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OUTTA HERE LEE COUNTY COURTS | MURDER TRIAL, DAY 2

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Matthew Welling enters the Lee County courtroom Thursday morning as the trial in the murder of Delmar “Leroy” Daniels resumes. Welling chose not to testify on his own behalf.

Welling tells police he doesn’t remember killing Daniels

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

DIXON – He woke up that morning, his head throbbing, sore all over and soaked with blood. He walked outside, touched a spot on his forehead and felt glass. He picked out the shard and threw it away. There was a

gash on his leg, his hands and feet were cut all over, and at least a couple of the wounds wouldn’t stop bleeding.

“I woke up covered in blood, and I had no idea why,” he told the detectives.

He must have been in a bar fight, got hit with a bottle.

“I just figured I got my ass whupped,” he said.

It wouldn’t be the first time.

“I know I got a bad temper. I always have. I get mouthy. I talk shit occasionally.”

Then he saw the paper. Saw the story about the old man stabbed and murdered in his home, his disabled wife left sitting by his body for hours.

Watch online Go to saukvalley.com to watch videos from Day 2 of the Matthew Welling trial, including an excerpt from his post-arrest interview.

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Embattled supervisor will retire ROCK FALLS – Debra Burke, the longtime supervisor of Coloma Township, plans to retire at the end of this month, a few weeks after she paid the township’s fine

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FRANKLIN GROVE – It’s Blues and Bluegrass night today at the H.I. Lincoln Building, 136 N. Elm St. Open stage acoustic gospel, folk, country, blues and bluegrass will be performed, starting at 7 p.m. Admission is free; donations are accepted to help with the upkeep of the historic building.

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of more than $3,000 for late financial reports.

“After deliberation, I am announcing my retirement May 31, 2014, due to personal and health issues,” she said in a statement to the township’s trustees at their monthly meeting Wednesday.

Burke, whose term will expire in 2017, started as supervisor in 1981.

She has been recognized for her expertise in providing assistance to the poor, one of the key functions of townships.

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DIXON – A Blue Star Memorial Plaque will be dedicated at 11 a.m. Saturday at Dixon Veterans Memorial Park. Dignitaries will speak, and the Dixon National Guard unit will present the colors. The Blue Star Memorial Program, which was started by National Garden Clubs Inc., honors American servicemen and women who have served, or are or will be serving in the armed forces.

An inaugural Rock FallsSterling Joint Armed Forces Day Celebration will be at three sites this weekend. A Veterans Family Day Picnic, with bounce houses, fire truck rides, and other activities from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Sinnissippi Park in Sterling. There will be a nondenominational church service at 9 a.m. Sunday at Hinders Memorial Park, 508 15th Ave., in Rock Falls.

Finally, a military awards and recognition ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday at Grandon Civic Center, 602 First Ave., Sterling.

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OREGON – The Oregon High School choir will perform a concert at 7 p.m. today featuring scenes, decor, and costumes from Disney films. The show will be in the music room at the school, 210 S. 10th St. There will be arts and crafts activities for kids at 6:15 p.m., with a procession at 6:45. Tickets are $2 and can be purchased at the door.

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Coming this SV Weekend: Billing for health care is complicated. This complexity means many people are hired to figure it all out. And that is costly.

Sauk Valley Media has spoken with local hospital executives about how this affects health care. See stories in Saturday’s and Monday’s editions.

Burke say she is leaving for health, personal reasons

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

f you want to make a lot of money, journalism is not for you. But if you seek adventure, this is a great job.

Since January 2011, I have worked for Sauk Valley Media, the corporate umbrella for the Daily Gazette and the Telegraph.

I’ve enjoyed most parts of my job: s 4HE FUN STORIES Not all we do is serious. I liked writing about the hot dog-eating competition in which one participant announced he was “already a legend” in his own mind, the man who proposed publicly to his girlfriend at the Whiteside County Fair, and the Morrison barber who talks sports, not politics. s 4HE INVESTIGATIONS We can’t sit around waiting for news releases. We have to dig deep for stories. My bosses gave me plenty of time for that. I appreciated it. I was able to provide scrutiny for townships, look into local examples of government pension perks, and reveal the politics that took place inside the office of Lee County’s former state’s attorney.

Would you like to go watch a high school track meet?

Friday’s a great day for it. The boys’ Three Rivers Conference meet is at 4 p.m. in Morrison. If you don’t mind driving a bit, a girls Class 1A sectional meet will start at 4 p.m. in Byron, while a Class 2A girls sectional will begin at 4 p.m. in Freeport. The boys NIB-12 meet is at 3 p.m. in Kaneland.

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ROCK ISLAND – Twelve jurors have been selected to hear evidence in the third Illinois murder trial of Nicholas Sheley – eight women and four men.

That’s the jury. Now the court needs four alternates who can take a seat on the panel if a juror must be excused, which sometimes happens during a long trial.

The group of four approved Thursday, all women, includes a retired social worker, a custodian at Augustana College, a sales associate and new mom, and a teacher at Rock Island High School.

Jury selection will continue this morning in an effort to choose the four alternates. During the selection of alternates, both the prosecution and defense will be granted an additional peremptory challenge for each alternate.

Thursday morning began with defense attorney Jeremy Karlin filing two motions. One asked for a mistrial and to move the trial to another county, and the other asked for more peremptory challenges to dismiss prospective jurors without arguing cause.

Karlin started Thursday with only one peremptory charge remaining; he finished with none.

His argument in the first motion was that the pool of jurors in Rock Island County had been prejudiced by publicity about the charges against Sheley. “In the last 6 years, every conceivable media outlet with the potential of influencing the potential jury pool in Rock Island

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autopsy results have indicated that the four had been beaten with a hammer.

In 2013, O’Connor granted a request by Karlin, to move the trial outside Whiteside County because of extensive media coverage of the case.

Even with the move, most prospective jurors who have been questioned said they have extensive knowledge of the killings. Of those, a majority have said they would be unable to remain impartial, based on preconceived notions of Sheley’s guilt.

Sheley is serving two life sentences for the murders of Ronald Randall, 65, of Galesburg, and Russell Reed, 93, of Sterling; and also is charged in the deaths of Arkansas couple Jill and Tom Estes, both 54, who were killed in a hotel parking lot in Festus, Missouri.

Prosecutors say Sheley went on a weeklong, drug- and alcohol-fueled killing spree during the summer of 2008.

After this trial is completed, Sheley will head to court in Missouri, where he could face the death penalty.

Follow Sauk Valley Media reporter Christi Warren on Twitter for live updates from the courtroom: @SeaWarren.

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County has crea t e d such a steady d r u m beat of public information Defense attorney s u c h Jeremy Karlin that it is impossible for jurors not to have heard information about this case,� he wrote.

He further argued that since so many of the prospective jurors had indicated that they had already formed opinions about Sheley’s guilt, the move to Rock Island County from Whiteside County was a mistake.

Karlin suggested a destination farther away: Rockford or Decatur, perhaps, he said.

Judge Jeffrey O’Connor denied both motions.

By the end of the day, attorneys had questioned almost 70 prospective jurors over the past 4 days.

Sheley is charged with 15 counts of first-degree murder in the brutal deaths of Brock Branson, 29; his fiancĂŠe, Kilynna Blake, 20; her 2-year-old son, Dayan; and Kenneth Ulve, 25, on June 28, 2008. They were found 2 days later in a Rock Falls apartment.

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BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529

DIXON – The downtown streetscape project is expected to begin next week.

Work on the first phase should take a couple of weeks to complete, dur-

ing which time several streets in downtown Dixon will be closed, said Commissioner Jeff Kuhn, adding that the entire project could be finished

by November.

Although the start date hasn’t been set, Kuhn said equipment will begin to arrive downtown on Monday and residents should be careful when walking or driving nearby to avoid the work zones when possible.

Last month, the Dixon City Council awarded a contract for the streetscape work to Fischer Excavating Inc., of Freeport, for nearly $5.8 million, a portion of which will be paid for by KSB Hospital for work to a parking lot off Ottawa Avenue.

The city also contracted Wendler Engineering Services Inc. and Willett, Hofmann & Associates, for a combined $321,000, to do engineering work

and planning for the project, bringing the total streetscape cost to about $6.1 million.

The first phase will include water main and storm sewer work on the east and west sides of downtown. The water lines down the middle of the streets will be redone, Kuhn said, as well as their connections to businesses.

On the east side of the project, work will take place on the north side

of First Street, from Hennepin Avenue to Galena Avenue.

This north side of the street will be closed during the work, while the south side will remain open for most of the work, Kuhn said, but might have to be closed at times.

On the west side of the project, work will take place on Peoria Avenue, from Second Street to Third Street. Both sides of

traffic on that block will be closed, Kuhn said.

Also on the west side of the project, work will take place on the north side of Third Street, from Peoria Avenue to Highland Avenue. The south side of the street might have to be closed at times, Kuhn said.

Each Friday, Fischer Excavating will provide the city with an update on the work, Kuhn said, and let officials know what work will be done the next week.

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DIXON – City-installed American flags in Dixon were at half-staff Thursday, just as they have been many times this year.

It was Peace Officers Memorial Day on Thursday, and the flags were lowered from sunrise to sunset.

The flags also flew at half-staff from sunrise on April 10 until sunset on April 12, in memory of Sgt. Timothy Owens, of Effingham, who was killed in the shooting at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas.

Dixon Fire Chief Tim Shipman gave the order to lower the flags on Thursday, as he has in the past, after getting a notification from the state or federal government.

The email sometimes comes in the day before the flag needs to be lowered, he said, or a few days in advance, as it did for Thursday.

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A flag in front of the Dixon Public Library flutters at half-staff Thursday afternoon in recognition of Peace Officers Memorial Day. flags at City Hall, the Dixon Public Library, the Public Safety Building, Peace Park and near the southeast corner of the Galena Avenue bridge.

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Richard H. Adams OREGON – Richard H. Adams of Oregon died early Wednesday, May 14, 2014, after a stroke.

He was born Aug. 30, 1928, to Lois (Negley) and Harry Adams. He was raised in Normal, where he graduated from high school. In 1948, he married Betty Jean Petefish of Jacksonville. He graduated from Normal State University with a degree in industrial arts.

Richard enlisted in the Army during the Korean War and served in Tokyo as the manager of the craft shop on base. He and Betty lived in Tokyo for more than 1 year.

He began his career teaching graphic arts and practicing his printing craft at a weekly newspaper. For 7 years he owned Adams Print Shop in Minot, North Dakota. In 1964, he moved to Oregon to work at Kable Printing Co. in Mount Morris for 14 years. From 1978 to 1993, he served the farming community as

the joint owner of K&M Feed Store in Oregon.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Betty of Oregon; his sister, Donna (Allan) Allers of Boise, Idaho; his children, Martha (Tim) Bohrer of Chicago, Linda (Charlie) Adams of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, and Jeffrey (Kathy) Adams of Oregon; and five grandchildren, Anna Bohrer of Chicago, Greg (Tova) Bohrer of Minneapolis, Karl Schleevogt of Appleton, Wisconsin, Michelle Schleevogt of Chicago, and Jacob Adams of Oregon.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Oregon United Methodist Church. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Oregon United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Barbara Good officiating. Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home in Oregon is handling arrangements.

Memorials may be made to Community Art Legacy in Oregon.

John L. Brockwell POLO – John L. Brockwell, 90, of Polo, passed away at 11:40 a.m.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at Polo Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. He was a lifelong farmer in the Polo area.

He was born Dec. 14, 1923, in Polo, the son of Thomas and Mary (Deaderick) Brockwell. He married the former Lois M. Montgomery on April 6, 1947, at First Presbyterian Church in Oregon.

She preceded him in death on Oct. 23, 2007.

John served in the Army during World War II with the Anti-Tank Company 272nd Regiment 69th Infantry. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the American Theater Service Medal, and the European African Middle Eastern Theater Service Medal.

John was a past commander and member of Polo American Legion Post 83. He also served on the Polo Fire Department Board, and was past president of the Polo Co-Op. He loved the farm, and truly was

blessed to have all of his children living nearby.

He also spent 6 months a year in Florida, where he enjoyed times with his extended family there.

He is survived by his daughter, Kenda (Larry) Kersten, and a son, Kevin (Shirley) Brockwell, both of Polo; and two granddaughters, BreeAnn Brown and Devin Brockwell.

He also was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, James Brockwell; and a sister, Gladys Welch.

Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday and the funeral at 11 a.m.

Saturday at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon, with the Rev. Gene Schmidt officiating.

Interment, with full military honors accorded by Polo American Legion Post 83, will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon.

Memorials may be made to Polo American Legion Post 83.

Visit chapelhilldixon. com to send condolences.

Stephen J. Benda III STERLING – Stephen John Benda III, 53, of Villa Park, died Saturday, May 10, 2014. He was a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Lombard.

Stephen was born Feb. 18, 1961, in Chicago, the son of Astrid (Nilssen) and Stephen John Benda Jr. Survivors include two sisters, Karen (Tom) Kruse of Sterling and Anna Marie (Arne) Nilsen of Norway; 19 nieces and nephews; and six great-

nieces and great-nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Eva Benda; and one nephew.

A memorial service will be at a later date. Cremation rites have been accorded. McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory in Rock Falls is handling arrangements.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

Stanley B. Cook SAVANNA – Stanley B. Cook, 76, of Savanna, died Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at his home.

Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna is handling arrangements.

Dustin L. Hylton OMAHA, Neb. – Dustin Lee Hylton, 25, formerly of Sterling, died Monday, May 12, 2014.

McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls is handling arrangements.

Mildred M. Mattes WALNUT – Mildred M. Mattes, 99, of Walnut, died Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Walnut Manor Nursing Home.

Mildred was born May 1, 1915, in Walnut, the daughter of Glenn and Lydia (Kruse) Peach. She was united in marriage to Erwin Mattes on June 12, 1937, in Clinton, Illinois.

He preceded her in death on Aug. 14, 1966. She was owner and operator of Peach’s Eat Shop in Walnut, with her brother, in the 1930s. She later worked as a receptionist for Dr. Swain in Sterling and at Peach’s Bowling Alley in Walnut. She also worked as a cook for Walnut Manor for 6 years. She was a member of Walnut United Methodist Church.

She is survived by two sons, Glenn (Colette) Mattes of Morris and Terry (Susan) Mattes of Dixon; one daughter, Cheryl (Jim) Rentz

of Prophetstown; four grandchildren, Leslie (Rick) Roberts of Morris, Christine (Clint) Eidukas of Round Lake Heights, and Brian (Jenn) White and Lisa (Dustin) Wakely, both of DeKalb; five greatgrandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Ivan Peach; and one sister, Fern Andersen.

Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday and the funeral at 10 a.m. Saturday at Garland Funeral Home in Walnut, with the Rev. Mark Harkness, pastor of Walnut United Methodist Church, officiating.

Burial will be at Walnut Cemetery.

A memorial has been established to Walnut Manor Nursing Home.

Visit garlandfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Marcia A. Dusing POLO – Marcia Ann Dusing, 60, of Polo, passed away peacefully Monday, May 12, 2014, a loving wife, mother, daughter, nana, aunt, and friend to many.

She was born Feb. 23, 1954, in Sterling, a daughter of Joseph and Mercedes (Delgado) Regalado. She married Curt Dusing on Dec. 17, 1982, in Ashton. She attended Sterling High School and later received a degree in horticulture. Marcia enjoyed homemaking, cooking, cleaning, singing, and dancing.

She is survived by her husband, Curt of Polo; her children, Michelle (Chris Benton) Hazlett of Dalton, Georgia, Leah (Justin) Jusufi of Polo, and Curt (Jess) Dusing II of Denver; her beautiful grandchildren, Dylan, Sierra, Isaiah, Mercedes, Reece, Aleksander, Sophia, and Sky-

lar on the way; her greatgranddaughter, Ella; six brothers, Gregory Regalado, Joseph (Gayle) Regalado, Eligio Regalado, Anthony (Margaret) Regalado, Mark Regalado, and Pete (Lydia) Regalado; and five sisters, Carol Kay Aument, Stephanie (Terry) Wagner, Christine (Tony) Quadraro, Marcella (John) Osborne, and Margaret (Randy) Lucero.

She was preceded in death by her father, grandparents, three children in infancy, one brother, and one grandson.

A gathering of family and friends will be from 9 to 10 a.m. and a memorial service at 10 a.m.

Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. Cremation rites have been accorded.

A memorial has been established.

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“I’m covered in blood, this guy’s covered in blood ... maybe I did it.

It scared the shit out of me. I’m trying to remember this ... to make sure it wasn’t me.�

That’s what Matthew Welling told the two investigators the day of his arrest, the day after the beaten and bloodsoaked body of 79-yearold Delmar “Leroy� Daniels was found. About an hour of that taped interview was shown to jurors Thursday.

It’s all they’re going to hear from the 33-yearold Amboy man, charged with five counts of firstdegree murder and one count of home invasion in Daniels’ July 18, 2012, death. As is his right, Welling declined Thursday to testify on his own behalf.

After presenting testimony from 19 witnesses over 2 days, Assistant State’s Attorney Peter Buh rested his case at 4 p.m. Thursday.

Then Lee County Public Defender Bob Thompson sought a directed verdict of not guilty from Lee County Judge Ron Jacobson.

When it comes to firstdegree murder, the prosecution presented no evidence of Welling’s intent to either kill or do great bodily harm to Daniels, nor did it present evidence of his mental state to prove that Welling

Photos by Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: Clinton Edwin Smith, a CSI sergeant with the Illinois State Police, describes photographs of injuries that were found on the hands of defendant Matthew Welling after his arrest.

RIGHT: Lee County Detective Sgt. David Glessner waits to testify Thursday afternoon. During a post-arrest interview, Welling went from telling Glessner he didn’t remember anything to saying, “Maybe I did it.� “knowingly� killed Dan- the prosecution failed to know, please tell me.� iels, Thompson argued. meet its burden by provUnder continued quesThe state also failed to ing the elements of the tioning, he told the detecprove Welling forced his crime. As in this case, tives that he remembered way into the home “with- the motion usually is being in a house, and a out authority� and while denied.) lot of blood, and running knowing Daniels was In the portion of the away. inside, and so failed to interview with Lee Coun“I opened my eyes and prove home invasion, he ty Detective Sgt. Dave saw blood everywhere, said.

Glessner and Sheriff’s and I took off running.�

Jacobson denied the Detective Shane Miller Then he remembered a motion, and Thomp- shown in court, Well- man covered in blood. son also rested his case, ing admitted to drinking “I saw blood on a guy “based on the presump- about 10 beers and hav- and I ran ... That’s all I tion of innocence� and ing a couple of shots that remember, is seeing that without calling a single night. At first he claimed guy and running.� witness. not to remember anyHe does not admit to (After the state rests, thing else, including leav- stabbing and slashing the defense often makes ing the bar.

Daniels, a man he did a procedural motion for “I can’t recall anything. not know, with the jaga directed verdict, lay- It’s frustrating. ... I want ged edge of a broken ing out its reasons why to know. If you guys flower vase, leaving him

Court resumes Monday 4HERE IS NO COURT TODAY #LOSING ARGUMENTS WILL BEGIN AT A M -ONDAY THEN JURY DELIBERATIONS WILL BEGIN to bleed to death in the entryway of his home, as the prosecution accuses him of doing. He does not admit to breaking the old man’s nose, jaw and ribs, or fracturing his Adam’s apple and his hyoid bone. “I know it’s a horrible excuse, I don’t remember. I get that.�

Witnesses have testified that Welling was angry with a man he met that night in the bar, telling him: “When you go home tonight and go to sleep, I’m going to come break in and kill you.� Welling’s ID later was found in front of the man’s home, which is less than 300

yards from Daniels’ and looks very similar.

A broken necklace with a vial of Welling’s brother’s ashes was found near Daniels’ body, as was a pair of black flip-flops and a black T-shirt. On the tape, Welling admitted to losing his ID, the necklace, his flip-flops and a shirt that night.

