic, 10-11 a.m., People’s National Bank, 112 Main St., Tampico.

Lee County Health Department blood pressure clinic, 10-11:30 a.m., Dixon Senior Center, 100 W. Second St., 815284-3371.

Free blood pressure checks, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

Whiteside County Health Department free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.-noon, Robert Fulton Community Center, 912 Fourth St., Fulton.

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

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First

Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-8214. Downstairs, west door.

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

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

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

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 1:30 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Low Vision Group, 1:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

American Red Cross blood drive, 2-6 p.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointments: 815-625-0382 or 800-733-2767. “Intergenerational Reading Program,� 3:30-4:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon. Reservations: 815-7323252.

Women’s Support Group, 5-6:30 p.m., Choices Domestic Violence Program office, 203 W. Market St., Mount Carroll.

Buddy Bags packing, 5-6 p.m., St. Paul Lutheran Church, 421 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon, 815541-2122.

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

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

YWCA sexual abuse survivors women’s group, 5:30-7 p.m., second floor, 115 W. First St., Dixon, bbraid@ywsauk.or or 815625-0333.

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

Men’s Cancer Group, 6 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815-288-4673.

Buddy Bags donations accepted, 6-7 p.m., St. Paul Lutheran Church, 421 S. Peoria

Ave., Dixon, 815-541-2122.

Living Well With Diabetes Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

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

Carroll County Fair Board, 7 p.m., Milledgeville Bank basement, 451 N. Main Ave., 815244-9444.

Touched By Suicide ... Survivors Gather, 7 p.m., Hospice of the Rock River Valley, 264 state Route 2, Dixon, 815-438-2345.

Dixon Sports Boosters Club Board meeting, 7 p.m., Dixon High School, 300 Lincoln Statue Drive.

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

Wednesday worship at the barn, 7 p.m., Chaplin Creek Village, 1715 Whitney Road, Franklin Grove.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 560 U.S. Route 52, Amboy.

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Polo Town Hall, 117 N. Franklin Ave. Whiteside County Soil and Water Conservation District Board meeting, 8 p.m., U.S. Department of Agriculture Building, 16255 Liberty St., Morrison.

Thursday, April 3 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Suite 100, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

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

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

TOPS IL 825, 9-10 a.m. weighin, meeting at 10 a.m., Coventry

Activity Center, 612 St. Mary’s Road, Sterling, 815-626-0034.

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

American Red Cross blood drive, 9:45 a.m.-4 p.m., CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Free blood pressure checks, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Healthcare Center, 811 S. 10th St., Oregon.

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

American Red Cross blood drive, noon-5 p.m., Chadwick Fire Department, 210 Calvert St. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-8214. Downstairs, west door.

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

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

Serenity lunch brunch, noon-1 p.m., KSB Hospital private dining room 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Call Serenity Hospice & Home, 815-732-2499. Bring lunch or buy meal in cafeteria.

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

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

Narcotics Anonymous, 4-5 p.m., Sinnissippi Centers, 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815625-0013.

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

Breast Cancer Networking Group, 6-7 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815-2884673.

Lee County Veterans Assistance Commission, 6:30 p.m., Dixon Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 540, 1560 Franklin Grove Road.

TOPS, 6:30 p.m., Rock Falls United Methodist Church, 210

Fourth Ave., 815-625-0431.

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

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

Covered Bridge Quilters Guild, 7 p.m., Harkrader Hall, St. Louis Catholic School, 631 Park Ave. West, Princeton, 815-8752430.

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

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

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

Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy Reserves, 7:30 p.m., Law Enforcement Center, 306 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

AMVETS Post 167 Auxiliary, 7:30 p.m., Sterling American Legion, 601 First Ave. Rock River Valley Barbershop Chorus practice, 7:30 p.m., Rock Falls Community Building, 603 W. 10th St., 815-284-7569.

Self Help Parents Association, 7:30 p.m., Self Help Enterprises, 2300 W. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

Sterling-Rock River Masonic Lodge 612, 7:30 p.m., 113½ W. Third St., Sterling.

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

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

Appointment, 815-284-9555.

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WASHINGTON (AP) – In a flood of last-minute sign-ups, hundreds of thousands of Americans rushed to apply for health insurance Monday, but deadline day for President Barack Obama’s overhaul brought long, frustrating waits and a new spate of website ills. “This is like trying to find a parking spot at Walmart on Dec. 23,� said Jason Stevenson, working with a Utah nonprofit group helping people enroll.

At times, more than 125,000 people were simultaneously using HealthCare.gov, straining it beyond its capacity. For long stretches Monday, applicants were shuttled to a virtual waiting room where they could leave an email address and be contacted later.

Officials said the site had not crashed but was experiencing very heavy volume. The website, which was receiving 1.5 million visitors a day last week, had recorded about 1.6 million through 1 p.m.

Supporters of the health care law fanned out across the country in a final dash to sign up uninsured Americans.

People not signed up for health insurance by the deadline, either through their jobs or on their own, were subject to being fined by the IRS, and that threat was helping drive the final dash.

The administration announced last week that people still in line by midnight would get extra time to enroll.

The website stumbled early in the day – out of service for nearly 4 hours as technicians patched a software bug. Another

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A street sweeper cleans Avenue D on Monday afternoon in Sterling.

Monday was a perfect day to clear away winter’s remains in more ways than one. Temperatures reached a high of 66, though cooler weather is on the way. The forecast high is 52 for today and only in the 40s for the rest of the week.

UKRAINE

Russian pullback from border does little to quell concerns SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (AP) – Russia said Monday it was pulling a battalion of several hundred troops away from the Ukrainian border but kept tens of thousands in place, prompting a worried response from the Kiev government about what the U.S. warned was still a “tremendous buildup.�

Russia moved quickly to strengthen its economic hold on Crimea, with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arriving in the newly annexed peninsula with promises of funds for improved power supplies, water lines, education and pensions for the elderly.

Russia’s takeover of the strategic Black Sea region, its troop buildup near Ukraine’s border and its attempts to compel constitutional changes in Ukraine have markedly raised tensions with the West and prompted fears that Moscow intends to invade other areas of its neighbor.

However, Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a phone call Monday that some troops were being withdrawn from the Ukraine border, Merkel’s office said. The withdrawal involved a battalion of about 500 troops, Russian news reports said.

hiccup in early afternoon temporarily kept new applicants from signing up, and then things slowed further. Overwhelmed by computer problems when launched last fall, the system has been working much better in recent months, but independent testers say it still runs slowly.

At Chicago’s Norwegian American Hospital, people began lining up shortly after 7 a.m. to get help signing up for subsidized private health insurance.

