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DIXON | UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

Board will begin administrator interviews again 22 applicants applied for job applicants are qualified,” Ketchum said. “We have more candidates we can contact if we need to.”

DIXON – They’ve gotten The salary will be will a healthy response and a be $80,000 to $110,000, good pool of applicants, depending on experiso next month, Lee Coun- ence, Ketchum said. ty Board members once The goal is to have an again will be interviewing administrator in place by candidates for the newly March 1. He or she will be created administrator the county’s top employposition. ee, and will steer Twenty-two peopolicy making, ple applied for the long-term planjob, and five will ning and financbe interviewed, es, among other starting Jan. 6, responsibilities. board Chairman “The administraRick Ketchum said tor will also help Thursday. us with the budget In October, the Rick process and with board tapped Ketchum human resourcLarry Bierke, fores,” Ketchum said. mer city manager of PlatAmong other things, the teville, Wisconsin, but county wants someone “we couldn’t come to an agreement on the finan- with strong communicacial terms, so he declined tion, negotiations, mediation and conflict managethe offer,” Ketchum said.

This time, if their first ment skills; knowledge choice rejects their offer, of federal and state labor committee members will laws, and knowledge of local governmental dive back into the pool.

“At least one-third of the accounting.

BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5525 @JPigee84

Thinking outside the

boxer

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

Owen Bergstrom, 15, spars with gym owner Bruce on Rumbolz Wednesday evening at the Rage Boxing and Fitness Club in Dixon.

A fighter by his trade has found a way to stay in the ring as he exits boxing, and in the process, help others channel their emotions

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

DIXON – Gassed, 15-year-old Owen Bergstrom steps out of the ring. In steps 50-year-old Hope Klement, eager to take out some frustration on her instructor’s pads. Just outside the ring, 9-year-old Andrew Tackett works a punching bag with the instructor’s wife.

Each of them is a portrait of focus as they simply address what’s in front of them at Rage Boxing and Fitness Club. For Klement, that doesn’t include the emotionally taxing work she’s done at the Jack Mabley

Center for nearly 10 years.

“The job I have is very emotionally demanding, so it helps to get a lot of the feelings out when I’m here,” Klement said.

For Bergstrom, whose bad grades relegated him to Nachusa Campus School, an alternative institution, he’s breaking down the stress that used to be a roadblock.

“I’ve always had a hard time focusing,” Bergstrom admits.

“I don’t know what it was from. Ever since I started boxing and working out again, I don’t have as much stress. I’m concentrated more and getting more work done.”

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Read this story at saukvalley.com to see video from the Rage Boxing and Fitness Club.

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In the Dec. 26 SV Weekend edition, photographer Alex Paschal will give you a closer look at the club, through his lens, on the Community page.

Josephine Helen Kirk, 8, reads about the life of Helen Keller on Thursday during Washington School’s third-grade wax museum. For your own tour of the museum, turn to A5.

Sara Rumbolz, Bruce’s wife of 13 years, never competed in the ring but has learned plenty and helps run the gym.

Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

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Handbell choir to perform

DIXON – The handbell choir at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 421 S. Peoria Ave., will present a program of holiday music starting at 9:45 a.m.

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Last chance for holiday craft mall

ROCK FALLS – This weekend is your last chance to visit the two-floor holiday craft mall at 901 W. U.S. Route 30, in the Leonard Real Estate office building.

The mall is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m.

Sunday. Admission is free.

Call Pat Leonard at 815-718-1307 or drop by the office for more information.

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It’s time for Blues and Bluegrass

FRANKLIN GROVE – Tonight is Blues and Bluegrass night at the H.I. Lincoln Building, 136 N. Elm St. Open-stage acoustic gospel, folk, country, blues and bluegrass will be performed, beginning at 7 p.m.

Admission is free, but donations are accepted to help keep up the historic building.

Go to franklingroveil.org for more information.

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DIXON – The Landscapes Exhibit runs through Jan. 2 at The Next Picture Show, 113 W. First St. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Find it on Facebook, go tothenextpcitureshow.com or call 815285-4924 for more information.

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Christmas at the Dillon Home

STERLING – The Dillon Home Museum, 1005 E. Third St., is open for holiday tours this month.

Guided tours are available at 10 and 11 a.m., and 1, 2, and 3 p.m. today and Saturday, and for nonguided walk-throughs from 7 to 9 p.m. both days, and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for ages 60 and older, free for 12 and younger, or $6 for a family. Groups rates are available. Call 815-622-6202 for more information.

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STERLING

Monday crash claims life of second driver Local teacher, mother of four, dies of injuries STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

STERLING – A local teacher and mother of four has died as a result of a crash that occurred Monday night west of town.

Jennifer L. Banks, 39, of Sterling, died Wednesday evening of injuries suffered when her van was struck by a pickup truck driven by Daniel M. Miller, 28, also of Sterling.

“She always had the biggest smile,” said Greg Banks, 32, her husband of 6 years. “Anybody that encountered Jen has a story.”

Jennifer Banks, who grew

up in Morrison, recently taught at Washington Elementary School in Sterling, but had taken a Jennifer L. Banks year’s leave to work as a consultant with the LeeOgle-Whiteside Regional Office of Education, her husband said.

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CGH Medical Center, then Rockford Memorial, and then was flown to University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin, with undisclosed injuries.

Two girls in her van were treated at the scene.

Arrangements have not yet been completed; a memorial will be established, Greg Banks said.

Miller’s visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Schilling Funeral Home and Cremation in Sterling. His funeral begins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Sterling. A memorial has been established for his two children. Go to schillingfuneralhome. com for the complete obituary.

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“She was a fantastic mom,” he said. “She cared for everybody.”

Miller was southbound on Science Ridge Road as it curves into McCue Road around 8 p.m. when his vehicle crossed the center line and collided with Banks’ van.

He was thrown from his pickup and died at the scene.

Banks was taken to

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POLICE Sterling Police

Dalton J. Delhotal, 20, of Rock Falls; 1:20 a.m.

Wednesday at East Fourth Street and Sixth Avenue; operating uninsured vehicle; released with promise to comply.

Andrea N. Streenz, 31, of Rock Falls; 2:09 a.m.

Wednesday at Avenue G bridge; disobeyed stop sign;

released with promise to comply.

Boy, 13, of Sterling; 10:16 a.m. Wednesday at Challand Middle School; battery; released to his parent.

Jacob S. Parsons, 31, of Sterling; 2:02 p.m. Wednesday at East 28th Street and Sixth Avenue; speeding; released with promise to comply.

Sabrina N. HarveyLerma, 20, of Sterling; 3:33 p,m. Wednesday at East

Sixth Street and 12th Avenue; driving while license suspended, no insurance, suspended plates for no insurance, Lee County warrant; given notice to appear on traffic charges, posted $300 cash bond for warrant.

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CRIME

Man dies in workplace accident

Dixon man, 57, charged with multiple crack cocaine offenses

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

PROPHETSTOWN – A 27-year-old Prophetstown man was killed shortly after 7 a.m.

Thursday in an industrial accident at the Economy Coating Systems Inc. warehouse in Camanche, Iowa.

Nicholas J. Garza was crushed under the

bed of a dump trailer he was working on, Camanche police said.

Police and fire were called to the scene around 7:25 a.m.

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating, but will not release any information until the investigation is complete, which could take up to 6 months, a spokes-

man said.

A message left with Economy Coating, which rehabs rail cars, among other things, has not been returned.

Garza was the son of Diane and Rosendo Garza of Prophetstown, and had a 2-monthold son, Elyzum Joseph Garza.

Arrangements are pending at McDonald Funeral Homes.

LYNDON

Police looking for suspect in stabbing STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

LYNDON – State Police are looking for a Streator man who they say stabbed another person in a street fight at the Valley Vista Keith L. m o b i l e Cousins home park over the weekend.

The wound was not life-threatening, police said.

Keith L. “No Teeth Keith” Cousins, 23, is charged with aggravated battery, punishable by 2 to 5 years in prison; bond is set at $75,000.

Police were called to the 9600 block of Oak Drive

around 8 p.m. Saturday, they said in a news release. They would provide no further details.

Cousins is black, 5-foot-7, 140 pounds, and missing front teeth.

Anyone with information is asked to call Streator Crime Stoppers at 815-672-9000 or Whiteside County

Crime Stoppers at 815625-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous, and a cash reward of up to $1,000 may be paid for information that leads to an arrest or conviction.

STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

DIXON – A 57-yearold Dixon man is in Lee County Jail, charged with selling crack cocaine.

George Vasquez was arrested after a search of his home in the 300 block of Lincoln Way around 6:50 p.m. Wednesday turned up more than 3 grams of crack cocaine and an undisclosed amount of cash, Dixon police said in a news release Thursday afternoon.

Vasquez is charged with possession of cocaine with intent to deliver within 1,000 feet of a school, which carries 6 to 30 years in prison; two counts of intent to deliver within 1,000 feet of a school, which carries 4 to

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investigation into crack sales on the northwest side of town in October, and, with the help of confidential informants, bought cocaine from Vasquez “on multiple occasions,” the release said.

In 2005, Vasquez was sentenced in Lee County Court to 2.5 years probation for aggravated battery.

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A drop in the bucket, times 2 Secret Santa offers to match this weekend’s red kettle donations STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501

It’s Christmas magic: You can turn a quarter into 50 cents, and 50 cents into a buck, simply by reaching into your pocket.

An anonymous donor has offered to match all of the Whiteside County Salvation Army’s kettle donations gathered today and Saturday – up to a whopping $20,000, Envoy DeShawn Johnson said.

Kettles and bell ringers can be found at Wal-Mart and Walgreens in Sterling and Rock Falls, at Kroger, County Market, JCPen-

ney and on the concourse at Northland Mall in Sterling, at Save-A-Lot in Rock Falls, and at Sullivan’s in Morrison. Counter kettles can be found in Shell stations in Sterling and Rock Falls.

The annual Red Kettle Campaign, which begins in early November, is the organization’s biggest fundraiser. Its goal is to raise at least $125,000.

That’s about 60 percent of its yearly operating budget, money that is used locally to provide seasonal assistance, social services, adult rehabilitation, shelters, feeding pro-

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Envoy DeShawn Johnson of the Salvation Army of Whiteside County points to lights on a tree in November 2014 at a Salvation Army kickoff event at Northland Mall. This year, an anonymous donor has offered to match all of the Whiteside County Salvation Army’s kettle donations gathered today and Saturday – up to a whopping $20,000, Johnson said. grams, disaster relief and child care.

Go to tsasterling.org or call Johnson at 815-6251622 to learn more about

the local nonprofit and the services it provides.

Donations also can be made online all year round.

ILLINOIS

Report on how to shrink government approved CHICAGO (AP) – Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s task force on shrinking the number of Illinois government offices and eliminating some unfunded mandates unanimously approved nearly 30 recommendations Thursday.

Specific recommendations won’t be known until the group releases a report later this month.

But group members who voted on the recommendations at a meeting in Chicago indicated the list

will include consolidating some school districts and townships and reviewing unfunded mandates on municipalities that haven’t been looked at in nearly 30 years.

“We look forward to putting legs on this report when we deliver it to the governor and the General Assembly and put it in motion,” said Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, the chairwoman of the task force. “In other words, this cannot be a report that collects dust.”

Illinois has more units of government than any other state with nearly 7,000. They include park districts, counties and townships. Texas has the second-highest number with 1,800 fewer units.

Rauner created the task force in February with an executive order. It will be up to state lawmakers and Rauner to decide whether to implement the group’s suggestions.

The governor has said the state’s large bureaucracy creates “unnec-

essary layers of government” that lead to waste, high taxes and the opportunity for corruption.

In all, the task force adopted 27 recommendations out of nearly 90 that members considered. Some task force members concerned about some recommendations weakening labor unions reiterated those fears Thursday.

CHICAGO (AP) – The latest Illinois budget discussions between Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative leaders touched on the state’s pension crisis and school funding reform but was missing one key player: House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Madigan didn’t attend the latest meeting Thursday aimed at ending a budget stalemate now in its sixth month because he had a scheduling conflict, according to his spokesman, Steve Brown.

He declined to elaborate, but insisted that Madigan was committed to finding a solution to the budget gridlock.

“He makes every effort to attend these meetings,” Brown said.

It was the third budget meeting in as many weeks as lawmakers and the Republican governor try to find agreement on a spending plan. The state has been operating without one since July 1 and both parties remain deadlocked on how to proceed. Democrats who control the Legislature want a tax increase combined with spending cuts to plug a multibillion budget shortfall.

Rauner wants changes in laws to make busi-

ness operations cheaper and to curb union power. He also wants term limits Michael and changes Madigan to how legislative districts are drawn every decade.

Republican leaders Sen. Christine Radogno and Rep. Jim Durkin described Thursday’s meeting as productive but took turns noting Madigan’s absence.

“I thought it was a good conversation. But the fact is we’re not going to move this along unless we all are fully participating and actively involved in these negotiations,” Durkin said. He said he didn’t get an explanation of what Madigan’s scheduling conflict was.

“We covered quite a bit in there, despite having the speaker not be at the meeting,” Radogno said.

Durkin and Radogno said their meeting with Rauner and Democratic Senate President John Cullerton focused on five areas: addressing the state’s $111 billion pension liability; school funding; term limits; redistricting; and changes to workers’ compensation insurance.

Rauner and Cullerton didn’t comment after the meeting in Chicago.

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OBITUARIES FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK

Floyd Bahr HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Floyd Bahr, 94, of Hot Springs, went to be with the Lord Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015.

Floyd was born in Cambria, Wisconsin, to Fred H. and Alma B. Bahr.

A World War II veteran, Floyd entered the Marine Corps in 1942.

He served in the South Pacific for 26 months during his tour of duty, which lasted until 1946.

After returning from wartime service, Floyd enrolled at Ripon College and later graduated from Fond du Lac College with degrees in accounting and business administration. In 1950, Floyd began a distinguished 30-year career with the IRS. Upon his retirement in July 1980, the Department of the Treasury awarded Floyd its highest career service award, the Albert Gallatin Award. Floyd was a life member of VFW Post 641019 in Hot Springs Village, NARFE Chapter 1368, and Hot Springs Village Men’s Golf Association; and a member of Christ of the Hills United Methodist Church in Hot Springs Village.

Cherishing his mem-

ory are his wife of 63 years, Mary Lu Sauer Bahr; children, Charles Bahr of Dixon, Susan Bahr Maranto of Hot Springs, and Steven (Michele) Bahr of Bend, Oregon; grandchildren, Annie Bahr, Sara Beauchamp, Jeff Bahr, and Chad Bahr; and great-grandchildren, Collin and Lauren Beauchamp.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Leona S. Johnson; and a brother, Julius F. Bahr.

The family would like to extend a warm thank you to the incredibly caring staffs at Country Club Village and Brookfield Assisted Living.

A memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Christ of the Hills United Methodist Church in Hot Springs Village, with Dr. Walter Smith officiating.

Memorials may be directed to Christ of the Hills United Methodist Church in Hot Springs Village and to United Methodist Church in Oregon.

Visit grossfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Today’s visitations: Mary Bennett of Rock Falls, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Dale E. Rhodes of Dixon, 4-7 p.m., with 7 p.m. prayer service, at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Daniel M. “Danny” Miller of Sterling, 5-8 p.m. at Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation in Sterling.

Sara “Jane” Monteith of Dixon, 6-8 p.m. at Dixon Church of the Brethren.

Today’s funerals: James J. Wetzell of Sterling, 10 a.m. at Como Baptist Church in Sterling.

Ronald I. “Doc” Rank, formerly of Sterling, 10:30 a.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church in Sterling.

Harvey W. Johnson of Sterling, 11 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling.

Mary Bennett of Rock Falls, 11:30 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Saturday visitations: Lon E. Forren of Rock Falls, 9-10:30 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Frances L. Broyles Murray of Mount Morris, 9-10:45 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Mount Morris.

Sara “Jane” Monteith of Dixon, 1-2 p.m. at Dixon Church of the Brethren.

Saturday funerals: Lon E. Forren of Rock Falls, 10:30 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Daniel M. “Danny” Miller of Sterling, 10:30 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling.

Frances L. Broyles Murray of Mount Morris, 11 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Mount Morris.

Lucille E. Barajas of Sterling, 11 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sterling.

Dale E. Rhodes of Dixon, 11:30 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dixon.

Sara “Jane” Monteith of

Remrey of Dixon; one sister, Dorothy Sandrock of Deer Grove; 10 grandchildren; and several greatgrandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday and the funeral at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon, with the Rev. Vincent O. Marrandino, director of pastoral care at KSB Hospital in Dixon, officiating. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon.

A memorial has been established.

Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Roger W. Puterbaugh of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, formerly of Sterling, 10 a.m.noon at Good Shepherd Methodist Church in Oconomowoc.

Monday funerals: Darrel C. Spencer of Milledgeville, 10 a.m. at Dutchtown Church of the Brethren in Milledgeville.

Donald L. “Speed” Yingling of Franklin Grove, 11 a.m. memorial service at PrestonSchilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Roger W. Puterbaugh of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, formerly of Sterling, noon at Good Shepherd Methodist Church in Oconomowoc.

Tuesday visitation: Donald A. Remrey of Dixon, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Tuesday funeral: Donald A. Remrey of Dixon, 1 p.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

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Donald A. Remrey DIXON – Donald A. Remrey, 79, of Dixon, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford. He was a truck driver for Teamster Local 722 and an emergency medical technician for Advanced Ambulance before his retirement.

Donald was born May 25, 1936, in Nelson, the son of Toby and Ethel (Smith) Remrey. He married Susan Schultheis on Feb. 2, 1957, in Dixon.

He is survived by his wife, Susan Remrey of Dixon; three sons, Gary (Cheryl) Remrey of Milledgeville, Bryant (Christie) Remrey of Dixon, and Toby (Rita) Remrey of Oregon; one daughter, Donna Sue

Dixon, 2 p.m. at Dixon Church of the Brethren.

Faye M. Lacey of Rock Falls, gathering of family and friends, 3-5 p.m. in Bales Hall at St. Mary Parish Center in Sterling.

Sunday visitations: Ronald E. Miller, formerly of Dixon, 12:30-3 p.m. memorial visitation at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Darrel C. Spencer of Milledgeville, 1-3 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Milledgeville.

Donald L. “Speed” Yingling of Franklin Grove, 5-8 p.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Sunday funeral: Ronald E. Miller, formerly of Dixon, 3 p.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Monday visitations: Donald L. “Speed” Yingling of Franklin Grove, 10-11 a.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

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Faye M. Lacey ROCK FALLS – Faye M. Lacey, 50, of Rock Falls, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, at KSB Hospital in Dixon, after an extended illness.

Faye was born Dec. 31, 1964, the daughter of Dick and Judith (McKinstry) Lacey.

Survivors include one daughter, Amanda Schuman of Ohio; one sister, Lenna Lacey of Rock Falls; two brothers, William Lacey of Port Charlotte, Florida, and

Wayne (Emily) Witt of Sterling; four grandchildren, Kylie, Kameron, Brenda, and Okey Jr.; and a number of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

A gathering of friends and family will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday in Bales Hall at St. Mary Parish Center in Sterling.

A memorial has been established.

