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School’s almost out Be it a teacher or a secretary, there are no small roles in schools, just big shoes to fill when people retire

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Dixon mayor Liandro Arellano (right) tours a newly renovated apartment Thursday at Dixon Square Apartments. The 84-unit housing complex got a $3.3 million facelift recently.

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Peg Wills of Franklin Elementary School in Sterling reads a book to her class Wednesday afternoon. Wills is retiring after 22 years with Sterling Public Schools.

PEG WILLS: FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY

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

STERLING – Hanging out in her jungle of a first-grade classroom, Peg Wills is a rare bird.

It’s not often a teacher can be found in the

ROCK FALLS – There’s this perception that modern students need less structure.

The teachers at East Coloma-Nelson School might beg to differ.

For the past 15 years, the kids have arrived at school anticipating the dulcet tones of Carol Lubbs’ voice during morning announcements. First, the lunch menu.

Then a moment of silence, followed by the pledge of allegiance. Last but not least, the Character Counts Pledge.

Last year, administration tried to forego the morning announcements to get the day going faster. It backfired.

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DIXON – Jay Vonn, a Dixon singer-songwriter, will celebrate the release of his album, “A Song for the Morning,” on Saturday at Rosbrook Studio, 107 S. Peoria Ave. Admission is $6. Doors open at 7 p.m.; Oregon singersongwriter Kelsey Thorp plays from 8 to 8:30, Vonn and friends from 8:45 to 9:45, and The Mississippi Stranglers from 10 to midnight.

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DIXON – For the first time since its construction in 1978, the 84-unit Dixon Square Apartments has gotten a facelift.

The interior and exterior of the affordable-housing facilities underwent about $3.3 million in upgrades during the past There were all 9 months, partly funded by lowincome-housing tax credits kinds of issues, acquired last year. and we corrected Evergreen Construction, an every single arm of the apartment complex one of them. developer Evergreen Real Estate Group, out of Chicago, did the Jim Castner, President of work.

Evergreen Construction The improvements were muchneeded, said Jim Castner, president of Evergreen Construction.

“The windows leaked, the roof leaked, there were all kinds of issues, and we corrected every single one of them,” Castner said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday. “The units were dated and tired and had deferred maintenance issues.”

About 18 units were completely rehabbed, and the rest were partially remodeled. New kitchens and bathrooms were installed in every apartment.

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Carol Lubbs holds a keepsake created by Heather Brown’s thirdgrade class at East Coloma-Nelson School in Rock Falls. She particularly appreciates the “Bad kids, look out!” line.

“They know I don’t waiver,” she said.

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same habitat for 22 years, which is how long she’s taught at Franklin Elementary School.

“I’m one of the lucky ones,” she said. “I don’t know how it happened, but I feel so lucky to never have been moved from Franklin.”

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STERLING – The Sauk Valley Shifters’ Swap-O-Rama and the Sterling Main Street Car Show runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at 110 S. Second Ave. There will be raffles, concessions, and music.

Advance registration for the car show is $12, or $15 day of. Registration begins at 8 a.m., judging at noon, and awards will be presented at 2:30 p.m. Admission is free for spectators.

Go to sterlingmainstreet.org or call 815-499-9127 for more information.

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DIXON – Dixon Park District’s first Outdoor Fun Day runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday at Vaile Park, West Third Street and Custer Avenue, and at Reynolds Field, 1900 W. Second St. Project GenNex, which aims to convert Veterans Memorial Pool into a skate park and youth center, will hold an open house at the pool, with concerts and tours throughout the day.

The event will also feature vendors, a vehicle show and the district will showcase a sampling of its outdoor activities, including tennis, pickleball, and bird watching.

Go to dixonparkdistrict.com or call 815-284-3306 for more information.

FULTON – Venusfest, a music and arts festival features celebrating and benefiting women, runs from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Heritage Canyon, 515 N. Fourth St. Local singer-songwriter Gina Venier headlines the familyfriendly event, which will also feature the duo Seasawand, The Sweet Maries, and belly dancer Amanda Joy. Admission is $10, for ages 14 and older. Proceeds benefit the city of Fulton and local holistic women’s wellness programs. Email kendrabethswanson@gmail.com for more information.

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ROCK FALLS – The Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce Spring Garage Sale Days runs today through Sunday in the Twin Cities.

Free maps are available at Shell gas stations in Rock Falls, 220 First Ave. and 1111 W. Rock Falls Road, and in Sterling, 1801 Locust St. and 2412 E. Lincolnway; and at Schreiner’s Mobil, 1308 First Ave., Rock Falls. Maps also will be posted online, and can be viewed on smartphones or printed from computers.

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the evidence vault, to which she had a key, on May 10 and used some of it to pay utility bills.

Jaramillo was the lead investigator in the Dec. 6 death of Paul Rodney Depotter, 27, of Rock Falls.

According to police documents sent to Sauk Valley Media by his mother, Penny Depotter, 46, of Dixon, $1,741 was found on Depotter’s body in his Rock Falls apartment that day and entered into evidence.

Her son’s money was part of a $2,500 inheritance he received a few days before, and she asked to get it back to pay for the funeral, but her request was denied, his mother said.

“When I called to tell [Jaramillo that] I needed help to bury my son, she did not care,” Penny said.

“I’m hurt. I’m mad. And why? What was more important than my son?”

In her report, Jaramillo wrote that it was brought to her attention that Penny had interest in the money to pay for funeral expenses, but the money would have to stay in evidence

BY ANGEL SIERRA asierra@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5695 @_angelsierra

MORRISON – A Rock Falls detective charged with official misconduct and theft after investigators say she stole m o n e y from the department’s eviVeronica dence vault Jaramillo was freed Thursday afternoon after posting bond.

Detective Sgt. Veronica Jaramillo, 43, of Sterling, faces 2 to 5 years in prison on each felony charge.

Bond was set at $20,000 Thursday, which was significantly lower than the $100,000 requested by the state, but not the recognizance bond sought by her attorney, Jim Mertes.

Jaramillo, who is on administrative leave pending further investigation, was freed after posting 10 percent, or $2,000.

According to court documents and testimony at the hearing, Jaramillo took $1,741 from

until legal documentation was received allowing its release to an appropriate family member.

Jaramillo was arrested Tuesday by State Police and taken to Lee County Jail, rather than Whiteside, based on a joint decision by law enforcement and the detective, Lee County Sheriff John Simonton has said. She posted bond at Whiteside County Jail a few hours after the bond hearing.

Rock Falls Police Chief Tammy Nelson said in a news release Wednesday that her department was made aware of “an ongoing” State Police investigation, and as standard procedure, all of the cases in which Jaramillo was the lead investigator will be reviewed and reassigned.

It does not appear that any investigation or arrest will be impacted at this time, the release said.

Jaramillo was hired in 2009 as a patrol officer; she was promoted to sergeant and assigned to the detective division in early October 2014.

A preliminary hearing is set for June 6.

IN BRIEF Police seek leads in power tool thefts

blowers and construction gear, such as nail guns, door planers, saws and routers. There appeared to be no pattern to the locations, and the victims were private residents, not retailers, he said.

The department has some leads and has received some tips.

Those who discover they’re missing equipment should report it, no matter how small the theft might be, Simonton said.

“Even if people think things aren’t important, or it’s not a big enough deal, it could be a huge deal. It could be the

DIXON – Police are looking for whoever stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment early this month.

Dixon Police Detective Aaron Simonton said at least $6,000 in power tools was taken from locked trailers and vehicles in at least three incidents the first week of the month. High-end Stihl chainsaws made up the majority of the equipment stolen, he said.

“It seemed like these were targeted things,” Simonton said.

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Anyone with information is asked to call the department at 815-288-4411 or the anonymous tips line, CrimeStoppers, at 888228-4488. Rewards up to $1,000 may be given for tips that lead to an arrest and conviction.

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Laurel M. Megli, 63, of Deer Grove; 10:49 a.m.

Wednesday at East Fourth Street and 11th Avenue; speeding 42 mph in a 30-mph zone; given state citation.

Erin J. Beauchamp, 31, of Sterling; 1:49 p.m. Wednesday at East Fourth Street and Second Avenue; cell phone usage; given state citation.

Heather McHugh, 40, of Dixon; 9:57 p.m. Wednesday in the 1900 block of Lowell Park Road; two counts of resisting or obstructing a peace officer; released on bond with a notice to appear in court.

Katherine Dooley, 22 of Dixon; 9:07 p.m. Wednesday in the 1900 block of Lowell Park Road; driving under the influence, operating uninsured vehicle, failure to report an accident to a police authority; given notice to appear in court.

Crystal A. Arbuckle, 28, of Dixon; 10:50 a.m. Monday in the 200 block of South Hennepin Avenue; leaving the scene of an accident, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, driving in the wrong lane; given notice to appear in court.

Todd A. Conley, 48, of Dixon; 2:31 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of North Galena Avenue; Lee County warrant for failure to appear; posted bond and released.

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School will soon be out for the summer and summer camps will be offered to accommodate the needs of children while enriching their lives.

The Dixon Family YMCA has a variety of summer camps that children can participate in, and they are also collaborating with the Reynoldswood Christian Camp and Retreat Center to expand its programming.

Studies have shown that there are countless benefits to attending summer camp when you surround your child within a community of caring adults and offer varied programming.

Camp nurtures experiential education, which can lead to self-respect and appreciation for human value.

Many parents of campers are pleased to see their children come home from camp as more caring and responsible individuals who have a better understanding of giving, and are more prepared to stand up for themselves and others with regard to what is right.

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Nicholas D. Liszeo, 23, of Plano; 1:46 a.m. Thursday; Whiteside County warrant for failure to appear – driving while license suspended; held at Lee County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Jeffrey L. Walls, 25, of Dixon; 1:12 a.m. Thursday; driving under the influence, driving while license suspended, improper lane usage,

possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana (less than 2.5 grams); posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Nathan T. May, 27, of Ashton; 11:29 p.m. Wednesday; warrant for failure to appear – driving under the influence of alcohol or an intoxicating compound or drug, improper lane usage, speeding 82 mph in a 55-mph zone, uninsured, reckless driving, theft; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Jose F. Estrada, 51, of Bolingbrook; 5:08 p.m.

Wednesday; driving while license suspended; given notice to appear in court.

David E. Tirado, 29, of West Chicago; 11:53 a.m.

Wednesday; warrant for failure to appear – contempt (non-payment of fine); posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Sharon Miller, 55, of Dixon; 10:15 a.m. Wednesday; retail theft; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Antonio Escatel, 39, of Mendota; 10:03 a.m.

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Council allows chickens inside the city Coops required to house birds

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

LANARK – Backyard chicken lovers, rejoice.

The City Council voted 4-2 Tuesday to amend city code to allow livestock, including a flock of up to six chickens, in city limits.

Residents who want to raise chickens must submit a form provided by the zoning officer, buy a $20 permit for a coop, which is required to house the birds, and pay a $10 yearly license.

The coop cannot be bigger than 250 square feet or taller than 8 feet high, and must be covered.

If the license is not renewed, or is terminated, the chickens must be removed.

The ordinance also allows other livestock, including horses, mules, cattle, sheep and goats, as long as the resident has at least 1.5 acres of land, and the animals do not disturb the neighbors.

Lanark Alderwoman Anne Lindsay voted for the change. “I don’t care if they have the chickens, as long as residents take care of them and the neighbors don’t smell them,” she said.

Lanark Alderman Ken Viglietta voted against the change.

“The vast majority of the people in my ward asked me to vote against this,” he said. “I voted with all of those people in mind. My commitment is to the people who elected me.”

The new ordinance is the same as nearby Shannon’s, Mayor Jim Huggins has said.

Nick Pontnack, a

Lanark native who has four chickens, said he is happy and thankful the council listened to the residents.

“I’m so proud of my community for working through this in such a professional manner,” he said.

It was the second time chickens prompted an ordinance revision in the county this week.

Monday, the Milledgeville Village Board

unanimously approved a revised poultry ordinance that effectively bans chickens from inside city limits by requiring owners to keep the birds at least 1,000 feet away from the nearest homes.

Those who qualify can have up to four chickens, and must pay a fee of $25 a year. Roosters and other fowl, such as turkeys, ducks, quail or geese, are prohibited.

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STERLING – Whiteside County United Way’s free summer lunch program, “Let’s Feed Our Children,” will kick off its 15th year with two new communities – for a total of nine – including one in Carroll County.

Those sites are in Sterling, Rock Falls, Morrison, Tampico, Fulton, Prophetstown and Albany, and new this year, Coleta and Thomson.

The Carroll County village is working on launching its own free lunch program, and this year asked for Whiteside County’s help. “This is just a trial, to see how it goes,” said Pam Martinez, the agency’s administrative assistant.

The lunch program is designed to supplement meals for children who get free or reducedprice lunches during the school year, but is available to anyone who needs it. No one is turned away, and no questions are asked.

The brown-bag lunches are provided by the United Way with the help of local churches and other organizations, including the Sauk Valley Food Bank.

Last year, more than 34,700 lunches were served during summer break. In 2014, it was almost 35,000, up from about 33,300 in 2013.

The meals, which include peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, 100 percent juice drinks, fresh fruit and other lunch items, will be delivered or served from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in the following communities: Sterling – Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, May 24 through Aug. 18 at First United Methodist Church, 501 Broadway Ave.; Macedonia Baptist Church,

SPRINGFIELD (AP) – The Illinois House has approved a measure that would increase wages for the hundreds of thousands of workers who care for seniors.

The proposal sponsored by Democratic Rep. Jaime Andrade would raise wages of Community Care Program workers to $15 hourly over 4 years.

Under the plan the House approved Thursday wages would increase by at least $1.25 annually for 3 years

and by at least $1 in the fourth year.

The plan now goes to the Senate.

House lawmakers on Wednesday approved Senate measures that would increase base salaries for home care and child care workers under SEIU Healthcare Illinois.

A spokeswoman for Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says a pay hike for home care workers would cost $87 million more annually and mean cuts to other important programs.

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Jan Whitlock, a special education teacher at Merrill Elementary School, reads a book to children in July 2014 outside the Coloma Homes meeting room. Every Wednesday, Whitlock read to the children during the “Let’s Feed Our Children” free summer lunch program. The free program will kick of its 15th year with two new communites – for a total of nine – including one in Carroll County.

To help Donations for the “Let’s Feed Our Children” free summer lunch program can be dropped off at the United Way office, 502 First Ave. in Sterling, or at the Sauk Valley Food Bank, 1801 Plant Drive in Sterling.

Checks, payable to Let’s Feed Our Children, can be mailed to P.O. Box 806, Sterling, IL 61081.

Volunteers also are needed to help fill the brown bags, deliver them to meal sites, and help serve.

Anyone interested should call the United Way at 815625-7973.

1313 Woodburn Ave.; St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1701 16th Ave.; and mobile sites SterLynn Apartments, 215 25th St.; at the Salvation Army, 409 Ave. F; at Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St.; and in the Douglas Park and Steelton neighborhoods off state Route 2 on the west side of town.

Rock Falls – Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, May 31 through Aug. 11, at the Coloma Homes Community Building, 401 W. 18th

St.; Rock Falls United Methodist Church, 210 Fourth Ave.; Country Acres Mobile Home Park, 1600 Riverdale Road; First Congregational United Church of Christ, 905 Dixon Ave.; Cedarwoods Apartments, 1301 Ninth Ave.; Easy Living Mobile Home Park, 1507 W. Route 30; and in the Yeowardsville neighborhood off Route 30 on the east edge of town.

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Crave Building, 201 W. Market St. Tampico – Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, May 24 through Aug. 18, at the Tampico Area Community Building, 106 W. Market St. Fulton – Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, May 31 through Aug. 11, at First Reformed Church, 510 15th Ave. Prophetstown – Wednesdays and Fridays, June 1 through Aug 10, at Eclipse Square downtown.

Albany – Wednesdays, June 1 through 22 only, at Albany United Methodist Church, 502 First Ave. Coleta – Wednesdays, May 25 through Aug. 17, at United Brethren in Christ Church, 210 E. Grove St. Thomson – Carroll County, on Wednesdays, June 8 through Aug. 10, at Thomson United Methodist Church, 1901 state Route 84.

SPRINGFIELD (AP) – The Illinois Senate has approved a measure allowing automatic voter registration in Illinois.

The chamber advanced the proposal 42-16 on Thursday.

Backers say they looked at similar laws in states like Oregon when crafting the Illinois proposal.

It gives election officials data from five state agencies to automatically register eligible voters unless they opt out.

Proponents include voting rights advocates who say it’d improve access and update voter files before November.

Opponents include some Republican lawmakers who worry about potential voter fraud.

Also, the Illinois State Board of Elections opposes the proposal over concerns about implementation and cost.

Estimates on how many voters would be added vary.

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OBITUARIES Merle T. Dale NEW BEDFORD – Merle T. Dale, 87, of New Bedford, went home to be with his Lord and Savior at 1:45 a.m.

Thursday, May 19, 2016, at Heritage Manor in Walnut.

He was born July 4, 1928, in New Bedford, the son of John Howard and Daphne Ambyr (Draper) Dale. Merle married Blanche Louise Wallis on April 30, 1950, at First Christian Church in Walnut. She died Nov. 6, 2008. He graduated from Manlius High School in 1946. Merle was a lifelong farmer, and was head of maintenance at Kraft Foods in Manlius and Kory Industries. He was a member of New Bedford Christian Church, where he was an elder and taught Sunday school for many years, a member of Walnut Masonic Lodge AF & AM 722; a third-degree Mason; and past Master of Manlius Lodge 491.

His faith and family were very important to him.

He enjoyed attending all of his grandchildren’s and great-grandchildren’s events.

Survivors include his son, Alan T. (Chris) Dale of Walnut; daughterin-law, Sharon Dale of Wyanet; daughter, Cindy (Allen) Plumley of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; seven grandchildren, Matthew (Tammy Benson) Dale and Sherri (Mike) Thacker, both of Walnut, Rachel (Scott) Sabin of Wyanet, Sarah (Troy) Fehrenbacher of Charleston, Lisa (Todd)

Cole of Mars, Pennsylvania, Dane (Crystal) Plumley of Pearland, Texas, and Ryan (Raquel) Plumley of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; 16 great-grandchildren, Emma, Gracey, and Trey Dale, Ella Thacker, Stone and Krew Sabin, Austin, Samantha, Carter, and Allison Fehrenbacher, Eli and Paige Cole, Olivia and Elena Plumley, and Nikolas and Kristopher Plumley; one brother, Robert (Suzanne) Dale of Ohio; one sister-in-law, Shirley Wallis of Sterling; and many nieces and nephews.

He also was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Arthur Dale; and one brother, Lawrence Dale.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at New Bedford Christian Church. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday with Masonic services at the church, with the Rev. Brian Moore officiating. Burial will be at Manlius Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Matthew Dale, Michael Thacker, Scott Sabin, Troy Fehrenbacher, Todd Cole, Dane Plumley, and Ryan Plumley. Grant-Johnson Funeral Home in Manlius is handling arrangements.

Memorials have been established to New Bedford Christian Church, Manlius Cemetery Association, and Walnut Heritage Manor.

Visit grant-johnsonfh. com to send condolences.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK ▼ Today’s visitations: Raymond G. Appler of Oregon, 4-8 p.m. at FarrellHolland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon.

Mary L. Craft of Dixon, 5-8 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

Donna S. Koster of Sterling, 5-8 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Rock Falls. ▼ Today’s funerals: Charles N. “Chuck” Schoaf of Morrison, 10 a.m. memorial service at Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home in Morrison.

Thomas N. VanNatta of Prophetstown, 10 a.m. graveside service at Riverside Cemetery in Prophetstown.

Audrey E. Giese of Dixon, 10:30 a.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon. ▼ Saturday visitations: Raymond H. Kosick of Dixon, memorial visitation, 9-10:30 a.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Donna S. Koster of Sterling, 9-10 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Rock Falls.

Mary J. Gehant of Amboy, 9-11 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy.

Betty J. Esslinger of East Moline, 9:30-11 a.m. at Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

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: Mary L. Craft of Dixon, 10 a.m. prayer service at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon, followed by 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Anne Catholic Church in Dixon.

Donna S. Koster of Ster-

ling, 10 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Rock Falls.

Betty J. Esslinger of East Moline, 11 a.m. at BosmaGibson Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

Mary J. Gehant of Amboy, 11 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy.

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

Raymond H. Kosick of Dixon, 11 a.m. memorial service at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Russell E. Scholl of Polo, 11 a.m. Masonic service at Polo Family Funeral Home.

Raymond G. Appler of Oregon, 1 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Oregon.

Kenneth W. Kortemeier, formerly of Polo, 11 a.m. at Christ United Methodist Church in Rockford. ▼ Sunday visitations: Joshua W. Grunder of Tampico, noon-4 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Donna L. Smith of Sterling, 4-7 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling. ▼ Sunday funeral: Joshua W. Grunder of Tampico, 4 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. ▼ Monday visitations: Elmer N. Onley of Oregon, 10-11 a.m. at Oregon United Methodist Church.

Merle T. Dale of New Bedford, 4-7 p.m. at New Bedford Christian Church. ▼ Monday funerals: Merle T. Dale of New Bedford, 10 a.m. with Masonic services at New Bedford Christian Church.

Donna L. Smith of Sterling, 10 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Rock Falls.

Elmer N. Onley of Oregon, 11 a.m. at Oregon United Methodist Church.

Donna L. Smith STERLING – Donna Lee Smith, 76, of Sterling, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016, after a long battle with cancer, at home with her family by her side.

Donna was born Nov. 17, 1939, in Sterling, the daughter of Hugo and Mabel (Dietz) Gerken.

She married Dale E. Smith on April 9, 1961.

Donna was a registered nurse for 50 years, and co-owner of Dale’s Charter Service, with her husband, for 20 years.

Donna loved her grandchildren, and enjoyed going on family vacations with them. Her hobbies included volunteering, gardening, reading, and watching NASCAR. She was an avid Kyle Busch fan. She was a lifelong member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Rock Falls.

Donna will be deeply missed by her family.

She is survived by her loving husband, Dale E. – they were married for more than 55 years. Also surviving are her children, Dana (Tom) South of Marion, Indiana, and

Dyana (Don) Noesen of Bartlett; her grandchildren, Lyndsay, Kaleigh, Jordan, McKenzi, and Natalee South, and Jenna and Teagan Noesen; and siblings, Joanne Gerken of Rockford, Ronald (Karol) Gerken of Sterling, Betty (Tom) Clementz of Sterling, Judy (Tony) Fair of Roscoe, and Cheryl (Ron) Faber of Sterling.

Donna was preceded in death by her parents.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at McDonald Funeral Home, 505 First Ave., Sterling. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Rock Falls, with the Rev. Vicki Sauter officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Immanuel Lutheran Church in Rock Falls or Gaffey Home Nursing & Hospice in Sterling.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

John Celletti ROCK FALLS – John Celletti, 68, of Rock Falls, died Thursday, May 19, 2016, at his home, after an illness.

McDonald Funeral Homes is handling arrangements.

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Betty J. Esslinger EAST MOLINE – Betty J. Esslinger, 91, of Hope Creek Care Center in East Moline, formerly of Prophetstown, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at the care center. She was employed at Hammond Henry Hospital in Geneseo, where she was a charge nurse, director of nursing, and an assistant hospital administrator, retiring at 65.

Betty was born March 26, 1925, in Prophetstown, the daughter of George and Ellen (Johnson) Kiner.

She married Robert L. Esslinger on March 7, 1947, in Viola. He preceded her in death on June 5, 1984. She was a member of First Congregational Church of Christ in Prophetstown.

Survivors include two daughters, Kate (Ralph) Watts of Streator and Ann (John) McCarrell of East Moline; one son, Bill (Cathy) Esslinger of Frankfort; six grandchil-

dren; and nine greatgrandchildren.

She also was preceded in death by one son, Hal Esslinger; one grandson; one grandson-in-law; her sister, Bonnie Newman; and one brother, George Kiner Jr. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, and the funeral at 11 a.m.

Saturday at Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home in Prophetstown, with Rev. Andy Ploenzke, pastor of First Congregational Church of Christ in Prophetstown, officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery in Prophetstown.

Memorials have been established to First Congregational Church, Trinity College of Nursing Scholarship Fund, Ann’s Helping Hands in Port Byron, and Hope Creek Care Center in East Moline.

Visit bosmagibson.com to send condolences.

Jack R. Norman COMO – Jack R. Norman, 62, of Como, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at his home.

Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation in Sterling is handling arrangements.

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Elmer L. Onley OREGON – Elmer L. Onley, 93, of Oregon, died Tuesday, May 17, 2016, in Rockford.

He was born Dec. 21, 1922, in Kings, the son of Arthur and Alice (Hayes) Onley. He married Ione Wiltfang on Feb. 23, 1947, in Stillman Valley. She died in 2015. Elmer retired in 1988 from Etnyre Co. in Oregon, after 42 years of employment. He was a member of Oregon United Methodist Church, was a World War II Army veteran, and enjoyed square dancing, golf, and traveling with his family.

Survivors include his son, Larry (Deborah) Onley of Rockford;

five grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Dianne Onley of Belvidere; and sister, Marian Wiltfang of Rockford.

He also was preceded in death by a son, Leland, six brothers, and two sisters.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, and the funeral at 11 a.m. Monday at Oregon United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dave Rogula officiating. Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery in Oregon. Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon is handling arrangements.

Visit farrellhollandgale. com to send condolences.