Lucy Martinez, an unemployed single mother of two boys, said she’d previously tried to enroll at a clinic in another part of the city, but there was always a problem. She’d wait and wait and they wouldn’t call her name, or they would ask her for paperwork that she was told earlier she didn’t need, she said. Her diabetic mother would start sweating so they’d have to leave.

She’s heard “that this would be better here,� said Martinez, adding that her mother successfully signed up Sunday at a different location.

At St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, Del., enrollment counselor Hubert Worthen plunged into a long day. “I got my energy drink,� he said. “This is epic, man.�

At a Houston community center, there were immigrants from Ethiopia, Nepal, Eritrea, Somalia, Iraq, Iran and other conflict-torn areas, many of them trying anew after failing to complete applications previously. In addition to needing help with the actual enrollment, they needed to wait for interpreters. Many had taken a day off from work, hoping to meet the deadline.

MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 370

Ocean garbage frustrates search for vanished flight WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Sometimes the object spotted in the water is a snarled fishing line. Or a buoy.

Or something that might once have been the lid to an ice box. Not once – not yet at least – has it been a clue.

Anticipation has repeatedly turned into frustration in the search for signs of Flight 370 as objects spotted from planes in a new search area west of Australia have turned out to be garbage. It’s a timewasting distraction for air and sea crews searching for debris from the Malaysia Airlines flight that vanished March 8.

It also points to wider problems in the world’s oceans. “The ocean is like a plastic soup, bulked up with the croutons of these larger items,� said Los Angeles captain Charles Moore, an environmental advocate credited with bringing attention to an ocean gyre between Hawaii and California known as the Great Pacific Garbage

Patch, which by some accounts is about the size of Texas.

The world’s oceans have four more of these flotsam-collecting vortexes, Moore said, and the searchers, in an area about 1,850 kilometers (1,150 miles) west of Perth, have stumbled onto the eastern edge of a gyre in the Indian Ocean. “It’s like a toilet bowl that swirls but doesn’t flush,� Moore said.

The garbage patches are nothing like a typical city dump. In fact, most of the trash can’t even be seen: It’s composed of tiny bits of plastic bobbing just below the surface.

The larger items also tend to be plastic and are often fishing-related, Moore said. Though, he added, he has come across light bulbs, a toilet seat, and, bobbing off the California coast, a refrigerator, complete with defrosted orange juice.

Seattle oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer has been studying the phenomena of ocean debris for years. He said there

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An object floats in the southern Indian Ocean in this picture taken Saturday from a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. are smaller collections of garbage within the gyres. “If you go into a house you’ll find dust bunnies,� he said. “The ocean has a mass of dust bunnies, each moving about 10 miles a day.�

Ebbesmeyer said he’s fascinated by what happens to the trash that spews from the hundreds

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Khalil Gibran, a Lebanese artist, poet and writer who died in 1931, said, “The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.” I must remember that.

Look at the North and South hands. After East opens one spade, South ends in three no-trump. West leads a low spade. What should declarer do?

A one-no-trump overcall shows about 15.5-17.5 points – a tad stronger than a one-no-trump opening – because it is a dangerous bid to make. If the responder has a good hand, he will double for penalty, and unless the overcaller’s partner has a long

suit in which to seek refuge, the penalty could be sizable.

Note West’s lead. When a defender has not supported partner’s suit, giving length information is more impor-

tant than strength information. Leading a low card is a singleton or from at least three. (If West has raised, so is known to have length, he applies BoSToN: Bottom of Something, Top of Nothing.)

South starts with six top tricks: two spades (given the lead), three hearts and one club. He needs to establish three diamond winners.

Next, he should check the high-card points. Dummy has 10 and declarer holds 16.

That leaves 14 for the opponents. Since East opened the bidding, he clearly has the diamond ace.

South should take the first trick, play a heart to dummy’s ace, lead a diamond to his king, return a diamond, and play low from the dummy. When East’s ace appears, declarer has his nine tricks. © 2014 UFS

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Senator invokes FTC, tries to repeal 31-year-old law SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Illinois’ long-standing ban on Sunday automobile sales isn’t good for competition and can be harmful to the marketplace, according to federal regulatory officials.

Staff at the Federal Trade Commission said the state’s prohibition on Sunday automobile sales also makes it more difficult for drivers to shop around for the best deal.

The agency issued the statement late last week in response to a measure introduced by state Sen. Jim Oberweis, who wants to repeal the law that went into effect in 1983. Oberweis, a Sugar Grove Republican who’s pushing to lift the ban, asked the FTC to weigh in. “Sunday closings impair competition and harm consumers by making it more difficult for consumers to search for the vehicle that best

meets their needs and the dealer who offers their desired car at the lowest price and best terms of sale,� the agency said in a seven-page letter to Oberweis that was dated March 26.

Violators can face a $1,500 fine.

The ban is still supported by many car sellers, who said it cuts overhead, levels the playing field and gives employees a day off.

Larry Doll, legal counsel for the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association, told The (Springfield) State Journal-Register that a single-day closure doesn’t affect a sale. “A vehicle isn’t an impulse buy, so there’s a lot of planning that goes into that ahead of time,�

Doll said. “I don’t think that extra day is going to have an impact.�

But not everyone in the industry supports the ban.

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Automobiles are displayed Monday for sale at the Toyota dealership in Springfield. Federal regulators say Illinois’ longstanding ban on Sunday automobile sales isn’t good for competition and can be harmful to the marketplace.

Steve James owns Elite Auto Sales in Herrin and said he should be able to sell cars on Sundays. “Motorcycle dealers can be open on Sunday; why not the automobile industry?� he told WSIL-TV. “It does need to be an option. Let the dealership make the

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For his part, Oberweis said he doesn’t think the state should regulate when a business can be open. “We need to rethink the weak argument that car dealers should be closed Sundays to give their employees a day off and keep costs

down,� he said. “Plenty of other employers and stores set their hours – with full consideration of what their competition is doing – without input from the government.�

An effort to repeal the ban was defeated in a state Senate committee in 1987.

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help 10 U.S. cities

Billions at stake for companies; consumers might take biggest hit SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – The world’s two leading smartphone makers were back in federal court on Monday, accusing each other of stealing ideas and features.

The trial in Silicon Valley, which got underway with jury selection, marks the latest round in a long-running series of lawsuits between Apple Inc. and Samsung.

If Apple prevails in the current case, the cost to Samsung could reach $2 billion. Apple’s costs, if it loses the litigation, were expected to be about $6 million.

