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SAUK VALLEY | SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE

Woodhaven to reopen today ‘Worse than a war zone’ First responders and volunteers helped clear roads, search trailers

BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren

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Section 22 of Woodhaven Lakes was hit hard by an EF-2 tornado late Monday. The twister flipped trailers, downed trees and destroyed vehicles. The campground will reopen to the public at 8 a.m. today.

Five days after an EF-2 tornado hit campground, roads finally cleared

BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren

SUBLETTE – Just 5 days after an EF-2 tornado ravaged its southern campsites, Woodhaven Lakes campground will reopen to the public at 8 a.m. today.

In a news release Friday afternoon, the private campground in Lee County

announced that grounds would be open to all property owners, with some caveats.

It’s been an issue for Woodhaven property owners who – unless they knew someone already on the grounds – have had no way of knowing whether their property was damaged in the storm.

Woodhaven said that sec-

tions 22, 23 and 25, and part of 18, will still be restricted and closed to the public, but all other sections will be open.

“Our goal for opening this weekend is to allow property owners on the grounds to assess damages to their individual properties and formulate a plan for cleanup and recovery,” Woodhaven announced

in a news release. “ We request that any major cleanup efforts are not undertaken this weekend.

Because of this, contractors will not be allowed on property.”

Lee County first responders will remain on the site to make sure that residents get needed support.

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SUBLETTE – When the sirens went off, the people at Woodhaven Lakes scrambled, searching for the best place to take cover as what would soon be declared an EF-2 tornado tore through the campground.

A trailer is, after all, pretty much the last place you want to be when a twister hits.

They huddled together inside concrete bath houses, called comfort stations, and waited it out.

What they emerged to, into the darkness, was devastating.

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Tornado time travel Almost exactly 125 years before Monday’s tornado struck southeastern Lee County, the same area was hit by a tornado that killed at least 17 people.

Jim Dunn, SVM opinion page editor, has more on A4.

EDUCATION | SAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Mihel looks back on successes at Sauk President of 10 years prepares for transition, retirement

BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5525 @JPigee84

DIXON – Sauk Valley Community College President George Mihel said he had thought about retirement for only the past couple of years.

“When you have your friends and relatives start to retire, they start saying how good it is,” said Mihel, who will turn 68 in August.

After being president at the college for just over 10 years, Mihel will retire from Sauk next month.

“A college president should be here for about 10 years,” Mihel said. “We try to stay current and try to stay energetic, but

there is nothing like having a new person come in and make a new beginning.”

That new person will be David Hellmich, whose first day on the job will be July 6.

Hellmich, 56, has spent the past 9 years as vice president of academics at Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Lexington, Kentucky. In his role at BCTC, Hellmich led 300 full-time and 500 adjunct faculty members.

Mihel has been an educator since 1970. Before coming to Sauk, he was president of North Central Kansas Technical College.

He also spent time as a math and science teacher in Whea-

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ton, and he taught education classes in the state of Oregon.

Under Mihel’s leadership, the college has undergone various improvements, such as remodeling the science, math and welding labs.

Beginning in the fall, Sauk will also unveil One Stop. Students will have one universal place for admission, registration, financial aid, and academic advising, among other services.

During a time when funding for public education has drastically decreased, the college became financially stronger under Mihel’s leadership.

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Community World War II re-enactors pretended they were in harm’s way last weekend, but they really weren’t. An SVM photo essay appears inside.

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After being president of Sauk Valley Community College for the past decade, George Mihel will retire next month.

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ROCK FALLS

No charges for man accused in drive-by shooting

BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren

ROCK FALLS – The Whiteside County state’s attorney has decided not to file charges against a Rock Falls man who was jailed on suspicion of weapons offenses.

Steven M. Armoska, 20, who is free on bond

in a Lee County weapons case, was arrested Thursday afternoon after he surrendered to the Rock Falls Police Department.

Chief Tammy Nelson said Armoska was identified by a Rock Falls couple who, the night before, called police after a person came to their home and pointed

a gun at the 57-year-old husband, threatening him. The same couple, who live Steven in the 1100 Armoska block of West Sixth Street, had a gun fired at their home around 11 that night.

Armoska was taken into custody on suspicion of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm without a FOID card, and unlawful use of a weapon.

State’s Attorney Trish Joyce had up to 48 hours to file charges – something she decided not to do. Armoska was released Friday morning, Nelson said.

COMMUNITY WATCH County warrant for failure to appear and petition to revoke; taken to Ogle County Jail.

Corey R. Charnock, 32, Getting it right of Rochelle; Thursday; Ogle County warrant for drug We care about accucourt sanctions; to appear racy, and we want to in court. correct errors promptly.

Gregory E. Sandquist, Please call mistakes to 37, of Rockford; 9:56 p.m. our attention at 815-284Thursday, accident, state 2222 or 815-625-3600, Route 2, north of Byron; ext. 5501 or 5502. failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, driving in wrong lane, driving shoulder, no proof of Whiteside County on insurance, failure to wear a seat belt, no valid driver’s Sheriff license, and driving under Frederick L. Clifton, 53, of Rock Falls; 3:44 a.m. Fri- the influence of drugs; postday; criminal trespass to real ed individual bond; notice to appear in court. property and driving under Crystal L. Bishop, 34, of the influence; released on Rockford; 9:56 p.m. Thursbond. day, accident, state Route 2, north of Byron; failure to State Police wear a seat belt and unlawful possession of cannabis; Douglas J. Carlson, posted individual bond; to 30, of Dixon; 12:08 a.m. appear in court.

Wednesday, First Avenue Garbri Brito, 42, of West and U.S. Route 30, Rock Falls; driving under the influ- Chicago; 4:30 p.m. Thursday, 17,000 block of East ence and no rear registrastate Route 64; no valid tion light; posted bond; to driver’s license and littering; appear in court. taken to Ogle County Jail; to Douglas M. Tyink, 45, of appear in court.

Grand Rapids, Michigan; 3:35 p.m. Tuesday, accident, Interstate 39 in Ogle Dixon Police County; failure to reduce Christy L. Fiene, 39, of speed to avoid an accident.

Savanna; 7:47 a.m. Friday, 500 block of South Peoria Sterling Police Avenue; driving while license William F. Repass, 51, of suspended; posted bond.

Rock Falls; Thursday; two counts felony retail theft, Morrison Police Whiteside County warrant Male juvenile, 17, of for probation violation, and Shannon; June 19; public Lee County warrant for failfighting. ure to appear – retail theft; Anna R. Morrison, 22, taken to Whiteside County of Clinton, Iowa; Thursday; Jail.

Alexander M. Cervantez, operating uninsured vehicle, speeding, and use of cell 19, of Sterling; 7:52 a.m.

Thursday, West Third Street phone while driving. and Avenue F; no insurance; promise to comply.

Steven R. Blum, 39, of Happy birthday to Sophia Sterling; 5:13 p.m. ThursNordan, 4, Phil Hartman, day, accident at East Fifth Kathy Carl, Richard Harper, and Locust streets; improp- Benjamin Gutshall, Michelle er lane usage; promise to Glaudel, and Jennifer Jones, comply. all on Saturday.

She does not agree with the decision.

“This is a dangerous man,” Nelson said. “We stand by our charges, and we will continue to file them. ... We’re concerned for the victims.”

Armoska was looking for the victim’s son, but when he showed up to the Sixth Street house Tuesday night,

the son wasn’t there, so he threatened the father instead, Nelson said.

Joyce was unavailable for comment.

Armoska is charged in Lee County with reckless discharge of a firearm and possession of a firearm without a FOID card, both felonies, stemming from an incident in February. His bond was set at $10,000.

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ABOVE: Cancer survivors and caregivers walk a lap around the track Friday during the Relay for Life of Lee County event at Dixon High School. Relay for Life events raise money to help the American Cancer Society battle the disease.

LEFT: Children from Open Sesame Child Care Center sign the national anthem while Beth Morse sings during the opening ceremony of the Relay for Life event held at the Dixon High School track.

IN BRIEF Charleston mayor dies at 67 CHARLESTON (AP) – The mayor of Charleston has died of natural causes,

according to the Coles County Coroner’s Office.

Mayor Larry Rennels, 67, died Thursday in the emergency room at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.

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STERLING | WHITESIDE AREA CAREER CENTER

New director plans to keep building Rademacher puts manufacturing program, visibility on to-do list

BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5525 @JPigee84

STERLING – Beginning Wednesday, a familiar face will be the new leader of the Whiteside Area Career Center.

Paula Rademacher, 48, who has spent the past year as assistant director, is replacing Kim Purvis, who is resigning after 4 years as director. She Kim has a 1-year Purvis contract and will be paid $80,000.

“Kim did such a nice job,” Rademacher said.

“She built the program up, and I plan on continuing the mission and vision.”

Jerry Binder, human resources director for Sterling School District, will become the new assistant director, pending board approval. He will split his time between the two roles.

“We have been looking at some shared services with the career center,” said Tad Everett, Sterling schools

superintendent and president of the WACC board of control. “This is one way we are able to share those services.”

Purvis was a part-time director, and Rademacher was her full-time assistant.

Rademacher will become the full-time director, and Binder will work part time.

“They don’t need two full-time people, and we will keep that structure,” Everett Jerry said, adding Binder that some of Binder’s school district duties will be picked up by other administrators.

Rademacher does not plan major changes, but wants to look at creating a manufacturing program, she said.

“We have been talking about a manufacturing program, and we really want to get that set in motion,” she said. “We want to coordinate that with Sauk Valley Community College and local business and industry.

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Paula Rademacher will replace Kim Purvis as director of the Whiteside Area Career Center in Sterling on July 1.

The WACC offers vocational classes to area high school students.

There was one several beyond,” she said. “A lot across people and they counselor there 4 years years ago, but it faded of the jobs out there just have no idea what WACC before that. out.” require training, and we is,” she said. “I think we “I’ve worked with WhiteThe program could can provide that training need to do a better job side for various things include classes in science, for them.” promoting who we are as the counselor, and we technology, engineering, Rademacher also wants and what we do here.” sent some of our students and mathematics. to improve the center’s Before coming to WACC, here,” she said. “I’ve “A majority of the jobs visibility.

Rademacher was princi- always known what goes available do not require “It still surprises me pal at Milledgeville High on here, so it’s nice to be a 4-year degree and sometimes when I come School for 4 years, and a on this side of things.”

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“We have always kept an eye on the finances and making sure we operate within our means,” he said. “With reduced state funding, we’ve had to cut corners here and there, but nothing to affect the operations of the college.”

Jon Mandrell, dean of academics and student services at Sauk, said Mihel had helped the college get through some tough financial times.

“Competition in higher education is higher than ever,” Mandrell said. “Dr. Mihel has allowed us to stay competitive, even with the state budget cuts.”

Andrew Bollman, chairman of the board of trustees, echoed Mandrell’s sentiments.

“He came in at a time when the college was vulnerable to the dire economic situation that the state and the nation was feeling,” Bollman said. “Many community colleges are not in the financial situation that we are in right now. Dr. Mihel has led us and kept us strong during some challenging times.”

There has also been an increase in the number of technical education programs with welding, criminal justice, and health science programs showing the largest student growth.

“We have been able to expand to be more effective with course offerings under Mihel’s leadership,” Bollman said. “We have been able to stay competitive with a stellar reputation, and that reputation has increased over the past 10 years.”

Mihel is also proud of the academic programs that were created during his tenure, including welding, advanced manufacturing, and courses in wind energy.

“We’ve added quite a few new programs to meet the needs of the workforce,” he said.

The college also has a renovated science lab and industrial technology area.

“When I came here, one of the top priorities of our staff was to upgrade the science labs,” Mihel said.

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“When I taught junior high school science in the early 1970s, they were like the science labs we have here.

We have been able to make those state of the art.”

Because of the updated science labs, Sauk was able to put more emphasis on science and math.

Mandrell said he would miss his working relationship with Mihel.

“He has the ability to make decisions, and he has empowered us to go out there and work hard,” Mandrell said. “He was always able to make resources available to us.”

Mihel has the ability to extend friendships at every level – even in the board room, Bollman said “While there is always a business aspect to our meetings, Dr. Mihel always

had a wonderful ability to extend friendships at every level,” Bollman said. “I will miss that friendship more than anything else.”

Alan Pfeifer, academic vice president at Sauk, said the college was in a much better place.

“The college is an evolving organization that changes with community needs, its staff and leadership,” Pfeifer said. “The college has continued to upgrade and update the transfer programs. There are also more events, activities, student organizations and clubs on campus enhancing student life.”

One thing Mihel said he wished he could have done differently was to work harder to develop some of the manufacturing programs at the col-

“We have a little bit of overlap, so I can bring him up to speed on the things that are in the works,” Mihel said. “I can also be helpful with showing him how the state of Illinois works, and things like that.”

Mandrell said Mihel had the college in a good position. Because of that, Hellmich should be able to make a smooth transition.

“Dr. Mihel has kept us financially balanced, and we have improved facilities,” Mandrell said. “We have been able to remain innovative and stay on top of today’s trends.”

With extra time on his hands, Mihel will visit some of the places he has

never seen, such as the Grand Canyon and Mount Rushmore.

“I’ve never been to those places,” he said. “Those are some of the things I’d like to do.”

Mihel also said he is looking at interim president positions, and he wants to do some university teaching.

In the end, Mihel is thankful for his time at the college.

“It’s been a pleasure to be here for 10 years,” he said. “I’d like to think I’ve made a difference. The college is in a better place than it was when I started, and I hope Mr. Hellmich can do the same thing.”

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“I wish I would have made a better link with the manufacturing aspects here and develop some of the programs we have now, maybe a little sooner than I did,” Mihel said. “We have an advanced manufacturing program, and we put that together from visiting the other manufacturers in our area.”

Hellmich and Mihel will work together for a few weeks in July before Mihel bids the college farewell.

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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s visitations: Darrell K. Porter of Sterling, 9:30-10:15 a.m. at Harvestime Bible Church in Rock Falls.

Linda M. Taylor of Rock Falls, 10-11 a.m. at First Congregational Church in Rock Falls.

Alisha M. Terronez of Sterling, 11 a.m. Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home in

Rock Falls.

Todays’ funerals: Darrell K. Porter of Sterling, 10:30 a.m. at Harvestime Bible Church in Rock Falls.

Linda M. Taylor of Rock Falls, 11 a.m. at First Congregational Church in Rock Falls.

Sunday visitations: David A. Klausen, formerly of the area; 4-6 p.m. at

Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy.

Monday visitations: Robert M. Haub of Mendota, 9:30-10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Church in West Brooklyn.

Sara Jo Gibson Voss of Milledgeville, 6-8 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Monday funerals:

Robert M. Haub of Mendota, 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Church in West Brooklyn.

July 3 visitations: Carl D. Weber of Oregon, 3-5 p.m. at Polo Family Funeral Home.

July 18 visitations: William “Bill” Jones of Dixon, 1 p.m. at the Northwest Territory Historic Center, Dixon.

OBITUARIES E. Paul Johnson STERLING – E. Paul Johnson, 90, of Sterling, died Thursday, June 25, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Paul was born Nov. 11, 1924, in Sterling, the son of Volney Miller and Ed i t h ( Hu n t l e y ) and Fred Johnson. He was an Army Air Forces veteran and served during World War II as a P51 mechanic. Paul married Pearl Brunsvold on July 29, 1950. She preceded him in death on Oct. 1, 2000. He was employed

by Northwestern Steel & Wire for 23 years, retiring in 1991. Paul was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Sterling.

Survivors include two sons, Jerry Lee (Diana) Johnson of Pennington, Minnesota, and Rick (Diane) Johnson of

Sterling; one daughter, Laurie (Terry) Britten of Camarillo, California; one brother, Jim (Shirley) Johnson of Sierra Vista, Arizona; nine grandchildren; and several g re a t - g r a n d c h i l dren.

He also was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Cindy Har tman; one brother, Bobby Johnson; one sister, JoAnn McDaniel; and one great-grandchild.

Cremation rites have been accorded.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.

McDonald Funeral Ho m e & C re m a t o r y in Rock Falls handled arrangements.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com for online condolences.

Kenneth A. Berogan DIXON – Kenneth Alber t Berogan, 92, of Dixon, died Friday, June 26, 2015, at his home. He owned and operated K & L New a n d Us e d Fu r n i t u re and Antiques in Grand Detour, and retired from the Byron Nuclear Plant.

Kenneth was born Oct. 23, 1922, in Amboy, the son of Albert and Gertrude (Pabst) Berogan.

He married Emma Louise Bixler on Dec. 21, 1943, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She preceded him in death on July 14, 1989. Kenneth served in the Army during World War II and was awarded a Purple Heart Medal, Victory Medal, European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with two Bronze Battle Stars, two Overseas Service Bars, and a Good Conduct Medal.

He is survived by one son, Michael (Donna)

Berogan of Dixon; one daughter, Carla ( Tom) Leddy of Byron; one sister, Betty (Gerald) Martinson of Dixon; one daughter-in-law, Linda Berogan of Dixon; seven grandchildren; 12 greatgrandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

He also was preceded in death by one son, Kenneth Eugene Berogan; three grandsons; one great-great-grandson; one sister, Lucille Wakenight; and one brother, August Berogan.

Private military graveside services will be at a later date at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, in Dixon.

A memorial has been established.

Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements.

Visit prestonschilling funeralhome.com to send condolences.

Sara Jo Gibson Voss MILLEDGEVILLE – Sara Jo Gibson, 40, of Milledgeville, died Monday, June 22, 2015.

Sara was born July 31, 1974, in Morrison; the daughter of Edward D. Gibson and Patricia J. Wilkins, and adopted parents, Ed and Hollie Wille of Morrison.

She was a graduate of Morrison High School, and a graduate of cosmetology school. Sara was creative and funny.

She loved her daughters unconditionally. She had a love for animals on the farm, and enjoyed accompanying and working side by side with Kevin, while he was in the fields. Everyone loved her smile and her laugh, those who knew the real Sara, will truly miss her.

Sara is survived by her fiancé, Kevin Hohlen of Milledgeville; three

daughters, Emma, Elle, and Ella Voss, all of Dixon; maternal g r a n d m o t h e r, Evelyn Wilkins; one brother, Steven Gibson; two nephews, Michael and Jeffrey Roggy; three uncles, Richard, Michael, and Robert Jr. Gibson; two aunts, Deborah Gibson and Nancy Gibson Garcia; and many cousins and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her mother, paternal grandparents, and maternal grandfather.

A gathering of family and friends will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

Mary Kay ‘Minnie’ Smothers PROPHETSTOWN – Mary Kay “Minnie” Smothers, 69, of Prophetstown, died Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at Sauk Val-

ley Senior Living in Rock Falls.

Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home in Prophetstown handled arrangements.

Geneva M. Dravis MORRISON – Geneva M. Mc D o n a l d F u n e r a l Dravis, 84, of Morrison, Home & Crematory in died Thursday, June 25, Rock Falls is handing 2015, at her home. arrangements.

Evelyn Jacobs STERLING – Evelyn Center in Sterling.

Lucille Jacobs, 96, of SterSchilling Funeral Home ling, died Thursday, June in Sterling is handling 25, 2015, at CGH Medical arrangements.

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Killer twister struck area 125 years ago Hardest hit was Paw Paw, where 8 people died

BY JIM DUNN jdunn@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5511

Almost exactly 125 years before Monday’s tornado struck southeastern Lee County, the same area was hit by a tornado that killed at least 17 people.

T h e s t o r m s we p t through on the afternoon of June 20, 1890, according to archived copies of the Telegraph.

Hardest hit was the Paw Paw area, where eight people – seven students at McMahan School and their teacher – were killed.

The country school building, about 2 miles south of Paw Paw, was carried several hundred feet into the air by the tornado.

Then, “it burst like a bomb and scattered into fragments,” the Telegraph reported on June 23.

“Seen [falling] to the earth was the teacher and children, a most terrible sight.”

Victims were Maggie McBride, the teacher; and students Carey White, Winnie Berry, Jennie Bradley, Lena Prentis, Robbie Overkirk, Edna Hunt, and Ada Rudolph.

Nearby, the home of Peter Reams was destroyed, and Reams was killed.

Other fatalities in the vicinity were the son and wife of George Bolaches; Mrs. Searcy; and the wife of James Blee.

The tornado was first sighted south of Harmon, the Telegraph reported.

As it traveled eastward toward Sublette, it killed Miss Carrie Reynolds, who was struck in the back of the head. She lived with her father, whose house was destroyed.

A woman known as either Mrs. Bitner or Mrs. Buettner, a widow of about 60, was killed when the storm hit Sublette between 3 and 4 p.m.

“Two whirling clouds and an ominous roar were the signals of approaching devastation and death,” a correspondent wrote.

“Five minutes later, six dwelling houses in our village were demolished, and five others badly damaged, one person mortally wounded.”

The Telegraph reported two fatalities in neighboring Brooklyn Township: the wife of George Poltich, and the 10-yearold son of Mr. Eich.

On June 28, 1890, the Telegraph reported on the power of the storm: “At Sublette on the railroad track, two switch levers, made of iron bars, in size three by three-fourths of an inch, on the top of which were a diamond-shaped flat iron, were in the route of the cyclone. These levers are used for moving the rails that cars may be switched from one track to another and are supposed to be made of strong iron.

“One of these levers was twisted and doubled as though it were made of paper, and the other was broken entirely off. The one that was broken may have been struck by a plank or timber, but the twisted lever indicated that it was the work of the whirling cyclone.”

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I m m e d i a t e l y, f i r s t responders, and locals who lived outside the campgrounds, started flooding in, searching through the wreckage and making sure everyone was OK. Miraculously, no one was killed. Even more miraculously, hardly anyone was even injured – just one woman was transported to a hospital with minor injuries.

Amboy Mayor Tom Nauman was one of the first on the scene.

“The chief of the fire department called and said they had an awful mess,” Nauman said from the Woodland Lakes c a m p g r o u n d , w h e re he has been helping to clear the roads this week.

“There’s no doubt that they were in trouble out here.

“It’s a big place, you know; it’s 40 miles of roads in here and stuff, and when I got out here, I’ll tell you what, it was worse than a war zone.”

Navigating the tree-cluttered roads was nearly impossible, he said. And now, just 5 days later, the campground is set to partially reopen this morning to the public.

“The road was impassable,” Nauman said.

“People were in their trailers, and you

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A mobile home in section 13 sits under downed trees Tuesday after storms hit the area Monday.

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Austin Morgan of Amboy takes a chainsaw to one of the trees in section 20 of Woodhaven Lakes on Tuesday morning. Morgan was one of many volunteers who flooded into the campground as soon as the storm passed Monday night. couldn’t get to them because the road wasn’t clear. ... The recovery here is going to take a long time.”

Together, he and a few other volunteers – a man who had a friend inside the grounds, and another who was a resident – worked with the fire department to push fallen trees out of the road and survey the damage.

Frank Lowery, 54, was with him. So was his daughter, Colleen Lowery.

Frank is retired; he

worked in emergency management in Chicago before he moved to Sublette. His daughter, an EMT, was in town to visit for Father’s Day when they got caught in the storm.

“It gives you a rush to be able to get to someone and help them out,” he said.

Their crew worked to help two women who were trapped in their trailers because of downed trees. Neither was injured.

Austin Morgan was

there, too, with Lowery and the mayor.

He, too, talked about checking the trailers, what it was like to find someone and make sure they were OK, sawing through trees, clearing roads.

He drove straight there when he heard about the storm warning, and worked until 4 a.m. like the rest.

For more information about Woodhaven Lakes and its reopening, contact the administration office at 815-849-5209.

It could be weeks, though, before the campground has an accurate understanding of the cost to repair the damage, according to Randy Koehler, director of marketing and communications for Woodhaven.

“I think the general

consensus [of damage] is by the eye test,” he said in a previous interview.

“We haven’t gone and done a complete inventory as of yet on the individual properties. The main goal is getting a lot of the roads back and cleared and passable.”

It’s a goal that should be mostly accomplished by the time the property is re-opened to the public today.

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STERLING | AVIATION

For local business, the sky’s the limit Uneek Perspective brings drone photography to Sauk Valley

BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521 @SeaWarren

Bird’s-eye view

STERLING – For Drew Wilkens, it was love at first flight.

The Shannon native, who has since moved to Sterling with his wife, started flying model airplanes when he was a kid, about age 10 or 12, he said.

Since then, his interest in flight has only grown.

The 32-year-old is a professional pilot, flying for ExpressJet, and he’s moved on from model airplanes to drones.

Now, thanks to approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, his little hobby has turned into a serious enterprise.

This year, he became the 401st applicant to the FAA to be allowed to use his drone in a commercial way.

On May 19, the government said yes.

Need some drone aerial photography?

Check out Drew Wilkens’ website at uneekperspective.com, call him at 815-493-5292, or send him an email at mail@uneekperspective.com.

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Andrew Wilkens, owner of Uneek Perspective, flies his quadcopter. Wilkens, an airline pilot, is FAA approved to fly drones for commercial use.

He has some restrictions on commercial use of the drone. To name a few: He has to notify authorities before he flies it commer-

cially; he must comply with height (400 feet) and speed (15 mph) limits; and he can’t be within 5 nautical miles of an airport.

Other than that, though, his drone video company, Uneek Perspective, is open for business.

(The traditional spell-

ing of “unique perspective� already existed in a URL, he explained with a smile.)

The drone itself, or quadcopter, as they’re supposed to be called, is awesome.

H i s w h i t e Yu n e e c Q500 Typhoon comes equipped with a camera capable of filming 1080p, 60-frames-per-second videos.

It has a flight time of 25 minutes, and a screen on the hand-held controller allows the operator to see exactly what the camera sees. “I guess I’m sort of one of [the FAA’s] test subjects,� Wilkens said.

He’s supposed to send the agency monthly

reports, including flight duration and location data for whenever he uses the drone in a commercial capacity – requests for which, so far, have come from real estate agents and brides-to-be.

He made a video of one wedding in St. Louis already, and is headed back soon to do another one.

His sister-in-law had been hired to photograph the wedding, and then she told the bride and groom about Wilkens’ business. “She talked to the bride and groom and said, ‘My brother-in-law has a drone business,’ and they were like, ‘Whoa, cool,’� he said. “It was an interesting experience.�

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BY ANGEL SIERRA asierra@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5695 @_angelsierra

A first-year computer/ physical education teacher at Montmorency School in Rock Falls has plans to keep kids and parents connected to the classroom when courses begin in the fall.

Social pages and a website for Montmorency Technology were launched recently by new hire Josh Petty, who has been a substitute teacher at the school for more than 4 years.

In the beginning, details about projects and due dates for assignments will be shared, but it will evolve, Petty said in an email.

The website, which is organized into sections, includes elementary and middle school programs, a school calendar, a “Box Tops for Education� fundraiser page, background information on Petty, and related links.

After receiving “a great deal� of friend requests via personal social media pages, Petty said, part of

Read more online Go to saukvalley.com to read more Tech Type blog entries from SVM Online Editor Angel Sierra. the game plan came from wanting to maintain separate channels for communicating with students.

All online friend requests from students promptly were declined: “All it takes is one accusation for my teaching career to be over,� he said, and he wants to avoid the problems that can come

up by mixing a personal account with work.

Petty plans to promote the new website, Facebook and Twitter pages at an upcoming back-toschool night on Aug. 17, he said, with hopes that by keeping students and parents informed, excitement and enthusiasm will build around the program.

And if students see that there are a variety of places to find homework and project details, there are no excuses to skip or miss assignments, he added.

More information will be posted at montmorencytechnology.weebly. com as it becomes available.

In the meantime, go to twitter.com/MontmorencyTech, facebook. com/MontmorencyTech, or reach Montmorency School at 815-625-6616.

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DIXON – It’s a holiday, and the relatives are coming to visit.

Thirteen residents of Dixon’s sister city of Herzberg, Germany, will arrive today to take in the 5-day

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As honored guests, they will be atop a float in the annual parade, which steps off at 1 p.m. July 5 on Peoria Avenue downtown.

The Dixon Sister Cities Association invites the

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LOMBARD (AP) – Six firefighters have received “stork awards� for helping deliver a baby in January.

They were honored last week at the Lombard Village Board meeting.

Joanna Koppang went into labor while riding a commuter train to Wheaton, where her husband waited to take her to the hospital. But labor progressed quickly, and Koppang was forced to exit the train at Lombard.

Firefighters were dispatched, and Koppang safely gave birth to Abby in an ambulance.

PEORIA (AP) – Officials at the Peoria Riverfront Museum believe their budget will be in the black when the facility wraps up its third year next week.

According to the Journal Star in Peoria, the museum’s board had to use about $1.5 million in reserves over those 2 years to balance the budget.

Museum CEO Sam Gappmayer said attendance this year has been good. The museum will surpass its goal of 160,000 visitors this year.

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EDITORIAL | ILLINOIS BUDGET SHOWDOWN

Pawns in a giant statewide chess game T

he mighty struggle underway over the Illinois state budget is eerily similar to the game of chess. The comparison is both apt and sad.

The opponents are the entrenched Democrats, led

by House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton, versus first-year Gov. Bruce Rauner and the minority Republicans. They represent the kings, queens, knights, bishops and rooks on the chessboard.

And the 12.8 million other Illinoisans? Well, if you’ve ever felt like a pawn in the great budgetary battle, join the club.

In chess, pawns are manipulated to advance the interests of the major pieces. Pawns don’t matter much in the grand scheme of things. They are routinely imperiled and sacrificed to benefit the more powerful chess pieces.

Likewise, in the budget battle, average citizens are manipulated to advance the interests of the politicians. If the

What we think If you’ve ever felt like a pawn in the great state budgetary battle of 2015, join the club. Illinoisans must demand that fiscal prudence and the best interests of the people be part of the new budget. public is imperiled by budgetary proposals and brinksmanship, it’s no real concern to the leadership class.

The object of chess is to use one’s intelligence and experience to defeat the opponent.

The same goes for politics, which unfortunately carries over into governance, and which is the crux of the budget battle:

Will the state continue to live beyond its means, or not?

The budget approved by the Democrats would spend $3 billion to $4 billion more than it takes in. Democratic leaders did that on purpose to pressure Rauner to approve tax increases to cover the difference.

For his part, Rauner doesn’t like the chronic overspending, vetoed most of the budget Thursday, and awaits the arrival of Democrats at the bargaining table to negotiate for what he wants: some “pro-business” legislation and structural reforms to government that would weaken Democrats’ stranglehold on power.

He previously announced more than $800 million in temporary cuts that are set to kick in with the new fiscal year that starts Wednesday.

What are the pawns’ roles in all of this? Average Illinoisans have spoken up about how proposed budget cuts would negatively affect them. Some

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have done so on their own; others have been trotted out by politicians.

Either way, their stories are compelling.

Senior citizens, the poor, those with physical and mental disabilities, and others who rely on state funding are imperiled.

The uncertainty is difficult to bear.

In chess, pawns do have one golden opportunity to triumph. If a pawn can advance to the end of the board, it wins a powerful promotion and gains great influence. The opposing player tries to stop that from happening at all costs.

In Illinois’ budgetary endgame, Illinoisans

must put politicians in check and exert their combined influence to demand that fiscal prudence and the best interests of the people be part of the new budget.

For politicians who just don’t get it, the public can deal with them at the next election.

Checkmate.

THE READER’S VOICE

Healthy lives can also include animal products

What do you think?

Let us know. Write your own letter to the editor and send it to: letters@saukvalley. com

GREGORY L. CAVANAUGH Dixon

I had read the letter from Heather Moore [“For a healthy lifestyle, try vegan foods,” The Reader’s Voice, June 23].

I decided to clarify her letter. Now, I am not antivegetarian; that is a lifestyle that is a personal choice. But her statements make me want to respond.

Her lead into her letter is very misleading. OK, maybe the FDA approved a $10,000-a-year cost for a cholesterol drug, but no need to fear; there are still such drugs that are low-cost; some plans cost nothing.

The letter goes on to say that a study says if you eat no animal product foods, you will be healthier and live longer. Hmm, why is it that some of the longest-lived people in the world, whom I have recently read about and who passed away, ate animal products in their lifetimes, and why do cultures who are vegetarian not consistently produce 150-year-olds?

Why is it that the Japanese seem to have many 100-year-plus citizens who have fish and animal products in their diet, though not in large quantities, who live so long?