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Richard D. Bonnell BLACKSBURG, S.C. – Richard Dewayne Bonnell, 68, of Blacksburg, formerly of Dixon, died Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, in Blacksburg.

He was born April 20, 1947, in Illinois, the son of Darwin and Irene (Berhendt) Bonnell. He married Susan F. Wolf on Aug. 27, 1994. She preceded him in death on May 6, 2016.

Survivors include his son, Tim Bonnell of Blacksburg; his daughter, Jennifer (Charles) Reiners of Dixon; two grandchildren; sisters, Rhonda (Roi) Degner and Deb (Bob) Fosset, both

of Dixon, Daretta (Paul) Lester of Alabama, and Denise (Al) Charvet of Montana; stepbrothers, Dennis (Belinda) Lewis, Jim (Mindy) Schmall, and David Schmall, all of Dixon; and stepsisters, Sheila Schmall and Carol (Ned) Sikkema of Dixon.

He also was preceded in death by his mother; stepfather, Virgil Schmall; his father; stepmother, Edna Bonnell; brothers, Glen and Dewayne Bonnell; and stepbrother, Harold Schmall.

Harley Funeral Home & Crematory in Greenwood, South Carolina handled arrangements.

Timothy M. ‘Tim’ Miles DENVER – Timothy Minard “Tim” Miles, 74, of Denver, formerly of Mount Carroll, died Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015.

Law-Jones Funeral Homes handled arrangements.

OBITUARY

Morley Safer, who helped create CBS News, dies at 84 NEW YORK (AP) – Viewers didn’t need to see Morley Safer’s reporting to feel its effects.

They could have almost heard the yowling from the Oval Office and the Pentagon after Safer’s 1965 expose of a U.S. military atrocity in Vietnam that played an early role in changing Americans’ view of the war.

They might have felt a flush of gratitude on learning that Safer’s 1983 investigation of justice gone awry resulted in the release of a Texas man wrongfully sentenced to life in prison.

Perhaps they headed to their wine shop with a heightened sense of purpose after word spread of Safer’s story that quoted medical experts who said

red wine can be good for you.

Safer’s far-flung journalism got reactions and results during a 61-year career that found him equally at home reporting on social wrongs, the Orient Express, abstract art and the horrors of war.

That career came to an end this week, with a “60 Minutes” tribute on Sunday and, then, with Safer’s death, at age 84, on Thursday.

He is survived by his wife, the former Jane Fearer, and his daughter Sarah Safer.

Safer, who had been in declining health, watched Sunday’s program from his Manhattan home, CBS said, and shortly thereafter tweeted what would be

his last dispatch: “It’s been a wonderful run, and I want to thank the millions of Morley people who Safer have been loyal to our 60 Minutes broadcast. Thank you!”

NBC News Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw visited with Safer last Friday, 2 days after his retirement was announced.

They spoke about the towering journalists of Safer’s era, men like The Washington Post’s Ben Bradlee and “60 Minutes” creator-executive producer Don Hewitt.

Safer said quietly, “All the great ones are gone,” Brokaw recalled in an email.

“No Morley, you’re still with us,” Brokaw replied before kissing Safer on the forehead.

During his 46 years on “60 Minutes,” Safer did 919 stories, from his first in 1970 about U.S. Sky Marshals to his last this March, a profile of Danish architect Bjarke Ingels.

Along the way, he exhibited style, toughness and, when it suited, a bit of mischievous wit, such as with his 1993 essay, “Yes, But Is It Art?”, which examined the relative merits of representational and abstract art, and outraged the contemporary art world.

He famously said, “There is no such thing as the common man; if there were, there would be no

need for journalists.”

Safer was no common man. He cut a dashing figure as a bon vivant who for a time drove a Bentley bought with poker winnings. He seemed to bridge the gap between the glory ink-stained-wretch days of foreign correspondents (Ernest Hemingway was an early inspiration) and the blooming electronic age of TV news.

“Morley Safer helped create the CBS News we know today,” said CBS News President David Rhodes.

CBS chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves said Safer broadly impacted the news industry: “Morley was one of the most important journalists in any medium, ever.”

“Morley was a fixture, one of our pillars, and an inspiration in many ways,” said Jeff Fager, “60 Minutes” executive producer.

“He was a master storyteller, a gentleman and a wonderful friend. We will miss him very much.”

Safer was outspoken in his allegiance to words more than pictures – heresy for most TV professionals, though comfortably in sync with Hewitt’s mandate at “60 Minutes.”

“What you’re aiming at are people’s ears rather than their eyes,” said the man who claimed to “not really like being on television,” yet made his peace with this “intimidating” medium: “The money’s very good,” he noted with a sly smile.

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“Teachers were telling me we have to bring it back,” Lubbs said. “They couldn’t get their kids to settle in and settle down without the morning announcements.”

That’s just one example of how vital Lubbs has been to the East Coloma community since her son, Scott, started school there in 1979.

Soon gone from the main office will be the drawings and homemade farewell cards from current students, as well as the Post-It notes from former students who still pop by to introduce their babies, boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands and wives to Mrs. Lubbs.

She’s retiring and looking forward to the tour of relatives with her husband, Mark, through Colorado, Utah, California, Arizona, Texas, Kansas, Connecticut and the East Coast.

First, she must say goodbye to a massive extended family. She served in just about every position in Community Club as a parent, while working at Harvest Time Bible Church right next door.

“You talk about somebody who’s been a fabric of your community, that’s Carol,” said Margo Empen, the Dixon School District superintendent who came out of the East Coloma School District. “You name it, you knew you could count on Carol to provide it. She’s also got an outstanding personality, and she’s one of the funniest ladies I know.”

Lubbs landed the secretary job in 1989 when her daughter, Heidi, was in eighth grade. At that time, Carl Sartwell was the new superintendent, and Barb Harrington, who would become the Ethel to Lubbs’ Lucy, was new to bookkeeping.

Demographics were changing, enrollment was sagging, finances had soured, and those newfangled computers were being implemented.

“It was chaos for a while,” Lubbs said.

“Yeah, we did the ’90s together,” Sartwell said.

“We learned so many systems together, and we had to stick together. There’s strength in numbers.”

Harrington, still a couple of years away from retirement, can’t talk about her partner in crime without getting misty.

“I don’t know why she couldn’t just hang in there,” Harrington joked. “Nobody’s going to do it like Carol does it.

I think the person who fills that desk, if she can love the school half as much as Carol …”

She gets choked up. “… this is like losing a family member. I don’t

Online extra Click on this story at saukvalley.com to watch Carol Lubbs go over what needs to be done before she retires. know if you could find someone who loves it like we do.”

Lubbs is the creative one, prone to occasional mischief; Harrington is the straight-laced bookkeeper. Hence, the school staff calls them Lucy and Ethel.

“I’m dragging her into something, and she’s fighting me, ‘No! We can’t do that!’ And I’m telling her, “Yes! We can!’” Lubbs said, cracking up both of them.

David Chavira, the district’s superintendent for 12 years, said “Barb and Carol could always point me in the right direction. Or if you weren’t doing things the East Coloma way, they’d be the first ones to tell you.”

Lubbs has stories in spades. One of her favorites is about one of those visitors, a 5-yearold girl who showed up on her bike one day, with a backpack. She was just dying to go to school, but couldn’t tell the ladies her name.

Instead, she kept telling them she looks like her daddy, and then she mentioned something about twins.

“We were taking her around trying to figure out who knows this kid, and when she mentioned the twins, we realized, ‘Oh, my gosh, this is Dave Peugh’s daughter,” Lubbs said.

Peugh, a longtime teacher who coaches girls hoops in Morrison, thought little Bree was in the backyard. His wife was on a business trip, and he was busy with their twins.

Today, Bree Naftzger teaches in the middle school.

“She’s a fantastic teacher, and it’s so fun to see how they turn out,” Lubbs said, “but that’s one story she knows we’re never going to let her live down.”

Chavira said he won’t bother trying to replace Lubbs – “you don’t really replace people like Carol,” he said – but rather find someone who “can do their own things and form their own path.”

Long before daughter Heidi married Tony Tompkins and had Brooke, Haley and Samuel, she spoke at East Coloma graduation.

Lubbs’ son, Scott, who would go on to have Vera and Jack with his wife, Amanda, spoke at another graduation.

Thursday, it will be Lubbs’ turn, and then she’ll watch her 718th student cross the stage.

“I just have to make sure I don’t look at Barb during my speech.”

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Retirees in the Sauk Valley Following are those retiring from local school districts (all teachers unless otherwise noted), their years of experience and the subjects they taught.

Mike Geerts – 7-12 industrial arts MaryBeth Landherr – 7-12; business Darcie Feltmeyer – elementary principal * years of experience not provided

Amboy School District Carol Schnaiter – 36 years; Amboy Central; K-4 science Bureau Valley School District Mike Kotapka – 18 years; speech pathologist

Erie School District Kelvin Tenboer – 25 years; fourth grade Morrison School District None

Chadwick-Milledgeville School District None

Newman Central Catholic High School None

Dixon School District Georgia Pearson – 42 years; Reagan Middle; science Dan Fiorini – 31 years; Dixon High; driver’s ed Kathy Morrison – 31 years; Washington Elementary – title I reading Frank Cahill – 25 years; Dixon High; science Kathleen Buchanan – 23 years; Washington Elementary; music Bonnie Countryman – 21 years; Reagan Middle; language arts Carol Mathewson – 20 years; Jefferson Elementary; title I reading Michael Santos – 17 years; Dixon High; math, special ed Karen Price – 6 years; Dixon High; assistant principal, athletic director

Oregon School District Marylin Spangler – 31 years; Oregon High; P.E Mike Ellis – 19 years; David L. Rahn Junior High; sixth-grade science Lynn Kaufman – 17 years; Oregon High; foods and family sciences Mary Verdun – 12 years; Oregon High; business

Eastland School District* Kristy Pierce – elementary P.E.

Polo School District Holly Douglass – 19 years; Applington Middle Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico School District Linda Baker – 26.5 years; Prophetstown Elementary; special ed River Bend School District None

Rock Falls Elementary School District None Rock Falls High School None St. Anne Catholic School, Dixon Lori Swartz – 41 years; fifthgrade Sister Marcianne Bzdon; 35 years; principal Marcella Kitson – 16 years; kindergarten Mary Papocci – 6 years; second grade St. Mary Catholic School in Dixon None St. Mary Catholic School in Sterling None Sterling School District Elizabeth Burlingham – 27 years; Sterling High; special ed Deborah Sandholm – 22 years; Sterling High; science Peggy Wills – 22 years; Franklin School; first grade West Carroll School District Martha Bull – 33.5 years; first grade Anita Stott – 33 years; West Carroll High; secretary Craig Mathers – 33 years; superintendent

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She built her classroom on communication and collaboration long before those concepts became cornerstones of Common Core curriculum, and even longer before iPads became a fixture in that classroom.

“As much as the iPads are a great tool, kids at this age really need to learn how to interact, and how to listen,” she said. “A great communicator can impart what they need those kids to know. They need to learn to read, to write, to spell.

The basic curriculum doesn’t change, it’s just adding different tools to teach it.”

She’s doubled as copresident of the Sterling Educators Association, and lobbied many times in Springfield against misguided mandates.

That, perhaps, is what she’ll miss the least when her teaching career wraps up this week.

“There are things I won’t miss, like the hoops we’ll always have to jump through – the politicians who don’t walk through our world on a daily basis, if at all, and they’re making decisions that sometimes aren’t in the kids’ best interest,” she said.

Wills has seen some things, man. About a decade ago, she used to teach in the loop system – in which she’d teach both kindergarten and first grade. That system went the way of the dodo when the district went to attendance centers, which would have forced looping teachers to change buildings.

She’s also seen some promising talent come through the ranks, such as her principal, Amy Springman, who observed Wills’ classroom before doing her official student teaching.

Springman taught first grade 8 years in Dixon

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A student in Peg Wills’ class at Franklin Elementary School shows her a piece she is adding to her Lego movie theater Wednesday afternoon. Wills is retiring after 22 years with Sterling Public Schools. before accepting the principal job at Franklin, and she brought several of Wills’ tricks into her own classroom – most notably her emphasis on hands-on learning and her patience.

“She always had patience for extreme situations and never let anything fluster her,” Springman said. “She made learning unique for children and what they needed at that time.

She’s been wonderful from the very beginning of her career, right down to the last minute.

She just has the kindest, biggest heart and goes above and beyond for her students.”

Boy, she makes it look fun – with a little help from her friends big and small. On May 11, she

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Click on this story at saukvalley.com to see Franklin Elementary first-grade teacher Peg Wills in action. was teaching them to tell time on an analog clock – operated by special education teacher Tracy Nettleton, with whom Wills has teamed up many times.

“What time does Animal Talk start?” Wills asked the kids, with Nettleton eager to turn the minute hand. “I want you to whisper ... and now release!”

“2:30!” the kids sang out in unison.

Wills’ daughters, Lauren of Norway and Dawn of Sterling, are ultra-marathoners and

signed her up for her first half-marathon, which she completed May 8 in the Quad Cities, as her Mother’s Day gift. She plans to keep running, but doesn’t find it quite as therapeutic as her girls promised.

“I keep telling my daughters I’m looking forward for when it doesn’t hurt as much,” she said.

As for bona fide therapy, she recently got certified in reiki massage, which focuses on stress relief and positive energy.

Anything to fill the void of her true love of teaching.

“This is a bittersweet time,” she said. “I love teaching, and it’s been a great ride at Sterling Public Schools.”

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WASHINGTON SCOOP | AIRLINE SAFETY

Improved security starts in Congress Our safe-skies solutions must begin with a down-to-earth reality check

W

e live in an age where threats of global terror must always be on our minds.

So when we learned that the Transportation Security Administration agents who are supposed to keep us safe when we fly failed almost every secret undercover test last year – as pretend terrorists were able to sneak explosives and weapons past airport screeners 67 out of 70 times in dozens of cities – we were more than just concerned.

And this year, when the normal influx of spring break travelers so overwhelmed TSA screeners that thousands of passengers missed their flights, we knew that certainly wasn’t quite life or death – but it showed that something else must be very wrong with the agency that must serve as a vital protector of our homeland.

And when we realize several of the things we are doing add huge and totally avoidable overloads to our TSA airport screeners, then it becomes clear how we can fix at least part the problem that has become our new harsh reality every time every we travel on an airplane.

You’d have thought that just this once, even Washington’s gridlocked Republicans and

This month, two senators took the lead by sending a letter to 12 airlines telling them that, for the safety of us all, they should voluntarily do just that. Sens.

Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., sent their letter to officials of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Allegiant, JetBlue, Alaska Air, Hawaiian Airlines, Virgin America, Sun Country and Island Air Hawaii.

“We call on airlines to take a smart, commonsense step,” the senators wrote. “ … stop charging checked bag fees during the coming summer months, the busiest travel season of the year.

Without charges for checking their bags, passengers will be far less likely to carry them on, which snarls screening checkpoints and slows the inspection process.”

Our safe-skies solution must start with this down-to-earth two-step reality: Let’s firmly limit carry-on baggage. And let’s vastly increase the airport backroom screening capabilities – both human and high-tech – of free, checked baggage. Let Republicans and Democrats unite to inaugurate a new era of passenger security with fair profits.

martinSCHRAM Martin Schram writes political analysis for Tribune News Service. Email him at martin. schram@ gmail.com.

Democrats would have to locked arms and raced as one to achieve at least the easiest common sense solutions.

But no. There was, of course, a congressional hearing, where the news highlights weren’t about finding facts to solve the problem but just venting steam for the folks back home.

THE BIGGEST FACTS, after all, were already known: TSA airport screeners have been increasingly overwhelmed since most airlines responded to decades of increasing fuel costs by charging passengers fees for every piece of luggage they checked. Starting in 2007, many airlines began charging $20 or more for the first bag checked, $30 or more for the second and much more after that.

(Interestingly, Southwest Airlines chose to pursue a passengerfriendly policy, allowing customers to continue to

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check their luggage for free.)

With most airlines charging fees for checked luggage, passengers began carrying far more luggage onto planes – which caused the already overburdened TSA screeners at airport concourses to have to examine many more bags in this busiest of locales.

(Airlines began clamping on extra fees for all sorts of essentials that used to be free, including simply reserving a specific seat when buying a ticket.)

And as fuel prices plummeted, airlines of course continued charging pas-

sengers those fees.

Result: Airline profits are sky high – reaching record levels that far exceed anything since President Jimmy Carter deregulated the airlines back in 1978. Airlines made after-tax profits of $17.9 billion in the first three quarters of 2015 alone.

And predictably, the airlines’ baggage fees had one other consequence: TSA says carry-on baggage increased by 27 percent at stations where airlines charge fees for those who check baggage.

Meanwhile, Congress – in a move as myopic

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as it is mind-numbing – cut the funding for TSA screeners in this very time when their burdens sharply increased and the terror threat to our airports increased as never before.

SAFEGUARDING OUR homeland requires that even the airlines must be willing to carry their own business baggage.

President Barack Obama and Congress must tell the airlines to end their fees for checked luggage. Indeed, if it means a modest reregulation of airlines – for the security of our homeland and our passengers – so be it.

SPRINGFIELD SCOOP

Video games during debates?

Welcome to the Legislature Smiddy, Cloonen caught on tape, but they’re not the only slackers SPRINGFIELD – A Champaign TV station has folks here stirred up because it caught two lawmakers playing video games on their phones while an important budget bill was being debated in the House.

The two lawmakers caught on tape – Kate Cloonen and Mike Smiddy – were quite chagrined.

I couldn’t help but roll my eyes.

What they did is commonplace in the Illinois House.

They were just unlucky enough to do it when someone was paying attention.

In fact, it’s so common for lawmakers to loaf during debates, that reporters who routinely cover the General Assembly have ceased reporting it.

But it makes it no less pathetic.

I began covering the General Assembly in 1988.

Since then, I’ve seen lawmakers stumbling drunk

Rob Rogers, Newspaper Enterprise Association

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Patronize sale; support Pads JUDITH KELEHER Dixon

We are having a huge rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Saturday at the Loveland building in Dixon to benefit the Pads Homeless Shelter.

Pads Homeless Shelter receives no funding from state or federal government. We currently house 14 men, women and children.

Please help us help the less fortunate. Thank you.

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Note to readers: Judy Keleher is executive director of the Pads Homeless Shelter.

U.S. may have gone too far PHILIP BUYNO Prophetstown

Gee, I thought I would take, or give you, a break from my letters to the editor. But with our rejection of Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina, as a nation and our desire to go down a path of unknown consequences, I just can’t keep quiet.

Now this administration

has sent a transgender mandate to all school districts in the country saying we have to allow genderconfused individuals to use whatever school bathroom they feel like. In my opinion, we are losing all moral sanity if we yield to this.

Surely we should help such individuals. Would we agree with an anorexic person that they are too heavy and should lose more weight?

We are losing it. There is no need for debate. We either repent before God or lose any remaining morality – if we haven’t already gone too far.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

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

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

on the floor. I’ve seen others sleep and others hung­ over. Newspapers and magazines are read and speeches ignored.

A former senator from western Illinois loved to buy artwork on eBay during debates. Two Republican budget “experts” liked to play Risk on their taxpayer-owned computers while legislation was pondered.

But most lawmakers mill around and chat with colleagues while speeches are being delivered.

I remember the first time I saw the Illinois House in “action.” I was a graduate student taken there by my professor, Bill Miller, who himself was a veteran statehouse reporter.

After observing a day of debate, Miller asked my classmates and me our impression of the Illinois House of Representatives.

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Our class responded in unison: “Chaos.”

Miller laughed and said, That’s what everyone says.

For a long time, that’s how I thought all state legislatures behaved.

Then I spent 3 months covering the Nevada Legislature.

Even though lawmakers receive less than onetenth the pay of their counterparts in Illinois, they manage to be quiet and respectful during speeches, avoid throwing food, and are generally considerate of their colleagues.

It would seem a pretty low bar for Illinois lawmakers to reach.

But I’ve seen popcorn fights, a box of Kleenex thrown at the speaker of the House, shoes being shined, and a whole host of activities no other workplace would tolerate.

While both Smiddy and Clooney are Democrats, the behavior is bipartisan.

There are many lawmakers who care. They want to serve but are trapped in a system that offers not a shred of solemnity to the process.

They deserve better, and so do the people of Illinois.

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The past is a crutch for Petty and his friends Rocker reunites with his high school band for album and tour

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The Murray Building was built in the 1840s and originally stood in the center of Naperville. It took its nickname from two of its early owners, John Murray and his son, Robert Murray. For more than 40 years it housed a law office for Naperville attorneys, including Merritt S. Hobson. It was moved twice in downtown Naperville before eventually being relocated to the Naper Settlement in 1971. The building will be open for a more in-depth visit July 24 as part of the Meet This Old House program.

Doors to the past People who love history will be right at home at the Naper Settlement

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NAPERVILLE – Something new is cooking at Naper Settlement this year – more indepth visits to its buildings.

The Murray Building will be the next one in the Meet This Old House program on July 24, and the Paw Paw Post Office follows on Sept. 17. The program allows touring above and beyond the norm. The cost is $15 per person and it’s for ages 13 and older only.

At the Murray Building, guests will explore the Hobson Law Office inside the structure, led by Bryan Ogg, curator of research, and Keith Letsche, an attorney. They’ll hear about 19th-century law practices. This visit involves stairs and moderate walking.

The Paw Paw Post Office tour is of the 1833 home of Alexander Howard, Naperville’s first postmaster. Tom Majewski, commercial and industrial electrical estimator, will present insights about postal history. This also includes climbing stairs.

On the schedule even sooner is Civil War Days, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this weekend.

Admission is $15 for adults and $10 for those 4 to 12. Advance tickets cost $12 for adults and $8 for youth, and can be purchased online today only.

With this re-enactment, Naper Settlement transports its guests to the 1860s, complete with battles and an opportunity to meet historic people, such as President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd, and Civil War generals. More than 300 re-enactors, including the 33rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band, bring the era to life.

Food, shopping along Sutler’s Row for era-reproduction products, and a variety of living history lessons are part of the day. The re-enactors camp on-site.

Battle re-enactments are at 2:30 p.m. The North and South take up “arms” and fight for their cause with rifles and canons. After the battles, surgeons will demonstrate 19thcentury medical procedures.

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What: Naper Settlement Where: 523 S. Webster St., Naperville Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 1 go 4 p.m. Sunday General admission: $12 for those 13 and older, $4.75 for those 62 and older, $4 for youth 4 to 12, and free for those younger than 4 Information: napersettlement.org or 630-420-6010 While special events and tours are fun, an ordinary day at the settlement easily brings guests into the 18th century. The village has a number of buildings to explore in its 12 acres. Among them are a print shop, firehouse, log house, the Martin Mitchell Mansion, a blacksmith shop and a carriage shop.

The print shop has the tools of its trade: an originally steam-driven Bobcock press, a perforator, and a Chandler and Price job press to print handbills and tickets. The firehouse is in a former merchandise storehouse.

Unique in that it is the only building not from the Naperville area, the hand-hewn log house comes from Southern Illinois. The more local blacksmith shop is a reconstruction made from native stone. In it are an anvil and forge.

The carriage house is an original from the Martin Mitchell Mansion. The mansion itself has 12 rooms and was built in the late 1800s. It was called Pinecraig back then.

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first instrument before shifting to guitar in the Heartbreakers.

“I love playing bass. The bass really helps drive the band, so I’ve got a lot more power than I’m used to having,” he said Tribune News Service with a laugh.

If a filmmaker were to All five of the band tell the story of Florida members get a turn on rock group Mudcrutch, it lead vocal and have writwould go something like ten at least one song for this: Rock ‘n’ roll-loving “Mudcrutch 2,” an album teenagers form a band with lyrics that often and head for Hollywood reflect the group’s long in search of fame, only to journey. fall short and disband.

The first release is Flash ahead 3 decades.

“Trailer,” a country-rock The members reunite, song written by Petty record the album they that’s about looking back never got to make, play to hardscrabble younger a series of sold-out days and a relationshows and, having ship that fell by the savored their vicwayside. “Welcome tory lap, return to to Hell” is a pianotheir lives. driven rocker from That unlikely Tench that evokes story is what hapsome of Jerry Lee pened with Tom Lewis’ and Chuck Petty’s band before Tom Berry’s most Petty the Heartbreakers insistent grooves. put him, and them, Campbell takes a on the musical map in rare turn at the microthe mid-1970s. phone for his song “VicThe key difference tim of Circumstance,” between real-life and the relating a coast-to-coast silver screen scenario is journey by a man lookthat instead of quitting ing for answers to tough for good after a sucquestions. cessful reunion in 2008, Leadon’s “The Other Mudcrutch is back for a Side of the Mounthird time at bat. tain” ponders the gulf “We had so much fun between people who we just wanted to do it have drifted apart and again,” Petty, 65, said the yearning to find a recently during a group way to recapture their interview at offices of former closeness. MusiWarner Bros. Records cally, Leadon adapts a in Burbank, the label minor-key bluegrassreleasing “Mudcrutch 2” rooted shuffle into a today. country-rock workout “It was a little bit intim- in which banjo co-exists idating to do another with broadly strummed one,” he continued. “To electric guitars. top that one, it was going “It’s a very different to be hard. But we just band [from the Heartdecided not to worry breakers], though superabout topping it; let’s just ficially it sounds similar,” make a good record, and said Tench. this is what happened.”

