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Anchor away and SGS in Refrigeration company expands into former Anchor Coupling plant

are at 827 W. Progress Drive in Dixon, and since starting production there in fall 2013, the business has grown.

“We’ve gone from a handful of employees to 45 in 3 years, and as growth continues, we could see 10 percent employment growth this year,” said Ray Schmidt, vice president of operations and engineering for SGS. SGS will keep production going in the Progress Drive building that once served as a warehouse for CenturyLink. The company already is using the newly acquired 35,000-square-foot building for storage, and is getting it ready to house manufacturing.

“We’ll gradually move things over to that building, and hopefully we’ll have some manufacturing there by June 1,” said Scott Rozanas, vice president of finance and administration.

Although the office space is dated, the building suits the company’s purposes.

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DIXON – SGS Refrigeration’s growth shows no signs of cooling, so the company has bought the former Anchor Coupling building at 1100 Anchor Road.

SGS makes industrial refrigeration products, mainly for food and beverage companies. Its customers include Walmart Distribution Centers, Tyson, Simpli, and Excel Meats.

The company’s manufacturing operations

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Ray Schmidt, vice president of operations and engineering for SGS, said the company’s growth in recent years prompted the move to buy the former Anchor Coupling building on Dixon’s east side.

DIXON ONE

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We should be One for all Task force members concerned that group doesn’t focus on region enough

BY RACHEL RODGERS rrodgers@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5529 @rj_rodgers

Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: Rhonda Conklen (left) of Sterling and Mai Chavasilp, a foreign exchange student from Thailand, look at art pieces Tuesday during the Fine and Applied Arts Festival at Rock Falls High School. The show featured sculptures, pottery, paintings, and other artwork, as well as projects from the woodworking class. INSET BELOW: Some students took a more handson approach to their work, such as this piece that was on display Tuesday.

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They did it their way Students’ handiwork pushes them to rise to a challenge and reach new heights, both creatively and personally

DIXON – The Dixon One building could provide enough space to house the city’s marketing, tourism and economic development operations, but not everyone is keen to move in.

During its regular meeting Tuesday, the Dixon One advisory task force discussed preliminary budget and building plans for the new hub, located at 87 S. Hennepin Avenue.

However, in addition to having space and money, the hub needs the Dixon Area Chamber of Commerce, Dixon Mainstreet and the Lee County Tourism Council on board with the consolidation in order to function.

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

ROCK FALLS – For seniors Mysty Wilkinson and Lindsay Williams, their art is more than talent or expression – it’s representation of a fight.

Wilkinson, 19, beamed while explaining her watercolor depictions of human anatomy during the annual Fine and Applied Arts Festival on Tuesday night in Tabor Gym at the high Online extra school. More than 500 Read this story at exhibits graced the saukvalley.com gym leading up to the to watch Rock Falls music department’s High senior Mysty spring concert.

Wilkinson discuss “I just wanted to her artistic concenemphasize tration on human that the anatomy. human body is more than a happy accident – it’s intelligent design,” said Wilkinson, a devout Christian. “It’s art, and so many people don’t know that. There are so many parts I could have focused on.”

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A difference of concrete ideas Black Hawk statue work put on hold; contractor, engineer don’t see eye to eye

BY VINDE WELLS vwells@shawmedia.com Shaw Media

OREGON – A conflict over how much is too much has brought a halt to repairs to the iconic, 105-year-old Black Hawk Statue that overlooks the Rock River.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, which has jurisdiction over the statue because it’s in Lowden State Park, is looking for a general contractor to replace Andrzej Dajnowski of Conservation of Sculpture & Objects Studio in Forest Park, whose contract was not renewed.

“No timeline has been established yet for when work might be restarted,” IDNR Communications Director Chris Young said in an email last week.

Dajnowski said he declined to sign the contract the IDNR sent him for this year because it stipulated that the repairs be done in a way to which he could not agree.

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District relying on public for buildings plan tee was formed about 8 months ago to help with the planning, and that committee recently spawned two more, the finance and community involvement committees, which began their work March 21.

To illustrate how much of a priority public input is, the steering and finance committees boast six and four members, respectively. The community involvement committee has 15.

“We need this process to be very inclusive,” Superintendent Bradley Cox said Tuesday. “At the end of the day, the whole purpose of the process is to determine what the community feels needs to be done next.”

Cox said public comments are being sifted through by the committees in order to shape the next forums, May 22 at United Methodist Church, 811 Eighth St., and May 24 in the Erie

Feedback being used to shape future forums

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

ERIE – The school district is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to community input on the plan for its four buildings.

The planning process, dubbed One Vision, is in its infancy, Bradley Cox but f i v e Superintendent options were of Erie School District presented at community forums April 26 and May 1. One is staying the course, while the other four involve combinations of closing schools, building onto others, and renovating them.

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The Erie School District will hold public forums for its facilities planning at 6:30 p.m. May 22 at United Methodist Church, 811 Eighth St., and at 6:30 p.m.May 24 in the Erie High School commons, 605 Sixth Ave. Go to shawurl.com/2l52 to see the slideshow the Erie School District presented to the community during its first two forums.

Contact Superintendent Bradley Cox at 309-6592239 or bcox@ecusd.info for more information.

Steering committee: Nicky Friedrichsen, Mark Wiseley, Kurt Wolf, Tim McConnell, Tammy Tegeler, and Kara Wisdom Community involvement committee: Nicky Friedrichsen, Jerry Norman, Kara Wisdom, Shannon Parrish, Brad Anderson, Jennifer Tegeler, Gary Farral, Megan VanDeWostine, Taylor Jackson, Michelle McWilliams, Mike Winckler, Chuck Milem, Danae Wunderlich, Chad Miner, and Jeff Wunderlich Finance committee: Tim McConnell, Mike Murphy, Tasha Keegan, and Jason Norman

High School commons, 605 Sixth Ave. There is no timeline on when an option could be chosen, let alone when work could begin.

“It’s too early in the process to speculate,” Cox said. “It’s very important that this process takes as long as it needs to.”

A needs assessment was conducted last year by BLDD Architects of Davenport, Iowa, and the firm also is assisting with the planning process.

All the district’s buildings are up to code, but the study revealed that needed improvements will cost about $4.8 mil-

lion – $64.47 per square foot at Erie Elementary School, $34.60 at the middle school, $9.40 at the high school, and $12.30 at the district’s annex, which has preschool and kindergarten.

The district has no debt, $12 million in reserves, and an operating budget surplus of $1 million. The district’s property tax rate is 2.82 percent, compared to 6.44 in Rock Falls, 5.02 in Morrison, and 4.8 in Prophetstown.

At the recent forum, the district presented breakdowns of funding sources for three sce-

COMMUNITY WATCH Galena Avenue; Whiteside County warrant for failure to appear; taken to Lee County Jail.

Lori R. Johnson, 34, of Sterling; 1:50 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of South Hennepin Avenue; Boone County warrant for failure to appear – retail theft; posted bond and released.

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Michael E. Henry, 34, of Amboy; 4:50 p.m. Monday at 16 W. Wasson Road, lot 189; disorderly conduct, battery; taken to Lee County Jail.

Bobbie M. Rhodes, 31, of Amboy; 10:18 p.m. Monday at East Main Street and South East Avenue; operating uninsured vehicle; given traffic citation and released after posting bond.

Kelsie J. Lachat, 18, of Amboy; 10:34 p.m. Monday at East Main Street and South Mason Avenue; operating cell phone while driving under 19 years of age (graduated driver); given traffic citation and released after posting bond.

Correction Sludge buildup was removed from the ponds at Amboy’s wastewater treatment plant 16 years ago, and the city didn’t expect to need to remove the buildup again for 20 years. The time of the removal was incorrect in Tuesday’s editions.

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POLICE Sterling Police

John N. Ebens, 25, of Rock Falls; 1:14 a.m. Monday at First Avenue and Wallace Street; driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence with a blood alcohol content greater than .08; given notice to appear in court.

Oregon Police

Joshua D. Cramer, 28, of Sterling; 9:32 p.m. May 2 in the 1000 block of state Route 2 South; driving while license revoked; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Rachel R. Ware, 29, of Oregon; 8 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of 10th and Clay streets; operating a vehicle with expired registration; given citation.

Hazel D. Nutt, 68, of Byron; 8 a.m. Thursday at Fourth and Madison streets; failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; given citation.

Rock Falls Police

Linda L. Foss, 62, of Rock Falls; 12:08 p.m. Monday at First Avenue and West 10th Street; driving while license suspended, operation of uninsured motor vehicle; given notice to appear in court.

Dixon Police

Jeffrey Bates, 49, of Dixon; 12:24 a.m. Tuesday in the 10 block of South

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The high school, built in 1995, is the only building that was built after the first personal computer was sold in 1971.

The elementary school and annex were built in 1954 and 1956, respectively.

“Technology has very much changed the landscape of teaching and learning, and our buildings were not designed with 21st century learning in mind.”

IN BRIEF

Tabatha L. Burgett, 26, of Oregon; 5:55 p.m. Friday at Fourth and Franklin streets; failure to yield or stop at a yield-stop intersection; given citation.

Sandra M. Anguiano, 37, of Belvidere; 6:56 p.m.

Saturday in the 700 block of North Fourth Street; speeding 49 mph in a 30-mph zone; given citation.

Robert P. Goley, 30, of Byron; 7:29 p.m. Saturday in the 100 block of South Fourth Street; operating uninsured motor vehicle; given citation.

Brandon L.A. Hitchcock, 20, Mount Morris; 11:32 p.m. Saturday in the 1200 block of W. Washington Street; operating an uninsured motor vehicle; given citation.

Andrew K. Jacobson, 32, of Oregon; 12:30 p.m.

Sunday in the 100 block of North River Road; reckless driving, driving on the shoulder, passing in a no-passing zone, overtaking vehicle on the left, improper lane usage; given citations.

Ogle County Sheriff

Donavon Burnley, 20, of Rochelle; Monday; warrant for burglary to motor vehicle, warrant for retail theft; posted bond and given

notice to appear in court.

Brian Holtz, 42, of Rochelle; Monday; warrant for motion to increase bond; given notice to appear in court.

Police seek info on hit-and-runs

OREGON – The public is being asked for any information on two crashes being investigated by Oregon police.

The first took place May 5 in the 400 block of West Washington Street, where a 2004 Ford driven by Dorothy L. Beauchem, 73, of Oregon, struck a vehicle that left the scene.

The second was a hit-andrun on May 4 in the parking lot of 301 S. 10th St. A parked 2005 Chrysler was struck by a vehicle belonging to Myrtle G. Rebelak, 65, of Oregon.

Anyone with any information on either crash is asked to call Oregon police at 815-732-2803.

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BY STEPHANIE JAQUINS The Daily Times Distributed by The Associated Press

OTTAWA (AP) – Veronica Kroeze’s mother died in 2004, and since then, her mother’s ashes had been displayed in an urn on her credenza in her living room.

She recently heard of an option she felt would better memorialize her mother, Genevieve Shipp. “A friend of mine had her father’s ashes [used for cremation glass]. I was thrilled at the idea of being able to do something like that in remembrance of my mom.�

Kroeze of Buda delivered her mother’s ashes

to Laura Johnson, owner of Starved Rock Hot Glass, who specializes in hand-blown glass art and jewelry. Kroeze had two orders for family, including necklace pendants, heart-shaped paperweights and an egg.

The art infused with her mother’s ashes was for her brother, sister, niece and herself. Some family she told of her plans beforehand, and others she surprised by giving them as gifts. “I thought it was a great way to display the ashes,� she said. “It’s beautiful.�

It’s about an hour drive from Buda in Bureau County to Johnson’s shop in Ottawa, but Kroeze didn’t mind. “I would do it all over again. It was wonderful.�

Johnson said it’s common to have people travel

for her services. The closest custom glass businesses are in the Peoria and Chicago areas. She opened her business in 2009 and added cremation glass a few years ago after a few clients expressed an interest. “And it just exploded from there. Now, I work on ashes every single day.

I have a list of orders. It keeps me very busy.�

Each cremation glass piece takes her about 10 minutes to design.

Throughout the process, Johnson doesn’t stand still. With each step, she’s heating, cooling and shaping the piece that includes just a sprinkle of ashes. To view the process, a video is on The Times website at mywebtimes.com.

In addition to other glass-blowing projects,

she completes one to two cremation glass orders a day. The orders vary from one to 25 pieces. “They’ll get one for each child, one for each grandkid,� Johnson said. “That way everyone has their own memorial piece.

Each one is one of a kind, even if you choose the same colors, the same shape. Everyone has their own unique piece.�

Sometimes she gets special requests, such as a family who wanted glass bluebirds. She’s working with the family to come up with a design.

The client’s mother was a fan of bluebirds – it was her favorite bird. The family wants a bluebird for each of the women’s children and each of her grandchildren to remember her by with the ashes inside.

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Laura Johnson, owner of Starved Rock Hot Glass in Ottawa, sets a heart-shaped paperweight on its base April 11 at her hand-blown glass studio. Her pieces include the ashes of loved ones. After beginning to offer the service a few years back, Johnson said demand has exploded.

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When life hands you lemons ‌ you bite into them to help a family, which is just what the Dixon City firefighters did Tuesday. Members of the department took a tart taste of the lemons and challenged Dixon police officers and Dixon Rural firefighters to do the same, while pledging money to help a Dixon girl with leukemia. Capt. Ryan Buskohl (left), Chief Tim Shipman and Deputy Chief Mark Callison were among the squinty-eyed firefighters who took part in a challenge to help raise money for 2-year-old Greer Bond. Greer, the daughter of Kel and Courtney Bond, has Philadelphia positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia and recently underwent a bone marrow transplant and will be spending several months in the hospital. As part of Greer’s Leukemia Lemon Challenge, people peel a lemon, eat it, post a video of their reaction on social media, and nominate their friends to do the same. Search for “Greer Bond Leukemia Lemon Challengeâ€? on Facebook to see Dixon firefighters, and others, take the challenge. Go to gofundme.com/greerbondstrongllc to make a donation.

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CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago’s Navy Pier says it will name its new, taller Ferris wheel the Centennial Wheel to mark the pier’s 100th anniversary.

Officials made the announcement Tuesday, saying the May 27 public opening of the wheel will mark the completion of the first phase of redevelopment at the pier on Lake Michigan.

The new 196-foot Ferris wheel will stand 49 feet taller and fit up to 180 more passengers per ride than the previous Ferris wheel, which opened in 1995 and was removed in October.

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ROCK FALLS – Players have until May 30 to sign up for a charity softball tournament to help raise money for cystic fibrosis.

The games begin at 9 a.m.

June 25 at Centennial Park, 11th Street and Avenue D. Teams may have up to 10 people, at least three of whom must be female.

The cost is $150 per team, with each team guaranteed to play at least two games.

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Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks Tuesday to students and faculty during the TECH 2016 Exhibition in the rotunda of the Capitol in Springfield. Rauner is asking lawmakers for $55 million more to fully fund the general state aid to schools instead of prorating it like it’s been done the past 7 years to balance the books.

Schools warn of closures, staff layoffs Most have funds to stay open, but only for so long SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Illinois superintendents warned of school closures and staff layoffs Tuesday as they implored state lawmakers to pass a budget to give them certainty for the fall when the new academic year begins.

The challenge facing superintendents is that the epic partisan gridlock that has left the state without a budget for 11 months is spilling over into education, with ideological differences over how to proceed with funding.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is asking lawmakers for $55 million more to fully fund the general state aid to schools instead of prorating it like it’s been done the past 7 years to balance the books.

Senate Democrats, meanwhile, say that while more money is good, the state’s complicated, 20-year-old school funding formula must be overhauled now so it’s fairer to property-tax poor districts.

But superintendents from districts including Kankakee, Moline, and Streator expressed worry Tuesday that there’s no agreement for next year yet. They say they’ll have to deplete their reserves to open this fall and that some might not make it all year.

Their message came on the same day the Democrat-led Senate approved their proposed change to the funding formula on a 31-21 vote. The bill now goes to the House, where its prospects are unclear.

Jack Bambrick, the interim superintendent of Rockridge Community Unit School District #300 in Taylor Ridge, said they have reserves to get them through 134 days.

“That’s not a full school year. We can open our doors next year,” he said, but added, “I don’t know how long we’ll be able to stay open. That’s not a threat.”

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of the staff.

The superintendents said they favored Rauner’s idea of adding more funding to schools without a formula change because they prefer the certainty of having the money. Some of the Democratic state lawmakers who represent them agreed.

“Let’s give these men and women here that run our schools that have the responsibility of educating our youth, let’s give them some certainty right now moving forward,” said Rep. Dan Beiser, a Democrat from Alton.

Education funding is the only portion of the budget for the current year that Rauner signed, meaning schools have largely been spared the consequences of the budget impasse.

Sen. Andy Manar, a Democrat from Bunker Hill sponsoring the formula change, said his plan would ensure that school districts see no cuts over the next 4 years with a $400 million investment from the state.

His plan would gradually change districts’ reliance on property taxes and take local wealth into account when distributing funds. Over time, the state would shift more of its financial support toward needier districts.

One of the major criticisms from Republicans opposing Manar’s plan was the amount of additional aid Chicago Public Schools would receive – about $175 million more next year compared with last year. Republicans also cited several other grants for Chicago in the bill.

But Manar countered that with the current system, “Chicago is underfunded. Plain and simple.”

Without his formula change, he said poorer districts would continue to suffer and “this system is going to continue to erode.”

The total budget for schools is expected to be about $10 billion for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

Today’s visitations: Edward A. Crump of Rock Falls, 10-11 a.m. at Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation in Sterling.

