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LOCAL ECONOMY | BUSINESS INCENTIVES
Taking care of businesses 8 deals for businesses in Sauk Valley over past 4 years drives job creation, retention BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529
Since 2011, the state has negotiated eight deals to keep businesses in, or attract businesses to the Sauk Valley, deals that included more than $5.8 million combined in incentives. Those deals also included a
combined $36,710,000 in company investments, 163 new jobs and 401 retained jobs, said Dave Roeder, a spokesman with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. “You want take care of the businesses that are here and be sure they are able to grow,” Roeder said. “That’s always the
first priority Inside in economic Details development.” W h e n t h e about the state negoti- deals that a t e s i n c e n - have been tives to retain made, A10 a business, it puts an emphasis on creating jobs, he said, adding that it doesn’t want businesses to just
stay and keep their employment figures flat. Earlier this month, Caterpillar announced that 170 jobs at its three Sauk Valley Anchor Coupling plants were being consolidated and moved to an Anchor Coupling plant in Michigan. Caterpillar and the state never discussed possible incentives to keep the jobs in Illinois,
although the DCEO tried. Among the state’s incentives that have been given to Sauk Valley businesses since 2011 is the income tax credit through the Economic Development For a Growing Economy tax credit program, also known as EDGE. BUSINESSES CONTINUED ON A10
ROCK FALLS | ON TELEVISION
PULLED TO SAFETY ON ROCK RIVER
Harts content with taste of ‘Leftovers’ Sauk Valley native stars in HBO series BY KAYLA HEIMERMAN Special to Sauk Valley Media
Flood warnings issued The National Weather Service on Friday issued a flood warning for Whiteside County until 1 a.m. Tuesday. There also is a flood warning for the Mississippi River at Camanche, Iowa, until further notice. Minor flooding is expected.
Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com
Sterling Fire Department rescue personnel bring in a pair of stranded fishermen Friday afternoon from the Rock River to the Arduini boat launch in Rock Falls. A citizen called authorities when he saw the two men struggling to get the boat started as it was drifting toward the upper dam.
THE PEOPLE’S VOICE | SAM EWENS
Sam, I am impressed S am Ewens is sort of a walking contradiction. But holy smokes, does she walk tall. She admits she’s not a fan of school, yet her teachers praise her for her willingness to learn. She says she’s not confrontational, yet from the moment she sat down to chat with me, she was an open book. And I couldn’t help but notice one curious contradiction: the juxtaposition of a thoroughly soiled Oregon Hawks hoops camp T-shirt against finely manicured nails. “It’s my brother’s wedding tomorrow,” she explained. Above all else, she has boldly contradicted the chauvinistic stigma that women don’t work on wind turbines.
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Heimerman is the Night News Editor at Sauk Valley Media. He can be reached at cheimerman@ saukvalley.com or 800-798-4085, ext. 5523.
“I am girly-girl, but I’m not girlygirl,” Sam said. “I like things that girls like, but I did not see myself being a nurse. I did not see myself doing hair. I wanted to stick out.
Today: 86/63 For the forecast, see Page A9
PEOPLE’S VOICE CONTINUED ON A8
ROCK FALLS — Frank Harts has hit what could be considered blue-collar celebrity status. He’s not an A-lister. Droves of screaming fans don’t swarm around him on the street, waving magazine cut-outs or glossy photos, hoping for an autograph. But he’s not exactly a D-lister, Frank either. Harts Harts, 35, a native of Rock Falls, always has an acting gig, whether on stage or on screen, and thus tends to get the same sort of reaction from people. “To me, it’s like ‘celebrity’ is not something I’m connected with,” he said in a phone interview from his home in New York City. “I can walk down the street here … and people will stop me and say, ‘You were that guy in that thing,’ or back home [in Rock Falls], they’ll say, ‘You were my neighbor.’ “It’s like they don’t know where to place me, but they’re happy to see me.”
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Photo submitted by Sam Ewens
Rochelle resident and Mount Morris native Sam Ewens is a wind turbine technician contracted by Suzlon to work on 118 turbines, 114 of them near Ohio. She was the first woman to enroll – let alone complete and win an award – in Highland Community College’s wind program.
The wait is over
The Whiskey Barrel Saloon has opened in downtown Rock Falls. See Page C1
Best of summer Join Mark Wahlberg for his roundup of fun activities Also inside USA Weekend: New digital column debuts Summer corn salad Sunburn tips
Faces in the crowd Polo was hopping for Town and Country Days last weekend. PAGE C12
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