“You’ve got people “Mudcrutch 2” again who go back that far, teams the original lineup who grew up in the same of Petty (singing and area, with the same playing bass) with the regional radio,” Tench Heartbreakers’ Mike said. “There had been Campbell and Benmont local bands that would Tench along with their play whatever the curnortheast Gainesville rent hit is, but they’d bandmates from long play it wrong, but everyago: guitarist Tom Leadbody kind of learned the on and drummer Randall version that the local Marsh. band did – wrong. Since Because Mudcrutch everybody comes from includes 60 percent the same literal swamp, of the members of the there’s a lot of instinctive Heartbreakers, it’s easy stuff in this band that’s to find similarities in really terrific.” sound. In addition to “It’s tremendous fun,” the different singers and Petty said of reconvening songwriters, the key difMudcrutch. “I’m pretty ferences include Petty’s happy with the way [the return to the bass, his album] came out.”

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College-bound girl anxious about dating Dear Abby, I’m a senior girl in high school and have been dating a sophomore, even though he’s less than a year younger than I am. (I’m very young for my grade.) We have a lot in common and I think we both love each other a lot.

Next fall, I’m planning on going to a local community college, but I won’t be too far away. I think my boyfriend has more interest in the military or a vocational career than college, but he’s very serious and mature for his age. I know college will be a chance for me to meet new people and

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I don’t want to limit my chances, but if I’m still interested in dating him, would it be “proper”?

I was already hesitant about dating him because he was younger, although I knew if the situation was reversed it

wouldn’t be a problem.

Assuming everything still works out between us, is it OK for a college girl to date a high school boy?

I’m not sure how to handle this. I know things might change before fall, but I’m getting anxious about it now. He has already said that he would still like to date me if I want to, so it’s basically up to me.

– Anxious in the Midwest Dear Anxious, As far as I know, there is no rule forbidding a college freshman continuing to date someone who is still in high school.

Because the choice is yours, I suggest you just

let this play out.

College will present you with a chance to widen not only your range of interests, but also your circle of acquaintances.

You owe it to yourself to take advantage of everything that college offers.

If you wish to continue seeing your current boyfriend, do so. However, it would be better for both of you if it is done on a non-exclusive basis for the next few years.

Dear Abby, Several times recently when I have invited people to parties or dinners at our home, they have surprised me by responding with not only

their regrets but also with a counteroffer. For example: “Sorry, we’re busy the evening of the 22nd, but could you have us over the following Thursday?”

How should I respond to this? I’m trying to invite them for a specific event, not open a negotiation. It feels like the subtext is that our schedule is less important than our potential guests’ and we should be prepared to entertain them whatever day they have open.

On the other hand, this has happened so often I’m starting to wonder if social obligations are now being handled in the same way as business

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– Counteroffers in Los Angeles Dear Counteroffers, You should entertain on the schedule that’s most convenient for you. If someone has a conflict, you should (sweetly) tell the person you will miss having them. Period.

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

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Supergirl flying over to CW network ‘Saved by the Bell’ Tribune News Service

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s – the CW’s fall schedule!

Ahead of its uprfront presentation Thursday morning in New York, the CW released its primetime lineup for 2016. Heading into its 10th anniversary, the network is adding two brand-new series for the fall, plus “Supergirl,” which is relocating from CBS. CW is hoping the addition of the drama starring Melissa Benoist as the Man of Steel’s cousin will provide a ratings boost.

“We truly believe that this is a great help to us,” CW president Mark Pedowitz told reporters in a Thursday morning conference call, adding that his network, which is home to three other DC Comics adaptations, is “where it should have been in the first place.”

alum have a reunion for post-jail interview

“Supergirl” will air in the same timeslot – Mondays at 7 p.m. – it held at CBS, which should help ease the transition for migrating viewers and could potentially provide a boost for “Jane the Virgin,” the modestly rated but well-reviewed telenovela spoof.

“Supergirl” will take over real estate previously occupied by “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” a critical darling that has struggled even more to find an audience. The musical comedy starring Golden Globe-winner Rachel Bloom will move to a lower-stakes Friday night at 8 p.m., where it could potentially benefit from lead-in “The Vampire Diaries.”

The CW is picking up “Supergirl” – starring Melissa Benoist in the title role – from CBS, where it debuted last year. It will air on Mondays, starting in the fall.

LOS ANGELES (AP) in Wisconsin last year – Former “Saved by on the charges stemthe Bell” star Dustin ming from a 2014 bar Diamond says his time room brawl. Diamond tells Lopez that he was behind bars on disordefending his derly conduct and wife with a pocket concealed-weapon knife. convictions isn’t Diamond and like “what you see Lopez starred on TV.” on the Saturday Diamond says morning NBC sitin an interview com from 1989 to with Extra’s Mario Dustin 1993.

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SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old Timers; 7 p.m., open, family fun night, bring a friend, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Narcotics Anonymous Hope Without Dope, noon, in the back of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, 1901 First Ave., Sterling, 815-535-3748, 24-hour hotline, 844-678-7684.

Grief support group, 2-4 p.m., Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, 213 Crawford Ave., Dixon, 815288-4469.

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, First Presbyterian

Church, 1100 Calvin Road, Rochelle.

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

Sunday, May 22 Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., closed; noon, open; 1 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 10 a.m., open, Big Book; 7 p.m., open, veterans; back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., closed, Church of St. Anne,

401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St., Rochelle.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-973-6150.

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

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

COMMUNITY EVENTS Friday, May 20 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.

Wii Bowling, 9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

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

Intermediate line dancing, 10 a.m., call Whiteside County Senior Center at 815-622-9230 for location.

Storytime, 10:30-11 a.m., Sterling Public Library, 815-6251370.

Lunch and Learn Program, 10:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

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.

Potluck lunch, 11:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

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

Euchre, 12:15 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave.,

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Mexican Train dominoes, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

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

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

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls VFW, 217 First Ave. All-ages open mic night, 5-9 p.m., Triangle-Veterans Memorial Park, Fifth Street and FREE KITCHEN DESIGNS BY Jocelyn Lilly, Kitchen Design: 815-225-7677

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Creamed chicken and biscuits dinner, 5-7 p.m., American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-284-2003.

Bingo, 7 p.m. Rock Falls American Legion, 712 Fourth Ave. Saturday, May 21 Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon, Haymarket Square, 317 W. Third St., Dixon, 815-284-3306.

Farmers Market, 8-11 a.m., rain or shine, behind Morrison’s Heritage Museum, 202 E. Lincolnway.

Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, Twin City Market, indoors, 106 Avenue A, Sterling, 815-6268610.

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NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL

April Student of the Month: Victor Francque V ictor Francque, 18, of Dixon, is Newman High School’s April Student of the Month. He is the son of Joshua and Darci Francque and he has a sister, Mary, 21.

Favorite class: Strength and fitness. It’s a chance to relax and take a break from the classroom.

Least-favorite class: Calculus, because it requires a lot of time investment to maintain a good grade.

Favorite teacher: Ryan Oetting, history, business, and government.

He connects the material to real life and doesn’t confine his teaching to the book.

School activities in which you participate: Football, tennis, Student Council, Building Lasting Impressions that Never Die leader, New-

versity in Davenport, Iowa, and major in business finance.

What is something you learned in high school that you think you will never use? How to rotate a graph in precalculus.

What kind of music are you listening to? I like all kinds of music.

Do you have a hobby?

Hunting and fishing.

What’s the one thing in your life you can’t do

without? My family and friends.

What is your advice for surviving high school?

Take advantage of the little things.

What scares you? Not succeeding. I want to do the best at everything I do.

What’s something about you that nobody knows? I sleep walk.

If you could try any job for a day, what would it be? An NBA player.

If you could go anywhere in the world for free, where would it be? A nice, quiet lake in Wisconsin.

What is your proudest moment? Scoring a safety against Sherrard. It was the first and only time I scored in a football game.

Is there someone you’d like to send a shout out to? My parents, for supporting me in everything I do.

about $12.5 million as part of a measure Illinois lawmakers approved earlier this month. Lawmakers are amid a standoff over a full state budget. EIU officials say the school asked for $24 million to $28 million.

EIU has lost 413 employees since layoffs started about a year ago.

The school has stopped hiring, postponed construction projects and restricted travel and purchases.

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IN BRIEF Bill would fund tuition grants SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Illinois Democrats have approved a measure to fully fund tuition grants for low-income students despite Republican concerns the state can’t pay for its promises.

The Senate approved the measure Thursday on a 39-15 vote. The bill goes to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner next.

The measure sponsored

by Democratic leaders House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton would appropriate an additional $227 million to colleges and universities to fully fund tuition grants under the Monetary Award Program. The plan doesn’t include funding for col-

leges’ operational costs.

Republicans lawmakers cautioned against passing the proposal, saying Illinois doesn’t have money to pay for the grants because there’s no budget and the state is spending at a deficit.

Lawmakers and Rauner have approved only shortterm measures to fund higher education, tuition grants and human services.

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Department wants EIU president says containers recycled funding not enough SPRINGFIELD (AP) – The Illinois Department of Agriculture is asking farmers and agrichemical facilities to turn in their empty pesticide containers to be recycled.

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CHARLESTON (AP) – The president of Eastern Illinois University says the $12.5 million the school receives in stopgap state funding won’t be enough to get it through the summer.

EIU President David Glassman said in a letter

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Former state treasurer accused of sexual harassment SPRINGFIELD (AP) – An investigator hired by then-state Treasurer Dan Rutherford to review a former employee’s allegations of sexual harassment by the one-time gubernatorial hopeful found no evidence of harassment or retalia t i o n , according to a copy of the review obtained by The Associated Press on ThursDan day.

Rutherford The investigation, which Rutherford insisted was an independent review, was conducted by a Chicago-based firm that concluded interviews, travel vouchers and text messages didn’t corroborate Edmund Michalowski’s claims that he endured Rutherford’s unwanted sexual advances from 2011 to 2013, and that he was passed over for promotions or raises as a result.

Michalowski filed a federal lawsuit outlining his allegations in February 2014, 2 weeks after Rutherford publicly said a former employee had demanded $300,000 to stymie legal action for his alleged “misconduct.�

Rutherford ordered the review to clear his name, but the lawsuit dashed

his hopes of winning the Republican nomination for governor that March.

Michalowski’s attorney, Dana Kurtz, condemned the report Thursday, saying it “leaves out substantial information.�

She said her client sued because he and other young men were being harassed by Rutherford, and he wanted it to stop. “The idea that Michalowski initiated this to try to derail or extort money out of Rutherford is absurd,� she said.

Compiled by Ron Braver & Associates, the reported dated Feb. 12, 2014 concluded that “Michalowski was not retaliated against for not acquiescing to alleged sexual or political pressures.� It also said that based on the evidence reviewed, “the allegations appear to be released to influence [Rutherford’s] current election.�

Although taxpayers paid $27,000 for the investigation and an earlier Rutherford-commissioned inquiry, the results remained secret.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan cited the lawsuit when she advised Rutherford and his successor, Democratic Treasurer Michael Frerichs, not to release the report. “Mr. Rutherford is pleased that the report is now public, and we

look forward to addressing these fabricated allegations in court,� said his attorney, Daniel T. Fahner. He noted the report “suggests that the allegations were driven by political agendas and personal desperation.�

Kurtz said the report is short on facts and nearly completely reliant on unnamed witnesses. “Numerous witnesses will come forward to support the allegations of Michalowski,� Kurtz said.

Michalowski’s lawsuit is pending in Chicago.

A judge dismissed some claims, including the allegation of coercion to do political work on the state timeclock. Michalowski filed a fresh complaint last month alleging sexual harassment against Rutherford, two other ex-staffers and Rutherford’s campaign committee.

Michalowski cites six instances in which he alleges Rutherford made unwanted sexual advances or comments.

Braver interviewed 16 Rutherford staffers – none of them identified – and found that while some reported Rutherford occasionally made “uncomfortable� but unspecified remarks or gestures, they didn’t feel harassed or saw Rutherford act inappropriately toward Michalowski.

Hastert must surrender “to the designated institution� by 2 p.m. that day.

The order doesn’t identify the prison. A Bureau of Prisons spokesman said that information won’t be released until Hastert reports.

Hastert pleaded guilty to violating banking laws while seeking to pay $3.5 million to someone

he sexually molested.

Durkin described the 74-year-old Republican from Illinois as “a serial child molester� during his sentencing last month in Chicago. He said Hastert abused at least four boys when he coached wrestling at an Illinois high school.

Hastert also paid a $250,000 fine.

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Dixon mayor Liandro Arellano (left) and Evergreen Construction representative Jeff Rappin cut the ribbon Thursday on the newly renovated Dixon Square Apartments, at 1540 Freedom Walk.

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Christine Moran, managing director of multifamily finance at the Illinois Housing Development Authority, said the county has about 550 affordablehousing apartments, an agency investment of $26 million. “In Lee County, 40 percent of the renters are housing-burdened, so having this much needed affordable housing and preserving this affordable housing is really important for the city of Dixon and Lee County in general,�

Moran said.

The project is a good example of improving the quality of life for Dixon residents, Mayor

IN BRIEF Hastert ordered to jail June 22 CHICAGO (AP) – Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been ordered to report to prison

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ADVENTIST SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 416 Prospect St., Dixon.

Saturday Service 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

APOSTOLIC APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY, 2609 Pine St., Rock Falls. Spanish Spoken, Sunday School, 10 a.m., Sunday Worship Service Noon.

Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.. Pastor: Martin Garcia 590-7897.

ASAMBLEA APOSTOLICA, 2609 Pine St., Rock Falls. Se habla español. Escuela Dominical 10 a.m., Servico de Alabanza y Adoraciòn Domingo 12 p.m., Miércoles Estudio Bìblico 6 p.m.

Pastor: Martin Garcia 590-7897.

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD BETHESEDA TEMPLE, 1602 13th Ave., Rock Falls, IL 61071.

Phone 535-0423. Pastor Lucio Esquivel. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Childrens Church. All services in Spanish & English.

ROCK RIVER CHRISTIAN CENTER, 1800 Prophetstown Road, Rock Falls. Phone 815-625-4371.

Rev. Brian Vickers, Pastor, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 6 p.m. Evening Worship; Wednesday, 10 a.m. bible study, 6:30 p.m. children’s programs: Rainbows, Missionetts, and Royal Rangers, 7 p.m. Crossroads Youth Ministry.

NEW LIFE IN CHRIST, 1101 1st Ave., Sterling, Pastor William Cherry, Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday evening service 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday nite 6:30 p.m. Adult Prayer/Bible Study & Youth Group. Nursery provided for all services. Church office 626-8778.

BAPTIST BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH, 1119 10th Ave., Rock Falls, Pastor Roger Carlson, Parsonage and office phone 625-7179, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m., Evening Service 6 p.m.

Wednesday evening Bible Study 7:00 p.m.; Wednesday Dynamite Kids Club 6:00 p.m. Nursery provided for all services. Transportation Available. Independent Fundamental Baptist Church. www.bbcrf.com COMO BAPTIST CHURCH, 25059 Como Road. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Service, 6 p.m. Affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention. Phone 625-8492.

COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH, 35021 Illinois Route 40, Milledgeville, Pastor J. Kregg Farmer, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m., Afternoon Service 1:00 p.m., Wednesday Evening Prayer and Bible Study 7:00 p.m., Children’s classes during Sunday School, Morning Worship and Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study.

Nursery provided for all services.

Church phone 225-7150. Independent Fundamental Baptist Church.

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

EMMANUEL BAPTIST, 1904 18th Ave., Sterling. Pastor Aaron Jackson Sunday Bible Study, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m., nursery provided. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6 p.m.; Affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention. Phone 625-0351.

FAITH BAPTIST, Pastor Bryan Bice, 2005 Freeport Road. Sunday: Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m., Fellowship Service 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday: Youth Club 6:30 p.m., Prayer Service 7:00 p.m.. Nursery provided for all services. Church phone 625-7690. www.faithbaptiststerling.com FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1705 6th Ave., Sterling, Rev. Jack Smith. Morning worship 10:10 a.m.; Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Crib room and nursery provided. Call for info: Church office phone 625-1288; Air conditioning, easy access for handicapped.

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

EAGLE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH, 1026 Third Avenue, Fulton. 589-3443 (church). Michael McCloud, Pastor. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Morning Service, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study and Prayer Meeting, 7:00 p.m.; Nursery provided for all services.

General Association of Regular Baptist Churches affiliated church.

NEW HOPE BAPTIST, 902 W. 12th St., Rock Falls. Jon Sedwick, Pastor Sunday Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m. Phone: 625-6696. Celebrate Recovery Mon nights at 6pm 815-590-3389. Affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention.

MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH, 1313 Woodburn Ave., Sterling, 625-6473. Johnny Cooper, Pastor. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship, 11 a.m. Prayer Service & Bible Study Wed., 7 p.m.-8:15 p.m.; Youth Fellowship Hour Mon. 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

MARANATHA BAPTIST CHURCH, 2103 Walter Street, Rock Falls (Yeowardville). Sunday School (for all ages) 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:40 a.m. (nursery provided) Sunday evening worship service 6:00 p.m. Wednesday night prayer meeting 7:00 p.m.

Phone 625-8978. Affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention.

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

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

HARVEST TIME BIBLE CHURCH, 1802 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls. Phone 626-1234. Pastor Jason Borton.

Children’s Pastor Myles Kukowski, Baptist Doctrine, Aaron Meeks, Minister of Music. Sunday School for all ages, 9:30 a.m., Sunday Worship Services, 8:30 and 10:50 a.m.

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Evening Worship, 6:30 p.m.; High School Youth, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Services, 6:45 p.m.; Awanas 6:30 p.m. Jr. High Youth 6:30 p.m. Nursery always provided.

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

Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m. t o m m y m c m u r t r y. l i b e r t y b c @ g m a i l . c o m TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH 403 6th Ave. North, Lyndon, Illinois.

Pastor Alan Jahn. Ph.#(563)242-0307 www.trinitybaptistchapel.com Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship 6 p.m., Youth Program 6 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.

BRETHREN MILLEDGEVILLE BRETHREN CHURCH, 521 N. Main Ave., Milledgeville. Pastor Jim Black. Fellowship 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School 9:00 a.m.; Worship at 10:00 a.m.

Youth Activities & Evening services announced. 815-225-7814.

UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST, 210 East Grove Street, Coleta, IL. Wilmer (Bill) Houch, Pastor. Sunday Worship Celebration 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m. For more information, call 815-441-3774.

BRETHREN IN CHRIST The Bridge @ Beans, 121 E. 3rd St., Sterling. 11 a.m. Sunday. Pastors, Rita Wolf and Bruce Johnson. Phone 815-441-0779 CATHOLIC SACRED HEART CATHOLIC, 2224 Ave., J, Sterling. Masses; Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 and 11 a.m.; Sacrament of Reconciliation, Saturday 4:30-5 p.m. Rev. Bruce Ludeke, Pastor ST. ANDREW CATHOLIC, 708 10th Ave., Rock Falls, Saturday confessions 4:00 p.m. Tuesday confessions 8:45 a.m. Saturday evening Mass 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass: 7:15 & 9:00 a.m. Daily Mass Mon.Thurs. 8:00 a.m. (Wednesday during school year 8:15 a.m.); Friday 5:30 p.m.; Sat. 8:00 a.m. Msgr.

Thomas Dzielak. Phone: 625-4508.

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC, corner of Ave. B and W. 6th St., Sterling.

Saturday, 5 p.m.; (Masses of Anticipation); Sunday Masses, 7, 8:30, 10 and 11:30 a.m. in Spanish. Rev. James Keenan, Pastor; Fr. Adalberto Sanchaz Parochial Vicar.

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC, 105 Benton Street, Tampico, Rev. Msgr. Thomas L. Dzielak, Parochial Administrator. Sunday Mass 10:45a.m., Phone 438-5425 CHRISTIAN-CHURCH OF CHRIST YORKTOWN CHURCH OF CHRIST, ruralTampico. Sunday service - 9 a.m. worship. For more information call Joseph Rosenski at (815)537-5371.

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

MORRISON CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 201 S. Genesee St., Morrison, IL 61270. Phone (815) 772-4928 Worship 10:00 a.m.

Sunday; Sunday School 10:30; Call for Ladies Bible Study COMMUNITY COMMUNITY OF CHRIST, Corner of Reno Rd. and Candlelight Dr., Worship 9:30 a.m. Pastor Kimberly Crump, Phone 815-625-6144.

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

CONGREGATIONAL FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 905 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls.; Pastor Al Campbell; Sunday Service 10:00 a.m.; Holy Communion first Sunday of the month. No steps or stairs for handicapped for worship. Church phone: 625-3314.

THE BIG RED CHURCH First Congregational 311 Second Ave., Sterling. Pastor Jeff Coester; Church School, 9:00 a.m.; Morning Worship, 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary.

Coffee Fellowship to follow worship service. Tuesday nights Prayer Warriors 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Church Office phone, 625-5112. The church is accessible to people with disabilities.

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

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 3400 N. 6th Ave., Sterling, Rev. Courtney Montgomery Chandler. Sunday School, all ages 9 a.m.; Worship service 10:15 a.m.; Families Welcome.

Nursery provided. Handicapped accessible.

Phone 625-6851.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, New Bedford, Pastor Brian L. Moore. Sunday: 9 a.m., Sunday School; 10:00 a.m., Sunday Morning Worship 10:30. Christian Children Fellowship Group on first Wednesday at 6:00 p.m., Youth Group on third Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Adult Fellowship Group on first Sunday at 5:00 p.m. at Fellowship Hall, and CWF on fourth Monday at 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. 445-4663 Pastor 626-2668 FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF WALNUT, 109 Red Oak Road, Walnut, IL. Pastor Brian L. Moore.

Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 a.m.; Sunday School for all ages 10:45 a.m. Children/Youth Sunday Club will resume on September 14th 10:15 a.m., Youth Group Meeting 6:00 p.m.; Adult Sunday Bible Class 8:00 a.m., Wednesdays Adult Bible Study 8:00 p.m.

Church office phone 815-3792093. Church Kitchen phone 3792083. Email: walnutfirstchristain@ yahoo.com. Also on Facebook (FirstChristianChurchWalnutIl) EPISCOPAL GRACE EPISCOPAL, 707 1st Ave., Sterling, 815-625-0442. Reverend Peg Williams, Rector. 9:00a.m.

Sunday Holy Eucharist. Wednesdays spoken Holy Eucharist Noon, Bible study and soup supper at 5:30. Every Third Friday at 5:30 Younger adults gathering. Pastoral care, confession and reconciliation by appt. gracechurchstg.org

Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270 (815) 772-2818. The Father Andrew Bro, Supply Priest. Schedule of Masses and Services: Sunday 9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, low mass with hymns, 10:00 a.m. coffee and fellowship.

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

Crusaders, 6 p.m. Evening Service, 7 p.m. Wednesday Mid-Week Service, 7:30 p.m. nursery facilities available. Phone: 625-5040.

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

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LATTER DAY SAINTS THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, 2709 16th Ave., Sterling. William Stocks, Bishop; Sacrament Meeting 9:3010:40 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:4511:25 a.m.; Priesthood, 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.; Relief society and Young Women, 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

LUTHERAN FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF JORDAN (ELCA) Sterling, 6 miles north on Rt. 40. Pastor Jamie Gallagher. Phone 225-7410. Worship, 8:30 a.m.; Church 625-5407.

The church building is air conditioned, and handicap accessible.

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

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

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN, (LCMS) Dixon Ave., at Martin Road, Rock Falls, Rev. Daniel Behmlander, pastor. Worship Service, 9:00 a.m. Handicap accessible. Air Conditioned. Sunday School and Bible Class 10:15 a.m. Church office: 625-3376.

IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN (ELCA), corner of 8th Ave. and W. 5th, Rock Falls. Vicki Sauter, Pastor; Worship: Sunday Worship at 9:00 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:15 a.m. Sept. thru May; Thursday evenings 6:30. Elevator and facilities for disabled persons. Air Conditioned. Church office: 625-3575.

ST. JOHN’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN (ELCA), 703 Third Ave., Sterling. Rev. Mark Oehlert. Sunday Worship at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School immediately following worship. Alternative Worship Wed. 6:15 p.m. Facilities air conditioned and equipped for the handicapped, including elevator. Church Office phone: 625-2634, between 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays.

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH, (LCMS) LeFevre Rd. and Ave. F, Sterling. Phone: 625-2284. Sunday Worship Services at 9:00 a.m.; Sunday School and Bible classes at 10:15 a.m.; 9 a.m. broadcast live on WLLT, 107.7 FM on Sunday. Handicap accessible w/use of elevator. Air Conditioned. DCE: Steven Whitney ST. PAUL LUTHERAN (ELCA), 1701 16th Ave., Sterling; Brandon Nelson, Pastor. Gerad VonHolten, Youth Director. Sunday Morning: Worship Time 9:00 a.m.; Coffee Fellowship following worship. Nursery provided; handicap accessible; air conditioned. Phone 625-3069.

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

ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS) 601 N. Jackson St. Morrison. Rev Mark Winkelman, Senoir Pastor; Rev Mike Winkelman, Associate Pastor. Sunday Worship Services at 9:30 A.M. Sunday School & Adult Bible Studies 10:45 A.M. Various Bible Studies during the week. Handicap accessible and air conditioned. Signing for deaf is available upon request. 815-7723386. www.stpetersmorrison.com

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TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA), Rt. 40 & Stover Ave., Milledgeville. Pastor Jamie Gallagher. September-May 9:00 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Forum; All year 10:15 a.m. Sunday Worship; Handicap accessible; Air conditioned. Phone: 225-7410.