Saeed A. Salick of Dixon, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

Elizabeth J. “Bette” Wilhelm of Amboy, 4-8 p.m., with the rosary recited at 7:30 p.m., at Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy.

Larry K. Detweiler of Moline, celebration of life, 4-7 p.m. at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory Ltd. in Moline.

Today’s funerals: Mark R. Near of Sterling, 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Jan. L. Feary of Polo, 10:30 a.m. at Polo Family Funeral Home.

Florence L. VanDeWostine of Prophetstown, 10:30 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

Edward A. Crump of Rock Falls, 11 a.m. at Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation in Sterling.

Saeed A. Salick of Dixon, 11:30 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

Thursday visitations: Thomas I. Whelan of Dixon, 5-7 p.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Thursday funerals: Elizabeth J. “Bette” Wilhelm of Amboy, 10:30 a.m.

Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy.

Loretta L. Behrens of Dixon, 11 a.m. interment service at Riverside Cemetery in Sterling.

Sarah E. Sweet of Mount Morris, 2 p.m. graveside service at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon.

Friday visitation: James H. Shoger of Mount Morris, 5-7 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon.

Friday funerals: Thomas I. Whelan of DIxon, 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Anne Catholic Church in Dixon.

Loretta L. Behrens of Dixon, 11 a.m. memorial service at Harvest Time Bible Church in Rock Falls.

Brian D. Hurd of Rock Falls, 2:30 p.m. graveside service at Rock Island National Cemetery.

Saturday visitations: Roman Porembski of Mount Morris, 9-10 a.m. at St. Mary Christian Church in Oregon.

Mary P. Cacciapaglia of Rockford, 10 a.m.-noon at Honquest Funeral Home with Crematory – Mulford Chapel in Loves Park.

Saturday funerals: Mary P. Cacciapaglia of Rockford, noon prayer service at Honquest Funeral Home with Crematory – Mulford Chapel in Loves Park.

Roman Porembski of Mount Morris, 10 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Christian Church in Oregon.

Brian D. Hurd of Rock Falls, gathering of family and friends, 5-8 p.m. at Rock Falls VFW. Sunday funeral: Keith E. Edeus, formerly of Rock Falls, 2 p.m. memorial service at First Open Bible Church in Rock Falls.

James H. Shoger MOUNT MORRIS – James H. Shoger, 85, of Mount Morris, died Monday, May 9, 2016, at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford.

Survivors include his wife, Phyllis of Mount Morris; and three sons, Allan (Crystal) Shoger of Athens, Michael (Margaret) Shoger of Spring Grove, and Karl

(Lynn) Shoger of Genoa.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon. Private burial will be at a later date at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to American Legion Post 12 in Dixon.

Lloyd F. Hamilton Jr. SAVANNA – Lloyd F. Hamilton Jr., 74, of Savanna, died Saturday, May 7, 2016, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.

Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna handled arrangements.

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Thomas I. Whelan DIXON – Thomas Irvin Whelan, 66, of Dixon, died Monday, May 9, 2016, at OSF Saint Francis Hospital in Peoria. He worked for 30 years as a senior nuclear maintenance mechanic for ComEd, retiring in 1999.

Thomas was born Aug. 31, 1949, in Flora, the son of Irvin and Mary Frances (Roberts) Whelan. He was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church in Dixon. At 17 years old, Tom joined the Army, and served in the Vietnam War with the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 75th Airborne Ranger Battalion. Tom was awarded one Gallantry Cross with a Silver Star, four Bronze Stars for Valor, four Purple Hearts, one Army Accommodation, and four Air Medals. Of those heroic and public accolades, what Tom was privately known for was his generous, thoughtful, and caring ways, always thinking of how he could help the less fortunate.

Tom is survived by his two sons, Clay (Mary) Whelan of Dixon and Jason (Brandy) Whelan

of Polo; his six grandchildren, Alex, Anna, Jake, John, Brandon, and Taylor; his five sisters, Anna Doris (Jesse) Shanks of San Marcos, Texas, Christine Thompson of Las Vegas, and Agnes (Kit) Branham of Butler, Ohio, Betty (Rich) Kanzler of Dixon, and Lynn Meyer of Las Vegas; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers-in-law, Tim McGonagil and Robert E. Thompson; and one nephew, Jon Shanks.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Anne Catholic Church in Dixon, with the Rev. Antoni Kretowicz officiating. Full military graveside honors, provided by Dixon combined veterans organizations, will be at Palmyra Cemetery in Dixon.

A memorial has been established to Veterans Memorial Park in Dixon.

Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Loretta L. Behrens DIXON – Loretta L. Behrens, 78, of Dixon, died Friday, May 6, 2016, at Sterling Pavilion Nursing Home.

She was born July 22, 1937, in Sterling, the daughter of Carl and Dorothy (Bishop) Potts.

Loretta was a member of Harvest Time Bible Church, and enjoyed painting, quilting, and entertaining for her family.

Survivors include her children, Gregory Behrens of Rock Falls and Braden Behrens of Rockford; granddaughters, Kaley Behrens and Maurelle Behrens; great-granddaughter, Quinn Widolff-Beh-

rens; siblings, Norma Ludwig and Timothy (Debbie) Potts; sisterin-law, Ann Potts; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Terry Potts; brother-in-law, Bradley Ludwig; and daughterin-law, Elizabeth Behrens.

Interment will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Riverside Cemetery in Sterling. The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Harvest Time Bible Church in Rock Falls, with the Rev. Dalmus Meeks officiating. McDonald Funeral Homes is handling arrangements.

IN BRIEF ACLU to file motion in transgender case CHICAGO (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois says it will seek to intervene in a federal lawsuit seeking to block a suburban Chicago school district from allowing a transgender student to use a girls’ locker room and restroom.

ACLU spokesman Edwin Yohnka said Tuesday the group will file a motion in the coming days to intervene on behalf of a group of parents, students and others opposed to the lawsuit.

The complaint was filed May 4 by the Alliance Defending Freedom and Thomas More Society on behalf of 51 families against Palatine-based District 211 and the U.S. Department of Education.

The ACLU has represented the student who was born male but identifies as female and won access to girls’ facilities at William Fremd High School.

Indiana continues to pursue proposal MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) – The Indiana Department of Transportation has agreed to pay to make changes to an environmental impact statement to try to revive the pro-

posed Illiana Expressway toll road project linking northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana.

INDOT submitted a document April 25 in U.S. District Court in Chicago stating it had reached an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation to pay for the technical work to comply with the court’s order on the expressway.

A judge ruled last year that the federal government’s approval of the 47-mile highway was “arbitrary and capricious” and violated U.S. environmental law.

INDOT spokesman Will Wingfield told The (Munster) Times the agency estimates it will cost less than $150,000 to revise the document. IDOT spokesman Guy Tridgell said Illinois is not pursuing the project.

Organizers: Budget woes hurting event SPRINGFIELD (AP) – This year’s Illinois Governor’s Prayer Breakfast has been postponed and could eventually be cancelled.

Glenn Hodas of the Illinois Governor’s Prayer Breakfast Committee tells the (Springfield) State Journal-Register that the state’s ongoing budget stalemate has made it dif-

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Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office says there are still plans to hold this year’s prayer breakfast and that there’s an ongoing search for speakers. But Hodas says the event’s prospects are dim because the spring legislative session is winding down and it’s usually held when legislators are in Springfield.

Organizers believe this could be the first year the annual event hasn’t been held since its inception in 1963.

Hearing postponed on Lucas Museum CHICAGO (AP) – A hearing has been postponed in a civil case aimed at halting construction on filmmaker George Lucas’ proposed art museum in Chicago.

The hearing was scheduled for Tuesday morning in Chicago federal court but was later postponed until June 15. Legal maneuvers and public statements preceded the status hearing.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel last week turned to an appeals court to seek the dismissal of the lawsuit filed by a parks advocacy group that opposes the proposed lakefront museum.

That move came after Lucas’ wife said the wrangling led them to look for sites in other cities.

The judge has said he could lift an order halting construction while the litigation proceeds. But he warned that builders would have to dismantle any structures if the parks group eventually prevails.

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Council overrides denial of liquor license Mayor cited concerns of saturation of gambling in city in denying restaurant’s application

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OREGON – An Oregon restaurant owner will be getting a liquor license after all.

Last month, Mayor Ken Williams denied a request

by Charlie Perrine, owner of Charlie’s Family Restaurant, for a license.

The City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to reverse that decision.

In Illinois, a business must have a liquor license to have gaming machines, which Perrine wants. He asked if there was a way to appeal the decision, and Williams decided to allow the council to hear his argument.

In Oregon, the mayor is the liquor commissioner and has the sole power to approve or deny liquor licenses. However, “an

appeal is the democratic way, and I am allowing this appeal,” Williams said.

Oregon has more alcohol and gaming licenses than any other Ogle County city except Rochelle, Williams said Tuesday, explaining his denial to the council. “At what point do we say no?

Is Charlie the last? Do we allow six more? We’ve got to stop somewhere.”

“For myself, the gaming machines have been an issue,” Commissioner Terry Schuster said. “It is hard. I think upscale restaurants are important.”

Williams and Schuster voted no; Jim Barnes, Kurt Wilson, and Tom Izer voted yes.

Later in the meeting, Barnes returned to the topic.

“The municipal handbook on page 375 talks

about liquor licenses,” Barnes said. “You need a legitimate reason to deny a license. If we are not careful, we can have a lawsuit.,” adding that Williams’ reasons for denying the license were “not a legitimate excuse.”

“I will look into that, so we do not run into any trouble,” Williams said.

Perrine closed Charlie’s Breakfast Nook on Fourth

Street when his lease was not renewed. Since then, he has been remodeling the former Fun and Sun tanning salon at 317 Washington St. He plans to be open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, where before he offered only breakfast and lunch, and he has hired a chef to create a home-style menu using locally sourced foods, he said.

Statue champion heading to Group likely to need more time Springfield to seek money DIXON ONE

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“They hired an engineer who wanted to remove more of the surface of the statue than necessary,” Dajnowsk said. “Ethically, that’s not acceptable. I’m a conservator, she’s an engineer.”

The engineer, Amy Lamb Woods from Simpson Gumperta & Heger, a Chicagobased engineering firm that designs, investigates, and rehabilitates structures and building enclosures, referred questions about the project to Young.

“It’s the first time in my life I’ve ever walked away from a contract,” Dajnowski said. “It took 7 years to get to this point.”

The new contract also did not compensate him for the scaffolding that surrounds and protects the statue.

“I could not work for one more year with no additional money for the scaffolding,” he said.

Most of the scaffolding belongs to Dajnowski, but he rents some of it.

Green plastic mesh is wrapped around it to protect the statue from the elements, particularly winter weather, and to prevent further damage.

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Andrzej Dajnowski of Conservation of Sculpture & Objects Studio

The scaffolding has been in place since December 2014, when Dajnowski and his crew built it around the 50-foot-tall concrete statue, put a roof over it, and then enclosed it in the mesh.

Dajnowski charges $75 a day for the scaffolding, which the Dillon Foundation in Sterling is paying, he said.

“It’s not about the cost – it’s about protecting the sculpture. I can’t take it down and walk away. Without protection, it will be exposed to the elements.”

Created by sculptor Lorado Taft in 1910 as a tribute to all Native Americans, the statue stands on a 125-foot bluff overlooking the Rock River and draws thousands of visitors each year. It was unveiled and dedicated in 1911.

The effects of time and weather have caused parts of the statue to

crumble and fall off.

Dajnowski had high praise for the foundation and for Frank Rausa, who spearheaded the effort to have the statue repaired.

Rausa and his wife, Charron, of Sterling head Friends of the Black Hawk Statue, a nonprofit organization formed about 7 years ago to develop a plan and raise the $900,000 needed for repairs. Most of the money has been raised, but a large portion of that was to come from a $350,000 grant the IDNR received from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

The budget stalemate is holding the grant hostage.

“The state can’t issue any checks until the budget is passed, so we’ve used a lot of our money,” Frank Rausa said Tuesday.

He plans a trip to Springfield this week to see if some of the money can be released and to find out more about how the IDNR plans to replace Dajnowski.

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to the name Dixon One. “We’re not just Dixon One, we’re regional,” Reed said.

Prior to the meeting, members split into two subcommittees with the goal of drafting feasible budget and building designs.

City Councilman Mike Venier presented a budget that tallied the possible salaries of four fulltime employees, consisting of an executive director, marketing director, events coordinator and office administrator.

On the high end of estimates, he said pay for the four would run between $180,000 and $200,000, depending on benefits and other expenses.

Task force member Ryan Marshall and

City Councilman Mitch Tucker presented concept designs for how the building’s space could be organized to house the city’s welcome center and offices.

Tucker said the building could comfortably accommodate about 10 employees, which would account for the four main employees as well as county tourism and the Lee County Industrial Development Association.

For the next steps in the hub’s organization, the group split into two subcommittees to focus on creating detailed job descriptions for the employees and creating a draft of bylaws that stem from the chamber and are revised to include Dixon Main Street and county tourism.

With having an idea of the hub’s structure, finances and available space, task force chairman Gary Gehlbach said the group has made considerable progress in the past 5 months, but will most likely extend their original goal of forming a concise plan in their first 6 months.

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Diane Nicholson, task force member and director of the Lee County Tourism Council, said the makings of the hub so far are more “Dixoncentric,” and she is concerned tourism for the county would be lost.

Though she stopped short of saying the council wasn’t on board with Dixon One, she did say she felt “there are so many question marks right now that I don’t see it being a good fit at this point.”

With task force members laying out initial plans for the hub and leaving room for potential changes in coming years, such as decreasing the number of governing board members, Nicholson said she doesn’t want her organization to be absorbed and dissolved over time.

Task force member Larry Reed, chairman of the Riverfront Commission, said the hub’s focus should not be bound to the city limits, and they should find alternatives

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SPRINGFIELD SCOOP

State plans farewell to tax on tampons Who cares that state budget, tax reform haven’t been completed?

SPRINGFIELD – Tax relief is sailing through the Legislature.

Property taxes? Income taxes? Gasoline taxes?

Nope. Not yet.

But it looks like we are heading toward eliminating the tampon tax.

The measure passed out of the Senate unanimously and it is waiting to be assigned to a committee in the House.

If it becomes law, it will be a victory for taxpaying families.

After all, tampons and sanitary napkins are necessities in a woman’s life for about 40 years.

Being a 51-year-old man, I can’t say I have much experience buying

feminine hygiene products.

In fact, the first time I ventured into this forbidden territory was on my wedding day.

My soon-to-be wife dispatched me to the grocery to buy panty liners. My best man and a groomsman tagged along.

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I FOUND MYSELF standing bewildered in an unfamiliar store aisle staring at pastel covered parcels with names like “Stayfree,” “Pearl” and “Always.”

My two buddies were giggling.

Dan, my twice-divorced groomsman, refused to give any advice. But he did feel the need to inform store clerks and any passerby of my dilemma.

Dave, my then neverbeen-married best man, was equally flummoxed.

Finally, I decided that

bigger must be better and bought the largest pads on the shelf – the only generic pack.

When my bride saw what I had purchased, she questioned whether pads that large could fit in her suitcase.

She waited another 13 years before asking me to make such a purchase again. And that was last month.

I found myself standing in Walmart at midnight texting photos of various products to my wife to make sure I was making the right purchase.

Scott Reeder is a veteran Springfield statehouse journalist who has covered government for almost 30 years.

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Then I found myself in a long checkout line.

The fella behind me was smirking and said, “You’re a good man to go and buy that for your wife.”

Gee, thanks.

Then the reporter in me kicked in. I asked the checkout clerk, Anna, if she thought a tax should be levied on the product.

She gave me a look like this is the last conversation she wanted to have with a customer at midnight and said, “It’s the government. They tax everything.”

SOME ADVOCATES for eliminating the tax have taken to calling it the “menstruation tax” as a way of emphasizing that only women pay it. (I guess they didn’t consider bewildered husbands making midnight shopping trips.)

But Brigid Leahy, a lobbyist for Planned Parent-

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[Brigid Leahy] has lobbied hard for the bill and to hear her tell it, she has run across more than a few male lawmakers who were uncomfortable with the topic.

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hood of Illinois, prefers the more neutral “tampon tax.”

She has lobbied hard for the bill and to hear her tell it, she has run across more than a few male lawmakers who were uncomfortable with the topic.

“They will say, ‘Um, you have to pay a tax on that?’”

Leahy said with a laugh.

Let’s face it: Tampons are among those things many of us were taught not to discuss in polite company.

But there is a serious underlying health issue.

Some women just can’t afford the products and end up not changing regularly, which can lead to toxic shock syndrome, Leahy said.

So making the products more affordable just makes sense.

Now if lawmakers can only do something about cutting our property taxes and income taxes.

Illinoisans want tax reform – with no strings attached.

Note to readers: Scott Reeder is a veteran statehouse journalist. He works as a freelance reporter in the Springfield area and can be reached at ScottReeder1965@ gmail.com.

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‘Tax, borrow, spend’ not so appealing now The Illinois Way fails Democrats in Chicago, Springfield Chicago Tribune Editorial Board

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What the world needs is more love, not hate LYNDA NORTON Dixon

I read a letter titled “Unhappy with transgender story” by Lupe Hurley [The Reader’s Voice, May 6]. It is wonderful that we live in a democracy where Lupe and others can express their views without being thrown in jail or worse.

While our country provides us the luxury to speak out, it also allows us the luxury to have freedom in other ways, such as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom to choose to be straight, bisexual, or transsexual. Our military men and women fought for this right.

It is society that has pushed gays and transgender into the closet.

The Bible teaches us,

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Let us know. Write your own letter to the editor and send it to: letters@saukvalley. com judge not, lest ye be judged. America is the melting pot. We are all different. We should respect others’ rights as we would like them to respect us.

