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State will file for extradition today Once there, he’ll be arraigned on murder charges

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

HILLSBORO, Mo. – The prosecuting attorney in Jefferson County, Missouri, today will petition Gov. Jay Nixon to extradite three-time convicted murderer Nicholas Sheley from Illinois to that state.

Sheley will be held in Jefferson County Jail in Hillsboro to await trial for the murders of Arkan-

sas couple Tom and Jill Estes, who were killed in Festus, Missouri, in June 2008, while in town for a graduation.

Jefferson County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Steven Jerrell is handling the case. He said Monday that he didn’t know how long the extradition process would take, but he expected it wouldn’t be longer than a “matter of weeks.”

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Coach suspended for rest of season STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

ROCK FALLS – Rock Falls football coach Scott Berge has been suspended for the remainder of the 2014 season, according to a press release Rock Falls athletic director Rich Montgomery sent to Sauk Valley Media.

According to the release, the suspension is a result of inappropriate sideline behavior and a violation of the code of conduct

and coaching policies in the RFHS Coaches Handbook.

Jay Mamm o s s er, who coached Scott the team Berge from 20032011, will be acting head coach for the remainder of the season.

Read the complete story on B1.

DIXON

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Burke had surgery for tumor Mayor wants to return to full duties in November

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

DIXON – Mayor Jim Burke credits early detection and his yearly prostate cancer screenings for saving his life.

Burke, 76, had surgery at the University of Wisconsin on Sept.

22 to remove his bladder after an invasive tumor was found.

He is expected to make a full recovery, he said Monday afternoon at his home, and wants to be back to his mayoral duties full time by the first City Council meeting in November.

Burke said Dixon residents deserved to know his health status and that he didn’t want rumors to spread or people to jump to conclusions about his health.

The tumor and surgery have made him appreciate the smaller things in life, he said, but since the recovery won’t be much longer, it won’t effect whether he will seek re-election next year for a fifth term.

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The big game The Rockets will aim to topple the Mendota Trojans and break into the win column Friday night. Kickoff is slated for 7 at Hinders Field.

ABOVE: Cayden Erickson, a member of the Ball Slangers, eyes his target and loads up a dodgeball Monday evening at Tabor Gym during the Rock Falls High School dodgeball tournament, part of homecoming festivities. Homecoming continues with the powder puff football game Wednesday evening, the parade Thursday, and the football game Friday night against Mendota.

RIGHT: Connor Cain protects his teammates by blocking dodgeballs. See more photos from the tournament on A11.

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BUSINESS

Super Pantry stores converting to Circle K New owner’s signage was to go up Monday at Sterling, Dixon properties

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

Super Pantry convenience stores officially become Circle K properties this week.

Canada-based Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. announced in July plans to acquire the Super Pantry chain, which includes 51

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stores in Illinois and four in Indiana, from Champaign-based Tri Star Marketing. The transaction also includes three distribution plants that serve the two states.

The deal has closed and the signage and other marketing materials should be changed within the next week. Employees said the

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new Circle K sign was to be put up Monday at the Sterling convenience store at 2210 Locust St. The store at 101 E. Everett St. in Dixon also will be converted to Circle K. The convenience stores will continue to sell Phillips 66 and Mobil brands of gasoline, Couche-Tard said in a news release.

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The Super Pantry franchise will become part of Couche Tard’s Circle K Midwest division.

Couche-Tard, the largest convenience store operator in Canada, has 6,241 stores in North America. The company also has convenience stores throughout Europe, operating more than 13,000 sites globally.

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Lauren E. Shaffer, 31, of Polo; 7:02 p.m. Sunday; criminal trespass to property; taken to Ogle County Jail.

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Denise Lorraine Rhodes, 37, of Ashton; 2:20 p.m.

Sunday; LaSalle County warrant for civil contempt; posted bond.

Corrections William H. Gill, 23, of The Beggar’s Night Ohio, Illinois; 11:35 a.m. trick or treat walk will Sunday; Ogle County warbe from 2 to 4 p.m. rant for failure to appear Oct. 18 at Heritage on a traffic offense; Canyon, 515 N. Fourth released.

St., Fulton. A listing Jaycent Eric McCombs, of the walk in the May 38, of Dixon; 3:16 a.m.

29 edition of Voyager Sunday; driving under the incorrectly listed the influence of alcohol; posted times. bond and was released Donald Enloe, actwith notice to appear in ing warden of Dixon court.

Correctional Center, Corey Lamont Nighthas been with the Illiengale, 45, of Bellwood; nois Department of Cor8;52 a.m. Saturday; posrections for 21 years. A session of drug parapherstory in Monday’s edinalia; posted bond and tion incorrectly reported given notice to appear in Enloe had been with court. the Iowa Department of Daniel Louis Rotella, Corrections.

19, of Dixon; 4:35 p.m.

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Friday; warrant for possession of cannabis, 2.5 to 10 grams; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Sterling Police Carrington Cole Piper, Boy, 16, of Sterling; 4:10 29, of Dixon; 3:32 p.m. a.m. Sunday at Avenue Thursday; Rock Island I and West 13th Street; County warrant for aggraconsumption of alcohol as vated fleeing; held at Lee a minor; released to his County Jail. parents.

Josephine Elizabeth David B. Fowler, 46, of Emmons, 20, of Malta; 3 Tampico; 5:13 p.m. Sunp.m. Thursday; court order day at East Third Street for rule to show cause; and Fifth Avenue; no valid held at Lee County Jail and driver’s license, not wearing given notice to appear in seat belt; given notice to court. appear in court.

Stacey R. Hartman, 20, of Rock Falls; 10:22 p.m.

Ogle County Sunday at First Avenue and East 22nd Place, disobeying Sheriff Boy, 17, of Shannon; stop sign; posted driver’s 11:30 p.m. Saturday at license as bond.

White Pines Roller Rink in Mount Morris; battery; Rock Falls released to his guardian.

Frances R. Spangler, Police 52, of Mount Morris; 7 Fredrick Taylor, 52, of p.m. Sunday on South Rock Falls; 6:51 p.m. SatThird Street in rural Oreurday; criminal trespass to gon; battery; held at Ogle residence, criminal damage County Jail in lieu of bond. to property; given notice to appear in court.

Joseph Bundy, 27, of Info sought about Sterling; 9:49 p.m. Saturday; retail theft; given notice stolen trailer MOUNT CARROLL – to appear in court.

Carroll County Crime Stoppers are asking the public Dixon Police for information about an Ronald A. Coyle, 44, of Ameritrail trailer stolen Dixon; 6:48 p.m. Sunday between Sept. 26 and on Highland Avenue; illegal Sept. 30. burning; issued city ordiThe trailer was on property nance citation. on Army Depot Road north Joseph M. Krivak, 20, of of Savanna. The trailer is Dixon; 2:16 a.m. Sunday about 15 feet in length, has in the 300 block of South the number “54” in white College Avenue; zero tolletters on the tongue, and erance, consumption of had Wisconsin registration alcohol by a minor, posses- attached. sion of drug paraphernalia; Anyone with informareleased with notice to tion is asked to call Carappear in court. roll Crime Stoppers at 815-244-7867. Callers’ identities will be kept conPolo Police fidential. Information which Boy, 17, of Polo; 3:55 leads to an arrest could p.m. Sept. 29; battery; lead to a reward of up to released to his parent. $1,000.

Suzanne D. Sweet, 51, of Polo; 8:12 a.m. Oct. 1; speeding, 49 mph in a 30-mph zone; issued indiHappy birthday to Kalyn vidual bond and released.

Murre, Kim VanWelden, Eric J. Dewey, 23, of Wayne Squire Jr., Nancy Polo; 3:20 a.m. Saturday; Nelson, Sarah Fassler, Rose disobeying stop sign; Scott, and Ellen DeWaele, posted driver’s license as all today. bond.

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Students to brave cold for cause They will sleep in boxes, raise funds in front of school Friday

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

ROCK FALLS – Instead of sleeping in their beds Friday night, a group of students from Rock Falls High School will spend the night outside.

“We only have to do it for a night, but the homeless have to endure quite a long time of it,” said Raven Valdivia, a 16-year-old junior. “It really gives you a different perspective of what other people have to go through.”

In an effort to raise awareness about homelessness, about 25 RFHS Junior Optimist Club members will brave the chill by sleeping in cardboard boxes in front of the school.

Not only will the students sleep outside, but they also will raise money for the Twin Cities Public Action to Deliver Shelter, or the PADS homeless shelter.

The students will be outside from about 8:30 p.m. until 8 a.m. in front of the school, 101 12th Ave. Canned foods and paper products will be accepted, but cash or checks made payable to RFHS or PADS are preferred.

The students hope to raise $750 for PADS. Last year, they raised $500.

“The money raised is used for the operation of the shelter,” said Myles Newberry, director of PADS. “It costs about $25 a night to keep the shelter open.”

Newberry said he will take anything anyone wants to donate.

“I want the shelter to be accessible to everyone,” he said. “If I don’t need it, I’ll make sure it gets in the hands of someone who does.”

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Maurelle Behrens (left), Carmina Lopez, Lilly Nagi and Raven Valdivia will sleep in cardboard boxes in front of Rock Falls High School overnight Friday to raise awareness for the homeless. They are among 25 Rock Falls High School Junior Optimist Club members who will also be raising money that night for the Twin Cities PADS. The homeless shelter’s director, Myles Newberry (far right), says any donation will be accepted. old senior. “Every penny To donate helps.”

Donations may be made at Rock Falls High School, Newberry said five 101 12th Ave. People may also give them to the stupeople now are at the dents from 8:30 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday. shelter, which opened its For more information, call 815-625-3886, ext. 175. doors for the season on People also may donate by calling PADS at 815Oct. 1. PADS will remain 626-2210 or by visiting the shelter at 111 E. 29th St., open for the season until Sterling. Find the shelter on Facebook to learn more.

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“We have mostly men, do is not easy. They will will have that the home- and we don’t have any spend 12 hours in tem- less will not have,” she kids in there,” Newberry peratures that will hover said. said. in the mid-30s, according Tom DePasquale, advisDespite that, RFHS stuto the National Weather er of the Junior Optimist dents have been in the Service.

Club, said student mem- shelter over the years.

“We know it’s going bers are allowed to par“One reason why we to be a long night in the ticipate. More than 80 got involved is because cold, but it’s a small students are in the group, we found out actual high taste of what the home- he said. school students and eleless would have to go In addition to accept- mentary-aged students through,” said Maurelle ing donations through- had to use the PADS shelBehrens, a 16-year-old out the night, students ter,” DePasquale said. senior. will pass around buckets C a r m i n a L o p e z , a to seek donations during 17-year-old senior, said the RFHS homecoming the students would have football game.

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DIXON

City Council addresses infrastructure needs Special meeting to be held next week to approve repairs

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

DIXON – The city’s infrastructure was a main focus during the City Council meeting Monday night.

Five of the 11 agenda items dealt with repairs, including increasing the contract price for repairs at the wastewater treatment plant, waiving the bidding process for repairs to a water well, and an engineering agreement to remove

the Bloody Gulch Road bridge.

“It kind of makes you wonder about the infrastructure and the ongoing costs that go along with just operating,” said Commissioner Dave Blackburn, who was serving as the acting mayor while Mayor Jim Burke recovers from surgery.

Burke is expected to return to his City Hall duties full-time in November.

The council waived the bidding requirement for repairs to a city water well, citing a need to make repairs soon. Fire Chief Tim Shipman said the well is the one that would be most immedi-

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Four panelists have agreed to participate in Wednesday’s Sauk Valley Symposium, a joint presentation by the Sauk Valley Media Editorial Board and Sauk Valley Community College.

The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a reception in the college’s East Mall, followed by a program at 6:30 p.m. in James D. the adjacent Nowlan Jerry Mathis Theater.

Panelists who will offer their viewpoints on “Fixing Illinois: Politics and Policy J. Thomas Johnson in the Prairie State” are: • Charles “Skip” Lee, mayor of Sterling and a former teacher at Rock Falls High School • Arlan McClain, a member of the Lee County Board, chairman of the board’s Finance Committee, and former executive director of Kreider Services in Dixon • Linda Keane, president of the Rochelle Area League of Women Voters • Rich Morthland, a former state representative from the 71st House District ,who served in the Legislature from 2011 to 2013 The keynote address at 6:30 p.m. will be delivered by the co-authors of “Fixing Illinois.”

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lon served two terms in the Illinois House of Representatives and worked under three governors.

J. Thomas Johnson of Springfield was director of the Illinois Department of Revenue and is president emeritus of the Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois.

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After Nowlan and Johnson make their presentation, panelists will be invited to offer their reactions and observations.

Audience members then will be invited to write their questions, which will be collected and posed to the authors and panelists.

The program should conclude about 8 p.m.

Larry Lough, executive editor of Sauk Valley Media, will be emcee for the program.

Admission is free. A light evening meal will be available during the reception.

To attend The Dixon City Council next meets at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at City Hall, 121 W. Second St., on the second floor in the Council Chambers, for a special meeting.

The next regular meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m.

Oct. 14 at City Hall.

Go to www.DiscoverDixon.org or call City Hall at 815-288-1485 for an agenda or more information. ately affected, if there was a fire downtown.

Rusty Cox, superintendent of the water department, recommended the option that called for a full replacement of the affected area of the well, despite it being more expensive than just replacing some parts.

“I’m afraid if we cut corners and try to save $34,000, we’ll be doing it

again in 3 or 4 years,” he said.

The option Cox recommended, which the council agreed on, could cost $84,060 versus the cheaper option of $50,462.

The council waived the bidding requirements and placed the agreement on file. It will vote on the repairs during a special meeting on Oct. 14, as well as an engineering

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

Last week, local businessman Liandro Arellano Jr. announced his decision to run for mayor. On Monday, Burke said if he runs for re-election, it’ll be a positive campaign, and he would expect the same from Arellano.

“It would be nice to not have anybody to run against,” he said. “But no office holder should have a free ride.”

“I almost fell over” Burke said things could be different if it wasn’t for the prostrate cancer screening. And he hopes his scare might inspire others to get annual checks.

“People need to be proactive in that,” he said.

“There was no blood [visible] in the urine.

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Dixon Mayor Jim Burke gives an interview Monday at his home. He expects a full recovery from surgery and says it won’t impact whether he runs for a fifth consecutive term in 2015.

There was nothing there. which happened in There was no pain. No July. nothing.

When the results came “Let’s say I had done back, Burke was standing nothing. Probably by outside Books on First the time I would have in downtown Dixon, started feeling some of he said, he remembers this thing, the ballgame being shocked by the would have been all news of cancer. over, I would imagine.”

“I almost fell over,” he In June, his screen- said. ing for prostate cancer Doctors recommended came back negative, he removal of the bladder said, but the lab sam- rather than chemotherple found blood in his apy or radiation treaturine. It was nothing ment, which he was told that could be seen, but might not be effective enough for his doctors for this form of cancer. to call for more tests, And if he went that route including a biopsy, and it wasn’t, the next

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step would be to remove the bladder.

“The priority here was to keep on living and have a good life,” he said. “So we decided to go with that bladder removal operation.”

He had the 10-hour surgery Sept. 22.

“You have to have a good, strong Irish heart to get through that,” he said with a laugh from his home. “... Coming out of [surgery] was just unbelievable. I really thought I was going to die. I did.”

He was walking around the hospital that Wednesday and off the pain medication shortly after surgery. He was back home in Dixon the following week.