Whatever the outcome, it could be the consumer who ends up paying the ultimate price. Experts say the litigation could lead to more expensive smartphones and devices and slow the overall pace of mobile innovation. “The most direct effect of this patent fight on consumers would be if the judge blocked one of these popular phones from the market,� said Rutgers Law School professor Michael A. Car-

Chicago among 5 where grant will boost summer jobs

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In this Aug. 27, 2012, photo, the Apple iPhone 4s (left) is displayed next to the Samsung Galaxy S III at a store in San Francisco. Apple already has won nearly $1 billion in judgments against Samsung over patent infringements involving older-model devices. Now Apple is alleging Samsung’s newest devices also copied Apple technology. Jury selection for the case began Monday. rier. a counterclaim, SamCarrier said patent liti- sung says Apple stole gation costs businesses two of its ideas to use on time and money. iPhones and iPads. “What’s even more Jury selection could worrisome for the effect be challenging because on innovation is the the federal courthouse impact on small inno- in San Jose is just a vators,� said Carrier. 15-minute drive from “Apple and Samsung the Cupertino headcan afford this litigation. quarters of Apple.

The next upstart canMost prospective not.� jurors said they were at In the case in U.S. least somewhat familiar District Court, Apple is with the dispute, includaccusing Samsung of ing many who work for infringing on five pat- companies affiliated ents on newer devices, with either Samsung or including Galaxy smart- Apple. Some locals had phones and tablets. In strong opinions.

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NEW YORK (AP) – The Citi Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Citigroup Inc., will donate $50 million to improve youth employment opportunities in 10 large U.S. cities, the chairman of the organization told The Associated Press.

The commitment, which will be funded over three years, has been dubbed “Pathways to Progress� and will launch in June. The organization has partnered with the big-city mayors and nonprofits to train teens for the workforce, create summer job opportunities and encourage entrepreneurship for young adults to form their own businesses. “We know that a bank can’t create permanent jobs directly; if the federal government can’t do it, what hope do we have to do it alone?� Edward Skyler, chairman of the Citi Foundation, told the AP in an interview.

The program announced Monday will launch in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Miami,

Dallas, St. Louis, Newark, N.J., and Washington.

The donation will be directed to nonprofit organizations that will work in tandem with local mayors’ offices.

There will be three major components to the project’s first wave that should help about 100,000 people in total, Skyler said.

The foundation and Points of Light, a volunteer organization, will launch AmericCorps programs in all 10 cities.

Teenagers will develop leadership and teambuilding skills through volunteer and community service programs such as school revitalization projects, creating care packages for veterans and seniors, and organizing food drives.

In five of the cities – New York, Miami, Dallas, Chicago and San Francisco – the grant also will directly create paid summer jobs for teenagers and young adults who otherwise would be unemployed and more susceptible to the temptations of the street. The jobs, which for many will be their first for a paycheck, include staffing summer camps, parks, cultural organizations and government offices.

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WHITE SOX 5, TWINS 3

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Pirates first baseman Travis Ishikawa reaches to tag Chicago Cubs Emilio Bonifacio, as he dives back to first on a pick-off attempt in the tenth inning on Monday in Pittsburgh. The Pirates won 1-0 in ten innings.

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White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale tips his cap to the fans as he leaves Monday’s game against the Twins at U.S. Cellular Field. Sale pitched 7 1/3 innings, as Chicago won its season opener 5-3.

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Missed chances frustrate Cubs Sox encouraged by strong start

BY MARK GONZALES Chicago Tribune

PITTSBURGH – Anthony Rizzo answered every question patiently, albeit with his hands on his hips.

Rizzo’s body language Monday summed up the state of the Cubs after a maddening 1-0 loss to the Pirates on opening day that was decided when Neil Walker led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a home run off Carlos Villanueva.

The Cubs could take solace that they ran up the pitch count on Pirates ace Francisco Liriano so that he had to be pulled after six innings, while Jeff Samardzija pitched seven efficient innings.

But Liriano could have been lifted sooner, if the Cubs were able to capitalize on any of the seven at-bats they had

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Did you know? s Jeff Samardzija is first Cubs pitcher with consecutive scoreless starts on opening day since Lon Warneke in 1933-34. with runners in scoring position against Liriano. They finished with no hits in 11 at-bats with runners in scoring position.

Their lack of clutch hitting, combined with the new replay system that cost them a potential rally, left them with a blend of frustration, optimism and bemusement.

“I had three opportunities to drive in a run,’’ Rizzo said after striking out twice and hitting a feeble pop to third with a runner at second. “It’s Game 1 of 162.

You learn from it and move on.”

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With his head down and a straight face, Chris Sale walked to the dugout in the eighth inning Monday before acknowledging the ovation coming from the stands at U.S. Cellular Field with a slight tip of his cap.

The left-hander didn’t much let on while he was on the field for his second opening-day start, but he and the White Sox experienced some fun and some relief in finally taking a step into a new season with a 5-3 victory over the Twins.

Certainly nobody was claiming the rebirth of Sox success after one victory, but they were able to pinpoint some positives, which was not always easy in a 2013 season of 99 losses.

“Everyone who was a part of that last year has a little chip on their shoulder,”

s Alejandro De Aza became first White Sox to have multiple home runs on Opening Day in a home game since Minnie Minoso in 1960.

Sale said. “We have something to prove, not only to everyone else but to ourselves. Getting a win today was big for us, and we’ll just keep making strides from there.”

Sale pitched 7 1/3 innings, allowing five hits and three earned runs, walking one and striking out eight in his second career victory on opening day. He struck out four of the final five batters he faced and retired 11 of his final 12, but for a double by Aaron Hicks to start the eighth inning.

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BASEBALL | BYRON 15, DIXON 4

Fleeger’s slam slams Dukes Six-run fifth dooms Dixon in home opener against Byron

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DIXON – Opportunities for a big inning were going cheap on Monday at Veterans Memorial Park, but neither the host Dukes or Byron wanted to take advantage of the sale through four innings.

Instead, the Byron Tigers waited and were rewarded in the fifth inning. A six-run tally opened up a back-and-forth affair and led to 15-4 victory in Dixon’s home opener.

Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com “We know against good teams Dixon’s Nate Grocke advances to third during the second inning we can’t let chances to score of Monday’s game against Byron. The Dukes plated one run in runs go by,” Byron catcher Jack the inning, but lost 15-4.

Fleeger said. “Getting a run here

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Fleeger delivered the crushing blow, a two-out grand slam in the fifth off Brandon Jagitsch. The bags became juiced after errors on consecutive plays.

Fleeger lifted a 1-1 pitch over the left-field fence.

“That was the momentum changer,” Fleeger said. “We had left runners on early in the game. We needed something big.”

Jagitsch was in relief of A.J. Murdock (0-1). After playing three games over the weekend at the Galesburg tournament and with four more games slated for the week, the Dukes’ ranks on the mound were thin.

