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WHITESIDE COUNTY | THE BUS STOPS HERE – FOR NOW

Buy or build?

Public transit agency eyes former auto dealership

BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5535

MORRISON – On paper, it looks perfect.

Whiteside County is considering buying the former Ken Nelson Auto Mall site in Sterling to house its growing public transportation program, which consists of a fleet of 15 vehicles.

Tori McDaniel, executive director of Whiteside County Public Transportation, is cautiously optimistic.

“It already has a mainte-

nance bay, Inside a wash bay, Transit garage space, agency see...” she said. ing more rid“Really, it has ers and miles all the comlogged, A4 ponents we would need” – including a building for administration with enough space for a training room.

It looks pretty good in person, too.

About 3 weeks ago, consultants looked over the roughly 4-acre site on the northwest corner of Locust Street (state

Route 40) and Lynn Boulevard. They found it to be in fair condition and suitable for the purpose, McDaniel said.

Because of its size, though, it must be determined whether buying the former dealership site, which is listed for $979,000, would be more costeffective than building a new facility.

That evaluation process has just begun, McDaniel said.

There’s no huge hurry.

Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

Charlie Strand hands Whiteside County Public Transportation driver Ed Kerly $2 Friday afternoon for a ride home from her job with American Red Cross in Rock Falls. Strand rides the bus every day from work. With ridership increasing, the WCPT is considering buying the former Ken Nelson Auto Mall in Sterling to house its growing program.

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WHITESIDE COUNTY | NEW K-9 FOR SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

County has a new top dog

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Whiteside County Sheriff’s Deputy Rollie Elder gets his new police dog, Nicom, out for demonstrations Friday afternoon in Rock Falls. The German shepherd and Elder went through 6 weeks of training in Pennsylvania before the K-9 joined the force recently.

Sheriff’s Department welcomes K-9 Nicom to the force

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

ROCK FALLS – Ever since he was 16, Deputy Rollie Elder knew he wanted to work with police dogs, he said while standing next to Nicom, a oneand-a-half-year-old German shepherd and the newest addition to the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Department’s force.

Elder has been a K-9 han-

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Watch online Go to saukvalley.com to meet Nicom, the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Department K-9, and see him in action. dler with the sheriff’s department since 2012. His first dog with the department, Blitz, was recently put down after he developed some mental health problems, Elder said.

Losing Blitz was hard, Elder

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STERLING – The epic Shannara series, popular fantasy novels written by Sterling native Terry Brooks, finally is coming to the small screen, Entertainment Weekly reports.

According to the industry mag, MTV has ordered 10 Terry Brooks episodes of “ShanSterling nara,” based on 1962 High School the series birthed grad

by Brooks in 1977 with “The Sword of Shannara.”

EW called the signing MTV’s “quest to find its own ‘Game of Thrones,’” referring to the popular HBO series. “ I really couldn’t be happier with how it’s all coming together, and I am very much involved in the process,” Brooks wrote Friday on his website, terrybrooks.net.

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admitted. But since he met Nicom a few months ago, and through 6 weeks of training the two had together in Pennsylvania, they have formed an incredibly close relationship.

Elder says that closeness is

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something his family shares, too. His wife and four children (ages 8, 12, 13, and 16) come together to help with the training of Nicom.

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Brooks said the 10 episodes will be based on “The Elfstones of Shannara,� which was published in 1983.

Brooks, a 1962 graduate of Sterling High School and former attorney who now is 70 years old, has since written more than two dozen books in the series, almost all of which have made the New York Times Best Sellers list.

The latest, “The High Druid’s Blade,� was released Tuesday as the first in a new Shannara trilogy, “The Defenders of Shannara.�

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been destroyed, revolves around the Shannara family, whose descendants practice ancient magic and whose adventures continually reshape the future of the world.

Brooks’ saga is so successful, in fact, that he is considered by many to be second only to Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling among popular living fantasy writers in the world. Shannara is considered to be the world’s most popular fantasy series that hasn’t yet been adapted for TV or film.

That drought is set to end, Entertainment Weekly reported Friday.

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Liebesman, director of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,� will direct the first two episodes of the series and be an executive producer along with writer-producers Al Gough and Miles Millar (“Smallville�). Brooks and Dan Farah also will be executive producers. “I’ve been dreaming about seeing these books adapted properly for 35 years,� Brooks wrote on his website, “and now it’s really happening. “So let’s all celebrate dreams coming true.�

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the show’s first season on The Elfstones of Shannara, the second novel in Brooks’ series, a title the network describes as “a fan favorite which spent 16 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list and is accredited with cementing the series place in the fantasy world.�

Jon Favreau of “Iron Man� fame was set to direct and be an executive producer of the series, but now has a scheduling conflict. He will remain an executive producer, but Jonathan

On behalf of Cathy “Cat� Duran Sewell and the members of her benefit committee, we would like to thank the Sauk Valley community for their generous support.

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Feeling like a kid on his first day of school H

aving a new job can be exciting, yet nerve-wracking at the same time.

As I took a deep breath and walked through the front glass doors at Sauk Valley Media this week, a bunch of questions ran through my head.

What kind of impression will I make? Will my editors like my work?

What will my new bosses and co-workers think of me?

Monday was my first day working at Sauk Valley Media here in Sterling. For the first time in about 5 years, I am the new person in a newsroom. It’s also the first time in almost 5 years that I again am an Illinois resident.

In my new position, I will cover education in Sterling, Rock Falls,

Dixon and surrounding areas. In addition to covering school board meetings, I’ll be looking for stories on dropout rates, enrollment, trends in the classrooms, and positive accomplishments from students, among other things.

In addition to writing about education, I will be on the business beat, reporting stories on businesses opening and closing in the area, as well as business trends.

My wife, Kate, our two cats, and I have come to town after spending roughly the past 5 years in Burlington, Iowa, which is in the southeast corner of the state.

There, I was the education and health reporter at The Hawk Eye newspaper. Some of the stories I covered included

jermaine PIGEE Pigee is a reporter at Sauk Valley Media.

He can be reached at jpigee@ saukvalley. com or 800-798-4085, ext. 5525.

dropout rates, the opening of two middle schools, and a community college basketball team forfeiting its season, as well as various stories on the Affordable Care Act. If you count my time as a student reporter at Northern Illinois University, I’ve been a news reporter for about 8 years.

It took a lot for me to get to this point. After I

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graduated from NIU in 2007, I spent about a year freelancing as I frantically looked for a full-time job. Eventually, I got a job at The Daily Journal, which is in Kankakee.

While at The Daily Journal, I covered everything from bank robberies to the 2008 presidential election. Because the Chicago Bears hold summer training camp in Bourbonnais, which is right next to Kankakee, I had the exciting opportunity to cover the Bears for a short time.

Then, without warning, The Daily Journal laid me off. Darn budget cuts.

Once again, I had to dust off my rĂŠsumĂŠ and start looking for work.

Things got so bad, I had to pick up a job stocking shelves overnights at Walmart.

Finally, I applied for an open reporting position at The Hawk Eye in 2009.

Although I was reluctant to cover education, I grew to like the beat.

I really like speaking to students and watching their faces light up when I speak to them. I enjoy writing stories about teachers or staff members, then walking in their home or classroom and seeing my story framed on their wall. I really enjoy meeting new people and interacting with the students.

At the same time, I have no problem writing stories that might become controversial or ones that make people uncomfortable.

Another reason that my wife and I moved to Sterling is that it puts us about 45 minutes

from her hometown of DeKalb. It also puts me closer to Bloomington, which is my hometown.

We also have friends and family sprinkled throughout Chicagoland, and we don’t have to travel 4 hours from Burlington to see them.

My wife is in Burlington now, working as an eligibility specialist – she helps people qualify for Medicare. She will move to Sterling in the coming weeks.

So, although Sterling is new to both of us, we are excited to follow our new journey, no matter how nerve-wracking it may be.

Jermaine can be reached at (815) 625-3600, ext.

5525 or at jpigee@ saukvalley.com. You can also follow Jermaine on Twitter @JPigee84.

RUNNING WITH THE DUCKS IN ROCK FALLS

First Street portion fully open next week

BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529

DIXON – A portion of First Street should be open next week for the first time in about 2 months.

The south side of the street, between Hennepin and Galena avenues, reopened Friday.

The north side of the street could reopen “within a few days,�

Commissioner Jeff Kuhn said Friday.

A portion of the street has been closed since the week of May 19, while Fischer Excavating Inc., of Freeport, has been working on the downtown streetscape project.

The city doesn’t want to open the north side of the street until tree gates have arrived and have been installed, Kuhn said. Work on that block is “so close to being done,� Kuhn said.

The south side will be closed again at some point for sidewalk work and landscaping, the city said in a news release.

Meanwhile, Peoria Avenue, between First and Third streets, will remain closed for sidewalk, roadway, curb and gutter work. Sidewalks should be completed this week between Second and Third streets.

On First Street, between Peoria and Hennepin avenues, water service will be interrupted for short intervals for water main installation. The work will result in short-term closures of the north

Roadwork map online Go to http://shawurl. com/dixonmap for a map of the streetscape work and closed roads in Dixon. side of the block.

First Street between Ottawa and Crawford avenues will be open for driving on an aggregate surface. Lighting work will make parking prohibited. There could be partial closures later in the week because of curb and gutter installation.

The eastbound lane of First Street from Galena Avenue to Ottawa Avenue will be closed for water main installation. The westbound lane will be open, but some short-term closures Monday will allow the installation of gas services.

Ottawa Avenue, between First and Second streets, will continue to be closed.

In April, the Dixon City Council awarded a contract for the streetscape work to Fischer Excavating for nearly $5.8 million, a portion of which will be paid for by KSB Hospital for work to a parking lot off Ottawa Avenue.

The city also contracted Wendler Engineering Services Inc. and Willett, Hofmann & Associates, for a combined $321,000, to do engineering work and planning for the project, bringing the total streetscape cost to about $6.1 million.

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This race is to celebrate Sarah Schnake’s life in Christ. We want to remember Sarah for the joyful, fun-loving, beautiful girl on the inside and out that she was. We want to take this day to remember her and celebrate her life. Proceeds from this memorial run will go to benefit another family in this area enduring hardships from a similar diagnosis or to a local non-profit organization who has positively impacted the lives of those who have endured these hardships.

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OBITUARIES Lawrence Silvio Segneri 1946-2014 STERLING – Lawrence Silvio Segneri was born April 15, 1946, at Home Hospital in Sterling, to Silvio and Helen (Parker) Segneri. He passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at Serenity Hospice & Home in Oregon.

He attended local Catholic schools and, in 1964, graduated from Newman High School.

Larry received his teaching degree from DeKalb University, where he was president of the Young Democrats Club, and got very involved in politics during the Kennedy era. He spent his entire career teaching history and political science in Chicago schools. When he retired from teaching, he returned to his hometown of Sterling.

He was an avid reader, easily reading a book a week. He loved history and could recite the dates of any historical event.

He had a great affection for dogs, and rescued four from Happy Tails.

He is survived by a brother, Robert (Robin); a sister, Ann (Gary); three nieces, Gina (Brett) Froeliger, Josie (Aaron) Thompson, and Bailey (Stephen) Raham; and one nephew, Christopher Segneri. Also surviving are several greatnieces and great-nephews, including Hayden and Wil Froeliger, who shared Larry’s love of reading books. It brought him great joy to choose books for them and to have them shipped to their home in South Carolina.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Helen Parker Segneri (2009) and Silvio Segneri (2014).

A private family service will be at a later date.

A memorial has been established for Serenity Hospice & Home.

Inez Sharp Adams ROCK FALLS – Inez Sharp Adams, 80, died Thursday, July 10, 2014, at her home.

Inez was born Jan. 16, 1934, in Hoxie, Arkansas, the daughter of Robert and Beuhla (Hoard) Peppers.

She married Robert Adams on Dec. 20, 1986. He died Sept. 4, 2012. Inez was employed with Lawrence Brothers Co. in Sterling for several years. She was a member of 16th Avenue Church of Christ in Sterling. Inez enjoyed camping, fishing, and going to garage sales.

Survivors include four daughters, Dianna (Butch) Hannan of Sterling, Teresa Adams of Newton, Iowa, Sandy Kopitas of Willington, North Carolina, and Kristine Adams of Morrison; five sons, Relton (Mary) Sharp of Rock

Falls, Jerry Sharp of Russellville, Kentucky, Joe (Leanne) Sharp of Rock Falls, Robert (Lori) Adams of Newton, Iowa, and Thomas (Sandy) Adams of Rock Falls; one sister, Arlie Cook of Sutherlin, Oregon; one brother, Billie Ray (Evelyn) Peppers of Fredricktown, Missouri; 11 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, five sisters, and two brothers.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday and the funeral at 11 a.m. Tuesday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls, with Brother Mike Durham and David Schmidt co-officiating. Private family burial will be at a later date.

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STERLING – What’s that thing Indiana Jones said? It’s not the years, it’s the mileage.

In the case of the Whiteside County Public Transportation agency, in existence only since 2009, the mileage is getting better and better as the years progress.

Thanks to a combination of high gas prices, the rocky economy, and, most important, a higher profile in the county, WCPT ended fiscal year 2014 on June 30 on a high note, with 16 percent more riders and

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Less than a year in the executive director’s position, she has made

an effort to raise the agency’s public profile, meeting with community leaders throughout the county and increasing her agency’s marketing efforts.

WCPT also has formed and is forming partnerships with a wide variety of other agencies and organizations, such as Sauk Valley Community College, Sinnissippi Centers, and the Sterling-Rock Falls YMCA, she said.

As its popularity is growing, so is its visibility. More and more county residents outside Sterling-Rock Falls are scheduling rides, she said, and folks are see-

ing those white buses all over the area.

McDaniel has said she expects annual ridership to more than triple over the next decadeand-a-half, to more than 123,000 in 2030.

The increase in mileage also can be attributed to more out-of-county trips to cities such as Rockford, Peoria, the Quad Cities and Iowa City.

In fact, because of the Peoria increase, WCPT also has partnered with the Bureau-Putman Area Rural Transit. Riders transfer to BPART to get to Peoria, and take it to hook up with WCPT to get home.

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In late 2013, the Illinois Department of Transportation awarded the county $1.2 million to build a new facility, the result of a state initiative to help expand its 11 regional transit systems, especially those in rural areas.

WCPT, which bases its fleet at the county senior center on West Ninth Street, has until 2021 to spend it, but already, “We kind of have outgrown our space,�

McDaniel said.

The grant was given specifically to build a new facility. But realizing the many empty buildings available around the county, McDaniel asked, and IDOT will consider, whether it’s better to buy than to build.

The state agency is

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the better option, WCPT will have to find a site, McDaniel said, again noting that the whole relocation process is just in its beginning phase.

Source: WCPT Executive Director Tori McDaniel

The Nelson property has sat idle since August 2010, when Rick Curia bought out his retiring partner and consolidated the dealership at his Dixon location.

MASS SHOOTING

Texas suspect collapses twice in court Accused in deaths of six HOUSTON (AP) – A man accused of killing six members of his exwife’s family, including four children, after forcing his way into their suburban Houston home collapsed in court twice Friday as a prosecutor read out details of the crime.

A shackled Ronald Lee Haskell was standing before a state district judge during a probable

cause hearing when he fell to the ground. Deputies lifted him to his feet, and the 33-year-old Haskell stood for about another minute before collapsing again.

He was then lifted into a chair and wheeled from the courtroom. “His face, he obviously lost blood in his face, and his knees buckled,� said Haskell’s attorney, Doug Durham. “He’s scared. I think he has a limited mental capacity of what’s going on.�

Before the collapses, Haskell had acknowl-

edged with a quiet “Yes� a couple of questions put to him by State District Judge Mark Kent Ellis about his legal rights.

Ellis ordered Haskell held without bond. “Maybe reality is finally setting in,� said Tammy Thomas, the lead Harris County assistant district attorney in the case. “It’s not television, this is not fiction. He is facing his consequences.�

Thomas said she expected a grand jury to issue a capital murder indictment as a result of Wednesday’s fatal

shootings of Stephen and Katie Stay and four of their children, ranging in age from 4 to 14.

Authorities have said Haskell was searching for his ex-wife, Katie Stay’s sister, when he came to the home in the northern Houston suburb of Spring.

He tied up the family and put them facedown on the floor before shooting each in the back of the head, according to investigators. The family had refused to say where Haskell could find his ex-wife.

Margaret Feltham AURORA, Colo. – Margaret Flynn Feltham passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2014, with her beloved family by her side.

Originally from Sterling, Margaret graduated in 1980, from Eastern Illinois University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in medical technology. She worked at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria. She later moved to Dallas, where she worked for 17 years at Baylor Medical Center.

During this time, Margaret met and married her husband, Andrew, and had two boys, Jonathan and Reginald.

Margaret’s love for the outdoors prompted a 1999 move to Colorado, where she continued her career for 15 years with Colorado Coagulation/ Esoterix/LabCorp. Mar-

garet dearly loved her family and friends, and will be deeply missed.

Margaret is survived by her husband of 28 years, Andrew; sons, Jonathan and Reginald; parents, Dr. Thomas and Patricia Flynn; brothers, Thomas (Suzanne) Flynn, Dennis (Rita) Flynn, and James (Sheryl) Flynn; sisters, Eileen (Scott) Wolber and Mary (Ron) Curtis; as well as many adoring in-laws, nieces, nephews, and friends.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. today at Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 5303 E County Line Road, Centennial, Colorado.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Project Cure, 10377 E. Geddes Ave, Centennial, CO 80112.

Visit horancares.com to send condolences.

Lois M. Frank MOUNT CARROLL – Lois Marie Frank, 79, died Monday, July 7, 2014, in Normal.

Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mount Carroll handled arrangements.

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Anthrax scare reveals more lab safety woes NEW YORK (AP) – Citing an anthrax scare and other safety problems, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said it shut down two research labs and stopped shipping highly dangerous germs to other labs.

An incident at one of the closed Atlanta labs

could have accidentally exposed workers in three labs to anthrax last month. A second, previously undisclosed problem earlier this year involved deadly bird flu.

The CDC also released a report that detailed three other incidents in the past decade in which

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The federal agency operates some of the world’s most advanced and most secure labo-

ratories for the handling of deadly germs, and has enjoyed a reputation as a role model for that kind of work. During a press conference Friday, CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden said he was upset by the carelessness. “I’m just astonished that this could have happened here,� he said.

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ABOVE: Nick Elder, the 16-year-old son of Whiteside County Sheriff’s Deputy Rollie Elder, uses an arm guard to fend off K-9 Nicom during training exercises Friday. Nick, who will be a sophomore at Rock Falls High School this year, can often be found helping with Nicom. LEFT: Nicom leads Deputy Elder on a fugitive’s (Nick’s) trail Friday while training near Hinders Field in Rock Falls.

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“I’m blessed because I have the absolute best wife and the best kids in the world,� Elder said. “And we’re all a team.�

His son Nick in particular likes to help. Nick, 16, will be a sophomore at Rock Falls High School this year, but when he’s not playing sports, going to school,

or with friends, he can often be found helping with Nicom.

Nick was with his father and Nicom in a gravel parking lot on a Friday afternoon to help Nicom demonstrate his tracking abilities.

The elder Elder said a few words to Nicom in Dutch – Nicom was brought over from Holland before Rollie picked him up from Shallow Creek Kennels in Penn-

sylvania. The dog then was led over to conduct a search on a car where Elder had planted some marijuana for Nicom to hit on.

Like a charm, Nicom did it. Rollie rewarded him with a toy and a few Dutch words before putting him into the back of the squad again so Nick could lay out a track around the perimeter of the field before disappearing behind a shrub

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STERLING – A Sterling sex offender facing another charge of public indecency turned himself in late Friday afternoon, police said in a news release.

Ryan R. Skibbe, 34, was unable to post his $50,000 bond and will be held in Whiteside County Jail.

According to police, two girls were near West LeFevre Road and Dillon Avenue around 3 p.m Monday when Skibbe

drove past them twice in his pickup. The third time, as they were walking to Dairy Ryan R. Queen on Skibbe Fourth Street around 5 p.m., he was masturbating, police said.

Skibbe has an extensive criminal history, mostly involving this type of behavior.

In Whiteside County, Skibbe was sentenced to 2 years, 6 months in 2004

for felony aggravated battery in a public place and misdemeanor public indecency. In 2005, when he was 25, he was sentenced to 6 years for felony public indecency, third or more times, in a case involving a 12-yearold. In 2010, he was sentenced to 2 years, 6 months for stalking.