Here is the real story behind Ms. Moore’s letter. She represents PETA, and PETA does not [care] about human health concerns. Its agenda is animal welfare and not human.

PETA wants to eliminate the use of all things that are animal related. No leather shoes, belts, purses; you’d be amazed what we use in our lives that is of animal origin, not to mention no animal foods

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of any kind. Have you ever had a tofu ribeye?

Maybe Ms. Moore does not know that the deer I shoot each year and fill my freezer with are very high in protein, and are much lower in cholesterol than most animal products. Besides, in my opinion, tofu tastes horrible, no matter how you cut it.

Amtrak cuts bad for students and campuses LINDA BROOKHART Springfield

Pension and health care benefits are vitally important for the public university and college workers and retirees we, the State Universities Annuitants Association, represent in Springfield.

But in this period of great uncertainty about

our state budget picture, we are also concerned about how many students will get to and from the campuses.

Steep cuts to Amtrak passenger rail service are on the table. Gov. Rauner proposed cutting the Amtrak state subsidy by 40 percent in his budget address this spring.

The budget lawmakers approved kept Amtrak funding steady, which is good news. But the governor has, once again this month, threatened the service’s funding.

Amtrak is a vital lifeline for many campuses.

At a legislative hearing a few weeks ago, university leaders and mayors talked about how the rail to and from Chicago through communities such as Bloomington, Springfield, Charleston, Macomb and Carbondale keeps them competitive in the everintense race for students.

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.

Illinois State University President Larry Dietz pointed to the more than $165 million in private investment made around the Amtrak station that ser ves BloomingtonNormal, rightly noting that eliminating routes and times would not be simple to undo but would have longer-term consequences. Students facing higher costs or less convenient options to get to and from home from campus may very well choose to go elsewhere or to transfer.

SUAA and its members understand that our public campuses are better places to work when programs and services are protected and students have more reasons to attend. Cutting Amtrak will take us in the wrong direction, and we strongly urge legislators and the governor to avoid that as they work on a budget solution this summer.

Note to readers: Linda Brookhart is executive director of the State Universities Annuitants Association.

Safety is key to Fourth of July fireworks WILLIAM A. WEIMER Youngstown, Ohio

Consumer fireworks are safer today than ever before. Today’s smarter buying public uses the products carefully and with good common sense.

Americans understand the importance of buying consumer fireworks only from licensed dealers and to avoid the pitfalls of buying overloaded, blackmarket, illegal explosives that are dangerous and can be lethal.

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“To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

Editorials represent the opinions of the Sauk Valley Media Editorial Board.

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Standards Laboratory, which conducts testing of consumer fireworks as regulated by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Once the products are received at the Phantom Fireworks warehouse in the U.S., the products are retested for performance.

The cardinal safety rule is to use common sense.

Safety tips include: Never allow children to handle fireworks. Only sober adults should handle and ignite the fireworks.

Use in a clear, open space, free from debris and combustibles. Shoot on a hard, flat surface.

Keep your audience a safe distance from launch site and fallout zones – 30 feet for ground-based items.

Have a ready source of water close by. A connected hose is best, but a bucket of water or fire extinguisher will do.

Do not relight duds.

Follow all laws. Use a longneck butane lighter, punk or Phantom Pyro torch to light the fireworks.

Let’s continue the great American tradition envisioned by John Adams of celebrating with fireworks when the then-future president wrote in a letter to his wife, Abigail, in 1776 that the Independence Day holiday “ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, bonfires and illuminations [fireworks] from one end of this continent to the other, from this day forward forevermore.”

Please enjoy the Independence Day holiday with your family, and celebrate safely.

Note to readers: William A. Weimer is the vice president of Phantom Fireworks.

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SECOND OPINION

Getting along with a little help from readers N

obody wants to hear millionaire golf professionals complain about having to putt on bumpy greens.

Likewise, you’re not likely to find anyone who wants to listen to an editor gripe about the challenges of his job.

Although few editors are millionaires, they have pretty good jobs when compared to people who earn a living by having to sweat or to work outside in bad weather.

So don’t consider the editor’s explanations about his job to be complaints about the work or working conditions.

Consider any hints of defensiveness to be a natural byproduct of questions that demand the editor to defend a newspaper practice or policy.

Or, you can consider the editor to be a whiner.

Nobody’s perfect.

PRESIDENT NIXON famously explained he would accept responsibility, but not take the blame, for the Watergate scandal arising from his 1972 re-elec-

tion campaign.

That was before the Oval Office tapes were discovered. (Nice try, Rosemary Woods!)

But it’s a fine line between responsibility and blame.

And, in the end, readers don’t really care who made the mistake in fact or judgment.

They just want the newspaper to get it right.

Despite what some people think, the editor does not approve every story and photo assignment, does not edit every article, does not proofread every page before it’s published. ... As much as his control-freak side might want to.

But if you’re looking for someone responsible – or blame worthy – look no further.

Editors can take it.

BEAUTY IS ONLY skin deep.

And story datelines – those capitalized DIXON or STERLING or ROCK FALLS notations that start an article – can be misleading.

We use a dateline to identify the origin of key information obtained

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for a story. (In the old days of slow communications, it also included the date when the story originated.)

But that dateline often paints an incomplete picture.

On a recent Tuesday morning, the editor arrived at the office to find a voice mail message complaining that the Daily Gazette’s front page had too much “Dixon news.”

We hear that regularly.

But that judgment is sometimes made merely by reading the datelines.

There’s usually much more to the story.

IN FACT, ALMOST every element on that Tuesday morning front page had a Whiteside County connection.

The story at the top of

Page 1 involved the sentencing, in a Lee County court, of a man who committed a murder at a rest stop in southeast Lee County.

The article had a DIXON dateline because that’s where the court is.

The victim, however, was a former Sterling woman.

Is that “Dixon news”?

The story at the bottom of that front page also had a DIXON dateline, because it involved Sauk Valley Community College, which has a Dixon address.

But the article was about how the college and CGH Medical Center – in Sterling – are monitoring a projected shortage of registered nurses.

Is that “Dixon news”?

On the flip side, articles about Newman Central Catholic High School always carry a STERLING dateline because that’s where the school is.

Does that make an article about Newman – which has many students from Dixon – “Sterling news.”

Some days the news tilts toward Dixon (think

Crundwell); other days it’s heavier in Sterling and Rock Falls (think Sheley).

But on balance, both sides get reported – or, depending on your perspective, under-reported.

That’s the news.

LAST WEEK WE heard from someone who wondered why this newspaper had published no photographs from the Ashton Sesquicentennial Celebration.

He had seen no photos from the weekend activities when he looked in his Monday and Tuesday editions, so he called Tuesday to ask about that.

We told him that on Saturday, we published a page 1 photo with a story about the Clydesdales coming to the Sauk Valley for, in part, the Ashton celebration. On page 2 we published three photos, with extended captions, of various sesquicentennial events from Friday, the opening day of the celebration.

Online, we published the story with four photos, along with a video of the Clydesdales clomp-

ing through Ashton.

Because our staff had several other events to attend Saturday, we did not get back out to Ashton for the second day of activities.

The caller apologized, explaining he had not checked the Saturday edition because he didn’t think we would publish anything so quickly.

As we usually do, we offered to publish, in our weekend Community section, additional photos or information he might like to submit.

That’s what we do.

TALKING WITH readers is the best part of the editor’s job – even when they’re unhappy readers.

What do we say to them?

We apologize when we get things wrong, explain when our practice or policy isn’t clear, and listen to the valid concerns of people who just like their newspaper.

That’s why they call and write – because it’s their newspaper, and they want it to be right.

All calls, letters and emails are welcome.

And thanks for the help.

WASHINGTON SCOOP

GOP presidential hopefuls stumble in first leadership test Today we are focusing on the latest demonstrations of leadership, followship, and cowership in American politics.

Particularly among those who desperately want, in the very worst way, to become our next Republican president.

On June 19, The Washington Post arrived on the capital city’s doorsteps, desktops and palmtops with the top half of Page 1 devoted to just two news events.

“Texas free to say no to Confederate flag plates,” proclaimed the headline at the left. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled a state could reject motorists seeking to pay for customized license plates featuring a Confederate flag. The Court declared that would be a form of speech conveying a message a state wouldn’t want to appear to endorse.

“Man arrested in Charleston killings; reportedly said he hated blacks” proclaimed the headline at the right.

An avowed racist gunman had murdered nine black Americans inside the South’s oldest African-American church.

The gunman had posed

repeatedly with Confederate flags.

Actually, while these appeared to be two separate news stories, they were just two ways of retelling the same very old news story – about hate-filled racism that tragically remains embedded in America.

It infects our politics, and sometimes even our policing, in ways that extend far beyond the most blatantly identifiable haters in our midst.

Consider the Supreme Court’s news: Four of the court’s five conservative justices dissented in this case brought by the Sons of Confederate Veterans; they reasoned narrowly the Confederate flag is just another form of constitutionally guaranteed speech.

BUT THE COURT’S fifth traditional conservative, Justice Clarence Thomas, the only African-American justice, joined four moderate-to-liberal justices to create this unusual majority. Thomas was born and raised in thensegregated Georgia; his ancestors lived under the lash of enslavement during the confederacy.

The horrific events in South Carolina – and the gunman’s obsession with the Confederate flag – remind us all that failures to do what we know is right can produce dire

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consequences.

Since South Carolina still flies a Confederate flag at its state Capitol, Republican presidential hopefuls who have been campaigning big-time in that key early 2016 primary state were asked whether the state should take down the Confederate flag. It was an open invitation to demonstrate presidential leadership.

Shamefully, the initial response of almost all GOP presidential wannabes was to duck and cower. They didn’t courageously call for the flag to be removed from state governmental property.

Instead, they pathetically pandered, courting even South Carolina’s most racist fringe voters. One after another, they simply said it was up to the people of South Carolina to decide; then most tried to change the subject.

Initially, only one stood out: Ohio Gov. John Kasich had the courage to speak out early and go beyond the GOP’s initial

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duck and cower. While he said it was up to the people of South Carolina to decide, Kasich then took a personal stand. He said he thought the flag should be taken down.

The Republican presidential pack’s leadership-lite response to a crisis marked a sad demonstration of what has gone increasingly wrong with today’s Republican Party and its prospects for future leadership. It was also dumb. Especially because today’s GOP hopefuls chose to ignore recent bold examples of Republican leadership on this very issue.

In 2012, Mitt Romney provided a profile in courage in the South Carolina primary: he said the Confederate flag should be taken down and put it in a museum. (He lost the

state to Newt Gingrich, but earned national respect and won the GOP nomination.)

In 2008, GOP nominee John McCain originally ducked, saying South Carolinians needed to decide the flag controversy. Later, McCain apologized, adding he was ashamed he hadn’t called for the flag’s removal.

THE WEEK’S Republican leadership came from one who isn’t running for president. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a conservative Republican of Indian-American heritage, courageously called the Confederate flag a “deeply offensive symbol of a brutally offensive past” and said it should be removed from the state Capitol’s grounds.

Sen. Lindsey Graham,

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Escaped murderer fatally shot, other on run MALONE, New York (AP) – One of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape from an upstate maximum-security prison 3 weeks ago was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent in a wooded area about 30 miles from the prison on Friday, and the other is on the run, authorities said.

Author ities tracked down Richard Matt after a person towing a camper reported that there was a bullet hole through the back of it, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state police said at a news conference.

David Sweat is still miss-

ing, and authorities are hunting for him.

The shooting of the camper led officers to a cabin Friday afternoon, where they discovered the smell of gunpowder, said Joseph D’Amico, superintendent of New York State Police. There was an indication that someone had recently been there and fled out the back door, he said.

While searching the property, officers heard coughs and tactical teams came upon Matt in the woods.

“They verbally challenged him, told him to

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put up his hands. And at that time, he was shot when he didn’t comply,” D’Amico said.

A 20-gauge shotgun was recovered from Matt, who did not fire his weapon, D’Amico said.

Authorities say it isn’t clear whether Matt and Sweat were together at the time of the shooting.

afternoon and noticed a liquor bottle that hadn’t been there the day before.

Johnson said his friend, correction officer Bob Willett, told him he immediately alerted police, about an hour before Matt was fatally shot.

Authorities sent a team to the camp area, and Willett and police later heard a gunshot in the woods, Johnson said.

Officers then flooded the woods, and then Willett heard more shots, Johnson said.

“He heard: ‘Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop,’” Johnson said.

State Police Maj. Charles Guess said earlier Friday that the search area had shifted slightly northwest to Malone after investigators found evidence left behind by the escapees.

Items were found Thursday at a cabin and Friday morning in a field, both in Malone, he said.

Matt and Sweat used power tools to saw through a steel cell wall and several steel steam pipes, bashed a hole through a 2-foot-thick brick wall, squirmed through pipes, and emerged from a manhole outside the prison.

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URBANA (AP) – Elite fighter pilot Loyd Longenbaugh was “all muscle and hair, no brains” when he piloted his P-38 in Italy and Germany during World War II. Then a second lieutenant, Longenbaugh, 92, had to fly his twinengine Lockheed fighter – designed to go more than 350 miles an hour – on just one engine more than once.

In fact, on three of his first five missions, an engine was hit.

He flew over the Alps into Germany, and flying back on one engine was a test of his abilities – weaving through the Alps because he could no longer fly over them.

In the end, he spent more than 30 years in the Air Force, and another 35 at the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, from which he retired only recently.

A preacher’s son who grew up all over central Illinois, he dug ditches for $1.50 a day during the Great Depression. When he first heard that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor, it was in a house that had only recently gotten electricity.

The news was so stunning, he wasn’t sure whether it was true at first.

But a year later, on a brutally cold day, he drove a friend to Chanute Field to take a test for the Army Air Forces. It was so cold outside, he came in to Grissom Hall, and a sergeant cajoled him into taking the test.

Sweat hasn’t been spotted, Cuomo said.

The pair escaped early June 6 from the prison in Dannemora, near the Canadian border.

Police blocked off roads in the area as officers hunted for Sweat. The search area for him is centered on Titusville Mountain State Forest in Malone and spans 22 square miles, down from 75 square miles earlier this week, authorities said.

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Loyd Longenbaugh, 92, speaks April 28 at his home in Urbana, about his experiences flying a P-38 fighter in Italy and Germany during World War II. The friend failed, but it turned out Longenbaugh was made to be a pilot.

He was called to active duty 2 months after enlisting, and was trained for 13 months on a variety of planes.

Then he was assigned to the P-38 Lightning, nicknamed the “fork-tailed devil.”

It didn’t hurt that, though athletic, he was on the small side, because the P-38’s cockpit was not roomy.

“They had to pull you out after a long mission,” Longenbaugh recalled.

Besides its .50-caliber machine guns and a cannon, the P-38 could be outfitted with bombs, though that limited its maneuverability in dogfights, Longenbaugh said.

“I really enjoyed strafing,” Longenbaugh recalls of his missions.

He felt no compunction about dive-bombing the rails in front of and behind a train, then strafing the train itself.

“It felt great to strafe a row of tanks,” he added.

The P-38s also flew as bomber cover, but Longenbaugh said he rarely saw German planes, with

a rare exception being a jet that streaked effortlessly past him.

More often, it was the anti-aircraft fire – German “88s” – that put him into peril.

Once, when he was hobbled with only one engine, he was grateful that a Messerschmitt he saw never took off after him. He returned the favor by not attacking it.

“If he lets me go, I’ll let him go,” he said.

After the war, he stayed in the Air Force. He flew in Korea but was eventually grounded as his depth perception deteriorated when he got too tired.

He then had the distinction of being involved in a third war, Vietnam.

In that war, his role was mainly covert, as he managed a CIA motor pool in Thailand. He barely resisted an invitation to join the spy agency, he recalled.

Married in 1948 to Marjorie Dillman – their first date was at Kickapoo Park – he fathered three daughters.

“God gave me a great life,” he said.

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CHICAGO (AP) – A tugboat captain convicted of felony maritime negligence in a deadly 2005 explosion has been sentenced to 6 months in federal prison.

U.S. District Judge James Zagel on Friday also ordered Dennis Egan of Topeka to spend a year of supervised release after completing his prison sentence in the charge involving the death deckhand Alex Oliva.

Authorities said Egan illegally allowed Oliva to use a propane torch to unfreeze a cargo pump.

They say that set off an explosion that killed Oliva, sank the barge, and dumped 600,000 gallons of oil into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Zagel has scheduled a hearing Wednesday to rule on restitution for Oliva’s family.

Egan Marine Corp. was ordered to pay $5.3 million to the National Pollution Funds Center for the spill.

CHAMPAIGN (AP) – University of Illinois officials say initial data suggests enrollment is up for the incoming freshman class, including more Illinois residents and minority students.

The News-Gazette reported the number of students who’ve accepted admission increased 8 percent from this time last year. Chuck Tucker, vice provost for undergraduate education, says that includes 12 percent more state residents.

The number of black students planning to attend is 35 percent higher than a year ago.

There’s also a 14 percent increase in Latino students.

The university has been criticized for a declining black student population, which was below 5 percent last year. The Illinois resident population had also declined, from nearly 90 percent in 2004 to 71 percent last fall.

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The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says 10-year-old Tyler Marquith and 8-year-old Nicholas Marquith died at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro after being struck by the car Thursday evening.

The Southern Illinoisan reported the sheriff’s office says tall grass and trees growing along the steep road bank created visibility issues that may have prevented the driver of the car from seeing the boys.

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Same-sex marriage the law of the land On 5-4 ruling, justices grant nationwide right WASHINGTON (AP) – Same-sex couples won the right to marry nationwide Friday as a divided Supreme Court handed a crowning victory to the gay rights movement, setting off a jubilant cascade of long-delayed weddings in states where they had been forbidden.

“No longer may this liberty be denied,” said Justice Anthony Kennedy.

The vote was narrow – 5-4 – but Kennedy’s majority opinion was clear and firm: “The court now holds that samesex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry.”

The ruling will put an end to same-sex marriage bans in the 14 states that still maintain them, and provide an exclamation point for breathtaking changes in the nation’s social norms in recent years. As recently as last October, just over one-

third of the states permitted gay marriages.

Kennedy’s reading of the ruling elicited tears in the courtroom, euphoria outside and the immediate issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in at least eight states.

In Dallas, Kenneth Denson said he and Gabriel Mendez had been legally married in 2013 in California but “we’re Texans; we want to get married in Texas.”

In praise of the decision, President Barack Obama called it “justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.”

Four of the court’s justices weren’t cheering.

The dissenters accused their colleagues of usurping power that belongs to the states and to voters, and short-circuiting a national debate about same-sex marriage.

“This court is not a legislature. Whether same-sex marriage is a good idea should be of no concern to us,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in dissent.

Roberts read a summary of his dissent from the

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Sophie Jesty (foreground) and Val Tanco, plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case on gay marriage, listen as their attorney, Regina Lambert, speaks during a news conference in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday. The Supreme Court ruling legalizes gay marriage nationwide, including in the 14 remaining states with bans.

Jesty and Tanco moved to Tennessee for work after marrying in New York. bench, the first time he has done so in nearly 10 years as chief justice.

“If you are among the many Americans – of whatever sexual orientation – who favor expanding same-sex marriage,

by all means celebrate today’s decision,” Roberts said. “But do not celebrate the Constitution. It had nothing to do with it.”

Justice Antonin Scalia said he was not concerned so much about same-

sex marriage as “this court’s threat to American democracy.” He termed the decision a “judicial putsch.” Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas also dissented.

Several religious organi-

zations criticized the decision. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said it was “profoundly immoral and unjust for the government to declare that two people of the same sex can constitute a marriage.”

Kennedy said nothing in the court’s ruling would force religions to condone, much less perform, weddings to which they object. And he said the couples seeking the right to marry should not have to wait for the political branches of government to act.

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution requires states to allow same-sex couples to marry on the same basis as heterosexuals, he said.

“No union is more profound than marriage,” Kennedy wrote, joined by the court’s four more liberal justices.

The stories of the people asking for the right to marry “reveal that they seek not to denigrate marriage but rather to live their lives, or honor their spouses’ memory, joined by its bond,” Kennedy said.

Marriage ruling means Illinois couples recognized elsewhere CHICAGO (AP) – For Illinois residents, the most immediate impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision legalizing gay marriage nationwide is that same-sex couples can travel out of state knowing their marriages will be recognized elsewhere.

Illinois has allowed gay marriage since last year.

Whatever the outcome, the high court’s ruling was not expected to directly affect the Illinois law since the case was focused on court judgments and not unions

approved by a legislature, as in Illinois. The ruling means 14 other states will have to stop enforcing bans on same-sex marriage, essentially approving it in all 50 states.

The freedom to move and travel was among the first things Illinois’ gay couples were celebrating after Friday’s decision.

Here’s a look at that and other key aspects of the ruling: ILLINOIS’ GAY MARRIAGE LAW The Legislature approved a gay marriage law in late 2013, making Illinois the

16th state to allow samesex unions. Since the law took effect in June of last year, more than 10,400 same-sex couples have married in Illinois, according to an analysis of state records by the Equality Illinois group. Cook County Clerk David Orr says more than 7,500 marriage licenses have been issued in the Chicago area.

The ruling closes the door on any possibility – however remote in Illinois – that the Legislature could one day reverse the law if political winds were to shift.

FREER TO TRAVEL Prior to Friday’s ruling, Illinois couples could still have run into trouble in the 14 remaining states that had bans on gay marriage. If relocating, a spouse could be denied employer-provided health and other benefits, for example. And one spouse’s parental rights could be questioned.

Others have complained the bans complicated everything from adoption and school enrollment to medical care and survivor benefits.

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that had bans are Michigan, Missouri and Kentucky.

James Darby and Patrick Bova, who have been a couple for 52 years and are now married, said it was always a concern when they traveled to their farm in Michigan.

They wondered if one of them would be allowed in a hospital room if the other was ill or injured.

“Now we don’t have to worry about that,” said Darby, 83. But, he added, “We will continue to carry the (marriage license) just in case.”

CELEBRATIONS The ruling will give revelers at this Sunday’s 46th annual Chicago Pride Parade more to celebrate.

Expect even larger crowds than usual at the parade and festival in the North Side Boystown neighborhood.

“There’s a big old happy dance going on in heaven right now,” said Patricia Ewert of Chicago, referring to her late wife, Vernita Gray, who died of cancer several months after the couple became the first to marry under Illinois’ gay marriage law.

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President lectures on racial oppression Obama calls for changes to protect rights CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) – President Barack Obama used his eulogy for a slain pastor to deliver an unvarnished lecture on America’s racial history Friday, and then boldly sang “Amazing Grace,” a spiritual meant to summon hope in the darkest of times.

Obama also called for gun control and efforts to eliminate poverty and job discrimination, and said the Confederate battle flag – long a symbol of Southern pride – must be removed from places of honor.

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President Barack Obama embraces Eliana Pinckney, daughter of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, after speaking during services honoring the life of of her father, Friday at the College of Charleston TD Arena in Charleston, S.C. Pinckney was one of the nine people killed in the shooting at Emanuel AME Church last week in Charleston. reminder of systemic oppression and racial subjugation. We see that now,” he said.

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calamities for the nonbelievers.” In all, the assailants killed at least 65 people.

The attack in Tunisia, the country’s worst ever, comes just months after the March 18 massacre at the national Bardo museum in Tunis that killed 22 people, again mostly tourists.

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ed by the leader of a failed slave revolt and burned to the ground by angry whites in 1822. After the Civil War,

the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church led efforts to expand equal rights in the South, hosting Martin Luther King Jr. during campaigns in South Carolina.

Pinckney himself came from a long line of preachers and protesters, and the eight people slain beside him drew no distinctions between their work in church and their efforts to improve society, Obama said. “ We do not know whether the killer of Rev. Pinckney and eight others knew all of this history,” the president said.

“But he surely sensed the meaning of his violent act. It was an act that drew on a long history of bombs and arsons and shots fired at churches; not random, but as a means of control, a way

to terrorize and oppress.”

“An act that he imagined would incite fear, and incrimination, violence and suspicion. An act he presumed would deepen divisions that trace back to our nation’s original sin,” Obama continued, his voice rising in the cadence of the preachers who preceded him.

“Oh, but God works in mysterious ways!”

Obama said, and the crowd rose to give him a standing ovation. “God has different ideas!”

Obama spoke plainly about the ugliness of America’s racial history – from slavery to the many ways minorities have been deprived of equal rights in more recent times. Taking down the Confederate flag is a righteous step, “but God doesn’t want us to stop there,” he said.

IN BRIEF Beach attack kills at least 37 SOUSSE, Tunisia (AP) – A young man pulled a Kalashnikov from a beach umbrella and sprayed gunfire at European sunbathers at a Tunisian resort, killing at least 37 people – one of three deadly attacks Friday from Europe to North Africa to the Middle East that followed a call to violence by Islamic State extremists.

The shootings in the Tunisian resort of Sousse happened at about the same time as a bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kuwait and an attack on a U.S.-owned factory in France that included a beheading. It was unclear whether the violence was linked but it came days after the IS militants urged their followers “to make Ramadan a month of

Bomber kills 27 in Kuwait KUWAIT CITY (AP) – A suicide bomber purportedly from an Islamic State affiliate unleashed the first terrorist attack in Kuwait in more than 2 decades on Friday, killing at least 27 people and wounding scores more in a bombing that targeted Shiite worshippers after midday prayers.

The attack, which hit the capital of Kuwait City, was one of three deadly

French trucker beheads boss SAINT-QUENTIN-FALLAVIER, France (AP) – A truck driver once under surveillance for radical Islamic ties crashed into an American-owned chemical warehouse in southeastern France on Friday and hung his employer’s severed head on a factory gate, along with banners with Arabic inscriptions.

The attack triggered an explosion that wounded two people.

The suspect, who was apprehended soon after setting off the blast, is the latest French citizen implicated in extremist bloodshed in recent years after being flagged to authorities, then falling off the radar.

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IN BRIEF Crew reaches site of 9 deaths JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A recovery crew has reached a remote site in southeast Alaska where a sightseeing plane crashed, killing all nine people aboard.

Chris John of the Ketch-

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Eight cruise ship passengers and their pilot died

when their sightseeing plane went down on Thursday in Misty Fjords National Monument near Ketchikan.

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Hundreds of people packed Xavier University’s Cintas Center to honor 48-year-old Officer Sonny Kim. Police say the 27-year veteran was killed June 19 by an armed suspect who had made

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City Manager Harry Black called Kim a “true hero” and a model police officer.

Mayor John Cranley said the shooting was an act of evil.

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MOVING ON U.S. advances at World Cup, B3.

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Spoke too soon Bobby Portis Bulls’ newest draft pick apologizes for tweets from 2011 disparaging soonto-be teammates Derrick Rose and Pau Gasol.

Tread lightly Abby Wambach FIFA issues caution to U.S. star 4 days after she criticized the officiating in Monday’s match; Wambach apologized on Tuesday.

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Keeping the fun in sports On the tube TV listings

Saturday Auto racing 9:30 a.m.

• FIA, Formula E Championship, at London, FS1 1 p.m.

• NASCAR Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Toyota-Save Mart 350, at Sonoma, Calif., FS1 3 p.m.

• IndyCar, MAVTV 500, at Fontana, Calif, NBCSP

Canadian football 7 p.m.

• Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, ESPN2

Golf 6:30 a.m.

• European PGA, BMW International Open, third round, at Munich, Germany, TGC 1 p.m.

• U.S. Senior Open, third round, at Sacramento, Calif., Fox 2 p.m.

• PGA, Travelers Championship, third round, at Cromwell, Conn., CBS • LPGA, NW Arkansas Championship, second round, TGC

Horse racing 7 p.m.

• Gold Cup, at Arcadia, Calif., NBCSP

MLB 3 p.m.

• White Sox at Tigers, CSN/ MLB • Yankees at Astros, MLB 6 p.m.

• Cubs at Cardinals, Fox

Motorsports 6:30 a.m.

• MotoGP World Championship, Grand Prix of the Netherlands, FS1 8 p.m.

• AMA Motocross, at Mechanicsville, Md., NBCSP

Soccer 3 p.m.

• FIFA, Women’s World Cup, quarterfinal, teams TBD, at Edmonton, Alberta, FS1

S

AN DIEGO – Ted Giannoulas was working part-time at a radio station while making his way through journalism school 41 years ago when he first put on a chicken outfit.

Thursday, he was still wearing a chicken outfit while talking about how he went from hoping to one day break big sports news to spending his life mimicking urinating on umpires.

The success of the San Diego Chicken since he started on a whim by a station manager is that no matter the changing times and social climates, he reminds folks attending ballgames across the country that sports are supposed to be fun.

That was a good reminder for me and the collection of fellow cranky sports editors from across the country congregating at the Associated Press Sports Editors summer conference in San Diego, where the Chicken was the keynote speaker for Thursday’s lunch.

On Friday, we had another reminder, as Bill Walton – who seems to live in a world where human-sized chickens probably feels like a perfectly normal idea – introduced Bob Ryan, the longtime Boston Globe reporter, who was the recipient of the Red Smith Award.

Listening to folks like the Chicken, Walton, and Ryan are all benefits of attending the conference, but reminders that sports are meant to be fun are some of the longterm benefits I get from coming here.

The folks at Sauk Valley Media support my inclusion in this organization, and my participation in conferences like this, for a lot of reasons.

The most obvious is that we’ve annually added nice-looking plaques to the western wall of the SVM mothership. I’ll be bringing home two more – one

On the tube TV listings

Sunday Auto racing 9 a.m.

• United SportsCar Championship, Six Hours of the Glen, at Watkins Glen, N.Y., FS1 2 p.m.

• NASCAR Sprint Cup, Toyota-Save Mart 350, at Sonoma, Calif., FS1

Golf 5:30 a.m.

• European PGA, BMW International Open, final round, at Munich, Germany, TGC 1 p.m.

• U.S. Senior Open, final round, at Sacramento, Calif., Fox 2 p.m.

• PGA, Travelers Championship, final round, at Cromwell, Conn., CBS • PGA Professional National Championship, first round, at Flourtown, Pa., TGC 4 p.m.

• LPGA, NW Arkansas Championship, final round, TGC

MLB 1 p.m.

• Yankees at Astros or Twins at Brewers, MLB 7 p.m.

• Cubs at Cardinals, ESPN Tribune News Service

After 4 decades, years of hijinks and escapades, the San Diego Chicken is still a reminder that sports are supposed to be fun.

danWOESSNER Sports Editor.

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for Top 10 special section and one for Top 10 sports website – after the awards banquet on Saturday night.

Don’t get me wrong – winning things is fun.

6:30 p.m.

• FIFA, Women’s World Cup, quarterfinal, teams TBD, at Vancouver, British Columbia, FS1

Track & field 3 p.m.

• USATF Outdoor Championships, at Eugene, Ore., NBC

Let us hear it • Game results, story tips, athlete of the week nominations, team and individual stats can be faxed to 815-625-9390, called into 800-798-4085, ext. 5552 or e-mailed to sports@saukvalley.com.

Contact us at 800-798-4085 Sports Editor Dan Woessner, ext. 5555 dwoessner@saukvalley.com Sports Reporters Cody Cutter, ext. 5555 ccutter@saukvalley.com Patrick Mason, ext. 5550 pmason@saukvalley.com Ty Reynolds, ext. 5554 treynolds@saukvalley.com Brian Weidman, ext. 5551 bweidman@saukvalley.com

talking to sports editors on a range of topics, from mastering social media, handling changes in the industry, and learning methods on how to coach my staff to become better reporters and writers.

The hope is that doing this will make me a better sports editor, our staff better journalists, and, ultimately, will improve our product for the readers.

If none of that works, who knows – maybe I can give wearing a chicken suit a try.

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• Men’s national teams, exhibition, Mexico vs, Costa Rica, at Orlando, Fla., ESPN2

But just like most of our high school athletes would attest, while winning is fun, it’s not always the most valuable thing gained from the experience.

The APSE organization offers a lot of support for a sports editor like me, and that’s the big reason why SVM allows me to take this trip.

I’ll be coming back to the Sauk Valley on Sunday with some very good ideas that I have gleaned from editors from across the country.

I’ve spent the week

Running improves quality of life

BY HILLARY POPEJOY Special to SVM

Whether you’re a runner or not, we all know the basic health benefits of incorporating running into your routine. Exercise is medicine that leads to improved cardiovascular health, weight loss, and increased physical strength. If you are a runner, you know that running changes your life, because running is more than just an activity – it’s a way of life.