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Remember, God loves us all; straight, transgender, bisexual, sinners, Christians – all of us.

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Torn flag still needs repairs BRAD POPEJOY SR. Sterling

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buck is what happened.

I’m sorry to say the Sterling Park District isn’t responsible for the U.S. flag at Sterling-Rock Falls Day Care Center. The person at the front desk said it was the park district’s flag, and I apologize.

I’d like the correct information on who is responsible for it. Thank you.

Will not cast vote for Trump BOB MUSCHAL Morrison

Since I live in Illinois, I will not have to vote for the rodomontade, Donald Trump.

Due to the makeup of the political world here, I sincerely doubt that my single vote will give Trump the electoral votes. I shall write in Ted Cruz as my preference.

To paraphrase Dutch, I didn’t leave the party, the party left me.

Sea change usually doesn’t wash over the political environs of Chicago or Springfield. Transformation in government, if it comes at all, flows so slowly it can be undetectable. But in recent months, if you were standing still, you might have felt subtle shifts.

The Illinois Way – tax, borrow, spend – seems to be losing its appeal. The Democratic-controlled Chicago City Council and Illinois General Assembly are struggling to rally support for their so-called progressive agendas. Even proposals that would tax the rich are flopping, despite the blockbuster success of class warfare politics practiced by Democratic candidates for president Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

In Springfield, recent casualties include a graduated state income tax proposal that would have punished upper-income earners. The House sponsor, Rep. Christian Mitchell, D-Chicago, didn’t call the measure for a vote because he couldn’t muster enough support despite his party’s supermajority.

HOUSE SPEAKER Michael Madigan has been unable to build enough support for his proposal to add a tax surcharge on millionaires. Remember, he’s the speaker.

And legislation in Springfield that would rescue Chicago Public Schools has floundered for at least 2 years. CPS officials and the Chicago Teachers Union have been begging for more tax money from the city and the state. CTU

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recently released a proposal to increase taxes on gasoline, property, hotels – a long list – to prop up the district’s budget.

But such pleas now go largely ignored. Mayor Rahm Emanuel shut the door to the CTU’s tax plan almost immediately.

Schools CEO Forrest Claypool basically admitted the district, now rated

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at junk bond status, can only access lines of credit as it tries to limp along.

Long-term borrowing isn’t feasible because the interest rates imposed on the nearly-insolvent district are too high.

Yet no one is bailing out CPS, not City Hall or the state, as they have in the past under similar “doomsday” scenarios.

Meanwhile, the public reacted sourly to Emanuel’s plan to borrow $1.2 billion for a George Lucas museum on the lakefront.

With Chicago schools destitute, teachers threatening to strike sometime this year, and violent crime climbing, a taxpayer-enabled favor for a billionaire filmmaker hit a collective nerve.

Emanuel, with his subservient City Council of fellow Democrats, usually gets what he wants, especially shiny new baubles.

Not happening this time.

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Wizard of Id by Brant Parker and Johnny Hart

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis Rose is Rose by Pat Brady and Don Wimmer

Pickles by Brian Crane Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce

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Baby Blues by Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman

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The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn

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Bridge Frank & Ernest by Bob Thaves

Occasional gadgets occasionally help

Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

Sir Winston Churchill said, “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”

That applies to bidding conventions – and not only the results, but also frequency.

This deal features a transfer into a minor over a one-notrump opening. The frequency is not high, but when one does arise, it can result in an accurate auction. How do three no-trump and five clubs

by South fare?

North’s two-spade response was a transfer to clubs. His three-spade rebid indicated a singleton (or void) in that suit. (With four spades and long clubs, North would have responded two clubs, Stayman.) South was torn at this point. Perhaps they

had nine instant winners for three no-trump, but his single spade stopper was worrying, and his controls (three aces and one king) were great for a high-level club contract if partner had a solid

or semisolid suit.

Here, if South had bid three no-trump, he would have gone down, assuming West led the spade queen. When South actually bid four clubs, North settled for game with his minimum.

West led the heart jack.

South won with his ace and ran the club nine, losing to East’s jack. Back came a heart to dummy’s queen.

Declarer crossed to his hand with a diamond, then led his second trump. When West played low, should South have called for dummy’s eight or king?

The percentage play was the eight. If East had the club queen-jack, he might have won trick two with either honor. But with the ace-jack, he had no choice. Declarer should assume East’s play was forced. © 2016 UFS

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Woman troubled by her intimate secret dearABBY Abigail Van Buren’s (Jeanne Phillips) column appears during the week through Universal Press Syndicate.

Dear Confused, I don’t think you are “wrong,” but your question does make me wonder whether you are ready to settle down.

If your sex life were as fulfilling as you would like it to be, you

wouldn’t be asking if you are wrong for wanting more.

Level with your boyfriend about your feelings to see if you can work this out. However, if the answer is no, then both of you might want to move on.

Dear Abby, We are friends with a couple who married 5 months ago. My husband, “Ian,” was one of the groomsmen, so we were deeply involved with wedding details a long time prior to the wedding. Ian and the groom, “Claude,” are now on the same team at work.

Since the wedding, Claude spends a lot of time talking about his wife to anyone within earshot and on social media to the point of excess. (The bride is “perfect, beautiful, lovely” and he’s “so lucky to be married to her,” etc.)

Everyone on the team works overtime every night because Claude posts love notes to his wife all day. The team supervisor talked to my husband about it, and asked him to cover Claude’s workload because of his prewedding and now postwedding bliss.

I have filtered the guy’s posts and stopped read-

IN BRIEF Inmate claims to be Prince’s son MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Colorado prison inmate has filed a paternity claim with a Minnesota court against the estate of Prince.

Carlin Q. Williams, of Kansas City, Missouri, is seeking DNA testing to determine if Prince is his biological father, according to papers filed in Carver County District Court in the Minneapolis suburb of Chaska that were

Dear Overloaded, The matter should be brought to the attention of their supervisor so it can be handled before it becomes a morale

problem. What’s going on is unprofessional and unfair to the other team members.

The supervisor should tell Ian’s besotted friend that the time he’s spending messaging his bride has increased the workload on everyone else, the honeymoon is over, and he needs to get his mind back on the tasks at hand.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

COMMUNITY EVENTS released Tuesday. In an accompanying affidavit, Williams’ mother, Marsha Henson, contends that she conceived Williams while having sex with Prince at a Kansas City, Missouri, hotel in July of 1976.

Lawyers overseeing his estate have told the court that no will for Prince has been found, though they were still searching. Under Minnesota law, children are first in line to inherit when someone dies without a will, which would put Wil-

liams ahead of Prince’s siblings if the court agrees he is Prince’s son. Papers filed earlier by Prince’s sister, Tyka Nelson, said he had no known children and listed her and five halfsiblings as Prince’s only known heirs.

The judge overseeing the estate case authorized genetic testing on a sample of Prince’s blood in case it’s necessary to determine who’s entitled to share in his estate, and gave creditors 4 months to file claims.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES Thursday, May 12 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

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

Rock River Center Board meeting, 7:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

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

Blood pressure screenings, 8-9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

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

Free blood pressure clinic, 8:30-9:30 a.m., The Eureka Inn, 110 E. Third St., Prophetstown.

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

Office of U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., open, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 212 Third Ave., Sterling.

Dementia Support Group, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Morningside of Sterling, 2705 Ave. E, 815-6222800.

Free blood pressure check, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Caregiver Support and Education Group, noon, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling, 815-6267333, ext. 317.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, Big Book, closed; 6 p.m. literature, open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, 12x1212; 7 p.m., closed, 12x12, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

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

KSB Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, 1-2:30 p.m., second floor, Town Square Centre, 102 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Care for the Caregiver Networking Group, 2 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815288-4673.

American Red Cross blood drive, 2-7 p.m., Tampico United Methodist Church, 202 Lincoln St. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Volunteer Care Center of Lee County, 2-5 p.m., 101 W. Second St., Dixon. Appointments: 815-284-9555.

Alcoholics Anonymous,

ing, but Ian feels stuck in the middle at the office. He needs Claude to get his head back in the game and work.

How can my husband gently communicate that this is affecting Claude’s job performance and driving everyone batty? Ian is afraid that if he complains to the supervisor, his friend will feel betrayed.

– Overloaded in Alabama

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

Free Naturalization/Immigration Services, 3-5 p.m., Room 1E08, Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2, Dixon, 309-736-7727.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 3:30 p.m., Terrace Conference Room, Pinecrest Manor, 414 S. Wesley Ave., Mount Morris, 815734-9069.

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

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

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 5 p.m., Whiteside Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Nar-Anon Hope 4 Tomorrow, 5:30-6:30 p.m., open, Town Square Centre, 101 W. Second St., Suite 202, Conference Room 1, Dixon, 815-677-8763, dixonareana@gmail.com.

Speak Boldly Toastmasters 2125, 6 p.m., Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St., 815626-7650.

Ladies of the Elks, 6:15 p.m., Wagon Wheel, 1711 W. Fourth St., Sterling.

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

A New View, a family mental health support group, 6:30-8 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 14206 E. Flagg Road, Rochelle, 815-761-7654.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, back door, 701 First Ave., Suite A, Rock Falls.

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

Sterling Optimist Club, 7 p.m., Candlelight Inn, 2907 N. Locust St. Whiteside County Natural Area Guardians, 7 p.m., Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison St., Morrison, 815-772-3811.

PEO Sisterhood Chapter KM, 7 p.m., home of Kathy Kelly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Friday, May 13 Women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815-284-3371.

Blood pressure screenings, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W.

Second St., Rock Falls, 815-6262230.

Kelly Hearing Aids, 9-11 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

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

Bible study, 10 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Red Cross pherisis blood drive, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointment: 815-625-0382.

Blood pressure check, 11 a.m., Robert Fulton Community Center, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, open; 6 p.m., open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

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

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

Medicare information class, 1:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Reformers Unanimous Addiction Abstinence Program, 7-9 p.m., First Baptist Church, 24 N. Mason Ave., Amboy, 815-8572682.

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

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

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

Wednesday, May 11 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

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

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

Wii Bowling and card games, 9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

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

Mexican Train dominoes, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

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

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

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

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

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

Fellowship dinner, noon, Reynolds United Methodist Church, 2496 Reynolds Road, Ashton.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Second Wind Entertainers, 1:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Community cards, 2 p.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., 815-4563000.

Skeet shooting, 2 p.m. until no shooters, Coleta Sportsmen’s Club, the corner of Pilgrim and Blue Goose roads, 815-336-2191.

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

Thursday, May 12 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

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

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

Bingo and popcorn, 9-10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Boot Scootin’ Seniors, 9:15 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Wii Bowling and card games, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Bingo For Fun and lunch, 10 a.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 U.S. Route 52, Amboy, Linda Schrock, 815973-4185.

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

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

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

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

Hand and Foot cards, 12:15 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

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

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

Crocheting, knitting and crafts, 1 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

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

Bingo, 1 p.m. Sterling Women of the Moose, 2601 E. Lincolnway.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Dear Abby, I have been in a relationship with my high school sweetheart for 6 years. He is only the second person I have been intimate with.

I love him and am pretty sure that we will end up marrying. Neither of us has ever cheated.

The problem is that I’m having doubts about my lack of experience with other men. I’m not saying I want to sleep around with random men, but I would like to experience intimacy with someone else so I won’t wonder “what if” when I am older and married.

Am I wrong for this?

– Confused in Southern California

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Zucchini, chorizo and almond tacos are a perfect example of how trying new things with your tacos can be a glorious experience.

Tribune News Service photos

Take tacos to new heights Remember, veggies are your friend

BY NICK KINDELSPERGER Tribune News Service

A

round age 25, I realized I loved tacos more than any other food. I’d like to believe that the innate glory of the taco revealed itself to me, like some kind of divine tortillawrapped vision, and that a couple of trips to Mexico broadened my horizons. But who really knows.

Eight years and a literal thousand nights of tacos later, I’ve come up with some helpful tricks to improve your taco game at home. Because all most people want is to eat better tacos more often, right?

First, a strict definition: tacos equals tortilla + filling + salsa. Any so-called taco missing one of these components is a fraud.

Tacos are temporal.

Don’t sit around and idly chat while hot tacos sit in front of you, ready to be devoured. Eat them immediately.

Tacos taste better standing up. I don’t know why.

Don’t let inflexible ideas of authenticity get in the way of deliciousness.

OK, let’s break this down:

Tortillas Tortillas are the soul of the taco. You can’t have a great taco with a terrible tortilla.

In a battle of sturdiness, flour tortillas beat corn tortillas every time. Use flour tortillas for larger, messier tacos.

The slight structural deficiency of corn tortillas pales in comparison to the superior flavor and fragrance they lend to each bite. I use corn tortillas 99 percent of the time.

Corn tortillas are simple to make at home, but frustratingly hard to master. Feel no shame in pur-

You can’t have a great taco with a terrible tortilla. Although flour tortillas are more sturdy than corn, the superior flavor and fragrance of corn tortillas means you should choose them most of the time. chasing top-quality corn tortillas for most of your taco needs. Buy them the same day you plan to use them.

One of the main reasons I live in Chicago is the concentration of quality tortilla factories.

(I am only partly joking.)

Warm corn tortillas until soft, supple and fragrant. Place tortillas in a heavy skillet set over medium-high until you notice steam wafting off. Flip and wait until you spot steam again.

At this point, the tortilla should be very soft. If not, continue heating for a few more seconds.

Wrap warmed tortillas in a towel when done, and let them hang out for a few minutes to further steam.

Heating tortillas on top of the grate over an open flame of a gas stove is also a great idea.

One tortilla is usually enough. Some saucier taco fillings will soak through one, thus requiring two, but there is nothing automatically better about doubling up.

If anything, two tortillas

make it harder to appreciate the filling.

Fillings Free your mind of what constitutes a taco filling.

Veggie tacos are a thing, and they are exceptional.

If I can advance one, ahem, opinion here, it is that vegetables make incredible taco fillings.

Great vegetables for tacos: zucchini, mushrooms, kale, squash blossoms, potatoes, Swiss chard, huitlacoche (a prized corn fungus), refried black beans, pob-

lanos, butternut squash and pumpkin.

I love griddled steak tacos, too, but you can braise beef shoulder for barbacoa or cure round for cecina. Heck, you can eat tongue, intestines, brains and all kinds of other fun parts of the cow. And that’s just one kind of animal!

Chorizo is the bacon of the taco world; it makes everything taste better, but it needs a partner. A taco with only chorizo is like a cake made entirely out of frosting.

Grilled fish tacos are almost always mushy.

Fried fish tacos are great but messy to make on a weeknight. Don’t forget about shrimp tacos.

Adding rice is almost always a terrible idea.

Salsa Salsa isn’t optional.

Salsa separates tacos from wraps and other tepid creations.

Salsa requires chilies.

Chilies bring excitement and vibrancy to our dull, drab lives.

Make roasted tomatillo salsa. I’ve got nothing against fresh pico de gallo (made with plump summer tomatoes, of course), but tomatillo salsa is what I usually make, because it’s acidic and flavorful, and tomatillos are available year-round.

(See recipe.)

The broiler and blender are your best salsa friends. If you want to go hardcore authentic, you could toast all the ingredients on a comal and then grind them by hand using a stone molcajete.

Or you could replicate this process in a 10th of the time by broiling the vegetables and then processing them in a blender.

You can combine salsa and the filling into one dish. If you braise chicken and tomatillos together (which you should), there’s no need to waste time making a completely different salsa.

Guacamole counts as a salsa.

Most canned salsas suck. Rick Bayless’ Frontera brand does not.

Hot sauce is different from salsa. Its main purpose is to add a final flash of intense heat, which is quite convenient if you’re serving tacos to a group of people with varying levels of spice tolerance.

Quick and biased hotsauce guide: Valencia > Cholula > El Yucateco > Tapatio > Tabasco.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

A DIFFERENT DINNER

Swordfish steak crisp and tender?

With this dish, you don’t have to choose between the two

BY LEAH ESKIN Tribune News Service

Washing dishes pairs nicely with podcasts. And by podcasts I mean “Serial.” The download serves up “one story, told week by week.”

The unraveling is riveting.

Especially if you don’t wait the week and binge-wash.

Host Sarah Koenig’s narration is personal, personable and – I’ve discovered – persistent. Earbuds at ease, I still hear it. “Dishes done,” Koenig says in my head, “I had to confront the compost.”

This week, I made swordfish.

“One dish,” Koenig narrated, “refined day by day.” I wanted the fish tender – as though poached. I also wanted it crisp – as though pan-seared. “Was it possible,” mused my version of Koenig’s version of me, “to do both?”

First, I poached. Then, I

seared. The fish – on its superclean dish – came out both tender and crisp. I liked it. My husband liked it. Even Sarah Koenig liked it. At least, I think she did.

Swordfish Steaks Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 30 minutes Makes: 2 servings 1 swordfish steak, 1 pound 2 to 3 cups broth (fish, shellfish, chicken or vegetable) 1 slice bacon, cut crosswise into slivers 2 handfuls baby arugula ½ cup halved cherry tomatoes Olive oil Balsamic vinegar Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 1. Poach: Settle fish in a baking pan just large enough to hold it. Pour in broth to cover. Slide into a 350-degree oven, and

poach until the interior reaches 115 degrees, about 30 minutes.

2. Crisp: Meanwhile, heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium. Cast on bacon slivers, and sizzle until crisp, about 5 minutes.

Use a slotted spoon to scoop out bacon and drain on paper towels. Leave rendered fat in the pan.

3. Toss: Heap arugula in a bowl. Scatter on tomatoes.

Drizzle with a little oil and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper. Toss. Divide salad onto two plates. Scatter on bacon slivers.