Jagitsch isn’t considered a pitcher. Yet, both Murdock and Jagitsch battled and did a nice job of getting ground balls. The defense, which committed six errors, didn’t back them up.

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f you wondered what the end of the Blackhawks’ championship hopes might look like, then Jonathan Toews crumpling along the boards after a devastating hit by Brooks Orpik in Pittsburgh on Sunday night qualifies as one depressing example.

Toews had his head down. Orpik drilled him. I don’t think we’ll be needing Grant Park this June.

Toews is the most indispensable Hawk. He does everything in every situation, and he seems to do it first and best. He’s the hardest-working and the most talented all-around Hawk, the way a captain should be.

Now he’s injured, and nobody is saying how badly, or for how long as the playoffs loom in 16 days.

Joel Quenneville said he doesn’t think it’s serious. This would be a good time for the coach to be right, because the hit looked serious enough to give every other Stanley Cup contender new hope.

NBC Sports Network analyst Mike Milbury said Orpik hits to hurt players. He should.

That’s the object of the exercise, if done legally.

Milbury seemed to want to call Orpik a cheap-shot artist, but the tough-talking analyst pulled that punch.

Whatever, if you get the chance to legitimately check a guy out of the game, you do it.

And Orpik’s hit looked legal. Orpik appeared to hit Toews with both skates on the ice at contact, launching as part of the follow-through.

Something else, people: Toews has a responsibility here, too. He has to keep to his head up, and he knows it.

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There’s no reason any opponent would ease up on the Hawks’ best player, and he knows that, too. Every opponent targets him first and hardest.

Keith Jones, the other NBC Sports Network studio analyst, didn’t seem to like the lack of caveman response by the Hawks, the default setting for old analysts.

No, Hawks players did not immediately jump Orpik, which would’ve

drawn a penalty and perhaps a suspension.

The Hawks had a game to win. They needed points to gain home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

Truth is, the troglodyte talking heads didn’t realize the Hawks were displaying playoff-like discipline.

And an additional truth is this: It doesn’t matter if the hit was dirty or cried for an answer. It only matters to the Hawks’ future that Toews appeared to be hurt badly.

Even with Toews, the Hawks might not repeat as Stanley Cup champions. Without him, I can’t see them even beating Colorado in the first round.

The Hawks already had an issue at center, no matter what Stan Bowman thought. Without Toews, the Hawks

would be a complete doughnut.

Perhaps Toews will come back for the playoffs, or perhaps earlier, but I’m not confident he’ll return in top form, not when an injury to his left arm or shoulder area easily could hamper everything from faceoffs to shooting.

Same goes for Patrick Kane, just substitute a knee hampering everything from his speed to his power-play talent to his world-class game of keepaway.

The Hawks already were playing badly without Kane. They look disorganized, their best players are making some of the worst mistakes, and they seem to have little confidence.

Now this.

We can hope Quenneville’s right. We can hope it’s not serious. Otherwise, it’s baseball season.

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Will Power left a late dinner and headed out on foot through the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, where nearly every stranger he passed congratulated him on his win.

It was the same way at the restaurant, as diner after diner stopped by his table. Even the manager, who moved things around on a crowded Sunday night to accommodate the winner of the season-opening IndyCar Series race.

Power was a bit embarrassed. But attention is the price of winning, and Power had not done much of that over the last 23 months.

After opening the 2012 season with three consecutive wins, Power fell into an unusual slump.

He didn’t win again that season, but used consistency to remain in the title hunt, only to cough away his chance at the title by crashing early in the finale.

It was a heartbreaking defeat for Power, who lost the championship in the final race of the season for the third consecutive year.

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Will Power learned a lot from a difficult season on the track in 2013. He’s won four of the last six IndyCar races, including Sunday’s season opener in St. Petersburg. lian. His fitness and diet regime are obsessive, his quirks can be considered eccentric and Power has been accused more than once of being consumed by racing, and what it takes to be a champion.

Yet as he slumped through most of 2013 – he was winless the first 14 races and the 1-year anniversary of his last victory came and went – Power found that he’d never been happier.

He learned to accept defeat.

It required him learning how to let it go, to stop obsessing over the smallest of details, and to go into every race weekend determined to have some fun and not stress about

the championship. “I’ve just got to keep reminding myself, ‘It doesn’t matter if you lose,’� Power said after Sunday’s win. “You’ve just got to keep reminding yourself that it’s a race, and you race hard to win a race. I just race now, race hard. That’s the only way to think of it, not think of points. “I want to win a championship, but I like winning races. Hopefully, the two come together and it happens.�

It finally came together for Power in the 15th race last season at Sonoma, where he picked up his first win of the year. He won at Houston, and again in the season finale at Fontana, the same

place he’d crashed away the championship a year before.

Power finished fourth in the final standings, his worst result since he became a full-time driver for Team Penske in 2010. But he won three of the final five races, and that was good enough for him. “I hate attention. I just loved last year. No one paid attention. I could just do my thing,� he said. “I hope it continues. I don’t want people to talk about me. I like to be low key. I don’t like to be in the limelight.�

And he wasn’t during the offseason or the buildup to the St. Pete opener.

The attention was instead on new teammate Juan Pablo Montoya’s return to IndyCar, after more than a decade away, or Tony Kanaan’s move to replace Dario Franchitti at Target/Chip Ganassi Racing.

Nothing about Power.

That changed Sunday, when he led a racehigh 74 of 110 laps and cruised to the win. That makes four of the last six, dating back to last season’s strong close, and now one can’t help but wonder if Power will again be in the mix to win everything this year.

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Bill Lee Greul tossed five innings, allowing one earned run and two hits to lead Morrison to a 7-3 victory over Newman on Monday in Morrison.

Mason Sitzmore singled twice and drove in two runs to pace the Mustangs’ attack. Andy Bird scored two runs.

Erie-Prophetstown 11, Fulton 7:

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The Bulls’ Joakim Noah goes to the basket between Celtics forward Brandon Bass (left) and center Kelly Olynyk during Monday’s game in Chicago. The Bulls won 94-80.

Bulls take two from Celtics Upends Boston for second day in row

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CHICAGO – The game had a playoff vibe, at least in one respect.

It was not because of the opponent, the overmatched Celtics.

But given that the Bulls left Boston with a win Sunday, Monday’s game gave them the rare opportunity for a 2-day, twogame sweep. “It’s good preparation,� coach Tom Thibodeau said, “for what’s coming down the road.�

The Celtics have just two road victories against teams better than .500, but they did provide a solid test. The Bulls finally pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 94-80 victory, moving into a tie with the Raptors for the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference. “We understand the Raptors lost tonight [in

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Mike Dunleavy scored a game-high 22 points, with Joakim Noah (19) and Jimmy Butler (18) not far behind. Noah and Gibson had 11 rebounds, and D.J. Augustin dished out 11 assists.

