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ELECTION 2015 | DIXON MAYOR’S RACE

Arellano to oppose Burke Local businessman has considered campaign for nearly a year

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

DIXON – After more than a year of consideration, local businessman Liandro Arellano Jr. is making his campaign for Dixon mayor official.

“I wanted to make sure people had some good options,” he said.

“The biggest thing for me is that I

wanted to know that I could give myself to the community, and [my] businesses could be managed.”

Even though the job is considered part-time, Arellano said he knows with all the changes that could be coming, and in his first term, that it would be more like a full-time job.

Arellano, 33, is the owner of the Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches in Dixon and Rock Falls. In March 2012, he lost a Republican Party primary to Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, who went on to win the 90th District state representative race.

Mayor Jim Burke was elected in 1999, and his four terms are the most served in consecutive for a

Dixon mayor since the commission form of government was established in 1911. If re-elected, Burke’s fifth term would tie him with William Slothower (1935-46 and 195458) for the most for a Dixon mayor.

Burke couldn’t be reached for comment.

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Haunting for Huntington’s IDOT

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7th Avenue Shocker’s creator overcomes obstacles

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570

ROCK FALLS – It wasn’t easy this year, but the 7th Avenue Shocker, a free haunted maze, will open Saturday.

Terry Warren had a maze in his front yard at 201 Seventh Ave. last year, and hit some roadblocks when he tried to supersize it this year. Warren received a citation from the city for a violation of building, zoning and fire codes.

Warren pleaded his case before the city on Aug. 19, with supporters waving banners in council chambers.

This year’s event has special meaning for Warren.

The maze is a fundraiser for Huntington’s disease awareness and research.

Warren’s wife, Jennifer, has battled the disease for 10 years, and is now at a local nursing center.

Oct. 9 hearing just one of several ways public can weigh in

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

MORRISON – Finally, after what may seem like eons of talking and decades of planning, IDOT is ready to reveal its final proposals for routing U.S. Route 30 around Morrison.

Members of the public will have 6 hours Oct. 9 to drop by and tell state officials just what they think of the two alternatives.

They’ll have even longer – until Nov. 10 – to submit their thoughts via Internet, voice mail or snail mail.

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7th Avenue Shocker What: Haunted maze Where: 201 Seventh Ave., Rock Falls When: 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturdays in October, and on Oct. 31.

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It’s autumn, and it’s on parade

OREGON – The 44th annual Autumn on Parade festival will be held Saturday and Sunday around the town. Festivities will include an arts-and-crafts show, food, and Olde English Fair (at Stronghold Castle), a kids fun zone, and a 5K and 1-mile fun run. The Harvest Time Parade will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday. Go to autumnonparade.org for more information and a complete schedule of events.

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Terry Warren, shown in this file photo from 2013, and his family and friends are running the 7th Avenue Shocker free maze in Warren’s front yard at 201 7th Ave. in Rock Falls.

Any donations made will help fund awareness and research of Huntington’s disease, a degenerative neuromuscular disorder Warren’s wife, Jennifer, has battled for 10 years.

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STERLING – The 23rd annual Great Pumpkin Dash Cross Country Festival will return Saturday to Hoover Park, 3807 Woodlawn Road.

Kids up to 14 will be grouped by age, then run dashes of various lengths throughout the day, with winners getting a large pumpkin and the first 1,200 finishers receiving a small pumpkin.

Registration will begin at 9 a.m., and the first race will start at 11.

Fun activities for kids are planned. There is no charge, but a $1 donation would be appreciated.

FULTON – The Fulton Fall Festival will return Saturday and Sunday. Festivities downtown are planned from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

They include food, games, live music, arts and crafts, a car show, and a beer garden.

Activities are also scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at Heritage Canyon, 515 N. Fourth St., and near the de Immigrant Windmill. Go to cityoffulton.us for more information.

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Sauk Valley Media plans a more detailed article on the proposed routes and their impacts to be published in Tuesday’s editions.

Homecoming parades today

It’s homecoming week for Dixon and Sterling high schools, and each city will have a parade today.

The parade in Dixon will begin at 3 p.m. in front of the school. It will travel Peoria Avenue, River Street, Hennepin Avenue, Second Street, Peoria Avenue and back to the school.

The parade in Sterling still start at 3:30 p.m. from the Fifth Avenue parking lot by the high school. It will travel East Ninth Street, Sixth Avenue, 14th Street, Second Avenue, and LeFevre Road before returning to the lot.

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5 ChiliFest in Byron BYRON – The Byron Chamber of Commerce will present ChiliFest at Byron Forest Preserve Heritage Farm, 7993 N. River Road. Gates will open at noon, with live music beginning at 1 p.m. Admission is $5, but free for children 7 and younger. Attendees may taste all the chili available. Additional food will be sold.

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POLICE Sterling Police Boy, 16, of Sterling; 2:04 a.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of West Third Street; battery, curfew; released to his parents.

Deborah S. Cole, 47, of Sterling; 2:04 p.m. Wednesday at West Fourth Street and Avenue J; no seat belt; given notice to appear.

Laura P. Marquez, 21, of Sterling; 2:09 p.m. Wednesday at Sixth Avenue and East 14th Street; passed stopped school bus while loading or unloading, failure to secure child in a child restraint; given notice to appear.

Clarissa J. Worcester, 17, of Sterling; 2:44 p.m.

Wednesday at Lynn Boulevard and 12th Avenue; failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; given notice to appear.

Rock Falls Police Zachary Nelms, 29, of Rock Falls; 1:15 a.m. Sept.

10; driving under the influence, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, no valid driver’s license, no valid registration, illegal transportation of alcohol; given notice to appear.

Dixon Police Melinda M. Bartow, 41, of Dixon; 6:10 p.m.

Wednesday in the 200 block of South Hennepin Avenue; Lee County warrant for disorderly conduct – false report; posted bond and was released.

Lee County Sheriff Lyle Dean Miller, 60, of Dixon; 7:06 p.m. Wednesday; battery; given notice to appear.

Michael David McClanahan, 44, of West Brooklyn; 2:19 p.m. Wednesday; warrant for order of commitment – rule to show cause; posted bond and given notice to appear.

Nicholas Galvan, 52, of Sterling; 10:18 a.m.

Wednesday; arrested on a charge of aggravated driving under the influence.

Donna Lewis, 57, of Lisle; 8:20 a.m. Wednesday; driving on revoked license; posted bond and given notice to appear.

Tiana Nicole Smith, 23, of Chicago; 4:02 p.m. Tuesday; arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.

Melissa Mary Bennett, 30, of Dixon; 9:30 a.m.

Monday; Whiteside County warrant for probation violation; posted bond and given notice to appear.

Melissa Nicole Fargher, 37, of Rock Falls; 5:10 p.m.

Sunday; warrant for contempt; posted bond and given notice to appear.

Jacob John Gomez, 27, of Steward; 1:14 a.m.

Saturday; driving under the influence, no insurance, driving while license suspended; posted bond and given notice to appear.

Adrienne Lynn Hartsell, 25, of Ashton; 10:28 a.m.

Sept. 26; warrant for contempt – failure to appear; posted bond and given notice to appear.

Trevor Cody Crawford, 21, of Amboy; 12:22 a.m.

Sept. 26; possession of cannabis, 30-500 grams, driving under the influence of drugs; posted bond and given notice to appear.

IN BRIEF NBC cameraman positive for Ebola NEW YORK (AP) – An American cameraman helping to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia for NBC News has tested positive for the virus and will be flown back to the United States for treatment.

NBC News President Deborah Turness said Thursday the rest of the NBC News crew, including medical correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman will be flown back to the U.S. and placed in quarantine for 21 days “in an abundance of caution.”

The cameraman has been working in Liberia for 3 years and covering the Ebola epidemic. He began shooting for the network Tuesday.

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Theft of ATM leads to arrest Heroin charges also filed against 24-year-old Rock Falls man STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

STERLING – A 24-yearold caught with an ATM that had been stolen from a Sterling bar was arrested around 2 p.m. Wednesday at his rural Rock Falls home, Sterling police said in a news release sent Thursday morning.

A search of William Scott McGinn’s home turned up the ATM, along with heroin and needles, police reported.

McGinn is in Whiteside County Jail pending a bond hearing. He is charged with burglary, unlawful possession of heroin, and possession of stolen property valued at $500 to $10,000, all fel-

onies, and unlawful possession of hypodermic syringes and needles and possession of drug paraphernalia, both misdemeanors.

The ATM was taken from Johnny’s Bar & Grill, 707 Freeport Road, on Sept. 21.

The investigation into the theft led police to McGinn, and more arrests are pending, the news release said.

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Ogle County Sheriff Benjamin C. Newcomer, 35, of Oregon; Wednesday; warrant for petition to revoke probation; posted bond and was released with a notice to appear.

Lawrence Bennett, 44, of Rochelle; Wednesday at Ogle County Jail; warrant for petition to revoke probation; appeared in court, posted bond, and released with notice to appear.

Eric Nelson, 27, of Rockford; Wednesday at Winnebago County Jail; warrant for failure to appear; appeared in court, case continued, and held at Ogle County Jail.

Logan Bell, 18, of Monroe Center; Wednesday at Ogle County Courthouse; warrant for failure to appear; posted full cash bond and will not need to appear.

BIRTHDAYS Happy belated birthday to Lois Helms and Curt Williams, both on Thursday.

Happy birthday to Mary Jane Strader, Deb Bowers, Jay Pauley, and James Dublo, all today.

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After modifications, the 7th Avenue Shocker, 201 Seventh Ave., Rock Falls, now complies with city codes and will be operating from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on Saturdays in October, as well as Oct. 31, of course.

HAUNTING

Huntington’s is a degenerative neuromuscular disease that has no cure.

It is genetically contracted, and children of those with the disease have a 50 percent chance of inheriting the gene.

“My wife is the definition of strength, and I wanted to pay tribute to her and increase awareness of a horrible disease that many people know nothing about,” Warren said.

While the city offered support for Warren’s cause, they told him the maze would have to be scaled back to code.

Warren told the city he would do whatever it took to comply, and went back to work the day after the council meeting. He is

still wrapping up a few details, but is happy with the finished product.

“It all had to be torn down, but this one is still much bigger than it was last year,” Warren said.

“The city didn’t like the way it was all enclosed, but now there are three or four exits in every room.”

City Building Inspector Mark Searing said Warren’s structure is no longer in violation of city code.

“The first one had four walls, a roof, and not enough exits,” he said. “It’s not a building anymore under my criteria. There are plenty of places for people to get in and out.”

Warren said about 15 family members and friends will be on hand the stage the event. The maze will be open from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturdays in October and on Oct. 31.

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Hopefuls trade accusations Tampico mayor speaks out on pay donations

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570

Candidates in the 71st District Illinois House race are calling out each other for negative campaigning and twisting the truth.

State Rep. Mike Smiddy, D-Hillsdale, said his Republican opponent, Jim Wozniak, a former assistant state’s attorney for Rock Island County, is deceiving voters on the issue of a legislative pay raise.

Recent ads and mailers from the Wozniak camp claim Smiddy voted for a pay raise and kept the money.

“I voted against raising our pay and voted to freeze per diem benefits,” Smiddy said.

State legislators will receive, on average, an extra $3,000 in salary during the fiscal year that began July 1. It’s not exactly a pay increase, but money they will recoup from a furlough program that the state discontinued.

The pay raise was the result of a court ruling that forced the state to abandon the practice of unpaid furlough days that lawmakers had been taking since 2009. The furloughs amounted to a 5 per-

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cent pay cut for most lawmakers. Smiddy made $64,796 in the past fiscal year.

Although Smiddy ultimately voted for the state budget bill that brought a pay increase, legislators no longer had a choice but to receive the money. So Smiddy decided to donate his raise, and is writing checks of about $200 each month to different nonprofit organizations in his district.

The first recipient was the YWCA of the Sauk Valley, and the second was a new village-run day care in Tampico.

Tampico Mayor Kristine Hill, who was angered by the Wozniak ads, wrote a letter to the editor to this newspaper.

“I thought these accusations about the pay raise had died down, but then I got a flier in my mailbox last week,” Hill said. “They are clearly not true; our town received some of the money.”

Hill said she had reached out to Smiddy about the day care after seeing him make a statement on television about giving away his raise.

Smiddy came to Tampi-

co on Sept. 18 and gave the mayor a check for $200.

“I was so angered by this negativity; it just drains everyone’s energy,” Hill said. “Mike has been here quite a bit, and it’s refreshing to see a politician who pays attention to small towns. He wants to take care of whatever is brought to his attention, regardless of where it is.”

When Wozniak was asked about the pay increase issue Wednesday, he didn’t back off from his stance.

“The pay increase was part of the budget, and he approved it,” the East Moline resident said. “He only donated his pay increase after I called him out on it.

Issues like this are just another example of him trying to run from his negative record.”

Wozniak went on to accuse the Smiddy camp of running negative ads regarding Wozniak’s time on the City Council of North Liberty, Iowa.

“He has run lies about junkets while [I was] on the council in North Liberty,” Wozniak said.

“Any trips I took while on the council were approved through the proper channels. I left my job to be in public service, and his campaign is accusing me of misconduct.”

Smiddy also called out

his opponent on a statement about tax increases that Wozniak made during a business roundtable event Sept. 26 in Rock Falls.

Wozniak said that, unlike his opponent, he doesn’t believe tax increases are needed to avoid cutting services.

He said that belief is based on his experiences while a small-town council member.

“Instead of increasing taxes, we brought more businesses, people and homes to town,” he said. “The solution is broadening the tax base, not getting more out of the people left behind. We doubled our population, and cut waste and bureaucracy.”

Smiddy’s campaign produced North Liberty council minutes that showed Wozniak voting for a 8.3 percent property tax increase.

Wozniak responded by saying the council didn’t really raise taxes, but rather restructured the tax base.

“It resulted in a small property tax increase, but North Liberty’s taxes were the lowest of any city in the area – in some cases by 30 to 40 percent,” he said. “The city had gotten so much bigger and had increased services. I am proud of my record at North Liberty, and I’m not going to hide from my work there.”

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(From left) Neil Anderson, candidate for the state Senate in the 36th District, Bobby Schilling, candidate for Congress in the 17th District, and Jim Wozniak, candidate for state House in the 71st District, speak to business leaders Sept. 26 during a roundtable discussion with members of the Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce. Anderson and Wozniak were no-shows for Wednesday’s Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce candidate forum at Augustana College.

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ROCK ISLAND – A forum for local candidates for the Illinois Legislature didn’t quite occur as planned Wednesday.

The Quad-City Times reported that state Sen. Mike Jacobs, D-East Moline, and state Rep. Mike Smiddy, D-Hillsdale, showed up for the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce candidate forum at Augustana College. Their Republican opponents were not there.

Smiddy’s challenger, Jim Wozniak, told the Times through a spokesman that he didn’t attend because the

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Area submitted 13 cultivation center applications

Teachers go on strike; no classes

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

STERLING – The Sauk Valley area submitted the second-most applications to the state for a medical marijuana cultivation center license.

The state Thursday morning released the official count for each Illinois State Police District, and District 1 – which encompasses Lee, Ogle, Whiteside and Carroll counties – had 13 applications for cultivation centers and four applications for dispensaries, according to a news release.

In August 2013, Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill to create a 4-year medical marijuana pilot program.

The bill became law at the start of this year, and the deadline to submit applications for cultivation centers and dispensaries was Sept. 22.

The state will grant one cultivation center application for each ISP district. There were 159 applications submitted for cultivation centers and 214 for dispensaries. Up to 60 licenses for dispensaries will be issued.

The 13 cultivation center applications are tied for the second-most in the state, trailing only District 5, which includes Grundy, Kendall and Will counties, and its 14 applica-

tions. District 17, which includes Bureau, LaSalle and Putnam counties, also had 13 cultivation center applications.

Four applications for dispensaries were submitted from District 1, which was on the low end of the spectrum.

Once the state reviews the applications and awards licenses, a second round of applications is planned for those ISP districts that didn’t receive qualified applications, according to the release.

State officials have said they hope to award the first round of licenses before the end of the year. The first legal marijuana would be available to registered patients in spring of 2015.

“We really feel as

though we have a robust variety of applications across the state for geographic distribution,” said Bob Morgan, coordinator of the state’s medical cannabis program.

Patients must have a written certification from a doctor and get a background check, then pay $100 a year to apply for a medical marijuana card. Disabled people

and veterans will pay $50 a year.

Patients must be diagnosed with one of the dozens of qualifying medical conditions, such as cancer, glaucoma, HIV or hepatitis C. Go to mcpp.illinois. gov to learn more about the Medical Cannabis Pilot Program.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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CORRECTION The General Election notice that was published on September 30th listed the polling place for Hume, Tampico and Hahnaman Townships as the Tampico Community Center and should have read the Reagan Community Center located at 202 W. 2 St., Tampico. Sorry for the confusion.

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dozen campuses. The district serves about 17,000 students.

District 60 leaders and the union were in negotiations throughout Wednesday. Both sides said they hoped a strike could be avoided before the Thursday deadline.

Salary, health care and employment conditions are at issue in negotiations.

The district says the Waukegan Park District, Waukegan Public Library and the Boys and Girls Club are offering childcare and programming.

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WAUKEGAN (AP) – The school superintendent in Waukegan says there will be no classes after teachers went on strike Thursday in the Chicago suburb.

Waukegan Community Unit School District No. 60 said on its website that there would be no school Thursday.

Officials with the Lake County Federation of Teachers say teachers went on strike Thursday morning at about two

“agreed-upon terms for the debate were changed last minute without any notification.”

The chamber’s vice president of communications, Jennifer Walker, told the Times that no changes had been made in the terms of the forum.

In a news release, Smiddy said Wozniak’s absence was “disrespectful” to the chamber and people in the district.

“It’s tough to be a leader if you don’t show up,” Smiddy said in the statement.

Neil Anderson, who is opposing Jacobs, told the Times he was “on duty today at the firehouse.”

Anderson is a Moline firefighter.

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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s visitations: Frederic W. “Fred” Ziegler of Sterling, 10-11 a.m. at First Congregational Church in Rock Falls.

Today’s funerals; Margaret L. Sotelo of Rock Falls, 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls.

Frederic W. “Fred” Ziegler of Sterling, 11 a.m. at First Congregational Church in Rock Falls.

Saturday visitations: Gerald L. “Jerry” Welbourne of Prophetstown, 10-11 a.m. at Prophetstown United Methodist Church.

Saturday funerals: Gerald L. “Jerry” Welbourne of Prophetstown, 11 a.m. at Prophetstown United Methodist Church.

Keith D. Kitzmiller of Sterling, memorial celebration of life potluck, noon at United Steel Workers Union Hall in Sterling.

Monday visitations: Thelma L. Burkitt of Sterling, 10-11 a.m. at 16th Avenue Church of Christ in Sterling.

Monday funerals: Thelma L. Burkitt of Sterling, 11 a.m. at 16th Avenue Church of Christ in Sterling.

Roseann (Jason) Heckendorf; and four greatgrandchildren, Ayden Hittlet, Jillian Heckendorf, Josephine Heckendorf, and Heath Hittlet.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Stanley Stroud, Lewis Stroud, Melvin Stroud, and Harry Stroud; and one sister, Naomi White.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday and the funeral at 11 a.m. Monday at 16th Avenue Church of Christi in Sterling, with David Schmitt officiating.

Burial will be at Coloma Township Cemetery in Rock Falls. McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls is handling arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

Ada M. Maines DIXON – Ada M. Maines, 85, of Dixon, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, at Serenity Hospice & Home in Oregon.

She had been a nurse for many years at Dixon State School before her retirement.

She was born June 21, 1929, in Bloomfield, Iowa, the daughter of Raymond and Eva (Humphrey) John. Ada married Virgil Maines on June 8, 1948, in Nebraska. He preceded her in death in 2009.

Survivors include her daughter, Marsha Mal-

burg of Polo; son-in-law, Robert Ottwell of Beardstown; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Lela and Sharon.

She also was preceded in death by her daughter, Debbie Ottwell; a son, Steven Maines; son-inlaw, Greg Malburg; and brother, Bernie.

There will be no visitation or services. Cremation rites have been accorded. Jones Funeral Home in Dixon handled arrangements.

Visit thejonesfh.com to send condolences.

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IN BRIEF Mississippi River bridge to close for repairs LOUISIANA, Mo. (AP) — A Mississippi River bridge connecting Missouri and Illinois will close indefinitely for repairs later this month.

KHQA-TV reported that the Champ Clark Bridge at Louisiana, Missouri, is in need of expansion joint replacement and concrete patching. The Missouri Department of Transportation will close the crossing the week of Oct. 13, and the bridge will remain closed until the $285,000 project is finished.

Illinois woman charged in sister’s stabbing death CARPENTERSVILLE (AP) – A northeastern Illinois woman has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of her sister.

