GAZ_10222016

W eekend SV

Saukvalley.com

Your source for news and sports 7 days a week

Serving Lee, Whiteside, Carroll, Ogle and Bureau counties Saturday&Sunday, October 22-23, 2016 $2.00

Wrapping up the regular season

PREP FOOTBALL SECTION INSIDE

UNITED WAY KICKS OFF ITS CAMPAIGN WHITESIDE COUNTY, A3

DIXON | GALENA AVENUE BRIDGE

State to aid with railing repairs IDOT’s share still is being worked out

BY RACHEL RODGERS rrodgers@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5529 @rj_rodgers

DIXON – The state will help pay to repair the corroded Galena Avenue Bridge railings – the cost of which has quadrupled – but how much it will chip in is being determined.

The city has a maintenance agreement that covers upkeep of the bridge, while fixing design or structural flaws is the state’s responsibility.

It’s difficult to determine whether the corrosion is the

More news from Dixon What’s going on in Dixon? In this week’s Dateline Dixon, SVM reporter Rachel Rodgers writes about a DHS senior who has continued a royal tradition that has spanned three generations in her family. Page A5 result of a design flaw, though, Mayor Li Arellano Jr. said.

Holding the contractor financially liable likely isn’t possible – the statute of limitations for such action usually expires after 10 years, he said.

When the bridge was reconstructed in 2002 and 2003, the former City Council opted for decorative railings to be

installed – against the Illinois Department of Transportation’s recommendation for a more standard approach. “[IDOT] recommended the city not to do this, and [said] that there’s not as much life expectancy with the decorative railings,” Arellano said.

RAILING CONTINUED ON A5

Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

Railings for the Galena Avenue Bridge sit in a parking lot at the bridge’s end Thursday afternoon.

WEEKEND FEATURE | DIXON

They will, they will Rock U

Any candidate worthy of an endorsement?

As the Nov. 8 election nears, the Sauk Valley Media Editorial Board today weighs in on the presidential race between Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and two third-party candidates. Page A6

STERLING

Costs of capital projects adding up Stormwater, roads, riverfront vying for limited funds

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier

Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Nolan Wegner (left), 6, learns about music notes during his vocal lesson with Jon McLemore, 39, at Rock U School of Music on Thursday evening in Dixon. The school has about a dozen students and offers half-hour classes from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday. It could expand its hours and its group offerings, depending on demand.

Duo seeks students of all talent levels for new music school

BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN cheimerman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5523 CHeimerman_SVM

DIXON – Nolan Wegner had a sore throat Thursday evening. His voice teacher, Jon McLemore, had a backup plan.

Flashcards? Check. Dry-erase board? Check. A tender blend of smarts, humor and sensitivity? Check, check, check.

“If you want to try singing,

that’s great,” said Jon, 39.

“But we don’t want to push it and damage anything.”

He would know. Before he and his wife, Ashley, 30, opened Rock U School of Music, they recorded an LP and toured March through August as the duo Thistle and Lace – along with their two dogs and two kids, Olivia, 4, and Leola, 2.

Sunny

VOLUME 9 ISSUE 8 52 Pages

Today: 64/43 For the forecast, see Page A11

ROCK U CONTINUED ON A9

Enroll in Rock U

Lessons in voice, piano and guitar are available in 30-minute slots Monday through Thursday at Rock U School of Music, 1030 Myrtle Ave. in Dixon for $80 a month. Guitar and a cappella group classes will be offered for $50 a month if enough interest is expressed. Call 815-441-6847 or find Rock U School of Music on Facebook.

Online extra

Click on this story at saukvalley.com to watch Jon McLemore teach 6-year-old Nolan Wegner what a major second is during his voice lesson.

Business

A picture of success, Instagram gets ready for additional growth.

See Page C1

STERLING – The city is discussing two options for paying for costly stormwater sewer projects, but roads and the riverfront could change the conversation.

City Manager Scott Shumard gave a detailed presentation of the city’s stormwater drainage system problems, including possible solutions, at the Oct. 3 City Council meeting.

Flooding attributed to aging and inadequate infrastructure, increased use of tiling in farm fields, sump pumps, and heavy rains is a big problem in many areas of town. It also is becoming more challenging for the city’s sewer department to avert a water emergency at the sewer plant and lagoon.

COSTS CONTINUED ON A10

Community The five tenets of Taekwondo – courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit – are illustrated by the SVM photo team.

See Page C12

Index Births................ C5

Lottery .............. A2

Business........... C1

Markets .......... A11

Classified .......... B6

Obituaries ......... A4

Comics ............. A8

Opinion............. A6

Community ..... C12

Scoreboard ...... B5

Crossword Saturday ........... B7

Scrapbook ....... C3

Crossword Sunday ............. C8

Support groups .. C5

Dave Ramsey ... C1

Weather.......... A11

Dear Abby ........ C6

Wheels ........... B12

Sports .............. B1 Travel .............. C10

A2 • SV Weekend

www.saukvalley.com

COMMUNITY WATCH Were we in

ERROR? Getting it right We care about accuracy, and we want to correct errors promptly.

Please call mistakes to our attention at 815-2842222 or 815-625-3600, ext. 5501 or 5502.

Correction • In the Top 5 feature in Friday’s edition, it was incorrectly reported that the Piecemaker’s Quilt Club auction is today.

In fact, it was Thursday.

Also in the Top 5, the dates for haunted hay rides at Lowell Park in Dixon were incorrect. An old-fashioned hay rack ride will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 29. The ride will begin and end at the Nature Center.

• Go to elitecustomcycle.com for more information about Elite Custom Cycle, 1911 New High St., Rock Falls. The website for the new local business was incorrect in Friday’s editions.

We regret the errors.

POLICE Community Watch: A list of accidents, arrests, and other calls answered by local public safety departments.

Sterling Police Charlotte N. Goad, 20, of Dixon; 7:57 a.m. Thursday at 11th Avenue and 16th Street; improper lane usage; citation issued.

Patrick Brown, 20, of Sterling; 7:49 a.m. Thursday; Whiteside County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of trespassing; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Cole W. Elder, 40, of Sterling; 1:22 p.m. Thursday; Whiteside County warrants for failure to appear on charges of unlawful restraint and theft; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Katie L. Haak, 26, of Tampico; 5:45 p.m.

Thursday at First Avenue and East Fourth Street; disobeyed traffic control signal; citation issued.

Juan A. Rodriguez, 20, of Erie; 9:59 p.m. Thursday at East Fourth Street and 18th Avenue; no insurance; citation issued.

Aaron D. Hall, 22, of Erie; 10:06 p.m. Thursday at East Fourth Street and 18th Avenue; Whiteside County warrant for obstructing court order; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

A DAY IN THE COUNTRY AT STERLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

23, of Sterling; 1:21 p.m.

Wednesday in the 1800 block of Prophetstown Road; speeding; given notice to appear in court.

Jennifer J. Hooker, 34, of Dixon; 4:28 p.m.

Wednesday at Dixon Avenue and Wiker Drive; speeding; given notice to appear in court.

Dixon Police Kerrie L. Beauchamp, 29, of Dixon, 11:42 a.m.

Friday in the 200 block of South Hennepin Avenue; Lee County failure to appear warrant; posted bond.

Morrison Police Boy, 15, of Rock Falls; 9:15 p.m. Aug. 19; public fighting; ordinance citation.

Boy, 16, of Morrison; 9:15 p.m. Aug. 19; public fighting; ordinance citation.

Bambi Cassiberry, 39, of Morrison; 9:15 p.m.

Aug. 19; public fighting; ordinance citation.

Allen D. LaMarche, 46, of Morrison; Oct. 14; passing an unloading school bus; citation issued.

Girl, 16, of Morrison; Oct. 15; no parking; citation issued.

Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Students dust off their boots and shoes while they learn line dances Friday morning during Country Day at Jefferson Elementary School in Sterling. Members of the Sterling High School FFA volunteered to help with some of the different events throughout the school. Go to saukvalley.com to see more photos.

Lee County Sheriff Girl, 17, of Morris; 3:15 p.m. Thursday; battery; released to Nachusa Home.

Girl, 17, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire; 5:27 p.m.

Wednesday; runaway; released to Nachusa Home.

Everett L. Bradley, 50, of Oregon; 2:57 a.m.

Wednesday; driving under the influence; driving while license revoked, no insurance; improper lane usage; posted bond; given notice to appear in court.

Boy, 16, of Nelson; 5:59 p.m. Tuesday; failure to appear – contempt, nonpayment; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Matthew E. Ackert, 31, of Dixon; 10:25 a.m.

Tuesday; driving under the influence; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Jessica Rissman, 37, of Rochelle; 6:44 p.m.

Monday; driving while license suspended, failure to appear; speeding, 11-14 mph above limit, failure to appear; posted bond and given notice to appear in court.

Students wait in line to enter the petting zoo outside the school Friday morning.

ABOVE: A calf checks out the camera as students walk past. BELOW: Alison McCann takes a goose out of a cage, while she helps set up the petting zoo that featured geese, chickens, pigs, rabbits, a turtle (right), and a miniature horse.

Q U E S TI ON ?

T R I V I A

Rock Falls Police BIRTHDAYS

Ivy M. Peterson, 22, of Tampico; 10:31 a.m.

Wednesday in the 1800 block of Prophetstown Road; speeding; given notice to appear in court.

Nicole R. Casteneda, 33, of Sterling; 11:04 a.m.

Wednesday in the 1800 block of Prophetstown Road; speeding; given notice to appear in court.

Kristen L. Alumbaugh,

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Happy birthday to Wally Holcomb, Chet Ebens, Dean Ganschow, and Natasha Matznick, 9, all on Saturday.

Happy birthday to Jennifer Heintzelman, Greg Dutchoff, Amanda O’Malley, Ray Dreisbach, Veronica Raymond, Sue Grey, Steve Butler, Charles Howard, Angela Crocker, and Bob Harris, all on Sunday.

THE TIME IS RIGHT TO BUY OR SELL.

Pick Three-Evening: 2-0-6 Fireball: 0 Pick Four-Midday: 4-5-2-3 Fireball: 6 Pick Four-Evening: 5-3-9-0 Fireball: 4 Lucky Day Lotto – Midday: 5-24-25-36-45 Lucky Day Lotto – Evening: 6-13-19-24-25

2) What former California governor entered the Democratic presidential race in October 1992, claiming he would accept no contribution larger than one hundred dollars?

Answer located in today’s classified section

Before you make a move call…

SHIPPERTS Moving & Storage

404 N. Lincoln Ave., Dixon, IL 288-3133 www.alliedvan.com ILL CC 10540

LOTTERY NUMBERS CALL EDYIE. Pick Three-Midday: 7-8-4 Fireball: 8

1) What nation’s forces raided the small town of St. Albans, Vermont, on October 19, 1864, moving in from Canada? (Hint: gray uniforms)

Estimated Powerball jackpot: $151 million

auk alley Properties Wilson & Associates

335 W. Everett, Dixon 288-2881

Edyie Madden Broker 815-973-2352

Sheryl Gulbranson

Mega Ball: 3

Circulation Director

Megaplier: 4

Jennifer Heintzelman

Follow us on Twitter @saukvalley

WE GH? BUY CARS! F% I=J+K

“ANY @=A%MAKE, ANY <=>? =>? MODEL” @BC%DE

Top$"%%&' Dollar Paid! !"# (&)*+

(815) 625-9600

Production Director

Publisher

12-43-44-48-66

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

CALL ! !

NOW! ! ! ! !

1707 East 4th St., Sterling "#$# %&'( )(* +(,+(./0123 ! !

45"67 896:;8$$ ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Subscription

Ernest Appleyard

Sam R Fisher

MEGA MILLIONS

Advertising Director

Randy Jacobs Press Foreman

Jeff Rogers Editor

Congratulations to

Ernie Appleyard on 10 years of service with Shaw Media

Subscribers should receive their paper by 7:00 a.m. weekdays, and by 8:00 a.m. Saturdays. Subscribers receiving the paper by carrier should call their carrier first for missed delivery. If you cannot reach your carrier, Daily Gazette subscribers should call 815-6253600, and Telegraph subscribers should call 815-2842222. Redelivery will be made in Sterling, Dixon, and Rock Falls. All other areas will receive credit, and your carrier will be notified. Phone hours are 6:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: SV Weekend, P.O. BOX 498, STERLING, IL 61081

General SV Weekend is published on Saturday with the exception of general legal holidays by Sauk Valley Media, 3200 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, IL 61081. Periodicals postage paid at Sterling, IL 61081 and at additional mailing offices. (USPS 008968).

SV Weekend is a member of The Associated Press, which is entitled exclusively to the use of all local news printed in this newspaper. Member of Shaw Media.

The publisher shall not be liable for damages arising out of errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by that portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred – whether such error is due to the negligence of the publisher’s staff or otherwise – and there shall be no liability for non-insertion of any advertisement beyond the amount paid for such advertisement.

SV Weekend uses recycled paper and is recyclable.

Publishers of

saukvalley.com Telegraph • 113 S. Peoria Avenue • Dixon, IL 61021 • 815-284-2224 Daily Gazette • 3200 E. Lincolnway • P.O. Box 498 • Sterling, IL 61081 • 815-625-3600

SM-ST09903-1022

SVWeekend

Estimated Lotto jackpot: $10.25 million Estimated Mega Millions jackpot: $25 million

US DOT 76235

Offices 3200 E. Lincolnway Sterling, IL 61081 815-625-3600

113 S. Peoria Ave. Dixon, IL 61021 815-284-2224

www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016

www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend • A3

UNITED WAY OF WHITESIDE COUNTY | CAMPAIGN KICKOFF EVENT

‘Don’t drop the ball; keep it moving’ Departing director leads an emotional campaign kickoff

BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN cheimerman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5523 CHeimerman_SVM

STERLING – Russ Siefken’s last ride as executive director of United Way of Whiteside County is moving at a nice pace.

Midway through the 2016 campaign, $361,000 of the target $700,000 already has been raised, he announced Friday morning at the annual campaign kickoff, held at a Business Before Breakfast at Woodlawn Arts Academy.

“Really, it’s a little bit higher than it has been in years past,” Siefken said.

Then things got mighty emotional.

Campaign Chairman Robbie Minor spoke briefly, then Whiteside County Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi put the local chapter’s power into perspective.

He reflected a few years back, when April House, an advocacy center for abused children in Morrison, was able to scrape together only about $20,000 of its annual budget of $85,000.

Partnering with United Way for 2017, April House will have about $79,000 of its $85,000 budget.

Wilhelmi lauded April House Executive Director Johanna Hager, who was in attendance Friday. She doesn’t interview kids, but she makes them as comfortable as possible to tell their story once.

In years past, they’d be interviewed multiple times.

“It muddied the waters and made it awfully hard to make a conviction,” Wilhelmi said. “After a child was interviewed by maybe a dozen people, it was hard to get the absolute truth. Watching Johanna work is the most amazing thing you’ve ever seen, so a big thanks to United Way and everyone involved.”

Minor, vice president of investment services at Sauk Valley Bank, is also a father of three girls.

Online extra Click on this story to watch excerpts from the United Way of Whiteside County’s annual fundraising campaign kickoff.

To donate To help United Way of Whiteside County reach its $700,000 goal for the 2016 campaign, visit uwwhiteside.org and click on the “Donate online” button. Browse around to learn more about the local chapter and, if you’d like to get involved, hover over the “About us” tab and click on “Join us.”

To make a donation in person, visit the office at 502 First Ave. in Sterling. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to noon Friday. Call 815-625-7973 for more information.

“It’s eye-opening,” Minor said of Wilhelmi’s nod to April House and United Way. “We’re fortunate in this community to have those sort of resources. My kids are going to be born and raised in this community, so you want to make sure there’s different avenues for them.

“It also teaches the kids and the high school students who were here that not a lot of communities have the sort of resources we have here.”

United Way’s government and leadership divisions already have exceeded their 2015 contributions, by 110 and 107 percent, respectively.

Several schools – Rock Falls High and Middle, Merrill Elementary, East Coloma-Nelson, and Sterling High, Challand Middle and Lincoln Elementary, all in Sterling – all increased their penny program contributions this year.

As of Friday morning, the penny program had raised 511,593 of its 1 million pennies goal. Penny

Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Russ Siefken pauses during his last speech at a United Way of Whiteside County kickoff event during Breakfast Before Business on Friday morning at Woodlawn Arts Academy in Sterling. Siefken will retire March 1 after 24 years of steering the local chapter. Go to saukvalley.com to see more photos. barrels in Morrison, East Coloma, Tampico and Franklin elementaries in Sterling were all to be picked up Friday.

The major firms division still has a hill to climb – it has raised 14 percent of a $240,000 goal, although Chris Mitchell, a division chairwoman, pointed out that five presentations were given at Frantz this week, and one each at Dana Corp. and Halo Branded Solutions. CGH Medical Center and Wahl Clipper are coming up.

Maybe the hardest thing Mitchell had to do this year, though, is hand a script to Siefken on Thursday. She types up all the scripts leading up to the kickoff event.

“I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s the last script he’s ever going to hand me,’” she said.

As he wrapped up his last kickoff event – he retires March 1 – Siefken, 73, paused several times, visibly moved as he reflected on 24 years of keeping his thumb on the pulse of the community and responding with

compassion and, often, innovation.

“It was a little emotional,” he said afterward.

“How do you say ‘Buh bye,’ and ‘Don’t drop the ball; keep it moving.’

“It’s not me, it’s for all the agencies we serve and the programs they do. I don’t want to see anything happen to that. The community needs it. The county needs those services.”

Sterling High School junior Bradley McClendon plays the roto toms with the Sterling High School drum line.

TV Antennas

MOVING?

Sales Service In nstallation

Get FREE truck rental rate quotes at Prescott Inc.

TVS • Appliances • Mattresses

ANTENNA • SATELLITE • SURVEILLANCE • INTERNET

1114 1ST AVE., ROCK FALLS

815-625-4492

3610 E. LINCOLNWAY • STERLING, IL

815-626-2996

SM-ST09975-1022

Please join Hospice of the Rock River Valley for the

Festival of Trees Gala presented by

US Bank & Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois

Saturday, November 12, 2016 Brandywine Banquet Center

Walk!

Donate!

Register!

Illinois Route 2, Dixon

6 p.m., Cocktails & Hors D’oeuvres Silent Auction 7:30 p.m., Live Dessert Auction

Walk With Me to Fight Suicide

8 p.m., Dinner & Live Auction to follow $50 per Person / $400 Table of Eight

www.SaukValleyWalk.org

Reservations are required by November 1, 2016.

Call 815-625-3858 to make reservations.

October 29th @ 12pm Whiteside County Health Department Rock Falls, IL

All proceeds benefit patients and families of Hospice of the Rock River Valley.

Festival of Trees Presenting Sponsor CGH Medical Center

$15 off any oil change must present coupon at time of service offer expires October 28th, 2016

Call 815-626-1497

SM-ST08229-1022

305 W. Rock Falls Rd. Rock Falls, IL 61071 View our used selection on www.bollmanauto.com

A4 • SV Weekend

www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016

OBITUARIES John L. ‘Jack’ Beranek SOLON, Iowa – John Lyle “Jack” Beranek, 95, of Solon, Iowa, passed away suddenly Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, at his home.

Jack was born Sept. 20, 1921, on the family farm in rural Solon, to Stanley and Sylvia (Dvorak) Beranek. He graduated in 1939 from Solon High School, and farmed with his father and uncle, Fred Beranek, until he entered the Army on Nov. 7, 1942.

Jack was attached to the 102nd Division 9th Army and served in the European theatre. In 1944, during a skirmish with enemy troops in Germany, he received a battlefield commission to the rank of second lieutenant, and assumed command of his platoon. He was awarded the Bronze Star for Gallantry, European, African, and Middle Eastern Theatre of Operations Campaign Ribbon, with two Bronze Stars, Combat Infantry Badge, and Good Conduct Medal. Upon return home, he married Eileen Marie Bartlett on June 27, 1945, and they raised five children together on the family farm east of Solon.

He continued his service to country and community joining Solon American Legion Stinocher Post 460 upon his return from the war. He organized and trained the post’s first color guard, honoring hundreds of fallen soldiers over his 40 years as the Guard’s commander.

He was a lifelong member of St. Mary Catholic Church.

Jack and Eileen enjoyed wintering in Mesa, Ari-

zona, after their retirement, hosting their children and their families on many occasions.

Jack is survived by his children, Judy (Scott) Miltner of Lancaster, California, Jerry (Rita) Beranek of Rock Falls, Marty Beranek of Aurora, Colorado, Sandy (Mark) Serbousek of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Randy Beranek (Theresa Schumacher) of Portland, Oregon; his grandchildren, Jaime (Brian) Cooperider of Henderson, Nevada, Andy Beranek of Morrison, and Megan and Samantha Beranek of Aurora, Colorado; and greatgrandchildren, Mackenzie Phillips of Morrison and Bailey Cooperider of Henderson.

He was preceded in death his wife of 68 years, Eileen; his parents, and in-laws, Charles and Marie Bartlett.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., with the rosary recited at 3:30 p.m., Monday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Solon. The Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Burial with full military honors will be at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Solon.

The family would like to extend their thanks to the wonderful staff at the Solon Nursing Care Center and Solon Retirement Village for their loving care of Jack and Eileen.

Brosh Chapel & The Avacentre in Solon are handling arrangements.

Memorials in his name may be directed to the Solon American Legion.

Visit broshchapel.com to send condolences.

Rose Ann Castillo STERLING – Our courageous daughter, sister, and aunt, Rose Ann Castillo, 60, of Sterling, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at Serenity Hospice & Home, in Oregon.

She was born Aug. 14, 1956, in Sterling, the daughter of Pablo and Severina (Rodriguez) Castillo. Rose Ann was a lifelong and faithful member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling.

Surviving include her parents, Pablo and Severina Castillo; her sisters, Adele (Michael) Eklund of Glendale, Wisconsin, Susan (Bruce) Shevlin of Springfield, Michele (Tim) Henrekin of DeForest, Wisconsin,

and Teresa (Howard) Craft of Sterling; her brother, Paul (Peggy) Castillo of Woodberry, Minnesota; 11 nephews, one niece, one greatnephew, and two greatnieces.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents.

Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at McDonald Funeral Home, 1002 12th Ave., Rock Falls.

Celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling, with the Rev. Adelberto Sanchez, celebrant, officiating. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery.

A memorial will be established.

Adela Loso

Obituary information

Marvin K. ‘Pete’ Scott PROPHETSTOWN – Marvin K. “Pete” Scott, 86, of Prophetstown, died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home in Prophetstown is handling arrangements.

BLOOMINGTON – Kim J. Harper, 61, of Bloomington, formerly of Ottawa, passed away Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, at Asta Care Center in Bloomington.

Kim was born Jan. 14, 1955, in Sterling, the son of James L. and Jean M. (Dirks) Harper.

He is survived by his brother, Kurt L. (Lee Ann) Harper of Bloomington.

He was preceded in death by his parents and

a sister, Karla Harper.

A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Evangelical United Methodist Church in Ottawa.

Kibler-BradyRuestman Memorial Home in Bloomington is handling arrangements.

Memorials may be made to OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington.

Visit kiblerbradyruestman to send condolences.

Harold A. Morris STERLING – Harold A. Morris, 98, of Sterling, died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Visitation now will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Nov. 1 at Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling. Burial will be at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation in Sterling is handling arrangements.

Wilma L. Karn PROPHETSTOWN – Wilma L. Karn, 86, of Prophetstown, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, at Prophets Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Prophetstown.

McDonald Funeral Home in Prophetstown is handling arrangements.

box on Page A2 the next publication day after we are notified of an error.

Receipt of all obituaries must be confirmed by phone. For more information, call 815-625-3600 or 815-284-2222, ext. 5530 or 5502.

STERLING – Manuel L. Gonzalez, 79, of Sterling, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, at CGH Medical Center.

He was born Sept. 10, 1937, in Dixon, the son of Juan and Antonia (Magana) Gonzalez. Manuel served from 1957 to 1961 in the Air Force. He married Jean Adams on Aug. 9, 1961, in Halifax, North Carolina. Manuel was employed at the former Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. for 34 years, retiring from the caster.

He was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and the Family of Praise Prayer Group.

Survivors include his wife, Jean; their children, Celia (Larry) Meyer of Rock Falls, Catherine Gonzalez Knitter of Dixon, Manny (Jennifer) Gonzalez of Katy, Texas, and Jessica (Ray) Ortiz of Arnold, Missouri; four sisters, Celia (Gumesindo) Sandoval and The-

John I. Schilling

“Our Family Serving Your Family”

resa (Richard) Walters, both of Sterling, Marcella (Jerry) Rotz of Corona, California, and Mary Olalde of Galt; two brothers, Ralph (Pauline) Gonzalez of Sterling and John (Jude) Gonzalez of the state of Ohio; and six grandchildren, Amanda Andros, Zion Gonzalez, Zoe Gonzalez, Elijah Ortiz, Danny Ortiz, and Kyle Ortiz.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m., with the rosary recited at 4:45 p.m., Monday at McDonald Funeral Home, 1002 12th Ave., Rock Falls.

Celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling, with the Rev. James Keenan officiating. Burial with military honors will be at 11 a.m. at Calvary Cemetery.

A memorial will be established in his memory.

John Paul Schilling

702 1st Avenue, Sterling 815-626-1131 www.schillingfuneralhome.com Keith K. Korell II GRAYSLAKE – Keith Kendrick Korell II, better known as “Rick,” of Grayslake, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, after a long struggle with juvenile diabetes.

Rick was born Oct. 31, 1944, to Keith Korell and Jean (Hollinshead) Korell in McCook, Nebraska.

The family moved to Grayslake when he was 5, where he lived until earning his bachelor’s degree at Southern Illinois University, and then his master’s degree in speech-language pathology at Indiana University – Bloomington.

He moved to Sterling in 1972, where he spent his professional life working with kids as a speech and hearing pathologist.

He had a passion for the music of Elvis, His interests included guitar, singing, and classic cars.

Rick was a kind and gen-

tle man who received immense happiness from spending time with his family.

He is survived by his mother, Jean; his loving wife of 50 years, Carolyn; two children, Michael (Amber) and Monica (Steve); brother, Michael (John); sister, Sylvia (Ray); and nephews, Chris and Austin.

A gathering to celebrate Rick’s life will be announced in the coming months.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Hashim, as well as the compassionate men and women of the Hospice Care Team at Advocate Condell Hospital.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Rick’s name to the American Diabetes Association or United Protestant Church of Grayslake.

Today’s visitations: Marlene J. Edwards of Rock Falls, 9-10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling.

Gregory A. Hemminger of Sterling, 9-10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Virginia “Gin” PayneNease of Sterling, 9:3010:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sterling.

Today’s funerals: Marlene J. Edwards of Rock Falls, 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling.

Gregory A. Hemminger of Sterling, 10 a.m. at McDon-

ald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Virginia “Gin” PayneNease of Sterling, 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sterling.

Tina F. Vail of Dixon, noon4 p.m. at Loveland Community Building in Dixon.

Jerome A. Zentz of Byron, 1-4 p.m. at the American Legion in Dixon.

Sunday visitations: Leonard W. Gilbert of Rock Falls, 1-3 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Judith L. Bartels of Ashton, 3-6 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Rochelle.

GraniteWorks A Division of World Granite Inc.

FALL

NG GOI N O !

NOW

Sterling Hearing Aid Center Inc.

MONUMENT SALE

603 Freeport Rd., Sterling

1220 S. Galena Ave., Dixon • 815-288-3350

815-626-3220

Manuel L. Gonzalez

chilling Funeral Home & Cremation

FUNERAL SERVICES

ROCK FALLS – Adela Loso, 88, of Rock Falls, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls is handling arrangements.

All obituaries, including death notices, are due by 2 p.m. Sunday through Friday if sent via email, obituaries@saukvalley. com or fax, 815-625-9390.

Obituary corrections and clarifications will appear in the Corrections

Kim J. Harper

Karl Kilberg STERLING - Karl Kilberg, 81, of Sterling, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, at Northwest Memorial Hospital in Arlington Heights. McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling is handling arrangements.

Visit SVM’s website at saukvalley.com Jeanna Kay (Coley) Bridgeman 5/24/75 - 10/23/04

12 years have passed Remembering you each day since Missing you each day since Loving you each day since Grateful for your peace each day since Love always, Mom, Matt & family

Saturday, October 22, 2016

www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend • A5

DATELINE DIXON

Royalty runs in the family High School queens span three generations

Mayor: Railings began to corrode ‘faster than we would have liked’ RAILING

CONTINUED FROM A1

W

hen Sesily Gaffey was crowned Dixon High School homecoming queen, she continued a family tradition.

The family’s line of DHS royalty spans three generations beginning with Sesily’s great-aunt, Anne Bollman-Stauffer, who took up the mantle in 1954.

Sesily’s mom, Kayla BollmanGaffey, found herself on the homecoming rachelRODGERS throne 35 years later in Rodgers is a reporter at 1989.

Sauk Valley Then, Media. on Oct. She can be 7, Sesreached at rrodgers@ ily, a saukvalley. high com or school 815-625-3600, ext. 5529. senior, claimed her very own spot in the lineage.

Kayla said her daughter enjoyed going through her old yearbook to see her as homecoming queen – though it was a time when the crown was smaller and the hair was bigger.

“It brought back memories, but it’s a different kind of feeling when it’s your daughter,” she said. “I’m thrilled to have something I can share with my daughter.”

I always find it interesting when family members are connected by instances set decades apart. It’s like following a line of string that has held strong across the weathering of time.

It also adds layers to the city that reach back from the traditional and leap to the modern with stories stacked in between.

Just last month, Dixon native and muralist Nora Balayti painted the same wall downtown that her father, Bob, put a brush to more than 40 years ago.

Instances like these might seem small or otherwise insignificant, but they’re ripples that will reappear across the years with the retelling of shared memories.

Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

Sesily Gaffey is a third-generation Dixon High School homecoming queen, following in the footsteps of her mom, Kayla Bollman-Gaffey, and her great-aunt, Anne Bollman-Stauffer, who won in 1954.

Office hours Dixon reporter Rachel Rodgers has “office hours” from 1 to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays at Books On First, 202 W. First St. Feel free to pitch her a story, leave a news tip, or just say hi.

You also can email her at rrodgers@saukvalley.com or give her a call at 815-625-3600, ext. 5529.

Sesily’s grandparents, Allen and Lynn Bollman, were surprised with the continuing coronation but filled with a warm sense of pride.

“Some people say we have a monopoly on it,” Lynn said with a laugh. “I’m just tickled pink about the whole thing. It’s something

n e e w o l l Ha ities v i t c a

FULTON

special for our family, and I’m very proud of them both.”

When she found out Sesily was in the running for queen, Lynn assured that she had her vote.

“It was funny; she told me, ‘Grandma, you can’t vote,’ but she had my vote in spirit,” she said.

Downtown on Saturday, October 29

Friday. If residents have any questions, contact city hall at 815-5892616.

– SVM staff report

WEEKEND Everyone’s Invited!

Sat 10/22: • $1.00 Hot Dogs! Chili Bar, Caramel Apple Nacho Bar, and More!

• Food, Games, Face Painting, Hayrack Rides at Noon.

• "Miller and the Other Sinners" Encore Presentation at 1 pm Sun 10/23: • Sunday Brunch is 2 for $23!

10:30am-noon Dixon Main Street, Ken Nelson Auto Group, and KSB Hospital Safe Trick or Treating, KSB Town Square parking lot and downtown.

Present This Coupon To Our Technicians & Receive

FULTON – The boil order for the residents from 20th Avenue South from Fourth Street to Sixth Street was lifted

Fall-o-ween Fest

Dixon Noon Lions Halloween Parade, 9:30 parade assembly at Haymarket Square, 10am parade begins

COUPON

Boil order in portions of city lifted Friday

Timber Creek

8am-9:30am Lee County Council on Aging Monster Pancake Breakfast at the Post House Community Center

- Seating from 10-2 pm. Reservations Recommended at (815) 288-5110, Ext 2

SM-ST09049-1022

815.288.2308 dixonmainstreet.com

About a year ago, the city halted a project to paint the railings after discovering they not only were rusting, but also were corroding internally.

The pieces connecting the railings didn’t fit properly, and the caps were loose, causing water and corrosive material such as road salt to get inside, City Manager Cole O’Donnell said.

“One thing for certain is that water was getting inside and rotting them from the inside out,” Arellano said. “Whatever the case may be, the railings certainly started to corrode faster than we would have liked.”

Dixon-based Bellini’s Custom Welding and Auto Repair will do the repairs, which include cutting the railings and creating more angled pieces, for a more secure connection, and welding the caps on tighter, at a cost not to exceed $100,000.

Then St. Louis-based Coatings Unlimited Inc. will take them to St. Louis, where they will be sand-blasted and

painted, for $269,000.

The company was planning to create a temporary containment area and do the work in Dixon, but it turns out it was more cost-effective to take them downstate, O’Donnell said, adding that work should be done by the end of next month.

The council originally thought the work would cost $55,000 for all four inner and outer railings, but later discovered that that estimate covered only the inner east railing, which is in the worst condition.

It has approved $300,636 for repairs and paint, which, minus IDOT’s contribution, will come from capital funds.

The Peoria Avenue Bridge railings are more of a standard construction design, and Arellano said he isn’t aware of similar problems there.