Studies show running vastly improves the quality of life both emotionally and physically, and even helps you live longer.

Here’s how: 1. Running reduces stress.

Going out for a nice jog is a great way to shut off all of life’s stressors, detox from mobile devices, and just live in the moment.

It also boosts serotonin levels, which can reduce anxiety and stress. Running gives you that “runners high,” which can boost your energy and can help your sleep quality improve.

2. Running increases physical strength. As a runner, your legs and core are your powerhouse.

Running helps strengthen your muscles, which produces more strength throughout the body, as well as increased endurance.

3. Increased joint strength and stability. Running increases

Soccer 3:30 p.m.

• MLS, New York at New York City, ESPN 3:30 p.m.

• MLS, Seattle at Portland, FS1

Track & field 3 p.m.

• USATF Outdoor Championships, at Eugene, Ore., NBC

On these dates June 27 2006 • Roger Federer wins his record 42nd straight grass-court match to open his bid for a fourth straight Wimbledon championship. Federer breaks the record he shared with Bjorn Borg, the five-time Wimbledon champion who won 41 straight matches on grass from 1976-1981.

June 28 1997 • Evander Holyfield, bleeding badly from his right ear after being bitten

by Mike Tyson, retains the WBA heavyweight championship in Las Vegas when Tyson is disqualified after the third round.

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More than 1,500 runners make their way north on Hennepin Avenue during last year’s Reagan Run 5K in Dixon. Running is a great way to improve strength, as well as physical and mental health. the strength of your ligaments and tendons. Running helps increase bone mass, leading to stronger, healthier bones. You may hear that running is hard on the knees, but studies show that incorporating running into your workout routine actually improves knee strength.

4. Weight control. Running burns mega calories. The bonus is that when you exercise, you continue to burn calories for several hours post-exercise.

5. Running sharpens focus and improves mental stamina.

When running, your circulation increases, boosting blood flow to the brain. This is why going for a run helps you clear your head.

Whether you choose to run for exercise, mental clarity, or to meet new people, the fact is that running is a good thing.

With the many mental and physical benefits of running, the question should really be, why not run?

2007 • The White Sox’s Frank Thomas becomes the 21st major leaguer to hit 500 home runs.

• The Astros’ Craig Biggio becomes the 27th major leaguer with 3,000 hits.

2009 • The Yankees’ Mariano Rivera becomes the second reliever in major league history to earn his 500th save.

• Nineteen-year-old Joey Logano becomes the youngest winner in the history of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, winning the rain-shortened race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

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NFL

Temporary venues coming to L.A. The NFL’s search for a temporary Los Angeles stadium is officially under way.

The league on Thursday began issuing proposal requests to multiple venues in southern California – among them the Coliseum and Rose Bowl – with the intent of securing a temporary home for a team (or teams) for the 2016 season in the event of a return to the market.

Sapp charged with domestic battery Authorities in Las Vegas have charged Hall of Fame defensive lineman Warren Sapp with biting his girlfriend, throwing her to the ground, and stepping on her head in an April incident that began at the M Resort in Henderson, Nevada.

The criminal complaint filed Thursday in Las Vegas Justice Court charges Sapp with three domestic battery misdemeanors that carry up to 18 months in jail if he’s convicted.

MLB

Lester not sure of umpire’s motive Jon Lester isn’t afraid to show emotion, but catcher David Ross had to intercept umpire Andy Fletcher between the mound and home plate after Lester issued a walk in the second inning of the Cubs’ 4-0 loss to the Dodgers.

“I didn’t say anything directed at him,” Lester said. “I don’t know why [Fletcher] was so upset.”

Ross said Lester and Fletcher had a brief argument earlier this season, but this flare-up required the catcher to get in front of Fletcher before manager Joe Maddon could take over while Ross talked to Lester.

League to open new replay center Major League Baseball plans to open a second replay center in San Francisco.

MLB opened a replay center at MLB Advanced Media’s office in New York in 2008, and expanded it in 2014.

Jeter headed to N.J. HOF Former Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart are being enshrined in New Jersey history.

They are among the 13 people with New Jersey ties being inducted into the state Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place Oct. 22 at Convention Hall in Asbury Park.

BOXING

Casinos make $1 billion off fight Huge crowds and high rollers in Las Vegas for the Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao fight helped Nevada casinos make more than $1 billion off gamblers in May. It was the first time casinos have hit that total in more than a year.

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Catfish are approaching 40 pounds in LaSalle Lake in Seneca, which is a short drive away.

AP

United States’ Carli Lloyd (10) scored the game-winning goal in the 51st minute of Friday’s 1-0 win over against China in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Ottawa, Canada.

Head above rest Lloyd’s goal sends U.S. past China

BY ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer

OTTAWA, Ontario – Carli Lloyd scored on a header in the 51st minute, and the United States beat China 1-0 Friday night to reach a semifinal against Germany at the Women’s World Cup. Hope Solo had her fourth straight shutout for the second-ranked United States, which has reached the final four of all seven Women’s World Cups, but has not won since beating China on penalty kicks for the 1999 title at the Rose Bowl.

Seeking their third world championship, the Americans have not allowed a goal in 423 minutes since this year’s tournament opener against Australia.

The U.S. plays topranked Germany, the 2003 and ’07 champion, on Tuesday in Montreal.

Despite missing midfielders Megan Rapinoe and Lauren Holiday, who were suspended for yellow card accumulation, the U.S. managed a more attacking attitude, and extended its unbeaten streak against China to 25 matches dating to 2003.

“I think it was a highly energized performance,” U.S. coach Jill Ellis said. “I thought we took care of the ball well, still created a lot of opportunities.

So, yeah, we’re really pleased.”

Morgan Brian replaced Holiday in the middle of the field, with Tobin Heath and Kelley O’Hara – making her first start since March – on the flanks. Amy Rodriguez started up top with Alex Morgan, injecting more pace, while Abby Wambach did not enter until the 86th minute.

Wearing the captain’s armband, Lloyd got the breakthrough with her 65th goal in 200 international appearances. Julie Johnston lofted a long ball into the penalty area, and Lloyd met it with her head 10 yards from the goal line and bounced the ball off the artificial turf and past goalkeeper Fei Wang. That brought cheers from the overwhelmingly pro-American crowd of 24,141 at Lansdowne Stadium.

Before that, the best American chance was

by Johnston in the 26th minute that was cleared in front of an open net by defender Li Dongna. Johnston also had a header off a corner kick in the 31st minute that popped over the crossbar.

Brian had a chance to double the lead in the 73rd, but her long strike hit a post, and

AP

United States’ Becky Sauerbrunn (back) goes for the ball against China. The U.S. won 1-0, and will play Germany on Tuesday in the semifinals.

Germany advances to semis MONTREAL – Celia Sasic tied the score in the 84th minute, Nadine Angerer stopped Claire Lavogez in the final attempt of a shootout, and Germany beat France 5-4 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie Friday to reach the World Cup semifinals.

The 2003 and ’07 World Cup champions will play Tuesday against the United States.

Lloyd missed high on the rebound.

The U.S. had a 17-6 advantage in shots, and its offense was less stagnant than in the roundof-16 win over Colombia. The Americans face a considerable challenge in Germany, which lost to Japan in overtime in the 2011 quarterfinals.

Germany advanced

earlier by beating France 5-4 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie. The United States has an 18-4-7 overall record against the Germans, including a 3-2 advantage in World Cup matches.

In Saturday’s quarterfinals, host Canada faces England, and Australia plays defending champion Japan.

LaSalle Lake ripe for fishing T

his week, I made my annual trip to LaSalle Lake in Seneca with my good friend Luke Steen.

The giant man-made cooling reservoir, located just south of the Illinois River, plays home to some very good blue catfishing, as well as some good striped bass action. There are some tremendous smallmouth bass numbers, and some good bluegill swimming around as well. Heck, I even shot a television show there several years ago with the Illinois Outdoor crew.

The lake has recently suffered from a depleted forage base, as the extremely warm and dry summer a few years back triggered a fish kill, with water temps rising near 110 degrees.

Catching bait there was once a foregone conclusion, but now taking bait with you is a very wise idea. The shad are making a comeback, but their numbers are nowhere near what they were, or what they need to be. So finding shad in advance is the way to go. Live bluegill or cut gills are a good bet as well as shad guts, G and S cheese bait, creek chubs, cut carp, and chicken liver, which also is a favorite of the striper population.

The lake is really a sight to behold. Just the sheer size is pretty impressive, and there’s definitely good fishing to be had most of the time. If you are looking for something different, you really should try it out.

It’s very easy to get to.

Just head south on any

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local route until you hit Interstate 80 east. Put her in the wind until you reach the Seneca exit. At the stop sign off the exit, head south until you run into Seneca. At the stop sign in Seneca, turn left and proceed across the Illinois River.

Two miles or so after you cross the Illinois River, you will come to your first stop. Turn right and proceed toward all the windmills. About 2 more miles and the lake entrance will be on your right. It’s just that easy, and only about an hour and a half away.

With blue cats approaching 40 pounds, and some other really quality species of fish swimming around, you won’t be disappointed.

The lake is super deep, running anywhere from 15 to 50 feet, enabling anyone to run virtually any boat you may have.

So if you’ve seen all the rain you care to see, can I get an amen? Starting to wonder when, and if, it’s going to stop. I hate to complain, though, because we are liable to be in a drought a month from now. Weather is crazy like that.

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MLB | PHILLIES

Cards edge Cubs in 10th

Ryno resigns as Phillies manager

Sox lose late to Tigers; Scherzer flirts with perfection

Sandberg cites losing, looming management change as reasons

By the Associated Press

Peter Bourjos scored the winning run from third on a throwing error

by Mike Baxter in the 10th inning to lift the Cardinals to a 3-2 win over the Cubs on Friday night in St. Louis.

Bourjos began the inning with a double off Justin Grimm (1-2). Kolten Wong followed with a single off the second base bag, and Matt Carpenter was walked to load the bases. Jhonny Peralta then hit a slow roller to second base, where right fielder Baxter was positioned with the bases loaded and no one out to give the Cubs five infielders. Baxter charged hard and threw off-balance, but it went wide of home plate.

Kevin Siegrist (2-0) got the win as St. Louis won its fourth in a row overall and seventh straight at home, where the Cardinals are a major-league best 27-7.

Chicago lost its third in a row after a four-game winning streak.

BY ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writer

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The Cardinals’ Randal Grichuk hits an RBI triple during the second inning of Friday’s game against the Cubs in St. Louis. The Cards won 3-2 in 10 innings.

Saturday’s games • White Sox (Danks 3-8) at Tigers (K.Ryan 1-1), 3:08 p.m.

(CSN, MLB/ 670 AM) • Cubs (Roach 0-0) at Cardinals (Wacha 9-3), 6:15 p.m.

(Fox/780 AM)

Tigers 5, White Sox 4:

J.D. Martinez hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning, and Joakim Soria worked out of a jam in the ninth to lift the Tigers over the White Sox in Detroit.

The Tigers trailed 4-3 in the seventh, but Rajai Davis led off with a homer that inning, and Martinez went deep off Zach Duke (3-3) in the eighth.

Bruce Rondon (1-0) pitched a perfect top of the eighth for Detroit, earning his second major league win, and first since 2013. Soria finished for his 17th save in 19 chances.

Soria allowed a leadoff

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end it.

Eaton, Jose Abreu, and Tyler Flowers hit solo homers for Chicago off Anibal Sanchez. Flowers’ shot gave the White Sox a 4-3 lead in the seventh, but the bullpen couldn’t hold on.

Martinez now has 19 homers on the season, including six in the last five games.

Nationals 5, Phillies 2: Max Scherzer took a

double by Avisail Garcia in the ninth, and pinchhitter J.B. Shuck hit a one-out single, putting men on first and third.

But Carlos Sanchez popped up a bunt for the second out, and Adam Eaton grounded out to

perfect game into the sixth inning in his bid to become the second pitcher in major league history to throw two consecutive no-hitters, and the Nationals beat the Phillies in Philadelphia.

On a day Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg resigned, Scherzer stole the show.

Scherzer (9-5) retired

the first 16 batters before Freddy Galvis doubled on a 1-1 pitch to the right-field wall. The Nationals right-hander allowed two runs and five hits in eight innings.

Scherzer tossed a nohitter last Saturday against Pittsburgh, falling one strike shy of a perfect game before hitting Jose Tabata on a 3-2 pitch with two outs. He threw a one-hitter, striking out 16 in his previous start, and went 54 batters between hits allowed.

But he couldn’t match Johnny Vander Meer, who threw two straight no-hitters for the Cincinnati Reds in June 1938.

The deepest a pitcher took a no-hitter after throwing one was Nolan Ryan in 1973, when he allowed a hit with no outs in the eighth.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS | THROUGH JUNE 25 BATTING Kipnis, CLE Cabrera, DET Fielder, TEX Iglesias, DET Moustakas, K-C Vogt, OAK Pedroia, BOS Cespedes, DET Machado, BAL Cruz, SEA

G 70 71 71 62 65 70 69 73 72 71

AB 280 256 276 206 253 221 281 279 280 267

HITS

H 99 89 95 68 83 68 86 85 85 81

Avg. .354 .348 .344 .330 .328 .308 .306 .305 .304 .303

Pujols, LAA Valbuena, HOU Cruz, SEA Trout, LAA J. Martinez, DET Teixeira, NYY Donaldson, TOR Davis, BAL Cabrera, DET Bautista, TOR Rodriguez, NYY Ramirez, BOS

Kipnis, CLE Dozier, MIN Cespedes, DET Brantley, CLE Cano, SEA K. Morales, K-C S. Smith, SEA Donaldson, TOR Beltran, NYY Fielder, TEX Trout, LAA Plouffe, MIN

2.01 2.09 2.17 2.42 2.47 2.68 2.70 2.77 2.89 2.90

Hernandez, SEA Gray, OAK Keuchel, HOU Archer, T-B Carrasco, CLE McHugh, HOU Pineda, NYY 8 tied

ERA

RBIs

23 19 19 18 18 18 17 15 15 15 15 15

DOUBLES 99 95 89 86 86 85 85 83 81 80

Kipnis, CLE Fielder, TEX Cabrera, DET Pedroia, BOS Donaldson, TOR Machado, BAL Cespedes, DET Moustakas, K-C Cruz, SEA Trout, LAA

Archer, T-B Gray, OAK Keuchel, HOU Price, DET Odorizzi, T-B Santiago, LAA Kazmir, OAK Martinez, TEX Chen, BAL Chavez, OAK

HOME RUNS R 49 42 36 15 37 37 34 43 48 36

Vogt, OAK Cabrera, DET Teixeira, NYY Bautista, TOR Fielder, TEX Pujols, LAA Donaldson, TOR J. Martinez, DET Reddick, OAK Gattis, HOU McCann, NYY K. Morales, K-C

53 52 51 50 47 47 46 45 45 45 45 45

TRIPLES 24 23 22 22 19 19 18 18 18 17 17 17

Kiermaier, T-B Davis, DET Eaton, CHW Orlando, K-C DeShields, TEX Castellanos, DET Betts, BOS Burns, OAK Kipnis, CLE Holt, BOS

10-4 9-3 9-3 9-4 9-6 8-3 8-4 7 wins

Keuchel, HOU Gray, OAK Price, DET Kluber, CLE Archer, T-B Samardzija, CHW Hughes, MIN Sanchez, DET Hernandez, SEA Weaver, LAA

WON-LOST

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Cabrera, DET Pujols, LAA Trout, LAA Vogt, OAK Cruz, SEA Teixeira, NYY Donaldson, TOR Rodriguez, NYY Fielder, TEX Bautista, TOR

.582 .570 .567 .552 .551 .550 .536 .533 .525 .524

TOTAL BASES 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4

Donaldson, TOR Trout, LAA Pujols, LAA Cabrera, DET Cruz, SEA Kipnis, CLE Fielder, TEX Machado, BAL Dozier, MIN J. Martinez, DET

INNINGS PITCHED 116.1 107.2 104.0 103.2 103.0 101.1 98.2 98.0 97.1 96.2

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE .453 .431 .413 .401 .392 .390 .387 .383 .382 .379

BASES ON BALLS

155 153 151 149 147 146 145 144 143 141

Bautista, TOR Santana, CLE Cabrera, DET Carter, HOU Teixeira, NYY Springer, HOU Vogt, OAK Rodriguez, NYY LaRoche, CHW Davis, BAL

23 21 20 19 17 17 16 15 14 14 14 14

Sale, CHW Archer, T-B Kluber, CLE Salazar, CLE Carrasco, CLE Gray, OAK Keuchel, HOU Price, DET Hernandez, SEA Buchholz, BOS

SAVES Perkins, MIN Britton, BAL Street, LAA Boxberger, T-B Gregerson, HOU Miller, NYY Soria, DET Robertson, CHW Rodney, SEA Holland, K-C Uehara, BOS Allen, CLE

Cabrera, DET Kipnis, CLE Fielder, TEX Vogt, OAK Bautista, TOR Rodriguez, NYY Gordon, K-C Trout, LAA Iglesias, DET Moustakas, K-C

RUNS SCORED Donaldson, TOR Dozier, MIN Gardner, NYY Trout, LAA Kipnis, CLE Machado, BAL Bautista, TOR Pujols, LAA Martin, TOR Cespedes, DET Kinsler, DET

56 56 55 53 49 48 48 46 44 43 43

STOLEN BASES

53 51 48 40 39 38 38 37 37 36

Altuve, HOU Burns, OAK Gardner, NYY Ellsbury, NYY Davis, DET Cain, K-C Springer, HOU DeShields, TEX Pillar, TOR Martin, TEX

STRIKEOUTS

20 15 15 14 14 14 13 13 12 12

COMPLETE GAMES

129 123 117 99 97 97 95 95 92 91

Keuchel, HOU Buehrle, TOR Price, DET Hernandez, SEA 15 tied

3 3 3 2 1

SHUTOUTS Keuchel, HOU Hernandez, SEA 9 tied

2 2 1

PHILADELPHIA – Ryne Sandberg left on his terms.

An emotional Sandberg resigned as Phillies manager on Friday in his third season as Philadelphia struggles with the worst record in the major leagues.

“In a lot of ways I’m old school, and I’m very much dissatisfied with the record and not pleased at all with that,” Sandberg said. “I think that goes hand in hand with being a manager. So it’s been a difficult thing to swallow, but I have thought about it for some time, and we’ve come to this day. The accumulation of losses was something that I take responsibility for, and something that really took a toll on me.”

Sandberg quits with a 119-159 career record over parts of three seasons leading Philadelphia. His only full season was in 2014, when the Phillies finished with a 73-89 record.

Third base coach Pete Mackanin will take over as interim manager at least through a six-game homestand. He’s 53-53 in parts of two seasons with Pittsburgh in 2005 and Cincinnati in 2007.

“This is my third time as an interim manager, and it’s not fun,” Mackanin said. “It’s not a pleasant thing to do, because you have to make sure you keep the guys pointed in the right direction, and at the same time, everybody’s feeling a little bit funny. You’ve got to try to put it behind you as quick as possible, and that’s not an easy thing to do. A lot of guys really enjoyed playing for Ryno, and we enjoyed working for him. It’s not a fun day.”

The Phillies are expected to hire a new president soon. Signs point toward Andy MacPhail, who led the Minnesota Twins to a pair of World Series titles as general manager in 1987 and 1991. Pat Gillick replaced David Montgomery as team president last August, but the 77-year-old Hall of Fame executive wants to return to a consulting position.

Sandberg sounded like a guy who knew he wasn’t going to be part of the future, so he departs after the Phillies won two of three at Yankee Stadium this week.

“With some changes at the top looming, I did not want to be in the way of anything happening and

Did you know?

• Sandberg was drafted by the Phillies in the 20th round of the 1978 MLB draft.

He was traded to the Cubs, along with Larry Bowa, for Ivan DeJesus prior to the 1982 season. progress going forward,” Sandberg said. “When it really hit me home, I felt it was better now than later – for myself, for my family, for the organization going forward.”

Sandberg choked up while thanking fans for their support. The 55-year-old Sandberg was drafted by the Phillies in 1978, but was traded to the Chicago Cubs, where he became a Hall of Fame second baseman.

The Phillies gave Sandberg his first managerial job in the majors in August 2013 after they fired Charlie Manuel, who led them to the 2008 World Series title.

Entering Friday night’s game against first-place Washington, the Phillies were 26-48 and trailed the Nationals by 14½ games in the NL East.

“Managing a team is very challenging,” Sandberg said. “I enjoyed the challenge. I enjoyed coming to the ballpark every day. I had excellent work from my coaching staff. The goal was to get the most out of my players.”

Philadelphia had low expectations this season, with little to no chance of contending, and big challenges surrounding moving high-priced players like ace Cole Hamels, 2006 NL MVP Ryan Howard, six-time All-Star Chase Utley, and star closer Jonathan Papelbon.

“We have a lot of young guys in the lineup every day,” Hamels said.

“There’s a lot of learning lessons, and unfortunately you have that.

There’s going to be a lot of bumps in the road, and I think that’s kind of what’s really happening.

Guys are learning and they’re taking their licks, and we’re kind of doing it together.”

General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. could be next to go once a new president takes over.

“I don’t think Ryne should feel that he should shoulder all the blame,” Amaro said. “We win and lose as a team.

I also take responsibility for the things that are happening on the field.”

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS | THROUGH JUNE 25 BATTING Goldschmidt, ARI Gordon, MIA Harper, WAS Escobar, WAS Aoki, S-F LeMahieu, COL Tulowitzki, COL Rizzo, CHC Panik, S-F Pollock, ARI

G 72 70 69 66 67 69 65 71 71 71

AB 257 305 235 258 262 258 239 263 268 277

HITS Gordon, MIA Goldschmidt, ARI Pollock, ARI Revere, PHL Panik, S-F Aoki, S-F Escobar, WAS Markakis, ATL Rizzo, CHC Frazier, CIN

Stanton, MIA Frazier, CIN Harper, WAS Goldschmidt, ARI Arenado, COL Pederson, LAD Rizzo, CHC Braun, MIL Votto, CIN Howard, PHL Upton, S-D Gonzalez, LAD

DOUBLES 107 91 85 84 83 83 83 83 82 82

Rizzo, CHC Gonzalez, LAD Frazier, CIN Duda, NYM Carpenter, STL Freeman, ATL Norris, S-D Panik, S-F McCutchen, PIT Tulowitzki, COL Belt, S-F

1.70 1.76 1.94 2.01 2.15 2.16 2.65 2.84 2.85 2.89

Cole, PIT Wacha, STL Colon, NYM Martinez, STL Heston, S-F deGrom, NYM Scherzer, WAS 5 tied

ERA Greinke, LAD Scherzer, WAS Miller, ATL Burnett, PIT deGrom, NYM Cole, PIT Hammel, CHC Lynn, STL Wacha, STL Martinez, STL

HOME RUNS R H BA 53 91 .354 38 107 .351 53 80 .340 36 83 .322 33 83 .317 37 81 .314 37 75 .314 42 82 .312 38 83 .310 47 85 .307

RBIs

27 24 24 20 20 19 15 14 14 13 13 13

Stanton, MIA Goldschmidt, ARI Arenado, COL Harper, WAS Frazier, CIN Posey, S-F Gonzalez, LAD Marte, PIT Braun, MIL Crawford, S-F McCutchen, PIT

TRIPLES 23 22 21 20 20 20 19 19 19 18 18

WON-LOST 11-3 9-3 9-6 8-3 8-5 8-5 8-5 7 wins

Revere, PHL Ethier, LAD Realmuto, MIA Grichuk, STL Fowler, CHC 15 tied

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Harper, WAS Goldschmidt, ARI Frazier, CIN Stanton, MIA Arenado, COL Rizzo, CHC Pederson, LAD Votto, CIN Gonzalez, LAD Freeman, ATL

TOTAL BASES 6 4 4 4 4 3

INNINGS PITCHED Scherzer, WAS Bumgarner, S-F Greinke, LAD deGrom, NYM Kershaw, LAD Hamels, PHL Burnett, PIT Shields, S-D Miller, ATL Leake, CIN

67 60 60 58 52 48 46 45 45 44 44

102.1 100.2 100.2 100.1 100.0 99.1 98.1 97.2 97.1 96.2

Frazier, CIN Stanton, MIA Harper, WAS Goldschmidt, ARI Arenado, COL Rizzo, CHC Gonzalez, LAD Votto, CIN Freeman, ATL Pollock, ARI Peralta, STL

177 169 169 168 159 154 140 135 132 131 131

SAVES Melancon, PIT Rosenthal, STL Storen, WAS Grilli, ATL Familia, NYM Casilla, S-F Kimbrel, S-D Rodriguez, MIL Chapman, CIN Papelbon, PHL Axford, COL

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE

.719 .654 .634 .615 .593 .586 .539 .525 .522 .520

Goldschmidt, ARI Harper, WAS Rizzo, CHC Votto, CIN Pederson, LAD Markakis, ATL Carpenter, STL Aoki, S-F Bryant, CHC Panik, S-F

BASES ON BALLS Goldschmidt, ARI Harper, WAS Pederson, LAD Votto, CIN Markakis, ATL Carpenter, STL Bryant, CHC Bruce, CIN Granderson, NYM Rizzo, CHC

59 54 52 45 39 38 37 37 37 37

STRIKEOUTS 24 22 21 20 20 19 18 15 15 13 13

Kershaw, LAD Scherzer, WAS Shields, S-D Hamels, PHL Liriano, PIT Bumgarner, S-F Cole, PIT deGrom, NYM Ross, S-D Arrieta, CHC

131 123 116 106 105 102 102 100 98 96

.473 .466 .421 .403 .391 .389 .384 .383 .383 .380

RUNS SCORED Frazier, CIN Goldschmidt, ARI Harper, WAS Fowler, CHC Stanton, MIA Pollock, ARI Arenado, COL Carpenter, STL Freeman, ATL Blackmon, COL

53 53 53 47 47 47 44 43 43 43

STOLEN BASES Hamilton, CIN Gordon, MIA Blackmon, COL Revere, PHL Polanco, PIT Pollock, ARI Upton, S-D Marte, PIT Maybin, ATL Goldschmidt, ARI

36 25 20 18 17 15 15 14 13 13

COMPLETE GAMES Scherzer, WAS Miller, ATL Heston, S-F 9 tied

2 2 2 1

SHUTOUTS Miller, ATL Scherzer, WAS 4 tied

2 2 1

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In this June 16 photo, Philadelphia Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg watches from the dugout during an interleague game against the Orioles in Baltimore.

Sandberg resigned as manager of the Phillies on Friday.

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Building blocks Hoiberg likes makeup of Bulls’ roster

BY K.C. JOHNSON Chicago Tribune

During his four seasons playing in the wasteland that was the Bulls’ post-dynasty era, Fred Hoiberg often struck the perfect postgame note, succinctly summarizing another stinker or subtly challenging the essential rebuilding pieces not to get complacent after the rare victories.

So it shouldn’t be surprising that Hoiberg, for the second time in his only two public comments since being hired, acknowledged the deposed Tom Thibodeau as he detailed his film review of last season.

“Obviously, it’s a team that, from top to bottom, has the pieces to compete for a championship,” Hoiberg said.

“I looked at the job that Tom did, and he did a great job. They have a defensive identity from everything they have been all about these last 5 years. That’s something I’m really excited about, just how well this team has been coached, and just trying to take off from there.”

It also seemed telling that in almost every answer about first-round pick Bobby Portis, Hoiberg mentioned the Bulls’ veteran frontcourt.

Hoiberg did so not only to acknowledge Portis’ opportunity to learn, but also to underscore why the Bulls made the pick.

Taj Gibson turned 30 on Wednesday, joining Joakim Noah and Pau Gasol, who turns 35 in July, north of that number. Noah has 1 year left on his contract. Gibson and Gasol each have 2, assuming Gasol uses his player option.

If Portis pans out, he

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Connor McDavid (second from right) prepares to put on an Edmonton Oilers sweater after being chosen first overall by the Oilers during Friday’s NHL draft in Sunrise, Fla. McDavid was a consensus No. 1 pick.

No hesitation for Oilers McDavid goes No. 1 to Edmonton in draft

BY TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer

SUNRISE, Fla. – Connor McDavid’s favorite hockey player is Sidney Crosby. His favorite nonskating athlete is LeBron James.

He’s now in their club, forever to be known as a No. 1 pick.

McDavid’s journey toward widely expected NHL superstardom officially began Friday night when the Edmonton Oilers grabbed him with the top overall selection in the draft. No player has entered the league with such hype since Crosby a decade ago, and McDavid’s level of celebrity within the game already may rival what James was dealing with when he joined the NBA in 2003.

“It was even better than I expected,” McDavid said. “It’s so exciting to hear your name called. It was unbelievable.”

Crosby and James proved the buzz surrounding them was worthwhile, and now McDavid now gets his turn. The Oilers haven’t

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reached the playoffs since 2006, a far cry from when Wayne Gretzky dominated the NHL and Edmonton won five titles in a 7-year span from 1984 through 1990.

No pressure, Connor.

“The Edmonton Oilers have such a historic history,” McDavid said.

He’s their future.

“We’re lucky to have him,” Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli said.

Buffalo took Hobey Baker winner Jack Eichel of Boston University with the No. 2 pick, another no-surprise move. Eichel had 26 goals and 45 assists in 40 games this past season.

“I think Buffalo is heading in the right direction, as a team and as a city,”

Eichel said. “There’s a lot of positives and I want to be a piece of the puzzle.

Buffalo wants success and they want success soon and it’s going to happen.”

Fans from across the league – at least their jersey choices suggested so – were in South Florida for the festivities. Many endured long lines to pose with the Stanley Cup (some with Phil Pritchard, the keeper of the Cup). A group of Edmonton men wore matching McDavid No. 97 jerseys. A few from Buffalo wore “I like Eich” T-shirts, a nod to the 34th U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

They knew who the first two picks would be.

The rest of the evening was a guessing game.

Arizona used the No. 3 pick on center Dylan Strome – McDavid’s teammate with the Ontario Hockey League’s Erie Otters, finishing this season with nine more points but in 21 more games. Toronto took Mitch Marner at No. 4, making it four straight centers to lead off.

can be frontcourt depth now and join Nikola Mirotic, Doug McDermott, Tony Snell and – in theory – re-signed guard Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose as new core pieces for the future.

“You have a great group of veteran players and now you also have a core of young guys that I think bodes very well for the future of this franchise,” Hoiberg said.

The Bulls are prepared to enter luxury tax territory for just the second time in franchise history this season. That speaks not only to management’s knowledge Butler will command a maximum contract – at a length likely of his choosing – but bodes well for the chance to re-sign Mike Dunleavy.

The veteran forward turned down more lucrative offers in 2013 to sign with the Bulls and has found a comfort level

both personally and professionally here. But he will draw interest on the open market, and it sounds like the Bulls are willing to spend.

Hoiberg said he has talked to every player on the roster, most in person. After talking to Gasol on the phone, he has plans to travel to Spain and watch the All-Star big man practice with the Spanish national team later this offseason. “[There] has been very positive feedback,” Hoiberg said. “It’s in that rest period time right now but we’ve had seven or eight guys who are coming in regularly and getting their bodies back after the grueling season that you go through.

“I’m excited to spend time with these guys in the summer, not only in the gym here but to try to see them once they go to their spots where they spend their offseason.”

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Richard Cobden, an English member of parliament who died in 1865, said, “A newspaper should be the maximum of information and the minimum of comment.”

These columns try to impart the maximum of information in the space provided. At the bridge table, during the bidding, a player should judge how high to go by assuming that his partner holds a suitable minimum for the auction so far. And usually a defender should work out the minimum that his partner needs to hold so that they can defeat the contract.

How does that second possibility apply to this deal?

What should happen in four hearts after West leads the spade king?

Note that North did well to employ the Stayman convention to locate the 4-4 heart fit.

Three no-trump would surely have lost five spades and one club for down two. (My rule is to use Stayman with a

low doubleton, but not with a strong doubleton.)

The defenders need four tricks to defeat the contract.

East should hope that his partner holds either the club ace or heart ace.

East, after encouraging his partner to continue spades by signaling with his eight, should take the second spade and shift to his singleton club.

