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STATE LEGISLATURE | PENSIONS

‘Fix’ officially in How they voted How lawmakers from the Sauk Valley voted Tuesday on the plan to fix the state pensions shortfall: Yes: Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon; Sen. Mike Jacobs, D-East Moline No: Sen. Tim Bivins, R-Dixon; Rep. Don Moffitt, R-Gilson; Rep. Mike Smiddy, D-Hillsdale; Rep. Brian Stewart, R-Freeport

House, Senate both say ‘Yes’ to reform SPRINGFIELD (AP) – The Illinois Legislature approved a historic plan Tuesday to eliminate the state’s $100 billion pension shortfall, a long-delayed decision proponents described as critical to repairing the state’s deeply troubled finances but that faces the immediate threat of a legal challenge from labor unions.

The House voted 62-53 in favor of the plan, which makes deep cuts in state employees’ retirement benefits, min-

utes after it was approved by a more union-friendly Senate, 30-24. Both chambers are controlled by Democrats, traditional allies of the unions.

The measure now goes to Gov. Pat Quinn, who said he expects to sign it promptly. The Chicago Democrat, who has pushed for years for a fix for the nation’s worst-funded state pension system, declared a victory.

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Gov. Pat Quinn speaks with reporters Tuesday after pension legislation passed at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. Quinn said he expects to sign the bill promptly, calling it a victory for the state.

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Tim Rockwood strings lights around KSB’ Hospitals Christmas tree Tuesday morning. The tree will be lighted Friday to kick off DIxon Main Street’s Christmas Walk. This year’s tree was donated by KSB parking valet Deb Moss, who has a couple of big pines on her property. Moss doesn’t really miss the 30-foot tree because, she said, “I have a beautiful view now.”

SHELEY TRIAL

Murder trial now delayed until May Defense’s DNA expert needs more time with evidence

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Nicholas Sheley listens as his defense attorney, Jeremy Karlin, speaks Nov. 2 during Sheley’s murder trial for the death of Russell Reed, 93, of Sterling, at the Whiteside County Courthouse in Morrison. Sheley was found guilty of Reed’s murder. On Tuesday, his trial for four deaths in Rock Falls was delayed until May.

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MORRISON – The murder trial of twice-convicted killer Nicholas Sheley was postponed Tuesday until May. Originally set to begin in June, the trial was delayed until October, then January, and now won’t start in Rock Island County Court until May 12 – the first day of jury selection. Testimony is scheduled to begin May 19.

A motion filed by Sheley’s attorney, Jeremy Karlin, says the defense’s DNA expert needs more time to analyze the large

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amount of material put forth as evidence by the prosecution.

That evidence includes nearly 300 samples from three crime labs, Karlin says, all of which must be evaluated.

Sheley, 34, will face 15 counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of four people who were found beaten to death in a Rock Falls apartment 5 years ago: Brock Branson, 29; his fiancée, Kilynna Blake, 20; her 2-yearold son, Dayan; and Kenneth Ulve, 25.

Sheley already has been convicted of the murders of Ronald Randall, 65, of Galesburg, and Russell Reed, 93, of Sterling.

He is serving two life sentences without parole for those crimes.

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ROCK FALLS – Coloma Township trustees on Tuesday minced no words to the township’s supervisor: Get the finances squared away. No excuses.

The township hasn’t turned in a financial report to the state comptroller since 2009.

Because of that, the comptroller’s office recently fined Coloma more than $13,000.

At a special meeting Tuesday, Trustee Mary Ann Richardson told Supervisor Debra Burke that she had spoken with the township’s auditing firm, which has been working on Coloma’s audit for months.

The auditor gave the township a deadline of Dec. 13 to turn in such items as revenue numbers, Richardson said.

The firm, Wipfli, says if it doesn’t get the information by that time, it will have to suspend the audit until tax season ends in April, she said.

“Your biggest problem is you don’t follow up,” longtime Trustee Gene Jacoby told Burke, who started in 1981.

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DIXON – Santa Claus, reindeer, hot chocolate and cookies will be in downtown Dixon on Friday night.

The Christmas Walk will be held from 6 to 9 p.m., starting with a tree-lighting ceremony at KSB Hospital’s main entrance.

Other events include pictures with Santa at the mini mall on East First Street, cookie decorating at The Next Picture Show, and Hot Wheels races at Sher-

win Williams.

Several downtown streets will close, starting about 5 p.m. Friday, said Main Street Executive Director Josh Albrecht.

Parking will be available at all KSB Hospital lots and at the Loveland Community House.

Loveland will have its open house the same night, said Executive Director Steve Wilson. It will include live music, food, refreshments and a silent auction. “There’s plenty of parking and a twoblock walk to the [Christmas Walk] festivities,� Wilson said. “You can make Love-

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“Do we need to have special meetings every week to make sure you’re doing your job?�

Jacoboy asked “No, not if you give me help,� Burke responded. “You need to work more than 20 hours,� Trustee Peggy McFadden said before asking, “You’ve been here 30 years, and you don’t know how to do your job?� “The days of excuses are over,� Jacoby said. “We need action. It’s just that simple.�

The township, he said, needs to turn in the reports to the comptrol-

ler as soon as possible.

Neal said he was able “The state won’t send to speak with Downie us any more money until when he dropped by the we get these reports in,� accountant’s office. he said. “Joel Downie is three Jacoby said all four blocks over. Just drive trustees had called the over there,� Neal said. comptroller’s office to Burke offered little in figure out the situation her defense. At one point, with the fines. Burke, he she blamed an employee said, has only sent letters for some problems with and emails. book entries. And she “I can’t believe you said she had turned in the haven’t talked with them 2010 report to the compabout this,� Jacoby said. troller last week, although “This is very serious.� the agency’s website says Trustee Walter Neal the township hasn’t subasked Burke about her efforts to hire local accountant Joel Downie to help with Colo- Remote Starts, Car Audio ma’s books.

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Trustees also have expressed frustration when Burke says she didn’t get certain pieces of mail and phone calls.

So they voted unanimously to have a Coloma employee log all letters and phone calls in a notebook, which Richardson brought to the meeting. “We want to review this book every month,�

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Strategic planning could resume in 2 months T

he city’s strategic planning could restart in about 2 months, the mayor said this week.

Dixon Mayor Jim Burke said the discussions with Sikich, a Naperville company the city contracted for $31,400, likely will resume after newly hired City Administrator David Nord gets settled into the job.

Nord’s first day at work was Nov. 13, and both he and Burke have said it will take a few months until the new city administrator gains the knowledge needed to lead the city government.

The strategic planning is a way for the city to look ahead 5 or 10 years to see where it’s going and where it wants to go, Burke said. The same thing is being done in

Whiteside County.

Once the planning is active again, there will be a time for public meetings, giving Dixon residents another opportunity to influence the city’s future.

The city sought public comment on how to best use the money recovered from the sale of former Comptroller Rita Crundwell’s property and the settlement with CliftonLarsonAllen, Janis Card and Associates, and Fifth Third Bank.

Dixon also will have public meetings after Jan. 1 to get public input on the downtown streetscape project.

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column. And during my time covering Dixon and taking over this column, I have been thinking about how to use it.

I think one of the best uses of your time, my time, and this space is to provide you with some details, tidbits or quotes for the previous week that didn’t make it into an article, be it for space, time or relevance reasons.

There is a lot that doesn’t make it into an

article – quotes from sources, information from documents and notes I took during an interview. Often these pieces of information aren’t newsworthy or relevant to what I’m writing.

But sometimes, interesting things can get cut, and I want to use this column to give them life.

So each week, I’ll try to include a few pieces I had to cut.

s When I sat down with Dr. Joseph Welty last week to talk about his being named the state’s Family Physician of the Year by the Illinois Academy of of Family Physicians, we talked for a good portion of the interview about his marathon running.

He’s run 10 marathons, he said, and his personal best was during last year’s Boston Marathon, which he has run

four times. Welty ran a 3:39:00, but missed the 3:38:20 mark to be invited to next year’s marathon by 40 seconds. s On Monday, Dixon Finance Director Paula Meyer said the city has received nearly all of the $40 million from the Crundwell lawsuit settlement. She was waiting on a check for approximately $3 million, the last of those funds.

The money from the sale of Crundwell’s property likely will be received by the end of the year, she said.

Sauk Valley Media reporter Matt Mencarini covers government and happenings in Dixon. He can be reached at mmencarini@saukvalley.com or at 815-284-2224, ext. 229.

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Council sends tax levy back for further study Mr. Hand’s Elwood gets a taste of city government

BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 570

ROCK FALLS – A first reading of the 2014 tax levy ordinance was pulled from the City Council agenda at Tuesday’s meeting, and the levy will undergo further study.

City Administrator Robbin Blackert did give a brief report on the status of the levy, which shows a total tax increase of 4.99 percent. “The most important thing right now is that we lost almost $2 million on equalized assessed valuation,� Blackert said.

In addition to the lost EAV money, Blackert said pensions will be a big part of the story. “We haven’t shirked our responsibilities; we’ve funded pensions,�

Blackert said. “But the pension costs are now 47 percent of the levy.�

As an example, Blackert said the fire department pensions were $19,000 in 2008, and are now up to $100,000. The fire pensions are fully funded, while the police department pensions are 80 percent funded.

The council also approved a policy for the Utility Reimbursement Rehabilitation Program. The grant-funded program gives financial

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The council meeting also can be viewed live on Channel 5. incentives to new property owners to help with utility costs during rehabilitation or remodeling.

Single-family, owneroccupied homes and up to four-unit multi-dwelling rental properties are eligible for the program.

They must be within the city limits and have city water, sewer and electric utility services.

The reimbursement rates will be based on the amount of the building permit for the property.

Applications are available at the City of Rock Falls Building Department, 613 W. 10th St. Mayor Bill Wescott called the program a win-win proposition. “This is good for the city, with the high number of foreclosures and vacant properties,�

Wescott said. “This gives people incentive to buy these properties and make improvements.�

Mr. Hand’s Elwood sits in Wescott introduced a special guest during the meeting. The mayor said

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the guest can’t see, hear or speak, but has had a tremendous impact around the world.

Elwood, a dummy created by longtime Merrill Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Doug Hand, was propped up next to the mayor during the meeting, and will spend the rest of the week at City Hall.

Elwood, since his “birth�

Oct. 1, 1980, has traveled 5.7 million miles in a large tupperware container, meeting children all over the world. He has traveled in a space shuttle, and visited Hungary at the special request of that country’s president.

Elwood has met with many other world leaders, including Queen Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela and Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Elwood attended the meeting at the special request of Hand, who retired in 2012. “Mr. Hand is gravely ill, and said that Elwood has never been with city government,� Wescott said. “Elwood is making the rounds around town.�

Everyone at the meeting stood and clapped for Hand and Elwood – and some shed a few tears – after Wescott, a close friend of Hand’s, said “Doug, this is for you; we’re proud to have him here tonight.� “Doug and Elwood taught kids the three D’s – dreams, desire and determination,� Wescott said. “He showed kids that dreams are the purest form of imagination.�

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OBITUARIES Mickey Joe Hahn MORRISON – Mickey Joe Hahn, 63, of Morrison, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at Morrison Community Hospital.

He was born April 16, 1950, in Sterling, the son of Leonard and Mary (Miller) Hahn. He was a 1968 graduate of Sterling High School. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War. He married Barbara J. Leach on June 9, 1972, in Sterling. He was employed at the former R.B. & W., and later at Reliant Fastner in Rock Falls.

For the past 10 years, he worked at Rocktenn Co. in Clinton, Iowa. He had served as a Morrison Little League coach for many years. He was a diehard St. Louis Cardinals fan and a Chicago Bears fan.

Surviving are his wife, Barb of Morrison; his daughter, Christeen E. (Frank) Thayer Jr. of Sterling; his mother, Mary Hahn of Morrison; his sister, Sandy (Bill) Blevins of Sterling; and three granddaughters, Brennah Zuidema and Emily and Allison Thayer.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at McDonald Funeral Home, 505 First Ave., Sterling. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Dalmus Meeks officiating. Burial with military honors will be at Oak Knoll Memorial Park in Sterling.

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Paul W. Graehling POLO – Paul W. Graehling, 98, of Polo, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, at Polo Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.

Paul was born June 21, 1915, in Polo, the son of Henry and Walberga (Beck) Graehling. He was united in marriage to Doris Harrolle on June 21, 1936, in Polo. Paul was an avid collector of many things. He was very interested in the history of Ogle County and an active member of the Polo Historical Society.

Survivors include his daughters, Lois (Charles) Parks of Polo, Rosalie (Gene) Behrens of Milledgeville, and

Virginia (Dan) Dugan of Quincy; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one greatgreat-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris; brothers, Fred and Chester; and sister, Cora.

A private family service will be at a later date. Cremation rites have been accorded.

Polo Family Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to Polo Historical Society and Serenity Hospice & Home.