Also Thursday, testimony from two Illinois State Police forensic scientists put Welling’s DNA, footprints and fingerprints at the crime scene, and Daniels’ DNA in the blood still caked in the beds of Welling’s toenails.

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PROPHETSTOWN – The city has a new police chief – longtime Sgt. Bruce Franks.

During Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Steve Swanson recommended that Franks replace Police Chief Mike Fisk, who served in that post from 1991 until Swanson fired him last week. The council then appointed Franks, whom the mayor had already

made acting chief. “I know some people are upset� about Fisk’s dismissal, Swanson said Thursday. “But we’re also getting a lot of positive feedback. It certainly wasn’t an easy decision.

It was made after lots and lots of reflection.�

As he has before, Swanson declined on Thursday to give a reason for the firing, other than to say he thought it was time for a change at the police department. He repeated that Fisk was not the subject of any investigation or disciplinary action. “It was best for Prophetstown to change direc-

tion,� the mayor said. “If people give this a chance, they’ll see an improvement.�

Asked what needed to be improved, Swanson would not say. “People need to stop the rumor mill,� he said. “The first rumor was that [Fisk] didn’t get his pension. He gets his pension.�

Swanson noted that mayors have the power to dismiss police chiefs. According to Illinois Municipal Code, the mayor may choose to appoint or dismiss the chief of police, or any other at-will employee, for any reason at the beginning of the fiscal year, which

was May 1, he said.

In last weekend’s interview, Swanson said he and the former chief had had differences, but he separated his personal feelings from the business of Prophetstown.

He said he discussed his decision with, and had the backing of, all six council members. Council member Warren Long confirmed last weekend that he agreed with Swanson’s decision.

Sauk Valley Media could not reach the five other council members Thursday.

Fisk also couldn’t be reached for comment.

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I also was given time to take a deep dive into Rita Crundwell’s personal history. s 4HE PUSH FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT We’ve had many battles in this arena. My biggest honor was getting kicked out of a meeting of the Whiteside County Board’s majority, with one member saying he’d be willing to “throw [my] ass out.� The state’s attorney took up the majority’s cause, but the attorney general later found the meeting was illegal. s 4HE TRAGEDIES These stories are about accidents, fires and deaths.

They are never easy to write, and we must always show sensitivity for those affected. Still, the stories must be told. s 4HE MISTAKES I hate making them, as do all journalists. Just the other day, I got a cop’s and suspect’s names mixed up in a sentence near the end of a story. s 4HE READERS You provide the tips for many of our bigger stories. For instance, someone called in about Anchor Coupling’s plans to consolidate its local plants, very possibly outside the area.

When tipping us off, you don’t have to give your name. With your lead, we may be able to find the information elsewhere –

possibly through a public records request. s 4HE CRITICS There are plenty of them among our readers, especially on Facebook. Undoubtedly, some will be glad to see me leave. On balance, they help us. I write my stories with the greatest of care, knowing they will read the stories closely and point out any problems with them. They keep us on our toes.

A few months ago, I moved from Sterling to Wauconda, a suburb in Lake County. My commute increased from a few minutes to more than 4 hours every day, with the stubbornly high gas prices taking a toll on my pocketbook.

My last day at Sauk Valley Media will be Monday. The next day, I start a new job as news editor of Lake County Suburban Life and Barrington Suburban Life, which are weekly publications based in Grayslake, about 10 miles from my house.

Like Sauk Valley Media, they are owned by Dixon-based Shaw Media.

I leave a great team here in the newsroom, and that saddens me. I’ll miss working here.

David Giuliani is a news editor for Sauk Valley Media. You can reach him at dgiuliani@ saukvalley.com or 800-798-4085, ext. 525.

Follow him on Twitter: @DGiuliani_SVM.

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For 4 years, though, she failed to submit the township’s financial reports to the state comptroller’s office.

She corrected that situation in December, but the state agency still fined Coloma more than $13,000, later negotiated down to $3,200. Burke paid the penalty herself, saying she was responsible.

She also was late in publishing financial information in the newspaper, which kept Whiteside County from releasing hundreds of thousands of dollars in property tax revenue.

Additionally, for 20 years, Coloma went without an audit, although state law requires one every 4 years. Since last year, an accounting firm has been working on the township’s audit. But the firm is struggling to finish it because the township has provided incomplete information, officials say.

In an interview last year, Burke broke down into tears, saying she wasn’t good at math. She blamed some of the financial reporting problems, in part, on her health issues. She couldn’t be reached for comment Thursday.

Under state law, the trustees must select a replacement within 60 days after a supervisor leaves, said Jerry Crabtree, associate director of the Township Officials of Illinois. If the trustees miss that deadline, the township must have a special meeting in which the township’s voters choose a new supervisor. One requirement, Crabtree said, is that the supervisor be of the same political party as Burke, who ran as an independent.

Trustee Peggy McFadden said today that the township likely would advertise the position to see who is interested. She said she hadn’t expected Burke to leave. “When she handed out the statement, I was totally shocked,�

McFadden said.

Road Commissioner Ruthie Rogers, who has clashed with Burke on requests for public information, said she was surprised by Burke’s retirement. “I thought we were making progress. She was getting there,� Rogers said. “She carried a huge amount of knowledge. In meetings, she performed flawlessly most of the time, as far as the laws.�

Burke, Rogers said, had a problem with filing reports on time. “Other than that, she was a good supervisor,�

Rogers said.

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raduation season begins today in the Sauk Valley with the 7 p.m. commencement ceremonies at Sauk Valley Community College. The 4:30 p.m. health profession pinning ceremony will precede the eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festivities.

In the next 16 days, 17 area high schools will conduct their graduations, beginning with Newman on Wednesday.

Eleven commencements will happen on Memorial Day weekend â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Eastland and Ohio a week from tonight, AFC and Unity Christian on May 24, and Rock Falls, Sterling, Morrison, Prophetstown, Polo, Bureau Valley and Fulton on May 25.

The final round of commencements leads off May 30 with Faith Christian and Paw Paw, followed June 1 by Dixon, Amboy and Oregon.

We offer our congratulations to all area graduates for reaching a milestone in their educations.

It took much study and

perseverance to absorb the knowledge and skills necessary to advance this far in their academic careers.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next?

More learning.

A lifetime of learning, in fact.

Technological advances will demand it. So will further advances in the accumulated body of knowledge itself.

What todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduates know now is a good start, but they have only to ask their parents to fully realize that the world doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand still after they receive their diplomas. It keeps turning and, if anything, goes faster.

Forty or 50 years from now, todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grads will look back and shake their heads in wonder at the quaint smart phones, tablet computers, and flat-screen televisions that they once thought were so cool.

Their continued learning will impact where our community college and high school graduates end up living their lives.

Those decisions will have a big

impact on the region.

We previously have referred to a book by Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What it Means for America.â&#x20AC;?

If the words â&#x20AC;&#x153;brain drainâ&#x20AC;?

people who decide to stay, get jobs and start families; those who leave to further their educations, and who often donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t return; those who join the military; and those who leave for a while but eventually return. In short, call them stayers, achievers, seekers, and returners.

Communities that fail to offer enough opportunities for young people will see fewer of them remain. The 13-year investment (kindergarten through 12th grade) or 15-year investment (add 2 years of community college) thus will bear fruit elsewhere in the state, nation or world, but not here at home.

Regions with insufficient opportunities face a future of Joe Heller, Heller Syndication stagnation or decline. sound ominous, they are meant No one wants that. to.

Commencement season is a Carr and Kevalas did an inten- time to celebrate the accomsive study of rural Midwestern plishments of the class of 2014. communities and what hapItâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a time for communipens to the young people who ties to take a hard look at what are educated there. they offer their graduates after Four categories exist: young handing them a diploma.

GUEST COLUMN | FIXING ILLINOIS: SECOND IN A SERIES

Key to future: State must upgrade education Illinois must revamp school financing, radically change calendar, offer more attendance choices JAMES D. NOWLAN Toulon and J. THOMAS JOHNSON Springfield

Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; achievement in education is mired in the middle of the states. If Illinois were to make a major commitment to transforming how we educate our children, we would send the world a strong signal that we were serious about fixing our state.

Illinois enrolls more than 3 million students from pre-kindergarten to post-graduate education, almost one in four of our residents, and spends more than $30 billion, or 4 percent of gross state product, on the enterprise.

Considered by many observers to be the most average of states on demographic and economic indicators, Illinois also ranked right in the middle of the states in 2011 on math and reading scores of eighth-graders. Although

James D. Nowlan

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maybe predictable, this is not good enough.

Illinois must revamp its financing of schools, radically change the school calendar, and offer more school attendance choices for our students.

FROM 1992 TO 2012, education spending in Illinois moved from below the national average to significantly above, at $12,368 per pupil versus the national average of $10,976. Yet, because spending is spread so unevenly among property rich and property poor districts, two-thirds of Illinois school districts have less to spend than

the national average.

During the 2009-2010 academic year, the wealthiest elementary district in Illinois spent $24,000 per pupil and the poorest district about $6,000. These are outliers, yet a 2010 study found that Illinois had the second highest overall disparity between rich and poor districts.

To finance our schools, we rely too heavily on the property tax, the value of which varies widely across the state, and not enough on general state sources of revenue.

Further, in 2012, the Illinois General State Aid (GSA) formula for local schools diverted more than $600 million (14 percent of total GSA) to property tax relief for school districts where property values had been rising rapidly.

State school funding has been hijacked from its fundamental purpose

of reducing disparities in per pupil funding among the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 867 districts.

SECOND, ILLINOIS has a school calendar that was created in the horse-and-buggy days to accommodate the needs of the family farm. School is in session 176 days a year, for about 6 hours of classroom instruction per day, with summers off.

This compares badly with other developed and developing nations.

Japanese children go to school 7 hours a day for 240 days; German children attend school 210 days a year.

Then there is the issue of the traditional 3-month summer vacation. Teachers tell us they spend several weeks at the beginning of each school year reviewing what was learned the preceding year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and forgotten over the summer.

We recommend a yearround school calendar, with a 1-month break in the winter and a 1-month vacation in the summer, for about 200 days

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Illinois needs fundamental change in education to move us to the top ranks among our states and among other nations. Being mired in the middle is a disservice to our children.

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of school each year, and school days 6½ to 7 hours long.

THIRD, WE BELIEVE that choice in schooling generates creativity and positive competition.

There has always been choice. The nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elite have educated their children in private schools for centuries, and many denominational schools have served families who wanted a religious dimension to their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education.

Indiana recently expanded options to include vouchers for low-income students to attend private schools; Indianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leaders also encourage development of public charter schools.

Further, the Hoosier State is following Iowa, which has for years allowed students to enroll in any public school in the state, with state school funding following the pupil. Illinois should follow its neighbors.

Illinois needs fundamental change in education to move us to the top ranks among our states and among other nations. Being mired in the middle is a disservice to our children.

Note to readers: James Nowlan and J. Thomas Johnson are former presidents of the Taxpayersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Federation of Illinois.

Their book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fixing Illinois: Politics and Policy in the Prairie Stateâ&#x20AC;? (University of Illinois Press, May 2014, $19.95), is a primer on Illinois state government with 90-plus suggestions for change.

THE READERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S VOICE

Thanks to all who aided with barn relocation MARION YOUNGER Sterling

The dairy barn has always symbolized the tradition of the family farm. When my husband, Andy Younger, and I decided to preserve the dairy barn from Double G, we knew we could count on the support of his father, Marv, and the rest of the Younger family. We were unsure what other support to expect.

First, we acknowledge the skill of the Balagna Movers family. A coffee cup set on a rafter was

still sitting there when the barn was set down.

We want to thank Kathleen Schultz, Phillip Marruffo, Dawn Bohms, and the rest of the Sauk Valley Media family for their excellent coverage of our epic move. Thanks to Jon Byer, Michelle Chatman, Rhonda Tepen, and the Midland States Bank family for their belief in and financial backing of our dream.

This would not have been possible without the generosity of Randy Holesinger and the Quality Ready Mix family. They allowed us to tear down their fence to set the barn on their land until we are ready to set it on its new foundation.

Bill McCue and his family have been helpful and supportive through the years, and particularly through this undertaking. The ComEd family and State Police family were dedicated professionals facilitating a move that went off without a hitch.

Finally, we want to thank the family of friends who cheered us on. Many were here to watch. Many more have viewed it through social media and sent their congratulations.

We apologize for any inconvenience created by the temporary road closure and power outage. It was unfortunately necessary to accomplish

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

the move, but we believe, at the end of the day, the preservation of the barn and its tradition is worth it all. Thank you, one and all.

Festival seeks names of past participants JENNIFER BUBRICK Dixon

The Petunia Festival is planning a spectacular celebration for its 50th anniversary year. The events are sure to make this 50th year one of the best festivals yet. However, we are in need of some help.

We are searching for

contact information for any past board members, queens, kings, attendants and, of course, pinky petunias. We would like to send invites to everyone who has been a part of the Petunia Festival for the past 49 years to include them to be a part of our big celebration.

If you or someone you know has helped with the success of our Petunia Festival, please contact us. Call us at 815-2882308 or email jenniferb@ petuniafest.com with any contact information you have.

We look forward to hearing from you and together celebrating 50 years of Petunia Festival Magic in what will be our biggest

â&#x20AC;&#x153;A society is never in more peril than when the people lose the ability to identify a genuine threat to personal liberty.â&#x20AC;?

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Note to readers: Jennifer Bubrick is a member of the Petunia Festival board.

Increase fine for illegal use of cellphones DON HARDEN Dixon

I thought there was a law passed that you were not to hold a cellphone while driving. I still see a lot of that going on.

I think if they would make the fine $1,500 if they get caught, that would put a stop to this nonsense of a cellphone being used while driving, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure they are not all emergency calls.

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Examples of 19th-century rooms help add to the experience of getting to know Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Heritage Museum at Lincoln College in Lincoln.

The museum now has a larger space and more technology.

Lincoln Heritage Museum reopens in new location rooms and images and voices that come to life with a touch.

A table where Lincoln studLINCOLN – The Lincoln Heri- ied, one of his chairs, books and tools, as well as Civil War tage Museum at Lincoln Colweaponry all add up to both a lege has a fresh look and new technology since its re-opening learning and entertaining experience.

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Willing to help visitors get the The museum is at a new locamost out of their visit, differtion with more space. What isn’t new is the wealth of infor- ent tours are available for the mation about Abraham Lincoln upstairs exhibits. Each one is self-guided and included in the and his life, which now is discost of admission. It’s recomplayed differently. mended that guests sign up in Among the features are a life advance for the tour they want. review, which allows visitors Contact the museum for reserto move through Lincoln’s life vations. with the help of audio-visual On the first floor, guests will displays and interactive storysee more than 100 historic telling. There are 19th-century

BY ANDREA MILLS amills@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5575

items with Lincoln and Civil War connections. Storytelling and visuals go along with the displays. This tour is for all ages, and normally takes about 30 minutes.

There are three upstairs tours from which to choose. Option 1 has a limit of 12 people and lasts 1 hour and 15 minutes.

It isn’t suitable for children younger than junior high age. Here, visitors will find an audio-visual presence and recreations of rooms from the period. The boarding house exhibit details Lincoln’s death.

Option 2 is similar to Option 1, but includes 15 more minutes of audio-visual presentations

on the Civil War. It’s recommended for adults with an interest in Lincoln’s Civil War policy. The tour lasts 1 hour and 30 minutes, with a maximum of 12.

The last option, 3, is good for all ages. Visitors move through the exhibits at their own pace, usually about 30 minutes. The walk encompasses the different stages of Lincoln’s life, drawn from his own memories. The guests will see rooms similar to those he would have known.

At times, docents might be on hand to join the tour.

Spending the day with Lincoln at the museum is bound to be a blast from the past.

If you go What: Lincoln Heritage Museum Where: Lincoln College, 300 Keokuk St., Lincoln When: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday Cost: $5 for adults; $3 for youth, seniors and groups; and free for children younger than 6 Information: Visit lincolnheritagemuseum.org or call 217-732-7295.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Saturday, May 17 Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, tradition; 12:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed (5), Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholic Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, women’s; noon, open; 6 p.m., open, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9:30 a.m., former St. Anne Grade School, 32 N. Jones Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2315.

Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.noon, Walmart, 1901 First Ave., Rock Falls.

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

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Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 1-2:30 p.m., Save-A-Lot, 928 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Bi-Ways Brain Injury Support Group, 2 p.m., Winning Wheels, 701 E. Third St., Prophetstown.

Register: 815-537-5168, ext. 29.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

Sunday, May 18 Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., open, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., closed; 11 a.m., open; 1 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609

W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed; noon, open; 6 p.m., closed, step, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 10 a.m., open, Horizon View Farm barn, 2422 N. River Road, Oregon.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 10 a.m., open, Big Book, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls,. back door.

Lincoln Highway presentation, Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society, 2 p.m., CGH Medical Center Ryberg Auditorium, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling, 815622-6215.

Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays Sauk Valley, 2:30 p.m., St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon.

Dixon Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 540, 5:30 p.m., 1560 Franklin Grove Road, 815-2885165.

Compassionate Friends, Death of a Child Support Group, 6 p.m., Church of God, 860 W. Oregon Trail Road, Oregon, 815441-3710.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., closed, Church of St. Anne, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, 6 p.m., First Chris-

Welcome Nichole Baker Nichole Baker has grown up in the Sterling-Rock Falls area and is excited to start her new career as a realtor at Judy Powell Realty. She and her husband Tyler have two children.

Nichole Baker Nichole will be specializing in 815-757-5630 residential properties and is looking forward to assisting you with your real estate needs.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Spanish, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 236 Kelly Drive, Rochelle.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group,

815-973-6150.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, 304 Seventh Ave. W., Lyndon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (4), Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St.

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Our visits usually last 2 or 3 days.

Many times when they come over, my sisterin-law will start doing her exercise routine, including floor exercises, which are, in my husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and my opinion, unbecoming and inappropriate to do in front of other people.

How do we deal with this? Are we crazy to feel awkward when sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lying on her back doing these pelvic thrusts? Would it

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Talk to her anyway, and ask her to please refrain from doing these exercises in your presence, because it makes you uncomfortable. But if that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work and she starts â&#x20AC;&#x153;performing,â&#x20AC;? stand up and say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, folks.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s go out for a walk (or coffee, or a sandwich),â&#x20AC;? and put an end to her bid for attention that way.

I have tried many ways to get him to have sex spontaneously, but he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t budge. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s starting to be a turn-off ,because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the â&#x20AC;&#x153;right time.â&#x20AC;?

What do I do? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Looser Than That in Detroit

Dear Looser: Your boyfriend may have a touch of OCD, or need to feel â&#x20AC;&#x153;in controlâ&#x20AC;? when he has be out of line to ask her sex. In other words, if NOT to do this in the the encounter is not his future?

Dear Abby: My boyfriend idea and at the time he My brother says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;She has â&#x20AC;&#x153;scheduledâ&#x20AC;? sex with chooses, he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t listen to me, so it me â&#x20AC;&#x201C; only after he has had turned on. wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do any good to his shower in the evening There is help available talk to her,â&#x20AC;? so we know or in the morning. Every for him if heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s willing talking to her wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t once in a while, I get lucky to admit there â&#x20AC;&#x153;mightâ&#x20AC;? help. What do you sugand am able to stop by after be a problem. But if he gest? work and have a quickie. isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, then find yourself â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Feeling Awkward Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s driving me crazy. another fella, because

Dear John Doe: I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think so. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the brideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day, and you should Dear Abby: My sisterabide by her wishes within-law is being married out complaining. If she in September. I am in the prefers not to have her wedding. My wife and I wedding disrupted by an are having a baby in June, infant who needs feedbut the bride does not ing or changing, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s her want to include my new choice. baby. I think she is conBecause you want to cerned people will pay show off your new baby, attention to the baby and bring along pictures and not her. pass them around. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Many distant relatives sure the relatives will be will attend and this may thrilled to see them. be the only time they will Dear Abby is written by see my son.