Carpentersville police say 53-yearold Sandra Baumgartner was charged Wednesday with three counts of firstdegree murder. Her sister, 57-year-old Sharon Baumgartner, died Monday.

Police say neighbors reported hearing a disturbance Monday night at the elder sister’s apartment. The two lived in separate apartments in the same building.

Officers say they found Sharon Baumgartner bleeding heavily, and she later died.

Police found her sister in a wooded area nearby after searching for several hours.

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

DIXON – Starting Monday, a portion of River Road will be closed for 4 to 6 weeks.

The road will be closed from Ottawa Avenue to Bunny’s Bait Shop, where it meets state Route 2, for road, sewer

and water work, Commissioner Jeff Kuhn said.

Tuesday, road closures will start on Route 2 from Bunny’s to Ottawa Avenue.

Closure will be limited to one lane at a time, and flaggers will be present.

Motorists will be able to go both directions, but

will have to wait for traffic to clear, Kuhn said.

Also Tuesday, the inside lanes of Galena Avenue, near the Marathon gas station between McKenney and Bradshaw streets, will be closed for work on manholes. Kuhn said that closure is expected to be that day only.

The outside, northbound lane of Galena at First Street was expected to be closed for 3 days, but crews found a vault they weren’t expecting and the work had to be extended, Kuhn said.

He is optimistic the lane will reopen Thursday, weather permitting.

DEKALB | NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Latest crime statistics unveiled

Thelma L. Burkitt STERLING – Thelma L. Burkitt, 82, of Sterling, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, at Sterling Pavilion Nursing Home.

Thelma was born Oct. 24, 1931, in Salem, and was raised by her mother, Rose A. Denton, and stepfather, Walter Stroud. She married Wilbur Burkitt on Aug. 24, 1950, in Fairfield. He preceded her in death on Nov. 19, 2009. Thelma was a member of 16th Avenue Church of Christ in Sterling. She enjoyed camping, fishing, going to church, singing songs at church, and spending time with her dog, Mitzi.

Survivors include one daughter, Delores (Richard) Hittlet of Polo; one son, Terry (Bonnie) Burkitt of Rock Falls; three grandchildren, Thomas (Wendy) Hittlet, Amanda Burkitt, and

Friday, October 3, 2014

Crimes related to domestic violence included for first time

BY ANDREA AZZO Shaw Media aazzo@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – Northern Illinois University police Chief Tom Phillips thinks the statistics on stalking, domestic violence and dating violence recently released for the first time will give officials a better idea of how to help victims.

NIU released its 20142015 Annual Safety and Security Report on Tuesday and, for the first time, statistics now include domestic violence-related crimes.

The information was included in accordance with the federal Violence Against Women Act, which requires colleges and universities to report domestic violence, dating violence and stalking, adopt

By the numbers 2014-2015 Annual Safety and Security Report domestic violence-related statistics for 2013 Stalking: On campus 1, Off campus 0 Domestic violence: On campus 29, Off campus 3 Dating violence: On campus 1, Off campus 0 Source: 2014-2015 Annual Safety and Security Report

student discipline procedures and adopt policies to address and prevent campus sexual violence, according to NIU Today.

“We can look at the areas we need to focus on,” Phillips said. “The information allows us to look at areas and target our prevention and education to those areas, and providing resources to victims of domestic violence.”

The safety report is released each year as part of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus

Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, which requires colleges and universities to release public safety information.

Overall, numbers show statistics for 2013 were comparable to those in 2012. Noteworthy changes included a decrease in burglaries and increase in liquor law violations, which include underage drinking.

The report shows a total of 34 burglaries in 2012, but only 15 in 2013. Meanwhile, there

were 85 liquor violations in 2013 compared with 50 in 2012.

Phillips credits proactive policing efforts for the increase in liquor violations. He also attributed the decrease in burglaries to police arresting people who were responsible for multiple burglaries.

NIU President Doug Baker in July announced plans to create a 20-member presidential task force that will work with VAWA standards. Subcommittees of the task force will meet Tuesday to submit their final recommendations to Baker. According to NIU Today, the task force will make recommendations on how to implement VAWA and protect students from sexual assault.

Form of government on 2014 ballot ARELLANO

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In April, during an interview with the Sauk Valley Media editorial board, Burke said he was likely to seek reelection.

At the time, he said he still had more he wanted to accomplish as mayor, including finish the downtown development, expand the use and reach of the airport, and put together a task force to look into growing the city.

The municipal election will be April 7, 2015. The first day for candidates to pick up and start circulating petitions for signatures to get on the ballot was Sept. 23. Candidates can file those petitions between Dec. 15 and 22.

Before Dixon resi-

dents vote on their next mayor, they’ll be able to vote on the city’s form of government during the Nov. 4 election.

The ballot referendum will ask voters, “Shall the city of Dixon adopt the managerial form of municipal government?”

A yes vote would change the form of government. A no vote would keep in place the commission form of government.

Arellano said he supports the change.

“I do not believe we should stay [the same],” he said. “I think it’s time for a change.”

No council members have come out in support of the change. Three of the commissioners oppose the change, and two council members, Burke and Commissioner Dave Blackburn, have

declined to take a position.

While Arellano supports the change to the managerial form, it isn’t the form of government discussed during the governmental task force review last year that he preferred. He said he liked the council and city administrator form better.

His main concern with the managerial form is that it gives a lot of power to one person – the city manager – who isn’t directly elected by the voters.

This will be Arellano’s second political campaign, after he lost to Demmer in 2012. Like doing anything the first time – political campaign or starting a new business – Arellano said he learned a lot from the experience.

“My favorite part of

that experience was that I did door-to-door [campaigning] and talked one-on-one,” he said. “And people let you know what they think and what’s on their mind.”

That’s something he said he’ll continue during his mayoral campaign.

With the Rita Crundwell scandal behind the city, Arellano said there’s an opportunity for the city to achieve a lot, now that more attention is being paid to it. He said he wants to protect what’s great about Dixon – the small-town atmosphere – but also focus on the future.

“The biggest thing that got me into [the campaign] is that in the right hands, Dixon is on the verge of greatness,” he said.

Open house will be held 1 to 7 p.m. Oct. 9 ROUTE 30

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The Illinois Department of Transportation is widening Route 30 from two lanes to four, from state Route 40 in Rock Falls to state Route 136 in Fulton. The study area is 24 miles long and 10 miles wide.

Because the ever-moreheavily traveled roadway runs through the heart of Morrison, expansion there would take out buildings – and businesses – left and right. Simply not widening it in Morrison would defeat the purpose of trying to make the roadway more efficient, engineers have said. Hence the need to bypass the Whiteside County seat.

IDOT has developed two possible bypasses, and is seeking public comment, which will be used to develop a final environmental impact statement and a design report for the project, the agency said in a news release Thursday.

The open house will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. Oct. 9

at Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison St. Exhibits and maps of the proposals will be set up, copies of the supplemental draft environmental impact statement will be available, and there will be information on property acquisition and relocation assistance.

IDOT staff and project consultants will be on hand to answer questions, and a court reporter will be there to record oral testimony.

Written comments also can be submitted.

Information on both alternative routes is included in a 2,197-page document called the supplemental draft environmental impact statement, or SDEIS. It can be read at www.idot.illinois.gov/projects/us-30-fulton-to-rockfalls (click on the Environmental Documents tab mid-page). Copies also are available for viewing at the libraries in Morrison, Sterling, Rock Falls and Fulton.

Yes, that’s right, it’s nearly 2,200 pages long. But don’t panic.

In a nutshell, the two proposals, one for a north bypass and one for a south bypass, are essentially the same as were proposed in 2012, said Barb Suehl-Janis, with the U.S. Route 30 Coalition.

The only change concerns the south bypass, which now jogs around a small wetlands area and takes into account the newly revised state floodplains map, SuehlJanis said.

The report’s table of contents, on Page 15, will help you navigate to the parts you care about most, and there’s also an FAQ tab, with answers to frequently asked questions.

And if you click on the Resources tab, it will take you straight to maps of the proposed routes, called Build 4 and Build 5.

Those who wish to comment, either at the open house or otherwise, are encouraged to check out the proposal.

Those who cannot attend also may submit comments to Paul A. Loete, 819 Depot Ave., Dixon, IL 61021, or at

the project hot line, 866768-8330, or on a form provided on the website.

In addition to the alternative routes, the SDEIS also details the project’s potential impacts on the environment, both natural and man-made, as a result of the recent update of the statewide floodplain map.

Route 30, also known as Lincoln Highway, was America’s first coast-tocoast highway; the need to improve it first was identified in 1967.

According to the project website, IDOT began an engineering study to evaluate the feasibility of improving the route in 2002; the US Route 30 Corridor Study was finished in 2006. Since then, the agency has been working to get federal funding, complete engineering and environmental studies, and formulate a plan to update the highway, which is “a major east-west connector in northern Illinois and serves as a primary link between Iowa and northeastern Illinois,” in the agency’s words.

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STERLING

Main Street moving for new downtown project Arts and tourism center will open in mid-November

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570

STERLING – Sterling Main Street will soon leave the building at 318 First Ave., but the downtown space won’t be empty for long.

Janna M a i n Groharing Street’s new digs will be at 17 E. Third St., the former home to Aflac insurance services.

A big impetus for

moving is that there are big plans for the prime First Avenue storefront.

The Sterling Welcome Center & Gallery will open there in midNovember.

The multi-purpose gallery will meet an increasing demand for a place where local artists can display and sell their works. It also will serve a tourism function, allowing organizations to display the city’s historical and other resources.

Volunteers will staff the gallery, helping visitors make the most of their time in the area. Nonprofits can also sell things they make for fundraising purposes.

The gallery was the

Call for artists Artist information and application packets can be downloaded at sterlingmainstreet.org, or they can be picked up at Sterling Main Street or the

Sauk Valley Chamber, 214 Locust St. in Sterling. For more information, contact Janna Groharing at 815626-8610 or at janna@ sterlingmainstreet.org.

brainchild of Janna Groharing, Main Street executive director, and Kim Ewoldsen, Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce executive director.

“I had always told my board that I didn’t need this much space,” Groharing said. “I’m out meeting with people most of the day, and there was a better use for this storefront.”

Because Sterling doesn’t have a traditional tourism department, the gallery will help Groharing and Ewoldsen centralize some of the tourism duties they handle.

“This is a good catalyst for sending people to other cool things off the beaten path when they are visiting,” Ewoldsen said. “We can also provide items made in Sterling for visitors wanting

to take something back with them.”

Groharing said a development buzzword she likes is “placemaking”. It is a holistic approach to planning public spaces, built around the desire to take full advantage of local assets.

“This is a project that can take advantage of so many local nuggets, and the more we think about it, the more ideas we get for the space,” she said.

Ewoldsen believes the arts should play a key role in downtown revitalization.

“We hope the uniqueness of this shop becomes a great example of the role the arts can play in

economic development,” she said.

A juried application process will be in place and a nominal fee set for art vendors at the gallery.

The initial call for artists will be open through Oct. 20.

Groharing plans to move sometime next week. She said the phone lines might be down for a short time, but the Main Street Facebook page will be updated.

The gallery will initially have limited hours until demand can be gauged.

Hours are tentatively set for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sunday.

STERLING POLICE

DILLON PARK GETTING UPGRADES

New deal in arbitrator’s hands Could be several months before decision is made

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

The Coloma Township Park District is making upgrades to Dillon Park in Rock Falls, including the addition of new restrooms.

STERLING – Representatives from the city and its police union met Thursday with an arbitrator, putting an end to a long negotiation process.

The city’s contract with its police department expired April 30, 2013. Because the jobs are in the public safety realm, the existing contract is automatically extended until a new labor agreement is reached with the department.

City Manager Scott Shumard said the arbitrator heard from both sides

during the session that lasted about 7 hours.

The arbitrator’s decision is final, but it could be another 4 months before it is made.

“Transcripts were given to each side’s counsel, and they have 60 days to file briefs to add information,” Shumard said.

“Then the arbitrator has another 60 days to render a decision.”

Shumard did not comment on what happened during Thursday’s meeting. He did say, after an earlier negotiating session, that there had been several sticking points, including financial, time off and scheduling issues. A 12-hour shift agreement that was introduced on a trial basis in the current contract was one of those issues. The 12-hour shifts result in alternat-

ing 3-day and 4-day workweeks.

An arbitration session had been scheduled for May, but the union requested that a mediator be used instead. The mediator was brought in, and a deal was not reached.

A mediator presides over a meeting to facilitate negotiations as an unbiased third party, while an arbitrator is entrusted with handing down a decision in the matter.

The decision is usually binding for both parties.

The city ratified a new 3-year contract with its fire department union in June. The firefighters will get a 1.75 percent raise in the first and second years of the deal, and a 2.5 percent raise in the final year, for a total of 6 percent over the life of the contract.

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GUEST COLUMN | IGPA: ON THE ISSUES

Why Illinoisans need redistricting reform Current system an affront to democracy BRIAN J. GAINES Urbana

(Third in a series) Illinois voters will not get the chance to approve or reject a new process for drawing electoral districts this fall.

Hundreds of thousands signed petitions to put a constitutional amendment revising that process onto the November ballot, but in June, a state court ruled that the proposed amendment did not meet the state’s extremely tight standards for permissible direct democracy.

The state is not due to redraw state legislative and congressional districts until after the 2020 Census, so reformers have a few more years to try again, if they can muster the enthusiasm.

Is there a pressing need to revise our redistricting process?

Is the current system really so bad?

Absolutely.

First, the process is flawed in an obvious

way: there is too little transparency, and too few people are involved.

In turn, polls show that the public distrusts the results.

MOST DON’T KNOW exactly what purposes are served by the peculiarly shaped districts, but they rightly guess that twisty lines Brian J. betray that Gaines someone is somehow cheating.

What of the election outcomes under the current system? Consider the congressional map.

In the 190 U.S. House races in Illinois run under the prior (2001) map, only 11 contests were competitive (i.e., had a margin of victory less than 10 percentage points).

In 2012, the new maps drawn in 2011 saw 5 out of 18 races in that range.

And with weeks to go before the 2014 election,

it looks as if as many as four races might be close this time.

That’s far from robust competition, but it is an improvement on the recent past, and it is not bad by comparison with many states. So what’s the problem?

Competition is welcome – and even more close races would be nice – but competitiveness is not the only criterion for a good and fair map.

The 2002-10 congressional map was essentially a bipartisan “incumbent protection” gerrymander, drawn to assist officeholders from both parties.

And it mainly succeeded, producing little incumbent or even party turnover until the very end of the decade.

The new map, by contrast, was crafted by Democrats to increase the number of Democratic seats. And it also worked well, as Illinois’ GOP congressional delegation was cut in half in 2012.

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Whether rigged to help incumbents or to help one major party and harm the other, unfair maps mar democracy.

Note to readers: This is the third of a seven-part weekly series on various issues that impact the 2014 election campaign. It is the IGPA’s mission to help bring nonpartisan, expert information into the policy and political discussion in Illinois.

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Brian J. Gaines

ty, and competition than incumbent-protecting gerrymanders, but they are, nonetheless, very deliberately skewed to treat the parties (and their supporters) differently.

The key to successful partisan gerrymandering is to concentrate the other party’s voters in relatively few thoroughly safe districts so that the party “wastes” lots of votes. But that strategy is somewhat risky, since the gerrymandering party wins the most seats when it creates many districts its candidates expect to win by comparatively small margins.

If the mapmakers underestimate future partisan tides, this strategy can backfire.

In effect, partisan gerrymanders can create more suspense, volatili-

DO NOT MISTAKE A few more narrow wins for a neutral playing field. The current congressional map was manipulated to affect election outcomes every bit as much as was the previous one. The only difference is that rather than help incumbents, the current one helps Democrats.

Therein lies the problem. The public is not well served by maps that engineer outcomes,

skewing or dampening responsiveness to mass preferences.

Whether rigged to help incumbents or to help one major party and harm the other, unfair maps mar democracy.

The current Illinois redistricting process has a clear record of producing maps that were plainly drawn not to be fair, albeit in distinct ways.

A new, better process should remain a top priority for anyone serious about improving the state’s sour political culture.

Note to readers: Brian J. Gaines is a professor of political science at the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs.

THE READER’S VOICE

Honor veterans today and every day of the year

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Do you agree with these letters?

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

TRACY SHAFFER Lyndon

Today is not Veterans Day, and that is why I think now is a good time to say this. If you are reading this, and you are a U.S. veteran of any age, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you for your service and sacrifice.

I feel today is a good day to say this because it is something you deserve from all of America, any day and every day. I am glad there is a special day set aside to celebrate you on Nov. 11, but I want to recognize, celebrate, and thank you more than that.

I want to ask others to do the same.

To the people reading this who are not veterans, please join me in trying to find ways throughout the year, every year, to show veterans how much their service to our great country means to us.

To all U.S. veterans, I pray that the Lord will bless you, watch over you, and take good care of you and your families. Thank you again for defending our great nation. You deserve the best life has to offer.

‘Systematic injustice’ from justice system JOHN EADES Sterling

While recent commentators are correct to call out the militarization of the police, other law enforcement issues are equally or even more disturbing.

The recent militarization is merely the outgrowth of a paranoid response to Sept. 11 and alarming

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alterations to administering justice.

At root is replacing the “protect and serve” your fellow citizen philosophy of policing with the new attitude of “us versus them.” Rather than protecting and serving the overwhelming majority of law-abiding citizens, [police view everyone] as a potential criminal who harbors ill will and malice toward police officers, breeding a warrior mentality.

This attitude has produced in police a disregard and sometimes contempt for human dignity and basic civil rights. Not only are they the law, they are above the law when they feel they have to be to “enforce” the law. And if you’re being arrested, you no doubt must be guilty.

This bizarre attitude has been codified in recent developments concerning civil forfeiture. Nowadays, citizens are subject to confiscation of their property at the mere suspicion of illegal activity, even illegalities by associates they have no knowledge about. Without any evidence, you are assumed guilty until you prove your innocence.

Most disturbing, though, is the government turning over responsibility for incarcerating prisoners to private, for-profit corporations. It’s no wonder America has the highest rate of imprisonment.

When profit drives the industry, more is better.

This has spawned three strikes resulting in life imprisonment, overall harsher sentencing, and the war on drugs becom-

EDITORIAL BOARD

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Jennifer Baratta Jim Dunn Sam R Fisher Sheryl Gulbranson Larry Lough

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

Jeff Rogers

ing the No. 1 reason for imprisonment. There is no motive to rehabilitate prisoners, as recidivism is the desired goal to maintain and increase profitability.

Humane treatment of inmates is discouraged, as it only eats into profits.

No wonder our system of justice has been turned topsy-turvy and perverted into one of systematic injustice.

‘Silly’ situation brings about sad memories TONY VALENTINO Rock Falls

It is the little things that happen that upset us the most. The things that have little or no meaning or consequence. These

are usually brought about by individuals who have no purpose in life other than to annoy their fellow humans.

We all experience these situations, and when you step back and assess them, they are always absurd. You have to ask, Why is this happening? It serves no purpose other than to have someone’s will imposed on you.

The reason I am writing this is, on the surface, quite silly. I live on a private road in Rock Falls.

There is a homeowners association established to maintain the road only.

We have to contract our own garbage pickup. I have used one service for a number of years, and I am now told that I must use another or face a $50 fine.

Please be aware that I currently pay an associa-

“I’m used to writing the most unpopular stories in the world. I don’t care what everyone else thinks. News is news.”

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tion fee and embarrassing high property taxes. My house is one of the best maintained on the street.

I never cause any problems, and I always mind my own business. I resent being told that I am not in compliance.

As I sit here writing this, what really bothers me is that this is a situation that my wife would have handled. She always loved a good fight. She would have spent an inordinate amount of time because she was a woman who would not let herself be taken advantage of.

What really bothers me is my wife, of 46 years, passed away 2 years ago, and I am here, alone, being reminded that she is no longer with me.

If you do something in life, make sure that it has some meaning.

Kudos to those who sponsored orchestra event SUSAN KERR Dixon

I would like to give a huge thanks to Trein’s Jewelry and Ken Nelson Auto Group for their sponsorship of the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra of Chicago at the Historic Dixon Theatre on Sept.

21.

The concert, “Orchestra at the Movies,” conducted

by Tim Bowles, was a fantastic evening. So many great entertainment options in Dixon.

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DAY TRIP

Quad Cities conjure up fall attractions From ghosts to zombies, October has Halloween focus

BY ANDREA MILLS amills@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5575

QUAD CITIES – A number of Quad Cities’ venues promise a “spooky” time this month within the reach of any budget.

Among the choices are these attractions: Ghosts of Pine Creek: Visitors will take pumpkin-lit pathways to see ghosts right out of history at Pine Creek Grist Mill, 1884 Wildcat Den Road, Muscatine, Iowa.