The city plans a more proactive maintenance plan for the two bridges by washing off salt build-up or touching up paint once or twice a year. That plan will be put in place after Terry Weter, the city’s new public works director, gets settled in.

He starts Monday.

729 Timber Creek Rd., Dixon • 815-288-5110

Halloween Is Almost Here

$20 OFF

There are no

TRICKS…

any invoice $150 or more!

Just the

TREAT

Not valid with any other discount offers

of new flooring!

Al & Angie Delhotal Owners

You can COUNT on Al for a Good Deal!

SM-ST09966-1022

Call Now! 2528 E. Lincolnway Sterling,IL

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed...or I will redo the job for free

Sterling or Rock Falls:

Buying new flooring doesn’t have to be Scary!

Dixon:

815-632-0675

625-3252 • 288-7915

www.anafloors.com

VALID ON WORK PERFORMED BETWEEN 8AM-4:30PM • MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY • OFFER EXPIRES OCTOBER 31, 2016 SM-ST08658-1022

We guarantee you will love your new floor!

Opinion A6 • SV Weekend

www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016

EDITORIAL | CAMPAIGN 2016 | RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE

No endorsement for unpresidential hopefuls N

ewspaper editorial boards traditionally evaluate candidates running for president based on a set of core values.

Among those core values for Sauk Valley Media are fiscal conservatism, limited government, personal responsibility and accountability, a belief in a strong family structure, and a staunch protection of First Amendment rights.

Apply those values to the two major-party candidates for U.S. president, and neither passes.

Trump’s conversation with then “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush that broke recently. On the recording, Trump vulgarly discusses kissing and groping women who “let you do it” just because he’s a celebrity.

He later apologized for his words, but attempted to deflect the criticism away from himself by cowardly criticizing his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, for her husband’s, former President Bill Clinton, sexual affairs.

Trump also dismissed his words as “locker room THE REPUBLICAN, talk.” Make no mistake Donald Trump, is a shal– his words went well low, narcissistic – perbeyond “locker room haps sociopathic – bully talk.” In the audio, Trump who treats women as was bragging about sexusex objects, belittles the al assault. handicapped, and has On policy, Trump is skin so thin he lashes out ignorant and dangerously on Twitter against anyone uninformed. He outrawho opposes him. geously claimed to know Just when you think more about the military Trump’s campaign has than U.S. generals. He hit bottom, a new, fartouted the ridiculous worse scandal breaks. plan to build a thousandTake the 2005 video mile-long wall along the and audio recording of U.S. border with Mexico

What we think

Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump? We can’t endorse either candidate for president, nor can we support a third-party hopeful. Good luck to voters as they weigh these deeply flawed candidates.

and make Mexico pay for it. He said the U.S. government should close mosques for no other reason than because Muslims worship there. He said he would place new restrictions on the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of the press by opening up libel laws.

These are just a few of his policy positions that are either unconstitutional, economically impossible or, well, scary.

Not to mention Trump’s stubborn refusal in Wednesday night’s debate to say whether he would accept the results of the November election if he loses to Clinton. His assertion that the election is rigged is both unmerited and dangerous. It is disqualifying.

Pure and simple, Trump is incapable of taking any action that is outside his own immediate self-interests. He has the impulse control of a puppy. He is unqualified and unworthy of holding absolutely any public office, let alone being considered as the leader of the free world.

CLINTON, Trump’s Democratic rival, is an arrogant, out-of-touch, self-entitled career politician who voters don’t trust – and rightfully so.

She’s also a fiscal liberal who would likely continue President Barack Obama’s debt accumulation through big government spending programs.

Displaying unpresidential judgment, Clinton

used a private email server to conduct official government business instead of a far-more-secure State Department email system during her tenure as secretary of state, which violated State Department rules. She claimed that no classified material was stored on the private server, but a Justice Department investigation revealed that claim to be untrue. Her private system was more susceptible to hacking, which endangered national security.

During the investigation, Clinton’s lawyers turned over about 30,000 emails but deleted thousands of others before they could be reviewed.

Clinton was slow to take responsibility for the gaffe, and recent WikiLeaks releases reveal that she and her team privately fretted over the scandal while planning to publicly play it down.

Her lack of transparency in the scandal is unforgivable.

In addition, Bill and Hillary Clinton’s involve-

ment in the Clinton Foundation and its dealings with foreign leaders, at best, raises questions about the integrity of Mrs. Clinton’s work as secretary of state.

UNFORTUNATELY, voters have no good choice for president this year.

As we believe with the major-party candidates, none of the third-party candidates are remotely qualified to serve.

In these unprecedented times, we find ourselves unable to reach a consensus on a qualified and viable candidate.

We regret that the poor choices in this race led us to a non-decision, but we will not lower our standards for the sake of endorsing an unworthy candidate.

We encourage our readers to conduct their own research and vote their consciences at the polls, and we encourage all citizens to cast a vote for the candidate they believe will best serve the country for the next 4 years.

THE READER’S VOICE

Make America great again – vote for Trump

Election letters reminder The maximum length for letters to the editor endorsing candidates or discussing issues regarding the Nov. 8 general election is 200 words.

Letter writers may not endorse the same candidate or issue more than once.

The submission deadline for election-related letters is noon Nov. 1.

JIMMIE C. AUSTIN Dixon

Donald Trump will make America great again. Clinton will give us 4 more years of Obama and make us look weak and vulnerable in the eyes of the world and our enemies.

Before Obama, the United States was the most powerful nation on earth.

We need a president to lead us against ISIS and al-Qaida terrorist groups.

Donald Trump is the man who will get this done!

Immigration will be controlled. Clinton wants “open borders.” How nuts is that?

Trump will unite our country. All lives matter.

He will use the justice system without prejudice for anyone.

Donald Trump will make sure our Second Amendment rights are secure.

I watched the movie “13 Hours.” It almost made me sick. It did make me cry! I have never been so ashamed. Hillary Clinton let four great Americans die! She should find a deep, dark hole and crawl into it and spend eternity thinking about what she did!

We need a president to make America one nation under God, no matter how each person prays or doesn’t.

God bless America, and let the people’s conscience be their guide.

Mine says, Elect Donald Trump president of the United States of America!

God bless everybody!

democracy. He has to go.

Hillary Clinton may not be perfect. No one is, but she is way, way, way better than him.

Be sure to vote on Nov. 8.

Rob Rogers, Newspaper Enterprise Association

Weekend, Oct. 15] is another political attack on the people who do not want Hillary and her ingrained corruption in the White House.

The thought that he would use a comparison to the Nazis of the 1930s is over the top. I believe he should look to his own political affiliation first.

The media has done a great disservice to the American public by inflating every gaffe that Trump makes but not covering any of the many improprieties of Clinton and her team.

She would encourage 800,000 people from Central and South America to come to the U.S. She also wants to bring in refugees from the Middle East without any capaDUANE BLAUFUSS bility of vetting them.

Sterling Hillary would like to see The article by Mr. Schram the Citizens United case [“Trump finally hits GOP and the Heller case back leaders where they live,” SV in the Supreme Court

Fears for future if Clinton wins White House

EDITORIAL BOARD Jim Dunn Sam R Fisher Sheryl Gulbranson Jennifer Heintzelman Jeff Rogers Kathleen Schultz Peter Shaw

after she has stacked the courts with leftist judges. I wonder what other changes she would make.

Today I saw on the news that a Republican campaign center was firebombed. Are the Nazis here, and who are they?

The omission of some facts and the inflation of others is not news. It is propaganda! I fear for this country and what will happen to us all.

It’s our country; cherish the right to vote JIM WILTZ Dixon

“This is our country, to have and to hold.”

After reading, listening and watching lectures, debates and commentaries, I love more than ever our great nation.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

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

I am more convinced that we should voice our choice and vote in November.

The electorate really means all those who are eligible to vote. It is a privilege that has served our country for many years.

Voters abuse the right by neglecting to do so.

In the 1900 presidential election, 75 percent of the electorate voted; however, in 1944, only 55 percent of the electorate voted. In 1946, only 30 percent of the electorate voted – 15 percent of the eligible voters decided the election.

Consequently, 85 percent of the people took orders from 15 percent.

If that 15 percent conclude that people don’t care about their rights, our country is ripe for dictatorship.

It is our responsibility and privilege to vote. Support the spiritual founda-

DON HARDEN

Dixon tion on which our governRegarding the Galena ment is based.

If you care for your Avenue Bridge railing, country, get out and vote. has anyone ever thought about not having a railing on the inside wall?

Why don’t they put a 4-inch cement cap on top of the inside wall?

It sure would save the city a lot of money, and besides that, you would KATHRYN BONNELL Amboy have a better view of the What do you get when river. you mix Hitler, P.T. Barnum and Hugh Hefner?

DONALD TRUMP. He has proved once again that he is not fit to FRED TURK be our next president.

Rock Falls What else does he have to The public is invited to do to prove it?

I could list all of the other participate in the Rock things he has done or said River Open Forum from that disqualify him, but 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 27 in the we all know them by now, Rock Falls Public Library.

State Rep. Mike Smiddy, so I won’t bore you. But this last fiasco at the third D-Hillsdale, will be our guest. The focus will be debate takes the cake.

By not promising to on the national and state concede if he loses, political races and the he is undermining our important issues.

There he goes again; Trump unfit for office

“Freedom of religion, speech, assembly and the press. Due process. Equal protection of the law.

That’s the stuff that makes us Americans. Not whether or how we choose to worship.”

Oliver “Buzz” Thomas, religious-liberty expert, 2007

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

Save money; replace railing with cement cap

Quotes brought to you courtesy of

Smiddy guest at forum event

Share your opinions Mail: The Reader’s Voice Sauk Valley Media 3200 E. Lincolnway, P.O. Box 498 Sterling, IL 61081 Email: letters@saukvalley.com Fax: 815-625-9390 Website: Visit www.saukvalley.com Policy: Letters are to be no more than 300 words and must include the writer’s name, town and daytime telephone number, which we call to verify authorship. Individuals may write up to 12 letters a year.

Opinions expressed in letters and columns are those of the writers.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend • A7

UNDERSTANDING ILLINOIS | UNRESOLVED FISCAL PROBLEMS

In despair over state budget inaction Unbelievable, unforgivable if fiscal mess lasts till 2019

I

despair. Speculation is rife among the cognoscenti of Illinois politics that our state may not have a sensible full-year budget, nor an accompanying plan to establish longterm fiscal stability, until 2019! This would be after the November 2018 elections for governor and lawmakers.

If so, unbelievable, unforgivable.

As readers appreciate, enacting a budget is the fundamental action and responsibility of a public body. A budget allocates our values, you might say: more for education this year, less for parks, whatever.

The budget also signals to businesses and our universities what the future will look like, in terms of taxation and likely available resources.

Without such helpful signals, business is hesitant to invest within a state, as companies crave pre-

dictability and stability.

Meanwhile, our universities and the hundreds of social service agencies that carry out the mission of state government are largely cast adrift without a budget, floundering, some even closing.

For the past nearly 2 years now, Illinois has operated without a budget blueprint.

As most readers know, Gov. Bruce Rauner and lawmakers, led by House Speaker Michael Madigan, have failed to come together on a budget.

Instead, federal and state courts have intervened, telling our state government it must keep spending for most people services, and at pre-2015 rates that are higher than would probably be put in place if governor and Legislature could come together.

I talked with Ralph Martire, head of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability in Chicago. CTBA is a leftleaning organization, yet its research is highly credible.

Here is his thumbnail sketch of where we are.

This fiscal year, our state’s general funds are spending $22 billion as

jimNOWLAN Jim Nowlan of Toulon served two terms in the Illinois House and worked under three governors.

He co-wrote “Fixing Illinois.”

a result of court-ordered outlays. Then there is $12 billion in “hard expenditures” we must pay for debt service, pensions, and transfers to local governments and Medicaid accounts.

We can add to those totals another $6 billion in unpaid bills. For example, the state is as much as 673 days late in reimbursing medical providers for employee health care services.

BY THE WAY, vendors who can do so are almost pleased to wait for payment, as they receive 12 percent penalty payments for doing so.

These expenditures total $40 billion for the year, but we have only $30 billion in revenue coming into the general funds to pay all these bills.

Of course, we say we

must tighten our belts.

And, of course, we can always do some of that, but less than you might imagine.

Annual state pension payments of $7.2 billion are mostly debt service for underfunding pensions and sweetening them in years past, and the state high court has said we must pay them.

Over the past decade or so, the state has also cut expenditures for schools, universities and social services significantly.

State employee numbers are down, from 89,000 in 2001 to 64,500 last year.

For example, the 90 miles of state trails along the Hennepin Canal in central Illinois, where I enjoy walking, had 22 employees in 2008, yet now number just four.

All I am saying here is that cutting “waste and corruption,” the default budget-cutting option of the public, sure won’t alone erase a $10 billion budget shortfall.

Again, as many know, the governor and House speaker, from different parties and world views, never seriously tried at the beginning of Rauner’s term in 2015 to craft a budget.

‘‘

The state of Illinois and its 13 million residents are being held hostage.

’’

Jim Nowlan

Neither has ever seriously reached out to the other, and neither has blinked as to who will do so first.

These men, awash in overweening pride, are both equally to blame, in my eyes.

To address the problem, my friend Martire would raise taxes much more than policymakers will ever do. He would boost the individual income tax to 5 percent while also broadening both that tax and the sales tax.

Whatever the ultimate compromise, every day of delay on a compromise budget plan only deepens our budget deficit.

The state of Illinois and its 13 million residents are being held hostage.

Universities crumble and businesses flee or

withhold investment, even though the state has incomparable strengths in transportation infrastructure, location, water and more.

THIS PAST YEAR, our state’s newspapers came together. On a single day, they emblazoned their front pages with the simple cry from the heart: “Enough!” the headlines read.

The editors called for budget action – and alarmed policymakers responded, at least with a partial short-term budget to get them through the November elections.

It’s time for another such exhortation.

If – and I hope I’m proved wrong – the state goes until 2019 without a real budget, Gov. Rauner will go down as the worst governor in the history of our fine state.

And our lawmakers will be viewed into posterity for having been as spineless as amoeba for failing to rise up and demand that governor and speaker lead the state to a better future.

Note to readers: Jim Nowlan of Toulon can be reached at jnowlan3@ gmail.com.

WASHINGTON SCOOP

Putin’s American Insider defends political saboteurs With less than 3 weeks to go until Election Day, one political figure has already achieved the sort of stunning American political success famous predecessors never dreamed would be possible.

Sadly, it is Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin clearly had as his fondest goal somehow disrupting the world’s most famous democracy – and perhaps even causing some Americans to lose faith in their cherished democratic process. But surely even Putin never thought he would lucky enough to have his dirty work being done – and his favorite message being spread – by the Ultimate American Insider.

Here is how Putin apparently got so lucky. It was a three-stage effort: 1) The skill of Russian cyberagents: They used cyber tech as a superweapon that Joe Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev never fantasized might exist.

U.S. intelligence officials reportedly now believe cyber operatives from Russia’s government broke into and burglarized emails from the computer files of the Democratic Party and, probably, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s advisers. Russia’s cyber burglars escaped with their email loot with a virtual ease that eluded Richard Nixon’s low-tech burglars who got caught red-handed late at night inside the 1972 Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate office building.

2) The leaky resources of WikiLeaks: They leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee and, apparently, Clinton’s campaign advisers to the news media. Soon the American public was reading the sort of snarky, sometimes stupid comments that we know political operatives have always made to each other – about political luminaries they’ve just been flattering in public.

In the hullabaloo that followed, the Democratic

as a synonym for “intelligent.” But Trump doesn’t want to hear any of that.

In August, former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morell, an independent professional who served Republican and Democratic presidents, took the unusual position of publicly endorsing Clinton, with whom he served during many global crises, for president.

martinSCHRAM Martin Schram writes political analysis for Tribune News Service. Email him at martin. schram@ gmail.com.

National Committee’s chairwoman lost her job, her replacement was later embarrassed, and so was Clinton’s top campaign adviser. And former Secretary of State Clinton’s poor self-indulgent emailsystem decision-making was spotlighted yet again.

3) The geopolitical cluelessness of Putin’s Ultimate American Insider: Yup, Donald Trump.

The Republican presidential standard-bearer was exposed in ways that should have been disqualifying to all in the party that always took the toughest line against the Kremlin. Instead, the GOP candidate was revealed as a man Putin easily manipulated into becoming his messenger and megaphone. At his rallies, Trump repeatedly claimed, without a bit of evidence, that America’s 2016 election is “rigged” and Americans shouldn’t trust the election results.

Unless, by a miracle not foreshadowed by the polls, Trump wins.

The most stunningly newsworthy moment in Wednesday night’s third and final campaign debate at UNLV occurred when Trump, responding to a question from moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News, refused to commit himself to accept and honor the results

Dave Granlund, GateHouse News Service

of the election. He said only that he’d look at the results and then decide.

“That’s horrifying,” said Clinton, explaining that peaceful transfer of power is the bedrock of America’s democracy.

TRUMP ALSO challenged Clinton’s criticism that he has been praising Putin while Russia has engaged in cyberespionage to undermine the U.S. elections. Trump insisted she did not know whether Russia or China or anyone else was behind the email hacking. Clinton replied that 17 U.S. intelligence agencies had concluded Russia had perpetrated the espionage.

Trump has become Putin’s most staunch defender in the entire Western political world.

Trump insisted Putin didn’t invade Ukraine (after Putin invaded Ukraine’s Crimea and ripped it away) or arm

HOME BUYERS

Ukraine rebels elsewhere.

And he welcomed Russia’s military intervention to save Syria’s murderous dictatorship.

Trump’s infatuation with Russia’s strongman really goes back to the early days of his campaign, when America’s myopic political pundits and late night TV comics tag-teamed to depict Trump as a national punchline.

Putin offered a few words of praise for the maligned multibillionaire who had shown an interest in doing business in Russia. Trump

insists Putin called him “brilliant” and a “genius” – as when he told NBC’s Matt Lauer: “Well, I think when he calls me brilliant, I’ll take the compliment, OK?” Actually, Putin didn’t say that. As PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning purveyors of truth in the murky world of politics, noted: Putin used the Russian word “yarkii,” which means “bright” or “brilliant” – as a synonym for “vivid” as it pertains to being colorful; but in Russian it doesn’t also translate

IN A NEW YORK TIMES op-ed article, Morell deplored the fact that Trump was “ignoring that he has killed and jailed journalists and political opponents, has invaded two of his neighbors and is driving his economy to ruin.” He added: “In the intelligence business, we would say that Mr. Putin had recruited Mr. Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation.”

In the news business, we would now expect to hear every prominent patriotic Republican leader announcing their love of their country means they cannot – and will not – vote for Trump for president.

Instead, in the final days of Campaign 2016, America’s beyond-politics patriots remain tormented by the unrelenting sound of Official Republican silence.

BUILDING OUR REPUTATION WITH

Homes are Moving Quickly!

Don’t Miss Out on Another Deal. Call a Full Time, Professional Agent to Assist You with the Home Buying Process.

Eric Bird 815-973-6768 SM-ST5379-1028

Trump acting like unwitting Russian agent

1688 Brandywine Lane, Dixon (815) 288-0998 ericbird2004@yahoo.com

Frary Lumber

Where It’s Easier To Shop

www.frarylumber.com lu

2707 West Lincolnway, Sterling, IL (888) 742-7240 • (815)-625-7240 Open: M-F 7am-5:30pm, Sat. 7am-2pm

412 Washington St, Prophetstown, IL (800) 637-0357 • (815) 537-5151 Open: M-F 7am-5pm, Sat. 7am-Noon

A8 • SV Weekend Dilbert by Scott Adams

www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Zits® by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Arlo & Janis by Jimmy Johnson Garfield by Jim Davis

Luann by Greg Evans Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley

Blondie by Dean Young & John Marshall

Wizard of Id by Brant Parker and Johnny Hart

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis Rose is Rose by Pat Brady and Don Wimmer

Pickles by Brian Crane Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce

Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman

Soup To Nutz by Rick Stromoski

Family Circus by Bil Keane

The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn

Alley Oop by Dave Graue and Jack Bender

Bridge Frank & Ernest by Bob Thaves

Unusual play is hard to detect

Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.”

Not at the bridge table.

There, the wise man wonders about the usual and the unusual. It is true that most deals fit the usual pattern, but every now and then, one comes along that requires an unusual bid or play. That is when we separate the good players from the less imaginative.

How is that applicable to this deal? South is in three no-trump, and West leads the heart queen.

Today’s South hand, with its 17 points, good five-card suit, two aces and two kings, is too strong for a 15-17 notrump.

In three no-trump, South has seven top tricks: two spades, two hearts, one diamond and two clubs.

Obviously he plans to get the other two winners (at least) from his diamond suit. But

suppose he makes the usual play here: He wins the first trick with dummy’s heart king and plays a diamond to his queen.

West wins with the king and leads another heart. South takes that and cashes the diamond ace, being horrified to see West discard a club or spade. Suddenly the contract is unmakable.

South could afford one diamond loser, but not two.

He should take the first trick and make the unusual play of cashing the diamond ace.

Here, the king comes tumbling down, so South can continue diamonds to gain an overtrick. But if the king does not appear, declarer crosses to dummy and plays a diamond toward his hand.

As long as West does not have king-fourth or -fifth, the contract is secure. © 2016 UFS

Saturday, October 22, 2016

www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend â&#x20AC;˘ A9

On donation of pianos: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I was just about in tearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ROCK U

CONTINUED FROM A1

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a lot of fun the first few weeks, and then it became work,â&#x20AC;? Jon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By the end, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d look across at him in the front seat and think, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Where could I hide the body?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Ashley said, cracking both of them up.

Anyone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever toured knows that feeling. Seemed a pretty good idea, then, to settle in and open a music school in the lower floor of their house â&#x20AC;&#x201C; especially with the ongoing artistic renaissance in Dixon.

They were watching the Jack Black comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;School of Rock,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;I looked over at Jon and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Why arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we doing this?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Boom. A foundation was laid. The first semester began Oct. 10.

Tuition at Rock U is $80 a month, which includes a 30-minute voice, piano or guitar lesson each week. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a full guitar class of five students Monday nights that costs $50 a month. The current roster consists of two 7-year-old girls, a 7-yearold boy and a motherson combo, 37 and 11.

The McLemores would like to add another group guitar class, as well as a cappella groups of six to eight singers.

Jon gives the lessons, and Ashley handles public relations and such, although her 15 years of theater experience can prove handy for advanced students who want a coach.

She remembers growing up in Dixon and feeling envious of the sports and academic stars, with all the outlets they had.

Longtime Dixon piano teacher Dorry Kingry donated two pianos to Rock U.

In addition to piano and voice lessons, Rock U Ashley and Jon McLemore, better known in some circles by the name of their a cappella duo, Thistle and offers guitar lessons. It has one group, too, which Lace, have started their own music school in Dixon, where they teach guitar, piano and vocal. meets on Monday nights, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so creatively drivthose kids,â&#x20AC;? Ashley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A ha!â&#x20AC;?

So, of course, he had to and will add another if en, so it made me sad,â&#x20AC;?

Similarly, 6-year-old Minutes later, the teach Nolan some vocal there is interest. she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt left out.â&#x20AC;?

Nolan signed up for piano, youngster showed off percussion last week.

Jon grew up in the then changed to voice. how quick he learns, ratThroughout Nolanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lesSchool teacher, donated South, and they lived in â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was blown away, tling off several correct son, Jon gave tips to his two pianos to Rock U. Montana about 3 years because he has a beauanswers. dad, Ben, to help Nolan â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was just about in before moving back to tiful voice and a great â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rock and roll!â&#x20AC;? Jon said. practice. tears,â&#x20AC;? Ashley said.

Ashleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hometown. sense of pitch,â&#x20AC;? Jon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nailinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; it!â&#x20AC;? Nolan â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can tell you, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The bills get paid â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt really fortunate, He taught, then drilled responded. been doing the vocal per- because Jon still combecause it gave me a Nolan on the notes on Beyond his immediate cussion at home,â&#x20AC;? Ben poses and arranges really good perception of the staff Thursday evelikability, Jonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a nice said, laughing. music, and Ashley works what Dixon is missing,â&#x20AC;? ning. rĂŠsumĂŠ.

Jon can play just about as an eyebrow artist. They she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a different lanBefore Thistle and Laceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s any instrument you put hope, though, to build They conducted a work- guage,â&#x20AC;? Jon said when brief time in the spotlight, in his hands â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and boy, as big a clientele as posshop with Denise Ewersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; they started the lesson. he was a professional a did a beloved member of sible, and would expand middle school and high â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wow!â&#x20AC;? Nolan said, cappella singer for about the community do just beyond their 4-to-8 p.m., school choirs last Friday wide-eyed.

20 years, even helping that. Longtime Dixon Monday through Thursand were blown away. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Except this alphabet Street Corner Symphony piano teacher Dorry day restraints. More days, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much talonly has seven letters,â&#x20AC;? finish runner-up in NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kingry, of late a beloved longer hours, as long as ent to be unlocked with Jon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sing-Offâ&#x20AC;? in 2010.

Jefferson Elementary the students are there.

Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

FALL SPECIAL

ROCK FALLS

IDOT: Bridge to reopen around mid-November

BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5535 @KathleenSchul10

DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The $1.7 million repair project that has shut down the U.S. Route 30 bridge over the Rock River since early July is expected to be completed around mid-November, and certainly before Thanksgiving, IDOT engineer Mahmoud Etemadi said Friday.

The original estimate called for the project to be done by the end of

this month, but there were some small delays in materials approval, Etemadi said.

The routine maintenance work has included repairing the concrete bridge deck, painting steel beams, replacing expansion joints, and giving the road a new surface.

Because the expansion joints extend across both lanes, the entire roadway had to be closed, but the end result will be a much improved and smoother ride, Etemadi said.

$65 CLEAN & CHECK FURNACE

GATOR

From minor dents to major body repairs, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get your car back in shape.

D.M.S. AUTOBODY Dixon Metal Specialties For your next autobody repairs See Rich or Eric Kanzler

HEATING & COOLING

815-631-6232

Kelly Wallingford - Owner â&#x20AC;˘ Licensed â&#x20AC;˘ Bonded â&#x20AC;˘ Insured

$IXON 3TERLING &REEWAY $IXON ), s

STERLING PAVILIONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Have a safe and fun night

Trick-or-Treating!

DIXON

Friday, October 28th 6:00 - (until candy is gone)

Pool tournament fundraiser today DIXON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Shooting For A Cure pool tournament will begin at noon today at Corner Spot, 510 Chicago Ave. Proceeds go to Debra Peppers, who has multiple sclerosis and is scheduled to undergo a stem

cell transplant.

Sign-up is at 11:30 a.m.

Entry fee is $10, with awards going to the top four finishers. There will be door prizes. Play will be by ACS rules, double-elimination, with a race to 3 tiebreaker.

â&#x20AC;˘ Children Ages 0-8 Welcome â&#x20AC;˘

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; SVM staff report

!"#$ % &'()* +%,, %-%.

Sterling Pavilion, Ltd.

!"#$ %&' &( ) *&+#, &$# )(# -)./$0 ) ,/1.'*2 2/3# /$ */-# &'( .)(/$0 4(&-#55/&$)*5 )(# 6)/2/$0 2& "#*4

!"##"$$"%%" &'#(')$ *)+,"-"#. /0)'1 +2')"#. 3+%'

!""#$%$#&'%$ ((()*+,,+**+--+)./0

SINCE 1974

7##5 )(# 8)5#, &$ -)3/*% /$.&3# /*01+%102 /*01+%3*2 4,, 510#2 %)0 &316%$* 1)#"3%)+* %++*&$*0

105 E. 23rd St. Sterling 626-4264 SM-ST09837-1022

A10 • SV Weekend

www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016

HALLOWEEN IN THE SAUK VALLEY

Trick or Treat hours and Halloween events Trick or treat hours throughout the Sauk Valley for Oct. 31, unless otherwise noted.

Albany: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 29 Ashton: 5 to 7 p.m.

Byron: 5 to 8 p.m.

Chadwick: 5 to 7 p.m.

Dixon: 5 to 7:30 p.m.

Halloween Party at 12:30 p.m. at Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St. A monster pancake and sausage breakfast will be 8 to 9:30 a.m. Oct. 29 at Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St. The cost is $4 for adults and $2 for children 11 and younger, and $1 off for everyone in costume.

The Dixon Noon Lions Halloween parade is at 10 a.m. Oct. 29 for children through eighth grade at Haymarket Square Park, Third Street and Highland Avenue. It heads up Third Street to Hennepin Avenue, turns north on Hennepin to First Street, west on First to Highland Avenue, and south on Highland to end back

at Haymarket Square.

Grace United Methodist Church will have trunk-or-treating from 4:30 to 7 p.m., 921 E. Chamberlin St. Church members will offer treats from the trunks of their cars to children and their adult chaperones. Popcorn and hot chocolate will be provided. Call 815-2881505 for more information.

Erie: 5 to 7 p.m.

Fulton: 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 30 Franklin Grove: 5 to 7 p.m., with a costume contest from 4 to 7 p.m. at the elementary school, 217 S. Elm St. Grand Detour: 4 to 7 p.m.

Lyndon: 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Manlius: 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Oct. 30 Milledgeville: 4 to 7 p.m.

Morrison: 4 to 7 p.m.

Mount Morris: 5 to 8 p.m.

Evangelical Free Church, 102 S. Seminary St., will offer trunk-or-treating from 5 to 6:30 p.m. for kids younger than 13, their parents and grandparents.

There also will a bounce house, hot dogs, chips, and beverages.

Oregon: 5 to 8 p.m.

Polo: 5 to 8 p.m.

Prophetstown: 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Rochelle: 5 to 8 p.m.

Rock Falls: 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Uptown Trick or Treat is 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 28 along First Avenue, Second Street, and Third Street in the uptown Rock Falls area. Come dressed for fun, games, activities, and more – all free and in a safe environment.

Visit rockfallschamber.com/ uptown-trick-or-treat for more information or to register.

Coloma Township Park District’s annual Halloween costume contest will be at 4 p.m.

Oct. 30 in the Orvel A. Howard Auditorium at the Louis J. Pignatelli Municipal Center, 1007 Seventh Ave. Doors open to contestants at 3:30 p.m.

The all-ages contest includes categories in hobos, clowns, funniest, historical, native costume, most unusual, scariest, vampires, most original, storybook characters, devils, witches, prettiest, cartoon char-

acters, movie characters, food Items, and miscellaneous.

Cash prizes will be awarded. Candy treats will be given to all participants.

The Rock Falls Youth Council, Rock Falls American Legion, and Rock Falls American Legion Auxiliary also are among the organizers. Call 815-625-0272 for more information.

First Congregational Church of Rock Falls, 905 Dixon Ave., will have a trick-or-trunk Halloween party from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 29.

Church members will decorate their vehicles and provide treats for children 12 and younger.

Jeremy the Amazer will perform a magic show at 1:30 p.m.

Refreshments will be provided.

Call 815-625-3314 for more information.

Sterling: 4:30 to 7 p.m.

For the seventh year, Sterling police will give away trick-or-treat bags with flashlights beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Moose Lodge, 2601 E. Lincolnway, to children 10 and younger,

accompanied by an adult.

There also will be a Halloween party and parade with registration at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, and the parade to begin around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Moose Lodge, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club and Sterling Police Department. Contact Deb Kinnicutt at 815-622-2839 for more information. Refreshments will be served.

Trunk or treat at First Christian Church of Sterling, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29, 3400 Sixth Ave., in the church east wing and fellowship hall. Hot dogs, chips, and photos. Call 815-625-6851 for more information.

Tampico: 4:30 to 7 p.m.

A Halloween party will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Reagan Community Center gymnasium.

Walnut: 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Heritage Manor Nursing Home will have trick or treating from 6 to 7:30 p.m., 308 S. Second St., in Walnut.

Whiteside County: 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Push for stormwater fee and sales tax hike possible It would cost the city an estimated $5 million to just get started on the high-priority fixes, including the most troublesome area in the Woodlawn watershed.

Those problems directly affect residents in the Lincoln Mall area, parts of West Sanborn Street, Freeport Road and Lynn Boulevard.

The council discussed the possibility of instituting a stormwater management fee or putting a half-cent increase in the Local Option Sales Tax on the ballot to pay for needed upgrades.

“We could do another double-digit property tax increase, but I don’t want to do that, and the council doesn’t want to do it,” Mayor Skip Lee said.

An 18.76 percent levy increase was passed last year to keep up with recommended contributions to the city’s police and fire pension funds.

That tax hike cost the owner of a $100,000 house an estimated $122 a year. The levies for pensions now make up about

45 percent of the city’s tax bill.

While the council’s discussion focused on using the stormwater fee or the sales tax referendum to get the ball rolling on the sewer projects, there are other pricey capital projects that must be accounted for.

City Manager Scott Shumard is preparing another presentation he hopes to have ready for the Nov. 7 council session that could make an argument for a stormwater fee and a sales tax hike not too far down the road.

“I’m doing 10- to 20-year projections for roads projects, so we could certainly use another 50 percent of the Local Option Sales Tax money for that,” Shumard said.

The first half of the tax was approved by voters in 2004, and that money was dedicated to road projects. Doubling the tax would bring the city an estimated $1 million a year for infrastructure projects.