His doctors told him to stay in his house for a month. There are visits twice a week by KSB Hospital home care nurses.

But city business isn’t too far from his mind.

While he wants to be back at City Hall next month, he’ll work with city staff to get caught up to speed beforehand.

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agreement to remove the Bloody Gulch Road bridge.

The agreement with Willett Hofmann & Associates includes replacing the drainage pipe on Dutch Road just south of Bloody Gulch Road and removing the bridge.

The bridge’s condition continues to deteriorate, Commissioner Jeff Kuhn said, and soon it might not be able to support large trucks. It will be more cost-effective for the city to remove the bridge, which crosses abandoned railroad tracks, he said.

The drainage pipe’s poor condition is compromising the city’s water main in the area, Cox said.

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OBITUARIES Mary L. Fredette OREGON – Mary Louise Fredette, 60, of Oregon, formerly of Dixon, died Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, at Oregon Living and Rehabilitation Center. She was a foster parent for many years.

Mary was born Nov. 20, 1953, in Dixon, the daughter of Richard Eugene and Caroline (Kreger) Belcher.

Survivors include two sons, Richard Joseph Fredette and Tyler Chad Fredette, both of Tennessee; one daughter, Carrie Atherton of Gainsboro, Tennessee; and one grandson.

She was preceded in

death by her parents, and two sons, Chad Akers and Charles Arthur Knights.

Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and the funeral at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at PrestonSchilling Funeral Home in Dixon, with the Rev. Mike Jones, pastor of First United Methodist Church in Dixon, officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded.

Burial of cremains will be at a later date at Oakwood Cemetery in Dixon.

A memorial has been established.

Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s visitations: Jean M. Messer of Mount Morris, 10-11 a.m. at Finch Funeral Home in Mount Morris.

Clifford L. Swanlund of Dixon, 10-11 a.m. at PrestonSchilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Today’s funerals: Jean M. Messer of Mount Morris, 11 a.m. at Finch Funeral Home in Mount Morris.

Clifford L. Swanlund of Dixon, 11:30 a.m. memorial service at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Wednesday funerals: Darlene June Clymer of Dixon, 10:30 a.m. at PrestonSchilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Violet E. (Johnson) Woodhurst of Erie, 10:30 a.m. at Erie United Methodist Church.

Wednesday visitations: Mary L. Fredette of

Oregon, formerly of Dixon, 6-7 p.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Flora Mae Megli of Sterling, 4-7 p.m. at Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling.

Violet E. (Johnson) Woodhurst of Erie, 6-8 p.m. at Gibson-Bode Funeral Home in Erie.

Wednesday funerals: Mary L. Fredette of Oregon, formerly of Dixon, 7 p.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Thursday visitations: Melvin E. “Frizz” Pontnack of Mount Morris, 10-11 a.m. at St. James Lutheran Church in Forreston.

Thursday funerals: Melvin E. “Frizz” Pontnack of Mount Morris, 11 a.m. at St. James Lutheran Church in Forreston.

Flora Mae Megli of Sterling, 10 a.m. at Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling.

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ELECTION 2014 | 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Bustos likely to maintain her lead in fundraising Schilling’s totals not available until filing deadline

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

The deadline for congressional campaigns to file fundraising reports is more than a week away, but 17th District Democratic incumbent Cheri Bustos released her totals Monday.

Her reelection campaign r a i s e d $683,000 in the third quarter, bringing the Cheri total for the Bustos 2 0 1 4 e l e ction cycle to $2.66 million, according to a news release.

“Our campaign is Bobby Schilling humbled to have the strong support of so many across our region who know that Cheri Bustos is the candidate with the right priorities for Illinois,” Jeremy Jansen, Bustos’ campaign manager, said in the release.

The campaign of her Republican challenger, former Rep. Bobby Schilling, won’t have figures to release until the reporting deadline, said Jon Schweppe, Schilling’s communications

director. That campaign saw fundraising boosts from visits to the district by two influential U.S. House Republicans – Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

Fundraising reports are due Oct. 15 for the third quarter, which is July 1 through Sept. 30.

At the end of June, the Schilling campaign had raised $650,000 and still had about $500,000 onhand, according to the second-quarter report.

At that same point, Bustos had raised $1.9 million, with about $1.4 million still available.

According to Monday’s release, she has outraised Schilling in every quarter during this election cycle.

Schweppe said the campaign expected Bustos to have a bigger campaign war chest.

Bustos has the advantage of being an incumbent and having the support of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield, who is the Senate majority whip, Schweppe said.

“We’re every comfortable with where we’re at,” he said. “We have enough to compete and win. We knew from the get-go that Bustos would out-raise us.”

Schweppe said Schilling had been active in meeting with groups throughout the district, including with farmers near Geneseo last week, in order to get his message out.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

EBOLA

Nurse in Spain diagnosed First to catch virus outside outbreak zone WASHINGTON (AP) – Raising fresh concern around the world, a nurse in Spain on Monday became the first person known to catch Ebola outside the outbreak zone in West Africa.

In the United States, President Barack Obama said the government was considering ordering more careful screening of airline passengers arriving from the region.

In dealing with potential Ebola cases, Obama said, “we don’t have a lot of margin for error.”

Already hospitalized in the United States, a critically ill Liberian man, Thomas Duncan, began receiving an experimental drug in Dallas. But there were encouraging signs for an American video journalist who returned from Liberia for treatment. Ashoka Mukpo, 33, was able to walk off the plane before being loaded on a stretcher and taken to an ambulance, and his father said his symptoms of fever and nausea appeared mild.

“It was really wonderful to see his face,” said Dr. Mitchell Levy, who talked to his son over a video chat system at Nebraska Medical Center.

In Spain, the stricken nurse had been part of a team that treated two missionaries flown home to Spain after becoming infected with Ebola in West Africa. The nurse’s only symptom was a fever, but the infection was confirmed by two

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An ambulance (front) transporting a Spanish nurse believed to have contracted Ebola from a 69-year-old Spanish priest leaves Alcorcon Hospital on Monday in Madrid, Spain. The female nurse was part of the medical team that treated a 69-year-old Spanish priest who died in a hospital last month after being flown back from Sierra Leone, where he was posted. tests, Spanish health officials said. She was being treated in isolation, while authorities drew up a list of people she had had contact with.

Medical workers in Texas were among Americans waiting to find out whether they had been infected by Duncan, the African traveler.

In Washington, the White House continued to rule out any blanket ban on travel from West Africa.

People leaving the outbreak zone are checked for fevers before they’re allowed to board airplanes, but the disease’s incubation period is 21 days and symptoms could arise later.

Airline crews and border agents already watch for obviously sick passengers, and in a high-level meeting at the White House, officials discussed potential options for screening passengers when they arrive in the United

States as well.

Nancy Castles, a spokeswoman for Los Angeles International Airport, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has had employees on site at more than a dozen major international airports in the U.S. like LAX for many years. Screening of passengers starts with Customs and Border Protection agents, who work with CDC when they have a case they are concerned about.

Obama said the United States will be “working on protocols to do additional passenger screening both at the source and here in the United States.” He did not outline any details or offer a timeline for when new measures might begin.

Additional screening would not have caught Duncan because he wasn’t exhibiting any Ebola symptoms when he arrived in the United States.

The Obama administration maintains that the best way to protect Americans is to end the outbreak in Africa. To that end, the U.S. military was working Monday on the first of 17 promised medical centers in Liberia and training up to 4,000 soldiers this week to help with the Ebola crisis.

The United States is equipped to stop any further cases that reach this country, said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.

“The tragedy of this situation is that Ebola is rapidly spreading among populations in West African who don’t have that kind of medical infrastructure,” Earnest said.

About 350 U.S. troops are already in Liberia, the Pentagon said, to begin building a 25-bed field hospital for medical workers infected with Ebola. A torrential rain delayed the start of the job on Monday.

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On Aug. 11 in Whiteside County Court, Sheley was sentenced to four life sentences for the brutal Rock Falls killings he committed there that summer. He already had been sentenced to two other life sentences in the murders of a Sterling man and a Galesburg man. All of the slayings, prosecutors have said, were committed during a weeklong drugand-alcohol-fueled killing spree.

The murders of the Esteses are the last two committed that hot July week, prosecutors say.

Throughout Sheley’s trial in Rock Island County court in May, prosecutors laid a trail of forensic evidence that followed Sheley from Sterling, to Rock Island, to Galesburg, to Rock Falls, and then, finally, to Festus.

Prosecutors say he left for St. Louis before he headed farther south to Festus, where he killed

the Esteses in their hotel parking lot and left their bodies behind a gas station dumpster.

Authorities first were alerted to their deaths when hotel staff saw the couple’s dog wandering around the parking lot, covered in blood.

Police arrived on the scene at 12:01 a.m. June 30, 6 minutes after the dog was spotted by hotel staff, and 31 minutes after the couple had left a nearby graduation party.

They found lots of blood, earrings, and two pairs of glasses in the parking lot, along with a second wandering dog.

The Esteses’ car, a 2006 red Chevrolet Corvette, was found unlocked about 20 feet from the pool of blood.

Sheley is charged in Jefferson County with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action.

Unlike Illinois, Missouri has the death penalty, but prosecutors have not said whether they will pursue it.

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Three-time convicted murderer Nicholas Sheley speaks with his defense attorney Jeremy Karlin after being sentenced Aug. 11 in Rock Island, where he was given four consecutive life sentences. The prosecuting attorney in Jefferson County says Sheley’s extradition to Missouri shouldn’t take longer than “a couple of weeks.”

IN BRIEF 2 nuns among 3 dead in accident OAK LAWN (AP) – Two nuns were among three people killed and two dozen others injured in an 11-vehicle crash in suburban Chicago.

Oak Lawn police on Monday identified the victims as 86-year-old Sister Jean Stickney and 48-year-old Sister Kab Kyoung Kim, both of the Little Company of Mary Sisters.

Also killed was 81-yearold Edward L. Carthans of Chicago. He was the driver of a westbound pickup truck that crashed Sunday into eastbound vehicles

stopped at a traffic light.

Oak Lawn Fire Chief George Sheets called the accident “the most violent” many first responders have seen. He said there were victims “in cars, under cars, it was a pretty chaotic scene.”

Davenport bridge work delayed DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – The reopening of the Centennial Bridge linking Davenport with Rock Island has been delayed again.

The Quad-City Times reported that the Illinois Transportation Depart-

ment announced that Friday’s scheduled reopening will be delayed several more days because of “work that needs to be completed.” The department says in a news release that the contrac-

tor’s crews “are working long hours and seven days a week to expedite the opening of the bridge.”

The original contract called for the bridge to be closed from Aug. 3 to Sept. 6.

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STERLING CITY COUNCIL

Landlords seek action on delinquent sewer bills Threaten to take legal action against city if nothing happens in next 60 days

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

STERLING – The Sauk Valley Landlord Association has threatened to take legal action regarding what it calls the mishandling of delinquent sewer bills incurred by tenants.

Rod Kleckler, president of the landlord organization, spoke to city officials about the matter during Monday’s council meeting. Kleckler had also brought up the issue

at a June 2 council meeting.

Kleckler said it was his understanding that a 60-day notice was supposed to be sent to landlords when tenants fell behind on their sewer bills. Kleckler said that landlords are getting huge bills because so much time passes before they are aware of the situation, making it harder to collect from tenants.

“The Sauk Valley Landlord Association requests a meeting of all parties

offs,” Shumard said. “We can do a limited number now, but before, the debts had gone to liens the city couldn’t collect.”

The staff is now in place for the city to work on collections itself, and they have access to the names of the tenants.

Kleckler said that property owners have called for information on tenants, but were told it is confidential because their name is not listed on the billing information.

Mayor Skip Lee said now that the city is handling the billing, everything

Next meeting The Sterling City Council next meets at 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 21, at City Hall, 212 Third Ave., on the first floor in the Council Chambers.

Go to www.sterling-il.gov/ or call City Hall at 815632-6621 for an agenda or more information. involved,” Kleckler said.

“If nothing happens in the next 60 days, we Scott have author i z e d o u r Shumard attorney to take action.”

When the council was asked if anyone wanted to comment, the city attorney stepped in.

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“When legal action is threatened, the conversation doesn’t get started,” Ron Coplan said.

City Manager Scott Shumard said the fact that the billing had been contracted out has at times made it difficult for the city to get involved in the process.

“Until a couple years ago, we didn’t even have the power to do shut-

possible is being done to work with the landlords in a timely fashion.

“Our staff has been working with the landlords,” Lee said. “They can get copies of the bill sent to them at no cost.

All they have to do is request duplicate billing.”

Lee and Shumard said one thing hasn’t changed, regardless of who handles the sewer billing.

“The responsibility of past debts has always been with the landlords,” Shumard said. “We don’t want people who pay their bills footing the bill for those who don’t pay.”

U.S. ROUTE 30

School bets new video game Two more days until public scholarship can attract talent hearing on Morrison bypass Documents show community impacts

Gamers compete for millions in prizes in professional leagues CHICAGO (AP) – As a teenager holed up in his bedroom, illuminated by the glow of his laptop, Youngbin Chung became addicted to video games.

Ten-hours-a-day addicted.

His grades tanked. His parents fretted.

A few years later, the 20-year-old from the San Francisco area leads a team of headset-wearing players into virtual battle in a darkened room at a small private university in Chicago. He’s studying computer networking there on a nearly $15,000-a-year athletic scholarship – for playing League of Legends, the video game that once jeopardized his high school diploma.

“I never thought in my life I’m going to get a scholarship playing a game,” said Chung, one of 35 students attending Robert Morris University on the school’s first-inthe-nation video game scholarship.

Once regarded as antisocial slackers or nerds in a basement, gamers have become megastars in what are now called esports. In professional leagues, they compete for millions of dollars in prizes and pull in sixfigure incomes for vanquishing their enemies in what have become huge spectator events packing tens of thousands into sports stadiums around the world.

Games have evolved

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

AP

Alex Chapman (left), a Robert Morris University freshman, is critiqued by assistant coach Jose Carrasco as he practices playing the video game “League of Legends” with their collegiate teammates Sept. 23 at their on-campus training facility in Chicago. from the days of PacMan and Donkey Kong into something much more complex. They demand hyper mental acuity and involve multiple players communicating with each other in teams, plotting strategy, predicting opponents’ moves and reacting in milliseconds.

Robert Morris, a notfor-profit university with about 3,000 students, believes those are not so different from the skills one uses on a football field or a basketball court and that spending money to recruit these students, too, will enrich campus life and add to its ranks of high-achieving graduates.

“It’s coming; it’s coming big time,” Associate Athletic Director Kurt Melcher said of the esports trend and what he’s sure is its looming recognition by a bigger chunk of the collegiate sports world.

Hundreds of other colleges and universities have esports clubs, but Robert Morris is the first to recognize it as a varsity sport under its athletic department. The scholarships, which cover up to half off tuition and half off room and board (worth a total of $19,000 in a typical three-quarter academic year) are for a single game, League of Legends, in which teams of five on five use keyboards and mouses to control mythical fighters battling it out in a science fiction-like setting.

The Robert Morris Eagles will play teams in two leagues that include the likes of Harvard and MIT with hopes of making it to the League of Legends North American Collegiate Championship, where the members of the first-place team take home $30,000 each in scholarships.

STERLING – Whiteside County Republicans will open their campaign headquarters Monday at 203 E. Third St. A candidate meet-andgreet will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 15.

