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ELECTION 2016 | ILLINOIS

Republicans first to seek seats Demmer, Kinzinger among those to file so far; deadline is Monday

BY BRENDEN WEST bwest@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5529 @BWest_SVM

At the statewide and local levels, Republicans are making an early push for public office.

Monday was the first day candi-

More info online Go to www.elections.il.gov to see which candidates have filed for state legislative and congressional seats. dates could file their paperwork for the March 15 primary. The deadline to file is this Monday, and the general election is Nov. 8.

Aside from two Democratic candidates vying for GOP U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk’s seat, the area’s field as of Friday afternoon for state and federal elections was

exclusively Republican.

Incumbent state Reps. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, and Brian Stewart, R-Freeport, are the only candidates so far to file in their districts – the 90th and 89th, respectively.

Incumbent Sen. Chuck Weaver, R-Peoria, who was appoint-

ed to the seat vacated by Darin LaHood upon his election to the U.S. House, is the sole candidate to file thus far for his seat in the 37th District, which includes portions of Lee and Bureau counties.

Tony M. McCombie, GOP mayor of Savanna, who announced her intention to run for the 71st District seat in September, also has filed.

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State Rep. Tom Demmer Only candidate so far to file in 90th District

Tony McCombie Savanna mayor running for 71st District seat

ROCK FALLS

DIXON

City will look at financing for land

The greatest stories ever told Home of Hope volunteers writing cancer patients’ life stories

Some of money could come from general fund, electric department

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

Photos by Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

Caregiver Sheila Brune (left) and patient Debra Ann Barth read a page from “Our Living History,” a book of patients’ stories bound and kept at Home of Hope in Dixon. Brune wanted to tell the stories of people battling cancer to preserve their memory and as a way for their caregivers to know the people they are caring for.

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

More about the program

DIXON – There’s an unassuming white binder on the end table at Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center. It’s a veritable treasure chest, the contents of which are as powerful as they are valuable.

In that binder, and countless others across the country, are Living History stories written about people battling

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Go to homeofhopeonline.org or call 815-288-4673 to learn more about Living History and Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center’s other programs. cancer. Sheila Brune of Sterling, then about 30 years into her 45-year career as a registered nurse, created the program in 2000 while working as a director of case management at an Iowa hospital.

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Click on this story at saukvalley.com to see Home of Hope volunteer Sheila Brune read excerpts of Debra Barth’s Living History.

She’d eavesdrop on caretakers’ conversations while looking over charts outside the room.

She uses the term conversations loosely.

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Community In case you missed it, SVM photographer Alex T. Paschal shares some interesting photos from the past month that didn’t make the daily cut.

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ROCK FALLS – Now that the City Council has decided to buy land it hopes will spur development at the state Route 40 and I-88 exchange, it needs to iron out the details of how to pay for the two transactions.

On Nov. 17, the council agreed to buy 67 acres of farmland that extends south of the Candlelight Inn to Eighth Avenue. The sellers, George and Jan Hallman of Rock Falls, will be paid $1.975 million.

The financing arrangements were discussed at a Nov. 24 finance committee meeting.

The city will pay $575,000 of that now, with half coming from the general fund, and the other half to be borrowed from the electric department at a 1 percent interest rate.

The remaining $1.4 million will be financed with a local bank at an interest rate of 2.7 percent. The city has an arrangement with the bank to pay interest only for the first 3 years of the loan.

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Next meeting The Rock Falls City Council next meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 603 W. 10th St. The agendas will be posted at rockfalls61071.com and at City Hall. Call 815-622-1100 for more information.

The meeting also airs live on Channel 5.

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

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

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

Markets .......... A10

Classified .......... B7

Obituaries ......... A4

Comics ........... A12

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

Community ..... C12

Scoreboard ...... B4

Crossword Saturday ......... B13

Scrapbook ....... C3

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

Support groups .. C5

Dave Ramsey ... C1

Weather.......... A10

Dear Abby ........ C6

Wheels ........... B14

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

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POLICE Sterling Police Tyler D. Bressie, 24, of Sterling; 12:17 a.m. Thursday at West Fourth Street and Avenue I; domestic battery, battery; taken to Whiteside County Jail.

Travis L.F. Celestine, 28, of Sterling; 8:53 p.m. Thursday at Lawrence Park; no valid registration; released with promise to comply.

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Actors Brayden Blumhoff, Patrick Call, Reylee Katner, Vivian Lobdell, Autry Prior and Caleb Scott rehearse a scene from the Polo Area Community Theatre’s play “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.”

Shows are set for 7 p.m. Dec. 4 and 5, and 2 p.m. Dec. 6 at Polo Town Hall, 117 N. Franklin Ave. Actors rehearse a scene from the play.

The Christmas classic tells the story of a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant, as they are faced with casting the inventively awful Herdman kids. Tickets are $7 in advance and $9 at the door for adults, $7 for seniors, and $5 for children 5 and younger. They are $6 each for groups of 10 or more adults, when purchased in advance. They are available at the Polo Public Library, 302 W. Mason St., First State Bank ShannonPolo, 211 S. Division Ave., and Polo Sub Shop, 104 W. Mason St. They are also available at polotheatre.org or by mail to PACT Tickets, P.O. Box 36, Polo, IL 61064.

Ogle County Sheriff Thomas Greeny, 50, of Belvidere; 8:53 p.m. Wednes-

day at state Route 72 and Moulton Road; driving while license suspended; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Sean Powers, 42, of Ashton; 2:16 p.m. Friday in the 2000 block of state Route 251 South; driving while license revoked, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Kristina M. Cox, 36, of Mount Morris; Wednesday; financial exploitation of an elderly person; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Tyson Simmons, 37, of Mount Morris; 6:49 p.m.

Tuesday in the 1000 block of state Route 26 South; possession of marijuana, 2.5 to 10 grams; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

BIRTHDAYS Happy birthday to Page Grandon, Elsie Schnell, Rusty Schrader, Richard Kramer, David Johnson, and Jessica Webb, all on Saturday.

Happy birthday to Brent Bell and Blake Eden Boseneiler, both on Sunday.

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A carpool will leave at 8:30 a.m. from the Staples parking lot, 1722 S. West Ave. The conservatory features plants, flowers, koi ponds, and a Holiday

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After the visit, participants will stop at Monty’s Blue Plate Diner, 2089 Atwood Ave., for a late lunch, which they must pay for. The group should return about 4 p.m. to Staples.

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The Thursday Book Club’s monthly meeting begins at 10 a.m. Thursday. The December selection is “Kissing Christmas Goodbye,” by M.C. Beaton. Copies are available at the front desk.

A free story time with Santa will be at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday. Doughnuts and milk will be provided, and children can visit with Santa and have their picture taken. No registration is required, but early arrival

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“Caregivers didn’t seem to always be real comfortable making conversation,” Brune said.

“They’d make small talk, or they’d even say things like, ‘It’s a beautiful day outside,’ to someone who can’t go outside.”

They’d ask a widow if her husband would be coming by to visit. Or when children would be dropping by to check on a woman who never could have children.

And after cancer claimed lives, lives Brune thought she knew so well, she’d learn things from people’s obituaries that she wished she could’ve spoken with them about.

“I never wanted to have that kind of remorse or regret again,” she said.

So she created Living History, the gist of which is pretty simple: A story writer sits down with the patient, helps them fill out a questionnaire, and then writes the story, which is laminated and then can be used to build a bridge between the patient and the caretaker.

There is no cost for the patients or their family members to have their stories written.

The program’s copyright will be valid 50 years after she’s passed, Brune said.

It’s her legacy.

No doubt her son Joshua Blomgren, who’s with Midwest Orthopedics at Rush University Medical Center, will continue to use it. So will students at Yale New Haven Health System, the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, as of January, the University of Notre Dame and, closer to home, the youth group at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sterling. It’s already in use at CGH Medical Center.

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The family of Anita Elgin, a longtime Sterling librarian, had copies of her story to give out at her funeral.

‘This is me?’

The stories aren’t just a tool for caretakers.

In surviving the pain of cancer and, perhaps even harder, the mental hump, people can lose their sense of self.

Dixon resident Debra Ann Barth, 53, was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2014, and had her Living History written about a year ago.

She wondered what could be written about someone who was, in her words, “just a housewife.” Dana Francis, one of four volunteer story writers, showed her.

“I enjoyed him so much,” Barth said. “He knows how to pull out, and draw out, the most important stuff in your life: your values, what’s most important to you – what makes you you.”

Her story tells of her childhood, her hobbies and interests, but it focuses hard on her greatest passion: her family.

“I melted,” she said. “It was really heartwarming.

I thought, ‘This is me?

Wow.’ It reflects what’s

important in my life: my family and my home.”

It reminded her of all the wonderful things she has in her life, and that cancer can’t take those things away.

“You have cancer, but it’s a sidebar,” Barth said.

“It’s not you. It shouldn’t define you. You’ve got to grow from it.”

But there’s a brief editorial in the penultimate paragraph that goes beyond the questionnaire, and shows that Francis truly got to know Barth. He wrote: “She possesses amazing inner strength and wisdom and seems wellgrounded in who she is and what is important in life.”

“And wasn’t that moving?” Barth said. “Wasn’t that beautifully done? It chokes you up.”

No experience necessary Brune calls herself an English major wannabe, but says she had no previous writing jobs before creating Living History.

Yet, for Home of Hope, she’s the volunteer copy

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chief, even writing most of the stories herself.

Her staff sends her the story, she cleans it up and adds clip art.

“You don’t have to be a literary genius,” she said.

The font on her husband Sam’s story is small, and the art includes the Army logo, a picture of a tractor harvesting crops, wedding bands and a image of a smiling sun with the text I LOVE MY GRANDKIDS. Sam is going through his second round of radiation, and one sleepless night, she got up to finally write his Living History and gave it to him in the morning. She uses it as an example when she trains Sacred Heart youth group members how to write the stories, and then pairs them up with older members of the congregation.

“It’s very enriching for young people,” Brune said. “They learn a lot about compassion, and how to open doors to conversation.”

She’s got many projects ahead of her. She and Sam are in the process of moving into a duplex in Sterling. She’s got a 5-weekold grandson to spoil.

But her eyes narrow when she talks about getting the Living History program into VA hospitals.

“Since the beginning of time, I’ve been wanting it in the VA hospitals, but making anything happen at the VA is impossible,” she said.

She finally broke through at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System in Des Moines.

One down, 150 to go.

“I want all of them.

And it’s never been about the money. I’d never get rich doing this. This is about the people, and about doing the right thing for our patients.”

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MOUNT MORRIS – Earth Angels in Ogle County will accept letters and cards through Friday to send to military personnel for the holidays.

No postage is needed.

Letters can be dropped off at mailbags or mailboxes at the following sites: Mount Morris: Sterling Federal Bank of Mount Morris, 18 W. Main St.; Kable News, 16 S. Wesley Ave.; Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St.; and Mount Morris Moose Family Center, 101 Moose Drive (4 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday).

Forreston: Forreston Library, 204 First Ave.; and Forreston Bank, 200 Main St. Leaf River: Bertolet Memorial Library, 705 S. Main St.; and Vintage Chicks and Feed Store, 700 state Route 72 (9 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday).

Oregon: Rock River Senior Center, 810 S. 10th St.; Kunes Auto Mall, 601 Gale St.; State Farm Insurance, 500 Gale St.; Creative

Designs, 306 W. Washington St.; Dollar General, 1050 Pines Road; St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St. (8:30 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, at north entrance doors); and St. Bride Episcopal Church, 1000 state Route 64 (8:30 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday at entrance of church).

Polo: Blackhawk Area Credit Union, 201 E. Dixon St.; and Polo Public Library, 302 W. Mason St. Rochelle: Sawicki Motors, 1216 N. Seventh St.; and O’Reilly Auto Parts, 144 May Mart Drive.

Monetary donations can be sent to Earth Angels, P.O. Box 188, Forreston, IL 61030-0188. There also is an Earth Angel fund at Forreston State Bank, 200 Main St., P.O. Box 278, Forreston, IL 61030-0278.

To donate with PayPal, visit FundRazr.com and look for Earth Angels Wanted – Fundraiser.

Contact earth.angels. oglecounty@hotmail.com or visit earthangelsoglecounty.spaces.live.com or Facebook for information. To volunteer, call 779-771-4591.

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Officials ID woman fatally burned in fire STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5501

ROCK FALLS – The woman who died of burn injuries suffered in a fire Tuesday that started when she fell asleep while smoking was identified Friday as Regina K. Kelchner, 47.

Kelchner died Wednes-

day afternoon at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Friday.

Firefigthers were called to Kelchner’s home at EZ Living Trailer Park, 1507 W. Route 30, around 8:30 p.m. The fire was under control in minutes.

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OBITUARIES Dawn R. Graham STERLING – Dawn R. Graham, 42, of Sterling, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria.

She was a medical transcriptionist for Whiteside County Health Department.

Dawn was born Dec. 4, 1972, in Sterling, the daughter of Charles “Dave” and Vicky (Hansen) Hendrix. She married Jason Graham on Aug. 30, 1997, in Sterling.

Survivors include her husband of Sterling; her parents of Sterling; and three sons, Hayden (Cassandra) Graham, Chase

Graham, and Jackson Graham, all of Sterling; one brother, Troy (Brand i ) He n d r i x o f Rock Falls; and one granddaughter.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m.

Sunday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. Celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sterling, with the Rev. Bruce Ludeke officiating.

Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Sterling.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.

Obituary information 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

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Robert X. Fisher of Sterling, 10-11 a.m. at Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling.

Today’s funerals: George W. Walsh of Dixon, 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Dixon.

Robert X. Fisher of Sterling, 11 a.m. at Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling.

Sunday visitations: Dawn R. Graham of Sterling, 2-4 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Charles E. “Bud” Bell of Walnut, 2-5 p.m. at Garland Funeral Home in Walnut.

Monday visitations: Robert E. Stees of Tampico, 3-6 p.m. at Garland Funeral Home in Tampico.

Monday funerals: Charles E. “Bud” Bell of Walnut, 10 a.m. at Garland Funeral Home in Walnut.

Dawn R. Graham of Sterling, 11 a.m. Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sterling.

Robert E. Stees of Tampico, 6 p.m. at Garland Funeral Home in Tampico.

Tuesday visitations: Regina Ligman of Dixon, 10-11 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dixon.

Tuesday funerals: Regina Ligman of Dixon, 11 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dixon.

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Madelyn F. ‘Amer’ Haenitsch Receipt of all obituaries must be confirmed by DIXON – Madelyn Fern “Amer” Haenitsch, 99, of phone. For more informa- Dixon, died Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, at Serenity Hospice tion, call 815-625-3600 or & Home in Oregon.

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Should she win the primary, she would vie for incumbent Democrat Rep. Mike Smiddy’s seat.

He had not yet filed as of Friday, but did say he planned to seek re-election when McCombie announced her candidacy.

With incumbent Galesburg Republican Donald Moffitt’s announcement that he will retire from his 74th District Illinois House seat at the end of his term, three of his fellow party members have filed their paperwork.

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of Alpha, Michael J. DeSutter of Woodhull, and Wayne Saline of Rio have all submitted paperwork to seek the state representative seat.

At the federal level, incumbent U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Channahon, has filed to retain his 16th District seat in the U.S. House.

In the 17th District, Galesburg-native Pat-

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rick Harlan, a Republican, has filed to seek the Republican nomination.

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-East Moline, had not filed nominating petitions as of Friday.

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, a Republican from Highland Park, filed petitions to seek a second term in the U.S. Senate. Also filing for the Republican primary was James T.

Marter of Oswego.

Democrats filing to run for that party’s Senate nomination Chuck are Andrea Weaver Zopp of Chicago and Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates.

Statewide, 342 candidates filed Monday, and 10 each on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Information on which candidates have filed petitions for county offices was not available Friday because local clerks’ offices were closed for the holiday weekend.

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On Sept. 1, the council also OK’d the acquisition of 30 acres near the interchange from local farmer Wayne Schmitt.

The city will pay $1.35 million for that property, which includes an option to buy 25 acres more within the next 7 years.

Schmitt will receive 45 acres of city-owned industrial park land on McNeil Road in the deal, dropping the city’s final purchase price to $995,000. The Schmitt property will be completely financed through

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the bank at a 2 percent rate. The city received a 2-year interest-only payment deal on that loan.

The two resolutions are expected to be approved at Tuesday’s council meeting.

Although it is not required, the Hallman property resolution will include language for repaying the city.

“I believe we will be successful in bringing in

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proceeds from this land, and I want the city to show its commitment to George pay back Logan the general fund,” Mayor Bill Wescott said.

The city is paying just $32,000 a year for nearly 100 acres while it is being marketed, Wescott said.

Finance committee members agreed to recommend the terms to the full council.

“The terms are favorable, and well within our grasp,” Alderman George Logan said. “The sooner we get that land in the

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hands of developers, the better.”

The city’s land management ventures will be accounted for separately in the budget.

“We already have a Schmitt property line item, and we will create one for the Hallman property as well,” City Administrator Robbin Blackert said.

She said the city should make some room for expenses associated with the acquisitions.

“You never know how master developers will want to handle things like drainage, turn lanes and signals, so we need to have some money set aside,” Blackert said.

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An officer stands guard Friday near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

A gunman was arrested Friday hours after opening fire at the clinic, killing three and wounding multiple people and engaging in gun battles with police inside the building, officials said.

Man opens fire at clinic Two civilians, one officer killed at Planned Parenthood COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Police say three people are dead after a shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs.

Those who died Friday include two civilians and one police officer from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

The university is about 10 minutes away from the clinic and officials say the fallen officer responded to help city police with the shooting.

Mayor John Suthers says the community “mourns the loss of a very brave police officer.”

Nine other people are hospitalized and police say there are in good condition. Police say the gunman is in custody.

At least 11 people, including four other police officers, were taken to hospitals, police Lt. Catherine Buckley said. Authorities were still trying to determine if anybody was left inside the building Friday evening.

A number of people were evacuated during the standoff – some wrapped in blankets in the blowing snow – to a nearby Veterans Administration clinic.

For several hours, the firing of a long gun was the only indication police had that the shooter was in the

building, Buckley said.

Officers finally made voice contact by shouting to him and convinced him to surrender, she said.

Video from The Denver Post showed a tall man in a white T-shirt being led away by police as snow fell on the frigid evening.

With the immediate threat over, authorities turned their attention to inspecting unspecified items the gunman left outside the building and carried inside in bags.

Three officers were injured while responding just before noon to the initial report of shots fired. More than 2 hours later, the gunman shot and injured a fourth officer in another exchange with police inside the clinic, Buckley said.

It was not immediately clear when the fifth officer was shot.

The suspect surrendered about 5 hours after entering the building. Police did not name the person.

Authorities said they haven’t determined a motive or whether the shooter had any connection to Planned Parenthood.

“We don’t have any information on this individual’s mentality, or his ideas or ideology,” Buckley said.

Planned Parenthood released a statement that said it did not know the full circumstances or motives behind the attack, or whether the organization was the target.

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Farming the Dream Family farms across the generations LANARK – Changes in the agriculture industry have allowed for the production of more food with less land and fewer farmers. But not for the Lamoreux family of rural Lanark.

The Lamoreuxes are the 2015 Illinois Farm Family of the Year, presented by Burrus Hybrids and Illinois AgriNews.

Lou and his brother, John, are the fourth generation on the farm. They raise corn, soybeans, wheat and alfalfa. They also have pasture for their cow and calf herd, and they have a 1,400head cattle feeding operation.

The family is planning for the farm’s future, too.

Lou and wife Sue’s son, Nathan and his wife, Stephanie, are the parents of Lleyton, 4, and Hawken, 2. Nathan is a partner in the family endeavor. They also have a son, Zack, and daughters Calli Curtis and Cara Griffith and their families.

John and Marilyn’s family includes Dan and wife Stacy, the parents of son Ty, 4, and daughter Josie, born in July. Dan also is a partner in the family farm. Son, Andrew, and daughters, Jennifer Fisher and Darcy Mathis, and their families, make up the rest of John and Marilyn’s family.

“I am under no illusion that this award means that I’m the best farmer in the state,” John said.

“There are better farmers right here on Center Road. But we’re honored to receive the award, and I look at it more as a tribute to family farming than anything else.

“And the women of the family have done more to keep us all together than us men have.”

“John, Louis and their wives believe in giving back to their community, which they have [proved] in their commitment to church and school, shown

by John’s many mission trips and local improvement projects and Marilyn and Sue’s many activities at the United Methodist Church of Lanark,” Kris and Penny Lauritzen, also of Lanark, said in nominating the family for the award.

“John and Louis continue their father’s legacy of encouraging their sons to become active in the local Farm Bureau, commodity organizations and their community.

“Dan and Nathan and their spouses ... present a youthful, family face for the industry on GMO issues, livestock facility placement controversies and herbicide, pesticide and antibiotic use challenges as presented by consumers.”

“We were surprised with the award,” Lou said. “It was nice being recognized at the University of Illinois on Ag Day at the state level, but even better being recognized locally.”

Lamoreuxes first arrived in Carroll County in the 1860s, and the farm has been in the family since.

“There’s a story going back to my grandparents,” John said. “When times were kind of rough,

Grandpa was getting discouraged, and he listed the farm for sale. The agent came to him with an offer, at the price Grandpa wanted. But Grandma wouldn’t sign the papers. So the farm didn’t sell, but they paid the commission and kept the farm.”

As a fourth-generation family farmer, John has seen a lot of changes in agriculture.

“But the GPS [Global Positioning System] technology, where a satellite in the sky can guide these machines through the field, really stands out to me,” he said.

“Technology is the hardest thing for me to keep up with,” Lou said. “For years, the equipment got bigger, but now, we don’t do a lot – the computers do it for us, if you’re smart enough to figure it out.”

Lou said he has never planted corn with the new corn planter.

“It’s auto-steer, GPS-guided, but the boys, being the younger generation, have taken over, and they need to. At this point, I don’t want to learn that technology.”

Education is important to the Lamoreuxes in keeping up with those changes in the agriculture industry.

Their parents, Russell and Marie, met while teaching at Savanna High School. Marie taught English, and Russell was the ag instructor and wrestling coach. “He always teased her that he had to date her to keep his wrestlers eligible,” John said.

When the family attended the Ag Day award ceremony at the U of I, the Fighting Illini were sched-

uled to play Western Illinois University in football.

John said, “We have eight U of I graduates in the family, and five WIU grads. It was a fun day for us, even with the family rivalry.”

Each member of the Lamoreux family is involved in the Lanark community, being active in Lanark United Methodist Church, with the Carroll County Farm Bureau and local schools.

In support of local athletics, Lou has been the announcer for Lanark/Eastland/E-PC high school football at home games for the past 40 years.

Lou also is a member and past chairman of the Illinois Corn Marketing Board and a former director of the Illinois Corn Growers Association.

Looking ahead, Lou is concerned that the number of farmers has decreased, making up only 1 percent of the population in America.

“But we’re fortunate. I would hate to think that previous Lamoreuxes built this life, and that no one in the future would be interested in continuing,” Lou said. “It’s nice that my great-grandfather started here, and we’re still here. We hope that generations from now, there will still be Lamoreuxes here. We can’t control that, but we’re doing our best to encourage it.”

“It’s an honor. There are a lot of things that are more important than how big you can be, or how much money you make. In the big picture, it doesn’t matter. We hope we are instilling that in our kids,” John said.

“We all have to be here doing what needs to be done every day. It’s worked out well,” he added.

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Farming the Dream Combining work way ahead of usual pace Favorable weather has helped Illinois farmers to complete fall harvest work more quickly than usual this year.

Statewide, corn and soybean harvests were both 96 percent completed by the first of November, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report.

That compares to 93 percent completion for both crops the previous week.

A year ago, the corn harvest was only 74 percent completed statewide, and the soybean harvest stood at 80 percent finished.

The 5-year harvest average for corn harvest completion by Nov. 1 is 88 percent, while the soybean harvest average is 91 percent.

In the Northwest Illinois district, which includes

the Sauk Valley, corn was 89 percent harvested as of Nov. 1, while soybeans were 97 percent harvested.

REPORTS FROM area crop watchers for the Illinois Farm Bureau’s FarmWeek publication reflected the harvest’s advanced state.

Larry Hummel of Lee County reported that farmers he had talked to were satisfied with their soybean yields, but that corn yields ranged from highs of 240 bushels an acre to lows of 130 bushels an acre.

Leroy Getz of Carroll County reported that high winds had caused some downed corn stalks, which created harvesting problems and higher field losses for some farmers.

Farther afield, the Morris Daily Herald reported that some Grundy County farmers finished harvest work in mid-October because of the unusually warm, dry weather.

Corn and soybeans were being stored in anticipation of higher market prices later on.

The Morris Daily Herald reported corn prices for the 2015-16 market year could range from $3.45 to $4.05 a bushel, down from $8.50 in 2012, according to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.

Soybean prices for the 2015-16 market year are expected to range from $8.40 to $9.90 with an average of $9.15 a bushel, or about half of what they were priced 3 years ago, according to WASDE.

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How African-Americans choose to vote will be closely watched FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Ayauna KingBaker loved Ben Carson’s “Gifted Hands” memoir so much that she made her daughter Shaliya read it. So when Carson showed up in town to sign copies of his new book, King-Baker dragged the giggly 13-year-old along to the bookstore so they could both meet him.

To King-Baker, Carson’s “up-by-your bootstraps” life story makes him a genuine celebrity worth emulating in the AfricanAmerican community.

But she’s also a Pompano Beach Democrat watching Carson rise in the Republican presidential polls.

For King-Baker and many other AfricanAmericans, the vast majority of whom are Democrats, there are two Carsons: One is a genius doctor and inspirational speaker and writer who talks of limitless horizons; the other is a White House candidate who pushes conservative politics and wishes to “deemphasize race.”

How they reconcile the

two may help determine whether Republicans can dent the solid support Democrats have enjoyed in the black community for decades.

President Barack Obama won 95 percent of the black vote in 2008 and 93 percent in 2012.

Carson wasn’t immune to the excitement of seeing the U.S. elect its first black president.

“I don’t think there were any black people in the country that weren’t thrilled that that happened – including me,” Carson told The Associated Press in a recent interview when asked about Obama’s first victory. “Everyone had hope this would be something different. It was nice having that hope for a little while.”

Ca r s o n h a s s i n c e become an aggressive critic of Obama. Carson rose to prominence in the tea party movement after repudiating the president’s health care law in front of Obama during the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast. Today, Carson charges that Obama’s performance

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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks Oct. 29 in Lakewood, Colorado. For many African Americans – the vast majority of them Democrats – there are two Carsons: one a genius doctor, and an inspirational speaker and writer who talks of limitless horizons, and the other a presidential candidate whose conservative politics have rocketed him to the top of the Republican primary polls. has actually set black candidates back.