Abigail Van Buren, also She plans to invite more known as Jeanne Phillips, than 200 people. Am I and was founded by her right to be upset that my mother, Pauline Philson, her nephew, is not lips. Contact Dear Abby invited? at www.DearAbby.com or â&#x20AC;&#x201C; John Doe in P.O. Box 69440, Los AngePlano, Texas les, CA 90069. nothing is likely to change.

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ADVENTIST SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH,416ProspectSt.,Dixon. Saturday Service 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Pastor Trudy Dunn.

APOSTOLIC APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY, 2609 Pine St., Rock Falls. Spanish Spoken, Sunday School, 10 a.m., Sunday Worship Service Noon. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.. Pastor: Martin Garcia 590-7897.

ASAMBLEA APOSTOLICA, 2609 Pine St., Rock Falls. Se habla espaĂąol.

Escuela Dominical 10 a.m., Servico de Alabanza y Adoraciòn Domingo 12 p.m., MiÊrcoles Estudio BÏblico 6 p.m. Pastor: Martin Garcia 590-7897.

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD BETHESEDA TEMPLE, 1602 13th Ave., Rock Falls, IL 61071. Phone 535-0423. Pastor Lucio Esquivel. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Childrens Church.

All services in Spanish & English.

ROCK RIVER CHRISTIAN CENTER, 1800 Prophetstown Road, Rock Falls. Phone 815-625-4371. Rev. Brian Vickers, Pastor, Sunday Worship Services, 10:30 a.m. and Celebration of Praise 6 p.m. School of the Bible, 9:30 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Family Night, Prayer and Bible Study, Crossroads Youth Ministry Wednesday 6:45 p.m.; Missionnettes and Royal Rangers.

NEW LIFE IN CHRIST, 1101 1st Ave., Sterling, Pastor William Cherry, Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday evening service 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday nite 6:30 p.m. Adult Prayer/Bible Study & Youth Group. Nursery provided for DOO VHUYLFHV &KXUFK RIĂ&#x20AC;FH BAPTIST BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH, 1119 10th Ave., Rock Falls, Pastor Roger &DUOVRQ 3DUVRQDJH DQG RIĂ&#x20AC;FH SKRQH 625-7179, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m., Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday evening Bible Study 7:00 p.m.; Wednesday Dynamite Kids Club 6:00 p.m. Nursery provided for all services. Transportation Available. Independent Fundamental Baptist Church. www.bbcrf.com COMO BAPTIST CHURCH, 25059 Como Road. Pastor Larry Jones. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Service, S P $IĂ&#x20AC;OLDWHG ZLWK 6RXWKHUQ %DStist Convention. Phone 625-8492.

COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH, 35021 Illinois Route 40, Milledgeville, Pastor J. Kregg Farmer, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m., Afternoon Service 1:00 p.m., Wednesday Evening Prayer and Bible Study 7:00 p.m., Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classes during Sunday School, Morning Worship and Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study. Nursery provided for all services. Church phone 225-7150. Independent Fundamental Baptist Church.

MISSION BAUTISTA HISPANA (Como Baptist Church), Sun. 10:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Wed., Prayer Service 6:30 p.m., all services in Spanish, Meet in the lower level of Como Baptist.

EMMANUEL BAPTIST, 1904 18th Ave., Sterling. Pastor Aaron Jackson Sunday Bible Study, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m., nursery provided. Wednesday Prayer MeetLQJ S P $IĂ&#x20AC;OLDWHG ZLWK 6RXWKHUQ Baptist Convention. Phone 625-0351.

FAITH BAPTIST, Pastor Bryan Bice, 2005 Freeport Road. Sunday: Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m., Fellowship Service 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday: Youth Club 6:30 p.m., Prayer Service 7:00 p.m.. Nursery provided for all services. Church phone 625-7690. www.faithbaptiststerling.com FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1706 6th Ave., Sterling, Rev. John Kermott.

Morning worship 10:10 a.m.; Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Crib room and nursery provided. Call for info: Church ofĂ&#x20AC;FH SKRQH SDUVRQDJH SKRQH 625-1004. Van transportation, air conditioning, easy access for handicapped.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 406 Maple Ave., Morrison, IL. Pastor Dick Adams 815-772-2696 home 815772-3181; 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Worship Service; Wednesday nights 7:00 p.m. Bible Study.

EAGLE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH, 1026 Third Avenue, Fulton. 589-3443 (church). Michael McCloud, Pastor. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Morning Service, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study and Prayer Meeting, 7:00 p.m.; Nursery provided for all services. General Association of ReguODU %DSWLVW &KXUFKHV DIĂ&#x20AC;OLDWHG FKXUFK NEW HOPE BAPTIST, 902 W. 12th St., Rock Falls. Jon Sedwick, Pastor Sunday Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Phone: 625-6696. Celebrate Recovery 0RQ QLJKWV DW SP $IĂ&#x20AC;Oiated with Southern Baptist Convention.

MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH, 1313 Woodburn Ave., Sterling, 6256473. Ronald G. Alexander, Pastor. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 11 a.m. Prayer Service & Bible Study Wed., 7 p.m.-8:15 p.m.; Youth Fellowship Hour Mon. 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

MARANATHA BAPTIST CHURCH, 2103 Walter Street, Rock Falls (Yeowardville). Rev. Calvin J. Reynolds, pastor. Sunday School (for all ages) 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:40 a.m. (nursery provided) Sunday evening worship service 6:00 p.m. Wednesday night prayer meetLQJ S P 3KRQH $IĂ&#x20AC;OLated with Southern Baptist Convention.

PRIMIRA IGLESIA BAUTISTIC GETHSEMANE HISPANA 1014 W. 7th St., Sterling. Sunday School 10 a.m. & 5 p.m. Morning Worship, 11 a.m.; Evening Worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Servicio de Orasion y Estudio at 6:30.

TAMPICO BAPTIST CHURCH, Tampico, Sunday School (for all ages), 9:30 a.m. Worship, 10:30 a.m.; Evening service, 6:00 p.m. Wednesday: Adult Bible Study and Prayer, 6:30 p.m.

HARVEST TIME BIBLE CHURCH, 1802 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls. Phone 626-1234. Pastor Dalmus Meeks, Assistant Pastor, Jason Borton. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pastor Myles Kukowski, Baptist Doctrine, Aaron Meeks, Minister of Music. Sunday School for all ages, 9:30 a.m., Sunday Worship Services, 8:30 and 10:50 a.m. Evening Worship, 6:30 p.m.; High School Youth, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Services, 6:45 p.m.; Awanas 6:30 p.m. Jr. High Youth 6:30 p.m. Nursery always provided.

LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH 2002 9th Ave., Rock Falls, IL 61071 Phone 815-579-1209 Pastor Tommy McMurtry. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sunday Service 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m. tommymcmurtry.libertybc@gmail.com TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH 403 6th Ave. North, Lyndon, Illinois.

Pastor Alan Jahn. Ph.#(563)2420307 www.trinitybaptistchapel.com Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship 6 p.m., Youth Program 6 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.

BRETHREN MILLEDGEVILLE BRETHREN CHURCH, 521 N. Main Ave., Milledgeville.PastorJimBlack.Fellowship8:30 a.m.; Sunday School 9:00 a.m.; Worship at 10:00 a.m. Youth Activities & Evening services announced. 815-225-7814.

UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST, 210 East Grove Street, Coleta. Wilmer (Bill) Houch, Pastor. Sunday Worship Celebration 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship 10:30 a.m. For information, call 336-2339.

BRETHREN IN CHRIST TheBridge@Beans,121E.3rdSt.,Sterling. 11 a.m. Sunday. Pastors, Rita Wolf and Bruce Johnson. Phone 815-441-0779 CATHOLIC SACRED HEART CATHOLIC, 2224 Ave., J, Sterling. Masses; Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 and 11 a.m.; Sacrament of Reconciliation, Saturday 4:30-5 p.m. Rev. Bruce Ludeke, Parochial Administrator.

ST. ANDREW CATHOLIC, 708 10th Ave., Rock Falls, Saturday confessions 4:00 p.m. Saturday evening Mass: 5:00 p.m.; Sunday Mass: 7:15 & 9:00 a.m.; Daily Mass: Mon.-Thurs.

7:00 a.m.; (Wednesday during school year 8:30 a.m.; Friday 5:30 p.m.; Sat. 8:00 a.m. Rev. Msgr. Thomas L. Dzielak. Rectory phone: 625-4508.

ST. MARYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CATHOLIC, corner of Ave. B and W. 6th St., Sterling. Saturday, 5 p.m.; (Masses of Anticipation); Sunday Masses, 7, 8:30, 10 and 11:30 a.m. in Spanish. Rev. James Keenan, Pastor; Fr. Adalberto Sanchaz Parochial Vicar.

ST. MARYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CATHOLIC, 105 Benton Street, Tampico, Rev. Msgr. Thomas L. Dzielak, Parochial Administrator. Sunday Mass 10:45a.m., Confessions follow Mass.

Friday morning 8 a.m. Phone 438-5425 CHRISTIAN-CHURCH OF CHRIST YORKTOWNCHURCHOFCHRIST, rural Tampico. Sunday service - 9 a.m. worship. For more information call Joseph Rosenski at (815)537-5371.

Everyone is welcome!

TAMPICO CHURCH OF CHRIST, 201 S. Fermont St., Tampico. Sunday school 9:00 a.m.; Sun Worship Service, 10:00 a.m.; Phone 815-438-6805.

MORRISON CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 201 S. Genesee St., Morrison, IL 61270. Phone (815) 772-4928 Worship 10:00 a.m. Sunday; Sunday School 10:30; Call for Ladies Bible Study COMMUNITY COMMUNITY OF CHRIST, Corner of Reno Rd. and Candlelight Dr., Worship 9:30 a.m. Pastor Kimberly Crump, Phone 815-625-6144.

WALNUT COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH, 125 Jackson, Walnut. Eldon Cook, Pastor, Nathan Richey, Associate Pastor; 9:00 a.m. Sunday Church Service; 10:30 a.m. Breakout Bible sessions. Phone 815-379-2645.

CONGREGATIONAL FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 905 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls.; Pastor Al Campbell; Sunday Service 10:00 a.m.; Holy &RPPXQLRQ Ă&#x20AC;UVW 6XQGD\ RI WKH PRQWK No steps or stairs for handicapped for worship. Church phone: 625-3314.

THE BIG RED CHURCH First Congregational 311 Second Ave.,

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Sterling. Pastor Jeff Coester; Church School, 9:00 a.m.; Morning Worship, 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary. Coffee Fellowship to follow worship service.

Tuesday nights Prayer Warriors 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Church 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH SKRQH 7KH FKXUFK LV accessible to people with disabilities.

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 506 5th Ave., Rock Falls. Rick Morris, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m. Handicapped accessible. Phone 815-626-2271.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 3400 N. 6th Ave., Sterling, Rev. Courtney Montgomery Chandler.

Sunday School, all ages 9 a.m.; Worship service 10:15 a.m.; Families Welcome. Nursery provided. Handicapped accessible. Phone 625-6851.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, New Bedford, Pastor David Beebe. Sunday: 9 a.m., Sunday School; 10:00 a.m., Worship. Christian Children Fellowship *URXS RQ Ă&#x20AC;UVW :HGQHVGD\ DW S P Youth Group on third Sunday at 6:00 S P $GXOW )HOORZVKLS *URXS RQ Ă&#x20AC;UVW Sunday at 5:00 p.m. at Fellowship Hall, and CWF on fourth Monday at 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. 445-4663 Pastor 626-2668 FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF WALNUT, 109 Red Oak Road, Walnut, IL. Pastor Brian L. Moore. Sunday Morning Worship 9:30; Sunday School for all ages 10:45 a.m. Youth Group Meeting 6:00 p.m.; Wednesdays Adult %LEO\ 6WXG\ S P &KXUFK RIĂ&#x20AC;FH phone 815-379-2093. Church Kitchen phone 379-2083. Email: walnutĂ&#x20AC;UVWFKULVWDLQ#\DKRR FRP $OVR RQ )Dcebook (FirstChristianChurchWalnutIl) EPISCOPAL GRACE EPISCOPAL, 707 1st Ave., Sterling, 815-625-0442. Reverend Peg Williams, Rector. 9:00a.m. Sunday Holy Eucharist. Wednesdays spoken Holy Eucharist Noon, Bible study and soup supper at 5:30. Every Third Friday at 5:30 Younger adults gathering.

Pastoral care, confession and reconciliation by appt. gracechurchstg.org CHURCH OF SAINT ANNE (Episcopal), 401 North Cherry Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270-2602 (815) 772-2818.

The Reverend Gary E. A. Lawler, Rector. Schedule of Masses and Services: Sunday: 7:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist (Low Mass); 8:30 a.m., Morning Prayer; 9:00 a.m., Sunday School and Bible Study; 10:00 a.m., Sung Holy Eucharist (High Mass); 11:15 a.m., Coffee and Fellowship. Weekdays: Morning prayer, Monday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m.; Masses - Wednesday and All Prayerbook Holy Days, 6:20 p.m.; Friday, 12:15 p.m.; Evening Prayer - precedes all evening masses, 6:00 p.m.; $ QRRQ RIĂ&#x20AC;FH SUHFHGHV WKH PDVV on Fridays. Confession & Reconciliation, Saturdays 3:00-5:00 p.m. or any time by appointment. Vespers with a Service of Light, Saturday, 5:00 p.m.

EVANGELICAL ERIE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 1409 16th Avenue, Erie, Illinois 61250. 309-659-7125. Pastor Ron Eckberg. Sunday: Sunday School 9:00 a.m.; Celebration Service, 10:15 a.m. Wednesday: Awana (K-6) 6:30 p.m. (Church Location); Junior High (7-8) 6:30 p.m. ; (Erie Middle School); Senior High (9-12) 7:30 p.m. (Erie Middle School). www.info@erieefree.org FOURSQUARE FOURSQUARE CHURCH, 1501 11th Ave., Rock Falls, Floyd Osborn, pastor. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m. Crusaders, 6 p.m.

Evening Service, 7 p.m. Wednesday Mid-Week Service, 7:30 p.m. nursery facilities available. Phone: 625-5040.

JEWISH TEMPLE SHOLOM, 510 E. 10th St., Sterling. Call for time and date of services. Temple phone:625-2599.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LATTER DAY SAINTS THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, 2709 16th Ave., Sterling. William Stocks, Bishop; Sacrament Meeting 9:30-10:40 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:45-11:25 a.m.; Priesthood, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Relief society and Young Women, 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

LUTHERAN FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF JORDAN (ELCA) Sterling, 6 miles north on Rt. 40. Pastor Jamie Gallagher.

Phone 225-7410. Worship, 8:30 a.m.; Church 625-5407. The church building is air conditioned, and handicap accessible.

FIRST LUTHERAN (ELCA), 300 West Third Street, Prophetstown, Rev. Greg Olson, pastor. Worship, 9:00 a.m. Education hour, 10:15 a.m. September through May. Our building is handicap accessible. Phone 537-2758.

OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN (LCMS), 21496 Hazel Rd., Sterling, Rev. Donald Matthiessen, Pastor. Worship, 9:00 a.m. Sunday School and Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Morrison phone: 772-4345.

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN, (LCMS) Dixon Ave., at Martin Road, Rock Falls, Rev. Daniel Behmlander, pastor. Worship Service, 9:00 a.m.

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IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN (ELCA), corner of 8th Ave. and W. 5th, Rock Falls. Henrietta J. Milner, Pastor; Worship: Sunday Worship at 9:00 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:15 a.m. Sept. thru May; Thursday evenings 6:30. Elevator and facilities for disabled persons. Air ConGLWLRQHG &KXUFK RIĂ&#x20AC;FH ST. JOHNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN (ELCA), 703 Third Ave., Sterling. Rev. Mark Oehlert. Sunday Worship at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School immediately following worship. Alternative Worship Wed. 6:15 p.m. Facilities air conditioned and equipped for the handicapped, including elevator. &KXUFK 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH SKRQH EHtween 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays.

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH, (LCMS) LeFevre Rd. and Ave. F, Sterling. Phone: 625-2284. Sunday Worship Services at 9:00 a.m.; Sunday School and Bible classes at 10:15 a.m.; 9 a.m. broadcast live on WLLT, 107.7 FM on Sunday. Handicap accessible w/use of elevator. Air Conditioned.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN (ELCA), 1701 16th Ave., Sterling; Brandon Nelson, Pastor. Gerad VonHolten, Youth Director. Sunday Morning: Worship Time 9:00 a.m.; Coffee Fellowship following worship. Nursery provided; handicap accessible; air conditioned. Phone 625-3069.

HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS), 404 E. North St., Rte. 92, Walnut, IL; Rev. David Menet, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 A.M.; Sunday School and Adult Bible Class 10:00 A.M. Phone 815-379-2839.

ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS) 601 N. Jackson St. Morrison.

Rev Mark Winkelman, Senoir Pastor; Rev Mike Winkelman, Associate Pastor. Sunday Worship Services at 9:30 A.M. Sunday School & Adult Bible Studies 10:45 A.M. Various Bible Studies during the week. Handicap accessible and air conditioned. Signing for deaf is available upon request. 815772-3386. www.stpetersmorrison.com TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA), Rt. 40 & Stover Ave., Milledgeville.

Pastor Jamie Gallagher. SeptemberMay 9:00 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Forum; All year 10:15 a.m.

Sunday Worship; Handicap accessible; Air conditioned. Phone: 225-7410.

NEW LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMC Congregation), 702 W. Lynn Blvd. Sterling, IL. Air conditioned.

Pastor Bill Sullivan, Sunday Traditional Service 8:30 a.m. ContempoUDU\ 6HUYLFH D P &KXUFK 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH Phone 499-6552. nursery provided Sat. night service 6:00pm. www.nllutheran.com Handicapped Accessible.

MENNONITE COMMUNITY MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP, meeting site at Sterling YWCA, 412 First Ave., Sterling, IL. Pastor Dan Rusmisel. Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m followed by Study Time 11:15 a.m. Phone: 815-2383421; Email: d_rusmiselle@yahoo. com. For more information see website: Community-Mennonite.org SCIENCE RIDGE MENNONITE CHURCH, 1702 East 37th St., Sterling.

Arnold Owens, Pastor. Sunday morning Church Worship 10:00 a.m., Sunday School 10:55 a.m. Phone 626-0538.

METHODIST EAST JORDAN UNITED METHODIST, 22027 Polo Rd., Sterling, IL 61081. David Jungniekel, Pastor. Fellowship 9:00; Sunday School 9:30; Worship 10:45. Handicap accessible and air conditioned. Phone: 815-626-0104.

Web address: www.EastJordanUMC.org FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 501 Broadway Ave., Sterling; Rev. Paul Judd, pastor. Sunday School, 9:00 a.m. Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Nursery provided. Elevator available.

Air conditioning. Handicap accessible.

Telephones: Church 815-625-0244 (fax-815-564-0302); Annex, 815626-1734; Loaves & Fishes breakfast, Mon.-Fri., 9-11 a.m., FISH Pantry, Mon.-Fri., 9-11 a.m., 815-626-1734.

E-mail: DGPLQ#VWHUOLQJĂ&#x20AC;UVWXPF RUJ ROCK FALLS UNITED METHODIST, 210 4th Ave., Rock Falls, Richard Fassig, pastor; Julie Carrion, Youth Director. Worship Service, 9:00 a.m. Nursery provided during worship service.