Those scheduled to attend are Neil Anderson, running for the Illinois Senate in District 36; Jim Wozniak, running in Illinois House District 71; and other candidates for federal, state, Whiteside County board, and county offices.

The headquarters will be

More information For more information on the proposal, visit idot. illinois.gov/projects/us-30-fulton-to-rock-falls.

MORRISON – In 1967, the Illinois Department of Transportation said in a report that U.S. Route 30 was due for some improvements. Well, those improvements could be on their way soon.

The public will have the chance to ask questions and raise concerns about the proposed rerouting of the highway at an open house Thursday, to be held from 1 to 7 p.m. at Odell Public Library in Morrison, 307 S. Madison St. Residents can also submit their thoughts via Internet, phone call or mail, and may do so until November 10.

IDOT is widening Route 30 from two lanes to four, from state Route 40 in Rock Falls to state Route 136 in Fulton, and they’ve proposed two options for the new route, which will bypass Morrison.

The option that swings

north of Morrison is called “Alternative 4.”

The option that swings south of Morrison is “Alternative 5.”

According to a 2,200page report by IDOT about the proposed routes, the northern bypass would cause 19 residential displacements (including farmsteads) with a Morrison mailing address.

Fourteen residential displacements with a Morrison mailing address would occur with the southern bypass.

Of those displacements, seven are unavoidable, regardless of whether the north or south bypass is chosen.

When you include residents without Morrison mailing addresses in the mix, 39 residential displacements would happen with

the northern bypass, 11 of which are farmsteads, compared to the southern route, which would cause 34 residential displacements, of which 10 are farmsteads.

The proposed northern route would cut northwest, where Yager Road hits the railroad, until it crosses Bishop Road. It would head west around Morrison before winding northwest just east of Hillside Road.

The southern route would cut southwest where Lyndon Road reaches the railroad tracks, until it hit Feldman Road. After that, it would travel predominantly west, then northwest around Morrison.

The proposed routes align just past the point where the northern route heads northwest.

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All invited to pray the rosary Saturday STERLING – A Public Square Rosary Crusade – in which participants will pray the rosary – will begin at noon Saturday at Grandon Civic Center downtown.

Participants can bring their rosaries, although they are not required; some will be provided.

All are welcome to attend. The annual event is held nationwide to pray for the nation.

The local event is being organized by the Sterling Deanery, which is made up of 19 parishes, four elementary schools and Newman Central Catholic High School in a territory that extends from Oregon to the north to Tampico to the south and from Albany to the west and West Brooklyn to the east. It is part of the Rockford Diocese.

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THE CARTOONIST’S VOICE

Joe Heller, Heller Syndication

Symposium worth attending; see you there What we think We encourage the public to attend Wednesday’s Sauk Valley Symposium to learn more about 98 remedies proposed by two authors for what ails Illinois.

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hy should you attend Wednesday’s Sauk Valley Symposium at Sauk Valley Community College?

Let us count the reasons.

You can: Meet James D. Nowlan, of Toulon, an expert on state government who was a state lawmaker, worked in government, and once ran for lieutenant governor.

Meet J. Thomas Johnson, of Springfield, likewise an expert on government who once was director of the Illinois Department of Revenue.

Buy their book, “Fixing Illinois: Politics and Policy in the Prairie State,” and ask the authors sign it.

Hear their presentation in the Jerry Mathis Theater on 98 proposals they offer for fixing Illinois’ many problems.

Receive a copy of the 98 proposals for

future reference.

Listen to panelists offer their viewpoints – Skip Lee, mayor of Sterling; Arlan McClain, member, Lee County Board; Linda Keane, president, Rochelle Area League of Women Voters; and Rich Morthland, former state representative.

Pose questions to the authors and panelists.

Gain greater knowledge and perspective about what’s wrong with Illinois and what it could take to fix our state.

Oh, and enjoy a light evening meal (barbecue sandwiches, chips, cookies, bottled water) during the reception, which begins at 5:30 p.m. in the college’s East Mall.

We thank Sauk Valley Community College for partnering with us in our third Sauk Valley Symposium.

The program begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

We encourage you to attend.

THE READER’S VOICE

Vote Smiddy for state House AI SILVA Sterling

I want to thank state Rep. Mike Smiddy for all he has done for Whiteside County. Too often, elected officials forget who elected them, especially those from the Quad Cities – but not Mike Smiddy. Our county is a better place because of the work Mike has done in Springfield.

Mike is not a typical politician. He’s a regular person who understands our problems and cares about our needs. He used to work at the East Moline prison, and his wife is a public school teacher. He cares about middle-class families like mine because he comes from a workingclass background.

Mike did not support Gov. Quinn’s permanent tax increase, and he worked hard to protect local education funding.

He even gave his government pay raise back to our local YWCA. Mike Smiddy has done a lot for Whiteside County. He’s earned my vote because I know that he will continue to work hard for us.

Program helps state workers to win promotions DAVE FOX Tampico

Scott Reeder’s Sept. 25 column on cronyism in the state job market hit

What do you think?

Let us know. Write your own letter to the editor and send it to: letters@saukvalley. com home when he stated: “Better-qualified candidates were passed over for those [various state] positions, so they were cheated out of employment opportunities. ...

[T]axpayers were shortchanged by not having the most qualified people working for them.”

The first 7 years of my 25-plus years with the state, I actively pursued a promotion that I was exceptionally qualified for, and was passed over at least 18 times. I saw non-employees, much less qualified than I, moved into the positions. Many spoke of their political connections.

In the late 1980s, our union, AFSCME, implemented a statewide program, Upward Mobility, redefining promotion criteria, and offering educational and training programs for current employees wanting to upgrade their skills for promotions and advancements.

It is a win-win program for employees, the state, and taxpayers.

It was only through this union-developed program that I was personally able to overcome the cronyism and advance myself.

GUEST COLUMN | SAUK VALLEY SYMPOSIUM

Fixing Illinois is possible, but ‘repairs’ will take time Here’s a start: Put fiscal house in order, revamp revenue system, end state’s culture of corruption elor’s degrees or higher.

And, of course, there is our heartland location.

Our trucks and rail cars can reach much of the Note to readers: In nation’s markets in a advance of Wednesday’s day’s time.

Sauk Valley SympoFinally, there is metroJames D. J. Thomas sium, featuring James D. Nowlan Johnson politan Chicago, a threeNowlan and J. Thomas state, 11-million-person Johnson, authors of residents have less trust “Fixing Illinois: Politics in our state government market that fostered far more business faciland Policy in the Prairie than residents in any ity deals in 2013 than State,” Sauk Valley Media state in the nation. any other metro area, reprints their column Unfortunately, in the according to Site Selecfrom May 3. Nowlan and face of those factors, tion magazine.

Johnson will speak at Illinois doesn’t know So, what to do to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at where it is going. We reclaim our glory days?

Sauk Valley Community have no statewide plans First, we need to get our College’s Jerry Mathis or planning function to state government’s fiscal Theater. A reception in challenge us with grand house in order. Business their honor will begin at visions for the future. needs predictability and 5:30 p.m. in the college’s Instead, we lurch from stability; in Illinois, we East Mall. The public is year to year. have neither. encouraged to attend.

We don’t need higher THAT IS WHY WE SET hen we were out to write a book about tax rates. Instead, we need a revenue base that boys in the how to fix Illinois.

1950s, we First, we need to appre- responds to economic growth. were proud to be from ciate the state’s great Using history as a wealthy, self-confident strengths, which are the guide, state spending Illinois. envy of most states.

Today, many of us in For example, our trans- is projected to grow by about 3.7 percent a year Illinois are in a funk. portation infrastructure When we travel and on average, while revis second to none. We mention we are from Illi- have 2,300 miles of inter- enue is projected to grow nois, there are disparag- state highways, far more 2.3 percent, according to ing responses about our than most states. O’Hare the University of Illinois governors being in jail. was recently named the Institute of Government Polling confirms our best-connected airport and Public Affairs. That worries that others don’t in the nation for both is a recipe for persistent think much of us. domestic and internainstability.

Illinois was the second tional flights.

We need to slow spendmost “disliked” state in In addition, upward ing for Medicaid, our the nation, after Califor- of half of all intermodal huge health care sysnia, according to a 2012 rail freight traffic in the tem for lower-income survey by Public Policy nation flows through the residents. Putting many Polling.

Chicago region. recipients on private Nor do we think much As for workforce talhealth insurance coverof our own government. ent, Illinois ranks second age may do this.

A Gallup survey released among the big states for Our revenue system in April found that, by having 32 percent of its needs to be revamped. a wide margin, Illinois population with bachWe need to broaden the JAMES D. NOWLAN Toulon and J. THOMAS JOHNSON Springfield

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bases of our sales and income taxes, which will increase their rate of growth, and then we can also reduce our tax rates.

TO IMPROVE OUR poor business climate, we must reduce our 9.5 percent corporate income tax rate and make further changes in the high cost of our workers’ compensation.

And we have to address our culture of corruption in Illinois, which gives us such a bad name beyond our borders and leaves such a sour taste in our mouths. Cultures can be changed, as with smoking, which is no longer cool.

Yet, this takes time.

In the shorter term, we have to convince others – and ourselves – that government is a public trust, not a public trough.

Illinois celebrates its bicentennial in 2018.

Now is a perfect time to begin planning for a celebration of all that Illinois can be, once again.

Come to the Sauk Valley Symposium on Wednesday

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he Sauk Valley Media Editorial Board and Sauk Valley Community College invite the public to attend the upcoming

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

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... Illinois doesn’t know where it is going. We have no statewide plans or planning function to challenge us with grand visions for the future.

Instead, we lurch from year to year.

Sauk Valley Symposium Wednesday at Sauk Valley Community College.

Meet authors Jim Nowlan and Tom Johnson at a reception at 5:30

p.m. in the East Mall, and hear them talk about their book “Fixing Illinois: Politics and Policy in the Prairie State” starting at 6:30 p.m. in the adjacent

“A journalist’s job is to penetrate the fog, smog and gibberish that’s heaped on the press by various sources and see [whether] you can extract the basic news.”

Bernard Kalb, journalist, 1998

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The program will also include a panel discussion and questions from the audience. It should conclude about 8 p.m.

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Mom gets great pleasure from well-made bed Dear Abby, My husband and I have four great kids. They are well-behaved, respectful and full of fun. Hubby and I are having a disagreement concerning them, however.

I am an admitted “bed snob.” I make every bed in the house every day, just the way I want them done. It makes me crazy when my husband insists that the kids do it themselves.

Our kids have homework, daily chores they alternate (cleaning the kitchen after dinner, doing laundry, etc.), as well as what we call “Chore Day Sunday,” which is a family affair

thing. Am I crazy or is he Dear Abby, overreacting?

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622-9230.

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

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

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

Euchre 101, 1 p.m., Robert Ful-

ton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., Lanark City Park, 200 W. Claremore St., Lanark. Rain or shine. * Dixon Coin Club, coin grading, 6 p.m., and auction, 7 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 540, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, 815-535-8427.

COMMUNITY EVENTS Tuesday, Oct. 7 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.

Bingo and doughnuts, 9-10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

Morning Whittle, 9 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St.., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Line dancing, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Wii Bowling and 313 card game, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Community coffee and doughnuts, 10 a.m. Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St., 815-732-7994.

Line dancing, 10-11 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

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, 815-

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Wednesday, Oct. 8 Women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Dixon Kiwanis Club meeting, 7 a.m., private dining room, KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Rock River Center Board meeting, 7:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Whiteside County Health Department free blood pressure clinic, 730-8:30 a.m., J.J.’s Restaurant, 337 N. Main Ave., Milledgeville, 815-772-4213.

Whiteside County Health Department free blood pressure clinic, 8:30-9:30 a.m., The Eureka Inn, 110 E. Third St., Prophetstown, 815-772-4213.

AARP driver safety class, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon. Registration: 815-2889236.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9-11 a.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling.

Henry Pratt Retiree breakfast, 9 a.m., Red Apple, 1130 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., women’s group; noon; 3:30 p.m.; 7 p.m., Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Church of the Brethren, 215 North Court St., Dixon.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure checks, 9-10:30 a.m., Polo Senior Center, 101 E. Mason St. Nurturing Program, 9:15 a.m., Sinnissippi Centers Inc., 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815625-0013 or 800-782-1584.

Representative from Rock River Center in Oregon, 9:30-11 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

American Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointments: 815-625-0382 or 800733-2767.

Blood pressure checks, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Lee County Council On Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-2117.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.noon, Dixon Food Center – Red Fox, 500 Chicago Ave., Dixon.

Blood pressure checks, 11 a.m.-noon, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Lunch and Learn, noon, Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815288-4673.

American Red Cross blood drive, noon-5 p.m., Good Samaritan Nursing Home, 1006 N. Lowden Road, Mount Carroll.

Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Lee County Welfare Council, noon, Mr. Tequila, 844 N. Galena Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Big Book, tradition, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Grapevine; 3:30 p.m. closed; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m. closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

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, Big Book; 8 p.m., open, Big Book, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Free blood pressure checks, 1-3 p.m., Amboy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15 W. Wasson Road, Amboy, 815-8572550.

Woodworkers, 1- p.m., Hub

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

Milledgeville Woman’s Club, 1:30 p.m., Milledgeville library, 18 W. Fifth St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 1:30 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Ogle County Health Department flu immunization clinic, 3-6 p.m., Stillman Valley Fire Department, 200 S. Rural Road, 815-732-7330, ext. 275 or 301.

Women’s Support Group, 5-6:30 p.m., Choices Domestic Violence Program office, 114 W. Market St., Mount Carroll.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., closed, step, tradition, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Pearl, a self-esteem support group of the YWCA Domestic Violence Program, 6 p.m., 815625-0333.

Sauk Valley Gold Wing Riders, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. meeting, Rock Falls Candlelight, 2200 First Ave., 815-625-6763.

Sons of the American Legion, 6:30 p.m., Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-284-2003.

AWANA, 6:30-8 p.m., 3 years through sixth grade, Northside Baptist Church, 598 River Lane, Dixon, 815-288-5212.

AMVETS 123, 7 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 U.S. Route 52, Amboy.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, First Presbyterian Church, 1100 Calvin Road, Rochelle.

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

Northern Illinois Divers Association, 7:30 p.m., Angelo’s II, 2525 E. Lincolnway, Sterling.

Northern Illinois Star Gazers meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 3G12, biology lab, Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2,

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Dixon, 815-288-2852.

Rock River Grange, 7:30 p.m., Masonic Lodge, 1409 N. Galena Ave., Dixon, 815-973-1490.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Polo Town Hall, 117 N. Franklin Ave. Thursday, Oct. 9 Women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

Twin City Sunrise Rotary, 7 a.m., Ryberg Auditorium, CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

Blood pressure screenings, 8-9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

TOPS IL 1426, 8:30-9 a.m. weigh-in, meeting at 9 a.m., Coloma Homes, 401 W. 18th St., Rock Falls.

Free blood pressure clinic, 8:30-9:30 a.m., The Eureka Inn, 110 E. Third St., Prophetstown.

AARP driver safety class, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon. Registration: 815-2889236.

TOPS IL 825, 9-10 a.m. weighin, meeting at 10 a.m., Coventry Activity Center, 612 St. Mary’s Road, Sterling, 815-626-0034.

Office of U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., open, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 212 Third Ave., Sterling.