“I don’t think he’s made my path any easier,” he said. “So many people said there’d never be another black president for 100 years after this.”

Carson has not gone out of his way to court black voters this year. He insists he won’t change his message to attract specific audiences, although his campaign tried a rapfilled ad this month.

He already has one convert – King-Baker.

She says she plans to change her registration to vote for the doctor in the Florida primary. “He has the momentum, he has the conversation, he’s very serious, he’s speaking to the people, and I just think he would be a very good president,” she said.

None of this will matter unless Carson survives the primaries, where he’s been leading in early preference polls.

Black votes aren’t a major factor in GOP pri-

maries. Only about 16 percent of African-American voters affiliated with the Republican Party in 2012. But they will be a factor in the November general election.

African-American voters are one of the few growing segments of the voting public. The percentage of black voters eclipsed the percentage of whites for the first time in 2012, when 66 percent of blacks voted, compared with 64 percent of non-Hispanics whites and about 48 percent of Hispanics and Asians.

Carole Bell, a professor of communication studies at Northeastern University, estimates that Carson could attract as much as 25 percent of the African-American vote if he’s the GOP candidate. “That would be a tremendous accomplishment for the GOP at this stage,” she said.

Carson is better known

by African-American voters than were other black Republicans who ran for president, such as businessman Herman Cain, who achieved passing prominence in the 2012 race, and former ambassador Alan Keyes before him.

Raqqa is main terrorist base BEIRUT (AP) – A new wave of airstrikes targeting the Syrian city of Raqqa, the headquarters of the extremist Islamic State group and the focus of an international military campaign, killed at least eight people, including five children, Syrian opposition groups said Friday.

The strikes came as France’s foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, declared that destroying the IS headquarters and “neutralizing and eradicating” the extremist group is the main objective of the international campaign.

It wasn’t immediately clear who carried out the latest airstrikes. The city in northern Syria is the group’s de facto capital and has become the focus of international airstrikes in the wake of the Paris terror attacks and the bombing of a Russian jetliner over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

IS has said it was behind both attacks.

Those developments have turned the world’s attention to the fight against IS at a time when the international community is trying to engage Syrians in a diplomatic process that would lead to a political transition in the war-ravaged country.

That process faces enormous hurdles, including the fate of President Bashar Assad and agreeing on which armed factions in Syria should be allowed to take part in negotiations.

Reporter mocked by Trump says they knew each other WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump said he couldn’t have been making fun of a reporter’s disability because he doesn’t know the man.

Not so, says the reporter.

Serge Kovaleski of The New York Times says he has met Trump repeatedly, interviewing him in his office and talking to him at news conferences, when he worked for the New York Daily News in the late 1980s. “Donald and I were on a firstname basis for years,” he said in a Times story about the Republican presidential candidate’s behavior at a rally in South Carolina last week.

Onstage Tuesday, a mocking Trump flailed his arms in an apparent attempt to imitate mannerisms of the “poor

guy.” He accused Kovaleski of backing off a story from a week after the 9/11 attacks that said authorities in New Jersey detained and questioned “a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks.”

Kovaleski then worked for The Washington Post.

Trump cites the story as proof of his claim that “thousands” of Muslims in New Jersey celebrated the devastation across the river. But the story did not suggest “thousands” were observed celebrating or that the reports of such a scene were true. Other accounts from that time concluded the allegations were unfounded.

Kovaleski has arthrogryposis, a congenital condition that restricts

joint movement. In his speech, Trump cited the 2001 story, “written by a nice reporter,” and went on: “Now the poor guy, you oughta see this guy – uh, I don’t know what I said, uh, I don’t remember. He’s going like, I don’t remember.” He made jerking gestures and his voice took on a mocking tone.

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posted a statement on his Twitter account saying “I have no idea” who Kovaleski is and claiming to have “one of the alltime great memories.”

He wrote: “If Mr. Kovaleski is handicapped, I would not know, because I do not know what he looks like. If I did know, I would definitely not say anything about his appearance.”

Kovaleski challenged that statement in a Times stor y posted online Thursday night.

“I’ve interviewed him in his office,” he said.

“I’ve talked to him at press conferences.

All in all, I would say around a dozen times, I’ve interacted with him as a reporter” when he worked for the Daily News.

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Thankful for mall’s rebound after storm T

he news that hit the region’s retail economy this past summer felt nearly as strong as the 100-mph winds that struck Northland Mall in Sterling on the evening of June 22.

The devastating storm forced the mall, at 2900 E. Lincolnway, to shut its doors while the damage was assessed.

One store, Dunham’s Sports, sustained the most damage. The wind peeled back its roof and knocked a hole in its rear wall.

Other stores felt the storm’s wrath, too, as water invaded the mall and wreaked havoc.

With more than 20 stores and one restaurant suddenly out of commission, Sauk Valley residents found themselves unable to shop at Northland Mall for the goods and services they had grown accustomed to having available to them.

Not only that, but the closure took away the mall’s availability for a variety of community

What we think Area residents can show their gratitude for Northland Mall’s recovery from a devastating June storm by patronizing mall businesses this Christmas shopping season. activities and, of course, for mall walkers.

Fortunately, the mall, which dates back to the early 1970s, has made a steady rebound ever since.

First, the anchor stores, Bergner’s and JC Penney, reopened.

Then over time, additional stores joined the ranks of the back-in-business crowd.

Bath & Body Works reopened about 3 weeks ago. That followed the opening of a new Glik’s store, which sells men’s

and women’s clothing, and another new shop, Donald’s Sweets & Treats.

Only Dunham’s and The Spot restaurant remain out of commission as a result of the storm.

Recently, the Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce showed its appreciation for the mall and its businesses by conducting a “cash mob” shopping day there.

The event, designed to show support for the stores and their efforts to

rebuild, was a kind and neighborly gesture by a community that appreciates what the mall has to offer.

Two days after Thanksgiving, and with the Christmas shopping season in full swing, now is the time for other area residents to get into the act.

Shopping at Northland Mall businesses for holiday gifts is an excellent way to support the mall as it continues to rebound from adversity.

THE READER’S VOICE

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Illinois Budget Stalemate

SCOTT COOPER Chicago

If you are like most people during health insurance open enrollment, you check off “same as last year” and move on to another priority. This year for some, that might be a bad idea.

A recent move by Illinois’ largest insurer shows why it is important to review carefully your health insurance options.

In 2015, more than 170,000 Illinoisans had health insurance coverage through the Blue Cross Blue Shield “Blue PPO.” This popular plan was offered through Get Covered Illinois, our state’s Affordable Care Act Marketplace (also known as the “health insurance exchange”). Recently, BCBS announced that the Blue PPO will no longer be offered in 2016.

If you are covered under this plan, it is important that you assess your options during the open enrollment period. If you do nothing and plan to maintain BCBS coverage, the insurer will automatically enroll you in a new plan called “Blue Choice Preferred PPO.” This new plan has a much smaller network than the Blues’ old PPO. This means that your preferred doctors, hospitals and other health facilities may no longer be covered as “in-network” under the Blue Choice Preferred PPO. When you receive care out-of-network, you will pay more for your care.

This PPO change affects only patients covered through the ACA Marketplace. If you have BCBS coverage through an employer, you will not be affected by this change.

Open enrollment for current Marketplace insureds ends on Dec. 15. You have until then to explore your options and switch to an alternative plan if your doctor is not part of the Blue Choice Preferred PPO network. Access the plan’s specific “provider directory” online or call BCBS for

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without a state budget for the fiscal year that started July 1.

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Marx, and the hospital staff know how much they’re appreciated.

I can’t say enough for the valet service. For anyone who has problems walking, it’s an invaluable service. Being able to use that, I’m able to get myself to appointments and know that someone will take my car and help me get to where I need to go.

All of the valet personnel are so friendly and helpful, especiaIIy Deb Moss at KSB, and aII of the gentlemen at Commerce Towers. They all go above and beyond their job description (I’m sure) to accommodate me and many others.

Having this service also takes the stress from my family and friends, whom I would have to get me to and from my appointments. I only wish you had valet service at Town Square Center.

When I worked at KSB, I always said they were all such nice people to work with, and now that I’m on “the other side of the desk,” I really appreciate the kindness and care of all that I come in contact with. Most of my visits have been to doctors, the lab, central scheduling, X-ray and physical therapy, and I have always been treated with kindness.

One never thinks that this time will come in one’s life, when we will have to depend on others to get things done, but it does come to us all, sooner or later. I am just glad that I have KSB Hospital and all your wonderful staff to be there for me.

Thank you, Dave, Kevin, and all of your dedicated KSB employees for your excellent care.

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Pray for peace here on earth CHARLES BECKER Dixon

The votive lights and luminaries brightly glimmer in every village, town and city. Why? In memo-

ry of the terrible bloody attack of the terrorists.

Where? On the streets of Paris, in the theater and soccer stadium. Shiny puddles of blood cover the floor and the seats.

Another lay dying in a pool of blood.

The victims were shot and killed by the evil, wild frenzy of the terrorists. Who? Even the mad shooters, special agents are not sure who these crazies are.

Three hundred and more were wounded. One hundred and more were murdered. Rifle gun shots pierced the theater chambers; the stadium shuddered as explosives shook soccer players and the crowd.

People screamed back at the gunfire and the horror of it all. It seemed a long time until groups, large and small, gathered.

Luminaries flickered, candles glowed. Visible signs

of tears on the cheeks appeared. Audible sounds of prayer were heard.

Why do you turn on the TV and seek the sad and ugly sounds that seem to imitate an attack of terrorists? They portray it in many different dramas – police, firefighters, medics, investigators, TV’s mix of good and bad.

Not time for couch potatoes. It is time for prayer.

Let us pray together: God, our Father, shield us from harm’s way. Protect us from the diabolical terrorist attacks. Change their terrible ways.

Let there be peace on earth. Let peace begin with me.

Praise for KSB, inside and out ELIZABETH “BETSY” BULFER Dixon

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UNDERSTANDING ILLINOIS | POPULATION SHIFTS

Less money, fewer people downstate Stemming the drainage is a big challenge

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ow do we stem the erosion of population and wealth from downstate Illinois?

Illinois lost 50,000 people between 2010 and 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

There has been an even sharper net out-migration during the period (more people moving out than moving in), which has been covered up largely by high birth rates among Hispanics in the state.

The libertarian (very small government) Illinois Policy Institute has been blaming this all on high taxes. The IPI fails to note, however, that nearby Minnesota, with its much higher income taxes on the wealthy and even colder weather, grew by 3 percent during the period. The IPI work reflects “analysis” shaped by ideology rather than objectivity.

In fact, Illinois has seen a dramatic shift in our population makeup

going back to the 1960s.

In a 1982 article for Illinois Issues, demographer Cheng Chiang estimated that Illinois had a net out-flow of up to 900,000 whites in the 1970s alone.

I extrapolate that 2 million or more whites left the state on a net basis between 1970 and the present. This has been offset by the inflow of Hispanics and Asians and by natural births, so Illinois has grown, but slowly, since.

In effect, we have been exporting population to other states, often to states with no income tax and sunny warmth such as Florida and Texas, while we have been importing residents from other nations.

So, while Illinois had an 11 percent minority group population in 1970, it is about 35 percent so today.

THE MOST ALARMING population shifts have come in rural Illinois.

Nonmetropolitan Illinois lost 12 percent of its population age birth to 45 in just the decade of 2000 to 2010, according to the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs.

It also appears that

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

He co-wrote “Fixing Illinois.”

Illinois, especially downstate, is also losing wealth rapidly through generational transfer.

This was pointed out to me recently by Josh Gibb, the sharp young president of the Galesburg Community Foundation.

There is, by the way, more wealth in downstate Illinois than one might imagine.

Yes, most rural school districts report low property wealth and modest spending per pupil.

But this is based on the fact that while all residential and commercial property is assessed for tax purposes at 33 percent of market value, farmland is assessed at only 2 percent to 3 percent. We have a lot of farmland wealth.

Unfortunately, much of that wealth is being transferred to other parts

of the country, though I lack hard figures on this.

I am sure most of us know of farmers who have died and left their property to the kids, most of whom long ago moved far away from their hometowns. The wealth was created in the small-town and rural areas, but the wealth has scattered, never to return.

Josh and his $25 million foundation are trying to persuade residents to pass on as little as 5 percent of their wealth to community foundations.

I call it “easy tithing” to the place that generated the wealth.

THE GALESBURG Community Foundation has challenged local non-profits and small towns in its area with matching grants of $10,000 and $25,000, respectively, if they use the money to build endowments to replenish the vitality of their communities.

For example, I looked at Henry County, a rural and small town jurisdiction of 50,000 people near the Quad Cities.

Henry County residents are projected to transfer

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I am sure most of us know of farmers who have died and left their property to the kids, most of whom long ago moved far away from their hometowns.

The wealth was created in the small-town and rural areas, but the wealth has scattered, never to return.

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$680 million to the next generation during the coming decade. If just 5 percent of that stayed in local foundations, that would amount to $34 million, and thus about $1.7 million in annual distributions to the wellbeing of the communities in the county.

If you’re interested in learning more about what one lively community foundation is doing to keep wealth at home,

contact Josh at jgibb@ ahealthycommunity.org.

Now, what to do about population decline? Alas, remaining space is tight.

Widely held perceptions that Illinois has a lousy, stay-away business climate must be changed.

The governor and Legislature absolutely must restore state fiscal stability and predictability.

I also think making all of downstate Illinois a Right-to-Work zone has merit. Nongovernmental unions downstate are now generally weak and sparse as it is, and RTW is more a symbol of whether a state is pro- or anti-business than it is of substance.

Something dramatic has to be done to complement our great strengths of unrivaled transportation infrastructure and central location, or we will keep slip-slidin’ away.

Note to readers: Jim Nowlan of Toulon served two terms in the Illinois House and worked under three governors. He cowrote “Fixing Illinois: Politics and Policy in the Prairie State.” Contact Nowlan at jnowlan3@ gmail.com.

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Politicians do serious damage to state’s business climate Rauner, Madigan, madeleine caucus leaders DOUBEK shake foundation Madeleine Doubek is an award-winning of our economy journalist and Gov. Bruce Rauner, House Speaker Michael Madigan, Senate President John Cullerton, Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno, House Republican Leader Jim Durkin: It’s time for some plain truth-telling.

You all are damaging our state, its business and industry, its credibility, perhaps beyond repair.

We’re losing jobs. Business executives who would relocate or grow here should have their heads examined. Our debts, and the tax bills we’re all going to face or hand down to our children, are skyrocketing. All of that is occurring because of all of you and your power-hungry political stalling.

You’ll finally all meet next week for the first time in 6 months, offer the same stale soundbites, and not publicly say anything about reaching a budget deal until sometime after January, when you’re confident about who has March primary competition.

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Then, you’ll need to risk fewer of your members’ political careers when they are forced to vote for a tax increase that grows by the hour.

Illinois is like a 197-year-old house. The foundation started sagging four or five decades ago, when Madigan, Cullerton and previous Republican governors began skipping pension payments or borrowing from the payments to pay for your pork.

GOVERNOR, YOU swept into office on pledges to shake up Springfield and run it with a starstudded team of business geniuses. Now, you and your bipartisan cohorts are shaking the studs as you mouth hollow rhetoric about who’s hurting the middle class and who won’t ease up on labor prevailing-wage rules.

By doing nothing, it’s as if you’re all literally taking turns with a sledgehammer in the basement beneath this once proud state.

Don’t take my word for it.

“The failure of Illinois’ politicians to pass a budget is having a devastating impact on our economy and its small business community,” a group of 15 business and chamber organizations wrote you Monday.

“Hard-working Illinoisans are losing their jobs.

The government’s failure to pass a budget is having a profound impact on local communities, college students, nonprofit agencies, and ultimately, will result in higher taxes.”

Governor, Mr. Speaker, all of you so-called leaders, I’m no fan of gambling, but you’re killing revenue streams like the lottery by not paying winners of more than $600.

You are responsible for sending buyers over the borders and lottery revenue plummeting by $21 million last month.

You are responsible for the fact that, in January, when you finally start publicly talking solutions, all of us will bear the load of $12.8 billion in state

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debt. Divide that by the state’s shrinking 4.09 million taxpayers, and each of us would owe more than $3,100 just to pay off old bills.

Governor, you were going to end this. You campaigned on it. You were going to modernize the tax code, freeze taxes, and be the globe-trotting governor who brought business back.

Now, you’ve OK’d taking up to $114 million from the Illinois Finance Authority to keep 911 centers working and streets plowed and food flowing for prisoners.

You’re borrowing more money from one pocket of government that could be earning interest to pay for the necessities in

another pocket.

All this so you, the speaker and the rest of the Democrats can wage your power war.

RANK-AND-FILE lawmakers have been venting their frustration.

“We’re killing geese that lay golden eggs, whether it’s the lottery or tourism,” GOP state Rep. David Harris of Arlington Heights said. “A CEO of any corporation or business looks at Illinois and says: ‘These people can’t govern themselves. Why do I want to subject myself to that kind of craziness?’

They want stability.”

GOP state Rep. David McSweeney, of northwest suburban Barrington, comes from one of the wealthier districts in the

northwest suburbs. He and some colleagues hosted a job fair recently and 250 people showed up.

Borrowing from the finance authority “is craziness,” McSweeney said.

“Job growth has come to a halt. The thing that gets me very angry is this idea that we should wait for January. … It’s gotten to the point of being obscene.”

They are right. You’re all to blame.

You have no shame.

Note to readers: Madeleine Doubek is chief operating officer of Reboot Illinois. She is a former executive editor of the Daily Herald and had been a political writer for the newspaper. Find Reboot on Facebook and on Twitter @rebootillinois.

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Super Bowl of shopping more like a scrimmage Crowds smaller than in the past NEW YORK (AP) – The annual ritual of Black Friday, as we know it, is over.

Gone are the throngs of frenzied shoppers camping out for days ahead of the big sales bonanza on the day after Thanksgiving. And forget the fisticuffs over flat-screen TVs. Instead, stores around the country had sparse parking lots, calm, orderly lines, and modest traffic. Black Friday, which traditionally is the biggest shopping day of the year, almost looked like a normal shopping day. And not every shopper was happy about that.

In Denver, for instance, Susan Montoya had nearly an entire Kmart to herself Friday morning.

Montoya half-heartedly flipped through a rack of girls’ holiday party dresses and looked down the store’s empty aisles.

“There’s no one out here!” she said. “This is sad.”

Black Friday for decades

was a rite of passage for U.S. shoppers. Many would spend Thanksgiving evening combing through circulars to plot their shopping route for the next day based on the deals they hoped to snag.

But in recent years, retailers have tried to capture holiday sales earlier and earlier.

They’ve started offering mega-discounts in stores and online earlier instead of waiting until Black Friday. And in the last few years, they’ve opened locations on Thanksgiving Day, a once-sacred holiday from retail.

That has led to the “graying” of Black Friday.

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Early numbers aren’t out yet, but the retail group expected about 30 million people shopped on Thanksgiving and 99.7 million on Black Friday. It also expects about 135.8 million people will be shopping during the 4-day weekend, compared with 133.7 million last year.

The group estimates overall sales for November and December will rise 3.7 percent to $630.5 billion compared with last year.

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Protest over Chicago teen’s shooting ties up retail district CHICAGO (AP) – Hundreds of protesters blocked store entrances and shut down traffic in Chicago’s ritziest shopping district on Black Friday to draw attention to the 2014 police killing of a black teenager who was shot 16 times by a white officer.

Demonstrators stood shoulder to shoulder in a cold drizzling rain to turn the traditional start of the holiday shopping season on Michigan Avenue’s Magnificent Mile into a high-profile platform from which to deliver their message: The killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald – captured on a squad-car video made

public earlier this week – was another example of what they say is the systemic disregard police show for the lives and rights of black people.

They chanted “16 shots!

16 shots!” and stopped traffic for blocks to express their anger over the Oct. 20, 2014, shooting and the subsequent investigation, which they say was mishandled.

While shoppers continued to make their way along sidewalks and the empty street, some major retailers were forced to close, at least temporarily.

It was the largest demonstration in Chicago’s streets since police on Tuesday released the

video under a court order to make it public.

The footage shows McDonald jogging down a street and then veering away from Officer Jason Van Dyke and another officer who emerge from a police SUV drawing their guns. Within seconds, Van Dyke begins firing. McDonald, who authorities allege was carrying a three-inch knife and was suspected of breaking into cars, spins around and falls to the pavement as Van Dyke keeps shooting.

Prosecutors charged Van Dyke with firstdegree murder on Tuesday, hours before the video’s release.

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I read a fair amount of material from fellow bridge writers, and we are all occasionally unintentionally incorrect.

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You have 13 points, and your partner opened the bidding. You must insist on reaching a game contract – but which one? It could be three no-trump, but you have no diamond stopper. If your partner does, fine; but if he does not, perhaps you can

make five clubs. How do you ask partner if he has a diamond stopper?

You rebid two diamonds, fourth suit game-forcing.

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you would raise. What should partner do after West leads the diamond king?

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Why is it devious? It is the right bid.

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Numbers game The Northern Illinois Huskies will play in their sixth straight MAC championship game, after Western Michigan beat Toledo 35-30 on Friday. NIU will play Bowling Green for the third straight season.

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OREGON – In the first half of an Oregon tournament game against Byron, the Newman defense looked like it was aboard a ship battling rough seas.

Back and forth went the Comets’ zone, chasing quick passes made by a Tigers team that played as if the ball would pop should it be held longer than a couple of seconds.

Byron used that effective ball movement to take a large halftime lead, and although Newman roared back, the Comets lost 60-56.

“This was one of our better games, even though [Newman] came back on us,” Byron guard Dillon VanLankvelt said. “We have a lot of talented guys on this team, and we work our sets to get them open.”

VanLankvelt gashed the Comets early, scoring nine of his team-high 19 points in the first quarter. A shifty guard that likes to create off the dribble, VanLankvelt often drew multiple defenders before finding an open shooter on the perimeter.

Byron (2-1) hit seven of its 10 3-pointers in the first half en route to a 33-20 lead heading into the locker room.

“I try to drive a lot,” said VanLankvelt, who finished with four assists. “When I do, I know I have to find the open guy. It’s how this system works. I thought we did a better job of doing that in the first half.”

Newman bounced back in the second half and made a game of it. Comets coach Ray Sharp told Noah McCarty, a senior Northern Illinois commit, to shoot more. McCarty had seven points in the first half, but poured in 12 in the second half and was nearly unstoppable.

He finished 8-for-11 shooting for 19 points, with eight rebounds and eight assists, despite shooting just 2-for-7 from the foul line. As a team, free-throw shooting was Newman’s enemy. Three teams – Newman, Byron and Rockford Christian – finished pool play 2-1, and the deciding factor was free-throw percentage – and the Comets found themselves last of the bunch with 66.04 percent.

Newman will play in the fifth-place game on Saturday, while Byron, the top freethrow shooting team at 70.91 percent, will play in the title game against Oregon.

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Newman’s Eli Leffelman (right) gets a loose ball away from Byron’s Dillon VanLankvelt during Friday night’s game at the Oregon tournament. The Comets lost 60-56 despite a big second-half comeback, and will play in the fifth-place game Saturday afternoon at the Blackhawk Center.

Star of the game: Dillon VanLankvelt, Byron, 19 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists Key performers: Noah McCarty, Newman, 19 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists; Brady Osborne, Newman, 11 points, 3 3-pointers; Trent Snodgrass, Byron, 12 points, 4 3-pointers Up next: Oregon tournament, 5th-place game, Newman vs. Christian Life, 4 p.m. Saturday

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Disbelief quickly turned into Just a little more than a year ago, the Bears skulked back from disgust for Bears linebacker Wisconsin after a 55-14 blowout Shea McClellin. that convinced ownership someOn the opening drive Thursday night at Lambeau Field, the thing drastic needed to be done.

They returned home in the wee Packers went for it on fourthand-2 at the Bears 48-yard line. hours of Friday morning envisioning NFC wild-card scenarios.

That told the Bears defense: “Huge win,” cornerback Tracy We don’t respect you. That Porter declared. “We’re in the sent the message to the Bears playoff hunt.” offense: We don’t believe you That’s what happens when can hurt us. That announced to you beat the Packers at Lamthe Bears that the Packers didn’t beau, when Jay Cutler outthink they could beat them. plays Aaron Rodgers, when “That’s the way I took it,” McClellin said, shaking his head. the defense shows as much improvement as any in the NFL. “And I think everybody on our After linebacker Jonathan sideline took it that way, too.”

Anderson stuffed Packers runTurned out the Packers were ning back Eddie Lacy for no wrong on all counts. gain on that failed fourth-down AP The Bears responded with play, the Bears played like a The Bears’ Chris Prosinski (31) forces a fumble by the Packers’ their loudest statement in years team with something to prove.

Eddie Lacy during Thursday’s game in Green Bay. The Bears, in the NFL’s oldest rivalry, a who had lost 10 of the last 11 games in the series, won 17-13.

17-13 victory that suddenly BEARS CONTINUED ON B4

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Matt Ross knows better than anyone how much of an emotional roller coaster life can be as a professional basketball player – and it’s ever-changing.

His recent experience with the NBA Development League is the perfect example of that.

After the excitement of being drafted in the fourth round by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants – the Indiana Pacers’ affiliate – Ross soon realized that the tryouts weren’t what he expected.

But that disappointment Matt Ross was quickly Dixon assuaged graduate when he signed a contract to play for the London (Ontario) Lightning of Canada’s National Basketball League.

“It happened so fast, and it made it OK that I didn’t make it with the Mad Ants,” Ross said. “I mean, I was still angry – it’s the first time I’ve ever been cut in anything in my life – but I kind of rebounded from that hard moment when I got the chance in Canada.”

Ross spent last season in Europe, playing for Etha Engomis in Cyprus. The 6-foot-8 forward helped Etha win the Cypriot Cup, averaging 8.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.0 steal per game as a Eurobasket.com AllCyprus League third-team selection.

But as much as he enjoyed success abroad, Ross was looking for a chance to play closer to home, and thought he found the ideal situation when Fort Wayne drafted him.

But that quickly turned out to not be the case.

Instead of open tryouts for the 17 players drafted to fill the 10 spots on the team, as Ross expected, there were already strings attached when he got there.

“I was under the impression that everybody came in equally, but after 2 days, I realized it wasn’t like that,” Ross said. “I was battling three other guys at my position; one of them started for the team last year, and other two were cut from Pacers training camp. I knew then that things weren’t looking good for me.”

Ross ended up fighting for the spot with former Syracuse standout C.J. Fair, who the Pacers had drafted – and therefore had already invested in.

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Saturday

NBA

Auto racing

7:30 p.m.

• Nuggets at Mavericks, NBA NHL

7 a.m.

• Formula One, qualifying for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, NBCSN

7 p.m.