Visit www.polofamilyfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

Sandra J. Compton ROCK FALLS – Sandra J. Compton, 77, of Rock Falls, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, at Riverview Nursing Home in East Peoria.

Sandra was born July 5, 1936, in Tomah, Wis., the daughter of Roy and Bernadine (Kippen) Dickinson. She married LeRoy Compton Sr. on May 12, 1956, in Sterling.

She retired from Sauk Valley Community College after working 20 years as custodial supervisor. She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Sterling.

Survivors include her husband of Rock Falls; three sons, LeRoy (Maureen) Compton Jr. of Morton, Larry (Cherie) Compton of Las Vegas,

Charles Kent Nusbaum DIXON – Charles Kent Nusbaum, 84, of Dixon, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, on the family farm. He was a lifetime farmer, retiring in 1994.

Chuck was born July 19, 1929, in Glen Elder, Kan., the son of Harvey E. and Mabel (Hendricks) Nusbaum. He married Alberta Mae Barth on Feb. 10, 1951, in Wichita Falls, Texas. He served during the Korean War in the Air Force 50-9 Jet Aircraft Mechanics Training School in Amarillo, Texas.

He was a founding member of the Dixon Church of Christ, and served as an elder for many years. He served as a member of the Lee County Farm Bureau board. He was active in Dixon Kiwanis, Dixon Men’s Garden Club, and Sister Cities International. In retirement, he and his wife enjoyed traveling extensively.

Survivors include his wife, Alberta Nusbaum, and one son, Mark (Gloria) Nusbaum, both

ROCK FALLS – Cathy Landis, 63, of rural Rock Falls, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, at her home.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at McDonald Funeral

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WASHINGTON (AP) – American students once again lag behind many of their Asian and European peers on a global exam, a continuing trend that often is blamed on child poverty and a diverse population in U.S. schools.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan called the results a “picture of educational stagnation� as U.S. students showed little improvement over 3 years, failing to score in the top 20 on math, reading or science.

Students in Shanghai, China’s largest city, had the top scores in all subjects, and Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong students weren’t far behind. Even Vietnam, which had its students participate for the first time, had a higher average score in math and science than the United States.

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whether the United States is consistently outperformed because of the widely varied backgrounds of its students. Some are from low-income households, for example.

Others don’t have English as their primary language.

But some countries that outperform the United States also experience such challenges. “Americans have got a thousand reasons that one country after another is surpassing our achievement, and I have yet to find a good excuse,� said Marc Tucker, president of the National Center on Education and the Economy.

About half a million students in 65 nations and educational systems took part in the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, which is coordinated by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Coopera-

tion and Development, or OECD. Most results come from a sampling of scores from countries as a whole, but in China it was given in select regions, and the results in the financial hub of Shanghai, one of the country’s richest cities, are by no means representative of China’s overall education level.

Shanghai’s per-student funding at the middleschool level is nearly four times the national average, and prosperous Shanghai families spend thousands of dollars more per year for tutoring.

The Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics released the results. The test, given every three years to 15-year-olds, is designed to assess students’ problem-solving skills.

U.S. scores on the PISA haven’t changed much since testing started in 2000, even as students in countries like Ireland and Poland have shown improvement and surpassed U.S. students.

Irish Education Minister Ruairi Quinn said the results reflected improvements among Ireland’s lower-achieving students, even as the country’s top students underperformed compared to those in other countries.

In Britain, scores were about the same as 3 years ago, prompting debate about why the country has not improved despite increased spending on education. The nation did better than the United States in math and science but was not among the top performers in any subject.

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of Dixon; four daughters, Nancy (Tom) Wadsworth of Dixon, Janet (Eric) Mansfield of Naperville, Melody (Jonathan) Mitchell of Altadena, Calif., and Judy Springer of Milwaukee; one brother, Paul (Pat) Nusbaum of Dixon; two sisters, Arleta Harms of Rock Falls and Joyce Baker of Charlotte, N.C.; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and four sisters.

The family will have a private graveside service with full military honors at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon. Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements.

A memorial has been established to the Alzheimer’s Association Rock River Branch, 93 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Visit www.prestonschillingfuneralhome. com to send condolences.

Cathy Landis

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and Brian (Renae) Compton of Little Rock, Ark.; one sister, Janelle (Lee) Calsyn of Glendale, Calif.; one brother, Ron (Pat) Dickinson of Cedar Falls, Iowa; six grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one grandson.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Sterling, with the Rev. Mark Oehlert officiating.

A memorial has been established.

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Red alerts for fire safety raised in Dixon Wreaths’ lights changed if holiday-related fire occurs

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DIXON – During this time of year, houses all across Dixon have wreaths hanging out front. And the two firehouses are no different.

On Tuesday, the Dixon City and Rural fire departments, for the 20th consecutive year, hung wreaths for the Keep the Wreath Red campaign.

The goal is to increase fire safety awareness, specifically with holiday-related fires.

Until Monday, Jan. 6, the wreaths at both departments will be aglow with red lights and a single red light in the middle. That is, unless there’s a holiday-related fire in either department, at which point the lights will be turned white.

As the wreath was being hung on the Dixon Rural fire house, Chief Norris Tucker Jr. said he’s a little superstitious, so the white lights are already on the wreath. He just hopes they won’t be needed.

Kitson’s Tree Farm in Dixon donated the wreath to the Dixon City Fire Department, and Nichol’s Flowers and Greenhouses in Dixon donated the wreath to Dixon Rural.

Dixon City Fire Department Chief Tim Shipman said his department runs fire safety awareness programs all year with school children and adults, because it’s a proactive approach. “The motto is, ‘Fire prevention through education,’� he said. “We’d just as soon go out and educate the kids and people and get it done that way, instead of having to go put the fire out.�

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Shipman said the Keep the Wreath Red campaign was started by Paul Boecker, who worked as a fire-

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ABOVE: Dixon Rural firefighter Matt Schumacher hangs a wreath on the station Tuesday to kick off the Keep the Wreath Red fire safety campaign. The wreath is meant to remind people to be extra cautious during the holiday season. Its red lights chance to white only if there’s a holiday-related fire in either department.

BELOW: Terry Nichols (left of ladder), of Nichol’s Flowers and Greenhouses in Dixon, and Tom Kitson (right of ladder), of Kitson’s Tree Farm in Dixon, have again donated Christmas wreaths to the Dixon city and rural fire stations. fighter in the Chicago suburbs. Boecker first had the idea in 1954, but it gained traction in 1971 after he became the fire chief for the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Department.

A handful of other area fire departments participate in the campaign, Shipman said, adding that it was adopted by the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association in 1980.

Since 1983, when the two local departments started putting up the wreaths, both chiefs have noticed the switch to white lights happens less frequently, they said.

Asked whether he thought the Keep the Wreath Red campaign had made a difference in the Dixon area, Shipman was optimistic. “I hope so,� he said. “I think so.�

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Lawmakers, DNR officials, you can do better. So can the rest of us. ...

He was lean and athletic, and had traveled hundreds of miles, most likely from the Black Hills of southwestern South Dakota. He had attacked no one as he passed hundreds of towns and many more farms, each of them a lethal threat to his mission.

Yet, for lack of a better wildlife management plan in Illinois, the young cougar couldn’t get past a conservation officer armed with a state-issued rifle.

The necropsy says the cougar killed [Nov. 20] as he hid near Morrison, 130 miles west of Chicago, died of gunfire.

In truth, he died of official neglect: Even though more cougars and possibly wolves likely will be visiting Illinois, state lawmakers and the Department of Natural Resources haven’t forged policies that could allow the tranquilization, capture, and survival of animals whose ancestors blissfully roamed the Midwest long before humans intruded on their turf.

Given his hunting skills, the young male could have homesteaded anywhere in the Upper Midwest and dined on the bountiful deer population for the rest of his life. Instead, his four huge paws carried out the imperative that drove him: With larger, older males driving him away from the females on their home ranges, this cougar came looking for love.

A farmer called authorities to report a large cat running from a cornfield toward his farmstead and, sure enough, a responding conservation officer found the cat under a corn crib, probably hiding until darkness would allow it to flee.

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A conservation officer shot a cougar near Lyndon Road southeast of Morrison on Nov. 20. It was the first time an Illinois Department of Natural Resources officer has killed a cougar.

We won’t second-guess the officer, who consulted with law enforcement and wildlife personnel before killing the cougar.

That said, this was an outcome that didn’t have to be. A magnificent creature might well be headed back to South Dakota if Illinois had learned lessons after Chicago police shot and killed a cornered cougar in the Roscoe Village neighborhood 5 years ago.

WHAT ALL OF US, legislators included, have to understand is that the return of feline or canine predators to their traditional realms doesn’t mean the animals want to hurt anyone. Even as this episode unfolded, millions of National Geographic readers were receiving the magazine’s December issue, with an 18-page spread: “Ghost Cats ... Cougars are quietly reclaiming lost ground.�

The relevant passage: “Cougars have attacked humans on about 145 occasions in the U.S. and Canada since 1890. Just over 20 of those assaults – an average of one every 6 years – proved fatal.�

Yet in this case, with an animal that had threatened no one while bypassing thousands of Midwesterners, a DNR spokesman rationalized that, “Public safety is what we’ll make the decision on every time.�

The rest of DNR’s explanation is similarly lame:

The department otherwise would have had to find someone to capture and move the animal. This officer thought the situation too unsafe to call a veterinarian to tranquilize the cat. Conservation officers don’t carry tranquilizer guns.

That thinking led the DNR to the specious excuse that if the officer had shot the cougar with the wrong dosage of tranquilizer, the animal could have been harmed or killed accidentally. That excuse evokes the February 1968 explanation from a U.S. major to an Associated Press correspondent about the Vietnamese provincial city of Ben Tre: “It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.�

We were struck by sensible comments last week from Bruce Patterson, curator of mammals at Chicago’s Field Museum, who wonders why this animal had to be shot when it evidently was hiding during daylight and hadn’t threatened anyone: “It’s possible to manage wildlife while still keeping it around.�

When we editorialize about humans slaying wild predators, some readers say our concern should be – as it constantly is – directed instead to the needless killings of young people, and not toward one lost, probably frightened animal.

Fair enough, although it’s possible to think

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about both. Just as we know there will be more homicides, we know that more big predators likely are coming to Illinois.

So we’ll look back to what we expressed after the 2008 killing of the cougar in Roscoe Village: We hope Illinois comes away from last week’s episode with more than one dead cougar and a communal sadness. Illinois should develop a reliable protocol that errs on the side of trying to preserve the life of the lost animal – not of making the ad hoc decision to kill it and then resolving the ambiguities in favor of that decision.

That’s what happened here.

A LOGICAL FIRST STEP now: Give cougars protection under the Illinois Wildlife Code; they lack that protection now only because there is no known breeding population in this state. But with trail cameras capturing photos of one or more cougars in Jo Daviess, Morgan, Pike and Calhoun counties last fall, the animals evidently are re-establishing themselves in a state where they haven’t been known to live since 1870.

Lawmakers, DNR officials, you can do better.

So can the rest of us, first by using sites such as cougarnet.org to offset our visceral fear with scientific knowledge.

Wild animals roam this state. Always have and, we hope, always will. As we urged here in 2008: The same Illinois that was unprepared for the last cougar had better get ready for the next. He’s probably en route.

I generally try not to “shoot the messenger,� complain about the treatment and the lack of reliable and/or a sound perspective in political reporting. But David Giuliani’s Nov. 21 article “Would Bustos have voted for Obamacare?� is seriously flawed, biased. The most vital facts are kept from the public. It misinforms.

To begin with, the question is academic. The incumbent, U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, had not been elected when the Affordable Care Act was introduced. Then-Congressman Bobby Schilling was, and he voted against it. Sen. Dick Durbin, Bustos’ mentor, voted for it.

She simply sidestepped the question. She chose not to answer it. The issue was in the arrogance of the non-response.

Almost the entire story is about the “improvements in our health care system� with no rebuttal on each point from the challenger, Bobby Schilling. Another large part of the story attempts to justify Bustos’ turncoat votes against the administration, when it is simply running for cover.

There is no integrity in that vote.

What I consider lacking in this story, which is of supreme importance, is the background information. The 17th Congressional District was redistricted, gerrymandered for the Democrats. Schilling lost and Obama carried it by 56.6 percent by manipulating the vote in the process.

It is unforgivable to “skew� the story by reporting that the penalty for non-insurance is $95 without stating the tax (yes, “tax,� the Supreme Court ruled that it was a tax, and it is being collected by IRS) is more than that paltry sum; three or four times more.

The “fix� is nothing more than further obfuscation.

More games. This administration is all about politics. The most vital fact, what it will cost the consumer, is kept secret. The public will not know until

after the election.

Note to readers: The penalty and tax are the same thing. Its amount depends on a person’s income and family size. The base tax penalty in 2014 is $95 for a single, childless person whose income is less than $19,500.