Golden K Kiwanis, 9:30 a.m., YMCA, 2505 YMCA Way, Sterling.

Health, Wellness and Information Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Free blood pressure checks, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. First Steps and Beyond for

Survivors meeting and lunch, 11:30 a.m. Call Serenity Hospice & Home in Oregon for location and reservations (due by 10 a.m.

Wednesday): 815-732-2499.

Caregiver Support and Education Group, noon, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling, 815-6267333, ext. 317.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Big Book, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 5:30 p.m., open, beginners; 7 p.m., closed, step, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

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, 12 and 12; 8 p.m., closed, 12 and 12, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

KSB Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, 1-2:30 p.m., second floor, Town Square Centre, 102 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 2:30 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-973-6150.

Free Naturalization and Immigration Services, 3-5 p.m., Room 1E08, Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2, Dixon, 309-736-7727.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 3:30 p.m., Terrace Conference Room, Pinecrest Manor, 414 S. Wesley Ave., Mount Morris, 815734-9069.

Narcotics Anonymous, 4-5 p.m., Sinnissippi Centers, 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815625-0013.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 5 p.m., Whiteside Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-441-4452.

Speak Boldly Toastmasters, 6 p.m., Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St., Sterling.

Ladies of the Elks, 6:15 p.m., Wagon Wheel, 1711 W. Fourth St., Sterling.

TOPS, 6:30 p.m., Rock Falls United Methodist Church, 210 Fourth Ave., 815- 625-0431.

Sons of American Legion Post 12, 6:30 p.m., Legion Post, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-2842003.

Al-Anon and Alateen, 7 p.m., St. John Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling.

Sterling Optimist Club, 7 p.m., Candlelight Inn, 2907 N. Locust St., Sterling.

40&8 Promenade, 7 p.m. Dixon American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., 815-284-2003.

PEO Sisterhood Chapter KM, 7 p.m., home of Priscilla Brickley.

Whiteside County Natural Area Guardians, 7 p.m., Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison St., Morrison, 815-772-3811.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, and Al-AnonAlateen, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 709 Fourth Ave., Rochelle.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Big Book, Rolling Hills Center, 201 state Route 64, Lanark.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, St. Anne Church, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Rock River Valley Barbershop Chorus practice, 7 p.m., Rock Falls Community Building, 603 W. 10th St., 815-441-5327.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, United Steelworkers, 502 Woodburn Ave., Sterling.

Volunteer Care Center of Lee County, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Appointment: 815-284-9555.

Sauk Valley Media will be featuring “Letters to Santa” to be printed in the Daily Gazette and Telegraph Tuesday, December 23, 2014 We would like to invite children of the Sauk Valley area to participate.

Letters must be received by 5 p.m.

Friday, November 21, 2014 to be included in this section.

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ELECTION 2014 | ILLINOIS

TURKEY

Slowdown on oil smuggling Nation ramps up efforts against illegal practice linked to extremists HACIPASA, Turkey (AP) – Sevda, a 22-yearold waitress in a brown apron, recounts how she made a small fortune running smuggled diesel from a village on Turkey’s wild and dangerous border with Syria.

But the days when she could earn 20 times her salary waiting tables came to an abrupt end several months ago when police arrested her and slapped her employers with a massive fine.

The smuggled fuel came from oil wells in Iraq or Syria John Kerry Secretary of c o n t r o l l e d by militants, State including the Islamic State group, and was sold to middlemen who smuggled it across the Turkish-Syrian border. Western intelligence officials have alleged that Turkey is turning a blind eye to a flourishing trade that strengthens the Islamic State group, and Secretary of State John Kerry has called on Turkey to do more to stem the trade.

Analysts estimate that the Islamic State group gets up to $3 million a day in revenue from oil fields seized in Iraq and Syria.

But in about two dozen interviews, Turkish authorities, smugglers and vendors along Turkey’s 900-kilometer border with Syria paint a remarkably similar picture: Oil smuggling was a

AP

Sevda, a 22-year-old waitress, looks out from a bridge Sept. 30 in Antakya, Turkey. Until a few months ago, Sevda had a side gig that earned her more than 20 times her normal salary: She ran smuggled diesel fuel from a small village on Turkey’s wild and dangerous border with Syria. The fuel had come from oil wells in Iraq or Syria controlled by militants, including the Islamic State group, and was sold to middle men who smuggled it across the Turkish-Syrian border. booming business until about 6 months ago, when Turkish authorities ramped up a multilayered crackdown that has significantly disrupted the illicit trade. Many of those interviewed, including Sevda, gave only their first name or asked for anonymity out of fear of reprisals by authorities or smugglers, who believe that reports in the Turkish news media led to the crackdown.

Turkish authorities say they have beefed up border controls, arrested

dozens of smugglers and have gone after consumers with an extensive stop-and-search operation on Turkish highways where fuel tanks are tested for smuggled oil. The AP accompanied police on a tour of anti-smuggling measures in Hatay province, which has been the main smuggling conduit, observing new checkpoints and border patrols.

Turkey says it seized nearly 20 million liters of oil at the border in the first 8 months of this year, about four times as much

as in the same period the year before, while illicit fuel discovered on consumers has dropped considerably.

At the peak of Turkey’s oil smuggling boom, the main transit point was a dusty hamlet called Hacipasa on the Orontes River that marks the border with Syria. Hacipasa has been a smuggling haven for decades, authorities and residents say. As in other border towns, many families straddle the frontier and trade commodities like sugar and cigarettes back and forth without customs controls.

But Syria’s civil war and the capture of oil wells

by Islamic State militants opened a giant market that made moguls out of some locals.

“Some people multiplied their wealth a thousand fold in a few months,” says a local gas station owner who declined to be named.

Over tea in his immaculate office, the chainsmoking man who has spent his life along the border says he witnessed the boom and the bust of the smuggling business.

As smuggling took off last year and cheap has from across the border became readily available, 80 percent of his legal diesel business disappeared, he said. Since Turkey launched its crackdown, most of it has come back and business is now only 20 percent off what it used to be.

ILLINOIS

State considering raw milk regulations Officials want to create two-tier system of rules SPRINGFIELD (AP) – The Illinois Department of Public Health has received hundreds of public comments about regulations it is considering for the processing and sale of unpasteurized milk.

State regulators want to create a two-tier system of permits and inspections that would apply to milk from cows, goats, sheep, water buffalo and other hoofed animals, The State Journal-Register reported. They must weigh the risk of illness posed by consuming raw milk against claims by some that it is healthier than pasteurized milk.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration data show between 300,000 and 400,000 Illinoisans drink raw milk. Regulations are necessary to make raw milk safer for consumption, Illinois Department of Public Health spokesperson Melaney Arnold said.

“When it comes to raw milk, without rules, it basically makes it illegal,” Arnold said. “By developing rules on where it can be sold, how it can be sold and to whom it can be sold ... we’re making it a safer product.”

When the public comment period ends Oct. 20, the proposed rules will be submitted for final approval to the bipartisan legislative Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. The committee is

Voter registration wraps up today CHICAGO (AP) – As voters are beginning to cast their ballots by mail for the Nov. 4 election for governor, U.S. Senate, Congress and state legislative seats, regular voter registration in Illinois draws to a close today.

But other types of registration have been extended under a new state law passed by the Democratcontrolled Legislature last spring. Here are a few things to know about the upcoming election:

Types of registration Illinois residents who have a driver’s license or state ID can register online through the State Board of Elections website through today.

Starting Wednesday, voters have a chance to participate in “grace period” registration which runs through election day. Residents must present two forms of identification to election officials in person at county clerk’s offices or at designated “grace period” voting sites.

One of these forms must include a current address. People using grace period registration must cast their ballot during the same visit.

Voters can also request absentee ballots through Nov. 3.

What are my options?

In addition to heading to the polls on election day, voters can cast absentee ballots by mail through the election.

They can also take part in early voting through Nov. 2, at sites determined by county clerks’ offices around the state. Rupert Borgsmiller, director of the Illinois State Board of Elections, says 264,181 of 3.8 million voters in the November 2010 general election used absentee ballots. Another 380,883 residents took advantage of early voting.

Where do I vote?

The Illinois State Board of Elections fea-

AP

Danielle Londrigan prepares Saturday to milk two goats that supply her family with fresh milk, which they drink raw. She and her husband Sean own Red Gate Farm near Petersburg. Proposed regulations of raw milk production and sales have drawn criticism from advocates of the product, who have flooded the Illinois Department of Public Health with comments. responsible for reviewing and implementing state regulations.

“I noticed a definite difference,” said Springfield retiree Tim Kelly, 57, who switched to raw milk products more than 2 decades ago. “I felt better. I was stronger. I sleep better. It really worked for me and never caused me any problems.”

Wes Kind, executive director of the Illinois Stewardship Alliance in Springfield, said rules will force small producers out of business, because they won’t be able to afford the required expensive equipment.

“The economics don’t work. We’re talking about farms that have one or two cows and sell a couple of gallons a week,” King said. “My hope is we can get them to stand down and restart the process.”

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tures an online database on its website that helps voters find their assigned polling places.

Early voting locations include libraries, village halls and community centers throughout the state, and are listed by county clerks’ offices.

What’s different this year?

The Legislature passed a law late in the spring session to extend early and grace-period voting for the 2014 election only. The deadlines for those options in years past have been the weekend before the election. Republicans say the law is an example of maneuvering to get more Democratic voters to the polls. But Democrats say they’re encouraging early voting following abysmal primary turnout.

Turnout efforts Both parties are working hard to get their respective bases to turn out and vote early this election to leave nothing to chance, particularly in the expectedly tight governor’s race between Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican Bruce Rauner. First lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to hold a rally today for Quinn at the University of Illinois at Chicago to encourage supporters of Quinn to cast their ballots early this year. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says Illinois Democrats’ coordinated campaign is working to get “falloff” voters who vote in presidential, but not off year elections to go to the polls, noting it’s “a lot easier [to vote] in Illinois than it used to be.”

The Illinois Republican Party says it’s countering Democrats’ “DC flyins with proven Republican winners like Congressmen Peter Roskam and Aaron Schock, not to mention Sen. Mark Kirk and former Gov. Jim Edgar, and turnout in competitive Congressional races throughout the state that are suffering from Quinn’s drag on the ticket.”

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Count needed to deal with losers Henry Ford said, “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”

That applies to bridge partners. And for declarer, when the dummy comes down in a suit contract, it is so important that he start moving forward by counting his losers. Assuming his hand has at least as many trumps as the dummy, he looks at his own 13 cards and takes dummy’s high cards into account. Then, if the loser count is not too high, declarer should draw trumps as quickly as possible. But if the loser count is too high, declarer must work out how to eliminate the excess.

In this deal, how many losers does South have in four

hearts, given that West leads the club queen? How should he plan the play?

The bidding was straightforward, North jumping to game with opening count when he

found a 4-4 major-suit fit.

South starts with at least five losers: two spades, one heart or two, and two clubs.

But he has discards coming on dummy’s diamonds.

Declarer takes the first trick with dummy’s club ace, plays a diamond to his ace, leads a heart to dummy’s ace, and shakes his club losers on the diamond king-queen.

Then he plays a spade to his ace and leads another spade.

Suppose West returns a club. South trumps, ruffs a spade in the dummy, leads a trump to his king, and plays on spades to land an overtrick.

West makes his trump winner whenever he likes.

Notice the commonplace concepts of discarding losers from hand and ruffing losers in the dummy. © 2014 UFS

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ILLINOIS? ?

Please join Sauk Valley Media and Sauk Valley Community College for a community discussion with the authors of Fixing Illinois, which he proposes 90 changes in th workings of Illinois state government.

This symposium will explore solutions for an effective, honest state government that n can restore public faith in Illinois’ institutions and revive a sense of citizenship and state pride.

The authors’ remarks will be followed by a panel discussion, then comments and questions from the audience.

The program is free and open to the public.

When: Wednesday, Oct. 8

Where: Sauk Valley Community College Schedule: 5:30 p.m. – Reception, East Mall 6:30 p.m. – Program, Jerry Mathis Theatre

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WASHINGTON | GAY MARRIAGE

Supreme Court clears the way for expansion Appeals rejected from five states WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court unexpectedly cleared the way Monday for a dramatic expansion of gay marriage in the United States and might have signaled that it’s only a matter of time before same-sex couples can marry in all 50 states.

Rejecting appeals from five states seeking to preserve their bans, the Supreme Court effectively made such marriages legal in 30 states, up from 19 and the District of Columbia, taking in every region of the country.

Challenges are pending in the other 20 states.

Almost immediately, exuberant couples began receiving marriage licenses previously denied to them.

“This is the dream day,” said Sharon Baldwin, a plaintiff in a challenge to Oklahoma’s ban, as she and her partner got their license in the Tulsa County Clerk’s Office.

Directly affected by Monday’s orders were Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia. Officials in those states had appealed lower court rulings in an effort to preserve their bans.

Couples in six other states – Colorado, Kansas, North

Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming – should be able to get married in short order since those states would be bound by the same appellate rulings that have been on hold.

While county clerks in a number of states quickly began issuing licenses to gay and lesbian couples, in some other states affected by the court’s action officials did not sound ready to give up the fight. However, their legal options are limited.

Monday’s terse orders from the court were contained among more than 1,500 rejected appeals that had piled up over the summer. The outcome was not

what either side expected or wanted. Both gay marriage supporters and opponents had asked the court to resolve whether the Constitution grants same-sex couples the right to marry nationwide.

The justices did not explain why they decided to leave that question unanswered for now. They may be waiting for a federal appeals court to break ranks with other appellate panels and uphold state laws defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Or they may see little role for themselves as one court after another strikes down state marriage bans.

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Married couple Gary Horlacher and Ernest Horstmanshoff dance during a gay marriage rally Monday in Salt Lake City. Same-sex couples in Utah were celebrating after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for gay marriages to begin in Utah and 30 other states.

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ABOVE: Christian Torres, a member of the Ball Slangers, reaches for a dodgeball at the start of a match during a tournament Monday at Rock Falls High School.

RIGHT: Students watch from bleachers Monday night during the dodgeball tournament at Tabor Gym.

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Hewlett-Packard splits PC, printer businesses NEW YORK (AP) – Hewlett-Packard is splitting itself into two companies, one focused on its personal computer and printing business and another on technology services such as data storage, servers and software, betting that it can drive faster sales growth with more focused operations.

Hewlett-Packard, like other PC makers, has struggled as customers shifted toward smartphones and tablets and away from desktops and laptops. It

also has been shifting its services business toward cloud computing as fewer customers opt for traditional data storage. The company has posted revenue declines in 11 of the past 12 quarters and laid off tens of thousands of people in recent years as it attempts to cut costs.

HP hopes that the two units will be worth more separately and be able to grow more quickly apart than they can together.

The planned breakup follows other big compa-

nies that have spun off business units in order to drive growth. EBay Inc. last week said it would spin off its fastest-growing segment, payment service PayPal, into a separate publicly traded company.

HP first considered breaking off its PC unit back in 2011, but decided against it. CEO Meg Whitman, who has been leading the company’s turnaround for the past 3 years, said Monday that HP has now shored up its business enough to support the split.

