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Just like the old days Hogs and Dogs Pigs and pups took center stage along with the kids at last week’s Whiteside County 4-H Fair. PAGE C12
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Lloyd Swan works on a puzzle in the Montessori-based dementia care unit at LifeHOUSE Liberty Court in Dixon. The senior care center offers residents a workstation where they can do activities that keep their minds sharp. The memory care wing at LifeHOUSE isn’t yet the norm in the Sauk Valley, but it’s becoming more common.
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ome older gentlemen putter at a workbench. Some older ladies fold brightly colored towels. Another group of seniors plays games and puts together puzzles. Just like the old days. Well, sort of like the old days. The activities – designed to engage residents with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and other memory issues – are offered in the new memory care wing at LifeHOUSE Liberty Court in Dixon. Such facilities are not yet the norm in
the Sauk Valley. Many assisted-living facilities and nursing homes have secure doors and alarm systems to ensure that residents with memory problems do not wander off premises. They might have an enclosed outdoor courtyard or garden, too. But dedicated memory care units are on the rise in the area. “The baby boomers are aging,” said Ann Barlow, executive director of Liberty Court. “Until it affected these younger folks, we didn’t see a need for [such care]. We think, ‘Oh, they’re older; they’re just starting to lose their memory.’ But now that it’s hitting people who are younger, we see a need. We think, ‘Wow, they’re young; they’ve got a lot of life left to live.’” CARE CONTINUED ON A9
Maybel Green and LifeHOUSE Liberty Court staff member Kaitlyn Pitman work at a therapeutic station. Go to saukvalley.com to view more photos from Liberty Court.
Taking cautious approach to medical marijuana BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529
Starting in September, some Illinois residents will be able
to apply for a medical marijuana ID card. Once that happens, doctors and patients will face the challenge of appropriately implementing the drug’s use for medical purposes, which has come about largely because of its popular illegal use for recreation. In August, Gov. Pat Quinn
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Best-selling fantasy author and Sterling native Terry Brooks recently announced on his website that MTV will air a TV show adapted from one of his books. The 10-episode series, set to air next year, will be based on the secTerry ond book of the Brooks original trilogy, “The Elfstones of Shannara.” The 70-year-old Brooks methodically built the Shannara universe around the use of magic and spells, epic journeys, and the elemental struggle of self-discovery. Brooks, who now lives in the Pacific Northwest, said he has “quite a bit” of creative direction in the TV show production process. “There’s nobody in my publishing house [who] has read all those books because I’ve outlived everyone,” Brooks said in a phone interview this week with Sauk Valley Media. AUTHOR CONTINUED ON A8
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Some residents can start applying for ID cards in September
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signed the state’s medical marijuana pilot program into law, setting up a 4-year test period with state-run dispensaries and 22 so-called cultivation centers, where the plants will be grown. So far, 23 states have passed medical marijuana legislation, and Washington and Colorado have decriminalized marijuana for recreational use.
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The Illinois law established 30 medical conditions that make patients eligible. In September, patients whose last names begin with the letters A through L, and their caregivers, can submit applications for ID cards. The rest can apply starting Nov. 1. MARIJUANA CONTINUED ON A4
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LEFT PHOTO: John Simpson, of Paw Paw, roars down the track pulling the Mechanical Mule sled for a pull of 304.52 feet Friday at the Lee County 4-H Fair. RIGHT PHOTO: A pink tractor? Yes, Jeff Hart, of Shabbona, pulls the pulling sled with the pink Pulling For The Cure Farmall M during the tractor pull. Hart pulled a distance of 201.27 feet. The fair continues today and Sunday at the fairgrounds on U.S. Route 30 near Amboy.
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Letting women know, ‘Yes, they can shoot’ New gun club aims to educate, empower BY ANNA PHILLIPS Special to Sauk Valley Media
STERLING – It’s a club for modern-day Annie Oakleys, and it’s come to the Sauk Valley. The Well Armed Woman is a national gun club that caters to the growing number of female shooters who are new to the range. Its goal is to educate and empower women when it comes to firearms. Roxanne Folsom of Rock Falls is one of three leaders of the new Sauk Valley chapter, which meets for 2 hours the third Friday of the month at Sinnissippi Rod and Gun Club. The first hour is dedicated to educating members on a variety of topics, often chosen by the members. The second hour is dedicated to shooting. “There are more and more women shooting now,” Folsom said. “A lot of it is for fun. It’s also for defense, and The Well Armed Woman, what I have seen of it, what I have learned of it, it definitely promotes the knowledge, the safety, and lets women know, yes, they can shoot.” The club aims to teach gun safety, reduce the intimidation factor, and increase a woman’s skill with firearms, based on her individual needs. That means women of any skill level are welcome, including those who have never even handled a gun. For Piper Grazulis of Sterling, the decision to join was easy. While taking a safety course to familiarize herself with the guns her husband had at home, she learned of The Well Armed Woman chapter and joined as soon as it opened in February. “I felt more comfortable with a lot of women,” Grazulis said. “Some people are really experienced, and some people are like me, who have only been shooting for a little while.” She said she recommended it to women for “lots of reasons.” “It’s a comfortable place, especially if you’re scared, like I was, ... a comfortable place to get to know your way around
To learn more The Sauk Valley chapTER OF 4HE 7ELL !RMED Woman meets from 6 to 8 p.m. the third Friday of the month at the Sinnissippi Rod and Gun #LUB -OLINE Road in Sterling. Joining is simple. Go to thewellarmedwoman. com and click on “chapters” to find the Sauk Valley club, then click “join this chapter.” The membership fee is $65 a year. The local chapter offers two meetings free of charge, to give women a taste when they’re deciding whether to join. Go to the website or Facebook for more information on the national club; email twawsaukvalleyil2014@ gmail.com or call 815718-2128 for more information on the local chapter.
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a firearm in a safe way with knowledgeable people,” she explained. “And it’s fun. You meet new people, some nice people.” The club’s three leaders – Folsom, Liz Butler of Sterling, and Teresa VanAusdoll of Rock Falls – have been shooting for years. When Butler talked to the other two about opening a chapter in the Sauk Valley area, they both jumped to help. They’ve seen the club double in size, from seven members when it began to 15 in June. They’re ready for more. “If there’s any women out there that want to maybe think about it, just some place for them to
ABOVE: After its monthly meeting, members of Well Armed Woman club go to the range to shoot at Sinnissippi Rod and Gun Club in Sterling. The club caters to the growing number of female shooters who are new to the range. TOP: Karyn Hollenbach of Tampico smiles after popping off a few rounds from her Glock 9 mm at Sinnissippi Road and Gun Club in Sterling. “I joined the club to protect myself and family from crime,” Hollenbach said of The Well Armed Woman club. “It’s kind of sad that it’s come to this.”
LEFT: (From left) Teresa VanAusdoll of Rock Falls, Liz Butler of Sterling, and Roxanne Folsom of Rock Falls founded and lead The Well Armed Woman club. “A lot of it is for fun,” Folsom said. “It’s also for defense. ...” RIGHT: Rich VanAusdoll, president of Sinnissippi Rod and Gun Club, leads a round of training for Well Armed Woman club members. Rich’s wife, Teresa, is one of the club’s three leaders. go, to be in their own little space, where it doesn’t matter how much knowledge they have about a
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AMBOY – James Leroy “Jim� Moore, 89, of Amboy, died Wednesday, July 24, 2014, at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born Jan. 16, 1925, in Oconee, a son of Earl and Viva (Musser) Moore. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Heckman. She preceded him in death. He married K. Nadine (Smith) Kaecker on May 8, 1982. Jim was a crane operator at Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. for 35 years. He served in the Army. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Franklin Grove. Survivors include his wife; daughters, Peggy (Gordon) Rhodes of Amboy and Carol (Chuck) Geary of Milledgeville; stepdaughters, Donna (Don) Moore of Franklin Grove and Debra Rios of Rock Falls; sons, Don (Donna) Moore of Franklin Grove and James Lee (Linda) Moore of Alexandria, Tennessee; stepsons, Bill (Glenda) Kaecker of Harmon, Keith (Arly) Kaeck-
er of Lee Center, and Kevin Kaecker of Rock Falls; brothers, Larry Moore and Denny Moore, both of Amboy, Les (Gale) Moore of Washington state, Norman Moore of Colorado, and Earl Moore of Milledgeville; 20 grandchildren; and 22 great grandchildren. He also was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, three sisters, two grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. Cremation rites have been accorded. Graveside services with full military honors will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Prairie Repose Cemetery in Amboy, with Jack Briggs, pastor, officiating. After the burial, there will be a luncheon at the First Presbyterian Church in Franklin Grove. Arrangements were completed by McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory in Rock Falls. Memorials may be directed to Unity Hospice or to a charity of the donor’s choice. Go to mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.
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Neva Grady FRANKLIN GROVE – Neva Hansen Engelkes Grady began the next leg of her journey on Thursday, July 24, 2014, at her home. Neva was born July 28, 1941, in Ashton, the daughter of Orville and Gladys (Hersch) Hansen. Neva was married to Ron Engelkes in 1958, together they had five children. Bonnie (Dennis) Echelbarger of Franklin Grove; Bruce (Lorna Headlee, fiancĂŠe) Engelkes of Dixon; and Barbara Shankel (Randy Shankel), Barry Engelkes, and Billie (Doug) Heier, all of Ashton. Barry passed away in 1963. Ronnie passed away in 1974. She was also preceded in death by a great-grandson, Gavin Echelbarger in 2005. Neva drove school bus for Ashton School District and then for Loves Park. She retired from Rockford Mass Transit Bus System. Neva married John “Jackâ€? Grady in May 1982. He passed away in October 2012. Together they raised Angus cattle and Southdown and Hampshire sheep. She was a member of Ogle County Genealogical Society, and one of the founders of Ladies Night Out. This was the 50th year that they met, and enjoyed it. Neva has been blessed with nine grandchildren. Bonnie’s are, Lee
(Jodi nÊe, Rothman) Echelbarger, Desa Echelbarger, and Darcy (Chuck) Spence; Bruce’s is, Ella (Nick) Payne; Barb’s are, Krystle Bubrick, Randall Shankel, and Ron Shankel; Billie’s are, John (Mellisa nÊe, Spillman) Powers, and Carrie Powers. Stepgrandchildren are Jimmy Grady, Carrie (Eric) Gagnon, and Michelle Grady. Neva’s grandchildren have given her the gifts of nine great-grandchildren and six step-greatgrandchildren. She also is survived by her siblings, Esther (Morris) Hughes of Courtland, Russell (Lil nÊe, Novak) Hansen of Rockford, Glen (Gloria nÊe, Brock) Hansen of Gulliver, Michigan, and Bonnie (Curt) McKean of Polo; and aunts, Opal Hersch Stokes of Monticello, Minnesota, and Janet (Lovold) Hersch of Champlain, Minnesota; and her siblings-in-law, Shirley Frahm, Marvin (Margo nÊe, Barry) Engelkes, Irma (Mike) Seaworth, and Sharon (Tom Johnson) Kirchner. There will be a celebration of life from 1 to 5 p.m. Aug. 3, 2014, at the Mills & Petrie building in Ashton. Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home, Oregon assisted the family with arrangements. Visit farrellhollandgale.com to send condolences.
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Dr. Tim Appenheimer, chief medical officer for KSB Hospital in Dixon, said the politics side of the issue is a little ahead of the clinical side, which has found scientific proof for medicinal usefulness for only a few conditions. “Some of [the conditions listed in the law] are very specific,� he said. “There are some that are pretty general. Pain issues – in general – almost everyone has some degree of pain. “The list of diagnosis is a long one. The amount of truly rigorous research is small. So there’s a lot
of gray area. So there’s a lot that’s left to the physicians’ clinical judgments.� CGH Medical Center in Sterling has sent physicians to workshops to learn more about the law and how it will be implemented, President and CEO Paul Steinke said, but the hospital will take a wait-and-see approach. “Good or bad, this has become a politically charged matter,� he said. “You’ll find people on either side with an opinion on the medical use.� Steinke said the implementation of medical marijuana reminds him of the implementation of methadone about 15 years ago.
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Methadone can be prescribed to treat pain not relieved by non-narcotic pain relievers and to prevent withdrawal symptoms in patients who were addicted to opiate drugs. It also can have effects similar to morphine or heroin. When it first became legal for medical purposes, any physician could prescribe it. That later was changed to registered physicians only, he said, because of the risks. Steinke said he hasn’t heard of any CGH patients already asking about getting medical marijuana prescriptions, but said the hospital will do what it can to help patients without creating
more problems. Appenheimer said his patients haven’t asked about it personally but knows patients in the Sauk Valley will be interested in it. Over time, the pilot program and the issue will be easier for doctors and patients to navigate. Appenheimer said the medical marijuana pilot program presents bigger challenges to physicians than when other new drugs come on the market because there hasn’t been the U.S. Food and Drug Administration testing. “It will put the physician in the position of determining if use is legal or illegal,� he said.
A Dixon man was killed Thursday night when his motorcycle struck a semitrailer in Stephenson County. David E. Essex, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on U.S. Route 20 near the intersection with Rock City Road. The driver of the semitrailer, Luke Garard, 25, of Freeport, was not injured. Illinois State Police at District 16 in Pecatonica said Essex was traveling west on Route 20 at a high rate of speed. The Freightliner truck was heading south and had stopped for a stop sign at Rock City
Road and Route 20. The semitrailer was crossing the intersection and the motorcycle was unable to stop and hit the side of the semi. No other vehicles were involved in the accident. ISP and the Stephenson County Sheriff’s Department responded to the accident at 8:33 p.m. The Stephenson County Coroner’s office said Essex was pronounced dead at 8:46 p.m. Thursday. ISP Master Sergeant Mark Nytko said Essex was not wearing a helmet. Garard has not been ticketed. The investigation is ongoing.
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DIXON – Peoria Avenue will slowly begin to open to traffic next week as the downtown streetscape project enters its 11th week. Pavement will be completed on the south end of Peoria at Third Street, and the roadway will be opened to only local traffic from the south. According to the engineering companies: Parking lane pavement will be poured on the east side of Peoria Avenue, between First and Second streets. There also will be electrical installations, and building vault work at the Telegraph office.
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God saw he was getting tired and a cure was not to be So he put his arms around him, and whispered “Come with me� With every tearful eye we watched him fade away Although we loved him dearly we could not make him stay A golden heart stopped beating hard working hands laid to rest God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes the best.
Deeply loved & missed so very much! Still loving you more than enough! Always & forever! Your wife, children & grandchildren
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel-Hamas fighting looked headed for escalation after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry failed Friday to broker a weeklong truce as first step toward a broader deal, and Israel’s defense minister warned Israel might soon expand its Gaza ground operation
“significantly.� The stalled efforts to halt the fighting came amid ominous signs that the Gaza war is spilling over into the West Bank. In a “Day of Rage,� Palestinians across the territory staged protests against Israel’s Gaza operation and the rising casualty toll there.
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THE MAIN SCOOP
Where are the positive education stories? I
’ve been the education reporter at Sauk Valley Media for about 3 weeks, and I’ve already been asked the same question more than once. Why doesn’t the newspaper write more positive stories about our school district? It’s not just here. In my last reporting job at The Hawk Eye newspaper in Burlington, Iowa, I had board members and school officials give me a hard time because they believed I was not promoting the positive news in the school district. One staff member once said I was “picking on the school district.� Whenever people ask me why I don’t write about the positives in their school district, they immediately jump to
their own conclusions, such as I want to write only negative stories, or I want to sell newspapers. As a news reporter, I have a hard time categorizing a news story as “positive� or “negative.� In my opinion, stories are categorized as newsworthy or not newsworthy. Whenever I write a story, many factors determine whether it’s newsworthy. One thing I’ll look at is how many parents, students or staff members will the story affect, and what kind of impact will be made? Or how useful or critical is the information in helping the public to make an informed decision about their school system? More important, as an education reporter, I want to know whether this information is likely
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to help or harm student achievement in the school district. For example, if an area school district is going to implement an afterschool program, that can help many students. That is a story I will write. If board members or teachers criticize school officials by saying they are not doing enough to help increase student achievement, that’s also important for the
public to know. I will write that story. It doesn’t matter to me whether these stories are perceived as positive or negative. They are newsworthy. So, I might write stories that some people don’t like. However, if it’s newsworthy and people are interested, I will write about it. At the same time, if you know of a student or teacher doing something extraordinary in the classroom, I’ll write about that, too. Some of the stories I have written that could be considered positive include the opening of two middle schools, a social-studies teacher who had a student qualify in the Iowa State Geography Bee 5 years in a row, and a student who was a finalist in a Google
Doodle contest. However, I’ve also written stories about a community college basketball team forfeiting its season, and students getting suspended for bullying or for writing rap lyrics about sex and smoking weed. I’ve also written numerous stories about budget cuts. As reporters, we are limited by time and resources. Because of that, I won’t be able to cover every news item. Because of that, people might think I am avoiding “positive coverage.� Truth is, news is coming from a bunch of schools in this area, and I’m the only one covering education. One thing that I have noticed is people remember stories about bullying and budget cuts longer than stories about
a student qualifying for a state spelling bee. I could write nine stories about students winning state competitions, but if I write one story about a student getting bullied, that story will be remembered longer. I’ve been in town for only 3 weeks, so I don’t know too much about the history between Sauk Valley Media and local school systems. I ask teachers, administrators and support staff to give me a clean slate. When you see me in the hallways this fall, it might not be for a bad thing. Not all news stories are negative. Jermaine can be reached at (815) 625-3600, ext. 5525, or at jpigee@ saukvalley.com. You can also follow Jermaine on Twitter @JPigee84.
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County back Free school supplies available on the road to having salt BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com EXT
Board allows engineer to buy for next winter BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com EXT
DIXON — The Lee County Board voted unanimously Friday morning to give the county engineer permission to buy road salt for the winter. The emergency meeting was needed after the board received notice that the county’s application through the state to receive bids came up empty. “The bids were sent out before, but no one bid on it,� board Chairman Rick Ketchum said. “If we don’t buy salt now, we probably won’t get any by this winter.� Lee County Engineer Dave Anderson will buy the salt without getting bids. “Normally, we’d go through the bid process,� Ketchum said. “In the interest of time, we had to give him permis-
sion to buy salt if he can find any.� The rapidly shrinking supply of salt nationwide has sent prices skyrocketing. A bad winter means less salt to go around the next winter. It also means a spike in prices for what is available. Last year, a ton of salt cost the county about $56, Ketchum said. This year, the price of salt will range between $90 and $140 a ton. The county normally uses between 3,000 and 4,000 tons of salt each year. “So much salt was used last year, and it’s all supply and demand,� Ketchum said. “This year, we will use it sparingly and, hopefully, we won’t use it as much.� Because of the supply and demand, Anderson said the county will mix the salt with small limestone chips. “The limestone chips will extend the life of the salt and it will add grit on the roads,� Anderson said. “It will provide additional traction in the slippery road conditions.�
STERLING — Children who are in need of free school supplies now have places to go in the area. Beginning next week, Trinity United Methodist Church’s School Supply Closet, 910 Second Ave., will have free school supplies for students ranging from preschool to college. “We realized there is a need for school supplies in the area,� said Cheryle Colmark, one of the organizers and a retired teacher. Colmark said the church helped 800 students get school supplies last year. An additional 100 students were able to receive suppies during the school year. Colmark also said the church will not question a student’s eligibility. “We will provide everything they need,� she said. “We will have backpacks, earbuds, paper, pencils, calculators, glue, and everything that a student needs to start school.� The church will begin giving away supplies at 10 a.m. Tuesday. School supplies will be available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays
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‘Rita’s Law’ should help fight corruption W
hen out-ofstaters are asked what comes to mind when they think about Illinois, government corruption is right up there near the top of the list. Illinoisans would ruefully agree. And who can blame them? Illinois’ last two governors, George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich, ended up in prison on corruption charges, and before them, ex-governors Otto Kerner and Dan Walker did time for their crimes. Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson, D-Chicago, is currently behind bars because of a corruption conviction. We can think back to the days of Secretary of State Paul Powell and his shoeboxes full of cash, or just
as recently as 2012, when former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell’s massive municipal theft of nearly $54 million was uncovered. The conviction last month of state Rep. Derrick Smith, D-Chicago, for soliciting a $7,000 bribe didn’t make much of a splash in this scandalscarred state. Illinoisans are inured to such things. However, when corruption is quantified in dollars and cents, so you know how much it’s costing individuals, maybe people will sit up and take notice. TWO PROFESSORS recently performed that service for Illinois and other corruption-plagued states. John Mikesell is an Indiana University professor
What we think Illinoisans pay more for their government because of corrupt officials. Two professors measured the per capita cost. A new law that boosts scrutiny of government spending should help to reduce our “corruption tax.�
was signed into law last week by Gov. Pat Quinn.
THE LAW, INSPIRED by Crundwell’s brazen thievery, is designed to give much more attention to the annual audits of city and county governments. More copies of audits of public and environSo, Illinois has more corand financial statements mental affairs, while Cheol ruption than the average will be given to officials. Liu is an assistant professtate, and its residents Public presentations sor of public policy at City end up paying extra tax of audit results will be University of Hong Kong. dollars because of it. required, where quesThey studied public Prosecution of cortions can be asked of the corruption cases across rupt officials is only one America between 1997 response to the problem. auditors. If the governmental and 2008, named the Prevention is another. 10 most corrupt states Elected government offi- entity has a website, the municipality or county (Illinois easily made this cials, who are supposed rogue’s gallery), and calto be watchdogs over the board must post information contained in the culated what that corrup- public purse, have been tion cost taxpayers per given a new tool to moni- financial statements of capita. tor tax dollars on the local the audit. The idea is that, with The “corruption tax,� level. as they dubbed it, came That’s because legislation more people scrutinizing how the public’s money to an average of $1,308 a sponsored by state Rep. is spent, the likelihood person in those states. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon,
improves that any monkey business going on will be detected. And maybe, just maybe, the process will deter larceny-minded public money handlers from helping themselves in the first place. The new approach to auditing has been dubbed “Rita’s Law,� which sounds appropriate to us. Clearly, the new process is an improvement over the former law, which required only that audits be completed and placed on file with the state comptroller’s office. In the future, when Americans are asked their thoughts about Illinois, maybe government corruption won’t place so high on the list. If so, “Rita’s Law� might just deserve some of the credit.
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Skeptical of VA’s burned records claim
from heaven with great satisfaction.
Shake up city hall in Oregon
ED CUSHING Rock Falls
CHRIS CORCORAN Mount Morris
To all the veterans out there: I was just wondering how many were told that their records burned up in St. Louis in 1976? I froze my feet solid in Korea, they said it was 42 degrees below, and I had compensation coming. I went to Iowa City awhile back and had a complete physical. They said I definitely froze my feet, but I could have frozen them out hunting. “Ya, right.� I see where the VA bigwigs are getting bonuses for their pain and suffering. I wonder how many of them were in combat? I still wear wool socks all year around – June, July, etc. Note to readers: Ed Cushing was in the 7th Infantry Division.
Soon it will be city government election time in Oregon. Like it or not, major change is needed in Oregon, not only at city hall, but in other areas as well. New leaders, young, old, and in between, with a vision, new ideas, and a positive plan are desperately needed. All voters need to take interest to shake up city hall and bring back Oregon.
State cannot afford more tax increases Joe Heller, Heller Syndication
The Bible is a best-seller for a reason ALICE BRILL Sterling
I realize that in our country, everyone has the right to his or her own opinion. I respect that. But the fact is that the Bible, the only writing graciously given by God to reveal himself and his will to mankind, is higher than the Constitution and laws of the U.S. or any other government. This is not just my religion or my opinion. The truth of the Bible is based on God’s truthfulness. God doesn’t lie. Countless people have died as martyrs because they had an unshakable faith in the truth of God’s word and in his son, Jesus Christ. Even today in some countries, Christians are dying because of their faith. Since so TED TRULOCK many people are willing Dixon to die for something they believe in, shouldn’t you Congratulations are investigate the possibil- certainly in order for the ity that the Bible might be outstanding float from true? Bill and Dick’s Barber
Parade float in honor of a special man
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Shop in the 2014 Petunia Festival Parade. This well-planned float, which showed a lot of extra work, won firstplace honors in the business division. This float was a 50-year salute to the popular downtown Dixon barber shop. Bill Heeg and Dick Dir were the very suc-
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cessful owners. It was a perfect relationship. They served together for many years before God called Bill home very early in life. In honor of his devoted partner and dear friend, Dick never changed the barber shop name. If your path in life crossed with Bill’s, it
made you a better person. Bill and I were born the same year in life. He used to tease by saying he was my “superior� because he was 3 months older than I was. In closing, I want to conclude that Bill Heeg was very “special� in so many different ways. He watched this parade
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When Mike Frerichs, the Democratic candidate for state treasurer, announced he was trying to raise taxes on services in Illinois, I thought at first he must be joking. Unfortunately, “Tax Hike� Mike Frerichs just can’t control himself when it comes to raising taxes. Illinois is already one of the highest-taxed states in the nation, and we don’t get a great return on our investment. Now Frerichs wants to raise taxes on services in Illinois. That means he wants to tax us every time we go to a yoga class or the beauty salon. The idea of raising taxes when Illinois families are already struggling, and good-paying jobs are leaving our state, is just wrong. I, for one, cannot afford to pay an additional tax to go to yoga or to get my hair done. If you agree, please join me and stand up to Frerichs and his plan to raise taxes on services by going to OvertaxedIllinois.com to sign a petition against another tax increase.