Sunday School resumes September 8th at 10:00am. Youth Group meets 2nd & 4th Sunday at 11:30 a.m.. Air Conditioned, Handicapped Accessible. Church phone: 815-625-0114. www.rockfallsumc.org UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 321 N. Holcomb Ave., Milledgeville, 225-7511. 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service. Pastor Rosa Yeonshin Lee. TRINITY UNITED METHODIST, 2nd Ave., and E. 10th St., Sterling, Pastor Paul Judd. Sunday morning worship and Camp Sonshine for children in 5th grade and under at 9:00a.m. Fellowship with coffee and snacks at 10:20a.m.

Nursery provided during 9:00a.m. worship. Phone 1-815-626-7777. Trinity Food Pantry: call â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Good Neighborsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for voucher at 1-815-625-5111.

WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 2200 16th Ave., Sterling, Pastor Nancy Weingartner. Fellowship

9:30 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. Fully handicapped accessible and air-conditioned.

Nursery provided. Contact Church 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH IRU TXHVWLRQV TAMPICO FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, (Two blocks west of Caseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) Welcomes Pastor Leanne Keate. Church phone 815438-6105; Sunday School 9:30 a.m. (starting again in Sep); Sunday Church Service 10:30 a.m., Fellowship to follow.

Need a ride? Call Terry 815-535-3665.

COLETA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 112 North Main St., David Jungnickel, Pastor. Worship Hour: 9:00 a.m.; Fellowship 10:00 a.m.; Sunday School for All ages 10:30 a.m. Fully handicapped acessible and air conditioned. (Rides available, call 336-2226) NAZARENE FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, 13th Ave., and 5th St., Sterling.

Senior Pastor: Bob Hasselbring 9:45 a.m. Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. Worship Service; handicapped accessible; nursery providedatallservices.Phone:625-0864.

LOST LAKE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, 90 W. Flagg Road, Dixon 815-6264732 (corner of Lowden and Flagg Road). Pastor: Bob Clardie; Sunday School 9 a.m.; Fellowship at 11 a.m.; Sunday Weekly Service 10:00 a.m.

OPEN BIBLE FIRST OPEN BIBLE CHURCH, 2105 E. Rt. 30 Rock Falls. Rev. Les Funderberg, Pastor, Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.; Super Church 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, Prayer and Bible Study, 7 p.m. Youth Service - Beyond Belief Wed. 7:00 p.m. Phone: 625-1957 or 625-0414.

UNITED PENTECOSTAL NEW LIFE TABERNACLE, Located on the Corner of E. 10th St. and Avenue D, Rock Falls. Rev. Carl B. Reese, Pastor. Sunday School and Morning Worship 10 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m. Church/Pastors Phone: 625-2926 PRESBYTERIAN FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 410 2nd Ave., A Heart for God in the Heart of Sterling. Pastor Christina Berry: Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. with childcare provided; Fellowship following worship. Choir practice 11 a.m. Building accessible to the handicapped for more information call 815-625-0452 or visit our Facebook & Become A Fan of )3& ZZZ Ă&#x20AC;UVWSUHVE\WHULDQVWHUOLQJ RUJ FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 100 East Lincolnway, Morrison, Il. Rev. Michael Selburg. Phone 815-772-3510.

Sunday School/Choir Rehearsal 9:00 a.m. Worship Service 10:15 a.m. Coffee Hour 11:15 a.m. Monthly Communion.

FREE Community Dinner 5:00-6:30 p.m. second and last Thursday of month.

REFORMED BETHEL CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH, 1208 3rd Ave., Fulton, IL. Pastor Len Meinema. Sunday services 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday School for children and adults 9 a.m.; Youth group: Every other Sunday at 7:15 p.m.; Early Teen Ministries (ETM): Sunday at 4:30 p.m.; Prayer meeting at church every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

BETHEL REFORMED CHURCH, Pastor Gary DeKoekkoek 23rd St. and 3rd Ave., Sterling. Worship, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Sunday School, 10:50 - 11:30; Nursery provided. &DOO WKH FKXUFK RIĂ&#x20AC;FH IRU LQIRUmation and other organizations: 626-1816. www.bethelreformed.com SPRING VALLEY REFORMED CHURCH, 10960 Spring Valley Rd., Fulton, Il. 815-772-3554. Pastor Ralph Beidler. Worship 9:30am. Sunday School 11:00am. Outdoor Drive In Worship 7pm Mid May - Mid September.

SALVATION ARMY SALVATION ARMY, 409 Ave. F, Sterling, Lt. Cindy Marquis, Corps OfĂ&#x20AC;FHU 3DVWRU 6XQGD\ 6FKRRO D P Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00a.m.; Tuesday Night Bible Study: 6:00p.m.; Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ministry on Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 7:00p.m.; Kids Character Building Thursdays: 4:00 p.m.; Music Ministry Thursdays: 5:00 p.m.; Phone: 815-625-1622. Building handicapped accessible. Social Services - MondayFriday 9:00a.m.-Noon, and 1:00p.m.4:30p.m.

Food Pantry-Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1:30p.m-3:30p.m.

THE CHURCH OF GOD, INC. THE CHURCH OF GOD INC., La Iglesia de Dios Inc.; 119 W. Second St., Rock Falls, IL 61071 626-8419, y la Pastora Sonia Rico y congregacion te invita a sus servicios de adoracion a Dios, Martes, Miercoles, Viernes, y Sabados 7:00-9:00 p.m. Clases biblica de ninos Sabados 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Transportation disponible. 626-8419.

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Albert Einstein said, “If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x, y is play, and z is keeping your mouth shut.”

If B is success in bridge, x is bidding, y is declarer-play and defense, and z is keeping your mouth shut whenever partner makes a mistake.

However, for success in today’s deal, South needs to find the best play to bring home nine tricks in no-trump.

What should he do after West leads the heart jack?

South starts with eight top tricks: one spade, three hearts, two diamonds and two clubs. He has two principal chances to generate an extra winner: Find hearts 3-3 or establish a second spade trick.

The first is unlikely, given the lead, but declarer should take the first trick and cash another heart.

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heart; but here East discards a diamond. How should declarer play the spades?

If entries were no issue, best would be to cash dummy’s ace, then to duck a round of the suit. Dummy would be entered again and a third round led toward the queen. Here, though, that is impossible.

Some would just play a spade to the ace and return one to the queen – and here go down. But it cannot cost to play a low spade from each hand on the first round of the suit.

When declarer regains the lead, he plays a spade to dummy’s ace. Here the king appears, but if his majesty does not, South could still lead toward his queen. He would get home whenever East has the king, or the suit is 3-3, or West has king-singleton or king-doubleton. © 2014 UFS

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California burning: Memories from past There, school is dismissed for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;fire weeksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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ere in the Sauk Valley, the wildfires ripping through Southern California seem so distant.

We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel the heat.

The smoke doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t burn our eyes or mar our horizon line. The ash doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t taint the water supply. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to treat them as we do most other tragedies in the world â&#x20AC;&#x201C; understanding them from the safe distance through newspapers and television screens.

For me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s different.

Having grown up in San Diego, I find it much more visceral.

I recall an evening in October 2007, sitting on a bench, watching the flames as they stretched from the north and ringed their way all the way to the south â&#x20AC;&#x201C; during the day only visible by their black plumes of smoke. At night, though, the smoke would disappear and instead be replaced by a reddishorange glow that lit up our already color-polluted sky.

I was 16, my sister 13, and my dad had driven us up to the war memorial at the top of the mountain where we lived, an area locals call â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Crossâ&#x20AC;? for the towering, modern 29-foot concrete cross that sits at the mountainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest point. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a popular place to take people visiting from out of town for the 360-degree views it offers of the city, from the ocean in the west, to the mountains in the east and Mexico just to the south.

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It was crowded on that night, too, but no one was there to stare at the infinite blue Pacific.

Instead, we were looking east in a stunned, communal silence, watching while San Diego burned.

It was the second time my dad had driven us up to watch as fires ravaged our city.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question in my mind that the first time was worse.

Without even having to look at the numbers, I know. I was 12, and it was October 2003. The taste of ash was thick on my tongue and in my chest, even living near the ocean as we did â&#x20AC;&#x201C; almost 20 miles from the nearest fire â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ash still rained down on our hair, our cars, and our lawns.

It was the closest thing our city had ever seen to snow. Most flakes were small. Some, however, were large. And if you caught one in your outstretched palms, you could sometimes make out what you were holding. Or rather, what the thing you were holding used to be.

Outside my house one day, wearing a bandana around my face in an attempt to filter the air I was breathing, I was standing near our car, waiting for my dad to take us down the hill to pick up some rental movies, since we were pretty much

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A wildfire burns near a home in San Marcos, Calif., on Wednesday. Flames engulfed suburban homes and shot up along canyon ridges in one of the worst of several blazes that broke out in Southern California during a sweltering heat wave, taxing fire crews that fear the scattered fires mark only the beginning of a long wildfire season. By Thursday, at least a half-dozen wildfires had consumed more than 9,000 acres and destroyed multiple homes in San Diego County. under house arrest for the remainder of the week. As I stood there, watching the silent ash fall, I noticed a flake larger than most Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d seen, and so, like any 12-year-old would, I wanted to catch it. If this was snow, I probably wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve stuck my tongue out. I cupped my hands, instead.

Delicately, for fear of destroying it, I raised the flake to my face and was able to make out the newsprint, just enough to understand what this piece of burnt carbon had been. When my dad came out, he took a photograph before I leaned down and blew, watching the little bit of paper disintegrate into a mil-

lion pieces. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I made a wish.

I remember that the community of 12-yearolds, the one that was far enough away from the actual fires, was particularly excited because the poor air quality â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and the fact that many of the homes, churches and schools surrounding us were being used to house evacuees â&#x20AC;&#x201C; meant that we were excused from school.

In the Midwest, kids get snow days. We got a fire week.

My sister and I talked about emergency exit strategies, as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been taught in school to do if you suddenly noticed your house was on fire.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get in the car;

stock it with water, food, and a camera; drive south as fast as we could, sticking near to the water (fire doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like water, we rationalized), until we reached the place where my familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sailboat was harbored. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get on it, and make our way into the middle of the bay, where we would wait for an emergency rescue or just carry on down to Mexico â&#x20AC;&#x201C; either way, really.

Four years later, in October 2007, I was 16, and again a massive fire ravaged San Diego to the east and northeast. Once more, we were excused from school.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening again this week, and even though Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m removed

from it now â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve moved to Illinois, my parents are actually in the Bay Area for the weekend, and my sister is away at school â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I still feel the same knot in my stomach when I look at the video and images, when I see fire rip through streets and neighborhoods familiar to me.

My grandfather and his girlfriend actually live about 3 miles from one of the fires â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Poinsettia Fire thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ravaging his newly adopted community of Carlsbad.

They havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet been told to evacuate, and the winds should be spreading the flames away from them. But the thing about fire is, you never really know.

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Senate OKs ridesharing regulations SPRINGFIELD (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A plan in the Illinois Legislature thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s close to reaching the governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desk for approval would devastate the ridesharing industry in the state, companies including Uber, Lyft and Sidecar say.

The Senate passed a proposal with strong support Thursday that would place statewide rules on the unregulated industry that connects passengers and drivers through a smartphone app. Its burgeoning popularity in the Chicago area and across the country comes much to the

chagrin of taxi company owners, who say the new innovation should play by the same rules as cabs.

The new rules would level the playing field and allow the competitors to survive, said Mara Georges, an attorney for the Illinois Transportation Trade Association, which represents taxi and chauffer livery companies.

She also said the rules would help taxi companies keep their drivers â&#x20AC;&#x153;as opposed to having this tremendous movement ... to the ridesharing companies.â&#x20AC;?

The legislation sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Tony Munoz of Chicago would create two tiers of regulation.

All drivers would need to pass background checks and have commercial liability insurance of at least $350,000. Drivers working more than 36 hours in a 2-week period would need to follow stricter rules, similar to taxis. Local municipalities could set rules for â&#x20AC;&#x153;surge pricingâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which allows drivers to hike prices during high demand â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for rides dispatched through an app.

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Abbott...................................39.25 Alcoa.....................................13.32 AltriaCorp.............................40.05 Autonation...........................54.34 American Express................87.60 Arris-Group..........................29.13 Apple..................................588.82 ADM.....................................43.54 AT&T.....................................36.53 Bank of America...................14.56 Boeing.................................131.22 BorgWarner..........................59.05 BP..........................................50.90 Caseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s..................................67.03 Caterpillar...........................104.97 CenturyLink.........................37.83 Chevron..............................123.82 Cisco.....................................24.18 Citigroup...............................46.53 CNW.....................................44.76 CocaCola..............................40.51

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Microsoft..............................39.60 3M.......................................141.01 Monsanto...........................115.39 Newell...................................29.26 AGL.......................................52.56 Nike......................................72.94 Parker-Han.........................122.55 Pfizer.....................................29.06 Pepsico..................................85.75 Procter&Gamble..................80.52 RaymondJames....................48.28 Republic................................34.60 Sears Hldg............................39.33 SensientTech........................53.47 Sprint......................................9.52 Staples...................................13.02 TheTravelers........................92.37 UnitedContinental..............40.78 UnitedTech........................115.72 USBancorp...........................40.58 USSteel..................................25.25 Verizon..................................47.97 Walgreen...............................68.12 WalMartStores.....................76.82 WalMartMexico...................25.55 WasteMgt..............................43.96 Wendyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s..................................8.08

Commodities The following quotations are provided as a community service by Sterling Futures: Corn: July 4.841â &#x201E;4; Sept.

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Soybean meal: July Lean hogs: June 119.42; 481.40; Dec. 385.20 July 125.35; Oct. 106.00 Sugar: July 18.20 Wheat: July 6.781â &#x201E;4; Dec. Cotton: July 90.36 7.023â &#x201E;4 Oats: July 3.50 1â &#x201E; 2; Dec. T-Bonds: June 13723â &#x201E;32 Silver: April 19.50 3.321â &#x201E;2 Gold: April 1295.50 Live cattle: June 137.40; Copper: May 3.1595 Aug. 137.82; Oct. 141.70 Crude: June 101.50 Feeder cattle: May Dollar Index: June 80.08 186.15; Aug. 192.42

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Picture, for a moment, two men in a car â&#x20AC;&#x201C; lost.

The scene has been set before, both believing they knew the way. But each time Stan Hack Jr. tells the story, he has to laugh.

Father and son were on their way to a baseball game at Wrigley Field, but the driver, Stan Hack, a legendary third baseman for the Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 40s, couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find his former place of employment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We went there in 1969 for a game,â&#x20AC;? said Hack Jr., Stan Hackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dad was driving, and we got lost going to Wrigley Field. It was really quite something.â&#x20AC;?

Hack, was taking a pre-teenaged Hack Jr. to Wrigley Field to soak in the atmosphere at

the iconic ballpark but, somehow, couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find the building that housed the trademark ivy in the outfield, the one that piped organistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; music throughout the stadium.

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Rutherford soars at BNC Meet Oregon senior sets new PR in pole vault

BY TY REYNOLDS treynolds@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5554

BYRON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; With cool temperatures, overcast skies and no wind to speak of, Oregon track coach Jim Spratt had just one piece of advice for pole vaulter Ashton Rutherford. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make the most of this moment,â&#x20AC;?

Spratt said to his senior. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You never know when these conditions are going to come around again.â&#x20AC;?

Ashton Rutherford folRutherford lowed directions Oregon to a T at the Big Northern Meet on Thursday. After securing the win with fewer misses at 13-6 to tie his personal best, Rutherford locked in the victory by clearing 14 feet on his final try, then did the same thing at 14-3 before calling it a day after two attempts at 14-6 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which would have tied Adam Tateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school record.

It was doubly sweet for Rutherford when vault coach Andy Colbert reminded him that he had also won last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference title with that personal-best 13-6.

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ABOVE: Erie-Prophetstownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rachel Cobert runs the final leg of the 400 relay during Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1A Bureau Valley Sectional in Manlius. The Panthers won the event in 51.01 seconds to advance to the state tournament in Charleston.

BELOW: Morrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kassidee Church competes in the 100 hurdles on Thursday. Church finished second in the event with a time of 16.93 seconds. Church is one of a host of area individuals to make the state meet out of the sectional.

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MANLUIS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; When Erie-Prophetstownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rachel Cobert was handed the baton from relay mate Corrie Reiley, she was looking at the back of a light blue track uniform.

The Panthers 1,600-meter relay team had been in first place at that point in the race in every meet so far this season, and Cobert never gave up the lead.

So for the first time this season, Cobert had some ground to make up in the last race at the 1A Bureau Valley Sectional. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never had to chase anyone this year,â&#x20AC;? Cobert said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not once. I just knew that I had to run my hardest and do my best for my relay team and the team as a whole.â&#x20AC;?

Courtney Cobert, Rachelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister, led off the race and grabbed a lead. On the second

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leg, Heather Strike held the lead, but Bureau Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sabrina Webb pushed the Storm into first place on the third leg with a strong back-half of her lap, forcing Rachel Cobert to make up ground on Lindsey Hoffert, who already had already qualified for state in three events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have someone in front of you,â&#x20AC;?

Rachel Cobert said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;you need to have that mentality where you want to catch them and you want to beat them.â&#x20AC;?

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Chase Elliott (left) talks with team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. after Elliott won the Nationwide race at Texas Motor Speedway last month. Elliott, who graduates from high school this weekend, is leading the Nationwide points standings.

Graduation march

Elliott finishes high school leading Nationwide standings calling for years.

Elliott notched six top-10s in DES MOINES, Iowa â&#x20AC;&#x201C; For many the K&N Pro Series East in 2011 veteran NASCAR drivers, balanc- at just 15 years old. His first ing a career while raising kids is a NASCAR win came during a K&N huge challenge. event in Iowa in May 2012, and Chase Elliott? He has risen to last season he won an ARCA race the top of NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nationwide at Pocono.

Series while dealing with the Elliott also dabbled in the Campresponsibilities that come with ing World Trucks series in 2013, being a teenager. Imagine how posting five top-10s while becomgood the 18-year-old Elliott might ing the youngest winner in a become now that he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to NASCAR national series event at worry about high school anymore. Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.

On Saturday morning, Elliott All of this helped him land a deal will graduate from Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ridge with the star-laden JR Motorsports Christian School in Alpharetta, in the offseason, even though the Georgia. And then he will have first nine Nationwide races fell to â&#x20AC;&#x153;turn and burn,â&#x20AC;? according to during the end of his senior year at his father, 1988 NASCAR chamKingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ridge. pion Bill Elliott, with qualifying â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty focused indiat Iowa Speedway scheduled vidual,â&#x20AC;? Bill Elliott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As he less than 10 hours after Elliott continues on and learns more, receives his diploma. itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make him better. But how Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be the last time Elliott will much better, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. The have to juggle school and work. biggest key is, once he underâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be weird is stands more of what he needs. not going back to high school He knows how to race, and I this fall. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be the think the key of the whole thing deal that makes you sit back and is making sure he does what he think. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m kind of waiting for that can do and go from there.â&#x20AC;? moment,â&#x20AC;? Elliott said.

Earlier in his career, Elliott tried Unlike many high school to lessen his academic pressure graduates, Elliott has known his by taking his books with him on

the road.

He quickly realized he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t focus on both at the same time.

So Elliott typically crammed a weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth of studying into just 3 days so he could spend Thursdays, Fridays and weekends focused on racing.

It never hurt his performance in the No. 9 Chevrolet.

Elliott won back-to-back Nationwide races at Texas and Darlington last month â&#x20AC;&#x201C; taking over the points lead in the process.

Even though Elliott is excited about the opportunity to focus mainly on racing, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also wary of being so focused on the track that he â&#x20AC;&#x153;gets his head screwed up.â&#x20AC;?

For Elliott, finding something other than school to help even out his life is his next hurdle to clear. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it is important to have a balance of what you do racingwise, and what you do during the week,â&#x20AC;? Elliott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seems like all the Cup guys are having kids right now, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all having them at about the same time.

They all talk about that balance away from the race track, and I can understand where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re coming from.â&#x20AC;?

