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DIXON | HIRING A FIRST CITY MANAGER

Will he stay? Or will he go?

Administrator’s future with city uncertain

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

DIXON – City administrator David Nord could become Dixon’s first manager. Or he could soon be looking for a new job.

With his contract set to expire in a few days, any way it’s sliced, Nord’s long-term future with the city of Dixon is uncertain. But he knew it would be so when he was hired.

To Nord, it comes with the territory. There’s no playbook for an entirely new council that is taking over a completely different form of government.

“A city manInside ager governDixon ment doesn’t council set work very well to outline without a city its 100-day m a n a g e r , ” agenda, A3 Nord said on Wednesday. “It entails a number of things. Certainly, it’s going to be a big change from what the past has been. ...

“My thoughts are, I’d love to stay here, but that’s not my choice to make,” he added. “I took this job knowing full well I could be gone at the end of May.” At the very least, the council will entertain appointing

City administrator David Nord, shown speaking at Dixon Main Street’s Lunch and Learn on March 18 at the Post House Ballroom, doesn’t like residents to feel like they’re imposing with their phone calls and emails. “[I say] ‘Dude, I’m working for you,” Nord said at the event. “You’re my boss. Tell me what it is you want so we can take care of it.’”

Nord as its interim manager.

Mayor Li Arellano Jr. this week declined to comment on Nord’s potential future with the city.

But later, the mayor confirmed that the council will weigh a resolution to extend Nord’s contract during Monday’s regular council meeting. Appointing an interim manager is Nord’s recommendation, regardless of whether it’s him.

If approved, Nord will be sworn in as interim manager during the meeting. Then, according to Arellano, the real search will begin.

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2015 GRADUATIONS | SAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Happy endings at Sauk

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Curt Kerchner hugs his daughter, Cassey, after she received an associate degree in applied science Friday evening during commencement at Sauk Valley Community College.

At graduation, an officer and an addict’s story of transformation

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

DIXON – The man who presented Curt Cheffer his degree is the same man who had Cheffer in handcuffs years ago.

So proud was Jon Mandrell, Sauk Valley Community College dean of academics and a former Oregon police officer, that he said Friday’s commencement ceremony almost brought him to tears. To Mandrell, Cheffer embodies the spirit of what’s possible at SVCC. “The first time I met Curt, I’ll never forget this line,” Mandrell said, moments after Cheffer and others received their diplo-

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mas. “He said, ‘I met you twice in my life, and the second time was a lot better.’”

A packed house in the Sauk gymnasium got to witness an emotional Cheffer deliver a candid reflection of what he called his “former life.”

At 16, Cheffer dropped out of high school. He fell into money problems, became addicted to heroin, and was arrested multiple times.

When he started at Sauk more than 2 years ago, Cheffer was still in jail, part of the Lee County Drug Program, requiring someone to shuttle him from his cell to school.

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As funding continues to shrink for work on state roads and bridges, state Inside transportation What local officials warn that they see projects are little hope for in the works? any infrastruc- A5 ture expansion in the foreseeable future.

After releasing a new 6-year highway spending plan Thursday, acting Illinois Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn said that doing regular maintenance of the system would be difficult, let alone taking on new projects that might spur economic development.

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Grub Hub has breakfast at Flynnie’s Curt Cheffer, 28, delivers the student address during Friday night’s commencement.

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In his latest “Grub Hub” feature at saukvalley.com, SVM reporter Jermaine Pigee sits down for a filling breakfast at Flynnie’s Diner in Dixon.

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Retiring captain: It’s just time

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DIXON – It’s a “bittersweet” feeling, for firefighters in the Dixon Fire Department and for retiring Capt. Mike Wilcox.

The former will lose what they described as a great mentor, someone who knew when to be serious and when to have fun. As for Wilcox, 55, he said he’s leaving behind a “special blend” of talented individuals.

“I’m very proud of what we do,” Wilcox said Friday during a special retirement ceremony at the Dixon Public Safety Building. “To see these young men coming in and see how talented they are – I’m pleased to be living in this town.”

Community members and fellow protectors turned out to celebrate Wilcox’s 30-year career.

It’s a story that spans nearly every experience one can have with the department.

Since 1985, Wilcox steadily climbed the ranks, eventually becoming chief in 1998. Then, in 2002, he returned to his status as captain.

While the opportunity to be chief was rewarding, Wilcox said, he preferred to be on the front lines with others to protect the city.

“I think every fire chief would tell you that,” he said. “That’s what we got hired to do. It’s such a gratifying job. Once you become chief, that’s very important, too, but you don’t get [the gratification] anymore. It’s not quite as personal.

“I liked getting back to helping people,” Wilcox

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POLICE Dixon Police Bonnie M. Myers, 59, of Dixon; 3:13 p.m. Wednesday, 700 block of West Seventh Street; driving under the influence of drugs and improper lane usage; posted bond.

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Dixon Fire Department Cpt. Mike Wilcox talks to visitors at his retirement party Friday afternoon at the Dixon Public Safety Building. Wilcox has been with the department for 30 years, and was chief from 1998 to 2002. added. “That’s truly what I got into it for.”

While the captain has spent years saving lives, his younger co-workers say Wilcox greatly helped them.

Firefighter Aaron Brown said Wilcox was instrumental in teaching him “the tricks of the trade.” He said everyone in the department was better off from the mentoring.

“You can’t really replace a guy like Wilcox,” Brown said. “He’s been here 30 years and seen more fires than any of us.”

Adam Arnold has been working on Wilcox’s shift. He said the captain knows how to set the right tone.

“I’ll miss the camaraderie part,” Arnold said.

“He’s our captain, and you have to treat him with respect. But at the same time, he’s our friend.”

Wilcox said there isn’t one overlying reason that he’s retiring now. He ref-

Brandon McKenna, 19, of Sterling; Thursday; warrant for failure to appear; taken to Ogle County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Matthew D. Williams, 26, of Rockford; Thursday; warrant for failure to appear; posted bond.

Lee County Sheriff Kenneth C. Burnell, 27, of Dixon; 3:37 p.m. Thursday; warrant for failure to appear on a charge of battery, violation drug court;

posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Austin Cathey, 26, of Dixon; 11:12 a.m. Thursday; criminal trespass to land– petition to revoke; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Linda K. Warrner, 53, of Oregon; 11:01 a.m. Thursday; petition to revoke; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Chante M. Ramsey, 23, of Franklin Grove; 12:44 a.m. Thursday; driving under the influence, no insurance, and improper lane usage; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Rock Falls Police Lance E. Wolf, 22, of Rock Falls; 2:59 p.m. Thursday, 1100 block of Roberts Street; speeding; given notice to appear in court.

BIRTHDAYS Happy belated birthday to Tyler Hubbard, 15, on Friday.

Happy birthday to Alden Stevens, Mitch Wakeley, 24, and Todd Olin, all on Saturday.

Happy birthday to Rachel Scott, Jackie Johnson, Jackie Smith, Amy Ready, Clayton McThenia, 14, Edna Forren, Noah Lester, Tim Meiners, Jason Quick, Kyle Schultz, and Lavon Oldham, all on Sunday.

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Wilcox’s helmet sits among retirement gifts and cards. erenced his age and said the move times nicely with his pension package.

While he will miss the force, he is also looking forward to the next chapter.

“Having the opportunity to do this was beyond my wildest dreams, honestly,” Wilcox said. “It’s

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The Dixon City Council will have a special retirement presentation for Wilcox during its May 18 meeting.

The council will vote on a recommendation to promote Lt. Scott S c h m i d t i n Wi l c ox’s vacated captain position.

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MILLEDGEVILLE – In the Army, Timothy Feary served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But his time spent as a college student was among the proudest of his life, family members said.

On Thursday, Feary, a Milledgeville resident who was a 1999 graduate of Dixon High School, was to receive his associate of science degree from Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg. Instead, his parents crossed the stage to receive his diploma.

Feary, 33, was one of two people killed Wednesday in a five-vehicle crash in

a construction zone on Interstate 74 near Galesburg. His car was one of two vehicles Timothy hit when a Feary semitrailer dr iven by Clifford A. Rasmussen, 55, Buffalo Lake, Minnesota, failed to slow and struck the rear of a 2006 Mazda, State Police trooper Jason Wilson said in a news release.

Feary’s vehicle, a 1998 Toyota Camry, was struck in a chain reaction the included another car and another semitrailer. Feary was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Galesburg,

where he later was pronounced dead.

The driver of the Mazda, Ryan A. Love, 40, of Peoria, also was killed. Rasmussen and another driver suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

The crash remained under investigation Friday.

A moment of silence for Feary was observed at the beginning of Thursday’s graduation ceremony.

“He would do anything for a friend in need,” Feary’s family said in a statement read by Carl Sandburg College President Lori Sundberg during the ceremony, The Register-Mail of Galesburg reported. “And with

his outgoing, charming nature, he became an instant friend to whomever he met.

“Tim served a tour in Iraq and Afghanistan, putting his country first and making his family very, very proud. His time at Sandburg College was among one of the proudest times of his life. Earning his associate science degree was his first stepping stone on the way to becoming an engineer.”

A visitation with family present will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Finch Funeral Home in Mount Morris. His funeral will be Wednesday.

Feary’s obituary is on Page A4 of today’s edition.

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DIXON CITY COUNCIL

This lesson was no accident at Amboy High School

Council set to outline plan for next 100 days Mayor vows ‘serious look’ at budget

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

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The day before Amboy High School’s prom, students at the school were given a reminder of the consequences of driving while drunk or distracted. Personnel from the Amboy, Harman, and Sublette fire departments, Lee County Sheriff’s Department, and the Lee County coroner’s office took part in a mock accident drill Friday morning. Here, rescuers remove a victim from a crash. Amboy’s prom dinner and dance is tonight at the Mendota Civic Center. The grand march is scheduled for 4 p.m. today in the school’s auditorium. TOP: The mock accident involved two carloads of students on their way to prom.

ABOVE: The “drunk driver” is handcuffed and taken away

by Lee County Sheriff’s deputies. In the scenario of Friday’s mock accident drill at Amboy High School, the driver caused one death and several serious or disfiguring injuries. LEFT: Rescue personnel work on a “victim” in Amboy High School’s parking lot during a mock car accident there Friday morning.

DIXON

Entries open for dog ‘show off’ Proceeds from June 6 event to benefit Granny Rose Animal Shelter STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

DIXON – Granny Rose Animal Shelter will benefit from the seventh annual Show ’N Show Off Day on Saturday, June 6.

According to a news release, activities are planned for youths and adults, and will be a “practice” show for 4-H youths before the county fairs.

Among the competitions will be agility (onleash and off-leash), obedience (all levels), rally obedience (beginner and novice on leash), and showmanship (divided by age: junior, senior and adult).

Classes will be judged according to AKC guidelines, but mixed breed dogs are welcome.

Judging by Dianne Mellott of Bettendorf, Iowa, and Billie Jo Cardot of

Amboy will start at 9 a.m., rain or shine.

Entries cost $5 for the first class and $1 for each additional entry of the same dog for entries made by June 4. Entries the day of the event will cost $10 for the first class with the same $1 for each additional entry of the same dog. Day-of-event entries will be taken from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.

Entry forms are available at Granny Rose Animal Shelter, 613 River Lane, Dixon, or email, grannyroseanimalshelter@hotmail.com. Call 815-288-

7387 with any questions.

Spectators are welcome. Food will be available.

All proceeds will benefit animals at Granny Rose Animal Shelter, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

Sponsors include Wahl Clipper, Tuff Dog Bakery, Economy Trophy, River Ridge Animal Hospital, and Purina.

DIXON – Citizens won’t have to wait long to get some insight on the direction of their city for the next few months.

Dixon City Council will commence discussion Monday on the 100-day agenda proposed by Mayor Li Arellano Jr. The council will have a work session devoted to the topic during its regular meeting.

Until then, there has been only speculation about what might be built into the document.

Arellano and others have alluded to what the agenda will entail, with the mayor stating it could be formally ratified later.

He also said “several” work sessions might be devoted to finalizing the agenda. To Arellano, it is a way to broadcast city efforts to citizens and give the council short- and long-term direction.

“There’s probably a laundry list [of goals], which is why we’re looking at this,” Arellano said last week. “We’re a completely new council, and we have some new priorities.”

According to the mayor, it’s safe to expect goals for infrastructure to be built into the agenda. Arellano said during the council’s first regular meeting (May 4) that he wants to schedule out various projects the city hopes to start and finish within the next 4 months.

As with anything, the

To attend The Dixon City Council meets at 5:30 p.m.

Monday at City Hall, 121 W. Second St., on the second floor in the Council Chambers.

Go to www.DiscoverDixon.org or call City Hall at 815-288-1485 for an agenda or more information. agenda will also tie heavily into the city’s budget. The council has already sought to free up Crundwell settlement dollars apportioned by the outgoing council.

The city is $20,000 over budget, meaning amendments will be needed in the near future to balance city finances.

Planning commissions, boards and local partnerships could also be built in, Arellano said.

The agenda serves as a way to “streamline” city operations under the new managerial form of government.

“Let’s put a plan in place,” Arellano said.

“When you have a majority of the council changing, the next question people are wondering is, What are your plans?

What are you going to do?”

He added later: “We’re in the process, these first few weeks, of taking a very serious look and a very open mind into the budget. We were elected to make big changes and professionalize city government, and that’s what we’re in the process of doing right now.”

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PRINCETON – A hearing for a permit extension requested by developers of the proposed Walnut Ridge Wind Farm is planned for Monday.

The Bureau County Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct the hearing at 7 p.m. at the Metro Center, 837 Park Ave W in Princeton.

The request by project developer BHE Renewables would extend a previously granted conditional use permit that was to expire Dec. 31. The per-

mit is for only use of the land; additional permits must be obtained for construction to begin.

The first permit for the project was granted in 2008, and extended in 2011. The permits are granted for 3-year periods.

After the hearings, the zoning board will make a recommendation to the Bureau County Board before it makes a decision on the extension request.

The expanse of the proposed wind farm would be 15,000 acres in Ohio, Walnut, Manlius, Bureau and Greenville townships.

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OBITUARIES Charles Anthony Rozhon Jr. ROCK FA L L S – Charles Anthony Rozhon Jr., 50, of Rock Falls, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015.

Chuck was born Dec. 28, 1964, in Chicago. He was a chief engineer for a shipping company, served in the Navy, and was a Navy Reserve captain.

He is survived by his parents, Carole and Charles Rozhon Sr.; sons, Charles III, Joel, and Nicholas Rozhon; brother, David (Jennifer) Rozhon; sister, Michele (Brian) Welsh; and many nieces, nephews, in-laws, and friends.

He was preceded in

death by his wife, Sandra (née, Frump); and brother, Christopher Rozhon.

Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Beidelman-Kunsch Funeral Homes & Crematory, 24021 Royal Worlington Drive, Naperville.

Local visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday followed by the funeral at 10 a.m Monday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 435 Martin Road, Rock Falls. Interment will be at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

Visit beidelmankunschfh.com to send condolences.

Marjorie E. Potts ROCK FALLS – Marjorie E. Potts, 74, of Rock Falls, died Thursday morning, May 14, 2015, at Avonlea Cottages in Dixon.

She was born Dec. 13, 1940, in Sterling, a daughter of Robert and Theresa (Zahn) Hermes. She was united in marriage to Leo Aberle in 1959. He preceded her in death in 1968.

She married Jerry Potts on May 6, 1972, at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls.

Marjorie was a member of St. Andrew Catholic Church and the Altar and Rosary Society. She enjoyed working bingo at St. Andrew Church and Newman Central Catholic High School.

Marjorie was a Red Hatter, an avid bowler, and loved to dance the polka.

She loved her garden and flowers and traveling in her motor home with Jerry. Marjorie was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and greatgrandmother, who loved her family very much.

Those left to honor her memory include her husband, Jerry of Rock Falls; three daughters,

Wanda (Ed) AberleSchmitt of Rock Falls, Kathy (Don) AberleHeiar of Clinton, Iowa, and Lora (Ken) Aberle-Hernandez of Tucson, Arizona; a son, Aaron Potts of Rock Falls; a sister, Marie Fritz of Plains, Montana; three brothers, Maynard (Mary) Hermes and Harry (Mary) Hermes, both of Sterling, and Calvin Hermes of Rock Falls; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She also was preceded in death by her parents.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m., with the rosary recited at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m.

Monday at St. Andrew Catholic Church, with Monsignor G erald Kobbeman, celebrant, officiating. Burial will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Sterling.

A memorial has been established in her memory.

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Timothy J. Feary DIXON – Timothy J. Feary, 33, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015, as a result of a car accident.

Ti m o t h y w a s b o r n Oc t . 2 1 , 1981, in Dixon, the son of James and Barbara Feary.

Timothy graduated from Dixon High School, Class of 1999.

He joined the Army in 2003. He served in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and in Korea. After his honorable discharge in 2012 from the Army, Tim attended Western Illinois University, and finished his degree at Carl Sandburg College just this May. Tim was due to graduate from Carl Sandburg College on May 14, 2015. His parents walked in his honor.

Tim enjoyed fishing with his dad, bowling, online gaming, and was an avid Chicago Bears fan. He was a former Veterans of Foreign Wars commander, and supported veterans in any way he

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s funerals: Richard L. Craft of Rock Falls, 10 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling.

Margaret A. Arthurs of Sterling, 10:30 a.m. graveside service at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

Ila N. McGuire Blevins of Mendota, formerly of Amboy, 1 p.m. at Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy.

Gary L. Hunt of Franklin Grove, 2 p.m. at BeverageLyons Family Funeral Home in Ashton.

Sunday visitations: Marjorie E. Potts of Rock Falls, 2 to 4 p.m., with the rosary recited at 1:30 p.m., at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Josephine Levan of Dixon, 1 to 3 p.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Monday visitations: Charles A. Rozhon Jr. 9 to 10 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 435 Martin Road, Rock Falls.

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Nord: I can understand why they want to search UNCERTAIN

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“I don’t think we would have put it on the agenda if we weren’t comfortable with that decision,” Arellano said.

Nord would “likely” be extended for the duration of a full manager search.

“We are going to do a full and complete search,” the mayor said.

“We think Dixon is a very attractive position. …

We expect to have a lot of strong candidates.”

Managerial government officially set in when the new council was sworn in on May 4, putting Nord in a peculiar position. He still maintains the title of “administrator” to which he was hired. Although he doesn’t have managerial authority yet, he has been positioning staff and departments to operate under the new style and advising council members on ways to smooth the transition.

If he becomes interim manager, he will have full authority to operate the city. The council will set policy, and Nord will be in charge of hiring, firing and supervision of all daily city functions.

Nord said his routine this month has been ensuring government continues to operate effectively. All the while he’s awaiting the council’s short- and longterm decision for the manager position.

Candidly, Nord said he will seek the job. Challenges are what attracted him to Dixon in the first place, why he accepted

the position 18 months ago, he said. He’s excited for what’s in store for the city – whether or not that involves him in the long run.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for anyone who landed this position, because there’s a lot of work to be done,” Nord said. “The culture of this organization is changing.”

As for the manager search, Nord has experiences that indicate he’s up to the task. He has been a credentialed manager under the International City Manager’s Association since 2003, has 27 years of government experience, and is familiar with the Dixon staff.

But both he and Arellano said it’s important for the council to find quality candidates who will work well with current city leaders.

Nord was hired in November 2013 after an “extensive” interview process. None of his 14 interviewers from then still hold office.

“Looking at it from [the council’s] perspective, I can understand why they want to search for other candidates,” Nord said.

“They’re five new people, and they don’t know who I am. They didn’t hire me.”

Arellano said healthy manager-council correspondence will be vital to Dixon’s future, a reason that it’s important to find the best fit. “ T h e re l a t i o n s h i p between the city manager and the council is so important,” he said.

“There’s going to be a lot of feeling-out of this

could. He loved his nieces, and would surprise them with gifts. He had an outgoing and charming nature, which made him an instant friend to many. He will sadly and lovingly be missed by his family and friends.

Timothy is survived by his parents, James and Barbara Feary of Dixon; sister, Kimberly (Duane) Feary of Dixon; nieces, Gabrielle, Delaney, and Annalise of Dixon; fiancée, Amanda Pauk; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Timothy was preceded in death by his grandparents.

Visitation with family present will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Finch Funeral Home, 405 E. Hitt St., Mount Morris.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Josh Ehrler officiating. Burial will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Mount Morris.

process in the beginning. The city manager should be in charge of all day-to-day operations.

The council should be in charge of all policy decisions.”

The manager decision aside, Nord said the council already has had a full plate. Two quick weeks into their new term, council members have had involved conversations about the budget, Crundwell settlement reallocation, a new public works department, and multiple tiers of planning. Monday’s agenda is loaded with more developments: a work session on Arellano’s “100-day agenda” and a resolution to support the city’s TIGER grant efforts.

Again, to Nord, it’s been an “exciting challenge.”

He described the start of the term as a storm. For now he has a place in it.

“What I’m supposed to be doing here is keeping the overall government operations running the way they’re supposed to,” Nord said. “The calm amid the storm, if you will.”

Given the Dixon scenario and his personal uncertainty, Nord said he has officially seen it all.

He won’t be disappointed no matter what happens in the near future.

“I’ve certainly liked my time here,” Nord said. “If they decide to have me here in the interim, or hire me at the end of the process, great.

“But there’s no expectation. I’m here to serve Dixon for however long they want that to happen.”

10 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 435 Martin Road, Rock Falls.

Marjorie E. Potts of Rock Falls, 10:30 a.m. at St. Andrew Catholic Church, Rock Falls.

Josephine Levan of Dixon, 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Dixon.

Joseph D. Keenan of Sterling, 11 a.m. graveside service at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

Tuesday visitations: Timothy J. Feary of Dixon, 6 to 8 p.m. at Finch Funeral Home in Mount Morris.

Wednesday funerals: Timothy J. Feary of Dixon, 10 a.m. Wednesday at Finch Funeral Home.

Friday visitations: Bradley E. Spickler of Oregon, 5-8 p.m., with 8 p.m.

Masonic service, at FarrellHolland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon.

May 23 funerals: Bradley E. Spickler of Oregon, 10 a.m. at FarrellHolland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon.

Lucien W. Fitzgerald STERLING – Lucien W. Fitzgerald, 94, died Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

He was born June 11, 1920, in Lakewood, Ohio. He was a graduate of the University of Chicago. During World War II, he served in the Army for nearly 4 years in the South Pacific. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Sterling. He was one of the four founders of The Knights of the Square Table, started in 1982, a coffee group still in existence.

Survivors include his wife, Dian; four children, Carol (Douglas Becknell) Fitzgerald of Rock Falls, Daniel Fitzgerald of Guam, Douglas (Karen Claus i u s ) Fi t z g e ra l d o f Elmhurst, and Nancy (Daniel) McLaughlin of Greenwood, Indiana; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Services will be private. His body has been donated to science.

Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling handled arrangements.

Visit schillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Josephine ‘Jo’ Levan DIXON – Josephine “Jo” Levan, 90, of Dixon, died Thursday, May 14, 2015, at her home. She was a mail carrier during World War II at Green River Ordnance Plant in Amboy, and later was a secretary for Levan Grain Co. for many years before her retirement.

Josephine was born Dec. 12, 1924, in Franklin Grove, the daughter of Charles and Mary Agnes (Sword) Kenney. She married Wayne W. Levan on May 18, 1945, in Dixon.

He preceded her in death on Oct. 10, 2002. Jo graduated in 1942 from Franklin Grove High School.

She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Dixon.

Survivors include three sons, Kenneth Levan of Dixon, John Levan of Caldwell, Texas, and Robert (Doris) Levan of

Dixon; two daughters, Nancy Wexell of Franklin Grove and Judy (the Rev. Neil) Hayen of Mallard, Iowa; 10 grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Fred and Melvin Kenney; and a sister, Zelda Neahring.

Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Dixon, with the Rev. Frank Langholf, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon.

A memorial has been established.

Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com.com to send condolences.

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EDUCATION

Graduation dates set across area STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

High school students across the Sauk Valley will take their next step during graduation ceremonies this month.

Commencement exercises are planned at: Amboy High School: 2 p.m. May 31 in the high school gym, 11 E. Hawley St. Ashton-Franklin Center High School: 10 a.m.

May 23 in the high school gym, 611 Western Ave., Ashton.

Bureau Valley High School: 3 p.m. May 24 in the high school gym, 9154 County Road 2125 N., Manlius.

Dixon High School: 1 p.m. May 31 at the high school football field, 300 Lincoln Statue Drive, or in Lancaster Gymnasium in case of bad weather.

Eastland High School:

7 p.m. Friday in the high school gym, 500 S. School Drive, Lanark. Baccalaureate, 7 p.m. May 17 in the high school gym, 500 S. School Drive, Lanark.

Faith Christian School: 6:30 p.m. May 29 in the school gym, 7571 S. Ridge Road, Grand Detour.

Fulton High School: 2 p.m. May 24 in the high school gym, 1207 12th St. Mo r r i s o n H i g h School: 2 p.m. May 24 at the high school football field, 643 Genesee Ave., or in the gym in case of bad weather.

Newman Central Catholic High School: Baccalaureate at 5:45 p.m., followed by Mass and graduation, Wednesday at St. Andrew Catholic Church, 708 10th Ave., Rock Falls.

Ohio High School: 7:15 p.m. Friday in the high school gym, 103 Memorial St.

Oregon High School: 2 p.m. May 24 at Blackhawk Center, 1101 Jefferson St. Paw Paw High School: 7 p.m. May 29 in the high school gym, 511 Chapman St. Polo High School: 2 p.m. May 24 in the high school gym, 100 Union Ave. Prophetstown High School: 4 p.m. May 24 in the Prophetstown Middle School gym, 38 Ferry St., Prophetstown.

Rock Falls High School: 1 p.m. May 24 at Hinders Field, 508 15th Ave., or in the high school gym, 101 12th Ave., in case of bad weather.

Sterling High School: 3 p.m. May 24 at Roscoe Eades Field, 1608 Fourth Ave., or in the fieldhouse in case of bad weather.

Un i t y C h r i s t i a n School: 10 a.m. May 30 in the high school gym, 711 10th St., Fulton.

to a doctor’s appointment Monday when Apperson intentionally fired his gun

into Zimmerman’s truck without provocation, detectives said.

IN BRIEF Man who shot at Zimmerman charged LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) – A man who shot at George Zimmerman during a confrontation earlier this week along a busy central Florida road has been arrested.

Matthew Apperson was charged on Friday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and firing a missile into an occupied conveyance, Lake Mary police reported in a news release. Apperson turned himself in at the police department Friday evening.

Zimmerman was driving

Jerry P. Ovall Thank You

The Ovall family would like to express our deepest thanks to the people who sent prayers, plants, flowers, cards, phone calls or who just stopped by to express their condolences. A special thanks to Dr. Kuhns, Mattisson and Runo for taking care of Jerry throughout his illness. Also a special thank you to VITAS for their compassionate care during his final moments. Thank you to Pastor Brian Tribley for a wonderful tribute to Jerry. Thanks to the Schilling Funeral Home, the men of the Moose who performed the ritual and the women of the Moose for the luncheon.

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IN BRIEF

Area projects in IDOT’s 6-year plan replacement, $1.655 million (2017-2021) • Ideal Road – BNSF Railroad, 2 miles west of Milledgeville: bridge replacement, $3.608 milion (2016) • Mill Road – BNSF Railroad, 2 miles northeast of Argo Fay: bridge replacement, $1.7 million (2017-2021) • North Galena Street – Carroll Creek on northwest side of Mount Carroll: bridge replacement, $1.728 million (2016) • Old Galena Trail – Plum River, 5 miles northwest of Mount Carroll: bridge replacement, $2 million (2017-2021)

IDOT Region 2, District 2 This district includes 10 counties in northwest Illinois, including Lee, Whiteside, Ogle and Carroll.

Lee County • State Route 26 – 0.3 miles north of Union Road: bridge maintenance, $930,000 (2016) • State Route 26 – north of Easy Road to half-mile south: bridge maintenance, $1.23 million (2016) • East River Road – Artesian Place to state Route 2: reconstruction (0.25 miles), $1.35 million (2016) • La Moille, Maytown and Green Wing roads – to Bureau County line: resurfacing (4.66 miles), $600,000 (2016) • Sterling, Harmon and Walton roads – Sterling Road to village of Walton: resurfacing (6.61 miles), $1 million (2017-2021) Whiteside County • Interstate 88/state Route 110 – Just east of Sand Road to half-mile west of state Route 78: resurfacing and patching on 8.6 miles and ramp repairs at Albany Road, $14.5 million (2016) • State Route 78 – Carroll County line to U.S. 30 west of Morrison: 7.5 miles road resurfacing, $2.435 million (20172021) • U.S. 30/Clinton Road – 1 mile west of state Route 84: Bridge work and inspection, $2 million (2016) • State Route 78 – Carroll County line to U.S. 30: Bridge work, utility adjustment, $1.995 million (2017-2021) • State Route 78 – Drainage ditches near Noble and Ward roads: culvert replacement, utility

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The bridge over the Mississippi River between Savanna and Sabula, Iowa, is slated for a $79 million overhaul in a new 6-year highway spending plan released Thursday by the state. The bridge, built in 1932, is rapidly approaching the end of its useful life. adjustment, $815,000 (2017-2021) • Freeport Road – Jordan Creek, 0.4 miles north of Lee/ Ogle County line: bridge work, $440,000 (2017-2021) • Freeport Road – Jordan Creek, 6 miles north of Sterling: bridge replacement, $440,000 (2017-2021) • Black Road – Rock Creek 3 miles west of state Route 78 junction: bridge replacement, $1.468 million (2017-2021) • Freeport Road – U.S. Route 52 to Sterling Road (includes Ogle County): resurfacing (6.85 miles), $990,000 (2017-2021)

• Prophet Road – Star Road to Tampico Road: cold in-place recycling, $560,000 (2016) Carroll County • U.S. Route 52/state Route 64 – Over Mississippi River and BNSF Railroad in Savanna: bridge replacement, $78.6 million (2016) • State Route 40 – State Route 78 to First Street in Chadwick: resurfacing, ADA work, $2.73 million (2017-2021) • State Route 40 – State Route 78 to 0.3 miles west of Marion Avenue in Chadwick: culvert

Ogle County • State Route 72 – Stillman Road in Stillman Valley to west of Interstate 39: railroad safety upgrades, $35,000 (2017-2021) • State Route 251 – Winnebago County line just north of Flagg Road: resurfacing, new shoulders, rumble strip, $7.542 million (2017-2021) • State Routes 251 and 38/ Seventh Street – 0.3 miles north of Flagg Road: reconstruction, storm sewer, bikeway, curb and gutter, $7.6 million (2017-2021) • Chana Road – State Route 64 to Flagg Road: about 5 miles of resurfacing, $515,000 (2017-2021) • Macklin Road – Stillman Creek, 1.5 miles west of Stillman Valley: bridge replacement, $500,000 (2016) • Milledgeville Road – Brookville Road to Maple Street in Polo: resurfacing (5.74 miles), $820,000 (2017-2021) • Montague Road – Rock City Road to Winnebago County line: resurfacing (10.3 miles), $690,000 (2017-2021)

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“A high-quality transportation network is a job creator and economic asset,” Blankenhorn said.

“But just maintaining our existing system will be a challenge, with the ability to take on any new projects extremely difficult.”

The $8.4 billion in proposed spending statewide is about $200 million less than the last 6-year plan under former Gov. Pat Quinn. It is about $1.1 billion less than what was proposed for fiscal years 2014 through 2019.

Of the $8.4 billion, $1.85 billion would be spent in fiscal year 2016.

The Illinois Department of Transportation said that 83 percent of state highways and 93 percent of bridges are in accept-

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able condition today, but a trend of reduced spending paints a grim picture.

Based on the spending in the new proposal, IDOT expects that by the end of fiscal 2021, only 62 percent of highways and 86 percent of bridges will be in acceptable condition.

“While this latest multiyear program will have a positive impact on many of our communities, it also underscores the urgency to find a longterm, sustainable solution for our infrastructure needs,” Blankenhorn said.

IDOT’s Region 2, District 2, based in Dixon, has 10 counties, including Lee, Whiteside, Ogle and Carroll. The new plan proposes $710 million in spending for the district during the 6-year period.

That funding level must maintain 1,606 miles of state highways and 832

bridges that support 10.2 million vehicle travel miles daily.

Region 2, District 2 received $764 million in the latest 6-year plan covering fiscal years 2015 through 2020.

Kevin Marchek, a project development engineer in Dixon, said his office is still looking at the list of proposed projects. It’s clear, however, the office will struggle to maintain the existing system in the district.

“We’re glad to get what we can, given the current budget situation,” Marchek said. “But obviously, it’s not what we’d like to be getting.”

Marchek said quite a bit of bridge work is targeted in the new plan, which is typical for the district. A couple of projects stood out for him.

“The biggest project is

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Madigan’s move follows a series of votes and hearings held in an attempt to pressure Gov. Bruce Rauner in budget negotiations.

The Republican governor has proposed slashing spending to reduce a $6 billion gap in next year’s budget unless lawmakers pass his set of pro-business reforms.

2nd Dem plans U.S. Senate bid CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago Urban League President Andrea Zopp says she intends to run for Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk’s seat.