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Abbott..................................42.37 Alcoa....................................15.99 AltriaCorp............................46.52 Autonation..........................53.08 American Express...............87.03 Arris-Group.........................27.56 Apple...................................99.62 ADM....................................50.61 AT&T...................................35.50 Bank of America..................17.28 Boeing................................126.29 BorgWarner.........................54.07 BP........................................43.06 Casey’s.................................73.69 Caterpillar...........................98.02 CenturyLink........................40.68 Chevron.............................118.02 Cisco....................................25.01 Citigroup..............................52.28 CNW....................................46.00 CocaCola.............................43.60

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Commodities The following quotations are provided as a community service by Sterling Futures: Corn: Dec. 3.321⁄2; Mar. 3.451⁄4; July 3.613⁄4 Soybeans: Nov. 9.421⁄4; Jan. 9.501⁄2; Mar. 9.581⁄4 Soybean oil: Dec. 33.97; Mar. 33.45

Soybean meal: Oct. Lean hogs: Oct. 107.17; 320.30; Dec. 308.90 Dec. 95.87; Feb. 92.87 Wheat: Dec. 4.913⁄4; Mar. Sugar: Oct. 16.98 5.031⁄2 Cotton: Oct. 64.98 Oats: Dec. 3.501⁄2; Mar. T-Bonds: Dec. 13915⁄32 3.331⁄2 Silver: Dec. 17.30 Live cattle: Oct. 163.05; Gold: Dec. 1217.50 Dec. 166.30; Feb. 166.10 Copper: Dec. 3.0360 Feeder cattle: Oct. Crude: Oct. 90.49 240.00; Nov. 240.27 Dollar Index: Dec. 85.84

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 Numbers game That’s how many days rest Clayton Kershaw will have before taking the mound tonight in Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Cardinals. The two teams met on Monday, too. Check out how that one went on B4.

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FOOTBALL | ROCK FALLS

Rock Falls’ Berge suspended for season Press release: Varsity football coach punished for inappropriate sideline behavior

BY BRIAN WEIDMAN AND PATRICK MASON sports@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5555

ROCK FALLS – Rock Falls football coach Scott Berge has been suspended for the remainder of the 2014 season, according to a press release Rock Falls athletic director Rich Montgomery sent to Sauk Valley Media on Monday afternoon.

According to the release, the suspension is a result of inappropriate sideline behavior and a violation of the code of conduct and coaching policies in the RFHS Coaches Handbook.

When reached by telephone on Monday night, Berge would not speak about the suspension, but did indicate he is seeking legal advice.

Montgomery also declined

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Scott Berge Rock Falls coach

Age: 36 FYI: Graduated from Newman Coaching career: AshtonFranklin Center 2007-2010, 7-29. Rock Falls 2013-14, 1-14.

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Jay Mammosser, who coached the team from 2003-2011, will be acting head coach for the remainder of the season. Mammosser had been the team’s defensive coordinator this season.

“I don’t think anything changes,” Mammosser said. “Scott was under me when I was the

head coach, and I’ve been under Scott since he was head coach. You won’t see a whole lot of changes. It’s Week 7, so it’s not like we’re going to try and reinvent the wheel.”

Berge, who is in his second season as head coach, announced on WSDR-AM 1240 on Sept. 17 that he would resign at the end of the season.

Berge cited family concerns and the negativity surrounding the program as his reasons for leaving the program.

“There is a lot of negativity surrounding this program, and it’s unfortunate that the kids have to live with it every day,” Berge told SVM’s Patrick Mason Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com on Sept. 17. “I don’t want that Rock Falls head coach Scott Berge has been suspended for the negativity to carry over and remainder of the season, according to a press release from athenter my household.” letic director Rich Montgomery received by Sauk Valley Media on Monday.

BERGE CONTINUED ON B2

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE | BEARS

Pultorak playing girls for first time Dixon golfer spent season on boys team

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

The Dixon boys golf team was playing in an invite this season when an opponent threw his putter to the ground, making a divot on the manicured grass.

A few holes later, another club was slammed to the ground.

Olivia Pultorak, playing in the group, told him to settle down, and to have fun.

“I’m kind of protective,” the Dixon sophomore said.

“All of the guys on the team call me Mama Bear.”

Olivia Since Dixon Pultorak doesn’t have Dixon sophomore enough girls to field a girls golf team, Pultorak has been part of the Dukes lineup for the second consecutive season.

“It’s been interesting for all of us,” first-year Dixon coach Lee Eastman said. “She has been a great piece to our team, and she kind of keeps everybody in line, in a fun way. It’s what has earned her that nickname.”

Mama Bear will be without her cubs for the first time this season on Wednesday, as Pultorak will play against fellow girls during the Class A Stillman Valley Regional at PrairieView in Byron.

PULTORAK CONTINUED ON B5

More inside • SVM has girls golfers at regionals in Class A and AA on Wednesday. SVM scouts the regionals at Stillman Valley, Galena and Sterling on B5.

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The Bears’ Brandon Marshall runs after a catch during Sunday’s game against the Panthers in Charlotte, N.C. Marshall’s productivity the last few games has dropped as he battles an ankle injury.

Diminishing returns

Bears looking for answers to Marshall’s drop in production

BY ARTHUR ARKUSH aarkush@chicagofootball.com

Marshall in 2014

LAKE FOREST – Marc Trestman likened Brandon Marshall’s lack of involvement since his Week 2 heroics to a baseball player mired in a slump.

Although he maintains he’s creating plate opportunities for Marshall to snap his slide, the Bears’ coach said at his Monday news conference that building more at-bats into the game plan for Marshall is a must.

“We don’t get as many opportunities as those hitters get, certainly,” Trestman said, “but we’ve got to do a better job of getting him more swings at the plate and allowing him to take more shots.”

After his first full week of practice since

Date Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 22 Sept. 28 Oct. 5

Opp Bills 49ers Jets Packers Panthers

Rec. Yards TD 8 71 1 5 48 3 1 6 0 2 19 1 3 44 0

injuring his ankle in San Francisco, Marshall was the primary target on a Jay Cutler touchdown run, according to Trestman, and was alone in the end zone on a play when Cutler was sacked. On Cutler’s first interception, intended for Marshall despite three defenders in the area, Trestman admitted Cutler needed to look elsewhere.

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“Brandon’s job was to go down the middle, and Jay’s job was to read the coverage and make the best decision. … He tried to get the ball in there, which he’s done many times before … and Brandon’s made those kind of plays,” he says. “But just looking it over, coming off of Brandon and moving on would have been the best situation in that regard.”

Cutler’s completion percentage (68.1) and QB rating (94.9) through five games would be career-highs, and they symbolize progress, Trestman believes, but his quarterback will be a work in progress until he eliminates costly mistakes – Cutler has five combined turnovers in consecutive losses.

RETURNS CONTINUED ON B4

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On the calendar Local events

Cougars to compete for a cure When Eastland hosts Stockton in a volleyball match on Thursday, it will be Competing for a Cure night.

In addition to the varsity match that begins at 7:30 p.m., a live auction, bake sale and silent auction will be held. Proceeds will benefit the Dominic DeMichele medical fund.

DeMichele is an Aquin football player currently battling cancer.

Today Women’s volleyball 6 p.m.

• Kishwaukee at Sauk Valley Cross country 4:45 p.m.

• Amboy, Newman, Eastland at Erie-Prophetstown Panther Invite Boys golf 9 a.m.

• Bureau Valley at 1A Wethersfield Regional • Polo, West Carroll at 1A Eastland Regional • Amboy, Erie, Fulton, Newman, Prophetstown at 1A Morrison Regional • Oregon at 1A Byron Regional • Dixon, Rock Falls, Sterling at 2A Freeport Regional Boys soccer

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HGH testing begins in league The NFL has begun testing for human growth hormone for the first time, 3 years after the league and players’ union tentatively agreed to do so.

HGH testing was part of the 2011 labor agreement, but was delayed because the NFL Players Association was not comfortable with the procedures or science involved. Both sides agreed last month on the new policy, which took effect Monday.

A total of 950 tests will be performed during the regular season, postseason and preseason.

Lions cut kicker Henery The Detroit Lions released kicker Alex Henery, coach Jim Caldwell announced during his Monday news conference, and the team will host three veterans in a workout today to find his replacement.

Henery missed three field-goal attempts in the Lions’ 17-14 loss to the Buffalo Bills at Ford Field on Sunday and was 1-for-5 in two games after replacing rookie Nate Freese.

Dolphins DE Shelby arrested Dolphins defensive end Derrick Shelby was arrested at a Fort Lauderdale nightclub after an incident that began with touching women without their permission, according to police reports released Monday.

Shelby, 25, was suspended indefinitely for conduct deterimental to the team.

Police used a taser on Shelby after he refused to leave the club and resisted arrest. Shelby appeared intoxicated.

Holgrem visited with Raiders Former Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren confirmed during a radio interview on Monday that he visited with Oakland Raiders officials last week, but said he “probably” would not be a candidate to be their next head coach.

Dennis Allen was fired as the Raiders head coach last week, and Tony Sparano is serving as interim head coach.

NBA

League extends television deals The NBA and its television partners couldn’t wait to extend their contracts.

The league renewed its deals with ESPN and TNT even though two seasons remain on the old ones.

With potential competition from Fox looming, both networks were willing to pay generously to secure the rights long term.

The NBA’s annual revenue from the agreements will increase from $930 million to more than $2.6 billion, according to a person familiar with the terms.

Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

Erie-Prophetstown’s Dylan Binion slips past Amboy’s Cole Stewart (51) and Kyle Kemmerer (66) Friday on his way to a touchdown. The Panthers lost 18-14 in Prophetstown, and need one more win to become playoff eligible. The Clippers earned their fifth win with the victory.

BY CODY CUTTER ccutter@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5555

After 6 weeks of football, playoff forecasts are becoming more decipherable for local teams.

Seven local teams are still looking to post both a winning season and earn playoff eligibility: Ashton-Franklin Center (3-3), Bureau Valley (2-4), Dixon (4-2), Erie-Prophetstown (4-2), Milledgeville (2-4), Oregon (2-4), and Polo (4-2).

Sauk Valley Media has predicted that if any of the seven teams wind up with only five wins, they would be playing in the postseason.

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Amboy and Sterling joined Eastland-Pearl City and Newman as teams eligible for the playoffs.

The Clippers eked out an 18-14 road win against Erie-Prophetstown to post their first winning regular season in 2 years.

In regard to playoff points, SVM predicts 39 – a safe bet for the postseason in case the Clippers drop their remaining games.

The Golden Warriors assured themselves of their 13th straight winning regular season with a 28-14 homecoming win against Ottawa. As mentioned last week, the Golden Warriors are in need of playoff points to prevent missing the playoffs for the second straight year.

One playoff point was earned by way of Rich South’s 15-13 win over previously unbeaten Rich East on Saturday. Rich South played the Golden Warriors in Week 3.

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Newman’s defense continues to roll, stringing together seven quarters of shutout football.

The Comets clinched a playoff berth with their sixth win, beating Riverdale on the road 50-0.

Since allowing a touchdown in the first quarter against Fulton, the Comets have scored 94 unanswered points. Fourteen of the past 16 quarters have been shutouts for the Comets.

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Newman has gained big yardage on the ground during its touchdown runs in recent weeks.

The Comets have scored 22 touchdowns in the past three games against Fulton, Morrison and Riverdale. The average yardage per touchdown score is 33.4 yards. Nineteen of the touchdowns saw Comet players run from outside of the red zone. The other three scores were from 3, 5, and 6 yards out. Taking out the lesser three, Newman’s average yardage per touchdown score in the past three games is 37.9 Rock Falls put together back-to- yards. back quarters with at least one touchdown for the first time this season.

The Rockets scored in the second quarter after quarterback Geneseo – Sterling’s opponent Noah Junis’s 42-yard pass to this Friday – clinched its 52nd Jacob Mammosser, and followed consecutive winning season in the third quarter by Bailee with a 17-0 home win against Rosalez’s one-yard run. They previously-unbeaten Yorkville in made it three in a row with Junis’s Northern Illinois Big 12 crossover 20-yard connection with Connor play.

Cain with 32 seconds remaining The Maple Leafs (6-0) clinched in the game. a playoff berth with the win, and will make the postseason for the 38th time in the 41-year history of the state playoffs.

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Morrison’s string of scoreless full quarters of play was broken late in the fourth quarter against Bureau Valley.

The Mustangs dropped to 0-6 with their 45-6 loss. Starting with the fourth quarter of the Mustangs’ 26-20 three-overtime loss to Orion – not counting the extra sessions – 16 quarters had been played without a score. With 1:44 left in Friday’s game, quarterback Austin Keller connected with Grant Slater for a 77-yard score.

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Dixon coach Dave Smith won his 99th game as a head coach as the Dukes beat Winnebago 44-8 at home.

He could reach the century mark Friday at Stillman Valley.

Smith has 50 wins at Burlington Central (1997-2003), 12 at Princeton (2004-08), 28 at Mt. Zion (2008-10), and nine at Dixon since 2011.

Berge to miss last three games

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• Prophetstown, Moline at Morrison Girls tennis 4:30 p.m.

• Rockford Lutheran at Dixon • Newman at St. Bede Volleyball 6 p.m.

• DeKalb at Sterling • Dixon at Rock Falls • Oregon at Mendota 7 p.m.

• Eastland at Galena • Amboy at Newman • Prophetstown at Fulton • Kewanee at Bureau Valley • Morrison at Riverdale • Orion at Erie • Durand at AFC • East Dubuque at West Carroll

On the tube TV listings Today College soccer 8 a.m.

• Women, Purdue at Rutgers, BTN

MLB playoffs TBA

• NLDS, game 4, Dodgers at Cardinals, FS1 • NLDS, game 4, Nationals at Giants, FS1

NBA preseason 6:30 p.m.

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• Bulls at Pistons, CSN

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Rock Falls is 0-6 and 0-4 in the Big Northern West conference this season, and the Rockets are 1-14 with Berge as head coach. Berge was an assistant under Mammosser before becoming head coach, and he also had been head coach at Ashton-Franklin Center from 2007 to 2010.

Rock Falls has three games to play this season.

The Rockets play Mendota on Friday at Hinders Field, followed by a game at Dixon on Oct. 17 before closing the season against Rockford Lutheran on Oct. 14 at home. With six losses, Rock Falls is not eligible for the IHSA playoffs.

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Rock Falls’ Jacob Mammosser eludes a tackle attempt before scoring a touchdown during Friday’s game against Stillman Valley. Jay Mammosser, Jacob’s father, will be the acting head coach for the final three games of the season after Scott Berge was suspended on Monday.

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JACKSON AMES • PROPHETSTOWN • SOPHOMORE

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Prophetstown golfer tied for fourth place at the Three Rivers tournament Tuesday at Baker Park Golf Course in Kewanee. Ames shot a 76, six shots out of first, and helped Prophets to a second-place finish.

KAYLEE MARTIN • STERLING • SOPHOMORE

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Sterling hitter had 35 kills in five matches at the Sterling Invite at Westwood on Saturday, helping the Warriors to a third-place finish. She also had 21 kills, six digs and three aces in win at Kaneland on Thursday.

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NFL | SEAHAWKS 27, REDSKINS 17

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MLB | NLDS | CARDINALS 3, DODGERS 1

Wong time Second baseman’s homer breaks tie score in seventh

BY R.B. FALLSTROM AP Sports Writer

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Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch is tackled by a trio of Redskins during Monday’s game in Landover, Maryland. The Seahawks won 27-17.

Seahawks survive rare penalty bug Seattle overcomes mistakes on road

BY JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer

LANDOVER, Md. – For nearly a half, Seattle’s penalty yards outnumbered Washington’s total yards. Those self-inflicted wounds, more than anything, kept the Monday night game as close as it was.