He was convicted of misdemeanor public indecency in Lee County in 2002 and sentenced to a year in jail; the same charge filed there in 2001 was dropped.

around the corner. “He loves to find dope,�

Elder said. “That’s his thing.�

About 5 minutes later, Rollie let Nicom out of the car again and, strapping a harness on him, led the dog to the edge of the field near where Nick began his walk. Nicom hit on the scent immediately and, nose to the ground, took off through the grass, sticking close to the fence.

Within a minute, he found Nick, leaped, and sank his teeth into the arm guard Nick was wearing.

As soon as Rollie took off Nicom’s harness, Nicom and Nick were buddies again.

In Dixon The Dixon Police Department is also obtaining a new police dog from Pennsylva-

nia’s Shallow Creek Kennels.

DPD’s old dog, Bobby, a vizsla, retired in May with some health issues after being in service since 2005, Lt. Brad Sibley said.

He now lives with the family of his handler, Officer Jeff Reagan.

The new dog will be handled by Officer Ryan McWethy, who will head out to Pennsylvania to train with the dog for 6 weeks in the fall.

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EDITORIAL | ‘FIXING ILLINOIS’

900 funds? State should consolidate them F

ans of the Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area near Prophetstown were likely pleased to learn about its expansion. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources paid $550,000 last year to buy 274 nearby acres, which, according to a recent news release, will be used as a preserve for migrating waterfowl and other wildlife, as well as hunting grounds.

The state also expanded Lowden-Miller State Forest near Oregon last year by paying $450,000 for 64 additional acres.

On one hand, the expansion of natural areas seems to be a positive development.

On the other, the state remains in dire financial

straits. When Illinois still owes billions of dollars to its vendors ($4.5 billion at last count), how can it justify buying more property?

The simple answer is that the state has multiple funds. Some are capital funds, such as the IDNR’s Open Lands Trust, from which money is appropriated to buy land for conservation and recreation.

Others are operating funds, such as the struggling General Fund, from which the state’s vendors are paid.

What we think Illinois’ deadbeat government is hardly a model of efficiency. As pointed out by the authors of “Fixing Illinois,� one problem is the huge number of funds the state has.

It’s time to pare them down.

ber of funds that Wisconsin, our neighbor to the north, has?

Perhaps it is closer to 76, the number of funds overseen by the state government of Michigan, a state nearer our size.

No. Believe it or not, Illinois has an “estimated 900 SO, HOW MANY FUNDS funds,� according to the does the state of Illinois authors of “Fixing Illinois: use to manage its financ- Politics and Policy in the es?

Prairie State.�

Might it be in the neighJames D. Nowlan and J. borhood of 60, the numThomas Johnson believe

that number is much more than the state needs.

It takes extra work by state employees to keep track of 900 funds, the authors wrote. The possibility of errors is multiplied. And the state’s practice of transferring money from fund to fund (remember Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s infamous “fund sweeps� to finance his pet projects?) creates difficulties in accounting and management.

That’s why Nowlan and Johnson have the following recommendation: “Reduce the number of funds with which state government operates.�

It’s one of 98 eyeopening recommendations they offer in “Fixing Illinois,� a 180-page book that came out in May.

ernment itself. A chapter is devoted to battling corruption.

Curious about all their suggestions? We encourage you to read the book.

Oh, and about those 900 funds?

Nowlan and Johnson believe their consolidation would enhance transparency and eliminate manipulation. They YOU MAY RECALL that further suggest that Sauk Valley Media carfund transfers be greatly ried a four-part series of reduced, and that the columns by the authors in General Fund become May and June that offered the repository for most highlights of their recom- incoming revenue, to mendations. provide better control The book proposes when it is spent. commonsense improveSuch actions could ments for the state budlead to more intelligent, get, education, human efficient management of services, health care, state money – whether economic development, for buying land or paying transportation, and govbills.

THE READER’S VOICE

A festive 50th anniversary for Petunia Festival

Agrees that the truth is in God’s word

ANDREW BROCKWELL Dixon

DESSA KEREVEN Rock Falls

On behalf of the Dixon Petunia Festival Board, we’d like to extend a huge “thank you� to everyone who helped with the success of the 50th anniversary of the Dixon Petunia Festival. We were very pleased with how the events turned out, including the new ones added for this year’s festival.

We saw an increase in sponsor support this year. Without the community business support, the festival wouldn’t be able to grow. Our deepest gratitude for their sponsorships. And, the hundreds of volunteers who worked at the gates, provided security, helped run events, and helped clean up every night, are greatly appreciated.

We moved the Petunia Festival office into the Dixon Main Street office, and that partnership of two non-profits sharing many of the tasks and resources allowed the festival to spend more dollars raised on events, rather than operational costs.

This was one of our largest parades in many years. Additional floats and drum corps offered a very festive atmosphere.

Returning this year was Drum Corp competition Sunday night. The stands were full.

To finish off the festival with an extra-long fireworks show was a perfect end to the weeklong events. The Dixon Police, fire departments and their staff need to be commended for the many hours they put in to keep festival goers safe.

And lastly, except for the weather on Wednesday evening, we were blessed with sunshine and good weather.

The final results will be calculated soon, and the board will begin planning for next year. If you’re interested in serving on committees or on the Petunia Festival board, please contact us.

Thank you to the Sauk

Valley for making this year’s 50th celebration very special. The festival has grown a lot in 50 years, and we look forward to building the festival for many years to come.

Note to readers: Andrew Brockwell is president of the Dixon Petunia Festival Board.

In response to Jordan Bowman’s two letters [June 18 and July 2], I had already written my response and was ready to send it in until this last letter came out. Those three citizens believe that the truth is God’s word. I must agree.

They are warning you about the “two ways� – the broad way that leads to destruction, and the narrow way that leads to life eternal (Matthew 7:13,14). God our creator gave us free will to make our own choices.

I am telling you with love and gentleness that God’s will is the best. God’s laws are perfect. They protect us, make us wise, give us joy and light. God’s laws are pure, eternal, just (Psalm 19:7-9).

I ask you, please, to take time today to pick up his holy word and read, pray, and meditate over it. Pray Jesus to come into your life.

He is standing by. He loved us so much that he took our place on the cross. We have been bought with a price. Now that’s an amazing love and sacrifice.

You will find that you have been set free. God never worries, and he will take care of everything.

We all fall short of the glory of God, but thanks be to God he did save us.

Now it’s your choice what you believe.

‘Made in USA’ helps make the USA stronger

Thanks carrier for help during power outage

Joe Heller, Heller Syndication

What do you think?

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

PETE PAPOCCIA Rock Falls

I write in regard to Mr. Tony Valentino’s letter [from June 26] concerning the real job creators. First, I want to say that I don’t disagree with him; however, Mr. Eades certainly has a point.

Yes, it is the wealthy and big companies that create jobs; but, if it were not for those people working those jobs, the wealthy’s wealth would never be

Jim Morin, MorinToons Syndicate

created. After all, it is the worker who actually creates the product or service that is provided.

Now, it seems to me that the majority of the jobs created by the wealthy and large corporations of the U.S. are not being created in this country. Why not? Could it be that they can produce their product much cheaper, with much higher profits, by paying poverty-level wages, with a lack of human benefits

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Jennifer Baratta Jim Dunn Sam R Fisher Sheryl Gulbranson Larry Lough Jeff Rogers

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.

and safe working conditions in countries such as China?

It’s hard to deny that this country was built by the labor and sweat of the working class. Are we headed back to the days before organized labor when we had the very rich and the very poor, and not much in between?

You know what? I like to cook, so occasionally I buy new frying pans. I recently bought two at Walmart.

Yes, I said Walmart. I had my choice between similar pans made in the USA and ones made in China.

The ones made in the USA were only about $3 higher, and the quality seems better.

Do we really need to buy from China? I’ll bet the working conditions are much better in the factory in the USA than the one in China.

My pans both say “Made in the USA.�

“We’ve reached the too-much-information age, but we really haven’t reached the communication age.�

Stephen Jukuri, activist, 2006

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SECOND OPINION

Don’t get tricked into voting in November S

hould be enough good races on the Nov. 4 ballot to get you to vote.

But this isn’t a presidential election, so we know most folks won’t bother.

That doesn’t mean political leaders are not going to try to get you to cast a ballot.

Each side wants you to vote – but only if you’re not going to vote for the other side.

That’s the American way.

NEARLY EVERY BIG office except U.S. president is on the Illinois ballot this year.

U.S. Senate. Governor.

State Legislature. Congress.

As well as several local offices – those closest to home.

Excited yet?

Probably not.

BIG PART OF THE problem is that too many public offices on the ballot have uncontested candidates or non-competitive races.

Biggest local office on the ballot is sheriff.

Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties each have only one candidate. Take your

choice.

Races for almost all of the Illinois House and Senate seats on the ballot were decided 3 years ago when Democratic legislators drew new districts to make them as one-sided as possible – mostly on the Democratic side, of course.

You probably don’t know the names of the candidates for state treasurer – let alone county treasurer (although Lee County does have a contest!).

Unless you’re something of a political junkie, the governor’s race might be the only contest you’ve heard about.

And we’re less than 4 months from Election Day. SURE, WE WILL HEAR a lot of political messages before Nov. 4.

But most of it will be noise, so you will block it out.

You can’t trust a candidate to be completely truthful about himself.

And you never can trust a candidate to be honest about an opponent.

So, if the people on the ballot don’t persuade you to vote, what will? Maybe an issue that interests

THE READER’S VOICE

Billing date change may result in fees RANDY LILLY Dixon

It’s time for Comcast to remember that we pay [its employees’] salaries.

All customers should turn their bills to “other charges and credits.”

The “administration fee/late payment” is deceiving; the billing date on your account has been changed. You are proba-

bly being charged a $9.50 fee without even knowing about it.

They will tell you the billing date cannot be changed, even though there are 28 different billing cycles.

I think this is an unfair practice that you need to take note of. If enough customers complain and nothing is done, FCC and the Better Business Bureau both should be notified.

Be vigilant. Your response is imperative to this cause.

larryLOUGH Larry Lough is executive editor of Sauk Valley Media.

Contact him via email at llough@ saukvalley. com.

you – or scares you.

Fear is a great motivator.

AT THE FEDERAL level, you will hear about a lot of “show votes” in Congress.

Those involve legislation that doesn’t have a chance of passing, but is designed to stir up a constituency – maybe persuade those people to vote.

Senate Democrats, for example, have offered a bill to reverse last week’s Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Supreme Court ruling on contraception coverage.

The measure would stop corporations from refusing federal healthcare coverage mandates on religious grounds.

Democrats hope to use the issue to drive women to the polls for the midterm election this fall.

Their majority in the Senate is at risk during this off-year election with a Democrat in the White House, so Democrats want to force Republicans to block or vote against the contraception bill. That will bolster their strategy to paint Republicans as “antiwomen.”

And women tend to vote Democratic.

BUT REPUBLICANS control the House, so they have to cook up some “show votes” of their own.

After the 50-or-so meaningless votes to repeal or defund Obamacare, the GOP majority might have already overplayed that hand.

Used to be, just before an election, Republicans would trot out a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. The House even passed it a couple of times before the Senate showed a better understanding of the First Amendment.

But what now? Lacking a legislative initiative, maybe Republicans should try a new approach.

Not a “show vote,” but a sideshow.

They might have to ramp up (again) their ongoing investigations: Benghazi! IRS! Fast and Furious!

Nah. Those matters have started to lose their appeal, even to their own partisans, like that whole birth certificate thing.

How about an effort to impeach the president?

No, that blew up in their faces the last time.

Maybe a lawsuit against the president?

Hmmmm ...

ON THE STATE SCENE, politicians on both sides have tried to load up the ballot with referendum questions to stir their voters who otherwise might stay home on Election Day. Democrats want to woo you with measures designed to stem voter suppression laws, increase the minimum wage, enact a graduated income tax, and ensure contraceptive coverage.

Republicans wanted voters to weigh in on issues of legislative redistricting and term limits, but the courts have told them they took too many shortcuts in the drafting and/or petitioning process.

Those questions, of course, are secondary to the politicians’ real purpose: to get “their” people to the polls.

People who are motivated by a minimum wage increase or contraceptive issues could be expected to vote for Democratic candidates while they’re casting their ballots.

Voters excited about term limits would more likely vote for Republicans once they got to the polls.

And if the referendum is approved, that’s a bonus.

WHILE THE RACE FOR president might bring out more than 70 percent of registered voters, these midterm elections seldom crack 50 percent – and it’s often much lower than that.

Low turnouts favor Republicans – as in 2010 – who vote with more consistency than Democrats.

Will “show votes” and referendum questions make a big difference this year.

Probably not.

But that won’t stop the politicians from trying to trick you into voting.

EDITORIALS ELSEWHERE

Stick to issues, leave jokes to comedians Jobs and taxes, not fake releases The Telegraph Editorial Board !LTON

The race for governor has been amusing at times – few can deny the comedic value of the Bruce Rauner campaign’s creation of Quinnochio, or the Pat Quinn camp sending a man in a chicken suit to a Rauner speech.

It appears the creative well has dried, though, and now we’re seeing tactics that don’t belong in any campaign.

The low road was taken first by Democrats, who last week sent out a news release that had all appearances of coming from the Rauner campaign. But something seemed not quite right.

The following day, a news release claiming

to be from Dick Durbin said the senator planned to call in Quinn to testify about a $55 million anti-violence program some have charged was an effort to gain votes in a tight 2010 race. It, too, seemed suspect.

It turns out, though, that both were fake; the creation of grasping-forstraws campaign flaks. ...

In Illinois, there are so many things that should

be at the forefront of discussion among those who want to hold the state’s highest office.

Job creation, taxes, fiscal responsibility – these are just a few of the myriad concerns among voters.

If a political party really wants to get the attention of media – and through them, the people – start addressing the issues and leave the jokes to the comedians.

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Attorney: Man trapped in jail feared death Father locked in visiting room for 30 hours CHICAGO (AP) – A man who was trapped in a Cook County Jail visiting room for about 30 hours last weekend tried everything from yelling and kicking to get someone’s attention to using a key to try to force a glass piece in a door out, his attorney said.

None of that worked for 51-year-old Farad Polk, attorney Michael Richmond said Thursday, leaving Polk to wonder whether he would be freed before he died. “He kicked the door so much he couldn’t kick any longer because his foot was sore,� Richmond told the Chicago SunTimes. “At one point, he thought he heard voices, but no one came.�

Polk became trapped in the room late in the day on July 5 and wasn’t found and freed until early on Monday, 2 days later. He was at the jail to visit his son.

Jail Executive Director Cara Smith said Polk walked into the wrong room, and the door closed behind him. Polk couldn’t

be heard outside the room because the walls and door are too thick, she said. “While we thank God he’s safe, we’re looking at every single aspect of this case,� Smith said. “This has never happened, to my knowledge, before.�

Richmond has filed a court petition seeking surveillance footage and witness statements. The petition, though not a lawsuit, claims Polk suffered “extreme mental anguish� while being without food, water or access to a restroom.

Richmond said Polk is not yet ready to talk about the events himself.

Polk eventually tried to use the key to cut around the edges of the glass partition, but that didn’t work, Richmond said. Later, Polk was able to force a fire sprinkler on, climbing on top of a counter to wait as the water flowed. “Water was gushing out and started to fill the room,� Richmond said.

The sprinkler alerted firefighters, who freed Polk about 1:30 a.m. Monday.

Polk cut a thumb and was later taken to a hospital, where he received three stitches, Richmond said.

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ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE

Some lawmakers give up pay But furloughs aren’t required this time around CHICAGO (AP) – Some Illinois lawmakers are taking matters into their own hands after the Legislature moved for the first time in years not to take furlough days to save taxpayer dollars.

Democratic state Reps.

Fred Crespo and Marty Moylan and Republican Rep. Don Moffitt are among those who plan to donate to charity the minimum $3,100 in additional money they’ll see in their paychecks this year.

The change comes as part of a $35.7 billion budget plan that punts on crucial spending decisions until after the November election. “Especially in these hard times, as people are losing their homes, I think it sends a signal that we’re willing to sacrifice like they have to,�

Moylan, a Des Plaines Democrat, said.

Giving back the money also could be politically helpful in an election year. Like many of the

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Moylan plans to send a large portion of the money to his church and to other local charities.

Starting pay for the 177 members of the Legislature is $67,836, with

many lawmakers getting extra $10,000 bumps for committee work and leadership roles.

Since 2009, lawmakers have approved legislation each year sacrificing 1 day of pay per month. But this year, budgeters said that legislation was impossible to enact, after a Cook County court ruling found Gov. Pat Quinn’s July 2013 line-item veto last summer of legislators’ salaries unconstitutional. Quinn moved to cut lawmakers pay – and withhold his own – as the state’s massive underfunded pension liability remained unaddressed.

Quinn on June 30 largely approved the budget that he has criticized as “incomplete.� The plan keeps funding for schools flat but doesn’t allocate enough money to cover increased expenses, such as health care costs and wage increases.

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Moffitt, a Gilson Republican who’s represented the 74th district in central Illinois since 1993, said the practice of donating a portion of his salary – including per diem pay – to charity became a habit even before that, when lawmakers were in deadlock over a budget under former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. “We’d be on the floor a few minutes and then recess,� Moffitt said. “Taxpayers were getting nothing for it. “ He said he thought about writing a check and sending it back to the state, but ultimately decided charity was a better route. “I think that’s where it does the most good,�

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Polar vortex? No, just cooler temps Next week to be 15 degrees below normal CHICAGO (AP) – Unseasonably cool temperatures will arrive next week in the Midwest and as far south as Arkansas and Oklahoma.

It is not, however, the second coming of a polar vortex, a phrase the National Weather Service’s Chicago office tweeted earlier this week to describe the upcoming sweater weather. They quickly learned that wasn’t such a good idea, said Amy Seeley, a weather service meteorologist who spent a good chunk of Friday morning fielding a flood of telephone calls from the media.

Though Typhoon Neoguri has weakened since hitting Japan, it altered the path of the North Pacific jet stream, allowing polar air behind a trough of low pressure to spill out of Canada and into the Midwest, says Weather Underground meteorology director Jeff Masters.

It’s similar to the polar vortex pattern from the winter that turned much of the country into a freezer for weeks at a time, breaking cold

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Bartek Lasak, 3, runs back to shore after trying to play in the cold water at the lakefront Friday in Chicago. weather temperature records in numerous states. But there are key differences, Masters says. This air mass is coming from western Canada and not directly from the arctic.

Between Monday and Wednesday, temperatures in the Midwest will be as much as 15 degrees cooler than normal, with the biggest drops seen close to the Great Lakes, though people in Oklahoma and Arkansas will need to break out pants, too.

Chicago would normally see highs in the 80s and lows in the mid60s, but the weather service says highs early next week will climb no higher than the mid-60s – maybe 70 degrees – and lows could dip into the upper 40s.

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Lawmakers in both parties agree on the need to reform the Veterans Affairs Department’s health care network – the largest in

the country – following reports of veterans dying while awaiting appointments at VA hospitals or clinics. The resulting election-year firestorm forced VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign in May. A halfdozen other VA officials have resigned or retired since then.

The VA’s inspector general has confirmed that at least 35 veterans died while awaiting appointments at the agency’s Phoenix medical center alone, but he has yet to report on the results of investigations into whether delays in treatment were responsible for any of the deaths.

The latest analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates a Senate-passed

bill would cost $35 billion through 2016 to build new clinics, hire doctors, and make it easier for veterans who can’t get prompt appointments with VA doctors to get outside care. The CBO put the price tag of a similar measure passed by the House at $44 billion.

More troubling for lawmakers are longterm costs. As currently designed, the legislation would relieve a big backlog of veterans awaiting appointments by letting them seek care outside the VA system, but that the expansion would expire after 2 years. Fiscal conservatives worried about swelling deficits fear lawmakers will yield to inevitable pressure from veterans to keep it.

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Price tag seen as too expensive WASHINGTON (AP) – Stung by sticker shock, members of Congress are scrambling to lower the cost of a bill to fix veterans’ health care amid a growing uproar over long waits for appointments and falsification of records to cover up the delays at Veterans Affairs hospitals.

At the same time, deficit hawks fear that letting veterans turn more to providers outside the VA for health care could cost far more if Congress, under pressure from powerful veterans groups, decides to renew that program rather than let it expire in 2 years.

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James Tuchschmidt, a top official at the VA, testifying Tuesday on Capitol Hill, said he was sorry that VA employees have suffered retaliation after making whistleblower complaints. The estimated cost to fix the VA health care system has lawmakers concerned.

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Miami vice Hours after LeBron James announced he was leaving Miami for Cleveland, Chris Bosh agrees to max deal with Heat. He’ll make $118 million over 5 years.

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Numbers game That’s how many seasons that wide receiver Andre Johnson has played with the Texans.

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BY MARK GILLESPIE Associated Press

CLEVELAND – If LeBron James was going to win another NBA title, heal broken hearts, and continue building his legacy, he knew there was only one place to go.