• Blue Jackets at Blues, FSN Skiing

College football 11 a.m.

• Ohio St. at Michigan, ABC • Indiana at Purdue, BTN • Maryland at Rutgers, BTN+ • Clemson at S. Carolina, ESPN • Georgia at Georgia Tech, ESPN2 • Virginia Tech at Virginia, ESPNU • SMU at Memphis, ESPNEWS • Iowa St. at W. Virginia, FS1 • Louisville at Kentucky, SEC • Cincinnati at E. Carolina, CBS Sports • Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech, FSN • FAU at Old Dominion, CSN+ 1:30 p.m.

• Colorado at Utah, Pac-12 2:30 p.m.

• Northwestern at Illinois, ESPNU • Wisconsin at Minnesota, BTN • Penn St. at Michigan St., ESPN • Alabama at Auburn, CBS • UCLA at USC, ABC • N. Carolina at N.C. State, ESPN2 • BYU at Utah St., CBS Sports • UTEP at N. Texas, FSN • Charlotte at Rice, CSN+ 3 p.m.

• Kansas St. at Kansas, FS1 • Vanderbilt at Tennessee, SEC 4 p.m.

• Grambling vs. Southern, at New Orleans, NBCSN 6 p.m.

• UConn at Temple, ESPNU 6:15 p.m.

• Mississippi at Mississippi St., ESPN2 6:30 p.m.

• Notre Dame at Stanford, Fox • Florida St. at Florida, ESPN • Texas A&M at LSU, SEC 7 p.m.

• Oklahoma at Oklahoma St., ABC 8 p.m.

• Colorado St. at Frenso St., CBS Sports 9 p.m.

• Arizona St. at Cal, FS1 9:15 p.m.

• Air Force at New Mexico, ESPNU 9:45 p.m.

• Nevada at San Diego St., ESPN2

Men’s basketball 6:30 p.m.

• Cleveland St. at Maryland, BTN 7 p.m.

• Barclays Center Classic, 3rd-place game, CSN+ 9 p.m.

• Barclays Center Classic, championship, CSN+

College volleyball 8:30 p.m.

• Penn St. at Nebraska, BTN

High school football 10 a.m.

• IHSA Class 5A state championship, Nazareth vs. Lincoln-Way West, at DeKalb, CSN 1 p.m.

• IHSA Class 6A state championship, Montini vs.

Crete-Monee, at DeKalb, CSN 4 p.m.

• IHSA Class 7A state championship, Libertyville vs. Glenbard West, at DeKalb, CSN 7 p.m.

• IHSA Class 8A state championship, Loyola vs.

Marist, at DeKalb, CSN

Golf 7 p.m.

• Australian Open, final round, TGC

2:30 p.m.

• USSA Aspen Winternational, NBCSN

Soccer 8:55 a.m.

• Southampton at Manchester City, teams TBA, NBCSN 11:30 a.m.

• Premier League, Manchester United at Leicester, NBC AP

Iowa players celebrate after tight end George Kittle’s touchdown catch during the first half of Friday’s game against Nebraska in Lincoln. Iowa won 28-20 to finish the regular season 12-0.

Iowa finds way to win again Hawkeyes hold off Cornhuskers to finish 12-0

BY ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer

LINCOLN, Neb. – Iowa certainly didn’t change the minds of critics who say the Hawkeyes don’t look the part of a national championship contender.

They didn’t do a whole lot on offense against Nebraska, their defense gave up a lot of yards again, and they muffed a punt.

But when the clock struck 0:00 Friday, they were celebrating a 28-20 win that finished their first perfect regular season in 93 years.

“We’re not trying to be pretty, we’re trying to be productive,” coach Kirk Ferentz said. “Football’s not gymnastics. There are style points in gymnastics. Here, it’s having one point more than your opponent. We’re 12-0. You can’t do better than that.”

The Hawkeyes (8-0 Big Ten, No. 4 CFP) locked arms and ran to the south end zone to pick up the Heroes Trophy that goes to the winner of this game. Then it was off to the corner to salute their fans before heading to the locker room.

There’s still work to be done to make this season even better.

Star of the game: Jordan Canzeri, Iowa, 140 rush yards, TD runs of 29 & 68 yards Up next: Big Ten Championship, Iowa vs. TBD, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 5, at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis FYI: Iowa’s 12-0 finish marks the first undefeated regular season in 93 years, since the Hawkeyes went 7-0 in 1922.

Next stop, the Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis, where they’ll play for their first conference title since 2004. Win there, and a spot in the College Football Playoff is a very real possibility.

Maybe even a certainty.

“The goal is three more,” offensive lineman Austin Blythe said.

“Right now, we’re going to enjoy this one and find out our opponent on Sunday.”

Jordan Canzeri ran for 140 yards on 17 carries, and broke long touchdown runs on back-to-back series in the third quarter on a raw afternoon when a gusty north wind made for a 12-degree wind chill.

The Hawkeyes generated only

250 total yards, and were limited to just 44 plays from scrimmage because they went 0-for-9 on third downs. But Nebraska’s Tommy Armstrong Jr. threw four interceptions, with Parker Hesse returning one 4 yards for a touchdown, and the Cornhuskers (5-7, 3-5) committed eight penalties, including four personal fouls.

All that helped Iowa remain one of two unbeaten teams. Clemson is the other.

“You want to win every game, that’s your goal,” Ferentz said.

“We find ourselves in a good position today. But we’ve been trying to get there for 17 years.”

Canzeri ran off left tackle two straight times for touchdowns in the third quarter to keep Nebraska from gaining any momentum. His first TD went 29 yards, and the second was 68 yards for a 28-17 lead.

The Huskers, who started 3-6 under first-year coach Mike Riley, had their third losing season since 2004, and lost four times at home for the first time since 1961.

The Huskers finished with 433 yards, but the four interceptions were killers.

Sunday Auto racing 6:30 a.m.

• Formula One, qualifying for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, NBCSN

Men’s basketball 9 a.m.

• W. Illinois at Creighton, FSN 11:30 a.m.

• Advocare Invitation, 3rdplace game, ESPN2 • Utah St. at Duke, ESPNU 1 p.m.

• Challenge in Music City, Tulane vs. Liberty, CSN 1:30 p.m.

• Wisconsin at Oklahoma, ESPN2 • Wooden Legacy, 5thplace game, ESPNU 2 p.m.

• SIU-Edwardsville at Butler, FSN 3:30 p.m.

• Advocare Invitational, championship, ESPN2 • Wooden Legacy, 3rdplace game, ESPNU • Challenge in Music City, Appalachian St. vs. Stephen F. Austin, CSN 6 p.m.

• Advocare Invitational, 5th-place, ESPNU • Challenge in Music City, W. Michigan vs. Mercer, CSN 9 p.m.

• Wooden Legacy, championship, ESPN2

COLLEGE BASKETBALL | BIG TEN ROUNDUP

Nunn leads Illini past UAB in Miami Iowa falls to Irish; Cornhuskers come up short vs. Cincinnati Michigan 78, Texas 72: Caris LeVert had 19

By the Associated Press

Kendrick Nunn scored 18 points in his season debut as Illinois defeated UAB 72-58 in a semifinal round game at the Emerald Coast Classic.

Nunn, who missed the Illini’s first five games after having thumb surgery last month to repair a ligament, was the third-leading scorer on the team last year with 11.1 points per game.

Illinois (3-3) led 28-23 at halftime, but took control with a 14-3 run to start the second half. Malcolm Hill had six of his 12 points during the run.

Maverick Morgan and Leron Black also scored 12 points for the Illini, who will face fourthranked Iowa State in Saturday’s title game.

Chris Cokley had 13 points and six rebounds, and Robert Brown added 13 points for the Blazers (3-2).

No. 17 Notre Dame 68, Iowa 62: V.J. Beachem

scored 16 points, Demetrius Jackson had 12, and the Irish beat the Hawkeyes in the consolation round of the AdvoCare Invitational in Orlando.

Bonzie Colson had two layups, and Jackson added a third as Notre Dame (4-1) pulled away with a late 9-2 run.

Jarrod Uthoff had 20 points for Iowa (3-2).

points, and the Wolverines held off the Longhorns in the fifth-place game at the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas.

Duncan Robinson added 14 points, and Zak Irvin and Derrick Walton Jr. each chipped in 13 for Michigan (4-2).

Isaiah Taylor had 18 points to lead Texas (2-3), which got as close as one point late in the game.

Minnesota 93, Nebraska-Omaha 90: Joey King

AP

Iowa’s Jarrod Uthoff (20) has his shot blocked

by Notre Dame’s Austin Torres (top) and V.J. Beachem (3) during Friday’s game in Orlando, Fla. Notre Dame beat Iowa 68-62.

No. 24 Cincinnati 65, Nebraska 61: Troy Cau-

pain scored 17 points, and the Bearcats beat the Cornhuskers in the Barclays Center Classic semifinals in Brooklyn.

Tai Webster scored 21 points for Nebraska (4-2), and Shavon Shields added 14.

No. 3 Michigan St. 77, Boise St. 67: Den-

zel Valentine scored a career-high 32 points, hitting five consecutive 3-pointers to break

open a tight game in the second half, and the Spartans (6-0) won a semifinal game in the DirecTV Wooden Legacy in Fullerton, Calif.

Valentine, who had his second career tripledouble Thursday night in a win over Boston College, had seven 3-pointers, tying his career high set last season. He made all nine of his free throws, four in the last 22 seconds. He also had nine rebounds and six assists.

scored 18 points, and Bakary Konate added 14 with 10 rebounds as the Golden Gophers held on to win at home.

Carlos Morris scored 17 points, Nate Mason added 16, and Jordan Murphy chipped in 14 for the Gophers (4-2), which led 90-83 with 2 minutes to play before a late run by Omaha (3-3) – spurred on by Minnesota’s missed free throws.

Memphis 81, Ohio St. 76, OT: Shaq Goodwin

scored 23 points and put Memphis ahead to stay with a basket to open overtime, helping the Tigers (3-2) top the Buckeyes in the HoopHall Miami Invitational.

JaQuan Lyle scored 18, and Marc Loving finished with 17 for Ohio State (2-3).

College volleyball 8 p.m.

• NCAA Tournament Selection Show, ESPNU

Figure skating 3 p.m.

• ISU Grand Prix, NHK Trophy, at Nagano, Japan, NBC NBA 5 p.m.

• 76ers at Grizzlies, FSN/ NBA 8:30 p.m.

• Pacers at Lakers, FSN

NFL Noon

• Vikings at Falcons, Fox • Bills at Chiefs, CBS 3:25 p.m.

• Steelers at Seahawks, CBS 7:25 p.m.

• Patriots at Broncos, NBC

Skiing 2 p.m.

• USSA Aspen Winternational, NBCSN

Soccer 6 a.m.

• Premier League, Chelsea at Tottenham, USA 8 a.m.

• Premier League, West Bromwich at West Ham, USA 10:15 a.m.

• Premier League, Swansea at Liverpool, NBCSN 4 p.m.

• MLS playoffs, Western Conference finals, game 2, Dallas at Portland, ESPN 6:30 p.m.

• MLS playoffs, Eastern Conference finals, game 2, New York at Columbus, FS1

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Much to be thankful for On the calendar Local events

Saturday Women’s basketball 1 p.m.

• Sauk Valley at South Suburban

Boys basketball 10:30 a.m.

• Geneseo tournament, Rock Falls vs. Ag Science 11 a.m.

• Brimfield tournament, Eastland vs. Tremont • Oregon tournament, 7th-place game 1:30 p.m.

• Geneseo tournament, Rock Falls vs. Rockridge 2 p.m.

• Oregon tournament, 5th-place game 4 p.m.

• Oregon tournament, 3rd-place game • Orion tournament, 7th-place game 4:30 p.m.

• River Ridge tournament, Milledgeville vs. Pearl City 5:30 p.m.

• Orion tournament, 5th-place game 6 p.m.

• AFC tournament, Amboy vs. LaMoille-Ohio • Brimfield tournament, Eastland vs. Brimfield

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ell, it’s Thanksgiving 2015, and like every year I again have much to be thankful for.

Besides the obvious things like having a home and a vehicle and a job, there were many great memories from the past months. I’m hopeful with the year not over, there will be some more memories made and more to be thankful for.

But what’s old Catmatt greatful for you ask?

This year was a very trying time personally for me, with many things happening in my life, and with each new blow, I sunk further and further. But thanks to God and family and friends, things are looking up.

I am extremely appreciative to all who were there for me when I needed them most. So to say I’m thankful for my God, my family and my friends would be a huge understatement.

As a fisherman who targets big fish, going in spells where there doesn’t seem to be a big fish within a hundred miles can be extremely frustrating. Well, that happened during this

mattJONES Fishing guide from Prophetstown.

He can be reached at flathead mechanic40 @gmail.com

Well, we did not connect on a deer, but she Submitted photo did get a shot, and she Matt Jones and his friend, Michelle, spent part of saw deer and learned last week tracking deer. about their movement and their incredible season, and it hapson. noses and how peaceful pened during the peak So finding a partner of the season. that I fish well with and the woods are and well, it was awesome.

But with a little luck helps out and can put I am so thankful I got and sheer determinaup with me, well, I’m to share the weekend tion, the big fish came. pretty thankful for my with her. We had a great I’m very thankful for buddy Greg Brown. time and made memothat late September More recently I had ries to last a lifetime. fish. It renewed my the opportunity to I hope you all had energy and outlook on share my passion of the a great Thanksgiving my fishing ability, and out of doors with my and had new things to once again reminded special lady Michelle. I be thankful for as well. me to be patient and got to accompany her Thanksgiving is timed keep working. on her first shotgun so perfectly just for that This past tournament deer trip to our Prophreason. It’s so nice at season started off really etstown farm. the end of a long year to well, and for me started Now, Shell hadn’t slow down and remind with a new partner. So exactly had a ton of yourself that no matter we were just looking time to practice her how bad things get you to catch fish and be shooting. However, we always have things to be competitive early on. were confident, with Winning that first tour- me in the blind with her thankful for.

It’s like a breath of nament was a complete running the camera and surprise, and carried us the grunt call, as well as fresh air and it feels real good. Until next week, to a couple more wins whispering advice, we Go Catfish! and a really strong sea- could get the job done.

7 p.m.

• Oregon tournament, championship game • Orion tournament, 3rd-place game • Wethersfield tournament, Bureau Valley vs.

Putnam County 7:30 p.m.

• AFC tournament, Polo vs. AFC • River Ridge tournament, Milledgeville vs. River Ridge 8:30 p.m.

• Orion tournament, championship game

Girls basketball 3 p.m.

• West Carroll at Camanche

Boys bowling 9 a.m.

• Dixon at Harlem Invite 10 a.m.

• Abingdon-Avon, West Central, Mendota at Oregon

Girls bowling 9 a.m.

• Sterling, Dixon at Rock Island Invite 10 a.m.

• Abingdon-Avon, West Central, Mendota at Oregon

Wrestling 10 a.m.

• Rock Falls quad

On this date November 28 1929 • Ernie Nevers rushes for six touchdowns and kicks four PATs to score all his team’s points – an NFL record – in the Chicago Cardinals’ 40-6 rout of the Chicago Bears.

1992 • Bobby Bowden becomes the first major college coach to win 10 games in six straight seasons when Florida State beats Florida 45-24 to finish the regular season at 10-1.

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL | STATE FINALS ROUNDUP

Arcola roughs up Stark County Tri-Valley, Bishop Mac, Phillips also claim championships By the Associated Press

Arcola senior Clayton Strader said it took him longer than expected to figure out Stark County’s defense in the Class 1A championship game.

Then he went to town.

Strader ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more in the unbeaten Purple Riders’ 35-17 victory over the Rebels on Friday at Huskie Stadium.

Strader’s savvy and three Stark County turnovers helped lead Arcola (14-0) to three straight touchdowns in less than 9 minutes in the first half en route to its fourth state title and first since 1988.

Class 2A Tri-Valley 41, Auburn 8: Quarterback Pey-

ton Roop ran for two touchdowns in leading unbeaten Tri-Valley to a victory over Auburn for the school’s first Illinois

McNamara on Friday collected its fifth state championship, and first since 1987.

Class 4A

Phillips 51, Althoff Catholic 7: Quarterback

AP

Arcola rushes Stark County quarterback John Groter (2) during the Class 1A championship game on Friday in DeKalb. Arcola won 35-17.

Class 2A championship.

The Vikings (14-0) held Auburn (10-4) to 178 yards while piling up 328 yards, all but 3 came on the ground.

Roop rushed for 137 yards on 19 carries and scored on runs of 7 and 4 yards.

Class 3A

Andrew scored three touchdowns and Jonathan Ward added two more to pace Bishop McNamara in a win over Unity for the Illinois Class 3A championship.

McNamara (13-1) led Unity (10-4) 42-0 at the half, having piled up 353 yards on offense and Bishop McNamara 50, holding Unity’s Rockets Tolono Unity 7: Ariez to minus-4 yards.

Quayvon Skanes scored four rushing touchdowns and passed for another as Wendell Phillips Academy became the first Chicago Public League school to win a state football championship with a victory over Althoff Catholic of Belleville.

Phillips (14-0) spotted Althoff (13-1) a touchdown, and then scored the next 51 points behind Skanes’ heroics.

Skanes’ 41-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter evened the score at 7-7, and his 31-yard rush up the middle gave the Wildcats a lead they never relinquished.

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But he had no sooner found out he was cut than Ross’ future got a whole lot better.

“About 2 minutes after I found out the roster cuts, I went to my locker and looked at my phone,” Ross said. “My agent had left me a message saying we got a deal in Canada.

“I walked into a tough situation in Fort Wayne, then I walked out of that and into something good.

But that’s the business side of it, and I’m happy to have the chance to keep playing basketball.”

It’s even better for Ross that it’s going to be on this continent. The 2010 Dixon graduate recently got engaged to longtime girlfriend Sam Sneek, and he was looking for a way to stay a little closer to home.

He’s also happy that he won’t have to once again adjust to being nearly a day ahead of all his family and friends back home.

“I had a lot of offers to go back to Cyrpus, or play in Switzerland, Poland, even China and Japan,” Ross said, “but since I got engaged recently, I didn’t want to go that far away again, so I can be closer to my fiancée. I was hoping to find something in the [United] States, but Canada is right around the corner, too. I’m just grateful

Matt Ross basketball timeline 2006-10: 4-year varsity player for Dixon Dukes, led team to runnerup finish in NIB-12 West as a senior in 2009-10 2010-12: Standout forward for Sauk Valley Community College, led Skyhawks in scoring as a sophomore 2012-14: Key contributor at Chicago State, averaging 11 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.0 steal & 1.2 blocks in 65 career games (61 starts) 2014-15: Played for Etha Engomis of Cyprus League, led team to Cypriot Cup title with 8.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists & 1.0 steal per game November 2015: Drafted by Fort Wayne Mad Ants of NBA D-League, as 12th pick in 4th round; later signed with London (Ontario) Lightning of Canadian NBL to be back over here.”

Ross leaves for London, Ontario on December 1, and the Lightning’s 40-game season begins on December 26.

And just because his first experience with the D-League didn’t pan out, Ross hasn’t given up on his NBA dreams.

“Getting shot down once kind of fuels the fire for the future,” Ross said. “The NBA, they really take care of you and care about their players there and in the D-League, and I was really looking forward to being a part of that.

“But I’m going to keep working hard and try and give myself another chance, now that I know what to expect.”

Those who have been around Ross aren’t the least bit surprised at his resolve. Russ Damhoff, who coached Ross for 2 years at

Sauk Valley Community College, knows Ross will do everything in his power to make his dreams a reality.

“Him being able to continue his basketball journey, and to see him have success makes you feel good,” Damhoff said. “He’s got a lot of talent, and he’s put in so much time and effort and hard work to give himself these opportunities. It’s a great next step, and we all wish him the best of luck.”

Interestingly enough, Ross’ career will once again be linked with another former local star.

After playing against Sterling grad Joseph Bertrand when Ross was at Chicago State and Bertrand was at Illinois, the two will again meet up on the court this season. Bertrand was recently signed by the Halifax Hurricanes, who play in the same league as the London Lightning.

sportShorts SVM staff, wire services COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Penn State settles with abuse victims Penn State settled with six more victims or accusers of Jerry Sandusky, according to a new audit that puts the school’s total payout in the child sex abuse scandal at nearly $93 million.

The university’s audited financial statements for the year that ended June 30, dated Oct. 30, show $33.2 million in new payments over claims related to the former longtime assistant football coach, who is serving 30 to 60 years in prison on a 45-count child sexual abuse conviction.

The audit findings, which say the school has now paid or agreed to pay 32 claims, were reported Wednesday by WJAC-TV in Johnstown.

Illini’s Vaughn not on injured list Illinois running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn is not listed as injured for Saturday’s game against Northwestern.

The team’s pregame injury report released Friday didn’t list Vaughn. Interim coach Bill Cubit was optimistic earlier this week that Vaughn would return after missing last Saturday’s loss at Minnesota with a possible concussion.

Vaughn is Josh Ferguson’s backup for Illinois (5-6, 2-5 Big Ten). But he has played extensively and has 661 yards on 145 carries and six touchdowns.

Ferguson has 668 yards on 155 carries and three scores.

The Illini face the Wildcats (9-2, 5-2) needing a win to gain bowl eligibility.

SKIING

Vonn crashes at World Cup It was a rough day for the U.S. all around in in Aspen, Colo. Mikaela Shiffrin had a big lead and was just a few turns from winning a World Cup race, before the American lost an edge and crashed near the finish line to give Lara Gut of Switzerland a stunning giant slalom win Friday.

Also, Lindsey Vonn lost her left ski during the first run and slid into the netting.

Vonn, returning from a broken left ankle, was tentative out of the start gate. But the 31-yearold was beginning to find her rhythm when her ski popped off. She was not hurt, calling the wipeout “super annoying.”

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Ex-Houston coach Lewis dies Former University of Houston men’s basketball coach Guy V. Lewis, best known for leading the Phi Slama Jama teams of the 1980s, has died. He was 93.

He died at a retirement facility in Kyle, Texas, on Thanksgiving morning.

Lewis coached the Cougars for 30 years. He guided Houston to backto-back NCAA title games in 1983 and ‘84 but never won the national title.

MLB

Happ signs with Blue Jays The holiday shopping season got started with an actual transaction on Black Friday, with the Toronto Blue Jays signing free agent pitcher J.A. Happ to a three-year contract worth $36 million.

Happ was 11-8 with a 3.61 ERA with 151 strikeouts and 45 walks in 172 innings between the Mariners and Pirates in 2015. The left-hander was especially effective down the stretch after getting acquired by the Pirates, going 7-2 with a 1.85 ERA in 11 starts with Pittsburgh, with 69 strikeouts and just 13 walks in 63 1/3innings.

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FRIDAY’S SCOREBOARD

NHL | BLACKHAWKS 3, DUCKS 2, OT

Better late than never

Blackhawks shock Ducks with late flurry

BY GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Artem Anisimov scored 1:53 into overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final moments of regulation for a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.

Marian Hossa and Duncan Keith scored man-advantage goals in the final 1:41 of regulation, and Brent Seabrook assisted on all three goals.

After 58 minutes of scoreless play, the defending Stanley Cup champions roared from behind in their first trip to Anaheim since winning Game 7 of the Western Conference finals here 6 months ago.

Hossa ended John Gibson’s shutout bid during a 6-on-4 power play with 1:41 to play, and Keith got the tying goal with 26.6 seconds left.

Patrick Kane extended his points streak to 18 games with an assist on Keith’s score, and Corey Crawford stopped 23 shots. The Blackhawks improved to 3-1-1 on their annual six-game road trip while the circus takes over United Center.

Andrew Cogliano and Chris Stewart scored early goals for Anaheim, and Gibson stopped 29 shots. The Ducks have lost seven of 10 after this gut-punch defeat.

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Blackhawks center Artem Anisimov (15) scores in overtime against Ducks goalie John Gibson (36) during Friday’s game in Anaheim, Calif. Chicago won 3-2.

Star of the game: Brent Seabrook, Blackhawks, 3 assists Up next: Blackhawks at Kings, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday (WGN/720 AM) Anaheim hosted Chicago on Black Friday for the ninth time in what’s becoming a rivalry tradition. But it’s mostly a holiday for the Blackhawks – they’ve won four straight Black Friday games at Honda Center.

After Anaheim’s season ended one victory shy of the Stanley Cup Final last spring, the clubs revived their rivalry last

month in Chicago. This rematch included plenty of after-the-whistle chippiness and high-quality play expected from these powers, but the Ducks took the lead before the hundreds of Blackhawks fans at the sold-out Honda Center had even settled in their seats.

The speedy Cogliano caught Chicago’s defense well out of position, taking a pass from Carl Hagelin and scoring his third goal of the season on a breakaway.

Ducks center Ryan Kesler exemplified their determination in his play against Toews, his defensive assignment

throughout last season’s playoffs. Toews and Kesler even dropped their gloves late in the first period, but the linesmen separated them before anybody could throw a punch.

Moments after Anaheim’s first power play ended, the Ducks caught several Blackhawks out of position and went ahead 2-0 when Stewart’s apparent pass attempt fluttered past Crawford. Although the newcomer has only seven points, Stewart is among the few Ducks who haven’t underachieved on offense this season.

Chicago turns in season-low shooting effort in loss

BY MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer

INDIANAPOLIS – Paul George and the Indiana Pacers picked up right where they left off before a 3-day break.

The Chicago Bulls just couldn’t keep up.

George had 33 points and eight rebounds, and Indiana beat Chicago 10492 on Friday night for its fourth consecutive win.

“I feel confident that when it’s time to settle things down, I’m ready,” George said. “I’m ready for that opportunity, I’m ready for that moment to get the ball in my hand and make the right play.”

The Pacers (10-5) have won 10 of 12. Monta Ellis had 14 points, and George Hill finished with 10 assists.

George has been the catalyst of Indiana’s recent surge, rallying from a rugged start to score 20 or more points in 11 consecutive games.

And it’s not just a oneAP man show.

Pacers guard George Hill (3) puts up a shot in front Lavoy Allen had 12 of the Bulls’ Tony Snell, while the Bulls’ Derrick Rose points and 10 rebounds, (1) and Nikola Mirotic (44) look on Friday in India- and Hill also pulled down napolis. The Pacers beat the Bulls 104-92.

10 boards against the

Bulls. Ian Mahinmi made 7 of 10 free throws in the closing minutes after making just 5 of 24 all season.

“It’s good to see the ball go in,” said Mahinmi, who was fouled on five consecutive possessions with the Bulls trying to rally late in the game.

“It’s more mental than anything else, you know, because I knock down my free throws at practice.”

Chicago (9-5) just had a bad night. It shot a season-low 34.8 percent from the field.

Nikola Mirotic scored a season-high 25 points for the Bulls (9-5), and Jimmy Butler added 16.

