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THE PEOPLE’S VOICE | STERLING’S HISPANIC HISTORY

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Many silver linings to share R

emember the telephone game? I was so good at telephone.

In fact, sometimes it felt too easy. All I had to do was listen closely and repeat the message. Cakewalk.

I’m about to play telephone on a much grander scale. I anticipate losing, to some extent. But I’m not going to let that scare me away from playing.

Attending the “Bringing Our Silver History to Life” seminar this week, hearing the stories told by Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch, then more stories from Frank Aguilar and Ermelinda Lewis, opened the gate to innumerable tales aching to be told.

They are the stories of a rich Hispanic community that,

christopher HEIMERMAN Grub Hub takes to the Wheel

Heimerman is the Night News Editor at Sauk Valley Media.

He can be reached at cheimerman@ saukvalley. com or 800-798-4085, ext. 5523.

In his latest “Grub Hub” feature on saukvalley.com, SVM reporter Jermaine Pigee tries out the pork tenderloin at Wagon Wheel Restaurant and Lounge in Sterling.

without them, Sterling would not be Sterling. These people shaped the identity of the city where my family lives. So, in the near future, I’m going to carve out a series of stories about the Silver City.

PEOPLE’S VOICE CONTINUED ON A5

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Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch speaks in the voice of her mother, also Consuelo, during the “Bringing Our Silver History to Life” presentation Tuesday night in Centennial Auditorium at Sterling High School.

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Mandate fills plates

Body cameras gaining favor Local agencies look to tap into federal grants

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

Photos by Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

Kathy Van Horn serves food to the sixth-graders at Challand Middle School in Sterling. The Sterling school district partners with food service provider Aramark to feed its students. The district depends on Aramark to ensure food offerings meet federal guidelines for nutrition.

Food variety, choices important for area schools to comply

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

Yellows burst from the walls, flat-screen TVs are ornately hung, and the air is filled with a mouthwatering potpourri of sizzling meats and toasted breads. A hint of tangy barbecue adds to the tantalizing aroma, but it’s not a bistro – it’s a Tuesday at Sterling High School’s cafeteria, and near lunch time.

The school, like many around the Sauk Valley that participate in free and reduced-price lunch

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programs, has seen a dramatic change in its food landscape over the past 5 years.

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, a law championed by first lady Michelle Obama, drives healthier options that meet nutrition guidelines, which generally means less sodium and fat, more fruits and vegetables, and more whole grains.

In exchange, a subsidy is received to offset the cost of providing the service, but rarely is it a moneymaker.

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Business Reubin’s Relics in Dixon, where shabby is chic and primitive is prime, offers a bounty of items for antique collectors.

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Since the Justice Department last week announced its intention to award $20 million in grants to buy body cameras for police agencies throughout the nation, Sauk Valley departments have decided they’re interested.

Dixon Police Chief Danny Langloss said that after Sauk Valley Media published a story about his interest in body cameras for his department, an anonymous donor came forward with a $7,200 check to buy them.

“They saw the article, and they thought it was a great idea,” Langloss said. “They wanted to be part of helping us bring it to life.”

The $7,200 will go toward the purchase of eight body cameras, something Langloss had included in the 5-year budgetary plan he submitted to the city.

But now, with the knowledge that federal grants will be awarded to 50 agencies throughout the U.S. in a matchbased capacity, Langloss hopes to double that donation so he can outfit 16 officers with cameras.

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At Sterling High School, samples of food that is available are placed on plates for students to view.

Community Decked out in traditional Dutch garb, young ladies sweep the street clean in Fulton. More photos from Dutch Days 2015 are inside.

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Law enforcers in Whiteside County are looking at ways to improve their relationships with the county’s Hispanic community.

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Corrections Traffic will be detoured Monday from state Route 40 at Milledgeville north on Shannon Road to state Route 64, and then west on Route 64 to state Route 78 at Mount Carroll, for bridge replacement. A story on page A3 of Friday’s newspaper listed an incorrect road for the detour.

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POLICE Sterling Police Garret A. Winfield, 16, of Sterling; 8:02 a.m. Thursday at East Miller Road and Third Avenue; disobeying stop sign; released with promise to comply.

Sterling D. Wright, 41, of Sterling; 12:22 p.m. Thursday at Third Avenue and East 12th Street; improper lane usage; released with promise to comply.

Lee County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Travis J. Huyck, 29, of Dixon; 1:16 p.m. Thursday; warrant for failure to appear – contempt; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

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Terone Chalmers, 32, of Peoria; 11:30 a.m. Thursday; Ohio Department of Corrections warrant for parole violation; held at Lee County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

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Ashley Beck, 30, of Polo; Thursday; warrant for failure to appear; posted $191 full cash bond and has no further court appearances.

Jason A. Edwards, 42, of Stillman Valley; 5:42 a.m.

Morrison Police Thursday at Meridian and Kyle D. Baker, 30, of Dav- Kishwaukee roads; driving enport, Iowa; April 29; no while license revoked; taken parking – central business to Ogle County Jail, posted district, 2:30-6 a.m.; given bond and released. citation.

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Ogle County Sheriff’s registration; given citation. deputies responded at 9:30 Boy, 16, of Morrison; a.m., and found that RonTuesday; truancy; given ald P. Smith, 65, had been citation. driving a Ford Mustang on Rosemary A. MatthiesRoute 2 when he attempted sen, 62, of Sterling; Thursday; speeding; given citation. to accelerate and lost control of the vehicle on the wet roadway. The vehicle then Lee County Sheriff rolled over.

Smith was taken to KSB Jeremy P. Walters, 40, of Hospital in Dixon, where he Dixon; 6:13 p.m. Thursday; warrant for failure to appear was treated for minor cuts and other injuries. He was – contempt (non-payment); given a citation for failure to posted bond and given reduce speed to avoid an notice to appear in court. accident.

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WHITESIDE COUNTY | LAW ENFORCEMENT

Wanted: Outreach to Hispanic community Leaders concerned that language barrier is an issue

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

STERLING – At a meeting this week, Whiteside County police agencies talked about ways to improve their relationship with the county’s Hispanic community.

According to 2013 census estimates, 11.6 percent of the population in Whiteside County identifies as Hispanic. That’s compared to just 5.7 percent in neighboring Lee County.

And the percentage in Whiteside County continues to rise.

It’s meant an increase in programming available to the Hispanic community, especially within the school system.

But one area that’s lacked the same amount of outreach is law

Get in touch Sterling Police Chief Ron Potthoff: 815-632-6600 Rock Falls Police Chief Tammy Nelson: 815-622-1140 Whiteside County Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi: 815-772-5240 enforcement. At least, that’s what Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi is realizing after someone recounted a story to him recently.

“Russ Siefken, the head of the United Way, he called me a couple of weeks ago, and he’d talked with someone from the YWCA,” Wilhelmi said. “[A Hispanic woman] there wanted [the worker] to call 911 for her. It’s something we haven’t really thought a lot about. We don’t have any dispatchers that are fluent in Spanish or any other language, but if we have a 911 call, and someone is speaking Spanish, we are going to send a car.”

Wilhelmi said that during the meeting, he, Rock Falls Chief Tammy Nelson, and Sterling Chief Ron Potthoff talked about the language barrier and the lack of 911 calls they receive in Spanish.

“One of the things we’d like to do is to reach out to the Hispanic community and talk to them,” Wilhelmi said. “We want to let them know that we want them to call us, that we will come help them.

“We don’t want someone to not call based on the fear of speaking with someone who doesn’t speak Spanish.”

In March, Sgt. Alex Chavira was asked to speak with adult ESL students at Wallace School.

“They have two classes,” he said. “I went to both and just spoke to the students, introduced myself, gave them business cards, explained to them what we’re here for – not only to arrest people, but to help people.”

Chavira is bilingual, and spoke to the students in Spanish, followed by a 45-minute

question-and-answer session.

Students were slow to raise their hands, but once they did, they had a lot of questions about infractions and procedural things, which Chavira found interesting – traffic violations, why officers do certain things, why someone is handcuffed.

“You could tell they were pretty timid,” he said. “But I sat down with them at their tables, and I explained my experience with them, talked about where my family’s from, and they started to open up.”

A number of people raised concerns about calling police because they feared that if they did, and they were in the country illegally, local police would contact border control officers.

“I explained to them that I understand the majority of the Hispanic population that’s here illegally is here out of necessity, and they’re here to work – not to commit crimes,” Chavira said. “I explained that that’s not our primary function. We’re

here to protect their interests and to help them.”

The language barrier, too, is a reason a lot of Spanish-speakers are reluctant to call 911.

Wilhelmi said he didn’t think Whiteside County had ever had a bilingual dispatcher.

“The language barrier can be very intimidating,” Chavira said. “And the fact that we are police officers – that’s one of the things that these women brought up. In their experience, their only contact with law enforcement in Mexico was negative. It’s common knowledge that law enforcement in Mexico is corrupt, so they are timid with us.”

Leaders from the Whiteside County agencies said they were eager and open to more outreach opportunities within the Hispanic community.

Wilhelmi said he hoped that leaders within the Spanishspeaking community would reach out to him, so they can continue working to improve the relationship.

STERLING

Kidder, area’s last music store, closing next month

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier

STERLING – Kidder Music plans to close its Sterling Center location by the end of June, leaving one tenant at the eastside retail center.

The nearly 105,000square-foot complex at 2901 E. Lincolnway lost its anchor store when Kmart closed in January 2014. Built in 1972, the development was once home to seven businesses, but now has only My Nail Salon.

While it’s likely the loss of Kmart reduced foot traffic to Kidder, the company’s decision was based on broader changes that had developed over a longer period.

“As manufacturing has left the Sauk Valley, the area’s retail habits and economic demographics have changed dramatically over the last 10 years,” Kidder President Beth Houlihan said.

Houlihan said the company did look at other locations in the area before deciding to close.

“Even with smaller places, the expenses go up in more active retail areas,” Houlihan said. “And with the numbers and trends we see, we just couldn’t make that investment.”

Kidder, which has been in central Illinois for 40 years, has stores in Bloomington and Peoria. There no plans to close those stores.

Kidder has been in the Sauk Valley since 1989, when it bought Westgor Music in Dixon. After a couple of location changes in Dixon, the store was moved to Sterling in the mid-1990s.

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ABOVE: When Kidder Music closes next month, it will leave only one business – My Nail Salon – in Sterling Center. The complex’s anchor, Kmart, closed in January 2014. RIGHT: Colin Adams, a 3-year employee of Kidder Music, tunes a guitar Friday afternoon in the Sterling store.

In addition to selling new and used instruments, music, and accessories, Kidder does repairs and is a key player in music education programs. Some of those services will still be available.

“Our education reps in Peoria will continue to call on schools,” Houlihan said, “and they can order on our website as always.”

Musician Colin Adams has worked at the Sterling store for 3 years. He said Kidder would continue to give lessons to 32 students until the end of May. Adams said a long list of community musicians are Kidder regulars. He typifies Kidder’s hardcore customer base.

“I’m in three bands, doing numerous side projects, and giving lessons, so every weekend is an adventure,” Adams said.

“It’s going to be tough now to find new guitar strings right before a gig.”

That will now require a road trip to Tegeler Music in Clinton, Iowa, or stores

in the Quad Cities or Rockford.

Adams teaches guitar, drums and bass, and he will continue to provide his services to aspiring musicians.

“I plan to keep teaching after we close – either with another organization, or I’ll try to find a studio,” Adams said.

Adams said the Internet has been the toughest competitor for music stores like Kidder, but he believes instruments are among the items that just weren’t meant to be sold online.

“It doesn’t make sense to buy an instrument that you haven’t played,” Adams said. “People also think it’s so much cheaper, but they tend to forget they have to pay for shipping.”

Much of the merchandise at Kidder has been marked down already, including guitars, keyboards, dr ums, and accessories.

An absolute last day hasn’t been determined, Houlihan said, but it will probably be about June 25.

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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s visitations: Caroline J. Albee of Amboy, 10 a.m.-noon at Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy.

Norman C. “Bud” Lubbs of Sterling, gathering of family and friends, 10-11 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling.

Eric J. Pepper of Mount Morris, 10-11 a.m. at Finch Funeral Home in Mount Morris.

Today’s funerals: Bardell Bowman, formerly of Dixon, 11 a.m. at Loveland Community House in Dixon.

Norman C. “Bud” Lubbs of Sterling, 11 a.m. memorial service at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling.

Eric J. Pepper of Mount Morris, 11 a.m. at Finch Funeral Home in Mount Morris.

Caroline J. Albee of Amboy, noon at Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy.

Monday visitations: Marilyn B. Andrews of Dixon, 9-10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Dixon.

Monday funerals: Marilyn B. Andrews of

Dixon, 10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Dixon.

Tuesday visitations: Marian E. Gray of Mount Morris, 10-11 a.m. at Finch Funeral Home in Mount Morris.

Vernan M. “Patricia” Koechig of Ashton, 10-11 a.m. at Beverage Lyons Family Funeral Home in Ashton, followed by graveside service at Franklin Grove Cemetery.

Tonya M. Dewey of Dixon, 6-8 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

Tuesday funerals:

Marian E. Gray of Mount Morris, 11 a.m. at Finch Funeral Home in Mount Morris.

Wednesday funerals: Tonya M. Dewey of Dixom, 11 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

May 23 funerals: Janice M. Evans Prentice, formerly of Sterling, celebration of life, 1-4 p.m. at Edgewood Golf Course in Polo.

June 6 funerals: Rosalind Brown Wakem of Grand Detour, at St. Peter Church in Grand Detour.

OBITUARIES Neil E. Cooperrider STERLING – Neil E. Cooperrider, 64, of Sterling, died Thursday, May 7, 2015.

Neil was born April 14, 1951, in Dixon, the son of the Rev. Luther H. and Lois F. (Rosbrook) Cooperrider. He was a 1969 graduate of Sterling High School and a 1973 graduate of Augustana College. Neil married Julie A. Handel on Oct. 21, 1995, in Sterling. He began his career as a social worker at the former Dixon Developmental Center, advancing to CGH Medical Center in Sterling as a patient advocate. He retired from Morrison Community Hospital. Neil was a member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, where he sang in the choir and was a past council member.

He served as a volunteer at the FISH Food Pantry.

Neil enjoyed gardening and spending time with family at Spooner Lake, Wisconsin.

Su r v i v o r s i n c l u d e his wife; his daugh-

ter, Emma; his stepson, Corey (Stacie) Shipma and their children, Cobey and Makynlee Shipma of Sterling; his mother of Sterling; his sisters, Ruth Cooperr ider of Urbandale, Iowa, and Ellen Cooperrider of Boynton Beach, Florida; and his brothers, Joel (Merce Morataya) Cooperrider of Huntington Beach, California, and Paul (Cindy) Cooperrider of Garden City, Idaho.

He was preceded in death by his father.

A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sterling.

The memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the church, with the Rev. Mark Ohlert officiating.

McDonald Funeral Homes is handling arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to his daughter Emma’s special needs trust.

Marian E. Gray MOUNT MORRIS – Marian Elizabeth Gray, 98, of Mount Morris, died Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at her home. She was employed by Kable Printing and Watt Publishing.

Marian was born Jan. 31, 1917, the daughter of Walter and Sarah McNett. She married William Gray. He preceded her in death. Marian was a member of Disciples United Methodist Church in Mount Morris.

Survivors include her daughters, Sally and Nancy; one grandson; her siblings, Rober t, Maurice, Helen, Rebecca, and Richard McNett; in-laws; and nieces, nephews, great-nieces,

and great-nephews.

She also was preceded in death by her parents and siblings.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday and the memorial service at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Finch Funeral Home in Mount Morris, with the Rev. Dwight Stewart officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery in Mount Morris.

Memorials have been established to Disciples United Methodist Church, Mount Morris Public Library, Serenity Hospice & Home, and the Mount Morris Campus Fountain in care of the village of Mount Morris.

Vernan M. ‘Patricia’ Koechig ASHTON – Vernan Maxine “Patricia” Koechig, 92, of Ashton, passed away Monday, May 4, 2015, at her home.

She was born May 5, 1922, in Weston, now W h e a t o n . Pa t r i c i a served her country in the Army as a member of the Women’s Army Corps, with the rank of private first class.

She was assigned as an entertainment specialist. She was sent overseas, and received three medals, the medal of Victory, Good Conduct, and Army Occupation Medal Germany. She also received the European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon and two overseas

bars. She married Robert Koechig on Nov. 13, 1947, in Ashton. He preceded her in death on July 16, 2003.

She is survived by her niece, Barbara (Howard) May of Dixon; nephew, Larry Koechig of Dixon; and her special friend, Lois Erickson.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Beverage Lyons Family Funeral Home, 601 Richardson Ave., Ashton, followed by a graveside service with military honors at Franklin Grove Cemetery, with the Rev. Farrel Stauffer officiating.

Visit beveragelyonsfamilyfh.com to send condolences.

Connie Short DIXON – Connie Short, 70, of Dixon, died Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at her home with her loving husband and her family by her side, after a long brave battle with A.L.S., also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

She dedicated her career life to the health care field, working in the capacity of a nursing home administrator licensed by the state of Illinois. Connie worked in several facilities, making a difference in countless lives over the years.

Connie was born May 24, 1944, in Bristol, Virginia, one of nine children born to Carl and Violet Hager. She met Robert Short, the love of her life, in 1961, and they were married for 54 years. They had two children, Cindy Short Clark and Pam Short Tourtillott, who gave them four amazing grandchildren who loved their Nana deeply. They are Brianna Tourtillott, Jordan Clark, Robert Tourtillott, and Samantha Tourtillott. Connie

was very grateful for her very dedicated niece, Penny Howell, who was with her until the very end. She always was embedded in the fabric of our community with her volunteer work, her relentless leadership, and her love for family and friends. Connie was known for her strength, character, dignity, and deep passion to help anyone ever in need. Her family knew her for her culinary skills, amazing quick wit, and sharp sense of humor.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, William Hager.

There will be no services. Cremation rites have been accorded. Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon handled arrangements.

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“Come to me all who are weary, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

IN BRIEF Fund to help serviceman from Sterling, family STERLING – Donations are sought to help the family of a Sterling High School graduate serving overseas in the Air Force after flooding destroyed their Florida home.

Adam Tarbill, 28, a 2005 SHS grad, is deployed. His wife, Katerina Tarbill, 25, a 2007 SHS grad, was visiting her sister, Tori McDaniel, May 3 in Sterling when friends of the family contacted Katerina about flooding at her and Adam’s home in Mary Esther, Florida.

McDaniel said the home sustained a great deal of water and

mold damage. Katerina returned to Florida to see what could be done, while Adam’s children, Kayden, 2, and Tynlee, 7 months, remain with McDaniel in Sterling for the time being.

Adam’s co-workers at Hurlburt Field, west of Mary Esther, have set up a fund to help the Tarbills. Visit gofundme.com/ttrt68 to donate.

Volunteers sought to continue tornado cleanup FAIRDALE – Volunteers are wanted to help with continuing cleanup and rebuilding in Fairdale after the April 9 tornadoes.

A group called Operation Rebuild

will work today and Sunday on at least six properties, and work is going on during weekdays. Volunteers can gather at 10 a.m. at a white trailer on a property directly across from 871 state Route 72.

Because of possibly hazardous debris or tasks, volunteers should be 16 or older. Younger workers may be able to take part, depending on the task. Participants should wear hard-soled boots and work gloves, dress for protection from ticks, and have face masks and sunscreen.

Visit operationrebuild.org or search for Operation Rebuild on Facebook for more information.

– SVM staff reports

“Like us on Facebook” facebook.com/saukvalley Happy Mothers Day in Heaven Debra “Mom” Bushaw

Happy Mothers Day In Heaven!

Another Mother’s Day is here, and I still miss having you near.

You were the best mom you could be, and I never once doubted your love for me.

I could spend each Mother’s Day in sorrow, Crying and wishing you were here.

But instead I choose to celebrate your life.

A life I still hold so dear.

I know you’d rather see me smile, than stand here with tears in my eyes.

So I’ll do my best to honor your memory, and you’ll live on as long as I am alive.

Love and miss you bunches mom!

Love Tifanie

Pat Rimmer

Jerry, John, Amy, Dylan, Daricka, Tammy, Jamie, Gracie, Roger, Anna, Dayton, Draak

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Blanche Josephsen Feb 23, 1923- Sept 17, 2014

It’s Mother’s Day, And I’m trying to make it through, because this day reminds me of one thing I miss about you.I miss the smell of your perfume, The way it lingered in the air. Sometimes I think I smell it again, And I get a sense that you’re there.

I wish that one day I’ll see you again, Whole, and safe, and sound. That you’ll take my hand securely in yours, And for Heaven we’ll be bound.

Happy Mother’s Day Love, Diane

Pension law overturned by justices Decision scolds leaders and leaves crisis unresolved SPRINGFIELD (AP) – The Illinois Supreme Court forced the state Friday to find another way to fix the nation’s worst government-employee pension crisis, ruling lawmakers “overstepped” by enacting a law that slashed retirement benefits to confront a massive budget deficit.

In a unanimous decision that frequently scolded state policymakers, the seven justices declared that the measure former Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law 18 months ago violates the state constitution because it would leave pension promises “diminished or impaired.”

The cash-strapped state now must again grapple with a $111 billion deficit in what’s necessary to cover its employee retirement obligations. The hole is so deep the state has in recent years had to reserve up to $7 billion – or onefifth of its annual operating funds – to keep pace.

The plan rejected by the justices was designed to whittle down the monstrous shortfall over 30

years, gradually but significantly slicing back pension benefits by erasing a 3 percent annual adjustment.

Lawmakers who spent years working toward a consensus acknowledged the ruling creates a major dilemma for new Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats who control the General Assembly.

“I’m not sure that any of the proposals that were considered would have passed” a court test, said state Rep. Elaine Nekritz, a Northbrook Democrat who was a lead negotiator on the pension plan. “This problem will now be with us for two generations.

And that makes me sad.”

Most states faced the same public employee pension crisis, exacerbated by the Great Recession, and took steps to remedy the problem.

However, Illinois balked until Quinn and Democratic lawmakers finally overcame opposition from union allies and struck the deal.

In a statement Friday, Rauner called the decision “fair and right.” He called for a constitutional amendment that would allow the state to seek changes to future pension benefits without affecting benefits already earned.

NIU

Ex-frat members avoid jail in pledge’s death Fines, community service meted out SYCAMORE (AP) – Five former Northern Illinois University fraternity members were sentenced Friday to community service and fines in a hazing case involving the death of a freshman pledge after a night of heavy drinking.

The former Pi Kappa Alpha members each must complete 100 hours of community service and pay $1,000 fines. They were found guilty of misdemeanor reckless conduct and avoided jail time after reaching plea agreements with the DeKalb County State’s Attorney’s office.

David Bogenberger was 19 years old when he died

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at the fraternity house in November 2012 after an unsanctioned party. A toxicology report said his blood-alcohol content was 0.351 percent.

Authorities said Bogenberger and other pledges drank vodka and other liquor, with several pledges telling police they got sick or passed out because of the drinking. A lawsuit filed by Bogenberger’s family against the fraternity claimed that a fraternity member moved Bogenberger to a bedroom after he became unconscious, rather than seeking medical attention.

A judge threw out that lawsuit in December.

The NIU chapter of the fraternity was closed after Bogenberger’s death.

Alois Lee Miller

of Sterling will celebrate 85 years on May 18th.

Join us on May 16th 2015, at Heritage Woods.

2205 Oak Grove Ave, Sterling, IL from 1-3pm apt #130

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‘Curtains’ provide glimpse into boxcars PEOPLE’S VOICE CONTINUED FROM A1

Per Aguilar’s advice, I plan to spend a lot of time with Manuel Garcia, who holds a treasure trove of history.

Credit should go to the event’s presenter, the Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce, and perhaps more so, the Hispanic Business Leaders Committee for the year it spent nailing down enough sponsors to pay for a speaker of Kickbusch’s caliber.

So, what was it about Kickbusch’s message that hooked me, you ask?

Well, where do I begin? In fact, once everyone but a few employees of Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce cleared out of Sterling High School on Tuesday night, Kickbusch asked me what I took away from her program.

I struggled to answer that.

Was it the galvanizing force of a community so engrossed in poverty that it wouldn’t recognize anything else?

Was it a woman’s inner strength to overcome mental illness – not only her own, but that of her sister, which saw her take custody of five cousins who became “siblings” – to raise that family so well that eight of the 10 would go on to serve their country, while the two others became a priest and a customs agent?

Was it the story of that woman telling her husband, as he left for work, that she was going to put up curtains in their home when he got home from work?

The answer is yes.

But for the moment, let me flesh out that last option.

That story goes on to say that Pedro was confounded and unsure how to tell his wife that a boxcar doesn’t have windows. So he asked a welder at the mill to explain that to his wife, Consuelo.

“He said, ‘I’m not stupid,’” the younger Consuelo said Tuesday night, getting a loud laugh from the 150 or so in attendance. “But he said, ‘We’ll figure this out.’”

Later that day, they put up some steel bars in the boxcar, so that Consuelo could hang the curtains she’d fashioned from potato sacks. There was a tablecloth and pillows to match.

At dinner, Pedro dared ask, “Why curtains?”

The younger Consuelo, as she did several times Tuesday night, gave her mother’s response, in character, first saying

each phrase in Spanish, then the translation in English.

“You of all people. Why do you ask that question?

You brought me here with my children. You said that we would live here. What is it that you don’t understand? Anyone can build a house.

Familia builds a home.”

Pedro apologized, so the story goes.

While he relentlessly honored his wife, don’t let this story convince you that he wasn’t a ferociously strong man himself, demanding his children live with honor and respect. When they scraped together pennies to buy him a small flag, he reprimanded them, telling them that the only flag he wanted was one you earn when you’re willing to die for your country.

Hence, the military blood that coursed through his children’s veins.

He urged them to not dare ask for anything from their country, unless they gave first.

Even if Kickbusch was born in a Laredo, Texas, barrio, she was truly born from the struggle her family faced in Sterling: nine people living in two boxcars.

And on Tuesday, she set foot in Sterling for the very first time. Her siblings had slowly painted a picture of it to her over the years. But it took on a whole new look when Ermelinda Lewis showed her a video on her phone of the boxcar settlement toward the end of Kickbusch’s book-signing and photo-taking session.

“That’s the boxcar?”

Kickbusch asked. They embraced. They cried.

While Lewis didn’t personally live in a boxcar, she’s oh-so-close with so many family members who did.

“My aunt told me they arrived in the night, in the darkness, and they were told where they’d live,” she said. “They were taken to an old boxcar, that was not cleaned up, and there were icicles hanging off of it.”

Surreal, yes? Similar to the way Pete Dillon, also a renowned local philanthropist who attended the event, made the badges the minors wore when he was a child. He made them for another child, another Peter – Consuelo’s brother.

Marcos, the oldest and since passed, was Navy.

Down the line, Peter Jr. was Army, Bennie a pastor, Desiderio a Marine, Danny was Army, Carmelina was Air Force/Army, Mauro a special forces Army soldier in Vietnam, Ismael was Navy, and

DIXON – The city water department will begin flushing hydrants Monday, weather permitting. Scheduled flushing days are: Monday: South of the Rock River and east of Galena Avenue Tuesday-Wednesday:

South of the river and west of Galena Avenue Thursday: North of the river and east of Galena Avenue Friday: North of the river and west of Galena Avenue Residents’ water may be rusty during the flushing, but should clear after a short time.

Call the water depart-

DIXON CITY COUNCIL

City to make another run at TIGER grant Special meeting set for Monday

BY BRENDEN WEST bwest@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529 @BWest_SVM

Christopher Heimerman/cheimerman@saukvalley.com

Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch reacts to a video of the boxcar settlement on Ermelinda Lewis’ cellphone during the book-signing and picture-taking portion of the retired Army lieutenant colonel’s visit to Sterling High School on Tuesday. Lewis’ family, with several members having called the settlement home, put the video together.

Mucia is a U.S. customs officer in Laredo.

Mauro was the last born, in Sterling. Consuelo, the first born, in Laredo, and the thirdyoungest, is a bit harder to peg – that is aside from having risen to the highest rank achieved by a Hispanic woman in the combat support field in the U.S. Army.

But in retiring in 1996, she honored her mother’s last wishes: for her namesake to return to her roots and become a community leader.

Consuelo founded Educational Achievement Services in 1994, and atop her bio are three stabs at her title: veteran, author and motivational speaker.

“But I’m basically a human rights activist,” she said.

She’s on the road 19 days out of the month, “provoking America to have a conversation with itself.”

She presses teachers, asking the question, “Why not teach all children?”

She works with migrant families in the field.

She drills to future CEOs to not lead from the front, or concern themselves with the bottom line, but to be selfless.

“Leadership is not about you; it’s about something greater than you,” she said she tells them.

She urges the press to give a balanced perspective. And that leads us nicely to her visit to Sterling for an event unlike any other at which she’s spoken.

“This is different,” she said.

“This is personal. This is

healing for my family.”

Which is why she opened her program by passing along a “thank you” from her brother to Ms. Smith, who taught him at Sterling High School. He wanted to play an instrument, but couldn’t afford one. So she drove him into town and told him to pick one.

He chose trumpet, which he plays to this very day.

He wanted to say thank you for sparking an interest that became a lifelong passion.

And that’s why all of Kickbusch’s philanthropic work does, in fact, tie to education. The reporter, the CEO, the parent, the teacher, they’ll all affect our children, many of them profoundly.

Perhaps not as profoundly as Pedro and Consuelo, though.

Kickbusch convinced me that a book needs to be written about the boxcar settlements, not just in Illinois, but in Nebraska and Colorado, before the affected families can no longer share their stories. While I can’t carve out time to pen a book, I greatly look forward to telling the stories of Sterling’s Hispanic heritage.

There’s a Wallace Street reunion planned for August, again being organized by Jean Portner.

She’s fast, but I chased her down and got her number. And I’ve got Mr. Garcia’s phone number.

Mr. Aguilar’s, too. Do you know someone who lived in a boxcar? If so, please reach out. Help me continue what Kickbusch started Tuesday night, in “Bringing Our Silver History to Life.”

ment at 815-288-4557 for more information.

Road, weather permitting.

Lane closures are expected to last for about a month.