To Ohio. Home.

Four years after he left for Miami, a widely criticized departure that damaged his image and crushed a longsuffering city’s championship hopes, James is coming back to play for the Cavaliers to try and end Cleveland’s half-century title drought. He’s returning to his basketball roots, to the people who know him best to make good on a promise.

James made the announcement Friday with a powerful essay written for Sports Illustrated. His decision ended 2 weeks of speculation with the entire league waiting on his move.

In the end, he chose Cleveland over re-signing with the Heat.

“I looked at other teams, but I wasn’t going to leave AP Miami for anywhere except Cleveland,” he said to SI. “The Fans whoop it up behind an ESPN reporter outside more time passed, the more it felt right. This is what makes Quicken Loans Arena on Friday in Cleveland, after me happy.”

NBA star LeBron James announced he would return to the Cavaliers.

THRONE CONTINUED ON B3

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Alina Llanas strikes the ball on fairway No. 9 at Sunset Golf Course in Mt. Morris. Llanas, who is playing for Timber Creek, is in the lead after the first round of play.

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Sunset chasing perennial power

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MOUNT MORRIS – Kishwaukee’s drive for five is facing a significant speed bump at the Women’s Lincoln Highway golf tournament.

The DeKalb country club has won the last four LHTs, including a year ago in dominating fashion at Rock River Golf and Pool in Rock Falls. This year, however, Kishwaukee holds just a five-point (+32 to +27) advantage against the host team, Sunset, following the first round of play on Friday.

The final round in the best-against-bogey tournament is slated for Saturday.

Salley Wessels was the top performer for Sunset with a +10 total, with Marilyn Geiken, Cheryl Satterfield, and Colleen Miller each at +5. Terri Scheidecker is at +2, while Kathi Tremble is at even. The two lowest scores from each eightmember team are discarded.

PACE CONTINUED ON B7

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Rock Falls native Seth Blair throws a pitch for the Memphis Redbirds, the Triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. Blair recently made the move up in class, shortly after making the transition to the bullpen.

Blair adjusting to new class, new role

BY TY REYNOLDS treynolds@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5554

After spending a 4-hour bus ride trying to figure out what he was going to do during the upcoming 2-day Double-A All-Star break last month, Seth Blair had the decision made for him by the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

On June 22, after a three-game series in Little Rock, Ark., Blair and his Springfield Cardinal teammates were headed home for a little R & R. But after the bus arrived back in Springfield, Mo., his coach called him into his office.

Usually, this means one of two things: moving up the ladder, or

sliding back down. In Blair’s case, the Rock Falls native was being promoted to Triple-A Memphis.

Such is life in the minor leagues: In less than 12 hours, Blair went from anticipating a 2-day break to taking a red-eye flight to Las Vegas to join the Redbirds on their road trip.

“I’d rather pitch in Triple-A than sit on my butt waiting for 2 days in Double-A,” Blair said via phone from Memphis on Wednesday evening. “I’ve been pretty much living out of a hotel room for the last 3 weeks, but I’m obviously excited for the opportunity, and I’m going to work hard to make the most of it.”

In addition to the change of scenery off the diamond, Blair is also

getting used to a new view from the field level. After moving up through the Cardinals system as a starting pitcher, Blair moved to the bullpen over his final four appearances in Springfield.

Despite still learning the ins and outs of a relief pitcher’s mindset and routine, Blair got the call to move one step closer to – and one step away from – the major leagues.

“Honestly, I was a little surprised at the timing, since I had just made the transition to the bullpen,” Blair said of the move. “I’d only thrown four times out of the bullpen in Double-A, and I thought they’d give me a little while to get used to it.”

PENNING CONTINUED ON B9

Blair by the numbers 2014 Double-A stats: 4-6, 5.70 ERA in 15 games (11 starts), 60 IP, 41 R, 38 ER, 66 H, 39 SO, 38 BB 2014 Triple-A stats: 0-0, 7.71 ERA in 5 games (0 starts), 4 2/3 IP, 8 R, 4 ER, 5 H, 3 SO, 7 BB Career minor league stats: 14-21, 5.27 ERA in 72 games (60 starts), 295 2/3 IP, 198 R, 173 ER, 318 H, 242 SO, 171 BB FYI: Made last 4 appearances in Springfield, and all five appearances in Memphis, out of the bullpen.

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Zach Johnson hits his approach shot on the 18th fairway during the second round of the John Deere Classic on Friday in Silvis.

Zach fights back to top of JDC Johnson tied with McGirt in Silvis

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

SILVIS – Zach Johnson was 11 feet from the cup on the par-5 10th hole during the second round of the John Deere Classic, and had a decision to make.

His ball was sitting on the fringe of the green, and he wasn’t sure what club to use. He took a few practice strokes with his putter, didn’t like what he saw, and reached into his bag.

“Probably three or four options there,” Johnson said of his club choice. “I just kind of went through the process of trying to figure out which one was going to leave me the best opportunity to make a 5.”

Johnson traded in his putter for a fairway hybrid, and was able to punch it into the cup for a birdie.

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ome April Fools Day many years ago, the local radio station â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it was WSDRm if memory serves WSDR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; played a bit of a prank on its listeners.

It concocted a story about Rock Falls and Sterling combining athletic programs. For some reason, it seems like they were going to be known as the Roosters.

Not sure on that last part, I was pretty young.

Maybe it was the Rocksters. I am sure someone out there remembers it better.

I believe they went all in on the prank, getting officials from both schools to make faux comments on the situation.

It seems like they kept the bit going for about an hour, before pulling the plug and letting the audience know that the two twin-city rivals would keep their own programs.

Over the last few weeks, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been looking at each school

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and their sportsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; programs. We are running Rock Falls today, and will run Sterlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Monday.

Without giving too much away, both schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; programs seem to be healthy and thriving.

But â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all these years later â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the prank has become a reality in boys and girls swimming and diving.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good move for a lot of reasons â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the first, it offers a very close option for Rock Falls students interested swimming to get involved with a team.

And not just any team, either. Sterling

swimming has been a very strong program over the years, and it has opened the doors to some big-time scholarships for several of its athletes. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t doubt thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talent south of the river that can now have a better chance to chase that dream.

The second reason itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give Sterling and Rock Falls fans a chance in both the fall and winter to find some common ground.

While the rivalry between the two schools has mellowed over the last decade, especially now that they do not participate in the same conference, this should take the mellowing to the next level.

Now, will this open the door for more combining? Maybe, but like I said, most of the programs at both schools are quite healthy.

The most likely joint efforts would be in programs like soccer and tennis, which Rock Falls does not currently offer.

It seems unlikely to happen in boys soccer, where the combined enrollments of the two schools would push the program up a class to 3A. It would remain in 2A in girls soccer.

Tennis seems the most likely opportunity, since, like swimming, it is a one-class sport.

Adding the enrollment of Rock Falls isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to change a thing competition-wise.

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any insiderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knowledge if any of these sports have ever been discussed, or ever will, but this story caught my imagination.

Heck, it caught my imagination all those years ago as a listener falling for a prank.

Just think what would have happened all those years ago, if one town had formed around the Rock River instead of two. The sports landscape of the Sauk Valley would look vastly different, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for sure.

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NANCY, France â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Matteo Trentin of Italy won Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seventh stage of the Tour de France in a photo finish, after two top American hopefuls went down in the latest spills of a crash-marred edition this year.

Fellow Italian Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall leaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yellow jersey. U.S. rider Tejay van Garderen, a solid all-around rider with an outside shot at the title, crashed late in the stage and lost more than a minute in the title chase.

The sun finally broke through clouds that had dumped rain over riders in recent days for the 234.5 kilometer (146 mile) ride from Epernay, the capital of Champagne country, to the eastern city of Nancy. It was the second-longest stage of the 3-week race this year.

Trentin, a cheery 24-year-old who won a stage in the Tour of Switzerland earlier this year, beat Slovakiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Peter Sagan by what looked like no more than a centimeter or 2 on the finish-line photo of the final sprint. The finish was so close that the Tourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website initially declared Sagan the winner.

Trentin patted Sagan on the back after crossing the line. The Cannondale star, who took home the green jersey given to the Tourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best overall sprinter for the last 2 years, has finished in the top 5 of every stage this year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and second three times â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but has yet to win. Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tony Gallopin was third. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honestly, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that I won. I told Peter that he had beaten me on the line. Cycling is nice

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Italyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Matteo Trentin (right) crosses the finish line Friday just ahead of runner-up Peter Sagan of Slovakia (second left) and Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Simon Gerrans (left), who finished fifth, to win the seventh stage of the Tour de France. because anything can happen,â&#x20AC;? said Trentin, who won a stage in Lyon in his first Tour last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing that I won two times.â&#x20AC;?

Trentin dedicated the victory to his Omega Pharma Quick Step team and its star sprinter Mark Cavendish, who crashed out in Stage 1.

BMC leader van Garderen was not the only American to have a bad day. Andrew Talansky fell in the final sprint, rolling over and scuffing up his left arm and ripping his jersey on his shoulder after getting bumped by Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Simon Gerrans.

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leader, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lose time in the title chase, because his crash happened within the last 3 kilometers. He yelled in frustration after crossing the line. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK ... itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to affect him much,â&#x20AC;?

Garmin-Sharp team Jonathan Vaughters said of Talansky on French TV. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if it was Gerransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fault, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s angry.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100 percent sure.â&#x20AC;?

Overall, Nibali has a 2-second lead over Astana teammate Jakob Fuglsang, and is 2 minutes, 37 seconds clear of two-time Tour winner Alberto Contador â&#x20AC;&#x201C; his main rival. Talansky is eighth, 2 minutes, 5 seconds back.

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Now they won’t get past him in the Central Division, either.

Beep, beep, drive home safely.

James made his choice Friday, and made his announcement far classier than last time. He told Sports Illustrated’s Lee Jenkins that he’s “coming home” to Cleveland, which immediately makes the Cavaliers the favorite in the conference and division the Bulls play in.

If Indiana isn’t totally a cuckoo’s nest, then the Bulls are only third in the Central, at best.

You can argue that the Pacers are crazy and spineless and done, but you have no idea how Derrick Rose is going to come back. And you don’t know for how long.

You also have no idea what Nikola Mirotic is, and whether Doug McDermott can play for Tom Thibodeau.

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here. But Anthony wouldn’t make the Bulls better than any team James plays for.

We haven’t heard from Carmelo, which means the Bulls aren’t totally screwed. We also haven’t heard whether the Cavs have acquired Kevin Love, which means there might be some Plan B hope.

But if past is prologue, uh-oh. The Bulls didn’t make a play for James.

They made a big one for Anthony. They showed an interest in Love, and it’s entirely reasonable to suspect they could go 0-for-3 this summer, which would make it hockey season in the United Center.

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James had not yet signed a contract, but he made it clear he will wear a Cavaliers jersey next season.

“When I left Cleveland, I was on a mission,” James said in the SI first-person story. “I was seeking championships, and we won two. But Miami already knew that feeling. Our city hasn’t had that feeling in a long, long, long time. My goal is still to win as many titles as possible, no question. But what’s most important for me is bringing one trophy back to northeast Ohio.”

James is the league’s best all-around player, a four-time MVP who was dubbed “The Chosen One” as a can’t-miss high school star in nearby Akron. At 6-foot-8, 260 pounds, he can score from all over and is one of the game’s best passers and defenders.

Staying in Miami would have been easy. He could have made another run at a third title and fifth straight NBA finals appearance with close friends Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, the other members of a “Big 3” who

have been the league’s team-to-hate since 2010.

Instead, James picked the young, unproven Cavs, with a rookie coach who spent last year in Israel. Almost unbelievably, he’ll again work for owner Dan Gilbert, who torched James on his way out the door in 2010.

For Cleveland, a city accustomed to so much sports heartache – as the Cavaliers, Browns and Indians have all come close but failed to win it all – news of James’ return triggered a spontaneous downtown celebration

during Friday’s lunch hours.

Car horns blared and strangers high-fived on the sidewalks outside Quicken Loans Arena, where James had so many big moments during his first seven seasons as a pro.

Four years ago, some fans burned his jersey.

On July 11, 2014, all was forgiven.

The Cavs were considered a longshot when free agency opened. But as the days went by, Cleveland emerged as the leader.

While he was in Las Vegas

earlier this week, James met with Heat president Pat Riley, the architect who assembled Miami’s back-to-back championship teams.

Riley made a final pitch, but he had nothing to match the overwhelming lure of home.

“Before anyone ever cared where I would play basketball, I was a kid from northeast Ohio,” James told SI. “... People there have seen me grow up. I sometimes feel like I’m their son. Their passion can be overwhelming. But it drives me.”

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Argentina, Germany look to add to rich World Cup tradition

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his past week, I got to share the old G3 with a very cool young lady. Hannah Schultz, a very bright 13-year-old girl from Rock Falls, was on board for a little channel cat chasing with me.

You all probably do not remember, but back before Christmas, I did all those giveaways. Well, of all the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guess the weightsâ&#x20AC;? I did, Hannah was the only one to guess a weight right on the money.

The prize â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if you want to call it that â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was to have me come and talk fishing to their school class, and to fish a tournament together. Well, we did the classroom thing back in March, and finally we got to meet up for some pre-fishing.

Now, Hannah isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d call your typical 13-year-old girl. I mean yeah, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a perty little thing and all, but this young lady is all about the outdoors. Hannah shoots bow and arrow and shotgun hunts for deer and turkey. To put it simply, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a country girl.

However, Hannah had never been on the Rock River after channel catfish before, so I got the chance to put her on her first one.

Now, I love having opportunities like this one. Only thing is, the channel cat bite had dipped quite a bit with the rapid dropping of the river, so I was hoping weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d still be able to get her a decent fish.

Even though our midweek trip started off slow, things picked up at midday, and Hannah started to get some steady bites. I am not going to get into any numbers on the short trip; however, I will say that Hannah was able to land more turtles and catfish than her father Dave did. This young lady caught on to the bite

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really well, and figured out exactly when to set the hook on the lightbiting cats.

It was really apparent that parents Dave and Lisa have done a wonderful job raising a terrific young lady.

So now, Hannah and I wait for our opportunity to fish a tourney together, and for a chance to team her up with my daughter Taya and chase a flathead or two. This will be a very talented team of female catters, and I hope to see them team up and fish some tourneys together someday in the future. That would be awesome to watch.

But getting kids into fishing and hunting or, for that matter, camping, scouting, boating or whatever, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the important thing. These two young ladies are both well on their way to a life full of terrific outdoor memories. It will be exciting to see these two achieve successes along the way, and eventually pass what they learn on to their own kids in the distant future â&#x20AC;Ś the very distant future.

One last thing, all. Do not forget next Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s co-ed catfish tournament in Erie. Grab your own daughter or son and get over and fish with us. Fishing starts at 7 a.m. and ends at 1 p.m. Registration starts at 6 a.m. at Glenn Miller Marina. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to have you there.

Until next week ... Go Catfish!

RIO DE JANEIRO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The most entertaining World Cup in a generation comes down to a final match that pits the planetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best player against the tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best team.

Lionel Messi will lead Argentina out against Germany at Maracana Stadium on Sunday for a game that will define careers, cement legacies, and be watched by a global audience of about a billion viewers.

And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a matchup that means more to both sides than just a chance to lift one of the most hallowed trophies in sports.

For Messi, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a chance to firmly make his case for being perhaps the greatest ever to play the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular game. For Germany, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an opportunity to make up for a number of near-misses over the last decade, and re-establish itself as the dominant force in international football.

And then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the matter of settling a historical score. Argentina and West Germany played each other in two straight World Cup finals in 1986 and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90, games that are well-remembered in the sports psyche of both countries. Diego Maradona and Argentina won the first, the Germans took the second. So call this game the tiebreaker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At this point, who is favorite, who is not, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a difference,â&#x20AC;? Argentina midfielder Maxi Rodriguez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Both teams feel a responsibility to go all the way.â&#x20AC;?

Most would name Germany as the favorite, especially after its astounding 7-1 drubbing of host Brazil in the semifinals. Argentina only reached the final after eking out a penalty shootout win over the Netherlands following a 0-0 draw through 120 minutes.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to see Argentina winning without a big the 2010 quarterfinals in else, Germany thinks it contribution from Messi.

South Africa. can buck the trend.

For Germany, the equaâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Germany is a great â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are looking fortion is equally simple: If it team. What happened to ward to playing a South Brazil could happen to American team in South can contain Argentinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest threat, its superior any team,â&#x20AC;? Argentina for- America, but we hope ward Sergio Aguero said. the Brazilian fans will be strength in the rest of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;[But] we have players supporting us,â&#x20AC;? Germany field should make the difference. Germany has who can create danger assistant coach Hansi played like a perfect team up front. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the Flick said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know machine, getting goals final for a reason.â&#x20AC;? the Argentina team very from defenders, midfieldOne thing speaks well, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played often ers and forwards alike. against Germany, too. against them. We know â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to keep with No European team has what to expect.â&#x20AC;? ever won a World Cup For Argentina to have a Messi constantly and try to disturb him,â&#x20AC;? Germany played in the Americas. chance, Messi will have forward Thomas Mueller Whether thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because to perform considersaid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be important of the climate, the fan ably better than he did support, or something against the Netherlands, to act as a unit.â&#x20AC;?

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Bridge players often compete only on weekends, when counting points and suit lengths will be very important.

This deal occurred during a social game. What should happen in two no-trump after West leads his fourth-highest club and East puts up his king? Do you agree with North’s pass over two notrump?

Taking those questions in reverse order, North should have used Stayman, then raised three spades to four spades.

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In two no-trump, South took East’s club king with his ace and exited with a low spade.

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South took the next club with his jack and played a second spade. East won and shifted to a heart. South won and led his spade queen.

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Rock River’s Deena Gallentine putts on hole No. 8 at Sunset in Mt. Morris during the first round of the Women’s Lincoln Highway Tournament.

Llanas leading after first LHT round PACE CONTINUED FROM B1 “Having five of our eight girls be in the pluses, that’s a great feeling,” Scheidecker said. “It gives us confidence, and I think we’ve got every possibility to go out and take Kish tomorrow.”

Leading the way for Kishwaukee is Ruth Heal, who is competing in her 46th Lincoln Highway event. She’s at +11, tied for second-best in a 56-player field.

“My first nine holes weren’t too great today,” Heal said, “but you make adjustments and you move on. That’s all you can do.”

Rounding out the Kishwaukee lineup is Bobbie Cesarek at +8, Donna Martin at +5, Debbie Brue and Kathy Halloran at +3, and Joan Burger at +2.

Heal is wary of Sunset putting together a charge on its home course.

“The last time we were here [in 2005], they beat us,” Heal said. “Here’s the thing with the girls at Kish – nobody wants to be on the team that loses.

Nobody keeps winning all the time, but it’s funny to hear the new ladies that come on and go, ‘I don’t want to be on the team that loses,’ so they try really hard.”

Timber Creek is in third place as a team at +17, thanks in large part to the efforts of first-year team member Alina Llanas. The Polo High School graduate is at +12, one ahead of Heal and Indian Oak’s Jacki Johnson.

“My front nine was definitely a struggle,” Llanas said, “but the back nine, I decided to kick my butt in gear.”

Llanas, who plays golf at McKendree College, where she will be a sophomore this fall, had the only score in the 70s, with a 7-over-par 79. That included an even-par 36 her last nine holes.

“I was so nervous the first couple of holes, and I got off to a very bad start,” Llanas said. “The back nine, I hit my irons so much better, adjusted to the speed of the greens, and kept the ball in play.

Everything was just better.”

Top individual honors are up for grabs this year, with eight-time defending champion Ember Schuldt pursuing other golf interests after graduating from the University of Illinois this spring.

“I’d heard a lot about this tournament, and it’s so much fun playing in it,” Llanas said. “To win, it would just be unbelievable.”

t wasn’t particularly breezy during the first round of the Women’s Lincoln Highway golf tournament on Friday, but the winds of change were definitely blowing.

There were plenty of new faces taking their swings at Sunset Golf Course in Mount Morris, site of the 92nd annual event that features some of the top amateur golfers in northern Illinois.

The new blood came out of necessity.

About 3 weeks ago, two golf courses that had been longtime participants in the Women’s Lincoln Highway, Prairie Ridge in Morrison (the former Morrison Country Club) and Rochelle Country Club, had to withdraw due to not having enough golfers.

Prairie Ridge was stuck on five, and unable to find a sixth, which is the bare minimum to have a team. Courses field teams of eight golfers, with the two worst scores thrown out each day.

Rochelle initially had a team of eight golfers, but that number dropped to five by the time a June 25 team entry deadline came around.

That left the tournament with just five squads: Kishwaukee (DeKalb), Timber Creek (Dixon), Rock River Golf and Pool (Rock Falls), Emerald Hill (Sterling) and Sunset (Mount Morris).