ERIE – Jesse W. James, 75, of Erie, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, at Genesis Medical Center – Silvis.

Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home in Prophetstown handled arrangements.

Dorothy Baratta DIXON – Dorothy Baratta, 77, of Dixon, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements.

Nicholas J. Garza PROPHETSTOWN – Nicholas J. Garza, 27, of Prophetstown, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, in Camanche, Iowa.

McDonald Funeral Homes is handling arrangements.

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HOLIDAY BREAK

First-year college students arrive home Parents should talk to their freshmen about expectations

BY LENORE SOBOTA The (Bloomington) Pantagraph Distributed by The Associated Press

BLOOMINGTON – Soon, if not already, first-year college students will arrive home for winter break to parents who may be wondering, “What happened to my kid?”

Sandy Colbs, director of Illinois State University’s Student Counseling Services, said, “It’s normal for kids to experiment with their appearance, how they dress, hairstyle” when they go off to college.

It might be startling to parents, but it’s not necessarily cause for concern, she said.

“A lot of students do a lot of sleeping when they first come home,” said Colbs, and that’s normal, too, after they pulled all-nighters to finish projects and study for final exams.

But if the extended sleeping lasts for several weeks or parents notice “a pretty significant personality change,” it’s time to ask questions, she said.

For parents, it’s a time of transition, too.

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Illinois State University freshman Jackie Rainsford of Algonquin gets help from her boyfriend, Peter Kovari, of Dundee on Dec. 11 as she moves some belongings home from her Watterson Towers dorm room in Normal. As students return home for the holidays, parents will be confronted with challenges they haven’t had since their children lived at home.

“Something that often hits the parents, [students] will refer to college as ‘home’ and that can sting, particularly the mothers,” said Annorah Moorman, assistant dean of students and director of Illinois Wesleyan University’s Counseling and Consultation Services.

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Students who have become accustomed to setting their own hours at school, “may balk a bit” coming back to a more regimented household, Colbs noted.

Parents need to acknowledge that, but, “It’s still appropriate for parents to have expectations for someone staying in their home,” she said.

Talk about those expectations and come to an agreement on such things as which family events the student will be expected to show up at.

Not only does that lessen conflict, Moorman said, “It also shows the son or daughter they are being treated as an adult and a change has been recognized.”

Also, some students will be more open about their early college struggles than others.

Rather than asking yes-no questions, Colbs suggests asking more open-ended questions.

“Students can be a little more approachable,” Moorman said, if you ask balanced questions along the lines of: What were the highlights of your semester and what were the challenges?

If a problem presents itself, whether it relates to a roommate, class or job, Colbs said,

“instead of jumping in to solve it, ask [the student], ‘How do you plan to resolve it?’”

Learning to solve their own problems is part of the learning process.

“It’s only through gaining a sense of mastery that self-confidence develops,” Moorman said. “The key is to make sure the student knows the parent is there for support.”

Both Colbs and Moorman said it’s important to make sure students are aware of the resources available on campus, whether it’s tutoring or counseling. Often, that information is provided during new student orientation, but, at the time, they don’t think it’s something they will need.

“You can certainly offer suggestions,” Colbs said.

If students have tried to address their problems but haven’t received the help they need, parents can suggest making calls together, Moorman said.

What if students are reluctant to tell all?

“Part of the maturation process is having a little more privacy in your life,” Colbs said.

“Just because they don’t share everything with you doesn’t mean they don’t love you anymore.”

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Washington students shed light on the past LEFT: Parker Blakeslee, 8, plays the part of King Tut on Thursday during Washington School’s wax museum of historic figures. Parents moved throughout the school, pressed a “button” in front of the student and were then given a brief lesson on the figure.

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BELOW: Leonard da Vinci, played by Bowen Malhi, 8, talks about da Vinci’s life and art at the third-grade wax museum.

Washington School third-grader Delali Amankwa, 9, portrays Pocahontas Thursday at the school’s wax museum of historic figures in Sterling.

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AFTER THE COLD WAR

Effective leadership needed vs. terrorism Russia faces more threats than U.S. does ARTHUR I. CYR Northbrook

The murders in Southern California by two Islam fanatics predictably have stoked intense public concern about terrorist dangers, and debate over combatting such threats. President Barack Obama’s address to the nation on Dec. 6 was highly revealing, though in ways not intended by the White House.

Traditionally an address from the Oval Office involves urgent national crisis or major policy initiative. The San Bernardino murders involve neither. There apparently was no comprehensive terrorist plot, in stark contrast to devastating attacks on 9/11.

Consequently, President Obama has transformed a despicable but local crime into a major national and international incident, thereby handing ISIS the opportunity to take credit, which they have readily seized.

His ill-advised move equates public speaking with national leadership,

while effectively diminishing the important office he holds.

In strategic terms, the position of the United States has not been changed by the San Bernardino killings. Our economy remains strong, our society turbulent but stable, with Arthur I. v i o l e n t Cyr crime rates declining overall longterm, our politics unpredictable but law-abiding.

In great contrast, President Vladimir Putin of Russia faces multiple challenges, including Islamic extremism, which is growing more ominous. Since taking control of the nation at the end of 1999, his regime has been seriously challenged by separatism, often Islamic in character and violent in means.

THIS POTENTIALLY fatal threat to Russia is reflected in the complex relationships with the Kadyrov family of Chechnya. Akhmad Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov was chief mufti – senior Islamic judge as well as scholar – in the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, and a leader in the First Chechen War of

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1994-96 against the Russian Federation. The Second Chechen War began in August 1999, shortly before Putin became Russia’s president, and insurgency continued into 2009. These wars were vicious and bloody.

Moscow persuaded Kadyrov to switch sides.

Following his assassination in 2004, he was succeeded by son Ramzan Kadyrov, now president of the Chechen Republic, respected for bringing stability but with an uncertain future.

Russia’s military inter-

ventions in Crimea, Georgia and Ukraine involved specific concerns, including potentially hostile regimes. There was also the incentive to maintain popular support at home.

Ethnic instability is endemic to the entire old Soviet empire, providing opportunities today for Islamic radicalism and terrorism. During World War II, Soviet despot Josef Stalin suddenly and arbitrarily deported the Meskhetin Turks from Georgia as part of a vast relocation of an estimated 1.5 million people to

Central Asia and Siberia.

An estimated 700,000 Georgians fought in the Red Army. Smaller but still substantial numbers joined Hitler’s forces.

The forces on both sides earned in blood deserved reputations as dedicated warriors.

UKRAINE LIKEWISE is historically entangled with Russia in complex ways. The beginning of the Russian revolution in 1917 sparked an independence movement.

After years of struggle, Ukraine eventually was

absorbed into the new Soviet Union.

U.S. government leaders should consider the Southern California murders in the context of a comprehensive national strategy. Russia’s combination of economic weakness and ethnic conflicts provides opportunity for greater practical cooperation regarding terrorism, and perhaps other matters. Oval Office morality lectures are pointless.

Germany, economic powerhouse in Europe, is an existing, not potential, strong member of the anti-terrorist alliance. Russia remains economically weak, dependent on oil revenue while the fracking revolution led by American industry transforms global oil markets.

During World War II and the Cold War, U.S. leaders defined, developed and adjusted comprehensive strategies.

Today, we face less significant threats but also lack equally disciplined leaders.

Note to readers: Arthur I. Cyr is Clausen distinguished professor at Carthage College and author of “After the Cold War.” Contact him at acyr@ carthage.edu.

THE CARTOONIST’S VOICE

EDITORIAL

Iowa’s lessons in good government E

very once in a while, it’s a good idea for Illinoisans to cast their eyes across state lines to see what we might learn from our neighbors.

We took a look westward this week when the governor of Iowa made national news.

Unlike the governor’s office in Illinois, where four out of the past 10 occupants wound up in prison, the current occupant of Iowa’s top governmental post has set a longevity record for public service.

Gov. Terry Branstad, a Republican, became the longest-serving governor in American history.

On Monday, he marked his 7,642nd day of service (nearly 21 years), eclipsing George Clinton, who was New York’s governor a long time ago.

BRANSTAD, 69, has kept winning elections because he is an honest public servant who keeps in touch with the people by visiting all 99 Iowa counties every year and who knows how to work with Democrats to get things done.

Indeed, while Iowans see plenty of political discord every 4 years when presidential can-

EDITORIAL BOARD Jim Dunn Sam R Fisher Sheryl Gulbranson Jennifer Heintzelman Jeff Rogers

What we think Iowa, with its record-setting governor and less partisan state government, has important lessons to teach Illinois, which is stymied by corruption and stubborn politicians. didates barnstorm the state ahead of Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, the state political scene seems less turbulent than it is in Illinois.

No wonder.

In Illinois, with its politically drawn legislative districts, politicians are less accountable for their actions, and politics never seems very far removed from every action contemplated by legislators and the governor.

Contrast that with Iowa, where politicians are not allowed to draw representative and senate districts. Instead, in a unique system, nonpartisan legislative staffers develop maps

every 10 years for the Iowa House and Senate; a five-person advisory commission is also formed.

The Iowa Legislature then votes on the maps.

If they are rejected three times, then the Iowa Supreme Court takes over and completes the job.

WITH POLITICS NOT an overriding obsession, Iowa leaders actually spend more time doing the public’s work – approving budgets each year, for example, which Illinois politicians seem incapable of doing.

We offer our congratulations to Gov. Branstad on his record-setting tenure.

We congratulate Iowans for creating an atmosphere where the work of government actually gets done with less partisanship and rancor.

And we urge Illinoisans to throw out politician-dominated redistricting, embrace the Independent Map Amendment movement (mapamendment. org), vote next year to reform our redistricting process, and bring common-sense, good government to the Land of Lincoln.

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THE READER’S VOICE

Dumped kitten will live to love another owner CYNTHIA SIKES Amboy

This letter is to the person who dumped the 8- to 10-week-old kitten off in front of the white house on Robbins Road in Amboy on Dec. 11. I happened to be outside cleaning the garage and yes, I did hear her cries from the road.

I found her with blood on her nose and her eye was all swollen. So being the animal lover I am – obviously you are not one – I immediately scooped her up and took her to the vet in Amboy. I had her examined and tested for feline leukemia, at my expense, which is not something I have extra, especially this

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Luckily, despite being dumped out of a car, this little kitten has no broken bones; just a chunk out her nose and a swollen eye. How can you be so heartless?

I cannot keep this little kitten, but I could not leave her on the side of the road. Just because we live in the country does not give you the right to do this.

This little kitten is so cute, and we will love her, nurse her back to health, and find a good home for her. We have a few in mind right now, so I am not looking for a home for her.

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But do not do this. This was not a cat that was left outside. She is too well taken care of; the vet even said that.

At least during this time of the year, some of us can show love – and all it cost me was that I had to cancel my hair appointment.

Oh well, at least this kitten will live and love. Merry Christmas.

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DAY TRIP | ROCK ISLAND

The eagles have landed Head out the river for peak at a national symbol

BY ANDREA MILLS amills@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5575

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n the cold days of January, eyes begin to watch the skies for the southern migration of bald eagles.

A popular winter pastime, eagle watching is celebrated during Bald Eagle Days from Jan. 8 to 10 at the QCCA Expo Center.

But there’s more to this event than just setting your sight on trees to look for our nation’s bird.

There will, of course, be live eagles and birds of prey featured during the event, but Pella Wildlife Co. of Altoona, Iowa, will also present shows about its wolves, and Niabi Zoo of Coal Valley will give programs on its exotic animals. Along with the demonstrations, more than 100 display booths can be explored.

For those who think bald eagles are way too high in the sky, a visit to the 20-foot high climbing tower can bring the birds closer. Visitors can also go to Sunset Marina to look through spotting scopes set up by

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Jan. 8, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 9, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 10 Where: QCCA Expo Center, 2621 Fourth Ave., Rock Island Cost: $6 for adults, $1 for children 6 to 16, free if younger than 6 Information: qccaexpocenter.com the Quad City Audubon Society. The location can be reached by a free shuttle bus service from the center.

Other eagle viewing opportunities are available in the Quad Cities. A look at the Mississippi River Visitor Center (Lock and Dam 15) on Arsenal Island between Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, has free eagle watches and clock tower tours from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 2, 16, 23 and 30 and Feb. 6 and 13. Reservations are required; call 309-794-5338. Access to the island is through the downtown Moline security gate. Photo

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Eagles fly by Centennial Bridge between Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island – a picture-perfect location for bird-watchers. Eagle-watching opportunities abound in January along the Mississippi River, among them Bald Eagle Days from Jan. 8 to 10 in Rock Island. identification is needed these proud birds of 32nd annual Bald Eagle the lock. It departs and for people older than 16. prey.

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SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES Saturday, Dec. 19 Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

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 Gratitude Group, noon, 9 a.m., women’s, open; noon, open; 6 p.m., open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9:30 a.m., former St. Anne

Grade School, 32 N. Jones Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2315.

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

Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, noon and 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779245-3487. Downstairs, west door.

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The Kick-It Ticket Narcotics Anonymous, 3 p.m., basement, Fellows Street door, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, 815-677-9694.

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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.

PFLAG Sauk Valley, 2:30 p.m., St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon.

Dixon VFW Post 540, 5:30 p.m., 1560 Franklin Grove Road, 815-288-5165.

Compassionate Friends, Death of a Child Support Group, 6 p.m., Church of God, 860 W. Oregon Trail Road, Oregon, 815-441-3710.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., closed, Church of St. Anne,

401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

All services in Spanish & English.

ROCK RIVER CHRISTIAN CENTER, 1800 Prophetstown Road, Rock Falls. Phone 815-625-4371.

Rev. Brian Vickers, Pastor, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 6 p.m. Evening Worship; Wednesday, 10 a.m. bible study, 6:30 p.m. children’s programs: Rainbows, Missionetts, and Royal Rangers, 7 p.m. Crossroads Youth Ministry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nobody Likes a KnowIt-All

“Do not be wise in your own eyes.”

—Proverbs 3:7 NIV

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.

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

UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST, 210 East Grove Street, Coleta, IL. Wilmer (Bill) Houch, Pastor. Sunday Worship Celebration 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m. For more information, call 815-441-3774.

BRETHREN IN CHRIST TheBridge@Beans,121E.3rdSt.,Sterling. 11 a.m. Sunday. Pastors, Rita Wolf and Bruce Johnson. Phone 815-441-0779 CATHOLIC SACRED HEART CATHOLIC, 2224 Ave., J, Sterling. Masses; Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 and 11 a.m.; Sacrament of Reconciliation, Saturday 4:30-5 p.m. Rev. Bruce Ludeke, Pastor ST. ANDREW CATHOLIC, 708 10th Ave., Rock Falls, Saturday confessions 4:00 p.m. Tuesday confessions 8:45 a.m. Saturday evening Mass 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass: 7:15 & 9:00 a.m. Daily Mass Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. (Wednesday during school year 8:15 a.m.); Friday 5:30 p.m.; Sat. 8:00 a.m. Msgr.

Thomas Dzielak. Phone: 625-4508.

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

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

Everyone is welcome!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Father Andrew Bro, Supply Priest.

Schedule of Masses and Services: Sunday 9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, low mass with hymns, 10:00 a.m. coffee and fellowship.

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

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

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

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

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

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

FIRST LUTHERAN (ELCA), 300 West Third Street, Prophetstown, Rev. Katrina (Katie) Gallagher. Worship, 9:00 a.m. Education hour, 10:15 a.m.

September through May. Our building is handicap accessible. Phone 537-2758.

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

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

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

IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN (ELCA), corner of 8th Ave. and W. 5th, Rock Falls. Henrietta J. Milner, Pastor; Worship: Sunday Worship at 9:00 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:15 a.m. Sept. thru May; Thursday evenings 6:30. Elevator and facilities for disabled persons. Air Conditioned. Church office: 625-3575.

ST. JOHN’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN (ELCA), 703 Third Ave., Sterling. Rev. Mark Oehlert. Sunday Worship at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School immediately following worship. Alternative Worship Wed. 6:15 p.m. Fa-

man’s education should be like his pocket watch, for use and not for show. But just as pocket watches are somewhat out of fashion and people are tempted to show off their wealth and status by wearing expensive watches, most people can’t resist the urge to show off their education. It is hard to resist the urge to demonstrate how smart we are, and it’s even harder when people are saying things that we know to be false or inaccurate. But is it really necessary to correct every misstatement of our friends, families, and colleagues? There may be times where safety or prudence dictates that we disabuse others of their ignorance; not knowing that there is a tripping hazard on the stairs or a hot pan on the stove is ignorance of a kind which should be remedied. But pointing out other people’s ignorance usually only makes us look arrogant and the other person defensive. It is usually better to hold our tongue or to profess our own uncertainty on the matter, and if the other person wants to hear our version of the facts, they will probably ask. Perhaps the reason that nobody likes a know-it-all is because we all know that nobody knows it all.

– Christopher Simon

cilities air conditioned and equipped for the handicapped, including elevator.

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

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH, (LCMS) LeFevre Rd. and Ave. F, Sterling. Phone: 625-2284. Sunday Worship Services at 9:00 a.m.; Sunday School and Bible classes at 10:15 a.m.; 9 a.m. broadcast live on WLLT, 107.7 FM on Sunday. Handicap accessible w/use of elevator. Air Conditioned. International Interim Pastor David Burge DCE: Steven Whitney ST. PAUL LUTHERAN (ELCA), 1701 16th Ave., Sterling; Brandon Nelson, Pastor. Gerad VonHolten, Youth Director. Sunday Morning: Worship Time 9:00 a.m.; Coffee Fellowship following worship. Nursery provided; handicap accessible; air conditioned. Phone 625-3069.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

METHODIST EAST JORDAN UNITED METHODIST, 22027 Polo Rd., Sterling, IL 61081. Jim Miller, Pastor. Fellowship 9:00; Sunday School 9:30; Worship 10:30. Handicap accessible and air conditioned. Phone: 815-626-0104. Web address: www.EastJordanUMC.org FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 501 Broadway Ave., Sterling; Rev. Brad Wilson, pastor. Sunday School, 9:00 a.m. Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Nursery provided. Elevator available.

Air conditioning. Handicap accessible.

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

E-mail: admin@sterlingfirstumc.org ROCK FALLS UNITED METHODIST, home of Bear Necessities 210 4th Ave 815 625 0114 Worship 9:00 Adult and Children’s Education 10:00 Pastor: Rich Fassig - cell 815 751 2290 Christian Ed: Ann Brandt. See us on Facebook UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 321 N. Holcomb Ave., Milledgeville, 225-7511. 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service. Pastor Andrew Pittman.

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST, 2nd Ave., and E. 10th St., Sterling, Pastor Brad Wilson. Sunday morning worship and Camp Sonshine for children in 5th grade and under at 9:00a.m. Fellowship with coffee and snacks at 10:20a.m.