IN BRIEF Hydrant flushes to start in Dixon

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Route 30 repairs start in Rock Falls ROCK FALLS – State Department of Transportation crews will begin concrete patching Monday on U.S. Route 30 from state Route 40 to Prophetstown

Patricia A. Fisher

December 29, 1933 - April 8, 2012

On Mother’s Day in honor of those who teach us how to love.

– SVM staff reports

DIXON – The Dixon City Council will meet in special session at 5:30 p.m. Monday, the city announced Friday, to discuss the federal government’s TIGER grant program and city planning.

During the May 4 regular council meeting, Mayor Li Arellano Jr. said he wanted to get to work on a 100-day agenda for the city. Planning and budget discussions may take place over several work sessions, as all five members are new to the council.

The focus Monday will be on transportation.

TIGER stands for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, and is a program run by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Amanda Bradshaw, assistant to city administrator David Nord, said Friday that the city will make a fifth attempt at obtaining the grant. Previous tries were unsuccessful. The new council, however, is taking a different approach, a reason why Monday’s meeting will focus heavily on planning.

“This go-around we’re looking at it very differ-

ently,” Bradshaw said.

“We’re trying to make sure we have a comprehensive plan in place and seeing if TIGER can supplement it.”

Dixon will have 28 days to meet the application deadline. Bradshaw said the new elected leaders want to approach TIGER with a better outline.

“The meeting coming up is really looking at what does the city want to apply for,” she said.

“We’re being proactive about really getting a plan together.”

Bradshaw does not anticipate Arellano’s agenda to be the primary focus, though general planning falls under the wider umbrella he cast when announcing the council’s initial direction in its first meeting.

Improving city infrastructure – which the grant can potentially aid – was among primary objectives stated during the May 4 meeting.

“I think there are a couple priorities a lot of us were talking about coming in [to office],” Arellano said. “We’re looking at things we can do to streamline operations.”

The council will return to City Hall on Monday after having recent meetings at the Public Safety Building because of renovation work.

DIXON PUBLIC LIBRARY

New director making move from Morrison

BY BRENDEN WEST bwest@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529 @BWest_SVM

DIXON – The Dixon Public Library soon will have new leadership: The library board selected Antony Deter, of Dixon, to replace retiring director Lynn Roe. Deter, librarian for the Morrison School District, will succeed Roe full-time on June 1, after his contract with the school district expires.

His annual salary will be $50,000. Morrison Schools has not filled its library vacancy to date.

Roe has officially retired, although she is remaining at the library part-time as Deter transitions into the new role. During the City Council’s May 4 meeting, both Roe and Deter were

sworn in by Mayor Li Arellano Jr. Deter was one of eight people who applied for Antony the position, Deter and among three interviewed. Roe said the board found in Deter someone who has the city of Dixon at heart.

“He has a real interest in the community and has volunteered in the community,” Roe said.

“He just seemed excited to be the one to move the library forward.”

When Deter takes over, it will signify the end of a career that spans three decades for Roe. She was hired as a librarian in January 1985 and served as director since May 2001.

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EDITORIAL

Tough love part of being a mother T

he Baltimore mom who last week confronted her 16-year-old son in a crowd of rioters, slapped him around, and chased him away from trouble certainly got America’s attention. A video of her angry encounter with the teen quickly went viral.

That mom’s tough love prevented her son from breaking the law any further, and possibly saved him from arrest, injury, or even worse.

On Mother’s Day weekend, sons and daughters are more likely to honor their moms for their love, nurturing care, support, understanding, and always being there for them.

Children will think about how mothers cook their favorite meals, or organize birthday parties, or buy them presents, or help them with homework, or take them on vacations, or attend their games.

But being a mother is not all selfless sacrifice and simply being loving and nice to your sons and daughters.

To raise kids right, moms sometimes have to lay down the law.

An unknown author wrote “Mom’s Rules,” a copy of which hangs on a plaque in at least one

What we think Flowery sentiments aside, being a mother is a tough job. On Mother’s Day, we salute moms, and maternal caregivers, for their willingness to accept the responsibilities and dish out tough love to keep kids growing in the right direction.

Sauk Valley kitchen: “If I cook it, you eat it.

“If I buy it, you wear it.

“If I wash it, you put it away.

“If I clean it, you keep it clean.

“If I say bed time, you say good night.

“If I say get off the phone, you hang up.

“If I say no, you don’t ask why. “’Cause I’m the mom!”

Amusing, yes, but as the saying goes, many a truth is said in jest.

When moms make

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rules and enforce them with discipline, they won’t win any immediate popularity contests among the kids. Surprisingly, though, those lessons are among the most fondly remembered by adult children later in life.

For every favorite meal a mom cooks, she also rousts reluctant school

children out of bed each morning.

For every birthday cake she bakes, she also requires that homework be done.

For every present she gives, she also makes the kids clean up their rooms.

For every kiss she bestows, she also insists on help doing the dishes.

A mom’s discipline prepares children for the rules and regulations they will face in life.

And who better to condition sons and daughters for those societal expectations than the woman who brought them into the world and loves them like no other?

Or, in the absence of a mother, who better to

guide children than the grandparents, aunts, and others who may be called upon to fulfill the maternal role out of family necessity?

So, three cheers for the Baltimore mom and all moms and caregivers who earn their children’s love and respect through discipline.

Happy Mother’s Day!

THE READER’S VOICE

Glad street will be fixed

What do you think?

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

JO WRIGHT Dixon

I am so glad that we have some fresh blood in Dixon. Their [Mayor Arellano and the Dixon City Council] decision to resurface River Street is something a lot of citizens are going to be real happy about.

That street has been pathetic for years; they tear it up and patch; tear it up and patch again. It’s like driving over a scrub board.

I called city hall several times about it and got no good results. Thank you, mayor and councilmen.

New council full of energy TRACEY MONTGOMERY Dixon

Dave Granlund, GateHouse News Service

best decisions for the citizens of Dixon. In addition, they are working on a 100day agenda that will be released soon. This was such an exciting meeting with standing room only.

Dixon has turned the corner on the pages of the past, and with this new form of government and new council, I am confident they will serve all the people of Dixon.

In conclusion, I would like to thank all of the new council members for their commitment to the residents of Dixon.

When Mayor Burke performed his last duty to call to order, his final remarks were, “We’re done,” and an applause filled the room with the entire old city council leaving the room.

The first meeting of the new city council was informative, as each line item was explained and discussed in detail. The new city council did an outstanding job.

There were a few stumbles, as anyone would expect, but this council had obviously prepared ROBERT TAYLOR SR. ahead of time. And you Dixon could tell the citizens who were present felt the ener- This is a short message gy of the camaraderie of about Dixon. If one of our new politicians says he is these councilmen.

This council made the going to do a lot for Dixon,

Advice for new city leadership

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

good for him. I couldn’t vote for him because I live in the country.

One thing I would like to see get done is that the Sterling bank sign blocks the sight of the traffic on Galena Avenue. The sign should be removed so you don’t have to drive over the white lines to see cars coming.

Also, something else.

My brother in Christ says if the Republicans get in office, there will no longer be Social Security. I think that is an erroneous statement. The death benefit from Social Security is $225. You can’t even cremate a big dog for $225.

The reason I know they charge $1 per pound is that a preacher friend had a dog that weighed 150 pounds at one year old – so go figure.

I am not Democrat, Republican, or whatever.

I voted for one president,

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and he was assassinated. I voted for another one, and he was kicked out of office.

I voted for another one, and the country was shut down for a sex scandal.

And now his wife is going to run. What else can happen?

Trip to D.C. a great honor RICHARD JANSSEN Milledgeville

On April 30, I was fortunate enough to be selected, along with 150-plus other veterans, to go on the current Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. These flights are the result of literally thousands of individuals, organizations, and businesses that provide the time and money to make it all possible. Yes, I gave 2 years of my time, as a young man,

to become a member of the U.S. Army and train to be prepared for any national emergency. And yes, I was very fortunate that we had no serious conflicts at that time.

Be that as it is, the reception that we received throughout the day was beyond description. Our day began with us arriving at the Quad City Airport around 5:30 a.m. Already greeters were there with smiles and cheers, coffee and doughnuts, and a rousing send-off.

Arriving at the Washington airport, we were greeted by long lines of people, including young families with preschoolers, and men and women of all ages. While visiting the various memorials, many groups of school children would take time from their tours to welcome and thank us.

All necessary items for our day’s travel were provided for us, including, if we wanted, free transport from Sterling to the Quad City Airport. Arriving back at the airport at 10:30 p.m., another long reception line of family, friends and many strangers awaited us with welcomes, greetings, handshakes and hugs. All in all, the sights were great, but the hundreds of people made this day a very memorable one.

As I said, words cannot really express my feelings,

“The press was protected so it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people.”

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

Hugo L. Black, former U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1971

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but it is all I have, so thank you to anyone and everyone who has ever helped in any way to honor our veterans with the Quad City Honor Flight.

DHS play was ‘spectacular’ JIM WILTZ Dixon

Wow. The musical production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” at the Dixon High School was spectacular. The first impression was a very classy program that set up this demanding production.

Dedication and unending time and talents were given to the staging and costumes. The cast of leads, supporting roles, dancers, and chorus members were all talented and directed by a production staff of theater people.

The female lead, Belle, was played by Katlyn Bay convincingly in her singing, acting, and dancing from her very first note.

The role of the beast, played by Joel Spangler, was played with compassion. Jacob Harrison, in the role of Gaston, was outstanding, and the many supporting roles, with unending amount of vocals and lines, displayed talent and courage.

The student production staff, technical director, stage crew, and sponsors gave their all to coordinate a demanding and successful musical production.

Director Karen Kaufman, once again, created a memorable production.

Keep those shows coming year after year.

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SECOND OPINION

Spring brings rainy days and Mondays A

s she was paying for her subscription at the front desk of our Sterling office, a reader asked whether she could speak with the editor.

A minute later, the editor showed up.

Her complaint was familiar: not enough local news in her paper (she subscribes to the Daily Gazette); too much news from Dixon.

We cannot recall a Dixon reader ever making such a complaint – but some have observed that their paper had too much news from Sterling and Rock Falls.

Local readers want local news, and they want it on the front page.

We understand.

SURVEYS TELL US that newspapers cannot possibly satisfy a reader’s hunger for local news.

No matter how much we report, it’s not enough.

And what is “local” is different from reader to reader.

Although it mostly involves news of proximity – in my neighborhood, in my town, in my county, in my state – it also involves news of personal interest.

For example, information about changes in Social Security benefits

is “local” for people who collect Social Security benefits, because it affects their lives.

Nothing more local than that, even if the decisions are made in Washington, D.C. That news hits home.

NEWS SEEMS TO run in cycles.

Sometimes all of the best news stories of the day come out of Lee County; some days they’re from Whiteside County.

Sometimes reporters take days off and we can’t get their news beats fully covered as they would do it.

Sometimes ... well, a lot of variables affect what gets reported each day – and what doesn’t.

As the woman wrote her check for the subscription, the editor asked whether she read the obituaries.

Of course, she said, but the cost of the paper is pretty high just to read the obituaries.

Do you have any interest in local sports?

Yes, she said – her grandson plays high school sports, but she would like to see better coverage.

She was urged to let the team’s coach or school’s athletic director know they needed to report

larryLOUGH Larry Lough is executive editor of Sauk Valley Media.

Contact him via email at llough@ saukvalley. com.

results to the newspaper, so they could be consistently published.

Because we can have reporters at only a few of the dozens of local sporting events on any given springtime weeknight, we have to count on team officials to report the results of their games.

Publishing a newspaper is a community effort.

Any help appreciated.

WE WOULD BET the newspaper has lots of features that the Gazette reader looks for almost every day.

Maybe it’s the police reports, or letters to the editor, or a few comics, or the crossword puzzle, or some of the advertisements, or ...

Everyone reads the newspaper differently – and for different things.

But almost nobody reads it for just one thing.

Any reader can find lots of “local” news in the

newspaper just about every day – most of it not on Page 1.

But it’s not enough.

We understand.

MONDAY MORNING brought an email from a curious reader.

Why, David wanted to know, did you publish the story on Page 1 Monday about Gov. Bruce Rauner battling unions, after you had the same story on Page 3 last Friday?

And why was one version longer than the other? And why was the story worthy of Page 1 on one day, but Page 3 on another day?

Good questions, all.

Some decision-making by newspaper editors and reporters can confuse readers.

Sometimes, it just seems to defy logic.

Other times, it definitely does.

AS FOR REPEATING the story on Monday, that can be explained pretty simply: We goofed up.

Different editors on different days grabbed the same story from The Associated Press, which had sent multiple versions of the story – updating and correcting it in the days before publication.

Yes, we should have caught the error of duplication.

A few times over the years, we have even published a story twice in the same edition – in different sections.

For example, an AP story about a prominent athlete getting into legal trouble might be sent on both the sports and news wires, and it could end up in both sections.

Our internal communication should be good enough to avoid that, but it isn’t always.

We’ll be more careful.

deciding what to place on Page 1.

But some days – like weekends and holidays – are “slow news days” that might fail to produce enough local news to fill Page 1.

On those days, we turn to our wire services (principally, The Associated Press) for state, national or world news (in that order, usually).

You might think that subjective decisionmaking is more art than science.

You’re probably right.

OTHER QUESTIONS from David addressed the inexact science of publishing a newspaper.

One version of the story was shorter because it had to be cut to fill the available space on the page where it was placed.

The second version was longer because we had more space available that day.

One version went on Page 1 because 1) editors didn’t realize it had been published before and 2) we didn’t have Page 1-worthy local news to compete with it on that day.

Because readers cannot get most of the local news we publish anywhere else, we give local news preference when

MONDAY’S EDITIONS had other problems.

Among them, the editorial cartoon on the Opinion page was one that had been published just the previous Thursday.

How do such things happen?

Human error. Avoidable oversight.

This newspaper has a lot of moving parts as we start all over every day to fill empty pages with news and information that our readers want and need.

We apologize for any annoyance or inconvenience our careless duplications might cause.

That’s the best way we know how to explain it.

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We also have been blessed in this community by volunteers who have been coming together each Wednesday to pack bags and by all who have attended our fundraising events. This program would not be possible without your generosity.

Anyone interested in volunteering to pack bags on Wednesday nights may contact Gwen Weid-

man at 815-541-2122, or please email us at buddybagsofdixon@yahoo.com for further information.

Thank you for your continued support as we carry on the fight to eliminate childhood hunger.

Note to readers: Jennifer LeMoine is a board member of Buddy Bags of Dixon. Her letter is written on behalf of all Buddy Bags board members.

THE READER’S VOICE Dixon began packing in January 2014, we supplied bags to 30 students and their siblings from Washington School.

This year, we were fortunate enough to expand to include the students and siblings of Jefferson School. Buddy Bags is now packing upward of 90 bags each week with plans for further expansion next year.

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Christians simply follow God’s word ALAN BAUER Sterling

This letter is in response to John Eades’ letter “Discrimination, hate destructive to our freedoms” in The Reader’s Voice April 28. Mr. Eades refers to protecting religious freedom as a “can of worms” because Religious Freedom Restoration Acts put “in peril present anti-discrimination laws.”

These acts are meant to protect business owners from being forced to do something that goes against their beliefs or conscience. Gay activists and the news media have used this, for example, to berate the Christian florist for refusing to serve a gay wedding.

However, would Mr. Eades and other likeminded people vilify the African-American caterer

who won’t serve at a KKK rally? Or the Jewish tattoo artist who won’t put a swastika on a neo-Nazi?

Would any of us, in the Land of the Free, truly want to be forced to do something we find unconscionable?

Our nation was built, in great part, by people who came here to be free to believe and practice as their religion teaches.

Regardless of how religious our nation is today, or what recent opinion polls say, this freedom is still the right of every American.

I do agree with Mr. Eades’ point that “we are all sinners” and “religious hypocrites.” Jesus died for that and all sins, and offers salvation for all who believe in him.

I cannot speak for all Christians, but for most of us, hate is not driving our opposition to gay marriage. We try to love the sinner, not the sin. Christians are simply following what God, who instituted

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S o m e p r o g re s s i v e s would want to change God’s word to fit their agendas. But “Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today and forever.”

(Hebrews 13:8) May we all find forgiveness and direction in that word.

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Sterling High School students drive tractors around the school Friday afternoon during the annual Tractor Day hosted by the Ag Club. Eight tractors were in Friday’s parade.

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Body cameras have b e e n o n L a n g l o s s’ mind, and the minds of his officers, since the August shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

“When you look at some incidents that have happened across the country, if the officer was wearing a body camera, the video is just one more thing to protect the officers, and not to have their lives or their career ruined over something they did that was right,” Langloss said at the time.

All area department heads agree, however, that if body cameras end up being required by the Legislature, it should not be an unfunded man-

date. That issue is something state Sen. Tim Bivins, R-Dixon, is trying to head off with a bill he introduced to help law enforcement agencies to obtain state grants for body cameras. “[Body cameras] protect [officers],” Bivins said. “In this day and age, everyone has a cellphone; everyone has a camera.

With the body cameras, they see an incident from beginning to finish. You’re not seeing a little clip of it.

And if an officer’s wrong, it’s going to show that, and if he’s right, it’s going to show that.”

Rock Falls Police Chief Tammy Nelson also said she would look into the grants.

“There’s always been an interest there,” she said. “We’ve just been throwing [the idea] out

there. ... it’s a valid question, and I think it’s something that a lot of departments are looking into, definitely. ...

The [federal] grant covers the equipment only; it doesn’t cover storage and retainment, so there’s a great cost there. ... Getting the equipment is just the beginning.”

Lee County Sheriff John Simonton said cameras would serve a useful purpose.

“I do believe ... that we do need to build that trust [in the community] back up,” Simonton said.

“For whatever reasons, we seem to have lost it.

And if the body cameras and the video cameras do that, and the community regains the trust in law enforcement, then I think it’s money well spent.”

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And although the school year is almost over, for some schools, it continues to be another weight to balance.

Increasing demands

Since 2010, the mandate has asked more and more from schools, such as compliance with yearly sodium targets – a step-down schedule that reduces the amount of salt students can expect per meal.

For lunch this year, it was recommended that ninth- through 12thgrade students eat less than 1,230 mg of sodium.

By the 2017-18 school year, that drops to 935 mg, and by 2022-23, it levels off at 640 mg – nearly half the current amount.

The Sterling school district partners with food service provider Aramark to cope with changes, but the link between the two goes back further.

“We’ve been ahead of the curve … way before any of the government regulations were implemented,” said Jim McMahon, the Aramark food representative for the region.

Aramark works with chefs and dietitians to make sure foods fall within guidelines, he said.

In Dixon, the schools work with Arbor Management, Superintendent Michael Yuenger said, and recent data show an increase in the number of students served.

“At the middle school, we have a salad bar that kids can choose from,” he said. “Sometimes the ability to offer a wider variety is there, but at times it doesn’t do any good to serve something kids won’t eat.”

Menus for Sterling are created by Aramark in Philadelphia, and nutritional standards are analyzed yearly to ensure compliance, McMahon said.

The district outsourced food service to Aramark nearly two decades ago, Sterling schools Finance Director Tim Schwingle said.

After briefly working with Arbor Management, the district switched back when Aramark outbid competitors. Bids are sought every few years,

A student eats a pulled pork sandwich during lunch at Challand Middle School in Sterling.

What’s for lunch?

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Jim McMahon, regional food representative for Aramark, and Aramark employee Rhonda Devers load insulated food trays onto a truck outside of Challand Middle School in Sterling. Lunches for the district’s elementary schools are prepared at Challand and then delivered to each facility. and Aramark continues to have the best offering, Schwingle said.

Part of his responsibilities is to monitor the food service program and observe at least one lunch service per year. Admittedly, he’s not an expert, but that’s why he relies on McMahon for help.

“To be honest, most of our feedback comes back through our clientele, which are the students and parents,” Schwingle said about how the program’s success or failure is measured.

A state audit is performed every 3 years, and no issues have surfaced, which includes weighing foods to ensure appropriate portions, he said.

“Based on that, we’re confident that Aramark is providing us the service that’s needed to meet the guidelines,” Schwingle said.

He emphasized that the company experiments with new flavor profiles, and looks for foods that are healthier but retain a good taste.

“People like fatty, salty food,” he said. “If you take the salt out of things, it adjusts the taste of it, and the students notice that.”

Too much salt is not good, either, he added, but when the menu needs to be readjusted to comply, some pushback is expected.

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Biscuits at the school taste just like they would at Hardee’s, she said, but fat, salt, and sugar have been tweaked; students don’t have a clue that they’re eating healthier.

St. Mary is bound by the same requirements as larger schools because it participates in the lunch program, and “it’s getting really hard because we’re a small school,” Zuidema said.

She would like to provide more home-style options instead of processed foods, she said.

The school serves an average daily lunch count of 110, and despite the smaller size, it dreams big – a garden is managed by students and parents every year.

When sweeping changes came with the nutrition mandate in 2013, the school already was ahead of the curve. About a year before that, fresh fruits and vegetables had been made available, Zuidema said.

It won a healthiest schools competition, for which it received a silver award, monetary prize, and a salad bar; it was the first school to win in the state, she noted.

“We were already meeting [the first lady’s] guidelines,” Zuidema said. “We applied for the grant, and we got it.”

Notification included a “beautiful letter signed

by Mrs. Obama,” post-

marked by the White House.

“It’s OK to follow the rules, but I want the kids to eat,” Zuidema said, highlighting an aspect of nutrition she takes to heart: 30 to 50 percent of their daily calories come from meals at school.

“If you serve chicken nuggets, and macaroni and cheese every day, they’ll eat it,” she said.

“We could serve the same thing, and they’d probably be OK, but you want to give them some variety and choices.”

Wave of change At Sterling High School, condiment dispensers are missing from lunch tables, and nothing is fried, even though french fries are on the menu.

“A lot of feedback” was received for a month or two when fries were not available, Schwingle said, and a $30,000 oven has since been purchased – one that can bake french fries; that’s its only purpose at the moment.

Many food items arrive frozen and pre-prepared, such as chicken patties, chicken fingers, and hamburgers, and are warmed to a serving temperature.

Although some prep is done at the high school, most district meals are assembled across the street at Challand Middle School. Staggered lunch times make meal delivery feasible, and a truck capable of heating/cooling foods makes it possible.

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On the menu on Tuesday, May 5: Dixon High School: Bosco stuffed breadsticks and marinara, mashed potatoes and gravy, baby carrots, and applesauce.

Rock Falls High School: Crispitos filled tortillas, lettuce/cheese, salsa, nacho chips/cheese, mixed fruit Sterling High School: Barbecue diced chicken, pizza or salad station, barbecue riblet sandwich, burger bar, fresh banana Several schools also offer students salad, grill, deli, taco, and pizza stations, in addition to planned menu items.

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Lunch prices Dixon High School: $2.45; district elementary schools: $2.40 Rock Falls High School: $2.05 Sterling High School/Challand Middle School: $2.10; district elementary schools: $2.05 Reduced-price lunch fees are set by the government, and must be 40 cents or less at all schools.

Lunch is free to students who qualify.

School, Superintendent Ron McCord leans on Rhonda Neal, who is in her second year as food service manager and has more than 8 years in the industry.

She’s the point person for kitchen needs, and “does a great job” by attending seminars and trainings that help her to provide kids with a good field of menu items, McCord said. They don’t use an outside company.

Instead, ingredients and foods are bought and prepared in-house for a daily average of 550 students, he said. It works for them

because it helps maintain quality.

By comparison, more than 1,000 students are served at Sterling High, Schwingle said.

“We have a pretty good variety,” said McCord, who has eaten at the cafeteria almost every day for 21 years.

A closed campus affects ninth- through 11thgrade students, and an open campus is available for seniors who earn the privilege.

It used to be that meals were homemade, but those times are long gone, McCord added.

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Abbott .......................... 47.57 Alcoa ............................ 13.84 AltriaCorp .................... 52.16 Autonation .................. 63.11 American Express ....... 78.99 Arris-Group ................. 33.82 Apple.......................... 127.62 ADM............................. 51.24 AT&T ............................ 33.69 Bank of America.......... 16.44 Boeing........................ 145.46 BorgWarner ................. 61.26 BP ................................. 42.72 Casey’s ......................... 82.31 Caterpillar ................... 87.22 CenturyLink ................ 34.94 Chevron ..................... 108.71 Cisco ............................ 29.23 Citigroup ..................... 54.00 CNW ............................ 42.62 CocaCola ..................... 40.98 ConAgra ....................... 37.51 Dean ............................ 16.27 Deere & Co .................. 89.89 Disney ........................ 110.13 Donaldson................... 35.37 DuPont ........................ 75.29 Exxon ........................... 88.97 Ford .............................. 15.68 Exelon .......................... 33.82 GE ................................ 27.36 FifthThird .................... 20.21 HawaiianElectric ........ 30.86 Hewlett Packard .......... 33.43

HomeDepot .............. 112.44 Intel Corp. ................... 32.80 IBM ............................ 172.74 IntlPaper ...................... 52.50 JCPenney ....................... 8.50 JohnsonControls ......... 50.21 Johnson&Johnson..... 101.43 JPMorgan Chase ......... 65.46 Kraft ............................. 86.04 Kroger .......................... 71.78 Leggett&Platt .............. 46.49 Manpower ................... 84.73 McDonald’s ................. 98.20 Merck&Co.................... 60.70 Microsoft ..................... 47.75 3M .............................. 160.57 Monsanto .................. 120.75 Newell .......................... 40.01 AGL .............................. 49.53 Nike ............................ 102.41 Parker-Han ................ 121.40 Pfizer ............................ 34.02 Pepsico ........................ 96.60 Procter&Gamble ......... 80.94 RaymondJames ........... 57.94 Republic ...................... 40.26 Sears Hldg ................... 42.13 SensientTech ............... 65.72 Sprint ............................. 4.77 Staples ......................... 16.51 TheTravelers.............. 103.69 UnitedContinental ..... 62.46 UnitedTech ................ 118.42 USBancorp .................. 43.84 USSteel ........................ 24.32 Verizon......................... 50.13 Walgreen...................... 85.02 WalMartStores............. 78.54 WalMartMexico........... 24.71 WasteMgt..................... 49.31 Wendy’s........................ 11.08

Commodities The following quotations are provided as a community service by Sterling Futures: Corn: May 3.581⁄2; July 3.63; Dec. 3.781⁄4 Soybeans: May 9.841⁄2; July 9.761⁄4; Nov. 9.52 Soybean oil: May 32.80; Dec. 33.11 Soybean meal: May 315.20; Dec. 305.90 Wheat: May 4.761⁄2; July 4.811⁄2 Oats: May 2.361⁄4; July 2.391⁄2 L i v e c a t t l e : Ju n e

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IN BRIEF U.S. launches its own police probe WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department waded anew Friday into fraught big city police-community relations, with new Attorney General Loretta Lynch

declaring the subject “one of the most challenging issues of our time.”

She announced a wideranging investigation into Baltimore’s police.

The federal civil rights investigation, which city officials requested fol-

lowing the death last month of a man in police custody, will search for discriminatory policing practices and examine allegations that Baltimore officers too often use excessive force and make unconstitutional searches and arrests.

Surprise victory for Conservatives LONDON (AP) – After years of sharing power, David Cameron pulled off an unexpected election triumph that gave the Conservative prime minister a second term with

an outright majority Friday and dealt a stinging defeat to his three main rivals.

Standing before the glistening black door of 10 Downing Street, Cameron pledged to govern as the party of “one nation, one United Kingdom.” But he faces a fractured Britain –

divided by rich and poor, by separatist gains in Scotland, and by doubts over its place in the European Union.

The election ushers in a new era in British politics, with veteran lawmakers ousted by a public that made clear it had lost trust in its political leaders.

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TRACK & FIELD 101 | LONG JUMP Track & Field 101 • This is the tenth story in a spring-long series that will take a closer look at the individual events at a standard track meet.

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Milledgeville’s Grace Norton (left to right), Nick Devito, Troy Litwiller and Joe Gennaro are part of a deep pool of jumpers for the Missiles, coached by Shawn Dail. A successful long jump needs a successful approach on the runway, a good liftoff with the athlete’s strong leg, good height during the flight, and proper technique on the landing.

One giant leap

Elevation key to improving distance in long jump post waved, and near it a tongue depressor poked out of the ground.

Milledgeville’s Joe Gennaro walked back from a jump, and easily found A tape measure was stretched along his marker – a pink pinwheel with the ground next to the runway for the a plastic pig face attached above.

Gennaro bent down, pulled the long jump at the Rock Falls Invite a marker out of the ground, and moved couple of weeks ago. it forward a couple inches.

As the numbers on the tape There was one twin to Gennaro’s increased, small markers started to marker, and that belonged to teampop up beside the runway. mate Nick Devito.

Some were white scraps of tape “Coach always gets those for us,” stuck perpendicular to the edge of Devito said before practice on the runway. Others were more creative, forming crosses or Xs. At one Wednesday. “They’re always bright spot, a small blue flag on a thin wire and colorful. We like them, because

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they stand out from all the rest.”

Sophomore jumper Grace Norton was quick to chime in: “My marker has a bird.”

Finding the right mark – the distance from where the jumper starts running to where he or she takes off – is the first task long jumpers set out to find when they arrive at a meet.

Making sure that MilledgevilleEastland jumpers stand out for reasons other than colorful markers is the job of jumps coach Shawn Dail.

Dail has been handling the jumpers for the Missiles the last 15 years.

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Secret to the long jump • After mastering the approach with even strides and hitting the board in the right place, it’s all about the flight. Novice jumpers try to jump straight out to get distance. The key is getting height on the jump, and letting that liftoff carry them farther.

Athletes jump off their strong foot, kicking the opposite knee into the air. During flight, jumpers even their hips, try to keep their head up and shoulders even, and kick out their heels to gain distance on landing.

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Storm roll through Erie Weidner at full strength means big things for BV

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ERIE – Regan Weidner is back, and so is the Bureau Valley girls track & field team.

Weidner’s legs are finally healthy, and they are carrying her around the track faster than ever. Her reemergence in her senior year helped the Storm claim the conference title at the Three Rivers Conference meet Friday at Wayne Hein Field in Erie.