NEW LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMC Congregation), 702 W. Lynn Blvd. Sterling, IL. Air conditioned. Pastor Bill Sullivan, Sunday Traditional Service 8:30 a.m.

Contemporary Service 10:45 a.m.

Church Office Phone 499-6552. nursery provided Sat. night service 6:00pm. www.nllutheran. com Handicapped Accessible.

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

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

METHODIST EAST JORDAN UNITED METHODIST, 22027 Polo Rd., Sterling, IL 61081. Jim Miller, Pastor. Fellowship 8:30; Sunday School 8:50; Worship 10:00. Handicap accessible and air conditioned.

Phone: 815-626-0104. Web address: www.EastJordanUMC.org FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 501 Broadway Ave., Sterling; Rev. Brad Wilson, pastor.

Sunday School, 9:00 a.m. Worship, 10:30 a.m. Nursery provided. Elevator available. Air conditioning.

Handicap accessible. Telephones: Church 815-625-0244 (fax-815564-0302); Annex, 815-626-1734; Loaves & Fishes breakfast, Mon.Fri., 9-11 a.m., FISH Pantry, Mon.Fri., 9-11 a.m., 815-626-1734. Email: admin@sterlingfirstumc.org ROCK FALLS UNITED METHODIST, Home of Bear Necessities 210 4th Ave nue 815-625-0114 Worship 9:00am & Wednesday 5:30pm.

Adult & Children’s Sunday school at 10am Pastor: Rich Fassig - cell 815 751 2290 Christian Ed: Ann Brandt. Handicap accessible & air conditioned. www.rockfallsumc.org Like us on Facebook UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 321 N. Holcomb Ave., Milledgeville, 225-7511. 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service. Pastor Andrew Pittman.

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST, 2nd Ave., and E. 10th St., Sterling, Pastor Brad Wilson. Sunday morning worship and Camp Sonshine for children in 5th grade and under at 9:00a.m. Fellowship with coffee and snacks at 10:20a.m.

Nursery provided during 9:00a.m. worship. Phone 1-815626-7777. Trinity Food Pantry: call ‘Good Neighbors’ for voucher at 1-815-625-5111.

WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 2200 16th Ave., Sterling, Rev. Wesley Dickson Fellowship 9:30 a.m. Worship 8 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Fully handicapped accessible and air-conditioned. Nursery provided. Contact Church Office for questions 815-625-1968 TAMPICO FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, (Two blocks west of Casey’s) Welcomes Pastor Leanne Keate.

Church phone 815-438-6105; Sunday School 9:30 a.m. (starting again in Sep); Sunday Church Service 10:30 a.m., Fellowship to follow.

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

COLETA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 112 North Main St., Hyewon “Sophia” Hyon, Pastor. Worship Hour: 9:00 a.m.; Fellowship 10:00 a.m.; Sunday School for All ages 10:30 a.m. Fully handicapped acessible and air conditioned.

(Rides available, call 336-2226) NAZARENE FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, 13th Ave., and 5th St., Sterling. Senior Pastor: Bob Hasselbring 9:45 a.m. Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. Worship Service; handicapped accessible; nursery provided at all services. Phone: 625-0864.

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

OPEN BIBLE FIRST OPEN BIBLE CHURCH, 2105 E. Rt. 30 Rock Falls. Rev. Les Funderberg, Pastor, Sunday

School, 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.; Super Church 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, Prayer and Bible Study, 7 p.m. Youth Service - Beyond Belief Wed. 7:00 p.m. Phone: 625-1957 or 625-0414.

UNITED PENTECOSTAL NEW LIFE TABERNACLE, Located on the Corner of E. 10th St. and Avenue D, Rock Falls. Rev. Carl B. Reese, Pastor. Pentecost Sunday, May 15th 6 p.m. Sunday School and Morning Worship 10 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m.

Church/Pastors Phone: 625-2926 PRESBYTERIAN FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 410 2nd Ave., A Heart for God in the Heart of Sterling. Pastor Christina Berry: Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. with childcare provided; Fellowship following worship. Choir practice 11 a.m. Building accessible to the handicapped for more information call 815-625-0452 or visit our Facebook & Become A Fan of FPC. www.firstpresbyteriansterling.org FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 100 East Lincolnway, Morrison, Il. Rev. Michael Selburg. Phone 815772-3510. Sunday School/Choir Rehearsal 9:00 a.m. Worship Service 10:15 a.m. Coffee Hour 11:15 a.m. Monthly Communion. FREE Community Dinner 5:00-6:30 p.m. second and last Thursday of month.

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

BETHEL REFORMED CHURCH, Pastor Gary DeKoekkoek 23rd St. and 3rd Ave., Sterling. Worship, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Sunday School, 10:50 - 11:30; Nursery provided.

Call the church office for information and other organizations: 626-1816. www. bethelreformed.com SPRING VALLEY REFORMED CHURCH, 10960 Spring Valley Rd., Fulton, Il. 815-772-3554.

Pastor Ralph Beidler. Worship 9:30am. Sunday School 11:00am.

Outdoor Drive In Worship 7pm Mid May - Mid September.

SALVATION ARMY SALVATION ARMY, 409 Ave. F, Sterling, www.tsasterling.org, 815625-1622. Envoys DeShawn and Christal Johnson, Corps Pastors and Administrators. Social Services: Office Hours M/T/W/F 9am-4pm, Food Pantry T/W/F 1pm-3:30pm.

Weekly Programming: Bible Study Wednesdays 5:30pm, Corps Cadets (Teen Leadership) Wednesdays 5:30pm, Praise Team Practice Wednesdays 7:00pm, Women’s Ministries Thursdays 1:00pm, Youth Group Thursdays 5-7pm, Women’s Night once a month 7pm, Parkway Service 2nd Sunday’s 2pm. Sunday Services: Sunday School 10:15am (all ages), Fellowship Time 11:00am, Worship Service 11:15am (nursery available). Community Services: Disaster Services, Worship Services, Character Building Programs, Summer Camps, Worship Arts, Vacation Bible School, Nursing Home Visits, Pastoral Counseling, Funerals.

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

NONDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1902 16th Ave., Sterling.

Sunday Morning Bible Study, 9:30 a.m. Worship Services, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Bible Study, 7 p.m. Phone: 625-2251.

AMAZING GRACE OF STERLING, 512 Second Avenue, Sterling. Rev. Loren Schlomer, pastor. Saturday evening service 6 p.m., Sunday worship 10 a.m. Midweek service Wednesday 7 p.m. Kids church during Sunday services. Phone 625-9300. www.revivalfires.net FRIENDSHIP TEMPLE OF JESUS CHRIST, 902 Oak Ave., Sterling, IL 61081. Pastor: Lonnie Chattic, phone 815-499-1895. Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

ABIDING WORD CHURCH, an Associate of RHEMA Bible Church. Corner of 6th Avenue and Lynn Blvd., Sterling. Rev. Scott D. Porter, Sr. Pastor; Saturday Night service 6:00 p.m. Sunday Celebra-

tion service 10:00 a.m. Youth Group 7th thru 12th grade, Sunday 10 a.m. Children’s ministry during all services. Phone 626-1827. Fax 6266065. www.abidingwordchurch.org FULL GOSPEL ASSEMBLY, 3807 E. 23rd, Sterling, Brian Deseno, pastor.

Sunday Services at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday Night services at 7:00 p.m.

Home/Office phone, 622-3968.

THE LIVING BREAD, 1003 Griswold, Sterling, “A Spirit-filled Bible Fellowship,” Sunday 10:00 a.m. For youth and other meetings call 626-6941.

CITY OF GOD, 530 W. Rt. 30, Rock Falls, an “Evangelistic Spirit Filled Ministry”, Larry Harts, Sr., Pastor. Associate Pastor, Marchet Harts. Youth Sundays ages 12-18.

Sunday Worship and Praise 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday “Bible Education Night” 6:45 p.m.; Nursery: birth to 3 yrs.; Children’s Ministry All Services 4 yrs.-11yrs.

Phone 815-716-8057; FAX 716-8058 TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 1407 Griswold Ave., Sterling. Frank Echebarria, pastor.

Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.; Thursday night 7:00; Saturday night 7:00 p.m. Phone 625-9377; Home phone 625-3420.

RIVER VALLEY CHURCH, 415 E. 3rd Street, Sterling. Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:30 a.m.; www.rvcsterling.com UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP, 309 30th Avenue North, Clinton, Iowa. Sunday Services at 10:00 a.m., and children’s education at 10:30 a.m. Sunday mornings. For more information call 319-242-4972. wwws. geocities.com/unitarianclintonia FIREHOUSE OF GOD MINISTRIES, 306 5th Ave., Sterling. Pastor Brian Tribley. Phone 622-9490. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Community Light Program Free Meal Mon.-Fri. 5-6 p.m. Sat. Noon-1 p.m.

SHALOM ASSEMBLY OF YAHWEH, Sabbath Meetings Sat. at 1:30 p.m.; Sabbath School Sat. at 4 p.m.; (815)718-1323. Pastor H.R. Castillo. wwwforhisname.com COWBOY CHURCH ON THE ROCK, at 106 Gaston St., Prairieville, Sunday worship service 10:30 a.m.; Bible Study every Tuesday at 6:00pm: Handicapped accessible - everyone welcome.

Contact Pastor Charlie White 815445-5912 for more information.

THE ROCK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, Building Stronger Christians. 104 E. 3rd Street, Rock Falls, IL. Sunday Prayer & Praise 9-9:30 a.m.; Bible Study/Worship Service 9:45 a.m.; Life Support 6:30 p.m.; Mon. Youth Group 7-8 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.); Tues.

CPR-Constantly Practicing Recovery 7-8 p.m.; Wed. Steps of Life 1011 a.m.; Bible Study 101 6-7 p.m.; Sat. Open Fellowship 6-10 p.m.

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH MORRISON, Meets Sundays at 10:00a.m. at MIT Auditorium 701 Portland Avenue, Morrison.

Kidzlink (Birth-5th grade) During Sunday Service. Office location 125 W. Main St., Morrison, Phone 815-956-0090, Email morrison@ crossroadscn.com Crave Students Ministries 201 W. Market Street, Morrison (Grade 6-12) Wednesday nights doors open at 6:30p.m.

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH ~ WHITE PINES CAMPUS 205 N. Jefferson Avenue, Polo.

815.837.5255. Meeting Saturdays at 6pm and Sundays at 10AM whitepines@crossroadscn.com We offer contemporary worship and relevant Bible teaching through engaging messages and powerful video. Join us after services for coffee, snacks & fellowship. Kidzlink Children’s Ministry (nursery-5th grade) during adult services Crave Youth Group (6th-12th grade) Wednesday nights 7pm. Visit our website: www.crossroadscn.com ONEIGHTY CHURCH, 12590 Lawrence Road, Sterling. Paul Sheley, Pastor. Service, Sunday 10:00am. Children’s Ministry available during all services. Phone 815-632-3410. www. oneightychurch.org SAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH, 498 IL RT. 2 (accross Brandywind) Sunday worship at 10am Nursery provided; 815-2887000 website: saukchurch.com PADS PADS SHELTER, 111 E. 29th St., Sterling (North of Lynn Blvd.East of Rt. 40 across from Wahl Clipper) October 1 - May 30, 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. 815-626-2210

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Give me playing cards, a bridge table and an expert partner, and you can keep the golf course. A good bridge player will wonder how to make partner’s life easy by describing his hand accurately in the bidding, or signaling clearly on defense. At other times, though, he must ask himself what cards partner needs to hold in order to defeat the contract.

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IN BRIEF Jobless rate edges up again in April CHICAGO (AP) – The unemployment rate across Illinois again creeped up in March even as the state added jobs.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday that the jobless rate hit 6.6 percent in April. That was up from 6.5 percent in March and came in spite of news that the state’s job base grew by 5,400.

Department Director Jeff Mays said in a news release that more than half of those new jobs were temporary positions or with employment agencies.

Illinois’ unemployment rate

has increased for 6 straight months.

The national unemployment rate for April was 5 percent.

In Illinois, the biggest employment gains for April were in the professional and business services sector where 7,600 jobs were added. Employers in the other services sector cut the most jobs, 2,300.

Rauner probably OK with legislation SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner says he might be comfortable with legislation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in Illinois. But the Republican stopped short of promising to sign the bill.

The Illinois House gave the measure final approval Wednesday. Because it already has passed the Illinois Senate the next step is the governor’s desk. The bill includes recommendations Rauner issued when he vetoed a decriminalization measure last year.

Rauner says he has to review the bill but that if it includes what he recommended he’ll “probably be comfortable with it.” The governor made the comments Thursday.

The bill would impose fines up to $200 for possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana but no jail time. It also sets a standard for what’s considered too high to drive.

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

Abbott.................................. 37.25 AGL......................................65.62 Alcoa...................................... 9.12 AltriaCorp............................ 63.35 American Express............... 62.74 Apple.................................... 94.20 Archer-Daniels.................... 38.37 Arris-Group......................... 21.98 AT&T.................................... 38.44 Autonation.......................... 46.48 Bank of America................. 14.53 Boeing................................ 128.08 BorgWarner......................... 32.32 BP......................................... 31.98 Casey’s............................... 113.90 Caterpillar........................... 69.43 CenturyLink........................ 26.92 Chevron............................... 99.85 Cisco.................................... 27.57 Citigroup............................. 45.06

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Commodities The following quotations are provided as a community service by Sterling Futures: Corn: July 3.90; Dec. 3.92½; Dec. 3.97¼ Soybeans: July 10.71½; Aug. 10.73; Nov. 10.53½ Soybean oil: July 31.91; Dec. 32.53

Soybean meal: July 378.10; Dec. 362.40 Wheat: July 4.683⁄4; Dec. 4.97½ Oats: July 1.88¼; Dec. 2.15 Live cattle: June 121.55; Aug. 118.32; Oct. 117.82 Feeder cattle: May 148.27; Oct. 1444.17 Lean hogs: June 80.42;

July 81.07; Oct. 68.95 Sugar: July 16.70 Cotton: July 61.07 T-Bonds: June 1649⁄32 Silver: June 16.48 Gold: June 1255.00 Copper: July 2.0630 Crude: June 48.15 Dollar Index: June 95.32 Ethanol: June 1.595

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SPRINT SUCCESS SPEEDSTERS WAITE, ZIMMERLEIN LEAD LOCAL 1A CONTINGENT INTO FINALS

Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

Milledgeville-Eastland’s Rebecca Waite runs in the 100-meter dash Thursday at the 1A state track & field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Waite had the fastest 100 time (12.42 seconds) and the second-fastest 200 time (25.17 seconds) by .01 seconds in qualifying for Saturday’s finals in both events. Local athletes advanced to the finals in four events; full coverage can be found on pages B4 & B5.

SPORTS inside

Pitch caller just a matter of team’s opinion, B2.

Dukes’ Gale adjusts to singles, B3.

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Forget Paris Roger Federer 17-time Grand Slam winner will skip the French Open due to a bad back, the first Grand Slam tournament he has missed since 1999.

SVM staff, wire services NFL

Bears fans to pay more for Packers Bears single-game tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, and the team also announced the debut of tiered pricing.

Not surprisingly, the Packers game on Dec. 18 has been set at the highest premium as the Bears use variable pricing for the first time. For Section 209 along the 50-yard line, for example, fans will be charged $596. Those same seats at the Redskins game the next week cost $496.

The Redskins and 49ers games are the cheapest regular-season ticket, with Titans and Jaguars games the next lowest.

GOLF

Speith one back at Byron Nelson Jordan Spieth finished off a 6-under 64 just before dark Thursday and was within a stroke of the lead when the first round of the AT&T Byron Nelson was suspended.

Sergio Garcia, Danny Lee and Johnson Wagner all shot 63. Liked Spieth, Lee and Wagner were just able to complete the round that started 2½ hours late after early morning rain.

Muirfield says no to female members Muirfield was stripped of its right to host the British Open after the Scottish club voted against admitting female members in a move that provoked sharp criticism from players and lawmakers on Thursday.

The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, which owns Muirfield, announced its decision to retain the club’s male-only policy following a ballot of its members.

NBA

Towns, Porzingis head All-Rookie team Timberwolves forward Karl-Anthony Towns and Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis have been unanimously selected to the NBA All-Rookie first team.

Joining Towns and Porzingis on the first team were the Suns’ Devin Booker, Denver’s Nikola Jokic and the 76ers’ Jahlil Okafor.

Frank Vogel

Your guide to what’s going on in sports

Former Pacers coach met with the Magic and has agreed to a deal in principle, 1 week after former coach Scott Skiles resigned.

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Friday, May 20, 2016

BASEBALL | 3A REGIONAL PREVIEW

On the calendar

Who makes the calls?

Local events

B2 • Sauk Valley Media

sportShorts

Off to Orlando

Philosophies differ on who decides pitches

Baseball 4:30 p.m.

• Dixon at Rochelle

Softball 4:30 p.m.

BY PATRICK MASON pmason@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5550 @pm222

At just about every area baseball game, catchers will look into the dugout to find a coach signaling what pitch to call.

Some coaches tap different parts of their cap, others show a different number of fingers. The catcher sees that, then puts down his fingers and the pitcher throws the pitch.

Some teams, however, cut out the coach and leave it up to the catcher.

During a Dixon baseball game early this season, coach Jason Burgess kept a watchful eye on freshman catcher Kyle Crawford.

Burgess sat near the edge of the dugout, and spewed questions and statements Crawford’s way.

He was challenging the young player.

“What are you going to do here?”

Burgess asked aloud. “All right, this guy singled last time up. How are you going to work him? Think.

Is that where we want that pitch?”

Crawford started on varsity from the start of the season, and was given an important job – the freedom to call pitches. Burgess kept track of the pitches thrown, and when. He wanted Crawford to have a reason for each of his decisions.

If a Dukes pitcher was going to throw a fastball, it was because Crawford put down the sign. A curveball in the dirt? Crawford’s call.

In a game earlier this season against Winnebago, pitcher Ryan Long had seven strikeouts. The two were in sync for most of the outing. Crawford talks with pitchers in the dugout between innings about what’s working and what’s not. This is what Burgess hoped to achieve when handing the control of a game over to a player.

“I knew Kyle could handle it,” Burgess said. “He’s a good ball player, a smart player, and I think he can grow from having that responsibility.The pitchers can grow from it as well. It’s the kids playing the game, and I want them to work out mistakes and work through in-game situations.”

Crawford plays travel baseball in the summers on a team that tours the country. He’s had experience calling pitches before, and was glad that his high school coach allowed him to continue. The added responsibility is all part of Burgess’ long-term vision of turning the Dixon baseball program around. By giving the players more responsibility, Burgess believes they will take more pride in the way they play.

“I think it’s cool that Coach lets

Today

• LaSalle-Peru at Rock Falls • 1A Westminster Christian Regional, AFC vs. AldonHebron

Girls soccer 6 p.m.

• 2A Sterling Regional, championship, Dixon vs.

Kaneland

Boys track Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

Sterling catcher Trey Morse, seen here making a tag at home plate against LaSalle-Peru last month, calls pitches on his own during games, as does teammate Camden Bailey. The decision on who calls the pitches varies from team to team throughout the area.

3A Sterling Regional When: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday Teams: No. 1 Rock Falls, No. 4 Sterling, No. 5 Freeport, No. 7 Rochelle, No. 9 Dixon Local players to watch: Kris Lahman, Dixon sr. P/IF; Ryan Long, Dixon sr. P/IF; Quinton Matznick, RF sr. P/IF; Turner Morse, Sterling jr. P/IF; Logan Pillars, RF jr. C/IF; Tyler Willman, Sterling so. P/IF Advancement: Winner to Rochelle Sectional, vs. Sycamore Regional winner, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, June 2 us call our pitches,” Crawford said.

“It’s nice to know that he has faith in us. I’m the kind of guy who likes that challenge. When he’s asking me all those questions about why I called this or why I called that, you start to think like a coach.”

Pitcher Kris Lahman enjoys having his catcher make the call on what he throws. He said he feels comfortable approaching a teammate about a game plan.

“You have to build a trust with your teammate for it to work,” Lahman said. “We just have to be open so you can talk about things player to player about what we can do differently. Sometimes that’s easier than talking with a coach, or just having a coach tell you to do things with no reason behind it.

“This way, we’re learning about different sequences and working through adversity together.”

Like Dixon, Sterling is another team that allows its catchers to call pitches. Sophomore catcher Trey Morse and freshman catcher Camden Bailey split time behind the plate, and each are finding their way through calling games.

In an outing against Dixon last month with Turner Morse on the mound, Trey worked an insideout sequence on several batters.

Dukes right-handed batter Ryan Troutman saw three inside pitches, before the third strike grazed

the outside corner. The next batter received the same sequence with the same result.

Turner had seven strikeouts in the game.

“It’s a learning experience for the [catchers],” Golden Warriors coach Nick Pepper said. “Allowing the guys to call their own pitches allows them to learn from mistakes. I think overall, it can help them grow as a player by taking charge back there.”

Pepper caught his junior year when he played for Sterling, and was allowed to call his own pitches. He said he learned a lot about the game, and decided it would be a good tool for his players to learn.

“Each coach has his own philosophy,” Pepper said. “We let our catchers call their game, but at the same time, if something’s not working, we as coaches will step in and make some adjustments.

It’s really all about having different philosophies.”

Rock Falls has one of those different philosophies. The Rockets don’t allow their catchers to call pitches, and have been one of the most successful baseball programs in the area. Longtime coach Donnie Chappell has called games from the dugout for years.

For Chappell, it isn’t about not trusting his players, but more about what has worked. He likes having control of a game, and having a coach signal in pitches can deflect disappointment and blame from his players to him.

Having a coach call pitches also helps to streamline what the defense is doing. If Chappell shades the outfield for a specific batter, or sets up the infield, he wants the pitcher and catcher to be on the same page.

“I’m a control freak, and that’s really what it’s about more than anything,” Chappell said. “I make sure I’m on top of everything.

From our point of view, we’re always moving pitch to pitch, batter to batter, and I know what I’m throwing so at least we have a plan.”

11 a.m.

• 2A Sectional pole vault, at Freeport 3:30 p.m.

• Dixon, Erie-Prophetstown, Rock Falls, Sterling at 2A River Ridge Sectional • Amboy, AFC, Bureau Valley, Fulton, MilledgevilleEastland, Morrison, Newman, Ohio at 1A Bureau Valley Sectional • Oregon, Polo-Forreston at 1A Oregon Sectional

Girls track 8 a.m.

• Class 2A/3A state meet, at Charleston

On the tube TV listings

Today Auto racing 2 p.m.

• NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, All-Star Race, final practice, at Concord, N.C., FS1 4:30 p.m.

• NASCAR, Camping World Truck Series, NC Education Lottery 200, qualifying, at Concord, N.C., FS1 6 p.m.

• NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, Sprint Showdown, at Concord, N.C., FS1 7:30 p.m.

• NASCAR, Camping World Truck Series, NC Education Lottery 200, at Concord, N.C., FS1

College softball 3:30 p.m.

• NCAA Regionals, teams TBA, ESPN2 6 p.m.

• NCAA Regionals, teams TBA, ESPN • NCAA Regionals, teams TBA, ESPN2 8 p.m.

• NCAA Regionals, teams TBA, ESPN 10:30 p.m.

SOFTBALL | 2A NEWMAN REGIONAL SEMIFINAL | NEWMAN 6, PRINCETON 1

Defense, timely hitting lead Comets Newman gets insurance runs late in win

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

STERLING – Newman chipped away early, getting a run here and a run there, then broke it open with three insurance runs in the sixth to beat Princeton 6-1 in a Class 2A Newman Regional semifinal on Thursday.

Trinity Martinez opened the scoring in the first inning. After sneaking a double inside the left-field line, she came around to score on a double

by Madison Craft. The Comets added another run in the third when Mady Ferris blooped a hit just beyond the reach of Princeton shortstop Jaimee Ciesielski and raced into second. Ferris then stole third before coming home on an error.

The Comets’ third run

came in the fifth, as Martinez scored on a sacrifice fly by Craft.

Princeton cut the lead to 3-1 in the sixth when Alisa Holmbeck hit a solo home run, but Newman answered with three runs with two outs in the bottom of the inning. Maura Harrison drove in Bailey Boesen, and Martinez followed with a double to drive in Lauren Wilson and Grace Ely. “We were just staying disciplined, and that’s the No. 1 key for us right now,” Martinez said.

Newman pitcher Lakyn Waldschmidt scattered five hits, never allowing more than one hit in an inning, and only once facing more than one runner on base.

She relied on a screwball and riseball, often working the inside part of the plate to jam hitters and

get them to pop up.

Newman’s defense was also stellar in backing her up. In the second, Rhyanna Hadden made a diving catch in center field.

In the fifth, Martinez dove from behind the plate to snag a foul ball.

“That gives me that wiggle room to make that pitch that maybe doesn’t curve all the way that I want it to, but I know my defense always has my back,” Waldschmidt said.

“Rhy, she goes out there Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com and she dives and she’s Newman’s Mady Ferris slides safely into home after not afraid to. She leaves it all out on the field. What stealing third and advancing on an error during the more can you ask for from Comets’ win over Princeton on Thursday. a team that just always Star of the game: Trinity Martinez, Newman, 2-for-3, has your back.”