4. Brown: When fish is poached, pull it out of the broth and pat dry with paper towels.

Heat rendered bacon fat in the skillet over medium-high heat.

Slide in fish and sizzle to a nice brown finish, about 1 minute per side.

5. Serve: Discard fish skin. Divide swordfish steak in half. Settle over salad on each plate. Enjoy.

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Taco construction Small tacos are usually better than large tacos.

It’s tempting to stuff each tortilla with as much as possible, but always consider proportion. You want to get a bite with all the components, which is hard if you can barely fold the tortilla over the mass of fillings and toppings. Better to make a slim and satisfying taco, and eat more of them.

Additional toppings are completely optional but can separate a good taco from an exceptional one.

Great toppings: pickled red onions, pickled jalapenos, shredded cabbage, radishes, queso fresco.

Boring toppings: lettuce, chopped tomatoes, pre-shredded “Mexican” cheese, canned black olives.

Chopped white onions and cilantro are great toppings but unnecessary if you’ve included both in your salsa.

Other taco thoughts The problem with the pre-fried U-shaped shells – the kind made famous

by Taco Bell and Old El Paso – is that when you bite in, the filling slides out the side too easily. Plus, they are usually structurally unsound, crumbling apart after one bite.

But fried tacos can be amazing. You just need to fry the tortilla with the filling already inside. Try fried potato tacos (see recipe).

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Pre-fried U-shaped taco shells break easily, but a fried taco can be amazing. Try this recipe for a potato-filled version, topped with fresh cabbage, queso fresco and tomatillo salsa. not to adhere strictly to Heat a medium saucepan serranos and peel garlic. these tips but simply to of water over high heat Transfer tomatillos, sereat more tacos. Experiuntil boiling. Add cubed ranos, garlic and salt to ment. Cook. Repeat. potatoes; reduce heat to a a blender. Process until almost smooth. Taste, and strong simmer. Cook until Roasted Tomatillo season with more salt if tender, 8 to 10 minutes.

Drain potatoes in a colnecessary. Transfer to a Salsa ander. Transfer to a bowl, bowl; stir in cilantro and Prep: 10 minutes add salt and use a fork to onion.

Cook: 10 minutes mash until smooth.

Nutrition information Makes: about 1 cup Heat a large skillet over per serving: 9 calories, 0 g 8 ounces tomatillos, medium. Warm the torfat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 mg husked, rinsed tillas for a few seconds cholesterol, 2 g carbo1 to 2 serrano chilies on each side until pliable. hydrates, 1 g sugar, 0 g 2 cloves garlic, Spoon 2 tablespoons of protein, 73 mg sodium, unpeeled mashed potato into each 1 g fiber ½ teaspoon salt tortilla. Fold each tortilla 1 handful fresh cilantro, over, pressing firmly to Fried Potato Tacos chopped close.

Prep: 15 minutes ½ white onion, chopped Heat the oil in the same Cook: 20 minutes skillet over medium-high Place tomatillos, serraMakes: 12 tacos heat. Add as many tortinos and garlic cloves on 1 pound Yukon Gold llas as will fit in one layer, a foil-lined baking sheet. potatoes, peeled, cubed usually three. Cook until Cover garlic with an addiinto ½-inch pieces lightly browned on the tional layer of foil. Place 1 teaspoon salt bottom, 1 to 2 minutes; under a hot broiler and 12 corn tortillas flip and brown on the cook until tomatillos are 1 cup vegetable oil other side, 1 to 2 minblackened on top, about Roasted tomatillo utes. Transfer tacos to 6 minutes. Flip tomatillos salsa, see recipe a plate lined with paper and serranos; blacken ½ head red cabbage, towels. Repeat with on the other side, about thinly sliced remaining tortillas.

5 minutes. Remove bak½ cup queso fresco Serve tacos topped with ing sheet from oven; allow 3 limes, quartered salsa, a handful of sliced everything to cool. Stem

Roasted tomatillo salsa is our go-to to pair with tacos, because it’s acidic and flavorful, and tomatillos are available year-round. onion is soft and translucabbage, queso fresco cent and chorizo is startand a wedge of lime. ing to brown, 8 to 10 minNutrition information utes. Add zucchini, garlic, per taco: 141 calories, 6 g cinnamon and cumin; stir fat, 1 g saturated fat, 2 mg well. Cook, stirring often, cholesterol, 18 g carbountil zucchini softens, hydrates, 1 g sugar, 3 g about 5 minutes. Taste, protein, 251 mg sodium, and season with salt, if 3 g fiber necessary – usually about Zucchini, Chorizo a ½ teaspoon – and pepto taste. and Almond Tacos per Meanwhile, toast Prep: 25 minutes almonds in a dry skillet Cook: 15 minutes over medium heat. Cook, Makes: 12 tacos stirring often, until lightly 8 ounces fresh Mexican browned, 3 to 5 minutes.

Transfer to a bowl. chorizo Heat a skillet over 1 large white onion, medium-high heat. Add sliced 1 pound zucchini, ends a tortilla; warm until you notice steam rising off, trimmed, thinly sliced 5 to 10 seconds. Flip crosswise and warm until very soft, 2 cloves garlic, minced another 10 seconds. ½ teaspoon ground Wrap in a towel and cinnamon repeat with remaining ½ teaspoon ground tortillas. cumin Spoon some of the filling Salt and pepper ½ cup slivered almonds into the tortilla; top with a sprinkle of almonds, cilan12 corn tortillas tro, a squeeze of lime and 1 cup fresh cilantro, roasted tomatillo salsa. chopped 3 limes, quartered Nutrition information Roasted tomatillo per serving: 180 calories, salsa, see recipe 10 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 17 mg cholesterol, 16 g Add chorizo and onion carbohydrates, 1 g sugar, to a large skillet set over 7 g protein, 440 mg sodimedium heat. Cook, stirum, 3 g fiber ring occasionally, until

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Works mix science and art ART

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She used her anatomy class as a guide. In fact, her teacher, Mindy Porter, requested she depict the anatomy of a pregnancy. Naturally, Wilkinson obliged.

“She’s cross-pollinating between art and science, and they married each other very, very well,” her AP art teacher, Heather Shore, said. She and fellow art teacher Mark Johnson are co-curators of the annual gala.

Wilkinson’s concentration is a tribute to new learning standards. Math and science might go together like peanut butter and jelly, but Georgia O’Keefe might have something to say about the connection between art and science.

“You’d be surprised how deeply high school students can get into these unique and original ideas,” Shore said. “The biggest thing that carries over is their work ethic.

They have to come up with a plan, do research, and then execute. That discipline helps them with their other courses.”

Wilkinson loves her anatomy class, but admits that she’s picked some battles: evolution would be premier among them.

“It’s hard. It’s always been hard,” she said. “I still learn plenty from it, but the underlying basis of evolution kind of bugs me.

But it kind of helps me be stronger, and I kind of fight it with my art, too, with the whole idea of it being intelligent design.”

Williams, 18, and her sister, Laurina, 17, a junior, are hot on the heels of their sister, Miranda, who graduated last spring. The middle child found herself emulating her big sis as early as elementary school.

“She was doing such cool things with art, and I started getting into it, too, and it became a talent,” Williams said.

She chose depression for her concentration, a subtle barrage of faceless silhouettes in contemplative poses, many of them visibly anguished. Colors envelop the figures, some of them jagged,

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ABOVE: Rock Falls senior Lindsay Williams, 18, talks about her concentration piece, a series of depressed subjects, during the annual Fine and Applied Arts Festival on Tuesday evening in Tabor Gym at Rock Falls High School. BELOW: Some students’ artwork stacked up pretty well, like this piece, which was among the woodworking projects on display along with artwork and sculptures at Tuesday’s art show at the high school. colors happened,” Williams said.

She chose charcoal and watercolor as her medium, but her influences run the gamut – from pop art to digital design, of which there was no shortage at the exhibit. There were many photos – some doctored, many raw – of the warm tones of family, the passion unique to sports, and everyday fun.

There was a landscape of portraits of classmates, and many sculptures.

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com There also was a heartwarming wall of 2-D drawMark your calendar ings with 3-D elements from Jenea Montanez, all The AP art students’ works will be on display at the the visuals depicting peoRFHS Senior Showcase at 7 p.m. May 20 at Woodple’s love of animals. lawn Arts Academy, 3807 Woodlawn Road, Sterling.

On the gym floor level The exhibit will follow the opening reception of the were woods and metals Woodlawn Arts Academy 2016 Summer Art Exhibit, projects, as well as entrywhich will be from 5 to 7 p.m. and feature art by level students’ works, all RFHS art teachers Heather Shore and Mark Johnson, breathtaking and occaas well as Kimberly Clark and Brian Lutz. The exhibit sionally snarky in their will continue through Aug. 5. own right – for instance For students’ biographies and a preview of the art, the Burger King logo parcheck out websites set up by the students: ody that read “Art: Draw it • Mackenzie Davis – mackenziedavisart.weebly.com Your Way.” • Isabelle Meister – isabellemeisterart.weebly.com The balcony was reserved • Jenea Montanez – jeneamontanezart.weebly.com for seniors, such as Wilkin• Jada Moore – jadamooreart.weebly.com son, who picked watercol• Dejuan Reyes – dejuanreyesart.weebly.com ors for a curious reason: • Raven Valdivia – ravenvaldiviaart.weebly.com “I’m not good with • Mysty Wilkinson – mystywilkinsonart.weebly.com watercolors – I’m not • Lindsay Williams – lindsaywilliamsart.weebly.com good at keeping the colors some fuzzy, some of them come in many shades and from blending together,” the school’s fine arts sturesembling tears stream- hues. ing down a face. When she “I’m not sure why that’s dent of the year said. “But considered the colors, she the first thing I thought I wanted to challenge thought of bruises, which of, but that’s how all the myself.”

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Company milestones: 2010 – SGS Refrigeration is founded in Maryland by Peter Spellar and Ed Schinner.

March 2013 – Enters manufacturing end of business by acquiring Krack Industrial Refrigeration business from Hussman Corp.

July 2013 – Company acquires R.C. Schmidt Industrial LLC. Fall 2013 – Begins full-scale production in Dixon.

January 2016 – Finalizes purchase of building at 1100 Anchor Road in Dixon.

“The interior is set up real well for manufacturing, the infrastructure is there, and it’s close to our other building,” Rozanas said. “Economics required that we get an existing building, and we were very fortunate to get this one, because it’s hard to find space like this.”

The company was founded in 2010 by Peter Spellar and Ed Schinner, both Johnson Controls retirees, who still head up operations from Maryland.

SGS started as consultants for other industrial refrigeration makers, but in 2013, the company entered the manufacturing side of the business through an acquisition.

A chain of events involving several companies led SGS to set up manufacturing in Dixon. Johnson Controls announced it would close operations in Dixon in 2009, costing the city more than 200 jobs. The IMECO industrial refrigeration line was among the brands made at the closing plant.

“Investors had tried unsuccessfully to acquire IMECO, and that presented a $50 million market opportunity with them gone,” Schmidt said. “SGS was really born from Johnson Controls.”

A private equity firm bought Krack parent company Hussman Corp. from Ingersoll Rand, and a Hussman business became available.

In March 2013, SGS announced it would buy Krack’s industrial refrigeration business from Hussman. Krack had been doing the manufacturing in Monterrey, Mexico, and SGS wanted to bring that work back to the U.S.

MONEY & MARKETS The following stock quotations, as of 5 p.m., are provided as a community service by Chad Weigle of Edward Jones, Dixon and Raymond James and Associates, Sterling.

Abbott ................................38.10 AGL ....................................66.19 Alcoa ....................................9.67 AltriaCorp ..........................64.60 American Express .............64.84 Apple..................................93.39 Archer-Daniels..................38.40 Arris-Group .......................23.42 AT&T ..................................39.31 Autonation ........................49.03 Bank of America................14.30 Boeing..............................134.72 BorgWarner .......................34.24 BP .......................................31.68

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“Ed and Peter really wanted to bring the jobs back from Mexico,” Rozanas said.

“Quality was the biggest reason, but there were also freight issues, and the Midwest has a lot of the distribution warehousing for grocery stores.”

The company’s prior links to Dixon conspired to bring SGS to town.

“Ed had been in IMECO management from 2000 to 2006, and he had developed a strong friendship with Jim Burke,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt first met the SGS owners in summer 2010 through the former Dixon mayor.

“There were so many ties to Dixon, and there were workers here who had a lot of the job skills that fit the business,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt also has an IMECO history, working there for 29 years before the facility closed. He then started R.C. Schmidt Industrial LLC in 2009, and in 2013, he also sold his business to SGS.

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BOYS TENNIS | DIXON 9, NEWMAN 0

Double-duty Dukes Dixon rolls past Newman in friendly dual DIXON – Jason Rugh picked a good time to start emphasizing the aim of his tennis shots.

The Dixon sophomore has also spent more time trying to hit the ball harder while working on his aim, especially when it comes to hitting down the line. In the Dukes’ nonconference tennis meet with Newman on Tuesday, Rugh used that emphasis to his advantage in winning all but two sets during singles and doubles competition.

Dixon beat Newman 9-0 at Sauk Valley Community College on a day when several players from both teams performed double-duty.

Rugh had little trouble in his No. 3 singles match with the Comets’ Victor Francque, winning 12 straight points. Teaming up with Daniel Ferguson later in No. 2 doubles, the Dixon duo dropped just two games in the final set against Isaac Blaney and Jake Terveer.

“I was aiming my shots more than I normally do,” said Rugh, who added that his forehand shots were working well. “I feel like the practices led up to it. I’m getting better. I feel like I have been.

Today was just a good day.”

Bryce Stanley also did not drop Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com a game in his No. 5 singles match Dixon’s Jason Rugh hits a return shot Tuesday against Newman’s against Luke Furr. Stanley and Victor Francque during their dual meet at Sauk Valley C.C. Rugh lost Zach Healy teamed up for the just two games combined in singles and doubles in the Dukes’ 9-0 win.

Dukes (7-4) in No. 1 doubles against the Comets’ top two singles Star of the meet: Jason Rugh, Dixon, won 24 of 26 games in singles & players, Eli Leffelman and Jacob doubles Neisewander. The Dukes won 6-2, Key performers: Bryce Stanley & Jonathan Rivera, Dixon, both won 24 6-1, as the Newman duo doubled of 27 games in two matches; Zach Healy, Dixon, 2 wins up on the number of games won Up next: Rockford Lutheran at Newman, 4:30 p.m. today; Dixon at during their singles matches.

Mendota, 4:30 p.m. Thursday DOUBLE-DUTY CONTINUED ON B3

BASEBALL | STERLING 7, ROCHELLE 5, 5 INN.

Warriors beat rain, Hubs Sterling rallies past Rochelle just before storm rolls in

BY ERIC INGLES eingles@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5555 @Eric_Ingles

STERLING – Weather put a stop to things early, but Sterling got the runs it needed in time to beat Rochelle 7-5 in five innings Tuesday at Gartner Park.

Down 5-3 heading into the fifth, Sterling was able to squeeze in a few runs before the thunder and rain put things on hold. Pitcher Tyler Willman helped his own cause with an RBI single, the start of a four-run rally in the bottom of the fifth that was still going when weather intervened.

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com Willman’s single scored Sterling’s Nick Olds (1) calls himself safe as Rochelle Nick Olds to make it a 5-4 first baseman Christian Burciaga can’t handle the Rochelle lead, putting throw during their NIB-12 West game Tuesday at runners on the corners Gartner Park. Sterling won 7-5 in five innings. and chasing Rochelle

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Numbers game Warriors star Stephen Curry became just the third athlete in North American pro sports history to earn unanimous MVP honors, joining Wayne Gretzky (1982) & Tom Brady (2010). Story, B5.

SOCCER | STERLING 2, OTTAWA 1

Missed chances don’t faze Sterling Warriors hold off Pirates at home

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Star of the game: Tyler Willman, Sterling, 5 IP, 6 Ks Key performers: Nolan Sullivan, Sterling, 2 RBIs; Trey Morse, Sterling, RBI triple; Alec Beach, Rochelle, 2-run home run Up next: Sterling at Rochelle, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday starter Dylan Hopkins.

Before reliever Alec Beach even threw a pitch, the lead was gone.

Beach tried to nab Willman’s courtesy runner Sam Wike, but the pickoff attempt went to the fence and Turner Morse came in from third. Trey Morse tripled to drive in Wike, then scored on a Nolan Sullivan single.

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STERLING – The Golden Warriors were overdue, and Julia Diaz was just the player to deliver Tuesday afternoon against Ottawa.

After missing several strong scoring chances, Sterling converted a corner kick with less than 5 minutes left before halftime. It then carried that momentum into the second half, and another goal less than 7 minutes after

the break turned out to be the winner in a 2-1 victory at Roscoe Eades Stadium.

Diaz broke the scoreless tie with 4:48 remaining in the first half, off a perfectly placed corner kick from the right side by Rosa Sanchez. She knew as soon as she saw the ball arcing into the middle of the field that it was going to end up in the goal.

“Rosa hit a beautiful corner kick, and I just took advantage of the opportunity,” Diaz said.

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Sterling’s Julia Diaz (10) fires a shot on goal in front of Ottawa’s Katie McGraw on Tuesday in Sterling.

SOCCER | ALLEMAN 5, DIXON 0

It’s all Alleman this time around Pioneer passing sinks Duchesses

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DIXON – There was a hint of postseason in the air when Alleman visited Dixon in a showdown of area girls soccer powers on Tuesday afternoon.

The teams begin what they hope will be extended Class 2A playoff runs on Tuesday – the Pioneers as the No. 2 seed at the Metamora Regional, and the Duchesses as the No. 3 seed at the Sterling Regional.