Turkeys most likely went to taxpayers MARY CREBO Rock Falls

I read again SVM reporter Mr. Giuliani’s column (Saturday, Nov. 30) regarding the Thanksgiving basket distribution that, and I quote, “I’m betting that property taxpayers like to know how the townships are spending their money.� I think you just don’t “get it.�

Unless a person is completely homeless, in which case they wouldn’t need a turkey, nowhere to cook it, I’m betting that the majority of people who received a turkey, in one way or another, are property taxpayers. If they pay rent to a landlord, the rent includes the amount that must go to taxes, in most cases.

Then there are some renters who pay the taxes themselves, in a program designed for the landlord to charge less rent and enable the renter to participate in the “Tenant Homestead Exemption.�

Those who may be older may not be paying taxes now but certainly paid taxes when they were able to own their own homes.

As far as the wealthiest portion of the community goes, I’m sure they would rather take a well-earned vacation away from the cold Illinois weather then stand in line for hours for a turkey when they could be dining on much more exotic faire and not have to cook it.

And, of course, there are those of us who can afford to pay taxes and a turkey, spend the holiday with our families, and are happy to be part of a program that helps others to do the same.

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Officials: Stray cats pose problem in Polo City gets cooperation from residents

BY DAVID GIULIANI dgiuliani@saukvalley.com

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POLO – In dealing with stray cats, Polo officials are getting some cooperation from the people who are feeding them.

The city has received complaints about four residents with too many

cats, which wander onto neighbors’ lawns where they defecate and urinate, officials say.

In recent weeks, Police Chief Dennis Christen asked those residents to take care of the problem.

So far, he has had a good reception, Mayor Doug Knapp said. “It has never been or will be our intention to be inhumane,� the mayor said. “We’re trying to find a way to correct the situation.�

One of the residents

promised to find a place in the country to take the cats, while another planned to build a kennel on her property. Still another indicated he wanted to help out.

The fourth resident “hasn’t really� responded, Knapp said.

In a letter to Christen last month, the city’s attorney, Tom Suits, said the mayor wanted to give the property owners a chance to resolve the issue by Dec. 15. “If there are ongoing complaints after that

date, Mayor Knapp will ask the City Council to take appropriate action via enactment of an ordinance, which could lead to the issuance of citations,� Suits wrote.

Some of the City Council members weren’t told that the letter was going out, Knapp said. “This was our means to deal with this diplomatically before we involved the council,� he said. “This was a decision I made because I thought it should be done swiftly.

There was no intention to leave out the council members.�

Knapp said that because of the cooperation, he saw no need now to enact an ordinance. But he said the city had to set a deadline to solve the problem. “We tried to correct it in the easiest way possible,� he said.

In his letter, Suits said Ogle County’s animal control department would “gladly assist� the property owners with the issue.

Kevin Christensen, who started as the county’s animal control warden last month, said his agency didn’t know about the letter until afterward. He said his agency has no animal control jurisdiction in Polo, but does help to set up feral cat colonies for residents who make such requests anywhere in the county.

In such situations, he said, his agency removes cats from a property and returns them either spayed or neutered.

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“Today, we have won.

The people of Illinois have won,� Quinn said. “This landmark legislation is a bipartisan solution that squarely addresses the most difficult fiscal issue Illinois has ever confronted.�

But the state’s finances are far from in the clear, even with the $160 billion in savings the plan is estimated to provide over the next three decades.

Dixon’s two Republican lawmakers – Rep. Tom Demmer and Sen. Tim Bivins – were divided over the pension package.

A day earlier, Bivins announced he would vote against the bill, saying it would diminish employees’ pension benefits, violating the state Constitution.

Demmer said Tuesday he voted for the legislation because the need for pension reform was well established. “It was a fair compromise,� he said. “Pension reform was inevitable.

We needed solvency for the state’s pension systems.�

Asked about the constitutional argument, Demmer said the changes will occur in the future. “If you’re getting a pension check in the mail now, it won’t go down by one penny. We’re capping the amount of increases in future years,� he said.

Whiteside County’s Democratic legislators

– Rep. Mike Smiddy of Hillsdale and Sen. Mike Jacobs of East Moline – also took Sen. Tim opposite Bivins positions.

Smiddy said the bill will impair pension benefits, violating the constitution. “This will be tied up in court for who knows how long,� he said. “We have to wait until July 1 of next year for this to be implemented. Then it will be delayed after that, caught up in the courts. We are kicking the can down the road.�

Jacobs said the legislation saves people’s pensions. “People elected me to make decisions, and I voted for the taxpayers today. If we didn’t fix the pension problem, this would have turned into a tax increase,� he said.

Public-employee unions said they will seek to have the law thrown out because they believe it violates a provision of the state Constitution that says pension benefits may not be diminished.

That could delay any positive movement on the state’s credit rating, also the nation’s worst after the major ratings agencies have repeatedly downgraded because of the massive unfunded pension liability.

A coalition of unions known as We Are One Illinois, which lobbied heavily against the bill, issued a statement saying the legislation is unfair

to workers and retirees who for years made faithful contributions to retirement systems but Rep. Tom Demmer now will see benefits cut because of government mismanagement. “This is no victory for Illinois, but a dark day for its citizens and public servants,� they said. “Teachers, caregivers, police and others stand to lose huge portions of their life savings because politicians chose to threaten their retirement security.�

Illinois’ unfunded pension problem is due largely to lawmakers’ failure for decades to make the state’s full payments to the funds.

From California to Rhode Island, a number of states have dealt with similar pension troubles, but Illinois’ Democratcontrolled Legislature has notably lagged behind in finding the political will to deal with its ballooning financial problem. Meanwhile, annual pension payments grew to about one-fifth of the state’s general funds budget, taking money away from schools, roads and other areas.

The measure approved Tuesday emerged last week following negotiations by a bipartisan pension conference committee and then meetings of Illinois’ legislative leaders. They say it will reduce the current unfunded liability by $21 billion and fully fund the

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It will push back the retirement age for workers ages 45 and younger, Rep. Mike Smiddy on a sliding scale. The annual 3 percent cost-ofliving increases for retirees will be replaced with a system that only provides the increases on a portion of benefits, based on how many years a beneficiary was in their job.

Some workers will have the option of freezing their pension and starting a 401(k)-style defined contribution plan.

Workers will contribute 1 percent less to their own retirement under the plan. Legislative leaders say they included that provision, as well

as language that says the retirement systems may sue the state if it doesn’t make its annual pay- Sen. Mike Jacobs ments, in hopes of boosting the measure’s odds of surviving the unions’ anticipated court challenge.

In addition to the labor unions, some Republicans said they opposed the bill because it didn’t cut benefits enough.

Other opponents said there wasn’t sufficient time for lawmakers and the public to review it. “We don’t have time for small reform but today that is what is before us, and we cannot vote for small reform,� said state Rep. Jeanne Ives,

a Republican from the Chicago suburb of Wheaton.

Several business and civic organizations — including the Illinois Chamber of Commerce — came out in favor of the bill, however, giving some lawmakers cover to vote for approval.

Quinn and the legislative leaders also reached out to a number of lawmakers over recent days, urging them to support the bill. House Speaker Michael Madigan, a Chicago Democrat, said it was one of the most difficult votes his members have had to take because of the stiff opposition mounted by unions, a traditional Democratic ally. – SVM reporter David Giuliani contributed to this report.

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Unhappy woman should just cut her losses Dear Abby: I have been with my fiance since 2006. We expected to be married in 2008, but my grandmother died a month before my wedding, and then he was arrested because of charges stemming from a sexual relationship he’d had with a 17-year-old girl he had been counseling.

Since then, we have had a daughter, but through it all there has been cheating, drugs, jail, no job, and constant excuses about why our sex life no longer exists. We have also had physical altercations, which he was arrested for.

and don’t know what to do. I’m just going through the motions in life. I work full time, coach my son’s soccer team and am living with MS. He does help somewhat, but it would be better if he would get a job. My mother watches my kids while I am working and after they get out of school. He claims because he doesn’t have a driver’s license he can’t get a job. Really?

How many people in this world don’t drive and still have a job? Please give me some advice. I have reached my breaking point. – Doing The Best I Can

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

I am no longer happy with this relationship.

The only reason I stay is because of our children.

I’m only 33 and don’t want to live my life in misery anymore, but I will sacrifice my happiness for my children. I am confused

Dear Doing The Best I Can: You say you are willing to sacrifice your happiness with this loser for your children. Why? You are not married to him, and he is emotionally neglectful, physically abusive and contributes nothing financially.

Admit to yourself that the “romance� has been a mistake, and as soon as it’s safe, get away from him. If he ever finds a job, the state will help you collect child support, but if he doesn’t, you’ll have one less mouth to feed.

ex-husband and his wife at our family gatherings.

I have told her repeatedly that it makes me very uncomfortable, but she even included them in the gift exchange last Christmas. What should I do? Not go?

My sister has already laid a guilt trip on me.

Must I go and have Christmas with my ex like we’re one big happy family? (If we had been happy, we would not have gotten divorced.) What are your thoughts on this? – Living In Dysfunction Junction

Dear Abby: My mom insists on including my

Dear Living: If you and your ex were married

for a long time, I can see why your mother might consider him still part of the family and want to include him. However, out of consideration for your feelings, it should be on a limited basis – not every holiday. (Could she be trying to punish you because she blames you for the divorce?)

Because it would make you uncomfortable and your mother knows it, make plans to do something you WOULD enjoy – perhaps a trip out of town to be with friends or to a different climate. And please, don’t feel guilty if you do – regardless of what your sister says.

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

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

Bingo, 1 p.m., Rock Falls American Legion Hall, 712 Fourth Ave. Wii Bowling, 1 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St.., Oregon,

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Community cards, 2 p.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., Franklin Grove, 815456-3000.

Kings Kids Club, 6 p.m., Liberty Baptist Church, 2002 Ninth Ave., Rock Falls, 815-579-1209 or 815-625-4101.

Knit Wits Knitting Circle, 6:308 p.m., Dixon Public Library, 221 S. Hennepin Ave., 815-284-7261.

Sauk Valley Chess Club, 7-9 p.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, 815-622-8838.

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

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

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

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

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

313 card game and Wii Bowling, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

Farkle, 10 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Monthly birthday party, 11:45 a.m., Whiteside County Senior

Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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

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

Monthly birthday party, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

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

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

Sewing after lunch, noon, Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Bingo with the Beukemas, 12:15 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton,

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Thursday, Dec. 5 Childhood immunization clinic; Women, Infants and Children clinic; and Family Planning Services, all by appointment only, Suite 100, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing Team, 815625-0338.

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

CGH Community Services blood sugar and blood pressure screening, 8-9:30 a.m., Save-a-Lot, 918 First Ave., Rock Falls.

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

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

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

American Red Cross blood drive, 9:45 a.m.-4 p.m., CGH Medical center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Free blood pressure check, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Healthcare Center, 811 S. 10th St., Oregon.

Holiday Mail for Heroes, cards for servicemen, 10 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling.

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

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

stairs, west door.

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

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

Serenity Lunch Bunch, noon-1 p.m., private dining room, KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Call Serenity Hospice & Home, 815-732-2499. Bring lunch or buy meal in cafeteria.

Sauk Valley Group Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 7 p.m., closed, 12 steps, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Lee County Health Department seasonal flu clinic, 2:30-6 p.m., Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Dixon, 815-284-3371.

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

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

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

Bureau County Genealogical Society, 6 p.m. social hour, 7 p.m. program and meeting, 629 S. Main St., Princeton.

Breast Cancer Networking Group, 6-7 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815-2884673.

Covered Bridge Quilters Guild Christmas potluck dinner and meeting, 6:30 p.m., Christ Community Churchy, 1749 Euclid St., Princeton.

Lee County Veterans Assis-

tance Commission, 6:30 p.m., Dixon Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 540, 1560 Franklin Grove Road.

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

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

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

Covered Bridge Quilters Guild, 7 p.m., Harkrader Hall, St. Louis Catholic School, 631 Park Ave. West, Princeton, 815-8752430.

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

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

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

Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy Reserves, 7:30 p.m., Law Enforcement Center, 306 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

AMVETS Post 167 Auxiliary, 7:30 p.m., Sterling American Legion, 601 First Ave. Rock River Valley Barbershop Chorus practice, 7:30 p.m., Rock Falls Community Building, 603 W. 10th St., 815-284-7569.

Self Help Parents Association, 7:30 p.m., Self Help Enterprises, 2300 W. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

Sterling-Rock River Masonic Lodge 612, 7:30 p.m., 113½ W. Third St., Sterling.

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

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Whiteside County Genealogists meeting, 9 a.m., Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce meeting room, 211 Locust St., Sterling, 815-626-2700.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9:3011:30 a.m., Oliver’s Corner Market, 748 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon.