The move potentially sets up a 2016 primary battle for Democratic Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth.

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For the past month, IDOT officials have been on a statewide listening tour to hear about the infrastructure needs and priorities from residents, business owners, and public officials.

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THE CARTOONIST’S VOICE

Joe Heller, Heller Syndication

Sign up to help reform Illinois’ remap process What we think The third redistricting reform initiative this decade has begun. The Independent Map Amendment would be a major improvement over legislative districts drawn by politicians. Find a petition and sign it.

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llinoisans who are worried about the future of their troubled state ought to welcome with open arms the latest campaign to reform Illinois’ redistricting process.

Independent Maps is the name of the coalition of business, clergy and civic leaders who 2 weeks ago announced a petition drive and fundraising campaign to take the once-a-decade mapmaking power away from politicians, who abuse it to their advantage.

The goal is to put a constitutional amendment on the November 2016 ballot. If voters approve it, the 2021 legislative redistricting process would be controlled not by politicians, but by an 11-member commission whose members would be chosen by a review panel of registered voters.

Any new maps would require the approval of at least seven of the 11 commissioners, with at least two Democrats and two Republicans assenting to them.

The Independent Map Amendment contains many other nuts and bolts (visit www.mapamendment.org for full details), but suffice it to say that the reforms it proposes would greatly diminish the power of politicians to control how districts are drawn.

IT’S A POWER THAT entrenched leaders like House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, are loath to surrender.

In 2011, Madigan and fellow Democrats controlled the remap process. The maps they drew, approved by the House, Senate, and thenGov. Pat Quinn, achieved spectacular results.

In 2012, the first election for the new districts, Democrats gained seven seats in the House and five seats in the Senate.

The state’s congressional districts were also redrawn, and Democrats gained four seats in the U.S. House and thereby recaptured control of the Illinois delegation.

The new maps had the desired results – if you’re

a Democrat.

We quickly note that had Republicans controlled the process, as they did in 1991, they would have done the same thing.

The trouble is, when politicians think of their interests first, voters come last.

Districts drawn for political advantage often are uncompetitive. Legislators may face little or no opposition on the ballot, and therefore, little or no accountability for their performance, or lack thereof.

TWO PREVIOUS attempts this decade failed to wrest redistricting power from politicians.

In 2010, the Fair Map initiative by the Illinois League of Women Voters was abandoned after failing to collect the nearly 300,000 required petition signatures.

In 2014, Yes for Independent Maps collected more than half a million signatures, but many were ruled invalid, and a Cook County judge blocked the referendum from getting on the ballot anyway.

Members of the new group, chaired by a former newspaper company executive and with members from both parties, say they have fixed problems in the 2014 proposed amendment so that it should win court approval to be placed on the ballot.

That is, if enough petition signatures can be collected – at least 300,000 in less than a year.

Illinois politicians, protected by district lines that keep their jobs safe, have done an incompetent job running our state. Soaring budget deficits, massive pension debt, crumbling infrastructure, underfunded schools, and cuts to social services are proof.

If you want less political, more competitive districts, from which are elected more responsive, more accountable representatives, keep an eye out for an Independent Maps petition and sign it!

GUEST COLUMN

Different governor, same game Less fortunate become pawns in budget crisis PATRICK PHELAN Dixon

It’s a horrible case of déja vu. The state of Illinois has a new governor, but the same game is apparently being played when it comes to the budget crisis, making pawns of those who are most vulnerable in our communities.

Once again, clients of agencies like Sinnissippi Centers are being held hostage as bargaining chips, as their services are threatened with cuts.

It’s all part of a game of political brinkmanship we have seen too many times.

Threatening cuts in services that benefit the most vulnerable citizens is a tactic that has been used often in the past to force lawmakers to make compromises on the budget without really solving the budget crisis.

A NEW PLAN IS desperately needed to not only solve the state’s budget woes but to also ensure that those who need services receive them. We need new solutions, a new paradigm, not the same old, same old.

That solution is creating a system of integrated, coordinated care with our partners in primary health care.

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were protected in the bills that were approved.

Included in those cuts were services Sinnissippi clients utilize, and programs administered by our partners.

Then, very recently, another bill out of the Legislature was signed into law, allowing the governor to reinstate the Good Friday cuts to the tune of $26 million.

Currently, the governor’s budget would cut more than $1 million in funding to Sinnissippi Centers for Fiscal Year 2016, which begins July 1.

Once again, Gov. Rauner is threatening to cut funding to those who can least afford to be without services. Areas of impact would be psychiatric services, crisis services, substance abuse counseling, and counseling for the uninsured. Thousands would lose a portion, or all, of their services.

IF THE FISCAL 2016 cuts are made as proposed now, not only will there be a toll in human life and misery, but dramatic increases in costs for emergency medical care and incarceration.

We recognize the fiscal challenges in Illinois, and we don’t expect we will avoid cuts completely. In this process, we would like to see a reduction in the loss of service to our clients from the governor’s budget.

Our clients have been pawns in the politi-

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Once again, Gov. Rauner is threatening to cut funding to those who can least afford to be without services. Areas of impact would be psychiatric services, crisis services, substance abuse counseling, and counseling for the uninsured.

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Patrick Phelan

cal process far too long.

Their services are held hostage as a bargaining chip to arrive at other political compromises.

It is time to stop harming the real people of our state, especially those who are the least able to absorb these impacts.

Note to readers: Patrick Phelan is president and CEO of Sinnissippi Centers, a behavioral health care agency serving Carroll, Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties that provides mental health and substance abuse screening and treatment services. For more information, call 800-242-7642. Sinnissippi has office locations in Dixon, Mount Carroll, Oregon, Rochelle and Sterling.

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Support group member willing to help others RAYMOND D. SMOOT Dixon

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This model has proved to not only improve lives but to save money in Illinois and other states where it has been tried.

It’s time to try it statewide. It will take a shift in thinking and coopPatrick eration and Phelan input of many of those who are most affected.

To truly cut long-term costs, providers like Sinnissippi need to be at the table in crafting an improved behavioral health system. However, the annual budget drama has derailed any chances of creating real systemic improvements.

Unfortunately, we have seen a repeat of the same process with the current year’s state budget. Many rumors circulated that suggested significant cuts were coming to agencies like Sinnissippi Centers because of a shortfall in 2015 appropriations for mental health and other state-funded services.

Then lawmakers passed legislation, which was signed by the governor, that provided an additional $45.23 million to fill these budget gaps.

These bills included only 2.25 percent decreases for many service lines.

Then, in an apparent 180-degree turn, on Good Friday the governor cut many state programs most people thought

I moved here 10 years ago. I moved my family here from DuPage County. I did what I thought was best for my family.

I never thought this was Mayberry, but I did think this would be safer, being further from the big cities.

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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.

Almost 4 years ago, I became very intimate with the problem of heroin. My oldest daughter informed me of her addiction, and the next 4 years of our lives were never the same.

I commend the people who want to make a difference. I commend the people who try over and over to help the people who most of the time feel it is hopeless. They are underpaid and not appreciated enough.

I am a member of AlAnon, and this why I am writing you. Al-Anon is for the family members who have been affected by addictions to drugs or alcohol. I agree with the powers that be that prison is not the answer.

What I have learned is that most people selfmedicate and that with counseling, medication, and treatment, their lives can get better. If you know someone with these problems, do not

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give up hope.

In Al-Anon, we learn nothing is hopeless. As long as they are breathing, there is always hope.

I am not ashamed of my daughter because she has a disease. Remember – they are people, just like you and me. Sending them to prison will not make them better people.

If I can be of service to anyone on either side of the table, please contact me at rayrdselectric@ yahoo.com.

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Moving forward, planning for the best T

hose of us who regularly drive River Street in Dixon are thrilled to hear the first bold move of the new city council is to resurface that short stretch of road.

Locals know it as a flat, convenient shortcut to avoid a state Route 2 hill climb, steep descent, and a couple of stoplights.

Rather than wait months – or years – for federal funds as the former council had planned, the new council members decided to get the job done now with money from the savings account that former Comptroller Rita Crundwell set up (indirectly) for the city.

OK, it’s a small thing.

But the new mayor and the new council showed – through this and other actions – that they plan to chart their own course forward.

Bully for them.

THAT RESURFACING could pay for itself in no time.

Dixon police are known to closely monitor River Street traffic, though speeding these days is a dangerous venture over rough terrain that can only be described as a patchwork of patchwork.

River Street has been closed several times in recent years – sometimes

for weeks – as other work as been performed behind the water plant and KSB Hospital.

Every time it reopened, we hoped the street would be resurfaced.

Now it will be.

With a new, smooth track to travel, cars and trucks are likely to blow past that 30 mph limit, giving the city’s traffic enforcement an enhanced revenue stream in speeding fines.

As we reported in June 2013, records from the Dixon Police Department showed that 21 percent of the department’s 314 tickets from the previous 6 months had been written on River Street.

Watch your speed.

MAYOR LI ARELLANO and fellow councilmen (yes, they’re all men) decided to hit the ground running when they were sworn in this month.

Some things they have to do: Voters decided in November than the city needed a managerial form of government, and they decided in March they wanted a whole new leadership team to make it happen.

Other things they want to do: Plans were revealed this week for a new public works department to consolidate functions of water, sewer and street departments

larryLOUGH Larry Lough is executive editor of Sauk Valley Media.

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in search of greater efficiency in city operations.

Change can be good when it involves new thinking and fresh perspectives on what to do and how to get it done.

This new city administration is going to hit some bumps that will make today’s River Street look tame, but we see a determination and confidence that are likely to lead to a smoother path ahead.

As the wise man said, We’ll see.

SOME GRUMBLING around Dixon centers on the businesslike approach of Arellano.

During his campaign, he expressed concern about the city’s finances.

Although city government is still sitting on top of millions from Crundwell’s “savings account,” Arellano warned that the annual budget was spending more than it was bringing in, an approach that

has long-term consequences – none of them good.

So, some concerned citizens want to know, how stingy will he and the council be in delivering city services as they seek to balance the budget without becoming dependent on its dwindling balance to pay for operations?

The trick will be to employ business-oriented efficiencies that, as Arellano said, can “spend money more wisely” while recognizing that government requires a greater degree of transparency than the private sector practices.

While living within one’s means is a concept foreign to many government officials in Illinois, perhaps Dixon’s new administration can make it work without skimping on city services.

We’ll see.

WHILE CITY OFFICIALS are moving forward, the Dixon School Board is frozen with fear over having to make a huge decision: What to do about the high school?

The board has two financially equal – but diametrically opposite – options: Remodel the historically significant old building along the Rock River, or build a modern school on a new

site that could accommodate future development.

The board narrowed its consultant’s recommendations to those choices, but seems now to have no idea how to choose between them.

The process has been widely publicized and thoughtfully discussed around town for months – even years.

The board has conducted seven – seven! – public forums to give citizens a chance to ask questions and voice opinions.

When 45 people showed up last week for the latest forum, James Schielein, the board’s vice president, fretted about the thousands of people who didn’t attend.

“That’s not giving us a good clue,” he worried.

“If we don’t have a good solid basis of what the community wants us to do, we are doomed for failure.”

New member Scott Johnson was haunted by a different question.

“What if we renovate the school and people don’t like how it has been renovated?” he feared.

A suggested referendum to allow voters to express themselves has its perils.

“Let’s say 28 percent of the voters come out and they say to tear down the high school and build new,” board President Pam Tourtilott conjec-

tured. “Do we take what they say and run?”

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favorable – or nearly four in every 10 roads in unacceptable condition.

We appreciate IDOT taking the time to hear about our transportation needs, and now we need to act.

The county engineers and other members of the Transportation for Illinois Coalition stand ready to work with our

legislators and the governor to approve a longterm, stable and secure plan to fund investments for our roads, bridges and transit systems, and provide a strong path forward for our economy and infrastructure.

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DESPITE THE BEST intentions of these dedicated board members, they’ve assigned themselves a fool’s errand.

There is no community consensus to be found, let alone public unanimity.

Whichever option is chosen, a lot of people are going to be upset; a lot of people are going to criticize the board.

“People who come up to me in the community are so belligerent about both sides of this,” new member Jill Stoker said.

Exactly.

The problem is that the board wants to make the “right” decision.

And there isn’t one.

The people who care deeply about that decision – the ones who show up at public forums, write letters to the editor, and vote – have been heard.

They also have elected these board members to use their best judgment about the good of the school district.

Sooner, rather than later, board members should shake off their paralysis of indecision, make the best decision they can on the extensive information received, and set the district on a clear path forward.

We wish them well.

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This is a critical time for transportation infrastructure in our state, and I am encouraged that the message seems to be res-

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I want to thank the Illinois Department of Transportation, led by Secretary Randy Blankenhorn, for organizing an ambitious listening tour meeting with residents from communities around Illinois, including in Dixon on April 29.

The tour gives Illinois-

ans a chance to communicate the impact of transportation on their communities.

The response has been overwhelming, both in attendance and in constructive discussion.

In Dixon, we heard about the need for multimodal thinking to move our people and goods. I spoke about the impor-

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Cheffer said he doesn’t know how he could have turned his life around without Sauk, which, he said, allowed him to forget his past.

“At Sauk, I found an opportunity really to start fresh,” said Cheffer, now 28. “People cared about who I was today and what I was doing today.”

By the time Cheffer started taking classes, Mandrell had left the police force – he did so in 2009 – and had been a professor of criminal justice before becoming a dean.

Both remember first crossing paths at Sauk. It was years before either of them acknowledged they had had a history to one another.

“When he first started taking classes here, I wondered if that was the same person I knew from back in the day,” Mandrell said. “I always wondered if he knew me, because I knew him.”

However, word spread quickly about Cheffer among faculty. They all soon discovered his gifts: proficiency for the sciences, physics and mathematics.

While pursuing his associate degree, Cheffer grasped the material so well that he began tutoring other students. On Friday, as he wiped tears from his eyes, Cheffer said he’d had the opportunity to work with many of the other crimson-clad graduates seated in front of him.

During tutoring sessions, he would share his story with his peers. Mandrell said Cheffer inspired them.

“He came from a path where he’s overcome so many barriers and hurdles in his life,” Mandrell said. “He’s really transformed himself. He’s the perfect example of what

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George Mihel welcomes graduates during his final commencement as president of Sauk Valley Community College on Friday. Mihel is retiring in July after 10 years as president. we would want to see a student achieve.”

When Cheffer arrived at Sauk, he admitted his life was in a “very bad place.”

Years later he took the stage about to become a high honors graduate, receiving Phi Theta Kappa distinction and being a member of the Sauk Valley honors program.

Cheffer told the crowd he’s on a journey to achieve more. This summer he will intern at the renowned Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia. After that, he plans to attend University of Illinois-Urbana to work on his graduate degree in physics and math. Eventually, Cheffer said, he wants to get his PhD.D and enter the professional realm of research.

Cheffer said he didn’t think he could have done it without the college community.

“I never would have accomplished any of this without Sauk,” Cheffer said in his speech during commencement, adding he was “privileged” to be

Alan Pfeifer (right) receives the Alumni Award from Mary Wilkinson of the Sauk Valley Community College Foundation board during Friday’s ceremony. a tutor. “We have such a tight support system here.”

Mandrell watched from the stage, among the many receiving thanks from Cheffer. When the student concluded his speech, Mandrell walked across the stage where the two embraced.

Both men greeted each other again in the hallway. Awaiting Cheffer were family and numerous congratulations from audience members who said they, too, were inspired.

Until Friday, Cheffer didn’t even know if he was

going to share his story.

“It was (difficult), but at the same time it felt pretty good,” he said. “I know I’ve come a long way from where I was several years ago, and I’d like to be able to see other people accomplish like that.”

Cheffer was one of 306 who received associate degrees Friday night. Until then – even after burying his former life – the idea seemed so foreign.

“I don’t think the realization that I’m graduating really hit until tonight,” Cheffer said.

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Death sentence for Tsarnaev

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Karen Snyder (right) and Kathryn Vanwie react to the announcement of the death penalty verdict for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (shown above in an undated photo released by the FBI on April 19, 2013) on Friday outside the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston. Tsarnaev was charged with conspiring with his brother to place two bombs near the Boston Marathon finish line that killed three and injured 260 spectators in April 2013. Both women felt the verdict was fair.

Jury orders death by injection; Victim: We can breathe again BOSTON (AP) – After slouching through his trial for months with a bored look on his face, the defendant was ordered to rise.

For close to half an hour, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was on his feet, fidgeting as he listened to the reading of a 24-page worksheet in which a jury dismantled, piece by piece, any hope he had of mercy.

By page 21, his fate was clear: death by injection.

In the nation’s most closely watched terrorism trial since the Oklahoma City bombing, the 21-year-old Tsarnaev was sentenced to death Friday by a federal jury that swept aside arguments he was just a “kid” who fell under the influence of his fanatical older brother.

The decision – which came just more than 2 years after the April 15, 2013, bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 260 – brought relief and grim satisfaction to many in Boston.

“We can breathe again,” said Karen Brassard, who suffered shrapnel wounds on her legs.

The death sentence sets the stage for what could be the nation’s first execution of a terrorist in the post-9/11 era, though the case is likely to go through years of appeals.

In the meantime, Tsarnaev will probably be sent to death row at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh was put to death in 2001.

A somber-looking Tsar-

naev stood with his hands folded, his head slightly bowed, as he learned his fate, sealed after 14 hours of deliberations over 3 days. His lawyers left court without comment.

His father, Anzor Tsarnaev, reached by phone in the Russian region of Dagestan, let out a deep moan upon hearing the news and hung up.

The 12-member federal jury had to be unanimous for Tsarnaev to get the death penalty. Otherwise, the former college student would have automatically received life in prison with no chance of parole.

In weighing the arguments for and against death, the jurors decided among other things that Tsarnaev showed a lack of remorse. And they emphatically rejected the defense’s central argument – that he was led down the path to terrorism by his big brother.

“Today the jury has spoken. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will pay for his crimes with his life,” said U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz.

The attack and the ensuing manhunt paralyzed the city for days and cast a pall over the marathon – normally one of Boston’s proudest, most exciting moments – that has yet to be lifted. With Friday’s decision, community leaders and others talked of closure, of resilience, of the city’s Boston Strong spirit.

“Today, more than ever, we know that Boston is a city of hope, strength and resilience that can overcome any challenge,” said Mayor Marty Walsh.

Tsarnaev was convicted

last month of all 30 charges against him, including use of a weapon of mass destruction, for joining his now-dead brother, Tamerlan, in setting off two shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line of the race. Tsarnaev was also found guilty in the killing of an MIT police officer during the getaway.

Seventeen of the charges carried the possibility of a death sentence; ultimately, the jury gave him the death penalty on six of those counts.

Tsarnaev’s chief lawyer, death penalty specialist Judy Clarke, admitted at the very start of the trial that he participated in the bombings.

But Clarke argued that Dzhokhar was an impressionable 19-year-old led astray by his domineering 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan. The defense portrayed Tamerlan as the mastermind of the plot to punish the U.S. for its wars in Muslim countries.

Tamerlan died days after the bombing when he was shot by police and run over by Dzhokhar during a chaotic getaway attempt.

Prosecutors depicted Dzhokhar as an equal partner in the attack, saying he was so coldhearted he planted a bomb on the pavement behind a group of children, killing an 8-year-old boy.

To drive home their point, prosecutors cited the message he scrawled in the dry-docked boat where he was captured: “Stop killing our innocent people and we will stop.”

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rank-and-file legislators just minutes beforehand, prompting howls from Republican lawmakers.

But Democrats are now criticizing Rauner for the similar secrecy, suggesting the first-time officeholder is conducting business as if he were still in the corporate world rather than a state capital.

“The idea the meetings themselves needed to be secret was just baffling to me given that the governor ran on a theme of wanting to be more transparent,” said Rep. Lou Lang, an assistant House majority leader from Skokie and member of the Legislature since 1987. “We are not his middle management. He is not the boss of Illinois government.”

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Amtrak train that derailed along the nation’s busiest tracks may have been struck by an object in the moments before it crashed, investigators said Friday, raising new questions about the deadly accident.

National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said an assistant conductor aboard the train told investigators that she heard the Amtrak engi-

neer talking over the radio with an engineer for a regional railroad just before the crash.

The regional engineer, who was in the same area as the Amtrak train, said his train had been hit by a rock or some other projectile. The conductor heard Brandon Bostian, who was at the Amtrak controls, say the same had happened to his train, according to Sumwalt.

The windshield of the Amtrak train was shat-

tered in the accident but one area of glass had a breakage pattern that could be consistent with being hit by an object and the FBI is investigating, he said.

The idea raised the possibility that the engineer might have been distracted, panicked or even wounded in the moments before the train left the rails at more than twice the speed limit along a sharp bend.

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SPRINGFIELD – When running for office, future Gov. Bruce Rauner regularly pledged to bring unprecedented transparency to state government as part of the Republican’s campaign to turn around the Illinois economy.

But as the clock ticks down on the General Assembly’s spring session, the former private equity executive is holding his cards close to his vest in tense negotiations with Democratic leaders over the pro-business reforms he wants in exchange for consenting to their demands on how to close a $6 billion budget gap.

For example: • Most talks are being held by special working groups, but the meeting times, locations and topics are secret. Lawmakers involved say Rauner’s staff has demanded they don’t reveal what was discussed.

• Rauner has so far refused to let anyone see copies of legislation outlining his desired reforms, though he has publicly assured reporters the legislation exists, and more information is coming soon. His legal staff has rejected Freedom of Information requests seeking the information.

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Abbott .........................48.68 Alcoa ...........................13.54 AltriaCorp ...................52.80 Autonation .................62.29 American Express ......80.20 Arris-Group ................33.98 Apple.........................128.62 ADM............................53.00 AT&T ...........................34.36 Bank of America.........16.35 Boeing.......................146.91 BorgWarner ................61.74 BP ................................42.82 Casey’s ........................91.26 Caterpillar ..................88.39 CenturyLink ...............34.50 Chevron ....................107.97 Cisco ...........................29.53 Citigroup ....................54.22 CNW ...........................41.36 CocaCola ....................41.52 ConAgra ......................38.50 Dean ...........................18.83 Deere & Co .................89.09 Disney .......................110.23 Donaldson..................36.11 DuPont .......................70.27 Exxon ..........................87.26 Ford .............................15.46 Exelon .........................34.56 GE ...............................27.34 FifthThird ...................20.35 HawaiianElectric .......31.13 Hewlett Packard .........33.58

HomeDepot .............113.35 Intel Corp. ..................32.96 IBM ...........................173.15 IntlPaper .....................53.19 JCPenney ......................8.58 JohnsonControls ........50.43 Johnson&Johnson....102.14 JPMorgan Chase ........65.82 Kraft ............................85.41 Kroger .........................73.03 Leggett&Platt .............47.08 Manpower ..................86.27 McDonald’s ................98.07 Merck&Co...................60.15 Microsoft ....................48.22 3M ...........................163.161 Monsanto .................120.84 Newell .........................40.10 AGL .............................50.43 Nike ...........................104.97 Parker-Han ...............122.25 Pfizer ...........................34.00 Pepsico .......................98.19 Procter&Gamble ........81.01 RaymondJames ..........57.91 Republic .....................40.73 Sears Hldg ..................41.92 SensientTech ..............66.76 Sprint ............................4.83 Staples ........................16.37 TheTravelers.............102.69 UnitedContinental ....61.69 UnitedTech ...............118.59 USBancorp .................43.88 USSteel .......................26.02 Verizon........................49.76 Walgreen.....................86.51 WalMartStores............79.05 WalMartMexico..........25.17 WasteMgt....................49.81 Wendy’s.......................11.19

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3.721⁄2; Dec. 3.823⁄4 Soybeans: July 9.57; Aug. 9.461⁄2; Nov. 9.341⁄2 Soybean oil: July 33.07; Dec. 33.32 Soybean meal: July 303.30; Dec. 297.50 Wheat: July 5.11; Dec. 5.32 Oats: July 2.481⁄2; Dec. 2.621⁄2

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IN BRIEF ISIS seizes, burns compound in Iraq BAGHDAD (AP) – Islamic State militants seized the main government headquarters in Ramadi, raising their black flag over the compound and setting it ablaze hours after a series of suicide car bombings heralded the start of a major new offensive by the extremists on the strategic city.

The advance marked a significant setback for the Iraqi government in its long fight to defend Ramadi, the capital of western Anbar province, where Iraqi forces have made little progress against the extremist group despite months of U.S.-led airstrikes.

The capture of the compound — which houses a police headquarters as well as provincial and municipal offices — followed a coordinated attack in which three near-simultaneous suicide car bombs killed at least 10 police officers and wounded dozens more, Ramadi’s Mayor Dalaf al-Kubaisi said. He said two Humvees previously seized from the Iraqi army were used in the attack.

1,000 flee violence, land in SE Asia LANGSA, Indonesia (AP) – More than 1,000 people fleeing persecution in Myanmar and poverty in

Bangladesh came ashore around Southeast Asia, describing killings, extortion and near-starvation after surviving a harrowing journey at sea.

An increasingly alarmed United Nations warned against “floating coffins” and urged regional leaders to put human lives first.

The United States urged governments not to push back new boat arrivals.

The waves of weak, hungry and dehydrated migrants who arrived Friday were the latest to slip into countries that have made it clear they’re not welcome. But thousands more are still believed stranded at sea in what has become a humanitarian crisis no one in the region is rushing to solve.

Most of the migrants were crammed onto three

boats that Indonesian fishermen towed ashore, while a group of 106 people were found on a Thai island known for its worldclass scuba diving and brought to the mainland.

‘King of the Blues’ dead at 89 LAS VEGAS (AP) – B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. He was 89.

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King’s eldest surviving daughter, Shirley King of Oak Park, Illinois, said she was upset that she didn’t have a chance to see her father before he died.

King continued to perform well into his 80s even though the 15-time Grammy winner had diabetes. He had been in declining health during the past year and collapsed during a concert in Chicago last October, later blaming dehydration and exhaustion. He had been in hospice care at his Las Vegas home.

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In this photo taken May 6, 2015, a wall mural of B.B. King overlooks a downtown parking area in Indianola, Miss.

King claimed Indianola as his hometown after moving there as a teenager. King died Thursday night at age 89 in Las Vegas, where he had been in hospice care.

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Track & Field 101 • This is the 13th story in a spring-long series that will take a closer look at the individual events at a standard track meet.

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Sterling’s Morgan Zuidema is one of the best high jumpers in the area, and she knows that a big key to reaching new heights is building speed before takeoff, as well as making sure not to lose too much of that speed during the jump. After that, it’s all about technique.

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Isaiah Roby is known for having some good hops on the basketball court.

The Dixon junior doesn’t do too bad around a high jump pit, either.

Roby has high jumped for 2 seasons – as a 7th grader at

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The 6-foot-8 Roby has a top jump this season that matches his height – not too bad for somebody who readily admits high jumping is more of a hobby, a chance to hang with friends and help out the team.

Basketball, which he has committed to play at Nebraska beginning in the winter of 2016, remains his No. 1 priority.

The best high jumpers are adept at all phases of the jump, and piecing them all together just right are needed to get the most out of each attempt. It’s not always easy.

Secret of the high jump • The high jump requires a combination of speed, footwork, and body control in order to be successful. The key is a 10-step approach, half of which is straight to build up speed, and the other half at an angled approach. Speed needs to be maintained on the curve in order for the jumper to have a chance to clear the bar. The jumper keeps the head and/or shoulders back during the jump, creating a body arch to glide over the bar.

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GIRLS SOCCER | 1A GENOA-KINGSTON REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP | DIXON 3, INDIAN CREEK 1

Getting kicks in Genoa Duchesses claim first regional girls soccer title

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Dixon forward Lexy Langloss hugs teammate Lauren Chacon after scoring her second and the team’s final goal during Friday’s 1A Genoa-Kingston Regional championship match against Indian Creek. Dixon won 3-1 for its first girls soccer regional title.

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GENOA – In the biggest match in program history, the Dixon girls soccer team treated Friday’s Class 1A Genoa-Kingston Regional championship like pretty much every other match this season.

The Duchesses dominated in every phase of the match, controlling the action with a viselike grip for the final 65 minutes in a 3-1 victory over Indian Creek to claim the team’s first regional championship.

“This doesn’t feel at all like

“This is everything we thought it would be,” junior co-captain Kirsten DeArvil added. “To be the first girls soccer team at DHS to win a regional, it’s just really very exciting. Now, we want to move on and just keep this going.”

Next up is a date with Big Northern foe Rockford Lutheran, who took out Rockford Christian 3-1 in their regional final at Lutheran High School.

To keep the postseason run I thought it would … it’s so going, Dixon (13-3-3) must much better,” freshman mid- simply play the way they have fielder Kylee Hermeyer said. “I the last two matches. can’t find the words to say how amazing this feels right now.”

KICKS CONTINUED ON B9 Star of the match: Lexy Langloss, Dixon, 2 goals, 1 assist Key performers: Lauren Chacon, Dixon, 1 goal; Ellie Provo, Dixon, 6 saves on 10 shots; Josie Diehl, IC, 9 saves on 26 shots Up next: 1A Byron Sectional semifinal, Dixon vs. Rockford Lutheran, 4:30 p.m.

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On the tube TV listings

Saturday Auto racing 3 p.m.

• IndyCar, qualifying for Indianapolis 500, ABC 6 p.m.

• NASCAR Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for All-Star Race, at Concord. N.C., FS1 8 p.m.

• NASCAR Sprint Cup, All-Star Race, FS1 • NHRA, qualifying for Southern Nationals, at Commerce, Ga., ESPN2

College baseball 11 a.m.

• Oklahoma St. at Michigan, BTN Noon

• Southern Miss at Middle Tennesse St., CSN 2 p.m.

• Nebraska at Illinois, BTN 3:30 p.m.

• Coastal Carolina at Campbell, CSN

College softball 11 a.m., 1:30 & 4 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, Baton Rouge Regional, ESPN 3 & 5:30 p.m.

Give money to actual patriots A ccording to Forbes magazine, the New England Patriots are worth nearly $2.6 billion.

Robert Kraft bought the team in 1995 for $172 million, and when taking into consideration all of his holdings, including the New England Revolution MLS team, Kraft is sitting on over $3 billion in wealth, according to Forbes.

It’s safe to say, Mr. Kraft is doing OK. Tom Brady, the star quarterback for the Patriots, is set to make a base salary of $8 million for the 2015 season, and that price tag goes up by a million dollars in each of the following two seasons.

So yes, even if he ends up serving all of his four-game suspension next fall, the 37-year-old quarterback should be doing OK. He also will still be a first-ballot hall of famer, and he’ll still have four Super Bowl rings.

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The NFL – a brand that thrives despite scandals ranging from players knocking out women in elevators to quarterbacks deflating footballs before games – is projecting a revenue of more than $12 billion dollars for 2015.

The league where grown men play a boys game is also doing OK. When considering those numbers, I get mad when I hear about Patriots fans opening a fundraising drive to pay the $1 million fine levied against the team for the Deflategate scandal.

First, let me state that I don’t really care how inflated the balls were for the AFC

championship game.

It’s my opinion that it’s the job of the officials to make sure that the footballs being used are legal, and if they aren’t, then the balls should not be used.

Seems simple to me.

My problem is with fans not separating the line between being a fan and being an intelligent human being.

For the 3 hours the game is on, go ahead and cheer your head off. Paint your body, if you’re so inclined.

Bang on drums, give high fives, and jeer the opposition.

When the game is over, be glad in the win or lament the loss.

But don’t raise money to pay a fine for a billiondollar franchise. Don’t encourage others to do so, either.

That’s like offering sand to the desert.

Here’s my advice to these fans so enamored with the Patriots: Take that money, and donate it to actual patriots.

One good way to do that is the Wounded Warrior Project.

With Memorial Day coming up, it’s as good of a time as any to find ways to help veterans.

The Wounded Warrior Project is an organization finding ways to aid injured veterans, and help them adjust to life after service.

Check out this organization at woundedwarriorproject.org.

These patriots lined up for everyone in this country, and paid a much greater cost than a fine, a loss of a draft pick, or a suspension from a few essentially meaningless football games.

If that cause doesn’t suit them, there are thousands of other charities and organizations out there in desperate need of more funds.

Go ahead enjoy watching the millionaires run into each other for their billionaire employers, but recognize it for what it is: a game.

NHL | BLACKHAWKS

6 & 8:30 p.m.

• Braves at Marlins, FS1 1 p.m.

• Tigers at Cardinals, FSN 3 p.m.

• Pirates at Cubs, FS1 6 p.m.

• Reds at Braves, FS1 8 p.m.

• White Sox at A’s or Red Sox at Mariners, MLB

Motorsports 6 p.m.

• AMA Motocross, Hangtown MX Classic, at Cordova, Calif., NBCSP

NHL playoffs Noon

• Eastern Conference finals, game 1, Lightning at Rangers, NBC

Soccer 6:40 a.m.

• Premier League, Aston Villa at Southampton, NBCSP 8:55 a.m.

• Premier League, relegation breakaway, NBCSP 11:25 a.m.

• Premier League, Crystal Palace at Liverpool, NBCSP

8:30 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, Lafayette (La.) Regional, ESPNU

Men’s lacrosse 11 a.m.

• NCAA Tournament, quarterfinal, Johns Hopkins vs.