There was also some recent playoff history between the teams, as Alleman beat Dixon in overtime at the 1A Byron Sectional final last May. The Pioneers placed third at the state tournament.

There was no such drama this time around. Alleman controlled the midfield with an effective passing attack to create numerous opportunities, and cashed in on enough of them to roll to a 5-0 victory at A.C. Bowers Field on the Duchesses’ Senior Night.

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Dixon goalie Ellie Provo stops an Alleman shot during Tuesday’s match at A.C. Bowers Field.

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Masters winner finally returns, B2.

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Morrison to hold 8U tournament Morrison will be hosting an 8U coach pitch tournament on July 11-12.

The tournament will be played at Morrison Sports Complex. There will be an eight-team maximum, and each will be guaranteed at least two games.

The cost is $125 per team if registered before June 12, and $150 after.

For more information and to register, call Matt Tichler at 815-718-0676, or email mtick97@gmail.com.

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Putt for Pets outing set for June 4 Valley Oaks Golf Course in Clinton, Iowa, is holding a four-man best shot tournament. All proceeeds will benifit the Clinton Humane Society.

The event kicks off with a shotgun start beginning at 8:30 a.m. on June 4.

The $50 per-person fee includes cart and lunch.

Pre-registration is required by June 1. To register, call 563-242-2457.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

UConn visits White House “You can’t win them all” is a cliché that doesn’t seem to apply to this season’s unbeaten University of Connecticut women’s basketball team, President Barack Obama said Tuesday as he welcomed the Huskies to the White House for the fourth consecutive year.

The president says they’ve enhanced the quality of the sport.

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Cubs grace SI regional cover The Cubs grace a regional Sports Illustrated cover that depicts the team celebrating after Javier Baez’s walkoff home run against the Nationals on Sunday.

The story chronicles the Cubs’ seventh consecutive victory. It hits newsstands today.

Royals prospect suspended 50 games Kansas City Royals infield prospect Raul Mondesi was suspended for 50 games following a positive test for Clenbuterol, negotiating a 30-game reduction from the usual penalty for a banned steroid after providing evidence he ingested the drug in an over-thecounter medication.

A son of former NL Rookie of the Year Raul Mondesi, 20-year-old Raul Mondesi last year became the first player to make his big league debut in the World Series. He has spent this year on option to Double-A Northwest Arkansas, and is hitting .250.

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Sports host defends critical comments Sports radio host Mike North defended his statements about baseball commentator Jessica Mendoza on Tuesday, citing his right to an opinion as well as his experience as a sportscaster.

On Monday’s show, he called Mendoza, a TV analyst for ESPN, the “worst” announcer in baseball, and later tweeted she’d “already be fired” if she were a man.

North repeatedly said during a phone interview and on the radio Tuesday that he harbors no ill will toward Mendoza and hopes she improves as an analyst.

Dave Joerger After Memphis fired Joerger on Saturday, the Kings flew him to Sacramento on Sunday, then hired him as coach a day later.

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Pen mightier than club Masters champ Willett returns after month break

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Masters champion Danny Willett of England has been away from golf for a month and has been working harder than ever. Not with his golf clubs, but with a pen, signing a plethora of autographs.

“It’s still not sunk in, to be honest,” Willett said. “I just kind of watched it ... I don’t know if I felt like I had to. I just wanted to see it back over, I guess, and just see some of the things that we did.

Four-and-a-half hours go pretty quick when you’re playing, and Sunday went exceptionally fast.

So I think it was just to actually watch it back and slow it down, just take in what we achieved.”

Willett plans to bring his green jacket with him wherever he plays, and with it comes expectations he hasn’t felt since he was the world’s No. 1 amateur in 2008.

The next few years will decide whether he’s more of a curiosity than a celebrity.

Slowed by nagging back problems, the Masters was only his fifth victory worldwide. Then again, he was hardly a surprise.

Willett was No. 12 in the world when he won the Masters, after winning in Dubai earlier in the year and in Switzerland last year.

“I thought at the beginning of

the year he would win one of the next six majors,” Chandler said.

“And I think he’ll win another in the next four. He has a proper short game. He has the head, the heart and the [guts]. That’s a good combination.”

It’s time to get back to work. A lot of work.

Willett only has a 2-week break scheduled twice through October, and he could play as many as 15 times over the next 23 weeks.

That doesn’t include the FedEx Cup playoffs, even though he is eligible by taking PGA Tour membership. There were other commitments he made in Europe, and Willett won’t cancel those. Not this year. He would play the FedEx Cup finale at the Tour Championship only if he can stay in the top 30 without competing in the opening three playoff events. That’s a tall order because Willett has only four events left – The Players and three majors – to earn points, and he currently is at No. 34.

Five no’s don’t worry Finchem PGA commissioner still believes Olympic golf will continue shock syndrome, has a susceptible immune system.

“If you look at the broader things that the IOC looks at from a sport ... the reason they like golf is it’s growing around the globe, it’s bringing young people to the game,” Finchem said Tuesday. “It’s one of the few sports that’s actively very popular on every continent – just to different levels, but reasonably popular on every continent. So it’s truly a global sport, and it’s a sport that works quite well with sponsorship, and they’re in that business.

“I don’t think any of those variables are going to change after this year,” he said. “I think we’ll be in good shape.”

Finchem said it would have helped golf’s chances had the IOC voted for this year’s games to be held in Chicago instead of

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem doesn’t believe that five players skipping the Olympics will hurt golf’s chances for staying on the program beyond 2020.

Golf returns to the Olympics this year in Rio for the first time since 1904. While it is set for 2020 in Tokyo, the International Olympic Committee will vote in 2017 whether the sport stays on the program beyond that.

Adam Scott and Marc Leishman of Australia, Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa, and Vijay Singh of Fiji have said they will not compete, mostly citing a busy summer schedule of major events. Leishman was concerned about the Zika virus because his wife, who nearly died last year from toxic

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Masters champion Danny Willett has been away from golf for a month, and has been working harder than ever.

Not with his golf clubs, but with a pen.

The last box of some 200 yellow Masters flags arrived Tuesday for Willett to sign for players and charities, bringing the total to what manager Chubby Chandler estimated at just short of 1,000 since the 28-year-old from England slipped on a green jacket.

As for the golf? Not so much.

He played 18 holes with his friends at home on Saturday.

He played nine holes Monday when he showed up at the TPC Sawgrass for The Players Championship.

“Only time I’ve been on the golf course in the last month,” said Willett, who lives in a house he converted from an old mill behind Lindrick Golf Club, best known as hosting the 1957 Ryder Cup that produced a rare – at the time, anyway – victory for Great Britain & Ireland.

“A little rusty,” Willett said. “Try and get some work done this week ... and hopefully come Thursday, we’ll have shook off a little bit of that rust.”

This was a nice problem to have.

Even before he rallied from a five-shot deficit to beat Jordan Spieth on the back nine at Augusta National, Willett had planned a quiet month away from golf with his wife and newborn son to relax and do what he described as “normal things.”

He wasn’t planning on chaos back home in a country celebrating its first Masters champion in 20 years. There were media appearances with his green jacket, a trip to the European Cup semifinal between Liverpool and Villareal, and an appearance at the World Snooker Championship in his hometown of Sheffield, where Willett took a lap of honor around two snooker tables.

Asked what he had done differently because of winning his first major, Willett smiled and said, “Drunk more.”

That’s not entirely true.

Willett probably wouldn’t have spent the Tuesday night after the Masters watching a replay of his 5-under 67 that in time will get as much attention as the 41 that Spieth shot on the back nine. That began the process of realizing what he had done.

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

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Brazil because “Rio is not a golf country.”

Without a suitable golf course in Brazil, architect Gil Hanse designed one for the Olympics that was behind schedule because of legal fights over property ownership and environmental concerns.

Finchem, who is on the International Golf Federation board, said the tour has talked to all five players who have opted not to play and said it was a combination of issues, starting with a tight golf season. To clear room for the Olympics, the PGA Championship has moved to the end of July, meaning two majors will be held in the month before the men’s competition starts in Rio. He also said the Zika virus might have played a role, and some players haven’t made the Olympics a priority just yet.

“The easy thing to do would be to say, ‘Well, let’s just pass this year.

We’ll go to Tokyo.’ So I think it’s some combination of things, really,” Finchem said. “I don’t want to pain the players as making these decisions based on any one thing. I think they’re being legitimate when they have said what they have said.

But I do think we have had a combination of things that have created some issues this year.

“But we seem to be doing OK, and I think we’re going to have a superb Olympics once we get down there.”

LPGA Tour commissioner Mike Whan, also on the IGF board, said the women have embraced a return to the Olympics. He said five or six players have asked him about the Zika virus, though none has said she is not planning to play because of it.

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FOOTBALL | POLO

Yanes leads Rock Falls over Byron Newman baseball, softball cruise; F-P tops Clippers

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Payton Yanes got it done at the plate and in the circle, leading Rock Falls to a 2-0 win over visiting Byron.

Yanes scattered five hits in a complete-game Big Northern West win. Yanes also struck out four, and hit a solo home run.

Natalie Soltow added an RBI for the Rockets (17-12, 11-2), while Olivia Babcock had two of Rock Falls’ five hits.

Newman 13, Riverdale 0: The Comets scored

six runs in the first and fourth innings and cruised to a Three Rivers win in Sterling.

Morgan Ely had two doubles and two RBIs. Baylei Ferris also batted in two runs, and Hailey Frank had three hits for Newman (14-4, 8-3).

Lakyn Waldschmidt (143) earned the win, striking out five and allowing one hit in three innings.

Baseball Newman 17, Riverdale 2: Ethan Hafner had a

strong day at the plate and led the Comets to a Three Rivers win in Sterling.

Hafner had three RBIs and a double. Gehrig Koerner and KC Knack each added a double and two RBIs, while Ricky

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Tuesday’s stars Payton Yanes, Rock Falls, CG win, 4 K; HR, RBI Morgan Ely, Newman, 2 2B, 2 RBIs Austin Groshans, Forr.-Polo, 2 R, 2 RBI, IP, 2 K Rank had three singles and batted in two runs.

Luke Olson earned the win, helping Newman improve to 15-6, and 8-3 in TRAC play.

Forreston-Polo 10, Amboy 2: The Cardinals

scored eight runs in the first three innings and went on to beat the Clippers in a nonconference game in Forreston.

Austin Groshans scored three runs and had two RBIs, and recorded two strikeouts in his lone inning of work for Forreston-Polo (19-9). Brody Grobe homered, and Mitchell Bratina picked up the win. Bratina went six innings, allowed four hits and two runs, and struck out five.

Amboy (4-14) got doubles from Drake Barlow, Cain Powers and Jordan Hochstatter, while Hunter Zimmerly took the loss.

Taking over the top spot Polo picks assistant coach Jeff Bumsted to lead Marcos

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Polo High School officials did not have to look far and wide to find its new varsity football coach.

They merely had to peek into the industrial arts room.

Jeff Bumsted, who has been part of the Marcos’ program for more than 2 decades, was hired at the Polo School Board meeting on Monday, April 25. Bumsted replaces Andrew Hofer, who resigned last month to accept a teaching and coaching position at Mercer County.

“It’s always been in the back of my head to be a head coach,” Bumsted said, “and when Andrew left, I just decided it was time for me to take my shot. I know the kids, they know me and what I expect of them, and I think it will be a smooth transition.”

Bumsted has taught industrial arts at Polo for 23 years. Having a head football coach who is also a teacher in the building was one of the things that made him a more attractive candidate, according to Athletic Director Ted Alston.

“Obviously that’s what we wanted, and that’s a big draw,” Alston

High school: Anthon-Oto (Iowa), 1981 College: Wayne (Neb.) State, 1986 Family: Wife, Karen; children, Kara, 27; Dane, 24 Resides: Polo FYI: Hired as Polo varsity football coach on April 25. ... Industrial arts teacher from 1986-89 and 1996-now at the school. ... Coached on varsity or fresh-soph levels at Polo all but 1 of those years. ... Also assistant track coach and middle school wrestling coach. ...Replacing Andrew Hofer as head football coach. said. “He has a good rapport with the kids. He’s tough but fair, and I think kids will respond to his coaching style.

“Sometimes it’s hard to get kids out for sports. Jeff is the kind of coach who will get kids out, and they’ll stay out.”

There were 12 candidates for the position - two in-house, including Bumsted, and 10 out-of-house.

Bumsted, 52, came to Polo in 1986, left in 1989 to teach in Iowa, then returned in 1996. He has worked at the varsity and freshsoph levels under Wade Winekauf, then Alston, then Hofer - whatever each coach needed him to do.

Under Hofer, he was the head fresh-soph coach for 4 seasons.

Bumsted guided the f-s squad to a 9-0 mark in 2015.

Much of the staff will return intact. Hank Grobe will once again be the offensive coordinator, while Bumsted will concentrate more on the defense.

He does hope to hire a defensive coordinator, to allow himself to oversee everything.

Returning staff members could fill that defensive role. There is also an opening as a physical education teacher at Polo to replace head wrestling coach Justin Zigler, who is leaving for Sherrard.

That person may fill a spot on the football staff.

A meeting is planned for sometime next week with all returning players, to go over the summer schedule. Bumsted has already met informally with about threefourths of the players.

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Newman’s Jacob Terveer hits the ball against Dixon’s Zach Healy in the No. 4 singles match Tuesday.

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Sam Bratt downed Leffelman 6-1, 6-2 in No. 1 singles, and Michael Gale put up a similar result against Neisewander in No. 2 singles. The latter match was the final singles tilt to conclude, as Neisewander made it tough for Gale to put down big hits wide to both sides.

“He kept hitting them back in,” Gale said of Neisewander. “It’s hard to hit winners against someone who is just going to keep hitting them back and keep it in. He forced me into having to hit winners instead of making him make mistakes.”

Newman (2-14) did not win more than two games in any of its sets. Terveer also won three games during his No. 4 singles match, but fell to Healy 6-2, 6-1.

The meet got over just before raindrops got thicker, and Newman coach Ann Propheter was happy to see her players get in their matches without abbreviation.

“I’m just glad we got it in,” Propheter said. “It’s always great when we play Dixon, because they all know each other.”

After Monday’s home match with Rock Island was washed out, Bratt was happy to be playing again.

He struggled with his serves during his match with Leffelman, especially when looking into the sun, but caught a break when Leffelman broke strings on his racquet during the match. During the stoppage of play, Bratt used the time to tweak his serve.

“We thought we were going to get rained out,” Bratt said. “We had one [Monday] get rained out, so it’s finally nice to play.”

Sterling’s Trey Morse (right) fires the ball to first baseman Zach Springman as pitcher Tyler Willman ducks to avoid the throw during the Warriors’ home game against Rochelle on Tuesday. The ball hit by the Hubs’ Ian Curtis ricocheted off Willman, and Morse came charging in to make the throw for the putout.

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“Just put the ball in play and took advantage of some free bases, some of their mistakes and capitalized on it,” Sterling coach Nick Pepper said. “That’s how we’ve been scoring runs all year is just put the ball in play. Good things happen when you put the ball in play.”

Rochelle couldn’t stop the Sterling rally, but thunder could. With Rochelle’s pitching coach walking out for a mound visit and Chris Brouilette about to step into the batter’s box, thunder roared in the distance and the umpire came out from behind the plate to stop the game. The two teams waited out what at first was a rainless delay, but the rain eventually did come and the game was called after a 30-minute wait, going into

the books as an official game since Sterling was ahead in the bottom of the fifth.

Willman struck out six in the abbreviated game. His 27 pitches in the top of the fifth put him at 78 for the game as Rochelle often took cuts early in counts.

Willman got through the third inning on just 10 pitches, despite the Hubs sending seven men to the plate and scoring two runs.

“More aggressive hitters are a good thing and a bad thing,” Willman said. “You miss your spot, then they’ll take you yard – or they’ll help you out and give you strikes that should have been balls. It worked both ways tonight.”

Between keeping the pitch count low and having the game called after five innings, Willman’s arm could be available when the Warriors finish off the series with Rochelle Thursday

and head to LaSallePeru for a tournament on Saturday.

Willman struggled with his breaking ball, hitting Hopkins with a pitch to lead off the third when a curveball got away from him, but came back with the fastball.

“I have a lot of confidence in that pitch,” Willman said. “That’s my go-to pitch. I think they knew that a little bit. I threw it a lot.”

In the top of the fifth, Rochelle seemed on the verge of breaking the game open after Willman walked the first two batters and gave up a single to load the bases with no one out. However, he then struck out the next two and got out of the inning with a fly ball to right.

“Luckily we were able to make some plays and get out of some innings,” Pepper said.

“He was able to make some pitches to get out of some innings.”

Sterling jumped ahead in the first. Olds reached on an error and scored on a Zach Springman double. Springman then scored on another error.

Rochelle tied the game with two runs in the third. A bloop single from Caleb Gould was just out of the reach of Warriors shortstop Turner Morse and drove in a run. Gould later scored on a single.

The Hubs jumped ahead with a three-run fourth, including a tworun home run to left by Beach. Sterling got a run back in the bottom of the inning with a rally sparked by a double off the bat of Willman. Sullivan doubled to drive Willman in.

“I’ve been, not really struggling at the plate, but I’ve not been myself,” Willman said.

“I was just up there, trying to relax, keep my hands calm and take a nice swing, just like you do in the cage.”

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The bulk of the damage was done by senior forwards Emily Bollman and Madelyn Wendell, who combined to score all of their team’s goals.

Bollman, a Western Illinois recruit, recorded a hat trick despite misfiring on a penalty kick, while Wendell drove in two goals.

“Usually when we play against teams, they only have one forward, and they had two,” Dixon sweeper Kirsten DeArvil said. “They were sending balls back, and they played great. They were so confident in everything they did. I don’t think we were really ready for this short-ball, quick-pass thing.”