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Here are five things to know from Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practice for the Indianapolis 500: Practice: Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves turned a lap of 227.166 mph â&#x20AC;&#x201C; becoming the first driver to top 227 this week. Ed Carpenter was second at 226.257 and Will Power, Townsend Bell and Ryan Hunter-Reay round out the top five.

Kurt Busch, attempting to race in the Indianapolis 500 and NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coca-Cola 600 on the same day,

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neves is trading in the firesuit for a chance to show â&#x20AC;&#x153;who wears the pants in my familyâ&#x20AC;? on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebrity Wife Swap.â&#x20AC;?

The three-time Indianapolis 500 champion appears on the May 27 episode on ABC. Adriana Henao, the mother of Castronevesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 4-yearold daughter, Mikaella, moved into the home of Larry Birkhead in December, while he opened his Fort Lauderdale, Florida, home for Birkhead.

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Helmet auction:

Takuma Sato will put his Indy 500 helmet up for auction. Sato, who drives the No. 14 Honda, will give up his race-worn helmet to raise money for â&#x20AC;&#x153;With you Japan,â&#x20AC;? a charity which Sato founded to help the victims of the 2011 tsunami that wreaked havoc on the island country.

Calling the action:

Former Indy car driver and team owner Robbie Buhl will join chief announcer Paul Page and Indianapolis Motor

Speedway historian Donald Davidson as an analyst for the IMS Radio Network broadcasts of Indy 500 qualifying and the race.

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English rookie Jack Hawksworth only turned one lap a day after he became the first driver to crash on the oval this month.

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Cubs center fielder Emilio Bonifacio fields a double by the Cardinalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Matt Holliday during Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals won 5-3.

Cardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; kiss of death Hammel gives up four in second after good start "Y THE !SSOCIATED 0RESS

ST. LOUIS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jason Hammel struck out the side to start the game. That fast start quickly unraveled for the Cubs right-hander.

Hammel gave up four runs in the second inning, and Chicago lost to the Cardinals 5-3 Thursday at Busch Stadium.

St. Louis rookie pitcher Michael Wachaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-run single â&#x20AC;&#x201C; between a runscoring groundout by Yadier Molina and Matt Carpenterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RBI double â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was the key hit in the inning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a kiss of death to strike out the side in the first inning,â&#x20AC;? Hammel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today was probably the best physically Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve felt all year. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way the game works. Sometimes it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work out. I was able to battle through it and keep us in it for a while. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was aggressive, but I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quality aggressive.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to make my adjustments.

A lot of it was just bad timing for misses. I was confident in what I was doing. It was a little bit of a labor,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Hammel (4-2) gave up five runs on five hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings,

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Despite that statistic, Hammel said he believes Chicago is not that far off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to stay looking at the positives, because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played a lot of good ballgames,â&#x20AC;?

Hammel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not getting blown out. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not ugly games. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just one or two pitches here or there, or one or two timely hits we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gotten. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not just laying down. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frustrating, but actually, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played pretty good ball,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The 6-foot-6 Wacha (3-3) had lost his last three decisions since an April

13 win over the Cubs.

The 22-year-old righthander allowed seven hits, including a homer, but did not walk a batter.

He struck out five in seven innings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was able to pound the strike zone down in the zone, and it was pretty effective,â&#x20AC;? Wacha said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I kept them off-balance, which means itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty good day. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely nice to go deep into a ballgame and get a win. It definitely gets your confidence going in the next start, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for sure.â&#x20AC;?

Chicago got two runs back in the fourth on a home run just inside the left-field foul pole by Starlin Castro. He drove in No. 3 hitter Anthony Rizzo, who beat the St. Louis shift to the right side with his second bunt to the left side in two at-bats.

When Rizzo came to bat in the fifth and seventh, St. Louis did not shift. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to give me that, I might as well take it,â&#x20AC;? Rizzo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were able to cash in once.

I almost make them pay twice for it. Wacha is a great pitcher, but you get him on the stretch and try to get him off his game a little bit.â&#x20AC;?

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It was August 19, 1969, and the two eventually arrived in their seats in time to watch Cubs lefthander Ken Holtzman, toss a no-hitter to beat the Braves, 3-0. It was the first no-hitter thrown at Wrigley Field by a Cubsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; left-hander.

The trip turned out to be a special moment for the two, as Hack Jr. points to that day as one of his most memorable.

Little did Hack Jr. know, he would throw one of his own just 8 years later as a pitcher for the Dixon Dukes.

His talents modeled his father, as he made the varsity squad his sophomore year as a shortstop and pitcher. And during his senior year in 1977, he tossed a no-hitter against longtime rival Sterling.

That game punctuated a strong season that he still remembers quite vividly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sterling was our biggest rival,â&#x20AC;? Hack Jr. said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember I went 8-0 that year, and we beat Sterling twice in conference. It was fun, for sure.â&#x20AC;?

At that time, Hack was retired from professional baseball. His last playing year was 1947, and he hung around the game until he managed the Cubs from 1954 to 1957.

The next season, he acted as the Cardinalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; thirdbase coach before managing minor league teams from 1959 to 1964.

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Jr.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no-hitter, Hack was managing his restaurant in Grand Detour â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stan Hackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landmark. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was always really nice,â&#x20AC;? said Alisha Kelly, 57, a resident of Grand Detour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He would talk to the customers and some would offer updates from his kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games, if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where they came from.â&#x20AC;?

The two went back to Wrigley Field in 1979 when the Cubsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; honored Hack. Even though Hack missed seeing his sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no hitter, he watched Hack Jr. throw out the first pitch before the game. Hack died 8 months later in Dixon.

That game was just one of Hack Jr.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s several fond memories of Wrigley Field and, in a few weeks, he will add another to his memory bank in June.

Wrigley Field opened in 1914, and the Cubsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; marketing team has designated 10 homestands this season to celebrate 100 years of Wrigley Field. Each of the chosen

homestands represents a decade of the iconic fieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existence, with former players, managers and events which will be remembered at Wrigley.

On Wednesday, June 4, the Cubs will be playing the Mets, and as part of the Cubsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; celebration of the 1940s, Hack Jr. will be in attendance to sing the seventh-inning stretch and possibly throw out the first pitch before the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A friend told me that her brother used to work 15 feet away from Cubs owner Tom Ricketts,â&#x20AC;?

Hack Jr. said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He sent Tom a couple emails, and he loved the idea.The rest is history.â&#x20AC;?

Hack Jr. will handle the microphone duties and sing the organ-accompanied song with his brother, Dave. His 7-month-old grandson, Brody, will also be in the booth, as well as his nephew Steven and niece Rebecca.

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Warriors clinch title Sterling softball wins NIB-12 West for 5th straight year "Y 36- 3PORTS 3TAFF

Karlie Mellott and Shannon Long both hit home runs, and the Sterling Golden Warriors clinched at least a share of the NIB-12 West title for the fifth consecutive season with a 12-2 road win in five innings over Streator.

Long had three hits, including a home run and a triple, and she had two RBIs. Mellott had four hits and drove in three runs for Sterling (19-7, 9-1). Lexy Staples pitched four scoreless innings for the win.

Rock Falls 3, Winnebago 2, 8 inn.: Julie Dodd

singled in Paige Reynolds in the bottom of the eighth to give the Rockets a Big Northern West home win.

Dodd pitched the first seven innings, allowing two earned runs and six hits. She had four strikeouts and one walk.

Michaela Ward pitched a scoreless eighth for the win for Rock Falls (18-7, 8-2).

Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stars Karlie Mellott 3TERLING

( (2 " 2")S Shannon Long 3TERLING

( (2 " 2")S Julie Dodd 2OCK &ALLS

GAME WINNING HIT IN EIGHTH INNING Madeline Ely !MBOY

HITS " 2")

Destinee Oenes earned the win, allowing four hits, one run, while striking out two and walking two. Madeline Ely had three hits for Amboy (169), including a triple, and she drove in a run. Kelsie Thurman also tripled for the Clippers.

Jaclyn Thompson took the loss for Serena.

Destinee Schumaker Baseball and Kaylyn Booker also Streator 7, Dixon 2: drove in runs for the An error early in the Rockets.

Moline 5, Morrison 3: sixth inning opened the The Maroons scored five door for six runs for the runs in the first inning, Streator Bulldogs, as they and the Fillies could not beat the visiting Dukes.

Mitchell Wolfe pitched make up the difference in a nonconference loss in six innings, allowing one earned run and seven Moline.

Allie Wiersema, Brooke hits. He also struck out Stralow and Jaeden one and walked two for Workman each drove in the Dukes (7-18-1, 1-13-1 runs during a three-run NIB-12 West).

Ryan Dixon and Connor fifth inning for Morrison (2-13). Workman also Sperling each had douhad a double. Wiersema bles for Dixon, and Angelo Valdes and Cal Jarrett took the loss.

Amboy 4, Serena 1, 5 each drove in a run.

Trevor Austin had inn.: The Clippers scored three runs in the top of nine strikeouts and no the fifth in a game short- walks on the mound for Streator. ened because of rain.

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Bureau Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sydney Lebahn throws the shot put Thursday during the Class 1A Bureau Valley Sectional in Manlius. Lebahn finished third in the event with a put of 34 feet, 6 1/2 inches.

THURSDAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SCOREBOARD Baseball Postseason pairings

CLASS 3A

Sterling Regional Tuesday, May 27 s .O $IXON AT .O 3TERLING P M Wednesday, May 28 s .O 2OCK &ALLS VS $IXON 3TERLING

P M s .O 2OCHELLE VS .O &REEPORT P M Saturday, May 31 s #HAMPIONSHIP A M Winner advances to Rochelle Sectional vs.

Belvidere North Regional winner, 4 p.m.

Thursday, June 5 CLASS 2A Bureau Valley Regional Monday, May 19 s .O "UREAU 6ALLEY AT .O 3T "EDE

P M s .O 2IVERDALE AT .O %RIE 0ROPHET STOWN P M Wednesday, May 21 s .O (ALL VS "UREAU 6ALLEY 3T "EDE

P M Thursday, May 22 s .O 0RINCETON VS %RIE 0ROPHETSTOWN 2IVERDALE P M Saturday, May 24 s #HAMPIONSHIP A M Winner advances to Morrison Sectional vs.

Stillman Valley Regional winner, 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 28 Stillman Valley Regional Monday, May 19 s .O /REGON AT .O -ORRISON P M Wednesday, May 21 s .O "YRON VS -ORRISON /REGON P M Thursday, May 22 s .O .EWMAN VS .O 3TILLMAN 6ALLEY

P M

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ABOVE: A group of runners compete in the finals of the 100 during Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1A Bureau Valley Sectional in Manlius. Henry-Senachwineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amanda Kereta won in 12.97 seconds, and Erieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Courtney Cobert was second in 13.10.

BELOW: Fultonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chelsea Lesniewski lets go of the shot Thursday. She won the event in 36 feet, 7 inches.

Panthers second to Geese CATCHES

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Saturday, May 24 s #HAMPIONSHIP A M Winner advances to Morrison Sectional vs. Bureau Valley Regional winner, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, May 28 Warren Regional Monday, May 19 s .O 0ECATONICA AT .O 7EST #ARROLL

P M Wednesday, May 21 s .O 7ARREN VS 7EST #ARROLL 0ECATON ICA P M s .O &ORRESTON 0OLO VS .O 7INNEBA GO P M Saturday, May 24 s #HAMPIONSHIP NOON Winner advances to Morrison Sectional vs. Westminster Christian Regional winner, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 28 CLASS 1A

On the final turn, Rachel Cobert passed Hoffert and held her off, as teammates and coaches screamed from the sidelines. The Panthers finished in 4:10.19, more than 4 seconds faster than the state-qualifying standard.

The Storm finished in 4:11.89, good enough for nearly 3 seconds faster than their previous best time, and a trip to Eastern Illinois in Charleston for next weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state meet.

The Panthers finished second at the sectional with 81 points, and qualified eight events.

Annawan-Wethersfield won with 108.

Bureau Valley (60) took fourth, Amboy (48) was sixth, Morrison (28) was seventh, Fulton (27) was eighth and Newman (22) took ninth.

It was the first time that Storm coach Dale Donner used that combination in the relay, and it worked.

Donner said that he spent a lot of time toying with the lineup over the past few weeks, and used last Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Three Rivers Meet as a way to solidify the relay teams.

The gamble to wait so long worked as the Storm also qualified two other relays, the 800 and 400.

The Stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first state qualifier, Sydney Lebahn, kicked off a successful day for the host team. Despite the constant rain, Lebahn was

Fulton Regional Monday, May 19 s .O -ILLEDGEVILLE AT .O !&# P M Wednesday, May 21 s .O &ULTON VS !&# -ILLEDGEVILLE P M s .O %ASTLAND VS .O )NDIAN #REEK

P M Saturday, May 24 s #HAMPIONSHIP A M Winner advances to Lena-Winslow Sectional vs. Galena Regional winner, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 28 Putnam County Regional Monday, May 19 s .O %ARLVILLE AT .O ,A-OILLE /HIO

P M Wednesday, May 21 s .O 0UTNAM #OUNTY VS ,A-OILLE /HIO %ARLVILLE P M Thursday, May 22 s .O !MBOY VS .O 0AW 0AW P M Saturday, May 24 s #HAMPIONSHIP A M Winner advances to Putnam County Sectional vs. Grant Park Regional winner, 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 28 Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results

Saturday, May 24 s #HAMPIONSHIP A M Winner advances to Byron Sectional vs.

Winnebago Regional winner, 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 27 St. Bede Regional Monday, May 19 s .O "UREAU 6ALLEY AT .O 3T "EDE

P M Tuesday, May 20 s .O 3ENECA VS 3T "EDE "UREAU 6ALLEY

P M Wednesday, May 21 s .O (ALL VS .O 0RINCETON P M Saturday, May 24 s #HAMPIONSHIP A M Winner advances to Byron Sectional vs.

Stillman Valley Regional winner, 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 27 Stillman Valley Regional Monday, May 19 s .O 2OCKFORD #HRISTIAN AT .O /RE GON P M Tuesday, May 20 s .O 3TILLMAN 6ALLEY VS /REGON 2OCK FORD #HRISTIAN P M s .O "YRON VS .O &ORRESTON 0OLO P M Saturday, May 24 s #HAMPIONSHIP A M Winner advances to Byron Sectional vs. St. Bede Regional winner, 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 27 CLASS 1A Eastland Regional Monday, May 19 s .O %ASTLAND AT .O &ULTON P M s .O !&# AT .O -ILLEDGEVILLE P M Tuesday, May 20 s .O !MBOY VS %ASTLAND &ULTON P M Wednesday, May 21 s .O .EWMAN VS -ILLEDGEVILLE !&#

P M Saturday, May 24 s #HAMPIONSHIP A M Winner advances to Pearl City Sectional vs. Westminster Christian Regional winner, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27 Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s box scores at Streator

STERLING 12, STREATOR 2, 5 inn.

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3TAPLES +ARLIE -ELLOTT ,AU REN &RITZ (ANNAH %SCAMILLA

3HANNON ,ONG !BRI (ALE ,EXI 7OLFE %MILY -C$ONALD $ARIEN "ARDONER 'ABBY 3ANDOVAL

(AYLEY /SBORNE Totals: 32-1215.

3TAPLES )0 ( 2 %2 3/ ""

0OWERS )0 ( 2 %2 3/ "" 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 34ROUP -ELLOTT "ARDONER 3B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ,ONG HR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ,ONG -ELLOTT RBI - -ELLOTT

4RUJILLO ,ONG 3TROUP 7OLFE 3ANDOVAL STREATOR (14-13, 1-7) -URRAY 4ERRY "ENNER

-C'URK "LACK 'REENWOOD

3CHMITZ *OHNSON

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%2 3/ "" HR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 'REENWOOD RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 'REENWOOD 4ERRY at Rock Falls

ROCK FALLS 3, WINNEBAGO 2 7INNEBAGO Â&#x2C6; 2OCK &ALLS Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; -ICHAELA 7ARD L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 'OITMAN WINNEBAGO Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; (AWKINS RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 'OITMAN

/ 2OURKE ROCK FALLS (18-7, 8-2 BNC West) *ULIE $ODD )0 ( 2 %2 3/

"" 7ARD )0 ( 2 3/ "" AND "AYLIE *ANSSEN Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; #HELSI "LAIR RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $ESTINEE 3CHUMACHER +AYLYN "OOK ER *ULIE $ODD

at Streator

STREATOR 7, DIXON 2

able to get a good grip on the discus and her first throw traveled 112 feet, 6 inches. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a Packers fan, so I love this weather,â&#x20AC;? Lebahn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most people were complaining about it, but I knew what I had to do, and when they announced that first throw, I was able to use my other five to relax and work on getting a better seed.â&#x20AC;?

Newman will send Mary Jensen to Charleston, after she placed second behind Amboyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Erika Zimmerlein in the 200. Jensen, a freshman, topped her previous-best time of 30.20, and finished in 27.64. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a freshman itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just so awesome,â&#x20AC;? Jensen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even really know what to make of it right now.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just made sure to focus and run my best, because I knew I could qualify if I ran my best and did everything right.â&#x20AC;?

Amboy freshman Megan Grady earned a trip to state in the 3,200.

She placed second in 11:45.28, dominating the qualifying standard of 12:12.24.

Qualifying for state was a big relief for her, as she worried about the race all day. For lunch, she barely ate anything and before the race, she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure she was up to it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was so nervous,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told the guys that I was going to get sick, but it turned out good.

As for whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the menu for lunch next week? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m definitely going to eat a much bigger lunch,â&#x20AC;?

Grady said.

$IXON Â&#x2C6; 3TREATOR Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4REVOR !USTIN L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; -ITCHELL 7OLFE DIXON (7-18-1, 1-13-1 NIB-12 West) 7OLFE )0 ( 2 %2 3/ "" AND ! * -URDOCK 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2YAN $IXON #ON NOR 3PERLING RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; !NGELO 6ALDES #AL *ARRETT STREATOR !USTIN )0 ( 2 %2 3/ "" 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; -ASON +LING

Softball Postseason pairings CLASS 3A Rock Falls Regional Monday, May 26 s .O $IXON AT .O 2OCHELLE A M Tuesday, May 27 s .O 3TERLING VS $IXON 2OCHELLE P M Wednesday, May 28 s .O 2OCK &ALLS VS .O -ENDOTA

P M Saturday, May 31 s #HAMPIONSHIP P M Winner advances to Marengo Sectional vs.