Here, West wins with his ace and gives East a club ruff, which is the fourth defensive trick.

Alternatively, if West has the heart ace, he wins fourth trick with it and gives his partner the lethal ruff.

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Minor accomplishments Weekly update for Sauk Valley native in minor league baseball Jake Junis

Hometown: Rock Falls Organization: Royals Level: Advanced-A Team: Wilmington Blue Rocks

Last week

Starts/Games: 1/1 W-L: 0-1 Innings: 4.0 ERA: 9.00 Ks: 3 BB: 1 Hits: 7 Runs: 5 Earned runs: 4

Season

Starts/Games: 14-14 W-L: 3-6 Innings: 81.0 ERA: 3.89 Ks: 64 BB: 10 Hits: 79 Runs: 39 Earned runs: 35

Up next

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Lynchburg, 6:35 Wednesday FYI: Junis’ start on Tuesday was at Class AA NW Arkansas.

FRIDAY’S SCOREBOARD MLB American League East Division W L Pct Tampa Bay 41 34 .547 New York 40 34 .541 Baltimore 39 34 .534 Toronto 40 35 .533 Boston 33 42 .440 Central Division W L Pct Kansas City 41 28 .594 Minnesota 39 34 .534 Detroit 38 36 .514 Cleveland 33 39 .458 Chicago 32 41 .438 West Division W L Pct Houston 43 33 .566 Los Angeles 37 36 .507 Texas 37 37 .500 Oakland 34 41 .453 Seattle 33 40 .452

GB — ½ 1 1 8 GB — 4 5½ 9½ 11 GB — 4½ 5 8½ 8½

Friday’s results Baltimore 4, Cleveland 3 Toronto 12, Texas 2 Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 4 Boston 4, Tampa Bay 3, 10 inn.

Milwaukee 10, Minnesota 4 N.Y. Yankees 3, Houston 2 Kansas City at Oakland, late Seattle at L.A. Angels, late Saturday’s games Texas (Gallardo 6-6) at Toronto (Undecided), 12:07 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 4-6) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-9), 1:10 p.m.

Kansas City (C.Young 6-3) at Oakland (Kazmir 4-4), 3:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Danks 3-8) at Detroit (K.Ryan 1-1), 3:08 p.m.

Boston (Miley 7-6) at Tampa Bay (Andriese 2-2), 3:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 4-3) at Houston (Oberholtzer 2-1), 3:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Co.Anderson 0-0) at Baltimore (Tillman 5-7), 6:15 p.m.

Seattle (Happ 3-4) at L.A. Angels (Richards 7-5), 6:15 p.m.

Sunday’s games Texas at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 12:08 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 12:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 1:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Houston, 1:10 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 2:35 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

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SB–Av.Garcia (3).

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Quintana 6 11 3 3 0 3 Petricka BS,1-3 1 2 1 1 0 1 Duke L,3-3 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 D.Webb 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Detroit An.Sanchez 7 6 4 4 2 7 B.Rondon W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Soria S,17-19 1 2 0 0 0 1

National League East Division W L Pct GB Washington 41 33 .554 — New York 38 37 .507 3½ Atlanta 35 39 .473 6 Miami 30 45 .400 11½ Philadelphia 26 49 .347 15½ Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 49 24 .671 — Pittsburgh 41 32 .562 8 Chicago 39 33 .542 9½ Cincinnati 34 38 .472 14½ Milwaukee 28 47 .373 22 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 42 33 .560 — San Francisco 40 34 .541 1½ Arizona 35 37 .486 5½ San Diego 35 40 .467 7 Colorado 32 40 .444 8½ Friday’s results Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 2, 10 innings Washington 5, Philadelphia 2 N.Y. Mets 2, Cincinnati 1 L.A. Dodgers 7, Miami 1 Milwaukee 10, Minnesota 4 St. Louis 3, Chicago Cubs 2, 10 inn.

Arizona at San Diego, late Colorado at San Francisco, late Saturday’s games Minnesota (Gibson 4-6) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-9), 1:10 p.m.

W a s h i n g t o n (G.Gonzalez 5-4) at Philadelphia (Morgan 1-0), 2:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 5-3) at Pittsburgh (Morton 5-1), 3:05 p.m.

Colorado (Rusin 3-2) at San Francisco (Lincecum 7-4), 3:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Lorenzen 3-2) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 7-5), 3:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-5) at Miami (Koehler 5-4), 3:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Roach 0-0) at St. Louis (Wacha 9-3), 6:15 p.m.

Arizona (Hellickson 5-4) at San Diego (Cashner 2-9), 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s games Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Miami, 12:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 1:10 p.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

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

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Friday’s box score

CARDINALS 3, CUBS 2, 10 inn.

Chicago Fowler cf Rizzo 1b Bryant 3b MMntr c Szczur ph-lf Coghln lf D.Ross ph-c SCastro ss Baxter rf Arrieta p Denorfi ph Strop p Motte p JRussll p HRndn p JHerrr ph Grimm p ARussll 2b Totals

ab 5 4 4 3 1 3 1 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 38

r h bi 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 2

St. Louis

r 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

BREWERS 10, TWINS 4 Minnesota

Milwaukee ab r h bi ab r h bi Dozier 2b 4 1 3 1 GParra lf 5 1 2 1 TrHntr rf 4 0 0 0 Lucroy c 4 1 1 0 Mauer 1b 4 2 2 0 Maldnd c 0 0 0 0 Plouffe 3b 4 1 2 2 Braun rf 4 2 2 1 ERosar lf 4 0 0 1 Lind 1b 4 1 2 0 KSuzuk c 4 0 0 0 Cotts p 0 0 0 0 Nunez ss 3 0 0 0 SPetrsn ph 1 0 0 0 SRonsn cf 4 0 0 0 Broxtn p 0 0 0 0 May p 0 0 0 0 CGomz cf 4 2 1 1 Meyer p 0 0 0 0 ArRmr 3b 4 1 1 2 DaSntn ph 1 0 0 0 HPerez 3b 0 0 0 0 Dunsng p 1 0 0 0 Segura ss 3 1 1 2 AThmp p 0 0 0 0 Gennett 2b 4 1 2 1 KVargs ph 1 0 0 0 Lohse p 2 0 0 1 Grahm p 0 0 0 0 JRogrs 1b 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 7 4 Totals 36 10 12 9 Minnesota 100 102 000 — 4 Milwaukee 640 000 00x —10 E–May (1). DP–Minnesota 1. LOB–Minnesota 4, Milwaukee 6. 2B–Lucroy (5), Braun (10). HR–Dozier (15), Plouffe (10), G.Parra (5), Ar.Ramirez (9), Gennett (4). SB–Nunez (2), Braun (8), Segura (10). S–Lohse.

IP H R ER BB SO Minnesota May L,4-6 1/3 6 6 5 0 0 Meyer 1 2/3 3 4 4 1 2 Duensing 3 1 0 0 0 1 A.Thompson 1 1 0 0 0 0 Graham 2 1 0 0 2 3 Milwaukee Lohse W,4-9 6 6 4 4 1 2 Cotts 2 1 0 0 0 2 Broxton 1 0 0 0 0 0

NHL

Friday’s box score

TIGERS 5, WHITE SOX 4 Chicago

AP

Chicago 000 100 100 0 — 2 St. Louis 010 000 010 1 — 3 No outs when winning run scored.

E–Baxter (1). DP–St. Louis 1. LOB–Chicago 12, St. Louis 9. 2B–Fowler (10), Denorfia (5), Wong (16), Bourjos (6). 3B– Grichuk (5). HR–G.Garcia (1). CS–Bryant (2). S–Arrieta. SF–Bryant.

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Arrieta 7 3 1 1 2 7 Strop BS,1-3 1/3 1 1 1 1 0 Motte 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 J.Russell 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 H.Rondon 1 0 0 0 0 2 Grimm L,1-2 0 2 1 0 1 0 St. Louis Lackey 7 8 2 2 3 5 Siegrist 1 2 0 0 0 1 Rosenthal 1 0 0 0 0 1 Choate 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Maness W,2-0 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 Grimm pitched to 4 batters in the 10th.

HBP–by Strop (Wong), by Lackey (Rizzo).

WP–Lackey.

Wong 2b MCrpnt 3b JhPerlt ss Rynlds 1b Heywrd rf Molina c Grichk lf Jay cf Maness p Lackey p Siegrist p GGarci ph Rosnthl p Choate p Bourjos cf

ab 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1

h 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

bi 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Totals

34 3 6 2

NHL Draft Selections Friday At BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla. First Round 1. Edmonton, Connor McDavid, C, Erie (OHL).

2. Buffalo, Jack Eichel, C, Boston U. 3. Arizona, Dylan Strome, C, Erie (OHL).

4. Toronto, Mitch Marner, C, London (OHL).

5. Carolina, Noah Hanifin, D, Boston College.

6. New Jersey, Pavel Zacha, C, Sarnia (OHL).

7. Philadelphia, Ivan Provorov, D, Brandon Wheat (WHL).

8. Columbus, Jack Werenski, D, Michigan.

9. San Jose, Timo Meier, RW, Halifax (QMJHL).

10. Colorado, Mikko Rantanen, RW, TPS (Finland).

11. Florida, Lawson Crouse, LW, Kingston (OHL).

12. Dallas, Denis Gurianov, RW, Togliatti 2 (Russia-Jr.).

13. Boston (from Los Angeles), Jakub Zboril, D, Saint John (QMJHL).

14. Boston, Jake DeBrusk, LW, Swift Current (WHL).

15. Boston (from Calgary), Zach Senyshyn, RW, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL).

16. N.Y. Islanders (from Pittsburgh through Edmonton), Mathew Barzal, C, Seattle (WHL).

17. Winnipeg, Kyle Connor, LW, Youngstown (USHL).

18. Ottawa, Thomas Chabot, D, Saint John (QMJHL).

19. Detroit, Evgeny Svechnikov, LW, Cape Breton (QMJHL).

20. Minnesota, Joel Eriksson Ek, C, Farjestad BK (Sweden).

21. Ottawa (from N.Y. Islanders through Buffalo), Colin White, C, USA U-18 (USHL).

22. Washington, Ilya Samsonov, G, Magnitogorsk 2 (Russia-Jr.).

23. Vancouver, Brock Boeser, RW, Waterloo (USHL).

24. Philadelphia (from Nashville through Toronto), Travis Konecny, C, Ottawa (OHL).

25. Winnipeg (from St. Louis through Buffalo), Jack Roslovic, C, USA U-18 (USHL).

26. Montreal, Noah Juulsen, D, Everett (WHL).

27. Anaheim, Jacob Larsson, D, Frolunda Jr. (Sweden Jr.).

28. N.Y. Islanders (from N.Y. Rangers through Tampa Bay), Anthony Beauvillier, LW, Shawinigan (QMJHL).

29. Columbus (from Tampa Bay through Philadelphia and Toronto), Gabriel Carlsson, D, Linkoping Jr. (Sweden-Jr.) 30. Arizona (from Chicago), Nicholas Merkley, RW, Kelowna (WHL).

U.S. Senior Open Friday At Del Paso Country Club Sacramento, Calif.

Purse: TBA ($3.35 million in 2014) Yardage: 6,994; Par: 70 Second Round a-denotes amateur Peter Fowler 69-66 — 135 -5 Jeff Maggert 70-65 — 135 -5 Tom Watson 66-69 — 135 -5 Colin Montgomerie 68-68 — 136 -4 Bart Bryant 71-65 — 136 -4 Jimmy Carter 67-69 — 136 -4 Woody Austin 67-70 — 137 -3 Kiyoshi Murota 68-69 — 137 -3 Bernhard Langer 71-66 — 137 -3 Kevin Sutherland 68-69 — 137 -3 Grant Waite 69-68 — 137 -3 Paul Wesselingh 69-68 — 137 -3 Scott Dunlap 68-70 — 138 -2 Corey Pavin 70-68 — 138 -2 Michael Allen 67-71 — 138 -2 Peter Senior 69-69 — 138 -2 Rocco Mediate 72-66 — 138 -2 Fred Funk 70-68 — 138 -2 Barry Lane 68-70 — 138 -2 Gene Sauers 69-70 — 139 -1 Duffy Waldorf 72-67 — 139 -1 Russ Cochran 72-67 — 139 -1 Masahiro Kuramoto 71-68 — 139 -1 Esteban Toledo 69-70 — 139 -1 Lee Janzen 67-72 — 139 -1 Jeff Hart 67-72 — 139 1 Marco Dawson 71-69 — 140 E Miguel Angel Jimenez 72-68 — 140 E Joel Edwards 70-70 — 140 E Brad Bryant 70-70 — 140 E Ian Woosnam 70-70 — 140 E Guy Boros 72-68 — 140 E Jay Haas 71-69 — 140 E Scott Hoch 71-69 — 140 E Billy Andrade 69-71 — 140 E Kohki Idoki 70-71 — 141 +1 Tom Lehman 70-71 — 141 +1 Scott Verplank 71-70 — 141 +1 Jon Levitt 72-69 — 141 +1 John Riegger 70-71 — 141 +1 P.H. Horgan 67-74 — 141 +1 Olin Browne 73-69 — 142 +2 Kenny Perry 70-72 — 142 +2 Mike Mitchell 71-71 — 142 +2 Brad Lardon 73-69 — 142 +2 Tommy Armour III 73-69 — 142 +2 Kirk Triplett 69-73 — 142 +2 a-Michael McCoy 70-72 — 142 +2 Geoffrey Sisk 74-69 — 143 +3 Mark Wiebe 74-69 — 143 +3 Tom Byrum 71-72 — 143 +3 Tom Pernice Jr. 70-73 — 143 +3 Philip Golding 69-74 — 143 +3 Willie Wood 71-72 — 143 +3 David Frost 73-70 — 143 +3 Stephen Ames 72-71 — 143 +3 Hale Irwin 70-73 — 143 +3 Stephen Schneiter 69-75 — 144 +4 Greg Bruckner 71-73 — 144 +4 Mark Mielke 73-72 — 145 +5 Jay Delsing 74-71 — 145 +5 Paul Goydos 71-74 — 145 +5 Marion Dantzler 72-73 — 145 +5 a-Mike Finster 76-69 — 145 +5 Jerry Smith 72-73 — 145 +5 Chien Soon Lu 74-71 — 145 +5 Mark Brooks 70-75 — 145 +5 Steve Jones 76-69 — 145 +5 Scott Simpson 72-73 — 145 +5 a-Dave Ryan 73-72 — 145 +5 Neal Lancaster 74-71 — 145 +5 Brian Wilson 70-75 — 145 +5 LPGA Tour

NW Arkansas Championship A Pinnacle Country Club Rogers, Ark. Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,374; Par 71 (36-35) Partial First Round Brittany Lincicome 33-32—65 Azahara Munoz 33-32—65 Anna Nordqvist 33-32—65 Ryann O’Toole 33-33—66 Jacqui Concolino 33-34—67 Paula Creamer 35-32—67 Katherine Kirk 33-34—67 Brooke Pancake 34-33—67 Morgan Pressel 34-33—67 Sandra Changkija 35-33—68 Joanna Klatten 34-34—68 Minjee Lee 35-33—68 Maria McBride 36-32—68 Jenny Shin 35-33—68 Kelly W Shon 33-35—68 Ashleigh Simon 35-33—68 Angela Stanford 32-36—68 Danielle Kang 36-33—69 Cristie Kerr 34-35—69 Rebecca Lee-Bentham 34-35—69 Pernilla Lindberg 35-34—69 Mo Martin 37-32—69 Inbee Park 36-33—69 Suzann Pettersen 36-33—69 Jennifer Song 35-34—69 Karrie Webb 35-34—69 Sakura Yokomine 36-33—69 Leaderboard SCORE M.J. Hur -8 Brittany Lincicome -6 Na Yeon Choi -6 Azahara Munoz -6 Anna Nordqvist -6 Gerina Piller -5 Ryann O’Toole -5 Mariajo Uribe -5

-6 -6 -6 -5 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2

THRU 14 F 14 F F 14 F 15

Soccer

Golf

Women’s World Cup

Friday’s results PGA Tour

Travelers Championship At TPC River Highlands Cromwell, Conn.

Purse: $6.4 million Yardage: 6,841; Par 70 Second Round Bubba Watson 62-67 — 129 Brian Harman 66-65 — 131 Brian Stuard 64-67 — 131 Carl Pettersson 65-66 — 131 Scott Brown 65-67 — 132 Jason Gore 64-68 — 132 Chris Stroud 65-67 — 132 Nicholas Thompson 66-67 — 133 Scott Langley 65-68 — 133 Danny Lee 66-67 — 133 Nick Watney 69-64 — 133 Keegan Bradley 64-69 — 133 Seung-Yul Noh 64-69 — 133 Graham DeLaet 67-66 — 133 Francesco Molinari 67-66 — 133 Aaron Baddeley 68-66 — 134 Will MacKenzie 65-69 — 134 Mark Wilson 66-68 — 134 Jon Curran 67-67 — 134 Jim Renner 67-68 — 135 Harris English 64-71 — 135 Derek Ernst 68-67 — 135 Zach Johnson 65-70 — 135 Chez Reavie 70-65 — 135 Jason Kokrak 69-66 — 135 J.J. Henry 68-67 — 135 Brice Garnett 66-69 — 135 Paul Casey 67-68 — 135 Gary Woodland 66-69 — 135 Sergio Garcia 67-68 — 135 Jhonattan Vegas 66-69 — 135 Kyle Stanley 67-68 — 135 Cheng Tsung Pan 67-68 — 135 Tom Gillis 65-71 — 136 Spencer Levin 68-68 — 136 Steven Bowditch 68-68 — 136 Byron Smith 69-67 — 136 Jonathan Randolph 67-69 — 136 William McGirt 67-69 — 136 Luke Donald 68-68 — 136 David Toms 69-67 — 136 David Lingmerth 68-68 — 136 Brandt Snedeker 68-68 — 136 Billy Horschel 67-69 — 136 John Peterson 70-66 — 136 Mark Hubbard 68-68 — 136 Alexandre Rocha 66-70 — 136

USGA

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QUARTERFINALS Today’s matches At Montreal Germany 1, France 1, Germany wins 5-4 on penalty kicks At Ottawa, Ontario United States 1, China 0 Saturday’s matches At Edmonton, Alberta Australia vs. Japan, 3 p.m.

At Vancouver, British Columbia England vs. Canada, 6:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS Tuesday, June 30 At Montreal United States vs. Germany, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, July 1 At Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton winner vs. Vancouver winner, 6 p.m.

THIRD PLACE Saturday, July 4 At Edmonton, Alberta Semifinal losers, 3 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, July 5 At Vancouver, British Columbia Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended Baltimore minor league RHP Dennis Torres (Bowie-EL) 50 games after a second positive for a drug of abuse in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

National League PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Announced the resignation of manager Ryne Sandberg.

Named Pete Mackanin interim manager.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BROOKLYN NETS — Announced C Brook Lopez opted out of the final year of his contract and will become a free agent.

Serena Williams holds the trophies following her wins at (from left) this year’s French Open, this year’s Australian Open, and last year’s U.S. Open. Williams is still on track to win the Grand Slam in the 2015 calendar year, and can also hold the championships of all four majors at the same time if she wins Wimbledon.

Serena Slam, part 2?

Williams could hold all four titles – again third in a row: “To be perfectly honest, I’ve never Serena Williams heads Men really liked grass, and I to Wimbledon halfway to just don’t know how I’ve 1. Novak Djokovic a Grand Slam. done so well on it.”

2. Roger Federer If it were up to her, no On her past two trips 3. Andy Murray one would notice. to Wimbledon, Williams 4. Stan Wawrinka Williams prefers to bowed out in the fourth 5. Kei Nishikori downplay her chances of round in 2013, and the Women becoming the first tenthird round in 2014.

1. Serena Williams nis player in more than “The monkey’s on my 2. Petra Kvitova a quarter-century to win back. ... I just consis3. Simona Halep all four major tournatently do terrible there,” 4. Maria Sharapova ments – Australian Open, Williams insisted, in just 5. Caroline Wozniacki French Open, Wimblea bit of hyperbole. “[But] don, U.S. Open – in the Now that it’s a slower major championships. same season.

In tennis, only two men surface, it’ll help me out “I haven’t done well at a little bit.” and three women have Wimbledon recently, so Seems safe to say, actuever done it. The last that’s the only one that’s man was Rod Laver in ally, the speed doesn’t kind of eluding me,” matter.

1969. The last woman Williams said, managing was Steffi Graf in 1988.

Nor does the opponent. to keep a straight face What’s really important “Why not?” said Wiland perhaps hoping to when it comes to the liams’ coach, Patrick convince herself as much Mouratoglou. “That’s 33-year-old Williams is as anyone who might be probably the most diffihow she’s playing, and if listening. “So I’m trying cult thing to do in tennis. she is motivated to win. to get to that one, at least But it’s possible.”

As she showed during make it deep in the her comeback-filled run As 18-time major second week of that at Roland Garros, she champion and ESPN tournament.” can summon the skill analyst Chris Evert put When play begins at the it when discussing Wiland the will to turn any grass-court Grand Slam liams: “I mean, it’s all up match in her favor, even tournament Monday, to her. When she is at her on her worst days.

Williams will be ranked “Serena has seemed best, she is better than No. 1, and seeded No. 1, late in her career ... to be anybody else.” and there is zero doubt mentally tougher than With a versatile and that she is far and away she’s ever been,” said dangerous serve, and the best tennis player on powerful groundstrokes, John McEnroe, a seventhe planet at the moment. Williams’ game transtime major champion Indeed, she might very lates quite well to the and ESPN analyst.

She has a 21-match winwell be the best in hisslick surface at the All tory – a debate that can England Club, where she ning streak at the majors, from New York last Sepnever be settled on a has won the championtember, to Melbourne in court, of course. ship five times: 2002, January, to Paris earlier Already the Year of the 2003, 2009, 2010 and 2012. She also was the this month. Williams is Triple Crown in horse runner-up twice. the first woman to win racing, 2015 could wind three consecutive majors And yet, here is what up being the Year of the since – big surprise here Grand Slam in tennis and Williams had to say – she took four in a row shortly after winning the golf, with Jordan Spieth French Open for her 20th for a self-styled “Serena halfway to a 4-for-4 calSlam” in 2002-03.

Grand Slam trophy, and endar year at his sport’s

BY HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer

Top 5 seeds

GOLF ROUNDUP

Watsons lead two tourneys Bubba in front in PGA; Tom tied atop Senior Open By the Associated Press

Bubba Watson shot a 3-under 67 on Friday to maintain a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.

After opening with a 62 on Thursday, Watson had three birdies in a bogeyfree morning round to enter weekend play at 11-under par. The twotime Masters champion is trying to become the first wire-to-wire winner at TPC River Highlands since Peter Jacobsen in 2003.

Watson won the 2010 tournament for his first PGA Tour title.

Brian Harman birdied two of his final three holes during an afternoon round of 65 to join Brian Stuard (67) and Carl Pettersson (66) at 9 under. Thirty-three players were within six shots of the lead.

U.S. Senior Open: Tom Watson withstood the scorching heat to shoot a 1-under 69, finishing in a three-way tie atop the bunched leaderboard after the second round of the U.S. Senior Open in Sacramento, Calif.

Watson made four birdies and three bogeys to provide the drama at sun-drenched Del Paso

AP

Bubba Watson hits out of a sand trap on the 13th hole during the second round of the Travelers Championship on Friday in Cromwell, Conn. Watson leads by 2 strokes heading into the weekend.

Country Club, where the temperature soared above 100 degrees again.

Watson is trying to become the oldest winner of the event, the oldest to win a senior major and the oldest to win on the Champions Tour.

Watson was joined at 5 under for the championship by Jeff Maggert and Peter Fowler. Maggert shot a 65, and Fowler had a 66.

NW Arkansas Championship: Mi Jung Hur bird-

ied her final five holes to reach 8 under and top the leaderboard in the LPGA Tour’s rain-hampered tournament in Rogers, Arkansas.

Hur completed 14 holes before play was suspended because of darkness.

Azahara Munoz birdied six of eight holes in a 6-under 65 for a share of the clubhouse lead. The Spaniard was tied with Brittany Lincicome and Anna Nordqvist. Na Yeon Choi also was 6 under through 14 holes.

BMW Open:

International

Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello shot a 5-under 67 to take a onestroke lead after the second round of the BMW International Open in Munich, Germany.

Cabrera-Bello had a 12-under 132 total at Munich Eichenried.

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GIRLS ATHLETE OF YEAR | CORRIE REILEY | PROPHETSTOWN SENIOR

HISTORY BOOK Basketball

2014-15: Corrie Reiley, Prophetstown sr.

2013-14: Sam Lambrigtsen, Oregon sr.

2012-13: Sam Lambrigtsen, Oregon jr.

2011-12: Aleena Hammelman, Sterling sr.

2010-11: Lauren Hernandez, Sterling sr.

2009-10: Melanie Thompson, Bureau Valley sr.

Bowling

2014-15: Alyson Scheidecker, Oregon so.

2013-14: Katlyn Bay, Dixon fr.

2012-13: Amber Granzow, Sterling sr.

2011-12: Heather Wolf, Sterling sr.

2010-11: Heather Wolf, Sterling jr.

2009-10: Katie Kleinmaier, Dixon sr.

Cross country

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Corrie Reiley helped lead the Prophetstown girls basketball team to their first-ever trips to the state tournament the past two seasons, and also excelled on the track and cross country course for the Panthers over the past 4 years.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

Hard work, tenacity pay dividends for Prophets’ Reiley

BY BRIAN WEIDMAN | bweidman@saukvalley.com | 800-798-4085, ext. 5551 | @BrianWeidman

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nybody who attended an ErieProphetstown cross country or track meet, or a Prophetstown girls basketball game this past season saw firsthand what a competitor Corrie Reiley is.

Standing all of 5 feet, 4 inches and weighing just north of 100 pounds, she’s the proverbial little engine that could. That went for cross country and track, where once she got in front of somebody, they more than likely weren’t going to pass her, or on the basketball court, where she relished her role as a defensive stopper.

She has not backed down from many an opponent, and it started early.

“In elementary school, we’d play kickball,” Reiley said, “and if my friends beat me, I would get mad at them and not talk to them for a couple of days. I’ve just always been really competitive.”

Don Robinson, her track and basketball coach the past 4 years, noted Reiley refused to let anybody beat her in sprints. At the end of each basketball practice, the Prophets run 30 end-to-end gassers, or 15 of them the day before games. Reiley won each of them.

“We had kids try to catch her, and they were close, but Corrie wouldn’t let them catch her,” Robinson said.

One time, in an AAU game in Chicago, an opponent had enough of Reiley’s dogged, in-yourface defense, and started screaming at her in the middle of a game.

“Some girls were cussing at me,” Reiley said, “and they were being really mean.”

Basketball is Reiley’s sport of choice, and she developed a love for the game at an early age. As a third-grader, she played on a team of fifth-graders that included her older sister Cassie, and was coached by her father, Len. “I didn’t get to play a lot,” Corrie said, “but I learned from playing against the older girls.”

Len Reiley continued to coach Corrie’s group as they progressed through grade school and junior high. Rather than seek out individual AAU teams to compete on during the summer, the Prophetstown girls stuck together and competed in summer events. By eighth

Her father, Len, put in a cement basketball court, complete with a glass 2015 — Corrie Reiley, Prophetstown sr. (basketball, cross country, track & field) backboard, painted-in 2014 — Lexy Duncan, Dixon sr. (track & field, volleyball) lane and 3-point line, 2013 — Paige Rus, Erie sr. (basketball, track & field, volleyball) about 10 years ago. He 2012 — Jordan Giddings, Rock Falls jr. (basketball, softball, volleyball) could shoot hoops with 2011 — Courtney Blair, Eastland sr. (volleyball, basketball) his daughters as they 2010 — Keali Engelkens, Milledgeville sr. (softball, basketball, volleyball) pleased, or perhaps put 2009 — Michele Salvatori, Newman sr. (volleyball, basketball, softball) them through drills, if 2008 — Alisa Baron, Bureau Valley sr. (cross country, track) they were in the mood for more serious instruction.

2007 — Devon Carbaugh, Sterling sr. (cross country, basketball, track) Neighbors on both sides 2006 — Madison Lebahn, Bureau Valley sr. (volleyball, basketball, track) of the house enjoyed 2005 — Devon Carbaugh, Sterling soph. (cross country, basketball, track) watching pickup games at 2004 — Chelsey Bunyer, Eastland sr. (volleyball, basketball, track) the Reiley house involving boys and girls alike. grade, they were beating earn her a spot on the or with others.

Prophetstown High teams from Moline, East bench. Her height, or lack “She would do even School is just a few blocks Moline, and Rock Island thereof, is not a factor. more stuff than we away, and Corrie can run Alleman that had han“I don’t think height asked,” Robinson said, laps on the track there. dled them in the past. matters as much if you’re “just because she knew, Reiley also has running “The team chemistry right on them playing ‘Hey, it’s going to be a litcourses that she follows, is huge when those girls defense,” Reiley said. “It tle tougher competition, some in town and some played 20 to 30 extra ball- gets into their head, and and I want to be ready.’” out of town, that are up games a summer,” Len they get really frustrated.”

Reiley advanced to the to 8 miles in length. said. “When they came That’s music to Robinstate track & field meet in In the backyard is a to school ball, they’re so son’s ears. His defensive 11 events over the years, pool where she can swim used to playing with each game plan always started and earned six medals. and relax. Just beyond a other, they know where with attempting to slow She owns individual fence is the Rock River, everybody’s at on the down the other team’s program records in the where she can scurry court.” point guard, and that 800 (2:20.61) and 1,600 down the bank to do As freshmen, Reiley and meant a large dose of (5:31.74), and she’s also some fishing, in hopes of teammate Clare Kramer Reiley. part of record-setting landing a big bass. moved into the starting “You don’t find a lot of efforts in the 1,600 relay “I like to fish with jigs,” lineup after Prophetkids that like defense, and (4:01.44) and 3,200 relay Reiley said. “I can’t just stown won a regional are willing to put in the (9:44.48). stand there for too long.” title, and they were fixeffort to play 32 minutes About the only bumIn the driveway is the tures on winning teams of defense,” Robinson mer for Reiley this past family van, a 2008 Dodge the rest of their careers. said. “She bothered some season was the way cross Grand Caravan with As a senior, Reiley led people, and some people country season ended.

162,000 miles on it, and it the Prophets to 31 wins didn’t want much more to She established herself has hauled many a youth and their second consec- do with her, even though as one of the area’s top from Prophetstown to utive appearance at the they were taller. It was runners, and placed basketball tournaments state tournament. They kind of like game over.” third at the 1A Rock Falls and camps, track meets finished third in Class 1A, All of that running on Regional. and practices all over the a year after taking second the basketball court The week of the Oregon Midwest. in Class 2A. helped set her up for her Sectional, however, she Len was the driver and Reiley’s statistics as second sport of choice: began to feel flu-like coach, while Kim Reiley a senior weren’t eyetrack and field. Her spesymptoms. She missed 2 was the supportive mothpopping. She averaged cialty was the 800 meters, days of school, including er and scorebook keeper.

12.6 points, 3.6 steals, 3 where she owns the Erie- Friday, the day before the Sometimes she let her assists and 2.9 rebounds Prophetstown program race, and actually had emotions get the best of per game, but that only record of 2 minutes, 20.61 to check with the school her, she admitted, watchbegan to tell the story of seconds, set at the Class that she would still be ing Corrie compete. her impact on games.

2A Galena Sectional. She able to compete in the “I had to be quiet, and She was a willing and went on to place 11th at sectional the next day.

I, of course, wanted to able defensive stopstate in the event, and She did, but a weakcheer,” Kim said. “I got per. In seven postseahelped the 1,600 relay ened Reiley ended up reprimanded a couple of son games, she held team finish eighth. placing 89th overall, and times by the refs.” opposing point guards The Panthers had the fifth on her own team. A Nowadays, Corrie is to a total of 23 points. daunting task of compet- trip to state, which only preparing for the next Annawan all-stater Mor- ing in 2A this season, due a week before seemed to chapter in her life, as a gan VanHyfte scored to Erie being classified as be a formality, was now freshman at Augustana three points in the a non-boundaried school. out the window.