Chicago had won four of five.

The Pacers swung the game with an early 17-2 spurt, which made it 19-9, and never trailed again.

Chicago pulled within four at 66-62 late in the third, but the Pacers finished the quarter on a 6-1 run, opened the fourth with back-to-back baskets and eventually pushed the lead to 16 late.

Chicago spoils special night for Packers After “Fourth-Quarter Porter” – his nickname courtesy of play-by-play man Jeff Joniak – intercepted Rodgers with 3 minutes, 9 seconds left, the belief grew.

And by the time nickel back Bryce Callahan batted away Rodgers’ fourth-and-goal pass from the 8 on the Packers’ last-ditch play, bedlam broke out on a team that came committed.

On Wednesday night

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at the Bears hotel, right tackle Kyle Long challenged teammates.

“It’s time to man up and turn things around,” Long told them.

A turnaround is under way under coach John Fox, who this time made the correct fourth-down call early in the fourth quarter. On fourth-andgoal from the 3, Fox opted to kick the chip-shot field goal and take the points.

That four-point margin meant everything on the final drive when the Packers tried to cap what was supposed to be a special

night for the organization.

At halftime, the Packers retired Brett Favre’s jersey No. 4 in a brief ceremony at midfield that included an appearance by Bart Starr, the franchise’s 81-year-old legend. Starr overcame health issues to attend, and when he and Favre embraced, the wet crowd of 78,488 cheered – as the Bears quietly seethed.

More than one player sounded perturbed by the pageantry, not appreciating being the Packers’ “homecoming game.’’

While many Bears

worked themselves into a lather, Cutler kept calm during a Thanksgiving that will be tough to top.

Cutler’s wife, Kristin Cavallari, gave birth to a daughter Monday, and 72 hours later, he looked unflappable in a place that had flustered him.

“It has been a fun week,” Cutler said.

It has been a while since Cutler smiled in this building.

And it’s all because he’s a big part of the new and improved Bears, a team that demanded respect – and now deserves it.

Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Detroit

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Thursday’s results Detroit 45, Philadelphia 14 Carolina 33, Dallas 14 Chicago 17, Green Bay 13 Sunday’s games New Orleans at Houston, noon Buffalo at Kansas City, noon Oakland at Tennessee, noon St. Louis at Cincinnati, noon Minnesota at Atlanta, noon N.Y. Giants at Washington, noon Tampa Bay at Indianapolis, noon San Diego at Jacksonville, noon Miami at N.Y. Jets, noon Arizona at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.

New England at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s game Baltimore at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

College football Friday’s Big 10 box score

No. 3 IOWA 28, NEBRASKA 20 Iowa Nebraska

0 14 14 0 — 28 0 10 7 3 — 20 Second Quarter Iowa–Kittle 10 pass from Beathard (Koehn kick), 13:50.

Neb–Cross 4 run (Brown kick), 10:18.

Iowa–Hesse 4 interception return (Koehn kick), 6:38.

Neb–FG Brown 39, :03.

Third Quarter Iowa–Canzeri 29 run (Koehn kick), 12:17.

Neb–Cross 4 run (Brown kick), 7:00.

Iowa–Canzeri 68 run (Koehn kick), 6:43.

Fourth Quarter Neb–FG Brown 42, 1:17.

A–90,830.

Iowa Neb First downs 11 22 Rushes-yards 28-153 38-137 Passing 97 296 Comp-Att-Int 9-16-0 25-45-4 Return Yards 109 0 Punts-Avg. 9-30.6 5-44.6 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-54 8-95 Time of Possession 23:54 36:06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Iowa, Canzeri 17-140, VandeBerg 1-9, Beathard 3-5, Daniels, Jr. 5-2, Team 2-(minus 3). Nebraska, Cross 19-55, Armstrong 9-46, T.Newby 9-34, Reilly 1-2.

PASSING–Iowa, Beathard 9-16-0-97.

Nebraska, Armstrong 25-45-4-296.

RECEIVING–Iowa, VandeBerg 3-31, Kittle 2-35, Krieger Coble 2-24, Plewa 1-4, T.Smith 1-3. Nebraska, T.Newby 5-22, Carter 4-76, Turner 4-26, Reilly 3-50, Morgan 3-44, Westerkamp 2-41, Moore 2-17, Cotton 1-14, Hovey 1-6.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 24 18 4 2 38 86 Ottawa 22 12 5 5 29 73 Boston 22 13 8 1 27 73 Detroit 23 12 8 3 27 55 Tampa Bay 24 11 10 3 25 57 Florida 22 9 9 4 22 58 Buffalo 23 9 12 2 20 50 Toronto 22 7 10 5 19 51 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Rangers 23 16 5 2 34 70 Washington 22 16 5 1 33 71 Pittsburgh 22 13 8 1 27 50 N.Y. Islanders 23 11 8 4 26 64 New Jersey 22 11 9 2 24 53 Philadelphia 23 8 10 5 21 42 Carolina 23 8 11 4 20 47 Columbus 24 10 14 0 20 59

GA 53 64 64 58 55 58 61 62 GA 47 49 51 57 55 65 66 73

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 23 18 5 0 36 81 59 St. Louis 23 14 6 3 31 62 57 Nashville 22 12 6 4 28 58 56 Chicago 23 13 8 2 28 65 59 Minnesota 21 11 7 3 25 60 57 Winnipeg 24 11 11 2 24 64 75 Colorado 22 8 13 1 17 63 67 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 22 13 8 1 27 55 48 San Jose 22 13 9 0 26 61 56 Arizona 22 12 9 1 25 61 62 Vancouver 24 9 8 7 25 69 65 Anaheim 24 8 11 5 21 47 65 Calgary 23 8 13 2 18 54 82 Edmonton 23 7 14 2 16 59 72 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday’s results Montreal 3, New Jersey 2, SO Florida 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, SO Dallas 3, Vancouver 2, SO Boston 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 Philadelphia 3, Nashville 2, OT Winnipeg 3, Minnesota 1 Chicago 3, Anaheim 2, OT Washington 4, Tampa Bay 2 Buffalo 4, Carolina 1 Columbus 2, Pittsburgh 1, OT Detroit 4, Edmonton 3, OT Arizona 2, Calgary 1, OT Saturday’s games Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 12:30 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at Montreal, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Columbus at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Ottawa at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Calgary at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Chicago at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday’s game Florida at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Friday’s box score

BLACKHAWKS 3, DUCKS 2, OT Chicago 0 0 2 1 — 3 Anaheim 1 1 0 0 — 2 First Period–1, Anaheim, Cogliano 3 (Hagelin, Fowler), 1:02.

Second Period–2, Anaheim, Stewart 4 (Lindholm, Kesler), 7:34.

Third Period–3, Chicago, Hossa 4 (Keith, Seabrook), 18:19 (pp). 4, Chicago, Keith 4 (Seabrook, Kane), 19:33.

Overtime–5, Chicago, Anisimov 10 (Seabrook), 1:53.

Shots on Goal–Chicago 9-14-7-2–32.

Anaheim 8-8-9-0–25.

Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 10 6 .625 Boston 9 7 .563 New York 8 9 .471 Brooklyn 3 12 .200 Philadelphia 0 17 .000 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 10 5 .667 Atlanta 11 7 .611 Charlotte 9 7 .563 Orlando 8 8 .500 Washington 6 7 .462 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 12 4 .750 Indiana 10 5 .667 Chicago 9 5 .643 Detroit 8 8 .500 Milwaukee 6 10 .375

GB — 1 2½ 6½ 10½ GB — ½ 1½ 2½ 3 GB — 1½ 2 4 6

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 13 3 .813 Dallas 9 7 .563 Memphis 9 8 .529 Houston 6 10 .375 New Orleans 4 11 .267 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 11 6 .647 Minnesota 8 8 .500 Utah 7 7 .500 Denver 6 10 .375 Portland 6 10 .375 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 17 0 1.000 L.A. Clippers 7 8 .467 Phoenix 7 9 .438 Sacramento 6 11 .353 L.A. Lakers 2 12 .143

GB — 4 4½ 7 8½ GB — 2½ 2½ 4½ 4½ GB — 9 9½ 11 13½

Friday’s results Orlando 114, Milwaukee 90 Cleveland 95, Charlotte 90 Boston 111, Washington 78 Miami 97, New York 78 Atlanta 116, Memphis 101 Oklahoma City 103, Detroit 87 Houston 116, Philadelphia 114 Indiana 104, Chicago 92 San Antonio 91, Denver 80 Golden State 135, Phoenix 116 Minnesota 101, Sacramento 91 New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, late Saturday’s games Toronto at Washington, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

Atlanta at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Utah, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Portland, 9 p.m.

Sacramento at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games Milwaukee at Charlotte, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.

Boston at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Houston at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s box score

PACERS 104, BULLS 92 CHICAGO (92) Snell 2-7 0-0 6, Mirotic 8-14 7-8 25, Gasol 4-16 1-2 9, Rose 4-16 0-0 10, Butler 4-10 6-6 16, Hinrich 3-7 2-2 11, Moore 3-7 1-2 7, Noah 0-2 0-0 0, Gibson 2-5 0-0 4, McDermott 0-4 0-0 0, Felicio 1-1 0-0 2, Portis 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 32-92 17-20 92.

INDIANA (104) Miles 6-12 1-1 16, George 11-24 7-7 33, Mahinmi 4-8 7-10 15, G.Hill 3-8 0-1 6, Ellis 5-13 4-6 14, Allen 6-10 0-0 12, Stuckey 2-6 3-4 8, Budinger 0-2 0-0 0, S.Hill 0-1 0-0 0, Robinson III 0-0 0-0 0, Young 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 37-87 22-29 104.

Chicago 18 24 21 29 – 92 Indiana 30 21 21 32 –104 3-Point Goals–Chicago 11-26 (Hinrich 3-4, Butler 2-4, Mirotic 2-4, Snell 2-4, Rose 2-5, Portis 0-1, Gibson 0-1, Gasol 0-1, McDermott 0-2), Indiana 8-28 (George 4-10, Miles 3-8, Stuckey 1-1, Young 0-1, S.Hill 0-1, G.Hill 0-2, Budinger 0-2, Ellis 0-3). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Chicago 56 (Gasol 11), Indiana 64 (Allen, G.Hill 10). Assists–Chicago 21 (Rose, Butler 5), Indiana 18 (Ellis 5). Total Fouls–Chicago 23, Indiana 18. Technicals–George, Indiana defensive three second. A–18,165 (18,165).

Men’s basketball Friday’s results TOURNAMENT Advocare Invitational Semifinals Xavier 87, Southern Cal 77 Semifinals Alabama 64, Wichita St. 60 Notre Dame 68, Iowa 62 Barclay’s Center Classic First Round Cincinnati 65, Nebraska 61 George Washington 73, Tennessee 70 Battle 4 Atlantis Championship Syracuse 74, Texas A&M 67 Third Place Gonzaga 73, UConn 70 Fifth Place Michigan 78, Texas 72 Seventh Place Washington 71, Charlotte 66 CC Coastal Challenge-Home First Round Colorado St. 90, Portland 74 UTEP 71, S. Illinois 66 Abilene Christian 72, Florida A&M 62 Oakland 84, Alcorn St. 51 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic Third Place Richmond 94, California 90 DIRECTV Wooden Legacy Semifinals Michigan St. 77, Boise St. 67 Semifinals Evansville 69, Santa Clara 57 UC Irvine 80, Boston College 67 Emerald Coast Classic-Home First Round Illinois 72, UAB 58 Iowa St. 99, Virginia Tech 77 Chattanooga 95, Alabama St. 58 Jacksonville St. 68, Chicago St. 65 GCI Great Alaska Shootout Semifinals Toledo 82, Loyola of Chicago 74 Second Round Alaska-Anchorage 71, Drexel 65 San Jose St. 76, San Diego 67 NIT Season Tipoff Championship Villanova 69, Georgia Tech 52 Third Place Stanford 69, Arkansas 66 Friday’s box score

No. 17 NOTRE DAME 68, IOWA 62 NOTRE DAME (4-1) Beachem 6-13 0-1 16, Jackson 5-10 2-3 12, Auguste 2-6 0-1 4, Vasturia 4-11 2-2 11, Colson 4-7 3-4 11, Torres 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan 3-5 3-4 11, Farrell 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 25-55 10-15 68.

IOWA (3-2) Clemmons 1-3 0-0 3, Gesell 5-15 4-6 14, Jok 3-15 0-0 8, Uthoff 8-16 2-3 20, Woodbury 7-9 0-0 14, Wagner 0-1 0-0 0, Jones 0-2 0-0 0, Fleming 1-1 0-0 3, Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Ellingson 0-2 0-0 0, Uhl 0-0 0-0 0, Baer 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-66 6-9 62.

Halftime–Notre Dame 39-27. 3-Point Goals–Notre Dame 8-25 (Beachem 4-9, Ryan 2-4, Farrell 1-2, Vasturia 1-7, Jackson 0-3), Iowa 6-24 (Uthoff 2-5, Jok 2-9, Fleming 1-1, Clemmons 1-2, Jones 0-1, Baer 0-1, Ellingson 0-2, Gesell 0-3).

Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Notre Dame 36 (Auguste 11), Iowa 40 (Woodbury 10). Assists–Notre Dame 13 (Jackson, Vasturia 3), Iowa 13 (Gesell 9). Total Fouls–Notre Dame 15, Iowa 19.

Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended Milwaukee coach Jason Kidd one game for aggressively pursuing and confronting a game official, slapping the ball out of his hands, and not leaving the court in a timely manner upon his ejection during a Nov. 25 game against Sacramento.

Saturday, November 28, 2015

LOCAL SPORTS

FRIDAY’S SCOREBOARD Prep football State championship games at Huskie Stadium, DeKalb Friday’s result Class 1A – Arcola (14-0) 35, Stark County (13-1) 17 Class 2A – Tri-Valley (14-0) 41, Auburn (10-4) 8 Class 3A – Bishop McNamara (13-1) 50, Tolono Unity (10-4) 7 Class 4A – Chicago Phillips (14-0) 51, Belleville Althoff (13-1) 7 Saturday’s games Class 5A – No. 7 Nazareth (11-2) vs.

No. 7 Lincoln-Way West (11-2), 10 a.m.

Class 6A – No. 1 Montini (13-0) vs. No. 6 Crete-Monee (11-2), 1 p.m.

Class 7A – No. 1 Glenbard West (13-0) vs. No. 3 Libertyville (13-0), 4 p.m.

Class 8A – No. 1 Loyola (13-0) vs. No. 23 Chicago Marist (9-4), 7 p.m.

Boys basketball NIB-12 West Conf.

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Friday’s results Cavalier Classic • LaSalle-Peru 53, Dixon 49 Geneseo tournament • United Township 61, Geneseo 43 • Geneseo 56, Ag Science 30 Ottawa tournament • Ottawa 67, Chicago Muchin 41 • Ottawa 78, Oak Forest 72, OT Sycamore tournament • Rochelle vs. Newark, NA Saturday’s games Geneseo tournament • Geneseo vs. Rockridge, 8 Ottawa tournament • Ottawa vs. TBD Sycamore tournament • Rochelle vs. TBD

BNC West Mendota Oregon Byron Dixon Rock Falls Rockford Lutheran Stillman Valley Winnebago

Conf.

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Friday’s results Cavalier Classic • LaSalle-Peru 53, Dixon 49 Geneseo tournament • United Township 72, Rock Falls 42 Mendota tournament • Mendota 70, Hall 56 Oregon tournament • Oregon 46, St. Bede 42 • Byron 60, Newman 56 Saturday’s games • Forreston at Winnebago, 7:15 Geneseo tournament • Rock Falls vs. Ag Science, 10:30 a.m.

• Rock Falls vs. Rockridge, 1:30 Mendota tournament • Mendota vs. TBA Oregon tournament • Byron vs. Oregon, 7

Three Rivers Orion Riverdale Newman Princeton St. Bede Rockridge Prophetstown Amboy Fulton Hall Kewanee Sherrard Bureau Valley Morrison Erie

Conf.

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Friday’s results AFC tournament • Amboy 53, Hiawatha 45 AlWood tournament • Riverdale 55, Alwood 51 Geneseo tournament • Rockridge 56, Ag Science 30 Mendota tournament • Mendota 70, Hall 56 Oregon tournament • Rockford Christian 69, Morrison 45 • Oregon 46, St. Bede 42 • Byron 60, Newman 56 Orion tournament • Sherrard 46, Mercer County 44 • Fulton 57, Erie 37 • Monmouth-Roseville 47, Princeton 45 • Orion 63, Alleman 49 Washington tournament • Kewanee 56, Genoa-Kingston 54 Wethersfield tournament • Annawan 63, Bureau Valley 44 Saturday’s games AFC tournament • Amboy vs. LaMoille-Ohio, 6 AlWood tournament • Riverdale vs. Ridgewood, 7:30 Geneseo tournament • Rockridge vs. Rock Falls, 1:30 • Rockridge vs. Geneseo, 8 Mendota tournament • Mendota vs. Hall, 3 Oregon tournament • Morrison vs. West Carroll, 2 • Newman vs. Christian Life, 4 • St. Bede vs. Rockford Christian, 7 Orion tournament • Erie, Fulton, Orion, Sherrard vs. TBA Washington tournament • Kewanee vs. TBA Wethersfield tournament • Bureau Valley vs. Putnam County, 7

NUIC East Polo Aquin AFC Milledgeville Pecatonica Dakota Forreston Durand Orangeville South Beloit

Conf.

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Friday’s results AFC tournament • LaMoille-Ohio 80, AFC 67 River Ridge tournament • Orangeville vs. East Dubuque, NA • Scales Mound 50, Durand 21 • Milledgeville vs. East Dubuque, NA • Durand vs. River Ridge, NA Saturday’s games AFC tournament • Polo vs. AFC, 7:30 River Ridge tournament • Orangeville vs. Scales Mound, 3 • Milledgeville vs. Pearl City, 4:30 • Durand vs. East Dubuque, 6 • Milledgeville vs. River Ridge, 7:30 Tournament pairings AFC tournament Monday’s results • Polo 65, Hiawatha 30 • AFC 75, Amboy 62

All 3-0 2-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-2

Tuesday’s results • Polo 63, LaMoille-Ohio 56 • AFC 85, Hiawatha 38 Wednesday’s results • LaMoille-Ohio 53, Hiawatha 35 • Polo 55, Amboy 36 Friday’s results • Amboy 53, Hiawatha 45 • LaMoille-Ohio 80, AFC 67 Saturday’s games • Amboy vs. LaMoille-Ohio, 6 • Polo vs. AFC, 7:30 Brimfield tournament Monday’s results • MW Central 63, Tremont 52 • Brimfield 56, Princeville 36 Tuesday’s results • Princeville vs. Tremont, NA • MW Central vs. Brimfield, NA Wednesday’s result • MW Central 63, Princeville 40 Friday’s results • MW Central 46, Eastland 34 • Brimfield 69, Tremont 48 • Princeville 64, Eastland 44 Saturday’s games • Eastland vs. Tremont, 11 a.m.

• Eastland vs. Brimfield, 6 Geneseo tournament Monday’s result • United Township 59, Rockridge 39 Tuesday’s result • Rock Falls 67, Geneseo 66, 2OT Friday’s results • United Township 61, Geneseo 43 • Rockridge 56, Ag Science 30 • United Township 72, Rock Falls 42 • Geneseo 56, Ag Science 30 Saturday’s games • Rock Falls vs. Ag Science, 10:30 a.m.

• Rock Falls vs. Rockridge, 1:30 • United Township vs. Ag Science, 5 • Rockridge vs. Geneseo, 8 Cavalier Classic Red Pool: LaSalle-Peru (3-0), Dunlap (1-2), Plano (1-2) Green Pool: Dixon (2-1), Richwoods (2-1), Harlem (0-3) Monday’s results • Dixon 54, Richwoods 52 • LaSalle-Peru 77, Plano 44 Tuesday’s results • Richwoods 63, Harlem 37 • Dunlap 47, Plano 39 Wednesday’s results • Dixon 45, Harlem 33 • LaSalle-Peru 53, Dunlap 45 Friday’s results • 5th place, Plano 43, Harlem 41 • 3rd place, Richwoods 61, Dunlap 53 • Championship, LaSalle-Peru 53, Dixon 49 Oregon tournament Pool A: Rockford Christian (2-1), Newman (2-1), Byron (2-1), Morrison (0-3) Pool B: Oregon (3-0), St. Bede (2-1), Christian Life (1-2), West Carroll (0-3) Monday’s results • St. Bede 66, Christian Life 43 • Byron 65, Morrison 55 • Oregon 56, West Carroll 31 • Newman 60, Rockford Christian 58, OT Wednesday’s results • St. Bede 56, West Carroll 37 • Newman 52, Morrison 40 • Oregon 56, Christian Life 40 • Rockford Christian 66, Byron 55 Friday’s results • Rockford Christian 69, Morrison 45 • Christian Life 61, West Carroll 44 • Oregon 46, St. Bede 42 • Byron 60, Newman 56 Saturday’s games • 7th place, Morrison vs. West Carroll, 2 • 5th place, Newman vs. Christian Life, 4 • 3rd place, Rockford Christian vs. St. Bede, 5:30 • Championship, Oregon vs. Byron, 7 Orion Tip-Off Classic Pool 10: Orion (3-0), Alleman (1-2), Mercer County (1-2), Sherrard (1-2) Pool 32: Monmouth-Roseville (3-0), Princeton (2-1), Fulton (1-2), Erie (0-3) Monday’s results • Princeton 51, Erie 40 • Orion 68, Mercer County 48 • Alleman 79, Sherrard 50 Tuesday’s results • Monmouth-Roseville 56, Erie 44 • Princeton 58, Fulton 41 • Mercer County 50, Alleman 44 Wednesday’s results • Monmouth-Roseville 67, Fulton 38 • Orion 97, Sherrard 82 Friday’s results • Sherrard 46, Mercer County 44 • Fulton 57, Erie 37 • Monmouth-Roseville 47, Princeton 45 • Orion 63, Alleman 49 Saturday’s games • 7th place, 4 • 5th place, 5:30 • 3rd place, 7 • Championship, 8:30 Wethersfield tournament Monday’s results • Elmwood 56, Bureau Valley 41 • Annawan 59, Putnam County 50 • Wethersfield 84, Midland 33 Tuesday’s results • Putnam County 74, Midland 38 • Elmwood 60, Annawan 59 • Wethersfield 77, Bureau Valley 60 Wednesday’s results • Bureau Valley 68, Midland 49 • Annawan 65, Wethersfield 44 • Putnam County 59, Elmwood 35 Today’s games • Annawan 63, Bureau Valley 44 • Elmwood 74, Midland 43 • Putnam County 63, Wethersfield 28 Saturday’s games • Annawan vs. Midland, 5:30 • Bureau Valley vs. Putnam County, 7 • Wethersfield vs. Elmwood, 8:30 Friday’s box scores Oregon tournament at Oregon

BYRON 60, NEWMAN 56 BYRON (2-1) Brenden Reeverts 2-6 0-0 6, Dillon VanLankvelt 6-9 4-5 19, Pauly Rico 1-12 6-7 9, Drew Franklin 2-7, 0-0 4, Verne Johnson 4-4 2-2 10, Trent Snodgrass 4-8 0-0 12, Hunter Jancek 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 19-47 12-14 60.

NEWMAN (2-1) Ethan Nash 3-5 0-0 6, Clay Jungerman 0-2 0-0 0, Eli Leffelman 2-5 0-0 4, kyle Decker 1-3 0-0 2, Noah McCarty 8-11 2-7 19, Ethan Hafner 0-3 0-0 0, Travis Williams 1-4 5-6 7, John Wilson 2-6 2-2 6, Brady Osborne 4-9 0-0 11, Kyle Schmitt 0-1 1-2 1. Totals: 21-49 10-17 56.

Byron 12 21 7 20 – 60 Newman 9 11 11 25 – 56 3s – Byron 10 (Snodgrass 4, VanLankvelt 3, Reeverts 2, Rico), Newman 4 (Osborne 3, McCarty). Rebounds – Byron 20 (VanLankvelt 6, Rico 5), Newman 21 (McCarty 8). Assists – 7 (VanLankvelt 4), Newman 10 (McCarty 8). Steals – 5 (Snodgrass 2, VanLankvelt 2), Newman 6 (Leffelman 3). Turnovers – Byron 16, Newman 13.

Total fouls – Byron 22, Newman 16.

Fouled out – VanLankvelt (Byron).

OREGON 46, ST. BEDE 42 ST. BEDE (2-1) Andrew Pyszka 5 1-1 11, Max Moskalewicz 1 0-0 3, Jon Dose 1 1-2 3, Nick Needs 0 0-0 0, Josh Sapp 2 0-0 5, Baylee Hopps 1 1-2 3, Braidy Shipp 4 0-0 11, Jackson Funfsinn 2 0-0 6. Totals: 16 3-5 42.

OREGON (3-0) Mitchell Nehrkorn 0 1-2 1, Trevor Otten 7 0-0 17, Jarrett Reynolds 0 0-1 0, Jerrick Orsted 3 1-2 7, Arne Wendler 2 5-6 10, Carson Buck 1 0-0 3, Kole Mowry 3 2-2 8.

Totals: 16 9-13 46.

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ROUNDUP St. Bede 9 9 10 14 – 42 Oregon 15 14 6 11 – 46 3s – St. Bede 7 (Shipp 3, Funfsinn 2, Moskalewicz, Sapp), Oregon 5 (Otten 3, Wendler, Buck). at LaSalle

LASALLE-PERU 53, DIXON 49, OT DIXON (2-1) Kaylon Westmorland 3-7 0-0 8, Riley Mehrens 4-13 4-5 15, Beau Bailey 0-2 0-0 0, Isaiah Roby 5-12 1-2 13, David Whitcombe 0-0 0-0 0, Nate Gascoigne 0-1 0-2 0, Kyle LeBlanc 6-9 1-4 13. Totals: 18-44 6-13 49.

LASALLE-PERU (3-0) Austin Prybylinski 0-0 0-0 0, Brady Huebbe 3-8 1-5 8, Kobey Fusinetti 4-9 0-0 10, Jake Doyle 0-5 0-0 0, Christian Soderholm 5-10 0-0 11, Peyton Sampson 0-0 0-0 0, Isaiah Tubbs 5-7 0-0 10, Ryan Atilano 4-10 5-5 14. Totals: 21-49 6-10 53.

Dixon 11 13 14 7 4 – 49 L-P 8 9 18 10 8 – 53 3s – Dixon 7 (Mehrens 3, Roby 2, Westmorland 2), L-P 5 (Fusinetti 2, Soderholm, Atilano, Huebbe). Rebounds – Dixon 26 (Roby 9), L-P 38 (Soderholm 10).