Russell Wilson rushed for a career-high 122 yards on 11 carries, and the Seahawks survived their “neutral zone infractions,” holds, false starts and other miscues in a 27-17 win over the Redskins, extending Seattle’s tradition of dominance in prime time, while handing Washington another deflating moment under the lights.

Wilson also completed 18 of 24 passes for 201 yards with two touchdowns for the Seahawks (3-1), who displayed an uncharacteristic lack of crispness coming off their bye. Seattle committed 13 penalties for 90 yards, including holding, false start and unsportsmanlike conduct calls that wiped out three potential touchdowns by Percy Harvin.

How bad was the Seahawks’ penalty bug?

It wasn’t until a 4-yard run by Alfred Morris with 3 minutes left in the first half that the Redskins’ total yards (47) passed Seattle’s penalty yards (45) for good.

Marshawn Lynch ran for 72 yards on 17 carries and didn’t enter the game until the Seahawks’ second series. He stood on the sideline, helmet on, during the first drive, and the team did not make an in-game announcement regarding any sort of injury to its leading rusher.

Seattle improved to an NFL-best 21-8 on Monday nights, including nine wins in a row. The team is also 11-1 in prime time under coach Pete Carroll.

Washington (1-4), meanwhile, has dropped seven straight in prime time and is 4-15 on Monday nights since 2000.

The Redskins punted eight times, and two deep passes to DeSean Jackson accounted for 137 of the offense’s 307 total yards.

Jackson beat Kam Chancellor for a 60-yard touchdown catch that cut Seattle’s lead to 17-7 late in the first half, and his 57-yard reception set up a field goal that made it 17-10 early in the third quarter. Jackson finished with five catches for 157 yards.

Kirk Cousins completed 21 of 36 passes for 283 yards and dropped to 1-6 in his career as a Redskins starter. Robert Griffin III missed a third consecutive game with a dislocated left ankle, but he made a cameo appearance before the game, wearing a skin-tight white shirt and pink sleeve on his left arm as he threw passes to Jordan Reed – who is also injured – on the sideline.

Wilson had plenty of green in front of him in the first half, whether it was a designed run or a scramble out of the pocket. He had rushes of 16, 29, 13 and 22 in the first two drives. He headed for the pylon on a clinical zone-read run for a 9-yard score in the second quarter, giving Seattle a 17-point lead.

It would have been 21-0 if either of Harvin’s touchdowns – on back-to-back plays – had counted in the first half.

Houston takes shot at fans on Twitter RETURNS

“We talk about it all the time … we try to get them CONTINUED FROM B1 to take a deep breath, remind themselves that even though they’re try“The thing that he ing to protect their team knows that he’s got to and their teammates, to do, and we know that we’ve got to help him do do the right thing,” Trestman said. it, and I’ve got to help Fuller flourishes: A week him do it, is take it one after struggling against step farther in making the right decisions at the the Packers, top pick Kyle Fuller was asked for right times. … He has the first time to shadow worked tremendously hard to get to this point, the opponent’s top receiver across the field. but we’ve got to take Fuller limited Carocare of the football, and lina’s own outstanding that starts with me.”

Twitter tactics: Lamarr rookie, Kelvin Benjamin, to three catches, while Houston caused a stir breaking up a potential Sunday night when he touchdown in the end told wavering Bears zone. Trestman called fans on twitter to “eat Fuller’s performance a dirt.” bright spot.

Although he hasn’t “It’s a real positive out of discussed the tweet with Houston, Trestman regu- yesterday that Kyle could match up with a guy that larly emphasizes to his players the importance of size and really take him out of the game to the being measured in their responses to “twitter ter- degree that he did,” Trestman said. rorists.”

ST. LOUIS – Kolten Wong hit a two-run homer to snap a seventhinning tie, Matt Carpenter went deep for the third straight game, and John Lackey lived up to his big-game reputation as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five NL Division Series.

Facing elimination in St. Louis for the second consecutive postseason, the Dodgers will turn to ace Clayton Kershaw on short rest today in Game 4. Shelby Miller makes his first career postseason start for the Cardinals, one win from a fourth straight trip to the NL Championship Series.

The Cardinals finished off Los Angeles in a six-game NLCS last fall, knocking out Kershaw in the fifth inning of a 9-0 blowout in the final game.

Two runners reached against Trevor Rosenthal in the ninth before he earned his second save of the series – with an assist from the grounds crew on a rainy night.

With two runners on, Rosenthal missed badly on consecutive pitches to Juan Uribe. Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina and manager Mike Matheny went to the mound, and Matheny motioned toward plate umpire Dale Scott.

The grounds crew was called out to apply a drying agent and rake the mound. Rosenthal threw a pair of practice pitches and found his footing, retiring the next two batters on flies to right for his sixth career postseason save.

Hanley Ramirez had three of the

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The Cardinals’ Kolten Wong celebrates in the dugout Monday after hitting a two-run home run during the seventh inning of Game 3 of the NL Division Series against the Dodgers in St. Louis.

Dodgers’ seven hits, including an RBI double in the sixth.

St. Louis hit 105 homers in the regular season, the second-lowest total in the majors, ahead of only Kansas City. But the Cardinals have shown plenty of power in the playoffs.

Carpenter connected in the third and then Wong, the rookie second baseman who was picked off to end a World Series loss against Boston last year, hit a two-run shot off loser Scott Elbert to put the Cardinals ahead 3-1.

Carpenter and Albert Pujols are the only Cardinals players to homer in three consecutive postseason games. Pujols did it in 2004, the first two in the NL Divi-

sion Series and the third in the NLCS. Heavy rain fell briefly in the bottom of the seventh, when Molina greeted Elbert with a double for his second hit. Molina advanced on a sacrifice, before Wong drove the next pitch into the Cardinals’ bullpen in right-center.

Carpenter had eight homers in the regular season and had never connected in consecutive games before these playoffs. He hammered a 1-2 pitch from Hyun-Jin Ryu over the right-center wall leading off the third.

The Cardinals tied for the NL lead with 51 home wins while the Dodgers were the best road team at 49-32.

MLB | NLDS | NATIONALS 4, GIANTS 1

Fister delivers best punch Nationals pitcher dazzles Giants, keeps series going

BY JANIE MCCAULEY AP Baseball Writer

SAN FRANCISCO – Eye black and uniform still on, Bryce Harper emerged from a different kind of fog than typically seen in San Francisco.

This was the celebratory stuff from a Nationals victory party, and he had earned it, all right.

Harper screamed out in delight as he crossed the plate with Washington ahead at last. After all those extra innings and a subdued cross-country flight, the Nationals had broken through – with some help from Madison Bumgarner’s big blunder.

Doug Fister pitched seven shutout innings and the Nationals capitalized on Bumgarner’s one off-target throw, staving off elimination in the NL Division Series with a 4-1 win over the

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The Nationals’ Wilson Ramos (40) scores past the tag of Giants catcher Buster Posey in the seventh inning during Game 3 of the NLDS in San Francisco on Monday. The Nationals won 4-1 and force Game 4 today in San Francisco.

San Francisco Giants on Monday.

“Being able to get that momentum swing to us a little bit is definitely huge,” said Harper, who also made a difficult running catch in the gap.

Fister dazzled again in San Francisco, helping the Nationals cut their

deficit to 2-1 in the bestof-five series. They ended the Giants’ 10-game postseason winning streak that started with Game 5 of the 2012 NL Championship Series against St. Louis.

Washington scored two runs on Bumgarner’s throwing error in the sev-

enth inning to end the ace’s 22-inning scoreless streak. Harper punctuated the victory with a solo homer in the ninth.

Drew Storen allowed the first two batters to reach in the bottom of the ninth but shook off his postseason struggles, allowing a run in closing it out as Washington forced a Game 4.

Now, the 96-win Nationals will send lefthander Gio Gonzalez up against San Francisco right-hander Ryan Vogelsong today, hoping to pull out the fog machine they used after wins all season one more time.

“We just needed one break,” Storen said. “It’s been a tough couple innings here to start and we got our break. It’s just a matter of building on it, and we live to see another day.”

NBA PRESEASON | WIZARDS 85, BULLS 81

Rose sharp in first preseason game Bulls’ Noah, Wizards’ Pierce get in shoving match after hard foul By the Associated Press

CHICAGO – Glen Rice scored 18 points, Marcin Gortat had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and the Washington Wizards beat the Chicago Bulls 85-81 on Monday night in the preseason opener for both teams.

Chicago’s Joakim Noah and Wizards newcomer Paul Pierce exchanged minor shoves in the game, Derrick Rose’s first in his latest return to NBA action.

Rose, working his way back from two major knee injuries that limited him to 10 games the previous two seasons, had 11 points in 14 first-half minutes for the Bulls.

Bradley Beal added 11 points for the Wizards.

Rookie Nikola Mirotic scored 17 points for the Bulls, who shot 34 percent and had their 12-game preseason winning streak snapped.

Pierce had two points in his first game since joining the Wizards.

His hard foul on Jimmy Butler led to him and Noah exchanging words and shoves before Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau stepped between them.

Rose had nine points in the first 5 minutes and shot 4-of-5, making an explosive fast-break layup where he weaved through two defenders on his way to the basket.

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Wizards forward Paul Pierce (left) pokes Bulls center Joakim Noah (right) in the head during a time-out as Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau (center) gets between the two. The Wizards won the two teams’ first preseason game 85-81 Monday in Chicago.

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LOCAL ROUNDUP

Duchesses fall at home Smith’s four blocks not enough to lift Dixon; Faith wins

By SVM Sports Staff

Phoenix Smith had four blocks and three kills for the Dixon volleyball team in a 25-17, 25-21 loss to Mendota on Monday in Lancaster Gym. Also for the Duchesses (10-11, 5-6 Big Northern West), Kacey Koch had 16 assists, Jessa Long had six digs and three aces, Jamie Altenburg had five kills, and Amy Rotella and Haley Fitzsimmons each had four kills.

Faith Christian def. Rockford Fire Riley Redell added 52.

25-9, 25-18: Sarah Smith led the

Falcons (23-1) to a win with 13 digs and eight kills in their first game since their first loss of the season.

Tressa Schuler added eight kills, nine assists and four digs, while Katie Cover had 11 digs and two assits. Zoe Zigler pitched in with six digs, four kills and two aces in the win.

Riverdale def. Prophetstown 21-25, 25-13, 25-23: Claire Milnes

Boys soccer

Princeton 2, Dixon 1: Anthony

Girls tennis

Mendota 3, Dixon 2: Dixon split

the singles matches and lost two doubles matches in a BNC West loss at home.

Katie Hammitt won in three sets at the top singles spot for the Duchesses (2-12). Jacqueline Fazekas and Alane Bratt teamed at No. 3 doubles to win in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.

Deseno scored, with an assist from College tennis Connor Carlson, as the Dukes Sauk Valley 8, College of Dupage (6-9-1) dropped a road game to the 1: Mary Alice Oswalt won at No. 1 Tigers. singles for the Skyhawks (8-1).

Kristina Long, Gabi Trujillo, JesGirls golf sica VanOosten and Molly HenErie 196, Mercer County 258: dricks each won their singles Morgan Newton carded a 10-over- matches en route to a road win.

Dakota def. Polo 25-18, 25-7: par 46 as the Cardinals won a dual Ashlyn Berogan suffered the Paige Peterson had two kills for the at Hawthorn Ridge in Aledo. only loss, falling in straight sets Marcos in a home loss to the Indi- Also for Erie, Katlyn Weber had to DuPage’s Tessa Coker at No. 2 ans.

48, Madison Newton had 50 and singles.

put down 13 kills for the Prophets in a road loss to the Rams.

Also for Prophetstown, Claire Kramer had 11 digs, five kills and three aces, Kassi Henrekin had 20 assists, and Shelby Adams added nine digs.

SVM SCOUTS 2014 GIRLS GOLF REGIONALS A Stillman Valley

A Galena

When: 9 a.m. Wednesday Where: PrairieView Golf Course, Byron Local teams: Dixon, Eastland-Milledgeville co-op, Oregon, Rock Falls Other teams: Byron, Dakota, Forreston, Aquin, Pearl City, Rockford Christian Life, Rockford Lutheran, Stillman Valley, Winnebago Players to watch: Madelyn Reining, Aquin; Olivia Pultorak, Dixon; Grace Norton, Eastland-Milledgeville; Karissa Freidag, Eastland-Milledgeville; Kaitlin Korf, Forreston; Abi Scheidecker, Oregon; Ali Scheidecker, Oregon; Liz Lego, Rock Falls Outlook: Eastland-Milledgeville’s Karissa Freidag is one of the top golfers in the regional. Freidag was the NUIC tournament champion on Oct. 2 with an 18-hole score of 86. She should get through to sectionals.

Oregon also figures to be tough as the Hawks return the same lineup that qualified for sectionals last season. Olivia Pultorak will be golfing as an individual for Dixon, after playing on the boys team throughout the season.

Advancement: Top three teams and top 10 players not on qualifying teams advance to Eastland Sectional at Lake Carroll Golf Course in Lanark on Oct. 13.

When: 9 a.m. Wednesday Where: Galena Golf Course, Galena Local teams: Erie, Fulton, Morrison, Prophetstown, West Carroll Other teams: East Dubuque, Galena, Geneseo, River Ridge, Lena-Winslow, Riverdale, Alleman, Stockton, Rockridge Players to watch: Morgan Newton, Erie; Callie Raders, Lena-Winslow; Carrie Raders, Lena-Winslow; Jaeden Workman, Morrison; Megan Gille, Stockton; Hayley Guilinger, West Carroll Outlook: Erie qualified for sectionals last season, and has been solid throughout the year, most recently winning the Three Rivers tournament. Look for Morgan Newton to have a good round. The Raders sisters from Le-Win are two of the best golfers in the state.

Jaeden Workman carded an 80 in the Three Rivers tournament.

Advancement: Top three teams and top 10 players not on qualifying teams advance to Eastland Sectional at Lake Carroll Golf Course in Lanark on Oct. 13.

A Princeton When: 9 a.m. Wednesday Where: Chapel Hill Golf Course, Princeton Local teams: Amboy Other teams: Illinois Valley Central, DePue, Eureka, Illini Bluffs, Putnam County, Mendota, Metamora, Morton, Notre Dame, St. Bede, Princeton, Princeville, Hall Players to watch: Julia Daskiewicz, Amboy; Jilian Stone, Rockridge; Sydny Eustice, St. Bede; Outlook: Princeton and St. Bede have been strong all season and figure to grab one of the three sectional spots by the end of the day. Amboy’s Julia Daskiewicz carded 94 at the Three Rivers tournament and will be looking for a sectional appearance.

Advancement: Top three teams and top 10 players not on qualifying teams advance to Eastland Sectional at Lake Carroll Golf Course in Lanark on Oct. 13.

AA Sterling When: 9 a.m. Wednesday Where: Emerald Hill Golf Course, Sterling Local teams: Sterling Other teams: Dunlap, Freeport, Galesburg, LaSallePeru, Minooka, Moline, Peoria Richwoods, Plainfield South, Rock Island, Yorkville Players to watch: Erica Kerr, Peoria Richwoods; Outlook: Kerr won the Big 12 Conference indivudal title and should be in the mix for a sectional berth. Sterling will likely have to plays its best round of the season to advance to the Champaign Sectional.