“It’s incredible,” Weidner said of the Storm’s first conference crown since 2008.

“In past years, we’d be racing for second place, with [ErieProphetstown] always in the

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Bureau Valley won with a commanding 145 points. The Panthers finished second with 125.

Amboy (81 points) placed

third, Fulton (53) was sixth, and Newman (26) finished 12th in the 13-team meet.

Weidner played an important role in the Storm’s success. The strong distance runner placed second in the 1,600 meters, and won the 3,200. She also helped out in an event she rarely competes, but Bureau Valley coach Dale Donner needed her in the 3,200 relay, as the Storm wanted to keep pace with the Panthers.

“Our goal from the start of the season was to win conference,” Donner said. “E-P’s got a great team, and [Rachel] Cobert is a stud. Cobert can certainly run, Ryan Gaines/Special to SVM and we needed Regan to help Bureau Valley’s Regan Weidner tries to fend off Fulton’s Averi us get points in that race, and Leitzen during the 1,600-meter run Friday at the Three Rivers she did great.”

Meet at Wayne Hein Field. Leitzen passed Weidner for the win, but Weidner helped BV to the team championship.

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Tidbits from reporter’s notebook On the tube TV listings

Saturday Auto racing 9 a.m.

• FIA, Formula E Championship, Monaco ePRIX, FS1 2:30 p.m.

• IndyCar, Grand Prix of Indianapolis, ABC • Formula One, qualifying for Grand Prix of Spain, NBCSP 4 p.m.

• GP2, at Barcelona, Spain, NBCSP 6:30 p.m.

• NASCAR Sprint Cup, Spongebob Squarepants 400, at Kansas City, Kan., FS1

College baseball 11 a.m.

• Northwestern at Michigan, BTN Noon

• Pitt at Georgia Tech, FSN

College softball Noon

• ACC tournament, championship, at Blacksburg, Va., ESPN • AAC tournament, championship, at Orlando, Fla., ESPN2 2 p.m.

• Oklahoma St. at Oklahoma, ESPN2 2:30 & 5 p.m.

• Big Ten tournament, semifinals, at Columbus, Ohio, BTN 7 p.m.

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enoa-Kingston girls soccer coach Randy Tate didn’t seem pleased about the prospect of having to play the Dixon Duchesses again after Wednesday’s 2-1 loss at A.C. Bowers Field.

The Cogs get to host the Duchesses this coming Wednesday in the semifinals of the 1A GenoaKingston Regional.

“That’s how it works out sometimes,” Tate said. “You play a team two or three times during the regular season, and then you see them again right away in the regional. I don’t really like that, but it happens.”

Tate’s probably hoping that the late goal scored Wednesday will give the Cogs – who lost twice to Dixon this season – some momentum heading into the next match.

The Duchesses got a unique chance to see an early-round opponent late in the season.

“I think this will be really good for us,” said Lauren Chacon, who scored both goals against the Cogs. “You get a feel for what they like to do,

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and we know that we can’t overlook them.”

“It was a very good match,” Dixon coach Mahmoud Etemadi said.

“Genoa never gave up, and that makes them a dangerous opponent.”

Dixon (11-3-3) has high hopes for the postseason in its first season in Class 1A. If the Duchesses defeat the Cogs, they will likely see Indian Creek in the championship match next Friday.

Speaking of regionals Scanning the softball pairings when they are released is almost as fun as the day the football brackets are announced.

That’s because the Sauk Valley has a decade-long string of teams going to

the state tournament.

On Wednesday, the IHSA released the 1A and 2A pairings.

In 1A, the Amboy Clippers were sent away from the rest of the area teams into a different sectional. This happened in basketball too, and we here at SVM were hoping to get an all-Sauk Valley meeting in the supersectional.

The Clippers went to state last year, and they are talented enough to make another run to East Peoria.

The Fulton Regional has Milledgeville as the top seed. The Missiles have been hot the last couple of weeks, and know how to win in the postseason. Newman, which beat the Missiles earlier this year, is the other top contender.

The regional winner could make some noise in the sectional.

In 2A, Morrison and Erie-Prophetstown appear set to collide for the title at the Orion Regional. The team that wins that knows that it could see a very good Stillman Valley team

in the sectional final in Morrison.

Behind the scenes This week has been spent balancing the daily grind of producing a section, planning for the next few weeks of high school postseason coverage, and getting ready for the SVM All-Star Classic.

The All-Star games will be June 18 at Sauk Valley Community College. The girls game is at 5 p.m., followed by the boys game.

We have 30 players on board, so far. We need the rest of you to return invitations soon to get shirts ordered in time.

If you are a senior player in the area that is wondering if you are invited, contact me.

Invitations were sent out in early April to coaches and athletic directors. If you didn’t receive one, it might have just been lost in the shuffle.

We hope to have two competitive and fun games that always serve as a de facto closing ceremony for another great year of high school sports.

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Sunday Auto racing 6:30 a.m.

• Formula One, Grand Prix of Spain, NBCSP

College baseball 1 p.m.

• Minnesota at Iowa, BTN 2 p.m.

• Illinois at Penn St., BTN • Kansas St. at Baylor, FS1

Men’s lacrosse Noon & 2, 4:15 & 6:30 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, first round games, ESPNU

College track & field 11 a.m.

• Musco Twilight, at Iowa City (replay), BTN

Cycling 4 p.m.

• Tour of California, stage 1, at Sacramento, NBCSP

Golf 1 p.m.

• PGA, The Players Championship, final round, NBC

Hockey

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2 p.m.

Michael Gale Dixon junior one of best in state at algebra

• IIHF World Championship, preliminary round, U.S. vs.

Slovenia, NBCSP

MLB Noon

• Orioles at Yankees or Red Sox at Blue Jays, MLB 12:30 p.m.

• Cardinals at Pirates, FSN 1 p.m.

• Reds at White Sox, CSN

• SEC tournament, championship, at Baton Rouge, La., ESPN2

7 p.m.

• Royals at Tigers, ESPN

7:30 p.m.

NBA playoffs

• Big Ten tournament, championship, BTN

2:30 p.m.

• Eastern Conference semifinals, Game 4, Cavaliers at Bulls, ABC

Men’s lacrosse 11 a.m. & 1:30, 4 & 6:30 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, first round games, ESPNU

7:30

• Western Conference semifinals, Game 4, Rockets at Clippers, TNT

Men’s volleyball 8:30 p.m.

NHL playoffs

• NCAA Tournament, championship match, at Stanford, Calif., ESPNU

TBD

• PGA, The Players Championship, third round, NBC

• Eastern Conference semifinals, Game 6, Rangers at Capitals, NBCSP • Western Conference semifinals, Game 5, Flames at Ducks, NBCSP

MLB

Soccer

Golf 1 p.m.

Noon

7:30 a.m.

• Royals at Tigers, FS1

• Premier League, Queens Park at Manchester City, NBCSP

3 p.m.

• Braves at Nationals, FS1 6 p.m.

• Cubs at Brewers, CSN • Cardinals at Pirates, FSN 7 p.m.

• Dodgers at Rockies or Padres at Diamondbacks, MLB

NBA playoffs 4 p.m.

• Eastern Conference semifinals, Game 3, Hawks at Wizards, ESPN 7 p.m.

• Western Conference semifinals, Game 3, Warriors at Grizzlies, ABC

NHL playoffs TBA

• Eastern Conference semifinals, Game 5, Lightning at Canadiens, NBCSP

Soccer 6:40 a.m.

• Premier League, Sunderland at Everton, NBCSP 8:55 a.m.

• Premier League, West Bromwich at Newcastle, NBCSP 11:25 a.m.

• Premier League, Manchester United at Crystal Palace, NBCSP 2 p.m.

• MLS, Real Salt Lake at Chicago, CSN

When did you realize you were really good at math?

Do you like it better as a team or as an individual?

How much influence has your brother had on you?

With all my classes, I was doing really well in match and science.

My older brother [Kurt] joined the math team, so I did too.

I liked the questions at that the team competition has in it better.

I actually have three brothers, and I’m the third of four. I try and beat what Kurt has done whenever I get the chance. It’s kind of a competition for me.

What’s this about a math tournament last weekend?

It was the ICTM state math competition. It’s hosted at U of I, and it’s similar to state tennis, where you have to go through regionals to get there.

What does it involve?

It’s a competition, all on paper.

It’s like a timed test, and there’s different events with different types of questions.

Is it a team thing, or just individuals?

It depends on the event. I was in one team competition and one individual competition; we had qualified for state in both. The team one is five people, and we all get the same test and we turn in one answer sheet, so we have to collaborate on the answers.

You want to get it all done as fast as possible.

Is it all kinds of math, or specific branches?

The individual competition is organized by grade level. Freshmen get algebra I, sophomores geometry, juniors algebra II, seniors pre-calculus. The team one includes one person from each grade, plus an extra senior.

That one had a whole range of questions on it, which was fun.

And that includes a trip to state?

He went to state with the math team twice, and he also went to tennis. I’ve got to go in tennis now, either this year or next year.

Favorite food?

Does your math prowess correlate to tennis?

I think about the angles maybe more than other people., Really, it’s still just tennis.

Meat-lover’s pizza.

Favorite type of music?

I don’t listen to music.

9:55 a.m.

• Premier League, Liverpool at Chelsea, NBCSP 2 p.m.

• Women’s national teams, exhibition, U.S. vs. Ireland, at San Jose, Calif., FS1 4 p.m.

• MLS, Houston at Toronto, ESPN2 6 p.m.

• MLS, New York City at New York, FS1

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Favorite type of movie or TV show?

How did you get into tennis?

I like the action stuff, mostly.

My brother [Kurt] played, and I got into it really early with the Emma [Hubbs] program in Dixon.

I just liked doing it every summer; playing in Emma’s program was a lot of fun.

Would a reality show of your life be popular?

No – there’s way too much homework.

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Roszival out for rest of postseason

Local events

Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Michal Rozsival will miss the rest of the playoffs because of a broken left ankle. Team physician Dr. Michael Terry says Rozsival will need surgery to repair the injury.

Rozsival was hurt when he lost his balance and fell backward in the second period of Chicago’s 4-3 series-ending victory at Minnesota on Thursday night. The Blackhawks will face Anaheim or Calgary in their third consecutive appearance in the Western Conference finals.

Saturday Baseball 10 a.m.

• Sterling at Oswego East • Freeport at Dixon • Oregon at Genoa-Kingston (2) 11 a.m.

• Newman at Dakota (2) • Erie-Prophetstown at Stark County (2) TBD

• Morrison, West Carroll at Morrison Tournament • Fulton at Muddy River Classic, at Fulton Softball

GOLF

Kelly, Na share lead at Players Jerry Kelly and Kevin Na both go into the weekend with another chance at winning the The Players Championship.

Na, who had a 69, was the 54-hole leader 3 years ago until he faded on Sunday.

The 48-year-old Kelly, who had eight birdies for a tournament-best 65, had a twoshot lead over Tiger Woods in 2001, but Woods went on to win The Players that year in a Monday finish.

They were at 8-under 136, and were two shots clear of a group that included Rickie Fowler.

Woods made a 10-foot birdie putt on his final hole for a 71, which helped him make the cut on the number at even-par 144.

MLB

Wrigley bleachers nearly ready The Chicago Cubs say expanded bleachers in left and center field will open Monday when the Mets visit Wrigley Field. The right-field bleachers are scheduled to open next month.

The bleachers will feature new group spaces, improved concessions, and additional room for fans to socialize and watch the game. The work is part of a multi-year overhaul of the 101-year-old ballpark and surrounding area.

NFL

Bears sign third-round pick Less than a week after the NFL draft ended, the Chicago Bears have finished signing their entire 2015 draft class, announcing a finalized 4-year deal for center Hroniss Grasu on Friday morning.

Grasu, a third-round pick, is the sixth and final Bears draft pick to reach a contract agreement this week.

He was on the field Friday morning at Halas Hall as the Bears began a 3-day rookie minicamp.

Grasu, a quick and agile lineman from Oregon, was widely regarded as the second-best center in this year’s draft class, behind Florida State’s Cameron Erving. Grasu started 52 games over four seasons for the Ducks, and has been widely lauded for his work ethic and leadership abilities.

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Chicago-area teams playing for title Is Chicago the men’s volleyball capital of the country?

It certainly will look that way Saturday night at Stanford, when Loyola of Chicago’s North Side plays Lewis of southwest suburban Romeoville for the NCAA Division I-II title at 8:30 p.m. on ESPNU. This is the first time in the tournament’s 46 editions that two schools from east of the Rocky Mountains have met for the title.

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ABOVE: Newman’s Nate Olson pitches against Erie-Prophetstown during Friday’s rainy game in Sterling. The Comets won 10-4, in a game that featured 19 walks and five hit batters.

BELOW: Erie-Prophetstown’s Kale Orman fields a ground ball during Friday’s loss.

Walking in the rain Comets win soggy game featuring 19 free passes

BY ROB LAIRD Special to SVM

STERLING – It was a long, ugly, wet slog, and for a while, those in attendance began to feel that Friday afternoon’s baseball game between Newman and ErieProphetstown might never end.

Then Brandon Burke took the mound and helped restore order to a rain-filled, bases-on-ballsplagued, time-consuming contest, a battle eventually won by host Newman 10-4.

Of course, the Comets senior was not personally responsible for stopping the drizzle that persisted during the game’s first four innings – innings that took more than 2 hours to complete – but it hardly seemed like a coincidence that once Burke settled in around the fourth inning, everything else suddenly seemed more tolerable for Newman.

“All I wanted to do was throw strikes and let my teammates back me up on defense,” said Burke, who pitched the final four innings for the Comets (12-5), allowing one run and three hits while striking out four. “I wanted to slow down my pitching motion and make sure that I’m doing everything correctly.”

When Burke entered the game in the top of the third, he inherited a bases-loaded jam after Alex Buhler hit three consecutive E-P hitters with pitches, the final two of which forced in a run to cut Newman’s lead to 4-3. With the wet conditions, pitchers had fits trying to locate their pitches. Neither Buhler nor Newman starting pitcher Nate Olson actually gave up a hit, but allowed nine baserunners between them via bases on balls or hit batsmen.

In all, the game featured 19 walks, five hit batsmen, three pitching changes, and two pauses in action to treat the field with Diamond Dry. The game was completed in a less-than-brisk 2 hours, 41 minutes.

“We battled through the game and got the win,” said Newman

10 a.m.

• Rochelle at Dixon (2) • Genoa-Kingston at Oregon (2) • Erie-Prophetstown at Annawan-Wethersfield Boys tennis 8 a.m.

• Sterling at Freeport Invitational Boys track & field 9 a.m.

• Oregon at Bolingbrook Invitational

Monday Baseball 4 p.m.

• West Carroll at Milledgeville 4:30 p.m.

• Rochelle at Sterling • Lena-Winslow at Newman • Eastland at Erie-Prophetstown Softball 4 p.m.

• West Carroll at Milledgeville 4:30 p.m.

• Sterling at Stillman Valley • Dixon at Princeton • Rock Falls at Fulton • Eastland at Erie-Prophetstown • Byron at Amboy Boys tennis 4:30 p.m.

• Sterling at Newman. at Sauk Valley Community College • Dixon at Rock Island Boys track & field 4 p.m.

coach Tom Wilson. “With the conditions the way they were, you just try to do the best you can to limit your mistakes.”

Burke did just that, getting out of the bases-loaded jam by retiring the first batter he faced with an infield popup, which represented three of the Panthers’ 12 stranded runners. The Comets then quickly reclaimed their four-run lead thanks to three walks and four wild pitches by E-P pitchers in the bottom of the third.

“We did what we’ve been doing all season, and that’s letting teams get a big inning,” said E-P coach Jason Orman. “We play decent ball for four or five innings, but then we have an inning where we give away extra outs and make mistakes. When we need to make a play in crunch

time, we can’t seem to make it happen.”

Jordan Chandler provided the Panthers (7-15) with their last offensive gasp, blasting a home run to left-center field in the top of the fourth inning. The solo blast cut Newman’s lead to 7-4, but E-P came no closer with Burke working his magic “We have the talent to turn this around,” Orman said. “It’s just a matter of turning our inexperience into a mojo, or momentum, or whatever you want to call it.

But baseball’s a funny game, and things like that can happen.”

Olson had two RBIs for Newman, including one on a sacrifice fly that featured a nice, diving catch by E-P right fielder Josh Lohman.

Jared Forward went 2-for-4 with a double for the Panthers.

• Newman, Morrison, Riverdale at Rockridge • AFC at Polo-Forreston 4:30 p.m.

• AFC, Hinckley-Big Rock at Amboy • Bureau Valley, Fulton at Kewanee

On this date May 9 1987 • Baltimore’s Eddie Murray becomes the first major leaguer to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in consecutive games as the Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 15-6 at Comiskey Park.

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A.L. LEADERS HOME RUNS (as of May 7)

Cruz, SEA Teixeira, NYY Ramirez, BOS Trout, LAA

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14 10 10 8

Frazier, CIN Gonzalez, LAD Pederson, LAD Goldschmidt, ARI Harper, WAS

RUNS BATTED IN

Cruz, SEA Vogt, OAK Teixeira, NYY Hosmer, K-C Travis, TOR K. Morales, K-C

RUNS BATTED IN

26 25 25 23 23 23

Stanton, MIA Goldschmidt, ARI Gonzalez, LAD Upton, S-D Marte, PIT Carpenter, STL Harper, WAS

STOLEN BASES

Altuve, HOU Ellsbury, NYY Springer, HOU Marisnick, HOU Gardner, NYY

11 11 10 9 8

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE

Cruz, SEA Vogt, OAK Martin, TOR Ramirez, BOS Teixeira, NYY

.757 .659 .619 .609 .606

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE

Cabrera, DET Ellsbury, NYY Vogt, OAK Reddick, OAK Gardner, NYY

.456 .438 .436 .430 .408

RUNS SCORED

Trout, LAA K. Morales, K-C Ellsbury, NYY Donaldson, TOR Moustakas, K-C Dozier, MIN Cain, K-C

24 23 22 22 21 21 21

HITS

Altuve, HOU Ellsbury, NYY Fielder, TEX Cruz, SEA Moustakas, K-C

41 41 38 37 37

BASES ON BALLS

Santana, CLE Cabrera, DET Springer, HOU Longoria, T-B Teixeira, NYY

25 20 18 18 18

DOUBLES

Cespedes, DET Cano, SEA Longoria, T-B Pillar, TOR

10 10 9 9

TRIPLES

Orlando, K-C Fuld, OAK

5 3

TOTAL BASES

Cruz, SEA Hosmer, K-C Trout, LAA Cabrera, DET Jones, BAL Donaldson, TOR

84 61 61 60 59 59

EARNED RUN AVERAGE

Keuchel, HOU Martinez, TEX Gray, OAK Hernandez, SEA Odorizzi, T-B

0.80 1.47 1.67 1.73 2.21

WON-LOST

Hernandez, SEA Pineda, NYY Gray, OAK McHugh, HOU

5-0 4-0 4-0 4-0

GAMES PITCHED

Shaw, CLE Thompson, MIN Kela, TEX Betances, NYY 14 tied

15 15 15 15 14

SAVES

Miller, NYY Soria, DET Perkins, MIN Street, LAA Rodney, SEA

12 11 10 9 8

INNINGS PITCHED

Keuchel, HOU Kluber, CLE Gray, OAK Hernandez, SEA Archer, T-B

45.0 44.2 43.0 41.2 41.2

STRIKEOUTS

Archer, T-B Kluber, CLE Hernandez, SEA Buchholz, BOS Kazmir, OAK

50 46 44 40 40

10 9 9 8 8

29 26 24 21 20 20 20

STOLEN BASES

AP

Josh Hamilton knows that his return to the Rangers is probably his last chance to make it in MLB. The slugger has a sordid past that included addictions to cocaine and alcohol.

Last chance to dance Hamilton gets final opportunity in MLB with Rangers

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer

Highs & lows

ARLINGTON, Texas – Josh Hamilton knows in hindsight that he probably should have never left Texas.

When the slugger was first acquired by the Rangers from Cincinnati a few days before Christmas in 2007, a feel-good story got even better: The former No. 1 overall draft pick became an MVP and perennial All-Star after battling cocaine and alcohol addictions, even with a few stumbles.

Now he has another shot at redemption, again in Texas, in what very likely could be his last chance in baseball.

“The reason I’m making certain changes in my life is because I want to be OK after baseball’s over,” Hamilton said when reintroduced by Texas. “So I’ve done a lot of growing and a lot of learning and soul-searching, as you could say, over the past few weeks. I’m excited about being a Ranger.”

Hamilton is near an MLB reunion with the team he shunned after the 2012 season for a big free agent contract with AL West rival Los Angeles. The Angels last month traded him back for little in return after two disappointing seasons, and the recent offseason that included not only shoulder surgery, but a self-reported relapse with cocaine and alcohol.

“If you’re comfortable and you can be at home and relax, but go to the field and still feel like you’re at home when you get there, that’s pretty important,” said Hamilton, who went to extended spring training in

2008: Reached 50 RBIs faster than any other player in AL history.

Led league with 130 RBIs and hit 28 HRs in first-round of Home Run Derby.

2009: Limited to 89 games because of abdominal surgery and strained rib muscle. He was photographed getting drunk in an Arizona bar.

2010: Voted MVP after batting .352 with 32 HRs and 100 RBIS. Helped Rangers to World Series berth.

2011: Missed 6 weeks after breaking bone in arm on headfirst dive trying to score. His two-run homer in the 10th inning of Game 6 in the World Series put Texas ahead 9-7, but St. Louis rallied to win the game and the series.

2012: In February, Hamilton publicly apologized for having multiple drinks during a night out in Dallas. He had a career-high 43 homers that season. In September, Hamilton missed five games because of an eye issue he said was caused by too much caffeine and energy drinks.

Arizona before joining Triple-A Round Rock. “I love the guys on my team in L.A. ... But it was L.A. It wasn’t Texas. It was just really different.”

Hamilton could join Round Rock this weekend. The Rangers are planning to decide Hamilton’s schedule after he plays in an extended spring training game Friday in Arizona.

“He goes from live BP’s to game situations, but is being put through a litany of drills, as far as outfield work, throwing program, baserunning drills, live BP, and game situations,” Texas manager Jeff Banister said before the Rangers played Tampa Bay Thursday night.

Hamilton took live batting practice Thursday. Among the pitchers he faced was Matt Harrison, who is rehabbing following spinal fusion surgery.

Things won’t be exactly the same as they were in Texas, where Hamilton was the 2010 American League MVP

and an All-Star in each of his five seasons.

Hamilton earlier this year filed for divorce, and court records indicate that he is prohibited from going to the couple’s home in North Texas, or seeing their daughters without supervision.

And the Rangers, who made their only two World Series appearances and were coming off a wild-card loss before Hamilton left, are struggling near the bottom of the league for the second year in a row. There is a new manager, Banister, after Ron Washington’s unexpected resignation late last season for personal reasons.

This is a low-risk deal for Texas, which is paying only about $6 million of the $80 million still owed to Hamilton through 2017 on that $125 million, 5-year contract from the Angels. Plus, the Rangers don’t expect the player who turns 34 on May 21 to have the same mind-boggling numbers he once had for them.

PIRATES

Pirates punchless in Pittsburgh MVP candidate McCutchen takes blame for poor start to season

BY WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

PITTSBURGH – Andrew McCutchen tried to channel his inner Marshawn Lynch.

It lasted all of 30 seconds. Sorry, but mumbling one-word answers just isn’t the Pittsburgh Pirates star’s thing.

Besides, for once there was something to talk about other than why his team wasn’t hitting, or the state of his achy left knee.

So after a couple of faux-terse “yeahs,” McCutchen laughed and expressed relief after going 3-for-4 with an RBI in Thursday’s 7-2 win over Cincinnati, a rare positive night at the plate for the perennial MVP candidate and his team, which has started a season of soaring expectations as nothing but a distant speck in first-place St. Louis’

AP

The Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen had his first three-hit game of the season on Thursday, a lone bright spot in a slow start for the perennial MVP candidate. McCutchen blames himself for Pittsburgh’s sluggish offensive start to the season. rearview mirror.

The Pirates entered this weekend’s threegame set with the Cardinals eight games back already. While there are still 5 months to go, for a club that preached the importance of winning the NL Central instead of settling for the wild

card – as it has done the last two years – spotting St. Louis a week’s worth of games isn’t exactly a great idea.

“We’re not right where we need to be yet, and that’s the great thing,” McCutchen said. “We’re doing OK.” OK might be pushing it.

McCutchen’s first three-hit game of the season lifted his batting average from .188 to .210. And even with the Pirates getting 11 hits, they still rank in the bottom third in the majors in several significant offensive categories, including batting, home runs, runs, and on-base percentage. This from largely the same group that mashed its way to a second straight playoff berth a year ago.

Things grew so bad McCutchen decided it was time to shoulder the blame. After another fruitless night against the Reds on Tuesday, he vented, mostly at himself. He called his play “under mediocre,” while basically apologizing for not playing at a level commensurate with his status – or his $10 million paycheck.

Hamilton, CIN Gordon, MIA Polanco, PIT Aoki, S-F Fowler, CHC Rizzo, CHC

14 12 9 8 7 7

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE

Gonzalez, LAD Pederson, LAD Goldschmidt, ARI Lind, MIL Carpenter, STL

.720 .647 .644 .625 .620

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE

Holliday, STL Gordon, MIA Rizzo, CHC Bryant, CHC Gonzalez, LAD

.474 .461 .458 .435 .433

RUNS SCORED

Myers, S-D Carpenter, STL Gonzalez, LAD Rizzo, CHC Goldschmidt, ARI

25 23 23 22 22

HITS

Gordon, MIA Gonzalez, LAD Pagan, S-F Carpenter, STL Goldschmidt, ARI

52 39 37 36 36

BASES ON BALLS

Harper, WAS Pederson, LAD Holliday, STL Granderson, NYM Votto, CIN

26 23 22 18 18

DOUBLES

Carpenter, STL Tulowitzki, COL Norris, S-D Gonzalez, LAD Freeman, ATL

14 12 12 11 11

TRIPLES

Revere, PHL Trumbo, ARI

3 3

TOTAL BASES

Gonzalez, LAD Carpenter, STL Goldschmidt, ARI Gordon, MIA Frazier, CIN

77 67 67 62 61

EARNED RUN AVERAGE

Greinke, LAD Miller, ATL Burnett, PIT Wacha, STL Liriano, PIT

1.56 1.66 1.66 1.93 1.95

WON-LOST

Harvey, NYM Greinke, LAD Colon, NYM Wacha, STL

5-0 5-0 5-1 4-0

GAMES PITCHED

Watson, PIT Hughes, PIT Jeffress, MIL

16 16 16

SAVES

Familia, NYM Rosenthal, STL Grilli, ATL Kimbrel, S-D Casilla, S-F Storen, WAS

11 10 9 8 8 8

INNINGS PITCHED

Leake, CIN Cueto, CIN Scherzer, WAS Colon, NYM Greinke, LAD

43.2 43.0 42.2 40.1 40.1

STRIKEOUTS

Kershaw, LAD Scherzer, WAS Shields, S-D Fiers, MIL Ross, S-D

51 49 48 42 42

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Shaw built tough by mother Darlene Shaw taught son, Andrew, lessons about game, life

BY SHANNON RYAN Chicago Tribune

At 6, Andrew Shaw received his first stitches – right above his eye after crashing into a table during a wrestling match.

It was the first of countless times he was sewn back together.

The conversation on the way to the hospital went like this on repeat: “I don’t want to go,” Andrew said.

“Well, you have to, so we’re going,” his mother, Darlene Shaw, replied matter of factly.

With three boys born within 3 years of each other – all of whom played hockey – and a daughter who was a figure skater, the Shaw family was mostly numb to the routine of bumps and bruises and scrapes. Darlene learned early that worrying wouldn’t solve much.

“There’s no sense,” she said recently over the phone from the family’s hometown of Belleville, Ontario. “Those are the little things, right?”

Darlene has a story for almost every scar Andrew collected through the years. And if she ever panicked during an injury, she never let her kids see it.

Not even now as Andrew has become a black-and-blue fan favorite as a winger with Blackhawks, who are off this Mother’s Day weekend after sweeping the Wild in their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series.

Perhaps the ultimate hockey mom, Darlene admitted the time she had to reveal her own illness to her children proved the most difficult of her life.

On Oct. 18, 2012, Darlene was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Within the week, she told her children and underwent surgery.

“It wasn’t even [doctors] telling me,” she said. “The hardest part was telling the kids, and thinking how they would react.

You don’t want your kids to worry about you.”

Darlene was fortunate: She said she was not told of an

Friday’s games Rangers 2, Capitals 1, OT: Ryan McDonagh scored 9:37 into overtime and the New York Rangers kept their Stanley Cup hopes alive in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in New York. The Capitals lead the series 3-2.

Ducks 4, Flames 2: Matt Beleskey broke a tie on a power play early in the third period of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinal in Calgary. Anaheim leads the series 3-1.

Andrew, known as a likable agitator to Hawks fans, hasn’t changed much over the years.

He played through the Stanley Cup Final with a broken rib, which he didn’t reveal to his Minneapolis Star Tribune parents until they questioned Andrew Shaw (65) lines up a shot during the Blackhawks win over the Wild on Sunday in the semi- him when noticing a new piece finals of the Western Conference playoffs. Shaw learned the game from his parents, including his of protective equipment. In the dressing room, he jabbers and mother, Darlene, who coached his youth team. teases teammates. irregularity after a regular go toward research for breast skater but we managed, and we “We always found that the checkup, but the tumor had cancer. It’s something I’m never had a great time with it.” more he was wound, the better not metastasized. She avoided going to forget.”

Of course, hockey injuries he played,” Darlene said. “If we chemotherapy and radiation, Nor will Darlene. And she accumulated. made him sit down and settle instead taking medication and hopes many others remember When Andrew was 11, an down, he’d have a so-so game. undergoing reconstructive sur- the message they had hoped to opposing player’s skate sliced He was always that spunky and gery last summer. send. open his chin. Blood pooling never-run-out-of-energy EnerShe since has been given a She told Andrew before he onto the ice, Andrew begged to gizer Bunny.” clean bill of health. made her diagnoses public: return. He did, soaking through After years of organizing their Andrew said her battle is “Cancer attacks whoever it the bandages the rest of the kids’ activities through colorinspiring. wants whenever it wants, game.