This free, family event is open from 7 to 8 p.m.

Oct 10. Reservations are required; call 563-2996024. Go to pinecreekgristmill.com for more information.

Like zombies? The Running Dead 5K is a run/walk with a zombie theme. Participants and observers are asked to dress like a zombie. It begins at 4 p.m. Oct. 11 at Ben Butterworth Parkway and 55th Street in Moline.

An after-race party will run from 5 to 8 p.m. The cost to take part is $40.

Go to molineparks.com or call 309-524-2424 to register.

Performances also are in the works. Domingo Rubio will dance as Count Dracula for Ballet Quad Cities. The shows are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 and 18 at Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1800 Seventh Ave. in Moline. Guests who attend the afterparty Saturday can wear Halloween costumes.

Admission to the ballet is $22 for adults and $12 for 18 and younger. Go to balletquadcities.com or call 309-786-3779.

“The Passion of Dracula,” based on Bram Stoker’s novel, will be performed at 7:30 p.m.

Oct 17, 18, 24 and 25, and 1:30 p.m. Oct. 19 and 26 at Bergendoff Hall, Augustana College, 3701 Seventh Ave. in Rock Island. Go to augustana.edu for details.

If you go What: “Scary” activities Where: Quad Cities When: October Cost: Varies Information: Go to visitquadcities.com or call the Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau at 800-7477800 Niabi Zoo, 13010 Niabi Zoo Road in Coal Valley, will welcome trick-ortreaters from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 25 and 26. Admission tickets bought in advance are $4. Otherwise, the cost is $6 for adults, $5 for ages 3 to 16, and $5.50 for those older than 62.

Businesses and organizations will decorate in a Halloween theme and will give treats to the children. Go to niabizoo.com or call 309-7995107 to learn more.

Fright Night will be held Oct. 30 in Rock Island’s arts and entertainment district downtown. Shops, dining establishments and galleries will be open from 5 to 8 p.m. A treasure hunt with treats is planned, as is a costume contest. There also will be pumpkin carvers at work, storytellers and make-and-take activities. Halloween decorations will add to the scary atmosphere.

Admission is free; go to ridistrict.com or call 309-788-6311 for information.

The Hotel Blackhawk, 200 E. Third St. in Davenport, Iowa, is holding a Halloween Howling Ball from 7 p.m. to midnight Oct. 31. The cost is $50; costumes are welcome. Go to hotelblackhawk.com or call 563484-5906 for tickets.

Photo submitted by the Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Just don’t be scared; A shadowy figure takes a photo of three competitors ready for the 2013 Running Dead 5K. The run/walk has get out and explore the Halloween fun this year. a zombie theme. This year’s event is Oct. 11 in Moline.

DO-IT-YOURSELF HALLOWEEN CRAFT

Vampire lollipops sure to get you in the spirit What you’ll need

Scissors White address labels Lollipops (I used Blow Here’s a craft that’s sure Pops) Cape pattern to get you in the HallowPeel-and-stick wiggle een spirit.

Using pattern on black eyes It’s easy for younger felt, cut one cape for each kids, and this is a more Twist ties (rubber bands lollipop. inexpensive project Cut a piece of red celwork) with tools you likely lophane large enough to already have around the Black felt cover lollipop.

Red cellophane house.

BY MELINDA LAVINE MCT News Service

Wrap lollipop loosely with cellophane.

Place black felt “cape,” and secure with twist tie (or rubber band) around lollipop neck.

Cut triangle fangs out of address labels.

Place fangs and wiggle eyes on front of lollipop.

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The CGH Health Foundation needs your help to fund Love on a Leash, and 11 other health initiatives in the Sauk Valley.

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Dad’s other woman causes stressful situation Dear Abby, My father is dating a woman who is not only my ex-boyfriend’s mother, but also the woman he cheated on my mother with and left her for. I don’t want to be around her and have told my father this, but he doesn’t accept or respect my feelings. Being around them causes stress on my marriage, because my husband doesn’t want to be around her, either, and we don’t want her around our children.

This is causing so much stress that, at times, I’m afraid it could end our marriage. When I try to talk to Dad about this, he acts like there is no rea-

dearABBY Abigail Van Buren’s (Jeanne Phillips) column appears during the week through Universal Press Syndicate.

son for me to be uncomfortable and blames my husband for these feelings. It’s like he completely denies that there is any way I could feel the way I do, even though she has brought nothing but negativity into my life.

I don’t know what to do. I want to still have a relationship with my dad, but my marriage comes before this. How can I keep both?

– In The Middle in Pensacola

have a moral compass that points in a different direction is not on his radar.

Because your dad insists on imposing this woman on your family, recognize that you probably can’t have one without the other. That will mean seeDear In The Middle, ing your father far less than Your father refuses to you would like, and away acknowledge your feelings from your husband and because he sees you only children – if at all. Under as an extension of himself. no circumstances should Your opinions “surely” you allow your father to must match his own, and if destroy your marriage as they don’t, then they must he did his own. have been planted there by someone else. In his mind, Dear Abby, he and his lady friend have I was wondering if you done nothing wrong, so could help me out with how could you possibly a co-worker who is conobject? That you could stantly on her phone. Four,

HOME DECOR

Pick the perfect pumpkin for Halloween

BY GEORGEA KOVANIS MCT News Service

A friend, who has taken a sudden interest in home decor since moving into a new house, fell in love with – and bought – a goofy-looking papier-mache jack-o-lantern luminary from Pottery Barn Kids.

Excited to add a welcoming, seasonal touch to her place, she rushed home from the mall to display the pumpkin in her dining room.

She couldn’t stop staring at it.

And the more she stared, the longer she looked, the more uncomfortable she began to feel. Until after a couple hours, she decided the jack-o-lantern was downright disturbing and creepy – too creepy for Halloween, which is supposed to be kind of creepy.

“One of the eyes looks really dark,” she said. “When you look at it, it looks like it has one dark eye and one light eye.”

For what it’s worth, I don’t think the pumpkin looks disturbing or scary. I think it looks drunk.

In any case, my friend has returned the pumpkin to the store.

She’s searching for a suitable replacement.

My friend wants a faux pumpkin in her dining room because she’s afraid a real one will draw critters.

I have no problem putting a real one inside. At night I bring my real pumpkins indoors to keep them safe from squirrels.

Are you looking for a pumpkin,

Photo courtesy of Pottery Barn Kids

Papier-mache jack-o-lantern luminaries are sold at Pottery Barn Kids. too? And if so, do you go for the real thing, or a fake? And why?

If you’re looking for a pumpkin in paper or plastic, here are some candidates.

Chalkboard pumpkin! Write on it, decorate it, then wash it off.

Price: $30 at Sur La Table.

Info: www.surlatable.com.

Flashing pumpkin earrings.

Price: $3 at Pier 1.

To check local availability or shop online: www.pier1.com.

A carvable 17-inch fake pumpkin.

Price: $19.99, regularly $49.99 at JoAnn stores.

To find one: www.joann.com.

Set of 16 faux mini-pumpkins.

Price: $14.99.

Online: www.amazon.com.

Pottery Barn Kids’ papier-maché pumpkin Price: $29. The big pumpkin is $79, also at Pottery Barn Kids, the Somerset Collection North.

Info: www.potterybarnkids.com.

five, sometimes eight times a day she is making and accepting personal calls.

It’s very distracting to the rest of the office. When she’s not at her desk, it’s then my responsibility to cover for her.

I would like to find a polite way to say “these phone calls can be made after hours.” I do NOT want to ruffle any feathers. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

– Too Chicken To Talk Dear Too Chicken, The company’s policy on personal calls during business hours should be a part of the employee handbook. If it isn’t, it

should be brought to the attention of your employer or supervisor so it can be included when the handbook is updated.

Ideally, the person to speak to your co-worker about this would be your boss. Because these calls are distracting the other employees, your boss should be made aware of it so he or she can deal with it.

To My Jewish Readers, Tonight at sundown, Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, begins. It’s a day of fasting, reflection, prayer and repentance. To all of you, may your fast be an easy one.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Saturday, Oct. 4 Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, women’s; noon, open; 6 p.m., open, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, tradition; 12:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m. closed (5), Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9:30 a.m., former St. Anne Grade School, 32 N. Jones Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2315.

Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., closed; and 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.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-8214. Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old School; 8 p.m., open, fun night, bring a friend, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

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., open, First Presbyterian Church, 1100 Calvin Road, Rochelle.

Chapter 410 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, 7:30 p.m., terminal building, Whiteside County Airport, 10950 Hoover Road, Rock Falls, 815626-1249.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Village of Progress,

710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

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

Friendly Mexican Train Dominoes, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Rummy, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925 Tacos, 4-8 p.m., Latin Ameri-

can Social Club, 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925 Bingo, Dixon Elks Lodge No. 779, 4:30 p.m. doors open, 5:30 p.m. kitchen opens and 6:30 p.m. bingo begins, 1279 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, 815-2883557. No computers.

Loaves and Fishes, 5-6 p.m., Holloway Center, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 612 Highland Ave., Dixon, 815-284-7719. A free, hot meal for the needy.

Sunday, Oct. 5 Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., open, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., closed; 11 a.m., open; 1 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed; noon, open; 6 p.m., closed, step, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 10 a.m., open, Big Book, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Latin American Social Club meeting, 3 p.m., 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., closed, St. Anne Episcopal Church, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-8214. Downstairs, west door.

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

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

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

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

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

COMMUNITY EVENTS Friday, Oct. 3 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St.., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Bridge, 8:45 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Wii Bowling, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Line dancing, 11 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Pinochle, noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

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

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

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

Roast beef dinner, 5-7 p.m., American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-284-2003.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, 217 First Ave. Bingo, 7 p.m. Rock Falls American Legion, 712 Fourth Ave. Saturday, Oct. 4 Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, Twin City Market, indoors, 106 Avenue A, Sterling, 815-626-8610.

Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and Junior American Legion Unit 2 food sales, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Selmi’s Greenhouse and Farm Market, 1206 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls, 815-626-2610.

Lincoln-Manahan Home Museum tours, 1-4 p.m., 607 E. Third St., Sterling, 815-622-6215.

Mexican Train Dominoes, 2:30 p.m., Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St., 815-625-1370.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, 217 First Ave. Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 410, 7:30 p.m., Whiteside County Airport, 815-626-1249.

Sunday, Oct. 5 All-you-can-eat buffet, 7-11

a.m., Monroe Center Firefighters, 104 West St., Monroe Center.

Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and Junior American Legion Unit 2 food sales, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Selmi’s Greenhouse and Farm Market, 1206 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls, 815-626-2610.

Bingo, 1 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 540, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

Lincoln-Manahan Home Museum tours, 1-4 p.m., 607 E. Third St., Sterling, 815-622-6215.

Monday, Oct. 6 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Mexican Train Dominoes, 9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

Quilting, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th Ave., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Wii Bowling, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave, Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Situation Room, 10 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th Ave., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m.,

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Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Pinochle, noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

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CHICAGO

OHIO

Obama stumps for Quinn White woman

sues over sperm from black donor

President speaks at Northwestern about economy CHICAGO (AP) – Gov. Pat Quinn got some help from his friend President Barack Obama on Thursday as the Democratic governor fights to hold on to his office for a second term.

Obama attended a high-priced fundraiser in Chicago for Quinn, who’s in the midst of a tough and costly re-election bid against wealthy Republican businessman Bruce Rauner.

The president then gave a speech about the economy at Northwestern University in Evanston, where he reinforced many of the policies Quinn and other Democrats tout on the campaign trail – from raising the minimum wage to his signature health care overhaul.

Obama acknowledged Quinn and other elected officials only briefly during a roughly 45-minute address his aides said was intended to be more presidential than political – though it included several jabs at Republicans. And while the president told the crowd of about 1,000 he wasn’t going to tell them who to vote for in November, he said: “I suppose it is kind of implied.”

Mom says couple loves their daughter

AP

President Barack Obama talks to guests after speaking about the economy Thursday at Northwestern University in Evanston. Obama attended a highpriced fundraiser for Gov. Pat Quinn earlier in Chicago.

Gov. Pat Quinn

Bruce Rauner

Quinn said he was “thrilled” to have Obama back in Illinois, and that the president’s vision for the economy is “exactly what we’ve been working to do here in Illinois.” He also noted Illinois’ unemployment is the lowest it’s been in more than 6 years.

“With the President’s help – and the support

of the people of Illinois – we will continue getting the job done for working families and keep Illinois moving in the right direction,” Quinn said in an emailed statement.

Republicans said Obama couldn’t have picked a worse state in which to discuss the economy, noting that Illinois’ recovery has been slower than in surrounding states, and the unemployment rate remains among the nation’s highest.

“The only way to improve Illinois’ jobs climate immediately is

to fire Gov. Quinn and elect Bruce Rauner,” Illinois GOP Chairman Tim Schneider said.

Rauner did not issue a statement on the president’s visit.

Democrats have made raising the minimum wage a centerpiece of the 2014 campaigns, saying the best way to grow the economy is to put more money in the pockets of working people. On Thursday, Obama noted Illinois voters will get to weigh in on whether to increase the state’s rate from $8.25 to $10 per hour, telling the audience “let’s do this.”

CLEVELAND (AP) – An Ohio woman has sued a Chicago-area sperm bank after she became pregnant with sperm donated by a black man instead of a white man as she and her partner had intended.

The woman is seeking damages and wants to ensure the sperm bank doesn’t make a similar mistake again.

Within days of their wedding, Jennifer Cramblett and Amanda Zinkon had become pregnant with the donor sperm. In April 2012, 5 months into her pregnancy, Cramblett, 36, called Midwest Sperm Bank LLC outside Chicago to reserve sperm from the same donor in the hope that Zinkon, 29, would someday also have a child.

That’s when Cramblett learned from a sperm bank employee that she had been inseminated with sperm from the wrong donor, according to a lawsuit filed Monday against Midwest Sperm Bank in Cook County.

Cramblett said they had chosen sperm from a man known as No. 380, a white donor. The sperm used for insemination came from

No. 330, a black donor, she said.

“How could they make a mistake that was so personal?” Cramblett said during a telephone interview Wednesday.

According to the lawsuit, her excitement about the pending birth was replaced with “anger, disappointment and fear.”

“They took a personal choice, a personal decision and took it on themselves to make that choice for us out of pure negligence,” Cramblett said.

A woman who answered the telephone at Midwest Sperm Bank on Thursday would not comment and said an attorney would be providing a statement.

Cramblett said she and Zinkon love their 2-yearold daughter, Payton, very much and wouldn’t change anything about her. But they are concerned about raising her in the predominantly white community where they live.

The lawsuit said they had moved from Akron to Uniontown for better schools and to be closer to Cramblett’s family. She said that as a lesbian she has felt the sting of prejudice but doesn’t know what it’s like to be mistreated because of skin color.

Y L K E E W R U O Y UTUMN A S R E T R A U Q D A E H

OF VISIT THESE LOCATIONS FOR N I A TR PUMPKIN PATCHES & SPOOKY FUN! ERROR T Self Guided Museum Tours

The Train of Terror in Freeport runs October 11, 18 & 25 from 6pm to 10pm! $8.00 per person per ride

Murray’s Country Pumpkin Farm 1122 Rt. 38, East of Dixon 815-631-1541

October 4, 5, 18 & 19 from 11AM - 4PM $4.00 for adults & FREE for children under 12

Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad Train Rides October 4, 5, 18 & 19 from 11AM - 4PM $7.00 for adults & $3.00 for children under 12

Open Dawn to Dusk, 7 Days a week

Pumpkins, Gourds, Indian Corn & Squash Pumpkins priced 50 cents ea. & up.

FREE Gift for each family!

Come and see the chickens too!

Selmi’s

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Huge Selections of Pumpkins ~ Fall Decorating Items Mums ~ Cider ~ Caramel Apples ~Petting Zoo Little Spooks Bounce House ~ Outdoor Playland Haunted House ~ Weekend Horse Drawn Wagon Rides 1206 Dixon Avenue Rock Falls, IL Open Daily 9-6 thru October 31st• www.selmi.com FRESH APPLES FROM THE ORCHARD!

The Museum will be serving homemade soup & sandwiches on Oct. 4 & 5, and brats, sauerkraut & chili on Oct. 18 & 19.

For More Information: Call 815-235-7329 Or 815-235-2198 (on days of operation)

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PUMPKINS & GOURDS All Sizes

Indian Corn & Corn Stalks

Handmade Scarecrows & Straw Bales Variety of Veggies & Apples

Fall Squash & Watermelons

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Friday, October 3, 2014

DALLAS | EBOLA PATIENT

TURKEY

Family confined to apartment Parliament OKs

military operations into Iraq, Syria

Relatives will not be allowed to have visitors DALLAS (AP) – Four members of a family the U.S. Ebola patient was staying with were confined to their Texas home under armed guard Thursday as the circle of people possibly exposed to the virus widened and Liberian authorities said they would prosecute the man for allegedly lying on an airport questionnaire.

The unusual confinement order was made after the family was “noncompliant” with a request not to leave their apartment, according to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.

Texas State Health Commissioner David Lakey said the confinement would help ensure the relatives can be closely watched, including checking them for fevers over the next 3 weeks.

“We didn’t have the confidence we would have been able to monitor them the way that we needed to,” he said.

Several days’ worth of food have been delivered to the apartment.

The family will not be allowed to receive visitors, officials said.

Officials were con-

Nation has yet to define its role in U.S.-led coalition

AP

A young man retrieves food supplies and personal materials left by the North Texas Food Bank and the Red Cross on the front stoop of an apartment at The Ivy Apartments complex on Thursday in Dallas. Dallas County officials have ordered members of a family which had contact with the patient diagnosed with the Ebola virus to stay inside their home. cerned about the cleanliness of the home and hired a cleaning service to come, Lakey said.

“The house conditions need to be improved,” he said.

The infected man’s belongings, including clothes and possibly bed sheets, are bagged inside the home so the family cannot come into contact with them until they are removed, Jenkins said.

Elsewhere, Texas health officials expanded their efforts to contain the virus, reaching out to about 80 people who might have had direct

contact with Thomas Eric Duncan or someone close to him.

None of the people are showing symptoms, but public-health officials have educated them about Ebola and told them to notify medical workers if they begin to feel ill, Erikka Neroes, a spokeswoman for the Dallas County Health and Human Services agency, said Thursday.

The group will be monitored to see if anyone seeks medical care during the 3 weeks immediately following the time of contact, Neroes said.

The 80 people include 12 to 18 who came in direct contact with the infected man, as well as others known to have had contact with them, she said.

“This is a big spider web” of people involved, Neroes said.

The initial group includes three members of the ambulance crew that took Duncan to the hospital, plus a handful of schoolchildren.

The virus that causes Ebola is not airborne and can only be spread through close contact with someone who has symptoms.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s parliament gave the government new powers Thursday to launch military incursions into Syria and Iraq, and to allow foreign forces to use its territory for possible operations against the Islamic State group.

The move opens the way for Turkey, a NATO member with a large and modern military, to play a more robust role in the U.S-led coalition against the Sunni militants.

However, Turkey has yet to define what that role might be.

The vote came as the extremists pressed their offensive against a beleaguered Kurdish town along Syria’s border with Turkey. The assault, which has forced some 160,000 Syrians to flee across the frontier in recent days, left the Kurdish militiamen scrambling to repel the militants’ advance into the outskirts of Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab.

The assault came despite renewed U.S.led airstrikes in the area overnight. The United

States has been bombing the Islamic State group across Syria since last week and in neighboring Iraq since early August.

Turkey’s parliament had previously approved operations into Iraq and Syria to attack Kurdish separatists or to thwart threats from the Syrian regime.

Thursday’s motion, which passed 298-98, expands those powers to address threats from the Islamic State militants who control a large cross-border swath of Iraq and Syria, in some cases right up to the Turkish border.

Asked what measures Turkey would take after the motion was approved, Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz said: “Don’t expect any immediate steps.”

“The motion prepares the legal ground for possible interventions, but it is too early to say what those interventions will be,” said Dogu Ergil, a professor of political science and a columnist for Today’s Zaman newspaper.

The motion could allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters to use Turkey’s territory to safely cross into Syria to help Syrian Kurdish forces there, or permit the deployment of coalition forces’ drones, Ergil said.

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F

O TRAIN

R O R TER

The Train of Terror in Freeport runs October 11, 18 & 25 from 6pm to 10pm! $8.00 per person per ride

Self Guided Museum Tours

October 4, 5, 18 & 19 from 11AM - 4PM $4.00 for adults & FREE for children under 12

Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad Train Rides October 4, 5, 18 & 19 from 11AM - 4PM $7.00 for adults & $3.00 for children under 12

The Museum will be serving homemade soup & sandwiches on Oct. 4 & 5, and brats, sauerkraut & chili on Oct. 18 & 19.