Advancement: Top three teams and top 10 players not on qualifying teams advance to Champaign Centennial Sectional at University of Illinois Orange Golf Course in Savoy on Oct. 11.

Dixon girl adjusting to ladies tees PULTORAK

her goals.

“It hasn’t been the best season,” she said. “I was hoping that I could get a Pultorak has always little better and get out been given the choice to of this slump. It sucks to play in the girls confernot be able to get under ence tournaments or 50 or 100. I’ve been trythe boys, and has turned ing so hard.” down the chance to She has, however, been compete against the girls able to find a positive each time, and instead competing with the boys, played in the boys conand it is what could set ference tournament the her apart form her fellow past 2 years. girls on Wednesday.

“I asked to be in conShe has had two full ference with the boys seasons of playing from last year and this year,” the men’s tees during Pultorak said. “I always meets and invites. The have a choice, but I’d distances are longer than rather play with the boys the ladies tees, and she because I think it makes has adjusted accordingly. me a stronger golfer.”

“We forget sometimes The learning curve for that she is playing with Pultorak has been sharp the boys,” Eastman said. and said she some“She hangs with the boys times gets frustrated. just fine, and at the BNC She hasn’t been able to Tournament there were break 100 strokes in 18 many times when she holes yet this season, and out-drove the boys. hasn’t been able to shoot “She is very good and under 50 for nine holes. very consistent. Her The scores have rattled game has grown, and she her confidence a bit, can definitely handle it.” as she is trying to push Pultorak’s strength on along her development the course stems from quickly. But as a sophoher tee shots. She has the more and she knows that highest fairway average she still has time to reach on the team, averaging CONTINUED FROM B1

around four fairways per nine holes, and 10 per 18 holes.

That wasn’t the case a season ago as a freshman, but with another full season of competing on the mens tees forced her to work on her drives. She has eliminated most of her slices and has found a way to be successful with the driver, a club that can give most high school golfers, and even high-level golfers, fits.

She notes that on holes where the tee boxes are set on a hill, the ladies are often below on flat ground. Seeing more of the course has allowed her to direct her shots to where she wants them. If she doesn’t always outdrive her competition, she will often be more accurate.

“I think I’m just more comfortable on the mens tees,” Pultorak said. “I feel like I’m able to see more of the course. I’m really understanding how to get it straight, and I’ve just been more comfortable.”

The Dixon boys will head to the Class 2A

Freeport Regional today at Park Hills in Freeport.

That has put a wrinkle in her preparation, as Pultorak missed out on a chance to have a traditional practice round on the regional course as the boys held a round at Park Hills.

She was supposed to play a practice round over the weekend by herself at PrairieView, but skipped out because the weather was awful.

She has played the course before and, despite not stepping foot onto it this season, feels confident. The only issue she expects to encounter is the hole distances will be much shorter than what she is used too.

While that might make some golfers excited, Pultorak will have to reign in her driver, and focus more on her short game.

“I played one hole this year on the ladies tees, and it just didn’t feel right,” Pultorak said.

“My distances were way off. They might be way off on Wednesday, too. I just have to find a way to make it work.”

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Girls golf Monday’s result at Hawthorn Ridge, Aledo Par 36

ERIE 196, MERCER COUNTY 258 Medalist: Morgan Newton (E) 46 Erie scores: Katlyn Weber 48, Madison Newton 50, Riley Redell 52, Sera Bebon 55, Sharon Kuhlemier 63

Girls tennis Monday’s results at Dixon

MENDOTA 3, DIXON 2 Singles 1. Katie Hammitt (D) def. Whitney Lewis, 0-6, 6-3, 10-4 2. Melissa Wohrley (M) def. Stephanie Tressel, 6-2, 6-2 Doubles 1. Mary Brandner/Paige Simonton (M) def.

Allison Newman/Aleasha Penn, 6-4, 7-6 2. Autumn Schimmer/Mary Wackerlin (M) def. Rachael Turffs/Sara Ackerson, 6-0, 6-3 3. Jacqueline Fezekas/Alane Bratt (D) def.

Alyssa Nantz/Sabryna Valdez, 6-2, 6-4 Record: Dixon 2-11

College tennis Monday’s result at Glen Ellyn

SAUK VALLEY 8, COLLEGE OF DUPAGE 1 Singles 1. Mary Alice Oswalt (SV) def. Julianna McMahon, 6-2, 6-4 2. Tessa Coker (COD) def. Ashlyn Berogan, 6-1, 6-1 3. Kristina Long (SV) by fft.

4. Gabi Trujillo (SV) def. Michelle McGraw, 7-6, 6-0 5. Jessica VanOsten (SV) by fft.

6. Molly Hendricks (SV) def. Rachel Stark, 6-2, 6-0 Doubles 1. Oswalt/Hendricks (SV) def. McMahon/ Coker, 6-4, 6-2 2. Berogan/Trujillo (SV) def. McGraw/Stark, 6-1, 7-5 3. VanOosten/Long (SV) by fft.

Record: Sauk Valley 8-1

NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East L T Pct PF Buffalo 2 0 .600 96 New England 2 0 .600 123 Miami 2 0 .500 96 N.Y. Jets 4 0 .200 79 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 156 Houston 3 2 0 .600 104 Tennessee 1 4 0 .200 88 Jacksonville 0 5 0 .000 67 North W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 97 Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 116 Pittsburgh 3 2 0 .600 114 Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 103 West W L T Pct PF San Diego 4 1 0 .800 133 Denver 3 1 0 .750 116 Kansas City 2 3 0 .400 119 Oakland 0 4 0 .000 51 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Philadelphia 4 1 0 .800 156 Dallas 4 1 0 .800 135 N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 133 Washington 1 4 0 .200 112 South W L T Pct PF Carolina 3 2 0 .600 104 Atlanta 2 3 0 .400 151 New Orleans 2 3 0 .400 132 Tampa Bay 1 4 0 .200 103 North W L T Pct PF Detroit 3 2 0 .600 99 Green Bay 3 2 0 .600 134 Minnesota 2 3 0 .400 101 Chicago 2 3 0 .400 116 West W L T Pct PF Arizona 3 1 0 .750 86 Seattle 3 1 0 .750 110 San Francisco 3 2 0 .600 110 St. Louis 1 3 0 .250 84 W 3 3 2 1

PA 89 107 97 127 PA 108 87 139 169 PA 76 80 108 105

PA 120 143 141 156 PA 79 106 126 131 PA 86 83 106 119

MLB playoffs WILD CARD

Sept. 30: Kansas City 9, Oakland 8, 12 inn.

Oct. 1: San Francisco 8, Pittsburgh 0

DIVISION SERIES

National League San Francisco 2, Washington 1 Friday: San Francisco 3, Washington 2 Saturday: San Francisco 2, Washington 1, 18 innings Monday: Washington 4, San Francisco 1 Today: Washington (Gonzalez 10-10) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 8-13), 8:07 p.m.

(FS1) x-Thursday: San Francisco at Washington, 4:07 or 7:37 p.m.

St. Louis 2, Los Angeles 1 Friday: St. Louis 10, Los Angeles 9 Saturday: Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 2 Monday: St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 1 Today: Los Angeles (Kershaw 21-3) at St. Louis (Miller 10-9), 4:07 p.m. (FS1) x-Thursday: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 8:07 p.m. (FS1) Monday’s box scores

NATIONALS 4, GIANTS 1

First Quarter Sea–Kearse 15 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 12:44.

Second Quarter Sea–FG Hauschka 40, 9:04.

Sea–Wilson 9 run (Hauschka kick), 4:37.

Was–Jackson 60 pass from Cousins (Forbath kick), 2:32.

Third Quarter Was–FG Forbath 27, 10:41.

Fourth Quarter Sea–Lynch 9 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 6:31.

Was–Roberts 6 pass from Cousins (Forbath kick), 3:35.

Sea–FG Hauschka 43, :21.

A–79,522.

Sea Was First downs 20 14 Total Net Yards 403 307 Rushes-yards 36-225 17-32 Passing 178 275 Punt Returns 5-54 0-0 Kickoff Returns 3-37 1-5 Int.-Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-24-0 21-36-0 Sacks-Yards Lost 3-23 1-8 Punts 6-43.3 8-49.9 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 13-90 3-30 Time of Poss.

34:56 25:04 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Seattle, Wilson 11-122, Lynch 17-72, Turbin 5-19, Harvin 2-7, Ryan 1-5.

Washington, Morris 13-29, Cousins 2-4, Helu Jr. 2-(minus 1).

PASSING–Seattle, Wilson 18-24-0-201.

Washington, Cousins 21-36-0-283.

RECEIVING–Seattle, Lynch 5-45, Baldwin 4-50, Harvin 4-27, Willson 3-28, Helfet 1-36, Kearse 1-15. Washington, Jackson 5-157, Helu Jr. 5-59, Roberts 5-29, Garcon 2-23, Paulsen 2-11, Paul 1-6, Morris 1-(minus 2).

MISSED FIELD GOALS–None.

College football The AP Top 25 The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Pts 1,461 1,459 1,320 1,320 1,258 1,186 1,060 981 979 951 904

EAST Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Ohio St. 1 0 1.000 4 1 .800 Michigan St. 1 0 1.000 4 1 .800 Rutgers 1 1 .500 5 1 .833 Penn St. 1 1 .500 4 1 .800 Maryland 1 1 .500 4 2 .667 Indiana 0 1 .000 3 2 .600 Michigan 0 2 .000 2 4 .333 WEST Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Northwestern 2 0 1.000 3 2 .600 Iowa 1 0 1.000 4 1 .800 Minnesota 1 0 1.000 4 1 .800 Nebraska 1 1 .500 5 1 .833 Purdue 1 1 .500 3 3 .500 Wisconsin 0 1 .000 3 2 .600 Illinois 0 2 .000 3 3 .500 Saturday’s games Northwestern at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Indiana at Iowa, 11 a.m.

Illinois at Wisconsin, 11 a.m.

Michigan State at Purdue, 2:30 p.m.

Penn State at Michigan, 6 p.m.

Kansas City 3, Los Angeles 0 Thursday: Kansas City 3, Los Angeles 2, 11 innings Friday: Kansas City 4, Los Angeles 1, 11 innings Sunday: Kansas City 8, Los Angeles 3

10 0 10 — 27 7 3 7 — 17

Record 5-0 5-0 5-0 5-0 5-0 5-0 4-1 4-1 4-0 5-0 4-1

Big Ten

PA 132 103 111 136

Monday’s box score

1. Florida St. (35) 2. Auburn (23) 3. Mississippi 3. Mississippi St. (2) 5. Baylor 6. Notre Dame 7. Alabama 8. Michigan St. 9. TCU 10. Arizona 11. Oklahoma

Saturday’s games No. 1 Florida St. (5-0) at Syracuse, 11 a.m.

No. 2 Auburn (5-0) at No. 3 Mississippi State, 2:30 p.m.

No. 3 Mississippi (5-0) at No. 14 Texas A&M, 8 p.m.

No. 5 Baylor (5-0) vs. No. 9 TCU, 2:30 p.m.

No. 6 Notre Dame (5-0) vs. North Carolina, 2:30 p.m.

No. 7 Alabama (4-1) at Arkansas, 5 p.m.

No. 8 Michigan St. (4-1) at Purdue, 2:30 p.m.

No. 10 Arizona (5-0) vs. USC, 9:30 p.m.

No. 11 Oklahoma (4-1) vs. Texas at Dallas, 11 a.m.

No. 12 Oregon (4-1) at No. 18 UCLA, 2:30 p.m.

No. 13 Georgia (4-1) at No. 23 Missouri, 11 a.m.

No. 16 Oklahoma St. (4-1) at Kansas, 3 p.m.

No. 19 E. Carolina (4-1) at S. Florida, 6 p.m.

No. 22 Georgia Tech (5-0) vs. Duke, 11:30 a.m.

(Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League Baltimore 3, Detroit 0 Thursday: Baltimore 12, Detroit 3 Friday: Baltimore 7, Detroit 6 Sunday: Baltimore 2, Detroit 1

SEAHAWKS 27, REDSKINS 17 7 0

Top 25 schedule Friday’s game No. 25 Stanford vs. Washington State, 8 p.m.

PA 63 87 101 103

Thursday’s result Green Bay 42, Minnesota 10 Sunday’s results Cleveland 29, Tennessee 28 New Orleans 37, Tampa Bay 31, OT Dallas 20, Houston 17, OT Carolina 31, Chicago 24 Philadelphia 34, St. Louis 28 N.Y. Giants 30, Atlanta 20 Buffalo 17, Detroit 14 Indianapolis 20, Baltimore 13 Pittsburgh 17, Jacksonville 9 Denver 41, Arizona 20 San Francisco 22, Kansas City 17 San Diego 31, N.Y. Jets 0 New England 43, Cincinnati 17 Open: Miami, Oakland Monday’s result Seattle 27, Washington 17

Seattle Washington

12. Oregon 4-1 888 2 13. Georgia 4-1 854 13 14. Texas A&M 5-1 731 6 15. Ohio St. 4-1 534 20 16. Oklahoma St. 4-1 527 21 17. Kansas St. 4-1 486 23 18. UCLA 4-1 460 8 19. East Carolina 4-1 344 22 20. Arizona St. 4-1 325 NR 21. Nebraska 5-1 283 19 22. Georgia Tech 5-0 235 NR 23. Missouri 4-1 212 24 24. Utah 4-1 206 NR 25. Stanford 3-2 143 14 Others receiving votes: Clemson 92, Marshall 78, Southern Cal 61, Louisville 36, LSU 35, BYU 26, West Virginia 18, Arkansas 14, Wisconsin 7, California 6, Penn St. 5, Kentucky 4, Rutgers 4, N. Dakota St. 3, Minnesota 2, South Carolina 1, Virginia 1.

Pv 1 5 11 12 7 9 3 10 25 NR 4

Washington San Francisco ab r h bi ab r h bi Span cf 4 0 2 0 GBlanc cf 4 0 0 0 Rendon 3b 4 0 2 0 Panik 2b 4 0 0 0 Werth rf 4 0 0 0 Posey c 4 0 1 0 LaRoch 1b 4 0 0 0 Sandovl 3b 4 1 2 0 Dsmnd ss 4 1 1 0 Pence rf 4 0 1 0 Harper lf 3 2 1 1 Belt 1b 3 0 2 0 WRams c 3 1 0 0 BCrwfr ss 3 0 0 1 ACarer 2b 4 0 1 1 Ishikaw lf 3 0 0 0 Fister p 3 0 0 0 Bmgrn p 1 0 0 0 Clipprd p 0 0 0 0 MDuffy ph 1 0 0 0 Schrhlt ph 0 0 0 0 Machi p 0 0 0 0 Zmrmn ph 1 0 0 0 Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 Storen p 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 7 2 Totals 31 1 6 1 Washington 000 000 301 — 4 San Francisco 000 000 001 — 1 E–Bumgarner (1). LOB–Washington 5, San Francisco 7. 2B–Pence (2). HR–Harper (2).

CS–Belt (1). S–W.Ramos. SF–B.Crawford.

IP H R ER BB SO Washington Fister W,1-0 7 4 0 0 3 3 Clippard H,1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Storen 1 2 1 1 0 1 San Francisco Bumgarner L,0-1 7 6 3 2 1 6 Machi 1 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 Affeldt 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 T–2:47. A–43,627 (41,915).