Burlington Central Regional winner, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 3 CLASS 2A Morrison Regional Monday, May 19 s .O 7EST #ARROLL AT .O 2IVERDALE

P M Tuesday, May 20 s .O !LLEMAN VS 2IVERDALE 7EST #ARROLL

P M s .O %RIE 0ROPHETSTOWN VS .O -OR RISON P M

at Moline

MOLINE 5, MORRISON 3 -ORRISON Â&#x2C6; -OLINE X Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; (OFMANN L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; !LLIE 7IERSEMA MORRISON (21-3) 7IERSEMA )0 "ROOKE 3TRALOW )0 ,AUREN 2ICE )0 Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; *AEDEN 7ORKMAN 2ACHEL $AVIS 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7ORKMAN RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7IERSEMA 3TRALOW 7ORKMAN -/,).% (OFMANN )0 3HAW )0 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 'UTHIER RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3MIT (OFMANN !RCHER at Amboy

AMBOY 4, SERENA 1, 5 inn. !MBOY Â&#x2C6; 3ERENA Â&#x2C6; W â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $ESTINEE /ENES L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; *ACLYN 4HOMP SON AMBOY (16-9) /ENES )0 ( 3/ "" AND +AIT LYN ,IEBING Multi hits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; -ADELINE %LY 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ,IEBING 3B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; %LY +ELSIE 4HURMAN RBI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; %LY

Girls Soccer CLASS 2A Geneseo Regional Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game s .O 2OCK )SLAND AT .O 3TERLING P M Tuesday, May 20 s .O 'ENESEO VS 2OCK )SLAND 3TERLING

P M s .O 5NITED 4OWNSHIP VS .O $IXON

P M Friday, May 23 s #HAMPIONSHIP P M Winner advances to United Township Sectional vs. Peoria Notre Dame Regional winner, 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 27

Boys track & field Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results

Big Northern Conference Meet at Everett Stine Field, Byron Team scores "URLINGTON #ENTRAL 7INNEBAGO "YRON .ORTH "OONE 2OCKFORD #HRISTIAN /REGON 2ICHMOND "URTON (ARVARD 'ENOA +INGSTON -ARENGO %2OCK &ALLS 2OCKFORD ,UTHERAN -ENDOTA 3TILLMAN 6ALLEY Top 3 in each event, plus locals in top 6 100 n *ARRELL *ACKSON -AR #ASEY -ATTHEWS "# *EFF 3WAN SON 7INN 200 n 3WANSON 7INN -AT THEWS "# *ACKSON -AR 400 n 3WANSON 7INN -AT THEWS "# #HRISTIAN +RAMER (AR 0IERCE $HAESE /RE 800 n -ATT / #ONNOR "# 4 * 0ITCOCK "YR *OHN +ELLUM 2" 1,600 n *AMES +AHT 2" .ICK -ONKEMEYER 2# -AT THEW +ORTZE 2, 3,200 n #LAY -USIAL "#

"RAYDEN (AMBLEN 2& 3ETH 7ILLIAMS 2& 110 hurdles n ,UCAS %GE "# .ICK 3IMONS -AR 3EAN +ISCH "# !SHTON 2UTHERFORD /RE

300 hurdles n %GE "# 2UTH ERFORD /RE -ICHAEL -ACKENZIE (AR 400 relay n "URLINGTON #ENTRAL 7INNEBAGO (ARVARD /REGON 2UTHERFORD $HAESE *OSH $REW

4ROY 0UDLAS 800 relay n "URLINGTON #ENTRAL 'ENOA +INGSTON "YRON 2OCK &ALLS 4RENDEN 3CHWIN DENHAMMER $AVID 6ILLA "RANDON "OYER

!DRIAN 6ILLA 1,600 relay n "URLINGTON #ENTRAL

7INNEBAGO 2OCK FORD #HRISTIAN /REGON $REW

$HAESE #ALEB -ENNEN -ITCHELL .EHRKORN

3,200 relay n 2ICHMOND "URTON "YRON 2OCKFORD #HRISTIAN /REGON !USTIN "UR KHART !DAM 7ELLER *ORDAN 2OGERS !LEX 3ITZE High jump n 1UINN (ALVERSEN 2# -ITCHELL 5SZCIENSKI '+ #HRIS 7ALKER ." "OYER 2& Pole vault n 2UTHERFORD /RE +ISCH "# -ARCUS (OLLEY '+

Long jump n 7ALKER ." .ATHAN !LLDRITT 7INN 7ILL #ARLSON "YR Triple jump n 7ALKER ." Â&#x17E; $AVID !BEJIDE "# $IONTAE 3MITH "# Shot put n .ICK +RAWCZYK ."

2OSS 3EALBY "YR .ATHAN "ODEY ."

Discus n 3EALBY "YR #HRIS 3MITH 7INN 4ROY 0UDLAS /RE

* â&#x20AC;&#x201C; BNC Meet record

Girls track & field Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results

1A Bureau Valley Sectional at Manlius Team scores !NNAWAN 7ETHERSFIELD %RIE 0ROPHETSTOWN (ENRY 3ENACHWINE "UREAU 6ALLEY (ALL !MBOY -ORRISON &ULTON .EWMAN +EWANEE TIE 2IVERDALE 0UTNAM #OUNTY !LLEMAN /HIO State qualifiers (Top 2, & anyone meeting qualifying mark) Long jump (SQ 16-4) n ,INDSEY (OF FERT "6 +AYLA $E-AY !7

Triple jump (33-8) n "RANDI (OSFORD -ORR 2ACHEL #OBERT %0 %MMA #LUSKEY (3 )SABEL 7ATTS !LL Shot put (35-6) n #HELSEA ,ESNIEWSKI &UL !LYSSA (OWELL %0 Discus (108-0) n 3YDNEY ,EBAHN "6 !SHTEN 3HERMAN 2IV High jump (5-2) n +ARISSA 2OMAN !7 2AESHONDA #HANDLER +EW Pole vault (9-3) n -ADI 1UINN (ALL ,INDSEY "ROWN !7 3,200 relay (10:22.24) n !NNAWAN 7ETHERSFIELD %RIE 0ROPH ETSTOWN #ORRIE 2EILEY +ASSI (ENREKIN

"ROOKE 2EMLEY "REANNA *ENSEN 400 relay (51.94) n %RIE 0ROPHETSTOWN #OURTNEY #OBERT #OURTNEY +RUTHOFF

(EATHER 3TRIKE 2 #OBERT (ENRY 3ENACHWINE "UREAU 6ALLEY (ALEY $E6OSS 4IANA +ENNEDY -ARISSA -UNGIA

(OFFERT 3,200 (12:12.24) n +IRSTIE 2AMSEY !7 -EGAN 'RADY !MBOY *ORDAN 0RICE &UL *ILLIAN -ONIER (3 100 hurdles (16.64) n "ROWN !7 +ASSIDEE #HURCH -ORR 100 (13.04) n !MANDA +ERETA (3 # #OBERT %0 800 (2:26.64) n /LIVIA $RAMINSKI !7 2EILEY %0 800 relay (1:50.34) n %RIE 0ROPHET STOWN # #OBERT +RUTHOFF 3TRIKE 2 #OBERT "UREAU 6ALLEY -UNGIA +ATELIN *OHNSON +ENNEDY (OFFERT 400 (1:02.04) n +ERETA (3 -ADDIE *ACKSON !7 300 hurdles (49.04) n 2OMAN !7 0AIGE 'RIFFITH 0# 1,600 (5:35.14) n %RIN -C+EE (3 !VERI ,EITZEN &UL 2ONNA 0ETTIS (3 2AMSEY !7

200 (27.04) n %RIKA :IMMERLEIN !MB -ARY *ENSEN .EW 1,600 relay (4:14.34) n %RIE 0ROPHET STOWN # #OBERT 3TRIKE 2EILEY 2 #OBERT "UREAU 6ALLEY (ELENA /SK !RNADOTTIR +ENNEDY 3ABRINA 7EBB (OF FERT (ENRY 3ENACHWINE

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THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD MLB GB — ½ 1½ 1½ 4 GB — 6 6½ 7 7½ GB — 3 4½ 5 11

Thursday’s result Minnesota 4, Boston 3, 10 innings Toronto 4, Cleveland 2 N.Y. Yankees 1, N.Y. Mets 0 Baltimore 2, Kansas City 1 Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, late Today’s games Oakland (Gray 4-1) at Cleveland (McAllister 3-3), 6:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Volquez 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 0-0), 6:05 p.m.

Detroit (Scherzer 5-1) at Boston (Lester 4-4), 6:10 p.m.

Toronto (Hutchison 1-3) at Texas (Darvish 3-1), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Tillman 3-2) at Kansas City (Guthrie 2-2), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-3) at Houston (McHugh 2-1), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (C.Young 3-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 3-3), 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 4-2), 9:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Atlanta 22 17 .564 Washington 21 19 .525 Miami 21 20 .512 New York 19 21 .475 Philadelphia 17 21 .447 Central Division W L Pct Milwaukee 26 15 .634 St. Louis 21 20 .512 Cincinnati 18 21 .462 Pittsburgh 17 23 .425 Chicago 13 26 .333 West Division W L Pct San Francisco26 15 .634 Colorado 23 19 .548 Los Angeles 22 20 .524 San Diego 20 22 .476 Arizona 16 27 .372

GB — 1½ 2 3½ 4½ GB — 5 7 8½ 12 GB — 3½ 4½ 6½ 11

Thursday’s results Cincinnati 5, San Diego 0, 1st game Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 3 St. Louis 5, Chicago Cubs 3 San Diego 6, Cincinnati 1, 2nd game N.Y. Yankees 1, N.Y. Mets 0 Miami at San Francisco, late Today’s games Milwaukee (Lohse 4-1) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 0-3), 1:20 p.m.

Cincinnati (Simon 4-2) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-3), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 2-2) at Washington (Roark 2-1), 6:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Volquez 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 0-0), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (E.Santana 4-0) at St. Louis (Lynn 4-2), 7:15 p.m.

San Diego (Stults 2-3) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 4-3), 7:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 6-1) at Arizona (Miley 3-3), 8:40 p.m.

Miami (H.Alvarez 2-3) at San Francisco (Petit 2-1), 9:15 p.m.

Thursday’s box scores

CARDINALS 5, CUBS 3 Chicago

St. Louis ab r h bi ab r h bi Bonifac cf 5 0 0 0 MCrpnt 3b 4 0 1 1 Kalish rf 5 0 0 0 JhPerlt ss 4 0 1 0 Rizzo 1b 3 2 2 0 Hollidy lf 4 1 1 0 SCastro ss 4 1 3 2 MAdms 1b 4 0 0 0 Valuen 2b 3 0 2 0 YMolin c 3 1 2 1 Lake lf 3 0 1 1 Craig rf 3 1 0 0 Olt 3b 3 0 0 0 Bourjos cf 2 1 0 0 JoBakr c 3 0 0 0 M.Ellis 2b 2 0 0 1 Schrhlt ph 1 0 0 0 Wacha p 2 1 1 2 NRmrz p 0 0 0 0 JButler ph 1 0 0 0 Hamml p 2 0 0 0 Siegrist p 0 0 0 0 Veras p 0 0 0 0 Rosnthl p 0 0 0 0 Coghln ph 1 0 0 0 Wrght p 0 0 0 0 Castillo c 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 3 8 3 Totals 29 5 6 5 Chicago 000 200 010 — 3 St. Louis 040 001 00x — 5 E–Ma.Adams (3). DP–Chicago 1, St. Louis 1. LOB–Chicago 8, St. Louis 4. 2B–M.Carpenter (7), Holliday (10), Y.Molina (9). HR–S.Castro (6). SF– Lake.

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Hammel L,4-2 5 1/3 5 5 5 2 6 Veras 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 W.Wright 1 0 0 0 1 0 N.Ramirez 1 1 0 0 1 1 St. Louis Wacha W,3-3 7 7 2 2 0 5 Siegrist 1/3 1 1 1 2 1 Rosenthal S,11-12 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 WP–N.Ramirez.

Umpires–Home, Will Little; First, Mark Carlson; Second, Ted Barrett; Third, Paul Schrieber.

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E–Mar.Reynolds (2). DP–Pittsburgh 1, Milwaukee 2. LOB–Pittsburgh 7, Milwaukee 5. 2B–R.Weeks (3). HR–G. Sanchez (4), T.Sanchez (1), R.Weeks (1), Maldonado (2). SB–A.McCutchen (5).

IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh W.Rodriguez 5 4 2 2 1 4 Ju.Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 4 Watson 1 1 0 0 0 2 Melancon L,1-2 0 2 2 2 2 0 Milwaukee Gallardo 6 1/3 5 3 3 2 6 Duke 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 Thornburg 2/3 0 0 0 2 0 Wooten W,1-1 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 Melancon pitched to 4 batters in the 9th.

Balk–W.Rodriguez.

NHL playoffs SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7) Tuesday’s results N.Y. Rangers 2, Pittsburgh 1, N.Y. Rangers wins series 4-3 Chicago 2, Minnesota 1, OT, Chicago wins series 4-2 Wednesday’s results Montreal 3, Boston 1, Montreal wins series 4-3 Los Angeles 2, Anaheim 1, series tied 3-3 Today’s game Los Angeles at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Saturday’s game N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, noon

NBA | BULLS NOTEBOOK

NBA playoffs

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Baltimore 21 18 .538 New York 21 19 .525 Toronto 21 21 .500 Boston 20 20 .500 Tampa Bay 18 23 .439 Central Division W L Pct Detroit 24 12 .667 Kansas City 20 20 .500 Minnesota 19 20 .487 Chicago 20 22 .476 Cleveland 19 22 .463 West Division W L Pct Oakland 25 16 .610 Los Angeles 21 18 .538 Seattle 20 20 .500 Texas 20 21 .488 Houston 14 27 .341

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CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Wednesday’s results Miami 96, Brooklyn 94, Miami wins series 4-1 San Antonio 104, Portland 92, San Antonio wins series 4-1 Thursday’s results Indiana 93, Washington 80, Pacers win series 4-2 Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, late Sunday’s games Washington at Indiana, 3:30 p.m.* L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m.* * – if necessary Thursday’s box score

PACERS 93, WIZARDS 80 INDIANA (93) George 4-11 3-4 12, West 13-26 3-5 29, Hibbert 4-8 3-4 11, G.Hill 4-7 2-2 11, Stephenson 8-13 1-1 17, Mahinmi 2-2 1-3 5, Scola 1-3 2-2 4, Turner 0-0 0-0 0, Watson 1-2 2-4 4, Copeland 0-0 0-0 0, Butler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-72 17-25 93.

WASHINGTON (80) Ariza 1-5 4-4 6, Nene 7-12 1-2 15, Gortat 7-12 5-6 19, Wall 5-16 2-2 12, Beal 7-19 0-0 16, Webster 1-4 2-4 4, Gooden 1-4 2-2 4, Miller 2-3 0-0 4, Harrington 0-2 0-0 0, Temple 0-0 0-0 0, Seraphin 0-1 0-0 0, Porter Jr. 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-79 16-20 80.

Indiana 29 23 19 22 — 93 Washington 23 17 23 17 — 80 3-Point Goals–Indiana 2-10 (G.Hill 1-2, George 1-5, Stephenson 0-1, West 0-2), Washington 2-18 (Beal 2-6, Porter Jr. 0-1, Harrington 0-2, Webster 0-2, Ariza 0-3, Wall 0-4). Fouled Out–None.

Rebounds–Indiana 48 (Hibbert 7), Washington 47 (Ariza 7). Assists–Indiana 18 (Stephenson 8), Washington 17 (Wall 9).

Total Fouls–Indiana 23, Washington 23.

Golf PGA – Byron Nelson Par Scores Thursday At TPC Four Seasons Resort Irving, Texas Purse: $6.9 million Yardage: 7,166; Par: 70 (35-35) (a-amateur) First Round Peter Hanson 30-35 — 65 -5 Marc Leishman 33-33 — 66 -4 David Duval 32-34 — 66 -4 Tim Wilkinson 33-33 — 66 -4 Ryan Palmer 34-33 — 67 -3 Boo Weekley 33-34 — 67 -3 John Huh 32-35 — 67 -3 Tyrone VanAswegen 34-33 — 67 -3 Alex Cejka 34-33 — 67 -3 Martin Kaymer 34-33 — 67 -3 Alex Prugh 34-33 — 67 -3 Lee Williams 33-34 — 67 -3 Tim Herron 35-33 — 68 -2 Brendon Todd 37-31 — 68 -2 Louis Oosthuizen 35-33 — 68 -2 Charles Howell III 34-34 — 68 -2 Aaron Baddeley 34-34 — 68 -2 Rod Pampling 36-32 — 68 -2 Eric Axley 33-35 — 68 -2 Jason Allred 34-34 — 68 -2 Graham DeLaet 34-34 — 68 -2 Morgan Hoffmann 33-35 — 68 -2 Gary Woodland 34-34 — 68 -2 Ryan Moore 31-37 — 68 -2 Mike Weir 35-33 — 68 -2 Padraig Harrington 35-33 — 68 -2 Ben Crane 33-35 — 68 -2 Miguel Angel Carballo 34-34 — 68 -2

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHPs Preston Guilmet and Kevin Gausman to Norfolk (IL). Recalled RHP Evan Meek from Norfolk.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent LHP Chris Sale and OF Adam Eaton to Charlotte (IL) for rehab assignments.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed OF Nyjer Morgan on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Jesus Aguilar from Columbus (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed RHP Anthony Bass on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled RHP Josh Fields from Oklahoma City (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned OF Oswaldo Arcia to Rochester (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated RHP Bruce Billings from the 15-day DL and designated him for assignment. Placed OF Carlos Beltran on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Tuesday. Selected the contract of RHP Chase Whitley from Scranton/WilkesBarre (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Acquired OF/1B Klye Banks from San Diego for OF Jake Goebbert and a player to be named and/or cash considerations. Designated 1B Daric Barton for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Sent LHP Joe Saunders and 2B Donnie Murphy to Round Rock (PCL) for rehab assignments.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed OF Colby Rasmus on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Tuesday. Recalled OF Anthony Gose from Buffalo (IL).

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Placed LHP Zac Rosscup on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Saturday. Reinstated RHP Jose Veras from the 15-day DL. CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP Nick Christiani to Louisville (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Jeff Francis from Louisville.

Transferred RHP Mat Latos to the 60-day DL. MIAMI MARLINS — Selected the contract of RHP Anthony DeSclafani from Jacksonville (SL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Sent LHP Tom Gorzelanny to Brevard County (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

NEW YORK METS — Transferred RHP Bobby Parnell to the 60-day DL. Assigned RHP Kyle Farnsworth outright to Las Vegas (PCL). Placed C Travis d’Arnaud on the 7-day DL, retroactive to Wednesday.

Recalled LHP Josh Edgin and C Juan Centeno from Las Vegas.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Sent RHP Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez to Clearwater (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned OF Jaff Decker to Indianapolis (IL). Reinstated LHP Wandy Rodriguez from the 15-day DL. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Reinstated RHP Dale Thayer from paternity leave.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent RHP Ross Ohlendorf to Potomac (Carolina) for a rehab assignment.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined L.A. Clippers coach Doc Rivers $25,000 for public criticism of officiating. Announced the sale of the Milwaukee Bucks to Wesley Edens and Marc Lasry has been approved.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed TE Troy Niklas, DE Kareem Martin and WR John Brown to four-year contracts. Promoted Malik Boyd to assistant director of pro scouting, Chris Culmer to Western Regional scout, Luke Palko to Eastern Regional scout, Zac Canty to area scout, Glenn Fox to pro scout and Darius Vinnett to NFS scout. Reassigned Josh Scobey to Western Region area scout and John Ritcher to Southeast Region scout.

BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DB Michael Carter, CB Ross Cockrell, LB Randell Johnson and OL Seantrel Henderson.

CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with DT Will Sutton on a four-year contract.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Agreed to terms with WR Miles Austin. Signed WR Earl Bennett and DL Elhadji Ndiaye.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed DE Ben Gardner, LB Will Smith and CB Terrance Mitchell.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed C Corey Linsley and WR Jared Abbrederis.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed OT Ulrick John and LB Andrew Jackson.

Released OT Erik Pike and CB Darius Polk.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Released QB Matt Scott.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed CB Phillip Gaines.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Named Eric Stokes assistant general manager.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released TE Tyler Beck and LS Charley Hughlett.

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Free agent Carmelo Anthony (right) is on the wish list of many teams in the upcoming offseason. The Bulls are one of them, and the team might be willing to part with one or both of their first-round picks to clear room for the star’s contract.

Forman showing poker face Bulls GM thinks team has plenty of options with picks

BY K.C. JOHNSON Chicago Tribune

The NBA draft combine, held Thursday and Friday at Quest Multisport, is as much about poker faces from executives as it is performance from prospects.

But for those who want to stoke the Carmelo Anthony sweepstakes fire, Bulls general manager Gar Forman might have offered some tea leaves for reading.

“If we want to try to create more cap room, we may look at doing something with one or both of our [first-round] picks,” Forman said.

Or maybe Forman, who is to poker faces what Jerry Krause was to secrecy, didn’t.

“When you have two picks like we do, it gives us a lot of opportunities,” Forman said in the next breath. “Maybe there is an opportunity to move up if there’s a certain guy we want to try to go get.