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Gap can be wide between writer, reader W
hat we think we wrote might not be what you think you read. What you think you said might not be what we think we heard. Thus, the difference between imply (by the writer or speaker) and infer (by the reader or listener). What we have here (sometimes) is a failure to communicate. That’s only human. TUESDAY’S EDITIONS this week included a story about a new job for recently departed Coloma Township Supervisor Deb Burke. Readers will recall that she resigned her supervisor’s job, which she had held for 33 years, after constant problems with the township’s financial records. She took responsibility for the problems and personally paid a $3,200 fine to the state for tardy reporting. We reported that she now is a general assistance caseworker for Berwyn Township in the Chicago suburbs. That simple story update, which was
placed on Page A3 in the print editions, elicited decidedly different reactions from readers. “Does no one do background checks anymore?!” a reader asked in one of more than a dozen comments posted on our Facebook page. Added another: “Illinois has limited the questions a new employer can ask previous employers. Did they not Google her though?” We infer those comments to mean the readers thought Ms. Burke’s record as supervisor in Coloma Township would disqualify her from another township job. Other people might agree.
larryLOUGH Larry Lough is executive editor of Sauk Valley Media. Contact him via email at llough@ saukvalley. com.
BUT CERTAINLY NOT everyone agrees. “She was not charged with anything,” an online commenter wrote. “Really what she is doing now is no one’s business.” “Please help me to understand how this is newsworthy?” another reader wrote in a post on our online edition. “She is a private citizen now, not an elected official. “... I certainly can read
loud and clear that the paper thinks we are all supposed to believe that there is something wrong with her getting a job in another township, but I do not see this as an issue.” That “loud and clear” message would be an inference by the reader. It certainly wasn’t implied by the story. The story, in fact, reported that Ms. Burke “had been recognized for her expertise in providing assistance to the poor, which is a key function of township.” Our report also noted that her new boss was familiar with Ms. Burke and the Coloma Township situation. Still, she said, “Deb knows her stuff and does a good job,” we reported.
We think our reporting, from the beginning, has been accurate, as well as fair to Ms. Burke. THIS NEWSPAPER has covered the financial problems in Coloma Township for many months because newspapers are supposed to keep an eye on the performance of public officials in the conduct of their official duties – especially when it comes to the handling of public funds. We think our journalistic obligation also fully justifies the reporting we have done since last fall on Ogle County Sheriff Michael Harn and his use of local government money. Our reporting has always attempted to give Ms. Burke and Mr. Harn the opportunity to comment or respond. Like it or not, their elected positions and official conduct have given them a prominence that makes them newsworthy figures – especially as they continue to be government employees: she with Berwyn Township, he with Forrestville
Valley School District. We wish them well in their new positions. BUT THEIR NAMES will continue to come up in news coverage from time to time – as Coloma Township deals with some of the issues Ms. Burke left behind, and as Ogle County completes a forensic audit amid financial reorganization in the sheriff’s department. Those news reports will involve accurate information that we believe readers want and need to know. The news will just be the news. Whether it’s “bad” or “good” will depend on each reader’s perspective. Some people will welcome the “watchdog” coverage of local government. Others who don’t find the reporting newsworthy might question the motives of the newspaper. That’s journalism. TWO WEEKS AGO, the headline on this column read, Don’t be tricked into voting in November.
What did you infer from that? Were people being discouraged from voting? The Facebook following was mixed. “This guy ought to be fired,” one commenter wrote about the editor. Another suggested this weekly column is intended to provoke thought. Loyal readers of this newspaper (and this column) know we always encourage voting. We publish voter registration information, provide lists of polling places, and write editorials urging people to exercise their right to choose government leaders. People ought to vote because they are familiar with the candidates and the issues, not because they have been tricked into going to the polls by some special interest referendum issue that was designed purely to push their buttons. That’s what the editor thought his column said. But some people didn’t read it that way. Thus, the difference between imply and infer.
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Thanks to Ken Gray for long-lasting impact on his region The Southern Illinoisan Editorial Board, Carbondale
Ken Gray wanted to stand out. Mission accomplished. The longtime congressman, who died July 12 at 89, was known for his colorful personality and bold wardrobe. His unique look wasn’t the only way Gray managed to break apart from the pack. He got things done. Known as the “Prince of
Pork,” Gray brought $7 billion for regional projects to Southern Illinois. In politics, “pork” has a negative connotation. Short for pork-barrel spending, it’s sometimes thought of as wasteful. In Gray’s case, it was quite the opposite. The bacon he brought home has had long-lasting effects on the region. During his 24 years in Congress, Gray delivered projects such as Inter-
states 57, 24 and 64, which prompted millions of dollars of development in the region; a canalization project for the Kaskaskia River that opened up the region for barge traffic; and the creation of the man-made Rend Lake, which provides drinking water for dozens of communities and is one of the region’s top tourist destinations. He is also responsible for bringing the federal prison to Marion, and he
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sponsored legislation that brought 120 post offices, nursing homes, hospitals and a multitude of other major infrastructure improvements. Gray was always looking out for Southern Illinois, and that’s precisely what a U.S. representative is supposed to do. In today’s political world, people like Ken Gray seem fewer and fewer. The bickering and politicking leads to mas-
sive gridlock. We don’t elect people to win arguments; we elect them to work for the greater good of their region and the country as a whole. That’s what Gray did, and that’s why all Southern Illinoisans should be thankful for his service. If you’re driving on an interstate that cuts your travel time in half or helps your business move goods faster, thank Ken Gray. If you’re drinking water
from Rend Lake or just enjoying a day at its beach, thank Ken Gray. If you work at the Marion prison or one of the numerous other offices he brought to the region, thank Ken Gray. Considered by many to be one of the region’s most impactful politicians, he left an indelible mark on Southern Illinois. Today, we salute Ken Gray and thank him for all he did for us.
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Brooks: Living in Sterling ‘made a huge difference’ AUTHOR
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He reviews and approves scripts for each episode, and keeps everyone “on the straight and narrow� when it comes to timeline and plot. Brooks then gave a shoutout to his “Web Druid� Shawn Speakman, who is his website manager, assistant and close friend. Speakman and the online group of superfans likely are among the few who can decipher the scrolls of Shannara canon. More than two dozen Shannara tales have been knighted as New York Times best sellers over a writing span of more than 40 years. Brooks cherry-picked “Elfstones� as the bedrock for the MTV series because of its broad range of characters and strong female roles, details that the studio highlighted. It was the best option for casting, marketing and selling, too. For scale, the company that is producing the series for MTV told Variety Magazine in 2012 that Brooks’ fanbase was larger than the audience of “The Hunger Games� series, one of the more recent novels to strike movie gold. “We got the writers first, and after that we went to the different studios,� Brooks said. The group that pitched the book-to-TV concept approached several networks, and about 12 or 13 saw the proposals. Brooks watched from a distance as the effort, spearheaded by a producer and close friend, played out. Jon Favreau was aboard, too, and signed on to nudge the effort forward. Known best for his work in “Rudy,� “The Avengers� and the “Iron Man� projects, Favreau had a presence at meetings that immediately gave the bids more weight. When the dust settled, about six companies were interested, and three stood out from the rest, one of which was MTV. “They seemed like an unlikely choice,� Brooks admitted, but he quickly warmed up to the cable TV giant. MTV had been looking to reinvent itself, more along the lines of its “Teen Wolf� work, to
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escape, he said, and that’s when things got better. It was during his second year of law school that he composed the first paragraphs of his first book, “The Sword of Shannara.� “I hated law school with a passion,� he said. “I never really loved school after high school.� Brooks wanted to get out and get going, but his parents persuaded him to complete the degree. Brooks finished and moved back to Sterling, where he began work as an attorney the year of the moon landing. Brooks was a junior associate with the firm that preceded Miller, Lancaster & Walker. Sterling was a very different place in that era. Within 5 years, Brooks made partner, and continued to practice law in the downtown building that housed Central National Bank for 17 years. Midland States Bank now calls the building home. Brooks finished the first book of the original trilogy, “Sword,� and it was published in 1977 while he held down his day job. He finally had one foot in the publishing world. “You have to work really hard to make sure the next book is better,� Brooks said. He wanted to make sure it wasn’t a one-shot wonder before he made the next move. Two more books would be published before he changed his profession altogether.
appeal to a larger audience and get away from reality TV. The Shannara TV series would be the network’s centerpiece.
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Terry Brooks was born in 1944, when the world was at war. A loaf of bread was about 12 cents. A new car was about 10 benjamins. A boy had been born who would go on to write a book that would eventually help shape a genre. Brooks said he began to write in grade school. He wrote his first story in fourth grade, and continued to experiment with style like a chemist in a white labcoat. “I liked it. ‌ It was a hobby for me,â€? he recalled. “I liked the process, and I was fascinated with what you could do. You didn’t have the distractions that are there today. For me, that was great because I spent a lot of time living in my head.â€? Brooks grew up in a family of avid readers. When his imagination took flight, he role-played outside and pretended to be characters with neighborhood friends in the early ’50s. Eventually, Brooks began to jot some of those ideas down. Sterling was the inspiration for the town that Nest Freemark lives in throughout the “Running with the Demonâ€? book of the “Word & Voidâ€? series, Brooks explained. The fictional name of the town is Hopewell, and it was molded by Brooks’ early experience. “It made a huge difference,â€? he said. “I can’t think I would have turned out the same way if I had been living somewhere else.â€? Brooks came back to Sterling for his 45th and 50th high school class reunions. Although he no longer has family in the area, he periodically returns to the Sauk Valley, and likes to keep tabs on the town that raised him.
Metamorphosis Brooks, who graduated from Sterling High School in 1962, credits his progress as a writer to encouragement he received from “terrific� teachers. But, like some protagonists in his books, the author faced his own period of demons, dis-
In this image from Random House, a map marks key locations in the fictional town of Hopewell that is featured in Terry Brooks’ book “Running with the Demon� in the “Word & Void� series. Hopewell is molded after Sterling, where Brooks grew up. traction and doubt. An English major, Brooks was a “typical college student� who didn’t know what he wanted from life. He went to school because that’s what everyone did, and if you didn’t do that, “you went to Vietnam.� Brooks went on to finish a bachelor’s degree in English literature at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. The school sits about a 3-hour drive north of the farm that later would host the legendary Woodstock music festival. Without missing a beat, Brooks dived right in to law school at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
It was one of only two schools that had accepted him. It wasn’t a good fit for the young Brooks, and boredom quickly swelled within. “I’d like to tell you it was somebody’s influence,� he said. “I’d like to tell you that I made this decision [to attend law school] with a whole lot of foresight because I was such a good student.� “I was a great student throughout high school, and I was a crappy student while I was in college. I didn’t care. I didn’t study. I fiddled around. I drifted.� But, he read all the time, and he read a lot. He began to write to
End game Brooks felt lucky that the first book did as well as it did. He had sent it to two companies.
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Brooks wanted to capture that, and a lot of those emotions came to play in
the Shannara series. The stories evolved on their own as he went along. “The questions of moral responsibility, and what constitutes the right thing to do in difficult situa-
tions ‌ is more along the lines of what influences me today,� he said. Brooks’ dad was a business owner who ran a local printing company called Rock River Valley
Printers. His mom was a homemaker. Brooks’ sister, Laurie, is an accomplished playwright and young adult book author. She has had 16 plays produced, including four at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. As a longtime series writ-
er, Terry Brooks has spent a lot of time working on books that were part of a cluster of two, three or four. But his newest book, “The High Druid’s Blade,� released July 8, is considered a stand-alone. He said that pressure came from readers’ desire for something that could
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It took them three tries, but the Nordman family found a bowling duo that worked. Last weekend, Sandy Nordman and youngest son A.J. placed fifth in the QubicaAMF International Family Tournament in Rockford. It’s the second time for both mother and son, but the first time they competed together. “I bowled with his older brother Will a few years ago, and A.J. bowled with his dad [Al] a couple years before that,” Sandy Nordman explained, “and we finished 11th both times. This was the highest
we’ve ever gotten, and we came closer than we thought we would to winning it all.” The July 20-21 tournament consisted of local and state winners from all over the country, as well as U.S. military bases worldwide. Thirty-six teams advanced to the tournament at Don Carter Lanes, with the top eight moving into the semifinals and the top three qualifying for finals. The first round involved a sixgame series from both parent and teen. The top eight total scores from that round moved into the Baker-style semifinals, where the partners would alternate shots. SUCCESS CONTINUED ON B3
Nordmans at nationals QubicaAMF International Family Tournament Where: Don Carter Lanes, Rockford, July 20-21 A.J.’s 6-game series: 254-209-203206-235-192—1,299 Sandy’s 6-game series: 187-149166-185-160-182—1,029 Duo’s Baker score: 1,886 (high game 233, low game 157); final qualifiers rolled 1,995, 1,942 & 1,905 Reward: A.J. received $1,750 in college scholarship money for finishing fifth overall FYI: Nordman family also consists of twin brothers Kenny and Matt (32), Will (20), and stepbrother Andrew (26).
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he sports news feed read like the police blotter on Thursday. Headline No. 1: Ray Rice gets suspended two games by the NFL for beating up his thenfiancĂŠe on camera. On camera is the key. The “happyâ€? couple quickly married in a nicely thought-out legal trick. So, punishment essentially fell into the laps of the NFL. He might not have received any punishment, if not for that tape of him dragging the unconscious body of his “loved oneâ€? through the lobby of a casino. Let’s face it, NFL running backs have a habit of dodging justice better than tacklers. Who can forget: “If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit.â€? Since the tape’s release, the league and the Ravens have been in a blitz to protect Rice. Not so much the woman, the small print seeming to indicate that maybe she had it coming. ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith seems to think so. He said Friday on
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moved on Aaron Hernandez, the poster child for the modern athlete who feels the laws don’t really apply to him, as long as he keeps catching touchdowns. Does this ever end? Probably not. It could (it won’t), but it would have to start young. We have to teach children the difference between making a mistake and committing a crime. A mistake is forgetting to pick up the milk on the way home from work, or not setting the alarm to get up on time in the morning. Making a mistake can and should be forgiven. Taking copious amounts of drugs, driving very fast and drunk and, yes, using a loved one as a punching bag are all decisions, wrong decisions, that result in crimes. Crimes ought to be punished, and that punishment should fit the crime, no matter how many yards a guy plods, fantasy football points he scores, or tickets he sells.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Juan Pablo Montoya is back at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – one night only, an encore of sorts, in a guest-starring role for Team Penske. The Colombian is entered in the Brickyard 400 for the explicit purpose of winning at Indy in NASCAR, and giving team owner Roger Penske one of the few trophies missing from his collection. Montoya is not looking for a good points day on Sunday, and doesn’t care about a top-10 finish. It’s checkered flag or bust. “With the position I’m in here, it’s do or die,� Montoya said Friday. “I don’t care about finishing fifth or sixth or seventh.� Montoya left NASCAR at the end of last season, when his contract was not renewed by Chip Ganassi. He jumped
Did you know? s Dale Jarrett STARTED THE TRADITION OF KISSING THE BRICKS AT THE "RICK YARD WHEN HE PULLED AN IMPROMPTU SMOOCH OF THE BRICKS AFTER HIS VICTORY IN to IndyCar to drive for Ganassi rival Penske, who has given Montoya the opportunity to return to the Brickyard to get the win that got away. Although he won the Indianapolis 500 in 2000, Montoya went 0-for-7 at Indy during his NASCAR days. But he was oh-soclose at least twice, and many believe Montoya coughed those wins away. He led 116 laps in 2009 until a speeding penalty on his final pit stop cost him the win, and he was out front the next year with 20 laps remaining until an ill-timed caution ruined his day. Montoya went to pit road and got
four tires, while everyone else took two. Stuck deep in traffic with little time to make up the ground, he crashed and finished 32nd. “Yeah, once or twice, and I probably coulda, shoulda and would’ve won the 500 – this year as well,� he said. “But coulda, woulda and should’ve doesn’t count. At least I had a chance, and I still think I’ve got a good chance this year.� Montoya was back at the Brickyard in May for the Indianapolis 500, where he was confident he had a shot at drinking the celebratory milk for the second time in his storied career. Although he led three times for 16 laps, he finished a distant fifth, as Penske teammate Helio Castroneves battled winner Ryan Hunter-Reay down to the wire. Now 14 races into his IndyCar return,
Montoya has hit a groove, and is beginning to resemble the driver who won the 1999 CART championship. Since Indy, he’s scored three podium finishes, and won his first race since 2010 at Pocono. He feels his results could be much better. “I was talking the other day to my Indy car race engineers, and said, ‘It’s a shame the 500 was the first race this year on an oval,’� Montoya said. “Now that I’ve raced more races, I look back on it and say, ‘I should have put this much more front wing in, I should have done this and should have done that, but didn’t know what to expect.’� Montoya doesn’t have that problem at Indy, where he’s familiar with the track and the car. Penske sent him to Michigan in June as a warm-up, and he finished 18th.
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With Nibali in firm command, Tour all about second place BY JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press
BERGERAC, France – Ramunas Navardauskas gave Lithuania and his American team a stage victory Friday at the Tour de France. Now cycling’s great showcase is reduced to this – the race for second place behind Vincenzo Nibali. The Italian, who has all but won the yellow jersey, cruised to the finish in Stage 19 in the rainsplattered pack behind the Lithuanian’s breakaway. Only a mishap of the highest order during Saturday’s time trial would deny Nibali victory in Paris on Sunday. With cool and methodical racing, Nibali has bit by bit built a lead of more than 7 minutes on his closest rivals, and much more against many others. Frenchmen Thibaut Pinot and JeanChristophe Peraud, and Spaniard Alejandro Valverde are vying for second and third. The showdown comes down to Saturday’s 54-kilometer (33.5mile) race against the clock from Bergerac to Perigueux. Relatively long by Tour standards, the time trial will require riders to maintain a steady rhythm and face the wind or rain on their own without the protection of the pack. Only 15 seconds separate the three riders behind Nibali. Pinot trails the leader by 7 minutes, 10 seconds. Peraud is 7:23 back, with Valverde 2 seconds slower.
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Dixon native to be honored by college George Acker, a 1946 Dixon High School graduate who died in 2011, will have center court at Stow Stadium on the campus Kalamazoo College named after him. The ceremony will happen at 7 p.m. on Aug. 2, before the start of THE 534! "OYS national championships. Acker, a Northern Illinois University graduate, coached men’s tennis at +ALAMAZOO #OLLEGE FOR years. He led the team to CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE titles, and seven NCAA Division III championships. NBA
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Peter Sagan, wearing the best sprinter’s green jersey, waits for assistance after crashing Friday during the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France. Pinot is considered the least skilled among the three in time trials. “Tomorrow is the most important stage of the Tour,” Pinot said. “I’ll have to be strong.” Next in the standings is France’s Romain Bardet, a teammate of Peraud’s on the AG2R La Mondiale team. But he’s more than 2 minutes behind Valverde, and not considered strong in time trials. American Tejay van Garderen
is regarded as strong, but he’s another 2 minutes slower in sixth place – and erasing his 4-minute deficit to join the podium contenders would be no small feat. In reverse order of the standings, riders on Saturday set off one by one down the starter’s ramp at several-minute intervals over more than 6 hours. Cheng Ji of Giant-Shimano, the first rider from China in the race, will go first. Nibali goes last.
Mother, son duo prove to be good combo SUCCESS
received $1,750, and he got his photo taken with CONTINUED FROM B1 his mom and bowling legend Norm Duke, who A.J.’s six-game total was on hand to perform was 1,299, and Sandy’s some trick shots and was 1,029, placing them serve as the keynote fourth overall. After the speaker for the awards scores were reset for banquet. the Baker portion, the And while the Oregon Nordmans – with Sandy High School junior-torolling the odd-numbe is still unsure what bered frames and A.J. school he will put that the evens – combined money toward – he for an 1,886 over eight Submitted photo plans on making his games, good for fifth Sandy Nordman (left) and son A.J. pose with final decision on colplace … but 19 pins out pro bowler Norm Duke after placing fifth in the leges before his senior of the finals. year – he agreed that QubicaAMF International Family Tournament. “At the very end, when the money toward his you know you didn’t future was the perfect place, and I was looking Bowl in Wheaton. make the finals, it kind way to cap off one of his at the trophy and thinkWith Rockford as the of makes you look favorite tournaments in ing, ‘Where could I put site of nationals, there back at all the things his favorite sport. that?’” Sandy recalled. was no need for a long you could’ve changed “It was a lot of fun, and “I guess I kind of lost road trip or extended throughout the games,” focus, and that’s where family vacation. But I was pretty relaxed out A.J. said. “It’s the little there with Mom beside it went out the window. that was actually just things that matter when me instead of Dad,” “But it was still a won- fine with A.J. you come up only 19 derful opportunity, “I thought it was really A.J. said. “Without him pins short, but it was there to help me and a great time meeting cool, being able to go still a lot of fun, and a analyze things with me other families, and in knowing everything great new experience to probably the only about the lanes we were as much, I got to have bowl with my mom.” more fun, and I find I chance I’ll get to bowl in bowling,” A.J. said. “It Like her son, Sandy a tournament with A.J.” was cool to have a giant bowl better when that felt bad about just misshappens.” When Will and Sandy tournament like that ing out. As for Sandy, she’s competed together, so close to home, and “I was so mad at they qualified for the to do so well was pretty already setting her myself for all the open sights even farther national tournament awesome.” frames,” she said, “and down the road. in Texas. Previously, Al As part of the tournayou play the shoulda, “Bowling is really a and A.J. competed in ment, every teenager woulda, coulda game.” Baton Rouge, La. in the 36-team national family thing, and these In the Baker portion, family tournaments are This time around, tournament was the Nordmans compet- there was no real a fun way to spend time awarded scholarship ed against each team for chance to travel too far together,” she said. “But money based on how the first seven games, as you can only qualify from home. The local they finished. The winthen sought to solidify for this twice, which qualifier they won was ner, Manuel Sanchez, their position in the at Town & Country who was also from IlliA.J. has now done, I’ll final game before the Lanes in Mount Morris, nois, got $5,000 of the just have to wait for and the state tourna$34,700 total meted out. my grandkids to come cut for finals. ment was at the Fox For fifth place, A.J. “We were in second along.”
New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony said he chose to stay with the Knicks because he believes they can win – not because they could pay him the most money – but admitted that at one point in his decision process, he was “flip-flopping” between New York and Chicago.
Griffin backs out of Team USA Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin decided to pass on playing for the U.S. national team AT THE &)"! 7ORLD #UP OF basketball in August, and Washington Wizards guard John Wall reportedly was added to the roster. Griffin, one of 19 players originally selected, said Thursday that he wants to FOCUS ON THE ."! season. COLLEGE SPORTS
Ohio State band director fired The director of the Ohio State University band has been dismissed after investigators found a sexualized culture of rituals in the group that bills itself as the h"EST $AMN "AND IN THE Land.” "AND DIRECTOR *onathan Waters was fired by the school after an investigation prompted by a parental complaint found the band’s “culture facilitated acts of sexual harassment, creating a hostile environment for students.” The lawyer representing Waters said the band leader will fight to clear his name. COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Writers pick Buckeyes in Big Ten Ohio State will win the "IG 4EN S NEW %AST $IVIsion, and Wisconsin will slide past Iowa in the West. Northwestern is picked to finish fourth in the west, two spots above Illinois. This is according to an annual poll conducted by Doug Lesmerises of Cleveland.com that contains the picks of 29 writers.
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Jake Odorizzi, who pitched against the Rock Falls Rockets in the IHSA 3A state championship game in 2008, is now a starter for the Rays. He pitched against his pitching hero Adam Wainwright earlier this week.