The Bulls trailed by as many as nine points in the second quarter, but got back to even shortly after Kirk Hinrich outraced Jerryd Bayless for a loose ball and fed Noah for lefty lay-in. Hinrich missed a 3-point try, but Butler cleaned it up for a 48-48 tie.

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Owen McConnell homered and drove in four runs to lead the Panthers past the Steamers in Prophetstown.

Also for E-P (1-2), Jordan Chandler and Ethan Howard each drove in two runs.

Ethan Jones, Paul Velasco and Trey Simmons each had two hits for Fulton.

Rock Island 9, Sterling 0: The Golden Warriors committed seven errors and didn’t have a hit in a road loss to the Rocks.

Estaban Sosa took the loss for Sterling (0-3), allowing eight runs (two earned) and 11 hits in three innings.

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Oregon third baseman Josh Cook fields a ground ball during Monday’s game against Rockford East in Oregon. The Hawks lost 16-7. beat the visiting Rams.

River Ridge 4, West Carroll 0: Shaun Magill and Marshall

Benters combined to give up just one hit, but the Thunder dropped a road game to the Wildcats.

Magill and Josh Sullivan each Rockford East 16, Oregon 7: had doubles for West Carroll.

Matt Murray tripled and drove in three runs for the Hawks in a Boys tennis home loss to the E-Rabs.

Dixon 5, Jefferson 0: The Dukes Skylar Short also drove in two began their season with a blankruns for Oregon (1-0). Taylor ing of the J-Hawks at the Emma Brubaker took the loss, allow- Hubbs Tennis Courts. ing eight runs and seven hits and John Brechon and Sam Bratt three innings. won singles matches, while Amboy 4, Riverdale 2: Logan Keenan Longan and Zach Healy, Thake tossed six innings, allowing Ian South and Justin Wilson, and just one hit and four walks while Andy Clark and Brandon Helstriking out nine, and the Clippers frich won in doubles.

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Ehlers and Jeff Casey won individual events for West Carroll in a five-team meet held at River Ridge High School.

Competing were Pearl City (100.5), Glena co-op (80.5), West Carroll (74), Lena-Winslow (70.5) and Dakota (27.5).

Ehlers won the 300 hurdles (48.2), while Casey won the 1,600 (5:33.8).

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ley dropped a pair of road games to Illinois Valley, 4-0 in the opener and 6-3 in the nightcap. Mario Pacheco and Drake Maltry were the losing pitchers.

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Lexy Staples tossed six shutout innings, and Shannon Long smacked two home runs to lead Sterling to a 10-0 victory in six innings against visiting Freeport on Monday.

Staples (3-0) allowed just two hits, struck out 10 and didn’t walk a batter in six innings. Long drove in five runs, and Karlie Mellott added a pair of RBIs. Emily McDonald smacked a double and a triple.

Dixon 9, Byron 3: Erin Smith went the distance for the Duchesses, allowing two earned runs, seven hits and four walks in a win over the Tigers

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Smith helped her own cause by going 4-for-5 at the plate with an RBI. Bre Grobe tripled, singled and scored three runs, while Haley Fitzsimmons added a pair of RBIs.

Amboy 13, Riverdale 3, 6 innings: Micaela

McCoy tripled, singled and drove in two runs as the Clippers handled the Rams in Amboy.

Karlee Doege got the win, allowing four hits and three walks while

striking out six in six Brooke Stralow drove innings. in three runs for MorriErie-Prophetstown 13, son (2-0, 1-0 Three RivFulton 3, 5 innings: Kylie ers North), and Shannon Ackerman went 3-for-3, Finneran added two.

Forreston-Polo wins drove in four runs and was the winning pitcher t w o : The Cardinals as the Panthers handled rolled to a pair of victothe Steamers in Prophet- ries – 14-0, 10-0 – against Scales-Mound-River stown.

Also for Erie-Prophet- Ridge on the road. stown (3-1, 1-0 Three Riv- Destiny Darmon had ers North), Laykin Miner four hits, including a was 3-for-3 and scored triple and a double, in three runs, while Emily the opener. Meg Cullor Cox singled twice, walked had three hits, including once, scored three runs a double, in the second game. and drove in four.

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runs in the bottom of the fifth to finish off a runrule win against the visiting Comets.

aged just two hits in a non-conference road loss to the Pioneers, who rapped out 19 hits.

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Notre Dame guard Jewell Loyd drives to the basket during Monday’s NCAA tournament game against Baylor in South Bend, Ind. The Irish won 88-69.

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Jewell Loyd scored 30 points and unbeaten Notre Dame advance to the Final Four for a fourth straight season with a 88-69 win over Baylor.

Natalie Achonwa added 19 points and 15 rebounds for the top-seeded Irish (36-0).

Notre Dame became the sixth school to reach the Final Four in four straight seasons, joining UConn, LSU, Stanford, Louisiana Tech and Tennessee.

The loss ended the brilliant career of Baylor guard Odyssey Sims, who finished this season with 1,054 points – eight short of Jackie Stiles’ NCAA record for a single season.

Sims scored 33 points for Baylor (32-5), but had little help on offense.

da-Lewis continued her splendid run through the NCAA tournament with 17 points in Lincoln, Neb., and Connecticut advanced to the women’s Final Four for the seventh straight year.

The defending national champion Huskies (380) won their 44th straight game and will be going for their record ninth national championship in Nashville. Their semifinal opponent Sunday will be either Stanford or North Carolina.

Stefanie Dolson, who made her 150th career start to tie the NCAA record, had 14 points and 10 rebounds and blocked a career-high eight shots.

Courtney Walker led Texas A&M (27-9) with 14 points.

“I don’t know what team that was,� Dixon coach Sam Gallucci said. “I can’t remember us ever playing like that. It certainly wasn’t the team that I saw this weekend that beat Galesburg and Knoxville.�

After falling behind 2-0, Dixon (2-2) looked like it might get a big inning in the second after Ryan Dixon and Nate Grocke started the inning with walks and Jagitsch was hit by a pitch.

Jagitsch was the last batter that starter Jeff Lilliard faced. In came Dennis Reedy to face Riley Mehrens.

Reedy fanned Mehrens and then coaxed Cody Mighell into an infield fly. The pop up wasn’t caught, and Dixon scored on the ensuing confusion.