2 RBIs Waldschmidt also did her part to field her posiKey performers: Madison Craft, Newman 2-for-2, tion, collecting several 2 RBIs; Alisa Holmbeck, Princeton, solo home run; popups and grounders Rhyanna Hadden, Newman, diving catch in center back to the circle, and Up next: 2A Newman Regional final, Newman vs. starting a 1-6-3 double Erie-Prophetstown, 2 p.m. Saturday play to end the sixth.

• NCAA Regionals, teams TBA, ESPN2

Golf 9:30 a.m.

• European PGA Tour, Irish Open, second round, at Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland (same-day tape), GOLF 3 p.m.

• PGA Tour, AT&T Byron Nelson Championship, second round, at Irving, Texas, GOLF 8 p.m.

• LPGA Tour, Kingsmill Championship, second round, at Williamsburg, Va. (same-day tape), GOLF

Horse racing 2 p.m.

• Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, at Baltimore (post time 3:50 p.m.), NBCSN

MLB 6 p.m.

• Indians at Red Sox OR Rays at Tigers, MLB 7 p.m.

• Royals at White Sox, CSN

NHL 7 p.m.

• Stanley Cup playoffs, Eastern Conference, finals, Game 4, Penguins at Lightning, NBCSN

Friday, May 20, 2016

LOCAL SPORTS

Sauk Valley Media • B3

BOYS TENNIS | SPOTLIGHT ON DIXON’S MICHAEL GALE

Adjustment period for Gale Dixon senior loves challenge of narrower court in singles play

BY CODY CUTTER ccutter@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5552 @CodyCutter35

Rock Island Sectional

Angles, slopes and curves are nothing new to Michael Gale.

When the Dixon High School senior isn’t hitting balls on the tennis court, he may be taking a swing at challenging math problems. What has also been a challenge for him has been the transition from playing in doubles competition to singles play.

Since the singles court is 2.744 meters narrower than the doubles court, Gale has tried to make his hits to the sides more acute than usual.

The first few matches were a challenge, but Gale has that problem largely under wraps.

He is 5-2 in his last seven matches for the Dukes after an 0-3 start.

Gale played singles during his junior varsity years, but going up against varsity competition after establishing comfort in doubles play was an adjustment.

“The first few matches were a little rough,” Gale said. “I was still hitting balls wide in the alleys, and I have to pull them in and hit them onto the singles court instead. I was losing a lot of points with good shots, but they were just going wide. I had to transition that out of my game and go more narrow.”

Gale spent the past two seasons playing doubles with Bryce Stanley, an arrangement which continued into the first dual of this season.

After Stanley played one match at No. 2 singles, Gale was paired with Zach Healy for that dual.

When: Friday & Saturday Where: Rock Island H.S. Local teams: Dixon, Newman, Sterling Rest of field: Alleman, Moline, Geneseo, Rock Island, United Township Advancement: Top 4 in singles & doubles advance to state tournament. win came against Rochelle’s Kevin Zheng in a 6-3, 6-1 decision. In his last five match wins, Gale has only lost more than three games to Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com an opponent once.

Dixon senior Michael Gale has enjoyed the challenge of Still, Gale finds himself having to be reminded of being moving from doubles to singles this season. in singles play with each close Then, Dukes coach Steve court was also an adapting hit that lands in the alley.

Boll made more adjustments, concept for Gale, who is try“I had to get some repetition and put Gale in the No. 2 ing to work his way up to the going and keep hitting it in singles slot in a dual against net as the season goes along. and more narrow,” Gale said.

Galesburg. That arrangement “Singles is a lot more run“Then I could take it out wide has stuck throughout the rest ning, and you’re a lot more again once I got used to playof the season, as Gale “found involved,” Gale said. “There’s ing on a smaller-sized court. his niche” in the new role, just one person covering the “Every once in a while, I’ll according to Boll. court instead of two, so it hit a really good shot right “As we made some mid-sea- wears you out a little more, down the alley, and it’s out.” son changes to strengthen our and you’re hotter, sweatier, Gale’s play has been an team, it became obvious to me and quicker because you’re important part of Dixon’s that Michael would be a nice running farther and more 10-4 season, which includes a fit in the No. 2 singles spot,” often.”

5-0 slate against Big Northern Boll said. “He always practices Gale’s next match against Conference opponents. The competitively with our No. 1 Rockford Lutheran’s Owen Dukes enter Saturday’s Rock singles player [Sam Bratt] at Horst was an interesting one Island Sectional winners of practice, and has continued to for him. Horst played a simitheir last seven dual meets. improve his game throughout lar style to that of Gale’s, and Gale is looking for his first the season.” it was hard to adapt in a 6-3, win in sectional competition.

Gale’s first singles match 6-3 loss.

Paired with Stanley in douagainst Galesburg was on “He was really good,” Gale bles competition, they drew what he considered a hot day. said. “His playing style was the sectional’s No. 2 seed He lost the first set 6-1, but very similar to mine, so it was each of the past 2 years. came back to win 7-6 in the hard to overcome him. It was “I’ve got to keep focused second set before falling 11-9 hard to adapt to something and keep working through in a third-set tiebreaker. Con- you’re not used to playing.” the heat,” Gale said, “and stant movement around the The first varsity singles keep my strokes on point.”

ROUNDUP

Warriors cap off regular season with win

By SVM Sports Staff

Sterling came away with a 7-1 win at United Township on Thursday to finish the regular season 17-17, a 12-win improvement from 2015.

The Warriors broke open what had been a 2-1 game with a pair of runs in the fourth, and three more in the sixth.

Sam Wike went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles. Nick Olds was 3-for-4.

Rock Falls 17, Alleman 3: The Rockets scored 12 runs in the final three innings to break open a road game.

Alex Cantu powered the offense with four hits and five RBIs, and Logan Pillars added a pair of doubles. Clay Velazquez and Cooper Kilberg also doubled.

Thursday’s stars Alex Cantu, RF baseball, 5 RBIs Sam Wike, Sterling baseball, 2 2Bs Peyton Yanes, Rock Falls softball, 2-run homer Emily Berogan, Sterling softball, 4-for-4 Warren-Stockton 6, Erie-Prophetstown 5: Warren-Stockton beat E-P in the semi-

final of the 2A Bureau Valley Regional.

Softball Rock Falls 7, Galesburg 1: Peyton Yanes

hit a two-run homer, and Madason Shaw added an RBI triple to lead the Rockets to a road win.

TRACK & FIELD HONOR ROLL Boys 100 State qualifying: 1A 11.32; 2A 11.10 Kyle LeBlanc, Dixon 11.11 Nyrel Sullivan, Dixon 11.13 Will Konneck, Bureau Valley 11.13 Nathan McLuckie, Fulton 11.21 Easton Bianchi, Newman 11.26

200 State qualifying: 1A 22.50; 2A 23.09 Kyle LeBlanc, Dixon 22.42 Easton Bianchi, Newman 22.70 Nyrel Sullivan, Dixon 22.72 Will Konneck, Bureau Valley 22.79 Brady Rude, Newman 22.99

400 State qualifying: 1A 51.68; 2A 51.00 Terrance Bruce, Sterling 51.00 Gavin Fuchs, Polo-Forreston 51.19 Kody Wetzell, Erie-Prophetstown 51.29 Josh Dallas, Dixon 51.38 Isaiah Roby, Dixon 52.54

800 State qualifying: 1A 2:02.26; 2A 1:59.20 Brayden Hamblen, Rock Falls 1:57.89 Kerrick Cameron, Erie-P’town 1:58.67 Chris Ahlers, Newman 1:59.00 Ian Hussung, Oregon 2:02.81 Cody Lund, Sterling 2:03.22

1,600 State qualifying: 1A 4:38.49; 2A 4:27.70 Jacob Gebhardt, Sterling 4:24.78 Seth Williams, Rock Falls 4:26.05 Brayden Hamblen, Rock Falls 4:27.61 Chris Ahlers, Newman 4:27.83 Ian Hussung, Oregon 4:35.20

3,200 State qualifying: 1A 10:11.70; 2A 9:44.80 Brayden Hamblen, Rock Falls 9:37.05 Seth Williams, Rock Falls 9:44.90 Jacob Gebhardt, Sterling 9:53.01 Dewey Landis, Sterling 9:55.59 Romeo Blackburn, Amboy 10:09.64

110 hurdles State qualifying: 1A 15.84; 2A 15.30 Dylan Binion, Erie-Prophetstown 14.67 Jared Harrison, Dixon 15.58 A.J. Christiansen, Polo-Forreston 15.62 Konner Wilson, Oregon 15.75 Bobby Tribble, Sterling 15.98

300 hurdles State qualifying: 1A 41.57; 2A 40.20 A.J. Christiansen, Polo-Forreston 40.13 Rodney Gossard, Fulton 40.41 Konner Wilson, Oregon 40.54 Jared Harrison, Dixon 40.61 Dylan Binion, Erie-Prophetstown 41.01

400 relay State qualifying: 1A 44.29; 2A 43.30 Fulton 43.65 Dixon 43.96 Polo-Forreston 44.05 Oregon 44.25 Sterling 45.03

800 relay State qualifying: 1A 1:33.24; 2A 1:30.90 Fulton 1:31.29 Erie-Prophetstown 1:31.66 Dixon 1:32.15 Polo-Forreston 1:33.03 Oregon 1:33.71

1,600 relay State qualifying: 1A 3:31.52; 2A 3:27.50 Erie-Prophetstown 3:26.34 Oregon 3:31.43 Sterling 3:31.48 Dixon 3:32.53 Polo-Forreston 3:33.93

3,200 relay State qualifying: 1A 8:32.45; 2A 8:11.20 Sterling 8:15.01 Dixon 8:20.16 Oregon 8:21.39 Erie-Prophetstown 8:21.85 Rock Falls 8:27.17

Pole vault State qualifying: 1A 12-7; 2A 13-1 Tyler Naftzger, Erie-Prophetstown Kyle Kruthoff, Erie-Prophetstown Hunter Schoff, Bureau Valley David Villa, Rock Falls Jake Mennen, Oregon

14-0 13-1 12-6 12-0 11-7

High jump State qualifying: 1A 6-2; 2A 6-3 Brandon Boyer, Rock Falls Kyle LeBlanc, Dixon Isaiah Roby, Dixon Reid Blackburn, Sterling Drew Misfeldt, Erie-Prophetstown Brad Cavanaugh, Polo-Forreston Ellis Roby, Oregon Michael Dixon, Fulton

6-6 6-6 6-4 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0

Long jump State qualifying: 1A 20-11; 2A 21-5 Brady Rude, Newman 22-5 Nyrel Sullivan, Dixon 21-11 Dylan Binion, Erie-Prophetstown 21-2 Preston Stapleton, Polo-Forreston 20-5 Brady Webb, Polo-Forreston 20-4 Michael Austin, Rock Falls 20-4

Triple jump State qualifying: 1A 41-7; 2A 43-4 Kandras Martin, Dixon 43-0 1/2 Rodney Gossard, Fulton 42-5 Dylan Binion, Erie-Prophetstown 42-3 Zach Kirchoff, Sterling 42-1 Preston Stapleton, Polo-Forr. 41-8 1/2

Shot put State qualifying: 1A 47-8; 2A 50-11 Jack Heflin, Erie-Prophetstown 52-10 Kole Mowry, Oregon 47-11 1/2 John Ghibellini, Oregon 46-9 Kyle McLuckie, Fulton 46-8 Juan Dominguez, Polo-Forr.

46-7 3/4

Discus State qualifying: 1A 143-2; 2A 145-11 John Ghibellini, Oregon 153-11 Kole Mowry, Oregon 149-10 Kyle McLuckie, Fulton 142-6 Keegan North, Fulton 142-0 Juan Dominguez, Polo-Forreston 138-2

Miranda Long and Bailee Reynolds also drove in runs.

Moline 6, Sterling 4: Emily Berogan went 4-for-4, and Lexy Staples went 2-for-4 with a double, but it was not enough as the Warriors lost on the road.

After Moline jumped ahead 4-0 in the first two innings, Sterling scored four in the third to tie the game, but could not score the rest of the way. Moline won it with two runs in the bottom of the fourth.

Sycamore 15, Dixon 0: Dixon fell in a nonconference road game.

Phoenix Smith singled for the Duchesses’ lone hit of the game. Hannah Schlosser took the loss.

SVM SCOUTS BOYS TRACK SECTIONALS 2A Galena

When: 3:30 p.m. today Where: River Ridge High School, Hanover Local teams: Dixon, Erie-Prophetstown, Rock Falls, Sterling Rest of field: Belvidere, Boylan, Burlington Central, Freeport, GalenaEast Dubuque-River Ridge, Genoa-Kingston, Kaneland, Rochelle, Stillman Valley, Sycamore Local athletes to watch: Dylan Binion, Erie-Prophetstown; Brandon Boyer, Rock Falls; Terrance Bruce, Sterling; Jacob Gebhardt, Sterling; Brayden Hamblen, Rock Falls; Jared Harrison, Dixon; Kyle Kruthoff, Erie-Prophetstown; Dewey Landis, Sterling; Kyle LeBlanc, Dixon; Kandras Martin, Dixon; Tyler Naftzger, Erie-Prophetstown; Nyrel Sullivan, Dixon; Seth Williams, Rock Falls Advancement: Top two finishers in each event, plus those meeting or exceeding qualifying standards, advance to the state meet.

1A Bureau Valley

When: 3:30 p.m. today Local teams: Amboy-LaMoille, AFC, Bureau Valley, Fulton, MilledgevilleEastland, Morrison, Newman, Ohio Rest of field: El Paso-Gridley, Flanagan-Cornell, Fieldcrest, Hall, Henry-Senachwine, Indian Creek, Lowpoint-Washburn, Putnam County, Riverdale, St. Bede Local athletes to watch: Chris Ahlers, Newman; Easton Bianchi, Newman; Romeo Blackburn, Amboy; Nick DeVito, Milledgeville-Eastland; Rodney Gossard, Fulton; Gabe Hunt, Morrison; Will Konneck, BV; Eric Kull, Morrison; Kyle McLuckie, Fulton; Brady Rude, Newman; Hunter Schoff, BV; James Talley, AFC Advancement: Top two finishers in each event, plus those meeting or exceeding qualifying standards, advance to the state meet.

1A Oregon

When: 3:30 p.m. today Local teams: Oregon, Polo-Forreston, West Carroll Rest of field: Alden-Hebron, Byron, Christian Life, Dakota, Faith Lutheran, Harvest Christian Academy, Hiawatha, Hinckley-Big Rock, Lena-Winslow, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Pearl City, Rockford Christian, Rockford Lutheran, South Beloit, Stockton-Warren, Winnebago Local athletes to watch: Jacob Casey, West Carroll; Brad Cavanaugh, Polo-Forreston; A.J. Christensen, Polo-Forreston; Juan Dominguez, Polo-Forreston; John Ghibellini, Oregon; Daniel Hartman, West Carroll; Ian Hussung, Oregon; Kole Mowry, Oregon; Preston Stapleton, PoloForreston; Konner Wilson, Oregon Advancement: Top two finishers in each event, plus those meeting or exceeding qualifying standards, advance to the state meet.

PREP SPORTS

Forreston to go it alone Co-ops for baseball, softball not renewed

BY ANDY COLBERT Shaw Media

FORRESTON – Because of limited opportunities for playing time, the baseball and softball co-ops between Forreston and Polo will cease to exist.

At Wednesday’s Forreston school board meeting, co-ops for track and wrestling were renewed, but not for baseball and softball.

“Lack of participation is the number 1 factor in our decision,” said Dennis Osterloo, Forreston school board president. “What we are seeing is a decline in Forreston kids going out because of lack of playing time.”

According to Osterloo, Forreston athletes were canvassed on this issue.

“It’s disheartening to hear that they grew up playing baseball or softball, but aren’t going out because of this,” he said. “Or, maybe they played for a year and didn’t return because of lack of playing time.”

The two schools have co-oped baseball and softball since 2011.

In that time, the baseball team has gone 98-61, winning a 2A regional last year.

In softball, Forreston reached the 1A supersectional the year before the co-op went into effect. They did win a 2A regional as a co-op the following year, but have been 4-4 in regional play since then.

Forreston’s enrollment of 273 puts them 10 students below the baseball/ softball cut-off between 1A and 2A. “This isn’t about being in 1A or winning,” Osterloo said. “It’s about allowing our students the chance to participate. In baseball, the number of Polo kids is not that significant, but in softball, it is more like 50-50.”

Besides several Polo residents in attendance at the meeting, there were a handful of Forreston track athletes, concerned about the future of their sport.

“When the co-op began, Polo needed help to field a baseball and softball team, and Forreston needed help to field a competitive track team,” P-F track coach Ryan Deets said. “We entered into the co-op with that intention. Six years later, the numbers still reflect the same situation.

“Together we have a very strong track team. Separately, there will be great individuals, but neither town will field a complete team with the ability to compete for a state trophy, which is what we have now.”

Though Forreston opted to renew agreements in track and wrestling, Polo has the option of dropping them.

“We want to continue wrestling and track, but it is up to Polo,” Osterloo said. “I hope it works out.”

Polo’s school board meets Monday, but the agenda has not been made public yet.

“Obviously we are pretty disappointed in the decision,” Polo athletic director Ted Alston said. “We felt the co-op had been successful, and gave many of our student athletes an opportunity to play a sport they enjoy. We will be looking into several options for the future, and hopefully our kids will still have the opportunity to compete in baseball and softball.”

A person familiar with both sides of the issue is Polo resident Terry Pierce, formerly softball coach at Forreston.

“I know the youth program at Polo for softball is really good,” Pierce said. “I think Polo could support a high school team, but it is questionable fielding a fresh-soph and varsity. Even when I coached at Oregon, that was a problem.”

Pierce sees advantages for both Forreston and Polo going it alone, especially avoiding 2A teams like Stillman Valley and Byron in the post season.

“It’s absolutely easier to have a team from one school – a lot of 1A schools do it,” Pierce said. “It’s difficult to work up school enthusiasm for a co-op. It ended up working, but was somewhat awkward. Initially, I don’t think Polo girls were too exciting about heading up north to practice and play.”

A pair of Polo residents addressed the Forreston school board and voiced their displeasure about the decision.

“Hopefully both sides will look at what is best for the majority of the athletes, not just a single team, and understand that in order for a cooperative to work, there must be give-and-take from both sides,” Deets said. “Sometimes as adults we are quick to judge, hasty to react to others, and we lose sight of what is important – and that is the 150some athletes that these decisions will directly affect.”

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Friday, May 20, 2016

CLASS 1A STATE PRELIMINARIES • O’BRIEN STADIUM • EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY THURSDAY’S RESULTS Finalists, local results Long jump 1. Jenny Kimbro (Salt Fork) 17-8 1/4; 2. Bryn Guthrie (Litchfield) 17-5; 3. Daylee Denton (Pana) 16-11 3/4; 4. Carmen DeVries (Lena-Winslow) 16-11; 5. (tie) Cora Wilkinson (Seneca), Casey Berberich (Lebanon) 16-9 1/2; 7. Annie Carlson (Westmont) 16-9; 8. (tie) Emily Woods (Seneca), McKendra Berthelme (Newton) 16-7 1/4; 10. Amy Pineda (Deer Creek-Mackinaw) 16-6 3/4; 11. Lexi Grogan (Serena) 16-4 1/4; 12. Amber Clouser (Pleasant Plains) 16-2 1/2 Local: Rebecca Waite (Milledgeville-Eastland) 15-4 Pole vault 1. (tie) Sarah Craig (Schlarman), Madi Quinn (Hall), Emma Meyer (Moweaqua Central A&M), Hannah Atwood (St. Joseph-Ogden), Kristin Slaughter (Effingham St. Anthony), Jenna Ring (Tri-Valley), Cassie Wilson (Tri-Valley), Katie Denby (Carlinville), Emma Smith (Carlinville), Cameryn Baldwin (Winnebago) 10-3; 11. (tie) Hannah Reach (Anna-Jonesboro), Lindsey Brown (Annawan-Wethersfield) 10-0 High jump DaeLin Switzer (Decatur St. Teresa) 5-3; Billi Fox (Illini Bluffs) 5-3; Haley McCaslin (Hillsboro) 5-3; Olivia Rossman (Lowpoint-Washburn) 5-3; Hope Tewes (Pleasant Plains) 5-3; Laura Beckett (Moweaqua Central A&M) 5-3; Lucy Rulon (Champaign St. Thomas More) 5-3; Anna Hartke (Teutopolis) 5-3; Ellie Niemann (Litchfield) 5-3 Local: Betsy Leonard (Fulton) 5-1

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Milledgeville-Eastland’s Rebecca Waite (middle) runs in the 200-meter dash Thursday during the 1A state track & field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Waite qualified for Saturday’s finals with the fastest time in the 100 (12.42 seconds) and the second-fastest time in the 200 (25.17).

No time to Waite Missiles sophomore puts on a show in sprints

Triple jump 1. Jaida Smith (IC Catholic) 36-3 1/2; 2. Annie Carolson (Westmont) 36-0; 3. McKendra Barthelme (Newton) 35-9; 4. Grace Alley (Seneca) 35-8 1/2; 5. Cheyanna Michael (Williamsville) 35-5 1/2; 6. Megan Reed (Ridgewood) 35-4 1/2; 7. Madison Davis (Rockford Lutheran) 35-3 1/4; 8. Madison Leysaht (Peoria Christian) 35-0 3/4; 9. Emily Burkitt (Christopher) 34-11 1/2; 10. Brianna Niebrugge (Decatur St. Teresa) 34-8 1/2; 11.

Cora Wilkinson (Seneca) 34-6 3/4; 12. Tarynn Mays (DuQuoin) 34-6 Locals: Daekota Knott (Fulton) 32-7 1/2; Addison Moreland (Bureau Valley) 32-1 1/4; Naeva Groenewold (Polo-Forreston) 31-11 1/2 Discus 1. Kathleen Young (Warrensburg-Latham) 140-3; 2.

Mikah Maples (Moweaqua Central A&M) 132-3; 3. Abby Nicholson (Salt Fork) 128-2; 4. Allee Bunting (Watseka) 127-2; 5. Emily Offenheiser (Stockton-Warren) 124-1; 6.

Jamesha Western (Red Hill) 123-7; 7. Katie Witte (Salt Fork) 122-0; 8. Rachel Clowers (Pleasant Hill) 120-4; 9.

Miranda Reeves (El Paso-Gridley) 119-9; 10. Carrissa Tinsley (Ridgeview) 115-1; 11. Alexandra Draves (Seneca) 114-10; 12. Lynsey Gibson (Gillespie) 112-3 Locals: Chloe Lindeman (Fulton) 109-0; Emma Jacobs (Fulton) 94-2; Samantha Johnson (Milledgeville-Eastland) 93-6; Saige Barnett (Bureau Valley) 92-7; Peyton Tegeler (Morrison) 89-11

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CHARLESTON – Rebecca Waite has been here before, so she wasn’t nervous. She just wanted to win.

The Milledgeville-Eastland sophomore did just that, and put herself in position to compete for a state title after posting a prelim-best 12.42 in the 100 meters. And she wasn’t done.

Waite ran the second-best time in the 200, and emerged as one of the top sprinters at the Class 1A girls state track and field preliminaries in Charleston on the campus of Eastern Illinois University.

Waite’s 200 time of 25.17 was only beaten by WarrensburgLatham’s Taylor George, who finished in 25.16. The two ran side-by-side the entire way, and George stuck her head out at the end to capture the win.

“You’re always a little shaky before everything starts,” Waite said. “But I told myself that I’ve been to state before, and I already know what it’s about. Once I’m in the blocks, it’s all about the race and focusing on getting out fast.”

Waite didn’t advance in the long jump, and ran a leg on the Missiles’ 800 relay that failed to advance. She opened the day with the long jump, and couldn’t get a good feel.

“I kept missing the board,” Waite said. “I would always end up in front of it and cost myself about a foot [of distance].”

But her pure speed made up for missing out in the long jump. Waite, a tall, powerful runner, entered the prelims with the second-best 100 time, and eighth-best 200.

Right with her was a friend, in Amboy-LaMoille’s Erika Zimmerlein.

The two have had friendly battles throughout the season, each edging the other at various meets. Like Waite, Zimmerlein made it through in the 100 and 200. She holds the fifth seed in the 100 (12.71), and the sixth seed in the 200 (25.49).

Zimmerlein also ran the anchor leg in the 800 relay, storming home in the final 100 meters to steal a win in Flight 2. Zimmerlein ran with Katelynn Pankhurst, Cassidy Corcoran and Kaitlin Boers to finish in 1:46.27.

“I love that Rebecca made it through with me,” Zimmerlein said. “When you race against her in sectionals, you worry about her and really want to win. But here at state, we both already made it here, so it’s just that extra competition against her that makes it fun.”

Fulton freshman Chloe Lindeman was the only other local athlete to advance to Saturday’s finals. Lindeman made it through in the shot put with a distance of 38-3, about 5 feet short of her sectional-winning toss of 43-6.

“It was a little overwhelming

Shot put 1. Kathleen Young (Warrensburg-Latham) 50-4 3/4*; 2.