The sales tax referendum failed in April 2015, with 46 percent of voters supporting the tax increase that was to be

We look forward to seeing you.

Dixon 955 N. Galena 815-285-0000

What’s next The Sterling City Council plans to take an in-depth look at projected costs for roads and riverfront projects when it next meets at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at City Hall, 212 Third Ave., in the first-floor Council Chambers.

Go to sterling-il.gov or call City Hall at 815-632-6621 for an agenda or more information. used for stormwater system improvements.

With all of the road work that needs to be done, Shumard said, there is a need for the sales tax increase and the stormwater fee. He prefers the stormwater fee to a tax referendum, though.

“I think the stormwater fee is a fairer way to do those projects, because the people who are bigger contributors to the problem pay more to fix it,” Shumard said. “It’s less revenue than the sales tax, but it’s less out of people’s pockets.”

Those who contribute more rainfall runoff to the area with larger roof and parking areas are subject to higher rates to offset the cost of mitigation projects.

The sales tax is a viable alternative, he said, because it spreads the burden outside the city’s borders, but it would limit its use for other projects.

Store hours Mon - Thurs 8:00am - 5:00pm

Fri - 8:00am - 5:00pm 955 N. Galena Ave., 815-285-0000 Sat - 8:00am - 5:00pm 2536 E Lincolnway,Sun 815-622-9544 - 8:00am - 5:00pm

Things we want you to know: Device offer available on new Simple Connect Prepaid line activations and eligible existing lines with at least 12 months of service when customer replenishes account with at least $35. Additional fees, taxes and terms apply and vary by service and equipment. Use of service constitutes acceptance of agreement terms. In order to receive plan minutes, the monthly charge must be paid before due date. You may be charged at any time of day on your due date and should refill before that date to avoid service interruption. Roaming, directory assistance and international calls require additional account funds to complete calls. Offers valid at participating U.S. Cellular locations only and cannot be combined. Trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners. LG Classic offer valid from September 16 to November 9, 2016. ©2016 U.S. Cellular P3B_2016_PrepaidPennyLGClassic_Print_6x9

3485865

COSTS

CONTINUED FROM A1

“Should we wish to dedicate local option sales tax funding to stormwater projects, that would reduce potential funding opportunities for additional road projects or for cleaning up or building up the riverfront area.”

City officials said no proposal has been drawn up yet to fund anything with a sales tax increase.

Shumard also plans to put some numbers together for capital improvement projects on the riverfront. While the city has received about $2.2 million from state grant programs for the ecotourism project, much needs to be done for riverfront revitalization. The obvious bigticket items are what to do with the Lawrence Brothers and StanleyNational buildings.

“The riverfront work was estimated at $60 million quite a few years ago, so

I’m sure it’s much more now,” Lee said.

The most recent estimates are from a comprehensive redevelopment plan drawn up in 2011, and a 2013 adaptive reuse study done for the Lawrence and StanleyNational buildings.

Lee said he expects environmental remediation at the StanleyNational site to be completed soon, and control of the building handed over to the city sometime next year. The city already owns the Lawrence property.

While that long-awaited development is good news for the city, it further complicates the dedication of resources process.

“If this conversation was about stormwater, it would be simple, but with all of the capital projects facing us, do we want to spend everything we have on stormwater projects?”

The mayor said he senses some apprehension on the council since last year’s substantial tax levy increase, but there seems to be more willingness to act on the flooding problems.

“We can’t just talk about it, we need to find a funding source or say ‘Sorry, there just isn’t money to do this,’ as difficult as that would be,” Lee said.

“I’ve gone through flooding myself, and it’s horrible, but sometimes we can’t fix everything in the time frame people would like to see.”

Alderman Joe Martin said he wants the city to make the stormwater fixes its highest priority.

“I want to concentrate on the stormwater projects now, because that’s what is affecting residents most,” Martin said.

“If we have developers knocking on our door for riverfront property, we’ll finish it.”

Martin said he supports pursuing a sales tax referendum, and foregoing the stormwater fee.

“I feel like we’re nickle and diming people to death, and I worry about what the fee could do to small businesses,” Martin said.

The total price tag on the stormwater projects was estimated at $10.5 million, but those numbers are from 2011, and the cost could be closer to $15 million after inflation.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend • A11

MONEY & MARKETS The following stock quotations, as of 5 p.m., are provided as a community service by Chad Weigle of Edward Jones, Dixon and Raymond James and Associates, Sterling.

Abbott ..........................40.05 Alcoa ............................26.88 AltriaCorp ....................63.70 American Express .......67.36 Amazon .....................818.99 Apple..........................116.60 Archer-Daniels............42.32 Arris-Group .................29.21 AT&T ............................37.49 Autonation ..................46.82 Bank of America..........16.67 Boeing........................135.63 BorgWarner .................34.79 BP .................................36.25 Casey’s .......................114.65 Caterpillar ...................86.33 CenturyLink ................28.21 Chevron .....................101.30 Cisco ............................30.15 Citigroup .....................49.57 CocaCola .....................42.13 ConAgra.......................48.01 Dean ............................16.61 Deere & Co ..................86.43 Disney ..........................93.03 Donaldson...................36.29 DuPont ........................69.70 Exelon ..........................32.50 Exxon ...........................86.62 FifthThird ....................21.21 Ford .............................12.02 GE ................................28.98 Google .......................823.73 HawaiianElectric ........28.69

Hewlett Packard .........13.80 HomeDepot ..............126.60 Intel Corp. ...................35.15 Intl Bus Mach ............149.63 IntlPaper......................47.00 JCPenney .......................8.84 JohnsonControls.........44.06 Johnson&Johnson ....113.44 JPMorgan Chase .........68.49 Kraft-Heinz .................87.94 Kroger ..........................30.76 Leggett&Platt ..............44.93 Manpower ...................79.99 McDonald’s ...............113.93 Merck&Co ...................61.20 Microsoft .....................59.69 Midland .......................26.59 3M ..............................169.50 Monsanto ..................102.07 Newell ..........................52.50 Nike..............................51.77 Parker-Han................123.20 Pfizer ............................32.18 Pepsico ......................105.62 Proctor&Gamble .........84.33 RaymondJames...........58.75 Republic ......................49.93 Sears Hldg ...................11.60 SensientTech ..............73.13 Sprint .............................6.55 Staples ...........................7.54 TheTravelers .............108.35 UnitedContinental .....55.60 UnitedTech .................98.67 USBancorp ..................43.85 USSteel ........................19.78 Verizon ........................48.20 Walgreen .....................81.57 WalMartMexico ..........22.27 WalMartStores ............68.34 WasteMgt ....................62.21 Wendy’s .......................10.96

Commodities The following quotations are provided as a community service by Sterling Futures: Corn: Dec. 3.52 1 ⁄ 2 ; March 3.611⁄2; May 3.681⁄2 Soybeans: Nov. 9.831⁄4; Jan. 9.921⁄4; March 9.983⁄4 Soybean oil: Dec. 35.14; Jan. 35.39 Soybean meal: Dec. 307.10; Mar 309.90 Wheat: Dec. 4.14 1 ⁄ 4 ; March 4.343⁄4 Oats: Dec. 2.18 1 ⁄ 4 ; March 2.091⁄2

Live cattle: Oct. 101.22; Dec. 101.87; Feb. 102.90 Feeder cattle: Oct. 121.87; Nov. 119.70 Lean hogs: Dec. 41.85; Feb. 48.72; April 56.72 Sugar: March 22.71 Cotton: Dec. 69.07 T-Bonds: Dec. 165.00 Silver: Dec. 17.49 Gold: Dec. 1266.48 Copper: Dec. 2.09 Crude: Dec. 50.96 Dollar Index: Dec. 98.66 Ethanol: Nov. 1.609

IN BRIEF Militants launch attack on Kirkuk KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) – Islamic State militants launched a wave of pre-dawn attacks in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday, killing at least 14 people

and setting off fierce clashes with Kurdish security forces that were still raging after sundown.

The assault appeared aimed at diverting attention from the Iraqi offensive to retake Mosul, and raised fears the extremists could lash out in unpredictable

ways as they defend the largest city under their control and their last urban bastion in Iraq.

Multiple explosions rocked Kirkuk, and gunfire rang out around the provincial headquarters, where the fighting was concentrated.

No evacuations yet from Aleppo BEIRUT (AP) – A ceasefire to allow wounded civilians and rebels to leave besieged parts of Aleppo has been extended into the weekend by Russia, but hoped-for medical evacu-

ations didn’t materialize by Friday evening because of a lack of security guarantees, officials and residents said.

The dawn-to-dusk “humanitarian pause” that began Thursday will last into Saturday on the orders of President Vladimir Putin, said Lt. Gen. Sergei Ruds-

koi, speaking in Moscow.

The lull had been greeted with high hopes by U.N. officials, and the Syrian government opened a new corridor for those wanting to flee the neighborhoods shattered by weeks of Russian and Syrian airstrikes.

A12 • SV Weekend

www.saukvalley.com

CAMPAIGN 2016 | RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE

Saturday, October 22, 2016

DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

No concession? Be prepared Clinton readies for possibility that Trump won’t concede WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) – Hillary Clinton’s campaign is increasingly preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump may never concede the presidential election should she win, a development that could enormously complicate the crucial early weeks of her preparations to take office.

Aiming to undermine any argument the Republican nominee may make about a “rigged” election, she hopes to roll up a large electoral vote margin in next month’s election. That could repudiate the New York billionaire’s message and project a governing mandate after the bitter, divisive presidential race.

Clinton’s team is also keeping a close eye on statements by national Republican leaders, predicting they could play an important role in how

AP

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton points to the crowd Friday while speaking at a rally at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. Clinton’s campaign team hopes to roll up a large electoral vote victory on Nov. 8 to undermine any argument Republican nominee Donald Trump might make about a “rigged” election.

Trump’s accusations of electoral fraud might be perceived. That’s according to several Clinton campaign aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss internal strategy.

Campaign officials stress they are not taking the outcome of the election for granted. But Clinton and her team have

begun thinking about how to position their candidate during the postelection period. Long one of the country’s most polarizing political figures, Clinton has begun telling audiences she’ll need their help in healing the country.

“I’ve got to figure out how we heal these divides,” she said in a Friday interview with

a Tampa radio station WBTP. “We’ve got to get together. Maybe that’s a role that is meant to be for my presidency if I’m so fortunate to be there.”

A refusal by Trump to accept the election results would not only upend a basic tenet of American democracy, but also force Clinton to create a new playbook for handling the transfer of power. And a narrow victory would make it more difficult for her to claim substantial political capital at the start of her administration.

“Donald is still going to whine if he loses. But if the mandate is clear, I don’t think many people will follow him,” said Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, Clinton’s running mate, in an interview Thursday with CNN’s “New Day.” While Clinton’s campaign has long focused on maintaining pathways to cross the threshold of 270 electoral votes, it’s now looking to capture an expanded number of states that could also help determine control of the Senate – including Republican-leaning Arizona.

No regrets, Trump vows; Hillary eyes GOP voters CLEVELAND (AP) – Hillary Clinton ramped up her pressure on Donald Trump in the election’s most competitive states Friday with an emotional TV ad targeting his criticism of a Muslim-American family. Trump vowed to go all-out in the final three weeks so he’ll have no regrets – even if he loses.

The nominees retrenched behind familiar arguments a day after appearing together at a charity event that

veered into cutting personal attacks, an unexpected metaphor for this year’s take-no-prisoners presidential campaign.

Clinton’s new ad features Khizr Khan, whom Trump assailed after Khan spoke at the Democratic National Convention.

In the minute-long ad, which Clinton’s campaign said was airing in seven battleground states, Khan retells how his son, Captain Humayun Khan, died in Iraq

seeking to protect his U.S. military unit from a suicide bomber.

“Mr. Trump, would my son have a place in your America?” the father asks, tearing up as the ad fades to black.

Trump focused some of his criticism on Michelle Obama, who has emerged as one of the most effective voices for Clinton. One of the country’s most popular Democrats, the first lady for years has been loath to devote significant time

to campaigning, but has done so in recent days with searing indictments of Trump’s treatment of women.

“All she wants to do is campaign,” Trump said as he rallied supporters in North Carolina. He cited comments Mrs. Obama made during her husband’s 2008 campaign in which she said someone who can’t run their own house can’t run the White House. “She’s the one that started that,” Trump said.

AP

This photo taken Friday shows Dyn, a key New Hampshire internet service company, in the old mill section of Manchester. Cyberattacks on Dyn repeatedly disrupted the availability of popular websites across the United States Friday, according to analysts and company officials. The White House described the disruption as malicious.

Cyberattacks on key firm disrupt online services The Associated Press

Withering cyberattacks on server farms of a key internet firm repeatedly disrupted access to major websites and online services including Twitter, Netflix and PayPal across the United States on Friday. The White House called the disruption malicious and a hacker group claimed responsibility, though its assertion couldn’t be verified.

Manchester, New Hampshire-based Dyn Inc. said its data centers were hit by three waves of distributed denial-ofservice attacks, which overwhelm targeted machines with junk data traffic. The attacks, shifting geographically, had knock-on effects for users trying to access popular websites across the U.S. even in Europe.

“The complexity of the attacks is what is making it so difficult for us,” said Kyle York, the com-

pany’s chief strategy officer. “What they are actually doing is moving around the world with each attack.” He said an East Coast data center was hit first; attacks on an offshore target followed later.

The data flood came from tens of millions of different Internetconnected machines – including increasingly popular but highly insecure household devices such as web-connected cameras. It was an onslaught whose global shifts suggested a sophisticated attacker, though Dyn said it had neither suspect nor motive.

The level of disruption was difficult to gauge, but Dyn serves some of the biggest names on the web, providing the domain name services that translate the numerical internet addresses into humanreadable destinations such as “twitter.com.”

Guidance & Compassion in Funeral Planning

Preston Schilling has been serving the area since 1904 and is under new ownership. We have the same staff to help you through every decision and detail during this difficult time.

Jesse P. Partington

Owner/Licensed Funeral Director

Becky Brenner

SM-ST08801-1029

Dick McGrail

Beth Baker, CPC

Licensed Funeral Director

Kayla Peterson Ronda Partington

Mark Swegle

213 Crawford Ave., Dixon, IL • (815) 288-4469 www.prestonschilling.com

Mike Lally

FOLLOW SATURDAY’S LOCAL SPORTS ACTION ONLINE. GET CONNECTED.

Sports

WEEK 9

v weekend

16-page prep football section inside e-mail: sports@saukvalley.com

Section B

Kicking it in London

‘Like’ us!

Sauk Valley Sports

The Giants signed former Bears kicker Robbie Gould on Friday, before departing for London. Gould will replace Josh Brown, who has been placed on paid leave as the NFL investigates his domestic abuse case.

Sports for the Sauk Valley fan!

Saturday, October 22, 2016

0

Numbers game No starting QB has ever beaten Nick Saban twice at Alabama.Texas A&M’s Trevor Knight can become the first Saturday; he beat the Tide as Oklahoma’s starter in the 2014 Sugar Bowl.

VOLLEYBALL | POSTSEASON PREVIEW

MLB | NLCS

Two chances to make Locals looking forward to Rock Falls Regional history CLASS 3A ROCK FALLS REGIONAL

Fun times at Tabor

BY TY REYNOLDS treynolds@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5554 @STyReynolds

The on-court intensity, the noisy crowd, the general atmosphere of the postseason is something every athlete feeds off of. But throw in a rival or two (or three) to the mix, and things just get ratcheted up that much more.

When the Class 3A volleyball regionals kick off next week, Rock Falls will host for the first time in 8 years. With Tabor Gym likely to be hopping anyway, the inclusion of rivals Sterling and Dixon in that regional pairing could blow the roof off the venerable arena.

“It’s going to be a fun regional, and it’s going to be rocking in here,” said Dixon coach Bunyan Cocar, whose Duchesses lost in two sets at Tabor on Thursday night. “We don’t need any more motivation. We’ll be playing really good teams with a lot of desire and heart, and we’ll get another chance at some familiar opponents. We know what to expect from each other, and we’ve just got to adjust – and whoever adjusts better and executes their game plan is going to win.”

They say familiarity breeds contempt, but in this day and age of club volleyball, there will be more of a friendly rival vibe next week. Sterling star Kaylee Martin and Dixon standout Jessa Long are best friends – Martin came to watch Thursday’s match, Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com as Sterling had the evening off – and could Emily Marcum (12) and the Rock Falls Rockets will welcome five teams into Tabor Gym be found sitting together after the match. next week for the 3A Rock Falls Regional, including Juliana Rotella (11) and Dixon.

It was Martin’s first volleyball experience at Tabor Gym, albeit as a spectator, and When: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Where: Tabor Gym she came away with an inkling of what to Teams: No. 1 Sterling, No. 4 Rock Falls, No. 5 Dixon, No. 7 Kewanee, No. 9 Geneseo, expect next week.

No. 11 Rochelle “I’ve never played here before, but it’s Locals to watch: Josi Borum, Sterling so. S; Jessa Long, Dixon sr. S/OH; Kaylee Martin, small and compact – and it’s loud,” Martin Sterling sr. OH; Kenzie Olson, RF so. MH; Ellie Provo, Dixon sr. MH; Sydney Young, RF sr. L said. “It fills up pretty quick, and it’s going to be loud, and we’re going to have to play Advancement: Winner to Freeport Sectional, vs. Belvidere Regional winner, 6:30 p.m. through that and not let the noise affect Tuesday, Nov. 1 how we play.”

Inside: Check out which local teams are going where for Class 1A & 2A regionals, B3.

FUN TIME CONTINUED ON B3

LOCAL NOTEBOOK

Smid loves Oregon exchange rate Senior from Czech Republic happy with soccer season in U.S.

By SVM Sports Staff

Living in the United States has been quite an experience for Petr Smid.

The Oregon senior foreign exchange student hails from the Czech Republic, and quickly found out how well he can excel on the soccer pitch.

Smid, who alternates between forward and midfielder, was the second-leading scorer for the Hawks this season, shooting 13 goals and dishing out three assists.

His final assist came during Oregon’s 5-1 1A GenoaKingston sectional semifinal loss to Elgin St. Edward on Wednesday.

“I’m really glad we made it to sectionals, and I think we had a great season,” Smid said. “It was better than what a lot of Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media people expected. I’m happy for Oregon’s Petr Smid watches the ball during action Wednesday that. It’s sad it’s over, but we at the 1A Genoa-Kingston Sectional. A foreign exchange student made it this far.” from the Czech Republic, Smid has enjoyed playing soccer this Soccer is one of the most season with the Hawks. popular sports in the Czech

Sports inside

Republic, one that Smid has played with friends back home when he’s not attending school.

Czech schools do not have extracurricular soccer clubs, and Oregon has only had one for the past few years. Smid began the season on the junior varsity squad, and when coach Seger Larson had an opening on the varsity roster, Smid seized the opportunity and ran with it.

“There was an open spot, and I brought him up,” Larson said.

“He was just in the right place at the right time, kept getting lucky, and kept poking them in. He worked his way into the starting lineup. He improved tremendously.”

Oregon won two games last week to claim its second straight regional championship, after finishing the regular season with 11 wins and 10 losses.

NOTEBOOK CONTINUED ON B2

Cubs return to Wrigley with 3-2 series lead

BY ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO – All that’s left for the Chicago Cubs to do is make history.

The Cubs come home to Wrigley Field with a 3-2 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series, and a chance Saturday night to end a more than seven-decade wait to return to the World Series.

“We’re not going to run away from anything,” manager Joe Maddon said. “It’s within our reach right now.

But I do want us to go after it as though it’s, again, hate to say it, but Saturday. Let’s just go play our Saturday game and see how it falls.”

For a franchise defined more by heartbreak and losing, this will be no ordinary Saturday. Then again, this has been no ordinary season.

The Cubs led the majors with 103 wins, and ran away with the NL Central title.

They won more games than any Cubs team since 1910, and if they beat Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, they’ll face Cleveland in their first World Series since 1945.

That, of course, will put them on the verge of their first championship since 1908.

But before they can think about that, they have to get to the World Series, and their first opportunity comes against one of the game’s most dominant pitchers in Kershaw.

HISTORY CONTINUED ON B4

AP

The Cubs’ Albert Almora Jr. (left) and Dexter Fowler celebrate after winning Game 5 of the NLCS on Thursday in Los Angeles.

The return home this weekend with a 3-2 series lead.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

OUTDOORS

Badgers still in hunt for West title, B5.

Fall coming fast for outdoor adventurers, B3.

Suggestion box Comment or story tip?

Contact the Sports Department at sports@saukvalley.com or call 815-625-3600, ext. 5555

TOP OF 2

For Pat Candace Parker L.A. Sparks F declared “This is for Pat” after clinching her first WNBA title Thursday, honoring her college coach, the late Pat Summitt.

www.saukvalley.com

Women’s volleyball 10 a.m.

• Sauk Valley at Kankakee 12 p.m.

• Sauk Valley vs. Kalamazoo (at Kankakee) Cross country 10 a.m.

• Class 1A Rock Falls Regional, at Centennial Park 11 a.m.

• Class 2A Sterling Regional, at Hoover Park Football 11 a.m.

• Fulton at West Hancock Soccer 6 p.m.

• 2A Sterling Regional final, Sterling vs. Crystal Lake Central Volleyball 8 a.m.

• Oregon, Fulton at Stillman Valley Tournament TBA

• Amboy, Polo at AFC Tournament • ACSI Tournament

On the tube TV listings

Saturday Auto racing 9:30 a.m.

• NASCAR, Camping World Truck Series, Fred’s 250, qualifying, FS1 11:30 a.m.

• Formula One, United States Grand Prix, qualifying, NBCSN Noon

• NASCAR, Camping World Truck Series, Fred’s 250, FOX 3 p.m.

• NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, Alabama 500, qualifying, NBCSN College football 11 a.m.

• NC St. at Louisville, ABC • Texas at Kansas St., ESPN2 • Wisconsin at Iowa, ESPN • Indiana at Northwestern, BTN • North Texas at Army, CBSSN • UCF at UConn, ESPNNEWS • Rutgers at Minnesota, ESPNU • Oklahoma St. at Kansas, FS1 • UMass at South Carolina, SEC 1 p.m.

• Missouri State at Northern Iowa, CSN 2:30 p.m.

• Purdue at Nebraska, ABC • TCU at West Virginia, ESPN2 • Illinois at Michigan, BTN • Texas A&M at Alabama, CBS • Memphis at Navy, CBSSN 3 p.m.

• Utah at UCLA, FOX • Middle Tennessee at Missouri, SEC 5 p.m.

• Arkansas at Auburn, ESPN 6 p.m.

• East Carolina at Cincinnati, CBSSN • Houston at SMU, ESPN2 6:30 p.m.

• Michigan St. at Maryland, BTN • Tennessee St. at Vanderbilt, ESPNU • Mississippi St. at Kentucky, SEC 7 p.m.

• Ohio St. at Penn St., ABC • Oklahoma at Texas Tech, FOX 8 p.m.

• Mississippi at LSU, ESPN 9:30 p.m.

• Fresno St. at Utah St., CBSSN • Wyoming at Nevada, ESPN2

Lakers F may or may not make the roster, but the team reportedly wants him to join Luke Walton’s staff as an assistant coach.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

NASCAR | TALLADEGA

On the calendar

Saturday

Metta World Peace

Your guide to what’s going on in sports

B2 • SV Weekend

Local events

Coaching ranks

On the tube

The rookie needing a win Chase Elliott seeks playoff-saving victory at Talladega

College hockey 6 p.m.

• Penn St. at Notre Dame, NBCSN Figure skating 3:30 p.m.

BY JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer

TALLADEGA, Ala. – Chase Elliott has been inching toward his first career Sprint Cup victory all year, only to come up short time and time again.

He needs it to come Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, where anything but a win will likely eliminate the rookie phenom from NASCAR’s playoffs.

There have been five times this year that Elliott has finished second or third. He’s been inside the top five a total of nine times. He might have even won at Charlotte Motor Speedway 2 weeks ago until he wrecked.

Then a tire problem at Kansas dropped him to last in the Chase for the Sprint Cup standings, and on the edge of elimination.

“We are obviously disappointed in the way the past 2 weeks have gone, having such strong cars,” Elliott said Friday. “But it puts us in a pretty simplistic situation for this weekend.”

The third and final race of this leg of the Chase will trim the title contenders from 12 to eight, and Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick already have spots locked down. There are no guarantees for the remaining six spots, as drivers have come to Talladega the last 2 years in good position only to be bounced out after a bad day at the superspeedway.

At the bottom of the standings along with Elliott are Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, who raced for the title 2 years ago, and Brad Keselowski, who was in a must-win situation at Talladega 2 years ago and got the victory needed to advance to the third round.

Also in shaky position: Joey Logano, who won all three races in the second round last year, and Martin Truex Jr., winner of two races in the first round this season but suddenly one sub-par day away from being bounced out of the Chase.

Truex made it to the championship round a year ago, and didn’t seem too stressed about his chances on Friday. He’s sixth in the standings.

“You just go race, see what happens,” Truex said. “We’re either going to make it or we’re not. Worrying about it, thinking about scenarios, what do you have to do? All those things, it doesn’t do anybody any good.”

Elliott is realistic about his chances. He finished third in two

• ISU Grand Prix, Skate America, Ladies Free Skate program, at Chicago, NBC Golf 8 a.m.

• European PGA Tour, Portugal Masters, third round, GOLF 10 p.m.

• PGA Tour, CIMB Classic, final round, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, GOLF 2 a.m. (Sunday)

• LPGA Tour, Blue Bay LPGA, final round, at Hainan Island, China, GOLF High school football 8 p.m.

• IHSA playoff pairings show, CSN MLB AP

Chase Elliott’s Sprint Cup hopes are still alive, barely, but the rookie needs to make up a lot of ground this weekend at Talladega.

Alabama 500 Where: Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama Qualifying: 3 p.m. Saturday, NBCSN Race: 1 p.m. Sunday, NBCSN At stake: This is the last race of the Round of 12. Six spots are still open for the next round, with Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick already through.

of the Chase. Truex has three wins in the last seven races, and his Furniture Row Racing team has been one of the most consistent this year.

It is his intent to race toward the front all day and not drift back into the pack – a strategy some drivers use in an effort to stay far behind accidents. Truex believes that’s a risky plan.

Joey Logano

Tied for the eighth and final of the first three Chase races, and transfer position, he’s winless in the Chase this season, and finds soared into the second round himself in danger of elimination behind improved performance along with Team Penske teamfrom Hendrick Motorsports.

Then he led 103 laps at Charlotte, mate Keselowski. Logano helped Keselowski to his must-win viconly to be caught in an accident that wasn’t his fault. He finished tory at Talladega 2 years ago, but with the season on the line, each 33rd, and then 31st at Kansas. needs the best finish they can get.

Typically very hard on himself Carl Edwards after a poor finish, Elliott was Like Truex, he wants to race up encouraged by how well his front all day. He finished fifth in Hendrick Motorsports team the Daytona 500 when the Toyotas has been running. He said he believes he can race his way into executed perfectly to get four of the third round – and race for the the top five positions, but isn’t expecting that teamwork to work championship. the same on Sunday.

Here’s a look at how some other drivers are approaching Brad Keselowski Talladega: He’s won the last two plate Martin Truex Jr. races this year, including at TalHe’s a very good restrictorladega in May, and he has that plate racer, and finished second 2014 experience on his résumé. to de facto teammate Hamlin in Still, Keselowski is in a deep the Daytona 500 as the Toyota hole. Working in his favor is that camp ran a well-strategized race. he’s got the best winning perHe’ll try to be smart again on centage at restrictor-plate tracks Sunday rather than risk his title of any NASCAR driver in history. chances after moving to the top What works best for Keselowski of the list of favorites at the start is staying calm.

Duchesses hoping for a better trip to Tabor Gym NOTEBOOK

7 p.m.

• NL Championship Series, Game 6, Dodgers at Cubs, FS1 Soccer 6:25 a.m.

• Premier League, Tottenham at Bournemouth, NBCSN 8:20 a.m.

• Bundesliga, Ingolstadt 04 vs. Borussia Dortmund, FS2 9 a.m.

• Premier League, Watford at Swansea, CNBC • Premier League, Middlesbrough at Arsenal, NBCSN 11:20 a.m.

• Bundesliga, Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach, FS2 • Premier League, West Bromwich Albion at Liverpool, NBC

Sunday Auto racing 1 p.m.

• NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, Alabama 500, NBCSN 2 p.m.

• Formula One, United States Grand Prix, NBC Figure skating 11:30 a.m.

• ISU Grand Prix, Skate America, Men’s Free Skate program, at Chicago, NBC Golf 7 a.m.

• European PGA Tour, Portugal Masters, final round, GOLF MLB 7 p.m.

• NL Championship Series, Game 7, Dodgers at Cubs (if necessary), FS1 NFL

CONTINUED FROM B1

“It’s a good experience.

I’ve met a lot of great people here,” Smid said.

“I’ve met a great group of people that love to play soccer.

“We all improved during the season.”

8:30 a.m.

• Giants vs. Rams, at London, NFL Noon

• Colts at Titans, CBS • Vikings at Eagles, FOX 3:25 p.m.

Stellar Sterling senior:

Tuesday night marked the final match for Sterling volleyball star Kaylee Martin at Musgrove Fieldhouse. The NIU recruit was more than happy to let her classmates soak up the attention on Senior Night, but will still leave as the school’s record-holder in almost every hitting stat, career-wise and single-match wise.

In fact, Martin holds the top four spots for kills in a single match, a record she has broken three times this year – after already breaking it as a junior last season.

Now, Martin and her teammates will prepare for the 3A Rock Falls Regional next week at Tabor Gym as the top seed – in a bracket that also contains local rivals Dixon and Rock Falls.

“We’ve played these

TV listings

• Patriots at Steelers, CBS 7:20 p.m.

• Seahawks at Cardinals, NBC Soccer 7:25 a.m.

• Premier League, Southampton at Manchester City, NBCSN Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Dixon’s Jessa Long lays on the floor after missing a hit Thursday evening at Rock Falls during the Duchesses’ game against the Rockets. She and the Duchesses will be back at Tabor Gym Monday to face Rochelle. teams before, and we know a lot about each other,” Martin said.

“We don’t even really need top watch film on each other, because we already know the game plans. It’s going to be a challenge to work around that.”

Out of their system:

Dixon goes into the 3A Rock Falls Regional as the No. 5 seed, and will play former NCIC

Reagan rival Rochelle – the No. 11 seed – in Monday’s prelims.

The Duchesses hope things go better next week than in Thursday night’s trip to Tabor Gynm, where they lost 250-11, 26-24 to the Rockets. That second set saw Rock Falls rally from deficits of 22-14, 23-18 and 24-20 to take the match in two.

“Coming back here in

a regional setting, I just hope our kids – because they’re young and a little bit inexperienced – don’t succumb to the pressure,” Cocar said. “[Thursday] was a match that can build that character that we need, that toughness, the mentality of, ‘Hey, it’s game point, I’m going to serve and pass and terminate.’

We’ll need to rely on that experience next week.”

8:30 a.m.

• Bundesliga, SV Werder Bremen at RB Leipzig, FS1 9:55 a.m.

• Premier League, Manchester City at Chelsea, NBCSN 10:20 a.m.

• Bundesliga, Schalke 04 vs. F.S.V. Mainz, FS2 1 p.m.

• Women, International friendly, United States vs.

Switzerland, at Minneapolis, FS1 3 p.m.

• MLS, Real Salt Lake at Seattle, ESPN • MLS, Dallas at LA, FS1

Saturday, October 22, 2016

sportShorts SVM staff, wire services WNBA

Refs missed shot clock violation The WNBA said officials missed a shot clock violation in the deciding Game 5 on Thursday night in which the Los Angeles Sparks beat the defending champion Minnesota Lynx 77-76.

Renee Brown, WNBA chief of basketball operations and player relations, said Nneka Ogwumike’s shot with 1:14 remaining in regulation should not have counted.

Arenas switched shot clocks midseason. There were some issues when they were changed about how audible the horn was when it reached zero.

NBA

Silver says deal not done yet, but close NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Friday the league and players have made “tremendous progress” toward an extension of the collective bargaining agreement, saying he hoped a deal would be completed soon.

Silver said the process was far different than the contentious negotiations of 2011, which led to a lockout and a season that was shorted to 66 games.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Pac-12 reprimands Leach for comments The Pac-12 has reprimanded and fined Washington State coach Mike Leach $10,000 for comments this week about Arizona State stealing signs.

Leach accused the Sun Devils and head coach Todd Graham of stealing signs last season, and brought the subject up again at his Monday press conference ahead of the Cougars’ trip to Tempe this weekend.

MLB

White Sox name Getz to front-office role The White Sox named former infielder Chris Getz their new director of player development Friday.

He spent the last two seasons as a baseball operations assistant in player development with the Royals, assisting in minor-league operations and player personnel decisions in that role.

Wild Thing benched for World Series While actor Charlie Sheen, who played Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn in the movie “Major League” offered to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before one of this year’s World Series games, Major League Baseball said the choices have already been made.

A spokesman told the AP on Friday that MLB has worked with the Indians to identify “former franchise greats” to throw out the first pitch for the games in Cleveland, despite a movement by fans on social media for Sheen.

Let us hear it • Game results, story tips, athlete of the week nominations, team and individual stats can be faxed to 815-625-9390, called into 815-625-3600, ext. 5554, or e-mailed to sports@saukvalley.com.