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

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

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

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

COLETA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 112 North Main St., Hyewon “Sophia” Hyon, Pastor. Worship Hour: 9:00 a.m.; Fellowship 10:00 a.m.; Sunday School for All ages 10:30 a.m. Fully

handicapped acessible and air conditioned. (Rides available, call 336-2226) NAZARENE FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, 13th Ave., and 5th St., Sterling.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SALVATION ARMY SALVATION ARMY, 409 Ave. F, Sterling, www.tsasterling.org, 815-6251622. Envoys DeShawn and Christal Johnson, Corps Pastors and Administrators. Social Services: Office Hours M/T/W/F 9am-4pm, Food Pantry T/W/F 1pm-3:30pm. Weekly Programming: Bible Study Wednesdays 5:30pm, Corps Cadets (Teen Leadership) Wednesdays 5:30pm, Praise Team Practice Wednesdays 7:00pm, Women’s Ministries Thursdays 1:00pm, Youth Group Thursdays 5-7pm, Women’s Night once a month 7pm, Parkway Service 2nd Sunday’s 2pm. Sunday Services: Sunday School 10:15am (all ages), Fellowship Time 11:00am, Worship Service 11:15am (nursery available). Community Services: Disaster Services, Worship Services, Character Building Programs, Summer Camps, Worship Arts, Vacation Bible School, Nursing Home Visits, Pastoral Counseling, Funerals.

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

Transportation disponible. 626-8419.

NONDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1902 16th Ave., Sterling. Sunday Morning Bible Study, 9:30 a.m. Worship Services, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Bible Study, 7 p.m. Phone: 625-2251.

AMAZING GRACE OF STERLING, 512 Second Avenue, Sterling. Rev. Loren Schlomer, pastor. Saturday evening service 6 p.m., Sunday worship 10 a.m.

Midweek service Wednesday 7 p.m.

Kids church during Sunday services.

Phone 625-9300. www.revivalfires.net FRIENDSHIP TEMPLE OF JESUS CHRIST, 902 Oak Ave., Sterling, IL 61081. Pastor: Lonnie Chattic, phone 815-499-1895.

Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

ABIDING WORD CHURCH, an Associate of RHEMA Bible Church.

Corner of 6th Avenue and Lynn Blvd.,

Sterling. Rev. Scott D. Porter, Sr. Pastor; Saturday Night service 6:00 p.m.

Sunday Celebration service 10:00 a.m.

Youth Group 7th thru 12th grade, Sunday 10 a.m. Children’s ministry during all services. Phone 626-1827. Fax 626-6065. www.abidingwordchurch.org FULL GOSPEL ASSEMBLY, 3807 E. 23rd, Sterling, Brian Deseno, pastor. Sunday Services at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday Night services at 7:00 p.m. Home/Office phone, 622-3968.

THE LIVING BREAD, 1003 Griswold, Sterling, “A Spirit-filled Bible Fellowship,” Sunday 10:00 a.m. For youth and other meetings call 626-6941.

CITY OF GOD, 530 W. Rt. 30, Rock Falls, an “Evangelistic Spirit Filled Ministry”, Larry Harts, Sr., Pastor. Associate Pastor, Marchet Harts. Youth Sundays ages 12-18. Sunday Worship and Praise 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday “Bible Education Night” 6:45 p.m.; Nursery: birth to 3 yrs.; Children’s Ministry All Services 4 yrs.-11yrs.

Phone 815-716-8057; FAX 716-8058 TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 1407 Griswold Ave., Sterling. Frank Echebarria, pastor. Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.; Thursday night 7:00; Saturday night 7:00 p.m.

Phone 625-9377; Home phone 625-3420.

RIVER VALLEY CHURCH, 417 E. 3rd Street, Sterling. Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:30 a.m.; Sunday Night Worship Service 6:00 p.m.. Visitors welcome. Phone 626-2577.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP, 309 30th Avenue North, Clinton, Iowa. Sunday Services at 10:00 a.m., and children’s education at 10:30 a.m. Sunday mornings. For more information call 319-242-4972. wwws.geocities.com/unitarianclintonia FIREHOUSE OF GOD MINISTRIES, 306 5th Ave., Sterling. Pastor Brian Tribley. Phone 622-9490.

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Community Light Program Free Meal Mon.-Fri. 5-6 p.m. Sat. Noon-1 p.m.

SHALOM ASSEMBLY OF YAHWEH, Sabbath Meetings Sat. at 1:30 p.m.; Sabbath School Sat. at 4 p.m.; (815)718-1323. Pastor H.R. Castillo. wwwforhisname.com COWBOY CHURCH ON THE ROCK, at 106 Gaston St., Prairieville, Sunday worship service 10:30 a.m.; Bible Study every Tuesday at 6:00pm: Handicapped accessible - everyone welcome. Contact Pastor Charlie White 815-445-5912 for more information.

THE ROCK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, Building Stronger Christians. 104 E. 3rd Street, Rock Falls, IL. Sunday Prayer & Praise 9-9:30 a.m.; Bible Study/Worship Service 9:45 a.m.; Life Support 6:30 p.m.; Mon. Youth Group 7-8 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.); Tues. CPR-Constantly Practicing Recovery 7-8 p.m.; Wed. Steps of Life 10-11 a.m.; Bible Study 101 6-7 p.m.; Sat. Open Fellowship 6-10 p.m.

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH MORRISON, Meets Sundays at 10:00a.m. at MIT Auditorium 701 Portland Avenue, Morrison. Kidzlink (Birth-5th grade) During Sunday Service. Office location 125 W. Main St., Morrison, Phone 815-956-0090, Email morrison@crossroadscn.com Crave Students Ministries 201 W. Market Street, Morrison (Grade 6-12) Wednesday nights doors open at 6:30p.m.

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH ~ WHITE PINES CAMPUS 205 N. Jefferson Avenue, Polo.

815.837.5255. Meeting Saturdays at 6pm and Sundays at 10AM whitepines@crossroadscn.com We offer contemporary worship and relevant Bible teaching through engaging messages and powerful video. Join us after services for coffee, snacks & fellowship. Kidzlink Children’s Ministry (nursery-5th grade) during adult services Crave Youth Group (6th-12th grade) Wednesday nights 7pm. Visit our website: www.crossroadscn.com ONEIGHTY CHURCH, 12590 Lawrence Road, Sterling. Paul Sheley, Pastor. Service, Sunday 10:00am. Children’s Ministry available during all services. Phone 815-632-3410.www.oneightychurch.org SAUK VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH, 498 IL RT. 2 (accross Brandywind) Sunday worship at 10am Nursery provided; 815-288-7000 website: saukchurch.com PADS PADS SHELTER, 111 E. 29th St., Sterling (North of Lynn Blvd.East of Rt. 40 across from Wahl Clipper) October 1 - May 30, 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. 815-626-2210

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Cash keeps rocky marriage going Dear Abby, My wife and I have been married 3 years.

It has been rocky since year 2. She’s a great mother to our kids, especially the one who is medically challenged.

We have broken up twice so far, and are now back together.

However, because of my job, we live in different states.

Bottom line: I’m no longer sure this is the right relationship for me. She goes to school full time while I work a ton of overtime to support two households. We hardly see or spend time with each other. She has said she would rather me work and not see me so that everything gets paid. I feel she’s more about the money than the marriage. What do you think?

– Unhappily Married in Baltimore

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

Dear Unhappily, You and your wife both appear to be carrying a heavy load. For the sake of your children, it would be nice if your marriage could be resuscitated. However, not every marriage can be – and the arrangement you have now is clearly not working for you.

If your wife actually feels that she would rather not see you so that everything gets paid, then I think she has made her feelings clear. The marriage no longer exists; it’s a finan-

cial arrangement. For that, you both have my sympathy.

Dear Abby, Why does it feel awkward for me to call my husband by his first name? When I say his name from another room to get his attention, it only feels natural for me to call him “Babe.”

When I’m talking about him to someone else, I use his name, but it still makes me cringe.

It’s a perfectly normal, common name, so I don’t know why it makes me so uncomfortable. And this doesn’t just apply to my husband. Before him, I was in a 6-year relationship with my high school sweetheart and had the same problem.

Why can I only call my significant others “Babe” when talking to them?

– Hubby’s Name is ____

Dear Hubby’s Name, When couples become intimately involved, it is common for them to use pet names with each other. That you call your husband and your former boyfriend by the same name is interesting.

Could it be that subconsciously you are/were afraid that if you don’t use the same pet name, you will absentmindedly use the wrong one?

Dear Abby, My cousin and I have season tickets for the Broadway series at our local theater. Our problem is two women who sit next to us in the box. After intermission, when the second act starts, they talk loudly to each other as long as 10 minutes into the show.

I want to say something, but I don’t want to cause any negativity or bad feelings because

we will see them at each show. How should I deal with it?

– Audience Member Dear Audience Member, Here’s how: When the women continue their conversation after the curtain rises, you say to the one nearest you, “Please be quiet.

We can’t hear the performance.” That’s not rude; it’s being assertive. If they persist after that, complain to the management and ask that, if possible, in the future you be seated apart from the magpies.

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IN BRIEF Kitten rescued off of a conveyor belt GALT, Calif. (AP) – A worker at a Northern California recycling center saved a tiny kitten from certain death when he spotted the animal heading down a conveyor belt.

Tony Miranda told television station KCRA that he was sorting recyclables Tuesday when he found the pink-nosed, whitepawed cat between the debris and scooped it up.

It’s not clear how the kitten got in with the trash, but it may have survived a ride in a dump truck before a tractor pushed it onto one of two conveyer belts.

A call went out to employees of Cal-Waste Recovery Systems that a baby cat had been discovered at the facility in Galt, a city about 90 miles northeast of San Francisco.

Another worker decided to adopt the kitten and named it Murphy.

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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, 815-732-3252.

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

Kings on Corner cards, 9 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Intermediate line dancing, 10 a.m., contact Whiteside County Senior Center at 815-622-9230 for location.

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

Storytime, 10:30-11 a.m., Sterling Public Library, 815-6251370.

Lunch and Learn Program, 10:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Line dancing, 11 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

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

Potluck lunch, 11:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

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

Christmas movie, “The Christmas Candle,” 12:15 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

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

Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

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

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls VFW, 217 First Ave. Steak fry dinner, 5-7 p.m., American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-2842003.

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NEW YORK (AP) – The groundbreaking Los Angeles rap act N.W.A. will join a quartet of 1970s era FM radio rockers – Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple and Steve Miller – as 2016 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

N.W.A.’s hard-core tales of life on the street on songs like “F--- the Police” made them a provocative chart presence in the late 1980s and influenced an empire of other acts.

The induction ceremony for the Cleveland-based hall will be held April 8 in Brooklyn.

Guitarist Miller came out of the San Francisco rock scene and became a dependable maker of pop

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Their “Live at Budokan” album is one of rock’s best-known live sets.

The guitar riff for Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” remains one of the most recognizable in rock history.

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Friday, December 18, 2015

Boxing: ‘Once you’re in it, you’re in it’ BOXER

CONTINUED FROM A1

Bruce Rumbolz, 42, of Sterling, a former supermiddleweight state champion, bought the club from Steve Mazzarisi a few months ago.

Mazzarisi, whose family owns the Mama Cimino’s across the street, moved to Colona to open a new restaurant.

Rumbolz, an MRI tech at KSB Hospital by day, at first balked, because of the early evening hours Mazzarisi kept. But it dawned on Rumbolz that he could establish his own hours and do things his way.

Even the club’s name is derived from his nickname, “The Rage.”

Besides, boxers have a hard time getting out of the game. So Rumbolz has found a way to stay in it, while preserving his health. After all, he’s got two little ones at home, 12-year-old Sofia and 4-year-old Bryson.

And there in the gym is his best friend.

“It’s a great opportunity for Bruce, and it’s something organic for us as he’s exiting the ring, so to speak,” his wife, Sara, said. “This is a neat thing to witness, and to be a part of.”

Don’t look back in anger There’s a delicate balance in boxing: harnessing one’s energy, while being ready to uncoil when the window opens wide.

When it comes to toeing that line, Rumbolz has experience in spades.

He won his state title in 1996 and in 1997, got a shot at an International Boxing Federation regional belt in a nationally televised bout that featured then-little-known “Sugar” Shane Mosley on the undercard.

He lost to Anwar Oshana in 12 rounds – “It was a war,” he said – and found out afterward that he was ahead on the scorecard midway through the bout. He thought he was behind, and thus focused on just getting through 12 rounds.

“If I’d only had more confidence at that point,” Rumbolz lamented,

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“Make sure you learn your defensive skills and how to see a punch coming and to avoid a shot,” Rumbolz said. “The main thing to start off is not to rush it. Keep improving. I won’t rush anyone to even spar.”

Heck, they don’t even have to box. The “Fitness” part of the club’s name is new, and Rumbolz offers intense half-hour personal training session.

But if it’s sparring that piques your interest?

“The boxing is an awesome workout – major cardio and strength-training,” he said.

Just keeping your gloves up is work, and Sara can be seen reminding youngsters to guard their chin throughout open gyms. She also reminds them to shift their weight.

She’s learned a lot through Bruce.

The plan

Hope Klement, 50, warms up on the jump rope Wednesday evening at Rage Boxing Club.

About the club Rage Boxing and Fitness Club, 105 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon (entrance in the back of the C&N Supply Building), offers open gym 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Drop-in rates are $5 a night, or $40 per month. adding, “but it got me a lot of big offers.”

The bout took place shortly after Bruce met Sara. And, while she said watching bouts on TV is less intense than in person, “when somebody you love is out there, it’s kind of like your heart is taking the punches, too,” she said.

The next year, at the Tropicana Las Vegas, Rumbolz was a landed blow away from a International Boxing Association world title. He’d put down his opponent, Reginaldo Andrade, an enormously strong Brazilian, twice in the first round.

Little did he know that he broke his hand the second time. That is until between rounds, when the adrenaline slowed.

His middle knuckle is still pushed way back.

The big man wobbled and looked so fazed that referee Kenny Bayless nearly stopped the fight.

“He was this close to stopping it, but he let it go,” Rumbolz said, his

Personal training is also available for $20 per 30-minute session (the first is free). Free monthly access is available with the purchase of two training sessions in the same month.

Call Bruce Rumbolz at 815-441-1147 for more information or to schedule a session.

Madison Rockwood, 9, of Dixon works on her footwork while training with Rumbolz. done this, or done that, of index finger and thumb about a centimeter apart. if I didn’t do that …”

“I was hoping he’d walk Job one: Don’t into something, but he didn’t. World champ. lose your head Right there. Never got that Over the past few years, world title. State title will Rumbolz has learned a lot. have to be enough.”

From trainers. And from Bayless stopped the triathletes who decide to fight, all right, in the try boxing. fourth round. Rumbolz But even Ironmen get couldn’t throw so much burned out by trying to as a jab. force themselves through “I should’ve jumped on the fear factor. him right away,” he said.

“You’ve got to harness “There are so many times your energy, remain where everything is in hindsight: if I would’ve calm, and don’t get

over-excited,” he said.

Similarly, he urges anyone interested in boxing not to rush into it. To make sure they know what they’re getting into.

“There is an element of danger in boxing, a risk,” he said. “And that’s exciting for some. And learning to avoid that and defend yourself against that risk is what attracts certain people.”

He got hooked when his dad took him to a bout when he was 7.

Soon, he was training with renowned local coach Al Silva of Sterling.

He won the Silver Gloves Tournament at age 9, but soon got out of boxing, only to return to the ring at age 19.

“Once you’re in it, you’re in it. It’s kind of funny how that works,” Rumbolz said. “If I have any questions, I’ll give [Silva] a call.

I thought he was old when I started, and I was 8. He’s been around for so long.”

He said he’s got a firm stance on how to train youngsters: defensive skills first.

In the same vein as his advice to young boxers, Rumbolz isn’t rushing into anything. He’d like to add a juice bar, and wants to figure out how to maximize the space’s potential.

Right now, about 15 can work out comfortably on the treadmills, weights, heavy and speed bags, and in the ring.

But no matter what tangible resources Rumbolz has, perhaps the best thing he can offer students is having been there and done that.

“It’s reassuring that he knows what he’s talking about,” Bergstrom said.

“He’s done the real thing, been in the real fights. He knows what he’s doing.”

He wears his passion on his sleeve, too.

“He’s amazing,” Klement said. “You can tell he truly loves what he’s doing.”

“I’m just really excited to pass along what I’ve learned,” Rumbolz said.

Klement has never been a fitness fanatic, so this is pretty new. But her decision wasn’t impulsive.

She’d thought it through for some time, and now she’s all in.

“I love the fitness aspect of it, but the boxing is enticing. I’d like to know if I could actually do it – do the rounds and actually win.

“I feel better today … braver, maybe.”

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The fastest way to become a pilot is to fly a drone, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which this week put the finishing touches on new legislation for unmanned aircraft – even the ones some might consider toys.

Now the Illinois Department of Transportation is asking recreational and commercial operators to become familiar with a few common-sense rules.

“While drones can be a lot of fun and make a great gift, they also come

with a responsibility,” Illinois Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn said in a news release. “Safety always should be the top priority.”

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feet should be observed, and a line of sight with the drone. Flying within 5 miles of an airport is prohibited without first contacting the airport.

Flying over large groups, including sporting

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Do not fly under the influence.

Gov. Bruce Rauner this year created a task force to assess state rules for operating unmanned drones in Illinois, and the deadline for recommendations is July 1.

The FAA mandates registration for drones purchased on or after Monday. The fee is $5, but can be refunded if done before Jan. 20.

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CHICAGO | POLICE SHOOTINGS

Families have new hope for reviews Many see McDonald case as tragedy, their best chance at justice CHICAGO (AP) – Janet Lindsey Ferguson has carried a poster bearing a photograph of her teenage son, Rickey Childs, ever since he was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer in 2012. She’s handed out fliers to drum up interest in his death and maybe get someone to believe that the gun police said Childs fired at officers was planted near his body after he was shot in the head.

Now, after the release of the video of a Chicago officer firing 16 bullets into the body of another black teen, Laquan McDonald, she has hope that McDonald’s death – and the murder charge against the white officer, the first in decades to be charged with a crime for an on-duty shooting – will prompt someone to take another look at her son’s case.

“I know I can’t get closure but maybe I can stop crying every night, get a little rest,” she said.

Ferguson isn’t alone. Several relatives of people who’ve died in police shootings in Chicago see the McDonald case as both

AP

Janet Lindsey Ferguson and her husband, Fredrick Ferguson, hold a poster bearing a photograph of her teenage son, Rickey Childs, on Wednesday in Chicago. Rickey was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer in 2012. After the recently released video of a Chicago officer firing 16 bullets into the body of Laquan McDonald, she has hope that the black teenager’s death, and the murder charge against the white officer, will prompt someone to take another look at her son’s case. a tragedy and their best chance at justice. They’re pressuring the city’s beleaguered Independent Police Review Authority, or IPRA, to reopen inquiries into their family members’ deaths, and see the federal Department of Justice’s investigation of the Police Department as a chance – maybe the last one they will get – to be heard.

Dana Cross’ family received a $2 million lawsuit settlement from the city after IPRA ruled the 2011 shooting death of her son, Calvin Cross, who was black, was justified. While the money is going toward Calvin’s small child, she remains dissatisfied that none of the officers paid with their jobs for what they did.

“I have been trying to figure

out what to do, who can I talk to and how I can get my story heard but I was just tired,” she said. “Then when the Laquan McDonald case came up, it gave me the push I needed.”

Since the McDonald video and others, including one of a police officer fatally shooting a man in the back, have been released, authorities are getting calls to investigate cases that have been closed for years or barely noted by anyone but the families of those who died. IPRA has already opened one investigation after a video showed a man being dragged by police from a jail cell, and the agency’s new head has asked the city’s inspector general to again look at the McDonald case.