Bible study, 10 a.m., Oregon Healthcare Center, 811 S. 10th St. Narcotics Anonymous, 10 a.m., open, 403 13th Ave., Sterling.

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Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinics, noon-1:30 p.m.

County Market, 1380 N. Galena Ave., Dixon.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 3:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed; 10 p.m., open, candlelight, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, open; 6 p.m., open; 10:30 p.m., open, candlelight, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

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

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Reformers Unanimous, an addiction abstinence program, 7-9 p.m., First Baptist Church, 24 N. Mason Ave., Amboy, 815857-2682.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, First Congregational Church, 218 E. Third St., Prophetstown.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Church of God, 816 S. Clay St., Mount Carroll.

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Intoxicating gifts for the wine drinker Think outside the wine box for connoisseurs in your life

BY FRED TASKER MCT News Service

You know the type: He or she already has a 1,000-bottle wine cellar, 65 corkscrews, a dozen too-cute wine posters (“Wine a little; you’ll feel better�) and subscriptions to wine magazines from seven continents.

So what do you get this person for Christmas?

I have struggled mightily to put together a list of wine gifts so unusual, they probably don’t have them after all. You’re welcome.

Keep in mind I have not tried these products, so it’s buyer beware. s Duck Dynasty wines: Gift your reality-showloving friends with a threepack of Duck Dynasty wines. The bearded, rollicking Robertson family has gone in with California’s Trinchero Family Estates winery – the folks who brought us white zinfandel – to make a red, a rosÊ and a white.

They’re under $10 each at Walmart.

s CatSip Feline Wine: Don’t like to drink alone?

A Japanese company has come out with “Nyan Nyan Nouveau� (nyan is Japanese for meow), a wine for cats. No alcohol, but rather cabernet grape juice, catnip and vitamin C. Sadly, you have to go to Japan to buy it, says www. greatwinenews.com. s Paper wine bottle?

That’s right. A standardshape wine bottle of recycled cardboard whose makers say it can hold wine and even stand up to 3 hours in an ice bucket.

They say it will save the planet by weighing 70 percent less than glass for shipping purposes. PaperBoy makes a $14 Mendocino Chardonnay and a $15 red blend from Paso Robles. Order at info@ paperboywines.com. s Wine sentinel: Heading out of town and afraid your underage son or daughter might raid your wine cellar? Simply install an Elertus Wine Protection System. If the kid

opens the door, the system will alert you nationwide via your iPhone, iPad or Android. It’ll also warn you of changes in light or temperature. It’s $199 at www.elertus.com/wine. s Reindeer games: If you’re a bit bah, humbug about the holidays, you can buy the Blitzen Gift Set – a reindeer-antlershaped bottle stopper and a bar towel with a drawing of Santa’s “Blitzen� with eyes Xed out, looking a bit blitzed. The set is $23, at www.CorkPops.com. s Davy Jones’ wine locker: Serious wine connoisseurs are very picky about the conditions under which their prized bottles mature. So Mira Winery of Napa Valley has aged a few bottles of its 2009 cabernet sauvignon 60 feet under the surface of Charleston Harbor in South Carolina for 3 months – at ocean temperatures and pressure, in total darkness. You can buy a bottle of the ocean-aged wine, called

Aquaoir, and another bottle of the same wine aged on land, for $500. It’s at www.aquaoir.com. s Cool shades: Too sexy for your shirt? Maybe, but are you sexy enough for these sunglasses made of used wine barrels from the Robert Mondavi Private Selection (the frames are wood, not the lenses)? The idea is you should wear them at night while sipping the wines. They’re $120 at www.woodzee.com. s Corkscrew no more: Want to try a glass of wine from a bottle but not finish the rest for up to 10 years, allegedly with no loss of quality? Try the Coravin “wine access system� developed by Greg Lambrecht, a young, MITtrained nuclear engineer.

He inserts a long, thin needle through the cork, draws out some wine and injects inert argon gas MCT News Service without ever pulling the cork. It’s $295, plus $29.99 Looking for two gifts in the same vine, er, vein? After aging Central Coast wines, wine barrels take on a for a three-pack of argon second life as special edition sunglasses. at www.coravin.com.

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If he has too many, try for an endplay Judith Viorst, a novelist and poet, said, “Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands – and then to eat just one of the pieces. ”Strength at the bridge table is the capacity to stop an opponent with four good trumps from winning more than one trick with them.

However, doing that may require imagination.

In today’s deal, South is in six hearts. West leads the spade queen.

South takes the trick with his ace and cashes the heart ace. East’s spade discard is a bad blow. How can South recover?

It is unusual to bid a slam after a single raise, but the South hand has few losers.

His three-club rebid was a help-suit game-try. And when North jumped to four hearts to say that he had club assistance, it was a fair gamble for South to bid the slam.

There seem to be two unavoidable trump losers.

However, if South can get his trump length reduced, he might be able to endplay West.

This requires finding the West hand with exactly 3-4-4-2 distribution.

Declarer plays a diamond to dummy’s ace, ruffs a diamond in his hand, cashes the spade king, ruffs his last spade on the board, trumps another diamond, cashes the club ace, leads a club to dummy’s king, and ruffs the last diamond.

Everyone is down to three cards. South retains the king-jack of hearts and a low club.

West has three trumps.

So, when declarer leads his last club, West is forced to ruff and play away from his heart queen. Six hearts bid and made. © 2013 UFS

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Abbott .................................37.60 Alcoa .....................................9.42 AltriaCorp ...........................37.17 Autonation .........................49.02 American Express ..............84.59 Arris-Group ........................20.52 Apple.................................566.36 ADM....................................41.09 AT&T ...................................34.74 Bank of America.................15.53 Boeing...............................131.97 BorgWarner ......................104.56 BP ........................................46.59 Casey’s ................................73.38 Caterpillar ..........................83.86 CenturyLink .......................30.37 Chevron ............................122.43 Cisco ...................................21.26 Citigroup ............................52.13 CNW ...................................40.85 CocaCola ............................40.36 ConAgra..............................32.94 Dean ...................................18.08 Deere & Co .........................82.71 Disney .................................69.88 Donaldson..........................41.67 DuPont ...............................60.49 Exxon ..................................94.38 Ford ....................................16.56 Exelon .................................27.41 GE .......................................26.55 FifthThird ...........................19.99 HawaiianElectric ...............25.45 Hewlett Packard ................27.49

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Judge: City can use bankruptcy Detroit seeks financial relief on employee pensions, debt DETROIT (AP) – A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Detroit can use bankruptcy to cut employee pensions and relieve itself of other crushing debts, handing a defeat to the city’s unions and retirees and shifting the case into a delicate new phase.

Judge Steven Rhodes, who wondered aloud why the bankruptcy had not happened years ago, said pensions can be altered just like any contract because the Michigan Constitution does not offer bulletproof protection for employee benefits.

But he signaled a desire for a measured approach and warned city officials that they must be prepared to defend any deep reductions. “This once proud and prosperous city can’t pay its debts. It’s

insolvent,� Rhodes said in formally granting Detroit the largest public bankruptcy in U.S. history. “At the same time, it also has an opportunity for a fresh start.�

The ruling came more than 4 months after Detroit filed for Chapter 9 protection.

Rhodes agreed with unions and pension funds that the city’s emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, had not negotiated in good faith in the weeks ahead of the July filing, a key condition under federal law.

But he said the number of creditors – more than 100,000 – and a wide array of competing interests probably made that “impossible.�

Detroit “could have and should have filed for bankruptcy long before it did. Perhaps years,� the judge said.

The decision set the stage for officials to confront $18 billion in debt with a plan that might pay creditors just pennies on the dollar and is sure to include touchy negotiations over the pensions of about 23,000 retirees and 9,000 workers. Orr says pension funds are short by $3.5 billion.

Rhodes promised that he would not “lightly or casually� sign off on just any cuts.

The city has argued that bankruptcy protection will allow it to help beleaguered residents who for years have tolerated slow police responses, darkened streetlights and erratic garbage pickup – a concern mentioned by the judge during a 9-day trial that ended Nov. 8.

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Illini let one slip away Yellow Jackets go on 19-4 run to knock off Illinois

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ATLANTA – For a stretch of the second half, Georgia Tech had no answer for Illinois junior Rayvonte Rice.

The Yellow Jackets finally showed they could overcome Rice with better team play.

Georgia Tech closed the game with a 19-4 run to rally from a 12-point deficit and beat Illinois 67-64 on Tuesday night in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, giving the Illini their first loss.

Rice scored 24 points, including a personal 8-0 run in the second half that gave Illinois the lead.

Bertrand watch s 3TERLING GRAD uate scored 10 points and had six rebounds in 33 minutes.

Asked if he had advice for his players on how to guard Rice during the hot streak, Georgia Tech coach Brian Gregory said, “Prayers.”

“At that point, you can’t stop him. You can only hope to contain him,” Gregory said. “He was good, because he made a

couple of tough ones.”

Georgia Tech’s Marcus Georges-Hunt said Rice is “a great player” but couldn’t beat the Yellow Jackets alone.

“He couldn’t beat us oneon-five, so we kept battling,” Georges-Hunt said. “We told each other let’s stick together.”

Illinois (7-1) led 60-48 before Georgia Tech (6-3) began its comeback. Georges-Hunt’s drive with 1:48 remaining tied the game at 60-all. Daniel Miller’s layup with 21 seconds AP remaining gave Georgia Tech a Georgia Tech forward Robert Carter, Jr. drives as Illinois guard 65-64 lead.

Rayvonte Rice defends during Tuesday’s game in Atlanta. The Illini lost 67-64.

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Morrison 57, Oregon 16 Morrison 50, Dixon 25 Oregon 40, Dixon 30

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Morrison’s Parker Zickert fights for position against Dixon’s Trent Scott during Tuesday’s match at the Blackhawk Center. Zickert won the bout by pin, and the Mustangs swept a triangular with Dixon and Oregon.

Practice makes perfect

STERLING – It was a tale of two halves Tuesday at Musgrove Fieldhouse, as Sterling’s girls basketball team rallied to beat Sycamore 46-42.

A 12-2 run to start the second half keyed the Warriors to their sixth straight win to start the 2013-14 season.

The Spartans (0-1) came out firing, led by junior Bailey Gilbert, who was perfect behind the arc in the first quarter. Gilbert scored 14 points to spur the Spartans to a 18-11 lead.

Sterling (6-0) started to gain a foothold after the rough first stanza.

The Warriors’ defense held the Spartans and Gilbert to half as many points in the second quarter, as she scored seven of Sycamore’s nine points.

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OREGON – There was a silver lining to Morrison having a rare down year in football.

The Mustangs’ wrestling team was able to get in its full complement of preseason practices with a full squad, and it showed on Tuesday night at the Blackhawk Center in Oregon. Morrison opened with victories over the host Hawks 57-16 and Dixon 50-25.

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Blackhawk Center. Rude by a 11-1 major decision.

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“We got an earlier start on the season, and I think that helped out a lot tonight.”

Keller was one of four double winners for the Mustangs. He needed just 1 minute, 3 seconds to pin Dixon’s Calvin Jensen, then handled Oregon’s Dom Marchetti in just 2:19.

“I do the cradle quite a bit,” Keller said. “I worked on it a lot quite a bit last year, and it’s kind of my signature move. I pinned both of my kids tonight with that.

It’s something I work on in practice over and over again.”

Morrison’s other three double winners were in the upper weights.

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DeKALB â&#x20AC;&#x201C; When people talk about Northern Illinois, Jordan Lynch is the first thing that comes to mind.

Deservedly so, but the Huskiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defense probably deserves some share of the credit as well. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a unit which now ranks 39th in the country, giving up 23.6 points per game.

NIU certainly wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be where it is without No. 6 under center, but the defense has done its part. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You look at our defenses, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been good every year [defensive coordinator Jay Niemann]â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been here,â&#x20AC;? NIU head coach Rod Carey said Tuesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First year [2011], we started out rough, look at how it ended up that first year, really good.

And last year, we had all those guys back, they had the numbers and stats that make everyone think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really good, I think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really good again.â&#x20AC;?

Niemannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s group had some rough games early on. Iowa recorded 458 total yards Week 1.

Idaho dropped 35 points on the Huskies in the second game, and Eastern Illinois had a 39-point effort in their third game.

However, things have improved. And in the second half, the Huskies have risen to a new level. Opposing offenses average only 8.25 points per game after halftime. On Nov. 13, NIU held Keith Wenning and Ball Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high-powered offense to only three points in the second half. A week later, Toledo scored only seven second-half points.

Even during the Huskiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; earlyseason struggles, the defense clamped down after halftime. The Hawkeyes scored three secondhalf points, the Vandals seven.

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Northern Illinois cornerback Paris Logan tackles Western Michigan quarterback Zach Terrell, causing Terrell to fumble, during last Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game in DeKalb. The Huskiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defense has improved steadily over the season.