Ball control was the name of the game. The Pioneers (14-5) got the better of it in the midfield, and put constant pressure on Dixon keeper Ellie Provo. In a lot of the Duchesses’ games, she has faced few, if any, tough save chances.

There was a steady flow against Alleman, however, and Provo made some spectacular saves to keep the score as low as it was.

“I think we were just able to keep the ball, move the ball around, and not let them get touches on the ball early on,” Alleman coach Randy Bollman said. “And then obviously we finished our chances.”

Bollman now has 38 goals on the season. She made the secret to her success sound simple.

“Just getting in that space and getting behind the defenders, that’s how I get my goals,” said Bollman.

Dixon (15-2), meanwhile, was unable to find the net. With the score 1-0, junior forward Lauren Chacon got past the Alleman defense, with a good chance against Pioneer keeper Jordan Polito.

“Natalie [Herrera] and I did crossing runs to confuse the defense, and I was open when the ball came to me,” Diaz continued. “I knew sooner or later we were going to get one, and luckily it was me.”

The Warriors (7-10-1, 4-3 NIB-12 West) had missed four shots wide and watched two pointblank chances sail over the crossbar and another smack off of it up to that point in the match, as they dominated time of possession. Sterling took 12 shots to Ottawa’s one in the opening 40 minutes, and was happy to take a lead into halftime.

They got a little bit of breathing room early in the second half, as Diaz took a pass form Herrera and passed to an open Fatima Gallardo on the right side. Gallardo had one touch and snapped off a shot, catching Pirates goalkeeper Kapi VanMill out of position for a 2-0 lead.

“I heard Fatima calling for it, and I saw her to my right,” Diaz said. “I know I didn’t have a shot, but as soon as I saw her take the ball, I knew it was in.”

“I was wide open, and I couldn’t get the ball fast enough,” Gallardo said.

“Even after I got the ball, there was nobody blocking me from the goal. It felt good to get that 2-0 lead, because one mistake with a 1-0 lead and the game is tied.”

Sterling’s defense was solid all match long.

With both teams playing high lines, there were 12 combined offsides calls (seven for Ottawa). But that also meant that some long passes were getting behind the defense, and it often became a footrace as to who could chase the ball down first.

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Dixon’s Kylee Hermeyer (left) and Alleman’s Anka Snider battle for the ball during their nonconference match Tuesday afternoon at A.C. Bowers Field.

Girls soccer

Alleman 5, Dixon 0 Star of the game: Emily Bollman, Alleman, 3 goals, 1 assist Key performers: Madelyn Wendell, Alleman, 2 goals, 1 assist; Emily Ostrowski & Anka Snider, Alleman, 1 assist each Up next: 2A Sterling Regional, Dixon at Sterling, 6:30 Tuesday Chacon kept getting pushed to the right, however, reducing the angle to the goal, and her shot missed wide left.

Dixon’s best chance to score came with 7:20 to go in the first half, when it trailed 3-0. Britney Pitzer unleashed a shot from about 20 yards through traffic that Polito had no chance on, but the ball hit the crossbar and bounded back into play.

The Duchesses held the score at 3-0 through much of the second half before Alleman tallied a pair of late goals. They were both from Bollman, with 7:27 and 2:08 to play.

Dixon played without starting midfielder

Lauren Pollom, which didn’t help matters against the Pioneers.

The Duchesses were the class of the Big Northern West Conference, with many of those games decided by halftime, or even earlier. It was a different situation on Tuesday against an elite opponent, however, and head coach Mahmoud Etemadi noted his team has to step up its game, especially now that it is in Class 2A. “There are some things we have to tune up and get better at, especially when we play the better teams,” Etemadi said.

“We would like to play more competitive teams to be ready for games like this. I have confidence in my players that if we have to play them again, it would be a much different game, in terms of results.”

Senior midfielder Katie Provo is confident the team will bounce back next week.

“They took advantage of some of our weaknesses,” Provo said, “but it makes us more pumped up for the future. We want to get back out there and dominate like we had been.”

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Sterling’s Natalie Herrera (11) fights Ottawa’s Anna Schiefelbein for control of the ball during Tuesday’s NIB-12 West match at Roscoe Eades Stadium.

Girls soccer

Sterling 2, Ottawa 1 Star of the match: Julia Diaz, Sterling, goal, assist Key performers: Fatima Gallardo, Sterling, goal; Rosa Sanchez, Sterling, assist; Kaitlyn Falaney, Ottawa, goal; Kapi VanMill, Ottawa, 7 saves Up next: Sterling at LaSalle-Peru, 6 p.m.

Thursday The Warriors’ speed showed through on both ends, as the forwards chased down most of their own deep passes, while the fullbacks repeatedly recovered in time to block any Pirate scoring chances. The biggest one of those came with about 26 minutes left in the match, when Alyssia Diaz managed to knock away an Ottawa shot after keeper Mia Ashley had come out just a bit too far in front of the goal.

“They almost caught us over the top a couple of times, but our defense played well and bailed us out,” Sterling coach

Brian Cebula said. “We could’ve made things easier on ourselves by connecting on a few of our chances up top, but we did enough to win.

Hopefully we can take this momentum to LaSalle-Peru on Thursday, then into the postseason next week.”

Ottawa cut the margin to 2-1 with 20:12 to play, when Sophia Snyder’s free kick bounced into the box toward teammate Kaitlyn Falaney and a Sterling defender.

The ball grazed either Falaney’s outstretched foot or the Sterling defender’s thigh and rolled past Ashley into the net.

But Sterling was solid from there, packing in the defense and keeping the Pirates from getting too many clean looks over the final 20 minutes. Ashley finished with three saves, and three of Ottawa’s seven secondhalf shots went wide or high.

“We lost to them 1-0 at their place earlier this year, so it feels good to come back and beat them this time,” Gallardo said.

“Hopefully we can keep it going.”

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STERLING 7, ROCHELLE 5, 5 innings Rochelle 002 30 — 5 7 4 Sterling 200 14 — 7 9 1 W- Tyler Willman (5-1). L- Dylan Hopkins (at bats-runs-hits) ROCHELLE Hopkins p 3-2-1, Gould 3-2-2, Beach cf 3-1-2, Johnson dh 3-0-1, Suebach rf 1-00, Buciaga 1b 3-0-0, Christensen c 3-0-1, Eckhardt 3b 2-0-0, Curtis rf 3-0-0. Totals 21-5-7 Hopkins (4 1/3 IP, 6 R, 3 ER, 7 H, 3 K, 1 BB) and Alec Beach (0 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 0 K, 0 BB). 3B- Hopkins. HR- Beach. RBIGould 2, Beach 2, Johnson. LOB- 8 STERLING (15-13) Nick Olds cf 1-2-1, Zach Springman 1b 3-1-1, Turner Morse ss 2-1-1, Tyler Willman p 3-1-2, Trey Morse 3b 3-1-1, Nolan Sullivan rf 3-0-2, Camden Bailey c 2-0-0, Brady Bostelman lf 1-0-0, Reilly Hay 2b 2-0-1, Chris Brouilette ph 0-0-0, Sam Wike cr 0-1-0. Totals 20-7-9 Willman (5 IP, 5 R, 5 ER, 7 H, 6 K, 3 BB).

2B- Willman, Springman, Sullivan. 3BTrey Morse. RBI- Sullivan 2, Springman, Willman, Trey Morse. LOB-3 at Sterling

NEWMAN 17, RIVERDALE 2 Riverdale 000 02 — 2 1 2 Newman 411 (11)x — 17 13 3 W – Luke Olson. L – Secrist.

NEWMAN (15-6, 8-3 Three Rivers) Multi hits – Ricky Rank 3, Gehrig Koerner 2, Olson 2, Travis Williams 2, Ethan Hafner 2. 2B – KC Knack, Hafner, Koerner. RBI – Hafner 3, Williams 2, Knack 2, Rank 2, Koerner 2, Cade Gorzny. at Forreston

FORRESTON-POLO 10, AMBOY 2 Amboy 001 010 0 — 2 5 8 Forr.-Polo 341 020 x — 10 11 4 W – Mitchell Bratina. L – Hunter Zimmerly.

AMBOY (4-14) Zimmerly (3 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 0 BB, 4 K), Justin Hart (3 IP, H, 2 R, BB, 4 K). Multi hits – Jordan Hochstatter 2. 2B – Drake Barlow, Hochstatter, Cain Powers.

FORRESTON-POLO (19-9) Bratina (6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 K), Austin Groshans (IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K). Multi hits – Brody Grobe 2, Richie Bartnick 2, Groshans 2, Caleb Poffenberger 2. HR – Grobe. RBI – Groshans 2, Bartnick, Grobe, Wyatt Patterson, Jaron Groshans.

Softball Tuesday’s results at Rock Falls

ROCK FALLS 2, BYRON 0 Byron 000 000 0 — 0 4 1 Rock Falls 100 100 0 — 2 5 1 W – Payton Yanes. L – Bonnell.

BYRON Bonnell (6 IP, 5 H, 0 BB, 4 K). Multi hits – Spam Bauer 2.

ROCK FALLS (17-12, 11-2 BNC West) Yanes (7 IP, 0 R 4 H, BB, 4 K). Multi hits – Olivia Babcock 2. HR – Yanes. RBI – Natalie Soltow, Yanes. at Sterling

NEWMAN 13, RIVERDALE 0, 5 inn.

Newman 600 61 — 13 13 1 Riverdale 000 00 — 0 2 3 W – Lakyn Waldschmidt (14-3). L – Hughes.

NEWMAN (14-4, 8-3 Three Rivers) Waldschmidt (3 IP, H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K), Hailey Frank (2 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, K). Multi hits – Frank 3, Madason Craft 2, Baylei Ferris 2, Grace Ely 2. 2B – Ely 2, Frank. RBI – Baylei Ferris 2, Morgan Ely 2,Craft, Frank, Ely, Waldschmidt.

RIVERDALE Hughes (5 IP, 3 BB, 13 H, 9 ER).

Postseason pairings Class 2A Bureau Valley Regional Monday, May 16 • No. 10 Wethersfield at No. 7 Bureau Valley, 4:30 p.m.

• No. 11 Kewanee at No. 5 St. Bede, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 17 • No. 1 Morrison vs. Wethersfield/BV, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 18 • No. 4 Hall vs. Kewanee/St. Bede, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 21 • Championship, 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Stillman Valley Sectional, vs. Winnebago Regional winner, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 Newman Regional Monday, May 16 • No. 9 Fulton at No. 8 Riverdale, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 17 • No. 2 Erie-Prophetstown vs. Fulton/ Riverdale, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 19 • No. 3 Newman vs. No. 6 Princeton, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 21 • Championship, 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Stillman Valley Sectional, vs. Oregon Regional winner, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 Oregon Regional Monday, May 16 • No. 9 Rockford Christian at No. 8 Stockton-Warren, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 17 • No. 1 Stillman Valley vs. Rockford Christian/Stockton-Warren, 4:30 p.m.

• No. 4 West Carroll vs. No. 5 Oregon, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 21 • Championship, 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Stillman Valley Sectional, vs. Newman Regional winner, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 Winnebago Regional Monday, May 16 • No. 10 Rockford Lutheran at No. 7 North Boone, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 17 • No. 2 Byron vs. Lutheran/North Boone, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 18 • No. 3 Forreston-Polo vs. No. 6 Winnebago, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 21 • Championship, 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Stillman Valley Sectional, vs. Bureau Valley Regional winner, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 Class 1A Aquin Regional Tuesday, May 17 • No. 1 Orangeville vs. No. 9 Aquin, 4:30 p.m.

• No. 4 Milledgeville vs. No. 5 Lena-Winslow, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, May 20 • Championship, 4:30 p.m.

Winner advances to Pecatonica Sectional, vs. Westminster Christian Regional winner, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 Pearl City Regional Monday, May 16 • No. 8 Galena at No. 7 Eastland, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 17 • No. 2 Pearl City vs. Galena/Eastland, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 18 • No. 3 Scales Mound-River Ridge vs. No. 6 East Dubuque, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 21 • Championship, 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Pecatonica Sectional, vs. Dakota Regional winner, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 24 Westminster Christian Regional Tuesday, May 17 • No. 2 Alden-Hebron vs. No. 7 Westminster Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 18 • No. 3 AFC vs. No. 6 Hiawatha, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 21 • Championship, 1 p.m.

Winner advances to Pecatonica Sectional, vs. Aquin Regional winner, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24

BREWERS 10, MARLINS 2 Milwaukee

DIXON 9, NEWMAN 0 Singles 1. Sam Bratt (D) def. Eli Leffelman 6-1, 6-2 2. Michael Gale (D) def. Jacob Neisewander 6-1, 6-2 3. Jason Rugh (D) def. Victor Franque 6-0, 6-0 4. Zach Healy (D) def. Jake Terveer 6-2, 6-1 5. Bryce Stanley (D) def. Luke Furr 6-0, 6-0 6. Jonathan Rivera (D) def. Isacc Blaney 6-2, 6-0 Doubles 1. Stanley/Healey (D) def. Leffelman/Neisewander 6-2, 6-1 2. Rugh/Daniel Ferguson (D) def. Terveer/ Isacc Blaney 6-0, 6-2 3. Rivera/Bailey McClain (D) def. Francque/ Hunter Schultz 6-1, 6-0

Girls soccer Postseason pairings Class 2A Sterling Regional Tuesday, May 17 • No. 2 Kaneland vs. No. 8 Rochelle, 4:30 p.m.

• No. 3 Dixon vs. No. 6 Sterling, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, May 20 • Championship, 6 p.m.

MLB American League East Division W L Pct Baltimore 19 12 .613 Boston 20 13 .606 Toronto 17 17 .500 Tampa Bay 15 15 .500 New York 13 18 .419 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 23 11 .676 Cleveland 16 14 .533 Kansas City 15 17 .469 Detroit 15 17 .469 Minnesota 8 24 .250 West Division W L Pct Seattle 19 13 .594 Texas 19 15 .559 Los Angeles 13 18 .419 Oakland 14 20 .412 Houston 13 21 .382

GB — — 3½ 3½ 6 GB — 5 7 7 14 GB — 1 5½ 6 7

Tuesday’s results Detroit 5, Washington 4 N.Y. Yankees 10, Kansas City 7 Boston 13, Oakland 5 Texas 13, Chicago 11 Baltimore 5, Minnesota 3 Cleveland 4, Houston 0 St. Louis at L.A. Angels, late Tampa Bay at Seattle, late Toronto at San Francisco, late

GB — 1 2 3½ 13 GB — 8½ 9½ 12 12 GB — — ½ 1½ 3½

Thursday’s games Philadelphia at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.

San Diego at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.

St. Louis at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s box score

CUBS 8, PADRES 7 r 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

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

bi 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0

Miami

ab r h bi Detrich 2b 5 0 1 0 Prado 3b 4 0 1 0 Breslow p 0 0 0 0 Yelich lf 3 1 1 0 Stanton rf 2 0 0 0 Bour 1b 4 0 0 0 Ozuna cf 4 1 3 1 Ralmuto c 4 0 1 1 Hchvrra ss 3 0 0 0 Wttgren p 0 0 0 0 C.Jhnsn 3b 1 0 0 0 Conley p 1 0 0 0 Gllspie ph 1 0 0 0 Urena p 0 0 0 0 Rojas ss 2 0 1 0 Totals 38 1012 7 Totals 34 2 8 2 Milwaukee 100 313 002 —10 Miami 011 000 000 — 2 E–Bour (1), Realmuto (4). DP–Milwaukee 1. LOB–Milwaukee 12, Miami 8. 2B–A.Hill 2 (4), Yelich (9), Ozuna (3), Realmuto (8).

SB–Villar 2 (11), H.Perez 2 (3), Yelich (3).

SF–R.Flores (1). S–Davies (2).

IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee Davies W,1-3 5 5 2 2 3 1 Boyer 2 2 0 0 0 0 Capuano 2 1 0 0 0 3 Miami Conley L,2-2 4 7 4 4 2 4 Urena 2 3 4 3 3 1 Wittgren 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 3 Breslow 1 1/3 1 2 2 2 0 HBP–by Conley (Hill). WP–Conley, Breslow 2.

Umpires–Home, Mike DiMuro; First, Ryan Blakney; Second, Brian Gorman; Third, Mark Carlson.

T–3:17. A–17,225 (36,742).

NBA playoffs SECOND ROUND Friday’s results Cleveland 121, Atlanta 108 San Antonio 100, Oklahoma City 96 Saturday’s results Toronto 95, Miami 91 Portland 120, Golden State 108 Sunday’s results Cleveland 100, Atlanta 99, Cleveland wins series 4-0 Oklahoma City 111, San Antonio 97 Monday’s results Miami 94, Toronto 87, OT, series tied 2-2 Golden State 132, Portland 125, OT, Golden State leads series 3-1 Tuesday’s result Oklahoma City 95, San Antonio 91, Oklahoma City leads series 3-2

SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7) Friday’s result Tampa Bay 2, NY Islanders 1, OT Saturday’s results St. Louis 4, Dallas 1 Washington 3, Pittsburgh 1 San Jose 5, Nashville 1 Sunday’s result Tampa Bay 4, NY Islanders 0, Tampa Bay wins series 4-1 Monday’s results Dallas 3, St. Louis 2, series tied 3-3 Nashville 4, San Jose 3, OT, series tied 3-3 Tuesday’s result Pittsburgh 4, Washington 3, OT, Pittsburgh wins series 4-2 Today’s game St. Louis at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Transactions

Today’s games San Diego (Rea 3-1) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 2-2), game 1, 12:05 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 1-2) at Colorado (Bettis 3-2), 2:10 p.m.

Toronto (Stroman 4-0) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-2), 2:45 p.m.