All-tournament team • Christian Soderholm (L-P), Ryan Atilano (L-P), Isaiah Roby (Dixon), Kyle LeBlanc (Dixon), Clint Koehler (Dunlap), Dana Schlafley (Richwoods), Kaelen Johnson (Richwoods) at Geneseo

UNITED TOWNSHIP 72, ROCK FALLS 42 ROCK FALLS Connor Murphy 0 0-0 0, James McFadden 1 0-0 3, Logan Pillars 6 1-1 17, Michael Berentes 2 0-2 4, Zachary Wildman 0 0-0 0, Reid Akerman 1 0-0 2, Isaiah Harris 5 0-1 10, Jonathan Ross 0 1-3 1, Jose Hernandez 0 0-0 0, Noah Junis 2 0-0 5.

Totals: 17 2-7 42.

UNITED TOWNSHIP Meeske 6 3-4 20, Austin 1 2-3 5, Lopez 4 0-0 8, Buchanan 6 6-7 22, Jefferson 3 0-2 8, Wakefield 1 0-0 2, Hurt 0 1-2 1, Sims 0 0-0 0, Hughes 2 0-0 4, Wash 0 0-0 0, Lack 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 12-18 72.

Rock Falls 8 13 15 6 – 42 United Township 23 19 21 9 – 72 3s – Rock Falls 6 (Pillars 4, McFadden, Junis), United Township 12 (Meeske 5, Buchanan 4, Jefferson 2, Austin). at Ashton

AMBOY 53, HIAWATHA 45 AMBOY Jordan Hochstatter 4 7-8 16, Justin Hart 0 0-0 0, Brady Hulin 0 4-4 4, Cain Powers 1 0-1 2, Cole Olson 7 2-4 18, Max Lucas 1 0-0 2, Alex Saccomando 1 1-4 3, Owen Drew 4 0-0 8. Totals: 18 14-21 53.

HIAWATHA Braden Watson 2 1-2 5, Cole Dunbar 0 0-0 0, Jake Miodzianowski 0 0-0 0, Enrique Flores 3 0-0 8, Harry Barrett 0 0-0 0, Jacob Edwards 1 8-12 10, Bart Hall 3 0-3 6, Edwin Yockey 0 0-0 0, Robert Ingraham 0 0-0 0, Even Williams 5 6-8 16. Totals: 14 15-25 45.

Amboy 12 6 14 21 – 53 Hiawatha 13 9 12 11 – 45 3s – Amboy 3 (Olson 2, Hochstatter), Hiawatha 2 (Flores 2).

Otten leads Hawks Oregon advances to title tilt in own tourney

By SVM Sports Staff

Trevor Otten tossed in 17 points and Arne Wendler added 10 as the Oregon boys basketball team held off St. Bede 46-42 in an Oregon Thanksgiving Tournament game on Friday at Blackhawk Center.

Oregon (3-0) led 29-18 at halftime, then had to hold off the Bruins (2-1). Andrew Pyszka and Braidy Shipp each had 11 points for St. Bede.

Rockford Christian 69, Morrison 45: Ryan Van

Zuiden led the Mustangs with 10 points in a loss to the Royal Lions at Oregon.

Rockford Christian Life 61, West Carroll 43: Matt

McGinnis led the Thunder with 13 points and Caleb Stines added 11 in a loss to the Eagles at Oregon.

Adam Ambrogio paced Christian Life with 16 points.

United Township 72, Rock Falls 42: Logan

Pillars led the Rockets with 17 points, and Isaiah Harris scored 10 in a loss to the Panthers at the Geneseo Tournament.

Tray Buchanan led UT with 22 points.

Amboy 53, Hiawatha 45: Cole Olson scored

Friday’s stars Derek Poole, Oregon bowling, won NIBPA tournament in Rockford Cole Olson, Amboy basketball, 18 points Trevor Otten, Oregon basketball, 17 points eight of his game-high 18 points in the fourth quarter as the Clippers knocked off the Hawks at the AFC Tournament.

Amboy (1-3) trailed 34-32 entering the final 8 minutes before rallying for the win. Jordan Hochstatter chipped in with 16 points.

Even Williams led Hiawatha with 16 points.

LaMoille-Ohio 80, AFC 67: Josh Gross paced a

balanced attack with 20 points as the Lions handled the Raiders at the AFC tournament.

Brady Debruhl and Derek Debruhl each had 18 points, and Alan Stamberger added 14 for LaMoille-Ohio.

Kaywan Palmer topped AFC with 19 points, and David Zinke and Jacob Hilliker added 17 each.

Tournament, 46-34 to Midwest Central and 64-44 to Princeville.

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Derek Poole rolled games of 234, 279 and 248 for a 761 series to take top individual honors at the NIBPA preseason tournament at Don Carter Lanes.

A.J. Nordman was next for the Hawks with a 627 series, good for 15th place. Kyle Lundquist (590), Joe Miranda (576) and Jacob Coleman (521) rounded out the lineup.

Oregon was fifth among 10 teams with a 4,158 score, behind Harlem (4,489), Hononegah (4,478), Auburn (4,352) and Freeport (4,158).

Girls bowling Oregon places sixth:

Oregon began its season at the NIBPA preseason tournament at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford with a sixth-place finish.

The Hawks had a pinfall of 3,506, behind Harlem (4,233), Freeport (4,015), Guilford (3,925), Rockford East (3,764) and Belvidere North (3,686).

Abi Scheidecker (602) C o u g a r s l o s e t w o : and Ali Scheidecker Eastland lost a pair of (584) led the way for the games at the Brimfield Hawks.

LAMOILLE-OHIO 80, AFC 67 LAMOILLE-OHIO Alan Stamberger 6 1-3 14, Brady Debruhl 4 9-9 18, Josh Gross 6 8-8 20, George Stuepfert 0 1-2 1, Johnee Schulte 2 0-0 4, Derek Debruhl 6 6=9 18, Chase Billhorn 0 1-2 1, Clay Stuepfert 1 2-2 4. Totals: 25 28-35 80.

AFC Levi Meurer 0 0-0 0, Tyon Davis 0 0-0 0, Kaywan Palmer 5 9-14 19, David Zinke 6 4-6 17, Jacob Hilliker 7 1-3 17, Adam mairs 2 0-0 4, Garrett Sanford 0 0-0 0, Jamey Talley 3 0-0 6, Adam Hart 0 2-2 2, Stephen Brooke 0 0-0 0, Joe Uphoff 0 0-0 0, Ryan Rod 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 16-25 67.

LaMoille-Ohio 26 16 17 21 – 80 AFC 13 13 28 13 – 67 3s – LaMoille-Ohio 2 (Stamberger, Brady Debruhl), AFC 3 (Hilliker 2, Zinke).

Girls basketball NIB-12 West Conf.

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Saturday’s games • Princeton at Mendota, 1:45 Dakota tournament • Byron vs. Pearl City, 1 • Byron vs. River Ridge-Scales Mound, 4:30

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Friday’s result Brimfield tournament • Kewanee vs. LeRoy, 10:30 a.m.

Saturday’s game Brimfield tournament • Kewanee vs. Brimfield, 3:30

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ABOVE: Newman’s Noah McCarty looks to pass the ball during the Comets’ game against Byron on Friday night at the Oregon Thanksgiving Tournament.

The Tigers topped the Comets 60-56.

BELOW: Newman’s Kyle Decker pulls in a rebound Friday against Byron.

McCarty sets up perimeter game COMETS

CONTINUED FROM B1

McCarty was a big reason for the Comets’ second-half surge.

The 6-foot, 8-inch forward drew at least two – and sometimes three – defenders each time he touched the ball.

Knowing he had little time to make a move, McCarty either found an open teammate or spun toward the basket.

On several occasions, the senior found Brady Osborne in the corner for an open 3, which Osborne knocked down.

“I used to see a lot of double teams last year, and I learned to deal with them better,” McCarty said. “You just need to know where your teammates are and who left them to double me.”

Osborne’s 11 points – on three 3s and a layup – were second on the team, and eight of them came in the fourth quarter. The junior said he spent his Sundays in the offseason

attending open-gym sessions with Sharp, working on his shot. Sharp said the junior is one of the better shooters on the team, and Osborne showed why.

Osborne’s third 3 of the game cut the deficit to 57-56 with less than 20 seconds to play, but the

Comets (2-1) never could tie it up. Byron’s Pauly Rico made 6 of 7 free throws down the stretch to seal the win.

“I trust Noah 100 percent [to make the right play],” Osborne said. “We have to be ready for him to find us outside, and we just have to shoot.”

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Conf. Overall 8-0 12-0 5-2 9-2 5-2 8-3 3-5 5-7 2-5 5-6 2-5 5-6 1-6 2-9

Big Ten East Conf. Overall Ohio St. 6-0 10-0 Michigan St. 5-1 9-1 Michigan 5-1 8-2 Penn St. 4-2 7-3 Rutgers 1-6 3-7 Indiana 0-6 4-6 Maryland 0-6 2-8 Friday’s result • Iowa 28, Nebraska 20 Saturday’s games • Indiana at Purdue, 11 a.m.

• Maryland at Rutgers, 11 a.m.

• Ohio St. at Michigan, 11 a.m.

• Penn State at Michigan State, 2:30 p.m.

• Wisconsin at Minnesota, 2:30 p.m.

No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 11 Oklahoma State

When: 7 p.m. Saturday Where: Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater TV: ABC Line: Oklahoma by 7 What’s up: The Sooners have been playing as well as any team in the country since their loss to rival Texas. The Cowboys have found out that the top of the Big 12 is a lot tougher than the rest of the league. They call this game “Bedlam” for a reason, and this year should live up to that moniker. If Oklahoma wins, it wins the Big 12 title … and Oklahoma State would love to play spoiler.

My pick: Oklahoma 45-38

No. 6 Notre Dame at No. 9 Stanford

No. 8 Ohio State at No. 10 Michigan

When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Stanford Stadium TV: Fox Line: Stanford by 3½ What’s up: With the Pac-12 out of the playoff hunt, the Cardinal can still affect the final four – by knocking out Notre Dame with a win. The Irish, meanwhile, are looking for a big late-season win to bolster their résumé for the playoff committee, and get a shot at the national championship. Look for Stanford to try and control things with its run game, while Notre Dame will look for some big plays.

My pick: Stanford 24-21

When: 11 a.m. Saturday Where: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor TV: ABC Line: Pick What’s up: This game might not mean too much in the grand scheme of things, especially if Michigan State beats Penn State. But the winner of this fierce rivalry game could get into the Big Ten title game with a Spartan loss … plus, there’s nothing the Buckeyes and Wolverines hate more than a loss to the other. Look for OSU to play angry after a disappointing loss last week.

My pick: Ohio State 34-24

• Northwestern at Illinois, 2:30 p.m.

MAC West Conf. Overall N. Illinois 6-2 8-4 Toledo 6-2 9-2 Cent. Michigan 6-2 7-5 W. Michigan 6-2 7-5 Ball St. 2-6 3-9 E. Michigan 0-8 1-11 Tuesday’s results • Bowling Green 48, Ball St. 10 • Ohio 26, N. Illinois 21 Friday’s results • W. Michigan 35, Toledo 30 • C. Michigan 35, E. Michigan 28

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NO. 8 OHIO STATE AT NO. 10 MICHIGAN FAVORITE

LINE O/U Saturday at Michigan PK 46 at Appalachian St. 23½ 59½ Louisville 4½ 53 at Michigan State 11 46½ at East Carolina 1½ 67½ at Temple 13 41 at West Virginia 14 60 Duke 4½ 46 Boston College 3 41 Indiana 6½ 68½ FAU 4 54½ at Tennessee 17½ 41 at Georgia Southern 22 56 UNLV 3 59½ Middle Tennessee 12 58½ at Utah 16½ 49 BYU 3 55½ Virginia Tech 3 51 North Carolina 5 65½ at Rice 11 59½ Maryland PK 56 Florida State 2½ 43 Georgia 4 48 Kansas State 20 54½ at LSU 5½ 55 Northwestern 3½ 42 Alabama 14 48½ at California 3½ 68½ at Idaho 2½ 67½ at Louisiana Tech 5½ 62 at Memphis 21½ 72 Clemson 17 55 at North Texas 3 51½ Wisconsin 2½ 43 Oklahoma 7 68 Mississippi 1 64 Stanford 3½ 56 Arkansas State 17 71 at San Diego St. 17 50½ Air Force 10 53 at Southern Cal 3 62 Colorado State 10 59 at Hawaii OFF OFF

Big 12 Conf. Overall Oklahoma 7-1 10-1 Oklahoma St. 7-1 10-1 TCU 7-2 10-2 Baylor 6-2 9-2 Texas Tech 4-5 7-5 W. Virginia 3-4 6-4 Texas 3-5 4-7 Iowa St. 2-6 3-8 Kansas St. 1-6 4-6 Kansas 0-8 0-11 Thursday’s result • Texas Tech 48, Texas 45 Friday’s result • TCU 28, Baylor 21, 2OT Saturday’s games • Iowa St. at W. Virginia, 11 a.m.

• Kansas St. at Kansas, 3 p.m.

• Oklahoma at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m.

SEC

East Conf. Overall Florida 7-1 10-1 Georgia 5-3 8-3 Tennessee 4-3 7-4 Vanderbilt 2-5 4-7 Kentucky 2-6 5-6 Missouri 1-7 5-7 S. Carolina 1-7 3-8 West Conf. Overall Alabama 6-1 10-1 Mississippi 5-2 8-3 Arkansas 5-3 7-5 Mississippi St. 4-3 8-3 Texas A&M 4-3 8-3 LSU 4-3 7-3 Auburn 2-5 6-5 Friday’s result • Arkansas 28, Missouri 3 Saturday’s games • Georgia at Georgia Tech, 11 a.m.

• Louisville at Kentucky, 11 a.m.

• Clemson at S. Carolina, 11 a.m.

• Alabama at Auburn, 2:30 p.m.

• Vanderbilt at Tennessee, 3 p.m.

• Mississippi at Mississippi St., 6:15 p.m.

• Florida St. at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

• Texas A&M at LSU, 6:30 p.m.

Pac-12

North Conf. Overall Stanford 8-1 9-2 Oregon 7-2 9-3 Washington St. 6-3 8-4 California 3-5 6-5 Washington 4-5 6-6 Oregon St. 0-9 2-10 South Conf. Overall UCLA 5-3 8-3 Utah 5-3 8-3 USC 5-3 7-4 Arizona St. 4-4 6-5 Arizona 3-6 6-6 Colorado 1-7 4-8 Friday’s results • Washington 45, Washington St. 10 • Oregon 52, Oregon St. 42 Saturday’s games • Colorado at Utah, 1:30 p.m.

• UCLA at USC, 2:30 p.m.

• Notre Dame at Stanford, 6:30 p.m.

• Arizona St. at Cal, 9 p.m.

UNDERDOG Ohio State La.-Lafayette at Kentucky Penn State Cincinnati UConn Iowa State at Wake Forest at Syracuse at Purdue at Old Dominion Vanderbilt South Alabama at Wyoming at UTSA Colorado at Utah State at Virginia at N.C. State Charlotte at Rutgers at Florida at Georgia Tech at Kansas Texas A&M at Illinois at Auburn Arizona State Texas State Southern Miss SMU at South Carolina UTEP at Minnesota at Oklahoma St. at Mississippi St. Notre Dame at New Mexico St. Nevada at New Mexico UCLA at Fresno State La.-Monroe

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Buckeyes defensive end Joey Bosa (above, rear) and Michigan quarterback Jake Rudock (below, 15) were high school teammates at St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The two lead their respective teams into the latest edition of their rivalry on Saturday.

Win and a prayer Buckeyes, Wolverines need help to get to title game

BY LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – If either Ohio State or Michigan had held on to beat Michigan State, a bid to the Big Ten title game would be at stake again on Saturday in the latest iteration of one of college football’s greatest rivalries.

But both lost to the Spartans on the final play of the game.

The Buckeyes watched a field goal sail through the uprights, and the Wolverines infamously botched a punt.

Sure, Ohio State or Michigan will be pleased to win the first Urban Meyer-Jim Harbaugh matchup. They will walk off the field and up a steep tunnel, though, not knowing if they will play next week in Indianapolis for the conference championship. And later in the day, they will root for the sixth-ranked Spartans to get upset at home by Penn State.

The eighth-ranked Buckeyes (10-1, 6-1 Big Ten, No. 8 CFP) and 12th-ranked Wolverines (9-2, 6-1, No. 10 CFP) insist they are going to play as if a spot in the conference championship is absolutely on the line when they face each other.

“It could be at stake, so why not prepare for it?” Michigan linebacker Joe Bolden said.

Here are some things to watch in the 112th Ohio StateMichigan game: A new era: Meyer and Harbaugh will match wits against each other for the first time.

The first-year Michigan coach and former quarterback refused to add to the angle, dismissing the importance of people who will not block or tackle.

At least some of Harbaugh’s

players, including tight end Jack Butt, were a little more forthcoming.

“I think it is going to mean a lot to him to be back here and coaching in this game,” Butt said.

High school reunion: A key to the game likely will be how much pressure Buckeyes defensive end Joey Bosa can get on Michigan QB Jake Rudock, once a teammate at St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

If the 6-foot-6, 275-pound Bosa skips his senior season, he might be the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. Bosa ranks among Ohio State’s all-time leaders with 25 sacks and 49½ tackles for losses in his career.

The defending national champion Buckeyes had won 23 straight overall and 30 consecutive in Big Ten regular season games before losing to Michigan State. What if they lose consecutive games?

“That would be a failure,” Bosa said.

They’re streaking: Ohio State

has won three straight and 10 of 11 in the series, its most dominant stretch since winning 11 of 15 from 1954-1968 – a span that led Michigan to hire Woody Hayes’ pupil Bo Schembechler. The Harbaugh-led Wolverines appear to be set up to make the series competitive again.

“It’s back to the way it used to be, two of the top teams in college football going at it,” he said. “It makes it more exciting.”

Back on track: The Buckeyes will probably give running back Ezekiel Elliott the ball early and often a week after he lashed out about getting 12 carries for 33 yards against Michigan State. On Twitter, he later apologized for criticizing the play-calling and for announcing he is skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft.

Elliott has run for 1,458 yards and 17 touchdowns this season after having 1,878 yards rushing and 18 scores last year.

TOP 25 POLLS College Football Playoff Rankings Record 1. Clemson 11-0 2. Alabama 10-1 3. Oklahoma 10-1 4. Iowa 11-0 5. Michigan St. 10-1 6. Notre Dame 10-1 7. Baylor 9-1 8. Ohio St. 10-1 9. Stanford 9-2 10. Michigan 9-2 11. Oklahoma St. 10-1 12. Florida 10-1 14. Florida St. 9-2 14. North Carolina 10-1 15. Navy 9-1 16. Northwestern 9-2 17. Oregon 8-3 18. Mississippi 8-3 19. TCU 9-2 20. Washington St. 8-3 21. Mississippi St. 8-3 22. UCLA 8-3 23. Utah 8-3 24. Toledo 9-1 25. Temple 9-2 The College Football Playoff Selection Committee will issue weekly rankings each Tuesday, with the final rankings being announced Sunday, Dec. 6 at 11 a.m. CST. The playoff semifinals will match the No. 1 seed vs. the No. 4 seed, and No. 2 will face No. 3. The semifinals will be hosted at the Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl on Dec. 31, 2015. The championship game will be on Jan. 11, 2016 at Glendale, Ariz.

AP Top 25 Record Pts Pv 1. Clemson (55) 11-0 1,518 1 2. Alabama (6) 10-1 1,469 3 3. Iowa 11-0 1,325 6 4. Notre Dame 10-1 1,317 5 5. Oklahoma 10-1 1,295 7 6. Michigan St. 10-1 1,286 9 7. Baylor 9-1 1,161 10 8. Ohio St. 10-1 1,051 2 9. Oklahoma St. 10-1 995 4 10. Florida 10-1 926 8 11. North Carolina 10-1 900 12 12. Michigan 9-2 855 14 13. Stanford 9-2 816 15 14. Florida St. 9-2 680 16 15. TCU 9-2 652 11 16. Navy 9-1 647 19 17. Northwestern 9-2 593 20 18. Oregon 8-3 470 23 19. Mississippi 8-3 358 25 20. Washington St. 8-3 354 24 21. Houston 10-1 275 13 22. UCLA 8-3 230 NR 23. Mississippi St. 8-3 132 NR 24. Toledo 9-1 123 NR 25. Temple 9-2 107 NR Others receiving votes: Utah 100, Pittsburgh 60, LSU 33, Texas A&M 27, Wisconsin 21, Air Force 15, Southern Cal 8, Arkansas 7, W. Kentucky 6, Georgia 5, BYU 3, Tennessee 2, Arkansas St. 1, South Florida 1, West Virginia 1.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Defendants.

(IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court on August 24, 2015, in Community State Bank of Rock Falls v. Todd Alan Morthland, Robin Renee Morthland, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 15 CH 48 ST, Whiteside County, Illinois, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Karen S. Reynolds, Vice President, Community State Bank of Rock Falls, 3210 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, IL 61081, (815) 625-4300.

(B) The common address of the real estate is 503 W. Winfield Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270.

(C) The legal description of the real estate is: Part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 18, Township 21 North, Range 5 East of the 4th P.M., Whiteside County, Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at the Easternmost corner of a tract of land conveyed by Miletus S. Heaton and wife to Thomas R. King by Deed recorded in the Recorder?s Office of Whiteside County, Illinois, in Book 130, page 67 and described as follows: Commencing at a point on the South line of Winfield Street in the City of Morrison that bears North 65°30? West and 564 feet distant from the point where the South line of the said Winfield Street crosses the West line of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 18, the same point being the Northeast corner of the Lot occupied by the Water Works of the City of Morrison, thence South 65°30? East along South line of said Winfield Street 200 feet, thence South 24°30? West 7 chains and 61 links, thence West 2 chains and 3 links to the center of Rock Creek, thence North 41° West up the center of Rock Creek 1 chain and 30 links, thence North 24°30? East 7 chains and 91 links along the East line of lot occupied by the Morrison City Water Works to place of beginning; thence Southeasterly on the Southerly line of Winfield Street, 60 feet; thence Southwesterly at right angles to the Southerly line of Winfield Street, 150 feet; thence Northwesterly parallel with the Southerly line of Winfield Street, 60 feet to the Easterly line of the said tract of land conveyed to said Thomas R. King; thence Northeasterly on the Easterly line of said tract of land conveyed to said Thomas R. King, 150 feet to the place of beginning, in Whiteside County, Illinois.

(D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to sale.

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows: In lobby of the Whiteside County Courts Facility, 200 E. Knox, Morrison, IL 61270, at 10:00 a.m. on January 7, 2016.

(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK FALLS, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com November 28, December 5, 12, 2015

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COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK FALLS-STERLING, Plaintiff, v.

No. 15 CH 48 ST NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE MT Mini Storage 1603 E. Rt. 30 Rock Falls, IL 815-625-6403 Customer Name (s): Zach Oldfield Unit# 57 Nick Berardi Unit# 93 Bret Cooksey Unit# 129 Amy Hubbard Unit# 46 Megan Doane Unit# 84 November 21, 28, 2015

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK FALLS, Plaintiff v.

TODD ALAN MORTHLAND, ROBIN RENEE MORTHLAND, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS,

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TAI T. NGUYEN, CITY OF FALLS, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

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No. 15 CH 50 ST NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court on August 24, 2015, in Community State Bank of Rock Falls-Sterling v. Tai T. Nguyen, City of Rock Falls, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 15 CH 50 ST, Whiteside County, Illinois, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Karen S. Reynolds, Vice President, Community State Bank of Rock Falls, 3210 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, IL 61081, (815) 6254300.

(B) The common address of the real estate is 815 1st Ave., Rock Falls, Illinois 61071.

(C) The legal description of the real estate is:

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court on August 24, 2015, in Community State Bank of Rock Falls-Sterling v. Tai T. Nguyen, City of Rock Falls, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 15 CH 50 ST, Whiteside County, Illinois, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Karen S. Reynolds, Vice President, Community State Bank of Rock Falls, 3210 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, IL 61081, (815) 625-4300.

(B) The common address of the real estate is 815 1st Ave., Rock Falls, Illinois 61071.

(C) The legal description of the real estate is: Lot 8 in Block 9 in Arey's Addition to the City of Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois, EXCEPTING THEREFROM the North 30 feet.

(D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to sale.

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows:

(D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to sale.

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows:

In lobby of the Whiteside County Courts Facility, 200 E. Knox, Morrison, IL 61270, at 10:00 a.m. on January 7, 2016.

In lobby of the Whiteside County Courts Facility, 200 E. Knox, Morrison, IL 61270, at 10:00 a.m. on January 7, 2016.

(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK FALLS-STERLING, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com November 28, December 5, 12, 2015

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(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK FALLS-STERLING, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com November 28, December 5, 12, 2015

2-3 BR brick house for rent in nice location, some applcs., $650/mo. + dep. & ref. required 815-973-7506 Available Dec. 1st.

2BR 507 Van Buren. $575/mo + dep. Refs. req.

773-552-8498 2BR, 1 car garage, very clean, 317 Park St. Avail. Now $600/mo. + dep.

605-491-0651

MILLEDGEVILLE 3BR, 1½ car garage, $575+ dep.

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MORRISON 3BR Country Home- 21887 Pigeon Rd., $900/month Kophamer and Blean Realty 815-772-2728 3BR Home632 E. Lincolnway $700/month Kophamer and Blean Realty 815-772-2728

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815-626-8790

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ROCK FALLS 3BR home with garage. $600 mo., $600 dep.

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3BR ranch, dbl garage, Montmorency district, $675/mo. + dep.

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STERLING 2BR Townhome $600/mo. Hampton Apts. 625-7043 2BR, E Sterling location, no pets.

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815-336-2305 3BR, 1 ½ bath. No pets. Call 815-6250624.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court on August 24, 2015, in Community State Bank of Rock Falls v. Todd Alan Morthland, Robin Renee Morthland, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 15 CH 48 ST, Whiteside County, Illinois, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Karen S. Reynolds, Vice President, Community State Bank of Rock Falls, 3210 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, IL 61081, (815) 6254300.

(B) The common address of the real estate is 503 W. Winfield Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270.