Plus, there are at least two dozen disputed police-shooting cases that have triggered lawsuits and have received some media attention and likely dozens more where lawsuits are contemplated or filed with little notice.

“That video showed what we are going through out here, what these police officers are covering up,” said Gloria Pinex, whose son, Darius, was killed

by Chicago police in 2011.

The attention and requests have put the Police Depart-

ment, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and prosecutors under intense pressure and has police officers wondering if they might soon be called to answer questions about shootings that were investigated and deemed justified.

Dean Angelo, president of the police officer’s union, worries that officers could lose their jobs and even their freedom.

“They might look for grounds to bring the officers up on charges,” he said.

On one recent night, relatives of those killed by police and others rallied downtown before marching up to the U.S. Attorney’s Office with a written demand for investigations into several shootings by police and alleged police torture cases – handing over pretty much the same document they said the same office ignored last year.

Dana Cross hopes the pressure will add up to someone answering for her son’s death. She already has some satisfaction: Earlier this year, Chicago Public Radio reported that tests showed the gun police said Cross fired at them was inoperable, that IPRA had determined the gun had not been fired and that there was no gun residue on Cross’ hands.

“Those officers are working now and they shouldn’t be,” she said.

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Friday, December 18, 2015

NEW YORK

IN BRIEF

Shkreli set to face fraud charges

Four robbed trying to buy through ads

Exec who jacked up price of a lifesaving drug is arrested NEW YORK (AP) – A boyish-looking entrepreneur who became the new face of corporate greed when he jacked up the price of a lifesaving drug fiftyfold was led away in handcuffs by the FBI on unrelated fraud charges Thursday in a scene that left more than a few Americans positively gleeful.

Martin Shkreli, a 32-year-old former hedge fund manager and relentless self-promoter who has called himself “the world’s most eligible bachelor” on Twitter, was arrested in a gray hoodie and taken into federal court in Brooklyn, where he pleaded not guilty. He was released on $5 million bail.

If convicted, he could get up to 20 years in prison. He left court without speaking to reporters.

His attorneys had no immediate comment.

Online, many people

AP

Martin Shkreli leaves the courthouse after his arraignment Thursday in New York. Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager vilified in nearly every corner of America for buying a pharmaceutical company and jacking up the price of a life-saving drug more than fiftyfold, was arrested Thursday on securities fraud charges unrelated to the furor. took delight in his arrest, calling him a greedy, arrogant “punk” who gave capitalism a bad name and got what was coming to him. Some cracked jokes about lawyers jacking up their hourly fees 5,000 percent to defend him in his hour of need.

Prosecutors said that between 2009 and 2014, Shkreli lost some of

his hedge fund investors’ money through bad trades, then looted Retrophin, a pharmaceutical company where he was CEO, for $11 million to pay back his disgruntled clients.

Shkreli “engaged in multiple schemes to ensnare investors through a web of lies and deceit,” U.S. Attorney Robert Capers said in a statement.

Shkreli was charged with securities fraud and conspiracy. A second defendant, lawyer Evan Greebel, of Scarsdale, New York, was charged with conspiracy and also pleaded not guilty.

In September, Shkreli was widely vilified after a drug company he founded, Turing Pharmaceuticals, spent $55 million for the U.S. rights to sell a medicine called Daraprim and promptly raised the price from $13.50 to $750 per pill.

The 62-year-old drug is the only approved treatment for toxoplasmosis, a rare parasitic disease that mainly strikes pregnant women, cancer patients and AIDS patients.

The move sparked outrage on the presidential campaign trail and helped prompt a Capitol Hill hearing on drug prices. Headlines called the Brooklyn-born Shkreli such things as “America’s most hated man,” the “drug industry’s villain” and “biotech’s bad boy” – and those were just some of the more printable names.

CHAMPAIGN (AP) – Champaign police say four people have recently been robbed while trying to buy items advertised on Craigslist.

Police told The NewsGazette that all four people agreed to buy something listed on the online site and arranged to meet the seller at an apartment parking lot. But when each arrived they were robbed by a man with a handgun.

No one has been injured.

Champaign police said that anyone planning to make such a purchase in person should set a secure, public meeting place and either take someone with them or let a friend or relative know beforehand where and when the meeting is set to take place.

Woman admits to lying about cancer BELLEVILLE (AP) – A southwestern Illinois woman has pleaded guilty to lying about a terminal ovarian cancer diagnosis and stealing money raised on her behalf.

Alissa Jackson, 32, of Belleville was a married mother of five when she was charged in June 2014

with bilking thousands of dollars in donations, free food and a donated minivan from hundreds of people on behalf of “Alissa’s Army.”

St. Clair County court records show that she waived her right to a trial and pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of theft of more than $500 by deception.

The Belleville News-Democrat reported that the St. Clair state’s attorney plans to seek the maximum 5-year prison sentence for Jackson at a Jan. 28 hearing.

Judge gives man 45 years in death PITTSFIELD (AP) – A Pike County judge has sentenced a former Arizona man to 45 years in prison for stabbing his half-brother to death in western Illinois.

The Quincy Herald-Whig reported that the judge on Wednesday sentenced Joseph Coffman, formerly of Fort McDowell, Arizona, in the July 2014 death of Dennis Coffman of Atterberry. Jurors convicted Joseph Coffman of firstdegree murder on Oct. 14.

Prosecutors say Dennis Coffman was stabbed multiple times with a knife while the Coffmans were in a vehicle traveling from Missouri to Illinois.

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NEW AGREEMENT

Small businesses seek annual tax deduction NEW YORK (AP) – Small businesses are close to getting a permanent halfmillion-dollar tax break when they buy equipment like cars, computers and machinery. But tax pros say owners should crunch some numbers before claiming the big deduction.

An agreement that was reached in Congress this week and is expected to become law would give small companies a $500,000 annual deduction for equipment purchases. The so-called Section 179 deduction has been in limbo the past few years, with Congress often not agreeing until December to raise it from the $25,000 called for in the federal tax code.

The permanent $500,000 deduction is part of a tax package that also includes a higher deduction through 2019 for all companies that depreciate equipment purchases and a permanent break on research and development costs.

Here’s what you need to know:

What is the Section 179 deduction?

The Section 179 deduction allows a small business to deduct upfront rather than depreciate over a number of years the cost of equipment like computers, vehicles, manufacturing and farm machinery and office furniture. It can’t be used for equipment like heating and air conditioning units that become part of a building.

Equipment has to be purchased and put into service

by Dec. 31. So if you have a manufacturing machine delivered but it isn’t assembled, up and running by the end of the year, you can’t deduct it. You don’t have to pay for the equipment by year-end; It’s OK to buy it on credit and still take the full deduction.

If your company has lost money, you can carry over a portion of the deduction into the next year.

You can learn more about the deduction and how to claim it on your tax return from IRS Publica-

tion 946, How to Depreciate Property, which is available on the IRS website, irs.gov.

It’s also a good idea to discuss your plans with an accountant or tax attorney.

How you should proceed?

Perhaps the greatest benefit of a permanent Section 179 deduction is that it allows businesses to do long-term financial planning. When accountants hold planning meetings with their business clients, they’re often looking at revenue and income projections for 3 or 4 years, and they might even be looking back at the previous year.

So while it might be tempting to take the entire deduction in a given year, an accountant is likely to consider whether it makes more sense to depreciate a big purchase over a period of 5 to 7 years so a company could save more money in the future, especially if it’s likely to have a big revenue surge.

An owner whose income is down in the current year and isn’t expecting a big tax bill might also want to think about delaying the purchase until the following year, says Jeffrey Berdahl, a certified public accountant with RLB Accountants in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

AP

Shawn Georgetti climbs out of his John Deere tractor in January 2013 on his 167-acre family dairy farm in Avella, Pennsylvania. Small businesses are close to getting a permanent half-million-dollar tax break when they buy equipment like cars, computers and machinery, but tax pros say owners should crunch some numbers before claiming the big deduction.

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Demonstrators are arrested in August 2014 in front of the White House during a protest on immigration reform. For all of the ferocity and double-speak over immigration reform at Tuesday’s GOP debate, most Republicans say the issue isn’t a decisive factor in their vote for president according to a new AP-Gfk Poll.

Poll: Tough plans not must for Republicans Most say issue isn’t decisive factor in vote WASHINGTON (AP) – Retired postal clerk Jerry Wilson likes what he hears from GOP presidential hopefuls about overturning President Barack Obama’s executive order easing deportation policies against people in the U.S. illegally.

But he’ll choose a Republican presidential nominee based on other issues – keeping American companies from moving overseas, for one.

Keeping would-be attackers out of the country, for another.

“America comes first when you’re the president of the United States,” the Batavia, Ohio, resident, 67, said. “You

do everything you can to keep America safe. What about migrants, people who are already here illegally? That’s not a do-ordie issue to me.”

For all of the ferocity and double-speak on immigration reform at the GOP debate, most Republicans like Wilson say the issue isn’t a decisive factor in their vote for president, according to a new AP-GfK poll.

Even among conservative Republicans, more than half – 56 percent – say they either prefer a candidate who would keep Obama’s immigration action in place or that they can imagine voting for a Republican presidential hopeful who would.

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BOYS BASKETBALL | FORRESTON TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL | OREGON 53, NEWMAN 49, OT

Saved at the line Free throws send Oregon past Newman

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FORRESTON – Oregon is not a particularly good free-throw shooting team, but after blowing a 14-point lead against Newman in the fourth quarter, free throws are what saved the Hawks in a 53-49 overtime win.

With 5 seconds left in regulation, Arne Wendler made two free throws to send the game into overtime at 42-42. Then, with 1 minute left in the extra period, Jerrick Orsted made both ends of a 1-and-1 to put Oregon up for good, 51-49.

Equally damaging to Newman was Noah McCarty was committing his fifth foul on that play. After a Comet turnover, Orsted closed the game out with two more free throws.

“Credit to [Orsted] for making them,” Newman coach Ray Sharp said. “And, for a German kid [Wendler] not in this country long to make two pressure shots – that’s impressive.”

Those free throws offset a brilliant effort by the Comets to get back in the game.

Trailing 36-22 after the third quarter, Brady Osborne and Ethan Hafner hit critical 3-pointers, and McCarty had a pair of baskets to cut the lead to 38-32.

“Those 3s were more of a game-changer than the post play,” Oregon coach Quinn Virgil said.

Then things started to get really interesting, as Oregon floor leader Jarrett Reynolds, star shooter Trevor Otten, and McCarty all picked up their fourth fouls within a minute of each other.

That didn’t slow down McCarty, who scored the next eight points of the game for Newman, giving his team a 40-38 lead with 3 minutes left.

“We got up and kind of quit. Basketball is a big game of momentum, and they grabbed it from us early in the fourth Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com quarter,” Virgil said. “Then after they Oregon’s Trevor Otten lets go of a 3-pointer over Newman’s John Wilson during a took the lead, it was ‘Oh no, oh no.’” semifinal game Thursday night at the Forreston tournament. The Hawks beat the SAVED CONTINUED ON B4 Comets 53-49 in overtime.

GIRLS BASKETBALL | POLO TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP | BYRON 58, OREGON 31

Hawks can’t handle Tigers’ zone Byron defense too much for Oregon in Polo tourney title game

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POLO – The Byron Tigers were all over the Oregon Hawks from the opening tip in the championship game at the Polo tournament.

The end result was a 58-31 loss for the Hawks, and a tournament title for the Tigers.

Byron used a 1-2-2 zone to wreak havoc on the defensive end, causing double-digit turnovers in the first quarter alone for Oregon. After just 4 minutes of play, the Tigers were up 12-2. The lead grew before Oregon head coach Kristy Eckardt called timeout with 2 minutes to go trailing 23-2.

Things didn’t get much Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com better for the Hawks in the Oregon’s Bailey Montavon (20) has her shot blocked by second quarter. Turnovers Byron’s Bailey Burrows on Thursday night in the champ- continued to plague Oregon, sionship game of the Polo tournament. Oregon lost 58-31. leading to easy baskets for

Byron juniors Lexi DeVries, Paige Holloway and Bailey Burrows. Several times the Hawks didn’t get back in transition, and that allowed the Tigers to take a 44-13 lead into halftime. Both Holloway and DeVries outscored the Hawks at the break with 21 and 17 points, respectively.

A positive note moving forward for Oregon is that it didn’t give up in the second half.

The Hawks did a much better job boxing out Byron’s bigs throughout the third quarter thanks to a switch to zone. On the offensive end of the court, Oregon was able to get open looks with Byron also switching back to their 1-2-2 zone.

Ultimately, the Tigers built too big of a lead for any chance of an Oregon comeback.

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hat looked like a good win for the Bulls against the Grizzlies on Wednesday night. But I can’t be sure.

It has been so long since they’ve produced a victory that didn’t demand criticism.

Derrick Rose scored 19 points on 19 shots. I wasn’t sure he could do that in practice.

Rose pushed the ball.

Rose drove to the hoop.

Rose passed to the open men he created with his aggressive activity. Rose looked like he got it.

What’s more, Rose and Jimmy Butler looked like they got it. They looked like they got the fastpaced concept of Fred Hoiberg’s plan.

That’s supposed to happen every night. But for now, it’s just one in a row.

“I saw lanes and I just tried to attack,” said Rose, taking exception to being asked whether he should drive more. “It’s all about just waiting. On this team, people want me to shoot 25-30 times. You have to wait, especially being the point guard. You have to see who’s hot, read guys out. We have to find our identity as a team.

“I’m going to play the way that I want, not the way people want me to play.”

Wait, what? Why wouldn’t you want to play like that every night?

Oh for the day that Rose’s game becomes as consistent as his penchant for curious and sometimes incomprehensible statements.

••• Patrick Kane said he’s “excited just to play hockey” now that his scoring streak is over.

Wait. No. Stop. The offensively constipated Hawks want – geez, need – Kane to play the kind of hockey that gives them a point a night. At least a point a night.

This is palm-to-forehead stuff. What’s wrong with points? Are the Hawks better with Kane scoring, or better if their most dynamic offensive player gets shut out? I mean, seriously?

The Hawks desperately need points from anywhere and anyone. Why would Kane be excited for less?

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Irish have consensus All-Americans Twenty-two years have passed since Notre Dame has had a pair of consensus All-Americans.

Linebacker Jaylon Smith and left tackle Ronnie Stanley put an end to that streak Thursday when they were recognized with the honor by being named first-team on at least three of the five teams used to determine such status.

They are the 82nd and 83rd different Notre Dame players to be named consensus All-Americans, and the 98th and 99th overall, the most of any program.

The American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, The Sporting News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation teams are considered.

Wildcats’ VanHoose to miss bowl game Northwestern cornerback Nick VanHoose will miss the Jan. 1 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla. because of a finger injury, according to InsideNU.com.

The senior tore a tendon in a finger on his right hand during practice Sunday, the website reported, and his recovery will take 6 to 8 weeks.

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Duerson family upset with upcoming movie The family of Dave Duerson, who played in the NFL for 11 seasons and on the 1985 Bears, says the upcoming movie “Concussion” unfairly and inaccurately portrays him.

“They needed a villain, someone to take the fall,” his son Tregg Duerson told The New York Times.

Dave Duerson took his own life in 2011. He was 50 years old. Later that year, Boston University researchers announced that Duerson’s brain had evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Northwestern could play game at U.C. Northwestern is nearing an agreement to play in the United Center next season.

Sources told the Chicago Tribune that Northwestern would play Dayton and Illinois would take on BYU in a doubleheader in December – if the parties can finalize a deal.

Illinois plays annually in the United Center, but Northwestern hasn’t played a regular-season game at the U.C. since facing the Illini in 2003.

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League responds to Arenas’ comments The WNBA and several angry players fired back at former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas, who suggested that they play in undergarments to improve the popularity of the league.

Spokesman Mike Bass said in a statement Wednesday on behalf of the NBA and the WNBA, saying, “Gilbert Arenas’ comments are repugnant, utterly disrespectful and flat-out wrong. WNBA players are strong, talented and determined individuals who give it their all on the court and serve as inspiring role models to millions around the world.”

Arenas, 33,is a former three-time NBA All-Star who was suspended for most of the 2009-10 season after violating league rules on handguns.

Ray Rice Former Ravens RB, who hasn’t played in the NFL since punching his now-wife last Sept., said he wants to play football again.

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ven if the playoffs are out of the question, there is a great deal for the Bears to accomplish in the final three games of this season.

While the perception is that all of the heavy lifting this offseason will be on the defensive side of the ball, it is actually the offense I find most interesting in terms of what can still be evaluated and improved the remainder of this season.

Should the Bears go all-out to re-sign Matt Forte? And will they?

Even if you’re a converted Jay Cutler fan now, does it make sense to give David Fales a start, or at least some playing time to see if the Bears have a reliable backup who might even develop into a potential starter?

There is no question the Bears need more help at wide receiver.

The question is how much?

How badly do they need Martellus Bennett back, and how badly do they want him back?

Do they need help on the offensive line and, if so, how much?

It’s the last question that intrigues me the most, because 4 or 5 weeks ago I would have said the O-line was the most talented and stable part of the offense going forward.

Now, I’m not so sure.

Jermon Bushrod is back on the field as a second tight end in running situations but apparently unable to reclaim his job from

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strong enough to be consistently effective.

A wild card is this year’s sixth round pick, Tayo Fabuluje, who is one of the biggest players in the league and was originally slated to AP learn the right tackle Bears center Hroniss Grasu (55) and Charles Leno spot, but appears to (72) wait for their introduction before playing the have the feet and athRedskins last Sunday in Chicago. leticism to play on the left side too.

Charles Leno, Jr. With 2 residence.

With Fabuluje reacyears left on Bushrod’s What is not at all clear tivated following his deal at between $8-$9 is whether Leno, Jr., four-game suspension million per year, and Grasu and right guard for a failed bannedback surgery on his Patrick Omameh can be substance test, it would resume, it seems unlike- counted on as anything be crazy not to get him ly he will be back. more than placeholders some playing time to Center Will Montgom- going forward. get a feel for what he ery is here on a 1-year, Leno, Jr. has been a can do. veteran minimum pleasant surprise in It wouldn’t be stundeal, and while he was pass protection but ning to see Montgomery arguably the Bears’ is less than adequate back on another 1-year best offensive lineman blocking the run. deal to support, teach through the first three It’s easy to imagine and back up Grasu games of the season improvement in the based on his history before he broke his tibia, Bears offense with a with Fox and O-line the Bears can save a more skilled player at coach Dave Magazu in half-million dollars by the most important Denver and Carolina. signing a younger player. position on the offenI’m guessing with The only sure things sive line.

Grasu, Slauson and posthe Bears have right There is still some sibly Montgomery, the now are Matt Slauson, room between Omameh Bears will be fine at cenwho will be very good and his ceiling, but to ter and at least one guard either at left guard or date he has been just and one tackle spot with center if need be, and a guy, struggling with Slauson and Long.

Kyle Long, who can be holding penalties.