“You don’t want it to dwindle down to five teams,” said Kishwaukee’s Ruth Heal, a veteran of 46 women’s LHTs. “It’s kind of not a tournament anymore.”

With the Morrison and Rochelle courses on the fence, phone calls were made to two more area courses, Prophet Hills in Prophetstown and Indian Oaks in Shabbona, to gauge their interest.

The initial response was positive.

Sunset player Cheryl Satterfield made calls to representatives from Kishwaukee and Rock River, explaining the situation. It was decided

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LHT field Out in 2014: Prairie Ridge, Rochelle New in 2014: Prophet Hills, Indian Oaks is the longest-running women’s golf tournament in the United States, and you’d hate to see anything happen to it. It’s very nice that Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com we’ve got some other ABOVE: Indian Creek’s Jacki Johnson hits an clubs involved, and approach shot on Friday during the first round the ladies are very of the Women’s Lincoln Highway at Sunset Golf enthusiastic.”

Kishwaukee is the only Course in Mt. Morris. Johnson is tied for second. private course left in the BELOW: Cathy Verhulst, of Prophet Hills, chips a rotation, with Dixon and shot during Friday’s round.

Rock River having gone from private to public in recent years. It means playing some years on smaller, 9-hole golf courses, but for Heal, it’s no big deal.

“It’s not going to be the same, and I think we need to learn to adapt,” Heal said. “It’s a changing scene, and I’m just so happy we’ve got some other clubs that wanted to come in.”

They didn’t just join – they’re holding their own, at least individually.

Indian Oaks has a player, Jacki Johnson, who is contending for top honors at +11, tied with Heal and one behind Timber Creek’s Alina Llanas.

Prophet Hills’ Cathy Verto immediately extend bogey tournament, and hulst is seventh overall at invitations to the new has a strong contingent the midway point with a courses. of female golfers. The score of +6. “[Kishwaukee and Rock Indian Oaks men have More than that, howRiver] just said yes, go had a team in the Linever, the new players felt ahead,” Satterfield said. coln Highway the past like they belonged in an “Otherwise, it was going several years, and are event they weren’t even down the tubes. We only hosting this year’s event a part of 2 weeks ago. had five teams. They said next weekend. The Shab“We were very nermost definitely we want bona course’s women vous,” Prophets Hills’ to keep it going, so go eagerly joined the party. Karen Wiersema said, for it.”

“We’re very happy “but we were graciously Prophet Hills is a some of these teams welcomed by everyone. longtime participant in wanted to come in so we We’re very happy and the Rock River Classic, could keep the tradition pleased to be in this another best-againstalive,” Heal said. “This competition.”

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Mo Martin lines up a putt on the ninth green during the second round of the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s British Open on Friday at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.

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Mo Martin had a plan for Royal Birkdale, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s working better than she imagined at the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s British Open.

Martin took two putts from short of the green on the par-5 18th hole Friday for her 10th birdie in two rounds, and her second straight 3-under 69.

That gave the American a three-shot lead over Beatriz Recari of Spain and former U.S. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open champion So Yeon Ryu going into the weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always nice when your plan pans out,â&#x20AC;? Martin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to be here.â&#x20AC;?

For Michelle Wie, it was fun while it lasted Coming off her first major title at the U.S. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open at Pinehurst No. 2, Wie kept putting herself in tough spots and couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t convert enough pars. She followed her highest score of the year (75) with one that was even worse, a 78 to miss the cut by three shots.

Wie was among the favorites. It was easy to overlook the 31-year-old Martin, who has never won an LPGA Tour event and is playing links golf for only the third time.

She is 5-foot-2 and among the shortest hitters in womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf. That figured into her strategy at Royal Birkdale, which is littered with pot bunkers and framed by dunes covered in thick grass.

Martin was at 6-under 138, one of only two players to break par in both rounds.

Ryu was the other, overcoming a double bogey on her second hole by not dropping a shot the rest of the way. She shot 70 and was at 3-under 141.

McIlroy struggles in Scotland: Rory McIlroy surren-

dered the lead at the Scottish Open with his latest second-round meltdown, leaving three players tied for first place on a day when brutal winds played havoc with the field.

Kristoffer Broberg of Sweden, Argentinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ricardo Gonzalez, and Marc Warren of Scotland were atop the leaderboard on 6-under, with just 17 of 150 players shooting below 70 on the par71 Royal Aberdeen links course.

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Colin Montgomerie thought it would be tough to keep his advantage from the first round at the U.S. Senior Open, and it was.

The Scotsman shot an even-par 71 and leads Scott Dunlap by one stroke after the second day of the tournament in Edmond, Okla.

ILVIS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; On Friday, my day started early.

While I can usually be found lying in bed throughout the morning, making sure my pillow still works, I was excited to wake up and make the drive to TPC Deere Run in Silvis for the John Deere Classic.

Friday marked my first time covering a professional golf tournament, something I have only seen on TV from my couch. I was a little nervous about finding something to write about. I had an idea in my head that everything was going to be hectic, but once I got to the course, I was able to settle in.

I also found someone who had never been to the course before this weekend and had only watched it on TV, like me.

His name was Russell Henley, a 25-year-old pro from Georgia. Henley turned pro in 2011, and played on the Web. com Tour for his first 2 years. He has been playing in PGA events since last year, and has already racked up two wins doing so.

One came in the 2013 Sony Open in Hawaii, the other at the Honda Classic in March this year. This was his first John Deere Classic. He skipped the tournament last year, but decided to play this season in order to get his game back on track. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone is really, really nice here,â&#x20AC;? Henley said, adjusting his white visor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a great area. The fans are so supportive, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very welcoming.â&#x20AC;?

I was also the subject of a warm welcome.

After parking my car, I hitched a ride to the

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his red Nike bag around for a few holes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The greens are really true, and the whole course has lots of grass on it,â&#x20AC;? Henley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes it a lot more fun than a lot of the other AP courses I play.â&#x20AC;?

It was funny that Russell Henley, seen here at the Quicken Loans Henley mentioned National Tournament, is playing at the John Deere the amount of grass, Classic this weekend for the first time. because I, too, took course in a large SUV â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being from Georgia, advantage of the large that was used for trans- I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really know too amount of grass. porting media to and much about the course, I found a large patch of from the John Deere or the area,â&#x20AC;? Henley grass that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t already headquarters parking said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just watched occupied by bag chairs lot. I rode with a nice this tournament on TV a filled to capacity by men lady that had the air bunch. Coming in, I just in jean shorts, and I sat conditioner on full blast. wanted to enjoy it, and I atop a small hill near She also insisted I sit up am so far.â&#x20AC;? the middle of the 18th front with her in order Henley was paired fairway. to get a better view of with fan-favorite Zach I took some notes in the area.

Johnson, who finished my notebook, but mostWhen she dropped me the day tied for the lead ly watched as golfers off by the admissions at 12-under par after smashed drives over my tent, I put the search shooting a 67 in round 2 head. It was neat to see on for the media tent to to complement his Day the swing, before hearpick up my credentials. 1 63. Large crowds foling the soft ping that I should have brought a lowed Johnson, an Iowa followed. map, because I got lost native, and even shared The balls sailed over on the way. their enthusiasm for my head, seemingly in I soon found myself Henley, who fed off the slow motion, before fallbetween large trailers, energy. ing to the trimmed grass walking against the He carded three birdwith a thud that soundstream of people with ies in the final five holes ed like someone fluffshade-yielding bucket to finish at 5-under, ing a pillow in another hats and golf shirts. It making the cut which room. was almost by chance was finally set at I left my spot on grass that I happened upon 2-under. to start writing once the the media trailer.

Like Henley, I have pesky gnats found me.

I got my press-pass only seen the Classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;I absolutely loved it,â&#x20AC;? picture taken, and it on TV, and decided to Henley said of his 2 days reminded me of my enjoy my time and get of golf. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was just trydrivers license picture a sense of what a highing to focus, and enjoy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not good â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and perma- level tournament is like. the moment at the same nent. No matter, I was It is something I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t time. I will come here off to do more explorget to do very often. I for years to come.â&#x20AC;? ing. found out where Henley Hopefully, I will be forMy new friend did the was at on the course tunate enough to do the same. and followed him and same.

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Scottish Open Friday At Royal Aberdeen course Aberdeen, Scotland Purse: $5.14 million Yardage: 6,867; Par: 71 Second Round +RISTOFFER "ROBERG Â&#x2C6; 2ICARDO 'ONZALEZ Â&#x2C6; -ARC 7ARREN Â&#x2C6; *USTIN 2OSE Â&#x2C6; $AVID (OWELL Â&#x2C6; -IKKO )LONEN Â&#x2C6; ,UCAS "JERREGAARD Â&#x2C6; 2AFA #ABRERA "ELLO Â&#x2C6; -ICHAEL (OEY Â&#x2C6; 0AUL #ASEY Â&#x2C6; &ABRIZIO :ANOTTI Â&#x2C6; 4OMMY &LEETWOOD Â&#x2C6; 'REIG (UTCHEON Â&#x2C6; ,UKE $ONALD Â&#x2C6; 4YRRELL (ATTON Â&#x2C6; !DRIAN /TAEGUI Â&#x2C6; 3HANE ,OWRY Â&#x2C6; 3OREN +JELDSEN Â&#x2C6; Also 0HIL -ICKELSON Â&#x2C6; *IMMY 7ALKER Â&#x2C6; 2ICKIE &OWLER Â&#x2C6; 2ORY -C)LROY Â&#x2C6; 2USSELL +NOX Â&#x2C6; $ARREN #LARKE Â&#x2C6; %RNIE %LS Â&#x2C6; ,EE 7ESTWOOD Â&#x2C6; .ICK &ALDO Â&#x2C6; )AN 0OULTER Â&#x2C6;

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William McGirt chips to the ninth green during the second round of the John Deere Classic on Friday at TPC Deere Run in Silvis. McGirt is tied with Zach Johnson for the JDC lead after two rounds.

McGirt finds good round in Silvis ZACH

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those [shots] where I feel like I can use any sort of wedge, a normal chip shot, you can flub it pretty easily,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birdie on 10 was one of seven during his round, against three bogeys. He finished the day tied for first at 12-under with early clubhouse leader William McGirt. Johnson had a chance to take sole possession of the lead on 18, but left his putt short, to the dismay of the large crowd.

Three others, Steven Bowditch, Johnson Wagner, and Brian Harman, are tied for second at 11-under par.

It was a good day for golf, as the wind was

relatively calm throughout the morning and into the afternoon. Rain showers sprinkled the course in the late afternoon, but nothing got too wet.

McGirt, the clubhouse leader until Johnson finished, teed off on the back nine at 9 a.m. to start his second round. He made his move on the front nine with four straight birdies, followed by two pars. He added another two birdies, before making bogey on the ninth to finish with a 66.

McGirt, ranked 181st in the world, said this was one of the best back-toback rounds he has put together in his career. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who knows,â&#x20AC;? he said when asked where his rounds came from. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wish theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d show up more often.â&#x20AC;?

His play has been

spotty, and it was almost a surprise to him that he was able to string together consecutive solid rounds of golf. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been playing really well the last month, and been getting nothing out of it,â&#x20AC;? McGirt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hit it great last week, and you could have put a garbage can out there, and I would have found a way to miss. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a stupid game, it really is.â&#x20AC;?

Johnson hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t played with McGirt before, but the two head into the weekend tied. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very solid player, great guy,â&#x20AC;?

Johnson said.

Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winner, Jordan Spieth, had a bit of a redemption Friday when he carded a 7-under 64 to place him 7-under overall.

The 20-year-old was

disappointed with his play during Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening round. Through 15 holes on Thursday, he was 2-over, but a strong finish with two birdies and a par helped him finish at even-par.

That final flourish might have lent him some confidence that carried over to Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second round, and he hopes to be able to stretch it out over the weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I took that momentum into today, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to think that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that I can carry over through the next rounds,â&#x20AC;? Spieth said.

Fulton native Aaron Krueger missed the cut with a two-round total of 151. The cut was at 140. Krueger carded a 6-over 77 Friday, after shooting a 3-over 74 Thursday.

Friday At Royal Birkdale Golf Club Southport, England Purse: $3 million Yardage: 6,458; Par: 72 Second Round (a-amateur) -O -ARTIN Â&#x2C6; "EATRIZ 2ECARI Â&#x2C6; 3O 9EON 2YU Â&#x2C6; 3UN *U !HN Â&#x2C6; *ULIETA 'RANADA Â&#x2C6; !RIYA *UTANUGARN Â&#x2C6; 'WLADYS .OCERA Â&#x2C6; !MELIA ,EWIS Â&#x2C6; !MY 9ANG Â&#x2C6; %UN (EE *I Â&#x2C6; 3HANSHAN &ENG Â&#x2C6; *ESSICA +ORDA Â&#x2C6; !ZAHARA -UNOZ Â&#x2C6; )NBEE 0ARK Â&#x2C6; -ORGAN 0RESSEL Â&#x2C6; 3OPHIE 'IQUEL "ETTAN Â&#x2C6; A 'EORGIA (ALL Â&#x2C6; *ENNY 3HIN Â&#x2C6; !I -IYAZATO Â&#x2C6; 3UZANN 0ETTERSEN Â&#x2C6; A %MMA 4ALLEY Â&#x2C6; 3TACY ,EWIS Â&#x2C6; 6IKKI ,AING Â&#x2C6; (ANNAH *UN -EDLOCK Â&#x2C6; !NGELA 3TANFORD Â&#x2C6; #HELLA #HOI Â&#x2C6; -IKI 3AIKI Â&#x2C6; ,AURA $AVIES Â&#x2C6; %RINA (ARA Â&#x2C6; *EONG *ANG Â&#x2C6; 0ORNANONG 0HATLUM Â&#x2C6; *IYAI 3HIN Â&#x2C6; !YAKO 5EHARA Â&#x2C6;

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U.S. Senior Open Friday At Oak Tree National Golf Club Edmond, Okla.

Purse: TBA ($2,685,000 in 2013) Yardage: 7,219; Par: 71 (35-36) Second Round #OLIN -ONTGOMERIE Â&#x2C6; 3COTT $UNLAP Â&#x2C6; 'ENE 3AUERS Â&#x2C6; "ERNHARD ,ANGER Â&#x2C6; ,ANCE 4EN "ROECK Â&#x2C6; -ARK "ROOKS Â&#x2C6; *EFF 3LUMAN Â&#x2C6; $OUG 'ARWOOD Â&#x2C6; 6IJAY 3INGH Â&#x2C6; 7ES 3HORT *R Â&#x2C6; 4OM ,EHMAN Â&#x2C6; +IRK 4RIPLETT Â&#x2C6; $AVID &ROST Â&#x2C6; -ARCO $AWSON Â&#x2C6; /LIN "ROWNE Â&#x2C6; 7OODY !USTIN Â&#x2C6; 4OM +ITE Â&#x2C6; %STEBAN 4OLEDO Â&#x2C6; 3ONNY 3KINNER Â&#x2C6; *OEY 3INDELAR Â&#x2C6; "ARRY ,ANE Â&#x2C6; 2OBIN "YRD Â&#x2C6; *OE $URANT Â&#x2C6; 2USS #OCHRAN Â&#x2C6; 2OCCO -EDIATE Â&#x2C6; "ART "RYANT Â&#x2C6; 3TEVE 0ATE Â&#x2C6; #HRIS 7ILLIAMS Â&#x2C6; +EVIN 3UTHERLAND Â&#x2C6; ,OREN 2OBERTS Â&#x2C6; "RAD "RYANT Â&#x2C6; #OREY 0AVIN Â&#x2C6;

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FRIDAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SCOREBOARD Local golf Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results

92nd annual Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lincoln Highway Tournament at Sunset Golf Course, Mount Morris First round Team standings 1. Kishwaukee (DeKalb) +32; 2. Sunset (Mount Morris) +27; 3. Timber Creek (Dixon) +17; 4. Rock River Golf and Pool (Rock Falls) +6; 5. Indian Oaks (Shabbona) +3; 6. Prophet Hills (Prophetstown) even; 7. Emerald Hill (Sterling) -5 First Flight Ruth Heal (Kishwaukee) +11; Jacki Johnson (Indian Oaks) +11; Salley Wessels (Sunset) +10; Gayla Topp (Emerald Hill) +7; Deena Gallentine (Rock River) +4; Patty Head (Timber Creek) +1; Donna Moore (Prophet Hills) -3 Second Flight !LINA ,LANAS 4IMBER #REEK "OBBIE Cesarek (Kishwaukee) +8; Cathy Verhulst (Prophet Hills) +6; Marilyn Geiken (Sunset) +5; Patti Simester (Rock River) even; Connie Wolber (Emerald Hill) -4; Ros RichardSON )NDIAN /AKS Third Flight #HERYL 3ATTERFIELD 3UNSET *OAN "URGER (Kishwaukee) +2; Nancy Kreeger (Rock River) even; Shelley Felske (Prophet Hills) even; Marilyn Nehring (Indian Oaks) -1; Sharon Hammer (Emerald Hill) -2; Grace Osborn (Timber Creek) -5 Fourth Flight $EBBIE "RUE +ISHWAUKEE -IMI "OYsen (Timber Creek) +1; Kathi Tremble (Sunset) even; Deb Harris (Prophet Hills) -1; Terry Donnelly (Indian Oaks) -2; Donna "ROOKS %MERALD (ILL 4RICIA "REED 2OCK River) -5 Fifth Flight Donna Martin (Kishwaukee) +5; Sylvia Wiersema (Emerald Hill) +3; Terri Scheidecker (Sunset) +2; Kay Miller (TimBER #REEK "ETH (AAG )NDIAN /AKS Kris Zschiesche (Prophet Hills) even; Missy Rangel (Rock River) -2 Sixth Flight Kristie Pultorak (Timber Creek) +5; Colleen Miller (Sunset) +5; Mary Amsbaugh (Rock 2IVER "ARB -OLONEY +ISHWAUKEE Judy Rud (Indian Oaks) -3; Margie Sommers (Prophet Hills) -8; Hazel Pullford (Emerald Hill) -8 Seventh Flight Kathy Halloran (Kishwaukee) +3; Karen Wiersema (Prophet Hills) -2; Terry Dunphy (Timber Creek) -3; Shirlene Eatinger (Rock River) -3; Diane Nehring (Indian Oaks) -3; #AROLYN "OSECKER 3UNSET +ARA 7ADE (Emerald Hill) -6 Eighth Flight Sandi Ivey (Rock River) even; Linda Hartley (Kishwaukee) -1; Lynn Martz (Indian Oaks) 'LORIA "UTLER 4IMBER #REEK 0AT Miller (Sunset) -4; Corri Kelly (Prophet Hills) -7; Julie Pratt (Emerald Hill) -11

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Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 4 "ALTIMORE . 9 9ANKEES INNINGS 4ORONTO 4AMPA "AY L.A. Angels 3, Texas 0 "OSTON (OUSTON Detroit 2, Kansas City 1 Colorado 6, Minnesota 2 Oakland at Seattle, late Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games Chicago White Sox (Carroll 3-5) at Cleveland (McAllister 3-4), 2:05 p.m. . 9 9ANKEES 'REENE AT "ALTIMORE (Tillman 7-4), 3:05 p.m.

"OSTON 0EAVY AT (OUSTON -C(UGH 4-8), 3:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Correia 4-11) at Colorado (Matzek 1-3), 3:10 p.m.

4ORONTO (UTCHISON AT 4AMPA "AY (Price 8-7), 3:10 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 11-5) at Kansas City 3HIELDS P M , ! !NGELS 7EAVER AT 4EXAS -IKOLAS 0-1), 6:15 p.m.

Oakland (J.Chavez 7-5) at Seattle )WAKUMA P M Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.

4ORONTO AT 4AMPA "AY P M "OSTON AT (OUSTON P M Detroit at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 3:10 p.m. . 9 9ANKEES AT "ALTIMORE P M Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s box score

INDIANS 7, WHITE SOX 4 Chicago

ab 4 4

4 4 3 4 4 3

r h bi 0 1 1 0 1 0

1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1

Cleveland

ab r h bi Kipnis 2b 4 0 0 0 ACarer ss 4 1 2 0 "RANTLY CF CSantn 1b 3 1 1 1 Chsnhll 3b 3 1 2 1 Swisher dh 4 2 2 2 DvMrp rf 3 1 1 2 Raburn ph-rf 1 0 0 0 YGoms c 2 0 0 0 ChDckr lf 2 0 1 1 Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 30 7 10 7 #HICAGO Â&#x2C6; #LEVELAND X Â&#x2C6; Eâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Le.Garcia (5), Eaton (2). DPâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Chicago 3, Cleveland 1. LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Chicago 6, Cleveland 7. 2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Eaton (15), Gillaspie (22), Nieto (5), C.Santana (12). HRâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;A.Dunn (14), Swisher (8), Dav.Murphy (6). SBâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;A.Cabrera (7).

Sâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Chisenhall, Ch.Dickerson.

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Noesi L,3-7 4 2/3 7 6 6 4 4 Rienzo 1 1/3 2 1 1 2 0 Surkamp 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 D.Webb 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 Cleveland +LUBER 7

Axford H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Shaw H,13 1 0 0 0 0 2 Allen S,11-12 1 0 0 0 0 3 Rienzo pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

HBPâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;by Kluber (Eaton). PBâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Nieto.

Eaton cf AlRmrz ss *!REU B A.Dunn dh Viciedo rf Gillaspi 3b De Aza lf Nieto c LeGarc 2b

National League East Division W L Pct GB 7ASHINGTON

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Â&#x2C6; -IAMI Â&#x17E; New York 43 50 .462 7 Philadelphia 42 51 .452 8 Central Division W L Pct GB -ILWAUKEE

Â&#x2C6; St. Louis 51 43 .543 1 #INCINNATI Â&#x17E; 0ITTSBURGH Â&#x17E; Chicago 40 52 .435 11 West Division W L Pct GB ,OS !NGELES Â&#x2C6; San Francisco 50 42 .543 1 San Diego 40 52 .435 11 #OLORADO Â&#x17E; !RIZONA Â&#x17E; Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results Chicago Cubs 5, Atlanta 4 Philadelphia 6, Washington 2 N.Y. Mets 7, Miami 1 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 5 St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 6 Colorado 6, Minnesota 2 San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, late Arizona at San Francisco, late

Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games Arizona (Miley 4-6) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 5-6), 3:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Minor 2-5) at Chicago Cubs % *ACKSON P M Miami (Koehler 6-7) at N.Y. Mets (Matsuzaka 3-3), 3:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Correia 4-11) at Colorado (Matzek 1-3), 3:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 11-4) at Milwaukee (Nelson 1-0), 3:10 p.m.

0ITTSBURGH -ORTON AT #INCINNATI ,EAKE 7-7), 6:15 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 7-6) at Philadelphia (Hamels 3-5), 6:15 p.m.

3AN $IEGO +ENNEDY AT , ! $ODGERS 5NDECIDED P M Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games Miami at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 12:10 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 1:10 p.m.

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

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

Minnesota at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.

Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s box scores

CUBS 5, BRAVES 4 Atlanta

Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi JSchafr cf 1 1 0 0 Alcantr 2b 4 1 1 0 ASmns ss 4 1 1 0 Ruggin rf 5 0 2 2 FFrmn 1b 3 0 1 2 Rizzo 1b 4 1 1 0 J.Upton lf 4 0 0 1 SCastro ss 4 1 1 0 Heywrd rf 4 1 2 0 Castillo c 3 0 0 0 CJhnsn 3b 4 0 0 0 Lake cf 4 0 0 0 LaStell 2b 4 0 0 0 Coghln lf 3 1 2 1 "THNCRT C /LT B A.Wood p 2 1 1 0 Valuen ph-3b 1 0 0 1 Smmns p 0 0 0 0 Arrieta p 1 0 0 1 Doumit ph 1 0 0 0 NRmrz p 0 0 0 0 Varvar p 0 0 0 0 HRndn p 0 0 0 0 R.Pena ph 1 0 0 0 Sweeny ph 1 0 0 0 JWaldn p 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 4 6 4 Totals 31 5 7 5 !TLANTA Â&#x2C6; #HICAGO Â&#x2C6; Two outs when winning run scored.

Eâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Rizzo (8). LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Atlanta 5, Chicago 7.

2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;A.Simmons (10), F.Freeman (28), HeyWARD 2IZZO #OGHLAN SBâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;J. Schafer 3 (14), Alcantara (1), Coghlan (4).

CSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;J.Schafer (1). Sâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;J.Schafer, Arrieta 2.

IP H R ER BB SO Atlanta A.Wood 5 1/3 5 4 4 3 6 S.Simmons 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 3 Varvaro 1 0 0 0 0 0 J.Walden L,0-1 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 Chicago Arrieta 7 2/3 4 3 3 3 6 . 2AMIREZ (

H.Rondon W,2-3 1 2 1 1 0 1 HBPâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;by A.Wood (Castillo).

CARDINALS 7, BREWERS 6 St. Louis

Milwaukee ab r h bi CGomz cf 4 2 1 0 Gennett 2b 5 2 3 2 Lucroy c 4 1 0 0 ArRmr 3b 4 0 2 1 "IANCHI PR "RAUN RF KDavis lf 5 0 1 2 Overay 1b 2 0 0 0 Duke p 0 0 0 0 Kintzlr p 0 0 0 0 LSchfr ph 1 0 1 0 WSmith p 0 0 0 0 FrRdrg p 0 0 0 0 RWeks ph 1 0 0 0 3EGURA SS Gallard p 2 1 1 0 Wooten p 0 0 0 0 MrRynl 1b 1 0 0 0 Totals 37 7 11 7 Totals 38 6 12 6 3T ,OUIS Â&#x2C6; -ILWAUKEE Â&#x2C6; Eâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Maness (2). DPâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Milwaukee 1. LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 10. 2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Holliday 2 (24), Ar.Ramirez (11), K.Davis (23), Segura (8).

3Bn'ENNETT "RAUN HRâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Wong (5), Holliday (6), Ma.Adams (11), Jh.Peralta (14). SBâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;C.Gomez (16), Gennett (5).

SFâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Ar.Ramirez.

IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis J.Kelly 3 7 6 6 2 3 Greenwood 2 1 0 0 0 1 Maness 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 Neshek W,4-0 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 Rosenthal S,28-32 1 1 0 0 0 2 Milwaukee Gallardo 5 1/3 7 5 5 1 3 Wooten 0 2 1 1 1 0 $UKE "3

Kintzler 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 W.Smith 1 0 0 0 0 2 Fr.Rodriguez L,3-3 1 1 1 1 0 2 Wooten pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.

HBPâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;by J.Kelly (C.Gomez).

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0 0 4 3 1 1 1 0

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INDYCAR | IOWA CORN INDY 300 | 7 P.M. SATURDAY | NBC SPORTS

Penskeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Midwest blues Best team in 2014 hoping to snap 0-fer in Iowa

BY LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer

NEWTON, Iowa â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Team Penske has been so strong in the IndyCar series this season that any one of its drivers could win on Saturday night.

Penskeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history at Iowa Speedway suggests that none of them will.

Penske entered the weekend at Iowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 0.875-mile short track with the series co-leaders, Will Power and Helio Castroneves, and perhaps the hottest driver in the circuit in Juan Pablo Montoya.

But Penske always comes to Newton with high expectations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and it always leaves without the trophy.

Penske is 0-for-7 in Iowa despite three poles, while rival Andretti Autosport has claimed the last four races. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve led a lot of laps before in the past. But we want to lead the last lap,â&#x20AC;? Castroneves said Saturday.

Target Chip Ganassi Racing trumped both powerhouse teams during Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s qualifying, with pole winner Scott Dixon and teammate Tony Kanaan earning spots on the front row.

But with three of the top four cars in the series, this could be the weekend when Penske finally breaks through on Iowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bull ring. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done a good job. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been smart about how we run races,â&#x20AC;? Montoya said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I told

CHAMPIONSHIP Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game At Rio de Janeiro Germany vs. Argentina, 2 p.m.

MLS Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result D.C. United at San Jose, late Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games Colorado at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Houston at Toronto FC, 6 p.m.

Columbus at New York, 6 p.m.

Chicago at New England, 6:30 p.m.

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A fifth straight win by any of the Andretti Autosport drivers would give the team a much-needed boost.

But the team to watch will be Penske, which has come to dominate the series again in 2014.

Earning that elusive win at Iowa might be further proof that this could be Penskeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have been in this position before. The last few years, they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t won, so we just have to make sure, and we talked about it as a team,â&#x20AC;? Montoya said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to be smart about how we race against each other, and then we can seal the deal.â&#x20AC;?

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Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun leaps but canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t catch a double by the Cardinalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Matt Holliday on Friday in Milwaukee. St. Louis won 7-6.

Matt Holliday hit a solo homer with two outs in the top of the ninth inning off Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez, completing the St. Louisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cardinals comeback from a six-run deficit for a 7-6 win Friday night in Milwaukee.

Holliday sent the first-pitch changeup from Rodriguez (3-3) into the left-field seats to break the tie. The Cardinals hit four homers and cut the sliding Brewersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lead in the NL Central to one game.

Milwaukee has lost six straight and 10 of 11 games.

Trevor Rosenthal wrapped up six shutout innings for the St. Louis bullpen with his 28th save, getting two strikeouts after allowing a leadoff single to Aramis Ramirez in the bottom of the ninth. All-Star setup man Pat Neshek (4-0) tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win.

Cubs 5, Braves 4: Justin Ruggiano hit a walk-off RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth

inning at Wrigley Field, as Chicago won its second straight and sent Atlanta to its fifth loss in six games.

Arismendy Alcantara singled with two outs off Jordan Walden (0-1), then stole second. Ruggiano slipped his hit past shortstop Andrelton Simmons to win it.

The Braves scored the tying run in ninth on Christian Bethancourtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-out single.

Cubs starter Jake Arrieta gave up three runs and four hits in 7 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked three, and left with a 4-3 lead before Cubs closr Hector Rondon blew the save.

Indians 7, White Sox 4: Corey Kluber allowed four runs in six innings, and Nick Swisher hit a two-run homer in the fifth in Cleveland.

Kluber (9-6) has won three of his last four decisions. Cody Allen struck out the side in the ninth for his 11th save.

Swisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homer off Hector Noesi (3-7) to center field broke a 4-4 tie.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;But now I get to see how my stuff plays at a level with better, more experienced hitters, and learn the process of being an effective reliever against better competition.â&#x20AC;?

The move to the pen was something Blair had anticipated. He was drafted 46th overall in 2010, and has fought through injuries and control issues that have hindered his progress. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m 25 years old now, and some of the younger guys have surpassed me as starters,â&#x20AC;? Blair said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to the point now where I can help the organization out better by not being in a starting role, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m completely fine with that. Whatever I have to do to make the majors, whatever gives me the best chance, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to give it my all.â&#x20AC;?

While a younger Blair may have balked about moving out of the rotation, the former threetime SVM player of the year and all-stater at Rock Falls, as well as the 2010 pitcher of the year in the Pac-12, is much more zen about it now. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like it fits my

personality more, just being able to go out and attack with every pitch,â&#x20AC;?

Blair said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The most lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to throw is 2 innings, and now I know I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to save any bullets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a starter, something that was a struggle for me was just having to throw sometimes instead of pitch, and having lapses in focus because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thinking ahead to the next inning. Now, I can go out and attack the zone, which leads to more consistency, which is when good things usually happen.â&#x20AC;?

The biggest part of the formula now isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t his stuff on the mound, but settling into his routine off of it. As a starter, the days between outings are carefully planned and monitored, and when he warmed up before a start, Blair knew he was going to go out and pitch again that day.

But as a reliever, you never know when that call to the pen is going to come, or when that call is going to be for you.

As a guy whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been better at learning by watching other players more than picking their brains, Blair is finding the adjustment slow, but feels heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s making headway.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all new to me, getting out to the field every day at 3:30 and warming up, then not throwing again until several hours later, if at all,â&#x20AC;? Blair said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just trying to find what works best for me, in terms of preparing to throw and then being ready to go when they need me. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never really realized the mindset of the guys in the bullpen before: sit out there for however long, not really locked into whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on in the game early on, but then really starting to focus in on things as the game goes along. Now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a matter of getting comfortable in that role.â&#x20AC;?

Through it all, Blairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confidence has never wavered. It helps that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a guy whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about the process, the little steps that will make the biggest difference down the road. That lack of focus on the big picture has been a blessing when his stuff maybe isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t working as well as heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like it to.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s little doubt in Blairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind that he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be fazed by the more patient hitters, the smaller strike zone, and the better talent at the Triple-A level. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know my stuff is as

good as the other guysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very confident when I can go out and attack and take every opportunity on the mound personally,â&#x20AC;?

Blair said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always little tiny adjustments, using the talent Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been blessed with, and not leave anything back.

When I make good pitches, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get good results, and things will take care of themselves.â&#x20AC;?

Whether that leads to a call-up to the big leagues this season is unclear. But with the Cardinals shuttling pitchers between Triple-A and the major leagues on a regular basis, Blair remains steadfast in his belief in himself and the organization.

And now he knows what role heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be playing when he finally does get that coveted call to The Show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if it will be this year or not, but that stuff will take care of itself,â&#x20AC;? Blair said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not this year, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go into the offseason knowing that I fit into their plans in the bullpen instead of as a starter, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll spend the winter working hard and going through the process of preparing myself for that role and being confident and comfortable in it.â&#x20AC;?

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Long wait for wizard watchers New attraction opens gates Tuesday at theme park

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Thousands of happy Harry Potter fans transformed Diagon Alley into a street party – and an endurance test – as Universal Studios’ new attraction opened its gates Tuesday.

Parkgoers stood in a snaking queue for at least 2 hours to get into the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley. Many then joined yet another line to board Harry Potter and the Escape From Gringotts, the

attraction’s signature ride.

By early afternoon, the park’s posted wait for the ride reached 450 minutes – enough time to watch the last three Harry Potter movies.

The time commitment did not deter 17-year-old Ariana Median of Westchester, New York, who had been told the ride “was totally worth it.”

She anticipated an ampedup version of other Universal Orlando rides, she said – “like Spider-Man, Transformers and the Mummy mixed together.”

The 3-D Gringotts ride combines roller-coaster maneuvers

with on-screen action featuring heroic Harry and the villainous Lord Voldemort and Bellatrix, characters from the “Potter” books written by J.K. Rowling and transformed into eight blockbuster films.

Danielle Johnson, 26, of Melbourne, Florida, found the new ride faster and more intense than Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, which debuted in 2010 with the original Wizarding World of Harry Potter at nearby Islands of Adventure theme park.

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STERLING | BUSINESS MAKES THE MOVE

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For more advice, plus special readers offers, visit davesays. org or call 88822-PEACE.

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Dear Dave, I have job offers from two tech companies. One is in San Antonio and pays $55,000 a year, while the other is in Silicon Valley making $100,000 a year. My friends are advising me to move to California, but I feel like I’d have more money in my budget if I moved to San Antonio. What do you think?

– Aaron Photos by Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

Ricardo Rangel has moved Sauk Valley Pawn Loans from Rock Falls to 320 E. Third St. in Sterling.

Pawn shop, seeking more traffic, sets up shop downtown

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

STERLING – Big screen televisions. DVDs. Bicycles.

Guitars.

A pawn shop is a lot like a garage sale and a flea market put together. But for Ricardo Rangel, a pawn shop is a business and a livelihood.

Rangel, 35, of Davenport, owner of Sauk Valley Pawn Loans, has moved his shop from Rock Falls to 220 E. Third St., the former Goodyear Tire building. He’s been open for business there for about 2 weeks.

He made the move to Sterling for the additional exposure.

“I’m doing really good,” Rangel said Wednesday afternoon. “Since I’ve moved within the last couple weeks, my business has already picked up, and that was expected.”

One of the main reasons for the additional business, Rangel said, is the location.

“I’m right here on the main street,” Rangel said. “If you live in this area, you drive on this street at least once a day.

Right here, I get a lot of the Dixon and Morrison traffic.”

He rented in Rock Falls, but bought the building in Sterling, he said.

Sauk Valley Pawn Loans is the only pawn shop in the area.

Guitars are among many items for sale at Sauk Valley Pawn Loans in Sterling.

Store information Sauk Valley Pawn Loans is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, call 815-626-7296 or find the shop on Facebook.

“I’m from the Quad Cities, and they are flooded with pawn shops up there,” Rangel said. “They are flooded with pawn shops up in Rockford, too. I had to find a spot where I would do good starting off.”

Pawn shops aren’t just for shoppers. Some of the customers are on a fixed income. Because of that, some people might bring

in their valuables and walk out with cash. Pawn shops provide an easy, fast way to borrow small amounts of money. Several customers have already pawned bigscreen TVs at the Sterling location.

“I’ll loan someone $250 for this TV,” Rangel said, pointing to one. “It will cost a person $300 to pick it up. Within 30 days, you give me $300 to take this home, and if you don’t have $300 in 30 days, you can bring me the $50 and I’ll hold it for another 30 days.”

People can pawn their vehicles with him, but “if you want to pawn your car, you’d have to leave your car with me,” he said. “It’s illegal for me to do a title loan.”

Rangel also sells items outright.

“If you want to sell a ring, you can come in and say, ‘I’m getting a divorce, I don’t want this ring anymore,’ and I can just buy it,” Rangel said.

“I can sell it, or I can melt it down.”

There are three employees working in the pawn shop, including Rangel’s son, Gabriel, 17, who manned the register Wednesday, and Roy Valladares, Rangel’s uncle.

Rangel loves working in the pawn shop business, he said.

“I have some buddies whose parents own pawn shops back at home,” he said. “I worked with them for a while and I just learned the business. This is something I have just enjoyed doing.”

Dear Aaron, The good news about Silicon Valley is you’d be around a ton of really smart people in your industry. I mean, it’s the epicenter of the tech world, right?

You’ll learn a ton and have lots of opportunities, so there’s definitely an upside.

The problem is that the Silicon Valley area is one of the most expensive places to live in the entire country. The real estate prices and cost of living are ridiculous. Still, if it weren’t for the cost of living argument, it would be a no-brainer for me. Then, it wouldn’t really be so much about the income and prices as it would be about the career opportunity.

Still, you have to consider the economic factors involved here. With that in mind, it’s not an exaggeration to say you might actually put more money in your pocket at $55,000 in San Antonio than you would $100,000 in Silicon Valley.

That’s entirely possible.

I think things are going to come out pretty even – economically speaking – once you adjust for the cost of living. I’m a huge fan of Texas. It’s a great business market and tax situation down there. But really, in my mind, the question comes down to your personal comfort level and quality of life. And that’s something you’ll have to answer for yourself.

– Dave

Playing with house money Dear Dave, My wife and I just became debtfree, and we’re saving for our first house. We have about $75,000 in savings, and we’d like to buy a home with cash in the next few years. Where do you think we should place our money so it’s working for us while we save?

– Andrew RAMSEY CONTINUED ON C8

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STERLING ROCK FALLS MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CLUB SCHOLARSHIPS

Steve Mortonson, a member of the Sterling Rock Falls Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club, hands a $500 scholarship to Emma Miller, one of the Rock Falls High School recipients. The club awards $500 scholarships to two students from Sterling, Rock Falls, and Newman Central Catholic high schools every year. The awards are given based on studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; volunteerism and community involvement. Photos submitted by Jon Mortonson and Jon Byar, club treasurer, gave a scholarship to Zach Woessner of Byar.

Sterling High School.

Tanner Mortonson from Rock Falls High School also received a scholarship.

Nathan Terveer was awarded one of the scholarships. He was a Newman Central Catholic High School in Sterling winner.

Another scholarship for Sterling High School went to Nicholas Abele.

Tyler Danilson from Newman Central Catholic High School also was one of the scholarship recipients.

Ohio school registration draws near OHIO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Registration for all Ohio school students for 2014-15 will be from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 4 in Room 111, the first-floor computer room, at the school, 103 Memorial St. Anyone who cannot attend registration is asked to call the school office before Aug. 4.

All students who will enroll in kindergarten, sixth, and ninth grades must have physical exams completed at the time of registration, with their immunization history

signed by a health care provider. Dental exams are due on or before Aug. 4.

Kindergarten students need to have an eye examination by a licensed optometrist before registration. Social Security numbers are needed for all high school students.

Fees are $60 for students in kindergarten through fourth grade and $105 for those in fifth through 12th grades.

Milk, replacement locks, uniforms, and optional

24-hour accident insurance coverage are extra.

Supply lists will be available at registration.

Stores with lists include Walmart, 1640 S. Galena Ave., and Shopko, 1350 N. Galena Ave., both in Dixon; Walmart, 2111 Claude Bailey Parkway in Princeton, and 4115 E. Lincolnway in Sterling; and Target, 4370 Venture Drive, Peru.

The first day of classes will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 14. Kindergarten students and parents

will meet for 20 minutes with Kristen Ryan, teacher, from 2 to 5 p.m. Aug. 13. The appointment can be scheduled at registration.

Early dismissal will be at 2 p.m. Aug. 14 to 29. The regular schedule of 8 a.m. to 3:09 p.m. will resume Sept. 2. Whiteside Area Career Center students will start classes Aug. 19, with the bus leaving at 7 a.m.