Syracuse, ESPN2

Golf • PGA, Wells Fargo Championship, final round, CBS • Champions, The Tradition, final round, TGC

3:30 p.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, Lafayette (La.) Regional, ESPN2

2 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, quarterfinal, Ohio St. vs. Denver, ESPNU Cycling

MLB

2:30 & 5 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, Ann Arbor Regional, ESPNU

Noon

4:30 p.m.

• Preakness Stakes, at Baltimore, NBC

Noon & 2:30 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, Baton Rouge Regional, ESPN

• Tour of California, final stage, Los Angeles to Pasadena, NBC

• NCAA Tournament, quarterfinal, Albany (N.Y.) vs.

Notre Dame, ESPNU

3:30 p.m.

College softball

Cycling

2 p.m.

Horse racing

8 p.m.

• NHRA, Southern Nationals, at Commerce, Ga., ESPN2

• NCAA Tournament, quarterfinal, Northwestern vs.

Maryland, BTN

Men’s lacrosse

4 p.m.

1 p.m.

• NASCAR Xfinity, May Iowa race, at Newton, Iowa, FS1

11 a.m.

• NCAA Tournament, Ann Arbor Regional, ESPNU

• LPGA, Kingsmill Championship, third round, at Williamsburg, Va., TGC

Noon

• IndyCar, qualifying for Indianapolis 500, ABC

Women’s lacrosse

8 p.m.

• PGA, Wells Fargo Championship, third round, at Charlotte, N.C., CBS • Champions, The Tradition, third round, at Birmingham, Ala., TGC

Sunday Auto racing

1:30 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament, Lafayette (La.) Regional, ESPN

2 p.m.

TV listings

• NCAA Tournament, quarterfinal, N. Carolina vs.

Maryland, ESPN2

• NCAA Tournament, Ann Arbor Regional, ESPN2

• Tour of California, stage 7, Ontario to Mount Baldy, NBCSP Golf

On the tube

4 p.m.

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The Blackhawks’ Daniel Carcillo (left) has not played since March 25 after being diagnosed with concussion symptoms. Carcillo has started being vocal about brain injuries since his friend, Steven Montador, was found dead in February at the age of 35.

Carcillo asking heady questions Injured Blackhawk raising concussion issues in Montador’s memory

BY PAUL SKRBINA Chicago Tribune

Just like his good friend and former Blackhawks teammate Steve Montador, Daniel Carcillo had battled substance-abuse issues.

Both players also had dealt with multiple concussions during their hockey careers; Carcillo has not played since March 25 after being diagnosed with concussion symptoms, and his hockey career could be hanging in the balance.

Thursday morning after Hawks practice, Carcillo talked about the passing of a man he said helped him through some of the toughest times in his life.

“You could see something was going on with his brain other than him falling out of sobriety,” Carcillo said.

His bottom lip quivered as he talked. His bare feet shifted anxiously as he tugged at a few stray black whiskers sprouting from his beard.

“It’s pretty alarming,” he said. “It would be nice if you knew the full depth of what you’re getting into. We really don’t.”

Montador, who suffered multiple concussions during his 10 seasons in the NHL, was found dead in his Ontario, Canada, home Feb. 15. He was 35. An

awareness.

Carcillo deflected questions about whether or Game 1: Chicago at Anaheim, 2 p.m. Sunday not he would continue Game 2: Chicago at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Tuesday playing, which he hasn’t Game 3: Anaheim at Chicago, 7 p.m. Thursday done since he suffered Game 4: Anaheim at Chicago, 7 p.m. May 23 the second documented Game 5:Chicago at Anaheim, 8 p.m. May 25 concussion of his career.

Game 6: Anaheim at Chicago, 7 p.m. May 27 He was cleared medically April 30.

Game 7: Chicago at Anaheim 7 p.m. May 30 “I think about it, the autopsy on his brain Montador’s autopsy world I’m in and my that Montador had confirmed, that he “saw future in this game,” arranged revealed that first-hand the deteriora- he said. “I’m taking it he suffered from exten- tion” of his mental well- day to day. I’m trying sive CTE (chronic traubeing. He said every to enjoy the run we’re matic encephalopathy), NHL player attends a on. … Whether I play a brain disorder linked mandatory substancehockey or not, that’s to concussions. An abuse meeting at the the furthest thing from attorney for Montador’s beginning of every my mind. But when I family has said it plans training camp. go home, there are defito file a wrongful death “Why isn’t there anynitely things I’m worklawsuit against the NHL. thing that touches upon ing on to improve this.”

Carcillo said he is tryretirement and the He’s doing it, he said, ing to fulfill his friend’s risks of us playing this because his friend was dream after his death, game?” he asked. there for him. Carcillo and bring mental-health Montador’s father, Paul said he and Montador issues caused by head Montador, reached out would talk about their trauma to the forefront. to Carcillo on Wednesstruggles, their spiritualHe began by recording day. Carcillo said the two ity, bettering themselves a video and writing a planned to talk Thursas human beings. short essay for The Play- day, “update each other “When I came here, I ers’ Tribune that was where we’re at,” and was in a new phase of published April 22. continue to work to my life, I was sober,” “First of all, it’s hard create a program.

Carcillo said. “Monty to talk about for guys Some coaches, fellow helped me find myself because they’re afraid to hockey players, and again when I got here say something so taboo, other professional athand made me comfortto go against something letes also have reached able in my own skin, that they see [even] if out to Carcillo since his helped me take my they don’t agree with video was published, he power back. When I it,” Carcillo said. “It’s said, adding that he’s got here, I just wanted not me calling out any- starting a nonprofit to something different. body. I just want to help support Montador’s Monty helped me find improve it. I don’t think dream. He said he has that. I owed him a lot. that’s a bad thing.” been exchanging ideas He was a special guy.”

Carcillo said he with the NHL Players’ Now, he’s trying to pay could see hints of what Association to improve him back.

Western Conference finals

• LPGA, Kingsmill Championship, final round, TGC

Hockey 1:30 p.m.

• IIHF World Championship, championship, at Prague, Czech Republic, NBCSP

MLB 1 p.m.

• Pirates at Cubs or Yankees at Royals, MLB 3 p.m.

• White Sox at A’s, CSN 7 p.m.

• Tigers at Cardinals, ESPN

Motorsports 6:30 a.m.

• MotoGP, World Championship, Grand Prix of France, FS1

NBA playoffs 2:30 p.m.

• Western Conference semifinals, game 7, Grizzlies at Warriors, ABC 7 or 8:30 p.m.

• Western Conference semifinals, game 7, Clippers at Rockets, TNT

NHL playoffs 2 p.m.

• Western Conference finals, game 1, Blackhawks at Ducks, NBC

Soccer 7:25 a.m.

• Premier League, Manchester City at Swansea City, NBCSP 9:55 a.m.

• Premier League, Arsenal at Manchester United, NBCSP 4 p.m.

• MLS, Los Angeles at Orlando, ESPN2 6 p.m.

• MLS, D.C. United at Philadelphia, FS1 8:30 p.m.

• Women’s national teams, exhibition, U.S. vs. Mexico, at Carson, Calif., FS1

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On the calendar

Coffey commits to St. Ambrose

Local events

• Sterling at Sycamore (2) • Dixon at Forreston-Polo (2) • Rock Falls at Belvidere North (2) • Newman at Geneseo (2) • AFC at Somonauk

Dixon senior Matt Coffey has signed to run track at St. Ambrose University next year.

Coffey is expected to join a group of 400-meter runners that earned NAIA All-American honors in the 1,600 relay, and won indoor and outdoor conference titles.

Softball

WOMEN’S SOFTBALL

Saturday Baseball 10 a.m.

10 a.m.

• Dixon at Newman • Rock Falls at St. Bede (2) • Oregon at Johnsburg (2) • Byron at Erie-Prophetstown (2) • AFC at Somonauk • Eastland at Pecatonica TBA

• Sterling, Morrison at Elmhurst ICC Tournament

Boys tennis 9 a.m.

• Sterling at NIB-12 Conference Tournament, at Rochelle • Newman at Mendota Invitational

Monday Baseball 4:30 p.m.

• DeKalb at Sterling • United Township at Dixon • 2A Oregon Regional, West Carroll vs. Oregon • 1A AFC Regional, AFC at Milledgeville • 1A AFC Regional, Paw Paw at Amboy • 1A Lena-Winslow Regional, Galena at Eastland

Softball 4:30 p.m.

• Dixon at Rock Island • 2A Orion Regional, Riverdale at Bureau Valley • 2A Byron Regional, Forreston-Polo at West Carroll • 1A Fulton Regional, Eastland vs. Fulton

Boys tennis 4:30 p.m.

• Rock Island at Newman

Boys track 3 p.m.

• Three Rivers Conference Meet, at Sherrard

Tuesday Girls soccer 6 p.m.

• 2A Geneseo Regional, Sterling vs. Ottawa

Softball 4:30 p.m.

• Sterling at United Township • 2A Orion Regional, Morrison vs. Riverdale/ Bureau Valley • 2A Byron Regional, Forreston-Polo/West Carroll vs. Stillman Valley • 1A Fulton Regional, Milledgeville vs. Eastland/ Fulton • 1A Earlville Regional, Amboy vs. LaMoille-Ohio/ Paw Paw 7 p.m.

• 2A Orion Regional, ErieProphetstown vs. Orion • 2A Byron Regional, Oregon vs. Byron

Boys tennis 4:30 p.m.

• Princeton at Dixon

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Adolph pitches Rock Valley to title game AP

Bulls center Joakim Noah (13) walks off the court after the Bulls were eliminated from the playoffs by the Cavaliers on Thursday in Chicago. Noah, who was on a minutes restriction all season after having knee surgery, still struggled with his health during the postseason.

Big changes looming Time for Thibodeau to go after playoff collapse

BY TEDDY GREENSTEIN Chicago Tribune

You could analyze it a dozen different ways.

Or you could boil it down to this: The Bulls tried Tom Thibodeau’s way for five seasons. In the end, it didn’t work.

It’s time to part ways.

Slap a lie detector test on most, if not all the players, and they’ll tell you the same.

Thibs’ teams won a total of four playoff series. They fell short with scrappy overachievers.

And they flopped with a roster of All-Stars.

He did get unlucky regarding Derrick Rose’s health three different seasons. There was misfortune in this series because of Pau Gasol’s hamstring.

But at a certain point, the excuses are meaningless. Cleveland played without Kevin Love, and Kyrie Irving was healthy for a few halves. The Cavaliers ran away with the series, playing gorgeous basketball at times Thursday with a bunch of spare parts.

In the final win-or-bust game, played before their adoring crowd, the Bulls scored 42 points over the final three quarters.

That’s 13-16-13. Unacceptable. And it reflected poorly on Thibodeau, who still somehow believed there was “no quit” in his team.

Thibodeau is an excellent

Thibodeau in Chicago Year 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Record 62-20 50-16 45-37 48-34 50-32

Playoffs East finals First round East semis First round East semis

regular-season coach, winning at a .647 clip. His obsession with basketball and his devotion to preparation allow him to squeeze out wins in the winter months when many multi-millionaire players are pacing themselves for the spring.

But NBA success is about playoff success. And his playoff record is 23-28, a .451 clip.

He’s the one who’s largely to blame for his fractured relationship with management. He does not play well in the sandbox. It’s his way or no way.

He barely lets his assistant coaches contribute, and when management encouraged him to hire an offensive-minded aide, he resisted. (Point total in Game 6 against the Cavs: 73.)

The players he loves, he grinds into the ground. Luol Deng led the league in minutes twice.

Jimmy Butler logged 60 in a triple-OT regular-season game, and 53 in Game 3 of the Bucks series, joking afterward: “Can I get a [bleeping] wheelchair?”

At age 34, Pau Gasol played

more minutes this season than all but 13 players, and two big men. Last season, Joakim Noah logged more than all but 14 players. Offseason knee surgery drained him, but management did not trust Thibodeau to ease him back.

So it put a 32-minute restriction on Noah this season, which Thibodeau still frequently exceeded. And he made a stink of it after a marquee game at Oklahoma City, sitting Noah for a crucial stretch when the Bulls needed his defensive presence in a nine-point loss.

Rather than saving him for the fourth quarter, Thibodeau cited the restriction, as if to prove a point. The front office appreciated that about as much as when crony Jeff Van Gundy took potshots during national TV broadcasts.

Management also has an issue with how Thibodeau doles out consecutive minutes, shunning the short breaks that are commonplace in the league. But now it’s nit-picking, when the focus should be on the big picture.

Thibodeau’s way didn’t work.

His players, when their energy was needed most, were on empty. It’s time to move on.

Would his replacement be better? There’s no guarantee.

But he’d be different. And at this point, different is better.

NBA DRAFT COMBINE

Kaminsky asking lots of questions Wisconsin center seeks experts’ opinions on his game

BY BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO – Frank Kaminsky measured as the tallest player at the NBA Draft Combine, and he felt like a big target already.

The do-it-all player of the year in college keeps hearing what he can’t do as a pro. He’s not strong enough, quick enough, or even young enough next to the flashier kids in the class.

Rather than ignore the criticisms, Kaminsky wants to be aware of them, asking teams that are interviewing him where he needs to get better.

“Everyone’s been a little bit different, but they all have the same theme. So that just goes to show that I still have a lot to work on,” he said Thursday. “Nobody’s perfect coming into the draft. There’s been a lot of people in draft history, who have come in with a lot of question marks and been able to prove people wrong, so I want to be one of those people.”

He already answered plenty of questions during his 4 years at Wisconsin, which ended with a run to the national championship game. But all that extra TV time can end up

AP

Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky smiles as he responds to a question during the NBA basketball combine on Thursday in Chicago. Kaminsky feels he can prove doubters wrong that his game won’t translate to the professional level. working against a player like Kaminsky, who has been seen so much by so many that there’s simply more to nitpick.

“With me, I’m a 4-year college player, so all my journey and all my film and everything I can do is pretty much out there, so they’ve probably seen me play a lot of times,” Kaminsky said.

“Some of the other guys who are one-and-done type players, they might not have as much film on them.”

Kaminsky met with some teams and took his measurements at the

combine, with a height of 7 feet, 3/4 inches in sneakers. Like most top players, he chose not to play in the games at the recommendation of his agent.

“It’s hard to top being named national player of the year, so I don’t know how much more I could have done,” he said.

So the South Side of Chicago product spent Thursday watching and supporting Badgers teammate Sam Dekker, who understands the fuss about Kaminsky, but doesn’t expect it to last.

“Haters, man. There’s haters. When you’re good enough and put yourself in the position and stuff he did, people are going to try to knock you down and doubt you,” Dekker said.

“But the best players ever are going to go through that stuff, and I see Frank as a really, really good player. He won those awards for a reason, and he’s going to add even more to his game, and I see him doing well. Regardless of where he goes, he’s going to represent well and have a very long and very good career.”

Kaminsky averaged 18.8 points and 8.2 rebounds as a senior, ending his career with 21 points and 12 boards in a loss to Duke in the national title game. He improved every season during his 144game college career – and like those veteran San Antonio Spurs he’ll soon be playing against, he’d rather be known for his experience than his age.

“I’ve said it before, I’m 22 years old, and I get treated like I’m 65 going into the NBA,” Kaminsky said. “So it’s not necessarily that I’m young or old, it’s that I just don’t think age plays as big a deal as some of the people think it does.”

Milledgeville graduate Morgan Adolph pitched six innings Friday in a 4-1 win for Rock Valley College over St. Cloud Technical in the semifinals of the NJCAA Division III national tournament in Rochester, Minnesota.

Adolph allowed one earned run and three hits, while striking out eight and walking one for the Golden Eagles.

NASCAR

Biffle, Bowyer win Showdown segments Greg Biffle and Clint Bowyer raced their way into the $1 million NASCAR Sprint All-Star event, and Danica Patrick won the fan vote to complete the field for Saturday night’s race.

Biffle won the first 20-lap segment in Friday night’s Sprint Showdown. The race was for all drivers not already qualified for the All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Biffle then took his car to the garage and watched the final 20-lap segment, which was won by Bowyer.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

NCAA reduces shot clock to 30 seconds The NCAA made a series of changes to men’s college basketball two seasons ago in an attempt to boost scoring and reduce physical play under the basket.

Those changes barely moved the needle, so now the NCAA is taking more drastic steps.

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee recommended reducing the shot clock from 35 to 30 seconds on Friday, the biggest step in a series of changes aimed at speeding up a game that has reached historic lows in scoring two of the past three seasons.

The new shot clock will be in place the next two seasons, the first time it has been reduced since dropping from 45 to 35 seconds in 1993-94.

Hawaii basketball will vacate 36 wins The University of Hawaii will vacate 36 wins, reduce scholarships, and place itself on 1 year of probation for violations in its men’s basketball program.

The university also will reduce practice time, and pay a $10,000 fine as part of its self-imposed sanctions.

The self-imposed 1-year probation does not include the postseason.

NFL

Bears make two new personnel hires The Chicago Bears have hired Joe Douglas as director of college scouting and Anthony Kelly as director of pro scouting, joining new general manager Ryan Pace’s front office.

Douglas spent more than 15 years with the Baltimore Ravens – the past three-plus seasons as their national scout.

Kelly had been with the Denver Broncos since 2007, spending the past 5-plus years as assistant director of pro personnel.

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MLB ROUNDUP

MLB American League East Division W L Pct New York 21 16 .568 Tampa Bay 20 17 .541 Boston 17 18 .486 Toronto 17 20 .459 Baltimore 15 18 .455 Central Division W L Pct Kansas City 23 13 .639 Detroit 22 14 .611 Minnesota 20 16 .556 Chicago 14 17 .452 Cleveland 13 21 .382 West Division W L Pct Houston 23 13 .639 Los Angeles 18 17 .514 Seattle 15 19 .441 Texas 15 21 .417 Oakland 13 23 .361

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The Pirates’ Francisco Cervelli (right) scores on a single by Corey Hart as Cubs catcher Welington Castillo waits for the ball during the sixth inning Friday in Chicago. The Cubs blew a big early lead, then rallied to win 11-10 in 12 innings.

Cubs win on freak play After blowing lead, Chicago picks up fifth straight win By the Associated Press

Matt Szczur merely needed a fly ball to win the game. He just didn’t think – and neither did anyone else at Wrigley Field – that the ball he hit would do the trick.

That is, until Pittsburgh right fielder Gregory Polanco took a most startling trip.

Polanco slipped and fell while trying to catch an easy fly, and the ball dropped for an RBI single in the 12th inning that sent the Chicago Cubs over the Pirates 11-10 Friday at Wrigley Field.

“That’s not how we drew it up,” a stunned Szczur said. “That’s for sure.”

The Cubs, who led 7-1 after five innings, won their fifth straight game in unlikely fashion, matching their longest string since last June.

Chicago loaded the bases with one out in the 12th against Radhames Liz (0-1), and the Pirates went to a five-man infield. Szczur lifted a routine fly to shallow right, surely not deep enough to score

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(MLB/670 AM) the winning run.

Polanco came running in with plenty of time to make the grab, then stumbled to the ground. He reached up with his bare left hand trying to make a play, but had no chance.

Sprawled in the grass, his sunglasses flying off his head, Polanco never came close to touching the ball as Starlin Castro ran home.

A crazy ending, considering that in the exact same situation in the 10th – bases loaded, one out – Polanco caught a longer fly by Szczur, then threw out Castro at the plate to end the inning.

Tigers 10, Cardinals 4: Miguel Cabrera ended a season-long slump in night games with a tworun homer and two singles, and Detroit also got homers from Yoenis Cespedes and J.D. Martinez in a victory in St. Louis.

Cabrera entered batting just .158 with no homers and one RBI at night – he’s hit .471 with eight homers and 25 RBIs in day games. Manager Brad Ausmus called those numbers an “anomaly” before the game.

Cabrera hit his 399th career homer, and third in two games, in the seventh inning off Mitch Harris, tying Andres Galarraga for most by a Venezuelan-born player, and Martinez followed with his eighth homer to make it 5-0.

Shane Greene (4-2) allowed five hits in five scoreless innings before being removed due to numbness in his pitching arm.

White Sox-Athletics late: The White Sox led the A’s 7-6 in the seventh inning in Oakland, but the game finished after SVM’s deadline.

Friday’s results L.A. Angels 3, Baltimore 1 Cleveland 8, Texas 3 Kansas City 12, N.Y. Yankees 1 Minnesota 3, Tampa Bay 2 Houston 8, Toronto 4 Detroit 10, St. Louis 4 Chicago White Sox at Oakland, late Boston at Seattle, late Saturday’s games Tampa Bay (Colome 2-1) at Minnesota (May 2-3), 1:10 p.m.

Detroit (Price 3-1) at St. Louis (Lyons 0-0), 1:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 2-3) at Baltimore (B.Norris 1-4), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 1-5) at Kansas City (D.Duffy 2-2), 6:10 p.m.

Toronto (Estrada 1-2) at Houston (Feldman 2-4), 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 4-1) at Texas (Lewis 3-2), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Danks 1-3) at Oakland (Chavez 1-3), 8:05 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 3-2) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 6-0), 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s games L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.

Toronto at Houston, 1:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Boston at Seattle, 3:10 p.m.

Detroit at St. Louis, 7:05 p.m.

National League East Division W L Pct GB New York 20 16 .556 — Washington 19 17 .528 1 Atlanta 16 19 .457 3½ Miami 16 20 .444 4 Philadelphia 14 23 .378 6½ Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 24 11 .686 — Chicago 20 15 .571 4 Cincinnati 18 18 .500 6½ Pittsburgh 17 19 .472 7½ Milwaukee 13 23 .361 11½ West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 22 12 .647 — San Diego 19 17 .528 4 San Francisco 18 18 .500 5 Arizona 15 19 .441 7 Colorado 12 19 .387 8½ Friday’s results Chicago Cubs 11, Pittsburgh 10, 12 inn.

Philadelphia 4, Arizona 3 Atlanta 5, Miami 3 Milwaukee 7, N.Y. Mets 0 San Francisco 10, Cincinnati 2 Detroit 10, St. Louis 4 Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, late Washington at San Diego, late Saturday’s games Atlanta (A.Wood 1-2) at Miami (Latos 1-3), 12:05 p.m.

Detroit (Price 3-1) at St. Louis (Lyons 0-0), 1:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh (G.Cole 5-1) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 3-2), 3:05 p.m.

Arizona (Bradley 2-0) at Philadelphia (Williams 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 2-4) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-4), 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 1-2) at Cincinnati (Leake 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Washington (Scherzer 3-3) at San Diego (Cashner 1-6), 7:40 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 0-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 5-0), 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s games Atlanta at Miami, 12:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Cincinnati, 12:10 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

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

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

Detroit at St. Louis, 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh

Veteran’s late shot to force OT comes too late as Hawks win series By the Associated Press

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Wizards guard John Wall (right) is guarded by Hawks forward Pero Antic during the first half of Game 6 of their second-round playoff series Friday in Washington. The Hawks won 94-91 to win the series 4-2.

32 points, including a 62-footer to end the third quarter, and the Warriors advanced to their first Western Conference finals since 1976 by beating the Grizzlies in Menphis.

They advanced with some of the best shooting in the NBA postseason since 1985, becoming the first team since that year to hit 14 or more 3s in three consecutive playoff games. Curry was 8-forWarriors 108, Grizzlies 13 from beyond the arc 95: Stephen Curry scored as the Warriors knocked

GB — 4½ 7 8 10

CUBS 11, PIRATES 10, 12 inn.

Pierce, Wizards beaten by buzzer

the free-throw line for a three-point lead, the Wizards inbounded the ball with 6.4 seconds left. They got the ball to Pierce, who won Game 3 on a banked-in buzzerbeater, then put Washington briefly ahead late in Game 5 with a corner 3.

“I was about to cry,” Carroll said. “I said, ‘Not again.’ ... But the basketball gods were on our side.”

GB — 1 3 6½ 9

Friday’s box scores

NBA PLAYOFFS ROUNDUP

Kyle Korver was the Atlanta Hawks’ closest defender as Paul Pierce shimmied to his left and launched a 3-point try Friday night in Washington, hoping to extend the Wizards’ season by forcing overtime in Game 6 of the teams’ second-round series.

The shot swished, apparently tying the score at the buzzer. Pierce raised his arms; both teams began thinking about OT. Then, though, the play was reviewed, showing the clock expired before Pierce released the basketball.

“It went in and it’s just like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me. That did NOT just happen,’” Korver said, shaking his head. “I thought he got it off. I was getting ready for overtime. And then ... you’re like, ‘Heeeeyyyy! All right!

We’ll take it!’”

Long time coming, too, for Atlanta, which made it to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time.

The Hawks edged the Wizards 94-91 on Friday night, thanks in part to a fraction of a second – and DeMarre Carroll’s playoff career-high 25 points, including two layups in the last minute off assists from Jeff Teague.

After Al Horford of the Hawks went 1-for-from

GB — 1 3 4 4

down a playoff-best 15 3-pointers, closing out Memphis with their third straight win.

Curry also had 10 assists, Klay Thompson had 20 points, Draymond Green added 16, Harrison Barnes 13, and Shaun Livingston 10.

Marc Gasol led Memphis with 21 points and 15 rebounds. Vince Carter scored 16 off the bench, Zach Randolph had 15, Courtney Lee 12, and Mike Conley 11.

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E–J.Harrison (7). DP–Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 1. LOB–Pittsburgh 12, Chicago 16.

2B–N.Walker (10), J.Harrison 2 (8), Cervelli (7), Hendricks (1). HR–McCutchen (4), P.Alvarez (6), J.Harrison (4), Rizzo (8), Bryant (4). SB–Polanco (11), Fowler (9), S.Castro (3). SF–Fowler, Bryant.

IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Locke 3 2/3 6 5 5 3 4 Bastardo 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Scahill 1/3 1 2 1 1 1 Caminero 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 J.Hughes 2 3 3 3 2 1 Watson 2 0 0 0 0 2 Melancon 2 3 0 0 1 1 Liz L,1-3 1/3 2 1 1 2 1 Chicago Hendricks 5 2/3 8 5 5 1 7 Grimm 0 1 0 0 2 0 Rosscup H,5 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 Motte 0 2 2 2 0 0 Strop 1 1 2 2 1 1 H.Rondon BS,2-10 1 2 1 1 0 2 J.Russell 2 1 0 0 2 0 E.Jackson W,2-1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Grimm pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.

Motte pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

HBP–by J.Hughes (M.Montero, S.Castro),

by Scahill (Castillo). WP–Locke, Melancon, H.Rondon. PB–M.Montero, Castillo.

TIGERS 10, CARDINALS 4 Detroit

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E–J.Iglesias (3). DP–Detroit 1, St. Louis 1. LOB–Detroit 9, St. Louis 10. 2B–Cespedes (13), J.McCann 2 (3), M.Carpenter (16). 3B–Gose (3). HR–Mi.Cabrera (9), J.Martinez (8), Cespedes (5), Jh.Peralta (5), Heyward (3). SB–Cespedes (1). SF–Kinsler.

IP H R ER BB SO Detroit Greene W,4-2 5 5 0 0 2 4 B.Hardy H,2 1 0 0 0 1 2 Nesbitt 1 2 2 2 0 1 Gorzelanny 1/3 2 2 2 0 0 Chamberlain H,3 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 Alburquerque 1 0 0 0 1 0 St. Louis C.Martinez L,3-2 5 7 2 2 2 8 Belisle 1 0 0 0 0 0 M.Harris 1 2 3 3 1 1 Socolovich 1 3 1 1 0 2 Maness 1 5 4 4 0 1 C.Martinez pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

HBP–by Greene (Wong, M.Carpenter).

NBA playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Thursday’s results Cleveland 94, Chicago 73, Cleveland wins series 4-2 Houston 119, L.A. Clippers 107, series tied 3-3 Friday’s results Atlanta 94, Washington 91, Atlanta wins series 4-2 Golden State 108, Memphis 95, Golden State wins series 4-2 Sunday’s game L.A. Clippers at Houston, 2:30 p.m.

NHL playoffs CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Saturday’s game Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, noon Sunday’s game Chicago at Anaheim, 2 p.m.

Monday’s game Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s game Chicago at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Auto racing NASCAR Sprint Cup

Sprint Showdown Results Friday At Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, N.C. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Greg Biffle, Ford, Winner (Segment 1), 20 laps, 146.8 rating, 0 points.

1. (4) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 40 laps, 138 rating, 0 points.

2. (1) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 40, 116.2, 0.

3. (7) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 40, 105.1, 0.

4. (13) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 40, 87.4, 0.

5. (11) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 40, 94.9, 0.

6. (5) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 40, 103.1, 0.

7. (15) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 40, 71.9, 0.

8. (14) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 40, 76.9, 0.

9. (8) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 40, 80.5, 0.

10. (9) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 40, 76.4, 0.

11. (3) David Ragan, Toyota, 40, 86.5, 0.

12. (10) Michael McDowell, Ford, 40, 70.5, 0.

13. (17) David Gilliland, Ford, 40, 62.3, 0.

14. (23) Cole Whitt, Ford, 40, 57.3, 0.

15. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 40, 54.4, 0.

16. (22) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 40, 48.5, 0.

17. (19) Josh Wise, Ford, 40, 51.6, 0.

18. (24) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 40, 44.2, 0.

19. (26) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 40, 41.1, 0.

20. (28) Alex Kennedy, Chevrolet, 40, 37.6, 0.

21. (29) Tanner Berryhill, Chevrolet, 39, 33.2, 0.

22. (27) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 39, 31.7, 0.

23. (12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 39, 81, 0.

24. (6) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 38, 84.1, 0.

25. (25) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 37, 30.5, 0.

26. (16) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, electrical, 22, 53.2, 0.

27. (20) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, engine, 20, 50.8, 0.

28. (18) Mike Bliss, Ford, vibration, 6, 29.2, 0.

Race Statistics Winner’s Average Speed: 102.370 mph.

Time: 0 hours, 35 minutes, 10 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 1.521 seconds.

Caution Flags: 2 for 0 laps.

Lead Changes: 4 among 4 drivers.

Lap Leaders: G.Biffle 1-20; M.Truex Jr. 21-22; K.Larson 23; C.Bowyer 24-40.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): G.Biffle, 1 time for 20 laps; C.Bowyer, 1 time for 17 laps; M.Truex Jr., 1 time for 2 laps; K.Larson, 1 time for 1 lap.

Wins: J.Johnson, 3; K.Harvick, 2; Ku.Busch, 1; D.Earnhardt Jr., 1; D.Hamlin, 1; M.Kenseth, 1; B.Keselowski, 1; J.Logano, 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 437; 2.

M.Truex Jr., 391; 3. J.Johnson, 389; 4.

J.Logano, 375; 5. D.Earnhardt Jr., 360; 6.

B.Keselowski, 343; 7. M.Kenseth, 331; 8.

J.McMurray, 328; 9. J.Gordon, 317; 10.

K.Kahne, 313; 11. A.Almirola, 312; 12.

P.Menard, 306; 13. R.Newman, 305; 14.

Ku.Busch, 292; 15. D.Hamlin, 284; 16.

C.Bowyer, 272.

Golf PGA – Wells Fargo Championship Friday At Quail Hollow Club Charlotte, N.C. Purse: $7.1 million Yardage: 7,562; Par 72 Second Round Webb Simpson 67-67 — 134 -10 Robert Streb 65-69 — 134 -10 Martin Flores 69-67 — 136 -8 Patrick Rodgers 68-68 — 136 -8 Rory McIlroy 70-67 — 137 -7 Will MacKenzie 69-68 — 137 -7 Phil Mickelson 71-66 — 137 -7 Russell Knox 69-69 — 138 -6 Geoff Ogilvy 69-69 — 138 -6 Michael Thompson 67-71 — 138 -6 George McNeill 69-69 — 138 -6 Brendan Steele 69-69 — 138 -6 Kevin Chappell 66-73 — 139 -5 Scott Gutschewski 69-70 — 139 -5 Matt Jones 69-70 — 139 -5 Scott Brown 71-68 — 139 -5 Shawn Stefani 69-70 — 139 -5 Daniel Berger 71-68 — 139 -5 Champions – Regions Tradition Friday At Shoal Creek Shoal Creek, Ala. Purse: $2.3 million Yardage: 7,231; Par: 72 Second Round Kevin Sutherland 68-66 — 134 Jeff Maggert 67-67 — 134 Michael Allen 70-67 — 137 Bernhard Langer 73-66 — 139 Kenny Perry 70-69 — 139 Fred Funk 70-69 — 139 John Riegger 72-68 — 140 Jeff Hart 71-69 — 140 Gene Sauers 70-70 — 140 Mark McNulty 73-68 — 141 Esteban Toledo 70-71 — 141 Tom Watson 69-72 — 141 Tom Pernice Jr. 71-70 — 141 Colin Montgomerie 69-73 — 142 Tom Lehman 76-66 — 142 Gil Morgan 70-72 — 142 Olin Browne 71-71 — 142

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LPGA Tour-Kingsmill Championship Friday At Kingsmill Resort, River Course Williamsburg, Va. Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,349; Par 71 Second Round Alison Lee 66-67 — 133 -9 Minjee Lee 68-67 — 135 -7 Perrine Delacour 67-68 — 135 -7 So Yeon Ryu 67-69 — 136 -6 Suzann Pettersen 72-65 — 137 -5 Catriona Matthew 70-67 — 137 -5 Jing Yan 70-67 — 137 -5 Christina Kim 69-68 — 137 -5 Julieta Granada 72-66 — 138 -4 Lexi Thompson 72-66 — 138 -4 Angela Stanford 68-70 — 138 -4 Paula Creamer 67-71 — 138 -4 Inbee Park 72-67 — 139 -3 Hyo Joo Kim 70-69 — 139 -3 Anna Nordqvist 70-69 — 139 -3 Pornanong Phatlum 70-69 — 139 -3 Paula Reto 69-70 — 139 -3 Austin Ernst 68-71 — 139 -3 Nannette Hill 68-71 — 139 -3 Mariajo Uribe 68-71 — 139 -3 Jacqui Concolino 67-72 — 139 -3

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HORSE RACING | THE PREAKNESS STAKES

Pharoah ready to rule Derby winner favorite to take Triple Crown’s second leg

BY RICHARD ROSENBLATT AP Racing Writer

BALTIMORE – American Pharoah won the Kentucky Derby, yet didn’t look unbeatable, as he had in his previous races. His trainer says he struggled. His jockey went to the whip about 30 times to urge him on in the stretch. His owner says the Derby wasn’t even close to his best effort.

