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Deal: Punish less, treat more Judge signs off on $80 million settlement to overhaul state’s treatment of mentally ill prisoners

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

DIXON – A settlement approved by a federal judge to upend the state’s treatment of mentally ill prisoners will bring about $80 million in changes to Illinois prisons, including an expansion already underway at Dixon Correctional Center.

U.S. District Judge Michael Mihm signed off on a settlement agreement Friday in the class action lawsuit of Ashoor Rasho v. John Baldwin, first filed in 2007, determining the settlement provisions to be “fair and reasonable.”

The 32-page settlement calls for an overhaul of

the Illinois Department of Corrections policies toward mentally ill offenders and includes providing short- and long-term care in residential treatment centers for prisoners requiring hospitalization, hiring more than 300 new clinical staff and 400 new security staff, and increasing out-of-cell time for prisoners kept in solitary confinement.

Dixon’s prison will house one of four planned residential treatment units with the goal of reducing the number of mentally ill inmates subjected to long-term solitary confinement and providing them housing geared toward medical treatment.

A settlement approved by a federal judge will bring about $80 million in changes to Illinois prisons, including measures already underway at the Dixon Correctional Center.

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City will plug a big leak City Council awards bid to fix significant sewer problem

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier

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Vincent Wren, 11, salutes Sterling American Legion commander James Seidel on Monday after presenting him with an American flag that was retired during a ceremony at Washington Elementary School in Sterling.

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Students help members of the American Legion retire their nation’s star-spangled banner, and learn a little something about pride and patriotism in the process

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

STERLING – Over the past few months, fourth-graders at Washington Elementary School have learned a lot about taking pride in their nation. Monday afternoon, they reflected that pride during a flag retirement in the school’s lot.

STERLING – The city awarded several bids Monday, including a contract for work to fix a significant source of sanitary sewer infiltration.

Leaks at the Miller Street lift station Inside and force main are City bids a heartfelt allowing a significant farewell to city attorney amount of water into the city’s sewer sys- after 4 decades of sertem during and after vice. Page A5 heavy rains.

The lift station once served a much larger area south of Wallace Street, but now serves only the shower house at the steel mill property.

Before the Sterling American Legion Post 296 properly retired eight unserviceable flags by setting them ablaze, the students said the pledge of allegiance, just the way they were taught by Army veterans David Geil and Jim Seidel in January. They didn’t pause between “one nation” and “under God.” RESPECT CONTINUED ON A9

Before Monday’s flag retirement ceremony, students recited the Pledge of Allegiance and sung the national anthem.

Armed with an ordinance Police will now have discretion to decide how loud is too loud

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

DIXON – The City Council modified its noise ordinance Monday to give police officers more flexibility in determining excessive levels.

“We recently had some complaints in regards to loud music in the downtown,” City Manager Cole O’Donnell said. “When staff looked at possible solutions, we discovered that our redress under our current ordinances was limited.”

Before the amendment, a signed complaint was needed to enforce the ordinance. The revision authorizes police officers to use their judgment in addressing excessive noise.

The purpose of the ordinance is to give police officers more latitude with enforcing the policy, Mayor Li Arellano Jr. said.

“We’re not looking to hunt down people with this. Like most civil interactions, this is just something the city responds to.”

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Body identified as missing local man

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier

MORRISON – A body found in the Rock River last week in Hillsdale is that of missing Morrison man Charles Schoaf, the Rock Island C o u n t y coroner said.

Schoaf, 70, last was seen by his family on Charles Dec. 26. Two Schoaf days later, his car was found on state Route 92 near the Henry and Rock Island county line. His keys, phone, and identification were in the vehicle.

Coroner Brian Gustafson made the iden-

tification, primarily through the use of dental records, late Friday, then notified the family, he said.

Preliminary autopsy results indicate Schoaf drowned, and although authorities haven’t completely ruled out foul play, at this time there is no evidence that points in that direction, Gustafson said.

“The investigation is ongoing with the Rock Island County Sheriff’s Department and my office,” he said.

When the search began, Schoaf’s family said he had some minor heart issues, but no new heart problems were found during the autopsy.

“We examined the

heart, and we don’t believe anything heartrelated was the cause of death or a contributory factor at this time,” Gustafson said.

When Schoaf’s car was found, there were no signs that it had been in an accident or had broken down. The family said he often took short trips alone, but he always checked in with someone when he was gone.

The Rock River was flooded in the wooded area near Joslin, where the car was found. The river’s current also was strong, making the search difficult and dangerous for Henry County authorities. A drone was used to get a better look into the flooded timber.

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Report: State’s pedestrian fatalities climbing; deaths on rise nationwide SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Data from the Illinois Department of Transportation shows that the state’s pedestrian fatalities increased by 18 percent in 2015.

There were 150 pedestrian deaths in 2015, compared with 127 in 2014, the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reported.

Federal data indicates that pedestrian deaths are on the rise nationwide, with 4,884 killed in 2014 – the highest number since 2005, when 4,892 were killed.

Federal officials are still finalizing figures for 2015, but they have said the first 9 months

of last year show a 9 percent increase in traffic deaths, which is expected to be reflected in pedestrian fatalities, and they believe that tally will increase.

Such accidents “take their daily toll but often go unnoticed,” National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bella Dinh-Zarr said Wednesday at a hearing on pedestrian safety in Washington, D.C. “There is no better time than now to address this important and urgent issue.”

Impaired or distracted driving and walking, as well as poorly designed crossings and signals are

to blame for the increase in pedestrian deaths, according to experts.

In many suburban areas, “roads are designed to move as many cars as possible and as fast as possible,” Active Transportation Alliance Campaign Director Kyle Whitehead said. “People walking are an afterthought.”

He said the increase also can be attributed to more people driving as the economy recovers and gas prices stay low.

“The two most common factors [in pedestrian deaths] are vehicle speeding and failure to stop for people walking,” Whitehead said.

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POLICE Sterling Police

Brian K. Folkers, 53, of Sterling; 8:07 p.m. Sunday at First Avenue bridge; driving under the influence; given notice to appear in court.

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April N. Wynn, 34, of Chicago; 2:07 p.m. Sunday; DeKalb County warrant for battery; posted bond and released.

Nickolas P. Howard, 24, of Dixon; 12:55 p.m. Sunday; warrant for violation of drug court (possession of a controlled substance) – failure to appear, warrant for rule to show cause – failure to appear, Ogle County warrant for criminal trespass to motor vehicle, Ogle County warrant for possession of marijuana (more than 2.5 grams); held at Lee County Jail.

Leigha S. Jones, 18, of DeKalb; 1:24 a.m. Sunday; possession of drug paraphernalia, consumption; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Darious D. Decker, 21, of Amboy; 1:21 a.m. Sunday; possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana (10 to 30 grams); posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Dakota R. Moreno, 21, of DeKalb; 3:03 a.m. Saturday; driving under the influence of alcohol, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana (2.5 to 10 grams); posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Stephen A. Morris, 21, of LaSalle; 12:52 a.m. Saturday; possession of drug paraphernalia; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Rick A. Hauser, 56, of Dixon; 12:26 p.m. Friday; warrant for driving while license revoked; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Cyle T. Poff, 18, of Rock Falls; 2:48 a.m. Friday; obstructing identification, unlawful consumption by a minor, Whiteside County warrant for failure to appear

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Austin J. Becker, 21, of Amboy; 11:41 a.m. Thursday; warrant for contempt – failure to appear; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

James W. Zacharias, 22, of Dixon; 10:24 a.m. Thursday; petition to revoke probation; held at Lee County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Andrew S. Schultz, 23, of Rockford; 8:06 a.m. Thursday; warrant for contempt – failure to appear; posted bond and released.

Ogle County Sheriff

Nicholas Hollis, 31, of Forreston; 1:29 a.m. Monday in the 1000 block of West Myrtle Road; violation of order of protection, criminal damage to property, unlawful possession of marijuana; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Jacob T. Swain, 31, of Davenport, Iowa; 12:01 p.m.

Friday on state Route 72 in Stillman Valley; improper lane usage; given citation.

Aram E. Pena Reyes, 24, of Denver; 12:01 p.m. Friday on state Route 72 in Stillman Valley; no valid driver’s license; taken to Ogle County Jail pending a court appearance.

Angel Ruiz, 42, of Rockford; Sunday, warrant for failure to appear; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Robert Bockman, 34, of DeKalb; Sunday; warrant for driving while license suspended; given notice to appear in court.

Robert H. J. Holly, 24, of Rockford; 10:52 p.m. Thursday on Chana Road north of Flagg Road; possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Bertram Copeland, 39, of Rockford; Thursday; warrant for failure to appear; posted $575 purge bond and was released with no further court date needed.

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OGLE COUNTY – A German Valley man suffered nonlifethreatening injuries Saturday after striking a large fuel tank during a single-vehicle crash in the 13000 block of West Pit Road.

Ogle County Sheriff’s deputies, with Forreston EMS, responded at 12:01 a.m.

A vehicle driven by Colton Meyer, 21, was eastbound when Meyer lost control of his vehicle on a curve and struck a parked vehicle before hitting the tank.

Meyer was taken to FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, where his condition was unavailable Monday. He was given citations for driving under the influence of alcohol, improper lane usage, and operating an uninsured motor vehicle. The crash remains under investigation.

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BYRON – A Byron police officer suffered a leg injury Thursday in a two-vehicle crash at Blackhawk Drive and Second Street.

Ogle County Sheriff’s deputies and Byron firefighters responded at 11:58 p.m. A squad car driven by Doug Hendricksen, 46, of Byron, was westbound on Blackhawk Drive when his vehicle struck the side of a Ford F150, driven by Jeremy Hale, 39, of Byron, which was turning left onto Blackhawk from Second Street.

Hale and his passenger, Kelli Lindquist, 38, of Byron, were not injured. Hendricksen was taken to Rockford Memorial Hospital by Byron Fire ambulance, and was later released. Ogle deputies are investigating the crash.

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Quiz bowl loss didn’t necessarily smart Scholastic Bowl team ends season on promising note

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

STERLING – For the Newman Central Catholic High School, reaching the Bergstrom Stateline Quiz Bowl championship could serve as both a salve and a springboard.

Accustomed to making a run at state in the IHSA Scholastic Bowl tournament, and having placed third in 1A last year, the Comets were bumped up

to 2A this year because of the success factor applied to private schools. The promotion resulted in a regional-round exit.

“But otherwise, our season would have been over much earlier,” Newman coach Ann Propheter said, referring to the team’s ouster in the mid-March state Scholastic Bowl. “We’re used to going longer than regionals, and it would’ve been very disappointing for us to end that way, I think.”

Perhaps briefly cutting its teeth on 2A competition set the team up for a Quiz Bowl run.

Newman outlasted Rockford Boylan and breezed by rival Keith Country Day before get-

acs hadn’t even heard of the Quiz Bowl last year. Whereas Scholastic Bowl meets involve a few matches in a single day, driving up to Rockford for a single, televised half-hour match took some getting used to, as well.

“It really took some adjusting,” 16-year-old sophomore Eli Blaney said.

“We weren’t expecting to do that well,” Propheter said, but then, “as you make your way up the ladder, you start thinking, ‘We’re not so bad.’”

They were so good that each of the team members – team captain and senior Sean Rosengren, juniors Michael Powers, Caleb Ardis and Connor Schmall, and Blaney – earned a

Watch the finale Go to shawurl.com/2lk9 to watch the 15-segment finale of the Bergstrom Stateline Quiz Bowl, as well as previous episodes, including matches involving schools Dixon, West Carroll, Amboy, Eastland and Fulton schools. ting past Byron to reach the title game against another powerhouse, Rockford Auburn, which took the finale 470-180 on Friday night for its second straight title.

Propheter admitted her team’s expectations were low, given that the format is different from Scholastic Bowl, and that she and her braini-

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Board unanimously OKs updated poultry ordinance

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Crowd weighs in on pros and cons

BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5525 @JPigee84

MILLEDGEVILLE – The Milledgeville Village Board unanimously voted to approve a revised poultry ordinance Monday, in front of a packed crowd at the village hall – and some in that crowd made no bones about sharing their feelings on the fowl.

The new ordinance requires chicken owners living in the village to keep their fowl at least 1,000 feet away from other homes. A person can own up to four chickens, but roosters and other fowl, such as turkeys, ducks, quail or geese, are prohibited, and owners must pay a yearly fee of $25.

Violators can be fined anywhere between $30 and $500 per offense.

The previous ordinance did not limit the size of a flock nor did it require a fee.

Before the vote, President Galen Wirth gave those in attendance 10 minutes to speak to the board

– 5 minutes for people who support having chickens and 5 minutes for people against it.

Larry Spencer said he’s strongly against having chickens in the village.

“I don’t think we should have any chickens or poultry,” Spencer said.

“We are talking about a filthy, dirty bird that has so many diseases. I don’t want my grandchildren playing in my yard with possible feces from chickens.”

Marc Gravert, a clerk in the Ustick Township in Whiteside County, visited the board to give his opinion from an outsider’s perspective.

“Why do chickens strike fear in the hearts of some of these people?” said Gravert, who has raised chickens since he was a young boy. “My chicken coop is probably 100 feet from my house and I don’t have a chicken smell. Many cities in this state bigger than yours are allowing chickens.”

Each member of the board not only voiced their opinion on the

Next meeting The Milledgeville Village Board next meets at 7:30 p.m. June 6 at Village Hall, 344 Main Ave. Go to milledgevilleil.net or call the Village Hall at 815-225-7231 for an agenda or more information. ordinance, they each said residents have done the same, and the ones they’ve spoken to are against having chickens within the village’s limits.

“This is a dead issue as far as I’m concerned,” said board member Gary Geirnaeirt. “The community doesn’t want them and I don’t want them either.”

An earlier version of the ordinance had called for chickens to be at least 100 feet away from neighbors, but board member Bill Stage wanted that distance changed to 1,000 feet.

“Not that I have a problem with anyone that wants chickens, but I’m going by the consensus of what the people in town are saying,” he said.

“Let’s add a zero to the 100 feet.”

WASHINGTON (AP) – For the first time, thousands of low-income highschool students in nearly two dozen states will soon be able to get federal grants to take college courses for credit, part of a program the Obama administration plans to begin this summer.

The experimental program allows high school students to apply for federal Pell grant money to pay for college courses.

The “dual enrollment” program is designed to help students from lower-

$2,000 scholarship to Northern Illinois University.

They also came away hungry for next year.

“It made sure everyone knows we’re alive and well, and a very good program in Scholastic Bowl,” said Powers, 17.

“We’re a solid team, we know what we’re doing, and now we have even higher hopes for next year,” Blaney said.

Before the Comets get back into their Scholastic Bowl season in the fall, summer school will be in session for many – not that kind of summer school. Blaney said he and his teammates plan to attend Quiz Bowl Camp at Lincoln College in Lincoln over the summer.

income backgrounds.

The Education Department says the administration will invest about $20 million in the 2016-17 school year to help about 10,000 students.

On Monday, the administration announced 44 colleges that are expected to participate.

Education Secretary John B. King Jr. says too many students in need aren’t getting challenging coursework to help prepare and motivate them beyond high school.

“The courses students take while in high school and the support they get to succeed in those

courses are major factors in not only whether students go to college but also in how well they will do when they get there,” King said in a call with reporters. “The more rigorous and engaging the classes are, the better.”

The schools had applied for the program after it was announced in October, and can start offering Pell grants to eligible students as early as July.

Pell grants are for lowincome people and do not have to be repaid.

Most of the institutions selected for the dual enrollment program are community colleges.

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Enforcement would be based on factors such as the time of day, how close other residents are, and whether the noise is recurrent, intermittent or constant. Outdoor gatherings, public dances, shows and similar events that have obtained a city permit would be exempt, and the fine will remain $150.

The ordinance mirrors similar policies upheld by the Illinois Appellate Court.

The council also amended its ordinance governing utility task and other off-road vehicles to better match the Dixon Park District’s permit requirements.

It now allows UTVs and similar vehicles to drive on city streets with a permit, reduces the minimum age to get a permit from 21 to 18, and lowers the price of a permit for those who bought a park district permit.