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ST. LOUIS – The day after outdueling Adam Wainwright, Highland’s Jake Odorizzi met his boyhood hero. Odorizzi, who struck out eight in 5 2/3 innings in Tampa Bay’s 7-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, was talking to the Cardinals’ Joe Kelly on Wednesday behind the batting cage when Wainwright approached. The two had not met until then. “He just said hello and a ‘nice-to-meet-you’ sort of thing,� Odorizzi said. “We exchanged some words, and I talked to him. We talked pitching a little bit, talked shop. He’s a really nice guy.� Wainwright enjoyed the interaction. “The first thing he told me was he watched me when he was a kid, and that made me feel kind of old,� said Wainwright, 32, who is 8 years, 209 days older than Odorizzi. “I don’t have many of those [fans] yet. I used to think it was so cool when somebody would come up to [Chris] Carpenter and say that.� Wainwright remembers experiencing a similar feeling as a young prospect with the Atlanta Braves in the early 2000s. “I know how I felt getting to have spring training with ‘Smoltzie’ [John Smoltz] and [Tom] Glavine and [Greg] Maddux and those guys, how neat that was for me,� Wainwright said. “If [Odorizzi] is feeling anywhere close to the way I was feeling, that’s pretty special to me, even. “It’s cool for him, maybe, but it’s as cool or cooler for me to actually be somebody’s person. He seems like a very wellgrounded person, and obviously he’s a great pitcher, too. I’m happy to see good people succeed in this game.� The Rays fell behind the Cardinals 1-0 in the first when Matt Carpenter homered against an admittedly hyped-up Odorizzi. But Odorizzi’s squeeze in the second tied the game, and Tampa Bay took charge with a fiverun fifth that knocked out Wainwright. “I made it easy for him,� Wainwright said. “He pitched great against us [June 10] in Tampa, too. But when you come home and pitch in front of your hometown
Remember him? s )N Jake Odorizzi PITCHED THE FINAL TWO OUTS AGAINST THE 2OCK &ALLS 2OCKETS IN THE #LASS ! STATE CHAMPI ONSHIP GAME 2OCK &ALLS LOST AS /DORIZZI WHO HAD RECENTLY BEEN SELECTED BY THE "REW ERS FANNED TWO 2OCKETS WITH MEN ON BASE crowd ... The first time I pitched in Atlanta was that way. I remember facing Andruw Jones and Chipper [Jones], and how hard that was for me just knowing those guys were my idols, and how cool it was to face them. It’s hard to not be kind of in a fog. “So [Odorizzi] did a very good job of keeping his emotions and keeping his body in check. He’s got great swing-and-miss stuff right now, so hopefully we’ll see him stay healthy, and do that for years to come.� Odorizzi settled into a rhythm in the first. After the home run, he walked Kolten Wong, but Wong was erased at second on a stolen-base attempt, and center fielder Desmond Jennings then hauled in Matt Holliday’s long drive in right-center. The only other run Odorizzi allowed was a sixth-inning homer by Holliday that cut the Rays’ lead to 6-2. “Usually, I have a pretty good feel for the pitcher’s tempo,� Rays third baseman Evan Longoria said Wednesday. “I could tell [Odorizzi] was just way sped up – with everything he was doing. He was trying to get the ball back and go as fast as he could. Mentally, I could tell he was a little frazzled. “He said to me, ‘Yeah, I’m real nervous. Just tell me something to calm me down.’ I said, ‘Just get out of the first inning. Grind through this one, and you’re going to be fine. Trust me.’ After that, he was great. He calmed down and his tempo got better.� Longoria said even the most experienced majorleaguers occasionally battle nervousness. “My first at-bat, I was real nervous in the game,� Longoria said. “The lesson is, for young kids, we experience those things, too. This guy is an elite major-league pitcher, and a little bit of an element change and it’s like he’s pitching for the first time again on his little-league team.�
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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Joe Torre still needs a pinch or two, just to make sure. “It’s still sort of unbelievable,� he said. “Cooperstown was always something way out there. OK, I know where it is. Doesn’t mean I’m going there to visit, much less be inducted. I never had a goal of getting to the Hall of Fame.� That’s exactly where he’s headed Sunday. Torre will be inducted with fellow former managers Bobby Cox and Tony La Russa in what is a banner year for the baseball shrine. Pitchers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, and slugger Frank Thomas also will enter. Torre, La Russa, and Cox were unanimously elected in December by the Hall’s Expansion Era committee. It was a tense time for Torre. “I sort of was torn emotionally with the fact that Bobby and Tony were on the ballot,� he said. “I remember having dinner with Tony the night before the announcement. Whoever gets in, if the other one doesn’t get in, it’s sort of going to feel unfair. Our three careers just really mirrored each other. “When the three of us got in, I think it just made it that much sweeter. It was probably the first time we stopped lying to each other,� he said. There’s always been a mutual admiration among La Russa, Cox and Torre, contemporaries who rank third, fourth, and fifth, respectively, in all-time managerial wins. “I always felt like Joe was the best at teaching a team the right way to win and lose,� said La Russa, who compiled 2,728 wins in 33 seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Oakland and St. Louis, behind only Connie Mack (3,731) and John McGraw (2,763). “A loss, they never made excuses. Just got beat. “But they won. They won a lot, and they never showed up the other side,� La Russa said. “They never embarrassed you because they beat you, and I can’t say the same for
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Tony La Russa, Joe Torre, and Bobby Cox gather for a photo after it was announced that they were unanimously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame during the winter meetings. other teams and other managers.� Ever the diplomat, Torre somehow managed to assuage the most demanding of owners in George Steinbrenner, maintaining his coolness amid all the Bronx craziness while keeping all those egos in check. The result: 10 division titles, six AL pennants, and four World Series triumphs in 12 years, as he helped restore the luster to baseball’s most successful franchise. Heady territory for a guy who never played in the Fall Classic. “It was magical. I never took it for granted,� said Torre, who today serves as Major League Baseball’s executive vice president for baseball operations. “I just think it’s so important to respect this game, just the fact that you can leave your mark, and possibly wind up in a place like this, even though that’s not why you play the game. It’s just been an amazing ride for me.� La Russa’s teams finished first 12 times and won six pennants, and he was picked as Manager of the Year four times, finishing second in the voting five other times. He
won two World Series titles with St. Louis and another with Oakland; he went to the World Series 3 straight years from 1988-90, and also lost in the 2004 World Series when his Cardinals were swept by the Boston Red Sox. The fiery Cox – he was ejected a major league record 161 times – guided the Braves to an unprecedented 14 straight division titles and 15 playoff appearances. Many of those wins came with Maddux and Glavine on the mound for him. When Cox, who also spent 4 years in Toronto, retired after the 2010 season, he was the fourthwinningest manager with 2,504 victories in 29 seasons. To be sure, induction day will be one to remember. “The entire thing can never happen again in a million years, I don’t think,� said Cox, who guided the Braves to the World Series title in 1995. “A manager being able to go in with two of the greatest pitchers in the history of baseball, and then going in with two fellow managers at the same time. I don’t think that’s ever, ever going to happen again.�
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2014 HALL OF FAME CLASS CAPSULES FRANK THOMAS Born: May 27, 1968 Hometown: Columbus, Ga. Teams: 7HITE 3OX !THLETICS "LUE *AYS FYI: (IT WITH HOME RUNS AND 2")S IN 19-year career, mostly with the Chicago White Sox. ... Only player in major league history to log seven straight SEASONS WITH A AVERAGE HOMERS 2")S and 100 walks. ... Was unanimous AL MVP in 1994; WON AWARD IN TOO (OLDS 7HITE 3OX FRANCHISE RECORDS FOR HOMERS DOUBLES 2")S RUNS EXTRA BASE HITS WALKS TOTAL BASES SLUGGING PERCENTAGE AND ON BASE PERCENTAGE TIME !LL 3TAR &IRST (ALL OF &AMER WHO SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS CAREER AS A DESIG NATED HITTER !T FOOT WAS A TIGHT END AT !UBURN CATCHING PASSES FOR YARDS 3ELECTED BY 7HITE 3OX WITH THE SEVENTH PICK IN DRAFT $EBUTED WITH White Sox in August 1990, and hit .330 with 21 extraBASE HITS AND A TEAM HIGH SLUGGING MARK
GREG MADDUX Born: April 14, 1966 Hometown: San Angelo, Texas Teams: "RAVES #UBS 0ADRES $ODGERS FYI: 7ENT IN SEASONS AND RANKS TH ON career wins list. ... Won 4 straight Cy Young Awards LEADING ., IN INNINGS EACH SEASON 7ON OR MORE GAMES FOR STRAIGHT SEASONS AND HAD A CAREER %2! OF 0OSTED %2! IN FOLLOWED UP with 1.63 ERA the next year. ... 10th in all-time strikeouts WITH !LSO A SHARP FIELDER WON 'OLD 'LOVES 8-time All-Star. ... Joined Tom Glavine and John Smoltz AS MAINSTAYS OF "RAVES STAFF HELPING !TLANTA WIN DIVI SION TITLES IN A ROW 2ECEIVED VOTES ON PERCENT OF WRITERS BALLOTS TH HIGHEST TOTAL IN (ALL OF &AME HISTORY
TOM GLAVINE Born: -ARCH Hometown: Concord, Mass. Teams: "RAVES -ETS FYI: $RAFTED BY !TLANTA "RAVES IN AND ALSO TAKEN BY the Los Angeles +INGS IN THE .(, DRAFT THAT YEAR 7ENT IN SEASONS WITH !TLANTA AND WITH .EW York Mets. ... Ranks 21st on career wins list, 4th-most FOR A LEFT HANDER AND ., #Y 9OUNG !WARD WINNER AND ALSO FINISHED ND TWICE IN THE VOTING TIME !LL 3TAR WIN SEASONS ,ED ., IN STARTS 6 times. ... A control pitcher with a nasty change-up, HAD STRIKEOUTS 7ILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED IN !TLANTA FOR PITCHING ONE HIT BALL OVER EIGHT INNINGS TO BEAT #LEVELAND IN DECISIVE 'AME OF 7ORLD 3ERIES THE "RAVES ONLY CHAMPIONSHIP DURING THEIR RUN OF STRAIGHT division titles. ... Went 20-11 in 1991 to help Atlanta go FROM WORST TO FIRST THE FIRST OF STRAIGHT WIN SEASONS TIME 3ILVER 3LUGGER AS TOP HITTING PITCHER IN ., REGIS TERING HITS 2")S AND WALKS IN HIS CAREER
JOE TORRE Born: July 18, 1940 Hometown: "ROOKLYN . 9 Teams managed: -ETS "RAVES #ARDINALS 9ANKEES FYI: 2ANKS .O ON MANAGERIAL WINS LIST WITH VICTORIES IN YEARS &INISHED CAREER AS ONLY PLAYER TO AMASS MORE THAN HITS AND WIN MORE than 2,000 games as a manager, according to STATS. 7ELL RESPECTED AS A CATCHER THIRD BASEMAN AND FIRST BASEMAN HITTING WITH HOMERS AND 2")S AS A PLAYER 7ON ., -60 BATTING WITH HITS (2S AND 2")S 7ON A DIVISION TITLE WITH !TLANTA IN BUT "RAVES WERE BEATEN BY #ARDI NALS IN GAMES &IRED BY !TLANTA IN AND WORKED as an Angels broadcaster until St. Louis hired him as MANAGER LATE IN THE SEASON &IRED BY #ARDINALS IN DESPITE WINNING RECORDS IN HIS THREE FULL SEASONS $ESPITE A PEDESTRIAN MANAGERIAL RECORD OF took over Yankees in 1996 and restored team to dominance, winning 1,173 games against only 767 losses, MAKING TRIPS TO THE PLAYOFFS IN YEARS WINNING DIVISION TITLES SIX !, PENNANTS AND FOUR 7ORLD 3ERIES INCLUDING THREE IN A ROW
TONY LA RUSSA Born: Oct. 4, 1944 Hometown: 4AMPA &LA Teams: White Sox, Athletics, Cardinals FYI: Ranks third in career victories as a manager, behind only Connie Mack and John McGraw, with 2,728 wins AGAINST LOSSES #HOSEN MANAGER OF THE YEAR IN 1983, 1988, 1992 and 2002. ... Won 12 division titles, six pennants, and World Series titles in 1989, 2006 and 4HE #ARDINALS 'AME WIN OVER 4EXAS IN MARKED ,A 2USSA S FINAL GAME IN THE DUGOUT 3IGNED BY +ANSAS #ITY !THLETICS IN AND ALSO PLAYED FOR Oakland, Atlanta and Chicago Cubs in a 6-year major LEAGUE CAREER AS AN INFIELDER !FTER EARNING LAW DEGREE AT &LORIDA 3TATE 5NIVERSITY AND GIVING MANAGING A TRY IN the minor leagues, was elevated to manage the Chicago 7HITE 3OX IN 7ON ONE DIVISION TITLE BEFORE BEING FIRED BY 7HITE 3OX DURING SEASON (IRED BY /AKLAND WEEKS LATER AND FROM LED THE TEAM TO FOUR !, 7EST TITLES THREE !, PENNANTS AND THE 7ORLD 3ERIES CHAMPIONSHIP 4OOK OVER 3T ,OUIS FROM 1996-2011, and averaged 88 wins a year, capturing SEVEN ., #ENTRAL TITLES THREE ., PENNANTS AND TWO World Series titles.
BOBBY COX Born: May 21, 1941 Hometown: Tulsa, Okla. Teams: "RAVES "LUE *AYS FYI: 2ETIRED AFTER SEASON WITH VICTORIES 4th all-time behind only Connie Mack, John McGraw and Tony La Russa 'UIDED !TLANTA "RAVES TO UNPRECEDENTED STRAIGHT DIVISION TITLES AND PLAYOFF APPEARANCES TIME MANAGER OF THE YEAR IN ., ,IGHT HITTING INFIELDER WHO APPEARED IN GAMES FOR THE .EW 9ORK 9ANKEES IN BATTING WITH (2S AND 2")S 2ARE HIGHLIGHT AS A PLAYER CAME IN WHEN HIS THROW ACROSS THE DIAMOND TO FIRST BASEMAN Mickey Mantle completed a triple play. ... Landed 1st big LEAGUE MANAGING JOB WITH "RAVES IN LASTING YEARS WITH ONLY WINNING SEASON BEFORE BEING FIRED 'UIDED 4ORONTO "LUE *AYS TO !, %AST CHAMPIONSHIP IN Lured back to Atlanta as general manager, and oversaw a dismal era in late 1980s, including a 106-loss season. 2ETURNED TO THE DUGOUT AND GUIDED THE "RAVES FROM WORST TO FIRST IN LOSING SEVEN GAME 7ORLD 3ERIES TO -INNESOTA "EHIND ACES Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine !TLANTA CAPTURED THE CHAMPIONSHIP Holds major league record with 161 career ejections.
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Maddux big one who got away from Cubs BY PAUL SULLIVAN Chicago Tribune
The Cubs were doomed the day Scott Boras arrived on Greg Maddux’s doorstep in Las Vegas to try to convince the high school pitcher to let him become his agent. “He was in his underwear,� Boras recalled. “I said to him, ‘Do you always answer the door in your underwear?’ He goes ‘Hey man, I just got done pitching. It was hot.’ “That’s so Greg Maddux.� Boras didn’t become Maddux’s agent until after the rookie was called up to the Cubs in 1986. But he represented the pitcher during contentious negotiations with Tribune Co. in 1992, when Maddux won his first Cy Young award and then left via free agency for the Braves. It turned out to be one of the biggest blunders in Cubs history. While Maddux leaving Chicago was a huge blow, Boras insisted it could have been prevented easily if the Cubs had treated Maddux with the respect he deserved. “I don’t think Greg Maddux left Chicago,� he said. “I think the Chicago Cubs made a decision not to offer him a contract. That’s the bottom line. “We didn’t have anybody to negotiate with, because they said ‘Either take this deal at the AllStar break [or leave it].’ We said we were going through free agency because we wanted to see what the market is, and we wanted to see what club we could win with. “They said ‘If you go through free agency, we’re going to sign other people.’ They never
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Greg Maddux left the Cubs in 1992 as a free agent, and went on to become one of the best pitchers ever with the Braves. He returned to the Cubs in 2004. made us an offer.� Former general manager Larry Himes told the Tribune in January: “Looking back, you always can say I could have approached Tribune Co. for a few extra bucks. But I didn’t think I should. I thought we had enough money on the table.� But it wasn’t about the money, according to former Cubs pitching coach Dick Pole, a close friend of Maddux’s since coaching him in the system. Pole said Maddux “wanted to stay in Chicago the worst way� at the time. “He would have gone back to Chicago for twothirds of the money he was offered elsewhere,� Pole said. “But [Himes] said: ‘We can get three pitchers for that amount of money to do your job.’ “I don’t think that
worked out quite the way he planned.� The Cubs signed starter Jose Guzman to a 4-year deal before Maddux technically was gone, and later added lefthanders Randy Myers, Dan Plesac and Greg Hibbard. “Four for one,� Cubs starter Mike Morgan told the Tribune that winter. “I guess you can’t beat that when you’re talking about building and winning.� The Yankees, meanwhile, wined and dined Maddux in New York. Boras allegedly told them Maddux would play there if they increased their offer to $37.5 million. On Maddux’s flight from New York back to Las Vegas, Maddux called Boras during a layover at O’Hare and discovered the Braves made
a new offer of $28 million over 5 years – $500,000 more than the Cubs’ original offer. “I made every effort possible to stay in the National League,â€? Maddux said. “It didn’t look like it was going to work out that way, and Plan B was New York. ‌ I said, ‘Do your “Scott Boras stuffâ€? and get the best deal you can, and I want to play in Atlanta.’â€? Guzman went 12-10 his first year, suffered an arm injury the first month of 1994 and never made it back, with the Cubs paying him $14 million for 34 starts and almost 3 years of rehabbing. Maddux won three more Cy Young awards with the Braves en route to the Hall of Fame. Twelve years after leaving, Maddux returned to the Cubs in 2004 as part of a dream rotation with Mark Prior, Kerry Wood, Carlos Zambrano and Matt Clement. “[General manager Jim] Hendry went to Greg and said, ‘Look, we want to make sure this happens,’â€? Boras said. “Greg loves Chicago, loved the organization. It was kind of a nice reunion.â€? Maddux won 16 games in ’04, but the team collapsed down the stretch and never contended in 2005 or ’06, when he was dealt to the Dodgers. The scars from the ’92 departure had healed, but the damage had been done. “It changed a lot of people’s lives,â€? Boras said.
MLB | FRANK THOMAS
Thomas, Sox bury the hatchet Once contentious relationship now a thing of the past BY PAUL SULLIVAN Chicago Tribune
There’s no way to sugarcoat the ending to Frank Thomas’ career with the White Sox. Shortly after celebrating with the team during the 2005 victory parade, the organization told Thomas “goodbye and good riddance� after he had helped pull the club out of the gutter from the depths of the late 1980s in the wake of the threatened to move to St. Petersburg, Fla. When Thomas was allowed to leave as a free agent after the injuryplagued ending to his Sox career, he voiced his displeasure with how it was handled. That ignited a war or words with general manager Ken Williams, seemingly ending any chance of reconciliation on the South Side. Williams called Thomas “selfish� and an “idiot,� adding; “We don’t miss his attitude, we don’t miss the whining. We don’t miss it. Good riddance. See you later.� Ozzie Guillen can relate, having gone through a similar feud with Williams when he left as manager in 2011. “There were a lot of bad endings in Chicago,� Guillen said with a laugh. “I don’t know why. It was sad and very difficult to deal with, because the two sides didn’t want it to end like that. Kenny didn’t want it to end like that, and Frank didn’t.
Did you know? s 4HOMAS WENT TO Auburn University in THE FALL OF ON A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP took his contributions to the team’s successes for granted. “It’s about individuals sometimes,� he said of the bitter ending. “There are people there who realize what transpired over the 16 years I was there. Most people don’t love you until you’re gone. The effects of what I did for a 16-year period, it seemed easy [to management] for a while. Ballparks were AP packed every day, [we Frank Thomas will be inducted into the Baseball were] giving them great Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., along with Tom play every day. They got Glavine, Greg Maddux, and managers Joe Torre, to see a piece of history. “Hopefully, they’ve Tony La Russa and Bobby Cox, on Sunday. stepped back now and realized that it wasn’t as “But it did. I’m just glad played on in the 1990s, easy as we made it look in 2000 and ’05, and said Frank is back with the that period.� some in management White Sox, and going to the Hall of Fame in a White Sox uniform.� Thomas and the organization made peace after his retirement, and the Sox had a Frank Thomas Day at U.S. Cellular Field in 2010, put up a statue of him, and will fete him this weekend in Cooperstown, N.Y., during festivities surrounding his Hall of Fame induction. Thomas concedes the break-up was difficult, but doesn’t feel he said anything to Marble provoke the harsh comments. He pointed to the successful teams he 925 Depot Avenue Dixon, IL 815-284-6564
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ell, the co-ed catfishing tournament has come and gone, and we had our best attendance ever. We had great weather, and very good fishing to boot. Lots and lots of fun was had, and we are looking forward to next year’s event already. I turn my attention now to guiding nice folks on the river for some big old flatheads. As I have mentioned before, guiding is my passion. I love being able to share what I know with people, and getting to watch them battle these great fish. Over the last couple seasons, thanks in big part to these articles, I have had the pleasure of sharing my boat with an awful lot of locals. It has been neat getting to know you all, and sharing the river with you. This coming week, I will film my ninth television
water temperatures off the charts. While neither MATTJONES one would surprise me, as -ATT *ONES of now, things are looking IS A FISHING good. GUIDE FROM 0ROPHETDon’t look now, everySTOWN (E one, but we got just 1 sinCAN BE gle week left until squirrel REACHED AT FLATHEADMEseason opens here in the CHANIC northern zone of the Land GMAIL COM of Lincoln. Me personally, I like to chase these wily little tree varmints with a show here on the Rock good old .22 rifle. Getting River. The catfish gods out to the woods before have been very good to sunrise and taking cover me when opportunities close to a good bunch of like this have presented hickory trees is a great bet themselves in the past, for a great day of hunting. and I’m hoping this time Picking them off one at a is no different. The water time as they arrive to feed has dropped to normal on ripe nuts ‌ you can’t levels, and is warming beat this kind of fun with back to where I want it, a stick. so hopefully I can make Anyway, this August another Rock River beau- 1st start kinda sneaks up ty famous. on you, but hopefully All I hope is we don’t some of this cool, dry get one of our patented air will hang around to gully washers and mess make some early season the river all up, or have hunting comfortable. a massive arctic cold blast Then all you’re gonna come through and drop need is a gallon or so of
skeeter spray, and you’re golden. If you would like to hunt these wonderful little animals and have questions as how to take care of them after the harvest, you can visit my YouTube channel and check out my squirrel cleaning video for some easy step-by-step instruction. I did this video a few years back, just to add something different to the hundredplus catfish videos I have done. Well, as it turned out, there must of been a lot of people wondering just how you clean a squirrel, because more than a hundred thousand people have viewed this show. I’d of never guessed it, but it goes to show you just never know. Photo submitted by Matt Jones Until next all, get outside and make something Jesse Ryan (back right), his fiancÊe Amy Hepner, and their boys Keegan and Bradley pose with their Big Fish happen. trophy last Saturday at the Erie Co-Ed Tournament. Go Catfish!
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Making fishing a hands-on experience hoping for something that weighs up to 60 pounds to chomp down COUNCE, Tenn. – on it. But experienced To some, it probably noodlers know how to looked like Coty Taylor, avoid the dangers that J.R. Sweat, Barry Jackso many people fear son, and Will Harlow about the sport. were just looking to cool Snapping turtles, off as they waded into beavers, muskrats and the Tennessee River snakes are all possible below Pickwick Landing encounters when you’re Dam on a recent Satur- blindly navigating the day morning. murky waters of the But it soon became Tennessee River. But obvious this was some- knowing where to look thing else. – and more importantly, Taylor began taking where not to look – can deep breaths and duckhelp noodlers avoid ing beneath the surface such dangers. for several seconds at a “I was fishing up here time near an old cona few years back around crete boat ramp, while July 4, and I had fished the others walked on the this river from one end slab and tapped it with to the other without old broken fishing rods. catching a single fish,� After his fourth trip Sweat said. “But I saw under water, Taythis guy cleaning big lor emerged with a catfish, and I decided to 12-pound flathead catbefriend him and find fish in his hand. out where his fishing This is a sport called hole was, and what he “noodling� – and Taylor was using for bait.� understands if you think When Sweat asked the it’s a little crazy. But he man what he’d been insists you shouldn’t using for bait, the man knock it until you’ve held up his right hand, had at least one big catwiggled his fingers, and fish bite down on your began explaining the knuckles. “It’s not like you’re out art of noodling. He told Sweat that blue and there fishing in a boat, flathead catfish wallow tossing a lure trying to out dens under stone pull a fish out of the water into your world,� structures during the said Taylor, who helped spawning season, and they’ll vigorously attack organize the inaugural anything that invades River Cats Noodling Tournament earlier this those dens – including fingers. month. “You’re down Then he gave him there with them in their some of the best advice world, on their home turf. When you put your a noodler can get. “He said when you run hand in a hole and a big your hand into a hole, fish bites down on it, if you can go straight or you get a rush like you left or right, it’s fine,� wouldn’t believe.� Sweat said. “But when Some who’ve never you have to go up, that’s experienced the sport might not use the word where air gets trapped, and that’s where you “rush� to describe the find snakes and snapfeeling of blindly sticking your hand into an ping turtles. You want underwater hole and to avoid those places.� BY BRYAN BRASHER 4HE -EMPHIS #OMMERCIAL !PPEAL
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Barry Jackson, of Oakland, Miss., makes his way back to the boat after catching a 40-pound catfish during a noodling tournament on the Tennessee River earlier this month. Noodling requires anglers to reach their hands into cracks and crevices and pull giant catfish out with their bare hands.