And now it’s time for the Preakness, where a victory Saturday would set up American Pharoah for a Triple Crown chance at the Belmont Stakes in 3 weeks. It also would give trainer Bob Baffert an unprecedented fourth Triple try.

Is American Pharoah up to the task?

“That horse didn’t really get his ‘A’ game together in the Kentucky Derby, and he still won,” marveled Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, who trains long shot Mr. Z, on Friday morning outside the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course. “That’s a scary thought.”

American Pharoah, owned by Ahmed Zayat, is the 4-5 morning-line favorite in an eight-horse field, and will be ridden

by Victor Espinoza.

Stablemate Dortmund, third in the Derby, is the second choice at 7-2, and Derby runner-up Firing Line is 4-1.

Dortmund also is trained by Baffert, setting up the possibility of a trainer spoiling his own Triple Crown chance. It happened 20 years ago to Lukas, but Baffert says of Dortmund: “He deserves another chance.”

Zayat, a three-time Derby runner-up before winning 2 weeks ago,

AP

Driver Katherine Legge (right) and Beth Paretta announce the formation of Grace Autosport, the first all-female IndyCar Series racing team, during a press conference Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Trying to give power to girls Duo to start all-female race team

BY JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer

Driver Katherine Legge has teamed with veteran motorsports executive Beth Paretta to form a race team that will attempt to build its organization around women, and compete in next year’s 100th running of the Indianapolis 500.

The team announced Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be called Grace Autosport, and it will encourage women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math in auto racing.

“I definitely champion this platform,” said Legge, who was selected as ambassador for the FIA’s Women in Motorsport Commission in 2008.

“Prior to that, I was pretty much all about Katherine Legge, my career.

They opened my eyes to women everywhere, and how being a role model could help these other girls learn from my experience.”

Legge has a long career as a driver, has two career Indy 500 starts, and currently competes in sports cars. She is one of only nine women to have started the Indianapolis 500, most recently in 2013, when she finished 33rd for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.

Legge was the first woman to win a major North American open wheel race when she won three Toyota Atlantic Champ Cardevelopmental events in 2005. She currently drives for Delta Wing in the Tudor Championship, and is a part-time participant in Formula E. For Legge, the Grace Autosport project is interesting because she’s a strong supporter of STEM initiatives.

“I am really passionate about the STEM aspect, because we don’t have enough girls in engineering, mechanics, over the wall – it’s really only females as drivers,” Legge said.

Recent Preakness favorites fared Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Horse Smarty Jones Afleet Alex Barbaro Street Sense Big Brown Rachel Alexandra Super Saver Animal Kingdom Bodemeister Orb California Chrome

is confident American Pharoah will prove again he’s the horse of a lifetime.

“I don’t believe the Derby showed the sheer brilliance of American Pharoah,” Zayat said.

“I’m hoping you will see the real AP again on Saturday. He is giving me all signs that he is ready again.”

His colt isn’t the only one ready to go.

Dortmund, with Martin

Odds .70-1 3.30-1 .50-1 1.30-1 .20-1 1.80-1 1.90-1 2.30-1 1.70-1 .70-1 .50-1

Finish 1st 1st DNF 2nd 1st 1st 8th 2nd 2nd 4th 1st

Garcia aboard, is looking to avenge his first loss after six wins; Firing Line ran second to Dortmund twice, then fell a length short of American Pharoah in the Derby.

“Hopefully we can turn the tables on American Pharaoh, the same as we did Dortmund,” said Gary Stevens, Firing Line’s Hall of Fame jockey and a three-time Preakness winner.

Divining Rod comes

into the 1 3/16th-mile Preakness after winning the Lexington Stakes and skipping the Derby. The colt is owned by Gretchen and Roy Jackson’s Lael Stables, and marks the Jacksons’ first entry in the Preakness since 2006, when Derby winner Barbaro shattered a leg at the start of the race and was euthanized in January 2007.

“We’ve put all that behind us, and can’t wait to see what Divining Rod can do,” Roy Jackson said this week. “We hope he’ll be competitive, but he deserves to be in the race and given a chance.”

The field, from the rail out, is: American Pharoah, Dortmund, Mr. Z, Danzig Moon, Tale of Verve, Bodhisattva, Diving Rod, and Firing Line.

Post time is 5:18 p.m. on NBC.

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Another trip down this deal’s road

Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

Truman Capote said, “Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.”

I hope this column is a wellwritten third act of this deal.

Yesterday, we studied the play in four hearts after West began the defense with three rounds of diamonds. South ruffed and ran the heart 10 to take five spades, three hearts, one club and the trick-three diamond ruff. Today, though, do you see how four hearts can be defeated?

Finally we have the right auction. North, knowing that a 4-4 fit is almost always better than a 5-3 fit, plans to raise hearts. But with such strong hearts and spades, North control-bids (cue-bids) four clubs over three hearts.

This says that North is raising

hearts with four-card support, really likes his hand, and has the club ace.

Here, of course, South signs off in four hearts. (If North has fewer than four hearts, he continues with

either three spades or three no-trump.)

West leads the diamond ace, and East signals enthusiastically with his 10 to indicate the queen, the honor touching the two promised

by West’s opening lead.

Now West should lead his diamond two. This shows that he started with exactly four diamonds. (If he had only three, he would have cashed the king before playing the third round. And if he had five, would have led his original fourth-highest at trick two.)

East takes this trick and knows that South is now out of diamonds.

East can also see his trump trick. So he should shift to the club 10, hoping to establish a fourth defensive winner there, which is exactly what happens. © 2015 UFS

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Conserving number of jumps at meet key TAKEOFF

CONTINUED FROM B1

Dixon jumps coach Kel Bond and Sterling jumps coach Shanna Loos each teach their athletes to use 10-step approaches.

Bond was taught the finer points of the event from his coach at Monmouth College, Roger Haynes, who coached multiple national champions.

The 10 steps are divided into two parts – a five-step straight approach, followed by a fivestep curve that begins about 25 to 30 feet from the bar. For Bond, this is the key part of any jump.

“A lot of the jump is dependent on the run,” Bond said. “If you don’t have a good run, you won’t have a good jump.”

Loos was taught the high jump from longtime SHS assistant coach Phil Smith, who broke the 10 steps into six straight ones, then four on the curve. Taking that extra straight step, Loos noted, is in the hopes of building up a bit more speed.

The last of those steps for Sterling jumpers is a short step, in which the athlete gathers himself before takeoff.

“If I don’t tell them to focus on a short step, and their last step is regular, a lot of times they reach on it,” Loos said.

“Then they lose all the speed they built up.”

Roby and Sterling’s Morgan Zuidema, who has a top effort of 5-2, both agreed the 10-step run-up is the key to their jumps.

“When you come off the curve, your speed is what carries you over the bar,” Roby said. “If you don’t have enough speed, you’re not going to make the jump.”

Zuidema focuses more on the last part of her run-up.

“That’s what I’ve been working on the most this year, having that really quick last step,” Zuidema said. “That’s what I need to work on the most.”

The plant leg is determined by which is the dominant leg of the athlete. That can be determined by simply pushing an athlete in the back – the leg he/ she uses to brace himself is the dominant, or “plant,” leg.

Sterling jumpers take off about one arm’s length from the bar, while Dixon jumpers go one arm’s length, plus one foot. The goal, according to Bond, is to take horizontal

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Dixon’s Isaiah Roby, a Division I basketball recruit, is high jumping this season for just the second time in his life, and the first time since he was in seventh grade. He has already cleared 6 feet, 8 inches, which is the sixth-best height in area history.

Roby uses both arms to propel him upward, while Scott Goad, an elite Dixon jumper from a few years ago, used one arm.

“Most of the guys in the jumping world probably use a single-arm,” Bond said, “but it’s a matter of preference, especially at this level. As long as you’re doing it properly, the single-arm or double-arm will work.”

In the air, Bond stresses that his high jumpers keep their shoulders back. Doing so creates a natural arch in the back, and the hips and feet will simply follow the shoulder’s lead.

“We teach the idea of putting a hoop above your head when you jump,” Bond said.

“You want to jump through the hoop, and then you want to arch.”

Loos was taught by her coach, Smith, that the head is the key while in the air. Throwing the head back will create the desired arch. The legs also need to be slightly bent, as stiff legs will force the hips to drop.

The eyes are also a key. Loos wants her jumpers focused on the back of the mat, with the goal being to have the head in the proper position.

“Sometimes we have a drill where our coach stands at the back corner of the mat and holds up a number,” Zuidema said. “We’re supposed to guess what number it is, so we put our head back. When your head

Sauk Valley All-time Top 10 High jump Boys Year 1981 1978 2005 1997 1988 2015 1995 1985 1997 1992 1989

Name Marc Clasper Greg Lints Ted McMillan Justin Young Ken Ronzone Isaiah Roby James Leemhuis Dave Swanlund Tim Culp John Schilling Troy Slusser

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“If we take off from further away from the bar and run at it faster, we end up having more time in the air,” Bond said.

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to get over the bar.”

At takeoff, athletes have the option of using one or two arms to help thrust them into the air. It’s a matter of comfort for the jumper.

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A proper jump is a marriage of a fast run-up, a proper foot plant, keeping the head and/ or shoulders back, and kicking the legs at just the right time.

If there’s any miscue in any phase, a miss is likely.

“Knowing when to go in and when get out of your arch, and to do all that in your head that quickly, that’s pretty hard,” Roby said.

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Each athlete gets three consecutive misses at a given height. After three straight misses, they are eliminated.

The better jumpers will usually skip the lower heights, to conserve energy for more challenging heights. High jumpers want as few misses as possible, as that is how ties are broken.

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GIRLS TRACK & FIELD | 2A GALENA SECTIONAL

Prowling with big cats Panthers prove they can compete with 2A teams

BY PATRICK MASON pmason@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5550 @pm222

HANOVER – Erie-Prophetstown’s Corrie Reiley wanted to prove that she and her teammates were capable of competing with bigger schools.

The Panthers were bumped up from Class 1A to 2A by the IHSA for the track & field postseason, and Reiley entered Friday’s 2A Galena Sectional at River Ridge High School with an edge.

“Not a lot of people thought we would do as well here as we have in sectionals in the past,” Reiley said.

“But today we came out and showed that we can hang with anyone.”

The Panthers placed second with 65 points, and qualified an areabest eight events at next week’s state meet at Eastern Illinois University.

“The coaches knew what we were coming in to,” said Reiley, who qualified for state in the 1,600-meter relay and the open 800. “They pushed us so hard, at the right time, and had us running our best. To make it to state by getting the 2A times, when we started the season going for [1A times], gives us so much confidence.”

Kaneland won the sectional with 119.3 points, Sterling (48) took sixth and qualified seven events, Dixon (30) was seventh and will fill three events at state, while Rock Falls (18) tied for 10th with Rockford Christian.

The Rockets’ lone state qualifier was Dallas Clevenger, who was one of eight runners to make it through in the 800. Reiley and Sterling’s Megan Barnhart also qualified in the stacked 800 field.

Clevenger shaved 5 seconds off her previous best to place second in the race with a personal-best time of 2:17.73, just behind Kaneland’s Noelle Espino (2:17.24).

“I wasn’t feeling good about it before the race,” the Rock Falls senior said. “Too often I get it in my head when I’m running that I don’t care about the outcome.

I just want the race to end. But I stuck with [Espino], and told myself I wanted to go to state.

“That was the difference. It took me deciding for myself that I want this, and I went out and did it.”

Barnhart was right behind Clev-

FRIDAY’S SCOREBOARD Baseball Friday’s results at Gartner Park, Sterling

ROCHELLE 4, STERLING 0 (completion of Thursday susp. game) Rochelle 001 000 3 — 4 2 1 Sterling 000 000 0 — 0 5 2 W – Gould. L – Esteban Sosa.

ROCHELLE Gould (7 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 7 SO, 1 BB). SB – Hopkins. CS – Mehrings, Burciaga. SAC – Griffith. LOB – 2. E – Wanner.

STERLING Sosa (3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 5 SO, 2 BB), Trey Morse (4 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 1 HBP, 2 WP). Multi hits – Zach Springman 2. SB – Brandon Dennis. CS – Brian Folsom. LOB – 4. E – Turner Morse, Trey Morse. at Leland

AFC 5, EARLVILLE-LELAND 4, 8 inn.

AFC 110 011 01 — 5 11 3 Earlville 101 011 00 — 4 6 1 W – Jacob Hilliker (3-5). L – Campbell.

AFC (8-15) Bret Gittleson (2 2/3 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 4 H, 2 SO, 0 BB), Levi Meurer (1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 SO, 3 BB), David Zinke (1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 SO, 2 BB), Hilliker (2 1/3 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 HBP). Multi hits – Ryan Rod 3, Tristan Bushman 2. 2B – Gittleson. RBI – Bushman 2, Rod, Gittleson.

EARLVILLE-LELAND (6-23) Johnson (7 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 SO, 4 BB, 1 HBP), Campbell (1 IP, 1H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 SO, 1 BB). Multi hits – Campbell. RBI – Bombach.

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Erie-Prophetstown’s Rachel Cobert lands in the sand after triple jumping Friday at the 2A Galena Sectional in Hanover. Cobert won the event, and she advanced to state in three other events in helping the Panthers to a second-place finish in their first 2A sectional. enger for a third-place time of 2:19.90. When Barnhart finished the race, she hunched over and started to spit up liquid, but that didn’t stop Sterling coach Tyler Gaumer from racing across the infield to pick up his state qualifier during the liquid’s ferocious comeback.

“That was great,” said Barnhart, who also qualified in the 3,200 relay and 1,600 relay. “Just pure emotion.”

Sterling started the finals off with a perfect start, winning the 3,200 relay. It set the tone for the meet, as the Warriors advanced in the other three relays. Sterling will also send Morgan Zuidema, who took second in the high jump with a jump of 5 feet, 2 inches. Maggie McPherson also advanced to state with a second-place finish in the 1,600 after shaving 9 seconds off her previous best time for a 5:16.10.

Dixon freshman thrower Tayla Schwarz put any worries about plateauing, by setting a school record in the discus with a winning throw of 129-10. Schwarz also re-set her shot put school record with a winning distance of 43-7.

“I’m so glad I broke through,” Schwarz said.

The Duchesses’ top thrower was worried that one of her discus tosses looked low. She immediately turned to coach Brandon Woodward and said, “That was too flat.”

That throw however, turned out to be a personal best. Her next

throw was the winning 129-10.

“I didn’t expect that other one to be good, and when it was, I think it took a ton of pressure off myself. I just went into the final throw trying to throw it as far as possible, and it worked out.”

The Duchesses also advanced their 1,600 relay. The foursome of Shannon Lahey, Mekenzie Harden, Jayda Haime and Maggie Bushman was clocked at 4:05.39, more than 5 seconds better than their previous best, for a fifth-place finish.

But it was Erie-Prophetstown that regained its swagger after finishing second in the Three Rivers meet last week. The Panthers knew they had more to give, and showed it Friday.

The Panthers’ Courtney Kruthoff won the high jump (5-2), and took second to advance in the long jump (16-3). Rachel Cobert won the triple jump by leaping 36-0. It was the first time this season she touched that distance. Cobert will compete in four events at state, after also qualifying in the open 400, the 400 relay and 1,600 relay.

“I watched triple jump videos online this morning to get a visual of what I need to do,” Cobert said.

“That helped me a lot. We all competed with a purpose today.”

With a full schedule of events at state next week, she’s ready for the challenge.

Said Cobert: “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

LOCAL ROUNDUP

Hawks second at Oregon Sectional Three individuals, two relay teams headed to Charleston

By SVM Sports Staff

The Oregon Hawks qualified three individuals and two relays to the 1A girls state track & field meet next week at Charleston during Friday’s 1A Oregon Sectional at Landers-Loomis Field.

Leading the way was Sarah Lauer, who won the triple jump with a distance of 36 feet, 1/2 inch. The state cut was 35-6.

Hailey Long cut it much closer in the 100 hurdles.

Long finished in third with a time of 16.64 – right at the state cut.

Also making it was Kelsey Pudlas, who finished tied for second in the pole vault with Byron’s Paige Holloway by clearing 8-3. The top two finishers in each event qualify for state.

Dakota’s Ellie Packer cleared 9 feet to win.

Long and Lauer were bookends on the Hawks’ 400 relay that won in a time of 51.09 seconds, well below the cut of 51.94. Pudlas and Sarah Harris joined Long and Lauer on the team.

Long also advanced in the 800 relay with Delaney Mahoney, Harris and Sommer Rhea. The quartet finished second in 1:50.77.

The Hawks scored 75 points, second only to Byron at 109. Polo-Forreston scored 22 points, but did not advance any athletes to the state meet.

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Poffenberger allowed two hits and one run, while striking out six and walking two for the Cardinals (28-5).

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Rock Falls 5, Oregon 4: The Rockets scored

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Oregon’s Sarah Lauer (right) receives the handoff from Sarah Harris during the 400 relay at Friday’s 1A Oregon Sectional at Landers-Loomis Field. The Hawks won the event and advanced to state with a time of 51.09 seconds.

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walks. Zach Springman

Rochelle 4, Sterling 0: had two of Sterling’s five

The Golden Warriors could not come up with a win at home in the completion of a NIB12 West game against Rochelle that was suspended on Thursday due to rain.

The Hubs, who already led 1-0 when the game was postponed in the top of the fourth inning, added three more runs in the seventh despite Trey Morse – who completed the game that Esteban Sosa started – not allowing a hit in four innings of work.

Morse allowed one earned run, while walking five, hitting a batter, and striking out two. Sosa gave up one unearned run and two hits in three innings Thursday, with five strikeouts and two

hits.

AFC 5, Earlville-Leland 4, 8 inn.: The Raiders

scored the winning run on a single, a stolen base, a passed ball, and then an error by the Earville catcher in the eighth inning in Leland.

Tristan Bushman had two hits an two RBIs, and Bret Gittleson had a double and an RBI. Jacob Hilliker got the win with 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for AFC (8-15).

a single run in the bottom of the fifth to pull ahead of the Hawks in a game that was restarted Friday after being suspended because of rain on Thursday.

Michaela Ward (146) picked up the win while striking out 14 Hawks. Madason Shaw and Nicole Tupper both drove in runs.

Ally Bartling had two hits and an RBI for Oregon. Abby Baker took the loss.

Sterling 4, Hinsdale South 0: Lexy Staples and

Maddie Corwell combined on a one-hitter at the Elmhurst tournament, striking out 10 and walking one in a Golden Warriors win.

Erin Stroup doubled and drove in three runs for Sterling (20-6), and Lauren Fritz added an RBI. Nadia Trujillo, Shannon Long and Abri 1 1 , Hale had two hits each.

Forreston-Polo River Ridge-Scales Mound 1, 5 inn.: Four

Cardinals drove in two runs in an NUIC crossover game in Forreston.

Brody Grobe, Ethan Groom, Richie Bartnick and Caleb Poffenberger each had two RBIs. Grobe had a pair of doubles.

Boys tennis

Mendota 8, Dixon 1:

Keenan Longan had the lone win for the Dukes in a loss at Emma Hubbs Courts.

Longan won the No. 6 singles match 6-1, 6-1 over Kevin Schwarz.

at Forreston

FORRESTON-POLO 11, RIVER RIDGE-SCALES MOUND 1, 5 inn.

RRSM 001 00 — 1 2 3 Forreston 117 11 — 11 10 1 W – Caleb Poffenberger. L – Klippert.

FORRESTON-POLO (28-5) Poffenberger (5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 6 SO, 2 BB).

Multi hits – Brody Grobe 2, Ethan Groom 2, Wyatt Patterson 2. 2B – Grobe 2. RBI – Grobe 2, Richie Bartnick 2, Groom 2, Poffenberger 2, Jacob Cunningham, Austin Groshans.

Softball Friday’s results at Rock Falls

ROCK FALLS 5, OREGON 4

Oregon 002 020 0 — 4 6 2 Rock Falls 031 010 X — 5 7 3 W – Michaela Ward (14-6). L – Abby Baker OREGON Baker (6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 4 SO, 2 BB).

Multi hits – Emily Perkins 2, Aleah Wight 2, Ally Bartling 2. RBI – Bella Holley, Bartling, Alli Henson.

ROCK FALLS (21-9, 12-2 BNC WEST) Ward (7 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 14 SO, 4 BB).

Multi hits – Natalie Soltow 2. 2B – Ward.

RBI – Madason Shaw, Nicole Tupper. at Elmhurst tournament

STERLING 4, HINSDALE SOUTH 0 Sterling 001 020 1 — 4 8 0 Hinsdale South000 000 0 — 0 1 5 W – Lexy Staples (19-6).

STERLING (20-6) Staples (4 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 4 SO, 1 BB), Maddie Corwell (3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 6 SO, 0 BB). Multi hits – Nadia Trujillo 2, Shannon Long 2, Abri Hale 2. 2B –Erin Stroup. RBI – Stroup 3, Lauren Fritz.

Boys tennis at Emma Hubbs Courts, Dixon

MENDOTA 8, DIXON 1

Singles 1. James Carroll (M) def. Sam Bratt 6-0, 6-1 2. Joey Meyer (M) def. Bryce Stanley 6-0, 6-4 3. Kruger Keene (M) def. Zach Healy 6-1, 6-7 (7-2), 10-4 4. Lucas Brandner (M) def. Ian South 6-1, 6-2 5. Joe Lashonse (M) def. Justin Wilson 6-0, 6-1 6. Keenan Longan (D) def. Kevin Schwarz 6-1, 6-1 Doubles 1. Keene, Brandner (M) def. Bratt, Healy 7-5, 6-4 2. Carroll, Meyer (M) def. South, Wilson 6-4, 6-2 3. LaShonse, Tyler Doughty (M) def. Bailey McClain, Jason Rugh 6-0, 6-1 Record: Dixon 9-5, 2-1 BNC

Boys track & field Friday’s results Northern Illinois Big 12 Meet at Rochelle Team scores 1. (tie) Geneseo, Kaneland 91; 3. DeKalb 85; 4. Yorkville 81.5; 5. Sycamore 71; 6. LaSalle-Peru 50; 7. Rochelle 40.5; 8. Sterling 27; 9. Morris 11; 10. Ottawa 10 High jump – 1. Will Daniels (Gen) 5-11; 2.

Donivyn Harms (Roch) 5-11; 3. Bryce Bilyeu (Ott) 5-11 Pole vault – 1. 1. Arthur Atwell (Gen) 15-1*; 2. Izaiah Webb (DeK) 14-0; 3. Mike Rinella (Kane) 13-6 Long jump – 1. Antonio Tate (DeK) 21-10 3/4; 2. Ben Barnes (Kane) 21-7 1/2; 3. Daniel Winemiller (Roch) 21-5 1/4 Triple jump – 1. Barnes (Kane) 43-1; 2.

Adam Wilson (DeK) 42-3 3/4; 3. Josh Beard (Gen) 42-3 1/2 Shot put – 1. Sam Weisz (York) 52-5; 2.

Brett Kowalczyk (LP) 50-5; 3. Austin Freeman (LP) 47-0 Discus – 1. Weisz (York) 156-2; 2. Tristan Kinder (Kane) 139-2; 3. Ben Worthington (Roch) 137-0 3,200 relay – 1. Geneseo 8:02.35*; 2. Yorkville 8:02.40; 3. Sterling (Logan Cheshire, Jacob Gebhardt, Cody Lund, Peter DeLaFuente) 8:11.32 400 relay – 1. DeKalb 42.38*; 2. Kaneland 43.08; 3. Sycamore 43.56 3,200 – 1. Trevor Wills (York) 9:58.12; 2.

Luke Hoffert (York) 10:08.78; 3. Nick Fox (Gen) 10:22.41 110 hurdles – 1. Reed Vanderheyden (Gen) 15.39; 2. Eric Walters (LP) 15.48; 3.

Tanner Watkins (Syc) 15.54 100 – 1. Dion Hooker (Syc) 10.84; 2. Tate (DeK) 11.12; 3. Jaylen Cole (DeK) 11.39 800 – 1. Connor Hickey (LP) 1:56.55; 2.

Jared Smith (DeK) 1:57.32; 3. Jacob Wantland (Morr) 1:58.19 800 relay – 1. DeKalb 1:29.42*; 2. Kaneland 1:31.55; 3. Geneseo 1:33.30 400 – 1. Hooker (Syc) 49.77; 2. Colfay Pointer (Roch) 49.99; 3. Watkins (Syc) 51.24 300 hurdles – 1. Edgar Garcia (Syc) 40.62; 2. Tanner Robertson (Kane) 41.13; 3. Walters (LP) 41.77 1,600 – 1. Hoffert (York) 4:19.60; 2. Austin Kintz (Kane) 4:22.32; 3. Adam Millburg (Syc) 4:23.73 200 – 1. Hooker (Syc) 22.62*; 2. James Robinson (DeK) 22.87; 3. Quinn Singbush (Gen) 22.89 1,600 relay – 1. Kaneland 3:28.98; 2.

Sterling (Dimitri Bruce, Terrance Bruce, Cheshire, Bobby Tribble) 3:29.53; 3. LaSallePeru 3:29.72 * – meet record

Girls track & field Friday’s results Class 2A Galena Sectional at River Ridge High School, Hanover Team scores 1. Kaneland 119.3; 2. Erie-Prophetstown 65; 3. Boylan 61; 4. Geneseo 57; 5. Freeport 55; 6. Sterling 48; 7. Dixxon 30; 8.

Galena 26; 9. Winnebago 21; T10. Rock Falls 18; T10. Rockford Christian 18; 12.

Burlington Central 17; 13. Sycamore 12.3; 14. Rochelle 4; 15. Genoa-Kingston 3.3 Individual state qualifiers Long jump – 1. Erika Furbeck (Geneseo) 17-3; 2. Courtney Kruthoff (Erie-Prophetstown) 16-3 Pole vault – 1. Lexie Guerra (Kaneland) 10-3; 2. Cameryn Baldwin (Winnebago) 9-9; 3. Sydney Davidson (Kaneland) 9-9 Shot put – 1. Tayla Schwarz (Dixon) 43-7; 2. Kyliah Hughes (Freeport) 40-0; 3. Jackie Lindquist (Rockford Christian) 37-3

Triple jump – 1. Rachel Cobert (ErieProphetstown) 36-0; 2. Grace Madigan (Geneseo) 33-9 Discus – 1. Tayla Schwarz (Dixon) 129-10; 2. Allison Klosinski (Winnebago) 121-11; 3.

Erin Soat (Galena) 117-5; 4. Alyssa Feuerbach (Sycamore) 116-1; 5. Emily Burt (Freeport) 112-4 3,200 – 1. Brianna Bower (Kaneland) 11:22.07; 2. Grace McLaughlin (Boylan) 11:45.56 100 hurdles – 1. Hanna Vanderheyden (Geneseo) 15.14; 2. Paige Christopher (Galena) 15.52; 3. Jasmine Castillo (Burlington Central) 15.93 800 – 1. Noelle Espino (Kaneland) 2:17.24; 2. Dallas Clevenger (Rock Falls) 2:17.73; 3.

Megan Barnhart (Sterling) 2:19.90; 4. Corrie Reiley (Erie-Prophetstown) 2:20.61; 5. Hayley Einsweiler (Galena) 2:20.62; 6. Katie Puls (Geneseo) 2:20.94; 7. Erica Lowry (Boylan) 2:21.69; 8. Chloe Bilyk (Burlington Central) 2:23.15 400 – 1. Allie Heinzer (Kaneland) 57.49; 2.

Rachel Cobert (Erie-Prophetstown) 58.57 300 hurdles – 1. Anna Wise (Geneseo) 47.54; 2. Mikayla Bolton (Erie-Prophetstown) 47.75 1,600 – 1. Delaney Appino (Boylan) 5:13.36; 2. Maggie McPherson (Sterling) 5:16.10; 3. Brianna Bower (Kaneland) 5:17.80 200 – 1. Gabby Noland (Boylan) 25.87; 2.

Quavashia Avery (Freeport) 25.92; 3. Erika Furbeck (Geneseo) 26.46 3,200 relay – 1. Sterling (Barnhart, Santana Estrada, McPherson, Mercedes Sanchez) 9:35.65; 2. Boylan 9:40.30; 3. Kaneland 9:45.00 400 relay – 1. Kaneland 49.04; 2. Freeport 49.76; 3. Boylan 50.02; 4. Geneseo 50.04; 5. Sterling (Sabrina Chamberlain, Bryana Johnson, Erin Long, Kallie Zuidema) 50.54; 6. Erie-Prophetstown (Heather Strike, Kruthoff, Aly Wetzell, Cobert) 50.73 800 relay – 1. Kaneland 1:45.42; 2. Boylan 1:45.69; 3. Sterling (Chamberlain, Johnson, Zuidema, Kerry Mullen) 1:46.91; 4. Winnebago 1:47.86 1,600 relay – 1. Kaneland 4:00.49; 2.

Erie-Prophetstown (Reiley, Strike, Wetzell, Cobert) 4:02.43; 3. Geneseo 4:04.67; 4.

Rochelle 4:05.28; 5. Dixon (Shannon Lahey, Mekenzie Harden, Jayda Haime, Maggie Bushman) 4:05.39; 6. Boylan 4:08.59; 7.

Sterling (chamberlain, Johnson, Barnhart, Estrada) 4:09.08 Class 1A Bureau Valley Sectional at Manlius Team scores 1. Annawan-Wethersfield 105, 2. Bureau Valley 93, 3. Amboy 64, 4. Henry-Senachwine 59, 5. Hall 45, 6. Fulton 39, 7. Newman 38, 8. Alleman 37, 9. Milledgeville 27.5, 10. Riverdale 23, 11. Putnam Count 15, 12.

West Carroll 7, 13. St. Bede 5.5 Individual state qualifiers 100 (SQ 13.04) – 1. Amanda Kereta (Henry-Senachwine) 12.58, 2. Rebecca Waite (Milledgeville) 12.76, 3. Erika Zimmerlein (Amboy) 12.78 200 (SQ 27.04) – 1. Erika Zimmerlein (Amboy) 26.25, 2. Katelynn Pankhurst (Amboy) 26.82, 3. Rebecca Waite (Milledgeville) 26.94 400 (SQ 1:02.04) – 1. Amanda Kereta (Henry-Senachwine) 1:01.01, 2. Kirsten Tunink (Newman) 1:02.0 800 (SQ 2:26.64) – 1. Olivia Draminski (Annawan-Wethersfield) 2:25.78, 2. Haley Simpson (Newman) 2:26.69 1,600 (SQ 5:35.14) – 1. Rgan Weidner (Bureau Valley) 5:29.19, 2. Kirstie Ramsey (Annawan-Wethersfield) 5:29.98, 3. Averi Leitzen (Fulton) 5;30.88, 4. Ronna Pettis (Henry-Senachwine) 5:34.22 3,200 (SQ 12:12.24) – 1. Jillian Monier (Henry-Senachwine) 11:52.96, 2. Regan Weidner (Bureau Valley) 11:53.21, 3. Megan Grady (Amboy) 11:53.68 100 hurdles (SQ 16.64) – 1. Madi Quinn (Hall) 16.12, 2. Lindsey Brown (AnnawanWethersfield) 16.32, 3. Becca Medley (Annawan-Wethersfield) 16.58, 4. Courtney Boyer (West Carroll) 16.62 300 hurdles (SQ 49.04) – 1. Karissa Roman (Annawan-Wethersfield) 46.96, 2.

Tanja Acamovic (Hall) 47.67, 3. Paige Griffith (Putnam County) 48.77 400 relay (SQ 51.94) – 1. HenrySenachwine 50.42, 2. Bureau Valley (Addison Moreland, Tiana Kennedy, Marissa Mungai, Lindsey Hoffert) ) 50.6, 3. Amboy (Cassidy Corcoran, Katelyn Boers, Katelynn Pankhurst, Erika Zimmerlein) 51.25, 4.

Newman (Delaney Hinrichs, Kelsey Simpson, Lizzie Oswalt, Mary Jensen) 51.6, 5.