Rachel Clowers (Pleasant Hill) 42-4 3/4; 3. Katelyn Gonterman (Auburn) 41-6 1/2; 4. Emily Offenheiser (Stockton-Warren) 40-3 1/2; 5. Abby Nicholson (Salt Fork) 39-9; 6. Jamesha Western (Red Hill) 38-10; 7. Mikah Maples (Moweaqua Central A&M) 38-9 1/4; 8. Carrie Ferguson (Riverdale) 38-8 1/2; 9. Chloe Lindeman (Fulton) 38-3; 10. Mikayla Baillie (Gibson City-MelvinSibley) 38-0 3/4; 11. Carrissa Tinsley (Ridgeview) 37-11; 12. Ellie Lamb (Rushville-Industry) 37-10 Other locals: Saige Barnett (Bureau Valley) 37-4 3/4; Emma Jacobs (Fulton) 37-2 1/4

3,200 relay 1. Annawan-Wethersfield 9:51.18; 2. Deer CreekMackinaw 9:53.26; 3. Liberty 9:54.49; 4. Knoxville 9:54.52; 5. Litchfield 9:56.30; 6. PORTA 9:57.09; 7.

Chicago Christian 10:00.70; 8. Alleman 10:03.77; 9.

Dakota 10:03.86; 10. Lebanon 10:04.43; 11. Springfield Lutheran 10:05.40; 12. St. Joseph-Ogden 10:06.60 400 relay 1. St. Joseph-Ogden 49.70; 2. Luther North 49.86; 3. Mercer County 50.07; 4. Decatur St. Teresa 50.34; 5. Pana 50.67; 6. Farmington 50.68; 7. Winnebago 50.693; 8. Pleasant Plains 50.696; 9. WarrensburgLatham 50.90 Locals: Amboy-LaMoille (Katelynn Pankhurst, Cassidy Corcoran, Kaitlin Boers, Erika Zimmerlein) 51.46; Newman (Delaney Hinrichs, Breann Rosengren, Maddie Jacobs, Mary Jensen) 51.80; Bureau Valley (Marissa Endress, Tiana Kennedy, Addison Moreland, Marissa Mungia) 52.19 100 hurdles 1. Jenny Kimbro (Salt Fork) 14.44; 2. Parker Francisco (St. Joseph-Ogden) 15.44; 3. McKendra Berthelme (Newton) 15.45; 4. Alayna Statler (Fisher) 15.56; 5. Alyssa Vignos (New Berlin) 15.75; 6. Emery Podowicz (Clifton Central) 15.81; 7. Jayden King (Schlarman) 15.82; 8. Natasha Bernett (Luther North) 15.94; 9. Amanda Schmidt (Gillespie) 15.97

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ABOVE: Amboy’s Erika Zimmerlein runs the final leg of the 400-meter relay Thursday at the 1A state track & field preliminaries in Charleston. The Clippers did not make the finals in the 400 relay with their time of 51.46 seconds, but the same quartet of Zimmerlein, Katleynn Pankhurst, Cassidy Corcoran and Kaitlin Boers did advance in the 800 relay in 1:46.27.

BELOW: Fulton’s Chloe Lindeman throws the shot put during Thursday preliminaries at the 1A state track & field meet at O’Brien Stadium. Lindeman advanced to the finals in the shot put with a toss of 38 feet, 3 inches, but narrowly missed in the discus with a throw of 109 feet.

1A state finals qualifiers Rebecca Waite, Milledgeville-Eastland – 100, 200 Erika Zimmerlein, AmboyLaMoille – 100, 200 Chloe Lindeman, Fulton – shot put Amboy-LaMoille – 800 relay (Katelynn Pankhurst, Cassidy Corcoran, Kaitlin Boers, Zimmerlein) here,” said Lindeman, who didn’t advance in the discus.

“I just needed to relax. There’s so much good competition here, everyone’s throwing big throws. Hopefully I’ll do a little better on Saturday.”

Lindeman was throwing ahead of WarrensburgLatham’s Kathleen Young, who set a shot put state record on her second attempt with a distance of 50-4 3/4.

Bureau Valley freshman Saige Barnett was toying with her release point in the shot put, and threw a 37-4¾. She tried to get more distance on her third attempt by having a higher arc, but got too much air under it.

“One was too flat, so I tried to correct it,” Barnett said. “I ended up throwing it way too high. It was fun, though, and now I’ll know what to expect next time if I’m fortunate enough to make it down here.”

Elsewhere, Newman’s Mary Jensen ran the anchor leg on two relays, and missed out on qualifying for the 100 finals by a half-second. Jensen set a school record in the 100 at

100 1. Rebecca Waite (Milledgeville-Eastland) 12.42; 2. Courtney Sockwell (Rockford Lutheran) 12.45; 3.

Taylor George (Warrensburg-Latham) 12.55; 4. Zakila Wiskirchen (Camp Point Central) 12.62; 5. Erika Zimmerlein (Amboy-LaMoille) 12.71; 6. (tie) Frankie Izard (St. Joseph-Ogden), Bella Uscila (Elgin St. Edward) 12.76; 8. Rylei Jackson (Chicago Christian) 12.77; 9.

Isabella Newingham (Meridian) 12.82 Other locals: Mary Jensen (Newman) 12.98; Mackenzie Skoumal (Oregon) 13.09 800 1. Audrey Harrod (Hinckley-Big Rock) 2:16.67; 2. Arielle Summitt (Urbana U-High) 2:17.40; 3. Mariah Brodie (Illini West) 2:18.03; 4. Cherree Miller (Fairfield) 2:20.10; 5. Lauren Evelti (Decatur St. Teresa) 2:20.69; 6. Morgan Powers (Shelbyville) 2:20.85; 7. Marguerite Hendrickson (Champaign St. Thomas More) 2:21.75; 8. Jacey Roper (Carlinville) 2:22.32; 9. Sydney Davidson (Marshall) 2:22.81; 10. Megan Adams (Mendon Unity) 2:23.20; 11. Jalea Paslay (Vandalia) 2:23.34; 12. Sydney Bauer (Pittsfield) 2:23.38 800 relay 1. Luther North 1:43.94; 2. Mercer County 1:44.97; 3.

Clifton Central 1:45.09; 4. Amboy-LaMoille (Katelynn Pankhurst, Cassidy Corcoran, Kaitlin Boers, Erika Zimmerlein) 1:46.27; 5. Farmington 1:46.37; 6. Decatur St. Teresa 1:46.59; 7. Vandalia 1:47.04; 8. St. JosephOgden 1:47.20; 9. Moweaqua Central A&M 1:47.28 Other locals: Milledgeville-Eastland (Grace Norton, Elivia Medina, Sage Walrath, Rebecca Waite) 1:49.01; Newman (Delaney Hinrichs, Kirsten Tunink, Kelsey Simpson, Mary Jensen) 1:49.08; Bureau Valley (Marissa Endress, Addison Moreland, Marissa Mungia, Tiana Kennedy) 1:49.91 400 1. Mariah Brodie (Illini West) 58.98; 2. Sophie Keith (Pinckeyville) 59.10; 3. Cherree Miller (Fairfield) 59.33; 4.

Audry Harrod (Hinckley-Big Rock) 59.43; 5. Arielle Summitt (Urbana U-High) 59.64; 6. Megan Reed (Ridgewood) 59.74; 7. Carmen DeVries (Lena-Winslow) 59.99; 8. Bethany Wagenbach (Tremont) 1:00.38; 9. Kaelyn Hamalle (Hall) 1:00.57 300 hurdles 1. Jenny Kimbro (Salt Fork) 42.57*; 2. Clare Peters (Clifton Central) 44.93; 3. Annie Carlson (Westmont) 45.31; 4. Morgan Atchison (Chester) 46.00; 5. Emery Podowicz (Clifton Central) 46.14; 6. Anna Miller (Vandalia) 46.18; 7. Zea Maroon (St. Joseph-Ogden) 46.22; 8. Natasha Bernett (Luther North) 47.14; 9. McKendra Berthelme (Newton) 47.24 1,600 1. Anna Sophia Keller (Effingham St. Anthony) 4:55.62; 2. Claudia Magnussen (Pana) 5:09.66; 3. Annemarie Michael (Urbana U-High) 5:10.65; 4. Maria Brauer (PORTA) 5:12.24; 5. Carly Garnett (IllinI West) 5:13.64; 6. Isabella Wolke (Christian Liberty) 5:14.27; 7. Daly Galloway (Dwight) 5:14.67; 8. Colleen Madden (Carlinville) 5:14.91; 9. Megan Adams (Mendon Unity) 5:15.05; 10. Madison Franseen (Rockford Christian) 5:15.51; 11.

Mackenzie Goldring (Lewistown) 5:16.29; 12. Katelyn Robbins (Liberty) 5:16.36

sectionals with a 12.81, and ran a 12.98 on Thursday.

The two relays – the 400 and 800 – also set school records at sectionals. Both relays finished fourth in their respective heats, and Jensen was fourth in her 100 flight. Despite not making finals, Jensen said there’s a lot to be happy about.

For one, both relays will

return the entire foursome next season.

“We all ran hard,” Jensen said. “But it’s encouraging because I still think we can work on our handoffs, and we’ll get another year with each other to get stronger and faster. I think we used this meet to show ourselves what we can do.”

200 1. Taylor George (Warrensburg-Latham) 25.16; 2.

Rebecca Waite (Milledgeville-Eastland) 25.17; 3. Courtney Sockwell (Rockford Lutheran) 25.20; 4. Jenny Kimbro (Salt Fork) 25.40; 5. Jada Williams (Luther North) 25.48; 6. Erika Zimmerlein (Amboy-LaMoille) 25.49; 7. Tori Keeler (Astoria) 26.04; 8. Sophie Keith (Pinckneyville) 26.14; 9. Zaklia Wiskirchen (Camp Point Central) 26.16 Other local: Mackenzie Skoumal (Oregon) 26.48 1,600 relay 1. Clifton Central 4:02.36; 2. Illini West 4:05.09; 3. Seneca 4:06.00; 4. Farmington 4:06.29; 5. St. Joseph-Ogden 4:07.08; 6. Pleasant Plains 4:08.42; 7. Ridgewood 4:09.38; 8. Decatur St. Teresa 4:12.03; 9. Mercer County 4:12.17 Local: Amboy-LaMoille (Cassidy Corcoran, Madeline Foster, Kaitlin Boers, Erin Hosto) 4:19.82 * – new state record

Friday, May 20, 2016

STATE TRACK EXTRA

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CLASS 1A STATE PRELIMINARIES • O’BRIEN STADIUM • EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COMMENTARY

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HARLESTON – The tape measure will be one of the most important tools to keep in the local track & field tool box.

Half of the area’s six state qualifying throwers are freshmen – and they’re good, too. Throwing events seem to attract the athletes with brute strength, the ones who can charge up a large amount of power in a tight spin, only to release it in a splitsecond.

Fulton freshman Chloe Lindeman entered Thursday’s Class 1A girls state track & field preliminaries at Eastern Illinois University with the second seed in the shot. She advanced to Saturday’s finals.

Bureau Valley freshman Saige Barnett almost threw 40 feet earlier this season with a 39-3¾.That would be better than everyone older than her aside from Lindeman’s 43-6 seed.

Morrison’s Peyton Tegeler had a great sectional meet and made state in the discus.

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What’s exciting about the wealth of young throwers in the area is that they competed against greatness, and all seemed to If you throw in Dixon sophomore Tayla Schwarz, soak up something different. a 2A medalist last year as Warrensburg-Latham’s a freshman, the crop of talented underclassmen in Kathleen Young domithe area continues to grow. nated both shot put and discus events. She twirled Did they all get together with such smoothness, and decide to become then unleashed such viothrowers? Or is this just a lent throws. coincidence?

Young set a new mark “Honestly, it’s probably just a coincidence,” Linde- with a state record toss in the shot put of 50 feet, 4¾ man said. “These girls are inches. No victory lap folreally nice, and I can tell lowed, just a big smile. Her they all have a passion for discus heave of 140-3 was throwing.” also tops in the field. By Barnett and Tegeler are the time she was throwing on the same basketball the disc, fans stood fourteam over the summer, and found they have deep against the fence to throwing to chat about. watch.

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spectacle. Barnett was impressed with the way Young handled herself after her record-breaking throw. Lindeman appreciated the technicality of Young’s throws. Tegeler saw Young as her Everest.

“She was so modest,” Barnett said. “That’s what really surprised me the most. I was talking with her throughout the [flight], and she was smiling. And just to be part of that, to see her throw that, was awesome.”

Lindeman looked as if she wanted to break into a shot put right there on the sidewalk as we talked.

“Everyone has a different style or a different tempo,” Lindeman said.

“For her, she’s so aggressive and somehow puts it all together. It was cool to be a part of.”

For the throwing fan, and for the fan of kids who have dreams of someday being the one they talk about, watching these young athletes strive to hunt down the state’s best is going to be fun.

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Bureau Valley’s Saige Barnett throws the discus during Thursday’s 1A state track & field preliminaries in Charleston.

BY THE NUMBERS

Locals fill many of state track niches Underclassmen already making plenty of noise in Charleston

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ABOVE LEFT: Polo-Forreston’s Naeva Groenewold triple jumps Thursday during the 1A state track & field meet preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium in Charleston. Groenewold’s best jump was 31 feet, 11½ inches.

ABOVE RIGHT: Morrison’s Peyton Tegeler throws the discus Thursday in Charleston. Tegeler missed out on finals with her best throw of 89-11.

The Sauk Valley area had competitors in 11 of 18 events at the Class 1A girls state track & field meet in Charleston on the campus of Eastern Illinois University.

Some were veterans of the state meet, while others were experiencing it for the first time. A few made it through to finals, while many others didn’t. A couple of state records fell. A lot happened over the 5 hours.

Here are some numbers from Thursday’s action:

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ABOVE: Newman’s Mary Jensen (middle) runs the 100 in 12.98 seconds Thursday at EIU. BELOW: Amboy’s Katelynn Pankhurst hands the baton off to Cassidy Corcoran in the 800 relay.

Oregon’s Mackenzie Skoumal runs in the 200-meter dash Thursday at the 1A state track & field meet in the campus of Eastern Illinois University. Skoumal finished in 26.48 seconds.

ABOVE LEFT: Fulton’s Besty Leonard cleared 5-1 in the high jump Thursday during the 1A state preliminaries.

ABOVE RIGHT: Bureau Valley’s Addison Moreland triple jumps in Charleston. Her best leap was 32-1¾.

That’s how many state records were broken.

WarrensbugLatham’s Kathleen Young took down the shot put record, and Salt Fork senior Jenny Kimbro broke the 300 hurdles record.

Young, a junior, was a state champion in the shot put and discus last year, and put herself in good position to repeat. Her shot put toss of 50 feet, 4¾ inches broke the old record of 49-11 set in 2011. The throw came on Young’s second attempt, and there wasn’t a doubt as the shot landed just past a stake in the sand signifying the state record.

Young threw 45 feet or better 10 times this season. None of the other 35 competitiors had seed distances higher than 43-6.

Kimbro broke her own record that she set last season. Her time of 42.57 bettered her previous 42.75.

By the second hurdle, Kimbro was ahead

of the pack in Flight 4, and continued to expand her lead. She also holds the state record in the 100 hurdles (14.44), and missed tying that time by .23 seconds in prelims.

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That’s how many events in which local athletes qualified for Saturday’s finals.

Amboy-LaMoille’s Erika Zimmerlein leads the pack by qualifying for three events, including the 100, 200 and 800 relay. Zimmerlein teamed with Katelynn Pankhurst, Cassidy Corcoran and Kaitlin Boers to post a 1:46.27, the fourthfastest time.

Milledgeville-Eastland’s Rebecca Waite competed in four events and advanced in the 100 and 200. In one of the most exciting races of the meet, Waite finished second in her 200 heat by .01 seconds, in 25.17.

That’s the second-fastest prelim time, and she will be running for a state title Saturday.

Chloe Lindeman, a Fulton freshman, made it through in the shot put. Her best throw of 38-3 was ahead of the last qualifier by 5 inches. Lindeman also competed in the discus, but didn’t advance.

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That’s how many local underclassmen competed. Of those 16, three will be competing on Saturday.

Steamers freshman Lindeman (shot put) and Missiles sophomore Waite (100, 200) were the only two to make it in individual events. Clippers sophomore Cassidy Corcoran made it through as part of the 800 relay.

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THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD

PREAKNESS

They’ll meet again Exaggerator gets another try at Nyquist

BY RICHARD ROSENBLATT AP Racing Writer

BALTIMORE – We’re not making this up: Exaggerator is 0-for4 against Nyquist.

His trainer, Keith Desormeaux, is 0-for-8 against the undefeated Kentucky Derby winner.

So why is the Derby runner-up trying again in Saturday’s Preakness?

“We doubled-teamed him with Exaggerator and Swipe,” Desormeaux said at Thursday’s traditional alibi breakfast at Pimlico Race Course.

“Maybe those two horses have dealt him enough blows so he can just back up a step and we can reach that goal we are trying to get to.”

Swipe, a promising Derby prospect as a 2-year-old, has finished second to Nyquist four times, including the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

Exaggerator has narrowed his losing margin against Nyquist in each race, finishing 1 1/4 lengths back in the Derby.

A determined Desormeaux keeps trying to convince himself that Exaggerator is ready to run down Nyquist, the unbeaten 3-5 morning-line favorite in an 11-horse field. He’s says his powerfully built colt needed only one day to recover from the Derby, has been “happy energetic” since, and can handle any track surface.

“Along with his pedigree [a son of two-time Horse of the Year Curlin], his No. 1 physical attribute is his ability to recover,” he said.

Exaggerator also won the Santa Anita Derby over a sloppy track – a distinct possibility for the 1 3-16-mile Preakness.

“We’re not wishing for one track over another,” Desormeaux said, “I prefer to have my picture taken in the sun.”

Exaggerator is the 3-1 second choice, with lightly raced Stradavari – one of eight challengers who did not run in the Derby – next at 8-1.

All the chatter this week around Pimlico’s stakes barn has been about Nyquist, and can he really follow up American Pharoah’s Triple Crown with another one? Nyquist trainer Doug O’Neill, who won the 2012 Derby and

Friday, May 20, 2016

Baseball Thursday’s box scores at Alleman

ROCK FALLS 17, ALLEMAN 3 Rock Falls 023 034 5 — 17 19 2 Alleman 002 100 0 — 3 9 1 W- James McFadden (8-1). L-Bjork ROCK FALLS (28-4) McFadden (5 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K) and Noah Junis (2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 1 K) Multiple hits- McFadden 2, Cooper Kilberg 2, Reid Akerman 3, Logan Pillars 4, Alex Cantu 4. 2B- Clay Velazquez, Pillars 2, Kilberg. RBI- Akerman, Pillars, Travis Bohm, Junis, Velazquez 2, Kilberg 3, Cantu 5 ALLEMAN Bjork (5 IP, 12 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 5 K) at United Township

STERLING 7, UNITED 1 Sterling 101 203 0 — 7 10 0 United 001 000 0 — 1 9 1 W- Nolan Sullivan STERLING Sullivan (4 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 H, 3 K, 2 BB), Luke Moore (1 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 K, 0 BB), Dylan Bryant (1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 1 BB) and Nick Olds (1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K, 0 BB) Multiple hits- Nick Olds 3-4, Sam Wike 2-2. 2B- Wike 2, Nolan Sullivan. RBI- Olds 2, Turner Morse 2, Tyler Willman 2, Wike.

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Exaggerator, ridden by Kent Desormeaux, is back to take on Nyquist in the Preakness after four straight losses to the Kentucky Derby winner.

Preakness with I’ll Have Another, knows Exaggerator is the rival to fear in the Preakness.

“What they have done with Exaggerator has been brilliant,” O’Neill said. “He won the Santa Anita Derby. He won the Delta Downs Jackpot.

He won the Saratoga Special. He’s run second a few times, but he’s also won some big races, and he ran a winning race in the Kentucky Derby. He just had a lot to do; you know, we kind of got a head start on him.”

Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, Keith’s younger brother, figures if he can get a clean trip with Exaggerator and stay a bit closer to the pace, there’s a good chance to turn the table on his nemesis.

He says in the three times he’s been aboard Exaggerator in losses to Nyquist, his horse did not have clear sailing – in the BC Juvenile, the San Vicente and the Derby.

On the far turn at the Derby, Exaggerator was gaining ground, but Kent Desormeaux said he was slowed down by other horses and lost some momentum.

“It denied me the opportunity to challenge Nyquist. I could never catch up to him,” the jockey said. “I know I would’ve caught up to him around the eighth pole, but I daresay I’m not sure Nyquist would’ve let me by.”

Look for a slight change in tactics. With a smaller field than the Derby and a shorter distance to run, expect Exaggerator, breaking

from the No. 5 post, to stay closer than usual to the leaders, which likely would include Nyquist.

“It’s usually even more of a speed bias racetrack due to the sharp turns and shorter stretch,” Kent Desormeaux said.

“You seldom see horses making up tons of ground at Old Hilltop there in Maryland. So for several reasons, I’ll probably adjust my situation in an attempt to win with Exaggerator.”

Two times, Keith Desormeaux thought he had Nyquist nailed. The first was with Swipe in the Front Runner Stakes at Santa Anita last September.

“Swipe came through on the inside and was running as though he had him measured,” he recalled. “I could tell Kent still had horse left.

And Nyquist dug down the last eighth and held us at bay.”

The second was with Exaggerator in the San Vicente in the 3-year-old debuts for both in February.

“I was even more confident I had him beat. I knew Exaggerator was a little better than Swipe,” Desormeaux said.

When the sevenfurlong race started, Nyquist set a quick pace, with Exaggerator not far behind in third.

“I said, ‘This race is in the bag,’ because Exaggerator was sitting right off of him just waiting to pounce,” Desmormeaux said. “When you set a pace like that, they usually come back to you.

We hooked him. We got to his throat latch, and Nyquist re-broke.”

MLB ROUNDUP

Fulton Regional Monday’s result • No. 7 West Carroll 11, No. 9 Riverdale 2 Wednesday’s results • No. 1 Princeton 8, West Carroll 3 • No. 4 Fulton 2, No. 6 Morrison 1 (10 inn.)

Saturday’s game • Championship, Princeton vs. Fulton, 2:30 p.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 Leland-Earlville 10, No. 10 Paw Paw 0 Wednesday’s results • No. 1 Newman 3, Leland-Earlville 1 • No. 4 Milledgeville 3, No. 5 AFC 2 Saturday’s game • Championship, Newman vs. Milledgeville, 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’s result • No. 2 Eastland 11, Pearl City 0, 5 inn.

Thursday’s result • No. 3 Indian Creek 6, No. 6 Hiawatha 4 Saturday’s game • Championship, Eastland vs. Indian Creek, 11 a.m.

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

Wednesday, May 25

Softball Thursday’s box scores 2A Newman Regional

NEWMAN 6, PRINCETON 1 Princeton 000 001 0 — 1 5 2 Newman 101 013 x — 6 8 1 W- Lakyn Waldschmidt . L- Alisa Holmbeck (at bats-runs-hits) PRINCETON (9-17) Jaimee Ciesielski ss 3-0-0, Madison Menzel 2b 3-0-0, Alisa Holmbeck p 3-1-2, Courtney Oeder 1b 2-0-1, Lexee Camp c 3-0-0, Adrienne Snethen dp 2-0-0, Miranda Sorenson 3b 3-0-0, Olivia Vermanini cf 3-0-1, Julia Bauer lf 3-0-1. Totals 25-1-5 Holmbeck (6 IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 8 H, 3 K, 1 BB).

HR- Holmbeck. RBI- Holmbeck. LOB- 5 NEWMAN (18-5) Trinity Martinez c 3-2-2, Mady Ferris ss 4-1-1, Madison Craft 2b 2-0-2, Lakyn Waldschmidt p 3-0-0, Rhyanna Hadden cf 3-0-0, Hailey Frank 1b 2-0-0, Morgan Ely lf 3-0-1, Lauren Wilson 3b 3-1-2, Maura Harrison dp 3-0-1, HIllary Grennan cr 0-0-0, Bailey Boesen pr 0-1-0, Grace Ely rf 0-1-0.

Totals 26-6-8 Lakyn Waldschmidt (7 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 H, 3 K, 1 BB). 2B- Martinez 2, Ferris, Craft, Wilson. RBI- Martinez 2, Craft 2, Harrison.

LOB- 5 at Moline

Cubs falter; Cardinals outslug Rockies The Associated Press

Class 2A Bureau Valley Regional Wednesday’s result • No. 2 Forreston-Polo 10, No. 8 Bureau Valley 0, 6 inn.

Thursday’s result • No. 3 Warren-Stockton 6, No. 5 ErieProphetstown 5 Saturday’s game • Championship, Forreston-Polo vs. Warren-Stockton, 1 p.m.

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

Wednesday, May 25

MOLINE 6, STERLING 4

Sale gets Sox back on track White Sox ace Chris Sale is on a historic roll, but that’s not the scary news for opponents.

Sale and manager Robin Ventura believe they haven’t seen the best of the lefty sidewinder just yet.

Sale went the distance on a masterful four-hitter Thursday night, becoming the first major leaguer since 2008 to win his first nine starts, and the Chicago White Sox edged the Houston Astros 2-1 to snap their season-high four game losing streak.

Sale joined the New York Giants’ Sal Maglie (1952) as the only pitchers to win their first nine starts with sub2.00 ERAs in major league history. His 1.58 ERA ranks second to teammate Jose Quintana (1.54) in the American League.

Sale walked none and struck out a season-high nine en route to his second straight complete game. No other pitcher has more than seven victories in the big leagues this season.

Brewers 5, Cubs 3: After losing two of three, the Cubs still have the best record in the Majors and no panic.