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by Doering just about knocked somebody out, and that was the end of his golfing days. Of my four opponents, Four games are played Doering had the high total each night. Each game of 73 points. I thought consists of 25 innings, that was fabulous, until he in which 50 shoes are informed me had scored pitched. A ringer is worth 100 the game before he three points, while a shoe took me on. landing within 6 inches of With my average of 40 a stake is worth one point. and a handicap of 77, I The stakes is 40 feet ended up defeating Tim apart. Pitchers 70 years Fisher 123-120; losing to of age or older can throw Reynolds 120-112; losing from 30 feet, while those to Brody Fisher 129-116; 12 or younger can go and defeating Doering from 20 feet. Women may 117-116. throw from 30 feet, but “It’s a little-known there were no ladies presPhilip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com ent on this night. Roger Doering, of Morrison, tosses horseshoes thing,â€? Reynolds informed me, “that firstScores are logged in during league play at Lawrence Park. time pitchers get tossed by league secretary Tim into the Rock River.â€? Fisher, who determines the time. Several times he that to a lot of guys. He Thankfully, he was what each player’s handi- had double ringers, some- was kind of like a travelkidding. cap is. That allows the thing he just took in stride, ing salesman. He came Approximately 2½ hours weakest pitchers in the but I saw as a major cause in, did his thing, and then of fun and fellowship was league, somebody like left town.â€? for celebration. had for the weekly fee me, for instance, to have My third game was “Just like anything,â€? of $2. Some token prize a fair shot against someagainst Brody Fisher, Fisher later said, “some money is handed out at the body like Bob Schaver, Tim’s 12-year-old son. I nights you’ve got it, and end of the season, and the who won state champion- some nights you don’t.â€? was a bit taken aback by weekly dues also go to pay ships in 2000 and 2001, the junior high student Me, I just flipped the for an end of the season and is in the Horseshoe at first, as he sported a shoes up there the best banquet. Pitching Hall of Fame. that I could. Sometimes it barbed wire tattoo cirSeven of the regulars Schaver, however, was hit the stake, sometimes it cling his right biceps. hail from Morrison, while not present on this night. hit the cement around the Thankfully, it was a fake. the other four are from “I was going to have you pit, but most of the time Turns out he’s a typical Sterling/Rock Falls. When go against Bob, but it’s his it landed harmlessly in a pre-teen who aspires to birthday today,â€? Fisher play football for the Mor- long-time league member sticky clay/mud mixture informed me during my rison Mustangs, and roots Jim Gridley died in the fall short of the stake. of 2012, others stepped up initiation period. for the Chicago BlackFisher accumulated 71 to keep the league going. Handicap is determined points, I had 46, and he hawks and Green Bay Most league members by taking a person’s aver- assured me that was good Packers. He also throws a arrive no later than 6 age, subtracting that mean horseshoe, with a for a novice thrower. p.m., to prepare the number from 125, and couple of double ringers The next match was courts for that night’s then taking 90 percent of against Reynolds, and against me. play. Tim Fisher hauls that number. The last game was we had an interesting many of the materials against Roger Doering, My first game was conversation the whole needed for a given night who, upon learning I against Fisher, one of time. For instance, he a host of players with a talked about a guest from liked to play golf, told me in the back of his pickup. “This really is a great horseshoe pit in his back- Florida a few weeks back, he’d only played the sport league,â€? Fisher said. who was in town visiting. once in his life. That was yard. It showed. “We’re competitive, but Fisher was able to flip the Turns out he was quite in a charity outing sponhorseshoe just so, and it the biggest thing is to just the pitcher. sored by former Chicago have fun and enjoy pitchhad a fighting chance to be “He beat me,â€? Reynolds White Sox slugger Ron said, “and I’m sure he did Kittle. A wayward shot ing some horseshoes.â€? a ringer a good chunk of CONTINUED FROM B1
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ABOVE: The Cardinals’ Kolten Wong (16) steals second base ahead of the tag by the Cubs’ Arismendy Alcantara during the eighth inning Friday at Wrigley Field. The Cubs won 7-6. BELOW: The Cubs’ Luis Valbuena (right) celebrates with Anthony Rizzo after Valbuena’s seventh-inning, go-ahead home run.
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The Cubs don’t have the look of a team more interested in draft position than on-field success. One day after the Central Division cellar-dwellers couldn’t have looked worse in a 13-3 embarrassment against the lowly Padres, they showed some grit in a come-frombehind, 7-6 victory over the Cardinals, who suffered their fourth consecutive loss on Friday at Wrigley Field. A persistent wind at their backs, the division rivals treated the largest crowd at Wrigley Field this season to five home runs and 23 hits. Luis Valbuena hit a decisive two-run homer in the seventh to decide the see-saw affair. Kevin Siegrist (1-2) hit Anthony Rizzo with a fullcount pitch to start the inning. One batter later, Valbuena launched the first pitch into the centerfield bleachers. The Cardinals tied the score 5-5 on solo homers by Matt Carpenter and Matt Holliday in the fifth inning. Pinch-hitter Oscar Taveras singled to break the tie in the sixth, but the lead was short-lived. Justin Grimm (3-2) pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Hector Rondon retired the side in the
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o real debate over Kevin Love’s worth in a trade can continue without remembering how much the Bulls value integrity. It starts at the top of the organization, where Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf one day will leave a legacy of loyalty in which he takes more pride than he does in the Bulls’ six NBA championships or the White Sox’s World Series title. Reinsdorf became who he is in the business and sports world by honoring his word, an old-fashioned concept those in the Bulls and Sox organizations say the chairman never let go out of style. Those who work for Reinsdorf stick around a long time because they not only share that fundamental belief, but practice it, which brings us to the rumored Bulls trade of Taj Gibson, Nikola Mirotic and Doug McDermott for Love. Mirotic bought out his contract with Real Madrid of the Spanish League only after the Bulls committed to keeping him in Chicago, according to a source familiar with negotiations. It’s one thing to trade a savvy NBA veteran like Gibson after reassuring him to “buy, not lease,� as general manager Gar Forman has advised, but another to mislead a 23-year-old rookie who uprooted his wife and young son to cross an ocean and become a Bull. Smart business move or not, dealing Mirotic after earning his trust over 3 years would be contrary to everything Reinsdorf wants his organizations to represent, and a departure from how the Bulls typically operate. It would be bold but borderline betrayal. It might lead to more victories, but overall, result in the loss of respect, and the Bulls traditionally care about both. Perhaps that explains why, as of Thursday, Mirotic and his
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representatives remained under the impression the 6-foot-10 forward was not part of any “significant offer� the Bulls made for Love. And without Mirotic included in a package centered around Gibson, the chances of the Bulls’ latest Love interest leading to a relationship in Chicago dwindle. Removing a player with Mirotic’s potential likely makes competing offers from the Cavaliers and Warriors more attractive to the Timberwolves. Also complicating factors would be Mirotic’s contract including a 15 percent full trade kicker, according to a source, adding $2.494 million to his 3-year, $16.61 million deal. Not that such fine print will be necessary to interpret if the Bulls do right by fulfilling their pledge to Mirotic. All the circumstances surrounding Mirotic’s celebrated arrival made it hard to view Thursday’s trade speculation as much more than a hypothetical, good mostly for Web clicks and sportstalk radio shows. And hypothetically speaking, though likely moot, from a basketball perspective, the Bulls instantly would sit in a better position to win an NBA title within the next 3 years by making that trade for Love. As much as the Bulls believe in Mirotic and McDermott, the rookies remain unknowns, while the more established Love offers a nightly dose of 20 points and 10 rebounds. Gibson improved as much as anybody in the league last year, but surely even the Taj fan most guilty of overstating his importance realizes he isn’t
the elite player Love is. Love tempts the Bulls because he would be the second star Derrick Rose never had. But be careful not to idealize Love as the perfect player: His defensive deficiencies would test coach Tom Thibodeau, he doesn’t always command a double-team, and his injury history isn’t exactly spotless. Plus, Love joining the Bulls would force Pau Gasol to accept a bench role he didn’t pass up richer contracts elsewhere to play. Still, an All-Star pedigree and strong rapport between Love and Rose, developed during offseasons in California, should motivate the Bulls to keep trying to find trade combinations that won’t include Mirotic. A package of Gibson, Jimmy Butler – who likely will seek a contract out of the Bulls’ price range next summer – and a first-round draft pick probably wouldn’t entice the Timberwolves as much as any Cavs’ proposal including Andrew Wiggins. Gibson, Butler and McDermott might come closer, but remember the Bulls spent two first-round picks to move up to No. 11 to draft the man called Dougie McBuckets. McDermott already made a strong impression in the summer league, a good start if not a true gauge of NBA success. McDermott was the first new addition in an offseason that, if not for the failed pursuit of Carmelo Anthony, would be perceived as a rousing success. The Bulls had to call the Timberwolves about Love’s availability. They have to keep calling until Love is a former Timberwolf. They must do everything within reason to try to keep Love away from the Cavs. But it would be stunning if a Bulls organization headed by Reinsdorf considered breaking a commitment to Mirotic, a player who trusted them implicitly, within reason.
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Mr. Versatility needed in Windy City Second-year linebacker Bostic ready to do whatever Bears require of him football … so I’m going to come in here and do exactly BOURBONNAIS – If Jon Boswhat they ask me.” tic is feeling pressure over how After all, the position switches much the Bears have put on his are nothing new for Bostic. He plate in his short NFL career, headed to the University of he’s doing a great job of hiding it. Florida expecting to play weakAfter making nine starts as a side linebacker, but the arrival rookie at middle linebacker in of Jelani Jenkins pushed Bostic D.J. Williams’ absence because inside to a position “he grew to of a torn pectoral muscle, Bos- love.” tic, the Bears’ second-round After drafting Bostic and pick in 2013, was expected to Khaseem Greene in 2013, compete with Shea McClelgeneral manager Phil Emery lin for the starting strong-side lauded both players for their opening in 2014. versatile skill sets that allowed In fact, Bostic was competthem to play all three linebacking with both McClellin and er positions. Bostic’s athletiWilliams for as many as three cism would seem to eventually openings – middle linebacker, make him a natural candidate strong-side linebacker, and the to be Lance Briggs’ heir apparsecond nickel linebacker job ent, but Briggs is as entrenched alongside Lance Briggs – when as any player on the Bears’ training camp practices opened defense. Bostic knows his best Friday. chance of playing is filling one Does the constant shufof the current vacancies. fling make Bostic’s job more When he watches his rookie intense? tape, Bostic sees growing “Really, I don’t look at it like pains, largely to be expected that,” he said on the first day given the difficult situation of training camp. “… Basically, he and the rest of his teamthey’re paying me to play mates were put in during an BY ARTHUR ARKUSH 3HAW -EDIA
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injury-ravaged 2013 season. There are also flashes, such as his terrific interception against the Ravens, when he draped tight end Dallas Clark 20-plus yards down the middle of the field before flipping his hips and picking off Joe Flacco. It’s exactly the kind of play that has the Bears envisioning Bostic as a weapon in their sub package. He said he can build off such positives, but watching the bad tape, often showing an inexperienced player struggling to diagnose and quickly get in position to make plays, is a bigger key to Bostic’s growth. “I tend to look more at negative things than positive,” he said, “to make sure that I don’t make the same mistake again. Fortunately, the Bears see plenty of positives – enough to entrust Bostic in potentially a number of different roles. Bostic promises he’ll be ready for anything that comes his way. “I’m coming here every day, doing what I love to do, so really I can’t ask for more,” he said.
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The goal there is to have more players available to GREEN BAY, Wis. – Going into his ninth year fill in if necessary, and the potential replacements coaching the Packers, would have less in the Mike McCarthy isn’t averse to changing things playbook to master. Now comes this tweak up. to the schedule, with After two injury-filled implementation beginseasons, an alteration is coming to how Green Bay ning in training camp. The first practice is prepares for games. Saturday. The practice schedule “Your goal is to be in is changing, with players pads every day,” McCargetting an off day, then running through practice thy said. “But really how the team moves through the day before a game. That’s the reverse of how camp – looking back on our last two camps, the things were done last things that have gone on, season. the stress points in camp, “This is the first time where injuries occur – we the schedule is changing in 9 years,” McCarthy really haven’t started the said Friday as the Packers way we’ve wanted to the last 2 years.” reported to camp. “This This year already isn’t is the third year we’ve starting on a good note talked about it. I decided for linebackers Mike Neal in the spring to take the and Nick Perry, who were leap. We really just want both placed on the physito get that right and get cally unable to perform our guys ready.” McCarthy described it as list Friday afternoon. Their injuries weren’t a philosophical change. specified, though Perry It’s another noticeable missed much of last year tweak following a 2013 season in which the Pack- with a foot injury. Neal and Perry, howevers finished 8-7-1 and er, would be able to take won a third straight NFC part in practice whenever North title, before losing cleared. Players arrived at home in a wild-card at camp Friday, when game to the San Franthey were to undergo cisco 49ers. physicals. Last season will also Also, defensive linemen be remembered for the Letroy Guion and Jerel swath of injuries that Worthy were placed on hit the team, including quarterback Aaron Rodg- the non-football injury list, while receiver Jeff ers’ broken collarbone, Janis was placed on the and linebacker Clay non-football illness list. Matthews’ broken right Janis was a sevenththumb. round draft pick. This offseason, McCarLast season, the Packthy also decided to cut ers were hit by hamstring down the playbook a injuries in camp. One little, particularly on defense, in what he has to Casey Hayward hamdubbed a “more personpered the key cornerback nel, less scheme” plan. all season.
MANKATO, Minn. – The first day of Minnesota Vikings training camp started early, with a 1:30 a.m. fire alarm that turned out to be false, but sent everyone sleepily streaming out of their dorm rooms. Players joked about believing new coach Mike Zimmer had plotted some kind of sadistic test of their mental toughness. Perhaps it was an ominous sign of an uneven season ahead. Or maybe this was merely another reminder of the urgency this team has in needing to settle on a quarterback, after a decade of chaos at the sport’s most important position. “It’s not a secret. The quarterback position really hasn’t played well, but that’s why you bring guys in,” running back Adrian Peterson said. Like Teddy Bridgewater, the first-round draft pick from Louisville, who became the latest attempt by one of the NFL’s most star-crossed franchises to establish that elusive stability at quarterback. The carousel has spun often during Peterson’s career, and his age, 29, makes consistent production at the position that much more critical this year. First, Zimmer must make his first big decision: whether Bridgewater or incumbent Matt Cassel will be behind center for the season opener. Cassel was re-signed to be the bridge to Bridgewater, and started the first full practice Friday with the first team. But that’s now. Later could be
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Teddy Bridgewater takes a snap during training camp Friday in Mankato, Minn. New coach Mike Zimmer has said he’s not afraid to start a rookie quarterback right away, in an effort to find stability at the position. different. “I don’t have a starter in mind yet,” Zimmer said. “They’re going to determine who the starter is on the practice field, how they go about their business, how they perform in the preseason games.” Cassel watched Christian Ponder and Josh Freeman start in front of him several times last year, despite outperforming them, until finally taking over for good down the stretch of a lost season, so he’s well aware of the fleeting nature of a starting spot. “I still have to earn this thing. There is no easy road about it,” he said.
Bridgewater has quickly learned the art of noncontroversial, selfless expression in interviews since he was drafted, sounding a lot like the 10th-year veteran that Cassel is. Bridgewater said he’s not focused on the competition for the job, but rather grateful for the acceptance Cassel and Ponder have shown him. “I have to compete with myself first. That will make me a better player,” Bridgewater said. “Then I can compete with the guys in the room. That will make the team better.” Such modesty aside, the Vikings have raved about his demeanor and progress since the draft.
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DETROIT – It’s been 5 years since Detroit drafted Matthew Stafford with the No. 1 overall pick, and in that span, the Lions have progressed from miserable to maddening. Needless to say, that’s still not good enough. “We think that our talent level is approaching a point where we should be contending – and we are not there now,” general manager Martin Mayhew said. Mayhew made that comment in December, when the Lions fired coach Jim Schwartz after a late collapse cost the team a playoff spot. Schwartz took Detroit to the postseason in 2011, but that was his only
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The Lions hope new head coach Jim Caldwell and new offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi will help Matthew Stafford (9) and the franchise take the next step. playoff appearance with the team – and amid heightened expectations, the Lions went 11-21 in the 2 years since. So now Jim Caldwell is coaching the Lions, and the front office is hopeful he can help Stafford take
another step forward after a promising but uneven start to his career. The 26-year-old Stafford has thrown for more than 4,600 yards in each of the past three seasons, but he threw 19 interceptions in 2013, the most since his
rookie season. The mistakes were magnified, as Detroit dropped six of its last seven games and finished 7-9. With Stafford, Calvin Johnson, and Ndamukong Suh still in the fold, there’s pressure on the Lions to take full advantage of that impressive core of talent. It’s a group that came together because the team picked around the top of the draft so many times. “There’s a great nucleus here in all three phases, and I believe we’re on the threshold of some great things,” Caldwell said. “I think the organization is ready, the city of Detroit is ready, our fan base is ready, and I think our players are ready, as well.”
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TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have gathered for the start of their first training camp under Lovie Smith, a self-proclaimed fan of Michael Jackson’s music. The struggling franchise’s new coach inherited a team that went 4-12 and missed the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season in 2013. Six months later, Smith is drawing from the theme of one of the King of Pop’s big hits to set the tone for what he hopes will be a breakthrough year for the team. “I talked in the offseason about the man in the mirror ... just about having a career year,� Smith said Thursday, stressing the importance of selfimprovement and reflection to every player’s development. “No matter how you played so far, we need all of us to have the best years that we’ve had,�
Did you know? s 4HE "UCCANEERS WERE MEMBERS OF THE !&# 7EST $IVISION WHEN THEY JOINED THE .&, IN 4HEY MOVED TO THE .&# #ENTRAL IN the former Chicago Bears coach added. “It starts out there. It’s not a magic pill. It’s just hard work, going to work from today on.� Smith and first-year general manager Jason Licht have overhauled the roster through free agency and the draft. Of the 89 players expected in camp, which officially began on Friday, 48 are new to the team. That includes 28 veterans and 20 rookies, including first-round draft pick Mike Evans. “We feel like we’re going to be a good football team,� Smith said. “All we know right now is what we look like without pads. After a couple of days in pads, we will know an awful lot.�
RENTON, Wash. – Marshawn Lynch famously said during Super Bowl week that he was “all about that action, boss.� His action on Friday was defiance. The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks opened training camp, and Lynch chose to stay away because of his current contract situation. Beast Mode’s status: Absent and unhappy. “Everybody is calling him, but it’s a business at the end of the day,� Seattle defensive end Michael Bennett said. “... So all you can do is support him. You want him to be here, but as a player, you understand the business side too.� Lynch’s absence was expected after former teammate Michael Robinson said Thursday night on NFL Network that Lynch would not show for the opening day of camp. Seattle coach Pete Carroll said he was disappointed Lynch was not present, while reiterating the team wants him there and intends on him being an integral part of their plans for this season. But the message was clear that Seattle put a plan in place before Lynch was signed to a 4-year contract in 2012, and the Seahawks management is not inclined to stray from those plans. “We’ve had a substantial plan working for us for years now, and Marshawn was a big part of this plan. Just a couple of years back, we made a big statement and made a big effort for him, and we wish that he was with us now,� Carroll said.
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Marshawn Lynch has been the workhorse Seattle has leaned on the past three seasons, but he was a no-show for the team’s first day of training camp on Friday. He has 2 years left on a 4-year contract. the minicamp in June to avoid a hefty fine. But he finally decided to make a stand with the start of 3HAUN !LEXANDER training camp. YARDS Lynch can make up to #HRIS 7ARREN $5.5 million this season #URT 7ARNER in base pay and roster -ARSHAWN ,YNCH bonuses. It’s the third year of a 4-year contract, and *OHN 7ILLIAMS he’s scheduled to make $5.5 million in base sal“But this is a tremenary in 2015. He now faces dous opportunity for fines of $30,000 for each the guys getting their day of camp he misses. shot. Robert Turbin and Carroll said he’s Christine Michael, they’re remained in contact with ready to go, and really fired up about this oppor- Lynch throughout the offseason. tunity, and are going to “I’m hoping that he will try and take full advanbe back with us,� Carroll tage of it.� said. Friday’s result was Lynch has been the building throughout the workhorse for Seattle’s offseason with Lynch offense since his arrival staying away from organized team activities and via trade during the 2010 season. Lynch has 1,066 rumors that he would carries for 4,624 yards skip June’s mandatory minicamp in protest of and 41 touchdowns in the his contract structure. regular season since joinLynch showed up for ing the Seahawks.
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He brought a physical style that helped define a young team early in Carroll’s tenure. “The attitude that he brought these past few years has been significant. When we were trying to make a mark that we were a physical, tough football team, he stood right at the front of that and was a big part of it,� Carroll said. “But I think we have accomplished that now, and that is our mentality and makeup. We’re grateful that he was part of that, and would like to get him back into it.� In Lynch’s place, Turbin and Michael took most of the reps at running back Friday. Turbin is entering his third season, while Michael barely saw the field last year as a rookie as he struggled with the transition between college and the NFL.
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Keep hands off the 529 Dear Dave, My wife and I have $25,000 in credit card debt, $2,500 in medical bills and $89,000 each in student loan debt from when we each got our master’s degrees. We make about $100,000 combined. Our son is 6 years old, and we have $18,000 in a 529 plan for him. Should we use that money to pay off debt instead? – Sean
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Violet Jaramillo stands inside what will soon be The Grapevine Wine and Martini Bar at 205 W. Second St. in Rock Falls. Jaramillo hopes to have the bar open by mid-September.
The Grapevine Wine and Martini Bar shoots for September opening BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570
ROCK FALLS – Sometimes, plans for the future take root in the past. Violet Jaramillo, 44, grew up in Sterling, then spent most of her 20s enjoying a fastpaced urban lifestyle. A business consultant for retailers, she has traveled the world, living in Chicago, Montreal and Tokyo. But in 2000, a slower pace beckoned, and she moved back to Sterling. “I lived a nomadic life, and after 20 years of living out of a suitcase, it gets old,� the Sterling High School grad said. Jaramillo said she always
Business hours Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 4 to 10 p.m. Friday 4 to 11 p.m. saw herself returning to her roots and owning a business in the area. The vision is now becoming reality. The property she bought at 205 W. Second St. in Rock Falls will soon be opened as The Grapevine Wine and Martini Bar. Renovations are underway at the 1,200-square-foot space, and she hopes to have the bar open in mid-September.
Saturday 2 to 11 p.m. *If the bar is busy, it could stay open later on Fridays and Saturdays, owner Violet Jaramillo said. Jaramillo is drawing on her business and personal experiences to bring a bit of the big city to her niche establishment. “I want to bring a cosmopolitan, urban vibe to the downtown,� she said. “This is not going to be a beer and shots bar. There will be many flavors of martinis, and I want people to be able to broaden their experiences with wine.�
There will be a small selection of craft and domestic beers, but the focus will be on the type of wine and martinis that oftentimes can be found only in upscale restaurants. Bottles of wine will be available for carryout. She realizes that her niche could make the bar more appealing to women, but that element is also part of her business plan. “I want to cater to women; I think there is an unmet need here for a place where women can go out and feel comfortable and relaxed,� Jaramillo said. “I want this to be a place where I’d want to hang out.� URBAN CONTINUED ON C8
Dear Sean, I wouldn’t do that if I were you. You’ll get destroyed with penalties, because if you take money out of a 529 for anything other than college, you’ll be taxed at your current tax rate and hit with a 20 percent penalty. The other thing is you’ll have this weird feeling that you took money away from your kid. Technically, it’s your money. You put it there. But when you did, it was in your child’s name. Plus, that doesn’t really solve your problem. You’ve got a ridiculous amount of debt, and that little bit won’t move the needle very much. Having more money in your hands isn’t the big answer here. What you both need is a behavior change when it comes to money. My advice is to leave the 529 alone. Stop adding to it for the time being. Put any retirement saving you’re doing on hold, too. You guys need to start living on a budget, working a debt snowball plan, and looking for extra income. RAMSEY CONTINUED ON C8
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First Avenue Coin stays in the family Business buys and sells coins, precious metals, collectibles BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5535
ROCK FALLS – First Avenue Coin, 221 First Ave., is under new management. Sterling native Ed Gutierrez closed the business after the previous owner, his brother, Jesus “Jesse� Gutierrez, died Dec. 19 at the age of 72. Ed, 52, who now lives in Geneva, hadn’t planned to become a Rock Falls businessman, but as he delved into settling Jesse’s affairs,
“I realized my brother provided a valuable service,� he said. So he reopened the shop in late May. He’s glad he did. “I’m having fun,� said Ed, who has really come to enjoy Rock Falls. Like Jesse, Ed buys and sell coins, precious metals, jewelry and related collectibles. Because he’s out of town, he’s available by appointment only, although he tends to be in the shop every Tuesday. He also does in-home appraisals. First Avenue Coin also has a Facebook page and a website, www. firstavenuecoin.com. Email ed@ firstavenuecoin.com or call 815564-8996 to set up an appointment.
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Ed Gutierrez (left) is shown here with his brother, Jesus “Jesse� Gutierrez, who died Dec. 19 at the age of 72.
Gutierrez, 52, of Geneva has reopened his big brother’s shop, First Avenue Coin, at 221 First Ave. in Rock Falls. Ed buys and sell coins, precious metals, jewelry and related collectibles, and does in-home appraisals.
CGH Medical Center Welcomes Stefanie Woodfall, APN, FNP-BC We are pleased to announce that Stefanie Woodfall, APN, FNP-BC has joined Dr. Kim Treviranus in the Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine departments as a nurse practitioner. She has worked as a registered nurse on the surgical floor at CGH Medical Center since 2008. Stefanie Woodfall, APN, FNP-BC received her MSN and BSN from Northern Illinois University School of Nursing in DeKalb. She is a Certified Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Stefanie is currently accepting new patients in her office at CGH Main Clinic, 101 E. Miller Road in Sterling, on Tuesdays and Fridays. She will also see patients at the CGH Dixon Medical Center, 1321 N. Galena Ave. in Dixon, on Mondays and Wednesdays. 7R PDNH DQ DSSRLQWPHQW SOHDVH FDOO &*+ 0DLQ &OLQLF DW RU WKH &*+ 'L[RQ 0HGLFDO &HQWHU DW
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ILLINOIS GOLD
Illinois Gold 15U players (kneeling, from left) Lauren Birmingham, Allison Carson, Rachel Bonnell, Emily Diffenderfer, and Kylie Fransen; and (standing) Destiny Darmon, Abbi Buelow, Kaylee Sager, Brenna Rieches, Courtney Fernette, Dani Mathey, Kylee Johnson, and Kendra Melville won the 18U U.S. Specialty Sports Association Illinois State Tournament, 6-1. The competition was the weekend of July 12 in Machesney Park. Members recognized were Johnson, All Tournament Most Valuable Player, and Mathey, Fransen, and Fernette, All Tournament Team. Brian Fernette, DJ Johnson, and Tyler Rieches are the coaches. The team is based in Davis Junction. Photos submitted by D.J. Johnson.