A park district permit costs $100. With it, a city permit costs $10, and without it, it costs $100.

Councilman Mitch Tucker said he was concerned the discount would not be profitable for the city.

Arellano said the concept of attracting UTV riders to the area would

Next meeting

The City Council next meets at 5:30 p.m.

June 6 at City Hall, 121 W. Second St. Go to discoverdixon. org or call City Hall at 815-288-1485 for an agenda or more information. be geared more toward boosting tourism.

“We want people coming through Dixon, shopping in Dixon, generating sales tax, generating hotel tax in Dixon and spurring economic activity for our businesses,” Arellano said.

Also Monday, the council: • Discussed getting estimates to paint and repair the Galena Street Bridge railings.

• Discussed getting estimates to repair, replace or remove the Old Lee County Courthouse wall that collapsed more than 3 years ago.

• Entered an intergovernmental agreement with the park district to transfer a portion of Lincoln Statue Drive from the Illinois Department of Transportation to the park district.

• Approved road closures for the Petunia Festival, which runs from June 30 to July 4.

• Appointed Peter Shaw to serve on the Dixon Library Board and Dixon Plan Commission.

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Work on the Dixon center began several months ago.

Nicole Wilson, Illinois Department of Corrections director of communications, said the agency implemented a phased approach for the residential treatment unit in Dixon.

More than 300 offenders are being treated at the Dixon unit, which will have 625 beds by the project’s end, Wilson said.

Additional mental health staff have been hired to accommodate the unit; the exact number could not be confirmed Monday.

The added staff will provide for more individualized care, and “any offender requiring ongoing outpatient, inpatient or residential mental health services shall have a mental health treatment plan,” according to the settlement.

Construction costs for the treatment centers and new personnel is estimated to total about $80 million. Many of the expenses, though, are contingent on the state approving a budget.

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In addition to Dixon, treatment centers are planned at Pontiac and Logan correctional centers and the former Illinois Youth Center in Joliet.

The mandated improvements for the specialized healthcare and services will affect about 11,000 mentally ill prisoners.

Before becoming a class action lawsuit, the case was filed on behalf of Ashoor Rasho, a mentally ill inmate at Pontiac Correctional Center; it claimed that the state prison system’s overuse of solitary confinement and other penalties constituted cruel and unusual punishment. The case reached a preliminary settlement in December between the state and a team of lawyers representing global firms and legal advocacy organizations.

IDOC said in a news release that “while the department does not admit liability regarding the allegations made in the suit, it does recognize that providing adequate care for offenders with mental illness will improve their quality of life and ultimately improve safety within its correctional facilities.”

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Cecilia J. “Cis” Fuertges of Walnut, 5-7 p.m., with the rosary recited at 4:30 p.m., at Garland Funeral Home in Walnut.

Wednesday funerals: Cecilia J. “Cis” Fuertges of Walnut, 9:30 a.m. prayer service at Garland Funeral Home in Walnut, followed by 10 a.m. Mass at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Walnut.

Carol B. McCoy of Dixon, 9:30 a.m. prayer service at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

Thursday visitations: Arlene Rink of Lincoln, Nebraska, 10-11 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

Charles N. “Chuck” Schoaf of Morrison, memorial visitation, 3-6 p.m. at Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home in Morrison.

Friday funeral: Charles N. “Chuck” Schoaf

of Morrison, 10 a.m. memorial service at Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home in Morrison.

Saturday visitations: Russell E. Scholl, formerly of Polo, 10-11 at Polo Family Funeral Home.

Ronald J. “Ron” Hartz, formerly of Sterling, gathering of friends and family, 10-11 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling.

Kenneth W. Kortemeier, formerly of Polo, 10 a.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, Rockford.

Saturday funerals: Russell E. School of Polo, 11 a.m. Masonic service at Polo Family Funeral Home.

Ronald J. “Ron” Hartz, formerly of Sterling, celebration of life, 11 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling.

Kenneth W. Kortemeier, formerly of Polo, 11 a.m. at Christ United Methodist Church in Rockford.

Jean K. Evans SARASOTA, Fla. – Jean Kathryn Evans, 85, of Sarasota, formerly of Sterling, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016.

Jean was the daughter of Joseph D. and Minnie (Tillman) Baker.

She was born and raised in Sterling, and married Robert Evans.

He preceded her in death.

Jean loved horses. She also liked knitting, crocheting, and being with her family.

They had three children, Richard (Gayle) Evans of Rock Falls, Linda (Lee) Buntjer of Bradenton, Florida, and

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Cecilia J. Fuertges WALNUT – Cecilia Jean “Cis” Fuertges, 67, of Walnut, passed away peacefully Friday, May 13, 2016, surrounded by family, at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria Cis was born Aug. 9, 1948, in Chicago, the daughter of Joseph and Lucille (Jusan) Podraza. She graduated from Morton West High School in Berwyn, and then from PresbyterianSt. Luke Hospital, School of Radiologic Technology. She received an Associate in Applied Science degree from Sauk Valley Community College, and was a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.

Cecilia married Dr. Daniel B. Fuertges on Aug. 3, 1968, at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Berwyn. She last worked as a medical transcriptionist for Princeton Family Physicians. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the Altar and Rosary Society, a former CCD teacher, and assisted at the annual bazaar.

In 2012, she was honored by the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women for her service to the Diocese of Peoria and her parish church.

She also had been a Cub Scout den mother, and was a developer of prekindergarten school in Walnut. One of the highlights of her life

was a trip in 2008 to the Holy Land. She loved her grandchildren and especially going on trips with them and attending their school and church programs.

Survivors include her husband, Daniel of Walnut; three daughters, Erinn (Joseph) Crane of Davenport, Iowa, Heather Fuertges of Davenport, and Julie (Jason) Hoffman of Orion; son, Daniel H. Fuertges of West Peoria; grandchildren, Alex Barman, Melanie Comer, Xavier Crane, Shelby and Noelle Hoffman; stepgrandson, Dylan Crane; and brother, Joseph Podraza of Brooklyn, New York.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today, with the rosary recited at 4:30 p.m., at Garland Funeral Home in Walnut. A funeral prayer service will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, followed by the Celebration of Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.

Wednesday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Walnut, with the Rev. Thomas Shaw officiating. Burial will be at Walnut Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Masses at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Walnut Fire Department, and Heritage Senior Living Center in Walnut.

Charles N. ‘Chuck’ Schoaf MORRISON – Charles N. “Chuck” Schoaf, 70, of Morrison, died Monday, May 9, 2016, in Hillsdale.

He was employed by the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Chuck was born Nov. 5, 1945, in Sterling, the son of E. LaVerne and Janet (Hawkins) Schoaf. He served in the Navy on the USS America during the Vietnam War. He married Kathryn A. Smith on Dec. 15, 1973, in Rock Island.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Kristina Cobo and Caroline (fiancé, Andrew Tenboer) Schoaf, both of Morrison; two grandchildren; and one sister, Carol (Dale)

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Boyce D. Humphreys LANARK – Boyce D. Humphreys, 86, of Lanark, died Saturday, May 14, 2016.

Law-Jones Funeral Homes handled arrangements.

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He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, James Schoaf; and one niece.

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Memorials have been established to the Honor Flight of the Quad Cities and for a scholarship fund for the Grandchildren of Charles Schoaf.

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OREGON – Raymond G. Appler, 96, of Oregon, died Thursday, May 12, 2016, in Dixon.

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The jury is in: Coplan will be missed Council bids heartfelt farewell to city attorney who put in more than 40 years of service

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier

STERLING – City Attorney Ron Coplan’s 41-year run ended at Monday’s Sterling City Council meeting.

Mayor Skip Lee announced Coplan’s resignation at the May 2 session, but reality set in as city officials and the Morrison-based attorney said their goodbyes.

Coplan was appointed to the post in 1975 by

former Mayor Henry Kobbeman. At the time, the men agreed it would be a short-term assignment.

“It’s been an almost 41-year run that slowed to a walk, and then a stagger,” Coplan joked.

Spring 1975 marked a watershed in the history of the city’s government, he said.

“We had just established a city manager form of government, and I remember that a very collegial council set the tone for a new way of

governing in Sterling.”

A sometimes tumultuous local government environment disappeared, he said.

He paid tribute to the working relationship between the staff and council at City Hall.

“The way the members of this council have interacted has been a blessing,” Coplan said.

City officials will have to continue to work well together to navigate an increasingly complex landscape, he said.

“TIFs, enterprise zones,

and unions have made life as a municipal attorney much more complicated and challenging,” Coplan will be missed for many reasons, Mayor Skip Lee said.

“Not only will we miss his wealth of legal experience, but also his historical knowledge, and calming influence,” Lee said.

Alderman Joe Martin has been on the council for about half of Coplan’s time as city attorney.

Coplan was always trustworthy and reliable, he said.

“Ron was one of the straightest shooters I’ve ever met,” Martin said. “He has earned the respect of all of us on the council over the years.”

City Manager Scott Shumard said he’ll miss using Coplan as a sounding board.

“He is a man full of wisdom that I’ve respected, and I always appreciated that he has been a great confidante for me,” Shumard said.

Coplan said he resigned to focus on other aspects of his legal practice.

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The council awarded the lift station project to Stichter Construction of Erie, which submitted the low bid of $70,733.14. The work includes replacing the leaking force main, and fixing the little-used leaking pipes that feed to the station.

City Manager Scott Shumard said the project is included in this year’s sewer fund budget, at an estimated $95,000. After factoring in engineering costs, the work should come in about $10,000 under budget.

Shumard and Mayor Skip Lee said the work will address a huge sewer problem.

“When the river is up, it comes in and then goes into a leaking force main,” Shumard said.

“This might be the single largest source of infiltration of the sanitary sewer system.”

“Infiltration is the main

issue we are dealing with at the sewer plant,” Lee said.

New squad cars Also Monday, the council agreed to waive the bid process for the purchase of three new squad cars for administrative use by the Sterling Police Department.

The department had budgeted $25,000 for one new vehicle, and money from a federal asset forfeiture fund will pay for the other two cars. That fund is used exclusively for police vehicles and equipment.

The city was able to get a very competitive price from Landmark Ford in Springfield, which holds the state contract for the 2016 Ford Taurus.

The vehicles, including some extras, are priced at $18,560 each, for a total bill of $55,680.

The city did reach out to a local dealership, but it was unable to match the Landmark quote.

Next meeting The Sterling City Council next meets at 6:30 p.m.

June 6 at City Hall, 212 Third Ave., in the first-floor Council Chambers.

Go to sterling-il.gov or call City Hall at 815-632-6621 for an agenda or more information.

House demolition The council also accepted a bid to demolish the single-family structure at 807 Ave. E. CP’s Demolition Services of Sterling was chosen to do the work after submitting the low bid of $4,000. Two other bids were received, one for $5,985, and the other for $7,950.

The house, which had been in a trust, has been vacant for several years. The property has not been cared for, and there has been no communication with the city, Shumard said. The city acquired the property through a demolition order in March.

Its demolition will be funded by a federal blight reduction grant the city

received through the Illinois Housing Development Authority.

The federal Blight Reduction Program was set up in 2014, to coincide with the state’s Abandoned Property Program. The city has 13 properties targeted, after receiving more grant money than expected this year. The city asked for $300,000, and was awarded $455,000.

Sidewalk repair Another local contractor, Burger Brothers, received the bid to replace sidewalks through the city’s 50-50 sidewalk program. The low bid of $6.50 per square foot was not chosen because the contractor’s bid package was incomplete. The Burger

Brothers quote came in at $9.50 per square foot.

“The low bid was comparable to what we paid in the old contract, but they forgot the security bond,” Shumard said.

The city splits the cost of new sidewalks and curb with residents to provide incentive for fixing deteriorating walkways adjacent to their homes.

Last year’s contractor decided not to renew its contract for the program.

The program, which begins in June, already has a waiting list. An estimated 50 homeowners participate each year.

“There are quite a few left from last year, but residents often decide at the last minute to wait another year,” Public Works Superintendent Brad Schrader said.

Contact the Public Works department at 815-632-6657 to get an estimate. Participants must sign a contract and pay their half of the cost before the work begins.

Rauner vetoes union bill SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed legislation Monday that would let an arbitrator settle state-employee wages and working conditions if union negotiations stall, describing the bill as an attack on taxpayers.

Rauner’s action is the latest chapter in prolonged contract negotiations with Illinois’ largest union representing state workers, with each side accusing the other of being unwilling to compromise. The Republican governor for weeks had been expected to veto the bill, having vetoed an almost identical bill last year.

The governor said sending negotiations to an arbitrator would favor the union and strip away his power to represent taxpayers on a new labor agreement with state workers.

“My action today defends taxpayers who are being denied their voice at the bargaining table,” Rauner said in his veto.

Rauner has wanted to curb the power of unions, which strongly favor Democrats here, since he took office last year.

Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch, a Democrat from suburban Chicago and sponsor of the bill, said the measure was a “responsible way forward” to avoid a strike.

“I just think he’s blinded by his zest to bust unions in this state,” he said.

Ruling Democrats can try to override the veto.

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SPRINGFIELD SPOTLIGHT

THE CARTOONIST’S VOICE

Lawmakers walk a school funding reform tightrope Disagreements could lead to no funding at all

Jim Morin, MorinToons Syndicate

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Don’t start breathing easy yet Budget ‘plan’ a dougFINKE Doug Finke’s long way from column is becoming reality syndicated

by GateUnder the heading of something is better than nothing, we find the budget (insert your favorite word here).

That’s the thing that lays out a way to get a balanced spending plan for the fiscal year that starts July 1. (It apparently does not address what’s left of this fiscal year). The bottom line: $5.4 billion in tax hikes, $2.4 billion in spending cuts, and $5 billion in borrowing to get the state’s bill backlog to a manageable level.

Is it a plan? A framework? A blueprint?

Or, as one negotiator put it, an exercise in arithmetic successfully completed?

The budget negotiating group was given the job of laying out how the state could get a balanced budget for next year. Negotiators were from both parties in both chambers and Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office.

They deserve credit for coming up with something. They held their noses long enough about individual parts of the proposal they didn’t like to deliver something to Rauner and the four legislative leaders for further consideration.

House News Service.

Contact him at doug. finke@sj-r. com.

But that’s a long way from saying an end to this miserable stalemate is in sight. Negotiators stressed that the final whateveryou-want-to-call-it didn’t represent some consensus agreement by members of the group.

THERE ARE practical political considerations to keep in mind. There are $5.4 billion in higher taxes in the plan, and this

Illinois Budget Stalemate

322 days

without a state budget for the fiscal year that started July 1.

is an election year. Coming up with the votes to pass those tax hikes months before an election is going to be a monumental task.

Also, this budget blue-

print did not get into the turnaround agenda that Rauner has said must be addressed before tax hikes are discussed. As long as Rauner continues to insist on that, and depending on exactly what he will demand as part of an agreement, the numbers on a piece of paper will be just that.

Is it better than the near-total deadlock we’ve seen for much of the past year? Yes. Is it time to rejoice? Not yet.

Suit targets remap reform A lawsuit was filed last week to get the Independent Maps proposal, which would have an independent commission draw legislative district maps, thrown off the ballot.

It was filed by the same attorney long allied with House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, who got a similar proposal booted off 2 years ago.

The case is a long way from being resolved.

Just don’t be shocked if there’s no remap amendment on the ballot in November.

Quotable quotes “There are districts that get more proportionally than Chicago, and for good reason. They don’t have the resources. No one calls this the Beard-

‘‘

Is it a plan? A framework? A blueprint? Or, as one negotiator put it, an exercise in arithmetic?

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Doug Finke

stown bailout bill.”

– Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, answering criticism that his school funding reform bill is a bailout for the Chicago school system.

• • • “Frankly, in some ways I’m cheering for them.

I don’t blame them for being mad.”

– Gov. Rauner addressing the lawsuit filed by dozens of human services agencies because they haven’t been paid because of the budget stalemate.

Rauner’s administration issued contracts to the agencies even after he vetoed a budget bill to pay them because he said it was out of balance.