Annawan-Wethersfield 51.79 800 relay (SQ 1:50.34) – 1. Bureau Valley (Addison Moreland, Tiana Kennedy, Marissa Mungai, Lindsey Hoffert) 1:47.52, 2. Amboy (Cassidy Corcoran, Katelyn Boers, Katelynn Pankhurst, Erika Zimmerlein) 1:48.37 1,600 relay (SQ 4:14.34) – 1. Bureau Valley (Addison Moreland, Tiana Kennedy, Marissa Mungai, Lindsey Hoffert) 4:11.39, 2.

Annawan-Wethersfield 4:14.59 3,200 relay (SQ 10:22.24) – 1.

Annawan-Wethersfield 10:00.32, 2. Bureau Valley (Riley Francis, Paige Foster, Heather Williams, Samantha Roberts) 10:19.07, 3.

Alleman 10:20.06 Pole vault (SQ 9-3) – 1. Madi Quinn (Hall) 10-3, 2. (tie) Lindsey Brown (Wethersfield), McKenna Van Meighem (Alleman) 9-3 Discus (SQ 108-0) – 1. Chelsea Lesniewski (Fulton) 118-0, 2. Sydney Lebahn (Bureau Valley) 114-0, 3. Nicole Polzin (Alleman) 108-4 Shot put (SQ 35-6) – 1. Chelsea Lesniewski (Fulton) 39-9, 2. Sydney Lebahn (Bureau Valley) 36-11 Long jump (SQ 16-4) – 1. Lindsey Hoffert (Bureau Valley) 16-1, 2. Katelynn Pankhurst (Amby) 16-8, 3. Rebecca Waite (Milledgeville) 16-4 Triple jump (SQ 33-8) – 1. Emma Cluskey (Henry-Senachwine) 34-11, 2. Isabel Watts (Alleman) 33-8 1/2 High jump (SQ 5-2) – 1. Karissa Roman (Annawan-Wethersfield) 5-7, 2. Betsy Leonard (Fulton) 5-2 Class 1A Oregon Sectional at Landers-Loomis Field Team results 1. Byron 109, 2. Oregon 75, 3. PecatonicaDurand 72, 4. Harvest Christian Academy 70, 5. Dakota 44.5, 6. Lena-Winslow 43.5, 7. St. Edward 37, 8. Stockton 30, 9. Elgin Academy 23, 10. Rockford Lutheran 22, 11.

Polo-Forreston 22, 12. South Beloit 8, 13.

Pearl City 1 Individual state qualifiers 3,200 relay (SQ 10:22.24) – 1. Byron 10:19.59, 2. Dakota 10:27.35.

400 relay (51.94) – 1. Oregon (Hailey Long, Kelsey Pudlas, Sarah Harris, Sarah Lauer) 51.09, 2. St. Edward 51.17, 3. Byron 51.70.

3,200 run (12:12.24) – 1. Nygia Pollard (Harvest Christian) 12:02.54, 2. Megan Kremer (St. Edward) 12:08.80, 3. Michaela Heit (Lutheran) 12:11.72.

100 hurdles (16.64) – 1. Kylee Knox (Harvest Christian Academy) 16.594, 2. Bailey Graf (Lena-Winslow) 16.619, 3. Hailey Long (Oregon) 16.644 100 (13.04) – 1. Kaitlyn Pearson (Elgin) 12.59, 2. Bella Uscila (St. Edward) 12.90 800 (2:26.64) – 1. Valerie Richter (Harvest Christian) 2:21.62, 2. Aya Bridgeland (Byron) 2:28.73 800 relay (1:50.34) – 1. PecatonicaDurand 1:48.91, 2. Oregon (Long, Delaney Mahoney, Sarah Harris, Sommer Rhea) 1:50.77.

400 (1:02.04) – 1. Ashley Whitmore (Byron) 1:01.20, 2. Carmen DeVries (LenaWinslow) 1:03.38 300 hurdles (49.04) – 1. Paige Holloway (Byron) 48.34, 2. Logan Mund (Pecatonica) 49.27.

1,600 (5:35.14) – 1. Richter (Harvest Christian) 5:32.86, 2. Pollard (Harvest Christian) 5:46.36.

200 (27.04) – 1. Kaitlyn Pearson (Elgin) 26.03, 2. Makayla Byington (Pecatonica) 26.60, 3. Erin Greene (Pecatonica) 26.66 1,600 relay (4:14.34) – 1. Byron 4:18.59, 2. Harvest Christian Academy 4:20.07 High jump (5-2) – 1. Eve Evenson (Pecatonica) 5-2, 2. Holloway (Byron) 5-2 Pole vault (9-3) – 1. Ellie Packer (Dakota) 9-0, 2. Kelsey Pudlas (Oregon) 8-6, 2. Holloway (Byron) 8-6 Discus (108-0) – 1. Emily Offenheiser (Stockton) 115-9, 2. Mara Guse (Lutheran) 108-2 Shot put (35-6) – 1. Offenheiser (Stockton) 42-2, 2. Olivia Suggs (South Beloit) 36-4 1/2, 3. Avery Tucker (Byron) 35-7 Long jump (16-4) – 1. Paige Yoder (Dakota) 17-3, 2. Carmen DeVries (Lena-Winslow) 16-5, 3. Byington (Pecatonica) 16-4 1/4 Triple jump (33-8) – 1. Lauer (Oregon) 36-0 1/2, 2. Madison Davis (Lutheran) 34-6

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Host of Storm success Bureau Valley sending athletes to state meet in nine events

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MANLIUS – Bureau Valley wasn’t even supposed to host a Class 1A girls track and field sectional.

When the Storm did on Friday night, due to Erie-Prophetstown’s 1-year jump to 2A, they decided to put on a show.

Bureau Valley finished second in the team standings, and more importantly, will be represented in nine events at next week’s state finals in Charleston. The meet in Manlius was pushed back a day due to inclement weather on Thursday.

“We weren’t even setting up to win the meet,” BV coach Dale Donner said. “We’re taking nine events to state, and that’s a heck of an accomplishment.”

Annawan-Wethersfield won the sectional with 105 points, 12 more than runner-up Bureau Valley. Amboy (64), Henry-Senachwine (59) and Hall (45) rounded out the top five in the 13-team field. Henry-Senachwine missed out on a potential top-3 finish when its top-seeded 1,600 relay team was disqualified due to a false start in the meet’s final race.

Leading the way for BV was senior Lindsey Hoffert, who qualified in four events. She won the long jump (16 feet, 10 inches), and teamed with Addison Moreland, Tiana Kennedy and Marissa Mungai to move on in three relays.

“Honestly, I feel so blessed,” Hoffert said, “especially to have the teammates I have this year. We work so hard. We’re like a family, so I’m so excited and honored to go [to state].”

The Storm won both the 800 (1:47.52) and 1,600 (4:11.39) relays, and was second in the 400 relay (50.6). They set school records in the 400 and 800 relays in the process.

Distance ace Regan Weidner won the 1,600 (5:29.19) and was second in the 3,200 (10:53.21), while Sydney Lebahn was runner-up in both throws. She went 114-0 in the discus and 36-11 in the shot put.

BV’s 3,200 relay team of Riley Francis, Paige Foster, Heather Williams and Samantha Roberts sliced more than 12 seconds off their previous best with a time of 10:19.07.

Leading the way for Amboy was junior sprinter Erika Zim-

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ABOVE: Bureau Valley’s Sydney Lebahn throws the discus during Friday’s 1A Bureau Valley Sectional in Manlius. Lebahn advanced to state with a throw of 114-0.

BELOW: Newman’s Haley Simpson (right) hugs teammate Teagan McKenna after qualifying for state in the 800 run. She ran the 800 in 2:26.69 to make it to Charleston.

merlein, who anchored sprint relays to a pair of school records. She teamed with Cassidy Corcoran, Kaitlin Boers and Katelynn Pankhurst to place third in the 400 relay (51.25), and the same foursome was second in the 800 relay (1:48.37).

Individually, Zimmerlein won the 200 (26.25) and was third in the 100 (12.78). Both were season bests, but she was more excited about the relays.

“The relays are awesome, because then you can bring your team with you,” Zimmerlein said. “It’s not quite so fun when you’re by yourself.

We’ve been breaking that 4 by 2 record about every meet, and it was like, ‘OK, let’s see if we can do it again.’”

Pankhurst broke the school record in the long jump by going 16-8, good for second place. The previous mark was 16-6, by Ashley McCoy in 2012.

Pankhurst noted she had been jumping well of late, but

has been plagued by scratches.

She put together her best-ever jump on her third preliminary round attempt, then passed in the finals.

“I finally got my steps down,” Pankhurst said. “On my third jump, coach was like, ‘Just go for it.’ I put everything I had into it, and got 16-8. On that jump, I didn’t worry about the board. I didn’t even look at it.

That’s been a big worry for me this season.”

Pankhurst was also second in the 200 (26.82), while Megan Grady was third in the 3,200 (11:53.68).

Fulton’s Chelsea Lesniewski doubled up in the throws, taking the discus (118-0) and shot put (39-9) with season bests.

Her previous best discus toss was 106-1, while she added 1 inch to the shot distance.

“I didn’t throw discus last year,” Lesniewski said, “so this year I was like, ‘I’m going to throw it, don’t worry about it, and whatever happens, hap-

pens.’ I was very happy with my discus throw.”

Also for the Steamers, Betsy Leonard was second in the high jump (5-2), and Averi Leitzen was third in the 1,600 (5:30.88).

Narrowly missing a trip to state was Breanna Eissens, who was fourth in the 300 hurdles. She ran a season-best 49.14, but that was .10 above the qualifying standard.

Newman’s top performance came from senior Haley Simpson, who took second in the 800 with a time of 2:26.69, more than 9 seconds faster than her seed time. She had battled a stress fracture in her right leg, but is the healthiest she’s been all season.

“Going in, I’d go back and forth,” Simpson said. “There was a chance, but I just didn’t know. I went out hard, and just tried to hang on.”

Also for Newman, Kirsten Tunink placed second in the 400 (1:02), while Delaney Hinrichs, Kelsey Simpson, Lizzie Oswalt and Mary Jensen were fourth in the 400 relay (51.6), but beat the qualifying standard of 51.94.

Milledgeville freshman Rebecca Waite qualified in three events. She was second in the 100 (12.76), and third in the 200 (26.94) and long jump (16-4).

West Carroll’s Courtney Boyer finished fourth in the 100 hurdles (16.62), but beat the qualifying standard of 16.64.

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After playing even with the Timberwolves (126) for the first 15 minutes of the match, the Duchesses started to assert their will.

Dixon’s breakthrough came at the 18:01 mark, when freshman Lexy Langloss launched an arcing free kick over everybody, including the outstretched hands of a leaping Diehl.

“That was an unbelievable shot, just very well-struck, and that changed the momentum,” Indian Creek coach Luke Anderson said. “We kind of broke down for a few minutes after that, and they kind of took control with another quick goal.”

Dixon followed up one goal with another a short time later. Hermeyer controlled the ball with a nice touch in the midfield, then split a pair of Indian Creek defenders with a pass to Langloss. Langloss controlled the pass, then she split a pair of defenders with a pass to the foot of sophomore Lauren Chacon.

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Dixon’s Katherine Provo crosses the ball while being pressured by Indian Creek’s Jacklyn Bouma during the first half Friday’s 3-1 win in the 1A Genoa-Kingston Regional championship game. faceoff with Diehl gave Chacon a wide-open look, and she punched it into the back of the net for a 2-0 lead at the 14:37 mark, just 3:22 after Langloss’ tally.

“We’ve definitely started clicking a lot better lately, and we’ve always had that,” Chacon said.

“We’ve become so close as a team, and our chemistry is so good, and it’s all working out well in our favor.”

The Timberwolves showed some life late in the first half, as a cou-

ple of substitutions got Dixon out of whack for a brief moment and Indian Creek took advantage. Maddie Spooner took a centering pass from Maddie Russell and ripped it past a diving Ellie Provo to cut the Dixon lead to 2-1 with 5:31 left before halftime.

“That was huge for us, because it put a little wind back in our sails,” Anderson said. “We told the girls the match wasn’t over, and we tried to make a few adjustments at halftime to attack what

they were doing.”

The Duchesses kept attacking after the break, and that limited the Timberwolves’ chances to score. It also kept the onus on the Indian Creek defense to keep repelling the Dixon attacks, and eventually, Langloss found the chink in the armor around the goal.

She took a look-ahead pass from sophomore Ashley Knopp into the middle of the penalty box, and cashed in for the clincher with 4:36 left to play in the match.

“Give them credit, because they just kept us under pressure the whole second half,” Anderson said. “We struggled to get control in the midfield, just kicking the ball and not finding our teammates’ feet, and Dixon took advantage.”

The Duchesses’ midfielders were directly responsible for Dixon’s iron-like grip on the action.

“It felt like we were in control the whole way,” Hermeyer said.

“We weren’t finishing consistently in the final third of the field, but we still got a few goals, and we didn’t give up much in the other two-thirds

of the field.”

Put that midfield control together with the wall that Provo and the Dixon defenders put around the penalty box, and the recipe was perfect for another dominant victory.

Diehl finished with nine saves on 26 Dixon shots (13 in each half).

Provo notched six saves on 10 Indian Creek shots, and also made several nice plays on loose balls to prevent a few scoring chances for the Timberwolves.

“We stayed very composed, and kept the ball wide in our end,” DeArvil said. “We had some nice through passes and clear outs, and we were fired up to finish it off after we took the lead.”

The Duchesses bench counted down the final 10 seconds, then leaped to their feet and onto the field as the final horn sounded.

“These girls play like they’re champions, and now they are champions,” Dixon coach Mahmoud Etemadi said. “This is what they expected, this is the goal they were determined to reach, and they’ve worked so hard and worked so well together to make this happen. “

ROCHELLE – In the final event of the night at the NIB-12 boys track and field meet – the 1,600meter relay – Kaneland desperately needed a win to have any chance of the conference title.

All eighth-place Sterling wanted was a time close to state qualifying.

Those two divergent paths came together for four splendid laps of guts-out running, with both teams leaving the track with what they came for.

By taking first place in the 1,600 relay, Kaneland jumped from fourth place in the team standings to a tie with Geneseo for the conference title.

On the climax of a beautiful evening for a track meet, Sterling finished second in the race, which saw athletes from each competing school lining the track and running along and cheering.

The Warriors’ time of 3:29.53 was only 2 seconds away from the state qualifying standard (3:27.44) and close behind the 3:28.98 put up by the Knights.

“The difference was a bad exchange,” Sterling coach Denny Hartz said.

With lead runner Terrance Bruce and his brother Dimitri popping identical 51.5 splits, Sterling held the lead on the first two laps. On the third leg, Bobby Tribble still had a 5-meter advantage on the Knights on the exchange, but Kaneland took advantage of a slow handoff between Tribble and Logan Cheshire.

Kaneland anchor Brandon Cruz took the lead away, and he was able to hold off Cheshire down the stretch, and more importantly, help his team tie for the title, as Geneseo only managed fifth place in the race.

“Logan hung in there, but he’s not a sprinter and it came down to a sprinters race,” Hartz said.

The second place was the highest finish of any event for the Warriors, who scored 27 points.

Geneseo and Kaneland had 91 points each. DeKalb had been in second place, but did not enter the 1,600 relay and dropped to third with 85 points.

Hartz was also happy with Sterling’s effort in the 3,200 relay, one of the best races of the meet. The team of Logan Cheshire, Jacob Gebhardt, Cody Lund, and Peter DeLaFuente clocked an 8:11 to take third behind Geneseo (8:02.35) and Yorkville (8:02.40).

“That got us off to a good start for the meet,” Hartz said. “It was a personal best by 10 seconds and ahead of state qualifying (8:15). It was a good night for running, and we’re peaking at the right time. I’m extremely pleased.”

In another stacked field, Sterling’s Ethan Rocha ran a 1:59.89 to take fifth in the 800 meters.

Connor Hickey of LaSalle-Peru won with a time of 1:56.55, as five runners broke 2 minutes.

“Ethan’s time shocked us,” Hartz said. “He hasn’t run in a month because of mono.”

The middle distances continued to be the strong point for Sterling with a fourth-place in the 400 by Terrance Bruce (51.99). Sycamore’s Dion Hooker, who won the 100, 200 and 400, had a 49.77.

“We’re excited that Terrance was able to pull that off running out of the eighth lane,” Hartz said.

Tribble was the team’s only individual double placer, taking fourth in the 110 highs at 15.91 and sixth in the 300 intermediates at 43.92 “He’s a blue-collar worker finishing out his junior year in strong fashion,” hurdling coach Tom DePasquale said. “He should be one of the best in the area next year.”

Sterling also got a fifth place in the 800 relay. Jaeden Adami, Jordan Asbury, Vincent Poci and Andrew Spaulding had a time of 1:35.61.

In the field events, the Warriors were shut out of the scoring column.

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GOLF | WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP

Home-course advantage Simpson tied for lead with Streb after two rounds

BY STEVE REED AP Sports Writer

Photo submitted by Matt Jones

With CatMatt hoping the weather starts to warm up, he’s dreaming of landing big channel cats like this in the coming weeks and months.

Waterlogged river adventure

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hursday when I put the boat in the water, I did it knowing there was a pretty good chance of rain. I had my rain gear with me, which is much more prepared than I usually am, so off I went.

This day was pretty much a scouting day I planned on using to locate new cover. I also wanted to check on last year’s cover, and look for stuff that no matter how much time you spend on the river, you just miss. In other words, I am gearing up for flatheads. I know to catch them consistently, you really have to stay up on things.

I really enjoyed the first couple of hours scanning the river. Man, did the cover really get moved around in a lot of areas this past winter.

I was already having visions of monster god fish, and that’s about the time the rain came.

Light at first, then slowly but surely, it got heavier and heavier.

With it came a pleasant invasion of gnats and black flies. The rain was pretty tolerable alone, but the bugs were bad, and even the Absorbine Jr. was rendered fairly ineffective, as it was

day in the outdoors. I did mattJONES stick the channel fishing out for a couple more Matt Jones hours before I’d had is a fishing guide from enough and was ready to Prophetshead to the ranch. town. He I suppose all in all, I’ve can be had a lot better and a lot reached at flatheadmeworse days outside. Heck, chanic40@ I normally take these gmail.com days at this time of the year to just go find mushrooms, but that show is being washed of as fast just about over, and this as I could put it on. month’s rain has done a So my only option at darn good job of feeding this point was to find the weeds in the woods. a nice cozy spot right It’s hard enough to find square in the wind and ‘shrooms, but when the rain, where the bugs undergrowth gets 3 feet would just leave me high, I just pack it in. I alone … and which also didn’t really have as good meant I was just going of a year as I thought, but to switch over to some I didn’t do bad either. channel cat fishing. The I really have enjoyed 11-pound flathead I the spring to this point, landed was going to be but I really am ready the last of this day. for warm weather and The channel cat fishing low water and great big was smoking hot with fish. Heck, I’d take a beer the rain falling, and I was and a campfire on the really enjoying it despite river bank right now, too. the fact the rain was I ain’t doing anything but coming down sideways. irritating myself talking Now, my new problem about it now. was trying to keep water Are you looking forout of my G and S cheese ward to summer? Hard bait between baits. to think about it when I hope by this point you look out the window in my little rant here, at the cold and rain. Oh you’re getting the hint well, it’s coming. At least that things were just not that’s something. quite going my way on Until next week, Go this less-than-perfect Catfish!

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Webb Simpson has plenty of hometown knowledge when it comes to playing Quail Hollow Club.

He might need every bit of it if he hopes to hold off Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson this weekend.

Simpson chipped in twice for birdie and shot a 5-under 67 for a share of the second-round lead with Robert Streb in the Wells Fargo Championship. Streb had a 69 to match Simpson at 10-under 134.

“Playing here quite often, I know where the best places are to miss [the green],” said Simpson, who lives in Charlotte and has played the course countless times.

Simpson knows it will take a lot more big shots over the weekend to win with some of golf’s top names lurking behind him.

McIlroy and Mickelson were three shots back.

Mickelson had a 66, and McIlroy matched Simpson’s 67.

Martin Flores and Patrick Rodgers were tied for third at 8 under.

“I know I have to make birdies,” Simpson said.

Mickelson made seven Friday.

One day after joking that he “turned a 66

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“Right now, nobody is turning 66s into 71s better than me,” Mickelson joked, “so it’s nice to finally shoot that 66 and get the score that reflects the way I feel I’m playing.”

Mickelson thought he didn’t play all that bad last week, but still missed the cut at The Players Championship. He appears to be back in a big way.

McIlroy was on his game, too.

The world’s top-ranked player said his focus Friday was on eliminating

mistakes after an up-anddown 70 the day before.

He did just that, posting five birdies and no bogeys. He was never in any real danger of making bogey in what he called a “stress-free round.”

“Anytime you can play a round of golf with no bogeys, you’re doing something right,” said McIlroy, who won the 2010 event for his first PGA Tour victory.

McIlroy rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt on the first hole to gain some early momentum. He went on to hit 14 of 18 greens in regulation, with 29 putts.

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OREGON – It seemed only natural. After all, they met in a bar.

Jan and Victor Green opened Breakers Saloon and Eatery 20 years ago, on Feb. 1, 1995.

They came from the St. Charles and Geneva area, where they had met. She had experience in several facets of business management, from bartending and serving to helping in the kitchen. He ran a printing company.

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You’re not out of the Baby Steps quite yet. You just got Baby Step 6, which is pay off your mortgage, done ahead of time.

Go back to Baby Step 2, which involves paying off all your debt except for your house, and take care of the student loans. You guys make good money, so it shouldn’t take long at all.

After that, if you haven’t already, move to Baby Step 3 and set aside a fully loaded emergency fund of 3 to 6 months of expenses.

Baby Step 4 is investing 15 percent of your income for retirement, and Baby Step 5 means putting aside money for the kids’ college education – if you have kids. The seventh Baby Step is building wealth and giving.

I hope that helps straighten things out.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Sterling native runs Florida hot spots ’81 SHS grad hopeful one of her restaurants will become a franchise

BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5525 @JPigee84

STERLING – As her married name might imply, Sterling native Tammy (Butler) Damiano has gone Italian.

The 1981 Sterling High School graduate is running two successful restaurants at four locations in Fort Walton and Miramar

Beach, Florida.

One is so popular that it soon could pop up in other cities nationwide.

Being a Florida restaurateur was not Damiano’s original plan.

She graduated from Sauk Valley Community College as a registered nurse in ’83. In the mid’90s, she followed her husband, Dominic, an architect, to Florida, where he helped people dis-

placed by natural disasters, such as hurricanes Andrew and Opal.

“He was in building trades, and I was a nurse locally,” said Damiano, daughter of Vernon Butler of Sterling.

Over time, the economy started to turn, and her husband of 30 years had a hard time getting work as an architect.

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Sterling native Tammy (Butler) Damiano, a 1981 Sterling High grad, is running two successful Italian restaurants in Florida, with the goal of franchising one.

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Amboy High School’s Marissa Henkel, 17, of Sublette, is the April Student of the Month. She plans to major in secondary education at Lewis University in Romeoville, and become a math teacher.

Amboy Student of the Month AMBOY – Marissa Henkel, 17, of Sublette, is Amboy High School’s April Student of the Month. She is the daughter of Edward and Barbara Henkel, and has a brother, Cory, 27, and sister, Erin, 23.

Favorite class: Geometry, because I love math and want to teach.

There is just something beautiful about working through a problem and understanding what you’re trying to do with the numbers.

Least-favorite class: My honors U.S. history class junior year. It was a fun class, but U.S. history just never sticks with me.

I always get people and dates mixed up.

she has given me during these past 4 years.

School activities: Throughout high school, I’ve participated in volleyball managing, basketball managing, track managing, academic team, the fall play, and Spanish Honor Society.

Civic, church, volunteer or activities: I tutor my fellow high school students whenever I can, especially in math, and I sign up for just about every Spanish Honor Society volunteer opportunity.

What will you do after high school? I am going to attend Lewis University in Romeoville, with a major in secondary education, so I can become a Favorite teacher: It’s dif- math teacher. ficult for me to pick one favorite, but if I had to, What is something you it’d have to be Janet Neh- learned in high school ring, math teacher. I love that you think you will how passionate she is never use? That penguins about her job, and I see it do, in fact, have knees. in how hard she works to help students struggling What is your favorite: to understand something.

She definitely has helped App: Goodreads keep me on the right path during high school, and Food: Barbecued chickreminds me I can do any- en thing when I start to forget. I can never thank her Game or activity: Train enough for all the help dominoes

Actor: Alan Rickman Movie: “Sucker Punch” TV show: “Once Upon a Time” Do you have a hobby?

Writing, I am notorious for taking notebooks everywhere, and when I can’t do that, I will write using the notes app on my phone. I just love seeing the ideas in my head take shape on paper.

What’s the one thing in your life you can’t do without? My support system, I can’t imagine where I’d be if I didn’t have the supportive people whom I can talk to about anything that I have now.

What is your advice for surviving high school?

Spend plenty time with your friends without worrying about anything.

Grades are important, but it’s also important to remember to have some fun and just relax.

What scares you? Driving in the snow. It’s really easy for a car to slide when it’s been snowing out all day, and I am afraid of getting into an accident.

If you could go anywhere in the world for free, where would it be?

England or Greece: England so I could visit London, and Greece to see the Parthenon.

R i v e r t o Pr a y,” a n d “Seasons of Love.” That will be followed by the advanced choir with “When I Fall in Love,” “Mo o n d a n c e,” a n d “Double Shot.”

Seniors also will be recognized for their accomplishments.

During the refreshment break, the high school jazz band will play.

The final concert of the season will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, when the beginning band from Morrison Southside School perform.

Their songs will include “Fanfare March” and “Pirates Parade.” Solos and ensembles also will be performed by volunteers. Refreshments will be served after the concert in the cafeteria.

The Morrison Junior High Band and Choir Sp r i n g Ho n o r s Co n cert was May 14, during which students were re c o g n i ze d f o r t h e i r achievements.

The MJS band opened with a medley from “Phantom of the Opera,” and then performed “Pil-

are circuit courses that use various equipment and floor exercises at the college’s fitness center. The cost is $65 per class.

Outdoor Boot Camp Fitness, 5 to 6 p.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays, begins Monday and runs through June 24 Indoor Boot Camp Fitness, 6 to 7 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, starts May 19 and continues through June 25.

Both boot camp courses feature timed circuit stations for all fitness levels, and are at the college’s fitness center. The classes cost $65 each.

To register, contact the community education office at brenda. helms@svcc.edu or 815-835-6212.

FINE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP

What is the last good book you read? Technically it’s a play, but “Hamlet,” by William Shakespeare. I didn’t think I would like it as much as I did, but once I understood the language of the time, it was fantastic.

What is your proudest moment? As a sophomore, watching the opening night of the musical I had written with my cousin the previous year.

As a director, it was amazing to see my work come to life for the first time ever.

Who is your hero-role model? J.K. Rowling. She just has so much talent and has never let anything keep her from using it.

Is there someone you’d like to send a shout out to? My best friend, Julia Daszkiewicz, who keeps me motivated. And, my friends, Lindsey Dewey and Katherine Walker, who always know how to make me laugh.

Performances scheduled in Morrison MORRISON – Morrison School District spring music concerts are underway this month in the high school auditorium, 643 Genesee Ave. The music department ensembles will be featured at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The concert band will open the show with “Valdres,” a Norwegian m a rc h . O t h e r s o n g s will be “Nimrod” and “Rejouissance: A Fantasia on Ein Feste Berg.”

The symphonic choir will perform “The Pink Panther, “Down to the

DIXON – The community education office at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2 has several classes that will start next week.

American Red Cross CPR-AED – adult, child and infant, 5:30 to 9:30 p. m . Mo n d a y : T h e course teaches participants to recognize and respond to cardiac and breathing emergencies. The cost is $60, and includes a 2-year American Red Cross certification upon successful completion.

Cardio Core: Two classes, one from 6 to 7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, begins Mo n d a y a n d r u n s through June 24; and the other from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, begins Tu e s d a y a n d g o e s through June 25. These

atus: Mountain of Dragons.” The sixth grade choir sang “Ah, Poor Bird, Beaux Yeaux,” a French folk song, and “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.”

The seventh- and eighthgrade choir also performed “Roar” and “Here Comes the Sun.” The junior high jazz band played during the refreshment hour.

The bands are directed

by David Bean and the choirs by Meagan Zahora. The Morrison Music Boosters provide cookies and punch.

The Phidian Club of Dixon recently awarded a $700 fine arts scholarship. Rachel Heiderscheit (left), a senior at Newman Central Catholic High School in Sterling, received the award from Deb Crowson, scholarship chairwoman. Heiderscheit is the daughter of Ron and Elaine Heiderscheit of Dixon. Photo submitted by Crowson.

Graduates to be honored at event AMBOY – A dance for students in fifth grade and older will be from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday at Teen Turf in the Boehle Youth Center, 235 W. Main St. A hayride and bonfire will take place. Permission forms are required.

All 2015 graduates will be admitted at no cost.

Admission for other youth is $4. Chaperones are needed; their children can attend free. For information on permission forms or to volunteer, call 815-857-4800.

Teen Turf’s 16th annual draw down was May 2 at the Amboy Community Building. Malach Catering served chicken, Kim Watley brought baked beans, and Frank and Barb Lowery provided the other food.

Pies were made by Luella Blackburn, Vicky

McWethy, Anna Piper, Karen Stenzel, and Donna Wellman. Other desserts were contributed by Blackburn, Eileen and Irene Ramsdell, Margaret Shaw, Stenzel, and Wellman. Galene Noble’s cinnamon rolls and other bakers’ pies raised money for Teen Turf during an auction.

Other helpers included Dean and Joey Stephenitch, who picked up silent auction items from area businesses.

Kyle Johnson and Jordan Sadiewater won the $1,500-top prize, which they donated back to Teen Turf.

Bob and Lori Bumpus, PM and Tina Howell, Anna Piper, and Dave and Nichole Stenzel also donated a portion of their prizes back to Teen Turf.

Student musicians entertain at IHSA’s state competition MORRISON – Morrison High School students attended the Illinois High School Association State Solo and Ensemble Music Contest March 7 at West Carroll High School in Savanna.

Thirty-seven performances earned superior ratings and 11 earned excellent ratings. Other par ticipating schools were Amboy, Annaway, Byron, Eastland in Lanark, Forreston, Milledgeville, Ohio, Oregon, Polo, Prophetstown, Riverdale in Port Byron, Rock Falls, and West Carroll.

Colleen Elfline and Derek Bush and the Morrison High School Madrigal singers received Best of the Day awards.

Division I (superior) rating solos were: flute – Allison Houldson, Holly Johnson, and Michaela McNeece; oboe – Maya Zinke; clarinet: – Eryn Young, Kaleb McCoy, Morgan Stuhlman, and Krysta Mapes; trumpet – Kyle McCoy and Landon McNeece; saxophone – Colleen Elfline; trombone – Andrew Rinker; euphonium – Dallas Wagenecht and Derek Bush; and vocal – Alli-

son Houldson, Andrew Rinker, Eric Sipes, Erin Nelson, Holly Johnson, Kaleb McCoy, Kelsey Middleton, Kyana Fuller, Kyle McCoy, Rachel Magana, Tessa Vander Bleek, and Zachariah Osborn.

Division I rating ensembles were: tuba and euphonium trio – Derek Bush, Ryan Tillman, and Jonathan Fulton; saxophone quartet – Colleen Elfline, Darrin Bielema, Adam Deter, and Connor Hill; trumpet trio – Thomas Hardesty, Eric Kull, and Mason Coons; clarinet quartet – Eryn

Young, Kaleb McCoy, Morgan Stuhlman, and Krysta Mapes; woodwind trio – Maya Zinke, Holly Johnson, and Lauren Bender; brass quintet – Allyssa Renner, Landon Mc Ne e c e , S a m a n t h a Makl, Kelby Johannsen, and Ryan Tillman; flute trio – Allison Houldson, Michaela McNeece, and Rebecca Coyle; Morrison Madrigal Singers – Allison Houldson, Holly Johnson, Ashley Greul, Isabel Vander Bleek, Grant Abell, Brian Slater, Eric Sipes, Andrew Rinker, Kaleb McCoy, Kyle McCoy, Logan Scott,

Zachariah Osborn, Elizabeth Sipes, Rachel Magana, Erin Nelson, Tessa Vander Bleek, and Kelsey Middleton; vocal duet – Kelsey Middleton and Ashley Greul; vocal duet – Kelsey Middleton and Erin Nelson; and mixed vocal ensemble – Logan Scott, Elizabeth Sipes, Grant Abell, Brian Slater, Eric Sipes, Kaleb McCoy, Kyle McCoy, Zachariah Osborn, and Andrew Rinker.

Division II (excellent) ra t i n g s we re e a r n e d by: vocal solos – Dallas Wagenecht, Elizabeth Sipes, and Logan Scott;

piccolo solo – Michaela McNeece; flute solo – Lauren Bender; mixed percussion ensemble – Kyle Workman, Collin Bland, Elizabeth Sipes, Isaac Damhoff, Logan Scott, and Anthony Perez; brass quintet – Kyle McCoy, Grant Abell, Danika Habben, Zachariah Osborn, and Jonathan Fulton; brass duet – Andrew Rinker and Haley Zigle; saxophone duet – Madison Steines a n d D y l a n Po t h o f f ; euphonium duet – Dallas Wagenecht and Derek Bush; and trombone solo – Zachariah Osborn.