But if they don’t get one of the best in the Grasu appears to be a big next three games league at either guard born to play the center from Omameh and or tackle spot dependposition but clearly Leno, Jr., I’d argue ing on where the Bears needs a huge offseason they’ll have a real need eventually decide to let in the weight room to at both tackle and guard him take up permanent get big enough and in the coming draft.

Austin, Gurley carry Rams to win St. Louis ‘O’ shows up in possible final home game

BY R.B. FALLSTROM AP Sports Writer

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Rams saved some of their best for last.

Tavon Austin scored twice, Todd Gurley topped 1,000 yards rushing and the Rams beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 on Thursday night in what could be the franchise’s final game in St. Louis.

The 31st-ranked offense had an inspired effort in front of another half-filled but spirited Edward Jones Dome crowd, rolling to a 21-3 halftime lead behind Case Keenum’s two touchdown passes.

Fans chanted “Keep Our Rams!

Keep Our Rams!” and carried signs, one of them reading “We Don’t Need Kroenke, We Just Want our Rams.”

Owner Stan Kroenke, who

wants to move the Rams (6-8) to Los Angeles, attended the finale but kept a low profile.

The team announced 51,295 tickets had been distributed for the 66,000-capacity dome.

Up 31-13, the Rams became conservative and Jameis Winston took advantage with two touchdown passes in a big fourth quarter. He had just 125 yards passing the first three quarters, but finished with a career-best 363, his first 300-yard effort, for Tampa Bay (6-8).

The halftime deficit was the Buccaneers’ largest since they were down 35-7 against the Titans in their opening 42-14 loss.

Mike Evans had nine receptions for 157 yards and topped 1,000 yards.

Austin Seferian-Jenkins’ 9-yard scoring catch cut the deficit to eight with 1:34 to play, but the Rams’ Bryce Hager recovered the onside kick.

Benny Cunningham had a 102yard kickoff return to the Tampa Bay 3 in the fourth quarter and a 44-yard return on the opening kickoff capped by Austin’s 17-yard scoring reception.

Gurley needed 25 yards to become the first Rams rookie to rush for 1,000 yards since Jerome Bettis and got it by gaining 48 yards on 21 carries.

Austin is the first player since Gale Sayers in 1965 to score at least four rushing touchdowns, five receiving touchdowns and one punt return TD in a season.

He leads the Rams with 10 total TDs.

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••• One of Jason Heyward’s strengths cited

by Cubs president Theo Epstein this week was the outfielder’s arm.

Specifically, Epstein referenced Heyward’s spectacular throw from right field that nailed Anthony Rizzo at the plate to complete an inning-ending double play late in a September game.

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Indeed, Heyward’s throw after catching Addison Russell’s flyball in right-center was impressive. Stacast timed it at 95½ mph over 242 feet. One hop, and Rizzo was out by a step.

But the fallout from that throw was even more important. In fact, it resounds in the NL Central to this day.

That was the play on which Cardinals catcher and team soul Yadier Molina injured his thumb. The injury would cost the Cardinals one of their most important players the rest of the season, and pretty much the playoffs, as well.

By the time the Cubs got the Cardinals in the postseason, Molina was swinging at everything early in the count because he couldn’t swing without enduring searing pain. He couldn’t finish the fourgame series.

Now comes word that Molina underwent a second surgery and might not be ready for opening day. That news came the same week that the former Cardinal who made the throw in Wrigley Field would officially call Wrigley his home field. It’s good to be the Cubs.

••• Todd Frazier is yet another National League slugger coming to the White Sox, a situation that has turned ugly the last couple times we’ve seen that act.

The good news is, Frazier has a clue.

“It will be totally different than what I’ve seen in the National League,” Frazier said. “Facing all of these new guys, [I’ll need] a lot of video. I feel like I’ll need to talk to a lot of guys and see what their thought process is on certain pitchers I’m going to face.”

Just don’t ask Adam LaRoche.

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• Cypress Lakes (Texas) vs. Foothills Christian (Calif.), at Goodyear, Ariz., ESPN2 NBA 6 p.m.

• Nets at Pacers, FSN 7 p.m.

• Pistons at Bulls, CSN • Clippers at Spurs, ESPN 9:30 p.m.

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All 5-0 6-0 5-2 2-4 1-4

Today’s game • Sterling at Kewanee, 7:30 Saturday’s games • Ottawa at Normal West, 6 Iowa/Illinois Shootout • Geneseo vs. TBA Marengo tournament • Rochelle vs. TBA

NEWMAN Clay Jungerman 1 0-0 2, Eli Leffelman 5 2-3 14, Brady Osborne 1 0-0 3, John Wilson 1 0-0 2, Noah McCarty 9 6-7 25, Ethan Hafner 1 0-0 3. Totals: 18 8-10 49.

OREGON Mitchell Nehrkorn 1 0-0 2, Trevor Otten 8 3-3 22, Jerrick Orsted 3 5-6 11, Arne Wendler 5 2-3 12, Carson Buck 2 0-0 6.

Totals: 19 10-12 53.

Newman 11 2 9 20 7 — 49 Oregon 8 9 19 6 11 — 53 3s – Newman 5 (Leffelman 2, Osborne, McCarty, Hafner), Oregon 5 (Otten 3, Buck 2).

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

Conf.

2-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-1

All 7-0 4-1 8-2 5-5 2-2 6-2 3-4 2-5

Thursday’s results Forreston tournament • Stillman Valley 55, River Ridge 50 • Winnebago 56, Byron 54 • Oregon 53, Newman 49, OT Today’s games • Rock Falls at Dixon, 7:15 • Rockford Christian at Lutheran, 7:15 Forreston tournament • Byron vs. Newman, 6:30

at Forreston

MILLEDGEVILLE 51, LENA-WINSLOW 30 MILLEDGEVILLE (7-5) Brett Lacroix 1 0-0 2, Dylan Alexander 2 1-4 5, Troy Litwiller 0 1-2 1, Drake Dublo 0 0-0 0, Harrison Schmidt 0 2-2 2, Payton Harris 0 -2 2, Cade Schave 6 3-4 16, Jeremy Bibler 1 0-0 2, Kyle Ottens 3 8-12 14, Evan Skoog 0 0-0 0, Curt Strauss 2 3-4 7.

Totals: 15 20-30 51.

LE-WIN Chenong 1 0-0 3, Lawfer 3 1-5 7, Bonebright 1 0-0 3, Lingle 0 1-4 1, Bayer 1 2-2 4, Knoup 3 6-6 12. Totals: 9 10-17 30.

Milledgeville 14 10 11 16 — 51 Le-win 6 14 8 2 — 30 3s – Milledgeville 1 (Schave), Le-Win 2 (Chenong, Bonebright).

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

Conf.

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

All 7-1 7-2 5-2 5-2 5-3 5-5 5-6 2-5 5-3 5-3 2-5 5-3 3-3 2-7 2-8

Wednesday’s results Hall tournament • Hall 74, Amboy 50 Monmouth United tournament • Peoria Quest Academy 51, Sherrard 41 Thursday’s results • Riverdale 51, Mercer County 50 Forreston tournament • Oregon 53, Newman 49, OT West Carroll-Fulton tournament • East Dubuque 44, Erie 40 • Galena 53, Fulton 44 Today’s games • Princeton at Rockridge, 7:30 • Sterling at Kewanee, 7:30 Forreston tournament • Newman vs. Byron, 6:30 Hall tournament • Hall vs. Fieldcrest, 8 Monmouth United tournament • Prophetstown vs. West Prairie, 5 • Sherrard vs. United, 8 West Carroll-Fulton tournament • Fulton vs. Scales Mound, 7:30 Saturday’s games Augustana Shootout • Riverdale vs. TBA Hall tournament • Amboy, Hall vs. TBD West Carroll-Fulton tournament • Erie, Fulton vs. TBD

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

Conf.

4-0 2-0 2-0 2-1 2-1 1-3 0-1 0-2 0-2 0-3

All 7-2 2-5 7-2 8-2 7-5 1-8 0-6 1-10 0-6 3-7

Wednesday’s results Forreston tournament • Orangeville 55, Dakota 54 • Pecatonica 43, Forreston 40 • Aquin 73, Milledgeville 66 • Polo 52, Lena-Winslow 44 Thursday’s results • Keith Country Day 42, Durand 41 Forreston tournament • Dakota 52, Forreston 50 • Pecatonica 37, Orangeville 31 • Milledgeville 51, Lena-Winslow 30 Friday’s game Forreston tournament • Aquin vs. Polo, 5 Saturday’s game • Clinton (Wis.) at South Beloit, 4:30 Tournament glances Forreston tournament Saturday’s results • Newman 55, Forreston 49 • Christian Life 71, Polo 64 • Oregon 58, Pecatonica 28 • Stillman Valley 62, Aquin 58 • Winnebago 50, Orangeville 21 • River Ridge 52, Lena-Winslow 39 • Byron 56, Dakota 51 • Pearl City 45, Milledgeville 42 Monday’s results • Milledgeville 51, Orangeville 47 • Byron 67, Stillman Valley 49 • Aquin 59, Dakota 51 • Winnebago 81, Pearl City 40 Tuesday’s results • Lena-Winslow 53, Pecatonica 37 • Newman 73, Christian Life 65 • Polo 62, Forreston 45 • Oregon 49, River Ridge 41 Wednesday’s results • Orangeville 55, Dakota 54 • Pecatonica 43, Forreston 40 • Pearl City 60, Stillman Valley 56 • Christian Life 51, River Ridge 40 • Aquin 73, Milledgeville 66 • Polo 52, Lena-Winslow 44 Thursday’s results • 15th place, Dakota 52, Forreston 50 • 13th place, Pecatonica 37, Orangeville 31 • 11th place, Milledgeville vs. Lena-Winslow, 8 • 7th place, Stillman Valley 55, River Ridge 50 • Semifinal, Winnebago 56, Byron 54 • Semifinal, Oregon 53, Newman 49, OT Today’s games • Consolation championship, Aquin vs.

Polo, 5 • Fifth place, Pearl City vs. Christian Life, 5 • 3rd place, Newman vs. Byron, 6:30 • Championship, Oregon vs. Winnebago, 8 West Carroll/Fulton tournament Monday’s results • Stockton 64, AFC 43 • Erie 65, West Carroll 36 Today’s games at Mount Carroll • Warren 66, Fulton Unity 30 • East Dubuque 44, Erie 40 at Fulton • Stockton 53, Scales Mound 48, 2OT • Galena 53, Fulton 44 Friday’s games at Mount Carroll • East Dubuque vs. Warren, 6 p.m.

• West Carroll vs. Fulton Unity, 7:30 p.m. at Fulton • Galena vs. AFC, 6 p.m.

• Fulton vs. Scales Mound, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games at Mount Carroll • 9th place, 11 a.m.

• 7th place, 12:30 • 5th place, 2 • 3rd place, 3:30 • Championship, 5

at Fulton

GALENA 53, FULTON 44 GALENA Spillane 5 3-3 13, Townsend 6 1-3 14, Holland 1 0-0 3, Bauer 1 2-4 4, Bingham 2 0-0 4, R. Soat 4 2-3 13, G. Soat 0 0-2 0, Peebles 0 2-2 2. Totals: 19 10-17 53.

FULTON Jack Lemke 4 2-4 10, Michael Dixon 2 1-2 5, Kyle Alstead 1 1-2 3, Tyler Bruggenwirth 3 4-4 10, Devon Ballard 3 0-1 7, Nate Wierema 2 1-6 5, Ethan Fish 2 0-0 4. Totals: 17 9-19 44.

Galena 14 19 4 16 — 53 Fulton 6 8 10 20 — 44 3s – Galena 5 (R. Soat 3, Townsend, Holland), Fulton 1 (Ballard). at Mount Carroll

EAST DUBUQUE 44, ERIE 40 ERIE Bransen Rosenow 3 2-2 9, Vinny Bramm 2 2-3 7, Jordan Chandler 1 1-2 3, Josh Lohman 4 0-2 8, Justice Cole 3 3-4 11, Eric Miller 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14 8-13 40.

EAST DUBUQUE Dutler 5 0-0 12, Quinn 4 2-2 11, Heller 2 1-2 5, Boyer 2 2-2 7, Sherman 3 3-4 9.

Totals: 16 8-10 44.

Erie 8 9 7 16 — 40 East Dubuque 9 8 6 21 — 44 3s – Erie 4 (Cole 2, Rosenow, Bramm), East Dubuque 4 (Dutler 2, Quinn, Boyer).

Girls basketball NIB-12 West Conf.

Sterling 3-0 LaSalle-Peru 2-0 Rochelle 1-2 Geneseo 0-2 Ottawa 0-3 Thursday’s result • Yorkville at Rochelle, NA Today’s game Sterling Shootout • Sterling vs. Richwoods, 7:45

All 5-3 4-2 2-7 3-6 2-5

BNC West All 4-0 11-1 7-3 7-3 5-4 6-4 5-5 2-6

Three Rivers All 7-5 6-2 9-2 9-3 7-4 5-2 5-6 6-3 3-3 4-6 5-6 2-8 2-10 0-7 4-5

Thursday’s results • Kewanee 55, Morrison 42 • Sherrard 40, Newman 16 • Bureau Valley 53, Orion 43 Polo tournament • Prophetstown 69, Warren 52 Today’s game • Mercer County at Sherrard, 7:30

Thursday’s box scores at Polo

BYRON 58, OREGON 31 OREGON Ally Bartling 1 0-0 2, Anni Wilson 1 0-0 2, Naia Cisneros 2 0-0 5, Abby Newman 0 2-2 2, Alli Henson 3 1-1 7, Bailey Montavon 3 2-5 8, Bella Holley 1 0-0 2, Chelsea Sansone 1 0-0 3. Totals: 11 5-8 31.

BYRON DeVries 7 3-4 21, Holloway 9 1-2 22, Hadapp 1 0-0 2, Bearrows 3 0-0 6, Richardson 0 1-6 1, Barrachs 1 0-0 2. Totals: 22 5-12 58.

Oregon 2 11 8 10 – 31 Byron 23 21 14 0 – 58 3s – Oregon 2 (Sansone, Cisneros), Byron 7 (DeVries 4, Holloway 3). at Sherrard

SHERRARD 40, NEWMAN 16 NEWMAN Raylee Matera 1 0-0 3, Teagan McKenna 0 1-6 1, Kelsey Simpson 3 0-0 7, Mary Jensen 1 0-2 2, Rhyanna Hadden 0 0-0 0, Chloe Klein 0 0-0 0, Lakyn Waldschmidt 1 1-1 3. Totals: 6 2-9 16.

SHERRARD Hattestad 2 3-4 7, Anderson 4 3-6 13, Crippen 4 0-0 8, Strasgaard 1 1-2 3, Suarez 1 0-0 2, Madther 2 3-4 7. Totals: 14 10-16 40.

Newman 4 3 4 5 – 16 Sherrard 15 8 6 11 — 40 3s – Newman 2 (Matera, Simpson), Sherrard 2 (Anderson).

STILLMAN VALLEY 62, ROCK FALLS 57 ROCK FALLS Bailey Bickett 2 1-2 6, Madason Shaw 1 0-1 3, Abbee Sigel 4 4-5 15, Olivia Babcock 1 1-2 3, Emily Sauer 1 0-0 2, Sydnie Nailor 6 0-0 14, Sydney Young 0 2-2 2, Bailey Wetzell 2 1-2 5, Jordan Clevenger 2 2-4 7, Liz Lego 0 0-0 0. Totals: 19 12-18 57.

STILLMAN VALLEY Morrison 1 2-6 4, A. Ballard 1 1-2 4, Hilliard 4 3-4 12, Timm 2 1-2 5, Daleo 2 5-10 9, Weaver 11 6-14 28, C. Ballard 0 0-2 0.

Totals: 21 17-40 62.

Rock Falls 6 13 13 25 – 57 Stillman Valley 10 14 14 24 – 62 3s – Rock Falls 7 (Sigel 3, Nailor 2, Bickett, Clevenger), Stillman Valley 2 (A. Ballard, Hilliard).

KEWANEE (7-5, 5-0 TRAC) Moraski 4 4-5 13, Vickrey 0 0-0 0, Gustafson 0 0-0 0, Devilder 0 0-0 0, Smith 6 11-17 23, Damron 2 5-6 9, Jackson 2 0-2 5, Vogt 1 2-2 5. Totals 15 22-32 55.

MORRISON (6-3, 3-3) Emma Melton 4 0-0 9, Emily Wallander 2 0-0 5, Jaeden Workman 1 0-0 3, Emma Sitzmore 3 1-2 7, Kassidee Church 1 2-2 4, Lauren Vos 1 0-1 2, Kenzie Petkus 0 0-0 0, Ana Dzeladini 0 0-0 0, Makayla Troutman 0 0-0 0, Madison Steines 0 0-1 0 0, Peyton Tegeler 5 0-2 12. Totals 17 3-8 42.

Kewanee 12 12 1 3 18 — 55 Morrison 7 9 1 2 14 — 42 3s – Kewanee 3 (Moraski, Jackson, Vogt), Morrison 4 (Tegeler 2, Wallander, Melton).

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

ABOVE: Oregon’s Emily Perkins (right) dribbles around Byron’s Bailey Burrows during the championship game of the Polo tournament on Thursday.

The Hawks lost 58-31.

BELOW: Oregon’s Ally Bartling shoots over Byron’s Monica Barracks during Thursday’s game in Polo.

Oregon win streak stopped at four ZONE

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“This is another stop in the road on our journey,” Byron head coach Eric Yerly said. “We knew we had a good group, so we just talk about having fun and enjoying it.”

Byron got the majority of production on both ends of the court from Holloway (23 points), DeVries (21), and Burrows (8). All three were selected to the all-tournament team.

“We lost a very good senior class last year,” Yerly said. “Those three knew it was their time to step up. Paige had two quarters in the tournament where she scored 20 points in a quarter, which is amazing. I’m not sure if I’ve had a player as smooth as Lexi is. Bailey gets those rebounds inside and made some shots. They’re the ones that spark us.”

Byron will be at Rock Falls this Saturday in a matchup of two Big Northern West teams.

Oregon was led in scoring by senior forward Bailey Montavon, with eight points. She also made the all-tournament

team, alongside teammate Anni Wilson. The loss for the Hawks snaps a four-game winning streak, but they’ll look to get back on track this Saturday against Rockford

Lutheran.

“We have some momentum going,” Eckardt said. “Even with the loss tonight, we’ll be ready to go for the second half of the season.”

Wrestling at DeKalb

DEKALB 55, STERLING 18 106 – Tyler Scarbrough (D) inj Boston Shaw; 113 – Ivan Mendoza (S) pin Brenden Croom 2:52; 120 – Noah Garcia (S) dec. Andrew Hatton 9-5; 126 – Brenden McGee (D) maj. dec. Isaac Figeroa 13-3; 132 – Ulisies Jacobo (D) tech. fall Reed Heeren 20-4; 138 – Izaiah Webb (D) pin Tanner Barron 1:19; 145 – Caleb Park (D) maj. dec. Andrew Garcia 16-6; 152 – Parker Stratton (D) pin Billy Wyatt 1:05; 160 – Samual Sommer (D) pin Bobby Tribble 2:41; 170 – Keegan Kaye (S) pin Trace Davidson 2:30; 182 – JJ Thompson (S) dec Cooper Williams 7-4; 220 – Ethan Engelson (D) pin Pedro Rodriguez 1:22; 285 – Leif Williams (D) pin Cariel Beasley 5:01 DeKalb rec. forfeit: 195 at Morrison

Saturday’s games St. Bede tournament • Princeton vs. Fieldcrest, 9 a.m.