Contact us at 815-625-3600 Sports Editor Ty Reynolds, ext. 5554 treynolds@saukvalley.com Assistant Sports Editor Eric Ingles, ext. 5555 eingles@saukvalley.com Sports Reporters Cody Cutter, ext. 5552 ccutter@saukvalley.com Brian Weidman, ext. 5551 bweidman@saukvalley.com

www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend • B3

OUTDOOR ADVENTURES

Winds of change are blowing in A

s I eased into my climbing stand Thursday morning, it was obvious that the hard turn to full-out fall is just about to take place.

The pre-dawn wind was blowing leaves off the trees, and the air had a definite chill to it. The green grass and weeds around the forest floor are now taking on a pale green and brown color.

The lack of the presence of bugs was very obvious as I settled in for the wait, even though I’m sure they are all far from gone. But the most telltale sign is just the scent in the air.

It’s not that muggy, wet, cut-grass smell that goes along with the heat of late summer. It’s a crisp, dry, fresh air with no specific odor, but more of a feeling that just makes you want to stop and take a deep breath, and it just feels good.

This morning was really different from my first trips to the stand, in the worse way possible. This was the first trip I did not see a deer, not one single trace.

I mean, I did see a few squirrels, and yes, the wood ducks were almost aggravating, and once again the Canadian geese were ridiculously thick overhead. But alas, no deer.

mattJONES Matt Jones is a fishing guide from Prophetstown. He can be reached at flatheadmechanic40 @gmail.com

Submitted photo

Michelle Jones readies herself in the boat during a recent trip to the Ohio River, in Owensboro, Kentucky.

This kind of day is when you appreciate that crisp, fresh air and the beauty of Mother Nature all around you.

But in the back of your mind, you are always hoping against hope that the deer of your dreams walks out in front of you.

Now, on to some news.

Get your calendars out and write this down. Saturday night the 10th day of December this very year of 2016, the Monsters of the Rock will be meeting at 6 p.m. at the Stumble Inn in Prophetstown and going over last season’s results, as well as announcing next year’s exciting schedule.

We will also be going

over rule and format changes, and answering any and all questions people may have. Food will be provided, and there will be some cool stuff raffled off as well, so make it on down and hang with us. Our series is growing, so if you have been considering fishing some tournaments, come on out and ask some questions and hang out with the guys.

I think it will really help make your decision easy.

If you happen to be out and about on the river, which, by the way, is absolutely beautiful right now, please remember that duck season is in full swing. Pay attention to

Close venue means a lot of local fans at regional FUN TIME

CONTINUED FROM B1

Long has been looking forward to the regional ever since she first saw the pairings, and knows she’s going to see some familiar faces on the opposite side of the net during the matches.

But that, coupled now with some redemption for Thursday’s loss, has added a little more motivation.

“When I was first looking at the brackets, and thought, ‘Oh man, it’s all rivals,’” Long said.

“We all feel that intensity, and it’s going to be loud, for sure. We’re all in a 20-minute radius, so everyone can come, fans from all three teams.

Plus, Kaylee and I know a person off every team, so it’s going to be weird, but cool, too, to see them in such a big match.”

As for the Rockets, they, too, have been eagerly anticipating the postseason. The chance to play with so much on the line, and to feel the boost of a home-court advantage, is something the Rock Falls players can’t wait to experience.

“It’s been a long time [since we’ve hosted a regional], and it being my senior year, it’s awesome,” libero Sydney Young said. “I’m so happy, because I want to make some more memories on my home court. Plus, I think it’s fun to play some of your last times against people that you know from other schools. I think it just brings out the intensity even more seeing those faces, because you want to beat those girls – and I think on the home court, I think it’s going to give us a little extra to get that done.”

Rock Falls coach Sheila Mammosser has experienced the Tabor crowd in the postseason before, most recently when her daughter, Morgan, was a freshman. Morgan and her class went on to lead the Rockets to the supersectional in their

your surroundings and be courteous to each other.

Do your best as a fisherman to give hunters their space, and as a hunter, make sure that fishermen actually know you’re there, so no one gets hurt or the bejesus scared out of them. Hunters kill their ducks, the fishermen catch their fish, and everyone is happy.

I will say that this year, some of you bird hunters have built some incredibly awesome blinds. I have been impressed with how well some of them things are blended in to the river banks and sand bars.

Me, well, I’m doing the daily jump from the tree stand to the boat seat,

and so on and so forth.

It’s a great way to live, man, and keeps you feeling young and happy.

After fishing tournaments in Illinois, Iowa, Tennessee, Kentucky and soon Alabama, I’m really looking forward to doing even more next year.

Then maybe an out-ofstate hunt of some sort to change things up. Who knows what is in store for any of us?

That’s why I’m always harping on you all to get outside and do something. Travel, hunt, fish, or whatever trips your trigger. Just do it now, because tomorrow is not guaranteed to any of us.

So here we go into the heart of the fall.

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas all right around the corner.

Or in the eyes of an outdoorsman, the rut, wintered channel cats, and coyotes. Is it too early to say Happy Holidays?

Until next week, Go Catfish!

SVM SCOUTS 2015 VOLLEYBALL REGIONALS 2A Riverdale When: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday in Port Byron Teams: No. 2 Riverdale, No. 3 Fulton, No. 7 Prophetstown, No. 8 Bureau Valley; No. 9 Alleman, No. 10 Morrison Locals to watch: Saige Barnett, BV so.; Kassidee Church, Morrison sr. MH; Brooke Huizenga, Fulton jr.

OH; Christen Hurley, BV jr.; Courtney Pierceson, Prophetstown jr. OH; Jordan Price, Fulton sr. MH; Lexi Rangel, Prophetstown sr. S; Madison Steines, Morrison jr. L Advancement: Winner to Byron Sectional, vs. Winnebago Regional winner, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1

2A Dakota

Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

Sterling’s Kaylee Martin (right) leads the top-seeded Golden Warriors into the Rock Falls Regional. senior season, but it was a regional right at home where they got their first taste of the playoffs.

Not surprisingly, Sheila Mammosser is excited to have the postseason vibes meet up with feeling right at home.

“The fact that we haven’t had a home regional since Morgan was a freshman, to be back on our home court, it’s really nice,” she said.

“I’m excited, and I like our close-in atmosphere.

I think it just makes everything more homey, I guess you’d call it. It’s a great atmosphere; it’ll be crazy, especially when we all play on one night. I think it’s going to be jam-packed. It’s just exciting, and I love it.”

Dixon and Rock Falls have played each other twice in conference matches in each of the last two seasons, and are also both at the Dixon and Rock Falls tournaments. Sterling also was at Dixon’s tournament, and coach Dale Dykeman was happy to be able to add the Rockets back on the regular-season schedule this season after a brief hiatus.

And while his Warriors won’t be playing in the friendly confines of the Homer Dome, Dykeman realizes what an advantage it is for all three local schools to be so close to home with such big stakes on the line.

It’s nice to be able to have that at home, but the next best thing is to go to the school in

the town next to your school,” Dykeman said.

“It’s going to be awesome as far as the community and fanbase being able to easily travel to come watch, right across the river.

“And the fact that these kids play a lot together and against each other with club, and we coach each other’s kids in club, we have that familiarity and camaraderie that I think just adds to the environment and gives the kids more incentive to play well and succeed. It adds another layer and wrinkle to already huge matches, and it makes it even a little more important and fun for the girls.”

Martin says that the familiarity will make it “a lot more pressure-packed and nerve-racking” on the court. Without having to rely on film, these players and coaches know the others’ tendencies, their strengths and weaknesses, and it will take more creativity to win matches.

But Mammosser knows all three teams will raise their level of play because of all of those intangibles.

“I just think it makes everything more competitive,” she said. “You can call it bragging rights, you can call it whatever you want. The fact is that you respect everybody’s program, but you want to beat them, and the fact that we all three have really good programs consistently, it just makes it that much more fun.”

When: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Teams: No. 1 Dakota, No. 4 Oregon, No. 5 Pecatonica, No. 6 Forreston No. 11 West Carroll Locals to watch: Gylian Finch, Oregon jr. OH; Haylie Rorbeck, Oregon sr. S; Aleah Wight, Oregon sr. L Advancement: Winner to Byron Sectional, vs. Aurora Christian Regional winner, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1

1A AFC When: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday in Ashton Teams: No. 2 AFC, No. 3 Newman, No. 6 Indian Creek, No. 7 Paw Paw, No. 8 Hinckley-Big Rock, No. 9 Mooseheart Locals to watch: Mady Ferris, Newman sr. L; Jaynee Prestegaard, AFC so. MB; Emily Shrimplin, AFC jr. S; Madalyn Wilson, Newman sr. OH Advancement: Winner to Eastland Sectional, vs.

Stockton Regional winner, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1

1A Polo When: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Teams: No. 1 Eastland, No. 4 Amboy, No. 5 Milledgeville, No. 10 Polo, No. 11 Hiawatha Locals to watch: Ashley Beyers, Eastland sr. S; Karlee Doege, Amboy sr. OH; Kenzie Dusing, Polo sr.; Makenzie Fink, Eastland sr. OH; Justine Gorzny, Polo sr.; Holly Smith, Milledgeville jr. S; Rebecca Waite, Milledgeville jr. MH; Delaney Wilhelm, Oregon sr. OH Advancement: Winner to Eastland Sectional, vs. Rkfd.

Christian Life Regional winner, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1

1A Annawan When: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Teams: No. 2 LaMoille-Ohio, No. 3 Lowpoint-Washburn, No. 6 Annawan, No. 7 Erie, No. 10 Henry-Senachwine, No. 11 DePue Locals to watch: Courtney Kruthoff, Erie sr. OH; Lexi Loftus, LaMoillle-Ohio jr. OH; Jenna Saad, Erie so. S; Taylor Steimle, Erie sr. MH Advancement: Winner to Flanagan-Cornell Sectional, vs. Streator Woodland Regional winner, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 1

Elks Page Park

TURKEY SHOOTS SUNDAY, OCT. 30

SIGN-UP STARTS AT 8:30AM. SHOOTING STARTS AT 9:30AM

~PUBLIC WELCOME~ TARGET $2.50 EACH PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT CHILDRENS’CARE CORP.

On Lowell Park Road 1 Mile North of Lowell Park at the Elks Page Park

DOOR PRIZES EVERY HOUR • LUNCH STAND OPEN PUBLIC INVITED - BRING A FRIEND SM-ST09991-1029

GUN RAFFLE ON NOVEMBER 13TH - TICKETS AVAILABLE

B4 • SV Weekend

www.saukvalley.com

NFL | BEARS

Saturday, October 22, 2016

MLB | WRIGLEY FIELD | SCOREBOARD

Man behind the numbers Retiring Wrigley scoreboard operator has seen it all

BY JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer

AP

Bears quarterback Brian Hoyer holds his arm after getting tackled between Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews and outside linebacker Julius Peppers on Thursday night. Hoyer left the game with a broken left arm, joining Connor Shaw and Jay Cutler on the list of injured Bears quarterbacks.

Bad breaks keep coming for Bears Hoyer is latest added to quickly growing list of injured players

BY MIKE ROEMER Associated Press

LAKE FOREST – The Chicago Bears keep losing games – and quarterbacks.

After quarterback Brian Hoyer suffered a broken left arm against the Green Bay Packers in a 26-10 loss Thursday night, Jay Cutler’s return as starter appears inevitable.

The question is when?

“When he’s cleared medically, we’ll have him out there,” Bears coach John Fox said. “When exactly that’s going to be, I can’t answer that. He’s getting closer.”

The Bears (1-6) could use some good news in what’s been a miserable season so far.

Cutler has been at practice without a brace or cast on the thumb in recent weeks, but has taken part in only one team workout since suffering the injury against Philadelphia on Sept. 19.

With the Bears off until Oct. 31, Cutler will have more time to recover and possibly start ahead of third-string quarterback Matt Barkley.

It’s not the first quarterback the Bears have lost to a broken bone this year. During preseason, the Bears lost potential third-string quarterback Connor Shaw to a broken leg, and signed Barkley on Sept. 4.

“The personnel people thought that he was a taller guy that stood in the pocket pretty well, a guy that we thought we could work with, that had some experience,” Fox said.

Barkley was 30-for-50 with four interceptions with Philadelphia in 201314 after being drafted in the fourth round in 2013.

Against Green Bay on Thursday, he was 6-for-15 passing for 81 yards with two interceptions.

Barkley had taken practically no first-team snaps and worked almost entirely with the scout team as he tried to learn a new offense.

“It’s just like learning a new language,” Barkley said. “My wife’s been

helping me out. Just spit out plays. It just takes time; it’s one of those things that takes time.

We’ve tried to cram as much in as we could.”

Barkley said getting used to throwing to receivers he’d never worked with even in practice was the biggest obstacle.

If Cutler isn’tready and Barkley must start against Minnesota, he’ll find a longer period of preparation beneficial.

“Thursday is pretty rough to get everything crammed in within a few days of not really being able to practice,” Barkley said. “That’ll be nice to get back a full week and have guys healthy.”

The health of other players is at least as big an issue for the Bears, who are 1-6 for the first time since 2000.

They didn’t have starting left guard Josh Sitton due to ankle and shoulder injuries, and Pro Bowl right guard Kyle Long left Thursday’s game with an arm issue.

Fox had said prior to the loss to Green Bay that his decision on a starting quarterback would be performance-based, and Hoyer had thrown a club-record four straight 300-yard passing games.

But Hoyer left early in the second quarter after getting hit by Julius Peppers and Clay Matthews on an incompletion.

The defensive secondary has also been wracked with injuries.

De’Vante Bausby came up from the practice squad Oct. 10 and started against the Packers after injuries at cornerback to Kyle Fuller, Bryce Callahan and Deoindre’ Hall.

The other starting cornerback, Tracy Porter, has played through a knee injury.

“We just have to dig in and keep working,” said guard Eric Kush, who replaced Sitton against Green Bay. “No one is going to come and save you. You have to pull your boot straps up and keep working.”

Matt Barkley file Born: Sept. 8, 1990 College: USC Drafted: 4th round (98th overall) by the Eagles, 2013 NFL career stats: 5 games played, 36-65 passing, 381 yards, 0 TDs, 6 INTs Thursday at Green Bay: 6-15, 81 yards, 0 TDs, 2 INTs

CHICAGO – Fred Washington has been surrounded by numbers and cities for decades. Seasons full of ones and twos and zeroes. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Milwaukee, too.

When his beloved Chicago Cubs scored three in the first, Washington put the crooked number in the right spot. When the Cardinals jumped all over the Pirates, Washington told the story, column by column on the hand-operated scoreboard at Wrigley Field.

Springs turned into summers and mostly empty Octobers, and Washington’s most important numbers changed. And he realized it’s time to go home.

“I think as you get older, your body speaks to you and tells you the things that you’re able to do,” he said. “Also, there’s certain things around here that you can’t do, and one of those is, you spend an awful lot of time here, and at 66, I think I want to spend some time with my family, because I don’t have very much time to spend with my family here.”

So when the Cubs play their last home game of the year, that’ll be it for Washington, too. He’ll climb down the ladder at the bottom of the classic green scoreboard and stroll off to retirement.

No one will notice, probably.

There likely won’t be any fuss. The Cubs honored Washington before a September game, and that was more than enough for the easygoing Chicago native.

It was all a gift, anyway. More than Washington ever expected.

“You never realize that you’re going to meet so many good people,” Washington said, “so many people that had such a bearing on your life. It’s very rewarding.”

Washington had jobs with the Chicago Police Department, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and in railroads before he was hired by the Cubs in 1984 for a security position.

He moved to the grounds crew 2 years later, and then joined the scoreboard crew in 1990.

“This particular job, it’s kind of next man up,” he said. “People retire, they move on, and somebody has to replace them, and you can’t just walk up like you’ve lived here all your life. It’s like anything else. It’s a learning process.”

Washington’s home away from home these past 26 years was built in 1937. There are three levels in the scoreboard, and as many as four people fill in the numbers for a full slate of games in the summer.

AP

Scoreboard operator Fred Washington looks out to the field from inside the iconic scoreboard at Wrigley Field. Washington is retiring from his job after 26 years at the end of this season.

Washington and his partner work on the first floor for the Cubs’ linescore and National and American League games on the bottom level. Darryl Wilson, another longtime scoreboard operator, takes care of the second and third floors, along with another colleague.

Wilson calls down updates that he gets from a computer.

“We spend an awful lot of time together, and the camaraderie is such that we’re almost related,” Washington said. “I mean we get along, we get along very well. It’s kind of like we’re brothers up here.”

“It’s a lot of laughter. It’s a lot of joy up here,” he continued, “except when the Cubs lose.”

Washington also has a rapport with the fans who sit in Wrigley’s famed bleachers. He sees it all from his perch above the stands, and he hears it from the crowd if someone feels there is a miscue with the scoreboard.

“There’s a human element up here,” Washington said, sitting in a chair in the scoreboard while the Cubs were in Los Angeles this week for the NL Championship Series.

“I mean, nobody’s perfect, and they’ll scream up here and try to point out something to me if they believe it’s a mistake.”

Wrigley also is where Washington met his wife, Darla. She was friends with one of Washington’s co-workers. They got married in 1989, and the couple’s daughter,

Alisha, 21, goes to Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. While Darla likes the Cubs because of Washington’s job, he said she isn’t a baseball fan.

“To her, it’s like how can I come home tired from watching a ballgame,” he said. “But she’s under the impression that like when I come to work, I just walk up in the scoreboard and sit down and everything’s cool until I get off. But I have other chores.”

Alisha visited Wrigley for the first time when her father was recognized last month.

“A 21-year-old’s mind, you don’t hear things like ‘I’m proud of you,’ because their mind just don’t work like that,” Washington said. “But when a 21-year-old tells you that they’re proud of you, it’s something to pay attention to, and it kind of made my heart kind of skip a beat.”

Washington has seen a lot of bad teams over the years. But his final season has been a lot of fun.

The Cubs rolled to a major league-best 103 wins and the NL Central title this year. Game 6 against the Dodgers is Saturday night at Wrigley.

It has been 71 years since Chicago’s last NL pennant, and 108 years since the franchise last won the World Series in 1908. A title would be quite a send-off for the softspoken Washington, who sounds as if he is coaching himself for whatever way it comes to an end.

Kershaw ready on 5 days rest to face Cubs in Game 6 HISTORY

CONTINUED FROM B1

The Cubs will go with major league ERA leader Kyle Hendricks in Game 6.

Game 7 would be on Sunday, if necessary.

“We’ve won two games in a row before,” said Los Angeles’ Adrian Gonzalez. “Nothing says we can’t do it Saturday and Sunday.”

The Cubs put themselves in this position by shaking off back-to-back shutout losses and combining to score 18 runs in the past two games.

Jon Lester threw seven solid innings, Addison Russell continued his resurgence at the plate with a tiebreaking home run, and the Cubs beat the Dodgers 8-4 on Thursday night.

Russell has gone deep in back-to-back games, and is 5-for-10 after going 1-for-24 to start the postseason. Anthony Rizzo is also connecting, with five hits and a homer over the past two games after a 2-for-26 stretch. Javier Baez continues to come through with big hits at the plate, and sensational plays at second base.

Now, it’s up to Kershaw to cool off the Cubs.

The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner is 2-0 with a 3.72 ERA in three starts and one relief appearance this

Saturday Game 6 Pitching: Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers vs. Kyle Hendricks of the Cubs

Sunday – Game 7 Pitching: Rich Hill of the Dodgers vs. Jake Arrieta of the Cubs Both games start at 7 p.m. at Wrigley Field, and will air on FS1 The Cubs had a 2-0 lead against San Diego in the 1984 NLCS, only to see the Padres win the final three games in that bestAP of-five series.

Thirteen years ago, the Javier Baez hits a two-run scoring double during the eighth inning of Game 5 Thursday. The Cubs scored Cubs returned home up a total of 18 runs in Games 4 and 5 after being shut 3-2 over the Marlins in the NLCS. And, well, fans out in Games 2 and 3. still have nightmares postseason, and has been are in position to move over that one. Chicago erasing a reputation for on. was five outs from the struggling in the playoffs.

World War II had just World Series with Mark He came through with ended the last time they Prior on the mound only two decent starts against won the pennant, and to see everything come Washington in the NLDS, the World Series that year apart. and closed out the series- is remembered as much A fan named Steve Bartclinching win. for a goat and a curse as man reached up for Luis He was nothing short of it is for the Detroit Tigers Castillo’s foul as Moispectacular against Chiwinning in seven games. ses Alou leaned into the cago in Game 2, pitching The Cubs angered Billy stands. The ball deflected two-hit ball over seven Goat Tavern owner Billy off Bartman’s hands. Alou innings before Kenley Sianis when they asked went wild. Shortstop Alex Jansen closed out a 1-0 him to leave Game 4 Gonzalez later booted a victory. because the odor of his potential inning-ending Kershaw was ready to pet goat Murphy was double play. Prior melted pitch Thursday on 3 days’ bothering fans. Siadown on the mound. rest. He’ll get 5 between nis supposedly placed a The Cubs lost that starts instead, though he curse on the franchise, game, and they went on will be pitching for the and since then, it’s been to drop the series finale fourth time in 12 days. mostly losing, with a few even though they had But it’s the Cubs who close calls.

Kerry Wood starting.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

New England Buffalo Miami N.Y. Jets

W 5 4 2 1

Houston Tennessee Jacksonville Indianapolis

W 4 3 2 2

Pittsburgh Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland

W 4 3 2 0

Oakland Denver Kansas City San Diego

W 4 4 3 2

Pct .833 .667 .333 .167

PF 149 162 118 95

PA 91 103 134 164

Pct .667 .500 .400 .333

PF 108 120 101 160

PA 127 127 127 174

Pct .667 .500 .333 .000

PF 154 117 109 113

PA 123 115 145 176

Pct .667 .667 .600 .333

PF 152 140 109 173

PA 163 108 102 155

PF 159 142 135 116

PA 107 142 78 131

PF 199 94 155 161

PA 166 142 168 176

PF 119 140 150 111

PA 63 123 153 169

PF 105 110 153 127

PA 78 137 104 185

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East L T Pct Dallas 1 0 .833 Washington 2 0 .667 Philadelphia 2 0 .600 N.Y. Giants 3 0 .500 South W L T Pct Atlanta 4 2 0 .667 Tampa Bay 2 3 0 .400 New Orleans 2 3 0 .400 Carolina 1 5 0 .167 North W L T Pct Minnesota 5 0 0 1.000 Green Bay 4 2 0 .667 Detroit 3 3 0 .500 Chicago 1 6 0 .143 West W L T Pct Seattle 4 1 0 .800 Los Angeles 3 3 0 .500 Arizona 3 3 0 .500 San Francisco 1 5 0 .167 Thursday’s result Green Bay 26, Chicago 10 Sunday’s games N.Y. Giants at Los Angeles, 8:30 a.m.

Minnesota at Philadelphia, Noon New Orleans at Kansas City, Noon Oakland at Jacksonville, Noon Baltimore at N.Y. Jets, Noon Washington at Detroit, Noon Indianapolis at Tennessee, Noon Buffalo at Miami, Noon Cleveland at Cincinnati, Noon Tampa Bay at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

San Diego at Atlanta, 3:05 p.m.

New England at Pittsburgh, 3:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 7:30 p.m.

Open: Dallas, Carolina Monday’s game Houston at Denver, 7:30 p.m.

W 5 4 3 3

SV Weekend • B5

COLLEGE FOOTBALL | ILLINOIS AT MICHIGAN

NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East L T 1 0 2 0 4 0 5 0 South L T 2 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 North L T 2 0 3 0 4 0 6 0 West L T 2 0 2 0 2 0 4 0

www.saukvalley.com

College Football Saturday Top 25 games No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 6 Texas A&M, 2:30 p.m.

No. 2 Ohio State at Penn State, 7 p.m.

No. 3 Michigan vs. Illinois, 2:30 p.m.

No. 5 Washington vs. Oregon State, 5:30 p.m.

No. 7 Louisville vs. NC State, 11 a.m.

No. 8 Nebraska vs. Purdue, 2:30 p.m.

No. 10 Wisconsin at Iowa, 11 a.m.

No. 11 Houston at SMU, 6 p.m.

No. 12 West Virginia vs. TCU, 2:30 p.m.

No. 16 Oklahoma at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.

No. 17 Arkansas at No. 21 Auburn, 5 p.m.

No. 19 Utah at UCLA, 3 p.m.

No. 20 Western Michigan vs. Eastern Michigan, 2:30 p.m.

No. 22 North Carolina at Virginia, 2 p.m.

No. 23 Mississippi at No. 25 LSU, 8 p.m.

No. 24 Navy vs. Memphis, 2:30 p.m.

BIG TEN CONFERENCE East Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA Michigan 3 0 141 17 6 0 300 62 Ohio St. 3 0 126 40 6 0 296 77 Penn St. 2 1 77 89 4 2 183 171 Maryland 1 2 74 76 4 2 197 127 Indiana 1 2 63 86 3 3 155 152 Michigan St. 0 3 67 108 2 4 145 180 Rutgers 0 4 14 174 2 5 116 264 West Conference AllGames W L PF PA W L PF PA Nebraska 3 0 82 51 6 0 212 110 Iowa 3 1 108 87 5 2 216 134 Northwestern 2 1 105 95 3 3 157 139 Minnesota 1 2 64 53 4 2 183 128 Wisconsin 1 2 60 50 4 2 153 91 Purdue 1 2 76 130 3 3 165 200 Illinois 1 2 71 72 2 4 156 157 Saturday games Wisconsin at Iowa, 11 a.m.

Indiana at Northwestern, 11 a.m.

Rutgers at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Purdue at Nebraska, 2:30 p.m.

Illinois at Michigan, 2:30 p.m.

Michigan St. at Maryland, 6:30 p.m.

Ohio St. at Penn St., 7 p.m.

MAC East Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA Akron 2 1 66 81 4 3 226 242 Ohio 2 1 67 58 4 3 214 184 Kent St. 1 2 85 69 2 5 161 196 Miami (Ohio) 1 2 38 66 1 6 120 190 Buffalo 0 2 41 75 1 5 97 190 BGSU 0 2 49 58 1 6 145 321 West Conference AllGames W L PF PA W L PF PA W. Michigan 3 0 135 40 7 0 310 123 Toledo 1 0 35 20 5 1 258 140 C. Michigan 2 1 68 98 5 2 226 198 E. Michigan 2 1 75 80 5 2 221 188 Ball St. 1 2 76 76 4 3 199 168 N. Illinois 1 2 89 103 1 6 191 261 Saturday games Cent. Michigan at Toledo, 11 a.m.

Miami (Ohio) at Bowling Green, 11 a.m.

Ohio at Kent St., Noon Akron at Ball St., 2 p.m.

Buffalo at N. Illinois, 2:30 p.m.

E. Michigan at W. Michigan, 2:30 p.m.

LINE NFL Sunday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG NY Giants 3 44 Los Angeles Minnesota 3 39½ at PHILA. at KANSAS CITY 6 50½ New Orleans at DETROIT 1 50 Washington at CINCINNATI 10 45½ Cleveland Buffalo 3 44 at MIAMI at JACKSONVILLE 1 47½ Oakland at TENNESSEE 3 48 Indianapolis at NY JETS 2 40½ Baltimore at ATLANTA 6½ 54 San Diego at SAN FRANCISCO PK 46½ Tampa Bay New England 7 47 at PITTSBURGH at ARIZONA 2 43 Seattles Monday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at DENVER 9 40½ Houston

COLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at W MICHIGAN 24 59½ E. Michigan at BOSTON COLLEGE 4 51 Syracuse at MINNESOTA 18 46 Rutgers at CINCINNATI 2 64½ East Carolina at WEST VIRGINIA 6½ 65½ TCU at NORTHWESTERN 3 53 Indiana at NEBRASKA 24 61½ Purdue Oklahoma St 23 60½ at KANSAS Wisconsin 4 43 at IOWA North Carolina 11 68½ at VIRGINIA at LOUISVILLE 20 65 NC State at TOLEDO 10½ 62½ Cent. Michigan at BALL ST 3½ 60 Akron Louisiana Tech 17 67½ at FIU at APPALACHIAN ST 21 53 Idaho at SOUTH CAROLINA 20 47 UMass at MARSHALL 10 58 Charlotte at NEW MEXICO 17 62 Louisiana-Monroe at N ILLINOIS 23 61 Buffalo UCF 4 47 at UCONN Ohio 3 44 at KENT ST Washington St 7½ 63½ at ARIZONA ST Oklahoma 13½ 85 at TEXAS TECH at MICHIGAN 39½ 54 Illinois Houston 21 62½ at SMU Memphis 2 58 at NAVY Wyoming 6½ 52½ at NEVADA at TULSA 10½ 54 Tulane at WASHINGTON 36½ 53 Oregon St at BOWLING GREEN 2 52½ Miami Ohio Mississippi St 3 54 at KENTUCKY at UTSA 9½ 47 UTEP at W KENTUCKY 14 65½ Old Dominion Texas 1½ 54 at KANSAS ST at STANFORD 1 49½ Colorado Michigan St 3 49½ at MARYLAND at MISSOURI 7½ 74½ MIDDLE TENN Georgia Southern 13½ 65½ at NM ST at UCLA 7 45½ Utah at LSU 7½ 60½ Mississippi at AUBURN 10½ 55 Arkansas Ohio State 20 57 at PENN ST at ALABAMA 17½ 60½ Texas A&M

NOTRE DAME

Hope not lost for the Irish LAMOND POPE Chicago Tribune

AP

Illinois running back Reggie Corbin (2) has brought things he learned playing rugby and basketball to the football field. He has become a major force in the Illini rushing attack.

Fight through the scrum Corbin’s rugby background paying off in football

BY SHANNON RYAN Chicago Tribune

Illinois at Michigan

Bouncing off defenders like a pinball or slipping out of tackles as if covered in grease, running back Reggie Corbin’s escape-artist moves are becoming his signature at Illinois.

Coach Lovie Smith moved his finger as if drawing a lightning bolt to describe how Corbin makes defenders miss. Corbin calls his zigzags “the sauce.”

The redshirt freshman appears born for the position in which he has quickly ascended into a leading role for the Illini.

But he said his moves are a combination of his first love (basketball) and his new love (rugby).

“I was big into basketball,” Corbin said this week. “I was a really good player. I didn’t get too serious about football until my sophomore year.

“Rugby helped me so much in football: being able to set my teammates up, getting up the field and making guys miss, using leverage, being able to change speeds. When you look on the [football] film, if my rugby coach saw it, he would be like, ‘Yeah, that’s exactly where he got that.’”

When:2:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor TV: BTN Those skills have helped the 5-foot-10, 185-pound Corbin emerge as one of the few highlights for the 2-4 Illini, who visit No. 3 Michigan on Saturday.

After redshirting last season with a torn labrum, Corbin was expected to play a reserve role this year. But he and Kendrick Foster have dominated the running game recently, while former starter Ke’Shawn Vaughn has seen his carries dwindle to four over the last three games.

Corbin’s 9.3 yards per carry would lead the nation if he had enough carries to qualify in the official NCAA statistics. He didn’t carry at all against North Carolina or Western Michigan, and first made his presence known with 72 yards at Nebraska, then topped 90 yards the last 2 weeks against Purdue and Rutgers. Of his 325 yards, 254 have come in Big Ten play.

“We felt like Reggie would give us something we haven’t seen before,” Smith said after the Nebraska game. “He can

make you miss in the open field.”

Sports, always a significant part of Corbin’s life, became an emotional outlet after his mother, Patricia Brown, died in 2008 from complications after thyroid surgery. She continues to be a source of inspiration, he said.

“I had to watch her slip into a coma,” Corbin said. “In the course of months, she ended up dying. I had to watch that happen as a kid. I’ve seen the worst of the worst. It makes you tougher. When you see something bad, you know you’ve seen worse.”

He said his father, Reginald Corbin, became his best friend, and they worked out their grief together in the gym at 6 every morning.

Said Reginald: “I told him: ‘You’re a reflection of your parents. She’s listening and watching over you. You can make her proud.’”

Corbin, a skilled point guard, said he went to Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C., in large part because of the basketball team. It wasn’t easy breaking the news to his dad that he felt more comfortable on the football field.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL | WISCONSIN AT IOWA

West is still wild for Wisconsin No. 10 Badgers look to keep division hopes alive at Iowa

BY LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer

IOWA CITY, Iowa – In just 3 weeks, Wisconsin might go from being the toast of the Big Ten West to, well, toast in the Big Ten West.

The 10th-ranked Badgers (4-2, 1-2) earned the nation’s respect after close losses to Michigan and Ohio State, dropping just two spots in this week’s poll. And yet a loss on Saturday at unranked Iowa (5-2, 3-1) would put the Badgers three back of the Hawkeyes in the win column with just five games left.

There’s also No. 8 Nebraska (6-0, 3-0), which hosts a Purdue team that just fired its coach on Saturday before it visits Wisconsin next week.

The Badgers might prove to be the best overall team in the West. They might also be out of the division title chase before Halloween.

“For us to be the best, we have to keep improving each week.

That’s the [halfway] report,” Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said.

Iowa was supposed

Wisconsin at Iowa When: 11 a.m. Saturday Where: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City TV: ESPN receivers have lacked the ability to separate from defensive backs.