OREGON – The Illinois Renewable Energy Association will sponsor a school competition in conjunction with the 13th annual Renewable Energy and Sustainable Lifestyle Fair. The event will be Aug. 23 and 24 at the Ogle County Fairgrounds, 1440 N. Limekiln Road. Up to 10 teams of five will develop a plan to install a solar photovoltaic system of at least 1 kilowatt on a school property, or another public building in the community. Plans should include a commitment to a solar system, a fundraising project to help defray the system’s cost, and the necessary community approv-
als and permits for the project. The teams will be expected to attend the energy fair to hear the two major speakers, as well as be part of other workshops or presentations they select. Plans are to be submitted by April 2, for judging by the committee. The teams that make the most progress toward the goal will be the winners. Prizes to be awarded are $500 for first place, $300 for second, and $200 for third. The money is to be used to further educational efforts in renewable energy. Contact Sonia Vogl at sonia.vogl@gmail.com or irea.org@gmail.com for more information.
COLOMA PARK DISTRICT IN ROCK FALLS Award winners of the Summer Dance, Cheer, and Tumbling Program at Coloma Township Park District in Rock Falls recently were recognized. In the 6-year-old division with their instructors are (front row, from left) Gabriella Mango, Ellie Merrell, Ava Rivera, Ashlyn Fargher, and Kiersten Bontz; and (back row) Johanna Cravatta, Macie Lofgren, Ellie Kested, Ellie Green, Reagan Hammes, Jayla Fargher, Carlee Hawkins, Reese Grummert, and Alex Kelemen. Hawkins also is a Spirit Contest winner. This year’s theme was “Sugar Rush.�
Photos submitted by Lauren Bell
The 7- and 8-year-old category winners and their instructors are (front row, from left) Abbi Merrell, Skylar Wainscott, Emily Lofgren, Adalyn Waldschmidt, Madison St. Clair, Presley Winters, Nevaeh Frey, and Kalina Willhite; and (back row) Morgan Zuidema, Riann Thomas, Bel Green, Elizabeth Woodard, Macie Rosengren, Graci Junis, Ellisa Russell, Kennedy Rowzee, Kirsten Workman, and Abby Mitchell. Participants who won the Spirit Contest are Lofgren, Waldschmidt, Woodard, Rowzee, and Workman. Participants in the 9-andolder category who won awards and their instructor are (front row, from left) Paige Bontz, Gyneya Roman, Violet Lilly, ElizaLyn McNinch, Damarys Garcia, and Xzayveonia Frick; and (back row) Regan Guinn, Kiara Rice, Annika Stuart, Selena Garza, Mallory Osborn, Shaelyn McNeill, Kirstin Smith, and Lauren Bell. Not pictured are MaryKay Downs, Isabella Gonzalez, Avery Knowles, Madison Mulnix, Lilly Reaver, Emma Smith, Morelia Vargas, and Ellie Wendelken. Spirit Contest winners are Garcia, McNeill, and Smith.
WHITESIDE COUNTY SENIOR CENTER Space available for Windy City trip
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A chipmunk hides behind a garden statue. Photo submitted by Sue Mulkins of Dixon.
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FAMILY FUN
A pelican comes in for a landing at the lower dam in Rock Falls. Photo submitted by Bill Doering of Rock Falls.
The sky turns red over the Nelson power plant, a reflection of the sun.
Down by the riverside, two Canada geese and their goslings take a rest. Photos submitted by Anita Schryver of Rock Falls.
The geese and their families waddle across Lawrence Park in Sterling.
SUMMER EAGLES
Bald eagles relax on a sandy beach during a warm summer day in Rock Falls. Photos submitted by Leonard Janssen of Rock Falls.
An eagle skims over the Rock River in Rock Falls.
Wanted: Photos from you A scrapbook is a book with blank pages, and that’s what our Scrapbook page is without your pictures. We want to fill the page with images that capture lives in the Sauk Valley. They can be submitted by email to photos@saukvalley.com or can be taken to the Sterling and Dixon offices.
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IN BRIEF Author to give program at library
Issac Porte, 15, of Demotte, Indiana, and Katie Lawton, 15, of Dixon, finished 30th in their divisions July 5 at the 15th annual Ronald Reagan 5K Run in Dixon. They received the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home 30th Anniversary Commemorative Awards, as part of the celebration of the site’s 30th anniversary. Photo submitted by Brandi Langner.
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Kristin Royer, 11, of Dixon, took Best of Show July 4 at Dixon Main Street’s Brush, Bloom, and Boom contest at Veterans Memorial Bridge on Peoria Avenue in Dixon. Photo taken by Julie Saunders of Dixon and submitted by Dan Royer of Dixon.
Jordan Sanchez (standing, from left) and Demi Reitzel, lifeguards, with manager Stephanie Milnes; and (sitting) Darion Scanlan, lifeguard, helped the Duis Recreation Center in Sterling achieve the Five Star Award from Starfish Aquatics Institute. Photo submitted by Milnes.
Performance honor awarded
Climbing walls will be part of the activities Aug. 23 at the fourth annual Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA Outdoor Adventure Fest. Photo submitted by Keri Olson.
STERLING – Duis Recreation Center received the Five Star Award from the Starfish Aquatics Institute. SAI recognized the center after an unannounced performance audit of the facility’s lifeguards and management staff July 2. Stephanie
Milnes, center manager, accepted the award on behalf of Sterling Park District. “Very few aquatic facilities qualify to receive this honor,� Leslie Donovan, president of SAI, said. “It represents a tremendous commitment to safety and training, and excep-
tional performance by the lifeguard staff on duty at the time.� Lifeguards who contributed to achieving the award included Demi Reitzel, Jordan Sanchez, and Darion Scanlan. Duis uses the SAI StarGuard Lifeguard Certification program.
Outside festival back at YMCA STERLING – The fourth annual Outdoor Adventure Fest will be from noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 23 at Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA, 2505 YMCA Way. The fest offers a mixture of information centers and more than 30 activi-
ties where participants can learn to fish in the Y pool, try archery, play on giant inflatables, or race to the top of a climbing wall. The learning centers will offer critter talks featuring native and zoo animal presentations.
The goal is to encourage healthy, active, outdoor fun for families. There is no charge, and a meal is included. For more information, visit srfymca.org or facebook.com/SRFYMCA or call 815-535-9622.
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Hudson Fisher of Colorado, the grandson of Susan Murges of rural Oregon, played with a wagon in 2012 at the “Not Your Sister’s Oregon Quilt Show.� This year’s show will be Aug. 9. Photo submitted by Bernadette Bird.
Quilters plan August charity show Members of the “Sharing Life’s Memories� group (from left) Dora Jacoby; group facilitator; Lisa Janes of Green Acres Rehabilitation Center in Amboy; Helen Girton; RoseMary Roberts; and Anna Hatzapanagiotis, met recently to discuss and create memories. The group gathers at 10 a.m. the third Wednesday of each month at Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon. The next meeting is Aug. 20. There is no cost to attend. Photo submitted by Linda Duffy.
ASHTON – Not Your Sister’s Oregon Quilt Show will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 9 at 3506 Flagg Road. Quilts will hang from clotheslines in the woods. Barn Market will sell quilt kits, patterns, quilt gadgets, books, and
fabric. Drawings will be every half hour and demonstrations will be presented by Cottage Garden Quilt Shop of Ashton. Parking is off Flagg Road. A golf cart will be available to transport guests to the show. The site south of state Route 64 and north
of state Route 38. There is no rain date. Admission is by donation and a can or box of nonperishable food. The charity show will benefit Oregon area organizations. For more information, call Bernadette Bird at 815-732-7804.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Kingston James Freeman Melissa Dozard and Richard Freeman of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 6:01 a.m. July 11, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. Kingston James Freeman weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Margaret Nelson of Tampico and Thomas Dozard of East Peoria. Paternal grandparents are Richard Freeman of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Candace Mobratten of Breckenridge, Minnesota. Maternal great-grandmother is Elizabeth Burmeister of Pekin. Paternal great-grandmother is Linda Lefrancois of Battle Lake, Minnesota.
Victor Giovanni Padilla Erendira Barrientos and Victor Padilla of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 9:09 p.m. July 10, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. Victor Giovanni Padilla weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces at birth and was 21.5 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Juan Barrientos and Josefina Barrientos, both of Sterling.
Carter Eugene Engelkes Kendyl Thrower and Timothy Engelkes of Dixon are the parents of a son born at 5:54 p.m. June 24, 2014, at KSB Hospital in Dixon. Carter Eugene Engelkes weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length. He is welcomed by Aspen Izabella, 6, Timothy Michael Jr., 4, Ellionna Parker, 2, and Lincoln Xavier-Loy, 1. Maternal grandparents are Andrea Norris of Dixon and Daryl Thrower of Rockford. Paternal grandparents are Dena Martinez, Tim Engelkes, and John Payne, all of Dixon. Maternal great-grandparents are Ken and Jan
Norris of Morristown, Tennessee, and John and Claire Thrower of Caledonia. Paternal great-grandmothers are Pamela Martinez of Kalkaska, Michigan, and Linda Portner of Dixon. Paternal great-greatgrandmother is Thelma Stuut-Everett of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Ethan James Grubb Danielle Hall and Jimmy Grubb of Dixon are the parents of a son born at 10:27 p.m. July 10, 2014, at KSB Hospital in Dixon. Ethan James Grubb weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces at birth and was 21.5 inches in length. He is welcomed by Peyton, 2. Maternal grandparents are Jerome Powers and Julia Powers, both of Dixon. Paternal grandparents are Greg and Judy Grubb of Dixon and Laura Grubb of Rockford. Maternal great-grandparents are Everett and Elsi Kraft of Dixon. Paternal great-grandparents are Jim and Betty Grubb of Stillman Valley and Jan Hodge of Rockford.
Dayton Grant Nicholson
birth and was 19 inches in length. He is welcomed by Robert Valdivia III, 23, Raven Valdivia, 16, Isaac Valdivia, 7, and Rheanna Valdivia, 6. Maternal grandparents are Mary Sodaro and Sam and Sue Sodaro, all of Rock Falls. Paternal grandparents are Janie Valdivia and Robert and Cindy Valdivia, all of Rock Falls.
Emelia Ayla-Marie Dejesus Lauren Metzler and Elijah Dejesus of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 3:36 a.m. July 10, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. Emelia Ayla-Marie Dejesus weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce at birth and was 20 inches in length. Maternal grandmother is Cledy Rumley of Sterling. Paternal grandparents are Lorrie Randle of Rock Falls and Melcon Dejesus of Ashton.
Mandalay Reina Gomez LindaRa and Alfredo Gomez of Rock Falls are the parents of a daughter born at 8:26 a.m. July 15, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. Mandalay Reina Gomez weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces at birth and was 20.5 inches in length. She is welcomed by Jose Gomez, 18, and Makeo Gomez, 1. Maternal grandparents are Ramon Menchaca and Linda Menchaca, both of Rock Falls. Paternal grandparents are Reginaldo Gomez and Leticia Gomez, both of Sterling.
Kelly and Jesey Nicholson of Dixon are the parents of a son born at 7:55 a.m. July 10, 2014, at KSB Hospital in Dixon. Dayton Grant Nicholson weighed 8 pounds at birth and was 21 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Valerie Dayton of Dixon and the late Tony Dayton. Paternal grandparents are Jesse Perez and Ray and Maria Nicholson, all of Dixon. Paternal great-grandparents are Sandy and Vic Gipson and Ron and Carol Linboom, all of Dixon, and Information sought Gloria and Mel Swartz of The birth announceRochelle. ment for Brycen Nathaniel Moore cannot be Micah J. Valdivia printed without addiStacy and Robert Valdiv- tional information. The ia Jr. of Rock Falls are the editorial department has parents of a son born at been unable to reach the 8:36 p.m. July 12, 2014, at submitter. If those who submitted it could call KSB Hospital in Dixon. Micah J. Valdivia weighed 800-798-4085, ext. 5501, it 6 pounds, 6 ounces at would be appreciated.
SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Today American Red Cross blood drive, 7-10:30 a.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointments: OR Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist #HURCH % #HICAGO !VE $AVIS Junction. Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, women’s; noon, 6 p.m., open, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., $IXON Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, tradition; 12:30 p.m., closed; P M CLOSED "AZAAR !MERIcana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling. Alcoholics Anonymous, 9:30 a.m., former St. Anne Grade School, 32 N. Jones Ave., Amboy, Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling. Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.noon, Walmart, 1901 First Ave., Rock Falls. Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old School; 8 p.m., open, Fun Night, BRING A FRIEND &IRST !VE 2OCK Falls, back door. Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, NOON P M &IRST #HRISTIAN #HURCH &IFTH !VE 2OCK &ALLS $OWNSTAIRS WEST door. Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 1-2:30 p.m., Save-A-Lot, 928 First Ave., Rock Falls. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., CLOSED &IRST 0RESBYTERIAN #HURCH #ALVIN 2OAD 2OCHELLE Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon. Sunday Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., open, Rochelle #OMMUNITY (OSPITAL . 3ECond St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., closed; 11 a.m., open; 1 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., closed, "AZAAR !MERICANA 7 4HIRD St., Sterling. Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed; noon, open; 6 p.m., closed, step, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., $IXON Alcoholics Anonymous, 10 a.m., OPEN (ORIZON 6IEW &ARM BARN 2422 N. River Road, Oregon. Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 10 a.m., open, Big "OOK &IRST !VE 2OCK &ALLS back door. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m.,
CLOSED #HURCH OF 3T !NNE . #HERRY 3T -ORRISON Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, P M &IRST #HRISTIAN #HURCH &IFTH !VE 2OCK &ALLS $OWNSTAIRS WEST door. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., CLOSED 3PANISH 3T 0ATRICK #ATHOLIC #HURCH +ELLY $RIVE 2OCHELLE Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, 304 Seventh Ave. W., Lyndon. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., CLOSED -OUNT -ORRIS 3ENIOR #ENTER % &RONT 3T Monday Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee #OUNTY (EALTH $EPARTMENT 3 'ALENA !VE 3UITE $IXON 284-3371. Abuse Changing team, Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., OPEN -ETHODIST #HURCH &IRST Ave., Forreston. Veterans Affairs representative, A M 2OCK 2IVER #ENTER 3 TH 3T /REGON Dixon Rotary Club, noon, St. ,UKE %PISCOPAL #HURCH LOWER LEVEL 7 4HIRD 3T $IXON Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, step; 6 p.m., open, 90-92 3 (ENNEPIN !VE $IXON Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, 3PANISH P M OPEN "AZAAR Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, CLOSED 3T 0AUL ,UTHERAN #HURCH 3 &IFTH 3T /REGON Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, NOON P M &IRST #HRISTIAN #HURCH &IFTH !VE 2OCK &ALLS $OWNSTAIRS WEST door. Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, SunSHINE MEETING &IRST !VE Rock Falls, back door. Crochet-Knitting Club, 12:30 P M 7HITESIDE #OUNTY 3ENIOR #ENter, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling. The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary, 1 p.m., 409 Avenue F, 3TERLING Whiteside County Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired, P M #OVENTRY 6ILLAGE 7
Ruth Lee, Rotary District 6420 governor, and Bob Sondgeroth, Rock Falls Rotary Club president, show off the “Rescue Kitty� book and numerous ribbons, certificates, and patches that were presented to club members during a recent meeting for their efforts in literacy and public image projects. Photos submitted by Betty Clementz.
23rd St., Sterling. American Red Cross blood drive, P M #ARLSON !CUPUNCTURE #HIROPRACTIC . 'ALENA !VE $IXON !PPOINTMENTS TOPS, 4 p.m. weigh-in, 4:30 p.m. MEETING P M WEIGH IN P M MEETING (UB #ITY 3ENIOR #ENTER #HERRY !VE 2OCHELLE TOPS Chapter IL 634 meeting, P M 3 7ALNUT 3T Franklin Grove. TOPS, P M WEIGH IN P M MEETING 0OLO #HURCH OF THE "RETHREN 3 #ONGRESS !VE 0OLO Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., 7 -ARKET 3T -ORRISON Celebrate Recovery, Christcentered Recovery Group, 6-8 P M 2EVIVE #OMMUNITY #HURCH % &RONT 3T -OUNT -ORRIS 994-0428. Rock Falls Rotary, 6 p.m., "EELENDORF S $ELI 7 TH 3T Rock Falls. Rock Falls Boy Scout Troop 306, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Harvest Time "IBLE #HURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL $IXON !VE 2OCK &ALLS Rock Falls Optimist Club, 6:30 P M #ANDLELIGHT )NN &IRST Ave., Rock Falls. Byron Fire Protection District Trustees, P M $ISTRICT (EADquarters, 123 N. Franklin St. Mount Carroll Monday Night Al-Anon-Alateen, P M #HURCH OF 'OD #LAY 3T -OUNT #ARROLL Lee, Whiteside Chapter of the American Diabetes Association, P M #'( -EDICAL #ENTER 2YBERG !UDITORIUM % ,E&EVRE Road, Sterling. Sauk Valley Interfaith Peace Action Group, 7 p.m., Wesley UnitED -ETHODIST #HURCH TH !VE 3TERLING Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step study, New Hope FelLOWSHIP #HURCH STATE 2OUTE +INGS Tampico Lions Club, 7 p.m., Good Times, 106 N. Main St., TamPICO Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 P M CLOSED 3T ,UKE %PISCOPAL #HURCH 7 4HIRD 3T $IXON Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 P M CLOSED &IRST 0RESBYTERIAN #HURCH 4HIRD 3T 3AVANNA Sauk Valley Al-Anon GroupAlateen, P M OPEN &IRST Ave., Rock Falls, back door.
Brent Martin, Rock Falls Rotarian, was named the District 6420 New Rotary Member of the 20113-14 Year. Lee and Sondgeroth presented his plaque. He received the honor by voes from leadership members of the Rotary district.
Rock Falls Rotary members recognized Ruth Lee, Rotary District Governor, presented Rock Falls Rotary Club and Bob Sondgeroth, club president, numerous awards earned during the 201314 Rotary year. The certificates, ribbons, and patches will be attached to the club banner. The District 6420 Club Achievement Award in Literacy included: The photo opportunity during Hometown Holidays with Thing 1 and Thing 2 during Literacy Month. Community awareness through submission of numerous news items highlighting community literacy efforts. Financial support through the distribution of dictionaries to every student in third grade in Rock Falls public and private. schools Direct literacy support to the East Colo-
ma-Nelson School District by members reading weekly to students in kindergarten through fourth grade. The District 6420 Sustained Excellence Award in Literacy was presented for the many years of the literacy project in partnership with the ECN School District. The Majiyagbe Award in Literacy was presented for the innovative hands-on activity of distribution of the books “Rescue Pup� and “Rescue Kitty,� by Brenda Fiorini, and published through the Granny Rose Humane Society. This is the second year the club won the award. The District 6420 Club Achievement Award in Public Image was presented for the club’s: The quarterly radio spot on WSDR radio, sharing Rotary programs and projects.
The annual Farmers’ Night, which highlights members of the community, The donation of dictionaries. Participation in the District Public Image Grant, that focused on print advertisements featuring members, Keith Zoeller, Brent Martin, and Karen Voss. Martin received a plaque for being voted the District 6420 Rotary New Member of the Year. He participated in the distribution and presentations of dictionaries, was a focus of the advertisement for the District 6420 Public Image Grant, and participated in The Salvation Army ringing of the bells during the holidays. He also organized a collection of relief supplies for Washington, which was struck by a tornado last year.
planning, insurance coverage, long-term care, and nutrition. The showcase is free and open to the public. For more information, CONTACT %D "USHMAN general manager of the 4ELEGRAPH IN $IXON AT ebushman@saukvalley.com OR /THER SPONSORS ARE #'( -EDICAL #ENTER AND -OORE -ONUMENT 'RANITE #O BOTH IN 3TERLING AND +3" (OSPITAL IN $IXON
Amboy school sign-up Thursday
IN BRIEF Merchants to displays wares 34%2,).' n 4HE TH annual Senior Showcase, presented by Sauk Valley Media, will be from 10 a.m. TO P M !UG AT .ORTHLAND -ALL % ,INCOLnway. -ORE THAN MERCHANT displays from businesses throughout the Sauk Valley will be on site with information on health care providers, caregivers, retirement
!-"/9 n 2EGISTRATION for all students in Amboy 3CHOOL $ISTRICT WILL be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at the high SCHOOL % (AWLEY !VE Visit amboy.net for forms and costs; kindergarten and new students must bring proof of residency. For more information, CALL
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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 infor-
mation, that could be 2 weeks or more after the event. Photos will be published as space permits. For information, call 800-798-4085, ext. 5575.
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Teen looks for direction after high school Dear Abby: I am an 18-year-old high school senior who is scared about what’s going to happen after graduation. For the past 3 years I have known exactly where I’ll be and what I will be doing in the general sense. Now that I have one more year to go, I’m worried that I won’t know what to do or how to do it when I graduate. I have talked to counselors and my dad, but they all say the same thing. Do you have any advice? – Uneasy in Ohio Dear Uneasy: Sit down someplace quiet and make a list of what your interests and talents are.
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past, people today sometimes change careers several times in their working lives, so don’t be afraid that you’ll be stuck in some unpleasant rut forever. The more you learn and the more people you meet, the greater your options will be, so stop worrying.
If necessary, next year visit the career counseling department of your nearest community college or university and take some aptitude tests. This will give you an idea of what direction you may want to take in deciding what you should do next. Unlike in generations
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Outdoor worship at Trinity MOUNT MORRIS – An outdoor worship service will be at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 308 E. Brayton Road. All are welcome to attend. The casual service is around a campfire. Those attending are may bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. Extra chairs will be available. In case of bad weather, the service will be indoors. S’mores will be served at the end of the service. The next outdoor service will be at 10:45 a.m. Aug. 31. Visit Trinity Lutheran Church of Mount Morris on Facebook, trini tymtmorris on Instagram or trinitymm.net, write trinitymm@frontier.com S’mores will wrap up Sunday’s outdoor worship seror call 815-734-6354 for vice at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mount Morris. Photo submitted by Josh Ehrler. more information.
Members celebrate 1854 start COLETA – Coleta United Methodist Church’s 160th anniversary celebration will start with a kickoff at the 9 a.m. Aug. 24 service at the church, 112 N. Main St. Bishop Sally Dyck of the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church will lead the worship. August and September Sunday services will highlight themes and celebrate “Making Disciples,� “Developing Strong Christians,� “Worshipping God and Where,� and “Love Your Neighbor.� The church began as part of the United Brethren denomination. Its first log structure was built in 1854 by the congregation, and a new church followed in 1864
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at its current site. In the 1960s, the United Brethren joined with the Methodist Church, and the Coleta church became United Methodist. Remodeling and construction projects have enhanced the sanctuary and fellowship capacities, but the original belltower and bell still ring at 9 a.m. Sundays. Coleta United Methodist Church has a history of helping those in need. Prayer services have been held to lift up each household in Coleta, and the congregation has sent teams to Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Haiti, and Mexico to provide medical, educational, and construction assistance. Other help has gone to a family affected by a house fire and the volunteer fire-
fighters, and the cities of Prophetstown and Washington. A community supper is served at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays and a 9:30 a.m. coffee nook is weekdays for those who are retired. Elementary school children also can take advantage of a weekly after-school tutoring session from August through May. The church continues to reach out to other communities. Volunteers sew and pack supplies for Midwest Distribution Center in Chatham to be used for disaster relief. The church also helps to support area programs – Loaves and Fishes, the FISH Pantry, and Twin Cities PADS Shelter, all in Sterling. For information, call the church at 815-336-2226.
Spring Valley Reformed Church, 10960 Spring Valley Road, Fulton, will be site of the Spring Valley Talent Night and Home Homecoming Night at 7 p.m. Sunday. Church members will perform a variety of music. Clyde Rensink, former pastor, will be the special guest. Those attending are welcome to bring lawn chairs or remain in their vehicles. Photo submitted by Penny VanKampen.
Teddy tea party scheduled ROCK FALLS – A number of activities are planned at Rock Falls Public Library, 1007 Seventh Ave. The library board will meet at 1 p.m. Aug. 11. Youth programs: Children can bring a stuffed animal for a teddy bear tea party from 2 to 3 p.m. Aug. 5. A superhero party will be from 3 to 4 p.m. Aug. 7, and participants can wear superhero costumes. All ages can attend both programs, which will feature games, snacks, and activities. Registration is required in person or by phone at 815-6262958. Rocket Readers is an after school reading
program for students in kindergarten through fourth grade. Stories, games, snacks, activities, and crafts are based on different themes each week. The programs are from 4 to 4:45 p.m. Mondays. Registration is required. Rock Readers will resume in October, rockfallslibrary.com and the library’s newsletter will list sign-up dates. Adult programs: The Mystery Book Club will be at 10 a.m. Aug. 7. This month’s selection is “The Light in the Ruins,� by Chris Bohjalian. Tuesday Book Club will be 6 p.m. Aug. 26. The book selection is “Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake,�
by Anna Quindlen. Newcomers are welcome to attend both groups. Copies of the books are available at the library desk. Scrapbooking will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 8 and Aug. 22. Special art exhibit: Beginning in August, Linda Von Holten, artist and owner of Artwork by LVH, will display her oil and acrylic works. Von Holten will be onhand to greet viewers, answer questions, and discuss availability. The works feature characters from books adapted into motion pictures. For more information, call the library.
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Preservation group receives energy grant The Prairie Preservation Society of Ogle County will begin stewardship work on the Sand Ridge Prairie, which it purchased about 4 years ago. A grant, received from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, will support the removal of invasive weeds, including overgrown conifers, restore degraded deciduous woods to oak savannah, and conduct prescribed burn. The grant also will allow volunteers to collect and disperse seeds in sites to re-establish the native ecosystem, and conduct flora and fauna surveys. Work will be done by volunteers including, PPSOC members and the public. For more information on how to help, contact PPSOC at ppsoc.org@ gmail.com or 815-7327332,PPSOC also will con-
Members of the Prairie Preservation Society of Ogle County gathered at Sand Ridge Prairie. The society received a grant to stewardship on the prairie. Photo submitted by Sonia Vogl. duct wildflower walks to beauty of the area, which sand prairie in northern To qualify for match- required to raise money acquaint people with the is considered the finest Illinois. ing grant funds, PPSOC is through donations.