College. She’ll major in supersectional, while That issue has since been “A lot of the girls that biology, and plans to Moweaqua Central A&M cleaned up, but it was too made it to state, I beat become a nurse someall-stater Ryan Dooley late for the E-P track team. them every race,” Reiley day. Basketball and track had five points in the After competing against said. “At sectional, I was will be her athletic purstate semifinal. small-school competition just sick.” suits with the Vikings.

“I think a lot of people for virtually the entire seaA silver lining out of She’s working the have good offensive son, it went up against big that experience, if there Augustana basketball skills, and that’s the schools in the postseason. is one, is that it helped camp, and is busy lifting only thing they can do,” Rather than mope Reiley narrow her athweights 4 days a week in Reiley said. “Defense about it, Reiley embraced letic focus. She had once hopes of bulking up a bit is the real key. A lot of the challenge. planned to run cross to better handle the rigors people don’t like to play “A lot of people were country in college, but of playing college hoops. defense because it’s upset about it, and I was will now limit herself to She’s one of four candireally tiring. I think every upset about it too, but that basketball and track. dates for the point guard great player needs to didn’t change anything,” “It happened for a reaposition, and is looking play great defense.”

Reiley said. “I just had to son,” Reiley said. for any edge she can get.

For Reiley, that means work extra hard and try to ••• “It’s wide open,” Reiley staying in front of the per- make it to state.”

Reiley barely has to said, “and I’ve got an son she’s guarding at all That meant staying leave her own neighbor- opportunity to play this costs, cutting off passing after practice to run extra hood to find what she season, or at least next lanes, and not commitsprints, or going on long needs when it comes to season. I’ve just got to be ting silly fouls that would training runs by herself athletics and/or fun. ready.”

GIRLS ATHLETES OF THE YEAR

2014-15: Haley Weidner, Bureau Valley fr.

2013-14: Megan Grady, Amboy fr.

2012-13: Regan Weidner, Bureau Valley so.

2011-12: Haley Thorpe, Dixon sr.

2010-11: Haley Thorpe, Dixon jr.

2009-10: Jeneen Schier, Oregon so.

Golf

2014-15: Jaeden Workman, Morrison so.

2013-14: Kara Nehrkorn, Rock Falls sr.

2012-13: Alina Llanas, Polo sr.

2011-12: Karlie Mellott, Sterling so.

2010-11: Lydia Bilyeu, Fulton sr.

2009-10: Ember Schuldt, Sterling sr.

Soccer

2014-15: Lauren Chacon, Dixon so.

2013-14: Lauren Chacon, Dixon fr.

2012-13: Rosa Sanchez, Sterling fr.

2011-12: Allison DeArvil, Dixon sr.

2010-11: Brittlyn Dillow, Dixon sr.

2009-10: Megan Burger, Dixon jr.

Softball

2014-15: Michaela Ward, Rock Falls sr.

2013-14: Karlie Mellott, Sterling sr.

2012-13: Emily Bush, Milledgeville sr.; Karlie Mellott, Sterling jr.

2011-12: Emily Bush, Milledgeville jr.

2010-11: Christie Wiersema, Morrison sr.

2009-10: Keali Engelkens, Milledgeville sr.; Christie Wiersema, Morrison jr.

Swimming & Diving

2014-15: Kallie Zuidema, Sterling so.

2013-14: Charli Wike, Sterling sr.

2012-13: Charli Wike, Sterling jr.

2011-12: Rose Thompson, Dixon sr.

2010-11: Rose Thompson, Dixon jr.

2009-10: Rose Thompson, Dixon so.

Tennis

2014-15: Allie Shank & Grace Steinke, Sterling seniors 2013-14: Hayley Kent & Jessica VanOosten, Dixon seniors 2012-13: Brooke Hendricks, Sterling sr.

2011-12: Hannah Jakobs, Sterling sr.

2010-11: Johanna Jahns, Sterling so.

2009-10: Bari Reynolds, Sterling sr.

Track & Field

2014-15: Rachel Cobert, Erie-Prophetstown jr.

2013-14: Lexy Duncan, Dixon sr.

2012-13: Paige Rus, ErieProphetstown sr.

2011-12: Lindsey Hoffert, Bureau Valley fr.

2010-11: Rock Falls Sprint Relays – Maryssa Nusbaum, Morgan Mammosser, Paige Wade, Savanah Davis 2009-10: Melanie Thompson, Bureau Valley sr.

Volleyball

2014-15: Kaylee Martin, Sterling so.

2013-14: Kiarra Harris, Sterling sr.

2012-13: Krista Loos, Sterling sr.

2011-12: Morgan Mammosser, Rock Falls jr.

2010-11: Courtney Blair, Eastland sr.

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Uke here: Music shop opening Business will sell ukuleles, offer voice and music lessons

BY VINDE WELLS vwells@shawmedia.com Shaw Media

OREGON – A long-abandoned business is about to be bursting out in song.

In the very near future, John Lindhorst plans to open Ukulele Station America in the little stone building at Washington and 10th streets.

Lindhorst plans to sell ukuleles and teach ukulele and voice lessons in the picturesque building that once was a gas station and then a beauty shop.

He’s wrapping up final details, he said Monday, and hopes to open his shop “in a couple of weeks.”

“I plan to sell ukuleles at every price level, from beginner through hand-crafted, oneof-a-kind,” he said.

Lindhorst recently retired after teaching music for 40

years in public and private schools from Ogle County to California and Hawaii.

He ran a successful ukulele shop in California, and thinks the venture will work well here.

“It’s kind of a hobby business,” he said. “I hope to expand it.”

Lindhorst, who has a degree in music education with an emphasis in voice and choir, plans to teach group ukulele lessons to adults and youths.

The adult lessons likely will be scheduled through the day, with youth lessons after school.

Lindhorst decided last year to buy the building after he saw online that it was for sale.

“I’ve always loved stone buildings,” he said.

He ran a coffee shop in Oregon several years ago in a stone building in the 200 block of Washington Street.

Lindhorst has spent the past few months renovating the little building, which first opened in 1931 as Mongan’s Conoco Station. Charlie Mongan built it, Lindhorst said, and his father Richard Mongan operated the gas stations there until 1950.

Local residents told Lindhorst that students who attended nearby Oregon High School liked to stop in for pop and snacks.

After sitting vacant for a number of years, the building housed Jeannie’s Beauty Bar for several years before spending three decades empty, he said.

Lindhorst held a “soft opening” of the business June 19 to give friends and neighbors an opportunity to see the newly remodeled ukulele shop.

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John Lindhorst chats with Bob Massey at an open house at Ukulele Station America, which Lindhorst plans to open within the next few weeks. He also will offer voice and music lessons in the little stone building at the corner of Washington and 10th streets in Oregon.

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Traps to avoid after graduation Dear Dave, I’m a senior in college. I’m completely debt-free now, and I am wondering what I should do to stay this way after graduation.

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Ken DeLeon is photographed May 15 in the backyard of a home he is selling in Los Altos, California. DeLeon, 42, is the founder of DeLeon Realty in Palo Alto. He is the top real estate agent in Silicon Valley and ranked as the No. 1 real estate agent in the country.

Agent consistently ranked with most successful in U.S.

BY RICHARD SCHEININ Tribune News Service

LOS ALTOS, Calif. – Ken DeLeon parks his RollsRoyce outside the Georgianstyle mini-mansion that he anticipates selling for a whole lot more than its $5.49 million asking price. It’s his latest listing. Inside, a tour

for fellow real estate agents is in progress.

There’s an expensive catered spread in the kitchen and an espresso cart in the backyard. DeLeon fist-bumps the barista, then stands back to observe the action as the agents breeze through, lattes in hand, checking out the 14-foot ceilings and grand winding staircase. They also check out DeLeon, greeting him with excited hugs, and more than one touching the Zegna wool of his suit, cus-

tom made in Hong Kong by his favorite tailor.

An object of affection and envy – like a favorite cousin who’s become a rock star – has taken the Silicon Valley real estate world by storm with his ambition, marketing skills and breezy braggadocio: “People are kind of drawn to me. They want to be around me,” he says in a typical sound bite of self-appraisal. “I pretty much raised the bar for everybody, for the expectations of what a good agent should be.”

Above and beyond others on the scene, DeLeon, 42, symbolizes the frenetic world of Silicon Valley real estate: taking Chinese and Indian investors on tours in his Mercedes limo bus or flying with them over the region in his Cirrus jet. Three years ago, the Wall Street Journal ranked him the No. 1 agent in the United States – a first for a Bay Area agent – after he racked up $275 million in sales in 2011.

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Dear Cary, You’re already primed for a great start. Doesn’t it feel great to know you won’t have a bunch of payments hanging over your head when you walk out into the world? I’m really proud of you.

There are three major traps I tell all new graduates to avoid.

One, don’t buy or lease a new car. Save up and pay cash for your cars for the rest of your life. If you saved the amount of an average car payment – about $485 a month – and put it into a good mutual fund from age 25 to 65, you could easily retire a millionaire. Now that’s something to look forward to.

The second trap to avoid is rushing in to buy a house. The first few years after college will be some of the most volatile in your life in terms of career and relationships. Save up a big pile of cash and be patient. Too many young people today go crazy and buy houses they can’t afford just because their friends bought one, or everyone is telling them it’s what they should do.

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CGH Dixon Medical Center Welcomes Juan Ibarra, MD, FIPP We are pleased to announce that Dr. Juan Ibarra, MD, FIPP (Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice) is now seeing patients at the CGH Dixon Medical Center all day on Wednesdays. Dr. Ibarra started seeing patients at CGH Medical Center in Sterling in 2002. He specializes in procedures to treat chronic neck and back pain.

Dr. Ibarra received his MD and his BS from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. He completed his residency at Barnes Hospital, Washington University, in St. Louis. Dr. Ibarra is board certified in pain management and anesthesiology and is a member of the American Academy of Pain Management and the American Society of Interventional Pain Practice.

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The Red Readings Dragons are all smiles after winning the fourth-grade championship at the first Battle of the Book at Madison School in Dixon. The students are (in no particular order) Jacob Nag, Jacksen Ortgiesen, Emma Jones, Esther Whitcombe, and Olivia Gingras. Not pictured is Leah Kuehl. Teams competed by answering questions based on a list of 30 books they had read. On May 20, they “battled” to be school champions. Photos submitted by Jessica Kennay.

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NEW YORK STAR

Sterling High School drama students met with Frank Harts (front row, third from left) on June 12 at Delacorte Theater in New York City. The television, film, and stage actor is a Rock Falls native. The students were with their teachers, Tim Schlegel and Jill Price. Harts stars in William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” opposite Sam Waterston of “Law and Order” and Jesse Tyler Ferguson of “Modern Family,” which is showing at the theater. Photo submitted by Kayla Heimerman.

SCHOLARSHIPS FROM AMBOY LIONS

The Librarian Lords display the team sign after their fifth-grade championship win. They are (in no particular order) Elise O’Connell, Zechariah Fazekas, Lieth Elbozour, Mariam Sohail, and Alex Georgiev. Winning teams were crowned May 26 during an assembly.

Amboy Lions Club presented $500 scholarships to seven Amboy High School seniors during the school’s honors night in May. The recipients are (front row, from left) Sydney Wilhelm, the daughter of Gary and Lori Wilhelm; Kaitlyn Liebing, the daughter of Greg and Amy Liebing; Julia Daskiewcz, the daughter of Mark and Donna Daskiewcz; Marissa Henkel, the daughter of Ed and Barbara Henkel; with Lion Jim Travi,; and (back row) Liam Ohlendorf, the son of Greg and Patricia Ohlendorf; Austin Henkel, the son of Mark and Tammy Henkel; and Sam Klein, the son of Doug and Colleen Klein. All recipients and their parents will be invited to the Lions August dinner meeting where they will be honored. Photo submitted by Travi.

POSTER CONTEST WINNERS The Great Reading Sharks react to hearing the correct answer during Battle of the Books.

The Book Miners put their heads together to come up with an answer.

FULL TUITION AWARDED The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship was awarded to Riley Stephens, a student at Ashton-Franklin Center High School in Ashton. With him are (from left). Marine Sgt. Williams and Marine Sgt. Campbell.

Stephens, the son of Chad Stephens and Troy and Stepheni Chandler, will attend Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, this fall. Upon graduation, he will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps.

The scholarship pays full tuition and books up to $180,000, with a monthly stipend of $250. Photo submitted

by Chad Stephens.

Sterling school students recently displayed their winning entries in the Sterling Optimist Club’s annual poster contest. The theme was “I Alone Can Change the World by Recycling.” The division winners are (seated, from left) Sarah Navarro and Brett Newman, both first place of St. Mary School; and (standing) Brennen Cook, third, of St. Mary; and Ashlynn Flagg and Porter Reimschiissel, both second, of Washington Elementary School. Not pictured is Estefania Cayetano, third, of Washington. Navarro and Newman advanced to the district level in Peoria, where they received honorable mention. Photo submitted by Barry Montague.

ARC OF LEE COUNTY AWARDS

Five students received scholarships from the Arc of Lee County in Dixon. They are (from left) Keenan Longan, Alexis Plumb, Janice Perce, Brooke Garren, and Katie Cover. Photo submitted by Becky Reilly.

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Polo Community High School’s Class of 1960 met for its 55th reunion June 5 at LaBranche in Polo. They are (sitting, from left) Kullike Laumets Adams and Dianne Dickerson Jenner; (seated) Linda Wilson Colcord, Sheri Carden Linker, Irene Beckenbaugh Korcz, Jeannie Scott Clayton, Shirley Moeller Kasko, Alice Poffenberger Cassens, and Sandy Sheely Ford; (standing, third row) Gordon Rhodes, Marvin Binkley, Margaret Duncan Moore, Larry Acker, Joan Etnyre Bookman, Jack Brooks, Allen Davis, Phil Fossler, and Lance Hedrick; and (fourth row) Elaine Frey Kilday, Harry Heath, Sandra Nettz, Jim Kilday, Barry Blum, Ken Smith, Fred Schnulle, Larry Reap, Fred White, and Phil Johnson. Photo submitted by Bill Kasko.

A water “fight” broke out June 14 at Amboy City Park during First Baptist Church of Amboy picnic. The “battle” was all in good fun. Photo submitted by Pamela Martino of Amboy.

Owen Dempsey, 2, caught his first fish in May on the Rock River in Dixon. He is the son of Mark and Megan Dempsey of Dixon. Photo taken by Megan Dempsey and submitted by Bob Smeltzer of Rock Falls.

Visitors are welcome at Resthave Home, 408 Maple Ave., Morrison, to see the facility’s new look and speak with residents. Gathered around the table are (from left) Marilyn Herrick, 83; Rena Heusinkveld, 100; Nellie Zaagman, 90; Dorothy Tegeler, 94; Marv Zaagman, 93; Irma Longanecker, 96; and Joe Klimson, 90. Photo submitted by Anne Frame.

Wanted: Photos from you Members of the DeBord family spent time visiting on June 11 at Chateau Estates Mobile Home Park in Dixon.

They are (from left) Gary DeBord, 65, and his grandchildren, Grace DeBord, 10, and Brandon Sheimko, 11, all of Dixon. Photo submitted by Lynda Norton of Dixon.

A scrapbook is a book with blank pages, and that’s what our Scrapbook page is without your pictures. We want to fill the page with images that capture lives in the Sauk Valley. They can be submitted by email to photos@saukvalley.com or can be taken to the Sterling and Dixon offices.

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TREK FOR TECH

Students and staff from Lincoln Elementary School in Sterling took part in the Trek for Tech walkathon and field day on May 19 at Sterling Chevrolet Field at Roscoe Eades Stadium at Sterling High School. Participants walked 1 mile to the field, played games, and walked back to Lincoln. The event combined the Coordinated Approach to Child Health initiative with raising money for classroom technology. Businesses, organizations, students, staff, and family members contributed. About $5,000 was raised. Donations were matched dollar for dollar by the Sterling Schools Foundation. Photo submitted by Cindy Frank.

DIXON PARK DISTRICT

Plants have many uses

BY RUTH EDWARDS NATURE CENTER STAFF

We have the experience of hundreds of years of traditional use of many common plants.

“The use of natural extracts by early civilizations dates back thousands of years, and animals have always used plants to heal themselves,” said Eloy Rodriguez, research scientist at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Consider these plants: For many years, green tea was used in China as a digestive aid. Eventually modern research investigated the active ingredients in green tea, and we now know its therapeutic benefits.

Green tea is used extensively as a topical ingredient in many skin creams, because it has high concentrations of polyphenols, which are

powerful antioxidants.

But we also must realize that plants found growing in different locations, even as little as 100 feet apart, have different levels of active ingredients.

The amount of snow and rain, the temperature, and even which insects may be feeding upon the plant must be considered when determining levels of these ingredients.

Resveratol, another antioxidant botanical, is found in high concentrations in the skin of grapes.

Eye creams and elixirs to ward off sun damage to the skin may contain resveratrol.

The not-very-pretty licorice root, glycrrhiza, offers glycyrrhizic acid, which reduces inflammation. It also contains glabridin, which prevents melanin production that keeps skin from creating brown age spots. Another

age-spot fighter is soy.

Many hand lotions contain shea nut butter. Native people used shea nut oil to soothe burns and scrapes and to moisturize skin and hair.

Soaps, creams, hair conditioners, and lip balms utilize this natural emollient.

The Egyptian queen Cleopatra used the viscous material found inside the leaves of the aloe plant as a skin cream. This substance primarily is water and fatty acids; the combination is a hydrator. Aloe also helps in soothing burns.

Feverfew was used in ancient Rome as a method to reduce fever. But today, feverfew is a popular ingredient in skin creams because of its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Feverfew eases redness and irritation, and protects from UV damage.

ers, readers, and artists from the area. Dan Wardell with Iowa Public Television and Mary Swander, Iowa’s Poet Laureate, are scheduled to attend.

For more information or to be a sponsor, exhibitor, volunteer or session participant, contact Brad Wiles at bwiles@ clintonpublic.library.us or 563-242-9115 before Thursday.

An aerial map lies opposite each township parcel map.

Visit rockfordmap.com to make a purchase.

IN BRIEF Tickets available for senior benefit DIXON – The annual luau dinner fundraiser for Lee County Council on Aging and the Post House Community Center will be from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Post House Ballroom, 100 W. Second St. Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door for adults, and $4 for ages 5 and younger, and can be purchased at the center.

For more information, call 815-288-9236 or 888-239-9228.

Sponsors, helpers sought for event CLINTON, Iowa – The first Clinton Book Festival will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 29 at the Clinton Public Library’s Lyons grounds, 105 Main Ave., and the adjoining Foursquare Park.

The theme is “A Celebration of Books, Reading, and the Book Arts,” which will focus on writ-

New Lee County plat book for sale DIXON – The 2015 Lee County Land Atlas and Plat Book can be purchased from Rockford Map Publishers.

The book, costing $70, is the 18th edition produced by the company since the first edition in 1955.

The plat book displays parcel boundaries, acreage data, roadways, waterways, railways, section lines, municipal boundaries, and recreational areas, including an index to landowners.

Raffle auction to help firefighters ROCK FALLS – A Quarter Mania auction to benefit for new equipment for Rock Falls Fire Department will be July 10 at the Rock Falls Community Building, 601 W. 10th St. The doors will open at 6 p.m.; the auction begins at 7.

In Quarter Mania, participants bid one to four quarters on items from a variety of vendors. Bidding paddles are $5 for one, $8 for two, or $10 for three.

A 50-50 raffle will be drawn, with tickets costing $1 each or $5 for six.

Hot dogs and chips will be sold for $5 and nachos and cheese for $4. Beverages will be available for purchase.

For more information, call Amber Stavenger at 815-622-8662.

TWIN CITIES SCHOOLS’ ACHIEVEMENTS

LEFT: Steward United Methodist Church has a steeple again. It was without one for more than 100 years thanks to a lightning strike in 1912. Photos submitted by Karen Bonnell.

RIGHT: A crane lifts the steeple to the top of the church. The steeple and its carillon were dedicated May 10.

Top part gets back to normal STEWARD – A new steeple and carrilon (bells) were dedicated May 10 at Steward United Methodist Church.

The New-England-style church was built in 1874, but lightning destroyed the steeple in 1912. It was not replaced until this year.

Bishop Sally Dyck of

the United Methodist Church’s Northern Illinois Conference gave a dedication speech, “To Be Steepled,” about the visibility of steeples.

Also participating were Shirley Kersten, lifelong church member; Village President Hugh McKiski; Dick Miller, chairman of the trustees; and

Pastor Jinyang Kim. A Good Neighbor Fund has been started to help with community needs.

Creston United Methodist Church contributed to the celebration by presenting a framed piece with two artistic photo views of the new steeple to the Steward church.

Sign-ups open for tournament ROCK FALLS – The third annual Scott Stage Memorial Golf Tournament and Auction will be Aug. 15 at Rock River Golf and Pool, 3901 Dixon Ave. Sign-in will be at 8 a.m., with a shotgun start at 9. The cost is $65 per person or $260 for a team of four, scramble format. Mulligans are $5 for two. Lunch is included.

Registration is due by Aug. 14 with payment and players’ names, captain’s phone num-

ber, and email to Jerry Stage, 507 E. Eighth St., Rock Falls, IL 60171. For more information, call Stage at 815-441-0655 or Mike Higley at 815441-5981.

A prize raffle and auction will be from 1 to 5 p.m.; the auction begins at 1:30. Among the prizes are weekend getaways, Cubs tickets, gift baskets, and outdoor accessories.

Non-golfers are welcome to attend for a cost of $5, which includes food and beverages.

Raffle tickets are $1

each or $5 for eight. The drawing will be at 5 p.m.; winners need not be present. A 50-50 drawing also is planned.

Raffle and monetary donations can be made at Select Employees Credit Union, 2412 Freeport Road, Sterling. For more information, call Michelle Becker at 309360-6403.

Stage, who lived in Sterling, died Jan. 16, 2012, of a heart attack; he was 51. Proceeds will benefit the Sterling High School golf program.

Two receive college assistance Twin Cities Schools team members competed June 12-14 at the State Special Olympics Track and Field competition in Normal. Coaches and athletes are (from left) Karen Beggs of Sterling, coach; Jenna Stark of Sterling, gold in softball throw and fourth in 50-meter run; Kayley Crow of Deer Grove, bronze in softball throw; Kristina Rodriguez of Sterling, fifth in 100-meter race walk; Tamara Prins of Erie, silver in 400-meter race walk and eighth in shot put; and Denise Mosher of Rock Falls, coach. Photo submitted by Beggs.

DIXON – The Reagan Run 5K Committee recently awarded two $500 scholarships.

The recipients are Maggie Bushman, a Dixon High School senior, who plans to attend the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and Quincy Coomes, a senior at

Newman Central Catholic High School in Sterling, who plans to attend Sauk Valley Community College.

The committee awards one scholarship to a male student athlete, and one to a female student athlete, who will continue their post-sec-

ondary education.

To be eligible, students must participate in high school cross country or track, or one or more road races, including the Reagan Run 5K. The 16th annual Reagan Run will be July 4.

Visit reaganrun.com for more information.

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Clydesdales draw large crowds throughout area DAVE, SUE AND SHANE COERS Dixon

We would like to thank the hard-working crew of the Anheuser-Busch St. Louis Hitch. John Fink, Mark Fischer, Rudy Helmuth, Dennis Knepp, Kat Metzger, Scott Morrison, Tony Pichler, Manny Raber, and David West, you’ve all become like a part of our family.

Your sacrifices, kindness, and the pristine treatment and care you provide the Budweiser Clydesdale horses is evident and very appreciated.

Thanks to organizer,David Cain and LRB Distributors Inc. who sponsored activities throughout the week.

We sincerely appreciate the extra patrols for our guests’ safety provided by the Illinois State Police and the Lee County Sheriff’s office, including Sheriff Simonton himself who visited with his family.

Thanks also to farrier Joe Detweiler of Stoughton, Wisconsin, for shoeing 10 horses in 90-degree heat.

Special thanks to our daughter, Angie, and sonin-law, John Shrimplin, for helping take care of the crops while all of this was going on; it means everything to us.

We also would like to thank our family and friends who helped with preparing the stalls, gazebo, round pen, fence and then some, including Jeff Hanson, Megan Knight, Hannah McCoy, Taylor Myler,

Relay for Life support greatly appreciated

Jake and Wes Scott, and Kimberly Watley.

And, of course, thanks to the public for being respectful of our farm. We had about 1,000 people visit, BETTY CLEMENTZ AND RUSS without incident.

SIEFKEN It was a whirlwind of a residents of Sterling week that took more than a month to prepare for, but A huge thank you is one we are very honored to extended to everyone who helped make the success of have been a part of.

Relay for Life of Whiteside County on June 13 at Westwood.

Thank you to: Rock Falls High School for offering Hinders Field, Westwood for hosting our event, Harvest Time Bible KAREN VOSS AND CAROLYN Church for hosting the SPENCER survivor dinner, and team residents of Rock Falls captains and team memHospice of the Rock bers who raised money to River Valley, a United Way strive to reach our net goal Agency, would like to of $150,000. thank everyone who supThe planning commitported our hospice home tee who attended meetfundraiser “Take Me to the ings to plan, set up and Fair.” It was a delightful tore down the event with luncheon and informa- assistance from many team tive program about the members; and purchasers 1893 Chicago World’s Fair of the 389 luminaria repreby The Tea Ladies from senting loved ones’ struggle Bloomington. with cancer.

A special thank you to The 140 guests attending the members of the Hos- the survivor dinner and the pice of the Rock River Val- 80 survivors who came out ley Baking Brigade who in the rainy weather to walk made and donated our the first lap as our “heroes;” delicious desserts for the Dr. Kathleen Heppner event. We are especially Goss for her inspirational grateful to Arthur’s Gar- remarks at the survivor dinden Deli for their spon- ner about research progsorship of this fundraiser. ress; Connie Selmi for her The proceeds will be decorations and door prizused for our hospice es, the talent that provided home project, and the the entertainment, and the communities’ support of volunteers who donated, our events is truly appre- prepared, and served the ciated. dinner.

Note to readers: Karen Whiteside County SherVoss is the marketing iff’s office, which provided director and Carolyn security; the band, activity Spencer is the executive leader volunteers, and disc director of Hospice of the jockey who provided the Rock River Valley. entertainment and music;

Hospice ‘fair’ proceeds to help home project

and the Rev. Dalmus Meeks, the Rev. Al Campbell, and the Rev. Robert Burton.

News media who helped publicize our event; volunteers who announced the names of the luminaria, and set out the luminaria, vocal talent, and those assisting in any way.

The many community mayors and city councils who proclaimed June 13 as Relay for Life Day; Buffalo Wild Wings, Papa Murphy’s, and Pizza Hut of Rock Falls, each sponsored a fundraiser, and donated profits to our event; and the people who donated their monies, time, and services to make the event a success. Thank you.

With this event of Relay for Life comes the hope we’ll “finish the fight” against this disease. We thank you on behalf of every cancer patient who is fighting this disease.

Note to readers: Betty Clementz and Russ Siefken co-chaired the event.

BUG project success due to volunteers JOHN HOLTHAUS Dixon

The Kiwanis Club of Dixon wishes to thank everyone associated with the BringUp-Grades (BUG) Program during the 2014-15 school year. The BUG Program had another spectacular year, creating many broad smiles of success from students, and mountains of pride from parents, grandparents, and teachers.

We wish to say congratulations to all students who

worked hard to achieve their BUG goals, who earned BUG certificates and super-BUG status, and to those who achieved Kiwanis Honors certificates.

We offer a big thank you to Sister Marcianne, St. Anne School, and Jean Spohn, St. Mary School, both in Dixon, for their tireless dedication to the program; and to the teachers who committed themselves to the program and led the students toward their BUG goals.

In addition, we shout a big thank you to Culver’s, Hardee’s, and McDonald’s restaurants in Dixon for providing dozens and dozens of food coupons during the year for our BUG award winners; and to Kaleel’s Clothing and Printing for producing those awesome BUG T-shirts.

Finally, a big thank you to the community of Dixon and surrounding area who contribute generously to Kiwanis fundraising activities throughout the year, which in turn makes the BUG Program (and all Kiwanis programs) possible.

Note to readers: John Holthaus is the BUG chairman.

Thank you for attending June Bike Blessing BOB MORGAN Dixon

On June 7, the First United Methodist Church in Dixon hosted the second Sauk Valley Bike Blessing.

Although the attendance was less than last year, because of the likelihood of

thunderstorms and other biker events in the area, we greatly appreciated those who did attend.

The church provided cookies and bottled water to all motorcyclists and other guests who dropped by to see what was happening on the riverfront.

Participants were able to enjoy live music provided by the church’s praise band, “Breaking Light.”

Seven businesses generously donated various prizes for our free raffle. We would like to thank the following for their donations: Dixon – Angelo’s and The Goodbook Bookstore; Sterling – Wahl Clipper Corp. and Douglas & Frye Motorsports; Rock Falls – Gieson’s Motorsports; Polo – Jeff’s Refs; and Oregon – Woods Equipment.

We also would like to thank the pastors who blessed the bikes and riders: Pastor Mike Jones, Pastor Heewon Kim, and Pastor Orlie “Pops” McConaughy (member of the Holy Ghost Riders).

Thanks to everyone who helped make our second bike blessing a success. We’d also like to thank Sauk Valley Media for covering this event by sending a very nice, well-mannered, young photographer to the event, and naming the bike blessing one of the top five things to do that weekend.

We are already working on planning for next year’s event, which will be held on May 15. We hope that many more bikers will come and enjoy the afternoon and that the weather will cooperate.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Sarii Grace Hinton Leslie and Patrick Hinton of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 11:40 a.m. June 15, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Sarii Grace Hinton weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at birth and was 20.5 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Kiana, 3.

Maternal grandparents are Lori Shuman and Dave Adams of Sterling and Lester and Cathy Shuman of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandparents are Grant and Susan Hinton of Bettendorf, Iowa.

Maternal great-grandparents are Mary Kay Whaley of Rock Falls and Arletta and Harry Shuman of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandmother is Dee Strong of Oswego.

Inaya Amara Garcia weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounc- ounces at birth and was 20 Hospital in Dixon.

Melissa Olalde and Israel H. Garcia Jr. of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 8:36 p.m. June 13, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Inaya Amara Garcia weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Dezmariah Garcia, 16, Abrael Garcia, 15, Tierra Garcia, 14, Xandria Garcia, 13, and Izen A. Garcia, 5.

es at birth and was 21.5 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Steph Digman and Jeff Digman, both of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Susan and Rick Dean of Tampico.

Maternal great-grandmother is Jean Digman of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandparents are LaVonne Gibbons of Tampico and Walter Holcomb of Como.

Jocelynn S. Gibbons

Dorien Marie Deets

Jaymee and Jeremy Gibbons of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 6:07 p.m. June 12, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Jocelynn S. Gibbons

inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Janet Annen of Bettendorf, Iowa, and Joe and Mary Annen of East Peoria.

Paternal grandparents are Kevin and Janice Deets of Polo.

Maternal great-grandparents are Germana Bisch of Chicago, Virginia Puls of Chelsea, Oklahoma, and Ronald Annen of Tavares, Florida.

Paternal great-grandparents are Larry and Joyce Deets and Don Sherrick, all of Polo.

Rachel and Ryan Deets of Grand Detour are the Michael Kevin parents of a daughter born Dykstra at 4:10 a.m. June 11, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Jessica and Alan Dykstra Sterling. of Thomson are the parDorien Marie Deets ents of a son born at 7:51 weighed 5 pounds, 14 p.m. May 29, 2015, at KSB

Korissa and Matthew Kipping of Dixon are the parents of a daughter born at 5:58 p.m. June 15, 2015, at CGH Medical

Center in Sterling.

Karleyne Marie Kipping weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces at birth and was 19.5 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Thad and Diane McGinn of Sterling and Mark and Laura Driessens of Chadwick.

Paternal grandparents are Bob and Sara Kipping of Dixon.

Maternal great-grandparents are Don and Pat Driessens and Doug and Betty Knox, all of Rock Falls, and John and Sharon Berry and Clarise McGinn, all of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandparents are Bill and Sally Stover of Dixon.

Maternal great-greatgrandmother is Bertha Driessens of Tampico.

Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Sunshine meeting, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Crochet-Knitting Club, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

TOPS, 4 p.m. weigh-in, 4:30 p.m. meeting; 5:30 p.m. weigh-in, 6 p.m. meeting, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle.