• • • “Kirk, looking at you today, I can’t help wonder what might have happened.”

– Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, to former Republican Sen. Kirk Dillard, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2014, on his return to the Capitol to be honored for his years of service.

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Give volunteers a helping hand to park safely BETTY BELL Sterling

Volunteers. Who are these people?

They are the heart and soul of every community. Wouldn’t you think the city of Sterling would do anything to keep these wonderful people?

Irene Nusbaum, the manager, and several of

EDITORIAL BOARD Jim Dunn Sam R Fisher Sheryl Gulbranson Jennifer Heintzelman Jeff Rogers Kathleen Schultz Tom Shaw

us volunteer at the Caring Center, 210 First Ave. in Sterling. This store is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.

The store receives no money for our goods that are all donated by our community. We run the business by donations only. Through my travels, nobody has ever heard of a store like this.

It is very unique. We, as a community, are very blessed to have it.

Last year alone, we had

14,426 shoppers. We gave away 212,558 items.

People don’t realize how important this store is to many of our citizens.

People are so grateful to have this resource available to keep their kids in clothes, and there are many seniors raising grandchildren on Social Security. People every day say, God bless you for your work.

But still the city will not allow the volunteers to park in the city parking lot during this time without

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moving their cars every 3 hours – or they receive a ticket. The average age of these people is late 70s and 80s and risk falling just to move their cars.

We are asking you, the mayor and the City Council, to step up and do what is best for the community and allow these volunteers to park there 2 days a week without risking their lives to help their community.

We care about our community. Do you care? Thank you

We saw some examples last week of why school funding reform is so difficult to accomplish in Illinois.

House Republican Leader Jim Durkin appeared with Gov. Bruce Rauner at Lyons Township High School, which is in Durkin’s district. Durkin pointed out to reporters that the school would lose $1.9 million in state funding under Sen. Andy Manar’s controversial school funding reform bill.

Leader Durkin also claimed that every school district in his House district would lose funding with Manar’s proposal.

Chicago, he noted, would gain hundreds of millions of dollars. Durkin declared that he and his members could not and would not support a plan that shoveled bigtime bucks at Chicago while cutting their own districts.

But that’s really the whole point of Manar’s plan. He wants to shift state funding away from wealthier suburban districts like those Durkin represents (14.2 percent of Lyons Township High School students are from low-income households) to districts that have high numbers of impoverished students (86 percent of Chicago Public Schools students are from lowincome households).

Sen. Manar wants a “hold harmless” provision to make sure no district loses money right away, but that’ll cost quite a bit of cash, which the state doesn’t currently have.

Leader Durkin represents half of Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno’s district, so convincing both of those chamber leaders to sign off on a plan that takes state money away from their own schools is just as difficult as convincing the two Chicago Democrats who head up the House and Senate to agree to Gov. Rauner’s K-12 funding proposal that reduces Chicago’s annual appropriation by $74 million because of the state’s antiquated and complicated funding formula.

Like I said, this ain’t easy.

IT’S NOT EXACTLY the same, of course, but, in a way, Sen. Manar is to Senate President John Cullerton what former state Sen. Barack Obama was to Senate President Emil Jones, who helped mentor Obama’s rise to power.

Manar is Cullerton’s former chief of staff, and Cullerton is helping him any way he can. He’s essentially Cullerton’s golden boy.

There is no doubt that Sen. Manar has worked this piece of legislation harder than any individual has worked a bill in recent memory. He has traveled

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from one end of the state to the other, meeting with school superintendents and other education leaders in an attempt to cobble together a workable plan.

He was on Chicago’s South Side just the other day, which produced smirks from some Republicans who believe he’s attempting to use this issue to advance his political career.

But the reality is, Manar has Cullerton’s full support, and Cullerton has been far more cooperative about coming up with a deal to end the monthslong governmental stalemate than has House Speaker Michael Madigan. So, maybe the governor and his peeps should lay off the rhetoric a bit because things are tough enough.

CULLERTON ALLOWED Manar to hold a vote on his funding plan last week. Republicans claimed that forcing the vote could very well make it more difficult to reach an agreement on education spending. Many freely admit that the current system is horribly flawed.

But the school funding formula is so crazily complicated that any successful revamp will take serious bipartisan effort. And, indeed, talks have been held to devise a more easily constructed “bridge” between today’s system and a future more in line with Manar’s vision.

But the Republicans say by running Manar’s bill instead of negotiating, the Senate Democrats may have very well hardened positions on their side of the aisle. Only one Republican voted for it, after all.

So the momentum has shifted to the other chamber, where a special committee led by House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie is attempting to construct an alternative.

But there are those who believe Madigan isn’t serious about getting something done.

But someone had better come up with something soon, because Manar said last week there was no way he will vote for the governor’s K-12 appropriations bill because it slashes funding for schools in his district, as did other Senate Democrats. And even some downstate Republicans who voted against Manar’s bill would prefer a different formula to prevent their own schools from losing state money under the current formula.

We could wind up with no school funding at all.

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Wife isn’t kidding about wanting kids Dear Abby, My husband and I have been together for 8 years, but married only a few months. It took him a long time to finally marry me, and it ended up that I was the one to propose.

I am 30 and he’s 39. I know he loves me. I have always expressed that I want children and he did, too. I have been off birth control and keeping track of my cycle, but now he doesn’t want to make love. When I try to get him in the mood, he always finds an excuse.

I told him he has had plenty of time to let me know if he doesn’t want children.

I love him more than anything, but I do not want to miss out on being a parent. This is a deal-

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breaker. I am getting older and I don’t know what to do.

– Future Mommy in Wisconsin Dear Future Mommy, Settle this now by asking your husband directly why he is either unwilling or unable to perform in the bedroom. You are

entitled to an explanation, because he might be having second thoughts not only about starting a family, but also the marriage. If he has changed his mind about having children, talk to a lawyer because you might be able to get an annulment.

her name. All he knows is she lives in Russia.

I have fallen for him, too. He is going through with the marriage only because his grandparents did it. I thought I would ask for some advice on what I should do.

– Miss Confused

Dear Abby, I have a friend who is in the Navy. We have been friends for a year and a half, but have never met in person. He’s 19 and I’m 17. We Skype at least once a week.

He has fallen for me and doesn’t know what to do because he’s in an arranged marriage he doesn’t want to be in. He doesn’t know the girl, doesn’t know what she looks like or even know

Dear Miss Confused, Are you sure this person is who he has represented himself to be? “Because his grandparents did it” is not a good reason to go through with a marriage to a stranger. If his story is true, it appears this young man’s family has his future mapped out for him, and he isn’t independent enough to resist.

If you continue this Skype romance, I see nothing but sadness

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Dixon Kiwanis Club meeting, 7 a.m., private dining room, KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St. Blood pressure screenings, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815-6262230.

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

Rules of the Road class, 9 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., 815288-6563.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., women’s group; noon; 3:30 p.m.; 7 p.m., Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Representative from Rock River Center in Oregon, 9:30-11 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

Blood pressure checks, 10-11 a.m., Sullivan’s Grocery, 300 N. Madison St., Morrison, 815-622-2800.

Sharing Life’s Memories Program, 10 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

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

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.noon, Dixon Food Center – Red Fox, 500 Chicago Ave. Vista Healthcare presentation, 11 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

American Red Cross blood drive, 11;30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls.

Appointments: 800-733-2767.

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Grapevine; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., closed; Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Lunch and Learn, noon, The Post House, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Big Book, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, 12:15-1:15 p.m.,

Countryside Manor, 625 Countryside Lane, Dixon.

Free blood pressure check, 1-3 p.m., Amboy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15 W. Wasson Road, 815-857-2550.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 1:30 p.m., open, St. Patrick Community Center, 903 N. Caron Road, Rochelle.

Red Cross blood drive, 2-6 p.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointments: 815625-0382.

Free blood pressure clinic, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Community Room, Odell Library, 307 S. Madison, Morrison.

Women’s Support Group, 5-6:30 p.m., Choices Domestic Violence Program office, 114 W. Market St., Mount Carroll.

Walnut Board of Directors, 5 p.m., Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton St., 815-379-2159.

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

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

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

Safe Harbor – Community Recovery Group, 6:30 p.m., Town Square Centre, 101 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-994-1953 or 908-361-7924.

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

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

Dixon Area Detachment Marine Corps League, 7 p.m., VFW, 1560 Franklin Grove Road.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 U.S. Route 52, Amboy.

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

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

Narcotics Anonymous, 7:15 p.m., open, The Rec Room, 406 W. Second St., Dixon, dixonareana@gmail.com.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Polo Town Hall, 117 N. Franklin.

Thursday, May 19 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815-625-0338.

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

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

Free blood sugar screening, 8-9 a.m., Community Health Services Department, Mendota Community Hospital, 1401 E. 12th St., 815-539-7461, ext. 3291, weekdays. Tests can be fasting or 2 hours after eating.

North Central Illinois Logistics Council, 8-9:30 a.m., Room C316, Illinois Valley Community College, 815 N. Orlando Smith Ave., Oglesby, 815-220-3425.

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

Foot care clinic, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle. Appointments: 815-562-5050.

Prairie State Legal representative, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Free blood pressure check, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, Big Book, closed; 6 p.m. literature, open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

Parish Nurse Networking meeting, noon, CGH Professional Building, 15 W. Third St., Sterling, 815-625-0400, ext. 5425.

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

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

American Red Cross blood drive, noon-6 p.m., United Methodist Church, 200 W. Lincolnway, Morrison. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Chair exercises, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Healthy Lifestyles Club, 1 p.m., Conference Room C, OSF Saint Paul Medical Center, 1401 E. 12th St., Mendota, 815539-1411.

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

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

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

Kids Coping with Cancer Group, 3:30 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815-2884673.

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

Mindfulness Meditation community sitting sessions, 5:30-6:30 p.m., lower level, United Way of Whiteside County building, 502 First Ave., Sterling, 563-210-6516.

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

Fibromyalgia Support Group, 6 p.m., Suite 215, Positive Changes Acupuncture, 609 W. Third St., Sterling, 815-499-5425.

Sons of American Legion Post 12, 6:30 p.m., 1120 W. First St., Dixon.

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

River Cities Quilters Guild, 7 p.m., Fulton Presbyterian Church, 311 N. Ninth St., 815-499-5618.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, back door, 707 First Ave., Suite A, Rock Falls.

Dixon VFW, 7 p.m., 1560 Franklin Grove Road.

40&8 Promenade, 7 p.m., American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon.

Dixon Area Garden Club, 7 p.m., Plum Creek Garden, 626 Palmyra Road.

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

Marine Corps League, 7 p.m., Rock Falls American Legion, 712 Fourth Ave, 815-622-4629.

Sauk Valley Landlord Association meeting, 7 p.m., Coventry Living Center, 612 W. St. Mary’s Road, Sterling.

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

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

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

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

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

Sterling Rock River Masonic Lodge 612, 7:30 p.m., 113 1/2 W. Third St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, United Steelworkers, 502 Woodburn Ave., Sterling.

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Dear Abby, I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I say yes to everything! I say yes to people I don’t even want to. I agree to plans that override those I have already made. Then I have to lie my way out of events and other stuff I don’t want to do, or never had any intention of ever doing. I need help. It’s ruining my life. Please, please help.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS Tuesday, May 17 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

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

Bingo and doughnuts, 9-10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

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

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

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

Cribbage, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

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

Line dancing, 10-11 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-2889236.

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

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

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

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

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

Euchre, Scrabble, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Euchre 101, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Karaoke, 1-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Navy League Aurora Council 247, 5:15 p.m. reception, 6 p.m. dinner, private dining room, Grandma’s Table Restaurant, 1700 Douglas Road, Montgomery, 630-554-9386.

Bingo, 7 p.m., Sterling Moose Family Center, 2601 E. Lincolnway, 815-625-0354.

Wednesday, May 18 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

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

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

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

Mexican Train dominoes, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Canasta, 10 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Sharing Life’s Memories, 10 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St, Oregon, 815-732-3252.

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

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

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

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

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

Sewing after lunch, noon, Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

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

Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 6815-622-9230.

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

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

Bingo, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 6815-622-9230.

Community cards, 2 p.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., 815-456-3000.

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

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

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Cover for partner with great play

Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

Sometimes your partner – never you – will do something that would not pass muster in the cold light of day, but seemed like a good idea at the time. Then you must cover for him.

In this deal from a pair tournament, how should South play in seven – yes, seven – no-trump after West leads the diamond queen?

The bidding was clearly debatable. North’s three-club rebid was a double negative, showing 0-3 points. Then his call of three spades promised nothing. So, when South gambled with his jump to six no-trump (hoping to outscore pairs in six spades), North decided that since he could have had zero points, his invaluable spade queen justi-

fied raising to seven.

South had only 10 top tricks: five spades, one heart, two diamonds and two clubs. To make seven, South assumed that East held the heart king, but if he

had king-fourth or king-fifth, it would be necessary to take the finesse three times. That would require three dummy entries from those spades.

At trick two, declarer led his spade jack and, when West followed suit, overtook with dummy’s queen. East’s discard was a pleasing sight for South. Next, a heart finesse worked.

Back to dummy with a spade to the eight, declarer took a second heart finesse.

Then, after a spade to the 10, a third heart finesse saw seven no-trump home for a cold top – and a very unhappy East-West.

If East had followed with a low spade on the first round of the suit, South would have played a spade to the 10 next, hoping either that the nine appeared or that East had at most three hearts. © 2016 UFS

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To donate worn-out flags Unserviceable flags can be dropped off inside the main entrance of Washington Elementary School, 815 W. LeFevre, Sterling.

A flag becomes unserviceable when it “is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display,” according to the U.S. Flag Code.

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Sterling American Legion Post 296 past commander Dennis Tabor (left) and current commander James Seidel lay a tattered flag in the flames Monday during a retirement ceremony for unserviceable flags.

Students warm Legion members’ hearts RESPECT

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“Unfortunately, most people don’t say the pledge of allegiance properly, and that’s one of my biggest pet peeves,” said Geil, a Vietnam War veteran.

“But if nobody tells them, they don’t know.

And some of us old veterans have a pretty good respect for the red, white and blue.”

After the pledge, the student body sang the national anthem, which the kids have been rehearsing in music class. Their rendition brought tears to the eyes of fourth-grade teacher Wendy Schuldt.

“Oh, my gosh, they did such a great job,” she said immediately after the anthem.

Geil has been presenting to fourth-graders at the school for 3 years, and was joined by Seidel, the post’s commander, the past 2 years. Since February, a six-student committee in Schuldt’s classroom has organized the collection of the stars and stripes.

“Many of the kids can now identify a flag that can’t fly properly – for instance, if they’re torn or tattered,” Schuldt said. “The kids can point

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“It really helps the kids Seidel said it was imporLucas said it was sad to “If one little fella, or appreciate being an tant to make sure the think about the wars that one little lady learns the American.” event kept the fourth- have gone into protect- entire system of it, then The students have graders’ attention. ing our freedom. He also they have the opportunimade boxes that are The biggest takeaway said he appreciated the ty to pass it on. Then the near the school entrance was a deeper apprecia- education from the vet- country can get to know where flags can be tion for Old Glory. erans. what this is all about. dropped off, and they “It’s very important to “They spend their time The flag is our symbol also helped make post- respect the flag,” said to come and talk to us of democracy and freeers and send letters.

Dale Johnson, also a about that,” Lucas said. dom.”

Friday, a few of them joined Principal Lindsy Stumpenhorst as she went around the neighborhood to let residents know about the retirement ceremony.

“We had to let them know there’s going to be some gunshots, but everything’s OK,” Stumpenhorst said.

Cub Scouts presented the flags to the Legion members, just the way the Civil Air Patrol will on Flag Day on June 14. As a plume of black smoke climbed into the sky, three Legion members fired rifles, and then taps was played. Even though the youngsters knew it was coming, it (815)625-1062 caught them off guard.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Numbers game The Penguins’ Sidney Crosby scored his first career postseason overtime goal in Monday’s 3-2 win over the Lightning. Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay enter Game 3 tied at 1-1.