“It just shows the type of whether it’s a hockey player or Later that season, he claimed coded calendars, Darlene and Doug now enjoy being a differwoman she is,” he said. “She’s a hockey player’s mom. It will he had jammed his finger, but strong-willed. She’s never going mean more to a lot of people Darlene eventually figured out ent kind of hockey parent – the to give up on anything. I think I if they know you come from he had been playing with a bro- kind that sits back as spectators.

Andrew takes pleasure in his have part of that from her.” a regular family with regular ken hand. Andrew cried when mom enjoying his ride with the Andrew donated the stitches problems.” told he would miss several Hawks – and he appreciates from his upper-right cheek – The Shaws are not a family weeks of hockey, but convinced courtesy of a puck to the face drawn together through crisis. the doctor to use a playing cast that she has shielded him from worrying about her. in the Stanley Cup playoffs in They were always this way. after revealing his team was in “She always makes sure 2013 – for cancer research in Darlene and her husband, the OHL semifinals. He scored we’re not thinking about [her honor of his mom. They were Doug, each coached Andrew and four goals in one game with health],” he said. “She wants us auctioned off for $6,500 with a his brothers, Joshua and Jason, that cast. to live our lives. She’s going to matching donation from The V who played in the Ontario Hock“I’m not the mother who’s live her life through us.

Foundation. ey League. Darlene coached going to crawl onto the ice,” “Every chance she gets she “I’m so privileged to have the Andrew’s youth team for 2 years. said Darlene, who works for a watches me play hockey, life I have and for her to be in it,” “She always was the one trucking company while her watches my brothers play. It he said. “I thought it would be to make sure I was well-fed, husband works as a carpenter. hasn’t seemed to stop her.” a great way to give back. Even made it to the rink on time,” “There’s times I’ve wanted to, Chicago Tribune’s Paul though it was a silly thing, it still Andrew said. “She was my first but I’m patient and wait to see Skrbina contributed. made quite a bit of money to rec coach. She wasn’t the best his reaction.”

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NASCAR SPRINT CUP

Happy place for Gordon Kansas holds good memories for longtime driver

BY DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Jeff Gordon has been fast this year just about every time he climbs into that car. He has had promising runs just about every time he’s taken the green flag.

He is still trying to find his way to victory lane.

Good thing the Sprint Cup series is at Kansas Speedway this weekend.

Gordon knows exactly where to find it, winning the first two races ever held there, and again last spring.

“I remember coming here, this place was just natural in how I drove the track, and still is, even after the repave,” Gordon said, reflecting on the inaugural race that he won in 2001.

“Every time I drive into the corner, I like this place, like the way it flows, like the way the car feels,” he said. “I just feel like I know this track very well.”

Gordon’s farewell season began on the pole at the season-opening Daytona 500, but the day ended with the first of several miscues that have made for a frustrating year. Despite having one of the fastest cars, and leading 77 laps, a wreck left him in 33rd place.

At Martinsville, Gordon took the lead with 58 laps to go, only to get penalized for speeding on pit road.

He barely managed to sneak back into the top 10.

Then last week at Talladega, Gordon again started on the pole and was running up front with the rest of his Hendrick Motorsports teammates.

But on a track where he’d won six times, and should be intimately familiar with just about everything, the four-time champion once again made an inexplicable blunder as he entered pit road.

Gordon was dinged for

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Jeff Gordon waits in his car during Friday’s practice for Saturday’s Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan. Gordon is still looking for his first win of the season, and hopes it can come this weekend at a racetrack he’s always loved. season, several months after Dale Earnhardt was killed at Daytona. There was a pall over the entire When: 6:30 Saturday series that season, GorWhere: Kansas Speeddon recalled, which made way, Kansas City, Kan. his fourth championship TV: Fox a bit bittersweet.

“It was a tough year for Polesitter: Joey Logano us as a sport,” Gordon said. “That was a huge speeding, just like at tragedy, and somebody Martinsville. He was that meant a lot to the shuffled to the back and finished 31st, while team- sport – and meant a lot to me. He was always so mate Dale Earnhardt Jr. good to me.” roared to the win.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Gordon took the blame recalled how Gordon for the mistake, an egreaccepted the mantle from gious one by his stanhis father as the sport’s dards, but soon turned biggest star, and helped his focus to Saturday to keep things from fallnight’s race at Kansas. ing apart.

Gordon won the inaugu“I remember we were ral night race last year, and also had a strong run sort of looking around, who was going to be the during last year’s Chase race before finishing 14th. guy to go up in that [NASCAR] hauler every week “It’s been a good track for us,” Gordon said, “ever and talk some sense into since we first came here.” those people? And that’s the way we kind of looked Gordon’s final full schedule in a Sprint at it,” Earnhardt said.

Cup car has offered him “From a driver’s perspecseveral opportunities to tive, we were going to miss reminisce, and he did so dad’s vision, and how that again Friday morning. impacted the decisions His first trip to the newly they made in that hauler.

“Jeff was a guy that opened Kansas Speedway stepped up.” came late in the 2001

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A tough discard even to consider

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James Whistler said, “If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.”

If other bridge players are distracting you by talking, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to think of the best play.

Our final deal in this series on discarding is the hardest of all.

South is in three notrump. West leads his fourth-highest club. Assuming South holds up his ace until the third round of the suit, how can the defenders obtain a topic of conversation for years to come?

South has seven top tricks: two spades, three hearts, one diamond and

one club. He hopes to establish his diamond suit for the loss of only one trick and either find clubs 4-4 or keep West off the lead while setting up his diamond suit.

Suppose East discards the heart two on the third club. Declarer plays a spade to dummy and returns a low diamond. If East plays low, South wins with his ace and leads a second round.

Alternatively, if East puts up his diamond king, declarer plays low from his hand, then cashes the diamond ace next. In both cases, South ends with an overtrick.

What is the answer?

On the third club, East must discard his diamond king.

Then West will gain the lead with his diamond queen to run his clubs.

Yes, that is a tough play to find, but note that if South has the ace-queen of diamonds, East’s king is powerless. © 2015 UFS

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FRIDAY’S SCOREBOARD MLB

NBA playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Tuesday’s results Atlanta 106, Washington 90, series tied 1-1 Memphis 97, Golden State 90, series tied 1-1 Wednesday’s results Cleveland 106, Chicago 91 Houston 115, L.A. Clippers 109, series tied 1-1 Friday’s results Chicago 99, Cleveland 96, Chicago leads series 2-1 Houston at L.A. Clippers, late

GB — 3 4 5½ 5½ GB — ½ 2 6½ 8 GB — 6 7 7½ 7½

Friday’s results N.Y. Yankees 5, Baltimore 4 Toronto 7, Boston 0 Detroit 6, Kansas City 5 Minnesota 9, Cleveland 3 Tampa Bay 8, Texas 2 Cincinnati at Chicago, ppd., rain Houston at L.A. Angels, late Oakland at Seattle, late Saturday’s games Baltimore (Chen 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 1-0), 12:05 p.m.

Boston (J.Kelly 1-1) at Toronto (Hutchison 2-0), 12:07 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 1-2) at Detroit (An. Sanchez 2-3), 12:08 p.m.

Cincinnati (Undecided) at Chicago White Sox (Undecided), 3:10 p.m., 1st game Minnesota (P.Hughes 1-4) at Cleveland (B.Chen 0-0), 3:10 p.m.

Texas (Detwiler 0-3) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 3-2), 5:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cueto 2-3) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 0-0), 6:40 p.m., 2nd game Houston (Keuchel 3-0) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 2-2), 8:05 p.m.

Oakland (Hahn 1-2) at Seattle (Happ 2-1), 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s games Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 12:10 p.m.

Texas at Tampa Bay, 12:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Angels, 2:35 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 3:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

National League East Division W L Pct GB New York 18 11 .621 — Washington 15 15 .500 3½ Atlanta 14 15 .483 4 Miami 14 15 .483 4 Philadelphia 11 19 .367 7½ Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 22 7 .759 — Chicago 15 13 .536 6½ Cincinnati 14 14 .500 7½ Pittsburgh 13 16 .448 9 Milwaukee 9 21 .300 13½ West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 18 10 .643 — San Diego 15 15 .500 4 San Francisco 14 15 .483 4½ Arizona 13 14 .481 4½ Colorado 11 15 .423 6 Friday’s results Washington 9, Atlanta 2 Philadelphia 3, N.Y. Mets 1 St. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 5 Chicago Cubs 7, Milwaukee 6 Cincinnati at Chicago, ppd., rain L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, late San Diego at Arizona, late Miami at San Francisco, late Saturday’s games Atlanta (Teheran 3-1) at Washington (Fister 2-1), 3:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Undecided) at Chicago White Sox (Undecided), 3:10 p.m., 1st game N.Y. Mets (Niese 2-2) at Philadelphia (Harang 3-2), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (C.Martinez 3-0) at Pittsburgh (Worley 2-2), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 2-1) at Milwaukee (Lohse 1-4), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cueto 2-3) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 0-0), 6:40 p.m., 2nd game L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 1-2) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 0-2), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 1-3) at Arizona (C.Anderson 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Miami (Phelps 1-0) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 3-1), 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s games Atlanta at Washington, 12:35 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m.

Miami at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 3:10 p.m.

Friday’s box scores

CUBS 7, BREWERS 6 Chicago

Milwaukee ab r h bi Segura ss 4 1 1 0 Gennett 2b 5 0 0 0 Braun rf 3 3 2 3 Lind 1b 4 0 2 0 HGomz pr 0 0 0 0 KDavis lf 5 1 4 3 GParra cf 4 0 1 0 Maldnd c 3 0 0 0 EHerrr 3b 3 0 0 0 Nelson p 2 0 0 0 Centen ph 1 0 0 0 WSmith p 0 0 0 0 Kintzlr p 0 0 0 0 JRogrs ph 1 1 0 0 Totals 37 710 7 Totals 35 6 10 6 Chicago 100 300 012 – 7 Milwaukee 100 001 013 – 6 E–E.Herrera (1), Gennett (2). DP–Chicago 1. LOB–Chicago 5, Milwaukee 9.

2B–Fowler (5), M.Montero (3), Braun (1), K.Davis (7). HR–Fowler (2), Rizzo (6), Soler (3), S.Castro (3), Braun (6), K.Davis (2). SB– Fowler (8).

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Hammel W,3-1 7 5 2 2 3 8 Rosscup H,3 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 Strop H,5 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 H.Rondon 1 3 3 3 2 1 Milwaukee Nelson L,1-3 7 5 4 4 1 11 W.Smith 1 2 1 1 0 3 Kintzler 1 3 2 1 1 1 T–3:03. A–38,283 (41,900).

Fowler cf Bryant 3b Rizzo 1b MMntr c Soler rf SCastro ss Coghln lf HRndn p Hamml p Rosscp p Strop p Szczur ph-lf ARussll 2b

ab 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 0 3 0 0 1 4

r 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

h 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

bi 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CARDINALS 8, PIRATES 5 St. Louis

NBA PLAYOFFS | GAME 3 | BULLS 99, CAVALIERS 96

American League East Division W L Pct New York 19 11 .633 Tampa Bay 16 14 .533 Toronto 15 15 .500 Boston 13 16 .448 Baltimore 12 15 .444 Central Division W L Pct Detroit 19 11 .633 Kansas City 18 11 .621 Minnesota 17 13 .567 Chicago 10 15 .400 Cleveland 10 18 .357 West Division W L Pct Houston 19 10 .655 Los Angeles 13 16 .448 Texas 12 17 .414 Oakland 12 18 .400 Seattle 11 17 .393

Pittsburgh ab r h bi ab r h bi Bourjos cf 5 2 2 0 Polanc rf 5 1 1 0 Wong 2b 5 1 3 3 NWalkr 2b 4 1 2 1 Hollidy lf 4 1 1 3 McCtch cf 5 1 2 0 Belisle p 0 0 0 0 Marte lf 4 0 3 1 Maness p 0 0 0 0 PAlvrz 1b 4 0 0 1 MAdms ph 1 0 0 0 JHrrsn 3b 4 1 1 0 Rosnthl p 0 0 0 0 Cervelli c 4 0 2 0 JhPerlt ss 5 1 1 1 Mercer ss 3 0 0 0 Rynlds 1b 4 0 1 0 Caminr p 0 0 0 0 Heywrd rf 3 0 0 0 Liz p 0 0 0 0 Molina c 4 1 2 0 Hart ph 1 0 0 0 Kozma 3b 4 0 0 0 Bastrd p 0 0 0 0 Wacha p 2 1 0 0 Liriano p 2 0 0 0 Jay ph-lf 2 1 1 1 Kang ss 2 1 1 0 Totals 39 811 8 Totals 38 5 12 3 St. Louis 013 000 400 – 8 Pittsburgh 101 001 110 – 5 E–Kozma (1), J.Harrison (5). DP–St. Louis 2. LOB–St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 7.

2B–Bourjos 2 (3), Wong (6), Molina (6), McCutchen (4). HR–Wong (3), Holliday (2), Jh.Peralta (4). SB–Wong (3).

IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Wacha W,5-0 6 6 3 2 0 1 Belisle 1 3 1 1 0 1 Maness 1 2 1 1 0 1 Rosenthal S,11-12 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh Liriano L,1-2 6 1/3 6 6 5 1 10 Caminero 2/3 2 2 2 0 1 Liz 1 2 0 0 0 0 Bastardo 1 1 0 0 0 2 HBP–by Wacha (N.Walker). PB–Cervelli.

T–2:58. A–33,507 (38,362).

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Saturday’s games Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s games Cleveland at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s games Atlanta at Washington, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s box score

BULLS 99, CAVALIERS 96 CLEVELAND (96) James 8-25 10-11 27, Thompson 4-8 2-2 10, Mozgov 4-9 0-0 8, Irving 3-13 2-2 11, Shumpert 3-9 0-0 8, Smith 5-9 0-0 14, Dellavedova 3-4 2-2 10, Jones 2-5 2-2 8.

Totals 32-82 18-19 96.

CHICAGO (99) Dunleavy 6-12 1-1 16, Gasol 3-7 0-0 6, Noah 1-8 2-2 4, Rose 10-26 9-10 30, Butler 7-17 5-6 20, Gibson 3-4 3-4 9, Brooks 1-7 0-0 2, Hinrich 0-0 0-0 0, Mirotic 3-8 5-6 12, Snell 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-90 25-29 99.

Cleveland 24 25 24 23 – 96 Chicago 18 29 27 25 – 99 3-Point Goals–Cleveland 14-34 (Smith 4-8, Irving 3-4, Dellavedova 2-3, Jones 2-5, Shumpert 2-7, James 1-7), Chicago 6-21 (Dunleavy 3-7, Rose 1-3, Butler 1-3, Mirotic 1-4, Brooks 0-4). Fouled Out–None.

Rebounds–Cleveland 45 (Thompson 13), Chicago 66 (Noah 11). Assists–Cleveland 23 (James 14), Chicago 17 (Rose 7). Total Fouls–Cleveland 24, Chicago 18. Technicals–James, Brooks, Noah. A–22,246 (20,917).

NHL playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Tuesday’s results Chicago 1, Minnesota 0 Calgary 4, Anaheim 3, OT Wednesday’s results Tampa Bay 2, Montreal 1 Washington 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Thursday’s results Montreal 6, Tampa Bay 2, Tampa Bay leads series 3-1 Chicago 4, Minnesota 3, Chicago wins series 4-0 Friday’s results N.Y. Rangers 2, Washington 1, OT, Washington leads series 3-2 Anaheim 4, Calgary 2, Anaheim leads series 3-1 Saturday’s game Tampa Bay at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s games N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Golf PGA – Players Championship Friday At TPC Sawgrass, The Players Stadium Course Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Purse: $10 million Yardage: 7,215; Par: 72 Second Round Kevin Na 67-69 — 136 Jerry Kelly 71-65 — 136 Branden Grace 71-67 — 138 David Hearn 67-71 — 138 Chris Kirk 70-68 — 138 Rickie Fowler 69-69 — 138 Chris Stroud 70-69 — 139 Bill Haas 72-67 — 139 Zach Johnson 71-68 — 139 Troy Merritt 68-71 — 139 Ben Martin 68-71 — 139 Scott Brown 72-67 — 139 Kevin Kisner 73-67 — 140 Sangmoon Bae 72-68 — 140 Russell Henley 70-70 — 140 Brendon Todd 68-72 — 140 Charles Howell III 68-72 — 140 Jim Furyk 70-70 — 140 Brian Harman 71-69 — 140 Derek Fathauer 68-72 — 140 Cameron Tringale 69-71 — 140 Marc Leishman 69-71 — 140 Billy Horschel 68-72 — 140 Rory McIlroy 69-71 — 140 Ian Poulter 71-69 — 140 Ryo Ishikawa 71-69 — 140 Pat Perez 71-70 — 141 Charley Hoffman 67-74 — 141 J.B. Holmes 70-71 — 141 Henrik Stenson 72-69 — 141 Sergio Garcia 69-72 — 141 Martin Kaymer 69-72 — 141 Adam Scott 72-69 — 141 Rory Sabbatini 70-71 — 141 Hideki Matsuyama 67-74 — 141 Bubba Watson 71-70 — 141 Joost Luiten 71-70 — 141 Jamie Donaldson 70-72 — 142 Alex Cejka 69-73 — 142 Robert Allenby 70-72 — 142 Stephen Gallacher 72-70 — 142 Nick Taylor 72-70 — 142 Patrick Reed 72-70 — 142 Russell Knox 72-70 — 142 Bo Van Pelt 70-72 — 142 George McNeill 73-70 — 143 Luke Guthrie 74-69 — 143

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Auto racing NASCAR Sprint Cup

SpongeBob SquarePants 400 Lineup After Friday qualifying; race Saturday At Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 192.397 mph.

2. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 191.911.

3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 191.857.

4. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 191.782.

5. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 191.578.

6. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 191.299.

7. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 191.015.

8. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 190.853.

9. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 190.228.

10. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 190.154.

11. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 189.9.

12. (18) Erik Jones, Toyota, 189.54.

13. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 190.712.

14. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 190.691.

15. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 190.557.

16. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 190.51.

17. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 190.496.

18. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 190.476.

19. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 190.282.

20. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 190.228.

21. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 190.188.

22. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 190.047.

23. (55) David Ragan, Toyota, 189.76.

24. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 189.175.

25. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 189.607.

26. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 189.434.

27. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 189.347.

28. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 189.162.

29. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 188.917.

30. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 188.904.

31. (95) Michael McDowell, Ford, 188.904.

32. (33) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 188.818.

33. (26) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 188.613.

34. (35) Cole Whitt, Ford, 187.748.

35. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 187.669.

36. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 187.559.

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

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

39. (34) Brett Moffitt, Ford, Owner Points.

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

41. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

42. (32) Joey Gase, Ford, Owner Points.

43. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

Failed to Qualify 44. (62) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 183.936.

AP

Bulls guard Jimmy Butler (left) backs down Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith during Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal. Butler scored 20 points, and Derrick Rose scored 30, including a game-winning 3-pointer to give the Bulls a 99-96 win Friday at the United Center.

Buzzer beaten Bulls beat Cavs, take series lead on Rose’s 3

BY K.C. JOHNSON Chicago Tribune

Maybe the questions about Derrick Rose on one-day rest can be put to rest.

Rose banked in a ridiculous, 26-foot 3-pointer over Tristan Thompson at the buzzer Friday night to give the Bulls a pulsating 99-96 victory over the Cavaliers that maintained home-court advantage in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Rose scored 24 of his 30 points in the second half, and added seven rebounds and seven assists.

He combined with Jimmy Butler, who scored 17 of his 20 points in the second half, to score 23 of the Bulls’ 25 fourth-quarter points.

“I’m happy for him because all the stuff you have seen him go through,” said Mike Dunleavy, who scored 16 points and threw the final inbounds pass. “He deserves all the success that he has had and is having. I’m just happy to see a good guy like that succeed.

“He made a play. That’s what great players do.”

Rose smiled when asked the most pressing question about just the second game-winning shot of his NBA career, and first in the postseason.

“No, I did not call glass,” he said.

As for the other glass, the Bulls enjoyed a whopping 54-39 rebounding advantage. Butler posted his career-playoff-high five steals, as the Bulls got back to making the hustle plays. They outscored the Cavaliers 18-7 on second-chance points, 23-17 on fastbreak points and 44-28 in points in

Star of the game: Derrick Rose, Bulls, 30 points, 7 assists, 7 rebounds, game-winning 3 Up next: Game 4, Cavaliers at Bulls, 2:30 p.m. Sunday TV/Radio: ABC/1000-AM the paint.

“It was a broken play,” Rose said.

“I was supposed to get the ball in the corner. When I ran to the corner, I wasn’t open so I just ran toward the ball. Mike threw me the ball. I drove right. When I released the ball, it felt like a good shot.”

Perhaps fittingly for such a physical affair, the Bulls lost Pau Gasol to a strained left hamstring, which tightened up at halftime. He exited for good at the 6 minute, 49 second mark of the third quarter.

Earlier in that quarter, LeBron James and Joakim Noah re-introduced themselves to each other after James blew by Butler for a dunk and taunted Noah, drawing a technical. At first, Noah stayed above the fray, merely clapping in response. He eventually engaged, drawing his own technical.

Later in the quarter, another scrum ensued and Aaron Brooks drew a technical for shoving Matthew Dellavedova.

Gasol’s injury, Noah’s offensive ineffectiveness, and foul trouble for Nikola Mirotic, who took advantage of extended minutes for 12 points, forced coach Tom Thibodeau to match the Cavaliers and go small down the stretch.

This meant Taj Gibson at center, and Gibson responded with nine

points and nine rebounds and hustle plays throughout.

“Taj was huge,” Rose said. “There was more space on the floor. I felt like you couldn’t help off of anyone or I was going to find them.”

James, who missed seven of his first eight shots, finished with 27 points, a career-postseason-high 14 assists, and eight rebounds. He also committed seven turnovers.

Cavaliers coach David Blatt said Kyrie Irving played through a sore foot. He looked tentative and failed to finish several shots at the rim, finishing with 11 points and no assists on 3-for-13 shooting.

In the fourth, James pushed the Cavaliers ahead 93-92 with 41.5 seconds left by sinking two free throws after a borderline foul call on Butler. Butler responded by taking J.R. Smith, back from his two-game suspension, to the hole and easily scoring with 33.6 seconds left.

James then missed a driving layup and fouled Gibson on the rebound.

Gibson buried both free throws with 23.5 seconds left. But Smith sank a clutch 3-pointer with 10 seconds left to tie before Rose’s final heroics.

“That’s his greatness,” coach Tom Thibodeau said. “There aren’t many like him.”

Rose shrugged.

“I wouldn’t say [I was] taking over,” he said. “I was just trying to put pressure on them, make them defend and move around.

“I don’t mean to sound cocky, but those are the shots you want to take as a player in my position.”

MLB ROUNDUP

Power surge lifts Cubs over Brewers Northsiders erupt for four homers; Cardinals handle Pirates By the Associated Press

Rookie Jorge Soler hit one of Chicago’s four home runs, and the Cubs’ bullpen nearly squandered a four-run lead before holding on for a 7-6 win in Milwaukee on Friday.

Ryan Braun hit a threerun homer to the rightfield corner off reliever Hector Rondon, to make it a one-run game with two outs in the ninth. The Brewers followed with two more singles off Rondon to bring up Gerardo Parra.

Rondon let out a yell on the mound after striking out Parra swinging on a slider, to end the game.

Milwaukee had five hits over the final two innings off Chicago relievers, after being held to five hits over the first seven innings by starter Jason Hammel (3-1).

Chicago had built its lead in part on solo shots from Dexter Fowler, Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro, on top of Soler’s two-run homer.

AP

Cubs catcher Miguel Montero (left) tags out Brewers’ Adam Lind at home during their game in Milwaukee on Friday. The Cubs hit four home runs and won 7-6.

Wong hit three-run homers, and Michael Wacha remained unbeaten as the St. Louis Cardinals held off the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh.

Holliday sent a towering shot to left-center off Francisco Liriano (1-2) in the third inning, and Wong put it away with a drive over the Clemente Wall in right off ArquiCardinals 8, Pirates 5: medes Caminero in the Matt Holliday and Kolten seventh. Jhonny Peralta

also homered for the Cardinals, who have won 10 of 11.

Wong finished with three hits. Trevor Rosenthal worked the ninth for his 11th save, as the Cardinals improved to a majorleague best 22-7. Wacha (5-0) produced six workmanlike innings, giving up three runs and six hits with one strikeout.

Starling Marte had three hits for Pittsburgh and

Andrew McCutchen, Neil Walker and Francisco Cervelli added two each.

Reds, White Sox, ppd.:

The opener of Cincinnati’s first series against the White Sox in Chicago in 14 years was postponed due to rain.

The teams will play a doubleheader Saturday with the first pitch of Game 1 slated for 3:10 p.m.

Game 2 is scheduled to begin at 6:40 p.m.

B10 • SV Weekend

TRACK & FIELD

Saturday, May 9, 2015

GIRLS | NORTHERN ILLINOIS BIG 12 MEET

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Sterling’s Jacqueline Matznick clears the bar Friday in the high jump during the Northern Illinois Big 12 meet in Yorkville. Matznick’s teammate, Morgan Zuidema, cleared 5 feet in the event to take third place. The Golden Warriors placed fifth in the meet that was delayed and had three events canceled because of weather.

Bright side found in clouds

Sterling’s Zuidema finds positives at weather-delayed NIB-12 meet in Yorkville

BY BRIAN WEIDMAN bweidman@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5551 @BrianWeidman

YORKVILLE – Leave it to the ever-bubbly Morgan Zuidema to have a glass-half-full approach on a night filled with grumbling, bumbling, and stumbling.

The Sterling senior finished third in the high jump at the Northern Illinois Big 12 meet held Friday in rainy Yorkville.

The meet got off to a late start due to some late-afternoon thunder and lightning, and was contested in a steady rain.

That didn’t bother Zuidema, who cleared 5 feet in the high jump to earn a third-place ribbon. It was just shy of her season-best of 5-2.

“It was different,” Zuidema said. “You’d land on the mat, and the water would fly up in the air. It would be like you just jumped into a pond. It was all right. You just had to be mentally tough through it.”

The Golden Warriors finished fifth in the 10-team meet with 42 points, behind Yorkville (123), Kaneland (97), DeKalb (79), and Geneseo (45).

Sterling coach Tyler Gaumer would have liked a few better performances, but was pleased for the most part, considering the sloppy conditions. They were so bad that three events – the long jump, triple jump and pole vault

Top teams 1. Yorkville 2. Kaneland 3. DeKalb 4. Geneseo 5. Sterling

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– were not contested at all.

“Anytime it’s not ideal conditions, it’s easy to make excuses,” Gaumer said. “This is an example of where you’ve got to continue to stay mentally focused and sharp, and just be ready for your race. I thought we did that tonight.”

Megan Barnhart finished third in the 400 (1:02.54), and teamed with Santana Estrada, Maggie McPherson and Mercedes Sanchez to finish third in the 3,200 relay (9:52.17).

Sabrina Chamberlain finished fourth in the 100 (13.26) and 400 (1:02.86), and was fifth in the 200 (27.2).

“I was very interested to see where my times would be, compared to the other girls,” Chamberlain said. “I probably could have done better, but I tried my hardest, and the weather wasn’t the greatest.”

The Warriors also were fourth in two relays. Bryana Johnson, Erin Long, Kerry Mullen and Kallie Zuidema had a time of 53.25 in the 400 relay, while Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com Long, Mullen, Jazmin Lopez and Kallie Zuidema were clocked at Sterling’s Megan Loos throws the discus at the start of the finals at the Northern Illinois Big 12 1:53.11 in the 800 relay. meet at Yorkville. The Warriors finished fifth in the 10-team meet.

Long jumpers learn from watching each other LEAP

Sauk Valley All-time Top 10 Long Jump Boys

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“Everyone thinks it’s about who the best athlete is,” Dail said. “It’s not all about who is the fastest or the strongest.

“I’ve been lucky here over my 15 years, because we’ve had a group of kids that are very coachable. That makes a huge difference, because the long jump is all about adjustments.”

Dail had three boys – Gennaro, Devito and Troy Litwiller, and one girl – Rebecca Waite – appear in last week’s Sauk Valley honor roll in the long jump.

That success comes from some unique workouts and attention to detail.

Dail uses tires, cones, and the high jump mat to help improve long jumpers. He has athletes jump over the tires and the cones to work on lifting up on takeoff instead of out.

“You have a few major things with high schoolers to get down,” Dail said. “It’s starts with the approach. You have to be consistent. We teach a seven-stride approach. You have to get that down.”

“That’s the easy part,” Devito said. “It’s not that much different than other events, or running on the track.”

About 40 miles to the south in Manlius, senior Lindsey

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Year 1983 2014 2004 2014 2013 2011 1983 2008 1999 1985

Name Lorraine Lyon Lexy Duncan Jakenna Gilbert Lindsey Hoffert Peyton Rus Brittny Olson Kathy Hartle Lyndsey Schreiner Brianne Appel Jackie Ottens

School Dixon Sterling Sterling Sterling Erie-Prophetstown Sterling Rock Falls Polo-Forreston Sterling Fulton

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School Sterling Dixon Rock Falls Bureau Valley Erie-Prophetstown Milledgeville-Eastland Polo-Forreston West Carroll Oregon Morrison

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Editor’s note: Distances and dates provided by coaches and school officials. Any missing records can be submitted to the sports department at sports@saukvalley.com Hoffert thinks a lot about her approach. Hoffert has three 1A state medals in the event, including a second-place medal from 2012.

“Before each jump, I take one deep breath,” Hoffert said.

“Then when I am running, I am focusing on keeping my chest up and my eyes straight ahead.

You don’t want to be looking down.”

Hoffert, who doesn’t have a specialized jump coach at

Bureau Valley like the Missiles do, is zeroing in on the mechanics of the event to try and reach her goal of 18 feet.

Her best jump this year going into Friday’s Three Rivers meet was 17-1 3/4 (the area’s best for a female in 2015).