For more information, call the school office at 815-376-2934.

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Montmorency student sign-up dates set for July

The Sterling United U14 Boys Team won first place in its division at the Mid-state Soccer Cup Tournament May 31 in Decatur. With the team are (sitting, from left) Nate Hawkins, Sierra Sotelo, Dawson Koett, Kaleb Polzin, Mitchell Petrosky, Alex Marquez, Alberto Baca, Miguel Gallardo, and Jose Castor; and (standing) Scott Gearing, Carter Gearing, Patrick Nelsen, Gregg Petrosky, Zoe Ward, James Roddy, Juan Briseno, Jake Gebhart, Adrian Blancas, and Dan Hawkins. The team is ranked 17th in the state. Photo submitted by Christine Bushman.

ROCK FALLS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Registration for the 2014-15 school year at Montmorency Elementary School will be July 23 and 24 at the school, 9415 Hoover Road.

Sign-up will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 23 and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

July 24. Two forms of legal identification are

required for proof of residency.

Fees are $60 for students from kindergarten through fourth grade and $64 for fifth through eighth grade (an assignment book is included).

For more information, call the school at 815625-6616.

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ENDS OF THE RAINBOW

Rainbow colors stretch across the landscape in a perfect half-circle near Lowden State Park in Oregon. Each end of the rainbow rests in a farm. Photo submitted by Ben Shaw of Lost Lake.

GUARDIAN OF TREASURE

A mother Canada goose guards her eggs at Lowell Park in Dixon. Photo submitted by Cindy Beeman.

FOX FAMILY

A fox family takes a moment to eye the camera. Photo submitted by Joey Widolff of Amboy.

BY THE WATER

All in a row, three pelicans swim in the Rock River near the walking bridge in Sterling. Photos submitted by Peter Noll of Sterling.

A pastoral scene beckons looking west along the Hennepin Canal in Rock Falls.

LOCAL RAT RODS

Carl Sword of Sterling, a rat rodder, works on his rat rod at the downtown car show June 8 in Sterling. He welded it and drove it home. Photos submitted by Chuck Popejoy of Sterling.

Chuck Popejoy of Sterling builds rat rods. This is one of his.

Wanted: Photos from you A scrapbook is a book with blank pages, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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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A barn quilt is put in place along the Barn Quilts of Bureau County Trail. The trail kicks off today during the semi-annual Bureau County Garden Walk in Princeton.

Photo submitted by Kathy Costerisan.

Garden walk returns today PRINCETON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The semiannual Bureau County Garden Walk as well as a look at the Barn Quilts of Bureau County Trail will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at sites in Malden, Princeton, Spring Valley, and Tiskilwa.

Eleven gardens will be available for viewing. The free walk starts with a program at 9 a.m. at the pollination garden, next to the Princeton Library, 698 E. Peru St. Maps can be picked up there, at the library, the Prouty Community Building, 435 S. Main St., and at any of the walk locations.

The garden sites in Princeton are Mark Friedrichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home at the corner of Park Avenue East and South Euclid Avenue; the Marilyn and Bob Prince home at 1312 W. Central Ave.; Barry Maywormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home at 416 W. Washington St.; and the Princeton community vegetable gardens on Dover Road.

Malden gardens are at the homes of Ruth and Bob Hix, 202 Prospect St.; Dan and Nancy Hollinsaid at 201 W. South St.; and Jewell and John Potter at 209 W. South St. Tiskilwa gardens are at the house of Jim and Jane Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 445 W. Owens St., and a flower bed where the streets meet in a triangle at West Park.

Three gardens are open in Spring Valley. They are at Elaine Templetonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backyard, 620 W. Cleveland St.; Rosemary and Paul Yerleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home, 720 W. Erie St.; and Cheryl and Sam Pagoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 705 W. Erie St. At 11 a.m., there will be a kickoff of the Barn Quilts of Bureau County Trail as a 6-foot wooden barn quilt will be placed on a barn at Kathy Costerisanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 159452625 East St. The barn is 7 miles east of Princeton. To get there, take state Route 6 east through Coal Hollow and turn left on 2625 East for 1

mile. Signs will be on Route 6.

The trail includes 24 quilts. Maps for the trail can be picked up at the kickoff, the library, or the Prouty Building.

Hot dogs and beverages will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Also part of the kickoff are plasma-cut metal quilt squares in a variety of sizes from Classic Metal Co. and handmade, quilted-fabric creations by McKinney Creations. A drawing will take place at 12:30 p.m. for a 2-foot by 2-foot red, white, and blue barn quilt.

Chances are $1 each or $5 for six.

The barn quilt trail can be self-driven at any time. For more information about the walk or the trail, search Facebook for Bureau County Tourism, Barn Quilts of Bureau County, or Princeton Tourism, visit bureau county-il.com or call Kathy at 815-8663606.

RIGHT: Samantha Rockwood of the GroveGo-Getters 4-H Club in the Franklin Grove area aims at her target during June 7 statewide shooting competition in Chillicothe. She took first place in the senior division archery. She also was in the top 25 for archery compound at the May 31 Illinois 4-H Shooting Sports State Shoot in Bunker Hill.

Carolyn McKee Freese judged artwork July 5 at the 33rd annual Nuts About Art show at John Dixon Park in Dixon. Stuart Roddy of Coleta won first place in the 2-D category, while Heather Shore of Sterling took second and Nadine Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Angelo of Port Byron won third. In 3-D art, Kathy and Chuck Dunning of Streator won first, Rhonda LaMar James of Davenport, Iowa, second, and Kurt Salla of Topeka, third. Graydon Cafarella of Dixon, Karen Friedrich of Topeka, Robert Spikerman of Sheridan, and Jay Wennersten of Carol Stream each received honorable mention. Photo submitted by Bonnie Kime.

COLOMA PARK DISTRICT

Miley Dunkel (front row from left), Joanna Rabadan, Aden Dowd, Nolan Roe, Bryce Verhulst, and Lucas Cook; and (back row) Oliva Partridge, Logan Cook, Abigail Cochran, and Hannah Schlipp show off their pirate hats during Tot Timeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Monday-Wednesday crewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pirate Week. Tot Time is a program of the Coloma Township Park District in Rock Falls. Photos submitted by Jacob Smith.

BELOW: Jillienne Roe of the Palmyra Hillbillies 4-H Club in Dixon earned fifth place in the .22 rifle competition in Chillicothe.

The Monday-Wednesday group recently had an excursion for Pirate Week.

Smith is shown ferrying two passengers. The children took to the water on paddle boats and canoes and dug for buried treasure in a sand table.

Photos submitted by Susan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor

4-Hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ers excel in competition AMBOY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Samantha Rockwood of the GroveGo-Getters 4-H Club in the Franklin Grove area placed in the top 25 of the Archery Compound May 31 at the first 4-H Shooting Sports State Shoot at Brittany Shooting Park in Bunker Hill.

Shooting events were offered in archery-compound, archery-recurve, air rifle, smallbore (.22) rifle, and shotgun.

Participants were responsible for providing their own ammunition,

shooting equipment and safety equipment.

Bureau, LaSalle, and Marshall-Putnam counties hosted a statewide shooting sports competition in partnership with the Chillicothe Sportsmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club June 7.

4-Hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ers enrolled in shooting sports were able to compete in .22 rifle, air rifle, shotgun, and archery.

Jillienne Roe of Palmyra Hillbillies 4-H Club in Dixon competed in the .22 rifle competition

at the Sizzle Shoot. She took home fifth place.

Rockwood also competed in the archery competition at the Sizzle Shoot, where She took first place in senior division archery.

The Lee County Shooting Sports Program needs volunteers to help teach the 4-Hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ers. To learn more about the 4-H shooting sports program in Lee County, contact Kathy Book at kbook@ illinois.edu or 815-8573525.

A field trip to Spring Lake Pool in Rochelle also was on the agenda. The children swam, jumped off diving boards, and slid down a water slide.

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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Nicholas Alexander Wallace

weighed 4 pounds, 4 ounces at birth and was 18.5 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Austin Fain, 20, Serina Rippy, 19, and Sydnee Rippy, 13.

Maternal grandfather is Alan Posey of Prophetstown.

Paternal grandparents are Cindy Valdivia and Bob Valdivia, both of Rock Falls.

Jassman Wallace of Sterling is the mother of a son born at 10:17 a.m. June 24, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Nicholas Alexander Wallace weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces at birth and was 19 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Melissa and Raymond Amalya Joyce and Campos of Sterling.

Maternal great-grandpar- Kayden Lee Fargher ents are Martha and Brian Jenna Fargher of Rock Falls is the mother of twins, Martens of Sterling. born at 7:26 a.m. and 12:32 p.m., respectively June 25, Lincoln Zachary 2014, at CGH Medical CenOlson ter in Sterling.

Jennifer and Zachary Amalya Joyce Fargher Olson of Sterling are the weighed 5 pounds, 7 ouncparents of a son born at 2:27 es at birth and was 19 inchp.m. June 25, 2014, at CGH es in length.

Kayden Lee Fargher Medical Center in Sterling.

Lincoln Zachary Olson weighed 6 pounds, 7 ouncweighed 7 pounds, 15 es at birth and was 21 inchounces at birth and was 20 es in length.

Maternal grandparents inches in length.

He is welcomed by Emma are Gary and Jody Fargher of Rock Falls.

Olson, 7.

Maternal grandparents are Veneranda Tabieros Brianna Nichole and Percival Tabieros, both Rexroad of St. Charles.

Amanda Peavler and Jake Paternal grandparents Rexroad of Rock Falls are are Marjorie Olson and Robert Olson, both of Ster- the parents of a daughter born at 10:10 a.m. June 27, ling.

Maternal great-grandfa- 2014, at CGH Medical Centher is Porfirio Tabieros of ter in Sterling.

Brianna Nichole Rexroad St. Charles. weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces at birth and was 19 inchTamber Jean Rippy es in length.

Amber Posey-Rippy She is welcomed by and Michael and Rippy of Danny Rodriguez, 3.

Prophetstown are the parMaternal grandmother is ents of a daughter born at Hope Klett of Rock Falls.

7:41 a.m. June 26, 2014, at Paternal grandparents CGH Medical Center in are Juanita Ferguson Sterling. and Raymond Ferguson, Tamber Jean Rippy both of Fairbury.

Maternal great-grandmother is Sandy Farrington of Rock Falls.

Paternal great-grandparents are Lolo Ferguson and Calvin Ferguson, both of Pontiac.

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Nathan Ford Bonifay Samantha Eppenstein and Daniel Bonifay of Savanna are the parents of a son born at 1:32 p.m. June 29, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Nathan Ford Bonifay weighed 7 pounds, 7.4 ounces at birth and was 19 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Jesse Bonifay, 8, Trevor Bonifay, 3, Dixie Bonifay, 2, and Parker Bonifay, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Catherine Eppenstein and Karl Eppenstein, both of Savanna.

Paternal grandmother is Linda Emmons of Freeport.

Paternal great-grandparents are Wesley and Mellissa Emmons of Milledgeville.

Raquel Rae Green Billie Williams and Joshua Green of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 11:46 a.m. June 27, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

R a q u e l R a e G re en weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Aysen Siddiqui, 6.

Maternal grandparents are Nancy Williams and John Williams, both of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Sonya Green and James Robinson of Sterling.

Support for golf outing is appreciated KAREN VOSS Rock Falls and CAROLYN SPENCER Rock Falls

Hospice of the Rock River Valley thanks everyone who participated in the 12th annual Hospice of the Rock River Valley Golf Outing on June 27.

Thank you to all the sponsors who contributed to the golf outing: Sandrock/Mickley Insurance Agency, CGH Medical Center, Astec Mobile Screens, Sterling Multi-Products, Medical Products Group, Sauk Valley Media, Sterling Chevrolet, Tettens Grain Inc., Office Machine

Consultants, HALO Branded Solutions/Mark McGuire, Servicemaster, Miller, Lancaster and Walker, Sterling Federal Bank, Select Employees Credit Union, Law Office of Theron Burall, BorgWarner, Rock Falls Vision Source, Pete Harkness Auto Group, Raynor Manufacturing, Farmers National Bank, Riverside Community Bank, OnePoint Patient Care, Majeski Motors, New Millenium Directories, Pinney Printing, Aldrich Construction, Walmart Distribution Center 7024; Sterling Pavilion, Cheryl Buffington, Frank and Mary Lou Angone in memory of Bryan Angone, and Smeltzer Insurance.

Thanks to the many golfers and teams who

participated in the outing and all the prize donors for your continued support and generosity; and to Deer Valley Golf Course, the staff, and the volunteers who assisted in making the outing a great success.

All proceeds from the golf outing benefit individuals and families transitioning through serious illness, death and grief. Hospice of the Rock River Valley services have been offered free of charge for more than 30 years to residents of Lee, Whiteside, Bureau, Carroll, and Ogle counties.

Note to readers: Carolyn Spencer is executive director of Hospice of the Rock River Valley, and Karen Voss is marketing director.

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MILITARY BRIEFS Mount Morris man completes course

LuEllen Lee of the Morrison Athletic Boosters accepts $1,560 from Pete Harkness (left), owner of Pete Harkness Ford-Lincoln Dealership in Sterling; and Bill Bard, Harkness general manager. The amount was determined by the number of test drives taken during sporting events at Morrison High School.

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Young teen mocked for not wanting to date Dear Abby: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a 14-year-old girl in middle school. I have never dated anyone seriously, and the one time I did I felt trapped. My friends think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weird that I have never dated a guy and they call me a lesbian.

I just want to finish my schoolwork and wait until high school to start dating. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to feel weighed down by anyone.

Is there something wrong with me? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Confused in South Carolina Dear Confused: Something wrong with you?

Good grief, no. In fact, I would go so far as to say there is something right with you. Not every teen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and that goes for boys,

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entire meal for everyone who was dining there that day, he certainly would have made some adjustment to the bill to compensate them for their inconvenience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After all, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in it together,â&#x20AC;? he added.

And that gracious attitude is why he has one of the most popular dining establishments in Los Angeles.

consider marriage to be an antiquated practice at all. In a sense, marriage is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;team sport.â&#x20AC;? It wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t succeed unless the team members are dedicated to a common goal and are willing to sacrifice selfish needs to achieve it.

In my opinion, the reason so many marriages fail is that individuals go into it for the wrong reasons. No one should marry because â&#x20AC;&#x153;societyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;social mediaâ&#x20AC;? deem it important. When you meet the right person, you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be ambivalent about spending your life and creating a family with that individual.

Dear Abby: What are your thoughts on marriage? Is it an antiquated practice? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if I really want it, or just because society and social media deem it Contact Dear Abby at important. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cindy via Twitter DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Mental health classes set

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STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; National Alliance on Mental Health Sauk Area will sponsor a Family-to-Family education program from Sept.

4 to Nov. 20 at Whiteside County Regional Office of Education, 1001 St. Mary Road.

Sessions will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. for 12 weeks.

This course is designed for families of adults diagnosed with a serious mental disorder. The class is not for those diagnosed with the illness

Planned topics are schizophrenia, mood disorders including bipolar disorder and major depression, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder and coping skills for handling a crisis or relapse. Basic information about medications, listening and communication techniques, problem-solving skills, recovery and rehabilitation, and dealing with worry and stress of

caregivers also will be discussed.

Lorna Engall and Mary Brokaw, NAMI Sauk Valley volunteers, will teach the free course.

Advance registration is required. Class size is limited to 20 participants, who commit to attend all sessions. For more information and to register, call Brokaw at 815-284-6417, Engwall at 815-778-3662, or Tara Wagenknecht at 815303-9386.

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Benefit scheduled for junior tackle

IN BRIEF Sterling Optimist Club was honored for being one of only three honor clubs in the state. With the awards are (from left) John Plummer, honor president; Dick Volker, Optimist state governor, and his wife, Loretta; Mark Sedig, honor secretary; and Jim Hammer, honor treasurer. Photo submitted by Barry Montague.

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The Rev. Louis Tosto celebrated his last Mass June 29 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Polo. Children from St. Mary and other parishes gathered with him around the altar. Photo submitted by Larry Plachno.

Church says goodbye to pastor POLO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Rev. Louis A. Tosto was honored June 29 with a breakfast gathering after his final Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church.

Tosto was assigned in August 2010 as parochial administrator at St. Mary Parish. He was ordained in 1997, and served in several parishes in the Rockford Diocese. Just before

being assigned to Polo, Tosto was associate pastor at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls. He now will be at St. Thomas More Parish in Elgin.

The Rev. Joseph P. Naill, pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Oregon, will serve as pastor of St. Mary in Polo, too.

Naill was ordained at the

same time as Tosto.

Starting this month, Masses will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Mary, 301 N. Fourth St., Oregon, and 10:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Mary, 211 N. Franklin Ave., Polo. Morning Masses will be at 8 a.m.

Tuesday through Friday in Oregon.

ROLLING THUNDER

Marilyn Anderson (seated) and Don Mulnix; and (standing, from left) Paulette Tyne, Sandy Miller, and Marjorie Bowman, Whiteside County Genealogist members, display copies of the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new history and families book. Photo submitted by Bowman.

County histories ready for pickup STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Copies of the Whiteside County Genealogistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new history and families book have arrived.

Pre-ordered books can be picked up from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, and 4 to 7:30 p.m. July 22 at the Sterling Public Library

conference room, 102 W. Third St. Those who pick up books will be asked to sign for their copy.

Any picture submitted for publication will be returned to the submitter at that time.

A limited number of copies of the book can be purchased for $59.95

each during the distribution times.

Additional pickup times and sites in Whiteside County will be announced later. Copies will be mailed from the publisher for those who paid for shipping.

For more information, call 815-626-1700.

Deadline for submitting copy is 2 weeks

Storm clouds recently rolled above a Sterling neighborhood skyline. Photo submitted by Ardis Trancoso of Sterling.

The deadline to submit event information, including photos, for the SV Weekend Community pages is 2 weeks before the event.

Information may be sub-

mitted in writing by hand, mail, fax or email at the Dixon or Sterling offices.

Information on events that already have taken place will be published as soon as possible, in the

order in which it is received.

Given the volume of such information, that could be 2 weeks or more after the event. For information, call 800-798-4085, ext.

5575.

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36 7EEKEND s # Students from Meridian School District in Stillman Valley gather around the “Youth Garden” they planted through an Ogle County Extension gardening program.

Extension offers students gardening adventures The University of Illinois Extension, Meridian School District in Stillman Valley, and Indian Hill Manor in rural Stillman Valley recently collaborated to offer the, “Great Garden Adventure,” as part of the Cardinal Flight to Fitness Summer Camp.

Melinda Charbonneau, Marilyn Csernus, and Lisa Valle, Ogle County Extension staff, along with Phil Bratta, Randy Calvert, Larry Ermey, and Mary Ley, Master Gardeners, offered educational programs.

Participants learned gardening basics and planted in four garden beds at Indian Hill Manor.

Each bed had a theme: Colors of the Rainbow, Salsa, Presidential – Thomas Jefferson, and a Pizza Garden.

Through hands-on activities, participants explored the importance of soil and pollinators in

the garden, discovered edible parts of plants, planted strawberry corn to take home, taste-tested herbs, peppers and tomatoes, dissected a pizza, studied monocot, dicots, and learned gardening songs.

They also learned the importance of nutrition and how to eat healthily.

They created their own salad, made fruit and vegetable salsa, tried different type of peas (Jefferson’s favorite vegetable), and learned how to make pizza.

As the garden continues to grow, Ogle County Master Gardeners will harvest the produce and donate the food to the Bread of Life Food Pantry in Stillman Valley.

For more information about U of I programs, call 815-732-2191, go to illinois.edu/bdo or stop by the office at 421 W. Students enjoy fresh salad from vegetables they grew in the youth garden. Photos submitted by the extension.

Pines Road in Oregon.

Area district election candidates named SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Agriculture recently announced the candidates for three state commodity boards.

Producers voted July 8 to determine members of the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, the Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board, and the Sheep and Wool Marketing Board.

Anyone who produces and markets the commodity that each board represents is eligible to vote.

Ballots may be cast at county extension offices during regular operating hours.

Voting is encouraged.

The decisions the board makes affects Checkoff dollars, that come from assessments levied at the first point of sale.

State law sets the assessment for corn at 0.625 of 1 cent per bushel.

For soybeans, the rate is .5 of 1 percent of market

value and, for sheep and wool, it is 2.5 cents per pound.

Election results will be announced by Aug. 1.

Winners will serve 3-year terms.

Board nominees are Illinois Corn Marketing Board, District 4, includes Whiteside, Lee, Bureau, Stark, Marshall, and Putnam counties, Mark Wilson of Toulon.