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VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE

Living Bread Fellowship in Sterling placed second. Team members are (kneeling, from left) Judy Heald, Lauren McCue, and Kristina Buyno; and (standing) Samuel Harvest Time Bible Church won the Coloma Township Park District’s Winter- Heald, Kevin Heald, Zach Heald, Brock Law, Dave Osbourn, and Bob Jones.

Spring Church Volleyball League competition in Rock Falls. Team members are (kneeling, from left) Molly Habben, Ariel Keomany, and Makayla Habben; and (standing) Bon Keomany, Nick Byington, and Ken Boone. Not pictured is Lucas Mackling. Photos submitted by the park district.

Fourth place went to New Life Lutheran Church. Members are (kneeling, from left) Immanuel Lutheran Church earned third place. With the trophy are (kneeling, from Jay Reter and Michael Clark; and (standing) Bill Dean, Jason Springman, Yancy left) Megan Leaf and Sean Leaf; and (standing) Stacey Hackbarth, Geoff Wright, Workman, and Brian Lofgren. Not pictured are Bill Parker, Amy Pepper, Nick Pepper, Amy Springman, and Brooke Workman.

Scott Attig, Bradd Kruse, and David Kruse.

WINTER INTERLUDE

Birds gather for suppertime this past winter at Janice Temmer’s yard in Rock Falls. Photo submitted by Temmer.

Fisher lends a hand with the shoveling during a snowstorm.

February’s snow didn’t stop these feathered friends from gathering for a “tweet” on the branches.

Wanted: Photos from you A scrapbook is a book with blank pages, and that’s what our Scrapbook page is without your pictures. We want to fill the page with images that capture lives in the Sauk Valley. They can be submitted by email to photos@saukvalley.com or can be taken to the Sterling and Dixon offices.

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PITCH, HIT, AND RUN CHAMPIONS

Coloma Township Park District in Rock Falls recently had its 18th annual Pitch, Hit, and Run Competition. Winners, by division, are (front row from left) Harlow Miller and DeShawn Boyd, participants; Antonio Rivera, first in hitting and all-around and second in running and pitching; Geiliria Boyd, first in pitching and second in hitting, running and all-around; Carlos Rivera, second in pitching, hitting, and running, and fourth in all-around; Carley Sullivan, first in all categories; Tyson Bellows, first in running, second in pitching and hitting, and third in all-around; and Joseph Martinez, second in pitching, hitting, and running and fourth in all-around; (middle row) Josh Greenfield, second in hitting, third in pitching and all-around, and fourth in running; Keygan Blessed, third in pitching, hitting, and running and fifth in all-around; Tristian Shaw, first in pitching, second in running and all-around, and fifth in hitting; Cheyenne Hansen, first in hitting, second in running, and third in pitching and all-around; Nicholas Martinez, third in pitching and fourth in hitting, running, and all-around; and Brycen Boards, first in running, hitting, and all-around and second in pitching; and (back row) Aniyah Thomas, first in running and second in pitching, hitting, and all-around; Amara Thomas, first in pitching, running, and all-around and third in pitching; Ariel Snyder, third in pitching, hitting, and running and fourth in all-around; Audric Thomas, first in pitching, running, and all-around and second in hitting; Baraka Boards, first in hitting and second place pitching, running, and all-around; Cassie Bushman, first in all divisions; and Matt Greenfield, first in all divisions. First-place winners advanced to the sectional competition today in Sugar Grove. Photo submitted by the park district.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE

Relatives of Jacob Cantlin, founder of the Coloma Park District in Rock Falls, recently joined district representatives for the dedication of a bronze memorial plaque in his honor at Commissioners Garden in Centennial Park, Avenue D and East 11th Street. They are (sitting, from left) John Sigel, park board president, and Mary Zinanni, Cantlin’s granddaughter; and (standing) Donnie Nehrkorn, park commissioner; Tom Boesen, grandson; Ann Eddinger, granddaughter; and Steve Pearson, Joe Boesen, Ken Boesen, and Jim Boesen, grandsons. Photo submitted by the park district.

JOINING THE TEAM

BVHS Spanish scholars honored MANLIUS – Foreign language students from Bureau Valley High School have earned national recognition for excellent performance on the National Spanish Examinations March 18 and 19 at the high school.

In Spanish 1, three received the Premio de Mención Honorífica.

Tess Kopp had a percentile score of 50; Trevor Sights, 52; and Alex Peck, 55.

Jade Blackert received the Premio de Bronce with 79.

Kurt Bitting achieved a Premio de Plata with 86.

He also will receive the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Northern Illinois Chapter Award for scoring the highest within his cat-

egory at the school.

In Spanish 2, two students got the Premio de Mención Honorífica.

They are Preston Balensiefen with 53 and Hannah Atherton with 58.

Katie Smith received the top spot at BVHS with 78, as well a Premio de Bronce Award.

In Spanish 3, the Premio de Mención Honorífica went to three students. Luca Nitschmann, an Austrian foreign exchange student, got 53, while Harr ison Brousseau achieved 55. Emily Wall scored the highest with 71.

In Spanish 4, Haley DeVoss earned the Premio de Mención Honorífica with 73.

Tina Eller and Ann Draper are the BVHS Spanish teachers.

Supplements part of doctor’s program

Athletes at Newman Central Catholic High School in Sterling recently signed to play sports after graduation.

At the ceremony are (seated, from left) John and Tracey Simpson, with their daughter, Haley Simpson, who will compete in cross country at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst; and Bryson Reyes, who will play football at Augustana College in Rock Island, and his parents, Pam and Marvin Reyes; and (standing, behind Tracey Simpson) Lucas Simpson, Haley’s brother. Photos submitted by Inez Vits.

MOUNT MORRIS – Dr. Bruce Denton, a Mount Morris chiropractor, will speak at 1 p.m. May 26 at the Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St. He will discuss health supplements in the Dr. H.J. Stengel Coffee Shop on the center’s lower level.

Bridge also is offered at the center at 1 p.m.

Wednesdays. Organizers will teach the game or give a refresher course if needed.

An 8-hour 55 Alive

defensive driving class will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 8 and 9.

An AARP-trained volunteer will teach the course, which covers rules of the road, local driving problems, and license renewal requirements.

The cost is $15 with proof of AARP membership, and $20 for nonmembers. Checks should be made out to AARP 55 Alive Class.

For more information, call the center at 815734-6335.

Garden club gets ready for Bloomin’ on the Rock

Other Newman students, who signed letters of intent are (seated, from left) David Rowzee and Brandon Ahlgrim, both to play football at Benedictine University in Lisle; Quincy Coomes to in cross country at Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon; and James Nelson to compete in football at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa; and (standing) behind their sons, John and Chris Rowzee, Brian and Lynn Ahlgrim, Paul and Lana Coomes, and Tim and Mary Nelson.

DIXON – Rock River Garden Club’s Bloomin’ on the Rock will be June 20.

The Garden Faire will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Old Settlers Log Cabin, 115 Lincoln Statue Drive. It will include talks, music, cabin tours, and vendors. A picnic lunch and treats will be available for purchase.

Supper-Club-themed fine dining will follow at 6 p.m. on the Dixon Riverfront on River Street. A multi-course steak dinner,

catered by Life’s a Fest; big band music by Ain’t Misbehavin’; dancing; and a live auction of floral containers and wreaths created by club members will be part of the evening.

Tickets are $70 for the dinner and can be purchased at Dixon Tourism, 83 S. Peoria Ave., or Dezine 99, 711 N. Brinton Ave. Visit bloominontherock. com or facebook.com/ Bloomintherock or call Dixon Tourism at 815284-3496.

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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Azerial Joseph Barron Leticia Barron of Rock Falls is the mother of a son born at 12:07 p.m.

April 16, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Azerial Joseph Barron weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Nevaeh A. Barron, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Lydia and Roberto Alonzo of Rock Falls.

Maternal great-grandparents are Lydia and Roberto Martinez of Rock Falls.

Nicholas Charles Engstrom Elizabeth and Christopher Engstrom of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 2:01 p.m. May 3, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Nicholas Charles Engstrom weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces at birth and was 22 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Shelby, 11, Lucas, 3, and Thomas, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Charlie Klein and Roxanne Klein, both of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandparents are Ernie Engstrom and Sherry Engstrom, both of Port Byron.

Paternal great-grandparents are Bill Schiffer and Betty Schiffer, both of St. Augustine, Florida, and Gerald and Martha Engstrom of Capron.

Abigail Reese Osborn

Maternal grandparents are Larry Yonk of Rock Falls and Deb Maxson of Morrison.

Paternal grandparents are Vicki Pratt and Todd Pratt, both of Dixon.

Maternal great-grandfather is Bert Rice of Morrison.

Paternal great-grandmother is Lois Como of Rock Falls.

Lane Robert Hinrichsen Amber and Eric Hinrichsen of Morrison are the parents of a son born at 11:16 a.m. April 28, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Lane Robert Hinrichsen weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces at birth and was 21.5 inches in length.

He is welcomed by McKenzie Hinrichsen, 6, Kenadi Hinrichsen, 8, and Wyatt Hinrichsen, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Rhonda and Robert Bohms of Prophetstown.

Paternal grandparents are Beverly and Barry Schaver of Palm Coast, Florida, and Dan and Nobuko Hinrichsen of Oroville, California.

Maternal great-grandparents are Ronald and Shirley Roselieb of Hooppole.

Colin Conrad Koster Renee and Peter Koster of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 1 2 : 2 3 a . m . Ap r i l 1 0 , 2015, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Colin Conrad Koster weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces at birth and was 21.5 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Leonard Sheaffer and Anne Sheaffer, both of Dixon.

Pa t e r n a l g r a n d p a r ents are Norm Koster and Ann Koster, both of Dixon.

Paternal great-grandparents are Wilmer and Kay Schwank of Sterling.

Rachael and David Osborn of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 3:59 p.m. April 30, 2015, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Abigail Reese Osborn weighed 7 pounds at birth and was 19 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Aria Skye Osborn, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Jonathan and Caroline Jane Finn Miles Singleton of Stockton.

Cali and Lucas Miles of Paternal grandparents are Randy and Nancy Lyndon are the parents of a daughter born at Osborn of Sterling.

11:09 a.m. April 15, 2015, at CGH Medical Center Grayson Lee in Sterling.

Nelson Jane Finn Miles Kasey and Tyler Nelson weighed 6 pounds, 10 of Rock Falls are the par- ounces at birth and was ents of a son born at 8:09 21 inches in length. a.m. April 29, 2015, at Ma t e r n a l g ra n d p a rCGH Medical Center in ents are Rita Rose of Rock Falls and the late Sterling.

Grayson Lee Nelson Michael Froeter. weighed 8 pounds, 9 Paternal grandparents ounces at birth and was are Jeff and Karen Miles of Lyndon.

21 inches in length.

He is welcomed by TJ Paternal great-grandNelson, 5, and Ian Nelson, mother is Lois Miles of Sterling.

3.

Ariah Mae Duran Ashley Cochran and Nick Duran of Rock Falls are the parents of a daughter born at 3:48 p.m. April 23, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Ariah Mae Duran weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and was 20.5 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Samuel Duran of Sterling and Tenna Duran of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandparents are Robert Cochran and Victoria Cochran, both of Rock Falls.

Maternal great-grandparents are Debbie and Darwin Austin and Berry and Brenda Cochran, all of Rock Falls.

Bennett Wayne Shore Lana and Justin Shore of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 12:31 p.m.

April 24, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Bennett Wayne Shore weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces at birth and was 22 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Isabelle Brockman, 7, and Max Brockman, 4.

Maternal grandmother is JoAnn Tubbs of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandparents are Peter Shore and Brenda Shore, both of Sterling.

Maternal great-grandmother is Jean Tubbs of Rock Falls.

Paternal great-grandmother is Fern Shore of Sterling.

Link Samuel Dean Oldham Megan Greul and Christopher Oldham of Rock Falls are the parents of a son born at 9:36 a.m. May 6, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Link Samuel Dean Oldham weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Emma Oldham, 9, Aurora Oldham, 7, Colton Greul, 6, and Wyatt Greul, 3.

Maternal grandparents are Gloria Agnew of Erie and the late Terry Agnew.

Paternal grandparents are Stacee Autry of Las Vegas and Craig Oldham of Sterling.

Clayton Scott Bice Sarah and Scott Bice of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 11:10 a.m.

May 7, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

C l a y t o n S c o t t Bi c e weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and was 21.5 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents

are Jim and Linda Stroup of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Bryan and Chris Bice of Sterling.

Maternal great-grandfather is Wilbur Frankfother of Rock Falls.

Paternal great-grandparents are Carol Bocian of Lombard, Joan Bice of Elkhart, Indiana, and Darrell Bice of Mishawaka, Indiana.

Theodore Joseph Klein Kelly and Brandon Klein of Amboy are the parents of a son born at 11:54 p.m. April 18, 2015, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Theodore Joseph Klein weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces at birth and was 21.5 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Henry, 5, Isabelle, 3, and Alice, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Craig and Janet Setchell of Amboy.

Paternal grandparents are Rich and Teri Klein of Sublette.

Maternal great-grandmother is Dolores Setchell of Amboy.

Maternal great-grandparents are LeRoy and LaVerne Klein of La Moille.

Zachary Ray Linton Kaci and Ben Linton of Morrison are the parents of a son born at 12:49 p.m. May 9, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Zachar y Ray Linton weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces at birth and was 21 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Elena Linton, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Stephen and Gail Anderson of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Denise Linton of Sterling and Tim Linton of Milledgeville.

Maternal great-grandmother is Anne Anderson of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandparents are June Purvis of Coleta and Carol Linton and Merle and Joanne Linton, all of Sterling.

Brantley Kenneth Paarmann

Maternal grandparents are Tammy Lewis and Troy Lewis, both of Clinton, Iowa.

Paternal grandparents are Linda Hines and Charles Hines, both of Erie.

Maternal great-grandparents are Carolyn and Richard Sweeney of Clinton, Iowa.

Paternal great-grandmother is Charlene Paarmann of DeWitt, Iowa.

Kaylee Marie Hoeller Amanda Celestino of Sterling and Joshua Hoeller of Rock Falls are the parents of a daughter born at 2 p.m. May 8, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Kaylee Marie Hoeller weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at birth and was 21.5 inches in length.

Maternal grandmother is Martha Celestino of Sterling.

Maternal great-grandmother is Elsie Echartea of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandparents are Terry Hoeller and Kay Hoeller, both of Rock Falls.

Caden Jace Spotts

Dezeray, 11, Isabelle, 8, Seth, 6, and Addison, 1.

Maternal grandparents are Shari Dysart of Dixon and Tony Dysart of Kings.

Paternal grandparents are Larry and Sue Shaffer of Dixon and Dawn and Jack Pope of Burlington, North Carolina.

Maternal great-grandparents are Doug and Delores Dysart of Dixon.

Paternal great-grandfather is Dave Canady of Dixon.

Cameron James Di Raimondo Jennifer Bennett of Rock Falls and Abraham Di Raimondo of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 10:43 p.m. March 24, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Ca m e ro n Ja m e s Di Raimondo weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces at birth and was 21 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Antonio Damon Di Raimondo, 7, and Nageli Ali’ze Di Raimondo, 5.

Maternal grandmother is Jill Leesman of Rock Falls, Paternal grandparents are Carme P. Guereo and Sergio Salas, both of Mexico.

Maternal great-grandparents are Wayne Williamson and Beverly “Jean” Williamson, both of Rock Falls.

Rebecca Spotts of Rock Falls is the mother of a son born at 1:56 p.m. May 7, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

C a d e n Ja c e Sp o t t s weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces at birth and was Vivvian J. Alnie 21 inches in length.

Berge Maternal grandparents Brittani and Scott Berge are Kathy Spotts and Ed Spotts Sr., both of Rock of Rock Falls are the parents of a daughter born Falls. at 7:59 p.m. May 10, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Christopher Sterling.

Gregory Stehl Vivvian J. Alnie Berge Crystal and Gregory weighed 7 pounds, 3 Stehl of Sterling are the ounces at birth and was parents of a son born at 20 inches in length.

4:59 a.m. May 7, 2015, at Maternal grandparents CGH Medical Center in are Doug and Michelle Sterling.

Crowder and Tom and Christopher Gregory Johnna Myers, all of Rock Stehl weighed 6 pounds, Falls.

9 ounces at birth and was Paternal grandparents 21 inches in length. are Lori Murphy of Dixon Maternal grandparents and the late Ed Berge Sr. are Robert L. Bryant and Maternal great-grandVictoria Bryant, both of parents are John Baldwin Sterling. and Ruth Schrader, both Paternal grandparents of Rock Falls, and Veda are Judith Dougherty of and Doug Crowder Sr. of Phoenix and Dennis L. Sterling.

Stehl of Mendota.

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Toshia and Jared Paarmann of Lyndon are the parents of a son born at 7:27 a.m. May 9, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Brantley Kenneth Paarmann weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at birth and was 22 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Angel Paarmann, 10, Skyler Paarmann, 9, and Harley Paarmann, 5.

Hillary Dysart and Scott Shaffer of Dixon are the parents of a daughter born at 11:12 a.m. May 1, 2015, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Eve r l y A n n Sh a f f e r weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce at birth and was 20 inches in length.

She is welcomed by

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by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., open, Methodist church, 402 First Ave., Forreston.

Abuse Changing team, 815-625-0338.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 8:30-10:30 a.m., YMCA, 2505 YMCA Way, Sterling.

Dixon Rotary Club, noon, lower level, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed (1), St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., open, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, noon-1 p.m., Abiding Word Church, 806 E. Lynn Blvd., Sterling, 779-245-3487.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Sunshine meeting, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Crochet-Knitting Club, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W.

Ninth St., Sterling.

American Legion Post 12 Auxiliary, 1:30 p.m., 1120 W. First St., Dixon.

TOPS Chapter IL 634 meeting, 4:30 p.m., 205 S. Walnut St., Franklin Grove.

TOPS, 4 p.m. weigh-in, 4:30 p.m. meeting; 5:30 p.m. weigh-in, 6 p.m. meeting, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle.

TOPS, 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30 p.m. meeting, Polo Church of the Brethren, 401 S. Congress Ave., Polo, 815-946-3638.

Lee County Honor Flight, 6 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 540, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, 815288-5683.

Rock Falls Rotary, 6 p.m., Beelendorf’s Deli, 204 W. 10th St., Rock Falls.

The Kick-It Ticket Narcotics Anonymous, 6 p.m., basement, Fellows Street door, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-440-7992.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., 201 W. Market St., Morrison, 815-590-8929.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., Revive Community Church, 8 E. Front St., Mount Morris, 815-9940428.

Dixon CHIP Support Group meeting, 6:30 p.m. potluck, Conference Room 1, Town Square Centre, Second Street entrance, 102 S. Hennepin Ave.,

Dixon, 815-732-6555.

Rock Falls Boy Scout Troop 306, 6:30 to 8 p.m., fellowship hall, Harvest Time Bible Church, 1802 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls.

Byron Fire Protection District Trustees, 7 p.m., district headquarters, 123 N. Franklin St. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5418 Ladies Auxiliary meeting, 7 p.m., 217 First Ave., Rock Falls, 815-6263513.

Mount Carroll Monday Night Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., Church of God, 816 Clay St., Mount Carroll, 815284-3444.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step study, New Hope Fellowship Church, 113 state Route 64, Kings.

Country Crossroads Quilt Guild, 7 p.m., Forreston Grove Church, 7246 Freeport Road, Forreston, 815382-4544.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 207 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (3), First Presbyterian Church, 502 Third St., Savanna.

Sauk Valley Al-Anon Group-Alateen, 8 p.m., open, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Everly Ann Shaffer

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Saturday 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.

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

The Kick-It Ticket Narcotics Anonymous, 11 a.m., basement, Fellows Street door, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-440-7992.

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old School; 7 p.m., open, fun night, bring a friend, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

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

Bi-Ways Brain Injury Support Group, 2 p.m., Win-

ning 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.

Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Abiding Word Church, 806 E. Lynn Blvd., Sterling, 779-2453487.

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

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

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

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

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

Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society, 2 p.m., Ryberg Auditorium, CGH

Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

PFLAG 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, 815-288-5165.

Compassionate Friends, Death of a Child Support Group, 6 p.m., Church of God, 860 W. Oregon Trail Road, Oregon, 815-4413710.

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

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, 815-9736150.

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (4), Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St. Monday Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all

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Adopted teen can’t shake anger felt for birth mother Dear Abby: I am almost 13, and I’m struggling with a lot of different things. I was adopted when I was a baby, so I never lived with my birth mother. That’s probably a good thing, but I am having angry feelings toward her that I wish I wouldn’t have. Those feelings also are being directed at friends and family members.

I’ll think I have forgiven my birth mother for what she did, and then all of a sudden, I realize I never really did. I don’t want to grow up being bitter all my life. Do you have any advice for me?

– Needs Help in Indiana Dear Needs Help: Yes. It is important you under-

dearABBY Dear Abby is written

by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips. The column is provided through Universal Uclick.

stand that birth mothers love their babies very much. When a woman places her child for adoption, there can be legitimate reasons for it. She may have been too young to raise a child, without the means to properly support it, or addicted to drugs or alcohol. Your mother may have wanted you to have a better life

than she had, and felt another family could give it to you.

When you are older, you can do a search for her and find out the reason for yourself. But in the meantime, stop blaming her – and you, your friends, and family will be happier.

I was afraid we might not get together when the time came, we stopped talking. Now the mother of his child is back in the picture, and I’m glad for the baby’s sake. I don’t know for sure they’re getting back together, though.

My second issue is about my feelings for a 20-yearDear Abby: I’m really old college student who’s confused about what going away to an out-ofto do about a couple of state school. He claims situations. I’m a 17-yearhe’s not the best guy for old high school senior me, but I don’t believe and I have feelings for a that. I told him I liked 23-year-old single father. him regardless of what he We have talked on and off says. I think he likes me, over the past year. He said too, but it’s not always that once my 18th birthclear. What should I do? day came around, he was – Scattered in California going to “make me a very happy girl.”

Dear Scattered: For After I recently told him the next year or so, your

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first priority should be your future – and I don’t mean with a man. Before becoming seriously involved with anyone, you must complete your education and establish some economic independence.

You were right to speak up about your concerns regarding your relationship with the first man you mentioned. That there is another woman in the picture – even if she was in the background – would have meant complications. Whether or not they get back together, the fact they have a child together means she always may be a presence in this man’s life – or could pop up at any time and cause disruption.

Clearly, right now, he has unfinished business with her.

As to the second issue – this young man may like you very much, but when a man tells a woman he is not the right man for her, what he usually means is that she is not the right woman for him.

He may want to do what I’m advising you to do – complete his education before becoming romantically involved. Or, he may feel the “chemistry” isn’t quite right. If you accept it and move on, you’ll save yourself some heartache.

Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

QUARTET TO PERFORM OUTDOORS

Choices: Be ‘cool’ or be true I recently attended a 3-day conference, where the theme was titled “Small Church – Big God.” Most of the attendees were from small towns, or at least, small churches.

All who were there were searching for ideas or approaches to make their ministry more effective.

Even small churches in small towns can have a big impact when Christ is followed and obeyed. The question we were answering was “Should we try to make our churches cool?”

More than ever, churches strive to be culturally relevant, to attract churchgoers with their decor, their cool music, and even their coffee.

Churches are more creative than ever before, striving to be places people want to be, adapting to fit what they think people want, in order to grow and yet be true, biblically solid. Can it be done?

One of the keys is knowing your community and

allenCAMPBELL The Rev. Allen Campbell is the pastor of First Congregational Church in Rock Falls.

your congregation. Most of us serve congregations where most of the members are baby boomers.

Youth-oriented messages wouldn’t be appropriate.

However, messages about being good parents or having good and faithful marriages is never out of date. We don’t want to be out of touch. We need to reach people where they are. Yet, one-size-fits-all churches are not what people want or need. In order to stay relevant, we have to be willing to adapt and keep up.

The problem is this: If we try to be “cool,” we

might get lost in what people want, rather than what Jesus wants.

If people are looking for a place to belong that feels like home, and they find acceptance in our church, is that enough?

With many important questions on people’s minds like same-sex marriage, if we should try to make everyone comfortable, we may be ignoring some uncomfortable, yet important truths. Welcoming and comfortable are not synonymous.

Jesus accepted everyone, but he was not afraid to confront the truth. Be sure to revisit Scripture to recall what Jesus said the church would do.

Appealing to everyone or making everyone happy feels good, but what would Jesus do? Let’s not lose our focus and our identity. Remember, we have an audience of one to please. Being faithful doesn’t always result in being successful.

IN BRIEF Church looks back to its beginnings STERLING – Members of Faith Baptist Church, 2005 Freeport Road, will celebrate the church’s 50th anniversary with special services.

An anniversary cookout will be at 5:30 p.m. May 23, with a time of praise and reminiscing at 7.

A morning worship service will be at 10:30 a.m.

May 24, with the Rev. David Zempel, a former pastor, delivering the message. A dinner will take place at noon, with a 1:30 p.m. service featuring the Rev. Allan Rudie, also a former pastor, as the speaker.

The church was founded in May 1965 by the Rev. George Abbas. Services were at the YMCA in Sterling until the first phase of church building was completed in February 1969.

The Rev. Bryan Bice is the current pastor.

Meal reservations are requested. The public is welcome. Visit faithbaptiststerling.com or call 815625-7690 to sign up.

Tampico church plans cemetery day TAMPICO – Cemetery Sunday will be May 24 at St. Mary Church, 105 N. Benton St. Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Then the rosary will be recited during a procession to the cemetery.

After the prayers, a breakfast will be served at the church by Erie, Prophetstown, and Tampico Knights of Columbus Council 13791. The menu will include egg and sausage casserole, biscuits and sausage gravy, sausage patties, sliced ham, cinnamon rolls, a fruit cup, and a beverage.

Donations will be accepted.

For more information, call 815-438-2248.

Hennepin Canal walk scheduled

The Friends of the Canal will have its monthly Hike Iowa NCCC workers the Canal Sunday, called “Indigo Bunting.” help at Stronghold the The walk is 4.9 miles from Bridge 47 to Lock 33, the OREGON – A group of guard lock, on the feeder nine AmeriCorps National canal. The group will meet Civilian Community Corps members from Vinton, Iowa, at 1:30 p.m. at the Bridge 45 access and will followwill work until June 11 on the-leader to Lock 33. restoration at Stronghold From there, they will be Camp and Retreat Center. shuttled to Bridge 47 to The team will assist with begin the hike.

Stronghold’s ecosystem The public is welcome. management plan. The Bridge 45 is on state work includes removing Route 40 across from the invasive plant species, Days Inn, 2105 First Ave., using herbicides to prevent Rock Falls. growth, and cutting brush.

The next hike will be They also will set up June 14 from Lock 17 to four long-term monitoring Bridge 6. systems to observe plant For more information, ecosystems and mark meter-square areas for iden- contact Ed Herrmann at hikes@friends-hennepintification. canal.org or 815-6642403.

Bullying program topic of meeting

DIXON – PFLAG Sauk Valley will meet at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday in the Eells Room at St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St. The entrance to the meeting is from the alley off Third Street, behind Dixon Public Library.

A program on bullying will be by Deb Walter, education specialist for YWCA of the Sauk Valley. She will discuss her work with students in schools, and how parents, friends, and allies can help someone who is being bullied.

A support time has been added to meeting days.

Anyone with questions or who needs individual support should arrive at 1, and is welcome to stay for the meeting.

For more information, contact pflagsaukvalley@ gmail.com or call 815-4402672. The names of those who attend are kept confidential.

Spoken4, a Southern gospel quartet of Branson, Mo., will perform at 7 p.m.

Sunday at Spring Valley Reformed Church, 10960 Spring Valley Road, Fulton.

Members are (in no particular order) Cecil Stringer, Jon Taggart, Brandon Britton, and Steven Hickinbotham. The concert will be outside, weather permitting. The audience is welcome to listen from vehicles or bring lawn chairs. For more information, call the church at 815-772-3554. Photo submitted by Penny VanKampen.

DIXON PARK DISTRICT

Stormy weather on horizon

BY RUTH EDWARD NATURE CENTER STAFF Dixon Park District

Every year people are killed by lightning. Park districts, in particular, spend many hours educating patrons to stay off the golf course, cease playing baseball, and leave the tennis court. Our motto is “When thunder roars, go indoors.” Anyone who can hear thunder can be struck by lightning.

We see the effects of lightning on many trees in Lowell Park and Page Park. Massive branches exploded away from

the tree, rippled scars from previous lightning strikes, and actual trees toppled are all common scenes. Lightning does take a toll on trees, and this is the reason one should never stand under a tree.

Weather safety tips include: watch the sky, get away from water, and if without indoor shelter take cover in a vehicle with windows rolled up.

Lightning can strike the same place twice.

Yes, nature can be violent, but thunderstorms are a vital part of our ecosystem. Rain and the accompanying

cooler temperatures are often the welcome end result. The next time the wind rises and the sky darkens, take a ringside seat (but in a safe place) for the greatest show on Earth.

Go to dixonparkdistrict. com for information on summer activities such as tennis lessons, golf driving range, softball camp for girls, nature center events, pickleball courts, free splash pad and the farmers market from 7 a.m. to noon Wednesdays and Saturdays at Haymarket Square on West Third Street.

K KIDS DONATE

Mental health group to gather DIXON – NAMI Sauk Area will meet at 6:30 p.m. May 26 at Sinnissippi Centers, 325 state Route 2.

The meeting is designed to provide education, as well as support, for families struggling with a diagnosis of mental illness in a relative or friend.

Plans will be finalized for NAMI’s 5K Run and Walk Beside Us event, set for 8 a.m. June 20 at the track at Sterling High School, 1608 Fourth Ave. Visit RunSignUp.com to register online, or contact a NAMI member to sign up.

NAMI Sauk Area serves Carroll, Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside counties.

For more information, email namisaukvalley@ gmail.com or call Mary Brokaw at 815-284-6417 or Tara Wagenknecht at 815-303-9386.

Members of the Sterling Kiwanis after-school service group, K Kids at Lincoln Elementary School in Sterling, recently donated decorated socks they had created to Rock River Gardens in Sterling. Donna Kendall (from left), K Kids adviser, and Christian Garza, K Kids member, gave the socks to Lisa Crider, River Gardens activity director. The fourth and fifth graders painted the soles to help prevent slipping. Photo submitted by Susan Atchley.

Summer library cards for youths ROCK FALLS – Nonresident student library cards for the summer are available for $10 at Rock Falls Public Library, 1007 Seventh Ave. Cardholders must be 3 to 18 and live outside Coloma Township. For a card, bring in two forms of identification with

address, and a parent’s proof of residency. The cards are valid until Aug. 5.

The summer reading program for youth begins June 8. Registration is from May 23 through June 8. Adults also can take part in the program. They can pick up a punch card at

the library and read seven books to receive a book bag and entry into a grand prize drawing. Weekly prizes will be awarded for checking out books. The library will be closed May 25 for Memorial Day. For more information, visit rockfallslibrary.com or call 815-626-3958.

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Forum marks 30th anniversary Master Gardeners MORRISON – “Mass Media in Modern Society: National and International News and Issues” was the topic for the Whiteside Forum’s 30th anniversary on April 24 at Odell Public Library.

Rosemary Coplan, a founding member, gave welcoming remarks.

The moderator was Mark Ridolfi, Quad City Times editorial page editor, based in Davenport, Iowa, who will cover his eighth Iowa presidential caucus campaign this year.

The panel included Nancy Benson, associate professor of journalism at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, and Elio Leturia, associate professor with the School of Media Arts – Journalism at Columbia College in Chicago.

Each speaker gave viewpoints on how readers view media coverage in the U.S. or in foreign countries. There was a question and answer session.

on hand to help

The Whiteside Forum’s 30th anniversary meeting was April 24. Panel members (from left) Elio Leturia, associate professor with the School of Media Arts – Journalism at Columbia College in Chicago; Mark Ridolfi, editorial page editor of the Quad City Times in Davenport, Iowa; and Nancy Benson, associate professor of journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign met at Odell Public Library in Morrison. Photo submitted by Rosemary Coplan.

The forum has planned about various topics with to The Whiteside Forum, and organized confer- a global perspective. For P.O. Box 51, Morrison, IL ences to discuss and learn more information, write 61270.

RED NOSE DAY

Members of the Carroll-Lee-Whiteside Master Gardeners will answer problems and address public concerns during office hours.

Times and locations are: 2 to 3 p.m. Thursdays at 807D S. Clay St., Mount Carroll.

9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at Plum Creek Arboretum, 626 Palmyra Road, Dixon, and 9 a.m. to noon Thursdays at the Amboy Extension office, 280 W. Wasson Road, No. 1.

9 a.m. to noon Mondays and Wednesdays at the Morrison office, 100 E. Knox St. Gardeners also will attend farmers markets to share information on growing and preparing vegetables.

8 a.m. to noon today at the Sterling market, 106 Avenue A; and every third Saturday of the month.