Junior Guerra struck out a careerhigh 11, Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Chris

Class 3A Sterling Regional Monday, May 23 • No. 9 Dixon at No. 7 Rochelle, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25 • No. 1 Rock Falls vs. Dixon/Rochelle, 4:30 p.m.

• No. 4 Sterling vs. No. 5 Freeport, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 28 • Championship, 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Rochelle Sectional, vs. Sycamore Regional winner, 4 p.m.

Thursday, June 2

Carter homered and the Milwaukee Brewers slowed the Cubs at Miller Park.

“Their guy today, Guerra, pitched really, really well,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “They had a bunch of punchouts. We hadn’t been swinging and missing like that in bit. So, you got to give them credit. He had a really good splitter going on.”

Chicago, a big-league best 28-11, has lost three times in a four-game span for the first time this season. The Cubs scored seven runs in the three-game series.

Cardinals 13, Rockies 7: Matt Carpenter had it backward on Thursday.

The leadoff hitter in the St. Louis batting order, Carpenter homered and drove in a career-high six runs to lead the host Cardinals past Colorado.

St. Louis, which has won three of four, scored a season-high six runs in the fourth inning to take the lead for good.

“If I do my job, I get on base and we’ve got the guys that can drive me in,” Carpenter said. “That’s the way it’s supposed to happen.”

It was Carpenter who did the heavy lifting this time.

Sterling 004 000 0 — 4 9 5 Moline 130 200 x — 6 7 1 W- Adams. L- Lexy Staples STERLING (28-5) Staples (2 IP, 4 R, 1 ER, 5 H, 1 K, 0 BB) and Jayme Eilers (4 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 5 K, 1 BB) Multiple hits- Emily Berogan, 4-4, Lexy Staples 2-4. RBI- Staples, Abri Hale, Eilers. at Galesburg

ROCK FALLS 7, GALESBURG 1 Rock Falls 000 302 2 — 7 9 2 Galesburg 000 100 0 — 1 2 1 W- Natalie Soltow. L- Sampson ROCK FALLS (21-13) Natalie Soltow (5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K) and Peyton Yanes (2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 BB, 2 K) Multiple hits- Yanes 3, Madason Shaw 2, Miranda Long 2. 2B- Long. 3B- Shaw.

HR- Yanes. RBI- Yanes 2, Shaw, Long, Bailee Reynolds.

GALESBURG Sampson (7 IP, 7 R, 7 ER, 9 H, 5 BB, 1 K).

RBI- Happing

Postseason pairings Class 3A Rochelle Regional Monday, May 23 • No. 10 Dixon at No 9 Rochelle, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 24 • No 1 Sterling vs. Dixon/Rochelle, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25 • No. 4 Rock Falls vs. No. 7 Mendota, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 28 • Championship, 1 p.m.

Winner advances to Genoa-Kingston Sectional, vs. Hampshire Regional winner, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 1 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 Tuesday’s result • No. 1 Morrison 8, BV 4 Wednesday’s result • No. 4 Hall 7, St. Bede 0 Saturday’s game • Championship, Morrison vs. Hall, 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 Tuesday’s result • No. 2 Erie-Prophetstown 10, Fulton 0 Thursday’s result • No. 3 Newman 6, No. 6 Princeton 1 Saturday’s game • Championship, Erie-Prophetstown vs.

Newman, 2 p.m.

Winner advances to Stillman Valley Sectional, vs. Oregon Regional winner, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 Oregon Regional Monday’s result • No. 8 Stockton-Warren 20, No. 9 Rockford Christian 0, 5 inn.

Tuesday’s results • No. 1 Stillman Valley 14, Stock.-Warren 0 • No. 5 Oregon 7, No. 4 West Carroll 6 Saturday’s game • Championship, Stillman Valley vs. Oregon, 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 11, No. 7 North Boone 10 Tuesday’s result • No. 3 Forreston-Polo 4, No. 6 Winnebago 2 Wednesday’s result • No. 2 Byron 3, Lutheran 0 Saturday’s game • Championship, Forreston-Polo vs. Byron, 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 Tuesday’s result • No. 2 Ottawa Marquette 11, No. 8 Paw Paw 0 Wednesday’s result • No. 3 Amboy 16, No. 6 LaMoille 0, 5 inn.

Saturday’s game • Championship, Marquette vs. Amboy, 11 a.m.

Winner advances to Serena Sectional, vs.

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

Wednesday, May 25 Aquin Regional Tuesday’s results • No. 1 Orangeville 16, No. 8 Aquin 0 • No. 5 Lena-Winslow 4, No. 4 Milledgeville 1 Today’s game • Championship, Orangeville vs. LenaWinslow, 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 Tuesday’s result • No. 2 Pearl City 8, Eastland 0 Wednesday’s result • No. 6 East Dubuque 2, No. 3 Scales Mound-River Ridge 1 Saturday’s game • Championship, Pearl City vs. East Dubuque, 11 a.m.

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

Tuesday, May 24 Westminster Christian Regional Tuesday’s result • No. 2 Alden-Hebron 7, No. 7 Westminster Christian 3 Wednesday’s result • No. 3 AFC 6, No. 6 Hiawatha 2 Today’s game • Championship, Alden-Hebron vs. AFC, 4:30 p.m.

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

Tuesday, May 24

MLB American League

East Division

W L Pct GB Baltimore 24 15 .615 — Boston 25 16 .610 — Tampa Bay 19 19 .500 4½ Toronto 20 23 .465 6 New York 18 22 .450 6½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Chicago 25 16 .610 — Cleveland 21 17 .553 2½ Kansas City 20 20 .500 4½ Detroit 19 21 .475 5½ Minnesota 10 30 .250 14½ West Division

W L Pct GB Seattle 23 17 .575 — Texas 22 19 .537 1½ Oakland 19 23 .452 5 Los Angeles 18 22 .450 5 Houston 17 25 .405 7 Thursday’s results Seattle 7, Baltimore 2 Cleveland 7, Cincinnati 2 Chicago White Sox 2, Houston 1 Toronto 3, Minnesota 2, 11 innings L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, late N.Y. Yankees 4, Oakland 1 Today’s games Cleveland (Kluber 2-5) at Boston (Buchholz 2-3), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 1-4) at Cincinnati (Straily 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Andriese 2-0) at Detroit (Sanchez 3-4), 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Gee 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-2), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (Lewis 2-0) at Houston (McCullers 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Toronto (Sanchez 3-1) at Minnesota (Duffey 1-2), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 2-2) at Oakland (Gray 3-4), 8:35 p.m.

Baltimore (Wright 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Santiago 3-2), 9:05 p.m.

Saturday’s games Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m.

Toronto at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 3:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Seattle at Cincinnati, 3:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 3:10 p.m.

Texas at Houston, 6:15 p.m.

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

Thursday’s box score

WHITE SOX 2, ASTROS 1 Houston Chicago

ab r h bi ab r h bi Altuve 2b 4 0 1 0 Eaton rf 4 0 1 0 Sprnger rf 4 0 1 0 C.Snchz 2b 4 0 0 0 Correa ss 4 0 0 0 Abreu 1b 4 0 0 0 White dh 4 0 0 0 Frazier 3b 3 1 1 0 Ma.Gnzl 1b 3 0 0 0 Me.Cbrr lf 3 0 0 0 Gattis c 3 1 2 1 J.Rllns ss 3 1 1 0 Vlbuena 3b 3 0 0 0 Sands dh 3 0 2 1 Mrsnick cf 3 0 0 0 Avila c 1 0 0 1 T.Kemp lf 3 0 0 0 A.Jcksn cf 3 0 0 0 Totals 31 1 4 1 Totals 28 2 5 2 Houston 000 000 010—1 Chicago 010 000 10x—2 LOB-Houston 3, Chicago 4. 3B-Eaton (4).

HR-Gattis (3). SB-Frazier (3), J.Rollins (4).

SF-Avila (1).

Houston McHugh L,4-4 Feldman Chicago Sale W,9-0

IP H R ER BB SO 7 5 2 2 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 4 1 1

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0 9

East Division

W L Pct GB Washington 25 16 .610 — Philadelphia 24 17 .585 1 New York 22 18 .550 2½ Miami 21 19 .525 3½ Atlanta 10 30 .250 14½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Chicago 28 11 .718 — Pittsburgh 22 18 .550 6½ St. Louis 22 19 .537 7 Milwaukee 18 23 .439 11 Cincinnati 15 26 .366 14

West Division

W L Pct San Fran.

25 18 .581 Los Angeles 21 20 .512 Colorado 20 20 .500 Arizona 19 24 .442 San Diego 17 25 .405

GB — 3 3½ 6 7½

Thursday’s results Milwaukee 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Pittsburgh 8, Atlanta 2 Cleveland 7, Cincinnati 2 Washington 9, N.Y. Mets 1 St. Louis 13, Colorado 7 San Francisco 3, San Diego 1 L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, late Today’s games Atlanta (Wisler 1-3) at Philadelphia (Nola 3-2), 6:05 p.m.

Colorado (Butler 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Cole 4-3), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Peralta 2-4) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 5-1), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 1-4) at Cincinnati (Straily 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Washington (Roark 2-3) at Miami (Nicolino 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 1-3) at St. Louis (Martinez 4-3), 7:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 7-0) at San Francisco (Peavy 1-4), 9:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 3-3) at San Diego (Friedrich 0-1), 9:40 p.m.

Saturday’s games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 2:05 p.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 3:05 p.m.

Colorado at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 3:10 p.m.

Seattle at Cincinnati, 3:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, 6:15 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 6:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

Thursday’s box scores

BREWERS 5, CUBS 3 Chicago Milwaukee

ab r h bi ab r h bi Fowler cf 5 1 1 1 Villar ss 4 0 1 0 Heyward rf 5 0 0 0 Presley lf 4 0 1 0 Bryant 3b-lf 3 0 0 0 Gennett 2b 4 2 2 0 Rizzo 1b 2 0 0 0 Carter 1b 4 1 1 1 Zobrist 2b 3 0 1 0 Nwnhuis cf 4 2 2 2 Soler lf 4 1 1 0 H.Perez 3b 3 0 1 1 Cahill p 0 0 0 0 R.Flres rf 2 0 0 0 Russell ss 3 0 0 0 Mldnado c 3 0 0 0 M.Mntro c 3 1 2 1 Guerra p 2 0 0 0 Hndrcks pr 0 0 0 0 Walsh ph 1 0 0 0 Hammel p 2 0 1 0 Blazek p 0 0 0 0 L Stlla ph 1 0 0 0 Lucroy ph 1 0 0 0 Grimm p 0 0 0 0 Thrnbrg p 0 0 0 0 Richard p 0 0 0 0 J.Baez 3b 1 0 0 0 Totals 32 3 6 2 Totals 32 5 8 4 Chicago 110 000 100—3 Milwaukee 010 102 01x—5 E–M.Montero (1). LOB–Chicago 8, Milwaukee 7. 2B–Zobrist (8), Soler (3). 3B–M.Montero (1). HR–Fowler (4), Carter (12), Nieuwenhuis (2). SB–H.Perez 2 (5), R.Flores (1).

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Hammel L,5-1 6 5 4 4 2 7 Grimm 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 Richard 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 Cahill 1 1 0 0 1 2 Milwaukee Guerra W,3-0 7 5 3 3 3 11 Blazek H,8 1 1 0 0 1 2 Thornburg S,1-3 1 0 0 0 2 2 Richard pitched to 1 batter in the 8th WP–Hammel, Guerra.

CARDINALS 13, ROCKIES 7 Colorado St. Louis

ab r h bi ab r h bi Blckmon cf 5 1 1 1 Crpnter 3b-1b 5 2 3 6 Story ss 5 1 3 3 A.Diaz ss 4 2 1 1 Ca.Gnzl rf 4 0 0 0 Hlliday lf 5 1 1 0 Arenado 3b 2 1 0 0 Kkhefer p 0 0 0 0 Parra lf 4 1 1 0 Pscotty rf 4 2 3 2 Oberg p 0 0 0 0 Adams 1b 3 0 2 4 Mar.Ryn 1b 4 1 1 0 Lyons p 0 0 0 0 Dscalso 2b 4 2 2 2 Gyorko ph 1 0 0 0 Wolters c 4 0 0 0 Oh p 0 0 0 0 J.Gray p 2 0 1 1 Tejada 3b 0 0 0 0 Bergman p 0 0 0 0 Molina c 3 1 0 0 J.Mller p 1 0 0 0 Grichuk cf 0 1 0 0 Raburn lf 1 0 0 0 Hzlbker cf 3 1 1 0 Wong 2b 4 1 1 0 Wacha p 1 0 0 0 Moss ph-1b-lf 1 2 0 0 Totals 36 7 9 7 Totals 34 13 12 13 Colorado 002 400 100 — 7 St. Louis 310 600 03x — 13 DP–Colorado 1. LOB–Colorado 4, St. Louis 3. 2B–Story (11), Carpenter 2 (10), Piscotty 2 (13). HR–Story (12), Carpenter (9). CS–Piscotty (2).

IP H R ER BB SO Colorado Gray L,1-2 3 1/3 8 9 9 3 3 Bergman 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 Miller 2 0 0 0 0 3 Oberg 2 2 3 3 1 2 St. Louis Wacha 4 8 6 6 1 4 Lyons W,1-0 3 1 1 1 1 4 Oh H,6 1 0 0 0 0 2 Kiekhefer 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP–by Gray (Diaz), by Oberg (Piscotty).

WP–Oberg 2.

Golf PGA – AT&T Byron Nelson Thursday At TPC Four Seasons Resort Irving, Texas Purse: $7.3 million Yardage: 7,166; Par: 70 (35-35) First Round Play suspended due to darkness with 30 golfers still on the course.

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Spacious ranch, great floor plan, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, finished basement, double lot. $125,000 #09141607 Hosted by Patti Shoemaker

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5 bedroom, 1.5 bath, 2-story farmhouse & a 3 bedroom ranch. Unique opportunity! $245,000

2 bedroom ranch in historic Grand Detour, main floor laundry, eat-in kitchen, 2 car attached garage, $117,500 #09176615 Hosted by Patti Shoemaker

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Up off of High Street onto Glenwood. 2 Bedrooms, vaulted ceiling, walk-out basement, $229,900 #09133705 Hosted by the Barb Kophamer

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PUBLIC NOTICES SAUK VALLEY MEDIA •Friday, May 20, 2016• PAGE B8

The Deer Grove Trustees Village ascertained the Prevailing Rate of Wages for Whiteside County, IlliMay 16, nois, 2016, effective June 1, 2016, as determined by the Illinois Department of Labor. Copies of related documents are on file with the Deer Grove Village Clerk at 28835 Hub St., Deer Grove, IL 61243, weekdays from 9am to 3pm.

Village of Deer Grove Janis ThompsonClerk June 20, 2016

Assumed Name Publication Notice Public Notice is hereby given that on May 02, A.D. 2016, a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Whiteside Illinois, County, setting forth the names and postoffice addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Elite Auto Sales, located at 815 1St Avenue, Falls IL Rock 61071. nd Dated this 2 day of May, A.D. 2016 Dana Nelson County Clerk May 6, 13, 20, 2016

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on May 2 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 The Asterisk Boutique located at 203 W. 1st Street, Dixon, IL 61021.

Dated this 2nd day of May A.D. 2016.

Cathy Myers County Clerk

by Gerianne Knack Deputy May 6, 13, 20, 2016

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF Cheryl Sue Chappell, Deceased.

No. 16 P 59 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Cheryl Sue Chappell. Letters of Office were issued on May 3, 2016 to Jenny L. Hemminger, 210 E. 10th St., Rock Falls, IL 61071 as independent executor, and whose attorney of record is John E. Miller, of MILLER & LANCASTER, P.C., 15 East Third Street, P.O. Box 535, Sterling, Illinois, 61081. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's office, Whiteside County Courthouse, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with the representative, or both, on or before November 14, 2016, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 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 by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Jenny L. Hemminger Independent Representative for the Estate

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLAN COMMISSION CITY OF STERLING, WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Plan Commission, designated by the City Council of the City of Sterling, Illinois, to conduct a public hearing on the proposed amendment to the City of Sterling, Illinois hereinafter set forth, will conduct such hearing at the hour of 7:00 p.m. on the 16th day of June, 2016, in the City Council Chambers at the Coliseum Building, Sterling, Illinois.

The proposed amendment would: Rezone Block from LM (Light Manufacturing) to CB (Community Business), with a S.U. (Special Use) at 110 2nd Ave to allow for the continued use of Vehicle Repair and Tattoo Parlor The property affected by the proposed amendment is described as: BLOCK; South of E 2nd Street, between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue as extended and North of the Railroad Tracks.

Otherwise known as: N/A, Sterling, Illinois.

Dated this 20th day of May, 2016.

PLAN COMMISSION CITY OF STERLING, ILLINOIS May 20th 2016 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN RE THE ESTATE OF KATHRYN C. SCHAFER, Deceased, No. 16- P-48 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Kathryn C. Schafer. Letters of Office were issued on April 13, 2016, to Thomas J. Potter, as Independent Executor, whose attorneys of record are shown below.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) 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 Circuit Clerk of Whiteside, 200 East Knox Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with the representative, or both, on or before November 7, 2016, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 183 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/18-3), 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 by the claimant to the representative and to the attorneys within 10 days after it has been filed.

Thomas J. Potter Ludens Potter & Melton 600 W. Lincolnway P.O. Box 360 Morrison, Illinois 61270-0360 Telephone: (815)772-2161 Fax: (815) 772-7440 E-mail: tjpotter@lincolnwaylaw.com May 6, 13, 20, 2016

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STATE OF ILLINOIS, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, LEE COUNTY NOTICE OF FILING A REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) NO. 2016MR54 Request of: Luke RavlinMikus There will be a court hearing on request to my change my name from: Luke RavlinMikus to the new of: Luke name Nicholas Ravlin.

The court hearing will be held on August 5th at 9:00 am at 309 S. Galena, Dixon, Lee County in Courtroom #420.

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Estate of SHARON I. SCHMITT, Deceased.

No. 16 P 56 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of SHARON I. SCHMITT. Letters of Office were issued to TIMOTHY R. SCHMITT, 30005 Star Road, Rock Falls, Illinois 61071, as Independent Representative, whose attorneys are WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C., 202 E. 5th Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, IL 61270, or with the Representative, or both, on or before November, 17, 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 May 10, 2016

Timothy R. Schmitt, Independent Representative

Kyle G. Carlock WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. Attorneys for Estate 202 E. 5th Street | P.O. Box 40 Sterling, IL 61081 P: 815.625.8200 carlock@wmpj.com May 20, 27, June 3, 2016

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MILLER & LANCASTER, P.C. Attorneys for the Representative 15 E. Third Street, P. O. Box 535 Sterling, IL 61081 (815) 625-0600 May 13, 20, 27, 2016 NOTICE TO BIDDERS BID NO. 2016-05-06

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Sealed proposals for the improvement described below will be received at the office of City of Sterling City Clerk, 212 Third Avenue, Sterling, IL 61081 until 10:00 AM, on May 24th, 2016 Sealed proposals will be opened and read publicly at the office of City of Sterling City, Clerk, 212 Third Avenue, Sterling, IL 61081 at 10:00 A.M. on May 24th, 2016.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK Name 1st Avenue Length: 90' feet (0.02 miles) rd th Location 3 Street to 4 Street Proposed Improvement Sidewalk Improvements 1. Plans and proposal forms will be available in the office of Willett, Hofmann & Associates (Dixon Office) 809 E. 2nd St. Dixon IL, See attached information sheet for more details (Quest eBidDoc 4477364) 2. ✕Prequalification If checked, the 2 low bidders must filed within 24 hours after the letting an “Affidavit of Availability” (Form BC 57), in duplicate, showing all uncompleted contracts awarded to them and all low bids pending award for Federal, State, County, Municipal and private work. One original shall be filed with the Awarding Authority and one original with the IDOT District Office.

3. The Awarding Authority reserves the right to waive technicalities and to reject or all proposals as provided in BLRS Special Provision for Bidding Requirements and Conditions for Contract Proposals.

4. The following BLR Forms shall be returned by the bidder to the Awarding Authority: a. BLR 12200: Local Public Agency Formal Contract Proposal b. BLR 12200: Schedule of Prices c. BLR 12230: Proposal Bid Bond (if applicable) d. BLR 12325: Apprenticeship or Training Program Certification (do not use federally funded projects) e. BLR 12326: Affidavit of Illinois Business Office RETURN WITH BIDDER 5. The quantities in the bid schedule are approximate and are prepared for the comparison of bids. Payment to the Contractor will be made only for the actual quantities of work performed and accepted or materials furnished according to the contract. The scheduled quantities.

6. Submission of a bid shall be conclusive assurance and warranty the bidder has examined the plans and understands all requirements for the performance of work. The bidder will be responsible for all errors in the proposal resulting from failure or neglect to conduct an in depth examination. The Awarding Authority will, in no case be responsible for any costs, expenses, losses or changes in anticipated profits resulting from such failure or neglect of the bidder.

7. The bidder shall take no advantage of any error or omission in the proposal and advertised contract.

8. If a special envelope is supplied by the Awarding Authority, each proposal should be submitted in that envelope furnished by the Awarding Agency and the blank spaces on the envelope shall in correctly to clearly indicate its contents. When an envelope other than the special one furnished by the Awarding Authority is used, it shall be marked to clearly indicate its contents. When sent by mail, the sealed proposals shall be addressed to the Award Authority at the address and in care of the official in whose office the bids are to be received. All proposals shall be filed prior to the time and at the place specified in the Notice to Bidders. Proposals received after the time specified will be returned to the bidder unopened.

9. Permission will be given to a bidder to withdraw a proposal if the bidder makes the request in the writing or in person before the time for opening proposals.

By Order of Sterling City Council (Awarding Authority) Marie Rombouts Note: All proposal documents, including Proposal Guaranty Checks or Proposal Bid Binds, should be stapled together to prevent loss when bids are processed.

May 6th, 13th & 20, 2016

284-2222

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS EUREKA SAVINGS BANK, a corporation organized and doing business under and by virtue of the Illinois Savings Bank Act, Plaintiff, vs.

DAVID J. GARLAND, ILLINOIS HEALTHCARE and FAMILY SERVICES, J.W. OSSOLA CO. INC, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

No. 16 CH 27 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION NOTICE is hereby given to UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS of the Complaint for Foreclosure filed in the above entitled case on April 13, 2016, and that they are named Defendants in the above entitled case, and that the above entitled mortgage foreclosure suit is now pending in said Court and the day on or after which a default may be entered against said Defendants is June 7, 2016, and that the following information applies to said foreclosure proceeding: 1. The name of the Plaintiff and the case number are identified above.

2. The Court in which said action is brought is identified above.

3. The name of the title holder of record is: DAVID J. GARLAND 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: A part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 19 North, Range 8 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Lee County, Illinois, bounded and described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 22; thence Westerly along South line of Section 22, 834.13 feet for Point of Beginning; thence continue along aforementioned line 286.74 feet; thence Northerly at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes measured counterclockwise, 307.41 feet; thence Easterly at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes measured counterclockwise, 286.74 feet; thence Southerly at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes measured counterclockwise, 307.41 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing 2.024 acres of land, more or less.

P.I.N.: 09-19-22-400-003 5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 382 Keigwin Rd., Walnut, IL 61376-9608 An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Name of mortgagor: DAVID J. GARLAND Name of mortgagee: EUREKA SAVINGS BANK Date of mortgage: March 10, 2006 Date of recording: March 13, 2006 County where recorded: LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Recording document identification: No. 2006001654 Nancy Nelson, Clerk of the Circuit Court Attorney for Plaintiff: TODD L. MARTIN, Attorney at Law 812 Washington Street, P. O. Box 177 Mendota, IL 61342 Phone: (815) 539-3711 May 6, 13, 20, 2016

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THE CLASSIFIED Advertising Department of Sauk Valley Media does not have the opportunity to fully investigate the credibility of each advertiser appearing within these columns. If an offer sounds “too good to be true” it probably is.

Proceed with caution if you are asked to send money or to give a credit card number.

Proceed with caution in calling 900 phone numbers. All phone numbers prefixed by “900” are charged to the CALLER. Charges may be assessed on a “per minute” basis rather than a “per call” basis.

Sauk Valley Classified makes every effort to qualify these charges for the reader.

If you have a concern about an advertiser, please contact the Better Business Bureau 330 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611.

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 501 NOTICEPURto the SUANT Business Opportunity Sales Law of 1995, every busiopportunity ness must be registered with the Illinois SeDepartcurities ment. Protect yourself and get the facts before you over your hand hard earned money by contacting the Illinois Secretary of Securities State's Department at 1800-628-7937. This notice provided as a public service by Sauk Valley Classifieds.

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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 Center; Career 1608 Fifth Avenue; Sterling, IL 61081; Phone: (815) 6265810.

WRVS/WACC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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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.

Exp. & no exp. Reliable transport or live-on site. Call or 815-284-6979 apply online www. reynoldswood.org/ jobs/

Nanny Needed $8/hr. Visit kennamy8.wix.com/ nanny for details and contact info 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, Box 498, P.O. Sterling, IL 61081

Now Hiring FullTime Electrician Specialist at the Sterling Park District.

View complete job description and apply online at www.sterling parks.org.

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Send resumes to dearly@ostipt.com Satellite Installer position AVAILABLE NOW Experience a plus but will train.