Only Purdue, Eastern Illinois and Eastern Michigan have scored double-digit points in the second half this season, and no team has outscored the Huskies after halftime. That has resulted in a plus-148 point differential in the second half.

When asked about his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second-half success, Niemann gave credit to making sideline adjustments.

Things like changing a coverage that his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s making a check to, formations the defense is seeing, and how the defensive linemen are positioned.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve certainly worked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think a lotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said about halftime adjustments, but truth of the

matter is most of those adjustments are beginning to take place somewhere in the second quarter, and you can finalize all those thoughts, get them permanent,â&#x20AC;?

Niemann said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes you get caught on a three-and-out on offense and something happens in the flow of the game where you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have time to make all the adjustments youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to in the second quarter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve started most of those things, the process is underway, and at the half, we just finalize it.

The kids have done a great job of understanding what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to do, and taking those adjustments to the game in the third quarter.â&#x20AC;?

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he Dallas Cowboys will come calling Monday Night at Soldier Field in front of a national TV audience, traveling a course that could be the exact opposite of where the Bears are heading.

After jumping out to a 3-0 and 4-2 start to the season, the Bears have lost four of their last six, including division games to the Lions and Vikings.

The Cowboys, on the other hand, come in at 7-5 and winners of five of their last seven, including division wins over the Giants, Eagles and Redskins.

While the Bears are running away from the playoffs, the Cowboys just might be running into them.

Dallas has struggled to run the ball all season, ranking just 27th in rushing, but they are 15th in the league in passing.

Tony Romo is second in the league in avoiding interceptions, and the Cowboys are eighth protecting the passer and fourth in scoring, just ahead of the sixthplace Bears.

On defense, the Cowboys have been awful, dead last in the league in yards allowed, 27th vs. the run, 31st vs. the pass, and 22nd in points allowed.

Statistically, the Cowboys and Bears have a lot in common.

They also have a lot in common on the defensive line, where each has one of the best players in the game â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DeMarcus Ware for the Cowboys and Julius

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Peppers with the Bears.

Beyond those two, both clubs have been devastated by injuries.

Dallas has had 19 different players get reps on their defensive line this season.

One constant for the Cowboys, though, is Romo, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken every snap at quarterback this season and is again playing at a very high level. Romo has completed 64.8 percent of his 440 attempts for 3,140 yards, 24 touchdowns and only seven interceptions. His passer rating of 97.3 is eighth in the NFL, oddly right behind Josh McCown, who is seventh at 103.6.

As luck would have it, and as badly as the Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; run defense needs a break, the Cowboys are coming off their best rushing game of the season, racking

up 144 yards on 30 carries Thanksgiving Day against the Raiders.

DeMarco Murray is the bellcow and, in addition to 63 yards on 17 carries against the Raiders, he notched three touchdowns on the ground.

The Cowboys really only have two receivers who scare you, but Jason Witten is a future Hall of Famer at tight end, and at 6-2 and 222 pounds, Dez Bryant is one of the only receivers in the league who can match Brandon Marshallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production.

Since the beginning of 2011, Bryant has caught 223 passes for 3,206 yards and 30 touchdowns.

Dallasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offensive line is average at best, but left tackle Tyron Smith is athletic enough to battle Peppers. Former Northern Illinois Huskie Doug Free, at right tackle,

could be too much for Shea McClellin.

In addition to their struggle to keep defensive linemen healthy, the Cowboys also have been without their second-best defensive player, middle linebacker Sean Lee, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been out the past 3 weeks with a hamstring injury.

But he plans on returning versus the Bears.

Brandon Carr has been a solid free-agency acquisition at one cornerback spot, but Morris Claiborne, who Dallas traded up to draft in the first round last year, is suffering a bit of sophomore slump. Dallas also has really struggled at safety, where J.J. Wilcox and Barry Church are the starters.

Dallasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; special teams are among the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best in all categories, and most of their special teamers were coached until this year by Bears Special Teams Coach and Assistant Head Coach Joe Decamillis.

This game has all the makings of a shootout, much like the Cowboysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 31-30 loss to Detroit 5 weeks ago, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one the Bears have to have to retain any hope of a trip to the playoffs.

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Margaret Thomas celebrated her 16th birthday in style at Plum Hollow on Tuesday afternoon, rolling the high series and game to lead the Dixon Duchesses to a 3,210-2,797 victory over the LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers.

Thomasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 629 series included a 267 game that saw her record seven straight strikes to start out, leading Dixon to eight of the 10 conference points at stake in the meet.

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TUESDAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SCOREBOARD Football Northern Illinois Big 12 West All-Conference Offense Quarterbacks: Luke Snyder, Geneseo sr.; Carter Krause, Ottawa sr.

Running backs: Racye Singbush, Geneseo sr.; Ryan Webster, Geneseo sr.; Draque Penaflor-Heier, Sterling sr.; Drew Muntz, Streator sr.

Receivers: Matt Coffey, Dixon jr.; Damion Allen, LaSalle-Peru sr.; Cody Stokes, Ottawa sr.; Alex Soriano, Sterling sr.

Linemen: Alex Helander, Dixon jr.; Mike Murray, Geneseo sr.; Eric Gens, LaSallePeru sr.; Nick Smeets, Ottawa sr.; Jose Knie, Sterling sr.; Kaleb Englebarts, Sterling sr.; Matt Spaulding, Sterling sr.; Austin "ENCKENDORF 3TREATOR SR :AC "ENCKENDorf, Streator sr.

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Defensive backs: Quinton Douglas, Dixon jr.; Matt Rowley, Geneseo sr.; Cooper Humphries, Geneseo jr.; Trevor Craig, 'ENESEO SR ,OGAN :EMAN ,A3ALLE 0ERU sr.; Chase Hill, Ottawa sr.; Logan Cheshire, Sterling jr.

Punter: "RANDON $ENNIS 3TERLING JR Kicker: Tristan Cunha, Ottawa jr.

Special teams: "RYANT ,ILLY 3TERLING SR Offensive MVP: Rayce Singbush, Geneseo sr.

Defensive MVP: Nick Verbeck, Geneseo sr.

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MENDOTA (4-1, 1-0) James Carroll 9 1-2 20, Mark Prescott 9 1-4 21, Nick Phalen 0 0-0 0, Ryan Reeder

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Matt Dornink 1 0-0 2, Jake Rod 1 2-4 4, 3AM "OWNE 4YLER !NDERSON 2, Patrick Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Sadnick 1 0-0 2. Totals: 30 11-21 75. /REGON Â&#x2C6; -ENDOTA Â&#x2C6; 3s n /REGON -URRAY 7ASILEWSKI /TTEN

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Girls basketball Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results at Musgrove Fieldhouse, Sterling

STERLING 46, SYCAMORE 42 STERLING (6-0) "ROOKE 7ILLIAMS #AROLYN (AMMELMAN 'ABBY 3ANDOVAL

+AYLEEN 4ERROCK (ALIE 2OBINSON $ENAJHA 0HILLIPS

+AITLYN "AUER +IARRA (ARRIS +ATELYN %VERETT

*AILYN "ORUM %RIN 3TROUP 0-0 0, Rashel Robinson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 16-36 9-18 46.

SYCAMORE -ORGAN 0ICOLOTTI !LYSSA -AILLEFER 0-0 0-0 0, Katherine Kohler 0-0 0-0 0, KrisTA 4HORNBURG "AYLEE &ORESMAN

,AUREN 'OFF *ULIA -OLL 4AYLOR "ERLINSKI

#ONI (IPPING "AILEY 'ILBERT

,ILLY (AISH :OE "OND 0-0 0, Kayley Aase 0-0 0-0 0, Madi Russell 0-0 0-0 0, Taiya Hopkins 2-4 0-0 4.

Totals: 17-43 2-2 42.

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"AILEY 3CHRADER "AILEY ,ESSMAN 3YDNIE .AILOR "AILIE Smith 0 0-0 0, Terrisa WIllet 0 0-0 0, Nicole 4UPPER "ABCOCK 3HAW 0-0 2. Totals: 9 5-8 25.

BURLINGTON CENTRAL 2OSS 2AFFERTY (OLT

2ATZEK $E4AMBLE #OLLINS

#RUZ #IGNECK

0RYOR #OLBY 'ERKE 2-2 12. Totals: 21 5-10 69.

2OCK &ALLS Â&#x2C6; "URLINGTON #ENTRAL Â&#x2C6; 3s n 2OCK &ALLS "LAIR 3HAW "URLINGTON #ENTRAL 0RYOR 2AFFERTY 2ATZEK

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OREGON 64, NORTH BOONE 52

CHRISTIAN LIFE 3,041, OREGON 2,816

OREGON (3-2) 3AM ,AMBRIGSTEN -C+AYLEE "EETER !NGELA .ORDMAN

Emy Wright 4 0-0 9, McCahl Sanders 0 0-0 0, Mal Sanders 5 1-4 11, Kimmie Janke 1 0-0 2, Kasey Lapp 0 0-0 0, Kaitlin Oltmanns

-EGAN "OEHLE +ELSEY Pulas 0 0-0 0. Totals: 26 11-14 64.

NORTH BOONE -ORRIS +EY ,OEDING

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(UFFER -ARTIN -ARTIN 0-0 0. Totals: 20 7-10 52. /REGON Â&#x2C6; .ORTH "OONE Â&#x2C6; 3s n /REGON 7RIGHT .ORTHE "OONE -ORRIS +EY -ARTIN

OREGON (2-1, 0-1 NIBC) !BIGAIL 3CHEIDECKER n +ARISSA #ORBIN n !LYSON 3CHEIDECKER n -AC+ENZIE 4AGUE n 6ICTORIA "ARNHART n "LIND n Totals: 957-887-972â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2,816.

CHRISTIAN LIFE *OSELYN "ROWN n 3UMMER 2ICHARD n !BBY &RIEDMAN n 2ACHEL &ORD n -ADISON "ALLARD n %RIN &ARLEY n 425. Totals: 1,027-962-1,052â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3,041.

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AMBOY 43, LAMOILLE-OHIO 29 LAMOILLE-OHIO 3HEILA "ROWNING 6ANESSA -ARTINEZ 3AMANTHA -ARTINEZ

Kaitlan Hughes 1 0-0 2, Elizabeth Geuther

%RIN "ENNETT 0AIGE #ONnor 0 0-0 0. Totals: 8 12-15 29.

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-ICAELA -C#OY +AITLYN Liebing 2 1-4 6, Elizabeth Ortgiesen 0 0-0 0, Madeline Ely 1 0-0 2, Joanna Fredericks

*ENNIFER "OYLE $ELANY 7ILhelm 0 0-1 0, Hallie Nauman 0 0-0 0, Karlee Doege 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 15-34 43. ,A-OILLE /HIO Â&#x2C6; !MBOY Â&#x2C6; 3s n ,A-OILLE /HIO "ROWNING !MBOY 3 7ILHELM ,IEBING at Ashton

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,AUREN -EURER "EKKI -ATSON

#OURTNEY 6IVIAN +RISTA "EACH 6 0-0 12, Melissa Murre 5 2-2 12, Hope FriDAY #ASSIDY +ONING !LISYN Essex 5 0-0 11. Totals: 32 2-4 68.

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LASALLE-PERU 3,560, DIXON 3,543 LASALLE-PERU (8 points) .ATHAN 3TUBLER n 4YLER :OKAL n *OHN 0OHAR n :AKK +ELLY n .ATHAN -ORRELL n $AKOTA +OENIG n Totals: 1,256-1,30-7-997â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3,560.

DIXON (2 points) ,UCAS "ONNETTE n +EENAN ,ONGAN n 2YAN $IXON n *AROD 7HITE n "RANDON (ELFRICH n "RANDON (AMBURG n Totals: 1,180-1,1711,192â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3,543.

Girls bowling Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results at Plum Hollow, Dixon

DIXON 3,210, LASALLE-PERU 2,797 LASALLE-PERU (2 points) 4IARA 'OLGIN n -IA /ROZCO n 'ABBI -C#ABE n !NGELICA &ENTI n !LI +UTZ n -ARI "ROWN n Totals: 890-885-1,022â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2,797.

DIXON (8 points) -ARGARET 4HOMAS n %MILY 1UACO n *ENNA ,ONGAN n +ATLYN "AY n !SHLEY #URRIER n -ICHAELA "ATES n Totals: 1,139-880-1,191â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3,210. at Blackhawk Lanes, Sterling

STERLING 2,652, KANELAND 2,511 KANELAND (2 points) #HRISTIE #REWS n $OMINIQUE ,EE n -ICHELLE "OHANEK n +ATIE (ILL n 2ENA 7OJOIECHOWSKI n !MBER 3PAETZEL 114â&#x20AC;&#x201C;295. Totals: 824-848-839â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2,511.