“For me, it’s all about watching other jumpers and improving my technique,” Hoffert said. “That’s where I am going to get that extra distance.”

At BV, Hoffert uses a short box that resembles a ramp, then takes five strides before hitting the ramp.

For new long jumpers, the desire to go far starts with trying to run fast and jump out as far as possible. That’s a habit Dail teaches out of his kids.

“It’s all about the flight,” Litwiller said. “You’ve got to get up and let the jump carry you out.”

That’s where the high jump mat comes in. One drill is having athletes jump from a standstill onto the mat.

“Getting height is key,” Dail said. “Coming off strong on the lead foot, swinging the hip, and the kicking the heels out.”

“It almost feels like you’re going backward,” Norton said.

“You’re kicking your heels out, and keeping your shoulder straight and head up. It’s different than jumping out.”

Dail also has his jumpers run

at the mat and jump to get the landing technique down.

It’s a blistering fast event, and a tiny inch can make the difference between a great jump or a scratch.

A scratch occurs when the athlete jumps after the foul line.

“There’s nothing more frustrating than a scratch,” Gennaro said. “It can get in your head.”

In most meets, jumpers get three tries to land a legal jump.

“Our goal [at BV] is always to go big on the first jump,” Hoffert said. “If you don’t hit it on the first one, then you try to go big again on the third one.”

For a talented group like the Missiles, the competition starts at practice. Each team will only be able to enter two male and female competitors for the conference and sectional meets.

“The competition is good,” Gennaro said. “It makes us better. Even at meets, even if I don’t win, it’s better to have good competition. You can watch better jumpers and learn.”

And no matter if it’s Milledgeville or Manlius, there’s a brotherhood between long jumpers, and they all take away one lasting memento.

“You’ll never get all the sand out of your shoes,” Norton said, laughing.

Saturday, May 9, 2015

LOCAL SPORTS

SV Weekend • B11

SCOREBOARD

LOCAL ROUNDUP

Baseball

Comets win on diamond and track

Friday’s results at Sterling

NEWMAN 10, ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 4 E-P 003 100 0 — 4 3 5 Newman 313 120 x — 10 5 2 W – Brandon Burke. L – Evan Cooper.

(At bats-runs-hits) ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN (7-15) Kallen Jepson cf 5-0-0, Kale Orman 2b 1-1-0, Jordan Chandler ss 2-2-1, Jared Forward lf 4-0-2, Brandon Howell 3b 2-10, Nate Pierceson c 4-0-0, Josh Lohman rf 1-0-0, Levi Fleming 1b 1-0-0, Evan Cooper p 0-0-0, Phillip Coers rf 2-0-0, Grady Todd p 2-0-0, Brett Emery ph 0-0-0, Ian Wirt ph 1-0-0. Totals 23-4-3.

Cooper (3 IP, 7 R, 5 ER, 3 H, 0 SO, 7 BB, 1 HBP, 5 WP), Todd (3 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 H, 1 SO, 3 BB) and Pierceson. 2B – Forward.

HR – Chandler. RBI – Fleming, Cooper, Chandler. LOB – 12.

NEWMAN (12-5) Dillan Heffelfinger 2b 5-1-1, Trevor Bolin 1b 3-2-1, Nate Olson p 1-1-1, Shayne Allen c 3-2-0, Alex Buhler cf-p 2-0-0, Elias Edmonson ss 2-1-1, Landon Vesley dp 2-1-0, Brandon Burke rf-p 2-1-0, Ricky Rank 3b 3-1-1, Brandon Ahlgrim lf 0-0-0, Totals 23-10-5.

Olson (2 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 H, 4 SO, 6 BB, 1 WP), Buhler (2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 3 HBP, 1 WP), Burke (4 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 4 SO, 3 BB) and Allen. 2B – Edmonson. RBI – Olson 2, Edmonson 2, Rank 2, Burke. SB – Bolin. SAC – Olson.

SF – Olson. LOB – 10.

Softball Friday’s results at Sterling

NEWMAN 8, ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 6 Erie-P’town 301 002 0 — 6 8 0 Newman 202 112 x — 8 8 2 W – Lakyn Waldschmidt (10-5). L – Kennah Meier.

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN Bekah Ryan (2 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 3 H, 1 SO, 2 BB), Meier (3 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 1 SO, 5 BB) and Rachel Davis. Multi hits – Steph Thulen 2. 2B – Thulen, Emily Cox. RBI – Cox 2, Addi Morse 2, Davis.

NEWMAN (10-9) Sam Miller (0 IP, 3 ER, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB), Waldschmidt (7 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 3 SO, 3 BB) and Julie Hurd. Multi hits – Hurd 2. 2B – Hurd, Mady Ferris. RBI – Waldschmidt 2, Jenna Stevens 2, Hurd, Morgan Ely. at Dakota

DAKOTA 17, AFC 6, 5 inn.

AFC 420 00 — 6 9 2 Dakota 344 6x — 17 19 1 L – Cassidy Koning.

AFC Koning (3 1/3 IP, 16 R, 10 ER, 18 H, 0 SO, 0 BB), Carlee Hargis (2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB). Multi hits – Koning 2, Bryce Gittleson 2, Lexi Meurer 2. 2B – Koning, Lexi Meurer. RBI – Koning 3, Lexi Meurer 2, Lauren Meurer. LOB – 4. E – Sam Miller 2.

Boys track Friday’s results

Missile Invite at Floyd Daub Field, Milledgeville Team scores 1. Newman 154; 2. Polo-Forreston 137; 3. Lena-Winslow 82; 4. Galena-East Dubuque-River Ridge 44; 5. MilledgevilleEastland 42; 6. West Carroll 38; 7. AFC 30 Triple jump – 1. Caleb Flack (GEDRR) 41-8 1/2; High jump – 1. Brad Cavanaugh (Polo) 6-1 1/2; Shot put – 1. Michael Packard (LW) 42-11; Long jump – 1. Flack (GEDRR) 20-4 1/2; Discus – 1. Joe Milliken (LW) 124-7; 3,200 relay – 1. Newman (Chris Ahlers, Bryson Reyes, Drew Rosengren, Clay Jungerman) 8:41.08; 400 relay – 1. Newman (Easton Bianchi, Regan Todhunter, Ethan Nash, Nolan McGinn) 44.44; 3,200 – 1. Quincy Coomes (New) 10:36.52; 110 hurdles – 1. Todhunter (New) 14.64; 100 – 1. Brady Rude (New) 10.92; 800 – 1. Alexis Cadenas (AFC) 2:01.47; 800 relay – 1. Polo-Forreston (Joseph Bowers, Gavin Fuchs, AJ Christensen, Aaron Shelton) 1:34.23; 400 – 1.

Nash (New) 52.28; 300 hurdles – 1.

Todhunter (New) 41.38; 1,600 – 1. Reyes (New) 4:48.60; 200 – 1. Rude (New) 22.54; 1,600 relay – 1. Lena-Winslow 3:32.93

Girls track Friday’s results

Three Rivers Meet at Wayne Hein Field, Erie Team scores 1. Bureau Valley 145; 2. Erie-Prophetstown 125; 3. Amboy 81; 4. Hall 62; 5. Fulton 53; 6. Orion 40; 7. Sherrard 35; 8. Princeton 33; 9. (tie) Kewanee, Rockridge 30; 11. Riverdale 27; 12. Newman 26; 13. St. Bede 15 (Field event results were not available) 100 – 1. Erika Zimmerlein (Amb) 13.11; 2.

Rachel Cobert (EP) 13.34; 3. Tiana Kennedy (BV) 13.40 200 – 1. Zimmerlein (Amb) 26.73; 2.

Lindsey Hoffert (BV) 27.00; 3. Cobert (EP) 27.26 400 – 1. Cobert (EP) 59.71; 2. Hoffert (BV) 1:01.40; 3. Kirsten Tunink (New) 1:02.13 800 – 1. Corrie Reiley (EP) 2:25.58; 2.

Shauri Vogt (Kew) 2:27.73; 3. Erin Hosto (Amb) 2:29.38 1,600 – 1. Averi Leitzen (Ful) 5:26.44; 2.

Regan Weidner (BV) 5:26.97; 3. Reiley (EP) 5:37.97 3,200 – 1. R.Weidner (BV) 11:49.11; 2. Megan Grady (Amb) 11:55.41; 3.

H.Weidner (BV) 12:25.36 100 hurdles – 1. Madi Quinn (Hall) 16.52; 2. Abby DeBaillie (Orion) 17.39; 3. Maddie Haskins (Riv) 17.60 300 hurdles – 1. Mikayla Bolton (EP) 48.20; 2. Breanna Eissens (Ful) 49.32; 3.

Alexandra Mack (Orion) 49.38 400 relay – 1. Bureau Valley (Haley DeVoss, Kennedy, Marissa Mungia, Sabrina Webb) 52.46; 2. Amboy (Cassidy Corcoran, Kaitlin Boers, Katelynn Pankhurst, Zimmerlein) 52.47; 3. Newman (Delaney Hinrichs, Kelsey Simpson, Lizzy Oswalt, Mary Jensen) 52.86 800 relay – 1. Amboy (Corcoran, Boers, Pankhurst, Zimmerlein) 1:49.77; 2. ErieProphetstown (Jayden Grunder, Courtney Kruthoff, Bolton, Aly Wetzell) 1:51.10; 3.

Rockridge 1:52.61 1,600 relay – 1. Sherrard 4:15.78; 2.

Erie-Prophetstown (Heather Strike, Wetzell, Grunder, Reiley) 4:16.26; 3. Orion 4:21.29 3,200 relay – 1. Erie-Prophetstown (Breanna Jensen, Ashlynn Steel, Kassi Henrekin, Reiley) 10:32.35; 2. Bureau Valley (R.Weidner, H.Weidner, Riley Francis, Heather Williams) 10:43.28; 3. Riverdale 10:52.33

Northern Illinois Big 12 Meet at Yorkville Team scores 1. Yorkville 123, 2. Kaneland 97, 3. DeKalb 79, 4. Geneseo 45, 5. Sterling 42, 6. LaSalle-Peru 36, 7. Sycamore 23, 8. Morris 18, 9. (tie) Ottawa, Rochelle 1 (Long jump, triple jump & pole vault were not held due to wet conditions) 100 – 1. Leona Burton (Morris) 12.99, 2.

Bri Buggs (DeKalb) 13.22, 3. Erika Furbeck (Geneseo) 13.26 200 – 1. Allie Heinzer (Kaneland) 25.72, 2.

Burton (Morris) 26.9, 3. Carley Elliott (Kaneland) 26.95 400 – 1. Heinzer (Kaneland) 58.94, 2.

Skyler Bollinger (Yorkville) 59.97, 3. Megan Barnhart (Sterling) 1:02.54 800 – 1. Bollinger (Yorkville) 2:19.2, 2.

Noelle Espino (Kaneland) 2:20.54, 3.

Rachel Hickey (LaSalle-Peru) 2:24.55 1,600 – 1. Brianna Bower (Kaneland) 5:18.87, 2. Lesly Rocha (LaSalle-Peru) 5:19.01, 3. Maddie Dearborn (Yorkville) 5:22.03 3,200 – 1. Alexis Grandys (Yorkville) 11:06.23, 2. Bower (Kaneland) 11:14.97, 3. Summer Pierson (Yorkville) 11:23.36 100 hurdles – 1. Savannah Long (DeKalb), 2. Hanna Vanderheyden (Geneseo), 3. Holly Baker (DeKalb) (times unavailable due to clock malfunction) 300 hurdles – 1. Long (DeKalb) 46.31, 2.

Louisa Washburn (Yorkville) 47.43, 3. Anna Wise (Geneseo) 49.14 400 relay – 1. Kaneland 49.79, 2. Geneseo 51.42, 3. Yorkville 51.9 800 relay – 1. DeKalb 1:46.94, 2. Kaneland 1:47.19, 3. Yorkville 1:47.97 1,600 relay – 1. Yorkville 4:06.33, 2.

Kaneland 4:10.24, 3. Geneseo 4:10.51 3,200 relay – 1. Yorkville 9:45.75, 2.

Kaneland 9:49.42, 3. Sterling (Barnhart, Santana Estrada, Maggie McPherson, Mercedes Sanchez) 9:52.17 Shot put – 1. Mackenzie Lee (Yorkville) 38-1, 2. Alyssa Feuerbach (Sycamore) 34-5, 3. Savannah Price (DeKalb) 32-1 Discus – 1. Feuerbach (Sycamore) 1137, 2. Cory Mata (DeKalb) 94-11, 3. Price (DeKalb) 91-10 High jump – 1. Rachel Augius (Yorkville) 504, 2. Sydney Anderson (Yorkville) 5-2, 3.

Morgan Zuidema (Sterling) 5-0

Sauk women’s tennis notches first-ever top-25 finish at nationals

By SVM Sports Staff

The Newman Comets scored in five of their six at-bats Friday, defeating Erie-Prophetstown 8-6 in a Three Rivers crossover contest played in steady rain in Sterling.

Lakyn Waldschmidt and Jenna Stevens had two RBIs each, and Julie Hurd singled, doubled and drove in a run for the Comets (10-9). Waldschmidt struck out three and walked three while allowing three earned runs and six hits, getting the win in relief after Sam Miller faced the first three batters.

Kennah Meier took the loss in relief of starter Bekah Ryan, who left after being hit with a batted ball in the third inning.

Emily Cox and Addi Morse drove in two runs each, and Steph Thulen singled and doubled from the leadoff spot for the Panthers.

Dakota 17, AFC 6, 5 inn.: The Indians scored

at least three runs in every inning, and the Raiders couldn’t keep up in an NUIC East loss on the road.

Cassidy Koning had two hits and three RBIs for AFC, and Lexi Meurer also had two hits and drove in two runs. Koning took the loss, allowing 16 runs – only 10 earned – and 18 hits in 3 1/3 innings.

Boys track & field Comets cruise to Missile Invite title: Newman

won seven of the 14 individual events and two of the four relays to easily take the title at the seven-team Missile Invite in Milledgeville.

The Comets scored 154 points to beat runner-up Polo-Forreston (137) by 17. Milledgeville-Eastland was fifth (42), West Carroll took sixth (38), and AFC placed seventh (30).

Brady Rude made his return to competition after a pectoral injury and won both the 100 (10.92 seconds) and 200 (22.54).

Regan Todhunter was also a double-winner for the Comets, taking the 110 hurdles (14.64) and 300 hurdles (41.38).

Quincy Coomes won the 3,200 (10:36.52), Ethan Nash took the 400

Friday’s stars Brady Rude, Newman track, won 100 & 200 in return from injury Regan Todhunter, Newman track, won 110 hurdles & 300 hurdles Laron Carr, Dixon track, won ‘A’ triple jump & ‘B’ high jump at Geneseo Mary Alice Oswalt & Molly Hendricks, SVCC tennis, advanced to consolation semifinals in both singles & doubles at NJCAA national meet

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Newman’s Jenna Stevens singles against Erie-Prophetstown during the third inning Friday in Sterling. Stevens’ hit went off the hand of Panther pitcher Bekah Ryan, who left the game and did not return. Newman won 8-6.

(52.28), and Bryson Reyes won the 1,600 (4:48.60), with Drew Rosengren (4:53.50) and Coomes (4:54.78) supplying Newman a 1-2-3 finish in that race. Reyes teamed with Rosengren, Chris Ahlers and Clay Jungerman to win the 3,200 relay (8:41.08), and Todhunter, Nash, Easton Bianchi and Nolan McGinn won the 400 relay (44.44). Bianchi added a runner-up finish in the 200 (23.16), and a third place in the 100 (11.40).

The Marcos got a win from Brad Cavanaugh in the high jump (6 feet, 1 1/2 inches), and he also took third in the 400 (52.90). The 800 relay team of Joseph Bowers, Gavin Fuchs, AJ Christensen and Aaron Shelton won in 1:34.23, with Bowers and Shelton also running in the second-place 400 relay (44.70), and Fuchs and Christensen running in the runnerup 1,600 relay (3:33.56).

Kevin Cheeseman also ran in the 1,600 relay, and added a second place in the 400 (52.53).

Also for Polo-Forreston, Shelton was second in the 100 (11.16) and third in the 200 (23.26), Preston Stapleton took second in the triple jump (38-7 1/2), Taylor Reid was runner-up in the high jump (5-10), and Juan Dominguez placed second in the discus (114-4). The Marcos also took second in the 3,200 relay (9:20.21).

AFC got a win from Alexis Cadenas in the 800 (2:01.47), with teammate Glen Mundell taking third in that race (2:10.01).

Riley Stephens was runner-up in the long jump (19-7 1/2) for the Raiders.

Zach Schmidt led Milledgeville with a second in the 300 hurdles (41.50) and a third in the 110 hurdles (16.09). Joe Gennaro was third in the long jump (19-3 1/2), and the Missiles took second in the 800 relay (1:35.86).

West Carroll had a trio of third-place finishes, from Brandon Bumphrey in the 3,200 (11:46.87), and from its 3,200 relay (9:30.70) and 800 relay (1:38.31) teams.

Dukes 4th, Panthers 6th at Geneseo: Dixon

nabbed four event wins at the McCormick Invitational, a 14-team ABC meet at Geneseo High School, to place fourth with 144 points, while Erie-Prophetstown also won four events to finished sixth with 113 points.

Geneseo won with 304 points, well ahead of runner-up Galesburg (207) and third-place Metamora (196); Alleman was fifth, just one point ahead of EP. Fulton finished 11th (64), and Rock Falls took 12th (38).

Laron Carr led the Dukes with wins in the ‘A’ flight triple jump (43 feet) and ‘B’ flight high jump (5-10). Nyrel Sullivan won the ‘A’ long jump (20-8),

and Nate Gascoigne took the ‘C’ high jump (5-8).

Dylan Binion won the ‘A’ 110 hurdles (14.80 seconds), and also ran a leg on the Panthers’ winning ‘B’ 1,600 relay (3:35.49), teaming with Seth Cameron, Lucas White and Braedon Bonnell. EP also won the ‘A’ 1,600 relay in 3:28.58 with the quartet of Grant Ames, Dvaree Thompson, Jack Bauer and Kody Wetzell, and Tyler Naftzger took first in the ‘B’ pole vault (136).

Fulton won the ‘B’ 800 relay, with the foursome of Gabe Hunt, Nathan McLuckie, Storm Hoover and Austin Schroeder clocking a 1:36.29.

Rock Falls’ top finishes were a pair of thirds in the ‘A’ flight, from Seth Williams in the 3,200 (10:08.13), and Brayden Hamblen in the 1,600 (4:29.04). Brandon Boyer added a fourth in the ‘A’ high jump (5-10).

College tennis Sauk Valley places at nationals: For the first

time in program history, the Skyhawks women’s tennis team finished in the top 25 in the final standings at the NJCAA Meet.

Sauk Valley scored four points and placed 25th at the meet, which started Sunday and went through Thursday. The Skyhawks advanced to the consolation semifinals in four different brackets, earning one point each.

Mary Alice Oswalt won two consolation matches at No. 1 singles, beating Goergie Gosen of North Central Texas 9-7 in the first round, then downing Moraine Valley’s Elizabeth Dominguez 8-0 in the quarterfinals. Oswalt then fell to Laredo’s Ilijana Ivic in the semis, who went on to win the consolation championship.

Molly Hendricks received a bye into the consolation quarterfinals at No. 6 singles, where she downed Elgin’s Nadalyn Khoxayo 8-1. But Hendricks dropped an 8-3 semifinal decision to Taylor Cowart of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College after falling ill during the match.

Oswalt and Hendricks exacted some revenge at No. 1 doubles, beating two teams they lost to in the Region IV tournament. They defeated Elgin’s Cassandra McElroy and Maria MoralesNelson 8-5 in the consolation first round, then topped Moraine Valley’s Dominguez and Kaitlyn Seldal 8-5 in the quarterfinals. The Sauk duo then lost 8-0 to Eastern Arizona’s Pauline Chawafambria and McKenna Nelson 8-0 in the semifinals; those two went on to take the consolation crown.

At No. 3 doubles, the Skyhawk duo of Christina Long and Jessica VanOosten earned a bye into the consolation quarterfinals, and beat Barton’s Kelly Brauer and Stephanie Langer 8-3.

They lost the semifinal match 8-1 to Jones County’s Tymeka Hunter and Krissy Stutts, who ended up winning the consolation title.

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The Storm took third in the race, while E-P won, keeping the point differential close. Cobert proved Donner’s words, as she was a key point-getter for the Panthers with a win in the triple jump, and two more top-3 finishes.

For Weidner, this week was big for her confidence. At the Brockman Relays in Kewanee on Tuesday, Weidner broke her meet record in the 1,600 that she set as a freshman. It marked a nearly 4-year stretch where she was consistently working back to her freshman year times, after injuries wiped out her sophomore and junior track seasons.

“It’s such a good feeling,” Weidner said. “It’s a relief. When I did that, it was comforting, because I finally felt like I was back to my old self again.”

Amboy’s Erika Zimmerlein also had strong meet coming off an injury. The Clippers junior suffered an injury to her left quad that kept her off the track for about a month. She missed the entire month of April, and returned to the track last week.

She spent many days in April stuck in physical therapy sessions that aimed to strengthen her leg, before she was able to run on it. She didn’t look hampered on Friday as she won the 100 and 200.

She took the 100 in 13.11, and was clocked at 26.73 in the 200, holding off E-P’s Cobert (13.34) and Bureau Valley’s Lindsey

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Amboy’s Erika Zimmerlein crosses the finish line first in the 100meter dash during Friday’s Three Rivers Conference Meet in Erie.

Zimmerlein won the event in a time of 13.11 seconds.

Hoffert (27.00), respectively.

“I actually feel better than I did before my injury,” Zimmerlein said. “I just wanted to do my best, and when I was running, I noticed how fresh my legs felt after not running for a while. I

felt rested, which is exciting with the sectional next week.”

Fulton’s Betsy Leonard also overcame a leg injury and outperformed her competition as she won the high jump in the middle of the rain storm. Her

leap over the 5-foot, 1-inch bar ended with a splash of pooled water on the cushion, and a conference title.

Leonard, a junior, didn’t jump last season except for the final two meets, after tearing the MCL in her left knee during basketball season in January. On Friday, Leonard was back competing and finished just 1 inch off the state qualifying height of 5-2.

“At first I was kind of nervous, because I didn’t know how the knee would react,” Leonard said.

“But now I don’t even notice it. It gets a little achy when it’s cold, but I feel like I’m jumping good now, and I’m going for that state height.”

The Steamers’ Averi Leitzen had an exciting race in the 1,600, coming from behind to overtake Weidner down the final stretch.

Leitzen finished with a seasonbest time of 5:26.44, more than 11 seconds better than her seed time.

Leitzen competed at state her freshman and sophomore seasons in the 1,600, but has never broken the 5:30 mark before the state meet. Having done so before next week’s sectional meet has Leitzen excited about what she can accomplish.

“Regan really pushed me in that race,” Leitzen said. “I felt really strong, and had enough at the end to finish it. I’m just so happy that I was able to get into the 5:20s and get over that mark.

“I don’t have to worry as much heading into sectionals, because I already know I can do it.”

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STERLING | PACKING AND SHIPPING

Demand created, quickly filled Milledgeville native shutters shop to take ‘dream job’; Sterling man swoops in

BY JERMAINE PIGEE AND PAM EGGEMEIER Sauk Valley Media 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

STERLING – As one shipping company packs it in, another opens.

Riverside Pack-and-Ship, an authorized shipping center for FedEx, is set to open Friday at 205 E. Second St. in

Sterling.

“We will provide shipping to anywhere in the U.S., internationally or wherever people want a package shipped,” said Katie Mewhirter, office manager.

Riverside also will offer all kinds of shipping supplies, from tape and bubble wrap to padded envelopes and boxes

– anything a customer would need to mail or ship packages large and small, she said.

The shipping company is owned by Bob Conklin, who also owns the Sterling Casket Co. in the same building.

Jamison Wiersema closed Sauk Valley Pack ‘N Ship, 109 First Ave. in Rock Falls, last month, forcing Mewhirter

and Conklin to travel to Dixon for their FedEx needs. So “we decided to open our own shipping company,” Mewhirter said. “If we have to drive all the way to Dixon to ship something, everyone that is using FedEx has to drive that far, unless they use a FedEx drop box.”

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Soo-eet!

BBQ joint coming to Rock Falls

Where shabby is chic, primitive is prime

Martin’s closes up in Sterling, seeks new locale STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

Photos by Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

Husband and wife Rick and Denell Reubin recently remodeled Reubin’s Relics, their antique store at 1112 S. Galena Ave. in Dixon. You can find such rustic decorations as wall-mounted longhorns (above) at the store.

Reubin’s Relics offers a bounty of antiques DIXON – It’s one shop where chipped and ding is king.

Reubin’s Relics, 1112 S. Galena Ave., specializes in primitives and shabby chic antiques. Like most dealers, Rick and Denell Reubin began as collectors.

It was during the process of clearing items from Rick’s grandfather’s home that everything started to snowball, and a shop seemed the perfect solution.

Riverside Pack-and-Ship, an authorized shipping center for FedEx at 205 E. Second St. in Sterling, opens Friday; it will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For now, call 815-632-3521 for more information. A new number for Riverside is in the works.

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DIXON | SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

BY LUCINDA HALL Special Sauk Valley Media

Riverside Pack-and-Ship

More information Reubin’s Relics, 1112 S. Galena Ave. in Dixon, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.

Reach the Reubins at 815-994-0709.

With the husband and wife close to retirement, “We decided to give it a go,” Rick said. “I just kind of came up with the name. It had a good little ring to it and seemed to fit.”

The couple are keen on keeping up with new antique and collecting trends.

“Understanding what other people like has been important to growing our business,” he said. “We try to gear toward new, popular trends as antiques go through cycles and fads.”

“What’s big right now is ‘shabby chic,’” Denell said. “A lot of people are looking for pieces they can paint or refurbish.”

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ROCK FALLS – Victor Rodriguez has learned a thing or two about food during his extensive travels, and he plans to make Sauk Valley residents his beneficiaries.

Rodriguez and wife, Jennifer, are getting ready to open Smokin’ Blu BBQ at 116 W. Second St. They will draw on their time spent in the South, where they learned Memphisstyle barbecue.

“I lived in Memphis for about 3 years, and learned a lot about barbecue and smoking when I was there,” Rodriguez said.

“It will be charcoal and wood competition-style barbecue.”

Victor grew up in Rock Falls, and the couple moved back here 2 years ago. Jennifer will help run Smokin’ Blu BBQ. Some signature items will be pork shoulder, baby-back ribs, and smoked chicken. There will also be portabello mushrooms and other vegetarian options. Texas sheet cake will be available daily along will different featured desserts.

The owners describe the decor as woodsy and picnic style with a little Southern flavor.

Business hours are not etched in stone, but the restaurant will be closed on Sunday and Monday. They are looking at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4:30 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday through Thursday. Fridays will be the same except for a later closing time – about 1:30 a.m., and hours will be 1:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Opening day isn’t too far away, but a date hasn’t been set.

“We’re still holding out hope that we can be open

by Memorial Day weekend, but I can’t guarantee it at this point,” Rodriguez said.

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NOTEBOOK

Business Success Club meets monthly Next get-together slated for May 27 at The Crystal Cork

BY BRENDEN WEST bwest@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529 @BWest_SVM

DIXON – Young and new e n t re p re n e u r s i n Di xo n are encouraged to attend monthly meetings of the Business Success Club to network and work together to establish goals to grow their enterprises.

The club, founded 7 months ago, is geared toward growing local businesses in a casual atmosphere.

The next meeting runs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 27 at The Crystal Cork Wine Shoppe, 219 W. First St. Refreshments will be provided. “ The Business Success Club offers [entrepreneurs] the opportunity to network

together and build relationships,” said Genesis Hey, a local business owner and club founder. “I felt there was a lot of people I talked to who wish there was a group that could come together and be around like-minded people – especially younger people.”

Contact Hey at 815-440-4812 or genesis@genesishey.com for more information.

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Genesis Hey makes her presentation during the finals of the Dixon Business Competition, which Hey won, on June 25, 2014. Hey has founded the Business Success Club for local business owners in Dixon.

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Amboy High School’s March Student of the Month is Liam Ohlendor of Amboy. He plans to attend the University of Indianapolis and major in environmental science.

AHS Student of the Month named AMBOY – Liam Ohlendorf, 18, of Amboy, is Amboy High School’s March Student of the Month. He is the son of Patty and Greg Ohlendorf. He also has a brother, Louie, 20 and a sister, Britainy, 26.

Favorite class: AP English, because it’s a lot less about English and more about thinking critically.

Least-favorite class: Calculus, because it’s difficult.

Favorite teacher: Elizabeth Scriven. She teaches my AP English class and my film as literature class and she’s a good teacher because she’s still a student at heart as much as I am.

Do you have a job? I’m a head lifeguard at Woodhaven Lakes in the summer.

I play video games and the drums, mostly video games. Man this is making me sound nerdy.

What will you do after high school? I plan on attending the University of Indianapolis and majoring in environmental science.

Is there a celebrity whom you look like, act like, feel like? In your own mind, imagine the most What is the last good attractive celebrity you book you read? I’m still can and that’s basically reading “Infinite Jest” me.

by David Foster Wallace, but I started last year so What’s the one thing I think it counts. In the in your life you can’t do library it’s categorized without? My iPod as a modern classic. It’s 1,091 pages about addicWhat is your advice for tion, tennis, and televisurviving high school? sion entertainment. I like Don’t take anything, it because it asks a lot including yourself, too of interesting questions seriously except your about the way people are goals. Take those seriand what they’ll do to be ously. Other than that, be happy. handsome.

What is your proudest What scares you? People moment? Getting picked not understanding that I as student of the month, was joking about the most of course. It means I’ve attractive celebrity thing. been accomplishing That was a joke, I swear. something this year.

What is something you learned in high school that you think you will never use? Names of very old sculptors for academic team.

What kind of music are you listening to? I listen to everything from jazz to metal.

What is your favorite: App: Alien Blue. It’s a Reddit app.

School activities: FootFood: Pizza ball, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Game or activity: Society, concert band, League of Legends pit band, track and field, and scholastic bowl.