(C) The legal description of the real estate is: Part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 18, Township 21 North, Range 5 East of the 4th P.M., Whiteside County, Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at the Easternmost corner of a tract of land conveyed by Miletus S. Heaton and wife to Thomas R. King by Deed recorded in the Recorder?s Office of Whiteside County, Illinois, in Book 130, page 67 and described as follows: Commencing at a point on the South line of Winfield Street in the City of Morrison that bears North 65°30? West and 564 feet distant from the point where the South line of the said Winfield Street crosses the West line of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 18, the same point being the Northeast corner of the Lot occupied by the Water Works of the City of Morrison, thence South 65°30? East along South line of said Winfield Street 200 feet, thence South 24°30? West 7 chains and 61 links, thence West 2 chains and 3 links to the center of Rock Creek, thence North 41° West up the center of Rock Creek 1 chain and 30 links, thence North 24°30? East 7 chains and 91 links along the East line of lot occupied by the Morrison City Water Works to place of beginning; thence Southeasterly on the Southerly line of Winfield Street, 60 feet; thence Southwesterly at right angles to the Southerly line of Winfield Street, 150 feet; thence Northwesterly parallel with the Southerly line of Winfield Street, 60 feet to the Easterly line of the said tract of land conveyed to said Thomas R. King; thence Northeasterly on the Easterly line of said tract of land conveyed to said Thomas R. King, 150 feet to the place of beginning, in Whiteside County, Illinois.

(D) The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

(E) The real estate may not be inspected prior to sale.

(F) The time and place of the sale are as follows: In lobby of the Whiteside County Courts Facility, 200 E. Knox, Morrison, IL 61270, at 10:00 a.m. on January 7, 2016.

(G) The terms of the sale are ten percent (10%) down at the time of the sale, payable in certified funds, and the full balance within seven (7) days.

(H) The case title, case number, and the Court in which the foreclosure was filed are specified above.

(I) No other information is required to be disclosed.

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STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 THE EMPORIUM THRIFT CENTER 115 W. 3rd St. Sterling 50% OFF STOREWIDE Friday, Sat. OPEN 9-4 Thank you to all our customers for their continuous support Merry Christmas

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Combination upper bed w/ ladder, lower desk; natural wood $100 815677-0895

NEW TODAY Flex-steel leather couch, 3 cushion, cream color. $100.

815-499-3443 Mattress sets: $99, Full Twin $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

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815-564-9421 AKC Boston Terrier 5yr. old female. $150. 815-564-9421 Cat & Kitten, Gorgeous Tuxedo colors; F spayed 2yr. & M 5mo.

Momma & baby very sweet, need loving indoor home together.

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COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK FALLS, Plaintiff

By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC

By Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com November 28, December 5, 12, 2015

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PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

SNOWBLOWERS 782

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MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE 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).

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he 2016 Cadillac CTS-V (I give it four out of four stars) is stunningly fast it goes zero to 60 in 3.7 seconds and has a top speed of 200 mph but that’s just the beginning of the super sedan’s accomplishments. The CTS-V also brims with advanced safety and convenience features and offers surprising comfort.

Cadillac’s V-series line of highperformance models exists to challenge the peak of Audi, BMW, Jaguar and MercedesBenz’s model lines. The CTS-V competes with the Audi RS 7, BMW M5 and Mercedes-Benz AMG E63 for the most exquisite combination performance and luxury the auto industry can attain.

Prices for the 2016 CTS-V start at $83,995. A supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 delivering 640-horsepower and 630 pound-feet of torque is standard, as is an 8-speed automatic transmission. The CTS-V only comes with rearwheel drive, while competitors like the RS7 and E63 have allwheel drive to deliver power to the road.

I tested a well-equipped CTS-V that had leather and suede Recaro performance seats, front collision alert, Apple CarPlay, voice recognition, backup camera, a 4G LTE hotspot, automatic high-beam lights, a carbon fiber hood and more.

It cost $93,665, excluding destination charges, but including a $1,000 federal gas guzzler tax.

The CTS-V cost less than comparable models of the RS7, M5 and E63 S-line. Other luxury

The CTS-V’s EPA rating of 14 mpg in the city, 21 highway and 17 combined are admirable. brands like Infiniti, Jaguar and Lexus don’t build midsize sedans powerful enough to compete with those super cars. Don’t be surprised if Jag adds a 500-horsepower plus version of its new XF sedan next year, though.

The CTS-V’s interior is appointed with carefully crafted materials.

The optional Recaro front seats provide both comfort and deep bolsters to hold you secure in fast maneuvers. The front seat could use more storage for glasses, smartphones and the like. The rear seat is comfortable, The engineering expertise with plenty of headroom. that went into the CTS-V is nearly overwhelming, but The bin behind the center stack the car makes a powerful climate and audio controls impression before you even seems a bit less accommodating push the start button. The CTS than in previous CTS. The center is bigger and roomier than the stack’s annoying flat-panel two generations of CTS that capacitive touch controls for preceded it. The passenger audio and climate controls are compartment has more space unchanged. It’ll be a welcome than the RS7, about the same change when Cadillac returns to as the E63. The M5 has more a few buttons and dials for those passenger and luggage room. functions.

The hatchback RS7 has the largest cargo compartment Cadillac’s voice recognition and in the group. The Mercedes touch screen work well. The E63’s trunk is smallest. addition of Apple CarPlay for

iPhone users makes the CTS-V The result is a car that’s the clear leader in super sedan almost alarmingly fast, even connectivity. for drivers accustomed to extremely powerful cars. The The CTS-V uses the new third CTS-V is so stable and quiet generation of Magnetic Ride that I was shocked to see Control. It changes the shocks’ how fast I was going on the response to changes in road highway. Its handling inspires deleting the surface and driving, adapting confidence, for every inch of the road at drama from fast curves and 60 mph The system delivers high-speed maneuvers. a smooth and comfortable V-8 uses cylinder ride over rough surfaces and The deactivation to save fuel in in steady driving and firms up driving.

The nearly instantly to keep the steady-state CTS-V stable and level in very CTS-V’s EPA rating of 14 mpg fast turns and under heavy in the city, 21 highway and 17 combined are admirable braking and acceleration. for such a fast and powerful The supercharged V-8’s 640 car, $1,000 gas guzzler tax horsepower and 630 pound- notwithstanding. feet of torque make the CTS-V the most powerful engine in Cadillac history. Both figures handily exceed the RS7, M5 and E63.

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Refinishing what his father started A family business that coaxes new life out of old furniture rises from the ashes

Chris Apple owns Yesterday’s Furniture, which his dad, Louis Apple, opened as a used furniture store, at 316 S. Lincoln Ave. in 1990.

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hris Apple was only 10 when he refinished his first piece of furniture, an oak mirror.

His dad, Louis Apple, opened Yesterday’s Furniture, a used furniture store, at 316 S. Lincoln Ave. in 1990. Retail was big then, and refinishing was a side business.

Then Louis got sick. His son, Chris, the youngest of 10 siblings and only about 21 at the time, bought it a year later, and has been running it ever since.

“Antiques sold well in the ‘90s, but kids want new furniture now,” Apple said. “The economy hurt us, and used/retail businesses in Dixon just haven’t made it. Not too many get into refinishing because it’s a lot of work;

Get in touch

Yesterday’s Furniture, 316 S. Lincoln Ave. in Dixon, is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday by appointment. Call 815-284-4616 for more information.

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Shoppers do more window shopping on phones NEW YORK (AP) – If the beginning of the holiday season is any indication, it could be a merry mobile Christmas for shoppers.

For the first time, there’s expected to be more people visiting retailers’ web sites through their smartphones than on desktop computers or tablets during the first weekend of the holiday shopping season that began on Thanksgiving Day.

Mobile traffic during the 5-day start to what is typically the busiest shopping period of the year is expected to reach 56.9 percent of total traffic, up from 48.5 percent last year, according to IBM Watson.

And even though everyone who “window shops” on their phones isn’t going to buy, mobile sales are jumping too. Mobile sales are expected to account for 36.1

percent of online sales, up from 27 percent last year, according to IBM Watson Trend.

The bumps in traffic and sales come as retailers try to make the mobile shopping experience easier by improving their mobile apps and adding coupons and other deals.

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Don’t say ‘I do’ to debt Dear Dave, How do you have a wedding without debt?

– Lynn Dear Lynn, Wow, where do I start on this one? I guess the best way is to tell the truth. Honey, that question kind of makes you sound like a little princess.

How do you have a wedding without debt? It’s really simple. You have a wedding with the money you have.

There’s nothing wrong with small, inexpensive weddings.

And once you accept that and start thinking about things from a mature, adult point of view, you’ll start realizing you can scrimp and save and have a really nice, small wedding.

Lots of people have beautiful, memorable ceremonies and even small receptions for less than $1,000.

Sure, you can run out, go into debt and wear an $8,000 wedding dress for a few hours on one day of your life. Or, you can find one that’s much cheaper – even something that’s been worn one time – for a couple hundred dollars. Think that’s tacky? Well, let me tell you what’s even more tacky and dumb – going $15,000 to $20,000 in debt for one day!

To have a wedding without debt you have to be creative and think within your budget.

That means growing up and not throwing a temper tantrum just because you can’t have every little thing you want.

Most people don’t have lavish, expensive weddings, and guess what? Years down the road they’re still married, madly in love and laughing and hugging when they remember the best day of their lives.

Please, don’t turn what’s supposed to be a happy occasion into a financial mess that will take years to clean up!

– Dave

What to do with restricted stock?

Dear Dave, My husband works for a large company and receives restricted stock bonuses of approximately $5,000 each year. We’re not sure exactly how long they’re restricted, and we both wonder if we’re allowed to sell these options?

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All about veterans SVCC there to help vets DIXON – Sauk valley Community College, 173 state Route 2, is available to veterans and current military service personnel as they seek to acquire new technical skills, prepare to transfer to 4-year institutions, or

enrich their personal and professional lives.

Benefits available at include the Montgomery GI Bill, the Post 9-11 Bill, National Guard and Army Reserve benefits, and the Illinois Veterans Grant.

Veterans and active

military are welcome to visit the college to find out more about available benefits and how they can best be put to use to accomplish academic and career goals.

Contact Josh West at joshua.j.west@svcc.edu for more information.

Nov. 11 was a busy day at St. Anne School in Dixon. The students served breakfast to veterans, which was followed by a program. Jack Bettner (from left), Nicole Hill, Jack Bontjes, Brady Partington, and Katie Noble, student council officers, served bacon and ham casseroles, hash browns, fruit, and coffee cakes. Photos submitted by Sister Marcianne.

The Army Air Force and Army infantry came together when Laurence Dennis (left) and Edward Stralow, both of Sterling, spoke at the Rock River Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution’s Nov. 12 meeting. Dennis served as a radioman on a B-17 bomber, and was held in a German POW camp for 1.5 years. Stralow was an artillery man serving in the South Pacific. He fought in the Philippines and New Guinea. Photo submitted by Frances Bishop.

After breakfast first- and second-grade students performed patriotic songs and poetry for veterans.

Sterling American Legion Post 296 recently helped a World War II veteran by purchasing an automatic pill dispenser, which sounds up to four daily alarms to remind a patient to take medication. At the presentation are (from left) Jim Seidel, post commander; John Hackett, veteran, of Polo; and Dallas Spencer, Lutheran Social Services. Photo submitted by the Legion.

Burt Fuller (right), 63, of Rock Falls, recently accepted a check from Tim Martin with the Sauk Valley Detachment of the Marine Corps League, for help paying medical expenses. Fuller is a former Marine Corps lance corporal who served in Vietnam. Also pictured are Howard Gillespie (left), Guy Pillars, Marvin Younger and Steve Ramos. The detachment provides a variety of services and assistance for local Marines, including financial aid, and welcomes all inquiries. Call Martin at 815-622-4629 for more information. Photo submitted.

Students and staff recognized about 20 area veterans with a Veterans Day program Nov. 11 at Christ Lutheran School in Sterling. Dylan Hinrichs, music teacher, sang “The Star-Spangled Banner,” while Dylan Winstead marched the American flag into the ceremony. Jim Prombo, retired Marine Corps colonel, of Morrison, taught some students military maneuvers, and some of the veterans visited classrooms to share their military experiences. Photos submitted by Marcy Shank.

Members of the Junior Optimist Club of Sterling had a Veterans Day cookout Nov. 11 in the parking lot at Kroger in Sterling, raising $500 for the Whiteside County Honor Flight. Among students serving veterans were (from left) Lydia Harris and Sam Harris, both 6 years old ; and Rileigh Wren and Nora Truedson, both 8. The children gave free hot dogs, bratwurst, and pork chop sandwiches to veterans. Photo submitted by Sam Meier.

Prombo gives his presentation during the program.

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All in good time with three steps Getting a peanut through the door

Monarch butterfly caterpillars crawled on plants earlier this year at Carol Nicklaus’ front porch in Sterling. Photos submitted by Nicklaus.

From crawling to flying Merle Reisenbigler of Morrison took this series of photos showing a squirrel’s hesitant steps to obtain a very satisfactory treat.

A chrysalis was the next stage for this butterfly.

So far, so good. The squirrel backs slowly out of the house, treat in hand, just in case it’s all a trick.

Ah, mine at last. Lunch is served.

After emerging from its chrysalis, the butterfly flew off shortly after this photograph was taken.

Wanted: Photos from you A scrapbook is a book with blank pages, and that’s what our Scrapbook page is without your pictures. We want to fill the page with images that capture lives in the Sauk Valley. They can be submitted by email to photos@saukvalley.com or can be taken to the Sterling and Dixon offices.

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GOING PINK FOR HOME OF HOPE

The Dixon High School Volleyball squad had a pink event Oct. 6. Team members are (kneeling, from left) Kacey Koch; Alley Cullen; Alyssa Cruse; and Ashlyn Horn; and (standing) Kaitlynne Lawson; Hailey Ragan; Phoenix Smith; Ellie Provo; with Joan Padilla, Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center of Dixon executive director; and Jamie Altenburg, Jessa Long, and Erika Smith, team members. Photo submitted by Padilla.

New reads hit shelves at library DIXON – More books have arrived in November at Dixon Public Library, 221 S. Hennepin Ave. They are: Fiction: “Bittersweet Dreams,” by V.C. Andrews; “Foreign Affairs,” by Stuart Woods: “An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea,” by Patrick Taylor; “Saturn Run,” by John Sandford and Ctein; “See Me,” by Nicholas Sparks; “Winter Stroll,” by Elin Hilderbrand; “City on Fire,” by Garth Hallberg; “All the Stars in the Heavens,” by Adriana Trigiani; “A Free State,” by Tom Piazza; “Rouge Lawyer,”

by John Grisham; “Fear the Dark,” by Kay Hooper; “The Lake House,” by Kate Morton; “Welcome to Night Vale,” by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor; “Carrying Albert Home,”

by Homer Hickam; “Golden Age,” by Jane Smile; “Career of Evil,”

by Robert Galbraith; “Golden Lion,” by Wilbur Smith; “The Lightning Stones,” by Jack DuBrul; “Enchanted August,” by Brenda Bowen; “Host,”

by Robin Cook; “Dark Corners,” by Ruth Rendell; “Playing with Fire,” by Tess Gerritsen; “Corrupted,” by Lisa Scottoline; “Depraved Heart,” by Patricia Cornwell; “A Banquet of Consequences,” by Elizabeth George; “Shopaholic to the Rescue,” by Sophie

Kinsella; “The Gap of Time,” by Jeanette Winterson; “The Early Stories of Truman Capote;” “Naughtier Than Nice,”

by Eric Dickey; “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams,”

by Stephen King; and “The Golem of Paris,” by Jonathan Kellerman Mysteries: “A Beeline to Murder,” by Meera Lester; “Front Runner,” by Felix Francis; “Signal,”

by Patrick Lee; “Move Your Blooming Corpse,”

by D.E. Ireland; “The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O’clock Lady,” by Susan W. Albert; “A Finely Knit Murder,” by Sally Goldenbaum; “Nine Lives,” by Wendy Staub; “The Theory of Death,”

by Faye Kellerman; and “The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine,” by Alexander M. Smith Christian Fiction: “Fire & Ice,” by Mary Connealy; “The Imposter,”

by Suzanne Fisher; “My Brother’s Crown,” by Mindy Clark and Leslie Gould; “Miriam and the Stranger,” by Jerry Eicher; “Davey’s Daughter,” by Linda Byler; and “Nowhere to Turn,” by Lynette Eason Science Fiction and Fantasy: “Hells’ Foundations Quiver,” by David Weber; “Gatefather,” by Orson S. Card; and “After Alice,” by Gregory Maguire Westerns: “Three-

Legged Horse,” by Russ Hall, and “Thunder Over the Superstitions,” by Peter Brandvold Large print: “Rouge Lawyer,” by John Grisham; “The Murder House,”

by James Patterson; “Saint Mazie,” by Jami Attenberg; “After the Storm,” by Linda Castillo; “Starlight on Willow Lake,” by Susan Wiggs; “Movie Star,” by Hilary Liftin; “The Sympathizer,” by Viet Nguyen; “The Stranger You Know,”

by Jane Casey; “Balm,”

by Dolen Perkins-Valdez; “The Jezebel Remedy,”

by Martin Clark; “The Courtesan,” by Alexandra Curry; and “The Company She Kept,” by Archer Mayor Christmas Books: “The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge,” by Charlie Lovett; “Dashing Through the Snow,”

by Debbie Macomber; “Christmas on the Range,” by Diana Palmer; “Christmas Bells,” by Jennifer Chiaverini; “Amish Christmas at North Star,”

by Woodsmall et al; “Winter Stroll,” by Elin Hilderbrand; “Mary’s Christmas Goodbye,” by Linda Byler; “Beautiful Star of Bethlehem,” by Lori Copeland; “All is Calm, All is Bright,”

by Colleen Coble; and “A Christmas Bride in Pinecraft,” by Shelley S. Gray Nonfiction: “Presidential Scandals,” by Lightning Guides; “Ulysses S.

Grant – Personal Memoirs;” “The Land of Open Graves,” by Jason De Leon; “Complete Works of Oscar Wilde;” “Seated with Christ,” by Heather Holleman; “Mind Over Mood,” by Greenberger-Padesky; “A Storm of Witchcraft,” by Emerson Baker; “The Witches,” by Stacy Schiff; “Find a Way,”

by Diana Nyad; “Frank & Ava, In Love and War,”

by John Brady; “My Life on the Road,” by Gloria Steinem; “Everyone is Italian on Sunday,” by Rachael Ray; “My Kitchen Year,” by Ruth Reichl; “100 Recipes – America’s Test Kitchen;” “Magna Carta,” by Dan Jones; “Wake Up Happy,” by Michael Strahan; “Sinatra, the Chairman,” by James Kaplan; “Custer’s Trials,” by T.J. Stiles; “Chase’s 2016 Calendar of Events;” “Do Unto Animals,” by Tracey Stewart; “Serial Killers,” by Lightning Guides; “Hyper,” by Timothy Denevi; “Last Act – Final Years of Ronald Reagan,” by Craig Shirley; “Lafayette in the Somewhat United States,” by Sarah Vowell; “Avenue of Spies,” by Alex Kershaw; “Drinking in America,” by Susan Cheever; and “My Year of Running Dangerously,”

by Tom Foreman For more information, call the library at 815284-7261

Department stresses diabetes awareness OREGON – Every November National Diabetes Month is observed to raise awareness of diabetes and its impact on the health of millions of Americans.

According to the Ogle County Health Department, diabetes affects nearly 30 million children and adults with another 86 million Americans at

risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness and kidney failure among adults, and often causes mild to severe nerve damage that leads to the loss of a foot or leg.

Excess weight is the single largest factor to developing Type 2 diabetes. Moderate exercise, like walking at a

brisk pace for 30 minutes a day, can reduce the risk of diabetes by 30 percent.

Dietary changes also can have a significant impact at reducing the risk of Type 2.

The department advises limiting the amount of processed carbohydrates, sugary drinks and trans fats in a diet and to quit smoking. Free tobacco

ATTENDING CHAMPIONSHIPS Members of Dixon School of Tae Kwon Do competed Oct. 17 at the 41st annual Midwest Open Karate Championships at the Peosta Community Center in Peosta, Iowa. With their awards are (front row, from left) Aaron Fitzanko and Derek Fitzanko, fourth in sparring and forms; Hiram Zigler, second in sparring and fourth in forms; Mason Townsend and Joy Zigler, fourth in sparring and forms; and (back row) Britney Pline, fourth in sparring and forms; with Bill Moritz, their instructor; and Ethan Romagnoli, second in sparring and fourth in forms. Photo submitted by Moritz.

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cessation services are offered through the Illinois Tobacco Quitline at 866-784-8937.

For more information on diabetes, visit oglecounty. org/departments/health -department-2/ or cdc. gov/diabetes or contact Joanie Padilla, director of health education, at 815732-7330, ext. 279.

PEORIA – In 1983, President Ronald Reagan, who later was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, designated November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month.

President Bill Clinton named the week of Thanksgiving as a time to honor caregivers in 1997, and that has expanded to National Family Caregivers Month. As an organization founded by caregivers, the Alzheimer’s Association applauds caregivers and hopes to make their efforts a little easier year round with resources that have been designed specifically with families in mind.

“There are more than 589,000 caregivers in Illinois, contributing to the more than 15 million caregivers in America who are providing unpaid care to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other, related dementias,” says Liz Gunty, communications associate for the Alzheimer’s

Association – Central Illinois Chapter. “The long duration and progression of Alzheimer’s takes a devastating toll on caregivers emotionally, physically, and financially. That’s why it’s so important for us to make sure that caregivers are educated and have the support system to not only take care for someone with Alzheimer’s, but to take care of themselves.”

The association offers free resources to guide families impacted by the disease, including: Alzheimer’s Association Helpline at 800272-3900 alz.org/care – the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregiver Center ALZConnected alz connected.org – social networking community designed for people living with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers.

Members create connections by extending and receiving invitations.

For more information, call or visit the website.

Tips to help get through holidays DIXON – Sinnissippi Centers offers these tips to help manage stress during the busy holiday season Try to keep expectations realistic. The holidays are often a magical time for children. Adults sometimes expect to recapture some of that magic, but often set expectations too high.

Develop a realistic holiday budget and stick to it. Money, or lack of it, is probably the biggest holiday stressor.

Know it’s OK to say “No.” Saying no to some things reduces the stress of having too many commitments to live up to, which is always more enjoyable and far less stressful.

Connect with people who are emotionally supportive. Sometimes people can feel isolated at this time of the year.

Try to remember the true joys of the holiday season. Enjoy the outdoors, light up the fire place, bake, or watch a holiday movie.

Above all, make sure to do things that help with holiday enjoyment.

“As life progresses, we often remember the feelings that we had from holidays, not specific details of every gift we got, every food we ate, how clean the house was, etc.,” said Cristina Mugrage, clinician. “Instead of working to make everything perfect, make it good enough and focus on creating that feeling of comfort and joy that will last forever.”

Visit sinnissippi.org for more information on stress and stress management or call 800-2427642. Sinnissippi has offices in Dixon, Mount Carroll, Oregon, Rochelle, and Sterling.

IN BRIEF Insurance sign-up dates at library DIXON – Health insurance registration under the Affordable Care Act are available from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursdays from Thursday until Jan. 31 at Dixon Public Library, 221 S. Hennepin Ave. Melissa Spangler with the Whiteside County Health Department will be there to help with the process.

For more information, call Sherry Bruckner at 815-284-7261.

Winter art show opens at academy

In addition to art exhibit, the academy will have workshops by each of the artists: blown-glass holiday ornaments Dec. 5 and 19 by Tompkins, a painting demonstration and studio painting Feb. 20 and 27 by Garcia, and pastel landscapes with Roddy Jan. 22.

For registration information and details, visit woodlawnartsacademy. com, stop at the academy, or call 815-626-4278.

Sterling shooters travel to Phoenix

STERLING – Elizabeth Butler and Katie Hauck, both of Sterling and memSTERLING – Woodbers of the Sauk Valley lawn Arts Academy’s Chapter of the Well Armed 2015-16 winter art Woman female shooting exhibit will open Friday group, recently attended with a reception from an annual leadership con5 to 6:30 p.m. at 3807 ference in Phoenix.

Woodlawn Road.

The group met to netThe exhibit, which will be open through Feb. 12, work, train, and learn how features works by Beverly to expand the use of firearms to women across the Garcia, Stuart Roddy, country who are looking and Craig Tompkins. An to gun ownership. WAW open reception will be has 235 chapters and has from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday. The works will be on trained more than 250 female firearm instructors display in the halls and in less than 3 years. lounge.

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THANK GOODNESS

Library group appreciates public support

teers who have made TwiceSold Tales possible.

They help customers locate books, price and shelve books, dust and straighten shelves, creDENISE KRYSIAK ate displays, take requests, Lanark In the season of Thanks- answer questions, clean giving, I am very thankful and process donations, and for the wonderful volun- make sure someone is there

to wait on customers. Without their assistance, the bookstore would have died a long time ago.

With their assistance, we have raised $5,089 since Jan. 1 of this year, and $22,502 since May 2011, all of which goes to support the Lanark Public Library’s

collections and programs.

This has been a wonderful contribution to our community.

Perhaps my greatest thanks is owed to Rosemary Flikkema, who donated the space in her Unique Mall when we moved from our original location. Twice-

Sold Tales would not exist without her support.

I encourage you to patronize her Special Touch, where you will find lovely gifts, attractive jewelry, blooming plants, and stunning fresh arrangements.

My deepest appreciation also goes to our donors

who make our store possible, and our customers whose patronage provides our income. Thank you for helping us support the library. Again, thank you, everyone.

Note to readers: Denise Krysiak is the manager of Twice-Sold Tales.

Maternal great-grandpar- Maternal grandparents ents are Ray Green and Sha- are June Sommer of Dixon ron Allen, both of Dixon. and Shane Davidson of Apopka, Florida.

Paternal grandparents Blake Milton are Dean and Tammie Montavon Erbes of Amboy.

Jessica and Brent MontaPaternal great-grandvon of Amboy are the par- mother is Diana Jackson of ents of a son born at 5:28 Amboy. a.m. Oct. 3, 2015, at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Mason Charles Blake Milton Montavon Dugger weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces at birth and was 21 inchWhitney and Dalan Duges in length. ger of Sterling are the parHe is welcomed by Chase ents of a son born at 8:14 Montavon, 7. a.m. Nov. 10, 2015, at CGH Maternal grandmother is Medical Center in Sterling.

Jeanne Rapp of Sublette.

Mason Charles DugPaternal grandparents ger weighed 7 pounds, 11 are Mark and Nancy Mon- ounces at birth and was tavon of Amboy.

20.5 inches in length.

Maternal great-grandpar- He is welcomed by Zoe ents are Evelyn Rapp Carey Dugger, 3, and Reid Dugger, and William Carey of Ohio. 2.

Paternal great-grandpar- Maternal grandparents ents are Rosemary Liston are Dawn Hansen and Mark of Amboy and Ronnie and Hansen, both of Lanark.

Ruth Montavon of Naples, Paternal grandparents Florida. are Sunday Dugger of Rock Falls and the late Daryl Dugger.

Trinity Skylar Maternal great-grandparBorden ents are Karen and Larry Brittany Flynn and Ste- Hansen of Manlius and phen Borden of Dixon are Sharon and Donald Foffel the parents of a daughter of Wyoming. born at 12:40 p.m. Oct. 18, Paternal great-grand2015, at KSB Hospital in mother is Mary Arduini of Dixon.