For More Information: Call 815-235-7329 Or 815-235-2198 (on days of operation)

Or Visit Us Online: www.thefreeportshow.com

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10258 U.S. Hwy. 20, Garden Prairie, IL 61038 815-597-3011 ~ www.susiesgardenpatch.com pumpkins $4 Each (Up to 40 lbs. per pumpkin)

Fall Decorations • Pony Rides (Sat. & Sun. Only) Corn path & Corn Maze • FREE Admission!

12th Annual Pumpkin Fill Up! p Saturday, October 11th • 9AM - 6:00PM Sunday, October 12th • 12PM - 5:00PM Monday, October 13th • 9AM - 6:00PM

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Handmade Scarecrows & Straw Bales Variety of Veggies & Apples

Now OPEN Daily 10am-7pm

Fall Squash & Watermelons

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A fit-showing jump is a two-in-one bid Mark Twain wrote, “His money is twice tainted: ‘taint yours and ‘taint mine.”

‘Taint that just the case.

It is great to get twice the money for one piece of work.

At the bridge table, as we saw yesterday, that is sometimes possible in the bidding.

I pointed out that a jump-shift response by a passed hand is fit-showing: length in that suit and partner’s suit.

That was in an uncontested auction.

When the opponents sail in, I like to use fit-jumps even by an unpassed hand. I jump as high as I am willing to drive the auction. In this deal, after South opens one diamond and West overcalls one heart, North jumps to two spades, showing a limited hand with

five spades and four-plus diamonds. (With a stronger hand, North could jump to three spades.) The auction then proceeds to five diamonds by South.

West leads the heart ace and shifts to his trump. East wins and plays a club. How should South continue after guessing well to win with his club ace?

Declarer needs three dummy entries: one to take the spade finesse, one to ruff out East’s spade king, and one to reach the established spade winners.

Those entries are a heart ruff, the diamond queen and the diamond six – did you see the necessity for South not to play his diamond five at trick two?

Then you can bring home the contract with four spades, five diamonds, one club and the heart ruff.

Note that if North initially responds one spade, East would jump to four hearts and leave both North and South wondering what to do. © 2014 UFS

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ADVENTIST SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH,416ProspectSt.,Dixon. Saturday Service 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Pastor Trudy Dunn.

APOSTOLIC APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY, 2609 Pine St., Rock Falls. Spanish Spoken, Sunday School, 10 a.m., Sunday Worship Service Noon. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.. Pastor: Martin Garcia 590-7897.

ASAMBLEA APOSTOLICA, 2609 Pine St., Rock Falls. Se habla español.

Escuela Dominical 10 a.m., Servico de Alabanza y Adoraciòn Domingo 12 p.m., Miércoles Estudio Bìblico 6 p.m. Pastor: Martin Garcia 590-7897.

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD BETHESEDA TEMPLE, 1602 13th Ave., Rock Falls, IL 61071. Phone 535-0423. Pastor Lucio Esquivel. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Childrens Church.

All services in Spanish & English.

ROCK RIVER CHRISTIAN CENTER, 1800 Prophetstown Road, Rock Falls. Phone 815-625-4371. Rev. Brian Vickers, Pastor, Sunday Worship Services, 10:30 a.m. and Celebration of Praise 6 p.m. School of the Bible, 9:30 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Family Night, Prayer and Bible Study, Crossroads Youth Ministry Wednesday 6:45 p.m.; Missionnettes and Royal Rangers.

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

BAPTIST BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH, 1119 10th Ave., Rock Falls, Pastor Roger Carlson, Parsonage and office phone 625-7179, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m., Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday evening Bible Study 7:00 p.m.; Wednesday Dynamite Kids Club 6:00 p.m. Nursery provided for all services. Transportation Available. Independent Fundamental Baptist Church. www.bbcrf.com COMO BAPTIST CHURCH, 25059 Como Road. Pastor Larry Jones. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Service, 6 p.m. Affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention. Phone 625-8492.

COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH, 35021 Illinois Route 40, Milledgeville, Pastor J. Kregg Farmer, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m., Afternoon Service 1:00 p.m., Wednesday Evening Prayer and Bible Study 7:00 p.m., Children’s classes during Sunday School, Morning Worship and Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study. Nursery provided for all services. Church phone 225-7150. Independent Fundamental Baptist Church.

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

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

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

Morning worship 10:10 a.m.; Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Crib room and nursery provided. Call for info: Church office phone 625-1288; Air conditioning, easy access for handicapped.

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

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

NEW HOPE BAPTIST, 902 W. 12th St., Rock Falls. Jon Sedwick, Pastor Sunday Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Phone: 625-6696. Celebrate Recovery Mon nights at 6pm 815-590-3389. Affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention.

MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH, 1313 Woodburn Ave., Sterling, 6256473. Johnny Cooper, Pastor. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 11 a.m. Prayer Service & Bible Study Wed., 7 p.m.-8:15 p.m.; Youth Fellowship Hour Mon. 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

MARANATHA BAPTIST CHURCH, 2103 Walter Street, Rock Falls (Ye-

owardville). Rev. Calvin J. Reynolds, pastor. Sunday School (for all ages) 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:40 a.m. (nursery provided) Sunday evening worship service 6:00 p.m. Wednesday night prayer meeting 7:00 p.m. Phone 625-8978. Affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention.

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

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

HARVEST TIME BIBLE CHURCH, 1802 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls. Phone 626-1234. Pastor Dalmus Meeks, Assistant Pastor, Jason Borton. Children’s Pastor Myles Kukowski, Baptist Doctrine, Aaron Meeks, Minister of Music. Sunday School for all ages, 9:30 a.m., Sunday Worship Services, 8:30 and 10:50 a.m. Evening Worship, 6:30 p.m.; High School Youth, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Services, 6:45 p.m.; Awanas 6:30 p.m. Jr. High Youth 6:30 p.m. Nursery always provided.

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

Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m. tommymcmurtry.libertybc@gmail.com TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH 403 6th Ave. North, Lyndon, Illinois.

Pastor Alan Jahn. Ph.#(563)2420307 www.trinitybaptistchapel.com Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship 6 p.m., Youth Program 6 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.

BRETHREN MILLEDGEVILLE BRETHREN CHURCH, 521 N. Main Ave., Milledgeville.PastorJimBlack.Fellowship8:30 a.m.; Sunday School 9:00 a.m.; Worship at 10:00 a.m. Youth Activities & Evening services announced. 815-225-7814.

UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST, 210 East Grove Street, Coleta. Wilmer (Bill) Houch, Pastor. Sunday Worship Celebration 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship 10:30 a.m. For information, call 336-2339.

BRETHREN IN CHRIST TheBridge@Beans,121E.3rdSt.,Sterling. 11 a.m. Sunday. Pastors, Rita Wolf and Bruce Johnson. Phone 815-441-0779 CATHOLIC SACRED HEART CATHOLIC, 2224 Ave., J, Sterling. Masses; Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 and 11 a.m.; Sacrament of Reconciliation, Saturday 4:30-5 p.m. Rev. Bruce Ludeke, Pastor ST. ANDREW CATHOLIC, 708 10th Ave., Rock Falls, Saturday confessions 4:00 p.m. Saturday evening Mass: 5:00 p.m.; Sunday Mass: 7:15 & 9:00 a.m.; Daily Mass: Mon.-Thurs.

7:00 a.m.; (Wednesday during school year 8:30 a.m.; Friday 5:30 p.m.; Sat. 8:00 a.m. Rev. Msgr. Thomas L. Dzielak. Rectory phone: 625-4508.

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC, corner of Ave. B and W. 6th St., Sterling. Saturday, 5 p.m.; (Masses of Anticipation); Sunday Masses, 7, 8:30, 10 and 11:30 a.m. in Spanish. Rev. James Keenan, Pastor; Fr. Adalberto Sanchaz Parochial Vicar.

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

Everyone is welcome!

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

MORRISON CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 201 S. Genesee St., Morrison, IL 61270. Phone (815) 772-4928 Worship 10:00 a.m. Sunday; Sunday School 10:30; Call for Ladies Bible Study COMMUNITY COMMUNITY OF CHRIST, Corner of Reno Rd. and Candlelight Dr., Worship 9:30 a.m. Pastor Kimberly Crump, Phone 815-625-6144.

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

CONGREGATIONAL FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 905 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls.; Pastor Al Campbell; Sunday Service 10:00 a.m.; Holy Communion first Sunday of the month.

No steps or stairs for handicapped for worship. Church phone: 625-3314.

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

Tuesday nights Prayer Warriors 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Church

The Wisdom of Old Folks It is worthwhile spending time with folks who have “been around the block a time or two.” Older folks have been around long enough to have picked up some valuable wisdom along the way. I recently heard Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer being interviewed, and he mentioned that his father didn’t give much advice, which is usually wise, but that before he died he told him to stay on the payroll and to do your job, i.e., to do your job well.That reminds me of something my father always said, which was to always give your employer an honest day’s work.The first time I recall taking the time to sincerely listen to one of my elders was when I was in college and stopped my daily run to talk to an elderly gentleman from my neighborhood who was always out walking his small dog.

He always smiled and said “hello” and so I decided one day to cut my run short and talk to him for a few minutes. His advice was a simple reflection of his own life. Smile and say “hello” to everyone you meet was his kind advice. And then he told me to “be your own doctor.” His message was essentially that you know what’s good for you and what’s not, what to eat and how to keep your body healthy, so be your own doctor. Good advice coming from someone who was probably in his nineties at the time.

–Christopher Simon Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.

Job 12:12

Office phone, 625-5112. The church is accessible to people with disabilities.

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

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 3400 N. 6th Ave., Sterling, Rev. Courtney Montgomery Chandler.

Sunday School, all ages 9 a.m.; Worship service 10:15 a.m.; Families Welcome. Nursery provided. Handicapped accessible. Phone 625-6851.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, New Bedford, Pastor Brian L. Moore. Sunday: 9 a.m., Sunday School; 10:00 a.m., Sunday Morning Worship 10:30. Christian Children Fellowship Group on first Wednesday at 6:00 p.m., Youth Group on third Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Adult Fellowship Group on first Sunday at 5:00 p.m. at Fellowship Hall, and CWF on fourth Monday at 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. 445-4663 Pastor 626-2668 FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF WALNUT, 109 Red Oak Road, Walnut, IL. Pastor Brian L. Moore. Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 a.m.; Sunday School for all ages 10:45 a.m. Children/ Youth Sunday Club will resume on September 14th 10:15 a.m., Youth Group Meeting 6:00 p.m.; Adult Sunday Bible Class 8:00 a.m., Wednesdays Adult Bible Study 8:00 p.m. Church office phone 815-379-2093. Church Kitchen phone 379-2083. Email: walnutfirstchristain@yahoo.com. Also on Facebook (FirstChristianChurchWalnutIl) EPISCOPAL GRACE EPISCOPAL, 707 1st Ave., Sterling, 815-625-0442. Reverend Peg Williams, Rector. 9:00a.m. Sunday Holy Eucharist. Wednesdays spoken Holy Eucharist Noon, Bible study and soup supper at 5:30. Every Third Friday at 5:30 Younger adults gathering.

Pastoral care, confession and reconciliation by appt. gracechurchstg.org CHURCH OF SAINT ANNE (Episcopal), 401 North Cherry Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270-2602 (815) 772-2818.

The Reverend Gary E. A. Lawler, Rector. Schedule of Masses and Services: Sunday: 7:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist (Low Mass); 8:30 a.m., Morning Prayer; 9:00 a.m., Sunday School and Bible Study; 10:00 a.m., Sung Holy Eucharist (High Mass); 11:15 a.m., Coffee and Fellowship. Weekdays: Morning prayer, Monday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m.; Masses - Wednesday and All Prayerbook Holy Days, 6:20 p.m.; Friday, 12:15 p.m.; Evening Prayer - precedes all evening masses, 6:00 p.m.; A noon office precedes the 12:15 mass on Fridays. Confession & Reconciliation, Saturdays 3:00-5:00 p.m. or any time by appointment. Vespers with a Service of Light, Saturday, 5:00 p.m.

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

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

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

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LATTER DAY SAINTS THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, 2709 16th Ave., Sterling. William Stocks, Bishop; Sacrament Meeting 9:30-10:40 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:45-11:25 a.m.; Priesthood, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Relief society and Young Women, 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

LUTHERAN FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF JORDAN (ELCA) Sterling, 6 miles north on Rt. 40. Pastor Jamie Gallagher.

Phone 225-7410. Worship, 8:30 a.m.; Church 625-5407. The church building is air conditioned, and handicap accessible.

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

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

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN, (LCMS) Dixon Ave., at Martin Road, Rock Falls, Rev. Daniel Behmlander, pastor. Worship Service, 9:00 a.m.

Handicap accessible. Air Conditioned. Sunday School and Bible Class 10:15 a.m. Church office: 625-3376.

IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN (ELCA), corner of 8th

Ave. and W. 5th, Rock Falls. Henrietta J. Milner, Pastor; Worship: Sunday Worship at 9:00 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:15 a.m. Sept. thru May; Thursday evenings 6:30. Elevator and facilities for disabled persons. Air Conditioned. Church office: 625-3575.

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

Church Office phone: 625-2634, between 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays.

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH, (LCMS) LeFevre Rd. and Ave. F, Sterling. Phone: 625-2284. Sunday Worship Services at 9:00 a.m.; Sunday School and Bible classes at 10:15 a.m.; 9 a.m. broadcast live on WLLT, 107.7 FM on Sunday. Handicap accessible w/use of elevator. Air Conditioned.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN (ELCA), 1701 16th Ave., Sterling; Brandon Nelson, Pastor. Gerad VonHolten, Youth Director. Sunday Morning: Worship Time 9:00 a.m.; Coffee Fellowship following worship. Nursery provided; handicap accessible; air conditioned. Phone 625-3069.

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

ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS) 601 N. Jackson St. Morrison.

Rev Mark Winkelman, Senoir Pastor; Rev Mike Winkelman, Associate Pastor. Sunday Worship Services at 9:30 A.M. Sunday School & Adult Bible Studies 10:45 A.M. Various Bible Studies during the week. Handicap accessible and air conditioned. Signing for deaf is available upon request. 815772-3386. www.stpetersmorrison.com TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA), Rt. 40 & Stover Ave., Milledgeville.

Pastor Jamie Gallagher. SeptemberMay 9:00 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Forum; All year 10:15 a.m.

Sunday Worship; Handicap accessible; Air conditioned. Phone: 225-7410.

NEW LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMC Congregation), 702 W. Lynn Blvd. Sterling, IL. Air conditioned.

Pastor Bill Sullivan, Sunday Traditional Service 8:30 a.m. Contemporary Service 10:45 a.m. Church Office Phone 499-6552. nursery provided Sat. night service 6:00pm. www.nllutheran.com Handicapped Accessible.

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

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

METHODIST EAST JORDAN UNITED METHODIST, 22027 Polo Rd., Sterling, IL 61081. David Jungniekel, Pastor. Fellowship 9:00; Sunday School 9:30; Worship 10:45. Handicap accessible and air conditioned. Phone: 815-626-0104.

Web address: www.EastJordanUMC.org FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 501 Broadway Ave., Sterling; Rev. Paul Judd, pastor. Sunday School, 9:00 a.m. Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Nursery provided. Elevator available.

Air conditioning. Handicap accessible.

Telephones: Church 815-625-0244 (fax-815-564-0302); Annex, 815626-1734; Loaves & Fishes breakfast, Mon.-Fri., 9-11 a.m., FISH Pantry, Mon.-Fri., 9-11 a.m., 815-626-1734.

E-mail: admin@sterlingfirstumc.org ROCK FALLS UNITED METHODIST, 210 4th Ave., Rock Falls, Richard Fassig, pastor; Julie Carrion, Youth Director. Worship Service, 9:00 a.m. Nursery provided during worship service.

Sunday School resumes September 8th at 10:00am. Youth Group meets 2nd & 4th Sunday at 11:30 a.m.. Air Conditioned, Handicapped Accessible. Church phone: 815-625-0114. www.rockfallsumc.org UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 321 N. Holcomb Ave., Milledgeville, 225-7511. 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service. Pastor Rosa Yeonshin Lee. TRINITY UNITED METHODIST, 2nd Ave., and E. 10th St., Sterling, Pastor Paul Judd. Sunday morning worship and Camp Sonshine for children in 5th grade and under at 9:00a.m. Fellowship with coffee and snacks at 10:20a.m.

Nursery provided during 9:00a.m. worship. Phone 1-815-626-7777. Trinity Food Pantry: call ‘Good Neighbors’ for voucher at 1-815-625-5111.

WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 2200 16th Ave., Sterling, Rev. Wesley Dickson Fellowship 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. Fully handicapped accessible and air-conditioned.

Nursery provided. Contact Church Office for questions 815-625-1968 TAMPICO FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, (Two blocks west of Casey’s) Welcomes Pastor Leanne Keate. Church phone 815438-6105; Sunday School 9:30 a.m. (starting again in Sep); Sunday Church Service 10:30 a.m., Fellowship to follow.

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

COLETA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 112 North Main St., David Jungnickel, Pastor. Worship Hour: 9:00 a.m.; Fellowship 10:00 a.m.; Sunday School for All ages 10:30 a.m. Fully handicapped acessible and air conditioned. (Rides available, call 336-2226) NAZARENE FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, 13th Ave., and 5th St., Sterling.

Senior Pastor: Bob Hasselbring 9:45 a.m. Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. Worship Service; handicapped accessible; nursery providedatallservices.Phone:625-0864.

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

OPEN BIBLE FIRST OPEN BIBLE CHURCH, 2105 E. Rt. 30 Rock Falls. Rev. Les Funderberg, Pastor, Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.; Super Church 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, Prayer and Bible Study, 7 p.m. Youth Service - Beyond Belief Wed. 7:00 p.m. Phone: 625-1957 or 625-0414.

UNITED PENTECOSTAL NEW LIFE TABERNACLE, Located on the Corner of E. 10th St. and Avenue D, Rock Falls. Rev. Carl B. Reese, Pastor. Sunday School and Morning Worship 10 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m. Church/Pastors Phone: 625-2926 PRESBYTERIAN FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 410 2nd Ave., A Heart for God in the Heart of Sterling. Pastor Christina Berry: Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. with childcare provided; Fellowship following worship. Choir practice 11 a.m. Building accessible to the handicapped for more information call 815-625-0452 or visit our Facebook & Become A Fan of FPC. www.firstpresbyteriansterling.org FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 100 East Lincolnway, Morrison, Il. Rev. Michael Selburg. Phone 815-772-3510.

Sunday School/Choir Rehearsal 9:00 a.m. Worship Service 10:15 a.m. Coffee Hour 11:15 a.m. Monthly Communion.

FREE Community Dinner 5:00-6:30 p.m. second and last Thursday of month.

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

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

Call the church office for information and other organizations: 626-1816. www.bethelreformed.com SPRING VALLEY REFORMED CHURCH, 10960 Spring Valley Rd., Fulton, Il. 815-772-3554. Pastor Ralph Beidler. Worship 9:30am. Sunday School 11:00am. Outdoor Drive In Worship 7pm Mid May - Mid September.

SALVATION ARMY SALVATION ARMY, 409 Ave. F, Sterling, Lt. Cindy Marquis, Corps Officer/Pastor.

Sunday 10:15am Sunday School (classes for adults and children) 11:00am Fellowship. 11:15am Morning Worship. Wednesday 5:00pm Bible Study (all ages) 7:00pm 3rd Wednesdays Ladies Night. Thursday 1:30pm Ladies Fellowship.

5:30pm Club 316 (youth grades 1-12) Building handicapped accessible. Office Hours Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-Noon, and 1:00p.m.4:30p.m. Food Pantry- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 1:30p.m-3:30p.m.

For further information or questions on programs call 815 – 625 – 1622 For assistance with prescriptions, water, utilities please call for an appointment.

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

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Sears to raise cash through sale Rights offering of stake in Canadian ops will help in holiday season The announcement Thursday is the last in a string of initiatives the company is undertaking to shore up finances. Sears said that it will evaluate its capital structure over the next 6 to 12 months and may take further action to create more financial flexibility.

The offering comes after Sears failed to find a buyer for the Cana-

dian operations and also the announcement last week that the president and CEO of the unit, Douglas Campbell, would leave at the end of the year.

The company board approved a rights offering of up to 40 million shares of Sears Canada Inc. Sears will still hold about 12 million shares of Sears Canada, valued at about $113 million.

Chairman and CEO Edward Lampert plans to fully exercise his subscription rights. ESL Investments Inc., of which Lampert is also chairman and CEO, will do the same.

The retailer, based in Hoffman Estates, expects at least $168 million in proceeds from the rights offering in mid-to-late October, with the rest by early November.

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The Sears store at Eaton Centre in Toronto opens its doors for business in October 2013. Sears, sorely in need of cash, is selling most of its stake in its Canadian unit to raise as much as $380 million.