Illinois Sheep and Wool Marketing Board, District 1, includes Jo Davies, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Lake, Carroll, Ogle, DeKalb, Kane, Cook, DuPage, Whiteside, and Lee counties, Barb Hintzche of Rochelle (write-in candidate).

Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board, District 1, includes Jo Davies, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, Carroll, Ogle, DeKalb, and Lee counties, Paul G. Rasmussen of Genoa (write-in candidate).

Longtime gardener earns recognition OREGON – Sue Paulin, a University of Illinois Extension Ogle County, Master Gardener, received the Sustained Excellence Award at the June 13 Illinois Master Gardener Awards ceremony in Champaign.

The award was established to honor previous Master Gardener award winners who continue to demonstrate distinction in the program.

Each winner is an exceptional example to Master Gardeners throughout the state.

Paulin is a leader and driving force in several of the Ogle County youth programs, including a Junior Master Gardener program and the school and community gardens in Rochelle.

She also has partnered with a Rochelle Elementary teacher to create an after-school butterfly program for kids.

She gathered a group of Master Gardeners to write a mini-grant proposal to

create a Junior Master Gardener program for Ogle County.

She also designed, coordinated, and managed volunteers to install a butterfly and sensory garden to be used for educational purposes for Junior Master Gardeners, 4-H members, and at the Ogle County Fairgrounds.

She has an array of topics to speak on from herbs to spring wildflowers and has presented to a variety of organizations throughout Ogle County.

She also teamed with Mary Beth Christen, a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program community worker, on several projects.

Master Gardener training will be run from Sept.

5 to Nov. 21 at the Ogle County Extension office, 421 W. Pines Road.

Contact Lisa Valle, program coordinator, at 815732-2191, lkvalle@illinois. edu or visit illinois.edu/ bdo for more information or to register.

LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM

Ogle County Livestock Judging team members with Stan Eden, coach, recently attended the state competition in at the University of Illinois. Photo submitted by the extension.

Michael Gray, University of Illinois Extension, professor and assistant dean for agriculture and natural resources, presented Sue Paulin, with the Sustained Excellence award at the June 13 Illinois Master Gardener Awards ceremony. Photo submitted.

Extension summer series to continue OREGON – “Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus” will be offered at 1:30 p.m. July 22 and 6:30 p.m. July 24, via the distance learning system at the Ogle County Extension, 421 W. Pines Road.

The program is part of the Four Seasons Gardening series from the University of Illinois Extension.

Whether called a children’s garden, youth garden, or school garden, gardens created as educational and play spaces for youth can be rewarding to create.

These gardens allow space for children to connect with nature and help them make the connection with where their food comes from.

Candice Miller, U of I horticulture educator, will discuss the benefits of youth gardens, the important steps to plan a youth garden, and ways to get youth engaged in gardening.

She also will share tips on how to make the garden sustainable and successful.

The cost is $5.

Registration is needed to ensure adequate space and materials.

Sessions may be cancelled for insufficient registration.

Contact the Ogle County Extension office 815732-2191, or Lisa Valle, program coordinator, at lkvalle@illinois.edu for more information.

Visit illinois.edu/bdo to register.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trapped in a vault, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high-speed, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fast, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to escape ... and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re, like, scared,â&#x20AC;? said Johnson, who fashioned a Potter magic wand into a hair accessory.

Although Diagon Alley previews were held for several days, the Gringotts ride had technical problems and rarely operated during those times. The ride worked consistently Tuesday morning but shut down for about 45 minutes in the early afternoon.

Guests were escorted off the ride at least once. Universal would not provide details about how many times the ride broke down during the day.

Elsewhere, the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new â&#x20AC;&#x153;enchanted wandsâ&#x20AC;? triggered special effects, such as making water shoot from a frogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth. The souvenirs, which sell for $45, got high marks from D.J. Delvecchio, 21, of Lake Buena Vista, Florida. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re incredibly responsive. They work exactly like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d expect them to,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m 12 years old and in Harry Potter books.â&#x20AC;?

Others had tougher luck.

Alex Williamson, 23, of Seminole, Florida, tried repeatedly to make an image of a skeleton dance along with his wand movement in the Knockturn Alley area, but it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not doing it right,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Diagon Alley is included in regular Universal Studios admission. A 1-day ticket is $96 ($90 for ages 3-9).

However, to experience both halves of the Wizarding World, including the Hogwarts Express train that connects the two theme parks, guests must buy a ticket that permits passing between them. Those sell for $136 ($130 for ages 3-9).

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Cheering fans react to being welcomed into a confetti-filled Diagon Alley during the grand opening Tuesday at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter expansion at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando.

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LOS ANGELES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; At Hollywood and Highland Center, mere steps from Hollywood Boulevardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s souvenir-hawking dives, tourists can drop up to $1,000 on fine caviar.

But they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pampered with white-glove service. Tins of the delicacy are dispensed at the tap of a button â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from a vending machine.

After decades of dispensing junk food, vending machines are putting on airs.

High-tech versions are popping up at gas stations and shopping malls, peddling edibles more commonly found at restaurants or specialty stores.

Some offer Wi-Fi and touch screens that entertain shoppers while they wait. Many accept credit or debit cards, and a few even sell very expensive items such as jewelry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a lot of innovation happening in vending machines,â&#x20AC;? said Omar Khedr, industry research analyst at IBISWorld. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s occurring in niche markets like organic foods, propelled forward by access to new technology and convenience.â&#x20AC;?

Sprinkles Cupcakes is installing its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cupcake ATMâ&#x20AC;? at all 16 bakeries around the country.

Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oreal tested a vending machine in New York during the holidays that scanned a shopperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outfit and recommended complementary makeup.

San Francisco start-up Momentum Machines is making a device that cooks up customized burgers with no help from human hands.

Such vending extravagance is driven by consumers with increasingly picky tastes who still want convenience on the go. The boom in mobile and Web-based shopping also has trained customers to browse and buy with no help from salespeople or waiters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a case of technological innovation at an affordable price,â&#x20AC;? said Christopher Salyers, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vending Machines: Coined Consumerism.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Internet has only proliferated this world view of pay-andclick consumers.â&#x20AC;?

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Denis Koci, co-founder and CEO of Burritobox, holds armfuls of products June 11 at WeHo Super Mart in West Hollywood. His machines cook and sell burritos ready to order. aldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, coin-operated vending machines served pies and sandwiches to armies of harried workers. But the United States has since fallen behind Europe and Asia, where futuristic machines offer a vast array of goods including gold bars, eggs and live beetles. In Japan, automated kiosks sell heads of lettuce after growing them under artificial lighting.

Innovations are now driving a renaissance in U.S. self-serve kiosks.

After 5 straight years of decline, revenue for the U.S. vending machine industry is projected to rise and hit $7.7 billion in 2019, up nearly 7 percent from this year, according to an IBISWorld report.

Experts say 2014 marks the comeback of the sector after years squeezed by budget-conscious shoppers who opted for value over vending convenience.

Denis Koci said he spent 5 years developing the technology for the Burritobox, which offers warm burritos on demand. His Los Angeles company, the Box Brands, rolled out six machines this year in the Southland and in August will start franchising nationally in places such as colleges, Koci said.

Diners can pick between options such as handrolled vegan fajita burritos for $3.65 and add sides such as guacamole and sour cream. Soon the boxes will toast the burritos and also offer warmed chips with salsa.

The products are heated inside to 195 degrees before popping out.

Koci said he was inspired by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Trekâ&#x20AC;? television series, on which a machine called the replicator made meals on demand.

Within 6 months, the

company plans to roll out Pizzaboxes that bake pies to 800 degrees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goal is to do what they do in fast food restaurants inside a machine,â&#x20AC;? Koci said.

But to succeed, companies will have to overcome doubts about the quality of vending machine fare, analysts said.

At Westfield Culver City on a recent Sunday, Mary Ye and Roland Jen took a break from shopping to puzzle over the bright orange Burritobox tucked near a garage exit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is it a prank or a fake?â&#x20AC;? asked Jen, 27. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just never seen anything that gives a meal out of a box.â&#x20AC;?

The pair said they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fathom how a vending machine could serve hot food that was also safe, a belief echoed by many others who checked out the kiosk that afternoon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why eat here, when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a food court upstairs?â&#x20AC;? Ye wondered.

But Candice White, 36, is a fan. The Los Angeles sales clerk said she gets only a few minutes of break and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like wasting it standing in line for a hot snack. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eaten burritos twice out of the vending machine and appreciates the speed and price. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was warm, it was fast and it was really good,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Food companies are seeing opportunities to get inside schools that are getting rid of chipand-soda machines and replacing them with more-healthful options.

Jamba Juice has installed JambaGo machines in hundreds of schools. Last year, the Emeryville, California, company put about 1,400 machines in places like Target and has an additional 1,000 planned this year.

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Congratulations, Andrew.

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Naturally good Patti Puckett of Walnut captured a Midwestern sunrise from her front door.

ABOVE: A cardinal checks himself out in a bird bath April 20 at Irv Bolthouse’s home in Oregon. Photos submitted by Bolthouse.

BELOW: Bobby Darin’s famous song lyrics say it all, “Splish splash I was taking a bath.” The female cardinal was in Bolthouse’s yard.

ABOVE: The sunset painted the sky golden May 16 above the Rock River. Photos submitted by Lorraine Dyba-Militano of Dixon.

BELOW: This crow landed on a driftwood “alligator” May 18 at Page Park in Dixon.

Pelicans check out the dam and the STS Hydro Power Plant on East River Road in Dixon. Photo submitted

by Lorraine Dyba-Militano of Dixon.

A dog trainer commands one of her canine students during a recent class at the Rock Falls Community Center. Photo submitted by Patti Puckett of Walnut. Bonnie Williams of Rock Falls photographed this rabbit July 1 when it hopped in front of her home.

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ABOVE: A poster of Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead hangs on a wall of the famed rock music venue the Fillmore in San Francisco.

MCT News Service

TOP: Historic posters for concerts hang on the walls of the Fillmore.

San Francisco’s Fillmore:

BY JON BREAM MCT News Service

SAN FRANCISCO – Jerry Garcia is soaring.

What else would you expect at the Fillmore, San Francisco’s most illustrious rock-concert venue?

We’re not talking about a hologram, a la Michael Jackson at the Billboard Music Awards.

Climb the stairs to the Fillmore’s legendary poster rooms and, on the landing, there’s a photo of Garcia, with one of those Captain Trips smiles in mid-guitar solo, enshrined in a fancy gold-embossed triptych frame. That classic image gets you in the mood for the two upstairs poster rooms, which feature framed posters for just about every concert ever held in this auditorium since 1965.

Seriously. Every concert, a poster. Not photos but artistic drawings and designs. In every color imaginable. Psychedelic doesn’t begin to describe it.

You could get high just off the fumes caked on these posters.

Joplin, Hendrix, the Dead, Tom Petty’s 20-show marathon, Willie Nelson, Dave Chappelle.

Look carefully and you’ll even find Minneapolis’ own Semisonic on one of the posters that is strangely horizontal on a wall of vertical images. Go figure.

It’s from 2001.

“It was a huge thrill” to play

there, said Semisonic bassist John Munson, who had been fully aware of the venue since a late 1960s family trip to the West Coast on which his older brother got to see Janis Joplin at the Fillmore. “It’s a very classy outfit. You take one of those posters home. I have a copy of the poster in a scrapbook.”

Among the more than 1,400 posters, some commemorate historic rock moments. Like one with the Buffalo Springfield, featuring Neil Young and Stephen Stills, on the same bill as Hour Glass, featuring then-unknowns Duane and Gregg Allman. Or Led Zeppelin opening for Country Joe and the Fish.

“The poster art looks like the music sounded,” said veteran San Francisco critic Joel Selvin, who has been covering the music scene since 1969.

Unfortunately, the Fillmore ran out of wall space in 2007.

But the staff still creates a poster for every gig.

The Fillmore – which is open only for concerts, not guided tours – is a pretty trippy place.

The beige brick exterior is nondescript, and the lighted marquee is actually over the business next door, a loan and check-cashing joint.

The interior of the music room feels a bit like it’s decorated in Gold Rush bordello, with dark-red velvet curtains

and dusty chandeliers from another decade.

If you land one of the seating boxes in the balcony, you get a bird’s-eye view of the flashy light show, the happy crowd and the musicians onstage.

This place feels like a repurposed ballroom.

In fact, the building at the corner of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard opened in 1912 as Majestic Hall and Majestic Academy of Dancing, home to masquerade balls and other social events. The name of the venue changed over the years, but dancing and entertainment were the bill of fare.

In the 1940s, the place was a roller rink. In 1952, a local promoter started booking R&B artists, including Ike Turner and James Brown, and renamed it the Fillmore.

On Dec. 10, 1965, as San Francisco emerged as a hot spot for hippies and the counterculture, promoter Bill Graham presented a benefit for the San Francisco Mime Troupe featuring Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead.

The Fillmore not only helped launch such Bay Area bands as Santana and Big Brother and the Holding Company (featuring Joplin), but it became the place to play for such touring stars as the Who, Muddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix (who infamously opened for the

Where the history of rock plays on

Monkees at the Fillmore in ’67) as well as comedians like Lenny Bruce and poets like Allen Ginsberg.

The concerts featured farout light shows, uninhibited dancing and whatever turned young people on at the height of counterculture.

In 1968, Graham relocated the Fillmore to a better neighborhood, dubbing it the Fillmore West (he also operated a Fillmore East in New York City).

He closed the West Coast place in ’71.

In the 1980s, the original Fillmore became the Elite Club, a punk-rock club, before the 1989 earthquake forced its closing. Five years later, it reopened as the Fillmore once again with the Smashing Pumpkins.

The current schedule remains remarkably eclectic. In June, performers include R&B star Kelis, reggaeton hero Yandel, indie-rock darlings TuneYards, jazz-pop pianist Jamie Cullum, British electronica act Metronomy, and retro soul man Lee Fields.

Over the years, some classic live albums were recorded at the Fillmore, including those by Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, King Curtis, Traffic, Cream and, more recently, Lucinda Williams.

With a capacity of 1,100, the Fillmore, now run by the world’s biggest promoter, Live Nation, is still the prestigious

place to play in San Francisco.

“For our kind of music, it’s the hallowed hall where it all got started,” said Jeff Mattson, guitarist / singer for Dark Star Orchestra, a Grateful Dead tribute band that has performed at the Fillmore several times.

“There’s a cultural touchstone in that word ‘Fillmore,’ associated with the music I grew up listening to. Every third album I bought was ‘Live at the Fillmore.’

There’s just a great vibe in that room. You sort of feel the ghosts of all the performances that played there. … I strongly feel the history of the place.”

The sense of history is captured near the dance floor in large, framed photos of Miles, Janis and the early Dead with a clean-shaven Jerry Garcia.

There’s also room for something completely new at the Fillmore – little-known solo acts and duos playing acoustic music on a tiny stage in one of the poster rooms during intermission in the main hall.

At the end of the night, two traditions carry on in the grungy foyer: free posters and apples as you exit. Graham himself used to hand out apples back in the day. Maybe after all that music (or pot), music lovers are hungry. Or maybe they’ll just want to pass the apple to one of the many homeless young people who hang out outside the Fillmore.

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Razor Wireless U.S. Cellular at 2536 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, recently joined Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. At the ribbon cutting (wearing U.S. Cellular shirts, in no particular order) were chamber ambassadors and Holly Larson, Cruz Colon, Alix Considine, Seth Nelson, and Mary Stern. Photos submitted by the chamber.

Rock Falls Rehabilitation and Health Care Center also joined the SVACC. Joining chamber ambassadors were (in no particular order) Nyla Krabbenhoft, new administrator; Sarah Shipley, director of nursing; Ebony Harrison, community relations coordinator; Crystal Sublett, social services director; Peggy Dickey, business officer manager; Karolyn Teal, activity director; Deb Boostrom, environmental services director; and Nikaela Rivera, dietary manager.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

ROCK FALLS ROTARY

The Dixon Knights of Columbus crew take a break with Josh (center), Habitat homeowner. The crew were led by Luke Dixon. Joe Jacobs, P.J. Ginn, Ryan Zimmerman, Bruce Kleinmaier, Pat Kleinmaier, Gary Gornick, John Matsko, George Schneider, Alex Paschal, Donald Trent, and Tory Koehler, also donated their time June 28. Photo submitted by Jim Dixon.

Health care center receives grant STERLING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Exceptional Care &Training Center has received a $7,395 Quality of Life grant award from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.

Quality of Life grants, conceived by the late Dana Reeve, are awarded to programs or projects that improve the daily lives of people with paralysis, in ways that help disabled individuals, their families, and caregivers to increase independence, dayto-day happiness, and access. This particular award is funded through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A nonprofit organization, Exceptional Care & Training Center, provides 24-hour skilled nursing care, day training, physical and occupational therapy, activities, and other services to foster maximum quality of life, and is home to 84 residents, who have intellectual disabilities, 59 of whom live with paralysis.

ECTC adheres to the professional standards in all activities and programs, and has operated in its present location for 34 years.

The Reeve Foundation award will be used to purchase and install an overhead traversing ceiling lift system in a

large classroom, to create a safer lifting environment for clients and staff, and to further the ultimate goal of creating a â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Liftâ&#x20AC;? Facility.

The award was made on the recommendation of the Merit External Review Panel and the Reeve Foundation Quality of Life Committee.

The competition for funds was fierce, and most grant awards were less than the amounts requested, including this one.

With the support of the Reeve Foundation, ECTC hopes to garner public awareness of the project, and support from other funding sources.

Bob Sondgeroth, 2013-14 president of Rock Falls Rotary, passes the gavel to Pam Erby, incoming president, whose term began July 1. Rock Falls Rotary meets at 6 p.m. every Monday at Beelendorfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deli, 204 W. 10th St., Rock Falls. Photo submitted by Betty Clementz.

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Photos by Alex T. Paschal/ apaschal@saukvalley.com

TOP-LEFT: Petunia King Matthew Sanders and Queen Kennidy Summers wave from a float during the Petunia Festival parade July 6 in Dixon.

ABOVE: A Tabala Shriner clown greets a young parade watcher.

LEFT: A Dixon Fire Department truck supplied a cool blast of water along the parade route.

ABOVE-LEFT: The Jesse White Tumblers fly through the air, thrilling parade watchers with their acrobatic, high-flying stunts.

ABOVE: Like the Petunia Festival, Dixon downtown mainstay Bill and Dick’s Barber Shop is celebrating 50 years in business. The shop was awarded Best Business Float.

LEFT: Polo Area Community Theatre members parade in costume for their upcoming production of “The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet.” The play will be performed July 18-20.

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Dixon 815.284.SOLD(7653)

Sterling 815.626.SOLD (7653)

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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 Lost: black & white cat around 13th Ave., Sterling, very skiddish. Call if seen 815-6257691

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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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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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USDA Real Estate Auction Selling to Highest Bidder August 1-5:30 PM Two 4-Unit Buildings 101 & 103 E. Kimball Street, Tampico, IL. Call 815-5625113. More Info: Bearrows.com

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GRAND DETOUR

For Sale: Beautiful 2 story, fully renovated home located in historic Grand Detour, IL 2250 sq. ft. w/ 4 lg.

BR & 2 ½ baths, situated on 4 lots in the center of this quaint village, which is home to the John Deere Historic Site.

40 min. drive to Rockford and 90 min. to downtown Chicago.

Serious inonly. quiries Priced at Call $349,900.

815-652-4394

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2 story spacious house, remodeled, new siding & freshly painted, 3 BR, 2 full baths, living room, dining room, lg kitchen w/ breakfast area, full dry basement, good water heater, furnace, C/A & well insulated, 2 encl.

Porches & deck ready for above ground pool, Inbarn & cludes workshop, on 4 city lots, 1 acre, zoned commercial & residential, 701 W. 3rd St., Lyndon, IL 361-781-2701.

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3BR 3 ba., 2000 sq. ft., all brick, ranch style, lot 105x160, built in 2005, C/A, above ground pool/deck, $205,000 602 N. Metcalf Ave.

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GRAND DETOUR On the river, 1BR, 1BA, att. Garage & Firepl. $130,000 815-440-0896

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Located in one of the premier neighborhoods in Sterling This luxurious custom built 2000 home features: 2 story entrance foyer which opens into a large living rm w/ soaring ceilings and two-story windows. Elegant kitchen designer w/stainless appliances and granite counter tops. 4BR, 3.75 ba. (one ba. has 2 showers) Two master suites: one w/Jacuzzi. Loft over-looking living area. Lg. wooden overlooking deck park-like back yard Full bsmt. 3.5 car garage.

Walking distance to Sinnissippi Park and river. $287,000. Take a tour at http://

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2BR, 1BA, 1 Car garage, $550/mo +dep. No pets.