Rock Falls.

Trinity Skylar Borden weighed 7 pounds, 9 ouncBrandt Richard es at birth and was 20.75 Dusing inches in length.

She is welcomed by Elijah Morgan Lauritzen and Lengfelder, 1.

Devin Dusing of Dixon are Maternal grandparents the parents of a son born are John and Sue Flynn of at 7:06 p.m. Nov. 7, 2015, at Harrimon, Tennessee, and KSB Hospital in Dixon.

Adam and Becki Bratcher of Brandt Richard Dusing Lake Villa. weighed 6 pounds, 11 Paternal grandparents ounces at birth and was 20 are Lisa and Bobby Benson inches in length. of Morrison.

Maternal grandparent is Maternal great-grandpar- Billie Jo Lauritzen of Sterents are Patricia and Bill ling.

Flynn of Milledgeville and Paternal grandparents Connie and Ken Reinhardt are Dirk Dusing and Stephof Oregon. anie Dusing, both of Dixon.

Paternal great-grandpar- Maternal great-grandents are Bob Borden and mother is Delores Vroman Ellie Borden, both of Dixon. of Dixon.

Paternal great-grandparents are Richard Dusing Holdyn Joshua and Betty Lou Dusing, both Jackson of Dixon.

Makayla and Colin Jackson of Dixon are the parents of a son born at 9:28 a.m. Boston Kane Lewis Nov. 11, 2015, at CGH Medi- Michelle Montanez and Doug Lewis of Rock Falls cal Center in Sterling.

Holdyn Joshua Jackson are the parents of a son weighed 11 pounds at birth born at 5:41 a.m. Oct. 28, and was 23 inches in length. 2015, at CGH Medical CenHe is welcomed by ter in Sterling.

Boston Kane Lewis Meghan Jackson, 5, and Tatum Jackson, 1. weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounc-

es at birth and was 21 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Gabriel Lewis, 11.

Maternal grandparents are Debi and Tom Blackburn of Rock Falls and Angel and Julie Montanez of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Belenda and Dennis Lewis Sr. of Dixon.

Maternal great-grandfather is Leonard Norman of Rock Falls.

Smith of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandparents are Dan and Kristi Wiederin of Tampico.

Maternal great-grandparents are George Smith and Pat Marschang, both of Tampico, and Emily Donnison of Winchester, Virginia.

Paternal great-grandparents are Norden and Mary Scanlan of Tampico and Karen Wiederin of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Eli Codtey Albright Emily Higley of Sterling and Codtey Albright of Rock Falls are the parents of a son born at 10:22 p.m. Oct. 12, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Eli Codtey Albright weighed 7 pounds at birth and was 20.5 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Lukas Codtey Albright, 3.

Maternal grandparents are Chris Higley and Dan Grennan and Bruce Higley, all of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Sonia Sotelo and Danny Matznick and Aaron Albright, all of Sterling.

Maternal great-grandmother is Carol Iben of Rock Falls.

Paternal great-grandparents are Camilo Sotelo of Rock Falls and Roger and Phyllis Albright of Sterling.

Carter Raul Oliver Vietmeyer Adrianna Nicole and Scott Robert Vietmeyer of Rock Falls are the parents of a son born at 12:31 a.m. Oct. 26, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Carter Raul Oliver Vietmeyer weighed 5 pounds, 9 ounces at birth and was 18 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Carmen Oralia Vietmeyer, 7, and Callie Jo Vietmeyer, 4.

Maternal grandparents are Leticia R. Cervantez and Alberto Carrillo, both of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandparents are Michelle Y. Vietmeyer of Sterling and Curt R. Vietmeyer of Lanark.

Maternal great-grandparents are Carmen and Raul Rodriguez of Sterling.

Paternal great-grandparents are Lova Aldridge of Rock Falls, Lee Wyatt of Princeton, Beatrice Vietmeyer of Lanark, and Marvin Vietmeyer of Mount Carroll.

Abigael Jean Soesbe and Alexis May Soesbe Jessica Renee and Brian Christopher Soesbe of Morrison are the parents of twin daughters born at 3:53 p.m. and 4:28 p.m., respectively, Nov. 13, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Abigael Jean Soesbe weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounc-

es at birth and was 21 inches in length.

Alexis May Soesbe weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

They are welcomed by Isaiah Bailey, 18, Isabelle Soesbe, 12, Liam Mullaley, 9, and Mia Soesbe, 4.

Maternal grandparents are Anna Kash of Clinton, Iowa, and Larry Leprevost of Camanche, Iowa.

Paternal grandparents are Theresa Soesbe and David Soesbe, both of Clinton.

Maternal great-grandparents are Eileen Clancy and Larry and Jean Leprevost, all of Clinton.

Paternal great-grandparents are Robert and Ethel Soesbe and Harold and Clevetta Ward, all of Clinton.

Declan Claude Cecchetti Kamilla and Joseph Cecchetti of Bloomington are the parents of a son born at 12:40 p.m. Oct. 21, 2015, at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.

Declan Claude Cecchetti weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at birth and was 20 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Ken and Jodi Kielsmeier of Oregon.

Paternal grandparents are Mark and Julie Cecchetti of Dixon.

Maternal great-grandparents are Moe and Nancy Kielsmeier of Mount Morris and Claude and Jan Snodgrass of Byron.

Paternal great-grandmother is Nadine Cecchetti of Dixon.

Molleigh Joy Bauser Allyson Howard and Andy Bauser of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 8:09 a.m. Nov. 11, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Molleigh Joy Bauser weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces at birth and was 19.5 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Brayden Swanson, 2.

Maternal grandparents are Dena and John Jones of Sterling and Jim and Charity Howard of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandparents are Bill and Bonnie Bauser of Sterling.

Austin Steven Barkley Jessica and Steven Barkley of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 7:17 a.m. Oct. 29, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Austin Steven Barkley weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces at birth and was 21.5 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Madison 13, Landon, 8, and Isabella, 3.

Maternal grandmother is the late Edna Boyer.

Paternal grandparents are Andrew and Janet Barkley of Milledgeville.

Maternal great-grandfather is Ernesto Garcia of Alice, Texas.

Paternal great-grandmother is Shirley Nye of Milledgeville.

Elyzum Joseph Garza Catie Rhodes and Nicholas Garza of Prophetstown are the parents of a son born at 9:55 a.m. Oct. 19, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Elyzum Joseph Garza weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces at birth and was 19.5 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are James Rhodes of Sterling and Lois Holland of Rock Falls.

Paternal grandparents are Diane and Rosendo Garza of Prophetstown.

Alexis Marie Wiederin

Mason Dean Ackley Courtney Quaglia and Jonathan Ackley of Sterling are the parents of a son born at 1:51 p.m. Oct. 29, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Mason Dean Ackley weighed 8 pounds at birth and was 21 inches in length.

He is welcomed by Sophia McCoy, 8, and Liam Ackley, 5.

Maternal grandparents are Elizabeth Simmons of Chicago Heights and Kurt P. Quaglia of Dixon.

Paternal grandparents are Linda Dulmes of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and Richard “Mike” Ackley of Campton, Kentucky.

Maternal great-grandparents are Joyce and Richard Simmons of Aurora.

Paternal great-grandparents are Patricia and Dean Pitts of Sterling.

Brooklynn Ryder Sciacero Jaclyn Sciacero and Brad Call of Sterling are the parents of a daughter born at 1:31 p.m. Nov. 17, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Brooklynn Ryder Sciacero weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length.

She is welcomed by Jackson Strehlow, 3.

Maternal grandparents are Kim and Mark Sciacero of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Lisa and Aaron Call of Sterling.

Morgan and Josh Wiederin of Tampico are the parents of a daughter born at 9:26 p.m. Nov. 13, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Alexis Marie Wiederin weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces at birth and was 21.5 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Doug and Ramona

Information is needed on the birth announcements for Blake Robert Schabbing, Serinity Opal-Ann Schreiner, and Delilah Faith Freeman. If those who submitted them could call 800-798-4085, ext. 5501, it would be appreciated.

1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Euchre, 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, 815-7323252.

Pinochle, 12:30 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior

Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., 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, 815-6250046.

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

Tacos, 4-8 p.m., Latin Ameri-

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

Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

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.

Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon. Appointments: 815-2843371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 a.m., open, Methodist church, 402 First Ave., Forreston.

Dixon Rotary Club, noon, lower level, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed (1), St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 7 p.m., open, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-2453487. Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Sunshine meeting, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Crochet-Knitting Club, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth 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.

TOPS, 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30 p.m. meeting, Polo Church of the Brethren, 401 S. Congress Ave., Polo, 815-946-3638.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., 201 W. Market St., Morrison, 815-590-8929.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., New Hope Baptist Church, 902 W. 12th St., Rock Falls, 815-564-8852.

Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., Revive Community Church, 8 E. Front St., Mount Morris, 815-994-0428.

Rock Falls Rotary, 6 p.m., Beelendorf’s Deli, 204 W. 10th St., Rock Falls.

Rock Falls Boy Scout Troop 306, 6:30 to 8 p.m., fellowship

hall, Harvest Time Bible Church, 1802 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls.

Byron Fire Protection District Trustees, 7 p.m., district headquarters, 123 N. Franklin St. Rock River Interfaith Peace Action Group, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, 2200 16th Ave., Sterling, 815-6254657, public welcome.

Mount Carroll Monday Night Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., Church of God, 816 Clay St., Mount Carroll, 815-284-3444.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step study, New Hope Fellowship Church, 113 state Route 64, Kings.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 207 W. Third St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed (3), First Presbyterian Church, 502 Third St., Savanna.

Sauk Valley Al-Anon GroupAlateen, 8 p.m., open, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Information sought

COMMUNITY EVENTS Today Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, Twin City Market, indoors, 106 Avenue A, Sterling, 815-626-8610.

Sunday No listings 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.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3253.

Kings on Corner cards, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Mexican Train dominoes, 9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

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

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

Beginning euchre, 10 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling. Reservations: 815-622-9230 or 828-461-7979 Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center,

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Today American Red Cross blood drive, 7-11 a.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointments: 815625-0382.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9:30 a.m., former St. Anne Grade School, 32 N. Jones Ave., Amboy, 815-8572315.

Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.noon, Walmart, 1901 First Ave., Rock Falls.

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

Ave., Rock Falls.

Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, noon and 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-3487. Downstairs, west door.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 1-2:30 p.m., Save-A-Lot, 928 First Ave., Rock Falls.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 10 a.m.,

open, barn, Horizon View Farm, 2422 N. River Road, Oregon.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., open; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-9736150.

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

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. Monday Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services,

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Neighbors make themselves at home in castle Dear Abby: I have a neighbor, “Mrs. Smith,” who I see often in another neighbor’s yard, “the Joneses,” when they are not home. I have seen Mrs. Smith pick vegetables from their garden and take them to her house, and Mr. Smith connect extension cords that run to their home in the winter months when the owners are away. The Smiths are at least in their 60s and well off.

While it’s possible the Joneses don’t mind sharing their garden and electricity with this couple, it does seem unusual. We have security cameras in our yard to discourage the Smiths from coming onto our property.

dearABBY Dear Abby is written

by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips. The column is provided through Universal Uclick.

Should I tell the Joneses about these people and, if so, what would be the best way to approach the subject? Or should I just mind my own business?

I would consider someone a good neighbor if they told me someone was coming onto my property like this, but I can’t assume that others

feel the same way – especially since they seem friendly toward each other and share a property line. What would a good neighbor do?

– Neighborly in North Dakota

for 5 months and I don’t know what to do because he’s so jealous. If I log on to Facebook, he gets angry. If I go to the park with my parents, he gets mad.

Two days ago, he said he wanted to see my phone. When I told him to show me his phone, too, he refused. He said only he can check my phone. What should I do?

– Don’t Know What to do in Iowa

Dear Neighborly: A good neighbor does unto others as he, she would like them to do unto him, her. The next time you see the Joneses, casually mention what you have observed, suggest they might want to check their electric bill and let them Dear Don’t Know What take it from there – or not. to Do: What you should do is dump this insecure, Dear Abby: I’m a controlling boy immedi17-year-old girl and my ately. What he’s doing isn’t boyfriend is the same age. flattering and it isn’t norWe have been together mal. While his possessive-

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ness may have seemed like a compliment in the beginning, for your own emotional – and possibly physical – well-being, break things off now. And if he doesn’t back off, get your parents involved.

Dear Abby: My husband is in his 80s and I’m in my 70s. We have a traditional marriage.

Each of us has our own responsibilities around the house.

I wish I could take off the months of November, December, January, and February to sit and read and do less.

He does blow snow occasionally, but that’s it.

I still have the house to clean and laundry, iron-

ing and cooking to do.

How is this fair? And why do women put up with this?

– Getting More Tired by the Week Dear Getting: It isn’t fair. And only you can answer why you have put up with it all these years. If you are unhappy with the division of labor in November, December, January, and February, then negotiate a new labor contract.

Begin with the premise, “each according to his ability ... and your need.”

Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

STERLING PARK DISTRICT

District starts new software

Rosemary Eike of Oregon was the $1,000 grand prize winner in the recent Golden Kiwanis Club of Dixon annual raffle fundraiser. She is with (from left) Bernie Vering of the Kiwanis; her husband, Gene Eicke; and Norm Krug of the Kiwanis. Other winners were Kirsten Crawford, $200, and Shelly LeSage and Jerry Vaile, $150 each, all of Dixon. Photos submitted by Ralph Miller.

The Sterling Park District recently implemented a new recreation software at Westwood Fitness & Sports Center, 1900 Westwood Drive, and Duis Recreation Center, 211 E. 23rd St. The software also enhances the online registration experience for our customers.

The site is mobilefriendly, so users may register, not only from a desktop computer, but also from a tablet or smart phone. Customers may sign up for activities, purchase memberships and punch cards, and even reserve a facility online at anytime and anywhere on any device with an Internet connection.

As a father of two active boys, there have been times when I suddenly remembered that I needed to register one of them for the next session of swimming lessons or the upcoming sports league. Unfortunately, I seem to remember these things at odd times, so online registration is much more convenient

paulZEPEZAUER Paul Zepezauer is the director of recreation at Sterling Park District. Email pzepezauer@ sterlingparks. org to contact him.

than driving to one of the facilities to register before a deadline or before a class is full. If you can relate to that situation, I highly recommend downloading a password manager app from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store, so you can store and retrieve your Sterling Park District account username and password along with all of your other important usernames and passwords. This can save you the time of going through the automated process of resetting your password if you ever forget it.

You can register online by visiting sterlingparks. org and clicking “regis-

tration” in the top right section of the page and then selecting “online registration.” Sterlingparks.org changes to activecommunities. com when the online registration page opens.

This is okay, don’t panic.

This is simply because our software is provided by the Active Network.

The Sterling Park District logo is displayed in the top left hand corner of the page, and there are pictures of our facilities and patrons to help you recognize us.

Once on the site, you may view upcoming activities, available memberships and punch cards, and facility schedules. When you are ready to make a purchase, the first step is to create a customer account. Once your account is created, you will be able to register for activities, purchase a membership, and reserve facilities.

If you run into any trouble along the way, contact us at registration@sterlingparks.org or 815-622-6200.

Genealogists to give results Samatha Harazin of Polo won $400 in the raffle. She is pictured with Vering and Krug. Tickets were sold in Dixon at Shopko, County Market, Dixon Food Center, and Ace Hardware. The money raised will go to Court Appointed Special Advocates, Shining Star, Tales for Tots at the library, Goodfellows – Toys for Tots, Al Morrison Baseball, and other programs in Dixon.

PRINCETON – Bureau County Genealogy Society members will meet Thursday at the society library, 629 S. Main St. A social hour will start at 6 p.m., with finger foods and beverages provided by the society board. The meeting will conclude the society’s 25th anniversary celebration.

At 7, Geraldine Woodlief and Esther Tracy will reveal the results of Ancestor Quest, in which they offered free research selected from submitted applications, one of which came from Vienna. The presentation will involve local history and research skills.

The public is welcome.

The library is open

from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, and on Dec. 5.

The library will close for the holidays from 3 p.m. Dec. 18 until the morning of Jan. 4. Other arrangements may be made by calling 815-3037836. For more information, call the library at 815-879-3133.

IN BRIEF Holiday movies planned at library MORRISON – Christmas films will be shown in December in the program room at Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison St. “Elf” is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Dec. 5. The film stars Will Farrell, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, James Caan, and Mary Steenburgen. The movie tells the story of Buddy, a human raised at the North Pole by Santa and his elves, who sets out for New York to find his roots.

“Prancer” will be at 2 p.m.

Dec. 8. The film tells the tale of Jessica, a 9-yearold girl who sees Prancer, one of Santa’s reindeer, fall from a holiday decoration across the street.

Donations will be accepted. Popcorn will be provided at both movies, and soft drinks during “Prancer.”

For more information, call the library at 815-7727323.

7 to 11 a.m. Dec. 6 at the fire station, 104 West St. The cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children 6 to 12, and free for children 5 and younger.

Christmas cantata set for December LANARK – The Northern Illinois Christmas Singers’ Christmas cantata, “Hope for a Broken World,” will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 and 2 p.m. Dec. 6 at Lanark Church of the Brethren, 326 High St. The all-ages group is from across Northern Illinois. Donations will be accepted.

For more information, call Stacy Kalina at 815291-4689.

Blood drive to be Tuesday at KC’s

DIXON – St. Patrick Catholic Women’s Club and Dixon Knights of Columbus will have an American Red Cross Firefighters get blood drive from 12:30 ready for breakfast to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the meeting room at the MONROE CENTER – The Knights of Columbus Hall, Monroe Township Firefight- 506 W. Third St. ers Association will have Walk-ins are welcome, an all-you-can-eat buffet but appointments are breakfast with Santa from preferred. To sign up, visit

redcrossblood.org or call Carol Jones at 815-2846732, Don Trent at 815288-6265, or the Red Cross at 800-733-2767.

Donors can use RapidPass to save time when donating blood. Visit redcrossblood.org/Rapid Pass to find out more.

Cookies available through association DIXON – Lee County Homemakers Education Association will have a Cookie Walk from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Griffin Computer Repair, 121 W. First St. Cookies and candies are $6 per pound or $1.50 per quarter pound.

Sweet treats at auxiliary caper STERLING – The CGH Auxiliary will have a Cookie Caper sale Friday in Ryberg Auditorium at CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road.

The event starts at 7 a.m. and will continue until all items are sold.

Cash and checks will be accepted.

For more information, call Linda Brown at 815-6265231.

St. Andrew site of extravaganza ROCK FALLS – St. Andrew Catholic Church Altar and Rosary Society will have its annual Cookie Extravaganza from 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 5 and 6 in the gymnasium at St. Andrew School, 701 11th Ave. The cost is $4 per dozen, mix and match. Pricing of candies and other

items will be marked.

On Dec. 6, Knights of Columbus St. Andrew Council 11874 will be ready to serve an all-youcan-eat breakfast buffet from 7 to 11:30 a.m. at the school.

Pancakes, French toast, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, sausage gravy, chicken gravy, bis-

cuits, hash brown casserole, cinnamon rolls, muffins, toast, fruit, orange juice, coffee, and milk will be on the menu.

The cost is $9 for adults, $8 for senior citizens, $5 for children 10 and younger, and $3 for preschoolers.

Call Bev Droege at 815535-2813 for information.

KIWANIAN OF THE YEAR Kiwanis Club of Dixon members recently recognized Terry Lich of Dixon as Kiwanian of the Year.

With him is Bonnie O’Connell, club past president. He was honored for outstanding volunteerism throughout the year. Photo submitted by O’Connell.

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A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Storybook Trail at the Rock Falls recreation path was Oct. 19. At the ceremony are (in no particular order) members of the Rock Falls community, Mayor William Wescott, trail committee members, Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce members, and volunteers. Photos submitted by Susan O’Connor.

Students from Lincoln Elementary in Sterling read “Plant a Pocket of Prairie” on the trail. The group also participated at five stations of Master Naturalist, Master Stories are mounted on posts throughout the trail. Boy Scout Troop 902 in Rock Gardener-guided activities related to the story.

Falls designed, constructed. and installed them.

Storybook Trail now open in Rock Falls ROCK FALLS – Imagine taking a walk along a nature trail, and coming up on a page from a children’s book, laminated and mounted on a stake.

As the walk continues, more pages are displayed until the story is complete.

The Storybook trail at the Rock Falls recreation path was the scene at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 9 at the canal bridge, the beginning of the storybook trail.

Members of the Rock Falls community, city hall, chamber of commerce,

trail committee, and volunteers were present.

The group then read ‘Plant a Pocket of Prairie’, as they walked the .25mile path.

Students in third grade from Lincoln Elementary in Sterling also traveled on the trail.

The classroom tour included five stations of Master Naturalist, Master Gardener-guided activities related to the story theme.

Students also were introduced to the life cycle of a monarch butterfly, the length of a prairie plants

roots, and how Native Americans used bison.

Those who helped with the project were Mark Searing, Rock Falls building inspector; Mayor Bill Wescott and Jim Schuneman, Rock Falls Trail Third Ward alderman and trail committee chair-

man. John Larson and Boy Scout Troop 902 designed and constructed the stations.

The recreation trail, from McNeill Road to the canal bridge is open to the public from dawn to dusk; books will be updated on a seasonal basis.

Extension employee honored Invasive pest series to begin Linda Whitmer, University of Illinois Extension community worker, recently won the Individual Excellence in Community Partnerships award at the Illinois Nutrition Education Program fall training.

Whitmer was recognized for her partnerships with Self Help Enterprises and Challand Middle School, both in Sterling. At Self Help, she has been part of a team that taught gardening and cooking skills to clients by preparing vegetables that were grown in the Self Help garden. The program grew from 12 to 18 members, and 80 percent of the participants tried new vegetables.

She also has established a youth cooking school in conjunction with Challand Middle School.

The youth will meet six times over the course of the coming school year to learn kitchen safety and basic cooking skills.

URBANA – The University of Illinois Extension recently announced the dates of the Illinois First Detector Invasive Pest classes, one of which will be in Freeport.

The program covers landscape and nursery pests, diseases, and invasive plants, and is aimed at improving first detector training and invasive species awareness. New topics on current and emerging invasive plants, pathogens, and insects, along with updates on previous top-

ics are planned.

Training sessions will cover material including identification and detection, cycle and biology, hosts, sampling, management, other commonly-confused species, and regulation and hands-on activities.

The target audience includes certified arborists, tree care professionals, Master Gardeners, Master Naturalists, forestry and natural resource professionals, conservationists, and others with an interest

in invasive species. Continuing education units will be available for Illinois Arborist Association certified arborists, continuing forestry education credits, Master Gardeners, and Master Naturalists.

The workshop will be Feb. 18 in Freeport; call 815-235-4125 for details and to sign up.

A $40 non-refundable registration fee covers instruction, on-site lunch, and training materials. Space is limited.

Workshop planned for special needs kids Linda Whitmer (left) accepts her Individual Excellence in Community Partnerships Award from Jennifer McCaffrey, state program leader for University of Illinois Extension Family and Consumer Sciences and Illinois Nutrition Education Program. Photo submitted

by Susan O’Connor.

DIXON – Crafts 4 Kids and Florissa will have a holiday crafts workshop for children with special needs and their families from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Post House Ballroom, 100 W. Second St. Those attending will

decorate ornaments for the tree, make reindeer and snowman crafts, and wrap presents.

Santa will greet families with a gift from 2 to 3.

Therapists, teachers, and other helpers will lend a hand.

Other activities include a play area, singing, and a massage therapist who will be present from 1 to 2.

For more information, contact Kim Zera at kzera@comcast.net or 815-440-7590.

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Shoppers also have gotten more comfortable browsing retailers’ web sites as smartphone screen sizes have gotten bigger, making it easier for them to see photos of the items they want to buy. Digital wallets and apps that let shoppers store payment information are helping too.

“It’s very convenient,” said Seth Reineke, 25, an insurance worker from Iowa City, Iowa, who plans to peruse Amazon’s weekend deals from his phone. “It allows me to keep track of time-sensitive sales without being tied to a computer or having to leave a holiday event or get-together.”

Overall spending this season is expected to be somewhat muted. The National Retail Federation, a trade group for storeowners, expects

industry-wide sales to be up 3.7 percent in November and December, less than the 4.1 percent of last year’s holiday season.

But online spending figures are stronger. Forrester predicts online sales will rise 11 percent to $95 billion. And mobile sales are becoming a bigger piece of that pie.

Forrester expects them to account for 35 percent of e-commerce this year and 49 percent in 5 years.

That compares to 29 percent in 2014.

Adobe, which measures 80 percent of online sales from the top 100 U.S. retailers, predicts 40 to 45 percent of all retail traffic during November and December will come from mobile devices, up from 37 percent last year.

Mobile sales are expected to total 20 to 25 percent of total online sales, up from 16 percent last year.

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, expects that 75 percent of U.S.

traffic to its website will come from mobile devices this holiday shopping season. That’s up from 50 percent 2 years ago. Likewise, eBay says it expects mobile sales during the holidays will be “significantly” higher than the 41 percent mobile sales made up of total revenue in the third quarter.

Thanksgiving and the day after the holiday known as Black Friday are particularly mobilefriendly shopping days because people can use their phones to take advantage of limitedtime offers wherever they might be. Earlier in the week, Adobe said it predicted mobile will drive the majority of shopping traffic, 51 percent, for the first time on Thanksgiving Day. “There’s a lot of opportunity to do ‘shopping under the table’ on Thanksgiving Day,” said Tamara Gaffney, director of Adobe Digital Index.

“In between cooking, watching football and in general hanging around family and friends, there’s down time to glance at the iPad and smartphone and do some shopping.”

Take Danyell Taylor, 34, a writer in Washington, D.C. who likes the “easy access” of smartphone shopping. Taylor planned to start looking for holiday deals on Wednesday and continue through the weekend, specifically for Converse shoes and Kate Spade home accessories.

“I’m going to sit on my couch with my phone and my laptop and buy

from there,” she says. “I don’t plan on going into the store at all.”

Mobile shopping still has its problems, including security concerns, sluggish apps and hardto-navigate mobile web sites. And much of mobile traffic doesn’t translate into sales.

But for shoppers, the convenience factor is hard to beat, says Forrester Research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru.

“While retailers might lament their low conversion rates and slow download speeds on mobile devices, shoppers

still keep shopping on those devices,” Mulpuru says, adding that shoppers “appear to have greater tolerance for imperfection, much like in the early days of desktop.”

Jill Markiewicz, 38, a personal shopper in New York, says she shops frequently on her iPhone 6s on Saks Fifth Ave and J.Crew’s mobile web sites.