TOPS Chapter IL 634 meeting, 4:30 p.m., 205 S. Walnut St., Franklin Grove.

TOPS, 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30 p.m. meeting, Polo Church of the Brethren, 401 S. Congress Ave., Polo, 815-946-3638.

The Kick-It Ticket Narcotics Anonymous, 6 p.m., basement, Fellows Street door, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-440-7992.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., 201 W. Market St., Morrison, 815590-8929.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., Revive Community Church, 8 E. Front St., Mount Morris, 815-9940428.

Rock Falls Rotary, 6 p.m., Beelendorf’s Deli, 204 W. 10th St., Rock Falls.

Rock Falls Boy Scout Troop 306, 6:30 to 8 p.m., fellowship hall, Harvest Time Bible Church, 1802 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls.

Mount Carroll Monday Night Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., Church of God, 816 Clay St., Mount Carroll, 815-284-3444.

Rock River Interfaith Peace Action Group, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, 2200 16th Ave., Sterling, 815-625-4657, public welcome.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step study, New Hope Fellowship Church, 113 state Route 64, Kings.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 207 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (3), First Presbyterian Church, 502 Third St., Savanna.

Sauk Valley Al-Anon GroupAlateen, 8 p.m., open, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

of Harmon has completed the cosmetology program at Educators of Beauty.

ness administration.

Michael Kevin Dykstra weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

Maternal grandmother is Colleen Slain of Dixon.

Paternal grandparents are Mark and Ann Dykstra of Thomson.

Maternal great-grandmother is Dorothy Hodder of Dixon.

Paternal great-grandmothers are Phyllis Dykstra of Clinton, Iowa, and Lois Wellendorf of Davenport, Iowa.

Karleyne Marie Kipping

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

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

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

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

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

The Kick-It Ticket Narcotics Anonymous, 11 a.m., basement, Fellows Street door, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-440-7992.

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anony-

mous Group, noon, open, Old School; 8 p.m., open, fun night, bring a friend, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Affliction of Addition Narcotics Anonymous, noon and 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-3487.

Downstairs, west door.

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

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

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9

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

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

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

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 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.

Monday Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815-2843371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., open, Methodist church, 402 First Ave., Forreston.

Dixon Rotary Club, noon, lower level, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed (1), St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

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

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

Affliction of Addition Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-3487.

COLLEGE HONORS Iowa State University AMES, Iowa – Students named to the spring dean’s list at Iowa State University are: Byron: Rose A. Criscione and Michael J. Nosko.

Dixon: Quentin C. Moen and Todd M. Nelson.

Forreston: Kali P. Janicke and Abbey J. Osterloo.

Fulton: David B. Wiest.

Lanark: Grant A. Jensen.

Leaf River: Noelina G. Rissman.

Morrison: Nathan A. Pfister.

Mount Carroll: Chloe J. Carson.

Mount Morris: Bradley Morgan Wells.

Oregon: Sawyer A. Reynolds.

Rock Falls: Paige M. Dettman.

Walnut: Trevin A. Kennedy.

West Brooklyn: Sarah A. Delhotal.

UW – Stevens Point STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Randi C. Wilken of Oregon graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point.

Coe College CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Caleb Miller of Sterling

graduated cum laude May 10 from Coe College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology, molecular biology, and neuroscience.

Kelsey Propheter, also of Sterling, was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Spanish language and cultural acquisition.

Educators of Beauty STERLING – Alexis Kruse

Elmhurst College ELMHURST – Jennifer S. Guenter of Dixon earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from Elmhurst College.

Andrea L. Barkei of Steward graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in busi-

State Technical College of Missouri LINN, Mo. – Those graduating from State Technical College of Missouri are: Byron: Matthew Groharing.

Erie: Eric Maloney.

Morrison: Joshua Wall, Alex Weeks, and Jacob Weeks.

Rochelle: Joshua Bernardin.

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Teen fears telling parents about new beau Dear Abby: I am 18 and live with my parents. I have a part-time job, and I also attend a local university.

My parents and I always have gotten along, and I have been obedient and respectful of their rules.

I have suffered from depression for years, but now finally I have met someone who makes me happy and feel like I am worth something. Abby, he is of a different race. This doesn’t mean anything to me. I know he’s a great guy and I really like him. The problem is, my parents are very racist.

They have done so much for me that I feel guilty dating someone they don’t approve of. They have told

Dear Finally Met Someone: I’m glad you finally are feeling better about Dear Abby yourself as a person, but is written

by Abigail before discussing this with Van Buren, your parents, it would be also known better if you separate the as Jeanne issues of your chronic Phillips. The column is prodepression and your feelvided through ings for this young man.

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questions carefully, because until you have the answers and are prepared to be out on your own, I don’t think you should make any announcements.

and I are together and tell people we’re sisters, they always think I’m the older one. My feelings are hurt.

When our father died, I gained 30 pounds. Food was how I dealt with my grief. I have been workDear Abby: I run around ing hard to get in better with my sister “Pam” a lot. shape and lose weight. I She is 8 years older. She am halfway to my goal, had a face-lift some years and proud of myself, but ago, and she continues when these encounters to seek out cosmetic pro- happen, I get thrown. cedures to enhance her How do I answer people appearance. I have had who ask about the age Botox and fillers, but do difference and make not want a face-lift. I am those comments? trying to age gracefully, – Younger One just at a slightly slower in Florida pace.

I love my sister and I Dear Younger One: Not think she looks beautieveryone ages at the same ful. However, when Pam rate, and I don’t think the

people who make those comments do it intending to be hurtful. With all the help she’s getting, it’s no wonder your sister appears younger.

If someone remarks about you appearing older, all you have to say is, “Nope! She’s my big sister.” And should someone comment on your appearance, be honest. Say you gained some weight, but you’re working on taking it off and getting back into shape.

It’s no disgrace; it’s admirable.

Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

OUTDOOR WORSHIP SERVICE

Dixon church to dedicate organ DIXON – An organ will be dedicated at 2 p.m. July 12 at First Christian Church, 123 S. Hennepin Ave. The organist will be Steven Egler, professor of organ Steven at Central Egler Michigan University. He was a student of Jane Weaver, now deceased, whose husband, Hal Weaver of Dixon, is the church’s organist.

The Rev. Marilyn Nolan of Grace United Methodist Church will give the sermon, and “One” Community Praise Team will lead the music.

Golf carts will be available to take worshippers to and from parking areas.

Those attending are asked to bring lawn chairs as seating is limited. Sunscreen, sunglasses, and water are recommended.

In case of severe weather, the service will be at First Presbyterian Church, 110 E. Third St. For more information, call 815-288-1505.

message, delivered through original songs.

Concessions will be available, and 50-50 drawing is planned.

For information, visit tpointchurch.net or call 815288-2625.

Watoto choir to perform in area

The Watoto Children’s Choir from Uganda will perform its “Oh What Is Love” concert this summer in Dixon and Oregon.

Performances, which feature music and dance, will be at 5 p.m. June 27 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon; at 7 Gates open at 7 Community to June 30 at First Unitfor hard rock show p.m. gather for prayer ed Methodist Church, 202 DIXON – Scarlet Raven, a S. Peoria Ave., Dixon; and DIXON – The Dixon Area Christian Ministerial Associa- hard rock band, will perform at 7 p.m. July 3 at New Life Wednesday at Turning Point Lutheran Church, 702 W. tion will have a community CITI Church, 944 Stony Lynn Blvd., Sterling. worship service at 9 a.m.

The choir, founded by July 5 at the Petunia Festival Point Road.

The gates open at 7 p.m., Watoto Child Care Minismain stage on River Street, just west of Galena Avenue. followed by the concert at 8. tries, tours the world annuThe cost is $5 per person, ally to advocate for African Clergy from several Dixon or $10 per family. Those children orphaned by AIDS. churches will lead parts of attending should bring lawn The ministries is an interthe service. Andy Minch, national, holistic care propastor of Sauk Valley Com- chairs.

The band, from northern munity Church, will share a gram. Go to watoto.com message with the children.

Indiana, has a Christian for more information.

GUESTS FROM AFAR

International visitors through Rock River Valley International Fellowship made a recent stop at Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center in Dixon. At the center are (from left) Joan Padilla, executive director of Home of Hope; Uros Delic, economic adviser with the Divac Foundation; Maja Cecen, director of FondB92; Ivana Todorovic, fundraiser manager with BelHospice; and Carol Deibert, executive director of RRVIF. The visitors are from Belgrade in Serbia and were part of an exchange on philanthropy and nonprofit impact in local communities. Photo submitted by Padilla.

CLUB NEWS Audubon group to visit prairies FREEPORT – The Northwest Illinois Audubon Society will offer a “Prairie Hop” from 8 to 11:30 a.m. July 9 to two locations.

Those attending will carpool at 7:30 a.m. from the Staples parking lot, 17221724 S. West Ave. Participants will visit the Wirth Prairie near Dakota, which is a dry dolomite prairie, and the Freeport Prairie, the last of the original Shannon Prairie, on the city’s south side. Displays of pale purple coneflower, lead plant, and stiff coreopsis are expected.

The Elkhorn Creek Butterfly Festival will be from 1 to 5 p.m. July 25 at the Elkhorn Creek Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 miles southwest of Forreston. The preserve is in the southeast corner of West Grove and Freeport roads, with a parking lot off West Grove Road. Guided tours will leave at 1, 2, 3, and 4 p.m., or participants can tour on their own.

Free “Illinois Butterflies and

Moths” pocket guides will be distributed while supplies last. A restroom is available, and there will be a shaded area with chairs, cold beverages, and snacks.

In case of bad weather, call the Blackmores at 825838-3204 or Teresa Smith at 815-238-3963.

or 23.8 mph. The Esgars were third loft at 927 ypm or 31.6 mph.

Visit rrvpigeonclub.org for complete race results or more club information.

To join, call Devoe Manning at 779-861-1830 or Harms at 815-535-5205.

Skills trainer to Pigeon race club speak to group announces results STERLING – The results are in for the Rock River Valley Racing Pigeon Club’s weekend races.

The winners of the 250mile race on June 12 were Pat and Don Kelsey of Sterling at 1,059 yards per minute or 36.1 miles per hour. Doug Harms of Rock Falls was second loft at 1,017 ypm,or 34.7 mph, and Al and Cathy Esgar of Dixon were third loft at 863 ypm or 29.4 mph.

Harms won the 550-mile race on June 13 at 1,148 ypm or 39.1 mph. Stan Calsyn of Tampico was second loft with 968 ypm

DIXON – The Lee County Networking Group will meet from noon to 1 p.m.

Wednesday at Liberty Court Assisted Living, 124 Liberty Court.

Sally Hanrahan of Business Employment Skills Team, which covers Bureau, Carroll, Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside counties, will be the speaker. Liberty Court will provide lunch.

Anyone who works or volunteers for an organization that provides a social service is welcome.

For more information, contact Jennifer Lang, president, at langjennifer@ comcast.net or 815-2889236.

Zach and Rodney Ministries of Trinity, North Carolina, will bring their modern and traditional country music to the 7 p.m. outdoor worship service on Sunday at Spring Valley Reformed Church, 15440 Spring Valley Road, Fulton.

Donations will be accepted. Those attending can sit in their vehicle or bring law chairs. In case of bad weather, the service will move indoors. For information, visit zachandrodneyministires.com or sites.google.com/site/spring valleyreformedchurch or call Randy Venema at 815-499-8843. Photo submitted by Penny VanKampen.

New selections arrive DIXON – New books have arrived at Dixon Public Library, 221 S. Hennepin Ave. They are: Fiction: “Three Wishes,” by Liane Moriarty; “Trauma,” by Michael Palmer; “The Forgotten Room,” by Lincoln Child; “The Guest Cottage,” by Nancy Thayer; “The Sound of Glass,” by Karen White; “Solitude Creek,” by Jeffrey Deaver; “The Summer’s End,”

by Mary Alice Monroe; “The Enemy Inside,”

by Steve Martini; “How to Start a Fire,” by Lisa Lutz; “Beach Town,” by Mary Kay Andrews; “The Knockoff,” by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza; “I, Ripper,” by Stephen Hunter; “The Scarlet Gospels,”

by Clive Barker; “Radiant Angel,” by Nelson DeMille; “Piranha,” by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison; “Texas Tough,”

by Janet Dailey; “Finders Keepers,” by Stephen King; “In the Unlikely Event,” by Judy Blume; “The Marriage Season,” by Linda L. Miller; “The Fateful Lightning,”

by Jeff Shaara; “Falling for a Stranger” and “So This is Love,” by Barbara Freethy; “All the

Single Ladies,” by Dorothea Frank; “The Fixer,”

by Joseph Finder; “The Breaking Point,” by Jefferson Bass; “Second Life,” by S.J. Watson; and “Jack of Spades,” by Joyce C. Oates.

Mysteries: “The Kill,”

by Jane Casey; “Played by the Book,” by Lucy Arlington; “And Sometimes I Wonder About You,” by Walter Mosley; “Dry Bones,” by Craig Johnson; “Bone to be Wild,” by Carolyn Haines; “The Body in the Birches,” by Katherine Page; “Robert B. Parker’s Kickback,” by Ace Atkins; “Never Die Alone,” by Lisa Jackson; and “Tail Gait,” by Rita Mae Brown.

C h r i s t i a n Fi c t i o n : “Deception on Sable Hill,” by Shelley Gray; “The Proposal at Siesta Key,” by Shelley Gray; “Whenever You Come A r o u n d ,” by Ro b i n Hatcher; “Finding Me,”

by Kathryn Cushman; and “From the Start,” by Melissa Tagg.

Westerns: “The Long High Noon,” by Loren Estleman; “The Long Journey Home,” by John Horst; and “Once More Into the Breech,” by

Peter Brandvold.

Science Fiction, Fantasy; “Shattered,” by Kevin Hearne; “Born of Defiance,” by Sherrilyn Kenyon; and “The Darkling Child,” by Terry Brooks.

Large Print: “Emma,”

by Alexander M. Smith; “The Beige Man,” by Helene Tursten; “The Un q u i e t De a d ,” by Ausma Khan; “The Sea Garden,” by Marcia Willett; “The Last Bookaneer,” by Matthew Pearl; “The Great Zoo of China,” by Matthew Reilly; “A Desperate Fortune,” by Susanna Kearsley; “Among Thieves,”

by John Clarkson; “The Siege Winter,” by Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman; “Sweetshop of Dreams,” by Jenny Colgan; “Our Souls at Night,” by Kent Haruf; “Teardrop Lane,” by Emily March; “Cuba Straits,” by Randy W. White; “A Deadly Web,”

by Kay Hooper; and “Solitude Creek,” by Jeffery Deaver.

The book group selection for July is “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry,”

by Gabrielle Zevin.

For more information, call the library at 815284-7261.

Paper airplanes to soar at library ROCK FALLS – July projects and programs a t Ro c k Fa l l s Pu b lic Library, 1007 Seventh Ave., have been announced.

They are: Make giant paper airplanes, 1 1 p.m. July 1.

Registration is required at the front desk.

The library is closed July 4.

Water balloons, bubble games, and water-

melon, 1 p.m. Tickets required from the desk.

Program will be cancelled if raining.

Writer’s Group, 7 to 9 p.m., July 7 and 21.

Musician Chris Vallilo will perform traditional Illinois folk music at 1 p.m. July 7. Tickets required.

Scrapbooking, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., July 10 and 24.

Library board meeting, 1 p.m., July 13.

Doughnuts at 9 a.m.

July 21, followed by a Summer Reading party with magician Rick Eugene. Door prizes will be given out after the program. Tickets are required.

Tuesday Night Book Club, 6 p.m. July 28, reading “Gone Girl,” by Gillian Flynn.

For more information, call the library at 815626-3958.

Blood donors wanted Tuesday at SVCC DIXON – An American Red Cross blood drive will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday in the east mall at Sauk Valley Community College,

173 state Route 2.

Donors should bring a photo identification or their Red Cross donor card, eat a healthy meal, and drink plenty of

water before donating.

Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are recommended.

Visit redcross.org to register.

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Rock Falls High School graduates earn recognition The following awards, totalling $1,297,605.75, were awarded to Rock Falls High School seniors: Augustana Opportunity Award, Augustana Cultural Diversity Award, and Odd Fellow, Rebekah Scholarship: Latesha Lee. Carthage College Springfield Scholarship and College Directors and Trustee Grant: Dallas Clevenger.

Elmhurst College Dean’s Scholarship and College Grant: Jacob Mammosser.

Illinois State University Presidential Scholarship: Collin Marcum.

Illinois State University Redbird Academic Scholarship: Morgan Folgers, Matthew Long, and Michaela Sperier.

Iowa State University Academic Recognition Award and State University Grant: Beatriz Estrella and Carmina Lopez.

Kankakee Community College Softball Scholarship: Michaela Ward.

Loyola University Chicago Damen Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Grant, Sterling Rock Falls Community Trust Robert Propheter Memorial, and Keeney Fund (Tom, Harry, and Loraine): Aaron Frank.

Missouri State University Dean’s Scholarship and Missouri State University Midwest Student Exchange Program Award: Jennifer Poci.

Monmouth College Achievement Award: Hayley President.

Morrison Institute of Technology Women in Technology Scholarship: Kimberly Davis.

North Central College Dean’s Scholarship, Montmorency Education Association, Bob Woessner Memorial Sterling Rock Falls Men’s Club Civic Involvement, Chamber of Commerce Linda Thurm Community Service Scholarship, and TMC Family Assistance

Fund Scholarship: Katherine Krone.

North Central College Founders Award: Katherine Krone and Brady Lenox.

North Central College Grant: Katherine Krone and Zach Jones.

North Central College Honor Scholarship and Alumni Referral Reward: Zach Jones and Brady Lenox.

Northern Illinois University Centennial Scholarship: Brian Haan.

Sauk Valley Community College Sauk Scholars Award: John Alls, Maurelle Behrens, Vanessa Kitsmiller, Elizabeth McKee, Ashley Meenen, and Nicole Tupper.

Sauk Valley Community College Basketball Scholarship: Bailey Schrader.

Sauk Valley Community College Cross-Country Scholarship: Bailie Smith and Justin Hunter.

Sauk Valley Community College Softball Scholarship: Jenny Lawson.

Sauk Valley Community College Volleyball Scholarship: Chelsi Blair.

St. Ambrose University Academic Scholarship: Ciara Dickson.

University of Dubuque Honors Scholarship: Jordan Reynolds.

Wartburg College Regents Scholarship and Wartburg College Grants: Katelyn Scott.

Western Illinois University Commitment Scholarship: Shaylee Stoner.

American Red Cross Young Minds Change Lives Educational Scholarship: Chelsi Blair and Katherine Krone.

AXA Achievement Community Scholarship: Michaela Spreier.

Bi County Foundation Scholarship: Chelsi Blair and Katie Wright.

Bill Brelsfoard Memorial Scholarship: Samantha Butts.

Bill G. McKinnis Scholarship: Dallas Clevenger.

Brother and Sister

Scholarship: in Memory of Ralph Robert (Tom) Zigler: Beatriz Estrella.

Illinois Guard Grant and Montgomery GI Bill: Albert Cook, Adryan Lattimer Bales, Justin Stastny, and Jordan Stark.

Jessica Coleman Strader Scholarship, Sterling Rotary Thurlow Wyne Scholarship, Whiteside County Medical Association Margaret Roache Fund Scholarship, Ann N. Perkins Memorial Scholarship, and Whiteside County Medical Society Scholarship: Maurelle Behrens.

Logan Family Scholarship: Maurelle Behrens and Vanessa Kitsmiller.

Marion Connelly Kiwanis Scholarship: Beatriz Estrella.

Project Strive Scholarship: Emily Kitsmiller, Ciara Dickson, Morgan Pope, Bailie Smith, Terrisa Willett, Destiny Dahler, Deja Coulter, and Miranda Williams.

Ray Deibert Memorial Education Scholarship: Rock Falls Ground, Water, Electric Department Scholarship and Rock Falls High School Education Association Student of the Year: Morgan Folgers.

Rock Falls American Legion Post Unit 902 Auxiliary: Maurelle Behrens, Chelsi Blair, Morgan Folgers, Katherine Krone, and Michaela Spreier.

Rock Falls American Legion Riders Post 902: Maurelle Behrens and Elizabeth McKee. Rock Falls FFA Scholarship: Dallas Clevenger, Matthew Long, and Nicole Tupper.

Rock Falls High School Character Education Scholarship: Morgan Folgers, Katherine Krone, Sin Ngai, Maurelle Behrens, and Elizabeth McKee. Rock Falls High School Education Association Scholarship: Chelsi Blair and Morgan Folgers.

Rock Falls High School Class of 1974 Scholarship: Chelsi Blair and Car-

los Rodriguez.

Rock Falls Optimist Club Scholarship: Maurelle Behrens, Chelsi Blair, Brittany Bohlken, Kobe Conklin, Beatriz Estrella, Morgan Folgers, Aaron Frank, Vanessa Kitsmiller, Katherine Krone, Brady Lenox, Latesha Lee, Carmina Lopez, Hannah Lutz, Collin Marcum, Ashley Meenen, Sin Ngai, Jennifer Poci, Michaela Spreier, Nicole Tupper, and Michaela Ward.

Rock Falls Rotary Glenn Coleman and William J. Sowles Scholarship: Chelsi Blair, Morgan Folgers, Sin Ngai, Collin Marcum, and Michaela Spreier.

Rock River Chapter National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Educational Scholarship: Vanessa Kitsmiller.

Royal McCormick Memorial Scholarship and Tyson Fresh Meats Scholarship: Carmina Lopez.

Sterling American Legion Post 296 Scholarship: Maurelle Behrens and Carmina Lopez.

Sterling Moose Family Center 726 Scholarship, in Memory of Glenn Freas: Vanessa Kitsmiller.

Sterling Rock Falls Community Trust General Fund Scholarship: Beatriz Estrella, Latehsa Lee, Carmina Lopez, Elizabeth McKee, Nicole Tupper, Michaela Ward, Maurelle Behrens, Vanessa Kitsmiller, Jennifer Poci, and Aaron Frank.

Sterling Rock Falls Community Trust Home Hospital Scholarship: Maurelle Behrens, Vanessa Kitsmiller, and Jennifer Poci.

Sterling Rock Falls Community Trust Clement Hey Memorial Scholarship: Collin Marcum and Michaela Spreier.

Sterling Rock Falls Elks Lodge 1218, in memory of Donald Stachowiak: Maurelle Behrens and Ashley Meenen.

Steve Dew Memorial

Scholarship: Dallas Clevenger and Matthew Long.

Student Athlete Leader Scholarship: Dallas Clevenger and Jacob Mammosser.

Whiteside Area Career Center Clarence Brown Scholarship: Maurelle Behrens and Brooke Clayton.

WACC Allied Health Student of the Year: Morgan Pope.

WACC Building Trades Student of the Year: Bailee Rosalaz.

Whiteside County Retired Teachers Scholarship: Chelsi Blair.

Non-monetary Awards Three by Four: (participated in three sports for 4 years): Dylan Abrams, Chelsi Blair, Dallas Clevenger, Jacob Mammosser, Bailie Smith, and Nicole Tupper.

All-State Recognition: Brian Haan, choir.

All-Around Seniors of the Year Award and American Legion Award: Morgan Folgers and Collin Marcum.

Army Scholar Athlete Award: Morgan Folgers and Jacob Mammosser.

American Legion Honorable Mention: Aaron Frank and Sin Ngai.

Booster Club Senior Plaque: Chelsi Blair, Morgan Folgers, Bailie Smith, Michaela Ward, Matthew Long, Jacob Mammosser, Jenny Lawson, Ashley Meenen, Jacob Seidel, Brady Lenox, Jennifer Poci, Azmavette Cid, Alexis Ewald, Lukas Pounders, Bailey Schrader, Elizabeth McKee, Peyton Milne, Katherine Krone, Michaela Spreier, Nicole Tupper, Matthew Mammosser, Dylan Abrams, Maurelle Behrens, Morgan Near, Carrigan Chouinard, Dallas Clevenger, Morgan Pope, Tanner Dean, Latesha Lee, and Terrisa Willett.

Illinois State Scholars: John Alls, Aaron Frank, Katherine Krone, Matthew Long, Collin Marcum. Katelyn Scott, Michaela Spreier, and

Justin Stastny.

Junior Optimist Club Members: Alexis Arrezola, Britany Bohlken, Gabriela Duz, Carmina Lopez, Hannah Lutz, Sin Ngai, Maurelle Behrens, Kobe Conklin, Beatriz Estrella, Morgan Folgers, and Michaela Spreier.

Marine Corps Distinguished Semper Fidelis Award: Brian Haan.

Paulette Chattic Award: Dallas Clevenger.

Prairie State Achievement Awards: Alex Finke, Morgan Folgers, Aaron Frank, Katherine Krone, Jacob Mammosser, Collin Marcum, Brandon Martenson, Ashley Meenen, Lukas Pounders, Michaela Spreier, and Justin Stastny.

Rock Falls High School Booster Club Male Award: Jacob Mammosser.

Rock Falls High School Education Association Student of the Month, September through May: Collin Marcum, Morgan Folgers, Michaela Spreier, Aaron Frank, Sin Ngai, Michaela Ward, Katherine Krone, Carmina Lopez, and Chelsi Blair.

Senior B.L.I.N.D. (Building Lasting Impressions That Never Die) Leaders: Maurelle Behrens, Carrigan Chouinard, Brooke Clayton, Kobe Conklin, Robert Delgado, Beatriz Estrella, Morgan Folgers, Charlotte Hendrix, Brodie Henson, Katherine Krone, Latesha Lee, Carmina Lopez, Ashley Meenen, Sin Ngai, Jennifer Poci, Carlos Rodriguez, and Michaela Spreier.

Senior B.L.A.S.T. (Blended Learning to Advance Student Thinking) Leaders: Alexis Arrezola, Sin Ngai, and Kobe Conklin.

Top Ten Seniors: Aaron Frank, Morgan Folgers, Vanessa Kitsmiller, Katherine Krone, Collin Marcum, Elizabeth McKee, Sin Ngai, Michaela Spreier, Nicole Tupper, and Michaela Ward.

JUNIOR STEWARDS

Several teams attended the FAA state convention in June in Springfield. West Carroll High School Novice Parliamentary team members from Savanna are (from left): Dean Holm, Sage Storjohann, Ethan Reiland, Katie Hoffman, Shae Williams, Emma Aljets, Leland Houzenga, and Legend Nelson. Photo submitted by Don Mathey.

Junior Stewards of the Upper Mississippi River Refuge met June 6 in Thomson. Sophia Guenzler, a sixth-grade student of Savanna, reported that the group watched a video about invasive species, including lamprey – bloodsucker of the sea, garlic mustard, silver carp, and fish hook flea. They also played a game and went to the prairie to dig out invasive species, such as alfalfa and sweet clover.

Photo submitted by Pam Steinhaus.

IN BRIEF Cover cropping course offered

plots. Guests will be transported by tour wagons.

For more information, SHABBONA – “Succontact Russ Higgins at cessful Cover Cropping in Northern Illinois” will be rahiggin@illinois.edu or presented from 9 a.m. to call 815-274-1343. noon Wednesday at the Northern Illinois AgronMHS student omy Research Center, earns scholarship 14509 University Road.

MILLEDGEVILLE – Alan Register at edu/bdo or call the Sycamore Exten- Osterhaus of Unit District 399-FFA, Milledgeville, has sion office at 815-758been awarded a $1,000 8194.

KenAg Inc. Scholarship.

Agronomy Day will be He plans to study at the July 9, also at the center.

University of Wisconsin – The day begins at 9 a.m.

Platteville. and will conclude with a free meal. Certified Crop Adviser and Continuing Applications for Educational Units will be hunting available available.

Weather permitting, pre- The U.S. Fish and Wildsentations will take place life Service has released outside, next to research the final Prospectus and

Invitation for Applications to Conduct Commercial Waterfowl Hunting Guide Services on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge in Thomson.

The prospectus will govern the commercial waterfowl hunt guiding program on the refuge.

The information is available at fws.gov/refuge/ upper_mississippi_river/, call 507-452-4232, email timothy_yager@fws.gov, or at the district office at 7071 Riverview Road, Thomson, IL 61285.

Prospective guides have until July 17 to submit their applications for the 20152016 hunting season.

Application forms and requirements are contained within the final prospectus.

West Carroll team competes at state SAVANNA – The West Carroll High School FFA Novice Parliamentary Procedure Team attended the June 9 Illinois State FFA Novice Parliamentary Procedure contest at the 87th Illinois FFA State Convention in Springfield.

The team took fifth place with a score of 596.

Members are Katie Hoffman, chairman; Emma Aljets, secretary; and Shae Williams, Ethan Reiland, Leland Houzenga, and Dean Holm, floor members.

Hoffman placed fourth as chairman, while Aljets placed fourth as a secretary.

A parliamentary pro-

cedure contest consists of members completing a 25-question multiple choice test, doing a 10-minute demonstration using parliamentary motions, and answering questions about the motions used in the demonstration.

There are 320 FFA chapters in the state.

Submitted photos cleanup Photos submitted for SV Weekend and Celebrations have been accumulating for several years, and those who brought them into the office have not come back to pick them up. Due to space restrictions, the stored photos will be purged on July 15.

Please pick up your photos before that time if you want them back.

Allow time to search our cartons.

The photos are not in any particular order.

For more information, call 815-625-3600, ext. 5575 or 5530;815-284-2222, ext. 5575 or 5530; or 815-284-2224.

The offices are at 113 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon; and 3200 E. Lincolnway, Sterling.

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Interest-only mortgages bad idea Interest-only mortgages OK?

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Ken DeLeon (right) is shown with his espresso cart operated by Marcos Mancilla during a brokers tour of a College Terrace home he is selling on May 15 in Palo Alto, California.

Agent: Take risks, go for it

Don’t Be Afraid To Say No Sunday, June 28, 2015 Your empathy and intuition will make what you have to offer appealing. Your sympathy for those in unfortunate circumstances will have a calming effect on everyone.

The more organizations you become involved with, the more you will accomplish. An important relationship will grow stronger.

Ken DeLeon Family: Father of four, divorced Home: Lives in a 5,500-square-foot house on 1.65 acres in Palo Alto, Calif.

Origins: Grew up in a 1,500-square-foot ranch house in South Florida Parents: His father, Morris “M.J.” DeLeon, taught math at Florida Atlantic University and his mother, Barbara DeLeon, was auditor for the city of Pompano Beach, Florida; his high school friend, Curt Sramek – now the construction consulseat as the drug-addled driver attacked him throughout a wild 3-mile ride that made the national news.

Then in 2007, DeLeon underwent treatment for lymphoma after doctors found a softball-sized tumor lodged at the base of his spine. He endured 5 months of chemotherapy and radiation. Doctors now consider him cured.

Driving through the Palo Alto hills in his Rolls on a recent morning, pointing out this and that estate that he has sold, DeLeon laughs it off: “Anyone can have one tragedy – but to have three? Now that’s a mensch!”

Active as a motivational speaker, he will roll up a pant leg to reveal his scars: “Five dollars to touch it! Ten dollars to kiss it!”

The humor has a purpose. Whether speaking to real estate agents or Palo Alto High School students, DeLeon disarms his listeners while urging them to throw off self-imposed limits, take risks, identify their passions and go for it. An unusual mix of hard-core businessman and New Age self-actualizer, he tells them to “embrace their inner greatness” and “optimize” their lives – the mathematical concept of optimization being an obsession since his college days as a math and economics major.

“I’m totally free,” he says. “Because I’ve been so close to death, I’ve stopped caring what other people think of me, and people are drawn to that.” He claims not to be motivated by money: “The irony is, when you don’t care about the money, the money comes in.”

That house in Los Altos, by the way, drew multiple offers and quickly sold for $6,549,000 – more than $1 million over the asking price.

A divorced father of

tant to DeLeon Realty – remembers that “Ken and his dad would sit around and listen to the radio, doing math proofs together. This is how they passed the time.”