Fair time in Carroll County MILLEDGEVILLE – 4-H Clothing Judging will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the exhibit building, for all county members enrolled in clothing, knitting, and crocheting projects. Project check-in is from 6 to 6:15 p.m. The style show and dress revue will follow the judging. Clothing project members also will present a style show at 2 p.m. Aug. 2 in the hospitality tent. 4-H’ers and families will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday to sweep out the 4-H exhibit building, setup the risers, and get the rest of the building and the ice cream stand ready for the fair. Push brooms, hammers, rags, buckets, cleaning supplies, ladders, and cordless drills are needed. Pizza and drink will be furnished for all workers by the 4-H Federation. For more information or to sign-up to attend for a food count, contact Leanne Rahn. The Carroll County Fair will be Aug. 2-9 at the fairgrounds. Exhibits on general projects, home furnishings, child care, beef breeding, beef bucket calf, beef
Carroll County Extension For more informaTION CONTACT THE #ARROLL #OUNTY %XTENSION OFFICE $ 3 #LAY 3T -OUNT #ARROLL online at edu/clw or Leanne Rahn at lrahn@ illinois.edu,edu/clw or 815-244-9444. 4HE #ARROLL #OUNTY &AIRGROUNDS IS AT Milledgeville Road, Milledgeville. Go to carrollcountyfair.info for more information. feeding, beef carcass class, cat, rabbit, poultry, sheep, goat, horse and pony, and swine will be judged. Public Auction Services of Polo will conduct a 4-H livestock and small animal auction at 7 p.m. Aug. 5 in the poultry barn, with Lenny Bryson, auctioneer. The 4-H and Carroll County Livestock Feeders Association will have a hamburger meal deal from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 3 in the 4-H Building. To celebrate extension’s 100th anniversary, the
cost will be $3 for a hamburger, chips, cookie bar, and water. The anniversary display, 4-H Foundation display, 4-H exhibits, and Master Gardener display will be in the building to view. The 4-H Federation ice cream stand, under the grandstand, will offer soft-serve ice cream, sundaes, and flurries. A silent auction will be held in the 4-H building during the fair. Themed baskets will be available for bids. They include movie night, outdoor fun, summer nights, baby basket, health and fitness, horse, and scrapbooking. Silent auction bids will be taken until 6 p.m. Aug. 9 in the 4-H Building. Winning baskets can be picked up from 6 to 8 p.m. that night. All proceeds from the auction will go to the Carroll County 4-H Federation for educational programs, scholarships to leadership conferences, and 4-H promotion. The public is welcome to all events. For more information and a complete schedule, visit the fair website.
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Paul Vock (left) and Dan Heusinkveld, longtime members of the Whiteside County Fair Board, have been named the Friend of the Fair honorees. Photo submitted by Todd Mickley.
Local men honored for service MORRISON – Paul Vock and Dan Heusinkveld will be the 144th annual Whiteside County Friend of the Fair honorees at the fairgrounds, 201 W. Winfield St. Since 1989, the board has honored those who have made an extra effort to support and make the fair as fun as possible for all those who participate and attend the shows and events. Vock was the heavy horse superintendent from 1971 to 1991,
becoming the president of the board in 1992. Heusinkveld was the running race superintendent from 1979 to 1981, becoming the harness racing superintendent in 1982. They both continue to serve on the board. The first event of the fair is the 8 a.m. Aug. 12 Western Horse Show in the infield at the newlyconfigured Gold Star F.S. Arena. Grandstand entertainment is the 7 p.m. Pro-Bull Riding. Other events include live entertainment, a
horseshoe tournament, and harness racing. More than $119,000 in premiums will be offered in prize money to the winners in 1,500 different exhibits. The 60-page premium books are available at banks throughout the county or online directly from the fair website. Wilson Family Shows will provide carnival and midway attractions. Go to whitesidecountyfair.org for more information and a complete fair schedule.
Annual animal auction Aug. 2
Members of Midwest Mulisha presented a check July 16 to Joan Padilla, executive director of Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center in Dixon. Midwest Mulisha is a local bike group committed to strengthening its community. Photo submitted by Sonia Vogl.
OREGON – The Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction has been set for Aug. 2, in conjunction with the Ogle County Fair at the fairgrounds. The public is welcome to support 4-H project work by bidding on a quality 4-H animal. The auction will start at 3 p.m. in the swine barn. Live animals may be purchased and sent to a locker, or may be bought and resold at a slaughterhouse. Slaughterhouse buyers also will attend. Transportation to processing plants will be provided.
Ogle County Extension 4HE /GLE #OUNTY Fairgrounds are at 1440 Limekiln Road, Oregon. Visit oglecountyfair. COM OR CALL 2191 for more information and a complete fair listing. A floor price will be set according to the current market trends on the sale day. A list of current market prices will be available. Champion and reserve
champion market animals will be sold first. Pork and lamb carcasses will be sold whole. Beef carcasses will be sold in halves. Sale order will be sheep carcasses, live sheep, live turkeys, ducks, rabbits, dairy basket, swine carcasses, live swine, beef carcasses, live beef, meat goat weathers, live sheep, live swine, and live beef. Sale brochures are available online at edu/ bdo and at the ogle County Extension Office. Bidding arrangements can be made for interested parties who are unable to attend.
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free, however, a reservation TICKET IS REQUIRED TO BOARD THE BUS 4ICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT 35",%44% n 4HE PUBLIC the Woodhaven Association IS WELCOME TO VISIT A BEEF main office, 590 La Moille and grain farm and have the Road. opportunity to speak to farm6ISITORS WILL GET A BETTER ERS DURING &ARM 6ISIT $AY UNDERSTANDING OF BEEF AND 4HE ,EE #OUNTY &ARM grain production, as well as Bureau will host its 20th annual event from 10 a.m. to a guided tour and a complimentary lunch. 1:30 p.m. Aug. 9. For more information, conBusses will pickup particiTACT THE ,EE #OUNTY &ARM pants at Woodhaven Asso"UREAU AT LEECFB COMCAST CIATION .ATURE #ENTER La Moille Road. Admission is NET OR CALL
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marshmallows dipped in chocolate syrup into each OTHER S MOUTHS In August, they will set up /2%'/. n 4HIS YEAR S /GLE #OUNTY ( &EDERATION THE CHILDREN S FARM AT THE /GLE #OUNTY ( &AIR )N theme is food. At a recent meeting, mem- 3EPTEMBER THE GROUP WILL MEET FOR A BONFIRE ROAST BERS PLAYED MESSY FOOD GAMES 4HEY USED ALPHABET marshmallows, and vote on soup to spell words on each THE NEXT THEME OTHER S FACES AND HAD TO FIND For more information, or to JOIN ( CONTACT THE /GLE A PIECE OF BUBBLEGUM IN A pile of whipped cream, with- #OUNTY %XTENSION OFFICE AT out using their hands, and )NFORMATION PROVIDED BY THEN BLOW A BUBBLE 4HEY ALSO TOSSED JUMBO Kaitlyn Ackland.
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Chelsea Pfeiffer scans items at Amazon’s new sortation center in Kent, Washington. At these centers, packages zip along a maze of conveyor belts, where computers and workers sort them to ultimately deliver them to individual post offices in Seattle; Portland, Oregon; Spokane, Washington; and points in between.
Amazon opens first of ‘sortation’ centers Company expects to eventually have 15 running BY JAY GREENE -#4 .EWS 3ERVICE
KENT, Wash. – As Mike Roth steps into Amazon. com’s newest warehouse here, he spreads his arms wide and asks what is different about this facility from the 96 other warehouses the Web giant operates around the world. To anyone who has ever set foot in one of those 1 million-square-foot buildings, known in Amazon parlance as fulfillment centers, the answer is obvious. There is not a product in sight. No books. No toasters. No toothpaste. There aren’t the rows and rows of shelves on which those products are shelved. There aren’t any workers who stow the products, pick them from the shelves or box them up. Instead, the newly opened Kent warehouse is teeming with sealed parcels, full of items Amazon customers have ordered. Those packages zip along a maze of conveyor belts, where computers and workers sort them to ultimately deliver them to individual post offices in Seattle; Portland, Oregon; Spokane, Washington; and points in between. By controlling the delivery process right up to the last mile, Amazon can get packages to customers on Sunday, a service it announced with the U.S. Postal Service last November. And with the opening of the Kent facility, Sunday delivery has begun in the Pacific Northwest. “When you see us announcing Sunday delivery, you can assume a sortation center is close by,� Roth said. The “sortation center� also lets Seattle members
of its $99-a-year Prime subscription service order as late as 11:59 p.m. to get 2-day shipping at no extra charge. That’s 9 hours later than the previous cut-off time for 2-day delivery. Non-Prime customers in Seattle also can use the later cutoff order times for 2-day delivery if they are willing to pay for the service, which starts at $1.99 an item and climbs depending on size and weight. In addition to the Kent facility, adjacent to a site where Amazon is building a new fulfillment center, the company has quietly opened sortation centers in Atlanta; Dallas; Houston; Phoenix; Avenel, New Jersey; Hebron, Kentucky; and San Bernardino, California, in recent weeks. By the end of the year, Amazon will have more than 15 sortation centers, all in the United States, according to Roth. Each will employ several hundred workers. “There’s going to be very rapid growth in the next couple of months,� Roth said. The sortation centers make sense only because Amazon has grown so large. The company won’t disclose how many packages it ships daily, nor will it say how many go through the new Kent facility, except that it will be “tens of thousands� a day. It’s that massive volume that makes it financially feasible to control the shipping on so many parcels right up to the last mile. It’s unlikely any other online retailer has enough volume to even try its own sortation center. “Our size and scale now allows us to optimize more of the fulfillment service,� Roth said. Increasing the speed of
delivery is a top priority for Amazon. The retail titan can offer many advantages over brickand-mortar rivals. But the one glaring disadvantage is that the local bookstore, electronics chain or toystore can offer instant gratification, letting customers immediately walk away with the product they purchased. Sortation centers move Amazon a step closer to erasing one of the key barriers to customers shopping online. Ultimately, Amazon would like to handle next-day delivery from the Kent site, something a company spokeswoman said is possible from other sortation centers. The facilities enable Amazon to hold on to packages much farther down the delivery chain. In the past, Amazon might have shipped a DVD ordered by a Seattle shopper, for example, from its fulfillment center in Sumner, Washington. There, workers would have boxed the item and handed the package off to one of several carriers, such as UPS or FedEx. Now, Amazon will put that DVD onto a truck that will bring it, along with tens of thousands of other packages on other trucks, to this Kent site, generally within a day or so for items that are shipped 2-day delivery. Amazon workers, then, sort all the packages by ZIP codes, place them on pallets and deliver them to local post offices – for now, the new sortation centers will deliver only to U.S. Postal Service offices – by 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. to arrive in that day’s mail. “We can control the packages much longer,� Roth said.
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Because the building is small and the owner wants to “concentrate on what I know,� there won’t be a kitchen. There will be gourmet snack foods such as cheese and sausage trays, fruit and chocolates. The look of the building will continue the urban theme, and will eschew traditional bar decorations, instead opting for an artistic feel. “It will be somewhat industrial, yet modern and sophisticated,� Jaramillo said. “There will be art instead of the usual bar signs.� Patrons will be able to hang out on the deck in back, and there will be a small stage to accommodate two or three musicians. Jazz and lounge music will be the preferred genre.
Jaramillo believes wine is an art form, and she eventually would like to bring in a sommelier for those who would like to broaden their horizons. Jaramillo had initially looked at buildings in Morrison, believing there was an unmet need for her entertainment offering. Things didn’t work out there, and a couple of years ago, she was asked about buying a building in Rock Falls. “I had at first said no, but when they told me the hotel was coming in, I made a decision to do this within 2 weeks,� she said. She said city officials have been very helpful. She is one of the first business owners to receive funds from the city’s new facade improvement grant program, administered by Rock Falls Community Development Corp. “Community leaders
showed me some plans for the riverfront,� she said. “Everything is starting to come together, and it’s going to be very cool.� Randy Balk, RFCDC executive director, said it should be a top priority for small communities to bring back their own. “We have to make changes to entice our people to come back,� Balk said. “It’s a qualityof-life issue – striving to make home more attractive.� Balk said the facade program is an example of how important it is to reach out to smallerscale entrepreneurs. “This infuses enthusiasm for projects like Violet’s,� Balk said. “The hotel is spurring smaller investments, and before you know it, there could be 10 to 12 Violets to complement the bigger development that is bringing in visitors.�
Dear Dave, Where can I find mutual funds with a 12 percent rate of return? – Jason
Even tutoring would bring in some additional cash. I’ve got a feeling, too, that those master’s degrees can provide you with more money than you’re currently making. It can be done, Sean, but it’s going to take a lot of hard work and discipline. It may even take 4 or 5 years to get this mess cleaned up, but you can’t keep living without a plan. – Dave
Dear Jason, There aren’t a lot of them, but they are out there. Currently, there are about 8,000 different mutual funds floating around. You have to get online and do some serious research, or talk with an investing professional with the heart of a teacher, but I own several mutual funds that have an average
annual return in excess of 12 percent over the lifetime of the fund. Now, do they make that every single year? Of course not. The figure I’m talking about is an average. I own one in particular that has done that for about 70 years. But the stock market in general has averaged just under 12 percent a year since its inception. So yes, with solid research and due diligence on the part of the investor, it is possible to get that as an average annual rate of return. – Dave
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COLLEGE BRIEFS Illinois State University NORMAL – Students who earned Bachelor of Science degrees from Illinois State University include: Brian A. Stenzel of Amboy; Laura E. Kuczek of Byron; Amelia R. Wetzel of Davis Junction; Nadia A. Muhsin of Dixon; Karoline B. Kniss of Lanark; 2EBECCA , #OLLOTON OF Leaf River; #AROL ! $REY +AYLA ! (OFFMAN AND #ORIE , Schave, all of Morrison; Shelby M. Vincent of Ohio; Victoria N. Manheim of Oregon; $REW 2 #HEATHAM AND -ATTHEW $ 6AN/OSTEN BOTH of Polo; Matthew J. Braski AND "RANDON $ 3VELA BOTH of Rochelle; Kandit Kovadhana of Rock Falls; Jamie " "UCKINGHAM +YLE , #OX Nicholas A. Hammer, and Nathan E. Reed, all of Sterling; and Olivia M. Klein of Sublette. Brianne J. Bjorklund and Elizabeth M. Hodapp, both of Byron; Megan L. Sattizahn of Erie; Taylor P. Gott of La Moille; #HRISTINE . Nordman of Ohio; #HRISTINE N. Nordman of Oregon; and $IANA . $E!NDA OF Sterling earned Bachelor of Science degrees in education. Nicole L. Lindenmier of Compton; Haley N. Stouffer of La Moille; Valerie M. Woolums of Prophetstown; Jaimie L. Gleissner of Rochelle; and Ashley M. Koenig of Stillman Valley, earned Bachelor of Arts degrees. Those who earned Master of Science degrees include: -ARIAH ! $AVIDSON OF Ashton; Josue Hernandez of Rochelle; and Kelly E. Nickrent of Sterling. Kelly A. Bramm of Sterling earned a Master of Science degree in social work.
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FAYETTE, Iowa – Rebecca $UKE OF Oregon graduated cum laude in May with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Upper Iowa University.
Rock Valley College 2/#+&/2$ n *ASON Gomes of Sauk Valley Machining in Dixon earned a Journeyman certificate June 4 from the Rock River Valley Tooling and Machining Association. #ERTIFICATES ARE AWARDED to apprentices who have completed an apprenticeship with a company in the Rock River Valley region. To achieve journeyman status, an individual must attain 8,000 to 10,000 hours on the job learning along with 608 hours of classroom technical training over 4 years at Rock 6ALLEY #OLLEGE
University of Montana Western $),,/. -ONT n ,ARissa Wilkins of Fulton has been named to the spring dean’s list at the University of Montana Western.
UW – Stout MENOMONIE, Wis. – Michael Rick of Dixon earned the Chancellor’s Award for the spring semester at the University of Wisconsin – Stout.
Edgewood College -!$)3/. 7IS n +ATIE Medema of Prophetstown earned semester honors for the spring semester at EdgeWOOD #OLLEGE
Winona State University WINONA, Minn. – Jordan Barrington of Rochelle has been named to the Winona State University spring dean’s list.
Drake University $%3 -/).%3 )OWA n Lindsey Montross of Polo graduated with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences AT $RAKE University. #ONNER 7ASSON OF Sterling graduated with a Juris Doctor DEGREE FROM $RAKE University Law School.
Dana Kepner shows her Brown Swiss cow at the Vocational Agriculture Fair. Samantha Haney displays her winning floral arrangePhotos submitted by Willard Mott. ment.
Kalie Rumbold stands with her Black Angus.
Sadie Geldean showed her Hampshire. Bob Hensel her grandfather, was at the fair with her.
Students attend Vocational Agriculture Fair Members of the Bureau Valley High School FFA Chapter and Agricultural Education Program recently competed in the July 1-2 Vocational Agriculture Fair. Section 3 agriculture teachers hosted 13 schools during the 2-day event at Black Hawk College East Campus and Henry County Fairgrounds in Cambridge. Dana Kepner of Walnut, Nicole Bannick of Deer Grove, and Seth Cambron of Wyanet competed in horse show classes including, halter, horsemanship, western pleasure, pole
bending, and barrel racing. Cambron won the Grand Champion Speed Horse Award. Students who competed in Cambridge were Sadie Geldean of Walnut, swine; Kalie Rumbold of Wyanet and Jessica Loudenburg of Bradford, beef; Katie Smith of Walnut and Samantha Haney of Tampico, crops; and Dana Kepner of Walnut, dairy cattle. Top awards went to Rumbold, Champion Beef Steer; and Haney, Champion Floral Arrangement and Reserve Champion Nicole Bannick and Seth Cambron display their ribbons from the horse show Vegetable Arrangement. competition.
Kids learn cooking skills, importance of nutrition ROCHELLE – The University of Illinois Ogle County Extension, Oregon Office, and Rochelle School District 231 teamed up to offer 4-H Food Smart Families Summer Cooking School as part of the Summer HUB project for students in third through fifth grades. 4-H members were recruited by 4-H staff to serve as “Teen Teachers� for the program. The teens went through three trainings with extension staff. The first training was a review of program expectations and best practices for being a teen teacher. The second was a basic nutrition education and curriculum review. In the final training, the students did teach-backs with their fellow teachers and received feedback.
Students were taught under the supervision of Sue Buntjer and Mary Beth Christen, both Illinois Nutritional Education Program educators; and Jordan Mingus, Megan Ackland, and Kaitlyn Ackland of Ogle County Clovers in Oregon; Nathan Keys and Jacob Myroth, of Hub Hickory Nuts in Rochelle; and Jacob Ebens and Johnathan Prose of Carefree Club in Oregon, all teen leaders. Each day participants learned nutritional lessons on how to eat healthy snacks and meals. Kids created snacks while they learned math and reading skills, as they followed recipes and measured ingredients. The program was made possible through a grant funded by ConAgra.
Kaitlyn Ackland (front row, from left), Jacob Ebens, and Johnathon Prose; and (back row) Megan Ackland, Nathan Keys, Jacob Myroth, and Jordan Mingus were the teen leaders at the 4-H Food Smart Families Summer Cooking School Program. Photo submitted by Lisa Valle.
Ogle County Extension offers summer camp activities The University of Illinois Ogle County Extension, Oregon office, and the Meridian School District, and Indian Hill Farm, both in Stillman Valley, collaborated to offer “Down on the Farm� as part of the Cardinal Flight to Fitness Summer Camp. Through the Ag in the Classroom Program offered June 23, participants learned where breakfast comes from. Melinda Charbonneau and Lisa Valle, Ogle County staff; Samantha Kowalczyk, extension intern; and Phil Bratta, Mary Ley, Katrina Lowry, Casey Martin, and Michael Ring, volunteers, presented educational programs. During the opening
activity, kids listened to the story, “The Cow in Patrick O’Shanahan’s Kitchen,� by Diana Prichard. Participants then rotated between six stations with information about various aspects of agriculture. They got up close to beef cattle, sang with the chickens, germinated soybeans, felt the wool of sheep, and discovered the particles of soil. They also played Oinko, and learned many facts about pigs. Ag in the Classroom is offered through the extension, in partnership with Ogle County Farm Bureau, Carroll County Farm Bureau, Ogle County Soil and Water, and Carroll County Soil and Water.
Madison Simms (from left), Parker Simms, Justin Montero, and Cale Kleinschmidt visited a beef barn during Down on the Farm Summer Camp in Stillman Valley. Photo submitted by Lisa Valle.
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Dwarfs, wizards and princesses It’s a busy summer for Florida’s theme parks BY MARJIE LAMBERT MCT News Service
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, which opened May 28 at Magic Kingdom, is quintessential Disney: Based on the 1937 movie “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” the ride has the requisite storyline. The faces of the movie dwarfs are replicated in audio-animatronic characters. It has the movie’s cheery music. A family roller coaster, it is only moderately scary and is open to kids as small as 3-foot-2. The train is the centerpiece – and the final piece – of the Fantasyland expansion that began in 2010. It joins Princess Fairytale Hall, which opened last fall, as well as the Journey of the Little Mermaid ride, Enchanted Tales with Belle and other attractions. While visitors are checking out the mine train and Fantasyland’s other new elements, Disney’s Imagineers have moved on. They’re in Animal Kingdom, which is about to see the largest expansion in its history. Imagineers are working on the new Avatar land, the first phase of which is scheduled to open in 2017. Construction walls are up and the first dirt has been moved. Flying banshees are coming! Disney is also starting work on a new nighttime light-andmusic show, “Rivers of Light,” at Animal Kingdom. A start date has not been announced. Over at Universal Orlando, the final touches are being put on Diagon Alley, the new Harry Potter land, is now open. This new Wizarding World has a thrill ride, Escape from Gringotts, plus the Hogwarts Express, which connects Diagon Alley to the original Wizarding World in Universal’s Islands of Adventure. Busch Gardens has good and bad news for its summer season. The scheduled May 1 opening of Falcon’s Fury, a drop tower, was delayed. However, its colorful home “land” – Pantopia, remade from what was once called Timbuktu – is open, with a new shop and food spots. There are new features as well at Legoland and two Orlando water parks. And both Disney and Universal are upgrading their dining and entertainment areas, Downtown Disney and Universal CityWalk. Here’s a partial rundown:
If you go Theme parks Busch Gardens: 888-8005447; www.buschgardens.com Discovery Cove: 877-5577404; www.discoverycove.com Disney World: 407-9395277 or 407-939-1289; www. disneyworld.com Legoland: 877-350-LEGO (350-5346), http://florida.legoland.com/ SeaWorld: 888-800-5447; www.SeaWorldOrlando.com Universal Orlando: Main number 407-363-8000; tickets 407-224-7840; www.UniversalOrlando.com
trucks: Four food trucks representing each of the four Disney parks are stationed at temporary spots at Downtown Disney, where Food Truck Park is under construction and expected to open this summer. Samples from the menus: Variations on meatballs from Hollywood Studios, tandoori chicken and Asian-influenced dishes from Animal Kingdom, Croque Monsieur sandwiches and Disneyland corn dogs from Magic Kingdoms around the world, lobster rolls and pierogies from the best of the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. Universal Theme park dining Leaky Cauldron: OpenUpdates and expansions at ing this summer in Wizarding the theme parks have added an array of new menu items at World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley, it will feature tradia variety of food stands, restaurants and food trucks. Here tional British dishes including Bangers and Mash, Fisherare some highlights: man’s Pie, Fish and Chips, and Disney World two new beers created excluSpice Road Table: New sively for the attraction – Wiztable-service restaurant in ard’s Brew and Dragon Scale. Epcot’s World Showcase, Florean Fortescue’s Icefeaturing small plates (lamb Cream Parlour: Also on Diagon sliders, fried calamari, mussels tagine) from the Mediterranean. Alley, the shop will offer unique flavors of ice cream, including Downtown Disney food Butterbeer, Sticky Toffee Pud-
turns and dips on the outside of the mountain, then slows as it runs inside the mine, where the dwarfs are working in all their audio-animatronic splendor, singing songs from the movie. The walls are studded with giant gems. Then the train goes outside again, encountering curves that are little tighter and dips that are a little longer and steeper. The ride is surprisingly smooth. Scary drops appear, but the train takes them at a speed that will deliciously frighten, not terrify children. In terms of thrills, the ride is about midway between the Barnstormer – the Great Goofini’s junior coaster – and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. If you’re familiar with the old movie, you’ll recognize details duplicated on the ride: the dwarfs’ shadows striding along a mountain wall; the carved wooden sign over The Vault; Dopey with diamonds in his eyes. And in the cabin at the end of the ride, you’ll see Snow White and Dopey dancing in a scene from the movie. Theme parks must constantly update their attractions to Magic Kingdom hold the interest of its young The Seven Dwarfs Mine guests, who may not be familTrain was a late addition to iar with Snow White or the the Fantasyland expansion, Seven Dwarfs but adore the which began largely as a new princess-stars of Frozen. meet-and-greet site for the That’s evident at “New Disney princesses, said Pam Fantasyland.” The stars of Rawlins, a Disney Imagineer Princess Fairytale Hall, which and show producer. Work on opened last fall, are Anna and other elements had already Elsa of Frozen. The sisters begun. “We needed somemoved in at the end of April. thing to add kinetic energy,” In mid-May, the earliest a fan Rawlins said. could get a FastPass to see Snow White’s Scary Adventhem was in July. One schooltures was to be torn down day morning in May, the wait to make room for Princess in the standby line (for those Fairytale Hall, leaving those who don’t have FastPasses) characters without a home. So was 5 hours. For Cinderella Disney’s newest coaster would and Rapunzel, greeting guests tell the tale of Snow White’s in the hall’s other parlor: 40 temporary roommates. minutes. “It is a story we have never “Who is the target for told before, not through the princesses? It’s little girls,” eyes of the Seven Dwarfs,” said Robert Niles, editor of Rawlins said. ThemeParkInsider.com. “For The queue for the ride will them, Snow White might as briefly keep kids busy with well be someone from the two interactive elements, sort- Middle Ages. That’s not their princess, not their character. ing and washing gems from But the characters from Frothe mine. zen are.” Riders sit in seats that look Princess Fairytale Hall, built like the rough-hewn mine buckets in the movie and add next to Cinderella Castle, has a grand tiara over the entrance, another element of motion. The buckets, which the dwarfs stained-glass windows with scenes from the film Cindercarved with their axes, hang ella, and decor in royal purple like cradles from pivots that allow them to swing from side and gold. Inside are two wood-paneled parlors where to side as the train rounds princesses meet their fans curves. – Cinderella and Rapunzel The ride starts with quick
in one, Anna and Elsa in the other, along with a third princess – Aurora, Snow White, Tiana, Jasmine or Mulan – who changes daily. Guests must choose which parlor to get in line for. The Fantasyland expansion underscored just how important character meet-andgreets have become for young fans, adding multiple sites dedicated to meeting characters. In addition to Princess Fairytale Hall, those include Enchanted Tales with Belle in Maurice’s Cottage; Ariel’s Grotto next to her ride, Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid; and Pete’s Silly Sideshow, with Donald Duck, Goofy, Minnie Mouse and Daisy as circus characters. In March, Magic Kingdom debuted a daily parade that features floats and characters from Fantasyland and Disney movies – Belle and the Beast dancing; Ariel seated in a clamshell above her underthe-sea friends; Peter Pan and a giant pirate ship trailed by Tick-Tock the crocodile; Rapunzel and the Snuggly Duckling pub from Tangled; Merida of Brave atop a giant bagpipe; Dumbo, Pinocchio, Mickey, Cinderella, and of course, Anna and Elsa. The star, though (just in time for the movie) is the 53-foot-long, 26-foot-tall firebreathing steampunk dragon inspired by Disney’s Maleficent, a new take on the story of Sleeping Beauty.