STERLING (8 points) $ESTINEE (OWARD n -AGAN 4INTORI n %RIN 4ABOR n 2OCIO "ARRON n -ALLORY 'UERRERO n 0AIGE "AUSER n Totals: 919-804-929â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2,652.

Record: 3TERLING .)"

Destinee Howard and Magan Tintori led the Golden Warriors to eight out of 10 NIB-12 points in a victory at Blackhawk Lanes.

Howard rolled a 598 series that included a 234 high game, while Tintori recovered from a rough second game for a 230 finale and a 543 series in Sterlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first dual of the season.

Hawks lost their NIBC opener to the defending

Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stars Lucas Bonnette, Dixon BOWLING SERIES Margaret Thomas, Dixon bowling, 629 SERIES HIGH GAME WITH STRAIGHT STRIKES to open Jake Chapman, AFC wrestling, 2 pin wins

won four decisions in a nonconference loss in the Quad Cities.

Isaac Figueroa won 5-2 at 126 pounds, Zack Depuy won 10-5 at 132, Andrew Garcia won 6-4 at 145 and Nick Terronez won 5-2 at 152 for Sterling.

Fulton drops two at home: The Steamers lost

54-15 to Sherrard and 40-30 to St. Bede in a triangular in Fulton.

Zach Jenkins won by pin at 195 pounds, and Aaron Field won an 11-6 decision at 138 against Sherrard. Jake Hoffman Boys bowling (120), Jacob Schmidt LaSalle-Peru 3,560, (126) and Cole Grant Dixon 3,543: A strong (132) all by pin against St. third game nearly lifted Bede. the Dukes to a NIB-12 AFC suffers sweep: victory at Plum Hollow.

The Raiders lost a pair of Dixon defeated the duals to perennial powCavaliers by 195 pins in ers, falling 75-6 to Lenathe final game, but L-Pâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Winslow and 58-18 to victories in the other two Stillman Valley. games were too much to Jake Chapman won overcome. twice for AFC, both by Lucas Bonnette rolled pin, at 152 pounds. The a 705 series with high Raiders won a pair of games of 249 and 240, forfeits against Stillman and Keenan Longan Valley. added a 637 series and Byron 69, West Carroll matched Bonnette with 9: The Thunder got a pin three 200+ games. Ryan from Jeff Casey in 1:33 Dixon added a 620 series at 126 pounds, and an for the Dukes.

8-2 decision from Brandon Anderson at 285 in Wrestling Moline 55, Sterling 12: a nonconference loss in The Golden Warriors Byron. champs at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford.

Abigail Scheidecker led Oregon (2-1, 0-1) with a 512 series, and Karissa Corbin added a 505 series.

Wrestling Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results at Blackhawk Center, Oregon

OREGON 40, DIXON 30 132 pounds n :IM 'RANADOS / PIN 4ANNER (AWKS 138 n 4RENT "RINKMEIER $ PIN .OAH 7ADE 145 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kylian Lally $ PIN #OREY 'RADY 152 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dom MarCHETTI / PIN #ALVIN *ENSEN 160 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; !SHTON 2UTHERFORD / MAJOR DEC 3HANE Emery 12-4; 182 n *AKE $IEHL / PIN "RYCE 3CHAEFER 195 n #ONNOR 3PERLING $ PIN !NTHONY -ARCHETTI 220 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; David ,ABASH / PIN 4RENT 3COTT 285 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; -ICHAEL 3TEVENS / PIN #ALEB -OTON Dixon rec. forfeit:

Oregon rec. forfeit: Double forfeit: 106, 120

MORRISON 57, OREGON 16 126 n 0HOENIX 0ARKS - DEC 'RANADOS 138 n $YLAN +ELLER - PIN 7ADE 145 n (UNTER &ERGUSON - PIN 'RADY 152 n !USTIN +ELLER - PIN $ -ARCHETTI 160 n 2UTHERFORD / PIN +OREY :IGLER 170 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 'ARRETT 2UDE / MAJOR DEC 4HOMAS $YKEMA 11-1; 182 n $IEHL / PIN 4OM +OHL 195 n !USTIN 3HOUP - PIN ! -ARCHETTI 220 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0ARKER :ICKERT - PIN ,ABASH 285 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tyler 4ODD - PIN -ATTHEW #RANDALL Morrison rec. forfeits:

Double forfeit:

MORRISON 50, DIXON 25 113 n -ASON 2HODENBAUGH $ DEC *OE %ADS 4-2; 126 n %THAN &ISCHBACH - PIN (AWKS 132 n *OHNSON $ MAJOR DEC $ +ELLER 9-0; 145 n ,ALLY $ PIN &ERGUSON 152 n ! +ELLER / PIN *ENSEN 160 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Emery $ PIN :IGLER 182 n +OHL - MAJOR DEC Schaefer 11-0; 195 n 3HOUP - MAJOR DEC 3PERLING 220 n :ICKERT - PIN 3COTT 285 n 4ODD - PIN -OTON Dixon rec. forfeits:

Morrison rec. forfeits:

Records: Morrison 2-0, Oregon 1-1, $IXON at Moline

MOLINE 55, STERLING 12 106 pounds n 4RENTON *ACKSON - TECH FALL 4YRONE ,ONG 113 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Caleb Schnell - PIN 2EED #REBO 120 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Palidin MarTINEZ - PIN )VAN -ENDOZA 126 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Isaac &IGUEROA 3 DEC /MAR -ORALES 132 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; :ACK $EPUY 3 DEC 7ILL 3EAMAN 138 n $ANIEL 4ERRONEZ - PIN !NGEL 0EREDA 145 n !NDREW 'ARCIA 3 DEC 0RINCE +ARPEH 6-4; 152 n .ICK 4ERRONEZ 3 DEC !USTIN 6ENtris 5-2; 160 n $ALTYN $ODD - PIN *AIME "RISENO 170 n !ARON $ITSWORTH - TECH FALL 4ANNER -ASSEY 182 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Austin Vanscoy - PIN 4RAEVEN "ARRON 195 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Quesean &ORD - PIN 2ILEY #ORNWELL 220 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DalTON 3TRACNER - DEC 7ILL #ANALES 285 n !DARIOS *ONES - PIN #ARIEL "EASLEY at Fulton

SHERRARD 54, FULTON 15 113 pounds n (UMPHREY 3 PIN "RANDON +AECKER 120 n * (AST 3 PIN *AKE (OFFMAN 126 n - (AST 3 PIN *ACOB 3CHMIDT 132 n 4EEL 3 MAJOR DEC #OLE 'RANT 138 n !ARON &IELD & DEC -ARtel 11-6; 145 n 2YNER 3 TECH FALL !DAM Hodge 16-1; 152 n 'EBNER 3 DEC 4RISTAN 3MITH 160 n -ILLER 3 PIN 3AM 'RANT 170 n -IZAUR 3 PIN -IKE 0IDDE 182 n 3TOOPS 3 PIN +EEGAN 2OCKWELL 195 n :ACH *ENKINS & PIN 6ERNOW 285 n #ORLETT 3 PIN 3TEVEN "ALK Fulton rec. forfeit: 106 Double forfeit: 220

ST. BEDE 40, FULTON 30 113 n . ! 3" MAJOR DEC +AECKER 120 n (OFFMAN & PIN &UNFSIN 126 n 3CHMIDT & PIN 3NYDER 132 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; # 'RANT & PIN +ERASOTES 138 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; PeaCOCK 3" DEC &IELD 145 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MacDavitt 3" PIN (ODGE 152 n (UNTER 3" PIN 3MITH 160 n (URR 3" DEC 3 'RANT 170 n 3 "ARNES 3" PIN 0IDDE 182 n "ENNETT 3" PIN 2OCKWELL 285 n * "ARNES 3" PIN "ALK Fulton rec. forfeits: 106, 195 Double forfeit: 220 at Byron

BYRON 69, WEST CARROLL 9 106 pounds n "RADY 7ILSIE " PIN !NDREW 6AN +AMPEN 113 n .OLAN "AKER " PIN 0AAWAN $ANDONA 120 n .ELSON "AKER " PIN *ACOB #ASEY 126 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jeff Casey 7# PIN 4YLER -C+AY 132 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Josh LarSON " PIN 4OM +NIGHT 145 n "RANDON %LLSBURY " PIN #HRIS ,AWTON 160 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; *ACOB %LLSBURY " DEC $EVIN 3AUNDERS 170 n 4OM 2EEDY " PIN !USTIN 0RITCHARD 182 n $ANNY &ALCONER " PIN *ACOB #AREY 195 n 3AL 3ANCHEZ " PIN *ORDAN &OSSETT 285 n "RANDON !NDERSON 7# DEC .ATE 'ETZELMAN Byron rec. forfeits:

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Dixonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mason Rhodenbaugh gains controls against Morrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Joe Eads during Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s match in Oregon. Rhodenbaugh won the match 4-2.

Hawks rally past Dukes in last two matches PRACTICE

CONTINUED FROM B1

Junior 195-pounder Austin Shoup won 13-3 against Dixonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Connor Sperling, then pinned Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anthony Marchetti in 4:26.

At 220 pounds, sophomore Parker Zickert posted a pair of pins. He needed 2:58 to finish off Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s David Labash, then 2:43 to handle Dixonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trent Scott.

At 285, sophomore Tyler Todd also won by two pins. He knocked off Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Matthew Crandall in 2:59, then Dixonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Caleb Moton in 1:25.

Morrison coach Tony Wright was pleased with his wrestlersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first night of live action. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy with how hard we wrestled, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a long ways to go,â&#x20AC;? Wright said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to work on our setups. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to work on our pressure. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to work on our bot-

tom skills, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy with the outcome. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to start out 2-0.â&#x20AC;?

Oregon (1-1) earned a split with a 40-30 decision against Dixon. The Dukes held a 30-28 lead entering the final two bouts, at 170 and 182.

The Hawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Garrett Rude received a forfeit at 170, then Jake Diehl capped off the match by pinning Bryce Schaefer in just 43 seconds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought Garrett Rudeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forfeit clinched it for us,â&#x20AC;? Diehl said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought we had it in the bag, so I just went out there and wrestled.â&#x20AC;?

Diehl also won by pin against Morrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tom Kohl in 4:38.

The Haw ksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; other double winner was 160-pounder Ashton Rutherford. He major decisioned Dixonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shane Emery 12-4, and pinned Morrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Korey Zigler in 2:27.

Leading the way for Dixon was senior 145-pounder Kylian

Lally, who earned a pair of pins. He needed just 59 seconds to polish off Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corey Grady, then handled Morrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hunter Ferguson in 1:29.

Dixon was able to fill most of the weight classes, giving up just one forfeit to Oregon and two to Morrison. Head coach Chris Bishop has more bodies to work with this year, but a lot of them are new to the sport, so growing pains are to be expected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our experienced guys, the guys that are supposed to do well, are doing really well,â&#x20AC;? Bishop said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some guys in our lineup, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re brand new to wrestling, or they only have a couple of years of experience.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing that in matches. Fortunately itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the beginning of the season and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a long ways to go. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll build on this, and try to get them to wherever they might be able to go by the end of the season.â&#x20AC;?

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Sterlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brooke Williams (left) fights for the ball with Sycamoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Baylee Foresman during Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game at Musgrove Fieldhouse. Sterling won 46-42.

Defense stymies Spartans HALF

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Gilbert was slowed in part by the defense of Sterling junior Gabby Sandoval. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was very difficult,â&#x20AC;?

Sandoval said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I had my teammates to help me out, and it was a team effort.â&#x20AC;?

The Warriorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offense also got rolling, especially in the last 4-minute stretch before halftime.

In that stretch, Sterling senior Kiarra Harris finished a layup that sparked fellow senior Kaitlyn Bauer to rattle off her own 6-point run, courtesy of a pair of assists from junior Carolynn Hammelman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was just being aggressive,â&#x20AC;? Bauer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was looking for my openings and just driving to the basket. I got a lot of nice looks.â&#x20AC;?

The run was not enough to seize the lead, as Sycamore had a 29-24 lead going into half.

Trailing by seven early in the third quarter, Sterling senior Halie Robinson decided to take advantage of being left open.

Normally a distributer of the ball, Robinson listened to her student section, who was encouraging her to shoot, and she did not disappoint.

The senior scored 10 straight points, hitting a pair of 3s, a layup, and a pair of free throws. This gave the Warriors a spark in the offense, and more importantly, a lead that was held on to until the final buzzer. Robinson finished with 13 points. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really looking for my shot,â&#x20AC;? Robinson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if I was open, usually people yell at me to shoot. I was able to have a lot of open opportunities tonight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Usually, I would rather make a nice assist than a nice shot. But with how open I was tonight, I fired away.â&#x20AC;?

Sycamore could not recover from this run.

The Warriorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tough defense hardened even more as the second half went on. Gilbert, who looked unstoppable in the first half, was held scoreless the rest of the way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really would like to tell you we changed something,â&#x20AC;? Sterling coach Julie Schroeder

said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t neccesarily do that.