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EDGINGTON – There was no last-race drama needed for Erie-Prophetstown to win the Three Rivers Conference boys track and field meet.

The Panthers were the class of the field from start to finish, and put on a dominating performance in winning their fourth consecutive title on Monday night. It was also their seventh in the last 8 years.

Rounding out the top five teams were Princeton (113.5), Fulton (63), Newman (58) and Rockridge (54).

It was a far cry from a year ago, when E-P edged Newman, 124123, and needed to finish two spots ahead of the Comets in the meet-ending 1,600 relay to do so.

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Amboy loses lead, game to Pearl City in regional quarterfinal

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AMBOY – For one inning, the Amboy Clippers simply could not stop the bleeding.

Pearl City put together a seven-run sixth inning, aided by an Amboy error and a couple of other mistakes to eliminate the Clippers 10-5 Monday in the Class 1A Eastland Regional quarterfinal in Amboy.

A pair of singles and a walk opened the inning, and Luke Lawson followed with a double to drive in a pair of runs. After a single drove in the tying run and the Wolves again loaded the bases, Collyn Kuberski unloaded them with a double to

Star of the game: Collyn Kuberski, Pearl City, 2B, 3 RBIs Key performers: Hunter Zimmerly, Amboy, 8 K; Carter Shaw, Amboy, RBI triple; Jordan Hochstatter, Amboy, 2-4 Up next: Pearl City at Eastland, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday center.

The Clippers committed one error in the inning officially, but also dropped a foul pop up which gave a Pearl City batter new life.

“Our Achilles Heel this year has been errors,” Amboy coach James Browne said.

“As much as you work on it, when people

get uptight once an error is made, they start choking a little more, and then they start pressing instead of relaxing.”

Up until that inning, freshman starter Hunter Zimmerly had Pearl City off balance. His first three innings, he allowed no hits and catcher Mitchell McLaughlin caught one of Pearl City’s two baserunners trying to steal. The Wolves eventually got a single off of Zimmerly in the fourth, but a pair of fly balls ended that inning.

In the fifth, Pearl City got on the board thanks to an error and had runners on the corners with one out before a line drive back to Zimmerly, who doubled off the runner at first.

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Mustangs still have work to do Morrison shakes off average season in time for postseason hours on baseball fields.

He has been a successful coach, compiling a 107-30 • No. 1 Princeton vs. No. 9 record over six seasons. He led Riverdale, 4 p.m. Wednesday Ben Sondgeroth was given a a team that won a regional title • No. 4 Fulton vs. No. 6 Morspecial gift after winning his a year ago, and has a talented rison, 6 p.m. Wednesday 100th game coaching the Morgroup of seniors ready to begin rison baseball team. His players shot at state,” Morrison senior their final postseason. handed him the game ball to Morrison, however, hasn’t pitcher Joey Brackemyer said. commemorate the feat.

“That would be great. We want reach its full potential. The The Mustangs had just beaten Mustangs were a hot pick to Amboy 12-0 back on March 30, to help him experience that in win the Three Rivers after his last year, and we want it for and the sixth-year coach looked enjoying a breakout season ourselves.” at the ball, then looked up to Sondgeroth will give up coach- last year. Their seasons ended address his team. He wanted ing at the end of this season. He with a loss in the semifinals of them to know that there was a competitive sectional, where could coach into June, or just Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com still work to be done. all four teams played games Morrison’s Joey Brackemyer threw a bullpen session Monday to one more game. A new job will “He told us he would trade decided by three runs or fewer. test out his injured left wrist. The Mustangs will need their ace as all of those wins for a superrequire more of his time and they open the postseason Wednesday against Fulton. sectional appearance and a will keep him from spending WORK CONTINUED ON B4

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Suspensions for brawl expected MLB chief baseball officer Joe Torre says discipline is obviously coming for those involved in Sunday’s melee between the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers, “hopefully” as soon as today.

At a news conference Monday before the Arizona Diamondbacks-New York Yankees game, Torre said of the punch that the Rangers’ Roughned Odor connected with the jaw of Toronto’s Jose Bautista, “it certainly wasn’t pretty and I hate seeing that stuff.”

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Bears, Patriots to hold joint practice Before Bears fans get a look at former players Martellus Bennett and Shea McClellin when the team tangles with the Patriots in the second preseason game, the team will get them up close and physical.

For the second straight summer the Bears have scheduled joint training camp practices with a preseason opponent and will scrimmage with the Patriots Aug. 15-16 in Foxborough, Mass., in advance of the game at Gillette Stadium.

The team will conduct 10 training camp practices at the school beginning July 28. The final practice open to the public will be Aug. 9 and the team will host its annual practice at Soldier Field on Aug. 6.

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Altidore could miss Copa America American forward Jozy Altidore appears certain to miss the Copa America following yet another hamstring injury.

Altidore got hurt Saturday while taking a penalty kick against Vancouver that was saved. He is expected to be sidelined 6 to 8 weeks.

The 26-year-old player injured a hamstring against Jamaica in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup and missed the final, then had another hamstring injury during the Americans’ 2014 World Cup opener against Ghana and was sidelined for the rest of the tournament. A hamstring injury last year caused him to be out of shape for the 2015 Gold Cup, and he was dropped from the roster for the knockout rounds, where the Americans lost to Jamaica in the semifinals.

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Nate McMillan will coach Pacers Larry Bird found the Indiana Pacers’ new voice on his own bench. Now Nate McMillan must show his old-school style will still resonate with today’s young players.

Bird promoted the 51-year-old McMillan to head coach Monday, hoping he will change the culture inside the locker room.

76ers put StubHub ad on jerseys The Philadelphia 76ers have become the first team in the NBA to put a sponsorship logo on player uniforms, striking a deal with StubHub for a spot on one of the hottest pieces of real estate available in sports.

StubHub will have its logo appear on the front left of the jersey in 2017-18 for the start of a three-year trial period.

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WASHINGTON – When pitchers were intentionally walking Barry Bonds more than anyone else in baseball history, his father had a simple message for him.

“It’s your fault,” Bobby Bonds told his son. “You didn’t have to be this good.”

That’s what Barry Bonds thinks when he sees Bryce Harper getting so many free passes to first base. But he also believes the Washington Nationals outfielder and reigning National League MVP needs to diversity his game if opposing teams are going to take the bat out of his hands.

“He’s going to need to learn to steal bases and get to second base and make his teammates’ job easier,” Bonds recently told the Associated Press.

The Chicago Cubs walked Harper 15 times during a fourgame series earlier this month, including four times intentionally, and he scored only three runs. Bonds, baseball’s intentional walk king, said too much was being made of Ryan Zimmerman’s struggles batting behind Harper as the Cubs swept the Nationals.

Teammates had bad series hitting behind Bonds, too, when he was intentionally walked. But Bonds remembers what he said to his children during his playing days.

“My kids used to tell me, ‘Daddy, I’m sorry they walk you all the time,’” said Bonds, who led baseball in intentional walks 12 times and tops the all-time list with 688. “I said, ‘Yeah, but my job’s now to steal.’ I could run then, so I had to steal bases and my job’s to score runs and keep the pressure on the team regardless of what happened. But I had a different game than him.”

Bonds stole 514 bases during his 22-year major league career.

Harper has 43, and it’s an element that Bonds says would make the 23-year-old a five-tool player.

That doesn’t mean that Bonds believes Harper is doing anything wrong.

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Marlins hitting instructor Barry Bonds thinks speed on the bases could put the bat back in Harper’s hands.

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“Bryce Harper can only do what his job is,” Bonds said. “If they walk him, his job is to go to first base and then run bases. His teammates’ job is to drive him in.

Bryce Harper can only do what he’s capable of doing and what he’s given the opportunity to do.”

After the final game of the walkthis-way series against the Cubs, Harper said he was walked a lot during high school and that he can’t get frustrated if the treatment continues.

“You’re getting on base, and that’s what your team asks you to do,” Harper said. “If I can get on base every time I get up there, I’m doing it the right way.

If it’s a hit, a walk, I get drilled or whatever. Get on base. Maybe steal second, steal third and get it done.”

Dusty Baker is the common thread between the two superstars, as he managed the San Francisco Giants during Bonds’ heyday and is now managing Harper with the Nationals. Baker said the onus is on Harper’s teammates to make opponents pay for all the walks.

When Bonds was playing, Baker didn’t have to give him any

advice because he could lean on his father’s and godfather Willie Mays’ experiences.

“I knew how to deal with it,” said Bonds, now the hitting coach for the Miami Marlins. “I had my own father in me. I had my dad and Willie. I had enough pressure with those two that I didn’t need to add more with Dusty.”

Harper has plenty of pressure on him as the face of the franchise and one of the best players in baseball, but he can only hit what he’s thrown. Bonds became baseball’s home run king with 762 despite walking a major league-leading 2,558 times.

Bonds estimates that he lost 4 or 5 years of at-bats from walks.

Still, if he were pitching to Harper, he wouldn’t give him much to hit.

“If I was a pitcher and I need to leave it in the ballpark, I’m going to pick somebody who’s going to leave it in the ballpark more than someone who has a chance to hit it out of the ballpark,” he said.

“Not every time, but there will be a situation. Even me as a pitcher, he’s going to have to walk if it’s the game on the line.”

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“My curveball was working well when I got deep into the count,” Zimmerly said. “I mainly threw my breaking balls after first-pitch fastballs. … It felt good, it just didn’t go our way.”

Zimmerly pitched 5 2/3 innings and allowed eight runs, five of them earned, on eight hits and struck out eight.

“I think that fifth inning got him and he started throwing a lot more pitches,” Browne said. “… He started missing down the middle in the fifth inning and that’s what got him.”

Zimmerly spent most of the season on the freshman/sophomore team, but Browne saw a fight in him that made him the right choice to take the mound to open Regionals. Monday’s start was just his third with the varsity team.

Pearl City’s first two times through the lineup yielded two hits – both singles – and an unearned run. The third time through put seven runs on the board off of five hits.

“I kept stressing that their pitcher was throwing a lot of strikes, we’ve got to be aggressive early in the count,” Pearl City coach Blake Becke said.

“I think our second time [through the lineup] we

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Amboy freshman pitcher Hunter Zimmerly throws Monday against Pearl City. He allowed no hits in the first three innings before the Wolves began to get to him in the fifth and sixth. were just missing him and then the third time we were all over it.”

Amboy used strong hitting at the bottom of the lineup and several Pearl City mistakes to build a 4-0 lead in the early innings.

A Carter Shaw triple in the second inning drove in Nick Shafer to open the scoring. The Clippers added three runs in the third on a series of wild pitches, including Drake Barlow scoring from second on a wild pitch when the ball bounced around the backstop and Pearl City catcher Zach Brinkmeier had trouble finding it.

“We were capitalizing

on some of their mistakes,” Browne said.

“The catcher wasn’t really retrieving it very well [on wild pitches] so we jumped on that and started using some of our speed.”

Pearl City starter Clayton Lieb settled down after that, however, and retired the Clippers in order in the fourth and fifth innings, then stranded runners at first and second to end the sixth and left runners at the corners to end the game.

“He’s an outstanding four-year starter for us,” Becke said. “He’s able to weather the good and the bad and limit the

damage early where it could have been a fiveor six-run game and he got stronger as the game wore on.”

Down 8-4 after the big sixth inning, Amboy got a run back in the bottom of the inning when Cain Powers scored on a wild pitch, but Pearl City answered with two runs in the seventh.

Amboy finishes its season 4-16, but looks to bring most of the roster back, including Zimmerly “I told them to remember the sting of this one,” Browne said. “We had this and gave it away and that’s what hurts.”

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MONDAY’S SCOREBOARD Baseball 1A Eastland Regional quarterfinal at Amboy

1A AFC

PEARL CITY 10, AMBOY 5 Pearl City 000 017 2 — 10 9 3 Amboy 013 001 0 — 5 6 3 W- Clayton Lieb. L- Hunter Zimmerly (1-1) (at bats- runs- hits) PEARL CITY Zach Brinkmeier c 4-0-0, Braden Smargiassi ss 4-1-2, Clayton Lieb p 2-1-1, Jared Breece 3b 2-2-1, Luke Lawson rf 3-2-1, Hayden Keltner dh 1-0-0, Drake Musser 1b 4-1-2, Brock Smargiassi 2b 2-1-1, Collyn Kuberski 3-1-1, Dylin Ditsworth lf 1-1-0, Garrett Handsaker ph 1-0-0. Totals 27-10-9 Lieb (7 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 7 K, 3 BB). 2B- Lawson, Kuberski, Braden Smargiassi. RBIKuberski 3, Musser 2, Lawson 2, Brock Smargiassi, Braden Smargiassi. LOB- 4 AMBOY (4-16) Drake Barlow lf 3-1-0, Justin Hart 2b 2-1-0, Mitchell McLaughlin c 4-0-0, Jordan Hochstatter ss 4-0-2, Cain Powers 3b 4-1-1, Nick Shafer 1b 2-1-1, Carter Shaw cf 3-01, Brady Hulin rf 2-0-0, Hunter Zimmerly p 2-0-1, Maverick Lindenmeyer ph 0-0-0, Clayton Kemp cr 0-1-0, Calvin Nickel rf 1-0-0. Totals 27-5-6 Zimmerly (5 2/3 IP, 8 R, 5 ER, 8 H, 8 K, 4 BB) and Hart (1 1/3 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB). 3B- Shaw. RBI- Shaw. LOB- 6

When: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday Teams: No. 1 Newman, No. 4 Milledgeville, No. 5 AFC, No. 8 Earlville, No. 10 Paw Paw Local players to watch: Stephen Brooke, AFC jr. IF/P; Ethan Hafner, Newman jr. P/OF; Payton Harris, Milledgeville jr. 1B; Jacob Hilliker, AFC sr. P; KC Knack, Newman jr. P/IF; Adam Mairs, AFC sr. C; Nate Olson, Newman jr. P/IF; Kyle Ottens, Milledgeville so. IF; Ricky Rank, Newman jr. P/IF; Cade Schave, Milledgeville so. P

2A Stillman Valley Regional quarterfinal at Pecatonica

SVM prediction: Newman Darkhorse: AFC

PECATONICA 7, OREGON 2

Advancement: Winner to River Ridge Sectional, vs. Aquin Regional winner, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 25

1A Eastland When: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday Teams: No. 2 Eastland, No. 3 Indian Creek, No. 6 Hiawatha, No. 7 Amboy, No. 9 Pearl City Local players to watch: Brighton Haverland, Eastland jr. 3B/P; Jordan Hochstatter, Amboy jr. IF/OF; Cain Powers, Amboy jr. P/IF; Zach Randecker, Eastland sr. P/IF; Hunter Zimmerly, Amboy fr. P

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ABOVE: Morrison’s Justin Jensen smacks a two-run home run in a game against Rock Falls. After winning four of its past five games, Jensen said the Mustangs are finally starting to hit heading into Wednesday’s postseason opener against Fulton.

BELOW: Morrison’s Cody Southern reaches out for a flyball in a game against Sterling.

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SVM prediction: Eastland Darkhorse: Indian Creek Advancement: Winner to River Ridge Sectional, vs. Orangeville Regional winner, 4:30 p.m.

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2A Bureau Valley When: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday Teams: No. 2 Forreston-Polo, No. 3 Warren, No. 5 Erie-Prophetstown, No. 8 Bureau Valley Local players to watch: Richie Bartnick, Forr.-Polo sr. SS; Drew Fordham, Bureau Valley sr. P/1B; Brody Grobe, Forr.-Polo sr. OF; Austin Groshans, Forr.-Polo sr.

2B; Kale Orman, Erie-P’town jr. P/ IF; Bransen Rosenow, Erie-P’town sr. IF/OF; Brandon Schneiderman, Forr.-Polo so. P SVM prediction: Forreston-Polo Darkhorse: Erie-Prophetstown Advancement: Winner to Morrison Sectional, vs. Stillman Valley Regional winner, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 25

2A Fulton When: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday Teams: No. 1 Princeton, No. 4 Fulton, No. 6 Morrison, No. 7 West Carroll, No. 9 Riverdale Local players to watch: Devon Ballard, Fulton sr. P; Joey Brackemyer, Morrison sr. P; Eric LaShelle, West Carroll sr. C/P; Jack Lemke, Fulton sr. UTL/P; Ethan Mangler, West Carroll sr. 2B; Seth Sikkema, Fulton so. OF; Trey Simmons, Fulton sr. IF; Ben Tegeler, Morrison sr.