ding, and Orange Marmalade, as well as cakes and pastries. Antojitos Authentic Mexican Food: New on CityWalk, Antojitos serves enchiladas, tamales, tacos and chiles rellenos “straight from the street carts and cantinas of Mexico” downstairs. Upstairs, the menu has a more gourmet bent: duck tacos, braised short ribs with manchego corn pudding, pan-seared red chile mahi. Red Oven Pizza Bakery: Also new on CityWalk, it offers salads and Neapolitan-style pizzas made to order in a stone-lined oven. Busch Gardens Twisted Tails Pretzel Bakery: New in Pantopia, offers specialty pretzels including the Bacon Fury Pretzel (about 15 inches of warm pretzel entwined with bacon), pretzel sandwiches and craft beer. Dragon Fire Grill: Part of the Pantopia makeover, Dragon Fire Grill is an outdoor show grill attached to the Pantopia Grill (formerly the Desert Grill) and offers a new assortment of grilled meats and pinchos (snacks).
choir, dancers and celebrity narrators, including Viola Davis, David Alan Grier and Alfre Woodard. Scenes from the movie are integrated into the production. “Through Disney magic and Harambe magic, the scenes begin to come to life,” said Marsha Jackson-Randolph, the show director. “It’s a wonderful film with such an incredible legacy. [Producing the show] has challenged us in a very positive way to look at how this film still has such power.” After the show is a street party with Africa-inspired food and drink (including alcoholic beverages), dancers, stilt performers, characters and a DJ. (Tickets, $119-$134 adults, $79-94 ages 9 and under, at https://disneyworld.com/ harambenights ). Epcot also has two new adult-oriented events that pair specialty drinks and desserts or appetizers during and after the IllumiNations light show. During the show, the IllumiNations Sparkling Dessert Party on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday features a dessert buffet and sparkling wine ($49 adults, $29 children). The After Hours Wind Down, Thursday-Sunday, offers a selection of appetizers or dessert plus a beverage flight at four Epcot restaurants ($35). Reservations for either: www. disneyworld.com/spring. Downtown Disney, which has floundered for a new Animal Kingdom theme and updated identity since the Pleasure Island Festival of the Lion King reopened at the new Harambe clubs were closed more than 5 years ago, is finally moving Theatre in the Africa section forward with a new design. of the park after being closed Construction walls are everyin January. The show, which started at Animal Kingdom in where. The plan calls for a major 1998, moved so the old theater makeover, built around could be torn down to make room for the new Avatar land. four interconnected neighborhoods along the water The show tells the Lion King inspired by Florida’s turn-ofstory in acrobatics, dance, music and puppetry. It is per- the-century lakeside towns. Disney says the redo will formed multiple times every double the shopping, dining day. and entertainment opporSummer brings a new Lion tunities and emphasize its King event to Animal Kingwaterfront – plus add badly dom as well, the after-hours needed parking and pedesHarambe Nights, oriented train bridges and widen toward adults although open Buena Vista Drive. to children. The evening The transformation of includes a reception, a theatDowntown Disney into Disney rical production and a street Springs won’t be completed party with a buffet. The show until 2016, but some improveis presented Saturday nights ments will be ready this sumthrough Aug. 9. mer, including Food Truck The heart of the evening, Park; a cluster of boutiques which celebrates the 20th anniversary of The Lion King, featuring Disney goods from home furnishings to beauty is a 55-minute theatrical proproducts; stores offering socduction with live orchestra,
cer gear and stuff for dogs; two Starbucks; and a schedule of live entertainment. Downtown Disney, said Niles, of ThemeParkInsider. com, is in competition with Universal CityWalk, where ample nighttime parking opens up as guests leave the parks; developments along International Drive such as The Orlando Eye and Madame Tussauds scheduled to open next spring; and Disney’s own parks that are open at night. The key, he said, was for Downtown Disney to build parking structures, as well as refresh the dated look and mix at the complex. Disney is now doing that in a big way, he said, but ultimately the success of Disney Springs will depend on regular updates instead of letting it languish as it has in recent years. MyMagic+: Disney has expanded use of its MyMagic+ program, initially limited to guests of Disney hotels, so anyone can use it to reserve FastPasses ahead of time and buy photo packages. The program still has limitations and is still being tweaked, but reserving FastPasses in advance is definitely an improvement over running all over the park to collect each one. Hotel guests can start reserving FastPasses 60 days before their visit, and everyone else can make reservations 30 days out, as long as they have their ticket number. Guests can also get a MagicBand, a coded bracelet that serves as park admission, FastPass, and Disney PhotoPass. Hotel guests can also use them as room key and as a method of payment. Both are done in conjunction with the MyDisneyExperience. com website or mobile app, so a guest can, for example, change FastPass reservations anytime, anywhere on their smart phone.
Universal The opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley at Universal Studios was much anticipated. There’s a high level of interest, and that’s no surprise. According to Universal, where attendance rose more than 30 percent after the opening of the first Harry Potter attraction in 2010, more than 450 million copies of the Harry Potter books have been sold worldwide, while the eight Harry Potter films have grossed more than $7.7 billion. The signature element of Diagon Alley is a thrill ride, Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts, the storyline taken from the final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Goblinrun Gringotts is protected by an enormous fire-breathing dragon whose installation atop the bank was one of the high points of construction. Taken straight from the movie, that is one nasty-looking dragon! Harry and friends break into the bank in order to steal a Horcrux, an enchanted item that would help them destroy the evil Lord Voldemort. Theme park visitors, ostensibly at the bank to open their own accounts with the spooky animatronic goblins, get caught up in the action. Riders come face-to-face with Voldemort, “one of the greatest villains of all time,” said Dale Mason, executive producer of Wizarding World. “It seems to me that it’s not Harry Potter without Voldemort.” Mason said the Universal Creative team wanted an appearance by Voldemort in the first Harry Potter ride, which is set at Hogwarts, “but it just didn’t work out.”
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The Rev. Scott Porter (center, holding check), lead pastor at Abiding Word Church in Sterling, receives $1,000 from the Green River Riders Association. The money will be toward the home being built for Michael Shoemaker, who was wounded in Afghanistan. Photo submitted by Porter.
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
Carol Bellows, the first-place winner in the Pinecrest Community in Mount Morris pie baking contest, shows her winning pie. Photos submitted by Amy Sikyta.
Pastry competition sweet success OREGON – Pinecrest Community’s third annual July 5 pie-baking contest raised more than $4,300 for the Good Samaritan Fund. The fund was established in 1989, to help cover the cost of care for residents who have exhausted their own financial resources. Volunteers were Rick Garnhart, auctioneer; Brandon Clark, performer; and Chris and Sue Miller, who
donated the prize money. First place in the adult category was awarded to a strawberry rhubarb pie entered by Carol Bellows of Oregon. First place in the children’s category went to Wyatt Atkinson of Rockford, for his punchers chocolate chip cookie pie. Second place in the adult category was awarded to DeAnne Auld from Brown’s Summit, North Carolina, for her apple pie; and in the
children’s category, Auld’s daughter, Amy, with her pecan pie entry. DeAnne said the recipes were her grandmother’s, and her both her grandparents were former Pinecrest Manor residents. Third place was given to Amy Atkinson of Rockford for her berry berry pie. Katlyn Weitzel of Loves Park won third place in the children’s category with her rhubarb strawberry pie.
Nicholas Abele of Sterling accepts a $1,000 scholarship from Barbara Frederick (left), Community State Bank financial service officer, Morrison branch. Also in attendance were his parents, David and Karen Abele. He was selected as the Community Bankers Association of Illinois Foundation for Community Banking Scholarship winner, through Community State Bank in Rock Falls. The program offers $23,000 to 26 high-school seniors via an essay-writing contest; $500 also is awarded to the first-place winner’s high school. This year, 188 students statewide, participated in the contest. Details for next year’s program will be available in October. Photo submitted by Frederick.
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MORRISON | WHITESIDE COUNTY 4-H FAIR
ABOVE: Quinn James, 10, of Morrison shows off her tie-dye hog for the crowd July 19 during the costume class at the Whiteside County 4-H Fair at the fairgrounds in Morrison. The class was introduced to get the kids interested and more involved in the 4-H programs. RIGHT: Dante Ketelsen, 9, of Fulton waits with Parker, a borzoi breed, July 19 during the 4-H fair in Morrison.
HOGS AND DOGS Photos by Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com
Mitchell Clodfelter shows off his hog, The Original Pigskin, July 19 at the Whiteside County 4-H Fair.
ABOVE: Luke Heffelfinger, 12, of the Genesee Hillbillies 4-H Club of Coleta-Sterling, shows one of his three hogs July 19 in Morrison.
Princess pig, tie-dye pig, chef pig and, of course, the original pigskin, were some of the costumes for hogs in the costume class at the Whiteside County 4-H Fair on July 19 at the fairgrounds in Morrison.
Kayla Carpenter, 10, of Morrison finds a quiet space with her dog, Sammy, before the obedience competition at the Whiteside County 4-H Fair on July 19 in Morrison.
Lara Bielema, 10, of Fulton guides her dog, Missy, during the final judging July 19 in Morrison.
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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 Siamese/ Himale, malayan, blue eyes, white w/light brown. Near 13th Ave., Sterling. 815-6257691. Lost: black & white cat around th 13 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
ADOPTION NOTICES
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♥♥Adoption:♥♥ A Creative Financially Secure ♥Family♥ Beach House, Music,LOVE, Laughter, awaits 1st baby. Expenses paid. ♥ Trish ♥ 1-800-563-7964
REAL ESTATE 202 SERVICES PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference , limitation or discrimination based on race, color,religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-279275.
FOR SALE BY OWNER
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DIXON 3BR, 1 BA, living room, dining room, kitchen, 4 season's room, 2 car attached garage & 3 car detached garage/both heated, whole house generator, C/A. $135,000, 815973-0313 or 815288-9529
DIXON Dixon Home for Sale Farmettes for Sale 2+ Acre, 3BR, 72'X36' out building $129,900 #122937 3+ acre 4 BR 2BA, 54'X32' out building $126,400. Call Brian at RE/MAX Sauk Valley, 815716-0772 or visit briancorwell.com Dixon Home for Sale Well cared for Ranch. All wood flooring. Remodeled bath. Sun room, full basement. Large family room plus 3rd BR. Deck Large fenced back yard. #123398 $129,900 see at www.Bardierteam.com or Call Lee Bardier 815-7163604 Jill Ramires (hablo espanol) 815-716-7379
GRAND DETOUR On the river, 1BR, 1BA, att. Garage & Firepl. $130,000 815-440-0896 Looking for the perfect home? Read Sauk Valley estate section and Real Estate Weekly on Thursdays.
CEMETERY LOTS
MORRISON
STERLING
Morrison Home for Sale 3BR, 1.75 bath ranch w/ finished basement, deck, main floor laundry, & beautifully landlot. scaped $164,900 #121213 Call John Rosengren at RE/MAX Sauk Valley, 815284-4663 or visit www.SaukValleyHomes.net
Sterling Home for Sale 1018 sq. ft. home with 2-4 BR, 2BA, fenced yard, and corner lot location. $82,500 #12280 Call John Rosengren at RE/MAX Sauk Valley, 815284-4663 or visit www.SaukValleyHomes.net Sterling Home for Sale Exceptional find Northeast Sterling, well maintained 3BR, 2BA, 1800 sq. ft. Family room w/ fireplace $119,900 MLS 123241 Call Brian at RE/MAX Sauk Valley 815-7160772 or visit Brian Corwell.com
ROCK FALLS NEW TODAY PRIVATE CUSTOM HOME W/80 ACRES HUNTERS PARADISE ONE OF A KIND 1/2 TILLABLE 815-590-4402 APPT ONLY
STERLING Open House Sunday 12:30-1:30 520 Spruce St. Sterling 3BR Ranch w/ full basement in Village of Galt. All Sterling schools. 2 ½ car heated garage. Corner lot $152,900 see at www.BardierTeam. com Call Lee Bardier 815-7163604 or Jill Ramirez 815-7167379 Open House Sunday 12:30-1:30 2009 E. 7th St. Sterling Northeast Sterling ranch, Remodeled Kitchen and Bath. Large fenced back yard with fire pit. 1.5 car garage. #123114 $79,250. See at www.BardierTeam. com Call Lee Bardier 815-716-3604 or Jill Ramirez 815-716-7379
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2 Cemetery lots Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon. Garden of Prayer Section R. $1,200 for both. 815-379-2434. 2 Grave Plots, Chapel Hill cemetery in Dixon IL. Located at the Lords Supper for $500 ea. Buyer pays Transfer Fees 863-944-4871 Oak Knoll 2 plots, side by side, First good offer accepted. 815-441-2138
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2 Graves at Chapel Hill in the “Garden of Hymns” M, Lot Section 225, graves 1 & 2. $700 ea. + transfer fee 815-284-1852 One grave space, Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Dixon Garden of Faith, Sec. S, Estate 605 Grave 2. $550.00 plus transfer fee of $175 815-8745141 or 815-7613004
MOBILE HOMES 230
ROCKFALLS
ASHTON
DIXON
2 BR, applcs. Inc. 2 sheds. C/A, $12,000. 815-5907089, 815-5907069 & 815-8786559
★★ 1&2 BR., Ashton/ F.G. 815-7512712/562-5075.★
2BR, 1st floor, apporch & plcs., garage, $650 mo. + ref. & dep. No pets. 815-631-9181
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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
ROCK FALLS 2BR, 1BA, 1 Car garage, $550/mo +dep. No pets. 815-973-6768 EFFICIENCIES! -InclusiveClean & Quiet
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APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED 306 HAVING TROUBLE wording your ad? Call our Classified Department today. We'll be glad to help you. 626-SOLD or 284-SOLD
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1BR upper, stove, refrig., garbage p/u Southside. No pets Refs., lease. $350/ mo. $350/ dep. 815-652-2042. 2 Bedroom 1004 Idlewild Dr. Freshly painted, no pets, no smoking $600 mo. 309-645-3361 2BR laundry, appl. garage. No pets. 815-499-3753.
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1) Nikolai Gogol 2) J.D. Salinger
Classifieds Work!
Terry of Rock Falls sold his 2002 Pontiac Grand Am for $4200 using
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1BR Lower efficiency. Water & garb. furn. All new paint & flooring. $350/mo. + $350 dep. 815-440-2398
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815-284-2224 815-625-3600
3BR Upper $550 mo. + deposit. Includes heat. 815973-5974 DIXON MANOR APTS- 2BR CLEAN QUIET, WALK TO DOWNTOWN, ONSITE LAUNDRY, APPLIANCES INCLUDED, HEAT, WATER INCLUDED. CALL ERICK 815-739-5806 Small 1BR, pay elec. only. $300 / mo. Call Vickie 815-973-4444 XL studio apt., $450/mo., free heat, garbage, water, 815-761-6419
HARMON 1st Month Free! 2BR, appl. incl. Pet friendly. $475/mo. 815-562-7368
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SERVICE DIRECTORY SAUK VALLEY MEDIA • Saturday, July 26, 2014 • PAGE D2
SAUK VALLEY
Air Cond./Heating
Bicycles
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
CALL 815-625-0955
FARLEY'S APPLIANCE Heating & Cooling Sale & Service Free Estimates New & Replacement Units We service all brands! Call Today (815)284-2052
Asphalt
PROFESSIONAL LOT MAINTENANCE
*Seal Coating *Crack Repair *Asphalt Repair *Line Striping *Infrared heat patching License, Insured & Bonded 815-632-9555 **FRANKLIN** MAINTENANCE Pothole Repair Hot Pour Crack Filling Seal Coating Line Striping Bonded-Insured 815-284-6806 T & M PAVING
We Take Your Fun Seriously!
Bicycle Repairs Tune-Ups Overhauls 205 E. 1st St. Dixon, IL 61021 (815)622-8180
www.greenrivercyclery.com Mon. - Fri. 10-6
Brick & Masonry
Concrete Contractors
CONCRETE • Driveways • Sidewalks • Patios CONSTRUCTION • • • • •
Garages Additions Remodeling Decks Homes
LAUTS MASONRY & GENERAL CONTRACTING •Brick Block Stone & Cultured Stone Work •Tuck Pointing Chimney Repair & Removal Over 35 Years Experience Quality work for a reasonable price. Bonded & Insured 815-718-4885
36 yrs. Experience. 815-626-9026
MASONRY PRO'S •Brick-Block-Stone •Chimneys repaired or rebuilt •New Masonry or restoration & tuck-pointing Get masonry repairs done before winter. Free estimates-25 yrs. exp. Insured & bonded. 815-564-8754
Deck Builders
Cleaning Service
Construction RAM CONSTRUCTION •Carpentry •Concrete •Drywall •Texturing •Painting Licensed, Insured & Bonded 815-285-8148
Basement Waterproofing Prater Paint & Waterproofing We Dry Up Basements & Crawl Spaces, Remediate Mold & Install E-Z Breathe™ Ventilation Systems 815-626-5165
www.praterpaintand waterproofing.com
Looking for the perfect home? Read Sauk Valley estate section and Real Estate Weekly on Thursdays.
✱Carpet/ Upholstery ✱Maid/Janitorial Business/ Residential Free Estimates 815-632-3822 www.advanced cleaners.biz
Clock/Watch Repair CLOCK, WATCH & JEWELRY REPAIR •We repair and restore all brands and types of clocks and watches •We make house calls on Grandfather clocks •We repair all types of jewelry, and all work is done on premises •Appraisal Services Professional Jeweler for over 25 years. KRIEGER TIME AND JEWELRY CO. 618 S. Main St. Princeton, IL 815-872-8321
Handyman
COOK'S QUALITY CONSTRUCTION Your Area Leader in Home Repair, Remodeling, Siding, Decks, Drywall, Elect., Plumbing and much more. Int./ext. painting, power washing, houses, decks, RV's, etc. 10% Spring Disc., additional 5% for Seniors. Affordable, reliable, professional. Free estimates. All calls returned. Licensed, Insured, Bonded. 815-535-0248
HANDYMAN/ GENERAL Contracting, siding, drywall, concrete work, decks, flooring (tile, linoleum, carpet, wood), bathroom and kitchen, complete remodels, additions all types of home repairs. Free Estimates and Insured-Bonded 815-564-7428
Gilbertson Construction Residential & Commercial. Remodeling, house additions, windows, siding & doors. Also mobile home repairs. Licensed, Bonded, Insured. No Job Too Small. 30 yrs exp. (815)6220087.
Gutters
We specialize in exterior decks & privacy fences “You’ll always be a winner if we cut the deck” 815-288-4089 www.cosscustom woodworking.com
Dumpster Rental *Asphalt paving & Patch work * Seal Coating *Skid loader/ Dump Truck Work (Concrete Removal, Dirt and Gravel Hauling) Call for free, no obligation estimates 815-499-7195. Locally owned And Operated. Over 25 Years Asphalt Exp. Fully Insured
Genl. Contracting
ELITE SEAMLESS GUTTERS, INC. 5” & 6” Seamless Gutters Gutter Guard 6RI¿WW )DVFLD :H ZLOO WDNH FDUH RI all your seamless gutter needs.
Dumpster Rental for Clean-ups & Construction Small & Large containers avail. Tidy Bug Inc. Dixon, IL tidybuginc.com 815-456-3001
Excavating
A&M Trucking Dirt (Black) Gravel Loader, Rock & Sand, Lot Clearing, Driveways & Lots,
815-590-1677
Great Garage Sales Call
625-3600
Call Elite Seamless Gutters, Inc. for a free quote. 815-712-1227 or 800-922-1413 Handyman A Family's Handyman ★Roofing ★Siding ★ Decks ★Great Rates ★Fast Service Free Estimates 815-994-0075
Landscaping
Remodeling
Roofing/Siding ★ALL SEASONS★ CONSTRUCTION ★★Better Service, Better Quality!★★ ★Custom Siding ★Windows ★All Doors- Aluminum, Steel, Wood Soffit ★Fascia Roofing★ ★Family Owned & Operated★ ★Over 30 Years Experience★ ★Licensed, Bonded, & Insured★ ★815-590-2231★
DREAMSCAPES BY DENNIS, INC Complete Landscape Services & Designs www.dreamscapes bydennis.com
(815) 857-3281
Painting
Handy Woman
Marsha Baker PAUL’S HANDYMAN SERVICE “Anything Your Husband Won’t Do!” •Experience On All Manner of Home Repairs & Maintenance since 1986 (815)625-2607 (815)631-4122 www.mullerslane farm. com
R & D HOME REPAIR •Maintenance •Remodeling •Basement Finish •Kitchen Remodel •Int./Ext. Painting •Drywall, Texturing •Roofing•Pw wash •Ceramic Tiling •Wallpaper & More 815-973-8213
Residential Painting & 15 years’ experience New Construction
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(815) 973-0858 ZOHa[H'TZU JVT Working Girl Painting *Int. & Ext. painting *Wallpaper removal *Decks *Basement sealing Insured Free estimates Credit Cards OK 815-508-6131 shirleypaints@ymail.com
Hauling
Plumbing
A-1 HAULING Small or Large Truck Rentals Estate Clean-ups Garage & Building Demolition Roofing Construction Seamless Gutters Skid Loader & Back Hoe Work Materials Hauled 815-626-1956
Haul/Clean Service JOHN'S CLEANUP & REMOVAL Anything goes!! Estate Cleanups PHONE 815-622-0240
Home Improvement
✶Since 1981✶ ◆Home Improvement ◆New Construction
Randy L. Moore
IL State Roofing Licensed 104-002247(1986) Bonded-Insured
LOOKING
Power Washing Frank's Anything Power Washing Stripping Paint & Cleaning Homes, Decks, Driveways Commercial & Residential * Fully Insured * Call 815-213-0675
Mobil Pressure Wash Service • Commercial, • Residential & • Semis You name it.... we clean it! Call Ben 815-590-2694
“Area's #1 Roofing Contractor IL Lic# 104-015191 Licensed, Bonded & Insured •Roofing •Siding •Windows •Decks •Additions •Garages & More Residential & Commercial Call now to schedule your FREE Estimate! Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677
Illinois License #104.016127 Bonded/Insured •Roofing •Siding • Windows •Doors •Additions• Garages •Drywall• Decks and more Free Estimates 815-213-0556
Property Maint.
Fall is the perfect time to build your garage, addition or remodel Re-roof / Reside your home!
815-626-1333
Lewis Plumbing 815-288-0028 Serving All of the Sauk Valley Area Lic.#058-173956
Roofing
LawnCare Service •Mowing •Leaf clean up & removal •House cleanup •Small hauling •Gutters •Pressure washing •Mulch •Potholes/Sealer •Free Estimates• 815-590-6336
Superior Exteriors •Roofing •Siding •Windows and •Gutters 815-626-1679 Free Estimates
“Area's #1 Roofing Contractor IL Lic# 104-015191 Licensed, Bonded & Insured •Roofing •Siding •Windows •Decks •Additions •Garages & More Residential & Commercial Call now to schedule your FREE Estimate! Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677
Specializing in: •Seamless Gutters •Siding •Roofing •Doors/Windows General Contracting & Construction 815-625-6142 Free Estimates •Licensed •Bonded •Insured
Storage 6,000 SQ.FT. WAREHOUSE w/loading dock & 2 lg. overhead doors. $2,000/ mo. Dixon. Call 815-973-3281.