CARDINALS 3, DODGERS 1 Los Angeles St. Louis ab r h bi ab r h bi DGordn 2b 4 0 1 0 MCrpnt 3b 4 1 2 1 Puig cf 4 1 1 0 Grichk rf 4 0 1 0 AdGnzl 1b 4 0 0 0 Hollidy lf 3 0 1 0 Kemp rf 4 0 0 0 Neshek p 0 0 0 0 HRmrz ss 4 0 3 1 Rosnthl p 0 0 0 0 Crwfrd lf 4 0 1 0 JhPerlt ss 4 0 1 0 Uribe 3b 4 0 0 0 MAdms 1b 3 0 1 0 A.Ellis c 3 0 1 0 YMolin c 4 1 2 0 Ryu p 1 0 0 0 Jay cf-lf 3 0 2 0 VnSlyk ph 1 0 0 0 Wong 2b 4 1 1 2 Elbert p 0 0 0 0 Lackey p 2 0 0 0 League p 0 0 0 0 Tavers ph 1 0 0 0 BrWlsn p 0 0 0 0 Bourjos cf 0 0 0 0 Howell p 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 1 7 1 Totals 32 3 11 3 Los Angeles 000 001 000 — 1 St. Louis 001 000 20x — 3 DP–Los Angeles 2. LOB–Los Angeles 7, St. Louis 8. 2B–H.Ramirez (1), M.Carpenter (3), Jh.Peralta (1), Y.Molina (1). 3B–Puig (1).

HR–M.Carpenter (3), Wong (1). SB–D.Gordon (1). S–Ryu, Jay. IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Ryu 6 5 1 1 1 4 Elbert L,0-1 2/3 3 2 2 0 0 League 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 Br.Wilson 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 Howell 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 St. Louis Lackey W,1-0 7 5 1 1 1 8 Neshek H,2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Rosenthal S,2-2 1 2 0 0 0 1 PB–Y.Molina.

T–3:04. A–47,574 (45,399).

NHL Wednesday’s games Montreal at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 9 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL National League CHICAGO CUBS — Claimed LHP Joseph Ortiz off waivers from Texas.

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Terry Bailey; Beth Bailey; Midland Funding LLC; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

14 CH 21 Property Address: 310 Grant Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021 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 July 8, 2014, I, Sheriff, John R. Varga of Lee County, Illinois, will hold a sale on November 20, 2014 , commencing at 10:00 AM, at the Lee County Courthouse, 112 E. 2nd Street, Dixon, IL 61021, 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: 310 Grant Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021 P.I.N.: 07-08-06-430-007 First Lien Position; Single-Family Residence; Judgment Amount $78,100.40 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 Lee 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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS

PHH Mortgage Corporation a/k/a PHH Mortgage Services PLAINTIFF Vs. Trina A. Sofolo; et. al.

DEFENDANTS

14 CH 00026 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 8/4/2014, the Sheriff of Lee County, Illinois will on 11/13/14 at the hour of 10:00AM at Lee County Courthouse 112 East Second Street Dixon, IL 61021, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Lee and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 20 IN BLOCK 2 OF TILTON PARK SUBDIVISION, LOCATED IN THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE CITY OF DIXON, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK 'F' OF PLATS, PAGE 36, ALL IN LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN 07-02-28-377-022 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1313 Ann Avenue Dixon, IL 61021 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and 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.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-14-04892.

Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, 2014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS JAY BEESKOW A/K/A JAY A. BEESKOW; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; DEFENDANTS 14 CH 17 206 WEST MIDDLE STREET FRANKLIN GROVE, IL 61031 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on August 5, 2014, LEE COUNTY SHERIFF in LEE County, Illinois, will on November 20, 2014, in OLD Lee County Courthouse112 E. 2ND STREET, DIXON, IL 61021, at 10:00AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of LEE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment:

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 206 WEST MIDDLE STREET FRANKLIN GROVE, IL 61031 Description of Improvements: 2 STORY HOME WITH ATTACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount was $54,300.03.

Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA1401160 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

Terry Bailey; Beth Bailey; Midland Funding LLC; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

14 CH 21 Property Address: 310 Grant Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021 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 July 8, 2014, I, Sheriff, John R. Varga of Lee County, Illinois, will hold a sale on November 20, 2014 , commencing at 10:00 AM, at the Lee County Courthouse, 112 E. 2nd Street, Dixon, IL 61021, 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: THE SOUTHERLY FIFTH (50) FEET OF THE WESTERLY ONE HUNDRED (100) FEET OF LOT FOUR (4) IN BLOCK FIFTY-SIX (56) IN THE TOWN OF WEST DIXON (NOW A PART OF THE CITY OF DIXON), ALL IN LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 310 Grant Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021 P.I.N.: 07-08-06-430-007 First Lien Position; Single-Family Residence; Judgment Amount $78,100.40 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 Lee 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) Oct. 7, 14, 21, 2014

IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ORA M. HALVORSON, Deceased.

NO. 2014 P 68 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of ORA M. HALVORSON of Ashton, Lee County, Illinois. Letters of office were issued to Paul D. Halvorson, Dixon, Lee County, Illinois as Independent Executor whose attorney of record is Gary R. Gehlbach, Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC, 215 E. First Street, Ste. 100, P.O. Box 447, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

The estate will be administered without supervision, unless under section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at 309 S. Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021, or with the representative, or both, on or before the date which is six (6) months after the date of the first publication of this Claim Notice, or, if mailing or delivering or a notice from the representative is required by section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date is stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date 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.

By: Paul D. Halvorson Executor Gary R. Gehlbach Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger & Lee, LLC Attorneys for Independent Administrator 215 E. First Street, Ste. 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, 2014

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS JAY BEESKOW A/K/A JAY A. BEESKOW; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; DEFENDANTS 14 CH 17 206 WEST MIDDLE STREET FRANKLIN GROVE, IL 61031 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on August 5, 2014, LEE COUNTY SHERIFF in LEE County, Illinois, will on November 20, 2014, in OLD Lee County Courthouse112 E. 2ND STREET, DIXON, IL 61021, at 10:00AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of LEE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: TAX NO. 06-09-01-108-005 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 206 WEST MIDDLE STREET FRANKLIN GROVE, IL 61031 Description of Improvements: 2 STORY HOME WITH ATTACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount was $54,300.03.

Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 3722060. Please refer to file #PA1401160 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

Oct. 7, 14, 21, 2014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS PHH Mortgage Corporation a/k/a PHH Mortgage Services PLAINTIFF Vs. Trina A. Sofolo; et. al.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 8/4/2014, the Sheriff of Lee County, Illinois will on 11/13/14 at the hour of 10:00AM at Lee County Courthouse 112 East Second Street Dixon, IL 61021, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Lee and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 07-02-28-377-022 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1313 Ann Avenue Dixon, IL 61021 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and 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.

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THE WEST ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FEET OF THE EAST TWO HUNDRED FEET OF BLOCK 15 IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN (NOW VILLAGE) OF FRANKLIN GROVE, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF LEE, IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. TAX NO. 06-09-01-108-005

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on October 1 A.D. 2014 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 Mind-Body-Spirit Connection located at 1254 N. Galena Ave. Suite C, Dixon, IL 61021.

Dated this 1st day of October A.D. 2014.

Cathy Myers

by Gerianne Knack, Deputy County Clerk October 7, 14, 21 2014

F14020152 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY- DIXON, ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5 (g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 1414-04892.

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2012 Volkswagen Jetta S – $13,995 Auto Store (866) 863-4167 1996 Chevrolet Suburban LT – $2,795 Auto Store (866) 863-4167

MSRP ....................... $21,050 DISCOUNT ................... $1,050 MFG REBATE ............... $1,500

Your Price!

$18,500* 14 VW JETTA HYBRID SE STK#EE7923

2005 Chrysler Pacifica Touring – CALL Auto Store (866) 863-4167 1995 Buick Regal Custom – $2,995 Auto Store (866) 863-4167 2013 Ford Focus SE – $16,395 Auto Store (866) 863-4167 2011 Nissan Rogue S – $17,595 Auto Store (866) 863-4167 2011 Nissan Altima 2.5 S – $16,595 Auto Store (866) 863-4167

MSRP ....................... $28,115 DISCOUNT ................... $1,300 MFG REBATE ............... $1,500

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$25,315* 14 VW GOLF 2.5 L STK#EE8011

2012 Chevrolet Impala LTZ – $18,995 Auto Store (866) 863-4167 2010 Chevrolet Malibu LT – $10,988 Sterling Chevrolet (866) 907-9120 2010 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE – $22,988 Sterling Chevrolet (866) 907-9120 2014 Chevrolet Impala Limited LS Fleet – $16,988 Sterling Chevrolet (866) 907-9120 2012 Chevrolet Malibu LT – $15,988 Sterling Chevrolet (866) 907-9120

MSRP ....................... $21,085 DISCOUNT ................... $1,060 MFG REBATE ............... $1,750

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$18,275*

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2014 Chevrolet Captiva Sport LT – $16,988 Sterling Chevrolet (866) 907-9120 2011 Dodge Avenger Express – $10,988 Sterling Chevrolet (866) 907-9120 2008 Chevrolet Impala LT – $9,488 Sterling Chevrolet (866) 907-9120 2011 Toyota RAV4 – $16,988 Sterling Chevrolet (866) 907-9120 2011 Chevrolet Avalanche LT – $32,988 Sterling Chevrolet (866) 907-9120

MSRP ....................... $27,860 DISCOUNT ................... $1,391 MFG REBATE ............... $1,500

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$24,969*

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2006 Chevrolet Uplander LS – $5,988 Sterling Chevrolet (866) 907-9120 2015 Ford Fusion SE – $28,440 Dixon Ford Lincoln (866) 871-3808

Your Price!

$19,923

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2006 Chevrolet Cobalt LTZ – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2004 Ford Econoline Cargo Van XL – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2002 GMC Yukon SLE – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2004 Hyundai Sonata GLS – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2003 Chrysler Sebring LX – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2003 Nissan Altima S – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2004 GMC Envoy XL SLT – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo – CALL Credit Auto Sales (866) 865-4317 2008 Buick LaCrosse CXS – $8,900 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2010 Chevrolet Aveo – $8,900 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2008 Pontiac G6 GT – $10,900 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan Crew – $13,900 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2013 Chevrolet Cruze ECO – $14,900 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894

2014 Chevrolet Cruze LTZ – $19,500 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche – $19,900 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894

2010 Honda CR-V EX-L – CALL Dixon Ford Lincoln (866) 871-3808

2015 Chevrolet Sonic LT – $20,215 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894

2012 Ford Taurus SEL – $20,000 Dixon Ford Lincoln (866) 871-3808 2009 Cadillac V-Series – $36,951 Dixon Ford Lincoln (866) 871-3808

2010 Honda Accord LX Sedan – $14,900 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392 2003 Ford Taurus SE 4dr Sedan – $4,900 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392 2010 Honda Civic VP 4dr Sedan 5A – $13,900 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392 2015 Chrysler 200 S 4dr Sedan – $28,560 Schuler Motors (866) 514-5042 2002 Dodge Dakota – $6,490 Schuler Motors (866) 514-5042 2014 Ram 1500 – CALL Schuler Motors (866) 514-5042 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk – $38,259 Schuler Motors (866) 514-5042 2014 Jeep Compass – CALL Schuler Motors (866) 514-5042 2003 Dodge Durango – $3,490 Schuler Motors (866) 514-5042 2014 Chrysler Town & Country Touring Mini Van – $24,990 Schuler Motors (866) 514-5042 2010 Chevrolet Impala – $7,500 Schuler Motors (866) 514-5042 1989 Chevrolet 1/2 Ton Pickup – $4,990 Schuler Motors (866) 514-5042 2015 Dodge Journey Crossroad SUV – $30,740 Schuler Motors (866) 514-5042

2012 Chevrolet Equinox LT – $20,500 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894 1998 Ford Explorer XLT 4dr 4WD SUV – $2,600 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392 2012 Ford Fusion SE 4dr Sedan – $15,900 Gerdes Auto & Truck (866) 880-4392

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S.U.V.S

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2005 Yukon Denali XL, loaded, very clean, new brakes & rotors, $12,000 815-298-2046

TRUCKS

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1986 INTERNA4300, TIONAL DT466 10 speed road ranger, 18' dump box with debris gate and debris tarp. Can bee seen at Weigle Automotive (815)6524620.

1999 Dodge quad cab 125k. mi., transmission, ator, battery. great. $4,400 772-2246

PARTS & ACC.

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1500 4X4. new radiRuns 815-

2000 Chevy S10, regular cab, long bed w. liner, new battery & brakes, runs great! Remote 136k mi. start, $1,850 Call 815288-4106 2003 Dodge Ram 1500, 4x4 loaded, well maintained.

180k. mi. $6,000 815-761-0929

925

Chevy Colorado, GMC Canyon Fiberglass - blackTonneau $350.

815-566-9852 Fiber glass topper, new paint, sliding front & winFull sz. dows, Chevy pickup.

815-490-4120

MOTORCYCLES

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1970 Kawasaki 175 CC Bushwacker, Collectors item. $800815-445-2301 2006 Harley Ultra Tour Glide, new brakes, battery, back tire. 24K mi. $13,000/obo. 815625-7024.

2007 Honda Trike 600 CC. 1976 Mark 5 Lincoln. 50k. mi.

4 chrome rims w/ tires, less than 300 miles on them.

305/35/R24 Call 815-564-7913 Beautiful 2004 Harley 1200 Sportster, well maintained, dark purple color. Runs and rides excellent.

Only 16K mi. Asking $3400/OBO. markmusselman@ comcast.net

A.T.V.S

TRAILERS/RVS

2007 Chaparral 5th wheel, sleeps 8, great condition.

Must see! $15,000 815-716-3960 2014 Coachman Catalina, 263RLS, exc. cond. $23,500 815-625-8422

AUTOS WANTED

TRAILERS/RVS

945

1996 Camplite pop-up w/ 3rd slide out, sleeps 6, good cond., w/ awning $2500 815-6266954 2004 Trail-Lite 30' trailer. New awning & battery, slide out dining area, queen bedroom.

Many extras. $9,900. Call 815-734-6992 2006 Cargo Mate 20' V nose w/load gate and side door.

815-622$4100.

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October 7 - 6:00 PM - 181 Terrace View Blvd., Oregon - Lynne Kilker, Owner - Public Auction Service - 815-946-2660 October 11 - 10:00 AM - 1900 Ave. C, Sterling - Joan Biermann Estate - Dirks Auction Service815-626-3358 October 13 - 3:00 PM - The Auction Shed, Polo - Various Estates - Public Auction Service - 815-946-2660 October 18 - 10:00 AM - 300 7th Ave., Rock Falls - Clyde Nelson Estate - Dirks Auction Service- 815-626-3358 Reminder - Dixon, IL Auction every Tuesday at Auction City. Start 3:00 p.m. Lee Hollingsworth, Auctioneer - 288-5814 - Note any cancellations will be noted in paper.

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2009 Polaris 550, 184 miles 815-4997700

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2012 Chevrolet Captiva Sport LT – $16,900 Vaessen Bros (866) 909-3894

2015 Mazda3 i Sport – $18,652 Dixon Ford Lincoln (866) 871-3808

2015 Volkswagen Jetta 2.0L – $20,710 Dixon Ford Lincoln (866) 871-3808

MSRP ........................ $23085 DISCOUNT ................... $1,162 MFG REBATE ............... $1,500

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