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Doug Sohn, owner of Hot Doug’s gourmet hot dog stand, takes the order of David Kudla (center) and Christopher Sanders, who were first in line at 12:45 a.m.

Wednesday in Chicago. The famous eatery will close its doors today.

Lines linger for famed hot dogs Hot Doug’s set to doors close today CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago’s hippest hot dog stand helped elevate the lowly sausage into a culinary superstar by stuffing it with exotic ingredients including escargot, foie gras and rattlesnake. When the owner announced the gourmet shop was closing, everyone expected encasedmeat aficionados to line up for one last taste.

But this?

Lines forming deep in the night. Lawn chairs, card tables, poker chips, sleeping bags and booze to help pass the wait of up to 8 hours. A spot in line popping up on Craigslist for $300. Apologetic announcements telling patrons they won’t reach the front of the line and secure their coveted dog before closing time.

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So, who are these people? Well, just go down the line:

No. 1 Christopher Sanders and his buddy, David Kudla, became Wednesday’s first customers at 12:45 a.m., unfolding lawn chairs to wait for the doors to open at 10:30 a.m.

Sanders, 29, had never been to Doug’s before – put off, by all things, by the sight of constant but shorter lines.

“I’ve driven past it, seen the lines and said, ‘I’m not waiting that long; it’s crazy,’” he said. “I will never get a chance to do it ever again.”

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said the 24-year-old Deleon, though he had a plan for salvaging an A – buy a dog for the professor, too.

“See if it works,” he said.

Ah, memories Bartender Dani Ploszaj thought it nice to learn the names of the other people in line – all of them.

“I was like, ‘Hey, what’s your name, what’s your name?’” she said, pointing to the 48th, 49th and 50th people in line – Michelle, Annie and Patrick. “Now they’re all my friends.”

To your health From his lawn chair about 70 people down, retired physician Jack Laude can tell you all the reasons why hot dogs aren’t healthy.

Not that the 62-year-old Laude would be deterred from the boar and bacon cheese dog he’s intent on ordering.

“You want to know the secret of longevity?” he asks. “Pick your parents well.”

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Starting right Kyle Fuller Bears cornerback named the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Month after having three intereceptions and two fumbles forced.

Star not as bright Carmelo Anthony Knicks forward tells ESPN that he thinks that is the most underrated superstar, but that it doesn’t matter to him.

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Draft coming to Chicago in April Nothing sells hope to fans of all 32 NFL teams like the draft, and next year, the league will bring that hope to Chicago.

Multiple sources reported Thursday that the draft, which for the last 9 years has been conducted in New York’s Radio City Music Hall, will move to Chicago next spring, and be held April 30 through May 2.

It is heading out of New York for the first time in 50 years.

Officiating union criticizes league The union representing NFL on-field officials criticized the league for inconsistencies in grading calls, including two high-profile penalties from recent games.

In a release, the NFL Referees’ Association says the NFL has “caused confusion for NFL officials as to what the league does and doesn’t want called.”

The union referred to penalties on Washington’s Chris Baker for a hit on Eagles quarterback Nick Foles on Sept. 21, and to Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah last Monday night for going to his knees to celebrate an interception return for a touchdown.

Abdullah actually had gone to his knees to pray – an act exempted from celebration penalties.

The union says both calls were graded as correct even after NFL executives announced that they were incorrect.

Bears’ Bushrod injured at practice Chicago Bears left tackle Jermon Bushrod’s availability for Sunday’s game is in jeopardy after he suffered a knee injury in Wednesday’s practice.

Bushrod had one of his knees rolled up on during the session, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.

Bushrod’s injury is not believed to be seasonending, and the Bears continue to evaluate how much time he’ll miss.

Cowboys’ Spillman returns to practice Cowboys safety C.J. Spillman, accused by a woman last month of sexually assaulting her at a hotel near Dallas, returned to the practice field Thursday.

Authorities say the alleged assault took place early Sept. 20 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine. The Cowboys flew to St. Louis later that day, a Saturday, for their Sunday game against the Rams, in which Spillman played on special teams.

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Brad Keselowksi said before the Chase started that the new bracket system would break some hearts.

The next three races before another round of eliminations could prove his point.

Make or break time

Drivers fear next round of NASCAR’s Chase finish. It worked for Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Drivers last week. Hamlin, who counts Where: Kansas City have been fretting about the secDover among his most disliked When: 1 p.m. Sunday ond round of NASCAR’s Chase tracks, finished 12th to stave off TV: ESPN for the Sprint Cup championship elimination.

Distance: 400.5 miles, 267 laps for weeks.

“I don’t think we are out there FYI: Championship-eligible drivThe three-race stretch that to set the world on fire at Kaners get a spot in the next round begins Sunday at Kansas Speedsas,” Busch said. “A solid top-10 with a victory. way ends on Oct. 19 at Talladega is what we need to get out of Superspeedway, where four drivthere with. I thought I was just A championship cannot be won starting to figure it out there on ers will be booted from the field. this weekend at Kansas, but it “I think that bracket will break the old asphalt ... and once they most certainly can be lost. some hearts,” Brad Keselowski repaved it, I haven’t been able to Kyle Busch has rolled into the said 3 days before winning the find my rear end with both my 1.5-mile speedway in solid shape hands. I’ve definitely got to figChase opener at Chicagoland in the Sprint Cup standings time ure that out.”

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He hasn’t changed his mind. The and time again, only to see his The field has been reset since field has been trimmed from 16 to title hopes slip away. He crashed Dover last week, and all drivers out of the Chase race there the 12 drivers, and although they are are again equal. That means last two seasons, and suffered all even as they head into Kansas, everyone has caught up to Team the same fate in 2007 when he the margin of error will be small.

Penske drivers Keselowski and arrived at Kansas within a hand- Joey Logano, who won the first Drivers will be desperate to run well at Kansas this week and Char- ful of points of the leader. two Chase races, and Kevin Under the new Chase format, lotte next week, so that the crapHarvick, who has the fastest car a win in any of the three races shoot that is Talladega will not seemingly every week. guarantees a driver an automatic decide their championship fate.

It’s a comfortable spot for berth into the next round, so a “Two of the three races are Kasey Kahne, who barely made bad day at Kansas can be overas much of a wild card as you the Chase, and at one point, was come. But with Talladega, where down four laps at Dover and in can get in NASCAR racing these one wiggle by one driver can days,” Keselowski said. “One of danger of being eliminated. He wipe out half the field, few want the great teams that has a shot raced his way back into the top to head to Alabama later this at winning this will probably be 12, and feels good about this left at home after this series of month in desperation mode. second round. events, because you don’t conBusch is doing his best to get Kahne has an average finish trol your destiny as much as you to Kansas with a strong mindset of 13th at Kansas, and has four do the other races of the season.” that he can pull out a strong career victories at Charlotte.

BY JENNA FRYER Associated Press

Hollywood Casino 400

Richards glad new home is Chicago Second-line center won’t miss dealing with New York media

BY CHRIS KUC Chicago Tribune

AP

Brad Richards is glad to have made the move from New York to Chicago. He enjoys being on the talented second line of the Blackhawks, and he won’t miss dealing with the New York media. pale compared with those heaped upon the veteran after he signed a 9-year, $60 million contract with the Rangers before the 2011-12 season.

Despite helping lead the Rangers to the Eastern Conference finals in 2011-12, and the Stanley Cup Final last season, the team bought out the contract and cast Richards aside as a free agent. The Hawks swooped in and signed the 34-year-old to a 1-year, $2 million deal this summer.

There’s a long season ahead, but Richards said

• Ottawa at Sterling • Stillman Valley at Rock Falls 7:30 p.m.

• Amboy at ErieProphetstown (at Prophetstown) • Newman at Riverdale • Morrison at Bureau Valley • Princeton at Fulton • Polo at Eastland-Pearl City (at Lanark) • AFC at Orangeville • West Carroll at South Beloit • Milledgeville at Stockton

On the tube TV listings Today Auto racing 11 a.m. & 3 p.m.

• NASCAR Nationwide, practice for Kansas Lottery 300, FS1 & ESPN2 Noon

• NASCAR Sprint Cup, practice for Hollywood Casino 400, FS1 4:30 p.m.

• NASCAR Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Hollywood Casino 400, ESPN2 Midnight

• Formula One, qualifying for Japanese Grand Prix, NBCSP

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The stress of awaiting the birth of an overdue baby while settling into a new city and trying to fit in with a Stanley Cupcontending team is welcomed by Brad Richards.

It’s little pressure compared with what the Blackhawks center felt while playing the last three seasons under the media microscope of the Big Apple.

Richards is thrilled to escape from New York.

“It’s probably going to be good to get some weight off my shoulders,” Richards said Wednesday before the Hawks’ 3-1 exhibition loss to the Canadiens at the United Center. “I signed obviously a pretty big contract in New York, and put a lot of pressure on myself, and it’s nice to get away from that.

“I wouldn’t change that for anything but … now it’s over, and it kind of feels nice to get a little of that off your shoulders, and just enjoy the game again in a locker room that’s pretty established.”

While expectations are high for Richards as the Hawks’ projected second-line center, they

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he expects fairer treatment from the media in Chicago than he received in New York.

“Please don’t try to be like them,” Richards jokingly told reporters after the morning skate.

“It’s part of New York.

To be honest, we had a conference final and a Stanley Cup Final in my 3 years, and it felt like some days you weren’t even in the playoffs.

That’s just the way it is. That’s the animal of playing in New York. I probably needed more than 3 years to get used to [it]. It takes a long time to kind of block out

that noise. It’s a great city to play in when you’re winning.”

The Hawks will give Richards every opportunity to be successful centering the second line, flanked by wingers Patrick Kane and Brandon Saad.

“With Saad and Kane, he has a lot of upside,” coach Joel Quenneville said. “It potentially could be a dangerous line for us. Offensively, Brad’s playing with two real good players who complement him. Working together with those two guys throughout camp, we’re seeing progress.”

Richards has also been installed as the point on the second power-play unit, and will quarterback that group, which includes Saad, Marian Hossa, Bryan Bickell, and Brent Seabrook.

“Pretty much 95 percent of my career I’ve been on the point, so I’m comfortable,” said Richards, who has 89 power-play goals in his career. “Coming here I know that there’s a lot of personnel, so I was ready to play anywhere on it. Obviously, to start somewhere you’re comfortable, I know I can help back there.”

Canadian football 9 p.m.

• Calgary at Saskatchewan, ESPN2

College football 6 p.m.

• Louisville at Syracuse, ESPN 9:15 p.m.

• Utah St. at BYU, ESPN

College volleyball 7 p.m.

• Penn St. at Nebraska, BTN

Prep football 6 p.m.

• Norcross (Ga.) at North Gwinnett (Ga.), ESPN2

Golf 10 p.m.

• LPGA, Reignwood Classic, second round, at Beijing, TGC

MLB playoffs 11 a.m.

• ALDS, Game 2, Tigers at Orioles, TBS 2 p.m.

• NLDS, Game 1, Giants at Nationals, FS1 5:30 p.m.

• NLDS, Game 1, Cardinals at Dodgers, FS1 8:30 p.m.

• ALDS, Game 2, Royals at Angels, TBS

NHL preseason 6 p.m.

• Blackhawks at Rangers, CSN Soccer 7 p.m.

• MLS, Kansas City at DC United, NBCSP

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LOCAL SPORTS

Hawks more focused on regional play

PREP ROUNDUP

RETURN

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Polo’s Christopher Rademacher watches his putt roll on the sixth green during Thursday’s NUIC meet at Park Hill West Golf Course in Freeport.

Cardinals claim TRAC title

By SVM Sports Staff

Led by a trio of top-12 finishers, the Erie Cardinals won the team title at the Three Rivers girls golf meet on Thursday at Deer Valley Golf Club.

Erie’s total of 387 was five strokes better than runner-up Princeton (392), and seven ahead of third-place Rockridge (394). Prophetstown was the only other local school to field a full team; the Prophets placed fifth with a 452.

Morgan Newton led the Cardinals with an 88, good for fifth place individually. Katlyn Weber was 11th with a 95, and Sera Bebon took 12th with a 96. Riley Redell’s 108 was Erie’s final counting score.

Morrison’s Jaeden Workman was second with an 80, one shot behind winner Katy Schmitt of Sherrard (79).

Amboy’s Julia Daskiewicz and Fulton’s McKenna Munson shared ninth place after shooting 94s. Taylor Kelley paced Prophetstown with a 102.

Freidag wins NUIC: Eastland junior Karissa Freidag capured the NUIC girls tournament title by three strokes at Park Hills West in Freeport.

Freidag finished with an 86, beating Stockton’s Megan Gille, who shot an 89.

Eastland’s Grace Norton shot a 98 to finish tied for sixth with West Carroll’s Hayley Guillinger.

No team scores were kept.

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Thursday’s stars Karissa Freidag, Eastland golf, NUIC medalist Jaeden Workman, Morrison golf, TRAC runner-up Jose Uresti, Sterling soccer, 3 goals

“I’ve struggled in my 18-hole rounds this year, and as tight as this course is, I didn’t want to use driver too much, and I was able to avoid that; I only used driver twice, and an 82 is all right with me,” Long said. “It was a pretty fun round.”

Long just missed honorable mention all-conference honors, which went to the golfers who placed 11th through 15th; the top 10 were named all-conference.

Long’s classmate Aaron Frank was the lone local to earn an honor, tying for 14th with an 81.

“I’m not too upset, especially since I only hit three fairways and three greens in regulation,” said Frank, who tied for 13th a year ago. “I started out birdie-birdie, and I was in the middle of the fairway on my third hole [No. 12], but I just couldn’t keep it going. I knew with that fast start that bogeys wouldn’t kill me, and I was able to string together a few pars to keep the round going.”

Carrigan Chounard’s 84 and Bronson Mintun’s 91 were the

other counting scores for Rock Falls, which placed third last year in the same meet after firing a 327 at the same course. Oregon was sixth in 2013 with a 330, led by Taylor Brubaker’s 79, which was tied for 10th.

Brubaker again led the Hawks on Thursday, but this time with an 85.

The senior wasn’t despondent by any means, but regretted not living up to his own expectations.

“I wanted to shoot 79 or lower, to match or beat last year, but it wasn’t so good this year,” Brubaker said. “I started out par-partriple bogey, and I wasn’t making putts, plus I was blocking some shots right.

“But we’re at PrariieView for regionals, and we’re all pretty comfortable there. I think we’re all ready to go for Tuesday.”

Oregon bunched up its scoring, with the four counting scores all one stroke apart from each other.

Mitchell Nehrkorn had an 86, Tyler Black fired an 87, and Matt Myers shot an 88.

Ruckman led Dixon with an 89, while Jake Bonnell (92), Jackson Jeffery (98), and Anton Halla (105) also scored for the Dukes.

“It was the first meet playing

here for most of us, and I struggled on the front nine; I shot a 10 on my first hole when I got behind the big tree in the middle of the fairway on No. 1,” Ruckman said. “But I just thought, ‘Things can’t get any worse,’ and I did what I could to keep my score in the 80s.”

Richmond-Burton’s Hahn won the meet after finishing second to Burlington Central senior Matt Weber a year ago. After Harvard’s Coffman three-putted for bogey on the first playoff hole (No. 1), Hahn had a muted celebration with his teammates.

Later, as the awards ceremony was about to start, he took a cell phone from his mom and accepted congratulations from his dad, who is currently in Japan on business. With a quick “I love you,” Hahn promised to call his father back when he had his winner’s trophy in hand.

“I like the pressure of playoffs, with the gallery following and watching,” Hahn said. “I wasn’t nervous at all, and as well as I had played overall – especially my wedges, which were working well all day – I was pretty comfortable.”

18 holes to finish tied for sixth at the NUIC tournament at Park Hills West in Freeport.

Ehlers was the top local finisher. Polo’s Christopher Rademacher was 12th with an 89. Stockton’s Cameron Upmann won the meet by four strokes over teammate Zach Lacher with a 77.

Stockton won the meet with a 342, followed by Pecatonica at 358 and Galena at 373. Polo was seventh at 384. EastlandMilledgeville was eighth at 402, and West Carroll was ninth at 404.

Eastland-Miledgeville was led by Shay Goellner’s 95 and Curt Strauss’s 96.

Trevin Woodin had a 97 for Polo, and Mack Llanas added a 98.

Boys soccer

Sterling 7, Limestone 1:

Jose Uresti highlighted an explosive second half for Sterling by scoring three goals for a hat trick in a nonconference win in Bartonville.

Patrick Nelsen, Alejandro Marquez and Juan Carlos Silva-Rodriguez each added goals for the Golden Warriors (9-2-3).

Miguel Gallardo and Tony Boys golf Diaz each had two assists Ehlers sixth at Park Hills: and had one apiece from West Carroll’s Cameron Jose Castro and Jesus Ehlers shot an 86 over Velazquez.

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Rock Falls’ Cooper Kilberg chips onto the green Thursday during the Big Northern tournament at Timber Pointe Golf Club in Poplar Grove. The Rockets finished fourth in the 16-team field.

Playoff future for teams determined over next 4 weeks Morrison Mustangs (0-5)

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A low number of players has been too much of a disadvantage for the former powerhouse Mustangs. They could taste victory in Week 9 against Riverdale (0-5).

My pick: 1-8

Only one remaining opponent has a winning record (Byron 3-2), and I think they should win that game too. I like the Dukes to sweep the next four games and return to the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

My pick: 7-2

Newman Comets (5-0) The Comets will get some much needed tests in Week 7 against ErieP’town (4-1) and Amboy (4-1) in Week 9. Ultimately, I think they pass those tests and enter the 2A playoffs undefeated.

My pick: 9-0

Oregon Hawks (2-3) The Hawks are in mustwin mode for today’s showdown with rival Byron. Mendota (4-1) is looming in Week 8, so Oregon cannot afford a fourth loss before that meeting. I like the Hawks against the Tigers, and I like the Hawks getting in the playoffs.

My pick: 5-4

Rock Falls Rockets (0-5) The playoffs aren’t an option for the Rockets, and today’s game with Stillman Valley (1-4) appears the most winnable of the final four games. Rock Falls’ final three opponents have a combined record of 12-3.

My pick: 0-9

Three Rivers North

Amboy Clippers (4-1) The Clippers close with a tough stretch starting tonight with Erie-

NUIC Northwest

Eastland-Pearl City Wildcatz (5-0) While Polo (4-1) and Forreston (5-0) are strong Newman’s Trevor Bolin turns upfield while returning a punt against Morrison 2 1A teams, it seems that weeks ago. Sports Editor Dan Woessner thinks the Comets will go 9-0.

EPC simply has more weapons then the 1A Prophetstown (4-1). They but miss the playoffs for My pick: 6-3 competition on its slate. play dangerous teams in the fourth straight year.

Fulton The Wildcatz run the Bureau Valley (1-4) My pick: 3-6 Steamers (2-3) table and take another and Fulton (2-3), before Erie-Prophetstown hack at the 2A playoffs. closing with Newman Tonight’s game against Panthers (4-1) My pick: 9-0 (5-0).

Princeton is key for FulMy pick: 6-3 The Panthers face three ton. If it can get this one, West Carroll they’ll be back in the five heavyweights in the last Bureau Valley Thunder (0-5) win boat, and then hope month in Amboy (4-1), Storm (1-4) Another year, another Newman (5-0) and Orion to have enough playoff points. If they get into the schedule filled with outA slow start has doomed (4-1). That’s a tough 1A field, they could make standing opponents to the Storm, and it’s almost stretch, and how they do start the season. It gets a too late to recover. They’ll will determine their seed a run. bit easier in October for split their final four games, for the playoffs.

My pick: 5-4 Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

the Thunder, and they’ll finish with a few wins.

My pick: 3-6

NUIC Upstate

AFC Raiders (2-3) The Raiders playoffs hopes are far from dead.

They have winnable games the next 2 weeks against Orangeville (0-5) and East Dubuque (1-4). After that is Warren (4-1) before closing with Milledgeville (2-3).

That Week 9 game could determine the Raiders’ fate.

My pick: 4-5

Milledgeville Missiles (2-3) The Missiles need to pull an upset over Stockton (4-1) today or Aquin (4-1) next week to put them in position to get to five wins as they close with East Dubuque and AFC. I’d love to see it happen, but it doesn’t seem likely.

My pick: 4-5

Polo Marcos (4-1) I think the Marcos win three of their last four games, and find themselves in the 1A playoffs. That gives them time to work on a defense that was exposed a little against Aquin last week.

My pick: 7-2

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Friday, October 3, 2014

MLB PLAYOFFS | NLDS PREVIEW | CARDINALS VS. DODGERS

Aces dealt for Game 1 in Los Angeles Kershaw not worried about 2013 NLCS flop against Cardinals entering today’s matchup

BY BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES – The last time the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the playoffs, Clayton Kershaw had a terrible outing, and the Dodgers were bounced out of the postseason.