We just did what we were supposed to do a lot better. We showed on screens a lot better, Gabby did a great job of fighting through things.

Her teammates were also there to help, and that was the difference.â&#x20AC;?

Without their star player able to produce, the Spartans struggled to score in the second half. A putback by Sycamore sophomore Taiya Hopkins knotted up the score at 42 with 2:13 left.

Sterling took advantage of a Sycamore turnover, and converted it into points as Sandoval and Harris both made a free throw on separate possessions to give the Warriors a 44-42 lead.

With 20.3 seconds left, Sycamore once again committed a costly turnover, as an overand-back violation gave the Warriors the ball at halfcourt.

The ball was inbounded to Hammelman, who was immediately fouled.

She then stepped up to the line and knocked both shots down to put the game on ice.

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Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results Duke 79, Michigan 69 Georgia Tech 67, Illinois 64 Iowa 98, Notre Dame 93 Minnesota 71, Florida St. 61 Pitt 78, Penn St. 69 3YRACUSE )NDIANA Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games Maryland at Ohio St., 6 p.m.

Wisconsin at Virginia, 6 p.m.

Northwestern at N.C. State, 6:30 p.m.

"OSTON #OLLEGE AT 0URDUE P M N. Carolina at Michigan St., 8 p.m.

Miami at Nebraska, 8:30 p.m.

Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result 3)5 %DWARDSVILLE 4EXAS 0AN !MERICAN 49 Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games E. Illinois at W. Illinois, 7 p.m.

SMU at Ill.-Chicago, 7 p.m. #HICAGO 3T AT )LLINOIS 3T P M )505) AT "RADLEY P M Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game Dartmouth at N. Illinois, 7 p.m.

Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game !RIZONA 3T AT $E0AUL P M Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games 57 0ARKSIDE AT #HICAGO 3T P M "RADLEY AT 57 -ILWAUKEE P M Ill.-Chicago at Loyola, 3 p.m.

7 +ENTUCKY AT 3 )LLINOIS P M Cent. Michigan at SIU-Edwardsville, 7 p.m.

'RACE "IBLE #OLLEGE AT 7 )LLINOIS P M Indiana St. at E. Illinois, 7 p.m. $AYTON AT )LLINOIS 3T P M Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s box scores

GEORGIA TECH 67, ILLINOIS 64 ILLINOIS (7-1) "ERTRAND %KEY %GWU

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'EORGES (UNT 'OLDEN Total Foulsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Illinois 19, Georgia Tech 12.

No. 23 IOWA 98, NOTRE DAME 93 NOTRE DAME (5-2) !TKINS 3HERMAN

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Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game No. 19 Louisville at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.

Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game .O .ORTHERN )LLINOIS VS "OWLING 'REEN

-!# CHAMPIONSHIP AT $ETROIT P M Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games .O &LORIDA 3TATE VS .O $UKE !## championship at Charlotte, N.C., 7 p.m.

No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Michigan 3TATE "IG 4EN CHAMPIONSHIP AT )NDIANAPO lis, 7 p.m. .O !UBURN VS .O -ISSOURI 3%# CHAMPIONSHIP AT !TLANTA P M No. 6 Oklahoma State vs. No. 18 Oklahoma, 11 a.m. .O 3TANFORD AT .O !RIZONA 3TATE

0AC CHAMPIONSHIP P M .O "AYLOR VS .O 4EXAS P M .O 5#& AT 3-5 A M No. 24 Fresno State vs. Utah State, MWC championship, 9 p.m.

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Dallas at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Utah, 8 p.m.

3AN !NTONIO VS -INNESOTA AT -EXICO #ITY

-EXICO P M Oklahoma City at Portland, 9 p.m.

Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games .EW 9ORK AT "ROOKLYN P M , ! #LIPPERS AT -EMPHIS P M Miami at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

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)NDIANA Detroit Chicago #LEVELAND Milwaukee

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0HOENIX AT #ALGARY P M Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games . 9 2ANGERS AT "UFFALO P M Dallas at Toronto, 6 p.m.

3AN *OSE AT 0ITTSBURGH P M "OSTON AT -ONTREAL P M /TTAWA AT 4AMPA "AY P M Winnipeg at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.

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Stars left wing Jamie Benn (14) advances the puck into the Blackhawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; zone past center Andrew Shaw during the first period of Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game in Chicago.

Party crashers Stars spoil Hawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; long-awaited return

BY CHRIS KUC Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Even with all that momentum a lengthy winning streak generated and a United Center crowd showering them with affection that had been building for weeks while they were away, the Blackhawks couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep the good times rolling.

The defending Stanley Cup champions were back on home ice after a 13-day, seven-game trip, but it mattered little as they fell 4-3 to the Stars on Tuesday night in front of 21,411 hockeystarved fans.

Antoine Roussel scored on a penalty shot 3 minutes into the third period to help the Stars snap the Hawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; run of six consecutive victories â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all achieved during their annual circus trip.

The Stars raced to a three-goal lead only to have the Hawks catch them with an offensive spurt in the second before Rousselâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s score made a winner of Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen, who was

Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s star: !NTOINE 2OUSSEL 3TARS

GW goal Up next: "LACKHAWKS at Wild, 7 p.m. Thursday TV/Radio: CSN/720 !spectacular with 47 saves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We carried the play most of the game,â&#x20AC;?

Hawks winger Kris Versteeg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kari really stood on his head and kept them it. When you get behind the 8-ball at the start, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough coming back, but we showed resilience.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to Rousselâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s score, Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist, while Alex Chaisson and Erik Cole also scored on Hawks netminder Corey Crawford.

Patrick Sharp, Nick Leddy and Johnny Odyua scored for the Hawks, but in the end it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough as they fell to 9-2-3 at home and 20-5-4 overall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to be at home from that long road trip, but sometimes thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a letdown and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

let that happen,â&#x20AC;? Hawks defenseman Duncan Keith said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were guilty of that [Tuesday night]. We got our energy back going in the second and we were right there but for whatever reason it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t our best game.â&#x20AC;?

It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a typical firstgame-after-a-long-trip letdown as the Hawks controlled the pace throughout much of the game, and reached the 50-shot plateau for the second time this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I kept looking up there and there were more and more shots every time,â&#x20AC;?

Versteeg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And [they were] good scoring looks. We could have maybe gotten to the net a little bit more here and there but we had looks from everywhere. You have to give [Lehtonen] credit.â&#x20AC;?

Added coach Joel Quenneville: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were very generous on the first three goals against us. We had one of those starts where we were trying to get ourselves into the game. Mentally, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we were as sharp.â&#x20AC;?

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Late surge lifts Oregon Lambrigtsen scores 20 of her 30 in second half of win "Y 36- 3PORTS 3TAFF

Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stars

Sam Lambrigtsen poured in 30 Sam Lambrigtsen /REGON GIRLS

points as the Oregon Hawks used a POINTS fourth-quarter surge to beat North Boone 64-52 on Tuesday night in Sydney Wilhelm !MBOY GIRLS

POINTS Poplar Grove.

Lambrigtsen scored 20 in the Jessie McKinley /REGON BOYS

second half, and Mal Sanders POINTS added 11 points for the Hawks (3-2), who led 40-38 heading into double figures with 17 points. the final period. Emy Wright had Amboy 43, LaMoille-Ohio 29: The nine points and McKaylee Beeter Clippers blew open a close game chipped in eight. after halftime, outscoring the Burlington Central 69, Rock Falls Lions 31-20 in the second half.

25: The Rockets struggled on the Sydney Wilhelm scored 15 points road against a team that advanced for Amboy (4-2), while Kennedy Dinges and Micaela McCoy each to the Elite Eight a year ago.

Bailey Schrader scored eight added eight. Dinges dished three points to pace the Rockets (4-3), assists, McCoy had six steals, and who trailed 40-13 at halftime. Sam Elizabeth Ortgiesen pulled down Pryor led three Central players in seven rebounds.

AFC 68, Hiawatha 23: Alisyn Essex marked her return to the Raiders with 11 points in an easy nonconference win in Ashton.

Krista Beach and Melissa Murre scored 12 points apiece for AFC (4-1), which led 22-5 after one quarter and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give up more than eight points in any period.

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Oregon

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The Hawks had no answer for Mendotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s James Carroll and Mark Prescott in a Big Northern West road loss.

Prescott had 21 points, and Carroll had 20 for the Trojans (4-1, 1-0). Ryan Reeder added 12 points.

Jessie McKinley led Oregon (2-3, 0-1) with 14 points. Billy Heeg had nine points.

Rice sparks Illini, but not enough for win SLIP

CONTINUED FROM B1

Illinois forward Joseph Bertrand, who had 10 points, missed a jumper, and Georgia Techâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Robert Carter Jr. sank two free throws with three seconds remaining. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was amazing, just being able to put everything together when we needed it,â&#x20AC;? said Carter, who led Georgia Tech with 21 points and nine rebounds. Georges-Hunt had 20 points.

Georgia Tech recovered from back-to-back losses to Mississippi and St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in New York. With their comeback against the Illini, the Yellow Jackets showed coach Brian Gregory the grit he said he wants to be a trademark of his team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I think of Georgia Tech and the way I want our team to play,

thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way I envision it, that kind of toughness,â&#x20AC;? Gregory said.

Georgia Tech became the first team to score more than 63 points against the Illini this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They never gave up,â&#x20AC;? said Rice of the Yellow Jackets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They competed the whole 40 minutes.

They were down 12. They fought, and give them credit, they were the better team tonight.â&#x20AC;?

The Yellow Jackets led 36-33 at halftime after trailing by nine points in the first half.

Rice scored eight straight points early in the second half as the Illini reclaimed the lead.

He started the run with a free throw before hitting a 3-pointer, and then scoring off his steal. A 9-0 run midway through the second half gave the Illini their biggest lead.

Illinois coach John

Groce said the Illini couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overcome breakdowns at the end of each half. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They out-executed us at the end of both halves,â&#x20AC;?

Groce said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I give them a lot of credit. They made some plays and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t flinch when they were down 26-17. Then we come right back and have a 12-point lead and repeat: It happens again. ... I thought our attitude was great, body language was great, and our toughness was better ... but I thought our execution was absolutely pathetic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was awful. Out of timeouts, it was bad. Bad passing. Bad catching, not the toughness about us to execute what we need to execute.â&#x20AC;?

Georgia Tech avenged a loss at Illinois in last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

Bertrand said it was a wasted opportunity for

the Illini. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really disappointing,â&#x20AC;? Bertrand said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had the game, and kind of let it slip through our fingers.â&#x20AC;?

Rice, a junior transfer from Drake, is the first player to score in double figures in his first eight games at Illinois since Kiwane Garris opened his career with 10 straight games of 10 or more points in the 1993-94 season.

The Illini made 5 of their first 10 3-pointers and led 26-17 before GeorgesHunt led the Yellow Jackets to a 9-0 run to tie the game. Georgia Tech missed its first five 3-pointers before making its final three longdistance attempts.

Solomon Pooleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3-pointer gave the Yellow Jackets their first lead at 31-28, and Carter added a 3 and a dunk for the halftime lead.

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Notre Dameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;a Jerian Grant (22) drives to the basket past Iowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Devyn Marble during the first half Tuesday in Iowa City. Iowa won 98-93.

Hawkeyes hang on, hold off Irish Marble puts Iowa on back at end

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IOWA CITY, Iowa â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Iowa tried to wear down Notre Dame with its superior depth, but the Fighting Irish wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t back down.

So the Hawkeyes instead leaned on their three stars â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Aaron White, Devyn Marble and emerging standout Jarrod Uthoff â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to hold off the feisty Irish.

White scored 20 points, Marble and Uthoff added 17 each, and No. 23 Iowa beat Notre Dame 98-93 on Tuesday night.

Marble had 13 straight points in the second half to lead the Hawkeyes (8-1), who bounced back from an overtime loss to No. 14 Villanova with just their third win in 13 Big Ten/ACC Challenge games.

Marbleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;run was the difference in the game,â&#x20AC;?

Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a very experienced, very wellcoached team. You just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it to be that quickly. ... They kept scoring, so [Marble] put us on his back in that stretch.â&#x20AC;?

Uthoff made two free throws and threw down an open dunk in the final 37 seconds to help seal the win for Iowa, which scored over 90 points for the third time this season.

Garrick Sherman had a career-high 29 points, Eric Atkins added 23, and Jerian Grant had 13 points and 10 assists for Notre Dame (5-2), which lost despite shooting 51.5 percent from the field.

Iowa was even better from the field, shooting 56.9 percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This team is pretty resilient. I think that showed over how we played the last 6 days,â&#x20AC;? Uthoff said.

Still, the Hawkeyes couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put away the Fighting Irish until the final second. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Neither one of us could guard each other,â&#x20AC;? Irish coach Mike Brey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really impressed with Iowa, but I love my team.