We have stashed guys [overseas] like we did [Nikola] Mirotic. That may be something we look at. Or we may move a pick or two picks into the future. There are so many

different avenues we can take this summer.”

That seems to about cover it all.

Translated: Welcome to a fluid Bulls offseason.

The Bulls, who own the 16th and 19th picks in the first round, scheduled their usual busy combine week. They met with Creighton’s Doug McDermott, among others, on Wednesday; will meet with Duke’s Rodney Hood, among others, on Friday; and have Michigan’s Glenn Robinson III scheduled for a post-combine workout on Monday.

“Most everyone here, we’ve scouted for years,” Forman said.

Team spirit: Former Bulls teammate Scottie Pippen thinks Steve Kerr will succeed as a rookie coach with the Warriors.

“He’s a great people person and has a great personality,” Pippen said. “He’ll be great for the job.

He won’t take it too serious, but he’s a guy you have to take serious.”

Kerr’s decision to spurn Phil Jackson and the Knicks for a 5-year,

$25 million deal with the Warriors created quite the buzz Thursday.

Jackson is in town, but wasn’t expected at the gym until Friday.

Former Bulls scout and Jackson hire Clarence Gaines Jr. attended with other Knicks brass.

“I was a little bit surprised,” Pippen said of Kerr not taking the Knicks job. “I figured he wanted to run the triangle [offense] and team up with Phil, a guy who has been a great teacher of it. But it didn’t work out.”

L a y u p s : Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau wouldn’t comment on rumors linking his name to coaching openings, including that of the Lakers.

It’s highly unlikely any will come to fruition. Thibodeau has 3 years remaining on his deal, and the Bulls would either deny permission for teams to speak with him or request considerable compensation. ... The Bulls have given the Jazz permission to interview assistant coach Adrian Griffin, who was a finalist for the 76ers job last summer.

Hamblen, Williams finish 2nd, 3rd in 3,200 RUTHERFORD

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“I feel really good about this,” said Rutherford, the area’s lone BNC champ. “The conditions were perfect, it was great competition, and all that helped me get up there [to 14-3].

“I came in hoping for 13-6, and when I had it won there with fewer misses, we skipped 13-9 and went right to 14-0 to make sure. I had nothing to lose, and things were really working for me today.”

Rutherford cleared 13-6 on his second attempt, while Burlington Central’s Sean Kisch made the height on his third try. With only those two still in the running, Kisch never came close to making 14 feet, while Rutherford nearly made it twice.

After just missing on his first attempt, Rutherford couldn’t explode at the top of his second vault.

After Colbert told him to forget that one and just focus on imitating the first one, Rutherford cleared the bar easily.

He then shook off any exhaustion on his third attempt at 14-3, again clearing the bar with a little room to spare. At 14-6, he gave it a shot twice, then bowed out to get cooled down for the 300 hurdles race.

“The pole vault always warms me up and gets me going,” Rutherford said. “Coach says you have to be crazy to vault or hurdle, and I do both.

I guess I was really feeling crazy tonight.”

After stopping midway through the vault

competition to run the 400 relay and 110 hurdle finals, Rutherford walked back to the vault area muttering to himself after a sixth-place finish (16.10) in those hurdles.

But after exorcising those 110 demons with the vault of his life, Rutherford kept his groove going in the 300 hurdles. In a race for second behind BNC champ Lucas Ege of Burlington Central (38.95), Rutherford cruised past the rest of the competition in a smooth 42.29 seconds, with a welcome clean run after some missteps in the 110s.

“Most guys take off as fast as they can right out of the blocks, and end up blowing all their energy by the time they get to the curve,” Rutherford said. “I just pace myself at the start, then use my short legs to make up that ground in the curve. I just put all the energy in my legs and kick it in down the straightaway.”

Both the hurdles times were PRs, matching the vault. He teamed with Pierce Dhaese, Josh Drew and Troy Pudlas to take fourth in the 400 relay (44.90), meaning the senior accounted for four of the Hawks’ eight topsix finishes.

Pudlas added a thirdplace finish in the discus, throwing a 1405. While much happier with that placing than the shot put (7th, 40-6½), Pudlas still was looking for more.

“It could’ve been better today, to be honest,” said Pudlas, who said he would love to make state in both throwing events,

but would happily settle for a state spot in the discus. “It’s going to be lots of practice this week, working out some of the minor kinks, but I’m definitely ready to get back out there and do better.”

Dhaese was fourth in the 400 (52.48), and teamed with Drew, Caleb Mennen and Mitchell Nehrkorn to take sixth in the 1,600 relay (3:36.65). Oregon’s other points came from a fifth in the 3,200 relay (8:44.46), from the quartet of Austin Burkhart, Adam Weller, Jordan Rogers and Alex Sitze.

The Hawks finished with 38 points, good for sixth in the 14-team meet.

Rock Falls scored 20 points to place 11th. The Rockets were led by a 2-3 finish in the 3,200 from Brayden Hamblen (9:42.48) and Seth Williams (9:45.40), with both times beating the previous conference record of 9:45.80, set by Oregon’s Andy Tremble in 2002.

Winner Clay Musial clocked a 9:40.93.

That was the lone event for Hamblen, who scratched out of the 1,600 due to soreness in his left knee.

“I just have to roll it out with a roller and get some ice on it, and I’ll be fine,” said the Rock Falls freshman, who was noticeably limping after the race. “I ran a stupid race; I know I could’ve had him if I had waited to push it until the last 200, but I went too early. I ran like a freshman, and I have to get past the mental part.

“But now that Seth and I both hit state qualifying [9:49.24], we’re going to have some confidence

going into next week, because we proved to ourselves that we can do it.”

Williams later ran in the 1,600, but faded to 11th (4:47.55) due in part to the blistering pace of the 3,200 earlier in the evening.

“I was still tired from the 2-mile,” Williams admitted, “but I’m really happy with that race. It was a PR by 20 or 30 seconds, and I knew if I just hung with the talented guys in that field, my talent would show, too. I’ve got big hopes for next week now, and I’m definitely hungry to run another fast race again.”

The Rockets’ other scorers were the 800 relay foursome of Trenden Schwindenhammer, David Villa, Brandon Boyer and Adrian Villa, who clocked a 1:37.30 for fourth place, and Boyer’s fifth-place finish in the high jump (5-11). Boyer made the triple jump finals, but finished eighth (36-9).

Burlington Central won the team title going away, as the 2A school racked up 150 points to doubleup runner-up Winnebago (71.25). Byron was third (66.25), North Boone finished fourth (42), and Rockford Christian (41.25) rounded out the top five.

Besides the meet record in the 3,200, Winnebago’s Jeff Swanson set a new 400 mark in 49.55, as did Burlington Central in the 1,600 relay (3:24.59). North Boone’s Chris Walker came up a half-inch short of the conference record in the triple jump with a 33-4½.

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court in The First National Bank in Amboy v. Dale A. Van Natta, Marilyn D. Van Natta, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 13 CH 83, Lee County, Illinois, on February 4, 2014, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Francine M. Lilja, Loan Officer, The First National Bank in Amboy, 220 E. Main St., P.O. Box 80, Amboy, IL 61310, (815) 857-3625.

(B) Both the legal description of the real estate and the common address are as follows: Part of the East Half (E 1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section 16, Township 21 North, Range 10 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Section 16, 1599.70 feet South of the Northeast Corner thereof; thence extending South on the said East line, 209.0 feet; thence Westerly perpendicular to the said East line 209.0 feet; thence Northerly parallel with the said East line, 209.0 feet; thence Easterly 209.0 feet to the said Point of Beginning, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1567 Rockyford Road, Franklin Grove, Illinois (D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to the sale.

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows: The Lee County Old Courthouse, 112 East Second St., Dixon, IL 61021, at 10:00 a.m. on June 26, 2014.

(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 May 16, 23, 30, 2014

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court in The First National Bank in Amboy v. Matthew L. Hayles, Janice L. Hayles, Patricia F. Partyka, Unknown Owners, and NonRecord Claimants, Case No. 13 CH 84, Lee County, Illinois, on February 4, 2014, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Franny M. Lilja, Loan Officer, The First National Bank in Amboy, 220 E. Main St., P.O. Box 80, Amboy, IL 61310, (815) 8573625.

(B) Both the legal description of the real estate and the common address are as follows: Part of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 28, Township 38 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, situated in the County of Lee, and State of Illinois, described as follows: Beginning at a point in the South line of said Section 28, 714.39 feet East of the Southwest corner thereof: thence extending Easterly on the said South line, 393.25 feet; thence Northerly perpendicular to the last described course 360.00 feet; thence Westerly parallel with the said South line 393.25 feet; thence Southerly perpendicular to the last described course 360.0 feet to the point of beginning, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2612 Butler Hill Road, West Brooklyn, Illinois (D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to the sale.

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows: The Lee County Old Courthouse, 112 East Second St., Dixon, IL 61021, at 10:00 a.m. on June 26, 2014.

(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com May 16, 23, 30, 2014

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY, Plaintiff, vs

MATTHEW L. HAYLES, JANICE L. HAYLES, PATRICIA F. PARTYKA, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

No. 13 CH 84 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court in The First National Bank in Amboy v. Matthew L. Hayles, Janice L. Hayles, Patricia F. Partyka, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 13 CH 84, Lee County, Illinois, on February 4, 2014, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Franny M. Lilja, Loan Officer, The First National Bank in Amboy, 220 E. Main St., P.O. Box 80, Amboy, IL 61310, (815) 857-3625.

(B) Both the legal description of the real estate and the common address are as follows: Part of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 28, Township 38 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, situated in the County of Lee, and State of Illinois, described as follows: Beginning at a point in the South line of said Section 28, 714.39 feet East of the Southwest corner thereof: thence extending Easterly on the said South line, 393.25 feet; thence Northerly perpendicular to the last described course 360.00 feet; thence Westerly parallel with the said South line 393.25 feet; thence Southerly perpendicular to the last described course 360.0 feet to the point of beginning, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2612 Butler Hill Road, West Brooklyn, Illinois (D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to the sale.

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows: The Lee County Old Courthouse, 112 East Second St., Dixon, IL 61021, at 10:00 a.m. on June 26, 2014.

(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com May 16, 23, 30, 2014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY, Plaintiff, v.

DALE A. VAN NATTA, MARILYN D. VAN NATTA, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

No. 13 CH 83 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court in The First National Bank in Amboy v. Dale A. Van Natta, Marilyn D. Van Natta, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 13 CH 83, Lee County, Illinois, on February 4, 2014, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Francine M. Lilja, Loan Officer, The First National Bank in Amboy, 220 E. Main St., P.O. Box 80, Amboy, IL 61310, (815) 857-3625.

(B) Both the legal description of the real estate and the common address are as follows: Part of the East Half (E 1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section 16, Township 21 North, Range 10 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Section 16, 1599.70 feet South of the Northeast Corner thereof; thence extending South on the said East line, 209.0 feet; thence Westerly perpendicular to the said East line 209.0 feet; thence Northerly parallel with the said East line, 209.0 feet; thence Easterly 209.0 feet to the said Point of Beginning, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1567 Rockyford Road, Franklin Grove, Illinois (D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to the sale.

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows: The Lee County Old Courthouse, 112 East Second St., Dixon, IL 61021, at 10:00 a.m. on June 26, 2014.

(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 May 16, 23, 30, 2014

"THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE" W09-3634 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee, for the Certificateholders, MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2007-NCW Mortgage PassThrough Certificates Series 2007-NCW; Plaintiff, VS. Michael J. Couto; Defendants.

09 CH 249 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the said court occurred in the above entitled cause, Sheriff Michael R. Harn, Sheriff of Ogle, Illinois, will on June 6, 2014, at the hour of 11:00 AM at Sheriff of Ogle County, 103 Jefferson Street, Oregon, IL 61061, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Ogle, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit: PART OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A FOUND IRON PIN AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 7, THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 7, A DISTANCE OF 2201.51 FEET TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 0 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 553.14 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 233.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 7, A DISTANCE OF 710.70 FEET TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTH 55 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 290.40 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF OGLE AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. C/K/A: 4500 South Skare Road, Rochelle, IL 61068 PIN: 24-07-200-004-0000 The person to contact regarding information regarding this property is: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Any questions regarding this sale should refer to file number W09-3634. The terms of the sale are Cash. 10% at time of sale, with the balance due within 24 hours. The property is improved by: SFH. The Property is not open for inspection prior to sale.

The real estate, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and tenements, hereditament and appurtenances thereunto belonging shall be sold under such terms.

Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 312-360-9455 Fax: 312-572-7823 W09-3634 pleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com

WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF LAUREL O. RASMUSSEN, Deceased.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with the Representative, or both, on or before November 4, 2014, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 28th day of April, 2014.

Karen S. Palmer, Gary H. Rasmussen, Stanley N. Rasmussen Independent Co-Representatives Richard A. Palmer WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. Attorney for Estate 202 East Fifth Street P.O. Box 400 Sterling, IL 61081-0400 Telephone: (815) 625-8200 May 2nd, 9th and 16th 2014 NOTICE OF TOWNSHIP BUDGET Notice is hereby given that a Proposed Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for Township purposes for Palmyra Township, in the County of Lee, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2015 will be on file and is available for public inspection at 214 Palmyra Road, Dixon, IL 61021 during regular business hours after May 13, 2014.

Notice is further given that the Board of Trustees will take final action on this Ordinance at our regular monthly meeting, Tuesday – June 10, 2014.

Palmyra Township Clerk Dated this 13th day of May, 2014

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CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of LAUREL O. RASMUSSEN. Letters of Office were issued to KAREN S. PALMER, 1728 Hillcrest Drive, Sterling, Illinois 61081; GARY H. RASMUSSEN, 108 Byrsonima Circle, Homosassa, Florida 34446; and STANLEY N. RASMUSSEN, 9725 Tampico Road, Rock Falls, Illinois 61071, as Independent Co-Representative, whose attorneys are WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C., 202 East Fifth Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Education of Rock Falls Elementary School District #13 in the County of Whiteside, State of Illinois, that a tentative amended budget for said district for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at 602 Fourth Avenue, Rock Falls, Illinois in this school district from and after 9:00 a.m. on the 15th of May, 2014. Notice is further hereby given that a public hearing on said amended budget will be held at 7:30 p.m.

On the 18th day of June, 2014 at Merrill School in this school district.

Dated this 14th day of May, 2014 Board of Education, Rock Falls Elementary District #13 In the County of Whiteside, State of Illinois Shelley Chappell, Board Secretary May 16th 2014 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Whiteside County Farmland Assessment Review Committee will conduct a Public Hearing, Monday, June 2, 2014 at 3:30 pm in the EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, Room 117, located on the ground floor of the Courthouse, at 200 East Knox Street, Morrison, Illinois.

The purpose of this meeting will be to inform farm owners of the procedures and requirements for farmland assessments for 2015. The Property Tax Code, sections 10-110 through 10-125, (35ILC 200/10-110 through 10-125) requires farmland to be assessed in relation to productivity and use, using assessed values certified to County assessing officials by the Department of Revenue.

Whiteside County Farmland Assessment Review Committee Robin Brands, Chairman May 16, 2014 NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING On Thursday May 29, 2014 at 10:00 am a meeting conducted by the Bi-County Special Education Cooperative will take place at Wallace School; Sterling. The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the 11 member *district's plans for providing special education services to students with disabilities who attend private schools and home schools within the 11 member *district's of the Cooperative. If you are the parent of a homeschooled student who has been identified with a disability and you reside within the boundaries of the 11 member *district's, you are urged to attend. If you have further questions pertaining to this meeting, please contact Drew Hoffman; Bi-County Director of Special Education at 815-622-0858 EXT #16. *Bi-County Represents the following 11 member districts: Erie #1 Riverbend#2 Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico #3 Sterling #5 Morrison#6 East Coloma-Nelson #20 Rock Falls Elementary #13 Montmorency #145 RFHS #301 Eastland #308 Chadwick-Milledgeville #399 May 17th 2014 IN THE DISTRICT/SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA AT ANCHORAGE David Stalker f/k/a/ David Ketron Plaintiff(s), vs.

Brandy Cichetti Defendant(s).

CASE NO. 3AN-13-111128 CI NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT To Defendant: Brandy Cichetti. You are hereby summoned and required to file with the court an answer to the complaint filed in this case. Your answer must be filed with the court at 825 W. 4th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska 99501 within 30 days after the last date of publication of this notice. In addition, a copy of your answer must be sent to the plaintiff's attorney, Benjamin Crittenden whose address is: 750 W. 2nd Ave., Suite 200, Anchorage AK 99501.

If you fail to file your answer within the required time, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This is an action for personal injury from a motor vehicle collision. The relief demanded is a money judgment for personal injury. You have been made a party to this action because you were the driver of the vehicle that hit David Stalker f/k/a David Ketron.

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CLERK OF COURT BY: Daniel Gallagher Deputy Clerk May 16, 23, 30, June 6 2014 NOTICE OF ROAD DISRICT BUDGET Notice is hereby given that a Proposed Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for Road purposes for Palmyra Township Road District, in the County of Lee, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2015 will be on file and is available for public inspection at 214 Palmyra Road, Dixon, IL 61021 during regular business hours after May 13, 2014.

Notice is further given that final action on this Ordinance will be taken at our regular monthly meeting, Tuesday – June 10, 2014.

Palmyra Township Clerk Dated this 13th day of May, 2014 Kathryn A. Todd Palmyra Township Clerk May 13, 2014

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Financial services corportion has opening for Office Manager. Mutual funds, investments, banking, auto, home, life & health insurances. Send resume to PO Box 185, Sterling, IL 61081.

Front desk membership representative at SterlingRock Falls YMCA. Part-time, evenings & weekends. Need to be friendly, articulate, selfstarter, with computer & customer service skills. Apply in-person or at www.srfymca.org EOE

★ NEW TODAY ★ Full Time EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR for United Way of Lee County Requirements: Good organizational and management skills, community minded, exceptional interpersonal skills, college degree and/or prior experience preferred.

Send resume to: United Way of Lee County Attn: Board President, 1314 N. Galena Ave, Dixon, IL, 61021 HELP WANTED Rock Hollow Hunt Club bartenders, wait staff, cook & sporting good sales.

Excellent summer job for special events. www.rockhol lowhuntclub.com 815-232-5428 Freeport, IL HOUSEKEEPING/ LAUNDRY AIDE WANTED! Part time housekeeping/laundry aide for the day shift, along with rotating weekends. We offer a positive environment with a wonderful staff to work with. Please apply online or send resume to: Walnut Manor 308 S. Second St. Walnut, IL 61376 www.Heritage OfCare.com Lifeguards needed, Responsible highest pay, certified. 815-499-0520 Local HVAC Company looking for Service Tech. Minimum 2 yrs. exp., installation exp. a plus.

Send resumes to PO Box 737, Rock Falls, IL 61071 Sterling Rock Falls Child Care Full or part time, days, varied times and days.

Apply within: 1840 W. Le Fevre Road Sublette Farmers Elevator is accepting applications for a full time agronomy sales position.

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While we attempt to screen advertising with potential fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential problems.

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NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is specifically licensed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes.

The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c)) ROCK FALLS DAY CARE CENTER, 729 W. Rt. 30, Rock Falls.

Licensed Daycare Center has openings for Infants, Toddlers & Pre-School No Waiting with completed 4 C's application.

4 C's co-pay accepted as full payment.

(815)625-0106.

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â&#x153;&#x201D;â&#x153;&#x201D;â&#x153;&#x201D;â&#x153;&#x201D;â&#x153;&#x201D;â&#x153;&#x201D;â&#x153;&#x201D; Auction Reminder Sat., May 17 10:00 A.M. 1209 W. 15th St. Rock Falls Ruby Wyatt Estate Dirks Auction Service 815-626-3358 IL Lic# 040000128 IN-HOME ESTATE SALE 508 19th Ave., Sterling Fri. 10-7pm & Sat. 9-7pm Dwight Mortenson: One-owner home is full wall to wall including basement! Includes 4 pianos & a beautiful newer baby grand! To settle estate the home is sold & contents all must go!