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DIXON Newer 2 BR, apartment Fieldstone area: W/D hookup, appls. incl. Fireplace, garage w/opener. $625 mo., $500 dep.

960 sq. ft.

815-626-1431 or 815-631-5855 2 Bedroom 1004 Idlewild Dr. Freshly painted, no pets, no smoking $600 mo. 309-645-3361 2 BR 1 ba., single story townhouse, attached garage, lawn/snow removal incl., desirable NW Dixon location, laundry, no pets/no smoking, $760/mo.

815-440-3932 2BR, 1BA, 922 W. 3rd St. $400/mo.

815-631-1204 3BR Upper 204 W. 1st. $575/mo. + dep. 815-440-4817

1BR, Mt. Morris. $310/mo. + dep., 815-508-2345

POLO 2 BR., appl., water, sewer & garbage incl. Coin laundry on site. No pets $425mo.+$400dep 815-378-7820.

ROCK FALLS 1BR $350/mo.

Lease & dep. Req. H & H Rental Properties. Call or text 815-625-7995.

406 Circle Dr., 2BR 1BA. $500 per month + utilities.

Call 815-378-2151

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NORTHLAND PARK APARTMENTS Studio, 1 & 2 Bedroom Washer & Dryer Units Fitness Center Balconies / Patios Open House Daily

1st Month FREE! Call Me 2-Rent (815)632-7368 (Located Behind Northland Mall)

Sterling Rentals Newer 2 Bedroom $599.00 & Up Applcs., Fireplaces 2002 3rd Ave. 1836 First Ave. 606 W. Lefevre 2 BR $535.00 1 BR $465.00 1 Studio $390.00 Partial Heat, Water, Sewer, Refuse Removal, Laundry Facilities, Satellite

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2 BR for $500 Water, sewer, garbage incl.

Coin W/D, No pets/ No parties.

Call Diana: 630-327-7046 Immaculate lower duplex, rental ref.

Req. No pets, no parties. $485/mo. + $485 dep. 815718-9858 Sinnissippi Townhomes First Mo. Free!

Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

Central air, good location. Laundry hookup. (815)6261130.

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FOR RENT HOUSES & APTS. svla.org

CHADWICK 2BR home, nice back yard. Applcs. incl. $350/mo.

815-499-1793

DIXON Nice 2BR. No Pets. $600 + dep.

815-535-6731.

Remodeled 2-3BR, $550/mo. Call 815973-0233 after 4.

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2 story country LP home, C/A, furnace, up to 5 BR, garage, building for pets, no pets in the house, $550/mo. + $550 dep. 815-379-9077 leave message.

2BR 1 ba., C/A, atgarage, tached $600/mo. + $600 dep., Avail. Aug. 1st. ref. required.

815-704-3823

NACHUSA Newly remodeled 3BR, 2full BA, 2 Car garage, all applcs. Inc., no pets. $700/mo. + dep.

815-739-6760

OREGON 2BR, full sz. Basement, A/C, Huge back yard. Avail.

Aug. 1st. $800/mo.

815-973-5451

ROCK FALLS 1209 Sycamore 2BR $600 Dr., 815-626-8790 214 Ave. D, 2BR, bsmt. 2 story. No pets. $500/mo.

815-590-8233 Large 2BR Townhouse, all ground level.

Excellent area. 800 Dixon Ave. No pets. Refs. req. 815-336-2305.

STERLING 1102 1st Ave., Rent $825/ Sale $94.5K 3BR 815-626-8790

FOR RENT

3-4 BR, 1 BA, full useable basement w/ laundry rm, attached dbl. garage, $650/mo. + $600 dep. No pets. Call 815-732-6530.

All New 2BR C/A dishwasher big garage WHY RENT?™ $575/mo.

815-878-7399 Nice 2BR, 1BA, very clean 507 E 9th St. Call Amanda 815-716-1888 RTO 2BR $49,900 $5,000 down.4413515.Agent owned.

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Dixon- First St. store front or offices. 1500+sq.ft.

Avail. Sept. 1 $600/ mo.

815-652-2042

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MORRISON Tall Pines Mobile Home Community

has a mobile home available for rent! $595/mo.

Call Kristine for details.

815-772-8943

WAREHOUSE / 330 STORAGE 6,000 SQ.FT. WAREHOUSE w/loading dock & 2 lg. overhead doors.

Avail. 8/1. $2,000/ mo. Dixon. Call 815-973-3281.

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10x20 $50/mo. + $35 dep. 815-5909478.

Need to place an ad?

Call us 625-3600 284-2222

Secured 3 acre w/ high bays and office, 3818 River Rd., Sterling.

815-626-8790

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THE CLASSIFIED Advertising Department of Sauk Valley Media does not have the opportunity to fully investigate the credibility of each advertiser appearing within these columns. If an offer sounds “too good to be true” it probably is.

Proceed with caution if you are asked to send money or to give a credit card number.

Proceed with caution in calling 900 phone numbers. All phone numbers prefixed by “900” are charged to the CALLER. Charges may be assessed on a “per minute” basis rather than a “per call” basis.

Sauk Valley Classified makes every effort to qualify these charges for the reader.

If you have a concern about an advertiser, please contact the Better Business Bureau 330 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611.

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AREA GARAGE SALES 624 AMBOY GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8-4 91 N. El Vista Dr. 2 Family Sale!

Items being sold: Avon jewelry, white wedding dress-sz.

14, leather jacketwomens/lrg., many more things!

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

Fri. & Sat. 8-3 1249 Robin Rd. Multi-Family Sale electric stove, furniture, children's clothes, and much more misc.

Fri. 8-4 & Sat. 8-12 1214 Thumb Ct. Clothing, household items, lots of misc items.

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

Fri. 7-4, Sat. 7-12 610 Timbercreek Road.

Cleaned out my garage sale!!

4'box scraper, 40,000 BTU Reddy heater, Delta table saw, ping pong table, cameo nature remolded dble. sink, 12' step ladder, life jackets.

Too many items to list!!!!!

Fri. 8-6 & Sat. 9-5 412 E. Bradshaw

Fri. 8-4 & Sat. 8-1 1524 S. College Avenue Girls clothes size 6-8, shoes, some adult ladies clothes, some adult mens clothes. Misc.includes: office supplies, hardware, garden tools, kitchen items, Little Tike desk, office desk, miscellaneous decoration & more

Fri. & Sat. 7-12 1109 Tee Street Bicycle, oscillating fan, tools & tool box, household items, fish aquarium, pet items, vacuum

Fri. & Sat. 9-5 1907 W. 4th St. Household items, porcelain dolls, holiday décor, records, DVD's & collectibles

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

Fri. 8-4, Sat. 8-12 318 W. Morgan Rain or Shine! No early sales please!

Tons of girls name brand clothes & shoes, 24 mo-5/6 (all seasons), men & women clothes L& XL, women's shoes like new!

Baby accessories: toys, umbrella stroller, exersaucer, kitchen, & other misc.

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Tupperware Inventory Reduction Sale Everything must go!!

50% or more off Bowls, retail. glasses, microwave, modular mates & more. No parking on street.

Not responsible for accidents.

Fri. 8-7, Sat. 8-12 514 Heather Lane Annual Sale QUALITY kids clothing Boys: NB18mo., Girls: NB5/6. Window & portable A/C-both used 1 season, lots of toys & misc.

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SERVICE DIRECTORY SAUK VALLEY

Air Cond./Heating

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Eikenberry Sheet Metal 412 E. 3rd, Sterling Service work heating & cooling; gas, electric. Free estimates. Accept Visa & MC on all new installations.

GREEN RIVER CYCLERY

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CNA needed, weekends, Sterling area, Hoyer lift experience necessary Please send replies to Box #1237, c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081 or 779-2451647

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Busy, upscale area restaurant seeking part-time event staff, bartenders, wait staff, bussers, and dishwashers.

Positions available for days, nights, and weekends, with potential for advancement.

Please send replies to Box #:1235 ,c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O.Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

Growing & Established Heating & Air Conditioning Company seeks motivated Service Technician for residential & light commercial service & installation.

At least 4 yrs. experience required.

Please send resume to Box #1236 c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

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Brechon Farm Services, Inc. is looking for Farm Help FT or PT $18/hr.

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Angelo's II & lll now accepting applications for Part time Bartender Hostess and Server positions. Apply in person at 2405 W. 4th St., Sterling, 10am-4pm, Mon. Tues., Thurs., Fri. No phone calls.

Assistant Branch Manager Trainee First Federal is seeking highly motivated and energetic individuals for openings in our Rock Falls, Walnut and Peru locations.

Knowledge of banking is helpful but not a requirePrior manment. agement experience is a plus. The ideal candidate must possess organizastrong tional skills, enjoy working with people and be willing to travel to various branch locations when necessary.

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Interstate PowerSystems in Davenport, IA, needs a Diesel Technician and Generator Tech Responsible for troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair on all types of trucks.

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HELP WANTED Withers Broadcasting of Sterling/ Rock Falls is now accepting applications for 2 sales positions. If you are looking for a career change you owe it to yourself to check this opportunity out. Full training is provided. Stop by out offices at 3101 Freeport Rd. in Sterling. To find out more, or call us at 815-625-3400 WITHERS BROADCASTING IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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Over the road Team Drivers needed. Please call Richard Phillips for more information at 928-715-8184

INSURANCE/INSPECTOR Millennium Information Services is looking for independent contractors to perform exterior residential property insurance inspections in a local territory. Earnings based on number of inspections you complete. Ideally, should be currently in business performing like work. You will need the following items to begin: Dependable vehicle, digital camera, measuring wheel, fold-up 17 foot ladder & PC with high-speed Internet access. To learn more about Millennium and to register online, please visit us at www.millinfo.com and register on our HPSOR\PHQW SDJH LQ \RXU VWDWH XQGHU ÂżHOG RSHUDWLRQV Independent Property Inspector.

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Interested persons should contact Ginger Blasdell, Transportation Director, at 815-5375101 Parkway Center has an opening for a PT 11-7 cook with experience & a PT 4-7 dietary aide. Interested persons can pick up an application M-F 8-4 at 1801 Ave. G, Sterling. No phone calls.

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Senior Tax Accountant Wipfli is currently seeking a Senior Tax Accountant for our Dixon, IL office. This position oversees the accurate and timely execution of business and individual tax engagements, communicates results to client and firm associates, ensures the firm is proactively identifying tax opportunities and serving the client's needs. In addition, this position will perform audit, review, and compilation testing procedures. Position requires a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, 3-5 years' experience and CPA certification.

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NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is lispecifically censed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes.

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DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

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Saturday 8-1 913 Hemlock Ave. 5pc. Wood pub set w/saddle stools, 2 new chandeliers, brand new Epson printer, Razor elec.

Scooter, 2 like new red 20â&#x20AC;? boys bikes, kerosene heater, coffee table, baseball equipment, sports memorabilia, comforter, excellent name brand clothing & shoes: mens, ladies, boys (size 7-20). Nintendo games, shelving, DVD's & VHS movies, air hockey table, tracfones, traction unit, household items, books, toys, much misc.

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1408 Bennett Dr. very clean name brand sale, priced to sell, men's shirts L-XL-2X, jeans & pants 40x30, 40x32, shorts 40; women's plus 1X3X, lots of Maurices 20-22, boy's 10-14/16, all seasons, jewelry, computer desk, knickknacks, stuffed animals, toys, recliner, couch, older riding mower.

Fri. & Sat. 8-3 1312 W. 9th St. Nice womens clothes, plus sz.

(16-20) Mens clothes 4X Lg. Tall (44-46) Young mens (32-34), sm.

Rocker and stool, camping equipment, Kirby carpet cleaner & vacuum, Costume jewelry, Elvis Presley pictures, glassware, pots, pans , liners, patio umbrella, Farm play rug, Luggage, Holiday home dĂŠcor.

Saturday 9-3 811 2nd Avenue Large Sale!

Clothes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; men's L/XL, women's-all sizes, boy's 18 mo.

-2T, girl's 4T-6/7, LOTS of misc.

Boyd's Bears, printer/scanner Home Interior, sound bar, toys, girl's 4T/5T Pull Ups, books, DVDs, crib mattress, desk entertainment center. No Early Sales!

Rain or Shine!

The Ole & Sheryl Pace Estate/ Moving/Tag sale Huge 2 day sale Friday 10am sharp7pm, & Sat. 10am6pm. 3309 16th Ave. Sterling.

Some items in this quality high end sale to include: EZ-GO golf cart, Dagger Kayak, John Deer x300 rider lawn mower, wicker furniture, lots of ornamental lawn & garden, lawn & garden supplies, yard tools, nice home decor/ collections/ quality purses/ 2 bikes 1 is Schwinn, patio furniture, some antiques, too much to list. see estatesales.net for lots of pics & info. Sale conducted by Sauk Valley Estate Sales & Services. 815590-7021.

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624 800 Dixon Ave. Apt. F Estate Sale!

Appliances Furniture Kitchen Collectibles and more!

Fri. 4-7 & Sat. 7-1 207 E 8th St. Hot tub, treadmill, lots of milk glasses, and lots of other misc.

Fri. 7:30-5 Sat. 7-3 10060 Buell Rd Multi-Family Sale 8x10 pond liner, china, book bags, curtains, boy's NB14, girl's NB-24 mo., adult clothes, all sizes, toys, car seat, and much much more!!

Saturday 8-2 1201 9th Ave. Rain or Shine 4 Family Rummage Sale Treadmill, desk, scrubs, womens vintage clothing, Mens jeans, shower door for a tub, plow antique frame, lots of misc household items!

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Saturday, 8-1 421 Meadow Lark Lane Double stroller, 2 Radio Flyer Trikes, wooden puzzles, Little People and Weeble Wobble toys, board books, Leap-Pad games, infant-toddler rockers, boy/girl shoes, 2T-3T girl clothes, 3T boy clothes, adult books and games, misc. housewares, sippy cups, crib sheets, misc. toys, etc... smoke and pet free home.

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 1511 E. 25th St. Sat. & Sun. 9-2 Girls 3T-6X, Adult clothing, Western items, XL-XXL scrubs, patio set w/ 2 chairs, kitchen table w/ chairs, 10â&#x20AC;? table saw, tool box, hand tools, antiques & misc.

2311 E. Lincolnway Fri.2-7 Sat. 8-12 HUGE SALE! Household accessories, Girls Baby Clothing, toys, office furnishings, copy machine, old Pepsi machine, flower baskets, and so much more!

Find us in the old W. F. Sellers & Associates building, 2311 E. Lincolnway, Sterling. Friday 2-7 pm and Saturday 8 am - 12 Noon. DON'T MISS IT!

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Fri. & Sat. 8-4 1002 7th Avenue Chico Cortina stroller, new w/ dbl. seats, Medela pump, breast aluminum tool box, Pella dbl. glass patio doors, 44x74, hand tools, & misc.

Sat. 8-4 506 E. 19th St. Snow blower, dorm refrigerator, 2 sided chin-up bar, Wahl lithium trimming, hair styling tool holder, step 2 children's desk, seasonal mens (M), womens (S) & children's clothes, toys, books, VHS & DVD, household, health & beauty, bed wedge magazines, Christmas items & more!

Saturday 7-12:30 305 W. 13th St. (in alley) Rain or Shine Entertainment center, Patio table/chairs, lots of â&#x20AC;&#x153;newâ&#x20AC;? in the box, TV, books, jewelry, cookbooks, everything reasonably priced!

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1205 W. 3rd St. Huge Multi Family Sale Lots of misc, furniture, baby crib, couches, apt. sz.

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42â&#x20AC;? Roll-top desk, solid oak.

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 765

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Professional baritone saxophone $800 815-9730422

GUNS & ARCHERY

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706

H.I.S. Gun Shack Guns & Ammo 22LR, .223, 9mm in stock 815-284-3232

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309-853-6992 16' Heavy Duty Aluminum Extension Ladder, $100 779-245-1145 2 Golf Club sets, adult & kids with bags, balls(50), etc. $ 25.815-677-1204 2 liquidation case crawler loader, Chevy 3500 Oliver end loader. 815626-4561 3 piece cast iron garden table & chairs. $35. 815652-4415 5,000 watt generator $700 obo. 815973-0422 7x14 Open trailer, $450. Call 815631-1664.

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2010 GMC Acadia, 52K. Beautiful silver. $18,500. Call 815-535-2380

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he 2015 GMC Yukon is fully redesigned. Highlights include greater engine output with improved fuel economy, improved standard and optional equipment, an integrated fold-flat third-row seat, updated exterior styling, a quieter interior and low-range gearing now available on Denali model.

Introduction Car shoppers who are in the market for a traditional fullsize SUV have only a handful of choices these days. But among this group, one of the most compelling is the 2015 GMC Yukon. It blends traditionally rugged truck construction and V8 towing capacity with amenities and features one might expect from a full-fledged luxury SUV. Sandwiched between its corporate siblings, the Chevrolet Tahoe and pricier Cadillac Escalade, this year’s fully redesigned Yukon shows off a new look inside and out. It also boasts some innovative and improved features as well as a choice of two V8 powertrains that are both more powerful and fuel-efficient than those sold last year. As a result of these improvements, the Yukon is still a capable workhorse, but it rides down a highway or up a mountain pass more efficiently, comfortably, quietly and confidently than ever before.

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Depending on the trim level, a head-up display for the driver, forward collision alert, lane-departure warning, a vibrating safety alert seat, rear cross-traffic alert and blind-spot monitoring are either available or standard.

Power-actuated second- and third-row seating is a new option as well, allowing those of small stature to more easily manage what used to be a cumbersome operation. Unfortunately, they will also need to contend with a higher load floor.

Another notable upgrade is a new 8-inch touchscreen interface with added smartphone integration functionality. Finally, the most up-to-date electronic safety features find their way into the Yukon’s roster, including lanedeparture warning, a blind-spot monitor and frontal collision warning and mitigation.

Of course, if you don’t really need the 2015 GMC Yukon’s 4-ton towing capabilities, you might consider a more space-efficient crossover SUV. Top choices in this class routinely offer equal or greater people- and cargohauling abilities without the trucklike driving dynamics. In fact, there’s an excellent one of

those in GMC’s own showroom: the eight-passenger Acadia, which offers substantially more third-row space and cargo capacity.

Overall, though, the new GMC Yukon will handle most of the passenger and towing duties you can throw at it, and do so confidently, comfortably and safely.

Body Styles, Trim Levels, and Options The 2015 GMC Yukon is a bodyon-frame SUV available in three trim levels: SLE, SLT and Denali.

Seating for eight is standard, but there are two optional seating arrangements: second-row captain’s chairs drop the count to seven and an available 40/20/40 front bench seat increases it to nine. There is an extended-length version known as the Yukon XL covered in a separate review.

The base Yukon SLE comes standard with 18-inch alloy

wheels, foglamps, a locking rear differential, front and rear parking sensors, heated poweradjustable manual-folding mirrors, automatic wipers, a tiltonly leather-wrapped steering wheel, tri-zone automatic climate control, premium cloth upholstery, power front seats (eight-way driver seat and fourway passenger seat, both with power lumbar), a 60/40 splitfold second-row bench seat and a 60/40-split fold-flat third-row seat. Also standard are remote engine start and entry, Bluetooth phone and audio connectivity and OnStar. For infotainment, an 8-inch touchscreen with the GMC IntelliLink interface (which includes voice control and smartphone app integration) is standard, as is a rearview camera.

Audio is covered with a premium nine-speaker Bose sound system with HD and satellite radio, a CD player, five USB ports, an auxiliary audio jack and an SD card slot.

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If you want nine-passenger capacity, you’ll need to get the SLE, as the optional front bench seat is only available on this trim level. All Yukons are prepped for towing and feature a 2-inch receiver and seven-pin harness, but an HD Trailering package is also available on both SLE and SLT that includes specific gearing, a trailer-brake controller, an air suspension with increased capacity and leveling, and lowrange gearing when combined with 4WD models.

For the Yukon SLE, a Driver Alert option includes forward collision alert, lane-departure warning and a vibrating safety alert seat.

The SLE’s Convenience package adds an auto-dimming rearview mirror, power-adjustable pedals and a power liftgate.

The SLT model includes the both the Driver Alert and Convenience packages and adds rear cross-traffic alert and blindspot monitoring, power-folding mirrors (auto-dimming driver side), keyless ignition and entry, a power tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, a heated steering wheel, driver memory settings, heated and ventilated front seats (10-way with four-way lumbar), heated second-row seats (power fold-and-tumble 60/40 bench), power folding third-row seats and ambient interior lighting.

Options include second-row captain’s chairs (heated and power fold-and-tumble), an enhanced alarm system and adaptive cruise control with crash-imminent braking. A sunroof and a rear entertainment system with a Blu-ray player are either stand-alone options or, when combined with the optional navigation system, part of the Sun, Entertainment and Destination package.

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