Actor: Johnny Depp Civic, church, volunMovie: All of the “Lord of teer or activities: I was a the Rings” movies chairman of the Pennies for Patients fundraiser TV show: “Game of that raised money for Thrones” leukemia and lymphoma research and awareSports team: Green Bay ness. I also tutor after Packers school and have helped at local blood drives.

Do you have a hobby?

per reporter, I suppose.

If you could go anywhere in the world for free, where would it be?

Rome, because of the Coliseum and pizza.

What’s something about Who is your hero, role you that nobody knows? model? Ned Stark. He did Seriously, I was kidding. I what was right. make jokes.

Is there anything else If you could ask Presiyou would want people dent Obama any questo know about you? I was tion, what would it be? honestly kidding about Do you want me to go the celebrity thing. slap Congress? I will.

Is there someone you’d If you could try any job like to send a shout out for a day, what would it to? My mother. She’s the be? A Sauk Valley newspa- wind beneath my wings.

Students at East Coloma-Nelson School District 20 hang a thank-you sign by the speed limit sign at the school. The sign was purchased by the Rotary Club of Rock Falls and Rotary District 6420. Photo submitted by David Chavira.

Activities planned at Franklin Grove library FRANKLIN GROVE – The last movie night of the season will be from 6 to 8 p.m. May 29 at Franklin Grove Public Library, 112 S. Elm St. “Penguins of Madagascar” will be shown. Movies will resume in September.

A craft day with spring crafts will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon May 30.

Children younger than 8 need parental supervision for both activities.

New books are: “The Stranger,” by Harlan Coben; “The Love Letters,” by Beverly Lewis; “Someone is Watching,”

by Joy Fielding; “The Dog Who Saved Me,” by Susan Wilson; “Chasing Sunsets,” by Karen Kingsbury; “The Angel Court Affair,” by Anne Perry; “Normal,” by Graeme Cameron; “Be Safe, Love Mom,” by Elaine Lowry Brye; “Rescue At Los Banos: The Most Daring Prison Camp Raid Of World War II,” by Bruce Henderson; “The Patriot Threat,” by Steve Berry; “At The Water’s Edge,” by Sara Gruen; “Miracle At Augusta,” by James Patterson; “The Liar,” by Nora Roberts; “Every Fifteen Minutes,” by Lisa

Scottoline; “The Winter Family,” by Clifford Jackman; “The Children’s Crusade,” by Ann Packer; “The Dead Lands,” by Benjamin Percy; “Compulsion,” by Allison Brennan; “Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle And The Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor,” by James M. Scott; “Blood on Snow,”

by Jo Nesbo; “Inside The O’Briens,” by Lisa Genova; “The Alpine Zen,”

by Mary Daheim; “Hell From The Heavens: The Epic Story Of The USS Laffey And World War II’s Greatest Kamikaze Attack,” by John Wukovits; “Every Day I Fight,”

by Stuart Scott; “Where They Found Her,” by Kimberly McCreight; “Hot Pursuit,” by Stuart Woods; “One Mile Under,” by Andrew Gross; and “The Dream Lover,” by Elizabeth Berg New DVDs are: “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” “Wild,” “Eddie and the Cruisers,” “Unbroken,” “Interstellar.” “Three Amigos,” “Big Eyes,” “The Woman In Black 2,” and “The Book of Life.”

For more information, call the library at 815456-2823.

STERLING SCHOOLS CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY

Washington Elementary School students in Sterling gather at the April 24 Arbor Day tree planting ceremony. Sterling Tree Board members Scot Beyer, Alan Skoog, Larry McCormick, Kevin Smith, and Mayor Skip Lee represented the city and the board. Photos submitted by Kevin Smith.

St. Mary School students watch as Sterling Tree Board members plant trees. The group planted trees at eight schools.

Kindergarten students in Rose Andermann’s class at Christ Lutheran School in Sterling watch Larry McCormick of McCormick’s Nursery plant a tree for Arbor Day. McCormick donated the trees to Challand Middle School, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Mary and Washington elementary schools, and Sterling High School. Photo submitted by Linda Miatke.

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MUSICAL EVENING

LEFT: Drew Gibson performs March 25 at the Rusty Fox in Sterling. Based in Washington, D.C. Gibson is on tour to promote his new CD, “1532.”

RIGHT: Sterling native Dave Hadley, a pedal steel guitar player, performed with Gibson. Photos submitted by Paul Gierhart of Rock Falls.

WALNUT CHAMBER DINNER

OUT FOR A SWIM

Congressman Adam Kinzinger, R-Channahon, spoke March 30 at the Walnut Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet.

Photos submitted

by Patricia Puckett of Walnut.

A swan glides along in the sunshine recently at Page Park in Dixon. Photo submitted by Ann Stover of Dixon.

AT HOME WITH NATURE

A squirrel nibbles on peanuts April 6 in Bonnie Williams’ front yard in Rock Falls. Photo submitted by Williams.

A herd of deer stand among the trees March 29 as A male mallard duck checks out one of the “girls” March 14 at Page Park in Dixon. Photo submitted by Irv seen from Irv Bolthouse’s backyard in Oregon. Photo Bolthouse of Oregon. submitted by Bolthouse.

Wanted: Photos from you A scrapbook is a book with blank pages, and that’s what our Scrapbook page is without your pictures. We want to fill the page with images that capture lives in the Sauk Valley. They can be submitted by email to photos@saukvalley.com or can be taken to the Sterling and Dixon offices.

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Saturday, May 9, 2015

RENAISSANCE FIELD TRIP

Tickets on sale for Hospice fundraiser DIXON – Hospice of the Rock River Valley will offer a “Take Me to the Fair” fundraiser at noon June 11 in the community room at Bethel Reformed Church, 230 E. 23rd St. A picnic-type lunch with dessert will be available. The Tea Ladies from Bloomington will present a program about the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and Exhibition.

Tickets are $20 and are available at the hospice office, 264 state Route 2; and the following Sterling Federal Bank locations: 413 N. Galena Ave. and 402 S. Galena Ave., Dixon; 410 E. Lincolnway, Morrison; 821 First Ave., Rock Falls; and 110 E. Fourth St. and 3200 E. Lynn Blvd., Sterling.

All proceeds benefit the hospice’s new hospice home campaign.

For more information, call 815-288-3673.

Vehicles sought for auto school AMBOY – Farming equipment, industrial-size tractors, and vehicles are needed for a bi-annual auto extrication school held by the Amboy Fire Department and Blackhawk Fire Fighters Association.

The school centers around tools and techniques used in vehicle and machinery rescues, and provides other firefighting and emergency management classes.

Any items donated may be used as a tax-deductible donation for farmers or their business.

To donate or make arrangements for vehicle pickup, call the fire department at 815-857-2325.

Photo submitted by Tori Boyle

The Bureau Valley High School Renaissance Program in Manlius sponsored an April 23 field trip to Crown Lanes, Pizza Hut, and the Apollo Theater in Princeton, to see “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.” Students attending are (in no particular order) Blake Balensiefen, Dominique Smith, Taylor Zemke, Drake Davis, Monique Lopez, Valarie Reuter, Ashley Guenther, Tess Kopp, Sydney Sweenie, Seth Cambron, Serena Brunoehler, Michael Eastwood, Jay Norden, Megan Hunt, Brad Sierens, Savanna Bell, Harrison Brousseau, Laini Kruse, Sarah Berger, Jarrett Lansing, Allie Glafka, Marissa Lewis, Regan Weidner, Drew Baker, Abbey Howes, Cassidy Olds, Becca Butler, Sean Shepard, Brady Franks, and Zachary QuaitOhlson. Renaissance Executive Council members Nataleigh Nugent, Jack Ritter, Jenna Hansen, Rachel Brummel, Stephanie Christian, Lexie Jacobs, Tiana Kennedy, Chase Gripp, Chelsea Higgins, and Olivia Kerber also attended.

STERLING PARK DISTRICT The Sterling Park District is accepting regis- staceyDETRA trations for Youth T-ball Stacey R. League, which starts Detra is the June 6. marketing This is an instructional manager at Sterling league for 4- to 6-year- the Park District. olds that will teach the basic fundamentals of hitting, fielding, and throwing in a non-competitive-game environment.

Teams will practice Saturday mornings on once a week. the Westwood ball diaGames will be played monds.

The cost is $45. Come join us for some summer fun.

Mark your calendar for the Brad Onken Memorial S.M.A.R.T. Summer Sizzler 5K Run/Walk presented by Buffalo Wild Wings and OSTI Sauk Valley Physical Therapy.

This year’s race will be June 7 at Sinnissippi Park, 1100 Sinnissippi Road.

Registration and pack-

et pick-up will begin at 7 a.m. and the race will start at 9.

Registration for both programs may be done online at sterlingparks. org or at Westwood Fitness & Sports Center, 1900 Westwood Drive, or Duis Recreation Center, 211 E. 23rd St. Detailed information on other upcoming programs can be found in the Sterling Park District Program Guide,

which is available online at sterlingparks. org and at Sterling Park District facilities.

For the latest news and updates, “Like” the Sterling Park District page on Facebook or “Follow Us” on Twitter.

Send an email to info@sterlingparks.org with “E-BLAST” in the subject line to receive e-mail updates regarding upcoming programs and activities

RUNNING SEASON

Henkel topic of historical program SUBLETTE – The Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Ellice Dinges Center, 202 S. West St. Don Dinges and Ron Weitzel will present a program on “The Little Settlement of Henkel.”

Henkel was a small village between Sublette and Mendota.

The public is welcome.

Refreshments will be provided. For more information, call 815-284-1134 or stop at the society library, 113 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Plant donations sought for sale STERLING – Planting season is here, and people looking for low-cost landscaping options might want to check out a plant sale from 8 to 11:30 a.m., or until plants are gone, May 16 at the Grandon Civic Center gazebo on Fourth Street.

Hostas, day lilies, wildflowers, mayapples, lily of the valley, and a multitude of other plants will be available.

Plant donations also are needed; call Deb Proctor at 815-625-3722 to arrange a pickup, or to drop them off.

Proceeds will benefit the Amos Fund, which Proctor, a real estate agent, established in 2012 to help local people by paying part of their pets’ medical bills.

Donations also can be made to the nonprofit group at RE/MAX Sauk Valley, 110 Lynn Blvd., Sterling, IL 61081.

A group of local runners practice for the June 7 Brad Onken S.M.A.R.T. Race on Thursdays at Sinnissippi Park in Sterling. At the playground are (in no particular order) Rita Kelly of Rock Falls, Lazaro Sifuentes of Sterling, Doug Schryver, Dennis Devers, and Andrea Panice, all of Rock Falls, Dick Williams of Sterling, and Mark Wahl of Rock Falls; and (on equipment) Le Hartman, Nancy Gehrke, and Vicki Velasquez, all of Sterling, and Ross Edge from Rock Falls. Photos submitted by Anita Schryver of Rock Falls.

Runners gather around a totem pole in McNaughton Park in Pekin during the April 10-12 Potowatomi Trail Run. Keith Aurand did the 100-mile run. Anita Schryver (left) of Rock Falls, ran a short distance for support, and Michele Schueler did a 50-mile trail run.

Grandparent programs scheduled in Lee County DIXON – Lee County Council on Aging will offer informational programs later this month.

A presentation on the Illinois Telecommunications Access Corp. will be at 9:30 a.m. May 19 at the Paw Paw Community Building, 362 Chicago Road. Breakfast will be included.

The corporation offers

free amplified phones to people who have difficulty hearing on their standard landline phone, with no age or income restrictions.

Participants can test four different amplified phones at any ITAC presentation, but must have their full phone bill and ID or driver’s license.

Lee County Health Department will have free

blood pressure checks, and a “Brain Blaze” trivia game also will take place.

An ITAC presentation also will be at 10 a.m. May 20 at the Amboy Community Building, 280 W. Wasson Road.

Presentations on ITAC and the Grandparent Raising Grandchildren program will be at 11:30 a.m. May 20 at Our Lady

of Perpetual Help Hall, 201 Locust St., Sublette.

Grandparent Raising Grandchild helps people raising a child with assistance for day camps, clothing, sports, schooling, and other activities and items.

Door prizes and giveaways will be available, with a special drawing for grandparents or fam-

SEARCH AND RESCUE COURSE A group of about 50 firefighters, law enforcement, emergency management personnel and Lee County Volunteer Corps members listen to Kimberly Gotte of the Kendall County Emergency Management Agency. Gotte was a speaker at the April 2 Introduction to Search and Rescue course at Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon. The 3-hour class included an overview of search and rescue concepts.

Memory pillow planned in Oregon OREGON – Serenity Hospice & Home have a memory pillow project day from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday in the auditorium at Ogle County Farm Bureau, 421 W. Pines Road.

Participants will learn to make a pillow out of an article of clothing from a loved one to remember them by.

To sign up or for more information, call the hospice at 815-732-2499.

ily members 55 and older who are raising a grandchild. Blood pressure checks will be offered by Oregon Living and Rehabilitation.

Lunch will be provided.

Reservations are needed; call 815-288-9236.

For more information on any of the presentations, call LCCOA at the above number.

Photo submitted by Tim Trader

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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Emma Elizabeth Pyron Elizabeth A. and Christopher J. Pyron of Rock Falls are the parents of a daughter born at 8:25 a.m. April 23, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Emma Elizabeth Pyron weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces at birth and was 20.5 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Elijah C. Pyron, 3, Ethan C. Pyron, 6, Justice D. Pyron, 15, and Taylor N. Pyron, 17.

Maternal grandparents are Susan J. Higley and Michael J. Higley, both of Rock Falls.

Pa t e r n a l g r a n d p a r ents are Kathy S. Pyron and Loyd Pyron, both of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandmother is Lola Pyron of Sterling.

Sophia Niccole Marie Richards Ashley Hubbard of Sterling and Daniel Richards of Rock Falls are the parents of a daughter born at 10:30 a.m. April 22, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Sophia Niccole Marie R i c h a rd s w e i g h e d 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and was 21 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Roxanne Tuttle and Jason Hubbard, both of Sterling.

Paternal grandmother is Karen Gray of Sterling.

Maternal great-grandmother is Janice Persico of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandparents are Lois and Chuck Richards of Rock Falls.

Sterling are the parents of a son born at 11:41 a.m. April 22, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Wade Daniel Berkeley weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce at birth and was 21.5 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Aubriana Berkeley, 5, Aaliyah Berkeley, 1, and Dayton Raines.

Ma t e r n a l g ra n d p a rents are Carrie R. Wade of Coleta and Curtis F. Wade of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandparents are Anita Wagner and Allen Berkeley, both of Dixon.

Maternal great-grandmother is Rojeanne K. McCombs of Polo.

Paternal great-grandparents are Gregor io Garcia of Sterling and Monica Berkeley.

Alfredo Ivãn Muñoz Jaimes Maria Jaimes and Alfredo Muñoz of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 3:07 p.m. April 27, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Alfredo Ivãn Muñoz Jaimes weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and was 20.5 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Sanjuana Hernandez and Francisco Jaimes Lopez, both of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Ricarda Cagal Toto and Angel Muñoz Xolo, both of Mexico.

Zoey Quinn Chapman

Ericha Olalde and Tyler Chapman of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 8:45 a.m. April 22, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Zoey Quinn Chapman Wade Daniel weighed 6 pounds, 3 Berkeley ounces at birth and was Crystal C. Wade and 19 inches in length.

Daniel J. Berkeley of Maternal grandparents

are Andrea Muller of Rock Falls and Jared Nelson of Tacoma, Washington.

Paternal grandparents are Crystal Parks and Jason Chapman, both of Sterling.

Maternal great-grandparents are Juan Olalde and Lynn Vinson, both of Rock Falls.

Paternal great-grandparents are Lorna and Dennis Hemminger of Sterling.

Jareth David Lightner Ke l s e y a n d Ta n n e r Lightner of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 7:29 p.m. April 28, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Jareth David Lightner weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces at birth and was 20.5 inches in length.

Ma t e r n a l g ra n d p a rents are Carl and Marcia Rodekamp of Sterling.

Pa t e r n a l g r a n d p a r ents are Kris Sikkema of Prophetstown and Mark and Krista Lightner of Rock Falls.

Maternal great-grandparents are Carl and Barbra Rodekamp of Thomson and Ruth George of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandparents are Ned and Carol Sikkema of Dixon.

THANK GOODNESS every little bit will Thank you to com; help. community for help, support Honor Flight MELISSA GRANT donation is AND THE GRANT FAMILY Dixon appreciated We would like to thank everyone who has supported and helped us through this time with our daughter/sister, Amanda.

On March 13, she found out that she had a tumor in her brain, and on March 17, she had surgery to remove it. We also want to thank Shopko optical for the test that helped find the tumor.

If anyone wants to donate to help with her medical expenses, please go to www.youcaring.

JOHN RICH Dixon

On Monday afternoon, April 27, I was having coffee with friends at McDonald’s in Dixon. I was telling them about the recent Honor Flight orientation I attended in Sterling.

A gentleman was sitting at a table next to us. When he got up to leave, he approached me and asked whether I was part of the Honor Flight group. I told him I was.

He pulled a folded-up bill out of his pocket and handed it to me and said that he wanted to make a donation to the Honor Flight.

I asked his name so we could send him a thank you. He said he didn’t want any recognition, that the donation was to be anonymous.

It wasn’t until after the man left that I unfolded the bill and discovered it was a $100 bill.

Even though I don’t have your name, your kindness must be acknowledged. On behalf of the Lee County Honor Flight for Veterans, I thank you for your most generous contribution to such a worthy cause.

JOIN HANDS DAY

Information sought The birth announcements for Ror y Rose Wroblewski, Cameron James Di Raimondo, and Zayvias Michael Kinison cannot be printed without additional information. The editorial department has been unable to reach the submitters. If those who submitted them could call 800-798-4085, ext.

5501, it would be appreciated.

Volunteers helped with clean-up projects May 2 for Join Hands Day in Rock Falls. The national day of service is for both adults and youth to give time to their communities. Photo submitted by Elizabeth Tribley.

FRIEND OF PUBLIC HEALTH AWARD

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Today Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

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

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

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

Parkinson’s Support Group, 10 a.m., board room, Mercy South Medical Center, 638 S. Bluff Blvd., Clinton, Iowa, 563243-5585.

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

The Kick-It Ticket Narcotics Anonymous, 11 a.m., basement, Fellows Street door, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-440-7992.

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old School; 7 p.m., open, fun night, bring a friend, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

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

Sauk Computer User Group, 1-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

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

Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Abiding Word Church, 806 E. Lynn Blvd., Sterling, 779-245-3487.

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

Sunday Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., open, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., closed; 11 a.m., open; 1 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed; noon, open; 6 p.m., closed, step, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 10 a.m., open, barn, Horizon View Farm, 2422 N. River Road, Oregon.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 10 a.m., open, Big Book, back door,

1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., closed, Church of St. Anne, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-973-6150.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Spanish, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 236 Kelly Drive, Rochelle.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, 304 Seventh Ave. W, Lyndon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (4), Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St. Monday Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., open, Methodist church, 402 First Ave., Forreston.

Veterans Affairs representative, 9 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed (1), St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, step; 6 p.m., open, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Dixon Rotary Club, noon, lower level, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., open, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, noon-1 p.m., Abiding Word Church, 806 E. Lynn Blvd., Sterling, 779-245-3487.

American Red Cross blood drive, noon-6 p.m., Dixon Fire Department, 210 S. Hennepin Ave. Appointments: 800-7332767.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Sunshine meeting, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Crochet-Knitting Club, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

Senior Information Services, 1-3:30 p.m., Carroll County Family Health Center, 1120 Healthcare Drive, Mount Carroll, 800-541-5479.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, 2:30-3:30

p.m., Green Castle of Sterling, 15 E. 23rd St., No. 1, Sterling.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Parkway Apartments, 710 W. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

TOPS, 4 p.m. weigh-in, 4:30 p.m. meeting; 5:30 p.m. weighin, 6 p.m. meeting, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle.

TOPS Chapter IL 634 meeting, 4:30 p.m., 205 S. Walnut St., Franklin Grove.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Arrowwood, 430 Martin Road, Rock Falls.

TOPS, 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30 p.m. meeting, Polo Church of the Brethren, 401 S. Congress Ave., Polo, 815-946-3638.

The Kick-It Ticket Narcotics Anonymous, 6 p.m., basement, Fellows Street door, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-440-7992.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., 201 W. Market St., Morrison, 815-590-8929.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., Revive Community Church, 8 E. Front St., Mount Morris, 815-994-0428.

Rock Falls Rotary, 6 p.m., Beelendorf’s, 200 W. 10th St., Rock Falls.

Rock Falls Optimist Club, 6:30 p.m., Candlelight Inn, 2200 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Rock Falls Boy Scout Troop 306, 6:30-8 p.m., fellowship hall, Harvest Time Bible Church, 1802 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5418, 7 p.m., 217 First Ave., Rock Falls, 815-6263513.

Mount Carroll Monday Night Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., Church of God, 816 Clay St., Mount Carroll.

Survivors of Suicide Support Group, 7-9 p.m., Second Reformed Church, 703 14th Ave., Fulton, 815-589-3425.

Tampico Lions Club, 7 p.m., Good Times, 106 N. Main St., Tampico, 815-438-2789.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step study, New Hope Fellowship Church, 113 state Route 64, Kings.

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

Samuel H. Davis Masonic Lodge 96, 7:30 p.m., 105 W. Lincoln St., Mount Morris, 815734-4085.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 207 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (3), First Presbyterian Church, 502 Third St., Savanna.

Sauk Valley Al-Anon GroupAlateen, 8 p.m., open, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

The Lee County Health Department recently presented its 12th annual Friend of Public Health award to Dr. John Plescia. Each year, in conjunction with National Public Health Week, health department employees nominate organizations and individuals that demonstrate a collaborative spirit and work as part of the local public health system to improve health in the community.

Plescia was nominated by (from left) Sandy Strohecker, family planning secretary; Janet Malmberg, women’s health nurse practitioner; and Cindy Gabany, public health nurse, and selected by an employee-award committee. He donates an afternoon per month on his day off to see clients in LCHD’s Family Planning Program. He also is the program’s medical director. Photo submitted.

COLLEGE HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS Golden Apple Scholars CHICAGO – Emily Mathew of Bureau Valley High School in Manlius, Meghan Scott of Oregon High School, and Tyler Stacey of Ashton-Franklin Center High School, have been named to the 2015 class of the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Program, a group

of 200 who have chosen a career in educating children in schools of need.

Phi Kappa Phi

Wisconsin – Platteville; and Elaine Dettner of Fulton and Thomas Mahoney of Oregon, initiated at Western Illinois University in Macomb.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Area students initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi include Josiah Michael and Megan Woolcock, both of Lanark, initiated at University of

GOSHEN, Ind. – Jordan Weaver of Lanark graduated April 26 with a business degree from Goshen College.

Goshen College

ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA

Members of Royal Neighbors of America Camp 1491 presented 10 teddy bears to the Manlius Fire Department for children involved in a trauma situation. With two fire department members are Royal Neighbors (in no particular order) Joanne Nelson, Nancy Hartz, Lois Swanson, Helen Hardesty, Pat Etheridge, Patsy Swanson, Judy Lathrop, Shirley Lootens, Mary Hartz, Mary Etheridge, and Ruth Debolt. Photo submitted by Mary Etheridge.

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Teen fears she will regret choosing another path Dear Abby: I have been dating “Brandon” for 3 years. I’m 19, going to a 4-year college and I’m planning to move in with him. I enjoy his company and can see myself with him in the future, but I wish I hadn’t met him so young. I wish I could have experienced more – other people and situations. I’m afraid I’m falling into a trap where it is more convenient to stay with Brandon.

I don’t want to feel confined, but I also don’t want to break up with him and find it was the worst decision of my life. We have discussed it. He said he will understand if I want to leave, but I’m afraid it might destroy him.

I enjoy being around

IN BRIEF Nature center to offer kid camps FULTON – The Andresen Nature Center, 409 N. Fourth St., is offering two camps for kids this summer.

In Bug Camp, fourthand fifth-graders will get up close and personal with creepy-crawly critters. Activities will include collecting and learning all about insects, performing experiments with insects, and dissecting arthropods. The 4-day camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon July 6-9. The cost is $30.

In Engineering Camp, middle-schoolers will learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and the impact engineers have on society, through a variety of hands-on projects and activities such as catapults, egg drops, spaghetti towers, and magic trains. The 4-day camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon July 20-23. The cost is $30.

Both camps will be limited to 20 people.

Registration forms are available online; go to cityoffulton.us and click on visit Fulton, then Fulton attractions, then Andresen Nature Center.

Email camp leader Stacy Gates at sgates@riverbendschools.net for more information.

Farmers market to open for season ROCK FALLS – The Rock Falls Farmers Market will reopen May 16 at 400 W. Second St. Hours are 8 to 11 a.m.

Wednesdays, 3 to 7 p.m.

Fridays, and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through October.

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

has got me thinking. Some advice, please?

– Not Sure in North Carolina

Dear Not Sure: Feeling as ambivalent as you do, do not move in with Brandon. To do so would be cheating both of you.

Because someone seems more physically attractive than your boyfriend does not guarantee the person Brandon, but I don’t want would treat you as well – to stay if it means missor better – than Brandon ing half my life. He isn’t does. However, this is a lesthe most attractive guy son you may need to expecompared to others, so rience firsthand. maybe that’s where all It could also be a growth this is coming from. More experience for Brandon to attractive guys talk to me, date others. He has already and I assume they would told you he will understand treat me as well as Brandon if you leave, so he may be does. Maybe that’s what emotionally stronger than

you give him credit for.

This does not mean you won’t eventually wind up together, but it may make you both more appreciative of the special relationship you share because you will have something to compare it to.

Dear Abby: I am a 13-year-old girl who would like to fix my relationship with my mom. I love her dearly, but sometimes it is difficult to spend time with her. We have different tastes in music, clothes and what is fun. I know she notices the distance between us and would like to spend more time together, but the things she suggests we do don’t appeal to me.

Dad and I are close, which is probably because he’s more like a kid. We have similar likes, and he isn’t as overprotective as Mom is. We’re more like friends than father and daughter.

I really want to be closer to Mom, but I don’t know how to do it so we’ll both be satisfied. Is this a normal teen thing?

– Making an Effort Dear Making An Effort: Yes, I think so. However, I’m pleased that you want to build a closer relationship with your mother because, at your age, it’s important. Being a mother these days isn’t easy, especially if being the disciplinarian and drawing

the line is a role that was “assigned” to her by an overly permissive father who prefers to be more of a pal than a parent.

You and your mother need to compromise regarding the things you do when you’re spending time together. Part of the time, try the things she wants to do. If you do, you might surprise yourself and discover you enjoy them – and vice versa. Talk to her about your desire to be closer to her and give it a chance. I’m sure the result will be rewarding for both of you.

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

Organizations help with tornado relief DIXON – United Way of Lee County was one of four area United Ways receiving $100,000 from the Chicago Bears Foundation for relief from recent area tornadoes.

The money will be used for the Northern Illinois Disaster Relief Fund, a collaborative effort of United Way of Lee County, United Way of Rock River Valley, Kishwaukee United Way, and United Way of Boone County.

The fund was created to provide relief to families affected by the April 9 tornadoes in Boone, DeKalb, Lee, Ogle, and Winnebago counties.

More than $130,000 has been donated.

Ken Nelson Auto Group also donated $1,000 and the Fiat Chr ysler Automobile Fo u n d a t i o n d o n a t e d $25,000.

The foundation is the charitable arm of FCA US, which operates the Belvidere Assembly Plant 15 miles north of Fairdale, which was hit hardest by the tornadoes.

Chicago Bears players Blake Anne (left) and Will Sutton met with United Way representatives during volunteer efforts April 24 in Fairdale. The Chicago Bears Foundation donated $100,000 to be used for tornado relief in four counties. With the players are (from left) Jenny Beckman, United Way of Rock River ValleyOgle County representative; Dawn Littlefield, Kishwaukee United Way executive director; Jenny Koch, United Way of Lee County executive director; and Linda Sandquist, United Way of Rock River Valley vice president; and Paul Logli, United Way of Rock River Valley president and CEO, Photos submitted.

Employees at the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles U.S. assembly plant in Belvidere donated $25,000 on April 22 to area United Ways, to help with tornado relief in northern Illinois. Among the group are Dominic Ventola, plant manager; Logli; Teri Carter, United Way of Boone County executive director; and Koch.

Freeport jeweler to head guild FREEPORT – Gary Fontana, owner of Frank Jewelers, was named president of the Leading Jewelers Guild at the group’s recent semiannual general Gary meeting in Los Fontana Angeles.

The guild was incorporated in 1958, and includes 40 member companies in the U.S. and one jeweler in Scotland.

Deadline to submit copy is 2 weeks The deadline to submit event information, including photos, for the SV Weekend Community pages is 2 weeks before the event.

Information may be submitted in writing by hand, mail, fax or email at the Dixon or Sterling offices.

Photos will be published as space permits.

For information, call 800-798-4085, ext. 575.

Ken Nelson Auto Group donated $1,000 on April 21 to the Northern Illinois Disaster Relief Fund. With the check at the Dixon dealership are (from left) Brad Claussen and Jamie Curia, employees; Rick Curia, owner; and Warren Gridley and Mark Oprian, employees.

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SV Weekend • C7 The CleanSweep attachment for Case IH’s Precision Planting program is a residue management which helps prepare soil for planting. They are available at Birkey’s Farm stores.

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Birkey’s stores earn premier precision certification CHAMPAIGN – Birkey’s Farm Store Inc. locations recently received Case IH Premier Precision Planting Dealer Certification.

With the partnership, customers can access planting technology and best row unit through their local dealership, as well as select any or all

precision planting components.

Precision planti n g f e a t u re s i n c l u d e cleansweep, a cab-controlled, pneumatic cyl-

inder residue manager attachment; an electric meter-drive system that fine-tunes rows; a 20/20 monitor; and a Field View app to help analyze

planting information.

Birkey’s has stores in Polo and Prophetstown.

Birkey’s.

The company also has partnered with Case IH

to make precision planting-ready early r iser planters available to customers.

Visit birkeys.com for more information.

1st Farm Credit awards grants to Ogle County 4-H clubs A Community Improvement Grant Program by 1st Farm Credit Services will provide grants for 4-H clubs and FFA chapters who complete outstanding improvement projects for their communities.