• Kewanee vs. LaMoille-Ohio, noon • St. Bede vs. Seneca, 1:30 • Princeton vs. Eureka, 3 • St. Bede vs. LaMoille-Ohio, 6 • Kewanee vs. Seneca, 7:30

POLO 42, NEWMAN 36

NUIC East Conf.

5-0 4-1 3-2 3-2 2-2 2-3 1-2 1-2 0-3 0-4

Sterling Shootout Friday’s games • Freeport vs. Moline, 4:45 • Hononegah vs. Naperville Central, 6:15 • Sterling vs. Richwoods, 7:45 Saturday’s games • Sterling vs. Naperville Central, 10 a.m.

• Freeport vs. Hononegah, 11:30 a.m.

• Moline vs. Richwoods, 1 • Naperville Central vs. Freeport, 2:30 • Richwoods vs. Hononegah, 4 • Moline vs. Sterling, 5:30 Wednesday, Dec. 23 • Sterling vs. Hononegah, 10 a.m.

• Moline vs. Naperville Central, 11:30 a.m.

• Richwoods vs. Freeport, 1 • Hononegah vs. Moline, 2:30 • Freeport vs. Sterling, 4 • Naperville Central vs. Richwoods, 5:30

at Kewanee

Saturday’s games • Byron at Rock Falls, 2:30 • Lutheran at Oregon, 7:15 • Winnebago at Dixon, 7:15 St. Bede tournament • Mendota vs. Eureka, 10:30 a.m.

• Mendota vs. Fieldcrest, 4:30

AFC Milledgeville Aquin Durand Pecatonica Dakota Forreston Polo Orangeville South Beloit

Tournament glances Polo tournament Saturday’s results • Oregon 48, Prophetstown 37 • Eastland 63, Polo 40 • Byron 66, Milledgeville 27 Monday’s results • Milledgeville 42, Warren 34 • Byron 66 West Carroll 9 • Oregon 44, Polo 35 Tuesday’s results • Oregon 48, Eastland 41 • Warren 74, West Carroll 24 • Prophetstown 65, Polo 40 Wednesday’s results • Milledgeville 46, West Carroll 25 • Eastland 74, Prophetstown 52 • Byron 79, Warren 43 Thursday’s results • 7th place, Polo 55, West Carroll 53 • 5th place, Prophetstown 69, Warren 52 • 3rd place, Eastland 47, Milledgeville 39 • Championship, Byron 58, Oregon 31

KEWANEE 55, MORRISON 42

Thursday’s results • Stillman Valley 62, Rock Falls 57 Polo tournament • Byron 58, Oregon 31 Pecatonica tournament • Winnebago 43, Genoa-Kingston 39

Conf.

Kewanee 5-0 Hall 3-1 Amboy 3-1 Sherrard 4-1 Bureau Valley 4-1 Erie 3-2 St. Bede 3-2 Morrison 3-3 Fulton 2-2 Newman 2-2 Rockridge 1-3 Riverdale 1-4 Prophetstown 1-3 Orion 0-5 Princeton 0-4 Wednesday’s results • Wethersfield 58, Rockridge 36 Polo tournament • Eastland 75, Prophetstown 52

Today’s games Pearl City tournament • Aquin vs. Benton Shullsburg (Wis.), 7:30

at Stillman Valley

Saturday’s games Ottawa tournament • Geneseo vs. Kaneland, noon • LaSalle-Peru vs. Rockford East, 1:30 • Ottawa vs. Pontiac, 4:30 • Geneseo vs. Sandwich, 6 Sterling Shootout • Sterling vs. Naperville Central, 10 a.m.

• Sterling vs. Moline, 5:30

Conf.

Rockford Lutheran 2-0 Byron 2-0 Stillman Valley 3-1 Winnebago 2-2 Rock Falls 1-2 Dixon 1-1 Oregon 1-2 Mendota 0-4 Wednesday’s result Polo tournament • Byron 79, Warren 43

Thursday’s results Pearl City tournament • Orangeville vs. River Ridge-Scales Mound, NA • Lena-Winslow 44, Dakota 32 Polo tournament • Polo 55, West Carroll 53 • Eastland 47, Milledgeville 39

All 8-0 7-6 9-3 4-5 4-4 6-7 7-4 2-8 0-8 0-4

Wednesday’s results Pearl City tournament • Pearl City 62, Dakota 43 • Aquin 56, Lena-Winslow 41 Polo tournament • Milledgeville 46, West Carroll 25

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120 – Brody Ivey (N) pin Ben Sketo :54; 132 – Cael Sanders (N) pin Braxton Stamm 2:26; 138 – Hunter Webb (N) pin Berto Dominguez 1:23; 145 – Eli Monier (N) pin Austin Ludke 5:48; 152 – Jesse Ditzler (P) pin Mason Newman 2:58 Polo rec. fft.: 106, 170, 182, 195, 220, 285 Newman rec. fft.: 113, 126 Double fft.: 160

MORRISON 45, POLO 24 106 – Augustus Linke (M) dec. Noah Paul 4-3; 120 – Cody Vanderlaan (M) pin Sketo 1:04; 132 – Joe Eads (M) pin Stamm :56; 138 – B.Dominguez (P) pin Eric Mulnix 3:28; 152 – Dylan Keller (M) pin Ditzler 4:47; 170 – John Anderson (M) pin Matt Atkins 3:20; 182 - Andy Rucker (P) pin Thomas Dykema 3:21; 195 – Ethan Cain (P) pin Brandon Engelkens :38; 285 – Brandon Meier (M) pin Cody Moser 1:18 Morrison rec. fft.: 113, 145 Polo rec. fft.: 220 Double fft.: 126, 160

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GIRLS ROUNDUP

Cougars claim 3rd at Polo Prophets place fifth, host Marcos seventh at own tournament

By SVM Sports Staff

Sam Buckner/Shaw Media

Sterling’s Keegan Kaye (top) tries to put DeKalb’s Treace Davidson on his back during the 170-pound bout Thursday in DeKalb. Kaye won by pin, but the Warriors lost 55-18.

Barbs’depth too much for Warriors Sterling drops dual in DeKalb

BY EDDIE CARIFIO Shaw Media

DeKALB – Andrew Garcia and Cariel Beasley entered Thursday’s dual in DeKalb undefeated on the season.

Both suffered tough losses as the Sterling wrestling team lost 55-18 to the Barbs.

“DeKalb’s always got a tough team, and they have a lot of guys out – 50, 60,” Sterling coach Jeff Gale said. “They can put a couple lineups together. I thought we wrestled OK. We had some tough matches, had two of our undefeated kids take a loss.”

Beasley led the heavyweight match 1-0 heading into the third period against Leif Williams, a senior who is still cutting football weight and is aiming to get to 195 by the start of 2016. Williams got a reversal with a minute left and then a quick pin.

“Coach Pater made an interesting move putting their guy at 195 up to

220, then bumping [Williams] to heavyweight,” Gale said. “There’s such a style difference between some of those lighter guys and our big guy, and we got caught. It was a close match, and we got caught on our heels.”

Garcia trailed 7-2 after the first quarter, but cut the gap to 7-4 heading into the third before losing 16-6 at 145.

Keegan Kaye scored one of the two wins by fall for the Warriors, coming back from 4-2 down after for a second-period pin at 170.

“Keegan is always a pretty aggressive wrestler for us,” Gale said. “It’s just a matter of honing that in a little bit. But he’s a very talented kid, and we’re excited to see what he can do.”

Ivan Mendoza had a pin at 113 for the Warriors, and Noah Garcia had a 9-5 win at 120 to stake the Warriors to a 9-0 lead to start the day. They lost the next six matches before Joseph Thompson got a 7-4 win at 182.

Sam Buckner/Shaw Media

Sterling’s Cariel Beasley (left) and DeKalb’s Leif Williams get tied up in the heavyweight match during Thursday’s NIB-12 dual in DeKalb. Beasley suffered his first loss of the season.

Makenzie Fink and RaeAnna Stover scored in double figures to lead the Eastland Cougars to a 47-39 win over the Milledgeville Missiles in the third-place game at the Polo tournament Thursday night.

Fink scored a gamehigh 18 points, and Stover added 11 for Eastland.

Jade Graff scored 16 points to lead the Missiles (7-6), while Mady Frederick added 10 points to go with Jocelyn Folkers’ eight.

Prophetstown 69, Warren 52: The Proph-

ets picked up their third win of the season in a rout in the fifth-place game of the Polo tournament.

Tori Miniel and Addie Glassburn each had double-doubles to lead Prophetstown (2-10).

Miniel had 20 points and 12 rebounds, while Glassburn had 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Courtney Pierceson added 21 points and eight boards, while

Thursday’s stars

Addie Glassburn P’town senior

Justine Gorzny Polo junior

Makenzie Fink Eastland junior

Tori Miniel, Prophetstown, 20 points, 12 rebounds Courtney Pierceson, Prophetstown, 21 points, 8 rebounds Justine Gorzny, Polo, 19 points Makenzie Fink, Eastland, 18 points

Abbee Sigel Rock Falls sophomore

Abbee Sigel led Rock Caylee Morgan had 13 points and seven Falls (5-4, 1-2) with 15 rebounds. points, including three Polo 55, West Carroll 3 - p o i n t e r s . S y d n i e 53: The Marcos out- Nailor added 14 points, scored the Thunder in and Jordan Clevenger the fourth quarter to was next with seven earn a win the seventh- points. place game of the Polo Stillman Valley tournament. improved to 7-3 overall Justine Gorzny led all and 3-1 in league play. scorers with 19 points, Sherrard 40, Newman and Haley Cisketti 16: The Comets didn’t added 17 for Polo (2-8).

West Carroll was led score more than five

by Hayley Guilinger’s points in any quarter as 12 points, with Oliv- they dropped a Three ia Brinkmeier adding Rivers road game.

Kelsey Simpson led nine.

Stillman Valley 62, Newman (4-6, 2-2) R o c k F a l l s 5 7 : The with seven points, all Rockets committed 28 of which came in the fouls and sent the Car- first half, while Lakyn dinals to the free-throw Waldschmidt and Kayline 40 times in a road lie Matera each scored three points.

BNC West loss.

Jade Graff Milledgeville senior

Emma Melton Morrison senior

Kewanee 55, Morrison 42: The Fillies fell

behind 24-16 by halftime and couldn’t catch up in a Three Rivers road loss.

Peyton Tegeler led Morrison (6-3, 3-3) with 12 points, and Emma Melton added nine points, four rebounds and four steals.

BOYS ROUNDUP

Missiles pull away to place 11th Fulton, Erie fall in tourney action; Panther wrestlers sweep at home

By SVM Sports Staff

The Milledgeville Missiles held Lena-Winslow to two fourth-quarter points in a 51-30 win to claim 11th place at the Forreston tournament on Thursday night.

Cade Schave had 16 points and 11 rebounds for Milledgeville (7-5), and Kyle Ottens added 14 points.

Galena 53, Fulton 44: The Steamers scored 20 points in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t complete the comeback in a loss at the West Carroll-Fulton tournament.

Jack Lemke and Tyler Bruggenwirth each scored 10 points to lead Fulton (5-4). Devon Ballard finished with seven points, while Michael Dixon and Nate Wierema each added five points.

East Dubuque 44, Erie 40: The Cardinals held a one-point lead heading into the fourth quarter, but couldn’t hang on in a loss at the West Carroll-Fulton tournament.

Justice Cole led Erie (5-5) with 11 points, with Bransen Rosenow adding nine points and Josh Lohman finishing with eight.

Wrestling Marcos split in Morrison: Polo defeated Newman 42-36, but lost

Thursday’s stars Cade Schave, Milledgeville basketball, 16 points, 11 rebounds Josh Wheeler & Jimmy Biba, E-P wrestling, 2 pins each Taylor Fleetwood, Fulton wrestling, 2 pins

Cade Schave Milledgeville to the host Mustangs 45-24 in a tri- sophomore

angular in Morrison.

Jesse Ditzler (152 pounds) won by pin against the Comets, as Polo picked up six forfeits for the victory. Berto Dominguez (138), Andy Rucker (182), and Ethan Cain (195) won by pin against Morrison.

The Comets picked up pins from Brody Ivey (120), Cael Sanders (132), Hunter Webb (138) and Eli Monier (145) against the Marcos.

Morrison’s wins came from pins

by Cody Vanderlaan (120), Joe Eads (132), Dylan Keller (152), John Anderson (170) and Brandon Meier (285), and a 4-3 decision by Augustus Linke at 106.

Panthers sweep at home: ErieProphetstown beat Fulton 51-28 and Mercer County 38-31 in a triangular in Erie.

Josh Wheeler (152 pounds) and Jimmy Biba (220) both picked up

Jimmy Biba Erie-P’town senior

Michael Pidde Fulton junior

a pair of pins for the Panthers, while Grady Todd won by pin and technical fall at 138, and Garrett Passmore won by pin and decision at 160. Austin Horn (126) and Kerrick Cameron (132) won by pin against Fulton, while Dylan Binion (182) and Trace Shoup (285) added falls against Mercer County.

Taylor Fleetwood (285) won by pin twice for Fulton, while Tyler Fleetwood added a pin and a decision at 113. Tony Heinitz (138/145) added a pin and a decision, and Michael Pidde won a major decision and an overtime decision at 182. Sam Grant (170) added a pin against Erie-Prophetstown; Eli Pannell (145) had a pin against Mercer County, and Cole Grant (160) won a decision.

Comets erase big deficit, but can’t hold off Hawks in semifinal SAVED

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“We played hard at the end,” Sharp said. “Noah was making power moves inside. He was having a tough game until then.”

McCarty sat much of the second quarter with foul trouble, and Newman only scored two points after going into a stall.

“That stall showed us their offense is all about him,” Orsted said.

Eli Leffelman, who combined with McCarty to score the final 17 points for Newman, may debate that statement, as he gave the Comets a 42-40 lead with 45 seconds left with two free throws.

Just before that, Oregon got a much-needed boost from the smallest player on the court, Mitchell Nehrkorn, who drove the lane for a tough layup, and then grabbed a defensive rebound and also had a steal within seconds of each other.

“I had so much adrenaline,” Nehrkorn said.

“With Jarrett out [on fouls], we had to come together as a team.”

With Ethan Nash and John Wilson throttling Otten (2 points in the final 12 minutes) in the Comets’ tenacious manto-man coverage, it was Carson Buck hitting the dagger for Oregon in overtime. After having two other long-range shots seemingly hit the bottom and bounce out earlier, Buck popped in a 3-point basket to tie the game 47-47.

“We’ve got to do a better job of freeing up Trevor or having someone else pick up the load,” Virgil said.

“Carson came through in the clutch.”

“Those two did a great job on Otten,” Sharp said.

“We knew we had to shut him down.”

Otten still had 20 points, but never got into a rhythm with his shot, as Nash and Wilson effectively face-guarded him all night.

Oregon (8-2) moves on to the championship game today against undefeated Winnebago.

Newman (7-2) plays for Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com third place against Byron in a rematch from the Newman’s Ethan Nash (right) puts pressure on Oregon’s Trevor Otten during their Forreston tournament Oregon Thanksgiving semifinal game Thursday night. The Comets erased a 16-point deficit to take a late lead, but the Hawks forced overtime before winning 53-49.

Tournament.

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NHL | BLACKHAWKS 4, OILERS 0

Top line finds back of net Blackhawks shut out Oilers, Crawford saves 33

BY JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO – Led by Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago’s top line was its top line again. And it was just more of the same for Corey Crawford.

Teravainen had two goals and an assist, Crawford made 33 saves in his NHL-best fifth shutout and the Blackhawks beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 on Thursday night.

Chicago’s top line – currently Teravainen, captain Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa – had been overshadowed so far this season by the second group, especially during Patrick Kane’s 26-game point streak. But Toews had a goal and two assists

Star of the game: Teuvo Teravainen, Blackhawks, 2 goals, assist Up next: Blackhawks at Sabres, noon Saturday Radio: 720 AM and Hossa finished with three assists in the Blackhawks’ third win in four games.

For one night at least, Toews and company had most of the splashy plays.

“Usually we’ve been watching [Kane’s line] scoring from the bench,” Teravainen said. “They’re scoring all the time. It’s pretty fun to watch, but it’s good to go there ourself too.”

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shutout in his last four starts and No. 17 for his career. The Stanley Cup champions kept him clean for most of the night, but he got over to make a nice right pad stop on Mark Letestu with about 3 minutes left in the second period.

“It’s not easy to get a shutout in this league. It’s a team effort for sure,” Crawford said. “We shut them down pretty well in the third period.”

Cam Talbot also had 33 stops for Edmonton, which has lost two in a row after a six-game win streak. Talbot was coming off a 47-save performance in a 3-2 overtime win at Boston in his previous start on Monday night.

THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE x-New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami

W 11 8 6 5

Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

W 6 6 5 3

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

W 10 8 4 3

Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

W 10 8 6 3

East L T 2 0 5 0 7 0 8 0 South L T 7 0 7 0 8 0 10 0 North L T 3 0 5 0 9 0 10 0 West L T 3 0 5 0 7 0 10 0

Pct .846 .615 .462 .385

PF 402 325 316 264

PA 253 256 301 331

Pct .462 .462 .385 .231

PF 275 259 326 253

PA 356 291 357 326

Pct .769 .615 .308 .231

PF 354 344 278 240

PA 229 260 326 357

Pct .769 .615 .462 .231

PF 281 331 299 250

PA 225 243 326 334

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East L T Pct PF PA Washington 7 0 .462 281 307 Philadelphia 7 0 .462 301 322 N.Y. Giants 7 0 .462 338 320 Dallas 9 0 .308 230 305 South W L T Pct PF PA y-Carolina 13 0 0 1.000 411 243 Atlanta 6 7 0 .462 279 295 Tampa Bay 6 8 0 .429 311 353 New Orleans 5 8 0 .385 323 397 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 9 4 0 .692 317 245 Minnesota 8 5 0 .615 258 255 Chicago 5 8 0 .385 272 314 Detroit 4 9 0 .308 267 336 West W L T Pct PF PA x-Arizona 11 2 0 .846 405 252 Seattle 8 5 0 .615 340 235 St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 241 294 San Francisco 4 9 0 .308 188 315 x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division Thursday’s result St. Louis 31, Tampa Bay 23 Saturday’s game N.Y. Jets at Dallas, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday’s games Chicago at Minnesota, noon Atlanta at Jacksonville, noon Houston at Indianapolis, noon Carolina at N.Y. Giants, noon Tennessee at New England, noon Buffalo at Washington, noon Kansas City at Baltimore, noon Cleveland at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.

Green Bay at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Miami at San Diego, 3:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

Denver at Pittsburgh, 3:25 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s game Detroit at New Orleans, 7:30 p.m.

W 6 6 6 4

College football Bowl Glance Saturday’s games Celebration Bowl Atlanta NC A&T (9-2) vs. Alcorn State (9-3), 11 a.m.