IF; Ryan VanZuiden, Morrison sr.

IF/P; SVM prediction: Fulton Darkhorse: Morrison Advancement: Winner to Morrison Sectional, vs. Rockford Lutheran Regional winner, 4:30 p.m.

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Led by a group of five returning seniors, the Mustangs seemed primed to return to the sectional round to rewrite their exit. But for that to happen, they will have a handful of obstacles to overcome. The first is to put an underwhelming regular season in the rear view.

“That was one of our goals to get back there,” senior Ben Tegeler said. “I think it’s everyone’s goal at the start of the season to make a sectional, but we believe we have the guys to do it.

We just started off a little slow.”

Morrison finished the regular season with a 9-10 record, including a 3-5 start. The lineup never hit consistently, and the pitching staff endured shaky stretches. It wasn’t what the team envisioned.

“This season’s been a little disappointing because we all know we’re a better team than what we’ve shown,” Brackemyer said.

“It was frustrating, but I think we’ve started to click lately.”

The Mustangs will also have to overcome a tough regional, despite starting to look like a team that no team wants to play in the one-game elimination postseason by ending the sea-

son with a 4-1 stretch, including three wins by 10 or more runs.

Morrison picked up the sixth seed in the Class 2A Fulton Regional, and will open against the No. 4 Steamers on Wednesday. Fulton, too, is hoping for a deep postseason run following a third-place finish at state a year ago.

Wednesday’s game figures to be one of the top games in the regional. Earlier this season, Brackemyer tossed a completegame one-hitter in a 2-1 when the teams met on April 18.

Devon Ballard, who will likely start Wednesday for the Steamers, allowed two unearned runs and struck out five in the loss.

“Even though our record isn’t the greatest, teams will be coming for us,” Brackemyer said.

“We know we’ll have that target on our backs. Teams want to beat us because we’ve had that success last year and because we have that potential to be a great team.”

Brackemyer, who hasn’t pitched in 2 weeks, threw a bullpen session Monday to test out a sore left wrist. All signs point to him being able to throw, the last piece in a season-long puzzle.

“It took a little while,” catcher Justin Jensen said, “but we’re playing good baseball again.”

Oregon 000 100 1 — 2 6 1 Pecatonica 202 003 x — 7 10 0 W- Noble. L- Kevin Beard OREGON Beard (3 2/3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 1 K) and Jared Pottorff (2 1/3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K) RBI- Trey Wilson, Dalton Hermes. LOB- 7 PECATONICA Noble (7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 7 K) Multiple hits- Blassingham 2-2, Noble 3-3, Mellentine 2-4. 2B- Blassingham, Noble. 3B- Blassingham, Noble. RBINoble 3, Blassingham 2, Mellentine 2.

LOB- 7 2A Fulton Regional at Thomson

WEST CARROLL 11, RIVERDALE 2 Riverdale 000 002 0 — 2 4 4 West Carroll 011 036 x — 11 10 2 W – Jacob Dunk. L – Haskins.

WEST CARROLL Dunk (5 IP, 0 R, 8 K), Eric LaShelle (2 IP, 2 R, 2 K). Multi hits – Kaleb Plattenberger 3, LaShelle 2, Kody Plattenberger 2. RBI – LaShelle 5, Ka. Plattenberger 2, Mitch Glazier.

Postseason pairings Class 2A Bureau Valley Regional Wednesday, May 18 • No. 2 Forreston-Polo vs. No. 8 Bureau Valley, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 19 • No. 3 Warren-Stockton vs. No. 5 ErieProphetstown, 4:30 p.m.

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

Winner advances to Morrison Sectional, vs. Stillman Valley Regional winner, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25 Fulton Regional Monday’s result • No. 7 West Carroll 11 No. 9 Riverdale 2 Wednesday, May 18 • No. 1 Princeton vs. West Carroll, 4 p.m.

• No. 4 Fulton vs. No. 6 Morrison, 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 21 • Championship, 10 a.m.

Winner advances to Morrison Sectional, vs. Stillman Valley Regional winner, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25 Class 1A AFC Regional Monday’s result • No. 8 Earlville 10 No. 10 Paw Paw 0 Wednesday, May 18 • No. 1 Newman vs. Earlville, 4 p.m.

• No. 4 Milledgeville vs. No. 5 AFC, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 21 • Championship, 2 p.m.

Winner advances to River Ridge Sectional, vs. Aquin Regional winner, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 Eastland Regional Monday’s result • No. 9 Pearl City 10, No. 7 Amboy 5 Wednesday, May 18 • No. 2 Eastland vs. Pearl City, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 19 • No. 3 Indian Creek vs. No. 6 Hiawatha, 4:30 p.m.

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

Winner advances to River Ridge Sectional, vs. Orangeville Regional winner, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25

Softball at Geneseo

GENESEO 12, STERLING 3 Sterling 000 200 1 — 3 7 0 Geneseo 206 022 x — 12 15 2 W – Wagoner. L – Lexy Staples.

STERLING Staples (2 1/3 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K), Jayme Eilers (3 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, BB, 3 K), Maddie Corwell (2/3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, K). Multi hits – Abri Hale 2, Erin Stroup 2. 2B – Hale, Stroup, Berogan. RBI – Hale, Eilers, Staples.

2A Newman Regional at Port Byron

FULTON 5, RIVERDALE 0 Fulton 000 202 1 — 5 9 1 Riverdale 000 000 0 — 0 5 1 W – Madison Whitmore. L – Spencer Hughes.

FULTON Whitmore (7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 3 K). Multi hits – Faith Kennedy 3, Kim Holland 3. 2B – Emma Jacobs, Holland. RBI – Jacobs 3, Holland 2.

RIVERDALE Hughes (3 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K), Libby Gorges (IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, BB, 0 K), Morgan Seerl (3 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K).

2B – Katie Young.

1A Pearl City Regional at Lanark

EASTLAND 7, GALENA 1 W – Makenzie Fink. L – Muchow.

GALENA Muchow (6 IP, 4 H, 7 R, 7 BB, 8 K). RBI – Muchow.

EASTLAND Fink (7 IP, 3 H, R, 2 BB, 7 K). Multi hits – Gabby Snyder 2. RBI – Erica Dambman, Paige Gallentine, Jillyn Ruter, Snyder.

Postseason pairings

2A Stillman Valley When: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday Teams: No. 1 Winnebago, No. 4 Stillman Valley, No. 5 Byron, No. 8 Pecatonica, No. 10 Oregon Players to watch: Zach Stromberg, Oregon sr. C; Jace Warkentien, Winnebago P; Andrew Wilhite, Stillman Valley P; Trey Wilson, Oregon sr. P/OF SVM prediction: Winnebago Darkhorse: Byron Advancement: Winner to Morrison Sectional, vs. Bureau Valley Regional winner, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 25

Class 2A Bureau Valley Regional Monday’s results • No. 7 Bureau Valley 10, No. 10 Wethersfield 0 • No. 5 St. Bede 11, No. 11 Kewanee 1 Today’s game • No. 1 Morrison vs. BV, 4:30 p.m.

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

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

Winner advances to Stillman Valley Sectional, vs. Winnebago Regional winner, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 Newman Regional Monday’s result • No. 9 Fulton 5, No. 8 Riverdale 0 Today’s game • No. 2 Erie-Prophetstown vs. Fulton, 4:30 p.m.

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

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

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

Today’s game • No. 1 Stillman Valley vs. Rockford Christian/Stockton-Warren, 4:30 p.m.

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

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

Winner advances to Stillman Valley Sectional, vs. Newman Regional winner, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 Winnebago Regional Monday’s result • No. 10 Rockford Lutheran at No. 7 North Boone, NA Today’s game • No. 2 Byron vs. Lutheran/North Boone, 4:30 p.m.

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

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

Winner advances to Stillman Valley Sectional, vs. Bureau Valley Regional winner, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 Class 1A Amboy Regional Today’s game • No. 2 Ottawa Marquette vs. No. 8 Paw Paw, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 18 • No. 3 Amboy vs. No. 6 LaMoille, 4:30 p.m.

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

Winner advances to Serena Sectional, vs.

Walther Christian Regional winner, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25 Aquin Regional Today’s games • No. 1 Orangeville vs. No. 8 Aquin, 4:30 p.m.

• No. 4 Milledgeville vs. No. 5 LenaWinslow, 6:30 p.m.

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

Winner advances to Pecatonica Sectional, vs. Westminster Christian Regional winner, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 Pearl City Regional Monday’s result • No. 7 Eastland 7, No. 8 Galena 1 Today’s game • No. 2 Pearl City vs. Eastland, 4:30 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesday, May 24

Boys tennis Monday’s results at Princeton

DIXON 4, PRINCETON 1 Singles 1. Sam Bratt (D) def. Colby Robbins 6-3, 6-4 2. Michael Gale (D) def. 6-3, 6-4 Doubles 1. Bryce Stanley, Zach Healy (D) def. Alex Schlesinger, Ryan Frank 7-6 (8-6), 7-5 2. Jason Rugh, Daniel Ferguson (D) def.

Jake Farraher, Luke Schultz 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 3. Nolan Frank, Jayden Pinter (P) def.

Bailey McClain, Jonathan Rivera 6-2, 3-6, 10-7 at Rock Island

ROCK ISLAND 6, NEWMAN 3 Singles No. 1 - Auran (RI) def. Eli Leffelman 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 10-7 No. 2 - Jacob Neisewander (N) def. Rangel 6-4, 0-6, 10-4 No. 3- Kennedy (RI) def. Victor Francque 6-2, 7-5 No. 4 - Hupton (RI) def. Luke Furr 6-1, 6-1 No. 5 - Hacker (RI) def. Jacob Terveer 3-6, 6-0, 11-9 No. 6 - Wihelmina (RI) def. Isaac Blaney 6-0, 6-1 Doubles No. 1 - Leffelman, Francque (N) def. Kennedy, Rangel 6-2, 6-7 (3-6), 10-6 No. 2 -Aunan, Hacker (RI) def. Caleb Ardis, Neisewander 6-2, 7-6 (6-4) No. 3- Terveer, Blaney (N) def. Hupton, Crose 6-4, 3-6, 10-8

Boys track Monday’s results Three Rivers Conference meet at Edgington Team scores 1. Erie-Prophetstown 139, 2. Princeton 113.5, 3. Fulton 63, 4. Newman 58, 5.

Rockridge 54, 6. St. Bede 54, 7. Sherrard 46.5, 8. Bureau Valley 45, 9. AmboyLaMoille 38, 10. Orion 33, 11. Kewanee 28.5, 12. Morrison 17, 13. Hall 7.5, 14.

Riverdale 5 100 – 1. Will Konneck (Bureau Valley) 11.13, 2. Brett Schenck (Princeton) 11.19, 3. Gabe Hunt (Morrison) 11.27, 4. Easton Bianchi (Newman) 11.34 200 – 1. Lenny Mead (Princeton) 22.5, 2.

Will Konneck (Bureau Valley) 22.79, 3. Brett Schenck (Princeton) 23.06, 4. Easton Bianchi (Newman) 23.31 400 – 1. Kody Wetzell (E-P) 51.29, 2. Sam Ryner (Sherrard) 51.26, 3. Alex Harrison (Rockridge) 52.46, 4. Jack Bauer (E-P) 53.29 800 – 1. Kerrick Cameron (E-P) 1:58.67, 2.

Chris Ahlers (Newman) 1:59.00, 3. Conner Reiley (E-P) 2:05.03, 4. Keaton Helm (Sherrard) 2:06.12 1,600 – 1. Chris Ahlers (Newman) 4:43.73, 2. Rolando Aguilar (Kewanee) 4:46.62, 3.

Kerrick Cameron (E-P) 4:47.91, 4. Romeo Blackburn (Amboy-LaMoille) 4:51.86 3,200 – 1. Romeo Blackburn (Amboy) 10:09.64, 2. Rolando Aguilar (Kewanee) 10:11.07, 3. Carter Funfsinn (St. Bede) 10:51.93, 4. Caleb Kibling (Rockridge) 10:52.79 110 hurdles – 1. Bret Dannis (St. Bede) 14.66, 2. Dylan Binion (E-P) 14.67, 3.

Brady Fry (Rockridge) 15.87, 4. Lenny Mead (Princeton) 16.08 300 hurdles – 1. Lenny Mead (Princeton) 39.04, 2. Bret Dannis (St. Bede) 39.38, 3. Dylan Binion (E-P) 41.29, 4. Brady Fry (Rockridge) 42.47 400 relay – 1. Fulton (Nathan McLuckie, Rodney Gossard, Tyler Pauline, Trey Simmons) 43.65, 2. Princeton 43.78, 3. Rockridge 44.32, 4. Sherrard 44.72 800 relay – 1. Fulton (Rodney Gossard, Tyler Pauline, Nathan McLuckie, Trey Simmons) 1:31.29, 2. Rockridge 1:33.05, 3.

Princeton 1:34.13, 4. Sherrard 1:35.09 1,600 relay – 1. Rockridge 3:31.14, 2.

Erie-Prophetstown (Conner Reiley, Max Weidel, Seth Cameron, Jonah Green) 3:36.46, 3. Sherrard 3:39.89, 4. Fulton (Austin Schroeder, Sam Norman, Trey Simmons, Kyle Alstead) 3:40.18 3,200 relay – 1. Erie-Prophetstown (Kerrick Cameron, Jonah Green, Kody Wetzell, Conner Reiley 8:31.23, 2. Sherrard 8:40.51, 3. Newman (Spencer Mauch, Matt Hodge, Shay Hafner, Clay Jungerman) 8:44.96, 4. Amboy-LaMoille (Koty Conderman, Josh Gross, Alan Stamberger, Thomas Stamberger) 8:50.01 Long jump – 1. Dylan Binion (E-P) 21-1, 2. Brandon Keleher (Orion) 20-11, 3. Josh Gross (Amboy-LaMoille) 19-5, 4. Eric Kull (Morrison) 19-4 High jump – 1. Dawson Schulenberg (Orion) 6-2, 2. Lucas Sisler (Princeton) 6-1, 3. Michael Dixon (Fulton) 6-0, 4. Drew Misfeldt (E-P) 6-0 Triple jump – 1. Rodney Gossard (Fulton) 42-4 1/2, 2. Dylan Binion (E-P) 42-3, 3.

Baylee Hopps (St. Bede) 40-9 1/4, 4. Lewis Robinson (Kewanee) 40-3 Pole vault – 1. Kyle Kruthoff (E-P) 13-1, 2. Tyler Naftzger (E-P) 12-0, 3. Hunter Schoff (Bureau Valley) 11-0, 4. Kale Barnett (Bureau Valley) 9-6 Shot put – 1. Jack Heflin (E-P) 51-1, 2.

John Barnes (St. Bede) 51-0 1/2, 3. Kyle McLuckie (Fulton) 46-4, 4. Simon Burcham (Hall) 43-10 Discus – 1. John Barnes (St. Bede) 1698, 2. Colton Youngren (Princeton) 143-3, 3.

Bret Emmerson (Princeton) 137-1, 4. Kyle McLuckie (Fulton) 133-3

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

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MONDAY’S SCOREBOARD MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Baltimore 23 13 .639 Boston 24 14 .632 Toronto 19 21 .475 Tampa Bay 17 19 .472 New York 16 21 .444 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 24 14 .632 Cleveland 18 17 .514 Kansas City 18 19 .486 Detroit 17 21 .447 Minnesota 10 27 .270 West Division W L Pct Seattle 21 16 .568 Texas 22 17 .564 Oakland 17 22 .436 Los Angeles 16 21 .432 Houston 15 24 .385

GB — — 6 6 7½ GB — 4½ 5½ 7 13½ GB — — 5 5 7

Monday’s results Cleveland 15, Cincinnati 6 Boston at Kansas City, ppd.