“I’m typically on foot running around a lot ... don’t get a whole lot of desk time,” Markiewicz says. “You can go from email to checkout cart in a matter of minutes.”

Astrograph Others Will Have Trouble Dealing With Your Moodiness Sunday, November 29, 2015 SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Proceed with caution. Your zest to improve your health and well-being will be compromised if you start a rigorous routine without taking the proper steps to ensure a safe, sensible outcome.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Love and romance are highlighted. You will have to sift through a lot of misinformation to get to the facts. Don’t believe everything you hear.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) -- Trusted allies will be your best bet to help improve an important project. Be open to all suggestions, but give the benefit of the doubt to the people who have your best interests at heart.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Others will have trouble dealing with your moodiness. Try to maintain an even keel with colleagues and family members or you will have to make some heartfelt apologies.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Break out of your routine. An impromptu journey will bring unanticipated benefits. Don’t be afraid to

take a unique approach. You’ll be rewarded for your bravery.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) -- There are many ways to improve your livelihood. Check out online job postings. Explore as many diverse possibilities as you can in order to find a perfect fit for your qualifications.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Stick to your objective if you want to make progress. You will receive numerous appeals for advice or assistance, but dropping your own priorities will not result in success.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- An unexpected change of plans will throw you off course temporarily, but you will find a situation offering greater potential. Be wary of someone offering a lofty promise.

22) -- Take a firm stand if the people you depend on have failed to honor a promise. Keep a close watch on your diet to ensure that you are taking proper care of your health.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Take a moment to contemplate what’s happened and what you can do to benefit from the aftermath.

Gravitate toward anyone or anything that offers a positive alternative.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) -- Jealousy is apparent. Be careful what you say to whom. Keep a close eye on your assets, especially when traveling. Not everyone is as honest as you are. Trust in your own devices.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Make improvements that will bring added comfort and convenience to your living space. Purge or sell items you no longer use or want in order to gain satisfaction and relief.

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The fire at Yesterday’s Furniture prompted a change in direction. “All my used furniture was gone. So, I made the decision to get out of the retail business, and just focus on the refinishing,” Apple said.

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On April 1, that business came to a stop. It was Apple’s 45th birthday.

Around 10 p.m., someone knocked on the door, and told him, “Your shop is on fire!”

The fire started in the dumpster; it was the second dumpster fire in Dixon that night. Fire damage was minimal, but the water ruined everything, and the building, more than 100 years old – home to Westtown Grocery for 72 years, and the Lincoln Avenue Market since the ‘50s – was not insured.

Apple had managed to save all of his customers’ furniture. He put his inventory out to the street, and “people were great.”

“Our building held childhood memories for them,” he said. “They came by, looked at the stuff, gave a few dollars, and told us they were behind us.”

But the fire put him at a crossroads, with a decision to make. “Whatever we were going to do, we had to get going. All my used furniture was gone.

So, I made the decision to get out of the retail business, and just focus on the refinishing.”

He set up shop in his garage, and in 2 days, Yesterday’s Furniture was back in business. The front building was razed.

“God was looking out for me, because during the fire, we were working on the largest floor-refinishing job we have ever done – Franklin Grove Lincoln Way Inn,” Apple said. “ This job provided the resources we needed to make repairs, [put up] vinyl siding, and quadruple the workshop.

“We were done in 2 weeks. We have new equipment, and we can do better work.”

He also plans to add a building to hold customers’ furniture.

He’s a bit apprehensive about the winter.

“This is our first winter without retail, but our refinishing business is growing,” he said.

Ninety percent of refinishing cost is labor. Apple still hand-strips all wood – he has no dip tank – and glues, sands, stains, and sprays on the finish.

Floors are done by hand, too. His process gets rid of pet stains and odors, and can be done in a matter of hours.

He also can match wood stains, repair and replace missing parts, cane, make window frames, refinish staircases, and sand-blast old hardware and metal radiators.

And he isn’t in it alone: His wife, Sara, their three boys and his sister, Mary Rippeon, all help with the business.

Yesterday’s Furniture will celebrate its 25th year in April. Apple is grateful.

“It was a struggle – a fight – it cost a lot of money, but we are still here.”

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Dear Patty, You said your husband works for a large company, so my guess is they do this as an employee retention move. That’s why they restrict the stock. They’re trying to get people to stay with the company, and you’ll

be able to sell them only after they are no longer restricted.

Usually, these kinds of things have a 1- or 2-year restriction. I doubt they’d put a 5-year hold on it, but check with the company to find out the specifics. They can tell him when the stock is free to be sold.

If it were me, I wouldn’t

hold on to too much of it.

I don’t own single stocks.

They have too much risk for my taste. Keep a little bit, if you want, but don’t put all or even most of your financial eggs into that one basket.

– Dave Follow Dave on Twitter (@DaveRamsey), or visit daveramsey.com.

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Whiteside County 4-H members attend banquet The University of Illinois Extension, Whiteside County 4-H Program’s annual 4-H Recognition Night was Oct. 26.

4-H’ers of all ages worked all year to excel in different project areas.

Winners and their clubs are: Animal science Medal: Katie Eggemeyer, Ellison Arians, Alivia Story, all of Cottonwood in Morrison; Adam Morgan, Hume Happy Hustlers, Tampico Blue Award: Emily Brooks, Ella Brooks, both Hume Happy Hustlers; Meghan Clodfelter, Mitchell Clodfelter, both Genesee Hillbillies; Lara Bielema, Garden Plain Ripsnorters; Quinn James, Cottonwood Achievement Medal: Erin Stichter, Fenton Wizards Plants and soils Medal: Triston James, Cottonwood Engineering and Science Blue Award: Logan Eggers, Fenton Wizards Food, nutrition, health Medal: Gina Lee, Madison Krum, both Cottonwood Blue Award: Corbin Eggers, Fenton Wizards Home and Family Medal: Ellison Arians Blue Award: Malory Eggers, Fenton Wizards Personal Development Blue Award: Abby Stichter, Berkley Eggers, both Fenton Wizards Recognition of records submitted to state: Erin Stichter Top Junior Livestock Showman: Adam Morgan Top horse exhibitor: Trevor Driessens, Hume Happy Hustlers Leon Stickers Livestock Awards: Hannah Zinke, Cottonwood, Adam Morgan Mary Catlett Award: Megan Geiger, Genesee Hillbillies.

Golden Needle Award: Ellison Arians Top Junior Communicator: Kyle Polzin, Genesee Hillbillies Window display winners, first- through thirdplace: Fenton Wizards, Cottonwood, Genesee Hillbillies Cookie box winners, first through third place: Jena Anderson, Wizards, Izzy Gabriel, both Fenton Wizards; Katie Eggemeyer, Cottonwood Farmers National Bank Awards: Quinn James, swine; Adam Morgan, beef; Lara Bielema, horses Animal Care Award, Junior Division: Trevor Driessens Clean Stall Award: Cottonwood 4-H Club Outstanding First-year 4-H member: Adam Morgan Cottonwood 4-H Club of Morrison won the Whiteside County 4-H Club of the Year Award. The club was rec“I Dare You” Award: Erin ognized during the Oct. 25 annual award night. Photos submitted by Susan O’Connor.

Stichter; Ashley Cooney, Hume Happy Hustlers Club Awards Window display, Award of Progress Patch, Award of Excellence: Cottonwood Window display, Award of Progress Patch, Award of Excellence: Fenton Wizards Award of Progress Patch: Fulton Windmills Award of Progress Patch: Garden Plain Ripsnorters Window Display, Award of Progress Patch, Award of Excellence: Genesee Hillbillies Window display, Award of Progress Patch, Award of Excellence: Hume Happy Hustlers Secretary Award: Molly LEFT: Adam Morgan of the Hume Happy Hustlers 4-H Club Jacobs, Cottonwood shows his plaques and his certificate for the Junior Livestock Club of the Year Award: Award, Showman in Memory of Kyle Miller, Top First-year 4-H’er Cottonwood 4-H Club Award, and Farmers National Bank Livestock Award in beef.

Outstanding 4-H’ers: Erin Stichter, Ashley RIGHT: Erin and Abby Stichter of Fenton Wizards 4-H Club in Cooney Erie, display their 4-H awards from Whiteside County 4-H RecTop 4-H of the Year: ognition Night. Erin also was named 4-H’er of the Year.

Erin Stichter

Lee County Federation officers were initiated during the annual recognition night Oct. 25 at Mama Ciminos in Dixon. They are (from left) Addison Wetzel, Madelyn Prestegaard, Calista Kern-Lyons, Marie Barnickel, Jaynee Prestegaard, Nicholas Hembrough, Eric Hembrough, and Nathan Shaddick. Photos submitted by Susan O’Connor.

Dessert auction part of Lee County recognition night DIXON – Lee County 4-H members and volunteers gathered Oct. 25 at Mama Cimino’s to acknowledge the people who help the extension programs.

Those recognized were Lee County Board, Lee County Extension Council, The Lee County Fair Association, Home Education Association Ladies, the Extension Foundation, Master Gardeners, Lee County 4-H Leaders, superintendents and all other volunteers.

Special recognition was given by Wyoming Indians 4-H Club of Paw Paw to Mary Lou Gorman, who has been a 4-H volunteer for 40 years.

After lunch, the foundation had a dessert auction fundraiser to benefit the extension programs. Items included an apple pie, cookies, and a pecan pie.

The foundation also led the achievement portion of the event.

Achievement night gives 4-H’ers the chance to be recognized for everything they have done throughout the year.

Club Recognition of Excellence: Palmyra Hillbillies, Amboy Young Seekers, Wyoming Indians, Maytown Comets Window display, first through third place: Franklin Grove Go Getters, Dixon Wonder Workers, Wyoming Indians Junior County Outstanding: Brett Buhrow, Briana Gonnerman, Andrea Burow, Lucas Odle, Emma Hilleson, Jenah Sims, Caden Wittenaur, Catharine Bloemker, Olivia Gingras. Riley Bally, Sarah McCulloh, Lane Koning, Dylan Gonnerman, Ava Prior, Autry Prior Top Junior County Outstanding: Jaynee Prestegaard, Ashley Althaus, Alyssa Morley, Addie Morley, Audrey Gesiakoski, Levi Behning, Rachel McCormick, Madison Thomas, Kayla McCormick, Ethan Pratt, Kelton Schwamberger, Molly Biggs Top Junior 4-H’er: Molly Biggs Senior County Outstanding: James McCormick, Marie Barnickel, Alyssa Gascoigne, Saman-

tha Rockwood, Zack Witek, Anna Hilleson, Claire Coffman, Lexi Meurer, Ethan Mathias, Alyssa McCormick, Laci Meurer, Lea Koning, Cassidy Koning Top Senior County Outstanding: Nicholas Hembrough, Eric Hembrough, Addison Wetzel, Allison Prestegaard, Madeline Prestegaard, Nathan Sahddick, Sam Smith, Katie Cover, Walter Barnickel, Paige Gascoigne Top Senior 4-H’er: Paige Gascoigne Achievement: Allison Prestegaard, Marie Barnickel, Walter Barnickel, Addison Wetzel, Eric Hembrough, Nicholas Hembrough, Zack Witek, Madelyn Prestegaard Animal sciences: Eric Hembrough, Molly Biggs, Jaynee Prestegaard, Allison Prestegaard, Addison Wetzel, Nicholas Hembrough, Anna Hilleson, Caden Wittenauer, Kelton Schwamberger Community involvement and global awareness: Kelton Schwamberger, Katie Cover Environment and natural

LEFT: Audrey Gesiakowski accepts her EEC Electricity Award RIGHT: Alyssa McCormick receives her gift for top Secretary Book.

Personal developresources: Audrey Gesiation: Molly Biggs, Palmyra ment: Allison Prestegaard, Hillbillies kowski Nicholas Hembrough, Katie Food, nutrition, and Top Treasurer: Alyssa Cover, Marie Barnickel health: Alyssa Gascoigne, Gascoigne, Young SeekPlants and soils: Zack Vivian Gesiakowski, Marie ers; Honorable Mention: Witek, Eric Hembrough Barnickel Marie Barnickel , Wyoming Energy Education Coun- Indians, Eric Hembrough, Home and family: Alison cil Electricity Award: Prestegaard, Katie Cover, Palmyra Hillbillies Audrey Gesiakowski Marie Barnickel Top Scrapbook: WyoEngineering and techI Dare You Award: Walming Indians nology: Katie Cover, Eric ter Barnickel Tenured 4-H’ers: Paige Hembrough, Nick HemTop Secretary: Alyssa Gascoigne, Lea Koning, brough, James McCorTroy Mairs, Nathaniel Voss, McCormick, Wyoming mick, Audrey Gesiakowski Indians; Honorable MenCatherine Weinzierl

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Going back (in time) to Cali Bakersfield has vintage 1950s feel

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ABOVE: The Fox Theater, which opened in 1930, presides over the low-rise downtown Bakersfield, California. TOP LEFT: Patrons eat at Woolworth’s Diner, a 1950s-style eatery which shares the same space as Five and Dime antique mall in Bakersfield.

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BY SAM MCMANIS Tribune News Service

utting skyward, adding impressive verticality to low-rise downtown Bakersfield, the Fox Theater’s tower presides over the H Street bustle and hum with stolid, deep-rooted grandeur. Scalloped and columned, a handsome marriage of Spanish colonial revival and art deco, the tower invites your gaze up beyond its concrete base, past its redlettered signage, tapering to its ornate clock face where …

Hold on. That clock.

The big hand is on the 10, the little hand near the 6.

It reads 5:50, several hours off from the lightemitting diode numbers on your wrist. Come back a few hours later, and nothing has changed. It is still 5:50 at the Fox. It is always 5:50, for the clock hands remain riveted in place – accurate twice a day, as the old joke goes, but rendered hopelessly behind at all other times.

Easy, perhaps too easy, to impart deep meaning about Bakersfield’s civic soul from the clock tower’s defiance of the immutable laws of physics. You can be all dismissive and call it a town stuck in time, amberized like an insect. You can be as snarky as The New York Times, which once proclaimed this San Joaquin Valley kiln “a sleepy Nowhereseville in which laborers … saunter around with unironic trucker caps perched high on their heads.”

You can be self-satisfyingly snooty, in other words.

Yet there is an undeniable charm to downtown Bakersfield’s fossilized, late-1950s feel. If you want modern conveniences – an Applebee’s and an Apple store; a Chipotle and a Nordstrom – alight to the 150-square-mile sprawl of the city’s outer, stripmall-saturated regions.

Downtown Bakersfield clings to the past with buttons and buckles, not Velcro. Sure, there’s a fancy arena and a few chain hotels anchored on Truxton Avenue. But on the grid, streets numbered and lettered with straightforward humility,

A mural of Lady Liberty stands tall on the side of an insurance company over downtown Bakersfield. the past isn’t even the past, as Faulkner wrote.

This is a good thing.

This is downtown Bakersfield’s charm. It’s always 5:50 here, always 1958 (with its distinctive lateEisenhower, early “American Graffiti” tinge).

Walk down 19th Street between H and M streets, the heralded Antique Row, and you are transported to a more innocent age, when blenders had only three speeds, when pinafore aprons were worn by housewives for utility, not by crossdressers for campiness, when waxed platters of 45s were the MP3 downloads of the day.

Check out the wellpreserved former Weill’s Department Store building, now housing a Western Union office, a jeweler’s, a Farmers Insurance branch and a bridal shop.

Look across the street at the Kress Building, circa 1930, its art deco masonry intact and gleaming. Step into the Woolworth Building, now housing the Five and Dime Antique Mall, but retaining the original open floor plan, blackand-white diamond terrazzo tile flooring, rows of fluorescent lights and ceiling fans and, most impressive, the original red, cursive signage of the erstwhile F.W. Woolworth empire. Venture farther in and sidle up to Woolworth’s Diner, its red vinyl counter stools buffed to a shine and a bow-tied, black-capped “soda jerk,”

pad and pencil poised, ready to take your grilled cheese and chocolate milkshake order.

A few blocks west, near the Fox, is downtown’s other history-steeped sentinel, The Padre Hotel. It is a hulking 1920s Spanish colonial once owned and (sort of) operated by the irascible Milton “Spartacus” Miller, whose battles with city code inspectors became so heated that he installed a mock missile on the roof, pointed at City Hall, and once unleashed a flock of turkeys in the City Council chambers. Reopened in 2010, under new management, the post-Miller Padre is a monument to tasteful gentrification. The character of the original is preserved right down to rococo wallpaper with gushing oil derricks, cowboy hats and cattle skulls, but the interior has been gussied up and boasts high-end eateries and bars, one of which is adorned with a ceiling mural of Miller bearing the inscription, “Spartacus Gladiator Against All Forces of Oppression,” above the pool table.

Mosey just a little farther afield, yet still considered downtown, to the Kern County Museum, a loving repository of the Greater Bakersfield area’s history. Included in its 16-acre outdoor space are preserved homes and civic buildings, neon

signs from long-shuttered businesses, Southern Pacific engines and cabooses, oil-drilling rigs, pump jacks and, its latest addition – still under wraps behind a green fence – local country crooner Merle Haggard’s childhood home, an old boxcar that goes a long way in explaining Merle’s rough-edged musical oeuvre. The unveiling of Haggard’s home has yet to be determined, said Lori Wear, curator of collections.

And, yes, the museum has a wing devoted to the vaunted Bakersfield Sound, the anti-Nashville, Telecaster-driven country subgenre that, like downtown itself, peaked in the late ‘50s.

But a visit to the museum’s “Black Gold Exhibit” is proof enough that the real Bakersfield Sound is the hydraulic creak and wheeze of oil wells and bobbing pump jacks.

This tribute to fossilfuel technology is advertised to be interactive, but perhaps that’s based on 1950s standards. No fewer than six of the “interactive” displays were out of order on a recent visit, as hastily scrawled signs taped to the dormant video screens attested. Others offered only crackly audio from blacked-out screens, including the introductory 10-minute film in the re-created movie theater. The biggest disappointment: The

much-praised by Yelpers “simulated travel under the sea in a diving bell to learn how oil is formed” exhibit was closed, a sign with an arrow promising “More To See This Way.” Wear, by way of explanation, said the diving bell and other repairs “are contingent upon a donation to fund the necessary repairs.”

Thankfully, there was more to see. All manner of heavy machinery, from the tri-cone milled tooth rotary drill bit to channel wrenches and biscuit cutters, were displayed, along with vintage metal oil company signs and cans. The videos (or, in many cases, just audios) that were functioning served as a celebration of all things petroleumbased. A wall featuring “Everyday Products made from Petroleum: Imagine what life would be like without them” showed Styrofoam cups, Hefty twist-tie garbage bags, plastic McDonald’s Happy Meal toys and Tupperware containers.

It is as if the past 40 years of environmental awareness of how landfill-bloating these nonbiodegradable items can be had not occurred.

Another showed a hardhatted, flannel-shirted driller on a rig. He looked dead-on into the camera and said, with G-dropping folksiness, “We’re gonna need to drill a lot more if our country’s gonna become more energy independent.

We’re gonna do our part.

That’s a promise. Thanks for comin’ by.”

Steppin’ out of the Black Gold exhibit, blinking into the brightness of another hot, hazy Bakersfield afternoon but nonetheless bathed in the warmth of nostalgia, you get a hankering to keep the mood going by dining at the Woolworth luncheonette counter. It’s only a mile or 2 from the Kern County Museum and, along the way, you pass a series of businesses and organizations you didn’t know still existed. Such as Bakersfield Cash Registers, “NRC Authorized Service” on 24th and Chester streets; Josten’s “Caps, Rings Letterman’s Jackets” on 20th;

and Going Underground “Records and 45s” on 19th.

By this point, you wanted downtown Bakersfield to go all-in, as they say, to own its 1950s vibe and pass a city ordinance to banish the juice bar, sushi joint, Starbucks and Pilates/barre studio from downtown to the sterile suburbs. But the old-school mood returns once you step into the Woolworth’s Diner.

Owner Jeremy Trammell, in white shirt and black bow tie, wipes the counter and hands you a paper menu. The prices aren’t exactly ‘50s cheap ($8.87 for a thick turkey sandwich and iced tea), but certainly not big-city rip-off high, either.

Afterward, you stroll the aisles of “vintage” items, from clothing to furniture to pencil sharpeners, and run into Evelyn Merriman, 82, who manages Five and Dime Antique Mall for her nephew, owner Mark Sheffield.

“I’m in love with this building,” she said. “We got an award about 5 years ago for being one of the best art deco buildings in California. The certificate is on the wall over there.”

When the three-story Woolworth’s finally closed in 1994, Sheffield snapped it up, Merriman said, aiming to preserve it in mint condition and give it new life as an antique store.

“They began renovation but there was absolutely nothing to be done,” she said. “It was so sound and in such good shape.

Almost everything you see is original. … I remember as a young person working downtown having to wait in line out in the street waiting for a stool. The best part about the building is that Woolworth’s let us keep the signs. Those are quite valuable, those signs.”

One lunchtime browser, Lauren Montana, who works at the clock-stopping Fox Theater, said she liked the nostalgiatinged Woolworth’s vibe, even though, at 30, she is far too young to have experienced it firsthand.

“No, but I know of it,” she said of the history. “The outside of the building is like stepping back in time.”

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Donors gave 140 pints of blood during the Nov. 4 West Carroll FFA’s annual American Red Cross drive at West Carroll High School in Savanna. FFA member Keara Hayden was a donor. Photos submitted by Brianna Kampmeier.

Students at Centennial Elementary School in Polo recently made a Public Service Announcement. Sam Ramirez of River County 101.7 radio station in Dixon sits with the group in the recording studio with (in no particular order) Ellia Escobar, Elleanna Wells, Madison Glawe, Alivia Schmidt, Taylor Tornow, Jeffrey Donaldson, Isabella Bergstrom, Kaiyle Horton, Abbie Barron, and Mazy Quackboerner. Photo submitted

by Sarah Rowland.

SCLERODERMA WALK DONATION Thrivent Financial Lee County Chapter donated $500 to the Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma Walk in October.

Jeanine Pitman (right), financial consultant, presented the check to Kelly Shroyer, walk chairwoman.

Photo submitted

by Pitman.

Dining on pork chops and other snacks after giving blood (in no particular order) are Cameron Ehlers, Ethan Mangler, Salvador Magana, Nate Breh, and Eric Lashelle.

PINK NIGHT

Happy Tails Humane Society has opened a preventative care clinic. Staff members Alena Jensen (left) and Ashley Williams are training with Dr. Timothy Dayton to become veterinary technicians. Also shown is Clutch, who is available for adoption. Photo submitted by Happy Tails.

Happy Tails starts new service for pets ROCK FALLS – As part of its Pets for Life Program, Happy Tails Humane Society now offers lowcost preventive veterinary services.

Owners whose pets need medical treatment are referred to one of the area’s veterinary facilities.

The wellness clinic’s veterinarian, Dr. Timothy Dayton of the Rochelle area, also oversees the health of the animals at Happy Tails.

Clinic hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday. Visit happytails animalshelter.org for more information. To schedule an appointment, call Happy Tails at 815-626-2994.

Pets for Life also offers a pet food pantry and microchip registry.

Happy Tails is at 1408 McNeil Road.

The shelter is open daily from 8 a.m. to noon, as well as 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.

The Newman Central Catholic High School volleyball team of Sterling hosted Pink Night on Oct. 14 to benefit Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center in Dixon. Joan Padilla, Home of Home executive director, accepted the check. Team members are (from left) Teagen Hinrichs, Hillary Grennan; Maddie Newman, Morgan Ely, and Erin Allen. Photo submitted by Padilla.

IN BRIEF Retired colonel earns recognition

flying lessons, soloed when he was 16, and earned his pilot’s license at 17.

In 1960, he became an The Whiteside County aviation cadet in the Air Airport Board presented Force, and spent more Benny Thome, formerly than 30 years in the miliof Rock Falls, the Hall of tary. He was assigned to Fame Award the 55th Strategic Reconon Nov. 12 naissance Wing at Offutt in the main Air Force Base in Nebrasterminal at ka. He also served as the Whiteside executive crew co-pilot for County Airthe commander in chief port in Rock of the Strategic Air ComBenny Falls.

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Thome, a He attained the rank of graduate of colonel, and served as Rock Falls High School, the officer in charge of the began his aviation career presidential support airat the Whiteside County Airport while in high school. craft. In 1988, he was chief He worked as a line boy for of the National Emergency

Airborne Command Post at Offutt.

After retiring from the Air Force in 1991, he went to work in 1992 with the Illinois Department of Transportation, Department of Aeronautics for 12 years.

During this time he flew the governor’s airplane.

Water company wins second place The National Association of Water Companies awards Management Innovation Awards to recognize members of NAWCF on their groundbreaking, industrychanging ideas.

This year, Illinois American Water was awarded second place for the company’s Mobile Education Center and Moving Water Forward through Education, an innovative approach to educating customers – especially the youngest – about the water industry, water service, wise water use, and environmental stewardship, helping to influence future scientists, employees and environmental stewards.

The program is an example of a water utility reaching beyond traditional efforts to keep customers informed.

Illinois American Water has an office in Sterling.

Ag scholarships applicants sought DAVENPORT, Iowa – River Valley Cooperative will offer 10 $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors and college students.

Students pursuing 2- or 4-year, agriculture-related degrees living within the River Valley Cooperative’s trade area, which includes Whiteside County, based out of its Fenton office, are eligible. Cooperative membership is not required.

Awards are based on scholastic achievement, demonstration of com-

munity and school involvement, knowledge of the cooperative system, and the perceived ability to contribute to agriculture in the future. Applicants must complete an application form and four essay questions, and provide two letters of recommendation and a high school or college transcript.

Visit rivervalleycoop. com/scholarships for applications. They must be postmarked by Jan. 31. Award recipients will be notified by mail in April.

For more information, call 563-285-1715.

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Saturday, November 28, 2015

LEFT: Debbie Wilhelmi lights up a luminaria Nov. 20 in celebration of the Rock Falls Hometown Holiday’s Christmas Walk.

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BELOW: Byron High School’s Gretchen Bushman of Dixon took third Nov. 14 in the 200-yard freestyle race at the Byron sectionals.

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RIGHT: Actor Thomas Alan Taylor portrays a young John Deere during filming of a documentary at the historic site Nov. 2.

BELOW: Fulton’s Jordan Price leaves the court following the Steamers’ Nov. 7 loss to Orion in the IHSA volleyball super-sectional.

ABOVE: Polo Centennial School third-, fourth- and fifthgraders sing “Blue and Red and White” Nov. 11 during a Veterans Day ceremony at the school.

ABOVE: Washington School speech therapist Jessica Clark reads “A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee” on Nov. 19, during the Sterling school’s family reading night. Rebecca Sommerville (left), a third-grader at the school, sits with Charlie, a therapy dog in the P.A.W.S program at KSB, and owner Dee Duffy.