Education: Math and economics major at the University of California, Santa Barbara, class of 1995; graduated from UC Berkeley School of Law in 1998 His memoirs: In progress, with two working titles, “Why Bad Things Happen to Sexy People” and “An Optimized Life.” four, DeLeon lives in a 5,500-square-foot house in Palo Alto where he lately has been polishing his memoirs: the accident, law school in Berkeley, a 2-year stint with the Silicon Valley law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he honed his negotiating skills. But he was bored: “In law, I knew what every day would be.”

He got into real estate in 2002 and founded DeLeon Realty in December 2011 with six employees.

He now has 40 and owns the company outright: “I get all the commissions, but I bear all the risk.”

And he says that if he were to lose everything, he would “be fine with it.

I’m actually a fairly simple guy. I don’t need a lot.”

He works at the office most nights until 9 or 10 o’clock, but he clears time on Wednesdays and weekends for his children.

In the next breath, he talks about expanding into real estate development and, conceivably, lending. He even sees the dance floor as an environment ripe for optimization.

DeLeon recalls a night 20 years ago at a Boca Raton club when he hesitated before heading out onto the empty floor, because he was “doing a pro-con analysis. The pro was, ‘I’m kind of a funny dancer. I’ve got a lot of speed and I can get the energy going.’ The con was, ‘Am I being selfish by imposing my dancing on everyone in the club?’

“And while I was doing the analysis, this meathead got up there and tore his shirt off, and you could feel the whole energy level of the club just drop. And I realized that by overdoing my pro-con analysis, I abdicated my responsibility by not going up there and giving it my energy and taking it to the next level. It really was an epiphany for me. It’s my duty to be up there.”

Dear Dale, An interest-only mortgage is just what it sounds like. You’re paying only the interest on the loan, and none of what you actually owe. It’s a good way to stay in debt for the rest of your life, so they’re not a good idea.

Lots of people look at this product and say, “Wow, I’ll get a lower monthly payment, and

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Ken DeLeon (standing) leads a sales team meeting that includes Tabitha Huang (left), Alexander Wang and Lin-Lin Tsou-Otani on May 15 in Palo Alto.

Dear Dave, Can you explain interest-only mortgages? Are they a good idea?

– Dale

Last, don’t ever get caught up in the credit card trap. Your income is your greatest wealthbuilding tool, so why would you want to take a chance on wrecking your future by sending everything you make to some bank? Live on less than you make, and live by a written, monthly budget.

I think you’ve got a really bright future ahead, Cary.

Just remember to have a plan, pile up some cash, and stay away from debt.

– Dave

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Though New York and Los Angeles agents have since claimed the top spot, DeLeon and his team at DeLeon Realty, his Palo Alto-based agency, continue to sell homes by the boatload: $202 million in 2012, $334 million in 2013, $558 million in 2014. He predicts sales of more than $600 million this year, along with a return to the No. 1 or 2 spot in the nation.

The son of a math professor, he talks about algorithms, data analysis and his agency’s ability to guide clients to surprising deals in hot neighborhood pockets with high projected appreciation.

His agency, which he likens to a startup, aims to be a one-stop shop, with in-house consultants on construction and renovation, interior design, estate planning and tax law.

Focused on the valley’s core – Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View – he discusses preparations for a northward expansion through the Peninsula, the area separating the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean, and eventually on to San Francisco, as if it were a military campaign.

An attorney, he has advertised his properties on the Golf Channel and once posed as a member of the Village People in a twopage newspaper spread.

He takes his techie clients clubbing in San Francisco and enjoys being first out on the dance floor.

“He cuts through all the noise,” says Julie Ray, a Coldwell Banker agent on the Peninsula. She recalls an open house where DeLeon drove up with his “SXYRLTR” (for “Sexy Realtor”) license plate and began juggling doughnut holes, catching them in his mouth, a virtuoso act. But there also was the negotiation where he scaled back, listened quietly to all the parties and “just purred like a cat” while dialing in the deal.

His presence can be hard to match: “It’s not that other people don’t do what he does,” says David Barca, Pacific Union’s vice president in charge of Silicon Valley, who admires DeLeon’s imagination and marketing savvy. “Other people do almost exactly the same thing, but they’re just not putting it out there in the same way.”

Against this backdrop of success, DeLeon has a made-for-the-movies history of tragedies from which he has rebounded.

He was 15 when his older sister and only sibling – Jane, who helped raise him in Boca Raton, Fla. – committed suicide in 1987.

In 1998, while out for a walk with his father in Boca Raton, he was nearly killed by a car that jumped the curb at an estimated 40 to 45 miles per hour. The bones in DeLeon’s right leg and arm were shattered. He was thrown through the same car’s windshield and into the passenger

then I can throw tons of cash at the principal.”

Guess what? In most cases it doesn’t work out that way. Why not take out a good 15-year fixed rate mortgage and put a bunch of money toward the principal? Everyone thinks they have a great idea for tricking the system. But the only system that really works is to pay off debt as quickly as you can.

Interest-only mortgages are like adjustable rate mortgages and high fixed-rate mortgages – they’re good things to stay away from completely!

– Dave

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Your sociable mood will make you want to be around those who share your background and appreciate your special talents. Your liveliness and sense of fun will ensure a wonderful time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Keep busy with physical challenges and activities. Home improvements, gardening or a nature walk will help to dispel the anxiety and frustration you have been dealing with lately.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) -- A friend or colleague will ask you for advice with a personal problem. Your experience and patience will be needed to find a resolution that satisfies everyone.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Don’t let anyone take ad-

vantage of you. Being easygoing is commendable, but you will become frustrated if you are taken for granted. Don’t be afraid to say no.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) -- Being too forthcoming with your opinions will lead to trouble. If you don’t want to cause a rift in a happy relationship, keep your opinions a secret.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Emotional matters will be overwhelming. A frank discussion with whomever you are having issues with is the best way to clear the air. Be direct and honest for best results.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Take your time before you make a hasty decision. You will be overly sensitive and will take other people’s problems on as your own. Be aware of what is best for you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) -- Don’t be hesitant to let others know what you are thinking.

Those who come to you for help or advice will appreciate your innovative suggestions and solutions.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Someone from your past will come to mind or back into your life.

Becoming too chummy with a colleague will jeopardize your position. Someone will try to use your words against you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Your easygoing manner and natural charm will put you in the spotlight. An evening out with friends will help you unwind and put your troubles out of mind. Avoid lending or borrowing.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) -- You may not be aware of the strong influence that you have on others. You will be admired for your determination and willingness to fight for the underdog. Your popularity will grow.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- If you are dissatisfied with your life, check out interests that you find appealing. A change at home or work will motivate you to try to do your best.

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RELAY FOR LIFE

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Pizza Hut in Rock Falls had a 2-day fundraiser for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Whiteside County. Mario Olade, manager, posted awareness information about Relay For Life and donated 20 percent of food purchases back to the event. Photos submitted by Betty Clementz.

Rock Falls Rotary members awarded scholarships to Rock Falls High School seniors at a recent meeting.

With Bob Sondgeroth, youth chairman, are (from left) Collin Marcum, Morgan Folgers, Michaela Spreier, and Lilly Ngai. Not pictured is Chelsi Blair. Selection was based on a submitted essay on the values of volunteerism and service to the community. Photo submitted by Betty Clementz.

ST. VINCENT DEPAUL

Ed Schmitt of Rock Falls hands the keys to his 1999 Chevy Blazer to Don McKeel. Schmitt and his wife donated the truck to the St. Vincent de Paul Society National Vehicle Donation Program. Insurance Auto Auctions out of Davenport, Iowa, picked it up Friday. Photo submitted.

RIBBON CUTTING A stamp cancellation of Relay For Life 2015 is available at Rock Falls Post Office, 210 Second Ave. Darla Rangel, postmaster, hand-cancelled a letter with the imprint in commemoration of the 20th annual Relay For Life of Whiteside County on June 13. Handstamped cancellations will be available to those with any first class mail item through July 13 at the post office.

IN BRIEF Canines, owners, needed for program STERLING – CGH Health Foundation and CGH Auxiliary are recruiting well-trained, wellmannered dogs, and their humans, for its Love on a Leash Animal-assisted Therapy Program.

The goal of the program is for therapy dogs and their owners to visit the hospital to bring comfort to patients, helping reduce stress and pain levels, while improving patient, staff communication.

Go to cghmc.com/dogs to download an application; telephone screenings for those who meet the requirements for temperament testing will follow. Tests will be given from 5:30 to 7 p.m. July 15 at Ryberg Auditorium, 110 E. LeFevre Road.

Dogs (and their owners) that pass temperament testing must commit to attend a mandatory training program Oct. 10 and 11 at the hospital. During this training, mock and trainer-supervised patient visits and a briefing on hospital policies and infection control practices will prepare teams for hospital visits.

To be considered, dogs must be at least 1 year old; sit, down, stay, and recall on command; walk loosely on a leash without pulling; get along well with other dogs; perform required commands without treats; like people; not be overly vocal; free of skin problems; and current on all vaccinations.

For more information,

call Deb Keaschall, auxiliary coordinator, at 815625-0400, ext. 5727.

Dixonite to head Iowa living center CLINTON, Iowa – Prairie Hills Senior Living has named Ryan Stephenitch of Dixon as executive director.

He will be responsible for day-to-day operation.

He previously worked as a hospice representative and as a medical sales director.

Prairie Hills, 1701 13th Ave., offers studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, weekly housekeeping services, social activities, and group and Ryan independent Stephenitch dining.

The community is operated by Provision Living LLC.

Uneek Perspective, an aerial photography and videograph business in Sterling, recently joined the Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. At the ceremony are (in no particular order) Drew Wilkins, owner; Raina Wilkins; Scott Schunaro, Sterling city manager; and SVACC ambassadors and board of director members. For more information, call 815-493-5292. Photo submitted by the chamber.

ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA

SVACC hires new employee Brenda Van Horn has joined the Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce as a financial specialist.

In addition to the financial duties at the chamber, she will be the office manager Brenda Van Horn and assist in marketing.

She had been a accounting and office manager at a Dixon business before joining the chamber.

Prophetstown Royal Neighbors of America recently met at Niccoli’s Restaurant in Prophetstown. Those attending brought in a jar of creamy peanut butter and grape jelly to help the United Way of Whiteside County Let’s Feed the Children Program. The group also voted to donate $50 to the cause. With the food are (seated, from left) Esther Kuelper, Betty Dennis, and Gladys Swanson; and (standing) Alice Manon, Mary Church, Terry Gaskill, Anna Mae Johnson, Shelly Jaquet, Kathy Raser, and Connie Murphy. Photo submitted by Gaskill.

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Brrr-eautiful Iceland’s Westfjords is a land of wonder and sweeping vistas

Several homes and farms in Akureyri overlook the blue Eyjafjordur fjord, the longest in Iceland and popular for whale-watching.

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BY MOLLY BORN Tribune News Service

t’s hard to say what’s a greater wonder: The remote treasures of this country’s northwest region, or the fact that so few tourists ever visit.

It takes an adventurous spirit and a bit of planning to map out this road trip to the upper reaches of the planet, a roughly 6-hour drive from the Nordic island country’s capital, Reykjavik, but the reward is an endless and largely isolated panorama of nature easily accessible by car only part of the year.

My beau, Dillon, our friend, Justin, and I visited the Westfjords last month, just before the start of the summer season when snow and ice patches still covered some roads and a few remained impassable.

After 3 days in Reykjavik, our rental arrived: an SUV with four-wheel drive and snow tires with studs for extra traction.

The guy who handed us the keys asked where we were headed and looked dubious when we answered. A friend who visited Iceland suggested we download an app that would alert authorities in case of emergency and confessed she was worried we weren’t prepared.

Maybe we didn’t know exactly what we were getting into. But, we thought, if growing up in West Virginia taught us anything, it ought to be how to drive in snow.

Only 14 percent of summer travelers and roughly 6 percent of winter travelers to Iceland visit the Westfjords. Following Route 61 north as it wrapped around one fjord after another revealed sprawling farms and redroofed churches dotting the treeless landscape.

Snow-streaked cliffs rose out on either side of the fjords’ blue waters. Along the side of the road, manmade stone piles, known as cairn, help fellow travelers know they’re on the right path.

In Isafjordur, the peninsula’s largest town with 2,600 residents, we dined on the catch of the day and a heaping portion of curry-flavored seafood soup in a window seat overlooking the mountains. Two daily flights connect the town to Reykjavik, and ferries to the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve on Iceland’s

Dynjandi, which means “thunderous” in Icelandic, is one of the country’s most powerful waterfalls. It is one of a series of seven that spans nearly 330 feet.

Where to stay My crew booked all Airbnb apartments and one (incredible) micro house, all reasonably priced when split three ways. Most places included linens, towels, Wi-Fi, free parking, a kitchen or kitchenette and other amenities. Hostels and familyowned “guesthouses” might be cheaper options.

Getting around We rented our SUV through Reykjavik Cars. If you think you may travel on any unpaved roads, gravel insurance (yes, this exists) and a GPS are musts. You might be able to use your own navigation system – just make sure to first download any updates required for international travel before your trip. Friends who recently roadtripped around Iceland also recommended Happy Campers, a camper van rental company. Gas stations are usually pay-at-the-pump and don’t always have an attendant. American debit and credit cards should work at most pumps. The website Road.is has up-to-date travel conditions; avoid the routes marked “impassable.” Trust me.

Where to eat Food and alcohol, like everything in Iceland, is expensive. If you’re on a budget, find a grocery store and pick up some cheap options for breakfast and lunch or pack some in your luggage. Buy booze at the duty-free shop in the airport. Stateowned liquor stores called “Vinbuoin” also sell wine, spirits and beer. When you’re ready to splurge, though, don’t miss the hearty, curry-flavored seafood soup at Husid in Isafjordur. northernmost peninsula leave daily from Isafjordur in the summer.

The next day, we had the option of heading back the way we came or exploring the southern parts of the fjords, where the road conditions were said to be less favorable.

The lure of the powerful waterfall Dynjandi and tales of geothermal hot springs so remote you have to ask for directions drew us south.

This stretch along the fjords proved more treacherous. At one point as we climbed, the scene was almost totally white, with mountains of untouched snow and a milky sky interrupted only by the occasional power line.

Alarmingly, the path began to blend into our surroundings, too. Occasionally a giant plow truck would hug the side of the road to allow us passage.

During one whiteknuckle ascent, a wall of packed snow maybe 10 feet high towered to our right and a steep slope lay perilously close on the left.

There were few guard rails.

Neither was the way back a breeze. We crept down, and as the ocean came into view, we met a sedan (a sedan!) charging up the mountain – likely a local accustomed to these serpentine roads.

When we rounded another fjord and saw Dynjandi in the distance, we exploded in laughter. From our view, it appeared completely still.

We’d come so far for what looked to be a frozen waterfall. What we actually found was a spectacular series of waterfalls that spilled into one another.

The hike to the base of still partially frozen Dynjandi – “thunderous” in Icelandic – offered a stun-

ning view of the falls and the vastness of the fjord.

We settled on one more stop during our long drive to Holmavik. A tour guide we met in Isafjordur suggested a small hot spring near Hotel Flokalundur, a few minutes’ drive from the ferry to Flatey Island, the largest in a group of islands off the southern coast of the Westfjords. Only in researching for this piece did I discover this spot actually had a name: Hellulaug Hot Spring.

The hotel was closed for the off-season, so we asked a pair of construction workers for directions.

A quarter-mile away we found a parking lot, and tucked into a cliff, a pool of water heated naturally by the earth, overlooking the ocean. Markedly different from the Myvatn Nature Baths we would visit later in our trip and

A statue of Icelandic explorer Leif Erikson sits before the stunning Hallgrimskirkja Lutheran Church in the capital Reykjavik. the Blue Lagoon, a popular hot spring for tourists near Reykjavik, this felt like our own private hot spring without another person in sight for miles.

While sparsely populated, the Westfjords is home to some of the kindest people we’ve met as tourists, and there’s no better example than Siggi, who we found unloading his snowmobile along the main road in Holmavik, a town of roughly 400 people.

We stopped to ask him if he knew someplace we could buy a few beers, knowing we’d arrived long past last call and after the state-owned liquor store had closed. He had kind eyes and said he had a few beers at home and invited us to follow him to his place up the hill. We tagged along, and he reached in his truck, handed us a plastic bag with three tall-boys and went inside to fetch two bottles. We offered to pay him, but he wouldn’t take a cent.

“I hope you enjoy Iceland,” he said with a smile.

The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft in Holmavik was our last stop in the Westfjords before heading east to Akureyri. Its website bills it as the “Home of the Necropants,” but it’s much more than that macabre title would suggest.

The small museum, opened in 2000, traces the country’s history of the occult and memorializes those accused of practicing it. During the 17th century, 21 men and one woman accused of witchcraft were burned at the stake. One such practice, according to Icelandic legend, involved skinning a dead man from the waist down and placing a coin in the scrotum. Whoever wore these “necropants” would be wealthy for life.

A large map on the wall donned push pins marking the hometowns of the museum’s international visitors. Pittsburgh was already accounted for, but we added one for our home state, too.

It was amazing to realize that we were among the first West Virginians to visit this museum, but that only confirmed what we had already discovered about this rarely visited part of Iceland.

As a friend who recently visited put it: “It’s just you and miles upon miles of unbelievably gorgeous landscape, so untouched that it feels like you are the first human to ever lay eyes on it.” She was referring to Iceland as a whole, but it embodied the Westfjords in particular, a place where the world feels like only yours, even if for a moment.

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RELAY FOR LIFE

The 20th annual Relay For Life of Whiteside County was June 13 at Westwood Sports Complex in Sterling. The relay is held to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones, and fight back against the disease. Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois and Relay volunteers carried the 24-by 24-foot flag, as Maddie Geil sang the National Anthem during the opening ceremony. The Rev. Robert Burton of Morrison Bethesda Lutheran Church gave the opening prayer, and the Clinton High School cheerleaders from Iowa performed. There were 29 teams from the Whiteside County area that gathered, with more than 500 participants taking turns walking the track. Music, food, and activities also were part of the event. More than $110,000 has been raised so far in Whiteside County. Teams still can turn in money to American Cancer Society, 4312 East St., Rockford, IL 61108. The Relay planning committee has 23 members from Whiteside County. Photo submitted.

IN BRIEF FSA reporting deadlines near

Properties sold will be subject to the 2016 real estate taxes. Tax payments on the AMBOY – The U.S. Depart- purchased parcels will be ment of Agriculture reminds due in summer 2017. producers to formally enroll The required minimum bid in the Agriculture Risk Cover- is $661 per item. All items will age and Price Loss Coverbe sold to the highest sealed age programs for 2014 and bid received. Complete bid2015. The enrollment period der’s packets and sale cataends Sept. 30. logs are available at the treaCounty FSA offices are prosurer’s office, Woodhaven cessing acreage reports for Lakes, 507 La Moille Road, crops planted in 2015. The Lee County office is delaying Sublette, or at iltaxsale.com online. the ARC, PLC enrollment process until after the July 15 crop reporting deadline Area farm earns due to limited staffing. About 960 farms have filed acreage centennial status reports out of 2,290 estabSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois lished farms in Lee County.

Department of Agriculture The ARC program is has designated the Don and dependent on the current Nola Colwell farm in Franklin acreage reports reflectGrove a Centennial Farm. ing applicable crop shares To qualify, a straight or colfor the enrolled year. Farm lateral line of descendants records are up-to-date for must own the agricultural the 2014 crop year. To facilitate the 2015 program year, property for at least 100 farmers need to report any years. changes to pertinent farm Centennial Farm owners structure, including ownerreceive outdoor display sigship, acreage, and or opera- nage and a certificate signed tor changes. by the governor and director Farmers also should report of agriculture. They also are any farm which needs to recognized on Agriculture be transferred to another Day at the state fair. county, before filing acreage reports, if the farm is enrolled in the 2015 ARC/PLC proRochelle school gram. in grant contest For more information, contact the Lee County ROCHELLE – Rochelle FSA office in Amboy at 815- Consolidated Community 857-3621, ext. 2; the Carroll School District 231 is a finalCounty office in Mount Carist in this year’s America’s roll, 815-244-8732, ext. 2; or Farmers Grow Rural Educavisit fsa.usda.gov, the FSA tion Program, sponsored by national website. the Monsanto Fund.

Grants of $10,000 and FMLA highlight $25,000 will be awarded throughout the state. of July meeting Earlier this year, farmers DIXON – The annual sumnominated their local public mer seminar for Rock River school districts to apply for Human Resource Profesgrants. sional Association will be Once nominated, school from 8 a.m. to noon July 14 districts were eligible to comin Room 1K4 at Sauk Valley plete applications requesting Community College, 173 funding for a specific math state Route 2.

James Pirages of Hinshaw or science project that will Law will give a presentation enhance curriculum in their on the Family Medical Leave district.

Act, and Jonathan Eiser Finalist applications will be of Perspectives will lead a reviewed and selected by workshop on multigenerathe Grow Rural Education tional workplaces.

Farmer Advisory Council, A session for networking made up of farmers from with other participants also across the country. The winwill take place. ners will be announced in The cost is $15, payable early August. at the door or by mailing to Go to AmericasFarmers.

RRHRPA, P.O. Box 962, com for a list of finalists and Dixon, IL 61021. past grant winners.

Advance registration is requested at rrhrpa@gmail. com. Include name, employ- 4-H’ers to view er, job position, and phone animal projects number.

CHADWICK – Chadwick Achievers met June 3.

New business included discussion on the July 29 DIXON – Lee County, as fairground cleanup night, trustee, has 13 properties followed by pizza for all delinquent for 2011, and earvolunteers. Registration for lier real estate taxes, available 4-H fair projects are due for a sealed-bid auction.

Wednesday.

All sealed bids must be in For the July 15 meeting, the the Lee County Treasurer’s office, 112 E. Second St., by club will travel to the homes of animal project members July 10. Hours are 8 a.m. to to view and ask questions on 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. the care of their animals.

Bids sought for real estate auction

County judge earns recognition OREGON – Ogle County Associate Judge Kathleen Kauffmann was honored by her coworkers at an appreciation dinner April 29 at Focus House in Rochelle.

Kathleen She was Kauffmann recognized for her dedication and leadership to improve the lives of court-involved individuals, their families, and the community of Ogle County.

“Collaboration is critical to the ongoing suc-

cess of communitybased programming,” Kauffmann said.

“For it is the community which benefits when an offender has been held accountable and received assistance and treatment, just as it is the community that suffers if this does not occur.”

Kauffmann graduated from Northern Illinois University School of Law. She was appointed as an associate circuit judge in Ogle County in January 2003.

She was an assistant state’s attorney in Ogle

and DeKalb counties from 1991 through 1997.

In the fall 1997, she began a solo practice in Ogle County concentrating on family law and criminal defense.

During her private practice, she was a city prosecutor for Byron, and later served as a contract public defender for Ogle County.

For many years, she presided in juvenile court (both delinquency and child protection) and drug court, as well as a variety of other calls including dissolution, custody cases, preliminary hearings, and

criminal misdemeanor jury trials. She now is primarily assigned to domestic relations, hearing family dissolution and custody cases.

She has served on the Illinois Judicial Conference Committee on Education since 2006, currently as co-chairwoman of the 2016 Judicial Education Conference, and as chairwoman of the Illinois Judicial Benchbook on Domestic Violence.

The award was presented by the Honorable John B. Roe and Eric Morrow, Ogle County State’s Attorney

Day of Caring volunteers needed DIXON – United Way of Lee County’s inaugural Community Wide Day of Caring is Aug. 15.

The day was established to provide community members the opportunity to work together and make a difference in the community, while promoting volunteerism within Lee County.

Volunteers will be teamed up with nonprofit agencies in Lee County that are in need of hands-on assistance for a specific project.

Committee members are Tim Broos, Sam Ramirez, Sarah Partington, Ruth Senn, Mike Smith, Renee Ryan, Carolina Vitale, Kayla Halfacre, Debmitra Das, Nichole Becker, Kelly Shroyer, Willie Wierman, Jodi Murdock, and Jenny Koch, United Way Lee County executive director.

Teams will start the day with breakfast at the KSB Town Square Centre upper deck.

They will receive a T-shirt and sack lunch

before proceeding to their assigned location.

Projects have been scheduled with Kreider, Goodfellows of Lee County, Lee County Council on Aging, Habitat for Humanity, Hospice of the Rock River Valley, Lutheran Social Services, Bright Beginnings, and United Way of Lee County.

The projects will take about 4 to 5 hours to complete. Tasks will include building, painting, cleaning, and organizing.

“Day of Caring is the perfect event to kick off our campaign season ,which begins in September each year,” said Koch.

“The event brings to light all of the wonderful services, programs and agencies United Way partners with in our community.”

For more information, to volunteer or for project sign-up forms, contact Koch at 815284-3339 or visit unitedwayofleecounty.org to download forms.

Committee election process to start SPRINGFIELD – The nomination period for area Farm Service Agency county committees began June 15.

To be eligible to serve on a FSA county committee, a person must participate or cooperate in an agencyadministered program, be eligible to vote in a county committee election, and reside in the local administrative area where they

are nominated.

Farmers and ranchers may nominate themselves or others. Organizations representing minorities and women also may nominate candidates.

To become a candidate, an eligible individual must sign an FSA-669A nomination form.

Go to fsa.usda.gov/ elections for the form and other information.

Nomination forms must be postmarked or received at the local U.S. Department of Agriculture Service Center by close of business Aug. 3.

FSA will mail election ballots to eligible voters beginning Nov. 9.

Ballots will be due back to the local county office either via mail or in person by Dec. 7.

Newly-elected committee members and

alternates will take office Jan. 1.

FSA county committees make decisions on disaster and conservation programs, emergency programs, commodity price support loan programs, and other agricultural issues.

Members serve 3-year terms.

For more information, contact any local FSA office.

Main Street 50/50 fundraisers underway STERLING – Ticket sales for Sterling Main Street’s annual 50/50 raffle are on sale. A single winner will be drawn at 7:45 p.m. during Sterling Main Street’s annual Music Fest July 25 at the Grandon Civic Center on Fourth St. “Main Street has a number of projects and events underway,” said Janna Groharing, the organization’s executive director.

“Ramping up our fun-

draising efforts for the year is just a part of the process to be able to continue to meet our goals.”

“We had a great response to our raffle last year; we gave away over $800 to one lucky winner, and are hoping to grow the prize fund even larger this year,” said Ed Cox, Main Street’s fundraising chairman.

“We are very proud to be able to say that 100

percent of our fundraising dollars is put back into the community through our activities and events.”

Raffle tickets are $5 each or $20 for five, and are available through July 24 at Sterling Main Street, 117 E. Third St.; Sterling Welcome Center & Gallery, 318 First Ave.; Golden Key Gifts, 702 W. Fourth St.; Showplace Antiques & Treasures, 307 First Ave.; Grummert’s Hard-

ware, 424 Locust St.; and SBM, 501 Locust St. Main Street volunteers will sell tickets at select Movies at Grandon, Sterling Municipal Band concerts, and the Twin City Farmers Market.

Tickets also will be available until 7 p.m. at the July 25 Music Fest.

For more information, contact the Sterling Main Street at sterling mainstreet.org or 815626-8610.

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WORLD WAR II RE-ENACTMENT AT ELKS PAGE PARK

World War Too ABOVE: Re-enactors at Elks Page Park in Dixon finish the opening battle June 20. More than 100 soldiers camped out at the park and presented equipment, strategy and daily life during World War II to visitors.

LEFT: A medical corpsman runs to the spot of an injured soldier.

BELOW-LEFT: An allied soldier is cut down while running for position against the German army.

BOTTOM-LEFT: Historians display equipment used during the time on the fronts. The re-enactors were more than eager to talk and answer questions.

BELOW: Soldiers pull an injured brother out of harm’s way.

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

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C NOTICES IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee under its Trust No. 8002360177, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, No. 2015 CH 9 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court on June 9, 2015, in Rivershore West Condominiums Association v. Chicago Title Land Trust Company as Trustee under its Trust No. 8002360177, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 2015 CH 9, Lee County, Illinois, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Rivershore West Condominiums Association, c/o Ted Hvarrem President; P.O. Box 1142, Dixon, Illinois 61021, (815) 2842850.

(B) The common address of the real estate is 1631 Riverside Circle, Dixon, IL 61021.

The legal description of the real estate is:

The Northerly 22.17 feet of Lot Two Hundred One (201) in Riverside Townhomes,” according to the Plat thereof recorded May 10, 2011 as Document No. 2011002196 in Book “M” of Plats at Page 6 in the office of the Lee County Recorder.

(D)

The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E)

The real estate may not be inspected prior to sale.

(F)

The time and place of the sale are as follows:

The Lee County Old Courthouse, 112 East Second St., Dixon, IL 61021, at 10:00 a.m. On July 23, 2015.

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

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

(I)

No other information is required to be disclosed.

RIVERSHORE WEST CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff LLC

By EHRMANN GEHLBACK BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE,

By Dana M. Considine Dana M. Considine Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) considine@egblc.com June 20, 27, July 4, 2015 NOTICE OF RECORDS TO BE DESTROYED The Records Custodian of the Bi-County Special Education Cooperative is announcing that special education student temporary records are scheduled to be destroyed August 31, 2015, for all students who graduated in the year 20072008 or permanently withdrawn from special education services five or more years prior to August 31, 2015. Information in the records which may be of continued assistance to the student may be transferred to the parent, or to the student if the student has succeeded to the rights of the parents.

The Bi-County Special Education Cooperative will make every attempt to notify parents and/or students, by mail, of their right to obtain the student records prior to destruction. If you are interested in requesting student records, you may do so in writing to: Records Custodian Bi-County Special Ed. Coop.

506 W. 4th St. Sterling, IL 61081 Please include the student?s legal name and date of birth with your request. If you have questions or would like to request records by phone, please call 815622-0858 and speak with Jill Ramirez.

June 26, 27, July 2, 3, 2015 NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PREVAILING WAGES Dixon Park Board of the City of Dixon, Lee County, pursuant to Chapter 48, Section 39S-1 through 39S-12, Prevailing Wage Law, hereby gives notice that it has made a determination as required by said law of the prevailing hourly rates of wages being paid to all laborers, workmen and mechanics engaged in work of similar character in the locality of the City of Dixon, to that of the construction of public works coming under the jurisdiction of the Dixon Park Board of City of Dixon. A copy of said determination is available for inspection at the office of the Secretary, Dixon Park office, 804 Palmyra St., Dixon, Illinois.

By Order of the Dixon Park Board Dixon, Illinois Debra Carey,Secretary June 27, 2015

Calvary Baptist Church aluminum can drive.

June 25-July 10 Will pick up.

Call 815-994-2044

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$1,000 Reward

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for information leading to recovery arrest and conviction 2, 4 wheelers stolen Monday, 6/15 morning around 6:30 a.m.

Rt. 38 headed S. to Rockyford Rd. -One red Arctic Cat with chrome wheels.

-One white and red Polaris with white wheels.

Call 815-456-2225 IS YOUR PET MISSING? Read our found section in todays paper. Just in case it is not there, call one of your area animal shelters listed below: Lee County Animal Control (815)284-3833 Granny Rose Animal Shelter (815)288-7387 Whiteside County Animal Control (815)625-3507 Happy Tails Humane Society (815)626-2994 A public service of Sauk Valley Media

REAL ESTATE 202 SERVICES PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference , limitation or discrimination based on race, color,religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-279275.

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CASA 15th Judicial Circuit (Lee/ Carroll/Ogle Counties) is seeking volunteers to advocate for children in the court system involved in abuse and neglect cases.

Your involvement can impact a child’s future.

Contact Vanessa White, Director of Advocate Services (815) 288-1901 www.casalee carroll.com

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Sat. & Sun. 12-2 501 12th Ave. 3BR, 1 ½ BA.

ROCK FALLS RIVER HOME 2 acres,129 feet river frontage, $189,900.

46 Browns Beach Rd. 815-625-6241

STERLING River View Spacious 4BR, 4 bath home w/hardwood floors, fp, & sunroom. $349,900 #08931146 John Rosengren, RE/MAX Sauk Valley 815-6318550

CEMETERY LOTS

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1 Double Depth lawn crypt, lot 529 in Rose of Sharon, Oak Knoll Memorial Park. $1800 815-535-2279

MOBILE HOMES 230

MOBILE HOMES

230

Advertise your mobile homes for sale here!!

2BR apartment w/ single car garage nicely renovated in RF $520 per month plus $520 deposit.