A year later and a round earlier, Kershaw has a chance to erase the memories of that 9-0 loss in Game 6, when he starts today’s NL Division Series opener against Adam Wainwright.

“That’s the hardest part about it. Your season ends,” Kershaw said Thursday before the Dodgers worked out. “It always hangs with you until your next start. I had to wait a long time for that next one.”

Kershaw is coming off another award-worthy regular season in which he went 21-3, and his 1.77 ERA led the major leagues for the fourth straight year. He was 10-2 with a 1.70 ERA at home, too.

Wainwright hasn’t been nearly as successful at Chavez Ravine. The right-hander is 1-3 with a 4.30 ERA in seven games,

AP

Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will take the mound today against the Cardinals in Game 1 of the NLDS in Los Angeles. The last time he faced the Cards in the postseason, the Dodgers lost 9-0 to end the 2013 NLCS. including six starts.

“I pay no mind to what happened in the regular season,” Wainwright said. “Obviously, Clayton had an amazing regular season and now we go to the postseason, and it’s anybody’s

ballgame. This is one game for the rest of your lives every day, so we’ll take that mindset and be ready.”

Wainwright had the third-best ERA in the National League at 2.38 this season, and was even

better on the road at 1.72. But in a season in which Kershaw has been so dominant, the Cardinals’ ace can’t help but be somewhat of an afterthought.

“I’m more impressed that, what is he 26 years old, that he’s had the career he’s already had and is the pitcher he is already,” the 33-year-old Wainwright said. “Most times it takes a pitcher a few years to kind of break in and then he starts finding his own, and he’s just been excellent from the very beginning.”

Kershaw missed a handful of starts with a bad back in April, and after pitching late into the postseason a year ago, the injury provided him some welcome rest.

Manager Don Mattingly said the team was looking for ways to reduce Kershaw’s innings anyway, and the schedule kicked in some extra help late last month.

“I don’t know if that’s going to make a difference or not,” Kershaw said. “I feel pretty much the same health-wise as I did last year. Arm feels great.

Strength, everything physically feels really good.”

The series opener is set to start in late afternoon with temperatures near 100 degrees forecast. Kershaw doesn’t think the shadows that can affect pitchers and hitters will set in until a couple of hours later.

“Hopefully it’s the eighth inning by then and I’m good to go,” he said, laughing.

The Cardinals released their 25-player roster for the series on Thursday, leaving off veterans Jason Motte, former Dodger Mark Ellis and A.J. Pierzynski. All-Star catcher Yadier Molina will be backed up by Tony Cruz.

Manager Mike Matheny said Michael Wacha, last year’s NCLS MVP, who beat Kershaw twice in that series, will work out of the bullpen this time.

“We haven’t had him in that role all season. He gets it, he gets what’s right now, what’s going to be best for the club,” Matheny said. “We know he can go long, we know he can come in and get a big out if we needed him to.”

MLB PLAYOFFS | ALDS | ORIOLES 12, TIGERS 3

Baltimore begins with bash Cruz, Hardy homers carry Orioles to blowout victory

BY DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer

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Sterling’s Allie Prescott plays a shot back to Dixon’s Katie Hammett during the No. 1 singles match at Emma Hubbs Courts. Hammitt won 7-5, 3-6, 10-3.

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Steinke and Shank won 6-3, 6-0 to pave the way for a dominant afternoon in doubles. Maura Scanlan and Anna Ivarson won in straight sets at No. 2, and Sidney Lippens and Macee Sullivan teamed at No. 3 to finish the sweep in doubles.

The doubles sweep gave Sterling (9-6) the win before the singles matches had started.

Dixon’s strength lies in it singles players. Both Katie Hammitt and Stephanie Tressel are strong returners and both won their singles matches.

“We have some strong singles players,” Dixon coach Steve Boll said.

“I’m happy with the way they’re playing. Our doubles could use some work, though, like any team.”

Hammitt, a junior, has stepped into the Duchesses’ No. 1 singles role this season after playing at No. 2 during her first varsity season as a sophomore.

She has been playing

tennis competitively for 8 years and has learned to pick up on things that other players do well, which has helped vault her to the top spot. Boll knows he can count on her to rebound from a loss in a set and rally for a win in close matches.

“Sometimes it can be a little overwhelming,” Hammitt said of being the top singles player. “But you just shake it off. I love being the person that has to face top competition of all of these teams we play.”

Hammitt, playing Sterling’s Allie Prescott, won the first set 7-5, lost the second set, before battling back to win the tiebreaker, 10-3. Hammitt said she was excited to be on the varsity team last year as a sophomore, and it made her work harder to help the team because she knew she would be depended on.

“I was just pretty excited to be up here last year,” Hammitt said.

“You see really good players, and you just want to keep getting better and better.”

BALTIMORE – The way Nelson Cruz and the Baltimore Orioles are hitting this season, it may not matter much who pitches for the other guys.

Cruz and J.J. Hardy homered, and the Orioles hammered out 12 hits in defeating Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer and the Detroit Tigers 12-3 Thursday in the opener of their AL Division Series.

Jonathan Schoop and Alejandro De Aza each had two hits and two RBIs for the Orioles, who turned a close game into a rout with an eight-run eighth inning against Scherzer and three ineffective relievers.

The 12 runs set a postseason record for Baltimore, making its second playoff appearance since 1997.

Game 2 of the best-of-five series is Friday at Camden Yards. Justin Verlander, the second of three straight Cy Young winners the Orioles will face, is set to go against left-hander Wei-Yin Chen.

Verlander must avoid the mistakes made by Scherzer, who allowed five runs and seven hits in 7 1/3 innings. The right-hander was 18-5 during the regular season, but in this one he was burned by the long ball and outpitched by the Orioles.

“I just left too many pitches up,” Scherzer said. “This is a greathitting ballclub. You give them a chance to extend their arms, they can really hit it. I’ve got to find a way to get the ball down. I wasn’t quite able to do that tonight, and I paid for it.”

Cruz led the majors with 40 homers during the regular season, a good portion of Baltimore’s big league-best 211 long balls. His first-inning drive off Scherzer put the Orioles up 2-0 before Detroit’s Victor Martinez and J.D. Martinez

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The Orioles’ Steve Pearce is tagged out at second by Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler during Thursday’s Game 1 of the ALDS in Baltimore. The Orioles won 12-3. connected off winner Chris Tillman in the second to tie it.

But Baltimore had too much firepower for the Tigers. Hardy homered leading off the seventh for a 4-2 lead, and Cruz added his third RBI with a single during a wild eighth inning keyed by a Detroit error that kept the boisterous, orange-clad crowd of 47,842 on its feet.

“The one that stings is that J.J. Hardy home run,” Scherzer said.

“That home run really changed the game in my eyes, gave them that insurance run. It was too good of a pitch for him, and he’s a great hitter and so he put a great swing on it and hit it out of the ballpark.”

Tillman (1-0) allowed two runs in

five innings before Andrew Miller got five outs – three by strikeout.

Darren O’Day gave up an eighthinning homer to Miguel Cabrera, but the drive followed a double play.

Baltimore manager Buck Showalter then called upon closer Zach Britton, who had 37 saves during the regular season. Britton got the last out in the eighth, and by the time the ninth inning rolled around, he wasn’t needed anymore.

Miller had a 1.35 ERA in 23 games with Baltimore, O’Day finished at 1.70 and Britton closed at 1.65.

That’s one big reason why the AL East-champion Orioles were 80-4 when leading after eight innings.

MLB | ALDS | ROYALS 2, ANGELS 2, EXTRA INNINGS

Royals, Angels head to extra innings

BY GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer

AP

The Angels’ Chris Iannetta, hits a home run off Royals starting pitcher Jason Vargas during the third inning of Thursday’s Game 1 of the AL Division Series in Anaheim, Calif.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Angels headed to extra innings tied 2-2 in their AL Division Series opener Thursday night. The game ended after SVM’s print deadline.

Chris Iannetta and David Freese homered for the Angels, but the AL West champions stranded seven runners in the final four innings before heading to extras.

Alcides Escobar had an early RBI double for the Royals, and the bullpen repeatedly escaped trouble in Kansas City’s first game since that spectacular, 12-inning comeback victory over Oakland in the wild-card playoff Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium.

Game 2 in the best-of-five series is tonight at the Big A, with Angels 16-game winner Matt Shoemaker taking on fellow rookie Yordano Ventura.

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THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD Boys golf Thursday’s results

Big Northern Conference Meet at Timber Pointe Golf Club, Poplar Grove Par 72 Team scores 1. Richmond-Burton 319; 2. Marengo 326; 3. Byron 329; 4. Burlington Central 335; 5.

Rock Falls 338; 6. Rockford Christian 339; 7. Genoa-Kingston 345; 8. Oregon 346; 9.

Harvard 349; 10. Mendota 351; 11. Johnsburg 365; 12. Rockford Lutheran 368; 13.

North Boone 374; 14. Stillman Valley 383; 15. Dixon 384; 16. Winnebago 402 Top 10 individuals (All-conference) 1. Jordan Hahn* (RB) 73; 2. Jeremy Coffman (Har) 73; 3. Spencer Horst (RL) 75; 4. Dennis Reedy (Byr) 76; 5. Tyler Garafol (Har) 77; 6. (tie) Tim Duex (RB), Nick Adamczyk (GK), Jarron Robinson (Man) 78; 9. (tie) Joe Sherman (BC), Hunter Simonini (Mar) 79 Next 5 individuals (Honorable mention) 11. (tie) Austin Niesel (BC), Ryan Wick (Mar), Trent Snodgrass (Byr) 80; 14. (tie) Aaron Frank (RF), Connor Wascher (Mar), Brandon Ancona (RC) 81 Other Rock Falls scores: Matt Long 82, Carrigan Chouinard 84, Bronson Mintun 91, Cooper Kilberg 92, Nolan Moeller 98 Oregon scores: Taylor Brubaker 85, Mitchell Nehrkorn 86, Tyler Black 87, Matt Myers 88, Carson Buck 90, Dominic Marchetti 93 Dixon scores: Cole Ruckman 89, Jake Bonnell 92, Jackson Jeffery 98, Anton Halla 105, Olivia Pultorak 117, Patrick Johnson 118

NUIC tournament at Park Hills West, Freeport Team results 1. Stockton 342, 2. Pecatonica 358, 3.

Galena 373, 4. Pearl City 374, 5. Forreston 377, 6. East Dubuque 381, 7. Polo 384, 8.

Eastland-Milledgeville 402, 9. West Carroll 404, 10. River Ridge 424, 11. Lena-Winslow 438, 12. Aquin 474, 13. Dakota 485.

Top 10 individuals 1. Cameron Upmann (Stockton) 77; 2.

Zach Lacher (Stockton) 81; 3. Kyle Jensen (Lena-Winslow) 84; 4. Markus Edler (Forreston) 85; 4. Kane Hyde (Galena) 85; 6.

Erik Durand (Pecatonica) 86; 6. Cameron Ehlers (West Carroll) 86; 8. Colin Jennings (Pecatonica) 87; 8. Aric Jordan (Stockton) 87; 10. Dylan Lange (East Dubuque) 88; 10. Landon Kent (Galena) 88.

Other West Carroll scores: Sean Keckler 101, Anthony Mendoza 102, Matt Haring 115, Aaron Haring 138, Tristin Ritchie 149 Eastland-Milledgeville scores: Shay Goellner 95, Curt Strauss 96, Conner DeGroot 104, Collin Eubanks 107, Dillon Schoeny 109, Austin Poffenberger 111, Jordan Selman 124 Polo scores: Christopher Rademacher 89, Trevin Woodin 97, Mack Llanas 98, Matthew Handel 100, Tristan Woodin 102, Brix Clayton 102, Alex Scherer 105

Girls golf Thursday’s results

Three Rivers Tournament at Deer Valley Golf Club, Deer Grove Par 72 Team scores 1. Erie 387; 2. Princeton 392; 3. Rockridge 394; 4. St. Bede 428; 5. Prophetstown 452; 6. Sherrard 462; 7. Riverdale 472; 8.

Orion 474 Top 5 individuals 1. Katy Schmitt (Sherrard) 79; 2. Jaeden Workman (Morrison) 80; 3. Jillian Stone (Rockridge) 81; 4. Sydny Eustice (St. Bede) 87; 5. Morgan Newton (Erie) 88 Other Erie scores: Katlyn Weber 95, Sera Bebon 96, Riley Redell 108, Madison Newton 113, Sharon Kuhlemier 137 Prophetstown scores: Taylor Kelley 102, Hannah Kolling 111, Madi Purvis 115, Jasmine Haggard 124, Ashley Cooney 156 Amboy scores: Julia Daskiewicz 94, Demi Becker 101, Hannah Grady 129 Fulton score: McKenna Munson 94

NUIC tournament at Park Hills West, Freeport Note: No teams scores kept Top 5 individuals 1. Karissa Freidag (Eastland-Milledgeville) 86, 2. Megan Gille (Stockton) 89, 3. Madelyn Reining (Aquin) 91, 4. Kaitlin Korf (Forreston) 95, 5. Callie Raders (Lena-Winslow) 96 Other Eastland-Milledgeville scores: 6. Grace Norton 98, 17. Gabby Sheddan 110, 21. Bailey Heckman 114, 41. Alicia Sheddan 41 West Carroll scores: 6. Hayley Guillinger 98

Girls tennis Thursday’s results at Emma Hubbs Tennis Courts Page Park, Dixon

STERLING 3, DIXON 2 Singles 1. Katie Hammitt (D) def. Allie Prescott, 7-5, 3-6, 10-3 2. Stephanie Tressel (D) def. Aly Meeks, 6-2, 6-4 Doubles 1. Grace Steinke/Allie Shank (S) def.

Aleasha Penn/Allison Newman, 6-3, 6-0 2. Maura Scanlan/Anna Ivarson (S) def.

Rachael Turffs/Sara Ackerson, 6-1, 6-0 3. Sidney Lippens/Macee Sullivan (S) def.

Jacqueline Fazekas/Alane Bratt, 6-4, 6-2 Records: Sterling 9-6, Dixon 2-11

College football Big Ten EAST Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Maryland 1 0 1.000 4 1 .800 Penn St. 1 1 .500 4 1 .800 Michigan St. 0 0 .000 3 1 .750 Ohio St. 0 0 .000 3 1 .750 Rutgers 0 1 .000 4 1 .800 Indiana 0 1 .000 2 2 .500 Michigan 0 1 .000 2 3 .400 WEST Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Nebraska 1 0 1.000 5 0 1.000 Iowa 1 0 1.000 4 1 .800 Minnesota 1 0 1.000 4 1 .800 Northwestern 1 0 1.000 2 2 .500 Wisconsin 0 0 .000 3 1 .750 Illinois 0 1 .000 3 2 .600 Purdue 0 1 .000 2 3 .400 Saturday’s games Ohio St. at Maryland, 11 a.m. (ABC) Purdue at Illinois, 11 a.m. (ESPN2) N. Texas at Indiana, 1:30 p.m. (BTN) Wisconsin at Northwestern, 2:30 p.m.

(ESPN2) Michigan at Rutgers, 6 p.m. (BTN) Nebraska at Michigan St., 7 p.m. (ABC)

Top 25 schedule Thursday’s result No. 2 Oregon vs. Arizona, late Today’s game No. 18 BYU vs. Utah State, 9:15 p.m.

Saturday’s games No. 1 Florida St. vs. Wake Forest, 2:30 p.m.

No. 3 Alabama at No. 10 Ole Miss, 2:30 p.m.

No. 4 Oklahoma at No. 25 TCU, 2:30 p.m.

No. 5 Auburn vs. No. 15 LSU, 6 p.m.

No. 6 Texas A&M at No. 12 Mississippi St., 11 a.m.

No. 7 Baylor at Texas, 2:30 p.m.

No. 8 UCLA vs. Utah, 9:30 p.m.

No. 9 Notre Dame vs. No. 14 Stanford, 2:30 p.m.

No. 10 Michigan St. vs. No. 19 Nebraska, 7 p.m.

No. 13 Georgia vs. Vanderbilt, 3 p.m.

No. 16 USC vs. Arizona St., 6:30 p.m.

No. 17 Wisconsin at Northwestern, 3:30 p.m.

No. 20 Ohio State at Maryland, 11 .m.

No. 21 Oklahoma State vs. Iowa St., 11 a.m.

No. 22 East Carolina vs. SMU, 11 a.m.

No. 23 Kansas St. vs. Texas Tech, 6 p.m.

MLB playoffs WILD CARD

Tuesday: Kansas City 9, Oakland 8, 12 inn.

Wednesday: San Francisco 8, Pittsburgh 0

DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League (All AL games televised by TBS) Baltimore 1, Detroit 0 Thursday: Baltimore 12, Detroit 3 Today: Detroit (Verlander 15-12) at Baltimore, 11:07 a.m.

Sunday: Baltimore at Detroit (Price 15-12), 2:45 p.m. x-Monday, Oct. 6: Baltimore at Detroit (Porcello 15-13), TBD x-Wednesday, Oct. 8: Detroit at Baltimore, TBD Los Angeles vs. Kansas City Thursday: Kansas City at Los Angeles, late Today: Kansas City at Los Angeles, 8:37 p.m.

Sunday: Los Angeles at Kansas City, 6:37 p.m. x-Monday, Oct. 6: Los Angeles at Kansas City, TBD x-Wednesday, Oct. 8: Kansas City at Los Angeles, TBD National League Washington vs. San Francisco Today: San Francisco at Washington (FS1), 2:07 p.m.

Saturday: San Francisco at Washington (FS1), 4:37 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 6: Washington at San Francisco (FS1 or MLB), TBD x-Tuesday, Oct. 7: Washington at San Francisco (FS1), TBD x-Thursday, Oct. 9: San Francisco at Washington (FS1), TBD Los Angeles vs. St. Louis Today: St. Louis (Wainwright 20-9) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 21-3), (FS1), 5:37 p.m.

Saturday: St. Louis at Los Angeles (MLBN), 8:37 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 6: Los Angeles at St. Louis (FS1 or MLB), TBD x-Tuesday, Oct. 7: Los Angeles at St. Louis (FS1), TBD x-Thursday Oct. 9: St. Louis at Los Angeles (FS1), TBD Thursday’s ALDS box score

ORIOLES 12, TIGERS 3 Detroit

Baltimore ab r h bi ab r h bi Kinsler 2b 4 0 1 0 Markks rf 4 2 2 1 TrHntr rf 4 0 0 0 De Aza lf 4 1 2 2 MiCarr 1b 3 1 1 1 A.Jones cf 5 1 0 0 VMrtnz dh 4 1 1 1 N.Cruz dh 4 2 2 3 JMrtnz lf 4 1 1 1 Pearce 1b 4 1 2 0 Avila c 4 0 1 0 JHardy ss 3 2 1 1 Cstllns 3b 4 0 0 0 Flahrty 3b 3 2 1 1 AnRmn ss 4 0 2 0 Hundly c 4 0 0 1 RDavis cf 3 0 1 0 Schoop 2b 4 1 2 2 Carrer ph 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 3 8 3 Totals 35 12 12 11 Detroit 020 000 010 — 3 Baltimore 210 000 18x —12 E–R.Davis (1), An.Romine (1). DP–Detroit 1, Baltimore 1. LOB–Detroit 7, Baltimore 3. 2B–De Aza 2 (2), Schoop (1). HR– Mi.Cabrera (1), V.Martinez (1), J.Martinez (1), N.Cruz (1), J.Hardy (1). SB–A.Jones (1).

IP H R ER BB SO Detroit Scherzer L,0-1 7 1/3 7 5 5 1 6 Chamberlain 0 1 2 1 0 0 Soria 1/3 3 4 4 1 0 Coke 1/3 1 1 1 1 0 Baltimore Tillman W,1-0 5 4 2 2 1 6 A.Miller H,1 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 3 O’Day H,1 1 2 1 1 0 0 Z.Britton H,1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Tom.Hunter 1 2 0 0 1 1 Chamberlain pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

HBP–by Scherzer (De Aza). WP–Coke.

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VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP

Martin, Borum lift Sterling Warriors win at Kaneland; Dixon beats Stillman Valley in three games

By SVM Sports Staff

six kills in the Three Rivers West road win.

Mary Chapman finished with 22 assists for the Cardinals.

Thursday’s stars

Kaylee Martin was a force for Sterling in a three-set NIB-12 crossover Kaylee Martin, Sterling, 21 kills, 6 digs, 3 aces road win Thursday night.

Amy Rotella, Dixon, 11 kills, Martin recorded 21 kills, six digs and three aces for the Golden War- 5 digs, 2 aces riors (14-6). Jay Borum ripped 16 Madalyn Wilson, Newman, 11 kills and had five aces, while Jamy kills, 6.5 blocks Trancoso added 16 digs.