Another flyout and Dixon had managed a lone run from the threat. “I think after that the energy was out of us,�

Mighell said. “We were hanging our heads a bit.

I think we were feeling the pressure a little bit, because it was our first home game.�

Mighell, who threw a

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Dixon’s center fielder Cody Mighell dives after a ball during Monday’s 15-4 loss to Byron at Veterans Memorial Field. runner out at third base from center field in the first, had the Dukes’ biggest hit. He connected for an RBI double that bounded off the centerfield fence in the fourth. “That felt really good,�

Mighell said. “Over the weekend, I only had a squeeze bunt. I was glad to make some good contact today.�

Reedy went the rest of the way for Byron. “Reedy came in and got out of a tough situation,� Byron coach Tom Schmidt said. “He kept working out there.

With Rock Falls tomorrow (today), we wanted to save our pitching a bit. Now, we can go out with our ace against their ace.�

The Tigers play at Rock Falls today at 4:30 p.m. in a battle of two of the favorites in the Big Northern West.

Steeger finished his day with another home run in the seventh inning. In all, he had three hits, two home runs and six RBIs. Conner Sperling had an RBI double for Dixon.

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One-hit wonder Yadier Molina got the loudest boos during pregame introductions. The five-time All-Star catcher got booed again as he rounded the bases for his game-turning homer.

On opening day, he was driving them batty in Cincinnati again.

Molina broke a seventhinning tie with a home run and made a pair of slick defensive plays on Monday, leading the defending National League champion St. Louis Cardinals to a 1-0 victory over the Reds.

Everyone knew the star of this one. “Matt Holliday said it best when we were coming in shaking hands: ‘Yadi wins,’� starter Adam Wainwright said.

It wasn’t all Molina. The Cardinals’ impeccable pitching was in top form, too.

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Wainwright used his refined sinker to finally get the best of the Reds, who have hit him like no other team. Wainwright allowed three hits in seven innings, fanning nine. “I’ve never pitched

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great against the Reds,� said Wainwright, who threw 105 pitches. “Today, I wanted to make the emphasis on executing pitches. I tried to simplify it as much as possible.�

Brewers 2, Braves 0:

Brewers star Ryan Braun drew a standing ovation in his return from a drug suspension, then was ruled out in the first call overturned under baseball’s expanded replay system, as Milwaukee beat visiting Atlanta.

Braun went 1 for 4 and stole a base in the fourth inning that helped set up a two-run double by Aramis Ramirez.

A smattering of boos during Braun’s first atbat was easily drowned out by the overwhelming applause. The former MVP was suspended for the final 65 games last year in the Biogenesis doping scandal.

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First-year manager Rick Renteria provided a peek at his style by giving lefthanded hitter Nate Schierholtz a start against Liriano despite Liriano’s past dominance against left-handers, and Schierholtz rewarded Renteria with a leadoff single in the fifth.

Renteria also showed he believes in sacrifice bunts, with two of the Cubs’ three attempts being executed, but none resulting in runs.

In the eighth, after Emilio Bonifacio led off with a double, Junior Lake was instructed to execute a sacrifice bunt.

The rally dissolved when Bonifacio was caught in a rundown between third base and home that preceded Rizzo’s popup. “I don’t mind putting us in a position to score,�

Renteria said. “I don’t mind giving us those opportunities to see if I can get some guys behind [Lake] to drive him in. We can hit-and-run, or do any number of things. I could have squeezed, or done any number of things. I didn’t. We just weren’t able to drive it in.�

Bonifacio had four of the Cubs’ six hits, but he was ruled out on a replay reversal after originally being called safe at first on a pick-off attempt with one out in the 10th.

After he used three

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The Pirates’ Neil Walker (18) rounds second after hitting a walk-off solo home run off Cubs relief pitcher Carlos Villanueva as Cubs third baseman Luis Valbuena walks off the field during the 10th inning of Monday’s game in Pittsburgh.) relievers, the situation called for Renteria to employ Villanueva – the Cubs’ scheduled starter on Sunday – to start the bottom of the 10th.

After allowing the homer to Walker on a high 3-2 changeup, Villanueva scoffed at the suggestion he would be surprised to be summoned in the 10th.

“Why would I be in the bullpen?� said Villanueva, who likely will return to the bullpen permanently when Jake Arrieta returns from a stiff right shoulder. “If I’m in the bullpen, I expect to pitch – early, late, whenever. I was ready and felt fine. I just threw a high changeup, and [Walker] took me out.’’

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Newly named closer Matt Lindstrom earned his first save since 2011, after allowing one hit in a scoreless ninth inning. “I like where we’re at,�

Sale said of his pitching. “My slider was probably a tick off today, but my changeup was a little better than it usually is.

[Catcher Tyler Flowers] and I worked together and got out of it alive.�

Afterward, Sox manager Robin Ventura said Sale’s increased maturity and experience have made the pitcher who turned 25 on Sunday “as good as anyone in the league.� “We feel confident when we go out there with him,� Ventura said.

Sale didn’t always have the run support he needed in going 11-14 with a 3.07 ERA last season, but he rattled off a list of players who helped pro-

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The White Sox won 5-3. vide it Monday – Alejandro De Aza, Jose Abreu and Adam Eaton.

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LOVELAND MUSEUM...

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STERLING 3 Bedroom Ranch w/basement + applcs. 1 car garage 1419 Lanewood Dr 815-973-4282

A room w/kitchenette. All util. No pets. $350 mo. + dep. Non-smoking.

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Attractive 1 & 2 BR. apts. with some utilities. Sterling & Rock Falls.

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815-732-7662.

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DIXON MANOR APTS- 1BD CLEAN QUIET, WALK TO DOWNTOWN, ONSITE LAUNDRY, APPLIANCES INCLUDED, HEAT, WATER INCLUDED. CALL ERICK 815-739-5806

FULTON – Great 2 bedroom apartments available now starting at $462 a month!

Rent includes water, sewer and garbage pickup.

On-site laundry, major appliances, off street parking and air conditioning. Please call 1800-686-5165 or (608)822-7368.

This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

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Rent includes all appliances and onsite laundry also includes a chair lift for person with difficulty in climbing stairs. Call today at 877-815-5557.

This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

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2BR, appl. incl. Pet friendly. $475/mo.

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Great North Side location w/river view. Beautiful Lg. 2BR, garage, W/D. No pets.

Refs. $585/mo. 815-4417503.