1 BR home for rent in Grand Detour, nicely renovated $400 per month plus $400 deposit.

No pets at either place.

10 x 20 or 10 x 25 storage units in Dixon - summer special 1st month rent $1 with 6 month contract/ must pay 1st two mos in advance.

Call 815-288-1940 for showing info.

ASHTON

ASHTON

★★ 1&2 BR., Ashton/ F.G. 815-7512712/562-5075.★

2BR lower, clean, no pets. Available Aug. 1st. $395/mo.

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$100 DOWN* DRIVES IT HOME!

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601 IL Route 2, Dixon, IL 61021 Hours: Monday-Friday: 9am-6pm Saturday: 9am-3pm

June 22-30 Only! *Plus tax, tag, title & doc fees On select vehicles only.

Please contact us with any questions.

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701 North Ottawa $32,000 “as is” Estate of Elizabeth Cook; Mike Smith, Executor 815-6776178

ROCK FALLS 3BR Ranch, 2104 Scott St. Rent to own, with $5,000 down. $96,000.

Call 815-535-1076.

STERLING For Sale or Rent 2 Acre Farmette, 4BR, attach. 1 car garage. Barn, corn crib, milk house.

Call 815-535-3969

I take cash for comic books and comic collections, also super hero items. Call me today! 815-677-5222

APARTMENTSFURNISHED 305 APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED 306 Attractive 1 & 2 apts. with BR. some utilities. Sterling & Rock Falls.

No pets, no parRefs. req. ties.

815-336-2305.

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626-SOLD or 284-SOLD

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849 N. Galena, Dixon, IL

(IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court on June 9, 2015, in Rivershore West Condominiums Association v. Chicago Title Land Trust Company as Trustee under its Trust No. 8002360177, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 2015 CH 9, Lee County, Illinois, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Rivershore West Condominiums Association, c/o Ted Hvarrem President; P.O. Box 1142, Dixon, Illinois 61021, (815) 284-2850.

(B) The common address of the real estate is 1631 Riverside Circle, Dixon, IL 61021.

2005 Prowler

Like New Inside & Out! Hydraulic Side, 2 Bedrooms, Central Heat & A/C

$11,995*

2014 Nissan Murano AWD

Automatic, AC, CD, Full Power, Factory Warranty

$302.00/MOA 2011 Chevrolet Terrain

Automatic, Low Miles, Clean CAR-FAX, 3.0 Liter V6 Engine

$242.00/MOA 2014 Chevrolet Cruze

Automatic, Power Windows & Locks, Full Factory, Only 15,000 Miles

The legal description of the real estate is:

The Northerly 22.17 feet of Lot Two Hundred One (201) in Riverside Townhomes,” according to the Plat thereof recorded May 10, 2011 as Document No. 2011002196 in Book “M” of Plats at Page 6 in the office of the Lee County Recorder.

(D)

The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E)

The real estate may not be inspected prior to sale.

(F)

The time and place of the sale are as follows:

The Lee County Old Courthouse, 112 East Second St., Dixon, IL 61021, at 10:00 a.m. On July 23, 2015.

$182.00/MOA

2013 Ford Focus

2012 Nissan Quest

2012 Ford Fusion

RIVERSHORE WEST CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff

Dana M. Considine Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) considine@egblc.com June 23, 27, July 4, 2015

Automatic, Full Power, Full Factory Warranty, Low MIles

$212.00/MOA

By EHRMANN GEHLBACK BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Dana M. Considine

Automatic, 6 Cyl., Full Power, Dual Air/Heat, Priced Thousands Below Blue Book

$182.00/MOA

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

No other information is required to be disclosed.

Automatic, Economical, AC, CD, Sync, Warranty

$167.00/MOA

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

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APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED 306

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2011 Nissan Altima

Automatic, 2.5L, Full Power, Factory Warranty

$159.00/MOA *Plus tax, title, license & doc fee. A $4,000 Down with72 Months at 2.79% plus tax, title, license & doc fee down with approved credit.

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960 sq. ft.

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204 ½ W. 1st. St. $600/mo. plus dep.

No dogs. 815-4404817.

HARMON Move in Special!

Half off 1st month's rent!

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815-562-7368

POLO Large 2BR garden apt. located in Polo. Appliances furnished. (815)4997445. $520 per month.

ROCK FALLS 1 BR $375 Hampton Apts.

815-625-7043 2BR, $500mo., Edon Apts.

815-441-3999

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RIVER RIDGE APARTMENTS Garages Available

2013 CHEVY IMPALA LT .........................................$14,987*

2 Bedroom Great Location

$

495

PER MONTH

1st Month’s Rent

FREE

2013 FORD FUSION SE .........................................$15,987*

3 Months

2012 FORD ESCAPE LIMITED 4X4..................................$17,987*

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(Located Behind Northland Mall)

2005 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN .........................................$9,987*

Sterling Rentals

2005 CADILLAC CTS LOW MILES .................. $9,987*

Newer 2 Bedroom $599.00 & Up Applcs., Fireplaces 2002 3rd Ave. 1836 First Ave. 606 W. Lefevre 2 BR $535.00 1 BR $465.00 1 Studio $390.00 Partial Heat, Water, Sewer, Refuse Removal, Laundry Facilities, Satellite

(815)626-1431 1 BR Apts.

No pets.

No Exceptions!

Call 815-716-0367.

1BR upper, close to downtown. Applcs & util. Furnished. $500+dep.

815-626-1425

Accountants

Cleaning Service

Gutters

Ovall & Swanson Tax & Accounting Services

Advanced Cleaners

American Energy Savers “Sauk Valley's Oldest & Best Seamless Gutter Company” Always Flow Seamless Gutters Call Dan Maloney 815-288-4525

Now accepting new clients Taxes individual and business, Bookkeeping, Payroll, Financial Analysis, & all your accounting needs.

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Air Cond./Heating FARLEY'S APPLIANCE Heating & Cooling Sale & Service Free Estimates New & Replacement Units We service all brands!

Call Today (815)284-2052

Alarm Systems NOW OFFERING Home Security & Home Automation

2013 CADILLAC XTS LUXURY, LOW MILES ..................$29,987* 2012 CADILLAC CTS, DIAMOND WHITE ......$27,987* 2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE .........................................$19,987* 2015 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4, LOW MILES ..................$19,987* 2013 LEXUS RX 350..........$29,987* 2013 VW BEETLE PANO ROOF ONLY 12K MILES...............$16,987* 2013 VW JETTA..................$14,987* 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT, LOADED, LOCAL TRADE .........................................$6,987*

1BR, $400 815-562-7368 Rochelle Realty ★★1BR, W/D in unit, D/W. Woodlawn Rd. $500/mo.

815-535-7077.★★

2BR Duplex, 1002 4th Ave. Stove, refrig. No pets. $565 + dep. 815-7161632.

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T & M PAVING

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Basement Waterproofing Prater Paint & Waterproofing We Dry Up Basements & Crawl Spaces, Remediate Mold & Install E-Z Breathe™ Ventilation Systems 815-626-5165

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LAUTS MASONRY & GENERAL CONTRACTING •Brick Block Stone & Cultured Stone Work •Tuck Pointing Chimney Repair & Removal Over 35 Years Experience Quality work for a reasonable price.

Bonded & Insured 815-718-4885 MASONRY PROS •Brick-Block-Stone •Chimneys repaired or rebuilt •New Masonry or restoration & tuck-pointing Get masonry repairs done from winter damage.

Free Estimates 25 yrs. experience Insured & Bonded.

815-564-8754

Efficiency's – 2BR $400-$550 + dep.

815-622-7968

815-625-9600 **Plus tax, title, license & doc fee.

Photos for illustration only.

LawnCare Service •Pot Holes •Leaf clean up •House cleanup •Large hauling (dirt, gravel, sand) •Gutters •Pressure washing •Mulch, Rototilling •Storm Clean-up •Free Estimates• 815-590-6336

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Concrete Contractors

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Free Estimates Insured 815-441-6126

Construction

PAUL’S HANDYMAN SERVICE “Anything Your Husband Won’t Do!” •Experience On All Manner of Home Repairs & Maintenance since 1986

Residential Painting & 15 years experience •Painting Inside & Out •Power Washing •Decks (815)973-0858 shazta@msn.com

Power Washing Frank's Anything Power Washing Stripping Paint & Cleaning Homes, Decks, Driveways Commercial & Residential * Fully Insured * Call 815-213-0675

Amy's Extreme Clean!

•Residential Commercial cleaning •White glove clean every time!

•Carpet Cleaning •Senior Discount 815-742-2995 J & S SERVICE PLUS We offer a wide variety of services from lawn mowing, lawn maintenance, auto repairs and light construction.

We do moving & hauling and many other things.

Just give us a call!

No job too small!

815-631-1957 or 815-631-5029 JOHN'S CLEANUP & REMOVAL Anything goes!!

Estate Cleanups PHONE 815-622-0240

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1 room make-over 1 coat ceiling/ 2 coats on walls

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Deck Builders

We specialize in exterior decks & privacy fences “You’ll always be a winner if we cut the deck” 815-288-4089 www.cosscustom woodworking.com

Drywall Diehl's Drywall Inc. “Over 20 years experience”

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Dumpster Rental

TOP QUALITY LAWN CARE!

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Gutters, Trimming Bush & Leaf Removal Snow Removal And much more...

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Roofing

✰CORNER✰ STORAGE

Dixon near Walmart Sterling near Menards Various Sizes

GREAT RATES 815-973-3613

Cole's Complete Tree Service Tree Trimming Stump Removal Licensed and Insured *Free Estimates* 25HR Emergency Service Call 815-718-2997 Donnie Cole colestree service@outlook.com

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Certified pesticide & herbicide applicator & line clearance tree trimming .

Storm clean up & specialty work.

Free Estimates No job too big or too small!

Licensed, Bonded Insured Safety and your satisfaction is my #1 goal!

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Owner/Operator

Water Softeners

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Contract 12th Mo. FREE *on any size* Including our new building 10x25 w/8' doors.

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SELF-STORAGE 815-618-2717 South side of Dixon Rte. 26 Great Rates Inside 10x20 $45 Outside $20 Larger or smaller available

STORAGE UNITS Multiple Sizes Starting at $35 No appt. needed Located inside MOORE TIRES 2411 E. Rt 30 Rock Falls (815)625-3764

•Climate Controlled Storage •Low-Cost Moving Truck Rental •Confidential Document Shredding •We Ship FedEx & UPS! •Expert Packaging Services •Value Boxes & Packaging Supplies •EBAY and EMOTORS Internet Auction Sales Over 15,000 Sales •Office Hours: Mon-Fri. ☛ 8:306, Sat. ☛ 8:30noon 690 Timber Creek Rd. Dixon, (815)285-2212

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Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677

BRADY CONSTRUCTION (815) 499-1871 Additions, Garages Remodeling, Kitchens, Baths, Siding, Handicap Ramps.

WE DO IT ALL! 35 year experience FREE Estimates And We Will Call You Back:

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Call for your FREE painting or sandblasting estimate 815-626-5165

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Senior & Disabled Discounts

Storage

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IL State Roofing Licensed 104-002247(1986) Bonded-Insured

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Green River Lawn Service Harmon, Amboy, Dixon, Sterling, Rock Falls Areas.

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Illinois License #104.016127 Bonded/Insured •Roofing •Siding • Windows •Doors •Additions• Garages •Drywall• Decks and more Free Estimates 815-213-0556

Tree Service

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✶Since 1981✶ ◆Home Improvement ◆New Construction

BOB BOYD LAWN CARE SERVICES •Mowing• •Leaf Cleanup• Free Estimates Reasonable Rates Fully Insured 815-973-0699

Roofing/Siding

Special Rates on hedge trimming & mulch delivery

Remodeling

Dumpster Rental for Clean-ups & Construction Small & Large containers avail.

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625-3600 or 284-2222

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Home Improvement

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Mon.-Thur. 9-7 • Fri. 9-6 • Sat. 8:30am-4pm

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Brick & Masonry

Quality Vehicles

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We Specialize in Residential Maid Service as well as Commercial Janitorial Service

Handyman

www.mullerslane farm.com

2 BR for $500

Water, sewer, garbage incl.

Coin W/D, No pets/ No parties.

Call Diana: 630-327-7046

Maid/Janitorial Carpet/Upholstery

(815)631-4122

Asphalt

Over 150 Vehicles in Stock & More Arriving Daily!

STERLING

SAUK VALLEY

CLARK'S

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Wanted Director of Nursing Apply at: Heritage Square 620 N. Ottawa Ave, Dixon, IL EOE NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

EMPLOYMENT

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Cimco Recycling Sterling is looking for CDL drivers and a certified diesel mechanic.

Hours are MondaySaturday. Salary based on experience. Cimco offers vacation time, health, vision & dental insurance and 401k.

Please send resumes and references to: Cimco Recycling Sterling, 13509 Galt Road, Sterling, IL 61081 Full Time Office Basic office skills required. Must have experience with Union payroll & reports, Excel, Quickbooks and be able to multi-task.

Serious inquiries ONLY! Please send replies to Box #:1290, c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

EMPLOYMENT

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DIRECTOR OF CRISIS SERVICES: Search Re-Opened Join us to lead our team working to transform the lives of people in crisis.

You'll supervise a staff of 19 in our domestic violence and sexual assault programs.

You'll also work with funders, do grant-writing, and develop policy.

Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in human service field and significant supervisory experience in a human services setting.

Benefits include excellent retirement plan, generous paid leave, and insurance. Diverse applicants welcome.

Apply at YWCA of the Sauk Valley, 412 First Avenue, Sterling East Coloma Nelson C.E.S.D. #20 Positions Available: •Librarian/ Behavior Intervention Supervision •Technology Assistant •Potential Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide Position

For more information on these and other positions see the school website at: http://ecolomapublic.share point.com/ Full-time Heavy Duty Truck Technician and Full-time Painter for collision repair shop. Apply in person at: Freeport Metal Specialties Co., 1552 IL Route 75 E, Freeport, IL or email resume to mail@freeport metalspecialties .com

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Help Wanted BRANDYWINE: Part-time, as needed, banquet servers & kitchen help. $8.50-$10/hr based on exp.

Stop by to fill out an application Mon, Tues, Thurs 10-3. 441 IL Rte 2, Dixon Help wanted to assist in setting up carnival rides at the Dixon Petunia Festival.

Report to the festival grounds in Dixon on Tuesday, June 30 at 8am ask for Jerry.

Machine Operator CNC Turning and Milling Operator Machine adjustment and setup.

Some light programming helpful.

Sterling Gear, Inc. 1582 Hoover Rd. Ill. Rt. 41, Deer Grove, IL 61243

NEW TODAY Need Help Immediately Need people to start NOW! No Experience necessary Oppt'y for Advancement Potential Earnings of $500/wk Start this week Call 815-213-7360 Part time driver needed, CDL & drug testing reirregular quired, hours, familiar with Chicago a plus, some day & night Retired driving. persons a good fit.

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SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR! 7 OPEN POSITIONS! If you are looking for a great employment opportunity and need some extra money. Great for retiree's and stay at home parents. No experience necessary, must be 21 years of age with a good driving record.

• Paid training • 5 paid holidays • Regular Routes available - 4 hours minimum each school day APPLY NOW! 815-284-8600 1335 Franklin Grove Rd., Dixon IL 61021 or northamerica central.com Sales/Office Person needed for Dixon retail business 30-40hrs. Includes Saturdays.

Experience a plus.

Please send replies to Box #:1289 ,c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O.Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081 Server wanted, must have experience. Apply in person at Town & Country Restaurant, 1135 N. Galena Ave., Dixon.

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The Whiteside County Farm Bureau in Morrison is seeking an Administrative Assistant/ Communications Coordinator.

The position is a regular part-time position that facilitates a variety of office management functions; creating/ maintaining web and social media content, database management and interacting with members and walk-in traffic. Marketing and/or communications experience preferred.

Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to: Whiteside County Farm Bureau 100 E. Knox St. Morrison, IL 61270 Application deadline is July 2.

Village of Franklin Grove Streets/Alleys Employee Full time opening, DOT physical & drug test required, Background check, CDL w/ air brakes, Snow removal/ backhoe exp. a plus, General equipment maintenance skills a plus, Benefits pkg.

Accepting applications until July 6, 2015. Reply to: P.O. Box 206, Franklin Grove, IL 61031 or call Village Hall 815-4562131.

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

We strongly encourage our readers to exercise caution and common sense, particularly when dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

W-S Industrial Services Inc. is currently hiring Industrial Labor and CDL Drivers to join our rapidly growing team.

Must be drug free, clear driving record, clear criminal background, and agree to physical and pre-employment test. Apply in person at 1517 S. 19th St., Clinton IA.

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NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Wanted temporary full time help as Agricultural Labor long hours with pay depending on experience, drivers license required.

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JOIN THE BIOFORE COMPANY! UPM Raflatac is one of the world’s leading producers of selfadhesive label materials. We supply high-quality paper and film label stock for consumer product and industrial labeling through a global network of factories, distribution terminals and sales offices. UPM Raflatac is part of UPM – The Biofore Company.

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Maintenance Supervisor As a member of the Dixon, Illinois maintenance team, you will be responsible for all aspects of general supervision of Mechanical and Automation Maintenance Technicians and coordination of maintenance work. This position is a “hands on” position in which you will affect repairs and assist the technicians with repairs.

Requirements include any combination of education and experience equivalent to an Associate’s Degree in Engineering Technology or related discipline, and 5–10 years of experience in industrial maintenance, preferably in a paper or converting industry. Must have understanding of the effective maintenance of a wide range of equipment, including highly automated, technologically-advanced machinery. Requires ability to read and interpret blueprints and maintenance diagrams. Must have experience with maintenance management, RBM and CBM systems. Must have excellent communication skills and the ability to relate well to a wide range of constituents. Must be able to function well as a member of a team. Previous Lean Six Sigma and 5S experience preferred.

For further information, please visit www.upm.com/careers. You may also submit your resume via email to lori.wolber@upmraflatac.com or apply in person at UPM Raflatac, Inc.,101 East Corporate Drive, Dixon, IL 61021. No phone calls, please. EOE

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Also Hiring: Mental Health Technician Trainees

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As the world’s largest food producer, Nestle knows success well. As an industry leader, we offer a competitive wage and benefits package. We currently have an opportunity for a PC Technical Specialist at our Nestle’ Purina facility in Clinton, Iowa.

Full-Time 2nd Shift Positions • Assemblers • Welders • Machine Operators • Parts Cleaners

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• Supports/troubleshoots hardware and software issues.

• Installs, upgrades, and deploys hardware and software • Windows security administration • Conducts internal system security audits and system checks to ensure compliance with standards • Inspects, maintains, and repairs computers, printers, and other IT related equipment.

• Maintains supply/parts inventories and purchase or receive based on plant needs • Maintains audit records of Plant software/hardware • Performs duties associated with back-up systems including transporting tapes to offsite storage facility • Attend meetings and training as assigned by reporting official • Participate in a 24x7 on call rotation. Must be onsite within 45 minutes of receiving a critical on-call.

• Acts as Plant Complimentary Roles Link (CRL) to SAP roles.

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The successful candidate will possess the ability to work with minimal supervision while maintaining focus and productivity to meet deadlines. This person will have experience creating and presenting client proposals as well as experience developing and maintaining client relationships. Our Multi-Media Account Executive must have the ability to strategically and creatively think in a fast-p paced environment. Microsoft Office proficiency and a Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience required. Must have a valid drivers license, dependable transportation and proof of insurance.

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STERLING Sinnissippi Townhomes First Mo. Free!

Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

Central air, good location. Laundry hookup. (815)6261130.

WOOSUNG 3BR apt. 600 Griswold Ave. (Woosung is the town next to Dixon).

Newly renovated and new appliances. No pets. $575/ mo. Sec. dep. req. Call Matt 310-750-5663

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DIXON 2 BR upper, bath, share laundry, kitchen $500 815440-4030

1+BR, w/d h/u, no pets new flooring/ paint $425+ dep.

815-499-3187.

STERLING 2BR Townhome $600/mo. Hampton Apts. 625-7043 4BR Beauty all new Why Rent?™ 608 7th Ave. $698/mo.

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MORRISON Round Grove, for Sale or Rent to own. Nicely furn. 2BR w/ A/C $4,800. Call 815-713-1083

LOANS

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

Fri. & Sat. 7am - ??

Fri. 8-4 & Sat. 8-12 609 Mason Ave. Lots of clothes, coats, jackets, T's, girls, Jrs. 3-Lg., womens 12-3XL, mens L-2XL, some boys 16-18 & misc.

Saturday & Sunday, 8am-?

803 W. 10th St. Antiques, old glassware, clocks, other collectibles, old lamps, old Barbies, Madame Alexander dolls, new stuff hourly.

WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

720 5th Avenue Rain or Shine!

Side by side fridge/ freezer with indoor water ice dispenser, wood burning stove, sealed top elec.

Stove, dressers, misc furniture, patio set, laminate flooring, used decking & boards, curtains, Halloween Martian, Werewolf that with a little plastic surgery could be a Sasquatch, pre-lit rotating christmas treed, toys, house hold misc.

Fri. 7am-4pm Sat. 7am-4pm 2102 Old IL Rt.2 (next to the Grand Detour bridge) 15+ tables full of items: antiques, glassware, fishing, archery, tools, fountain, attic stairs, elec. grill, old books, carnival glass & lots more!

Fri. 9 am – 5 pm Sat. 9 am – 12 pm 636 Reynoldswood

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AREA GARAGE SALES 624 AMBOY GARAGE SALES 624 Friday 8am-4pm Saturday 8am-12

974A Greenwing RD

Women & girls clothes, desk, books, crafts, cricuit, holiday & household items.

Antiques, rocking chair, rolling desk top, dry sink, chistening gowns, silver crystal, Berry bowls. Too much to list. Cash only!

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624 Fri & Sat 8am-??

322 S. Peoria Ave. Women's clothing all name brands small to XL, men's clothing all name brands small to XL, Cubs Jerseys, children's 4T to size 14 clothes, girls & power boys wheels, toys & too much to mention!

Fri. & Sat. 8-5 337 W. Chamberlin Multi-Family Garage Sale Many baby items, household goods, clothes-all sizes.

& Tools, mens womens clothes, household items, baby crib, books, lighthouses, H.O. Train set Friday 8am - ??

Saturday 8am - ??

212 W. 5th Street Gypsy Girls Sale Lots of furniture, vintage or antique pieces, lg tap & dye tool chest, drafting table, other men stuff, huge amount of household items, baby boy clothes birth to 4T, baby & kids toys, women's 02X, mens 4X, too many items to list.

Definitely worth the trip. No Early Sales Friday 8am – 2pm Saturday 8am-12 615 Squires Ave. Multi- Family Sale Home décor, bike trailer, home theatre set, sound bar, kids clothes, boys Nb-24mths & 4T, Girls 6-8, womens & mens clothes & shoes, lots of misc, lots of daycare items too. Double strollers, pack-nplays, work bench, cots, dress up clothes & much more!

Friday 8am-4pm Sat. 8am-4pm 492, 411, 345 Rock Island Road Something for everyone. Lots of neat items. Come and check it out!

Sat. 7am-3pm 1020 Steinman 3 Family Sale Women's clothes, girls 0- 18 mths clothes, desk, tables, freezer, old windows, housewares, lots of misc.

Sat. 8-2pm 1903 Sunnydale (off Palmyra) Boys sz 8-16, Ladies clothes & scrubs sz 22, Books, Dishes, Canning jars, 5 Gal. pals, sleeping bags, seasonal items, beer light.

Saturday only, 8-12 1941 Peek Home Road Multi Family Sale: Clothes- men's Lg, womens Med., boys 8-14, girls 68. Lots of tools, household items, games, books, strollers. Lots of misc.

MILLEDGEVILLE GARAGE SALES 624 Friday, June 26 th and Saturday, June 27th , 8-5 17 E. 5th St. Tools, household items, women & teens clothes, some Budweiser collectibles, wood doll house, lots of miscellaneous.

POLO GARAGE SALES 624

Saturday 8-3 1903 Canal St. Girls clothes 3mo5T, (M)scrubs, womens clothes children's toys, books, power tools, holiday décor.

Reasonably priced!

Saturday 8:30-4 1101 Parkview Dr. Tools, cook books, books, quilting quilting items Christmas items, CD's & lots of misc items.

Saturday only, 9-2 217 Ave. D Lots of trendy women/teen clothes, shoes, and purses for all seasons, Hollister, American Eagle, Hydraulics, scrubs, softball equipment, Window A/Cs, Large fish tank, hamster cage, kids toys, Etc!!

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 ESTATE TAG SALE PART 1 Jeanette Wadsworth owner Sat. 9am-6pm only 301 16th ave. in back This sale is to empty contents from 2 garages in sterling. the home contents in rock falls will be sold in July. There will be items for the ladies and the men at this sale! Nothing inside the home! this will be held in the back of the property.

See pics & info for this sale at estatesales.net

BY SAUK VALLEY ESTATE SALES & SERVICES Fri .& Sat. 9-4.

1307 E. 6th St. Women's plus size sewing, clothing, quilting, TV, furniture, lots of misc.!

Fri. 4-7 & Sat. 7-12 Neighborhood Sale 2426 Shoreline Heights Rd. 7 Houses Wicker furniture, RFL, Longaberger, books, boys babysz. 8, girls 5T, womens, mens XL, rugs, furniture, house decor, home medical, kegerator, microwave, tools, speed boat, ice fish, QVC, teacher stuff, maternity, toys & bedding & more!

Friday, Saturday and Sunday 8am-?

610 2nd Avenue (in the alleyway) Bow and arrow set, Keurig coffeemaker, George Foregrill, iPod man stereo, wooden dressers, charcoal grill, car floor mat set, tons of home decor, kitchenware and dishes like new. Men's, women's and teen XS-XL, clothing women's shoes sizes 7-9, men's shoes sizes 9-11, VHS tapes, toys, cookbooks and much more.

Sat. & Sun. 8-2 1102 W. 5th St. Moving Sale Some antiques Everything Must Go! Sat. & Sun. 8-3 2306 20th Ave. Multi-Family Sale Children - adult clothing, Bradford Exchange plates, barber chair, china, basglassware, kets, kitchen items, toys & lots of misc.

Saturday 9-3 1607 29th Place Off Woodlawn Rd. Set of ladies golf clubs, tools, lots of misc., household mens, womens and teen clothes & all exc. cond. And lots of misc.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

815-445-6151.

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Firewood, Hardwoods - Oak, Locust, & Cherry.

Split, delivered & stacked. 1- 815626-6875

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Antique Walnut Desk w/ granite top, 64”L x 40”w $350 815-2883301 Conference Table, w/ 8 chairs, older, 8'x4', $150 815288-3301 FREE COUCH 2tone green. Call 815-499-9189.

“Golden” power lift recliner, brown top of the line. Exc. Cond. $425. 815626-2596 Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

762

Sterling Stair Chair, 3 yrs. old, 12 ft., well maintained, $900 815857-7090

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 2, 8 wk. kittens free to good home.

1 Grey, 1 Black.

815-677-9697 Adorable tiger kittens 10 weeks old, free to good homes only.

815-284-1130.

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Friday, July 10th 2 pm- 6 pm Muddy Paws Pet Complex in Sterling Cat & Dog exams $10, Most vaccines $12 Heartworm test & Microchips $20.

Call to schedule appt.

815-830-6568

PLEASE help rescue our cats, and gray kittens! Need a good indoor home!

815-590-7625 Real smart kittens to give away to loving homes.

815-677-6785 Wanted: Tea Cup Chihuahua, size adult, short hair, reasonably priced or free. 815-5649022 after 2:00.

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Craftsman 12hp 38” cut, riding lawn mower, 5 speed, ready to mow grass, $250 firm, 815-973-3223 Cub Cadet LT1046 riding lawn mower, 46” deck, 220 hrs., like new cond., $1150/obo 815245-9704

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Your take-charge attitude and willingness to pitch in will gain you favors necessary for success. If you take part in activities you enjoy, you will receive high praise for your efforts.

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You can obtain professional advice regarding your concepts.

Invest in yourself and your ideas.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -Working as part of a team will be rewarding. You will begin new friendships and develop intimacy with someone who shares your vision. Paperwork delays can be expected.

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2007 Pontiac G6, sunroof, 89K mi.

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2008 Chevy Aveo white, in Dixon $2,000 815-2886231 Red, 1978 Fiat black top convertible, 124 Spider, $3,800 OBO 815-499-4066

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1978 Ford Explorer 250 Range 400 cc engine w/auto shift and 4WD. 36,000 mi.

Excellent condition. Always housed. $10,000 obo- could be a show truck.

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1991 Jaguar

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1996 Ford 250, 7.3 power stroke engine, 215K mi., good cond., green, 815-631-1310

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1999 GMC Sierra 1500 Z71 Extended Cab. Very detruck. pendable Asking $2,900 OBO. 815-622-4258 2003 Chevy Sil2500HD verado Crew Cab 4x4. GM rebuilt diesel engine, has 71k mi. camper shell with rack, total roof 206,00 mileage some rust, service records available. $15,900. Call 815535-3884

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New pipes, extra chrome, $14,000 815-994-6646 2009 Kymco Venox Motorcycle 250cc V-twin liquid cooled 4,700 miles, excellent condition $2,750 815-994-0284

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anilla ice cream and tan Dockers belong in every Toyota Camry, America’s favorite midsize car.

They might give the tepid Toyotas a dash of flavor and color. Make mine white with gray interior and a “Honk if you love life” bumper sticker. May I also borrow one of your Julio Iglesias CDs? So equipped, the stalwart sedan should not be even a blip on revenue-hungry police radars _ effectively invisible, I think.

Granted, few flaws leap out at you from the solid-citizen, super-reliable Camry, a car that with the Honda Accord came to define quality and value.

It just possesses all the excitement of a potluck supper at the community rec center.

The front-wheel-drive sedan is also rated at a reasonable 21 miles per gallon in the city and impressive 31 on the highway.

But even super-conservative Toyota realizes that quiet competence doesn’t attract the As part of its more “emotional” them pretty comfortably.

Toyota just likes the feel of its injected V-6. buyers it once did _ or many look, every panel on the car’s In back, standard-issue numbers or something. promotions, for that matter. body got changed but the taillamps wrapped around a The aging 3.5 still cranks out Likewise, while the six-speed roof. (I’m still working on my softer, more curved rump. My a decent 268 horsepower and automatic typically shifted Though the Camry is still the “emotional” look, incidentally.) high-end $36,000 model even is tied to a modern six-speed seamlessly, it occasionally top-selling sedan in America, its The glossy maroon XSE model exhaled through dual exhausts, automatic. stumbled as it searched for yearly volume over the last five I had recently featured a lower, tied to a familiar 3.5-liter V-6 up a downshift. But, unlike the or six years has dropped nearly sleeker front end with a simple front.

Torquey and smooth down Camry I drove a couple of years 10 percent. Not only has this single-bar grille up high and low, the engine pushes the ago, this one rode with firm, soft-shoe segment gotten more a deeper blacked-out grille And Toyota should be lauded 3,500-pound Camry around athletic confidence seeming at competitive, some consumers beneath the bumper. for still offering a V-6. Many with relative ease, sprinting times to have a few shreds of have abandoned it altogether, big competitors in the midsize to 60 in a quick 5.8 seconds, German in it. opting instead for more Newly curved sides wore a sedan segment, including the according to Car and Driver’s interesting and useful crossover couple of well-placed character Ford Fusion, Chevy Malibu, timing gear.

The new Camry has the same vehicles. dimensions as last year’s sedan, lines _ one dashing jauntily Hyundai Sonata and Kia through the door handles at a Optima, now roll solely on four- The front-wheel-drive sedan but it got additional spot-welds So I figure Toyota made the right slight angle and a second down banger power. is also rated at a reasonable 21 for more rigidity. move in ordering up a thorough low curving up Lexus-like in miles per gallon in the city and restyling and tweaking of the front of the rear wheels.

As with many of Toyota’s impressive 31 on the highway.

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1050 N. Galena Ave - Dixon, IL - 815.288.4455 - www.KenNelsonAuto.com

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2.99% apr for 72only. months with $3,000 Trade-In or Cash Down. Take delivery by 6/30/15. See participating dealer for details. Photos for illustration purposes. Dealer not liable for errors.

WithImpala. approved credit.

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