Alli Olson finished with 17 assists and two blocks for the Duchesses and Jordyn Koett had 16 assists for (7-8, 5-5 BNC West).

Sterling in the win.

Oregon def. Rock Falls 25-17, Dixon def. Stillman Valley 25-17, 25-17: Bailey O’Brien had six kills 22-25, 25-19: Amy Rotella led and Chelsi Blair finished with Dixon with 11 kills in a BNC West eight assists to lead the Rockets home win.

(14-6, 6-2 BNC West) in a road Rotella added five digs and two loss. aces over the three games. Erika Erie def. Rockridge 25-17, 25-18: Smith has six kills and Jessa Long Savannah Mettler led Erie with a finished with 10 digs. Kacey Koch team-high seven kills and eight added 19 assists, four digs, six aces assists, and Rachel Cobert added

Julie Hurd Newman senior

Kewanee def. Newman 25-19, 21-25, 25-19: Madalyn Wil-

son’s 11 kills and 6.5 blocks weren’t enough to lift the Comets in a Three Rivers East match on the road.

Julie Hurd slammed eight kills for Newman (6-9, 4-4), while Mady Ferris had 27 digs. Mariah Staebell dished 19 assists and served for four points.

Durand def. Polo 25-4, 25-14: The Marcos dropped an NUIC East match on the road in straight sets.

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NHL preseason Thursday’s results Washington 3, Philadelphia 2, SO New Jersey 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, SO Los Angeles 2, Colorado 1, SO Tampa Bay 3, Florida 0 St. Louis 4, Minnesota 1 Calgary 4, Winnipeg 2 Vancouver 2, Edmonton 1 Today’s games Washington 3, Philadelphia 2, SO New Jersey 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, SO Los Angeles 2, Colorado 1, SO Tampa Bay 3, Florida 0 St. Louis 4, Minnesota 1 Calgary 4, Winnipeg 2 Vancouver 2, Edmonton 1 Saturday’s games Detroit at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Montreal, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Florida at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Columbus, 6 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Colorado vs. Los Angeles, at Las Vegas, 9 p.m.

MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. 15 9 6 51 46 34 New England 14 13 3 45 44 42 Sporting K.C. 13 11 6 45 45 37 Columbus 11 9 10 43 43 36 New York 10 9 11 41 48 46 Toronto FC 11 11 7 40 42 45 Philadelphia 9 10 12 39 46 45 Houston 10 13 6 36 35 50 Chicago 5 8 17 32 38 46 Montreal 6 18 6 24 34 54 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-Seattle 18 9 3 57 57 46 x-Los Angeles 16 5 9 57 63 31 Real Salt Lake 13 7 10 49 50 38 FC Dallas 14 10 6 48 52 40 Vancouver 9 8 13 40 38 40 Portland 9 9 12 39 54 51 Colorado 8 14 8 32 41 54 San Jose 6 12 11 29 34 42 Chivas USA 6 18 6 24 25 58 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x-clinched playoff berth Thursday’s result Chicago 1, Philadelphia 1 Today’s game Sporting Kansas City at D.C. United, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games Houston at New York, 5 p.m.

FC Dallas at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

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

Toronto FC at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Portland at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s games Seattle FC at Colorado, 2 p.m.

Montreal at Chicago, 4 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 6 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League TEXAS RANGERS — Claimed RHP Alfredo Figaro off waivers from Milwaukee. Designated RHP Wilmer Font for assignment.

National League NEW YORK METS — Announced hitting coach Lamar Johnson and assistant hitting coach Luis Natera will not return to their positions in 2015 and have been offered positions within the minor league system.

Announced the resignation of major league strength and conditioning coach Jim Malone. Announced strength and conditioning consultant Mike Barwis will oversee all major league and minor league strength and conditioning.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Signed G Conor Boffeli and WR Rashad Ross to the practice squad. Terminated the practice squad contract of CB Jordan Sullen.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed DT Luther Robinson from the practice squad MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed QB Chandler Harnish to the practice squad.

Released WR Rodney Smith.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Placed WR Rod Streater on the injured reserve/return list.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Assigned F Ryan Hartman to Rockford (AHL). Recalled D Klas Dahlbeck from Rockford.

THOROUGHBRED RACING NEW YORK STATE GAMING COMMISSION — Suspended trainer Doug O’Neill 45 days – Nov. 3-Dec. 18 – and him fined $10,000 by the after one of his horses tested positive for a banned substance after a race at Belmont Park in June 2013.

COLLEGE OHIO STATE — Dismissed women’s basketball G Raven Ferguson for a violation of team rules.

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Fifth Third Mortgage Company Plaintiff, vs.

Alissa M. Hall, AKA Alissa Lance; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants; Jeff Lance Defendants.

13CH 96 112 Logan Avenue, Dixon, IL 61021 Judge Daniel A. Fish NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on June 17, 2014, Lee County Sheriff will on October 16, 2014, at the hour of 10:00AM at Lee County Courthouse, 309 South Galena Avenue Suite 320 Dixon, IL 61021, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 112 Logan Avenue, Dixon, IL 61021 Parcel Number(s): 07-08-06-282-006 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence.

Sale terms: Bidder's must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successfully bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(1) and (g)(4).

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1250, One East Wacker, Suite 1250.

Phone number: 312-651-6700. Attorney file number: 13-036515.

Alan S. Kaufman MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-651-6700 Fax: 614-220-5613 Attorney. No.: 6289893 Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 6, 2014

F13070348 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY- MORRISON, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

Jose D. Perales aka Jose Perales aka Jose Daniel Perales aka Joe Perales; Marisa D. Perales aka Marisa Perales aka Marisa Diane Perales aka Marisa Diane Cook aka Marisa D. Cook aka Marisa Cook; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

13 CH 129 Property Address: 1814 Thome Drive, Sterling, Illinois 61081 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a judgment of said Court entered in the above-entitled cause on December 11, 2013, I, Sheriff, Kelly C. Wilhelmi of Whiteside County, Illinois, will hold a sale on November 6, 2014 , commencing at 10 AM, at The Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, IL 61270. to sell to the highest bidder or bidders the following described real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy said decree, to-wit: Commonly known as: 1814 Thome Drive, Sterling, Illinois 61081 P.I.N.: 11-16-478-003 First Lien Position; Single-Family Residence; Judgment Amount $129,799.56 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 735 ILCS 5/15-1507 (c)(1)(H-1) AND (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), AND 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE PURCHASER OF THE PROPERTY, OTHER THAN A MORTGAGEE, SHALL PAY THE ASSESSMENTS AND LEGAL FEES REQUIRED BY SUBSECTIONS (g)(1) AND (g)(4) OF SECTION 9 AND THE ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (g-1) OF SECTION 18.5 OF THE ILLINOIS CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY ACT. The property will not be open for inspection.

Terms of Sale: CASH - 10% down at the time of sale and the balance due within 24 hours of the sale. All payments for the amount bid shall be in certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Whiteside County.

The person to contact for information regarding this property is: Steven J. Lindberg at FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563 (866)402-8661. For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale.

This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 150 Naperville, IL 60563-4947 630-453-6960 866-402-8661 630-428-4620 (fax) Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 2014

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SAUK VALLEY

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK FALLS-MORRISON Plaintiff, v.

BAFTIR AKITI, ZIZA AKITI, CURTIS R. STUHLMAN, CRYSTAL L. STUHLMAN, CITY OF MORRISON, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

No. 14 CH 72 ST NOTICE BY PUBLICATION To Curtis R. Stuhlman and Crystal L. Stuhlman That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendents, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 21 North, Range 5 East of the 4th P.M., City of Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois, described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the South line of the right-of-way of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company with the East line of Clinton Street in the City of Morrison in said County and running thence Southerly along the East line of Clinton Street 160 feet to the North line of said Wall Street 100 feet; thence Northerly parallel with said Clinton Street to the South line of said rightof-way; thence Westerly to the place of beginning.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: MORRISON, IL 61270

104 SOUTH CLINTON STREET,

and which said Mortgage was made by: Baftir Akiti, Mortgagor, to Community State Bank of Rock Falls-Morrison, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Whiteside County, Illinois, as Document No. 1195-2008; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case int the Office of the Clerk of this Court: Clerk of the Circuit Court Whiteside County Courts Facility, Eastern Division 101 E. Third St. Sterling, IL 61081 on or before October 31, 2014, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. Dated: September 19, 2014.

Susan E. Ottens Clerk of the Circuit Court Whiteside County, Illinois Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector.

September 26, October 3, 10, 2014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS FARMERS STATE BANK OF SUBLETTE, Plaintiff, v.

JOHN BUTLER, a Disabled Person; BRAD BUTLER, Individually and as Guardian of the Estate of John Butler, a Disabled Person; JAN SKAGGS, as Guardian of the Person of John Butler, a disabled person; UNKNOWN OWNERS; and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

NO. 14 CH 73 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: Parcel 1: The Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4) of Section Twenty-two (22), Township Twenty (20) North, Range Eight (8) East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Parcel 2: The East Half (E 1/2) of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section Thirty-three (33), Township Twenty (20) North, Range Eight (8) East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Parcel 3: The West Half (W 1/2) of the Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4) of Section Thirty-four (34), Township Twenty (20) North, Range Eight (8) East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, all situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 622 Ryan Road, Harmon, IL 61042 and which said Mortgage was made by: Farmers State Bank of Sublette to John H. Butler and Marjorie J. Butler, as Mortgagees, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Lee County, Illinois, as Document No. 518946; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court: Clerk of the Circuit Court Lee County Court Facility 309 S. Galena Ave. Dixon, IL 61021 on or before October 24, 2014, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. Dated: September __15_, 2014.

Denise A. McCaffrey Clerk of the Circuit Court Lee County, Illinois

Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100, P.O. Box 447 Dixon, Illinois 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOISIN PROBATE

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LESTER LEE SCHAEFER, Deceased.

NO. 14 P 63 NOTICE OF RIGHTS OF INTERESTED PERSONS DURING INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION To: BRANDEN LEE MICHAEL SCHAEFER and unknown heirs.

Notice is given of the death of LESTER LEE SCHAEFER. Letters of office were issued on August 25, 2014 to PATRICIA LYNN HOCHMUTH as Independent Executor, whose attorney is Michael C. Downey, 420 West Second Street, Dixon, IL, 61021.

An order was entered granting independent administration of the decedent's estate. This means that the executor or administrator will not have to obtain Court orders to file estate papers in Court during probate. The estate will be administered without Court supervision, unless and interested person asks the Court to become involved.

Under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4), any interested person may terminate independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk of the Court. However, if there is a will which directs independent administration, independent administration will be terminated only if the Court finds there is good cause to require supervised administration and if the petitioner is a creditor or non-residuary legatee, independent administration will be terminated only if the Court finds that termination is necessary to protect the petitioner's interest.

In addition to the right to terminate independent administration, any interested person may petition the Court to hold a hearing and resolve any particular question that may arise during independent administration, even though supervised administration has not been requested (Probate Act Section 28-5, 755 ILCS 5/28-5). The independent representative must mail a copy of the estate inventory and final account to each interested person and must send notice to or obtain the approval of each interested person before the estate can be closed (Probate Act Section28-6 and 28-11, 755 ILCS 5/28-6 and 28-11). Any interested person ahs the right to question or object to any item included in or omitted from and inventory or account or to insist on a full court accounting of all receipts and disbursements with prior notice, as required in supervised administration (Probate Act Section 28-11, 75 ILCS 5/28-11).

Dated this 17th day of September, 2014.

PATRICIA LYNN HOCHMUTH By, Michael C. Downey, Her Attorney Michael C. Downey Attorney for Estate 420 W. 2nd Street Dixon IL 61021 815-288-6688 Sept. 19, 26, Oct. 3, 3014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN PROBATE ESTATE OF ALICE DILLON PRICE, Deceased NO. 2014-P-64 NOTICE - WILL AND CLAIMS Notice is given of the death of Alice Dillon Price. Letters of Office were issued on September 4, 2014, to Jack L. Hess, as Independent Executor, whose attorneys are Russell, English, Scoma & Beneke, P.C., Ten Park Avenue West, Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Notice is given to all UNKNOWN HEIRS in the above proceeding to probate a Will and whose name or address is not stated in the Petition to Admit Will to Probate, that an Order was entered by the Court on September 2, 2014, admitting the Will to probate.

Within forty-two (42) days after the effective date of the original Order of Admission, you may file a Petition with the Court to require proof of the Will by testimony of the witnesses to the Will in open court or other evidence, as provided in Section 6-21 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/6-21). You are further advised that under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS Sec. 5/28-4) as an interested person, you may terminate the independent administration of the Estate by filing a Petition to Terminate with the Court.

You also have the right under Section 81 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/8-1) to contest the validity of the Will by filing a Petition with the Court within six (6) months after admission of the Will to probate.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk, Lee County Courthouse, Dixon, Illinois 61021, or with the representative, or both, on or before March 23, 2015, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed by that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk are to be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 15th day of September, 2014. s/ Denise McCaffrey-Ehrmann Lee County Circuit Clerk MICHAEL L. ENGLISH ARDC #3126742 RUSSELL, ENGLISH, SCOMA & BENEKE, P.C. Ten Park Avenue West Princeton, IL 61356 815/875-4555 Sept. 19, 26, Oct. 3, 2014

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F13070348 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY- MORRISON, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

Jose D. Perales aka Jose Perales aka Jose Daniel Perales aka Joe Perales; Marisa D. Perales aka Marisa Perales aka Marisa Diane Perales aka Marisa Diane Cook aka Marisa D. Cook aka Marisa Cook; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

13 CH 129 Property Address: 1814 Thome Drive, Sterling, Illinois 61081 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a judgment of said Court entered in the above-entitled cause on December 11, 2013, I, Sheriff, Kelly C. Wilhelmi of Whiteside County, Illinois, will hold a sale on November 6, 2014 , commencing at 10 AM, at The Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox Street, Morrison, IL 61270. to sell to the highest bidder or bidders the following described real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy said decree, to-wit: A PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE 4TH P.M. WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: COMMENCING AT A POINT 528.4 FEET EAST AND 662 FEET NORTH FROM AN IRON PIPE SET AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 8 IN THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION TO THE CITY OF STERLING; THENCE NORTH PARALLEL TO THE EAST LINE EXTENDED NORTH OF FIFTH AVENUE TO SAID CITY, 80 FEET; THENCE EAST PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF 19TH STREET OF SAID CITY, 100 FEET; THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL TO THE EAST LINE EXTENDED NORTH OF FIFTH AVENUE OF SAID CITY, 80 FEET; THENCE WEST 100 FEET, TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as: 1814 Thome Drive, Sterling, Illinois 61081 P.I.N.: 11-16-478-003 First Lien Position; Single-Family Residence; Judgment Amount $129,799.56 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c) (1)(H-1) AND (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), AND 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE PURCHASER OF THE PROPERTY, OTHER THAN A MORTGAGEE, SHALL PAY THE ASSESSMENTS AND LEGAL FEES REQUIRED BY SUBSECTIONS (g)(1) AND (g)(4) OF SECTION 9 AND THE ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (g-1) OF SECTION 18.5 OF THE ILLINOIS CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY ACT. The property will not be open for inspection.

Terms of Sale: CASH - 10% down at the time of sale and the balance due within 24 hours of the sale. All payments for the amount bid shall be in certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Whiteside County.

The person to contact for information regarding this property is: Steven J. Lindberg at FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563 (866)402-8661. For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale.

This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 150 Naperville, IL 60563-4947 630-453-6960 866-402-8661 630-428-4620 (fax) Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 2014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON ILLINOIS Fifth Third Mortgage Company Plaintiff, vs.

Alissa M. Hall, AKA Alissa Lance; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants; Jeff Lance Defendants.

13CH 96 112 Logan Avenue, Dixon, IL 61021 Judge Daniel A. Fish NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on June 17, 2014, Lee County Sheriff will on October 16, 2014, at the hour of 10:00AM at Lee County Courthouse, 309 South Galena Avenue Suite 320 Dixon, IL 61021, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: The South Fifty (50) feet of the Westerly Half of Lot Four (4) in Block Thirty-five (35) in the Town of West Dixon, now in the City of Dixon, according to the plat of said Town of West Dixon recorded in the Recorder's Office of Lee County, said premises being situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 112 Logan Avenue, Dixon, IL 61021 Parcel Number(s): 07-08-06-282-006 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence.

Sale terms: Bidder's must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successfully bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1250, One East Wacker, Suite 1250. Phone number: 312-651-6700. Attorney file number: 13-036515.

Alan S. Kaufman MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-651-6700 Fax: 614-220-5613 Attorney. No.: 6289893 Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 6, 2014

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: AUDREY SCHOMER, Deceased Case No. 14P72 INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: Creditors and Claimants + Unknown Heirs and Legatees 1. Notice is given of the death of Audrey Mae Schomer, who died on August 15, 2014, a resident of Dixon, Illinois.

2. The representative for the estate and his address is: Donald Schomer, 37 Boat Lane, Oswego, Illinois 60543.

3. The attorney for the estate and her address is: Bonnie Lee Kunkel, 1527 Prairie Street, Aurora, Illinois 60506.

4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before April 20, 2015.

Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Lee County Courts Building, 309 S. Galena Avenue, Suite 320, Dixon, Illinois 61021, or with the Representative, or both. Any claim not filed within that period is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

5. On September 29, 2014, an Order Appointing Representative was entered.

6. The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent administration by filing a petition to terminate under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (I11.Rev.Stat. Ch. 110 1/2, Par. 28-4).

Bonnie Lee Kunkel, Attorney 1527 Prairie Street, Aurora, IL 60506 630-892-1277 October 3, 10, 17, 2014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF BRADLEY HENRY WOHRLEY, Deceased.

2014-P56 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Bradley Henry Wohrley. Letters of Office were issued to Mary Ann Wohrley, 621 N. Hennepin Avenue, Dixon, IL as Executor, whose attorney is David T. Fritts, 217 N. Dement Ave., Dixon, IL. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court, Lee County, 309 S. Galena Ave., Dixon, IL 61021, or with the Executor, or both, on or before March 31, 2015, and any claim not filed within that period is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Executor and to the attorney within (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 12th day of September, 2014.

Mary Ann Wohrley, Executor David T. Fritts Attorney for Mary Ann Wohrley, Executor 217 N. Dement Avenue Dixon, Illinois 61021 815-284-1841 September 19, 26, October 3, 2014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, DIXON, ILLINOISLEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, Plaintiff, vs.

Cheryl C. Talley, et al.

No. 14 CH 37 Notice to Heirs and Legatees Notice is hereby given to you, the Unknown Heirs and Unknown Legatees of the decedent(s), Cheryl C. Talley, that on August 25, 2014, an order was entered by the Court, naming William P. Butcher, 2044 Ridge Road, Homewood, Illinois 60430, Tel. No. (708) 799-0600, as the Special Representative of the above named decedent(s) under 735 ILCS 131209 (Death of a Party). The cause of action for the Foreclosure of a certain Mortgage upon the premises commonly known as: 1577 Deer Path Lane, Franklin Grove, IL 61031 Oct. 3, 10, 17, 2014 NOTICE Sauk Valley Community College will be having a sale of obsolete equipment on Friday, October 10, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Technology Wing located on the west end of the building.

Equipment to include assorted office furniture, cabinets, tables, chairs and other miscellaneous items. A complete list of items can be obtained by contacting the Information Center at (815) 288-5511, ext. 0. All equipment is purchased as is and all sales are final.

Board of Trustees Illinois Community College District No. 506 Sauk Valley Community College AA/EOE October 3, 2014 ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on September 16, 2014 A.D. A certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as FM Enterprises located at 705 Cottonwood Court.

Dixon, IL 61021.

Dated this 16th day of September A.D. 2014.

Cathy Myers

By Lori Miller Deputy COUNTY CLERK September 19, 26.

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We will haul anything you want gone. We also do yards, snow removal, clean outs ect. Anything you want gone or cleaned up is never too big of job.

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Dumpster Rental for Clean-ups & Construction Small & Large containers avail.

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Excavating

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815-590-1677

CONSTRUCTION

Call us 625-3600 284-2222

Deck Builders

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RAM CONSTRUCTION •Carpentry •Concrete •Drywall •Texturing •Painting Licensed, Insured & Bonded 815-285-8148

Gutters

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Remodeling

Roofing

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Painting

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Roofing

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Plumbing

Lewis Plumbing 815-288-0028 Serving All of the Sauk Valley Area Lic.#058-173956

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SAUK VALLEY MEDIA • Friday, October 2, 2014 • PAGE B10

Amboy C.U.S.D. #272 is seeking applicants for the following position: BUS DRIVERS To apply go to www.leeogle.org and complete the application.

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Contact Sam 8-4:30 CDT at: 815-272-2095 or Fax resume to: 815-301-9889 or employment@ mahoneys.com Experienced Pizza Maker Needed.