Still, Beathard is completing 60 percent of his passes, and has 11 TDs against just four picks.

Defense matters

AP

Robert Wheelwright (back) and the Wisconsin Badgers have back-to-back close losses to Michigan and Ohio State, but are still in the hunt for a division title. to be the team that everyone one in the West was looking up at by now.

Instead, the Hawkeyes are eager to prove they’re a real division contender again.

Iowa rallied from two losses in three games with a tight win at Minnesota on Oct. 8. Last week, they sealed Boilermakers coach Darrell Hazell’s demise with a 49-35 win that included three

late and largely meaningless Purdue TDs. Here are the factors that could decide things on Saturday: Scouting Iowa

Purdue’s late rally obscured the fact that the Hawkeyes have been much better defensively in recent weeks.

On offense, quarterback C.J. Beathard hasn’t put up great numbers, largely because the Hawkeyes

Wisconsin’s defense has been spectacular all season. The Badgers are ninth nationally in points allowed per game at 15.2, despite the fact that they’ve already faced LSU and the Wolverines and Buckeyes. Iowa is 21st in the country with just 19.2 points allowed per game, and has let up seven points or less three times this season.

Home woes

The visiting team has won the last five meetings in this series dating back to 2009.

Iowa last hosted Wisconsin in 2014. Melvin Gordon had 200 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Badgers rallied for a 26-24 win.

Notre Dame began the season with College Football Playoff aspirations.

Now the Irish just hope to qualify for any bowl game.

Arguably the most disappointing team in the country, Notre Dame (2-5) needs to win four of its final five games to become bowl eligible.

“Everybody in the locker room believes that we can get it done,” wide receiver Torii Hunter Jr. said leading up to the 17-10 loss to Stanford on Oct. 15. “No matter what they say on the outside, we still have a tremendous belief in each other on the inside.”

After an open date this weekend, the Irish get back on the field Oct. 29 against Miami at Notre Dame Stadium. Here are five things to look for as they attempt to salvage their season: Being defensive

Notre Dame’s defensive woes are well-documented. The Irish are allowing 27.7 points per game (68th nationally). But there have been signs of life in the aftermath of a defensive coordinator change on Sept. 25.

The defense has allowed two touchdowns in the last 10 quarters. And the Irish have five sacks in the last three games, after getting only one in the first four games.

Can the turnaround continue?

“We have just allowed them to play without worrying about mistakes,” coach Brian Kelly said.

In the air

While the defense has taken baby steps forward, the offense has slipped back. Notre Dame has one offensive touchdown in the last nine quarters.

A brief quarterback switch didn’t work. Malik Zaire replaced starter DeShone Kizer in the third quarter against Stanford in an attempt to find a spark. Kizer returned late in the fourth quarter.

Notre Dame has had consecutive games with fewer than 200 passing yards for the first time since September 2013.

Kizer will start against Miami, and it’s a chance to see how he responds to adversity.

Youthful look

Freshmen Julian Love, Troy Pride Jr., and Devin Studstill started in the secondary against Stanford. They are among 12 true freshmen to play this season.

The youngsters will have to continue to grow up fast. If nothing else, the experience will help the Irish down the line.

“I’m doing everything to build the winning identity for this team for right now and for ’17, ’18 and ’19,”Kelly said, “because as I talk to the group, there is a row of upperclassmen, not many, and then there is a bunch of young guys.”

Closing strong

Notre Dame has outscored its opponents 212194, but two lopsided wins make that stat deceiving.

The Irish haven’t found a way to win a close game.

All five losses have been tight. The largest margin of defeat was eight against Michigan State.

“We are right there,” left tackle Mike McGlinchey said. “It is an experience right now that is tough to handle, but we are confident that we will get out of the rut.”

Handling noise

“Everybody on our staff is on a very public interview,” Kelly said the day he announced the firing of defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder. Kelly added that he was under review as well.

B6

B6 • SV Weekend

www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016

CLASSIFIED place ads online www.saukvalley.com

SAUK VALLEY

Dixon 815.284.SOLD(7653)

Sterling 815.626.SOLD (7653)

• we reach over 48,000 readers every day • LOST

110

IS YOUR PET MISSING? Read our found section in todays paper. Just in case it is not there, call one of your area animal shelters listed below: Lee County Animal Control (815)284-3833 Granny Rose Animal Shelter (815)288-7387 Whiteside County Animal Control (815)625-3507 Happy Tails Humane Society (815)626-2994 A public service of Sauk Valley Media

ANNOUNCEMENTS

124

NEW TODAY IL Conceal & Carry License: includes use of revolver & semi-auto, ammo, eye & ear protection, range, fee & target, referral packet, copy of CC laws, FOID laws.

Everything $100 provided.

815-716-8478 Will come to your location or mine.

VOLUNTEERS

VOLUNTEERS

126

CASA 15th Judicial Circuit (Lee/ Carroll/Ogle Counties) is seeking volunteers to advocate for children in the court system involved in abuse and neglect cases.

Your involvement can impact a child’s future.

Contact Trisha Morrow, Executive Director (815) 288-1901 www.casalee carroll.com

Advertise Your Rentals in Sauk Valley Classifieds

126

CPR (Cancer Patient Resources) Filling the needs of people going through cancer treatment.

Volunteers appreciated.

Call 815-718-4849

Call

625-3600 or 284-2222

REAL ESTATE 202 SERVICES PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference , limitation or discrimination based on race, color,religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-279275.

FOR SALE

BY OWNER

209

ROCHELLE Condo for sale $68,500 1133 N 7th St. Unit 803 1 BR, 1 Bth, new carpet, new DW, tile floors, multiple closets. All appliances stay, open LR & eat-in kitchen. Security entrance offers safety for residents, two car parking; a health club, with indoor Olympic size pool.

Close to Walmart, hospital, & restaurants. Awesome view to enjoy morning coffee!

Homeowner Assoc. $200 mth, average utilities $68, Nicor $30 per mth.

Please call Rosalina for info.

815-757-5017

MOBILE HOMES 230

MOBILE HOMES

230

Advertise your mobile homes for sale here!!

AMBOY 2BR HANDYMAN SPECIAL Available in Meadows Mobile Home Park, Amboy Call 815-857-3611

ROCKFALLS 2 & 3 BR Mobile Homes. Rent to own $400/mo.

815-441-4157 SophieVentures @gmail.com

APARTMENTSFURNISHED 305 ROCK FALLS

DIXON

STERLING

Newer 2 BR, apartment Fieldstone area: W/D hookup, appls. incl.

Fireplace, garage w/ opener. $640 mo., $500 dep. 960 sq. ft.

815-626-1431 or 815-631-5855

NORTHLAND PARK APARTMENTS

2BR upper no pets, great location $450 or 2br house $550 630-772-5051

CALL FOR AVAILABILITY

2BR, 1st floor, Dixon. Carpeted.

No steps. 321 W. 4th St.,$500/ mo.

815-262-0756

EFFICIENCIES! -InclusiveClean & Quiet 815-626-8790*

STERLING 1BR, $350 mo. + dep. Stove & refrig.

563-880-8622

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED 306 Attractive 1 & 2 BR. apts. with some utilities. Sterling & Rock Falls.

No pets, no parties.

Refs. req.

815-336-2305.

HAVING TROUBLE wording your ad?

Call our Classified Department today.

We'll be glad to help you.

626-SOLD or 284-SOLD

AMBOY

3BR Townhouse Apt, W/D H/U, garage, stove, refrigerator. N/E Dixon, No pets.

815-535-2093 Dixon Manor Apt. 2BR, 1ba. open now!

Close to downtown, security building, hardwood floors, heat, water included.

Clean, quiet lifestyle bldg. Call Erick for showing 815-739-5806

OREGON Downtown Oregon Apts. Studio, 1 & 2 BR. No pets.

815-946-3955

ROCK FALLS

$200 off 1st mo rent Nice 2BR w/applcs $500/mo + lease & dep. 815-716-0123

DIXON 2BR clean, quiet.

No smoking or pets. $500+ dep.

815-690-2711

1 & 2 BR Hampton Apts.

815-625-7043 1BR with stove, refrig., water, $425/ mo.+ dep. No pets.

815-535-3237 Nice, lg. 1BR + applcs, A/C No pets. $425. 815-718-1784

Studio’s, 1 & 2 BR Apts.

(815) 632-7368 (Located Behind Northland Mall)

SM-ST10277-1122

Sterling Rentals Newer 2 Bedroom $640.00 Applcs., Fireplaces 2002 3rd Ave. 1836 First Ave. 606 W. Lefevre 2 BR $535.00 1 BR $465.00 1 Studio $390.00 Partial Heat, Water, Sewer, Refuse Removal, Laundry Facilities, Satellite

(815)626-1431 2BR $450/mo. + key dep. No pets.

815-590-3026 3BR, 2ba., W/D hookups, 2 car attached garage, pet friendly. Call 563212-1896.

Apts. For Rent No pets.

No Exceptions!

Call 815-716-0367.

Lg 2BR townhouse, 620 E. 19th St. Stove, refrig, 1 ½ BA. No smoking. Lease, dep., + ref. $625/ mo. 815-626-3930

CARS815.com

PUBLIC NOTICES SAUK VALLEY

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that Whiteside County Housing Authority (WCHA) will hold a Public Hearing pertaining to their Annual Plan and Capital Fund Program budgets for their fiscal year beginning April 1, 2017. Copies of the plan documents are available at the WCHA Central office Mon. thru Wed. 8-4:30, Thurs. 14:30. A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. at the WCHA Central office, located at 401 West 18th Street, Rock Falls, IL. The WCHA Board of Commissioners will take into consideration written or verbal comments. Equal Opportunity.

October 22, & 26 2016

Request for Bid Truck Cab and Chassis For Coloma Road District

Bid Opening: Whiteside County Highway Department 18819 Lincoln Rd. Morrison, IL 61270 Notice to Bidders: 1. TIME & PLACE OF BID OPENING: Sealed proposals for the purchase of the equipment described herein will be received at the office of Whiteside County Highway Department until 10 a.m. on Monday, October 31st , 2016 and at that time will be opened and read aloud.

2. DESCRIPTION OF EQUIPMENT: Proposed Equipment Purchased includes new Cab and Chassis for use as a snow plow truck. Bid includes new (2016 model year or newer) cab and chassis with listed Specifications. The body and equipment will bid separately after procurement of the cab and chassis and is not included with this bid.

3. INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS: Specifications and Proposal Forms may be obtained at the office of Whiteside County Highway at above stated address.

4. REJECTION OF BIDS: Coloma Road District reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive technicalities.

Oct. 21, 2016

LOOKING

FOR THE PERFECT HOME? Read Sauk Valley Classifieds real estate section & Real Estate Weekly on Thursdays.

Saturday, October 22, 2016 STERLING

OREGON

Near CGH & Rec Center, Nice 1BR garage, applcs., $465/mo., 1830 3rd Ave. 815-499-0199

3BR 1BA, recently quiet, refreshed, $600/mo., ref. & 1 mo. dep. required.

Call for showing 815-661-6423

Remodeled 2BR, applcs. A/C Inc. Carport. $490/mo.

1 yr. lease & no pets. 815-622-8829 Room for Rent. All utilities incl. + wifi Starting at $75/wk. + dep. Call or text 815-716-6150 or 815-535-8693 Sinnissippi Townhomes Spacious 2 BR 2 story townhomes FIRST MONTH RENT FREE! Central air, Good location. Laundry hookup.

(815)626-1130.

Studio & 1 BR Apt. for rent.

Downtown Sterling. Coin laundry on facility. Air condition and hot water included. $370 to $500/mo. 815440-1172.

Studio apt $325/ mo. and Nice 1BR apt. $425/mo. Call 773-319-0059.

Why rent when can own? you 1512 Ave. K $600 815-259-3168

HOMES FOR RENT

310

Tenants/Landlords HOUSES & APTS. svla.org

DIXON 2 homes for rent: 3BR, 1 ¾ ba., 2 car attach. garage.

1650 Rockview, $650/mo. 3-4BR, 2 full & ½ ba. 2 car attach. garage. $900/mo. 1624 Brandywine Ln. 904-422-0359 Pretty 2BR Why rent?™ New windows & more.

1006 Highland Ave. $575/mo. Call 815-878-7399

ROCK FALLS Large, clean, quiet 2 story, 2BR, 1.5 bath. 1 car garage.

C/A. All applcs. includes W/D. Nice area, walk to library & park. 521 W. 11th St. Sorry, no pets or Sec. 8. $650 + sec. dep.

630-902-1060 Nice, Clean, 2BR, 2BA house. Rock Falls. No smoking, No pets. $600/mo.

815-716-8644 Sunny 3BR ranch very nice. Why Rent?™ $550/mo.

815-878-7399

STERLING 2 BR, 1 Bth, no garage $550 month + $550 deposit 815-440-7985

NEW TODAY 2BR Townhome, 2.5ba., appliances.

Attached garage.

Thomas Park area. $725/mo. 815-4402608 or 815-6223892.

4BR, 2 car garage, applcs. incl., C/A, lg. yard, no pets, no smoking, lease, ref., dep. $950/ mo. 815-535-3622 1706 N. Woodburn Ave. Sterling

NEW TODAY Full-Time Live-In AssisPersonal tant Needed: Free utilities, Housing, cable & Internet and small living allowance in exchange for 3 1/2 hrs. per night in Sterling. Refs. req.

Email: Sterling LiveWorkExchange @gmail.com 510-508-3894

B7

www.saukvalley.com MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

315

LOANS

402

THE CLASSIFIED Advertising Department of Sauk Valley Media does not have the opportunity to fully investigate the credibility of each advertiser appearing within these columns. If an offer sounds “too good to be true” it probably is.

Proceed with caution if you are asked to send money or to give a credit card number.

Proceed with caution in calling 900 phone numbers. All phone numbers prefixed by “900” are charged to the CALLER. Charges may be assessed on a “per minute” basis rather than a “per call” basis.

Sauk Valley Classified makes every effort to qualify these charges for the reader.

If you have a concern about an advertiser, please contact the Better Business Bureau 330 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611.

312-832-0500

Good Help is

EASY to Find

SPECIAL SALES 620

SV Weekend • B7

Astrograph Focus on making personal improvements and developing healthy relationships.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -Follow a dream and explore how you can turn something you love doing into a profitable venture. Don’t let anyone discourage you from at least checking out the possibilities out that are there.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Share your financial ideas or make changes to the way you handle your money to ensure that you are safe and secure. Make romantic plans for two and celebrate your good fortune.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Refuse to let your emotions take control when restraint and mindfulness are what’s needed.

Observe, take notes and plan your strategy behind closed doors. Protect your reputation.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Take a look inward and assess what you see. If you aren’t happy with your mental, financial or physical state, do something about it. It’s up to you to make things happen.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- An emotional situation revolving around money, a joint venture or someone else’s estate or responsibilities is best handled quickly to avoid any misgivings or outside interference.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Be careful around influential or authoritative people, or you may end up becoming a scapegoat. Listen and observe, but don’t share your opinions.

Focus on personal achievement and a loved one.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Keep an open mind when dealing with friends, relatives or partners. If you try to compromise and meet others’ demands halfway, you will avoid emotional turmoil.

Travel delays are apparent.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You will face delays when traveling if your planning is careless. Visiting places or engaging in events that will introduce you to a different culture is favored.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Someone in control of a situation that affects you will not be forthcoming with information you need to make a good decision. Trust your gut in order to do the right thing.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -Sign up for something different in order to gain insight into new possibilities. Don’t fight the impossible, and look for ways you can turn a last-minute change to your advantage.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Don’t reveal your secrets until you are good and ready. Someone will divulge your plans, putting you in an awkward position.

Personal improvements will turn out well. Romance is encouraged.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -You can offer help, but make sure you get something in return. Sign up for an event or activity that will challenge you physically in order to ease your stress. ©2016 UFS

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Automotive Toy & Die Cast Show October 30 th 10am - 3pm 2008 16th St. Moline, IL Check QCA & Craigslist for more details.

by Luis Campos Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by famous people, past and present.

Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

TODAY’S CLUE: P equals F “ZIURUOLZ, VOVUK. VKTZLJF JKXUKO.

AREA GARAGE SALES 624

K T H V Z Z J F LT I M J F P J B Z Z L J X V N U C ,

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

U Z V R I V N C LV C Z T J K X . ” - - I F U Z J F

Fri. & Sat. 9 - 4 Sunday 9 - 2 1220 S College Ave nue Collectibles: Mickey Mouse, Darby Mint, Avon, Campbell Soup, Hamilton & nesting dolls, antique furniture, much more & misc

CZJMLJKUJ HJNJF

Sudoku!

Answer on B10

BEWARE OF INTERNET PUPPY SCAMS!

Visit the American Kennel Club website (www.akc.org) for tips on how to avoid getting scammed and If you have been the victim of a scam, report it to your local authorities and your local BBB (www.bbb.org)

Previous Solution: “’Twilight’ is such an amazing project, and I think it opened up doors for all of us cast members.” -- Kellan Lutz (c) 2016 by NEA, Inc., dist. by Universal Uclick

Hiring?

Advertise your job openings with us, and connect with the area’s most qualified applicants. Our print and online packages ensure you cover all the bases!

Call today to put Sauk Valley Media to work for you!

CLASSIFIEDS SAUK VALLEY

dailyGAZETTE 815-625-3600

TELEGRAPH 815-284-2222

10-22

B8

B8 • SV Weekend

A1

www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016 DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

saukvalley.com

Fri. & Sat. 9 – 6 Poplar St, ELDENA Antiques, tools, tiles, scooters, wood burner, hay rack, fire wood, barn beams, simi tarps, welder, building material, pipes, tires, chain saw

EMPLOYMENT

Contact us to place an ad call 815-626-7653 815-284-7653

Search for local job listings at saukvalley.com/jobs/ NOTICEPURto the SUANT Business Opportunity Sales Law of 1995, every business opportunity must be registered with the Illinois Securities Department. Protect yourself and get the facts before you over your hand hard earned money by contacting the Illinois Secretary of State's Securities Department at 1800-628-7937. This notice provided as a public service by Sauk Valley Classifieds.

EDUCATION

503

Sterling Public Schools is looking for substitutes for teachers as well as support staff. *Teacher subs,$75.00/day, minimum of Bachelor degree *Sub aides make$9.00/ hr. Nurse subs $12.00/hr. *For Sub aides a paraprofessional license is needed which can be obtained at the Regional Office of Education in Sterling. Nurses need a current LPN or RN IL license For questions, call SPS district office at 815-6265050

HEALTH / MEDICAL

504

Avonlea Cottage of Dixon C.N.A. Full Time 11pm-7am and Cook Part Time Apply in person 503 Countryside Lane in Dixon or call 815-288-6044 Wanted F.T. 2Nd & 3rd shift C.N.A.'s Apply at: Heritage Square 620 N. Ottawa Ave Dixon, IL EOE NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

HEALTH / MEDICAL

504

RN/LPN ------CNA up to $3,500 Sign-On Bonus!

------We are looking for experienced and dedicated professionals to work and assume these key full-time and parttime positions on our nursing teams.

We offer: • Excellent Starting Wage!

• Vacation & PTO Pay! • Holiday Pay! • 401(k)!

• Health, Dental, Vision!

• And Much More!

Apply online at: https://tutera. vikus.net Call (815) 284-3393 or email dixon@tutera.com Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center 800 Division Street Dixon, IL 61021

EMPLOYMENT

505

Wanted Farm $ Help 20 $ Drivers 20 $ 30 & OT

& OT

FT/PT

Hazmat Drivers

& OT Minimum 5 yrs. exp.

Brechon Farm Services, Inc. jerry@brechonfs.com 815-994-2370 SM-ST09515-1101

COMMERCIAL CLEANING *DIXON* Part Time Evenings & weekends Must pass background check.

Apply online @ www.peterson cleaning.com

HHH

HHH H

H

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

505

Carpet Cleaning Technician Must have HS diploma, valid IL driver's license & excellent customer service skills.

Apply in person at Supreme Cleaners, Inc., 2015 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon M-F from 9am4pm. Pre-employment drug test & criminal background check required.

NEW TODAY Construction Worker pay $10$20/hour based on experience. Must have valid driver license. Vacation and holiday pay.

Send resume to: Construction Position, PO Box 604, Dixon Illinois 61021.

Driver- SCRAP DUMP (Sterling IL) Looking for an experienced dump hauler over the road or home nightly.

Stays busy in the winter and average 55-70 hrs. a week.

Time and a half after 40 hrs. Benefits and available 401K when qualified.

Please contact Andrea if you're interested. Can be based out of Sterling, Milan, or Rockford, IL.

NEW TODAY Full-Time Live-In AssisPersonal tant Needed: Free utilities, Housing, cable & Internet and small living allowance in exchange for 3 1/2 hrs. per night in Sterling. Refs. req.

Email: SterlingLive WorkExchange@ gmail.com

510-508-3894 •HVAC Tech •Licensed Plumber •Licensed Apprentice Plumber Competitive Wages based on Exp. All Applicants will be held in strict confidence.

Apply: PO Box. 767 Rock Falls, IL 61071

505

Harbor Crest Home An 84-bed skilled nursing care facility in Fulton IL, 61252 (815)589-3411 Is seeking qualified nurses licensed to work in Illinois to join our team, full-time RN & LPN all shifts Competitive salaries Apply in person or submit resumes to harborcrest2 @mchsi.com EOE Outside Sales Midwest leader in Electrical Sales, Service and Repair is looking for a high energy, self-starter to work with Industrial MRO accounts in our Northwestern Illinois Territory. This individual will be responsible for maintaining/developing relationships with key decision makers at all levels for existing and new accounts.

The successful candidate must have strong communication and customer relation experience. Computer skills required at minimum are Microsoft Outlook and Office, with tablet experience a plus. Two years direct sales experience required, Industrial Sales experience preferred. Rewarding Salary/Commission and Benefit package.

Please send resume to: PDC (Precision Drive & Control) Attn: H.R. PO Box 537 Monroe, WI 53566 EEOC Wanted: Light Warehouse with forklift experience Part-time 6am-12pm, Mon.-Thurs Please send replies to Box #1350, c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O.Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

EMPLOYMENT

505

“The People Professionals” 102 S. Galena Ave 2nd floor, DIXON 815-835-3000 Now Hiring: •General Labor •Accounts Payable •Buffing/Grinding •Die Casting •Welder •Clerical ------------Apply online at: hughes resources.com

TO OUR

READERS:

Sauk Valley Media does not knowingly accept advertising which is in violation of the law. Likewise, we do not knowingly accept advertising which is fraudulent or has malicious intent.

While we attempt to screen advertising with potential fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential problems.

We strongly encourage our readers to exercise caution and common sense, particularly when dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

CHILD CARE

512

CHILD CARE

NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is specifically licensed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes.

The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c))

Little Blessings Childcare has immediate daycare openings for infant-school age. 815-285-3811 Lic# 48927502

CHILD CARE

POSITION WANTED

512

NEW TODAY Rock Falls Day Care Center •Welcoming infants (6 wks) toddlers & pre-school children (6 yrs.)

•DCFS Licensed •Food Program •Hours 5:30a.m.

- 5:30 p.m.

•Safe and healthy environment •4C's accepted •No waiting with completed 4C's paperwork/ application Find us on Facebook!

815-625-0106 or visit us at 729 W. Rt. 30, Rock Falls, IL 61071

515

Will do housework and/or laundry for you weekly or every other week.

Reasonable rates, references. Call 815-288-7820

SELL

those unwanted items with the help of a Sauk Valley Classified Ad 625-3600 284-2222

Attention Job Seekers We have multiple entry level jobs available. Seeking motivated individuals with a good work ethic.

• Full-Time Positions • Full Benefits Package • 1st & 2nd Shifts Apply online at etnyre.com

E. D. ETNYRE & CO. 1333 S. Daysville Road, Oregon, Illinois M/F Disabled and Vet EEO/AA Employer

LOOKING FOR QUALITY CARRIERS Sauk Valley Media 3200 E. Lincolnway Sterling, IL 61081

Towns NEW TODAY

512

SM-ST09070-1022

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 501

815-625-3600 ext. 5301

Streets

Route

Telegraph 113 S. Peoria Dixon, IL 61021

Customers

Amboy

N. Jones, N. Metcalf, N. East, Joe Dr., W. Bacon 3218

88

Amboy

S. Washington, Davis, Prospect, W. Clark, W. Main 3206

70

Sterling

1st Ave., - 6th Ave. , E Miller to Grobe Road

76

69

For motor route availability call David Sheets

815-625-3600 ext. 5311

Customer H Se

ice

HHH H

Representative

H

HH

Sauk Valley Media has a full-time opening for a Customer Service Representative in our Advertising Department.

We are looking for an individual that possesses strong written and verbal communication skills, mathematical aptitude, multi-tasking ability, basic computer and typing skills, effective time management, strong organizational skills, and a positive team building attitude.

Duties for the position include fielding phone inquiries from advertisers, proofing ads, delivering materials to clients when necessary, mailing out correspondence and promotional material to advertisers, scheduling, handling walk-in customer, and assisting the ad team in achieving revenue goals.

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Must possess and maintain a valid Drivers License, Proof of Insurance, Reliable Transportation and Acceptable Motor Vehicle Record. Pre-employment background check and drug screen required.

If you are interested in joining our team, send your resume to: Donna McDonald, Advertising Operations Manager Sauk Valley Media 3200 E. Lincolnway, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081 email: dmcdonald@saukvalley.com This posting does not necessarily contain all of the actual or essential duties of the position. Sauk Valley Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-free Workplace.

Join The Team!

Earn up to $35,000 Sauk Valley Media, a respected and dominant media company located in Sterling, IL, has an opening in our Advertising Department. This entry level position would be responsible for selling advertising in a variety of print and online products, including but not limited to newspapers, magazines, websites, direct mail pieces and much more.

Sure, some sales experience is desired, but we look for a person with personality, drive and ambition more than just past sales experience. We are always willing to train a person who shows the desire to grow and learn from our other seasoned veterans in this business. And best of all, we are a fun bunch of people to work with, we work hard but we like to have fun along the way.

If you are looking for change of career or are new to the workforce and want to join an established but growing company, then we'd like to talk with you. Base pay along with a liberal commission program makes this an excellent opportunity to make money.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to: Jennifer Heintzelman at JHeintzelman@saukvalley.com -- OR -3200 E. Lincolnway Sterling, IL 61081 Shaw Media is a Drug Free Employer.

Pre-employment background check and drug screen required.

This posting may not include all duties of the position An Equal Opportunity Employer

Fri. & Saturday 8-?

226 W. Chamberlin Oak entertainment center, new printer, boys clothes, Lg. office desk, books & misc items.

Saturday 10 – 4 319 W. Everett St. (Russ' Auto & Tow) Craft Supply Sale Mostly Stamping Crafts & Scrap booking Craft Supplies, some tools, stamps, paper punches, stickers, some Sizzix items, photo printer, & other craft supplies

FRANKLIN GROVE GARAGE SALES 624 Sat. & Sun., 9-5 137 S. Spring St. Moving Sale!

Furniture, & housewares

GRAND DETOUR GARAGE SALES 624 Sat. Only! Oct. 22 7:30 am - ? pm *SCHULER'S8134 S. Pine St. **KAREN'S8190 S. Pine St. *Oriental rug 15' x 10 ½', HUNTING SUPPLIES (L-XL clothing, camo netting, duck decoys), old wooden dressers, hard woods (molding, wide boards, barn wood), 17' sailboat/equipt., horse blankets, DUCKS UNLIMITED (frames/pictures), rugs, mirrors, glassware, pottery, lamps, cast iron skillets, wood table parts to assemble – Harvest, handmade, wood play table n-stools, Cedar 6qt. Electric ice cream maker, awesome new leather boots 6-7, PURSES – (old, leather, Indian), bags, hats, belts, wraps **Sugar buckets, 10 gal. Crock, Stueben shot glass, Imari bowl, vases, candle holders, beer steins, dark red dishes, green glass ware, dishes, blk & wht drizzle bowls, cookie cutters, Eng. Garden prints, Christmas/Halloween décor, kids, Halloween costumes, cross-stitch aprons, wing back chairs, paper backs, books, magzs., linens, vintage table cloths, 50's LP's, buttons, lots of jeans – mens, ladies-misses/plus, children's clothing, old light fixture Saturday 7:30 - ? *4013 Ogle Street *4063 Ogle Street Dolls, lots of fabric, books, puzzles, seasonal décor, clothing & misc Coca Cola collection Treasures Galore!

Saturday 7:30 - ?

8065 S Delaware Moving Sale Furniture, Jr. clothing, All priced to sell! .50¢ Table Saturday only, 7:30-?

4049 W. Timber Lane Toys, XBox 360, Dual recliner couch, household items, plus size, 60's bikes, wrought iron furniture, antiques, collectibles, still unpacking!

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624 Fri. & Sat. 8-5 28303 Bertha Drive Moving Sale! furniture, pictures, household, decorations, John Deere collector tractors, old insulators, old fruit jars, & much much more!!

Goingon onVacation?

Vacation?

Going

Keep in touch Keep in touch with Sauk with Sauk Valley Valley News News WhileWhile you’reyou’re away! away!

www.saukvalley.com www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016

B9

www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend • B9

SPOOKTACULAR EMPLOYMENT Driver- SCRAP DUMP

(Sterling IL) Looking for an experienced dump hauler over the road or home nightly.

Stays busy in the winter and average 55-70 hrs. a week.

Time and a half after 40 hrs.

Benefits and 401K available when qualified.

Polo Rehabilitation & Health Care, a proud member of the Petersen Health Care family, a trusted leader in Long-Term Care since 1974, is seeking caring & dedicated

RNs & LPNs

Full/Part-time, Current IL License Required

*SIGN-ON BONUS*

Harbor Crest Home

*Available until November 30, 2016

EOE

To apply, contact Tanya Myers, Director of Nursing 703 E. Buffalo Street • Polo, IL 61064 (815) 946-2203 www.petersenhealthcare.net

An 84-bed skilled nursing care facility in Fulton IL, 61252 (815)589-3411 Is seeking qualified nurses licensed to work in Illinois to join our team, full-time RN & LPN all shifts Competitive salaries Apply in person or submit resumes to harborcrest2 @mchsi.com EOE

The Lee County Health Department seeks a full-time health inspector, working primarily in our food program. Associate’s Degree or equivalent required, with at least 9 hours in science. Strong communication skills required. Applicant must be able to enforce county and state codes effectively.

Send resume to: Administrator Lee County Health Department 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100 Dixon, IL 61021 or contactus@lchd.com

Applications accepted through November 3.

Please contact Andrea @ 815-986-7211 if you’re interested. Can be based out of Sterling, Milan, or Rockford, IL

Outside Sales

Midwest leader in Electrical Sales, Service and Repair is looking for a high energy, self-starter to work with Industrial MRO accounts in our Northwestern Illinois Territory. This individual will be responsible for maintaining/developing relationships with key decision makers at all levels for existing and new accounts. The successful candidate must have strong communication and customer relation experience. Computer skills required at minimum are Microsoft Outlook and Office, with tablet experience a plus. Two years direct sales experience required, Industrial Sales experience preferred. Rewarding Salary/Commission and Benefit package.

Please send resume to: PDC (Precision Drive & Control) Attn: H.R. PO Box 537 Monroe, WI 53566 EEOC

Graphic Arts Express

6a-2p and 2p-10p DSP Certification/Training Available Full Time and Part-Time Opportunities Available We offer competitive pay, commensurate with experience, comprehensive benefit packages, shift differential, tuition reimbursement, positive work environment and other unique opportunities.

Exceptional Care & Training Center 2601 Woodlawn Road * Sterling, IL exceptional-care.org info@ectc1.com EOE

Must be 23 years old, and have a clean driving record, 2 years proof of experience, have or be able to obtain Haz Mat and Twic card and Tanker endorsement.

We offer an excellent benefit package including; Health, Dental, Optical and Life Insurance for the entire family and a 401K. SM-ST10306-1022

R.N. 6a-2p C.N.A. or D.S.P.

Graphic Arts Express in Oregon, IL currently has opportunities for OTR, Regional and Local drivers.

Email resume to Bill LaPage bill@gaxinc.com to apply or Call 800-732-6828 Mon to Fri 8am to 4pm

Building Our Team As We Grow Join Us! Morrison Community Hospital offers a competitive wage and comprehensive benefits package.

Morrison Community Hospital has the opportunities available: Operating Room RN’s Certified Diabetic Educator Nurse Manager/Infection Control Coordinator Transcriptionist (On-Site) Pre-employment drug screen and physical required.

EOE. To apply online or for more information on these positions, visit www.morrisonhospital.com

We just keep Growing!

NOW

Come Grow With Us at HALO Branded Solutions

HIRING

HALO Branded Solutions is expanding due to our continued sales growth and success. We are seeking the following qualified professionals to join our corporate team in Sterling:

• Accounts Receivable Manager • Supplier Relations Coordinator • Program Developer Also seeking to fill the following entry level positions:

• Customer Service Representative • Billing Coordinator • Order Entry Coordinator All positions require a HS diploma or equivalent; 1-3 years relevant experience and/or training, above-average keyboarding/ data entry skills, proficiency in MS Office software programs, good oral/written communication skills, and excellent customer service experience. All newly considered applicants will be required to complete skills assessments on-line.

HALO offers an exciting, caring and dynamic work environment.