Tampa Bay 13, Toronto 2 Detroit 10, Minnesota 8 Arizona 12, N.Y. Yankees 2 Oakland 3, Texas 1 L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, late Today’s games Cincinnati (Simon 1-3) at Cleveland (Salazar 3-2), 5:10 p.m.

Seattle (Miley 3-2) at Baltimore (Jimenez 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 2-4) at Toronto (Stroman 4-0), 6:07 p.m.

Minnesota (Hughes 1-6) at Detroit (Pelfrey 0-4), 6:10 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 2-5) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-4), 7:10 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 6-1) at Kansas City (Ventura 3-2), 7:15 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 1-4) at Arizona (Greinke 3-3), 8:40 p.m.

Texas (Hamels 4-0) at Oakland (Surkamp 0-3), 9:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 3-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-1), 9:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Minnesota at Detroit, 12:08 p.m.

Boston at Kansas City, 1:15 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 2:35 p.m.

Seattle at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

Houston at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Boston at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Washington 23 15 .605 New York 21 16 .568 Philadelphia 22 17 .564 Miami 21 17 .553 Atlanta 9 28 .243 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 27 9 .750 Pittsburgh 20 17 .541 St. Louis 20 18 .526 Milwaukee 16 22 .421 Cincinnati 15 23 .395 West Division W L Pct San Francisco 22 18 .550 Los Angeles 20 18 .526 Colorado 19 18 .514 San Diego 17 22 .436 Arizona 17 23 .425

GB — 1½ 1½ 2 13½ GB — 7½ 8 12 13 GB — 1 1½ 4½ 5

Monday’s results Cleveland 15, Cincinnati 6 Miami 5, Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 8, Atlanta 5 Arizona 12, N.Y. Yankees 2 L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, late Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati (Simon 1-3) at Cleveland (Salazar 3-2), 5:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Blair 0-2) at Pittsburgh (Nicasio 3-3), 6:05 p.m.

Miami (Chen 3-1) at Philadelphia (Velasquez 4-1), 6:05 p.m.

Washington (Scherzer 4-2) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 3-2), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 2-2) at Milwaukee (Anderson 1-5), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (Bettis 3-2) at St. Louis (Garcia 3-2), 7:15 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 1-4) at Arizona (Greinke 3-3), 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 3-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-1), 9:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-2) at San Diego (Rea 3-1), 9:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Miami at Philadelphia, 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

NHL CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Friday’s result Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 1 Sunday’s result St. Louis 2, San Jose 1, St. Louis leads series 1-0 Monday’s result Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT, series tied 1-1 Today’s game San Jose at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s game Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay 7 p.m.

Thursday’s game St. Louis at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Friday’s game Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay 7 p.m.

Saturday’s game St. Louis at San Jose, 6:15 p.m.

Sunday’s game Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Monday’s game x-San Jose at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Monday’s box score

PENGUINS 3, LIGHTNING 2, OT Tampa Bay 2 0 0 0 — 2 Pittsburgh 2 0 0 1 — 3 First Period-1, Pittsburgh, Cullen 4 (Fehr, Kuhnhackl), 4:32. 2, Pittsburgh, Kessel 6 (Bonino, Hagelin), 9:37. 3, Tampa Bay, Stralman 1 (Marchessault, Hedman), 16:37. 4, Tampa Bay, Drouin 3 (Brown, Carle), 19:10. Penalties-Killorn, TB (holding), 13:23; Drouin, TB (hooking), 16:53.

Second Period-None. Penalty-Murray, Pit (tripping), 7:02; Third Period-None. Penalties-None.

Overtime-5, Pittsburgh, Crosby 4 (Rust, Dumoulin), :40. Penalties-None.

Shots on Goal-Tampa Bay 8-7-6-0–21.

Pittsburgh 14-8-16-3–41.

Power-play opportunities-Tampa Bay 0 of 1; Pittsburgh 0 of 2.

Goalies-TBay, Vasilevskiy 1-1 (41 shots38 saves). Pittsburgh, Murray 9-5 (21-19).

NBA CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Monday’s result Oklahoma City 108, Golden State 102, Oklahoma City leads series 1-0 Today’s game Toronto at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s game Oklahoma City at Golden State, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s game Toronto at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game Cleveland at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s game Golden State at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Monday’s box score

THUNDER 108, WARRIORS 102 OKLAHOMA CITY (108) Durant 10-30 5-7 26, Ibaka 5-11 0-0 11, Adams 5-8 6-9 16, Westbrook 7-21 11-14 27, Roberson 3-3 0-0 7, Kanter 4-8 0-0 8, Foye 1-2 0-0 3, Waiters 4-6 0-2 10. Totals 39-89 22-32 108.

GOLDEN STATE (102) Barnes 5-8 0-0 12, Green 9-20 5-9 23, Bogut 0-0 0-0 0, Curry 9-22 2-2 26, Thompson 11-25 0-0 25, Iguodala 2-4 2-2 6, Speights 0-1 1-2 1, Ezeli 1-2 1-2 3, Livingston 2-7 0-0 4, Barbosa 1-2 0-0 2.

Totals 40-91 11-17 102.

Oklahoma City 21 26 38 23—108 Golden State 27 33 28 14—102

LOCAL ROUNDUP

3-Point Goals-Oklahoma City 8-17 (Waiters 2-2, Westbrook 2-4, Roberson 1-1, Foye 1-2, Ibaka 1-3, Durant 1-4, Kanter 0-1), Golden State 11-30 (Curry 6-14, Thompson 3-8, Barnes 2-4, Green 0-4).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Oklahoma City 52 (Adams 12), Golden State 44 (Curry 10). Assists-Oklahoma City 22 (Westbrook 12), Golden State 26 (Curry 7).

Total Fouls-Oklahoma City 15, Golden State 22. A-19,596 (19,596).

Golf World Golf Ranking Through May 16 1. Jason Day AUS 2. Jordan Spieth USA 3. Rory McIlroy NIR 4. Bubba Watson USA 5. Rickie Fowler USA 6. Henrik Stenson SWE 7. Adam Scott AUS 8. Dustin Johnson USA 9. Danny Willett ENG 10. Justin Rose ENG 11. Branden Grace SAF 12. Patrick Reed USA 13. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 14. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 15. Sergio Garcia ESP 16. Brandt Snedeker USA 17. Phil Mickelson USA 18. Zach Johnson USA 19. Brooks Koepka USA 20. J.B. Holmes USA

Sauk Valley Media • B5

Hawks win pair of relays Thunder win regional opener; Sterling softball falls

By SVM Sports Staff

13.38 10.90 8.83 7.86 7.40 7.07 6.87 6.68 6.15 6.02 5.32 5.11 4.99 4.74 4.15 4.04 3.92 3.89 3.76 3.69

Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Designated RHP Sean O’Sullivan for assignment. Recalled INF Marco Hernandez from Pawtucket (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned OF Anthony Gose to Toledo (IL). Reinstated OF Cameron Maybin from the 15-day DL. HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned OF Preston Tucker to Fresno (PCL). Designated C Erik Kratz for assignment. Selected the contract of INF/OF Tony Kemp from Fresno.

TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled RHP Luke Jackson from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned RHP Tom Wilhelmsen to Round Rock.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed INF Jimmy Paredes off waivers from Baltimore.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Assigned OF Ryan Kalish outright to Iowa (PCL).

CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP Drew Hayes to Louisville (IL). Reinstated OF Billy Hamilton from the bereavement list.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed OF Starling Marte on paternity leave. Recalled INF/OF Alen Hanson from Indianapolis (IL).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association INDIANA PACERS — Promoted assistant coach Nate McMillan to coach.

FOOTBALL National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS — Released CBs Brandon Boykin and Ras-I Dowling and WR Jenson Stoshack. Signed LB Jared Barber, TE Braxton Deaver, CB Shaq Richardson, OT Jordan Rigsbee, WR Miles Shuler and RB Jalen Simmons.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DL Kenton Adeyemi, WR Kieren Duncan, P Ben LeCompte and OL Donovan Williams.

Waived C Dan Buchholz, DT Bruce Gaston, TE Marcus Lucas and WR Nathan Palmer.

DENVER BRONCOS — Signed LB Dekoda Watson.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed DT Sheldon Day to a four-year contract.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed DE Jason Jones.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed WR Jake Lampman, LB Tony Steward and OT Tyrus Thompson. Waived DB Mike Caputo, QB Griffin Neal and WR Shane Wynn.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed DB Chris Edwards, WR Joe Hansley, DL Branden Jackson, RB Jalen Richard and OL Torian White.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed LB Khairi Fortt. Waived LB Christian French.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Waived QB Zach Mettenberger, DE Iosia Iosia, TE Kevin Greene and WR Rashon Ceaser. Signed FB Sam Bergen, WR Ben Roberts, DE Mike Smith and CB Bennett Okotcha.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed OT Al Bond, G Nila Kasitati, LB Mike Wakefield and RB Kelsey Young. Waived G Dominick Jackson and LB Reggie Northrup.

HOCKEY National Hockey League FLORIDA PANTHERS — Named Dale Tallon president of hockey operations, Tom Rowe general manager and Eric Joyce and Steve Werier assistant general managers.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed LW Justin Kirkland to a three-year, entry-level contract.

COLLEGE FLORIDA — Announced men’s junior basketball G Jalen Hudson has transferred from Virginia Tech.

NORTH CAROLINA — Announced sophomore F/G Justin Jackson has withdrawn from the NBA Draft and will return to school.

PURDUE — Announced men’s basketball graduate G Spike Albrecht has transferred from Michigan.

UC DAVIS — Named Kevin Blue director of athletics.

UCONN — Agreed to terms with football coach Bob Diaco on a two-year contract extension through the 2020 season.

Auto racing NASCAR – Sprint Cup Points Leaders Through May 7 1. Kevin Harvick, 390 2. Kyle Busch, 386 3. Carl Edwards, 367 4. Jimmie Johnson, 353 5. Kurt Busch, 350 6. Brad Keselowski, 332 7. Joey Logano, 320 8. Austin Dillon, 307 9. Dale Earnhardt Jr, 305 10. Martin Truex Jr, 303 11. Chase Elliott, 303 12. Jamie McMurray, 276 13. Denny Hamlin, 273 14. Matt Kenseth, 269 15. AJ Allmendinger, 265 16. Ryan Blaney, 255 17. Ryan Newman, 253 18. Kasey Kahne, 249 19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 246 20. Trevor Bayne, 244 Remaining schedule May 21 — x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, N.C. May 22 — x-All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. May 29 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. June 5 — Axalta ‘We Paint Winners’ 400, Long Pond, Pa. June 12 — FireKeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

June 26 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.

July 2 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. July 9 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. July 17 — New Hampshire 301, Loudon, N.H. July 24 — ‘Your Hero’s Name Here’ 400, Indianapolis July 31 — Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa. Aug. 7 — Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 20 — Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.

Aug. 28 — Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

Sept. 4 — Bojangles’ Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. Sept. 10 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va. Sept. 18 — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Joliet, Ill. Sept. 25 — New England 300, Loudon, N.H. Oct. 2 — Dover 400, Dover, Del. Oct. 8 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. Oct. 16 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 23 — Alabama 500, Talladega, Ala. Oct. 30 — Goody’s Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va. Nov. 6 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 13 — Can-Am 500, Avondale, Ariz.

Nov. 20 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla. x-non-points race.

Oregon won two relays and took second in another in the Sectional Prep meet at Landers-Loomis Field on Monday.

The 400 relay team of Konner Wilson, Carson Buck, Mitchell Nehrkorn and Brayton Finch took first in 44.22. The 800 relay team of Buck, Finch, Nehrkorn and Caleb Mennen won with a time of 1:34.0.

The 1,600 relay team of Ian Hussung, Isadoro Marcos, Arnie Wendler and Mennen took second in 3:37.82.

The Hawks’ Andrew Newman won the 800 with a time of 2:11.42.

John Ghibellini swept the throws with a 45-10 in the shot put and 148-0 in the discus. Teammate Kole Mowry was third in shot put and second in discus with the Hawks’ Jaspreet Gill third in discus.

Wilson was second in the 110 hurdles (15.85) with teammate Ellis-Kereven-Roby fourth. Wilson took second in the 300 hurdles (41.78).

Mennen was third in the pole vault (11-7) Dixon’s Kandras Martin won the triple jump with a leap of 41-7.

Nyrel Sullivan won the long jump with a leap of 21-4.

Jonah Fulton led the strong Dukes contingent in the 1,600 with a second-place finish (4:43.79).

Seven Dukes placed in the top nine.

Isaiah Roby (6-2) and Kyle LeBlanc (6-0) took second and third in the high jump. Nate Gascoigne was third in the 400 with teammates Benny Mayes and Bryson Forrest fifth and sixth.

Baseball 2A Fulton Regional West Carroll 11, Riverdale 2:

The Thunder had 10 hits, and held Riverdale scoreless until the sixth inning in a quarterfinal home win.

Eric LaShelle had two hits and

Monday’s stars Eric LaShelle, West Carroll baseball, 5 RBIs Darcy Kepner, BV softball, CG win, 1 H, 8 K Ashley Phillips, BV softball, 5-for-5 Emma Jacobs, Fulton softball, 3 RBIs Makenzie Fink, Eastland softball, CG win, 3 H, 7 K five RBIs, while Kaleb Plattenberger added three hits for West Carroll. Jacob Dunk earned the win, striking out eight in five innings while allowing no runs.

The No. 7 Thunder advance to play top-seeded Princeton in a semifinal on Wednesday.

2A Stillman Valley Regional Pecatonica 7, Oregon 2: Oregon dug themselves an early hole and could not get out in a regional quarterfinal loss.

Trey Wilson and Dalton Hermes both drove in runs for the Hawks.

Kevin Beard took the loss.

Softball Geneseo 12, Sterling 3: The Golden Warriors couldn’t keep up with the Maple Leads in a NIB-12 loss in Geneseo.

Lexy Staples took the loss, allowing five runs and seven hits. Jayme Eilers allowed five more runs in three innings, and Maddie Corwell allowed two runs in 2/3 inning.

Abri Hale, Erin Stroup and Emily Berogan each had a double for Sterling.

Four Geneseo batters combined for 12 hits and 11 RBIs. 2A Bureau Valley Regional Bureau Valley 10, Wethersfield 0:

Darcy Kepner had the Storm cruising in a quarterfinal win in Manlius.

Kepner struck out eight and allowed just one hit. Ashley Phillips went 5-for-5 for No. 7 Bureau Valley, which moves on to face

top-seeded Morrison today in a semifinal.

2A Newman Regional Fulton 5, Riverdale 0: The Steamers had nine hits and scored all their runs after the third inning in a quarterfinal win at Port Byron.

Madison Whitmore earned the win for No. 9 Fulton, allowing five hits, four walks and striking out three in seven innings. Emma Jacobs had three RBIs and a double, while Kim Holland added two and a double.

The Steamers move on to face No. 2 Erie-Prophestown today in a semifinal.

1A Pearl City Regional Eastland 7, Galena 1: Makenzie Fink allowed three hits in a complete-game win in a quarterfinal game for the Cougars in Lanark.

Fink went seven innings and allowed one run while striking out seven. Gabby Snyder added two hits and an RBI for seventh-seeded Eastland, with Erica Dambman, Paige Gallentine and Jillyn Ruter each batting in a run.

The Cougars will face No. 2 Pearl City today in a semifinal.

Boys tennis Dixon 4, Princeton 1: The Dukes swept both singles matches and won two of three doubles to earn a nonconference win in Princeton.

Dixon’s Sam Bratt and Michael Gale each won their singles matches, 6-3, 6-4. Bryce Stanley and Zach Healy teamed at No. 1 doubles to earn a straight-set win, while Jason Rugh and Daniel Ferguson won at No. 2 doubles.

Rock Island 6, Newman 3: Newman won a pair of doubles matches in a loss at Rock Island.

At No. 1 doubles, Eli Leffelman and Victor Francque grabbed a 6-2, 6-7 (3-6), 10-6 win. Isaac Blaney and Jacob Terveer won 6-4, 3-6, 10-8 at No. 3 doubles.