Apply in person @ Maria's Pizza in Dixon , after 4pm.

Full Time Employment Construction Workers Paid Vacation and Holidays, retirement benefits, top pay for individuals who are experienced in concrete, roofing, and framing.

A CDL is a plus.

Email your resume to: ororke1@ororke construction.com or apply in person 8-11am: 104 Maple Ct. Rochelle, IL. Gordon Trucking, Inc. Solo & Team Positions CDL-A Driving Jobs for: OTR*Regional Dedicated*Home Weekend Opportunities*Big Sign-on Bonus & Pay! No Northeast. EOE Call 7 days/wk!

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General maintenance duties, mechanically inclined, ability to lift up to 50lbs. Please send resume and wage requirements to: humanresources. dixonil@gmail.com

Hiring Part-time Truck Driver. CDL required. Passport preferred. Located in Dixon. Please send resume and wage requirements to: humanresources.

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Like to travel?

Looking for experienced CDL Charter bus drivers. Call Scenic Stage to apply.

(815) 772-7226 Local Tree Service looking for qualified bucket, climbers, and grounds workers.

Driver's License a must! Class B & CDL preferred, good work ethic, full-time seasonal work. Call 815-857-3674 Part Time Maintenance, At Country Lane Apartments E-mail. Cla@yostmanagement.com Resumes mailed to 1016 Yost Court in Sterling or call 815-716-8230 for questions.

EMPLOYMENT

505

Server wanted, PT. Apply in person at Joe's Pizza, 119 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon. No phone calls please.

Teachers Part Time, immediate positions & FT & PT Assistants Rock Falls Day Care Center, 729 W Rt 30, Rock Falls, IL 815-625-0106 or fax resume to: 815-625-1581 TO OUR

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Sauk Valley Media does not knowingly accept advertising which is in violation of the law. Likewise, we do not knowingly accept advertising which is fraudulent or has intent. malicious While we attempt to screen advertising with potential fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential problems.

We strongly encourage our readers to exercise caution and common sense, particularly when dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

CHILD CARE

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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))

AUCTIONS

615

NEW TODAY RIVERS EDGE AUCTION 411 W. 1st St. SAT., OCT. 4TH 9:00 AM Polaris 4 wheeler, tables of contractor tools, tables of new items, furniture and household items, picnic table, safe, lawn mower, fence post, bull float, fishing boat and trailer, Dewalt air compressor.

Auction house is full, many more items!

AREA GARAGE SALES 624 DIXON GARAGE SALES 624 Fri & Sat 8- 3 208 Hand Ave Jewelry, womens clothes, tools, nails, electrical supplies, extension cords, boys clothes 3mo- 5T, bear & painted wood shapes.

Fri 7-5 & Sat 8-12 217 E. Boyd Moving Sale!!

Antiques & crystal dishes, tins, jars, Avon Christmas plates, Longaberger, Linens, Vintage hats, & boxes, walnut hutch, old rocker, seasonal uniforms, clothing, Fisher Price toys, tools, small motors, lots of misc.

Fri 8-5 & Sat 8-3 85 Logan Ave Poles, some reels, tackle, few tools, religious collection set, collectible dolls, Christmas items, drill press, junk trailer with title.

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

Fri 8-6 & Sat 8-12 639 Timbercreek lots of Christmas glassware, dishes, pans, floral, toys, purses, bedding, travel bags, sports, sleds, tons of cookbooks, many new items.

Fri. 9-5 & Sat. 9-?

2207 Steven St. Maytag gas stove, Lg. Rocking chair, youth chair, seasonal items, AVON, clothing-4X, mens leather jacket w/ zip up lining, new items from Couponer's deals, and lots of misc.

Fri. & Sat. Oct. 3 & 4, 8-4 Annual Capp Rd. Rummage Sale 4 Houses Clothing for all, books, seasonal décor, movies, dishes, pans, lots of small kitchen appliances, Tupperware, bakers rack, 5x7 rugs, humidifier, card table & chairs, treadmill, garage furnace, trolling motor, lawn sweeper, bicycle, motorcycle leather jacket & vest, motrailer, torcycle lamps, 6ft. Christmas tree, TV, helmet, scope analyzer tool, rocker recliner, entertainment center, TV, chest of drawers, CB equip., window shutters, lots of misc. items.

Saturday 8-4 2205 Hubbard Dr. Multi-Family Sale!

Stove, furniture, toys, tandem bikes, framed car pictures, Nascar collectibles, miccrowaves, lots of misc.

WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

Fri. 8-3 Sat. 8-2 1822 W. 3rd St. Estate Sale Rain or Shine!

Glassware, baskets, fireplaces, seasonal items, kitchen & housewares, and other misc.

Fri. 8-4, Sat. 8-11 1315 Prescott St. Multi-Family Sale!

Antiques, household items, furniture, womens plus size, Jr's, and mens name brand clothing, Miche purses, shoes & jewelry.

Fri. 8-6 & Sat. 8-?

115021 Lost Nation Rd. Yamaha Gas golf cart, tools, tool box, Hoosier cabinet, dishes, furniture, Coca Cola table and collect., aquarium, horse items, patio furn., Sony big screen TV & lots of misc.

Saturday 8-2 1473 Atkinson Rd. Downsizing!!

Misc. household items, garden tools, Breyers still in box, antiques, horse supplies, large dog crates Saturday 9-?

1524 W. 3rd (corner Logan & 3rd) sofa hide-a-bed, 4 matching chairs, area rugs, sm. stools & tables, handicap items, lamps, mini Hoosier cabinet, ice cream parlor chairs, windows, doors, 20's drop leaf table, refrig., recliner & swivel rocker, walnut secretary, porch swing, 2 microwaves, 2 file cabinets, stove, & glass front hutch.

FRANKLIN GROVE GARAGE SALES 624 Fri 8-4,Sat. 8-1 106 S Walnut Presbyterian Church Basement ( it's full) Mens & Womens fall and winter clothing (many w/ original tags), coats, shoes, boots, camping gear, telescope, duck decoys, crafts, yarn, books, cookbooks, household, linens, furniture, fall and Christmas décor, kids books, toys, etc. Refreshments Available.

LEE CENTER GARAGE SALES 624 Fri & Sat 8-2 1146 Inlet Rd. Table, hutch, old buffet, drop leaf table, recliner, dressers , youth & adult clothes, microwave, dolls, dishes & glassware, knick knacks,& much more misc.

MILLEDGEVILLE GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8-4 12 E. Old Mill St. Huge Multi-Family Sale LP gas stove excellent condition, tools, clothes mens, womens and children, some antiques and lots of misc.

OREGON GARAGE SALES 624 Thurs., Fri. & Sat. 8-2, 185 S. Briar Court, off of Hickory Lane.

Lots of toys, baby & big girl clothes, many misc. yard & household items

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8-?

1500 11th Ave. Moving/Estate Sale Everything must go! Spices, ladies clothes, afgans and lots of misc.

Fri. 7:30am-4pm Sat. 8am-3pm 10060 Buell Rd. Lots of winter clothes and coatsgirls NB-3T, boys NB-14, mens & womens for most.

Car seat with extra base, toys, Halloween costumes, Christmas décor, vacuum & more!

Fri. Oct. 3, 1-5pm Sat. Oct. 4, & Sun., Oct. 5, 8-?

1909 McNeil Rd. BIG HOUSEHOLD MOVING SALE! Everything will go!

Fri., Sat., Sun. 9am-5pm 1401 W. 2nd St. 4 Family Sale.

Lots of antiques & furniture, boys & girls clothes ages 2-10, porcelain doll collection, lots of baby furniture with accessories, 2 brand new toddler beds with new mattresses, lots of misc.

Friday 12-5:30 800 Dixon Avenue Huge 10 Family Rummage Sale Desks, youth chair, high chair, baby clothing, bassinet, stroller, TVs, books Disney VHS movies, puzzles, toys of all kinds, tricycle, stuffed animals, canning jars, children clothing sz. 4-6, pressure cooker, housewares, furniture, mirrors, decorations, garage door opener, foot bathbrand new, purses, shoes, clothing for all children-adult, bedding Christmas trees and more!

All proceeds to Relay For Life.

Sat. only, Oct. 4 8am-3pm 227 W. 13th St. Estate Sale Antiques, collectibles, old bottles, costume jewelry, bells, household items. Everything is priced very reasonable. Something for everyone!

Saturday 7-1 611 11th Ave. Moving Sale!

Everything must go!

Saturday 8-2 612 Marsha Lane Golf Clubs, Balls, Cart Cover, Hard Travel Case & Ac50¢ cessories.

Kid's Clothes. Girls 24M-2T & Boys 3T & 4T. $1.00 Adult Clothes.

Winter Graco Coats.

Stroller. Little Tikes Winnie the Pooh Push Car. 2 Little Tikes School Desk & Chair. Stampin' UP! stamps. Baby Gate. Like BRAND NEW Toys. Kids Ceiling Books.

Fans. 330 sq. ft. of Tile.

Porcelain Tools. Everything marked to sale.

Saturday 8-2 Only 820 Avenue A Leather coats, adult clothes, automotive, tools, and household items.

Saturday 8-3 415 E. 9th St. clothes, shoes, video puzzles, games, toys, board lots of games, misc.--several new items-- last sale of the year!

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 811 W. 13th St. Saturday 7-12 Girls 6mo.-2T and Boys 4T & 5T, Jrswomens plus.

LOTS OF TOYS! DVD's, books, lots of Home décor & misc. COATSWomens, Jrs., Boys 2T-5T. Fri. & Sat. 8-4 2007 Reno Rd. Final Estate Sale The house is cleaned out!!

Household items, Christmas, glassware, tabagan, dressers, hide a bed couch, 12 piece china set, TV's, men and womens clothing, books, jewelry, toys, Kerby vacuum's, home décor, pond skimmer, dog sled, tools, player piano w/ boxes of rolls, planters, file metal cabinets, shelves and too much to mention!

Everything Must Go! Fri. & Sat., 8-2 1308 7th Ave. 5 Family Sale. All of name sizes brand clothing, 2 pr. sz. 11 girls Jordan shoes, adult Halloween costumes, baby items, vacuums, furniture, items, household and toys.

Fri. & Sat., 9-4 16761 Hickory Hills Rd. Too many items to list. Come see, cheap prices!

Sunday 12-4 307 9th Ave. (In Alley) Misc. Musical Equipment

Fri. 8-2 & Sat. 8-12 608 19th Ave. Lots if sewing material, crafts, clothes sz. 18.

Furniture, drop leaf table, 1 chair w/ hair dryer, lots of Beauty supplies, seasonal items, and lots of misc.

Clean out Sale!

Fri. 8-5 Sat. 9-12 1407 3rd Ave. 3 Family Sale dog clothes, (new warm, cuddly) sewing items, good selection of buttons, trims, velcro, etc., Christmas items, home décor, new candles, sm. appliances, many other items, too many to mention!

Fri. 9-2 Sat. 8-3 404 W. 13th St. Multi-Family Sale!

Free Coffee!!

Baby gear, Childadult clothes, toys, books household, antique, furniture, bike, Little Tykes kitchen, & more!

Friday 8-3 & Sat. 8-noon 2205 21st Ave. Green wedge wood China lots of dishes, misc. lamps, baskets, Christmas and Halloween décor, Annalee's, some clothing M & L ladies. 2 CokeCola pictures framed and signed.

Cash Only Friday 8-4:30 3602 Woodlawn Road 2XL men's clothes, S ladies, toddler Christmas dresses, toddler clothes, 2 Next brand mtn. bikes, sq. end table, glider chair, broadcast spreader pull behind, & much more!

Sat. only, 8-2 813 W. 18th St. Oak dining room & chairs, table womens clothes jewelry, 12-14, many shoes, items. household Going out of busijewelry nessscarves $6.

Saturday 10-3 20213 Hickory Hills Rd. (5 mi. N. of Candlelight on Rt. 40) No Early Sales/ Cash Only Rowenta irons, Pilates machine, Pre-lit X-mas tree, milk glass, Dep. 56 Dicken's Village collection, Name brand clothes(AE, GAP, BR, Adidas, Under Armor, Nike, Talbots, ect.)

Lancome, Coach i-phone case, LOTS of picture frames, wicker furniture set, Hummel's, Vintage China Set, Red Fiestaware dishes, Art déco lamp, rose depression glassware, vintage crystal stemware set, TONS of jewelry, down sleeping bags, new keyboard & mouse, vintage & antique porcelain items, books, CD's, outdoor angel statue, linens, throw rugs, usual misc.

Saturday 7:30-1 1001 Ave K Annual Garage Sale Furniture, clothing, infant-adult, purses and much much more! All must go!

Saturday 8-3 4005 19th Ave. (Snavely) Clothes, saws, boxes of nails, old tools, toys, helmets, hats, wagon, bikes, scooter, skates, collectibles, woolen blankets, antique erector set, teapots, etc.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antique furniture, fishing tackle, toys, post cards junk. 815-445-6151

APPLIANCES

710

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CLOTHING

730

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Call 815-973-9408 between 4 & 9 pm.

WOOD / FUEL

746

Split wood, stored inside, can deliver 815-440-1529 or 815-994-0723

FURNITURE

755

2 end tables & coffee table. $120 815-595-4456 48” Formica top table with 4 captains chairs $100.

Drop leaf table with 2 chairs $50 815-284-2570 All Mattress Sets New in plastic.

Twin $99, Full $129, qu. $159, King $259. W/ Warr. Can deliver.

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Ingredient Specialist

As the world’s largest food producer, Nestle know success well. As an industry leader, we offer a competitive wage and benefits package. We currently have one opening for Ingredient specialist for the Nestle Purina facility in Clinton, Iowa.

Job Duties: • Administers all key check points for incoming ingredients, maintains chemical records of all checks, and assures compliance with quality specifications.

• Train and continuously update the Material Handling operators in the proper methods of the sampling and quality testing. Train and continuously update the training of the lab analysts for ingredient specification and testing changes.

• Audit activities associated with the above noted techniques and methods to ensure compliance and to detect areas where retraining is required.

• Perform required chemical and physical analysis in an accurate and timely manner.

• Perform hand add inventory Monday – Friday.

• Maintain updated ingredient specifications in GPMQ, keep current and in compliance.

• Must be able to work from 11:00am-7:00pm Qualifications: • High School diploma or GED required.

AA degree or equivalent preferred.

• Previous QA lab experience preferred.

• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

A policy exists which prohibits hiring of immediate relatives.

Currently looking for PT & FT office assistant FT Customer Service/Design

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Pinecrest Communit , a nonprofit co tinuing care retirement community, in the Rock River Valley, is seeking a Director of Social Services. The primary purpose of this position is to plan, organize, develop an direct the overa operation of the facility’s Social Service Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations, our established policies and procedures to assure that the medically related emotional and social needs of the residents are met and maintained on an individual basis. This person manages the admission process and needs to be knowledgeable in the area of Medicare, Medicaid and insurance. The qualified candidate will have a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (Master’s preferred) and must be licensed in the State of Illinois. Must possess leadership ability and willingness to work harmoniously with and supervise personnel. A minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a long term care facility or other related medical facility is required.

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8,488

$

18,988*

$

09 Chevrolet Impala LT

06 Pontiac Grand Prix

05 Pontiac Montana SV6 Stock #R709A

*

Hurry In!

Stock #2089A

Stock #R670

4x4, Great Value

14,988

$

All Purpose Vehicle

4x2, Rare Vehicle

19,988*

$

05 Chevrolet Silverado Z71

07 Buick Terraza CXL

06 Chevrolet Colorado LT Stock #R817

*

07 Dodge Dakota SLT Stock #R736A

Only 17,000 Miles

Stock #R814

Factory Warranty

16,988

Stock #R797

14 Chevrolet Captiva LS

14 Chevrolet Captiva Sport LS

Certified Fuel Saver Stock $ #R813

Only 61,000 Miles

Stock #2072A

18,988

*

Only 19,000 Miles

Leather, Great MPG

19,988*

$

Program Car

Loaded

$

Stock #R772A

14 Chevrolet Impala LTZ

10 Chevrolet Impala LT

12 Chevrolet Cruze 2LT

Rare Vehicle

7,988

$

Stock #R792

05 Lincoln LS Sport

Great MPG & Value

$

$

15,988

$

06 Pontiac G6

06 Chevrolet Uplander LS

Stock #R789A

Stock #R691A

Lots of Room & Comfort

$

$

*

10 Chrysler 300 Touring Plus

Great Family Vehicle

$

$

15,988

$

05 Chevrolet Equinox LT

Great Value

Stock #R690A

Stock #R753

17,988

$

$4,000 Under Book Value

Leather & Sunroof

Stock #1886B

Stock #R807

10 Honda Goldwing

11 Chevrolet HHR LT

Closeout Special

*

09 Dodge Journey SE Stock #R704A

*

05 Harley Davidson Electra Glide

Fuel Sipping SUV

$

17,988

$

*

14 Chevrolet Captiva LS

Certified, Great Value

Best Buy In Town

Great MPG, Better Ride Stock #R769

19,988

$

14 Chevrolet Impala LTZ Stock #R669

14 Chevrolet Captiva LS

14 Chevrolet Captiva LS

14 Chevrolet Captiva LS

Certified

$

07 Chevrolet Equinox LT Stock #R696A

$16,988

*

14 Chevrolet Sonic LT

Only 10,000 Miles

13,988

$

11 Chevrolet Impala LT

08 Chevrolet Impala LTZ

*

14 Kia Soul

Only 8,100 Miles

Nice Equipment

17,988

$

See What the Fuss is About

16,988

$

Nicely Equipped

Stock #R765

14 Chevrolet Captiva LS

Price Leader, Hurry In

Factory Warranty

20,988*

$

Stock #R774

1-Owner

Stock #R751

19,648

Stock #R787

*

Great Equipment

Stock #R719

*

$

Great Value

20,988

$

14 Chevrolet Captiva LT

19,988

Stock #R805A

Stock #1970A

21,988*

$

Stock #R784

12 Chevrolet Traverse LS

Convenience

$

Stock #R742

*

Nicely Equipped, 4x4

Program Car

$

Great Ride, Better Value

21,988

$

14 Buick Encore

14 Chevrolet Captiva LS

14 Chevrolet Captiva LS

$

Stock #R678

Stock #R783

26,988*

$

Stock #R804

14 Chevrolet Impala LS

07 GMC Sierra SLE

13 T0 CHOOSE FROM! FACTORY WARRANTY REMAINING!

Tons of Factory Warranty

Family Ride, Best Value

Stock #2057B

*

$

14 Chevrolet Malibu LT

Lots of Room

20,988

$

21,988*

Stock #R744

29,988*

$

2014 CHEVROLET CAPTIVAS

13 Hyundai Tuscon GLS

11 Chevrolet Traverse LS

Stock #R757A

*

Stock #R785A

New Body Style

Leather

23,988

$

14 Chevrolet Captiva LT

Only 8,100 Miles

Stock #R723

Stock #R636

Program Car

19,988

$

Stock #2059A

*

Leather, Certified

Leather, 4WD

14 Chevrolet Impala LS

14 Chevrolet Captiva LT

Luxury Ride

24,988

$

29,988*

$

Stock #R641

14 Chevrolet Malibu 2LT

Must See

Stock #R799

20,988

*

$

Stock #R738

Stock #2002B

14 Chevrolet Captiva LT

$

Certified

14 Chevrolet Captiva LT

Stock #R763

21,988

Stock #R721

*

14 Chevrolet Malibu 2LT

Program Car

Stock #R775A

*

31,988*

$

10 Buick Enclave CXL

AWD, Great MPG

24,988

$

Great MPG

$

Stock #R781

Stock #R788

14 Chevrolet Captiva LT

Great Family Vehicle

New Body Style

Stock #R790

25,988

*

32,988*

$

Stock #R755

14 Chevrolet Equinox 2LT

11 Chevrolet Tahoe

Loaded

1-Owner

13 Mazda CX-5 Touring

Factory Warranty

$

Stock #R779

32,988*

$

Stock #R754

14 Chevrolet Traverse LTZ

14 Chevrolet Silverado LT

1-Owner

12 GMC Acadia SL

8 Passenger

25,988

$

14 Chevrolet Impala LS

Stock #R749

Stock #2090A

12 GMC Acadia SL

Leather, Diesel

Stock #R783

33,988*

$

Stock #R794

14 Chevrolet Silverado LT

Leather, 1-Owner

Very Well Equipped

$

Stock #R816A

11 Chevrolet Avalanche LT

14 GMC Acadia SLT-1

Loaded

Stock #R748

ValleSauk y Tru ’s Mos Namsted t Auto e in mob iles

*

Stock #R700A

6,988*

$

02 Buick Rendezvous CX Cheap SUV

Stock #R714A

2,988*

$

(815)625.2700 *Prices do not include tax, title, license and doc fees. See dealer for details. Pictures are for illustration purposes only. See dealer for details.

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