Employees who join us stay here because of our unique corporate culture, opportunities for advancement, competitive wages, extensive benefit package and casual office environment.

If you have NOT applied or interviewed in the past, please apply at www.halo.com/careers (no phone calls please)

Serenity Hospice is looking for an RN to fill a 3pm-11pm position in the Serenity Home. Part time or full time, each includes benefits.

Nursing experience required.

Hospice experience preferred.

Applications are available on our website www.serenityhospiceandhome.org or at the Serenity Home, 1658 S IL Route 2, Oregon, IL. Phone 815-732-2499 with questions.

Sterling: Production Team Lead • Maintenance Tech $24.71/hr Local Entry Level Assembly • Customer Service • Data Entry Positions in Chadwick

Dixon:

Heavy Assembly- Mechanically inclined Blueprint reading a plus $12-14 to start Medical Billing Immediate General Labor $10.35-$11.05 IMMEDIATE OPENINGS DIXON PACKAGING $9.25-$9.65/hr Inspection/visual repackage $10/hr

Apply online. Visit: manpowerjobs.com Sterling Office 815.622.2814 Dixon Office 815.288.7800

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran

SM-ST10804-1022

B10

B10 • SV Weekend

SERVICE DIRECTORY SAUK VALLEY

Air Cond./Heating FARLEY'S APPLIANCE Heating & Cooling Sale & Service Free Estimates New & Replacement Units We service all brands!

Call Today (815)284-2052

•Residential & Commercial •24 Hour Service!

•Specializing in Custom Duct Design & Fabrication •Free Estimates Affordable, Reliable & 25 years Experience!!

Owner Tod Reynolds 815-535-1459

Alterations SHOE REPAIR ZIPPER REPAIR & ALTERATIONS Grummert's Hardware Sterling, Rock Falls, & also Shaw's Marketplace 214 Washington Prophetstown

815-989-8320

Basement Waterproofing Prater Paint & Waterproofing We Dry Up Basements & Crawl Spaces, Remediate Mold & Install E-Z Breathe™ Ventilation Systems 815-626-5165

www.praterpaintand waterproofing.com

Bicycles GREEN RIVER CYCLERY

We Take Your Fun Seriously!

Bicycle Repairs Tune-Ups Overhauls 205 E. 1st St. Dixon, IL 61021 (815)622-8180

Concrete Contractors

CONCRETE • Driveways • Sidewalks • Patios CONSTRUCTION •Garages •Additions •Remodeling •Decks • Homes 38 yrs. Experience 815-626-9026 ➩SIMON MASONARY➩ Brick, Block & Stone Work, Griding & Truckpointing New & Repair NO JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL Chimneys & Foundations Bonded and Ins. ★Free Est.★ Call Cris Sosa 312-771-1310

Dumpster Rental

JOHN'S CLEANUP & REMOVAL Anything goes!!

Estate Cleanups PHONE 815-622-0240

Home Improvement

✶Since 1981✶ ◆Home Improvement ◆New Construction

FALL is the

perfect time to build your garage, addition or Re/Roof, or Reside your home!

Randy L. Moore

Dumpster Rental for Clean-ups & Construction Small & Large containers avail.

Tidy Bug Inc. Dixon, IL tidybuginc.com 815-456-3001

Fireplaces Fireplaces Gas Wood Stoves Inserts Log Sets Doors Service Repair Install Visit our Showrooms Anselmo's 1235 W. LeFevre Rd., Sterling 815-625-3519

Furniture Refinished Furniture Restoration Strip, Refinish, Repair Re-glue, Touch-ups.

Custom Woodworking & Finishing Shop Anselmo's Inc. 1235 W. LeFevre Rd., Sterling 815-625-3519

Genl. Contracting

License-Bonded Insured NO JOB TOO SMALL All your home Improvement needs Remodeling of baths, basements & kitchens Custom showers Siding-Decks etc.

815-440-3519

Lawn Care BILL'S LAWN SERVICE •Mowing •Garden Tilling •Yard Clean Up FREE Estimates Call 815-441-6073

PRATER Paint & Waterproofing Specializing in •Residential •Commercial •Farm & •Industrial Call for your FREE painting or sandblasting estimate 815-626-5165

Power Washing

Mobil Pressure Wash Service • Commercial, • Residential & • Semis You name it.... we clean it!

Call Ben 815-590-2694

• Residential • Commercial • Industrial * Fully Insured * Hot Water We do everything including house washing, gutters, pool areas, brick/ stone walls, decks & patios and commercial businesses.

Professional industrial equip.

Done right the first time!

Call 815-441-0246

Remodeling

GUTTERS & THEN SOME Gutter Cleaning & Repair Service Miscellaneous Jobs FREE ESTIMATES 815-535-0911 Bonded & Insured If you have gutter problems, call the Gutter Guys!!

Handyman A Family's Handyman ★Roofing ★Decks ★Siding ★Great Rates ★Fast Service Winter Interior Discounts CC#'s Accepted 815-994-0075

Clock/Watch Repair CLOCK, WATCH & JEWELRY REPAIR •We repair and restore all brands and types of clocks and watches •We make house calls on Grandfather clocks •We repair all types of jewelry, and all work is done on premises •Appraisal Services Professional Jeweler for over 25 years.

KRIEGER TIME AND JEWELRY CO. 618 S. Main St. Princeton, IL 815-872-8321

PAUL’S HANDYMAN SERVICE “Anything Your Husband Won’t Do!” •Experience On All Manner of Home Repairs & Maintenance since 1986

(815)631-4122 www.mullerslane farm.com

“Area's #1 Roofing Contractor IL Lic# 104-015191 Licensed, Bonded & Insured •Roofing •Siding •Windows •Decks •Additions •Garages & More Residential & Commercial Call now to schedule your FREE Estimate!

Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677

815-626-1333

Gutter Cleaning

JB SERVICES •Power Washing •Gutter Cleaning •Deck & Yard Maintenance •Painting & Remodeling •Floor Installation & Maintenance •Winter Construction Anything Odd Jobs ★Free Estimates★ 815-440-1280 Ask for John

Roofing/Siding

IL State Roofing Licensed 104-002247(1986) Bonded-Insured

Painting

www.grc.bike Tuesday - Friday • 10 - 6 Saturday • 8-1

Cleaning Service

Haul/Clean Service

Illinois License #104.016127 Bonded/Insured •Roofing •Siding • Windows •Doors •Additions• •Garages •Drywall •Decks and more Free Estimates 815-213-0556

Sandblasting

Abrasive Media Blasting We specialize in removing paint/ rust/and Bondo from metal surfaces.

Mobile- We come to You 815-441-0246

Storage

STORAGE UNITS Multiple Sizes Starting at $35 OUTSIDE STORAGE NOW AVAILABLE No appt. needed Located inside MOORE TIRES 2411 E. Rt 30 Rock Falls (815)625-3764

www.allsafe center.com High-Security Storage Solutions and Much More!

•Climate Controlled Storage •Low-Cost Moving Truck Rental •Confidential Document Shredding •We Ship FedEx & UPS! •Expert Packaging Services •Value Boxes & Packaging Supplies •EBAY and EMOTORS Internet Auction Sales Over 15,000 Sales •Office Hours: Mon-Fri. ☛ 8:306, Sat. ☛ 8:30noon 690 Timber Creek Rd. Dixon, (815)285-2212

Tree Service Cole's Complete Tree Service Tree Trimming Stump Removal Licensed and Insured *Free Estimates* 25HR Emergency Service Will meet or beat any written tree estimates.

Call 815-718-2997 Now accepting credit/debit cards Donnie Cole colestree service@outlook.com

MIDWEST FORESTRY UNLIMITED “Every Job. Done Right.”

•Forest Management Plans •Timber Stand Improvement •Timber Harvest •Invasive Species Removal •Tree Planting ------------We are insured and highly certified serving Northwest Illinois.

Contact: Luke 815-441-0091 Paul 217-840-7632

TV Repair

TELEVISION IN HOME REPAIR 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE! Work on all Brands & Models Old or New Serving the Sauk Valley and More Call Ron for a free quote at 815-561-0011 Dixon, IL

Water Softeners

The Softener Man 815-544-0918

CLARK'S

• Stump Grinding • Small Trees • Clean Up • Bush Removal 815-718-2663 or 815-590-0423

“Area's #1 Roofing Contractor IL Lic# 104-015191 Licensed, Bonded & Insured •Roofing •Siding •Windows •Decks •Additions •Garages & More Residential & Commercial Call now to schedule your FREE Estimate!

Will beat any leading competitor price 815-590-2677

DALE COLLIN STUMP GRINDING 815-564-7892 Insured FREE Estimates Clean Up Available All stumps ground out 8-10 inches below ground.

• Lawn Mowing & Rototilling 20 Yrs. Experience

Repair on all makes & models Service Call Special $19.95!

------------•Trimming & Complete Removal

Licensed/ Insured.

Whiteside Areas 815-590-1677

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS

Fri. & Sat., 8-4 614 W. 10th St. Lots of vintage items, girls jackets & womens clothes.

Christmas, Easter, sheets, pillow cases, blankets, books, toaster oven, horse collar, blow torch, lots of other stuff!

Nascar Collectibles Dale SR +JR Coats Cars, Elliott, Martin & Kenseth Coats, Etc. 284-3530

Never Used!!

Master Paws Portable eaisly moved Steel pet pen 4'x8', 6' high.

With removable door & roof $175 OBO. 815-625-5588 or 815-262-9895

No person or business, unless properly licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State, may sell ticket(s) for any sporting event or otherwise, for more than the price printed upon the face of the said ticket(s).

Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

Friday, 8-2 Saturday, 8-2 2207 11th Ave. HUGE GARAGE SALE! Lots of brand name clothes for all sizes! 2 end tables, board games, toys! Xbox One guitar hero Some antiques, Tupperware, home décor! Too much to list!

Saturday 12-6 & Sunday 10-5 808 W 13th Ave. Lots and lots of misc., houseplants & some clothing.

Saturday 7-3 1507 Avenue J 3 yr. old washer & dryer, crocks, old canes, Precious Moments figurines, Net Gear modems, kitchen items, old books, Sears tractor (cheap, needs work), lots of clean clothing, framed pictures & misc. items Saturday 8-1 604 Avenue C Coats, plus size clothing, Christmas items, household items, furniture, and much more!

No Early Sales!!

Saturday 8-4 2201 Chesnut Dr. Clothes, coats, purses, shoes, boots, jewelry, baby girl clothes, bar table, stools, computer desk, mixer, Christmas items & misc items.

Saturday 8-noon 1308 E. 19 th St. Nice young girl's & boy's teen clothes, books, toys, DVDs, VHS, old records, household misc. items, & lots of misc.

I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

815-445-6151.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

100

GUNS & ARCHERY

706

AR-Ammo 2,280 rounds, 1640 rounds. R-556 640 rounds 223. 4, 30 round clips, $700.

815-535-7231

CLOTHING

730

(9) pairs men's 34/36x34L Levi, Wrangler, Arizona Jeans like new $40 obo 815-535-8974

FURNITURE

755

68” Dining room table, 2 ext. leaves, w/protectors, 8 chairs, 6' lighted china. $300 815-359-7350 Antique Chest of Drawers. 3 sm. & 4 lg. drawers w/ mirror. $100 815-626-1123 Antique Victorian Couch, yellow, $600; Yellow couch w highback chair, $350 815-677-1939 Beautyrest kingsized mattress and boxspring. 1 year old. $900 OBO. 815-973-1654 Broyhill 4 piece bedroom set $300 obo 815-288-6369 Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Bunk Bed $298. Call 309451-7477 Twin, full, queen, king beds. Washer, dryer, refrig., dresser, sofas, recliner, table/chairs 815-718-4385.

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 Free to good home. Red footed tortoise w/ terrarium. 815-973-6279 Healthy Loving Young marble orange/gold Male cat,

updated on shots and litter trained.

Free to good loving indoor home.

815-622-2622 Wanted: Tea Cup size F Chihuahua, adult, short hair, reasonably priced or free. 815-5649022 after 2:00.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

100

Young Male Cat, adorable powder gray, up to date on shots and litter trained. Free to good loving indoor home.

815-622-2622

Young Tuxedo black & white cat.

Up to date on shots and litter trained.

Free to loving indoor home.

815-622-2622

SNOWBLOWERS

782

BOLD

Get

SHIPPERTS

SOLD

404 N. Lincoln Ave., Dixon, IL 288-3133 www.alliedvan.com

Moving & Storage

ILL CC 10540 SM-ST09907-1022

Bold type

draws readers to your ad.

Get your ad noticed!

GO BOLD CLASSIFIEDS SAUK VALLEY

TELEGRAPH

CALL 815-625-3600 815-284-2222

To place your AD TODAY!

US DOT 76235

I Pay Cash 4 Gold, Silver, Coins & Antiques 24/7 779-245-2950

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE 12x26 polyethlene shelter enclosure, NO FRAME $90 652-7655 16 Geese & 6 duck decoys. $60 for all.

815-625-1606 1976 Rock-OLA 480 Juke Box with 2 boxes of 45 records. $400 815-535-2647 4,000 oak kitchen cabinets in stock.

Builder Discount 815-626-4561 Charmaster wood burner $300; 250 gal. oil barrel $100; Wayne B.A. oil burner mod. HS $100; Wayne oil burner mod. MSR $100 Call: 815-440-4621 Cub Cadet two bag grass catcher for 42” cut. Good $150 condition! obo 815-440-1028 Double-Breasted Pea Coat, women's, $30 815-4414543 Drafting table w/ drafting Bruning machine & light $55 815-284-2374

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT

Electric hospital bed, twin sizeexc. cond. $150.

Call 815-718-4385

NEW TODAY

785

FREELifestyler stepper, ST210 exc. cond. and exercise bike. 815626-5994.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2) Edmund “Jerry” Brown, who did not get the Democratic nomination.

Before you make a move call…

WANT TO BUY 795

5HP Craftsman snowblower, 2 stage, 7spd., w/2 reverse. Elec. start 24” width. 1yr old.

Like new. $400 815-625-1606

1) The Confederacy; they managed to rob a bank in the process.

Go

dailyGAZETTE

WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

100

TR IV I A AN SW ER

Over 30 years of experience

Tree Service A&M TREE SERVICES

Saturday, October 22, 2016

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705

Stump Removal

Roofing

A1

www.saukvalley.com

FREE - metal window screens, mixed sizes.

815-288-6310.

FREE FIREWOOD! You help cut & clean up!

815-973-2083 Garage door opener- Raynor Navigator 1/3hp. with all hardware.

Works fine. $35.

815-618-8262.

Glass top coffee table. $30 815-441-8457 Heavy Duty flat bed trailer solid steel sides, tall back gate. 6.5' & 10'. $1000 815-535-2647 i Home the Home System dual alarm w/ remote $30 815-441-4543 Looking for Ford F150, 2010-2015 in exc. cond. 75K mi. or less.

815-535-8343 Mink Cape, autum haze (tan) exc. cond. $90 815-857-2174 Monaco Dynasty pusher Bus model 8.3 cummins. make offer. $25,000.

815-847-8904 Mr. and Mrs. P's 710 S. Galena Fall Sale: 25% off furniture, books, kitchenware, art, $25 min. purchase for discount Nike white leather cheerwomen's leading shoes w/ inserts $20 815441-4543 Paperback Romance Novels – 100+ $35 815456-2839 Poker table, solid oak. $75/obo. Call 815-441-7574.

Queen bronze metal head & foot boards $35; Desk task chair, beige cloth $10, girls white wood night stand $10, crystal look table lamp $10, buffet server table $35, mirror medicine chest, white wood $15, above toilet wood cabinet, white $15, black 4 self tv stand $30, sm. window a/c – 110v $20, 9 Elvis collector plates $10ea., – 12 pc. set of beauchinaget tiful ready for ThanksCall giving $40 Jim @ 708-5224495 Signature Housewares, fine China, golden traditions service for 8 exc. cond. $95 815-772-2810 Student/ Computer desk. $25 815-441-8457 Wing back chair. $45. 815-441-8457

Saturday, October 22, 2016 MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE

POULTRY / SUPPLIES

See More Online Photos, Commerce, Expanded Text

NOW TAKING ORDERS for all natural fed and raised grilling and frying chickens. Young roasting chickens, ducks and geese.

All processing done at an inspected poultry processing plant Call 815-632-7254

➛Look for WEB ID ➛Log on to: www.saukvalley. com classifieds ➛Enter the WEB ID in the WEB ID Box ➛View Photos, Expanded Text BUY ONLINE!! saukvalley.com CLASSIFIEDS

LIVESTOCK / SUPPLIES

845

CLASSIC CARS

840

2 Registered Quarter Horse, 2 yr Philly out of World Stud.

Champion Call 815-535-3444

904

1970 Dodge Dart Swinger orig. 318 V8, 90,000 mi., dual exhaust, good tires, brakes, new battery, $3,800.

815-284-2825

Classifieds Work!

CLASSIC CARS

904

Red, 83' Mustang GLX convertible V6, auto. White leather interior, 51k mi. Excellent cond. $5,700 OBO 815-625-7936

AUTOMOBILES

905

NEW REAL DEAL

FOR ITEMS OVER $300

A 5 Line REAL DEAL

ad runs for 30 days in Sauk Valley Classifieds, 4 Ogle County Papers, The Review and saukvalley.com all for only $42!

Special must be mentioned at time of ad placement.

LASSIFIEDS dailyGAZETTE

dailyGAZETTE dailyGAZETTE

TELEGRAPH

TELEGRAPH TELEGRAPH

815-284-2224 815-625-3600

905

NEW TODAY 1997 Mercury Tracer LS; 123,607 mi. $300/ obo 815-284-6804 1999 Lincoln Town Car. (Executive) One owner, loaded.

138K mi. $2,500 815-622-8362 2003 Subaru Legacy AWD, $3500/ obo. Call 815-625-3928.

2004 Taurus, gold, garage checked, runs great! $1200 779-245-8070 2006 Chevy Aveo, 94K mi., good runner. $3,000; 815-716-0475 or 815-535-0495

1994 Mustang GT convertible, red.

34,600mi. Exc. cond. Florida car. $11,000. Call 815499-7430.

1995 Camero Z28 convertible, triple black, leather, LT1 engine, 44k mi., asking $14,500 / obo 815-626-7278 after 5 pm

2008 Grand Prix, 4dr, V6, brown, sunroof, heated leather, 124k, perfect cond. $7350 obo. 815-378-5847

1996 Ford Explorer runs good, $1,500 OBO. Call 815-625-9296

Credit Auto Sales www.creditautosalesdixon.com Email: Phone:

(815) 288-1716 (815) 288-2406

AUTOMOBILES

Offer expires 12/31/16 No Commercial Advertising, Pets, Garage Sales, Wood/ Fuel, Tickets/ Travel or Real Estate

C CCLASSIFIEDS LASSIFIEDS SAUK VALLEY SAUK VALLEY SAUK VALLEY

creditautodixon@yahoo.com Fax: (815) 288-6183 601 IL Route 2, Dixon, IL 61021

Hours: Monday-Friday: 9am-6pm Saturday: 9am-3pm

SM-ST09914-1028

2010 Toyota Prius 4Dr. Hatch. 170K mi. Ex. Cond. $7,000, 5¼% 60 mo. w/ good credit. 815-379-2528 2011 Cadillac SRX loaded, leather, sun roof. Asking $21,500. Like new.

39,800mi. Call 815535-1021. creditautosales dixon.com Always over 100+ vehicles to choose from.

HAVING TROUBLE wording your ad? Call our classified department today. We'll be glad to help you. 626SOLD or 284SOLD.

2

YOUR 1ST AND 2ND CHANCE DEALER!

LOCATIONS! DEALER FINANCING AVAILABLE

1397 N. Galena Ave., Dixon 815-288-5626 ’10 FORD FOCUS $6,995* ’08 CHEVY MALIBU $795 DOWN ’07 CHEVY COBALT $4,995* ’07 CHEVY EQUINOX SOLD ’07 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX $6,995* ’06 BUICK LUCERNE $95 DOWN ’06 BUICK RAINIER $6,995* ’06 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER $3,995* ’06 SATURN ION $95 DOWN ’05 CHEVY UPLANDER $5,995* ’05 CHRYSLER SEBRING $95 DOWN ’05 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN $395 DOWN

B11

www.saukvalley.com

708 First Avenue, Rock Falls 815-622-6655 ’05 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE $2,495* ’04 FORD EXPLORER $795 DOWN ’04 PONTIAC GRAND AM $195 DOWN ’03 CHEVY C1500 PICK UP $595 DOWN ’03 CHEVY SILVERADO, 4X4 JUST IN ’03 DODGE CARAVAN $4,995* ’03 PONTIAC MONTANA $4,995* ’02 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER $195 DOWN ’02 PONTIAC MONTANA $95 DOWN ’01 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER $95 DOWN ’01 KIA SPORTAGE, 4X4 $4,995* ’99 GMC SIERRA, 4X4 JUST IN

*Plus Tax, Title, License & Doc Fee

www.SaukValleyMotors.com Hours Mon - Fri 10-6 • Sat 9-3

S.U.V.S

909

1997 Chevrolet Blazer LS, 4WD, 4DR, great condition, 150,159 miles, $2300 obo 815677-2098 2004 Buick Rainier. All wheel Dr. heated leather sun roof, very well maintained. $4,800.

815-632-0780

TRUCKS

910

1995 Ford F350 Flat bed. 31K mi. $3,500 obo.

815-535-0495 or 815-716-0475

VANS

911

2000 Chevy Express Van 6.0, 8cly. 125K mi.

Runs good. $1,500 815-535-1459

2000 Ford Conversion Van, white, 124,000 miles, 4 Captain's chairs + bench converts to bed. VGC, $6,900.

815-535-2380

4X4S

815-625-3600 815-625-3600

4%,%'2!0( 4%,%'2!0( 815-284-2222 815-284-2222 815-284-2222

IS GIVING

!"#$%&' ()*%+$),

!"#" $%&' (') *'+, *'-./012

3!45674586## !"#$ %$&%'( )* #(&+ ,%$ ("#$,&---

.#$$!--/.& 0"1&(/ 2$3,&( %$& %/ 4%5&(63 4"/"$(--!"#$ %&'( %)*+,-

7:9:::; @A 7*8: BCA D@EFG !"#. %&'( %&/0+

1989 Ford F150 4x4, Needs brakes, 4.9 engine, runs.

5sp. Transition like new. $800 for all, or will part out.

815-284-1128 1997 Ford Ranger 4x4, 4.0, flatbed/ sidestep box, new brakes, drums, rotars & ujoints, rebuilt trans., new Meyer 6 ½ ft. plow, new paint, $3900 815-626-2461 2006 Chevy Silverado LT, 3500 diesel 4x4, loaded.

163K mi. New tires/brakes. One owner. Runs great! $19,500. 815-9733281.

PARTS & ACC.

2014 Chevy PickUp Under Rear Seat Storage $50 815-284-6804

MOTORCYCLES

935

2015 Yamaha Zuma X50, blue & white, 165 mi., 815-441$2000 8782

7*89:::; ## 1-'2*3 (-4)(+&5 02,'/2-++)/ *2*/,'- 62)(*

for every car sold to the

CGH Heath Foundation.

2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

$15,999

2013 CHEVROLET 1500 LTZ

$28,999

2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE

BOATS/MOTORS

940

2006 24ft. Pontoon 90HP Evinrude E-Tec motor.

Some work needed. $6,500 815-973-6778

PERSONAL WATERCRAFT 941 2007 Sea Doo RXP, only 106 hrs., Runs Great!! $4000/obo 815-631-8325

TRAILERS/RVS

945

20' Wells Cargo, 8x20 like new. $4,500 obo.

815-535-0495 or 815-716-0475 2010 Cameo 36 FWS 5th Wheel, self leveling, central vac, 2 A/C, double ref., king bed, washer/dryer, like new furniture, much more. $34,900 815-440-4666.

AUTOS WANTED

$9,299

2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

$34,999

7*H9:::; !"## %&'( *+/-7* 82, !"#$%%&

2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

7*89:::;

!"#! %&'( %0+)&5

7**9:::;

!"#$ %&'( %&/0+

!""9 4: ;**,2*

MC-04150Y Scooter, 150 CC. Good tires, $750 815440-1329

960

7**9:::; 7<9:::;

!"#" /1*43 )<7-2- 2,

7<9:::;

CASH 4-CARS

We are licensed & insured to buy vehicles. Running or non running, scrap, Ect. 7 days a week.

All Calls Answered!

(815)499-3543 $$$$$$$$$$$$$

$15,999

2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA

$19,899

2015 FORD ESCAPE

!"#" /1'3+2*' +*;')56

7*=9:::;

!"#= %&'( %)*+,-

!"#! 4: >*,,-

7*89:::; 7*=9:::;

!"#$ 1305(-) *2-5,'- 6, !"#$ 4: >*,,-

!"#. %&'( %&/0+

!"#$ 4: 7-++-,

!""9 4: ;**,2*

$24,199

2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER

$6,999

2007 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY

7*89:::; 7*89:<>;

$4,299

2017 WOLF BRAND SCOOTER ISLANDER

7*?9:<>; 7>9:<>;

!"#" /1*43 )<7-2- 2,

7>9:<>;

$1,099

CALL US TODAY

815.626.1497 305 West Rock Falls RD Rock Falls, IL 61071

$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 815-499-3543

SM-ST08857-1027

$100

925

1989-1990 Lowe Back-Troller, 40hp Johnson, w/ 6hp Yaht Evinrude, Club Trailer, asking Call $3500/obo, 815-631-2510

dailyGAZETTE dailyGAZETTE 815-625-3600

999+:%;-&<0:='=.&+>=:

912

16' Flat Bottom Bass Tracker w/ trailer & motor Mercury 35HP. $1,500 OBO. 630-774-0885

The best way to The best way to The best way to start your day. start start your your day. day.

To Subscribe Call To To Subscribe Subscribe Call Call

SV Weekend • B11

!"#! /1*43 )<7-2- 2,

7*89:<>;

!"#$%&'()$ *%+ , -).$ *%/ , 012$ 345617%897 !"#$% &'() &*&#+) #*,+-%+ . /0, 1++2 "'34+-&% 5'%+/ 0- 62778 9": ;-'-,*-< 10= >? 40-&@% A*&@ 'BB=0C+/ ,=+/*& A*&@ C+@*,#+% $B &0 DEF)FFF G DE)FFF /0A-) C+@*,#+% DEF)FFFG DHF)FFF G DH)FFF /0A-) C+@*,#+% DHF)FFFI G D6)FFF /0A-2 "@0&0% 10= *##$%&='&*0- 0-#32 J+'#+= -0& #*'5#+ 10= +==0=%2

Great Garage Sales

Call 284-2222

SV Weekend • B16

Wheels www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016

2016 Jeep Renegade

Paid Advertisement

By Robert Duffer Chicago Tribune (TNS)

I

had a friend who drove a soft-top Jeep Wrangler TJ all across the country all through our itinerant 20s.

Loud, unruly, inefficient and mindlessly fun, it was a perfect symbol for the wayward postcollege years.

A decade or three removed, I thought of that Wrangler while driving the Jeep Renegade, which is smarter, safer, and more secure in its direction.

The grille, headlights and boxy style are all Wrangler-inspired, and the tester’s bright Omaha Orange color was a nod to the 1976 CJ5.

Renegade is a more refined Jeep, more versatile than rugged, yet it’s still a hill of fun.

Renegade was launched for model year 2015 on the crest of a wave of subcompact crossovers landing in the North American market. The Trailhawk-rated version is the only cute ute with any legitimate off-road capability.

Most importantly, this globalmarket vehicle feels and looks like a Jeep, even without all the kitschy brand heritage reminders, from the grilleshaped speakers to the shovelshaped grab handle and the X-ed out taillights.

OFF ROAD In steep, muddy, and rocky courses at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., and the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Ill., the trail-rated Trailhawk was able to keep pace with the Wrangler, despite smaller wheels, arches and a shorter ground clearance of 8.7 inches, same as the Cherokee midsize SUV. It’s no Wrangler;

Renegade is a more refined Jeep it dips its small wheels in, more than plowing through, but the 4x4 gets the job done.

There are five drive settings, including mud, snow, sand and rock in a dynamic fourwheel drive system Jeep calls Selec-Terrain. It can be used in normal road surfaces with snow or wet conditions to minimize spinouts and to start in second gear so the wheels won’t make a rut when taking off.

blocking the road.

Hill descent is another magical function that, once activated, will overtake the gas and brake pedals. It’s a leap of faith, especially teetering over a rocky descent, but so is any complex mechanics. The driver can brake if he feels the need to do something other than steer.

The little buddy with the 2.4-liter Tigershark engine churns out 177 pound-feet of torque, and can tow up to 2,000 The Active Drive 4x4 Low pounds, good enough to lug system specific to the Trailhawk the ATV or Harley. It’ll also turn models lets the Renegade those two red tow hooks on the crawl over rocks and other front, or the one on the rear, uneven terrain due to all sorts into a rescue device instead of of engineering wizardry. The just a cool visual component. . brake-lock differential, for example, stops one wheel from ON ROAD spinning and delivers all the The wizardry doesn’t stop torque in that axle to the wheel once the Trailhawk is back that is planted. So long, log on the road. Because it’s

wiser than the Wrangler, the rear axle disconnects from the powertrain when it’s not needed. Sounds ominous but it’s a fuel saving device reverting the Renegade to a front-wheel drive vehicle that is more efficient, smoother and quieter. Paired to a nine-speed transmission that initially gave FCA all kinds of trouble in the Jeep Cherokee, the fourcylinder engine is good enough to deliver 24 mpg combined, which is one of the worst for a subcompact crossover but the best for a Jeep. Trade-offs are so adult.

All this sophisticated mechanical capability means owners should be on good terms with a Jeep service center, who must be among the few who can fix problems should they arise.

SKY HIGH Keeping with Jeep’s manual, hands-on heritage, the tester came with twin removable roof panels known as My Sky. The two panels over both rows of seats are like lengthwise T-tops, except the safety engineers made sure it was a two-handed operation so fun-seekers ditching work wouldn’t be removing the panels while on their way to the beach. A key (best stowed in the glove box) unlocks the panel, then a latch pops it free.

You could theoretically remove it from a seated position, but it’s best to stand on the door sill and remove it from the top.

A padded storage bag in the back keeps the panels secure, though it does limit how much you can stuff in the small cargo area.

Section C

Business

www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend

Saturday, October 22, 2016

daveRAMSEY

TECHNOLOGY | SOCIAL MEDIA

Financial straight talk.

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

Nick White wanders inside the “creation space” Oct. 4 at Instagram’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California. As Instagram continues to expand, some areas in their new headquarters reflect their unique workplace culture.

Don’t let lost job pull you into debt Dear Dave, I’m 23, and I lost a good job a few days ago due to layoffs. My wife has been a stay-at-home mom with our 10-month-old daughter, and we have very little in the way of savings. What can we do to keep our heads above water?

– Seth

Tribune News Service photos

A picture of success Instagram prepares for more growth

BY QUEENIE WONG Tribune News Service

W

hen Pope Francis joined Instagram at age 79 in March, a thought crossed the mind of the tech firm’s chief operating officer. For Marne Levine, the moment made the company’s value to the world even clearer.

Visitors from throughout the world often hand the pontiff a photograph as a way to bridge a language barrier. Images, Levine noted, are the fastest way to connect and communicate with another person.

And Instagram is filled with images.

“What Instagram has created is this new global language,” Levine said during a tour of the company’s new Menlo Park, California, headquarters. “When you go on Instagram, it really doesn’t matter what your generation is, what country you’re from or what language you speak.”

Earlier this month, Instagram turned 6 years old, yet another milestone for a company that has been growing rapidly since Facebook purchased the photosharing app for $1 billion in 2012.

Instagram this year reached more than 500 million users worldwide, surpassing fellow social

networks Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Snapchat. A few weeks ago, Instagram hit 500,000 advertisers, more than doubling the amount in 6 months.

“This is a platform that’s seeing a lot of usage, and it’s one that advertisers are very intrigued with,” said Debra Aho Williamson, an analyst for eMarketer. “What Instagram represents to advertisers is a fun, creative playground and a place to show off the best side of themselves.”

Mobile ad revenue for the company is projected to grow worldwide from $1.86 billion this year to $6.84 billion in 2018, eMarketer estimates.

While the tech firm has a lot to celebrate this year, Instagram – which ditched its vintage camera logo for a more minimalist look – is still trying to prove it has evolved beyond just a place to share beautifully filtered photos and that it can drive sales for businesses. And as it focuses more on video, the company gets compared to its rival Snapchat, an ephemeral messaging app popular among teens.

“I think one place where Snapchat is stealing the thunder is in video advertising,” Williamson said.

PICTURE CONTINUED ON C8

Dear Seth, I’m really sorry you’re going through this. I’ve been there, so I know this is a scary time for you. There are some short- and long-term goals to think about in a situation like this, but let’s look at the immediate future.

Go crazy about finding some kind of income. I don’t care if it’s delivering pizza during the week and working at the mall on weekends. Even if it doesn’t completely replace your previous income, it will give you some cash to pay bills and stay afloat. On your off days, and before and after work, you can line up and do interviews for a more stable, full-time job. You might even have to trade off babysitting duties with your wife so she can earn some money, too.

While all this is going on, have a garage sale and sell anything you don’t need or want anymore. Just about anything that can be turned into income should be turned into income.