See estatesales.net for pics & info. By Sauk Valley Estate Sales.

SPECIAL SALES 620 Huge Plant Sale Perennials $4.97 ea.

Aster, Astilbe, Iris, Viola Cone Flowers, Sedum, & more...

Larger Flowering & Evergreen Shrubs Available Butterfly Bush, Hibiscus, Spirea, Hydrangea, Annabelle, Incrediball, Snowbelle Mock Orange, Coppertina Ninebark, Sand Cherry, Forsythia, Spirea Twisty Baby Locust, Weigela Red Prince, Wine and Roses, & more..

Quantities Limited!

Clearance Specials!

May 15th - 18th Thurs. & Fri. 11-5 Sat. & Sun. 11-3 6154 S. Daysville Rd., Oregon Just North of Flagg Rd. No Early birds Please!

AREA GARAGE SALES 624 AMBOY GARAGE SALES 624 Friday, May 16 & Sat., May 17, 8-4 1298 US Hwy 52 Amboy, 1 mile North of 52 & 30 Vacuums, dehumidifier, 2 older laptops, lots of Jr's women's & men's clothing, costume jewelry and much misc.

Thurs. & Fri. 8-3 232 W Wasson Rd Boys & Girls cloting-all sizes. Intex framed pool 14x48, XBOX 360, towable float, LOTS MORE!

COMO GARAGE SALES 624 Sat. only, 8:30-1 24799 & 24849 Front St. Kids clothes & indoor/outdoor toys, Bumbo, oak quilting frame, jeans, Christmas trees & dÊcor, antique crib, rockers, corner TV stand, George Foreman, lots of misc. 12-1 most things ½ price.

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624 *Wildcat Ridge* Subdivision Multi-Family Garage Sales Friday 7- 5 p.m. & Saturday 7-2 p.m.

1881 Wildcat Ct & 1898 Wildcat Rd, 1925, 1940, 1943, 1944 Jaguar Ct., 582 & 608 Panther Drive, 1909 W. Leopard & Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church Youth Group 2035 IL Rte. 26 (SATURDAY only sale) (directions: take Palmyra Rd to Wildcat Rd, then into Wildcat Ridge Subdivision (maps will be available) Or take RT 26 to Timber Creek Rd then take a left, then next left is Wildcat Rd) (Everything priced to sell!) video recorder, camera's, Wii fit & Wii system, Video Games for Playstation 2,Game Cube & Nintendo DS, DVD's, power wheels, Lots of furniture, patio furniture,sheet sets, kitchenware, wall & home dĂŠcor, LOTS of clean/name brand career, business suits & casual wear adult clothing sizes Small to 3X plus size , newborn girls & boys clothes, junior clothes, shoes, lots of toys & games, lamps, books, seasonal/holiday items, play pen, strollers, infant car seats, bike trailer, riding toys, puzzles,TVs, rugs, 5 FT Christmas tree w/lights, name brand purses, jewelry, basketball hoop, Antiques, dishes, exercise bike, weights, poker table, beer signs & lights, baseball & football cards, Longaberger Pottery & more, paint, lg dog cage, Tupperware, truck bed cover, 2005 Jayco 1007 Pop-up camper, Pottery Barn kids train table w/storage, bedding adult & kids, costumes, kids sport equipment, golf stuff, record player & much more!!!!!

Sat. & Sun 7-12 227 Cropsey Ave. Multi-Family Sale!

Men's, Women's, & Kid's Clothing of all sizes, and Lots of Misc. Items.

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

Annual Fox Run Subdivision Sale!

Corner of Bloody Gulch & Pump Factory Road Saturday 7-2 682 Pleasant Run Bakers rack, swimming pool, antique dresser, toys, Longaberger, womens clothes, maternity clothes, V-tech toys.

693 Woodchuck Way Girls clothes infant1yr old, furniture, duals, 678 Woodchuck Way Antique upright coke vending machine, XL mens & girls teen clothes

Moving Sale!!

Saturday 8-2 1632 Brandywine Coffee table, end tables, lamps, tons of nice home dĂŠcor, clothes, Merlin's arrangements, armoire. Lots of Stuff!! 28 Years of stuff....

Saturday 8-1 1309 W. 4th Street Newborn-12mos. girls clothes, pink baby tub, dresser, TV stand, books, toys, adult clothes, household items, Holiday dĂŠcor, a lot of miscellaneous!!

Fri. & Sat. 8-3 1001 Ogletree Ter. Harley Davidson Clothing, leather coats, adult & baby clothing, porcelain dolls, Nascar items, furniture, garage elec. heater, 4 tires-BF, P255/60R15, 1999 Chevy S10 Blazer, lots of misc.

Fri. & Sat. 8-3 611 N. Jefferson DVD's, postcards, puzzles, Christmas dĂŠcor, pool 15'x4', craft/sewing supplies, womens large & mens medium clothes, football/baseball cards Fri. & Sat. 9-5 1151 Middle Rd. -Behind Elks ClubWeber Grill, Like new XL Ladies Clothes, furniture, books, knickknacks, kitchen items & linens Fri. & Sat., 8-4 1207 Ann Ave. Decorative items, kitchen items, wood layth, throw rugs, ladies blouses, books, records, dining room set, lots of misc items.

Fri. - Sun. 9-5 414 - 2nd Ave. PLANT SALE! Many perennials for sun or shade, garden vegetables, flower planters & baskets, annuals, houseplants, new clay pots, all reasonably priced Fri. 5-8pm & Sat., 8-Noon 1612 Brandywine Lane & 1633 Rockview Rd. Baby items, toys books womens plus size business and casual clothes, furniture, swing set, apple kitchen dĂŠcor & misc. household items.

Fri. 9-3 Sat. 9-12 2 Yard Sales On River Ridge Dr. (On Rt. 2) Household furniture, dish ware, new two level toaster oven, decorations, sewing machine, elect. Piano keyboard, pond (never used), PS2 w/ games, grill, exercise equipment, pre hung doors, pedestal sink, bike rack for vehicle, quad low mi., 05 Lincoln, carpet remnants, kids clothes and toys, new dog house, concrete steps & lots of misc.

Cash Only!

Saturday 8-3 486 Rock Island Road Houslehold items & knickknacks,lamps ,womens & boys clothes, antique wash basin & irons

Sat. only, 8-?

409 S. Ottawa Ave. Outdoor furniture, bedroom set, plus size clothing, womens & designer clothes, kids & mens clothes, golf clubs, art supplies, lots of odds & ends

Saturday 7 a.m.

119 & 123 Vanburen Ave. Huge Multi-Family Sale bike trainer, play station, guitar head, 16 channel mixing board, PV power mixer, computer printer & computer parts, snowblowers, Shopsmith, Dewalt powered miter box, 14 in. Delta band saw. Clothing for boy's, women, & men, furniture inside & outside, F.P. Smart Cycle, w/ games, motorized toys. We also have our share of a lot of unusual items that can be found here.

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121 Bed Long Term Care Facility is seeking an RN for Assistant Director of Nursing.

Must be detail oriented with critical thinking skills.

Supervisory experience and knowledge of state and federal regulations preferred.

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Delivery/Warehouse Position Full time Delivery/Warehouse Position available. Must be neat, organized, enjoy working with people and have a good driving record. This position involves delivery of furniture and/or appliances and electronics; therefore, heavy lifting may be required. Benefits package included.

Apply in person to: Ashley Furniture HomeStore/ Knie Appliance & TV Inc. 3614 E. Lincolnway Sterling, IL. EOE

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DIXON GARAGE SALES 624 Thurs, Fri, Sat. 8-2 534 Palmyra Rd. Mile Past Bombdigity Name brand Jr's & men's sm, purses, candles, dĂŠcor, jewlery, scents, DVD's, CD's, games, paperbacks, cookbooks, dog toys & carrier, bedding, houshold, blinds, recliner, Christmas tree, lawn sweeper, motorized bike, garden stones & misc.

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Assisted Living

RN/LPN: 2nd & 3rd Shifts-PRN CNA: 3rd Shift and 4p.m.-8p.m.

Consulting Dietician

Apply in person to Monica Fane, D.O.N. 2201 E Lefevre Rd. Sterling, IL. 61081 NO PHONE CALL PLEASE!

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GALT GARAGE SALES 624

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

Saturday 8-12 Sunday 8-12 5207 Spruce St. Moving Sale bunk bed, tv cabinet, buffet hutch, fish tanks, mini fridge, clothes, bikes, toys, tons of kids books, puzzles & board games, dirt bike helmets, Southwest décor, Creative Memories, scrapping misc. & so much more!!

House for Sale!!

Saturday 8-12 506 W 14th St. All money raised goes to Relay for Life 2 Inspired 2 be Tired Fill A Bag for $5 Don't want to miss this sale!

Fri. 8-5 & Sat. 8-2 905 1st Ave. Lots of name brand baby boy clothes NB-24mos.

Jrs. clothes 0-5 & mens clothes, baby toys, high chair, car seat, pots, pans, dishes, and misc. items.

Saturday 8-1 Parkway Center 1801 Ave G. Freezer, Fisher and Paykeo dryer, screen windows, recliner chairs, twin beds, couch, light fixtures, pond, sinks, snow village, books, Jigsaw puzzles & much more!

Noon-1 Fill a bag $1

MILLEDGEVILLE GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. 8-5 & Sat. 8-12 616 N. Main St. Sm. chest freezer, pictures, dishes, small applcs., blue pitcher, basin & stand, other matching pieces, antique high chair and much more!

Fri. 8-5 & Sat. 8-12 902 9th St. JD snow blower, blankets, Med. Mens tops, womens clothes 14-16, (3) recliners, (2) lawn chairs, kids table & 2 chairs, toys & lots of misc.

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8-3 305 E 9th St. Nice clothes, guys, misses, Jr., little girls sz.

6-12.

Harley shirts, hair products, Rocket Dog shears 5” like new! Cat carrier, kitchen misc., home décor & collectibles, 2 upright vacuums, lamp shades, tins & Afghans Fri. & Sat. 9-3 306 E 2nd St. Electronics, guitars, sports cards, hot wheels, CD's & DVD's, treadmill, entertainment center, Sm. Air compressor, camping and outdoor items, holiday décor & household items.

Fri. 8-4 Sat. 8-2 606 E. 2nd St. girl's, ladies, & men's clothing, games, toys, life jackets, planters, books, albums, electronic equip., & stuff galore!

Fri. 8-5 & Sat. 8-2 10451 Hampton (Take E Thome Rd. 1½ mi. to Hampton Dr.) nice adult clothing s-xl, 6 hole 16” Chevy wheels, lawn roller, sand blaster, kerosene garage heater, wooden tools & toolbox, trailer hitch for camper, elec. brake control Fri. 9-5 & Sat. 9-?

2207 Steven St. Men & womens clothes, sizes-4x, Avon, bedding, household items, table, leaf blower, baseball books, toys & baked goods.

Fri., 8:30-3:30 Sat., 9:30-1:30 1606 7th Ave. Rummage Sale Lots of girls clothes, some boys clothes, knick knacks, tea pots, Indian collections, Paradise Gallery Indian Dolls, jewelry, bowling balls, table & chairs. Lots of misc.

Sat. & Sun. 8-2 1302 6th Ave. Dressers, baby clothes, girls clothes 4-12, baby furniture, Leisure Time Playset & lots of toys & misc.

Sat. 8:30-4 Sun. 9-1 1104 5th Ave. Clothes: mens, womens, childrens.

Toys, wood &crafted frames, wood crafts, nursing uniforms, handicap toilet, motorcycle ferring, tool boxes, coolers, some tools, dishware, knick knacks, books, lots more!

Sat. only, 8-1 306 Dixon Ave. Name brand clothing, kids and adults.

Lots of Americana items, tools, bikes, guy stuff, lots of misc.

Sat. only, 8-?

21 Rock Island Rd (½ mi. East of Rock River Golf) White granite type kitchen sink, gray countertop, old metal bed, women's plus size cloting, 2pr. Boys sz. 6 Air Jordan shoes, lots of odds & ends all priced to sell!

Saturday 9-4 907 W. 21st St. Clothes, knick knacks, dishes, lots of misc.

Don't want to miss this sale!

Saturday Only 8-2 1306 5th Ave. 4 Sisters Rummage/Bake Sale Longaberger, Boyds bears, Vera Bradley, 31 bags, hand made crib blankets and pot holders, Holiday and household items, Name brand clothes, boys 8-18, mens, womens up to 4x, scrub pants, lots of misc, and baked goods.

Saturday only, 8-1 1003 Selmi Ln. Antiques, baskets, rocker recliner, toys, mens & womens clothing, girls 3T-5T, boys 06mos., shoes, and baby items.

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 Estate Sale 110 S. 2nd Ave. Friday & Sat. 10-4 Hand tools, drill press, extension ladder, bed room set, kitchen nook, lamps, recliners, sofa, sleeper sofa, antique desk, deco chair, end tables, console stereo, A/C window unit, fans, garden yard tools, mower, snow blower, gas grill, glider, patio furniture, tread mill, stationary bike, weights and bench, picnic table, golf clubs, some costume jewelery, McCoy pottery. Lots of misc.

Next to Ink Storm Tattoo Shop Fri. 7-2 Sat. 7-12 25579 Front St. (Indian Ridge) Check out the garage behind the house...it's full of fishing tackle, over 100 rods and reels, L'Amore & Johnstone cowboy books, nice small refrigerator, & much more!

Fri. 8-4 Sat. 8-12 2013 E. 38 th St. (Snavely) Multi Family clothing, young men & women, furniture, dishes, household items, Schwinn 10 speed bike, knick knacks, lots of misc.

Fri. noon til 6 Sat. all day Indian Ridge kitchen cupboards, side by side refrigerator, antiques, weed eaters, fishing supplies, and lots more!

Friday 8-4 & Saturday 8-12 1405 E. 36 th St. Women's Group large sale doll cradle (fits American Girl dolls), Singer sewing machine in cabinet, copper boiler, smoker, king size headboard, kid's toys, Pfaltzgraff dishes, lots of books, and misc. household items.

Friday 8-5, Sat 8-12.

2010 Ave D Toddler bed, High Chair, Pack n Play, baby walker, stroller, desk, computer desk, antiques, seasonal items, steel file cabinets, toys, books, lots of misc. decor, decorations and house wares.

Sat. & Sunday 8-3 1507 6th Ave. Estate and Multi Family Sale Baby - Adult clothing, furniture, glass ware, bedding, toys, office supplies, elect. Scooter chair, elderly care supplies, lots of misc.

Sat. 8-2 Plant Sale Moonlight Bay Lane perennials, hostas, iris, sedum, feaverfew, dragon flowers, moonbeam coriopsis, daisies, flox, hardy asters, astilbe, and many more. Also smoke bush, powder puff, rose of sharon.

Also house plants.

Sat. only 7-2 1401 E. 20 th St. breakfast burritos, 27” GE wall oven, 2 20” girl's bikes, area rugs, furniture, home décor, clothing, decorative yard rocks, & toys.

CASH ONLY.

Saturday 8-4 614 Greenridge (passed Jr. High) Don't Miss!!

Hollister, Loft, Gap, Am. Eagle for men & women, 32” color tv, kitchen table & chairs, patio table & chairs, furn.

Thurs. 3-5 Fri.10-5 Sat. 9:30-12 1511 Avenue J 3 weed wackers, truck bed liner, gas powered leaf vacuum, clothing-all sizes, lots of misc.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antique furniture, fishing tackle, toys, post cards junk. 815-445-6151 WW2 German Navel Battle Flag.

(Original). And other items. $500.

815-284-9967

APPLIANCES

710

CLOVER HILLS LEASE TO OWN APPLIANCES TV’S MATTRESSES

815.625.8529 4' Upright freezer $50. Chest freezer 5' wide. $100 good 2008 condition.

Chevy Uplander $4500. Call 815716-8478 Newer window A/C, less than one year old!! $100 815-631-0002

FURNITURE

755

2 Mauve Chairsgood condition!! $100 815-2844079 Light Oak table 2 leaves, 4 padded chairs + 2 captain chairs, well made! $450 815-9738903 Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

Nice 4 poster king size water bed frame w/drawers $40 815-441-7500

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

762

Hoveround Power chair 450 lb. Capacity.

Good cond. $650 815-284-3507

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 6 Free cute kittens to good indoor homes only, about 9 wks., 217-5539594 Bulldog, 9 mo. old male, French/Old Eng. $500/obo 815-590-6655 Free Kittens to Good Homes.

815-336-2302 Wanted: small adult chihuahua, female, spayed, housebroken, reasonably priced or free. 815-564-9022 after 1 pm.

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 MOWERS

779

1990 John Deere 318 runs great & looks great! $850 Call after 4. 815625-6463 John Deere 345 w/bagger $3700, John Deere 360 $2500, Cub Cadet $1400, Simplicity w/power take off $1400.

815-4401790 MTD Yard Machine 15.5hp B&S, 42” cut, 7spd shift on the go. Very good cond. $575.

815-973-3223.

Simplicity Conquest garden tractor, 50” mower, 18hp. Like new.

235 hrs. $2,000/ firm. 815-499-7308

LAWN & GARDEN

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT

785

Elliptical exercise machine.

Paid $1200, asking $100 815-441-7500 Total Gym. $100.

Phone 815-2380584.

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

Sears Contractor Series Woodshaper $150 815564-5307

WANT TO BUY 795

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

DIRECTV, Internet, Phone Starting @ $69.99/mo!

3 FREE Months of HBO, Showtime, Starz and Cinemax!

4 Room HD/DVR Experience + NFL SUNDAY Ticket Included.

Limited time Call Now! 1-855-631-8292

Lg. stack of Rough Sawn hardwood lumber, oak, walnut cherry. $750 Or $1.50 per running ft. 815-2883301

Twin, full, queen, king beds. Dresser, washer, sofa sleeper, nice sofa, s.b.s refrig., recliner. 815-718-4385

Hot water pressure washer.

5GPM 3000 PSI mounted on single axial trailer. $3500 815-266-1898 Huge quality gold mirror, 57”Lx39”T Exc. cond. $100.

815-441-4543.

If you need Gravel hauled call 815499-7195 Joe Camel adv.

Sign w/thermometer. 20” tall. $20.

815-441-8343.

Lazy Boy recliner, blue. Nice shape. $80. 815-718-4385 Men's Nike Impax size 10½, red & white. $35. 815441-4543.

“Pride” Mobility Elect. Scooter for sale by owner.

Lightweight, easy to handle. Long lasting batteries.

Excellent Condition. $950. Call 815-626-0240 Scooter Store Power Chair TSS300, like new condition, $4,000 new, asking $650, 815-849-5466 See More Online Photos, Commerce, Expanded Text ➛Look for WEB ID ➛Log on to: www.saukvalley. com classifieds ➛Enter the WEB ID in the WEB ID Box ➛View Photos, Expanded Text BUY ONLINE!! saukvalley.com CLASSIFIEDS

Victorio Food Mill Excellent condition $35 815-718-3637 Vinyl Lift chair & Transfer wheel chair $600 total.

Good cond. 815849-5153 Wii Fit, $10. 815441-4543.

Womens K-Swiss tennis shoes sz.

10 silver w/ orange bottoms. $50 815238-0584

FARM EQUIPMENT

855

2007 New Holland tractor TZ24DA 4x4, 60” deck.

Loader bucket. 3Pt hitch, diesel. Under 100hrs. $9500.

815-535-5120

CLASSIC CARS

1977 Ford LTD Landau 46k mi. all original, mint condition! $12,000 815-973-0232

★ NEW TODAY ★ The Dixon Food Pantry is in need of a large chest freezer & a large walk-in refrigerator.

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