✰CORNER✰ STORAGE
Dixon near Walmart Sterling near Menards Various Sizes
GREAT RATES
815-973-3613 Franklin Storage Sizes 10x10 thru 10x40 2011 N. Brinton Ave. Dixon (815)285-0201 or (815)440-9563
Need to place an ad? Call us 625-3600 284-2222
Storage
www.allsafe center.com High-Security Storage Solutions and Much More! •Climate Controlled Storage •Low-Cost Moving Truck Rental •Confidential Document Shredding •We Ship FedEx & UPS! •Expert Packaging Services •Value Boxes & Packaging Supplies •EBAY and EMOTORS Internet Auction Sales Over 15,000 Sales •Office Hours: Mon-Fri. ☛ 8:306, Sat. ☛ 8:30noon 690 Timber Creek Rd. Dixon, (815)285-2212
Stump Removal CLARK'S
• Stump Grinding • Small Trees • Clean Up • Bush Removal 815-718-2663 or 815-590-0423
Tree Service A&M TREE SERVICE BEAT MOST BIDS!
Free Estimates 25 yrs. Experience Fully Licensed/ Insured. Whiteside Area 815-590-1677 ✤✤✤✤✤✤✤✤✤✤✤✤
BRAD'S TREE SERVICE Tree & Limb Removal Stump Removal Storm Clean-up Mulch & Firewood •Free Estimates •Fully Insured 815-857-3674 Amboy, IL TIMBER TREE SERVICE Tree & Limb Removal Stump Removal Storm Clean-up Free Estimates Fully Insured 815-238-7277 Dixon, Illinois
Water Softeners The Softener Man Repair on all makes & models Service Call Special $19.95 Over 30 years experience 815-323-1622
FOR THE PERFECT HOME ? Read Sauk Valley Classifieds real estate section & Real Estate Weekly on Thursdays.
SAUK VALLEY MEDIA • Saturday, July 26, 2014 • PAGE D3
L A V I N R A T F N C O ME Y O L P M E MANAGEMENT TRAINEE
UNION Savings BANK, a local community bank, seeks Management Trainee to primarily serve our Ogle County market. Training and work assignments will rotate throughout our branch network.
WANTED P.T. NURSE
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!
Send resumes to:
1270 IL. State Route 26 S. Dixon, IL 61021
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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. Generous benefits. Submit resume to: www.istate.com ★JOB FAIR★ FOR ★RAYOVAC★ WEDNESDAY, JULY 30TH, 2014 9 AM - 5 PM AT COMFORT INN 136 PLAZA DRIVE DIXON IL, 61021 (Use entrance at back of hotel) APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS FOR ALL SHIFTS. ASSEMBLERS AND PACKAGING REQUIRMENTS: •ABILITY TO STAND FOR 8 HOURS, BEND AND REACH •ABLE TO LIFT UP TO 50 lbs •RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION •ABILITY TO PASS BACKGROUND AND DRUG TEST •NEED TO HAVE STEEL TOE SHOES •NEED TO BRING 2 FORMS OF I.D. EOE Local Tree Service looking for qualified bucket men, climbers, and groundsmen. Driver's License a must! Class B & CDL preferred, good work ethic, full-time seasonal work. 815-857-3674 Michlig Grain will be taking applications for seasonal help for outside laborers and Class A CDL Drivers. Stop by the Manlius, Cambridge or Bradford office to pick up an application. Over the road Team Drivers needed. Please call Richard Phillips for more information at 928-715-8184
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NEW TODAY Social Services RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT SPECIALIST Nachusa Lutheran Home seeks someone to provide supervision and treatment intervention to youth in the inpatient substance treatment program. Candidate must maintain client records, crisis intervention, assist with day-to-day routines, support and assist in educational programs for youth. Candidate will also transport clients to appointments. Candidate must have a HS diploma and Bachelor's in Human Services. Fax resume to Aleisha Cole at: 815-2846162; email: Aleisha.cole@lssi.org
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All completed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at a bid opening at 10:00 a.m., August 4th, 2014, in the Council Chambers at City Hall in Dixon, Illinois.
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NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is lispecifically censed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes. The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c)) Openings for 1st shift for infants & pre-school children, openings for overnight children any age, 4Cs accepted, license & first aid certified, 20 yrs. exp., Rock Falls, 815-625-7544 or 815-441-4946 License #496342-02
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ROCK FALLS DAY CARE CENTER, 729 W. Rt. 30, Rock Falls. Licensed Daycare Center has openings for Infants, Toddlers & Pre-School No Waiting with completed 4 C's application. 4 C's co-pay accepted as full payment. (815)625-0106. Lic# 434726-05.
FARM HELP WANTED 513 Fall Help for farming. P/T Tractor driver. Send resumes to gchdsh@essex1.com
AREA GARAGE SALES 624 AMBOY GARAGE SALES 624 Friday 8-3 & Saturday 8-12 114 W. Bacon St. Lots of household and seasonal, hunting & fishing, name brand clothing & misc.
DIXON GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8-3 1211 W. 6th St. Brand name girls clothes sz. 10-12, shoes sz. 2-3, Mens & womens clothes, dining room table & chairs, futon, household & misc. items Fri. & Sat. 8:30-4 7077 South Rock Nation Rd. Various items, including mens XL clothing Fri. & Sat. 9-1 1951 Hidden Shores Drive 3 chandeliers, home décor, wall art, clothing & scarves, TV console, rugs, ghosts chairs, shoes, jewelry, movies, video games, 7' tall picture frame Fri. 8-1 Sat.. 8-12 522 Pine St. Home Décor Extravaganza!! Longaberger, Shabby Chic, country, vintage, huge Christmas selectionAll Priced to Sell!
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Fri. 8-4, Sat. 8-1 1933 & 1936 Hidden Shores Drive Household décor, dishes, bed frames, shoes & clothing-lots of Boys, bikes, gas grill, bakers rack, tables & more!!
Fri. 6pm-8pm Sat. 8am-1pm 1602 Hickory Hills Road- Just off P-town Rd. Multi Family Sale Coach, Vera Bradley and Thirty One items, Minolta 35mm camera w/2 lenses, Prom dresses and access., dog kennel, livestock water tank, Classroom BoardGame set, Theme Kawasaki 1984 Voyager, generator, Longaberger, baby items, furniture, teacher classroom access. and children's books, bikes, wedding centerpieces, tulle and access., craft and Holiday items, clothes and lots of misc. items.
1407 E. 18th St. Saturday 8-12 Computer wood work station 2 roller units power strip, Kitchen Aid mixer 9 accessories orig. book, electric lawn mower like new 100 ft. HD cord, gas grill tan & cover.
Fri., Sat., Sun. 8-5 7015 W. Judson Rd.
1 Mile S. of White Pines Park. From Dixon take Lowell Park Rd. Right on Judson. Huge sale! Watch for signs!!! Apple crates, piano rolls, Rolling Stone mags., wash tub, toys, tools, wicker 3 drawer chest, shepherd hooks, glassware, Precious Moments Sat. & Sun., 8-3 217 S. Dement Sale in back yard. Household items, furniture, tools, drill press, clothes, games and more. Great deals! Sat. only, 8-12 927 Avery Kids stuff, 31, Longaberger, lots of misc. Saturday 8-2 1033 Idle Oak Run 3 Family Sale Boys & Girls clothing-all sizes; including adult clothing, shoes, kids toys & books, tons of household items Vacation Bible School Northside Baptist Church 598 River Lane Dixon July 27-Aug. 1st 6pm Nightly To register call: 815-288-5212
ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 7-2 23000 Prophet Rd. (6mi. Out towards P-town, fish mail box on the right) Men, women & Jr. clothing, baby items, kitchen & bath furn., Dog Kennel, dorm items & much more! Fri. & Sat. 8-4 10068 Tampico Rd. Maytag washer, Kenmore dryer, fridge, Amana Ariens snowblower, sofa, plus size women's clothes knick knacks, & lots of misc.
Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-2 510 W. 11th St. Garage Sale Rain or Shine Bar lights/ signs/ mirrors, Bulls, Longaberger, golf clubs. Misses & men's clothes, exercise bike, aquariums, gas grill, cat items, hamster cage, VCR & DVD player, lawn sweeper, collectibles, furniture, much misc. Sat. 11:30-4 & Sunday 8:30-4 1110 Mary Ave. Harley leathers, Bissell Carpet canshampooer, dles, jewelry, purses, clothes & misc.
Fri. & Sat., 9-3 4615 Winn Rd. (Off of Woodlawn Road) Huge Sale! Lots of boys clothes good cond., newbornsz. 12, baby items & toys, mens clothing M-XL, womens S-LG and large dog kennel. Fri. 1-5 & Sat. 9-3 1008 Elm Ave. Estate Sale Mens & womens clothes, furniture, knife, Diecast & doll collect, household items 14ft. boat, tea pots, jewelry & misc. Fri. 3-6 Sat. 8-12 4611 Austin Rd. (Woodlawn Rd. past Arts Academy. Take R on Farley Rd. at end.) *Christmas in July* Huge Moving Sale! Everything Must Go! Christmas items, household items, patio furniture, men's & ladies' clothing, sm. appliances, like microwave,etc.
Sat. 8-3 & Sun. 8-12 706 Wiker Dr. Girls clothes sz. 4 to adult Med.: Justice, Old Navy, Aero. Milk glass, dishes, mens bike, 19” & 27” TV's, karaoke machine, bean bag boards, pizza maker.
Fri. 3-6pm & Sat. 8-2 25460 Deer Run Rd. (4mi. West out of Rock Falls on Rt. 30) Name brand clothing girls 18mo.adult, household items, antiques, workout equip., toys & much more!
Saturday 7-3 28634 Solstice St. (take Gaulrapp Rd. off Rt. 40 & follow signs) women's, Jr's, furniture, pool table, skeeball, air hockey, vinyl for Cricket cutter, household, drums, tub shower surround, misc.
Fri. 3-7 & Sat. 8-2 1209 Woodburn Ave. Clothes girls and boy infant to adult mens and women 2X, furniture, curtains, home applcs. & decor & lots of misc.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday 8-3 4006 W Rt. 30 Fishing, Camping, tools, power tools, Harley clothes, items & lots of misc.
Fri. 9-5 & Sat. 8-4 1709 Ave L Household items, Longaberger baskets, Ferby's, PS2 & DS games, some collectibles and lots of misc. items.
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Sat. only 7-11 711 W. 14th St. Sigma 70-200mm lens, camera walkie talkie, furniture, hedge clippers, coronet, lawn mower, fog machine, Xbox access. & other misc.
Saturday 8-? 2007 Reno Rd. Estate Sale 60 Years of my parents life, Tupperware, stainless steel pans, baking ware, books, cook books, complete set of Seizon China, knick knacks, garden furniture, tools, rototiller, pond skimmer, snow blower, table saw, player piano with lots of rolls, & lots of misc. This is the first of several sales in the weeks to come more items added each week!
Sat. only, 7amNoon 1308 7th Ave. Huge Moving Sale! Kitchen booth set, small furniture, luggage set, Craftsman tool box, toys, too much to list! Sat. only, 8-Noon 3405 E. 19th St. (off Reno Rd.) Rummage Sale. Furniture, clothes, dorm items, desks, single bed, and misc. items.
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$20,000* 11 Buick Regal CXL STK# GP4974
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$15,983* 11 Ford Mustang Coupe STK#BE8319A
Saturday 8-1 1107, 1112 Crestview Rd. (Past Woodlawn Arts) Multi Family Sale! Clothes for men, women & kids, tshirts, coats, sweatshirts, books, toys linens, frames, yards of fabric, Christmas décor, electronics, and lots of misc.
THE EMPORIUM THRIFT STORE 115 W. 3rd St. Sterling FOURTH FRIDAY July 24, 25, 26 50% OFF Storewide
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815.625.8529 10,000 BTU Kenmore A/C, NIB, $290 815-2257904 30” Kenmore electric stove, exc. cond. $200, Kenmore Dishwasher, $100, 815-4998900 4yr 36” Whirlpool stainless steel refrigerator Moved & won't fit. $600. 815-626-2974 6,000 BTU Heier A/C, exc. cond. $70/obo 815-2257904 Hot Point Electric Stove $50. 815288-1954
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antique furniture, fishing tackle, toys, post cards junk. 815-445-6151 Original Civil War good Sword, cond. $500/obo 815-284-9967
Werner 32' fiberglass ext. ladder 300 lb. Rating $225 815-288-1954
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Headboard for double bed w/ shelves. $30. 815718-3434.
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Mattress sets: $99, Full Twin $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES
PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 24x25x42” height adjustable stainless steel parrot cage w/ accessories. $100 815946-3900 Boxer puppies, parents on site. $300. 815-5902229 after 4pm. JUST ANIMALS LOW COST
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Monday,Aug. 4th 3pm-7pm Tractor Supply Store in Dixon Cat & dog exams $10, Most vaccines $12 Heartworm test & Microchips $20.
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Male Siamese cat, 3yrs old, neutered. Free to good home only. Call 563-6131024
601 IL Route 2, Dixon, IL 61021 Hours: Monday - Friday: 9am - 6pm Saturday: 9am - 3pm
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2010 Exmark Lazer Z 0-turn commercial mower. 24hp Kawasaki. 52” deck. Purchased new, garaged. Only 100hrs. Like new. $7500/obo, over $11,000 new. 815631-9600.
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2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX LT
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2003 MERCURY SABLE LS PREMIUM
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Local 1-Owner, Low Miles, Clean CARFAX, 3.0 Liter 6 Cylinder Engine, Automatic Transmission, Transmissio Air, Tilt, Cruise, Leather Seats Tr Adjust Adjustable Pedals. Loaded!! NEW ARRIVAL, WON’T LAST LONG!
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12 Ford Taurus LTD FWD STK#GP4967
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2008 CHEVROLET COBALT Local Trade In, 2.2 Liter 4 Cylinder Engine, Automatic Transmission, Air, Tilt, Cruise, AM/FM/CD & Alloy Wheels. WILL NOT LAST LONG!!
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Clean CARFAX, 3.5 Liter V6 Engine, Automatic Transmission, Air, Tilt, Cruise, Autom Leather, Leath Heated Seats, AM/FM/CD, Paddle Shifter, Shifter Power & Heated Mirrors, Rear Park Assist. Loaded!! NEEDS NEW OWNER!
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*Plus tax, title, license & doc fee. A72 Months at 2.79% $2,000 cash/trade, plus tax, title, license & doc fee down with approved credit. B 60 months at 2.79% $1,000 cash/trade, plus tax, title, license & doc fee down. with approved credit. C 48 months at 3.09% $1,000 cash/trade, plus tax, title, license & doc fee down with approved credit.
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$10,476* 06 Ford Mustang Coupe
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10x10x6 Dog kennel, roofing unit. 10mo. Old. Retail. $650 asking $300 less than yr old. 309-853-6992 11' wood ladder, kept in garage, good cond. FREE. Call 815-288-1585. 20 stuffed animals from the 70's. $25. OBO. 815-7723865 3 drawer lateral file cabinet, $150 815-973-2026 59” artificial spiral potted evergreen tree, $45 ($240 new) 815-441-4543 All in one printer, Dell V505 printer, scan, copy & fax, manual, cords and new ink cartridge. $40 815-625-2015
19” Samsung color TV w/built in VHS. $15. 815625-2015.
Blacktop Seal Coating Fritz Asphalt 815-499-2940
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Chicago Cubs Maddux Greg rookie card. $25 815-985-5359
(4) Douglas xtrack 2 tires, 185-75-14. $75. Call or text 815-499-1537 10x10 Better Homes and Gardens Gazebo, w/screening & curtains $250. Phone 815-625-0355.
Chicago White Sox Frank Thomas Rookie card $50 815-985-5359 Comforter, rainbow zebra 4 pc. full, $30 ($110 new) 815-441-4543
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02 Pontiac Montana $3,995* 98 Chevy 1/2 Ton X-Cab $4,495* 03 Pontiac Grand Am GT $4,995* 03 Mercury Grand Marquis $4,995* 03 Pontiac Montana - SOLD! $4,995* 01 Ford Escape $4,995* 00 Mercedes Benz SUV $5,995* 03 Chevy S10 - SOLD! $5,995* 02 Chevy Monte Carlo- SOLD! $5,995* 06 Pontiac G6 $6,495* 04 Chevy Impala - SOLD! $6,995* 03 Kia Sorento $6,995*
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1937 John Deere B, New Tires, older restoration, runs good. $4,300. 815973-6564
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2000 Ford Range 2.5 liter engine, 5 speed w/ cap. $1,500. 815-2130557
2008 Honda Accord 2 dr EXL V6, auto, every option available, incl. Navigation, 3,600 mi., black w/black leather interior, 1 owner, still in showroom cond., $18,500 815-2130072 2009 Dodge Avenger SXT 58k mi. $10,000 call or text. 815-535-8501 2010 Buick LaCrosse. 9,000 actual mi. $18,000. 815-772-7820 2010 Chevy Impala LTZ Sedan, loaded w/ options, champaign, w/ black leather interior, $13,500 815-7724997 Credit Problems? Bad Credit? No Credit? We might be able to help! If you're looking to buy a vehicle we have many financing options available through qualified lenders. Call Brett Simpson today at 815-2855313. Ken Nelson Auto Plaza. creditautosales dixon.com Always over 100+ vehicles to choose from. HAVING TROUBLE wording your ad? Call our classified department today. We'll be glad to help you. 626SOLD or 284SOLD.
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1998 Dodge Durango, 81K mi., V8 4WD, remote start, good tires, exc. cond., $2900, 815632-2222
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1976 Jeep CJ5, 6 cyl., chrome rims, soft top, $4200 815-946-4016. Leave message.
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2013 GMC Denali 20” factory chrome wheels & BridgeTuranza stone tires. No miles, brand new take offs. $2500/obo. 815-631-9600.
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2004 HD Heritage Soft tail, red 42k mi. exc. cond. new tires. $7,500 OBO. 815-440-0416 2006 Goldwing, GPS, CB, chrome boards, heated seats, hand grips. 12K mi. $14,500/ obo 815-441-7642 or 815-626-4944 2006 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic, black, 43K well mainmi., tained, excellent many condition, $10,049 extras, obo. Call for details. 815-632-3182 2006 Suzuki 650 1,660 Boulevard, mi., red, bags, windshield, cover, always garaged, like new, ½ price of new, $2600/obo. Cash. 815-4410285 2007 Yamaha Morphous scooter, 250 CC, 1,978mi., Exc. Cond., $3,000 Firm.815-275-9682 2007 Yamaha VStar Classic. Windshield, pass. seat w/back rest, bags, Vance/Hines pipes. 4,900 mi. $4,000. 815-626-2639.
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2008 Roketa Scooter, 150cc w/ locked blue box & matching full helmet, asking $625 815-973-9010 2008 Suzuki 400cc Burgman Scooter, 6,300 miles $3500 815590-0154 2013 Victory Vegas Highball, only 200 mi. Matt black, many ape hangars, 106ci, 6spd. Solo seat. 100 Hp. Showroom new! Over $15,000 invested, $11,850/ obo. 815-631-9600
Bass boat, 16 ft. $2,850. Can see at 1108 Avenue B, Rock Falls, Call 815-625-6658
Harley 2005 Electra glide, chromed out, painted dash, pipes, radio. $11,000 815-285-0366 Mint Cond. 2004 Suzuki Volusia Intruder, sounds like a Harley, $5500/ obo 815- 973-8780
2006 Pace American low profile trailer, 6'x12'. Single axle, elec. brakes, 3,500# Dexter Torsion axle, Beaver tail and more. Exc. shape. $3300/obo. 815-625-7903 2014 Coachmen 22' camper, sleeps 6 Catalina Santara Series. Electric Awning and tongue jack. $14,000. 815441-8535 27' Cougar 5th Wheel 2006, no pets, no smokers, 1 owner. Ready for travel! $11,000 815-973-3668
Rock River Riders Hill Climb 7/26 Time Change 2 P.M. Gates open at 8 A.M. No Kegs and No pets. Across the street from White Pines State Park. 815-499-8271
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2008 Polaris Sportsman HO ATV, 604mi. $3800. 815-718-1169.
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14' Jon boat with extras. Call 815499-8470. 18 ft. Bonanza open bow w/ tandem trailer, 165 hp Merc Cruiser, new stereo/spkrs $2500 210-216-5891
NEW TODAY 18' Bass Tracker, fiberglass,150hp Johnson, 65lb. depth/fish thrust, locater. 25yr. owner. Garage kept. $4850. Exc. cond. 815-718-0956. 48 Horse Johnson bad lower unit. $300 Firm. 779861-1086 6 Horse Johnson $300 FIRM 779861-1086 7 ½ Horse Sears 779$300 Firm. 861-1086 70 Horse Johnson elect. Issues. $300 Firm. 779-8611086
PERSONAL WATERCRAFT 941 Crest 16' canoe, fiberglass, by Coleman, made in Canada $400 815946-3572
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If Chevrolet Tahoe is a dinosaur, it’s a profitable one By David Undercoffler Los Angeles Times (MCT)
G
eneral Motors Co.’s lumbering full-size SUVs are dinosaurs from a bygone era, but don’t expect them to go extinct just yet. Despite flagging sales, each delivery brings in piles of cash for GM. “These vehicles are minting money for them,” said Dave Sullivan, an analyst at AutoPacific Inc. “It’s one of the biggest profit margins in the industry.” GM makes at least $10,000 per full-sized sport utility vehicle sold, he estimates. (Not to mention the windfall for the nearest gas station.) Models such as the all-new 2015 Chevy Tahoe and Suburban and the GMC Yukon are holdouts from a time when gas was cheap, big was cool and the current king of family haulers _ the crossover _ had not yet been born. But that was then. In 2002, Chevrolet sold 2 { times the number of Tahoes as it did in 2013. All large SUVs accounted for just 1.7 percent of U.S. auto sales last year, down from 5.4 percent in 2001. The latest crossovers, built on car platforms, offer nearly all the advantages of traditional SUVs with few of the downsides. Beyond better fuel economy, they outstrip most large SUVs in refinement and interior functionality. “Automakers are a lot smarter in terms of squeezing more out of vehicles they’re making today,” Sullivan said. “It’s not as cool as it used to be to drive things that big.
During five days of driving, more on the highway than in the city, we averaged 17.8 mpg. And there are just so many other alternatives to full-size SUVs.” Yet the new Chevy and GMC models _ rolling into dealerships now _ show that GM isn’t ready to give up on the segment. The automaker has dominated large SUVs for years, grabbing an average of 68 percent of all sales in the past decade. GM hopes the overhaul it gave the new Chevy Tahoe and Suburban and the GMC Yukon will maintain this stranglehold as it continues to milk big profits from a waning market. These 2015 GM models certainly hit their marks: style, refinement and efficiency are all improved. The updates should help the SUVs widen their lead over competitors that haven’t been updated much in years. This includes GM’s closest competitor in this segment, the Ford Expedition, as well as the Nissan Armada and Toyota Sequoia. GM may toss in more updates later in these models’ life span,
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turbo V-6. It’s not hard to see why GM wants to maximize sales, even in a segment that’s expected to dwindle to less than 1 percent of the market by 2019. Chevy’s Tahoe and larger Suburban are largely based on the brand’s Silverado full-size truck. A base Silverado with a V-8 goes for about $28,000 before any rebates or incentives. The base price of a 2015 Tahoe is $44,600. Yes, the Tahoe offers more amenities. But unless Chevy is weaving $100 bills into the Tahoe’s seat cushions or lining the glove box with rare earth metals, there’s no way the difference costs the brand $18,000 per vehicle.
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The pot only gets sweeter for GM once buyers stray into the fancier GMC Yukon and Yukon Denali models, or pile options onto their Chevy like those on our loaded tester _ which stickers at an eyepopping $70,000. And buyers in this segment have the money to spend; Chevy said its target buyer for the Tahoe and Suburban have an average household income of about $128,000. Buyers do get more for their money these days. Truck-based SUVs once suffered from the same lack of refinement and ride quality as the pickups on which they were based. But today’s trucks, including the recently redesigned Silverado, are more refined than ever. And so is the new Tahoe. The ride quality on our tester benefited from GM’s magnetic ride control suspension, which continuously varies the impacts from the road and adjusts accordingly. This system has proved itself on the likes of
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Chevy’s Corvette Stingray and performance-oriented Camaro models, and it doesn’t disappoint in the Tahoe _ more than one passenger commented on its surprisingly comfy ride. The system is standard on the highend LTZ version we tested, as well as various GMC models. The cabin was whisper-quiet, sealed off from the harsh road and wind noise. Chevy uses higher-grade materials in this generation of Tahoe, and everything is bolted together with laudable attention to detail and craftsmanship. The front and middle seats (captain’s chairs on our tester) offered gobs of space. But the third row was short on legroom in the Tahoe and still snug on the larger Suburban, surprising given both vehicles’ overall girth. At least the rear seats now fold flat rather than needing to be hauled into your garage to gather dust and cat hair. Blame this lack of space on these vehicles’ old-school, solid rear axle and suspension design. GM chose not to invest in independent suspension, a stark contrast to the Expedition. In addition to the Ford’s smoother ride quality, third-row space in the Expedition and Expedition EL models resembles your living room. Under the hood of both Chevy SUVs is an all-new 5.3-liter V-8 engine. Though the size is the same, a higher compression ratio, direct injection and cylinder deactivation combine to boost power and efficiency. Horsepower jumps to 355 from 320, and torque rises to 383 pound-feet from 335. A six-speed automatic transmission remains.
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