New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque Arizona (6-6) vs. New Mexico (7-5), 1 p.m.

(ESPN) Las Vegas Bowl BYU (9-3) vs. Utah (9-3), 2:30 p.m. (ABC) Camelia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Ohio (8-4) vs. Appalachian State (9-2), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. San Jose State (5-7) vs. Georgia State (6-6), 6 p.m. (CBSSN) New Orleans Bowl Louisiana Tech (8-4) vs. Arkansas State (8-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 21 Miami Beach Bowl South Florida (8-4) vs. Western Kentucky (11-2), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 22 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise Akron (7-5) vs. Utah St. (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Temple (10-3) vs. Toledo (9-2), 6 p.m.

(ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 23 Poinsettia Bowl San Diego Northern Illinois (8-5) vs. Boise State (8-4), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) GoDaddy Bowl Mobile, Ala. Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Georgia Southern (8-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 24 Bahamas Bowl Nassau Middle Tennessee (7-5) vs. Western Michigan (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Hawaii Bowl Honolulu Cincinnati (7-5) vs. San Diego State (10-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 26 St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl Marshall (9-3) vs. UConn (6-6), 10 a.m.

(ESPN) Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Miami (8-4) vs. Washington State (8-4), 1 p.m. (CBS) Heart of Dallas Bowl Washington (6-6) vs. Southern Mississippi (9-4), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl Bronx, N.Y. Duke (7-5) vs. Indiana (6-6), 2:30 p.m.

(ABC) Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Tulsa (6-6), 4:45 p.m.

(ESPN) Foster Farms Bowl Santa Clara, Calif.

Nebraska (5-7) vs. UCLA (8-4), 8:15 p.m.

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Monday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl Annapolis, Md. Navy (9-2) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4), 1:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Central Michigan (7-5) vs. Minnesota (5-7), 4 p.m. (ESPN2) Tuesday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Air Force (8-5) vs. California (7-5), 1 p.m.

(ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, Fla. North Carolina (11-2) vs. Baylor (9-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona Bowl Tucson Nevada (6-6) vs. Colorado State (7-5), 6:30 p.m. (TBA) Texas Bowl Houston Texas Tech (7-5) vs. LSU (8-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 30 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Auburn (6-6) vs. Memphis (9-3), 11 a.m.

(ESPN) Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. NC State (7-5) vs. Mississippi St. (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn.

Louisville (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6 p.m.

(ESPN) Holiday Bowl San Diego Wisconsin (9-3) vs. USC (8-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl Atlanta Houston (12-1) vs. Florida State (10-2), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl (Playoff Semifinal) Miami Gardens, Fla. Clemson (13-0) vs. Oklahoma (11-1), 3 p.m.

(ESPN) Cotton Bowl (Playoff Semifinal) Arlington, Texas Alabama (12-1) vs. Michigan State (12-1), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. Northwestern (10-2) vs. Tennessee (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. Michigan (9-3) vs. Florida (10-3), noon (ABC) Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz.

Notre Dame (10-2) vs. Ohio State (11-1), noon (ESPN) Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif.

Iowa (12-1) vs. Stanford (11-2), 4 p.m.

(ESPN) Sugar Bowl New Orleans Oklahoma State (10-2) vs. Mississippi (9-3), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 2 TaxSlayer Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Penn St. (7-5) vs. Georgia (9-3), 11 a.m.

(ESPN) Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn.

Kansas St. (6-6) vs. Arkansas (7-5), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl San Antonio Oregon (9-3) vs. TCU (10-2), 5:45 p.m.

(ESPN) Cactus Bowl Phoenix West Virginia (7-5) vs. Arizona State (6-6), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 11 College Football Championship Game Glendale, Ariz.

Orange Bowl winner vs. Cotton Bowl winner, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 16 11 .593 Boston 14 12 .538 New York 12 14 .462 Brooklyn 7 18 .280 Philadelphia 1 26 .037 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 15 9 .625 Charlotte 15 10 .600 Orlando 14 11 .560 Atlanta 15 12 .556 Washington 10 14 .417 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 17 7 .708 Chicago 15 8 .652 Indiana 15 9 .625 Detroit 15 12 .556 Milwaukee 10 17 .370

GB — 1½ 3½ 8 15 GB — ½ 1½ 1½ 5 GB — 1½ 2 3½ 8½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 22 5 .815 — Dallas 14 12 .538 7½ Memphis 14 13 .519 8 Houston 12 14 .462 9½ New Orleans 7 18 .280 14 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 17 9 .654 — Denver 11 14 .440 5½ Utah 10 14 .417 6 Portland 11 16 .407 6½ Minnesota 9 16 .360 7½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 24 1 .960 — L.A. Clippers 15 10 .600 9 Phoenix 11 15 .423 13½ Sacramento 10 15 .400 14 L.A. Lakers 4 21 .160 20

Thursday’s results Charlotte 109, Toronto 99, OT Cleveland 104, Oklahoma City 100 Houston at L.A. Lakers, late Today’s games Brooklyn at Indiana, 6 p.m.

New York at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Portland at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Miami, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at Utah, 8 p.m.

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

New Orleans at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.

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No. 2 Kansas vs. Montana, 1 p.m.

No. 3 Oklahoma vs. Creighton, 1 p.m.

No. 4 Kentucky vs. Ohio State, at Brooklyn, N.Y., 2:30 p.m.

No. 5 Iowa State vs. Northern Iowa, at Des Moines, 6 p.m.

No. 6 Maryland vs. Princeton, at Baltimore, 6 p.m.

No. 7 Duke vs. Utah, at New York, 11 a.m.

No. 8 Virginia vs. No. 12 Villanova, 11 a.m.

No. 9 Purdue vs. No. 17 Butler, at Indianapolis, 4 p.m.

No. 10 Xavier vs. Auburn, 11 a.m.

No. 11 North Carolina vs. No. 22 UCLA, at Brooklyn, N.Y., noon No. 13 Arizona vs. UNLV, 8:30 p.m.

No. 14 Providence vs. Rider, 7 p.m.

No. 15 Miami vs. College of Charleston, 1 p.m.

No. 16 Baylor at No. 24 Texas A&M, 8 p.m.

No. 19 Louisville vs. W. Kentucky, 11 a.m.

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Sunday’s game No. 25 UConn vs. UMass-Lowell, at Hartford, Conn., 3 p.m.

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Big Ten Conference Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Purdue 0-0 .000 11-0 1.000 Michigan St. 0-0 .000 11-0 1.000 Maryland 0-0 .000 9-1 .900 Northwestern 0-0 .000 9-1 .900 Indiana 0-0 .000 8-3 .727 Michigan 0-0 .000 8-3 .727 Iowa 0-0 .000 8-3 .727 Penn St. 0-0 .000 8-3 .727 Nebraska 0-0 .000 7-4 .636 Wisconsin 0-0 .000 7-5 .583 Illinois 0-0 .000 6-5 .545 Minnesota 0-0 .000 6-5 .545 Ohio St. 0-0 .000 5-5 .500 Rutgers 0-0 .000 4-6 .400 Saturday’s games Michigan St. at Northeastern, 11:30 a.m.

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Iowa vs. Drake, at Des Moines, 3:30 p.m.

Purdue vs. Butler, at Indianapolis, 4 p.m.

Youngstown St. at Michigan, 5 p.m.

Maryland vs. Princeton, at Baltimore, 6 p.m.

Penn St. vs. Drexel, at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s games Monmouth at Rutgers, noon Samford at Nebraska, 6 p.m.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 33 20 10 3 43 101 76 Boston 30 17 9 4 38 96 80 Detroit 31 16 9 6 38 79 79 Ottawa 32 16 11 5 37 98 95 Florida 32 16 12 4 36 86 76 Tampa Bay 32 16 13 3 35 78 73 Buffalo 33 14 16 3 31 77 86 Toronto 30 10 13 7 27 72 86 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 30 22 6 2 46 91 64 N.Y. Rangers 33 19 10 4 42 96 79 N.Y. Islanders 33 18 10 5 41 91 79 New Jersey 32 16 12 4 36 77 80 Philadelphia 32 14 12 6 34 68 86 Pittsburgh 30 15 12 3 33 68 74 Carolina 31 12 14 5 29 77 96 Columbus 34 12 19 3 27 83 105

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Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 32 23 7 2 48 108 83 33 19 10 4 42 84 79 30 17 7 6 40 84 70 33 18 11 4 40 89 78 32 15 11 6 36 82 83 33 16 16 1 33 90 89 31 14 15 2 30 85 95 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 31 20 9 2 42 81 66 San Jose 31 16 14 1 33 83 83 Calgary 31 15 14 2 32 83 105 Arizona 31 14 15 2 30 86 102 Edmonton 33 14 17 2 30 87 100 Vancouver 33 11 14 8 30 81 94 Anaheim 30 11 14 5 27 56 76 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday’s results Buffalo 3, Anaheim 0 Florida 5, New Jersey 1 Philadelphia 2, Vancouver 0 San Jose 5, Toronto 4, OT Los Angeles 3, Montreal 0 St. Louis 2, Nashville 1 Minnesota 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Chicago 4, Edmonton 0 Calgary 3, Dallas 1 Colorado 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Columbus 7, Arizona 5 Today’s games Boston at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

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San Jose at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

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IS YOUR PET MISSING? Read our found section in todays paper. Just in case it is not there, call one of your area animal shelters listed below: Lee County Animal Control (815)284-3833 Granny Rose Animal Shelter (815)288-7387 Whiteside County Animal Control (815)625-3507 Happy Tails Humane Society (815)626-2994 A public service of Sauk Valley Media

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COME DANCE WITH ME Julie Dale Children/Adult 815-718-1814 January 4, 2016 Second Semester Dale Dance Studio Sterling, Illinois

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DIXON Reduced 410 VanBuren $15,000 Please leave message 815-440-3478

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Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Garden of Prayer, 2 plots, $700 each/obo 815-732-2710

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4BR completely furnished basement apartment.

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Nice! Spacious!

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DIXON DIXON MANOR APT- 2BR, 1 BA, CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN, SECURITY BLDG, HARDWOOD FLOORS, HEAT, WATER INCLUDED. CLEAN, QUIET. CALL FOR INFO & SHOWINGERICK; 815-7395806 ★Must See!★ 2BR very clean, quiet.

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PROPHETSTOWN 3BR Luxury apartment- 202 Market St. $1,200/month.

Kophamer and Blean Realty 815-772-2728

ROCK FALLS 1 & 2 BR Hampton Apts.

815-625-7043 2BR Apt. $500/mo.

815-499-7448 2BR, $500mo. No pets. Edon Apts.

815-441-3999 THICKSTEN APTS. 1 & 2 BR houses 815-499-4217

Whiteside County & Surrounding Areas

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

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RIVER RIDGE APARTMENTS

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF LB-UBS COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-C5, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-C5, By and through LNR Partners, LLC, its special servicer, Plaintiff, v.

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Garages Available Next to

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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Order of Sale entered on November 13, 2015, the Whiteside County Sheriff will, on Thursday, January 7, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in in the third-floor lobby of the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, Illinois 61270, sell to the highest bidder for cash,, the mortgaged real estate commonly known as 4311 E. Lincoln Way, Sterling, IL 61081, Tax ID Number: 11-12-376-015, and improved with a multitenant retail building and parking lot.

1-815-414-2288

NORTHLAND PARK APARTMENTS Studio’s, 1 & 2 BR Apts.

Sale terms: Sold as is, where is. Bidders must be present, at the time of sale, with a cashier's or certified check or cash for 10% of the judgment amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours by similar funds.

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3BR apt. 600 Griswold Ave. (Woosung is the town next to Dixon).

Newly renovated and new appliances. No pets. $525/ mo. Sec. dep. req. Call Matt 310-750-5663

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SHOE REPAIR ZIPPER REPAIR & ALTERATIONS Grummert's Hardware Sterling, Rock Falls, & also Shaw's Marketplace 214 Washington Prophetstown

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2BR, 1 bath, small kitchen & living room. Stove, refrig, C/A, & garage.

Non smoking, no pets. $550 & dep., refs. preferred.

815-600-1151

Small 1BR with 2 car garage & remodeled kitchen.

1005 W. 9th. 815625-4596.

Cute 3BR,

Rent like a Winner™

Nice yard, gas heat 1204 Ave. J. $598 815-878-7399

Pleasant View Rehabilitation & Health Care Center is looking for caring & dedicated

RNs - LPNs

Full/Part-time, All Shifts Available Current IL License Required

To apply contact Amie Behrens, Administrator 500 N. Jackson St. • Morrison, IL 61270 (815) 772-7288 EOE www.petersenhealthcare.net

COMMERCIAL RENTAL

LOANS

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Secured 3 acre w/ high bays and office, 3818 River Rd., Sterling.

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MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

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Roomate(s) wanted for country home, 1 mi. E. of Morrison 4 BR, $300+/mo.

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PERMANENT, FULL-TIME POSITION available immediately in agricultural office in Lee County. Salary range $12-$15 per hour plus benefits. A copy of the vacancy announcement is available at 319 South Mason Ave in Amboy.

Application packages and supporting documentation as requested must be completed online through www.USAJOBS.gov

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We recognize and appreciate the benefits of diversity in the workplace. People who share this belief and reflect a diverse background are encouraged to apply. FSA is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Relocation expenses not authorized.

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A MANDATORY ORIENTATION will be held for applicants on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at the Sterling Coliseum, 212 3rd Avenue, Sterling, IL. The testing will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2016. More information to be provided at the orientation.

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THECITYOFSTERLING,ILBoardofFireandPoliceCommissioners will be accepting applications for POLICE OFFICER for the Sterling Police Department. Applications will be available in the Police Department Administration office, 212 3rd Avenue, Sterling, IL beginning Monday, December 21, 2015 through Monday, January 11, 2016.

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LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

CASE NO. 2015 TX 37 TO: RICKEY D. ANSPACH; COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS, INC; UNKNOWN OWNERS, HEIRS AND OCCUPANTS AND PARTIES INTERESTED and THE WHITESIDE COUNTY CLERK.

CASE NO. 2015 TX 44 TO:STANLEY SZYDELKO; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS AND PARTIES INTERESTED and THE LEE COUNTY CLERK.

YOU AND EACH OF YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE THAT at a sale of real estate made by the County Collector of WHITESIDE County, Illinois held at the WHITESIDE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, MORRISON, IL 61270 ON NOVEMBER 1, 2013, BRUCKNER KEOUGH TRUST purchased the following described real estate situated in said county for the GENERAL taxes, special assessments, interest, penalties and costs due and unpaid thereon for the year 2012; PIN: 11 20 401 003 CERTIFICATE 201200167 PROPERTY LOCATION: 804 DILLION AVE., STERLING, IL 61081 a/k/a LOT 22 , BLOCK 7 IN WEST STERLING, CITY OF STERLING, WHITESIDE COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE THAT THE undersigned being the purchaser of said real estate at said sale has filed a petition in the County Court of WHITESIDE County, Illinois in the same proceedings wherein said real estate was directed to be sold praying among other things for an order directing the issuance of a Tax Deed to the undersigned; that on the 13TH DAY OF MAY, 2016 AT 9:00 A.M. or as soon as after as he may be heard, the undersigned will appear before said court in the WHITESIDE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 4th FLOOR, 200 E KNOX ST., MORRISON, IL 61270 and present said Petition to the Court and apply for an order directing the County Clerk to issue a Tax Deed to Petitioner in accordance with the prayer thereof, at that time you may appear and be heard if you so desire. For further information contact the County Clerk at 815-772-5189. Last day for redemption is MAY 1, 2016.

Dated DECEMBER 10, 2015 BRUCKNER KEOUGH TRUST, PURCHASER, 1110 LOCUST STREET THOMSON, IL 61285; 815-259-3168 December 16, 17, 18, 2015 LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS CASE NO. 2015 TX 43 TO:RYAN SEIBLE; RUTH BOWEN; INGRID NELSON; HANS SEIBLE; NORMA BALEERCK; THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY AS TRUSTEE; CITY OF DIXON; AMCORE BANK, N.A., UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF RALPH SEIBLE DECEASED AND OCCUPANTS AND PARTIES INTERESTED and THE LEE COUNTY CLERK.

YOU AND EACH OF YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE THAT at a sale of real estate made by the County Collector of LEE County, Illinois held at the LEE COUNTY OLD COURTHOUSE, 112 E. 2nd ST., Dixon, IL 61021 ON NOVEMBER 5, 2013, LAWRENCE BRUCKNER purchased the following described real estate situated in said county for the taxes, special assessments, interest, penalties and costs due and unpaid thereon for the year 2012, to-Wit: CERTIFICATE 2013-00119 PIN 07 08 05 356 025 LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS: LOT FIFTY FOUR (54) AND LOT FIFTY FIVE (55) IN PARSON'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF DIXON, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF DIXON, COUNTY OF LEE AND STATE OF ILLINOIS COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1305 CHRISTIANA TERRACE, DIXON IL 61021.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE THAT THE undersigned being the purchaser of said real estate at said sale has filed a petition in the County Court of LEE County, Illinois in the same proceedings wherein said real estate was directed to be sold praying among other things for an order directing the issuance of a Tax Deed to the undersigned; that on the 12TH DAY OF MAY, 2016 AT 11:30 A.M. or as soon as after as he may be heard, the undersigned will appear before said court in the LEE COUNTY COURTS BUILDING, 2nd FLOOR, 309 S. GALENA, DIXON, IL 61021 and present said Petition to the Court and apply for an order directing the County Clerk to issue a Tax Deed to Petitioner in accordance with the prayer thereof, at that time you may appear and be heard if you so desire. For further information contact the County Clerk at 815-288-3309. Last day for redemption is MAY 5, 2016.

Dated DECEMBER 10, 2015 LAWRENCE BRUCKNER, PETITIONER, 1110 LOCUST STREET THOMSON, IL 61285; 815-259-3168 December 16, 17, 18, 2015 LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS CASE NO. 2015 TX 45 TO:ELMER C BOOS JR; JOANNE BOOS; CITY OF DIXON; UNKNOWN OWNERS, HEIRS AND OCCUPANTS AND PARTIES INTERESTED and THE LEE COUNTY CLERK.

YOU AND EACH OF YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE THAT at a sale of real estate made by the County Collector of LEE County, Illinois held at the LEE COUNTY OLD COURTHOUSE, 112 E. 2nd ST., Dixon, IL 61021 ON NOVEMBER 5, 2013, LAWRENCE BRUCKNER purchased the following described real estate situated in said county for the taxes, special assessments, interest, penalties and costs due and unpaid thereon for the year 2012, to-Wit: CERTIFICATE 2013-00127 PIN 07 08 05 412 004 LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS: The Southerly 50 feet of the Westerly 100 Feet of Lot Two (2) in Block One Hundred Five (105) in Original Town (now city) of Dixon, in Lee County, Illinois COMMONLY KNOWN AS 810 Highland, DIXON, IL 61021.