This year’s grants will involve 1,345 volunteers and more than 3,300

hours of service.

The 4-H grant recipients in Ogle County include: By-Y-Badgers 4-H Club and Ogle County Clovers 4-H Club Native Plant Garden – The clubs will create a native plant garden at the Ogle County Fairgrounds.

Features will include bird

houses, bird baths, puddling stations for butterflies and informational signage.

The garden will be used to educate people about the many benefits of natural landscapes. It also will improve the fairgrounds and increase pride in the community.

STUDENT COUNCIL HELP BOOSTERS

Members will learn all aspects of gardening from Master Gardeners.

Between the two clubs’ members and other volunteers, several hundred hours will be spent on the project.

Leaf River Busy Beavers – Leaf River Museum Landscaping. The club

will landscape the yard area around the building and adjacent to the highway at the Leaf River Museum.

The goal is to make the museum a more attractive place to visit.

Work is scheduled to be completed by June 1, which is the start of the

annual town celebration.

More than 30 hours will be spent on the project.

4-H is an informal youth education program of University of Illinois Extension.

For more information or to get involved go to web. extension.illinois.edu/ bdo or call 815-732-2191.

Thrivent Financial earns high rating MINNEAPOLIS – Fitch Ratings recently affirmed Thrivent Financial’s AA, or Very Strong, rating, the thirdhighest of Fitch’s 19 categories, and given the

organization a positive outlook.

Fitch cited Thrivent’s strong capitalization, high-quality investment portfolio, consistent, strong profitability, and

favorable market franchise within the Lutheran market as part of the basis for the affirmation.

Thrivent has offices in Dixon, Rock Falls, and Rochelle.

Overdose prevention program planned

Student Council members at St. Andrew Catholic School in Rock Falls recently donated $1,000 to the St. Andrew Booster Club. Anita Schaefer, club member, stands with the students. Money raised will be used to help offset the cost of a new lighted sign.

Photo submitted by Linda Brown.

DIXON – Training on the use of Narcan to prevent opiate overdoses will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. May 27 in the private dining room at KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Narcan is a drug to counteract the effects

of overdoses from heroin and other opiate drugs.

Participants will learn how to recognize an overdose, what to do in the event of an overdose, and how to administer Narcan.

Upon completing the

course, participants will be certified to administer Narcan and will receive a free Narcan kit.

Registration is required by May 22.

To sign up, email contactus@lchd.com or call 815-284-3371.

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CHALLAND STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

April Students of the Month have been announced at Challand Middle School in Sterling. They are (front row, from left) Sophia Rumbolz, Whitnie Garriott, and Rainbow Allen; and (back row) Yasmine Ramirez, Nathaniel Stout, and Carter Lehman. Photo submitted by Cindy Brown.

Royal Neighbors Youth Chapter 30 members helped April 25 at Sauk Valley Community College’s Child Fair. With a craft project and information about Royal Neighbors programs are (front row, from left) Hailey Pipes, Claire Stringer, Nichol Podkulski, Rachel Meiners, and Hannah Meiners; and (back row) Lyn Stoeker and Tammie Pipes, youth chapter assistant director. Photo submitted by Robin Meiners.

IN BRIEF Goodwill sale totals released

rnto Campaign for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Customers can make an During the Spring Bon-Ton in-store donation of $3, and Goodwill Sale from March 12 in return they will receive a to 28, Bon-Ton Stores Inc. coupon for $10 off a $25 collected more than 2 million purchase. To participate pounds of donations and online, go to bonton.com. raised $492,000.

Those donating $3 or more Donations are sold in will receive a promo code for Goodwill stores. The rev25 percent off regular or sale enue will help fund employpurchases. ment placement, trainBergner’s operates a store ing, and community servicin Sterling. es such as career counseling, child care, financial eduGrief support group cation, mentoring, and transportation. to meet for lunch The company also will partBYRON – First Steps ner with the March of Dimes to raise money for the Imbo- and Beyond For Survivors

will gather at 11:30 a.m.

Thursday at Sunrise II Family Restaurant, 101 W. Second St. The group is for those who have lost a family member.

Participants will be responsible for their own lunch.

For reservations, call Serenity Hospice & Home by 10 a.m. Thursday at 815-732-2499.

up from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

May 16 at Wooden Wonderland Park on Washington Avenue.

Information will be provided on Cub Scouts, which is open to all boys from first to fifth grade.

For more information, call 815-973-2551.

Free lawn mower test drives today

STERLING – Customers can test drive Cub Cadet tractors and lawn mowers from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at DIXON – Cub Scout Pack Blain’s Farm & Fleet, 3913 85 will have a Scout round- Lincolnway.

Scout recruitment planned in Dixon

Lawn tractors and zeroturn riding lawn mowers also will be available for drives.

A number of Blain’s stores in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin are participating in the event.

Go to farmandfleet.com for more information and a full list of participating stores.

County Fairgrounds, 201 W. Winfield St. All crafters, bakers, artists, community organizations, and businesses are welcome to register for an exhibit booth. The cost is $10 for profit groups and free to nonprofit organizations.

Limited indoor space and electricity is available for an Exhibitors needed additional $10. for upcoming show Registration deadline is July 3.

MORRISON – The UniGo to edu/clw then Whiversity of Illinois Extension, teside 4-H, 4-H Fair, craft Whiteside County 4-H will and vendor form, for more have a craft and vendor information; or contact Allie show from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lancaster at lancast@illiJuly 18 at the Whiteside nois.edu or 815-772-4075.

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Pushy church?

Push back gently Dear Dave, My wife and I go to a small church where we tithe. The church is continually asking for contributions to other charities and causes, and we don’t have the money to give to them all while we’re sticking to our budget and getting out of debt.

The worst part is that we get pretty aggressive pushback when we say no. What can we do?

– Michael Dear Michael, I don’t react well to that kind of pushback. I would probably be nice a couple of times, but after that my response might sound something like, “Mind your own business.”

Seriously, I’d probably be a little gentler than that. But basically, when it reaches that point, they’re saying, “I want your money.” And that’s really over the top. If it goes even further, and it becomes a question of you “digging deep” or not having enough faith, I might get un-gentle in a hurry.

Your first job is to provide for your family and take care of those kinds of responsibilities – which is a very scriptural stance. Once you’ve done that, then you’ll hopefully have the financial ability to move beyond tithes and into offerings, which are completely different concepts. Tithes

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are first fruits off the top, while offerings are from surplus – meaning that you and your family are doing well financially.

Another thing to consider is this: Do church officials turn every impulse they have into pressure to donate or buy something, because they didn’t plan for this kind of stuff in the church budget? I’d start having a problem with the leadership if this turned out to be the case, because it’s a sign they’re not planning and leading well.

Hopefully, you can explain to these folks the reason that you can’t contribute to additional things at the moment and they’ll understand.

If not, and it were me in your shoes, I think I’d have to find another church.

– Dave Stick with mutual funds Dear Dave, I’ve been following your plan, and I have my emergency fund in place and am investing in

mutual funds. Recently, a financial planner recommended bonds to me.

What is your opinion on this?

– Becky Dear Becky, I don’t recommend bonds at all right now.

I’m not a fan of them, and I don’t own any. The bond market is almost as volatile as the stock market, and it doesn’t pay nearly as much on average.

On top of all that, bond prices work at an inverse of interest rates. In other words, as interest rates rise, bond prices go down. Long-term interest rates are still really low. If you were to buy a bunch of bonds right now, and interest rates went up even 1 [point], you could lose a lot.

I recommend mutual funds and good growth stock mutual funds.

There are always some bonds mixed in with a growth and income fund, and I’m not opposed to that to some degree, but it’s not my favorite. So, if I were ever going to buy bonds – and I’m not going to – it definitely wouldn’t be right now. It doesn’t take much of a move in interest rates for bond prices to go down dramatically.

– Dave * Follow Dave on Twitter (@DaveRamsey), or visit daveramsey.com.

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Shop’s shuttering makes high-traffic spot available SHIPPING

tor-trailer,” the Milledgeville native said. “I go to music festivals, and it’s a fun way to market their brands – it’s just a great job.”

With all of the travel, Wi e r s e m a k n e w h e wouldn’t be able to run his new Rock Falls business, so the high-traffic space on the corner of state First Avenue/ Route 40 and Second Street is again available.

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W i e r s e m a’s s h i p ping and office supplies business opened in November, but he closed it just 5 months later when his “dream job” came calling, he said.

“I’m doing experiential marketing where I’m traveling around the country with a trac-

Things happened quickly for Wiersema, who had worked in marketing before he opened the shipping store, so there wasn’t much time to get the word out.

“I closed the store on a Sunday, April 11, gathered my stuff Sunday and Monday, and on Tuesday I was out on tour,” Wiersema said. “... I just came upon an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.”

Astrograph Have faith in your own judgement Sunday, May 10, 2015 Your ability to make the most of any and all changes that come your way will lead to success. Don’t get hung up on schedules or timetables.

There will be some unexpected drawbacks, but flexibility and acceptance will help you reach your destination.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Being overly emotional will cause you to make questionable choices. Think twice before getting involved in a dubious venture. Jeopardizing your reputation or position could result in irreparable harm.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Time spent traveling, attending cultural events and learning new information will pay off. Your increased credentials and skills will put you in line for advancement.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- A change in your surroundings will brighten your day. Consider investing in items that will make your chores easier. Make sure that everyone you live with is on board with your plans.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Refrain from wearing your heart on your sleeve, but let your partner know how

you feel. This is an ideal time to plan a trip or vacation that could strengthen your relationship.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Your easygoing personality and ability to get along well with your colleagues will be noticed and rewarded.

Don’t be surprised if you receive a promotion or raise. Celebrate with someone special.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Travel, romance and knowledge will all play a major role in your advancement.

Don’t hesitate to invite a special someone on a romantic getaway.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Stick to your own schedule and don’t take on any extra tasks. Give others the freedom to pursue their goals without interruption. That way, you will accomplish the most and avoid a disagreement.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Do the groundwork, make up your mind and proceed to the finish line.

Have faith in your own judgment, and refuse to let anyone interfere with your plans or your decision.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- If you join a benevolent or charitable organization, you will meet someone who intrigues you. Working toward a common cause will give you a sense of belonging, satisfaction and accomplishment.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -Keep your personal and professional lives separate. Your anxieties will be lessened once you are able to find a balance between your career and home life.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -Someone near to you will let you down. Don’t let what transpires ruin your plans. Trust in your abilities and keep moving forward. You are capable of handling matters on your own.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Your charm and charisma will bring you lots of favorable attention. This is a great time to present your ideas to those in a position to help you advance.

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This Harvest Table is an interesting find at Reubin’s Relics, which is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at 1112 S. Galena Ave. in Dixon.

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Shabby chic items are well-loved: Their age, scars, chips, wear and tear and general air of distress are what buyers want. The style often has a whimsical, cottage-style feel.

As part of the trend, the Reubins are seeing a growing demand for small furniture, window frames, shutters, wooden chairs, and ladders. Popularized on the Pinterest ideas website, such items are being redefined and repurposed as home decorating accent pieces and DIY projects.

Also trending are fruit and vegetable crates that sell as fast as they hit the

store. Trunks are popular for end and coffee tables.

Seasonal antiques also always are in demand.

The Reubins favor primitives, and have filled their store with the early American country furniture. One room, in fact, is completely dedicated to primitive antiques.

“We love the square nails and craftsmanship,” Denell said. “Old paint is a real selling point. People love finding pieces with the original ‘chippy paint.’”

They prowl estate and barn sales, other antique stores, and resale shops to find items for their store and their home.

They also do estate settlements, where they will contract to go in and clean out items in older

homes and barns.

It’s always an adventure for the couple.

They never know what they’re going to find, and they’ve landed everything from a primitive galvanized bathtub with wood wainscoting to a mint condition grinding stone wheel. For Halloween, they even found an antique coffin in the attic of a Polo estate settlement – empty, of course.

“I think every antique store has its own personality,” Reubin said.

“Antiques are like that.

You get to know quite a few people and always get an education. People are eager to share their own antiquing adventures – some may be lore, but they are always interesting.”

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Martin’s looking for new locale STERLING – After serving up steaks in downtown Sterling for the past 4 years, Martin’s Steaks and Spirits closed its doors April 19.

“We just did not get enough support, so we decided to move on,” owner Martin Escatel said in a text message this week. “A businessman can build in any town he wants. But a town cannot get any business it wants.”

After extensive renovations, the downtown restaurant opened August 2011. The cozy, upscale

restaurant specialized in steaks, pasta, chicken, seafood and, most recently, Tex-Mex. Escatel said he thought he had a buyer for the building, but the sale fell through. He hopes to move to a new location.

“We are checking out a couple of different towns,” he said in the text.

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SAUK CELEBRATES 50 YEARS

Men’s basketball players from the 1980s to the 2000s competed April 11 at Sauk Valley Community College’s Alumni Basketball Classic. The games were part of a celebration of the college’s 50th anniversary. Team members are (kneeling, from left) Phillip Peugh, Jed Johnson, Matt Groharing, Justin Johnson, Josh Coward, Todd Sigel, and Dustin Barker; and (standing) Dustin Fritsch, Devin Ehrich, Ben Rayhorn, Ryne Vrana, Chris Fritsch, Matt Ross, Josh Weber, and Jansen Hight. Photos submitted.

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CHRISTIAN WOMEN TO MEET

The Rock River Area Christian Women’s Connection will have its Mother Dearest Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. May 20 at Candlelight Inn, 2200 First Ave., Rock Falls. Getting ready for the event are (seated, from left) Rosemary Egan and Judy Wolff, and (standing) Kim McMahon. The cost is $10.

Kelly Davis of Moline will present “From Mess to Message.” QuickSilver, a ukulele, guitar and vocal duo from Mount Carroll, will perform. Reservations are due by 9 p.m. May 18; call Irene at 815948-2157. Cancelation notice is required. Photo submitted by Kathleen Williams.

TOOTSIE ROLL DONATION

SVCC women’s basketball players also played. They are (front row, from left) Sarah Matson, Jaimie Hurd, Aubree Johnson, Jennifer Rangel-Kelly, and Katie Johnson; and (back row) Adrienne Haye, Jordan Giddings, Autumn Smith, Brianna Richardson, Joy Lundstrum, Jaimie Kovash, and Sonia Calhoun.

Knights of Columbus Council 662 in Sterling donates $2,412.30 to Self Help Enterprises in Sterling from the council’s annual Tootsie Roll drive. With the check are (from left) Carla Haubrich, executive director at Self Help, and Roger Petitgoue with the Knights. Photo submitted by Haubrich.

Runners and walkers took part in the April 11 SVCC’s Sprinters and Strollers 5K. Winners, with Slammin’ Sammy, Sauk’s mascot, are (from left) Ed Love, third place men’s race; Justin Jones, first place men’s; Haylee Altenburg, first place women’s; and Molly Stitzel, second place women’s. Not pictured are Cody Sondgeroth, second place men’s, and Stacia Staples, third place women’s.

The Slammin’ Sammy coloring contest winners were announced during the Sauk Family Safari. Isaic Sanchez of Reagan Middle School in Dixon won the sixthto eighth-grade category, and Makenna Moon of West Carroll Primary School in Savanna won the third- to fifth-grade category.

Tyrah Vaessen of Amboy Central Elementary School is the winner in the kindergarten- to second-grade category. Winners were announced April 11 at Sauk’s Family Safari.

Val A. Stanley of Oregon received the poetry award April 26 at the Phidian Art Club’s 27th annual literary competition in Dixon. Stanley won for his entry, “Seven Horses.” Photo submitted by Stanley.

RIBBON CUTTING

Florissa, 101 E. First St., Dixon, had a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 23. At the ceremony were (in no particular order) Jeff Stauter, Kreider Services CEO; Dave Schreiner of KSB Hospital; Larry Prindaville, Sinnissippi Center senior vice president; Laura Watters of The Autism Project and Kreider; and Sauk Area Chamber of Commerce ambassadors. Florissa is a new center for children from birth to 18 years who have behavioral, developmental, social, or emotional needs. Photo submitted.

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Shuffle on down to Astoria In sleepy Oregon city, visit ‘Goonies’ house and more

The skeleton of the Peter Iredale, shipwrecked in 1906, is a highlight of a visit to the beach at Oregon’s Fort Stevens State Park.

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hildren of the 1980s grew up wishing they, too, could be one of the “Goonies,” the treasurehunting teens in the 1985 movie hit executive produced by Steven Spielberg.

In sleepy Astoria, at the Northwest-most tip of Oregon, grown-up “Goonies” wannabes can fulfill their dreams, at least a little, by visiting locations where the movie was filmed.

Astoria remains a hub for “Goonies” fandom, especially when the town celebrates the film’s 30th anniversary with a “Goonies” gathering June 4-7.

So far none of the film’s major stars has committed to return for this year’s “Goonies” goingson, which will include a block party, a trivia night and the already sold- out “Sailing With Sloth,” a river cruise with Randell Widner, the stunt double for John Matuszak, who played the “Goonies” character Sloth.

Even outside the “Goonies” festival, interest in the film is in full force year-round. Last Labor Day weekend, Dylan Reel of Portland, Oregon, and David Zorob of Peoria made the trek to Astoria for one primary reason: “We mostly came to check out the ‘Goonies’ house,” Reel said while standing in front of the home at 368 38th St., a neighborhood known in the movie as “The Goondocks.” “‘Goonies’ is one of my favorite movies of all time, and the house looks just like it did in the movie.”

Sandi Preston bought the “Goonies” house in 2001 when it was in foreclosure. Knowing it was the “Goonies” house had sentimental value: Her children were teenagers when the movie was released, and it became a family favorite.

Initially, not many tourists came to see The Goondocks, but after the 20th anniversary

A 1913 trolley travels along Astoria’s riverfront, zipping between canneries and past barking sea lions.

Featured prominently in the film, the “Goonies” house in Astoria, Ore., sometimes attracts 1,000 visitors a day in the summer. It is not open for tours.

“Goonies” reunion in 2005, that changed and the number of visitors steadily increased.

Sometimes as many as 1,000 people a day in the summer walk up the gravel drive, off a paved road, that serves as the entry to several homes, including Preston’s famous house.

“Though I enjoy meeting new people, it’s become very difficult to live here,” Preston said, citing the hassles of owning a piece of pop culture history. Her neighbors are frustrated with foot and vehicle traffic. “People walk up the driveway and stand in the middle of the access road or driveway and refuse to move when a resident needs to drive up or down.”

Visitors have also been seen urinating in her yard or neighbors’ yards, and visitors often leave trash behind. But there have been some enjoyable moments, too.

“Most endearing was a woman whose son had died, and ‘The Goonies’ was his favorite movie.

She had brought his ashes to Oregon,” Preston recalled. “I asked if she wanted to scatter some in the garden, which was

in full bloom, so she and her family did that. It was so sweet. I read online that another person did that, in the middle of the night, without asking for permission. Oh, well, part of owning this house, I guess.”

Astoria has played a role in movies beyond “The Goonies,” though that film seems to garner the most attention.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1990 comedy “Kindergarten Cop” filmed at Astor School (3550 Franklin St.). The home of the boy who sought to “Free Willy” is located at 3392 Harrison Ave. And the house featured in 1985’s “Short Circuit” is at 197 Hume Ave. The Astoria Column has been seen in multiple movies, including 1992’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.” The 164-step tower was a gift from a descendant of fur trader and investor John Jacob Astor, the town’s namesake, and was dedicated in 1926, Tributes to these ’80s and ’90s flicks can be found at Astoria’s tiny Oregon Film Museum, housed on the first floor of the former Clatsop County Jail that was featured in the jail break

scene at the beginning of “The Goonies.”

Artifacts from these movies –“The Goonies” more than any other title – can be found inside the three-gallery museum, which also gives visitors the opportunity to record themselves re-enacting scenes from filmed-inOregon productions “The Goonies,” “Kindergarten Cop” and “Twilight.”

Scenes are recorded and e-mailed to you a few weeks later.

(Another 1980s classic, “Stand By Me,” was filmed partially in another part of Oregon: Brownsville, about 3 hours by car southwest of Astoria. Brownsville remembers “Stand by Me” every year, and the 2015 celebration is slated for July 23. Details at historicbrownsville.com.)

Beyond movies Of course, Astoria has plenty to offer beyond movie locations.

A farmers market takes over the streets of Downtown, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. every Sunday May through October.

The Flavel House Museum, at the corner of Eighth and Duane streets, offers a trip back in time to the Victorian

period with a tour of this 1885 Queen Anne Victorian home that features an original Eastlake-style woodwork interior.

A 1913 trolley carries visitors along the Astoria riverfront. “It’s the oldest operating trolley in the nation as far as we know,” said motorman Bob Westerberg during a trip between cannery buildings and past honking sea lions.

Westerberg is quick with a quip, commenting on the cost of upkeep for the 100-year-old Victorian homes perched on the Astoria hillside, looking down on the city center and the Columbia River: “Hear that swishing sound? It’s all the money being dumped into those Victorians.”

The trolley travels past and has a stop at the Columbia River Maritime Museum, which collects and displays maritime artifacts from the Columbia River and the Pacific Northwest, including the lightship Columbia and the pilot boat Peacock.

Just be prepared to twiddle your thumbs or curl up with a book in the evening: Astoria rolls up and goes to sleep early.

Even the ice cream stand Custard King closes most days at 6 p.m.

Bowpicker Fish & Chips, essentially a food cart housed in an old bowpicker boat at the corner of 17th and Duane streets, is open Wednesday through Sunday and closes most days at 6 – unless it runs out of fish

before then (follow it on Twitter for updated hours at @bowpicker).

For history buffs and beachcombers, two attractions are a must: Fort Clatsop, part of the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, and Fort Steven State Park.

At Fort Clatsop, the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition near the mouth of the Columbia River during the winter of 1805-06, visitors can see a replica of the fort that served as the winter home for the Corps of Discovery team before its return trip east.

(Across the Columbia River in Washington, Cape Disappointment is home to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, and a lighthouse that is often open for tours.)

At nearby Fort Stevens, the beach beckons, but visitors may be more drawn to the skeleton of a ship than the Pacific Ocean.

The rusting, centuryold shipwreck of the Peter Iredale still juts out of the sand, making for a unique beach photo. The four-masted, steel baroque ship ran aground in 1906 and has been slowly disintegrating ever since.

Climbing over the sand dunes to come upon this wreckage is not quite as dramatic as the final scene in “Goonies,” when the pirate ship sails away, but the Iredale skeleton is a “Goonies”-esque, suitable substitute.

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OPEN HOUSE

Fire truck rides will be part of an open house and family fun day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 25 at Firehouse Ministries Fire Museum, 403 W. Second St., Rock Falls.

Fire safety and firefighting activities will take place. Lunch will be provided. The museum is open for tours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through October. Display items include antique fire trucks, historical pictures and equipment displays.

Photo submitted by Elizabeth Tribley.

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Area chambers gather THOMSON – Representatives from 15 area chambers of commerce attended the April 16 for the Community Showcase at the Thomson federal prison.

The event was designed to let representatives from the regional communities interact on a one-to-one basis and provide the new employees with information about each community.

About 150 employees work at Administrative U.S. Penitentiary – Thomson and many of them have transferred from other locations across the country.

Chamber members answered questions about the communities and the area. “ These events are designed first and foremost to be useful to the Bureau of Prison employees and their families who are adding so much to our communities,” said Bethany Bland, a participant and event organizer, of the Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce.

“The April 16 event was a follow-up to a meetand-greet open house Jan. 17 at The Station & Route 84 Diner in Thomson. Future events are in the planning stages.

“Participants in the community showcase

enjoyed interacting the with BOP employees and answered questions that they or their families had. It also was clear to everyone at the event that BOP employees and their families are living within our communities now and with more anticipated in the coming months and years,” she said.

“The chambers would like to spread the message that now is the time to learn more about the BOP, and what it will mean to have a fully activated AUSP – Thomson in our region.”

The participants in the regional chambers working group encouraged the members of the various chambers to: Go to bop.gov to learn more about the Bureau of Prisons.

Make sure information is updated on the websites of any chamber memberships to provide transferring employees current information as they research the region online.

Consider putting a welcome message to BOP employees and their families on outdoor signs and marquees.

Reach out to a Proc u re m e n t Te c h n i c a l Assistance Center office on either the Illinois or Iowa side of the Missis-

sippi River when seeking to do business with the AUSP Thomson. Contact a local chamber for the relevant office in the area.

Contact a Realtor chamber member when listing a home for sale for to advise on properly staging the home for sale and the timing to list it.

Contact a local chamber to learn more about any Thomson prison task forces or working groups operating in your community.

For more information on the chamber-led Community Showcase, contact any one of the participating chambers: Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce; DeWitt Chamber and Development Co.; Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce; Fulton Chamber of Commerce; Galena Area Chamber of Commerce; Hanover Chamber of Commerce; Lanark Chamber of Commerce; Maquoketa Chamber of Commerce; Morrison Chamber of Commerce; Mount Carroll Chamber of Commerce; Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce; Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce; Savanna Chamber of Commerce; Stockton Chamber of Commerce; and Thomson Chamber of Commerce.

LUAU

More than 60 organizations and churches attended the 16th annual United Way’s Let’s Feed Our Children Free Summer Lunch Program meeting. Russell Siefken Jr. (left), United Way executive director, accepted a check from Mary Ellen Wilkinson and Chris Wilkinson of Thrivent Financial. This year, lunch sites will be available in every community in the county. Daily lunches will begin June 2 in Sterling (three sites), Rock Falls (four sites), Morrison, and Tampico. Rock Falls Congregational Church on Dixon Avenue is a new site this year. In other communities, lunches will be served 1 or 2 days per week. Volunteers are needed. For more information, or to volunteer, call the United Way office at 815-625-7973. Preparation takes about an hour; pick up time for the children is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Donations also will be accepted at Let’s Feed Our Children P.O. Box 806, Sterling, IL 61081. Photo submitted.

SENATOR VISITS POLO

CGH Auxiliary members had a Luau at Sunset on April 18 to raise money for an ultraviolet disinfection system. The portable UV unit will be used in highrisk areas to enhance cleaning and decontamination in conjunction with the cleaning services provided by the environmental service team. Scott Gearing, manager of Country Financial of Sterling, presented a check to (from left) Courtney Rosengren, luau co-chairwoman; Pat Rosengren, CGH Auxiliary president; and Patti Sword, luau co-chairwoman. Photos submitted by Nicole Bollman.

State Sen. Tim Bivins, R-Dixon, recently visited Polo Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. He talked with residents and discussed the state budget and funding for long-term care facilities with staff. With him are (from left) Bethany Radke, Petersen Health Care regional marketing director; Rhonda Biller, center administrator; and Amelia Klavenga, director of nursing. Photos submitted by Julie Hilliger.

Dirk Meminger, Sauk Valley Bank president and CEO, made a donation on behalf of the bank.

Bivens also met with Eldon, a resident who remembered Bivins bringing his family to a roller skating rink many years ago.

Mike Stopulos, vice president of Cottingham & Butler, an insurance broker company, also made a donation.

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DUTCH DAYS IN FULTON

Photos by Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: Decked out in traditional Dutch fashion, young ladies sweep the road clean during the annual Dutch Days celebration in Fulton. Boys and girls alike hit the streets to spray water and scrub the route ahead of the parade. BELOW: De Immigrant, an authentic Dutch windmill, stands as the keystone to the festival.

G OING DUTCH

TOP: A pair of craftsman work the wood in traditional Dutch fashion to create klompens, wooden shoes. ABOVE: A young street cleaner drags a broom behind her while helping to clean the parade route.

ABOVE-MIDDLE: Located along the route are big troughs of water where the young men dip their buckets to throw onto the street. ABOVE: Another mainstay of the celebration is the Dutch fashion show. Models line up to display the clothes on stage.

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Dixon 815.284.SOLD(7653)

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IS YOUR PET MISSING? Read our found section in todays paper. Just in case it is not there, call one of your area animal shelters listed below: Lee County Animal Control (815)284-3833 Granny Rose Animal Shelter (815)288-7387 Whiteside County Animal Control (815)625-3507 Happy Tails Humane Society (815)626-2994 A public service of Sauk Valley Media

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4th Annual Lincoln Highway Car Show Franklin Grove Saturday May 16th 10-3 Register $12,9-11 Music by 3D Sound Company, Unique awards to Cars, Hot Rods, Trucks Motorcycles People's Choice 50/50 Drawing Top Sponsors Dixon Ford, VW, Mazda, Franklin Grove Bank, Crest Foods & Lehman Construction Monsanto parkboardcar show@gmail.com

Beautiful River Front Cottage

Priced for Quick Sale by Owner $145,000 - Price Reduced $130,000

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To Gary E. Malina: please contact John Sias at 630-736-5605 in regards to Virginia Malina.

VOLUNTEERS

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CASA 15th Judicial Circuit (Lee/ Carroll/Ogle Counties) is seeking volunteers to advocate for children in the court system involved in abuse and neglect cases.

Your involvement can impact a child’s future.

Contact Vanessa White, Director of Advocate Services (815) 288-1901 www.casalee carroll.com

VOLUNTEERS

WE NEED YOU! The Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Invites all area citizens to volunteer as tour guides, greeters in our visitor center, gift shop clerks, and more! Shifts are available 7 days a week on your schedule.

Please join us in preserving and sharing the history of our country's 40th President and helping benefit the community with assistance in tourism.

Contact Brandi Langner at: (815) 288-5176 or stop by 810 S. Hennepin Ave. in Dixon to apply.

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DHS Class of 1960 Looking for information on: -Gloria Montomery -Kathryn Pinhack Gates -Judy Wilcox Temme -Stephen Foster -David Slick -Donald Tegeler Please call: Fred Drew 815-631-9667 or Tom Cline 815-499-2507 Room mate wanted Dixon 815-7627267

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NEW LISTING 2418 sq. ft. brick office or medical bldg, lots of off street parking, $158,000 #08909244.

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DIXON 3-4BR split level home near Jefferson School, 1.75 bath. 2 car attached garage.

Newly remodeled inside, full finished basement, C/A. Screened back porch, SS applcs. newer windows & roof, new water heater.