In singles play, Jacob Neisewander won 6-4, 0-6, 10-4.

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“Last year was definitely more exciting, with it coming down to the last race, but this one is just as special,” senior Dylan Binion said. “Senior year, we wanted to go out with that fourth one. We’ve been together for 4 years now, we’ve grown up together, and it’s just like family. We all wanted this one really bad, so we went out and got it.”

E-P coach Jon Schlagheck thanked the senior class afterward, spoke about passing the torch to next year’s team members, and about raising their game again Friday at the Class 2A River Ridge Sectional.

“They’re an incredibly special group of guys,” Schlagheck said. “From first to last, they’ve all worked incredibly hard.”

Erie-Prophetstown claimed six first-place finishes on the night.

Leading off was Kyle Kruthoff, who cleared 13 feet, 1 inch in the pole vault, a season best by 4 inches. The event’s top seed, teammate Tyler Naftzger, with a top height of 14-0, made 12-0, and then didn’t vault again.

Binion’s lone win came in the long jump, where he went 21-1 on his last attempt to edge Orion’s Brandon Keleher, who had posted 20-11. Binion was also second in the triple jump (42-3) and 110 high hurdles (14.67), and third in the 300 intermediate hurdles (41.29).

Jack Heflin, in his first year out for track as the team was needy in the throws, came through with a win in the shot put. He went 51-1, a half inch ahead of St. Bede’s John Barnes.

“I was kind of freaked out to win conference by half an inch,” Heflin said.

“I’ve thrown two times before [against Barnes].

I beat him once, he beat

1. Erie-P’town 139 2. Princeton 113.5 3. Fulton 63

Local teams 4. Newman 58 8. Bureau Valley 45 9. Amboy-LaMoille 38 12. Morrison 17

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Fulton’s Rodney Gossard takes control of the baton from teammate Nathan McLuckie in the first exchange of the 400 relay at the Three Rivers Conference track meet at Rockridge Monday. me the second time, and then I beat him tonight thank God, because he’s good.”

Kerrick Cameron nosed out Newman’s Chris Ahlers in a tightly contested 800. Cameron slipped by on the inside to cross the finish line in a season-best 1:58.67, while Ahlers was next in 1:59.

“I didn’t know what was going on,” Cameron said of slipping by on the left.

“I was just thankful it was there.”

The fifth individual champ for E-P was Kody Wetzell, who took the 400 in 51.29. He was the top seed with a previous best of 51.76.

The Panthers also won the 3,200 relay, as Cameron, Jonah Green, Wetzell and Conner Reiley posted a time of 8:31.23.

Highlighting the Fulton effort was a pair of record-setting performances from its sprint relays foursome of Nathan McLuckie, Rodney Gossard, Tyler Pauline and Trey Simmons.

They turned in meetrecord times of 43.65 in the 400 relay, and 1:31.26 in the 800 relay.

The previous marks were 43.8, set in 2013 by the Newman 400 relay team of Brady Rude, Nick Rude, Maison Bittner and Tyler Rockwood, and 1:31.97, set in 2012 by the Comets’ 800 foursome of Bittner, Nolan McGinn, Rockwood and Nick Rude.

Giving the Steamers a little extra boost was the addition of Simmons as the anchor man. He has split his spring between the baseball and track teams, but was there for the biggest meet of the season to date.

“As a team, we have very good handoffs,” Simmons said. “I think that’s what really gives us an edge over other teams.

We just click, I guess.”

“Our handoffs were perfect,” Gossard, speaking about the 400 relay, added. “I knew we ran a good race, but when I heard the time, I couldn’t even believe what we ran. It was shocking.”

Gossard hopped, skipped and jumped only twice in the triple jump, and went 42-4 1/2 on his second attempt.

He passed the rest of his tries, to save himself for

the rest of this meet, and for the Bureau Valley Sectional on Friday.

“I didn’t even think I was going to jump 42, with the weather and the conditions,” Gossard said. “I was pleased.”

Newman’s lone champ was Ahlers, who cruised home with a win in the 1,600. His time of 4:43.73 was nearly 17 seconds off his top time.

“I was supposed to go with 600 [left], but I didn’t go until 400,” Ahlers said. “I looked back, and decided to just save myself for Friday.”

The Comets were without senior standout sprinter Brady Rude, who has a sore hamstring. He is expected back for the BV Sectional on Friday.

Leading the way for Bureau Valley was Will Konneck, who won the 100 (11.13) and was second in the 200 (22.79).

Amboy’s Romeo Blackburn used a kick in the last 200 meters to win the 3,200 in 10:09.64, his top time by 4 seconds.

He overtook Kewanee’s Rolando Aguilar, who had the top seed time of 9:57.54, down the stretch.

“I felt really good when there was about 200 left, and that’s when I made a final surge,” Blackburn said. “Really, I wanted to break 10 minutes. He ran a 9:57, and I thought it would be a faster pace. I felt very comfortable this race, so I think I can get that sub-10 at sectionals.”

Morrison’s top performer was Gabe Hunt, who was third in the 100 (11.27).

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STATE OF ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURT, LEE COUNTY NOTICE OF FILING A REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) NO. 2016MR51 Request of: Zachary Lee Schwertfeger There will be a court hearing on my request to change my name from: Zachary Lee Schwertfeger to the new name of: Zachary Lee O'Bryant.

The court hearing will be held on Sept. 9, 2016, at 9:00 am at 309 S. Galena, Dixon, Lee County.

Dated this May 4, 2016 Zachary Schwertfeger Petitioner May 10, 17, 24 ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on May 11 A.D. 2016 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Andrew Swarbrick Trucking located at 803 Jackson Ave., Dixon, IL 61021.

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Public notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of May, 2016, a Petition for Change of Name was filed in the Circuit Court of Lee County, praying for the change of my name from Tara E. Rodriquez to that of Ataraxia Elizabeth Alexaxis, pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Estate of FERN A. DOCKSTADER, Deceased.

No. 16 P 57 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of FERN A. DOCKSTADER. Letters of Office were issued to DORAN A. DOCKSTADER, 1113 Shore Acres Road, Rock Falls, IL 61071, as Independent Administrator, whose attorneys are WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C., 202 E. 5th Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, IL 61270, or with the Representative, or both, on or before November, 4, 2016, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 28th day of April, 2016 Doran A. Dockstader, Independent Representative Daniel C. Hawkins WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. Attorneys for Estate 202 E. 5th Street Sterling, IL 61081-0400 815-625-8200 May 3, 10, 17, 2016

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, DIXON CITY COUNCIL DIXON, ILLINOIS

On June 6, 2016 at 5:30 p.m., a public hearing will be held by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Dixon City Hall, 121 W. Second Street, Dixon, Illinois, for the purpose of considering and hearing testimony as to an ordinance authorizing the execution of an annexation agreement between the City of Dixon, Illinois and Richard J. Rockwood and Linda L. Rockwood, of certain tracts of property and legally described as follows: Part of Lots 81 and 82 of Moller's Survey of Lands in the West Half (W ½) of the Southeast Quarter (SE ¼) of Section 33, Township 22 North (T22N), Range 9 East (R9E) of the Fourth Principal Meridian (4th PM), Lee County, Illinois, bounded and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the monumented Southwest corner of the North Half (N ½) of said Lot El of Moller's Survey; thence North 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 56 Seconds West, along the West line thereof, a distance of 132.97 feet to a paint deeded as being 32 Rods South of the Northwest corner of said Lot 81; thence North 51 Degrees 53 Minutes 18 Seconds West a distance of 114.99 feet (7 Rods deeded); thence North 68 Degrees 08 Minutes 06 Seconds East, a distance of 97.42 feet (5.21 Rods deeded) to said West line of Lot 81; thence North 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 56 Seconds West, along said West line, a distance of 217.35 feet to the Southwest corner of the North 12 Rods of said Lot 81; thence North 89 Degrees 20 Minutes 44 Seconds East, along the South line thereof, a distance of 656.72 feet to the monumented East line of said Lot 81; thence South 00 Degrees 31 Minutes 22 Seconds West, along said East line, a distance of 20.00 feet to the Northeast corner of the property described on the deed recorded in Book 272 at page 211 in the Office of the Lee County Recorder thence South 89 Degrees 20 Minutes 44 Seconds West, along the North line of said property, a distance of 406.71 feet (407 feet deeded) to the Northwest corner thereof; thence South 00 Degrees 31 Minutes 22 Seconds West, along the West line of said property, a distance of 81.24 feet to the Southwest corner thereof; thence South 66 Degrees 17 Minutes 04 Seconds East, along the South line of said property, a distance of 442.37 feet (442.1 feet deeded) to said East line of Lot 81; thence South 00 Degrees 31 Minutes 22 Seconds West, along said East line, a distance of 174.20 feet to the monumented Southeast corner of said North Half (N ½) of Lot 81; thence South 89 Degrees 22 Minutes 44 Seconds West, along said South line, a distance of 652.28 feet to the Point of Beginning; PIN: 07-02-33-451-009 It is proposed that, upon annexation, Lot 1 of the subject property be zoned LM Limited Manufacturing/Business Park District and Lots 2 and 3 of the subject property be zoned R-1 Single Family Residential District, in accordance with the annexation agreement. An accurate map of the subject property and the form of the proposed annexation agreement are on file with the City Clerk.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS LEE COUNTY, IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RETTA JEAN KEITHLEY, Deceased.

No. 2016 P 29 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Retta Jean Keithley of 620 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, Lee County, Illinois 61021.

Letters of office were issued to Richard Allen Keithley as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is David W. Badger, Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC, 215 E. First Street, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/284) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at 309 S. Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021, or with the representative, or both, on or before the date which is six (6) months after the date of the first publication of this Claim Notice, or, if mailing or delivering of a notice from the representative is required by section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

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EXPERIENCED MAINTENANCE OPPORTUNITY Dixon Direct has an immediate opening for the following full-time position. This position requires 3-5 years of experience or 2 years with certification. Experience with printing equipment is a plus.

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC

Must have strong knowledge of machine and facilities maintenance; the ability to read and work from blueprints, schematics, and diagrams; use precision measuring devices; and operate metalworking equipment such as lathes, grinders, and milling machines; and operate welders.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 501 NOTICEPURto the SUANT Business Opportunity Sales Law of 1995, every busiopportunity ness must be registered with the Illinois Securities Department. Protect yourself and get the facts before you over your hand 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.

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• Full- Time • Fixed Schedule- Monday thru Friday • Group Insurance Benefits • Vacation Benefits • Attendance Incentives • Retirement Benefits APPLY IN PERSON OR ON-LINE AT www.pncinc .com PNC, INC. 117 E. MASON STREET POLO, IL 61064

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Job Opportunity: Maintenance Mechanic We are seeking a team member that is mechanical, pneumatics, hydraulics, and electrical systems. Our team welcomes a mechanic that can offer support for all areas of operation within our Mt. Morris meat processing facility.

• Works with a safety 1st attitude while trouble shooting/solving mechanical and electrical issues • Clean and lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, and other needed parts • Rebuild/repair drive, pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical components • Knowledge of blueprints, schematics, diagrams & technical manuals • Install, program, and troubleshoot programmable controllers Requirements: • Previous mechanical experience with an industrial environment • Capable to write routine reports and correspondences • Able to lift/move up to 75 pounds • Demonstrated commitment to safety and quality is a must • Effective communications kills with desire to work in a team environment If interested in this position or have any questions contact: Ashley at 815-946-3816 or ashleyrude@spectrumpreferredmeats.com

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AIRLINE CAREERS START HERE BECOME AN AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECH. FAA APPROVED TRAINING. FINANCIAL AID IF QUALIFIED JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE. CALL AIM 866-315-0650 The Polo School District #222 announces the following position: Polo Technology Director/ Specialist Position will be available July 1, 2016.

Apply by June 1, 2016 online @ http:///www.polo 222.org/dist/new employ.html.

The Whiteside Area Career Center has an opening for an Auto Service Instructor Candidates must have completed a minimum of 60 hours of college credit and a minimum of 2000 hours employment in Auto Service. Send letter of application and resume to: Paula Rademacher; Whiteside Area Career Center; 1608 Fifth Avenue; Sterling, IL 61081; Phone: (815) 6265810.

WRVS/WACC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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NEW TODAY Avonlea Cottage of Dixon C.N.A.'s for Days 7-3, Evenings 3-11, Nights 11-7, Part Time Apply in person 503 Countryside Lane in Dixon or call 815-288-6044 Clinical Director Registered Nurse position available for Home Health Agency.

Must have 2 years nursing experience or BSN and one year experience in Home Health.

•Competitive wages and benefits •Paid holidays •Friendly work environment •Established agency in Princeton, IL. Please send replies to: Box #1334, c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

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Busy, Upscale Dixon-Area Restaurant ✰ Now Hiring ✰ kitchen staff Excellent working conditions, flexible hours can be discussed.

815-440-2392.

Deputy Circuit Clerk-Primarily Sterling, IL location Full time - 35 hrs/ wk. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, $11.40/ hr.

File court cases & documents, Clerk in the courtroom Bilingual in Spanish beneficial but not required. www.whiteside.org for complete job description & application Deadline - Fri. June 3, 2016 at 4:30 pm

Evening P/T Bartender Apply with in at JJ's Come Back Inn 337 N. Main Ave. Milledgeville, or call: 815-225-7714 ask for Jerry

NEW TODAY Farm Laborer needed at Erie hog farm.

Please call 309-659-2963 for application information.

Grain Farm Help wanted. Class A CDL required. Experience preferred.

Dixon, IL. Call 815288-5000.

Housekeepers wanted June 1.

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Lifeguards wanted June 1. Reliable transport or live-on site. Call 815-2846979 or apply online www.reynolds wood.org/jobs/ Now Hiring Customer Service for insurance agency, full-time. Must have experience.

Basic accounting skills required. Insurance license a plus. Please send resume to: Box #1335, c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081 Physical Therapist Full time PT for outpatient ortho clinics. Must have 1yr. exp. in outpatient ortho. Full benefits, excellent work environment, generous CEUS. Visit ostipt.com for more information.

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SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE We are accepting applications for all seasonal positions at our family friendly camp resort.

Ideal candidates are team oriented and work well with others. Applications available at our office or website.

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Alterations SHOE REPAIR ZIPPER REPAIR & ALTERATIONS Grummert's Hardware Sterling, Rock Falls, & also Shaw's Marketplace 214 Washington Prophetstown

CONCRETE • Driveways • Sidewalks • Patios CONSTRUCTION •Garages •Additions •Remodeling •Decks • Homes 38 yrs. Experience 815-626-9026

815-989-8320

Asphalt Fritz Asphalt Sealing

Commercial – Residential Shawn Von Holten 815-499-2940 **FRANKLIN** MAINTENANCE •Pothole Repair •Hot Pour •Crack Filling •Seal Coating •Line Striping Bonded-Insured 815-284-6806

Concrete Workz Sidewalks • Steps Driveways • Patios Floors Exposed & stamped concrete Poured walls/ retaining walls Skidloader work & Hauling *Free Estimates *Insured 815-441-6126 All Types of Concrete Work

Dumpster Rental

T & M PAVING

*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

Dumpster Rental for Clean-ups & Construction Small & Large containers avail.

Tidy Bug Inc. Dixon, IL tidybuginc.com 815-456-3001

Excavating

Basement Waterproofing Prater Paint & Waterproofing We Dry Up Basements & Crawl Spaces, Remediate Mold & Install E-Z Breathe™ Ventilation Systems 815-626-5165

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Bicycles GREEN RIVER CYCLERY

We Take Your Fun Seriously!