YOU AND EACH OF YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE THAT at a sale of real estate made by the County Collector of LEE County, Illinois held at the LEE COUNTY OLD COURTHOUSE, 112 E. 2nd ST., Dixon, IL 61021 ON NOVEMBER 5, 2013, LAWRENCE BRUCKNER purchased the following described real estate situated in said county for the taxes, special assessments, interest, penalties and costs due and unpaid thereon for the year 2012, to-Wit: CERTIFICATE 2013-00135 PIN 07 08 06 278 001 LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS: LOT NUMBER FOUR (4) IN BLOCK NUMBER TWENTY-TWO (22) IN THE TOWN OF WEST DIXON (NOW A PART OF THE CITY OF DIXON), REFERENCE BEING HAD TO THE PLAT OF SAID WEST DIXON IN THE RECORDER'S OFFICE OF LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS COMMONLY KNOWN AS 76 DOUGLAS AVENUE, DIXON, IL 61021.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE THAT THE undersigned being the purchaser of said real estate at said sale has filed a petition in the County Court of LEE County, Illinois in the same proceedings wherein said real estate was directed to be sold praying among other things for an order directing the issuance of a Tax Deed to the undersigned; that on the 12TH DAY OF MAY, 2016 AT 11:30 A.M. or as soon as after as he may be heard, the undersigned will appear before said court in the LEE COUNTY COURTS BUILDING, 2nd FLOOR, 309 S. GALENA, DIXON, IL 61021 and present said Petition to the Court and apply for an order directing the County Clerk to issue a Tax Deed to Petitioner in accordance with the prayer thereof, at that time you may appear and be heard if you so desire. For further information contact the County Clerk at 815-288-3309. Last day for redemption is MAY 5, 2016.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE THAT THE undersigned being the purchaser of said real estate at said sale has filed a petition in the County Court of LEE County, Illinois in the same proceedings wherein said real estate was directed to be sold praying among other things for an order directing the issuance of a Tax Deed to the undersigned; that on the 12TH DAY OF MAY, 2016 AT 11:30 A.M. or as soon as after as he may be heard, the undersigned will appear before said court in the LEE COUNTY COURTS BUILDING, 2nd FLOOR, 309 S. GALENA, DIXON, IL 61021 and present said Petition to the Court and apply for an order directing the County Clerk to issue a Tax Deed to Petitioner in accordance with the prayer thereof, at that time you may appear and be heard if you so desire. For further information contact the County Clerk at 815-288-3309. Last day for redemption is MAY 5, 2016.

Dated DECEMBER 10, 2015

Dated DECEMBER 10, 2015

LAWRENCE BRUCKNER, PETITIONER, 1110 LOCUST STREET THOMSON, IL 61285; 815-259-3168 December 16, 17, 18, 2015

LAWRENCE BRUCKNER, PETITIONER, 1110 LOCUST STREET THOMSON, IL 61285; 815-259-3168 December 16, 17, 18, 2015

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF LEE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

ESTATE OF: AMEY MAE SCHWEIK NO. 2015 P 13 Notice is given of the death of Amey Mae Schweik whose address was 525 East Main Street, Amboy, IL 61310. Letters of Office were issued on June 3, 2015 to Guy E. Schweik of 32 Walnut Circle, Sugar Grove, IL 60554 as Independent Executor, whose attorney is Timothy P. McHugh, 360 W. Butterfield Rd., Ste 300, Elmhurst, IL 60126.

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

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF LB-UBS COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-C5, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005C5, By and through LNR Partners, LLC, its special servicer, Plaintiff, v.

PINE PARTNERS, LLC, a foreign limited liability company; UNKNOWN OWNERS; and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, CASE NO. 15 CH 90 NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE TO HEIRS AND LEGATEES Notice is hereby given to creditors and Unknown Heirs, who are heirs or legatees of the above proceeding.

To probate a will and whose name and address is not state in the petition to admit the will to probate, that an order was entered by the Court on June 3, 2015 admitting the will to probate. Within 42 days after the effective date of the original court or other evidence, as provided in section 6-21 of the Probate Act of 1975 (ILCS 5/6-21). You will also have the right under section 8-2 of the Probate Act of 1975 (ILCS 5/8-1) to contest the validity of the will by filing a petition with the Court within 6 months after the admission of the will to probate.

The estate will be administered without Court Supervision, unless under section 28-4 of the Probate Act of 1975 (ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Circuit Court Clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of Denise McCaffrey, Clerk of the Court, 309 S. Galena Ave., Ste. 320, Dixon, Illinois, or with the representative or both on or before June 11, 2016, any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Circuit Court Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney, if any, within ten (10) days after it has been filed with the Circuit Clerk.

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Order of Sale entered on November 13, 2015, the Whiteside County Sheriff will, on Thursday, January 7, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in in the third-floor lobby of the Whiteside County Courthouse, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, Illinois 61270, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate:

TIMOTHY P. MCHUGH Attorney No. 6187756 360 W Butterfield Rd., Ste. 300 Elmhurst IL 60126 630-941-2855 Dec. 11, 18, 24, 2015

PARCEL 3: A non-exclusive easement for pedestrian and vehicular ingress and egress for the benefit of Parcel 1 as created by Instrument dated December 3, 1997 and recorded January 5, 1998 as Document No. 63-98, more particularly described as follows: Part of Lot 3 as designated upon the Plat of Woessner-Buchmeier Subdivision, being a subdivision of part of the North Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 13 and a part of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 21 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, recorded as Document No. 6483-97 in the Recorder's Office of Whiteside County, Illinois, all being situated in Whiteside County, Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Lot 3; thence South 35°38'47" East, along the Easterly line of said Lot 3, a distance of 253.23 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing South 35°38'47" East, along the Easterly line of said Lot 3, a distance of 30.38 feet; thence South 45°l6'22" West, a distance of 1.59 feet; thence Southwesterly along a curve with a radius of 115.00 feet, said curve being convex to the Southeast, the chord of which bears South 62°36'19" West, a chord distance of 68.52 feet; thence Southwesterly along a curve with a radius of 45.00 feet, said curve being convex to the Northwest, a chord of which bears South 45°14'23" West a chord distance of 49.93 feet; thence South 12°32'29" West, a distance of 17.17 feet to a point on the Northerly right of way line of 43rd Avenue; thence Westerly along said Northerly right of way line, along a curve with a radius of 315.00 feet, said curve being convex to the South, the chord of which bears North 83°23'46" West, a chord distance of 30.16 feet; thence North 12°32'29" East, a distance of 20.29 feet; thence Northeasterly along a curve with a radius of 75.00 feet, said curve being convex to the Northwest, the chord of which bears North 46°14'23" East, a chord distance of 83.22 feet; thence Northeasterly along a curve with a radius of 85.00 feet, said curve being convex to the Southeast, the chord of which bears North 62°36'19" East, a chord distance of 50.65 feet; thence North 45°16'22" East, a distance of 6.38 feet to the point of beginning.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTHEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN RE THE ESTATE OF Carolyn M. White Deceased.

NO. 2015 P 143 WILL NOTICE AND CLAIM NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION Notice is given of the death of Carolyn M. White. Letters of Office were issued on December 1, 2015 to Christina J. Sugars of Petersburg, Illinois, as independent representative whose attorney is Marvin G. Ripley, 300 First Avenue, Suite 200, Rock Falls, IL 61071.

Notice is given to the heirs and legatees who are named in a petition filed in the above proceeding to probate a will and whose names or addresses are not stated in the petition to admit the will to probate, that an order was entered by the Court on December 1, 2015 admitting the will to probate. Within 42 days after the effective date of the original order of admission you may file a petition with the court to require proof of the will by testimony of the witnesses to the will in open court or other evidence, as provided in Section 6-21 of the Probate Act. You also have the right under Section 8-1 of the Probate Act to contest the validity of the will by filing a petition with the court within 6 months after admission of the will to probate.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, 200 E. Knox St., Morrison, IL 61270, or with the representative, or both, on or before June 15, 2016. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred as to the estate which is inventoried within that period. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed and delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk.

You may obtain a copy of a form of a petition to terminate independent administration from the Clerk of the Court at the above address.

December 1, 2015

Susan E. Ottens, Clerk Circuit Court

MARVIN G. RIPLEY Attorney for Estate 300 1St Avenue, Suite 200 Rock Falls IL 61071 Telephone: 815-626-0200 Dec. 4, 11, 18, 2015

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PARCEL 1: Tract “A” of Pine Tree Commercial Subdivision, being a Resubdivision of Lot 2 as designated upon the plat of WoessnerBuchmeier Subdivision, being a part of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 21 North, Range 7, East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, City of Sterling, according to the plat thereof recorded on November 7, 1997 as Document No. 10361-97, Whiteside County, Illinois.

PARCEL 2: A non-exclusive easement and right of way for the benefit of Parcel 1 as created by Instrument dated and recorded December 10, 1997 as Document No. 11299-97, more particularly described as follows: Part of Lot 3 as designated upon the Plat of Pine Tree Commercial Subdivision, being a subdivision of part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 21 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, recorded as Document No. 10361-97 in the Recorder's Office of Whiteside County, Illinois, all being situated in Whiteside County, Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Lot 3; thence North 47°43'55" East along the Northwest line of said Lot 3, a distance of 230.56 feet; thence South 42°16'05" East, a distance of 15.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 42°16'05" East, a distance of 25.00 feet; thence North 47° 43'53" East, a distance of 51.25 feet; thence South 86°23'21" West, a distance of 40.02 feet; thence South 47°43'55" West, a distance of 20.00 feet to the point of beginning.

PARCEL 4: Non-exclusive easements for ingress/egress, utilities, drainage and parking created by the Declaration of Reciprocal Easements with Covenants and Restrictions recorded on December 10, 1997 as Document No. 11297-97, affecting land described as follows: Tract “A” and Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Pine Tree Commercial Subdivision, being a Resubdivision of Lot 2 as designated upon the plat of Woessner-Buchmeier Subdivision, being a part of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 21 North, Range 7, East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, City of Sterling, according to the plat thereof recorded on November 7, 1997 as Document No. 10361-97, Whiteside County, Illinois.

Tax ID Number: 11-12-376-015.

The real estate is commonly known as 4311 E. Lincoln Way, Sterling, IL 61081 and is improved with an multitenant retail building and parking lot.

Sale terms: Sold as is, where is. Bidders must be present at the time of sale, with a cashier?s or certified check or cash for 10% of the judgment amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours by similar funds.

For information call: Benjamin B. Folsom, Foley & Lardner LLP, 321 N. Clark Street, Suite 2800, Chicago, IL 60654-5313, 312832-4500.

Dec. 4, 11, 18, 2015 For Sale The City of Prophetstown has a 2000 Dodge Dakota 4x4 truck with 104,000 miles, and a 2008 Chevrolet Impala LT with 109,578 miles. Both vehicles can be viewed at the Prophetstown Public Works lot which is located at 233 East Railroad St. A sealed bid sheet can be picked up at Prophetstown City Hall Monday thru Friday 7am12pm & 1pm-4pm.

Bids will be opened at 10:00 AM on Tuesday January 12th, 2016.

Any questions please call City Hall 815-537-5598.

Dec. 18, 24, 31, 2015

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Palmyra Township Town Board 2016 Meeting Dates Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Tuesday, March 8, 2016 The Annual Town Meeting is Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.

This will be followed by the April regular Town Board Meeting Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Tuesday, July 12, 2016 Tuesday, August 9, 2016 Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Tuesday, October 11, 2016 Wednesday, November 9, 2016 Tuesday, December 13, 2016 NOTE: • All Monthly Meetings will begin at 7:00 P.M. • Tuesday, November 8, 2016 is an Election Day; meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 Plan Commission The Plan Commission meets as scheduled and on-call. Scheduled meetings are on April 11, June 13, September 12 and December 12, 2016. Plan Commission meetings begin at 7:00 P.M. If a petition is filed the Commission may also meet, on-call, by posting a notice at the Town Hall at least three (3) days prior to the meeting.

Posted on December 8, 2015 Palmyra Township Clerk Dec. 18, 2015

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NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is lispecifically censed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes.

The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c))

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Astrograph Don’t feel pressured to help Friday December 18, 2015 SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Don’t let the decisions of others get you down. Concentrate on your own objectives and don’t stop until you achieve them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You’ll be able to persuade others to see and do things your way. Taking a unique approach to how you handle people will improve your reputation and popularity.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Don’t feel pressured to help someone who takes advantage of you. Question the sincerity and motives of those who take but don’t give back. Refuse to let anyone make you feel guilty.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- You’ll have plenty of creative ideas, and your imagination will help you find solutions to any problems that come your way.

Romance is on the rise. Plan to do something special.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Keep moving forward, no matter what anyone else does or says.

It’s important to stay focused if you want to get everything on your to-do list finished. Bring about change.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Put more into your relationships with others. Your undivided attention will be appreciated and rewarded. Don’t be afraid to offer unusual suggestions, it will show everyone how diverse you are.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -Take a step back and be a friendly observer. Try to understand what others are going through and find ways to compensate for those who deserve patience and tolerance.

make better choices now.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -Put a little muscle behind your ideas and plans. You will be able to make positive changes at home that will improve your relationships with the people close to your heart.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Nothing can stop you if you put your mind to it. Persistence coupled with relentless courage and desire will help you put your creative imagination to work.

Romance is encouraged.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -Bring about change instead of waiting for it to come to you. A chance to travel or network will give you a better understanding of the opportunities that lie ahead.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Growing uncertainty about your direction and the people around you will be an issue. Reflect about what’s happened in the past and use your experience to

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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

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

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 Free Adorable Kittens to a good home, Ready for Christmas!!

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Golden Doodles 9 males, Apricot. $700 each 563-212-7307 WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

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SNOWBLOWERS 782 722 Simplicity 2 stage self propelled snow blower 7HP, pull start.

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FREE to indoor home, gray kitten w/ white shades on paws & face, Great Christmas Gift!

815-626-4490

Call us 625-3600 284-2222

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS

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).

Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

1 year old HP Microsoft 10 $195 815-631-6678

TOOLS & MACHINERY

792

NEW TODAY Retired Mechanic, selling tools-Mac & Snap-On, $25,000 invested—Asking $10,000/obo. Serious Inquiries only.

Call Mike for details. 309-716-7382

WANT TO BUY 795 22” evergreen wreath w/ red poinsettias.

Like new. $5 815-441-4543 I Pay Cash 4 Gold, Silver, Coins & Antiques 24/7 815-564-9061 Skid loader in any condition 563-212-7699

NEW TODAY Want to buy Western fiction paper back books

by Luke Short 815-291-0127 or 815-626-6618

Antique Lic. Plates 1941 thru 1947 1949 & 1934 $20 ea. 815-973-4972 Brand new in box!

Craftsman cast iron based professional 6 1/8 jointer planer. $375 13” Craftsman professional planer w dust collector and access. $275 Or both for $550 815-631-3130 Craftsman rotary tool bench w/ Chicago tool grinder, indust. grade $150.

Heavy duty 8' steel ramps $60.

Call 815-284-7903 Epiphany & Cypress Serious 6.4 Home theater surround sound systems $250 obo 815-440-0029 Grandma's Attic oak computer armoire like new. $100.

815-2848960 Misc. scale model cars & some NIB $5 & up.

815-712-3058 Mr. and Mrs. P's 710 S. Galena Ave. Dixon 815-288-1178 Your Place for Unique Items from Jewelry to Fish Mounts

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE Order Your Homemade/ Hand Delivered Holiday Cakes and Cookies Now! 815-677-4137 See More Online Photos, Commerce, Expanded Text ➛Look for WEB ID ➛Log on to: www.saukvalley. com classifieds ➛Enter the WEB ID in the WEB ID Box ➛View Photos, Expanded Text BUY ONLINE!! saukvalley.com CLASSIFIEDS Twin, full, queen, king beds. Elec. lift chair, full bed, dryer, washer, table & chairs, recliners, sofa, dresser, BR set, freezer, refrig.

815-718-4385.

FARM LAND WANTED

815

Family farming operation wanting to expand; looking for land to cash rent or 50/50.

Please send replies to Box #:1311 ,c/o Sauk Valley Classifieds, P.O.Box 498, Sterling, IL 61081

AUTOMOBILES 905 1999 Ford Escort 77K miles, many new parts. Needs some work, runs good $700 obo 815-284-9881

AUTOMOBILES 905

NEW REAL DEAL FOR ITEMS OVER $300

A 5 Line REAL DEAL

ad runs for 30 days in Sauk Valley Classifieds, 4 Ogle County Papers, The Review, Prairie Advocate, and saukvalley.com all for only $42!

Special must be mentioned at time of ad placement.

Offer expires 12/31/15 No Commercial Advertising, Pets, Garage Sales, Wood/ Fuel, Tickets/ Travel or Real Estate

2002 Toyota Camry, clean, no rust, power everything, high miles, $3500 815-625-6629

NEW TODAY 2004 Buick LeSabre Limited, loaded. 93K mi.

Runs great! $3900 cash. 815-7722145 (Morrison) 2007 Toyota Camry, silver, 17K mi.

Reduced $11,500.

Call Jeff 815-6317610.

96' Chevy Lumina, low mi. dependable. $2,200 OBO. 815-631-3130 leave message creditautosales dixon.com Always over 100+ vehicles to choose from.

HAVING TROUBLE wording your ad? Call our classified department today. We'll be glad to help you. 626SOLD or 284SOLD.

TRUCKS

A.T.V.S

910

1983 Ford F250 XL 4x4 7.3 Diesel w/ plow. $3500 1995 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer 4x4 new motor trans. 6.4 $3500 1997 Chevrolet 8' truck box. $800 2003 Toper Short box. $200 815-626-7165 or 815-441-2559 1997 Chevy S10 ext. cab, 157k mi., bedliner, runs good, $2000 815-632-3397

2012 Arctic Cat 700 iGT, advantage timber. Front winch, new battery & power steering.

Exc. Cond. $5,500 815-622-1868

TRAILERS/RVS

2009 Single Axle (load trail) trailer.

5'x10' dove tail & drop down ramp.

Set up w/ removable wheel chock to carry bigger motorcycle. $1,000 815-535-3503

Nissan frontier P/U truck 5ft. Box. $200 OBO 815-499-3500 911

SNOWMOBILES

2001 Dodge Ram B1500, runs great, very clean, 74k actual mi., $4,200 815-535-7011

4X4S

2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4, 6 cyl., 4dr. Tow pkg. or 815-631-6350 815-631-5495.

AUTOS WANTED

CASH 4-CARS

We are licensed & insured to buy vehicles. Running or non running, scrap, Ect. 7 days a week.

All Calls Answered!

935

2008 Harley Davidson 1200 Sportster Custom, low miles, $4,500 815-499-9409

(815)499-3543 $$$$$$$$$$$$$

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NEW YEAR SAVINGS EVENT!

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960

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925

NAPA rebuilt 199293 Chevy Truck Alternator. Excellent condition $40 815652-5188

MOTORCYCLES

955

2011 Ski Doo MXZ TNT well maintained sled, always stored indoors.

3400 mi. $5,300 815-499-1640

912

PARTS & ACC.

945

2008 Pace American 4 placed enclosed drive-on drive-off snowmobile trailer $3,900 815-716-0297

Black 2014 Paragon retractable Tonneau cover. Will fit

VANS

936

Costco Discount Program Supplier Discount Program

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2011 GMC TERRAIN SLE-1

2015 FORD ESCAPE SE

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2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500HD SRW LTZ

2007 PONTIAC G6 1SV

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1701 E 4th St., Sterling, IL 61081 • 815-625-9600

GREG MAJESKI

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