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1BR, Mt. Morris. $310/mo. + dep., 815-508-2345

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815-625-7043 1BR, $425 mo, includes util. East Rt. 30. 815-508-2345

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641-777-7261

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2 Bed Duplex in Sterling, Very nice Great location, basement, w/ w/d hook up, $545/mo., Call 815-622-2725 snlrentals.com 2BR Townhouse, 1831 N. 2nd Ave. 1½ BA, C/A, lots of storage. 1100 sq. ft. w/garage. $600 mo. + dep., util. refs. 815-652-4517 Upper 1BR, $500/mo. (Inc. Utilities) downtown.

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

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-RFC1, ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff, -v.CAROLYN L PURSELL F/K/A CAROLYN L. ADAMS, et al Defendant 13 CH 124 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 5, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on April 23, 2014, at the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 East Knox Street front door entrance, MORRISON, IL, 61270, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Lot 19 in Block 2 in Fairview Subdivision in the Northwest Quarter of Section 33, Township 21 North, Range 7 East of the 4th P.M., Whiteside County, Illinois. Situated in Whiteside County, Illinois.

Commonly known as 1311 14TH AVE, Rock Falls, IL 61071 Property Index No. 11-33-103-019. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $92,278.84. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted.

The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 239-3432. Please refer to file number 13IL00119-1. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 239-3432 Attorney File No. 13IL00119-1 Case Number: 13 CH 124 TJSC#: 34-4257 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Notice is hereby given to all persons that the official City of Sterling Zoning Map illustrating existing zoning districts, regulations and classifications of the City of Sterling in effect on and prior to December 31, 2013, is available for public inspection at City Hall in the Coliseum Building, 212 Third Avenue, Sterling, Illinois, during regular business hours or at the City's website http://www.sterling-il.govwww.sterling-il.gov. This notice is provided in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 65 ILCS 5/11-13-19 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes.

Marie Rombouts, City Clerk City of Sterling Dated this 1st day of April, 2014.

April 1st, 2014

The Village of Lyndon by authorization of the Mayor and board of Trustees, is accepting bids to install approximately 1/10th mile of 10 inch storm drain from 4th St. E, East to 1st St. E. Work will include one catch basin adjacent to well #1. One catch basin South of parking area at Richmond Park. The drain line is to be connected at existing catch basin and new catch basins. This work will also include one approved check valve and animal barrier at the termination of the line. The last section of pipe will be PVC and restoration of all ROW and A to scale drawing of completed work. Pipe will be 10 inch sand slit. All bids must comply with the Illinois prevailing wage act.

All bids should be sent to: Village of Lyndon, C/O Mike Williamson, Superintendent of Public Works.

PO Box 217 Lyndon, IL 61261 Bids due by May 1, 2014.

Shelly Moore, Village Clerk

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W12-0569 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF LEE - DIXON, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-6 Plaintiff, vs.

MICHAEL E. KUYKENDALL; ANNETTE GROVER; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MICHAEL. KUYKENDALL, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANNETTE GROVER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 85 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on September 12, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at the hour of 2:00 p.m. in the office of Patrick E. Ward, Ward and Ward, 316 South Peoria, Dixon, Illinois 61021, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH. RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 1686.64 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CREST VIEW HEIGHTS UNIT ONE, A SUBDIVISION AS RECORDED IN THE LEE COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE, SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND; THENCE NORTH 1 DEGREE 05 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID CREST VIEW HEIGHTS UNIT ONE, A DISTANCE OF 625.29 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 28 SECONDS EAST. A DISTANCE OF 690.46 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 13 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET: THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 28 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 13 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, DISTANCE OF 575.83 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 25; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 58 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 741.98 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. ALSO, A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR ACCESS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANCE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CREST VIEW HEIGHTS UNIT ONE, A SUBDIVISION AS RECORDED IN THE LEE COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE, THENCE NORTH 1 DEGREE 06 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID CREST VIEW HEIGHTS UNIT ONE A DISTANCE OF 625.29 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED ACCESS EASEMENT; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 1 DEGREE 05 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST. A DISTANCE OF 376.63 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 51 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 10 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 24.14 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A CURVE; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID LINE BEING CURVED TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 133.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 50 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS, A CHORD BEARING OF SOUTH 26 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 10 SECONDS EAST, AND AN ARC DISTANCE OF 116.06 FEET TO THE TERMINATION OF SAID CURVE; THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 05 MINUTES 10 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 142.95 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF THE CURVE; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID LINE BEING CURVED TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 50.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 22 SECONDS A CHORD BEARING OF SOUTH 46 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST AND AN ARC DISTANCE OF 78.66 FEET TO THE TERMINATION OF SAID CURVE; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 28 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 574.18 FEET; THENCE NORTH 1 DEGREE 13 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 28 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 13 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, DISTANCE OF 166.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 28 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 1 DEGREE 13 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 28 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF '690.46 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 1185 Bay Drive, Dixon, IL 61021.

P.I.N. 07-02-25-400-024.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W12-0569.

April 1, 8, 15, 2014

Lucille C. Bohn Estate is offering sealed bids for 80 (76 tillable) acres of property located in Section 23 of Harmon Township of Lee County, Illinois. Bids must be submitted by April 15, 2014 by mail to Bohn Estate Attn: R. Bauer 109 Hickory Lane, Kirkland, Illinois, 60146. Bids will be opened privately and considered by Estate as to whether they wish to accept or reject bid offers. Property has been leased for the year of 2014.

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The Village of Lyndon by authorization of the Mayor and Board of Trustees, is accepting bids to install 6" water line on First St E. New line is to be Five and 1/2 feet deep. This work extends from Fifth Ave. E. along First St. East approximately 3/10th of a mile, then North along Ninth Ave. East to Second ST. East. Existing four inch line to be retired in place. Work includes transferring all services to new main, installing two new hydrants and valves. Work also includes restoration of all ROW, with updated mapping at completion. Materials include 6 inch 909 PVC pipe, all main valves, hydrants, corp. valves and curb stop valves are to be Mueller. All bids must comply with the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act. For more information contact Mike Williamson, Superintendent of Public Works at 815/778-4484 All bids should be sent to: Village of Lyndon, c/o Mike Williamson PO Box 217, Lyndon, IL 61261 Bids due

by May 1, 2014 Shelly Moore Village Clerk

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April 1st, 8th, 2014

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF No. 14 P 34 SUZANNE ZIOLKOWSKI Deceased.

Claim Notice Notice is given to creditors of the death of Suzanne Ziolkowski. Letters of Office were issued on March 7, 2014 to Michelle Phillips, as independent administrator, whose attorney of record is John E. Miller, of MILLER, LANCASTER & WALKER, P.C., 15 East Third Street, P.O. Box 535, Sterling, Illinois, 61081.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's office. Whiteside County Courthouse, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with the representative, or both on or before the 1st day of October, 2014, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 183 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Michelle Phillips, Independent Representative for the Estate John E. Miller MILLER, LANCASTER & WALKER, P.C. Attorneys for the Representative 15 E. Third Street, P.O. Box 535 Sterling, IL 61081 (815) 625-0600 April 1st 8th 15th, 2014 CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY,ILLINOIS ESTATE OF BETTE L. SHERMAN Deceased.