In a tough atmosphere with some new faces, new roles, we answered just about every charge. We just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have much at the end.â&#x20AC;?

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DEFENDANTS 13 CH 00053 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 8/6/2013, the Sheriff of Lee County, Illinois will on 1/16/14 at the hour of 10:00AM at Lee County Courthouse 112 East Second Street Dixon, IL 61021, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Lee and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 22-18-10-406-009 Improved with Residential COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 428 Chicago Road Paw Paw, IL 61353 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered by the Court on July 15, 2013, in Community State Bank of Rock Falls-Dixon v. Devon D. Nicklaus, Taylor A. Nicklaus, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Case No. 13 CH 35 ST, Whiteside County, Illinois, the property hereinafter described will be sold to the highest bidder.

(IT IS ADVISED THAT INTERESTED PARTIES CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BEFORE BIDDING AT FORECLOSURE SALES.) (A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate are Glen S. Hughes, Community Bank President, Community State Bank of Rock Falls-Dixon, 1021 N. Galena Ave., Dixon, Illinois 61021, (815) 284-8500.

(B) The common address of the real estate is 802 6th Avenue, Rock Falls, Illinois 61071. ©

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Lot M-34 of Cantlin and Sheldon ExecutorÕs Subdivision as located in the East Half of Section 28 and the Northeast Quarter of Section 33, all in Township 21 North, Range 7 East of the 4th P.M., City of Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois; according to the Plat thereof recorded June 12, 1936 in Plat Book 7, page 40, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Lot; thence West along the North line of said Lot, 209.3 feet; thence South 62 feet; thence East to the East line of said Lot; thence North along the East line of said lot to the place of beginning.

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The improvement on the real estate is a residence.

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In lobby of the Whiteside County Courts Facility, 200 E. Knox, Morrison, IL 61270, at 10:00 a.m. on January 2, 2014.

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

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

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By EHRMANN GEHLBACH BADGER LEE & CONSIDINE, LLC By _________________________ Douglas E. Lee Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gelbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com November 26, December 4, 10, 2013

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THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS LEE COUNTY,

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BECKY CAMPBELL, Deceased.

No. 2013 P 67 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Becky Campbell, of 507 Heather Lane, Dixon, IL 61021. Letters of office were issued to Midland States Bank, 101 W. First Street, P.O. Box 309, Dixon, IL 61021, as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is David W. Badger, of Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC, 215 E. First Street, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/284) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at 309 S. Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois, 61021, or with the representative, or both, on or before the date which is six (6) months after the date of the first publication of this Claim Notice, or, if mailing or delivering of a notice from the representative is required by section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

By: Midland States Bank Independent Executor David W. Badger Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC 215 E. First Street P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 FAX badger@egblc.com Nov. 20, 27, Dec. 4, 2013

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Dana Nelson County Clerk November 27, Dec. 4, 11, 2013 ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on November 22 A.D. 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Lee County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Antonio Brown Trucking located at 1524 S. College Ave., Dixon, IL 61021. nd Dated this 22 day of November A.D. 2013.

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DEFENDANTS 13 CH 00053 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 8/6/2013, the Sheriff of Lee County, Illinois will on 1/16/14 at the hour of 10:00AM at Lee County Courthouse 112 East Second Street Dixon, IL 61021, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Lee and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

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Whiteside County Sheriff's Merit Commission Is accepting applications to fill a vacancy for male Correctional Officers through December 9, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Applications must be picked up in person at the Whiteside County Law Enforcement Center, 400 N. Cherry St., Morrison, Illinois. For more information or to print an application, please visit www.whiteside.org under Documents & Forms.

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Auction City Sales 2505 W. 4th St. Dixon, IL 61021 815-288-5814

Saturday, December 7, 2013 9:30 A.M. Vic. dresser w/ hanki-boxes, wash stand w/ towel bars, Pine dry sink, 3dr. commode, chest w/ tear drop pulls, Vic. Settee, parlor tables & chairs, cedar chest, lg. wooden doll house 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s w/ furniture, Cast Alum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moboâ&#x20AC;? bronco (English) horse, 2nd lg. tin riding horse (it steers), Speedster chain driven sidewalk cart, BMC pedal tractor, Big 4 Murray chain driven pedal tractor,1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games Football etc., Texaco fire chief #1 helmet in box, Star Wars clothes rack, Lionel train engines, 1946 Oak Park baseball shirt, Wyandotta steam shovel, 2 old German doll heads, lots of 1940-60 pop bottles, Red Ryder marble game, Wyandotta USA hauler truck, cap guns, Lumar Const. tin office, Roy Rogers tin store front, many mid-century table top radios various colors & makes (15-20),old wooden cased tube testers, Superior Inst. Co & Filament tubetester M-257, old records, Hop-ALong Cassidy original wrist watch (working), Amber Aladdin lamp #13, old Aladdin parts, adv. Tire Co. Ash trays, history books from Clinton County Iowa 1879 & reprint 1976, beautiful Roseville vase 665-5, RCA tube cases, 4 matching iron wheels, 20-30 wooden boxes many signed or have labels, 100 LB anvil, 50# horse weight tie down, old Iron Bridge sign, 6 crocks, wooden bucket, copper pail, lg. blue willow platter, pub chairs, post cards,72 pc. set of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mintonâ&#x20AC;? bone china (service for 12), misc. costume jewelry, Fairbanks platform scale, 2 butterfly showcases full of military items â&#x20AC;&#x201C; regiment patches, dog tags etc., Japanese WWII sword, box 100+ old radio tubes, Marx metal train set in box, beer trays, lots of misc. adv. items, 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top compressor GErefrigerator.

RailRoad Lanterns: 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4 way switch lanterns, approx.. 60-70 RR lanterns, many signed frames, globes, clear, blue, Red etc. excellent selection, RR monkey wrenches, fancy hanging shade w/ locomotives & engines all around, extra RR lantern parts, collectible metal signs: 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 24â&#x20AC;? Coke button signs, 64â&#x20AC;? fountain service sign (yellow & green), 15â&#x20AC;? X 33â&#x20AC;? Fresh-Up with 7up tin sign, Super Sweet Feeds sign 3â&#x20AC;&#x2122;X6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Hubbard Feeds sign 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; X 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Cargill Hybrids 32â&#x20AC;?X 56â&#x20AC;? sign, Orange Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gold seed corn sign, Zenith neon sign,other Zenith signs, 2 John Deere literature display racks, lg. CI dinner bell w/ harp, box of cookie cutters, 1900 wooden childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wagon very neat â&#x20AC;&#x201C; built like farm work wagon, 100 plus old adv. yard sticks, case of WWII Japanese money printed to use during & after war, 1942 cartoon book â&#x20AC;&#x201C; colored â&#x20AC;&#x201C; rare, Remember Pearl Harbor WWII painting, 6 Coca-Cola crates, 15X33 old style lager oil on canvas signed pic., Lg. collection of razor sharpeners & shaving related items. Lots of prints & paper items etc.

**VIEWING FRIDAY December 6, 2013 FROM 10am TO 4PM Terms: Cash, good checks with proper PHOTO ID (also required at sign intime) ALL items sold AS IT WHERE IS. All items settled day of sale â&#x20AC;&#x201C;NO credit cards. No buyers premium.

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Sterling Rentals Newer 2 Bedroom $599.00 & Up Applcs., Fireplaces 2002 3rd Ave. 1836 First Ave. 606 W. Lefevre 2 BR $535.00 1 BR $465.00 1 Studio $390.00 Partial Heat, Water, Sewer, Refuse Removal, Laundry Facilities, Satellite

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2 BR Duplex, 508 3rd Ave., heat, water, sewer, garbage incl. $500/mo. + dep. Call 815-6260190 and leave a message.

2BR, stove & refrig. furnished, $450 lease and dep. req.

H & H rental Properties LLC. 815625-7995 4BR Duplex, $675/ mo. Call 815-9736768.

Apts. No pets. Call 815-716-0367.

Auction City Sales Auctioneers: Lee Hollingsworth Curt Schaefer 815-288-5814 IL. Lic. 40000730

ROCK FALLS

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HOMES FOR RENT

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AMBOY 3BR home, 2ba. $700/mo. Call 815973-6768.

ASHTON 2BR. 2 car attach. garage $400/mo.

815-440-0900

DIXON 1BR, Stove & frig. incl. Basement. No Pets. Tenants pay utilities + deposit. $450 month Available now!

815-440-2613 2BR Duplex w/gar.

New E-windows, Appl., util., snowplowing incl. $550/ mo. 815-973-2831 2BR, garage. $550 815-285-4035 or 815-440-0693 3 BR Duplex 1.5 ba. Between Dixon & Sterling. 1 car garage. No pets. $740 mo. 815-5355359 For Rent Condominium On the River Boat Dock Incl.

2 BR 2BA Upper 1400 sq. ft.

1 Car garage Snow removal Lawn care $925/mo. + util.

Lease-opt to buy 815-378-2151 Nice 2BR. No Pets. $485 + dep.

815-535-6731.

MILLEDGEVILLE 3BR, C/A, applcs., 400 Holcomb. $650 + dep. Call 815-718-5488

MORRISON 3 BR, 2 BA country home on 16 acres, hunting rights included. $900 per month. Call Kophamer & Blean Realty (815) 7722728.

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Non smoking, no pets 815-988-1398 2 Lg. BR, 1 bath, attached garage.

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Call 815-440-7985 211 W. 18th St., 3 BR ranch, NICE!!, $698/mo., WHY RENT? 815-8787399.

2BR home, $550/ mo. plus month ½ dep. Call 815-6311297.

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Excellent area. 800 Dixon Ave. No pets. Refs. req. 815-336-2305. small 1 BR home, no pets, $375/mo. + dep. 815-5372775 Why Rent?

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STERLING 1112 6th Ave, close to schools, 3 BR, 1 bath, updated Kitchen, stove/refrigerator furnished, new carpet, 1st floor laundry w. W/D hookup, basement, garage, central air, gas heat. Tenant pays all utilities, lawn care & snow removal. $650/mo.+deposit.

Lease required.

No pets/No smoking. (815) 288-1644 for Appointment 2 BR., w/ garage & unfurnished basement. $575 + $350 dep. No pets. Call 815-590-0010 2BR home, 1 ba. $625/mo. Call 815973-6768.

3 BR., 1 BA., Dbl. Garage. No pets. $700 + $700 dep.

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PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 5 kittens free to good homes only.

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Crystal Lake O.D. Precision Grinder, bench top model, approx. 5” center, 2 1/2” swing, will grind to tenths, tenths indicator incl., $450 815-9733223.

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New In Boxes, Rudolph's Xmas Town Village, by Hawthorne Village.

9 houses & 20 figurines. $350 815535-3963

WANT TO BUY 795 Want to buy: Topper for S10 pick up, 5ft. bed. Call 815-622-2820.

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE 2 Old wooden boxes: 1 explosives & 1 wine. $30/pair 815-275-3131 2000 oak kitchen cabinets in stock.

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Bike 26” 7sp. $50.

2 Ton jack w/ stands $40.

Pictures: 7 tiger, 5 wolf, 5 deer, 2 bear $5-$20 ea. Dixon 815-677-4018 Casio Elect. Keyboard. $50 815213-3798 Chicago Cub navy blue T-shirt, Lg. $5 815-284-2685 Hover Round, only ridden once, new batteries, $7800 new/asking $2500, 815-284-0409.

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CLASSIC CARS

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2000 Bravada, new radiator/timing belt. Good tires.

186K mi. Needs tranny. $850/obo.

815-441-4739.

1967 Ford Mustang, project car.

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Call 815-622-8176.

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1999 Olds 88, good cond. $1300 obo. Call 815-6224344.

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188K mi. Firestone tires and cattle guard. 5.3 Liter $5,500. Call 815622-8055

2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4x4, 4 door, auto, hard & soft tops, black, 106K mi., $17,000 815-441-7500

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2003 F350 11' flat bed dually. 68K mi.

Good cond. $7500/ obo. 815-499-7195 2007 CHEVROLETColorado Pickup New Low Price $7500 obo 38K 815-284-1135

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1999 Ford F150 4x4 Lariat. $2800.

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PARTS & ACC.

925

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 Don’t hesitate this year; believe in your attributes. Initiate what you want to see happen. Take control and concentrate on what is important to you. Refuse to let anyone sidetrack you. Be smart, do your research and stand behind your word, and nothing will stand in your way.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Work diligently on important deals that must be completed before the end of the year. Make sure you have done your research before committing to something that could change your future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Network, share your ideas and win points with people who have something to offer. Your articulate and trendy way of presenting and promoting will lead to victory.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Don’t get frustrated. Keep your emotions tucked away, do your job and get on to more enjoyable activities. A change in the way you think will help you handle pressure better.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -People from your past will come to mind. Make plans to reconnect before year’s end. Partnerships are highlighted, and your personal and business relationships appear to be optimistic.

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