Bicycle Repairs Tune-Ups Overhauls 205 E. 1st St. Dixon, IL 61021 (815)622-8180

www.grc.bike Tuesday - Friday • 10 - 6 Saturday • 8-1

Cleaning Service

A&M Excavating & Demolition Dirt (Black) BEAT MOST BIDS Gravel Loader & Dump Truck Work Rock & Sand, Lot Clearing, Backhoe Work, Driveways & Lots,

815-632-3822 Concrete Contractors ➩SIMON MASONARY➩ Brick, Block & Stone Work, Griding & Truckpointing New & Repair NO JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL Chimneys & Foundations Bonded and Ins. ★Free Est.★ Call Cris Sosa 312-771-1310

Serving the Sauk Valley Areas for over 15 years •On the Job Manufactured • Expert Installation •Competitive prices •Best Quality Materials, Guaranteed •5” and 6” Seamless Gutters for Residential, Industrial & Commercial Needs •Leaf Free Gutter Protection Systems •Licensed •Bonded •Insured FREE Estimates 815-213-0704

Handyman A Family's Handyman ★Roofing ★Decks ★Siding ★Great Rates ★Fast Service Winter Interior Discounts CC#'s Accepted 815-994-0075 DB SERVICES •Power Washing Anything •Gutter Cleaning •Deck & Yard Maintenance •Painting & Remodeling •Floor Installation & Maintenance Anything Odd Jobs ★Free Estimates★ 815-440-1280 Ask for John LawnCare Service •Pot Holes •Rototilling •Leaf & Gutter clean up •House clean up •Dirt, gravel, rock mulch & sand •Pressure Washing •River and Creek banks •Free Estimates• 815-590-6336

PAUL’S HANDYMAN SERVICE “Anything Your Husband Won’t Do!” •Experience On All Manner of Home Repairs & Maintenance since 1986

815-590-1677

(815)631-4122 www.mullerslane farm.com

Furniture Refinished

Haul/Clean Service

Furniture Restoration Strip, Refinish, Repair Re-glue, Touch-ups Anselmo's Inc. 1235 W. LeFevre Rd., Sterling 815-625-3519

JOHN'S CLEANUP & REMOVAL Anything goes!!

Estate Cleanups PHONE 815-622-0240

Home Improvement

Golf Instruction

JEFF LONG CONSTRUCTION

Jim Stewart

REPLACEMENT WINDOWS AND DOORS, CUSTOM DECKS, VINYL OR STEEL SIDING, ADDITIONS, GARAGES, TRIM WORK, CONCRETE WORK.

ADVANCED CLEANERS

MAID SERVICE JANITOR SERVICE CARPET CLEANING

Gutters

Dr. Golf FREE GOLF TIPS Mon. & Wed. 5:30-7:30 P.M. Emerald Hill Range 815-631-1028 or Emerald Hill 815-622-6204 Golf Instruction •35 Years Exp. •Pro-Swing Private & Small group lessons •Re-Gripping & Club Repair

Gutter Cleaning GUTTERS & THEN SOME Gutter Cleaning & Repair Service Miscellaneous Jobs FREE ESTIMATES 815-535-0911 Bonded & Insured If you have gutter problems, call the Gutter Guys!!

Gutters American Energy Savers “Sauk Valley's Oldest & Best Seamless Gutter Company” Always Flow Seamless Gutters Call Dan Maloney 815-288-4525

815-973-3023

✶Since 1981✶ ◆Home Improvement ◆New Construction

Summer

is the perfect time to build your garage, addition or Re/Roof, or Reside your home!

Randy L. Moore

815-626-1333

IL State Roofing Licensed 104-002247(1986) Bonded-Insured

Landscaping Two Brothers Lawn & Garden Call now!

815-994-8619 for a list of services We'll arrive on site for a FREE QUOTE

Lawn Care ACT NOW! Mowing, Raking, Gutter Cleaning, Yard Clean Up. Reasonable Rates Call Jeff 815-535-8707

Lawn Care

Remodeling

• Stump Grinding • Small Trees • Clean Up • Bush Removal 815-718-2663 or 815-590-0423

BILL'S LAWN SERVICE •Mowing •Garden Tilling •Yard Clean Up FREE Estimates Call 815-441-6073

Tree Service

BOB BOYD LAWN CARE SERVICES •Mowing• •Leaf Cleanup• Free Estimates Reasonable Rates Fully Insured 815-973-0699

Green River Lawn Service Large Lawn Specialist Mowing, Trimming, Clean Up. Commercial & Rural Residential Call Dave for free Estimate 815-973-0021 No Mow Worries Lawn Maintenance Mowing rimming dging Removal & etc.

Call or text for a free estimate today!

815-441-8612

Painting BALAYTI PAINTING

Interior & Exterior Light Carpentry Pressure Washing 35 Years Experience Insured - References Cell #815-440-2202

PRATER Paint & Waterproofing Specializing in •Residential •Commercial •Farm & •Industrial Call for your FREE painting or sandblasting estimate 815-626-5165

Power Washing Frank's Anything Power Washing Stripping Paint & Cleaning Homes, Decks, Driveways Commercial & Residential * Fully Insured * Call 815-213-0675

Mobil Pressure Wash Service • Commercial, • Residential & • Semis You name it.... we clean it!

Call Ben 815-590-2694

Property Maint.

★★★★★★★ JR's Property Maintenance ★★★★★★★★ Ask about year round no hassle property maintenance package

70 ft.

A&M TREE SERVICES Lowest Prices Guaranteed!

Tree Removal, Trimming, Stump Grinding Licensed/ Insured.

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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

Experienced Roofer!

Over 15yrs. Exp. Guaranteed best prices around!

779-861-2072

Roofing/Siding

Illinois License #104.016127 Bonded/Insured •Roofing •Siding • Windows •Doors •Additions• •Garages •Drywall •Decks and more Free Estimates 815-213-0556

Serving the Sauk Valley Area for over 15 years.

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Storage

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Dixon near Walmart Sterling near Menards Various Sizes

GREAT RATES

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 Will meet or beat any written tree estimates.

Call 815-718-2997 Now accepting credit/debit cards Donnie Cole colestree service@outlook.com

MEISTER TREE CARE SERVICE Specializing in all of your tree care needs.

Certified pesticide & herbicide applicator & line clearance tree trimming .

Land clearing: CRP, Hunter game trails, Right of way, Mowing/brush cutting.

Skid loader services available.

Will haul rock, gravel, mulch, etc.

Land/forest management logging available.

Storm clean up & specialty work.

CONTRACTORS WELCOME Free Estimates Licensed, Bonded Insured Safety and your satisfaction is my #1 goal!

815-994-1750

TV Repair

TELEVISION 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

The Softener Man 815-323-1622

815-973-3613

Quality Work Fair Rates!

Senior Discount

Call Jamie & Jeanine Richards for a FREE quote!

815-213-3383

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•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

“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

AREA GARAGE SALES 624 ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624

Wed. & Thurs., 8am-3pm 1112 Charles St. Huge Multi Family Sale! Mens, womens, girls & boys clothes. Antiques, kids costumes & toys, mens & womens leather coats, knick knacks and much more!

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

815-445-6151.

APPLIANCES

Repairr on all makes & models Servicce Call Special $19.95!

Over 30 years of experience

SELL

those unwanted items with the help of a Sauk Valley Classified Ad

625-3600 284-2222

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CLOVER HILLS LEASE TO OWN APPLIANCES TV’S MATTRESSES

815.625.8529

18 cubic ft. chest freezer. $40. Cash.

Uhaul.

815-2886294 or 815-9948831.

Magic Chef elec. almond. stove, Works great. $175 815-590-6409 Reliable, LIKE NEW used appliances, cmsappliance.net (815)626-1003

BICYCLES

715

Crossfit Schwinn bike, white, $50 815-994-1326

FURNITURE

755

Bench kitchen table with drawers.

Light oak.

Good cond. $100 815677-5212 aftr 5pm

FURNITURE

755

Black antique dresser $100 815625-8895 Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Bunk Bed $298. Call 309451-7477 Mirror to go with antique black dresser that's also for sale, $30 815625-8895 New & used furniture & all size beds wholesale Washer, dryer, recliner, sofa, table & chairs, refrig., gun & curio cabinets, elec, & gas stoves, dressers, storage cab. 815-718-4385

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 765 NEW TODAY Avatar 212 speaker cabinet, $300/ obo.

815-631-3826.

NEW TODAY Randall 112 tube combo. $300/obo.

815-631-3826.

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 2 young outdoor cats, farmhouse that would feed & care for them, I will fix and vaccinate prior to delivery.

815-499-9923 Free to good mature indoor home male cat, neutered, declawed, all shots.

815-499-9923 Tosa Inu male & female born 6/1/15 champion bloodAll shots, line. housebroke.

Call 815-626-6382 after 7pm.

Wanted: Tea Cup size F Chihuahua, adult, short hair, reasonably priced or free. 815-5649022 after 2:00.

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

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

LAWN & GARDEN

781

John Deere, Model 300 Tractor w/ 42” deck, 7 cu. ft. bagger, 500 hrs. on machine, serviced per year, twice garage kept, exc. cond. $1995. Call 815-499-6100

Great Garage Sales Call

625-3600

Sauk Valley Auction Calendar Complete sale bills are published in Sauk Valley Classifieds.

Water Softeners

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Windows

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Dale Collin 815-564-7892 • Lawn Mowing • Rototilling • Stump Grinding All stumps ground 8-10” below ground.

20 years Experience

Stump Removal

May 21 - 9:30 AM 1008 S. Division Ave., Polo Cedar Forest Products Inc. Public Auction Service • 815-946-2660

May 21- 10:00 AM 3713 W. Lightsville Rd., Leaf River Joy Tool Company- Estate of Larry Wilkin TT Tumbleson Auction Co. 815-872-1852 Reminder- Dixon IL Auction every Tuesday at Auction City. Start 3:00p.m.

Lee Hollingsworth, Auctioneer 288-5814 Note- any cancellation will be noted in paper.

To place your auction in the newspaper or the Auction Calendar contact: Jennifer Diehl - Inside Sales Executive Sauk Valley Media 815-284-2222 or 815-625-3600 ext.5655

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

The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c))

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2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS 2dr Coupe – $3,400 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392

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2013 Dodge Avenger SE V6 4dr Sedan – $14,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600

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2013 Volkswagen Passat S 4dr Sedan 6A – $14,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600

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2013 Nissan Altima 2.5 S 4dr Sedan – $14,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600 2011 Ford Escape XLT 4dr SUV – $12,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600 2008 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 4dr Quad Cab SB RWD – $12,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600 2011 Jeep Patriot Latitude 4dr SUV – $12,999 Majeski Motors (815) 625-9600 2015 Chevrolet Impala LT – $22,995 Auto Store (866) 863-4167

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$9,999* or $129 per month 2008 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB SLT

$12,999*

2013 DODGE AVENGER

$12,999*

2011 FORD ESCAPE XLT Sunroof

$12,999*

2012 FORD FUSION

$11,999*

2013 FORD FOCUS

$11,999*

2012 CHEVY MALIBU

$10,999*

2009 NISSAN ALTIMA

$10,999*

2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4 LAREDO Sharp! Low Miles!

$10,999*

2012 NISSAN SENTRA SL

$9,999*

2009 MITSUBISHI LANCER Sharp! Only 90,000 Miles

$9,999*

2007 BUICK LUCERNE CXL Low Miles, Sharp!

2015 Chevrolet Traverse LT – $27,495 Auto Store (866) 863-4167

2009 VW BEETLE

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2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD LT – $49,295 Vaessen Bros.

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$9,999*

$8,999*

2010 CHEVY IMPALA LT

$8,999*

2007 NISSAN ALTIMA

$8,999*

2009 KIA RIO Only 73,000 Miles, Automatic!

-Whirlpool side by side refrig. w. water & ice desp. $100 OBO -Electric Whirlpool wall oven and smooth counter top burner unit. $75 OBO All in like new cond 815-225-5345 1991 Sea Nymph 16' fishing boat w/ 68 Evinrude motor easy load yacht club trailer, trolling motor and depth finder inc. $3900 815-275-7311

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FARM EQUIPMENT

855

Ford 4000 tractor N.F., P.S. Selecto-Shift, 8 sp. 5 ft. king kutter mower. $5,500. Call 815626-8491 International H for sale, good cond. $1600. 815499-9483

AUTOMOBILES

905

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Offer expires 12/31/16 No Commercial Advertising, Pets, Garage Sales, Wood/ Fuel, Tickets/ Travel or Real Estate

1998 Chevy Malibu good work car.

Asking $900/ obo.

815-499-6440.

1998 two door red Cadillac Eldorado Coupe. One owner.

136K miles. Heated seats. $5,000 obo 815-734-6405 2005 VW new Beetle GLS conv.

Gray, red leather int. Auto trans., full power 113K. Fun car! $6400/obo.

515-745-0994

7 Polo shirts size 2x-4x $70 815973-0324 8x10 Cedar wood shed w/ 2 windows & 2 doors. heavy duty, like new! $1100.

815-946-3572 Almond storm door w/ screen door, hardware incl., 81x36, $60 815-625-8895 Computer table & chair. Great cond. $100 815-6775212 Dark Maple wooden table & 4 chairs, exc. cond., $25 815-994-1326 Great Tasting Beef, fed the old fashioned way, halves & quarters avail.

815-978-2589 Linen Cloth Calendars. Various dates 1957-1991 $25 815-946-2822.

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Oak Knoll Sterling, 2 spaces East side by flag pole. $725/ Negotiable. ea.

815-994-1635.

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140 pieces. 16 place settings, exc. cond. $250 815-440-6908 Treadmill, works great, $20 815994-1326 Used tanning bed, $100/obo. Works good. Call 815499-2130 Wooden Shed 12x20, barn shaped, 3 yrs. old, asking $2200 Made in USA 815-622-9622

2008 Pontiac Torrent. V6. White.

Rm start.

Clean car. Call 815-288-4330

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TRUCKS

910

1993 ½ Ton GMC Sierra, 2 w/d, 101K mi.,1 owner, $2000 815-6315071 90 F150 XL, 302, AOD, 2WD - very good heat & A/C, Good phys. cond.Very good – mech cond. $3,800.

815-684-9997

4X4S

912

1999 Jeep Wrangler Sahara, only 83K mi. Hard & soft top. $12,000/obo.

815-994-2009.

1999 Jeep Wrangler Saraha, 83K mi. Hard & soft top. $12,000/obo. Call 815-994-2009

HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS

914

1987 Dodge Ram 4X4, 160K miles, Clean! Runs Well! $4,000 obo 815973-5378

MOTORCYCLES

935

2000 Harley Davidson FX STD, 11k. mi. new tires, battery, fresh tune up, 10,000 mi. service complete. Mikuni Carbs. Some extras windshield etc.

Luxury Rich Red in color. $7,500 FIRM 815-732-7526 2000 HD Electra Glide Twin Cam. Lots of Chrome & extras. $7,500. Call 815-440-2171

MOTORCYCLES

935

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BOATS/MOTORS

940

16' Lund-Mr. Pike, 40hp Johnson motor, troller motor, live well, new seats, $3000/obo 815-441-7636 Extra Wide Jet Ski Lift $750 815-625-1713

Gemini Ski Boat 16' V-haul, windshield, lay down seats with trailer.

115 HP Merc.

Fresh overhaul.

New prop. Very Nice $3500 815938-2218

PERSONAL WATERCRAFT 941 NEW TODAY

1997 Kawasaki Jet Ski 750cc, trailer, $850/obo 815-499-4179 leave message.

TRAILERS/RVS

945

2003 Keystone Cougar, 29.5ft Super Slide out. Front BR, garden shower & tub, C/A & heat, built in stereo, micro , refrig. & stove.

New tires, rims, awning. Everything works great! Must see! $10,000 firm.

815-677-1533 2005 Jayco, Jay Feather Lgt. 25Z, Excellent Cond., full kitchen, bath, queen bed, 1 slide out sofa. Sleeps 6.

Many options. $6500. 815-2257798 before 9 P.M.

2008 Montana 5th Wheel, 34' long. 4 slide outs, upstairs bathroom and BR, rear living room.

815-973$23K 815-9739830 5330

AUTOS WANTED

960

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2007 Yamaha VStar Classic, 6K mi., exc. cond., many extras $4500 815-590-3315

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2 lots in Lyndon Cemetery 815-590-0662 21' x 48 Round Doughboy pool and acces. Heater, sand filter & pump, cover, ladybug, vacuum, ladder, poles & skimmer.

Needs liner. You take down. $900 OBO 815-626-8188

$7,999*

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