No.14 P 38 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of BETTE L. SHERMAN. Letters of Office were issued to MIDLAND STATES BANK, Attm: Connie Bontz, 101 W. First Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021, as Independent Representative, whose attorneys are WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C., 202 E. 5th Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with a Representative, or both, on or before October 3, 2014, 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 (l0) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 26th day of March, 2014.

MIDLAND STATES BANK

By Connie Bontz, Independent Representative Mark E. Zumdahl WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. Attorneys for Estate 202 E. 5th Street Sterling, IL 61081-0400 815-625-8200 April 1, 8, 15, 2014

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Sterling Rentals Newer 2 Bedroom $599.00 & Up Applcs., Fireplaces 2002 3rd Ave. 1836 First Ave. 606 W. Lefevre 2 BR $535.00 1 BR $465.00 1 Studio $390.00 Partial Heat, Water, Sewer, Refuse Removal, Laundry Facilities, Satellite

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Cute, Clean Remodeled, 2BR 2 Bath house w/ garage, stove & refrig. incl. No smoking. No Pets. $675 815-440-0927 For Rent Condominium On the River Boat Dock Incl.

2BR 2BA Upper & Lower, 1400 sq. ft., 1 Car garage Snow removal Lawn care $925/mo. + util.

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STERLING RTO 2BR $49,900 $5,000 down.4413515.Agent owned.

W12-0569 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF LEE - DIXON, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-6 Plaintiff, vs.

MICHAEL E. KUYKENDALL; ANNETTE GROVER; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MICHAEL. KUYKENDALL, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANNETTE GROVER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 85 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on September 12, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at the hour of 2:00 p.m. in the office of Patrick E. Ward, Ward and Ward, 316 South Peoria, Dixon, Illinois 61021, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1185 Bay Drive, Dixon, IL 61021.

P.I.N. 07-02-25-400-024.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W12-0569.

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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-RFC1, ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff, -v.CAROLYN L PURSELL F/K/A CAROLYN L. ADAMS, et al Defendant 13 CH 124 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 5, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on April 23, 2014, at the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 East Knox Street front door entrance, MORRISON, IL, 61270, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1311 14TH AVE, Rock Falls, IL 61071 Property Index No. 11-33-103-019. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $92,278.84. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 2393432. Please refer to file number 13IL00119-1. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 239-3432 Attorney File No. 13IL00119-1 Case Number: 13 CH 124 TJSC#: 34-4257 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Lifetime Job Placement. VA Benefits Eligible! 1-877994-9904 Now taking applications. Apply in person at: Forest Inn, 20657 Lincoln Hwy, Morrison.

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SERVICE DIRECTORY SAUK VALLEY

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Automotive

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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antique furniture, fishing tackle, toys, post cards junk. 815-445-6151

APPLIANCES

710

CLOVER HILLS LEASE TO OWN APPLIANCES TV’S MATTRESSES

815.625.8529

WOOD / FUEL

746

Mixed Hardwood $80/pickup load Delivered 779-423-4249

FURNITURE

755

4 new wrought iron wood counter stools. $175 815499-5623 Burlington honey pine trestle dining table 2 leaves, 6 chairs, buffet and hutch. $900 815625-7618 Marshfield Love Seat, light color Beige good condition. $150. 815288-3956 Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

762

Like new hospital chair! $650 obo 815-973-6922

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 765

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PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 Free Cat, 9mo old female Calico free to good home.

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For information call 625-3600 or 284-2222

SugarDoodles: $600. Call 563212-7307

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS No person or business, unless properly licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State, may sell ticket(s) for any sporting event or otherwise, for more than the price printed upon the face of the said ticket(s).

Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE (17) Cedar Boards, 1x5½, 7' to17'. $60 total.

815-9463572 (2) Raynor Garage doors, complete.

7x18 & 7x9. Insulated. $600 total 815-946-3572 200 Antique beer can collection. $75 takes all. 815-2883798 2000 oak kitchen cabinets Carpet 69¢sq/ft Builder Discount 626-4561 5,000 mulch, fertilizer, lawn care, Scott's Crad Grass Preventer. $25 Builders Discount 50 Steel Studs 2.5 in. wide x 11 ft. long. $100 815677-0896 Auto repair books, '18,'51,'52,'54,'59,' 68,'70,'87 $100 815-288-4897 Blacktop Seal Coating Early Order Discounts Fritz Asphalt 815-499-2940

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE Corn fed beef.

Buy ¼ or ½. Dave Stuart, 815-7724759.

Glazed porcelain 6x6 beige tiles.

Qty 34. $30 (815) 284-2685 Invacare Storm Series Powerchair, many extras, only driven 20-30 mi., 815-499-1513 Iphone 5 Coach hard plastic case Orange/White. $20 815-677-0292 Ladies Blue suede sports jacket, size small.

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FARM SERVICES

865

Will recycle concrete or asphalt at your location. 815631-7070.

AUTOMOBILES

905

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AUTOMOBILES

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ad runs for 30 days in Sauk Valley Classifieds, 4 Ogle County Papers, The Review and saukvalley.com all for only $38!

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HAVING TROUBLE wording your ad? Call our classified department today. We'll be glad to help you. 626SOLD or 284SOLD.

★ NEW TODAY ★ Red 2007 Honda Rebel 250CC 13K mi. $2,000 FIRM 815-499-9214

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★ NEW TODAY ★ 2002 Ford Escape 4x4 XLT. 123K. New brakes & shocks. Clean. Realtor owned program vehicle. $4995. Call 815718-0956.

VANS

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1998 Plymouth Grand Voyager, power everything, low mileage, runs exc. $1600 815988-2550

4X4S

912

1996 GMC Sierra, 123K mi., runs great, $3500 815590-9511 1997 Chevy Silverado ½ ton 4x4, 190K mi., regular cab, good cond., lt brown, $4,000 815-499-7443 1998 Toyota T100 ext. cab. 192K mi.

Everything works! $4,000. Call 815303-5971. ★4 wheel drive★ 4 door, 2002 Chevy Blazer 815-631-6678

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1993 Gulf Stream Conquest motor home.

71,875mi.

Sleeps 8. Runs great! $3,000. 815441-1014.

2001 Black Harley Davidson Road King Classic, low mi., great cond., many Harley extras, MP3 player. $8000/obo 815285-2042

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