Detroit (Zimmermann 5-1) at Washington (Scherzer 3-2), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Anderson 1-4) at Miami (Chen 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Eickhoff 1-4) at Atlanta (Chacin 1-2), 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Liriano 3-1) at Cincinnati (Adleman 1-0), 6:10 p.m.

San Diego (Pomeranz 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Lackey 4-1), game 2, 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Garcia 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 1-4), 9:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 2-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 3-1), 9:10 p.m.

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

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

Thursday’s game Nashville at San Jose, TBA

Tuesday’s results Detroit 5, Washington 4 Milwaukee 10, Miami 2 Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 2 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, ppd.

Chicago Cubs 8, San Diego 7 Arizona 5, Colorado 1 St. Louis at L.A. Angels, late N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, late Toronto at San Francisco, late

ab r h bi Fowler cf 3 1 1 0 Heyward rf 5 2 1 0 Bryant lf 5 1 1 2 Rizzo 1b 3 1 1 0 Zobrist 2b 4 3 4 2 J.Baez 3b 4 0 2 0 Russell ss 3 0 2 3 D.Ross c 2 0 0 1 Lester p 3 0 0 0 Cahill p 0 0 0 0 Richard p 0 0 0 0 Strop p 0 0 0 0 L Stlla ph 1 0 0 0 Grimm p 0 0 0 0 Warren p 0 0 0 0 H.Rndon p 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 7 8 7 Totals 33 8 12 8 San Diego 000 120 040 — 7 Chicago 014 100 20x — 8 E–J.Baez (1). DP–San Diego 1. LOB– San Diego 6, Chicago 7. 2B–Jay (10), A.Ramirez (4), Bryant (10), J.Baez (4), Russell (4). 3B–Russell (2). HR–M.Upton (3), A.Dickerson (1). SF–D.Ross (3).

IP H R ER BB SO San Diego Vargas L,0-2 4 10 6 6 3 1 Perdomo 3 2 2 2 2 3 Quackenbush 1 0 0 0 0 1 Chicago Lester W,4-1 6 4 3 3 1 4 Cahill H,1 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 2 Richard 0 1 0 0 0 0 Strop H,8 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Grimm 0 1/3 2 3 3 1 1 Warren H,4 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 Rondon S,7-7 1 0 0 0 0 2 Richard pitched to 1 batter in the 7th HBP–by Lester (Jay). WP–Lester.

Umpires–Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Toby Basner; Second, Joe West; Third, Kerwin Danley.

Jay cf Myers 1b Kemp rf De.Nrrs c M.Upton lf Wallace 3b Pirela 2b A.Rmrez ss Rosales pr-ss C.Vrgas p Blash ph Perdomo p A.Dckrs ph Qcknbsh p

h 2 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0

NHL playoffs

National League

Chicago

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

Thursday’s game San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Detroit at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

Houston at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

East Division W L Pct New York 20 11 .645 Washington 20 13 .606 Philadelphia 19 14 .576 Miami 17 15 .531 Atlanta 7 24 .226 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 25 6 .806 Pittsburgh 17 15 .531 St. Louis 16 16 .500 Cincinnati 14 19 .424 Milwaukee 14 19 .424 West Division W L Pct San Francisco 17 17 .500 Los Angeles 16 16 .500 Arizona 17 18 .486 Colorado 15 18 .455 San Diego 13 20 .394

ab Villar ss 6 H.Perez 3b 3 Braun lf 4 Lucroy c 6 Carter 1b 4 A.Hill 2b 4 Presley rf 5 Capuano p 0 R.Flres cf 3 Boyer p 0 Do.Sntn rf 0 Davies p 2 Nwnhuis cf 1

Today’s games Miami at Toronto, 7 p.m.

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

Today’s games Baltimore (Wilson 1-1) at Minnesota (Hughes 1-5), 12:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Latos 5-0) at Texas (Hamels 4-0), 1:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 3-2) at Houston (Fister 3-3), 1:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 2-4) at Seattle (Walker 2-2), 2:40 p.m.

Toronto (Stroman 4-0) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-2), 2:45 p.m.

Detroit (Zimmermann 5-1) at Washington (Scherzer 3-2), 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Ventura 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 1-3), 6:05 p.m.

Oakland (Surkamp 0-2) at Boston (Porcello 5-1), 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Garcia 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 1-4), 9:05 p.m.

San Diego

Sauk Valley Media • B5

BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Kansas City INF Raul Mondesi (Northwest Arkansas-TL) 50 games for violating Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, and Toronto RHP Clinton Hollon (Lansing-MWL) 50 games and Minnesota RHP Logan Lombana (Cedar Rapids-MWL) 80 games for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Assigned RHP Scott McGough outright to Norfolk (IL).

Sent DH Jimmy Paredes to Norfolk for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP Tommy Kahnle to Charlotte (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Traded C Anthony Recker to Atlanta for cash.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed C Jason Castro on paternity leave. Recalled C Max Stassi from Fresno (PCL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Sent LHP Mike Minor to Northwest Arkansas (TL) for a rehab assignment.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed SS Andrelton Simmons on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Acquired INF Brendan Ryan from Washington for cash and/ or a player to be named and selected his contract from Salt Lake (PCL). Transferred RHP Garrett Richards to the 60-day DL. MINNESOTA TWINS — Assigned LHP Ryan O’Rourke outright to Rochester (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed OF Mark Canha and RHP Liam Hendriks on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP J.B. Wendelken to Nashville (PCL). Recalled RHP Andrew Triggs and UT Tyler Ladendorf from Nashville. Selected the contract of LHP Daniel Coulombe from Nashville. Transferred RHP Chris Bassitt to the 60-day DL. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed LHP Brett Cecil on paternity leave. Recalled RHP Ryan Tepera from Buffalo (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned RHP Archie Bradley to Reno (PCL). Agreed to terms with OF Michael Bourn on a minor league contract and assigned him to Mobile (SL). Named Willie Bloomquist special assistant to the president and CEO. ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed RHP Jim Johnson on the 15-day DL. Designated OF Matt Tuiasosopo for assignment. Reinstated 3B Gordon Beckham from the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Ian Krol from Gwinnett (IL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned LHP Tyler Anderson to Hartford (EL). Named Doug Chadwick mental skills coordinator.

MIAMI MARLINS — Placed RHP Nefi Ogando on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Recalled RHP Nick Wittgren from New Orleans.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHP David Goforth to Colorado Springs (PCL). Assigned LHP Sam Freeman outright to Colorado Springs. Reinstated RHP Wily Peralta from paternity leave. Sent 2B Scooter Gennett to Brevard County (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Traded OF Mel Rojas Jr. to Atlanta for cash.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Claimed LHP Keith Hessler off waivers from Arizona.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Stephen Strasburg on a seven-year contract from 2017-23.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Claimed RB Dri Archer off waivers from the N.Y. Jets.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed CB Daryl Worley.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed LB Nick Vigil.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed DT A’Shawn Robinson.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed S Marwin Evans.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released DB Jordan Kovacs and OL Jake Bernstein, Ben Clarke and Laurence Gibson. Signed DB Shannon Edwards and OL Garrick Mayweather, Drew Nowak and Zach Sterup.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Waived S John Lowdermilk. Signed RB C.J. Ham. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed S Vonn Bell to a four-year contract.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed RB DeAndre Washington, C Ross Burbank, DL Drew Iddings, DT Darius Latham, TE Ryan O’Malley, G Oni Omoile, LB/ DE James Cowser, LB Kyrie Wilson, CBs Kenneth Durden, Antonio Hamilton and Tony McRae, and WRs K.J. Brent, Johnny Holton and Max McCaffrey.

AP

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry speaks after receiving his second consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player award Tuesday in Oakland, Calif. Curry won via unanimous decision, the first time that’s happened.

Curry sizzles nets, ballots Golden State star first unanimous MVP

BY JANIE MCCAULEY AP Sports Writer

OAKLAND, Calif. – From the jaw-dropping half-court heaves that somehow sink through the net to the dazzling drives and zippy passes from every which way, Stephen Curry’s desire to keep getting better while always trying to entertain at every stop has the Golden State superstar being mentioned right along with the best ever, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.

And he just turned 28. There might still be so much more for the 6-foot-3, baby-faced point guard whose ability to make it on the big NBA stage was initially questioned by some.

On Tuesday, Curry accomplished something those former greats never did: He became the first unanimous NBA MVP, earning the award for the second straight season after leading the defending champion Warriors to a recordsetting season.

“I never really set out to change the game. I never thought that would happen in my career,” Curry said. “What I wanted to do was just be myself. ...

I know it inspires a lot of the next generation, a lot of people who love the game of basketball to value the skill of it, value the fact that you can work every single day to get better. You’ve got to be able to put the time and the work. That’s how I got here, that’s how I

Past NBA MVPs 2014-15 Steph Curry (Warriors) 2013-14 Kevin Durant (Thunder) 2012-13 LeBron James (Heat) 2011-12 LeBron James (Heat) 2010-11 Derrick Rose (Bulls) continue to get better every single day.”

Curry is the 11th player in league history to be voted MVP in consecutive seasons, and the first guard since Steve Nash in 2004-05 and 2005-06. Curry received 1,310 points from the 130 media voters from the U.S. and Canada.

“I couldn’t imagine anybody not voting him first, and yet there always seems to be somebody who has to stand out,” Coach of the Year Steve Kerr said.

Curry was followed in the vote by Kawhi Leonard of San Antonio, LeBron James of Cleveland, and Oklahoma City teammates Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. Curry’s teammate Draymond Green was seventh.

Nash, Golden State’s player development consultant, was on hand to congratulate Curry.

“It’s been weird, I haven’t had to say a word to him. It’s been the easiest job,” Nash said.

Curry is the first twotime MVP in franchise

history, and Wilt Chamberlain (1959-60) is the only other Warriors winner. After guiding Golden State to its first championship in 40 years, Curry & Co. took that success even further to finish with 73 regular-season wins to top the mark set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls team that went 72-10.

In a stunning overtime performance Monday night, Curry showed exactly how he can take over a game in a matter of seconds. He returned from a sprained right knee to score 40 points – 17 in overtime – in a 132-125 win at Portland to put his team up 3-1 in the Western Conference semifinals.

Curry was sore and fatigued, but ready to go again.

“He wants it,” Kerr said. “There’s no ulterior motive. He just wants to be better. That’s who he is.”

Curry averaged an NBA-best 30.1 points per game to go with 6.7 assists and 5.4 rebounds.

He also led the NBA with 2.1 steals per game while shooting 50.4 percent from the field, 45.4 percent from 3-point range, and 90.8 percent from the foul line.

From the start of the season, Curry vowed to take his game to another level – and did he ever.

Now, all that matters to him is staying healthy and leading the Warriors to another title.

MLB ROUNDUP

Cubs hitting Addison to Zobrist Chicago holds off Padres for eighth straight win By the Associated Press

Ben Zobrist went 4-for4, Addison Russell had three RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 8-7 on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field for their eighth straight win.

Jon Lester (4-1) pitched six innings of three-run ball as Chicago improved to 25-6 for the best start by a major league team since the 1984 Detroit Tigers won 26 of their first 31 games. Kris Bryant drove in two runs and Jason Heyward scored twice, helping the Cubs open an 8½-game lead over second-place Pittsburgh in the NL Central.

Zobrist had run-scoring singles in the third and fourth against rookie Cesar Vargas (0-2).

Zobrist also singled in the second and seventh, and

Today’s games • Padres at Cubs (DH), 12:05 p.m. and 7:05 p.m.

TV/Radio: CSN (7:05 start)/670 AM • White Sox at Rangers, 1:05 p.m.

TV/Radio: CSN/ 890 AM • Cardinals at Angels, 9:05 p.m.

TV/Radio: FSM/ 95.7 FM scored in each inning on a hit by Russell.

Zobrist, a switch-hitter who signed a $56 million, 4-year contract with Chicago as a free agent, is batting .365 with 23 RBIs in his last 18 games. He has driven in 17 runs during Chicago’s win streak.

Alex Dickerson became the first player in Padres history with a pinch-hit

grand slam for his first career homer, according to STATS, but San Diego lost its third consecutive game. Melvin Upton Jr. also went deep for the Padres, and Jose Pirela had two hits and scored two runs.

Rangers 13, White Sox 11: The White Sox built an

11-6 lead after their half of the eighth inning, but couldn’t hold off Texas in a loss in Arlington.

The Rangers scored seven runs in the bottom of the eighth.

Reliever Matt Albers took the loss, after Carlos Rodon started and allowed five earned runs and 10 hits in five innings.

Cardinals lead Angels:

St. Louis led Los Angeles 9-1 in the ninth inning in Anaheim.

The game ended after SVM’s press deadline.

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Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court.

Said property is legally described as follows: Commonly known as 2304 Spring Street, Sterling, IL 61081-3036 Permanent Index No.: 11-14-354-014 Improvements: SINGLE FAMILY Residential The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

The judgment amount was $51,866.52. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Bid Amount contact: Sale Clerk Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 ILNOTICES@logs.com (847) 291-1717 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I692249 May 4, 11, 18, 2016

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2BR $495/mo. Includes garage, cable, trash p/u. Quiet neighbors. No pets 815-973-6363 Cozy 1BR Efficiency, garbage incl., coin laundry, $425/mo. + dep.

No Smoking. No Pets 847-372-0817 or 815-973-3281 Dixon Manor Apts- 1 & 2BR, 1 ba. opening. Heat, water, garbage included. Hardwood floors, onsite laundry, security building. Walk to downtown. Clean and Quiet :) Call for information: Erick: 815-739-5806

GALT Nice 2BR, ½ util.

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HARMON STERLING Nice 1BR, all utilities paid. $500/mo. $400/dep.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-SD4 Plaintiff, -v.DAVID A. KATNER, et al Defendant 15 CH 57 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 1, 2016, the Sheriff of Lee County will at 10:00 AM on June 2, 2016, at the Lee County Courthouse, 112 E. Second Street, DIXON, IL, 61021, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1515 W. 4TH STREET, Dixon, IL 61021 Property Index No. 07-08-06-431-017 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $110,682.98.

Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES , 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 239-3432. Please refer to file number 13IL00198-1. E-Mail: il.pleadings@rsmalaw.com May 4, 11 & 18 2016

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815-625-7043 2BR Duplex, No pets. No smokers.

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815-438-2690 or 563-613-1756 THICKSTEN APTS. 1 & 2 BR houses 815-499-4217 Very nice 1BR apt.

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815-535-6116

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Sterling Rentals Newer 2 Bedroom $640.00 Applcs., Fireplaces 2002 3rd Ave. 1836 First Ave. 606 W. Lefevre 2 BR $535.00 1 BR $465.00 1 Studio $390.00 Partial Heat, Water, Sewer, Refuse Removal, Laundry Facilities, Satellite

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1BR, $400 815-562-7368 Rochelle Realty 2 bedroom, great Sterling location, $495/mo. No SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED (with 1 year lease).

815-414-2288.

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Water, sewer, garbage incl.

Coin W/D, No pets/ No parties.

Call Diana: 630-327-7046 2BR, 1st Floor clean, QUIET. 641-777-7261 Nice Lg. 2BR, stove refrig. No pets. $595 + dep.

815-631-6678 Sinnissippi Townhomes Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

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15-077113 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, MORRISON, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA. PLAINTIFF, -vsLYNDSEY STEVENS; INLAND BANK AND TRUST; DEFENDANTS 15 CH 136 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled matter on April 6, 2016; Kelly C. Wilhelmi, Sheriff, 400 N. Cherry Street, Morrison, IL 61270, will on June 2, 2016 at 10:00 AM, at Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 East Knox Street 3rd Floor Lobby, Morrison, IL 61270, sell to the highest bidder for cash (ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Whiteside County, Illinois.

Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens or 1st Mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.

Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court.

Said property is legally described as follows: Commonly known as 502 West 6th Street, Sterling, IL 61081 Permanent Index No.: 11-21-334-010 Improvements: FARMLAND Residential The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

The judgment amount was $52,895.71.

Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Bid Amount contact: Sale Clerk Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 ILNOTICES@logs.com (847) 291-1717 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I692170 May 4, 11, 18, 2016

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NOTICE

CERTIFICATE NO. 2013-00120 TO: Sylvia J. Myers Occupant Francis Sword JoEllia Sword Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of LEE County, Ill. as Case No. 16 TX 21 The Property is located at: 810 Jackson Ave., Dixon, IL Permanent 376-003

Index

Number:

07-08-05-

Said Property was sold on 11/5/2013 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/16/2016. On 10/19/16 at 11:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner May 11, 12, 13, 2016

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Industrial Park Storage 905 E 17th St. Rock Falls IL 61071 815-564-9551 Will hold a public sale to enforce a lien(s).

Date of Sale Saturday May 21, 2016 at 12:00 P.M. (noon) Customer Name: James Moore III #203 Emily Fortune #103 May 4 & 11, 2016 ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on May 6 A.D. 2016 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as New To You located at 808 Main Street, Ashton, IL 61006.

CLASSIFIEDS C dailyGAZETTE

815-625-3600

TELEGRAPH

815-284-2222

Dated this 6th day of May A.D. 2016.

Cathy Myers County Clerk

by Gerianne Knack Deputy May 11, 18, 25, 2016

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-SD4

TAKE

NOTICE

CERTIFICATE NO. 2012-00331

Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

Notice is given to creditors of the death of Daniel Michael Miller. Letters of Office were issued to Michael K. Miller, P.O. Box 13151, Springfield, IL 62791, as Independent Representative, whose attorney is KELLI D. WALKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, P.C., 1202 E. 4th Street, Sterling, IL 61081.

Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of WHITESIDE County, Ill. as Case No. 16 TX 3 The Property is located at: 1504 7th Ave., Rock Falls, IL Permanent Index Number: 11-33-254015 Said Property was sold on 11/1/2013 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/16/2016. On 12/06/16 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner May 11, 12, 13, 2016

TAKE

NOTICE

CERTIFICATE NO. 2013-00077 TO: Stephen C. Clark Margaret E. Clark Occupant Discover Bank Patrick Clark Connor Clark Christian Clark Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

The Property is located at: 832 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, IL

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $110,682.98.

Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES , 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 239-3432. Please refer to file number 13IL00198-1. E-Mail: il.pleadings@rsmalaw.com May 4, 11 & 18 2016

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CERTIFICATE NO. 2013-00472 TO: Jeffrey Spencer Forreston State Bank Sharon Spencer Occupant

DAVID A. KATNER, et al Defendant 15 CH 57 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE

Property Index No. 07-08-06-431-017

NOTICE

ESTATE OF DANIEL MICHAEL MILLER, Deceased.

NO. 16 P 54 CLAIM NOTICE

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of LEE County, Ill. as Case No. 16 TX 20

Commonly known as 1515 W. 4TH STREET, Dixon, IL 61021

TAKE

TO: Richard E. Clark Jr. Geni A. Clark Occupant Clark's Sharpening Service

Plaintiff, -v.-

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 1, 2016, the Sheriff of Lee County will at 10:00 AM on June 2, 2016, at the Lee County Courthouse, 112 E. Second Street, DIXON, IL, 61021, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Part of Lot Two (2) in Block Sixty-two (62) in the Town of West Dixon, (now a part of the City of Dixon) and also part of vacated Stiles Street, bounded and described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Lot 2 in said Block 62 and running Northerly on an extension of the Westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 12 feet; thence Easterly parallel with the Northerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 75 feet; thence Southerly parallel with the Westerly line of said Lot 2 to the Northerly line of the Rock Island Road; thence Westerly along the Northerly line of said Rock Island Road to the Westerly line of said Lot 2 and thence Northerly in a direct line to the place of beginning, situated in the County of Lee, in the State of Illinois

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Permanent 207-004

Index

Number:

07-02-32-

Said Property was sold on 11/5/2013 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/16/2016. On 10/19/16 at 11:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner May 11, 12, 13, 2016

TAKE

NOTICE

CERTIFICATE NO. 2013-00011 TO: Corinne D. Alleven Spouse of Corinne D. Alleven Occupant Financial Plus Credit Union Leanna Altamore Kailyn Alleven Jack McLeam

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of LEE County, Ill. as Case No. 16 TX 17 The Property is located at: 245 N. Jefferson Ave., Amboy, IL Index

Number:

02-15-15-

Said Property was sold on 11/5/2013 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/16/2016. On 10/19/16 at 11:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner May 11, 12, 13, 2016

TAKE

NOTICE

CERTIFICATE NO. 2013-00022 TO: Joseph Bautista Sandra I. Bautista Occupant Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of LEE County, Ill. as Case No. 16 TX 18 The Property is located at: 330 S. Madison Ave., Amboy, IL Permanent 253-009

Index

Number:

Dated this 25th day of April 2016.

KELLI D. WALKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, P.C. Attorney for Estate 1202 E. 4th Street Sterling, IL 61081 815-535-0808 April 27, May 4, 11, 2016 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION Estate of THOMAS L. KELLER, Deceased.

No. 16 P 51 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of THOMAS L. KELLER. Letters of Office were issued to SUSAN V. TOWNSEND, 1540 S. Sunset Dr., Tacoma, Washington 98465, as Independent Representative, whose attorneys are WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C., 202 E. 5th Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, IL 61270, or with the Representative, or both, on or before November, 7, 2016, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 29th day of April, 2016 Susan V. Townsend, Independent Representative Amanda J. Beveroth WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. Attorneys for Estate 202 E. 5th Street Sterling, IL 61081-0400 815-625-8200 May 4, 11, 18, 2016 TAKE

NOTICE

CERTIFICATE NO. 2012-00193 TO: Colleen D. Cox Bruce Kelly Occupant Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

Permanent 430-009

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Whiteside County Courthouse, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with the Representative, or both, on or before November1, 2016, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the Claimant to the Representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

02-15-22-

Said Property was sold on 11/5/2013 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/16/2016. On 10/19/16 at 11:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner May 11, 12, 13, 2016

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of WHITESIDE County, Ill. as Case No. 16 TX 7 The Property is located at: 609 West 6th Street, Sterling, IL Property Index Number: 11-21-313-005 Said Property was sold on 11/1/2013 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/14/2016. On 12/06/16 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

MS INVESTMENT GROUP, INC., Petitioner May 11, 12, 13, 2016

TAKE

NOTICE

CERTIFICATE NO. 2012-00350 TO: James Johnson US Bank, NA as Trustee Theresa Johnson Occupant Dustin Hollenbach Jared Wetzel CitiMortgage, Inc. Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of WHITESIDE County, Ill. as Case No. 16 TX 4 The Property is located at: 209 W. 18th St., Rock Falls, IL Permanent Index Number: 11-33-428002 Said Property was sold on 11/1/2013 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/16/2016. On 12/06/16 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner May 11, 12, 13, 2016

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of LEE County, Ill. as Case No. 16 TX 24 The Property is located at: 1153 S. Eldena Rd., Eldena, IL Permanent 200-001

Index

Number:

18-08-36-

Said Property was sold on 11/5/2013 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/16/2016. On 10/19/16 at 11:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner May 11, 12, 13, 2016 TAKE

NOTICE

CERTIFICATE NO. 2012-00311 TO: Patti J. Mock Spouse of Patti J. Mock Richard L. Burns Donald E. Smith Occupant Ronald G. Gerken Karol Gerken Allied Business Accounts, Inc. Spouse of Richard L. Burns Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of WHITESIDE County, Ill. as Case No. 16 TX 2 The Property is located at: 1403 Bennett Dr., Rock Falls, IL Permanent Index Number: 11-32-228012 Said Property was sold on 11/1/2013 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/16/2016. On 12/06/16 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner May 11, 12, 13, 2016 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 2012-00401 TO: Shane Hunter Obra '93 Trust Spouse of Shane M. Hunter Occupant Shane Hunter Brian Hunter Spouse of Shane Hunter Shane M. Hunter Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of WHITESIDE County, Ill. as Case No. 16 TX 6 The Property is located at: 27889 Buena Vista Dr., Rock Falls, IL Permanent Index Number: 17-08-480011 Said Property was sold on 11/1/2013 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/16/2016. On 12/06/16 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner May 11, 12, 13, 2016

TAKE

NOTICE

CERTIFICATE NO. 2012-00103 TO: Michael G. Schutt Susan M. Schutt Occupant Select Employees Credit Union Luke Schutt Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of WHITESIDE County, Ill. as Case No. 16 TX 1 The Property is located at: 1516 Fisher St., Sterling, IL Permanent Index Number: 10-24-229005 Said Property was sold on 11/1/2013 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/16/2016. On 12/06/16 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner May 11, 12, 13, 2016

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CERTIFICATE NO. 2013-00445 TO: Charles A. Sporluck Spouse of Charles A. Sporluck Occupant Fifth Third Bank Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of LEE County, Ill. as Case No. 16 TX 23 The Property is located at: 1563 Chicago St., Dixon, IL Permanent 254-034

Index

Number:

15-07-15-

Said Property was sold on 11/5/2013 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/16/2016. On 10/19/16 at 11:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner May 11, 12, 13, 2016 15-077353 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, MORRISON, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC PLAINTIFF, -vsMICHAEL N SPENCER; DEFENDANTS 15CH 143 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled matter on February 17, 2016; Kelly C. Wilhelmi, Sheriff, 400 N. Cherry Street, Morrison, IL 61270, will on June 2, 2016 at 10:00 AM, at Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 East Knox Street, 3rd Floor Lobby, Morrison, IL 61270, sell to the highest bidder for cash (ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Whiteside County, Illinois.

Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens or 1st Mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.

Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court.

Said property is legally described as follows: LOTS ONE, TWO AND THREE IN BLOCK TWO IN HIGHLAND PARK SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION FOURTEEN AND IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION TWENTY-THREE, ALL IN TOWNSHIP TWENTY-ONE NORTH, RANGE SEVEN EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, SITUATED IN WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2304 Spring Street, Sterling, IL 61081-3036 Permanent Index No.: 11-14-354-014 Improvements: SINGLE FAMILY Residential The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

The judgment amount was $51,866.52.

Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Bid Amount contact: Sale Clerk Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 ILNOTICES@logs.com (847) 291-1717 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I692249 May 4, 11, 18, 2016

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Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner May 11, 12, 13, 2016 15-077113 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, MORRISON, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA. PLAINTIFF, -vsLYNDSEY STEVENS; INLAND BANK TRUST; DEFENDANTS 15 CH 136 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

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Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled matter on April 6, 2016; Kelly C. Wilhelmi, Sheriff, 400 N. Cherry Street, Morrison, IL 61270, will on June 2, 2016 at 10:00 AM, at Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 East Knox Street 3rd Floor Lobby, Morrison, IL 61270, sell to the highest bidder for cash (ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Whiteside County, Illinois.

Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens or 1st Mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.

Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court.

Said property is legally described as follows: THE WEST 20 FEET OF LOT 10 AND THE EAST 20 FEET OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 27 OF WALLACE'S ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF STERLING, WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 1, 1856 IN PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE 28.

Commonly known as 502 West 6th Street, Sterling, IL 61081 Permanent Index No.: 11-21-334-010 Improvements: FARMLAND Residential The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

The judgment amount was $52,895.71.

Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Bid Amount contact: Sale Clerk Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 ILNOTICES@logs.com (847) 291-1717 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED

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Concrete Contractors

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Locally owned And Operated.

Over 25 Years Asphalt Exp. Fully Insured

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Dumpster Rental

Dumpster Rental for Clean-ups & Construction Small & Large containers avail.

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Excavating

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Bicycles GREEN RIVER CYCLERY

We Take Your Fun Seriously!

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www.grc.bike Tuesday - Friday • 10 - 6 Saturday • 8-1

Cleaning Service

ADVANCED CLEANERS

A&M Excavating & Demolition Dirt (Black) BEAT MOST BIDS Gravel Loader & Dump Truck Work Rock & Sand, Lot Clearing, Backhoe Work, Driveways & Lots,

Gutters American Energy Savers “Sauk Valley's Oldest & Best Seamless Gutter Company” Always Flow Seamless Gutters Call Dan Maloney 815-288-4525

Serving the Sauk Valley Areas for over 15 years •On the Job Manufactured • Expert Installation •Competitive prices •Best Quality Materials, Guaranteed •5” and 6” Seamless Gutters for Residential, Industrial & Commercial Needs •Leaf Free Gutter Protection Systems •Licensed •Bonded •Insured FREE Estimates 815-213-0704

Handyman

Jim Stewart

815-632-3822 Concrete Contractors Hamlink Concrete

•Foundations •Floors •Garages •Driveways Residential & Commercial 815-857-3970

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IL State Roofing Licensed 104-002247(1986) Bonded-Insured

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PAUL’S HANDYMAN SERVICE “Anything Your Husband Won’t Do!” •Experience On All Manner of Home Repairs & Maintenance since 1986

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Estate Cleanups PHONE 815-622-0240

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Remodeling

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Roofing/Siding

PRATER Paint & Waterproofing Specializing in •Residential •Commercial •Farm & •Industrial Call for your FREE painting or sandblasting estimate 815-626-5165

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Storage

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Dixon near Walmart Sterling near Menards Various Sizes

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Roofing

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Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677

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Roofing/Siding

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Tree Service MEISTER TREE CARE SERVICE Specializing in all of your tree care needs.

Certified pesticide & herbicide applicator & line clearance tree trimming .

Land clearing: CRP, Hunter game trails, Right of way, Mowing/brush cutting.

Skid loader services available.

Will haul rock, gravel, mulch, etc.

Land/forest management logging available.

Storm clean up & specialty work.

CONTRACTORS WELCOME Free Estimates Licensed, Bonded Insured Safety and your satisfaction is my #1 goal!

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Stump Removal

Painting

Power Washing

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is the perfect time to build your garage, addition or Re/Roof, or Reside your home!

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Home Improvement

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Summer

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20 years Experience

Genl. Contracting

Golf Instruction

✶Since 1981✶ ◆Home Improvement ◆New Construction

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815-590-1677

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Tree Service

70 ft.

A&M TREE SERVICES Lowest Prices Guaranteed!

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Call 815-718-2997 Now accepting credit/debit cards Donnie Cole

IN HOME REPAIR 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE! Work on all Brands & Models Old or New Serving the Sauk Valley and More Call Ron for a free quote at 815-561-0011 Dixon, IL

Water Softeners

The Softener Man 815-323-1622

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Over 30 years of experience

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815-632-3809

FURNITURE

755

Mattress sets: $99, Full Twin $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Bunk Bed $298. Call 309451-7477

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 2 adorable male kittens, black & white. Free to good home. Call 779245-8070.

Cat, sweet,Female, spayed, approx.

2 yrs., needs good indoor only home.

815-535-7061 Tosa Inu male & female born 6/1/15 champion bloodline.

All shots, housebroke.

Call 815-626-6382 after 7pm.

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

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

LAWN & GARDEN

781

John Deere, Model 300 Tractor w/ 42” deck, 7 cu. ft. bagger, 500 hrs. on machine, serviced per year, twice garage kept, exc. cond. $1995. Call 815-499-6100

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

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

TOOLS & MACHINERY

792

NEW TODAY Welding machine Lincoln 225 AMP AC/DC with cable $350 815-4405978

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Needs liner. You take down. $900 OBO 815-626-8188 8” Letters for sign.

Red numbers. $25.

Call 815-284-1094 8ft. Werner fiberglass, step ladder.

Fair shape. Call 815-284-1094 Case 224 Garden Tractor for parts $100 815-4562175 For Sale!

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2011 FORD ESCAPE XLT Sunroof

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2009 NISSAN ALTIMA

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2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4 LAREDO Sharp! Low Miles!

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2010 CHEVY IMPALA LT

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2007 NISSAN ALTIMA

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2009 KIA RIO Only 73,000 Miles, Automatic!

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2000 CHEVY IMPALA

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MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

CLASSIC CARS

904

Double Dutch siding 50x50 building, Anderson picture window 8 ft., 36” wide entrance doors (3), 36” wide storm doors (2), large steel tables w/ vice chipper / spreader, self-propelled mower, sanding deck on stand, wire concrete mesh, one roll, lots of power tools, drills, Skill saws, Upright freezer. Call 815438-3721 Moving Sale! Everything Must Go! Builder Discount

Antique car: completely restored 1949 Ford 2dr.

Beautiful Sedan. shape! $18,000.

815-275-8884 ask for Dave.

Old pair bronze bookends of homing pigeons. 4.5”x 3”. $100 815-2753131 People are moving out of state, must sell! Beds, elec. & gas stoves, side by side refrig., dryer, washer, gun cabinet, table & chairs, recliners, sofa, dresser, BR set, refrig., curio cabinet, dorm refrig., freezer, new sofa & recliner $299/ea., coffee & end tables, microwave, elec. Lift chair, elec. twin/full lift beds. 815-7184385 Potted house plants. Iris and hosta. $3 each.

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1998 Chevy Malibu good work car.

Asking $1500/ obo.

815-499-6440.

1998 two door red Cadillac Eldorado Coupe. One owner.

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Gray, red leather int. Auto trans., full power 113K. Fun car! $6400/obo.

515-745-0994 2008 Pontiac Torrent. V6. White.

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TRUCKS

910

1993 ½ Ton GMC 2 w/d, Sierra, 101K mi.,1 owner, 815-631$2000 5071 90 F150 XL, 302, AOD, 2WD - very good heat & A/C, Good Phyc. Cond.Very good – Mech cond. $3,800.

815-684-9997

4X4S

855

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-3 bottom IHC Trip -4 bottom IHC hdry.

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912

1999 Jeep Wrangler Sahara, only 83K mi. Hard & soft top. $12,000/obo.

815-994-2009.

1999 Jeep Wrangler Saraha, 83K mi. Hard & soft top. $12,000/obo. Call 815-994-2009

MOTORCYCLES

MOTORCYCLES

935

2007 Yamaha VStar Classic, 6K mi., exc. cond., many extras $4500 815-590-3315

905

838

Locally raised corn fed Angus beef.

Halves and quarters available.

815-499-2271

935

1995 Harley Springer soft tail, exc. cond. Low mi. $7500/obo. Call 815-915-3206.

2000 Harley Davidson FX STD, 11k. mi. new tires, battery, fresh tune up, 10,000 mi. service complete. Mikuni Carbs. Some extras windshield etc.

Luxury Rich Red in color. $7,500 FIRM 815-732-7526 2000 HD Electra Glide Twin Cam. Lots of Chrome & extras. $7,500. Call 815-440-2171

NEW TODAY Sat., May 14th Who Else Fun Run and Memorial Ride Come sign up at Shamrock in Dixon between 10 am12pm.

Ends at Who Else land with Live Music, Food and Door Prizes!

2003 Keystone Cougar, 29.5ft S 945 TRAILERS /RVgarden Front BR, shower & tub, C/A & heat, built in stereo, micro , reTODAYNew frig.NEW & stove. tires, rims, awning. works Everything great! Must see! $10,000 firm. 815677-1533

2005 Jayco, Jay Feather Lgt. 25Z, Excellent Cond., full kitchen, bath, queen bed, 1 slide out sofa. Sleeps 6.

Many options. $6500. 815-2257798 before 9 P.M.

2008 Montana 5th Wheel, 34' long. 4 slide outs, upstairs bathroom and BR, rear living room. $23K 815-973815-9739830 5330

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