8 a.m. to noon today at the Mount Carroll farmers market, 301 N. Main St. 8 to 11 a.m. May 23 at the Morrison Farmers Market, behind

Morrison’s Heritage Museum, 202 E. Lincolnway; and every fourth Saturday of the month.

Today and May 23, gardeners will have recipe cards and discuss kale.

Mount Carroll and Lanark market dates will be determined.

Other summer topics will include Swiss chard, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, and squash.

The Garden of the Month program is underway.

Master Gardeners will speak at area libraries on four-season gardening and other topics.

Sessions are: 2 to 3 p.m. June 20 at Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St. 5 to 6:30 p.m. June 11 at Mount Carroll Public Library, 208 N. Main St. Advance registration is required 1 week before the program.

To sign up or for more information, visit edu/ clw or call the Carroll office at 815-244-9444 or Whiteside County at 815-772-4075.

Awards presented at annual meeting

Resthave Home residents in Morrison and Lamp Construction staff will support Red Nose Day on Thursday.

Red Nose Day partners with social service agencies to help children and young people living in poverty stay healthy, enter school ready to learn, and help parents become leaders in the community. Resthave staff members will donate $1 every day they were jeans during jeans week. Proceeds will go to the charities that Red Nose supports. Go to rednoseday.org for more information. Photo submitted.

CLEANING UP

FFA students in the Ag 3, Ag 4, and landscape classes at West Carroll High School in Savanna recently collected garbage to help clean up the community. Members are (in no particular order) Anna Badtke, Bailey Durward, Cameron Ehlers, Alex Harring, MaKayla Huizenga, Cassie Johnson, and Brianna Kampmeier. More than 16 bags of trash were collected at the ShopKo parking lot and north of the old Pizza Hut in Savanna. Photo submitted by Kampmeier.

ROCK FALLS – Blackhawk Hills Regional Council’s spring symposium was April 24 at Barnacopia in Polo.

The theme was “What to Expect When You’re Expecting Change: Taxes and Transformation in Illinois.”

State Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon. provided a video greeting and update of the state’s financial situation.

Keynote speaker, Carol Portman of the Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois, presented on Illinois tax policy and what changes local governments should expect.

Betty Steinert, Whiteside County Economic Developer and Enterprise Zone administrator, talked about enterprise zones changes in general and the new application process.

The Volunteer of the Year Award was given to the Timber Lake Playhouse Board of Directors.

The award is presented annually to the person or group that has shown dedication to a project or initiative within the region related to council’s goals and priorities.

The Carson DeJarnatt Economic Development Award was presented to Steinert.

The award is given

to a person, organization, or initiative that demonstrates commitment to regional economic development.

Carson DeJarnatt, joined the Blackhawk Hills Council as the Whiteside County Board representative in 1987. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Blackhawk Hills’ Economic Development District in 1992.

The council created the award in his honor after his death in 1995.

The 2015-16 fiscal year officers were named. They are Ron Colson, president; Marvin Schultz, vice president; and Glen Kuhlemier, secretary, treasurer.

Blackhawk Hills Regional Council is a nonprofit corporation based in Rock Falls, that serves Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, and Whiteside counties.

Services include community planning, development assistance, natural resources conservation and protection support, and grant writing and administration.

Blackhawk Hills Regional Council is overseen by an 18-member council of three representatives from each of the counties.

IN BRIEF June 10 deadline for Whiteside taxes MORRISON – Whiteside County real estate tax bills were mailed May 8.

The first installment is due June 10, and the second is due Sept. 2.

Go to whitesideil. devnetwedge.com for more information.

Ogle property tax bills due June 12 OREGON – Ogle County property tax bills were mailed May 8.

The first installment is due June 12; and the second Sept. 4.

Payments may be made at: the Ogle County Courthouse, 105 S. Fifth St.; at

Ogle County banks; by mail to the Ogle County Collector, P.O. Box 40, Oregon, IL 61061; by credit card through the Illinois State Treasurer’s E-Pay Program at oglecountytreasurer.org and click on the E-Pay link; or illinoisepay.com for the E-pay site, then enter Ogle County in the search box.

There is a convenience fee for this service.

Call the treasurer’s office at 815-732-1100 for more information.

Red noses to help literacy program LANARK – For $1, the public can put on a red nose Thursday to help children in Carroll County receive reading supplies

and support in school.

All Our Kids Early Childhood Network will organize a Red Nose Day program.

Participants can look up #REDNOSEDAY on Twitter for photographs and ideas.

For a chance to win a free lunch, participants can post a selfie of themselves and their friends at the All Our Kids Early Network in Freeport Facebook page, or tweet a photo to AOKNWIL. A group photograph with participants wearing red clothes and their red noses, will be at 4 p.m. at the pavilion in Lanark Park, at the corner of West Claremont and North Boyd streets.

For more information, or to purchase a red nose, call 815-599-8404.

Males sought for 4-H summer camp

Tornado relief fund receives donation

MOUNT CARROLL – A limited number of male camper slots are available for 4-H Camp June 28 through July 2 at Camp Benson. Slots will be filled on a first come, first reserve basis.

The cost is $250. Download a camper application online at edu/jsw/stephen son4h; register online at edu/bdo and click on 2015 4-H Camp link; or call the Ogle County Extension at 815-732-2191.

Camp is open to all youth ages 8 to 16 by June 28.

Campers will check in from 6 to 6:30 p.m. June 28, and check out 6 to 6:30 p.m.

July 2.

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Gaming Machine Operators Association donated $20,000 to the Illinois Tornado Relief Effort, a fundraising campaign to benefit communities hit hardest by the recent tornadoes in northern Illinois.

“We are pleased to join the McCormick Foundation, Gov. Rauner, and others, in supporting these important relief efforts,” said Michael Gelatka, president of the IGMOA. “In addition, I’m pleased that our contribution will help the McCormick Foundation move closer to the $500,000 goal that they

have set for a 50 percent match. We hope that in the coming days the Foundation will be able to surpass that initial goal.”

The foundation will match the first $500,000 raised at 50 cents on the dollar. All administrative costs are paid by the foundation and partners, allowing 100 percent of the donations, plus the match, to be granted directly to nonprofit organizations helping those most affected by the storm.

The Illinois Gaming Machine Operators Association is the professional association of companies that supply and operate video gaming machines in licensed establishments across Illinois.

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pancakes, served with lemon and curd cream. “ Traveling to Italy helped me to perfect these dishes,” Damiano said. “We experienced a lot, and we came up with a unique menu and it took off.”

The idea, she said, is to make customers feel like they are walking on the streets of Europe.

Damiano also owns Clemenza’s, which specializes in wood-fired pizzas and other Italian dishes. It opened in 2011, and now also has two sites.

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No one’s going to tell you not to spoil your appetite at Breakers Saloon and Eatery in Oregon. Help yourself to a bowl of peanuts while you sit and have a cold one.

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She laughs when she recall’s Vic’s initial role: bouncer.

Manager Stacy Orengo, lead cook Kevin Soper, and “quarterback” James Stuckey have teamed with the Greens to create a lively eatery and bar – one that features daily specials, awesome food, and an energetic atmosphere.

Whether there are five patrons in the bar or 50, you can feel the good vibes in the air.

Every member of this team is appreciated, and that shows in the pride each takes in his or her contribution to the family-friendly establishment.

There is lots of laughter and teasing among the staff, and Jan and Vic don’t hesitate to sit with customers to share good conversation and some fun.

Families are encouraged to bring the kids in on Wednesday, when children eat for a buck if dining with an adult. It’s also a patron-popular day, thanks to the 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. taco bar.

Sunday is buy-one-get-

The good news is you won’t have to fight through a house payment while you’re paying off the student loan debt.

So for now, just get into attack mode and make it disappear. Then, move on to the other steps. Other than getting the sequence a little mixed up, you guys are doing great.

– Dave

Do no more damage

Dear Dave, I’m returning to school to finish my degree this year, and I’m going to ask my girlfriend to marry me. We both have decent

Let your personality win a desired someone over Sunday, May 17, 2015 Organization is key. You will have the chance to explore several options this year. Being prepared to take advantage of an opportunity will be what leads to your success. This will be a lucky year for you, one in which personal and business partnerships come into play.

Joint ventures will pay off.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Let your personality win a desired someone over, not showy, exorbitant spending.

Your finances would suffer, and the response you would get to frivolous actions would not be favorable.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Don’t count on chance to shape your future.

Make a realistic outline of your goals.

Choose your direction and take the first step necessary to reach success.

You’ll have to wait for the cardboard cutout to vacate before you to pretend to use the phone in the bar’s vintage phone booth. one-half-price burger day, and Friday is the allday-long fish fry.

In addition to the daily drink and food specials, and the usual tasty menu fare of burgers, steaks, seafood and desserts, Soper – a self-described “Food TV addict” – also makes Boca burgers, grilled mushrooms, salad, and other vegetarian offerings.

Lunch and dinner items range in price from appe-

tizers for $2.95 to full, tummy-pleasing meals for around $12.95.

Video gambling, live music and a well-stocked jukebox add to the fun.

Celebrations of all types are held at Breakers, from birthday parties to anniversaries to girls’ night out and sports nights. And when the weather’s nice, the Greens open the patio, which seats up to 30.

Breakers supports local sports clubs, too.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -Refrain from being too trusting. Keep your valuables in a safe, secure place.

Question the motives of anyone who is too interested in your schedule, budget or assets.

Breakers has lots of space for diners, and gambling machines where they can try their luck.

RAMSEY

“Because of that, we decided to do what we do best, which is food,” she said.

Inspired by a trip to Europe, Damiano, 52, opened Mama Clemenza’s in 2012, which now has two sites.

She serves a variety of foods, such as eggs Benedict; a Mediterranean egg white omelet with fresh tomatoes, feta cheese and spinach served with a croissant; and lemon curd

jobs, but I also have some previous student loans that I could put into deferment. Do you think I should pay off the debt before getting engaged?

– Colton Dear Colton, Congrats on finding that special someone.

Now, if I were in your shoes, here’s the way I line up my priorities.

First, don’t do any more damage where debt is concerned. I want you to pay cash for your food, lights, water, gas for your car and housing. Obviously, you have to live, but I want you to do all this without adding any new debt. The next priority would be to pay for college, and pay cash for

your tuition and stuff from this point forward.

Remember, no new debt.

After that, let’s save up and pay cash for a nice, inexpensive ring. The student loan debt comes last through deferment.

I’d really attack it with a vengeance after I was married, out of school, and in an even better job and bigger income.

You’re going to be a busy guy for a while, but I’ll bet this lady’s worth it. Gaining control of your finances now will be a great gift for you both when you start your new life together.

– Dave Follow Dave on Twitter (@DaveRamsey), or visit daveramsey.com.

is strictly European breakfast, and Clemenza’s is a restaurant that specializes in Italian dishes,” she said.

M a m a C l e m e n z a’s is doing well, and “if everything goes as planned,” will become a franchise, she said.

For that to happen, she must show 7 years of financial growth; she has 4 years so far. “ We are definitely headed in the right direction,” Damiano said. “People will definitely be interested in buying into a successful company.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Resist the temptation to sit back and let matters unfold without your undivided attention. You know what you want, so don’t sit idle -- go out and get it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Participation will be required. Your powers of attraction are strong, and the connections you make will be valuable. Whether for business or pleasure, a new partnership will be beneficial.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- You will be unpleasantly surprised by the state of your finances. Curb your spending and get back on track. Return nonessential items that you bought on a whim.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- If you are having difficulty making a decision, get all the background information you can. If you can’t find a dependable source, you will have to do your own research.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Don’t shirk your responsibilities.

The projects you have been putting on the back burner need to be dealt with.

With a can-do attitude, you will be able to accomplish a great deal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Onlookers will be puzzled by your overly emotional state. Don’t get involved in a one-on-one discussion.

Participate in activities that will

lighten your mood and help stave off an argument.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -Someone will have trouble keeping your secrets. Don’t publicize your plans. Keep your thoughts to yourself until you are ready to present what you have to offer. Protect your ideas.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -Expand your mind. Knowledge is power, so learn everything you can from people with more experience than you. Whatever your interest, pursue it wholeheartedly. The results will be worth it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Take the lead. You have the wherewithal and pizzazz to encourage everyone to follow you. A younger or older family member will offer positive and insightful inspiration. Step up and do your thing.

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Travel to Scotland, Germany highlight of teen’s trip Editor’s note: Tess Schaefer, a Rock Falls High School junior, is coming to the end of her 10 months in Denmark in the Rotary Club’s Student Exchange Program. She has agreed to send home the occasional column on her experiences.

Well, it’s official. I have lived in Denmark for more than half of a year, and in retrospect, that really doesn’t seem like much time at all; however, I have probably learned more about the world in the past year than I have my entire life.

Now, as of Easter Sunday, I have 3 months left to my Rotary exchange in Denmark. I absolutely cannot believe how quickly time has flown by. Soon enough, I will find myself on a plane headed back to Illinois, realizing that the best year of my life is actually over … or I could just marry my way into getting a visa.

Hmm, I like that idea.

This past year, I have learned about many different cultures and countries, sometimes through firsthand experience. Traveling is a large part of the Danish culture.

In the Danish school system, for instance, traveling actually is encouraged.

After finishing folkeschool around age 6, students may take a year off before going to gymnasium, or high school, and there are several school options to choose from, such as boarding school or exchange.

Also, during the second year of gymnasium, every class goes on a study tour together, typically to a country that involves a classroom topic. In English class, we are learning about the Scottish national identity, so, for our study tour, we traveled to Edinburgh for 5 days. The trip was one of the highlights of my whole year.

In Edinburgh, we found the hostel where we would be staying with a few other schools, then set off on a scavenger hunt to find city landmarks and ask locals questions about their lives.

Tuesday, we climbed to Arthur’s Seat, the main peak of the hill range in Edinburgh, which is thought to be a possible site for King Arthur’s Camelot. Later in the day, we met at a little cafe called The Elephant House, which claims to be the “birthplace of Harry Potter” because J.K. Rowling spent a lot of her time writing there.

In fact, we later learned that Edinburgh inspired many details in the series.

Hogwarts greatly resembles Edinburgh castle, and Rowling’s description of the graveyard in which Harry first encounters Voldemort bears a lot of resemblance to Greyfriars Kirkyard.

Wednesday, we took a train out of Edinburgh to Linlithgow to walk around

a loch and get a feel for Scottish life in a smaller city. We took an underground ghost tour in which a theatrical guide told us many gruesome legends of Edinburgh, then took us through the haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults, where people have been attacked, possessed, and approached by ghosts. In all honesty, I was terrified – enthused, but terrified.

Thursday, our last day full day in Edinburgh, we went to the Edinburgh Scottish History Museum, then toured Edinburgh Castle, and had dinner at a Scottish pub, where I ordered real fish and chips. Yum. We flew home the next morning.

Although the school system provides students with a lot of travel opportunity, many people simply travel for pleasure, which in Europe is rather easy. I am able to go nearly anywhere thanks to the bus and train systems, in Denmark and other countries.

Last fall, during my autumn break from school, I sailed to Oslo, Norway, on a mini cruise with my third host family, with whom I live now. There are ships that sail from Copenhagen to Oslo and back over the weekend, and they are rather popular. We were in Oslo only for about 8 hours, but still were able to see a lot of the city.

We took a bus tour past important places such as the parliament building and the royal palace.

We made stops at places, such as the Vigeland Park, which has more than 200 sculptures of the human body in different positions, from normal to mangled, and to Holmenkollbakken, the large Olympic ski jump used during the 1952 Winter Olympics. We then we went to a few museums about Vikings and voyages from Norway throughout history, until we had to meet back at the boat to sail home.

During winter break, my second host family and I drove across a few bridges and through an underwater road tunnel to Sweden to visit the city of Lund. We went to the Lund Cathedral, which is Sweden’s most visited church, and the Kulturen museum, which consists of historical buildings from different time periods that now are used as exhibits for cultural history, art, and much more.

I also I traveled on a ferry from southern Zealand to Germany with my second host family. We stayed in Lubeck for 3 nights and experienced many of the different kinds of cultures the city has to offer, including the historical, religious, and my favorite, delicious kind.

Our first stop was the Holsten Gate, a medieval

At Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland, with Edinburgh Castle in the background.

Standing at the top of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. city fortification that now is a museum filled with historical relics from the city and informational models.

We also visited St. Mary’s church, a beautiful, Gothic cathedral that is a symbol of prosperity and as inspiration for many other churches in the Baltic area.

Lubeck is most famous for its Niederegger marzipan.

Since its opening in 1806,

Niederegger has grown to be an international corporation that exports to several countries throughout the world.

Its headquarters still are in Lubeck, and the original Café Niederegger still is in business, providing desserts ready for serving in the upstairs café and many boxed delicacies for take away. Seeing all of the different ways marzipan is

Rubbing Greyfriars Bobby’s nose for good luck in Edinburgh. used, ranging from a sim- year of my whole life, and ple marzipan piece cov- even though I only have ered in chocolate to mar- 3 months left, I already zipan formed and painted have a lot to look forward into the shape of a squirrel, to, such as my Rotary tour was absolutely amazing. I around Europe, Copenwould have never guessed. hagen’s color run, and so Looking back at these much more. last few months, I barely Who knows what else can believe how many there is in store for me? things I’ve done and places The only certain thing I I’ve seen. I certainly have can say is that I’m going to been having the great- have the time of my life. est, most adventurous Until next time, Illinois.

Eating a German sausage in Lubeck.

In front of the city of Lubeck, Germany.

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A French couple heads toward a bridge, flanked by tulips at Keukenhof in Holland.

Spring visit to Keukenhof’s gardens exceeds all expectations

BY DOUG OSTER Tribune News Service

LISSE, Netherlands – As we’re driving toward Keukenhof, the sweet scent of hyacinths drifts through our bus of 26 travelers. Our tour guide thought we might like to see the growing fields filled with blooming bulbs. She was right.

No one could believe the seemingly endless rows of flowers, the sights and smells. Think of driving through field after field of Iowa corn.

Now substitute daffodils, tulips, hyacinths and any spring bloomer you can imagine. We all scrambled to get photos through the bus windows.

Keukenhof might be the world’s greatest display of spring bulbs. It’s open for only 8 short weeks, when the bulbs are at their peak.

Luckily, we were left on our own, as our guide pointed in one direction and told us to enjoy the bulbs. I worked my way around the perimeter of the garden, trying to get a better photo of the flower fields separated from the park by a narrow canal.

Michelle Nawaz of New York City stood with her back to the fields as the afternoon light fell perfectly across her face. She meticulously positioned her phone for one amazing selfie.

“It’s beautiful,” she says, turning back toward the carpet of flowers. “The colors are breathtaking.”

Keukenhof is a gardener’s paradise, a place to spend at least one full day, although I wished I had longer.

Some beds are massed with the same flowers.

When it’s something like hyacinths, the fragrance is remarkable. Since there’s always a breeze in Holland, the scent of flowers was never far away.

Other beds offered incredible combinations of different bulbs, all blooming in consort. It’s

Michelle Nawaz of New York City works on taking the perfect selfie using a tapestry of bulbs as her background. She was standing in Keukenhof, but the bulbs across the river aren’t part of the garden. They are bulb fields for growers.

“Auxerre” tulips bloom in one of the inside pavilions at Keukenhof in Holland. the scale that astounds.

One bed that stretched for hundreds of yards had been planted with repeating patterns of white daffodils, pink hyacinths, white anem-

ones and tulips. Behind them ran a parallel bed of orange tulips.

The garden is filled with more than 7 million flowering bulbs, including 800 kinds of tulips. The

80-acre park has been putting on the annual display since 1950.

There were about 10 of us looking over the gardens together, but I lost my traveling com-

panions as I lagged, photographing everything in sight. As the sun dipped lower, some bulbs became luminescent, highlighted from behind as the light streamed through the trees.

Finally, I ran into Winnie Ritter of Monroeville, who brought three of her daughters with her on the trip.

They wanted time in the gift shop, and Ritter wanted time with the magnificent blooms.

At 82, she is spry and wanted to see as much as possible, but she never complained as I lay on the ground, stood on benches and stopped to shoot even more pictures.

As we stood in front of an impossibly long, curving bed of white and blue hyacinths set off by bright yellow daffodils, we were able to

carefully examine the bed and saw a thick row of unopened tulips that would put on a show a week later.

“I’m so glad I got to see this,” Ritter said. “I’m in heaven.”

As we headed back to the bus, I looked behind to see several small beds filled with striped tulips back-lit by the late afternoon sun. They were framed by a flowering crabapple tree in full bloom. It was stunning and a fitting end to the day.

I’ve been lucky enough to see some of the world’s greatest gardens, but Keukenhof stands alone. It’s one of the few places that have exceeded the hype and expectations. I dream of seeing it again and spending a couple of days of bliss among this wonderful tapestry of bulbs.

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There business joined the Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce on April 28. Sterling Welcome Center & Gallery, 318 First Ave., is owned by Sterling Main Street.

At the ribbon cutting are contributing artists and volunteers, Sterling Main Street Board members, chamber ambassadors, and Sterling Mayor Skip Lee. Photos submitted by the chamber.

Aurelio Gallardo of Aurelio’s Bake Shop, 517 Locust St., Sterling, family members, and chamber ambassadors, Kris Noble, chamber executive director, and Jerry Binder, chamber board president, attended the ceremony.

Joel E. Youngs (center), director of International Trade Center, Small Business Development Center at Black Hawk College, 4703 16th St. Suite G, Moline, and Michelle Lewis, development center director, stand with Noble and chamber ambassadors.

IN BRIEF Dixon man named to Director’s Club

period will take place after the discussion.

The program is part of ongoing meetings that DIXON – Chad Nicklaus, will continue throughout independent financial adviser at Nicklaus Finan- the summer. The June meeting topic will be cial Service, recently yoga. was recognized as a top For more information, financial adviser. visit traditionalwellness Nicklaus also was center.org or call the named to LPL’s Direccenter at 815-677-9144. tor’s Club, based on where his annual production ranks among the Former Sterling firm’s 14,000 registered woman awarded advisers nationwide.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Peg Stessman received the Organic food 2015 Alum topic of meeting of the Year Award from DIXON – A discussion on organic food will be at the University of Iowa Tipthe Gingko Tearoom at Traditional Wellness Cen- pie College of Business. ter, 216 W. First St. Peg Stessman, Happy hour will be at 6 Stessman p.m., with the discussion formerly of Sterling, is at 6:30 Tuesday. the chief executive officer Dr. Mike Nelson of and chairwoman of the Aspiring Health Clinic in board for StrategicHealth Mount Morris will speak Solutions LLC. about food, including She founded the comorganic versus nonpany with the intent of organic and processed supporting state and fedversus whole; and the questions around geneti- eral governments in precally-modified organisms. venting fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare and A question and answer

JOIN HANDS DAY Medicaid programs.

Strategic employs about 250 people in Omaha, Nebraska, and Columbia, Maryland.

The award recognizes Stessman as an outstanding alum based on her professional success and continued involvement with the university.

based on patient surveys submitted by hospitals to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, covering admissions from January through December 2014.

Donaldson to announce earnings

Donaldson Co. Inc. will have a live webcast conference at 9 a.m. Thursday.

The company will issue STERLING – CGH Media pre-market earnings cal Center has achieved announcement, disclose the Healthgrades 2015 Outstanding Patient Experi- third-quarter earnings and give an update on the ence Award. outlook for the balance of The hospital was recogfiscal 2015. nized for providing a posiGo to donaldson.com tive experience for hospital stays, ranking in the top 10 and click on “Investors” and then the webcast percent in the nation. icon to listen to the To be recognized, hosreports. pitals must meet eligibility The replay will be availrequirements for consideration, which include clinical able from noon Thursday through noon June 11. To performance thresholds. hear the audio replay, call Nationally, 3,005 hos888-203-1112 or 719pitals met those require457-0820, access code: ments with 452 outperforming their peers, based 9351557. It will be availon their patients’ respons- able from noon Thursday es, in order to achieve this through noon May 28.

Donaldson’s operates a distinction. plant in Dixon.

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Area youth worked with members of New Bedford Royal Neighbors of America to clean the New Bedford Park shelter and plant flowers during Join Hands Day on May 2. With the flowers are (seated, from left) Damian Hilmes, Jennifer Etheridge, and James Etheridge; and (standing) Sydney Sweenie and Katie Smith. After planting, the pots were given to five New Bedford residents. The group then played bingo and had refreshments at New Bedford Christian Church.

Photo submitted by Mary Etheridge.

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Photographer Philip Marruffo offers a look at some of the wonders of nature around the Sauk Valley

Photos by Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

A northern water snake swims in the lagoon at Oppold Marina in Sterling. These snakes are nonvenomous and feed on frogs, toads and fish.

ABOVE-LEFT: Swallows gather grass for their nest at Oppold Marina. RIGHT: A trio of mallard ducklings huddle together along the banks of the Rock River.

ABOVE: Pelicans swim and feed on the Rock River. Soon, the birds will continue their flight back to Canada.

LEFT: Bison calves stay close to their mothers on the Nachusa Grasslands near Franklin Grove. Ten babies have been born since the herd was brought out in October.

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CASA 15th Judicial Circuit (Lee/ Carroll/Ogle Counties) is seeking volunteers to advocate for children in the court system involved in abuse and neglect cases.

Your involvement can impact a child’s future.

Contact Vanessa White, Director of Advocate Services (815) 288-1901 www.casalee carroll.com WE NEED YOU! The Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Invites all area citizens to volunteer as tour guides, greeters in our visitor center, gift shop clerks, and more! Shifts available 7 are days a week on schedule. your Please join us in and preserving sharing the history of our country's 40th President and helping benefit the with community assistance in Contact tourism.

Brandi Langner at: (815) 288-5176 or stop by 810 S. Hennepin Ave. in Dixon to apply.

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Next to

ALDI in Sterling

1-815-414-2288

NORTHLAND PARK APARTMENTS Studio, 1 & 2 Bedroom Washer & Dryer Units Fitness Center Balconies / Patios Open House Daily Garages Available Pet Friendly

1st Month FREE! Call Me 2-Rent 815)632-7368 (Located Behind Northland Mall)

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

(815)626-1431 1 BR Apts. No pets. No Exceptions! Call 815716-0367.

1BR, $400 815-562-7368 Rochelle Realty ★★1BR, W/D in unit, D/W. Woodlawn Rd. $500/mo.

815-535-7077.★★ Newly remodeled studio apts.

Utilities included.

Starting at $450.

815-441-5106 Room for Rent. All utilities incl. + wifi Starting at $75/wk. + dep. Call or text 815-716-6150.

Sinnissippi Townhomes First Mo. Free!

Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

Central air, good location. Laundry hookup. (815)6261130.

HOMES FOR RENT

310

DIXON 2BR, +loft, 1bath, 2 car garage, large lot. $650/mo, $650 dep., no pets, utilities not included.

Appliances included. Call 815-7398972.

POLO 2BR, garage, sm.

Yard, $450/mo + dep. 512-627-0446

ROCK FALLS 1 Bedroom House Rock Falls Nice location, nice yard $425/mo.

815-622-2725 SNLRentals.com 2 bed house Rock Falls $535/mo.

815-622-2725 SNLRentals.com

2BR, applcs., bsmt.,

No Pets. $500/mo.

815-718-1784 3BR Ranch, 2104 Scott St. Rent to own, with $5,000 down. $96,000.

Call 815-535-1076.

Cute 3BR ranch, Why Rent?™ 1014 W 21st St. $598. 815-878-7399

STERLING 2BR, 1307 17 Ave. Appliances furn. RTO or $750 mo. 815-535-1076 th

2BR., 1BA garage NO PETS. $550 mo. + dep. 815440-7985.

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

Small 2BR, 1005 Ave. L. $525+ $525 dep. Avail now.

815-626-0246 311

Secured 3 acre w/ high bays and office, 3818 River Rd., Sterling.

815-626-8790

MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

THE CLASSIFIED Advertising Department of Sauk Valley Media does not have the opportunity to fully investigate the credibility of each advertiser appearing within these columns. If an offer sounds “too good to be true” it probably is.

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Sauk Valley Classified makes every effort to qualify these charges for the reader.

If you have a concern about an advertiser, please contact the Better Business Bureau 330 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611.

312-832-0500

AUCTIONS

2BR, 708 W. 2nd St., 1 car garage.

W&D hookups, no pets.815-625-1900

COMMERCIAL RENTAL

402

315

WAREHOUSE / 330 STORAGE For rent downtown Sterling warehouse space.

Overhead electric door. $400 mo.

815-499-4250.

View Classifieds Online!

Locate the items you want to buy or sell! www. saukvalley. com

615

HARVEY AUCTION OPEN NOW Hours: Mon-Sat. 9am to 4pm Accepting items now for upcoming sale on May 30th 815-213-0193 (Galt)

SPECIAL SALES 620 Huge Plant Sale Perennials 1,000-Plants $4.97 ea.

Larger Plants & shrubs available Many Proven Winners Limited Quantities May 14 -May 17 Thurs. & Fri. 11-5 Sat. & Sun. 11-3 6154 S. Daysville Rd., Oregon Just North of Flagg Rd. Extremely Important-No Early birds Please!

AREA GARAGE SALES 624 DIXON GARAGE SALES 624 Fri 8-11 Sat 7-11 1315 Tilton Pk Dr Spring cleaning, boys and girls & adult clothes, household items, toys & books Fri. 8-2 Sat. 8-1 1832 W. 1st St. (in alley) Girls Jr. clothes L -XL, household items, misc.

No Early Sales Sat 7-1pm Moving Sale 619 Institute Blvd Boys stuff 4T and under, toys, seasonal decorations, womens clothing, full comforter, baby bedding and lots of misc household items!

sauk valley

CALL TODAY! 815/284.2222

OREGON GARAGE SALES 624

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624

Saturday 8am-1pm 1541 Eldena Rd Antiques & Furniture Sale, Ect..

Come see Lots of Nice Things!

Commode with towelbar, Corner cabinet, crocks, Old wooden poker tables & pingpong table, old dresser, wood frame twin bed, like new microwave, bar stools, slot machine, Boyd Bears, small & large pallets for crafts.

Fri. 9-5 & Sat. 9-4 Huge Oregon Estate Sale

Fri. 8-5 Sat. 8-2 612 Marsha Lane 24 mo. - 3T girl's & 3T - 4T boy's clothes, children's shoes & boots, children's winter coats & snowpants.

Tons of toys! Adult clothes, Up! Stampin' Stamp sets & access., quilt rack, Graco stroller, DVDs & VHS tapes, housewares, plants, much more!

Saturday 8am-4am Multiple Family Garage Sale at Overlook Gardens (just past Road Ranger) off of Bloody Gulch Rd Household items, furniture, office chairs, 1942 sewing machine in good working condition, books, clothing from children to adults, toddler swings, toddler Jeep Power Wheels, safety cones, hard hats, lot of Misc.- Too much to mention!

Draw

readers to your ad with Borders or Reverse Type!

730 Chinquapin Dr. Cash Only, Entry numbers Friday 8:15 a.m.

Fabulous art known by known Artist, Lladro nativity set, danish modern furniture, Ansyley collectibles.

Royal Doulton, Sherwood, AIWA, Sony stereo equ.

Newer Maytag washer & dryer, book shelves, nice microfoam sofa & recliner, 2 hospital beds, Yardmen 17 HP lawn tractor rebuilt engine, pressure washer, walk behind trimmer, snow blower, hand made mini.

Soldiers and village, oak wood working tool cabinet, tools, ladders, vintage compact lap top, Dyecast cars, John Wayne plates and picture, first addition books, including 1877 gathering of the willows, 1880 Unity on the Bounty, Oz series guitar & ukulele bedroom furniture, vintage toys & many small collectibles, too much to list!!!!

For over 100 pictures please visit our site at: www.estatesale.com

Downsizers Estate Sales 815-766-1611

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624

Get your ad noticed!

Fri. & Sat. 8-4 1507 13th Ave. Antique furniture, collectibles, tools, men's clothing & misc.

CALL

625-3600 OR 284-2222

Saturday 8-1 27660 Knief Rd. 3 Family Sale Furniture, pool table, kitchen items, clothes all sizes, primitive Décor, items, household baby items & misc.

Junk You Need!

Saturday 8-4 603 Marsha Lane Avon collectibles, comp. Monitor, 8 pc.

China set, sewing books, material & access., purses, clothes, shoes, household items.

Saturday 9-?

502 W 7th St. Clothes for all Seasons! Name brands, all sizes!

Too much to mention. Don't miss this Sale!

Rain or Shine SPRING GARAGE SALES May 15- May 17 Rock Falls & Sterling Maps @ Shell Stations & Schriners RF Chamber 815-625-4500

Classifieds Work!

Terry of Rock Falls sold his 2002 Pontiac Grand Am for $4200 using

To place your AD TODAY!

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Fri. 8:30-2:30 Sat. 8-12 28469 Bertha Drive (off of Buell Rd.) In Shed New Primitive and holiday décor, baby furniture, motorcycle bag, girls 0-2T, boys S-M, Juniors, womens, misc. items

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TR IV I A AN SW ER 1) Mercury, messenger of the gods 2 ) In March 1959, the U.S. government approved statehood for Hawaii, and in June the Hawaiian people voted to accept admittance into the United States. Two months later, Hawaii officially became the 50th state.