815-742-7793

ROCK FALLS 3BR Ranch, 2104 Scott St. Rent to own, with $5,000 down. $96,000.

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APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED 306 HAVING TROUBLE wording your ad?

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ASHTON ★★ 1&2 BR., Ashton/ F.G. 815-7512712/562-5075.★

DIXON NEW TODAY 2BR upper $495/ mo. Incl. garage, cable, trash p/u.

Quiet neigh. No pets.815-973-6363 Clean 2BR with newer carpet, carport. Laundry facilities avail. $550/mo.

All utilities incl. except elec. No pets.

815-716-1888.

Dixon Manor Apt1 & 2 BR available, clean, quiet, walk to downtown, onsite laundry, appliances included.

Heat, water, garbage included.

Call Erick 815-7395806.

Nice 2BR, stove refrig. stacked w/d garbage p/u furn.

Pets.

Ref., No Lease, $450/mo. + dep. 815-652-2042 XL 1BR- $450 Free water, garbage & heat.

Pets welcome.

815-751-3295

FRANKLIN GROVE 3 BR Loft Apt. In the country.

All Utilities incl. $1200 mth.

815-973-5690

HARMON Move in Special!

Half off 1st month's rent!

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

815-562-7368

MILLEDGEVILLE 1BR, w/ applcs. $400/mo. svla.org.

815-718-5488

MORRISON 1BR apartmentGenesee St., Morrison. $450/mo.

Kophamer & Blean Realty 815-7722728.

2BR Duplex (down 401 W. stairs)Main St. $550/mo.

Kophamer & Blean Realty 815-7722728.

2BR Duplex (up stairs)- 401 ½ W. Main St. $500/mo.

Kophamer & Blean Realty 815-7722728.

PROPHETSTOWN 1BR apartment109 E. 2nd St. $450/ mo. Kophamer & Blean Realty (815) 772-2728

ROCK FALLS 1 BR $375 Hampton Apts.

815-625-7043 1BR, stove, refrig. furnished. No pets.

815-625-0624.

Lg. 1BR. + appl.

No pets. $425 + dep. 815-718-1784.

Nice clean efficiency, refrig. & stove. Gas heat $350/ furnished. mo. + $350/dep.

Call 815-625-5970.

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NORTHLAND PARK APARTMENTS Studio, 1 & 2 Bedroom Washer & Dryer Units Fitness Center Balconies / Patios Open House Daily Garages Available Pet Friendly

1st Month FREE! Call Me 2-Rent 815)632-7368 (Located Behind Northland Mall)

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

(815)626-1431 2 efficiencies. No pets, utilities paid. $355 & $380. plus dep. 815-626-3716 Ground Level 2BR 609 ½ E. 19th St. Sterling. Stove, refrig., Air, Garage, No Smoking.

Lease, dep., + ref. $510/mo. 815-6263930 Newly remodeled studio apts.

Utilities included.

Starting at $450.

815-441-5106 Sinnissippi Townhomes First Mo. Free!

Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

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

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DIXON 3 BR Home 2 Car Garage, First Floor Laundry Shady Lane Dr. $795/mo. + dep.

815-288-5431 Avail. 6/1, 1BR, ref. & dep. Req. $485/ mo. 815-288-6814 Large 4BR home, 2 bath, basement, garage, fenced yard.

No pets. $750/mo/deposit.

Call 973-0233 Riverside Townhome for rent.

2BR, 2 bath, 2 car garage. 1400 sq ft.

Boat dock included. $975 a month plus utilities, 1 year lease. Call 815378-2151.

LYNDON 2-3BR home, $800 mo. Kophamer & Blean Realty (815) 772-2728.

ROCK FALLS NEW TODAY 1+BR, w/d h/u, no pets new flooring/ paint $425+ dep.

815-499-3187.

1BR, 716 8th Ave. $470/mo. $400/ dep. W/D H/U. Call 309-242-0259.

2BR, 708 W. 2nd St., 1 car garage.

W&D hookups, no pets.815-625-1900

RIVER RIDGE APARTMENTS

3BR, very clean, all new inside and out. 509 7th Ave. $700/mo. + $500 dep. 815-626-5891

Garages Available

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1BR, $400 815-562-7368 Rochelle Realty 1BR, w/ applcs. $395 + dep.

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815-622-8829 2 BR, no pets, you pay elect. $530 plus dep. Ref. 815-626-3716 Leave Message.

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HARVEY AUCTION OPEN NOW Hours: Mon-Sat. 9am to 4pm Accepting items now for upcoming sale on May 30th 815-213-0193 (Rock Falls)

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SPECIAL SALES 620 Huge Plant Sale Perennials 1,000-Plants $4.97 ea.

Larger Plants & shrubs available Many Proven Winners Limited Quantities May 7 -May 10 Thurs. & Fri. 11-5 Sat. & Sun. 11-3 6154 S. Daysville Rd., Oregon Just North of Flagg Rd. Extremely Important-No Early birds Please!

AREA GARAGE SALES 624 AREA GARAGE SALES 624 Compton Townwide Garage Sales Sat. May 9 8am-4pm

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8-1 1218 Fargo Ave. Huge Sale!

Clothing, household items, knick knacks, tools, golf and fishing items, craft items, Lots of misc. Can't Miss this sale!

Fri. & Sat. 8-4 415 S. College Harley Sportster Basket, Brand New Sportster parts, Harley Clothes, Kids & Adults Clothes, Shoes, Baby Purses, Swing, Saucer & Bumbo Seat Fri. 9-2, Sat. 9-12 2029 W. 1st St.

By Rivers Edge The old Muller Pinehurst building is full.

Rummage Sale Friday & Saturday 7 am – 5 pm 323 Custer Ave Antiques, Toys, Statues, Glassware Misc.

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624 Friday 3-5 and Saturday 8 'till items are gone!

2088 Blackhawk Lane, Near Grand Detour Come on for incredible bargains at our garage sale.

Mens clothing size M/L. Jrs. clothes size S/M/L, girls 8-14, misses M/L. Some clothing still with tags!! Comforters, shower curtains, window panels. Books (hard/soft cover).

Christmas dishes, rope lights, girls bikes, car bike rack, white dresser, lots of shoes, purses, back packs, toys, mirror vanity, bean bag, Stanley roller container, plastic Sterilite drawer containers, Behr Deck Over Paint (never used), stuffed animals.

Zhu Zhu Pets, Barbies, dolls. DON'T MISS THIS SALE!!!!

Subdivision Rummage Sale 7am-1pm (corner of) Bloody Gulch & Pump Factory Roads: Look for Signs!

694 Pheasant Run 3 Jet Skis 684 Partridge Pl. Boys clothing 12 mo. - 5T, girls clothing 3 mo. - 2T, baby items, curtains, area rugs, home décor, holiday decorations 685 Partridge Pl. Pack N Play, changing table, bouncer, baby accessories, Boys clothes 3 mo. - 7T, Girl clothes 3 mo – 2T, Little People barn & circus set, many items $5 or less

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Getting ahead professionally should be your goal. Put uncertainty and doubt behind you and get ready to move forward. If you believe in your abilities, so will those you encounter.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You will have trouble making up your mind. Put any unimportant decisions on the back burner for now. A quiet day of reflection will help you sort out your feelings and chart your course.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Don’t try to live your life by someone else’s rules. Your outlook, priorities, family and beliefs are unique to you alone.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Don’t be drawn into gossip or negative thoughts when working with others. Being a team player is an important component if you want to advance. Your employer will appreciate your maturity and discipline.

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May 12 , 2015 5pm – 8pm The Agency Staffing is conducting on-site interviews for Advanced Drainage Systems located at 1600 Industrial Drive, Mendota, IL Positions Open: •Forklift Operators •Material Handlers •Production •CDL Drivers •Fabricator •Line Operators Join a team where you are appreciated & rewarded for hard work!

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Pool Manager and Assistant Pool Manager positions open at Polo Municipal Pool for summer of 2015. Please inquire and apply through City Hall at 815-946-3514.

Applications due at City Hall by 5 p.m.

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The manager's position shall enforce all rules and regulations, manage and oversee lifeguards, provide weekly, monthly and end of season reports as required by the Polo Park Board and assign staff daily responsibilities of cleaning and maintaining a healthful facility. Among those desired qualifications for manager are: Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education, Recreation Administration or equivalent years of experience, Lifeguard certification and current certification in First Aid/CPR, and a minimum of 2 years experience as a lifeguard or recreation manager.

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NEW TODAY Secretary FT position is available to provide clerical assistance in our Sterling, IL office. Good computer skills required. Candidate must have good verbal and written communication skills, High School Diploma/GED, excellent typing, math and general office skills. Fax or email: Grace. bostelman@lssi.org 815-626-8752 EOE TO OUR

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Adjunct Faculty- Summer • Biology- M/W mornings Please apply on-line at svcc.edu/Job Opportunities. Resume and cover letter are required.

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FULL-TIME, PERMANENT HELP WANTED in the Ogle County USDA Farm Service Agency Office, 1 position available. Salary range $13.68-24.65 per hour; 40 hours per week, plus benefits. Application packages are only accepted through www.USAJobs.gov between May 4 and May 18, 2015. A copy of the vacancy announcement will be available at the FSA Office, 213 W. Pines Rd, Suite 1W, Oregon, IL 61061-9093. Contact: Philip Newendyke 815-732-6127 Ext 2.

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Northern Illinois Home Medical Supply has an opening for

a Retail Coordinator/Inventory Control at our Sterling location. This individual will be responsible for retail and rental inventory and for billing of medical products and services for customers with insurance coverage. Also coordinates all invoices, purchase orders and packing lists. Candidate must maintain professional storefront appearance and will assist with retail customers and phone calls on a daily basis.

Position is full-time days, includes some Saturday mornings and has a very competitive benefits package.

Requirements for this position include: Compassion and patience for each individuals needs along with EXCELLENT customer service skills, a positive attitude, trustworthiness, ability to multi-task, and confidentiality is a priority. You must have the ability to work independently and in a fun-filled team environment. Education equivalent to high school diploma, strong personal computer skills, and the ability to lift up to approximately 40 lbs. daily. Medical terminology, Medicare/Public Aid/Insurance billing knowledge and experience in a durable medical equipment operation is a plus.

You may mail or drop off a resume to Northern Illinois Home Medical Supply at 2600 North Locust Street, Suite A, Sterling, IL 61081 or stop in for an application.

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MILLEDGEVILLE GARAGE SALES 624 Friday 4-7 & Saturday 8-?, 1263 Sunshine Rd. Girls newborn 5T Longaberger, patio lounger, snowmobile gear, NikonD40 camera body, TOYS,double stroller, twin doll house bed w/ mattress, bedding & decor, household items, junior girls NAME brand clothes

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

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Saturday 8-7 Indian Ridge Garage Sales!

8 or more sales!

Furniture, remote recliner, tools, fishing items, X-Mas décor, twin bed, kids clothing & misc.

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.

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

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

3 ton chain hoist come a long. $50 815-441-0467

Baby car seat, hardly used. Like new. $40 Call 815625-0355

Thurs. and Fri. 1-6 Sat. 8:30-12 1412 E. 14 th St. Garage Sale Men XL, ladies ML, XL, girls 7/8, boys 10/12 and 6 months.

Picture frames, floral ribbon, silk flowers, craft items, floral containers, much misc. Most priced $1 or less.

PROPHETSTOWN GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. 12-4 Sat. 7-?

720 Woodlawn Dr. Large 3 Family Sale Lots of womens plus sz. New & like new clothing, children's clothes, girl & boy, from NB to 10-12, mens jeans, shorts, riding toys for kids, pictures, kitchen gadgets, bicycle, summer sandals end table lamp. Etc. Something for everyone!

Thurs., Fri., Sat. 7am-7pm. 13030 Galt Rd. Antiques.

Vintage tractors.

Trailers.

No clothes. Will Trade.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

815-445-6151.

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624

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GE Spectra gas stove with XL self cleaning oven. Almond. $150. 815626-8689.

Saturday 7-12 500 12th Ave. Priced to Sell!

Larger women's clothing, too much to mention! Don't miss this sale!

FURNITURE

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King size adjustable bed by Leggett & Platt, 2 remotes (1 wireless). As is. Smoke free home. $1800.

815-590-0383.

Fri. 8-5 & Sat. 8-?

502 E 19th St. Clean closets & garage, small kitchen gadgets, HP microwave, printer, carpet remnant, aquarium, baseball bats, snow board, fishing poles, outdoor lights, stereo system, Playstation & games, nice clothes & much more!

Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 Free 6 wk. old kittens to good home only. Unusual color ing. Call 815-4382708

Saturday 8-1 518 E 26th St. Treadmill, twin crib, car bed, seats, stroller, tons of clothes, baby boy/girl 2T- Womens XL & maternity, small furn, new Hallmark items, processor, food Ipod doc, TV, 5x7 rug, roller area skates, tons of books, lots of purses and tote bags and more.

All money will go to benefit Jaden House's Missions Honduras

Kittens smart; to give away (perferably in pairs) Call 815-677-3579 Wanted: Tea Cup size Chihuahua, adult, short hair, reasonably priced or free 815-5649022 after 2:00.

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718 Grasshopper Z-turn, 52” cut.

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AGS 2160 Cub Cadet, 48” cut, 6 speed, shaft dr., foot forw/rev. 16HP B&S V twin. Very good cond. $475.

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Exc. cond. $575.

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4,000 oak kitchen cabinets in stock.

Builder Discount 815-626-4561

14 CHEVY CRUZE STK# 1209

05 FORD 500

STK# 1202A

2LT Package, Leather

Higher Miles, But Clean

13 FORD FUSION SE

10 DODGE RAM 1500

$

16,995*

STK#1179

$

18,995*

07 FORD F150 FX4 STK# 1155

4,995*

24,995*

STK# 11011A

13 CHRYSLER 200 LTD

STK# 1210

25,995*

10 CHRYSLER SEBRING

Only 53,000 Miles

19,995*

STK# 1183

Leather, 18K Miles

$

10,900*

08 DODGE RAM 1500 STK# 1163

Leather 29,000 Miles

$

26,995*

STK# 1082

14 BUICK LACROSSE

19,200*

Only 18,000 Miles

$

09 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

$

7,995*

12 GMC ACADIA SL

Sport, 4x4, Sharp

$

Limited, Hemi, Moon-roof

$

$

STK# 1188

Great Value Truck

$

Leather, Moon-roof

STK# 1178

Sport Equipment Package

$

05 DODGE MAGNUM

STK# 1198A

16,495*

$

Hemi, Very Clean

19,995*

PLUS OVER 60 MORE IN STOCK TO CHOOSE FROM!

815 562 2177 815-562-2177

Roger Wakenight

Chad Young

Jim Blomberg

Stephanie VanBuren

*All vehicles subject to prior sale. State sales tax, license, title & $168 doc fee not included. See dealer for details. Offer expires 5/30/15.

Ed McKee

Jason Gelwicks

Jesse Lopez

SAUK VALLEY MEDIA • Saturday, May 9, 2015 • PAGE D 7

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

FARM EQUIPMENT

Free nice moving boxes, all sizes.

815-625-0355 Little Tikes outdoor playset. 2 slides, tunnel. $50 815-440-2532 New Wood Handles for walking plow $30 cash 815-973-4872 See More Online Photos, Commerce, Expanded Text ➛Look for WEB ID ➛Log on to: www.saukvalley. com classifieds ➛Enter the WEB ID in the WEB ID Box ➛View Photos, Expanded Text BUY ONLINE!! saukvalley.com CLASSIFIEDS Set (4) Scaffolds Caster Wheels $100 Cash 815-973-4872 Strawberry Rhubarb $2/Ib 815-677-0896 Tandem bicycle rack. Clamps to R.V. Bumper, used once. $45 815-441-0467 Twin sz. Hospital bed with memory foam mattress. $700 815-336-2317 or 815-590-6295 Twin, full, queen, king beds. Washer & dryer, blk. dbl. reclining sofa, recliner, side by side refrig, table & chairs, sofa, dresser. 815-718-4385.

Victoria Secret 34D-34DD. bra $35. 815-288-2040 after noon.

Vintage cedar chest with bottom drawer & cushion.

Morrison location. $100. 815-772-2145 Wicker Set, loveseat, 2 chairs, 1 table, $200/obo 815-284-4514

HAY & STRAW

825

NEW TODAY

855

2013 Kubota L3240 hydro 4x4 loader cab 7ft blade. 75 hrs. will take a trade in or $22,500 OBO. Blu book $29,700 815-379-2541

YOUR

J D Von Brunt 12' Seeder $450. Oliver 4R Pipe Cultivator complete $450.

Lindsay 14' Harrow $100. DMI dual 18.4-34 Oliver 1800 series $30.

815-857-2688 before 8am John Deere 510 backhoe loader, 80hp JD diesel 4 cycle.

10,000lb.

Lift, 1-1/2 yard bucket. $14,000.

815-379-2679

CLASSIC CARS

904

1950 Chevy Deluxe, 4 door. $9500/ obo. Many extra parts. Call 815-625-4364 1967 Mustang, 6 cyl. Auto, runs & drives, good project car $4500 815-622-8176 1979 Ford Ranchero Broughm ps-pb-ps-cc - factory a/c- 302 great show vehicle, looks & runs great $5300 815-501-7252 1987 Ford Mustang GT convertible, runs & drives good. $3,500 815631-1534

AUTOMOBILES

905

NEW REAL DEAL FOR ITEMS OVER $300 A 5 Line REAL DEAL

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

Special must be mentioned at time of ad placement.

Offer expires 12/31/15

No Commercial Advertising, Pets, Garage Sales, Wood/ Fuel, Tickets/ Travel or Real Estate

1997 Cadillac Deville; Black; Good Condition. Best offer. 815-288-7910 1999 Pontiac Grand AM $1,000 obo 815-284-4179 2007 Saturn Ion 4dr. Sedan. 5Spd. Manual, A/C, well maintained. Great gas mi. $5,000 815-632-0780

Grass mix hay, nice size bales, $3.00. Call 815-284-0461

FARM EQUIPMENT

855

2008 Chevy Aveo white, in Dixon $2,000 815-2886231 2011 Camero 2LT convertible, black, mint cond., only 2300 mi., $25,000 815-535-1958

AUTOMOBILES

AUTOMOBILES

905

Bob Endress Auto S&S

13571 Lincoln Rd. (Rte 30 West) Morrison, Illinois

815-772-3215

905

Credit Problems?

Bad Credit? No Credit? We might be able to help! If you're looking to buy a vehicle we have many financing options available through qualified lenders. Call Brett Simpson today at 815-2855313. Ken Nelson Auto Plaza.

USED AUTOS

creditautosales dixon.com Always over 100+ vehicles to choose from.

2014 Ford Mustang Convertible

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

2015 Chevrolet Silverado Crew Cab, 4x4

SOLD SOLD

2 GM 2014 GMC MC Terrrain - Big Sa Terrain Savings i s 2014 20 14 Ch Chevrolet hevrolet Equinox Equi E inox - Bi Big SSavingss 2013 Kia Optima SX LTD Turbo, Low Miles

2009 Chevrolet hevrole SSilverado ilveeraddo Reg. C R Cab,

SOLD 32,000 Miles

2008 Buick Lucerne CXL 2008 Buick Enclave 2005 Toyota Avalon,

S.U.V.S

909

2003 Pontiac Aztek, 146K mi., 3.4 l. motor, $4800 815-622-8176

4X4S

912

2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 152,000 miles, $2500 obo 815-440-2202

MOTORCYCLES

935

1996 Harley Sportster, APE hangers. Custom paint. Bobber style. 12,000 mi. $3,990.

815-499-2109

Very Low Miles

1998 Mercury Mountaineer

Like New, 68,000 Miles

http://endress autosales. webs.com/ Business Hours: Monday 8 to 8, Tues.-Fri. 8 to 5, Saturday 8 to 3

*Plus tax, title, license & doc fee.

2012 Chevy Impala LTZ, silver, leather, 24,000 mi. $14,000 815-3792089 or 815-3256069 2012 Honda Accord 4DR, EXL, V6, loaded & mint condition $18,500 815-946-3572

TRAILERS/RVS

935

2008 Harley Electric Glide Ultra Classic pearl gray, new battery, good tires, custom pipes, chrome goodies.

All servicing done

by Joe Fortune.

25K mi. $13,000 815-441-2627

Utility trailer 5x8, new wood & wiring w/ title. $450 OBO 815-441-7567 or 815-441-3109

2010 HD Electra Glide Classic, red, exc, cond., 15k mi., $13,500/obo 815-440-0416 2013 Ninja 650, black, brand new, 900 mi., no damage, just serviced $6,200 815-6315165

2005 HarleyDavidson Softail Deluxe. $9,750.

Great Sounding pipes, well cared for bike.

16,141 miles. You will not find a better deal.

(563) 343-2897 2006 Honda Goldwing 1800, dark cherry, with helmets & 2012 Country trailer. 16,200 mi., trailer has less 1,000 mi. than $26,000. Interested parties only call 815-718-5337.

2006 Suzuki S40 650cc, 1645 mi. $2500/obo.

Red, windshield. bag, Exc. cond. 815441-0285.

2007 Honda Shadow Sabre, 1100cc 8,913 mi. $4250/ obo. Call 815-4383185.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 815-499-3543

CASH 4-CARS

We Buy Used cars & trucks.

Call Dixon ATV 815-288-2146

Go

936

2 Arctic Cat ATVs, 400 & 500 w/ trailer, used, excellent condition, $10,500 630-514-4235 940

16' Love fishing boat back troller, w/ trailer w/ 40 hp Johnson motor, Too many extras to list. Have to see! $2,000 815-6258402 18 ft. Ranger 150 hp motor, good cond., asking $6800/obo 815494-7309

TRAILERS/RVS

960

(815)499-3543 $$$$$$$$$$$$$

Who Else Fun Run Saturday May 9th Start at the Cooler in Rock Falls.

9 A.M.- 12 noon

BOATS/MOTORS

AUTOS WANTED

We are licensed & insured to buy vehicles. Running or non running, scrap, Ect. 7 days a week.

All Calls Answered!

Fortune Cycle's SPRING BIKE RUN Sat. May 16 Sign In 10a.m.-noon at Fortune Cycle 901 W. 4th St. Sterling Last Bike in at 5 p.m.

Free Food Door Prizes

A.T.V.S

945

Trailer permanently set up at Lake LaDonna w/ lg. deck $2500 815440-5200

14' Aluminum Boat/Trailer 50 Elec. Motor Good Condition $600 815-762-1336

4x4

1992 Pontiac Sunbird Convertible 1991 Jaguar

MOTORCYCLES

945

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1988 Jayco 5th wheel in excellent condition especially for it's age. Asking $2500. Call 815-631-2359.

2011 Keystone Laredo camper 291TG, sleeps 9, outdoor kitchen, glacier pkg. $20,500, www.face

815-625-3600 815-284-2222

To place your AD TODAY!

Call 625-3600

CLASSIFIEDS SAUK VALLEY

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SAVINGS! MSRP ........................$17,995 Discount ........................$897 MFG Rebate ...............$1,000 Ford Finance.................$500 Owner Loyalty...............$750

YOUR $ * PRICE 14,848

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Interest Rates as low as 1.65% 15 Ford Focus S

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15 Ford Fiesta SE

STK#AE8689

15 Ford Fusion SE MSRP ........................$17,515 Discount ........................$586 MFG Rebate ...............$1,000 Farm BureauB ................$500

YOUR $ * PRICE 15,429

MSRP ........................$29,560 Discount .....................$2,053 MFG Rebate ...............$1,500 Farm BureauB ................$500 Competitive Cash .........$750 Finance CashA............$1,000

YOUR $ * PRICE 23,757

STK#AF8585

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15 Ford Mustang GT Coupe

14 Ford Edge Titanium

MSRP ........................$39,110 Discount .....................$2,605 MFG Rebate ..................$500 Farm BureauB ................$500

YOUR $ * PRICE 35,505

STK#AF8560

STK#BF8782

M MSRP ........................$39,815 Discount .....................$2,274 MFG Rebate ..................$500 Competitive Cash .........$750 Farm BureauB ................$500

15 Ford F-150 4x4 Super Cab

MSRP ........................... $44,600 Discount ........................ $3,819 MFG Rebate .................. $1,500 Finance CashA ................. $750 Farm BureauB................... $500

YOUR $ * PRICE 35,791

YOUR $ * PRICE 38,031

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One Plan: To Sell All Vehicles Without Having The Pressure Of Negotiating A Price.

15 Ford Focus Hatchback SE

MS ........................$23,910 MSRP Discount .....................$1,543 MFG Rebate ...............$1,000 Farm BureauB ................$500 Finance Cash ................$500 Owner Loyalty...............$750

STK#AF8771

YOUR $ * PRICE 19,617

15 Ford Fusion SE FWD

STK#AF8731

M MSRP ........................$26,225 Discount .....................$1,760 MFG Rebate ...............$1,500 Finance CashA............$1,000 Competitive Cash .........$750 Farm BureauB ................$500

15 Ford Taurus AWD SEL MS MSRP ........................... $36,255

Discount ........................ $2,471 MFG Rebate .................. $3,000 Finance CashA .............. $1,500 Farm BureauB................... $500

YOUR $ * PRICE 20,715

YOUR $ * PRICE 28,784

STK#AF8435

One Goal: To Provide A Hassle Free Buying Experience.

15 Ford Escape SE 4x4

STK#BF8681

MS .................................. $28,900 MSRP Discount ............................... $1,588 MFG Rebate ......................... $1,500 Farm BureauB .......................... $500 Competitive Cash ................... $750 Finance CashA......................... $250

YOUR $ * PRICE 24,312

15 Ford Explorer XLT FWD MSRP ........................... $34,655 15 Ford F250 Supercab 4x4 MSRP ................................... $44,670

STK#BF8770

D Discount ........................ $1,458 MFG Rebate .................. $1,500 Competitive Cash ............ $750 Farm BureauB................... $500

Discount ............................... $3,041 MFG Rebate ......................... $2,500 Farm BureauB .......................... $500 Finance CashA...................... $1,500

YOUR $ * PRICE 30,447

YOUR $ * PRICE 37,129

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Business Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8am-8pm • Sat. 8am-5pm

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Bob Baeza

Drew Rowley

Gerald Lott

Jared McCullough

Mark Kromeke

Mike Bonnell

A *Does tax, title, or service dealer for Dealer responsible for errors. w/w/Ford Credit to qualify for cash.

B)B)Farm (must 2015 A *Doesnot notinclude tax,Loyalty title,license license servicefee. fee.See See dealer fordetails. details.

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2015 Nissan Murano

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By Barry Spyker Tribune News Service (TNS)

N

ot that anyone will be driving the 2015 Nissan Murano to Mars anytime soon, but its ultra comfortable seats front and rear were inspired by NASA and actually developed in a weightless environment.

They’re called “zero-gravity seats” and are based on a NASAmeasured “neutral posture.”

That’s believed to be the body’s perfect position while in a weightless state. What Nissan did was try to replicate that positioning with the contour of Murano’s seats, plus add an extra support point for your bottom.

The result, I’ll admit, is impressive. No one will feel like they’re weightless, but the seats are comfortable yet supportive, especially for the lower and mid back. Changing the seat structure, Nissan says, enhances comfort and reduces fatigue during long drives.

Nissan’s old-faithful 3.5-liter V-6 which is good for 260 horses and 240 pound-feet of torque.

3.5-liter V-6 which is good for 260 horses and 240 poundfeet of torque. It’s delivered via a continuously variable transmission with Nissan’s new D-Step Shift feature which Also futuristic is the new look fakes shifts for those who are of this third-generation midsize wary of CVTs and feel like it isn’t crossover as it launches into shifting.

2015 with a rounded nose and “floating roof.” In more As reliable as the powerplant practical terms, Murano is may be, exciting it is not. bigger inside and out this year Getting from here to there is and still manages a 20 percent no problem, of course, but the improvement in fuel economy. acceleration is mediocre and the fun factor is, well, good luck It gets a sleeker look with finding it. That said, Murano has its sculpted sides and flared a solid feel and the suspension fenders in the rear. Wrap- offers good comfort while around lights in front, bulging gobbling up the imperfections taillights and a sloping roofline in the road. It also offers decent add an element of action. The steering feedback and it corners floating-roof illusion is created with only moderate lean. by black exterior trim along the pillars.

An all-wheel-drive system is available for $1,600. One thing Power comes to the front wheels everyone will appreciate is the from Nissan’s old-faithful dramatic improvement in fuel

economy: An estimated 21 mpg around town, 28 on the highway, for a combined average 24 in both the 2WD and 4WD. That’s up from 20 mpg last year.

full-color screen that can be customized for driving and the auto information that you want.

An 8-inch touchscreen with navigation and back-up camera can be expanded or reduced Nissan says a tip of the hat goes with finger swipes like on the to engineers who spent tireless smart phones. hours with the Murano design in wind tunnels, working to While zero-gravity seats make make it more streamlined and backsides more comfy, Murano reduce drag. passengers will also find ample headroom, shoulder space and It also translates to a quieter legroom. A console between the ride inside. Add laminated front seats has plenty of depth acoustic glass and Murano for a laptop. offers one of the quietest rides in the segment. Perhaps that’s And, with the Murano at 2.5 why the marketing folks say the inches longer and wider, too, empty-nesters, now free of the cargo space grows by nearly 8 rapscallions, are migrating to cubic feet. That adds up to 39.6 this model from the SUVs. cubic feet behind the second The interior is a bit more row, and nearly 70 cubic feet elegant, too, with perforated when the rear seats are folded leather seats. Panels are fitted flat. well and surfaces are soft to the touch.

Murano gets all the usual air bags The instrument panel is a and traction/stability controls.

Step up to the SL and Platinum versions and get blind-spot warning, rear cross-traffic alert and a 360-degree camera that alerts for any moving object around the vehicle.

Optional is adaptive cruise control with forward collision warning and emergency braking. Nissan bailed on the lane-departure warning because so few apparently find it useful.

Murano has four trim levels but the base S is well equipped, with alloy wheels, tilt/ telescoping steering wheel and an electronics package with Bluetooth, 7-inch touchscreen with rear-view camera and smartphone app integration.

The SV adds navigation, roof rails, 8-way power seats and an optional panoramic sunroof and 9-speaker Bose audio system.

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