In the process, prioritize your bills and other financial responsibilities. Take care of food first, then utilities, the mortgage or rent, then transportation. You guys don’t need to see the inside of a restaurant for a while unless you’re working there, and if things don’t get better by Christmas, any gifts you give should be handmade crafts.

This is doable if you two work hard, pull together, and focus.

God bless you guys, Seth.

– Dave

Accounting 101

The Instagram logo and streaming images decorate the Instagram lobby.

Dear Dave, I’ve just started a small business. As the owner and only employee, how do I determine my profits?

– Brittany RAMSEY CONTINUED ON C8

PENNSYLVANIA | SMALL BUSINESS

Mom-and-pop shop keeps appliances chugging along Store has held its own against big-box stores over past 5 decades

BY STEPHANIE RITENBAUGH Tribune News Service

ETNA, Pa. – Virginia VinskiFischer hadn’t planned on taking over her father’s appliance business when he asked her to work with him in 1965.

She was busy raising three children, all under the age of 10, and refrigerators and TVs weren’t foremost on her mind.

“When you’re in your early 20s, are you thinking about washing machines?” But she joined her father, George, handling the bookkeeping and sales for Vinski Brothers on Butler Street in this former steel town outside Pittsburgh.

Five decades later, she runs the shop with her husband, John Fischer, who handles deliveries,

installations and repairs.

“We are both 77 years old, and we’re doing all our own work,” she said. “We know the business. We’re personal. This isn’t like a chain store where they just point to a price.”

The face of the once-smoky town of Etna has changed – U.S. Steel’s Isabella furnace there closed in 1954 and other mills in the area followed. Meanwhile, shopping habits evolved, with business shifting toward national chains and online browsing in the years since Vinski Brothers opened in 1946.

Yet the appliance shop and service center has held its own against big-box stores such as Lowe’s, Home Depot and hhgregg, they said.

Of course, Vinski Brothers operates by word-of-mouth marketing rather than TV spots.

“We’ve had some of the same customers for 50 years,” VinskiFischer said. “We were serving the parents, then their children and then their grandchildren.”

Most of those customers come from communities within easy reach of the store.

In Etna, the shop is among a small group of businesses that have kept the doors open for decades. Winschel Hardware, also on Butler Street, has been in the borough since 1885, according to Mary Ellen Ramage, borough manager and secretary.

APPLIANCES CONTINUED ON C8

Tribune News Service

Virginia Vinski-Fischer owns Vinski Brothers appliances in Etna, Pennsylvania, with her husband, John Fischer. The business has been in her family for 70 years. “We’ve had some of the same customers for 50 years,” she said.

C2 • SV Weekend

www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016

GRANDPARENTS DAY

Katelynn Pankhurst is Amboy High School’s October Student of the Month. She’s considering attending Illinois State University to study business.

Amboy Student of the Month AMBOY – Katelynn Pankhurst, 17, is Amboy’s October Student of the Month. Her parents are Marshall Pankhurst and the late Melanie Pankhurst. Her siblings are Amanda Pankhurst, 20, and Josh Pankhurst, 22.

Favorite class, and why: My favorite class has to be STEM, because it has given me the opportunity to learn hands-on in the classroom, and take part in building things like robots, hoverboards and homemade air conditioners.

Least favorite class, and why: History has to be my least favorite class, because I have a hard time remembering all of the dates and specifics about topics we learn.

Favorite teacher: Cynthia Carlson, math. She believes in the capability of every student, and takes the time to make sure that everyone fully understands the material that she is teaching. She has been one of the most influential people in my high school career, and has taught me to attend to precision and strive for greatness.

School activities in which you participate: Basketball, track, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, student council, FFA Civic, church, volunteer or other activities in which you participate: I

volunteer my time to our community by refereeing soccer games, reading to the children at Central School, and various other community activities through NHS. Do you have a job?

Anderson’s Pumpkin Patch (everyone come visit!)

How would you describe your group of friends? My friends are some of the most outgoing and fun people you’ll ever meet, and you never have to worry about having a good time when you’re with them. We’ve all grown up together, and I’d say we’re more like family than friends.

What will you do after high school? I think I am going to attend Illinois State University to study some area of business.

What is something you learned in high school that you think you will never use? How to balance equations What kind of music are you listening to? I listen to all genres of music; it just depends on the day.

What is your favorite: App: Twitter Food: Five-cheese pasta

Sports team: St. Louis Cardinals What’s the one thing in your life you can’t do without? My sister. She has always been there for me when I need her opinion on something, and has always been my go-to person.

What is your advice for surviving high school? Don’t procrastinate on schoolwork, and make the most of everything, because it goes faster than you think.

If you could change one thing about your school, what would it be and why? I would add air conditioning to our school, because sitting in the heat is dreadful.

What scares you?

Why? Elevators. I always get afraid that they’re going to stop and I won’t be able to get out.

What’s something about you that nobody knows? I always want to go shopping, but never want to spend money.

What do you think about the upcoming election, presidential candidates? In my opinion, neither side has put out their best candidate for the election.

If you could try any job Game or activity: Hiking for a day, what would it be? I would be a travel photographer, because it Movie: “The Longest would give me the opporRide” tunity to experience all parts of the world.

TV show: “The Fosters”

If you could go anywhere in the world for free, where would it be?

Why? I would go to Venice, Italy, to stroll through the city on a ferryboat ride, and try all of the authentic food.

More than 400 people celebrated Grandparents Day Sept. 29 at Washington School Elementary in Sterling. The grandparents had a cup of coffee or juice and a snack with their grandchildren before school started. They also had an opportunity to visit their grandchild’s classroom and meet their teacher. Teachers planned special activities for the visit. Photo submitted by Vicky Salas.

CDL GRADUATES

What is the last good book you read? The last book I read was “The Great Gatsby,” and I liked it because it showed how different life was in the 1920s than it is now.

What is your proudest moment? Why? Going to state for track this past year and placing with my 4-by-200 relay, because we were able to prove that a small town team can do anything.

Who is your hero/role model? Why? Definitely my dad. He’s always supported me in every decision I made and has encouraged me to reach my full potential.

What do you think your life will be like 10 years from now? Hopefully I’ll have a great job and I’ll be on the right road to success.

Tyler Commons (left) of Dixon and James Blackburn of Amboy recently completed Sauk Valley Community College’s 4-week truck driving training program in Dixon. The next series of classes begins in March; to sign up, contact Brenda Helms at brenda.helms@svcc.edu or 815-835-6212.

Photo submitted by Helms.

SENIOR OF DISTINCTION

Is there anything else you would want people to know about you? My dad started a honey business called KP’s Honeybees, which is named after me.

Is there someone you’d like to send a shout out to? All of my friends, family, and coaches for supporting me in everything I do and pushing me to be the best that I can be.

POLO HOMECOMING COURT

Kelsey Handschuh was nominated and selected as the September Oregon High School Senior of Distinction. Pat Donahue of Stillman Bank presents her achievement award. Handschuh also received a gift certificate from Father & Sons Pizzeria in Oregon. Photo submitted by Britteny Stewart.

POP UP ART SHOW

Polo Community High School’s homecoming court is (front row, from left) King Tristen Aguilar, Prince Hunter Velez, Princess Cora Buskohl, and Queen Jenna Handel; (second row) Hanna Blumhoff, Brenner Bushman, Kenzie Dusing, Mathew Cheeseman, Oliiva Hopkins, Mason Wright, Justine Gorzny, Caleb Day, Lani Bergstrom, and Fabian Calderon; and (back row) Sadie Baumann, Caleb Aguilar, Ally Rhodes, Marcus Almasy, Lena Baumann, Matthew Binkley, Anna Peterson, JJ Bardell, Kayla Blum, and Ben Peterson. Photo submitted

by Toby Handel.

Cheryl Bunton, an art teacher at Oregon High School, gathered 99 works of art from 44 OHS alumni for a pop-up art show, which ran from Sept.

24 to Oct. 2. The works were displayed at the Washington Corner Building, with space donated

by Tony Alfano of Oregon. Several events took place during the show, including a catered opening night, a pie and coffee night, and an afternoon to meet the artists. Several pieces were sold. Volunteers from the Oregon Together Arts Group helped put the show together and staff the gallery. Photo submitted by Kathe Wilson.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Scrapbook www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend â&#x20AC;˘ C3

Parade, president, sports fans

Rock River VietNow set up a booth Aug. 27 and 28 at Amboy Depot Days. Members are (from left) Gary Debord and Doug Near of Dixon and Phil Schroeder and Don White, both of Morrison. Photos submitted by Lynda Norton of Dixon

Terry Bernhardt (left) of Franklin Grove and DeBord ride the Rock River Valley Chapter VietNow float during the Aug. 27 Amboy Depot Days parade.

The winners of the 41st annual Punt, Pass and Kick Competition at the Coloma Park District in Rock Falls are (front row, from left) Max Wilson, first place, 126.5 points; Cobey Shipma, second, 124.5; Lucas Porter, third, 105; Zein Tefiku, fourth, 97; Travonn Walker, fifth, 75; Scottie M. Hampton Jr., sixth, 61; and Jonathan Blackert, seventh, 26.5; and (back row) Kendra Scott, first, 70; Tanner Shannon, second, 110.5; Matthew Blackert, third, 74.5; Rais Tefiku, first, 138.5; Conner Porter, second, 114.5; Addisyn Wilson, third, 82.5; Shane Norton, first, 152.25; Nolan Gragert, second, 142; Michael Lage, third, 131.5; and Racheal Lage, first, 216.75; Not pictured are Korbin Oligney, second, 100.5, Hope Hampton, second, 111; and Savannah Bufford, first, 113.75. Places are based on age and gender divisions. First-place winners advanced to sectional. Photo submitted by the park district.

Barricades and ladders block off the statue of President Ronald Reagan along the Dixon Riverfront the week of Oct. 3 during cleaning. Photo submitted by Phillip LeFevre of Dixon.

Arlene LeFevre, mother of Phillip LeFevre of Dixon, displays her Chicago Cubs pride at Heritage Square in Dixon. Arlene has never missed a Cubs game, and has been waiting 93 years for the Cubs to win the World Series. Photo submitted by Phillip LeFevre.

Chicago Bears fan Harbor Rea Santos LeFebrue keeps an eye of the game. Photo submitted by Dick Santos of Dixon.

Wanted: Photos from you A scrapbook is a book with blank pages, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what our Scrapbook page is without your pictures. We want to fill the page with images that capture lives in the Sauk Valley. They can be submitted by email to photos@saukvalley.com or can be taken to the Sterling and Dixon offices.

C4 • SV Weekend

www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Logo design emphasizes art importance MORRISON – When faced with the challenge of entering a design for this year’s Paint the Town logo and T-shirt design contest, the Morrison High School art teacher stepped in.

According to a news release, Tony Wright knew that the concept and symbolism of “Art Matters,” which four of his high school painting students had developed during the fourth quarter of the 201516 school year, would be a perfect fit for the event. Those students are Mckenzie Renkes, Alliey Mitchell, Laura Zuidema and Corrina Geerts, all seniors.

“Art Matters is really a social commentary – in a nonpolitical and nonaggressive way – from all of our MHS art students on the importance of art in our schools,” Wright said.

“So many times, in educational systems that are increasingly ruled by standardized tests, art courses

are often the first thing put on the chopping block.

We are proud that Morrison schools, despite some challenges, have continued to provide a kindergarten-through-12thgrade art program that is so very beneficial for our students of all ages.

“You can see that art matters to our school and to our community.”

This year’s design features a teenager painting “ART MATTERS” on a row of student lockers, with a young girl looking on, imagining her own future inspired by the teenager’s artwork and creative expression. Models for the design were Renkes and Wright’s daughter, Ailey.

The students’ design was inspired by the British artist, Banksy – graffiti master, painter, activist and filmmaker of unverified identity – who has become known for his satirical, controversial, and often politically themed, art-

Morrison High School seniors display their winning Paint the Town Log design, “Art Matters.”

They are (from left) Laura Zuidema, Alliey Mitchell, and Corrina Geerts. Not pictured is Mckenzie Renkes.

Photo submitted by Nicole Bollman. work that shows up secret- annual event sponsored and encouraging par- opportunities for instrucly and unexpectedly on by the Children’s Art Pres- ticipation in the visual tion and appreciation of streets, walls, and bridges ervation Association of arts, supports the work of the arts. of cities throughout the Morrison. local artists, and partners For more information world.

C A P A d e v o t e s i t s with local schools to cre- about CAPA, call 815-772Paint the Town is an resources to promoting ate programs that expand 2670.

RESTHAVE ACTIVITIES

Florence Tripp and Ed Abbott are the queen and king of homecoming at Resthave Home nursing section in Morrison. They rode in the Morrison homecoming parade in a 1966 Plymouth Fury 3 convertible provided by Kenny and Nancy VenHuizen. Photos submitted by Karla Burn.

SONS OF THE FATHER

Sons of the Father, a nationally-known trio from West Frankfort, will perform at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at Northside Baptist Church, 598 River Lane, Dixon. Les, Chris, and Brent Snyder sing hymns and spirituals they’ve arranged to Gaither Vocal Band. For more information, visit northsidedixon.com or call 815-4402894. Photo submitted by Colleen Logsdon.

IN BRIEF Shelter raffle tickets available

Marge Kettler and Marvin Hook, Resthave homecoming king and queen from the assisted living section, ride in a baby blue 1963 Ford Falcon convertible owned by Carolyn and Frank Freas. The kings and queens wore crowns, sashes and boutonnieres or corsages and shirts that said “Resthave Loves Our Mustangs.” Staff and family members, wearing the same matching shirts walked alongside the cars.

Judy Buntemeyer, “Momma J,” entertained Resthave residents Aug. 30 in Morrison with her singing and humor. Buntemeyer of Goose Lake, Iowa, sings with Emma “M” Schroeder of Morrison.

DIXON – Tickets are available now for a raffle featuring a big-screen TV, a freezer, tools and a gas grill, proceeds of which will benefit Granny Rose Animal Shelter.

Only 250 tickets will be sold in the Granny Rose Grand Slam Raffle. Four winners will be drawn, and the first will get his or her pick of the prizes, then the second, then the third.

The prizes are a Sharp Aquos 65-inch 4K LED TV, worth $1,500; and a Weber Genesis gas grill and $250 gift card for steaks; a custom camouflage freezer plus a 150-pound beef and pork bundle; and a DeWalt sixpiece cordless lithium ion tool kit combo, all worth $1,000 each.

Tickets cost $40 for one or $100 for three, and each ticket sold comes with two pork loin dinners to be served at the drawing, Nov. 12 at Jeff’s Refs in Polo. Dinner starts at 6 and the drawing is at 7 p.m.

Tickets are available in Dixon at Granny Rose, 613 River Lane; at Oliver’s Corner Market, 748 N. Brinton Ave., and from Rudy Rutherford, 815440-4096. Call Rutherford for more information, too.

The nonprofit, no-kill shelter also needs donations, monetary or otherwise. Go to grannyrose. org or call 815-288-7387 to help.

Vendors wanted for winter market DIXON – The Dixon Winter Farmers Market will open from 9 a.m. to

12:30 p.m. Nov. 5 in the lower level of Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St. Subsequent dates will be from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the first and third Saturdays through April.

The market is accessible to wheelchairs.

The producer-only market allows produce, food products, or crafts that a vendor or immediate family member has grown or made. Space limitations prevent restaurant or brick and mortar retail businesses from taking part.

Visit facebook.com/DixonWinterFarmersMarket or contact DWFM2015@ gmail.com or 815-2444451 for applications and more information.

Hospice prepares for festival events STERLING – Hospice of the Rock River Valley will offer a variety of activities during this year’s Festival of Trees.

A holiday designs and desserts show kickoff for the festival will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 9 at Bethel Reformed Church, 230 E. 23rd St. Jim Behrens, a floral designer, will offer holiday decorating tips.

Tickets are $20, and advance purchases are recommended. Tickets can be purchased at Hospice, 2600 N. Locust St., Suite B; Behrz-Bloomz, 2503 N. Locust St.; and Sauk Valley Chamber of Commerce, 211 Locust St. The festival’s 27th annual gala will be at 6 p.m. Nov. 12 at Brandywine Banquet Center, 441 state Route 2, Dixon.

The evening will start with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, and a silent

auction, followed by a dinner and dessert and live auctions. All proceeds will benefit hospice patients and families.

Tickets are $50 per person, or $400 for a table of eight. Reservations are due by Nov. 1; to sign up, call 815-625-3858.

A holiday quartermania fundraiser for Hospice’s Hospice Home campaign will be from 6 to 8 p.m.

Nov. 13 at Sterling Moose Family Center, 2601 E. Lincolnway. Participants will purchase bidding paddles for $5, and bid one to four quarters on items from more than 15 vendors, each providing two items for the auction.

Cash and carry items also will be available from vendors. A cash bar and food will be available for purchase, and a 50-50 raffle will be drawn.

For more information on any of the activities, call Hospice at the above number.

‘Walk to end’ raises $27,207 DIXON – More than 190 residents from the Rock River area joined the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s and united in a movement to reclaim the future for millions Sept. 17 at Lowell Park.

Participants raised $27,207 to fund Alzheimer’s care, support, and research programs.

“All funds raised by participants play a huge part in the fight against Alzheimer’s,” said Kelsey Moore, manager, special events, at the Alzheimer’s Association, Central Illinois Chapter in Peoria. “Every 66 seconds, someone in the U.S.

develops Alzheimer’s.

The donations help fund vital research, as well as provide local programs and services to families affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia in our community.”

Bill’s Alz Stars was the top fundraising team in the walk, raising more than $3,000.

Participants received information about Alzheimer’s disease and how to get involved with this cause, from advocacy opportunities, clinical studies, and support programs and services.

Cynthia Guzman, originally from Sterling, gave a speech about her journey since being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. It was followed by a tribute to those who have experienced or are experiencing the disease.

Go to alz.org/walk for more information or to make a donation.

NAMI to gather at Sinnissippi Center DIXON – The NAMI Sauk Area Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at Sinnissippi Centers, 325 state Route 2. The business meeting will be at 5:30.

The support group is designed to provide education as well as support to families struggling with a diagnosis of mental illness in a relative or friend.

The program will be by a guest speaker.

NAMI Sauk Area services residents in Ogle, Lee, Carroll, and Whiteside counties and the surrounding areas.

For more information, contact Mary Brokaw at namisaukarea@gmail.com or 815-284-6417.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend • C5

NEW BEDFORD BINGO

LEFT: New Bedford Royal Neighbors of America had a community bingo party Oct. 3 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Manlius. Vicki O’Brien, activity director from Heritage Health Center in Walnut, gave a presentation on the activities provided for residents and the need for volunteers. Photos submitted by Mary Etheridge.

RIGHT: Prizes, donated by chapter members, were awarded. Refreshments were served to the 30 community members present.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Averie Marie Port Christie and Darrick Port of Milledgeville are the parents of a daughter born at 7:12 p.m. Oct. 10, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Averie Marie Port weighed 8 pounds at birth and was 21 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Megan Port, 15, and Emma Port, 13.

Maternal grandparents are Jim Miller and Janell Miller, both of Forreston.

Paternal grandparents are Dale Port and Rita Port, both of Lanark.

Maternal great-grandparents are Jane Dietrich and Pat Miller, both of Mount Morris.

Paternal great-grandmother is Margaret Glenn of Lanark.

Thank Goodness policy

Libby Lou Tarbill

Lydia Jo White

Layla Jean Weems

Brianna and Aaron Tarbill of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 10:46 p.m. Oct. 10, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Libby Lou Tarbill weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces at birth and was 22 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Bryson Tarbill, 5, and Lilly Tarbill, 3.

Maternal grandparents are Jeff and Robin Henard of Morrison.

Paternal grandparents are John Tarbill of Sterling and Cindy Williams (Randy Covell) of Rock Falls.

Maternal great-grandparents are Robert and Nila Harris and Judith Henard, all of Sterling, and Robert Henard of North Carolina.

Paternal great-grandmother is Edith (Raymond) Tarbill of Sterling.

Monique M. Lopez and Sidney J. White of Lyndon are the parents of a daughter born at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 9, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Lydia Jo White weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces at birth and was 22 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Jennifer Joyce and Jezrel Joyce, both of Walnut.

Paternal grandparents are Amy White of Lyndon and Rich Van Ausdoll of Rock Falls.

Maternal great-grandparents are Sue Chapman and Greg Chapman, both of Broadhead, Wisconsin.

Paternal great-grandparents are Bonnie Van Ausdoll and Pete Van Ausdoll, both of Rock Falls.

Judy and Mike Weems of Polo are the parents of a daughter born at 8:07 a.m. Oct. 7, 2016, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Layla Jean Weems weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at birth and was 20.5 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Chelsey Weems, 15, and Gavin Weems, 2.

Maternal grandfather is Ronald Blakeslee of Polo.

Paternal grandparents are Jim Weems and Becki Weems, both of Chatanooga, Tennessee.

Maternal great-grandmother is Leota Cavanaugh of Polo.

Paternal great-grandmother is Tina Qwimby of Mount Morris.

Letters may be emailed to letters@saukvalley.com or sent to Sauk Valley Media, 3200 E. Lincolnway, P.O. Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081.

THANK GOODNESS

Grateful for window repair funds raised JANE MUSGRAVE Sterling

We at The Big Red Church, First Congregational, were truly blessed Oct. 6 when we served a chicken supreme dinner.

This was a fundraiser for our stained-glass window repair project.

The response was overwhelming and very much appreciated.

It started at 4:30 p.m. and the people kept coming until it ended.

We had many people in the kitchen working hard

to get the meal served.

After starting with a prayer that we would have a great response and giving the praise to God, we ended very blessed.

We would like to thank everyone who came to support us and also the many who gave donations either over the asking donation or some who stopped in during the day and said they weren’t able to come and eat, but wanted to contribute.

I just want to say to everyone who supported us and to those who worked hard preparing and serving the meal, a big thank you! Thank you!

Thank you!

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Today Overeaters Anonymous, 9 a.m., Gateway Faith Fellowship parsonage, 701 14th Ave., Fulton, 563-321-8577.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, 9 a.m., open; noon, open; 6 p.m., open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old Timers; 7 p.m., open, family fun night, bring a friend, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 7 p.m. closed (5), Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Narcotics Anonymous Hope Without Dope, noon, in the back of Lifescape Community Services, 1901 First Ave., Sterling, 815-535-3748, 24-hour hotline 844-678-7684.

Overeaters Anonymous, 5 p.m., lower-level entrance, Church of God, 816 S. Clay St., Mount Carroll, 630-709-7807.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., steps, traditions, closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

Sunday Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., closed; noon, open; 1 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

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

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

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

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

Alcoholic Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N.

Second St., Rochelle.

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

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

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

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

Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon.

Appointments: 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

Flu vaccinations (adults and children), 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Ogle County Health Department, 907 W. Pines Road, Oregon, 815-732-7330.

Blood pressure screenings, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Health Department, 1300 W. Second St., Rock Falls, 815626-2230.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., open, Methodist church, 402 First Ave., Forreston.

Veterans Affairs represen-

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

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, step, closed; 6 p.m., open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Dixon Rotary Club, noon, Mama Cimino’s, 104 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon, Melissa, 815-2845287.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., open, beginners, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

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

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Sunshine meeting, back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Crochet-Knitting Club, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary, 1 p.m., 409 Avenue F, Sterling, 815-6251622.

Whiteside County Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1:30 p.m., Coventry Village, 612 W. 23rd St., Sterling.

TOPS, 4 p.m. weigh-in, 4:30 p.m. meeting; 5:30 p.m. weighin, 6 p.m. meeting, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle.

TOPS Chapter IL 634 meeting, 4:30 p.m., 205 S. Walnut St., Franklin Grove.

Pink-A-Boo Special Breast Cancer Program, 5:30 p.m., Town Square Centre, 102 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon. Registration: 815-288-4673.

Washington Grove Cemetery Association annual meeting, 6 p.m., at Ogle County Courthouse, Suite 100, 105 S. Fifth St., in Oregon.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., New Hope Baptist Church, 902 W. 12th St., Rock Falls; John Mattingly, 815-6313896.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., Crossroads Community Church, 201 W. Market St., Morrison; Penny, 815-5908003.

Rock Falls Rotary, 6 p.m., Beelendorf’s Deli, 204 W. 10th St., Rock Falls.

Rock Falls Optimist Club, 6:30 p.m., Candlelight Inn, 2200 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Byron Fire Protection District Trustees, 7 p.m., district headquarters, 123 N. Franklin St. Mount Carroll Monday Night Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m.,

Church of God, 816 Clay St., Mount Carroll. 815-284-3444.

Lee, Whiteside Chapter of the American Diabetes Association, 7 p.m., Ryberg Auditorium, CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

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

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

Tampico Lions Club, 7 p.m., Good Times, 106 N. Main St., Tampico, 815-438-2789.

Sauk Valley Al-Anon GroupAlateen, 7 p.m., back door, 1503 First Ave., Suite D, Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step study, Church of St. Anne, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, study, Elim Reformed Church parsonage, 140 S. Church Road, Kings.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, Eells Room, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 207 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (3), First Presbyterian Church, 502 Third St., Savanna.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., open, 217 N. Hickory St., Shannon.

Mexican Train dominoes, Wii Bowling, 9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Stretch & Move, 9 a.m., Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St., 815-734-6335.

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

Euchre lessons and games, 10 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling. Register: 815-622-9230 or 828-461-7979.

Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100

W. Second St., Dixon, 815-2889236.

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

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

Hand and foot cards, 12:15 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Hand and foot, 12:30 p.m.,

Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St., 815-734-6335.

Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

Rummy, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton,

815-589-3925.

Tacos, 4-8 p.m., Latin American Social Club, 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

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

Sauk Valley Chess Club, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling; 815-622-8838.

Monday

COMMUNITY EVENTS Today Farmers Market, 7 a.m.noon, West Second Street, Rock Falls, 815-625-4500.

Farmers Market, 8 a.m.noon, Twin City Market, indoors, 106 Avenue A, Sterling, 815-626-8610.

Fall Bazaar, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Ashton United Methodist Church, Richardson Avenue and North Fourth Street, 815453-2328.

Sunday There are no activities today.

Monday 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., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Coffee, 8 a.m., Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St., 815-734-6335.

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

COLLEGE HONORS St. Ambrose University

Illinois State University

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Jescelynne Gibbons of Sterling was inducted in October into the Iota Omega Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi at St. Ambrose University.

She is an elementary education major with a special education endorsement.

NORMAL – Karen Sanders of Dixon is the general manager for Illinois State University’s student radio station, WZND. In her sixth semester at the station, she is in charge of supervising staff of more than 100 students, conducting all station leadership meetings,

and managing the budget.

She also serves as president of the organization. She also serves on the management council, and contributes to the central policy-making board for the station. Before becoming general manager, she was the client services director. Her major is communication stud-

ies, organizational and leadership, with a minor in psychology.

education major, was awarded the Hilltop Scholarship.

Culver-Stockton College

Monmouth College

CANTON, Mo. – Jaeden Workman of Morrison was accepted into Culver-Stockton College’s fall 2017 incoming class. Workman, a elementary

MONMOUTH – Tyler Smith, a freshman psychology major, recently joined Kappa Kappa Gamma at Monmouth College.

C6 • SV Weekend

www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Teen sees parents’ marriage collapse Dear Abby: I’m 17 and the youngest in the family. My dad is cheating on my mom. My mom knows and has even told him she knows he’s having an affair. He didn’t apologize. His response was that he still would meet the other lady.

For the past few months, Mom has been gathering evidence so she can divorce him. None of my other siblings know. I feel they should, but Mom doesn’t want them to.

I am angry at my dad for making Mom suffer so much for so long. Besides his hard work ethic, he has never been the father I wanted to have. He hides money and is quick

ties, and it appears that has happened because your mother chose to Dear Abby confide in you. That’s is written a heavy burden for one

by Abigail Van Buren, so young to carry, and it also known wasn’t fair to you. as Jeanne Although you want to Phillips. The column is prohelp your mother through vided through this, I do not think you Universal are equipped to do more Uclick. than remain supportive and honor her request to anger. Everything not to tell your siblings. negative he does sticks She may be handling as to him. What should I much as she can right do to help my mom, and now without having to should I tell my siblings? deal with more emotional – Dead is Cheating turmoil, and they will find out soon enough.

Dear D.I.C.: You seem to have a great deal of insidDear Abby: My daugher knowledge about your ter, “Jamie,” is in college, and has two roommates, parents’ marital difficul-

dearABBY

ON THE MENU

HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS

Casserole, salads top lunch choices

Costumes OK for 5K walk, run

OHIO – The 32nd annual Immaculate Conception Church fall luncheon will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the church hall, 103 S. Main St. Chicken casserole, salads, and desserts will be served.

Prices are $7 for adults, $4 for students, and free for preschoolers. Raffle tickets are available at the door.

The pre-sale raffle tickets drawing will be at 12:30.

Call the church at 815376-4074 for more information.

Meal, auction on tap in Polo

The 1-mile advanced registration fee is $1, but $5 on race day.

Proceeds will go to MOUNT CARROLL the West Carroll Pri– West Carroll School mary School’s positive District will have its first West Carroll Spooktacu- behavior program and the West Carroll Middle lar 5K and 1-mile run, walk through town, start- School for playground equipment. ing and ending at West A water station will Carroll Middle School, be on the course; light 633 East St. refreshments and water Race day registration will be provided after the and packet pickup will race. be open from 3 to 3:55 This is a costumep.m. the day of the race.

The race starts at 4, with themed race and runners the awards ceremony at are encouraged to dress up, but it is not required.

4:45.

Go to wc324.org to sign Registration is $20 in up or for more informaadvance or $25 the day tion. of the race for the 5K.

one of whom is also her friend. Her friend knows a lot of people in this college town, and has much more of a social life than Jamie. Although Jamie always includes her friend in outings, her friend never returns the favor.

I will be going to stay with them next weekend.

Should I say something to her friend, in private, about how hurt my daughter’s feelings are?

– Hurt Feelings Dear Hurt Feelings: No. As much as you might like to run interference for your daughter, remain silent. The person to explain Jamie’s feelings to her roommate should

All-age contest at municipal center ROCK FALLS – Coloma Township Park District’s annual Halloween all ages costume contest will begin at 4 p.m. Oct. 30 at Louis J. Pignatelli Municipal Center, 1007 Seventh Ave. Doors open at 3:30 p.m.

Categories are funniest, most unusual, most original, scariest, prettiest, historical, storybook characters, movie characters, cartoon characters, and miscellaneous.

The best of show winner gets $15, the first runnerup gets $10, and the sec-

be Jamie. Whether they can remain close friends under these circumstances is questionable, but for the next year they will have to coexist as roommates. Do not interfere.

Dear Abby: I recently lost my mom to cancer, and my father has offered her engagement ring to me to propose to my longtime girlfriend. The ring used to belong to my grandmother and has a beautiful quality diamond in a yellow gold setting.

My girlfriend and I are not fans of yellow gold.

I know Mom would want my girlfriend to have a ring she loves and will cherish. I was told the

ond runner-up gets $5.

All participants get candy.

Call 815-625-0272 for more information.

Church marks decade activities DIXON – The 10th annual trunk or treat will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 at the parking lot of Grace United Methodist Church, 921 E. Chamberlin St. Costumed children and their adults are welcome. Several cars will offer treats from decorated trunks and hot chocolate and popcorn

STERLING – A fall pancake breakfast will be from 7 to 11 a.m. Nov. 12 at Christ Lutheran School, 2000 18th Ave. The menu will include scrambled eggs, pork sausage, applesauce, and juice or coffee.

The cost is $5, which will be used to benefit the school. Delivery to businesses is available. Email orders to cls@christlutheranschool.com by 3 p.m.

Nov. 11.

For more information, call the school at 815-6253800.

Legion auxiliary to honor veterans AMBOY – Amboy American Legion Auxiliary will have a dinner for 19 men and their spouses or guests at Wednesday at Long Branch Saloon, 55 S. East Ave. The men are either Korean or Vietnam War veterans who traveled to Washington, D.C., as guests of the Lee County Honor Flight.

The dinner is open to those who would like to hear their stories and to honor them.

Reservations may be made by calling Darlene Hinkle at 815-857-3864.

Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

will be served.

For more information, call the church at 815288-1505.

Tricks, treats, on hand at manor MOUNT MORRIS – Pinecrest Manor, 414 S. Wesley Ave., will be ready for trick or treaters from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 30 in the activity room.

All children are welcome to stop by and fill their bags with Halloween treats distributed by Manor residents.

Call Janell Miller at 815734-1722 for more information.

Members of Tampico Area Historical Society met Sept. 27. Jesse Pritchard (from left) of Prophetstown presented the program on his relic hunting hobby. Other hunters are Kevin Smoot of Jordon, and Duane Thompson, Gary Pearson, and Rony Haney, all of Tampico.

Doug Harms (not pictured) of Tampico found a cosmetic compact dated between 1890 and 1912.

It is thought to have belonged to Nelle Reagan.

He donated it and a printing plate to the society.

Photo submitted

by Denise Wranik McLoughlin.

Pancakes, eggs part of fundraiser

DIXON – The annual Monster Pancake Breakfast will be from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Oct. 29 at Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St. Pancakes and sausage will be served.

The cost is $4 for ages 12 and older, $2 for those 11 and younger. Participants will receive $1 if they arrive in costume.