Before you make a move call…

SHIPPERTS Moving & Storage

404 N. Lincoln Ave., Dixon, IL 288-3133 www.alliedvan.com ILL CC 10540

US DOT 76235

Sat. 9am-3pm Greater Life Church 1403 Hemlock

Rummage & Bake Sale Housewares, décor, clothing, furniture, books and more.

Saturday 7:30-1pm 617 1st Ave Baby Girl Clothes Newborn – 24 mo. (shoes 0-8 toddler) Baby Boy Clothes Newborn – 6 mo.

CLASSIFIEDS deals small ads BIG

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

815/625.3600

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Miililllleled M edg dge ge Vililllla la A Appa par artrtm tme men ent ntsts 700 Stover Ave. Milledgeville

Housing Complex for persons with very low to moderate income who are 62 years of age or older, disabled regardless of age is accepting applications for 1 & 2 bedroom apartments. Rent based on income.

Income limits apply. On-site laundry, community room, off-street parking, spacious rooms. Appliances, water, sewer, garbage, heat furnished.

PLEASE CALL (815) 339-2140 For an application or information.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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Basement Waterproofing

www.praterpaintand waterproofing.com

Brick & Masonry

those unwanted items with the help of a Sauk Valley Classified Ad

625-3600 284-2222

Remodeling

PAUL’S HANDYMAN SERVICE “Anything Your Husband Won’t Do!” •Experience On All Manner of Home Repairs & Maintenance since 1986 (815)625-2607 (815)631-4122

Stump Removal CLARK'S

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Haul/Clean Service

Associated Services Enterprise.llc *Commercial Property Maintenance *Concrete Work *Grass and Snow Maintenance *Concrete Removal *Hauling *Grading and Excavating *Drainage Walls *Caulking *Design -----------Sterling, Rock Falls Dixon, Rochelle, Oregon, Byron, DeKalb and all surrounding areas... **Credit Cards Accepted** Call Tony or Joe 815-618-2717 Ase-llc.com

Deck Builders

Amy's Extreme Clean!

•Residential Commercial cleaning •White glove clean every time!

•Carpet Cleaning •Senior Discount 815-742-2995

Dumpster Rental

Home Improvement

✶Since 1981✶ ◆Home Improvement ◆New Construction

SPRING is the perfect time to build your garage, addition or remodel Re-roof / Reside your home!

815-626-1333

IL State Roofing Licensed 104-002247(1986) Bonded-Insured

Lawn & Garden New Beginnings Enterprise General Lawn Care- Mowing, Raking, Tree Trimming, Roto-Tilling, Leveling, Post Hole Drilling Snow Removal Insured & Bonded Call Gordon 815-441-9106

Lawn Care Dumpster Rental for Clean-ups & Construction Small & Large containers avail.

Tidy Bug Inc. Dixon, IL tidybuginc.com 815-456-3001 Looking for the perfect home?

Read Sauk Valley estate section and Real Estate Weekly on Thursdays.

A&M TREE SERVICE BEAT MOST BIDS!

Free Estimates 25 yrs. Experience Fully Licensed/ Insured.

Whiteside Area 815-590-1677

JOHN'S CLEANUP & REMOVAL Anything goes!!

Estate Cleanups PHONE 815-622-0240

Randy L. Moore

We specialize in exterior decks & privacy fences “You’ll always be a winner if we cut the deck” 815-288-4089 www.cosscustom woodworking.com

Tree Service

BILL'S LAWN SERVICE •Mowing •Garden Tilling •Yard Clean Up FREE Estimates Call 815-441-6073 BOB BOYD LAWN CARE SERVICES •Mowing• •Leaf Cleanup• Free Estimates Reasonable Rates Fully Insured 815-973-0699

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“Area's #1 Roofing Contractor IL Lic# 104-015191 Licensed, Bonded & Insured •Roofing •Siding •Windows •Decks •Additions •Garages & More Residential & Commercial Call now to schedule your FREE Estimate!

Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677 Guaranteed Best Buy!

Superior Exteriors •Roofing •Siding •Windows and •Gutters 815-631-2033 Free Estimates

Need to place an ad?

Call us 625-3600 284-2222

BRAD'S TREE SERVICE A division of Timber Industries, LLC. Tree & Limb Removal Stump Removal Storm Clean-up Mulch & Firewood •Free Estimates •Fully Insured 815-857-3674 Cole's Complete Tree Service Tree Trimming Stump Removal Licensed and Insured *Free Estimates* 25HR Emergency Service Call 815-718-2997 Donnie Cole colestree service@outlook.com

MEISTER TREE CARE Specializing in all of your tree care needs.

Certified pesticide & herbicide applicator & line clearance tree trimming .

Storm clean up & specialty work.

Free Estimates No job too big or too small!

Licensed, Bonded Insured Safety and your satisfaction is my #1 goal!

815-994-1750

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Lewis Plumbing 815-288-0028 Serving All of the Sauk Valley Area Lic.#058-173956

•Climate Controlled Storage •Low-Cost Moving Truck Rental •Confidential Document Shredding •We Ship FedEx & UPS! •Expert Packaging Services •Value Boxes & Packaging Supplies •EBAY and EMOTORS Internet Auction Sales Over 15,000 Sales •Office Hours: Mon-Fri. ☛ 8:306, Sat. ☛ 8:30noon 690 Timber Creek Rd. Dixon, (815)285-2212

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2015ChevyMalibuLT, White............................................$20,500* 2015GMCAcadiaAWDSLT, Silver............................................$36,900* 2014ChevyImpala2LZ, Red..............................................$28,900* 2014ChevyCruzeLTZ, White............................................$16,900* 2014Chevy1500DoubleCabLTZ71, Silver............................................$30,900* 2014ChevyImpalaLimitedLT, Silver............................................$16,900* 2014Chevy1500DoubleCab4x4LTZ, Silver............................................$34,900* 2014ChevyCaptivaLT,Silver..............$19,500* 2013Chevy15004WDCrewCabLTZ71, Maroon..........................................$32,500* 2013ChevyEquinoxFWD,2LT, Red ..............................................$18,500* 2013Chevy15004WDLTCrewCab, Red..............................................$36,500* 2013BuickEnclaveCXAWD, Red ..............................................$34,500* 2013Chevy2500CrewCabDieselLTZ Z71 Maroon..........................................$48,500* 2013 Chevy Captiva LT FWD, Silver ................................... $16,900* 2012 Chevy 1500 Ext. Cab Z71 LTZ, Gray..................................... $27,900* 2011Chevy15004WDLTCrewCabw/Leather, Silver ...........................................$32,500* 2011Chevy1500Ext.Cab4x4LT, White............................................$24,900* 2011Chevy1500CrewCabLTZ,Z71, Red ..............................................$29,500* 2011GMCYukonXLDenali, WhiteDiamond................................$39,900* 2010ChevyEquinoxFWDLT, Red ..............................................$15,700*

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Fri. 3-8 Sat. 8-3 25731 Indian Ridge Rd. Housewares, snow blower, tv, VCR & players, VHS scrubs M-L, women's clothing 9-14, teen L-XL, women's shoes 7-7½, frames, purses, leather books, jackets, (men & women) home décor, speakers.

Fri. 8-12 Sat. 7-1 1402 East 18th St. Books, pet beds and play tower, scrap booking, stamps, jewelry, systems, GPS records, craft kits, car dolly, patio heater, CDs, DVDs, housewares, cigar humidor, walker, exercise equipment, cookbooks, decorator items, antique radios, homegrown catnip.

Fri.-Sun. 8-5 1821 3rd Ave. Indoor Estate Sale 67 yrs. of accumulated items Some furniture, misc. odds & ends Friday 3:30-7:30 Saturday 8-12 1702 16th Ave. Many DVDs, CDs, cookbooks, books, fabric, yarn, crafts, sewing patterns, boy's & girl's name brand clothes, women's clothes, couch, sectional furniture, vintage baby chair/ clothing, birdhouses, feeders, squirrel decorative picket fences, & misc.

Sat. & Sun., 8-?

803 W. 10th St. Antique glassware, lots of older items and collectibles.

Sat. only, 7-1 2202 21st Ave. Tons of boys clothes 12mo-2T. Girls 7/8-12, young and Jrs. mens Clothes. Tons of toys and furniture.

Sat. only, 8-3 2209 Oak Grove Ave. Moving/Downsizing Sale Furniture and misc.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

815-445-6151.

OLD COMICS GALORE! Mint Condition.

Showplace Antiques in Sterling Booth 39-JK in Lower Level.

GUNS & ARCHERY

706

NEW TODAY Illinois Concealed Carry Class May 23rd & 24th in Amboy 16 hour Class Call Mike Koppien 815-440-0675 to sign up

APPLIANCES

710

CLOVER HILLS LEASE TO OWN APPLIANCES TV’S MATTRESSES

815.625.8529

COMPUTERS

735

2006 Harley Davidson 883. Left mirror cracked.

7K+ mi. Orig. gas tank and front rear fender in black inc. $3,800. Call 815499-5149.

FURNITURE

755

Antique dark wood desk w/drop down top. Good cond. $75. 815-535-0568 King size adjustable bed by Leggett & Platt, 2 remotes (1 wireless). As is. Smoke free home. $1800.

815-590-0383.

Mattress sets: $99, Full Twin $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

Wood kitchen table w/ benches; Wood kitchen w/ 4 chairs; $100 each 815-288-6837

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 VAESSEN BROTHERS CHEVROLET

SELL

Plumbing

High-Security Storage Solutions and Much More!

Black, MSRP $ 26,810 Less 15% - $4,022

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MASONRY PROS •Brick-Block-Stone •Chimneys repaired or rebuilt •New Masonry or restoration & tuck-pointing Get masonry repairs done from winter damage.

Free Estimates 25 yrs. experience Insured & Bonded.

815-564-8754

Construction

LawnCare Service •Pot Holes •Leaf clean up & removal •House cleanup •Small hauling •Gutters •Pressure washing •Mulch, Rototilling •Storm Clean-up •Free Estimates• 815-590-6336

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2015 CHEVROLET Cruze LTZ

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Prater Paint & Waterproofing We Dry Up Basements & Crawl Spaces, Remediate Mold & Install E-Z Breathe™ Ventilation Systems 815-626-5165

37 yrs. Experience 815-626-9026 Henson Concrete • Flat work • Tear outs • Skid Loader work Free Estimates 815-590-2181 THINK SPRING!!

Concrete Workz Construction • Sidewalks • Driveways • Patios • Floors • Steps • Stoops • Garage Walls/ Additions/ • Retaining Walls • Block • Brick • Stonework All types of concrete work!

Free Estimates Insured 815-441-6126

Residential Painting & 15 years experience •Painting Inside & Out •Power Washing •Decks (815)973-0858 shazta@msn.com

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*Asphalt paving & Patch work * Seal Coating *Skid loader/ Dump Truck Work (Concrete Removal, Dirt and Gravel Hauling) Call for free, no obligation estimates 815-499-7195.

Locally owned And Operated.

Over 25 Years Asphalt Exp. Fully Insured

CONSTRUCTION •Garages •Additions •Remodeling •Decks • Homes

HANDYMAN/ GENERAL Contracting, siding, drywall, concrete work, decks, flooring (tile, linoleum, carpet, wood), bathroom and kitchen, complete remodels, additions all types of home repairs. Free Estimates and Insured-Bonded 815-564-7428

$

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**FRANKLIN** MAINTENANCE Pothole Repair Hot Pour Crack Filling Seal Coating Line Striping Bonded-Insured 815-284-6806 T & M PAVING

CONCRETE • Driveways • Sidewalks • Patios

Painting

Red, MSRP $37,655 Less 15% - $5,648

$

“Area's #1 Roofing Contractor IL Lic# 104-015191 Licensed, Bonded & Insured •Roofing •Siding •Windows •Decks •Additions •Garages & More Residential & Commercial Call now to schedule your FREE Estimate!

Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677

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2015 CHEVROLET Volt

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PorterBrothers.net

Concrete Contractors

815-973-3613 Storage Units (Big & Small) $35-$45 per month No Deposit Flexible Terms Open Every Day **We accept debit or credit cards** 2213 New Century Drive, Dixon 61021 815-618-2717

Windows

MSRP $19,865 Less 15% - $2,980 $

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A Family's Handyman ★Roofing ★Siding ★ Decks ★Great Rates ★Fast Service Interior Discounts CC#'s Accepted 815-994-0075

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2015 CHEVROLET Sonic Hatchback LT Turbo

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No Mow Worries Lawn Maintenance •Mowing •Raking •Trim etc.

Call today for a worry free lawn!

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• Driveways • Parking Lots • Roadways • Over Lays • Sidewalks and Bike Paths • Railroad Crossings and Related Rail Work Sites

Handyman

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2015 CHEVROLET Impala LTZ

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In operation for almost 50 years, Porter Brothers has developed a step-by-step process that ensures our sealcoating and asphalt application is done right the first time, and meets the standards and expections of our customers.

815-632-3822

John Miniel 815-718-9922 Santiago Miniel Si Habla Espaniol 815-718-0258

Storage

30,094*

$

Water Softeners The Softener Man Repair on all makes & models Service Call Special $19.95 Over 30 years experience 815-323-1622

$

Black, MSRP $41,090 Less 15% - $6,164

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Has the salt and ice-melt destroyed your asphalt driveway, road or parking lot?

BRADY CONSTRUCTION (815) 499-1871 Additions, Garages Remodeling, Kitchens, Baths, Siding, Handicap Ramps.

WE DO IT ALL! 35 year experience FREE Estimates And We Will Call You Back:

Gutters, Trimming Bush & Leaf Removal And much more...

Free Estimates 24hr. Notice for yard emergency party events.

Senior & Disabled Discounts

2WD, Gray, MSRP $35,405 Less 15% - $5,311

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Asphalt

Call Now For Your Spring Cleaning.

Genl. Contracting

Specializing in: •Seamless Gutters •Siding •Roofing •Doors/Windows General Contracting & Construction 815-213-0704 Free Estimates •Licensed •Bonded •Insured

IN HOME REPAIR 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE! Work on all Brands & Models Old or New Serving the Sauk Valley and More Call Ron for a free quote at 815-561-0011 Dixon, IL

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We Specialize in Residential Maid Service as well as Commercial Janitorial Service

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JJS Lawn Service

TV Repair

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Alarm Systems

Maid/Janitorial Carpet/Upholstery

A&M Excavating & Demolition Dirt (Black) Gravel Loader, Rock & Sand, Lot Clearing, Backhoe Work, Driveways & Lots,

Dixon Area Mowers Special Rates for Seniors & Disabled Great Rates Trimming & Blowing included.

FREE estimates.

Call 815-440-8761

Roofing/Siding

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Cat- neutered male Aprox. 3yrs old.

Needs special loving indoor home.

Owner passed away.

815-5357061 Himalayan Kittens, 9 wks., $295 815-232-5551.

Wanted: Tea Cup Chihuahua, size adult, short hair, reasonably priced or free 815-5649022 after 2:00.

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PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

NEW TODAY

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.

Golf Skycaddie 2.5 extras $30 815626-2507

Train, don't complain!

Dog Obedience Class Starting Mon. June 8, 6 pm.

4 week course $50 Sign up at Granny Rose Animal Shelter, 613 River Lane, Dixon Proof of vaccinations is required.

Call 815-288-7387 if you have any questions.

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!

WANT TO BUY 795 I Pay Cash 4 Gold, Silver, Coins & Antiques 24/7 815-564-9061 Looking to buy older Skid Loader.

563-212-7699

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE (1) Roll R-13 3 ½ X 23 X 23' Insulation (2) 2 X 4 X 8' $23 815-288-1999 3 wheel electric Club Runner golf bag carrier, new battery, runs well. $250 815-2257565 4,000 oak kitchen cabinets in stock.

Builder Discount 815-626-4561 52” Wooden Wagon Wheel table, $300 815-4990351 Adult rod & reel combo $15 815-288-2066 Antique Wooden Trunk, large. Good condition $85 815-652-7655 Barn wood hutch, chicken wire front, 5 shelves, $100 815-622-9818

Young cat & kittens, free to good home, unable to care for as am handicapped. 815973-3574

LAWN MOWERS

779

718 Grasshopper Z-turn, 52” cut.

18HP B&S V twin, dual tail wheel. 925 hrs.

Very good cond. $2650. 815973-3223.

LX 423 Toro rider, 19HP Kohler. Variable spd. foot pedal, 42” cut. 284 hrs.

Exc. cond. $525.

815-973-3223

LAWN & GARDEN

NEW TODAY

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Bowflex Xtreme 2 excellent condition $350 815-4402225 Brand new swimming pools in box sizes from 10 ft 30” to 20 ft 48”. Prices from $50 to $425 Call: 815-440-0448

Agri Fab 20 gal. broadcast spreader, like new $160 815-535-0568

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Above ground pool accessories: vacuum head/hose extend. pole; in pool steps w/hand rail; Hayward motor/pump; sand filter & valve; skimmer; chlorinator. All 5 star cond. $320 total pkg. Call 815626-5665 or 815631-3631.

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per front. Like new! $55. 815-441-0467 Driveway sealing Call Shawn VonHolten, Fritz Asphalt Service, 815-499-2940 Get started making wine (equip. & supplies). $100.

815-625-6587

Ladies' Wilson Golf Clubs, 3 woods, 9 irons, bag & cart, very good cond., $125 815-652-7655 Men's Wilson Clubs, 3 Golf woods, 9 irons, bag & cart, exc. cond., $140 815652-7655 Old 3 shelf wicker plant stand, red, nice, can paint. $50 815-622-9818 Patio set umbrella, table, (4) chairs, excellent cond. $80 815-288-2066 Precast concrete steps, 47”w 24”d 14”h $25 815-6262507 Professional hair dryer w/hood & chair, brown $25 815-973-3821 Schwinn Woodlands ladies 26” 12 speed bike.

Good cond. $55, $300 new. 815441-0467 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 •Small upright freezer. $100 •White quilters Dream Horn cabinet sewing machine cabinet.

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14 FORD MUSTANG CONV. STK# 1200

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1979 Ford Ranchero Broughm ps-pb-ps-cc - factory a/c- 302 great show vehicle, looks & runs great $5300 815-501-7252 1987 Ford Mustang GT convertible, runs & drives good. $3,500 815631-1534

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1999 Cadillac DeVille, $3500, 815-946-2074.

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Hours Mon - Fri 10-6 • Sat 9-3 *Plus tax, title, license & doc fee.

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04 Pontiac Grand Prix 04 Buick Century 04 Nissan Maxima 05 Mercury Sable 05 Dodge Grand Caravan 05 Chrysler Sebring 05 Chevy Malibu 05 Pontiac Grand Prix 06 Dodge Grand Caravan 06 Ford Freestar 07 Chrysler PT Cruiser 07 Chevy Impala

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Weber 3 burner grill w/ cover, tools, partial tank of fuel $70 815-288-2066

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2000 Chrysler Cirrus, low mileage, good shape, new a/c & battery, $4,000/obo 815564-0276 2007 Saturn Ion 4dr. Sedan. 5Spd. Manual, A/C, well maintained. Great gas mi. $5,000 815-632-0780 2008 Chevy Aveo white, in Dixon $2,000 815-2886231 2009 Chevy Aveo, 5 sp. Trans., needs a/c comp., Priced to sell at $3500 815-625-8052 2011 Chevrolet Corvette, Torch red, black leather, automatic heads up display. 16K mi. $39,500 OBO. Call 815-631-9600 2012 Honda Accord 4DR, EXL, V6, loaded & mint condition $18,500 815-946-3572

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1967 Mustang, 6 cyl. Auto, runs & drives, good project car $4500 815-622-8176

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1950 Chevy Deluxe, 4 door. $9500/ obo. Many extra parts. Call 815-625-4364

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1999 Pontiac Grand AM $1,000 obo 815-284-4179

John Deere 3520 diesel 115 hrs. w/ #300CX loader and King Kutter rotary mower. 815-6254461 or 815-4414933

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Search for local job listings at saukvalley.com/jobs/ BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 501 NOTICEPURto the SUANT Business Opportunity Sales Law of 1995, every business opportunity must be registered with the Illinois Securities Department. Protect yourself and get the facts before you hand over your hard earned money by contacting the Illinois Secretary of State's Securities Department at 1800-628-7937. This notice provided as a public service by Sauk Valley Classifieds.

HEALTH / MEDICAL

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Liberty Court is accepting applications for Weekend LPN, Caregivers and cook.

Apply within 124 Liberty Ct. Dixon IL. 61021

Wanted

Experienced CNA's for 11pm – 7am Experienced LPN Please apply in person at: Avonlea of Sterling 2201 East LeFevre Rd. Wanted Rehab Aide F.T. Wanted 2nd and 3rd Shift CNA's F.T. & P.T Wanted Dir. Of Nursing Please Apply at: Heritage Square 620 N. Ottawa Ave. Dixon, EOE No Phone Calls Please.

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Avonlea Cottage of Dixon Memory Care Is seeking CNA part time and LPN or RN part time 11p-7a Apply in person 503 Country Side Lane in Dixon or call 815-288-6044

Casey's General Store in Rock Falls accepting applications for Food Service Leader Full time. Must be willing to work days, nights weekends and some holidays.

Apply online at www.caseys.com or mail applications to 1201 W. Rt 30, Rock Falls IL 61071 DeKalb Feeds, Inc is now accepting applications for a fulltime day shift straight truck driving position on our feed delivery team. CDL/ Class B license is required. Job duties include delivering bulk and bags (50 lbs.) to various farm locations. Apply in person at 105 Dixon Ave. Rock Falls, IL.

NEW TODAY Exp. Cook & Waitress needed at Mom's Diner. Apply in person at 23 E. 3rd St. Sterling.

Lifeguards needed, Responsible highest pay, certified. 815-499-0520

EMPLOYMENT

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Fun & Friendly Place Now Hiring Day Crew!

Benefits include good pay, free uniform & meal discounts!

Apply in person at 2501 E. Lincolnway, 1901 Locust St. Sterling IL., Or 310 East Joe Drive.

Amboy IL.

Or online at www.mysub waycareer.com

Illinois Valley Disposal Services has an opening for a Waste Hauling Collections driver with a Class-B CDL, with air brake endorsement. Our residential drivers are responsible for the collection and hand loading of residential waste, as well as the transporting of this waste by a frontload or rear-load truck. This position will be extensive near-continuous physical exertions.

Full benefit package includes medical, dental, 401(k).

You must fill out an application in person at Illinois Valley Waste Services, 1530 Peggy Lane, IL Princeton, 61356, or you may visit www.illinois valleywaste services.com for an application.

EOE

EMPLOYMENT

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JT Cullen, a stateof-the art custom fabrication and machining shop has openings for both an experienced Industrial Painter and a Material Prep Machine Operator. Painter needs to be familiar with painting on metal surfaces and be able to troubleshoot issues with the paint, paint equipment, and understand the importance of producing a quality product. Machine operators need to be familiar with operating industrial saws, drills, presses, and a variety of hand tools. Pay is commensurate with experience and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision.

Pre-employment drug screen and physical required.

EOE. Apply in person Monday through Friday 8am-4:30pm at 901 31st Avenue, Fulton, IL.

Requirements for this position include: Compassion and patience for each individuals needs along with EXCELLENT customer service skills, a positive attitude, trustworthiness, ability to multi-task, and confidentiality is a priority. You must have the ability to work independently and in a fun-filled team environment. Education equivalent to high school diploma, strong personal computer skills, and the ability to lift up to approximately 40 lbs. daily. Medical terminology, Medicare/Public Aid/Insurance billing knowledge and experience in a durable medical equipment operation is a plus.

You may mail or drop off a resume to Northern Illinois Home Medical Supply at 2600 North Locust Street, Suite A, Sterling, IL 61081 or stop in for an application.

Emailed resumes can be sent to Melissa.Shep ppard@ @nihms.com.

Deadline for all applicants is Monday, May 18th, 2015.

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Professional Administrative Industrial 102 S. Galena Ave 2nd floor, DIXON 815-835-3000 To apply or review our current openings, please visit our website at hughes resources.com Sauk Valley Area Machine Shop.

CNC milling & turning operator, programming and set up experience required.

Manual tool room machining experience desired, but not a must.

Please send replies to: Box #1281 c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081 TO OUR

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HS diploma, driver's license, own transportation required.

Apply in person Mon.-Fri. 8-5, 205 E. 2nd St., Sterling.

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Wanted P.T. Dietary AideDays Must pass background check.

Sauk Valley Media does not knowingly accept advertising which is in violation of the law. Likewise, we do not accept knowingly advertising which is fraudulent or has intent. malicious While we attempt to screen advertising with potential fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential We problems. strongly encourage our readers to exercise caution and common sense, when particularly dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

Northern Illinois Home Medical Supply has an opening for

a Retail Coordinator/Inventory Control at our Sterling location. This individual will be responsible for retail and rental inventory and for billing of medical products and services for customers with insurance coverage. Also coordinates all invoices, purchase orders and packing lists. Candidate must maintain professional storefront appearance and will assist with retail customers and phone calls on a daily basis.

Position is full-time days, includes some Saturday mornings and has a very competitive benefits package.

EMPLOYMENT

Tompkins Trucking & Excavating, Inc., in Rock Falls is looking for experienced Class A CDL Truck Drivers and Heavy Equipment Operators. Must be able to pass a drug test and federal background check.

Please send resumes and letters of interest to tompkinstrucking @thewisp.net

Please Apply at: Heritage Square 620 N. Ottawa Dixon, IL EOE NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

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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 lispecifically censed 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))

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2nd Shift CNA or DSP ( Full or Part Time) New Shift Differential Plan

Exceptional Care & Training Center is an 84 bed skilled/ DD facility with a positive living and work environment; experienced, reliable staff; and an outstanding survey history. Compensation includes competitive rate of pay, commensurate with experience; shift differential; paid time off. Other job opportunities include: • Housekeeping Services 5a-1p • Direct Support Person Training Program 2601 Woodlawn Road Sterling, 61081 exceptional-care.org info@ectcl.com

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Customer Service up to $12/hr. • Administrative Assistant Assembly 1st & 2nd Shifts • Packaging 1st & 2nd Shifts

Apply online. Visit: manpowerjobs.com Sterling Office 815.622.2814 Dixon Office 815.288.7800

Nurses/ C.N.A’s

FT- RN- $1000/bonus PT RN/LPN- $500 bonus C.N.A’s

Good Samaritan Society - Prophets Riverview is accepting applications for Nurses and C.N.A’s.

Please go and apply online at www.good-sam.com.

AA/EOE, M/F/Vet/Handicap, Drug Free Workplace.

Prophhets Riverviiew

310 Mosher Dr. Prophetstown, IL 61277 815-537-5175

Wahl Clipper Corporation who manufacturers in Sterling IL and in the countries of Hungary, China, the UK and Germany is looking for a Facilities Manager to manage our Sterling facility. This position is responsible for managing the design, planning, construction and maintenanceofequipment,machinery,buildingsandotherfacilities.

The Manager works with multiple projects that affect the efficiency, comfort and safety of the overall organization. The Manager works in strict confidentiality in regard to contractor bids, project costs and equipment operation/manufacturing processes.

This person must keep current in regard to wiring codes, building codes, ADA structural/remodeling requirements, OSHA and EPA regulations, and the deregulation/efficient use of utilities.

LOCATION: Sterling, IL •Prioritize and schedule work assignments and employees •Coordinate projects and outside contractors, and may serve as general contractor on major projects.

•Design, building and/or acquisition of new equipment.

•Work with the alarm detection service, fire department, local law enforcement officials and utility companies in regard to security and safe operation of facilities.

•Monitor facilities and equipment to ensure structural, safe and efficient operation and is subject to calls 24/7.

•Ensures the safety and environmental well-being of all employees and make certain the Company is OSHA compliant. .

The ideal candidate is able to work cross-functionally with individuals at all levels of the organization. Externally, the Manager has contact with utility providers, contractors, vendors, fire department, law enforcement officials and various government agencies

The successful candidate must have a strong mechanical aptitude with a working knowledge in electrical/mechanical systems. Construction bidding and contract administration. Must know wiring codes, building codes, ADA and OSHA and EPA regulations. BS degree in facilities management is preferred. Experience in environmental conservation and alternative energy sources is a plus.

Wahl Clipper Corporation Email: djones@wahlclipper.com www.wahl.com EOE/M/F/Disabled/Vets

NOW HIRING Full Time Universal Banker

Full-Time Positions 2nd Shift

• Assemblers • Welders • Machine Operators • Painters • Parts Cleaners

Midland States Bank is seeking a Universal Banker for our Sterling Branch. Candidates must be driven, energetic, and customer focused. The Universal Banker will be responsible for opening new accounts and teller activities. Prior cash handling and customer service experience is required. Bi-lingual in Spanish preferred.

Must be available to work 40 hours per week and Saturdays.

Oregon • Sterling • Morrison • Mt Carroll

All interested applicants please visit the Careers page of our website at midlandsb.com and fill out an online application.

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Search for local job listings at saukvalley.com/jobs/ This is your chance to be a part of a winning team!

Quality Analyst Northern Illinois Home Medical Supply has an opening for a Retail Coordinator/Inventory Control at our Sterling location. This individual will be responsible for retail and rental inventory and for billing of medical products and services for customers with insurance coverage. Also coordinates all invoices, purchase orders and packing lists. Candidate must maintain professional storefront appearance and will assist with retail customers and phone calls on a daily basis.

Position is full-time days, includes some Saturday mornings and has a very competitive benefits package.

Requirements for this position include: Compassion and patience for each individuals needs along with EXCELLENT customer service skills, a positive attitude, trustworthiness, ability to multi-task, and confidentiality is a priority. You must have the ability to work independently and in a fun-filled team environment. Education equivalent to high school diploma, strong personal computer skills, and the ability to lift up to approximately 40 lbs. daily. Medical terminology, Medicare/Public Aid/Insurance billing knowledge and experience in a durable medical equipment operation is a plus.

You may mail or drop off a resume to Northern Illinois Home Medical Supply at 2600 North Locust Street, Suite A, Sterling, IL 61081 or stop in for an application.

Emailed resumes can be sent to Melissa.Shep ppard@ @nihms.com.

Deadline for all applicants is Monday, May 18th, 2015.

Read Sauk Valley Classifieds real estate section and Real Estate Weekly on Thursdays.

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Nuclear Medicine Tech PRN; Various shifts; CNMT or RT(N) and IEMA license, minimum of 2 years Nuclear Medicine experience required

RN – Clinic Surgery 36 hrs/wk Days; Office appointments along with oncall for surgery with physician; travel to Dixon clinic required

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Disease Management Specialist (Dietician) 40 hrs/wk Days; Registered Dietician w/Bachelors degree at minimum; Diabetes Educator certification ideal

Medical Assistant Clinic Float - 36 hrs/wk Days; travel to satellite clinics required Lynn Blvd , Kim Wolfe, NP- 32 hrs/wk Days National MA certification required

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he road stretched before me dark and empty, a broad black ribbon begging to be shredded.

I couldn’t resist. Seven-hundred chattering demons kept calling to me honest, officer.

Less than an hour earlier, I had strapped into a raucous red 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, a sinister, shrieking coupe made to misbehave.

As you may have heard, the Hellcat is the ultimate Challenger a bulked-up boulevard assassin that cranks out an astounding 707 highly supercharged horsepower.

Think of it as a NASCAR racer with minimalist mufflers, a back seat and air-conditioning. And with an approximate power-toweight ratio of 6.5 pounds per horsepower, it’s really not far from NASCAR. Purely in the interest of research, kids, I pulled the Hellcat into the middle lane, switched off the traction control and slammed the accelerator to the floor.

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Challengers, crouched over 20inch black wheels.

Though the wheels spin substantial rubber meaty 275/40 tires front and rear they aren’t big or sticky enough to contain the Hellcat’s brute 6.2-liter Hemi V-8. As a result, you will hear the boulevard In addition, a nicely styled assassin tearing up concrete functional hood scoop and asphalt long before you see occupied a good chunk of the it. center section of the Hellcat’s hood, flanked by smaller The Hellcat I had fired to life exhaust vents. Meanwhile, a with a low, slightly ominous highly stylized badge on the growl that reverberated through front fender depicted the head the car. (Make sure you have of a fierce, snarling feline. the red key fob. Hellcats come also with a black “valet” fob Give us darkness, Dodge. that limits the engine to 500 horsepower.)

Like all Challengers, the Hellcat is a big, wide 2-ton coupe still Although the beast idled stuck delightfully in the early energetically, it really didn’t hint ‘70s. Thick and wide with a low much at the storm that awaited top, long hood and large trunk, a couple of thousand rpm away. the 4,500-pound Hellcat sits Dodge says the Hellcat’s Hemi about an inch lower than typical V-8 has been fortified, tweaked

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I putted through the nightly miles-long, 15-mph scrum on the sorry Dallas Crawlway without a single hiccup, hiss or hint of excess heat. The muscular Hemi was tied to an aggressive, well-designed eightspeed automatic that held gears under acceleration and was quick to downshift.

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Don’t expect to squeeze much from a gallon of super unleaded, Launch the Hellcat hard while though. The Hellcat is rated at praying for traction, and it 13 miles per gallon in town and will rip to 60 in 3.6 seconds, 22 on the highway. according to Car and Driver on its way to a 199-mph top speed.

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