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

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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

Dixon area business looking for part time Bookkeeper, Mon-Fri. Approx.

30-35 hours per week. Excellent working conditions.

Starting at $10/hr.

Call 815-440-2392.

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

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.

O' Connell's Jellystone Park, 970 Green Wing Road, Amboy www.jellystone amboy.com

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Sauk Valley Media does not knowingly accept advertising which is in violation of the law. Likewise, we do not accept knowingly advertising which is fraudulent or has intent. malicious While we attempt to screen advertising with potential fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential We problems. strongly encourage our readers to exercise caution and common sense, when particularly dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

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

The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c))

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Fri. noon-6pm Sat. 10-2pm 723 Nachusa Ave. Clothing for everyone-all sizes(even Husky), furniture, knick knacks & books.

Good prices!

Friday 7am – 1pm 612 Pine Street Scrapbook & craftitems, girls ing baby clothes, items, household microwave, toys, play station games, videos, gold clubs w/ bag, comforter Queen & sets/ twin, gently used books & patterns, kitchen items, & whatever else we can dig out before the 20th!

Saturday 7-2pm 664 Veterans Pkwy ATV ramps, generator, tools, men & womens clothing, CD's. and books.

Saturday 8-3pm 1219 N. Dixon Ave. Household misc., women's clothing (sz.m-xL), Thirtyone, & Scentsy.

Thur. & Fri 8 – 4 Saturday 8- 1 (½ price day! ) 1209 W. 7th Street Huge Yard Sale Cash only

Friday 7:30 – 4:30 Sat. 7:30 – Noon 508 Countryside Lane Longaberger baskets (dealer closeout), Seagrass area rugs, pottery barn rugs 3x5 & 5x8.6, pillows (bed & toss), lamps, desk, easel, Keurig 4-cup coffee pot, Chico stroller, infant car seat, 2 person pup tent, children's toys, ect. Lots of miscellaneous!

Friday 7:30-5pm Sat. 7:30-5pm 308 Heather Lane Household, fishing equip.,golf, tools, cuckoo clock, 65 Impala, Men's jackets, & much more!

SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE

• PATROL - includes all shifts • MAINTENANCE We are accepting applications for these seasonal positions at our family friendly camp resort.

Apply in person at O’Connell’s Jellystone Park, 970 Green Wing Road, Amboy.

Applications also available at www.jellystoneamboy.com

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.

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.

Fri. & Sat 8-4 Loveland Bldg.

To benefit the PADS shelter.

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Fri. - Sun. 9-5 414 - 2nd Ave. PLANT SALE! Many perennials for sun or shade, gobs of hostas, tomatoes, flower planters, annuals, houseplants, all reasonably priced

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Fri. 2-6 Sat. 8-1 954 Stony Point Name brand clothing, Jr's & ladies, Nintendo DSI & games, case, etc., American Girl doll clothing & access., books, toys, scooter, household & other misc. items.

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District Sales Manager Sauk Valley Media is interviewing for a district sales manager in the circulation department. Responsibilities include recruitment, selection and training of contracted carriers to provide sales growth, prompt delivery service and collections within Sauk Valley Media communities.

The successful candidate will be self-directed and communicate effectively with subscribers and carriers. Subscriber solicitation is required. Ability to manage time, organize duties and operate as a team member is critical to performance.

Hiring for entry level assembly positions on 1st and 2nd shift.

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CHILD CARE Lifeguards wanted June 1. Reliable transport or live-on site. Call 815-2846979 or apply online www.reynolds wood.org/jobs/

Experienced RN/LPN Part time, 11-7 Please apply in person at: Avonlea Cottage 2201 E. LeFevre Rd., Sterling

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Sauk Valley Media offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Submit your resume to: recruitment@shawmedia.com Or Contact: Sheryl Gulbranson, Circulation Director Sauk Valley Media 3200 E. Lincolnway P.O. Box 498 Sterling, IL 61081 Phone: 815-625-3600 x5300 Sauk Valley Media is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.

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5) Must pass physical exam, skills evaluation, and written examination Fringe benefits include: Good pension plan, hospital insurance, paid vacation, overtime pay and uni form allowance.

Application forms may be obtained at the Rock Falls Fire or Police Department located at 603 W. 10th Street, Rock Falls IL and must be completed by Friday, June 17, 2016, on or before 5:00 p.m.

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Dumpster Rental for Clean-ups & Construction Small & Large containers avail.

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Gutter Cleaning

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Haul/Clean Service JOHN'S CLEANUP & REMOVAL Anything goes!!

Estate Cleanups PHONE 815-622-0240

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Gutters

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

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Landscaping Two Brothers Lawn & Garden Call now!

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Certified pesticide & herbicide applicator & line clearance tree trimming .

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Water Softeners

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DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

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PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

Friday 8-5pm Saturday 8-12pm 2184 Peek Home Rd. & 11788 West Pilgrim Rd. (past Plum Hollow, left on Penrose, right on Peek Home, also around the corner on Pilgrim) 2 sales-2 days-Rain or Shine! Womens clothing, oak table w/4 chairs & hutch, twin mattress set, entertainment cabinet, curio, 2 area rugs, weber charcoal grill, tools, table saw, tile saw, miter saw, barn doors, toy tractors & accessories, old sewing machine base w/ glass top, Old wash tubs w/base, lots of household items, priced to go!!

Fri. 12-3 Sat. 9-3 Sunday 9-3 28975 Knieff Rd. (off Route 40) Ladies clothing sizes 10-12, porch glider, lg. mirror, Christmas decorations, & lots of household items.

Fri. 8-2 Sat. 8-12 1710 Reno Rd. Furniture & lamps, oak entertainment center armoire, 32” Toshiba tv, brand elliptical, new women's & Jr.'s clothing, & lots of misc.

In-home estate tag sale Estate of Elise Matthews. FRI. SAT. 10AM-6PM. 1424 WEST 21ST ST. STERLING (STRAWBERRY FIELDS CONDOS) another wall to wall full house! Quality sale of bedroom sets , living room furniture, beautiful piano, drop front desk, buffet, sofa & hide-a-bed, lots of other furniture, upright freezer, another kitchen full, lots of hand made quilts, huge collection of Longaberger, jewelry (some fine), beautiful flow blue collection, fiesta ware, pfaltzgraff, teapot collection, glassware collection, antique doll, lots of books, kenwood home stereo system, lots of Christmas, tools, garage items, nice sewing machine, lots of fabric for quilters, lots of sheet sets/towels/ vintage linens, lots of household items? Way too much to list! Super clean sale! For pics & more info. See estatesales.net Sale assisted by sauk valley estate sales & services 815-590-7021 THE EMPORIUM THRIFT CENTER 115 W. 3rd St. Sterling - Open 9-4 Closed Wed. & Sun. NEW ITEMS!!!

Oriental décor, handmade picture frames, wood cutouts for crafters, sports cards, beads for crafting, lots of flower pots & large display case

Cat, sweet,Female, spayed, approx.

2 yrs., good with other pets, needs good indoor only home.815-535-7061

Sat. & Sun., 10-3 317 Wild Cherry Dr. (Lost Nation) Moving Sale Everything must go! Call 815-9942009 for info.

Saturday 7 – 2 Subdivision Rummage Sale corner of Pump Factory & Bloody Gulch Rd 685 Pheasant Run 8 Place 35 piece depression glass set, quilt racks, antique flexible flyers, 6 place set of china, snow sleds, Bunn coffee maker, Christmas items, Santa collection, antique Hooshier cabinet.

699 Pheasant Run camping articles, 3 burner stove, water tank, antiques, mens jeans 34”x32”, womens jeans, knick knacks, lg antique coffee grinder, Cabbage Patch dolls & clothes, Barbie dolls & clothes Saturday 8-?

1515 S College Front & Back Yard furniture, tools, household stuff, rocking chair, computer desk, craft items & jewelry, bird cages & houses, weed eater Thurs. Fri. & Sat. 8am-3pm 521 E McKenney Huge Moving Sale!

Toys galore, girls & boys(12mo. &up), lots of misc., womens, new items daily. Don't Miss Out!!

LYNDON GARAGE SALES 624 Fri & Sat. 8-?

101 3rd Ave. W Tools, antiques, some postcards, fishing equipment, some knives, & a lot of misc.

MT. MORRIS GARAGE SALES 624 Thursday, May 19th & Friday, May 20th from 9am – 5pm. Saturday, May 21st 9am - Noon 3630 W. Rt 64, Mt. Morris - across from the Motel 2 Sales rolled into one. Honey Bee Quilters are offering the quilting estate of a dear friend. Over 50 scrap bags, much yardage (Thimbleberries in great supply), gently used books and patterns, notions, kits purchased with good intentions and so much more.

Additional quilting items will be offered by our members as well as other household items. Lamps, bikes, vintage “this and that”, purses, Boyd's Bear collection and whatever else we can dig out before the 19th! Please park in the lot adjacent to the house.

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8-4 Sunday 8-?

620 E Rt. 30 Womens clothes, Tigger items, boys clothes sz. 5-12, Home & Garden dishes, mens clothes, log chains, lots of craft items, boys winter coats, big guy jeans.

Too much to list this is a must see!

Quilt Shop will be Open!

Fri. & Sat. 8-?

2311 Prophet Rd. Antiques, collect., misc., baby girls NB-3mo., clothes oil lamps, shoes, clothing & something for everyone.

Fri., Sat. & Sunday 8-5 2810 Kaufman St. (Yeowardsville) Large craft sale & old tools.

Fri. 7-4 Sat. 7-12 618 W. 13th St. 5 Family Sale size 12 wedding dress, children's clothing, men's & women's MXXL, marine fatigues, men's bike, Weber grill, self-propelled lawn mower, natural gas & electric heaters, retro game systems, toys, Little Tykes, new in box 12' pool, Bowflex, bar ware, tools, & household items.

Too much to list!

Fri. 8-5 & Sat. 8-3 28151 Buena Vista Drive Baby boy clothes NB-12mos., ladies LG-2X, clothes men's XL-3X, plus maternity size clothes, ladies shoes 8-10, purses, jewelry, matchbooks, cigar boxes, Baby Bullet, Bumbo seat, pots, baking pans, china, Franciscan dinnerware “Nut Tree”, 2 armoires (1 w/mirror), hall tree, antique chair & trunk, 2 night stands, oak sofa table, king bed frame w/mattress & foam topper (like new), huhunting midifier, access., exercise bike, gravity lounge chairs and lots more! Come see!

Fri. and Sat. 8:30-3 28469 Bertha Dr. (off Buell Rd.) Daycare cots, baby bedding and furniture. Clothes: girls 24 months and up, Junior girls, women's, mens, boys 8-10/12. Vera Bradley, Bosch modishwasher, bags, torcycle boots, ladies tees.

Lots of misc.

Fri. – Sun. 8-5 502 Culver St. Corner of 5th & 5th (green house) Garage Sale Rain or Shine!

Tools, weight bench, ladders, china, & lots of misc.

Friday 7:30-5 Saturday 8-12 30001 Duden Rd. Boy's 0-6 , Girl's 0-8, & adult clothsnowing, toys, blower, Coach purses, glider rocker & misc. home items.

Sat. & Sun. 9-?

610 W 14th St.

No early sales or checks!

TONS OF PRIMITIVE DECOR Boys clothes NB5T, dresses, Jr., womens & mens clothes, sm. kitchen table w/ 2 chairs, entertainment center, coffee & end tables, misc. baby items, toys, household knick knacks and much more!

Sat. only, 9-3 212 3rd Ave. (in back) Huge 2 Family- all clothes .25 each, all sizes adult thru newborn. HouseHoliday, hold, tools, yard items, music, movies, strollers, games, bikes, pet items, plant stands. Too much to list!

Saturday 9-1 403 Ada St. Estate Sale

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Fri. 8-4, Sat. 8-12 2107 14th Ave. Sports cards, name brand/good cond.

Clothing: girls sz. 7-12, boys sz. 5-8, women's M-XL, men's L & XL. Aquariums, toys, shoes & more Fri. 8-5, Sat. 7-11 26968 Penrose Rd. Rummage/ Remodel Sale Fisher price toys, luggage and totes, teen & adult clothing and shoes less than $1, lighting, home décor, aquarium, stereo's, shelving, microwave, CD & stereo stands, hampers clothing and free TV's.

Fri., 2-6pm & Sat., 8-2 803 3rd Ave. Twin & queen bedding, household items. Clothes: boys L-XL, Jr. boys XS-S, Jr. girls XSS, Hollister pants 24x29, womens S-M, shoes, purses, men's S-M Friday & Saturday 9-3 1820 19th Ave. Yard Sale!

Friday 8-?

811 Locust St. Antique bed, white pedestal sink, Little Tyke toys, garden items, books, vintage items & other misc items.

Friday 9-2 607 20th Ave. ESTATE/ GARAGE SALE (garage behind house) Small furniture, pictures, lots of books, Christmas items, lots of household misc & new items!

Everything 25% off or more!

Big Deals!

Plant Sale Saturday 8-2 Moonlight Bay Lane Perennials – Hostas, Iris, Sedums, Bearded Tongue, Feverfew, Gloriosa Daisies, Tiger Lillies, Flox, Bellflowers, Astilbe, Four O'Clock, Dragonflower, Lilac Bush, Rose of Sharon trumpet vine, Ferns, & plenty of house plants, hanging baskets, & more.

Sat. 8-1 1806 Oak Grove Ave. Mostly boy newborn to young men, name brand.

Sat. only, 8-3 1904 Avenue E 6 Family cul-desac. Lots of furniture, stamping, & scrapbook serger. sewing Many boys clothes up to 4T, Kuerig, bistro set, 56pc.

Dinnerware, fire pit, yard sprayer, misc.

Saturday 8-2 806 E. 19th St. Clothing, brand name, Aeropostle, American Eagle, Hydraulics, men's / women's, jr. Size M, girl's 2T, DVD players, primitive décor, ab roller, 18 sp. Bike, lg. wooden table, misc.

Saturday only 8-2 3710 Woodlawn Road Moving Sale!

Tools, building furniture, stuff, lamps, items new in boxes, glass hutch, Grandfather clock, much misc.

Thurs. 7-5 & Fri. 7-?

1807 21st Ave. Women's plus sz.

Clothing, new womens swim wear, XBOX 360 Console & games, kids VHS movies, bedding, curtains, blankets, blow up mattress, watches, stuffed animals jewelry, kitchen items & lots of misc items.

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3 pc. Basset Bedroom Set, 60” mirrored dresser, reg. bed frame, $75 815-499-0576 Flexsteel sofa, fall pattern; 4 oak occasional tables- includes coffee table good cond. Call 815-625-2620.

Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Bunk Bed $298. Call 309451-7477 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 Avatar 212 speaker cabinet, $300/ obo.

815-631-3826.

DAC-15X Roland guitar amp w/guitar stand & cord. $50.

815-631-2635.

Randall 112 tube combo. $300/obo.

815-631-3826.

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Golden Doodles & female male $800. MiniDoodles, & female male $1500.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Keep an open mind and be willing to do things differently if it means working alongside people you respect. Romance is highlighted. Plan a short trip or adventure for two.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Listen attentively, but don’t be too quick to adopt someone else’s beliefs. Structure your day to include the changes that will make your life better. Put your needs first.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Don’t let unfinished business linger on. The sooner you put your responsibilities behind you, the easier it will be to pursue more enjoyable activities.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Look for something that will improve your surroundings, allowing you to pursue a dream or creative venture. Expanding your family or opening your doors to friends will improve your life.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- You’ll accomplish plenty if you work from home or engage in something interesting that sparks your imagination. Plan a fun-filled evening and express your feelings and intentions.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Take a step in a direction that promotes a healthy and prosperous life. Engage in events and activities that will encourage positive change in your lifestyle and profession.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Don’t give in to someone using persuasive tactics. You are best off sticking close to home and engaging in personal changes that will lead to better health and greater opportunities.

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6hp Pushmower, deck, high 22” back wheels, runs good, $70 815625-1606 Cub Cadet Tank zero turn, 27hp Kohler, 2 whl. hydrive.

Exc. dro cond. $5100/obo.

815-973-8780.

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.

Call 815cond.

499-6100

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS No person or business, unless properly licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State, may sell ticket(s) for any sporting event or otherwise, for more than the price printed upon the face of the said ticket(s).

Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

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Thurs. Friday 10-6 & Saturday 8-4 400 Galt Ave. Tons of items, new items added daily.

Come checks us out!

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8-3 1508 Avenue K Lighted store display case, bikes, furniture, new lamps, tools, park bench, & much misc.

Fri. 7-? Sat. 7-12 817 E. 16th St. (in alley) Large Item Sale Trek trick bike, 2 man bass boat with title, lighted curio cabinet, oak, 80”hx36”w, pre-formed pond, many misc.

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MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

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 2 Large tractor tires. $50 for both.

815-284-2097 2 lots in Lyndon Cemetery 815-590-0662 2 Pack N Plays $30 & $50 815-718-5325 5 old bathroom sinks. $50 815-284-2097 75,000 BTU, 96% high efficiency furnace - works good. Has some newer parts. $100 815-626-4490 Blue, HJC Helmet CL 15 Cyclone, Snell Apvd., Sz. Med. $80 FIRM 815-626-2549 Coffee table w/ matching end tables. $50 815-718-5322 Corner hutch $100 great cond.

815-718-5325 Dbl. Recliner sofa, glass stereo cabinet & equip. Video, DVD/ CD cabinet.

815-441-4828

Great Lakes hot tub for free! Repairable, You haul.

815-973-1236

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NEW TODAY For Sale: Deluxe never Walker, used, asking $200 815-499-2579 Golf balls $1 a dozen.

815-625-2022 Graco collapsible stroller. $30. Call 815-285-4816

Great Tasting Beef, fed the old fashioned way, halves & quarters avail.

815-978-2589

Kobe Bryant Lakers Rookie Card $75 obo 815-9855359

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Ladies jeans 18 tall worn once, 6 Levi's Indigo, 4 Diane Gilman colors. $75 815-456-2839

Taylormade irons, grips, stiff new shaft, nice clubs 3-W $75 815-7343340

Mens Snap on work jacket, like new, Sz. Lg. Paid $190 new, asking $50. 815-499-4592

Tools, wrenches, & various hand tools $75 obo 815985-5359

John Deere children's recliner, cup holder. No tears. $25 815-499-4592

Moving Sale! Everything Must Go! Builder Discount Nice clean pair 1956 IL license plates $25 815275-3131 Oak Knoll Sterling, 2 spaces East side by flag pole. $725/ Negotiable. ea.

815-994-1635.

Potted house plants. Iris and hosta. $3 each.

Call 815-284-9906 Queen bed spread, drapes, etc. dark green w/ pattern. $900 new, must see! $75.

815-456-2839 Strawberry Rhubarb. $2 Ib. Call 815-677-0896

Two cemetery lots for sale in Garden of Hymns, Chapel Hill Memorial Park, Dixon Reasonably priced.

815-284-7273.

Werner 10ft. Wooden step ladder. $50 Like new.

815-535-0568 Wheelchair. $100.

Call 815-288-6200 Whirlpool bath Jacuzzi for sale. $250 like new.

815-441-3299 White Mountain 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzles, 9 for $45 815-625-3812 Wooden Shed 12x20, barn shaped, 3 yrs. old, asking $2200 Made in USA 815-622-9622

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NO MONEY DOWN & NO PAYMENTS FOR 45 DAYS

We Buy Cars Too!

FARM EQUIPMENT

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

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905

NEW REAL DEAL

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Special must be mentioned at time of ad placement.

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.

2005 VW new Beetle GLS conv.

Gray, red leather int. Auto trans., full power 113K. Fun car! $6400/obo.

515-745-0994 2008 Pontiac Torrent. V6. White.

Rm start.

Clean car. Call 815-288-4330 creditautosales dixon.com Always over 100+ vehicles to choose from.

HAVING TROUBLE wording your ad? Call our classified department today. We'll be glad to help you. 626SOLD or 284SOLD. We Buy Junk Cars, Equipment, Fork Lifts, & Farm Equip., running or not. Ask for Will 815-213-4071 Sterling, Dixon, & surrounding areas.

TRUCKS

We Finance!

855

910

1975 one ton Ford with steel flatbed. $1,500, 40k mi.

815-994-3339 1990 F150 XL, 302, AOD, 2WD very good heat & A/C, Good phys. cond.- Very good – mech cond. $3,500 815-684-9997

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2012 Chevy Traverse AWD LTZ, Sunroof, White Diamond.......$20,500*

2010 GMC Yukon XL SLT White.......................................$25,900

2011 Chevy 1500 Crew Cab Z71 4x4, Silver .............................$24,900*

2007 GMC Denali Crew Cab 4x4, Black ................................. $16,900*

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2010 Chevy 3500 Crew Cab 4x4 Diesel, White ..................... $31,500*

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2013 Chevy 2500 Ext. Cab LT 4x4, Diesel, White ..................... $34,500*

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2016 Chevy Traverse AWD LT, 2015 Buick Lacrosse CXL Red ...................................... $30,900* White ..................................... $25,900 2015 Chevy Traverse AWD LTZ 2016 Chevy 3500 Reg Cab LT 4x4 Blue ....................................... $42,500 White...................................... $34,900 2015 GMC Yukon XL SLT 2015 Chevy Cruze LT, Red ........................................ $52,900 Red ...................................... $16,500* 2014 Chevy 1500 4x4 LTZ, Double Cab 2015 Chevy Impala Limited LT, Silver.................................... $34,500* Red ...................................... $17,500* 2014 Chevy 1500 Crew Cab LTZ, 2015 Chevy 3500 Crew Cab LTZ Z71, Maroon ................................ $33,900* Diesel, Black......................... $52,000* 2013 Chevy Equinox LTZ AWD, 2015 GMC Acadia AWD SLT, Sunroof, Red ...................................... $19,700* Tungsten .............................. $35,900* 2013 Chevy Equinox FWD 2LT, Green ..................................... $17,900 2015 Chevy Equinox FWD 2LT, Sunroof, Black...................... $24,500* 2013 Chevy K3500 Reg, Cab, LT, Gas, Black .................................... $28,500* 2015 Chevy Traverse 2LT AWD, 2013 Chevy 1500 Crew Cab 4x4 LT Sunroof, DVD, Tungsten ....... $34,900* Maroon .................................. $27,500 2015 Chevy 2500 Double Cab LTZ 4x4, Diesel, Gray.......................... $51,900* 2012 Chevy Impala LT Tan ......................................... $14,500 2015 Chevy Malibu LTZ, 2012 GMC Yukon XL SLT 4WD, White.................................... $20,500* Silver.................................... $29,900* 2015 Chevy Cruze LTZ, 2012 Chevy 1500 EXT Cab LT 4x4 Z71, Blue...................................... $18,900* Blue...................................... $26,500* 2015 Chevy Malibu LT, 2012 Buick Enclave Premium FWD, Gray ..................................... $18,900* White.................................... $25,900*

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2016 CHEVY REG CAB 4X4 Z71 BLUE

GMAC FINANCING OR LEASING AVAILABLE

*Plus tax, title, license & doc fee. Rebates applied. Subject to credit approval.

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TRUCKS

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1988 GMC 7000 49k regular miles, garage kept, no rust, brand new back tires, 366 gas motor, 5 speed, 2 speed, rear end, exc. cond., $5600 815-590-1677

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

PARTS & ACC.

925

2006 & newer Ford F150, 4 Alloy 17” wheels w/nuts & centers, 5 bolt, no pits, never in salt.

815$400/obo.

626-5045 after 6p Ford Rims 22”x9”, split spoke polished aluminum w/ black pearl metallic, includes sport center cap, valve stems, 5-lug bolt pattern 4.5”, great condition, 4 for $1200/obo 815-626-2549

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 Fortune Cycle's Spring BIKE RIDE ✰ Sat. May 21 ✰ Sign In 10a.m.-noon at Fortune Cycle 901 W. 4th St. Sterling Last Bike in at 5 p.m. ✰ Free Food ✰ ✰ Door Prizes✰

BOATS/MOTORS

940

NEW TODAY '87 Crest Pontoon Boat, 50 HP Johnson, everything needed to go boating $3,200 firm 815-973-4831 after 10 am.

16' Lund-Mr. Pike, 70hp Johnson motor, trolling motor, well, new live seats, $3000/obo 815-441-7636 2 HP Evinrude outboard motor w/ stand. $80.

815-994-8831 or 815-288-6294 Extra Wide Jet Ski Lift $750 815-625-1713 Gemini Ski Boat 16' V-haul, windshield, lay down seats with trailer.

115 HP Merc. overhaul.

Fresh New prop. Very Nice $3500 815938-2218

PERSONAL WATERCRAFT 941 1997 Kawasaki Ski 750cc, Jet 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

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Majeski Motors

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1701 E. 4th St., Sterling, IL 61081 | www.majeskimotors.com

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2007 NISSAN ALTIMA

RED

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2014 FORD FOCUS SE

2011 CHEVY MALIBU

2013 VW JETTA

8,000 MILES!

TAN

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2012 CHEVY IMPALA LT

44K MILES

2011 FORD ESCAPE XLT

ONLY 28,000 MILES

2011 CHEVY MALIBU 50K MILES

V6, SUNROOF

$13,999*

2015 CHEVY CRUZE LT $14,999*

2014 TOYOTA COROLLA $10,999*

2009 NISSAN ALTIMA LOW MILES

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2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4

$10,999*

2011 CHEVY MALIBU 48K MILES

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2013 NISSAN SENTRA SV

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