For more information, call the center at 815-2889236.

Dear Nervous: I don’t think it would be wrong.

I do think you should talk to a trusted jeweler and take your guidance from him or her.

TAMPICO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

POLO – St. Marys’ annual luncheon and Chinese auction will be at noon Thursday at LaBranche, 610 S. Division Ave. Tickets are $8 each, and can be purchased from Noralee Gray at 815-9462476 or Mary Williams at 815-946-2926. No tickets will be sold at the door.

Monster breakfast at Post House

setting in Mom’s ring is badly worn and the stone is at risk of falling out.

Would it be wrong to use the stone and have the “perfect” ring made for my future fiancée? I’m not sure about destroying the original ring.

Thoughts, Abby?

– Nervous in New Jersey

IN BRIEF Crafts planned for special needs kids

Fall Fest to fight substance abuse

DIXON – Craft 4 Kids with Special Needs will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 30 at Post House Ballroom, 100 W. Second St. Those attending will paint pumpkins, make superhero capes, and can check out 6 other craft tables. Lunch and beverages are provided.

Fire department personnel have been invited to bring a fire truck for the kids to look at and to answer any questions.

Craft 4 Kids With Special Needs, a nonprofit organization, offers family workshops for those with disabilities.

NACHUSA – A porkchop lunch, petting zoo, pumpkin decorating, and face painting are just a few of the activities set for Nachusa Lutheran Home’s Fall Fest from noon to 2 p.m. Oct. 30 at 1261 state Route 38.

Tours of the Nachusa campus will be available, and those attending can learn about Lutheran Social Services of Illinois programs in Lee County.

In addition, LSSI’s Project LEAD (Leaders Encouraging Abstinence from Drugs) will have its “Hidden in Plain Sight” exhibit, which lets people take a walk through a mock teenager’s bedroom to identify the warning signs of underage drinking and substance abuse.

The event will be held rain or shine; donations will be accepted.

Go to LSSI.org for more information.

New Life Church to have craft show STERLING – The third annual Fall-In with New Life Craft Show will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 at New Life Lutheran Church, 702 W. Lynn Blvd.

Door prizes, a bake sale, and concessions will be available.

For more information or to be a vendor, call the church at 815-499-6552.

Women in combat topic of meeting PRINCETON – “Women in War” will be the program topic when the Bureau Valley Genealogy

Society meets at 7 p.m.

Thursday at the society library, 629 S. Main St. Carol Chandler, a lifelong Dixon resident, will discuss the roles of women in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. According to a news release, there were 221 documented women fighting as men during the Civil War, with one buried in Byron.

The public is welcome.

For more information, call the library at 815879-3133, or stop by between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday.

The library also is open the first Saturday of each month, or can be opened by appointment.

State rep to speak to educators STERLING – The next meeting of Rock River Valley Illinois Education Association Retired will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Sterling IEA office, 3307 E. Lincolnway.

State Rep. Mike Smiddy, D-Hillsdale, will be the speaker. Refreshments will be served.

All education employ-

ees, retired or active, and their spouses or guests are welcome.

Reservations are requested by Monday.

To sign up, contact Debbie Shuman at debbie.shuman@ieanea.org or call 800-763-9756 or 815-626-3884.

Clothing donations sought by group LANARK – Transformers Team community group members will accept gently-used fall and winter clothes in good condition until Oct. 31.

Items will be sold at Transformations, a clothing resale booth at The Special Touch, 504 state Route 64 W. The booth carries clothing for newborns through adults, both men’s and women’s, and in all sizes. Shoes will not be accepted.

Proceeds will be used to build an information center in the parking lot at city hall. Monetary donations for the center also can be dropped off at The Special Touch or Exchange State Bank, 126 N. Broad St. Shop Lanark 2017

cards are available now for $10 at The Special Touch, and at Lanark Food Center, 113 N. Broad St.; Lanark Pharmacy, 102 N. Broad St.; and Carroll Service, 301 N. Broad St. The cards contain discounts for a variety of Lanark and Lake Carroll businesses.

Those willing to invest their talents in building Lanark’s future are welcome to join the team.

Call Rosemary Flikkema at 815-493-6366 or Denise Krysiak at 815-493-2175 for more information.

Forum group to discuss book MORRISON – The Whiteside Forum will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Program Room of Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison St. “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion,” by Jonathan Haidt, will be discussed.

The meeting is open to the public.

For more information, call Marc Adami at 815772-4949.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend • C7

Kiwanis Club of Dixon 2016-17 Board of Directors and officers are (from left) Matt Drennan; Aaron Young, past president; Wylie Fox; Geoff Vanderlin, secretary; Brandi Langner, president; Ed Bushman; Lt. Gov. John Holthaus; Rob Bates; and Joe Rudolphi, treasurer. Not pictured is Marcee Piller, assistant secretary; Andrew McFarlane, vice president; and Elise Ulferts-Hume, Don Knight, Greg Hicks and Hal Weaver. Photos submitted by Langner

Vern DeVries receives a Zeller Fellowship Medalion from Vanderlin. Fellowships represent a $1,250 contribution to Kiwanis International’s Eliminate Project, New member, Lisa Lilja (from left) with her sponsor, Lori Ruebin; and Marce Piller, sponsor, with new member, which is designed to eliminate maternal and neonatal Kayla Halfacre; meet with Geoff Vanderlin, Dixon Kiwanis secretary, and Langner. tetanus worldwide.

Kiwanis Club of Dixon installs officers DIXON – Brandi Langner of Sterling was installed as president of the Kiwanis Club of Dixon during the club’s Oct. 5 meeting in the private dining room at KSB Hospital.

Also installed were vice president Andy McFarlane, vice president; Joe Rudolphi, treasurer; Geoff Vanderlin, secretary; and Marce Piller, assistant secretary.

The following mem-

bers will serve on the club’s board of directors, Ed Bushman, Matt Drennan, Elise UlfertsHume, Wylie Fox, John Holthaus, Rob Bates, Don Knight, Greg Hicks, and Hal Weaver.

The immediate past president is Aaron Young.

He will continue to serve on the club board for the next year.

These officers will serve with Jan Erickson, 2016-

17 Kiwanis International president of Nebraska.

She is the second female to serve as president of the global volunteer service organization.

Recent club service activities have included such projects as Lowell Park Road clean-up, playground building at Open Sesame Childcare Center, books for local first-graders, BUG,(Bringing Up

Grades) program in local schools, and Sauk Valley Community College scholarships.

The Kiwanis Club of Dixon welcomes new members who want to serve their community.

Information about becoming a member is available at dixonkiwanis.org or by joining the weekly meeting at 7 a.m. every Wednesday in the private dining room at KSB Hospital.

Kiwanis International was founded in 1915.

Kiwanis International is a global organization of clubs and members dedicated to serving the children of the world.

Kiwanis and its family of clubs, include Circle K International for university students, Key Club for high school students, Builders Club for middle school students, K-Kids for elementary school students and

Aktion Club for adults living with disabilities, annually dedicate more than 18 million hours and raise more than $100 million to strengthen communities and serve children.

Nearly 670,000 adult and youth members in more than 80 countries and geographic areas comprise the Kiwanis International family.

Go to kiwanis.org for more information.

Health care leadership FSA reminds farmers of fall crop options new class to start soon SPRINGFIELD – Emily Dykstra of Regency Care of Sterling is an IHCA Illinois Leaders Program 2017 Class member.

Graduates will receive a priority nomination for the AHCA Future Leaders program to continue efforts and further hone leadership skills.

Illinois Health Care Association will start a class Nov. 15, with an informative, interactive 2-day event.

Information will include leadership training and case study discussions.

Illinois leaders will receive complimentary reading material to help instill leadership qualities.

The program works to develop leaders within the IHCA and the longterm-care profession in the state.

It is modeled after the American Health Care Association’s Future Leaders, which has been guiding professionals to reach their leadership potential for more than 10 years.

Participants are chosen for their leadership skills, support of the association, and interests in pursuing pathways to improve personal and professional skills.

Throughout the yearlong program, participants will network with the IHCA Board of Directors, staff, and key stakeholders in various ways.

For more information on the program and upcoming class, contact Kristin DiCenso, development director at kd icenso@ihca.com or call 217-528-6455.

AMBOY – County Farm Service Agency representatives remind farmers of options for harvested crops this fall.

Commodity Loans or Market Assist Loans provide producers interim financing after harvest to help meet cash flow needs without having to sell commodities when market prices are typically at harvest-time lows.

AssisMarketing tance Loan reminders: Grain must be harvested before applying for the loan.

Loans mature 9 months after the month

of loan disbursement.

The current interest rate is 1.625 percent for October.

For elevator stored loans the warehouse receipt must indicate that storage has been prepaid through the end of the loan maturity month.

Lien waivers are required from all cash rent landlords, owners of rented storage facilities, and lien holders on the grain (lenders) before loans can be disbursed.

Commodity loans can be repaid anytime during the 9-month term and before the loan matures using the

lower of the two methods, principal plus interest or using the Posted County Price which changes on a daily basis.

However, FSA is changing the way it calculates marketing loan repayment rates and loan deficiency payments which will be based on 5-day or 30-day moving averages.

To be considered eligible for a Loan Deficiency Payment, producers must have form CCC-633EZ, Page 1 on file at their local FSA office before losing beneficial interest in the crop. Pages 2, 3 or 4 of the form must be submitted

when payment is requested.

Bushels used for collateral and stored on the farm can be certified by the farmer or measured by the FSA Office.

Commodity loan eligibility also requires compliance with conservation and wetland protection requirements; beneficial interest requirements, acreage reporting and ensuring that the commodity meets Commodity Credit Corporation minimum grade and quality standards. For more information, go to fsa.usda.gov or call any FSA office.

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

Information may be submitted in writing by hand, mail, fax or email at the Dixon or Sterling offices.

Information on events

that already have taken place will be published as soon as possible, in the order in which it is received. Given the volume of such information,

that could be 2 weeks or more after the event.

Photos will be published as space permits.

For information, call 800-798-4085, ext. 575.

C8 • SV Weekend

www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Owner: We need to make products last longer APPLIANCES

CONTINUED FROM C1

Vinski Brothers is still operated out of a century-old, three-story home originally purchased by Vinski-Fischer’s grandmother, Anna Vinski. Her husband, Joseph, worked at the Isabella furnace.

The family has added several rooms over the years and maintains a warehouse that runs the length of the building.

Family photos decorate the walls and a friendly dog named Cabot greets customers who come to check out washers, dryers and refrigerators on display or to chat about repairs.

The store was established by George Vinski and his two brothers just after World War II. He had served as a chief

electrician mate in the U.S. Navy. Before the war, he and his brothers had built and sold radios out of the home. In the early 1950s, the shop added TVs, which were becoming all the rage.

Eventually George Vinski’s brothers went on to other pursuits, leaving him and his wife, Mary, to run the business.

“This has always been a small operation,” VinskiFischer said. She and her husband employ two delivery men.

Borough chairman Pete Ramage noted that the business has been a staple in the community.

“Anytime we need an appliance, the borough has always bought it there,” he said.

These days, Fischer said, much of the shop’s core business is appliance installations,

upgrades and repairs.

Towns like the nowbooming Lawrenceville just across the Allegheny River, which have older homes that are getting remodeled and sold, keep the shop busy.

Fischer worked as a carpenter for 32 years before he retired from that work and began working with his wife. They bought the business from George Vinski in the 1980s.

The appliance repair business is getting trickier now that more appliances have gone digital. Digital components can make products more complex to fix and maintain. But the other side of that is the idea of planned obsolescence – if a flat screen TV breaks today, it’s likely cheaper and easier to buy a new one than fix the old one.

Vinski Brothers relies,

in part, on people who want to hang onto the things they bought years ago.

“We still service some of the old appliances that are 20 or 30 years old,” Fischer said. “They might need a $50 fix and it will last another 10 years.”

He noted that many manufacturers also include flimsy warranties – if you fix an appliance yourself or through an independent repair shop, it can void the warranty.

“They just pass the buck,” he said.

It’s an issue that’s gained national atten-

tion and touches on a range of topics, including consumer rights, licensing and copyright laws.

Advocacy groups like The Repair Association see it as a property rights issue, as well as a way of extending the life of an item.

“All too often, usable products and device components are shredded or tossed away instead of being salvaged, fixed, and reused,” the group states on its website. “We need to make our products last longer. That includes optimizing electron-

ics not only for the first owner – but also for the third, the fourth, and the fifth owner through formal and informal reuse and repair.”

While Vinski-Fischer took over the business from her father, she and her husband said they’re not sure what will happen to the shop when they step down at some point in the future. Their three children have pursued other careers.

“I guess we’ll sell it to someone who has the ambition and knowledge about the business,” Fischer said.

Astrograph ASTROGRAPH by Eugenia Last Sunday, October 23, 2016 Look for an opportunity, and don’t hesitate to seize it. This is a terrific year to expand your interests and build relationships with people who share your ideas and hopes for the future. Greater stability will result from a solid connection with someone special. Romance is highlighted.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- You need to improve your personal and professional lives. Think about your skills and focus on mastering them.

Strive to think outside of the box.

Own your destiny by preparing for it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Be careful what you share and with whom. Emotions will escalate if you end up in a compromising position.

Stick close to home, and work on personal achievements. Don’t fear being unique.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Step into the spotlight and share your views. It will bring about a debate that will help you move on to better things, leaving old problems behind.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Take note of what everyone around you is doing, and choose not to follow the leader or get entangled in a situation that is full of melodrama.

Opt to do something you enjoy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -Travel or educational pursuits will pay off. Don’t wait for someone to tell you what you can or cannot do. Make up your mind and follow through with your plans. Show a little backbone.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Do whatever needs to be done without trepidation. Relying on someone else to do things for you will result in disappointment. Don’t secondguess your decisions or doubt your abilities.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Helping others will put you in an interesting position. The people you encounter will offer information that will help you improve your life personally and financially.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Offering help will encourage favors in

return. Your hands-on approach will be welcome, but don’t do all the work yourself. Playing the role of a mentor or teacher will have great benefits.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Make plans with a friend, loved one or relatives. Getting together with allies will give you an opportunity to sound out your ideas and receive constructive responses.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Stay in the background if you disagree with what someone is saying. It won’t be worth the effort to fight over something you cannot control.

Focus on self-improvement, not on changing others.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Emotions will surface. Be sure to channel this energy into passion and adventure and fun times with loved ones. A getaway will do you good.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Ask for help before succumbing to someone trying to take advantage of you. Know when to say no and whom to call when in need.

See Today’s Classified Section for Crossword Answers Tribune News Service

Emma Tangoren (left) and Devi Kovi work in the library at Instagram’s new headquarters. The company now has nearly 400 employees worldwide, most of whom work in the new headquarters.

Instagram continues to unveil ways for people to use its app PICTURE

CONTINUED FROM C1

Instagram released a feature this year called “Stories,” which allows users to post photos and videos that will disappear after 24 hours – similar to Snapchat.

Much to the chagrin of some users, the company started sorting photos based on an algorithm instead of chronologically.

But Instagram’s success has been undeniable, and new celebrities, such as rapper Kanye West and actor Tom Hiddleston, continue to sign up for the site every year. And as users and advertisers grow so has the company’s workforce.

In Menlo Park, Instagram employees recently moved into their own three-story office space separate from Facebook, and the more than 65,000-squarefoot building reflects a tech firm where design and simplicity matters.

The company now has nearly 400 employees worldwide, most of whom work in the new Gensler-designed headquarters.

In the lobby, a large illuminated Instagram logo is displayed on a white wall along with a large feed that shows videos and photos posted on the site, from breakfast foods to outdoor adventures. Inside, employees and visitors snap photos behind a large cloud, a moon or flickering stars.

At Blue Bottle Coffee, a wall is filled with Polaroid selfies. Meeting rooms are named after popular hashtags, emojis or places such as Dogpatch or South Park, a reference to the company’s humble beginnings.

Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger were working out of Dogpatch Labs in San Francisco when they launched the app in 2010. Initially, Instagram was a check-in app called Burbn, but pivoted into a tool to share photos.

While Facebook has helped fuel Instagram’s growth, Levine said there are elements that make Instagram’s workplace culture different from its owner.

“Facebook has such a strong culture, but I think we’ve maintained the things that have made

Instagram special from the beginning,” said Levine, who joined Instagram from Facebook.

“That includes being community first, very visually oriented, focused on design, creativity and simplicity.”

Instagram was a smart purchase for Facebook, analysts said, because it gave the social media giant an app with younger users, a more creative and artistic place for people to communicate, and another property to sell ads. When Facebook bought Instagram, the startup only had 13 employees.

And for Instagram, the journey is far from over.

As the company unveils more ways for users to express themselves, Levine said she expects Instagram will have “fuller and more complete global language” in visual communication.

“People are posting the highlights of their lives, but there’s so many more moments that make up the human experience in between,” Levine said. “Those moments can feel really raw – unscripted – or it can be a story that you’re telling that is more planned out.”

Set up separate account for business RAMSEY

CONTINUED FROM C1

Dear Brittany, Here’s a basic Accounting 101 definition for you, regardless of how many employees you have or how big your business might be. What you take in, minus expenses – in other words, your

revenues minus your expenses – equal profit.

Believe it or not, it really is that simple.

Since you’re just starting out, I’d strongly advise you to set up a separate checking account for your business. That’s the only way to accurately tell exactly what’s going on within the business. When you comingle business money

with grocery money and things like that in your personal account, you’ll never have an accurate picture of what’s really happening with your business.

Good luck, Brittany!

– Dave Follow Dave on Twitter (@DaveRamsey), or go to daveramsey.com.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend • C9

WEST CARROLL FFA

West Carroll High School Land Use team members from Savanna are (front row, from left) Natalie O’Connor, Natalie Shaw, Elizabeth Rath, Katie Hoffman, Emily Suiter, and Andrea Johnson; and (back row) Ashton Wand, Shaelynn Williams, Emma Aljets, Cory Simpson, Leland Houz- Varsity team members are (in no particular order) Elizabeth Rath, Daniel Hartman, Natalie Shaw, Emily Suiter, and Natalie O’Connor. enga, Hannah Knight, Devon Murry, and Abby Law. Photos submitted by Josie Anderson.

Pecatonica site of FFA Land Use CDE contest PECATONICA – West Carroll High School FFA members from Savanna competed at the recently Section 1 Land Use Career Development Event in Pecatonica.

Competition included observation of colors and depths of the soils, as well as determining the texture and structures within the pit.

The team moved on to the Oct. 11 contest at Black Hawk Community College. The school also sent 10 junior-varsity FFA members to the competition for experience and practice.

High schools attending

and results are: First- through ninthplace teams, West Carroll, Scales Mound, Eastland, Forreston, Pecatonica, Stockton, Pearl City, Warren, and Dakota.

Top 10 individual winners were Emily Suiter, West Carroll, Natalie Shaw, Elizabeth Rath, West Carroll; Nick Davis, Scales Mound; Taylor Swanson, Pecatonica; Connor Erbsen, Eastland; Daniella Haagman, Forreston; Nick Ege, Stockton; Natalie O’Connor, West Carroll; and Destiny Swalve, Eastland.

Individual Land Use winners are (kneeling, from left) Taylor Swanson, Pecatonica; Nick Davis, Scales Mound; Elizabeth Rath, Natalie Shaw, and Emily Suiter, all from West Carroll; and (standing) Destiny Swalve, Eastland; Natalie O’Connor, West Carroll; Nick Ege, Stockton; Daniella Haagman, Forreston; and Connor Erbsen, Eastland.

GREENHAND CONFERENCE

The FFA Greenhand and Discovery Conference was Oct. 5 at Highland Community College in Freeport. The 28 West Carroll High School members from Savanna in attendance were (kneeling, from left) Dalton Paisley, Gage Wilkins, Ty Aljets, Gabe Themas-Smith, Alexis Robichaud, Diana Tostado, Jaxon Wilson, and Tom Johnson; (middle row) Jacinda McCrudden, Haley Davenport, Brandi Murdock, Kody Sipe, Geneva Zach, Celia Hartman, Haiden Bates, Lakin Getz, Izzy Fredericks, Madison Haynes; and (back row) Austin Legal, Mariah Gibbs, Jazmine Johnson, Carson Rice, Bradley Tuftee, Adam Rath, Riley Getz, Jenna Ross, Luke Reiland, and Brady Handel. Training on leadership skills, parliamentary procedure, the use of drones in agriculture, and teamwork building activities were part of the day. Members who attended the discovery portion of the conference were given information on self-esteem, ethics and the ample opportunities available by FFA. Greenhand FFA members are first-year high school members; Discovery FFA members are members enrolled in FFA in junior high. Photo submitted by Don Mathey.

TRAPSHOOTING COMPETITION West Carroll FFA High School members from Savanna attended the Oct. 1 Section II Trapshooting competition in Hazelhurst. The team won first place with three individuals placing in the top 10 category. They are first place, John McCombie and Shane Houzenga and Leland Houzenga, second. Hunter Appel and Brad Tuftee also participated. Photo submitted by Josi Anderson.

SV Weekend • C10

Travel www.saukvalley.com

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Tribune News Service photos

The New Mexico Museum of Art exemplifies the distinctive architecture of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Something about Santa Fe New Mexico’s capital inspires with art, history and natural beauty

BY RANDALL WEISSMAN Tribune News Service

N

estled at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and surrounded by acres of desolate beauty, Santa Fe often surprises first-time visitors with its wealth of offerings, from culture, history and a vibrant culinary scene to outdoor pursuits such as hiking and skiing.

Settled by the Spanish in the early 1600s, Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the U.S. It nurtures links to its rich history and to its blend of Native American, Latino and Anglo cultures. Even the newest buildings pay homage to the city’s past.

Averaging 325 days of sun a year, the area has long been a magnet for photographers and artists. The landscape’s shades of red, orange and brown shift throughout the day, providing a different perspective almost by the hour.

Santa Fe’s flourishing art community is most vibrantly expressed in the historic district along Canyon Road, a roughly half-mile stretch lined with galleries and studios.

The works cross virtually every genre, from paintings and drawings by early artists of the region to Allan Houser’s huge sculptures and modern composite pieces that look like origami. A stroll down Canyon Road is like taking a free walk through one of the world’s most diverse art museums, and much of it is outdoors.

On a mesa above Canyon Road is another don’t-miss art destination: Museum Hill, the only one of the city’s art destinations not within easy walking distance of downtown. A free shuttle takes visitors from downtown for the nearly 3-mile ride to the Museum Hill campus.

Allan Houser’s “Warm Springs Apache Man” sculpture in Santa Fe. In addition to numerin history than art will ous outdoor sculptures, want to start with the Museum Hill is home to San Miguel Mission, the four different art institu- oldest church in the U.S. tions: The Museum of Originally built in 1610, Spanish Colonial Art, the much of the structure Wheelwright Museum was destroyed in an of the American Indian, uprising 70 years later, the Museum of Interthen rebuilt in 1692. The national Folk Art and church contains several the Museum of Indian art pieces dating to the Arts & Culture. All are 17th and 18th centuries. worth seeing, but I found The Palace of the GovWheelwright to be the ernors, the oldest continmost intriguing because uously operating public of its focus on contembuilding in the country, porary Native American now houses the New works.

Mexico History Museum.

Back in town, don’t It was built in the early miss the Georgia 17th century to be the O’Keeffe Museum. The seat of government for collection includes 140 the Spanish regime. The oil paintings by the inno- museum provides a great vative artist, who often overview of the region’s used the landscapes and history. desert skies of northern If walking among the New Mexico as her muse. galleries and museums Those more interested isn’t enough exercise,

seems to watch visitors passing by on Canyon Road winter visitors can hit the slopes at Ski Santa Fe, just 16 miles from the heart of the city.

Purchased in 1984 by Ben Abruzzo, Ski Santa Fe is still family-owned and run by his children.

It features 79 trails spread across 660 acres of skiable terrain, with a base elevation of 10,300 feet and a peak of 12,000 feet. The season is set to open Thanksgiving Day. It’s a day-skiing destination, with no hotel at the base. A city bus can take skiers to the mountain for $5 each way. Ski Santa Fe is something of a “throwback” ski area – the small base lodge has a cafeteria, but people can also bring in their own food.

The only bar isn’t at

the base lodge; it’s 500 yards up the mountain, which provides rolling, groomed terrain with a few steep mogul runs and fine glade runs. The trails are rated 20 percent beginner, 40 percent intermediate and 40 percent expert, but I think some of the expert trails are really tougher intermediates.

After working up an appetite, pick from more than 200 Santa Fe restaurants, ranging from barbecue and Tex-Mex to sushi and haute cuisine.

Among the most iconic spots is Tomasita’s (tomasitas.com). Located in a century-old former railway station, the kitchen has been turning out traditional northern New Mexico food for more

than 40 years. Management says many of the recipes are older than the restaurant. Reservations aren’t accepted, so expect to stand in line on weekends.

Another veteran of the dining scene is The Compound (compoundrestaurant.com), which celebrated its 50th anniversary in July. James Beard Award-winning chef Mark Kiffin elevates Southwestern cuisine with brilliant, bold flavors tempered with subtle use of herbs and spice.

Visitors wanting to learn more about the flavors of New Mexico can enroll in one of city’s numerous cookingschool classes. The Santa Fe School of Cooking (santafeschoolofcooking. com) offers a variety of workshops, where I got to try my hand at making tamales and salsa. Even more interesting was a lecture by school instructor Lois Ellen Frank, a chef and food anthropologist.

“By studying what and how early Native Americans ate, we can learn how that influenced where they lived and how they moved from place to place,” she said. “We can compare that with how we eat today and our lifestyles.”

If you need something to drink with all that food, check out Santa Fe Spirits’ (santafespirits.com) tasting room.

Owner Colin Keegan’s distillery produces such diverse drinks as a smoked gin liqueur and an apple brandy made from northern New Mexico apples.

A tipple of that unique brandy proves that the distiller’s art is yet one more facet of the city’s creative side. Just don’t be surprised if it goes straight to your head.

Santa Fe is also the country’s highest capital, at 7,000-plus feet.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend • C11

BUDDY BAGS OF DIXON

Buddy Bags of Dixon recently received a $2,000 grant from Dixon Elks Lodge 779. Jay Wolfe, exalted ruler, presented the check from the Beacon Grant Project from Elks National Foundation on Oct. 1 to the group during the Buddy Bags of Dixon, Buddy Goes Back to School Fundraiser. At the presentation were (from left) Sally Hudson, Jan Russell, Roberta LeMoine, Jennifer LeMoine, Tina Hummel, Keane Hudson, Kathy Lalley, MaryLee Dogweiler, Jay Wolfe, Joyce Craney, Char Huff, Carrie Simonton, Gwen Weidman, Mary Ann Rhoades, and Barb Fane. Photo submitted by Jennifer LeMoine.

IN BRIEF 4-H’ers to have Halloween activity

S. Madison St. The focus is on berry production. The presenter will give an overview of AMBOY – The public is production, weed and welcome to the 4-H Federation Fall Fest from 4 to 6 insect control, and general p.m. Oct. 29 at Lee County management suggestions and will focus on straw4-H Fairgrounds, 1196 berries, blackberries, blueFranklin Road. berries and raspberries. Go Hot dogs, drinks, and snacks will be provided. to extension.illinois.edu/ Penny Carnival games, registration/?Registration pumpkin hunt, hayrack ID=15066 for more inforride and other games also mation or to register. are planned. The event will take place rain or shine, Lanark site of most activities are indoors. radon workshop For more information on the fest or on 4-H, contact LANARK – The Heritage Kathy Book at kbook@illiCenter in Lanark is one of nois.edu or 815-857-3525. several sites of a University of Illinois informational Veterans welcome meeting on radon. to Rotary program The workshop will run from 6:30 to 8:30 Nov. 7 at STERLING – Mike Dur106 S. Broad St. ham, retired Army colonel, It will include a discussion will be the guest speaker on planning and design at the next Sterling Noon to achieve radon removal Rotary meeting. and what to expect from a All veterans and commu- radon mitigation contracnity members are welcome tor. to the noon meeting Nov. For more information, 8 at the YWCA of the Sauk contact Susan O’Connor Valley, 412 First Ave. at seoconno@illinois.edu or Durham retired after 35 815-244-9444. years in the military. Formerly the head chaplain at 2-day fossil class West Point Military Academy, he has served locally offered in Fulton as an interim pastor and FULTON – The class, with the Sinnissippi Baptist Association as director of Create Your Own Fossil, missions. will be from 4 to 5 p.m.

For more information Friday and Nov. 18 at and to register, call Christy Andersen Nature Center, Zepezauer at 815-626409 N. Fourth St. 4278.

This is a 2-day project for fourth- and sixthgrade students. ParticiSign up for berry pants will be introduced school underway to the world of fossils, learn how they are MORRISON – Fresh formed, and make a plant home grown berries will fossil. be the topic of the UniThe cost is $15 to cover versity of Illinois Extension materials. Go to web.

Northern Berry School extension.illinois.edu/ from 1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 9 in the community room at registration/?Registration Odell Public Library, 307 ID=15229 to sign up.

Annual fishing derby draws 175 MORRISON – The Whiteside County Sheriff’s office and Mounted Patrol had its annual fishing derby Sept. 10 at Morrison-Rockwood State Park.

One hundred seventyfive kids, 15 and younger, registered for the event The awards for biggest fish (by length) for each category are: Largemouth bass: Grant Dietsch, 4, of Colona; Kolson Stumpf, 8, of Dixon; and Sevanha Lucas, 12, of Sterling Crappie: Grayson Johnston, 5, of Erie; Landon Mays, 9, of Rock Island; and Kaylee Martinez, 12, of Sterling Catfish: Waylon Phelps, 5; Camden Pruis, 11; and Sofia Scott, 13, all of Morrison

Walleye, musky: Sophie Damhoff, 6; Blake Huizenga, 9; and Dillon Alcala, 12, all of Morrison.

Bluegill, sunfish: Kaleb Damhoff, 4, of Morrison; and Corey Seeley, 11, of Rock Falls.

Prizes for individual efforts went to: Lucas Porter, 6, of Rock Falls, Shane Hurliss Award; Luke Holesinger, 10, of Fulton, Boy That Tried the Hardest; and Cailee Wright, 8, of Morrison, Girl That Tried the Hardest.

Six participants received new bicycles from a drawing: Harper Parr, 4, of Albany; Grant Dietsch; Maddy Hensel and Gunnar Damhoff, both 9, and Mason Kingdon, 14, all of Morrison; and Kaitlyn Davidson, 10, of Naperville.

‘LIVE It Up’ weekend planned The University of Illinois Extension will have a Lead, Inspire, Value, and Explore Leadership Conference for those 13 to 18.

LIVE It Up registration will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 18 at Northern Illinois University Holmes Student Center in DeKalb.

After the program “The Human Library,” which focuses on building a

positive atmosphere for conversations that can challenge stereotypes and prejudices, the group will go to the Husky Den to play pool, bowl and have pizza.

The group will spend the night in hotel rooms at the student center.

Nov. 19 activities included a visit to the DeKalb County Farm Bureau building.

Activities included

community service projects such as making dog toys for animal shelters, and fleece hats for kids in need. There also will be a variety of breakout sessions, including Ninja Methods of Escape, CSI, Chocolate Mania, What’s Burning, and Build a Battle Bot. A closing program also is planned.

The cost is $95 and includes meals, over-

night accommodations, transportation, T-shirt and most activities; additional fees will be charged for some workshop sessions. Go to extension.illinois.edu/ bdo to register by Oct. 31.

For more information on the program, contact Johnna Jennings, extension educator, at nbjennin@illinois.edu or 815758-8194.

JACK MABLEY CENTER Mabley Developmental Center in Dixon celebrated its 30th anniversary Oct. 6. State Sen. Tim Bivins, R-Dixon, presents Tiffany Bailey, center director, with a Senate Recognition Certificate in honor of the anniversary. Photo submitted by Steve Caudillo.

RIBBON CUTTING

Century Energy Solutions, 485 Edgewater Drive, Morris, recently joined the Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. Chamber ambassadors stand with Ken Watson (center) owner, during the Oct. 13 ribbon cutting ceremony. Photo submitted by the chamber.

SUNRISE ROTARY

Keeley Knie of Sterling,( fifth from left) attended the Oct. 13 Twin Cities Sunrise Rotary meeting with her father, David Knie. After an extensive training program, she will travel with the Adventures and Missions organization to 11 countries in 11 months to teach, build, and do a variety of mission work in Africa, Asia, and European countries. She is accepting donations at contactdknie@essex1.com for her trip. Photo submitted by Mary Martin.

Community

Follow @SVMphotogs on Twitter

Saturday, October 22, 2016

www.saukvalley.com

SV Weekend â&#x20AC;˘ C12

Students practice their punches during taekwondo class Sept. 26 with owner and master Jane Dillon, 19, at Legacy Martial Arts in Sterling.

Five Tenets of Taekwondo Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Integrity

Courtesy Dillon bows with her students. Bowing shows courtesy and respect.

Aidan Torres (left), 7, shows integrity by helping Hunter Roberts, 4, back to his feet during class.

Students show perseverance as they do push-ups at the beginning of class.

Perseverance

Amara Chavez, 11, shows self-control as she meditates at class.

Self-control

Elliot Copling, 8, shows indomitable spirit as he crawls under other students during an exercise.

Indomitable spirit